[Event "Chess960: 2011 Chess960 Dropout Tournament, Round 3"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2011.07.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Girkassa"] [Black "gvhill"] [Result "0-1"] [Variant "fischerandom"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nqbbrnkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRNKR w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "NOR"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2020"] [WhiteRD "112"] [BlackElo "2415"] [BlackRD "179"] [GameID "289576"] 1. e4 { Girkassa: Hi and good luck! } 1... e5 2. Ne3 Ne6 { gvhill: Hello, pleasure to meet and play you at SchemingMind. } 3. b4 O-O 4. Nb3 d6 5. c3 b5 6. O-O Nb6 7. d4 c6 8. Bg4 Bg5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nf5 { Girkassa: All symmetrical after 9 moves. I'm not sure if that has ever happened to me, regardless of chess variant! } 10... Nc4 { gvhill: I don't think it has happened to me either. } 11. Bxg5 Nxg5 12. Qc1 Ne6 13. Rd1 Nf4 14. g3 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nd5 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Ne4 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. a3 e4 21. Bh3 Nf6 22. Bg2 Rd5 { Girkassa: Playing an OTB tournament } 23. Rd4 Qb6 { gvhill: Welcome back. } 24. Qc2 { Girkassa: Thank you. } 24... Rxd4 25. cxd4 { Girkassa: Hmm. I can't find the "accept conditionals" button anymore. Perhaps a bug that came when the layout was changed?! } 25... Qxd4 { Girkassa: Ah, OK, that's the change.. your move came immediately when I played 25.cxd4. :) } 26. Qxc6 e3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. h3 Qxa3 32. Qf8 a5 33. Qxf7 a4 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. g4 Qd3+ 36. Kf2 hxg4 37. hxg4 a3 { Girkassa: 38.g5 Ng4+ is mate in all lines, and I see no other way to stop the a-pawn, so I suppose this is an appropriate time to resign. Congrats, and good luck in the further course of the tournament! } { Girkassa: BTW, did you see the study-like draw after 36...Qd4+ 37.Kg3 a3 38.g5 Qg4+ 39.Kf2 a2 40.gxf6 Qxg6 41.fxg6 a1=Q 42.f7 ? Amazingly, that position seems to be a draw. Unfortunately, it's irrelevant for at least one reason, namely 41...gxf6. I would have to play 37.Ke2 instead, I think. But of course, no matter how that position is to be evaluated, your solution is very clear-cut. } 0-1