The 1st 19- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

19- (Jordan+Aunt Beast* - Khorkov) 1(20)1[2-9] 1(21)20[2] 3(22)3[4] 3(23@4)22 5(24)6

At this point, I saw that the game would be difficult for Roman, and sent him this image:



Play continued with 7(25)7[5] 9(26)21 5(27)6 5(28)7



I sent Roman the above image and told Roman, "Khorkov vs Aunt Beast = Kasparov vs Deep Blue," to which Roman replied, "Aunt Beast is stronger than Deep Blue!"

In response, I sent him the image below, which I created by combining the above image with one of Roman's Facebook photos:



Roman: Super!

A few more move were played before it was over: 10(29)11 9(30)9[25] I

Roman: OK, you win! Amazing game.

The 5th 16- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 22 of the previous 16-, so Roman can try something different on move 23.

16- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(17)1[2-4] 1(18@2)17 2(19)18 5(20)5 2(21)19 5(22)6 6(23)22[7-16] 7(24)7[8-14] 7(25@15)24 16(26)16[6] 6(27@20)23 8(28)9 8(29)8[9] 10(30)10[29] 2(31)21[3] 15(32)16 28(33)29 11(34)11[12] 25(35)32 I

The 7th 18- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 22 of the previous 18-, so Roman can try something different on move 23.

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 7(21)7[8,9] 21(22)7[10-11] 12(23)22 13(24)14 12(25)12[13-15] 13(26)15 23(27)25[16] I

The 13th 17- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 18 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 19.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 1(19@3)18 3(20)3[4,5] 4(21)5 6(22)6[3,7-14] 22(23)6[7-11] 12(24)12[13,3] 12(25)24[14] II

The 6th 18- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 21 of the previous 18-, so Josh can try something different on move 22.

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 7(21)7[8,9] 21(22)7[10-11] 12(23)12[13-15] 8(24)9 8(25)9 10(26)10 10(27)26 16(28)16[12] 17(29)18 17(30)18[22] 12(31)13 16(32)23 II

The 5th 18- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 19 of the previous 18-, so Josh can try something different on move 20.

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 7(21)7[8,9] 7(22@10)21 10(23)10[11,12] I

The 4th 18- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 21 of the previous 18-, so Josh can try something different on move 22.

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 7(21)7[8,9] 7(22@10)21 10(23)10[11,12] I

The 4th 16- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 21 of the previous 16-, so Josh can try something different on move 22.

16- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(17)1[2-4] 1(18@2)17 2(19)18 5(20)5 2(21)19 5(22)6 2(23)21 20(24)22[6,7] 8(25)9 8(26)8[9] 3(27)4 6(28)6 7(29)7 24(30)26 II

The 3rd 18- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 7(20)7[8-14] 7(21)20[8-9] 1(22)19[2-3] 10(23)10[11] 4(24)22 12(25)12[10,13,14] 12(26@10)25 1 5(27)15[16] I

The 3rd 16- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

16- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(17)1[2-4] 1(18@2)17 2(19)18 5(20)5 2(21)19 6(22)6 5(23)20 7(24)8 6(25)22[7-9] 3(26)4 7(27)7[8,9] I

The 12th 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 22 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 23.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)7 7(22)7[6,8,20] 9(23)10 9(24)9[10,11] 12(25)24 10(26)10[11] I

The 11th 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 26 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 27.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)7 7(22)7[6,8,20] 9(23)22 10(24)10[11-17] 9(25)10 9(26)24 11(27)11[12-14] 11(18)27[12] I

The 10th 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 24 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 25.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)7 7(22)7[6,8,20] 9(23)22 10(24)10[11-17] 9(25)10



9(26)24 11(27)12 11(28)11[12] 13(29)14 13(30)13[15,16] 15(31)16 15(32)30

Roman sent me the following image depicting the manner in which he put me out of my misery:

The 9th 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 23 of the previous 17-, so Roman can try something different on move 24.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)7 7(22)7[6,8,20] 9(23)22 10(24)10[11-17]



10(25)23 6(26)6

I did not think Roman would find this move. I guess that's why he's the World Champion.



11(27)11[12-13] 11(28)24 I



Calling the the text at the top of the the King of the Misere Sprouts Hill page a "parcel of rubbish", Roman sent me the following image to indicate his opinion of the Jordan+Aunt Beast man/machine combination:

The 8th 17- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 23 of the previous 17-, so Roman can try something different on move 24.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)7 7(22)7[6,8,20] 9(23)22 9(24)23[10] 11(25)12 II

The 2nd 16- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to the 1st 16- of June, 2010, so Roman can try something different on move 23.

16- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(17)1[2-4] 1(18@2)17 2(19)18 5(20)5 2(21)19 6(22)6



2(23)21 7(24)7[5]



6(25)22[8-12] 3(26)4



5(27)20 13(28)25 II

The 7th 17- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 20 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 21.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)7 7(22)7[6,8,20] 9(23)22 20(24)21 10(25)23 6(26)24 1(27)18[5] 19(28)27 9(29)25[10,11] II

The 6th 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)6[7-10] 6(22)21[11-16] 11(23)11[12-15] 11(24)23[12] I

The 5th 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 3(20)3[4,1,5] 6(21)6[7-13] 6(22)21[7] 14(23)14 14(24)23 I

The 2nd 18- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-3] 1(20@4)19 4(21)4[5-6] 2(22)3



2(23)3 5(24)6 5(25)24[6]



4(26)21[7-15] 5(27)25 2(28)23



7(29)26 8(30)8[9-10]



9(31)10 8(32)30[11-13] II



This is [*2+*3+3PPP1+5]. Fun for the whole family!

The 4th 17- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 18 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 19.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)4 1(20)18[3-5] 6(21)6[7-10] 6(22)21[11-16] 11(23)12 11(24)11[12,13] 14(25)14[22] 14(26)25[15] 12(27)13 13(28)24 17(29)17[20] II

The 1st 18- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-3] 1(20@4)19 4(21)4[5-6] 2(22)3



2(23)3 4(24)5 24(25)21[6] I

I meant to play 5(24)6. See the 2nd 18- of September, 2010.

The 1st 15- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

15- (Jordan+Aunt Beast* - Khorkov) 1(16)1[2-7] 1(17)16[8-9] 10(18)10[11-14] 10(19)18[15] 11(20)12 11(21)11[12,13] 2(22)3 2(23)2[3] II

The 3rd 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)3[4-12] 3(20)19[13] 4(21)4[5-7] 18(22)20 8(23)9 8(24)8[9,10] 11(25)12 11(26)12 14(27)15 1(28)22[14-16] I

The 1st 16- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

16- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(17)1[2-4] 1(18@2)17 5(19)6 7(20)7[5] 5(21)19[6] 2(22)2[3-4] 2(23@18)22 7(24)8 5(25@6)21 8(26)20[9-12] II

The 2nd 17- of September, 2010 (Josh wins)

We return to move 18 of the previous 17-, so Josh can try something different on move 19.

17- 1(18)1[2] (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 3(19)3[4-12] 3(20)19[4-6] 7(21)7[8-11]



1(22)18[13-14] 15(23)22 II

The 1st 17- of September, 2010 (Roman wins)

Here Roman tries an entirely different opening than in the previous 17-.

17- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(18)1[2] 3(19)3 1(20)18[3] 3(21)19 4(22)20 5(23)5[6-14] 5(24)23[15-17] 6(25)6 6(26)25[7-8] 7(27)8 7(28)8 I