Rotten Fish

Before leaving the subject of chess at the DCC in '86-'87 I want to share one more game, dated 2-25-87, round 4, white=1910, black=2135.

1. d4 ........d5
2. c4 ........dc4
3. Nf3 ......Nd7
4. Qa4 .....Nf6
5. e3 .........g6
6. Bc4 ......Bg7
7. Bf7+ .....Kf8
8. Ng5 ......Nb6
9. Qb3 ......Qd6
10. Bg6 ....Nfd5
11. Bd3 .....h6
12. Ne4 ....Qg6
13. Ng3 ....Qf6
14. O-O ....Be6
15. Nh5 ....Qg5
16. Ng7 .....Qg7
17. Be4 ......Rd8
18. Nc3 ......Rg8
19. F4 ........Ke8
20. Nd5 .....Rd5
21. Qc2 ......Rh5
22. Qe2 ......Bg4
23. Bf3 .......Bf3
24. Qf3 .......Rd5
25. Bd2 .......Nc4
26. Qd5 .......Nd2
27. Rf2 .........resigns

I played white of course, and my opponent was a nice Jewish expert rated over 2100. I had defeated another nice Jewish expert the previous week. Before this game el fisho explained to me that I won the previous game because my opponent had been 'in a slump' but that he was really a good player. When I smiled and said, 'I'm a good player too,' his jaws tightened (and my opponent in this game chuckled). (All this according to my notes on the back of the scoresheet.) Vintage el fisho! More than once I remember him telling me, after a game I had just lost, 'I enjoyed your game with (whomever).'

(Blogger suddenly doesn't like more than one space so I had to use dots for this one.)