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A SoundColor of Chess -- WishAnand VS Ignis, 1-0, 2009.05.31, ICS rated blitz match

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[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "69.36.243.188"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "WishAnand"]
[Black "Ignis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1372"]
[BlackElo "1143"]
[TimeControl "360+12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. a3 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8.
Nc3 Qc8 9. Na4 Bxh3 10. gxh3 Qxh3 11. Nh2 g5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14.
Nxf3 g4 15. Nh4 h5 16. Bg5 Nh7 17. Bh6 O-O-O 18. Bxf7 Nf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20.
Bd5 Nd4 21. c3 Nf3+ 22. Nxf3 gxf3 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. Bf6 Rg2+ 25. Kh3 Rh6 26.
Bg7 Rxg7 27. Rg1 Rhg6 28. Rg3 Rxg3+ 29. fxg3 c6 30. Bb3 Rd7 31. Rd1 f2 32.
Kg2 h4 33. Kxf2 h3 34. Bc2 h2 35. Kg2 Rh7 36. Rh1 Kc7 37. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 38.
Kxh2 Ne6 39. Kh3 a5 40. Kg4 b5 41. Kf5 Kd6 42. g4 Ng7+ 43. Kg6 Ne6 44. g5
Ke7 45. Kf5 Ng7+ 46. Kg6 Ne6 47. Bd1 Nf4+ 48. Kf5 Nxd3 49. b3 Kf7 50. Be2
Nc1 51. Bd1 Nd3 52. Be2 Nc1 53. Bh5+ Kg7 54. b4 cxb4 55. cxb4 axb4 56. axb4
Nd3 57. Be8 Nxb4 58. Kxe5 Kf8 59. Bd7 Kg7 60. Kd6 Kg6 61. e5 Kxg5 62. e6
Kf6 63. e7 Nd5 64. e8=Q b4 65. Bxc6 b3 66. Bxd5 b2 67. Qe5+ Kg6 68. Be4+
Kf7 69. Qe6+ Kg7 70. Qg6+ Kf8 71. Ke6 b1=Q 72. Qf7#
{Ignis checkmated} 1-0

1 comments:

WishAnand said...

This is some really impressive stuff, Ignis. Much appreciated.

Did you compose the music?

Also, this presentation of using strokes to show the moves made rather than the actual board and pieces is really awesome.

I wonder if you could use different colours when pieces retrace their paths though. For example, in this game my white-squared bishop moved like so:
16. Bg5 17. Bh6 and 19. Bg5.
The paths retrace and the graphics scheme makes the 19th move indistinguishable due to 16 and 17.

All that said, *MOST* *IMPRESSIVE* display of creativity.

Keep up the good work,