My first game using the chess.com Facebook app (a really cool piece of software) was against my friend Keith. We created a near miniature after he veered from known theory.
The time control was three days for each move, but I’d say we averaged more like a day each.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
[Event "Facebook Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[White "Erin"]
[Black "Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nc7 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 (9. Bc4 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxb5 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxe5 13. Nxe5
Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd5 Rb8 16. Bf4 f6 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Ne3 d6 19. Bxe5
fxe5 20. Rhe1 O-O 21. Rd2 Kg7 22. c4 Rf4 23. b3 g5 24. h3 Kg6 25. Kb2 Rbf8 26.
Ree2 h5 27. Kc3 g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. b4 Rc8 30. Kb3 Kg5 31. a4 Rd4 32. Kc3 Bxg2
33. Rxd4 exd4+ 34. Kxd4 Bf3 35. Rd2 Kf4 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. cxd5 Kf3 38. a5 Rc1
39. a6 Rf1 40. b5 Rxf2 41. Rxf2+ Kxf2 42. b6 g3 43. bxa7 g2 44. a8=Q g1=Q 45.
Qc6 Kf3+ 46. Kc4 Ke4 47. Kb5 Ke5 48. Qb6 Qf1+ 49. Kc6 Qc4+ 50. Kd7 Qa4+ 51. Kc7
Kxd5 52. Qb7+ {1-0 Enkin,M (2213)-Davies,N (2495)/Peabody 2007/CBM 119 ext})
9... Ne6 10. Bg3 Qb6 {The first new move. Far more common are 10...O-O or ...Qa5. And even ...a6, ...b6, or the pawn sac ...b5!? have been seen.} 11.
O-O-O a5 12. Bc4 a4 13. a3 Qa5 14. Rd5 Qa7 15. h4 h5 {15... Bh6+ seemed a reasonable alternative, when White cannot play 16. Ng5? due to ...Bxg5+ (not 16... Nxg5?! 17. hxg5 Bxg5+? 18. f4 winning a piece) 17. hxg5 Nxg5}
16. Ng5 Ncd4? {I expected 16... Nc5 (16...Bh6 17. f4) 17. Qe3 b6 and here was considering 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19.Bxf7+ or Nxf7} 17. Nxf7! Kxf7 18. Rxd4 Rf8 19. Bxe6+ dxe6 20. Rxa4 Qb8 21. Qf4+ Kg8 22. Qg5 Rxa4 23. Nxa4 Qa7 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qxg6 b4 26. axb4 1-0
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Note the bit of local flare in the embedded game won by the Massachusetts youth Max Enkin. I had forgotten this game and only recalled having seen it during the post-mortem.
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