(The following chess game is presented in "algebraic notation." Here's an explanation of how to follow the moves.)

Early this year, I was browsing the rec.games.chess.analysis newsgroup when I read of a very strange opening gambit (pawn sacrifice). I was so intrigued by its bizarreness that I immediately tested it out against my Chess321 software, and achieved a rare 5-minute game victory.

You can download a zipped file of Chess321 to your own computer. Unzip the individual files into a folder on your hard drive, then double-click on chess.exe.

1.  d4      Nf6
2.  g4?!    Nxg4
3.  e4      d6
4.  h3      Nf6
5.  Nc3     h6
6.  Be3     c6
7.  Qd2     Qb6
8.  000     Nbd7
9.  f4      d5
10. e5      Nh5
11. Nf3     Ng3
12. Rg1     Nxf1
13. Rdxf1   Nb8
14. Nh4     Bxh3
15. Rf3     Bc8
16. f5      e6
17. Kb1     Be7
18. Na4     Qa6
19. Nc5     Bxc5
20. dc      Rh7
21. f6      g5
22. Bxg5    hg
23. Qxg5    Rh8      
24. Qg7     Rf8
25. Ng6     Nd7
26. Nxf8    Nxf8
27. Rh3     Ng6
28. Rh8+    Nxh8
29. Qxh8+   Kd7
30. Qf8     Kc7
31. Qd6++

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