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his game is one of the longest I have ever seen - 105 moves - and it wasn't even played out until Checkmate.
In the position on the right it is white to move.
Answer below.
This is another game from Paul Anderson. We talked about his game in my Podcast Interview with Paul. You can check it out here: http://tacticstime.com/?p=113
Paul played this game against his father. He started playing email chess, as a way to keep in touch with his family, and to ensure that he always had some email to read. This eventually led to playing OTB (Over the Board) chess in tournaments.
Note that all of the games that appear in the Tactics Time newsletter are in "PGN" format, which stands for "Portable Game Notation". You can copy and paste the text, and open the game in any of the various PGN readers that are available for download on the Internet.
With Chessbase (or any of its family of products) you can "copy" the text, and "paste" it right into the board window.
Here is the game:
[Event "6-4-2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Bxc4 e5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O h6 Answer: In the position above Paul played 37. Bxh6! winning a pawn for white. If black captures the Bishop with 37. ..Kxh6 he will be mated with 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Qh4# or 39. h4# which gets more style points :-)
Happy Tactics!
Your Friend,
 P.S. Believe it or not there are actually several games in the Tactics Time database that go over 100 moves. Claim your copy TODAY!!
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