Thanks to GM Bassem Amin!

Thanks to GM Bassem Amin for playing some blitz and bullet games after TransWarp had been sitting idle for quite some time. It hadn't had a rated game in 30 days taking it off the "rank" list, still needing 4 more blitz games and 6 standard games to be back on the "rank" list, so it's not showing it's 3969 rating. But at least it's back on top of the bullet list.

I think the GM's don't want to play rated because more than likely they will lose, I see that as an opportunity to learn and sharpen skills, but those rating points are like gold to some. I'm just glad to be back on the list, it's hard to sit there being online all the time and lose your spot because no one will play, I would have been just as bummed if TW wasn't leading after you had put so much time and effort into it and not be there. It's a major command, type "rank" without the quotes in the command line on ICC and no TW, even though it had been online the whole month.

But thanks to GM Bassem Amin, TW is back on the bullet list, he also drew TransWarp which I will post below, it is a 50 move draw, so be prepared for a lot of clicks. Congrats to B-Amin for his draw!

GM Bassem Amin vs TransWarp



Getting to this position:



Where after 40 more moves of piece shuffling, we got to this position and the 50 move rule and draw.


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I wish the game generator could do more than 200 moves, but sadly, it cannot, which I suppose saves a lot of space on their server. But they are very handy to have when generating games!