You might be wondering why I am using some Eve Online fleet battle art as a header image for a chess battle report. Good question! The answer is straightforward: I didn't know what image to use. 😀 However, seeing how I am in one of my autumn science fiction feeding frenzies, and also seeing how chess has a strong fleet warfare dynamic to it - perhaps no game outside of a dedicated naval wargame captures that spirit of line and support vessels as chess does - such an image tickled my fancy. So...there.
The following correspondence game was probably one of the most enjoyable in quite some time. My opponent was tough!
I had the black pieces.
1. e4 c5
I went with the Sicilian Defense. Just because.
