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10th Correspondence Chess World Championship 1978-1981
I think it’s fair to say that this is possibly the final truly pre-computer era correspondence chess World Championships, so let’s see how close the top 3 finisher’s get to the mythical top 1/2/3 matches of 60%/75% & 85%...
1st Place
Victor Palciauskas
2nd Place
Juan Morgado
3rd Place
Keith Richardson
The games are classed as “out of book” if I cannot find the game position in the 2 million+ game chesslab database prior to the start of these 1978 championships.
Fritz 11 @ 30 seconds per move
4x AMD Phenom 2.30Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
Hash Table 512MB
Database used www.chesslab.com
1st Place
Victor Palciauskas:
Palciauskas-Morgado
This game has too few non-database moves for analysis purposes.
[Event "10th CC World Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, V."]
[Black "Richardson, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. f3 {
Takes game out of book; 1st} Nf6 {1st} 9. Nf2 {3rd} Nbd7 {3rd} 10. Bb5 {1st}
O-O {1st} 11. Ne2 {1st} c5 {Not in top 3} 12. c3 {2nd} bxc3 {1st} 13. bxc3 {1st
} Ba6 {Not in top 3} 14. O-O {1st} Qc7 {1st} 15. Rab1 {Not in top 3} Rfb8 {1st}
16. c4 {Not in top 3} e6 {Not in top 3} 17. Rfd1 {2nd} Bxb5 {1st} 18. cxb5 {2nd
} c4 {1st} 19. Nc3 {2nd} Nb6 {1st} 20. Nh3 {Not in top 3} Re8 {Not in top 3}
21. Qf2 {2nd} Nfd7 {Not in top 3} 22. Rbc1 {3rd} Rac8 {Not in top 3} 23. Nf4 {
1st} Qb7 {Not in top 3} 24. Rc2 {2nd} d5 {1st} 25. e5 {1st} Nf8 {Not in top 3}
26. Nfe2 {Not in top 3} f5 {Not in top 3} 27. Qh4 {Not in top 3} Qf7 {1st} 28.
g4 {Not in top 3} Nfd7 {1st} 29. g5 {2nd} Bf8 {1st} 30. Qf4 {Not in top 3} Bb4
{Not in top 3} 31. h4 {Not in top 3} Kf8 {Not in top 3} 32. Kf2 {Not in top 3}
Ke7 {Not in top 3} 33. Rh1 {2nd} Kd8 {Not in top 3} 34. Bd2 {1st} Ra8 {
Not in top 3} 35. Ra2 {1st} Rg8 {1st} 36. Raa1 {Not in top 3} 1/2-1/2
Result:
White: Palciauskas, V
Top 1 Match: 9/29 (31,0% )
Top 2 Match: 17/29 (58,6% )
Top 3 Match: 19/29 (65,5% )
Black: Richardson, K
Top 1 Match: 13/28 (46,4% )
Top 2 Match: 13/28 (46,4% )
Top 3 Match: 14/28 (50,0% )
[Event "10th CC World Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, G."]
[Black "Palciauskas, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. c3 Qh4 12. f3 Nf2 13. g3 Qh5 14. Kxf2 Qxh2+
15. Ke3 O-O {Takes game out of book; 3rd} 16. Kd3 {1st} a5 {2nd} 17. Bd2 {2nd}
Qxg3 {1st} 18. Kc2 {2nd} f4 {1st} 19. a4 {Not in top 3} Bb6 {Not in top 3} 20.
Na3 {1st} c5 {1st} 21. Ne2 {1st} Qxf3 {1st} 22. Nxf4 {1st} Bf5+ {1st} 23. Kb3 {
1st} c4+ {2nd} 24. Ka2 {1st} Qxd1 {1st} 25. Raxd1 {1st} c6 {1st} 26. Be3 {1st}
Bxe3 {1st} 27. Rxe3 {1st} Bg4 {1st} 28. Ne2 {1st} Rf2 {1st} 29. Re1 {1st} Rb8 {
2nd} 30. e6 {1st} Kf8 {2nd} 31. e7+ {1st} Ke8 {1st} 32. Nc2 {1st} Kd7 {
Not in top 3} 33. Re5 {Not in top 3} Rxe2 {2nd} 34. R1xe2 {1st} Bxe2 {1st} 35.
Rxe2 {1st} Re8 {1st} 36. Rh2 {1st} h6 {1st} 37. Rg2 {1st} Rxe7 {1st} 38. Nd4 {
1st} g5 {1st} 39. Rh2 {1st} c5 {1st} 40. Nf5 {1st} Rh7 {2nd} 41. Nxh6 {1st} d4
{1st} 42. Kb1 {1st} Kc6 {3rd} 43. Kc2 {3rd} Kd5 {1st} 44. Kd2 {1st} Ke4 {1st}
45. Re2+ {Not in top 3} Kf3 {1st} 46. Re6 {1st} Rb7 {1st} 47. Rf6+ {2nd} Ke4 {
1st} 48. Kc1 {1st} dxc3 {3rd} 49. bxc3 {1st} Kd3 {2nd} 50. Rf3+ {1st} Ke4 {1st}
51. Rh3 {1st} Re7 {2nd} 52. Kd2 {1st} Kf4 {3rd} 53. Rh1 {1st} Rd7+ {1st} 54.
Kc2 {1st} Rd3 {Not in top 3} 55. Rg1 {2nd} Rh3 {1st} 56. Ng4 {2nd} Rh4 {1st}
57. Nf6 {1st} g4 {1st} 58. Kd2 {1st} Rh2+ {1st} 59. Ke1 {1st} Rh4 {1st} 60.
Nd5+ {2nd} Kf3 {1st} 61. Rf1+ {2nd} Ke4 {1st} 62. Nf6+ {2nd} Ke3 {1st} 1/2-1/2
Result:
White: Sanakoev, G
Top 1 Match: 35/47 (74,5% )
Top 2 Match: 43/47 (91,5% )
Top 3 Match: 44/47 (93,6% )
Black: Palciauskas, V
Top 1 Match: 33/48 (68,8% )
Top 2 Match: 41/48 (85,4% )
Top 3 Match: 45/48 (93,8% )
I think it’s fair to say that this is possibly the final truly pre-computer era correspondence chess World Championships, so let’s see how close the top 3 finisher’s get to the mythical top 1/2/3 matches of 60%/75% & 85%...
1st Place
Victor Palciauskas
2nd Place
Juan Morgado
3rd Place
Keith Richardson
The games are classed as “out of book” if I cannot find the game position in the 2 million+ game chesslab database prior to the start of these 1978 championships.
Fritz 11 @ 30 seconds per move
4x AMD Phenom 2.30Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM
Hash Table 512MB
Database used www.chesslab.com
1st Place
Victor Palciauskas:
Palciauskas-Morgado
This game has too few non-database moves for analysis purposes.
[Event "10th CC World Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, V."]
[Black "Richardson, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. f3 {
Takes game out of book; 1st} Nf6 {1st} 9. Nf2 {3rd} Nbd7 {3rd} 10. Bb5 {1st}
O-O {1st} 11. Ne2 {1st} c5 {Not in top 3} 12. c3 {2nd} bxc3 {1st} 13. bxc3 {1st
} Ba6 {Not in top 3} 14. O-O {1st} Qc7 {1st} 15. Rab1 {Not in top 3} Rfb8 {1st}
16. c4 {Not in top 3} e6 {Not in top 3} 17. Rfd1 {2nd} Bxb5 {1st} 18. cxb5 {2nd
} c4 {1st} 19. Nc3 {2nd} Nb6 {1st} 20. Nh3 {Not in top 3} Re8 {Not in top 3}
21. Qf2 {2nd} Nfd7 {Not in top 3} 22. Rbc1 {3rd} Rac8 {Not in top 3} 23. Nf4 {
1st} Qb7 {Not in top 3} 24. Rc2 {2nd} d5 {1st} 25. e5 {1st} Nf8 {Not in top 3}
26. Nfe2 {Not in top 3} f5 {Not in top 3} 27. Qh4 {Not in top 3} Qf7 {1st} 28.
g4 {Not in top 3} Nfd7 {1st} 29. g5 {2nd} Bf8 {1st} 30. Qf4 {Not in top 3} Bb4
{Not in top 3} 31. h4 {Not in top 3} Kf8 {Not in top 3} 32. Kf2 {Not in top 3}
Ke7 {Not in top 3} 33. Rh1 {2nd} Kd8 {Not in top 3} 34. Bd2 {1st} Ra8 {
Not in top 3} 35. Ra2 {1st} Rg8 {1st} 36. Raa1 {Not in top 3} 1/2-1/2
Result:
White: Palciauskas, V
Top 1 Match: 9/29 (31,0% )
Top 2 Match: 17/29 (58,6% )
Top 3 Match: 19/29 (65,5% )
Black: Richardson, K
Top 1 Match: 13/28 (46,4% )
Top 2 Match: 13/28 (46,4% )
Top 3 Match: 14/28 (50,0% )
[Event "10th CC World Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, G."]
[Black "Palciauskas, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. c3 Qh4 12. f3 Nf2 13. g3 Qh5 14. Kxf2 Qxh2+
15. Ke3 O-O {Takes game out of book; 3rd} 16. Kd3 {1st} a5 {2nd} 17. Bd2 {2nd}
Qxg3 {1st} 18. Kc2 {2nd} f4 {1st} 19. a4 {Not in top 3} Bb6 {Not in top 3} 20.
Na3 {1st} c5 {1st} 21. Ne2 {1st} Qxf3 {1st} 22. Nxf4 {1st} Bf5+ {1st} 23. Kb3 {
1st} c4+ {2nd} 24. Ka2 {1st} Qxd1 {1st} 25. Raxd1 {1st} c6 {1st} 26. Be3 {1st}
Bxe3 {1st} 27. Rxe3 {1st} Bg4 {1st} 28. Ne2 {1st} Rf2 {1st} 29. Re1 {1st} Rb8 {
2nd} 30. e6 {1st} Kf8 {2nd} 31. e7+ {1st} Ke8 {1st} 32. Nc2 {1st} Kd7 {
Not in top 3} 33. Re5 {Not in top 3} Rxe2 {2nd} 34. R1xe2 {1st} Bxe2 {1st} 35.
Rxe2 {1st} Re8 {1st} 36. Rh2 {1st} h6 {1st} 37. Rg2 {1st} Rxe7 {1st} 38. Nd4 {
1st} g5 {1st} 39. Rh2 {1st} c5 {1st} 40. Nf5 {1st} Rh7 {2nd} 41. Nxh6 {1st} d4
{1st} 42. Kb1 {1st} Kc6 {3rd} 43. Kc2 {3rd} Kd5 {1st} 44. Kd2 {1st} Ke4 {1st}
45. Re2+ {Not in top 3} Kf3 {1st} 46. Re6 {1st} Rb7 {1st} 47. Rf6+ {2nd} Ke4 {
1st} 48. Kc1 {1st} dxc3 {3rd} 49. bxc3 {1st} Kd3 {2nd} 50. Rf3+ {1st} Ke4 {1st}
51. Rh3 {1st} Re7 {2nd} 52. Kd2 {1st} Kf4 {3rd} 53. Rh1 {1st} Rd7+ {1st} 54.
Kc2 {1st} Rd3 {Not in top 3} 55. Rg1 {2nd} Rh3 {1st} 56. Ng4 {2nd} Rh4 {1st}
57. Nf6 {1st} g4 {1st} 58. Kd2 {1st} Rh2+ {1st} 59. Ke1 {1st} Rh4 {1st} 60.
Nd5+ {2nd} Kf3 {1st} 61. Rf1+ {2nd} Ke4 {1st} 62. Nf6+ {2nd} Ke3 {1st} 1/2-1/2
Result:
White: Sanakoev, G
Top 1 Match: 35/47 (74,5% )
Top 2 Match: 43/47 (91,5% )
Top 3 Match: 44/47 (93,6% )
Black: Palciauskas, V
Top 1 Match: 33/48 (68,8% )
Top 2 Match: 41/48 (85,4% )
Top 3 Match: 45/48 (93,8% )