[BrianWall-ChessList] Shadow puppets

[Brian Wall]

[Event "DCC"]
[Site "Denver Chess Club. 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Joseph P Haines"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense, Bowlder Attack"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "14:25:36"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"]

Denver Chess Club

Game/85 plus 5 second delay

August 7, 2007

Tuesday Night

White - Brian Wall  2234
winner -
2007 Colorado Closed,
co-winner with Mitesh Shridhar, Denver Open 2007,
winner, Kansas Open 2007

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4

The Bowlder Attack, an opening I just found out about.


2 ... Nc6 3. Nf3 h6 TL

Theoretical Lemon by Joe Haines.

Cape Fear.

Most people use the trade, trade, lose strategy
but this is a new one - sheer terror, perhaps caused
by my first Bowlder Attack game combo with Joe Pahk.

As I tell the kindergartners,
move your rooks, not your rookpawns.

I realized that all my moves had great exaggerated strength
in Joe's eyes. There was an imaginary spotlight behind me
and it was creating fantastic shadows on the Chessboard.

http://mindbluff.com/shadow.htm

I started creating huge hand shadows on the chessboard and in my mind.
The c4-bishop was a giant giraffe nibbling on f7.

I decided the open Sicilian with ...h6 had to be good for me.
even better, the Smith-Morra with ... h6 should be devastating.
Joe wouldn't take the bait.


4. d4!  cxd4 5. c3

Of course 5 N:d4 is better -
one annoying thing about the
Smith-Morra is that the e4-pawn
is an easy taregt if White has
no knight on c3 yet.



5 ... e6

or  5 ... Nf6!


6. O-O

I knew 6 N:d4  was better
but I wanted to frighten Joe on the e-file.
I created an imaginary hand shadow puppet
of a python from e1 to e8 for Joe to tremble by-
turns out Tarrasch specialist Joe was afraid
of an isolated d-pawn ( 6 ... d5  7 ed  ed ).
Joe has Duwayne Langseth disease,
an aversion to minor positional discomforts.

If you are afraid of an isolated
Queenpawn you must give up Chess-
Mark Sherbring

6 ... Nf6  hitting the  e4-pawn
before a knight can land on c3 is
also good.

Of course  6 ... dc!  is what I am hoping for,
even if it best. All those open lines with ...h6 played, drool.



6 ... Be7

Blocking the e-file python


7. Re1

I knew taking on d4 was best but I want to tempt
Joe into opening attacking lanes. I created a
hand shadow image of a hawk on e1 carrying off the
e8-King.


7 ... d6

Cape Fear -
Brian's wicked looking f3-knight
seems fairly contained now.
Never mind the horrible fate that
awaits me if I grab a tempo with 7 ... d5!


8. cxd4

Grumble -
OK, he'll never take on c3,
I get it.
He thinks it's a trap.



8 ... Nf6! 9. d5!

And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
Some say they don't know

John Denver
Perhaps Love

In the opening the side with greater development,
usually White,
is always trying to open lines
and Black is always trying
to keep them closed.





9 ... Na5 10. Bd3!

Threat -
10 b4


10 ... b6! 11. b4! Nb7!

Karpov -
I almost fell off my chair when
Unzicker said in perfect Russian -
" Oh, that stupid knight on b7
that cannot escape it's cage!"

GM Dzindi to Brian -
Why did you put your knight there?
Where are you going?





12. Nd4!

headed for c6 -
the funny part is
12  Nd4  Bd7  13  Nc6  B:c6
14  dc and the impotent knight is trapped.


12 ... e5 13. Nc6! Qc7! 14. Nc3!  a6

Of couse ... a6 must follow ... h6
as night follows day, like the
Elephant Ears, Creepy Crawly or
Global Openings.
The light emanating from the
the first rank cast very long shadows.




15. f4

To err is human.
Hiarcs wants me to walk into a pin
with 15 Qa4 and B:a6.
I just want to open lines.



15 ... Nd8 16. b5

to support my c6-knight
or invade with N:b5
Hiaracs demands weird stuff,
like giving up my c6-monster
for the e7-invalid or
Qa4 again.


16 ... Nxc6! 17. bxc6

creating a menacing coral reef
- Kramnik beat Aronian in the
2006 Olympiad with a pan on c6.
Of course Hiarcs prefers 17 dc.


17 ...O-O 18. f5!

To shut down Joe's bishops.
My plan was b6-pressure with
a4, Qe2, Be3, Rfb1

Kamsky about Topalov game,
Sofia Mtel 5/19/2007-
" I should have played a4
but I thought -
'He's not going to play ... b5'
and then he did play ... b5
and I thought " Damn!"



18 ...  b5!

I felt like Kamsky -
now I need a new plan.
18 ... b5 made me mad
so I decided to sac my knight,
to play Niels Bohr Quantum Physic Chess,
to play creatively and boldy
to underscore the feeble ... h6
kind of Fear Chess.
I want to show these guys we
live in different universes.

First I use Joe's trade-trade-lose
tendencies to lure his minor pieces
away from a b6-blockade.


19. Be3 Nh7 20. Kh1 Bg5

Why do they always want to trade their
limp 1500 plastic pieces for my
2200 wooden dancing dervishes.



21.  Bg1 Nf6! 22. a4

Here we go. All I know is Fishing Poles and pawn waves.

Brian has the Fishing Pole down to a science - NN
Half of Brian's wins involve a pawn wave.    - Josh Bloomer
Two connected passed pawns on the 6th
rank have a computer value of plus 7.        - Hans Berliner


22 ... b4! 23. Nb5!?

Sound or unsound,
my kind of Chess.
If Joe declines I would just
ignore the Queenside Fishing Pole knight
and continue 24 Qd1-b3:b4


23 ...  axb5! 24. axb5! Rxa1! 25. Qxa1! Nd7

I lured Joe's pieces away from b6
so he sacs a piece to stem the tide.

26. Qb2?!

I knew 26 cd!! should win but I couldn't let
go of my pawn integrity, even for a piece.


26 ... Nc5

I hadn't considered that -
I was expecting a fire fight
on the b6-square after
26 ... Nb6  27 Q:b4!
Joe has made a fight of it -
position unclear.


27. Bc4!  b3 28. Bxb3?

The two most temtping traps for humans -
1 - captures
2-  developing moves.

28 ... Nd3
I should have played 28 B:c5!!  dc  29  Q:b3
and Joe cannot stop both d6 and b6.

I missed that too but I was glad Joe gave up
the b6-blockade. Two connected passed pawns
on the 6th rank are worth plus 7, in other words,
an extra rook. Joe has an extra rook.
Therefore the position might be quasi-even.
I showed Joe  28 ... Qa5!! after the game
but 28 ... Qa5 doesn't win instant material.



29. Qc3! Nxe1! 30. Qxe1!

It seems I cannot win without adventures -
Tal


30 ...  Qb8! 31. Qa5!!

I love this move,
calmly controlling
all the key squares
a rook down.


31 ... Bd8 32. b6!!  g6 33. Qa7!!

More brilliant than  Qg7!!  in Ivanchuk-Shirov,
mentioned in the Botvinnik Variation chapter
in FIRE ON BOARD, the book that changed my life.

33 ... Bc7!

I queen after  33 ... Q:a7?  34  ba



 34. Qxc7!!  Qxc7! 35. bxc7! gxf5!

Joe Haines asked Tim Brennan here -
How do I win this?


36. Bc5!!!

The answer to the top 9 Black responses on move ... 35 -
The idea is 36  ... dc  37  d6, d7, d8(Q)

Joe was in shock -
his last 11 minutes became 2.


36 ...  fxe4 37. Bxd6!!  e3

37  ... Re8  38  Bc5!
doesn't help Joe any.


38. Bb4!!!!

Paradoxical -
Not taking the rook
keeps Joe's King out
of the struggle.


38 ...  Bf5! 39. d6!!  Ra8 40. h4!

bank rank issues


40 ... Kf8 41. d7+

The pawn wave rolls through.


1-0  Joe Haines resigns

A signature win-
Josh Bloomer
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[Event "DCC"]
[Site "Denver Chess Club. 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church"]
[Date "2007.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Joseph P Haines"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense, Bowlder Attack"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "14:25:36"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 cxd4 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nc3 a6
15. f4 Nd8 16. b5 Nxc6 17. bxc6 O-O 18. f5 b5 19. Be3 Nh7 20. Kh1 Bg5 21.
Bg1 Nf6 22. a4 b4 23. Nb5 axb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Nd7 26. Qb2 Nc5 27.
Bc4 b3 28. Bxb3 Nd3 29. Qc3 Nxe1 30. Qxe1 Qb8 31. Qa5 Bd8 32. b6 g6 33. Qa7
Bc7 34. Qxc7 Qxc7 35. bxc7 gxf5 36. Bc5 fxe4 37. Bxd6 e3 38. Bb4 Bf5 39. d6
Ra8 40. h4 Kf8 41. d7+


1-0  Joe Haines resigns
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[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant August tourney "]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Joe Pahk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "17:00:13"]
[TimeControl "Game/90  plus 5 second delay"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4
7. Bxf7+  Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Qxg4 Nxe5 10. Qg3 d6 11. d4 cxd4
12. f4 Nf7 13. Nxh7 Bf5  14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Qxg5 Bf6 16. Qxf6 Rf8
17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Nc3 Kd7 19. Rxe7+

1-0   Joe Pahk resigns
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