[BrianWall-ChessList] Bourie-Filppu

Thu Aug 16 11:30:41 MDT 2007

Mike Filppu was a medic in Iraq, now home.
Mike is about as regular a Colorado Springs
player as they get. Last week he drew Josh Bloomer.

When Josh saw I drew Ted Doykos at the Pikes Peak
Open Saturday, he said -
Oh, you caught my disease, drawing 1600's.

Tom Bourie is a friend from way back, 35 years ago.
Tom went to Paris to become a sculptor. I call Tom
the house whisperer - he fixes houses like an artist.

We were late for the tournament - everything seemed to go against
us getting there, we were laughing at how ridiculous it became.

Everyone handles Chess differently - Tom is a preparer/worrier.
He spends years honing an opening, getting disgusted and going back
to the drawing board, buying books, playing thematic blitz games, etc.
I think Tom has played 2 rated tournaments in 10 years but he prepares
more than I do for the big moment.

We had analyzed my game with Renard Anderson the day before. I was
excited to show Tom my new Chessboard - I felt like Watson handing
Sherlock Holmes an interesting piece of evidence.

Tom -
Oh yes, Brian, this is a beautiful board, the dark squares are oak,
all solid wood, I like how you took two knights from another set to
complete the wood set I gave you. I would sand this down, make it flat,
etc., etc.

Some call him Tom Boring, I call him the house whisperer.
Tom will go to another state just to get the right tool or piece of
lumber or the right carberator or the right toilet seat or the right
seat cover.

I find it fascinating when any man talks about what he loves, from
sewer systems to beautiful women. Tom is not boring to me. We used to
go on road trips to Vegas to make money on Blackjack and Poker.

[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant August Chess tourney"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mike Filppu"]
[Black "Tom Bourie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.02"]
[Time "18:06:29"]
[TimeControl "Game/90"]

Poor Richard's restaurant Chess Tournament

Colorado Springs, CO

Round 3

August 15, 2007

Weather - Rainy

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5

This is the position Tom was hoping to play.
IM Andrew Martin makes everything seem hunky-dory
in his videos but Hiarcs loves White usually.
It is very easy to get in trouble with Black,
a tempo down in an open position.

7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Ne5 e6!  9. Bf4! Qb6! 10. d5! c5!?

Development with 10 ... Bb4  or ... Bc5 may be better
but this gives Mike more ways to go wrong.

11. dxc6?

Moving three times to take a pawn that moves once
is inherently a loss of time. This capture helps Tom develop.
11 de!!  fe  gives Tom a weak e-pawn and
11 de!!  c4??  12 ef+!!
is obviously way more compensation than a piece.

Mike was probably worried about how to save his b3-bishop
after  11 de!!  fe!  but  12 Qe2!!  c4  13 B:c4!  bc
14 N:c4  Qc6  15 0-0-0!!
with massive development and two pawns for the piece
is better for Mike - a tough call though for a 1600.
That's why Masters just keep developing and let
the material count work itself out. Moving the pieces
out is real to a Master because we can see the threats
it generates. Losing a piece is more real to a 1600.
Losing time is more real to a Master.

11 ...  Nxc6!  =  12. Be3?

More lost time which is like a bazooka
shot to the stomach for a Chessmaster.

12 ...  Bc5!  13. Nxc6?

Another bazooka hit to the abdomen -
Mike spends three moves with his d-pawn to
capture the black c-pawn who moves once,
now he moves his g1-knight 3 times to
the same square to capture a knight
that moved once. With such hideous
Chess tempo management it's no wonder
Tom gets the edge now.
13 B:c5  Q:c5  14 Nd3 was a hair better.

13 ...  Bxe3!

Threatening f2

14. O-O??

14 fe!  at least avoids losing a piece.

14 ... Qxc6!

Matrix

15. Qf3!  Qxf3! 16. gxf3!  Bd4!

Mike resigns    0-1

A Medivac helicopter came and whisked Mike away.
Tom started fixing up the restaurant.

Tom and I sat side by side,
he winning in 16 moves and
me winning in 17 moves.
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[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant August Chess tourney"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mike Filppu"]
[Black "Tom Bourie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.02"]
[Time "18:06:29"]
[TimeControl "Game/90"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. d5 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nxc6 Bxe3 14. O-O
Qxc6 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bd4

Mike resigns    0-1
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Another great excuse to show off my Weihmiller victory.
Good luck, good luck.

[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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[Event "Pikes Peak"]
[Site "City Hall, 606 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Renard Anderson"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.02"]
[Time "00:31:54"]
[TimeControl "40/2, Game/55 plus 5 second delay"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8.
Bg2 e6 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. Nf5
Qb8 15. Bf4 Qa8 16. Rad1 g6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Na5 19. Qxa8 Rxa8 20. Be5
Ke7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxh8 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rxh8 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rd2 h5 26. Re3
Rc6 27. Red3 e5 28. Ke1 Ke6 29. Kd1 Nb7 30. Re3 Nd6 31. Rde2 e4 32. Rxe4+

1/2-1/2
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