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More chess adventures

Emboldened by my recent victories against the internet tyros, I decided to challenge my old rival the dangerous and devious Michael Chen, former president of the Citrus College Chess Club. He usually tends to kick my arse, but this time it took only 15 moves to get the job done. In my defense, he was aided by a bizarre move I made on move 6. A classic case of not surveying the whole board leaving the Knight "en prise" was I just exhausted?? Chen (W) Carmona (B) 0-1     1/16/2020 1. e4 b5 2. Bxb5 Nc6 3. Bxc6 d7xB (this left me with early double pawns!) 4. d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e5 Ne4 (moving the knight thusly was a mirage where I thought I had a recapture, I must have been tired) 7. Nxe4 Bc8f5 8.Nc5 Bg7 9.Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 e6 11.Ng5 Qd5 12.b3 Bg4 13.c4 BxNf3 154. gxf3 At this point Black resigns because W is up in material and has too powerful of an attack

Carmona v. internet tyro 1/15/20

1. Nf3   d3 2.Nd5  Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4.Qh4  Bd7 5. a4? b6 6. c4? Bb7 7. Qg4? NxQ!!! 8. NxN Nd4 9. e3 Nf5 10. Rg1 f3 11. g3 0-0 12.Bd3 Bf3+ 13.Kc2 BxNg4 14.h4 Beb4 15.b3? Nxf3? My blunder! 16. RxN Bf5 17. Rg7 BxB+ 18. KxB e5 19. f4xe5 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 Qf5+ 21. e4 QxRd7+ 22. Kc2 Rd8 23. Bb2 Qc6 24. Bf6 QxB 25. h5 QxRa1 26. h6? Bxd2 27 NxB Qa2+ 28. Kc3 QxN++