Annotated Chess Game 12791078 by moonbus

Ghost vs nevare, how it smarts

1. e4
Ghost of a Duke (1731) England, nevare (1584) Canada, 'notes' by S. Tartakower.
1... d6 2. Nb1c3 Ng8f6
"Every chessplayer should have a hobby."
3. Bf1c4 g6 4. d4 c6
"As long as an opening is reputed to be weak it can be played."
5. Bc4b3
"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."
5... Bf8g7 6. h3 O-O 7. Ng1f3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qd1xd8 Rf8xd8 10. Nf3xe5
"The great master places a knight on e5; checkmate follows by itself."
10... Bc8e6 11. Bb3xe6 fxe6
"An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard."
12. Ne5f3 Nb8d7 13. Bc1g5 Rd8e8 14. O-O-O
"Moral victories do not count."
14... Nd7c5 15. e5 Nf6d5
"The move is there, but you must see it."
16. Bg5d2
"Chess is a struggle against one's own errors."
16... Ra8d8 17. Rh1e1 Re8f8 18. Nc3e4 Nc5xe4
"No one ever won by resigning."