[BrianWall-ChessList] Little Richard's - The Quiet Man

Thu Mar 15 05:35:52 MDT 2007

[Event "Little Richard's March Tournament"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "William Weihmiller"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1725 - formerly 2050 in Chicago"]
[BlackElo "2235, 2950 strength with a knight on g4"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation, Center Counter Defense, Double
Fishing Pole, The Rowboat"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.02"]
[Time "11:59:38"]
[TimeControl "Game/90  no increments, no delays, no nuttin"]

Little Richards is a toy store, restaurant and book store in
Colorado Springs, Colorado.

I sat next to cute little Jenna Bloomer, maybe 8 years old.
Jenna didn't know how to keep score so her
opponent, Matt Tucker and I helped her.

Brian - What do you call a paraplegic on your doorstep?
Jenna - I don't know, Brian.
Brian - mat

Jenna was born in Russia and adopted by the Bloomers.
Since we faced two Germans, Weihmiller and Tucker,
I whispered to Jenna to remember the Seige of Leningrad.

Behind me, Josh Bloomer gave 70+ Hungarian Imre Barlay an early nap.
Anthea took out Tupac with the Najdorf.

Little Richard's March Wednesday Night Chess Tournament
Colorado Springs, Colorado

March 14, 2007

Round 2

Game/90

White -
Bill Weihmiller
1725

Black - Brian Wall
2235

Opening - The Rowboat, Double Fishing Pole Variation.

Weih is a rubric of riparian renown -
Weih means a winding part of a river
or maybe even Christmas, according to Bill.

Bill is a shusher -
other major local shushers -
Dean Brown, Renard Anderson, Dan Avery

Jesse Cohen once told Dan his shushing is
much more disturbing than the original sound.

Little Richard's customers didn't know they were attending a Chess tournament,
they thought they were shopping. Bill let them know the difference.

I put Bill in the same category as Daoud Zupa-
They seem to know all the positional
rules but get easily confused by tactics.
Bill mentioned a temporary loss
of focus during tournament games.

Strategy -
Keep it complex if possible

1. e4 d5

Center Counter, Scandinavian

Bent Larsen said the Scandinavian was merely a good version of the Caro-Kann.
Cyrus Lakdawala ( 2500 ) told me the same thing.

2. exd5

Bill thought for 7 minutes here,
considering 2 e5.
Tom Bourie says all the opening books claim 2 e5 is bad
but many blitz games have convinced him White is fine here.

2 ... Qxd5

Eschewing the Steve Murray Gambit,
2 ... c6  3  dc  N:c6
a weaker version of
2 ... Nf6  3  c4  c6  4 dc  N:c6
which is considered roughly equal

3. Nc3 Qd6

Pytel-Wade variation, a dubious name
probably endorsed by Eric Schiller.
I saw an Andrew Martin video of
this over at Danielle Rice's.
I suggest The Rowboat because it looks as if Black's Queen
is standing in the middle of a rowboat to keep from capsizing ...

4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4

Renard Anderson played 5 Nb5 here, Colorado Open 2006-
I drew with  5 ... Qd8 and Fritz liked  5 ... Qb6 better.
My first reaction was shock and fear.

5 ... a6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3

Mindless development is the number one human mistake in the opening.
Bill is developing Morphy style but I have an annoying pin on f3 and
the e3-bishop looks like a target for my knights to me.
6 Bc4  b5  7  Bb3  Bb7 also seems like mindless development.
6 Be2  or  6  g3  followed by bishops on  g2 and f4
are more purposeful.

7 ... e6 8. O-O Nbd7 TN Wall

Theoretical Novelty by Brian Wall

8 ... Be7 has been played twice.

Since I am Black I am trying to catch up with precise piece placement.
The Rowboat is particularly sensitive to lost tempi.
I am attempting to avoid the automatic  ... Be7
and try to develop my bishop on d6 or c5 or b4
in one swoop. I expected  9, 10 or 20  Ne4.

9. Re1 c5

A brave move in view of  10 d5  ed  11 B:c5  N:c5!!  12 Bb5 checkmate -  Ouch!

10. Be2

 A clear loss of time -
now Black becomes White.

10 ... Rd8

The idea is to encourage Bill to nudge his Queen up.
I still delay  ... Be7 trying to improve that bishop's prospects.
I can play with my King in the center because
I know I am not supposed to.

11. Qd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qd1

Avoiding a possible Qd2 Nc4 outcome but now -
Bd3-e2  and Qd3-d1 leave a lousy impression.

13 ... Bxe2  14. Qxe2 Neg4!

It's never too late to start a Fishing Pole Attack.

15. Nf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5

Weih's center has been cremated and his bishops banished -
My Queen will be kicked by Rd1 soon so I move voluntarily,
still hoping for any square except e7 for my lonely bishop.

17. h3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Bc5 19. Re2 Ke7

I was pleased - my bishop sits proudly on c5
and my King sits proudly on e7 whereas
Weih's castled King looks silly now.

20. Rae1

Miller criticized this in the postmortem -
I chalked it up to more mindless "development "
with a complete lack of the true essence of the position.
I expected trade, trade, lose rook swaps on the d-file.

20 ... Ba7

So far I have just been trying to bring my pieces
out as smoothly as possible, paying no attention
to possible winning chances. Since I expected 20 Ne4  N:e4  21 R;e4
with one of those positions with no clear win for me or clear draw for Bill,
I decided to avoid trades to increase my practical chances,
as usual for playing anyone lower rated.

21. Nb1

Wall Rules of Chess #227 -
Removing a piece from an active position
is often the culprit in the postmortem.

21 ... Rdg8

I can remove a piece from an active location because
I know I am not supposed to. Rather than trade on the d-file
I start a Kingside attack, backed up by my a7-bishop,
knowing Fish cannot defend any attack accurately.
That's why all fish do is aim their pieces at each other's
Kings all day - it works!

22. c4

Like 20 Rae1, a mindless move played in less than a minute.

22 .... g5

The idea here is  23 b4  g4  24 hg  R:g4  25  c5  R:b4

23. g4 h5

Demonstrating the immense wisdom of the mindboggling 21 ... Rdg8!!
and how lucky Colorado is to have me show the true path of Chess.
The humble shall be exalted and the exalted humbled.

24. Ne5 Bb8

I am proud of this move too.
The point is that 24 ... Bd4  25 Nf3 doesn't seem to get anywhere
and I was afraid  24 ... hg  25 hg  Rh4  26 Rd1  N:g4  27  Rd7+
didn't work out for me either.

25. f3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh3

The idea is to take on e5 and f3
or start an attack with  ... Ba7+  and Rgh8

27. Rh2 Rxh2 28. Kxh2 Nxg4+

The Fishing Pole knight returns to the scene of the crime
for a total smackdown. 28 ... Nd7  29 f4
seemed equally strong.
I have 14 minutes on the 14th of March to finish the game.
I remembered my last game with Zupa and tried to hurry.
I turn 52 on March 26, 2007

29. fxg4 f6 30. Nc3 Bxe5+ 31. Kg2 Bxc3

I was so excited I didn't see
31 ... Rc8  32 Re4  B:c3  33 bc  Rc5-a5-a3-a4:c4
till after I moved.

32. bxc3 Rc8 33. Rb1 Rxc4

33 ... b5 or ... f5 looked adequate too.

34. Rxb7+ Kd6 35. Rb6+ Ke5 36. Rxa6 Rxg4+

Oooh - 3 connected passed pawns.
I discovered during the game that the pure
King and pawn ending is won for me because
I have unlimited tempi by running my King to
c5-c4 but my advancing pawns soon exhaust
Miller's King.

37. Kf3 Rc4  38. Ra5+ Kd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Ra6+ Rc6

Both the Rook and King endings are lost for Brookmiller.
Secret Master thoughts - Resign already

42. Ra3

A feeble square for Creekmiller's castle

42 ... f5

Rolling, rolling -

Half of Brian's games are decided by pawn rollers -
Josh Bloomer, 2005

43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Kd3 g4 46. Ra8 e5 47. a4

because  47 Rg8  Ra6  leaves StreamMiller
with one pawn versus
three connected passed pawns.

47 ... Kg5 48. a5 Kf4 49. a6 e4+ 50. Kd4
g3 51. a7 Ra6

0-1  Tributarymiller resigns

because of  52  c4  g2  53  Rg8  Kf3  and 54 ... Rook takes a-pawn

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[Event "Little Richard's March Tournament"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "William Weihmiller"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1725 - formerly 2050 in Chicago"]
[BlackElo "2235, 2950 strength with a knight on g4"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation, Center Counter defense, Double
Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.02"]
[Time "11:59:38"]
[TimeControl "Game/90  no increments, no delays, no nuttin"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. Be2 Rd8 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Qd1 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Neg4 15. Nf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5 17. h3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Bc5 19. Re2 Ke7 20.
Rae1 Ba7 21. Nb1 Rdg8 22. c4 g5 23. g4 h5 24. Ne5 Bb8 25. f3 hxg4 26. hxg4
Rh3 27. Rh2 Rxh2 28. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 29. fxg4 f6 30. Nc3 Bxe5+ 31. Kg2 Bxc3 32.
bxc3 Rc8 33. Rb1 Rxc4 34. Rxb7+ Kd6 35. Rb6+ Ke5 36. Rxa6 Rxg4+ 37. Kf3 Rc4
38. Ra5+ Kd6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Ra6+ Rc6 42. Ra3 f5 43. Ke3 Ke5
44. Ra5+ Kf6 45. Kd3 g4 46. Ra8 e5 47. a4 Kg5 48. a5 Kf4 49. a6 e4+ 50. Kd4
g3 51. a7 Ra6

0-1  Weihmiller resigns
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