FM Dario Mione of Italy just sent me the following game from a 10 year old boy who just defeated an IM with the Black pieces! He was born in 1997 and lived in Chicago from 2002-2005.
Here is the game:
[Event “Festival Isola d’Elba”]
[Site “Isola d’Elba ITA”]
[Date “2007.05.07”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin”]
[Black “Codenotti, Marco”]
[ECO “A45”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Qa5 12. Bh3 e6 13. h5 Bxh5 14. Bxe6 fxe615. Rxh5 Bb4 16. Kf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. e3 Qxc3 19. Ne2 Qc2 20. Qh1 Qf5 21. Nf4 Rc2+ 22. Kg3 g6 23. Rh4 Qxg5+ 24. Rg4 Qf6 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Qh3 Qf6 27. Rh1 h5 28. Rxg6 h4+ 29. Qxh4 Rxh4 30. Rxh4 Rg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qxh4 32. Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Rd6 Nb6 34. a4 Qe7 35. Rg6 Qxe3 36. Rg4 Qxd4 37. Nh5 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 d4 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 d3 41. a5 Qc2 42. Rxa7 d2 43. axb6 Qc8+ 44. Kg3 d1=Q 45. Nf6 Qd6+ 0-1
Click here to replay the game.
By the way, Dario’s blog is www.midaschess.blogspot.com
It looks a like the IM was toying with him a bit, but, still, it was a great win. How good was I when I was 10? I was champion of my elementary school but still many years away from beating my dad (who probably would have peaked at Elo 1000 had he ever played tournaments). This kid could absolutely demolish the 10 year old me!
I didn’t know what chess was when I was 10… well I knew it was a game, like checkers :).
Amazing! He smashed the IM! Most impressive play. My first rating when I did play USCF was 1858 based on this I was probably 1700 at 10 years old. Still, I was no where near beating an IM as this kid did. I wonder how much stronger with a GM level chess computer playing program and database of games I could have been.
The IM is rated 2279, is 66 years old, and played almost every move like an idiot.
His obvious arrogance paid off in a nice win for a 10 year old!
Well maybe another prodigy from Chicago? A certain Robert James Fischer was born in Chicago at Michael Reese Hospital in 1943.
This is wonderful news. Marco played at our school, William H. Ray Elementary, when he was in Chicago. Not surprisingly, he was one of our chess club stars, though he has clearly made dramatic strides since returning home to Italy. We all wish him well and send our regards.
A couple of years later Marco is no longer new at remarkable performances against IM’s and even GM’s. Today I came across this little jewel, recently played during an international tournment in Milan. Well, I’m not even an amateur player – just a lover of the game – so I’m not really able to comment about the technical quality of the game, but it really looks spectacular: how many times have you knocked down an IM with a Queen sacrifice? I’d really like to read some comment of chess experts!
Here is the link to the game:
http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?p=1786
and this is the pgn
[Event “30° Trofeo Edoardo Crespi Magistrale”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2009.12.06”]
[Round “3”]
[White “CODENOTTI, Marco “]
[Black “Salvador, Roland “]
[Result “1-0”]
[Board “a.g6ff1i2”]
[Input “DGT3080”]
[Owner “CIRCOLO SCACCHI CORSICO”]
[WhiteClock “1:30”]
[BlackClock “1:30”]
[Clock “B/n/a”]
1. e4 { [%clk 1:30] } c5 { [%clk 1:27] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 1:31] } Nc6 { [%clk 1:27] } 3. d4 { [%clk 1:31] } cxd4 { [%clk 1:28] } 4. Nxd4 { [%clk 1:32] } e5 { [%clk 1:28] } 5. Nb5 { [%clk 1:32] } d6 { [%clk 1:28] } 6. N1c3 { [%clk
1:32] } a6 { [%clk 1:29] } 7. Na3 { [%clk 1:33] } Be6 { [%clk 1:27] } 8. Nc4 { [%clk 1:33] } Be7 { [%clk 1:26] } 9. Ne3 { [%clk 1:31] } Nf6 { [%clk 1:25] } 10. g3 { [%clk 1:29] } h5 { [%clk 1:26] } 11. Bg2 { [%clk 1:16] } h4 { [%clk
1:24] } 12. Ned5 { [%clk 1:15] } Bxd5 { [%clk 1:18] } 13. Nxd5 { [%clk 1:15] } Nxd5 { [%clk 1:18] } 14. exd5 { [%clk 1:11] } Nd4 { [%clk 1:18] } 15. c3 { [%clk 1:10] } Nf5 { [%clk 1:18] } 16. Qg4 { [%clk 0:59] } g6 { [%clk 1:17] } 17. a4 { [%clk 0:56] } Rc8 { [%clk 1:13] } 18. Qb4 { [%clk 0:53] } Qd7 { [%clk 1:11] } 19. a5 { [%clk 0:43] } Kf8 { [%clk 1:06] } 20. Qa4 { [%clk 0:40] } Qc7 { [%clk 1:06] } 21. g4 { [%clk 0:40] } h3 { [%clk 1:06] } 22. Be4 { [%clk
0:37] } Rh4 { [%clk 1:03] } 23. gxf5 { [%clk 0:36] } gxf5 { [%clk 1:04] } 24. Bxf5 { [%clk 0:34] } Rxa4 { [%clk 1:04] } 25. Bh6+ { [%clk 0:28] } Ke8 { [%clk 1:04] } 26. Rxa4 { [%clk 0:28] } Bf8 { [%clk 0:59] } 27. Be3 { [%clk 0:27] }
Qd8 { [%clk 0:58] } 28. Rg1 { [%clk 0:25] } Rc5 { [%clk 0:58] } 29. Rg8 { [%clk 0:23] } Qf6 { [%clk 0:48] } 30. Bg4 { [%clk 0:22] } Rxd5 { [%clk 0:20] } 31. Bg5 1-0