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Its almost Halloween and dark and dreary outside. I think its time for the Tomb Game. I originally published this 15 yrs ago in Chess Canada but theres a whole new generation of readers now so:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bd2 Nh5 10.Rc1 c5 11.g3 Nf6 12.a3 Ne8 13.Ne1 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Bf3 b6 16.Bg2 Nd4 17.f4 Bf5 18.fxe5 Bxe5 19.Bh6 Bg7 Watch the bishops slip and slide 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.Nd3 Qg5 22.Nf4 Rae8 23.Qa4 Qe7 24.Nb5 (Nb8-c6-e7-f5 central outpost on d4 and perishes on b5 while its partner Ng8-f6-h5-f6-e8 - watches from g7) 24....Nxb5 25.Qxb5 We3+ 26.Kh1 enters the tomb 26...g5 27.Nh3 Bd3 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Rg1 closes the tomb 29...Be4 prying it open 30.Qd7 Bxg2+ 31.Rxg2 Qe4 32.Ng1 closes the tomb 32...h6 33.h4 opens the lid so the queen can join her partner 33...Rf2 34.Qh3 g4 The first nail in the coffin 35.Qh2 h5 another nail 36.b4 Rf1 37.b5 Kh7 38.a4 Kh8 39.a5 Kh7 40.a6 fully fastened 40...Kg8 Four consecutive king moves - and resignation - before the nail can drive into the coffin. 0-1
Dave Gordon showed me this game several years ago. It is perhaps the funniest chess game I have ever seen, and to be sure it invokes the sentiment of schadenfreude quite intensely. An excellent choice given the season, and a brutality that every sadistic mind should witness and enjoy.
Does anybody know the words of the Monster Mash chess version (you know the one with some of the words being Uncle Vik)? I ve lost track of where that was printed.
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