Play Chess Openings: My Little Idiot Chess Game

Friday, October 27, 2017

My Little Idiot Chess Game

I tried "Lichess" on my PC. I spent 20 years on ICC. My rating is 2002 on chess.com, but I felt like checking out something new. In recent years my online blitz play suffered from bad mouse issues. No matter what mice I try, they malfunction with my PC.

My Lichess experience began with my attempt to play 1.e4. A mouse slip gave me 1.e3, though I tried to push it to e4. My opponent played 1...d6, and 2.e4 instantly appeared as my pre-move! Our Delayed Sicilian was like an English. Still, I've enjoyed Lichess so far.

I told my wife that I started playing Lichess, but I didn't know what the "LI" stands for. Immediately she said, "Little Idiot!" I said I began my first game with 1.e3. "I told you it stands for Little Idiot," she added. Like an idiot, I won a rook instead of a queen.

See my 140 game book: Rare First Moves - Second Edition.

Sawyer - NN (1271), Rated Classical game lichess, 24.10.2017 begins 1.e3 [Mouse slip.] 1...d6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be2 Qd8 [5...Nf6 6.0-0=] 6.0-0 Qf6 7.d4! Qg6 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 b6

10.Bd3 [My idea was to win the a8 rook, but look at 10.Nh4!+-] 10...f5 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Be4 [12.Bg5+-] 12...e5 13.Bxa8 [13.Bg5+-] 13...Qg6 14.Nxe5 Bh3 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.gxh3 Nd7 17.Re1+ Ne7 18.Bc6 Kf7 19.Bxd7 Rxh3 20.Qg4 [Black left the game.] 1-0