Bulldog Chess with Witch (captaintugwash - JohnHS)

I believe the king should be on c1 and the rook d1

"king moves three"

8. Qxa2

King always moves two. I knew there was some trick to that pawn ... what an awful blunder.  How did I not see that?

8. ... Nxe4

I nearly missed it, I was desperate to get my king moved out of your queen's xray, but it took me a while to accept castling as a safe method of doing so. I still don't like my position all that much, but it's better now I have a bishop, since I can afford to give up material to fix my weaknesses. I didn't open well here at all, I think I've merely equalised with your error rather than taken the lead.

Lol... still getting the hang of the witch, aren't we, @CaptainTugwash?

I wish my rook was on e1.

I'm gonna wait for you to fix the board, I just wasted a few minutes mentally analysing Nxe5 thinking my rook was on e1.

Yeah I was one move from checkmate, and I nearly didn't notice.

I was really hoping you weren't ... honestly though, I think you are winning here.  But we'll see.  I've been down a clear witch before and won anyway.

Anyway, I'll fix the castle.

 Thanks.

9. c3

"I've been down a clear witch before and won anyway."

I'm impressed. I have no idea how much the witch is worth, but I can say I certainly had a think about capturing your witch with the queen when I had the chance. I decided the witch isn't quite that valuable, but would I give a rook up? That would require a longer think.

9. ... Bg5+

 10. Kc2

10. ... Nc5

 11. Nxc5

11. ... Qxc5

 12. f4

12. ... Resigns

Well that was awful.

 Yeah two bishops is more than enough compensation for a few pawns and an exposed king.

I was lucky as hell here, you certainly opened better but those two mistakes were brutal.