Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Resign or not?

 One of the issues with using online games as a source for research and study, is that sometimes come to an abrupt end. This is often due to connection issues, but unless you drill down into the source data (ie the extra tags that come with online games), you can never be quite sure it just wasn't an early resignation.

Here is one such game from the 2020 Online Olympiad. White is certainly better/winning after 13.Bg5, but did this move force a resignation, or was it just the last move before the internet dropped out?


Lohani,Sujana (1476) - Madelta,Glenda (1427) [A00]
2020 FIDE Online Olympiad Chess.com (4.5), 01.08.2020

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 c5 12. Qd3 b6 13. Bg5 1-0

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