21 Jul 2013: the amazing double rook snaffle

The Chess Pirate remains on her absurd summer "haitus."  But not to worry !  The famous Highlands Clubhouse served as a venue for a brutal game between the Pink Queen and the Gabridoodle.  Naturally, the Gabridoodle offered a game to the Townie, but he remains coy.

While no CLUB business was discussed, the Gabridoodle did engage in a burping contest with two children in a minivan.

Pink Queen - Gabridoodle, 0-1

Here we are 8 moves into the game.  Commanding the white pieces, the Pink Queen has employed a highly... unorthodox... opening.  Yet again, she was trying to rattle the Gabridoodle with an early assault on the kingside.  The Gabridoodle could only adopt a wait-and-see posture while making some necessary defensive moves.

On move 13, the Pink Queen advanced her c-pawn.  This made an instant monster of the Gabridoodle's dark-squared bishop, allowing it to snaffle up her rook.

Hilariously, and just two moves later, the Gabridoodle made the same error, advancing his b-pawn.  The Pink Queen's light-squared bishop then snaffled up the a8 rook.

Moving right along... At move 33 we have the Pink Queen put in this brutal position.  There's really no way out.

And indeed, a couple moves later, the Pink Queen is finished off by the Gabridoodle's lesbian queens.