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Progressive Fischer Random Chess

Games of the Finals 1997


Cassano-Honkela
Setup 1: NNBBRKQR

1.f4
2.e5,f5
3.e4,b3,Ba3+
4.Kf7,exf4,Rxe4,Rxe1+
5.Kf2,Kf3,K:f4,K:f5,Bh5+ !!
6.g6+ (that's the only thing to do!)
7.Kf4,Kf3,Kf2,Be7,B:d8,Q:e1,Qe7# (1-0)

Blazsik-Cassano
Setup 1: NNBBRKQR

1.Nb3
2.e5,f5
3.c4,e4,g3
4.f:e4,e3,Qf7,Qxf2+
5.Q:f2+ (that's the only thing to do!)
6.Kg8,Bh4,B:g3,B:h2,Rf8,R:f2 # (0-1)

Santoni-Blazsik 1-0
Setup 3: NBBRNKQR
1.c4
2.c5,d5
3.Bf5,B:c8,B:b7
4.f5,e5,Qf7,Q:b7
5.Nd3,N:c5,N:b7,e4,Ke2
6.d:c4,c3,c2,c:d1=R,R:g1,R:h1
7.N:d8,Nb7,Nd6,e:f5,f6,f7,f:e8=Q#

Fabio Santoni - Alfred Pfeiffer 0-1
Setup 2: BNQBRKNR
1. c2-c4                           
2. b7-b5 e7-e5                        
3. c4:b5 e2-e4 Ng1-h3                  
4. c7-c6 c6:b5 Qc8:c1 Ng8-f6             
5. Bd1-e2 Re1:c1 Rc1-c8 Rc8:b8 Rb8:a8       
6. Re8-e6 Re6-d6 Rd6-d3 Rd3:h3 Rh3:h2 Rh2:h1#

Cassano-Santoni 1-0
Setup 2: BNQBRKNR
1. e4
2. e5,b5
3. Nc3,Re3,Nh3
4. f5,f4,f:e3,Kf7
5. N:b5,N:a7,N:c8,f:e3,Bh5+
6. g6,Bg5,B:e3,B:d2,B:c1,R:c8
7. b4,b5,B:e5,B:h8,Ke2,B:c1,Ng5+
8. Ke7,g:h5,Nf6,Rg8,R:g5,R:b5,Rb1,R:c1
9. g4,g5,g6,g7,g8=Q,e5,e6,e:d7,d8=Q#

Alfred Pfeiffer - Zoltan Blazsik 1-0
Setup 1: NNBBRKQR
1. e2-e4
2. Na8-b6 Nb8-c6
3. c2-c4 c4-c5 c5:b6
4. f7-f5 Kf8-f7 a7:b6 e7-e5 
5. e4:f5 Re1:e5 Re5:e8 Re8:g8 Kf1-e2
6. Rh8:g8 Bd8-h4 Bh4:f2 Bf2:g1 Bg1-d4 d7-d5
7. b2-b4 b4-b5 b5:c6 c6:b7 b7:c8=Q Bc1-a3 Qc8-e6# (1-0)

Castelli-Pfeiffer 1-0
Setup 1:  NNBBRKQR

1.e2-e4
2.e7-e5, h7-h5
3.h2-h4 b2-b3 Bc1-a3+
4.Bd8-e7 Be7:a3 f7-f6 Kf8-f7
5.Qg1-h2 Qh2-f4 Qf4-h6 Qh6:h8 Qh8:g8+
6.Re8:g8 d7-d6 Bc8-g4 Bg4:d1 Bd1:c2 Bc2-d3+
7.Kf1-g1 Rh1-h3 Rh3:d3 g2-g4 Rd3-d5 Rd5:e5 Re5-e8 ? (Castelli erred in the
position here.)
8.h5:g4 g4-g3 g7-g5 g5:h4 h4-h3 Rg8:e8 Re8:e4 Re4:e1#
 
Alfred Pfeiffer - Roberto Cassano
Setup 2:  BNQBRKNR
1. e4
2. e5 Nf6
3. g4 g5 g:f6
4. g:f6 b5 B:e4 Bg2+
5. K:g2 d4 d:e5 e:f6 R:e8+
6. K:e8 B:f6 Bg5 B:c1 Ke7 Qg8+
7. Bg4 b3 B:h8 Bg7 Bf5 B:h7 B:g8
8. Bb2 B:g7 c5 c4 c:b3 b:c2 c:b1=Q Qe4+
9. f3 f:e4 e5 B:f7 Bg6 Nf3 Rc1 Rc8 Re8# (1-0)

Honkela-Santoni 0-1
Setup 1: NNBBRKQR
1. e4
2. e5,h5
3. Nc3,b3,Ba3+
4. Be7,B:a3,f6,Kf7
5. f3,Qe3,Qh6,Q:h8,Q:g8+
6. R:g8,d5,d4,d:c3,c:d2,d:e1=Q+
7. K:e1,Kf2,Be2,Rd1,Rd8,R:g8,Bc4+
8. Kg6,Bb4,a5,a4,a:b3,b2,b1=Q,Qe1#

Alfred Pfeiffer  -  Timo Honkela 1-0
Setup 3: NBBRNKQR
1. f4
2. g5 g:f4
3. Qd4 Q:h8 Q:g8+
4. K:g8 d5 d4 c5
5. O-O R:f4 R:d4 R:d8 R:e8+
6. Kg7 Bd7 B:e8 Ba4 B:c2 B:d1
7. d4 d:c5 c6 c:b7 b:a8=Q Q:b8 Q:a7
8. Black resigns (1-0)

Blazsik-Honkela
Setup 2: BNQBRKNR

1.e4
2.e5,b5
3.Re3,h4,Nh3
4.d6 Qxh3 Nh6 Qxh1+
5. Ke2 c4 cxb5 Bb3 Qxh1
6. c6 cxb5 Bxe4 Bxg2 Bxh1 Ke7
7. Rg3 Rg6 Rxh6 Rf6 Rxf7xx 1-0


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