[BrianWall-ChessList] Bowlder Attack versus Andy Rea - Tristom Cooke to the rescue, Andy Rea on the Attack

[Brian Wall]

[Event "Pikes Peak"]
[Site "606 Manitou Avenue, City Hall, Manitou Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.08.12" ]
[Round "4"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Andy Rea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "05:56:31"]
[TimeControl "40/2 Game/55 plus 5 second delay second time control only"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 exd5 8.
Re1+ Be7 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Nd4 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxe7 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Be3 Nf5 20.
Qd2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qe5 22. d4 Qd5 23. a5 Re6 24. c4 Qd7 25. Ra3 f5 26. b4
cxb4 27. Rb3 f4 28. exf4 Re4 29. Rd3 b3 30. Qc3 Rxf4 31. c5 Kh8 32. Qxb3
Rxd4 33. c6 Rxd3 34. cxd7 Rxd7 35. Qe6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 h6 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qc2+

1-0 Andy Rea resigns

1 e4 c5 2 Bc4
Bowdler Attack

2 ... Nc6 3 Nf3 e6 4 Nc3 a6 5 d4 b5 6 d5 bc 7 dc d6 8 Bf4!!


I applaud the development of this line with original analysis -
Brian Wall
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Andy Rea

----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:12:02 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Retrograde analysis specialist Milton
Kicklighter corrects - Bowlder Attack versus Andy Rea - Tristom Cooke to the
rescue, Andy Rea on the Attack
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

   8.Bf4! is a very good move with a good plan- hitting d6 and d5.  The shrub of
analysis sent by Brian was not a full tree but was still full of treats!  For
starters, the obvious 8...e5 is hazardous- for Black!!  8...e5 9.Nxe5!! de
10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Bxe5 has Blacks King virtually undefended   Black escapes
imediate defeat on 11...Be6 12.0-0-0+ Kc8 13.Nd5 by trying to bribe WHite with
13...Rb8 (not wanting the mobile central roller on 13...Bxd5 14.ed) when Black
has stopped mate on b6 and if 14.Bxb8 Kxb8 the King survives, with 2 pieces vs
R Black will have chances to save the endgame.
      DOH- White doesnt want just an Exchange!   Not 14Bxb8, instead 14.c7 Rb7
15.Nb6+!! Rxb6 16.Rd8+ Kb7 17.Rb8+ Ka7 18.Rxf8 f6 19.Bg3 Rc6 20.Rd1, Black is
so busted!
       Sometimes ...Ra7 does well for Black in the Sicilian, but this doesnt
seem to be one of those nights-  8.Bf4! Ra7 9.Nd2 d5 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.Rd1 d4
12.Nxc4 Nxc6 13.0-0 Be7 14.Bg3 0-0 15.f4   Black is not crushed, but has
minimal counterplay  Thus White has all day to shift his pieces Kside, Rd1-d3,
e4-e5 and Nc3-e4, eventually Black suffers on the h-file and then has to deal
with g2-g4-g5
     Thus Black may well be advised to play against 8.Bf4! as if its a French
Defense for Black, even if WHites pieces are not in usual French mode....
noticing that the Sicilianish 8...Qc7 9.Nd2 e5 10.Bg3 Wxc6 11.Nxc4 Be6 12.Nd5
Bxd5 13.ed Qb7 (13...Qb5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.f4 f6 16.00 is no bargain for Black) 
14.f4 f6 15.00 Nh6 16.Qf3 Be7 17.Rad1 00 18.f5  Black survives, but still
little counterplay thus WHite has time for Rf1-e1-e4-h4 and more mayhem with
ensuing g2-g4-g5     Black takes that French option after all-  8.Bf4! Be7
9.Nd2 d5 10.0-0 Bd6 11Qg4 Kf8!?  It isnt safe, but Black hasnt any real safe
options anyway- at least for one move Rad1 is off the menu, and getting off the
efile is not so bad for Black....  at least here he can find time for clipping
c6 while keeping relatively safe- Whites attack is real but not full-throttle
checkmate.  Typically what happens is the better player prevails- White either
creates enough pressure to finally brakthrough or Black has
 the hatches battened down enough to materialistically thrive in the endgame.
       It can be well understood that not everyone wants to defend such a
position for Black, even with the prospect of winning a measly Pawn.  For those
so uninclined, lets go back to move 6, there was a key decision there-  1.e4 c5
2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.d5 (We again skip the business that
5...cd is perfectly playable, let White work that out...) and now we have
6...bc   which is not forced.  d4-d5 doesnt kill White in the Ruy Lopez, doesnt
win by force for WHite against the Gruenfeld or Kings Indian, even though the
Moeller Variation of the Italian Game is favorable for White, even there Black
is alive.  Why should this position be any different?  6...Na5 might be ugly,
but it does gain valuable Qside space for Black, Whites pieces arent yet
aligned for the decisive Kside attack- we can be sure Bc4 is moving omewhere,
d3 looks to be most offensive    In any event, whether ...Na5 or ...Nb8, Black
gains space without getting waxed, his position remains
 playable
      For our fans of the Bowlder Attack, feel free to learn the Keres Attack
against the Sicilian! All out brawl, not likely to land in a positional
struggle!

Andy Rea

Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> wrote:


1 e4 c5 2 Bc4
Bowdler Attack

2 ... Nc6 3 Nf3 e6 4 Nc3 a6 5 d4 b5 6 d5 bc 7 dc d6 8 Bf4!!

Andy Rea
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