[Event "2011 SC Site Championship, Pre Round, Round 1"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2010.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "sthorwall"] [Black "Ashmaster"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45x"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "IRL"] [WhiteElo "2216"] [WhiteRD "98"] [BlackElo "2059"] [BlackRD "105"] [GameID "266020"] 1. e4 { sthorwall: Hello and good luck, Stephen. Glad to finally meet you on the board. } 1... e5 { Ashmaster: Hey Sean, you too. can't believe we haven't played before ! } 2. Nf3 { sthorwall: How's Uni this year, and what's Limerick like? For reference, I attended the University of Edinburgh for a year. Got to go back during the Fringe Festival last August -- such a treat, and I was surprised how much it immediately felt like returning home. } 2... Nc6 { Ashmaster: The university is great, really good atmosphere, but I wouldn't recommend the city. It has a reputation (a deserved one) as the crime capital of ireland ! . Cool, I hear edinburgh is great, I have a couple of friends from school who are study there now. What did you/are you studying ? } 3. d4 { sthorwall: Finished up now. Studied English lit and creative writing, and Philosophy. I was quite impressed with some of the faculty from the Lit department at Edinburgh -- I got to learn from some really great profs and tutors. I had the inestimable Ian Campbell for a brilliant course on fiction during his last professional semester, and studied Celtic lit from an assortment of Irish and Scottish scholars who I gather are some of the few people in the world really studying ancient Gaelic literature in a deep way at root level. } 3... exd4 { Ashmaster: Sounds very interesting, and I would imagine so, even modern Gaelic languages have all but died out really. There are only very few places where they are spoken. So what are you up to now ? } 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 { Ashmaster: Hello opponents :) I will be ripping up the ski slopes of Austria next week, and therefore shall not be here. Best wishes, Stephen } 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O { sthorwall: Sorry for the delay in answers. Searching for jobs is what I'm up to, which has lately kept me busy enough and running around enough that chess is suffering, and I've been making some moves from my mobile! Enjoy the holidays and Austria? } 8... b6 { Ashmaster: No problem, some things are far more important than chess. Good luck in the job searching !!!! } 9. Nxc6 { sthorwall: Thanks. I'll need it. } 9... Qxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd4 d6 12. Qxc5 bxc5 13. f4 Rb8 14. b3 Bb7 15. Nd2 h6 16. Rad1 { Ashmaster: Busy atm, don't want to time out :) } 16... Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. Nf3 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nc4 a6 23. g4 Nc8 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 d5 26. e6 Ke8 27. Ne5 Ne7 28. Nd7 c6 29. Kg3 Nc8 30. Rd2 Nb6 31. Nf8 Nc8 32. Rf2 Ke7 33. Ng6+ Kd6 34. e7 Re8 35. Rf8 { sthorwall: I've succeeded with some part time opportunities, but still looking for the big one. Thanks, and thanks for the good game. } { Game Over: Thats me convinced. Well played and thanks for the game, good luck with teh job search(if you haven't already suceeded) } 1-0