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Sometimes, you play a game of chess that is just weird. I played such a game today during a break at work. We both ended up with some odd positions, and perhaps played somewhat chaotically. More than that, as per the title of this video, the themes and positions in this game between my opponent and me seemed to rhyme with some unusual mirrored positions that you’d not normally see in a game.

This game was strange from the start with a protean opening that transposed to four different named openings in the first five moves! And then on move 5 of what was supposed to be the quiet game of the Giuoco Piano, we have an unexpected and aggressive gambiting of a whole bishop! Games like these is what makes playing other humans fun as a computer would never play such imaginative moves.

I hope you enjoyed this video, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/36203331171

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "quartobispo"]
[Black "vitualis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1150"]
[BlackElo "1207"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "16:33:39 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kg8 7. Qb3+ d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d3 Na5 10. Qa4 b6 11. b4 Bd7 12. Qa3 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qf6+ 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qb3 Be6 19. b5 Ne5 20. Nbd2 Nxd3+ 21. Kg1 Nc5 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qb2 Nd3 24. Qc3 Qc5+ 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Kf1 Nxc4 27. Nxe6 Ne3+ 28. Qxe3 Qxe3 29. Nxc7 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Rd8 31. Nf3 Qc3+ 0-1