Another year of life—wasted.

 

So many Premier League matches on this day!

 11:54am

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1. e4 e6 

2. Nf3 d5 

3. e5 f6 

4. d4 fxe5 

5. Nxe5 Bd6 

6. Qh5+ g6 

7. Nxg6 hxg6 

8. Qxh8 Bb4+ 

9. c3 Kf8 

10. Bh6+ Kf7 

11. cxb4 Qh4 

12. Qg7+ Ke8 

13. Qxg6+ Kd7 

14. Be3 Ne7 

15. Qg3 Qe4 

16. Nc3 Qc2 

17. Be2 Qxb2 

18. O-O Qxc3 

19. b5 Nf5 

20. Rac1 Qa3 

21. Qxc7+ Ke8 

22. Qxc8+ Kf7 

23. Bh5+ Kf6 

24. Qh8+ Ke7 

25. Qe8+ Kd6 

26. Bf4+ e5 

27. Bxe5#

Boxing Day 2025

 

1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nh3 Nd4 5. Qc3 h6 6. g3 d6 7. f3 Bxh3 8. f4 Be6 9. fxe5 Bxc4 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qxc4 Nf3+ 12. Ke2 O-O-O 13. d3 Nd4+ 14. Ke3 c5 15. Qa4 Qf3+ 16. Kd2 Qe2+ 17. Kc3 a6 18. Bf4 Nb5+ 19. Kb3 g5 20. Nc3 Nd4+ 21. Kc4 b5+ 22. Qxb5 axb5+ 23. Kd5 Qxc2 24. Nxb5 gxf4 25. Rhc1 Qa4 26. Nc3 Qa8+ 27. Kc4 fxg3 28. hxg3 Bg7 29. a4 Qa6+ 30. Nb5 d5+ 31. Kxc5 Nxb5 32. axb5 Qd6#

Merry Christmas

 …and a happy queue year.

Irish Pawns

 

Fat Fuck v. Dumb Shit

 

At the DMV

 [Event "casual rapid game"]

[Site "https://lichess.org/TX1svTQj"]

[Date "2025.12.10"]

[White "williamse0"]

[Black "Hamdyzaki75"]

[Result "1-0"]

[GameId "TX1svTQj"]

[UTCDate "2025.12.10"]

[UTCTime "22:15:09"]

[WhiteElo "1282"]

[BlackElo "1335"]

[Variant "Standard"]

[TimeControl "600+0"]

[ECO "C44"]

[Opening "Ponziani Opening"]

[Termination "Normal"]

[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 1... e5 { [%clk 0:10:00] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:09:53] } 2... Nc6 { [%clk 0:09:55] } 3. c3 { [%clk 0:09:37] } { C44 Ponziani Opening } 3... a6 { [%clk 0:09:52] } 4. d4 { [%clk 0:09:35] } 4... f6 { [%clk 0:09:38] } 5. Bc4 { [%clk 0:09:32] } 5... d6 { [%clk 0:09:23] } 6. dxe5 { [%clk 0:09:30] } 6... fxe5 { [%clk 0:09:15] } 7. Qd5 { [%clk 0:09:29] } 7... Nf6 { [%clk 0:08:59] } 8. Qf7# { [%clk 0:09:26] } { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

18. Nf3 Nc2#

W 0-1#

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32. Be3#

 

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W#

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Qd6 5. Nxb4 Qxb4 6. Bd3 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Re1 a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 f6 15. d4 d6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Bb7 19. Re1 O-O 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Be3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Bc5+ Ke6 26. b4 Bd5 27. a3 Kf5 28. g4+ Kf4 29. Rxd5 c6 30. Rd7 Rg8 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Be3#

2025 shows attended

June 13th

La Boheme, SF Ballet

June 22nd

Ice Nine Kills

Limp Bizkit

Metallica

June 24th

Suicidal Tendencies

Pantera

Metallica

July 14th

Halestorm

Volbeat

August 1st

Billy Strings

Dead & Company 

August 28th

Soul Rebels

The Roots

September 16th

.38 Special 

September 18th

Taking Back Sunday

Coheed & Cambria

October 5th

Turnstile

November 25th

The Mars Volta

November 30th

The Aggrolites

Spike & The Gimmie Gimmies 

December 11th

The Bouncing Souls