Nf6++

[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

[chanlemur.livejournal.com]

I have come to the conclusion that you are rather a lot smarter than I am.

[roaminrob.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is, the threat from your bishop really only prevented black from making Qd6 to force a trade, so black should have seen your Nf6 coming, and preemptively played Bg7.

Looks like it was a heck of a fun game. :-)

K x Q! Woot!

[thatbajoranguy.livejournal.com]

OK my question is this:

Why are everyone's pawns all over the place?? :P Did he do things that required you to mess up your pawn structure? His is not too bad by comparison, though clearly his moving his pawns up to give your knight & queen a space to slide into wasn't so good.

BTW, Wikipedia for the win. I knew I'd seen this opening before, but it does indeed have a name: the Scandinavian defense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Defense

Primarily, it is usually a bad idea for black, in my experience. When people use it against me, I simply run their queen around the board while developing my pieces, and that usually leaves me a lot better off. The Marshall Gambit is an interesting variation, though. My dad used to like to use this against me, and he'd pull it off.