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38-Tournament -- Guschess Game 1

The following game was played as part of the 38 Square Challenge Tournament - Round One.

The Game

The game played was Guschess. As specified in the rules, and unless stated otherwise, the standard variant of the game was played with no special rules in effect.

The Players

The players were Steve Kennedy (playing White) and Joao Neto (playing Black). The outcome of the game was a win for Black.

The Moves

     1.  P: c2 -> c4   p: e7 -> e5
     2.  P: e2 -> e4   p: c7 -> c6
     3.  P: d2 -> d3   n: g8 -> f6
     4.  P: f2 -> f3   p: d7 -> d5
     5.  B: c1 -> g5   b: f8 -> e7
     6.  B: g5 -> f6   b: e7 -> f6
     7.  P: g2 -> g4   p: d5 -> c4
     8.  P: d3 -> c4   b: f6 -> h4
     9.  L: e1 -> e2   q: d8 -> b6
    10.  N: g1 -> h3   b: c8 -> e6
    11.  Q: b2 -> b3   p: a7 -> a5
    12.  P: a2 -> a4   k: O-O
    13.  R: h1 -> g1   r: f8 -> d8
    14.  N: b1 -> d2   q: b6 -> d4
    15.  R: a1 -> a2   q: d4 -> d3 ++

     A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H
   _________________________________
8  | r | n |   | r |   |   | k |   |
   |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
7  |     p |   |       | p | p   p |
   |       |___|       |___|       |
6  |       | p |     b |   |       |
   |_______|___|_______|___|_______|
5  | p |       |   | p |       |   |
   |   |_______|   |   |_______|   |
4  | P |     P |   | P |     P | b |
   |___|_______|___|___|_______|___|
3  |     P |   | q     | P |     N |
   |       |___|       |___|       |
2  | R     |   | N   K |   |     P |
   |_______|___|_______|___|_______|
1  |   |   |   | Q |   | B | R |   |
   |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|

            Final Position

Overall Comments

Joao

About this game: Steve was too careless about his king. He let me develop my pieces while the white king stood in the middle of the attack.

About Guschess: This particular game (the 1st I played) seemed too near orthodox chess. Perhaps the large square distribution would be more interesting at the center of the board.

Steve

At the start of the game, I was trying to gain control of the board by pushing my pawns forward. Given the extra mobility, I don't think this works as well as in normal chess.

Joao, the better player, put me on the defensive pretty early and it was all I could do keep from losing any pieces. That last move, I didn't realize the King was even in danger. Sucks for me...

BTW: I like Guschess the best out of the four we're playing. Great variant.


Comments and moves written by the players. Edited by David Howe.
WWW page created: March 2, 1998.

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