The 5^th Milpitas Game

with Bill

a b c d e f g h  8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1    a b c d e f g h

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bb4 3. Nc3 Qe7 4. Bb5 Nc6 5. O-O Qc5
6. Ng5 d6 7. d3 h5 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Nf3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxb5
11. Rb1 -?-

The last move was made Monday, June 26, 2000
It is now Bill's move

r3k1nr/ppp2pp1/2np4/1q2p2p/4P1b1/2PPBN2/P1P2PPP/1R1Q1RK1 b kq - 1 11

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The First Mr.Clean Game

with Dean

a b c d e f g h  8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1    a b c d e f g h

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4
6. Bd2 Be7 7. d3 Ng5 8. h3 0-0 9. -?-

The last move was made on Monday February 21, 2005
It is now Dean's move

rnbq1rk1/pp2bppp/2p1p3/3pP1n1/3P4/2NB1N1P/PPPB1PP1/R2QK2R w KQ - 1 9

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The First Taz Game

with Gillen

a b c d e f g h  8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1    a b c d e f g h

This game began May 18^th 1997

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. c3 d4
6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Nh4 Qd7 8. f3 O-O-O 9. g4 Bxg4 10. fxg4 Qxg4
11. Qc1 Qxh4+ 12. -?-

The last move was made June 18, 1997
It is now Gillen's move

2kr1b1r/ppp2ppp/2n2n2/4p3/3p3q/1PPP4/P2BP2P/RNQ1KB1R w KQ - - 12

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The 6th Photographer Game

with Bob

a b c d e f g h  8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1    a b c d e f g h

1. e4 c5 2. Qg4 d5 3. Qh4 Nf6 4. a4 d4 5. Ra3 Nc6
6. Bb5 g6 7. Rf3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Qg5 Nxe4 10. Qf4 Qd5
11. d3 Bf5 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Qh4 Ne5 14. -?-

The last move was made Tuesday February 7, 2006.
It is now Bob's move.

r4rk1/pp2ppbp/3q2p1/2p1nb2/P1Bpn2Q/3P1R1P/1PP2PP1/1NB1K1NR w K - 5 14

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The 4^th Milpitas Game

with Bill

Completed after a mere 4,468 days

a b c d e f g h  8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1    a b c d e f g h

1. e4 c6 2. e5 e6 3. Nf3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf6 gxf6
6. Bc4 Rg8 7. g3 Bh6 8. d3 Rg4 9. Bxh6 Na6 10. Nh4 Qc5
11. Qxg4 Nb4 12. Ne4 Nxc2+ 13. Kd1 Qb4 14. Qg8+ Qf8 15. Qxf8#

It is finished. The end came on the fifteenth fateful move.
Only 4,468 days after the first pawn ventured forth
one Tuesday afternoon so long ago.

The 5th Photographer Game

with Bob

Completed after 4,315 days

a b c d e f g h  8   8   7   7   6   6   5   5   4   4   3   3   2   2   1   1    a b c d e f g h

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 Nc6 4. g3 h5 5. Bg2 Rh6
6. d3 Ng4 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bg7 10. Qd2 Bd4
11. e3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Nge5 13. O-O d6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Nxe5 dxe5
16. d4 Be6 17. dxc5 Rd8 18. Rc2 Nc6 19. Bf3 Bh3 20. Re1 Nb4
21. Rce2 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nc1 23. Red2 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Bxh5 f5
26. Rxc1 Kf6 27. Rd7 Ke6 28. Rcd1 f4 29. e4 Kf6 30. Rxb7 Kg5
31. Be8 Kg4 32. Bd7+ Kf3 33. Bxh3 Ke2 34. Bg4+ f3 35. Rbd7 h5
36. R7d2#

IT'S OVER! Chess players everywhere will be relieved to know that The Long National Nightmare has ended.
At 9:00 P.M. Eastern time this date, The Librarian made move number 36, checkmating his hapless opponent and mercifully ending the marathon chess game which has dragged on hopelessly for more than a decade. This was Game #5 in an ongoing series and it began innocently enough on February 9, 1985 with no indication that 4,315 days would pass before the life could be wrenched from the unnatural checkered monstrosity it would become. 11 years 9 months 24 days at an average of 3 moves per player per year. Who would have thought anyone had the strength, the fortitude to endure? Who would be willing to again face a chess board after such an ordeal? Game #6 is already under way.