[Event "Chess960: 2017 Chess960 Dropout Tournament, Round 2"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2017.05.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Robert Pallett"] [Black "thebirdolux"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "fischerandom"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qbbnnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QBBNNRKR w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [WhiteRD "123"] [BlackElo "2264"] [BlackRD "122"] [GameID "414238"] 1. Ne3 { Robert Pallett: Hope you are enjoying your vacation . Best wishes :) } 1... c5 2. b4 d6 3. c4 { thebirdolux: It was alright. Thanks. } 3... b6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Qxa3 Re8 8. d5 b5 9. Bb2 bxc4 10. Qa4 c3 11. Bxc3 Bd7 12. Qh4 Nb7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Qg3 a5 15. Nh4 Kf8 16. Nhf5 Rg8 17. O-O a4 18. Qh4 h6 19. Ng4 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 a3 21. Nxf6 { Robert Pallett: I was hoping that , if I ignore your A pawn , it might go away ! :) } 21... exf6 { thebirdolux: Indeed it will, at the end of its journey. . . } 22. e3 Bc7 23. Ra1 Qxd5 24. Bb1 { Robert Pallett: Happy belated 4th July :) } 24... Ke7 25. Rc1 Rb8 26. Ba2 Qg5 27. Qc4 Ne6 { thebirdolux: Thanks! } 28. Qd3 { Robert Pallett: Sorry that you defaulted . I do hope that it is not bad health . Hopefully we will meet again in a future tournament . Best wishes :) } { thebirdolux: I will be leaving the country for several months or more. Couldn't play if I wanted, but I appreciate the game. I will hold you to a rematch in around a years time. =] } { Robert Pallett: Have a great year wherever it takes you . I hope to play you again sometime next year . Best wishes :) } 1-0