[BrianWall-ChessList] Crab Fever

[Brian Wall]

Anthea Carson Martinez has Crab fever -

I call 1 h4  2 h5
King Crab Attack

1 a4  2  h4
Queen Crab Attack


1 ... a5   2 ... h5
Queen Crab Defense

1 ... h5  2 ... a5
King Crab Defense

1 h4  h5  2 a4  a5
The Crab Clamp

1 h4  h5  2 a4  a5  3 b3  b6  4 g3  g6
Two Chinese Bowls
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A dozen things happpen whenever you play the Crab -

1 - It doesn't feel like a real Chess game, it feels like a trip to a
fantastic magical Kingdom. The blunder ratio goes up exponentially.

2 - The rooks tend to be hyper active, often combining to checkmate the
King. The Crab is the Rooks' best friend. Anthea and I are preparing Crab
games for her website - www.PlayChessLikeAn Animal.com, coming soon.

3 - The Crab victims tend to get very low on time

4 - Spectator attendance increases exponentially.

5 - Anthea tends to look cuter encapsulated by claw
parentheses like a Millie the Model haircut.

6 - There is a lot more laughter than a regular Chess game.

7 - The Crab claws tend to get sharper as the game develops.

8 - Nobody can castle safely and that is mind boggling to a patzer.

9 - The Crab victim seems to be in a state of permanent
shock if the game lasts more than three moves.

10 - The game is always interesting, new, fresh, fun and thought provoking.

11 - The Crab practically begs for derisive comments.

12 - Chess becomes what God intended, a true test of the mind and heart.
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2 - The rooks tend to be hyper active, often combining to checkmate the
King.

[Event "ICC 10 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sydney"]
[Black "Anthea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "14:31:56"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. d4 a5 2. c4 h5 3. Bf4 e6 4. a3 Nh6 5. Bxh6 Rxh6 6. Nf3 d5 7. c5 Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. dxe5 Re6 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Be2 Bxc5 13. O-O b6 14. Bxh5
Ba6 15. Re1 Qh4 16. Bf3 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Rh8 18. h3 Rg5 19. Kh1 Qxh3+ 20. gxh3
Rxh3# {White checkmated} 0-1
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2 - The rooks tend to be hyper active

[Event "ICC 15 3"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.11.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Blackdurgen"]
[Black "Anthea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1291"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[Opening "Réti opening"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "18:02:15"]
[TimeControl "900+3"]

1. Nf3 a5 2. a3 a4 3. e4 h5 4. d4 Nh6 5. Bxh6 Rxh6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nh4 Bg4 8.
f3 e5 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 Qxd4 12. c3 Qb6 13. Nd2 d5 14. Rb1
Bc5 15. c4 Bf2 16. Nf1 Nc6 17. cxd5 Na5 18. Qc1 Nb3 19. Qc4 Ra5 20. Qb4 Nd4+
21. Kd2 Nb3+ 22. Ke2 Qxb4 23. axb4 Rxd5 24. Bb5+ Rxb5 25. Kxf2 Rxb4 26. Ne3
Rd6 27. Rbd1 Nd4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Rd2 Nxf5+ 30. Nxf5 Rxd2 31. Ng7+ Ke7 32.
Nxh5 Rbxb2 33. Rg1 a3 34. Ng7 a2 35. Nf5+ Kf6 36. Ne3 Rb1 37. Nc4 Rxg1 38.
Nxd2 a1=Q 39. Ne4+ Kf5 40. Kf2 Qe1# {White checkmated} 0-1
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