Seirawan's 16 move loss
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A few days ago we saw how Seirawan killed Harry Potter, but as you know, anything can happen when you play a 3+1 game of chess. Yes, I do mean anything, for example losing in just 16 moves... (btw, the numbers in brakets are blitz ratings on the playchess server. Accord is one of the strongest blitz players on this server).
Accord (3146) - Yasser Seirawan (3127) [b15]
3m + 1s, rated, 02.05.2007
[pgn] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 Javier: Strange that Yasser should choose this line where Black usually struggles... 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bf4 f6 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Nb5! Na6 (8...0-0 9.Qd2 is very annoying. However, 9.Nc7 is not so clear after 9...e5! 10.Bxh6 Qxc7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.dxe5 Qa5+ 13.c3 -13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 fxe5 Javier: And Nxe5 can be met by ...Rxf2.- 13...fxe5 14.Nxe5 Re8 15.f4 Nc6 Javier: With excellent compensation for the Pawn.) 9.c4 0-0 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Qxb7 Qa5 [12...Qb6 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.d5 Nb4 (14...Bf7 15.Bxc4 Javier: With a clear advantage to white.) 15.dxe6 Nc2+ 16.Kd2 Nxa1 17.Bxc4] 13.Be2 Nf5 14.0-0 Nb4? (Javier: c7 had to be covered! White could have played 15.Bc7! right now, but he saw it next move.) 15.g4? Nh6? [15...Nd5!] 16.Bc7! 1-0 [/pgn]
Anyway, I have to say that GM Seirawan is one of the nicest people around: he'll often play much lower rated players (and I'm talking about people rated 1200-1800). Losing to one of these people can mean dropping 100 rating points, and beating them means you get no elo points. How many other GMs do that on a chess server?
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