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[packbat]

Man, I hadn't played chess in a long time. That game was darn crazy.

Anyway, around four or so I left work to go down and steal food from the chem. department's "Welcome New Grad Students" BBQ, and met up there with my brother and a friend of his (I want to say Vasily was his name, but I've already forgotten), and my brother sent me up to his office to go get his chess set. After he ate, he played and lost to V. (let's call his friend that), and was about to start another game when I asked if I could play.

I wish I'd written it down. It was pretty nuts. All I can remember is that it started off with 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4, and every turn I was just sweating bullets. I think it continued with 3. Nd5?! e5 (I have no confidence in the ratings of these moves - checking online, 3. Nd5 seems dubious, but it might merely be interesting), but somehow, slowly, I managed to dodge fork, gambit, and trap to end up pinning his knight against his king with my queen and, after threating with my bishop, bringing my knight up to mate:



Honestly, I don't even know whether Black threw the game or whether I had a forced win. I was just glad it ended.

Anyway, I went afterwards to the campus arcade for pool, and around 7:30, took the Metro home with my brother's friend after my brother left for his new digs up north.

And that was my day. Good night!

Comments

[roaminrob.livejournal.com]

Hmm. It's close to the Danish Gambit, but not quite. Thing is, if I make e4, and you threaten with d5, then I reverse the direction of the opening and back up with f3, followed by d4 (unless you d5xe4, in which case I f3xd4, and now you're starting at more of a disadvantage).

If you don't make the d5 threat, then I continue with the preferred variation, d4 and c3.

If you bring a knight out to threaten the structure at some point in a different way, then it's trivial for me to counter with a knight of my own. Any attempt you make to capture the center pawns with a knight usually results in one of my pawns and one of my knights sitting in the center of the board, which is a fairly strong position.

Generally speaking, I lose with this opening to players that accept the initial gambit with some losses, and then continue a very aggressive game, preventing me from continuing the rear development that I need to make the opening useful. But, if the opponent hesitates in the first few moves ... then they are MINE!

[packbat.livejournal.com]

I see - that would explain why the Wikipedia people expect the other player to capture in the middle.

Fascinating game. Fascinating.