My favorite Chess game
Played so long ago
In the Land of Zion
Ogden town
I was white
In this miniature delight
Please enjoy this game
Which will be on my headstone
Knight to King Bishop three
Knight to King Bishop three
Pawn to King Knight three
Pawn to King Knight three
Bishop to Knight two
Bishop to Knight two
Castles
Castles
Pawn to Queen three
Pawn to Queen three
Pawn to King four
Knight to Knight five
Pawn to King Rook three
Knight to King four
Knight to Rook four
Pawn to King Bishop four
Pawn to King Bishop four
Knight on four to Queen two
Pawn captures pawn
Pawn captures pawn
Bishop to Queen five, check
King to Rook one
Queen to Rook five
Knight to King Bishop three
Knight to Knight six
Checkmate
a long, thin tombstone? shaped like a chess piece? perhaps you will also take the board and pieces to your grave? ? bri :)
Bri, Yes, I have made my end of life choices, one should. My cancer has been a life changing event.
Here are the moves to the game in algebraic notation. 1. N-f3 N-f6 2. P-g3 P-g6 3. B-g2 B-g7 4. OO OO 5. P-d3 P-d6 6. P-e4 N-g4 7. P-h3 N-e5 8. N-h4 P-f5 9. P-f4 N4-d7 10. PxP PxP 11. B-d5ck K-h8 12. Q-h5 N-f6 13. N-g6 checkmate This will easier for chess lovers to follow, Enjoy! ! Hank
The picture is a great addition. Thanks for letting me know it was there. It must have been taken by your brother at his Minnesota house.
Checkmate in 13 moves? What took you so long? My favorite game only took eight moves! Of course it all depends on what the opponent does! My game was played during the day, and my opponent said 'It can't be checkmate already! ' Sitting on the board next to us was Robert B. Tanner, the tournament director, who later became a USCF National Director. (You know Bob.) He looked over and said, 'Yes, that's checkmate all right.' I held out my hand to shake the hand of my opponent, but he dropped his pen on the board, got up and walked out and never came back to play the next round. Not very sportsmanlike. Great game, Hank! I will now go set up my chessboard and play through it!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
You are obviously a master of chess playing. Tournament chess must be another level from social games. I played chess for a while at high school. Another fine photo-'the writer at work'.
Michael, I did not learn the game until age 18 and in the Army. Before that I had played checkers with my Grandfather.. Once married at age 28 I started playing tournament chess and have enjoyed the game ALL these years.