Bonus Post 17 – Mike vs. Conrado – This Podcast Is… Uncalled For

We are so excited about our episode with Conrado Salazar that we thought we’d share this game that Mike played against Conrado in June 2019. Sadly, this is not the game where Mike screwed up his opening by playing e4 instead of d4 (thus opening himself up to a Sicilian, which goes 1. e4 c5).

Here is the notation – Mike on white, Conrado on black. The opening is an Indian Game – East Indian, Colle System:

d4 Nf6
Nf3 g6
e3 Bg7
Bd3 c5
0-0 cxd4
Nxd4 e5
Nf3 e4
Nfd2 exd3
cxd3 d5
Nf3 0-0
Nc3 Nc6
Bd2 Bg4
h3 Be6
e4 dxe4
dxe4 a6
e5 Nd5
Bg5 Qb6
Be3 Nxe3
Qe2 Nf5
Na4 Qb4
Nc3 Bc4
Rae1 Bxe2
Nxe2 Nxe5
a3 Nxf3+
gxf3 Qh4
Ng3 Nxg3
fxg3 Qxg3+
Kh1 Rae8
Rg1 Rxe1
f4 Rxg1#

As you can see, Conrado (who is a much higher rated player than Mike) won in 30 moves. Here is the final board:

Update: Mike DID find the notation where he screwed up and opened e4, with Conrado countering with c5. It turns out it was a lot longer than 30 moves.