Damiano's Defense Srikes !!

They laughed when I sat down with my Damiano's Defense. Then, I kicked
sand in my opponent's face. They said that I could not win with the
Damiano's Defense, unless my opponent was a 1400 player.

They were wrong. I believe that I can win with this defense against
anybody rated less than 2100.

Here is the game. My opponent is a rapidfly improving young player who
is rated number 3 in the USA for his age group. He started to smirk
when he first saw my Damiano's Defense, but then he went into a deep
think before finally deciding to grab the pawn. Then, I knew I had
him. He played slowly and carefully, almost running out of time on his
clock, until he resigned just before he was going to be checkmated.

Sam Sloan

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1925"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5
7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.Bxb7 Bd6 9.Qd5 Nf6 10.Qb3 Bxb7 11.Qxb7 Nbd7 12.d3
Ng4 13.f4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qh3 15.e5 Rhe8 16.f5+ Kf7 17.d4 N7xe5
18.dxe5 Rxe5+ 19.Kd2 Rae8 20.Qf3 Nxh2 21.Kd3 Rxf5 22.Bf4 Bxf4
23.Rxh2 Qxh2 24.gxf4 Rxf4 25.Qd5+ Kf8 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Nc3 Qg3+
28.Kd2 Rf2+ 0-1