Here are the games from the Nomination Chess event with GM Keith Arkell as white in every game. If the GM is able
to carry out the mating task he wins. Any other checkmate loses. Stalemate or a draw is a loss for the GM as
well as if he is mated. Players can be forfeited on time. The opponent does not know what task is being performed.
Task: Mate on e4 with a Knight
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "19:00:08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "DAV"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4
e6 8. e4 Nb6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.
Nd2 Bxb2 14. Rad1 Ke7 15. Bc5+ Ke8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Bxe5 18. Bd4 Bxd4
19. Rxd4 Ke7 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Ra4 Rhb8 22. Nc5 Rb2 23. Bf3 Nb6 24. Rd4
Rxa2 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Ne5 Be8 27. Kg2 f6 28. Nd3 e5 29. Rh4 h5 30. g4 hxg4
31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Bxg4 Rd8 33. Nc5 Rdd2 34. Ne4 f5 35. Ng5 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1
Rg2+ 37. Kh1 fxg4 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Re7 Kh8 40. Rxe8+ Kh7 41. Re7+ Kh6 42.
Re8 Kh5 43. Rf8 Kh6 44. Rg8 Kh7
{White ran out of time} 0-1
Task: Bishop must mate on d7
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "19:17:00"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "RubberDuck"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nf3
Ne4 8. Be2 Bb4 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13.
Qd3 f5 14. Ne5 Kh7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Kxg6 17. f3 Nd6 18. e4 Kh7 19. c4
g6 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. a4 Qf6 23. e5 Qe7 24. Rxc7 Rfd8 25. exd6
Qf6 26. Re1 g5 27. Re7+ Kg6 28. Be5 Qf8 29. Rcxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Re8 31.
Bc3 Rd8 32. Rg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qxf5 Rxd6 35. Qe5+ Rf6 36. d6 Kg6
37. d7 Rc6 38. d8=Q Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Rc6 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qdh7
Rb6 43. Bd5 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Bxb7 h5 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. Qf5+ Ke7 48.
Qxg5+ Kd6 49. Qxd2+ Kc7 50. Be4 h4+ 51. Kh3 Kb6 52. Qb4+ Kc7 53. Qc5+ Kd7
54. Bf5+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
Task: Mate on g8 with queen's knight
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "19:36:29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "Binford"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[TimeControl "420+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O
e6 8. c4 Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Ba1 Bf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rfd1 b6 19.
Nf3 Qe7 20. Qb2 h6 21. a3 Nd7 22. b4 Ne5 23. Ne1 c4 24. dxc4 dxc4 25. Rc3
b5 26. Qe2 Red8 27. Rcc1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rd4 Nc6 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8
31. Kf1 Ne5 32. Nc2 a5 33. Nd4 axb4 34. axb4 Qd6 35. Qd2 Nc6 36. Qc3 Nxd4
{White resigned} 0-1
Task: Mate on g7 with the f fPawn
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "19:59:35"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "andraste"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Bg4 7. h3
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. a4 e5
14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. a5 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. Rac1 b6 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. Bc3 Nf6
20. Ba2 Qe7 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. cxb6 axb6 25.
a6 Qa3 26. Bc4 Nd6 27. Bf1 b5 28. Qc6 Nf5 29. Qxb5 Ra8 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31.
Qd5 Rf8 32. Qe5 Ra8 33. Ra1 Qd6 34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Be2 Ra7 36. Rd1 Ne4 37.
Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Nc3 39. Bf1 Rd7 40. Rb3 Ne4 41. Rd3 Rc7 42. Rd4 Ng5 43.
Ra4 Ra7 44. Rb4 Rd7 45. Rb7 Rd1 46. a7 Ra1 47. Kh2 Rxf1 48. h4 Ne6 49.
a8=R Rxf2
{White resigned} 0-1
Task: Mate on h6 when a bishop must perform a discovery and end in a corner
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "20:28:54"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "Garf"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 b6 7. Bxc4
Bb7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxe6 Be7 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8
13. e5 Nh5 14. Bd7+ Kf7 15. e6+ Kf6 16. Nd5+ Kg6 17. Bd2 Raf8 18. Bxc6
Bxc6 19. Nxe7+ Kf6 20. Nxc6 Kxe6 21. Rhe1+ Kf7 22. Bc3 Nf6 23. Nfe5+ Ke6
24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8 26. Re7+ Kg6 27. Ne5+ Kf5 28. Rxg7 Ne4 29.
g4+ Kf4 30. Rf7+ Kg5 31. Be1 Re8 32. Rf5+ Kh6 33. Rd7 Ng5 34. Bd2 Rg8 35.
h4 a5 36. hxg5+ Rxg5 37. Rxg5 c4 38. Rdg7 b5 39. Be3 b4 40. Bc5 b3 41.
axb3 cxb3 42. f4 a4 43. R7g6+ hxg6 44. Rxg6+ Kh7 45. f5 a3 46. bxa3 b2+
47. Kxb2 Kh8 48. f6 Kh7 49. f7 Kh8 50. f8=Q+ Kh7 51. Qf3 Kh8 52. a4 Kh7
53. a5 Kh8 54. a6 Kh7 55. a7 Kh8 56. a8=Q+ Kh7 57. Qac6 Kh8 58. Be7 Kh7
59. Re6 Kh8 60. Qa3 Kh7 61. Qaa6 Kg7 62. Bf6+ Kh7 63. Nf3 Kg6 64. Kb3 Kh7
65. Qab7+ Kg6 66. Bh8+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
Note the K is not on h6 (a mistake) so this is a loss.
Task: Mate with d Pawn on c7
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "20:15:32"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "Bloodhoundgang"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. b4
a6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Be2 e5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd6
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bxc6 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxe4
g6 20. d3 Bh4 21. g3 Bg5 22. h4 Bh6 23. Qc3 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Bxd4
exd4 26. Ra2 g5 27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Rc2 Re8 29. Rxc7 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Be3 31.
Kg2 Bxf2 32. Rd7 Bxg3 33. R1xd4 Be5 34. Rd3 Bb2 35. Kf3 Bxa3 36. Rxa3 h5
37. Rxa6 Kf8 38. e5 h4 39. Rh6 Ke8 40. Rb7 h3 41. Rxh3 Kd8 42. Ke4 Ke8
43. Kd5 Kf8
{White resigned} 0-1
Task: Either o-o-o mate or o-o mate
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "20:48:05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "Dargon"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "908"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 c5 5. Qf3 f6 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nge2
Nc6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Bxe5 fxe5 10. Qf7+ Kd7 11. Qxg7 Nf6 12. Nd5 Rg8 13.
Nxf6+ Kc7 14. Nxg8 Bg4 15. Qxe5+ Qd6 16. Qg7 Re8 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6
19. Nh6 Qc4 20. Qe5+ Kc6 21. Qd5+ Qxd5 22. exd5+ Kxd5 23. h4 e5 24. h5
Kd6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Ng4 g5 27. Nc3 a6 28. Rh7 Re7 29. Rh6+ Re6 30. Ne4+
Ke7 31. Rxe6+ Kxe6 32. Nxc5+ Kf5 33. Nxb7 Kf4 34. Nc5 a5 35. Nd3+ Kg3 36.
Ndxe5 Kxg2 37. c4 Kg3 38. c5 Kf4 39. c6 Kf5 40. c7 Ke6 41. c8=Q+ Kd5 42.
O-O-O+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
Task: b8=N mate must be performed
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "21:01:32"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "DragonzPlay"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 c4 6. e4 exd5 7. Nxd5
Qd8 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxf6 Qxe4+ 11. Be2 gxf6 12. O-O Rg8 13.
Re1 Kf8 14. Qd6+ Kg7 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Rad1 Qe6 18. Qf4 Qe5
19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Bxc4 Bf5 21. Rxe5 Bxc2 22. Rd7 Bg6 23. Rxb7 Rgd8 24. f4
Rd4 25. f5 Rxc4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. h3 Rc2 28. Ree7 Rf8 29. Rec7 a5 30. a4
Rc4 31. b3 Rc3 32. Kh2 Rc5 33. Rb6 Rc3 34. Rcxc6 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36.
Rb5 Rc3 37. Kg1 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. h4 Kf6 41. Kd2 Rg3 42.
Kc2 Rxg2+ 43. Kc3 Rg3+ 44. Kb2 Rg4 45. Rxa5 Rxh4 46. Rc5 g5 47. a5 g4 48.
a6 g3 49. Rc3 Rh2+ 50. Ka3 g2 51. Rg3 Kf5 52. Ka4 g1=Q 53. Rxg1 Ra2+ 54.
Kb5 Ke6 55. Re1+ Kd6 56. Kb6 Rb2 57. Re3 Rc2 58. a7 Rc6+ 59. Kb7 Rc7+ 60.
Kb8 Re7 61. Rxe7 Kxe7 62. a8=Q Ke6 63. Qf3 Ke7 64. Kc7 Ke6 65. b4 Ke7 66.
Qe4+ Kf6 67. Kd6 Kg7 68. Qf5 f6 69. Ke7 Kh6 70. Qxf6+ Kh5 71. Qf2 Kg4 72.
Kd6 Kg5 73. Qg3+ Kh5 74. Ke5 Kh6 75. Qh4+ Kg6 76. Kf4 Kg7 77. Qh5 Kf6 78.
Qh6+ Kf7 79. Ke5 Kg8 80. b5 Kf7 81. Qh7+ Kf8 82. Ke6 Ke8 83. Qg7 Kd8 84.
b6 Kc8 85. Kd6 Kd8 86. Qf7 Kc8 87. Kc6 Kd8 88. Kb5 Kc8 89. Qe7 Kb8 90.
b7 Ka7 91. Kc6 Kb8 92. Qg7 Ka7 93. Kc7 Ka6 94. Qg5 Ka7 95. Qe5 Ka6 96.
Qd5 Ka7 97. Qc5+ Ka6 98. b8=N+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
Task: Mate with Knight on a1
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "21:34:18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "nemisis"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1490"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 Nxg5 4. hxg5 d6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7.
Bb5 Qd7 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O-O 10. dxc6 Qe6 11. cxb7+ Kb8 12. O-O h6
13. g6 fxg6 14. Bc6 h5 15. Nc3 h4 16. Rad1 h3 17. g3 g5 18. Rd5 g4 19.
Qd3 Qf6 20. e5 Qf3 21. Qxf3 gxf3 22. Kh2 g5 23. Nb5 g4 24. e6 Bg7 25.
Rfd1 a6 26. Na3 Bxb2 27. Nc4 Bf6 28. Ra5 Ka7 29. Rd3 Be5 30. Bd5 Bf6 31.
Rda3 c5 32. Rxa6+ Kb8 33. Rc6 Kxb7 34. Rb3+ Ka7 35. Rc7+ Ka6 36. Ra3+ Kb5
37. Ra5+ Kb4 38. Rb7+ Kc3 39. Ne3 Rb8 40. Ra3+ Kd4 41. Rd3+ Ke5 42. Nxg4+
Kf5 43. Ne3+ Ke5 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Kxh3 Rb2 46. Kg4 Rb4+ 47. Kxf3 Rd4 48.
Ke2 Rxd3 49. Kxd3 Bg7 50. a4 Kf6 51. a5 Bh6 52. f4 Kg7 53. a6 Kf8 54. a7
Ke8 55. a8=Q+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
(An accident with the mouse causes the GM a forfeit.)
Task: Game must finish with R + B vs B, B may not be captured
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "21:50:19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "Obliviax"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 dxe3 4. fxe3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e4
c5 8. e5 Nh5 9. d5 Qc7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. d6 Na6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 O-O 14.
h3 Nf4 15. Bg3 fxe5 16. Bh4 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Nc3 exd6 19. a3 Nc6 20.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bh6 22. Kc2 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4+ 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bd3
Bf5 26. Be7 Bxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Rf2 28. Bxd6 b6 29. Be7 Bf8 30. Bh4 Rxb2 31.
a4 Rxg2 32. Kc4 a6 33. Rab1 Rb8 34. Rhc1 g5 35. Rg1 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 h6 37.
Bg3 Rb7 38. d6 Rd7 39. Kd5 Kf7 40. Rf1+ Ke8 41. Kc6 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43.
Ra1 d3 44. Ra8+ Rd8 45. d7+ Ke7 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Bc7+ Ke7 48. d8=Q+ Kf7
49. Qxd3 c4 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Kxb5 Be7 52. Qe6 Bf6 53. Qe2 Be7 54. Qe6 Bf8
55. Ba5 h5 56. Bc3+ Kh7 57. Qf5+ Kh6 58. Bd2 Bg7 59. Kxc4 h4 60. Qxg5+
Kh7 61. Qxh4+ Kg6 62. Qg4+ Kh7 63. Kd5 Bf6 64. Ke6 Bg7 65. h4 Ba1 66. h5
Bh8 67. Kf7 Bg7 68. Qf5+ Kh8 69. Be3 Bf8 70. Qf6+ Kh7 71. Qg6+ Kh8 72.
Bg5 Be7 73. Bh6 Bf8 74. Qf6+ Kh7 75. Be3 Bg7 76. Qf5+ Kh8 77. Bd2 Bh6 78.
Bb4 Bf8 79. Ba5 Bg7 80. Bd2 Bh6 81. Be1 Bg7 82. Kg6 Bf8 83. Kf7 Bg7 84.
Qd7 Bf8 85. Kg6 Bh6 86. Qf7 Bg7 87. Bb4 Bf8 88. Bc3+ Bg7 89. Ba5 Bf8 90.
Bd8 Bg7 91. Qe8+ Bf8 92. h6 Kg8 93. h7+ Kh8 94. Qe4 Bg7 95. Kh5 Bh6 96.
Kg6 Bg7 97. Qe8+ Bf8 98. Qe4 Bg7 99. Qf3 Bf8 100. Qh5 Bg7 101. Kf5 Bf8
102. Qh1 Bg7 103. Ke4 Bf8 104. Kd3 Bg7 105. Kc2 Bf8 106. Bf6+ Bg7 107. Bg5
Bf6 108. Be3 Bd4 109. Bc1 Bg7 110. Kb1 Bc3 111. Qh4 Bg7
{White resigned} 0-1
Task: Mate on f5 with a Pawn on the g file
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "22:20:09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "guestaaa"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. d5
Nb8 8. Bd3 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4
g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Bc2 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Nd4 Bxd4+ 19.
Qxd4 Ne5 20. Rf5 b6 21. Rbf1 Qe7 22. Rf6 Kh7 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. e5+ Kg7 25.
Qe4 Nxe5 26. h4 Qd7 27. R1f5 Rae8 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Qe3 Ng4 30. Qxg5+ Kh8
31. Qxg4 Rg8 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Rg5+ Kxf6 34. Rxg8+ Ke5 35. Qe4+ Kf6 36.
Rxe8 Qb5 37. Bd1 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 Qc1 39. Qh4+ Kg6 40. Bh5+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kh6
42. Bxf7 Qd2 43. Be6 Qxa2 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Qd4 a5 47. Bg8 a4
48. Re6+ Kg5 49. Qe3+ Kh5 50. Qf3+ Kg5 51. Bf7 a3 52. Qe3+ Kf5 53. Kh3
Qc2 54. g4+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
Task: White has to mate with his first check
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "22:46:34"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "valdushka"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[TimeControl "480+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1
Bg4 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. f3 Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. e4 O-O-O 11. Kc2 e5 12. Bc4 f6
13. Be3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Rd2 Bc6 16. h4 Be7 17. Rhd1 Rxd2+ 18. Rxd2
Rd8 19. Rf2 a6 20. h5 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. g4 c6 23. b3 Kc7 24. a4 bxa4
25. bxa4 Ra8 26. Kb3 Rd8 27. a5 c5 28. Kc4 b6 29. Ra2 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Kb7
31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rd1 33. Rd5 Rf1 34. Rd3 Kc6 35. Kb4 Rb1+ 36. Kc4
Rf1 37. Re3 Rf2 38. Kb4 Rb2+ 39. Ka3 Rc2 40. Kb3 Rf2 41. Kc4 Rf1 42. Kd3
Rf2 43. c4 Kc5 44. Kc3 Rf1 45. Rd3 Rc1+ 46. Kd2 Rxc4 47. Ra3 Rd4+ 48. Ke3
Rd7 49. Ra6 h6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. f4 exf4+ 52. Kxf4 Kc5 53. Kf5 Kd4 54. Re8
Ke3 55. Kg6 Kf4 56. Rg8 Kxg4 57. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 58. Kxg7 Kxh5 59. Kxf6 Kg4
60. e5 h5 61. e6 h4 62. e7 h3 63. e8=Q h2 64. Qc6 h1=Q 65. Qxh1 Kg3 66.
Kf5 Kf2 67. Qh3 Kg1 68. Qc3 Kh1 69. Qd2 Kg1 70. Kg4 Kh1 71. Kg3 Kg1 72.
Qg2+
{Black checkmated} 1-0
Task: King moves are not allowed
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "23:06:38"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "Qualm"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e3 c5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7.
Bb2 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Na4 c4 10. Be5 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Nc5 Nd7 13.
Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Qb2+ Kg8 17. h4 h5 18. Ne5 Bf5 19.
d3 f6 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Qd4 Qd8 22. Qc5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 exd6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25.
c3 Rfb8 26. b4 c5 27. Nc2 a5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rf1 Bf5 30. Rd1 Rb2 31.
Rf2 a4 32. Rfd2 a3 33. Na1 Rab8 34. Rc2 Rb1 35. Rd2 Bg4
{White ran out of time} 0-1
Task: Only can mate when black has a mate in 1 on the board
[Event "FICS unrated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Time "23:30:06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GMArkell"]
[Black "adeptly"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[TimeControl "360+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nc3 Nge7 5. e5 a6 6. Ne4 d5 7. Nd6+
Qxd6 8. exd6 Nf5 9. Bd3 Bxd6 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Nf3 Bxf4 12. d4 O-O 13.
Bxf4 Re8+ 14. Kf2 cxd4 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Re4 17. Ng5 Re7 18. c3 Rae8
19. Rhe1 h6 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Nf3 f6 22. cxd4 Kf7 23. Qc2 g5 24. Bd6 Re6
25. Ba3 g4 26. Ng1 Re4 27. Qc5 Ne7 28. Ne2 f4 29. Nc3 g3+ 30. hxg3 fxg3+
31. Kxg3 Nf5+ 32. Kh2 Rh4+ 33. Kg1 Ng3 34. Qxd5+ Be6 35. Qxb7+ Kg6 36.
Rd2 Bc4 37. Qc8 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. Qxc4 Kg5 40. Qg8+ Kf4 41. Qd5 Nxd4
42. Bd6+ Kg4 43. Bf8 Ne2 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Qh7+ Kg5 46. Nd5 Nf4 47. Ne3
Rg1 48. Kg3 Rxg2+
{White ran out of time} 0-1
Final score for 14 games stands: GM 5 wins, FICS users 9 wins.
(I'm sure he'll want to improve on this record at some point in the future.)