The 1st 27- of November, 2010 (Roman wins)

27- (Jordan+Aunt Beast - Khorkov*) 1(28)1[2-7] 1(29)28[8,9] 10(30)10[11-16] 10(31@11)30 17(32)17[18-21,29] 17(33@22)32 11(34)31 11(35)11[12,13] 22(36)23 24(37)24[22,25-27] 24(38@33)37 14(39)15 29(40)8

Here I sent Roman this image:


To which he replied with this move and image:

18(41)19


The game continued with:

2(42)2 2(43@3)42 13(44)35 23(45)23[26,27] II

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

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast* #1) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20)19[2-3] 4(21)4[5,6] 7(22)7 7(23)22[8,9] 10(24)23 10(25)10[11] 13(26)13[14-18] 13(27@12)26 11(28)25 14(29)14[15,16] I

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

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20)19[2-3] 7(21)7[8-12] 13(22)13[7,21] 7(23)13 I

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

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 2(21)2[3-6] 18(22)18[7-10] 18(23)22[11-12] 11(24)23 7(25)8 13(26)14 13(27)13[14-15] 16(28)16 26(29)27[14] I

After move 29, sensing victory was at hand, Roman sent me this image of a terminator being destroyed:

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

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 2(21)2[3-6] 18(22)18[7-10] 18(23)22[11-12] 11(24)23 11(25)11[12] 13(26)13 14(27)14[15-16] 15(28)15 3(29)4 2(30@20)21 II

The 1st 18- of November, 2010 (Josh wins)

18- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(19)1[2-6] 1(20@2)19 7(21)7[8,9] 2(22)20 2(23)2[3-6] 10(24)10[11-14] 11(25)11[12-14] 12(26)12 11(27)25[12] 8(28)8[9] 7(29@8)21 22(30)23 27(31)14 13(32)31 12(33)26 6(34)6 14(35)14 15(36)16 6(37@3)34 5(38)5[37] II

The 3rd 19- of October, 2010

We return to move 23 of the previous 19-, so Josh can try something different on move 24.

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

The 2nd 17- of October, 2010

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] 1(19@3)18 3(20)3[4-8] 9(21)9[10-17] 9(22)19 10(23)11 3(24)20[8] 12(25)13 10(26)10[12-16] 14(27)26 11(28)11[17] I

The 2nd 19- of October, 2010

We return to move 20 of the previous 19-, so Roman can try something different on move 21.

19- (Jordan+Aunt Beast* - Khorkov) 1(20)1[2-9] 1(21)20[10-12] 2(22)3 2(23)2[3] 22(24)23 10(25)10[11,12] 13(26)21 13(27)13[14-19] 14(28)27 10(29)25[11] 14(30)14[15-18] 4(31)4[5,6] 4(32)9 31(33)32[9] II

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

We return to move 22 of the previous 19-, so Roman can try something different on move 23.

19- (Jordan+Aunt Beast* - Khorkov) 1(20)1[2-9] 1(21)20[2] 3(22)3[4] 21(23)3 22(24)23[5-6] 10(25)11 10(26)11[12-15] 11(27)26[12] 7(28)24 I

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

We return to move 19 of the previous 17-, so Roman can try something different on move 20.

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

The 1st 16- of October, 2010 (Roman wins)

We return to move 17 of the previous 16-, so Josh can try something different on move 18.

16- (Khorkov - Jordan+Aunt Beast*) 1(17)1[2-4] 5(18)5[6-10] 1(19)17[11-16] 2(20)2 2(21)20[3] 11(22)19 11(23)11[12-14] {Roman: Simple game.} 15(24)16 15(25)26 I {Roman: Very simple game.}

The 1st 18- of October, 2010

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] 2(22)20 2(23)2[3-6] 10(24)10[11-14] 15(25)15[16] 15(26@16)25 II

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