[Event "Chess960: 2006 Chess960 Dropout Tournament, Round 6"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2007.12.02"] [Round "-"] [White "gvhill"] [Black "Apocalypse"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Variant "fischerandom"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bbrkqnnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRKQNNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2273"] [WhiteRD "129"] [BlackElo "2201"] [BlackRD "109"] [GameID "130759"] { Apocalypse: Good luck, have fun. } 1. c4 { gvhill: It's a pleasure to meet and play you at SchemingMind. Good luck in the tournament. } 1... Nf6 { Apocalypse: Same here. I've been lucky so far, but I'm afraid this is probably my Custer's Last Stand round here, lol. Have fun. } 2. d4 { gvhill: I don't know about that. I do not like this opening position at all. I've been looking it over these last few weeks and have decided I should have spent more time before I moved c4 to start with. } 2... b5 { Apocalypse: It's always a coin toss, then go with the flow and have fun. } 3. Nf3 { gvhill: It should get interesting soon. } 3... bxc4 { Apocalypse: Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!! } { Apocalypse: Merry Christmas, have a Happy and Safe New Year!! } 4. Rxc4 { gvhill: Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you as well. } 4... Ng6 { spoke: please note my latest post about this dropout here: http://www.schemingmind.com/topic.aspx?topic_id=24537 } { gvhill: Taking a few days off. Happy New Year to all! } { Apocalypse: I see it spoke, thanks. } 5. b3 Bxf3 6. exf3 d5 7. Rc5 Qd7 8. Bxg6 hxg6 9. Ne3 c6 10. Qa5+ Ke8 11. Qa6 Bd6 12. Rc2 Rc7 13. h3 Qc8 { Apocalypse: Ahhh, I love this kind of ending, everyone has to win at least one but not evertyone can! Poor me has two win both to even have the slimmest chance to advancing (chances of that happening is same as me going over the Niagra Falls in a barrel! It ain't happening! lol!), if it happens at all, which looks unlikely with doodle getting it outright probably as it stands now, saxon wins one he's still in the running! lol! Still to early to say. lol. I can't wait till the ends. Weee-dawgs! } 14. Qxc8+ { gvhill: It definitely makes for tough fought games, even the draws! Never count saxon out, he can be a magician at times. } 14... Rxc8 { Apocalypse: lol, absolutely he is and every bit in it. I was speculating of the moment scenario. I lost any chance I may have had of winning here, allowing you in invade my space and disruption and expecting another check in the lost column. But as usual, always a blast. saxon is no easy game and be luck to even walk away with a draw, from any of you guys. } 15. Bc3 { gvhill: Oh, I don't know about you being lucky to get a draw. I would say you are playing quite well so far. } 15... Rb8 { Apocalypse: Shoot, I hadn't realized until now the the two are playing in Doodles last game. I never looked at who was playing whom. Saxon is definitely playing for his life and win outright, it's in his hands to prevail. This makes it even better ending. I love it. lol. } 16. Ng4 { gvhill: It usually gets pretty gritty in the last round of these things. :-) } 16... Nxg4 17. fxg4 Kd7 18. Bd2 Rhc8 19. h4 c5 { Apocalypse: Yikes, it's all on your shoulders now friend to make it a 7 round tourney! 4 apiece just the two of you. He's done and your not. With me me jumping upand down real hard on your shoulders and covering your eyes for distractions in hopes of a mistake from you for me! I'll take anything! lol. Myself and dmichaels are out. Pressure, pressure, pressure! lol. } 20. dxc5 { gvhill: Looks like it is going to take a series of miracles for that to happen. dmichael has me in a hammerlock. I was thinking it would take a miracle to escape with a draw against him. } 20... Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. f4 f6 23. f5 Bb4 24. Be3 Bd6 25. fxg6 e5 26. g5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 d4 28. h5 Ke6 29. g4 e4 30. h6= { gvhill: It looks like a draw to me. } 30... gxh6 { Apocalypse: Sorry I missed it, I will accept or send next time. } 31. Rxh6 { gvhill: No problem. } 31... Be5= { Apocalypse: Excellent game, hope we get to play again sometime. Good luck in your fight for second. } { Game Over: You played an excellent game. I'm sure we will run into each other again. Good luck with your other game. Thanks for the well wishes. Good luck in chess and life. } 1/2-1/2