On November 14, 2020, there was a rare sighting of the Mokele-Mbembe in the wild. Those who saw the Alekhine’s Defense: Mokele Mbembe Variation used on that occasion described an aggressive sacrifice to expose the enemy king. Black undoubtedly had less than adequate compensation for the lost knight but, as is usually the case in such circumstances, fortune favors the bold and the tortoise’s tactics reigned supreme.
[Event “Online Game”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2020.11.14”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Jampawn2”]
[WhiteElo “1971”]
[Black “CoachTortoise”]
[BlackElo “1802”]
[Result “0-1”]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4 3.d3 Nxf2 4.Kxf2 e6 5.Nc3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qd4+ 7.Kg2 b5 8.Nf3 Bb7
9.Nxb5 Qb6 10.a4 Be7 11.d4 h5 12.Bd3 h4 13.c3 Nc6 14.Be3 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe3
16.Nxc7+ Kd8 17.Nxa8 Bxf3+ 18.Qxf3 h3+ 19.Kf1 Qxf3+
0-1
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