Monday, April 20, 2026
Ouija Board Dream Game - Me (White in a dream I think, black in reality), Levon Aronian Nb3 dream
Not the most exhilarating game, but a possible Ba3 (though I remember I was white and it happened on the right side of the board) move came up after a dream I had involving Bh6 where the engine says Bh6 could be played. After playing this game, it reminded me of Levon Aronian's comments about having a real dream where he played Nb3. These two conceptual moves, Ba3, Bh3, Ba6, Bh6, Nb3, Ng3, Nb6, and Ng6 are basically oddball moves. If you see Ba6, historically, it would go back to Bb7 to get the long diagonal (Queen's Indian Defense, Nimzowitsch variation).
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In real life, you have to get up and pee sometimes when you sleep. This is one of those dreams. I was playing a game and in chess tournaments you are allowed to get up from the chess board and look at other games, get something to drink or eat, and go to the restroom if need be.
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Since I had to pee in the game, I looked at the clock. It tells you how much time you have to make moves and your opponent. In the dream, I had ~6 minutes to make my remaining moves. My opponent had ~4 minutes. So, I figured, I would pee and if I had to, I would blitz out the rest of the moves. I felt I had a winning position.
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After I got up from the board in the dream, someone walked by me and said to me something like, "We were watching the game below, and liked the bishop move." I looked at the board and saw a bishop on the c1 or f8 (more likely) square. My recollection at that time in the dream was that the bishop was on another square and retreated to f8. But then again, maybe it didn't?
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I knew I was losing time by listening to them and tried to find a restroom so I could pee. These recurring dreams where I can't sufficiently pee makes me wake up in real life, and I never could continue the game.
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Then, I woke up, peed and played chess. What I experienced was unbelievable. The exact bishop move (out of context I admit) wasn't played but could have according to the chess engines. Here is the game.
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Qe2 Nxc4 7. Qxc4 Qxd5 8. Qxc7 Be7 9. Nc3 Qxg2 10. Rf1 Qxg5 11. b3 Bh3 12. Qxb7 Rd8 13. d4 Qg6 14. Rh1 Rd7 15. Qb8+ Bd8 16. Be3 exd4 17. O-O-O dxe3 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Qxa7 Nf6 20. Qxe3+ Be6 21. Nb5 O-O 0-1
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As I said, it's nothing special, just an "Anti-Fried Liver" playing the Polerio. In this case, I wasn't white compared to what I recall in my dream, but Stockfish 18 shows Ba3 could have been played instead of Be3. I'll call this the "Ouija Board" game. Also, I ended the real game with ~6 minutes left on my clock, and since they resigned it wasn't continued. Maybe they had to pee in a parallel universe?
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