Bughouse Champion Insides
Today my partner, davijerr, and I managed to win a game (as Black against gnejs, who was probably the strongest bughouse player in the world for much of the 90s. Bughouse is so popular in his native Sweden that Russians call bughouse шведский, or Swedish chess. My partner was a (possibly underrated) 1700.
1. Nf3 (This is a departure from the 1.e4 that I see most often. Even though the Knight could be used to attack f7, he assumes that I know how to defend against such an attack) 1..e6 2. Nc3 (I think this was unusual, as he is not moving a pawn to the center) 2..e6 (helps guard the c4 to f7 diagonal) 3. e4 Nf6 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 (this sets a trap, which I always seem to fall into, and this game was no exception) Ne5
(the correct move is Nb8 so the knight cannot be traded off) 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ B@d7 11. Bxa8 This is even worse than it looks.
N@c7 (This is a funny looking move. The purpose is not so much to attack the bishop, but to prevent my opponent from playing N@c7+) 12. Q@b8 (I think this was not a good use for the Queen) 12..B@b6 (Defending the knight and attacking f2) 13. B@e3 (threatening to remove my defender. Probably inaccurate) 13..p@d4 14. p@c6 (threatening to make my structure fall apart, but I have a defense!) Bb4+ 15. p@c3 O-O
16. cxb4 dxe3 17. Nxe3 p@f4 (I did not consider defending my material because it is impossible. I want to get to f2 with my pawn before he gets to f8 with his Queen) 18. p@d2 fxe3 19. dxe3 p@h3 (again the only hope is to attack) 20. Rg1 p@g3 (this is a strong attacking move. My attack will come faster than his) 21. hxg3 @h2 22. N@f3 hxg1=Q+ 23. Nxg1 h2 24. Q@f1 R@h1
25. N@e2 hxg1=Q 26. Nxg1 p@h2 27. N@f3 hxg1=Q 28. Nxg1 p@h2 29. Bd2 hxg1=Q 30. O-O-O Qxf1 (so I am expending pawns while he is expending pieces) 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. R@e1 Rxe1+
33. Bxe1 @a3 34. N@c4 axb2+ (at this point, the material on the board is equal, but my partner uses the material I gave him to win more material for me) 35. Nxb2 Nxe4 (I have nothing special here, and my opponent will finally take the Bishop on d7) 36. cxd7 Q@a1+ 37. N@b1 (I have another Queen in my hand but no square to place it) Nxf2 (This is a bluff. There isn't enough time to look for a sound move) 38. N@c3 Nd3+ (another bluff) 39. cxd3 Q@f1 (I decide to put the Queen down even though it isn't check. Fortunately he has no piece to defend with) 40. Kd2 Qxb2+ 41. p@c2 B@c1+ (I am not quite sure what happened at this point, but the game was over and we had won! I am up 12 points on the board, mainly thanks to the two queens. Note that a knight and only a knight would mate immediately: 42. Kd1 Nf2#. If I don't get a knight, my opponent has no useful checks and I can try something like Qxg2 with the idea of either Qxc2# )
I dedicate this victory to my friend and Banker's League captain, Mr. Robert Ali.
1. Nf3 (This is a departure from the 1.e4 that I see most often. Even though the Knight could be used to attack f7, he assumes that I know how to defend against such an attack) 1..e6 2. Nc3 (I think this was unusual, as he is not moving a pawn to the center) 2..e6 (helps guard the c4 to f7 diagonal) 3. e4 Nf6 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 (this sets a trap, which I always seem to fall into, and this game was no exception) Ne5
(the correct move is Nb8 so the knight cannot be traded off) 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 bxc6 10. Bxc6+ B@d7 11. Bxa8 This is even worse than it looks.
N@c7 (This is a funny looking move. The purpose is not so much to attack the bishop, but to prevent my opponent from playing N@c7+) 12. Q@b8 (I think this was not a good use for the Queen) 12..B@b6 (Defending the knight and attacking f2) 13. B@e3 (threatening to remove my defender. Probably inaccurate) 13..p@d4 14. p@c6 (threatening to make my structure fall apart, but I have a defense!) Bb4+ 15. p@c3 O-O
16. cxb4 dxe3 17. Nxe3 p@f4 (I did not consider defending my material because it is impossible. I want to get to f2 with my pawn before he gets to f8 with his Queen) 18. p@d2 fxe3 19. dxe3 p@h3 (again the only hope is to attack) 20. Rg1 p@g3 (this is a strong attacking move. My attack will come faster than his) 21. hxg3 @h2 22. N@f3 hxg1=Q+ 23. Nxg1 h2 24. Q@f1 R@h1
25. N@e2 hxg1=Q 26. Nxg1 p@h2 27. N@f3 hxg1=Q 28. Nxg1 p@h2 29. Bd2 hxg1=Q 30. O-O-O Qxf1 (so I am expending pawns while he is expending pieces) 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. R@e1 Rxe1+
33. Bxe1 @a3 34. N@c4 axb2+ (at this point, the material on the board is equal, but my partner uses the material I gave him to win more material for me) 35. Nxb2 Nxe4 (I have nothing special here, and my opponent will finally take the Bishop on d7) 36. cxd7 Q@a1+ 37. N@b1 (I have another Queen in my hand but no square to place it) Nxf2 (This is a bluff. There isn't enough time to look for a sound move) 38. N@c3 Nd3+ (another bluff) 39. cxd3 Q@f1 (I decide to put the Queen down even though it isn't check. Fortunately he has no piece to defend with) 40. Kd2 Qxb2+ 41. p@c2 B@c1+ (I am not quite sure what happened at this point, but the game was over and we had won! I am up 12 points on the board, mainly thanks to the two queens. Note that a knight and only a knight would mate immediately: 42. Kd1 Nf2#. If I don't get a knight, my opponent has no useful checks and I can try something like Qxg2 with the idea of either Qxc2# )
I dedicate this victory to my friend and Banker's League captain, Mr. Robert Ali.
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