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https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-game...lasted-the-day Drama but only just over six hours. I remember back in the day several more than 12 hour games - real tournament disrupters.
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A reader raised a very good question. Shouldn't the game have been drawn under the 50 move rule at move 204? -
Two of the longest games I was involved in were during a 1980s Toronto event that Stephen Boyd directed, myself vs Dave Macleod, where I had 3 pieces vs the Queen with no pawns and was slowly encroaching on his King...the game went into the last round past 4pm, it ended in a draw via a stalemate...based on that game Stephen introduced sudden death controls.
The other game was Ilias Kourkounakis vs Roger Paterson during the 1980 South Western Ontario Open, where I was organizer, and billeted several players, including Victor Dzera. This game went to about 3am with Rook vs Knight (I believe), I recall everyone being so tired when we finally got back to my place, but when I awoke, I saw Victor examinng a chess composition, looking quite spry, and always wondered how he didn't look a bit tired - he asked, Hartman, what would you play here?
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If I'm not mistaken - a Kevin Spraggett game (draw vs Pierre Lemyre?) in an early 1980s Quebec Open started at 6 pm, and ended around 6 am. I was TDing, but I had an agreement that I wouldn't stay past the time of the last Metro (around 1 am), so I didn't see the finish.
My longest was a 9-hour loss (my Q+2P vs his 2R+N) against Alex Kuznecov in the 1982 Canadian Open in Vancouver. I had to get back to my accommodation in Richmond - I can't remember whether it was a taxi ride or a long walk at 3 am across the Oak St. bridge. (I did get a lift from the tournament site to the bridge).Comment
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Yes Victor Dzera had quite a passion for chess. When I lived in Toronto in the late 90's I ended up in his neck of the woods and when he found out I was close by he wanted to play countless speed matches. Victor played in the World Open under 2200 section for like twenty years in a row. Maybe he still does. Does anyone know?Originally posted by Brian Hartman View PostComment
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Without checking, I believe the 50-move rule is no longer in use. Someone who has more energy than I could check the FIDE regulations.Originally posted by Hans Jung View PostComment
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Thanks John - that may explain.Comment
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The players can claim a draw after 50 moves without a capture or pawn move, but the game continues if neither player claims the draw. An arbiter can step in and declare the game a draw after 75 moves, which is what happened in this game.Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
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Thanks Michael for the clarification.Comment
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I was debating sharing (because I have already told this story before on chesstalk) but why not. The 1986 New York Open was special for me because I got to meet 9 yr old Judith Polgar and her teddy bear and had a social visit with Misha Tal. On the board I played IM Krnic from Jugoslavia in rd 2. Krnic was the editor of Informant at the time and showed up immaculate in an expensive suit and silk shirt with lots of jewelry. He outplayed me positionally but I managed to head for a rook vs rook and bishop endgame. I remember playing through the night. We started at 6pm and kept playing on and on. Finally it was a draw around move 150. IM Krnic's suit was rumpled, his hair wild, his tie askew and he withdrew from the tournament. I remember leaving the hotel playing site and it was dawn outside. When I told my buddy Neil MacLeod the story he said I had scored a technical knockout. In his opinion in chess if your opponent withdraws from a tournament immediately after playing you its a TKO (akin to boxing)Comment
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Mentioning NY, you reminded me of a Thursday night circa 1980 in Oakville, ON with myself, Bryon Nickoloff and Brian Wilson (not the singer) at a bar, when at last call, Bryon popped the idea of driving to Manhattan for a chess tournament that would start the late afternoon of the next day. Their idea was that my rating was sufficiently low to attempt some prize, which would give us money for the following week - not a great plan. Brian W. drove, with a small Chevette with one window missing, secured with cardboard - yes, it was Winter, and that night Rochester received a blizzard with 23 inches of snow....when we hit the border, the US Customs officer thought we were completely nuts (astute), and simply said drive carefully, which we did not. A state trooper pulled us over for speeding around the 1/2 way mark mainly to wonder who on earth would be driving at 3am in the middle of a storm, getting a better picture of chessplayers no doubt. We made it mid day, and I desperately wanted to get a room and a couple hours sleep, but the boys wanted 42nd street...we managed to get to the first round, where I was playing a Chicago master...it was a choppy game, where I ended up down a pawn in a Queen and pawn ending, but I felt good as I had made a study of such endings. The boys thought otherwise and were telling me to resign so we could hit the bar before it closed (it was now past midnight), but I kept fighting, and by 2am it was clear I was going to win with my advanced passed pawn. Finally I got to a room to rest at a bizzare place at the foot of the Queensboro Bridge in Queens, the boys disgusted with my play, were off to the NY wee hours life...well, the long game was the point...I didn't make the next round as our car had slashed tires and I was unable to rouse my roomates in time.
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I heard that story a long time ago but I'm glad you've shared it on chesstalk Brian.Comment
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