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During the pandemic I was ordering old state magazines and playing over some games from the 1970s.

Here is one game I found.

How you enjoy it!

PS- All notes are by me!

R. Minor (1829)-M. Bock (1740)Bluff City OpenTennessee, 1975[White wastes time with 7.f4 and Black has an interesting idea to win a pawn. But Black misplays it and the result is a quick loss.]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.f4!? Bd7 8.Nf3 Ne7 9.Be2 Ba4? (Not a bad idea but Black should really get his king into safety first. 9...O-O and only then 10...Ba4, if that is what he wants to do.) 10.O-O cxd4? (It is still not too late to castle, although it might mean that Black has to forgo winning the “c2” pawn.) 11.cxd4 Qxc2?? (11...Bxc2 is the crucial line as 12.Bb5+ Kf8! leaves White with the difficult task of justifying the loss of a pawn. But now White has a not-so-easy to find winning move.) 12.Bb5+! +- Nbc6 13.Bxa4 Qxd1 14.Bxd1 O-O 15.Bb2 Na5 16.Bc3 Nc4 17.Bb4 Rfe8 18.Bxe7 Nb2 19.Bb4 Nxd1 20.Rfxd1 a6 21.Bc3 1-0

Yet, you complain,

"You'd need to play something where you could not rely heavily on external resources during the game.”

Actually, I've taken a number of open-book tests in college. And I dont know of single student would not take advantage of this offer. You lose here.

Would you be willing to make this argument against all the world champions of correspondence chess? That they are not as good as you because their blitz ratings are lower than yours? In fact, their blitz ratings are zero as there was no Internet blitz games until recently. Something to think about. Would you tell them that they are not good chess players because they have access to books and magazines? Or at least your self-conceived version of what is the right way to judge the strength of a chess player.?

"..Hence C.C has rules, such as "no consulting external sources during the game". That's a rule, in case you somehow aren't aware. And why is it a rule....? Well, because it makes perfect sense for it to be one, doesn't it? "

Actually, the rule is "...no active help during the game." That is when someone or some things give or offer you moves or doing analysis for you. But books and magazines, which cannot speak and past games which also cannot speak, are OK.

"The fact I need to explain this is proof of how futile this conversation is."

You can end this conversation any time you want. Or do I have to explain this to you??

How about just post a miniature here? Easy isnt it?