A Tom O'Donnell game from the 1980's...

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  • #1

    A Tom O'Donnell game from the 1980's...

    Maybe Tom could give us the story behind this game. I am entering the game from the scanned scoresheets, and no result is given at the end. I assume they agreed to a draw just because the two 80-move scoresheets were full (the crosstable shows it as a draw). An impatient TD could have declared it a draw at move 154 - or an even more impatient TD could have declared it a draw after move 56.

    There is no indication of time used, or whether it was adjourned.

    [Event "CAN-ch U20 1982-83"]
    [Site "Toronto CAN"]
    [Date "1983.01.03"]
    [Round "9"]
    [White "Hotz, Glyn"]
    [Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "C68"]
    [WhiteElo "2044"]
    [BlackElo "2163"]
    [PlyCount "320"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
    8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Kf2 Bd7 12. Rhe1 Rad8 13. N4b3 Bxe3+ 14.
    Rxe3 b6 15. Rd3 c5 16. Rd1 Bb5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Ke1 Ne8 19. Nb1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1
    Nd6 21. N3d2 Kf8 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Nf1 Ke7 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Ncd5+ Kd8 26. Ke2 b5
    27. h4 Be6 28. a3 f6 29. g4 Bf7 30. g5 fxg5 31. hxg5 h6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. b4
    Nb7 34. e5 c6 35. Nf4 cxb4 36. axb4 c5 37. e6 Be8 38. c3 cxb4 39. cxb4 a5 40.
    bxa5 Nxa5 41. Nfd5 Bc6 42. f4 Nc4 43. Nb4 Be4 44. Ned5 Bxd5 45. Nxd5 Nd6 46.
    Ke3 b4 47. Kd4 b3 48. Kc3 h5 49. e7+ Ke8 50. Nf6+ Kxe7 51. Nxh5 Nc4 52. Kxb3
    Ne3 53. Ng3 Ng2 54. f5 Kf6 55. Kc3 Nh4 56. Kd3 Nxf5 57. Nh5+ Kg6 58. Ng3 Nd6
    59. Ne4 Nf5 60. Nd2 Kf6 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Kf3 Nd4+ 63. Kf2 Nb3 64. Nc4 Na1 65.
    Nb6 Kd6 66. Na8 Kc6 67. Ke3 Kb7 68. Kd3 Kc6 69. Kc3 Kb7 70. Kb2 Kb8 71. Kc1 Kc8
    72. Kd1 Kd8 73. Kd2 Kd7 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Nb6 Nb3 76. Nd5 Nd4 77. Nf4 Nf5 78. Ng6
    Ng3 79. Nh8 Nh1 80. Ke3 Ke6 81. Kf4 Kd5 82. Kf3 Kd4 83. Kg4 Ke3 84. Kh3 Kf2 85.
    Kh4 Kf3 86. Kh5 Kf4 87. Nf7 Kf5 88. Ng5 Kf6 89. Kh4 Kg7 90. Kh3 Kf8 91. Kg4 Ke7
    92. Kf3 Kd7 93. Ke2 Ke7 94. Ke1 Kf6 95. Nf3 Kf5 96. Ng1 Ke5 97. Ne2 Kd6 98. Nc3
    Kc5 99. Nb1 Ng3 100. Kd1 Nf5 101. Nc3 Kc4 102. Kc2 Nd4+ 103. Kc1 Nc2 104. Ne2
    Kc5 105. Kxc2 Kd5 106. Nf4+ Kc5 107. Ne6+ Kc6 108. Nd8+ Kd6 109. Nb7+ Kd7 110.
    Nc5+ Kd8 111. Ne6+ Ke8 112. Ng7+ Ke7 113. Nf5+ Ke6 114. Nd4+ Ke5 115. Nf3+ Ke4
    116. Ng5+ Kf4 117. Nh3+ Kf3 118. Ng1+ Kf4 119. Ne2+ Kf3 120. Nd4+ Kf4 121. Ne6+
    Ke4 122. Ng5+ Ke5 123. Nf3+ Ke6 124. Nd4+ Kd6 125. Nb5+ Kd5 126. Nc3+ Kc5 127.
    Ne4+ Kb5 128. Nc3+ Kb6 129. Nd5+ Kb5 130. Nc3+ Kb6 131. Nd5+ Kc6 132. Ne7+ Kd6
    133. Nf5+ Ke6 134. Nd4+ Ke5 135. Nf3+ Ke4 136. Nd2+ Kd4 137. Nb3+ Kc4 138. Na5+
    Kc5 139. Nb7+ Kc6 140. Nd8+ Kd6 141. Nf7+ Ke6 142. Ng5+ Kf6 143. Ne4+ Kf5 144.
    Ng3+ Kf4 145. Ne2+ Kf3 146. Ng1+ Kg3 147. Ne2+ Kg2 148. Nf4+ Kf2 149. Nh3+ Kf3
    150. Ng1+ Kf4 151. Nh3+ Ke4 152. Ng5+ Ke5 153. Nf7+ Ke6 154. Kc3 Kxf7 155. Kd4
    Kf8 156. Ke4 Ke8 157. Ke5 Kd8 158. Kf6 Kc8 159. Ke6 Kb7 160. Kd6 Kb6 1/2-1/2
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  • #2
    Re: A Tom O'Donnell game from the 1980's...

    I think that game is from the Canadian Junior, won by Doug Bailey, if I recall correctly. I had started with something like 5-1, tied for first with Doug, then lost our individual encounter. I always lost to Doug when we were juniors. I finished with something like 6.5-4.5. Anyway, Glyn and I were waiting for something (some other game to finish, I think) and with nothing better to do we manoeuvred our knights around randomly, with the idea that we would break the record for longest game in a Junior. I think the last 100 moves took about 15 minutes to complete. Glyn seemed like a nice guy, was very quiet, and had an accent. I think he was from South Africa. It has been 25 years so I might be a bit sketchy on the details. The TD/organizer was ... David Lavin!

    If you have the game with Rob Gardner from that event, you will probably find it funny. I played into a line that was known to be pretty much a forced loss. That was pretty typical of my play even back then. ;-)
    "Tom is a well known racist, and like most of them he won't admit it, possibly even to himself." - Ed Seedhouse, October 4, 2020.

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    • #3
      Re: A Tom O'Donnell game from the 1980's...

      The game can be viewed and replayed here
      www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=9263

      Crucial moments :D

      After 56...Nxf5 (the last pawn left the board)


      105. Kxc2 (the Black Knight was killed)


      154...Kxf7 (the White Knight was killed)



      End 1/2

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      • #4
        Re: A Tom O'Donnell game from the 1980's...

        Another scoresheet turned up which had the remaining 45 moves of this titanic struggle, and the comment "Draw agreed" written on it.

        So here is the complete game:

        [Event "CAN-ch U20 1982-83"]
        [Site "?"]
        [Date "1983.01.03"]
        [Round "9"]
        [White "Hotz, Glyn"]
        [Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
        [Result "1/2-1/2"]
        [ECO "C68"]
        [WhiteElo "2044"]
        [BlackElo "2163"]
        [PlyCount "410"]

        1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
        8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Kf2 Bd7 12. Rhe1 Rad8 13. N4b3 Bxe3+ 14.
        Rxe3 b6 15. Rd3 c5 16. Rd1 Bb5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Ke1 Ne8 19. Nb1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1
        Nd6 21. N3d2 Kf8 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Nf1 Ke7 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. Ncd5+ Kd8 26. Ke2 b5
        27. h4 Be6 28. a3 f6 29. g4 Bf7 30. g5 fxg5 31. hxg5 h6 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. b4
        Nb7 34. e5 c6 35. Nf4 cxb4 36. axb4 c5 37. e6 Be8 38. c3 cxb4 39. cxb4 a5 40.
        bxa5 Nxa5 41. Nfd5 Bc6 42. f4 Nc4 43. Nb4 Be4 44. Ned5 Bxd5 45. Nxd5 Nd6 46.
        Ke3 b4 47. Kd4 b3 48. Kc3 h5 49. e7+ Ke8 50. Nf6+ Kxe7 51. Nxh5 Nc4 52. Kxb3
        Ne3 53. Ng3 Ng2 54. f5 Kf6 55. Kc3 Nh4 56. Kd3 Nxf5 57. Nh5+ Kg6 58. Ng3 Nd6
        59. Ne4 Nf5 60. Nd2 Kf6 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Kf3 Nd4+ 63. Kf2 Nb3 64. Nc4 Na1 65.
        Nb6 Kd6 66. Na8 Kc6 67. Ke3 Kb7 68. Kd3 Kc6 69. Kc3 Kb7 70. Kb2 Kb8 71. Kc1 Kc8
        72. Kd1 Kd8 73. Kd2 Kd7 74. Kd3 Kd6 75. Nb6 Nb3 76. Nd5 Nd4 77. Nf4 Nf5 78. Ng6
        Ng3 79. Nh8 Nh1 80. Ke3 Ke6 81. Kf4 Kd5 82. Kf3 Kd4 83. Kg4 Ke3 84. Kh3 Kf2 85.
        Kh4 Kf3 86. Kh5 Kf4 87. Nf7 Kf5 88. Ng5 Kf6 89. Kh4 Kg7 90. Kh3 Kf8 91. Kg4 Ke7
        92. Kf3 Kd7 93. Ke2 Ke7 94. Ke1 Kf6 95. Nf3 Kf5 96. Ng1 Ke5 97. Ne2 Kd6 98. Nc3
        Kc5 99. Nb1 Ng3 100. Kd1 Nf5 101. Nc3 Kc4 102. Kc2 Nd4+ 103. Kc1 Nc2 104. Ne2
        Kc5 105. Kxc2 Kd5 106. Nf4+ Kc5 107. Ne6+ Kc6 108. Nd8+ Kd6 109. Nb7+ Kd7 110.
        Nc5+ Kd8 111. Ne6+ Ke8 112. Ng7+ Ke7 113. Nf5+ Ke6 114. Nd4+ Ke5 115. Nf3+ Ke4
        116. Ng5+ Kf4 117. Nh3+ Kf3 118. Ng1+ Kf4 119. Ne2+ Kf3 120. Nd4+ Kf4 121. Ne6+
        Ke4 122. Ng5+ Ke5 123. Nf3+ Ke6 124. Nd4+ Kd6 125. Nb5+ Kd5 126. Nc3+ Kc5 127.
        Ne4+ Kb5 128. Nc3+ Kb6 129. Nd5+ Kb5 130. Nc3+ Kb6 131. Nd5+ Kc6 132. Ne7+ Kd6
        133. Nf5+ Ke6 134. Nd4+ Ke5 135. Nf3+ Ke4 136. Nd2+ Kd4 137. Nb3+ Kc4 138. Na5+
        Kc5 139. Nb7+ Kc6 140. Nd8+ Kd6 141. Nf7+ Ke6 142. Ng5+ Kf6 143. Ne4+ Kf5 144.
        Ng3+ Kf4 145. Ne2+ Kf3 146. Ng1+ Kg3 147. Ne2+ Kg2 148. Nf4+ Kf2 149. Nh3+ Kf3
        150. Ng1+ Kf4 151. Nh3+ Ke4 152. Ng5+ Ke5 153. Nf7+ Ke6 154. Kc3 Kxf7 155. Kd4
        Kf8 156. Ke4 Ke8 157. Ke5 Kd8 158. Kf6 Kc8 159. Ke6 Kb7 160. Kd6 Kb6 161. Kd7
        Kb5 162. Kc7 Kc5 163. Kd7 Kc4 164. Ke7 Kc3 165. Ke8 Kd2 166. Kd8 Ke1 167. Kc7
        Kf2 168. Kb6 Kg3 169. Ka5 Kh4 170. Kb4 Kg5 171. Kc3 Kf6 172. Kd2 Ke7 173. Ke1
        Kd8 174. Kf2 Kc7 175. Kg3 Kb6 176. Kh4 Ka5 177. Kg5 Kb4 178. Kf6 Kc3 179. Ke7
        Kd2 180. Kd8 Ke1 181. Kc8 Kf1 182. Kb8 Kg1 183. Ka8 Kh1 184. Ka7 Kh2 185. Ka6
        Kh3 186. Ka5 Kh4 187. Ka4 Kh5 188. Ka3 Kh6 189. Ka2 Kh7 190. Ka1 Kh8 191. Kb1
        Kg8 192. Kc1 Kf8 193. Kd1 Ke8 194. Ke1 Kd8 195. Kf1 Kc8 196. Kg1 Kb8 197. Kh1
        Ka8 198. Kh2 Ka7 199. Kh3 Ka6 200. Kh4 Ka5 201. Kh5 Ka4 202. Kh6 Ka3 203. Kh7
        Ka2 204. Kh8 Ka1 205. Kg7 Kb2 1/2-1/2

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