Funny games

All Things Chess
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I just played this one at our club meeting tonight. I’ve named it “The Zombie Queen Will Not Stay Dead.”

[Event “Route 20 CC”]
[Site “Freeport, IL”]
[Date “2010.03.09”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Ekvall, Ryan”]
[Black “Ammann, Keith”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D06”]
[PlyCount “128”]
[EventType “game”]
[EventCountry “USA”]

  1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 e6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. e3 Bxf4 7. exf4 Nf6 8.
    Be2 Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Nef6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. h3 c5 13. Qc2 cxd4 14. f5 Rc8
  2. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Ne4 17. Nxe6 Qh4 18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. cxd5 Rxc2 20. Bxc2 Nd2
  3. d6 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Nd7 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Re7 Nc5 25. Bb3 d3 26. Rf7+ Ke8 27.
    Kh2 Nxb3 28. g3 d2 29. gxh4 d1=Q 30. d7+ Kd8 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Rxg7 Qxb2 33.
    Rg2 Qe5+ 34. Rg3 Kxd7 35. f4 Qxf4 36. h5 Qf2+ 37. Rg2 Qf4+ 38. Rg3 b5 39. Kg2
    Qe4+ 40. Rf3 b4 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Rf4 b3 43. Kg4 Qe2+ 44. Kg5 Qe5+ 45. Rf5 Qxf5+
  4. Kxf5 b2 47. Kf6 Kd6 48. Kg7 b1=Q 49. Kh6 Ke5 50. h4 Qb6+ 51. Kxh7 Qf6 52.
    h6 Kf5 53. h5 Kg5 54. Kg8 Kxh5 55. h7 Qg6+ 56. Kh8 Qxh7+ 57. Kxh7 a5 58. Kg7 a4
  5. Kh7 a3 60. Kg8 Kg6 61. Kf8 Kf6 62. Kg8 a2 63. Kh7 a1=Q 64. Kh6 Qh1# 0-1

ETA link to annotated commentary.

2

That was mean. :stuck_out_tongue:

But resurrected queens are not zombies.

3

Dunno… it was sure looking for the King’s BRAAAAIIIIINNSSS! :smiling_imp:

Maybe it’s more like a Vampire… take one out and another pops up. :wink:

4

I was thinking it was more like Whack-A-Mole.

5

Unless it’s a vegetarian zombie, in which case it would be looking for GRAAAAIIIIINNSSS!