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An interesting (but LONG) game from the Canadian Open, Edmonton, 1979. (I am entering games from the post-tournament newsletter sent out to all participants). These (and many other "new" games) will show up in my database in the next update (within the next couple of weeks). If you can't connect to this link now, try again later.
http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/chess/canbaseii.htm
Some comments:
The game was adjourned after move 60 (Black). White K on h4; White Q on b7; Black K on c3; Black Q on a4; Black P on b5. Black started giving a string of useless checks around move 70 in order to try to adjourn a second time. The notes don't say if he was successful or not. I started entering the subsequent moves into a tablebase (e.g. http://www.k4it.de/index.php?topic=egtb&lang=en ) to see where White missed the draw (game notes read "White mishandled his checking pattern somehow - where is unknown").
All moves from move 60 yield a "draw" result from the tablebase, until move 96 by White (Kg7 leads to "Lose in 49" - whereas Qc1, Qc5, Qc6, Qc7, and Qd5 all draw).
[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "1979.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zissos, Andrew"]
[Black "Pajak, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1979.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Ne2 c6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Na6 13. Qd2 Bd5 14. f4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. c4 Ne6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf4 Nxf4+ 20. Rxf4 Rfe8
21. Raf1 Re7 22. Qf2 f6 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qd7 25. Re4 Kf7 26. Qe3 b6 27. d4
Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qd3 g6 30. g4 Qe6 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Qe5 33. Qc4 Ke7
34. Kf3 f5 35. Qc6 fxg4+ 36. hxg4 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qb7+ Kf6 40.
Qc6+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qc6+ Kg5 43. d6 Qe2+ 44. Kh1 Kf6 45. d7+ Ke7 46.
d8=Q+ Kxd8 47. Qa8+ Kc7 48. Qxa7+ Kc6 49. Qa8+ Kb5 50. Qd5+ Ka4 51. Qb3+ Ka5
52. Qa3+ Kb5 53. Qb3+ Kc6 54. Qa4+ b5 55. Qa6+ Kd5 56. Qb7+ Kd4 57. a4 Qd1+ 58.
Kh2 Qxc2+ 59. Kh3 Qxa4 60. Kxh4 Kc3+ 61. Kg5 Qc4 62. Qf3+ Qd3 63. Qf6+ Kb3 64.
Qe6+ Ka3 65. Qe7+ b4 66. Qa7+ Kb3 67. Qf7+ Kc3 68. Qc7+ Kb2 69. Qe5+ Qc3 70.
Qe2+ Qc2 71. Qe5+ Kb1 72. Kh5 Qd1+ 73. Kh6 Qh1+ 74. Kg7 Qg2+ 75. Kh7 Qb7+ 76.
Kg8 Qc8+ 77. Kh7 Qb7+ 78. Kg8 Qc8+ 79. Kh7 Qd7+ 80. Kg8 Qg4+ 81. Kh7 Qh3+ 82.
Kg8 Qg2+ 83. Kh7 Qh1+ 84. Kg8 Qg2+ 85. Kh7 Qh3+ 86. Kg8 b3 87. Qe1+ Kc2 88.
Qe2+ Kc3 89. Qe1+ Kd3 90. Qd1+ Ke4 91. Qe2+ Kd4 92. Qb2+ Kd5 93. Qd2+ Ke4 94.
Qe2+ Kf4 95. Qc4+ Kg5 96. Kg7 Qd7+ 97. Kh8 Qd8+ 98. Kh7 Qe7+ 99. Kh8 Qe5+ 100.
Kh7 b2 101. Qg8+ Kf4 102. Qg1 Qf5+ 103. Kh8 Qh5+ 0-1
http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/chess/canbaseii.htm
Some comments:
The game was adjourned after move 60 (Black). White K on h4; White Q on b7; Black K on c3; Black Q on a4; Black P on b5. Black started giving a string of useless checks around move 70 in order to try to adjourn a second time. The notes don't say if he was successful or not. I started entering the subsequent moves into a tablebase (e.g. http://www.k4it.de/index.php?topic=egtb&lang=en ) to see where White missed the draw (game notes read "White mishandled his checking pattern somehow - where is unknown").
All moves from move 60 yield a "draw" result from the tablebase, until move 96 by White (Kg7 leads to "Lose in 49" - whereas Qc1, Qc5, Qc6, Qc7, and Qd5 all draw).
[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Edmonton CAN"]
[Date "1979.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zissos, Andrew"]
[Black "Pajak, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "1979.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Ne2 c6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Na6 13. Qd2 Bd5 14. f4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. c4 Ne6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf4 Nxf4+ 20. Rxf4 Rfe8
21. Raf1 Re7 22. Qf2 f6 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qd7 25. Re4 Kf7 26. Qe3 b6 27. d4
Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qd3 g6 30. g4 Qe6 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Qe5 33. Qc4 Ke7
34. Kf3 f5 35. Qc6 fxg4+ 36. hxg4 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qb7+ Kf6 40.
Qc6+ Ke7 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qc6+ Kg5 43. d6 Qe2+ 44. Kh1 Kf6 45. d7+ Ke7 46.
d8=Q+ Kxd8 47. Qa8+ Kc7 48. Qxa7+ Kc6 49. Qa8+ Kb5 50. Qd5+ Ka4 51. Qb3+ Ka5
52. Qa3+ Kb5 53. Qb3+ Kc6 54. Qa4+ b5 55. Qa6+ Kd5 56. Qb7+ Kd4 57. a4 Qd1+ 58.
Kh2 Qxc2+ 59. Kh3 Qxa4 60. Kxh4 Kc3+ 61. Kg5 Qc4 62. Qf3+ Qd3 63. Qf6+ Kb3 64.
Qe6+ Ka3 65. Qe7+ b4 66. Qa7+ Kb3 67. Qf7+ Kc3 68. Qc7+ Kb2 69. Qe5+ Qc3 70.
Qe2+ Qc2 71. Qe5+ Kb1 72. Kh5 Qd1+ 73. Kh6 Qh1+ 74. Kg7 Qg2+ 75. Kh7 Qb7+ 76.
Kg8 Qc8+ 77. Kh7 Qb7+ 78. Kg8 Qc8+ 79. Kh7 Qd7+ 80. Kg8 Qg4+ 81. Kh7 Qh3+ 82.
Kg8 Qg2+ 83. Kh7 Qh1+ 84. Kg8 Qg2+ 85. Kh7 Qh3+ 86. Kg8 b3 87. Qe1+ Kc2 88.
Qe2+ Kc3 89. Qe1+ Kd3 90. Qd1+ Ke4 91. Qe2+ Kd4 92. Qb2+ Kd5 93. Qd2+ Ke4 94.
Qe2+ Kf4 95. Qc4+ Kg5 96. Kg7 Qd7+ 97. Kh8 Qd8+ 98. Kh7 Qe7+ 99. Kh8 Qe5+ 100.
Kh7 b2 101. Qg8+ Kf4 102. Qg1 Qf5+ 103. Kh8 Qh5+ 0-1