Bruce Moon said in a message to Lawrence Garvin:

  LG> I've been moderator of CHESS for about a year (I think? -- can somebody
  LG> recall?)

 BM>    Technically since November 1994.

My, my, my -- how time flies! :)

  LG> and have yet to see any game be completed (mate or draw) -- although I
  LG> did recently resign a game in which Mr. Moon was royally kicking my
  LG> backside.

 BM>    Actually, I went through my archives (which date back to
 BM> September of 1994)    and was able to piece together over 20 games
 BM> completed by William Sprague.    (By "completed", I mean the games
 BM> ended for "tactical", as opposed to   
"personal" reasons via mate,
 BM> resignation, or draw.)  He had one game where    he called mate in
 BM> 3.

Thanks for the info, Bruce. Obviously your archives are more complete than
my short-term memory. :)

 BM> If you like, I can post all the "completed" games I've collected
 BM> together. 

It might be useful to make those available as a file for File Request. How
large is the file, though, before we go posting them?

lawrence{at}garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us 
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