[BrianWall-ChessList] Malaysia

Fri Mar 23 01:32:41 MDT 2007

[Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday nght"]
[Site "First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, Colorado"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Eddy Ong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2970"]
[Opening "Catalan: closed"]
[ECO "E01"]
[NIC "CA.01"]
[Time "16:27:25"]
[TimeControl "Game/70  5 second delay"]

Eddy Ong was born in Malaysia. When he moved to New York he became a
Chessmaster. Eddy is a whiz at fixing computers.

I have a standing argument with IM David Vigorito that once someone reaches a
certain rating at Chess, they retain some of that power all their lives. Dave
says this is nonsense - a 2400 is 2400 strength whether he used to be a GM or
not.

Since Eddy was rated over 2200 I treat him with kid gloves.
Eddy will soon end my computer drought.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6

Eddy fritzed our last game plus my email with Daoud Zupa in order to get a
handle on my play. I've heard every excuse in the world for 46 years -
Eddy's is he doesn't have enough time to think.

The truth is the opposite. Masters play like slow computers, analyzing every
legal move as far as they can. Slow, thoughtful, conscientious, efficient,
imaginative, missing nothing. Two masters playing is a lot like two computers
playing. Eddy makes many moves way too fast. He is scary when he goes into deep
thinks. Then I feel his master strength. As far as move technique his
fast moves ruin his slow moves. Also the better you are, the quicker you can
evaluate a position - this also depends heavily on experience with the type of
position on the board. Another problem he has is risk aversion, unwillingness
to make unclear sacrifices. Eddy is a typical mathematical, logical thinker who
does better in clear endings than messy middlegames.

Strategy - Make the positional irrational meaning create a position where
material is not King.

3. g3

Josh Bloomer accused me of stealing his repertoire again.
I thought Eddy might have researched my approach to the NimzoIndian.

3 ... d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O
8. Nc3 Re8 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 f5

I didn't expect this move. It reminded me of Alekhine-Nimzovich, Bled 1931,
given below. Kasparov said Alekhine is the first World Champion to research
and play positions where his initiative compensated for a two pawn deficit.
I was trying to gain a tempo on the d6-bishop with N:e4 instead of 11 Q:e4.
Instead I have to fight for my pawn. However winning the pawn has weakened
some squares for Eddy.

12. f3

Breaking up the choking pawn structure, a procedure fish often neglect.
They continue to play like oxen with a yoke on but a Chessmaster throws
off the yoke angrily as soon as possible.

12 ... exf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. Bd2

Now I thought  14 ... c5, followed eventually by .. e5-e4  would win for Eddy
but he makes a flipper move only Steinitz could love. A flipper move is a
pointless one square bishop move to compulsively get if off the bank rank, a
common human error based on OCD development. It is modeled after the Brazilian
wrestler Royce Gracie in the Ultimate Fighting Championships. He reduced his
opponents to weakly slapping his sides with their wrists - he had the rest of
their muscular bodies in knots like a python. Their side punches looked like
weak flipper smacks with no power behind them.

14 ... Bd7 15. Rae1

So I complete my development.

15 ... e5?

Maybe Vigorito was right.

16. c5!  Bc7 17. dxe5!

I think this is stronger than the immediate Queen check

17 ...  Bxe5?

Proving that he does not consider every legal move like Wall/Bloomer/Renard
Anderson. You can always spot a player that does because they make surprising
and strong moves again and again. This proves that Eddy just looks at the
reasonable looking moves, a huge move technique error. Impatient and unthorough
in Chess, he is the exact opposite when it comes to his beloved computers in his
lab.  17 ... h6  avoids losing a piece but still sucks after
18 ef  hg  19  fg  and I was looking at powerful alternatives as well.

Eddy thought this game was terrible because it was just decided by blunders
but the blunders prove how Eddy's mind operates in choosing a move.
Incomplete and imprecise. The point is, like all 1900's, is that the
tactics are not beyond them at all - they simply refuse to move conscientiously
because it hurts too much.

18. Qc4+  Nd5

Forced due to Philidor's legacy after
18 ... Kh8  19 Nf7+  Kg8  19 Nh6++  Kh8  20 Qg8+  N:g8  21 Nf7 checkmate

19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qxe5 Bf7

21 ... Q:d2  22 N:e6 is no better -
the piece is gone

22. Qxf5

1-0   Ong tips King
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[Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday nght"]
[Site "First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, Colorado"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Eddy Ong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2970"]
[Opening "Catalan: closed"]
[ECO "E01"]
[NIC "CA.01"]
[Time "16:27:25"]
[TimeControl "Game/70  5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 f5 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. Bd2
Bd7 15. Rae1 e5 16. c5 Bc7 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc4+ Nd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20.
Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qxe5 Bf7 22. Qxf5

1-0   Ong tips King
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Original "Alekhine's Gun " game-
Rook, Rook, Queen on an open file

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch,Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 0-0 8.c3 b6
9.f4 Ba6 10.Nf3 Qd7 11.a4 Nbc6 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bb7 14.Nd6 f5 15.a5 Nc8
16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.a6 Qf7 18.Bb5 N8e7 19.0-0 h6 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Rc2 Qe8
22.Rac1 Rab8 23.Qe3 Rc7 24.Rc3 Qd7 25.R1c2 Kf8 26.Qc1 Rbc8 27.Ba4 b5
28.Bxb5 Ke8 29.Ba4 Kd8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 g6 32.g3

1-0
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Similar pawn structure to Wall - Ong game

Nimzovich said after the game-
Alekhine treats us like children!

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Nimzowitsch,Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 f5 7.f3 exf3
8.Qxf3 Qxd4 9.Qg3 Nf6 10.Qxg7 Qe5+ 11.Be2 Rg8 12.Qh6 Rg6 13.Qh4 Bd7
14.Bg5 Bc6 15.0-0-0 Bxg2 16.Rhe1 Be4 17.Bh5 Nxh5 18.Rd8+ Kf7 19.Qxh5

1-0
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Alekhine playing the Catalan

[Event "Carrasco"]
[Site "Carrasco"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Trompowsky,Octavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.0-0 Ne4 7.Nfd2 Nxd2 8.Nxd2 f5
9.f3 Nf6 10.Kh1 Be7 11.e4 dxe4 12.fxe4 Qxd4 13.Qe2 Qd8 14.e5 Ng4 15.h3 Nh6
16.Nf3 Nf7 17.g4 g6 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.Bf4 Qb6 20.Rad1 Bd7 21.Nd4 c5 22.Nb5 0-0-0
23.Kh2 a6 24.Nd6+ Bxd6 25.exd6 e5 26.Bd5 exf4 27.Bxf7 Rhf8 28.Bd5 Kb8
29.Qf2 Rde8 30.b4 Re3 31.Qxf4 cxb4 32.Bf3 Ra3 33.Qd2 Qa5 34.Qd4 Rxa2+
35.Kh1 Rc8 36.Rg1 Qa3 37.Rd3 b3 38.Qb6

1-0
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Alekhine playing the Catalan

[Event "Almeria"]
[Site "Almeria"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Martinez,Moreno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nxe4 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 h6 14.Qe2 Rd8
15.Bc2 Bf8 16.h4 Bb7 17.f4 c5 18.Be4 Rd4 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Be3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Rd3
22.Rae1 Qd7 23.b3 Be7 24.Qe4 a6 25.h5 f5 26.exf6 Bxf6 27.Bf2 Rd6 28.Re2 Bd4
29.Bxd4 cxd4 30.Qd3 Qf7 31.Re5 Qf6 32.b4 R8d7 33.Rfe1 Rc7 34.c5 bxc5
35.bxc5 Rdc6 36.Rc1 Qd8 37.Rc4 Qe7 38.Rxd4 Rc8 39.Rd6 Rxd6 40.Qxd6 Qxd6
41.cxd6 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Re1 Rxe1 44.Kxe1 Ke8 45.Kd2 Kd7 46.Kd3 Kxd6
47.Kd4 Ke7 48.Kc5

1-0
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Join Eddy, my computer and I at Old Chicago's for my huge birthday bash, 7 PM to
2 AM, Speer and Market, March 26, 2007, Monday

Watch me regain the 25 pounds I've lost since Jan 1, 2007.

Clock and pieces mandatory for everyone except Steve Towbin.
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I had fun tonight with my brother Charlie from New Orleans and his blushing
bride Jill.
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