Friendly game at work

Chess.com has been a hit with some of the folks (male and female) at the office.  I recently played a game against a group at work.  The group played the black pieces while I played as white.  We tried to use chess.com's vote chess feature to host the game but it wasn't a great fit for our needs.  For one, the time controls wouldn't have worked over a weekend unless we selected a three days per move setting which would have resulted in a very long game.

It was an interesting experiment. The team's average rating on chess.com is about 1250-1300. By consulting each other during the game the team was able to avoid many obvious mistakes.  At the start of the game I expected the group's play to be the best of its strongest player.  That is, so long as the group played soundly.  A low-tech approach (wooden set) surficed.

The game was played over a week and was lots of fun. I suspect that some of the players are well on their way to becoming better players.  I'm hoping the game posted here will be instructional. I know it has been for me as some of the lines uncovered during post-game computer analysis includes sequences I would have never considered - but which did appear to improve my chances.