nabla: Hi nabla,

Ed is having problems replying to the messages sent to him here on BrainKing. Here are two ways you can contact him:

email: GothicChessInfo@aol.com

the Gothic Chess discussion board:

http://s13.invisionfree.com/Gothic_Chess_Forum/index.php


You might also want to publish some of our endgame database positions, like the mate in 268 that was solved:

http://www.gothicchess.com/javascript_endings.html


Here is Ed's reply to your post:

JANUS CHESS GAMES

I am including 3 Janus chess games here for your review.
Two are against a very strong FIDE Master from Germany,
a hard fought win, and a draw when down by about 4-5 pawns!
The other game is one where I announced a mate in 27 after
having sacrificed an Archbishop (Janus) + pawn for only a knight.

Starting with 33. i5+!! http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=347378&i=
65

the game becomes spectacular. After I begin weaving the mating net, my
opponent uncorks 37...Jba3+! http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=347378&i=
74
to sacrifice one of his Janus pieces to create counterplay. He continues to sac,
this time with The Exchange 41...Rac8+ 42. Bxc8 Rxc8+
http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=34

7378&i=82 which leads to an even
more stunning combination where I give up a Queen for Rook:

44...Re8+ 45. Qe5!! Rxe5+

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=347378&

i=89

The resulting ending is 2 Rooks + 3 unconnected pawns vs.
Janus + 6 pawns, two pairs of which are connected on the extreme flanks.
The 2 Rooks win this technical ending, very worthy of print.

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=347378


[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grim Reaper"]
[Black "Caissus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rjnbkqbnjr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RJN



BKQBNJR w sKQkq - 0 1"]

1. e3 f5 2. Jc3 Jh6 3. Ng3 Nd6 4. h3 e6 5. Bi3 g5 6. Nd3 Bf6 7. Jj3+ Ng6
8. Ne5 Bf7 9. Nxf7 Qxf7 10. d4 i6 11. Bf3 a6 12. Ja5 b6 13. Jb3 c6 14. Ni4 Ji7
15. g4 j5 16. Ng3 f4 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Jxf7+ Kxf7 19. O-O Jc7 20. Be2 Ne4
21. Rd1 fxg4 22. Bxg4 d5 23. Bh2 Jb5 24. Qe1 fxe3 25. Qxe3 Jc4 26. Qe1 Jj6
27. Bg3 Nxg3 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. fxg3 Jxg3 30. Qxc6 Jgd6 31. Qd7+ Kh6 32. i4 Jdb5
33. i5+ Nxi5 34. Jxi5+ Kxi5 35. Qxh7 Kj4 36. Qh6+ i5 37. Qxf6 Jba3+
38. bxa3 Jxa3+ 39. Ka1 Jxc2+ 40. Kb2 Ja4+ 41. Kc1 Rac8+ 42. Bxc8 Rxc8+
43. Kd2 Jc3+ 44. Ke3 Re8+ 45. Qe5 Rxe5+ 46. dxe5 Jxe5 47. Rd4+ Kj3 48. Rg1 Kxj2
49. Rxg5 Jf7 50. Rdxd5 Jh6 51. Kf2 j4 52. Rxi5 Jf4 53. Rdf5 Jd3+ 54. Kg1 b5
55. Kh2 Je4 56. Rf4 Jd6 57. Ri2+ Kj3 58. Ri4 1-0


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"Mely" is a German Fide Master, also a very strong
Janus Chess player. Here is a win against him. If you are
interested, I can annotate portions of this game.


http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=874385


[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2005.06.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mely"]
[Black "Grim Reaper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rjnbkqbnjr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RJN



BKQBNJR w sKQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 Jc6 2. Ng3 e6 3. Jh3 Nd6 4. c3 Ng6 5. f3 h6 6. Be3 Be7 7. d4 Bi6
8. Bb3 O-O 9. Jd3 Rd8 10. Qf2 Nc8 11. j4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. i3 Re8 14. j5 Bh7
15. Je2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Jxg5 f6 18. Jd2 Rxe2+ 19. Ncxe2 Jj6 20. Bc2 Nd6
21. O-O Nc4 22. Jb3 Qe8 23. Jc5 Ne3 24. Ka1 Nxc2+ 25. Rxc2 Ji5 26. Nc1 Nf4
27. Rd2 g5 28. Nb3 Qc8 29. Qf1 Re8 30. Ja3 Jd7 31. Rg1 Bxj5 32. Nc5 Jc6
33. i4 Bh7 34. Ne2 Jg6 35. Nxf4 Jxf4 36. Qd1 Jxh2 37. Rh1 Jg3 38. Rxh7 Re1
39. Rxi7 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 b6 41. Nd3 Ja4 0-1

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The game below features an amazing draw against Mely,
where I am down an Archishop (Janus) versus Queen + 2 pawns
(and 3 pawns earlier.)

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=874384


[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2005.06.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grim Reaper"]
[Black "Mely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rjnbkqbnjr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RJN



BKQBNJR w sKQkq - 0 1"]

1. Nd3 Nd6 2. Jh3 f6 3. e3 Ni6 4. Jc3 g6 5. Ng3 Jh6 6. Bxi6 jxi6 7. O-O c6
8. Nc5 Bb6 9. d4 Rj5 10. i4 Rd5 11. Ji2 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Jd4 b6 14. f4 a5
15. b3 Ja6 16. Qxa6 Rxa6 17. a4 Ra7 18. Bf2 Bd5 19. Rjg1 Qg8 20. Ja1 Ne4
21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Jg3 Jf5 23. Jxf5 gxf5 24. Bh4 Qg7 25. h3 h5 26. ixh5 ixh5
27. Ri1 Qxg2 28. Bxf6 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 30. Jxc2 exf6 31. Rxi7 Qxh3
32. Jd4 Qj1+ 33. Kb2 Qxj2+ 34. Ka3 Qj6 35. Ri8+ Kf7 36. Jxf5 d5 37. Jd6+ Kg6
38. e4 dxe4 39. Jxe4+ Kf7 40. Jd6+ Kg6 41. Je4+ Kf7 42. Jd6+ 1/2-1/2

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GOTHIC CHESS GAMES

Gothic Chess is the game I invented, and I pour a great deal of energy
into each and every game. I play out almost every move to the ending
before making any single move on BrainKing.
I do this many times over, so I get an excellent insight into that which will come.
Here are some amazing games:

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=821982


Perhaps the most complex combination ever issued begins here with:

16. Ri3!? (or arguably the move just prior, 15. Rh3!? which allows
the black knight to fork white's queen and rook.)

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=821982&i=31


Black spends 3 days thinking about taking my queen, then declines with 16...h6
to reinforce his king. I continue to let the queen hang, then place a knight in front of
a pawn with 17. Nj5!! after which he takes the queen. After 17...Nxd1 18. Nxg6,
I have only a pawn for the queen, against a player rated 2065.

The subsequent win is so complex, it would take a few pages to annotate properly,
but if there was ever a single Gothic Chess game that should be published, it
should be this one.

http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=821982&i=33



[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2005.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grim Reaper"]
[Black "andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB



QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Axc4 3. Nh3 Nh6 4. g3 Ag8 5. Af3 g6 6. Bg2 Bf6 7. Nd5 Af7
8. Nxf6 exf6 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Ni5 j6 12. Nj3 Be6 13. h4 Ng4 14. Ad2 Ag8
15. Rh3 Nxf2 16. Ri3 h6 17. Ni5 Nxd1 18. Nxg6 Cg7 19. Nxi7 Cxi7 20. Rxi7+ Axi7
21. Cxd1 Nc6 22. Ch1 Bg8 23. Ci3 Kj8 24. Af3 Qe7 25. Bh3 Bh7 26. Cxi7 Kxi7
27. Ah5+ Ki8 28. Bxh6 Rae8 29. Bi4 j5 30. Aj6+ Kj7 31. Ai5+ Ki8 32. Bh5 Bi6
33. Bxi6 Rxh6 34. Axh6+ Kh8 35. Axf5 1-0

Other interesting Gothic Chess wins involving complex sacrifices and long
combinations:


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http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=571566


[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grim Reaper"]
[Black "andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB



QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nh3 Nh6 3. Nc3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. f4 f6 6. Bf3 Bg7 7. e3 j6 8. Af2 Af7
9. Cg2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Ad6 13. Ci3 Af8 14. g4 Kj8
15. Ni6+ hxi6 16. Cxi6+ Kj7 17. g5 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Rh5 20. Qi4 Bi5
21. Qxh5 1-0

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http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=325125


[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grim Reaper"]
[Black "White Shark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB



QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. d4 Nh6 2. Nh3 i6 3. g4 Bi7 4. g5 Nj5 5. Cf3 Bj6 6. g6 h6 7. gxf7 Axf7
8. Cxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ hxg5 10. Bxg5 Cd6 11. Ah3 Nh6 12. Af4 Qf8 13. Nc3 c6
14. Be4 Ce6 15. Axe6+ dxe6 16. Qd3 Kg8 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rjg1 Rh8 19. Qj3 Bi7
20. e3 Rj8 21. Qg6 Rh8 22. Qxe6+ Qf7 23. Qxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxe7 Nb6 25. h3 Bf5
26. Bh1 Be6 27. Bf6 Nf5 28. d5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Bh6 30. Nc7 Rf8 31. Nxe6 Rxf6
32. Ng5 Nd6 33. f4 Bi7 34. Rd3 Rh5 35. i3 Kf8 36. h4 Rh8 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Bxe4 1-0

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This opening is known as "Trice's Gambit" (1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Axc4) and always
produces exciting games. In fact, there has been more than one thematic tournament
on BrainKing using this opening.


http://brainking.com/en/ArchivedGame?g=515879


[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech Republic)"]
[Date "2004.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grim Reaper"]
[Black "andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB



QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Axc4 3. g3 g6 4. Bd5 Ab6 5. Nh3 Nh6 6. Af3 c6 7. Ni5 Bxc3
8. Nxh7+ Kg7 9. Nxj8 Cxj8 10. dxc3 cxd5 11. Be3 Ac7 12. Qd4+ Kh7 13. Ag5+ Kg8
14. Cg2 Qe8 15. Ci3 1-0