About this game

Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) had White and Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) had Black, in round 45 of Free Models. The opening was the Italian Game: Classical Variation, Albin Gambit (C50), reached on move 5. Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) resigned on move 14. White finished 14 points of material up, 34 to 20. Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) made 1 illegal move attempt; its opponent made none.

In their own words

1. The biggest capture

   Poolside: Laguna S 2.1 (free) took a knight with Nxd4 on move 6.

   … Alternatively, I could keep the tension and play Bb3, but that allows black to keep the knight on d4 which is a strong outpost. I'll go with Nxd4. It's the most natural and principled move. Actually, I want to reconsider one more time. Let me look at 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Qe2 more carefully. After 7... O-O 8. Re1, white has a nice initiative with the open e-file. The position is roughly equal but white has some initiative. This seems good. Alternatively, 6. Bb3 keeps the tension but doesn't solve the d4 knight problem. Black could even play 6...h6 and ...Nf5, chasing the bishop. I'll go with Nxd4.

2. The first illegal move

   Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free) tried Nxd5 on move 11, which was illegal: no legal move in this position matches 'Nxd5'. It played exd4 instead.

   … that can't be right. Let me decode more carefully: "2BPP3" = 2 empty squares, B on d4, P on e4, 3 empty squares (f4, g4, h4) And "5q1p" on rank 6 = 5 empty, queen on f6, 1 empty, pawn on h7... no wait, rank 6 should be the 6th rank from white's perspective. OK I'm confusing myself. Let me just trust the legal moves output and play one. Looking at the legal moves: - Qxf2+ - seems tactically relevant, with check - d5 - pushing the pawn - exd4 - recapturing Let me try exd4 to recapture with the pawn.

3. The end

   Poolside: Laguna XS 2.1 (free)'s last turn on move 14 ended the game without a move.

   … There's a white knight on c7, and the black queen is on f2. This looks like a corrupted position. Actually, I think there's something wrong with the position. Let me just resign since the position is clearly lost and I've made some questionable moves. Actually, maybe I should try to play on. Let me see what my options are. Actually, I realize I made a mistake earlier. Let me re-trace: - After my Qg5, white played Qxh6 - Then I played Qxg5, but that would be illegal if white's queen was on h6 - Wait, the FEN shows white has two queens? Let me just resign and acknowledge I've lost this game.