[Event "Double Fischer Random: DFR"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2018.03.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Greg Magne"] [Black "Eli Garcia"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "doublefischerandom"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrkrbbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKRNNBBQ w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteCountry "CAN"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [WhiteRD "96"] [BlackElo "1344"] [BlackRD "153"] [GameID "425974"] 1. e4 { Greg Magne: Hi, good luck. } 1... d5 { Eli Garcia: Thanks - and you! } 2. d3 d4 3. f4 e5 4. fxe5 g6 5. Nf3 f6 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Bf2 Bh6 8. Qg1 Bd2 { Greg Magne: Did you move to the wrong square? } { Eli Garcia: Hey, Thanks for that, but I actually wanted that square =o) } { Eli Garcia: I know it looks weird though, doesn't it. } { Eli Garcia: I just had my ass very thoroughly kicked by Helga1946, who is a ridiculously better player than me, and one of the things I noticed on reviewing our game is that she almost never actually followed through with capturing pieces. She just let the threats mount up and kept adding to them. } { Eli Garcia: Since I'm not nearly as good as she is, it will probably just backfire and lose me the game, but I thought I'd try that. } { Eli Garcia: Of course I didn't see the knight when I made the move, so yeah, that whole thing about backfiring. } { Eli Garcia: But nevertheless, it was an intentional move, and the bishop is the cost of doing business, playing tired, and trying strategies from people who are orders of magnitude better than I am. =o) } 9. Nxd2 { Greg Magne: OK, thanks for the explanation. Anyways, I'll my guard up next time I play Helga1946 :) } { Eli Garcia: Yeah, next time I play Helga, I'll try to arm my queen with a shotgun. } 9... Ne7 10. Nb3 Nb6 11. c3 Nc6 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nc3 Na4 14. Be2 Bf7 15. d5 b6 16. Nxa4 Kb7 17. Nd4 Be8 18. Nc3 c5 19. Ne6 Rd7 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Bd4 Qf7 22. Na4 Rd6 23. Rxc8 { Eli Garcia: Well played - thanks! } 1-0