[BrianWall-ChessList] Take the pebble from my hand, grasshopper
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Thu Aug 16 02:11:40 MDT 2007
Bill Weihmiller played this old line against me in the French Defense 10 weeks
ago and almost killed me. I published my annotations in the latest Colorado
Informant. Since then I have played and studied the system 5 times as White.
Tonight I had a chance to show Bill what I learned as we switch colors from our
last encounter, same location, 5/30/2007
[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant August Tourney"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "18:06:29"]
[TimeControl "Game/75"]
Poor Richard's Restaurant Chess Tourney, August.
Colorado Springs, CO
August 15, 2007
Game/75
White - Brian Wall 2232
Black - Bill Weihmiller 1757
6th game with this line of the French
since 5/30/2007
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6
Josh Devine, Colorado Springs teenager and Aaron, a kid from the Hummingbird
Chess Camp amd I all tried ... Qb6, ... cd and ... Bb4+ to induce Kf2.
Josh and I followed up by ... f6, ... 0-0 and ... g5
8. Bd3
What I like about this line is that White's bishops automatically go to
d3 and e3 at the first opportunity. The only problem is that now Nb3 c4
forks my minor piecs so how do I develop the Queenside?
8 ... Be7 9. O-O
9 h4!? was tempting with the vicious Greek sacrifice Fishing Pole trap
9 h4!? 0-0?? 10 B:h7+!! K:h7 11 Ng5+!! fg
12 Qh5+ Kg8 13 hg Rf5 14 g4!! winning
but I have learned to be patient in this variation.
Great blitz weapon though! -
Josh Bloomer
After 4 games with an awkward, interfering White King on f2,
I was happy to castle. Next time watch out for
9 Qe2!
or
9 ef! N:f6 10 dc! B:c5 11 Qc2!
9 ... Qb6!!! TN
Theoretical Novelty by Bill Weihmiller
Amazing - our first game as White Bill innovated correctly with 14 g3!!!
now he finds the right move as Black too! Both are natural French moves.
10. Kh1
I examined the weird 10 c4! cd 11 cd ed 12 Nb3
but I decided to go with a Milner-Barry type sac instead.
10 ... O-O!
10 ... cd 11 N:d4 N:d4 12 cd Q:d4
13 Nb3!! ( or 13 Nc4!) Qb6 14 Qh5+! Kd8
gives me more than enough for a pawn.
11. Qc2
11 ef! is better but I try to stay in the formations I am studying -
an inflexible, practical attitude.
11 ... f5!
Forced.
11 ... g6 12 B:g6!
or
I have many powerful moves after 11 ... h6 like
12 dc!!, Bh7+!, ef!, Nh4! and Nb3!
12. g4!! cxd4
I have overestimated my position and given my opponent
w inning ppdition 5 times in a row in this opening
and I would have done it again after
12 ... c4 13 N:c4!? dc 14 B:c4
or
12 ... c4 13 B:f5? ef 14 gf with many Weihmiller wins
like 14 ... Nd:e5!! as I pointed out after the game.
I doubt I would have played the correct
12 ... c4 13 Be2! Qd8 14 gf!
13. gxf5! Nc5??
2 minutes spent on this move.
90% of tactical problems involve removing
the obstacles between the White Queen
and the Black King.
13 ... ef!! 14 B:f5?? R:f5!! 15 Q:f5 Nd:e5!!
boomerangs for me.
13 ... ef!! 14 N:d4! N:d4! 15 cd! is correct.
14. f6!!
Forced
White Queen -
Get out of my way!
14 ... gxf6??
6 minutes spent.
The best move loses a piece -
14 ... N:d3! 15 fe!! N:e7 16 Q:d3!
15. Bxh7+!!
mating the man who taught me the line.
White Queen -
Get out of my way!
15 ... Kh8! 16. Qg6!!
White Queen -
I'll take it from here.
I went out in the rain and had a pleasant chat
with Ashley the Chessgirl/forklift operator/student/singer
and waited for Bill to resign.
16 ... Bd7
16 ... Qc7 or ... Bd6
last the longest.
17. Bg8!!
Very elegant -
17 ... R:g8 18 Qh6 checkmate
or
17 ... Rf7 18 B:f7 Bf8 ( to stop 19 Qh6 checkmate ) 19 Qg8 checkmate
or
17 ... N:e5 18 Qh7 checkmate
By comparison I consider the other mating lines with
17 Rg1 or Qh6 crude and unusual punishment.
1-0 Weihmiller resigns despite being able to make two more legal moves.
I spent 15 minutes in the rain.
I came down with Tom Bourie who made Mike Filppu resign one move earlier.
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6th game with this line
[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant Tourney"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "18:06:29"]
[TimeControl "Game/75"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qc2 f5 12. g4 cxd4 13. gxf5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qg6 Bd7 17. Bg8
1-0 Weihmiller resigns
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5th game with this line
[Event "Humminbird Chess Camp simul"]
[Site "Jemez Springs, New Mexico"]
[Date "2007.07.21"]
[Round "24"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
>[BlackElo "1232"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "20:41:28"]
[TimeControl "no time control"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6
8.
Nb3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bd3 fxe5 13. fxe5 a5
14.
Qb1 a4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qg6 Ne7 17. Qh5 Ng8 18. Bg6+ Nh6 19. Bxh6 Nf6
20.
exf6 Rxf6 21. Bg5+ Kg8 22. Bxf6
Aaron resigned
1-0
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fourth game with this line
[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant July"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Josh Devine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "3 fold repetition draw"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "13:35:19"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6
8.
Nb3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bd3 g5 13. g3 Be7 14.
Qc2
Rf7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Kg2 g4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 e5 19. g6 Rf3 20.
gxh7+
Kh8 21. Be2 Rxe3 22. Qg6 Qd8 23. Rhf1 Rxe2+ 24. Kg1 Ne7 25. Qxg4 Re4
26.
Qg5
Nc6 27. Qg6 Ne7 28. Qg5 Nc6 29. Qg6 Ne7
1/2-1/2
I claimed a three-fold repetition with 2 minutes left on my clock with
30
Qg5
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1st game with this line
[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant May Round 5"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "William Weihmiller"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "18:07:42"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3
cxd4
8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 f6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd3 g5
14. g3 g4 15. Nh4 fxe5 16. Qxg4+ Kf7 17. dxe5 d4 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qg5+
Ke8
20. Bxh7 dxe3+ 21. Kg2 Be7 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Qd3 Bxh4 24. gxh4 Rxf4
25. Rhe1 Nxe5 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxh4
0-1 Weihmiller resigns
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Second game with this line
I tried the White side against Colorado teenager Jacob Zax and got
carried
away
with insane sacrifices and should have lost, just like my game with
Colorado
teenager Josh Devine.
[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]
[Site "Manitou Springs, El Paso Road"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Jacob Zax"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black Checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "15:14:26"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"]
Southern Colorado Open
June 9, 2007
Round 1
Board 2
Game 90 5 second delay
White - Brian Wall
Black - Jacob Zax
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6
8. Nb3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 O-O 11. Bd3 f6 12. Be3 fxe5
13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. Nxe6 Rxf4+ 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qg4+ Kf7
18. Ng5+ Kf6 19. Qxf4+ Kg6 20. Qf7+ Kh6 21. Ne6 Bf8 22. Nxf8 Nde5
23. Qf4+ g5 24. Qf6+ Kh5 25. Qh8+ Kg4 26. Qh3+ Kf4 27. Ng6+ Ke4
28. Rae1+ checkmate
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3rd game with this line
I won a pawn from Eurotrash with thematic play but botched the ending
so
bad
Safet could have won with 53 ... Re2 54 Kb3 Re3+ 55 Kc2 R:f3
I claimed a draw in a lost position just like my Devine game.
TD Joe Haines thought it was cruel to claim the draw then show the
win.
In his Serbian accent, Mehinagic said at first when I claimed the
draw,
" Play!, Play!"
After Joe confirmed the repetition, Safet said,
" OK, draw, but I played terrible. "
I suspect that all immigrants speak perfect English when they want to.
[Event "Denver Open"]
[Site "Mariott Hotel, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Safet Mehinagic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "draw by 3-fold repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "13:35:19"]
[TimeControl "Game/ 2 hours plus 5 second delay"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3
cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be3 f6 11. Bd3 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Qe2 a5
14. O-O
a4 15. Nc1 Nb4 16. Bb1 a3 17. b3 Nb8 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Qd8 20. Qc2
h6
21. Bg6 Bd7 22. Qd2 Be8 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Bxh6 Nc6 25. Bg5 Bb4 26. Qd3
Qh5
27. Be3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Rac1 Re8 30. Rf2 Rf7 31. Bd2 g6 32. Kf1
Be7
33. Ke2 Ref8 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. h3 g5 36. Rcf1 Kg6 37. Ke2 Rf5 38. Bc3
Rf4 39.
Nh4+ Kh5 40. Nf3 g4 41. hxg4+ Rxg4 42. Rh1+ Kg6 43. Rh3 Kg7 44. g3 Rh8
45.
Rfh2 Rxh3 46. Rxh3 Bb4 47. Kd3 Bxc3 48. Kxc3 Kg6 49. b4 Re4 50. g4 b5
51.
Rg3 Re3+ 52. Kd2 Re4 53. Kc3 Re3+ 54. Kd2 Re4
I claimed a 3-fold repetition with 55 Kc3
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The database game most similar to tonight's game
[Event "Rhein Main op 7th"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "2004.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer,Manfred2"]
[Black "Bender,Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C05"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Be7
8.Bd3 f6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qe1 Qe8 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 exf5 13.Qg3 Qh5
14.Kh1 Nd8 15.Rg1 g6 16.Nf1 c4 17.Bc2 Ne6 18.Ne3 Nb6 19.Bd2 Ng7
20.Ng2 Be6 21.Ngh4 Bxh4 22.Nxh4 Kf7 23.Nf3 Rae8 24.Qf2 Qh6
25.b3 Rc8 26.a4 cxb3 27.Bxb3 Nc4 28.Ng5+ Ke7 29.Rg3 Qh4
30.Nf3 Qh6 31.Bc1 Rh8 32.Nd2 Nh5 33.Rf3 Kf7 34.Ba3 g5
35.fxg5 Qxg5 36.Bxc4 dxc4 37.Ne4 Qd8 38.Nd6+ Kg6 39.Rg1+ Kh6
40.d5 Bxd5 41.Nxf5+
1-0
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