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This is a bulldog with witch game between @vickalan and @thegreatauk.
Game rules for bulldog with witch can be found (here).
The opening board is here:

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JohnHS has set-up the tournament bracket (here) and vickalan plays White.

Waredude
Tga has been playing longer than three months now?
vickalan

Good luck!😃

My move:

1.f4

(delete 1-ply diagram)

vickalan
Waredude wrote:
Tga has been playing longer than three months now?

I'm not sure. JohnHS set up the tournament. Once in, I don't think anyone is going to be kicked out.tongue.png

vickalan

Check this out. It's a woman, Kathrine Switzer, who signed up for the Boston Marathon when women weren't allowed to enter. She didn't give her full name and hid her hair under a hoodie for a while. But once she got in, she finished the race.happy.png

thegreatauk

Yes I have been playing longer than three months now. f5.

vickalan

1.f4...f5
2.Nd3

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thegreatauk

g5

vickalan

3.fxg5

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thegreatauk

Wg6+

vickalan

4.Nhf2

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thegreatauk

d6

thegreatauk

The delayed tomato gambit, auk variation...

vickalan

TG = Tomato gambit?

5.h4

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thegreatauk

e5

JohnHS

Question: has the Tomato gambit been successful?  Does it have a good record?

JohnHS

I may have to try a reversed version sometime, see if that's any good.

vickalan
JohnHS wrote:

Question: has the Tomato gambit been successful?  Does it have a good record?

From my point of view it seems sound. White gets an easy pawn, but at the cost of early pressure on my position - more than I usually feel after only five moves.cry.png

vickalan

5.h4...e5
6.Bh2

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thegreatauk

Bf7