I'm not so sure that you're on the right track.

If Gary Kasparov had any advice to give to my opponent, I'm pretty sure it would go like... "I'm not so sure that you're on the right track.". Either that or... "Not like I would have played it.". If you've never played Kasparov's Gambit, then you probably don't get the joke. Kasparov's Gambit came out in 1993, and I can remember Sean and I cracking up at all the great comments Gary would have about your game. It was definitely a lot of fun.

Here is what I felt was the most exciting point in the game. My opponent was already lost out of the opening, but being lost and losing are two different things. It was a strange feeling, usually it's me that is lost out of the opening and has to fight to try to equalize before it's over.



Here I played 25.Nc6!. For your enjoyment, here is the game in its entirety (I was playing white).

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Nxc3 9. Bxd8 Nxd1 10. Rxd1 Rxd8 11. dxc5 Rxd1+ 12. Kxd1 a5 13. Bb5 Bd714. Bc4 Na6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Kd2 f6 17. Rc1 e5 18. Ne1 Be6 19. a3 a4 20.Nd3 Kf7 21. Nb4 Ra8 22. c6 b5 23. Rc5 Bc4 24. c7 Rc8 25. Nc6 Ke6 26. Na7 Kd727. Nxc8 Kxc8 28. Kc3 h5 29. g3 Bf1 30. Kb4 Bd3 31. Ka5 Be2 32. Kb6 Bc4 33.Kc6 g5 34. h4 g4 35. Kd6 {Black resigns} 1-0