[BrianWall-ChessList] The Weihmiller French Rides again

[Brian Wall]

Even since Bill Weihmiller showed me his anti-French system I have been getting
great results with it and also learning a lot about the very
difficult positional and tactical issues involved. I just keep playing
it very badly for both sides but somehow getting more and more of a feel for it
every game. I think this is the first time in my life I am happy when
someone plays the French against me. Ecstatic even. The complexity of
Weihmiller's system amazes me. It's very hard to figure out what's going on.
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Statistics for Chesstiger64         On for:   13     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1287  [6]     1     1     0     2
Bullet          1812        101    71     9   181   2006 (28-Jan-2007)
Blitz           2378        248   168    38   454   2497 (10-Aug-2007)
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Chesstiger64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "11:26:32"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3

The Weihmiller French goes back to the days of Steinitz. Bill played it
against me at Poor Richard's Restaurant in Colorado Springs 2007. I wrote
up the game in my emails and in our local Colorado Chess Informant.
The modern way is 7 Ndf3. This is probably my 20th game this year with it,
at least.


7 ... cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2

ChessTiger64 is a strong player who instantly finds the right idea which
is weakening the b3-knight so that  11 Bd2  B:d2+!  forces  12 K:d2
I want the Kf2 positions anyway.


11 ... f6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. h4 Rxf3+


This is the frustration of the undeveloped Queenside.
It is hard to accept the backwardness of  ... Qd8,
switching to Kingside defense.


16. Kxf3 Ndxe5+ 17. dxe5 Qd8

His Queenside is still frozen but now he is down a piece.


18. Bf4 b6 19. g3 Bb7 20. Kg2 g5

For every hyper-aggressive player like David Wallace or
Chris Peterson or ChessTiger64 there are a thousand cowards.
It's harder to teach courage than caution.

21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxh7

Bodyguards are worth pieces, the Black King is naked.


22 ... Bxf4 23. Qh5

There are many wins here but I aim for mate.



23 ... Nxe5 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 d4+ 26. Kh3 Rxd8 27. gxf4 Nf7
28. Rg1+ Kf6 29. Qh4+ Ng5+ 30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Qxd8

Now that I can breathe I can see 31 Qg7+  Ke8  32 Bg6 checkmate


31 ...Bd5 32. Bg6+ Kg7 33. Be8+ Kf8 34. Bh5#

{Black checkmated} 1-0

ChessTiger shouldn't feel bad - I get the tactics wrong
even with hours on my clock. It is a very thick forest.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Chesstiger64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "11:26:32"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 f6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. fxe5
Be7 15. h4 Rxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Ndxe5+ 17. dxe5 Qd8 18. Bf4 b6 19. g3 Bb7 20. Kg2
g5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Rxh7 Bxf4 23. Qh5 Nxe5 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 d4+ 26.
Kh3 Rxd8 27. gxf4 Nf7 28. Rg1+ Kf6 29. Qh4+ Ng5+ 30. Qxg5+ Kf7 31. Qxd8 Bd5
32. Bg6+ Kg7 33. Be8+ Kf8 34. Bh5# {Black checkmated} 1-0
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