So goes a famous line from "The Princess Bride". Unfortunately for my opponent, Ian Hosking, he decided he had enough of facing the Closed Sicilian, and deviated at move 2 with 2. ... e5. This still has a Sicilian flavour, as after 3.f4 we've transposed into the Mafia Variation of the Kings Gambit. The rest of the (brief) game was a bit of mix and match, where he played both the Be7 and g5 variations of the KGA, while I just concentrated on developing as many pieces as possible.
Despite, or maybe because of, the quick finish, this won't be remembered as one of the better games in the Press v Hosking series.
Press,Shaun - Hosking,Ian [B23]
Murphy Memorial, 29.04.2014
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bc4 Bh4+ 6. Kf1 Be7 7. d3 g5 8. Ne5 Nh6 9. Qh5 d6 10. Bxf7+ 1-0
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