amazing use of K / must be seen !

This is a chess.com live game from a few days ago with 5 minutes per side.

Ghostmirror played white. I've hidden the ID of black because player hasn't given (or opposed) publication of the game & I don't want to tip out his tricks.  I've decided to post the game because, frankly, I've never seen anything like the use of K by black.

Ghostmirror's hardly the best player but I am used to an offbeat approach. Black player had never played Ghostmirror, nor I him.

There's no way this player could've known how I would react but somehow he always had an out...until the clock ran down on him.

what was the presons rating?

I once had some idiot open with f3 and then he played Kf2-g3-f2 over and over again early on for a while.

Trouble is:  he won. 

Same basic thing happened to Short on ICC, I believe.

For awhile he was blaming Fischer.

Hm, maybe I was playing Short (getting his revenge on the rest of the chess world). 

looks like bongcloud chess

Is that a Bongcloud opening variation?

As a relative novice perhaps I'm not catching it but is this use of a K not as unique & virtuosic as it seems to me ?

As far as the rating, I chose to leave details out. I even hesitated to post the game lest it show too much as of what this individual was capable, though I ultimately decided it was ---to me at least--- too wild not to share....but, again, is it not one snakey, dare-devilish trip ?

[added later]

I've recieved a message from the black player who said it's alright to reveal his ID. I may do so, though I still think it's to his advantage that opponents not know his tricks beforehand. It's obvious that some here have played him & I can't imagine that plays such as this haven't been tested before so there must be others who've encountered his style(s).

22. Ng3#

Not a very good use of the king.

Horrible idea...

It is indeed a very strange way to play. In my opinion, it is fundamentally unsound. He wouldn't have gotten away with it if it hadn't been such a short game or if he was playing against a higher rated player.

The criticism of this as an unsound way to play has some validity but ignores the audacity & skill behind it.

Our initial game with no way to know how i might respond at any move ? Those decrying this are ignoring, I think, the ingenuity & flair.

Whadda ya want to do, play the same endless variations on safe, defensive gambits ?

Yes, it is audacious, outrageous and daring. This type of play can really surprise players at times.  Something to consider, depending on the level of players....

However, it is a fundamentally unsound way to win the game. I found one checkmate: 17. Qf3+ Ke5 18. Qf5#  There may be other sequences as well.

The more brilliant approach is to combine daring moves with sound tactics and principles.  This is what astounds me in reviewing the games of past masters and those of today's best players.  (See the Carlsen game in the current London tournament.)

Best wishes, Ghostmirror, in finding bold, brilliant moves in your games!

 Don't be sad when I first started all I played was 1.Nf3 2.Ng1 3.Nf3 over and over and it got me to be the 5th board on my middle school team out of 37 kids not to mention we were the best middle school team at the time in all of Michigan

Trouble is: had to stop  in order to move to third board just didnt work anymore againt the top 10

@ ghostmirror

It accomplishes no purpose, though. His minor pieces are sitting uselessly in the ranks, while his king galavants just waiting to be checkmated. If you were not so surprised I am sure you would have checkmated him easily

Black was a complete novice attacking with your KING in the opening and sacrificing your QUEEN for a minor piece the first chance he got, shows a complete lack of the most BASIC understanding of chess. Daring ??  PLEASE  !!!!  

Black is probably a GBM (Grand Bongmaster), judging from the king virtuosities. He surely would have gotten his king to the other side if his time hadn't run out.

 +1

running king!

Perhaps Lenny is trying to be incognito.