A Sample "Protest Chess" Game

Günter Haika - Franz Patocka
(Annotations G. Haika)

Franz had acquanted me with the basics of PS, then initiated this game. I had played these rules in a couple of coffeehouse games with him before, but doubted that a protest game would be worthwhile playing via e-mail.

1. d4 d5
2. [c4 P] e4 dxe4
3. Nc3 Nf6

why not Qxd4?

4. [f3 P] Nxe4

Ah! Now I get it! Squares protected once aren't protected!
I'm slowly catching on to the PC virus...
Also, after this protest no common opening is possible.

4.... Nc6
5. [Nxf6+ P] c3

Necessary, since I feared that as a result of my move 4, my opponent could have drawn the same conclusions and played
Qxd4.

5..... [Nxe4 P] e5
6. [Nxf6+ P] Bg5

Again a must. The good-looking dxe5 fails to 6. ... [Nxe4 P] Qxd1 7.[Kxd1 P] mate.
The d1 sqaure must be covered again, before further actions against the black King can be taken.

6... [Nxe4 P]

Since capturing the Queen would be annihilated by a protest, one must prevent the capture of the Knight.

6... Be7

A strange move, which my opponent sent togethe with the question, if development of pieces should be valued in PC.

7. Bc4

I'd say it should. My speculation is that this move would not be protested due to the threatening exchange on f6, and that I can then play as the 8th alternate move Bxf7+, preventing black's castling.

Note also how important this Bishop eventually becomes in
threatening f7!

7.... exd4

No protest possible due to the vulnerable Knight. Also: I would not have protested anyway, as I consider this move a waste of time.. Now, the massacre on f6 may start!

8.Bxf6

Of course, Nxf6 is better, but I wanted to keep this as an alternate option in case of a protest. Should there be no protest, my knight could later capture on f6, and because there is only one coverage of the square, it would be save there.

8.... [Bxf6 P]

I'd rather black take with the g-pawn.

8. .. gxf6

9. [Nxf6+ P]

A mean trap. This capture wasn't the best move, but I relied on the aggressive looks of it and hoped for a protest. Bingo! Black had only calculated the alternative Bxf7. However, Nxf6 is strong enough should it not be protested, because it forces the King to the
dangerous square f8.

9. Qh5

!!! (hehe)

9. ... O-O

A bad mistake: Mate in two cannot be prevented even with protests.
Probably (nothing is sure in PC) better would have been Ne5 or Rf8.

10. [Qxh7+ P]

A little teaser at the end. I wanted to play out the prettier mate.

10. Qxf7+

Boom. Black resigned: After [Rxf7 P] the King must go to h8, then
white plays Qg7+, and if this is protested, the Queen captures h7+
with mate (- see example to rule 4).