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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!
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!
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Re: K x Q! Woot!
1) Uh duh ... I didn't click on your link. Heh. ;) You did indeed know the name ... I had forgotten tho!
2) I should clarify, I usually run Black's queen around the board because 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 is the response I almost always encounter, myself. From there, 3. Nc3 is a nice tempo gain as the Wiki article points out, and in my experience people usually run around somwhere chaseable. Against people with less confidence in their playing skill, 3 ... Qa5 4 a3 and 5. b4 can be very fun, though 3 ... Qa5 4 d3 and later 5. Bd2 is not bad as a threat against the Queen (which has likely still not moved).
I also run into people who try to be savvy with the attack at 3 ... Qe5+ or 3 ... Qe6+. Again, given the general average level of players I face (average being the level I am at too!), I usually respond with 4. Qe2, which freaks them out and they rarely accept the exchange so early in the game. So that works. I highly recommend learning how to get along without your queen (and how to mate without her), because many players can't.
Re: K x Q! Woot!
2) Yeah, that looks like the common line. That's a good point about a lot people being hesitant to exchange queens - I bet I can use that. I think at the present moment, though, I need to play more chess rather than study ending and opening theory.