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Jörg Knappen wrote on Thu, Apr 10 06:14 PM EDT:

Now it is forbidden for the Black King to enter the 1st rank at all, see the potential capture after move 119 and the situation after the last move:

{1781357515} 1. e4 e5 2. Qg4 f5 3. Qg6 Ke7 4. d4 d5 5. Bg5 Kd7 6. Nc3 b5 7. O-O-O Qf6 8. g4 Kc6 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Nf3 Bf7 11. d3 Ne7 12. Nd4 Kd7 13. Na4 c6 14. c3 e6 15. Nc5 Kc7 16. a4 a5 17. Bf4 Kb6 18. Nd7 Kb7 19. Nc5 Kc8 20. b4 Qe5 21. h4 Kc7 22. Na6 Kb6 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. f3 Ra6 25. a3 a4 26. h5 Ra5 27. Rd2 Nc8 28. Bg5 Be7 29. f4 Bf6 30. Rhh2 Nd6 31. h6 Rha8 32. Rde2 R8a6 33. Rh3 Nb8 34. Nd7 Kb7 35. Nc5 Kc7 36. h5 Nd7 37. Ree3 Nb6 38. h6 Nb7 39. Ref3 Kb8 40. Nd7 Kc8 41. Nc5 Kd8 42. Rfg3 Ke8 43. h5 Qd6 44. e5 Qd7 45. Rg2 Nd6 46. h6 Ne4 47. Rgg3 Qd6 48. Rh4 Nc8 49. Bb3 Qc7 50. Rgh3 Ncd6 51. Bc4 Ng3 52. Rh2 Nde4 53. Ne2 Qd6 54. d4 Ra8 55. R2h3 Kd8 56. Nb7 Kc7 57. Nc5 Rd8 58. Rh2 Raa8 59. R4h3 Qd7 60. Na6 Kb6 61. Nc5 Qa7 62. Rh1 Qa5 63. Nd7 Kc7 64. Nc5 Rd6 65. R1h2 Kd8 66. Nb7 Ke8 67. f3 c5 68. Rh1 Kd7 69. f4 Kc7 70. R1h2 Kxb7 71. Rh4 b6 72. Bb5 Ra6 73. R2h3 Rd7 74. Rh5 Kc7 75. Rh2 c4 76. b3 b7 77. R5h4 Kb6 78. d3 Kxb5 79. Nd4 Kb6 80. Re2 Ka7 81. Nb5 Ka8 82. d4 Qb4 83. Nc7 Kb8 84. Nb5 Kc8 85. Na7 Kd8 86. Nc6 Ke8 87. h5 b5 88. Rh3 Rd6 89. h6 Kd7 90. Nb8 Kc7 91. h5 Kxb8 92. Bh4 Kb7 93. Qg5 Bg6 94. h6 Kc7 95. Rhh2 Nf1 96. Re3 Ned2 97. Rhh3 a5 98. Re2 c5 99. h5 Qc4 100. a4 Qd3 101. c2 b4 102. Rf2 Qc3 103. b2 c4 104. Rff3 Rab6 105. Rh2 b3 106. Bg3 Rb4 107. Re3 a6 108. Rg2 Kb6 109. e4 e5 110. Rg1 Ka5 111. f3 Kxa4 112. Rg2 Ka5 113. f4 Ra4 114. Kd1 Qd3 115. h4 Ra1 116. b1 Ka4 117. h5 Ka3 118. Rg1 Kb2 119. c1 Ka3 120. b2 Kb4 121. Rg2 Rb1 122. f3 c3 123. Rh2 Qc2 124. Ke2 Kc4 125. d3 Kd4 126. f4 h6 127. h4 b4 128. b3 Rb2 129. Rf2 b5 130. b4 b6 131. b5 Rb4 132. Rff3 Kc5 133. h5 Kxb5 134. d4 Ka4 135. Rf2 Ka3 136. Rd3 Ka2 137. Rg2


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