[Event "Chess960: 2009 Chess960 Dropout Tournament, Round 2"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2009.03.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Brennan Price"] [Black "JasonY1982"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Variant "fischerandom"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrknqbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKNQBBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [WhiteRD "134"] [BlackElo "1873"] [BlackRD "90"] [GameID "197596"] { JasonY1982: hey!!! Good to play another tri-stater. } { Brennan Price: Likewise! I am probably going to wait a few days to start this one. Good skill. } { JasonY1982: I am in no rush...I'm in a bit over my head when it comes to game count anyway. } 1. e4 { Brennan Price: You and me both. I do hope all is well and I look forward to the game. } 1... f6 { JasonY1982: Same here. } 2. Nb3 e5 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 fxe5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. O-O-O Bb4 7. Bc5 { JasonY1982: Some place warm.... } 7... Bxc5 { JasonY1982: Thanks again for the update in the team forum. } { JasonY1982: I see you joined a crazyhouse tournament: http://www.schemingmind.com/game.aspx?game_id=200814. I would have liked to join that one, but the fast time control is a bit too much for me at the moment. Their are some good players in that one. Kid A is a good player, and so is xare. xare is super aggressive, if you haven't found that out already. Quirine is also quite good. } { JasonY1982: To get an idea what I mean about xare, check out his games against me here: http://www.schemingmind.com/minitournament.aspx?tournament_id=3157 } 8. Nxc5 { Brennan Price: I wanted to enter a crazyhouse tournament, but this may be a little too much. I don't have time to think about each move. And your assessments of players are correct. I am directing the Connecticut High School and Junior High Championships as I type this, so it's a busy day. Welcome back. } 8... d6 { JasonY1982: Thanks. That should be fun. High school tournaments were always fun. I played in the High School Nationals chess tournament and NJ state tournament (winner went to the Denker Tournament) a number of years ago.... sadly I don't get to play much over the board anymore. Work and other things just keep me too busy. } { JasonY1982: Yes, Kid A I think is the best of those 3 listed. He should be your best competition. He is a bit better than me I think, although I have pulled off a couple wins against him. I'm 2/2 with xare and 3/4 against Quirine. Ilang is the best crazyhouse player I have played against on this site. I think I am 0/8 against him..or something like that... he just crushes me. } 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Rg1 O-O-O 11. g4 Bxb3 { Brennan Price: In Geneva for business for two weeks. Keeping up with this many games, particularly crazyhouse, is not possible at this time. Until I return, all the best.--Brennan } 12. axb3 Nd4 { JasonY1982: How was the trip? } 13. Qe3 { Brennan Price: The trip wasn't as bad as recovering from the time difference is. I got what I needed to get done done, but there's not as much time as I would like for enjoyment when I go to the ITU. } 13... Rf8 { JasonY1982: I bet. I used to travel a lot for work (not overseas tough), but it can take a toll on you after a while. } 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. Rgf1 h6 16. Ne2 Ne6 17. h3 g5 { JasonY1982: Our first team match should be starting tomorrow. } 18. Ng3 { Brennan Price: I look forward to it. I plan on the team matches being my only SchemingMind activity for a while. } 18... Nf4 { JasonY1982: You may need it after being paired with Latvian_John... that is a tough one, but partially expected at board 1, it just makes it unfortunate since the rest of us got 'easier' matches. } 19. Rf2 { Brennan Price: If the team wins, I can take the ratings hit with Latvian_John. And I think I got all my losing out of my system with the Crazyhouse event. } 19... Rf6 { JasonY1982: Yeah, that looked like a tough tournament. I joined a 10 person Crazyhouse tournament recently... probably shouldn't have, but there are only a few people in it, so I don't think it will fill up fast and will keep things manageable. } 20. Nf5 Qd7= { JasonY1982: Same to you, thanks for a good game. } { Game Over: Jason, draw accepted. All the best in the remaining rounds. } 1/2-1/2