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Blitz! | Preview Episode - Jonathan Schrantz

While testing our new Studio B audio/video equipment
Jonathan calls upon the chess audience for ideas on what to call our new weekly "Blitz!" segment all while playing a "friendly" game of chess against a 2200+ rated opponent.

Blitz! Episode 0 Game:
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.02.04"]
[White "VampireChicken"]
[Black "hannibal4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2227"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Na3 a6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 b4 10. Ncd5 Nxe4 11. a3 bxa3 12. Rxa3 g6 13. Bc4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Nd4
15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qd1 O-O 17. c3 Nde6 18. O-O f5 19. Nc2 Kh8 20. Ncb4 Bb7 21. Be3
a5 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 f4 24. Bb6 Qg5 25. f3 Nc5 26. Qe2 e4 27. fxe4 Rae8 28.
Bxc5 dxc5 29. Rxa5 Bxd5 30. Rxc5 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Qg4 32. Rf3 Rd8 33. Rd5 Qe6 34.
h3 Rxd5 35. exd5 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 h5 37. d6 Rd8 38. Qc7 Qe8 39. Qe7 Qxe7 40. dxe7
Re8 41. g4 Rxe7 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Kg2 Bh6 44. c4 Re2+ 45. Rf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2
Kg7 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. b4 Kd6 50. c5+ 1-0
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Ref. game:
[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Nf6 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 b4 10. Ncd5 Nxe4 11. a3 bxa3 12. Rxa3 g6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Nc4 Rb8
15. Be3 f5 16. Bb6 Rxb6 17. Ncxb6 Bh6 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. O-O Be6 21.
Rxa6 Qh4 22. Qe2 Nd8 23. Ra8 Kg7 24. g3 Bg4 25. gxh4 Bxe2 26. Rfa1 g5 27. Nd7
Rf5 28. Rxd8 gxh4 29. Rg8+ Kf7 30. Ra7 Rf3 31. N7f6+ Ke6 32. Re7+ Kf5 33. Ng4
Bd2 34. Nge3+ 1-0