Inspired by @ExcitedRaichu's puzzles yesterday; I decided to write one of my own. Good luck to you all, and I hope you have fun!
I sat down at a table in the park this morning and noticed a score sheet from a chess match was left behind; however, due to the rain it was torn in multiple places and portions of white and black's moves were missing or unreadable. Can you tell me what moves each made?
White's Moves
1) e3
2) Unreadable
3) Bb5+
7) Nxf3
8) gxh3
9) Unreadable
10) Ne5
12) Nf4
15) Unreadable
16) Nxg6
22) Rxe7#
Black's Moves
4) Qd7
5) Qg4
6) Unreadable (Aside from the number 3)
11) g5
13) Bxd2+
14) Unreadable
16) gxh3
17) Na6
18) Unreadable
19) Ne4+
20) Ng3
21) Unreadable
Hints
The black side player isn't very knowledgeable and plays without thinking ahead. Their opening appears to be a good defensive strategy but they don't really take full advantage of it. They are definitely taking a heavily offensive approach, but without thinking ahead this will be their downfall; plus it forces white to make movements that wouldn't naturally make sense in their plan.
Hint 1: I believe the second move is:
White; Qf3. Black; d6.
Hint 2: I believe the first move is:
White; e3. Black; Nf6.
Hint 3: I believe the sixth move is:
White; h3. Black; Qxf3.
Bonus Questions
- What strategy did white open with?
- What strategy did black open with?
- Which movements caused the downfall of black?