[Event "The Sage of Baltimore"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2010.02.18"] [Round "-"] [White "MichaelDV"] [Black "C. H. O'D. Schlechter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B10s"] [WhiteCountry "SWE"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2307"] [WhiteRD "77"] [BlackElo "2393"] [BlackRD "82"] [GameID "238815"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 { C. H. O'D. Schlechter: Are you by chance following the hockey from Vancouver? } 5. Be2 { MichaelDV: I haven't been following it very closely, because I was playing a tournament in France, and they focussed on skiing and such :-) .. But I will be following the final games, for sure! } 5... Bf5 { C. H. O'D. Schlechter: Well, Sweden is in the tougher end of the draw. A Canada-Russia QF game is certainly one I won't miss. } { MichaelDV: The problem for me of course is the time difference. The games are played in the small hours of the morning here... } 6. Nh4 Bd7 { C. H. O'D. Schlechter: Yes, that is a problem. ;-) I think the Sweden-Finland game was at a slightly more reasonable time for you. 6 or 7 in the morning, but that is still early. } { C. H. O'D. Schlechter: Tough loss for Sweden. } 7. O-O { MichaelDV: Well,it happens ... We have been very successfull in other areas in this Olympics, for example cross-country skiing. } 7... e6 { C. H. O'D. Schlechter: Yes, there certainly were areas of success. } 8. Nf3 Be7 9. d3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Rb1 b5 12. c4 a5 { MichaelDV: This must be one of the strangest games I have ever played. Can't make much sense of it .. :-) } 13. c3 Na6 { C. H. O'D. Schlechter: lol. Yeah, I think I second that. ;-) } 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. d4 b4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1= 1/2-1/2