How About A Nice Game Of Chess?

[theweaselking]

I'll play white:

1. e4 (King's Pawn to King 4)

Your move!

Comments

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

14. h4

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

14. Nxc3

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

15. bxc3

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

15. Qf6

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

16. f3

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

16. exf3

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

17. Nxf3

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

16. Rfe8+ (hope that's the right notation - rook from f8 to e8, check)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I think that's right - you could move either rook, so you toss in enogh of the initial position to distinguish - either way it certainly makes sense.

17. Kd1

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Re6

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

18. Bb2

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

18. Rae8

Sorry for the delay. Work took me to Denmark for past day and a bit.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Ah, crap, I moved the wrong rook before on my copy of the board. My mistake, I would have moved differently.

And, I think, I've lost a move somewhere.

Give me a minute, I need to fix my board.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Found it! I had TWO moves labelled 17, you had two labelled 16.

So, okay, only one small mistake apart from that, I moved your wrong rook. Fixed now!

*20*: Rb1

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

20. Bxf3+

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

21 gxf3 and I'm sure you saw THAT coming.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

21. Kc4

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Sorry that should be 21. Nc4

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

That makes more sense.

22. Qh3

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

22 Bf2

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The best I can find gives you mate in 4. Everything else is sooner.
So, let's surrender.

23. Re1

You respond Rxe1 and mate.

Good game, and *wow* I'm incredibly out of practice.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it looks pretty terminal. You had me worried at the start, I was a piece down after the first few moves. Still am I think.

Cheers for the game.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I was doing okay at first and then just.... gah. I had, like, 4 moves in a row where as soon as you posted my move I facepalmed over what I SHOULD have done before.