Wednesday, 18th of February, 2026

SMIKAP. We talk about the Olympics, and wonder what is the highest elevation on the Maldives. We are treated to videos of a woman diver whose head is nibbled on by a shark, a bullet train speeding through a Chinese railway station, and a dog running alongside cross-country skiers at the Olympics.

Game played

Winners

Notes
Heat: Pedal to the Metal Stephan Reebs Three revolutions around the Italia circuit. Aston Martin finishes only 2 squares beyond the finish line, but 10 squares ahead of second-place Haas.

Comments:

Mike Gerdov - 2026-02-23 13:26:46:

@Stephan G. Reebs <[email protected]> So apparently 6. Nxd5 was the
right move after all, it was not crushing, but there was enough
compensation after white eventually pushed the pawn to e6, which I did not
see.
PGN:
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
O-O
Bb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Ne4 15.
Qh5 Qf6 16. Ng4 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ fxg6 18. Nxh6+ Kg7 19. Ng4 Nxc3 20. Bxc7 Bb5
21.
Rfe1 Ne4 22. f3 Nd2 23. a4 Bd7 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Bd6 Rh8 26. Red1 Nc4 27. Nxc4
dxc4 28. Be5+ Kg8 29. Bxh8 Kxh8 30. a5 Rc8 31. c3 Kg7 32. Rab1 Bc6 33. e4
Rf8
34. d5 exd5 35. exd5 Bd7 36. Rxb7 1-0
M.
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Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]

Mike Gerdov - 2026-02-23 15:38:49:

i did not play with 12x12 expansion this time.
Best regards,
Mikhail Gerdov [email protected]
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 11:32 a.m. Pierre-Paul Lavoie <
[email protected]> wrote:

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