The Challenge was seen through. Webadict valiantly defended his title, and is uncontested victor.It was fiercely fought, but there can be only one King of the Mafia. At the end of the bloody match, webadict, reigning King, stood in command of the field of battle.
God Save the King!The challengers met for the second game today, with the stoic Toaster as witness and arbiter. Book needed a victory if he would have hopes of continuing, and made an excellent start (if I say so myself), sacrificing a bishop to build an
impressive Queen-side attack, bringing all his pieces to bear in what at times seemed an irresistible onslaught, but webadict defended methodically, solidly, without giving an inch.
As the situation started to resolve, Book stood with a center passed pawn against an uncastled King, and a couple of potentially winning combinations, but webadict continued to defend and threatened to infiltrate Book's sparsely defended home row. Book was forced to abandon his attack and exchange a rook for the safety of castling.
By this time, webadict had a respectable, but not yet decisive, material advantage. Unfortunately, Book's attack was now in shambles, and his clock was rapidly dwindling. He still made an effort to attack on the King-side, and prevented webadict's attempt at infiltration or capturing his promising passed pawn. But Book had gambled his clock away on the mid-game attack, and was now down to mere seconds without a clear defence.
With less than fifteen seconds on his clock, Book started to flail his pieces about without having a chance to think, and placed his Queen on
exactly the wrong place, losing all possibility of resisting for the last ten or so seconds before he'd have lost anyway due to time. It was over.
Your Majesty, you are the winner. Zathras' soul is freed by your command, and I hereby become an unwavering fan of the Jersey Shore. Also:
webadict is, by far, the coolest person ever.
There is no way I could ever be cooler than webadict.
The second game is copied below. This was actually really good; up until the last ten or so moves (where my clock was more dead than alive) both players found excellent moves and produced them with precision and forethought. I recommend it.
[Event "The Challenge for Zathras' Soul / King of the Mafia. Final Game."]
[Date "2011.02.19"]
[White "Book"]
[Black "webadict"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "30|0"]
[Termination "webadict won by resignation"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.c5 Be7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Be5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Nf6 12.e3 Qa5 13.b4 Qd8 14.Bd3 b6 15.Nxc6 Qc7 16.Bb5 a6 17.Qa4 Bb7 18.Ne5+ axb5 19.Qxb5+ Nd7 20.c6 Ba6 21.Qa4 Nxe5 22.dxe5 O-O 23.b5 Qxe5 24.Qc2 Bxb5 25.Nxb5 Qxa1+ 26.Qd1 Rxa3 27.Nxa3 Qxa3 28.O-O Qc5 29.Qa4 b5 30.Qa6 Bd6 31.Rb1 f5 32.g3 b4 33.Qb7 g4 34.Qd7 e5 35.Qe6+ Kg7 36.Qd7+ Rf7 37.Kg2 Rxd7 38.cxd7 Qc7 39.d8=Q Qxd8 0-1
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