Games

This game deserves recording because of its brevity and the shocking surprise of my very early defeat. Here are the moves:

1. Nf3 d5

2. Nc3 d4

I decide to push forward with the Queen pawn seeing that no obstacle has been placed in its way

3. Nb5 c5

4. b4 b6

5. c4 a6

6. Qa4 Bb7

7. Nc7 #

Terribly embarrassing in retrospect but a lesson in not underestimating the power of a discovered check. By choosing instead 7. ... Bd7, catastrophe would have been avoided. It's reminiscent of the so-called Fool's Mate on the King's side.