Last round thriller from the Montreal Open!

[Hugh Brodie]

This was board 1, last round of the Montreal Open:

1. a4 a5 2. h4 h5. 3. Nh3 1/2-1/2

[Ian Findlay]

This was board 1, last round of the Montreal Open:

1. a4 a5 2. h4 h5. 3. Nh3 1/2-1/2

Should be double forfeit imho.

[Frank Dixon]

Who were the players of this so-called 'game of chess'?

[Kerry Liles]

From http://chess-results.com/tnr460747.a...et=YES&flag=30

looks like:

Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn - Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta

I guess they had buses to catch, places to be... :)

[John Upper]

This was board 1, last round of the Montreal Open:

1. a4 a5 2. h4 h5. 3. Nh3 1/2-1/2

I'm not sure if this will be an easy or difficult game to annotate...

Any suggestions?

[Fred McKim]

I'd be interested in having some of our senior arbiters weigh in on this one. I would think as the organizer, I'd be pissed.

[Ken Craft]

Early draws are old news.

[Kerry Liles]

Unless there was some explicit rule about agreed draws, I think this is just the sound of inevitability. I am not an arbiter but I doubt any penalty could have been assessed under normal CFC/FIDE rules (tournament rules excepted as noted already). Perhaps that is why baseball (for example) has a rather vague rule about disrespect for the game... :) See 8.01 Umpire Qualifications and Authority

[Tony Boron]

I'd be interested in having some of our senior arbiters weigh in on this one. I would think as the organizer, I'd be pissed.

We had a few instances of this (very short draws) some years ago in our biggest annual event - the Abe Yanofsky Memorial, and subsequently implemented a 'no draws before 30 moves rule'.

[Fred McKim]

Early draws are old news.

Of course, that's why things like the 30 move rule are in certain FIDE events. However to play a game (even if only 3 moves) and intentionally play poor moves just stinks.

[Vlad Drkulec]

I'm not sure if this will be an easy or difficult game to annotate...

Any suggestions?

I am sure that I have seen those moves previously probably in the grade 1 section of the Windsor Chess Challenge where experienced chess players should not look at the games for the horrors once observed cannot be unseen.

[Neil Frarey]

Elevate My Chess

[Hans Jung]

Of course, that's why things like the 30 move rule are in certain FIDE events. However to play a game (even if only 3 moves) and intentionally play poor moves just stinks.

I agree with you Fred, well said.

[Hugh Brodie]

Another "joke" game - this time from the NAYCC - White mated Black with six Kinghts.