[Event "Atherton Challenge, Board 8b"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2003.11.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Gary"] [Black "Harold"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C56h"] [WhiteCountry "ENG"] [BlackCountry "GBR"] [WhiteElo "1627"] [WhiteRD "189"] [BlackElo "1501"] [BlackRD "96"] [GameID "509"] 1. e4 { Gary: Hi, Good luck and have fun } 1... e5 { Harold: Hi, Gary. I'll go for the tried and tested. This is my first "challemge" game, so it should be fun } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 { Harold: Do you play much email type chess? i rarely play "real" chess, perhaps I should get out more! } 5. O-O { Gary: I use to play quite alot on chessworld.net but I have been really busy with college lately so dont have as much time as I use to, I play "real" chess at least once a week infact i just played a match tonight and won :). What area are you from? } 5... Nxe4 { Harold: I live in North Yorkshire now (Thirsk), but until recently lived in Todmorden, and before that Rochdale } 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 { Harold: Time to even up the pieces } 9. Nxe4 Bb4 10. Nd6+ Kd7 { Harold: Opps - i made a very careless move last time - that should have been my next move } 11. Nc4 Qb5 12. Nfe5+ Nxe5 13. Nxe5+ Kd6 { Harold: I think I need a miracle here } 14. Qxd4+ { Gary: hehe =] } 14... Ke6 { Harold: I was thinking of resigning, but what the heck, ther other game is still going, so lets play it out } { Harold: And sometimes miracles happen } 15. a4 c5 16. Nd3+ { Gary: good game, Harold } { Game Over: i think i am just wasting time thinking about this - so i will do the honourable thing and fall on my sword } 1-0