[Event "Dark Chess (Checkmate Wins): Mating in the Darkness III"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2012.04.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragon Fire"] [Black "Adrian Grajczak"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Variant "dark1"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "POL"] [WhiteElo "2068"] [WhiteRD "141"] [BlackElo "1558"] [BlackRD "184"] [GameID "307429"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f3 Nf6 4. c3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nb3 Rac8 14. Nf3 Nh5 15. Nfd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rxd4 18. e5 Rc2 19. Bxb7 Rdd2 20. Rxa7 Rxb2 21. Ra8+ Kg7 22. Ra4 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Rxh2 24. Rxb4 Nxg3 25. Rc4 h5 26. Rc3 h4 27. Bc8 h3 28. Rxg3 { Dragon Fire: Thank you. I'll have it safely now! } { Adrian Grajczak: Hmm... Fk ^_^ } 28... Rb2 { Adrian Grajczak: Play with me in normal chess? } 29. Bxh3 Kh6 30. Bf1 Kh5 31. Rh3+ Kg4 32. Rh7 Kxf4 33. Rxf7+ Kxe5 34. Rxe7+ Kd6= 35. Rb7 g5 36. Bc4 g4 37. Kd1 Rh2 38. Rf7 g3 39. Rg7 { Dragon Fire: It gets hard when its this dark! } 39... g2 40. Kc1 Rh1+ 41. Kb2 g1=Q 42. Rxg1 { Adrian Grajczak: In my opinion it is draw... } { Dragon Fire: So difficult now! } 42... Rxg1= { Dragon Fire: Indeed, unless you drop the R without winning the P. } { Dragon Fire: I need to think about this. Its a draw if you exchange the R for P but you dont know where my B is and to attack my P sooner or later you must move via a white square or expose your R to my King. In normal chess a draw is a certainty but can I fool you here? } { Dragon Fire: OK I assume you do know where my P is so you have a way to win this if I try to be clever. Say 43. Kc2 (I cannot go to the 3rd rank as Rg3 immediately wins the P)...Rg3, 43.b4 (essential or lose the P and now my Ks trapped on the 2nd rank...K heads to b8 on black squares (you have to be on h file not to get there) or Rg7 and await arrival of P on b7. Too much luck amd too many risks necessary for white to win. Thanks. } { Dragon Fire: 31.Rh3+ was probably a mistake as I was certain your R was at b2 and it told you where I was (although you know next move when you cannot play Kg4 so play Kh4 and I need to know the location of your K). Move 35 I was worried I feared Kc2 but hoped you'd played the K forward or towards your P. Move 31 was a risk but I had to protect my P@c4. Move 32 was played in case you'd played Ke3 and I couldn't risk Rg7 in case you'd played Kf6, I still felt uncomfortable about my unprotected R. 38.Rf7 would still have won for me but I don't know where your K is and I still expect your R@b2. Of course for each chance I missed so did you as my R was vulnerable as well. Thanks a good game with some interesting tactics. } { Adrian Grajczak: Thanks for interesting game:) I don't speak english very well, but I read everything :) } 1/2-1/2