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Ever see a King and 5 Knights versus a King ending? Here's one.
Wintzer, Joachim, Dr.(GER) vs Jennings, Richard(SCO) ended in a win for White as follows ...
White played 127. Ne2+ and Black resigned since 127... Kh1 128. Nf2#.
The game was played in Bilbao in another section from the recent Masters event won by Viswanathan Anand. I have not been able to find the complete game score ... only a somewhat blurry photo of most of the moves in a Spanish ChessBase database. [In Spanish, King=R, Queen=D, Rook=T, Bishop=A, and Knight=C.]
OK, I have managed to reconstruct most of the game. The position after 13.5 moves may have some errors but it is consistent with the remaining moves.
The game continued ...
14... Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Rd8 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Rbc1 Nd6 18. Nf4 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Ke7 20.
Rc2 f5 21. f3 Rhg8 22. Ke2 Kd7 23. Kf2 a6 24. h3 Ke7 25. Rcc1 f6 26. g4 Kf7 27.
Ne2 Ke6 28. Rcg1 Rg5 29. Rg2 Rdg8 30. Rhg1 fxg4 31. hxg4 Kf7 32. Rh2 Rh8 33.
Rgh1 Rg7 34. Rh6 Ke7 35. Ng3 Rf7 36. R1h5 Rg7 37. Rh2 Rf7 38. Nh5 Ne8 39. Nf4
Kd8 40. R2h3 Re7 41. g5 fxg5 42. Ne6+ Kc8 43. Nxg5 Nd6 44. Rxh7 Rexh7 45. Rxh7
Rxh7 46. Nxh7 b5 47. Ke2 b4 48. Nf8 Nb7 49. Ne6 a5 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Nc5 Kc7 52.
e4 dxe4+ 53. Nxe4 Nf5 54. Nd2 Ne7 55. Nc4 Nd5 56. Nxa5 Nc3 57. a4 Kd6 58. Nc4+
Kd5 59. Ne3+ Kd6 60. Kc4 Ne2 61. Nc2 Ng1 62. f4 Ne2 63. f5 Ng3 64. Ne3 Ne2 65.
a5 Kd7 66. Kc5 Kc8 67. f6 Kc7 68. f7 Nf4 69. f8=N Nd3+ 70. Kc4 Nf4 71. Kxb4 Kb7
72. Nd7 Nd3+ 73. Kc3 Nf4 74. Nc5+ Ka7 75. Nf5 Ng6 76. Kc4 Ka8 77. b4 Kb8 78.
Ne6 Kb7 79. Kc5 Nh8 80. Nd6+ Ka7 81. Kxc6 Ng6 82. Nb5+ Kb8 83. Kd7 Kb7 84. Nd6+
Kb8 85. Nf5 Kb7 86. b5 Kb8 87. Ke8 Ka8 88. Kf7 Kb7 89. Kxg6 Kc8 90. Kf7 Kd7 91.
Kf6 Kc8 92. Ke5 Kd7 93. Kd5 Ke8 94. Kd6 Kf7 95. Ne3 Ke8 96. a6 Kf7 97. b6 Kg6
98. a7 Kh5 99. Ke5 Kh4 100. a8=N Kg3 101. Ke4 Kf2 102. b7 Ke2 103. Nc5 Kd2 104.
Nc7 Kc3 105. Ncd5+ Kd2 106. b8=N Ke2 107. Nc6 Kf2 108. Nf6 Ke2 109. d5 Kd2 110.
Na4 Kc1 111. Nb4 Kd2 112. Nc4+ Ke2 113. Ng4 Kf1 114. Kf3 Ke1 115. Nab2 Kf1 116.
Nc2 Kg1 117. Nd2 Kh1 118. d6 Kg1 119. d7 Kh1 120. d8=N Kg1 121. Nf7 Kh1 122.
Nd6 Kg1 123. Kg3 Kh1 124. Nb5 Kg1 125. Nbd4 Kh1 126. Kh3 Kg1 127. Ne2+
{and Black resigns due to ...} 127... Kh1 128. Nf2# 1-0
There is, in fact, a short video in which it becomes clear that Jennings is in on the joke. Or, at least, he's dead lost in an ending against a 2200+ player who chooses to under-promote his four remaining pawns to Knights ... but plays on anyway.
Joachim Wintzer setzt (fast) mit fünf Springern matt. (5 Knight mate)
Wintzer, Joachim, Dr.(GER) vs Jennings, Richard(SCO) ended in a win for White as follows ...
White played 127. Ne2+ and Black resigned since 127... Kh1 128. Nf2#.
The game was played in Bilbao in another section from the recent Masters event won by Viswanathan Anand. I have not been able to find the complete game score ... only a somewhat blurry photo of most of the moves in a Spanish ChessBase database. [In Spanish, King=R, Queen=D, Rook=T, Bishop=A, and Knight=C.]
OK, I have managed to reconstruct most of the game. The position after 13.5 moves may have some errors but it is consistent with the remaining moves.
The game continued ...
14... Bxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Rd8 16. Ne2 Nc8 17. Rbc1 Nd6 18. Nf4 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Ke7 20.
Rc2 f5 21. f3 Rhg8 22. Ke2 Kd7 23. Kf2 a6 24. h3 Ke7 25. Rcc1 f6 26. g4 Kf7 27.
Ne2 Ke6 28. Rcg1 Rg5 29. Rg2 Rdg8 30. Rhg1 fxg4 31. hxg4 Kf7 32. Rh2 Rh8 33.
Rgh1 Rg7 34. Rh6 Ke7 35. Ng3 Rf7 36. R1h5 Rg7 37. Rh2 Rf7 38. Nh5 Ne8 39. Nf4
Kd8 40. R2h3 Re7 41. g5 fxg5 42. Ne6+ Kc8 43. Nxg5 Nd6 44. Rxh7 Rexh7 45. Rxh7
Rxh7 46. Nxh7 b5 47. Ke2 b4 48. Nf8 Nb7 49. Ne6 a5 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Nc5 Kc7 52.
e4 dxe4+ 53. Nxe4 Nf5 54. Nd2 Ne7 55. Nc4 Nd5 56. Nxa5 Nc3 57. a4 Kd6 58. Nc4+
Kd5 59. Ne3+ Kd6 60. Kc4 Ne2 61. Nc2 Ng1 62. f4 Ne2 63. f5 Ng3 64. Ne3 Ne2 65.
a5 Kd7 66. Kc5 Kc8 67. f6 Kc7 68. f7 Nf4 69. f8=N Nd3+ 70. Kc4 Nf4 71. Kxb4 Kb7
72. Nd7 Nd3+ 73. Kc3 Nf4 74. Nc5+ Ka7 75. Nf5 Ng6 76. Kc4 Ka8 77. b4 Kb8 78.
Ne6 Kb7 79. Kc5 Nh8 80. Nd6+ Ka7 81. Kxc6 Ng6 82. Nb5+ Kb8 83. Kd7 Kb7 84. Nd6+
Kb8 85. Nf5 Kb7 86. b5 Kb8 87. Ke8 Ka8 88. Kf7 Kb7 89. Kxg6 Kc8 90. Kf7 Kd7 91.
Kf6 Kc8 92. Ke5 Kd7 93. Kd5 Ke8 94. Kd6 Kf7 95. Ne3 Ke8 96. a6 Kf7 97. b6 Kg6
98. a7 Kh5 99. Ke5 Kh4 100. a8=N Kg3 101. Ke4 Kf2 102. b7 Ke2 103. Nc5 Kd2 104.
Nc7 Kc3 105. Ncd5+ Kd2 106. b8=N Ke2 107. Nc6 Kf2 108. Nf6 Ke2 109. d5 Kd2 110.
Na4 Kc1 111. Nb4 Kd2 112. Nc4+ Ke2 113. Ng4 Kf1 114. Kf3 Ke1 115. Nab2 Kf1 116.
Nc2 Kg1 117. Nd2 Kh1 118. d6 Kg1 119. d7 Kh1 120. d8=N Kg1 121. Nf7 Kh1 122.
Nd6 Kg1 123. Kg3 Kh1 124. Nb5 Kg1 125. Nbd4 Kh1 126. Kh3 Kg1 127. Ne2+
{and Black resigns due to ...} 127... Kh1 128. Nf2# 1-0
There is, in fact, a short video in which it becomes clear that Jennings is in on the joke. Or, at least, he's dead lost in an ending against a 2200+ player who chooses to under-promote his four remaining pawns to Knights ... but plays on anyway.
Joachim Wintzer setzt (fast) mit fünf Springern matt. (5 Knight mate)