'chenns' 9d and the Time Curse
Today
'chenns' played three games, all decided by time.
His
first game was against 'willzhang'
9d. At move 79, Black (Zhang) played a move but he still lost by time. What is
really strange about this is that, even though White won by time, the last move
in the game was played by Black - how can that happen?
Despite
the fact that 'chenns' added time to his opponent, it seems that there was a
problem with willzhang's internet connection. Both players were upset after the
game (and 'chenns' pointed out more than once that he did add time: 'I REALLY ADDED.......I ADD 1 MIN...').
Anyway,
it was time to move on. 'MilanMilan'
then accepted to play 'chenns', and again the game's ending was controversial.
You
can see their game here. (As usual, 'chenns' used the Chinese Opening.) The
interesting part starts with White 110 (J14). Up to W128, Black is cut and his
groups have to struggle for life. But then 'MilanMilan' was not cautious with
his own group at the bottom when he played W148... So Black got his chance to
complicate things and he tried to capture White's dragon!
As
you might have guessed, this game too did not end with a formal resignation:
'MilanMilan' lost by time at move 199!
chenns [9d]: whose problem?
MilanMilan [9d]: who's lag?
MilanMilan [9d]: ???
MilanMilan [9d]: ?
chenns [9d]: ??.....again....
The
position was still complicated, so after the game 'chenns' showed how Black was
going to live at the top, and he played out the semeai at the bottom, too. I added those moves in the game file -
as you can see, the game is favorable for Black (although White could have
lived at the bottom some moves before, had he been more careful). Anyway, again
'chenns' was trying to be humble:
Emerson [4k]: wow chens beat milan
Emerson [4k]: incredible
chenns [9d]: no
chenns [9d]: net beat milan
chenns [9d]: not me
I
guess this will be an interesting episode for those who believe in Karma: after
saying this, 'chenns' started a new game - now against 'kghin' - and, believe it or not, this
time it was his turn to lose by time! 'cheens' accepted the defeat gracefully,
though:
chenns [9d]: pay back XDXD