when I accepted an open game three moves had already been made but moves still s
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Sounds wierd... were the moves part of the chriteria of the challange
Games that start where the first moves are made is called a Thematic game. This is where the opening moves are already made. These games are set up this way by whoever creates the game
If for example you were playing Kings Indian Attack, the game would start with the opening moves 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3
The notation from your game shows
[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[White "redleg213"]
[Black "donnie-ray"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1359"]
[BlackElo "1097"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 {Thematic Game - This is the starting position.}
*