[Event "2009 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 1"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2008.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Bacon"] [Black "dadshane2000"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22o"] [WhiteCountry "BER"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "1310"] [WhiteRD "99"] [BlackElo "1906"] [BlackRD "77"] [GameID "178351"] 1. e4 { Bacon: Hi from Bermuda } 1... c5 { dadshane2000: Hello from California...Illinois in two weeks! } 2. c3 { Bacon: What's the attraction? } 2... Nf6 { dadshane2000: The "attraction" is our permanent residence in Illinois. Our summer mountain cabin, not insulated, gets buried in snow in the Sierra winter months (Dec.-April). We'll be back in May. } 3. Bd3 { Bacon: Ah, Snowbirds that fly north for the winter. } 3... Nc6 { dadshane2000: Actually, nearly due east...about a 1850 mile "migration" on Interstate 80! .. And from an elevation of 6000 ft. to 500. } 4. Nf3 { Bacon: That elevation will get you: i once lived in a country where I had to make regualr trips (4 hours) from ten feet elevation to 7,500 feet; not pleasant. } 4... e5 5. O-O Be7 6. h3 d6 7. Bb5 Nxe4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qe2 f5 10. d3 Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Na3 f4 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Nc4 Qh5 15. Rae1 Nd5 16. g4 Qxh3 17. a3 Bxg4 18. b4 Bxf3 19. a4 Qh1# 0-1