[Event "From's Gambit"] [Site "SchemingMind.com"] [Date "2022.08.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Robert Bruce"] [Black "William Lindberg"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C25r"] [WhiteCountry "SCO"] [BlackCountry "USA"] [WhiteElo "2317"] [WhiteRD "68"] [BlackElo "2443"] [BlackRD "68"] [GameID "726144"] 1. f4 e5 2. e4 { Robert Bruce: Why not? A sneaky Kings gambit! } 2... exf4 3. Nf3 g5 { William Lindberg: Is that what this is? } 4. Nc3 { Robert Bruce: sort of by transposition } 4... Nc6 5. d4 g4 6. Bc4 gxf3 7. Bxf4 f2+ 8. Kxf2 Bg7 9. Qh5 Bxd4+ 10. Kf1 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Qh6 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc5 14. Bd3 Qxd5 15. Re1+ Ne7 16. Qh4 f6 17. c4 Qf7 18. Bxc7 Be5 19. Rxe5 fxe5+ 20. Ke1 d5 21. Rf1 Bf5 22. Ba5 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Qg6 24. Bb4 Nc6 25. Bb5 { Robert Bruce: I always breath a sigh of relief when a package with stamps/FDCs arrive.Books can always be replaced! } 25... Kd7 { William Lindberg: That is very true. } 26. Rf3 Rae8 27. Rg3 Qf7 28. Bxc6+ bxc6 29. Qh6 Bg6 { William Lindberg: Tomorrow starts a 3 day weekend. Monday is Labor Day a holiday. We don't have any plans. Everyone considers Labor Day the unofficial end to summer, so there will be a lot of people traveling. It's best to stay home where it's safe. } 30. Ra3 { Robert Bruce: Us "oldies" are looking forward to Monday as the schools go back } 30... Qc4 { William Lindberg: I remember the first day of school when Anna and I could relax. Entertaining grandkids for the summer is exhausting. } 31. Qd2+ Kc8 32. Rxa7 Qh4+ { William Lindberg: Finished my last game with Michael Blake. He said he was surprised how many Muppet characters there are. He's looking at the list again. Let me know who he chooses. } 33. g3 { Robert Bruce: The Chef is starting to panic as Mr Blake hasnt signed up yet and I dont have an email } 33... Qe4+ { William Lindberg: The last message I received from Blake sounded like he wanted to join. You can send him a private message and ask if you can add him to the team. } 34. Kf2 Ref8+ 35. Kg1 Rf1+ { William Lindberg: I see several books have come out celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fischer v. Spassky. } 36. Kxf1 { Robert Bruce: just finished ready Endgame,a biography of Fischer notable for having no chess games in it } 36... Qh1+ { William Lindberg: I remember that book. } 37. Kf2 Qxh2+ 38. Ke3 Qxg3+ 39. Ke2 Qh2+ 40. Kf3 Rf8+ 41. Bxf8 Qxd2 42. Bc5 Qd5+ { William Lindberg: Those 2 books I mentioned are by Tibor Karolyi. } 43. Kg3 { Robert Bruce: I dont read enough chess.I,ve just realised that Bobby Fischers "game of the century" aganist Donald Byrne 1956 isnt even in his "My 60 memorable games" } 43... Qxc5 { William Lindberg: I have come to realize that most of the chess books I have I use for reference and haven't really read them cover to cover. } 44. Ra8+ { Robert Bruce: Mihail Marins 3x vol set would be like watching paint dry but I do actually work thru most tourney books } 44... Kd7 { William Lindberg: We've been spending the early morning watching the ceremonies in London, etc. } 45. Kf3 { Robert Bruce: Bill You have forgotten that I,m a rabid Communist.The "Duke of Edinburgh"was actually Greek and I speak better Greek than he ever did.The "Royal" family changed their name to "Windsor" because Schlleswig-Holstein-Sonnderburg-Glucksberg sounded a bit too foreign } 45... Qg1 { William Lindberg: And the German's weren't exactly model citizens during WWI. } { Robert Bruce: I think its high time to back out of this one gracefully } { William Lindberg: Thanks Statler, I was lucky as I never played this Bird gambit before. Waldorf } 0-1