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I wish I could have screen captured this game I had about 10 years back. This dude would defensive counter every move I made until we were a diagonal line across the board without a single piece lost and almost at gridlock. It was the most obnoxiously awesome game I ever played.
 
Enes CanTear You Apart said:
1. e4 d6
2. d4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3, Nc6
5. Be2

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ECTA. . .my move is h6
 
AtheistPreacher said:
Saw this thread and thought I'd break in with a fun chess story. The story is actually my dad's, from his college days at the University of Adelaide (Australia).

Although my dad really wasn't much good at chess, he did enjoy it, so he went ahead and joined the chess team. Apparently the university was large enough and there was enough interest that they had multiple teams of five players -- I think I remember my dad saying that he was on the "E" team, or something like that -- what I'm sure about is that he said it was the very worst team.

Anyway, my dad and his fellow E-teamers show up to watch an "A-team" match between Adelaide and some other university. To their surprise, Adelaide's A-team didn't show up. So they decided to pretend to be their missing brethren and sub in for them. Figuring they had very little chance of winning any of the five games, they resolved to pit their best player against the opposing team's weakest player, etc. My dad was the very worst player on the team, and so was matched up against their top man.

Can you guess what happened?

My dad's team won five-nil.

To hear him explain it, the whole thing was a bloodbath because the opposing team didn't know what the hell was going on. They assumed my dad's team was good, and had some deep and incomprehensible strategy going. In reality, they just sucked at chess, and were simply playing for fun. But the other team's players were so disconcerted that their opponents weren't making the obvious moves that they couldn't cope with it. Adding to the effect was that my dad's team was totally calm and relaxed, smiling and feeling no pressure because they had no real skin in the game and no reasonable expectation of winning. In all five games the opposing players surrendered before the game ended, and with my dad's matchup being the most uneven one, his opponent was so befuddled that he surrendered even earlier than the rest of them.

It certainly says some interesting things about strategy and expectations...
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I think there is a very good chance that either your dad is pulling your leg or you are pulling ours. In the real world an opponent with an ounce of skill (let alone five such opponents) would never surrender as the result of confusion. If your dad really was bad at chess and his opponent really was good, the only thing the opponent probably found confusing was how easily he was winning.
 
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
 
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1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5
 
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5 Kxd5
 
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1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5 Kxd5
34. Ke2
 
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5 Kxd5
34. Ke2 Kd4
 
babe said:
ECTA. . .my move is h6
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I wasn't sure between two moves for a brief moment. I could go with castling, an always safe and sound option earlier in the games or I could mirror you, babe. But of course I chose the latter

1. e4 d6
2. d4 e6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 Nc6
5. Be2 h6
6. a3

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Siro said:
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1. d4 Nf6
2. ...
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LogGrad98 said:
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5 Kxd5
34. Ke2 Kd4
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I probably would resign at this point. But a solid game overall from both of you. Btw, if you'd like to analyze your game and see the basic mistakes, inaccuracies easily without an engine or software, you could use this great website I found. Just paste the moves into the field and it automatically imports and analyze the game for you. The best feature of it is, you can see some important variants on your not so favorable moves.

The only thing is you should use the standard pgn notation which is what we are using anyway but there might be some mistakes/differences in our writings. Here I fixed some errors of your game so far and made it importable to the site. Just copy and paste.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 Nd5 5.Qg4 g6 6.Bg5 f6 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Qh4 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfe1 Be7 13.Rad1 Rf7 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Rxd5 Nb4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Re5 (18.Qxe7) Qxh4 19.Nxh4 d6 20.Rg5 Re7 21.Nf5 Re5 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.Rxe5 dxe5 24.Ne3 Rd8 25.Rxe5 Rd2 26.Re8+ Kg7 27.Re7+ Kf6 28.Rxc7 Bd5 29.Rd7 Ke6 30.Rxd5 Nxd5 31.Kf1 Kd6 32.Bxd5 Rxd5 33.Nxd5 Kxd5 34.Ke2 Kd4
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1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5 Kxd5
34. Ke2 Kd4
35. h4
 
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e6
3. e4 Bb4
4. e5 Nd5
5. Qg4 g6
6. Bg5 f6
7. e5xf6 Nxf6
8. Qh4 0-0
9. Nf3 Nc6
10. Be2 b6
11. 0-0 Bb7
12. Re1 Be7
13. Ra1-d1 Rf7
14. d5 exd5
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5
16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. Re5 QxQ
19. Nxh4 d6
20. Rg5 Re7
21. Nf5 Re5
22. Bc4+ Kh8
23. Rxe5 dxe5
24. Ne3 Rd8
25. Rxe5 Rd2
26. Re8+ Kg7
27. Re7+ Kf6
28. Rxc7 Bd5
29. Rd7 Ke6
30. Rxd5 Nxd5
31. Kf1 Kd6
32. Bxd5 Rxd5
33. Nxd5 Kxd5
34. Ke2 Kd4
35. h4

Yeah I'll resign at this point. Don't have the time or energy for the end-game. Good game siro.
 
That website Enes provided is fun. In my match against Log, I built up a significant advantage throughout the first half of the game, then threw it away with a blunder that gave Log the advantage (only blunder either of us committed). Log's advantage did not last long, however, because he made a series of weak movies that quickly gave me the advantage back. :D
 
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