[BrianWall-ChessList] The Rock
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Thu Aug 30 13:17:01 MDT 2007
Chris Peterson is a cool kid who has stayed at my house on occasion - he has a
cruel, sarcastic sense of humor that matches my own. I analyzed two of his
games this month and now we are paired for all the money in the last round.
[Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Tournament"]
[Site "DCC, 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church"]
[Date "2007.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chris Peterson"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Draw Agreed by mutual agreement"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, De Bruyker Defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "11:20:28"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
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Chess Opening -
1 d4 c5 2 d5 Na6 is the Snail
1 e4 c6 2 d4 Na6 is the De Bruyker Defense
1 e4 Na6 is the Lemming Defense
I am not sure what 1 d4 Na6 is called.
Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night Tournament
Money Round 4
half-point ahead of Chris which means I am
begging a player 500 points lower for a draw.
August 28, 2007
Board 1, big crowd
Game/85 5 second delay
White - Our featured player of the month, Chris Peterson, 20 years old 1739
Black - Brian Wall,52 years old, 2225
Chris beat me a bunch of 5-2 blitz games before our slow games.
I won a bunch of tournaments this year with a plus or minus
one point rating difference. In other words, I am expected to
win everything in Colorado since age 17.
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1. d4 Na6
This is embarrasssing -
Chris Peterson
2. e4 c6
De Bruyker Defense.
Dave Wallace and Chris Peterson have this attack
1 d4 and 2 Bf4 worked out into a winning system.
I had good luck against Dave with ... Nb8-a6-c7-e6
harassing the f4-bishop. Now I want to treat his
student to the same approach. One idea is 3 B:a6 Qa5+
avoiding doubled pawns although 3 ... ba has chances too.
3. Nf3 Nc7
>From c7, the knight can sometimes roll to ... d5 or ... e6.
4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4!! TN
Theoretical Novelty by Brian Wall
6 ... Bg4 has been played once.
7. Nxe4 Bg4
My plan was to play solid and offer a draw in
20 moves if Chris hadn't blown it already.
I don't like automatic draws. The opening
has a Caro-Kann flavor, one of my favorites.
8. h3! Bh5
for six minutes I agonized over 8 ... Ne6, ... B:f3 and ... Bh5
I decided I did not want to open up the h-file with 8 ... Ne6
and 8 ... Bh5 gives me a chance to trade my bad bishop for
his great bishop on d3.
9. Ng3!
Unexpected but best like most of Peterson's moves.
9 ... Bxf3! 10. Qxf3! Ne6!
I was in draw mode, expecting
11 c3 N:f4 12 Q:f4 e6 13 0-0 Bd6 14 Qh4 0-0
Chris tends to turn every opening into a one or
two pawn sac for development. Chris can win clear
first only by beating me.
11. Be5 Nxd4
I win a pawn but Chris has plenty of compensation.
12. Qe3! Ne6
I missed the idea
12 ... Qa5+ 13 c3 Nb3! 14 Rd1 Q:a2 15 Rd1 Nd5! 16 Qe2 Q:a2 17 Bc4
with more then enough comp for Chris or a cute forced draw Queen sac with
12 ... Qa5+! 13 c3 Nb3! 14 Rd1 Q:a2 15 Rd1 Nd5!
16 Qf3 Q:a2 17 Q:d5= ed 18 Bb5+ Kd8 19 R:d5+ Kc8 20 Bd7+ Kd8
21 Bb5+=, Bf5+=, Bg4+=, Be6+=, Bc6+= or Ba4+=
13. Bxf6?
Just helps me - 13 0-0! Qb6 14 Qf3!
leaves me a tangled mess for a pawn.
13 ... exf6! 14. O-O-O Qb6
I spent five minutes choosing between
14 ... Bc5!! and ... Qb6!
15. Qe2 Bd6! 16. Nh5!!
Unexpected but best like most of Peterson's moves.
16 ... Be5!
The Rock -
The Bible
King James version
The Book of Matthew
18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
17. c3! O-O!
I saw 18 N:g7!! after I moved -
the idea is 18 ... N:g7 19 Qe4!
I intended
18 N:g7!! K:g7 19 Qg4+ Ng5
20 h4 Q:f2 21 hg Qf4+!
18. g3
The gates of Hell are pounding on the rock at e5.
It's getting very messy.
18 Qe4 Ng5? 19 Qf5 or Qh4
followed by f4 with effect so
18 Qe4 g6 19 f4! Nc5! 20 Qc4! Bc7!
( 20 ... gh 21 fe messy )
21 N:f6+! Kg7! 22 Bc2 K:f6!?
( 22 ... Rad8! gives me a comfortable game with even material )
23 Qd4+ Ke7 24 f5!! N:b3+!! going into the endgame might draw
but greed with 24 f5 gf?? 25 Rhe1+ Ne6 26 Qh4+ Ke8 27 B:f5!
is suicide for me.
18 ... Rfe8!
Refuting " The Gates of Hell Prevailing " variation with
19 f4 N:f4! 20 gf B:f4+! 21 N:f4 R:e2! 22 N:e2 Qe3+
with Queen plus three pawns versus rook, bishop and knight -
This would have been interesting.
19. Qe4 Qxf2!?
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We built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Built this city, we built this city on rock and roll
Starship
After 16 minutes I decided to remove all natural enemies of
the e5-rock-bishop, the f,e and d-pawns. My approach is imaginative but a
tad overenthusiastic, espcially given my plan to offer a draw next move.
This game gathered a huge crowd because of my incredibly winning personality,
the position, the possible upset, the money, etc.
Old friends of 35 years, Paul Nikitovich, Tom Bourie and Mark
Sherbring all had something to say, plus Robert Ramirez, Eddy Ong,
Anthea "Kitten" Carson, even young Ben Reilly kept piping in,
which I encouraged because when I was Ben's age, the Chessmasters
would not even acknowledge my presence. Paul Nikitovich had good instincts,
preferring my Queen remain on b6 to attack Peterson's King.
Some sample lines we looked at.
19 ... Nf8! is reasonable, avoiding pawn weaknesses.
No one gets mated with a knight on f8 -
GM Bent Larsen
My knight is unstable after 19 Qe4 Ng5? 20 Qf5!
I didn't like my bishop getting hassled after
19 Qe4 g6! 20 f4! Nc5! 21 Qc4 gh 22 fe messy
19 Qe4 g6! 20 f4! Nc5! 21 Qc4 N:d3+ 22 R:d3 gh 23 fe messy
Paul "Passport" Nikitovich led the attack after
19 Qe4 g6! 20 f4! Nc5! 21 Qf3 Na4!! 22 Rh2, Qg2 or Rd2 B:c3!!
followed in some cases by 23 ... Re3!
That's why Paul disagreed vehemently with 19 ... Q:f2!?
Other ideas -
19 Qe4 g6! 20 f4! Nc5! 21 Qf3 gh 22 fe messy
19 Qe4 g6! 20 f4! Nc5! 21 Qf3 N:d3+ 22 R:d3 B:c3 23 R:c3 gh messy
19 Qe4 g6! 20 f4! Nc5! 21 Qf3 B:c3 22 bc gh messy
My idea is different -
to have faith in Peter and hide
my monarch behind the Rock.
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20. Rhf1! Qc5!
I considered 20 .. Qh2 21 Rh1 Qf2 22 Rhf1 =
with a draw plus $100 but
but it completely backfires after
20 ... Qh2?? 21 Q:h7+ Kf8 22 Bf5!!!
guarding h3 and attacking e6, the linchpin.
>From c5 my Queen prevents Bc4
and supports my ... B:c3
I offered a draw as planned but my position has become a
bit absurd and Chris could not resist the check and dreams
of glory.
21. Qxh7+! Kf8!
I was a bit worried about Chris attacking my knight with
22 Bf5 but figured I could hold the ending after
22 Bf5 Qe3+ 23 Kc2 Qh6 23 Q:h6 gh 24 B:e6 R:e6
The real test of my concept would be 22 Kb1!!
avoiding any endgames and leaving my King to rot
in the center.
22. Nxg7?
Chris is famous for his impatience,
that's why he should play in the Membership Open
AND
the Colorado Open.
Chris made this critical decision in under two minutes.
Nothing to think about here -
Josh Bloomer mocking Mike Filppu's mega-quick decisions
22 ... Nxg7! 23. Qh8+! Ke7! 24. Qxg7! Qe3+! 25. Kb1! Qxg3!!
I spent 8 minutes trying to make 25 ... Rh8 or ... Rg8 work.
The idea of 25 ... Rh8 is ... Rag8, trapping the White Queen.
25 ... Rh8?? completely fails to
26 Bf5!!, Bg6!!, Rfe1!! or Qg4!
26. Qh7! Rh8
26 ... a5! is good to prevent Qh7-e4-b4+
27. Qe4! Rh4!
Again to prevent 28 Qe4-b4+
28. Qf5
The Rock is holding -
28 Qe2 Rd8! or ... Rf4 is safe.
28 ... Qxh3
I was down to 11 minutes and didn't see Peterson's plan -
28 ... Rd8!! and ... Rf4!
are more convenient.
29. Qxh3
I expected 29 Qf5-f2-b4+ -
With a 28 minute time disadvantage this would have been a nightmare.
29 ... Rxh3
Relieved to have Queens off -
I studied opposite colored bishop endings intently
in Lowell, Mass summer of 1993.
30. Bf5! Rh2 31. Rd7+! Kf8! 32. Bc2
Chris thought 32 R:b7 Rb8
was drawish too.
32 ... Rb8!
1/2-1/2
Chris has a nice bind plus half an hour extra on the clock
but I have two extra pawns plus opposite colored bishops.
Chris accepted my second draw offer.
I had 6 and 1/2 minutes left plus a 5 second delay.
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This is the game with Dave Wallace that inspired my game with Chris. I got
a great game against Dave but lost my way and was lucky to draw. I really
liked the idea of chasing his main torture weapon, the f4-bishop.
Wallace versus Wall 2005 Winter Springs -Annotated by both and featuring the
Lemming Defense!! BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com More analysis available
[Event "Winter Springs"]
[Site "Manitou Springs, Colorado"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "GM David Wallace"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "17:51:06"]
[TimeControl "40/1 then Game/55 plus 5 second delay"]
1. d4 Na6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nc7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Qd2 Ne6
8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nf4 11. Qxf4 Qxb2 12. Qd2 Qxa1 13. Ne2 Be6
14. Nc1 b5 15. d5 b4 16. dxe6 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. O-O Qb2 19. exf7+
1/2-1/2
Draw offered by David, accepted by Brian
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[Event "Marshall CC-ch 5657"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Winters,S"]
[Black "Dunst,Theodore Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B12"]
1.d4 Na6 2.e4 c6 3.Nc3 Nc7 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.0-0 e6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rad1 0-0 11.Rfe1 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Ncd5 13.Bc1 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf6
15.Bd3 Qd5 16.c4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rfd8 19.f4 Bb4 20.Re2 g6
21.a3 Bf8 22.Bc2 Rd7 23.Kg2 Rad8 24.Be3 Bg7 25.Red2 Ne8 26.d5 cxd5
27.Ba4 Rc7 28.cxd5 exd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Nf6 31.Rd8+ Bf8 32.f5 Kg7
33.fxg6 hxg6 34.Bd4 Be7 35.Rd7 Rxd7 36.Bxd7 Kf8 37.Bc8 b6 38.Be5 Ne4
39.Kf3 f5 40.Bb7
0-1
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[Event "Oberwart op"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fuchs,Georg"]
[Black "Krstic,Uros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B12"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6 3.Nc3 Nc7 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.exd5 Ncxd5 7.Nxd5 Nxd5
8.Bd2 Qb6 9.c4 Nf6 10.Bd3 Qxb2 11.0-0 Qb6 12.Rb1 Qd8 13.Re1 g6 14.Qa4 Nd7 15.Ba5
b6 16.Qxc6 Rb8 17.Bb4 Bb7 18.Qd6 Rc8 19.Ng5 e5 20.Rxe5+ Nxe5
21.Qxe5+ Kd7 22.Nxf7 Qe8 23.Bf5+ gxf5 24.Qxf5+ Kc7
25.Qf4+ Kd7 26.Ne5+ Kc7 27.Ng6+ Kd8 28.Nxf8 Qe4 29.Qd6+ Ke8 30.Qd7+
1-0
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