(Sam Sloan) writes:

Some years ago I was playing in a non-rated team match. The opposing
team consisted of scholastic players. I was recruited to play first
board for the Lynchburg team because our team was short one player.

I played a nice combination and won a piece in the opening. I was
thinking about having the game published. However, my opponent refused
to resign. He just kept playing. Finally, I was two rooks up and still
he refused to resign. By now, the game was so long that no chess
magazine would ever publish it.

Just publish it with "and white/black won" after you
win the piece.

You even see this in GM collections from circa 1900.
Particularly when Marshall was the loser.

I had a worse problem. I once played a nice endgame combination
- as far as depth and attractiveness were concerned, easily
the best I've ever played.

Alas, it wasn't worth publishing because I was already
a piece up. Routine play would also have won handily.
I suppose I could have "edited" the final position
Alekhine style, and just submitted that.

Moral: get your brilliant moves in before he drops
a piece.

I got mad and started to get angry

That's exactly the reaction they hope for.

William Hyde
EOS Department
Duke University