Tuesday Chess Club - the guessing game

The Scotch tournament did not come together (probably due to grades coming out this week) and the club started out fairly quiet, however it became a game show with 8 contenders vying for a candy bar and the other 8 engaged quietly in games. We played out a grandmaster game by trying to predict each move. Each player received 1 point for a correct answer. We began by setting up a board, each move was announced after the players made a predicted move and the move was then displayed on a teaching board. They raised their hands if they had a correct answer. Points were distributed and appropriate chess smack was offered by the contenders.

Of course, the game was not without shinanigans by yours truly. I used a display board to show the grandmaster moves, however, I moved a piece to the wrong spot and the next 10 or so moves were without logic (with a knight sitting next to a pawn and white refusing to move it and black refusing to take it), and the lesson kaput! In the end, the exercise offered much enthusiasm with cheers and high-fives for correct answers. Liam and Raleigh were happy to take and split their prize, however, after one and a half hours of the workout, the candy bar had melted while sitting on my printer! Liam and Raleigh tied with 25 correct answers in the 37 move game. Great job to all!

The game I selected was Magnus Carlsen (NOR) v. Alexander Grischuk (RUS).  Magnus Carlsen, 19, is currently the highest FIDE ranked player at 2810.  Source here.

XXVI Torneo Intercontinental de Ajderez Ciudad de Linares (ESP)
Carlsen, Magnus (2776) vs. Grischuk, Alexander (2733)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Qf2 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bb6 Qe7 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 e4 22. d6 Qe6 23. Nc5 Qf5 24. Be2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 Nbd5 26. a5 Nxb6 27. axb6 Rab8 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nd7 f5 30. c4 a5 31. c5 Bg7 32. Nxb8 Rxb8 33. Ba6 Bf6 34. Bxb7 Rxb7 35. c6 Rxb6 36. Rc1 Bxb2 37. d7

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