[BrianWall-ChessList] Grrrrrrrrrrrr

[Brian Wall]

I have been playing 1 ... a6 for 35 years.
I used to follow it up with  2 ... e6  and 3 ... c5
or ... g6  and ... d6 ( now called a Tiger Modern ) .

One day Karpov lost to Miles after 1 ... a6
and they called it the Saint George Defense.
That made me mad but I could live with that.

What I find intolerable is someone ( maybe Basman )
convinced all these patzers that  2 ... b5  must
follow 1 ... a6.

We have a local jolly green giant in Colorado
named J C MacNeil who plays 1 b4 for White and
1 ... a6, 2 ... b5 for Black.

So it makes me doubly mad when someone plays 1 ... a6
and then insists on 2 ... b5  which I consider a poor
approach to the position.
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Statistics for otneb1         On for: 2:31     Idle:    0
otneb1 is currently involved in a match against zebra1.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          1674  [5]     1     2     0     3
Blitz           2078        439   710    46  1195   2277 (16-Jul-2007)
Standard         929  [3]     1     2     0     3
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "otneb1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "10:50:52"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 a6 2. e4 b5

Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry -
Bill Bixby as The Incredible Hulk



3. a4

To create a home on c4 for my knight.


3 ...  b4 4. Nd2

Heading for my new home.


4 ... Bb7!  5. Bd3!  e6! 6. Ngf3!

Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov uses this battle formation a lot.


6 ...  d6 7. O-O!  Nd7 8. Re1 e5 9. c3 bxc3  10. bxc3!  Ngf6 11. Nc4

I'm home, Ma.


11 ...  exd4 12. cxd4!  Be7 13. Na5!!

Thematically punishing the stupid 2 ... b5 move.

13 ...  Qc8 14. Rb1!!

Winning already due to  14 ... Rb8  15  N:b7  R:b7  16 B:a6
How do you like 2 ... b5 now?

14 ... Nb6 15. Nxb7!

The point is 15 ... Q:b7  16 a5


15 ... a5


Now I have a free knight on b7 to wreak havoc.

16. e5 dxe5!  17. dxe5!  Nfd5!  18. Nd6+!!  cxd6! 19. exd6! O-O
20. dxe7!  Re8! 21. Ba3 Nb4 22. Be4 Ra7!  23. Ng5

A free Fishing Pole attack with an extra piece. Heaven.


23 ...  g6 24. Nxh7


According to my Chess theory a pawn ( either color )
near a King is worth a piece.


24 ...  Kxh7 25. Qh5+!!

Mate in 4


25 ...  Kg8

25 ... Kg7  26 Bb2+  mates in three

26. Bxg6!!

{Black resigns} 1-0

Mate in 3 -
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "otneb1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "10:50:52"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 a6 2. e4 b5 3. a4 b4 4. Nd2 Bb7 5. Bd3 e6 6. Ngf3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Re1
e5 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 Ngf6 11. Nc4 exd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. Na5 Qc8 14. Rb1
Nb6 15. Nxb7 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nfd5 18. Nd6+ cxd6 19. exd6 O-O 20.
dxe7 Re8 21. Ba3 Nb4 22. Be4 Ra7 23. Ng5 g6 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26.
Bxg6 {Black resigns} 1-0
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