My goal is to play 1000 thoughtful games of chess. After which time I expect to be an above average player. This blog is to document the journey.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Game 24: Win - 42 turns

This was a fun game I played from my iPhone via the chess.com iPhone app. I played against a new member who I think is probably a bit stronger than I am, but I got lucky. I tried the Hippopotamus Defense and got in trouble with it early. In fact, I am surprised this was not a brutal defeat.




[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[White "mtaylor3449"]
[Black "zeeple"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "877"]
[BlackElo "1198"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[Termination "zeeple won by resignation"]

1.e3 e6 2.g3 d6 3.Nh3 Ne7 4.Ng5 b6 5.Qf3 c6 6.Qxf7+ Kd7 7.Qxe6+ Ke8 8.Nf7 Qd7 9.Qe4 Rg8 10.Ng5 Ba6
11.Nxh7 Bxf1 12.Rxf1 Rh8 13.Nxf8 Rxf8 14.f4 Qf5 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.a4 a6 17.b4 d5 18.Qxf5 Rxf5 19.g4 Rf8 20.a5 g5
21.f5 Rh8 22.Rh1 Rh4 23.Bb2 Rxg4 24.h3 Rxb4 25.Ba3 bxa5 26.Rg1 Rh4 27.Rxg5 Rxh3 28.Rg7 Rh1+ 29.Ke2 Rxa1 30.Bb2 Rh1
31.e4 Rb8 32.Ba3 dxe4 33.Nxe4 Nxf5 34.c3 Nxg7 35.Nd6+ Kd8 36.Nf7+ Kc8 37.Be7 Nf5 38.Bg5 Ng3+ 39.Kf3 Rf1+ 40.Kg4 Rxf7
41.Kxg3 Kb7 42.d4 Rg8 0-1

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