[BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Closed 2007

[Brian Wall]

 I had one goal for the Closed -
 not to beg Josh for a draw when I played him-
 I couldn't keep my promise-
 the final position was promising for Josh but with only 5 minutes left
 he decided not to risk losing.
 13 Nd2  B:d4  14 Nc4  B:e3  15  N:b6  B:b6  favors Josh
 very interesting, rich draw
14 ... Qa3  15 N-either-b3 is strong

 [Event "Colorado Closed"]
 [Site "Ramada Inn, Colfax and Ogden"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
 [Round "1"]
 [White "Josh Bloomer"]
 [Black "brianwall"]
 [Result "1/2-1/2"]
 [ICCResult "Black resigns"]
 [WhiteElo "2211"]
 [BlackElo "2231"]
 [Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
 [ECO "B30"]
 [NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "00:53:03"]
 [TimeControl "40/2   Game/1"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. d4 cxd4 8.
 Nxd4 Bb7 9. c3 e6 10. cxb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nd2 Qxb2 14. Rb1
 Qa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1

 I stopped the clocks and claimed a draw with  17 ... Qb2
 1/2-1/2
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 [Event "Colorado Closed"]
 [Site "Ramada Inn, Colfax and Ogden"]
 [Date "2007.04.14"]
 [Round "1"]
 [White "Josh Bloomer"]
 [Black "brianwall"]
 [Result "1/2-1/2"]
 [ICCResult "Black resigns"]
 [WhiteElo "2211"]
 [BlackElo "2231"]
 [Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
 [ECO "B30"]
 [NIC "SI.31"]
 [Time "00:53:03"]
 [TimeControl "40/2   Game/1"]

 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. d4 cxd4 8.
 Nxd4 Bb7 9. c3 e6 10. cxb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nd2 Qxb2 14. Rb1
 Qa2 15. Ra1 Qb2 16. Rb1 Qa2 17. Ra1

 I stopped the clocks and claimed a draw with  17 ... Qb2
 1/2-1/2
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I got nothing aginst Latvian Jewish tag team partner Steve Twobin.
Steve's cousin Wendy is a good friend of my Mom.
Steve is a 3 time Colorado bullet champ and compulsively
gets in time pressure each game.
with 42 seconds left he played the brilliant 28 ... Kd6!!!
which left me empty after 11 minutes thoughts,
then Steve blundered with  30 ... Rhe8?
instead of  30 ... Ra2  or ... Kc5
So time beat Steve, not me.
Steve wouldn't resign so we delayed the finish.

[Event "Colorado Closed"]
[Site "Ramada Inn, Colfax"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Steve Twobin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Opening "Owen defense"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.03"]
[Time "00:53:03"]
[TimeControl "40/2  game/1  5 second delay"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qe2
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Be7 10. h4 Qc8 11. a4 Ba6 12. h5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Nxa6 15. Ke2 Kd7 16. h6 g6 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxd4 f6 20. exf6+
Kxf6 21. Rh3 Nc5 22. Rf3+ Ke7 23. a5 e5 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Re3 Nb3 26. Ra4 e4
27. axb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Kd6 29. Nd4 Nxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rhe8 31. c4 Re5 32. cxd5
Rxd5 33. Rdxe4 Ra2 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Rc3+ Kd4 36. Rxb6 Rxb2+ 37. Rxb2 Kxc3
38. Rb7 Rg5 39. g3 Re5+ 40. Kf3 Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Rh5 42. Rxh7 Kd4 43. g4 Rh4 44.
Kg3 Rh1 45. Kf4 Rh2 46. Rd7+ Kc5 47. h7 Kc6 48. Kg5 Kxd7 49. Kxg6 Ke7 50.
Kg7 Rg2 51. f3 Rg3 52. h8=Q Rxf3 53. g5 Rf7+ 54. Kg6 Rf8 55. Qf6+ Ke8 56.
Qe6+ Kd8 57. Kg7 Re8 58. Qd6+ Kc8 59. g6 Rd8 60. Qc6+ Kb8 61. Kh7 Rd1 62. g7
1-0
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[Event "Colorado Closed"]
[Site "Ramada Inn, Colfax"]
[Date "2007.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Steve Towbin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Opening "Owen defense"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.03"]
[Time "00:53:03"]
[TimeControl "40/2  game/1  5 second delay"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qe2
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Be7 10. h4 Qc8 11. a4 Ba6 12. h5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Nxa6 15. Ke2 Kd7 16. h6 g6 17. Bg5 cxd4 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxd4 f6 20. exf6+
Kxf6 21. Rh3 Nc5 22. Rf3+ Ke7 23. a5 e5 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Re3 Nb3 26. Ra4 e4
27. axb6 axb6 28. Rb4 Kd6 29. Nd4 Nxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rhe8 31. c4 Re5 32. cxd5
Rxd5 33. Rdxe4 Ra2 34. Re6+ Kc5 35. Rc3+ Kd4 36. Rxb6 Rxb2+ 37. Rxb2 Kxc3
38. Rb7 Rg5 39. g3 Re5+ 40. Kf3 Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Rh5 42. Rxh7 Kd4 43. g4 Rh4 44.
Kg3 Rh1 45. Kf4 Rh2 46. Rd7+ Kc5 47. h7 Kc6 48. Kg5 Kxd7 49. Kxg6 Ke7 50.
Kg7 Rg2 51. f3 Rg3 52. h8=Q Rxf3 53. g5 Rf7+ 54. Kg6 Rf8 55. Qf6+ Ke8 56.
Qe6+ Kd8 57. Kg7 Re8 58. Qd6+ Kc8 59. g6 Rd8 60. Qc6+ Kb8 61. Kh7 Rd1 62. g7
1-0
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Daoud proved he belongs in the Closed by drawing Randy Canney and beating young
Tyler Hughes. Defending Champ Jim Hammersmith took out his daylight saving
opponent last year, Josh Bloomer. Most other games were drawn.
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