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Earth vs. Space Chess Match 2008 "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?"
Earth vs. Space Chess Match 2008 "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" | "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" |
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| By Glenn Petersen, Editor, Chess Life for Kids | |
| February 25, 2009 | |
 Those were the last words of Enrico "Rico" Bandello, a.k.a, Little Caesar in the classic 1930 film Little Caesar. But his legacy lives on at the Bellevue Elementary School. For the fourth time in just 18 moves, our modern day "ganstas" have shut out the public by offering just ONE move. Ergo, no voting, no chance for Earth to err.Astronaut Greg Chamitoff played 17. e4 and the 2008 National Elementary School Champions (and chess club members) responded with 17. ... Bc5. After due deliberation, Greg responded with 18. Be3, and once again our panel of all-stars responded with just one option: 18. ... Bxe3. Rico is long gone, but his iron fisted policies have survived! Eric Ma, one of our Bellevue students, summed it up nicely: # Kevin Ma Says: February 16th, 2009 at 5:19 pm e5 doesn’t really lose that much because our king can escapes to f7. my choice are: 1…Bc5 to attack f2 and develop our pieces and try to castle and gain a tempo :? then he does 2. Be3 and we C or E. Yay :) :!: # Kevin Ma Says: February 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pm A means run Away, B means Block, C means Capture, D means Defend, E means Exercise another option. Coach Harlan taught me that:). Our now earth-bound astronaut did indeed play 18. Be3 and the kids chose "C: Capture." Wasting no time, Greg responded with 19. Rxe3. Hopefully, our "gangstas" will respond with more than one choice for the next move! You can view the game, move by move, in our Java viewer, or you can check the current position link for the complete game score. 
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