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Inventor of Gothic Chess crushes me

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Gorgon_Slayer

I played Ed Trice, the inventor of Gothic Chess. He let me have the white pieces. He gave me odds of Queen's Knight (he removed his Knight from b8 at the start of the game). He traded his Queen for my Archbishop, then sacrificed his other Knight to pull my King out onto the 3rd rank. Then he trapped my queen, so I resigned. I didn't think I made any blunders but still got demolished. Where did I go wrong?

Letchworthshire

There's some good instructional 10x8 videos by USCF Tournament Director Doug Dysart. He's about 1950 elo and his commentary is pretty good.

Gorgon_Slayer

Ed Trice is a living variant imventor? I thought he was like around when Capablanca played. He's mentioned with Caapablanca all over the internet.

Letchworthshire

Yes Ed was born in the 1960s and is still posting regularly to his Discord group.

Gorgon_Slayer

What is his Discord server invite link if you don't mind me asking?

Letchworthshire

Streamed game live.

Gorgon_Slayer

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