[Event "Upside Down Chess: Right-side up is for sissies!"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2009.05.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragon Fire"] [Black "Uzi Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "upsidedown"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "RNBQKBNR/PPPPPPPP/8/8/8/8/pppppppp/rnbqkbnr w - - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [WhiteRD "162"] [BlackElo "2225"] [BlackRD "178"] [GameID "205250"] 1. Na6 { Dragon Fire: Hi. SM Master here I come (LOL). Good luck! } { Uzi Mike: good luck } 1... Nf3 2. b8=Q g1=Q 3. Nb4 Bh3 { Dragon Fire: Have just decided I need to research this whole variant. Do I will take a little time to move. It is not as easy as I thought it would be and there are many traps for the unwary. } 4. Nd3+ Kf1 5. Nxb2 Bxb2 6. Qxb2 c1=Q 7. Qxa1 Nc3 8. Ba6 { Dragon Fire: Away until June 6th at our cottage in St Ives, Cornwall. } 8... Ne4 { Uzi Mike: Out of town on business. Will be home Friday/Saturday. Thanks. } 9. Qf6 Qb3 10. Qh6 Qxf7+ 11. Kxf7 Ne5+ 12. Ke8 Qc6 13. Bxe2+ Ke1 14. Qxc6 Nxc6 15. Kf7 { Dragon Fire: and I am solidly beaten by black also (although you are clearly an expert at this variant). } 15... Nd6+ { Uzi Mike: I just try to look for the traps and remain wary of the easy promotion threats. Good game nevertheless. I see a mate in two. } 16. Kf6 { Dragon Fire: By my definition losing in 17 is hardly ever a good game. At the moment this variation I am really struggling with. } 16... a1=Q# { Uzi Mike: As with anything else, practice improves one's technique. Good luck in the rest of your games. } 0-1