Black, 472 vs. Miah Guo, 826

This was my first game of the West Michigan Championship (U1200 section). The 2021 Fall Swiss continues with 2021 Game 015. This was my second time facing off against a small child; after the last time, I was not as alert as I should have been. By move 9, I had hung a knight for no compensation, and my opponent was more than competent enough to convert that advantage even if I hadn't made three additional blunders costing my queen by move 13, a rook by move 23, and a sudden checkmate on move 39.

I really ought to have resigned well before then. I suppose I didn't in part because I believed I could find a way to turn things around, but mostly because it was the first game and, in the end, it barely took any time at all—I'm writing this a month after the fact, but I think we each used less than thirty minutes.