[Event "Alice Chess: 2019 Chess Variants Dropout Tournament, Alice1"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2019.11.20"] [Round "-"] [White "thefriediceman"] [Black "Thomas Jacob Kelly"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "alice1"] [WhiteCountry "USA"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2145"] [WhiteRD "266"] [BlackElo "1935"] [BlackRD "162"] [GameID "448039"] 1. d3 { thefriediceman: Here goes nothing. Hoping we have a good game. } 1... Nf6 { Thomas Jacob Kelly: Consider yourself lucky that the three best Alice players in this dropout have already dropped out. Even I don’t feel comfortable at my 1990 rating because this variant is such a mind-bender. } 2. e3 c6 3. Bc4 Qc7 4. Nf3 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Be6 Ra7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. Qd4 Qe5+ 11. Ne4 Ra6 12. Bxe7 d6 13. Bc4 Rh7 14. Bxa6 Rxe7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Ke2 Bc5 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Rab1 Nd5 19. c3 g5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qc2 Rb6 22. d4 Qe6 23. c4 Bb4 24. Nc3 Qe4 25. Rhg1 Rg6 26. Kf1 Ng4 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxg6 fxg6 { Thomas Jacob Kelly: Last game left! } 29. Ke2 { thefriediceman: Yep, it all comes down to this! } 29... Nd7 30. Rxb5 Kd8 31. Nd5 Ke8 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. Rxb4 { Thomas Jacob Kelly: You know what, I really doubt I can keep your pawns from getting promoted. Congratulations. } { thefriediceman: Thanks for a great game and an exciting tournament. Hope to see you again in the 2020 dropout. } { j4orce: congrats friediceman! great tournament thomas! } 1-0