This one's still in progress. Again it's a one move per three days time control (so essentially correspondence chess); this time I'm White.
Despite the content of this and the previous chess post, I don't think it's quite right to assume that chess skill is demonstrated by eviscerating someone in comically few moves. A really bad player will play moves that don't accomplish anything, maybe accidentally give up his horse and so on. You have to be at least a little bit skilled to play moves that actually look solid, that don't immediately give material, and yet lose the game for you in the blink of an eye.
Anyway, I think his taking my pawn on move 8 is fatal:
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6
3. Nc3 d5
4. Bf4 Bg7
5. Qd2 O-O
6. Bh6 Nbd7
7. h4 b6
8. h5 Nxh5
9. g4 Nhf6
10. Bxg7 Kxg7
11. Qh6+
(12. Ng5 to follow)
Posted by Matt Bruce at June 4, 2008 01:52 PM