This is the final game of the Bird Brain 2 tournament (I came in 2nd )... it's 1.f4 of course -- Bird's opening -- which I've come to dislike rather a lot (no offense BirdBrain! It can't be for _everyone_ can' it?)

The game is a ratings mismatch, but I think the quality of play from both sides shows that A) Awardchess plays stronger than his rating and/or  B) I'm overrated! ... so it's a closer match than it looks on paper!

But this game is really pretty neat. I think it's a good game for class players to look at, since the moves aren't master level deep, but it's a decent game with some interesting strategic/positional play, some interesting choices, and some decent technique.  Although I have looked over some of the critical positions with a chess engine, I still think there's room for strong players to find improvements, which I'd love to hear.

The game is fully annotated. I hope you enjoy it.

And to top it off classic Philidor at the end ... well done

Glad you like it!

Thank you for posting this with the annotations, an excellent game. You should be proud - well done!

Thanks Rainbow! I like to hear that someone read the annotations... although I enjoy writing them and mostly write them to help me clarify my own thoughts about a game.

 nice game.

Really cool game!Now if only I could play like that.....