MSCRRT 2021: Menalque vs. Umlaut (0–1)

[Umlaut]

Menalque

vs.

Umlaut

[Event "MafiaScum Chess Round-Robin Tournament 2021"] [White "Menalque"] [Black "Umlaut"] [Result "0-1"] [Termination "normal"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7 24. d4 f5 25. Kd2 b5 26. b3 Kd6 27. h4 Nf6 28. Rf1 Ne4+ 0-1 {White resigns.}

[Umlaut]

e4 e5

You too!

I just blundered away a win in my last game so I'm going to try to

not

do that this time

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6

Hunh, I'm not quite so booked up on the Vienna game

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5

I'm at least booked up enough to know this move

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4

Yes, I learned that by playing it and losing :)

[Umlaut]

...okay, I'll bite

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7

[Umlaut]

Oh, I know that feeling well, remind me to dig up one of my amazing failed queen sacs.

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4

[Umlaut]

Let's speedrun the game, lol

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5

[Umlaut]

Hunh, I was kind of expecting Re5.

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8

[Umlaut]

"Re7e2" is perfectly fine as notation but "R7e2" is already unambiguous, fyi

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3

I think I'm playing in the most boring possible way but I also think that's correct play for me

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7

How many syllables is your username supposed to have? I've been mentally pronouncing it as in French (muh-NAHLK) but seeing your location maybe I should be mentally pronouncing it as in Spanish (may-NAHL-kay) instead?

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7 24. d4 f5

Ah! I studied some French and then probably forgot most of it but I do at least remember how to pronounce it. I do think the board accepts the “é” but it gives automatic vote counters and the like a hard time, so maybe it was a good choice to omit it.

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7 24. d4 f5 25. Kd2 b5

Hmm, good question. I wanted to study a second language anyway, but as I recall the main reason why French in particular is because at the time I was planning to go into academia and French is one of the handful of languages in which new math research is published. Many math Ph.D. programs have a foreign language proficiency requirement so I figured I may as well get that out of the way up front, though in the end I didn't actually turn out to need it.

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7 24. d4 f5 25. Kd2 b5 26. b3 Kd6

Hah, I was like "wow, he's really thinking about this, he's either totally stuck or calculating out some absolute brilliancy"

I recently started a new job as a software engineer! Before that I was working in the math department for a slot machine company, which was fun for a while (especially when we got to make "research trips" to casinos that included a gambling budget) but ultimately kind of a dead end, so I did what nerds do when they want more money and moved to dev :)

[Umlaut]

It's your turn

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7 24. d4 f5 25. Kd2 b5 26. b3 Kd6 27. h4 Nf6

I mean I'm only up a piece for a pawn so anything is possible! You've seen me blow a bigger lead than that.

[Umlaut]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Nxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nxd5 9. O-O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Bb4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nd5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bf3 c6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re7 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 Kf8 20. R7e2 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bg4 22. Rf2 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ke7 24. d4 f5 25. Kd2 b5 26. b3 Kd6 27. h4 Nf6 28. Rf1 Ne4+

Oh yeah, never ever ever resign in blitz, I've been one-move stalemated by people who really ought to know better (and I've done it myself even though I ought to know better, too)

It's really weird that pgn4web doesn't show checks in the move list even when they're included in the text!

[Umlaut]

I mean, anyone can miscalculate a tactic and it's tough being a piece down out of the opening in a slow game like this. I think you played as well as you really could under the circumstances, I just had a much easier task than you did.

Thanks for the game!

[Umlaut]

Btw, Stockfish likes your 17. Re7, and says the initial knight blunder was the only real mistake in the game!