A Comedy of Errors
There were some amazing errors in this game, especially on my partner's board near the end. The other team resigned. If my opponent plays N@e8, I play Qxe8 then Kxe8, B@d7+. If Kd8, R@c8 Nxc8, Qxc8 mate. Did my opponent see all of that? I doubt it. I didn't see it until after the game. I wouldn't have resigned:
Black starts with a popular opening line. He then plays Bxf3. This is bad for 3 reasons: 1. Trades are not always good. He would be better off playing d6, to relieve his cramped position. 2. Despite what you might think, knights are not better than bishops in bughouse. 3. After the queen recaptures, white has developed a piece. Black loses another tempo because his rook is hanging:
Here I played a bad move, d5. overlooking that it allows Nxe5. In retrospect, I think @c5 was better, threating @d6:
Here I play dxe. On fxe, he leaves f7 open for attack. dxe6 leaves c6 open and also leaves the d-file open:
Here I play B@c6+. an immediate @b7 doesn't work. He has Rb8, @a7 Rxb7. So B@c6 threatens @b7. Also if N@d7, Rd1:
Here I played @d7+. I thought it was better than taking the queen because he might play Qxd7 and then I could take the queen without his getting control of the d-file. He played ke7 which seems better for him
. A move that might be better than @d7 is @b7:
. A move that might be better than @d7 is @b7:
So I played N@c8+. There followed Rxc8, dxc8N+ Qxc8. I can continue my attack with pawns place on d7, b7, and a7:

Here he plays Qxd7. There followed Rxd7+ and Kxd7. If instead he had played Qd8, @d6+ if Kxd7, dxc+. Bc5+ should not be played instead of @d6+ because if Kf6, white wants to be able to play Qg5+.
I renew my attack with @b7. My opponent's best bet would be to have his partner sit while he defends. It would take him several moves:
It seems like now he cannot stop me from queening:
In answer to Bd6, I play f4. This way I do not lose them g3 queen, and I can resume my attack as soon as possible. f2 and d2 are guarded:
Black plays Ne7 threatening the queen. His h8 rook is protected by the g6 knight. But he is hanging his b7 rook. He should have played N@d8 or B@c8:
My opponent pins my queen with B@h4. He will never take it. I continue my attack with N@b6+:
Here I miss the mate with R@e8#. I think I didn't realize the rook had come. I played d8Q+. Something silly will happen on the other board too:
Here my partner wants to play Q@g7 to defend, but plays Q@g6, which should lose:
Then my partner's opponent also slips, and plays Qg5 losing the queen. So then my opponent resigns:




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