There is an interesting dance where Black's Queen luckily skirts out of the path of the roving White Rook. Similarly, Black's Knight finds White's Rook gone from a1 and Black's Bishop finds White's Queen gone from the d1-a4 diagonal. With a Pawn on c2, Black had hopes of sneaking in PxQ=Q or PxN=Q, but in the nick of time White's Queen discovers the Pawn on retreat. Everybody's plans are foiled.
Unfortunately, this game was scratched due to referee error. Moves in parentheses were tried.
B: Voorhees-Mallett REF: Keller 1 a4 b5 In Kriegspiel it is sometimes good to stick your Pawns out in the wings early in the hopes of snagging some material. In my case, my opening was to play 1...b5 intending 2...Bb7. Since our wing Pawns came into contact immediately, we each knew what the other was up to. 2 axb5 d5 3 c4 dxc4 (dxc4,cxb6,dxe4) 4 Qa4 e5 5 f4 c3 (cxb6,hxg6,cxb3,c3,exd4,Bc5) My usual policy when presented with a Pawn try is to take: the taken piece will be worth at least my Pawn, possibly much more! Here, however, I can use the Pawn try as informational "cover" for my c-Pawn. 6 f5 (f5,fxe5) c2 (cxb6,c2,f6) 7 b6+ Nc6 (Kd7,Nc6) 8 bxc7 (Qc2) Qxc7 (cxd1=Q,Qxc7) 9 Qxc2 At this point I can still be sure of most of the moves Black has made. 9 ... Qb6 10 Qe4 (Qc7,Qe4) Bc5 (Bc5,Bd6,Nge7) 11 d4 (d4,Nc3) Be6 (Be6,Bd7) Since Black's e-Pawn is pinned, he had no clues about the d4-Pawn. 12 dxc5 (dxc5,dxe5) Qb7 13 f6 (f6,Qa8,cxd6,cxb6,fxe6,fxg6,exd3,exf3) White should have attempted his Pawn captures first. 13 ... gxf6 (axb6,gxh6,hxg6,gxf6,Bb3,Bc4,Bd5) 14 Qc4 (Qa8,Qc4,Qb1) 14 ... Nb4 (Nb4,Nge7) 15 Ra6 (Ra6,Nc3) Bxc4 (Bb3,Bxc4,Bd5) 16 Rc6 (Rc6,e4) Bb3 (Qh1,Bf1,Bb3) 17 Rc7 (Rc7,h4) Qc6 (Qh1,Kd7,Qc6) 18 Rb7 Nc2+ 19 Kd2 (Kd2,Kf2) Na1 20 Ke1 (c6,Ke1,Kc2,Kd3,Ke3,Kc3) 20 ... Bd1 (Qh1,Bd1,Bc2) 21 Rc7,(b3) Nb3 (Qh1,Nb3) *
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