From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 1 01:47:50 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:47:50 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Comments on 2009 Colorado Closed emails - Message-ID: <1238572070.49d31c26cdb72@www.taom.com> From: Tim Kohler Pass on the results of the Closed if you've got 'em. There's nothing on CSCA's site about it now that it's over...I've gotta deduce the results from little snippets you say here and there... This translates to... 1) GM Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2470 2) 2008 US Junior Champion Tyler Hughes 2300 3) IM Michael Mulyar 2439 4) NM Philipp Ponomarev 2370 5) Brian Wall 2200 6) Mitch Anderson 2007 ...yes? I wanted to be there but couldn't due to obligations. A big gig on Saturday late afternoon didn't help either. Anyway, thanx so much for the bits you did send. The Hughes/Mulyar game was outstanding, and both of your games you reported (Ponomarev w/the unexpected Qa4, & your game with Mitch) were great reads also. I was really pulling for you. Who else did you draw? What was the Mongolian's only draw? My son and I will be playing in the DCC G/29 tonight. Perhaps I'll see you there..? timk Tim Kohler -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Sharavdorj - 4.5 Tyler Hughes - 3.5 Mulyar - 3 Ponomarev - 2.5 Wall - 1.0 Mitch - .5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Duwayne, that's the second time in 3 days someone called me WILD. That's what Lee Lahti said after our Game/29 tonight - I told Lee it was like one long combination. Lee said he tried to emulate my emails by destroying my bodyguards. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club 3 Game/29's"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma,, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.31" ] [Round "3"] [White "Lee Lahti"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Opening "Rat Defense, Hippo"] [ECO "A10"] [NIC "KP.02"] [Time "9 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/29"] 1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.0-0 e6 7.d4 Nd7 8.e4 Ne7 Lee told me Anthea had just played the same way in the Colorado Class Championship 3 days earlier. The sight of a Fort Collins, CO player playing the English Opening will bring out the Hippo Rat in anyone. 9.Be3 h6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.d5 e5 12.b4 f5 13.Ne2 g5 14.Bxg5 Lee attacks Wall style - I go crazy. 14 ... hxg5! 15.Nxg5! Nxd5!! 16.Ne6!! I pointed out the rough equivalent 16 cd! Q:g5 17 Q:c7 Bc8 16 ... Nxb4!! 17.Qd2! Qf6 18.Nxf8! Rxf8! 19.Qxb4! fxe4! I have a pawn for the exchange, two crisscrossing bishops, the center, the f-file, a perfect Knight outpost, one contiguous pawn island. I'm happy. 20.f4?? Lee totally, instantly saw my peekaboo bishop on b7 after he moved. Lee - 14 minutes left Brian - 23 minutes left 20 ... exf3!! 21.Qb3! e4!! Chocolate Rain 22.Nf4 Qd4+!! 23.Kh1! Rxf4!! " How many exchange sacs was that? " - Lee Lahti 24.gxf4 fxg2+!! 25.Kxg2! e3+!! 26.Kg3! Nf6 26 ... Qe4!!! or ... Qd2!! are the Super-Killers. 27.Qd1 Ne4+ 27 ... Qe4!!! or ... Qb2!! are the Super-Killers. 28.Kg4 Qxd1+ 28 ... Bc8+!! or ... Qf6!! are the Super-Killers. 29.Rfxd1! Nf2+! 30.Kg3 Nxd1! 31.Rxd1! Bc3!! 0-1 Lee surrenders Lahti will just have a King left soon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club 3 Game/29's"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma,, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.31" ] [Round "3"] [White "Lee Lahti"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Opening "Rat Defense, Hippo"] [ECO "A10"] [NIC "KP.02"] [Time "9 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/29"] 1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.0-0 e6 7.d4 Nd7 8.e4 Ne7 9.Be3 h6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.d5 e5 12.b4 f5 13.Ne2 g5 14.Bxg5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 Nxd5 16.Ne6 Nxb4 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Qxb4 fxe4 20.f4 exf3 21.Qb3 e4 22.Nf4 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 Rxf4 24.gxf4 fxg2+ 25.Kxg2 e3+ 26.Kg3 Nf6 27.Qd1 Ne4+ 28.Kg4 Qxd1+ 29.Rfxd1 Nf2+ 30.Kg3 Nxd1 31.Rxd1 Bc3 0-1 Lee surrenders --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DuWayne Langseth To: Brian Wall Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Pawn Wave guy Brian, This is typical WILD Brian Wall chess! Sometimes, I think you ask yourself the question, "What ridiculous move can I get by with?"! Move 29, Bxh4 for instance. You could have played Ne4 there and Rybka called it even. I think you're bored with just winning and you need more. After 30.g6, the computer scoffed saying there are a host of ways for Black to win. But it was one of those times when Rybka started to change its mind. Then the top choice 30.Rxh3? dropped out and soon the only winning move for Black was Rh6. On 34.e6, the tune was louder in my brain. "The pawn wave guy, the pawn wave guy"! We were watching around this time and left. As we exited the building, Rhett was singing it. DuWayne Langseth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pawn wave game - [Event "2009 Colorado Closed"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.29" ] [Round "2"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mitch Anderson"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "3-fold repetition"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [BlackElo "2007"] [Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "KP.02"] [Time "00:33:40"] [TimeControl "40/155, Game/60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. c4 Qe7 18. f5 O-O-O 19. a4 a6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Rae1 g6 22. f6 Qe6 23. Qd3 h5 24. h4 Kb8 25. Nd2 g5 26. hxg5 h4 27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Rh5 29. Bxh4 Rxh4 30. g6 Rxh3 31. g7 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Rxd2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg2+ 38. Kh6 Rh2+ 39. Kg6 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg6 Rg2+ 42. Kh6 1/2-1/2 Mitch claimed 3-fold repetition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulyar (IM),M (2439) - Hughes,T (2272) [A24] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (2), 28.03.2009 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 d5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 e4 15.Rac1 Bg5 16.e3 d4 17.Ncxe4 dxe3 18.Nxg5 exd2 19.Nxe6 dxc1N 20.Qb7 Rxe6 21.Qxa8 Nxd3 22.Qxa7 Re1 23.Qa8 Qb6 0-1 IM Michael Mulyar said that even though Tyler thought over half an hour on 19 ... dc(N)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it came as a complete shock to him when Tyler played it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.lincolnchessfoundation.org/ Come join IM John Watson, GM Sher, Keaton Keirawan and I for Chess Camp June 22, 2009 It's a Kids Chess Camp geared towards 1800's in Nebraska, where John lives. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 1 11:11:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:11:02 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Kohler - Comments on 2009 Colorado Closed emails - Message-ID: <1238605862.49d3a0267e30c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Tim Kohler ----- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:45:27 -0600 From: Tim Kohler Reply-To: Tim Kohler Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Comments on 2009 Colorado Closed emails - To: Brian Wall hi Brian..! Good to say "hi" to you last night. I find it interesting (and a little bit encouraging) that you still write your moves down, preferring not to use a Monroi like more and more of the masses are doing. I would think that with as many games as you report in your chesslist, you'd be opting for any/all tech assistance you might be able to get. At least for those of your own anyway! BTW...I scored 2.5 tonight (albeit it was against like rated vict*...er...players), and I actually won some cash. Does this make me a "professional"? *S* For what it's worth, this was the last game I played... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- " If there is one thing I have learned in my ten years of chess it is that Grandmaster are suckers for a fork! " - Paul Anderson 4/1/09 I belong to a Yahoo group Chess_Improvement but I always wonder how it is possible NOT to improve with a Chess computer in the house. Brian Wall 4/109 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Sweeney,David - Kohler,Tim [A71] G/29 Longmont, Colorado, 31.03.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.e4 0?0 9.Qd2 Bg4 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.Qf4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Be2 Nh5 14.Bxh5 Nd3+ 15.Ke2 Nxf4+ 16.Bxf4 gxh5 17.Rhe1 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qf6 19.Bd2 Qe5 20.g3 Qxe4+ 21.Kf1 Qh1+ 22.Ke2 Rae8+ 23.Kd3 Qxd5+ 24.Kc2 Rxe1 25.Bxe1 c4 26.Rd1 Qe4+ 27.Kc1 Re8 28.Bd2 Qe2 29.Re1 Qxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kd2 Ra1 32.Ke3 Rxa2 33.Kd4 Rxf2 34.Kxc4 Rxh2 35.Kd5 Rd2+ 36.Kc4 f5 37.Kb3 f4 38.gxf4 h4 39.c4 h3 40.Kc3 Rg2 41.Kd4 h2 42.Kd5 Rd2+ 43.Ke6 h1Q 44.Kf6 Qe4 45.f5 Rf2 46.c5 Rxf5# 0?1 Fritz 11...all that I use...found holes galore in much of this, but fortunately 80-90% were my opponent's misjudgements. In fact, this might be one of the first of my games I put in that Fritz liked my play more times than not. *Hey, I'll take my perks any way they might come.* I'm pulling myself back up from the bottom...slowly...slowly... Cheers, timk Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:47:50 -0600 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Comments on 2009 Colorado Closed emails - From: Tim Kohler Pass on the results of the Closed if you've got 'em. There's nothing on CSCA's site about it now that it's over...I've gotta deduce the results from little snippets you say here and there... This translates to... 1) GM Dashzegve Sharavdorj 2470 2) 2008 US Junior Champion Tyler Hughes 2300 3) IM Michael Mulyar 2439 4) NM Philipp Ponomarev 2370 5) Brian Wall 2200 6) Mitch Anderson 2007 ...yes? I wanted to be there but couldn't due to obligations. A big gig on Saturday late afternoon didn't help either. Anyway, thanx so much for the bits you did send. The Hughes/Mulyar game was outstanding, and both of your games you reported (Ponomarev w/the unexpected Qa4, & your game with Mitch) were great reads also. I was really pulling for you. Who else did you draw? What was the Mongolian's only draw? My son and I will be playing in the DCC G/29 tonight. Perhaps I'll see you there..? timk Tim Kohler -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Sharavdorj - 4.5 Tyler Hughes - 3.5 Mulyar - 3 Ponomarev - 2.5 Wall - 1.0 Mitch - .5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Duwayne, that's the second time in 3 days someone called me WILD. That's what Lee Lahti said after our Game/29 tonight - I told Lee it was like one long combination. Lee said he tried to emulate my emails by destroying my bodyguards. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club 3 Game/29's"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma,, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.31" ] [Round "3"] [White "Lee Lahti"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Opening "Rat Defense, Hippo"] [ECO "A10"] [NIC "KP.02"] [Time "9 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/29"] 1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.0-0 e6 7.d4 Nd7 8.e4 Ne7 Lee told me Anthea had just played the same way in the Colorado Class Championship 3 days earlier. The sight of a Fort Collins, CO player playing the English Opening will bring out the Hippo Rat in anyone. 9.Be3 h6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.d5 e5 12.b4 f5 13.Ne2 g5 14.Bxg5 Lee attacks Wall style - I go crazy. 14 ... hxg5! 15.Nxg5! Nxd5!! 16.Ne6!! I pointed out the rough equivalent 16 cd! Q:g5 17 Q:c7 Bc8 16 ... Nxb4!! 17.Qd2! Qf6 18.Nxf8! Rxf8! 19.Qxb4! fxe4! I have a pawn for the exchange, two crisscrossing bishops, the center, the f-file, a perfect Knight outpost, one contiguous pawn island. I'm happy. 20.f4?? Lee totally, instantly saw my peekaboo bishop on b7 after he moved. Lee - 14 minutes left Brian - 23 minutes left 20 ... exf3!! 21.Qb3! e4!! Chocolate Rain 22.Nf4 Qd4+!! 23.Kh1! Rxf4!! " How many exchange sacs was that? " - Lee Lahti 24.gxf4 fxg2+!! 25.Kxg2! e3+!! 26.Kg3! Nf6 26 ... Qe4!!! or ... Qd2!! are the Super-Killers. 27.Qd1 Ne4+ 27 ... Qe4!!! or ... Qb2!! are the Super-Killers. 28.Kg4 Qxd1+ 28 ... Bc8+!! or ... Qf6!! are the Super-Killers. 29.Rfxd1! Nf2+! 30.Kg3 Nxd1! 31.Rxd1! Bc3!! 0-1 Lee surrenders Lahti will just have a King left soon. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090401/e4ca347c/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 1 14:31:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:31:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nominees for the 2009 April Fools Drop-your-Queen-and-win-anyway Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier awards Message-ID: <1238617874.49d3cf1287f1c@www.taom.com> Francisco Baltier Youtube Chess videos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnN9mqed3l0&feature=related ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The original game - Larry was drinking in a Las vegas bar while playing Round 1 and got his Queen trapped. At one point Jim Burden missed many forced checkmates including a mate in 4 but went on to lose anyway. The stuff of legends. [Event "Las Vegas op"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Burden,James"] [Black "Christiansen"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B07"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.f3 0-0 7.Qd2 d5 8.Bb3 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 e5 11.d5 Qh4+ 12.Qf2 Qxe4 13.0-0-0 a5 14.a3 a4 15.Ba2 Bg4 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Ng3 Qxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 c5 20.Ne4 b6 21.Rf1 f6 22.Qh3 f5 23.Ng5 Nf6 24.d6+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Rxf7 26.Bxf7 Ng4 27.Kb1 Nh6 28.Bc4 Ng4 29.Qd3 Rd8 30.d7 e4 31.Qd6 Be5 32.Qe7 Bf6 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.h3 Ne3 36.Qxf6 Rxd7 37.Qe6 Rd4 38.Re1 Nxg2 39.Rg1 Nf4 40.Qg8 e3 41.Qf8+ Kh5 42.h4 Rxc4 43.Qf6 Kh6 44.Qg5+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kh6 46.Qxe3 Re4 47.Qf2 Nh3 48.Qd2+ Kh5 49.Re1 Rxe1+ 50.Qxe1 f4 51.Qe7 h6 52.Qf6 g5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Qxb6 f3 55.Qxc5 Kg4 56.Qe3 Kg3 57.c4 Kg2 58.c5 f2 59.Qe4+ Kh2 60.Qf3 g4 61.Qe2 g3 62.c6 g2 63.Qe5+ Kh1 64.c7 g1=Q+ 65.Kc2 f1=Q 66.Kc3 Qc1+ 67.Kb4 Qb6+ 68.Kxa4 Qbc6+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Grandmaster appears to be a Queen down for nothing after 25 ... de but 26 d6!! turns the tables. Blunder or brilliancy? BW [Event "World Open"] [Site "King of Prussia USA"] [Date "2007.06.30"] [EventDate "2007.06.28"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"] [Black "Robert Akopian"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2210"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Re2 Rab8 18. Rae1 Ba8 19. Nd4 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Ba4 Reb8 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nf5 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Rb7 27. dxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd1 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francisco V Baltier ----- Forwarded message from Francisco V Baltier ----- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:15:06 -0700 Hi Brian! Greetings from Tucson, AZ. Thanks for the tribute in those videos. It was AWESOME, and very well done. Kudos to you and Chris. I did forward the links to many friends and family and have gotten back many "atta boys" for my accomplishment and many compliments on your work. As for the game, I must say that while GM Brown was pondering resignation, I was starting to fear that my position was falling apart. In short, you showed me that I had a much better game going than I thought. I must apologize for not thanking you sooner. I kept delaying the response as I also wanted to dig up and include another blitz game I played, for you to include as an entry into the April Fools Baltier/Christiansen award. If you're interested, it is below. ZonaGrad is my FICS and Redhot Pawn handle. So, Thank You very much. I'm looking for an opportunity to play in a tourney in CO, where I can get reunited with CO chess friends and to thank you in person. I'm currently gearing up for the Tucson Open this weekend. Congratulations on your recent excursions from CO. Maybe we'll see you in Vegas in June at the 2009 National Open. - Francisco. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardomil=Francisco Baltier does it again, down a Queen for a bishop ( -5) BW -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Blitz:5'"] [Site "FICS"] [Date "2008.10.09"] [Round "?"] [White "ZonaGrad"] [Black "Hardomil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1297"] [BlackElo "1183"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (7s)"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nh4 e6 10. f5 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qxh4 12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qxc5 Bd4+ 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rb8 17. a4 b6 18. Ba3 Na5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxd5 22. Bxa6 Nc4 23. Rfe1+ Ne5 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25. Rad1 Qxd1 26. Rxd1+ Kc7 27. Bd6+ * Francisco Baltier ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments From Email - Tim Fisher sends in a nominee to Paul Anderson's Colorado Springs Chess newsletter. Queen and pawn versus two knights ( -5 ) BW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Fisher, Friday, June 13, 2008 12:56 AM Hey Paul. In honor of the 2008 release of the first Rambo movie in over 20 years (I think it's called "Rambo Takes on the Nursing Home"), I thought it only fitting to submit this ICC blitz game in which I had to to call upon my inner Rambo. Ode to Rambo [Event "ICC 2 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.01.30" ] [Round "?"] [White "PegLeg"] [Black "Tim "Rambo" Fisher"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [Annotator "Fisher,Tim" ] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2008.??.??" ] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Be7 !? 9. Qd2 { but now that the bishop is guarded, the knight must be taken.} ({ I wasn't afraid of} 9. Nxf7 {because Black has decent compensation after} Qxf4 10. Nxh8 Kf8) 9... b5 ?? {is one cute move too many.} 10. Nc4 ({ of course now the simple} 10. Nxf7 {should also win easily.}) 10... Qb4 11. a3 {Ever get that feeling that the walls are closing in on you?} Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. axb4 {Here, any sane person would have resigned. But I dug down deep and those immortal words came to me: "It's not over! Nothing is over! Nothing!! You can't just switch it off!"} Nd5 ! { Attacking his queen and two minor pieces.} 14. Qd2 bxc4 ! { So long, little stallion!} 15. Bxc4 N7f6 16. Be5 Nxb4 ! { Ha! Another warrior falls, surely momentum must be swinging in my favor!} 17. Bxc7 {I didn't need him anyway.} Bb7 ! { Developing the mighty bishop to its best diagonal with tempo!} 18. O-O { Yes, castling CAN be a blunder!} (18. Ba5 {was preferred.}) 18... Rc8 ! { Challenging him to defend them both.} 19. b3 Rxc7 ! { Another enemy soldier pays the ultimate price!} 20. c3 Nc6 21. Bxa6 { Flank pawns merely limit the scope of my pieces. Good riddance!} Nd5 ! { The knight centralizes and dominates the position!} 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 ! { And now my forces are practically invulnerable on the light squares!} 23. Ra8+ Rb8 24. Rxb8+ ? {The enemy has traded off his most active piece!} Nxb8 25. Ra1 O-O {My king enters his fortress while the rook is now ready to decimate anyone who stands in his way!} 26. c4 Nf6 {A charge to the rear!} 27. b4 Rd8 28. c5 { It's going to take more than a few puny foot soldiers to conquer my troops!} Nc6 {The evil twin knight enters the fray with a devastating double attack!} 29. Qc3 ? {Never send a woman to do a MAN's job!} Nxd4 30. Rd1 ?? { Is that supposed to scare me?} Ne2+ !! { --the inevitable death blow from a highly motivated fighting force!} 31. Kf1 Nxc3 ! {Goodnight Saigon!} 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. c6 Bb6 34. Ke1 Nfd5 35. Kd2 Ne4+ 36. Kd3 Nxf2+ 37. Kc4 Kf8 38. Kb5 Ke7 39. Ka6 Kd8 40. Kb7 Be3 41. b5 Ne4 42. c7+ Nxc7 43. b6 Bxb6 {Have one for the road!} 44. Kxb6 Kd7 0-1 Keep up the good work Paul! --Tim Game Of The Week This week I had a lot of suggestions for the game of the week. Anthea Carson crushed me this week at the June Mating Game for her 2nd win over me in 13 tries. She was hoping that I would write up the game to promote her chess videos (http://www. youtube.com/ user/TimmyBx) . However, she didn?t tell me which animal opening she used, so I didn?t know which video to promote. My favorite is the crab but that isn?t what she played this time. In addition, I got a wonderful game from Tim Fisher this week. He annotated a blitz game from back in January where he drops his queen but holds on to win. I do that every now and then in blitz games and send them to LM Brian Wall as Jim Burden/Franciso Baltier award nominees. However, I have yet to win the prize, but maybe Tim?s annotations might impress the judge and tip the balance in his favor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Triumph=Paul Anderson drops his Queen for a rook in a Bishing Pole (-7 ) BW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:20:04 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: 2009 Jim Burden/Franciso Baltier award nominee To: Brian Wall Brian, Here is a bishing pole where I dropped my queen (+5 to -5), but went on to smothered mate: [Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.06.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Triumph"] [Black "Priller"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "1781"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 a6 7. e3 h6 8. h4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qb8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Qd3 Qa7 17. Bc2 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxf6 N7xf6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Ne5 b4 22. g4 bxa3 23. g5 Nf4 24. Qe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rb8 26. Rxa3 Bb4 27. Rf3 Nd5 28. gxh6 Bxc5 29. h7+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-author Anthea loses her Queen in a blitz game but wins anyway with a pawn wave. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.01.23" ] [Round "-"] [White "Shereshevsky" ] [Black "Anthea"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1081"] [BlackElo "1189"] [Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"] [ECO "E60"] [NIC "QP.06"] [Time "19:27:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qb4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a5 h5 11. Nb5 axb5 12. Bxb4 cxb4 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. O-O b3 15. Qd2 Nfxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Bf5 18. Ra3 bxc4 19. Ra4 b5 20. Raa1 O-O 21. Nd4 Rfb8 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Rfc1 Bxb2 24. Rcb1 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 b2 26. Rb1 c3 27. f3 Nd2 28. Rxb2 cxb2 29. Qxd2 b1=Q+ {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My own entry - I go down a Queen for a rook ( -7 ) BW [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2007.11.27"] [Round "-"] [White "brianwall"] [Black "toroco"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2118"] [Opening "Modern defense: Averbakh system"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "KF.04"] [Time "04:58:45"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 c6 5. f4 Qc7 6. e5 e6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Be3 a6 9. c5 Ne7 10. Bd3 h6 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. b4 Nf5 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. a4 b6 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bg7 21. Kd2 Bh6+ 22. Kc2 Rxh2 23. Rf1 Ne3+ 24. Kb3 Nxd1 25. Bg3+ Rf2 26. Bxf2 Nxf2 27. Rxf2+ Kg8 28. Bxg6 bxc5 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Rf7 Qb6 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rxh6 Qxb4+ 33. Kc2 cxd4 34. Be8+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Bxc6+ {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson completely blunders his Queen like Petrosian-Bronstein but already has a knight and an attack worth an equal game when it happens. Chris bravely goes on to -7 in an attempt to avoid a draw and win. [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night Tournament"] [Site "1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO"] [Date "2007.08.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Chris Peterson"] [Black "Walter Schmidt"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1739"] [BlackElo "1361"] [Opening "(Dutch:) Balogh defense"] [ECO "A82"] [NIC "HD.11"] [Time "18:51:00"] [TimeControl "Game/90"] Denver Chess Club Tuesday night August 14, 2007 Game/90 White - Chris Peterson 1739 Black - Walter Schmidt 1361 1. d4 f5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. exf5 exf5 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Bc4 Kf8 14. h4 Bf6 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Nf3 c6 17. Be6 Ke8 18. Ng5 Bxe6 19. Nfxe6 Qc8 20. Nxg7+ Kd7 21. Qe6+ Kc7 22. Qxf6 Nd5 23. N5e6+ Kb6 24. Nxf5 Nxf6 25. Nxd6 Qd7 26. Nc4+ Kb5 27. Na3+ Kb6 28. Nc4+ Kb5 29. Re5+ Nd5 30. Nc5 Qg4 31. Rd1 Kxc4 32. a4 Qf4+ 33. Kb1 Qxe5 34. b3+ Kc3 35. dxe5 Kb4 36. Nd3+ Kc3 37. Nc1 Rae8 38. Na2# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erin has Two Bishops for Queen and Knight ( -3 ) in a slow rated game. He has so many advantages that it reminds me of my deliberate Queen sac in a similar position against Leonardo Sotaridona. With 21 Bc5+ he could have gone from -3 to +10 but he did win eventually. BW -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Erin ----- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:32:30 -0500 From: Erin Reply-To: Erin Subject: Re: I enter myself in the Burden/Baltier Queen drop award. To: Brian Wall Brian, This one was played at a time control of 40/90, SD/1. It's an oldie, but goodie, and, I believe, the only one of my personal games that meets the qualifications. Enjoy! -Erin [Date "1992.02.29" ] [Round "1"] [White "Dame, Erin"] [Black "Golopentia, Dan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "1651"] [Annotator "Dame,Erin"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1992.02.29" ] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] {This game still gives me pleasure to this day. Unfortunately, my opponent apparently never played in another rated tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qf2 Nh5 10. fxe5?? Bh4 11. Bxf7+ Kd7 12. O-O ({Not} 12. Bxh5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+) 12... Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Rf8 14. Be3 ({Again} 14. Bxh5 {meets with} Rxf2 15. Kxf2 Qh4+) 14...dxe5 15. Bxh5 Rxf2 16. Bxf2 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qf8 {In general, Black attempts to consolidate his advantage too passively.} 18.Bg4+ Kd6 19. c3 Nc6 20. b4 {Threatening Bc5+} Ne7? 21. Nxe7 b6 (21... Kxe7 22. Bc5+) (21... Qxe7 22. Bc5+) 22. Nf5+ Kc6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Rf1 Qg8 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 Qg6 27. Bd1 Kb7 28. Ba4 Re6 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Bd5+ c6? 31. Bf7 Qf6 (31... Qxf7 32. Nd6+) 32. Bxe8 Qd8 33. d4 Qxe8 34. Nd6+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Open 2005"] [Site "Glendale Community Center, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2005.07.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Leonardo Sotaridona"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "Whiteresigns"] [WhiteElo "1872"] [BlackElo "2239"] [Opening "Bishop's opening: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C24"] [NIC "IG.04"] [Time "13:27:43"] [TimeControl "40/2 Game/25 plus 5 second delay during second time control only"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. f5 g6 7. Bg5 gxf5 8. Nf3 Rg8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd8 Ne3 11. Qe2 Rxg2 12. Qxe3 Bxe3 13. Bxc7 Kd7 14. Nh4 Rxc2 15. Nxf5 Bc5 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Ne3 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Rxb2 19. Rf1 Rd2+ 20. Kc1 Rxh2 21. Rxf7+ Kd6 22. Nf1 Re2 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Ng3 Ba3+ 25. Kd1 Rg2 White resigns 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- An absurd self-entry - instead of playing 29 Knight takes Queen ImranFaRuqi attacks my Queen with a second knight and goes on to lose. Funny game. Would he have played Knight-either-takes-Queen if I left her on c3? We'll never know. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2006.11.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ImranFaRuqi"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2150"] [BlackElo "2267"] [Opening "Benoni: 6.e4"] [ECO "A65"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "17:21:26"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. h3 f5 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. f4 fxe4 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Qf1+ Kg7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bxe5+ Qxe5 20. Bxe4 Bd7 21. Qg2 Rf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qg2 b4 26. Nd1 c4 27. Ne3 c3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Nd1 Qe1 30. Nb2 b3 31. Nc4 Qb4 32. Nb2 Nf6 33. Bd3 Qc5 34. Nf4 Qd4 35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. dxe6 Qe3 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qxb3 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Nh5 40. Be4 Nxg3+ 41. Qxg3 Qxg3 42. e7 Qe1+ {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a good one - at a slow time control, Paul Anderson has two minor pieces for Queen and pawn ( -7 ) and goes on to win. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:16:08 -0600 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: Fw: FICS game report triumph vs winecellar To: Brian Wall Hey Brian, It is hard to believe that I am at my highest ratings on USCF and FICS when I play like this. He actually played 17... o-o and then asked for a takeback. I decided to grant the takeback and go after the coveted Francisco Baltier Award. So here is my annual submission for the "not knowing how to protect the queen but still winning anyway" award. My hope is that everyone else forgets about this and I win it by default. You should get a trophy of a queen and tie a noose around its neck for the award and let each year's winner get one day with the trophy like they do with the Stanley Cup! Paul Anderson ----- Original Message ----- [Event "FICS rated standard game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2006.10.04"] [Time "19:56:44"] [Round "-"] [White "triumph"] [Black "winecellar"] [WhiteElo "2041"] [BlackElo "1479"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Nxg4 Nxg4 6. e4 Nxf2 7. Kxf2 dxe4 8. d5 g6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Bd3 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Be5+ 15. Bf4 Bxf4+ 16. Qxf4 Nf6 17. Rhe1 Nh5+ 18. Kf3 Nxf4 19. Kxf4 Qd6+ 20. Kf3 a6 21. g3 h5 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. b3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Rad1 O-O 26. Nxc5 Qc7 27. Ne4 Rad8 28. Bb1 Kg7 29. Ng5 h4 30. Re4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rh8 32. Rde1 Rde8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nxc7 Reg8 36. Rfe1 {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the winner is ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- General comments - I think I forgot to award the 2007-2008 Baltier-Burden award so I have a ton of entries this year. I would rather put it to a vote but only Paul Anderson and Duwayne Langseth would cast their ballots. I hadn't Fritzed the original Jim Burden-Larry Christiansen game until this year and I was afraid I was being too harsh on my nominees. Maybe Larry had a rook and a good attack for his Queen all along and it wasn't much of a miracle. I couldn't be more wrong. No nominee has come CLOSE to the true grit Larry showed. I honestly don't know how he kept making moves through the sheer embarassment of it all. Not only was Jim up a Queen all game but he had a vicious attack with +20 positions and many forced checkmates. It was the Chess equivalent of Jesus carrying his own cross up the hill with a crown of thorns (INRI) while being whipped by Roman guards and nailed to the cross. Let us take the entries one by one to see how I judged them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #1 Dashzeveg Sharavdorj -Robert Akopian If Dashzeveg would have been sipping Mongolian moonshine and truly dropped his Queen this would have come closest to the original game but I fear this was just another one of his tactical brilliancies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 ZonaGrad versus Hardomil( Francisco Baltier ) I love the idea of Francisco winning his own award. None of this would be possible without his great contributions to the Chess world. The only thing I don't like is that Larry played a serious tournament game and this was a blitz game. A very serious candidate though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 PegLeg versus Tim "Rambo" Fisher Tim Fisher gets very high marks for getting in the spirit of the award with his own Rambo annotations, saving Paul Anderson and I the trouble of writing them. Double extra credit bonus points for making correct pgn annotations that can be popped right into Fritz or Chessbase with notes intact. Chris Peterson has been begging me to learn that simple trick for months. A- only for being a blitz game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) Priller Paul Anderson gets high marks for - A - writing the Colorado Springs Newsletter with little feedback, something I understand well. B - multiple entries shows true desire C - Of course double extra credit bonus points for prosecuting a shaky Bishing Pole Attack. It's a very tough call this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #5 Shereshevsky versus Anthea Carson Martinez Pros - A - I love her B - consistently one of the most active players in the State, playing in virtually every Chess tournament available in Colorado C - good ambassador for Chess D - Co-wrote, colored and tirelessly promotes our book- How to Play Chess Like An Amimal D - made a successful sales call for 30 books to an Orlando, FLA Borders yesterday E - created 30 wonderful Youtube Chess videos, singlehandedly revolutionizing how Chess is presented to the public. Ironically one of her best videos is the least viewed so take a look to get her numbers up. Feel free to leave comments and votes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no&feature=channel_page F - actually plays all the crazy openings in rated games. G - won with a pawn wave, which I also love, qualifying her as a PAWN WAVE GIRL. H - wrote 5 nonChess novels I - does all this while successfully managing a happy family. J - beautiful, brilliant, charming with a decades old true passion for Chess Cons A - Anthea recently put on 5 pounds which negates above mentioned accomplishments and invalidates her nominee for the Baltier-Francisco award. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #6 Chris Peterson versus Walter Schmidt this one was very good - Chris completely blunders his Queen away - any compensation was purely accidental. High marks for ignoring draws and going for mate in a losing position without a Queen in a slow rated game. Good candidate. Another thing I love about Chris is that he is a true Chess artist suffering for his passion. We can sit around in a messy apartment with eviction notices stuffed in between empty pizza boxes stacked to the ceiling, holes in the wall, nothing to eat in the fridge and still manage to create high quality Chess videos. Of the many Youtube Chess videos Chris has produced ( Channel sagacious00004 ) this one features my favorite Chris Peterson game. Sagacious means wise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfONfrGcS3o ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #7 Erin Dame versus Dan Golopentia Pros - A - slow tournament game B - One of Erin's favorite games C - Double extra credit bonus points for knocking his opponent out of Chess. I never saw Professor April again after I won his Queen with the Crab ( h4, a4, Bb5 pinning a c6-Queen to an e8-King ). Jeff Laswon committed suicide under a bridge after repeated 5 minute/1 minute lashings with my Contempt Gambit. ( 1 e4 f5 2 ef g6 3 fg Nf6 4 gh R:h7 ) D - no demerits for being an old game, I'll take them as I get them. Cons - Erin had so much compensation it looked like my deliberate-Queen-sac Vienna game with Leonardo Sotaridona ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #8 - Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) versus Winecellar A - Extra credit for promoting the contest in the Colorado Springs Newsletter B - Slow game C - Submitting multiple entries shows tenacity and committment D - Actually giving his oppnent a takeback in order to take his Queen takes my breath away, similar to the infinite mercy of the Lord. The Chess equivalent of Jesus at the Last Supper telling everyone he knows Judas has betrayed him but going ahead with the crucifixion anyway. The value for this act approaches infinity. A first. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK, let's cull the field ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 ZonaGrad versus Hardomil( Francisco Baltier ) Baltier winning his own award really appeals to me. Baltier's many Raytheon Chess emails where he goes on in Rambo style about dropping his Queen to kids and fighting on anyway is what started the whole contest. #3 PegLeg versus Tim "Rambo" Fisher Spirited Rambo annotations in the spirit of Baltier deserves something. #4 Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) Priller Sucessful Bishing Pole with Queen blunder, does it get any better than this? #5 Shereshevsky versus Anthea Carson Martinez Pawn wave overcoming a Queen blunder - my brand of Chess. All that and drop dead gorgeous. #6 Chris Peterson versus Walter Schmidt This may come closest to the original - complete Queen blunder for nothing only dependent on previous compensation. Tremendous courage to eschew draws in searh of the Holy Grail mate. Plus produced the Fishing Pole:First Blood videos. An almost impossible choice this year. #8 - Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) versus Winecellar Giving his opponent a takeback so he could fork Paul's King and Queen verges on the spiritual. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's try again to pick a favorite from the 6 remaining. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baltier and Paul have to make the final four. Chris was the only one just to have his Queen plucked off for nothing. I gotta go with Tim Fisher making up his own pgn readable annotations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's try again to cut the field. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think I like picking Francisco Baltier for first place, not just for this game but many others he annotated for his Raytheon Chess buddies. Also Francisco is not as accompished as the other nominees - Baltier needs more than just an occasional C-prize to keep going. Second place goes to Chris Peterson for dropping his Queen for nothing in a slow game but still pursuing the Black King to victory. Also for promoting Baltier Rambo Chess in Youtube videos Honorable mention goes to Tim Fisher for Rambo annotations. A special Thank You to Paul Anderson for promoting the contest, excellent Chess annotations for half a year every year and for two excellent nominees. Offering a takeback to win the award is clever and original and deserves a higher place. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Answer - Francisco Baltier wins the 2007-2009 April Fools Drop-your-Queen-and-win-anyway Jim Burden-Francisco Baltier award. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 1 16:55:05 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:55:05 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Newsletter parody by Paul Anderson Message-ID: <1238626505.49d3f0c9a789c@www.taom.com> Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess. home.att. net Paul Anderson Youtube Chess videos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92GwgWh05g A Giant Upset, Chess and the Super Bowl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L32GILnratg&feature=PlayList&p=62E9982B17FBB193&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1 Chess For Girls ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colorado Springs Chess pictures http://www2.scholastic.com/content/images/articles/s/scholasticnews_indepth_winterolympics_otc.jpg http://www.chess-theory.com/images2/arkchessimage.jpg http://www.geocities.com/freeman_carlr/simo.JPG http://www.westwardcustommetals.com/images/Unique_Projects2.jpg http://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/SpecialCollections/image/Colorado%20Springs%201874%20small.jpg http://www.chess-theory.com/images2/enva02047106_colorado.jpg http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/images/DSCS%2520Logo.bmp&imgrefurl=http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/Denver%2520Scholastic%2520Chess%2520Series.htm&usg=__fOAWGXBmFAv5euYviHvQ_5E4M0I=&h=499&w=500&sz=732&hl=en&start=29&um=1&tbnid=-VyibBHtI9VoCM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolorado%2Bsprings%2B%2Bchess%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess. home.att. net Game of the Week Duwayne Langseth and I have been going to the Colorado Springs Chess Club for years together but we are rarely paired. Here is a comparitive list of our ratings. Paul Anderson - Duwayne Lanseth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Anderson February 1998 - Paul Anderson Unrated to 1614 February 2002 - 1683 December 2004 - 1805 January 2008 - 1904 March 2009 - Colorado Springs Open all time high 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duwayne Lynn Langseth March 1997 1804 August 2004 1805 August 2006 1806 May 2008 1832 August 2008 1833 Winter Springs December 2008 1869 all time high --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can see the trend. While Duwayne has been floundering in a tight 1800 range for a dozen years, moving up one grueling rating point per supplement, I have rocketed from behind from 1600 to 125 points over his high. The next newsletters will include pictograms, graphs, seismological evidence and topological charts of my progress. Notice our peak ratings are only three months apart so the fierce competition has been good for both of us. Game of the Week Before this game Duwayne insisted that the Fishing Pole is the best Chess opening and has many blitz and tournament games to prove it. I maintained that the Bishing Pole is the best Opening and offered to prove it right on the spot. Duwayne accepted my challenge. I hardly think that Duwayne has a better claim to be more like Brian Wall than I do, given that Brian and I share the same middle name ( Douglas after General McArthur ) and that Brian and I both regularly produce Chess emails and Youtube videos. What kind of middle name is Lynn for a man anyway. I know John Wayne's real name was Marion but there are limits. However, sometimes talk isn't enough and you have to prove yourself over the board. Let's finish this rivalry right here, right now. [Event "CS Chess Club"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Langseth, DuWayne"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1869"] [BlackElo "1994"] [Annotator ",DuWayne"] [PlyCount "77"] Colorado Springs Chess Club March 10, 2009 White - Duwayne Langseth 1994 Black - Paul Anderson 1869 Both in our absolute Chess prime at the same time King Kong of Colorado Springs versus Godzilla of Colorado Springs Opening - Bishing Pole My grandfather fought with General Patton but Duwayne is a hefty looking elk hunter. We better settle this over the Chess board. 1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6!! Maybe the Mother-in-Law Defense can confuse Duwayne's one opening. 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. Bb2 Nf5 9. h3 h5!! Awesome, combining the Mother-in-Law defense with the Bishing Pole should earn me my own iron statue in the center of town with me riding a horse holding a bishop in my hand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- King James Bible Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. hxg4 hxg4!! Duwayne dares accept my Bishing Pole!? - he's going down! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- King James Bible Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Ne5! Hmm, my Queen is not exactly poised to give checkmate on the h-file. I better maneuver. Brian told me there'd be days like this. 11 ... Nxe5!! 12. dxe5! g3!! Best with pretty good compensation according to Fritz --------------------------------------------------------------------------- King James Bible Ecclesiastes 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13. Bg4! e6 14. Nf3 O-O-O!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ King James Bible Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15. Bxf5 gxf5! Now I can get compensation on both the g and e files. 16. fxg3 Rdg8 A little rambunctious, defense with 16 ... Kb8! first might have been better preparation. 17. Qd4! Kb8! 18. Kf2 He can run but he can't hide. 18 ... Bh6! King in my sights 19. Rh1 Qc6 Targetting e3 with 19 ... Rg4-e4 was better 20. c4! Rg4 21. Qd2! dxc4?? Now Duwayne can exploit my back rank with 22 R:h6!! Game Over 22. Bd4?? Whew. 22 ... b6! I won't give my arch-rival another chance to do that! 23. bxc4 Qe4 I almost have enough compensation for my Bishing Pole Bishop with 23 ... Q:c4! and ... c5! but I was afraid to weaken my King. 24. c5! Duwayne is playing rock solid as usual and I can't break into his house anywhere. 24 ... Rg6! 25. cxb6 axb6! Towards the center 26. Rac1 Rhg8! 27. Rh4 Qb7 After 27...Rxg3 28.Rxe4 Rxg2+ 29.Kf1 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 fxe4 31.Kf2 I will probably end up in one of Duwayne's six piece database endings. Yucchh. 28. Rh3 This does not appear to be working. Don't fish a Fischer. 28 ... Qe4 29. Qc2 Duwayne and his precious endings. 29 ... Qxc2+ 30. Rxc2 c5 31. Bc3 f4 Where was that attack you promised, Brian? O' Death, where is thy sting? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- King James Bible Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32. d2 fxg3+ 33. Ke2! Kc7 34. Rc1 Ra8! 5. Rc2 Kd7 36. Bc1 I thought I played a Bishing Pole, not a Fishing Pole. Why am I down a knight? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- King James Bible Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 ... a3 Ra4 38. Bb2! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- King James Bible Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 38 ... Re4 39. Rh4 {White eventually won} 1-0 Don't worry, I'll get Duwayne next Colorado Springs Newsletter if I have to spend all week going through the archives. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "CS Chess Club"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Langseth, DuWayne"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1869"] [BlackElo "1994"] [Annotator ",DuWayne"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. Bb2 Nf5 9. h3 h5 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 g3 13. Bg4 e6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. fxg3 Rdg8 17. Qd4 Kb8 18. Kf2 Bh6 19. Rh1 Qc6 20. c4 Rg4 21. Qd2 dxc4 22. Bd4 b6 23. bxc4 Qe4 24. c5 Rg6 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rac1 Rhg8 27. Rh4 Qb7 28. Rh3 Qe4 29. Qc2 Qxc2+ 30. Rxc2 c5 31. Bc3 f4 32. Bd2 fxg3+ 33. Ke2 Kc7 34. Rc1 Ra8 35. Rc2 Kd7 36. Bc1 Bg7 37. a3 Ra4 38. Bb2 Re4 39. Rh4 {White eventually won} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ********* ********* ********* ********* COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB April - June 2009 The Colorado Springs Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings in the downstairs Game Room of the Acacia Apartments Building at 104 E. Platte, just north of Acacia Park. The building opens about 6:30 PM. Most activities begin registration about 7:30, with play starting at 8:00. On most evenings, club ladder games are also available, including USCF-rated G/90 games. For more information call Buck at 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys. net . Players should arrive no later than 8:00 to get into the building. In addition to Tuesday evenings, club members are gathering for chess at these times: Wednesdays: Poor Richard?s, 320 N Tejon, 6:30-10 PM. Rated tourney, G/90, 1 game a night. 3rd Saturday of month (4/18, 5/16, 6/20) Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM. 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Register with Dean. 16 June Mating Game continues. 23 G/15 Ladders 30 Bughouse! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring is Sprung Open III By Liz Wood April 4, 2009 Spring is Sprung Open III --- A One-day Rated Chess Tournament 5-SS, G/30 TD 5 Location: at the Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo (take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street) Registration 9:00-9:45, Rounds 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45. Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable. 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To unsubscribe, reply to this message with the subject heading "Unsubscribe" . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- by Paul Anderson From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 01:06:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 01:06:10 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Epic Battle - Wall-IM Mulyar Round 4, 2009 Colorado Closed 118 moves! Message-ID: <1238655970.49d463e21b5fd@www.taom.com> The 2007 Colorado Closed went well, I won by a full point. In the 2008 Colorado Closed, Philipp and I tag teamed the Grandmaster. Philipp dug deep and produced Colorado's only win over Sharavdorj and I drew Dashzeveg which cleared the way for Philipp to overtake the Mongolian. I didn't get the title but I helped take out the top seed and determine the winner. It wasn't easy, Sharavdorj tried to beat me in an equal ending for 56 moves. Little did I know that was a light warmup for next year. In the 2009 Colorado Closed Tyler Hughes and I tag teamed International Master Mulyar. Tyler beat Mulyar with an incredible unexpected underpromotion to a knight. Michael's only shot at the title after playing Tyler and before playing the GM depended on beating me. He tried for 118 moves to win an equal ending. Of course we were the last game to finish so it seemed everyone in the Colorado Closed and the Colorado Class Championship were hovering around my board. Double Doctor Mikhail Ponomarev was sitting and observing very closely. The Russian Twerskoi's interpreted for me. " I thought Michael Mulyar should write an article for Chess Life about how he beat you this game. Since he didn't win, you should write an article about how you drew. " -Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev I played over all the Sharavdorj and Mulyar games I could find. While Dashzeveg was solid with 1 d4 and employed predictable defenses as Black, Mulyar used much sharper, highly tactical 1 e4 systems. Mulyar looks about the same physically as when he was 18, he seems in top shape like he runs 5 miles a day. Highly disciplined and organized. Not lazy. Scientific plus highly educated. Speaks Rusian and English. Fairly intimidating player. Tall too. Sharavdorj will positonally squeeze you but Mulyar will just blow you out of the water with high level preparation. With Dashzeveg you know what you are getting but Mulyar is much more flexible and topical. I really couldn't determine who I was more afraid of, the GM or the IM. Despite studying their games I had no idea how to play against them successfully. I was more interested in seeing what they were going to do to me. Playing over their games felt like attending my own funeral as a ghost. So many top level games against such great players. Mulyar seemed more willing to take draws, maybe that was the much discussed difference between an IM and a GM. To be a GM you must beat Mulyar consistently 3/4. How does anyone do that? I got the feeling that Mulyar reads 10 times more then the GM, his openings seem modern while the GM plays the same stuff he did 20 years ago. The Grandmaster seemed like a deeper philiosophical player while Mulyar seemed like a trained modern professional, armed with the latest databases and magazines. Here is the game with the GM from last year. [Event "2008 Colorado Closed"] [Site "Westwood College, 7350 Broadway, CO"] [Date "2008.03.16" ] [Round "4"] [White "Grandmaster Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"] [Black "Super GM Brian Wall"] [Result "1-2/1-2"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "Infinity and beyond"] [Opening "Robatsch defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "KF.05"] [Time "02:58:49"] [TimeControl "40/2 Game/1 5 second delay second time control"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nbd7 6. Bg5 Nb6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nge2 Ba6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. c3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rd1 Rde8 17. Rd2 Bc4 18. Nc5 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 Nc4 20. Rc2 Nxb2 21. Nxa5 Nxa4 22. O-O c5 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. g3 Nb6 25. Nxb6 Bxb6 26. Nf4 Bc7 27. Nd5 Be5 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Kf1 Rfe8 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 c4 33. e4 Rb3 34. Ke2 h5 35. Ke3 Be5 36. Kd2 h4 37. gxh4 Bxh2 38. Ra2 Be5 39. Kc2 Rb5 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 Bg3 42. Rxc4 Bxh4 43. Rc8 Bf2 44. Kd3 Rc5 45. Rd8 Bg3 46. c4 f5 47. Rd7+ Kh6 48. exf5 gxf5 49. Kd4 Bf2+ 50. Kc3 Ra5 51. Rd8 Ra1 52. Rg8 Rg1 53. Rc8 Kg5 54. Kd3 Kg4 55. c5 Rd1+ 56. Ke2 Rxd5 1-2/1-2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a Mulyar-Wall game from 8 years ago - http://www.walverine.com/index.php?id=100 - a wild game where I sacced one piece and could have drawn by saccing another one with 31 ... Rf3!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the game with the IM from this year. So again, I didn't win the title but I played my role in knocking out a titled player and shaping the win. I told Sharavdorj that Tyler and I did his work for him. In the last round Mulyar needed 1.5 points from 1 game so he just had a quick draw with Sharavdorj. Tyler and I had mathematically eliminated the 7-time Colorado Champion Michael Mulyar. [Event "2009 Colorado Closed"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.29" ] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "IM Michael Mulyar"] [Result "1-2/1-2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2439"] [Opening "Scotch gambit"] [ECO "C44"] [NIC "SO.06"] [Time "9:30 A.M."] [TimeControl "40/1:55, Game/1 hour, 5 second delay "] 2009 Colorado Closed Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado March 29, 2009 Round 4 40 moves /1 hour, 55 minutes Game/1 hour 5 second delay Opening - Scotch Gambit White - Life Master Brian Wall, 2207 at least tied for first in 5 Colorado Championships Black - IM Michael Mulyar, 2439 born in Russia, 7 time winner of Colorado Championships beginning at age 13! tied for first in the 1999 U.S. Open 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 Oh Lordy, Lordy, what's that? I just got mauled by Mitch Anderson this year in a Belgrade Gambit and suffered a humiliating defeat by Morgan Robb in the Scotch Gambit a week before this game. Now I am supposed to enter the Max Lange labyrinthe? I started looking for the exit. How do I bail out? Josh Samuel used to love the Max Lange when I was in college in Boulder, Colorado. About 20 years ago I memorized some Max Lange lines 35 moves deep from a Soltis book. I won a piece virtually every time against a blitz partner in less than 20 moves. I knew enough to be terrified. 5.c3!! Fritz best. My goal was simple - to avoid the move e5 and try and survive. Maybe the Goring Gambit will give me something for my pawn. For some weird reason I was so nervous I was moving fast. In reality I had no clue what I was doing. I was just praying some ancient byway might be merciful and grant me equality. 5 ... Nf6! Avoiding 5 ... dc 6 B:f7+ K:f7 7 Qd5+ Kf8 8 Q:c5+ d6 9 Q:c3 which has been played 71 times since 1863. 6.0-0!! Fritz best - played 51 times since Falkbeer tried it in 1855. 6 cd is the main line of the Guicco Piano played thousands of times since Greco in 1590. Sorry but I am not up on the latest Moeller Attack lines. 6 ... Nxe4! 7.cxd4! d5! 8.dxc5! dxc4! 9.Qxd8+ I was lost without a map. Fritz 9 prefers 9 Qe2 Qd3 10 Re1 f5 11 Nc3 which I did not consider. 9 ... Kxd8! Mulyar played this instantly like he knew what he was doing. 9 ... N:d8? 10 Re1 f5 11 Nc3 or Nbd2 is a little better for me. 10.Rd1+! Bd7! 11.Be3! Kc8! Michael was still moving fast like all this made sense to him. 12.Na3 Fritz 9 says Mulyar is better and 12 Rc1 is my best chance 12 ... c3! 13.b3 If I can round up that sick puppy on c3 he has nothing. The IM has used 24 minutes so far, I've used 15 minutes. 13 ... b6? Unbest. Mulyar has completely outplayed me so far and has powerful moves like 13 ... Re8!!!, ... a5!!!, ... Bg4!!, ... h6!!, ... Rd8!!, ... h5!!, ... a6!!, ... f6, ... f5 and many more. That c3-pawn may not look like much but it's hard to get rid of. I think his good position here contributed to his feeling that I didn't deserve a draw. 14.Rdc1? TL Wall Theoretical Lemon by Brian Wall The Grandmaster asked me why I didn't play 14 Rac1! which has been tried twice before. I motioned to ... Nb4:a2:c1 - I was trying to keep a2 protected while I went after Mulyar's c-pawn. It looks like I am OK after 14 Rac1 Nb4 15 Rd4 N:c5 16 R:b4 Nd3 17 Rc4 N:c1 18 B:c1 with 19 R:c3 or Bf4 next. However 14 Rac1 Re8, ... Bg4, ... Rd8 or ... f6 might confer some slight advantage. It's very murky stuff with Black trying to wrest some edge before I round up a c-pawn. After my move, 14 Rdc1? I don't think Mulyar played the best move, 14 ... Kb7? We only took 3 minutes each on those moves. 14 Rdc1 Re8, ... Ne7, ... Nb4, ... Rd8 or others might confer some slight advantage to Mulyar. To be honest I still don't understand the position. A lot depends on the unclear value of doubled pawns. I knew I wasn't out of the woods yet. 14 ... Kb7? 15.Nb5! Nb4? Mulyar thought for 20 minutes here. 16.Nxc3! I offered a draw because I am half an hour ahead on the clock and I don't think he has anything. Somehow his last two moves relinquished all his edge. 16 ... Nxc3! 17.Rxc3! Rad8? 18.cxb6? This move made me very unhappy because I had finally equalized somehow and now I release the tension prematurely like an amateur. 18 Ng5! or Rc4! leave him with less than nothing. I was tired of babysitting my c5-pawn but I should have left it alone. The rules for trying to draw difficult equal endings are stay alert to tactical tricks and trade pawns at every opportunity. That is how I drew GM Dashzeveg last year. However, in this case, the trade slightly improves Mulyar's pawn structure. 18 ... axb6! 19.Rcc1 Trying to drive his annoying knight away with a3 without being mini-forked on d5. Fritz thinks Mulyar is better now and I should put my pawn on a4. 19 ... Bf5! It looks like I will have to analyze shadow threats for hours. Similar pawns, similar pieces, opposiste colored bishops, I should be able to draw but I am looking for clarity and certainty. 20.Nh4 To make his bishop stop threatening ... Nc2 but I don't think I succeed after 20 ... Bd3 20 ... Be6 21.a3! Nd5 22.Bd2! Nf6 23.Bf4 Nd5 24.Bd2 Rhe8! 25.b4! b5 26.Nf3! Nb6! Heading for his outpost 27.Bf4 c6 28.h3 Bd5 29.Ne5! Na4 30.Re1! f6! 31.Nd3!! I was proud of this move, heading for my outpost because the uncombo 31 ... B:g2? just loses a piece to 32 R:e8 and/or K:g2 Michael nods his head while he calculates and it looked to me like he was saying to himself - That's right, good move, Brian, I have nothing. 31 ... Bc4! 32.Nc5+! Nxc5! 33.bxc5! Ra8! 34.Bd2! Bd5 35.Bb4 I offered two early draws in this game, maybe the other one was here. It's an even position. I was 38 when I started composing opposite colored bishops endings and writing long articles on the subject. Michael was composing opposite colored bishop endings when he was 13. If I can trade off the rooks I can teach a monkey to draw this. I would have to wait 73 more moves until Mulyar offered a draw. 34 ... Kc7 36.f3 Kd7 37.Rxe8 Kxe8! I just have to trade off one more pair of rooks. That only takes 77 more moves. 38.Kf2! Kf7! 39.Re1 Bb3 40.Re2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Bd5! 42.h4! h5! 43.Kg3 Re8! 44.Kf2! Re7 45.Ba5 Ra7! 46.Bb4! Ra8 47.Re2! Ra7 48.Rd2! Ke6 49.Rb2 Ra8 50.Rc2 Kd7 51.Rd2 g5 Michael Mulyar makes his move. I trade pawns every chance I get - The Mongolian GM preferred 52 g3 Fritz doen't care. 52.hxg5 fxg5! 53.Rd3 Rg8 54.Rc3 h4! I was upset here because I felt with my King on h2 the IM would have no chances whatsoever. 55 Kg1 g4! looked annoying. I decided to take a racical step ( for a Browne ending ). 55.g4!? The GM didn't like this idea but I felt I could surprise Michael by unburying my bishop and threatening his pawns, which should be just as weak as mine. I thought 17 minutes on this decision. 55 ... Rh8! 56.Kg2 To block ... h3+ with Kh2 56 ... Re8 57.Kf2! Rh8 58.Kg2 Rf8! 59.Kf2 Rf4! At last the long awaited invasion 60.Rd3!! Trick or Treat! My bishop CAN move. 60 ... Rc4 The invasion continues 61.Bd2 Second scoresheet, 38 minutes left to Mulyar's 32. This was my big idea, to attack his pawns with my bishop. I can also chase his g5-pawn or rook around with my rook. Very equal still. 61 ... Rc2 62.Kg1! Ke6 63.Bxg5! Mulyar only has three pawns left to Queen 63 ... h3! 64.Bf4 64 Bd2! was another fine move I considered. 64 ... Rg2+! 65.Kh1! Half an hour left for both of us. I thought either legal move drew but I shaked my head and shuddered when I saw 65 Kf1?? Bc4! 65 ... Rf2 It must be some Russian torture technique to keep repeating positions twice but not three times. 66.Kg1! Rg2+ If he wants to trade rooks with ... R:f3 he can have my g-pawn. I will play Kh2, Bb4 and move whichever piece is farthest from his King. 67.Kh1! Rxg4 68.Rxd5! Rxf4! 69.Rd6+!! I thought for 6 minutes and constructed an ironclad drawing fortress. I knew Philipp Ponomarev's suggestion 69 Rd3 should draw but I wanted something airtight. 69 ... Ke5! 70.Rxc6! Rxf3! 71.Ra6! This was my killer idea. I hold the a3 pawn with my rook and constantly threaten to win his b-pawn or trade it for my a-pawn. The GM had some winning tries but Mulyar was exasperated - " I tried everything, there is simply no way to win. " - Mulyar Fritz confirms my fortress with all zeros in every line but Mulyar needed 48 more moves to believe me. I have 20 minutes left to Mulyar's 24. I shielded my eyes with my hands like a poker visor from the huge crowd watching every move. 71 ... Kd5 72.Ra5 There are other draws like 72 a4 or c6 but I believed in my fortress. 72 ... Kc6! 72 ... K:c5 73 a4! is insta-draw. 73.Kg1 Rg3+ 74.Kh1 Rd3 75.Kg1 Rd2 76.Kh1 Rc2 77.Kg1 Ra2 78.Kh1 Kxc5 I have two things to watch out for - ... Rd8 and ... Kb6 trapping my rook or ... Ra4 winning my a-pawn 79.Kg1 Kb6 80.Ra8! Kc6 If 80 ... b4 then 81 Rb8+ and 82 R:b4= 81.Ra5 My favorite post, attacking his b5-pawn 81 ... Rd2 I had 11 minutes left and I felt sudden panic and despair. What could I do about ... Rd2-d4-a4? I calculated 82 Kh1 Rd4 83 Kh2?? Ra4! 84 R:a4 ba 85 K:h3 Kc6 and I don't get back in time to stop his a-pawn. What to do, what to do? My fortress had cracks in it! With 4 minutes left I found a simple defense. There were others too like 82 a4 b4 83 Rb5 but that seemed "leaky". 82.Ra8 I felt vindicated again. My idea is 82 Ra8 Rd4 83 Rh8 Ra4 84 R:h3 or 82 Ra8 Rd4 83 Rh8 Rd3 84 Ra8 and what progress has he made? 82 ... Rg2+ 83.Kh1 Ra2 84.Ra5 My favorite hangout. 84 ... Re2 85.Ra8 Kb7 86.Ra5 Kb6 87.Ra8 Ra2 88.Kg1 Kb7 89.Ra5 Kc6 90.Kh1 Rf2 91.Ra8 Rf4 92.Rh8 Rf3 93.Ra8 I have two minutes left but the IM is running out of things to try. He has 6 minutes. Huge crowd watching. 93 ... Kc5 94.Kh2 Kc4 95.Ra5 I always felt snug here like, what can you do? I asked Duwayne Langseth if he would keep score for me because I had one minute left. Duwayne wasn't sure that was legal but my ride to the tournament, CSCA President and TD Klaus Johnson, said he would keep track of the 50 move rule. 95 ... Rb3 96.Kg1 Rb2 97.Kh1 Kc3 98.Kg1 Rb3 99.Kh1 Kb2 100.Kh2 Ka2 101.Kg1 Rb2 102.Kh1 h2 Starting a new 50 move rule count but this relieved me somewhat due to stalemate possibilities plus with less than one minute left plus a 5 second delay it was easier to just move one piece, my rook. 103.Ra8 Kb3 104.Ra5 I always felt comfortable here at my main post. 104 ... Kc4 105.Ra8 Rd2 106.Ra5 Ra2 107.Ra8 Re2 108.Rh8 Kb3 109.Ra8 Re4 110.Ra5!! When he guards his b-pawn I can gobble up his h-pawn and start moving closer with my King. Michael looked frustrated. 110 ... Kc4! 111.Kxh2! Kc5 112. Kg2! My King can finally help out. 112 ... Rf4 113.Kg3! Ra4 A draw at last. 114.Rxa4 bxa4 115.Kf2 Kc4 116.Ke1 Kb3 117.Kd1 Kxa3 118.Kc1 I had 35 seconds - the last moves were played instantaneously. I think Mulyar had less than a minute too. I already knew how far away I had to be to catch his King in the corner. Draw finally offered by Mulyar 1/2-1/2 His best chance to win? The rook ending seems hopelessly drawn to me. If we go back 104 moves maybe 13 ... Re8 or ... a5 had a shot or maybe 14 ... Re8 or ... Nb4 Maybe something like 21 ... Nd3 22 Rc3 Nb2 23 b4 Nd1 held some chances. That was quite a draining experience. I felt like rap music should be playing to express the tension and aggression. I was trying to invent lyrics as I played - I wanted a beat as cool, fast and hard as my heart. Mulyar Rap Tick Tock. Round the Clock. Can't pick the lock. Can't smash the rock. Homeboy, can't you see my crew? Whatcha gonna do? Show me somethin' new. My opening was junk but I'm not sunk and I ain't goin' out like no punk. Think I'm glib? ain't no fib, Get back to your crib. I had a long suffering look as it dragged on. My Jewish Grandmother's words kept haunting me while I was playing - " Like a torch you should burn! " I thought of Botvinnik refusing to hand over the Kingdom to Tal. Tyler beating Mulyar was a source of strength. I didn't want to be the weak link in the Tyler-Brian team. I wanted to hold up my end. I didn't have time to look at the crowd but I felt some of them must be rooting for me. I told Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg, " I play like Mongolian Grandmaster! " The Grandmaster was the only one who offered winning tries and suggestions how to defend better. The ones that seemed most interested in the ending were Dr. Ponomarev, Duwayne Langseth and the GM since I handed him the title on a silver platter, just like I took it away last year. I only had two draws in four games so far but look how hard I had to work to earn them! The wild pawn wave roller coaster with Mitch Anderson and I missing wins. Getting trapped in the GM's Benoni prep. Fighting Philipp Ponomarev's famous will to win who finds any means necessary to keep the game alive like Bobby Fischer. And then this, one of the longest games of my life. This is what a State Championship should be, grueling Chess by determined competitors. Be grateful you didn't qualify. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Colorado Closed"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.29" ] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "IM Michael Mulyar"] [Result "1-2/1-2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2439"] [Opening "Scotch gambit"] [ECO "C44"] [NIC "SO.06"] [Time "9:30 A.M."] [TimeControl "40/1:55, Game/1 hour, 5 second delay "] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.0-0 Nxe4 7.cxd4 d5 8.dxc5 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Rd1+ Bd7 11.Be3 Kc8 12.Na3 c3 13.b3 b6 14.Rdc1 Kb7 15.Nb5 Nb4 16.Nxc3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rad8 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Rcc1 Bf5 20.Nh4 Be6 21.a3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Bf4 Nd5 24.Bd2 Rhe8 25.b4 b5 26.Nf3 Nb6 27.Bf4 c6 28.h3 Bd5 29.Ne5 Na4 30.Re1 f6 31.Nd3 Bc4 32.Nc5+ Nxc5 33.bxc5 Ra8 34.Bd2 Bd5 35.Bb4 Kc7 36.f3 Kd7 37.Rxe8 Kxe8 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Re1 Bb3 40.Re2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Bd5 42.h4 h5 43.Kg3 Re8 44.Kf2 Re7 45.Ba5 Ra7 46.Bb4 Ra8 47.Re2 Ra7 48.Rd2 Ke6 49.Rb2 Ra8 50.Rc2 Kd7 51.Rd2 g5 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Rd3 Rg8 54.Rc3 h4 55.g4 Rh8 56.Kg2 Re8 57.Kf2 Rh8 58.Kg2 Rf8 59.Kf2 Rf4 60.Rd3 Rc4 61.Bd2 Rc2 62.Kg1 Ke6 63.Bxg5 h3 64.Bf4 Rg2+ 65.Kh1 Rf2 66.Kg1 Rg2+ 67.Kh1 Rxg4 68.Rxd5 Rxf4 69.Rd6+ Ke5 70.Rxc6 Rxf3 71.Ra6 Kd5 72.Ra5 Kc6 73.Kg1 Rg3+ 74.Kh1 Rd3 75.Kg1 Rd2 76.Kh1 Rc2 77.Kg1 Ra2 78.Kh1 Kxc5 79.Kg1 Kb6 80.Ra8 Kc6 81.Ra5 Rd2 82.Ra8 Rg2+ 83.Kh1 Ra2 84.Ra5 Re2 85.Ra8 Kb7 86.Ra5 Kb6 87.Ra8 Ra2 88.Kg1 Kb7 89.Ra5 Kc6 90.Kh1 Rf2 91.Ra8 Rf4 92.Rh8 Rf3 93.Ra8 Kc5 94.Kh2 Kc4 95.Ra5 Rb3 96.Kg1 Rb2 97.Kh1 Kc3 98.Kg1 Rb3 99.Kh1 Kb2 100.Kh2 Ka2 101.Kg1 Rb2 102.Kh1 h2 103.Ra8 Kb3 104.Ra5 Kc4 105.Ra8 Rd2 106.Ra5 Ra2 107.Ra8 Re2 108.Rh8 Kb3 109.Ra8 Re4 110.Ra5 Kc4 111.Kxh2 Kc5 112.Kg2 Rf4 113.Kg3 Ra4 114.Rxa4 bxa4 115.Kf2 Kc4 116.Ke1 Kb3 117.Kd1 Kxa3 118.Kc1 Draw finally offered by Mulyar 1/2-1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10061 Mulyar Games --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2008742 FIDE profile of Mulyar, #75 in the U.S. of active players #2418 in the world of active players 2466 max FIDE rating July 2002 2008 was his third most active FIDE year with 26 games played ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Canada op"] [Site "Sackville"] [Date "2001.07.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Bluvshtein,Ilia"] [Black "Mulyar,Michael A"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C56"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd5 Nc5 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Ne6 9.Nbd2 d6 10.exd6 Qxd6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Ne4 Qd5 13.Neg5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 0-0 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Qd3 Rab8 18.b3 Bf5 19.Qc4 Rb5 20.Rad1 Rd5 21.Rd2 c5 22.Qa6 c6 23.Qe2 Be6 24.Qf3 Qd8 25.Qg3 Qf6 26.Re5 Qg6 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.h3 Rfd8 29.Kf1 Rxe5 30.Bxe5 f6 31.Bg3 c4 32.f4 c3 33.Re2 Bf5 34.Ke1 d3 35.cxd3 Bxd3 36.Rf2 c2 37.Kd2 Bf5+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Vienna"] [Site "Vienna"] [Date "1860.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Steinitz,William"] [Black "Meitner,Philipp"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C56"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.0-0 Nf6 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.g4 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Rxe6+ fxe6 14.Nxe6 Qd7 15.Qe2 Be7 16.Ndxc7+ Kf7 17.Qxc4 Ne5 18.Qb3 Qd6 19.f4 Nxg4 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.Qd3+ Kh5 22.Qh3+ Kg6 23.Qxg4 Qb6 24.Nge6+ Kf6 25.Qg5+ Kf7 26.Qxg7+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Gdansk-ch"] [Site "Gdansk"] [Date "2007.07.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Walczak,Krystian"] [Black "Kumala,Aleksander"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C56"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.Nce4 0-0-0 12.g4 Qd5 13.fxg7 Rhg8 14.Nf6 Qd6 15.Nge4 Qe5 16.f4 d3+ 17.Kh1 Qxf6 18.Nxf6 Nb4 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Nxg8 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1198608879 discussion of the Max Lange Attack --------------------------------------------------------------------------- megazord Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 19 Max Lange Attack current status? 12/25/07 at 18:54:39 Anyone know the current status of the max lange attack? I just got a book called A startling chess opening Repertoire by IM Chris Baker. In it he suggests playing the max lange. I will post the main continuation for the Max Lange and the Anti Max lange, so someone can inform of new moves for either side. Thanks in advance. Max Lange: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.Nce4 0-0-0 12.g4 Qe5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.fxg7 Rhg8 15.Bh6 d3 16.c3 d2 17.Re2 Rd3 18.Qf1 Qd5 19.Rd1 Ne5 20.Nf6 Qf3 21.Nxg8 Qxg4+ 22.Kh1 Qf3+ with perpetual Anti Max Lange: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qh5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11.c4 0-0 12.c5 Be5 13.Nxe5 Qxd1 14.Raxd1 Nxe5 15. Rxd4 f6 16.Bf4 Bxa2 17.Nc3 Bf7 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.Rd7+/= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "POL-ch 41th"] [Site "Poznan"] [Date "1984.02.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Flis,Jacek"] [Black "Pokojowczyk,Jerzy"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C56"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.0-0 Nxe4 7.cxd4 d5 8.dxc5 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Rd1+ Bd7 11.Be3 Kc8 12.Na3 c3 13.b3 b6 14.Rac1 Rd8 15.Ne1 Kb7 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nb5 Be6 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "RUS-ch sf"] [Site "Ekaterinburg"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Kolomensky,Vladimir"] [Black "Andreev,Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C56"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.0-0 Nxe4 7.cxd4 d5 8.dxc5 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Rd1+ Bd7 11.Be3 Kc8 12.Na3 c3 13.b3 b6 14.Rac1 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nh4 h5 18.f3 Nd2 19.Rxc3 hxg4 20.Rxd2 Rxh4 21.cxb6 Kb7 22.Rd7 axb6 23.Nb5 Rxa2 24.Rxc7+ Ka6 25.R3xc6 Ra1+ 26.Kf2 Ra2+ 27.Kg3 Rxh3+ 28.Kxg4 Bf5+ 29.Kxf5 Rh5+ 30.Ke4 Rxb5 31.Rxf7 Rxb3 32.Rxg7 Ra4+ 33.Bd4 Rbb4 34.Rd6 Rc4 35.Rgg6 Rab4 36.Rxb6+ Rxb6 37.Rxb6+ Ka5 38.Rd6 Rc2 39.f4 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthea likes Greco games. [Event "Rome"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1590.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Greco,Gioacchino"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Ne5 10.bxc3 Nxc4 11.Qd4 Ncd6 12.Qxg7 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Re1+ Kd8 15.Bg5 Nde8 16.Rxe8+ Kxe8 17.Re1+ Kf8 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Re5 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Europe"] [Site "Europe"] [Date "1620.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Greco,Gioacchino"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb6 7.e5 Ng8 8.d5 Nce7 9.d6 Nc6 10.Qd5 Nh6 11.Bxh6 Rf8 12.Bxg7 Nb4 13.Qd2 Rg8 14.Bf6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Europe"] [Site "Europe"] [Date "1620.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Greco,Gioacchino"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nxe4 8.Bxb4 Nxb4 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qb3+ d5 11.Ne5+ Kg8 12.Qxb4 Qf6 13.0-0 c5 14.Qb5 b6 15.Qe8+ Qf8 16.Qc6 Ba6 17.Qxd5+ Qf7 18.Qxf7+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Europe"] [Site "Europe"] [Date "1620.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Greco,Gioacchino"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Qb3 Bxd4 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Rae1 Ne7 14.Bh5 Ng6 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 g6 17.Bh6+ Bg7 18.Rf5+ gxf5 19.Qf7+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "approx"] [Site "Europe"] [Date "1625.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Greco,Gioacchino"] [Black "Analysis\ Analyse"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Qb3 Bxa1 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Ne5 Bxd4 14.Bg6 d5 15.Qf3+ Bf5 16.Bxf5 Bxe5 17.Be6+ Bf6 18.Bxf6 Ke8 19.Bxg7 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 08:47:57 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 08:47:57 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Duwayne Langseth comments on my Colorado Closed games Message-ID: <1238683677.49d4d01d61268@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 08:36:06 -0600 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Duwayne Langseth comments on my Colorado Closed games To: BrianWallchess3 at taom.com Pawn Wave Game ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Colorado Closed"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.29"] [Round "2"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mitch Anderson"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "3-fold repetition"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [BlackElo "2007"] [Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "KP.02"] [Time "00:33:40"] [TimeControl "40/155, Game/60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. c4 Qe7 18. f5 O-O-O 19. a4 a6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Rae1 g6 22. f6 Qe6 23. Qd3 h5 24. h4 Kb8 25. Nd2 g5 26. hxg5 h4 27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Rh5 29. Bxh4 Rxh4 30. g6 Rxh3 31. g7 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Rxd2 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg2+ 38. Kh6 Rh2+ 39. Kg6 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg6 Rg2+ 42. Kh6 1/2-1/2 Mitch claimed 3-fold repetition ---------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:14:49 -0600 From: DuWayne Langseth Brian, This is typical WILD Brian Wall chess! Sometimes, I think you ask yourself the question, "What ridiculous move can I get by with?"! Move 29, Bxh4 for instance. You could have played Ne4 there and Rybka called it even. I think you're bored with just winning and you need more. After 30.g6, the computer scoffed saying there are a host of ways for Black to win. But it was one of those times when Rybka started to change its mind. Then the top choice 30.Rxh3? dropped out and soon the only winning move for Black was Rh6. On 34.e6, the tune was louder in my brain. "The pawn wave guy, the pawn wave guy"! We were watching around this time and left. As we exited the building, Rhett was singing it. DuWayne Langseth -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulyar game [Event "2009 Colorado Closed"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.03.29" ] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "IM Michael Mulyar"] [Result "1-2/1-2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "2439"] [Opening "Scotch gambit"] [ECO "C44"] [NIC "SO.06"] [Time "9:30 A.M."] [TimeControl "40/1:55, Game/1 hour, 5 second delay "] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.0-0 Nxe4 7.cxd4 d5 8.dxc5 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Rd1+ Bd7 11.Be3 Kc8 12.Na3 c3 13.b3 b6 14.Rdc1 Kb7 15.Nb5 Nb4 16.Nxc3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rad8 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Rcc1 Bf5 20.Nh4 Be6 21.a3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Bf4 Nd5 24.Bd2 Rhe8 25.b4 b5 26.Nf3 Nb6 27.Bf4 c6 28.h3 Bd5 29.Ne5 Na4 30.Re1 f6 31.Nd3 Bc4 32.Nc5+ Nxc5 33.bxc5 Ra8 34.Bd2 Bd5 35.Bb4 Kc7 36.f3 Kd7 37.Rxe8 Kxe8 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Re1 Bb3 40.Re2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Bd5 42.h4 h5 43.Kg3 Re8 44.Kf2 Re7 45.Ba5 Ra7 46.Bb4 Ra8 47.Re2 Ra7 48.Rd2 Ke6 49.Rb2 Ra8 50.Rc2 Kd7 51.Rd2 g5 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Rd3 Rg8 54.Rc3 h4 55.g4 Rh8 56.Kg2 Re8 57.Kf2 Rh8 58.Kg2 Rf8 59.Kf2 Rf4 60.Rd3 Rc4 61.Bd2 Rc2 62.Kg1 Ke6 63.Bxg5 h3 64.Bf4 Rg2+ 65.Kh1 Rf2 66.Kg1 Rg2+ 67.Kh1 Rxg4 68.Rxd5 Rxf4 69.Rd6+ Ke5 70.Rxc6 Rxf3 71.Ra6 Kd5 72.Ra5 Kc6 73.Kg1 Rg3+ 74.Kh1 Rd3 75.Kg1 Rd2 76.Kh1 Rc2 77.Kg1 Ra2 78.Kh1 Kxc5 79.Kg1 Kb6 80.Ra8 Kc6 81.Ra5 Rd2 82.Ra8 Rg2+ 83.Kh1 Ra2 84.Ra5 Re2 85.Ra8 Kb7 86.Ra5 Kb6 87.Ra8 Ra2 88.Kg1 Kb7 89.Ra5 Kc6 90.Kh1 Rf2 91.Ra8 Rf4 92.Rh8 Rf3 93.Ra8 Kc5 94.Kh2 Kc4 95.Ra5 Rb3 96.Kg1 Rb2 97.Kh1 Kc3 98.Kg1 Rb3 99.Kh1 Kb2 100.Kh2 Ka2 101.Kg1 Rb2 102.Kh1 h2 103.Ra8 Kb3 104.Ra5 Kc4 105.Ra8 Rd2 106.Ra5 Ra2 107.Ra8 Re2 108.Rh8 Kb3 109.Ra8 Re4 110.Ra5 Kc4 111.Kxh2 Kc5 112.Kg2 Rf4 113.Kg3 Ra4 114.Rxa4 bxa4 115.Kf2 Kc4 116.Ke1 Kb3 117.Kd1 Kxa3 118.Kc1 Draw finally offered by Mulyar 1/2-1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DuWayne Langseth To: Brian Wall Subject: 2009 Colorado Closed Brian, Congratulations on your holding that draw against Mulyar. Endgames are my passion, so it was fun to watch. He fought hard to win it, since his chance at Closed Champion hinged on it. How did your game with Tyler end up? I wasn't sure if he could make anything out of his extra pawn. I'm looking forward to some emails! DuWayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DuWayne Langseth To: Brian Wall Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Epic Battle - Wall-IM Mulyar Round 4, 2009 Colorado Closed 118 moves! Brian, I haven't had time to look at this yet, but I will as soon as I get a chance. I was glued to the endgame. At the time, I couldn't remember if it was legal for me to record the moves for you and then have you use the scoresheet for draw claim purposes. I've reviewed the rule book and I think my concern was justified. It says that a TD or deputy "may" do it, so Klaus would need to ask me to. When Klaus said he would count the moves, I was concerned that he would just make marks on paper and not give you the benefit of actual recording the moves to give you three repetition draw if you tried to claim it. It seems like you came close to having that claim, but I think Michael may have avoided it. DuWayne ---------------------------------------------------------------- How about it, Chessland? Can someone take over recording the moves if one player has alreay recorded 95 moves and has only one minute left? Any TD's out there? I never came close to the 50 move draw rule - Pawn capture - move 70 ... R:f3 pawn capture - move 78 ... K:c5 pawn move - move 102 ... h2 pawn capture - move 111 K:h2 rook trade - move 114 R:a4 ba pawn capture - move 117 ... K:a3 The longest strecth without a pawn move or capture was moves 79-101, 23 moves. Mulyar was running out of pawns and I wanted the nightmare to end sometime. Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090402/3acc22dd/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 10:31:37 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:31:37 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Grunfeld Message-ID: <1238689897.49d4e86929298@www.taom.com> A simple way to improve is to analyze blitz games right after you play them. Then you can compare what you were thinking with reality. That should help you close the gap. Here's an example. [Event "ICC 3 3"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.02"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "FinalJolt"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2286"] [BlackElo "2255"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "10:49:47"] [TimeControl "180+3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 The Polugaevsky System in the Grunfeld. I think Spassky tried the idea of h4 without castling. I prepared this with Mass. Master Ed Boudrot to use against David Vigorito 20 years ago. Hans Berliner did a ton of original analysis on this in his book " The System " http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-SYSTEM.-By-Hans-Berliner-New-CHESS-Book_W0QQitemZ310069328285QQcmdZViewItem 10 ... Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5! Standard Grunfeld exchange sac, trading Black's key defender for an idle rook on a1 14 ... Bxa1! 15. Qxa1! f6! 16. h5!! 16 Qb1!! was played once. 16 Bh6, Nd4, Qb2, Qc3 and others are OK too - I have full compensation for the exchange. 16 ... Bf7 17. hxg6! I could also just win the exchange back with 17 Bh6!! Re8 18 Bb5! 17 ... hxg6! 17 ... B:g6 was played once. 18. Nf4 TL Wall Theoretical Lemon by Brian Wall A so-so move. 18 Qc1!! trying to get over to h6 wins - 18 Qc1!! g5 19 B:g5!! 18 Qc1!! Rc8 19 Qd2!! or Bc5! win 18 Qc1!! Rc8 19 Qd2!! g5 20 B:g5!! wins 18 Qc1!! Rc8 19 Qd2!! Nc4 20 B:c4 R:c4 21 Bd4!! wins 18 Qc1!! Rc8 19 Qd2!! Nc4 20 B:c4 R:c4 21 Bd4!! g5 22 Q:g5+ mate next 18 Qc1!! Rc8 19 Qd2!! Nc4 20 B:c4 R:c4 21 Bd4!! B:d5 22 Qh6 Kf7 23 Qh7+ Ke8 24 ed Q:d5 25 Q:g6+ Kd7 26 B:a7, Rh5, Qd3, Bf2, Be3 all win That's how I should have played. 18 Qb1 was played once. 18 ... g5 19. Nh5 and now 19 Nh3!! is better 19 ... Bxh5 20. Rxh5! Kf7! 21. Rh7+ Now 21 Kf2 Rh8 22 Qh1 is better 21 ... Kg8 22. Rh5 Now 22 Rh6 or Rh3 is better 22 ... e5 23. Bxg5! 23 Kf2!! is also good 23 ... fxg5 24. Qxe5!! Crushing 24 ... Qf6! 25. Rxg5+!! Kh7 gets mated but 25 ... Kf7! loses miserably after 26 Qc7+ Ke8 27 Re5+ Q:e5 28 Bb5+! 26. Qg3?? 26 Qh2+!! Qh6 27 e5+!! is a quick mate 26 ... Qh6?? 27. e5+!! Other killers - 27 Qc7+!!!, Qg4!!!, Kf2!, Kd1!, Rg4! 27 ... Kh8! 28. e6!! 28 Qg4!! works too 28 ... Rg8 29. Qe5+!! Rg7! 30. Rh5! finally winning the Queen {Black resigns} 1-0 What did I just learn? I played 17 book moves without knowing it. That's a good sign. I missed a quick mate with 26 Qh2+!! - maybe slow down when I get close to the King One of my own rules is that 90% of tactical problems involve removing obstacles between the White Queen and the Black King. 18 Qc1!! falls into that category nicely. Also Kf2! is a good idea to safeguard my King and connect Queen and rook Bh6! is an idea to keep an eye on One more thing - I was wondering if there was a safe place to hide after 62 ... Qc3+ or ... Qa1+ - there isn't - looks like a perpetual. And so it goes, I will be much better prepared next time that situation comes up. It's easier to do this with tactical attacking openings - Computers can't really discuss plans, they just try to keep some tactical control. If you want to improve positionally try different long term plans and see how they work out, a more difficult process. A computer cannot tell you in a nanosecond if your strategy is wrong. I also find it fascinating to see what types of errors I and other humans tend to make. In general we like clarity over murkiness, advance over retreat, development over improvement, checks and captures over quiet moves, quick victories if we can get them. If you use your own games to improve, there is already an emotional investment there. You have already tried your best to solve the impossible, now let the computer have whack at it. A computer cannot make any opening a winning opening but at least you will know what you are fighting over. The more experience you get, the more you know immediately when things are going well or poorly. That's what training is all about. The pre-knowledge that you bring to a game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for FinalJolt On for: 1:43 Idle: 3 FinalJolt is observing game 2114. rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2255 84 56 12 152 2286 (01-Apr-2009) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 3"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.02"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "FinalJolt"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2286"] [BlackElo "2255"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "10:49:47"] [TimeControl "180+3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. h5 Bf7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nh5 Bxh5 20. Rxh5 Kf7 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Rh5 e5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qxe5 Qf6 25. Rxg5+ Kh7 26. Qg3 Qh6 27. e5+ Kh8 28. e6 Rg8 29. Qe5+ Rg7 30. Rh5 {Black resigns} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "W-ch5 corr6568"] [Site "ICCF corr"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Berliner,Hans Jack"] [Black "Borisenko,Georgy Konstantinov"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.h4 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 b5 12.Bd5 Bd7 13.h5 e6 14.Bb3 Na5 15.Qd2 Nb7 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Rxc8 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Pinneberg U20"] [Site "Pinneberg"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Lindinger,Markus"] [Black "Wiethaup,Moritz"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "D87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.h4 Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6 16.Qb1 Bf7 17.h5 Qd6 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Bd2 b6 20.Bb4 Qd7 21.e5 Qxd5 22.Bxg6 Qxe5 23.Bc3 Qg5 24.Bh7+ Kg7 25.Bd2 Bg6 26.Qb4 Qxg2 27.Rg1 Qxg1+ 28.Nxg1 Bxh7 29.Ne2 Kf7 30.Qh4 Bf5 31.Qh5+ Bg6 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Nf4 Bf7 34.Ne6+ Bxe6 35.Qxe6 Rae8 36.f4 Rh8 37.f5 Rh1+ 38.Ke2 Rh2+ 39.Kd1 Nc4 40.Bg5 Nb2+ 41.Kc1 Nd3+ 42.Kd1 fxg5 43.Qg6+ Kf8 44.f6 Nf2+ 45.Kc1 Rc8+ 46.Kb1 Rh1+ 1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "BL2-N 9798"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1997.10.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Lindinger,Markus"] [Black "Albrecht,Rainer"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.h4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6 16.h5 Bf7 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Qb1 Qd6 19.Bd2 b6 20.Bb4 Qc7 21.e5 Qxe5 22.Bxg6 Qg5 23.Bh7+ Kg7 24.Rh3 Rh8 25.Rg3 Qxg3+ 26.Nxg3 Rxh7 27.Bxe7 Bxd5 28.Bxf6+ Kxf6 29.Qxh7 Bxa2 30.Nh5+ Kg5 31.Kf2 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Oberliga NRW 9900 I"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1999.10.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Reinemer,Frank"] [Black "Achenbach,Volker"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.h4 Bg4 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6 16.h5 Bf7 17.hxg6 Bxg6 18.Nf4 Rc8 19.Ke2 Nc4 20.Ne6 Qa5 21.Nxf8 Kxf8 22.Rc1 Nd6 23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.g4 Kf7 25.g5 fxg5 26.Qe5 Qxa2+ 27.Kf1 Qa4 28.Qe6+ Kg7 29.Kf2 Qe8 30.Bxg5 h6 31.Be3 Kh7 32.f4 Qf8 33.f5 Nd6 34.Qxg6+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 11:23:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:23:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Pawn Wave Fishing Pole guy gets in some practice Message-ID: <1238692988.49d4f47caccd3@www.taom.com> Statistics for marta On for: 1:37 Idle: 0 marta is currently involved in a match against Clifton13. rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 2011 [8] 159 207 25 391 2125 (02-Jul-2005) Blitz 2178 8644 12739 1410 22793 2486 (25-Jul-2008) 5-minute 2036 [8] 90 95 18 203 2116 (21-May-2006) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.02"] [Round "-"] [White "marta"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2178"] [BlackElo "2321"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "13:14:30"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 Bb6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d6 8. d3 Ng4 9. Rf1 Kh8 10. h3 f5 11. hxg4 fxg4 12. Ng5 g3 13. Qh5 gxf2+ 14. Kh1 h6 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Qf6 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Rf8 19. Nf3 Nd8 20. Nh4 Be8 21. Qg4 c6 22. Bb3 h5 23. Qg3 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qg4 27. Qh3 Qf4 28. Nf3 g5 29. Qh2 g4 30. Qxf4 exf4 31. Nd4 g3 32. Nf3 Kg7 33. d4 Rh8 34. Rad1 h4 35. e5 h3 36. exd6 Bd7 37. Rd3 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Bh3+ 39. Kh1 Bxf1+ 40. Nh2 Rxh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 11:27:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:27:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] TD recording moves rule Message-ID: <1238693228.49d4f56c02671@www.taom.com> I was within my rights to ask for scorekeeping help on move 95 with Mulyar when I had one minute remaining. ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:04:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: TD recording moves rule To: Brian Wall I don't have my rulebook, so I can't quote it exactly but I believe the rule is that a player can request a TD to keep score or count moves provided: ? 1)?Either player?has less than five minutes in a sudden-death time control (TDs can't help a player keep score to claim a win on time in a 40/2 time control, and players are expected to keep score until at least one player has less than five minutes left) ? and ? 2) Either player may use the TDs scoresheet to claim a draw (the TD is keeping score for both players since neither one has to keep score. Normally you can 'protect' your scoresheet from being seen or used by your opponent, but since you are not the one who is keeping score any longer, this rule is waived. ? Klaus Johnson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090402/8e6aea9a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 13:40:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:40:13 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Andy Rea and Lawrence Constance weigh in - TD recording moves rule Message-ID: <1238701213.49d5149d172a3@www.taom.com> I believe there was a 5 second delay but who can keep score with one minute on their clock and a 5 second delay? I need those 5 seconds to think! - In general I keep score as long as possible, not for 50 move rules or 3 time repetitions but for future emails but even I have to draw the line after one minute left. Then I try to reconstruct the score. In this case I used Mulyar's score sheet for the final 23 moves. I had two whole tournaments watching me with no other game going on - I wanted Klaus to "deputize " Duwayne Langseth to keep score for me because I know he loves endgames. I would like a ruling to know if that is "legal" next time around for anyone else. I did my best to keep score for 95 moves but then it was crunch time. Brian Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:17:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Rea Reply-To: Andrew Rea Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] TD recording moves rule To: Brian Wall ? You might want to consult the rulebook, its not necessarily this cut and dry- and I will admit that I do not have this memorized.? However, if the clock is a delay, which is preferred but not mandatory? (namely, if one player has a delay clock, that is to be used, if neither has a delay clock, then another clock can be used)??? then there is no waiver for scorekeeping in sudden death.? There is a purpose for this- it got rid of players asking the TD for draws based on no winning chances for their opponents.? If the position is that easy, the player wont run out of time... and should still be able to keep score.???????????????????????? ????? Of course its different if a delay clock is not available- then the other rules apply, and it is very decent of the TD to keep track of the game to ascertain draw claims on repitition or 50-move-rule?? as the reverse is true, a player is in danger of losing on time without the delay? in what would otherwise be a drawn position????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???? Players should still be careful about having to rely on the TD to bail them out of their time trouble.? Not all TDs are willingly accommodating on this, and it is an excuse for the players to not keep track when they very much could.? A few years ago I landed in a protracted ending at the Governors Cup, against GM Marcin Kaminski??? to where he was trying to win with Q+P against B/Kt/2Pawns?? the pawns were static, he pressed my King as hard as he could, willing to settle for a fork and pick up one of the minors....?? at the end, he had a minute left on his clock and his Pawn was in danger of capture? (I still had 15+ minutes, not bad for a 95ish mover)?? but the GM, in spite of his time pressure and no delay on the clock, had kept score, and he claimed the draw- which of course was agreed, as it had been 50 moves, no reason to contest.? Dont go to the wire and then moan about third parties not bailing you out, if you leave the result out of your control then your grounds for grousing about accidents are not firm.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???? Having said all that....? if your game did not have a delay clock, then I think you are correct that you are in your rights as events unfolded- and Klaus knows how to direct, that rather vouches for your presentation! From: Andrew Rea --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] TD recording moves rule To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" , "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 1:27 PM I was within my rights to ask for scorekeeping help on move 95 with Mulyar when I had one minute remaining. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- ? ? Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:04:32 -0700 (PDT) ? ? From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: TD recording moves rule ? ? ? To: Brian Wall I don't have my rulebook, so I can't quote it exactly but I believe the rule is that a player can request a TD to keep score or count moves provided: ? 1)?Either player?has less than five minutes in a sudden-death time control (TDs can't help a player keep score to claim a win on time in a 40/2 time control, and players are expected to keep score until at least one player has less than five minutes left) ? and ? 2) Either player may use the TDs scoresheet to claim a draw (the TD is keeping score for both players since neither one has to keep score. Normally you can 'protect' your scoresheet from being seen or used by your opponent, but since you are not the one who is keeping score any longer, this rule is waived. ? Klaus Johnson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian - Writing down the moves before you play it. I am not a big fan of that but I think players should be able to if they want to. Most use it as a blundercheck. I thought they made it illegal, then legal, now back to illegal again. Petrosian and Fischer argued over this. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:37:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Lawrence Constance To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] TD recording moves rule 2 unnamed text/html 17.45 KB The statement about being able to "protect" or keep your opponent from seeing your score sheet is incorrect. Your opponent may ask for your score sheet as long as he is on move. Also, recently, the USCF changed the rule on entering moves on the score sheet (see the USCF TD page) and it is no longer "legal" to write your move before you play it. This is in response to years of complaints that players were writing their moves down in order for a second party to assist the player. It is simply the case that most TDs do not see a reason to enforce the rule, preferring to act against a player after they see the occurrence of the above mentioned scenario. Lawrence Constance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090402/24be105e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 15:11:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:11:44 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves Message-ID: <1238706704.49d52a10bc98f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:58:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: TD counting moves To: Brian Wall I'll double-check the rule book, but I thought the 5-sec delay only negated any claim of insufficient losing chances.?It doesn't sound right that you would still be required to keep score with just a minute (or five seconds)?left even with a?5-sec delay. If this is the case, it certainly hasn't been enforced at any tournament that I've been to. ? I remember hearing that players were required to always keep score if there was at least a 30-second increment, but that may be FIDE rules and?not USCF ? Klaus Johnson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090402/981e7815/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 15:44:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:44:02 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Andy Rea - TD recording moves rule Message-ID: <1238708642.49d531a259f1d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Rea Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Andy Rea and Lawrence Constance weigh in - TD recording moves rule To: Brian Wall ?? In Rd7 of the DC Chess League, two weeks ago, our 2nd Board made a 50move rule claim, having defended R vs RandB?? and had to use his scoresheet to make this (successful) claim.? I know you would not get my scoresheet for any of your claims- you caint have it for initial time claim, the secondary and/or sudden-death time control has the same rule.? If you make a claim re repetition or 50moves, it should be on your sheet, and running low on time is stressful but not necessarily a reason- as I understand it- to not keep score.? Yes, you can play on with less then 5 minutes, but you are at the mercy of the TD re claims??? but, as you said, it would be nice to know this definitively!? (For those who use Monroi, they have the score kept autmatically, which is approved by the USCF, despite objections from some players- but then, my objections to move-counters on clocks never got anywhere either, that surely is external assistance to let a player know exactly how many moves have been made when they might otherwise have to guess...) --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Brian Wall wrote: Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:22:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Rea To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves Right regards not having to keep score, but is it required for the TD to step in and assist, can they deputize, when a player has a claim but not the scoresheet to support? I think that the TD does have authority, at least per USCF, to monitor and verify claims in this sort of sudden-death time control. But that is the question, not known for certain... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090402/90754256/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 2 17:02:09 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:02:09 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gerald Snitselaar and Lawrence Constance - TD counting moves Message-ID: <1238713329.49d543f154452@www.taom.com> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:47:18 -0700 From: Gerard Snitselaar To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves 2 unnamed text/html 2.07 KB I'm pretty certain the rule is players are not required to keep score when one of them has less than 5 minutes on the clock, with no mention of time delays negating this rule. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Lawrence Constance ----- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:17:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Lawrence Constance Reply-To: Lawrence Constance Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves To: Brian Wall USCF rules (5th Edition, Pg. 57) 15C. Scorekeeping in time pressure, suddent death time control. If either player has less than five minutes remaining in a sudden death time control, both players are excused from the obligation to keep score. A score sheet is not required to win on time in a sudden death time control. (13C). ? 15D. Use of opponent's scoresheet for assistance. A player who has an incomplete scoresheet (13C7) and wishes to consult the opponent's scoresheet for assistance may ask to borrow it from the opponent under the following conditions: ? 15D1. Clock Times. Both players have at least five minutes remaining in the current time control/ ? 15D2. Borrower's clock runs. The clock of the player making such a request is running and shall continue to run until the scoresheet has been returned. ? 15D3. Compiance. The opponent is urged to comply with such a request, but this is not mandatory. If the opponent denies the request, the player may stop both clocks and see a director. A director who agrees that the request is appropriate shall instruct the opponent to lend the player the scoresheet. The opponent may not refuse, as all scoresheets belong to the organizers. ? The question as to whether a director or deputy may keep score is a little ambiguous, but I think that this answers the question somewhat. ? USCF Rule Book P.47 ? 14F4. Director may count moves in sudden death. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining and a simplified position in which no pawn moves or captures seem likely may stop both clocks. declare to a directo an intention to invoke the 50 move rule when possible, and ask for assistance in counting moves A director who agrees this is appropriate may count moves or use a deputy or a clock with a move counter to do so. ? here is the passage that may apply- ? 14F4(b). The director or deputy may either keep score, make check marks, or combine the two. ? Hope this helps. ? 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Fred Eric Spell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:15:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves I would like to weigh in on the 50-move rule question. I looked it up at the Arvada library and found it on p 47, rule 14f4. The rule, loosely paraphrased, says that a player may invoke the 50 move rule by stopping the clocks and telling the director that he intends to claim a 50 move draw. The tournament director may appoint a deputy to count the moves or count himself. Of course the player can not claim any prior moves toward the 50 count. From my recollection the td has discretion in whether or not to assist the player in making the claim(counting the moves) Matthew O' Hara. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:21:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Rea To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gerald Snitselaar and Lawrence Constance - TD counting moves That is correct but if you haven't kept score your support for a claim is invalid unless the TD bails you out which is apparently at their discretion ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:47:18 -0700 From: Gerard Snitselaar To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves I'm pretty certain the rule is players are not required to keep score when one of them has less than 5 minutes on the clock, with no mention of time delays negating this rule. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Weil Message-ID: <1238776315.49d639fb5641a@www.taom.com> http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10196515 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ denver & the west Rockmount patriach "Papa Jack" dies at 107 By Joey Bunch The Denver Post Posted: 08/14/2008 12:30:00 AM MDT Jack A. Weil (Lyn Alweis, Post file)Denver icon "Papa Jack" Weil died Wednesday. The founder and operator of Rockmount Ranch Wear was famous for greeting customers, some famous, most not, at his Wazee Street store for more than six decades. Weil was believed to be the oldest working CEO at 107 and his family says he was "to Western shirts what Henry Ford was to cars." Weil, featured in a national ad campaign for the city of Denver last year, is credited with the famous quote, "The west is not a place. It's a state of mind." Weil's work popularized rodeo wear across the country decades before other clothiers jumped on board. Gov. Bill Ritter called Weil a "legendary Coloradan and a pioneering Denver businessman." "Colorado will miss him dearly, but thanks Extras Watch this Denver Post video of Jack Weil shortly after his 106th birthday in 2007. Watch this Jack Weil video produced by the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. View a gallery of photos of Jack Weil's life. to his family and Rockmount's unique Western fashions, his legacy will live on for at least another 107 years," the governor said. In a Denver Post feature last year, Weil joked about his products' appeal, "There's no Westerner like an Easterner." Just a few weeks ago, Weil sat gleefully on the front row when The Curious Theatre Company put on four short plays about iconic Denverites, including himself. Weil became ill in recent days, his family said. They issued a statement Wednesday evening that said, in part: "Through his influence for over 100 years we learned the importance of hard work and balancing careers with humor and compassion. We came to know the importance of integrity and responsibility, the strength within us to deal with life's challenges, the beauty of carefully chosen words in difficult situations, the power of story-telling and example in conveying values. "His highest values include respect for others." Pat Grant, a rancher and CEO of the National Western Stock Show, said he has worn out more than a dozen of Weil's shirts over the years. He said he would never pull on another Rockmount shirt without missing his friend. "He was proud of his family, proud of his community and proud of the longevity of his business," Grant said. "He represented Western values. He always greeted you by standing up, giving a firm handshake and looking you in the eye, and that's part of Western culture, and a big part of who Jack was." Weil founded Rockmount Ranch Wear in 1946 and ran the store with his son, the late Jack B. Weil, for 54 years and with his grandson Steve for 27 years. Weil's design ? a sawtooth pocket and diamond snap design ? is the longest continuous shirt style produced in America. Rockmount shirts were worn in the 2005 movie "Brokeback Mountain," and Weil's customers included Ronald Reagan, Clark Gable, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Robert Redford, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and many others. An Indiana native, Weil first moved to Colorado in 1928, when a garter company sent him West to open an office here. He saved for 11 years to pay cash for his house at 233 Belaire St. As a teenager during World War I, he worked in an overall factory, learning the trade that would etch his name in Western history. His wife of 64 years, Beatrice Baum of Humboldt, Tenn., preceeded him in death in 1990. Weil is survived by a daughter, Jane Romberg of Steamboat Springs. His son, Jack, died in January at the age of 79. "Papa Jack" is also survived by five grandchildren: Steve Weil, Greg Romberg, Judy Oksner, Gail Sigman and Janet Pollack, as well as 10 great-grandchildren. A memorial service was still being planned at Temple Emanuel in Denver. On Weil's 100th birthday in 2001, the city temporarily renamed Wazee Street Jack A. Weil Way. Mayor John Hickenlooper fondly recalled meeting Weil when the future mayor was collecting petition signatures to open his first brew pub in LoDo near the Weil's store. Hickenlooper said Weil was not just his friend, "but a friend of the city." He said his longtime friend "loved the West." "He's someone who is part of defining what Denver is all about," Hickenlooper said. "All of his values are the values we talked about for the Democratic National Convention." He said Weil's many accomplishments were rooted in his principles: "What matters is not who you are, but what your dreams are and how hard you're willing to work for your dreams," Hickenlooper said. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Book honors 'Papa' Jack, late pioneer of Western fashion By Dan Shaw (Contact) Sunday, March 29, 2009 Americans have long enjoyed reading collections of the wit and wisdom of Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln and other national figures. Readers with those tastes also might enjoy a book about an Evansville native. "Ask Papa Jack: Wisdom of the World's Oldest CEO" takes as its subject Jack A. Weil, the inventor of the modern Western shirt. The book jacket of the collected wit and wisdom of Jack Weil. Wisdom of 'Papa' Jack Quotes from "Papa" Jack A. Weil, founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear: "The West is not a place. It's a state of mind." "Pick a job you love. There is no more drudgery than a job you disdain." "I've always believed we were never selling just the cowboy ? we sell the romance of the West. That's so much more." During the economic troubles of the 1970s, he wrote, "A few of us remember the 1930s, I was there. The world is not coming to its end, we have simply a long-due settling up of follies and perhaps greed." "The government predicts possible 7 percent unemployment. If it goes to 10 percent, there will still be 90 percent working, consuming, buying." On the net "Ask Papa Jack: Wisdom of the World's Oldest CEO" is sold at the Web site of Rockmount Ranch Wear at www.rockmount.com. It also can be found at many bookstores. STORY TOOLS E-mail story Comments iPod friendly Printer friendly More Local News Money to burn for smokers | POLL Sports bailout weighed Global unity displayed at summit "Papa" Jack, as he was known to many, was born in 1901. Only with his death in August, at 107, did he relinquish the title of chief executive officer of Rockmount Ranch Wear, the Denver company he founded in 1946. Any life lived so long builds a storehouse of experience. "Papa" Jack drew much from that source and imparted it to family and friends over the years. The task of assembling it fell to Steve Weil, his grandson, who began working on "Ask Papa Jack" in 2007. "The stories have been told in our family all our lives," Steve Weil said. "They have burned themselves into our psyche." Many of the anecdotes and witticisms in the book concern business. Others delve into romance, integrity and the art of driving. The book's penultimate chapter discusses longevity ? something "Papa" Jack knew more about than most. Never one for exercise, he attributed his long life to other good habits. He avoided smoking until he was 40 and quit when he was 60. He joked, "It's not that you live longer after giving up cigarettes. It just seems longer." A reporter once asked "Papa" Jack how he bested competitors. "Because they're all in the cemetery," was the reply. But Steve Weil says it would be an oversimplification to reduce his grandfather's success to the mere ability to stick around. Solid principles Far more important, he said, was a strict adherence to old-fashioned business principles; rather than borrow money to invest in Rockmount, "Papa" Jack would re-invest the company's profits. Steve Weil also credits "Papa" Jack's refusal to import shirts from overseas. Rockmount still makes most its products within the United States. "While we have styles from Paris and others from Italy, Western came from this country and it went everywhere," "Papa" Jack once said. Another priority was the avoidance of inferior materials. "He had a lifelong distaste for chain stores and everything they do to drive down the quality of life," Steve Weil said. "Papa" Jack was fond of saying "There is no Westerner like an Easterner." His father emigrated from France at the start of the Franco-Prussian War, coming to Southwestern Indiana to work as a cattle trader. It was in Evansville that "Papa" Jack entered the clothing business. His first serious job was at the D.S. Bernstein Overall Factory, which made dungarees in a building on Fulton Avenue. A subsequent attempt at starting his own business failed. "Papa" Jack moved to Chicago to pay off debts and improve his fortunes, becoming a salesman for a dry goods retailer. It was that work which, in 1928, led him to Denver. Less than two decades later, he was on his own again, this time with a plan to improve the quality and style of the Western shirt. Innovative fashion He accomplished the goal through several innovations. "Papa" Jack's Western shirts were the first to have snap buttons, saw-toothed pockets, a tapered fit and yokes ? which broaden the shoulders. He also is responsible for the widespread sale of bolo ties. A proof of his success is that few could imagine Western apparel with any other look. His shirts hang in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Any subsequent design changes have been tempered by a recognition of what makes Rockmount's products unique. "We build the brand rather than changing it every season," Steve Weil said. "Our design is considered classic American fashion." "Papa" Jack's careful provisions not only ensured a livelihood for himself, but for his grandson and his son, Jack B. Weil, who also died last year. Steve Weil said it's rare for a business to stay within a family through three generations. Steve Weil said he has long been saving material for "Ask Papa Jack." The bulk comes from the stories his grandfather told over and over again. He began writing them down whenever they occurred to him, morning, day or night. Then there were the press clipping from interviews. "Papa" Jack's words have been in The New York Times, the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News and the Courier & Press, along with broadcasts by CNN and National Public Radio. "Every time he told a story, it was verbatim," Steve Weil said. "I truly believe he had a photographic memory. He could remember the layout of Evansville from when he was a child." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I went to a booksigning last night. Joel Bogen has been the Chess Coach at my son Devon's School, Polaris at Ebert, for 5 years. I went with his wife Sue and son Joshua. At dinner I gave Joshua 5-1 odds and begged him not to be mated with a pawn. Sue said she liked poetry and A.E. Housman so I read two of my Dad's favorites from the book my brother Charlie ( graduating law school this May ) gave me for my birthday Mar 26. >From "A Shropshire Lad." A.E. Housman Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my three score years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. E. Housman (1859?1936). A Shropshire Lad. 1896. LIV. With rue my heart is laden WITH rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I found out they made a song of - With rue my heart is laden but I didn't like the way anyone sang it. I would rather hear it recited by Dylan Thomas who liked Housman. I didn't like the way I recited the poetry at dinner so late at night I was walking a mile home and trying to improve out loud by reciting Housman to the moon and foxes and raccoons and skunks. I imagined that's how my Dad memorized the poetry 60 years ago. By the smell of things, the skunk didn't like my rendition of ' With rue my heart is laden' either. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The book signing is where I had my own the last day the Rockies played for the World Series of baseball, Tattered Cover Bookstore in Lodo. While I had a Lion costume and Chess fiends from the 16th Street mall, Papa Jack's Grandson had the mayor of Denver give the introduction, John Hickenlooper. Papa Jack's great grandson, maybe 9 years old and a classmate of Devon's and Joshua's, manned the laptop which projected pictures onto a wall, like Papa Jack's birth certificate, a paper announcing the sinking of the Titanic that he sold, Western wear paraphanelia, family photos. Papa Jack's grandson Steve Weil wrote a book about his grandfather. It took a year to write and he asked his grandfather all kinds of questions. The Grandson spoke at length after the mayor, then opened the floor to questions and stories. Some of my favorite stories from the booksigning - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The son and grandson said that Papa Jack was just waiting for them to die so he could take over the business again. Papa Jack survived both his son and his wife who I think both died at age 89. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- When a news crew asked Jack Weil Junior ( the son ) when he was going to quit, he said - " How the hell can I retire when Dad won't? " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When an old friend asked Jack if he wanted to play bridge with all his old friends, Jack said, " Sure, got a shovel? " ( to dig them up out of Fairmount Cemetary ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Papa Jack saw three Rockmount ( their Western wear company famous for metal snaps instead of buttons so rodeo riders wouldn't tear up their shirts ) shirts on Robert Redford in a screening of " The Horse Whisperer " he turned to his son and whispered, " How many shirts did you give away? " --------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Papa Jack's granddaughter kept trying to impress young men by giving away Rockmount shirts, Papa would swoop down from upstairs and bellow, " I'm glad I'm not selling cadillacs! " -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grandson Steve Weil had got an M.B.A. and wanted to buy a car. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve - " I've only actually earned a paycheck for 3 days. What should I tell the dealership, Grandpa? " Papa Jack - " Tell them the truth, that way you won't have to remember what you told them. " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Weil asked his son how his first booksigning speech went. Great Grandson Weil - " It went great, Pop! You only said Um 87 times! " When Steve was young Papa Jack gave him a stopwatch and told him not to remove more than three screws out of the back at one time. Papa Jack called to see how he liked his stopwatch. Young Steve Weil - " If you have two hands, we can put it all back together.! " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone asked Papa Jack ( age 100 at the time ) how he got the employee donuts. Papa Jack - " How the hell do you think I got the donuts? I drove! " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- At one of his lavish birthday parties after age 100, he put his hands on the shoulders of a pretty girl and said, " Where were you 60 years ago? " ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The metal snap manufacturer was agahst that Papa Jack was going to use his snaps for Western shirts. Manufacturer - " You can't do that! " Papa Jack - " Once I buy these, they're mine! I can eat them in my Post Toasties if I want to! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As far as Chess news all I can say is I prepared for the Colorado Closed by studying John Nunn's Secrets of Rook endings, Second Edition, the perfect book derived from computer databases. Having that book laying right next to me during my 118 move Mulyar ordeal was like clutching a Bible during a foreclosure hearing. One Chess girl in Devon's Chess class insisted I show her all 118 moves. Coach Joel Bogen divided the kids into mentor-student ( my son called his partner "my little buddy" ) pairs and had them choose Chess subjects. Khalil ( the boy who cut his long hair to give to cancer patients ) and Francesca Sica ( who is Chess Coach David Sica's daughter and loves pizza and loves to put hair ties on bishops ) chose rook endings as their topic. I showed them my Mulyar ending and also Rook and two rook pawns versus Rook, which Botvinnik said any textbook will tell you is a draw ( from a possible variation from the only Botvinnik - Fischer game ). During my Mulyar game I wondered how that could be true since Rook and Rook pawn sometimes win against Rook. I think I worked out what he meant and I showed the children my analysis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 3 10:42:57 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 10:42:57 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson on Francisco Baltier winning the 2009 April Fools Drop-your-Queen-and-win-anyway Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award. Message-ID: <1238776977.49d63c915fa73@www.taom.com> Fri, 3 Apr 2009 13:45:18 +0000 From: Paul Anderson To: Brian Wall Subject: RE: Your silence is killing me Hey Brian! Sorry for the delay. I am in Highlands Ranch today. My family is flying out to California for 5 days so yesterday was a little hectic. I did get the email and read over it right away. I loved it so much I had to play all the games right away as I had forgotten about them. I am actually surprised you saved all that. I was motivated to write about it in this week's newsletter which I was thinking about sending out yesterday as I will not be back until Wednesday. Anyway, I finally decided to put it off and try and create it while I am on the road - we'll see how that works. Anyway, it is my favorite email! Not just because of getting 2 games into it and all the nice (spiritual) things you said about me, but because I have always like the humor and spirit behind this award you created. You just cannot play chess without making a lot of mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes can really get to you, but this award reminds me that there are more things at stake than just losing a chess game. It is a metaphor for life. Are you just going to quit when you make a mistake or are you going to fight to overcome it? I chose the username Triumph because they are my favorite band. They weren't very popular, but they spoke to me with some cool hard rock songs combined with spiritual lyrics. Their songs include such titles as Hold On, I Can Survive, Fight The Good Fight, Never Surrender, and Take A Stand. At the time, I didn't realize how Biblical the songs were but I really enjoyed the truth they taught even before becoming a Christian. Here is a clear example: 1 Timothy 6:12 (King James Version) 12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. Anyway, I am glad you wrote otherwise it might have been a week before I got back to you. I am very deliberate and have to think about what I write so I often put off responding right away until I can think about how to say what I am thinking. Even then it is not easy. I definitely think you have a gift for writing (much more than me). Thanks again for putting out your chess thoughts! Peace Be With You, Paul Anderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Francisco Baltier Youtube Chess videos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnN9mqed3l0&feature=related ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The original game - Larry was drinking in a Las vegas bar while playing Round 1 and got his Queen trapped. At one point Jim Burden missed many forced checkmates including a mate in 4 but went on to lose anyway. The stuff of legends. [Event "Las Vegas op"] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Burden,James"] [Black "Christiansen"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B07"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.f3 0-0 7.Qd2 d5 8.Bb3 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 e5 11.d5 Qh4+ 12.Qf2 Qxe4 13.0-0-0 a5 14.a3 a4 15.Ba2 Bg4 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Ng3 Qxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 c5 20.Ne4 b6 21.Rf1 f6 22.Qh3 f5 23.Ng5 Nf6 24.d6+ Kh8 25.Nf7+ Rxf7 26.Bxf7 Ng4 27.Kb1 Nh6 28.Bc4 Ng4 29.Qd3 Rd8 30.d7 e4 31.Qd6 Be5 32.Qe7 Bf6 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.h3 Ne3 36.Qxf6 Rxd7 37.Qe6 Rd4 38.Re1 Nxg2 39.Rg1 Nf4 40.Qg8 e3 41.Qf8+ Kh5 42.h4 Rxc4 43.Qf6 Kh6 44.Qg5+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kh6 46.Qxe3 Re4 47.Qf2 Nh3 48.Qd2+ Kh5 49.Re1 Rxe1+ 50.Qxe1 f4 51.Qe7 h6 52.Qf6 g5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Qxb6 f3 55.Qxc5 Kg4 56.Qe3 Kg3 57.c4 Kg2 58.c5 f2 59.Qe4+ Kh2 60.Qf3 g4 61.Qe2 g3 62.c6 g2 63.Qe5+ Kh1 64.c7 g1=Q+ 65.Kc2 f1=Q 66.Kc3 Qc1+ 67.Kb4 Qb6+ 68.Kxa4 Qbc6+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Grandmaster appears to be a Queen down for nothing after 25 ... de but 26 d6!! turns the tables. Blunder or brilliancy? BW [Event "World Open"] [Site "King of Prussia USA"] [Date "2007.06.30"] [EventDate "2007.06.28"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"] [Black "Robert Akopian"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2210"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Re2 Rab8 18. Rae1 Ba8 19. Nd4 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Ba4 Reb8 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nf5 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Rb7 27. dxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd1 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francisco V Baltier ----- Forwarded message from Francisco V Baltier ----- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:15:06 -0700 Hi Brian! Greetings from Tucson, AZ. Thanks for the tribute in those videos. It was AWESOME, and very well done. Kudos to you and Chris. I did forward the links to many friends and family and have gotten back many "atta boys" for my accomplishment and many compliments on your work. As for the game, I must say that while GM Brown was pondering resignation, I was starting to fear that my position was falling apart. In short, you showed me that I had a much better game going than I thought. I must apologize for not thanking you sooner. I kept delaying the response as I also wanted to dig up and include another blitz game I played, for you to include as an entry into the April Fools Baltier/Christiansen award. If you're interested, it is below. ZonaGrad is my FICS and Redhot Pawn handle. So, Thank You very much. I'm looking for an opportunity to play in a tourney in CO, where I can get reunited with CO chess friends and to thank you in person. I'm currently gearing up for the Tucson Open this weekend. Congratulations on your recent excursions from CO. Maybe we'll see you in Vegas in June at the 2009 National Open. - Francisco. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hardomil=Francisco Baltier does it again, down a Queen for a bishop ( -5) BW -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Blitz:5'"] [Site "FICS"] [Date "2008.10.09"] [Round "?"] [White "ZonaGrad"] [Black "Hardomil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1297"] [BlackElo "1183"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (7s)"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nh4 e6 10. f5 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qxh4 12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qxc5 Bd4+ 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rb8 17. a4 b6 18. Ba3 Na5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxd5 22. Bxa6 Nc4 23. Rfe1+ Ne5 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25. Rad1 Qxd1 26. Rxd1+ Kc7 27. Bd6+ * Francisco Baltier ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments From Email - Tim Fisher sends in a nominee to Paul Anderson's Colorado Springs Chess newsletter. Queen and pawn versus two knights ( -5 ) BW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Fisher, Friday, June 13, 2008 12:56 AM Hey Paul. In honor of the 2008 release of the first Rambo movie in over 20 years (I think it's called "Rambo Takes on the Nursing Home"), I thought it only fitting to submit this ICC blitz game in which I had to to call upon my inner Rambo. Ode to Rambo [Event "ICC 2 10"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.01.30" ] [Round "?"] [White "PegLeg"] [Black "Tim "Rambo" Fisher"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [Annotator "Fisher,Tim" ] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2008.??.??" ] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Be7 !? 9. Qd2 { but now that the bishop is guarded, the knight must be taken.} ({ I wasn't afraid of} 9. Nxf7 {because Black has decent compensation after} Qxf4 10. Nxh8 Kf8) 9... b5 ?? {is one cute move too many.} 10. Nc4 ({ of course now the simple} 10. Nxf7 {should also win easily.}) 10... Qb4 11. a3 {Ever get that feeling that the walls are closing in on you?} Ne4 12. Qe3 Nxc3 13. axb4 {Here, any sane person would have resigned. But I dug down deep and those immortal words came to me: "It's not over! Nothing is over! Nothing!! You can't just switch it off!"} Nd5 ! { Attacking his queen and two minor pieces.} 14. Qd2 bxc4 ! { So long, little stallion!} 15. Bxc4 N7f6 16. Be5 Nxb4 ! { Ha! Another warrior falls, surely momentum must be swinging in my favor!} 17. Bxc7 {I didn't need him anyway.} Bb7 ! { Developing the mighty bishop to its best diagonal with tempo!} 18. O-O { Yes, castling CAN be a blunder!} (18. Ba5 {was preferred.}) 18... Rc8 ! { Challenging him to defend them both.} 19. b3 Rxc7 ! { Another enemy soldier pays the ultimate price!} 20. c3 Nc6 21. Bxa6 { Flank pawns merely limit the scope of my pieces. Good riddance!} Nd5 ! { The knight centralizes and dominates the position!} 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 ! { And now my forces are practically invulnerable on the light squares!} 23. Ra8+ Rb8 24. Rxb8+ ? {The enemy has traded off his most active piece!} Nxb8 25. Ra1 O-O {My king enters his fortress while the rook is now ready to decimate anyone who stands in his way!} 26. c4 Nf6 {A charge to the rear!} 27. b4 Rd8 28. c5 { It's going to take more than a few puny foot soldiers to conquer my troops!} Nc6 {The evil twin knight enters the fray with a devastating double attack!} 29. Qc3 ? {Never send a woman to do a MAN's job!} Nxd4 30. Rd1 ?? { Is that supposed to scare me?} Ne2+ !! { --the inevitable death blow from a highly motivated fighting force!} 31. Kf1 Nxc3 ! {Goodnight Saigon!} 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. c6 Bb6 34. Ke1 Nfd5 35. Kd2 Ne4+ 36. Kd3 Nxf2+ 37. Kc4 Kf8 38. Kb5 Ke7 39. Ka6 Kd8 40. Kb7 Be3 41. b5 Ne4 42. c7+ Nxc7 43. b6 Bxb6 {Have one for the road!} 44. Kxb6 Kd7 0-1 Keep up the good work Paul! --Tim Game Of The Week This week I had a lot of suggestions for the game of the week. Anthea Carson crushed me this week at the June Mating Game for her 2nd win over me in 13 tries. She was hoping that I would write up the game to promote her chess videos (http://www. youtube.com/ user/TimmyBx) . However, she didn?t tell me which animal opening she used, so I didn?t know which video to promote. My favorite is the crab but that isn?t what she played this time. In addition, I got a wonderful game from Tim Fisher this week. He annotated a blitz game from back in January where he drops his queen but holds on to win. I do that every now and then in blitz games and send them to LM Brian Wall as Jim Burden/Franciso Baltier award nominees. However, I have yet to win the prize, but maybe Tim?s annotations might impress the judge and tip the balance in his favor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Triumph=Paul Anderson drops his Queen for a rook in a Bishing Pole (-7 ) BW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:20:04 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: 2009 Jim Burden/Franciso Baltier award nominee To: Brian Wall Brian, Here is a bishing pole where I dropped my queen (+5 to -5), but went on to smothered mate: [Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.06.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Triumph"] [Black "Priller"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "1781"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 a6 7. e3 h6 8. h4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Qb8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Qd3 Qa7 17. Bc2 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bxf6 N7xf6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Ne5 b4 22. g4 bxa3 23. g5 Nf4 24. Qe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rb8 26. Rxa3 Bb4 27. Rf3 Nd5 28. gxh6 Bxc5 29. h7+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Co-author Anthea loses her Queen in a blitz game but wins anyway with a pawn wave. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.01.23" ] [Round "-"] [White "Shereshevsky" ] [Black "Anthea"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1081"] [BlackElo "1189"] [Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"] [ECO "E60"] [NIC "QP.06"] [Time "19:27:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qb4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a5 h5 11. Nb5 axb5 12. Bxb4 cxb4 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. O-O b3 15. Qd2 Nfxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe3 Bf5 18. Ra3 bxc4 19. Ra4 b5 20. Raa1 O-O 21. Nd4 Rfb8 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Rfc1 Bxb2 24. Rcb1 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 b2 26. Rb1 c3 27. f3 Nd2 28. Rxb2 cxb2 29. Qxd2 b1=Q+ {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My own entry - I go down a Queen for a rook ( -7 ) BW [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2007.11.27"] [Round "-"] [White "brianwall"] [Black "toroco"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2311"] [BlackElo "2118"] [Opening "Modern defense: Averbakh system"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "KF.04"] [Time "04:58:45"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 c6 5. f4 Qc7 6. e5 e6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Be3 a6 9. c5 Ne7 10. Bd3 h6 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. b4 Nf5 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. a4 b6 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rg1 Kf7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bg7 21. Kd2 Bh6+ 22. Kc2 Rxh2 23. Rf1 Ne3+ 24. Kb3 Nxd1 25. Bg3+ Rf2 26. Bxf2 Nxf2 27. Rxf2+ Kg8 28. Bxg6 bxc5 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Rf7 Qb6 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rxh6 Qxb4+ 33. Kc2 cxd4 34. Be8+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rg7+ Kd8 37. Bxc6+ {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson completely blunders his Queen like Petrosian-Bronstein but already has a knight and an attack worth an equal game when it happens. Chris bravely goes on to -7 in an attempt to avoid a draw and win. [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night Tournament"] [Site "1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO"] [Date "2007.08.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Chris Peterson"] [Black "Walter Schmidt"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1739"] [BlackElo "1361"] [Opening "(Dutch:) Balogh defense"] [ECO "A82"] [NIC "HD.11"] [Time "18:51:00"] [TimeControl "Game/90"] Denver Chess Club Tuesday night August 14, 2007 Game/90 White - Chris Peterson 1739 Black - Walter Schmidt 1361 1. d4 f5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. exf5 exf5 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Bc4 Kf8 14. h4 Bf6 15. Nf4 Ne7 16. Nf3 c6 17. Be6 Ke8 18. Ng5 Bxe6 19. Nfxe6 Qc8 20. Nxg7+ Kd7 21. Qe6+ Kc7 22. Qxf6 Nd5 23. N5e6+ Kb6 24. Nxf5 Nxf6 25. Nxd6 Qd7 26. Nc4+ Kb5 27. Na3+ Kb6 28. Nc4+ Kb5 29. Re5+ Nd5 30. Nc5 Qg4 31. Rd1 Kxc4 32. a4 Qf4+ 33. Kb1 Qxe5 34. b3+ Kc3 35. dxe5 Kb4 36. Nd3+ Kc3 37. Nc1 Rae8 38. Na2# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erin has Two Bishops for Queen and Knight ( -3 ) in a slow rated game. He has so many advantages that it reminds me of my deliberate Queen sac in a similar position against Leonardo Sotaridona. With 21 Bc5+ he could have gone from -3 to +10 but he did win eventually. BW -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Erin ----- Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:32:30 -0500 From: Erin Reply-To: Erin Subject: Re: I enter myself in the Burden/Baltier Queen drop award. To: Brian Wall Brian, This one was played at a time control of 40/90, SD/1. It's an oldie, but goodie, and, I believe, the only one of my personal games that meets the qualifications. Enjoy! -Erin [Date "1992.02.29" ] [Round "1"] [White "Dame, Erin"] [Black "Golopentia, Dan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "1651"] [Annotator "Dame,Erin"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1992.02.29" ] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] {This game still gives me pleasure to this day. Unfortunately, my opponent apparently never played in another rated tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qf2 Nh5 10. fxe5?? Bh4 11. Bxf7+ Kd7 12. O-O ({Not} 12. Bxh5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+) 12... Bxf2+ 13. Rxf2 Rf8 14. Be3 ({Again} 14. Bxh5 {meets with} Rxf2 15. Kxf2 Qh4+) 14...dxe5 15. Bxh5 Rxf2 16. Bxf2 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qf8 {In general, Black attempts to consolidate his advantage too passively.} 18.Bg4+ Kd6 19. c3 Nc6 20. b4 {Threatening Bc5+} Ne7? 21. Nxe7 b6 (21... Kxe7 22. Bc5+) (21... Qxe7 22. Bc5+) 22. Nf5+ Kc6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Rf1 Qg8 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 Qg6 27. Bd1 Kb7 28. Ba4 Re6 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Bd5+ c6? 31. Bf7 Qf6 (31... Qxf7 32. Nd6+) 32. Bxe8 Qd8 33. d4 Qxe8 34. Nd6+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Open 2005"] [Site "Glendale Community Center, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2005.07.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Leonardo Sotaridona"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "Whiteresigns"] [WhiteElo "1872"] [BlackElo "2239"] [Opening "Bishop's opening: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C24"] [NIC "IG.04"] [Time "13:27:43"] [TimeControl "40/2 Game/25 plus 5 second delay during second time control only"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. f5 g6 7. Bg5 gxf5 8. Nf3 Rg8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd8 Ne3 11. Qe2 Rxg2 12. Qxe3 Bxe3 13. Bxc7 Kd7 14. Nh4 Rxc2 15. Nxf5 Bc5 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Ne3 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Rxb2 19. Rf1 Rd2+ 20. Kc1 Rxh2 21. Rxf7+ Kd6 22. Nf1 Re2 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Ng3 Ba3+ 25. Kd1 Rg2 White resigns 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- An absurd self-entry - instead of playing 29 Knight takes Queen ImranFaRuqi attacks my Queen with a second knight and goes on to lose. Funny game. Would he have played Knight-either-takes-Queen if I left her on c3? We'll never know. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2006.11.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ImranFaRuqi"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2150"] [BlackElo "2267"] [Opening "Benoni: 6.e4"] [ECO "A65"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "17:21:26"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. h3 f5 13. Kh2 Ne5 14. f4 fxe4 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. Qf1+ Kg7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bxe5+ Qxe5 20. Bxe4 Bd7 21. Qg2 Rf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qg2 b4 26. Nd1 c4 27. Ne3 c3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Nd1 Qe1 30. Nb2 b3 31. Nc4 Qb4 32. Nb2 Nf6 33. Bd3 Qc5 34. Nf4 Qd4 35. Ne6+ Bxe6 36. dxe6 Qe3 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qxb3 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Nh5 40. Be4 Nxg3+ 41. Qxg3 Qxg3 42. e7 Qe1+ {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a good one - at a slow time control, Paul Anderson has two minor pieces for Queen and pawn ( -7 ) and goes on to win. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 15:16:08 -0600 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: Fw: FICS game report triumph vs winecellar To: Brian Wall Hey Brian, It is hard to believe that I am at my highest ratings on USCF and FICS when I play like this. He actually played 17... o-o and then asked for a takeback. I decided to grant the takeback and go after the coveted Francisco Baltier Award. So here is my annual submission for the "not knowing how to protect the queen but still winning anyway" award. My hope is that everyone else forgets about this and I win it by default. You should get a trophy of a queen and tie a noose around its neck for the award and let each year's winner get one day with the trophy like they do with the Stanley Cup! Paul Anderson ----- Original Message ----- [Event "FICS rated standard game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2006.10.04"] [Time "19:56:44"] [Round "-"] [White "triumph"] [Black "winecellar"] [WhiteElo "2041"] [BlackElo "1479"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Nxg4 Nxg4 6. e4 Nxf2 7. Kxf2 dxe4 8. d5 g6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Bd3 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Be5+ 15. Bf4 Bxf4+ 16. Qxf4 Nf6 17. Rhe1 Nh5+ 18. Kf3 Nxf4 19. Kxf4 Qd6+ 20. Kf3 a6 21. g3 h5 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. b3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Rad1 O-O 26. Nxc5 Qc7 27. Ne4 Rad8 28. Bb1 Kg7 29. Ng5 h4 30. Re4 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rh8 32. Rde1 Rde8 33. Rf1 f6 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nxc7 Reg8 36. Rfe1 {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the winner is ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- General comments - I think I forgot to award the 2007-2008 Baltier-Burden award so I have a ton of entries this year. I would rather put it to a vote but only Paul Anderson and Duwayne Langseth would cast their ballots. I hadn't Fritzed the original Jim Burden-Larry Christiansen game until this year and I was afraid I was being too harsh on my nominees. Maybe Larry had a rook and a good attack for his Queen all along and it wasn't much of a miracle. I couldn't be more wrong. No nominee has come CLOSE to the true grit Larry showed. I honestly don't know how he kept making moves through the sheer embarassment of it all. Not only was Jim up a Queen all game but he had a vicious attack with +20 positions and many forced checkmates. It was the Chess equivalent of Jesus carrying his own cross up the hill with a crown of thorns (INRI) while being whipped by Roman guards and nailed to the cross. Let us take the entries one by one to see how I judged them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #1 Dashzeveg Sharavdorj -Robert Akopian If Dashzeveg would have been sipping Mongolian moonshine and truly dropped his Queen this would have come closest to the original game but I fear this was just another one of his tactical brilliancies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 ZonaGrad versus Hardomil( Francisco Baltier ) I love the idea of Francisco winning his own award. None of this would be possible without his great contributions to the Chess world. The only thing I don't like is that Larry played a serious tournament game and this was a blitz game. A very serious candidate though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #3 PegLeg versus Tim "Rambo" Fisher Tim Fisher gets very high marks for getting in the spirit of the award with his own Rambo annotations, saving Paul Anderson and I the trouble of writing them. Double extra credit bonus points for making correct pgn annotations that can be popped right into Fritz or Chessbase with notes intact. Chris Peterson has been begging me to learn that simple trick for months. A- only for being a blitz game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #4 Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) Priller Paul Anderson gets high marks for - A - writing the Colorado Springs Newsletter with little feedback, something I understand well. B - multiple entries shows true desire C - Of course double extra credit bonus points for prosecuting a shaky Bishing Pole Attack. It's a very tough call this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #5 Shereshevsky versus Anthea Carson Martinez Pros - A - I love her B - consistently one of the most active players in the State, playing in virtually every Chess tournament available in Colorado C - good ambassador for Chess D - Co-wrote, colored and tirelessly promotes our book- How to Play Chess Like An Amimal D - made a successful sales call for 30 books to an Orlando, FLA Borders yesterday E - created 30 wonderful Youtube Chess videos, singlehandedly revolutionizing how Chess is presented to the public. Ironically one of her best videos is the least viewed so take a look to get her numbers up. Feel free to leave comments and votes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no&feature=channel_page F - actually plays all the crazy openings in rated games. G - won with a pawn wave, which I also love, qualifying her as a PAWN WAVE GIRL. H - wrote 5 nonChess novels I - does all this while successfully managing a happy family. J - beautiful, brilliant, charming with a decades old true passion for Chess Cons A - Anthea recently put on 5 pounds which negates above mentioned accomplishments and invalidates her nominee for the Baltier-Francisco award. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #6 Chris Peterson versus Walter Schmidt this one was very good - Chris completely blunders his Queen away - any compensation was purely accidental. High marks for ignoring draws and going for mate in a losing position without a Queen in a slow rated game. Good candidate. Another thing I love about Chris is that he is a true Chess artist suffering for his passion. We can sit around in a messy apartment with eviction notices stuffed in between empty pizza boxes stacked to the ceiling, holes in the wall, nothing to eat in the fridge and still manage to create high quality Chess videos. Of the many Youtube Chess videos Chris has produced ( Channel sagacious00004 ) this one features my favorite Chris Peterson game. Sagacious means wise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfONfrGcS3o ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #7 Erin Dame versus Dan Golopentia Pros - A - slow tournament game B - One of Erin's favorite games C - Double extra credit bonus points for knocking his opponent out of Chess. I never saw Professor April again after I won his Queen with the Crab ( h4, a4, Bb5 pinning a c6-Queen to an e8-King ). Jeff Laswon committed suicide under a bridge after repeated 5 minute/1 minute lashings with my Contempt Gambit. ( 1 e4 f5 2 ef g6 3 fg Nf6 4 gh R:h7 ) D - no demerits for being an old game, I'll take them as I get them. Cons - Erin had so much compensation it looked like my deliberate-Queen-sac Vienna game with Leonardo Sotaridona ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #8 - Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) versus Winecellar A - Extra credit for promoting the contest in the Colorado Springs Newsletter B - Slow game C - Submitting multiple entries shows tenacity and committment D - Actually giving his oppnent a takeback in order to take his Queen takes my breath away, similar to the infinite mercy of the Lord. The Chess equivalent of Jesus at the Last Supper telling everyone he knows Judas has betrayed him but going ahead with the crucifixion anyway. The value for this act approaches infinity. A first. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OK, let's cull the field ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #2 ZonaGrad versus Hardomil( Francisco Baltier ) Baltier winning his own award really appeals to me. Baltier's many Raytheon Chess emails where he goes on in Rambo style about dropping his Queen to kids and fighting on anyway is what started the whole contest. #3 PegLeg versus Tim "Rambo" Fisher Spirited Rambo annotations in the spirit of Baltier deserves something. #4 Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) Priller Sucessful Bishing Pole with Queen blunder, does it get any better than this? #5 Shereshevsky versus Anthea Carson Martinez Pawn wave overcoming a Queen blunder - my brand of Chess. All that and drop dead gorgeous. #6 Chris Peterson versus Walter Schmidt This may come closest to the original - complete Queen blunder for nothing only dependent on previous compensation. Tremendous courage to eschew draws in searh of the Holy Grail mate. Plus produced the Fishing Pole:First Blood videos. An almost impossible choice this year. #8 - Triumph ( Paul Anderson ) versus Winecellar Giving his opponent a takeback so he could fork Paul's King and Queen verges on the spiritual. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's try again to pick a favorite from the 6 remaining. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baltier and Paul have to make the final four. Chris was the only one just to have his Queen plucked off for nothing. I gotta go with Tim Fisher making up his own pgn readable annotations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's try again to cut the field. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think I like picking Francisco Baltier for first place, not just for this game but many others he annotated for his Raytheon Chess buddies. Also Francisco is not as accompished as the other nominees - Baltier needs more than just an occasional C-prize to keep going. Second place goes to Chris Peterson for dropping his Queen for nothing in a slow game but still pursuing the Black King to victory. Also for promoting Baltier Rambo Chess in Youtube videos Honorable mention goes to Tim Fisher for Rambo annotations. A special Thank You to Paul Anderson for promoting the contest, excellent Chess annotations for half a year every year and for two excellent nominees. Offering a takeback to win the award is clever and original and deserves a higher place. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Answer - Francisco Baltier wins the 2007-2009 April Fools Drop-your-Queen-and-win-anyway Jim Burden-Francisco Baltier award. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 3 12:02:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:02:38 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Late entry for -Nominee for the 2009 Francisco V. Baltier Award Message-ID: <1238781758.49d64f3eaed39@www.taom.com> Pete sent me this game in January 2009 but I somehow didn't find it or remember it until today. I think it was stuck in the wrong mailing group. Yahoo allows me to search the body of a letter for a subject not just the title like Taom. Let's have a look. BW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded message from Pete Short ----- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:09 -0800 (PST) From: Pete Short Reply-To: redwoodpete at yahoo.com Subject: Nominee for the 2009 Francisco V. Baltier Award To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Brian, ? I respectfully nominate the following game for the Francisco V. Baltier Award for playing like a complete moron and losing my queen and then buckling down for a sweet mate. ? I will leave the post mortem to you - it was a rated Red Hot Pawn correspondence game against a much lower rated player. The Temptress - RedwoodPete Challenge http://www.redhotpawn.com, 11.01.2009 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nd5 e5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nxe5 cxd5 6.Qf3 Be6 7.Bb5+ Ke7 8.b3 a6 9.Ba3+ Qd6 10.Bxd6+ Kxd6 11.Qf4 Ke7 12.Ba4 b5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd4 Ke6 15.0-0 f6 16.Nd3 Nc6 17.Rae1+ Ne5 18.Qb6+ Bd6 19.Nf4+ Kd7 20.Nxd5 Ne7 21.d4 Rhb8 22.Qa5 N5c6 23.Qc3 Nxd5 24.Qh3+ Kc7 25.Qxh7 Rg8 26.Qh5 Nde7 27.d5 Ne5 28.c4 bxa4 29.bxa4 Rh8 30.Qe2 Rxh2 31.Kxh2 Nf3+ 32.Kh3 Rh8+ 33.Kg4 Nh2# * ? ?Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense? Winston Churchill Pete Short ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Temptress - RedwoodPete Challenge http://www.redhotpawn.com, 11.01.2009 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4! 3.Nd5 e5 4.Nf3 c6! 5.Nxe5! cxd5! 6.Qf3 Be6 7.Bb5+! Ke7! 8.b3 a6?? Excellent start - Pete drops his Queen for nothing - ( -11 ) 9.Ba3+! Qd6! 10.Bxd6+! Kxd6! 11.Qf4 Ke7 12.Ba4 b5 13.exd5! Bxd5! 14.Qxd4! Ke6 The Temptress is still +11 and remember, this is a POSTAL game. I think www.redhotpawn.com gives you a week or 3 days to move. 15.0-0 f6 The sultry siren is +16 now! That's like up TWO Queens. How will Pete Short survive? 16.Nd3 Nc6 The Temptress is up +17 in a postal game. I can't watch Pete suffer like this. 17.Rae1+ Ne5 The flirty fraulein is now up +27 in a postal game. Pete is running on fumes. She's up 3 Queens worth! 17 ... 18.Qb6+ Bd6 19.Nf4+ Kd7 20.Nxd5 Another one of Pete's pieces drops off the board. He's got nothing left to work with. 20 ... Ne7! 21.d4 Rhb8! A little counterplay but still down -10 22 de!! R:b6+ 23 N:b6+ would hoover the board and definitely win for the Scorceress. 22.Qa5 N5c6 23.Qc3 Pete has made huge progress but he is still down -6 23 ... Nxd5 24.Qh3+ Kc7! 25.Qxh7 Rg8 26.Qh5 Nde7 Still -5 for Pete 27.d5 About 30 years ago a much lower rated player shocked me with 1 ... Q:h2+ 2 K:h2 Bh6-f4 double discovered check from a rook on h8 3 Kg1 Bh2+ = with a perpetual. Pete can secure a draw here in similar fashion with 27 ... Rh8!!! 28 R:e7+, Qe2, Qf7, Qg4, Qf3 or Qd1 all leading to perpetual check. 27 ... Ne5?? Blocking his own perp. 28.c4 Like a true temptres she offers a wide variety of cunning moves along with silly moves to throw you off balance. This one happens to be very good. 28 ... bxa4 That bishop has been trapped for 16 moves but Pete is still down -5 29.bxa4 Rh8!! On the right track 30.Qe2? Allowing a draw. Only 30 Qd1!!! wins 30 Qd1!!! R:h2 31 c5!! or 30 Qd1!!! Nf3+ 31 gf B:h2+ 32 Kg2 Ng6 33 Rh1 kill the attack. After 30 Qe2 Nf3+!! 31 gf B:h2+ 32 Kg2 Ng6! the threat of ... Nf4+ winning the Queen forces a perpetual with ... Nf4+, ... Bg3+, ... Bh2+, ... Bg3+, ... Bf4+ = Pete doesn't have time for Rh1 in this line because his Queen hangs. Pete has fought back from -27 to forcing the Temptress to find one winning move. Maybe she likes him too much to defeat him. 30 ... Rxh2?? This fails to 31 c5!! messing up the coordination of the attack by threatening to capture the bishop with check or the sacrificial lambb rook on h2. Pete had a legitimate draw with 30 ... Nf3+! 31.Kxh2?? 31 c5!! wins but Pete has tempted the Temptress with a rook. Foiled at her own game. 31 ... Nf3+!!! Mate in two 32.Kh3! Rh8+! 33.Kg4! Nh2# * --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pros - 1 - Postal game, very important. That is even slower than a tournament game. 2 - Pete is a fellow Raytheon employee of Francisco's and gets Baltier's Rambo emails 3 - Pete was down more than anyone else, -27 in a postal game is even more hopeless than Jim Burden having a mate in 4. Maybe Jim was in time pressure, the Temptress couldn't be. 4 - Pete is holding down the Colorado Chess fort all alone in Florida 5 - Pete won a Class C prize 11 years ago. Details available upon request. 6 - Pete played the English for 10 years straight. 7 - Pete spent a lifetime looking for the Holy Grail, a smothered mate. Cons - 1 - The Temptress isn't a Chessmaster like Jim Burden. 2 - His last name isn't Baltier. Pete's game ranks very high, definitely Top 5. I apologize for not including it yesterday and anyone else I might have missed. It's easy to prevent in the future by simply including the word Baltier and sending any entries to BrianWallChess4 at Yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090403/52c5f73c/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 3 12:25:35 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:25:35 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Favorite Papa Jack story Message-ID: <1238783135.49d6549f2a27d@www.taom.com> I forgot my favorite Papa Jack story When I sell Anthea's book, How To Play Chess Like An Animal, no one ever complains about the price except booksellers themselves. Papa Jack sold high quality Western shirts made of real cotton with metal snaps instead of buttons close to my two favorite restaurants in the world, The Wazee Supper Club and My Brother's Bar in Denver, Colorado. Papa Jack called the area, skid row. Papa Jack probably heard countless complaints about the price of his shirts for almost a century. He had a sign in his office that addressed the issue. " If you want high-quality healthy oats you have to pay a fair price. If you want the oats after they have been through the horse, we can sell them to you cheaper." From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 3 21:52:51 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:52:51 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TD Counts/Assists Message-ID: <1238817171.49d6d9932a8de@www.taom.com> Often Chessmasters know more then TDs because this is our business. I believe Matthew O' Hara is wrong that previous moves towards a 50 move rule claim are invalid when the TD takes over. I believe TD Jerry Maier is wrong when he claims a TD or deputy keeping score at the player's behest under blitz duress ( under 5 minutes, under one minute like me ) would invalidate the player's claims to three-fold repetition and 50 move rule. Can anyone further elucidate, please? Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:15:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves I would like to weigh in on the 50-move rule question. I looked it up at the Arvada library and found it on p 47, rule 14f4. The rule, loosely paraphrased, says that a player may invoke the 50 move rule by stopping the clocks and telling the director that he intends to claim a 50 move draw. The tournament director may appoint a deputy to count the moves or count himself. Of course the player can not claim any prior moves toward the 50 count. From my recollection the td has discretion in whether or not to assist the player in making the claim(counting the moves) Matthew O' Hara ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Maier ----- Forwarded message from pmjer77 at aim.com ----- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:44:12 -0400 From: pmjer77 at aim.com Reply-To: pmjer77 at aim.com Subject: 50 Move Rule/TD Counts/Assists To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Hi All, Just a point of clarification. The phrase "Of course the player can not claim any prior moves toward the 50 count" is incorrect. 5th Edition Rulebook, pg 47, 14F4, (a) If the director or the deputy will count moves, the count should begin by crediting moves already made and listed on the scoresheet of the player intending to claim. An opponent who believes a different number of moves have?been made should present this case if and when the count reaches 50.?? In prior emails between myself and the USCF, the TD is allowed to keep score to keep a record for posterity, but claims may not be made on the basis of the TD keeping score.??Players give up that right when?the player?stops taking responsibility for that aspect of?his or her?game. Happy chess playing! Jerry Maier Mobile: ? ?719.660.5531 Home/FAX: ?719.268.6970 E-mail: ? ?pmjer77 at aim.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090403/4fdaeea5/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 3 23:01:27 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 23:01:27 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes crushes sceptical Mitch Anderson with Fishing Pole in 25 moves in the 2009 Colorado Closed. Message-ID: <1238821287.49d6e9a7c422c@www.taom.com> Someone told me before the 2009 Colorado Closed they thought Mitch Anderson might get zero points. I thought Mitch might do OK because he seems to be a rising star. He played brilliantly against me this year. He also beat NM Josh Bloomer. He won a few local tournaments. Our secret critic turned out be be astute - if I had played 35 Rf2!! Mitch would have scored zero. However, exposing a young player to tough competition is the best way for them to improve. Perhaps next year the third Anderson, Paul, will crack the cutoff 2054 and make the Closed. Renard and Mitch already had their fun. In the latest Chess Olympiad they asked GM Kaidanov to step down so the younger GM Varuzhan Akobian could shine. Varuzhan was an honored commentator when I was an ICC Chess commentator in 2006. His analysis was always pure gold. Kaidanov ended up coaching the women's team. I taught Tyler the Fishing Pole when he was 9 years old. He was so good already by age 11 I suggested he investigate more professional openings like the ArchAngelsk. Despite several titled mentors after me ( IMs and GMs ) Tyler maintained his love for the Fishing Pole, to my eternal delight. Tyler's approach was to use his Fishing Pole knowledge and combine it with other settings, like the Bishing Pole against the Ruy Lopez, an ancient line Bobby Fischer battled in his day. The Fishing Pole is really a universal weapon that can arise out of any opening. After his loss, Mitch said with his eternal wry smile - " The Fishing Pole is tough enough to face when it's unsound, I should definitely stay away from the sound versions. " Mitch is young, handsome, bright, engaging with many good years ahead of him. I feel certain he emerged from his trial by fire a better player with a clearer idea of how to make future progress. Mitch probably feels the same way I do - you must be grateful for any half-points you score in this field. 2009 Colorado Closed Round 3 Saturday March 28, 2009 Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado Board 3 White - Mitch Anderson, the newcomer 2007 Black - The Incredible Tyler Hughes, 2008 U.S. Junior Champion, 2009 U.S. Closed invitee, now 18 years old and about to start a full Chess Scholarship at UTD Dallas in the fall. Go Tyler! Opening - What else? Anderson,M (2007) - Hughes,T (2272) [B47] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (3), 28.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Kh1 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 h5 You may think that I have deluded the poor child with Fishing Pole hypnosis. I admit I felt sick to my stomach, completely ill, guilty of a great crime against humanity when Tyler lost the last round with this opening to Angel Lopez at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. To come so close to a college Chess scholarship and then stumble at the 1 yard lime because of that damn Fishing Pole! It turned out Angel Lopez had already secured a UTD Dallas Chess Scholarship and didn't need it so they gave it to Tyler anyway. He was only 15 and had locked up college funds 2.5 years early! I bathed in heated holy water for 3 hours surrounded by votive candles and emerged purged of my great sin, justified in my coaching methods, reborn in my passion to Chess. I know YOU, dear reader, would not play this way just because Tyler and I do. Perhaps that smirk will disappear when I tell you that World Champion Anand has played this for Black as well as 80 others. Only weak players scoff at the mighty Fishing Pole, Super GMs use it all the time. GM Matulovic has 5 draws here as Black versus GMs. Ruth Sheldon ( who? ) scored 1.5 out of two here. Gennady Tunik scored two wins and two draws as Black against formidable GM opposition. Before LM Jack Young invented the term Fishing Pole, IM John Watson showed us Denverites this line in the 1970's. Mark Sherbring used it a lot and called it the Pyschedlic Sicilian because John was a hippie back then. 12.e5! Ng4! The Fishing Pole is lined up against the lazy river, glistening in the sun with a tacklebox full of bait. 13.Ne4 Bb7! 14.Bf3 Bxe4! 15.Qxe4! Rc8! Played 8 times before 16.Bxg4?? TL A bite already? Tyler only put his line in the water 5 minutes ago. He was just stretching his lanky legs for a good nap under the elm. Theoretical Lemon by Mitch Anderson Yes, Mitch is on my email list but still opened the gates of Hell. 16 ... hxg4!! Throw another fish in the pail. 17.f5?? Mitch thinks he's attacking Tyler Hughes by flopping around energetically with a hook in his mouth and smacking Tyler with his tail. Tyler is already squeezing the lemons and setting the table. 17 ... g3!! Standard dime-a-dozen Fishing Pole fare. Tyler put pawns on g3 before his age was double digit. 18.h3! Bf2!! Anderson's King has asthma. 19.fxe6 Once the Fisherman has you in his net, struggling only hastens the end. 19 ... dxe6!! 20.Be3 Qxc2!! 21.Qb7! 0-0!! Even though his h-pawn has run off with the farmer's daughter Tyler still think it's safe to castle. 22.Rac1?? Qe2!! Mitch's King is in a sensory deprivation tank and is oblivious to the carnage around him. Let's not wake him. He's tanning. 23.Bxf2?? Rxc1!! 24.Rxc1! gxf2!! 25.Qf3 Qe1+!! 0-1 Mitch Anderson resigns. The Fishing Pole is not some deranged idea of a Denver madman. The Fishing Pole is a vicious weapon everyone should know about. Where did Mitch go wrong? 16 B:g4? gave him the worse game. His next move 17 f5? made it worse. 22 B:f2 is bad but limits the damage. 23 Bg5! is bad but twice as good as 23 B:f2? The truth is the Fishing Pole unsettles and discombobulates people, paralyzes their minds. It's hard for people who label themselves rational to feel comfortable in chaos. Mitch played much better against everyone else. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson,M (2007) - Hughes,T (2272) [B47] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (3), 28.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Kh1 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 h5 12.e5 Ng4 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Bf3 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Rc8 16.Bxg4 hxg4 17.f5 g3 18.h3 Bf2 19.fxe6 dxe6 20.Be3 Qxc2 21.Qb7 0-0 22.Rac1 Qe2 23.Bxf2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 gxf2 25.Qf3 Qe1+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I admire how World Champion Anand secured the draw here 23 years ago in the line Tyler used. [Event "Lloyds Bank op 10th"] [Site "London"] [Date "1986.08.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Plaskett,Jim"] [Black "Anand,Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "B47"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Kh1 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 h5 12.e5 Ng4 13.Qh3 Nf2+ 14.Rxf2 Bxf2 15.Ne4 Qb6 16.Nd6+ Kf8 17.a4 b4 18.f5 Rb8 19.Bg5 Bb7 20.Qd3 Bd5 21.fxe6 dxe6 22.Rf1 Kg8 23.h4 Bc5 24.Qg3 Bxd6 25.exd6 f5 26.Be3 Qb7 27.Bd4 Rh7 28.c4 bxc3 29.bxc3 Rd8 30.c4 Bxg2+ 31.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rxd6 33.Rf4 g6 34.c5 Rc6 35.Bf3 Rc8 36.c6 Rhc7 37.Kf2 Kf7 38.a5 Rxc6 39.Bxc6 Rxc6 40.Ke3 Rc1 41.Kd2 Rc4 42.Ke3 g5 43.hxg5 Kg6 44.Bb6 Rxf4 45.Kxf4 h4 46.Bd4 Kh5 47.Be3 h3 48.Bg1 Kg6 49.Bh2 Kh5 1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fantastic game where World Champion Kasparov sacs the exchange to get a bishop on f2 like Tyler Hughes. [Event "XXII Torneo Ciudad de Linares"] [Site "0:00:10-0:31:27"] [Date "2005.03.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.e4 c5 11.d5 Qc7 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Bc2 c4 14.Nd4 Nc5 15.Be3 e5 16.Nf3 Be7 17.Ng5 O-O 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Ne6 Qb6 20.Nxf8 Rxf8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 e4 24.Qe2 e3 25.Rfd1 Qd6 26.a4 g6 27.axb5 axb5 28.g3 Nh5 29.Qg4 Bxg3 30.hxg3 Nxg3+ 31.Kg2 Rf2+ 32.Kh3 Nf5 33.Rh1 h5 34.Qxg6+ Qxg6 35.Rhg1 Qxg1 36.Rxg1+ Kf7 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nice game where World Champion Topalov plays ... h5 in a Sicilian and then castles anyway like Tyler Hughes. [Event "Linares-Morelia"] [Site "0:07:33-0:18:33"] [Date "2007.03.06"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Peter Svidler"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h3 Qc7 12.Bd3 h4 13.f4 b5 14.Rhe1 Rb8 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a5 20.b3 a4 21.Bc4 axb3 22.cxb3 Bd7 23.Nf3 O-O 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nxh4 Bc6 26.Ng3 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Bxh4 28.g3 Be7 29.Nf2 Rbd8 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Rd1 Qa5 32.Ng4 e4 33.Nh6+ gxh6 34.Qxh6 Qf5 35.g4 Qc5 36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Another game where World Champion Topalov plays ... h5 in a Sicilian and then castles anyway like Tyler Hughes. [Event "Liga de Campeones"] [Site "Vitoria Gasteiz ESP"] [Date "2007.11.14"] [EventDate "2007.11.02"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Judit Polgar"] [Black "Veselin Topalov"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "116"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. a4 Nb6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Qd3 Qc8 16. Na4 Rxc2 17. Nb6 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. f4 O-O 21. f5 Bd7 22. Bg5 Bc6 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. Nc5 Bf4 27. Nd3 Qg5 28. Nxf4 Qxf4 29. Re1 g6 30. Qd3 gxf5 31. Qxd6 fxe4 32. Nc4 Re8 33. Ne3 Qg5 34. Qc5 f5 35. Nc4 e3 36. Nxe3 f4 37. Qc4+ Kg7 38. h4 Qg6 39. Nd5 Qe6 40. Nb6 Qg4 41. Nd5 Qxh4 42. Re2 Qg4 43. Rd2 Qe6 44. Qc5 Qd7 45. Rd3 Qf7 46. Qd6 Qg6 47. Qc7+ Kh6 48. Nxf4 exf4 49. Qxf4+ Kh7 50. Rg3 Rf8 51. Qe5 Rf5 52. Qc7+ Qf7 53. Qd6 Rd5 54. Qb8 Rxa5 55. Qd8 Rd5 56. Qh4 Rf5 57. Kh2 Qf6 58. Qc4 Rg5 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 3 23:31:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 23:31:22 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] wrong em boyos - Mathhew O' Hara Message-ID: <1238823082.49d6f0aaac994@www.taom.com> According to one guy, you can use your opponent's scoresheet to correct your own as long as your clock is running. If the opponent refuses, you can stop the clock and have the TD explain and enforce the rule under threat of foreiture for insubordination. It's interesting how confused we are all about the rules, me inclded. The case we are discussing, in case you've all forgotten by now, is Wall-Mulyar, 2009 Colorado Closed where I kept score for 95 moves and then asked Duwayne Langeth to keep score for me when I was down to one minute. TD Klaus Johnson began counting for the 50 move rule but the game quickly wrapped up with King and rook pawn versus King. I was wondering afterwards if it would be legal for Klaus to "deputize" Duwayne to keep score for me and if I could use Duwayne's notes to make draw claims. Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 22:19:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: wrong em boyos To: Brian Wall it would be possible to claim prior moves if the player had a scoresheet with the moves up to the current position that reflected no captures or pawn moves. This is the paper tiger argument. I was referring to making a claim towards the fifty move rule of moves without a scoresheet. The opponent's scoresheet could not be used, and the player could not invoke witnesses or himself to vouchsafe for prior moves. Matthew OHara -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090403/23a74f6a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 4 00:13:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:13:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Duwayne Langseth reports from SuperNationals. Message-ID: <1238825609.49d6fa899258d@www.taom.com> How was Kasparov's speech? No, I didn't know DuWayne was a TD too. Often in action tournaments ( Game/30 minutes ) I am the only one keeping score. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth ----- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 23:55:57 -0600 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] wrong em boyos - Mathhew O' Hara To: Brian Wall Brian, I think the answer to the two questions are pretty clear: 1. Yes, Klaus can make me a deputy TD. 2. Yes, TDs can take score for someone if they decide to and the scoresheet can be used to enforce 50 move rule as well as threefold repetition. Believe it or not, I've been a TD in dozens of tournaments, most rated. You didn't know that did you! Sherry and Rhett both won their first two games in Nashville today, but they had to work for it and had one real tough game each so far. When I left the playing floor, Richard Herbst was having a tough time against your buddy Robert Hess on Board 1 in the K-12 Championship section. Richard did very well, but Hess was relentless. I dont' know how it ended, but I can guess. DuWayne --------------------------------------------------------------- Brian According to one guy, you can use your opponent's scoresheet to correct your own as long as your clock is running. If the opponent refuses, you can stop the clock and have the TD explain and enforce the rule under threat of foreiture for insubordination. It's interesting how confused we are all about the rules, me inclded. The case we are discussing, in case you've all forgotten by now, is Wall-Mulyar, 2009 Colorado Closed where I kept score for 95 moves and then asked Duwayne Langeth to keep score for me when I was down to one minute. TD Klaus Johnson began counting for the 50 move rule but the game quickly wrapped up with King and rook pawn versus King. I was wondering afterwards if it would be legal for Klaus to "deputize" Duwayne to keep score for me and if I could use Duwayne's notes to make draw claims. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 22:19:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: wrong em boyos To: Brian Wall it would be possible to claim prior moves if the player had a scoresheet with the moves up to the current position that reflected no captures or pawn moves. This is the paper tiger argument. I was referring to making a claim towards the fifty move rule of moves without a scoresheet. The opponent's scoresheet could not be used, and the player could not invoke witnesses or himself to vouchsafe for prior moves. Matthew OHara -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090404/e839033e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 8 00:00:55 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:00:55 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] TD Buck Buchanan- 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists Message-ID: <1239170455.49dc3d97e1469@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Richard Buchanan ----- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:13:30 -0600 From: Richard Buchanan Reply-To: Richard Buchanan Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists To: Brian Wall Brian, Here are the rules in question, beginning on p. 47 of the USCF Rule book. ********************************************************************************************* 14F4. Director may count moves in sudden death;. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining and a simplfied position in which no captures or pawn moves seem likely may stop both clocks, declare to a director an intention to invoke the 50-move rule when possible, and ask for assistance in counting moves. A director who agrees this is appropriate may count moves or use a deputy or a clock with a move counter to do so. a. If the director or the deputy will count moves, the count should begin by crediting moves already made and listed on the scoresheet of the player intending to claim. An opponent who believes a different number of moves have been made should present this case if and when the count reaches 50. b. The director or deputy may either keep score, make check marks, or combine the two. c. After the count by the director or deputy begins, neither player has a right to know the count until 50 moves are reached. At that point the game is declared drawn unless the opponent succesfully challenges the move count. ******************************************************************************************** So the purpose of the TD recording the moves is to verify a draw by the 50 move rule. This is done in connection with a claim by a player. Point A says that earlier moves may be counted in the 50 if they are written on the claimant's scoresheet. By point C the director's scoresheet would not be accessible to the players until the 50 moves have been played. As far as a draw by repetition goes, the rule book says elsewhere: ********************************************************************************************* 14C8. Sudden death time pressure. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining may be awarded a draw by triple occurrance of postion based on the observation of a director, deputy, or impartial witness(es). A player may stop both clocks to see a director in order to demonstrate the ability to force a triple occurrence of position.,, 14C9. Claimant's scoresheet. Except for 14C8, the claimant must have a scoresheet adequate to demonstrate the validity of the claim. ********************************************************************************************* So while the director's scoresheet would not be usable to make the claim, the director would presumably have witnessed the repetition, and the claim could be made on that basis. In general, a player must keep his/her own scoresheet, and claims can be made only on the basis of that record. Of course, the director will take no action on the 50 move rule without the player making a claim. I have mentally counted moves in games I have watched, but unless a player makes a claim I have taken no action. Buck Buchanan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 9:52 PM Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists Often Chessmasters know more then TDs because this is our business. I believe Matthew O' Hara is wrong that previous moves towards a 50 move rule claim are invalid when the TD takes over. I believe TD Jerry Maier is wrong when he claims a TD or deputy keeping score at the player's behest under blitz duress ( under 5 minutes, under one minute like me ) would invalidate the player's claims to three-fold repetition and 50 move rule. Can anyone further elucidate, please? Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:15:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Klaus Johnson - TD counting moves I would like to weigh in on the 50-move rule question. I looked it up at the Arvada library and found it on p 47, rule 14f4. The rule, loosely paraphrased, says that a player may invoke the 50 move rule by stopping the clocks and telling the director that he intends to claim a 50 move draw. The tournament director may appoint a deputy to count the moves or count himself. Of course the player can not claim any prior moves toward the 50 count. From my recollection the td has discretion in whether or not to assist the player in making the claim(counting the moves) Matthew O' Hara ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Maier ----- Forwarded message from pmjer77 at aim.com ----- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:44:12 -0400 From: pmjer77 at aim.com Reply-To: pmjer77 at aim.com Subject: 50 Move Rule/TD Counts/Assists To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Hi All, Just a point of clarification. The phrase "Of course the player can not claim any prior moves toward the 50 count" is incorrect. 5th Edition Rulebook, pg 47, 14F4, (a) If the director or the deputy will count moves, the count should begin by crediting moves already made and listed on the scoresheet of the player intending to claim. An opponent who believes a different number of moves have?been made should present this case if and when the count reaches 50.?? In prior emails between myself and the USCF, the TD is allowed to keep score to keep a record for posterity, but claims may not be made on the basis of the TD keeping score.??Players give up that right when?the player?stops taking responsibility for that aspect of?his or her?game. Happy chess playing! Jerry Maier Mobile: ? ?719.660.5531 Home/FAX: ?719.268.6970 E-mail: ? ?pmjer77 at aim.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090408/f235d7bf/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 8 00:07:50 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:07:50 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1239170870.49dc3f3698da1@www.taom.com> I will go along with the retro Baltier awards. BW ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:19:09 -0000 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: [BrianWallChess] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On March 31st, the CSCC had 12 members in attendance. The night's event was Player's Choice. Most players opted for pick-up games and no record was kept despite quite a bit of discussion about score keeping. There are no results. Spring Is Sprung Open III By Jerry Maier Results of the Spring Is Sprung Open III, April 4, 2009. Score Place Prize Player 4.5 1st $50.00 Anthea J Carson 4.0 U1600 $35.00 Robert Rountree 3.0 Ted K Doykos 3.0 Michael C Davis 3.0 Dean W Brown 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Gerald J Maier 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Russel J Stark 2.5 U1200 $25.00 Liz Wood 2.0 Thomas Mullikin 2.0 Isaac Martinez 1.0 Kathy A Schneider Game Of The Week The Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award began back on February 25, 2005 in LM Brian Wall's Yahoo! Group (BrianWallChess-subscribe at yahoogroups.com): "Announcing the annual Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award April 1, 2005. This award goes to anyone who drops their Queen for no reason, gets so mad they don't resign and goes on to win anyway. Let me be clear. Jerry Hanken style "Parting with the Lady" games where the Queen is pseudo-sacrificed for full compensation are unwelcome here. These games have to be full farces where one side starts out playing like a complete idiot, hangs their Queen for almost nothing ( the less the better! ) and still wins by a miracle. Blitz games are worth less than rated games. A postal game would be priceless. Annotations should stress the psychological component since real analysis would be mostly pointless. I will post all entries and announce the winner every April 1. Games between 3 digit players are welcome although the higher rated the opponent the better. Games chosen mostly for humorous content. The name of the award is in reaction to two events. Jim Burden lost a famous game to Grandmaster Larry Christiansen over 10 yaers ago after trapping his Queen. The key moment is reprised by Bardwick ( one of only 15 active Masters in the Country, I mean County ) in this month's Chess Life. The other name is explained by a fellow Raytheon employee email from Tim Brennan, 'Francisco Baltier has a similar line from Rambo - he always says - "Nothing is over!!! Nothing!!! You just don't turn it off!" He always uses this to annotate his games against 900 USCF rated patzers where he will drop a queen, then come back to win!'" Anyway, this award is one of my favorite emails Brian has done! Certainly, I enjoy the fact that I got 2 games into the 2009 finals with all the nice things the master wrote about my games: "Actually giving his oppnent a takeback in order to take his Queen takes my breath away, similar to the infinite mercy of the Lord. The Chess equivalent of Jesus at the Last Supper telling everyone he knows Judas has betrayed him but going ahead with the crucifixion anyway. The value for this act approaches infinity. A first." These comments are even more humbling now that I finally got to see the masterpiece of noted Polish artist Jan Styka on my recent trip to California. He painted The Crucifixion, which is the largest framed mounted to canvas painting in the world, standing 195' long by 45' high. But also, I have always liked the humor and spirit behind this award. You just cannot play chess without making a lot of mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes can really get to you, but this award reminds me that there are more things at stake than just losing a chess game. It is a metaphor for life. Are you just going to quit when you make a mistake or are you going to fight to overcome it? The only complaint I would have about the award is the lack of consistency in awarding the prize. The first 2 awards came out annually, and then there was a gap of 2 years, and now another winner. However, I think that problem can be easily remedied. We just need to lobby Brian for three winners this year one for 2009, one for 2008, and one for 2007. Of course, I would hate to lose my sacrificial reputation so I will lay down my games so as to raise up the games of others. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 (King James Version). I would recommend Chris Peterson's game for the 2007 winner as it was played in 2007 and finished 2nd in this year's contest. For 2008, I would recommend Tim Fisher's game. It was submitted in 2008 to me, but I held off on making it the Game Of The Week in case that would disqualify it from receiving this award. I forwarded it to Brian and he put it in his top 4: "Tim Fisher gets very high marks for getting in the spirit of the award with his own Rambo annotations, saving Paul Anderson and I the trouble of writing them. Double extra credit bonus points for making correct pgn annotations that can be popped right into Fritz or Chessbase with notes intact. Chris Peterson has been begging me to learn that simple trick for months." In addition, it is now the 50th contributed game I have published. "Spirited Rambo annotations in the spirit of Baltier deserves something" (B. Wall). 2008 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Winner? (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (139) PegLeg - Fisher,Tim (1601) [B01] ICC 2 10 Internet Chess Club, 30.01.2008 [Fisher,Tim] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Be7 !? 9.Qd2 but now that the bishop is guarded, the knight must be taken. [I wasn't afraid of 9.Nxf7 because Black has decent compensation after 9...Qxf4 10.Nxh8 Kf8 ] 9...b5 ?? is one cute move too many. 10.Nc4 [of course now the simple 10.Nxf7 should also win easily.] 10...Qb4 11.a3 Ever get that feeling that the walls are closing in on you? 11...Ne4 12.Qe3 Nxc3 13.axb4 Here, any sane person would have resigned. But I dug down deep and those immortal words came to me: "It's not over! Nothing is over! Nothing!! You can't just switch it off!" 13...Nd5 ! Attacking his queen and two minor pieces. 14.Qd2 bxc4 ! So long, little stallion! 15.Bxc4 N7f6 16.Be5 Nxb4 ! Ha! Another warrior falls, surely momentum must be swinging in my favor! 17.Bxc7 I didn't need him anyway. 17...Bb7 ! Developing the mighty bishop to its best diagonal with tempo! 18.0-0 Yes, castling CAN be a blunder! [18.Ba5 was preferred.] 18...Rc8 ! Challenging him to defend them both. 19.b3 Rxc7 ! Another enemy soldier pays the ultimate price! 20.c3 Nc6 21.Bxa6 Flank pawns merely limit the scope of my pieces. Good riddance! 21...Nd5 ! The knight centralizes and dominates the position! 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 ! And now my forces are practically invulnerable on the light squares! 23.Ra8+ Rb8 24.Rxb8+ ? The enemy has traded off his most active piece! 24...Nxb8 25.Ra1 0-0 My king enters his fortress while the rook is now ready to decimate anyone who stands in his way! 26.c4 Nf6 A charge to the rear! 27.b4 Rd8 28.c5 It's going to take more than a few puny foot soldiers to conquer my troops! 28...Nc6 The evil twin knight enters the fray with a devastating double attack! 29.Qc3 ? Never send a woman to do a MAN's job! 29...Nxd4 30.Rd1 ?? Is that supposed to scare me? 30...Ne2+ !! --the inevitable death blow from a highly motivated fighting force! 31.Kf1 Nxc3 ! Goodnight Saigon! 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.c6 Bb6 34.Ke1 Nfd5 35.Kd2 Ne4+ 36.Kd3 Nxf2+ 37.Kc4 Kf8 38.Kb5 Ke7 39.Ka6 Kd8 40.Kb7 Be3 41.b5 Ne4 42.c7+ Nxc7 43.b6 Bxb6 Have one for the road! 44.Kxb6 Kd7 0-1 Upcoming Events 4/7 Speed Tournament, CSCC 4/8 Boulder April Blitz Tournament, BCC 4/10-12 2009 Boulder Open, BCC 4/14 Team Tournament, 4SS, G/15. 2 player teams, alternate moves without consulting, rating sum <3200, CSCC 4/16 April 2008 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA 4/18 casual chess at Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM., CSCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Brian, as you no doubt recall, I have this crazy preference for sacrificing my opponents pieces.... alas, there are times when plans do not survive contact, the opponents resistance is more than what was bargained for....? in any event, this next is from the penultimate round of the DC Chess League, Rd8, Friday 3April??????????????????????????????????? ??? Andy Rea(2128) - Paul Yavari(2100)?? The DC League is a round-robin, 9 rounds.? With the top 2 teams advancing to the 2-team championsip playoff match.? My team, the Arlington Chess Club, is (after 7 rounds) in third place, with 5 wins, a loss, and a draw- the matches are contested on 6 boards.? So, we have to win the next two matches and maybe get some help to ensure we get to that playoff.????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????? *1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5*? I have to play a standard QP opening, the Colle doesnt work well with that f-Pawn contesting e4 already....??? *3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 Bd6 6.c4 c6*?? Maybe White can hit 6...dc with 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.Qa4+- Black might hang on to an extra pawn, but for certain will be down a Bishop pair and the Black pieces would not be well coordinated?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???? *7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Ne5 Nbd7*?? Strangely enough, the fight is still about e5 - however, WHite would incur serious Kside exposure on f2-f4?? so Black is making annoying progress on the Kside??*10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.Nd2*?? And we can see that Black is being reasonably alert, not seeing the need for a move like 11...Rad8, which looks good but doesnt accomplish a whole lot- no need to pass on hitting the Kside- and Black chooses well, as White is ready for 11...e5, which allows counterplay on the light squares. ????? *11...f4 12.e4*? I will galdly steal a piece and survive the brave heroic attack on 12...fg ?13.e5, Black can make it very exciting but I see White with an extra piece, Black without a checkmate.? Or, Black can stay consistent, hitting the Kside for free....??????????????????????? ???? *12...fe3 13.fe3 e5!*? e3 is a target, the WHite King is uncomfortable, Black has active play on the f-file and active Bishops- so, I hit back in the center?? *14.cd*?? This, unlike 14.Qc2 or 14.Nf3, gives Bl;ack something to ponder.? Black sees that with an eventual ...e5-e4 he can kill both White Bishops and continue to maraud Whites Kside-?? ??? *14...cd*??? But, 14...Ng4!! would have been a harder hit yet!?? As played, Black gets an advantage, but for the sake of a Pawn he gains an inportant tempo by ignoring d5- there are threats all over, and 15.Nc4 or 15.Re1 are not crystal clear as crushing for Black.? But White is very much on the defensive.????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? All the same, White has to deal with the ugly prospect, after *14...cd*, of having to figure out what life is like after ...e4 and ...Ng4.? The prophylactic h2-h3 just leads to further weaknesses on the White Kside, so its time to play serious defense....???????????? ???? *15.Rxf6*?? No '!' since other moves lead to awful groveling instead of a small disadvantage.? As played, I also have the chance my opponent will not react correctly- he plays the Dutch, he has been hitting the f-file, will he really settle for just protecting e5 with ? 15...gf, which also seems to yield more Kside exposre than the text... but, yes, Black has a small advantage on 15...gf 16.Bxd5+ Be6, White has a Pawn for the Exchange, but Black has a lot of allies around his King- I dont see anything special about 17.Qg4+ Kf7- and Whites King is still not in great shape.?? Black finds another plan...????????????????????????? ???? *15...Rxf6?!*? Inaccurate, the hits on e5 are inconvenient??? *16.Bxd5+ Kh8 17.Ne4 Raf8*??? Ah, subtract Whites defenders and then still pile on the Kside.? However, Black is not familiar, or at least did not remember, the other famous Byrne-Fischer game?? not the glorious Q sac against Robert, but the dazzling attack against Donald- during which a few GMs were explaining why Fischer's attack was insufficient, he could regain an Exchange by taking a Rook on f1....?? but Fischer was more ambitious, he crunched the Bishop on g2 instead, staying down an Exchange but winning with his attack only a few moves later! ????? This is not anywhere near as dramatic, but you can surmise I was not interested in regaining the Exchange and then having to go back to defense??? *18.Nxd6*? Black groans, he can see that the future with 18...Rf2 19.Ba3 is dismal for him, thus his attack has to wait.? *18...Rxd6 19.de Rxd5*? Darn, White will not get to sit all over the center and Blacks Kside with an active Bishop pair- and, Black has a real counterattack on the light squares, enough for equality..... but, here we are, the Arlington Chess Club is already ahead 1-0, better on 2 of the other 4 boards, and equal play on the other two.? So, Black is not really interested in equality.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???? *20.Qxd5 Bc6 21.Qc4*?? Black is likely not losing on 21...Qd7 22.Rf1, but the text offers more winning chances?, so his choice was not a surprise to me? *21...Qg5!?? 22.Qd4!*?? Again I can hit the f-file, and I also have life after? 22...Rf3 23.Rd1, as Black can again sac, make it interesting, and realize that the only checkmate will be against his King....? Of course, 22...Rd8 is obvious, but White hits back with 23.Rf1, Black is not winning.? Thus Black goes for the plan of massing on the a8-h1 diagonal, but this too is not fatal for WHite???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???? *22...Qf5 23.e4 Bxe4*??Yes, ?Black can play 23..Qxe4, but his ending chances, even if it is down to the opposite-color Bishops, are probably half-draw half-loss?? and zero wins.? I know Brian can pass on a lot of data of how to win opposite-color?Bishop endings, so I am not surprised that Black does not want?to trade Qs and/or Rooks.???????????????????? ???? *24.e6 Rg8 25.Re1 Bc6 26.e7 h6*?? Not a lot of subtlety- and here I got too locked in on winning the match, for which a draw works, when I could have scored the whole schmeer!??*27.e8Q Bxe8 28.Rxe8 Qb1+ 29.Kg2 Qc2+*? Black has little interest in getting mated on g7 or getting his Q back to defend g7 and play a piece down...?????????????????????? ?? *30.Kg1 Qb1+ 31.Kg2 Qc2+ 32.Kg1?! 1/2-1/2*????? And by now you have realized that White can escape!? 32.Kh3 Qf5+ 33.g4?Qf3+ 34.Kh4- the g-pawn is pinned!- 34...Kh7 35.Rxg8?g5+ 36.Rxg5 etc, White is not getting mated but does have that crushing extra piece and attack!? As noted, I locked in on the winning result, good news there, but a win would?have done the same!??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????? For those planning ahead, I look to be at the Chicago Open, and then in early August, the US Open at Infdianapolis, hope to see some good friends while there!?? -Andy Rea?? ?????????????????????????? ?????? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090408/ab39fb36/attachment.htm From cs.chess at att.net Tue Apr 7 11:13:31 2009 From: cs.chess at att.net (cs.chess at att.net) Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:13:31 +0000 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <040720091713.4046.49DB89BA0001CF4D00000FCE22243323629B0A02D29B9B0EBF9C9C0A080CD29C0C@att.net> Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On March 31st, the CSCC had 12 members in attendance. The night's event was Player's Choice. Most players opted for pick-up games and no record was kept despite quite a bit of discussion about score keeping. There are no results. Spring Is Sprung Open III By Jerry Maier Results of the Spring Is Sprung Open III, April 4, 2009. Score Place Prize Player 4.5 1st $50.00 Anthea J Carson 4.0 U1600 $35.00 Robert Rountree 3.0 Ted K Doykos 3.0 Michael C Davis 3.0 Dean W Brown 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Gerald J Maier 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Russel J Stark 2.5 U1200 $25.00 Liz Wood 2.0 Thomas Mullikin 2.0 Isaac Martinez 1.0 Kathy A Schneider Game Of The Week The Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award began back on February 25, 2005 in LM Brian Wall's Yahoo! Group (BrianWallChess-subscribe at yahoogroups.com): "Announcing the annual Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award April 1, 2005. This award goes to anyone who drops their Queen for no reason, gets so mad they don't resign and goes on to win anyway. Let me be clear. Jerry Hanken style "Parting with the Lady" games where the Queen is pseudo-sacrificed for full compensation are unwelcome here. These games have to be full farces where one side starts out playing like a complete idiot, hangs their Queen for almost nothing ( the less the better! ) and still wins by a miracle. Blitz games are worth less than rated games. A postal game would be priceless. Annotations should stress the psychological component since real analysis would be mostly pointless. I will post all entries and announce the winner every April 1. Games between 3 digit players are welcome although the higher rated the opponent the better. Games chosen mostly for humorous content. The name of the award is in reaction to two events. Jim Burden lost a famous game to Grandmaster Larry Christiansen over 10 yaers ago after trapping his Queen. The key moment is reprised by Bardwick ( one of only 15 active Masters in the Country, I mean County ) in this month's Chess Life. The other name is explained by a fellow Raytheon employee email from Tim Brennan, 'Francisco Baltier has a similar line from Rambo - he always says - "Nothing is over!!! Nothing!!! You just don't turn it off!" He always uses this to annotate his games against 900 USCF rated patzers where he will drop a queen, then come back to win!'" Anyway, this award is one of my favorite emails Brian has done! Certainly, I enjoy the fact that I got 2 games into the 2009 finals with all the nice things the master wrote about my games: "Actually giving his oppnent a takeback in order to take his Queen takes my breath away, similar to the infinite mercy of the Lord. The Chess equivalent of Jesus at the Last Supper telling everyone he knows Judas has betrayed him but going ahead with the crucifixion anyway. The value for this act approaches infinity. A first." These comments are even more humbling now that I finally got to see the masterpiece of noted Polish artist Jan Styka on my recent trip to California. He painted The Crucifixion, which is the largest framed mounted to canvas painting in the world, standing 195' long by 45' high. But also, I have always liked the humor and spirit behind this award. You just cannot play chess without making a lot of mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes can really get to you, but this award reminds me that there are more things at stake than just losing a chess game. It is a metaphor for life. Are you just going to quit when you make a mistake or are you going to fight to overcome it? The only complaint I would have about the award is the lack of consistency in awarding the prize. The first 2 awards came out annually, and then there was a gap of 2 years, and now another winner. However, I think that problem can be easily remedied. We just need to lobby Brian for three winners this year one for 2009, one for 2008, and one for 2007. Of course, I would hate to lose my sacrificial reputation so I will lay down my games so as to raise up the games of others. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 (King James Version). I would recommend Chris Peterson's game for the 2007 winner as it was played in 2007 and finished 2nd in this year's contest. For 2008, I would recommend Tim Fisher's game. It was submitted in 2008 to me, but I held off on making it the Game Of The Week in case that would disqualify it from receiving this award. I forwarded it to Brian and he put it in his top 4: "Tim Fisher gets very high marks for getting in the spirit of the award with his own Rambo annotations, saving Paul Anderson and I the trouble of writing them. Double extra credit bonus points for making correct pgn annotations that can be popped right into Fritz or Chessbase with notes intact. Chris Peterson has been begging me to learn that simple trick for months." In addition, it is now the 50th contributed game I have published. "Spirited Rambo annotations in the spirit of Baltier deserves something" (B. Wall). 2008 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Winner? (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (139) PegLeg - Fisher,Tim (1601) [B01] ICC 2 10 Internet Chess Club, 30.01.2008 [Fisher,Tim] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Be7 !? 9.Qd2 but now that the bishop is guarded, the knight must be taken. [I wasn't afraid of 9.Nxf7 because Black has decent compensation after 9...Qxf4 10.Nxh8 Kf8 ] 9...b5 ?? is one cute move too many. 10.Nc4 [of course now the simple 10.Nxf7 should also win easily.] 10...Qb4 11.a3 Ever get that feeling that the walls are closing in on you? 11...Ne4 12.Qe3 Nxc3 13.axb4 Here, any sane person would have resigned. But I dug down deep and those immortal words came to me: "It's not over! Nothing is over! Nothing!! You can't just switch it off!" 13...Nd5 ! Attacking his queen and two minor pieces. 14.Qd2 bxc4 ! So long, little stallion! 15.Bxc4 N7f6 16.Be5 Nxb4 ! Ha! Another warrior falls, surely momentum must be swinging in my favor! 17.Bxc7 I didn't need him anyway. 17...Bb7 ! Developing the mighty bishop to its best diagonal with tempo! 18.0-0 Yes, castling CAN be a blunder! [18.Ba5 was preferred.] 18...Rc8 ! Challenging him to defend them both. 19.b3 Rxc7 ! Another enemy soldier pays the ultimate price! 20.c3 Nc6 21.Bxa6 Flank pawns merely limit the scope of my pieces. Good riddance! 21...Nd5 ! The knight centralizes and dominates the position! 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 ! And now my forces are practically invulnerable on the light squares! 23.Ra8+ Rb8 24.Rxb8+ ? The enemy has traded off his most active piece! 24...Nxb8 25.Ra1 0-0 My king enters his fortress while the rook is now ready to decimate anyone who stands in his way! 26.c4 Nf6 A charge to the rear! 27.b4 Rd8 28.c5 It's going to take more than a few puny foot soldiers to conquer my troops! 28...Nc6 The evil twin knight enters the fray with a devastating double attack! 29.Qc3 ? Never send a woman to do a MAN's job! 29...Nxd4 30.Rd1 ?? Is that supposed to scare me? 30...Ne2+ !! --the inevitable death blow from a highly motivated fighting force! 31.Kf1 Nxc3 ! Goodnight Saigon! 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.c6 Bb6 34.Ke1 Nfd5 35.Kd2 Ne4+ 36.Kd3 Nxf2+ 37.Kc4 Kf8 38.Kb5 Ke7 39.Ka6 Kd8 40.Kb7 Be3 41.b5 Ne4 42.c7+ Nxc7 43.b6 Bxb6 Have one for the road! 44.Kxb6 Kd7 0-1 Upcoming Events 4/7 Speed Tournament, CSCC 4/8 Boulder April Blitz Tournament, BCC 4/10-12 2009 Boulder Open, BCC 4/14 Team Tournament, 4SS, G/15. 2 player teams, alternate moves without consulting, rating sum <3200, CSCC 4/16 April 2008 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA 4/18 casual chess at Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM., CSCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://www.cafepress.com/cs_chess Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. Visit the store to view a variety of products with the logo. All articles written by Paul Anderson unless otherwise noted. To unsubscribe, reply to this message with the subject heading "Unsubscribe". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090407/62106e25/attachment.htm From cs.chess at att.net Tue Apr 7 18:04:24 2009 From: cs.chess at att.net (cs.chess at att.net) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:04:24 +0000 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <040820090004.7713.49DBEA07000B5A6D00001E2122218865869B0A02D29B9B0EBF9C9C0A080CD29C0C@att.net> Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On March 31st, the CSCC had 12 members in attendance. The night's event was Player's Choice. Most players opted for pick-up games and no record was kept despite quite a bit of discussion about score keeping. There are no results. Spring Is Sprung Open III By Jerry Maier Results of the Spring Is Sprung Open III, April 4, 2009. Score Place Prize Player 4.5 1st $50.00 Anthea J Carson 4.0 U1600 $35.00 Robert Rountree 3.0 Ted K Doykos 3.0 Michael C Davis 3.0 Dean W Brown 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Gerald J Maier 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Russel J Stark 2.5 U1200 $25.00 Liz Wood 2.0 Thomas Mullikin 2.0 Isaac Martinez 1.0 Kathy A Schneider Game Of The Week The Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award began back on February 25, 2005 in LM Brian Wall's Yahoo! Group (BrianWallChess-subscribe at yahoogroups.com): "Announcing the annual Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award April 1, 2005. This award goes to anyone who drops their Queen for no reason, gets so mad they don't resign and goes on to win anyway. Let me be clear. Jerry Hanken style "Parting with the Lady" games where the Queen is pseudo-sacrificed for full compensation are unwelcome here. These games have to be full farces where one side starts out playing like a complete idiot, hangs their Queen for almost nothing ( the less the better! ) and still wins by a miracle. Blitz games are worth less than rated games. A postal game would be priceless. Annotations should stress the psychological component since real analysis would be mostly pointless. I will post all entries and announce the winner every April 1. Games between 3 digit players are welcome although the higher rated the opponent the better. Games chosen mostly for humorous content. The name of the award is in reaction to two events. Jim Burden lost a famous game to Grandmaster Larry Christiansen over 10 yaers ago after trapping his Queen. The key moment is reprised by Bardwick ( one of only 15 active Masters in the Country, I mean County ) in this month's Chess Life. The other name is explained by a fellow Raytheon employee email from Tim Brennan, 'Francisco Baltier has a similar line from Rambo - he always says - "Nothing is over!!! Nothing!!! You just don't turn it off!" He always uses this to annotate his games against 900 USCF rated patzers where he will drop a queen, then come back to win!'" Anyway, this award is one of my favorite emails Brian has done! Certainly, I enjoy the fact that I got 2 games into the 2009 finals with all the nice things the master wrote about my games: "Actually giving his oppnent a takeback in order to take his Queen takes my breath away, similar to the infinite mercy of the Lord. The Chess equivalent of Jesus at the Last Supper telling everyone he knows Judas has betrayed him but going ahead with the crucifixion anyway. The value for this act approaches infinity. A first." These comments are even more humbling now that I finally got to see the masterpiece of noted Polish artist Jan Styka on my recent trip to California. He painted The Crucifixion, which is the largest framed mounted to canvas painting in the world, standing 195' long by 45' high. But also, I have always liked the humor and spirit behind this award. You just cannot play chess without making a lot of mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes can really get to you, but this award reminds me that there are more things at stake than just losing a chess game. It is a metaphor for life. Are you just going to quit when you make a mistake or are you going to fight to overcome it? The only complaint I would have about the award is the lack of consistency in awarding the prize. The first 2 awards came out annually, and then there was a gap of 2 years, and now another winner. However, I think that problem can be easily remedied. We just need to lobby Brian for three winners this year one for 2009, one for 2008, and one for 2007. Of course, I would hate to lose my sacrificial reputation so I will lay down my games so as to raise up the games of others. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 (King James Version). I would recommend Chris Peterson's game for the 2007 winner as it was played in 2007 and finished 2nd in this year's contest. For 2008, I would recommend Tim Fisher's game. It was submitted in 2008 to me, but I held off on making it the Game Of The Week in case that would disqualify it from receiving this award. I forwarded it to Brian and he put it in his top 4: "Tim Fisher gets very high marks for getting in the spirit of the award with his own Rambo annotations, saving Paul Anderson and I the trouble of writing them. Double extra credit bonus points for making correct pgn annotations that can be popped right into Fritz or Chessbase with notes intact. Chris Peterson has been begging me to learn that simple trick for months." In addition, it is now the 50th contributed game I have published. "Spirited Rambo annotations in the spirit of Baltier deserves something" (B. Wall). 2008 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Winner? (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (139) PegLeg - Fisher,Tim (1601) [B01] ICC 2 10 Internet Chess Club, 30.01.2008 [Fisher,Tim] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Be7 !? 9.Qd2 but now that the bishop is guarded, the knight must be taken. [I wasn't afraid of 9.Nxf7 because Black has decent compensation after 9...Qxf4 10.Nxh8 Kf8 ] 9...b5 ?? is one cute move too many. 10.Nc4 [of course now the simple 10.Nxf7 should also win easily.] 10...Qb4 11.a3 Ever get that feeling that the walls are closing in on you? 11...Ne4 12.Qe3 Nxc3 13.axb4 Here, any sane person would have resigned. But I dug down deep and those immortal words came to me: "It's not over! Nothing is over! Nothing!! You can't just switch it off!" 13...Nd5 ! Attacking his queen and two minor pieces. 14.Qd2 bxc4 ! So long, little stallion! 15.Bxc4 N7f6 16.Be5 Nxb4 ! Ha! Another warrior falls, surely momentum must be swinging in my favor! 17.Bxc7 I didn't need him anyway. 17...Bb7 ! Developing the mighty bishop to its best diagonal with tempo! 18.0-0 Yes, castling CAN be a blunder! [18.Ba5 was preferred.] 18...Rc8 ! Challenging him to defend them both. 19.b3 Rxc7 ! Another enemy soldier pays the ultimate price! 20.c3 Nc6 21.Bxa6 Flank pawns merely limit the scope of my pieces. Good riddance! 21...Nd5 ! The knight centralizes and dominates the position! 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 ! And now my forces are practically invulnerable on the light squares! 23.Ra8+ Rb8 24.Rxb8+ ? The enemy has traded off his most active piece! 24...Nxb8 25.Ra1 0-0 My king enters his fortress while the rook is now ready to decimate anyone who stands in his way! 26.c4 Nf6 A charge to the rear! 27.b4 Rd8 28.c5 It's going to take more than a few puny foot soldiers to conquer my troops! 28...Nc6 The evil twin knight enters the fray with a devastating double attack! 29.Qc3 ? Never send a woman to do a MAN's job! 29...Nxd4 30.Rd1 ?? Is that supposed to scare me? 30...Ne2+ !! --the inevitable death blow from a highly motivated fighting force! 31.Kf1 Nxc3 ! Goodnight Saigon! 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.c6 Bb6 34.Ke1 Nfd5 35.Kd2 Ne4+ 36.Kd3 Nxf2+ 37.Kc4 Kf8 38.Kb5 Ke7 39.Ka6 Kd8 40.Kb7 Be3 41.b5 Ne4 42.c7+ Nxc7 43.b6 Bxb6 Have one for the road! 44.Kxb6 Kd7 0-1 Upcoming Events 4/7 Speed Tournament, CSCC 4/8 Boulder April Blitz Tournament, BCC 4/10-12 2009 Boulder Open, BCC 4/14 Team Tournament, 4SS, G/15. 2 player teams, alternate moves without consulting, rating sum <3200, CSCC 4/16 April 2008 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA 4/18 casual chess at Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM., CSCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://www.cafepress.com/cs_chess Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. Visit the store to view a variety of products with the logo. All articles written by Paul Anderson unless otherwise noted. To unsubscribe, reply to this message with the subject heading "Unsubscribe". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090408/fa298e4c/attachment.htm From cs.chess at att.net Tue Apr 7 18:12:42 2009 From: cs.chess at att.net (cs.chess at att.net) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:12:42 +0000 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <040820090012.26972.49DBEBF900005F460000695C22218865869B0A02D29B9B0EBF9C9C0A080CD29C0C@att.net> Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On March 31st, the CSCC had 12 members in attendance. The night's event was Player's Choice. Most players opted for pick-up games and no record was kept despite quite a bit of discussion about score keeping. There are no results. Spring Is Sprung Open III By Jerry Maier Results of the Spring Is Sprung Open III, April 4, 2009. Score Place Prize Player 4.5 1st $50.00 Anthea J Carson 4.0 U1600 $35.00 Robert Rountree 3.0 Ted K Doykos 3.0 Michael C Davis 3.0 Dean W Brown 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Gerald J Maier 2.5 U1400 $14.00 Russel J Stark 2.5 U1200 $25.00 Liz Wood 2.0 Thomas Mullikin 2.0 Isaac Martinez 1.0 Kathy A Schneider Game Of The Week The Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award began back on February 25, 2005 in LM Brian Wall's Yahoo! Group (BrianWallChess-subscribe at yahoogroups.com): "Announcing the annual Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier award April 1, 2005. This award goes to anyone who drops their Queen for no reason, gets so mad they don't resign and goes on to win anyway. Let me be clear. Jerry Hanken style "Parting with the Lady" games where the Queen is pseudo-sacrificed for full compensation are unwelcome here. These games have to be full farces where one side starts out playing like a complete idiot, hangs their Queen for almost nothing ( the less the better! ) and still wins by a miracle. Blitz games are worth less than rated games. A postal game would be priceless. Annotations should stress the psychological component since real analysis would be mostly pointless. I will post all entries and announce the winner every April 1. Games between 3 digit players are welcome although the higher rated the opponent the better. Games chosen mostly for humorous content. The name of the award is in reaction to two events. Jim Burden lost a famous game to Grandmaster Larry Christiansen over 10 yaers ago after trapping his Queen. The key moment is reprised by Bardwick ( one of only 15 active Masters in the Country, I mean County ) in this month's Chess Life. The other name is explained by a fellow Raytheon employee email from Tim Brennan, 'Francisco Baltier has a similar line from Rambo - he always says - "Nothing is over!!! Nothing!!! You just don't turn it off!" He always uses this to annotate his games against 900 USCF rated patzers where he will drop a queen, then come back to win!'" Anyway, this award is one of my favorite emails Brian has done! Certainly, I enjoy the fact that I got 2 games into the 2009 finals with all the nice things the master wrote about my games: "Actually giving his oppnent a takeback in order to take his Queen takes my breath away, similar to the infinite mercy of the Lord. The Chess equivalent of Jesus at the Last Supper telling everyone he knows Judas has betrayed him but going ahead with the crucifixion anyway. The value for this act approaches infinity. A first." These comments are even more humbling now that I finally got to see the masterpiece of noted Polish artist Jan Styka on my recent trip to California. He painted The Crucifixion, which is the largest framed mounted to canvas painting in the world, standing 195' long by 45' high. But also, I have always liked the humor and spirit behind this award. You just cannot play chess without making a lot of mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes can really get to you, but this award reminds me that there are more things at stake than just losing a chess game. It is a metaphor for life. Are you just going to quit when you make a mistake or are you going to fight to overcome it? The only complaint I would have about the award is the lack of consistency in awarding the prize. The first 2 awards came out annually, and then there was a gap of 2 years, and now another winner. However, I think that problem can be easily remedied. We just need to lobby Brian for three winners this year one for 2009, one for 2008, and one for 2007. Of course, I would hate to lose my sacrificial reputation so I will lay down my games so as to raise up the games of others. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 (King James Version). I would recommend Chris Peterson's game for the 2007 winner as it was played in 2007 and finished 2nd in this year's contest. For 2008, I would recommend Tim Fisher's game. It was submitted in 2008 to me, but I held off on making it the Game Of The Week in case that would disqualify it from receiving this award. I forwarded it to Brian and he put it in his top 4: "Tim Fisher gets very high marks for getting in the spirit of the award with his own Rambo annotations, saving Paul Anderson and I the trouble of writing them. Double extra credit bonus points for making correct pgn annotations that can be popped right into Fritz or Chessbase with notes intact. Chris Peterson has been begging me to learn that simple trick for months." In addition, it is now the 50th contributed game I have published. "Spirited Rambo annotations in the spirit of Baltier deserves something" (B. Wall). 2008 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Winner? (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (139) PegLeg - Fisher,Tim (1601) [B01] ICC 2 10 Internet Chess Club, 30.01.2008 [Fisher,Tim] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Ne5 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Bf4 Be7 !? 9.Qd2 but now that the bishop is guarded, the knight must be taken. [I wasn't afraid of 9.Nxf7 because Black has decent compensation after 9...Qxf4 10.Nxh8 Kf8 ] 9...b5 ?? is one cute move too many. 10.Nc4 [of course now the simple 10.Nxf7 should also win easily.] 10...Qb4 11.a3 Ever get that feeling that the walls are closing in on you? 11...Ne4 12.Qe3 Nxc3 13.axb4 Here, any sane person would have resigned. But I dug down deep and those immortal words came to me: "It's not over! Nothing is over! Nothing!! You can't just switch it off!" 13...Nd5 ! Attacking his queen and two minor pieces. 14.Qd2 bxc4 ! So long, little stallion! 15.Bxc4 N7f6 16.Be5 Nxb4 ! Ha! Another warrior falls, surely momentum must be swinging in my favor! 17.Bxc7 I didn't need him anyway. 17...Bb7 ! Developing the mighty bishop to its best diagonal with tempo! 18.0-0 Yes, castling CAN be a blunder! [18.Ba5 was preferred.] 18...Rc8 ! Challenging him to defend them both. 19.b3 Rxc7 ! Another enemy soldier pays the ultimate price! 20.c3 Nc6 21.Bxa6 Flank pawns merely limit the scope of my pieces. Good riddance! 21...Nd5 ! The knight centralizes and dominates the position! 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 ! And now my forces are practically invulnerable on the light squares! 23.Ra8+ Rb8 24.Rxb8+ ? The enemy has traded off his most active piece! 24...Nxb8 25.Ra1 0-0 My king enters his fortress while the rook is now ready to decimate anyone who stands in his way! 26.c4 Nf6 A charge to the rear! 27.b4 Rd8 28.c5 It's going to take more than a few puny foot soldiers to conquer my troops! 28...Nc6 The evil twin knight enters the fray with a devastating double attack! 29.Qc3 ? Never send a woman to do a MAN's job! 29...Nxd4 30.Rd1 ?? Is that supposed to scare me? 30...Ne2+ !! --the inevitable death blow from a highly motivated fighting force! 31.Kf1 Nxc3 ! Goodnight Saigon! 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.c6 Bb6 34.Ke1 Nfd5 35.Kd2 Ne4+ 36.Kd3 Nxf2+ 37.Kc4 Kf8 38.Kb5 Ke7 39.Ka6 Kd8 40.Kb7 Be3 41.b5 Ne4 42.c7+ Nxc7 43.b6 Bxb6 Have one for the road! 44.Kxb6 Kd7 0-1 Upcoming Events 4/7 Speed Tournament, CSCC 4/8 Boulder April Blitz Tournament, BCC 4/10-12 2009 Boulder Open, BCC 4/14 Team Tournament, 4SS, G/15. 2 player teams, alternate moves without consulting, rating sum <3200, CSCC 4/16 April 2008 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA 4/18 casual chess at Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM., CSCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090408/1729ce56/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 8 10:23:50 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:23:50 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kasparov speech at Supernationals, The Incredible Tyler Hughes takes clear second in the 2009 Colorado Closed, Anthea Carson Martinez releases hot new Chess videos Message-ID: <1239207830.49dccf966b286@www.taom.com> When Tyler was 16 I was in great form and took clear first in the 2007 Colorado Closed. Tyler took clear second. Many of his games were up and down affairs. In 2008, Tyler was busy orienting himself for his 4 year UTD Dallas Chess Scholarship and was out of town for the Closed. Philipp Ponomarev beat the GM and I drew him which knocked Sharavdorj Dashzebeg out of first. Philipp also beat IM Mulyar in the Colorado Open. Philipp won both, it was his year. In the 2009 Colorado Closed, Tyler beat IM Mulyar and I drew Mulyar which knocked the popular IM out of first. By the time the GM and IM met in the last round, the tournament was over. Instead of the spectacular showdown we were all hoping for, we got a GM draw. Nothing to play for. What was most impressive about Tyler's play is that Tyler had winning positions in every game. He would take clear first if he could play two games over again and jump in where he felt like it. I have done Chess emails on two of Tyler's games so far and I may do more. For now here are all his games. Hughes,T (2272) - Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.Bxd6 Qd8 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.e4 Bf8 17.Nc4 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.0-0 Ne8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Qb2 Rg8 23.Rac1 bxc5 24.bxc5 Rb8 25.Qa3 Kg7 26.Ne3 Ndf6 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.e5 g4 29.Be2 Ne4 30.Nxg4 f5 31.exf6 N8xf6 32.Ne5 Qg7 33.g3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.c6 Bc8 36.Qe3 Nf6 37.Bf3 Rb5 38.Rb1 Rf5 39.Rb8 Qg5 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Be2 Rd5 42.f4 g4 43.f5 Kg7 44.fxe6 Rxd4 45.c7 Rd6 46.e7 Re8 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Bxg4 Re6 49.Bxe6 Kxe6 50.Rb2 Kxe7 51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3 a5 54.a3 Bc6 55.g4 Kxc7 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5 58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+ 60.Ke2 a4 61.Ra5 Rf4 62.Kd2 Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6 65.Ra6+ Bc6 66.Ra5 Rh3+ 67.Kb2 Rb3+ 68.Ka2 Bd5 69.Ka1 Rxa3+ 70.Kb2 Rb3+ 71.Kc2 Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1 Mulyar (IM),M (2439) - Hughes,T (2272) [A24] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (2), 28.03.2009 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 d5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 e4 15.Rac1 Bg5 16.e3 d4 17.Ncxe4 dxe3 18.Nxg5 exd2 19.Nxe6 dxc1N 20.Qb7 Rxe6 21.Qxa8 Nxd3 22.Qxa7 Re1 23.Qa8 Qb6 0-1 Anderson,M (2007) - Hughes,T (2272) [B47] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (3), 28.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Kh1 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 b5 11.f4 h5 12.e5 Ng4 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Bf3 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Rc8 16.Bxg4 hxg4 17.f5 g3 18.h3 Bf2 19.fxe6 dxe6 20.Be3 Qxc2 21.Qb7 0-0 22.Rac1 Qe2 23.Bxf2 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 gxf2 25.Qf3 Qe1+ 0-1 Hughes,T (2272) - Ponomarev,P (2368) [D30] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (4), 29.03.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Nd2 Qa5 9.Be2 f5 10.0-0 Be7 11.Bb2 0-0 12.f3 Bg5 13.f4 Be7 14.g4 c5 15.gxf5 exf5 16.d5 Bf6 17.Qc2 Qb6 18.Kh1 Bxb2 19.Qxb2 Qf6 20.Qc2 Qh4 21.Rg1 Rf6 22.Qc3 Rg6 23.Rxg6 hxg6 24.Rg1 Kf7 25.Nf1 Qf6 26.Qc2 b6 27.Ng3 Bb7 28.Bf1 Rh8 29.Qg2 b5 30.Qd2 b4 31.Qg2 Nb6 32.Be2 Nc8 33.Qf1 Nd6 34.Qa1 Qxa1 35.Rxa1 a5 36.a4 ?-? Wall,B (2208) - Hughes,T (2272) [B20] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (5), 29.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nc4 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nce5 d4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bc1 Bc6 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.h4 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Re1 h6 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.h5 Nxh5 23.Nh4 Nf6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Nxf3 Nd5 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 f5 29.f4 Kf7 30.Nf3 Be7 31.Kg2 Bf6 32.Nh2 a6 33.Kf2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Kg2 b4 36.Nf3 Nc7 37.Ne1 Kg6 38.Kh3 Kh5 39.Nf3 Nb5 40.Ne1 Na3 41.Bc1 g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.Bd2 Bg7 44.Bc1 Bh6 45.Kg2 g4 46.Bxh6 Kxh6 47.Kf2 Kg5 48.Ke2 f4 49.Kf2 f3 50.Kg1 Nb1 51.Kf1 Nc3 52.Kf2 Nd1+ 53.Kf1 Kf5 54.c4 bxc3 55.Nc2 Ne3+ 56.Ke1 Nxc2+ 57.Kd1 Ne3+ 58.Ke1 c2 59.Kd2 f2 60.Kc1 f1N 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can subscribe to Timmybx on Youtube to get notifications of Anthea's latest Chess videos but the overwhelming majority of people rely on me to announce fresh Anthea videos from her batch of 30+ How to play endgames like an Animal BRAND NEW from the real Anthea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlcNVrmgT7Y&feature=channel_page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O2gCz3teN4&feature=channel BRAND NEW from the real Anthea How to play the Colle Boring Opening like an Animal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most popular Anthea video Chess Openings: Fishing Pole - Play chess like an Animal 2946 views http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk&feature=channel_page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthea just won her first Chess tournament and is an A-player for only the second time in her life, the first time just a month ago. 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Event Summary Event SPRING IS SPRUNG III (200904041531) Location COLORADO SPRINGS , CO 80919 USA Event Date(s) 2009-04-04 Sponsoring Affiliate SOUTHERN COLORADO CHESS (A6014699) Chief TD GERALD J MAIER (12510521) Processed Received: 2009-04-04 Entered: 2009-04-04 Rated: 2009-04-04 Section 1 - OPEN Section Date(s) 2009-04-04 Processed Received: 2009-04-04 Entered: 2009-04-04 Rated: 2009-04-04 Re-Rated: 2009-04-07 Stats 5 Rounds, 11 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: D Tnmt Type: S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ANTHEA J CARSON |4.5 |W 6|W 4|W 3|D 2|W 5| CO | 12614322 / R: 1793 ->1802 | | | | | | | | Q: 1629 ->1649 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | ROBERT ROUNTREE |4.0 |W 7|W 11|W 4|D 1|H 0| CO | 12937640 / R: 1568 ->1606 | | | | | | | | Q: 1491 ->1523 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | TED K DOYKOS |3.0 |W 9|W 5|L 1|W 7|L 4| CO | 12724380 / R: 1696 ->1675 | | | | | | | | Q: 1557 ->1534 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 | MICHAEL DAVIS |3.0 |W 8|L 1|L 2|W 10|W 3| CO | 13123616 / R: 1414 ->1454 | | | | | | | | Q: 1246 ->1318 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 | DEAN W BROWN |3.0 |W 10|L 3|W 11|W 6|L 1| CO | 10224098 / R: 1445 ->1450 | | | | | | | | Q: 1325 ->1336 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 | GERALD J MAIER |2.5 |L 1|D 8|W 10|L 5|B 0| CO | 12510521 / R: 1330 ->1313 | | | | | | | | Q: 1264 ->1243 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 | RUSSEL J STARK |2.5 |L 2|W 9|W 8|L 3|H 0| CO | 13185723 / R: 1231 ->1279 | | | | | | | | Q: 1155 ->1200 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 | LIZ WOOD |2.5 |L 4|D 6|L 7|B 0|W 9| CO | 12402559 / R: 1121 ->1154 | | | | | | | | Q: 1030 ->1066 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 | THOMAS LEE MULLIKIN |2.0 |L 3|L 7|B 0|W 11|L 8| CO | 12905792 / R: 1296 ->1248 | | | | | | | | Q: 1203 ->1153 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 | ISAAC MARTINEZ |2.0 |L 5|B 0|L 6|L 4|W 11| CO | 12911979 / R: 1091 ->1082 | | | | | | | | Q: 1092 ->1071 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 | KATHY A SCHNEIDER |1.0 |B 0|L 2|L 5|L 9|L 10| CO | 12545281 / R: 930 -> 905 | | | | | | | | Q: 925 -> 893 | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 Colorado Closed Mitch Anderson lost 3 rating points, I lost 8, Mulyar lost 7, Philipp lost 7, the GM gained the title plus 12 rating points and Tyler ( 18 ) gained clear second and 21 rating points. Section 1 - CLOSED Asst. TD () Section Date(s) 2009-03-27 thru 2009-03-29 Processed Received: 2009-03-29 Entered: 2009-03-29 Rated: 2009-04-01 Re-Rated: 2009-04-03 Stats 6 Rounds, 6 Players; K Factor: F Rating Sys: R Tnmt Type: R ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pair | Player Name |Total|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round|Round| Num | USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) | Pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | DASHZEGVE SHARAVDORJ |4.5 |* |D 3|W 4|W 2|W 5|W 6| CO | 12823402 / R: 2470 ->2482 | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | TYLER B HUGHES |3.5 |L 1|W 3|D 4|* |W 5|W 6| CO | 12799460 / R: 2272 ->2293 | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | MICHAEL A MULYAR |3.0 |D 1|* |W 4|L 2|D 5|W 6| CO | 12524770 / R: 2439 ->2432 | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 | PHILIPP P PONOMAREV |2.5 |L 1|L 3|* |D 2|W 5|W 6| CO | 12685861 / R: 2368 ->2361 | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 | BRIAN D WALL |1.0 |L 1|D 3|L 4|L 2|* |D 6| CO | 10923344 / R: 2208 ->2200 | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 | MITCHELL R ANDERSON |0.5 |L 1|L 3|L 4|L 2|D 5|* | CO | 12788878 / R: 2007 ->2004 | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duwayne Langseth reports from Supernationals and Kasparov speech Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 06:13:15 -0600 From: DuWayne Langseth Subject: Supernationals Brian, Yesterday was quite a day. The Kasparov lecture was great. I was suprised that it was in a fairly small room, with few people, and he talked for a good half an hour. He spoke about his years growing up in the USSR, his world championship matches, and afterwards took 7 or 8 questions. Sherry and Rhett are at the top of their sections. Rhett is in 1st place with 3 others with 5 out of 5 in a field of 319 players in the K-12 Under 1600 section, and Sherry has 4.5 and is in 8th place out of 226 kids in the K-6 Unrated section. We're real happy so far! The toughest competition will be today! DuWayne Langseth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 8 15:42:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 15:42:53 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Attention Florida Chessplayers Message-ID: <1239226973.49dd1a5d91ee4@www.taom.com> I will be giving three Chess exhibitions at Florida libraries to promote How To Play Chess Like An Animal June 19-20 WT Bland Public Library 1995 N Donnelly Street Mount Dora, Florida 32757 Tavares Public Library 314 N New Hampshire Tavares, Florida These both have CHESS CLUBS! Spread the word. Just the draw from ORLANDO, June 19th, 2009. Sending Mt Dora & Tavares for June 20th, 2009 separate. The exhibit is at 1st listing or main library: Orlando Public Library 407-835-7323 101 E. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090408/6fa8a9cd/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 01:49:39 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 01:49:39 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Amazing pawn game Message-ID: <1239263379.49dda8933dc78@www.taom.com> http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=80335568941&h=Eh5_T&u=HQ2CR&ref=mf Nick Schoonmaker vs. Richard Polotkin 5-minute Speed Game / Orlando, Florida USA 1993 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 11:05:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:05:13 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Boulder Open Message-ID: <1239296713.49de2ac95e287@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 23:36:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: 2009 Boulder Open To: Brian Wall Hey Brian: ? Hope you can make it this weekend, it's shaping up to be quite a strong tournament. So far we have four masters (Sharavdorj, Mulyar, Philipp, and Renard) and two experts (Mitesh and Jeffrey Csima). Plus Tyler's the?defending champion (free entry), so he'll probably play.?There's both a 3-day schedule (starting Friday evening) and a 2-day schedule (starting Saturday morning). 2009 Boulder Open, April 10 - 12, 2009 or April 11 - 12, 2009 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: 40/120 G/60 (2-day schedule, Rds 1-2 G/90 TD/5) Site: Best Western Boulder Inn, Flatirons Room, 770 28th Street Boulder, CO Open : Open to all Reserve: Open to players rated under 1600 Entry fee: $50, $40 if rec'd by April 8th. $10 less for Jr/Sr/Unrated Prizes: $1500 b/50 (46 players last year) Open: $300-175-125, U2000, U1800 $100 each. Reserve: $250-150-100, U1400, U1200, $100 each. Registration: 3-day Regis: 4/10 6:00-6:30 PM, 2-day: 4/11 9:00 AM-9:45 AM, Rounds: 4/10 6:30 PM, 4/11 10:00, 5:00, 4/12 9:30, 4 -- 2 day: Rds 4/11 10:00, 1:30, 5:00, 4/12 9:30, 4. Entries: Klaus Johnson 3605 Endicott Dr. Boulder, CO 80305 Phone: (303)854-7898 E-mail: boulderchessclub at yahoo.com A USCF Grand Prix Event (6 points) A CO Tour Event Open section is grand qualifier for 2009 Boulder Club Championship Reserve section is mini-qualifier for 2009 Boulder Club Championship CSCA membership required ($15, $10 for Jr/Sr), OSA. ? Klaus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090409/281b949f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 11:12:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:12:17 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes Variation Message-ID: <1239297137.49de2c71b3349@www.taom.com> After 6 0-0 try the Towbin Dream Variation 6 0-0 N:f2!! The most common blitz line is 5 B:f7+ Ke7 6 d3 Nf6 7 Bb3 d5 8 0-0 h6 9 Nf3 Kf7 avoid 5 B:f7+ Ke7 6 N:e4 K:f7 7 Qh5+ Kg8?? 8 Ng5 1-0 ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:52:28 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: [BrianWallChess] Tyler Hughes Variation To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hey Brian, I played this (pretty trivial) game this morning after seeing your interview with John Watson. You talked about the THV then and I've tried it twice now with two easy wins. According to some book, this is a discredited line (unsurprisingly) and white should really play 5.Bxf7 with advantage. I was curious as to what you have done against this move. Also, I get the impression that the line is drawish after 5...Qh4. Is this a forced draw somehow or just drawish after 6.0-0. Also, I forgot to offer the draw at that point but will remember in the future :) TIA [Event "FICS 5 mins"] [Site "FICS"] [Date "2009-04-8"] [Round "?"] [White "NN"] [Black "dave"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Nxf7 Qh4 6. g3 Nxg3 7. d3 Nxh1 8. Nxh8 Qxf2# 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 17:01:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 17:01:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More clarification on - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists - from Buck Buchanan Message-ID: <1239318089.49de7e49b0d63@www.taom.com> What's the penalty for a false 50-move rule claim if you get close? It's a little weird for the TD to have a count but not be able to tell the players where they stand, plus the TD cannot make the claim. I suppose the Chessplayers must just take a guess-claim and pray the TD can verify. BW ----- Forwarded message from Richard Buchanan ----- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:28:04 -0600 From: Richard Buchanan Reply-To: Richard Buchanan Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists To: Brian Wall Technically, no. A player is responsible for making these claims based on his own recording of the game, not by asking the director if is possible. See Rule 14F4c, which says the director can not answer questions about how many moves have been made. But if under 14F4 you have declared to the director your intention to claim a 50-move rule and a director is counting or recording moves for you, you can claim a draw by repetition and use the director's witnessing the game as supporting evidence. In that case, it would make sense for the director to be able to use the scoresheet to verify the claim. But I doubt you would be able to consult it first. Buck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wall" To: "Richard Buchanan" Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists would it be possible for Duwayne ( also a TD ) to keep score and then if I get near a repetition or 50 move rule, ask Duwayne to check? Quoting Richard Buchanan : Brian, Here are the rules in question, beginning on p. 47 of the USCF Rule book. ********************************************************************************************* 14F4. Director may count moves in sudden death;. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining and a simplfied position in which no captures or pawn moves seem likely may stop both clocks, declare to a director an intention to invoke the 50-move rule when possible, and ask for assistance in counting moves. A director who agrees this is appropriate may count moves or use a deputy or a clock with a move counter to do so. a. If the director or the deputy will count moves, the count should begin by crediting moves already made and listed on the scoresheet of the player intending to claim. An opponent who believes a different number of moves have been made should present this case if and when the count reaches 50. b. The director or deputy may either keep score, make check marks, or combine the two. c. After the count by the director or deputy begins, neither player has a right to know the count until 50 moves are reached. At that point the game is declared drawn unless the opponent succesfully challenges the move count. ******************************************************************************************** So the purpose of the TD recording the moves is to verify a draw by the 50 move rule. This is done in connection with a claim by a player. Point A says that earlier moves may be counted in the 50 if they are written on the claimant's scoresheet. By point C the director's scoresheet would not be accessible to the players until the 50 moves have been played. As far as a draw by repetition goes, the rule book says elsewhere: ********************************************************************************************* 14C8. Sudden death time pressure. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining may be awarded a draw by triple occurrance of postion based on the observation of a director, deputy, or impartial witness(es). A player may stop both clocks to see a director in order to demonstrate the ability to force a triple occurrence of position.,, 14C9. Claimant's scoresheet. Except for 14C8, the claimant must have a scoresheet adequate to demonstrate the validity of the claim. ******************************************************************************************** So while the director's scoresheet would not be usable to make the claim, the director would presumably have witnessed the repetition, and the claim could be made on that basis. In general, a player must keep his/her own scoresheet, and claims can be made only on the basis of that record. Of course, the director will take no action on the 50 move rule without the player making a claim. I have mentally counted moves in games I have watched, but unless a player makes a claim I have taken no action. Buck Buchanan From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 19:33:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:33:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Friends of David Young- Photo/Call For Submissions Message-ID: <1239327236.49dea204011dc@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Jessie Weirich ----- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:44:44 -0700 From: Jessie Weirich Reply-To: Jessie Weirich Subject: Friends of David Young- Photo/Call For Submissions From: Jessie Weirich Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:14 PM Subject: Friends of David Young- Photo/Call For Submissions Play slideshow Save all photos Want to save all these photos at once? Learn how Online pictures are available for 30 days Hello, First of all, I wanted to share this photo with all of you. I don't know if it is widely known, but I stumbled upon it on flickr. I'm not sure if David had it, but I had never seen it before. It turns out that a man bought it at a yard sale because he was a photo enthusiast and loved it. He ended up sending me the original- it was found in an art student's collection from MIT and was discovered in Ithaca, NY. He thinks it may have been taken for a local paper in Massachusetts. That experience has inspired me to put together some kind of memorial/book about David's life. It's part remembrance, part self-therapy, and part artistic endeavor. You might know me or might not, as I'm sending this to the large group of David e-mail recipients. At any rate, I feel like enough time has passed that people may be ready to tell me some great stories, show me some fabulous pictures, or share something else that I may not even imagine. Judy- the night we all gathered at your house, I took all the letters and cards that no one claimed from David's collection. I've finally started looking at them, scanning them, and piecing them together, and I feel like there are many people who would love to see what I've compiled so far. More than that, I know there are people who would love to see the final product of whatever I produce. I'm not sure if it will end up as a digital product, a film, a book or something else physical and tangible, but I just want it to tell David's story. I feel like everyone who was blessed to know David has another unique piece of the story, and I feel like something epic will come from the merging of those pieces. If you have a story, anecdote, or statement... if you have a photo, video, drawing, or painting... if you have a poem, memory, or anything at all to contribute... whether you were a friend, colleague, student, roommate/caregiver, or romantic partner, I would love to hear from you. Someone needs to tell this story, and I feel like I have the tools to do it. I'd love to hear about the song that always reminds you of David, the great joke he told you, or the story about the crazy night or intense conversation you had together. I'd love to hear about what David taught you, how you met, or about your favorite "David-ism". I'd especially love to hear from whoever ended up with David's photo/video collection and other pivotal items. Even if you have nothing to contribute, but would like to see the outcome, I want to hear from you. I'm eagerly awaiting your responses. I'll take them in any medium you can provide! PLEASE forward this to David's friends and family that I don't know! Thank you, Jessie Weirich 425 1/2 14th St. Sacramento, CA 95814 916-470-9434 juiceamaphone at hotmail.com You can find me on Facebook here or on Myspace here (you can click on this photo to view it larger) Get Windows Live Mail to create your own photo e-mails -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Name: 59C0.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 15917 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090409/441ba276/attachment.jpg From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 19:41:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:41:18 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chessbase project Message-ID: <1239327678.49dea3be72a9e@www.taom.com> I have begun a project to put all my games in Chessbase form. The idea is I can send the unannotated games to www.Chessgames.com if they want them. The annotated games I can send to Chris Peterson for our website or maybe add them to a filebase on BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com. I have 40 annotated games so far. I have some blitz games too, kept separate. Action games ( more then 5 minutes a person ) I am adding in to my tournament games. let me know if anyone wants these games or has any ideas. If you have any pgns of my games older than 15 years that weren't published anywhere, I probably have lost those. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 19:58:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:58:17 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Lawrence Constance provides more clarification on - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists - from Buck Buchanan Message-ID: <1239328697.49dea7b955531@www.taom.com> I guess you just wait for the TD to declare the game a draw from the 50 move rule or a three fold repetition - BW --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Lawrence Constance ----- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:41:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Lawrence Constance Reply-To: Lawrence Constance Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] More clarification on - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists - from Buck Buchanan To: Brian Wall Folks, let use a little common sense here. What would be the sense in having a TD count the 50 moves if he were not going to announce when the count was reached????? ? 14F4(c) states: After the count by the director or deputy begins, neither player has a right to know the count until 50 moves are reached. At that point the game is declared drawn? unless the opponent successfully challenges the move count. ? This prevents the knowledge of where the count stands from influencing the course of the game. ? Lawrence --- On Thu, 4/9/09, Brian Wall wrote: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWallChess] More clarification on - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists - from Buck Buchanan To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:01 PM What's the penalty for a false 50-move rule claim if you get close? It's a little weird for the TD to have a count but not be able to tell the players where they stand, plus the TD cannot make the claim. I suppose the Chessplayers must just take a guess-claim and pray the TD can verify. BW ----- Forwarded message from Richard Buchanan ----- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:28:04 -0600 From: Richard Buchanan Reply-To: Richard Buchanan Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/ Assists To: Brian Wall Technically, no. A player is responsible for making these claims based on his own recording of the game, not by asking the director if is possible. See Rule 14F4c, which says the director can not answer questions about how many moves have been made. But if under 14F4 you have declared to the director your intention to claim a 50-move rule and a director is counting or recording moves for you, you can claim a draw by repetition and use the director's witnessing the game as supporting evidence. In that case, it would make sense for the director to be able to use the scoresheet to verify the claim. But I doubt you would be able to consult it first. Buck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wall" To: "Richard Buchanan" Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 12:02 AM Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/ Assists would it be possible for Duwayne ( also a TD ) to keep score and then if I get near a repetition or 50 move rule, ask Duwayne to check? Quoting Richard Buchanan : Brian, Here are the rules in question, beginning on p. 47 of the USCF Rule book. ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* 14F4. Director may count moves in sudden death;. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining and a simplfied position in which no captures or pawn moves seem likely may stop both clocks, declare to a director an intention to invoke the 50-move rule when possible, and ask for assistance in counting moves. A director who agrees this is appropriate may count moves or use a deputy or a clock with a move counter to do so. a. If the director or the deputy will count moves, the count should begin by crediting moves already made and listed on the scoresheet of the player intending to claim. An opponent who believes a different number of moves have been made should present this case if and when the count reaches 50. b. The director or deputy may either keep score, make check marks, or combine the two. c. After the count by the director or deputy begins, neither player has a right to know the count until 50 moves are reached. At that point the game is declared drawn unless the opponent succesfully challenges the move count. ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ******** So the purpose of the TD recording the moves is to verify a draw by the 50 move rule. This is done in connection with a claim by a player. Point A says that earlier moves may be counted in the 50 if they are written on the claimant's scoresheet. By point C the director's scoresheet would not be accessible to the players until the 50 moves have been played. As far as a draw by repetition goes, the rule book says elsewhere: ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* 14C8. Sudden death time pressure. In sudden death, a player with less than five minutes remaining may be awarded a draw by triple occurrance of postion based on the observation of a director, deputy, or impartial witness(es). A player may stop both clocks to see a director in order to demonstrate the ability to force a triple occurrence of position.,, 14C9. Claimant's scoresheet. Except for 14C8, the claimant must have a scoresheet adequate to demonstrate the validity of the claim. ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ******** So while the director's scoresheet would not be usable to make the claim, the director would presumably have witnessed the repetition, and the claim could be made on that basis. In general, a player must keep his/her own scoresheet, and claims can be made only on the basis of that record. Of course, the director will take no action on the 50 move rule without the player making a claim. I have mentally counted moves in games I have watched, but unless a player makes a claim I have taken no action. Buck Buchanan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090409/463401d4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 21:25:26 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:25:26 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Eyewitness to a train wreck Message-ID: <1239333926.49debc2658508@www.taom.com> I sat next to this game Tuesday Night. J.C. MacNeil only knows two Chess strategies. Forget pins, forks, skewers, pawn promotion. Forget isolated d-pawns, Queenside majorities, switchbacks, Benoni Hop, sealer sweepers, dark square weaknesses. What J.C CAN do is sac a d-pawn or push a b-pawn. Therefore J.C. is only allowed to play a Danish Gambit, a Smith-Morra Gambit, the Polish or the Birmingham. 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 c3 1 e4 c5 2 d4 cd 3 c3 1 b4 1 e4 a6 2 d4 b5 1 d4 b5 That's it. End of repertoire. J.C. has blind faith in his two rock solid strategies. Louie Berman believes in cold, harsh reality. White pawns, those he can see. Development, activity, faith, that is so much rubbish and poppycock. A pawn in the bank can become a Queen. Wild talk of good squares is just hot air that will soon blow over. What happens when these two philosphies collide? --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "DCC G/85 5 second delay"] [Site "Denver Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.07"] [Round "1"] [White "J.C. MacNeil"] [Black "Louie Berman"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1400"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"] [ECO "B21"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "22:00:32"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club First Presbyterian Church 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO Round 1 Game/85 minutes 5 second delay Weather - windy 7 PM April 7, 2009 White - J. C. MacNeil 1700 Black - Louie Berman 1400 1. e4 c5 2. d4 MacNeil Strategy #1 2 ... cxd4 3. c3 Qa5 Played 74 times by Skembris and others. 4. Bd2 Played 5 times A silly question deserves a silly reply. 4 ... dxc3 TN Theoretical Novelty by Louie Berman 5. Nxc3!! 5 B:c3! is fun too 5 ... Qe5 6. Nf3 I wondered why J.C. didn't just keep developing with 4 Nf3! but he was waiting to do it with tempo. 6 ... Qc7! 7. Rc1!! Qd8 A memorable position, a living monument to materialism. If you stumbled onto this position fresh, you would have to wonder how Black spent his time. 8. Nd5 White could develop first with Bc4 and 0-0 but J.C. launches his attack right away. 8 ... Nc6! Second piece developed. 9. b4 MacNeil's Other Strategy. Having sacced his d-pawn J.C. has no choice but to launch a b-pawn. His quiver is empty now. he has no ballast to cast. 9 ... e6!! Driving that horrible Smith-Morra knight away. 10. Qe2!? J.C. can't retreat, he's Scotch-Irish. 10 ... exd5! Louie could insist that knight retreat with 10 ... a6!! but he adds another log to the fire. 11. exd5+! Qe7 On 11 ... Nce7 12 d6! wins back the piece but 12 Nd4!! is even stronger, inducing 12 ... a6 to prevent Nb5 and then d6 is even more crushing 12. dxc6! Qxe2+ Loueie insists on moving Her Majesty every other move but a little patience with 12 ... dc!! is better with a decent game. 13. Bxe2! dxc6! 14. b5!! MacNeil's Other Strategy. 14 ... c5 trying to keep lines closed. 15. O-O b6 I saw Louie play this instantly, showing his deep fear of leaving the nest on the 8th rank. The family is home watching television, don't answer the doorbell. 16. Bc4!! I once had a litter of German Shepherds and one puppy was fearless, always leading the pack to new adventures outside. 16 ... Nf6 Fly, little bird, fly! 17. Rfe1+ Be6! 17 ... Be7 18 Ng5 Rf8 19 Bf4 is very awkward for Louie. 18. Ng5! Ke7?? No price is too high to cling to a pawn. 19. Bxe6 I liked maintaining the tension with 19 Bf4 but Fritz 9 likes J.C.'s move better. Fritz does prefer the waiting move 19 Rcd1!!! best of all with 19 N:e6!! coming second. 19 ... fxe6! 20. Rxe6+! Check-captures are the first moves you should examine. 20 ... Kd7! No need to wind up the Kingside. 21. Bf4!! Re8 22. Rd1+!! Kc8 23. Rc6+! When I asked J.C. why he didn't play 23 Nf7!! gaining a tempo since he was headed for d8 anyway, MacNeil replied, " Oh, that's Master stuff. " 23 ... Kb7! 24. Ne6 24 Nf7!!! is three times as forceful 24 ... Rc8?? 25. Nd8+!!! Now I see J.C.'s wisdom, he was saving up his best move for Checkmate. 1-0 Louie resigns Mate in 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "DCC G/85 5 second delay"] [Site "Denver Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.07"] [Round "1"] [White "J.C. MacNeil"] [Black "Louie Berman"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1400"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"] [ECO "B21"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "22:00:32"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Qa5 4. Bd2 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Qe5 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Rc1 Qd8 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. b4 e6 10. Qe2 exd5 11. exd5+ Qe7 12. dxc6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 dxc6 14. b5 c5 15. O-O b6 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Rfe1+ Be6 18. Ng5 Ke7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 21. Bf4 Re8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Rc6+ Kb7 24. Ne6 Rc8 25. Nd8+ 1-0 Louie resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthea's latest Youtube Chess videos How to play the Colle Boring Opening like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O2gCz3teN4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to play endgames like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlcNVrmgT7Y&feature=related ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 9 23:13:57 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 23:13:57 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Rocket Launchers Message-ID: <1239340437.49ded595b670b@www.taom.com> Our little local tournament, the Colorado Class Championship that ran concurrently with the 2009 Colorado Closed, boasted 3 legitimate rocket scientists, Tom Mullikin, the most famous, Matt Lasley, who singlehandedly wrote the latest Colorado Chess magazine, the Informant and Dragan Plakalovic. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Youtube representations of Dragan Plakalovic - Matt Lasley game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJHtkjjwoeg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_EnrVf9u8s&feature=related We have ignition and liftoff. We have had an anomaly, we need to secure the area, we just had a problem with the vehicle on the pad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R4en3IOQB8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkJ1A6wCLXo&feature=related We have main engine start. We have liftoff, liftoff. It has cleared the tower. We have 3 engines running normally. Velocity 2250 feet per second. Low throttle down to 65% We ran negative contact, we lost the family, obviously a major malfunction, we have no downlink, severed or pulled loose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNsJUmFrUCA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl9u-h_btBo&feature=PlayList&p=16470F4D7E0B4D3A&index=54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to Danielle Rice, Jewish custom considers it a minor sin to praise one person in front of another. That seems wise, making someone feel jealous is probably a bad thing. However I was raised Irish Catholic so I will tell you how these guys make me jealous. 1 - Tom Mullikin Tom has a blackboard in his house with all kinds of complicated mathematical formulae on it. I want that. 2 - My brother Louie told me when he worked on the movie Fight Club with Brad Pitt - " I thought I was a reasonably handsome guy but Brad Pitt is ridiculous. " Dragan Plakalovic makes me want to change my sex. 3 - Matt Lasley has a wonderful family with 4 or 5 kids, I've lost track, except the Lasley and the Twerskoi children of the corn seem more like a chapter from THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS. They are growing like sunflowers and beanstalks. They look a head of lettuce taller every time I see them. Twerskoi and Lasley family photos - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/2007/bookcover2007/sunflowers.jpg http://www.cornwallchildrensfund.org.uk/beanstalk.jpg http://www.artquotes.net/masters/vangogh/vangogh_sunflowers1888.jpg http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/9789/wildlife-tours-sunflowers-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/9789/&usg=__FINhdcSogIRdcBfgn8YHwz8XiZk=&h=796&w=1194&sz=453&hl=en&start=55&um=1&tbnid=qLscMdHIyKys7M:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsunflowers%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26start%3D40%26um%3D1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Colorado Class Championships"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.03.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Dragan Plakalovic, Rocket Scientist/Chessplayer #2"] [Black "Matthew A. Lasley Senior, Rocket Scientist/Chessplayer #3"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1327"] [BlackElo "1470"] [Opening "Scandinavian defense"] [ECO "B01"] [NIC "SD.03"] [Time "12:00:23"] [TimeControl "Irrelevant"] 2009 Colorado Class Championships Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado Round 1 10 A.M. Time control - Due to the recession, we don't trust Class D players with Chess clocks. The CSCA feels that 3 minute egg timers are good enough. White - Dragan Plakalovic, Rocket Scientist/Chessplayer #2 1327 Black - Matthew A. Lasley Senior, Rocket Scientist/Chessplayer #3 1470 This game propelled Matt Lasley Sr. into Class C. He will be issued a clock forthwith. 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4? " We have had an anomaly. " - Mission Control A common mistake played at least 15 times before. 7. Bxf7+!! " We have main engine start. We have liftoff, liftoff. It has cleared the tower. We have 3 engines running normally. Velocity 2250 feet per second. " - Mission Control 7 ... Kd7 " We need to secure the area. " - Mission Control Not much worse than 7 ... K:f7 8 Ng5+ played a dozen times before. 8. d3 " Low throttle down to 65% " - Mission Control 8 h3!! played 4 times 8 Bb3! played once 8 ... e6! " We need to secure the area. " - Mission Control 9. h3! Bxf3! 10. Qxf3! Nd4 " Altitude - 4.3 nautical miles " - Mission Control 11. Bxe6+?? " We just had a problem with the vehicle on the pad. " - Mission Control Dragan had a good idea if he had set it up with 11 Qf4! N:c2+ 12 Kd1 N:a1 13 B:e6+!! K:e6 14 Re1+! Kd7 15 Qf5+ Kd6 16 Bf4+ Kc6 17 Qb5 checkmate The best move was to restart the countdown with 11 Qd1!! and then the bishop can come crawling back with Bh5 11 ... Kxe6! 12. Qg4+? It's hard for Mission Control to abort the mission with 12 Qd1! 12 ... Kf7!! 13. Ne4? " Challenger, go with throttle up. " - Mission Control 13 ... Nxc2+ " We ran negative contact. " - Mission Control 14. Kd1 14 Ke2! N:a1 15 Qf5+ Ke8 16 Qh5+ g6 17 Qe5+ Be7 18 Q:h8 Kd7 19 Q:h7 was worth a try 14 ... Nxa1 " We lost the family. " - Mission Control The threat of ... Q:d3+ kills any counterattack 15. Ng5+! " 6 5 4 3 2 1 zero " - Mission Control 15 ... Ke8!! " We need to secure the area. " - Mission Control 16. Re1+! " We have ignition and liftoff. " - Mission Control 16 ... Be7!! " We need to secure the area. " - Mission Control 17. Qf5 " Obviously a major malfunction. " - Mission Control An O-ring, also known as a packing, or a toric joint, is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus; it is a loop of elastomer with a disc-shaped cross-section, designed to be seated in a groove and compressed during assembly between two or more parts, creating a seal at the interface. 17 ... Qd5! 18. Re5 Qxa2! An O-ring, also known as a packing, or a toric joint, is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus; it is a loop of elastomer with a disc-shaped cross-section, designed to be seated in a groove and compressed during assembly between two or more parts, creating a seal at the interface. 19. Rxe7+ " Ohh nooo " -Mission Control 19 ... Kxe7! " We have no downlink. " -Mission Control 20. Qe5+! Kd7 21. Qxg7+! Kc6!! 22. Qc3+! Kb5!! 23. Kd2 " The sky is dead " spectator to the Russian Soyuz rocket launch failure 23 ... Qa5 0-1 Dragan detaches " severed or pulled loose. " -Mission Control ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Colorado Class Championships"] [Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.03.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Dragan Plakalovic, Rocket Scientist/Chessplayer #2"] [Black "Matthew A. Lasley Senior, Rocket Scientist/Chessplayer #3"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1327"] [BlackElo "1470"] [Opening "Scandinavian defense"] [ECO "B01"] [NIC "SD.03"] [Time "12:00:23"] [TimeControl "Irrelevant"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. d3 e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Bxe6+ Kxe6 12. Qg4+ Kf7 13. Ne4 Nxc2+ 14. Kd1 Nxa1 15. Ng5+ Ke8 16. Re1+ Be7 17. Qf5 Qd5 18. Re5 Qxa2 19. Rxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qe5+ Kd7 21. Qxg7+ Kc6 22. Qc3+ Kb5 23. Kd2 Qa5 0-1 Dragan detaches --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Fri Apr 10 00:14:50 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 23:14:50 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chessbase project In-Reply-To: <1239327678.49dea3be72a9e@www.taom.com> References: <1239327678.49dea3be72a9e@www.taom.com> Message-ID: Hi Brian, Here is our game from my first book, Fear No Evil. Thanks, Joel Wang Chess Championships The Wang Chess Championship was a very serious competition to me. I managed to win or tie for first for five consecutive years (with a record of 19 wins, 0 losses, and 3 draws). At most companies, that would not be much of an accomplishment. However, with three masters, (Mark Lanin, Brian Wall, and myself), three Experts, and many Class A players at Wang, it was difficult. The Wang chess team beat Digital 9-1 (8 wins, 0 losses, 2 draws) in a match that took place in 1988. Life Master Brian Wall Life Master Brian Wall is a two-time Colorado State Chess Champion. Wall, Brian (2272) - Johnson, Joel (2213) [B04] 1988 Wang Chess Championship, Lowell, MA, 2/20/1988 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 d5 8.f4 f6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.c3 Bf5 11.0?0 Qd7 12.a4 a5 13.Rf2 0?0 14.Qe2 Kh8 15.Nbd2 Bh6 16.Nf1 Nd8 17.Ng3 Bg4 18.f5 Bxc1 19.e6? With this move, White exposes both his e-Pawn and f-Pawns to attack and capture. 19. ? Qd6 20.Rxc1 gxf5 21.Bc2 Qxe6 22.Qd2 Nc4 23.Qf4 Qe3! 24.Nh4? This move assumes that Black's Pawn on f5 is stationary and will not be moving any time soon, which just is not the case. 24. ? Qxf4 25.Rxf4 e5! 26.Rf2 f4 27.Ngf5 Nc6 28.h3 Bxf5 29.Bxf5 Ne3 30.Bd3 Rg8 In addition to being down two Pawns, White has a g-file issue to deal with. (44) Wang Chess Championships (Continued) Wall, Brian (2272) - Johnson, Joel (2213) [B04] 1988 Wang Chess Championship, Lowell, MA, 2/20/1988 31.Kh2 Rg7 32.Nf5 Nxf5 33.Bxf5 Rd8 34.Rd1 Ne7 35.Bc2 c6 36.Re1 Rg5 37.Rfe2 Rdg8 Now that my d-Pawn and e-Pawn are secure, it is time to utilize the g-file. 38.g4? (White is desperate.) fxg3+ 39.Kg2 e4 40.Rf1 Ng6 41.Rxf6 Nh4+ 42.Kg1 g2 43.Re3 White thought Black was going to play 43. ... Nf3+, but there is another way to finish White off. 43. ? Rg3 44.Rxg3 Rxg3 45.Bd1 Rxh3 0?1 Brian Wall: A great friend and a very enjoyable, unique person to be around. He can always make me laugh. > Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:41:18 -0600 > From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com > To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com > Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chessbase project > > I have begun a project to put all my games in Chessbase form. > > The idea is I can send the unannotated games to www.Chessgames.com if they want > them. > > The annotated games I can send to Chris Peterson for our website or maybe add > them to a filebase on BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com. > > I have 40 annotated games so far. > > I have some blitz games too, kept separate. > > Action games ( more then 5 minutes a person ) I am adding in to my tournament > games. > > let me know if anyone wants these games or has any ideas. > > If you have any pgns of my games older than 15 years that weren't published > anywhere, I probably have lost those. > > > _______________________________________________ > BrianWall-ChessList mailing list > BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com > http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail?: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Just click on the link - http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm then click on Brian Wall's annotated Chess games - much more fun and relaxing than trying to read an email. I hope to do that with all my games. B.W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090410/d252ba55/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 10 21:21:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:21:48 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Phutressniak versus Hyper-Pole Message-ID: <1239420108.49e00ccc0f74d@www.taom.com> I decided to try and play a slightly slower pace. It seemed to help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Phutressniak On for: 35 Idle: 0 Phutressniak is currently involved in a match against B-Wall. rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1821 [8] 7 4 1 12 Blitz 2300 2451 2436 287 5174 2489 (30-Mar-2009) 5-minute 1990 [7] 372 356 48 776 2147 (07-Jan-2009) 1-minute 1765 [7] 42 37 4 83 1827 (13-Feb-2009) 15-minute 1192 [1] 7 7 0 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Phutressniak"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2278"] [BlackElo "2190"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "04:06:17"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dolphin, mermaid, snorkeler http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/mermaid-snorkeler-dolphin-sticker-bumper/32262380 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - 2. Nf3 Nc6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=209566982&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Bb5 Nf6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Comotion Waterman http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?productNo=288678585&pr=F&showbleed=false&colorNo=0&tab=1&Zoom=2 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole - Jack Young ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get Reel http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?productNo=193339067&pr=F&showbleed=false&colorNo=0&tab=1&Zoom=2 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. c3 a6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Only dead fish go with the flow http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=206803974&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Ba4 Bc5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spear Diver Waterman http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/spear-diver-sticker-bumper/287746300 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. d4 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Gor grant me the serenity to accept the size of the fish I catch, the courage not to lie about it and the wisdom to know that no one would believe me anyway. http://shop.cafepress.com/design/18506213 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. h3 h5!! The Hyper-Pole moment where White ( exception : Josh Bloomer ) always pauses and blunders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I love Squirrel Fishing ( Jack Young would love that one ) http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?productNo=44137951&pr=F&showbleed=false&colorNo=0&tab=1&Zoom=2 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Bg5? f6!! The pawn wave guy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- My other car is a belly boat http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=297712572&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Bh4? g5!! The pawn wave guy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women love me, fish fear me http://shop.cafepress.com/design/969802 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Bg3 h4!! The pawn wave guy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swim with the bulls http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=73049285&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Bxh4? Hmm, no one's ever tried that one before 12 ... gxh4! the recapture guy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My other car is your wife http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=25056819&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. hxg4! d6 The whole point of the Hyper-Pole is .... d6 d5 b5. Fritz 9 likes 13 ... Qe7!!! best. I could go for that next time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiss the fish http://shop.cafepress.com/design/6749048 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Qd3? b5 In the Raccoon ( 1 e4 e5 2 f4 h5!! ) and the Fishing Pole Fritz constantly argues the case for ... h3!!! like here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those damn voices are telling me to go fishing AGAIN! if I don't go, they won't stop http://shop.cafepress.com/design/17902536 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Bb3! Bxg4!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I play with fish http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=357217338&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Nbd2 h3 All right, I'll try it although I never see the point. 16 ... Na5!! and ... Qd7!! are good too --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I fish like a girl http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=171444833&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Bd5 Qd7! 17 ... hg!! 18 B:c6+ Bd7! 19 B:a8 gf(R)+ 20 N:f1 Q:a8 gives me the two bishops and a solid center 17 ... Ne7! 18 B:a8 hg is fine too Even 17 .. Na5! 18 B:a8 hg is OK -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love my zebra pleco http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=37357136&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Nh2? hxg2!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's how I roll ( Sushi ) http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=196224608&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Kxg2 Bh3+!! I usually miss 19 ... Be2!! 20 Q:e2?? Qh3+ mate next ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love loons http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=151814655&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. Kg1 O-O-O!!! Angling for checkmate with many winning alternatives 20 ... Ne7!! 21 B:a8 Rg8+!! works very well too Phutressniak's big mistake was not answering ... h3 with ... g3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. a4 Rdg8+!! The best of many wins - I like the Fishing Pole because if I miss one win, 20 more show up. I knew I didn't care much about that f1-rook - that piece is usually the side of the White King's coffin. " Fish cannot defend, Brian " - Life Master Jack Young ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dolphin picture ( for my daughter ) http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/sticker-bumper/136331797 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Bxg8 Rxg8+!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When Hell freezes over I'll ice fish over there too http://bumperstickers.cafepress.com/item/hell-freezes-ice-fishing-sticker-bumper/161157909 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. Kh1 Bg2+!! mate in 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I love my clown loach http://www.cafepress.com/cp/moredetails.aspx?showBleed=false&ProductNo=37357139&colorNo=0&pr=F - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24. Kg1 Bf3+!! Mate in 2 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bass Man http://shop.cafepress.com/design/16011735 - Fishing Bumper Sticker, T-shirts - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Phutressniak"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2278"] [BlackElo "2190"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "04:06:17"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h4 12. Bxh4 gxh4 13. hxg4 d6 14. Qd3 b5 15. Bb3 Bxg4 16. Nbd2 h3 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Nh2 hxg2 19. Kxg2 Bh3+ 20. Kg1 O-O-O 21. a4 Rdg8+ 22. Bxg8 Rxg8+ 23. Kh1 Bg2+ 24. Kg1 Bf3+ {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 10 21:27:37 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:27:37 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Buck Buchanan - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists Message-ID: <1239420457.49e00e2901b13@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Richard Buchanan ----- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:42:06 -0600 From: Richard Buchanan Reply-To: Richard Buchanan Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists To: Brian Wall You could try it; the director might accept it, especially if he or others had been watching the game. Of course, if you had a scoresheet recording those 30 moves, he would have to accept them. Buck ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian So I could not say- I've made 30 moves so far, can you count to 20 for me? Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Buck Rule 14F2 says about a 50-move rule claim "If (a claim) is found to be incorrect, two minutes shall be added to the opponent's remaining unused time." The idea is that the director's move-counting is to substantiate a claim that has already been made, not to gather evidence for a new one. Buck ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The TD will not declare a 3-fold repetition. The player has to claim it. Once the 50 moves are reached, the TD will announce it and the game will be a draw. The rule says the TD will not give a progress report on the move count as it is being played. There is, of course, nothing to stop the player from counting the moves himself as well. Buck -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian I guess you just wait for the TD to declare the game a draw from the 50 move rule or a three fold repetition - Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 11 07:47:37 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:47:37 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Lawrence Constance continues the clarification - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists Message-ID: <1239457657.49e09f79402f6@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Lawrence Constance ----- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:14:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Lawrence Constance Reply-To: Lawrence Constance Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] More Buck Buchanan - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists To: Brian Wall A?player, when possessing less than 5 minutes of time?wishing to have the option of claiming a draw by the 50 move rule, must stop the clock and summon a TD. The player demonstrates the number of moves that have occurred without a capture or a pawn move, and both players agree to this total. ? The TD either appoints a deputy or monitors the game himself/herself (oh, the joys of political correctness). Players may elect a person to keep score/count moves for them, but that score sheet is not an official record. That observer may not?communicate with the player. However,?an?observer?may act, in the absence of a TD/deputy, as a third party observer if a player wishes to make a claim of threefold repetition, but may not advise either player that such a position has occurred. The player may use the observer to colaberate the claim. ? One if the other reasons that the TD will not answer a query as to the number of moves that has been reached is that it would be a distraction to the game to have players constantly asking what the move count is, and the time it takes to make a mark on a page is negligible. ? I would like to say that it is good to have these conversations on the USCF tournament rules. I have found the writing to be at times very vague, and the best way to ultimately apply these rules is to actually experience the situation in an actual tournament. One of the things that I have tried to do in my work is to attempt to find an application of the rules that both players will agree to which fits the spirit and intention of the rules. Of course, you are going to run into that rare player who will scrape and scratch for every advantage, and then you just have to use your best judgment to resolve the situation and realize that you sometimes cannot make everyone happy. ? The pause on the clock is there for a reason. It gives you the time to think through the situation, research the rule book, ask for advice, and communicate your intentions with the players. I have found that even the most experienced TDs run into situations where the rulebook creates more confusion than solutions. The best?TDs find solutions that appeal to both players so that the game can be completed amicably. ? Lawrence Constance ? --- On Fri, 4/10/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWallChess] More Buck Buchanan - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/Assists To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 11:27 PM ----- Forwarded message from Richard Buchanan ----- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:42:06 -0600 From: Richard Buchanan Reply-To: Richard Buchanan Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Jerry Maier weighs in - 50 Move Rule/TDCounts/ Assists To: Brian Wall You could try it; the director might accept it, especially if he or others had been watching the game. Of course, if you had a scoresheet recording those 30 moves, he would have to accept them. Buck ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Brian So I could not say- I've made 30 moves so far, can you count to 20 for me? Brian ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Buck Rule 14F2 says about a 50-move rule claim "If (a claim) is found to be incorrect, two minutes shall be added to the opponent's remaining unused time." The idea is that the director's move-counting is to substantiate a claim that has already been made, not to gather evidence for a new one. Buck ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - The TD will not declare a 3-fold repetition. The player has to claim it. Once the 50 moves are reached, the TD will announce it and the game will be a draw. The rule says the TD will not give a progress report on the move count as it is being played. There is, of course, nothing to stop the player from counting the moves himself as well. Buck ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Brian I guess you just wait for the TD to declare the game a draw from the 50 move rule or a three fold repetition - Brian ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090411/176433ca/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 11 08:00:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:00:15 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rybka 3, I-7 versus 1400 Message-ID: <1239458415.49e0a26f41a17@www.taom.com> On Tuesday I watched J.C.MacNeil win in 25 moves with the Smith-Morra against a 1400. The next night I found myself facing 1 e4 c5 against a 1400 so ... Later I analyzed with NM Josh Bloomer with Rybka 3 on his I-7 ( fastest ) computer. We had fun trying to see how many of our moves were Rybka best. [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.04.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Fred Spell"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1484"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"] [ECO "B32"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "22:00:32"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Poor Richard's restaurant Colorado Springs, CO April 8, 2009 Game/85 minutes 5 second delay Round 2 Opening - Smith-Morra, inspired by J.C. MacNeil White - Brian Wall 2200 Black - Fred Spell 1484 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4! 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3! The Smith-Morra like J.C. My only regret at this point is I didn't use Jack Young's Alligator move order, 1 c3 c5 2 d4 cd 3 Nf3 dc 4 N:c3 Nc6 5 e4 5 ... e5? Fred told me that Tom Mullikin uses the Smith-Morra, King's Gambit a lot like J.C. MacNeil and that 5 ... e5? seemed to throw Tom off his stride. 6. Bc4!! h6? Played 50 times. Move your rooks, not your rookpawns. Fred told me he was worried about Ng5 but forgot about ... Nh6. 6 ... Bb4 7 Ng5 Nh6 8 0-0 0-0 9 Nd5 gives me plenty for the pawn. Ken Smith of Smith-Morra said d5-occupation gave White " forever compensation ". 7. Qb3!! Played 14 times reminds me of my son's Elementary School Chess class where everyone tries to 4 move checkmate each other all day. 7 ... Bb4? Played once ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I admit 7 Qb3 Qf6 8 Nd5 is scary 8 ... Qd6 9 Nc7+ Q:c7 10 B:f7+ Kd8 11 B:g8 Bb4+ and neither side will castle but I still have that d5-grip for free. I can also play 7 Qb3 Qf6 8 Nd5 Qd6 9 0-0 or Be3 or Bd2, stopping ... Na5 I had another decent option with 7 Qb3 Qf6 8 Nb5 Bb4+ 9 Bd2, Kf1 or Nd2 I also have more than enough pawn comp after 7 Qb3 Qf6 8 0-0, Bd2 or Be3 All the usual moves are strong after 7 Qb3 Qe7 8 Nb5, Nd5, 0-0, Qc2, Be3, Bd2, et. al. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8!!! TN Wall Theoretical Novelty by Brian Wall I thought for 9 minutes here. I could just play 9 0-0 or Bc4 but I thought Fritz would scold me with some 9 Bh5-type move ( played once before ) so I looked for the absolute best. Turns out I was right for taking a moment to look deeper - 9 0-0 or Bc4 are second best and 9 Bh5 is 4th best. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 ... Rxg8! 10. Nxe5!! With an extra pawn and safer King. 10 N:e5 N:e5 11 Q:b4+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 ... Bxc3+! 11. Qxc3! Nxe5 12. Qxe5! Qf6 Losing a second pawn 13. Qxf6+ Grabbing the second pawn. Fritz9 follows the rule that the player with the safer King should not trade Queens and prefers 13 Qh3, Qb5, Qd3, Qg3, Qc5+, Bf4, Qc7 to my move. Two pawns in a Browne/Vigorito ending ( Rooks plus opposite colored bishops, it was called the Browne ending until Vigorito beat him in his own ending ) should suffice. I saw Anand beat Karpov twice in an Advanced ( Man + Computer ) match with a one pawn advantage in that ending. 13 ... gxf6! 14. Bxh6+! Kf7! 15. O-O I seriously considered Fritz #1 15 Kf1 staying near the center for the endgame and securing the e4 and g2 pawns but I saw nothing wrong with 15 0-0 d5 16 Rfe1 staying two pawns up. 15 ... b5 15 ... d5 16 f3!! or Rfe1! is nothing for Fred 16. Rfd1!! Ke6 17. Bf4!! Bb7! 18. Rd6+! Ke7! I was thinking I would want to trade all the rooks and pray if I was Fred. 19. Rad1 Computers feel no pain, relentless hunters, I try to play like them. The hardest part is not won or lost positions but drawish ones, then I try to replicate their infinite patience. 19 ... Bc6! 20. f3!! It's been a long time coming - President Obama 20 ... f5 21. exf5!! Raf8 I have three connected passed pawns after 21 ... B:f3 22 Re1+ and 21 ... B:f3 22 R:d7+ Kf6 23 R1d6+ K:f5 24 Rf7+ Ke4 25 Bg3 is strong but 21 ... B:f3 22 R:d7+ Ke8! will win back a pawn The King on the original square effectively controlling the rooks was seen in my 2008 Florida Open games with Ray Robson and Eric Rodriguez and also from Anand when he won a World Championship game as White in a Nimzo against Kramnik in Bonn, Germany - 22. Rxc6 1-0 Fred Resigns Half of Brian's victories are pawn waves. - NM Josh Bloomer After 22 R:c6 dc 23 Bd6+ Kf6 24 B:f8 R:f8 25 g4 my 4 connected passed pawn wave would prove troublesome for Fred. I managed to beat J.C. Macneil by 3 moves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pgn of today's featured game [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.04.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Fred Spell"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1484"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"] [ECO "B32"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "22:00:32"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. Qb3 Bb4 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Qf6 13. Qxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxh6+ Kf7 15. O-O b5 16. Rfd1 Ke6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rd6+ Ke7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 Raf8 22. Rxc6 1-0 Fred Resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My role model for this game, played the night before. [Event "DCC G/85 5 second delay"] [Site "Denver Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.07" ] [Round "1"] [White "J.C. MacNeil"] [Black "Louie Berman"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1400"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"] [ECO "B21"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "22:00:32"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Qa5 4. Bd2 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Qe5 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Rc1 Qd8 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. b4 e6 10. Qe2 exd5 11. exd5+ Qe7 12. dxc6 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 dxc6 14. b5 c5 15. O-O b6 16. Bc4 Nf6 17. Rfe1+ Be6 18. Ng5 Ke7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 21. Bf4 Re8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Rc6+ Kb7 24. Ne6 Rc8 25. Nd8+ 1-0 Louie resigns -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket, my last game with Fred, lasted 45 moves [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.03.04" ] [Round "1"] [White "Fred Spell"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1484"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:09:28"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4 12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4 24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3 34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4 36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred Spell vs Renae Defense [Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant June Chess"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2007.06.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Fred Spell"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1302"] [BlackElo "2222"] [Opening "Four knights: Spanish variation"] [ECO "C48"] [NIC "KP.03"] [Time "19:43:58"] [TimeControl "Game/90 plus 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 c5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Kg2 c6 16. Re2 Bf4 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Qe1 Rd7 19. e5 Qe6 20. Ne4 Qxa2 21. Nxc5 Rde7 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Qd5 24. d4 f6 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Re4 fxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Rb4 Qc5 29. Rc1 Qd5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Bd6 32. Rb3 Bf4 33. Rd1 Rd8 Fred resigns 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My King stays in the center to control Eric's developed rooks. An odd game that breaks all the rules. Brian Wall (2242) - Eric Rodriguez (2203) [D15] 2008 Florida Open G/1:55 5 sec delay St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (6), 01.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Nxc4 b5 7.Nd2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.g3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Qxd1+ 11.Nxd1 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Bb7 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.a4 Rhe8 16.Ne3 Rd4 17.Nf5 Rdd8 18.Nxg7 Rg8 19.Nf5 Rge8 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Nb3 Nfg4 22.Nxg4 Nxg4 23.Na5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- same first 8 moves [Event "Ruhrgebiet VK3 9900"] [Site "Ruhrgebiet"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Terwey,Matthias"] [Black "Gerke,Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B21"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Bc4 h6 7.Qb3 Bb4 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.Bh5 Qf6 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.Nd2 g6 13.f4 exf4 14.Nc4 g5 15.Nxd6 Rh7 16.Ba3 Nge7 17.Rab1 b6 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.Qc2 Qe5 20.Rb5 Qh8 21.Nf5 Rc8 22.Rd6 Qf6 23.Nxe7 Rxe7 24.Rf5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anand wins the World Championship with Wall Chess, first a Penguin ( Nf3, Rg1 ) then keeping his King in the center to curtail rook activity. [Event "ICC 120 0 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.10.21"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Anand"] [Black "*GM_Kramnik"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical, Noa variation"] [ECO "E34"] [NIC "NI.23"] [Time "13:21:36"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4 c5 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Bc1 f5 27. Kd1 Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Ke1 a5 30. e3 e5 31. gxf5 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 a4 34. Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 Nc4 36. e4 Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38. e5 Nd5 39. f6 Kf7 40. Ne4 Nc4 41. fxg7 Kg8 42. Rd3 Ndb6 43. Bh6 Nxe5 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Rc3 Rxc3 46. g8=Q+ Kxf6 47. Bg7+ {White wins} 1-0 Sriram Srinivasan and Jaideep Unudurti - In Game six Karpov made the first move for you. And you won in a Karpovian style. World Champion Anand - It was funny for me. I got in a good idea. Actually the move b6, Bb7 we didn?t take very seriously. We were looking at stuff that was much more direct, like Rd8. He sacced his pawn, he went c5. It wasn?t obvious to me that it was necessary, but he is worse. He is not going to get an easy draw, he is worse. When he sacced the pawn I thought, I have to make lots of embarrassing moves, come back, respond to his threats for a while, but I keep the pawn. I was a bit surprised. It slowly became evident that he had really no compensation. I have to make some accurate moves, but essentially he has no compensation. In the technical realization there were one or two small mistakes I made which crept in which he didn?t exploit. There were ones where the tactical justification was harder. In the end he made lots of obvious moves, but my responses were obvious as well. It went very smoothly. Round about the stage I go e4-e5 I just broke through. World Champion Anand - http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5336 Chessbase Anand interview Interview Transcript Location: Chennai Date: 26th December, 2008. Interviewers: Sriram Srinivasan and Jaideep Unudurti (Outlook Business) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 11 12:49:43 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:49:43 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gotta get me one of these... Message-ID: <1239475783.49e0e64713a90@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from "Thomas L. Mullikin" ----- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:52:46 -0600 From: "Thomas L. Mullikin" Reply-To: tlm at orbdyn.com Subject: Gotta get me one of these... To: Jerry Maier , Dragan Plakalovic , Brian Wall , Mikewokurka at msn.com, Fred Eric Spell , Joey Fromme Mary (my daughter) sent me this link. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090411/a90c9722/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 11 14:40:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:40:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Results - Supernationals Message-ID: <1239482416.49e100307b722@www.taom.com> Results - Supernationals http://www.uschess.org/tournaments/2009/super/ Facebook buddy 17 year old Robert Hess, the reincarnation of Josh Bloomer, won the Spice International ( GM norm ), beating the Mongolian GM and 4 time Colorado Champion Sharavdorj Dashzeveg ( a blunder in a better endgame ) and the K-12 section of the Supernationals. Colorado Denker poster child Richard Herbst tied for 22nd, coming 36th on tiebreaks. I am still traumatized by not beating Hess at the 2008 North American Open when I had a huge advantage both in time and position. Someone told me Herbst was doing well against Robert but Hess was relentless. I was very impressed by Robert's sheer will and desire. Eric Massey, CO 109 K-12 Kaylor Scudder, CO 219 K-12 Payton Mayer Rose, CO 252 K-12 David Louis Spinozzi, CO 255 K-12 Ryan Charles Boyd, CO 269 K-12 Phillip Scudder, CO 312 K-12 Gurpreet Nanda, CO 323 K-12 Zachary D. Fry, CO 338 K-12 [Event "ICC w23 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "LM Brian Wall"] [Black "IM Robert Hess"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2229"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad variation"] [ECO "E30"] [NIC "NI.25"] [Time "6:30 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg3 8.hxg3 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.f4 Qf6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.0-0-0 g4 13.Nh4 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Ne7 15.Bd3 c5 16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Qa3 cxd4 18.Qxa7 Ba8 19.Qxb6 Nc6 20.exd4 0-0 21.Be4 Rb8 22.Qc5 Rfc8 23.Rhe1 d5 24.cxd5 Nb4 25.Qd6 Nxd5 26.Ka1 Rb5 27.a3 Rd8 28.Qe5 Qe7 29.Qh5 Rxb2 30.Qxg4+ Kf8 31.Rd3 Nf6 32.Qf3 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Rdb8 34.Qd1 Rb1+ 35.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 36.Kxb1 Bxe4 Brian resigns 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Valentine's Day Massacare"] [Site "Tabor Center, 16th and Lawrence, Downtown Denver, one block east of the Front Porch bar"] [Date "2009.02.14" ] [Round "4"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Richard Edward Herbst V"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2019"] [Opening "Sicilian: Labourdonnais- L?wenthal variation"] [ECO "B32"] [NIC "SI.32"] [Time "03:34:01"] [TimeControl "Game/25, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qc7 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O f5 12. Bc5 fxe4 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxe5 d5 16. Qxe7 Re8 17. Qh4 dxc4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Rd4 e3 21. f3 b5 22. Re1 Kg8 23. g4 Bg6 24. Nd5 Rad8 25. c3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Re6 27. f4 Bd3 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. fxe5 e2 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. a4 Ke6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra1 Kxe5 34. Ra5 Kf4 35. Rxb5 Kxg4 36. Re5 Kf4 37. Re7 g5 38. b4 h5 39. b5 Bf5 40. Rf7 Ke5 41. Rxf5+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-12 No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Hess, Robert L 11 NYSTUY NY 2537 7.0 31.0 25.0 W164 W 36 W156 W 11 W 10 W 3 W8 2 Uesugi, Shinsaku 11 MDCHUR MD 2334 6.5 28.5 23.0 W127 D 34 W159 W121 W 28 W 22 W9 3 Lau, Robert 12 HIM002 HI 2210 6.0 31.0 24.0 W 68 W132 W 63 W 15 W 60 L 1 W24 4 Arnold, Marc Tyler 10 NYCGPS NY 2425 6.0 30.0 24.5 W143 W 48 W 64 L 9 W 33 W 27 W41 5 Lu, Edward J 12 VATJHS VA 2277 6.0 29.5 24.5 W151 W 44 W 67 W 35 D 22 D 24 W37 6 Gonzalez, Karel 12 FLMAAC FL 2182 6.0 28.0 22.5 W259 W 84 W180 D 26 W104 D 19 W23 7 Guo, Alex 9 WAB012 WA 2071 6.0 25.5 20.5 W144 L 63 W237 W160 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Round 2 of the North American Open was another heartache as I lost to Ryan Moon from a better position with much more time. Ryan won the K-9 Championship at Supernationals. [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Balley's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2008.12.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Ryan J. Moon"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2115"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Modern defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:43:58"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1 5 second delay"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Ng5 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ngxe4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Qe2 Rb7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qe8 22. Ra2 Qf7 23. Bg2 Rfb8 24. Ra4 Kh7 25. Rf4 Qg8 26. Rh4 Bf8 27. Qd2 Qg7 28. Qc2 Qf7 29. Rf4 Rb4 30. Be4 Qg8 31. h4 Rxe4 32. Rfxe4 Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Rb4 34. Qf3 Rd4 35. Re6 Bg7 36. h5 Bf6 37. Be3 Rb4 38. Kg2 gxh5 39. Bd2 Rg4 40. Bc3 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Qe8 42. Qe3 Kg8 43. Rxe7 Qg6 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Re6 Qg5 46. Re7+ Kh8 47. Qe6 h4 48. Qc8+ Qg8 49. Re8 hxg3 50. Rxg8+ Rxg8 51. Qe6 gxf2+ 52. Kxf2 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-9 Supernationals No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Moon, Ryan Joseph 8 GAD016 GA 2165 6.5 29.5 23.5 W 62 W 44 W 18 W 21 D 8 W 5 W3 2 Gershenov, Ben 9 NYSOLH NY 2085 6.5 28.5 23.0 W 49 W 40 W 20 D 5 W 17 W 11 W10 3 Ng, Andrew 9 NJL003 NJ 2171 6.0 32.0 25.5 W 97 W 39 W 13 W 6 W 4 W 8 L1 There were no Colorado players in the K-8 or K-9 section, we have lost a generation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-8 No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Qi, George 8 TXACVS TX 2026 7.0 30.5 24.5 W140 W 49 W 50 W 44 W 22 W 4 W5 2 Heung, Christopher 8 FLB010 FL 2130 6.5 33.0 27.0 W 37 W107 W 33 W 12 W 8 D 3 W10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-6 No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Gurevich, Daniel 5 GAM013 GA 2104 6.5 30.0 24.0 W 73 W 60 W 15 W 43 D 4 W 13 W9 2 Cao, Kevin Y 6 MOC001 MO 1988 6.0 30.5 24.5 W184 W 23 W 44 D 14 W 17 D 3 W18 3 Liao, Eric N 6 NJL004 NJ 1888 6.0 30.5 24.5 W174 W 81 W 34 D 10 W 27 D 2 W13 4 Hu, Bryan 6 AZT003 AZ 2000 6.0 30.5 24.0 W208 W 86 W 66 W 20 D 1 D 6 W14 5 Rosenberg, Kevin 6 NYALBE NY 1926 6.0 29.0 23.5 W137 W 41 W 42 D 19 W 59 W 10 D11 6 Karamsetty, Jeevan 6 VAO001 VA 1930 6.0 29.0 23.0 W 99 W 38 W 69 D 17 W 57 D 4 W23 7 Li, Brian S 6 VAF001 VA 1939 6.0 28.0 23.0 W134 W 32 W 40 W 58 L 16 W 42 W21 8 Ding, Andrew 6 NJP007 NJ 1941 6.0 27.0 22.0 W105 W 72 W 76 W 18 L 13 W 63 W15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I played 14 year old Tony Cao who knew Tyler Hughes, final round, HB Minnesota tournament. I had zero advantage after the first time control. Possibly Tony Cao is no relation to Kevin Cao, who took second in the K-6 Supernationals. Kevin sacced a piece aggressively for two pawns against me but lost in the blitz tournament after the 2008 North American Open in Bally's Casino, Las vegas, Nevada. Daniel Zhou, CO tied for 13th coming in 32nd on tiebreaks. My notes to my recent game with Daniel Zhou were printed in the latest Colorado Informant. [Event "Valentine's Day Massacare"] [Site "Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.02.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Daniel Zhou"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1546"] [Opening "Sicilian: Anderssen variation"] [ECO "B41"] [NIC "SI.41"] [Time "10:45:44"] [TimeControl "Game/25 with 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. c4 Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qf4 Bg5 14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qf4 Bg5 16. Qb4+ Be7 17. Qd4 g6 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. h4 h5 20. Bg5 Bc5 21. Bxd8 Bxd4 22. Bf6+ Nxf6 23. Nxd4 Nd7 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bc2 Ba6 26. Rfd1 Rab8 27. b3 Rhc8 28. Kf2 Kh6 29. Ke3 Kg7 30. Rd2 Nd7 31. Rg1 Rc3+ 32. Kf2 Rbc8 33. g4 hxg4 34. Rxg4 Rh3 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Nxe6+ Kf7 37. Ng5+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-6 Dennis Timofeevich Bolshakov, CO 108 K-6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-5 Mika Andrew Brattain won the K-5 Supernationals, Colorado Superstar Jackson Chen tied for 10th with 5.5, coming 11th on tiebreaks. No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Brattain, Mika Andrew 5 MAL001 MA 1946 6.5 31.0 25.0 W 69 W 44 W 22 W 7 D 52 W 53 W4 2 Nakagawa, Ford Yukio 5 HIP003 HI 1549 6.5 27.5 22.0 W159 D 25 W163 W183 W 13 W 60 W11 3 Moon, Benjamin 5 GAD003 GA 1817 6.0 30.0 24.0 W106 W 71 W 84 W 16 W 23 L 4 W39 4 Wu, Christopher 4 NJH006 NJ 1950 6.0 30.0 23.5 W139 W 85 W 59 W 89 W 26 W 3 L1 5 Kosinski, Dylan 5 NYTREV NY 1715 6.0 28.0 22.5 W161 W 78 W 82 D 55 W 63 D 19 W23 6 Mc Clanahan, Bryce 4 ILG005 IL 1502 6.0 28.0 22.5 W 75 W267 W239 W 56 L 10 W 33 W29 7 Wolfe, Tip 5 VAR3CE VA 1505 6.0 28.0 21.5 W157 W134 W 90 L 1 W 87 W 62 W30 8 Andersen, Alec Connor 5 AZP005 AZ 1607 6.0 27.0 22.0 L 25 W102 W195 W 40 W139 W 65 W22 9 Gologorsky, Rachel Gita 5 FLM024 FL 1707 6.0 25.5 20.5 L 83 W182 W204 W140 W 31 W 38 W24 10 Chandran, Kapil 5 CTW004 CT 1978 5.5 28.5 22.5 D 88 W148 W192 W 58 W 6 D 30 D19 11 Chen, Jackson 5 COB002 CO 1708 5.5 28.5 22.0 D 96 W205 W 25 W138 W 28 W 52 L2 12 Rodriguez, Alejandro 5 FLM004 FL 1360 5.5 28.0 22.5 W 14 D 53 W 57 D 86 D 64 W 77 W72 13 Shin, Kyle 5 CAS014 CA 1905 5.5 28.0 21.5 W 95 D 28 W146 W110 L 2 W 88 W53 14 Reese, Gregory 5 WIM028 WI 1607 5.5 27.5 22.0 L 12 W273 W123 D 32 W133 W 68 W63 15 Malhotra, Akshay 5 TXC026 TX 1947 5.5 26.5 21.5 D 97 W124 W 67 L 28 W 90 W 70 W74 16 Fishbein, Matthew Evan 5 MEC002 ME 1537 5.5 26.5 20.5 W135 W100 W238 L 3 D101 W 96 W52 17 Holecek, Zachary Larson 4 ILL004 IL 1651 5.5 26.0 20.5 W131 L 37 W142 W170 W109 W 89 D20 18 Chi, Patrick 5 NYS012 NY 1753 5.5 26.0 20.5 L 54 W115 W188 W100 W 85 W 86 D21 19 Ng, Daniel J 5 TXH054 TX 1605 5.5 26.0 20.0 W257 D138 W269 W 88 W 54 D 5 D10 20 Spinnell, Jonathan 5 NYP290 NY 1503 5.5 25.5 20.0 W196 W152 L 58 W271 W105 W 43 D17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-3 No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Wheeler, Cameron 3 CAC005 CA 1589 7.0 28.0 22.0 W221 W140 W 72 W 26 W 12 W 45 W4 2 Xiong, Jeffery 3 TXDENT TX 1801 6.5 31.5 26.0 W225 W 68 W 15 D 10 W 19 W 9 W16 Colorado SuperNova Ryan David Swerdlin tied for 21st in the K-3 Supernationals, coming out 36 on tiebreaks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- K-1 No. Name Gr Team St Rate Pts TBrk1 TBrk2 Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5 Rnd6 Rnd7 1 Do, Vincent 1 ILR003 IL 1111 7.0 32.0 26.0 W 29 W 41 W 28 W 81 W 6 W 22 W4 2 Zhou, Ryan 1 VAR011 VA 953 6.5 32.5 26.0 W114 W 47 W198 W 24 W 12 W 8 D3 Vincent Do won the K-1 Supernationals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- What about the Langseth children? Where do they fit into this mosaic? Rhett Langseth, CO came in 23rd for K-12 under 1600. Corey Lee Fineman who gave Richard Herbst fits with the Colle at the Colorado State Scholastic Tournament in the Tivloli Center ( 1-2/1/2 ) came in 106th in the K-12 under 1600 section. Melissa Leroux, CO came in 111th in the K-9 under 1250 section of the Supernationals. Pret Bram, CO came in 136th in the K-9 under 1250 section of the Supernationals. Geoffrey Leroux, CO came in 139th in the K-9 under 1250 section of the Supernationals. Zachary Matthew Chase, CO came in 155th in the K-9 under 1250 section of the Supernationals. Trevor Jack Altenbernd, CO came in 313th in the K-9 under 1250 section of the Supernationals. Cody Alexander Meinders, CO came in 322nd in the K-9 under 1250 section of the Supernationals. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am still searching for how Sherry Langseth did. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianWallChess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 11 22:09:12 2009 From: brianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:09:12 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Devon Wall versus Mirai Message-ID: <1239509352.49e16968e2ccf@www.taom.com> My son Devon made a quantum leap in scorekeeping, I can suddenly make out one of his scoresheets. His opponent is very talented. Mirai's older brother used to be the best in the school ( Polaris at Ebert ), he claims he beat Coach Joel Bogen and challenged me to a game Friday. Scrabble/Yoga King Joe Bihlmeyer claimed he worked for a Chess Coaching staff that would immediately transfer any coach that lost to a kid to another school. Luckily, Joel will be able to complete his 5 year stint. Mirai got a little hurt when I called him the "Stalemate King". He didn't like that nickname. The point is that Mirai does not just checkmate the weaker kids he insists on total annihilation. Mirai takes every piece and pawn they have before he even thinks about checkmate. He does stalemate them occasionally but 95% of the time he achieves total, unequivocal dominance. I suggested he move up to a higher board but apparently when he plays the top kids, he doesn't do as well. Mirai seems to see almost everything when he plays me but he gets nervous and rushes like a kid and drops pieces once in a while. [Event "Polaris at Ebert Elementary School, casual game"] [Site "Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.04.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Devon Wall, age 10"] [Black "Mirai, age 8"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "700"] [BlackElo "500"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: Mokele Mbembe (B?cker) variation"] [ECO "B02"] [NIC "AL.10"] [Time "21:18:45"] [TimeControl "none"] Polaris at Ebert casual game No time limit White - Devon Wall, age 10 700 Black - Mirai the Annihilator, age 8 500 Scoresheet by Devon Wall 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 Marai must recieve Kaissiber at home, he is playing Stefan Buecker's Mokele Mbembe. 3. Bc4 d6 4. Qh5 Devon's all about the 4 move checkmate. 4 ... Qd7 Devon has 4 move checkmated Marai at least 3 times so this represents a big step forward for Mirai. 5. Qxf7+! Pretty good but 5 e6!!! wins the King or Queen because of Bb5 or Q:f7 action 5 ... Kd8 6. Be6? Oops, Mirai dropped a pawn but Devon dropped a piece. At least it looked like an aggressive move. 5 ... Qxe6! 7. Qxe6 Bxe6! One of Devon's strengths is fearlessness - as a child we called him " Danger Boy ", he always chose the most dangerous activity in the room. He does not get discouraged at Chess even after being a Queen and Rook down. He doesn't cry when he gets hurt on the sports field or loses a Chess game. 8. Ne2 dxe5 Mirai never met a capture he didn't like. I played soccer with both boys Friday, parents versus kids. Devon told me to stop it when I cried out, " Bring it, brats!". Devon also told his team, " Don't worry, my Dad's a terrible goalie. " Denver gives everyone nicknames. He calls one redheaded dervish " Little Ball of Energy II ". Ben becomes Ben Franklin. Devon attacks me from behind on the soccer field and tries to give me " WWE smackdowns" . 9. O-O Bg4? The Annihilator tries to hoover the board but runs into a fork. 10. f3! Be6 10 ... e6! or ... Bh5! would maintain an edge but Mirai just wants a do-over. 11. fxe4! Bc4 Mirai tries the other side. 12. Rf2 Bxe2! 13. Rxe2! Nc6 Like young Alex Jensen, Mirai only develops when there's nothing left to take. 14. Re3 e6! 15. Rd3+ Devon's all about check 15 ... Ke8! 16. Nc3 Bc5+!! Mirai will check if there is no capture over the horizon. 17. Kf1 Centralizing his King for the endgame. 17 ... Bb4? Knight there would have been strong 18. Nb5 Mirai must have given Devon an idea. 18 ... a6? One move threats are HUGE in the first grade. 19. Nxc7+!! Ke7! 20. Nxa8!! Rxa8! 21. c3!! Bd6 22. Rg3!! Untangling his Queenside with tempo. 22 ... Rd8 23. Rxg7+!! Devon is a fan of check-captures, like his Dad. 23 ... Ke8! 24. Rg8+ " Every trade is good when you're ahead. " - Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili during a blitz game 24 ... Kf7 25. Rxd8! Nxd8! 26. d3!! Elementary School Chess priorities - # 1 - Avoid silence # 2 - Avoid boredom # 3 - Capture # 4 - Snacks # 5 - Check # 6 - Set up a check or capture # 7 - Recess # 8 - If you can't think of anything productive to do, develop a piece and hope it will become useful later on. #10,786,543 - Homework 26 ... Kf6 27. h4 Nf7 28. g4 Pawn waves are in his genes. 28 ... Nh6 29. Bxh6 Captures course through his blood. 29 ... b5! 30. g5+ Life doesn't get much better in the 4th grade than check. 30 ... Kg6! 31. Kg1 Devon seems to sense his pawn wave could use some help. 31 ... Bc5+ Life doesn't get much better in the 4th grade than check. 32. Kh2 a5 33. Rf1!! Tightening the net 33 ... b4! Generating some Queenside action. 34. Kg3 Something wicked this way comes. 34 ... Be3 Trying to stop the madness. 35. Kg4!! bxc3 Mirai leaves the stage with a trademark capture. 36. Rf6# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Polaris at Ebert Elementary School, casual game"] [Site "Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.04.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Devon Wall, age 10"] [Black "Marai, age 8"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "700"] [BlackElo "500"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: Mokele Mbembe (B?cker) variation"] [ECO "B02"] [NIC "AL.10"] [Time "21:18:45"] [TimeControl "none"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. Bc4 d6 4. Qh5 Qd7 5. Qxf7+ Kd8 6. Be6 Qxe6 7. Qxe6 Bxe6 8. Ne2 dxe5 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. fxe4 Bc4 12. Rf2 Bxe2 13. Rxe2 Nc6 14. Re3 e6 15. Rd3+ Ke8 16. Nc3 Bc5+ 17. Kf1 Bb4 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nxc7+ Ke7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. c3 Bd6 22. Rg3 Rd8 23. Rxg7+ Ke8 24. Rg8+ Kf7 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. d3 Kf6 27. h4 Nf7 28. g4 Nh6 29. Bxh6 b5 30. g5+ Kg6 31. Kg1 Bc5+ 32. Kh2 a5 33. Rf1 b4 34. Kg3 Be3 35. Kg4 bxc3 36. 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World Champion Gary Kasparov, 20 years ago. That's all Gary Kasparov said when they asked him how Vivek Rao lost in a 1989 Cambridge, Ma clock simul against Mrs. Anna Gulko, Vivek Rao, a computer and five other humans. I was there. http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html Photo of Kasparov - Rao He was roundly booed in the Massachusetts media for saying that he was more worried about computers than women, that he knew he was going to beat Anna Gulko even when the position was even and that he saw many weaknesses in Judith Polgar's Chess games. He was angry with his handlers for not warning him what not to say after he saw the negative publicity. Then he went off with Patrick Wolff to talk about girls. Judith did beat Gary later when he tried the Berlin Defense which Benko had schooled Judith well in. There was also the famous touch-move game where Gary took a move back after being caught on tape touching her piece for a split-second. Rybka is now 3100 and Judith is 2700. Kasparov was crucified at the time for predicting that. Gary was asked, " Will you be playing in an American Chess tournament? " Gary responded, " You have Chess tournaments in America? " which I thought was very funny since so many of my strong Chess friends had to travel the world in search of IM norms. I see that he has learned his lesson somewhat, At the 2009 Supernationals, Gary said that he hoped in the Supernationals there would be a new Bobby, Roberta or Roberto. He got smoother with age like a fine brandy. [Event "Simultan"] [Site "Harvard (USA)"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Vivek Rao"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] Sanders Stage, Cambridge, Mass., USA 1989 Clock simul on stage versus Mrs. Anna Gulko, Vivek Rao, a primitive computer and five other humans. I believe Kasparov had two hours on all clocks and had to jump from board to board as they moved. In this game Vivek Rao was Black. Vivek tried the same opening that Karpov had beaten Kasparov with 2 years earlier. Some people say that you should use a man's weapon against him, that psychologically, he roots for the other side. Bronstein tried that against Botvinnik in a World Championship match and lost. Spassky tried that against Petrosian in a World Championship match and lost. Playing something that Kasparov must have studied intensely was suicidal, much like me walking into a mainline Benoni without preparation against GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg in the 2009 Colorado Closed. In any case, Gary appeared very comfortable as he wiped future IM Vivek Rao off the board. White - World Champion Gary Kasparov Black - Future IM Vivek Rao ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3! 8.bxc3! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Very close decision --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 ... Re8! 9.f3!? e3!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was Karpov's innovation. Kasparov freaked out, thought for an hour and lost the game. 1987, World Championship match, Seville This time he is quite ready. Two games later Karpov played 9 ... ef! but lost. Starting with Smyslov 1966 9 f3 ef has been played 251 times. Since Seville, One game went 9 ... e3 10 f4 9 ... e3 10 d4 has been played 25 times 9 ... e3 10 d3 ( like Kasparov-Karpov ) has been played 218 times. 9 ... e3 10 de ( like Kasparov - Rao ) has been played 51 times including two games by Boris Gulko against Ilescas and Timoshenko. Boris must have studied all the games from that simul, not just his wife's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10.dxe3 d6 11.e4! h6 12.Nh3! Be6 13.g4!? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Qa4! guards c4 but " My Queen does not like to babysit pawns. " - Kasparov 13 c5! and Rb1 are other ideas here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 ... Qd7 Rather than endure the pin after 13 ... Bc4 14 g5 hg 15 B:g5 Vivel elects to stop 14 g5? with ... N:e4!! 15 fe B:h3! 14.c5! dxc5 14 ... d5 or ... h5 are decent options. 15.Qe1 Kasparov is going to ignore Vivek's 4-2 Queenside majority and build up a Kingside pawn wave attack to rip open lines for his unopposed monster bishop. 15 ... Ne5 16.Qg3!! Bc4! 17.Re1 Gary could start shooting already with 17 g5! but he prefers to build up more steam. 17 ... Ng6 18.Nf2 Probably to involve his h-pawn in the pawn wave. 18 ... Qe6? Instead of the natural 18 ... Rad8! Rao gives Gary many good options including 19 f4, Q:c7, g5, Nd3, Bh3 and a4 19.h4 Gary moves according to his pawns-as-pieces theory. In my lingo that means, a pawn near a King is worth a piece. 19 ... Qa6? This is the famous " The Queen belongs near the King " moment. 20.h5 Vivek is not vivisected yet but 20 g5!!, f4! and h5! are all good moves. 20 ... Nf8! 21.e5 Cerebus cannot be bought off for a c7-sop. 21 ... Nd5 22.f4!! Qa5? Another " The Queen belongs near the King " moment. 22 ... B:e2?? 23 B:d5 23 Ne4!! followed by f5, g5 or Nd2 is good too. 23.Bxd5 Bxd5! 24.f5!! 24 g5!! or e4! also work. 24 ... c4? Feeble, but there is no stopping this freight train now. 25.g5!! Obvious and deadly. 25 ... hxg5 26.Bxg5! Kh7! 27.Kh2! Adding the rook to the attack while 27 e4!!, h6!!, Rad1!!, Bf4!!, Ng4 and Red1 are all crushing as well. Obviously Gary has made enormous progress and Vivek has only put his Queen out of play and achieved nothing. Fritz is always telling me to push my rookpawn in the Fishing Pole. Let's see why. 27 h6!! g6 28 e4!! Bc6 29 Bf6!! Qc5 30 Kf1 followed by Nh3-g5+ explosion. That is why you push your rookpawn, to begin the dark square invasion of all those squares. The position after move 15 Qe1 looked fine for Vivek after 15 ... Rad8, ... b5, ... h5, ... a5, .. b6 and a host of others but somehow, maybe by setting his Queen adrift, 12 moves later Gary has a completely overwhelming steamroller. Notice how Gary was consistent and would not be distracted from his buildup by trifles. He was going for checkmate from the beginning. 27 ... Nd7 28.Bf4 It's hopeless - Bf4!!, e4!!, h6!! or Rg1!! are massively destructive. The lesson is that if your King is under attack, keep your Queen nearby and try to use any means possible to dsitract the attack. Vivek's demonstrations were completely useles. 28 ... Bc6 Prophylaxis against e4 but ... 29.Rg1!! Like Kasparov I prefer to use the h5-pawn to attack g7 with the major pieces but 29 h6!! g6 30 Nh3-g5+ is another valid attacking motif. 29 ... Rg8! 30.Nh3!! Raf8 31.Ng5+!!! 31 h6!!! is equally strong. 31 ... Kh8! 32.h6!! with catastrophic threats of 33 hg+ or f6 or h7 1-0 Chessbase Fritz inventor Frederic Friedel used to have nightmares about humans crushing his computer with an unstoppable mass of pawns. Fritz always figured out it was in trouble too late. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Simultan"] [Site "Harvard (USA)"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Vivek Rao"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 e3 10.dxe3 d6 11.e4 h6 12.Nh3 Be6 13.g4 Qd7 14.c5 dxc5 15.Qe1 Ne5 16.Qg3 Bc4 17.Re1 Ng6 18.Nf2 Qe6 19.h4 Qa6 20.h5 Nf8 21.e5 Nd5 22.f4 Qa5 23.Bxd5 Bxd5 24.f5 c4 25.g5 hxg5 26.Bxg5 Kh7 27.Kh2 Nd7 28.Bf4 Bc6 29.Rg1 Rg8 30.Nh3 Raf8 31.Ng5+ Kh8 32.h6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://boylston-chess-club.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html Photo of Kasparov and Steve Stepak at the 1989 event. Steve Stepak reunites with Garry Kasparov after 18 yrs. Can you put my favorite photo on the BCC web page? The photo was taken by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous just after I was conversing with Kasparov as he signed his book for me; I was reminiscing about Fall of 1989 when he came to Harvard to give talk at Russian Research Center and an 8 board master clock simul at Sanders Theatre: 7 humans and a computer. Garry won all games. I reminded Garry that one of the photos I took of him doing his simul appeared on the cover of Chess Horizons that Winter !! Garry facing off with now IM Vivek Rao! at Sanders Theatre. Kasparov was happy to remember this visit, after which we were inspired to seal our memories with a handshake. And here you see it. Real smiles on both sides because 1989 were happy times, Perestroika and Glasnost appear on USSR horizon. Garry introduces Cambridge audience of 1989 with these terms; and now 15 Oct 2007 18 yrs later, Garry delivers a highly appreciated and well-applauded speech on life on and off the chess board at First Parish Church, Cambridge, MA USA. I am grateful. Steve Stepak ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Championship 34th-KK4"] [Site "Seville"] [Date "1987.10.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov,Garry"] [Black "Karpov,Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "A29"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 e3 10.d3 d5 11.Qb3 Na5 12.Qa3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 Nc6 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Bb2 Bg4 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ne4 Kg7 20.dxc4 Rad8 21.Rb3 Nd4 22.Rxe3 Qxc4 23.Kh1 Nf5 24.Rd3 Bxe2 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Re1 Re8 27.Qa5 b5 28.Nd2 Qd3 29.Nb3 Bf3 30.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 31.Kg1 Rxe1+ 32.Qxe1 Ne3 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "World Championship 34th-KK4"] [Site "Seville"] [Date "1987.10.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov,Garry"] [Black "Karpov,Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "A29"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.Ng5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8 9.f3 exf3 10.Nxf3 Qe7 11.e3 Ne5 12.Nd4 Nd3 13.Qe2 Nxc1 14.Raxc1 d6 15.Rf4 c6 16.Rcf1 Qe5 17.Qd3 Bd7 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Qe6 20.Qd4 Re7 21.Qh4 Nd7 22.Bh3 Nf8 23.R5f3 Qe5 24.d4 Qe4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.Rxf7 Rxe3 27.d5 Rae8 28.Rxb7 cxd5 29.cxd5 R3e7 30.Rfb1 h5 31.a4 g5 32.Bf5 Kg7 33.a5 Kf6 34.Bd3 Rxb7 35.Rxb7 Re3 36.Bb5 Rxc3 37.Rxa7 Ng6 38.Rd7 Ne5 39.Rxd6+ Kf5 40.a6 Ra3 41.Rd8 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com websites http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm Youtube videos plus 40+ of my games analyzed Chessbase style plus more annotated games will be added soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 12 22:17:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:17:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Toxic Badger Message-ID: <1239596266.49e2bcea516b8@www.taom.com> Many people have written me to say the N.Earl Roberts Opening ( The Toxic Badger ) is only good for hiding my knight away in his Badger den on f7. Not true, folks, sometimes the Badger doesn't feel like hiding and shows his teeth and claws. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "esales"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2182"] [Opening "R?ti opening, The Toxic Badger"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "22:58:19"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 f6 The Badger Invented one day in Manitou Springs because I couldn't stand the idea of playing some boring d-pawn game against a 1400. I thought maybe I could lash out with ... f6-e5 like Chris Peterson does in reverse. I might play ... e5 or I might play ... Nc6-e5-f7 if necessary 3. Bf4 e5 3 ... d6! 4 any e5! is interesting. This Badger lives in fresh, uncivilized woodlands. 4. dxe5! Bc5 5. exf6 Nxf6 With insufficient play for the pawn but open lines like any gambit. 6. e3! O-O! 7. Bc4+! d5! 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O! Qd7! 10. Ne5 Nxe5! 11. Bxe5! Bxe2! 12. Qxe2! Rae8! Full development for the pawn. 13. Bxf6! Rxf6! 14. c3 c6 A little consolidating move to free my Queen. It was stronger to start activating - 14 ... Re5, ... Bd6, ... Rh6, ... Rg6, ... Ref8, 15. Nd2! Bd6! 16. Nf3 Ref8! Tyring to set up ... R:f3 shots. I had other ideas like 16 ... Rg6!!, ... Rh6!, ... Qf5! or ... Re4! 17. c4 trying to distract my wing attack with central play. 17 ... Qg4!! 18. Kh1?? I have a small edge after 18 h3 Qe4! or 18 Nd4 Q:e2 19 N:e2 dc 18 ... Bxh2! A very clever move based on 19 N:h2 Q:e2 or 19 K:h2 R:f3 20 gf R:f3-h3 checkmate I actually had a ton of clever moves - 18 ... Rh6!!!, .... R:f3!!!, ... Rg6!!!, ... Qh5!!!, ... B:e5!!, ... Bc7!!, ... b6!!, ... Bb8!! are all better than my move and my move wins! 19. Rae1 Rxf3! Again I make a clever winning move but miss many stronger ones. This Badger is nearsighted. 19 ... Rh6!!! mates 19 ... Rg6!! is devastating 19 ... Bc7!, ... Bd6!, ... R:f3! and ... Bb8! are all good enough. 20. Kxh2!! Only move 20 ... Qh4+!!! Others - 20 ... R8f6!!, ... dc!!, ... R8f5!!, ... Qh5+!! 21. Kg1! R8f6!! Others - 21 ... R8f5!! is good too 22. Qxf3! Only move 22 ... Rxf3! 23. gxf3! Qxc4! 24. Kg2 Qxa2! 25. Rb1 a5 26. Ra1 Qxb2! 27. Rxa5! h5 28. Raa1 Qf6! 29. Rab1 b5 Queen and 5 pawns versus 2 Rooks and 3 pawns 30. Rfc1! g5 31. Rc5! g4 32. fxg4! hxg4! 33. Rbc1 Qf3+! 34. Kf1 g3!! 35. R1c2 Qh1+ 35 ... g2+!! mates 36. Ke2! g2! 37. Rxc6 Qh5+!! 38. Kd2! g1=Q! Two Rooks plus 68 seconds versus two Queens and 34 seconds 39. Rc8+! Kf7! 40. R2c7+ Ke6! 41. Rc6+! Ke5! 42. f4+ Ke4 mating. I remember I had 17 seconds left but Esales was out of checks. 43. Re6+! Kf3! 44. Rc2 Qhh2+ 44 ... d4!! mates fastest but what kind of move is that? 45. Kc3 Qa1+! 46. Kd3! Qa3+ 46 ... b4!! mates the fastest but what kind of move is that? 47. Rc3 Qe2+ 47 ... Qb4!! or ... Qa4!! mate in 2 but what kind of moves are those? 48. Kd4! Qd2+! 49. Ke5! Qaxc3+ See, this way I pick up a Rook and checkmate too. 50. Kf5 Qdxe3 Fritz hunts the King, I hunt the Rooks. 7 seconds left for me. 51. Rxe3+! Qxe3 Now the pawn. 52. Kg5! Qxf4+ Now the King. 53. Kg6! d4! 54. Kg7! d3! 6 seconds. Premove. 55. Kg6! d2! 56. Kh5! d1=Q! 57. Kg6! Qg1+! 58. Kh5! Qfh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 So it's up to you. Do you want to be a timid Badger and hide in your multi-tunneled dirt, underground home or do you want to grab clumps of rich, brown topsoil turf on f6 and e5 to throw in passersby faces? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "esales"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2182"] [Opening "R?ti opening, the Toxic Badger"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "22:58:19"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 f6 3. Bf4 e5 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bc4+ d5 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Qd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rae8 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. c3 c6 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ref8 17. c4 Qg4 18. Kh1 Bxh2 19. Rae1 Rxf3 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 R8f6 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qxc4 24. Kg2 Qxa2 25. Rb1 a5 26. Ra1 Qxb2 27. Rxa5 h5 28. Raa1 Qf6 29. Rab1 b5 30. Rfc1 g5 31. Rc5 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rbc1 Qf3+ 34. Kf1 g3 35. R1c2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 g2 37. Rxc6 Qh5+ 38. Kd2 g1=Q 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. R2c7+ Ke6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. f4+ Ke4 43. Re6+ Kf3 44. Rc2 Qhh2+ 45. Kc3 Qa1+ 46. Kd3 Qa3+ 47. Rc3 Qe2+ 48. Kd4 Qd2+ 49. Ke5 Qaxc3+ 50. Kf5 Qdxe3 51. Rxe3+ Qxe3 52. Kg5 Qxf4+ 53. Kg6 d4 54. Kg7 d3 55. Kg6 d2 56. Kh5 d1=Q 57. Kg6 Qg1+ 58. Kh5 Qfh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.walverine.com ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 12 22:56:35 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:56:35 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Fascinating Reti Gambit Message-ID: <1239598595.49e2c6035a96e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Clyde Nakamura ----- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:50:53 -0000 From: Clyde Nakamura Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] The Fascinating Reti Gambit To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com I was on the internet site called youtube and saw an excellent video tutorial of the Reti Gambit. This video is called "The Fascinating Reti Gambit " and is in 6 parts. The link to the first part is listed below. Once you get to the first part, the other 5 parts will be listed. If not you can do a search on youtube.com with the words "Reti Gambit". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w53jqnNrOo0&feature=PlayList&p=EF395EF531526EB0&index=0 The Reti Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 is also known as the Papa Gambit. It is said that US National Master wrote a book on the Papa Gambit. There are prior messages on this newsgroup on the Papa Gambit. Best Regards Clyde Nakamura -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090412/e42e6b6d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 13 13:58:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:58:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Valley Chess Store Open Message-ID: <1239652703.49e3995f968c0@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:22:50 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: Valley Chess Store Open Hi All, The Valley Chess Store is now open. You can click Store button from any of our menus to enter the Valley Chess Store. I would like to thank Barry Evans for his hard work on this project. Also, I have tested the site out and purchased three items myself -- a Valley Chess T-shirt, a Valley Chess Teddy Bear (which is very cute and snuggly), and a Valley Chess Coffee Mug. All of these will be shown at Valley Chess this week. 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Chessville offers quite a number of free chess columns from famous authors such as GM Nigel Davies, GM Raymond Keene, IM Igor Khmelnistky, ICCF-IM Keith Hayward, NM Brian Wall, Bill Wall, etc. While never a regular columnist for Chessville, I have contributed a number of chess news reports and other chess materials to Chessville. You can check out all the goodies Chessville has to offer by visiting their website at www.Chessville.com. Posted by Susan Polgar at 4/06/2009 05:36:00 PM Labels: Chessville ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 14 01:08:54 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:08:54 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Susan Polgar in Indiana today Message-ID: <1239692934.49e43686142c7@www.taom.com> Those Polgars are amazingly active - Last week, I was reading about a Polgar simul in Alaska. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele ----- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:53:32 -0500 From: Gregory Steele Reply-To: Gregory Steele Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Susan Polgar's blog To: Brian Wall Brian, It so happens that Susan Polgar was in Indiana today to give a lecture/simul at Manchester College in North Manchester, IN. On 25 boards she scored +23 =2. She gave up two draws to 1600s brothers Peter and Michael Chen, both about 10 years old. I didn't play but was there to watch. Greg Steele On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Brian Wall wrote: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/04/growth-of-chessville.html Susan Polgar mentions Chessville and me on her Chess blog April 6, 2009. Monday, April 06, 2009 The growth of Chessville One of the chess websites which I visit often is ww.Chessville.com. Chessville offers quite a number of free chess columns from famous authors such as GM Nigel Davies, GM Raymond Keene, IM Igor Khmelnistky, ICCF-IM Keith Hayward, NM Brian Wall, Bill Wall, etc. While never a regular columnist for Chessville, I have contributed a number of chess news reports and other chess materials to Chessville. You can check out all the goodies Chessville has to offer by visiting their website at www.Chessville.com . Posted by Susan Polgar at 4/06/2009 05:36:00 PM Labels: Chessville ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090414/637b19c8/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 14 21:04:52 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:04:52 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Blitz games Message-ID: <1239764692.49e54ed4ee81a@www.taom.com> Weihmiller French crush. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.13"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "zulo"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2167"] [BlackElo "2065"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "FR.16"] [Time "23:04:48"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 f5 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Nb3 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 O-O 12. Be3 a5 13. Rc1 a4 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qd8 16. h3 Qe8 17. g4 b6 18. cxb6 d4 19. Rxc6 dxe3+ 20. Kxe3 fxg4 21. hxg4 Bb7 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qxh7+ Kf7 25. Rc7+ Qe7 26. Ng5+ Ke8 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qxg7+ {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crush [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Lefkas"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2210"] [BlackElo "1845"] [Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "KF.05"] [Time "13:28:47"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Nd7 7. Nh3 h5 8. Nf2 Ngf6 9. a4 h4 10. Be2 Ne5 11. f4 Ned7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Bf3 h3 14. g3 Bd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. Qe2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qe3 Rh8 20. Qxc5 Rc8 21. Qd4 e6 22. Nfe4 Ke7 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Bxh5 Nh7 26. Rxf6 Qb6+ 27.Rf2+ g5 28. Qxh3 Kd8 29. Nf7+ Kc7 30. Nxh8 Rxh8 31. Bg4 Nf8 32. Qxh8 Ng6 33. Qf6 {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you ever checkmate anyone without knowing it? [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "cheslikeyomama"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "2185"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn"] [ECO "A41"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:39:01"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Ng5 exf4 9. exf4 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Qh3 h6 14. Ngf3 Qd7 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Ndf3 Ne4 17. a4 Qe6 18. Ne1 c5 19. Nhf3 Rad8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Nc2 Ng6 22. Nfe1 Rd1 23. Ne3 Nxf4 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 Nxc3 26. Nf3 Nce2+ 27. Kf2 Nd3# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 16 02:18:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:18:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Last second antics Message-ID: <1239869891.49e6e9c331ef8@www.taom.com> Information about brutus (Last disconnected Wed Apr 15 2009 20:42): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1416 [6] 0 2 0 2 Loser's 1521 [6] 0 2 0 2 Crazyhouse 1622 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1725 2635 3967 534 7136 2045 (19-Dec-2005) Blitz 2144 9063 11175 1355 21593 2454 (05-Nov-2007) Standard 2035 [6] 0 1 0 1 5-minute 1197 [8] 0 1 0 1 1-minute 1280 [8] 0 1 0 1 1: Eduardo 2: Pehuaj? 3: Buenos Aires 4: Argentina 5: no takeback ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brutus resigned right when he could have mated me with 28 N:f6!! [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "brutus"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2126"] [BlackElo "2205"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:38:09"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7 7. d3 d6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g4 Bxa4 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Nhf5 Nxf5 16. gxf5 Rg8 17. O-O-O c6 18. Rhg1 Qe7 19. Rg2 d5 20. Rdg1 d4 21. c4 b5 22. b3 a5 23. Qh5 a4 24. Qh6 axb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Nh5 Ra1+ 27. Kc2 Rxg1 {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My last pawn was enough to win. [Event "ICC 3 1"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "iberville"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2205"] [BlackElo "2264"] [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch variation"] [ECO "E80"] [NIC "KI.54"] [Time "20:53:08"] [TimeControl "180+1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Nh3 c6 7. Nf2 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. Qd2 h5 10. b4 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Nxg4 hxg4 15. a3 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qc7 19. e5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Ra8 Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 O-O 23. Ne4 Be5 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nc5 Qh4+ 27. Ke2 g3 28. Kd1 Kg7 29. Kc1 Bd6 30. Qd4+ Qxd4 31. Bxd4+ e5 32. Bc3 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Be4 34. Kd2 f6 35. Ke3 Bd5 36. Be1 Kf7 37. Bxg3 Ke6 38. Be1 f5 39. g3 g5 40. Bh3 g4 41. Bf1 f4+ 42. gxf4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Bf3 44. Bh3 Kd5 45. Bf2 gxh3 46. Kxf3 {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about iberville (Last disconnected Wed Apr 15 2009 21:15): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1914 387 181 45 613 2056 (02-Feb-2002) Loser's 1644 [6] 0 2 0 2 Crazyhouse 1967 [6] 1 1 0 2 Bullet 1953 15767 8272 2351 26390 2328 (10-Jul-1997) Blitz 2264 1980 1039 310 3329 2423 (10-Sep-1997) Standard 1878 [6] 4 4 0 8 5-minute 2010 [8] 38 28 12 78 2067 (15-Sep-2001) 1-minute 666 [8] 0 4 0 4 Email : Labelle.Jacques at uqam.ca Groups : Canada --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for B-Wall On for: 7 Idle: 0 B-Wall is currently examining game 1877: 1449814951. rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 674 [8] 0 1 0 1 Blitz 2246 539 309 94 942 2459 (09-Mar-2009) 5-minute 2079 [8] 137 130 36 303 2289 (17-Mar-2009) 1: Life Master Brian Wall 30 years 2: How to Play Chess Like An Animal - Amazon.com, Borders over 2,000 sold 3: www.Walverine.com over a quarter million hits 4: Youtube videos - Fishing Pole First Blood 1,000 views 5: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com free Chess email list ( 650 ) with pictures 6: http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist free email list ( 350 ) 7: http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm Off the Wall Chess column for www.Chessville.com 8: ICC interview with IM John Watson Feb 3, 2009 archived 9: I don't give rematches, takebacks or pity draws without a note from your Mommy documenting your precise disability. 10: friends - Checkmates Groups : DosHermanas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Anti-Lemmiwinks system is still gold. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "worldcitizen"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1751"] [BlackElo "2207"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "21:00:35"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+ 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8 23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about worldcitizen (Last disconnected Wed Apr 15 2009 21:26): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1711 [6] 0 1 1 2 Loser's 1681 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1285 [8] 65 128 9 202 1485 (13-Sep-2003) Blitz 1779 18505 15820 1976 36301 2085 (06-Apr-2007) Standard 1761 [6] 20 24 3 47 1862 (15-May-2005) 5-minute 1786 [8] 9 13 1 23 1816 (15-Aug-2007) 1-minute 1068 [8] 195 232 4 431 1225 (05-Aug-2007) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about sidbis (Last disconnected Wed Apr 15 2009 23:01): rating [need] win loss draw total best Crazyhouse 1332 [3] 2 1 0 3 Blitz 1725 52 30 0 82 1772 (15-Apr-2009) 5-minute 2100 [8] 7 4 1 12 1-minute 1655 7 5 0 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The usual Fishing Pole smash despite a mouse slip on move 20 with ... g6? instead of the intended ... g5!! [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "sidbis"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1745"] [BlackElo "2176"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "21:27:43"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 Qh4 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qb3 d5 12. Be2 dxe4 13. Qc3 Bd6 14. Be3 Bxh3 15. g3 Qe7 16. Rd1 h4 17. Bf4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Bd7 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Nd2 g6 21. Nxe4 f6 22. Rd1 d5 23. Nc5 Kf7 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nd3 Rae8 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Nc5 Bc8 28. Bd3 Rh6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about InoyDaPogi (Last disconnected Thu Apr 16 2009 03:31): rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2058 4106 3857 340 8303 2395 (16-Feb-2009) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Weihmiller French is another automatic victory. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "InoyDaPogi"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2185"] [BlackElo "2012"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "FR.16"] [Time "22:01:54"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 a6 6. c3 c5 7. Ngf3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Kh1 b5 11. f5 exf5 12. Bxf5 Bb7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Kf8 15. Ng5+ Nf6 16. Nxe6+ Kg8 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Nf3 h5 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qd2 {Black resigns} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about Muad-dib (Last disconnected Wed Apr 15 2009 23:51): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1680 [6] 31 31 3 65 1849 (04-Sep-2006) Bullet 1821 [8] 2301 3498 376 6175 1942 (16-Feb-2007) Blitz 2144 4011 5405 725 10141 2313 (25-Jul-2008) 1: I just want to play...if i win-good game, if i lose-good game... 2: i don't expect to get or give a rematch...if it happens, it happens... 3: my friends call me Kwisatz Haderach. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have to stare at these blitz endgame mates to make sure they really work. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Muad-dib"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2144"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "22:32:48"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 d5 5. e5 g5 6. h3 h6 7. Bb5 Ne7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. Be2 Ng3 11. Rg1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Kf2 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. a3 Rae8 17. Qd3 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bd2 Ncxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kf3 Nh4# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about Gorgias(FM) (Last disconnected Thu Apr 16 2009 03:38): rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1833 9 17 2 28 1876 (22-Mar-2009) Blitz 2381 233 234 55 522 2507 (29-Jan-2009) 1: Players who decline draws in obvious drawn positions will join my noplay-list immediately. Groups : FMs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gorgias disconnected in a complex position and re-adjourned a week later. I mated him with one tenth of a second on my clock left. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.17"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Gorgias"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2358"] [Opening "Czech Benoni defense"] [ECO "A56"] [NIC "OI.05"] [Time "05:43:02"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nf8 8. O-O Ng6 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Nd3 Nd7 11. a3 Bg5 12. b4 b6 13. Qb3 Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. a4 Ne5 16. a5 f3 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. f4 Bh6 19. axb6 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Ng6 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. bxa7 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. c5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qg5 27. Qe3 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Kd2 Ng2 30. Qd4 Qe1+ 31. Kd3 Qa1 32. e5 f5 33. d6 Qc1 34. d7 Ne1+ 35. Kc4 Nc2 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. d8=Q Na3+ 38. Kb3 Qc2+ 39. Kxa3 Qxc3+ 40. Ka4 Qa1+ 41. Kb5 Qb2+ 42. Kc6 Qc3+ 43. Bc4 Qb4 44. Qxf8+ Qxf8 45. e6 Qe8+ 46. Qd7 Qa8+ 47. Qb7 Qe8+ 48. Kd6 Qd8+ 49. Qd7 Qf8+ 50. e7 Qg8 51. Bxg8 Kxg8 52. a8=Q+ Kf7 53. e8=Q+ Kf6 54. Qde6+ Kg5 55. Qa5 Kf4 56. Qexf5# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about NightKnight (Last disconnected Thu Apr 16 2009 03:38): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1358 [6] 0 0 1 1 Loser's 1675 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1966 [8] 8259 7705 1003 16967 2169 (17-Jul-1999) Blitz 2144 35556 31884 6056 73496 2491 (17-Jul-2006) Standard 2082 [6] 5 8 1 14 5-minute 1942 [8] 1198 1114 229 2541 2157 (15-Mar-2002) 1-minute 1687 [8] 947 946 140 2033 1996 (06-Feb-2002) 1: Hello from Montreal, Canada ! 2: Groups: Candidates of Master, Engineers, Canada, Israel, I D F officers, Romania, Transilvania, Tennis Players, Newest Market Wizards. Groups : DosHermanas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NightKnight flagged as he was about to take my last pawn. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "NightKnight"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2157"] [BlackElo "2233"] [Opening "English opening"] [ECO "A20"] [NIC "EO.25"] [Time "03:24:31"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. c4 e5 2. e3 d6 3. a3 f5 4. d4 Nd7 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nd2 Be6 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Kh8 11. Bb2 Bg8 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nf3 e4 14. Nd4 Qc8 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qc2 a5 17. Nb5 c6 18. Nd4 Ne8 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Rd2 g6 21. c5 Bg7 22. Rfd1 Nc7 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Ne2 Qc7 26. Bxg7+ Qxg7 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 h5 29. Kh1 Ra1 30. Ng1 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Ra8 32. Nh3 Ra1 33. Ng5 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Qc3 35. Qd4+ Qxd4 36. exd4 Kg7 37. Kg1 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kd8 40. Kd2 Kc7 41. g3 Kb8 42. Nh7 Ka7 43. Nf6 Ka6 44. Kc3 Kb5 45. Ne8 Ka6 46. Nd6 b6 47. Kb2 bxc5 48. bxc5 e3 49. Kc3 Bf3 50. Kd3 e2 51. Kd2 Ka5 52. Nc4+ Kb4 53. Ne5 Bd5 54. Kxe2 Kc3 55. Ke3 Kc2 56. Nd7 Kc3 57. Nf8 Bf7 58. Nd7 Kc4 59. Ne5+ Kd5 60. Nxf7 Ke6 61. Ne5 Kd5 62. Nxg6 Ke6 63. Nf8+ Ke7 64. Nh7 Kf7 65. Ng5+ Kg6 66. Nf3 Kf6 67. Ne5 Ke6 68. Nxc6 Kd5 69. Ne5 Ke6 70. h3 Kd5 71. g4 fxg4 72. hxg4 hxg4 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luckless NightKnight chases my King all over the board through a minefield with 11 consecutive checks but can't find a mate. He finally resigns when I have 2 seconds left because I have an easy mate in 2. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "NightKnight"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2246"] [BlackElo "2144"] [Opening "French: Rubinstein variation"] [ECO "C03"] [NIC "FR.07"] [Time "03:32:02"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 Rb8 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 b4 12. h4 Bb7 13. Ne5 a5 14. g4 a4 15. g5 Nd5 16. Nc5 a3 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Qe4 g6 19. h5 axb2 20. Kxb2 Ra7 21. Nxf7 Rxa2+ 22. Kxa2 Qa8+ 23. Kb3 Qa3+ 24. Kc4 Qa2+ 25. Kb5 Rb8+ 26. Kc6 Qa8+ 27. Kd7 Qa4+ 28. Kxe6 Rb6+ 29. Kxd5 Qd7+ 30. Ke5 Re6+ 31. Kf4 Rxe4+ 32. Bxe4 Kxf7 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rdh1 Bd6+ 36. Ke3 Qg4 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. R1h7+ Ke6 39. Re8+ Be7 40. Rexe7+ Kd6 41. Rd7+ Qxd7 42. Rxd7+ Kxd7 43. Bxg6 Kd6 44. Bd3 Ke7 45. f4 Kf7 46. f5 Kg7 47. f6+ Kf8 48. Kf4 Kg8 49. Kf5 Kf8 50. g6 c5 51. g7+ Kf7 52. Bc4+ Ke8 53. g8=Q+ Kd7 54. f7 Kc7 55. f8=Q b3 56. Qe6 {Black resigns} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 16 10:28:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:28:45 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Awesome Chess blog from Chris Peterson Message-ID: <1239899325.49e75cbdef138@www.taom.com> http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=62987166&blogId=476468612 Chris Peterson's website http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 16 20:04:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:04:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brazil - A nice game in Fishing Pole Message-ID: <1239933873.49e7e3b11f6e6@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from perego domingos ----- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:51:52 -0700 (PDT) From: perego domingos Reply-To: gbsalvio at yahoo.com Subject: A nice game in Fishing Pole To: Brian Wall [Event "Sala dos Desafios 3+0"] [Site "IXC (3+0)"] [Date "2009/04/16"] [Round "22:32"] [White "Cristovam"] [Black "Gbsalvio"] [WhiteElo "1881"] [BlackElo "2038"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Na3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. c3 Ba7 9. d4 d6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd5 Bd7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Nxf7 Qf3 16. Nh6 Qxg3+ 17. Kh1 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 g3?? 0-1 ? Best regards from Brasil... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090416/cdde23f2/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 17 14:03:50 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:03:50 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] How many books on the Ruy Lopez does Karss own? Message-ID: <1239998630.49e8e0a6f05af@www.taom.com> How many books on the Ruy Lopez does Karss own? I would say at least 10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistics for Karss On for: 15 Idle: 0 rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1492 [8] 0 1 0 1 Blitz 2276 4367 4816 453 9636 2632 (24-Aug-2008) 5-minute 1039 [8] 0 4 0 4 1-minute 1536 [8] 1 5 0 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Karss"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2276"] [BlackElo "2365"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "15:56:32"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Jack Young's Fishing Pole 5. Nc3 h5!! The knight is bait, the pawn is Pole 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5!! 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4 This should all look very familiar to you by now. 12. h3 Qg3 When I got to this part of my archived ICC interview with old friend IM John Watson he stopped the show to point out to beginners how devastating this maneuver is. {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Karss"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2276"] [BlackElo "2365"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "15:56:32"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Nc3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4 12. h3 Qg3 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 17 14:34:37 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:34:37 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Petrosian, Weihmiller, Allmeiddah Message-ID: <1240000477.49e8e7dd46ede@www.taom.com> Bill Weihmiller shouldn't feel bad about how he lost to me in March. I've used that Petrosian tricks hundreds of times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information about Allmeiddah (Last disconnected Fri Apr 17 2009 16:16): rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2202 78 90 9 177 2299 (15-Apr-2009) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Allmeiddah"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2307"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch variation"] [ECO "E80"] [NIC "KI.54"] [Time "02:07:04"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 h6 8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 Ne8 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. h5 g5 14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. b3 b6 18. a3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ra7 Qd8 22. Rba1 Qc8 23. R1a3 Ne8 24. Qa2 Bf6 25. Kg2 Ng7 26. Nh1 Bd8 27. Nf2 Be7 28. Nd3 Ne8 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Qc4 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rd4 34. Qc2 Nf6 35. Na4 Nxg4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. fxg4 Bxg4 38. e5+ Kh8 39. d6 cxd6 40. Rxe7 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 f5 42. Bxg4 dxe5 43. Bxf5 c4 44. Nb6 Qd6 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qxc4+ Rf7 47. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.03.11" ] [Round "2"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Bill Weihmiler"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "1836"] [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"] [ECO "E81"] [NIC "KI.51"] [Time "23:59:02"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15. h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8 28. Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2 Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3 Kf7 41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5 1-0 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - This is not the main idea in its purest form but it does feauture Petrosian locking up the Kingside in a King's Indian with f4-g4-h5, then doubling his rooks on the b-file and then marching his King from g1 to a6. The only difference here is that Petrosian locked up the Kingside with h6. [Event "Bled"] [Site "It"] [Date "1961.??.??" ] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Mario Bertok"] [ECO "E85"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 c5 10. h4 Nd7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd3 a6 13. h5 Nf8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. a4 Nc8 16. Kf2 f6 17. a5 Re7 18. Rhb1 Be8 19. h6 Bh8 20. Na4 Rc7 21. b4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nd7 23. b5 Nf8 24. Ra2 Rf7 25. Rab2 axb5 26. Rxb5 b6 27. axb6 Rb7 28. Bf1 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. Qb2 Na4 31. Qc1 Nd7 32. Ra1 Nab6 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qc2 Kf7 35. Ne2 Qa4 36. Qxa4 Nxa4 37. Ng3 Ndb6 38. Bc1 Nc3 39. Ke1 Ke7 40. Kd2 Nca4 41. Kc2 Nc8 42. Kb3 Nab6 43. Bh3 Kd7 44. Bd2 Ne7 45. g5+ Ke8 46. Ba5 Nec8 47. Nh1 fxg5 48. Nf2 Bf6 49. Bg4 Bd8 50. Nh3 Bf6 51. Bd2 Ne7 52. Nxg5 Bxg5 53. Bxg5 Kf7 54. Bd2 Nec8 55. Bxc8 Nxc8 56. Bg5 Nb6 57. Bd8 Nc8 58. Ka4 Ke8 59. Bg5 Kd7 60. Kb5 Kc7 61. Ka6 Nb6 62. Bd8+ 1-0 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - This is the - " Petrosian looked bored " game This is the main game - Petrosian locks it up with f3-g4-h5 versus ... e5-h6-g5 then sends his King on all kinds of secret missions - 0-0-0, then Ke1, then Ka4, then Kf5 and finally resting on c4. [Event "Nica"] [Site "Nica"] [Date "1974.??.??" ] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Petrosian"] [Black "Helder Camara"] [ECO "E76"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "165"] 1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 a6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. g4 Ng8 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Ng3 b6 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. h4 a5 17. h5 g5 18. b3 f6 19. Qe2 Nc8 20. a3 Qe7 21. Kd2 Na7 22. Ra1 Rfb8 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rhb1 Bf8 25. Ke1 Qe8 26. Bd3 Nc8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. Qd1 axb4 29. axb4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Ra8 31. Qc1 Qb8 32. Ra3 Nc8 33. Qa1 Rxa3 34. Qxa3 Kg7 35. Bc2 Kf7 36. Kd2 Ke8 37. Ba4 Qa7 38. Kc2 Kd8 39. Kb3 Bxa4+ 40. Qxa4 Qxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Na7 42. Nb5 Nc8 43. Ne2 Kd7 44. Nc1 Be7 45. Nd3 Bf8 46. Nc3 Na7 47. Kb3 Nc8 48. Na4 Be7 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 dxc5 51. Naxc5+ Nxc5+ 52. Nxc5+ Kd6 53. Na6 c6 54. Kc4 cxd5+ 55. exd5 Kd7 56. Nb8+ Kc7 57. Nc6 Bd6 58. Kd3 Kd7 59. Ke4 Ke8 60. Na5 Kf7 61. Nc4 Bb4 62. Bb6 Bf8 63. Bd8 Bc5 64. Kf5 Be7 65. Bc7 Na7 66. Nd6+ Bxd6 67. Bxd6 Nb5 68. Bb4 Nd4+ 69. Ke4 Nb5 70. Be1 Ke7 71. Bd2 Nd4 72. Bb4+ Kf7 73. Bc5 Nb3 74. Bf2 Ke7 75. Kf5 Kf7 76. Be3 Na1 77. Ke4 Nb3 78. Kd3 Na5 79. Bd2 Nb3 80. Be3 Na5 81. Bb6 Nb7 82. Kc4 Ke7 83. Bc5+ 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 18 02:45:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:45:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 40 more annotated Brian Wall games, Chessbase style. Message-ID: <1240044314.49e9931a488b5@www.taom.com> I have begun a massive project that may take me years to complete. The idea is to analyze every game I ever played and post it for the world to see. Chris Peterson posted the first 40 and I just sent him the next 40. Here is a list of the names of the games I have analyzed so far. 1. IM Michael Mulyar 2. Future Master Mitch Anderson 3. Fred Spell 4. Ex-expert William Weihmiller 5. William O'Neil 6. Lee Lahti 7. Ted Doykos 8. NM Philipp Ponomarev 9. William O'Neil 10. Steve Carey 11. Phil Jarette 12. Utah State Chess Champion Josh Smith 13. WIM Ruth Haring 14. Future Chessmaster Ryan Moon 15. NM Philipp Ponomarev 16. Allan Johnson 17. Almost GM Robert Hess 18. GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg 19. NM Tyler Hughes 20. Anthea Carson Martinez 21. William O'Neil 22. Kevin Seidler 23. ex-Master Andy Rea 24. NM Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev 25. ex-Master Paul Covington 26. Richard Wagner 27. SM Renard Anderson 28. NM Philipp Ponomarev 29. Christopher Heung 30. FM Mark Ritter 31. IM Ray Robson 32. Richard Monroe 33. David Webster 34. Alexander Wagner 35. NM Eric Rodriguez 36. IM Ray Robson 37. Carl Scarpati 38. Carl Scarpati 39. Joseph Brightman 40. Goran Markovic 41. Fred Spell 42. IM Blas Lugo 43. IM Dionisio Aldama 44. Future expert Lucas Van Beuzekom 45. Tim Brennan 46. ex-expert Shaun MacMillan 47. Anthea Carson Martinez 48. Future expert Paul Anderson 49. Lawrence Wutt 50. Mickey Wentz 51. Shaun MacMillan 52. Paul Anderson 53. Jay Shaeffer 54. David Webster 55. ex-Master Andy Rea 56. ex-master Eric K. Anderson 57. Jeffrey Sundell 58. J.C. MacNeil 59. ex-2400 David Wallace 60. NM Philipp Ponomarev 61. ex-master Eric K. Anderson 62. Jeff Baffo 63. Joe Bihlmeyer 64. ex-Master Andy Rea 65. Gordon Randall 66. Jeff Baffo 67. William Garcia 68. ex-Master Andy Rea 69. Future GM Robbie Herbst 70. ex-GM David Wallace 71. Alex Relyea 72. Nathan Stark 73. Shaun MacMillan 74. NM Tyler Hughes 75. Martin Abresch 76. NM Josh Bloomer 77. Future Master Robert Ramirez 78. Anthea Carson Martinez 79. Paul Stearman 80. James Hammersmith. Chris Peterson's Brian Wall site is up and down like a Kangaroo and Chris isn't awake yet to post 41-80 but by tomorrow midnight they should all be up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson's MySpace Chess Blog http://blogs. myspace.com/ index.cfm? fuseaction= blog.view& friendId= 62987166& blogId=476468612 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson's Youtube Channel Sagacious00004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson's Brian Wall website http://brianwallche ss.x10hosting. com/games/ gameshome/ gameshome. htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will change any comment anyone objects to. I intend this to be my Chess legacy. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 18 19:31:00 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:31:00 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1-80 games are posted Message-ID: <1240104660.49ea7ed4d26bc@www.taom.com> I have begun a massive project that may take me years to complete. The idea is to analyze every game I ever played and post it for the world to see. Chris Peterson posted 80 games annotated Chessbase style. You can click and move on the computer screen. No Chessboard required. Here is a list of the names and openings I have analyzed so far. 1. IM Michael Mulyar Double King-pawn 2. Future Master Mitch Anderson Scotch Gambit 3. Fred Spell Fishing Pole, Full Metal jacket 4. Ex-expert William Weihmiller KID, Samisch, Laufer-g5 system 5. William O'Neil Closed Sicilian 6. Lee Lahti Rat Defense, Hippo 7. Ted Doykos Penguin, Der Ampel ( Stoplight ) 8. NM Philipp Ponomarev Kingside Hippo 9. William O'Neil Two Knigth's Defense 10. Steve Carey Bb5:c6 Sicilian 11. Phil Jarette Half a Danish 12. Utah State Chess Champion Josh Smith QP Langseth-type 13. WIM Ruth Haring Danish Declined 14. Future Chessmaster Ryan Moon Clarendon Court 15. NM Philipp Ponomarev Tiger Modern 16. Allan Johnson Larsen's Opening 17. Almost GM Robert Hess Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 18. GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg Benoni 19. NM Tyler Hughes Snyder Sicilian 20. Anthea Carson Martinez Penguin versus the Dragon 21. William O'Neil Alekhine's Defense, 4 pawns attack 22. Kevin Seidler Scotch, Steinitz 23. ex-Master Andy Rea Bowlder Attack 24. NM Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev 1 d4 c5 2 dc 25. ex-Master Paul Covington Bowlder Attack, Crazy Kan 26. Richard Wagner Closed Ruy Lopez, d3 27. SM Renard Anderson Scandinavian, 3 ... Qd6 28. NM Philipp Ponomarev Baltic Defense 29. Christopher Heung KID, Samisch, Laufer-g5 system 30. FM Mark Ritter Czech Pirc, I think 31. IM Ray Robson Scandinavian, Stupid Variation 32. Richard Monroe Tarrasch French, Greek sacrifice 33. David Webster Lemming 34. Alexander Wagner Dragon 35. NM Eric Rodriguez Semi Semi Slav 36. IM Ray Robson Botvinnik 37. Carl Scarpati Weihmiller French 38. Carl Scarpati Weihmiller French 39. Joseph Brightman Bowlder Attack 40. Goran Markovic Ruy Lopez Berlin formation 41. Fred Spell Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted 42. IM Blas Lugo 4 N Lopez, Renae Delaware Defense 43. IM Dionisio Aldama Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole 44. Future expert Lucas Van Beuzekom Bowlder Attack, Sicilian Sozin 45. Tim Brennan Polish, Orangutan 46. ex-expert Shaun MacMillan Ancient Mujallah formation 47. Anthea Carson Martinez Najdorf Freak 48. Future expert Paul Anderson Hergott, Beefeater 49. Lawrence Wutt English Mother-in-law 50. Mickey Wentz Ruy Lopez Archangel-esque 51. Shaun MacMillan Old Indian kinda 52. Paul Anderson Hillbilly Attack, Lemming Defense 53. Jay Shaeffer Larsen Give-up-a-piece-for-nothing 54. David Webster English Colle versus Lemming 55. ex-Master Andy Rea Hyper-Modern Balogh 56. ex-master Eric K. Anderson Scandinavian 57. Jeffrey Sundell KID, Samisch, Laufer-g5 system 58. J.C. MacNeil SpongeBob Squarepants Opening 59. ex-2400 David Wallace Boring QP 60. NM Philipp Ponomarev 1 d4 c5 2 d5 e5 3 de 61. ex-master Eric K. Anderson Scandinavian 62. Jeff Baffo 1 Nc3, Nimzovich Defense reversed 63. Joe Bihlmeyer My trick line in the Two Knights 64. ex-Master Andy Rea French Defense 65. Gordon Randall English Central Lockdown 66. Jeff Baffo Benko Gambit, Fang-Boudrot Attack 67. William Garcia Guicco Piano 68. ex-Master Andy Rea Hyper-Accurate Anti-London 69. Future GM Robbie Herbst Two Knights Defense 70. ex-GM David Wallace Lemming 71. Alex Relyea Danish Gambit Accepted 72. Nathan Stark Nymphomaniac Attack 73. Shaun MacMillan QP, Zukertort Langseth Attack 74. NM Tyler Hughes Modern Defense 75. Martin Abresch KID, Samisch, Laufer-g5 system 76. NM Josh Bloomer 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Na5 77. Future Master Robert Ramirez Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Declined 78. Anthea Carson Martinez SpongeBob Squarepants Opening 79. Paul Stearman Boring QP 80. James Hammersmith. Tiger Modern I chose these games at random. This is not a best of collection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson's MySpace Chess Blog http://blogs. myspace.com/ index.cfm? fuseaction= blog.view& friendId= 62987166& blogId=476468612 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson's Youtube Channel Sagacious00004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson's Brian Wall website http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will change any comment anyone objects to. I intend this to be my Chess legacy. www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 19 00:10:35 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:10:35 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Move Technique Guy Message-ID: <1240121435.49eac05b23aa3@www.taom.com> All Chessmasters have good move technique, I don't know any sloppy, careless players over 2200. What about under 2200? There are only three players in Colorado under 2200 that have good techniqe from what I can see. 1 - Duwayne Langseth had no one to play with growing up in rural North Dakota so he played a lot of correspondence Chess. Duwyane plays carefully, thoughtfully, thoroughly and teaches many Chess kids to do the same. I never see Duwayne drop a piece like lucky Paul Anderson every fourth game. 2 - Mitch Anderson moves like a computer, in fact, he told me he wouldn't even play a move if he thought his computer would not like it. He consistently found brilliant moves against me in a Belgrade Gambit and won very efficiently. He tends not to miss things. 3 - Mitesh Shridhar. When he was about 14 I told Mitesh that he can lose any position. Mispronouncing words is a sign of someone reading more than socializing. Mitesh would get overwhelming positions due to raw talent and somehow throw them away inexplicably. Eventually Shridhar's head grew big enough to cram in a Roget's thesaurus and some endgame technique. You can see Mitesh straining to consider every legal move and not miss anything. James Drebenstedt looks like he is about to burst trying to find the right move when he plays but he is probably really thinking about Martial Arts combinations. Playing carefully does not make up for talent, skill or judgement. It cannot help you evaluate a position. It does tend to maximize your rating compared to your ability. Careful checking can still lead to a 25th best move selection if the position is too tactically complex or strategically dense or if you can't figure out the main idea. Careful checking will eliminate 95% of blunders, moves that are obvious after the game. I have a hard time choosing which of the 3 has the best move technique. Duwayne's been at it a long time so he wins the longevity award. His main problem is rigidity of thinking, a tidiness, a love of long term advantages like strucure over activity. Duwayne's been working hard to improve. His son Rhett is also making giant strides. As for the youngbloods, who would I really trust to find a non-obvious move? I would have to give the nod to Mitesh,the young man is a relentless machine when it comes to move selection. Mitch and Mitesh are rated roughly the same so maybe they will work out the solution between themselves. Mitch just played in the 2009 Colorado Closed which is quite an honor. Renard Anderson is around my age, when we were 5 we didn't know it but lived a few blocks away from each other on the Hudson River where the plane went down. We are both Bobby Fischer babies. Renard has been 2400 and played lot of big tournaments, probably beaten several Grandmasters. What happens when Renard Anderson meets the Move Technique Guy, Mitesh Shridhar? For a few days I had no phone and no internet connection. What did I do? Take away my choices, give me one woman to live with, I thrive. Give me infinite time, infinite choices and infinite women to choose from, I flounder. I was bored out of my mind so I played over every game in the Colorado Informant. When I was a kid before computers I would play over all the games on a Chessboard from the Informant or Chess Life and Review. I found two games I liked and I was also impressed with Jeff Baffo's play. This is the game I liked the best out of the whole Informant because it confirms my theory of Mitesh Shridhar, my 2007 Denver Open Co-Champion, as the Move Technique Guy. He laid out the field in the Loveland Open, winning by 1.5 points in a 4 round tournament. Very impressive. Mitesh is third in the Colorado Grand Prix Tour behind TD Klaus Johnson and Correspondence god Jeff Baffo. Norbert Martinez won clear firs in the Reserve Section. Ann Davies held onto her 1600 rating with two wins, a draw and a bye. After I played over all the Informant games, I started tinkering around with Chessbase and that's where those 80 annotated games on my new website came from. [Event "2009 Loveland Open"] [Site "Loveland, Colorado"] [Date "2009.02.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Renard Anderson"] [Black "Mitesh Shridhar"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2222"] [BlackElo "2058"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"] [ECO "B35"] [NIC "SI.33"] [Time "21:41:00"] [TimeControl "40/2 G/1"] 2009 Loveland Open February 8, 2009 Last Money Round 4 Dragon Defense 40/2 G/1 ( I am guessing ) Cold weather ( I am guessing ) White - Renard Anderson 2211 Black - Mitesh Shridhar 2058 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3! Nc6! 3. d4 cxd4! 4. Nxd4! g6 5. Nc3 Bg7! Renard Anderson on the Dragon, Yugoslav Attack - " We used to work those positions out for months, now we just let Rybka crank. " 6. Be3! Nf6! 7. Bc4 O-O! 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4! 10. Nxa4! Nxe4! Played at least 183 times 11. f3 Played twice before. 11 c3 Played 4 times 11 Nb5 played 151 times by Sax, Svidler ( losing once to Topalov 10 years ago ), Bologan ( thrice ), Igor Nataf ( twice ), Judit Polgar, Marie Sebag, Tatiana Kosintseva, Zigurd Lanka ( thrice ), Friso Nijboer, Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Karjakin. Quite a pedigree. 11 Ne2 Never played 11 c4 Never played 11 Re1 played once 11 N:c6 played 21 times 11 Qe2 Never played 11 Qe1 Never played 11 Nf3 Never played 11 Qd3 played once 11 ... Nxd4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Mitesh Shridhar. 11 ... Nd6!! never played 11 ... Nf6! played twice 12. Bxd4! Bxd4+!! 12 ... Nf6!, ... Nd6 13. Qxd4! Nd6! I can't wait to see Shridhar's elaborate plan to unearth his buried bishop. 14. Rfe1!! Nf5!! 15. Qf2!! b5 Moving his second remaining pawn. Setting out on a treacherous journey to free his bishop. 15 ... Ra5, ... d6 and ... Bd7 was more circumspect. 16. Nc3!! Renard has been playing near perfect Chess. Mitesh has problems finding a knight outpost, developing his bishop and hanging onto his pawns. 16 ... Rb8! 16 ... Ra5!!, ... e6-d5 to restrict Renard's bishop is another plan but that looks weird to a human. 17. Rad1!! 17 Bd5!! 17 ... Re8 18. g4 Nd6! 19. Qd4 Renard is a good calculator but he lack the complusive risk-taking Irish gene. I might have chosen 19 R:d6!? ed 20 Ne4! and spent the rest of the game laughing at Shridhar's pawns. The simple 19 Nd5!! will win a pawn after 20 N:e7 and 21 R:d6. 19 Nd5!! e6 20 Qg3 forces a trade of knights with further pawn deterioration of Shridhar's pawn structure. 19 Nd5!! Nc4 20 Qh4!! f6 21 g5!! is too much pressure The immediate 19 Nd5!! is very strong - Renard's move was intended to make Nd5 even better next move. 20 Qf4! is also a potent threat. 19 ... Bb7!! 20. Kg2 20 Qf4! would guard the f3-pawn and threaten 21 R:d6 but Renard has already shown he doesn't believe in that sac. 20 ... Bc6!! 21. a4? Renard is trying to win without risk but Mitesh is hanging tough and the game has been in an upward trend for the Indian wunderkind since Renard missed all his chances in the critical moment on move 19. 21 Nd5! or 21 Bd5! would leave Renard with a nominal advantage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shakespeare put it this way - Brutus: There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218?224 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 ... bxa4!! 22. Nxa4! Qa5!! This is the great frustration of playing a move technique freak like Rybka or Mitesh. Even when you have a great position they just keep hitting you with tough, consistent moves until you can't take it any move and glitch out. 23. Re5! Rb5!! 24. Nc5! Rb4!! When a caterpillar becomes a butterfly he fights the change at first and eventually succumbs and disintegrates. Like Kramnik before him, watch as Renard's long reign melts and the Indian Butterfly emerges fully grown from the chrysalis. 25. Qe3? It's all bad. 25 Qd2 Qa8!! or ... R:g4+! 25 Qc3 Nb5!! or ... R:g4+! 25 Nd3 R:d4! 26 R:a5 Nc4!!, ... R:g4+! or ... Nb7! 25 Qf2 R:g4+!! or Nc4! 25 ... Rxg4+! There is a messy, more complicated win with 25 ... Nc4!! working off Renard's awkward pieces on the fifth rank. 25 ... Nc4!! 26 B:c4! R:c4! 27 c3 Qc7!, ... f6! or ... R:g4+ 26. Kf2?? It's hard for any human to embrace the insanity of 26 Kh3!! Nc4 27 B:c4 R:c4 28 Nb7 Qa8 29 Nd6 B:f3 30 Rd2 Bg4+!! or ... f6! with the better game for Mitesh but now it's GAME OVER. 26 ... Nc4!!! Mih-Taysh has two pieces dangling but he saves them with tactics. 27. Bxc4! Rxc4! 28. Nxd7! Rxc2+! Mitesh used to throw games like this away, especially to strong players like Renard but he's learned his lesson and is a full plate of spicy curry now. Renard plays on for 36 more moves but Mitesh is remorseless. 29. Kg1 Qc7!! 29 ... Qa4!! Renard is centralized, Mitesh is coordinated. 30. Nc5! Rxb2 30 ... B:f3!! 31. Nd3! Rb3!! Two pawns up and all in one solid pawn island. 32. Qc5! Qb6 Humans hate pins. 33. Qxb6! Rxb6! 34. Kf2 e6 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Rc3 Bd5! 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. Re3 Rb3 40. Rc7 Bc4 Relentlessly seeking trades. 41. Nf2 Rxe3! 42. Ng4+! Kg7! 43. Nxe3! Bb5 44. Rc5 Bd3! 45. Rc7 Bb5 46.Rc5 Rd3 47.Ng4 Rd5! 48.Rc7! Be2 49.Kf2! Bd1! 50.Ke3 Rf5! 51.Nh2! h5 52.Rc3 Rb5 53.Kf2 Kf6 54.Rc1 Rb2+! 55.Kg3! Be2 56.Rc3 Kf5 57.f4! Rd2 58.Nf3 Offering another trade but the knight looked useless and had no moves. 58 ... Bxf3!! 59.Kxf3! f6! 60.Ra3 Rd4! 61.Ra5+! e5!! 62.fxe5! fxe5! 63.Kg3! Rg4+! 64.Kh3! Kf4!! Shridhar's rook protects g6 and cuts off Renard's King - no defense now to the march of the e-pawn. 0-1 Renard reneges -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Loveland Open"] [Site "Loveland, Colorado"] [Date "2009.02.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Renard Anderson"] [Black "Mitesh Shridhar"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2222"] [BlackElo "2058"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"] [ECO "B35"] [NIC "SI.33"] [Time "21:41:00"] [TimeControl "40/2 G/1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. f3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nd6 14. Rfe1 Nf5 15. Qf2 b5 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Re8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Qd4 Bb7 20. Kg2 Bc6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qa5 23. Re5 Rb5 24. Nc5 Rb4 25. Qe3 Rxg4+ 26. Kf2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Nxd7 Rxc2+ 29. Kg1 Qc7 30. Nc5 Rxb2 31. Nd3 Rb3 32. Qc5 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Kf2 e6 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. Re3 Rb3 40. Rc7 Bc4 41. Nf2 Rxe3 42. Ng4+ Kg7 43. Nxe3 Bb5 44. Rc5 Bd3 45. Rc7 Bb5 46.Rc5 Rd3 47.Ng4 Rd5 48.Rc7 Be2 49.Kf2 Bd1 50.Ke3 Rf5 51.Nh2 h5 52.Rc3 Rb5 53.Kf2 Kf6 54.Rc1 Rb2+ 55.Kg3 Be2 56.Rc3 Kf5 57.f4 Rd2 58.Nf3 Bxf3 59.Kxf3 f6 60.Ra3 Rd4 61.Ra5+ e5 62.fxe5 fxe5 63.Kg3 Rg4+ 64.Kh3 Kf4 0-1 Renard reneges ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "GER-ch U12"] [Site "Willingen"] [Date "2005.05.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Guennigmann,Manuel"] [Black "Hartmann,Nicolas"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.f3 Nf6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bb6 Qe8 15.Bc5 d5 16.Nb6 Nd7 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.Nxa8 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Qd8 20.Bxd5 Bb7 21.Bb3 Qc8 22.Rad1 Nf8 23.Qa5 Bd4 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Nxc7 Bxb2 26.Ne8 Ne6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Rd7+ Kxf6 30.Rxb7 Bd4 31.g4 h6 32.h4 g5 33.h5 e4 34.fxe4+ Ke5 35.Re7 Bc5 36.Re8 Be3 37.a4 Bd2 38.Kg2 Bc3 39.Kf3 Bd2 40.Ra1 Bc3 41.Ra2 Ba5 42.Rh8 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "CZE-chT1 West 0607"] [Site "Czechia"] [Date "2006.10.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Simek,Petr"] [Black "Groh,Jiri"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.f3 Nf6 12.Nb5 Ra6 13.c4 Na5 14.Qe2 Nxb3 15.axb3 d6 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.Rfe1 b6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.b4 Bf5 22.Qd1 Nd3 23.Re2 Nxb4 24.Qb3 Nc6 25.c5+ Kh8 26.cxb6 Qd7 27.Nc7 Ra5 28.Ra3 Ne5 29.Bd2 Bd3 30.Re3 Bc4 31.Qd1 Bh6 32.Bxa5 Bxe3+ 33.Rxe3 Bb5 34.Nxb5 Qxb5 35.Bc3 Nc6 36.b3 Rd8 37.Qe2 Qg5 38.Rxe7 Na5 39.b7 Qc1+ 40.Kf2 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.21"] [Round "12"] [White "Svidler,Peter"] [Black "Topalov,Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.Nb5 Ra6 12.Qe2 d6 13.c4 Nf6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Nac3 Qb8 16.h3 Rc8 17.a3 Ne5 18.Rac1 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Ra8 20.b6 Rc6 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.Nc7 Rb8 23.Qb5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 e6 25.a4 d5 26.a5 Ne4 27.Rd1 Nd6 28.Qc5 Nf5 29.Bc1 Bf8 30.Qc2 Nc6 31.Bd2 Bd6 32.Ba4 Nb4 33.Qb3 Nd4 34.Qe3 Nf5 35.Qb3 Qh4 36.Rc1 Nd4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do I write about Chess for no pay? Dylan Thomas put it this way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIoXV-HXobo Dylan Thomas reading In My Craft or Sullen Art -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In My Craft or Sullen Art In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labor by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages But for the common wages Of their most secret heart. Not for the proud man apart >From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages Nor for the towering dead With their nightingales and psalms But for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages, Who pay no praise or wages Nor heed my craft or art. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Father put it this way. MY LOVE LIES IN ZUGSWANG In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the patzer rages Any my love lies in zugswang Trapped in a futile back and forth. I labor by singing light Not for ambition or bread But for cheap aluminum trophies Making glad my bitter heart. Lucius "PQ" John Wall II ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm websites www.walverine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 19 02:35:51 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:35:51 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Meliti Bishop-1 Petters Knight -0 Message-ID: <1240130151.49eae26726aca@www.taom.com> This is my other favorite game of the April Colorado Informant, Volume 36, #2. David Meliti won clear first in the 2008 December Winter Springs Open with 3.5/4, cracking 1900. It was the endgame that caught my eye. So many people trade bishops for knights without a second thought. In a very reduced ending with just Bishop and two pawns versus Knight and two pawns David fashioned a win against Markus Petters. Let this ending be a warning to all who disrespect the mighty bishops. [Event "2008 Winter Springs Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.12.06"] [Round "2"] [White "David Meliti"] [Black "Markus Petters"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2025"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch"] [ECO "C03"] [NIC "FR.14"] [Time "02:42:12"] [TimeControl "40/2 G/1"] 2008 Winter Springs Open December 6, 2008 Weather - cool Round 2 40/2, G/1 French Defense, Tarrasch Variation White - David Meliti, tournament winner 1935 Black - Markus Petters, 2025 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne4 Nd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qc4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. c4 Na6 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Be2 Ba4 24. Rd6 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nc6 26. b4 Rd8 27. Rad1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. c5 Kf7 31. g4 g6 32. Bc4+ Kf6 33. gxf5 Kxf5 34. f3 e4 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. fxe4 Kxe4 37. Bg8 h6 38. Bh7 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kd4 40. Bxg6 Kxc5 41. Kg3 Ne6 42. Kg4 Ng7 43. Kf4 The game has been remarkably unremarkable, staying pretty close to even the whole way. There is almost nothing left, symmetrical h-pawns, symmetrical b-pawns, one bishop, one knight. I felt sure this was a dead draw playing over it. Knights like outposts but they are hard to come by with just two pawns to provide them. If Markus had activated his sidelined knight with 43 ... Ne6+ 44 Ke5 Nd4 that would have been OK. Petters can also join forces with his King, Knight and h6 pawn to create a barrier covering almost the entire 5th rank with 43 ... Kd6!. Instead Markus moved his King to his designated Knight Square. 43 ... Kd4???? 44. Bf7!!!! Bam! Just like that it's over. The Knight can't move and David's plan is to move his King in and remove the knight from the freezer. Meliti doesn't care if Markus runs around and wins his b-pawn, after winning the knight David will Queen his h-pawn while his long-range bishop will stop the black b-pawn from Queening. David just taps his feet until Petters moves his King and then swoops into Ke5-f6:g7. David moves his pawns one square at a time even though they can legally move two sqaures. After a while Markus has to give way with his horrified King. Very simple and elegant after you see David's Master plan but until then, it looks like magic. 44 ... b5 45. h3!! 45 b4!! wins just fine, the idea is to stop Petters' pawns any way you can and not worry about losing your b-pawn. On principle, David avoids wasting any pawn tempi until Markus gives up and moves his King. 45 ... b4 46. b3!! b-pawn stopped, what about the h-pawn? 46 h4!! also works 46 ... h5 47. h4!! Both pawns stopped. Move your King, Markus! 47 Kg5 Ke5 48 B:h5?? N:h5 49 K:h5 Kd4 is an immediate draw. 47 Kg5 Ke5 48 B:h5?? Ne6+! 49 Kg4 Kf6!! is another easy draw. The Black King heads for h8 to stop the wrong-colored rookpawn from Queening and the Black Knight sacs itself for the b-pawn with Ne6-d4:b3 dead draw. Meliti could continue the torture by not grabbing the h5-pawn - 47 Kg5 Ke5 48 h4!! would keep the game going. David's move is much simpler than all this. No Black pawn moves = a Black King move = dead Black Knight = free White h-pawn = new White Queen = 1-0 47 ... Kd3 48. Ke5! Ke3 49. Kf6! Kf4 50. Kxg7! Kg4 51. Kh6!! I'm the kind of jerk that would play 51 B:h5+!! for one last chance to sacrifice. 51 ... Kxh4 52. Bxh5! Kg3 53. Kg5! Kf2 54. Kf4 1-0 Markus moves away I'm sorry but the rest of the game didn't do anything for me. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2008 Winter Springs Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.12.06"] [Round "2"] [White "David Meliti"] [Black "Markus Petters"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2025"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch"] [ECO "C03"] [NIC "FR.14"] [Time "02:42:12"] [TimeControl "40/2 G/1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne4 Nd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qc4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. c4 Na6 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Be2 Ba4 24. Rd6 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nc6 26. b4 Rd8 27. Rad1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. c5 Kf7 31. g4 g6 32. Bc4+ Kf6 33. gxf5 Kxf5 34. f3 e4 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. fxe4 Kxe4 37. Bg8 h6 38. Bh7 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kd4 40. Bxg6 Kxc5 41. Kg3 Ne6 42. Kg4 Ng7 43. Kf4 Kd4 44. Bf7 b5 45. h3 b4 46. b3 h5 47. h4 Kd3 48. Ke5 Ke3 49. Kf6 Kf4 50. Kxg7 Kg4 51. Kh6 Kxh4 52. Bxh5 Kg3 53. Kg5 Kf2 54. Kf4 1-0 Petters pushes off ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm 40 freshly annotated games added today, Chessbase style We provide the Chessboard. websites www.walverine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 19 12:18:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:18:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes faces his greatest challenge at the 2009 U.S. CHampionship Message-ID: <1240165136.49eb6b1059656@www.taom.com> http://previews.chessdom.com/us-chess-championship-2009 2009 U.S. Closed US Chess Championship 2009 The finals will take place in Saint Louis The US Chess Championship finals will take place in Saint Louis, May 7-17, 2009. It will be hosted by the Scholastic Center and Chess Club of St. Louis and will collect the top players of the country. Among the participants will be the top 12 American players by rating using the April rating list, the top two female players by rating, the U.S. Junior Closed Champion, the U.S. Open Champion, the 2009 U.S. State Champion of Champions,and a total of seven wild card spots. The tournament will be one of the strongest events in the USA and will feature $130,000 in prize money. The championship will be a 9-round event, using the Swiss system with one round per day and a rest day between rounds 5 and 6. Time controls will be the classical 40 moves in two hours, with one hour allowed for all remaining moves. ?We?re really excited to have the top players in the country coming to the tournament,? said Jennifer Shahade, U.S. Championship committee chair and two-time U.S. Women?s Chess Champion, for the official site. Gata Kamsky, rated first on the U.S. Chess Federation?s overall rating list, second-ranked Hikaru Nakamura and third-ranked Alexander Onischuk have accepted invitations to the tournament. Here is the full list of participants and the condition under which they are playing in the US Chess Championship. 1. Kamsky, Gata 2720 (rating) 2. Nakamura, Hikaru 2701 (rating) 3. Onischuk, Alexander 2684 (rating) 4. Shulman, Yuri 2632 (defending U.S. Champion) 5. Akobian, Varuzhan 2612 (rating) 6. Becerra Rivero, Julio 2609 (rating) 7. Ehlvest, Jaan 2606 (rating) 8. Kaidanov, Gregory S 2595 (rating) 9. Christiansen, Larry M 2588 (rating) 10. Ibragimov, Ildar 2586 (rating) 11. Benjamin, Joel 2583 (rating) 12. Shabalov, Alexander 2569 (wildcard) 13. Gulko, Boris F 2561 (rating) 14. Khachiyan, Melikset 2546 (rating) 15. Sevillano, Enrico 2520 (U.S. Open Champion) 16. Friedel, Joshua E 2516 (wildcard) 17. Hess, Robert L 2485 (wildcard) 18. Robson, Ray 2465 (wildcard) 19. Brooks, Michael A 2463 (wildcard) 20. Zatonskih, Anna 2461 (female, rating) 21. Krush, Irina 2452 (female, rating) 22. Shankland, Samuel 2446 (US State Champion) 23. Lawton, Charles (wildcard) 24. Tyler Hughes 2230 (2008 U.S. Junior Champion) A $64,000 bonus in memory of late chess champion Bobby Fischer and a jackpot bonus for a "clear" first-place winner have been added to the prizes being awarded at the 2009 U.S. Chess Championship. Any player who scores a 9-0 sweep will be awarded the Fischer Memorial Prize, a $64,000 bonus in addition to the first-place award. The prize is in remembrance of the late American world champion Bobby Fischer, who died last year at age 64. Fischer scored an 11-0 victory in the 1963-64 U.S. championship, the only perfect score in the event's history. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's talk a bit about who Tyler has to face - 1. Kamsky, Gata 2720 (rating) Gata had the radio blasting in his hotel room while he prepared for Topalov to hinder eavesdropping. Gata is currently tied for second in Nalchik, a Grand Prix World Series event. He beat Svidler yesterday after Peter missed a beautiful blockade move ... Nf2. Member, 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Nakamura, Hikaru 2701 (rating) I drew Hikaru in the World Open when he was 13. Recently Hikaru beat me in blitz. I took a digital picture at the HB Minnesota tournament. Even then Hikaru was very fast, an hour ahead of me on the clock. Benko analyzed our game and said I was doing well. At one point near the time control Hikaru became very animated and set a vicious trap but I was able to escape in time. Member, 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Onischuk, Alexander 2684 (rating) I call him " The Angel of Death " because he always wears Black and always wins. Onischuk took his little buddy, Ray Robson, to Aeroflot with him, Onischuk won. Member, 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Shulman, Yuri 2632 (defending U.S. Champion) I drew Yuri in the first Levy Memorial. Yuri studies with Onischuk and they pass the U.S. Championship back and forth like a potato chip bowl. IM John Watson did a recent ICC interview with Yuri - my favorite moment - " When the Armenians won Olympic Gold their country treated them with parades like they just won the war. My local paper, the Chicago Tribune, was not interesting in covering the story. " Member, 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Akobian, Varuzhan 2612 (rating) It was always a great pleasure to have Varuzhan on my ICC webcasting show to cover top events, very smooth positionally and competent tactically. Alobian did not remember beating me in a French Round 1, first Levy Memorial. Member, 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Becerra Rivero, Julio 2609 (rating) I almost beat Julio in a Fishing Pole in an odds blitz game, he constructed an endgame mating net from nowhere with little time on his clock. I analyzed 4 of his wins from the North American Open in Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA for the latest State Chess Florida Magazine. I believe Julio tied for second there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Ehlvest, Jaan 2606 (rating) Ehlvest said, " I have a perfect understanding of Chess. " I can't argue with that statement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Kaidanov, Gregory S 2595 (rating) Kaidanov was a funny guest on ICC, he seemed to have some idea that I just made up crazy facts. I was most surprised when he did not know the original meaning of the word Grandmaster which was some Russian tsar awarded the title to Alekhine, Capablanca, Marshall, Lasker and Tarrsch. By some accounts, in the St. Petersburg 1914 chess tournament, the title "Grandmaster" was formally conferred by Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who had partially funded the tournament.[3] The Tsar reportedly awarded the title to the five finalists: Emanuel Lasker, Jos? Ra?l Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Frank Marshall (respectively, the World Champion, the next two World Champions, and two players who had lost World Championship matches to Lasker). Chess historian Edward Winter has questioned this, stating that the earliest known sources that support this story are an article by Robert Lewis Taylor in the June 15, 1940 issue of The New Yorker and Marshall's autobiography My 50 Years of Chess (1942). I laughed for 5 minutes when Gregory imitated Yasser Seirawan on PlayChess by talking super slowly in simple terms during a live broadcast. When Gregory first showed up in New York he had all his suitcases with his Chess notes stolen from the trunk of his car. Welcome to the Big Apple. Kaidanov was coaching Robson until his dad got mad at his ideas for preparation. Coached 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team Women's team when they barely pushed him aside to favor younger Akobian on the men's team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Christiansen, Larry M 2588 (rating) Larry is my favorite Chess commentator in the whole world. What I love most about his ICC Attack with LarryC videos is that he has notes and computers helping him but basically, you can listen to him figure out the tactics as he goes along. It's uncanny, eerie but almost every time I have a question or suggestion about the position he anticipates and answers my question. My favorite moment with Larry on ICC was when he just started to analyze blindfold 17 moves ahead during a live game and I was trying to keep up with him. Whew! Another favorite is when he demonstrated a mate in one half an hour before Karmnik missed it against Fritz. Larry coached Tyler on ICC, Larry helped inspire Tyler's brilliant Evans Gambit Queen sac against Karagianis, the shot heard round the world. Larry is also part of the inspiration for the Burden-Baltier award. Todd Bardwick took a picture of Larry when I popped him with the Fishing Pole during a Denver simul ( 1/2-1/2 ). Great storyteller, super honest, funny, wordsmith. Big guy, a High School swimmer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Ibragimov, Ildar 2586 (rating) Ildar seems like a vistor from Planet Albino, he has an alien serneity as he always finishes near the top. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Benjamin, Joel 2583 (rating) When Joel first played in the US Championship as the US Junior Champion, some objected due to the Robin Ault analogy. Robin played in the US Closed as the US Junior Champion, lost every game and quit Chess. Joel went on to Chess superstardom. Joel coached Deep Thought into beating Kasparov. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. Gulko, Boris F 2561 (rating) Boris and his wife are both US and USSR Chess Champions and went on a hunger strike in prison to escape the Gulag. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14. Khachiyan, Melikset 2546 (rating) supposed to be a friendly guy with many Chess students. Another GM always near the top. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Sevillano, Enrico 2520 (U.S. Open Champion) I talked to him a little during a postmortem after his victory over David Zimbeck at the 2008 North American Open in Las Vegas. Friendly, sharp, tactical god from the Phillipines, I think. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16. Friedel, Joshua E 2516 (wildcard) got big in NH after I left so all my New England friend know him. I beleve he won the Samford Scholarship. I think he switched Chess teams in the US Chess League when he moved to California. hangs out with Jesse Krai and other GMs in a big house. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17. Hess, Robert L 2485 (wildcard) Young Jewish kid who beat me in the North American with no time and no position. Completed 2 GM norms in Spice International and Foxwoods and won the National High School Super Championship and took his SATs all in the last 3 weeks. Great enery, tactical acumen and desire, trained by GM Sher in New York. Tyler has played him blitz on ICC. On fire now. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. Robson, Ray 2465 (wildcard) I played him blitz and slow Chess in Florida, he won every game. nice kid, friendly, very special, super talent, loves blindfold Chess. I analyzed my loss to Ray in the Florida State Chess Magazine. 14 years old. closest thing we have to Bobby Fischer right now. Trained by NM Andrew Sherman, GM Kaidanov, GM Onischuk, orld Champion Kasparov. His father must be CEO of Exxon Mobil. Ray will have his best trainers playing in the tournament. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. Brooks, Michael A 2463 (wildcard) James Hamblin stunned Michael 30 years ago by beating him with a Latvian Gambit. James "Humble" Hamblin is the most honest analyst I ever worked with, also loves Chess history. I seem to remember Michael winning many Midwest Master tournaments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20. Zatonskih, Anna 2461 (female, rating) US Women's Champion by virtue of a controversial blitz victory over Irina Krush. Irina wanted to split the title even though the video showed Irina both knocking down a piece without fixing it and losing on time and not objectng at the time of the game. The girls mended their fences enough to win Olympic bronze in Dresden, Germany. Tyler was there as a spectator. Member, 2008 US Olympic bronze medal team. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Krush, Irina 2452 (female, rating) Irina beat me in blitz when she won the US Women's Chamoionship as a 14 year old girl in Denver 1998, one of Dzindi's last offline tournaments.She signed my board. I predicted a great future for her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Shankland, Samuel 2446 (US State Champion) some hot new punk that dominates the Kasparov seminars. I saw him play on the top boards at the 2008 North American Open in Vegas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23. Lawton, Charles (wildcard) Great actor, starred as Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty, as Quasimodo as the Hunchback of Notre Dame and also as Captain Kidd in Abbot and Costello meet Captain Kidd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ However Tyler does, we are all proud of him as he plays in a Chess tournament most of us can only dream of. I don't know what they call the latest generation but I know Tyler is an outstanding representaive. Tyler just recently crossed the 2300 barrier. Good luck. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 19 12:55:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:55:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Archie Shipp, 2010 Jim Burden-Francisco Baltier April's Fool's Award nominee by Archie Shipp Message-ID: <1240167316.49eb7394509b6@www.taom.com> Archie Shipp is my hero because he writes a Chess column for the Colorado Informant called Shipp's Log. Archie is only 1256 but he proves what I have been screaming for decades, you don't need a high rating to write about Chess, you just have to be willing to put your emotions on display. Millions of higher rated players don't say a word because they are too embarrassed or don't want to take the time to share with the rest of us. Archie sends in an excellent nominee for dropping your Queen and still winning. This is what I like about it. 1 - I was playing in the 2009 Colorado Closed in the same room and I saw the final position and I heard Michael Dempsey say something like, " I can't believe I did that to myself. ". If this was the last round then I must have been wandering during my game with Tyler Hughes. No possibility of a fake game here. 2 - It was a slow game. 3 - Maybe the best part was on move 51 when Archie Shipp missed a chance to win his Queen back, focussing instead on promoting his passed pawns. 4 - The final race is hilarious, I can just see Archie moving real fast like " Damn it, Michael, I want that a6 pawn! Give it to me! " 5 - Archie is a proud member of BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com 6 - Archie provided Chessbase style notes, something I should have been doing 10 years ago. 7- My son Devon is best known on his Elementary School Chess team for perseverance after dropping material. Coach Bogen even asked him to teach the younger kids stick-to-it-iveness. That is what the Baltier award is all about and that's what this game is all about. 8 - I like that the game lasted 64 moves, one move for each square on the Chessboard and one move for each year of Bobby Fischer's life. Good Luck next year with the award. You have raised the bar for everyone else. LM Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Archie Shipp ----- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:16:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Shipp Reply-To: Archie Shipp Subject: Dropped Queen To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Brian, Attached is a game I thought you would like to see, since you mentioned people dropping their queens and winning on the chess site. It is from the Colorado Class Champs (Class D). Enjoy. Archie Shipp -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Dempsey (1302) - Shipp (1256) [C02] CO Class Champs Denver (4), 29.03.2009 [AES and Crafty] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.0-0 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4 9.Nc3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Bc5 11.Qd1 Ne7 12.Na4 Nc6?? Crafty (score 4.69 at depth 10) thinks this is a blunder! I must have had chess dyslexia here. I calculated Bxa4 Qxa4+ Nc6 with an attack on e5. Then, I did this instead! [ Crafty suggests: 12...Bxa4 13.Qxa4+ Nc6 14.Qg4 Bd4 15.Qxg7 Bxe5 16.Qh6 Bxb2 17.Bxb2 Qxb2 18.Bxh7 (score -0.90 at depth 10)] 13.Nxb6 I thought about resigning, and going home early. After all, Michael was giving me a ride anyway. 13...Bxb6 Instead, I decided to play on and go down fighting. 14.a3? Nxe5 15.Qe2 Nc6 16.Be3 Bc7 17.Rfe1 Be5? 18.Rac1 a6? [ Crafty suggests: 18...0-0 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Qxe5 Rfd8 23.Bd4 f6+- (score 3.82 at depth 9)] 19.Bb6 Bf6 20.b4? Crafty (score 3.87 at depth 8) thinks this is not a good move and would rather trap my king in the middle for the moment. [ Crafty suggests: 20.Bc5 Rc8 21.Qd2 Be7 22.Bxe7 Nxe7 23.Rxc8+ Nxc8 24.Qb4 b5 25.Qd4+- (score 5.01 at depth 9)] 20...Ne5 21.Rc7 I saw some light at this point. I'm down about six points and can trap the rook for at least another two, depending on what Michael does next. 21...Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Bc6 Trapped Rook... 23.Qc2?? Crafty (score 3.40 at depth 11) thinks this is a blunder 23...0-0 24.Rxc6 bxc6 25.Bc5 Rfe8 26.g3 e5 27.h4 e4 28.g4? I'm only two points down at this point and when he plays this, I am thinking I can force a draw. [ Crafty suggests: 28.f3 exf3 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qa4 Re6 31.Qxa6 g5 32.hxg5 Bxg5 33.Kf2+- (score 3.25 at depth 9)] 28...Bxh4 29.Kg2 Re6 30.Rh1 Bg5 31.Be3 Now his bishop gets a little pesky. 31...Bf6 32.g5 Be7 33.Bf4 Bd6?? Crafty (score 4.36 at depth 13) thinks this is a blunder, but I didn't want to deal with that bishop anymore. I just didn't realize I'd cut off my c pawns defender. [ Crafty suggests: 33...f6 34.gxf6 Rxf6 35.Be3 Rd6 36.Bd4 a5 37.Qa4 Rg6+ 38.Kf1 Bd8+- (score 1.44 at depth 10)] 34.Qxc6 Rd8 35.Bxd6? Crafty (score 2.82 at depth 12) thinks this is not a good move [ Crafty suggests: 35.Qxd5 Bc7 36.Qf5 Bxf4 37.Qxf4 h6 38.Rh5 Rd5 39.Qb8+ Kh7 40.Qb7 Ree5 41.Qxf7 Rxg5+ 42.Rxg5 Rxg5++- (score 4.21 at depth 12)] 35...Rexd6 36.Qc1 Rg6 37.Qd2? Crafty (score 1.71 at depth 10) thinks this is not a good move [ Crafty suggests: 37.Kf1 Rgd6 38.Qf4 Rc6 39.Rh5 Rdd6 40.Ke2 h6 41.gxh6 gxh6 42.f3+- (score 3.03 at depth 11)] 37...h6 I thought long and hard about this. I calculated h6, f6, and d4. 38.Rh5 f6 39.f4 This was what I was hoping for two moves ago as it temporarily traps his rook and opens up lines to his king. 39...exf3+ 40.Kxf3 fxg5 41.Qd3 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rdd6 It took me a while to see this, but I have to do it to guard the a pawn while the f rook goes hunting. 43.Rh1 Rf4 I expected the next several moves. 44.Rf1 Rg4+ 45.Kh3 Rh4+ 46.Kg3 h5 47.Rf3 Rg4+ 48.Kf2 h4? Crafty (score 3.43 at depth 12) thinks this is not a good move, but I liked it. What do computers know? 49.Qf5 Rf4 50.Rxf4 gxf4 51.Qxf4?? Crafty (score -2.66 at depth 19) thinks this is a blunder, but I didn't see I could steal the queen! I was still thinking of pressing all of these passed pawns I have. [ Crafty suggests: 51.Kg2 f3+ 52.Qxf3 g5 53.Kh3 Kg7 54.Kg4 Rg6 55.Qxd5 Kf6 56.Qf5+ Kg7 57.Qf2+- (score 3.41 at depth 11)] 51...Rh6?? Crafty (score 3.48 at depth 11) thinks a good move has been missed [ Crafty suggests: 51...Rf6 52.Qxf6 gxf6 53.a4 Kf7 54.b5 axb5 55.a5 b4 56.a6 b3 57.a7 b2 58.a8Q b1Q 59.Qxd5+ Kg6 60.Qg2+ Kf5 61.Qh3+ Kg5 62.Qe3+-+ (score -2.66 at depth 19)] 52.Qb8+ Kh7 53.Qd8 h3 54.Qxd5 Now I've got him. Kg1 was necessary. 54...h2 55.Qh1 This is the only place he can go. 55...Kg8 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Kf4 Ke7 58.Ke5 Rh5+ 59.Kd4 Kd6 60.Kc3 Rh3+ 61.Kc4 Rh4+ 62.Kb3 Until here, I was still thinking draw or maybe the g pawn can promote? 62...Rh3+ 63.Ka4 Kc7? Crafty (score 2.13 at depth 12) thinks this is not a good move, but I was hoping Michael would try to beat me to my pawn. [ Crafty suggests: 63...g5 64.b5 axb5+ 65.Kxb5 g4 66.a4 Rh5+ 67.Kb6 g3 68.Qc6+ Ke7 69.Qe4+ Kf6 70.Qf3+ Rf5 71.Qg2 Rh5 72.Qh1? (score 0.95 at depth 13)] 64.Ka5?? Then, the unthinkable, he did try to beat me to my pawn! [ Crafty suggests: 64.b5 axb5+ 65.Kxb5 Rh5+ 66.Ka6 Rh6+ 67.Ka5 Kd6 68.Kb6 Rh3 69.a4 g5+- (score 2.13 at depth 12)] 64...Rxa3# Michael couldn't believe what happened. Neither could I nor any of the players that had seen me in chess hell down a queen for the last 52 moves! 0-1 Notes by Archie Shipp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Dempsey 03-09.pgn Type: application/x-chess-pgn Size: 5017 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090419/b87c5bda/attachment.pgn From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 19 13:06:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:06:10 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1240167970.49eb7622e1843@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:18:49 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [BrianWallChess] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter To: Fred Eric Spell , John Schultz , Glenn Leotaud , Martin Deschner , Max Proffitt , Dennis Leong , Terry Likens , Lee Vaughn , Chris Church , Torsten Lindestroem , Ron Arms , Nate Ola , La Moyne Splichal , Matt Tucker , Andrew Grochowski , vinay joshi , Liz Wood , John Kurtice , Ken Johnson , ed taman , Andrew Stolzmann , Eric Saulnier , ange enrique , CS Chess Yahoo Group , victor gonzalez , Gary Ware , Bruce Downs , Lauri Tiilikainen , ryan mccardell , Dan Southard , Tim Fisher , Johnny Owens , Brian Gloria , Matthew blea , Steve Archuleta , Koji Del Conte , myles browning , Richard Neely , Edwin Brown , Arnold Hendrick , Michael Wokurka , Justin Howells , Kathleen O'Brien , Michael Wheelon , Glenn Knight , Joe Fromme , AKINPELU STEPHEN DAMILARE , Robert Moore , Jim Heitz Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On April 8th, the CSCC held the second round of the Poor Richard's Bookstore April Open. Here are the current standings: Score Player 2.0 Josh S Bloomer 1.5 Anthea J Carson 1.5 Brian D Wall 1.5 M Paul Covington 1.5 Mitchell Anderson 1.0 Bill Weihmiller 1.0 Dean W Brown 1.0 Dragan Plakalovic 0.5 Fred Eric Spell 0.5 Gerald J Maier 0.5 Michael J Wokurka 0.5 Thomas Mullikin 0.0 Michael C Davis Pueblo Tournaments By Liz Wood June 6, 2009 Pueblo Open III 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/30 TD 5 Site: The Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo Directions: Take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street Sections: Open Entry fee: Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable. Registration: 9:00-9:45, Rounds: 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45. For further information, contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net ( 719-566-6929) or Jerry Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com by June 4th. COLORADO TOUR EVENT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ August 8, 2009 It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight Tournament --- An Open One-Day Rated Chess Tournament Time Control: 5 round Swiss System, G/30 TD 5 Location: at the Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo (take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street) Registration 9:00-9:45, Rounds 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45. Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable. For further information, contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net ( 719-566-6929) or Jerry Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com by August 6th. COLORADO TOUR EVENT October 3, 2009 SOCO Open II Tournament --- A One-Day Rated Chess Tournament 5SS, G/30 TD 5 Location: at the Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo (take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street) Registration 9:00-9:45, Rounds 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45. Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable. For further information, contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net ( 719-566-6929) or Jerry Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com by October 1st. COLORADO TOUR EVENT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ December 12, 2009 Winter Wonderland Tournament --- An Open One-Day Rated Chess Tournament 5SS, G/30 TD 5 Location: at the Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo (take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street) Registration 9:00-9:45, Rounds 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45. Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable. For further information, contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net ( 719-566-6929) or Jerry Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com by December 10th. COLORADO TOUR EVENT Poor Richard Tournament Announcements April-September 2009 By Jerry Maier Poor Richard's April Open, April 1-29, 2009 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/90; 5-second delay Site: Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 Directions: One block west of Nevada Ave. between Boulder and Platte St. Section: One Open (extra matches if time and interest permits) Entry fee: $10 Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed on the final Wednesday of the month. Registration: 1 April: 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM (may join in any Wednesday for $10) Rounds: 7:00 PM on 1 April, 8 April, 15 April, 22 April, 29 April Entries: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 Phone: (719) 660-5519 Email: pmjer77 at aim.com 2 half-point byes may be requested this month. ******************************************************************************************** Poor Richard's May Open, May 6-27, 2009 4 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/90; 5-second delay Site: Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 Directions: One block west of Nevada Ave. between Boulder and Platte St. Section: One Open (extra matches if time and interest permits) Entry fee: $10 Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed on the final Wednesday of the month. Registration: 6 May: 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM Rounds: 7:00 PM on 6 May, 13 May, 20 May, 27 May Entries: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 Phone: (719) 660-5519 Email: pmjer77 at aim.com 1 half-point bye may be requested this month. ******************************************************************************************** Poor Richard's June Open, June 3-24, 2009 4 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/90; 5-second delay Site: Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 Directions: One block west of Nevada Ave. between Boulder and Platte St. Section: One Open (extra matches if time and interest permits) Entry fee: $10 Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed on the final Wednesday of the month. Registration: 3 June: 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM Rounds: 7:00 PM on 3 June, 10 June, 17 June, 24 June Entries: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 Phone: (719) 660-5519 Email: pmjer77 at aim.com 1 half-point bye may be requested this month. ******************************************************************************************** Poor Richard's July Open, July 1-29, 2009 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/90; 5-second delay Site: Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 Directions: One block west of Nevada Ave. between Boulder and Platte St. Section: One Open (extra matches if time and interest permits) Entry fee: $10 Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed on the final Wednesday of the month. Registration: 1 July: 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM (may join in any Wednesday for $10) Rounds: 7:00 PM on 1 July, 8 July, 15 July, 22 July, 29 July Entries: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 Phone: (719) 660-5519 Email: pmjer77 at aim.com 2 half-point byes may be requested this month. ******************************************************************************************** Poor Richard's August Open, August 5-26, 2009 4 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/90; 5-second delay Site: Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 Directions: One block west of Nevada Ave. between Boulder and Platte St. Section: One Open (extra matches if time and interest permits) Entry fee: $10 Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed on the final Wednesday of the month. Registration: 5 August: 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM Rounds: 7:00 PM on 5 August, 12 August, 19 August, 26 August Entries: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 Phone: (719) 660-5519 Email: pmjer77 at aim.com 1 half-point bye may be requested this month. ******************************************************************************************** Poor Richard's September Open, September 2-30, 2009 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: G/90; 5-second delay Site: Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 Directions: One block west of Nevada Ave. between Boulder and Platte St. Section: One Open (extra matches if time and interest permits) Entry fee: $10 Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed on the final Wednesday of the month. Registration: 2 September: 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM (may join in any Wednesday for $10) Rounds: 7:00 PM on 2 September, 9 September, 16 September, 23 September, 30 September Entries: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 Phone: (719) 660-5519 Email: pmjer77 at aim.com 2 half-point byes may be requested this month. Comments From Email Martin Deschner, Friday, April 10, 2009 1:16 PM I remember Jim Burden! Many called him the "Mad Hatter", because of the very interesting hats he wore! Regards.....Martin Deschner in Denver. [Comment is about this newsletter: (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Apr_07_2009.html)] Game Of The Week By Timothy Brennan Hey Paul, Wow - I'm honored it is Tim Brennan week again :-) (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Apr_17_2007.html). I am still overwhelmed about the Francisco Baltier awards! I can't really remember what I did to deserve having my own week, but that's great! Thanks! A lot has happened in my life since last year! I got a pet cat, and ... - well that's about it. Pretty much everything else is the same :-). One thing that I have been thinking a lot about lately is two different "zen" stories. Here is the one: Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed. As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out. "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried her!" "Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down hours ago. Why are you are still carrying her?" I love this story. I think the story works best if you don't try to explain it. Because everyone can get something different out of it. I first read this in A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Since this is a chess newsletter, I suppose you could make some analogies to chess. Being able to let go after a loss, and not carry it into the next round for example. Or having the "NOTHING IS OVER" mentality that is the spirit of the Baltier award - keep playing best moves and make the person earn it. Another topic I have been really interested in lately is the subconscious mind. Basically the subconscious mind is controlling a lot of the things that we do everyday. Most of us are running around on autopilot. We have 10,000 thoughts per day, but 9,900 of them are the same thoughts that we had the day before. This is one of the things that make it very hard for people to change themselves or their lives. Because their programming runs at a very deep level. I think that the same is true for chess. People have their ideas about how chess works. There is a cognitive bias called the "confirmation bias," which is "a tendency to search for or interpret new information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions and to avoid information and interpretations which contradict prior beliefs." So when we see a new idea we are using it with all of our previous ideas, which may or may not be good ones. I attended a seminar a couple years ago about making money. One of the things they said was, "The three most dangerous words in the English language are 'I know that.'" I have seen people say this about stuff in chess. Like, "I know what a knight fork is." Of course, everyone knows what this is. But then they go and miss it in their next game. They won't take the time to study 100 different knight fork tactics because they "know that" already. But if they studied the 100 different knight fork problems, they would be much less likely to miss it in the future. Instead they go and look for new information, because they already "know" the other stuff. It is actually kind of sad to me to see so many people make very little progress in chess. It is like you get to a certain level, then you either "know" the stuff already, or everything that you don't know gets sucked into your confirmation bias of the stuff that is already in your brain and just gets misapplied.Of course, I am not an exception to these rules. And these things do not just apply to chess. Just some interesting things I have been thinking about. Thanks again for the honor!! Here is a game where awesome editor Randy Reynolds crushed me pretty good. Cheers,Tim Timothy's 2nd Epistle To Paul (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (140) Reynolds,Randy (1703) - Brennan,Timothy (1741) [B02] Al Ufer Memorial Colorado Springs (2), 05.01.2008 [Fritz 8 (60s)] B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Bc4 c6 last book move 5.Nge2 Bf5 6.d3 Covers e4 6...e6 Secures d5 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Nce4 0-0 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.a3 Consolidates b4 11...Nd7 12.Bd2 N7b6 13.Bb3 Rad8 14.f4 Rfe8 15.Qf3 White prepares the advance f5 15...Nf6 16.f5 exf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Qd4+ 19.Kh1 Qxb2 20.Rae1 [20.Qf2 Qd4= ] 20...Qxa3 [20...Rxe1 21.Bxe1 Qxa3 22.g4-/+ ] 21.Bh6 [>=21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Bg5= ] 21...Nbd5?? gives the opponent new chances [>=21...Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Qf8-/+ ] 22.Rxe8++- Rxe8 23.Bxd5 cxd5?? the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end [>=23...Qc3 24.Be4 Qe5+- ] 24.Bxg7! Demolition of pawn structure [24.Bxg7 Re6 25.Bxf6+- ] 1-0 Just For Fun I am getting ready to host a tournament on April 25th for my son's hobby, Redemption (http://redemptioncolorado.home.att.net/calendar.htm). It is a trading card game with a Biblical theme. If you are interested, you can me contact for more information. However, in the process of creating the format, we came across a problem that chess players might enjoy. In fact, I already asked several players who still remembered their combinatorial mathematics and could do the problem in their head. My son asked me how many ways we could arrange the tournament with six categories and 2 time slots. Mathematically speaking, he wanted the combination of n objects in a group of size k, with n being the categories and k being the time slots. As a Homeschool dad I leapt at this opportunity to share combinatorial mathematics with my son. Of course, I could not remember how to derive the formula so the lesson switched to how to look up the stuff you want when you want it. I won't give away the answer, but if you want to check your answer, here is the website we found: http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/Business-stat/otherapplets/ComCount.htm Upcoming Events 4/14 Team Tournament, 4SS, G/15. 2 player teams, alternate moves without consulting, rating sum <3200, CSCC 4/15,22,29 Poor Richard's April Open Final Rounds, CSCC 4/16 April 2008? G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA 4/18 Springs Fundraiser, CSCA 4/18 DCC April Showers - Denker-Polgar Fundraiser, CSCA 4/18 casual chess at Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM., CSCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://www.cafepress.com/cs_chess Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. Visit the store to view a variety of products with the logo. All articles written by Paul Anderson unless otherwise noted. 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Full Metal Jacket Opening invented by Brian Wall in Josh Bloomer's basement. 5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qxe5 9.Nf3 Qxe3+ 10.Qxe3+ Bxe3 11.Kxe3 d6 Notice in the Full Metal Jacket ( movie by Stanley Kubrick ) I have all 8 pawns ( bullets ) left --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mongolian Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg took clear first in the 2009 Colorado Closed, the Incredible Tyler Hughes took clear second. This is their story. Tyler told me he tried to Full Metal Jacket the Grandmaster, meaning a giant pawn wave. At the end Tyler was surviving mostly on his 5 second delay. I hate watching Tyler " The Iceman " Hughes in time pressure, it always reminds me of Sadaam Hussein's favorite trick of torturing children in front of their parents. Hughes,T (2272) - Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009 2009 Colorado Closed Round 1 Friday Night March 27, 2009 The day after my 54th birthday 40/2, Game/1 hour 5 second delay Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado across the street from the Pepsi Center White- The Incredible Tyler Hughes Black - Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Tyler said he had good results with this in blitz. 5 ... h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 Played 10 times by GMs Radjabov ( twice ), Bologan, Socko et. al. 11.Nb5!! TN Hughes Theoretical Novelty b7 Tyler Hughes. Sharavdorj looked concerned. 11 0-0-0 played twice 11 Qb3 never played 11 c5 played once 11 Nd2 played 7 times 11 Qa4 never played 11 Rc1 never played 11 Ne4 never played 11 Bd3 Bd3 was played on move 9 by Moiseenko so he gets to also play 11 0-0-0 here 11 Rd1 played once 11 ... Qd8!? Very risky and provocative. SD can stop the potential sacs with 11 ... N:g3 12 hg Qd8 but maybe he was trying to start a fight. 11 ... Ndf6 is also possible. 12.c5 Tyler can simply play 12 0-0-0!! with a good lead in development. I would have played 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Kf8 14 0-0 in a New York minute with a Full Metal Jacket, two pawns for a piece, a safer King and many ways to strengthen my attack. After 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Ke7 14 c5!! The Mongolian's King can be assailed in various ways. I can't wait to crush Radjabov with this the next time he dares to play me in blitz. Tyler manages to get an even better position after another GM mistake. 12 ... a6!? Must have been a pyromaniac like me as a kid, the GM is really playing with fire. Perhaps he is provoking an imbalance for winning chances. I know what it's like to have to win every game you play in Colorado. " Can't stop messin' with the Danger Zone. " - Cyndi Lauper She Bop The Grandmaster avoided ... N:g3! twice on moves 11 and 12, maybe he didn't like trading against a lower rated player, maybe he doesn't believe in murky sacrifices, maybe he didn't want to open up the h-file before Tyler 0-0ed. 13.Nxc7+!! Qxc7!! 14.Bxd6!! Tyler ends up with a Bishop on d6 instead of a Knight. I bet Dashzeveg wishes he had traded that bishop off now. 14 ... Qd8 Fritz 9 likes the more active 14 ... Qc6 better but to any human that just begs for 0-0, b4, a4, b5 losing time 15.Nd2!! Nhf6! 16.e4 To establish a central baseball diamond with e5. It might be better and more flexible to just relax and 16 0-0 16 ... Bf8 17.Nc4!! Bxd6 18.Nxd6+!! Fishing Jacket, Bishing Jacket, Fishing Jacket, it's all good. 18 ... Kf8 To hide at g7 19.0-0!!! It's getting embarrassing, will Tyler knock out the GM in Round 1? 19 0-0-0!!, h4!!, b4!!, e5!! et. al. are all great options. It's hard to know what good move to play first. 19 ... Ne8! 20.Nc4!! Avoid enemy trades in cramped positions although Watson attacks this as another myth in Secrets Of Modern Chess Strategy. I hate to retreat so I would have settled for the pawn wedge from hell with 20 e5 N:d6 21 cd followed by f4. Taking on e8 or c8 are pretty strong too. The GM has a Bloomer position, meaning Josh likes his opponents to relax on comfy couches on the first two ranks while he does all the work. Tyler has a Brian position with a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) pawn wave about to flower. 20 ... Qc7 21.b4!!! How do you even pick a move in a position this good? I like to advance my pawns together like an army - Hold the line. Sherlock Holmes could deduce that Tyler's middle name is Brian from this move alone. 21 ... b6! 22.Qb2 Tyler's idea is to sneak in d5 hitting the h8-rook and also to get off the c-file for his rook. My idea is I want to shave wood between my rook and his King while I control the center so I like some combination of f4 and e5. Fritzy's idea is to keep Tyler's Queen super-active with Qc3. Another idea is to play 22 Rac1 first and then see where you want to go with your Queen later. 22 ... Rg8! Catching Tyler's sneaky 23 d5 plan 23.Rac1!! Place the Rook against the King or Queen, no many how many pieces intervene. - GM Suba 23 ... bxc5! Sharavdorj breaks up Tyler's Full Metal Jacket, only 7 pawns left. 24.bxc5 Both recaptures are strong. The idea of 24 dc is e5 followed by Nd6. The idea of 24 bc is maybe e5 and Nd6 or maybe Rfd1, d5-d6. I like keeping my pawns in one bunch of bananas but now with an open b-file 22 Qb2 is exposed as a mistake. 24 ... Rb8 Thanx for the free tempo, I needed that. 25.Qa3!! Kg7! 26.Ne3!! Which pawn will Tyler push, c,d,e or the Aigner? 26 ... Ndf6! Josh doen't normally allow his opponents to cross beyond the second rank. He rapidly punishes such anomalies. The Asian mastermind is trying to slow down Tyler's central steamroller by attacking the e-pawn. How will Tyler react? 27.Bf3!! It takes a while for Fritz 9 to fully accept Tyler's genius but he comes around like everyone else. 27 f3! is a solid gold option to set up Rfd1 and d5. 27 e5! looks like fun too. 27 ... Kh8! The Grandmaster finally has his King safe but Tyler still has his street sweepers heading downtown. 28.e5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fritz is patient - 28 g3!! g4 29 Bg2 plan - Rfd1, d5 no hurry, what can Black do? Another cute idea is 28 h3! h5 29 e5 g4 30 hg hg 31 B:g4 N:g4 32 N:g4 R:g4? 33 Qh3+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 ... g4!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Checkmates tells you: I was impressed with his 28...g4!! move, he quickly realized that 28...Nd7 29.Ng4 was bad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 ... Nd7 29 Ng4, c6, Rfe1, Rfd1, Bh5, Nc4 are all good. 28 ... Nh7 29 Rfe1, h3, Qd3, Rfd1 are the strongest of the many. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 29.Be2!! Ne4 29 ... Nd5! is a sturdier outpost 30.Nxg4! Tyler wins by moving slowly and conscientiously. The Grandmaster makes sharp, snappy decisions pausing at critical moments to see if his house is in order. Tyler has three pawns for a knight but his pawn wave looks a little stymied for the moment. 30 ... f5! 30 ... Rg6 31 Qe3 30 ... Ng5 31 f4 30 ... Bb7 31 f3 31.exf6 31 N:h6!! splat Rg6 32 Ng4!! fg 33 Bd3!! N8f6 34 c6!! or Rfe1! work out for Tyler but pretty messy scary stuff against a GM. After 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Qd8 33 c6!!, Ne3!!, Qd3!, Qh3+! are all good. 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Bb7 33 Ne3!!, f3! or c6! are good 31 f3 instead of N:h6 or ef is also sweet pumpkin pie. 31 ... N8xf6!! 32.Ne5!! 32 f3 is also winning. The GM's pawns are isolated and weak but Tyler's are not advancing for the moment. 32 ... Qg7! 33.g3! Nd7 34.Nxd7 34 c6!! N:e5 35 fe Q:e5? 36 Qe3! wins 34 ... Bxd7! 35.c6! 35 Qe3!! Nf6 36 B:a6! with 4 pawns for a knight. 35 ... Bc8! 36.Qe3 36 Rc2, c7, Rfd1 keep a smidgin' of advantage left 36 ... Nf6 36 ... Nd6! 37.Bf3? Still some chances aftr 37 Qe5!!, Bc4!, Rfe1! and others. 37 ... Rb5! 38.Rb1 Rf5! The Mongolian has fully coordinated every piece and stands about even now, maybe slightly better. 39.Rb8 39 Bg2 is fine. 39 ... Qg5? 39 ... Nd5!! is a good middlegame but Dashzeveg thrives in the endgame. 40.Qxg5 hxg5! First time control. Tyler has three pawns for a piece. Are they strong or weak? 41.Be2 41 Bg2!! is cozy but Tyler is targetting a6 41 ... Rd5!!= Attacking d4 42.f4 g4 43.f5 43 Rb4, Rc1, Ra8, Rd1 should be Ok for Tyler. Every pawn trade gets Tyler closer to a draw. The GM said he missed 43 f5. 43 ... Kg7 43 f5 ef? 4 Bc4 wins a exchange 43 f5 R:f5? 44 R:f5 ef 45 Bc4 Re8 46 Bf7 also wins an exchange. 43 f5 R:d4! 44 fe Kg7 transposes to the game, about equal 44.fxe6! The GM is running out of pawns. 44 ... Rxd4 45.c7 The position is tricky if Tyler can get a rook to d7 or d8. After all this endless complexity either side can win. 45 ... Rd6!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philipp Ponomarev had beaten me and we were analyzing Tyler's game in another room with his doctor father Mikhail, 82 years old. 45 ... Rd6!! 46 Rf4 is roughly equal, trying to eliminate g4. I was proud of finding 45 c7 Nd5 46 Rf7+ Kh6 47 Rd7!! ( 47 e7!! ) We were starting to get excited about Tyler's possibilities. 45 ... B:e6?? 46 R:f6!! Game Over ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46.e7 Re8 We didn't like this move, Philipp found 46 e7 Rc6!! 45 B:g4 R:c7 ending all the tricks. 46 e7 Re8 47 Rf4 or R:f6 are about equal but Tyler missed a chance to disturb the balance with 47 Bd1!! Be6 48 Re1! wins 47 Bd1!! Rg8 48 Ba4! or Bb3! win 47 Bd1!! Rh8 48 Ba4! wins 47 Bd1!! Re6 48 Ba4! wins 47 Bd1!! Nd5 we have a switchback with 48 B:g4!! wins Sharavdorj can improve with 47 Bd1!! R:e7 48 R:c8 Rc6! and Tyler will be uo one pawn with reduced material - looks tough to win to me. 47 Bd1!! Re4 48 Rb6 R8:e7 49 Rf:f6 Re1+ 50 Kg2 R1e2+ 51 Rf2 R:f2+ 52 K:f2 R:c7 again with Tyler one very hard to convert pawn up 47 Bd1!! Rd7 48 Ba4 R:c7 49 B:e8 N:e8 followed by 50 .. Bd7 looks tough to call 47 Bd1!! Rc6 48 B:e8 or R:f6 gives Tyler the better of a posssible draw again. It would have been the Grandmaster sweating after 47 Bd1!!. The move reminds me of the ending two bishops versus a knight. No human could make sense of it. Finally a computer figured out the winning idea, place your bishops on d1 and e1 and then see which way the knight goes. 47.Rxf6!= Kxf6! Tyler should draw after 47 ... R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Rook to (a, g or h)8 50 c8(Q) R:c8 51 B:c8 Ke7 and two connected pawns and a bishop should hold against a rook. Watch out for 47 ... R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Re8??? 50 Bd7!! is amusing as one bishop humiliates two rooks. 47 ... R:f6 48 B:g4 R:e7 49 R:c8 Rc6 and again two connected passed pawns and a bishop should hold up against a rook. 48.Bxg4!! Re6!! Now the problem is how is Tyler supposed to get rid of that stupid wrong colored rook pawn? It's sick to lose to such a pawn but as long as Dashzeveg keeps a rook on the board it's a definite winning possibility. I saw GM Woitkiewicz do something similar, he had Rook and Knight versus Rook and four pawns. He ate all the pawns then won the Rook and Knight versus Rook ending. Tyler's clock ran down to 2 seconds plus 5 second delay and we all watched helplessly as the GM slowly picked off all of Tyler's pawns and came in for the kill with Rook, opposite colored rook pawn and bishop against rook. It was tough to watch. 49.Bxe6 Kxe6! 50.Rb2 Kxe7 One pawn down, 4 to go. 51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3! a5 54.a3 Bc6! 55.g4! Kxc7! Two pawns down, three to go 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5! 58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+! 60.Ke2 a4! 61.Ra5! Rf4! 62.Kd2?? Missing his last chance to draw with 62 h5!! R:g4 63 h6!! Rh4 64 h7!! R:h7 65 R:a4! removing the last pawn with a theoretical draw but I doubt Tyler could hold Rook + 2 seconds plus a five second delay versus Rook and Bishop and Grandmaster. Kamsky lost that ending this morning against Akobian at Nalchik. I lose all those endings - I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight against IM Dionisio Aldama in Florida 2008. I think I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight versus Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev in a Colorado Closed. I lost Knight versus Rook against Philipp Ponomarev and Robert Ramirez. I think some guy was drawing Tyler with Bishop versus Tyler's rook as I was losing to Robert Ramirez in Boulder with Knight versus Rook. All those endings are bad memories for me except teaching Jolina Rice how to draw with Knight versus Rook. I saw 62 h5! from the sidelines and got excited but could say nothing. I thought it was clever how the a5-rook paralyzed all of the Grandmaster's pieces. With a little move time Tyler would have seen that in a flash. In Round 4 I put my rook on a5 to draw Mulyar. 62 ... Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6!65.Ra6+ Bc6! 66.Ra5! Rh3+! 67.Kb2 Rb3+! 68.Ka2 Bd5! 69.Ka1! Rxa3+! Three pawns down, one to go 70.Kb2! Rb3+! 71.Kc2! Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1 Tyler resigned as his flag and position were falling about 10 moves later. I don't have all the moves but I remember Sharavdorj's King swooped in for the kill on the Queenside, pushing Tyler's King back. Tyler said ... Bb3 was the final winning move. The peak age for a Chessplayer is said to be 35 years old. Tyler is 18. I am sure he will beat many GMs in the future, maybe even starting May 7th at the U.S. Closed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes,T (2272) - Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.Bxd6 Qd8 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.e4 Bf8 17.Nc4 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.0-0 Ne8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Qb2 Rg8 23.Rac1 bxc5 24.bxc5 Rb8 25.Qa3 Kg7 26.Ne3 Ndf6 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.e5 g4 29.Be2 Ne4 30.Nxg4 f5 31.exf6 N8xf6 32.Ne5 Qg7 33.g3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.c6 Bc8 36.Qe3 Nf6 37.Bf3 Rb5 38.Rb1 Rf5 39.Rb8 Qg5 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Be2 Rd5 42.f4 g4 43.f5 Kg7 44.fxe6 Rxd4 45.c7 Rd6 46.e7 Re8 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Bxg4 Re6 49.Bxe6 Kxe6 50.Rb2 Kxe7 51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3 a5 54.a3 Bc6 55.g4 Kxc7 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5 58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+ 60.Ke2 a4 61.Ra5 Rf4 62.Kd2 Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6 65.Ra6+ Bc6 66.Ra5 Rh3+ 67.Kb2 Rb3+ 68.Ka2 Bd5 69.Ka1 Rxa3+ 70.Kb2 Rb3+ 71.Kc2 Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Metal jacket games that may have inspired Tyler Hughes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Third Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game [Event "Moscow"] [Site "m"] [Date "1966.01.08" ] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Petrosian"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8 22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4 32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3 37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4 42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Original Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation game [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.03.04" ] [Round "1"] [White "Fred Spell"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1484"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:09:28"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4 12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4 24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3 34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4 36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5 0-1 Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Second Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.05" ] [Round "-"] [White "Danielle"] [Black "DocOcc"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1374"] [BlackElo "1368"] [Opening "Trompowsky attack (Ruth, Opocensk? opening)"] [ECO "A45"] [NIC "QP.07"] [Time "23:30:45"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Qb1 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Bg7 13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Nh7+ Ke7 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh2 Nc6 22. g5 Be7 23. f4 Kf7 24. h5 Nb4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Rg1 Nd5 27. g6+ Kf6 28. h6 Bxf4 29. h7 Bxh2 30. g7 {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Weihmiller shouldn't feel bad about how he lost to me in March. I've used that Petrosian tricks hundreds of times. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Information about Allmeiddah (Last disconnected Fri Apr 17 2009 16:16): rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2202 78 90 9 177 2299 (15-Apr-2009) ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.17" ] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Allmeiddah" ] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2307"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch variation"] [ECO "E80"] [NIC "KI.54"] [Time "02:07:04"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 h6 8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 Ne8 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. h5 g5 14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. b3 b6 18. a3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ra7 Qd8 22. Rba1 Qc8 23. R1a3 Ne8 24. Qa2 Bf6 25. Kg2 Ng7 26. Nh1 Bd8 27. Nf2 Be7 28. Nd3 Ne8 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Qc4 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rd4 34. Qc2 Nf6 35. Na4 Nxg4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. fxg4 Bxg4 38. e5+ Kh8 39. d6 cxd6 40. Rxe7 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 f5 42. Bxg4 dxe5 43. Bxf5 c4 44. Nb6 Qd6 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qxc4+ Rf7 47. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - The Ultimate Full Metal Jacket game, all 8 pawns on the board when Bill resigns on move 45. [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.03.11" ] [Round "2"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Bill Weihmiler"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "1836"] [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"] [ECO "E81"] [NIC "KI.51"] [Time "23:59:02"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15. h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8 28. Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2 Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3 Kf7 41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5 1-0 Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Riga op"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Labuckas,Aidas"] [Black "Bologan,Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "E61"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Qc2 e6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.0-0-0 a6 14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf3 Bb7 16.Kb1 0-0-0 17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 f5 19.axb6 g4 20.Be2 c5 21.Na5 Nxb6 22.f3 Ba8 23.Qb3 Kc7 24.Qa3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Nd7 26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Na4 cxd4 28.exd4 Kb8 29.Na5 Rc8 30.Qb4 Rc7 31.Qxb7+ Rxb7 32.Nc6+ Kc7 33.Nxe7 Rb4 34.Nc3 Rhb8 35.Ned5+ exd5 36.Nxd5+ Kd8 37.Nxb4 Rxb4 38.Kc2 a5 39.Rh5 Nb6 40.Rxf5 Nxc4 41.Bxc4 Rxc4+ 42.Kb3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "EU-ch 2nd"] [Site "Ohrid"] [Date "2001.06.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Dancevski,Orce"] [Black "Socko,Bartosz"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "E61"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 f5 13.Bh5+ Kf8 14.Be2 Nf6 15.0-0-0 Bd7 16.f4 Kg8 17.e4 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rf8 20.Rhf1 Bc6 21.Kb1 Qe8 22.g4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Ba4 24.b3 Bd7 25.g5 Qe7 26.Qd3 hxg5 27.fxg5 Rh4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qg3 Rh8 30.Nf6 Bxf6 31.gxf6 Qf7 32.Qg5 Be8 33.Bd3 Qg8 34.Qf4 Bg6 35.Kb2 Rh3 36.Bxg6 Qxg6 37.c5 Qh5 38.Rd2 Qh6 39.Qxh6+ Rxh6 40.cxd6 cxd6 41.Rc2 Rxf6 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 d5 44.Re8 Kg6 45.Re7 Kf5 46.Rxb7 Ke4 47.Rxa7 Kxd4 48.a4 e5 49.Re7 e4 50.a5 e3 51.b4 Rf2+ 52.Kb3 e2 53.a6 Rf3+ 54.Kc2 Re3 55.Rxe3 Kxe3 56.a7 d4 57.a8=Q d3+ 58.Kb3 e1=Q 59.Qa7+ Kd2 60.Qa2+ Ke3 61.Qa7+ Ke2 62.Qe7+ Kd1 63.Qc5 Qg3 64.Qh5+ Ke1 65.Qe8+ Kd2 66.b5 Qe1 67.Qg6 Qb1+ 68.Kc4 Qc2+ 69.Kd4 Qc3+ 70.Kd5 Kc1 71.Qg1+ Kc2 72.Qg6 Kb2 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Khanty Mansiysk"] [Date "2005.11.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Kazhgaleyev,Murtas"] [Black "Radjabov,Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "E61"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.g4 a6 14.Nde4 d5 15.Ng3 Nf6 16.0-0-0 b5 17.c5 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nd7 20.f3 exd4 21.exd4 Nf8 22.Rhe1 Ne6 23.Bf1 0-0-0 24.Kb1 Qd7 25.Ne2 Rde8 26.Qd3 Qc7 27.Rc1 Re7 28.Red1 Rhe8 29.Qd2 Nd8 30.Rc3 Ne6 31.Rd3 Nf4 32.Nxf4 gxf4 33.a4 Re3 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qc3 Bf6 36.Kc2 Qa7 37.Qa3 Qxa3 38.Rxa3 Rxa3 39.bxa3 Kc7 40.Bd3 Ra8 41.Rh1 Bg5 42.Re1 Kd8 43.Rd1 Rxa3 44.Kb2 b4 45.Bc2 Rc3 46.Rd2 Bf6 47.Bb3 Rxc5 48.Ka2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Ke7 50.Re1+ Re3 51.Rc1 Re2+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "RUS-chT 13th"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2006.04.20"] [Round "11"] [White "Moiseenko,Alexander"] [Black "Radjabov,Teimour"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "E61"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2 1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "RUS-chT"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2007.05.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Moiseenko,Alexander"] [Black "Amonatov,Farrukh"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "E61"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nde4 Bc6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be4 0-0 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qd8 24.g4 Qd7 25.f3 Qd6 26.Qe2 f5 27.Nf2 Qh2 28.Nd3 Bf8 29.a3 Qd6 30.Ka2 Bg7 31.Qc2 Kh8 32.Ka1 Kg8 33.Kb1 Kh8 34.Qe2 Kg8 35.Kc2 Kh8 36.f4 gxf4 37.exf4 Kh7 38.gxf5 exf5 39.Qe8 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Nxc5 Kh5 42.Ne6 Bf6 43.b4 a6 44.a4 Kg4 45.c5 Be7 46.Kd3 Kg3 47.Nd4 Kxg2 48.Nxf5 h5 49.Nxe7 h4 50.Nf5 h3 51.Ne3+ Kf3 52.Nf1 Kf2 53.Nh2 Kg3 54.Ke2 Kxh2 55.Kf2 Kh1 56.a5 Kh2 57.f5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have two Brian Wall - Tyler Hughes encounters in Chessbase form at http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm including the 2009 Colorado Closed. My new website has 16,000 hits this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone have a picture of Mitesh Shridhar? Chris Peterson wants to put his victory over Renard Anderson on my website. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 20 01:07:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:07:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Message-ID: <1240211249.49ec1f313faef@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.20"] [Round "-"] [White "EggurdKirtap"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2213"] [BlackElo "2196"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C57"] [NIC "KP.01"] [Time "02:36:52"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 Tyler Hughes Variation 5. Nxf7 Qh4 Mandatory draw offer 6. O-O Nxf2 Towbin Dream Variation 7. Rxf2! Bc5! 8. d4 Bxd4! 9. Qf3 Bxf2+! 10. Qxf2! Qxf2+! 11. Kxf2! Rf8 11 ... 0-0 is more ironic but somehow Fritz slightly prefers my move. I have no idea why. 12. Nc3 Nd4!! A key move in the Tyler Hughes Variation. 13. Be3 b5 I start getting stupid here. 13 .. Ne6!! 14 B:e6 de! wins the knigh 14. Bd5! c6! 15. Bxd4! exd4?? Of course 15 ... cd!! wins the knight again. 16. Re1# {Black checkmated} 1-0 I was stunned and started laughing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.20"] [Round "-"] [White "EggurdKirtap"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2213"] [BlackElo "2196"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C57"] [NIC "KP.01"] [Time "02:36:52"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Nxf7 Qh4 6. O-O Nxf2 7. Rxf2 Bc5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qf3 Bxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Rf8 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. Be3 b5 14. Bd5 c6 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Re1# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 20 12:29:34 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:29:34 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Going viral Message-ID: <1240252174.49ecbf0e9ba5a@www.taom.com> http://chess-improvement.com/chess-strategies/chess-strategies-marvin-lee-brian-wall-again/ I don't know anything about this site but they posted one of my games with Marvin Lee ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know anything about this site but they posted one of my games with Philipp Ponomarev Colorado Closed 2009 http://cd-mr.blogspot.com/2009/03/chess-improvement-philipp-ponomarev.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know anything about this site but they posted one of my games with Robert Ramirez 2009 March Madness Tabor Center http://chess-improvement.com/chess-analysis/chess-analysis-alekhines-defense-modern-variation-robert-ramirez-vs-brian-wall/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know anything about ths site but they announced the first 40 annaotated Chessbase games on Chris Peterson's new Brian Wall website http://cd-mr.blogspot.com/2009/04/chess-improvement-40-more-annotated.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guy must really like my writing, he posted a Brian Wall ICC blitz game today - http://chess-improvement.com/chess-strategies/chess-strategies-two-different-philosophies-a-morality-play/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's another site - they published some comments by Paul Szeligowski and Brian Wall on the Colorado Counter. http://amchesscoaching.com/annotated_games_page.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- My absolute favorite is an English mattress factory that uses my emails as bait. This site advertises an awesome green Chess sets sculpted from used auto parts - Ramirez uses sparks plugs for pieces!! - http://keetsa.com/blog/recycle/recycled-auto-parts-chess-set/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My June 22 Chess Camp in Lincoln, Nebraska with GM Miron Sher, trainer of Robert Hess - also Keaton Kiewra and the immortal John Watson http://www.lincolnchessfoundation.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This site advertises www.Walverine.com http://vcchess.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This site rates Chess discussion groups - I am rated 8th and I have 100 more members now. http://bestdiscussiongroups.com/cat6270/1.htm BrianWallChess [ in Games / Board Games / Chess ] Chess Forum - Life Master Brian Wall 518 Very High --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- These two sites promote my Shattering the Scheveningen video - Wall-Ramirez You can even watch the video on their site http://chess-improvement.com/chess-strategies/chess-strategies-shattering-the-sicilian-defence-scheveningen-variation-on-video/ http://ideaman.linkarena.com/tags/training ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a a Boulder Chess Camp starring Paul Szeligowski, inventor/promoter Colorado Counter, James Drebenstedt extreme Chessplayer/martial artist and Josh Romero who kicked everyone's butt, including 2007 Denver Co-Champions Mitesh Shridhar and yours truly in a Boulder blitz tournament with his killer non-castling Dragon variation. Boulder County Chess School Founded in August 2007, BCCS offers private lessons, classes, fund raisers (family chess knights) and chess camps throughout Boulder County. Chess Camps 2009 K-12 June 8-12 July 6-10 Full and half day options To be held at: Rocky Mountain School http://www.rms.org/programs_summer.html 5490 Spine Road Boulder, CO (in Gunbarrel) Cost $270/wk full day (late registration $300) $155/wk half day (late registration $175) June Camp 10% discount for early registration if postmarked by May 11th July Camp 10% discount for early registration if postmarked by June 8th To request registration materials, or for further information, email: pjjsz at idcomm.com Instructors: Paul Szeligowski is an experienced chess teacher, on an individual, class and camp level. Among his private students are two Colorado Scholastic State Champions. He is author of numerous chess articles, including the original ones on the system now known as the Colorado Defense. He has achieved the Expert USCF title and a peak rating of 2060. James Drebenstedt started playing chess seriously in the US Navy, while stationed aboard the USS Stump, DD-978. A veteran tournament player, he won the 1999 San Francisco Amateur Championship and the 2004 US Amateur Championship (G/60). Among his memorable victories includes several wins over seven-time Iowa Champion, Senior Master Kevin Burnett. He is currently a licensed teacher and works with 8th graders at Coal Ridge Middle School. His peak USCF rating was over 1950. Josh Romero teaches chess in the St. Vrain school district. He has a rating of over 2000, which is quite impressive as he first learned chess only five years ago! Last summer Josh won a tournament in Boulder with a 9-0 score. His most memorable victory as part of that event was over National Master Brian Wall. About the Camps This is the second year for our summer chess program. The first camp this year will be held in June (8-12), and the second in July (6-10). Both camps are 5 days, Monday through Friday and will be held at the Rocky Mountain School in Gunbarrel. Campers can choose either full day or half-day options. Children are divided into groups (beginner, intermediate, advanced) based upon age and ability. Depending upon turnout, multiple levels within each group may be created, and group sizes may vary between levels. In addition to the teachers and director, there will also be assistant(s) to facilitate in the classrooms and also during breaks. The desired student / staff ratio will be about 8:1. There is a core curriculum, which will be covered in both camps (such as thinking techniques), however the examples used will be different in each camp. Beyond that core curriculum, topics will vary for each group from camp to camp. The exception to that is the beginners group, where the material covered will be essentially the same. Children who completed the beginners group in June could move up to an advanced beginners group or intermediate group in July. The emphasis is very much on understanding and not memorization. For instance, in the opening phase of the game, control of the center, development and king safety are each important goals. Students will be shown why that is the case and not just to memorize it as a fact. For the beginners group, the morning and afternoon sessions of each day will cover/review the same material (different examples), with the emphasis being on practice to insure a good grasp of what was discussed. For intermediate and advanced groups, topics covered will be different in the morning and afternoon sessions. For all groups there will be a repeating structure of a discussion topic and game play. For the beginners group the cycle time will be shorter than for the more advanced groups; they will also have more short breaks. All campers will be able to play in an on going unrated multi round chess tournament within their group (two rounds each day). The beginners group will not start their tournament until Wednesday, as there will be a certain minimum proficiency desired prior to the first round. The intermediate and advanced groups will start game play the first morning; however the Monday morning game played in the intermediate group will be a practice game that will not count toward the final standings. The last round of the tournament will be Friday morning. Friday afternoon is reserved for the simultaneous exhibition (1:00) and the awards ceremony (3:45). There will be trophies awarded for the tournament, and special prizes (usually chess books) for the best game played (in each group) in the simultaneous exhibition. All campers will get a t-shirt, certificate of completion and a chess related item. There will also be a best overall camper prize and scorekeeping prizes for each group. I?ll be happy to answer any questions you have, you can reach me by email at: pjjsz at idcomm.com or phone 303 652 8890. See you at camp! Paul Szeligowski Director ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a nice www.ChessCafe.com article on Scholastic Chess by Steve Goldberg including a writeup of Tyler Hughes and his famous Karagianis game. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/scholastic24.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New In Chess advertising Horse Laffs by Ralph J. Tykoldi and Grandmaster Gufeld featuring one chapter on a Brian Wall Fishing Pole game https://secure.newinchess.com/Horse_Laffs-p-1740&utm_campaign=1740_Horse_Laffs&utm_medium=alsobought&utm_source=newinchess.com&utm_content=banner.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.eadon.com/phil/chesspoemreaders.php Chess Poetry site Cinquain Castle, Big and powerful, Checking, crossing, fighting, It's going to checkmate me, Rook. Hao Wang 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Castle Courtesy If u wanna get down & dirty then we can go low Guess what now the queens royalty status is cleaning off your back row Just a lil longer, not far to go Im gone make this game worthwhile and at the same time freestyle as I give you a run for your money for sho` This pretty pawn has infiltrated, your king is stuck Now my darling, you`re shyt outta luck your defense is late... Did I forget to mention the magic words checkmate Melissa Carruthers Wilson 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Poem He stares at you, Watching your every move. Does he know? He makes his move. You breathe again, Counting on logic, You see it all come together. Hoping that your accusations are true, Calm and quiet, you make your move. Check...Mate! You take a deep breath, Hoping the next game is as lucky as the last Anon - submitted by Anon 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Chess What a game. Complicated, intricate, demanding and consuming Sometimes it has been a challenge An escape a distraction mostly a passion. There is beauty in this game. The coordination of pieces Their individual movement and power The sometimes surgical precision of a Checkmate or the fierceness of a long drawn out battle to the very last piece And the people I've played across the board The opponents few were actual enemies The game being the door to many friendships drawn to each other by the basic love of a complicated game. That invokes comraderie, companionship and respect for you learn just as much from your opponent as you do the game. Chess grabs you by the throat forces you to live by that most basic of principles "Thou shalt think" As you play you are always seeking that perfect move that beautiful combination that better position To win in spite of the devious tricks of your opponent Tactics, exchanges, mating attacks, retreats, flanking movements, pins, swindles, trades, sweeping victories, resounding defeats infinite possibilities for both of you The moment you move the first piece Every game like a horse race The dark horse can always win Always a measurement of skill and knowledge But knowledge is never enough A true lesson of life How to utilize knowledge and skill And there is a wicked pleasure in this game to disrupt your opponent's position to steal his pieces to thwart his attacks to snatch victory from his side and make it your own A delicious thrill to outcon the conman to outsteal the thief to trump the gambler to beat the crook at his own trade for Chess has its own world where sportsmanship and basic rules of play provide a wide open field of possibilities where you both can appreciate the beauty of a well played swindle or trick A surprise move a hidden threat the con and the bluff And in Chess There is no room for complacency No resting on your laurels Arrogance will always be humbled Conceit reprimanded and foolishness educated. Submitted by Brian Wall, printed with permission from Elizabeth L. Scott Casper, Wyoming 1-307-265-3861 Copyrighted 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long Live The King Light penetrates the darken paths Of the scarred grounds of an English battlefield Home to men, in pursuit of a king's dream, To only suffer the wrath of another. But fearlessly they marched on To death seemingly, but unknown Archers fired; Chariots rode, Until blood masked their shields And Chain mail clashed no more. Then Out of the darkness, into the light Stood nothing more than a mere foot soldier Although proceeded in battle with many, He returned home alone. He closes his eyes in remembrance Of the remains of once was And silently cites a prayer, to the merciful God above. Upon opening his eyes he stands there straight With the victorious spirit of those before Then darkness recedes, trenches dissipate, Leaving signs of a war no more. Gradually....... He too, fades, A mere figment of imagination. Long lives the king he echoes, As I announce checkmate. Submitted by Sharita 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scholars mate e4,e5 qa4,nf6 bf4,bf5 qc2 CHECKMATE! Submitted by Anthony Grzyb. (Little does he know I invented this yet-to-be-refuted opening - JE) 2006 Must be a Coach Joel Bogen kid --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Poem kings knight and queens rook fell side by side one night the new days light puts them back in line the rook waits for night to fall again watching as the knight takes many a pawn Anon - submitted by Anon 2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Poem Battlefield of Life I make this pledge to you alone, that I shall serve your royal throne. My silver sword, I gladly wield. Squares eight times eight the battlefield. With knights upon their mighty steed the front line pawns have vowed to bleed and neither Queen shall ever yield. Squares eight times eight the battlefield. The castle walls protect our back and Bishops plan for their attack; a master plan that is concealed. Squares eight times eight the battlefield. For chess is but a game of life and I your Queen, a loving wife shall guard my liege and raise my shield. Squares eight times eight the battlefield. Anon - submitted by Amera M. Andersen 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 20 12:50:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:50:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Summer Chess Academy Message-ID: <1240253414.49ecc3e661d74@www.taom.com> Joel was a huge friend to me in New England. It was great seeing him again at the 2007 North American Open in Vegas. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:35:16 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: 2009 Summer Chess Academy Hi All, Here is all the information about the 2009 Summer Chess Academy. For more information, please contact Alan Anderson either by email at Checkm8Chess at aol.com or by phone at: (480) 966-9542 Thanks, Joel _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail?: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates2_042009 ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090420/3dd6588f/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: 2009SummerChessAcademy[1] - FINAL.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 172556 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090420/3dd6588f/attachment.pdf From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 20 13:21:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:21:30 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Crushing underpromotions to a Knight, Nakamura and Mulyar go down Message-ID: <1240255290.49eccb3a5a68b@www.taom.com> http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/samsonkin_nakamura_toronto2009.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM crushed Hikaru Nakamura in Canada with underpromotion notes by Facebook buddy Dennis Monokroussos (2670) Samsonkin,Artiom (2548) - Nakamura,Hikaru (2757) [B43] 2009 PWC Toronto Open Toronto (4), 19.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.a4 b6 9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Rae1 [12.Kh1 0-0 13.Rae1 is more common.] 12...Nc5 [12...0-0 should perhaps be preferred, when 13.Kh1 transposes to the position in the previous note.] 13.b4 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Nd7N [14...0-0 looks safer, at least in comparison to what happens in the game.] 15.Rc1 Qd8 [15...Qb8 is unattractive, but there is a tactical point that will emerge several moves later.] 16.f5 e5?+- After this move, it's too late; White's initiative becomes overwhelming and he wins material by force. [The passive 16...Nf8? doesn't fare any better. 17.fxe6 fxe6 From here, it's target practice. (17...Nxe6? 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qg4+- ) 18.Rxf8+ (18.Qg4 Bf6 19.Nxe6 Qd7 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 (21...Qxe6 22.Nc7+ ; 21...Nxe6 22.Nxf6+ ; 21...Kf7 22.Qg7+ (22.Rc7 ) 22...Kxe6 23.Qxf6# ) 22.exd5 Rc8 23.Re1 Nxe6 24.Rxe6+ Kd8 25.Bf4 is one crushing line of many.; 18.Qh5+ g6 19.Qf3 is another winning idea for White, and this one doesn't require any sacrifices.) 18...Bxf8 19.Nxe6 Qd7 (19...Qe7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Ra7 22.Bg5+- and wherever the queen goes, a knight discovered check will pick her off next move.) 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc8 22.Nxg7+ Kf7 (22...Kd8 23.Bg5+ Be7 24.Bxe7+ Qxe7 25.Rxc8++- ) 23.Qh5+ (23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6+ Kg6! (24...Kxg7 25.Rxc8 Be7 26.Bh6+ Kxh6 27.Rxh8+- ) 25.Rxc8 Bxg7 Black is lost, but not as dead as he deserves to be.) 23...Kg8 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Ne6 Qc2 (25...Be7 26.Qg4+ Kf7 27.Qg7++- ) 26.Qg4+ Kf7 27.Nd8+! Ke8 28.Nc6! Threatening 29.Qe6, mating. 28...Kf7 29.Qe6+ Kg7 30.Bh6# ; 16...Bf6 looks like the only move, but my analysis suggests that Black is in trouble here too. Let's once again attempt to behead Black with 17.Nxe6! fxe6 18.Qh5+ Ke7 (18...g6 19.fxg6 Bd4+ (19...hxg6 20.Qxg6+ Ke7 21.Rxf6 Nxf6 22.Bg5 Qf8 23.Rf1 Rg8 24.Bxf6++- ) 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Rxf6 Qxf6 22.g7+ Qg6 23.gxh8Q+ Bxh8+/- ; 18...Kf8 19.fxe6 Ne5 (19...Qe8 20.Qxe8+ Kxe8 21.exd7+ Kxd7+/- ) 20.Rxf6+! (20.d4 Ng6 21.Rxf6+ transposes.) 20...gxf6 (20...Qxf6 21.Rf1+- ) 21.d4 Ng6 22.Bh6+ Kg8 (22...Ke7 23.Bg7 Rc8 24.Rf1!+- ) 23.Nd5! Threatening 24.e7 and 24.Rc7. 23...Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Ne7 25.Rc3!! Qe8 26.Rg3+ Ng6 27.e7+ Qf7 28.Qxa8+ with mate next move.) 19.fxe6 Kxe6! Brave, but Black can't afford to let the e-pawn live. (19...Ne5 20.d4 (20.Nd5+ Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc8 22.d4 Rxc1!+/= (22...Ng6 23.Bg5!+/- ) ) 20...Ng6 (20...Qe8 21.Qf5 Qg6 22.dxe5 Qxf5 23.exf5 Bxe5 24.Bg5++- ) 21.Nd5+ Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Rb8 23.b5 a5 24.g4+- ) 20.Nd5 Rc8 21.Rxc8 Bxc8 While there's no knockout blow on the horizon, White seems clearly better after (21...Qxc8 22.Rc1+/- ) 22.Kh1 Bb7 23.Bf4+/- ] 17.Ne6! fxe6 18.Qh5+ Note that if Black had played the otherwise unattractive 15...Qb8, he could have played 18...Kd8 now. 18...g6 [18...Kf8?? stumbles into mate in two by 19.fxe6+ Nf6 20.Qf7# ] 19.fxg6 Nf6 This is the only way to avoid mate or catastrophic material loss, but even so White wins either a couple of pawns or the exchange. 20.g7+ Kd7 21.Qf7 Qe8 [21...Rg8 22.Rxf6+- ] 22.gxh8N! [22.Rxf6 is fine too, but who can resist underpromoting?] 22...Qxh8 So White remains the exchange ahead, and with an ongoing initiative to boot. 23.Ne2 Threatening to win with 24.Rc7+. 23...b5 [23...-- 24.Rc7+ Kxc7 25.Qxe7+ Nd7 26.Rc1+ Bc6 27.b5 was the threat, which reveals the point of Black's 23rd move.] 24.Bg5 [24.Rc7+ Kxc7 25.Qxe7+ Nd7 26.Rc1+ Bc6 ] 24...Qg8 [24...Rf8 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 (25...Rxf7 26.Bxh8 is just as hopeless for Black.) 26.Rxf6 Rxf7 27.Rxf7+- ; 24...Ng8 looks as unpleasant as being trapped in a barrel full of monkeys. 25.Bxe7 Nxe7 26.Rc7+ Kxc7 27.Qxe7+ Kb6 (27...Kc6 28.Rc1+ Kb6 29.Qxd6+ Ka7 30.Qc5+ Kb8 31.axb5 ) 28.Qxd6+ Ka7 29.Qc5+ Kb8 30.Rf8++- ] 25.Rxf6 Qxg5 26.Qxe6+ Kd8 27.Rc7! Qe3+ [27...Kxc7 28.Qxe7+ next comes a rook check, and the black queen is lost (at least assuming White doesn't mate instead).] 28.Kf1 Kxc7 29.Qxe7+ Kb6 [29...Kb8 30.Qxd6+ Ka7 tranposes to the game.] 30.Qxd6+ Ka7 31.Qc7! A nice finishing touch. [After 31.Qc7 (Disregarding spite moves like 31...Qh6 or 31...Rf8,) Black is helpless against the threatened 31...-- 32.Rxa6+ Kxa6 33.Qa5# ] 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mulyar (IM),M (2439) - Hughes,T (2272) [A24] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (2), 28.03.2009 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 d5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 e4 15.Rac1 Bg5 16.e3 d4 17.Ncxe4 dxe3 18.Nxg5 exd2 19.Nxe6 dxc1N 20.Qb7 Rxe6 21.Qxa8 Nxd3 22.Qxa7 Re1 23.Qa8 Qb6 0-1 The best part is neither player examined the underpromotion for over half an hour and it came as a complete shock to Mulyar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical footnote - Nakamura beat Mulyar to become the youngest American Grandmaster, beating Bobby Fischer's record. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 20 15:48:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:48:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More viral Message-ID: <1240264103.49eceda7ce8f9@www.taom.com> http://www.idahochess.net/links.htm Idaho Chess recommends www.Walverine.com and also Chess Academy of Denver by NM Todd Bardwick http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/ My favorite is Bardwick's Chess History site. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hillbilly Chess set http://www.imperialpewter.com/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hillbilly Chess King carved out of wood http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/issue44/green_king/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carving a Hillbilly Chess Set By Mitchell Cartledge Stage your own backwoods battle with patterns for a complete chess set http://www.foxchapelpublishing.com/p-481-woodcarving-illustrated-issue-44-fall-2008.aspx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheesy Chess 1.0 kids Chess program where they chase a piece of chess all over the board http://www.filetransit.com/view.php?id=19133 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- another site recommending my Shattering the Scheveningen Youtube video http://www.folkd.com/q/sicilian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MySpace buddy Justin Michael Jenkins Great original Chess Art http://www.imaginativepencil.com/chess.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hot babe, good Chessplayer, great Chess artist. What more do you want out of life? http://www.carinajorgensen.com/ http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=57796&id=713622445 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edward Winter is a living library, the sharpest Chess critic in the world. dedicated to the true historical facts. I was flattered he found an excuse to mention - How To Play Chess Like An Animal. Edward Winter's Chess Notes http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter44.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class Act 5452. Adjournments and postponements >From Isaac Kashdan??s Introduction on page xii of First Piatigorsky Cup (published in Los Angeles, 1965): ??Keres first became ill on an evening when he had two adjourned games to complete. He had decisive advantages against both Benko and Panno, but each had planned to continue. When word came that Keres would be unable to play, both opponents promptly resigned to him. This may be the first case in chess history that a player asked for a postponement and was rewarded with two points.?? Paul Keres (page 97 of the tournament book) 5460. Marking Fischer??s demise A surprising number of newspapers and chess magazines handled Fischer??s death in pedestrian fashion, with some not even bothering to pretend to bother. In contrast, three articles have, from our reading, stood out as being of permanent worth: Obituary by Leonard Barden (The Guardian of 19 January 2008); ??Was It Only a Game??? by Dick Cavett (New York Times on-line feature, 8 February 2008); ??They??ll Do It Every Time?? by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam (New in Chess 2/2008, pages 8-29). 5462. Rose quote The following quote appeared on page 14 of Chess Pieces by Norman Knight (London, 1949): ??Intimate conversation without a word spoken; thrilling activity in quiescence; triumph and defeat, hope and despondency, life and death, all within sixty-four squares; poetry and science reconciled; the ancient East at one with modern Europe ?C that is chess.?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5485. ??J??adoube?? There follows a miscellany of items on the expression ??J??adoube??, which was first mentioned by us in C.N. 36: ??If ??j??adoube?? means ??I adjust??, why is the verb adouber absent from most French dictionaries? The answer is simply that the word is now obsolete in all but the chess context. In the middle ages un adoubement was the ceremony at which a young noble was made a knight, received his arms, etc. By the eighteenth century adouber had been extended to mean ??to equip, to arrange?? and, subsequently, to ??adjust?? in chess. The next question is: how many people still say ??j??adoube??? Is there a decline in the amount that nous adoubons??? >From page 6 of the October 1908 Chess Amateur: ??What is the origin and history of the expression ??j??adoube?? as applied to chess? In the revised British Chess Code we find the following rule: ??A player, in his own turn to play, may adjust any man, provided that, immediately before touching it for adjustment, he gives notice of his intention to adjust that man.?? (It??s unfair to require a dumb player to speak.) The origin is simple. A French player, when he wished to adjust a man, said ??j??adoube??, and English players followed suit. Fifty years ago it was the custom of some people to spout scraps of French. These played a ??partie??, took ??en passant??, and did the ??j??adoube??. ??Game??, ??in passing?? and ??I adjust?? were too vulgar.?? What historical evidence exists for these assertions? More generally, we shall appreciate any hard facts from readers on ??J??adoube?? ?C or ??J??Doube?? to borrow the spelling on page 2 of How to Play Chess Like an Animal by Anthea Carson and Brian Wall (Colorado Springs, 2007). Information is sought, not least, on equivalent expressions in other languages. For example, do many Spanish players nowadays say ??Compongo?? (the first person singular, present tense, of componer)? The following entry appeared in the ??Vocabulario t??cnico?? on page 46 of Vademecum de ajedrez by Julio Ganzo (Madrid, 1972): ??Compongo ?C Palabra usada cuando se va a tocar una pieza sin jugarla, con el objeto de centrarla en su casilla.?? The Small Chess Dictionary by Y. Averbakh (Belgrade, 1980) gave, on page 35, ?????????????????? in Russian and Popravljam in Serbo-Croat. Some ironic advice concerning ??J??adoube?? was quoted in Land and Water of 28 June 1873 from the Liverpool Weekly Albion. See C.N. 54 (page 375 of Kings, Commoners and Knaves). In addition, a ??j??adoube?? anecdote from Vienna, 1908 was reproduced from the American Chess Bulletin on page 313 of A Chess Omnibus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.feedage.com/feeds.php?t=blackelo This site has all kinds of Brian Wall emails on it - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://main.uschess.org/content/view/8497/463/ Robby Adamson comments on Tyler Hughes, Brian Wall and the Fishing Pole on US.Chess.org one of my favorite sites. Robby and I did a 7 hour ICC show together covering the finals of Greg Shahade's Chess League. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- a more recent list of Yahoo game discussion sites with the correct Membership number of BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com http://asia.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/1600052896?st=20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.kosmix.com/topic/Woman_International_Master This site is devoted to Women International Masters. They mentioned a piece I wrote about WIM Katerina Rohonyan when I came to Denver - http://www.kosmix.com/topic/rohonyan a video of Larry Christiansen and Jorge Samoura ( double Dos Herandos blitz Champion ) analyzing a Martirosov-Rohonyan game - Boston Blitz Chess Leauge - Greg Shahade. http://www.kosmix.com/topic/Brian_Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov/links/opening_analysis.html This site mentions my analysis of Tal-Eversole ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- awesome review of How To Play Chess Like An Animal even if Bill Wall gets credit as author - :) http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AT558HXUXSQ8W?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play Chess Like an ANIMAL by Brian Wall and Anthea Carson Edition: Paperback Availability: Currently unavailable 6 used & new from $19.95 1 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Great Book-lets the inner animal shine through for kids., January 30, 2008 It's common knowledge that chess is great for kids, teaching as it does, planning, logical consequences, and intellectual discipline. If this list of attributes doesn't sound a whole lot like actual fun, well then you don't look at Chess the way Bill Wall does. In a field bereft of good, yet entertaining instruction books for kids, he and co-author Anthea Carson have penned a delightful manual that reminds kids that chess is about experiencing enjoyment and using one's imagination. Most kid's chess books are really adult beginner manuals dumbed down a little bit for easier absorption by the little ones. Wall and company have taken a different approach and emphasized the "fun" aspect right off the bat. Using the theme of animals, the book enlivens the subject with both whimsical animal metaphors and equally nutty and colorful illustrations. The result is something kids will recognize was designed solely for them. To be sure, there is solid if not exactly comprehensive instruction here but even that information is conveyed in a delightfully irreverent style. Consider the beginning of the explanation of pawn moves:" You will need a magnifying glass, a beaker, a compass, a blender, string, 2 rubber bands, a #2 pencil and a camel hair coat to make sense of the pawn rule moves. It is easier to learn than Chinese. Let us begin". The book does not appear to be aimed at any particular age group here. I would think that some parts of the book, the wacky openings for instance, would appeal to four or five year olds whereas adults might get something out of other parts of the book like the hilarious glossary. I suppose this lack of age targeting could be considered a weakness or a strength. Personally, I think it's a strength. The book doesn't pretend to be a comprehensive primer on chess rather; it succeeds by acting effectively as a teaser for whatever age child that might happen to pick it up. If they catch the bug (and this book is more likely than any other than I can think of to infect them with bugs) then they will likely look beyond it for other more information-based modes of instruction. Wall has a gift for reducing complex ideas in simple terms that are simultaneously entertaining as well as instructive and the accompanying illustrations are suitably wacky and eye catching. One aspect of the book that generally goes a bit further than most kid's books is the substantial section on openings. Some of these openings are hopelessly unsound, but again, as the focus is on funny patterns and the crazy names associated with certain chess openings, the book may interest a child in the opening phase in a way that dry instructions to "maintain a two pawn center" may not. All in all, this book is a winner and I only hope that Mr. Wall gets around to writing a book for adults that teaches and entertains as well as "Play Chess Like an Animal" does. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nice poem posted by Xena who runs www.GoddessChess.com Xena ( Jan Newton ) was my first stop when I did a crosscountry Chess tour 5 years ago. Jan is a very nice lady with a beautiful Chess site dedicated to Chess and Women. Jan sometimes posts my stuff. http://www.goddesschess.com/literaryagora/cassiagivesodds.html Cassia Gives Odds to a Duffer Who Wishes to Engage in a Round of Romantic Chess by Cecily Anderson Pay secure attendance To the King For it is a heavy Burdon for one piece To know so clearly That it is he Who bears the weight Of responsibility For the game- He, whose role definitively Marks him as the sole Impetus of the success Or the pitiable reason For the crucial defeat Of his kingdom Mind your king well, For he is innately unable To safeguard himself against predators His footprints are, Sorrowfully too often, Left behind as the fearful remnants Of a direct and physically close Threat to his well being His unfortunate viewpoint And singular steps mockingly Force him into becoming En prise, And more often than not- The object of desolate ruin. A threat to him results in ?check? His unforeseen doom, in a fools mate Respect the prowess of the Queen. For she is a heavy piece Who seeks the hanging of other players And saturates her pretty appetites For both protection and destruction By feeding ravenously on All imposingly eager antagonists Keep her arranged, and alert In a perching, and unseen stance ?till she pounces in unlimited direction Upon on her disparate prey Annihilating them in front Of their credulous countrymen And languid king Then, encourage her to retreat, Call ?j?adoube? And give her respite with a vigilant eye. For it is she who has the supremacy To embrace her king in secure hands Though forlornly, she too may meet her impending defeat Or her necessarily sacrificial doom And to her death or to purgatory She will go where she will remain Until a lowly praiseworthy pawn Reaches the final edges of the realm Fulfilling his soul mission That is of The celebration of her Renowned reincarnation And her reentrance into the game Be careful not allow your attentions To stray from the Good Bishop When in need of salvation For because he interposes surreptitiously under the Guise of a slanted perspective Be leery of his swift movements Which may extend to the corners of the board It is he who moves without notice, Without noise, or the expectation Of the evil enemies he seeks to destroy Though Heavenly projection He lies in wait, watching Through a lens of eternal judgment When in strategic placement He is highly capable of a Spirited, unforeseen And devilishly Long diagonal Attack of the soul Of his Opponent?s strategy Be careful not to dismiss the countergambits of The knight For though he takes only Two straight steps before turning To his side, his family forks are often Unforeseen by his enemies His agility allows him To take advantage of the outposts Resulting in a smothered mate Defeating the minds of those who Are unable to appreciate the abstract Possibility of his patterned movements His most prominent, though pagan victim Is often the rook that stands firmly In a guise of a protective fortrice Laid in his cramped, solid ground And often unexpectedly Within the Bishop?s unforeseen clutches Steer clear of the rook, For though he stands firm He is stuck within his foundation And often unable to bring To fruition the moves he Desires to make Gilding only forward and backward And side to side His vulnerability if often a tempting decoy To the deflection others As he zugzqangs Ah yes, let?s not forget the passive pawn?s ample kicks While he may be taken en passant Perhaps he serves well as a moving impediment To the desires of all pieces When a poised pawn is put to death It is often without remorse Be forewarned, however, for when in contract With the King The endgame may result In a bloody triangulation of defeat Be wary of those who play with rules Of reincarnation, for that same queened pawn May through underpromotion Earn rebirth in the form of any other Player. Take heed, gentle Duffer, When ending your round Of romantic chess For when you care to engage in Reflective post-mortem Pay secure attention to the king, For it is a heavy burden For one piece to know -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xena sending some encouragement - Saturday, January 3, 2009 2008 North American Open We were enroute back home when the North American Open started at Bally's on December 26, 2008. Too bad, I would have liked to stay and watch some of the chess. Oh well, such is life. Only a few chess femmes (as far as I can tell) participated in the 89 player Open, which was won by GM Giorgi Kacheishvili 2657 (he's listed as NY - never heard of this highly rated GM before, he cannot be an American resident, can he???) - with 6.0/7. Here are the chess femmes: 71 WIM Ruth I Haring 1936 CA) 2.5/6 79 Marian M Nita III 2120 (CA) 1.5/6 Brian Wall (2229), a chess friend from the days of Chess Goddesses website (2001-2004) finished in 51st place with 3.0/7. Way to go Brian, still slugging it out in the trenches! Dr. Eric Moskow (2229) also played in this event. He set a goal in 2007 to achieve an IM title. I'm glad to see he's still working toward that goal, finishing in a respectable 43rd position with 3.0/7. As the classes drop in ELO the chess femmes playing increase. In the U2100 (125 players): 31 Vanessa A West 2040 (CA) 4.0/7 48 Hana Itkis 2090 (NJ) 3.5/7 59 Megan Lee 1910 (WA) 3.5/7 72 Amanda R. Mateer 1987 (AZ) 3.0/7 96 Kelly Zhang 1936 (CA) 2.0/7 Posted by Jan at 10:19 AM Labels: 2008 North American Open -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.zimbeckchess.com/chess_site_013.htm David Zimbeck relates how I showed him the Anchor Punch or the Brick 1 e5 c5 2 Nh3 and he immediately played it and sacced his Queen for a nice checkmate dragging the Black King down the board like a bad dog. David Zimbeck is one of my favorite people in the world. Click and move easy to use Chessboard to follow along. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1114863991/9 A charming Chess blog site called www.ChessPub.com They mention the system Vigorito taught me- KID, Samish, Luafer-g5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://fpawn.blogspot.com/ great Chess blog by Michael Aigner f-pawn on ICC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/chess.htm One thing I don't do enough of is promote Bill Wall's Chess page. My God, he even has an article on Walls who play Chess. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 20 18:32:37 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:32:37 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] second nominee for the 2010 Francisco Baltier-Jim Budren award from Dan Holmes Message-ID: <1240273957.49ed14253a01a@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dan Holmes ----- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:53:54 -0500 From: Dan Holmes Reply-To: Dan Holmes Subject: Another dropped queen game To: Brian Wall Thought your readers might find this one interesting. I dropped a queen to a (admittedly underrated) kid rated over 700 points lower, so I wasn't about to resign and I rejected the draw, keeping in mind your maxim that weaker players make mistakes in dead lost positions... -Dan [Event "Wednesday Night G75"] [Site "Kansas City"] [Date "2008.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "McMillen, Miles"] (920) [Black "Holmes, Dan"] (1632) [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qd5 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Qd5 Bxg3 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. Qxh3+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Rh8 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f3 Rdh8 31. Rf2 Bf4 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rff1 Bf4 34. Rf2 Rh3 35. e3 Bxe3 36. Re2 Bf4 37. b4 c4 38. a3 Rxh2+ 39. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Kxh2 d3 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Ke1 c3 46. Ra1 Ke3 47. Kd1 Kxf3 48. e5 g4 49. a4 g3 50. Ra3 g2 51. Rxc3 g1=Q+ 52. Kd2 Qe3+ 53. Kd1 Kf2 54. a5 Qe1# 0-1 ----- Forwarded message from Dan Holmes ----- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Brian Wall [Event "Wednesday Night G75"] [Site "Kansas City"] [Date "2008.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "McMillen, Miles"] (920) [Black "Holmes, Dan"] (1632) [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qd5 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Qd5 Bxg3 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Ng5+ Factors for voting - 1 - the slower the game the better 2 - the higher the opponent the better 3 - the greater the negative evaluation at the time of Queen drop the better- here Dan gets a respectable -6. 4 - off the charts extra credit - only Paul Anderson has scored here - if your opponent misses the chance to win your Queen and begs for a takeback, give it to him with my blessing. 26 ... hxg5 27. Qxh3+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Rh8 I don't care who I'm playing, if White wants a draw here, it's a done deal. 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f3 Rdh8 31. Rf2 Bf4 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rff1 Bf4 34. Rf2 Position repetitions plays with people's minds even in the big leaugues. 34 ... Rh3 35. e3 Bxe3 36. Re2 Bf4 37. b4?? Hans Berliner computer value of two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank = 7 points = gaining a rook. The kid helps Dan promote his pawns. It's almost even already. It was LM Joel Johnson who said he doesn't give weaker players draws when they have winning positions because " they get very nervous ". 37 ... c4 38. a3 Rxh2+ Winning the Queen back is a mistake, pushing either of the passed pawns kills. This is where Francisco would be screaming, " Nothing is over. Nothing. You just don't turn it off! " if this was his game and he was explaining it to the Raytheon crowd. 39. Qxh2! Rxh2+ Even here grabbing the Queen is a mistake, 39 ... d3!! is better 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Kxh2 d3 42. Rd1!! By pushing his pawn AFTER trading Queen we have an equal position now. What will happen next? 42 ... Kf6!! 43. Kg2!! The Kings race to the danger zone. 43 ... Ke5!! 44. Kf2!! Kd4!! The right idea for the draw is simple- King in front of pawns, rook behind the pawns checking the King 45. Ke1?? King in front of pawns, good. Rook in front of pawns, bad. 45 ... c3!! 46. Ra1!! Ke3!! 47. Kd1!! Kxf3!! 48. e5 g4! 49. a4 g3!! 50. Ra3 g2! 51. Rxc3! g1=Q+! 52. Kd2! Qe3+! 53. Kd1! Kf2 54. a5 Qe1# 0-1 I found the equilibrium points instructive - 45 Rg1 c3 46 Ke1 Ke3 47 Kd1 and the kid could have held on but instead 45 Ke1?? blocking in his rook was disastrous. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- step by step video tutorial of the Francisco Baltier-Jim Burden award http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090420/536fd714/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 21 01:32:19 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:32:19 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ann Davies loves puns Message-ID: <1240299139.49ed7683a835d@www.taom.com> ALL PUNS INTENDED 1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. 2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything." 3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted. 4. A dyslexic man walked into a bra. 5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says: "A beer please, and one for the road." 6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?" 7. "Doc, I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home." "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" "Well, It's Not Unusual." 8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true; no bull!" exclaims Daisy. 9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either. 10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before. 11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't find any. 12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know, I amputated your arms!" ; 13. I went to a seafood disco last week... and pulled a mussel. 14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. 15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, "Dam!" 16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. 17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office, and asked them to disperse. "But why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said. "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer." 18. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and is named 'Ahmal.' The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him 'Juan.' Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal." 19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him. a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. 20. A dwarf, who was a mystic, escaped from jail. The call went out that there was a small medium at large. 21. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did. From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Tue Apr 21 10:45:24 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:45:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] second nominee for the 2010 Francisco Baltier-Jim Budren award from Dan Holmes In-Reply-To: <1240273957.49ed14253a01a@www.taom.com> References: <1240273957.49ed14253a01a@www.taom.com> Message-ID: Not a nominee, but all this talk got me to send this out. Johnson, Joel (1690) - ?????? (1690) My best swindle of all time came early in my chess career in a five round swiss tournament at the Boylston Chess Club (1974) in Boston. What really makes this incredible was not only the game, but both of us had perfect 4?0 scores and we were on board 1 playing for first place. Although I don't remember who the player was, I remember the game like I just played it, mainly because I have shown it to so many people over the years. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0?0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0?0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Qh8+?? (What a lapse, the right move is Qh7+. This is not a good position to give away a tempo.) 17...Kf7 18.Qh7 Ng6 19.Rh6 Qf6 It?s obvious that Black intends on trapping my Queen next move with 20. ? Rh8. So, what do I do? I decided my only hope is to create some problems for Black on the back rank with my Rooks. 20.Re1 Rh8 (The Queen is trapped.) 21.Qxg6+ Qxg6 22.Rxh8 b6 23.Ree8 Qg4 24.Be2 Qd4 25.h4! Taking away g5 as a possible escape square for the Black King and attempting to force a draw with 26. Bh5+ g6 followed by endless Rook checking. 25...Qe5 Black unwisely decides to give back the surplus material in hopes of being able to win the position all over again, but the resultant position is far from equal. You can only imagine what is going through his mind. How can I draw to this guy? He gave me his Queen early in the game. He can?t be very good. Certainly, I can beat him again from a position with equal material. I sure would like to win that first place prize by myself. I just can?t split that prize with this guy. 26.Rxe5 dxe5 27.Bc4 Kf6 28.Re8! At the very least, wins Black?s e-Pawn. 28. ? e4? If 28. ... Bb7 29. Re6+ followed by 30. Re5 winning a Pawn. But, the played move is much worse. 29.Ba6 Bb7 30.Re6+ Kf7 31.Bxb7 And, White won some moves later. 1?0 My friends were simply amazed. They couldn?t believe that I was down a Queen at move 22 and a mere nine moves later, I am up a piece in an ending! Needless to say, I was showing that game to friends for quite some time, which is why I remember the game so well. Thanks, Joel Johnson To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:32:37 -0600 Subject: [BrianWallChess] second nominee for the 2010 Francisco Baltier-Jim Budren award from Dan Holmes ----- Forwarded message from Dan Holmes ----- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:53:54 -0500 From: Dan Holmes Reply-To: Dan Holmes Subject: Another dropped queen game To: Brian Wall Thought your readers might find this one interesting. I dropped a queen to a (admittedly underrated) kid rated over 700 points lower, so I wasn't about to resign and I rejected the draw, keeping in mind your maxim that weaker players make mistakes in dead lost positions... -Dan [Event "Wednesday Night G75"] [Site "Kansas City"] [Date "2008.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "McMillen, Miles"] (920) [Black "Holmes, Dan"] (1632) [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qd5 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Qd5 Bxg3 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. Qxh3+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Rh8 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f3 Rdh8 31. Rf2 Bf4 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rff1 Bf4 34. Rf2 Rh3 35. e3 Bxe3 36. Re2 Bf4 37. b4 c4 38. a3 Rxh2+ 39. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Kxh2 d3 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Ke1 c3 46. Ra1 Ke3 47. Kd1 Kxf3 48. e5 g4 49. a4 g3 50. Ra3 g2 51. Rxc3 g1=Q+ 52. Kd2 Qe3+ 53. Kd1 Kf2 54. a5 Qe1# 0-1 ----- Forwarded message from Dan Holmes ----- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Brian Wall [Event "Wednesday Night G75"] [Site "Kansas City"] [Date "2008.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "McMillen, Miles"] (920) [Black "Holmes, Dan"] (1632) [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qd5 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Qd5 Bxg3 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Ng5+ Factors for voting - 1 - the slower the game the better 2 - the higher the opponent the better 3 - the greater the negative evaluation at the time of Queen drop the better- here Dan gets a respectable -6. 4 - off the charts extra credit - only Paul Anderson has scored here - if your opponent misses the chance to win your Queen and begs for a takeback, give it to him with my blessing. 26 ... hxg5 27. Qxh3+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Rh8 I don't care who I'm playing, if White wants a draw here, it's a done deal. 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f3 Rdh8 31. Rf2 Bf4 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rff1 Bf4 34. Rf2 Position repetitions plays with people's minds even in the big leaugues. 34 ... Rh3 35. e3 Bxe3 36. Re2 Bf4 37. b4?? Hans Berliner computer value of two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank = 7 points = gaining a rook. The kid helps Dan promote his pawns. It's almost even already. It was LM Joel Johnson who said he doesn't give weaker players draws when they have winning positions because " they get very nervous ". 37 ... c4 38. a3 Rxh2+ Winning the Queen back is a mistake, pushing either of the passed pawns kills. This is where Francisco would be screaming, " Nothing is over. Nothing. You just don't turn it off! " if this was his game and he was explaining it to the Raytheon crowd. 39. Qxh2! Rxh2+ Even here grabbing the Queen is a mistake, 39 ... d3!! is better 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Kxh2 d3 42. Rd1!! By pushing his pawn AFTER trading Queen we have an equal position now. What will happen next? 42 ... Kf6!! 43. Kg2!! The Kings race to the danger zone. 43 ... Ke5!! 44. Kf2!! Kd4!! The right idea for the draw is simple- King in front of pawns, rook behind the pawns checking the King 45. Ke1?? King in front of pawns, good. Rook in front of pawns, bad. 45 ... c3!! 46. Ra1!! Ke3!! 47. Kd1!! Kxf3!! 48. e5 g4! 49. a4 g3!! 50. Ra3 g2! 51. Rxc3! g1=Q+! 52. Kd2! Qe3+! 53. Kd1! Kf2 54. a5 Qe1# 0-1 I found the equilibrium points instructive - 45 Rg1 c3 46 Ke1 Ke3 47 Kd1 and the kid could have held on but instead 45 Ke1?? blocking in his rook was disastrous. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- step by step video tutorial of the Francisco Baltier-Jim Burden award http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 1 New MembersVisit Your Group Give Back Yahoo! for Good Get inspired by a good cause. Y! 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090421/3b8c63c3/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 21 11:58:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:58:12 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fruit, vegetable and underpromotion alert - Apples, Bananas, Grapess, Watermelon, Figs, Nashi, Quince, Asparagus, Beans, Beanshoots, Beetroot, Broccoli, Carrot, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Potato, Pumpkin, Snow peas, Spring onion, Sweetcorn Turnip, Zucchini and Knight Underpromotions are in season Message-ID: <1240336692.49ee09341ca21@www.taom.com> Mulyar (IM),M (2439) - Hughes,T (2272) [A24] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (2), 28.03.2009 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 d5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 e4 15.Rac1 Bg5 16.e3 d4 17.Ncxe4 dxe3 18.Nxg5 exd2 19.Nxe6 dxc1N 20.Qb7 Rxe6 21.Qxa8 Nxd3 22.Qxa7 Re1 23.Qa8 Qb6 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wall,B (2208) - Hughes,T (2272) [B20] Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (5), 29.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nc4 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nce5 d4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bc1 Bc6 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.h4 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Re1 h6 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.h5 Nxh5 23.Nh4 Nf6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Nxf3 Nd5 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 f5 29.f4 Kf7 30.Nf3 Be7 31.Kg2 Bf6 32.Nh2 a6 33.Kf2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Kg2 b4 36.Nf3 Nc7 37.Ne1 Kg6 38.Kh3 Kh5 39.Nf3 Nb5 40.Ne1 Na3 41.Bc1 g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.Bd2 Bg7 44.Bc1 Bh6 45.Kg2 g4 46.Bxh6 Kxh6 47.Kf2 Kg5 48.Ke2 f4 49.Kf2 f3 50.Kg1 Nb1 51.Kf1 Nc3 52.Kf2 Nd1+ 53.Kf1 Kf5 54.c4 bxc3 55.Nc2 Ne3+ 56.Ke1 Nxc2+ 57.Kd1 Ne3+ 58.Ke1 c2 59.Kd2 f2 60.Kc1 f1N 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 120 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.21"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Akopian"] [Black "GM_Karjakin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"] [ECO "B90"] [NIC "SI.14"] [Time "06:37:41"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 b5 17. h4 Be6 18. hxg5 Rc8 19. Rd2 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Qe3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. c3 f6 24. Qa7 Bd7 25. f3 Bg7 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Qxa6 Be6 28. Qa7 Kf7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qa8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qd7 Rh8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. a3 Rh1+ 35. Rd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Qa4+ 37. Kd2 Qb3 38. Kc1 Qb6 39. Be1 Qg1 40. g4 Qf1 41. Qe4 Ke8 42. Kd2 Kd8 43. Qe2 Qh1 44. Kc2 f5 45. gxf5 Qh3 46. Qxc4 Qxf3 47. Qd3 Qg2+ 48. Kb3 g4 49. a4 Be5 50. a5 Qg1 51. Qb5 Qxe1 52. a6 Qa1 53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qb5+ Kd8 55. Qb6+ Kc8 56. Qc6+ Kd8 57. Qa8+ Kd7 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qa8+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Kd8 61. Qb8+ Kd7 62. a7 Qd1+ 63. Kb4 Bxc3+ 64. Kxc3 Qc1+ 65. Kb3 Qd1+ 66. Kb4 Qe1+ 67. Kb5 Qf1+ 68. Kb6 Qg1+ 69. Ka6 Qa1+ 70. Kb7 Qc1 71. a8=N {White wins} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 21 20:15:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:15:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1240366532.49ee7dc422544@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:59:14 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On April 18th, Richard Buchanan held the Springs Fundraiser. Twelve folks braved the weather for the charity chess tournament. Here are the results: Score Player 4.0 Mitch Anderson 3.0 Richard Buchanan 3.0 Anthea Carson 2.5 Tom Mullikin 2.0 Tim Brennan 2.0 Matt Lasley 2.0 Dean Brown 1.5 Liz Wood 1.5 Gary Frenzel 1.0 Jerry Maier 1.0 Alexander Freeman 0.5 Kathy Schneider Game Of The Week This week's game comes from one of my few out-of-state chess tournaments. Well, actually, it comes from my only out-of-state chess tournament: The Pir Maleki Memorial, in Montezuma, NM. It is having its 15th anniversary event this Saturday. I won't be going, as I will be up in the mountains directing a different kind of tournament (http://cactusgamedesign.com/red_tournament_2009.php) for my son's hobby. Sometimes you have make sacrifices for the family to get some time for the chess hobby. With the Pir Maleki, I had to make the trip into a family camping trip that ended with a couple nights at a hotel conveniently located next to the tournament site. As they relaxed in the pool, I got to play some chess. Of course, there were some other hurdles to overcome as well. With a small child and a long car trip, I had to come up with some entertainment to keep the hostilities to a minimum. So, I wrote a series of comics that would be passed out gradually to any well-behaved child in the back seat. It was a big hit! In fact, my son loved them so much he wanted to bypass the lemonade stand and go directly into publishing comics for a living. However, I soon realized my son's excitement for business was not a spark of genius, as he wanted to sell his 8-page comic, at 10 cents per photocopy, for 50 cents. With age comes wisdom, now he has collected the old comics and put them on a DVD, which he is trying to sell on his website (http://matthew.web.home.att.net/). One of the comics included a scene with the hero, yours truly, playing an opponent at chess who will try to win at all costs. This is eerily similar to my actual experience at the Pir Maleki. I had just started playing tournament chess and was having a hard enough time just trying to play well without worrying about all the rules and etiquette. However, my opponent touched a piece that had no good move and would lose material no matter where it went. I was relieved that I was now in a good position to win a game I hadn't been playing very well. To my surprise, she announced, "Adjust," and continued to repeat this action for every piece she had on the board. I decided to leave the board and ask the TD how the touch rule might be enforced. When I returned, my clock was running and she had decided to change her move and protect her material. I was not happy, but I didn't see a good outcome about starting an argument with a young girl who was lower rated. I figured that I would take the high road and hope for some more lower-rated moves in the end game. Well, it didn't work. My clock and position were too far-gone. I lost, and now I was mad. However, the next round, I was paired with her sister. It was like a movie. The hero takes the moral victory, but loses, in the first part, and in the second part, he gets his revenge. I was going to pummel this girl from round 1 until the final bell. When the game started, I came out fast and furious. I was not going to waste any time with niceties this time. "Victory or death!" I screamed as I stood with my foot on her throat. She just replied, "Thanks for the game, you played well." I just stood in stunned silence as a thought occurred to me, "Perhaps, I have handled this wrong. I was nice to the cheater and rude to the nice one." The lessons of chess are not always about the game. Well, it doesn't look like Teanna is playing tournaments anymore but it was nice to she pulled ahead of her sister. She certainly was superior this day. See the video: Montezuma Part 3 Montezuma Part 3 (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (141) Anderson,Paul (1551) - Timmons,Teanna (1145) [A22] Pir Maleki Las Vegas, NM (4.6), 29.04.2000 [Fritz 8 (60s)] A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e3 d5 last book move 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Be6 [5...Nc6 6.Qd1 Be6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5=/+ ] 6.cxd5= Bxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd5 Nxd5 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.Nf3 Rf8 13.a3 Ba5 [13...Be7!?+/= ] 14.Ba2 Nd7 15.b4 Bb6 16.Bb2 f6 17.Rhd1 0-0-0 18.Be6 Rfe8 19.Bf5 h6 20.Rd2 Ne7 21.Bh3 Ng6 22.g3 Re7 23.Rad1 c6 24.Bf5 Ngf8 25.Nh4 Kb8 26.Ng6 [>=26.Bc2!? Ree8 27.Nf5+- ] 26...Nxg6+/- 27.Bxg6 c5 28.Bf5+- Kc7 29.Bc3 Kc6 30.a4 a6 31.Rd6+ Kc7 32.h4 Rf7 33.Kf3 [33.R6d5 Kc6+- ] 33...h5 [33...g6 34.Bxg6 Ne5+ 35.Bxe5 fxe5+ 36.Bxf7 Rxd6 37.Rxd6 Kxd6 38.bxc5+ Bxc5 39.Bc4+- ] 34.g4 hxg4+ 35.Kxg4 cxb4 36.Bxb4 g6 [36...a5 37.Ba3+- ] 37.Bxg6 Rg7 38.h5 Rgg8 39.Kf5 Rh8 40.Ke6 Nf8+ 41.Kxf6 Nxg6 [41...Nd7+ a last effort to resist the inevitable 42.Ke7 Ne5 43.Rxd8 Nc6+ 44.Kf6 Rxd8 45.Rxd8 Kxd8+- ] 42.Rxd8 [42.Kxg6?! is impossible 42...Rdg8+ 43.Kf7 Rf8+ 44.Kg7 Rfg8+ 45.Kf6 Rxh5+- ] 42...Rxd8 43.Rxd8 [43.hxg6?! is not possible 43...Rxd1 44.g7 Rg1+/- ] 43...Kxd8 44.hxg6 [44.hxg6 Kd7 45.g7 Bd8+ 46.Ke5+- ] 1-0 Upcoming Events 4/21 Josh Bloomer simul, CSCC 4/22,29 Poor Richard's April Open Final Rounds, CSCC 4/25 USAFA Quads #9, CSCC 4/25 NM Todd Bardwick Simultaneous Exhibition, CSCA 4/28 Ladder games, G/15, CSCC 5/2 Super Saturday #1 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://www.cafepress.com/cs_chess Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. 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The opening looked too dowdy to him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another Marvin Lee victory. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1472993 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2007 Kansas Open"] [Site "Bethany Library, Lindsborg, Kansas"] [Date "2007.07.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Marvin Lee"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "2204"] [PlyCount "30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bh2 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Qd3 Rxh2 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Gariko"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1618"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:05:31"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bh2 g4 Gariko was 1 hour 50 minutes faster than Marvin Lee in the 2007 Kansas Open, Round 1 in reaching this position. He also lasted 5 moves longer. 14. Qd3 Gariko skips Marvin's 14 hg hg and goes right for Qd3 14 ... Be6!!! Playing the Fishing Pole is like vacationing in Rio De Janeiro, how do you choose from so many temptations? I could have played 14 ... gh!!! 15 gh Bd7!! Other delectables - 14 ... h4!, ... a5, ... Bd7!, ... Qg5!, ... Rg8!, ... Rh7, ... Bb6, ... Rh6 surely there is something here to please anyone. 15. Kh1 Rd8 The wins are piling up like corkwood. My idea was to drive the Queen away from h3. Taking on h3 was strong along with many others. 16. Qe2 gxh3!! 17. gxh3 Bxh3!! 18. Rg1 Bg4!! 19. f3! Bxg1!! 20. Bxg1 {White resigns} 0-1 He's getting mated after 20 B:g1 Qh4+ 21 Bh2 B:f3+ 22 Q:f3 Rg8 23 Na3 Rd2 or 20 B:g1 Qh4+ 21 Kg2 Bh3+ 22 Kh1 Rg8 23 Bh2 Bg2+ or ... Rd1+ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Gariko"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1618"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:05:31"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4 Ba7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bh2 g4 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Qe2 gxh3 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. f3 Bxg1 20. Bxg1 {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am working on my next batch of 40 games, Chessbase style. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 22 12:59:41 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:59:41 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 PWC Toronto Open Chess Championship Message-ID: <1240426781.49ef691d47ca9@www.taom.com> Sambuev and Friedel win Thrilling Toronto Tournament. A few games. http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5362 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sambuev is a brute.I think R Kaufman is Larry Kaufman's son. Sambuev,B (2498) - Kaufman,R (2276) [B57] PWC Open Toronto CAN (2), 18.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Na5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.0-0 Rc8 10.Bg5 Nc4 11.b3 Nce5 12.Nd5 h6 13.Be3 e6 14.f4 exd5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qf3 Qf6 18.Qh3 Qe7 19.exd5 Bg7 20.d6 Qxd6 21.Nb5 Qa6 22.Rxf7 Qxb5 23.Rxg7 1-0 Rybka that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pgn of today's featured game [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.04.08" ] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Fred Spell"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1484"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit"] [ECO "B32"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "22:00:32"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. Qb3 Bb4 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Qf6 13. Qxf6+ gxf6 14. Bxh6+ Kf7 15. O-O b5 16. Rfd1 Ke6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rd6+ Ke7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 Raf8 22. Rxc6 1-0 Fred Resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friedel, Jess Krai, David Pruess and Sam Shanland all hang out together in California. The last thing a Master does when you attack a piece is move it. Friedel,J (2516) - Barrios,F (2244) [B00] PWC Open Toronto CAN (2), 18.04.2009 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Be4 Nde7 9.0-0 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Qc8 11.Rd1 Nd8 12.Nd4 Ne6 13.Nxe6 dxe6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Rac1 a6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Qf3 Ra7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Nf6+ Nxf6 21.Qxf6 Ra8 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Qxh8 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hikaru plays weird stuff but once you hit the endgame, forget it. Nakamura,H (2701) - Noritsyn,N (2381) [B30] PWC Open Toronto CAN (3), 18.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.a3 Bg7 5.Rb1 a5 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Ne4 f5 12.Ned2 h6 13.Nc4 f4 14.h3 g5 15.Nfd2 Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Re1 Bf5 18.Qh5 Qc7 19.b3 d5 20.a4 e6 21.Ba3 Qa7 22.Rbc1 Rf7 23.Nf3 Bf8 24.Nh2 Kh7 25.Qf3 Kg6 26.Ng4 Be7 27.Nf6 Rxf6 28.exf6 Bxf6 29.c4 Bd4 30.Qe2 Rc8 31.Bb2 f3 32.gxf3 Qg7 33.Bxd4 Qxd4 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.fxe3 Bxd3 36.Rc3 Bf5 37.e4 Bxh3 38.cxd5 cxd5 39.exd5 exd5 40.Re5 d4 41.Rcxc5 Rb8 42.Kh2 Bf1 43.Rc6+ Kh5 44.Ree6 Rh8 45.Re1 Bd3 46.Kg3 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pawn Wave Guy Sapozhnikov,R (2153) - Friedel,J (2516) [C78] PWC Open Toronto CAN (3), 18.04.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 0-0 12.Re1 Bb7 13.Be3 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.d5 Bxe3 16.Rxe3 c5 17.Nbd2 Nd7 18.Nf1 f5 19.exf5 c4 20.Bc2 Nxd5 21.Re1 Nc5 22.Qd2 Qf6 23.Nd4 Nd3 24.Bxd3 Qxd4 25.Be4 Qxd2 26.Nxd2 Nb4 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.Re6 d5 29.Nf3 Rxf5 30.Nd4 Rf6 31.Re8+ Kf7 32.Re5 Re7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.g4 Nd3 36.Re2 Nf4 37.Rd2 Kc5 38.Kf1 b4 39.Nf5 Rxf5 40.gxf5 d4 41.Ke1 d3 42.Kd1 Kd4 43.h4 h5 44.b3 cxb3 45.Kc1 Kc3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rat Defesne is very popular now repackaged as a NEW IMPROVED HIPPO. Derraugh,G - Barrios,F (2244) [B00] PWC Open Toronto CAN (4), 19.04.2009 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.0-0 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.Bh6 e5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Ne2 h6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qc3 Nc6 15.Rad1 Qf6 16.Ng3 Nc5 17.Bb5 Rfd8 18.b4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 exd4 20.e5 Qh4 21.Qd2 Ne6 22.Bf1 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Ra3 25.Ra1 Rda8 26.Rxa3 Rxa3 27.Qe2 Qf4 28.Qd1 h5 29.Bc4 h4 30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.Nf1 Qg5 32.g3 c5 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.Qe2 Qf5 35.Nd2 Rc3 36.Qb5 Bd5 37.Qe2 Rxc2 38.g4 Qf4 39.Rd1 c4 40.Qe1 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knight sac followed by a knight underpromotion. Who does Samsonkin think he is, Tyler Hughes? ( Joel Johnson complained I didn't publish the pgn. ) A beautiful game against a scary guy. If you capture a rook in the corner and promote to a Queen your point count improvment is- +5+9-1=13 If you capture a rook in the corner and promote to a Knight your point count improvment is- +5+3-1=7 so you need a very good reason to do so. Samsonkin,A (2379) - Nakamura,H (2701) [B43] PWC Open Toronto CAN (4), 19.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.a4 b6 9.Qe2 d6 10.f4 Bb7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Rae1 Nc5 13.b4 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Nd7 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.f5 e5 17.Ne6 fxe6 18.Qh5+ g6 19.fxg6 Nf6 20.g7+ Kd7 21.Qf7 Qe8 22.gxh8N Qxh8 23.Ne2 b5 24.Bg5 Qg8 25.Rxf6 Qxg5 26.Qxe6+ Kd8 27.Rc7 Qe3+ 28.Kf1 Kxc7 29.Qxe7+ Kb6 30.Qxd6+ Ka7 31.Qc7 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Something is wrong with Shablov - Shabalov,A (2569) - Milicevic,G (2280) [C02] PWC Open Toronto CAN (4), 19.04.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.h4 Bd7 9.h5 f5 10.exf6 gxf6 11.g3 Nh6 12.Bh3 0-0-0 13.0-0 Rg8 14.Re1 e5 15.Bxd7+ Rxd7 16.Nh4 e4 17.Rb1 f5 18.b4 Qf6 19.Ng2 Nc6 20.Nf1 Bd6 21.Bf4 Ng4 22.Qa4 Bxf4 23.Nxf4 b6 24.Qa6+ Kb8 25.a4 Qd6 26.a5 Nxf2 27.Kxf2 Rxg3 28.Nxd5 Rf3+ 29.Ke2 Qxd5 30.Ne3 Nxd4+ 0-1 Shabalov,A (2569) - Zenyuk,I (2305) [A49] PWC Open Toronto CAN (2), 18.04.2009 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Nbd2 dxe5 9.Nc4 Nc6 10.0-0 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.Qd2 h6 13.Rad1 ?-? This is not the Shabalov I know, Tal's little buddy. His wife's a doctor, she needs to run some tests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a solid game for all my 3 ... Qd6 friends ( Duwayne Langseth, Danielle Rice and Tom Bourie Egorov,M (2046) - Mackinnon,K [B01] PWC Open Toronto CAN (5), 19.04.2009 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.0-0 e6 9.a3 Qc7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Qd3 Rd8 13.Rad1 0-0 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.h3 Bh5 17.Qe3 h6 18.c4 Qc7 19.Rd2 Bg6 20.Ne5 Bh7 21.Rfd1 Rc8 22.Bf3 Rfd8 23.Kg2 Kf8 24.h4 Ng8 25.Bh5 g6 26.Bf3 Kg7 27.g4 Ne7 28.Re1 Bg8 29.Red1 f6 30.Nd3 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Nc5 Ng6 33.Ne4 e5 34.Ng3 Nh4+ 35.Kg1 exd4 36.Rxd4 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Re8 38.Re4 Re5 39.Be2 Bh7 40.Rxe5 Qxe5 41.Qxe5 fxe5 42.f3 Kf6 43.Kf2 Ke6 44.Bf1 Bc2 45.Ke3 Bg6 46.Kf2 Bc2 47.Ke3 Bg6 ?-? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note to self- playing the Leningrad Dutch against Nakamura- bad idea. Nakamura,H (2701) - Barron,M (2252) [A85] PWC Open Toronto CAN (5), 19.04.2009 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.h5 Nxh5 6.e4 fxe4 7.Rxh5 gxh5 8.Qxh5+ Kf8 9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Qxh6+ Kg8 11.Qg5+ Kf7 12.Nxe4 Qg8 13.Qf4+ Ke8 14.Qxc7 Nc6 15.0-0-0 Qg6 16.Re1 Kf7 17.d5 Nb4 18.Nf3 d6 19.Neg5+ Kg8 20.Qd8+ Kg7 21.Rxe7+ Kh6 22.Nf7+ Kh5 23.Re5+ dxe5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone after my own heart. Hambleton delays mate until he can do it with a pawn for maximum humiliation. There is a kid in Devon's class who refuses to checkmate kids until he has every last pawn and piece. Josh Smith said the first thing I ever said to him was, " Please don't resign! " I once tortured a guy in the Mohadnock marathon for over 300 moves. Another personal favorite was underpromoting to a bishop and knight with under 30 seconds on my clock. My GM victim was impressed -"Bravo!". Hambleton,A (2052) - Abrahams,D [A59] PWC Open Toronto CAN (5), 19.04.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.h3 Bg7 11.Kg1 0-0 12.Kh2 Nb6 13.Re1 Nfd7 14.Qc2 Nc4 15.Nb5 Nde5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.a4 c4 19.Bc3 Nd3 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Rfc8 22.b4 Nxf2 23.Nd4 Nd3 24.b5 Ne5 25.a5 Qc5 26.Rb2 Rcb8 27.b6 Ra6 28.Rb5 Qc8 29.Ra4 Qd7 30.Rxc4 Nxc4 31.Qxc4 Raa8 32.Nc6 f5 33.exf5 Kf8 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Rb3 Kg8 36.Rg3 Kg7 37.Qe4 Qe8 38.Nxe7 Rxa5 39.Rxg6+ Qxg6 40.Qxg6+ Kf8 41.Qg8+ Kxe7 42.Qxb8 Rxd5 43.Qb7+ Ke6 44.Qxd5+ Kxd5 45.b7 Ke4 46.b8Q d5 47.Kg3 d4 48.Qb3 d3 49.Kf2 d2 50.Qe3+ Kf5 51.Qxd2 Kg6 52.g4 Kh7 53.Qg5 Kh8 54.Kf3 Kh7 55.Kf4 Kh8 56.Kf5 Kh7 57.Kf6 Kh8 58.h4 Kh7 59.Qc5 Kh6 60.h5 Kh7 61.g5 Kh8 62.g6 Kg8 63.h6 Kh8 64.Qe5 Kg8 65.h7+ Kf8 66.g7# 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looks like my last game with Fred Spell Richardson,R (1899) - Itkin,D [B33] PWC Open Toronto CAN (5), 19.04.2009 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 e5 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e4 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 h6 9.a3 d6 10.h3 Nh5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Nd5 Kh8 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.b5 Ne7 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Qxh5 Qe8 17.Qxe5 Ra4 18.Bb3 f6 19.Qg3 Rxe4 20.Qf3 Nf5 21.Bd5 Re7 22.a4 Nd4 23.Qd3 Ne2+ 24.Kh1 Rd7 25.Be3 Qh5 26.Qa3 Re8 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 22 14:37:40 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:37:40 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Third nominee for the 2010 Francisco Baltier-Jim Budren award from Joel Johnson Message-ID: <1240432660.49ef801476fe8@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:45:24 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] second nominee for the 2010 Francisco Baltier-Jim Budren award from Dan Holmes To: Brian Wall , brianwallchess at yahoogroups.com, chess_improvement at yahoogroups.com, brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Not a nominee, but all this talk got me to send this out. Johnson, Joel (1690) - ?????? (1690) My best swindle of all time came early in my chess career in a five round swiss tournament at the Boylston Chess Club (1974) in Boston. What really makes this incredible was not only the game, but both of us had perfect 4?0 scores and we were on board 1 playing for first place. Although I don't remember who the player was, I remember the game like I just played it, mainly because I have shown it to so many people over the years. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0?0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0?0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Qh8+?? (What a lapse, the right move is Qh7+. This is not a good position to give away a tempo.) 17...Kf7 18.Qh7 Ng6 19.Rh6 Qf6 It?s obvious that Black intends on trapping my Queen next move with 20. Rh8. So, what do I do? I decided my only hope is to create some problems for Black on the back rank with my Rooks. 20.Re1 Rh8 (The Queen is trapped.) 21.Qxg6+ Qxg6 22.Rxh8 b6 23.Ree8 Qg4 24.Be2 Qd4 25.h4! Taking away g5 as a possible escape square for the Black King and attempting to force a draw with 26. Bh5+ g6 followed by endless Rook checking. 25...Qe5 Black unwisely decides to give back the surplus material in hopes of being able to win the position all over again, but the resultant position is far from equal. You can only imagine what is going through his mind. How can I draw to this guy? He gave me his Queen early in the game. He can?t be very good. Certainly, I can beat him again from a position with equal material. I sure would like to win that first place prize by myself. I just can?t split that prize with this guy. 26.Rxe5 dxe5 27.Bc4 Kf6 28.Re8! At the very least, wins Black?s e-Pawn. 28. e4? If 28. ... Bb7 29. Re6+ followed by 30. Re5 winning a Pawn. But, the played move is much worse. 29.Ba6 Bb7 30.Re6+ Kf7 31.Bxb7 And, White won some moves later. 1?0 My friends were simply amazed. They couldn?t believe that I was down a Queen at move 22 and a mere nine moves later, I am up a piece in an ending! Needless to say, I was showing that game to friends for quite some time, which is why I remember the game so well. Thanks, Joel Johnson Joel Johnson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Dan Holmes ----- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:53:54 -0500 From: Dan Holmes Reply-To: Dan Holmes Subject: Another dropped queen game To: Brian Wall Thought your readers might find this one interesting. I dropped a queen to a (admittedly underrated) kid rated over 700 points lower, so I wasn't about to resign and I rejected the draw, keeping in mind your maxim that weaker players make mistakes in dead lost positions... -Dan [Event "Wednesday Night G75"] [Site "Kansas City"] [Date "2008.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "McMillen, Miles"] (920) [Black "Holmes, Dan"] (1632) [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qd5 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Qd5 Bxg3 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. Qxh3+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Rh8 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f3 Rdh8 31. Rf2 Bf4 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rff1 Bf4 34. Rf2 Rh3 35. e3 Bxe3 36. Re2 Bf4 37. b4 c4 38. a3 Rxh2+ 39. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Kxh2 d3 42. Rd1 Kf6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Ke1 c3 46. Ra1 Ke3 47. Kd1 Kxf3 48. e5 g4 49. a4 g3 50. Ra3 g2 51. Rxc3 g1=Q+ 52. Kd2 Qe3+ 53. Kd1 Kf2 54. a5 Qe1# 0-1 ----- Forwarded message from Dan Holmes ----- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Brian Wall [Event "Wednesday Night G75"] [Site "Kansas City"] [Date "2008.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "McMillen, Miles"] (920) [Black "Holmes, Dan"] (1632) [Result "0-1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 h6 7. Bf4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be5 d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nf3 g6 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qd5 Rad8 23. Qc4 Bd6 24. Qd5 Bxg3 25. Qb3 Bc7 26. Ng5+ Factors for voting - 1 - the slower the game the better 2 - the higher the opponent the better 3 - the greater the negative evaluation at the time of Queen drop the better- here Dan gets a respectable -6. 4 - off the charts extra credit - only Paul Anderson has scored here - if your opponent misses the chance to win your Queen and begs for a takeback, give it to him with my blessing. 26 ... hxg5 27. Qxh3+ Kg7 28. Rab1 Rh8 I don't care who I'm playing, if White wants a draw here, it's a done deal. 29. Qg2 Rh5 30. f3 Rdh8 31. Rf2 Bf4 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rff1 Bf4 34. Rf2 Position repetitions plays with people's minds even in the big leaugues. 34 ... Rh3 35. e3 Bxe3 36. Re2 Bf4 37. b4?? Hans Berliner computer value of two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank = 7 points = gaining a rook. The kid helps Dan promote his pawns. It's almost even already. It was LM Joel Johnson who said he doesn't give weaker players draws when they have winning positions because " they get very nervous ". 37 ... c4 38. a3 Rxh2+ Winning the Queen back is a mistake, pushing either of the passed pawns kills. This is where Francisco would be screaming, " Nothing is over. Nothing. You just don't turn it off! " if this was his game and he was explaining it to the Raytheon crowd. 39. Qxh2! Rxh2+ Even here grabbing the Queen is a mistake, 39 ... d3!! is better 40. Rxh2 Bxh2 41. Kxh2 d3 42. Rd1!! By pushing his pawn AFTER trading Queen we have an equal position now. What will happen next? 42 ... Kf6!! 43. Kg2!! The Kings race to the danger zone. 43 ... Ke5!! 44. Kf2!! Kd4!! The right idea for the draw is simple- King in front of pawns, rook behind the pawns checking the King 45. Ke1?? King in front of pawns, good. Rook in front of pawns, bad. 45 ... c3!! 46. Ra1!! Ke3!! 47. Kd1!! Kxf3!! 48. e5 g4! 49. a4 g3!! 50. Ra3 g2! 51. Rxc3! g1=Q+! 52. Kd2! Qe3+! 53. Kd1! Kf2 54. a5 Qe1# 0-1 I found the equilibrium points instructive - 45 Rg1 c3 46 Ke1 Ke3 47 Kd1 and the kid could have held on but instead 45 Ke1?? blocking in his rook was disastrous. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- step by step video tutorial of the Francisco Baltier-Jim Burden award http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- I couldn't make any sense out of Joel's notes so I'll write my own. One thing I liked about Dan Holmes' game is that Larry Christiansen also won with two connected passed pawns making up for the Queen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ notes by Brian [Event "Boylston Chess Club"] [Site "Boston, Mass., USA"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Joel Johnson"] [Black "stubborn B-player"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano: Therkatz-Herzog variation"] [ECO "C54"] [NIC "IG.02"] [Time "13:10:18"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rh4 f5 This line goes back to 1916 and every fresh generation of 1600 kids memorize this. I did when I was 1600 and so did Jesse Cohen when he came of age. We couldn't play good Chess or write good poetry but we could absorb and memorize those who did. This line of the Moeller Attack has been played 115 times and that is not counting one million scholastic games. 17. Qh8+?? TL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Theoretical Lemon ( Jack Young's term invented in New England after this game ) by Joel Johnson. Fritz says 17 Be2! is equal. Played 13 times. I seem to remember 20 years ago Soltis recommending the Keres move, 17 Rh3, played 25 times. That was my last theoretical contact with this line which is why I avoided all this against Mulyar in the 2009 Colorado Closed and why I searched for obscure ways to draw. 17 Qh7+ Kf7 18 Rh6 played 40 times 17 Qh7+ Kf7 18 Be2 played once 17 Qh7+ Kf7 18 Qh5+ 5 times 17 Qh7+ Kf7 18 Re1 played 3 times 17 Re1 played 3 times by losing a tempo Joel is down a piece for nothing now. 17 ... Kf7! 18. Qh7 Ng6!! Attacking the h4-rook and threatening to trap Joel's Queen. What a huge mess only two moves out of theory. 19. Rh6!! Very bad but anything else is a piece worse. 19 ... Qf6 19 ... Qg5!!! is very forcing, roughly a rook ahead. 19 ... Nf4!! is very good but the lines are weird - 19 ... Nf4!! 20 h4 Qe7 21 g3 Ke8!! unpinning an attack on the rook 20. Re1 Rh8!!! Best, simple and direct. Joel's opponent comes out a rook ahead for two pawns after 20 Re1 Qg5 21 R:g6 Q:g6 22 Re7+ Kf6 23 Q:h4+ Qg5 24 Q:g5+ K:g5 25 R:g7+ Kf6 26 R:c7 21. Qxg6+ Joel is just a piece down after 21 Q:h8 N:h8 22 R:f6+ gf 21 Q:h8 N:h8 22 R:h8! Q:b2 23 Ree8 Qa1+ 24 Bf1 Bd7 25 R:a8 Bb5 does not work out too well. 21 Q:h8 N:h8 22 R:h8 Q:b2 23 Rhe8 b5 24 Bb3 Bb7 among others is one simple way out of the bind. 21 ... Qxg6! 22. Rxh8! Joel has a Rook for the Queen and the position is tricky. Humans hate pins. The best plan for Black is to forget about the pin and just treat the position like Queen versus Rook and Bishop. Just start raiding the Queenside pawns with the Queen. 22 ... b6 Emotionally understandable to break the pin at any cost but not the best way to deal with the situation. 23. Ree8!! Maybe Joel considered 23 Bb5 Bb7?? 24 R:a8 B:a8 25 Be8+!! winning but he didn't like 23 Bb5 Bd7!! or ... Ba6!! 23 ... Qg4!! Best but the win is almost gone already 24. Be2!! Qd4!! Only move with a prayer of winning, Joel is about to close in a perpetual check net with h4 25. h4 25 Rhf8+!! Kg6 26 Re3!! Q:e3!! 27 fe Bb7!! forces a winning ending for Black after a Rook trade and ... Ke5 Joel avoids clear losses and fishes in deep, murky water You can see the teenaged Master mind developing before your eyes. 25 ... Qe5???? A hideous decision born of frustration because Joel refuses to die. Joel would be pretty helpless after 25 ... Bb7!! giving up a bishop to trade one rook off and then mopping up with Queen versus Rook and Bishop. 25 ... B:a6!, ... Q:d5!, ... g6! and ... Bd7 are not as convincing. 26. Rxe5 Joel was too ecstatic to get the Queen back - He probably did not examine 26 Rhf8+! or Bh5+! squeezing a little more out of the position 26 ... dxe5! 27. Bc4!! Now 27 ... Bb7 28 d6+ is an issue. The pin remains! 27 ... Bb7 28 d6+ Kf6 29 R:a8 B:a8 30 dc Bb7 may be drawn anyway. 27 ... Kf6 28. Re8!! e4 29. Ba6!! The pin got him in the end. 29 ... Bb7 30. Re6+ Kf7 31. Bxb7 1-0 in about 10 more moves Nice comeback definitely in the spirit of the award. High marks because both players were ambitious young players fighting hard for first place money. This is probably the first and last time I will see a Jim Burden-Francisco Baltier award decide a tournament!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Boylston Chess Club"] [Site "Boston, Mass., USA"] [Date "1974.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Joel Johnson"] [Black "stubborn B-player"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Opening "Giuoco Piano: Therkatz-Herzog variation"] [ECO "C54"] [NIC "IG.02"] [Time "13:10:18"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 O-O 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rh4 f5 17. Qh8+ Kf7 18. Qh7 Ng6 19. Rh6 Qf6 20. Re1 Rh8 21. Qxg6+ Qxg6 22. Rxh8 b6 23. Ree8 Qg4 24. Be2 Qd4 25. h4 Qe5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Bc4 Kf6 28. Re8 e4 29. Ba6 Bb7 30. Re6+ Kf7 31. Bxb7 1-0 in about 10 more moves -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1916.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Ehms,B"] [Black "Agthe"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0-0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Re1 Qe8 18.Qh7+ Kf7 19.Rh6 Rg8 20.Be2 Ng6 21.Qxg6+ Kf8 22.Qxe8+ Kxe8 23.Bh5+ Kd8 24.Rh7 g6 25.Bd1 b5 26.Ree7 Re8 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Rxc7 Bd7 29.Bc2 Kd8 30.Rc3 Ke7 31.g4 Kf6 32.Rc7 Rc8 33.Rxd7 Rxc2 34.Rxd6+ Ke5 35.Rxg6 fxg4 36.Ra6 Rxb2 37.d6 Rd2 38.Kg2 Rxd6 39.Rxa7 Kf4 40.Rf7+ Kg5 41.f4+ gxf3+ 42.Kxf3 Rd2 43.Rg7+ Kf5 44.Rg2 Rd3+ 45.Kf2 Ra3 46.Kg1 b4 47.h4 b3 48.axb3 Rxb3 49.Kh2 Rb4 50.Kh3 Rb3+ 1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Amsterdam m1"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1919.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Euwe,Max"] [Black "Kroone,Gerard"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0-0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Rh4+ Kg8 16.Qh5 f5 17.Re1 Re8 18.Re6 Kf8 19.Be2 Bxe6 20.dxe6 Ng6 21.Qxg6 Qf6 22.Qxf6+ gxf6 23.Rh7 Kg8 24.Rd7 Rad8 25.Bc4 Kh8 26.Rf7 d5 27.e7 dxc4 28.exd8=Q Rxd8 29.Kf1 Rd2 30.Rxc7 Rxb2 31.Rxc4 Rxa2 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Rc7+ Kg6 34.Rxb7 a5 35.Ra7 a4 36.g3 a3 37.Kg2 Ra1 38.Kf3 a2 39.h4 Kh5 40.Kf4 Kg6 41.h5+ Kxh5 42.Kxf5 Kh6 43.Kxf6 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Hastings-C"] [Site "Hastings"] [Date "1919.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Euwe,Max"] [Black "O'Hanlon,John"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0-0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Rh4+ Kg8 16.Qh5 f5 17.Re1 Ng6 18.Rh3 f4 19.Re6 Rf6 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Qh8+ Nxh8 22.Rxh8+ Kf7 23.Rxd8 c6 24.Ree8 Bd7 25.dxc6+ Be6 26.Bxe6+ Rxe6 27.Rxa8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8 Kxe8 29.cxb7 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Keres,Paul"] [Black "Kunerth,Werner Eberhard"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0-0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Rh3 Bd7 18.Re1 Rf6 19.Qh7+ Kf7 20.Rg3 Ng6 21.Re6 Bxe6 22.dxe6+ Kf8 23.e7+ Kxe7 24.Qxg7+ Ke8 25.Rxg6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Keres,Paul"] [Black "Sachsenmaier,F"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C54"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 0-0 14.Nxh7 Kxh7 15.Qh5+ Kg8 16.Rh4 f5 17.Rh3 Qe8 18.Qh7+ Kf7 19.Be2 Rh8 20.Qxh8 Qxh8 21.Rxh8 Nxd5 22.Bc4 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I played frisbee in the park with my son for 3 hours yesterday morning. He liked Ann Davies' fish pun best. What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh --------------------------------------------------------------------------- not really a candidate for UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com but I see the group as dedicated to the odd and strange, like a Freaky Tobacco shop. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090422/0dc5758f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 22 17:48:50 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:48:50 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 19 year old California Chessmaster Landon Brownwell dies in car accident. Message-ID: <1240444130.49eface23caa6@www.taom.com> http://fpawn.blogspot.com/2009/04/landon-brownell-1989-2009.html Tuesday, April 21 Landon Brownell 1989-2009 NM Landon Brownell passed away this morning after a car accident. (Update: The crash occurred near Bakersfield, California at about midnight on Monday night.) He was 19 years old, spending much of his life in Corvallis, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona. Landon's claim to fame came in 2006 when he won the National High School Championship. He was a key member of the Catalina Foothills High School (Tucson) dynasty coached by FM Robby Adamson. You can read Robby's tribute on Chess Life Online. Landon's final chess ratings were 2255 USCF and 2283 FIDE. He was also a US Champion and a 7 dan at Go. Although he played for an Arizona school, I saw Landon frequently, either at nationals or at tournaments in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. He was a fierce competitor yet a gentle and social person. Landon defeated my student David Chock on board 1 in the final round of the 2006 nationals and shared first place with NM Daniel Schwarz at the 2007 nationals blitz. He also faced some other local juniors, most notably Michael Zhong. If there is a lesson for all of us to learn, it is this: Do not drive while sleepy. A life taken way too soon. Rest In Peace Landon Brownell. Posted by fpawn at 4:23 PM Labels: Adamson, Brownell from Michael Aigner's blog From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 22 17:50:43 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:50:43 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Arther Watts revives Latvian Gambit Message-ID: <1240444243.49efad531f1eb@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Arther Watts ----- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:03:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Arther Watts Reply-To: Arther Watts To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com [Event "Clan challenge"] [Site "http://www.timeforchess.com"] [Date "2009.03.26"] [EndDate "2009.04.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Ice Cold"] [Black "putnah"] [WhiteRating "1833"] [BlackRating "1686"] [WhiteELO "1833"] [BlackELO "1686"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "6151948"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 f5 3. Bf1c4 fxe4 4. Nf3xe5 d5 5. Qd1h5 g6 6. Ne5xg6 hxg6 7. Qh5xg6 Ke8d7 8. Bc4xd5 Ng8f6 9. Bd5xe4 Qd8e7 10. Nb1c3 Rh8g8 11. Qg6f5 Kd7d8 12. Qf5f3 Nb8c6 13. O-O Nc6e5 14. Qf3e2 Nf6xe4 15. Nc3xe4 Bc8g4 16. f3 Bg4h3 17. Rf1f2 a5 18. d4 Ne5c6 19. Qe2b5 Kd8c8 20. Bc1g5 Qe7g7 21. gxh3 Qg7xd4 22. c3 Qd4d7 23. Ne4f6 Rg8xg5 24. Qb5xg5 Qd7f7 25. Qg5f5 1-0 1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 f5 3. Bf1c4 fxe4 4. Nf3xe5 d5 5. Qd1h5 g6 6. Ne5xg6 hxg6 7. Qh5xg6... it is worth noting here that QxRh8 is also a line, a quick check at chesslive.com showed me that white's Q is out of play om h8, his K is in the center, I also saw that white's Q will get pushed around, but white's only hope to keep the initiative is to take the g pawn with check.? My main idea is to keep my Queen central, and try to keep it active. Multi task her if possible .................Ke8d7 8. Bc4xd5 Ng8f6 9. Bd5xe4 Qd8e7 10. Nb1c3 Rh8g8 11. Qg6f5... This move gives me time to protect my g pawn since remember the B on e4 is hanging and pinned ............... Kd7d8 12. Qf5f3 Nb8c6 13. O-O Nc6e5 14. Qf3e2 Nf6xe4 15. Nc3xe4 Bc8g4 16. f3 Bg4h3 17. Rf1f2...Moves the rook off the f1-h3 diagonal and covers the g2 aquare ............. a5 18. d4 Ne5c6 19. Qe2b5 The multi task move, not only hits the b pawn but supports g5 ............. Kd8c8 20. Bc1g5 Qe7g7 21. gxh3... looks dangerous, but I can lose the Bishop on g5 and still have 3 pawns for the Knight .......... Qg7xd4 22. c3 Qd4d7 23. Ne4f6... in my opinion this is the fatal blow .............. Rg8xg5 24. Qb5xg5 Qd7f7 25. Qg5f5 1-0 ( 25...Kb8 26. Nd7+ wins black's Q while 25...Kd8 26. R(a1)e1 is fatal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 23 00:01:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:01:22 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fourth entry - 2010 Burden - Baltier award Message-ID: <1240466482.49f00432a1d35@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:25:48 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Fw: [BrianWallChess] second nominee for the 2010 Francisco Baltier-Jim Budren award from Dan Holmes To: Brian Wall Here is an entry into the Baltier-Burden award contest: Paul Anderson - Rat Salad [E81] Friendly Game, 5m + 0s Caf?, 22.04.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bd3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Nh3 a5 9.Bg5 Nc5 10.Nf2 Qe8 11.Qd2 Nfd7 12.Bh6 f5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qg5 f4 15.Ng4 Nf6 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Bc2 Qf7 19.h4 g5 20.Qxg5+ Rg6 21.Qd8+ Kg7 22.Rh2 b6 23.0-0-0 Bb7 24.Qg5 Rxg5 25.hxg5 -3 for Paul 25 ... Qg6 26.Rdh1 Rh8 27.Rh5 Ba6 28.b3 a4 29.Kb2 Qe8 30.Rh6 Bc8 31.b4 Na6 32.a3 Bd7 33.g6 Qb8 34.Rxh7+ +1 for Paul 34 ... Rxh7 35.Rxh7+ Kxg6 36.Rxd7 Qc8 37.Bxa4 Kf6 38.Bb5 Nb8 39.Rh7 Qg8 40.Rh6+ Ke7 41.Rh2 Qg3 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Rxc7 Qxg2+ 44.Kb3 Qxf3 45.Rc8 Qd3 46.Rxb8 f3 47.Bd7 f2 48.Rf8+ Ke7 49.Rxf2 Kxd7 50.Rf7+ Kd8 51.Rb7 Time 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Anderson - Rat Salad [E81] Friendly Game, 5m + 0s Caf?, 22.04.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bd3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Nh3 a5 9.Bg5 Nc5 10.Nf2 Qe8 11.Qd2 Nfd7 12.Bh6 f5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qg5 f4 15.Ng4 Nf6 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Bc2 Qf7 19.h4 g5 20.Qxg5+ Rg6 21.Qd8+ Kg7 22.Rh2 b6 23.0-0-0 Bb7 24.Qg5 Rxg5 25.hxg5 Qg6 26.Rdh1 Rh8 27.Rh5 Ba6 28.b3 a4 29.Kb2 Qe8 30.Rh6 Bc8 31.b4 Na6 32.a3 Bd7 33.g6 Qb8 34.Rxh7+ Rxh7 35.Rxh7+ Kxg6 36.Rxd7 Qc8 37.Bxa4 Kf6 38.Bb5 Nb8 39.Rh7 Qg8 40.Rh6+ Ke7 41.Rh2 Qg3 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Rxc7 Qxg2+ 44.Kb3 Qxf3 45.Rc8 Qd3 46.Rxb8 f3 47.Bd7 f2 48.Rf8+ Ke7 49.Rxf2 Kxd7 50.Rf7+ Kd8 51.Rb7 Time 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 23 10:04:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:04:31 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Move Technique Guy Message-ID: <1240502671.49f0918ff2a6e@www.taom.com> http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/news/emails/movetechguy/1.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's no biggie but Chris posted this to our website. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Move Technique Guy All Chessmasters have good move technique, I don't know any sloppy, careless players over 2200. What about under 2200? There are only three players in Colorado under 2200 that have good techniqe from what I can see. 1 - Duwayne Langseth had no one to play with growing up in rural North Dakota so he played a lot of correspondence Chess. Duwyane plays carefully, thoughtfully, thoroughly and teaches many Chess kids to do the same. I never see Duwayne drop a piece like lucky Paul Anderson every fourth game. 2 - Mitch Anderson moves like a computer, in fact, he told me he wouldn't even play a move if he thought his computer would not like it. He consistently found brilliant moves against me in a Belgrade Gambit and won very efficiently. He tends not to miss things. 3 - Mitesh Shridhar. When he was about 14 I told Mitesh that he can lose any position. Mispronouncing words is a sign of someone reading more than socializing. Mitesh would get overwhelming positions due to raw talent and somehow throw them away inexplicably. Eventually Shridhar's head grew big enough to cram in a Roget's thesaurus and some endgame technique. You can see Mitesh straining to consider every legal move and not miss anything. James Drebenstedt looks like he is about to burst trying to find the right move when he plays but he is probably really thinking about Martial Arts combinations. Playing carefully does not make up for talent, skill or judgement. It cannot help you evaluate a position. It does tend to maximize your rating compared to your ability. Careful checking can still lead to a 25th best move selection if the position is too tactically complex or strategically dense or if you can't figure out the main idea. Careful checking will eliminate 95% of blunders, moves that are obvious after the game. I have a hard time choosing which of the 3 has the best move technique. Duwayne's been at it a long time so he wins the longevity award. His main problem is rigidity of thinking, a tidiness, a love of long term advantages like strucure over activity. Duwayne's been working hard to improve. His son Rhett is also making giant strides. As for the youngbloods, who would I really trust to find a non-obvious move? I would have to give the nod to Mitesh,the young man is a relentless machine when it comes to move selection. Mitch and Mitesh are rated roughly the same so maybe they will work out the solution between themselves. Mitch just played in the 2009 Colorado Closed which is quite an honor. Renard Anderson is around my age, when we were 5 we didn't know it but lived a few blocks away from each other on the Hudson River where the plane went down. We are both Bobby Fischer babies. Renard has been 2400 and played lot of big tournaments, probably beaten several Grandmasters. What happens when Renard Anderson meets the Move Technique Guy, Mitesh Shridhar? For a few days I had no phone and no internet connection. What did I do? Take away my choices, give me one woman to live with, I thrive. Give me infinite time, infinite choices and infinite women to choose from, I flounder. I was bored out of my mind so I played over every game in the Colorado Informant. When I was a kid before computers I would play over all the games on a Chessboard from the Informant or Chess Life and Review. I found two games I liked and I was also impressed with Jeff Baffo's play. This is the game I liked the best out of the whole Informant because it confirms my theory of Mitesh Shridhar, my 2007 Denver Open Co-Champion, as the Move Technique Guy. He laid out the field in the Loveland Open, winning by 1.5 points in a 4 round tournament. Very impressive. Mitesh is third in the Colorado Grand Prix Tour behind TD Klaus Johnson and Correspondence god Jeff Baffo. Norbert Martinez won clear firs in the Reserve Section. Ann Davies held onto her 1600 rating with two wins, a draw and a bye. After I played over all the Informant games, I started tinkering around with Chessbase and that's where those 80 annotated games on my new website came from. [Event "2009 Loveland Open"] [Site "Loveland, Colorado"] [Date "2009.02.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Renard Anderson"] [Black "Mitesh Shridhar"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2222"] [BlackElo "2058"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"] [ECO "B35"] [NIC "SI.33"] [Time "21:41:00"] [TimeControl "40/2 G/1"] 2009 Loveland Open February 8, 2009 Last Money Round 4 Dragon Defense 40/2 G/1 ( I am guessing ) Cold weather ( I am guessing ) White - Renard Anderson 2211 Black - Mitesh Shridhar 2058 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3! Nc6! 3. d4 cxd4! 4. Nxd4! g6 5. Nc3 Bg7! Renard Anderson on the Dragon, Yugoslav Attack - " We used to work those positions out for months, now we just let Rybka crank. " 6. Be3! Nf6! 7. Bc4 O-O! 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4! 10. Nxa4! Nxe4! Played at least 183 times 11. f3 Played twice before. 11 c3 Played 4 times 11 Nb5 played 151 times by Sax, Svidler ( losing once to Topalov 10 years ago ), Bologan ( thrice ), Igor Nataf ( twice ), Judit Polgar, Marie Sebag, Tatiana Kosintseva, Zigurd Lanka ( thrice ), Friso Nijboer, Cheparinov, Magnus Carlsen, Karjakin. Quite a pedigree. 11 Ne2 Never played 11 c4 Never played 11 Re1 played once 11 N:c6 played 21 times 11 Qe2 Never played 11 Qe1 Never played 11 Nf3 Never played 11 Qd3 played once 11 ... Nxd4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Mitesh Shridhar. 11 ... Nd6!! never played 11 ... Nf6! played twice 12. Bxd4! Bxd4+!! 12 ... Nf6!, ... Nd6 13. Qxd4! Nd6! I can't wait to see Shridhar's elaborate plan to unearth his buried bishop. 14. Rfe1!! Nf5!! 15. Qf2!! b5 Moving his second remaining pawn. Setting out on a treacherous journey to free his bishop. 15 ... Ra5, ... d6 and ... Bd7 was more circumspect. 16. Nc3!! Renard has been playing near perfect Chess. Mitesh has problems finding a knight outpost, developing his bishop and hanging onto his pawns. 16 ... Rb8! 16 ... Ra5!!, ... e6-d5 to restrict Renard's bishop is another plan but that looks weird to a human. 17. Rad1!! 17 Bd5!! 17 ... Re8 18. g4 Nd6! 19. Qd4 Renard is a good calculator but he lack the complusive risk-taking Irish gene. I might have chosen 19 R:d6!? ed 20 Ne4! and spent the rest of the game laughing at Shridhar's pawns. The simple 19 Nd5!! will win a pawn after 20 N:e7 and 21 R:d6. 19 Nd5!! e6 20 Qg3 forces a trade of knights with further pawn deterioration of Shridhar's pawn structure. 19 Nd5!! Nc4 20 Qh4!! f6 21 g5!! is too much pressure The immediate 19 Nd5!! is very strong - Renard's move was intended to make Nd5 even better next move. 20 Qf4! is also a potent threat. 19 ... Bb7!! 20. Kg2 20 Qf4! would guard the f3-pawn and threaten 21 R:d6 but Renard has already shown he doesn't believe in that sac. 20 ... Bc6!! 21. a4? Renard is trying to win without risk but Mitesh is hanging tough and the game has been in an upward trend for the Indian wunderkind since Renard missed all his chances in the critical moment on move 19. 21 Nd5! or 21 Bd5! would leave Renard with a nominal advantage. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shakespeare put it this way - Brutus: There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218?224 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 ... bxa4!! 22. Nxa4! Qa5!! This is the great frustration of playing a move technique freak like Rybka or Mitesh. Even when you have a great position they just keep hitting you with tough, consistent moves until you can't take it any move and glitch out. 23. Re5! Rb5!! 24. Nc5! Rb4!! When a caterpillar becomes a butterfly he fights the change at first and eventually succumbs and disintegrates. Like Kramnik before him, watch as Renard's long reign melts and the Indian Butterfly emerges fully grown from the chrysalis. 25. Qe3? It's all bad. 25 Qd2 Qa8!! or ... R:g4+! 25 Qc3 Nb5!! or ... R:g4+! 25 Nd3 R:d4! 26 R:a5 Nc4!!, ... R:g4+! or ... Nb7! 25 Qf2 R:g4+!! or Nc4! 25 ... Rxg4+! There is a messy, more complicated win with 25 ... Nc4!! working off Renard's awkward pieces on the fifth rank. 25 ... Nc4!! 26 B:c4! R:c4! 27 c3 Qc7!, ... f6! or ... R:g4+ 26. Kf2?? It's hard for any human to embrace the insanity of 26 Kh3!! Nc4 27 B:c4 R:c4 28 Nb7 Qa8 29 Nd6 B:f3 30 Rd2 Bg4+!! or ... f6! with the better game for Mitesh but now it's GAME OVER. 26 ... Nc4!!! Mih-Taysh has two pieces dangling but he saves them with tactics. 27. Bxc4! Rxc4! 28. Nxd7! Rxc2+! Mitesh used to throw games like this away, especially to strong players like Renard but he's learned his lesson and is a full plate of spicy curry now. Renard plays on for 36 more moves but Mitesh is remorseless. 29. Kg1 Qc7!! 29 ... Qa4!! Renard is centralized, Mitesh is coordinated. 30. Nc5! Rxb2 30 ... B:f3!! 31. Nd3! Rb3!! Two pawns up and all in one solid pawn island. 32. Qc5! Qb6 Humans hate pins. 33. Qxb6! Rxb6! 34. Kf2 e6 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Rc3 Bd5! 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. Re3 Rb3 40. Rc7 Bc4 Relentlessly seeking trades. 41. Nf2 Rxe3! 42. Ng4+! Kg7! 43. Nxe3! Bb5 44. Rc5 Bd3! 45. Rc7 Bb5 46.Rc5 Rd3 47.Ng4 Rd5! 48.Rc7! Be2 49.Kf2! Bd1! 50.Ke3 Rf5! 51.Nh2! h5 52.Rc3 Rb5 53.Kf2 Kf6 54.Rc1 Rb2+! 55.Kg3! Be2 56.Rc3 Kf5 57.f4! Rd2 58.Nf3 Offering another trade but the knight looked useless and had no moves. 58 ... Bxf3!! 59.Kxf3! f6! 60.Ra3 Rd4! 61.Ra5+! e5!! 62.fxe5! fxe5! 63.Kg3! Rg4+! 64.Kh3! Kf4!! Shridhar's rook protects g6 and cuts off Renard's King - no defense now to the march of the e-pawn. 0-1 Renard reneges -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Loveland Open"] [Site "Loveland, Colorado"] [Date "2009.02.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Renard Anderson"] [Black "Mitesh Shridhar"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2222"] [BlackElo "2058"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"] [ECO "B35"] [NIC "SI.33"] [Time "21:41:00"] [TimeControl "40/2 G/1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. f3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Nd6 14. Rfe1 Nf5 15. Qf2 b5 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Re8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Qd4 Bb7 20. Kg2 Bc6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qa5 23. Re5 Rb5 24. Nc5 Rb4 25. Qe3 Rxg4+ 26. Kf2 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Nxd7 Rxc2+ 29. Kg1 Qc7 30. Nc5 Rxb2 31. Nd3 Rb3 32. Qc5 Qb6 33. Qxb6 Rxb6 34. Kf2 e6 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Kg3 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. Re3 Rb3 40. Rc7 Bc4 41. Nf2 Rxe3 42. Ng4+ Kg7 43. Nxe3 Bb5 44. Rc5 Bd3 45. Rc7 Bb5 46.Rc5 Rd3 47.Ng4 Rd5 48.Rc7 Be2 49.Kf2 Bd1 50.Ke3 Rf5 51.Nh2 h5 52.Rc3 Rb5 53.Kf2 Kf6 54.Rc1 Rb2+ 55.Kg3 Be2 56.Rc3 Kf5 57.f4 Rd2 58.Nf3 Bxf3 59.Kxf3 f6 60.Ra3 Rd4 61.Ra5+ e5 62.fxe5 fxe5 63.Kg3 Rg4+ 64.Kh3 Kf4 0-1 Renard reneges ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "GER-ch U12"] [Site "Willingen"] [Date "2005.05.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Guennigmann,Manuel"] [Black "Hartmann,Nicolas"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.f3 Nf6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bb6 Qe8 15.Bc5 d5 16.Nb6 Nd7 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.Nxa8 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Qd8 20.Bxd5 Bb7 21.Bb3 Qc8 22.Rad1 Nf8 23.Qa5 Bd4 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Nxc7 Bxb2 26.Ne8 Ne6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Rd7+ Kxf6 30.Rxb7 Bd4 31.g4 h6 32.h4 g5 33.h5 e4 34.fxe4+ Ke5 35.Re7 Bc5 36.Re8 Be3 37.a4 Bd2 38.Kg2 Bc3 39.Kf3 Bd2 40.Ra1 Bc3 41.Ra2 Ba5 42.Rh8 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "CZE-chT1 West 0607"] [Site "Czechia"] [Date "2006.10.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Simek,Petr"] [Black "Groh,Jiri"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.f3 Nf6 12.Nb5 Ra6 13.c4 Na5 14.Qe2 Nxb3 15.axb3 d6 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.Rfe1 b6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.b4 Bf5 22.Qd1 Nd3 23.Re2 Nxb4 24.Qb3 Nc6 25.c5+ Kh8 26.cxb6 Qd7 27.Nc7 Ra5 28.Ra3 Ne5 29.Bd2 Bd3 30.Re3 Bc4 31.Qd1 Bh6 32.Bxa5 Bxe3+ 33.Rxe3 Bb5 34.Nxb5 Qxb5 35.Bc3 Nc6 36.b3 Rd8 37.Qe2 Qg5 38.Rxe7 Na5 39.b7 Qc1+ 40.Kf2 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.21"] [Round "12"] [White "Svidler,Peter"] [Black "Topalov,Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 a4 10.Nxa4 Nxe4 11.Nb5 Ra6 12.Qe2 d6 13.c4 Nf6 14.Rfd1 Bd7 15.Nac3 Qb8 16.h3 Rc8 17.a3 Ne5 18.Rac1 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Ra8 20.b6 Rc6 21.Nb5 Qd8 22.Nc7 Rb8 23.Qb5 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 e6 25.a4 d5 26.a5 Ne4 27.Rd1 Nd6 28.Qc5 Nf5 29.Bc1 Bf8 30.Qc2 Nc6 31.Bd2 Bd6 32.Ba4 Nb4 33.Qb3 Nd4 34.Qe3 Nf5 35.Qb3 Qh4 36.Rc1 Nd4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why do I write about Chess for no pay? Dylan Thomas put it this way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIoXV-HXobo Dylan Thomas reading In My Craft or Sullen Art -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In My Craft or Sullen Art In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labor by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages But for the common wages Of their most secret heart. Not for the proud man apart >From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages Nor for the towering dead With their nightingales and psalms But for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages, Who pay no praise or wages Nor heed my craft or art. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Father put it this way. MY LOVE LIES IN ZUGSWANG In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the patzer rages Any my love lies in zugswang Trapped in a futile back and forth. I labor by singing light Not for ambition or bread But for cheap aluminum trophies Making glad my bitter heart. Lucius "PQ" John Wall II ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm websites www.walverine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 24 08:37:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:37:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Common analysis error by Mitch Anderson Message-ID: <1240583853.49f1ceadec0ca@www.taom.com> Mitch Anderson, Duwayne Langseth and Mitesh Shridhar are tied for best move technique under Master in Colorado. " I always tried to move responsibly. " - Capablanca Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded message from manderson_co ----- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:50:28 -0000 From: manderson_co Reply-To: manderson_co Subject: [BrianWallChess] Common analysis error To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com I believe when people analyze lines, they generally analyze deeper than they need to and in the process miss possible moves. They perceive a line to be forced and then are shocked when their opponent makes a move that they didn't expect. I have the perfect position to illustrate this point. Here is a game I played on ICC. 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.0-0 Qb6 7.Re1 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qd6 Qd4 This is the instructive position. Black's last move offers a trade of queens, attacks white's queen, and attacks the bishop on c4. White has only one queen move that guards the bishop (11.Qb4) and this move walks into a pin and appears to lose to b5. So a lot of people would think 11.Qxd4 is forced. But is it? Not even close. It is whites 6th best move. What are the top 5? #5. Rd1 #4. Qb4 (it actually works for white, but the tactics are crazy) #3. Bd5 #2. Nb5 #1. Nd5 So my game continuted 11.Nd5! cxd5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxd7 Kd8 14.Bd6 and black resigns It doesn't require any special analytical ability to see how Nb5 or Nd5 work. It is mostly a matter of considering the moves in the first place. Mitch Anderson - manderson_co at yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090424/73a7c4bc/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 24 13:19:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:19:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nikolay Kostov - The Hippo E-book is uploaded Message-ID: <1240600763.49f210bb46179@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Nikolay Kostov ----- Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:16:11 -0000 From: Nikolay Kostov Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] The Hippo E-book is uploaded To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com The Hippo E-book is uploaded to http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/TheHippo/files/ as Hippopotamus defence 1 b6!? approach.pdf) Here is the list of the covered main games. Best regards, Nick Part I: The Hippo vs White's `1.e4 approach' Game 1: R. Kempinski,R (2590) ? L. McShane (2614) Game 2: A. Moroz (2487) - E. Najer (2614) Game 3: J. Gallagher (2514) - R. Ponomariov (2630) Game 4: S. Genzling (1914) - A. Skripchenko (2428) Game 5: C. Toth (2380) - D. Lima (2430) Game 6: H. Wirthensohn (2400) - V. Hort (2545) Game 7: G. Vescovi (2581) - Lima,Darcy (2543) Game 8: D. Queralto (2185) ?- M. Granados Gomez (2358) Game 9: J. Maiwald (2490) - R.Schmaltz (2445) Part II: The Hippo vs White's `1.d4/1.c4 approach' Game 10: A. Baburin (2590) - A. Miles (2584) Game 11: V. Neverov (2562) - K. Georgiev (2676) Game 12: Y. Pelletier (2479) - A. Onischuk (2657) Game 13: S. Brynell (2475) - B. Spassky (2535) Game 14: Z. Gyimesi (2618) - K. Bischoff (2559) Game 15: C. Sega (2286) - D. Lima (2544) Game 16: A. Chernin (2455) - E. Kengis (2445) Game 17: A. Baburin (2593) - K.Bischoff (2509) Game 18: L. Loureiro (2365) - C. Palermo (2480) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090424/40a45927/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 24 22:50:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:50:53 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] There is still time to join Todd Bardwick's summer Chess camps Message-ID: <1240635053.49f296ad67fef@www.taom.com> http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/camp.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Denver Chess Camps 303-770-6696 15th Annual Denver ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHESS CAMPS June 15-19, 2009 Englewood, Colorado July 13-15, 2009 Denver, Colorado General Information Coed, All ability levels, Open to ages 6-18 Participants will be divided into similar ability groups (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and age groups for sessions focusing on all aspects of the game including scorekeeping and chess etiquette. Students will compete in mini tournaments for trophies and as well as play in a simultaneous exhibition against an instructor. Camp instructors are excellent chess teachers, strong USCF rated players and are personally trained in the curriculum by Todd Bardwick. Student to Staff ratio averages 8:1 or better. Great care is taken to place students into correct age and ability groupings before the camp begins in order to custom design the camp curriculum to maximize the chess learning experience for all students. All participants will receive a copy of Teaching Chess in the 21st Century or Chess Workbook for Children, T-shirt, certificate, and other participation and merit awards. Participants should bring their own lunch, snacks, beverages, chess board, set, and clock (for rated group only). Food will not be provided. Lunch break is 12-1 each day. Both camps will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. Please pick up your children at 4:00 p.m. June Denver Chess Camp, June 15-19, 2009 Full-day option: $349 if received by May 16 (Late registration after May 16 is $379) Half-day option (morning or afternoon): $209 if received by May 16 (Late registration after May 16 is $229) July Denver Chess Camp, July 13-15, 2009 $239 if received by June 13 (Late registration after June 13 is $269) For camp application, questions about the camps, or to be included on the mailing list, call Todd Bardwick at (303) 770-6696 Camp History: Founded in 1995, the Rocky Mountain Chess Camp is one of the countries oldest, largest, and most successful children's chess camps in the country. The Camp is easily the most popular chess camp in Rocky Mountain region of the United States. National Chess Master Todd Bardwick, nationally recognized and full-time chess instructor from Denver, organizes and runs the camp. Drawing from his extensive chess teaching experience, Todd spends hours preparing with great care the specific curriculum for each group in the camp and then spends time individually with each instructor, going over with them hour by hour, what they will be teaching and what their responsibilities are. The instructors are top notch chess teachers and players (many are school teachers by trade) from the Denver area, with same commitment to giving their very best to the student's throughout the entire camp. For the 2008 Rocky Mountain Chess Camps, the camp staff had a combined total of 291 years of chess tournament experience to impart to the students! The instructors rotate from group to group to hold the student's interest so that the children get the maximum chess experience as they get to experience different personalities and approaches to the game. The Chess Academy of Denver offers classes throughout the year to provide excellent follow-up to the children's chess and educational learning needs. Every year at the end of the camp, many impressed parents mention that the Rocky Mountain Chess Camp was the most organized camp of any kind that their children have ever attended. Young chess players from all over the country have attend the camps. Great care is taken to place students into correct age and ability groupings before the camp begins in order to custom design the camp curriculum to maximize the chess learning experience for all students. A high percentage of campers return year after year to Rocky Mountain Chess Camps because of overall fun and educational learning experience it offers. Most importantly, the Rocky Mountain Chess Camps has one of the best Student to Staff ratios (8-1 or better) of any chess camp in the nation - meeting the individual needs of the students to the maximum degree. ENROLL SOON ..SPACE IS LIMITED!! From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Apr 24 23:06:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:06:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Hurry, there is still time for the Todd Bardwick simul Message-ID: <1240635983.49f29a4fd4624@www.taom.com> NM Todd Bardwick Simultaneous Exhibition, April 25, 2009 Site: Colorado Mills Mall Food Court Registration: 11:30-12:00 and throughout the early afternoon, Rounds: 12:00 noon. Phone: 303-277-1290 For full details: http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/simul.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 11:44:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:44:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young's openings ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1240681451.49f34beb4e954@www.taom.com> .I lived with Jack Young, Joel Johnson and unofficially David Vigorito about 1992 in Lowell, Mass., much like Jesse Krai, David Pruess, Sam Shankland and Josh Freidel hang out in California now. I also have old Chess Horizons from 17 years ago where Jack " Bozo " Young used to contribute Unorthodox Chess Opening articles. Jack had notebooks he would scribble hundreds of variations into. He also wrote for Randspringer. Jack was a big influence on me, he inspired me to adopt his openings and create my own, which is why I belong to this group. I have 630 members of BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com and 358 in another email list Taom for those who don't like Yahoo. I think Unorthodox Chess Openings has about 1,000-1400 members, I am not sure of their exact number. mrlimbo joined BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com today. Other sources of Jack Young stuff - Chess Horizons Randspringer www.Walverine.com UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- my latest website featuring youtube Chess videos ( some with Jack Young Openings ) and over 80 annotated games ( some with Jack Young Openings ) easy to go over in Chessbase style and analyze with your own engines. http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/news/emails/movetechguy/1.htm Quoting mrlimbo : also my book How To Play Chess Like An Animal is really a loving tribute to Jack with cartoons added in. I also still can call or email Jack so if you have any questions I can forward them. He has kind of retired from active play but still lurks. Jack invented dozens of Life Master Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all , is there anywhere that outlines the openings he's invented ? > Thanks > > From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 14:23:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:23:10 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Phone Call to Life Master Jack Young of Massachusetts. Message-ID: <1240690990.49f3712ed44d7@www.taom.com> mrlimbo Mr. Limbo's question about Jack Young prompted a phone call. Jack's knowledge of unorthodox openings is much more extensive than my own. Some examples - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to my limited knowledge I invent my own names for things but Jack corrects me. There is a fish named Stephen Burns that plays Chess a lot at the 16th Street mall. He is full of historical facts, he is a good photographer, he used to know several martial arts. He played something I never saw before, 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 N:e5 I called that " Casper the Friendly Ghost " because it seemed a milder form of the Halloween Gambit. Jack told me back in 1883 a Doctor D.T. Phillips played that a lot in Chicago. The Gambit developed quite a few names. It was called the Irish Gambit and the Chicago Gambit because it was played mostly in the Chicago area and because " it has more to do with "gangsterism than Chess". Dr. Phillips did not want to be associated with the Gambit he played and called it the "Octopus " because the white pawns are like suckers you can't escape from possibly also because there are 8 pawns and 8 tentacles to an Octopus. Kasparov has called a Black Knight on d3 against Karpov an " Octopus ". According to Doctor D.T. Phillips of Chicago after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 N:e5 N:e5 4 d6 " whichever square Black puts his knight on, c6 or g6, he spends the rest of the game regretting his decision, wishing it was on the other square. " Jack Young said this reminded him of Massachusetts Life Master Hal Terrie, a frequent companion to IM Danny Kopeck seminars. When Joel Joshnson mated him after Hal castled Kingside, Hal said - " I shouldn't have castled. ". Next game Joel smashed Hal's King when he lingered in the center. " I should have castled " - Hal Terrie. Someone wrote into Meyers Opening Bulletin and suggested 1 f4 e5 2 Nc3 as the Irish Gambit because they didn't have one. Meyers thought that was a bad reason. Tim Harding called it an insult to the Irish because they probably preferred other openings. I found out today the Irish already had a Gambit named after them, the Octopus. Tripled pawns are called an Irish pawn chain, I believe even the Russian born coach to the Irish Olympiad team, GM Baburin of Chess Today, his email Chess magazine, uses that term. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On my Badger Opening, 1 d4 Nc6 2 ( Nf3 or Bf4 ) f6 with the idea of Nc6-e5-f7 or following up with ... f6-e5 Jack informed me about the Neo-Mongoloid analyzed by Steffan Buecker in Randspringer. One idea is 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 f6 3 Nf3 d5 4 ed Q:d5 5 c4 Qf7 hiding the Queen in the Badger hole. There are also all the Rat/Hippo/SpongeBob Squarepants ideas of f6, g6, Bg7, Ng8-hg-f7 Jack told me he has used ... f6 in many settings but I can't remember them all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I was a teenager IM John Watson called 1 e4 f5 the Wall Opening in print. Now it is called the Fred. I also played and named the Contempt Gambit 1 e4 f5 2 ef g6 3 fg Nf6 like the Cunningham Gambit of the King's Gambit. Jack told me Jaenish examined 1 e4 f5 2 ef Nf6 in 1842 and found it "hazardous" and "Black does not regain his pawn or have any of the positional advantages of the King's Gambit." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Young calls playing the Fishing Pole with White " The Tombraider " and often crushes computers with it. Some fresh ideas hot off the oven. 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3 " refuting the Petroff's - Jack Young " Nc6 4 h4 Bc5 5 Bc4 " Now the Fork Trick doesn't work - Jack Young " d6 6 Ng5 0-0 7 d3 h6 8 f3 I do this a lot as Black - the idea is g4, N:f7 and g5 8 ... hg 9 hg and 10 gf or g6 Jack explored 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 h4 Bc5 5 Bc4 d6 6 Ng5 0-0 7 d3 h6 8 f3 Nd4 9 Be3 N:c2+ 10 Q:c2 B:e3 11 Qe2 B:g5?? 12 hg hg?? and Black's greed can be punished with 13 g3!! or Jack's favorite 13 g4!! Re8 14 Qh2 Kf8 only move 15 Qh8+ Ng8 16 Rh7 Qf6 17 Nd4!! with a crushing attack. Jack suggests 11 Qe2 Bd4:c3 to prevent Nd5. Jack also suggests 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 Bb5 Nd4 5 Bc4 Bc5 6 Ng5 ( after 6 N:e5 White has to defend - Jack Young ) 0-0 7 d3 h6 8 h4 d6 9 f3 a tempo up on the Fishing Pole intending 10 g4 I am not sure about the tempo up part because White played Bb5-c4 and also as Black I usually don't play .. f6, ... g5, ... h4 unless provoked with Bg5, Bh4, Bg3 I think the Tombraider is a good name because I often call White's castled King in the Fishing Pole " the Coffin ". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feldstein once belonged to an Amateur Team East named " Knight to King's Bishop Three ", they were stunned in the last round when their opponents played 1 g4 on their White boards to harass the Knight on f6. Jack used a similar strategy when I insisted on 1 ... e6 every game for 5 years in Massachusets. Jack played 1 Nh3 e6 against me. I played 1 e4 c6 for 2 years in Denver around 1977. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I mentioned Mister Limbo's request to have all of Jack Young's ideas neatly tied up with a bow all in one place. " Such a list does not exist. " - Jack Young ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jack also mentioned Clyde Nakamura warmly and rattled off several of his openings. I think he mentioned the Gibbon Gambit 1 d4 Nf6 2 g4 www.Chesslive.de gives a 1933 Bogart ( not Humphrey ) correspondence game followed by 4 1960's correspondence games by Walter Gibbins followed by two games by the notorious Claude Bloodgood. According to Jack, GM Bronstein played this against GM Simagin - 1 d4 Nf6 2 g4 d5 3 g5 Ne4 4 f3 Nd6 5 Nc3 e6 6 e4 and Brosntein quickly offered a draw which was accepted because Simagin was playing so fast and there was no pyschological edge established. It turns out Simagin has examined this long ago and considered it equal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As for the Raccoon - 1 e4 e5 2 f4 h5 versus the Weigenbach ( spelling ? ) Gambit 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef Nf3 h5 " Yes but the Weigenbach does not give White a chance to go wrong with 1 e4 e5 2 f4 h5 3 fe?? Qh4+!! - Jack Young ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 14:56:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:56:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young versus Brian Wall Message-ID: <1240692992.49f3790053298@www.taom.com> I told Jack Young that I lost all my scoresheets in storage in New England 15 years ago. No, I am not going to call for the murder of Bekins Storage personnel like Bobby Fishcer on Philippines radio. It was my own fault for trusting known alcoholics to pay my storage fee. Of course they drank up the money. However once you have something stolen, you appreciate it more. Sam Sloan said that the reason he posts his games everywhere is because he can't lose them that way. I have been reading old Chess Horizons which contain Jack Young articles. I have been hunting for one game for 20 years. The story goes like this - Amateur Team East. I played for Wang Labs with Mark Lanin and Joel Johnson. I think we scored the most total points but lost one match. We played the Framingham Chess Club where Jack Young was on first board against me. I had no idea who Jack Young was, I knew nothing about him. IM Joe Fang had mentioned him but in my mind, Jack Young looked like the bodybuilder Jack Armstrong so I was not prepared for this wiry housepainter. Chess Horizons called my game with Jack " the best game of the tournament ". Jack was kind enough to send it to me today. Thank you, Mister Limbo. I was " going through a phase ", as John Curdo put it, of playing every legal move in rated games. I had no idea I was playing the living legend Jack Young, Unorthodox Chess Openings god with many published ideas. The game was like a train wreck, either a headon collision or maybe two trains on a parallel track and m train slipped the rails and crashed into Jack's. Jack very much believes in taking control in the opening, in not letting the other guy dictate. Jack does not want to defend if he doesn't have to, Jack likes to set up attacking the King positions. Jack and I later became good friends and even roommates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Jack Young Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:50:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Young Hi Brian, ? Here's a couple games that we played...more to come later. Bozo ? New England Amateur Team 3/13/1988? King's Gambit White:Bozo (Dave Greenberg Fan Club) - 2244 Black: Brian Wall (Wang Labs) 2272 1.e4 h6!? 2.Nc3 (2.d4 was better but I wanted to play a "normal" opening) 2...d6 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3?! ef4 5.Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3!? Nc6! 8.0-0 Bh3 9.Rf2 g4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bb5+ c6 12.dc6 bc6 13.Nh4 f3 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Ba6 Qb6 16.Qd3 Rd8 17.Rd1 Q:b2 18.e5 0-0 19.Nf5 N:f5 20.Q:f5 de5 21.Bd3 R:d3 22.R:d3 ef4 23.Nd1 Re8! 24.Q:a5 Qc3!! 25.Q:c3 B:c3 26.Rf1 Ba5 27.Nc3 Bb6+ 0-1.? Joel Johnson said this was the best game of the tourney.? ? March Hare Game 60? 3/7/1992? Paris Opening White: Bozo (2245) Black: Brian Wall (2288) 1.Nh3!!! (at this point in time, Brian played 1...e6 against everything) 1...e6 2.g3 h5!? 3.Bg2 h4 4.0-0 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.g4! e5 9.f4 f6 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Ne3 g5 12.fg5 fg5 13.c3 (with a good Big Clamp type position) Bf6 14.Qf3 Nce7 15.Nf5 B:f5 16.ef5 Nc6 17.Qd5 Nh6 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.h3 0-0-0 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.Bd5 Rc7 22.Ne4 Kb8 23.Be3 Rd8 24.a3 Qg7 25.Qa2 Ne7 26.Be6 b6 27.b4 d5 28.N:f6 Q:f6 29.bc5 bc5 30.Rab1+ Ka8 31.Qg2 (Boo!? Black was in extreme time trouble) 31...e4 32.de4 Q:c3 33.B:g5 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Neg8 (zeitnot) 35.B:d8? 1-0 ... time. ? More games on the way. Bozo The Clown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- notes by Brian - The historic first meeting between future Life Masters Jack Young and Brian Wall New England Amateur Team 3/13/1988 King's Gambit White:Bozo (Dave Greenberg Fan Club) - 2244 Black: Brian Wall (Wang Labs) 2272 1.e4 h6!! I had tried almost everything else already. Pretty cheeky for a team event. 2.Nc3 2.d4 was better but I wanted to play a "normal" opening - Jack Young 2 ... d6 The Fischer Defense is one of my favorites to the King's Gambit - 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 h6 I think it was American Chess Quarterly 1963 when I was 8 years old. 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3!! ef4 Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3 Nc6 8.0-0 Bh3 9.Rf2 g4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bb5+ c6 12.dc6 bc6 13.Nh4 f3 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Ba6 Qb6 16.Qd3 Rd8 17.Rd1 Q:b2 18.e5 0-0 19.Nf5 N:f5 20.Q:f5 de5 21.Bd3 R:d3 22.R:d3 ef4 23.Nd1 Re8! 24.Q:a5 Qc3 25.Q:c3 B:c3 26.Rf1 Ba5 27.Nc3 Bb6+ 0-1. 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Best regards, Nick -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090425/30b20f05/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 17:39:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:39:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Life Master Faceoff - Jack Young versus Brian Wall Message-ID: <1240702786.49f39f427c5a6@www.taom.com> I told Jack Young that I lost all my scoresheets in storage in New England 15 years ago. No, I am not going to call for the murder of Bekins Storage personnel like Bobby Fishcer on Philippines radio. It was my own fault for trusting known alcoholics to pay my storage fee. Of course they drank up the money. However once you have something stolen, you appreciate it more. Sam Sloan said that the reason he posts his games everywhere is because he can't lose them that way. I have been reading old Chess Horizons lately which contain Jack Young rticles. I have been hunting for one game for 20 years. The story goes like this - 1988 Amateur Team East. I played for Wang Labs with Mark Lanin and Joel Johnson. I think we scored the most total points but lost one match. We played the Framingham Chess Club where Jack Young was on first board against me. I had no idea who Jack Young was, I knew nothing about him. IM Joe Fang had mentioned him but in my mind, Jack Young looked like the bodybuilder Jack Armstrong so I was not prepared for this wiry housepainter. Chess Horizons called my game with Jack " the best game of the tournament ". Jack was kind enough to send it to me today. Thank you, Mister Limbo. I was " going through a phase ", as John Curdo put it, of playing every legal move in rated games. I had no idea I was playing the living legend Jack Young, Unorthodox Chess Openings god with many published ideas. The game was like a train wreck, either a headon collision or maybe two trains on a parallel track and my train slipped the rails and crashed into Jack's from the side. Playing 1 ... h6 against Jack is like playing 1 c4 against Todd Bardwick or Shaun MacMillan. Jack very much believes in taking control in the opening, in not letting the other guy dictate. Jack does not want to defend if he doesn't have to, Jack likes to set up attacking-the-King positions. Jack and I later became good friends and even roommates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Jack Young Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:50:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Young Hi Brian, Here's a couple games that we played...more to come later. Bozo New England Amateur Team 3/13/1988 King's Gambit White:Bozo (Dave Greenberg Fan Club) - 2244 Black: Brian Wall (Wang Labs) 2272 1.e4 h6!? 2.Nc3 (2.d4 was better but I wanted to play a "normal" opening) 2...d6 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3?! ef4 5.Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3!? Nc6! 8.0-0 Bh3 9.Rf2 g4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bb5+ c6 12.dc6 bc6 13.Nh4 f3 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Ba6 Qb6 16.Qd3 Rd8 17.Rd1 Q:b2 18.e5 0-0 19.Nf5 N:f5 20.Q:f5 de5 21.Bd3 R:d3 22.R:d3 ef4 23.Nd1 Re8! 24.Q:a5 Qc3!! 25.Q:c3 B:c3 26.Rf1 Ba5 27.Nc3 Bb6+ 0-1. Joel Johnson said this was the best game of the tourney. March Hare Game 60 3/7/1992 Paris Opening White: Bozo (2245) Black: Brian Wall (2288) 1.Nh3!!! (at this point in time, Brian played 1...e6 against everything) 1...e6 2.g3 h5!? 3.Bg2 h4 4.0-0 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.g4! e5 9.f4 f6 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Ne3 g5 12.fg5 fg5 13.c3 (with a good Big Clamp type position) Bf6 14.Qf3 Nce7 15.Nf5 B:f5 16.ef5 Nc6 17.Qd5 Nh6 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.h3 0-0-0 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.Bd5 Rc7 22.Ne4 Kb8 23.Be3 Rd8 24.a3 Qg7 25.Qa2 Ne7 26.Be6 b6 27.b4 d5 28.N:f6 Q:f6 29.bc5 bc5 30.Rab1+ Ka8 31.Qg2 (Boo! Black was in extreme time trouble) 31...e4 32.de4 Q:c3 33.B:g5 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Neg8 (zeitnot) 35.B:d8 1-0 ... time. More games on the way. Bozo The Clown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- notes by Brian - The historic first meeting between future Life Masters Jack Young and Brian Wall New England Amateur Team 3/13/1988 King's Gambit White:Bozo (Dave Greenberg Fan Club) - 2244 Black: Brian Wall (Wang Labs) 2272 1.e4 h6!! I had tried almost everything else already. Pretty cheeky for a team event. 2.Nc3 2.d4 was better but I wanted to play a "normal" opening - Jack Young 2 ... d6 The Fischer Defense is one of my favorites to the King's Gambit - 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 h6 I think it was American Chess Quarterly 1963 when I was 8 years old. 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3!! ef4!! I couldn't believe my luck, from 1 ... h6!! to one of my favorite positions. Everyone around the world felt extra power when they were defending one of Bobby's ideas. 5. Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3 Nc6!! Fritz 9 also likes 7 ... g4! or ... a6 8.0-0 Bh3!! 8 ... g4!! just wins but I don't want anything that smacks of the Muzio. I once played the White side of a 20 game training match with Anthea Carson versus the Muzio Gambit and it was brutal. Fritz suggests 8 0-0 g4 9 d5 Na5 10 Nd2 f3 which isn't going to happen between human players. My move is almost as good and I develop a piece. Other decent moves : 8 ... Nge7, ... Na5, ... a6, ... Qd7, ... Rh7, ... h5, ... Bg4 Fritz doesn't think much of the Danish or King's Gambits. 9.Rf2 g4!! I was close to my peak rating, 2335, I had a lot of experience on both sides of the King's Gambit, Fischer Defense and I was just grateful Jack didn't wipe my 1 ... h6 off the board. I hadn't heard of Elephant Ears or Smiley Face ( Tara Martinez ) back then. 1 ... h6, 2 ... a6 10.d5!! Jack does what he can. 10 ... Na5!! 11.Bb5+!! c6!! 12.dc6! bc6! 13.Nh4 Jack's pretty lost already but I am not close to castling yet. Fritz suggests - 13 Nd4!!, B:f4, Nh4, Bf1 or Ne1 as Jack's best tries. 13 Nd4 cb, ... Ne7 or ... fg should win 13 ... f3? Lame. Overly cautious. 13 ... B:c3!! to avoid Nf5:g7+ 14 bc cb!! wins a piece but it does look extremely messy. 13 ... fg! 14 hg B:c3 15 bc cb is similar I am up a safe pawn after 13 ... Ne7! 14 0-0 fg 15 hg 0-0 Jack can murk this up easily with 13 ... Ne7 14 B:f4, Bf1, Ba6, Nd5, Be2, Qd3 or Bd3 There is no telling what Wild Wolfman Jack will come up with. 14.Bf4? Lame, Overly aggressive. 14 Ba4!! is equal. 14 ... Ne7! 14 ... B:c3!! 15 bc cb!! 16 Nf5 Nc4!! is still the winning formula although my position is backward and full of weak dark squares. My move is almost as good and I get to develop something. 14 .. cb! or ... Be5! favor me too. 15.Ba6? Lousy exposed square. 15 Ba4!! or Nd5!! are half as bad. 15 ... Qb6!! 16.Qd3!! Rd8! 16 ... Q:b2!! is twice as strong but I am just trying to castle in one piece. 16 ... Bd4!, ... d5!, ... Be5!, ... Nc4!, et. al. all win 17.Rd1!! Q:b2!! It takes me a move to get my courage up to play something like this. 18.e5 0-0!! 19.Nf5? N:f5!! 20.Q:f5 de5!! I am up three pawns, Jack has two pieces under attack and he has no threats. 21.Bd3 When in doubt, threaten mate in one. 21 ... R:d3!! Only move. 22.R:d3 ef4!! 23.Nd1!! Re8!! 23 ... Qb4!!! holds onto an extra piece 24.Q:a5 Qc3 I was in vicious time presure, maybe two or 3 minutes left if I remember correctly. I was very nervous about blowing the game for my teammates with a quick move. I was very proud of my move which hangs my Queen three ways due to bank rank problems for Jack. The computer embarrasses me with - 24 ... Bd4!!!!! mating 24 ... Qb6!!!!! mating 24 ... Qb5!! twice as good 24 ... Qb8!! 24 ... Q:a2!! 24 ... Qe5!! all better than my move. Still my move works well ( +6 ) and is a pretty blitz move, exciting for any spectators. 24 ... Qc3 25 N:c3?? or R:c3?? gets mated 25.Q:c3!! My move is so powerful the only other way out of checkmate is giving up the Queen with 25 Rd8 Q:a5 Only move 26 R:e8+ Kh7 with an extra piece and overwhelming threats. 25 ... B:c3! Only move. Material is close to even but my brutal mate threats win pieces. 26.Rf1 Ba5!! 26 ... B:f1!! or ... Bb4!! also win the house. 27.Nc3 Bb6+!! 0-1. Joel Johnson said this was the best game of the tourney. - Jack Young I guess in retrosepct it was a one-sided crush but at the time I didn't realize how good my position was, I just felt lucky to find the exquisite looking 24 ... Qc3!!! in time presure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ notes by Brian Wall March Hare Game 60 3/7/1992 Paris Opening White: Bozo (2245) Black: Brian Wall (2288) 1.Nh3!!! " at this point in time, Brian played 1...e6 against everything " - Jack Young. You can see where I learned my exclam exuberance. The reason I played 1 ... e6! every game was partly my affection for John Watson but John Curdo once bitchslapped my "little" buddy David Vigorito and I the same day. I played 1 ... e6 against Curdo and got caviared. John Curdo has a book of his miniatures out called " Chess Caviar". This so enraged me that I decided to study 1 ... e6 like a fiend, reaching 2335, much like I became a Chessmaster by studying and playing 1 ... c6 every game in Colorado for 2 years. Anyone can raise their rating if they play the same position every game. The next 1 e4 e6 Curdo-Wall game was a 0-1 miniature in my favor. 1 ... e6 2.g3 h5!! The game already looks like a nuthouse knife fight after 2 moves. 3.Bg2!! Ignoring me. 3 ... h4!! Persistent 4.0-0? Rather bold, castling into it but it's not easy to frighten the future inventor of the Fishing Pole, The Alligator, the Snagglepuss, The Tombraider, the Nymphomaniac Attack, etc. 4 ... c5? I don't remember this game or this tournament at all but maybe it is a Game/60 so we are moving fast. 4 ... hg!! opens the h-file and probably forces the anti-posiitonal 5 fg!. My move allows the bypass 5 g4! 5.e4 Later I would adopt Jack Young's Anchor Punch or Brick Opening, 1 e4 c5 2 Nh3 and play many games like this with White. 5 ... Nc6 Masters like to maintain the tension but maybe I should show some gratitude and play 5 ... hg! while I can 6.d3! The game is about even since we are missing ... hg!! and g4!! possibilities every move. 6 ... Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.g4!! Jack figured out ... hg!! is good before I did. 8 ... e5 9.f4!! f6 10.Nd5!! I have been completely outplayed and Jack has experience converting these. My position is feeble and Jack's abounds with good ideas - 10 f5!!, a3!!, Bd2!!, Rb1!!, Nf2!!, Be3!! etc. 10 ... Be6 11.Ne3!? Avoiding exchanges with a cramped opponent. Retreating an active piece is often the culprit in the post-mortem. 11 c3!!, f5!! or Be3!! are very strong, among others. 11 ... g5!? A bold atempt to lock up the board after 12 f5 12.fg5!!! Keeping attacking lanes open. 12 f5!! is good too 12 ... fg5! 13.c3!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- " with a good Big Clamp type position " - Jack Young 13 Nf5!! is another great move among many -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 ... Bf6 14.Qf3!! 14 Nd5!! is another great move among many 14 ... Nce7 15.Nf5!! 15 Nd5!!! is twice as good because g5 collapses under the pressure. 15 ... B:f5 I don't have any time for some ... Ne7-g6-f4 healing because 15 ... Ng6? 16 N:g5 B:g5? 17 Ng7+ Kd7 18 N:e6! is an unmitigated disaster. Even if I got a knight to f4 it wouldn't be enough to fix the horrible mess I found myself in. 16.ef5!! Nc6!! Only move 17.Qd5 I have miraculously blocked the f-file but my light-squares all over the board are hopeless. 17 ... Nh6 18.Nf2!! Qe7 19.h3 0-0-0 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.Bd5!! Light-square nightmare for me. If you control one color, you can attack the other color. - GM David Bronstein 21 ... Rc7!! 22.Ne4!! Gruesome to look at 22 ... Kb8 23.Be3 Rd8 24.a3 My loss of control is so feeble Jack is posting everything perfectly at his liesure like an endgame. 24 ... Qg7!! 25.Qa2 Lock and loading for b4 25 ... Ne7!! Great moves don't break the hammerlock. 26.Be6 b6 27.b4!!! It took Jack forever to prepare this but I didn't take my Kingside play when I had the chance. This is a lot like my Petrosian Full Metal Jacket game against Bill Weihmiller this year. Lock up the Kingside and ravage the Queenside. 27 ... d5!! 28.N:f6!! Q:f6! 29.bc5!! bc5! 30.Rab1+!! Ka8! 31.Qg2!! "Boo! Black was in extreme time trouble " - Jack Young David Vigorito always said "Boo!" when he made a scary move in time pressure and we all copied him. 31 ... e4 32.de4!! Q:c3 Not as powerful as last game. 33.B:g5!! The long seige is over, I am collapsing across the board 33 ... Qd4+ Even here Fritz 9 wants me to start a Fishing Pole attack with 33 ... N:g4!! 34.Kh1! Neg8?? My flag fell 35.B:d8!! mating 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 17:43:26 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:43:26 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young - Systems with ...f6!!!, a few games Message-ID: <1240703006.49f3a01e1a1ed@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Jack Young Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:51:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Young Subject: Systems with ...f6!!!, a few games To: Brian Wall Here are a few old games from the past: ? Neo Mongoloid/Barnes Defense ... Nimzovich? circa December 1997 White: Psion Chess at 40/2 (1800-2000) ? Black: Bozo 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 f6!!! 3.Nc3 e5?!? (3.Nf3 d5!!! 4.ed5 Q:d5 5.Nc3 Qf7!!! is the Neo Mongoloid Defense ala Randspringer.? Obviously Black has a great position)? Later I switched to 3...g6 in this position. 4.Nf3 (4.de5 fe5 gives White a clear advantage in Bucker's Englund Gambit book...should Black try 4...Bc5 White should continue his development with 5.Bc4 and 6.Nf3 etc.)? 4...Bb4 5.d5!!!!! Nce7 6.Bc4 d6 7.0-0 B:c3 8.bc3 Bd7 9.Rb1 b6 10.h3 Ng6 11.Be3 Nge7 12.Qd2 0-0 13.Rfd1 h6 14.a3 a5 15.Rb2 f5 16.ef5 N:f5 17.Bb5 N:e3 18.Q:e3 Nf4 19.B:d7 Q:d7 20.Qe4 Rf6 21.Kh2 Raf8 22.Nd2!! N:g2 23.K:g2 R:f2+ 24.Kg3 Qe7 25.Qg6 R8f6 26.Qg4 Qf7 27.Ne4 R6f3+ 28.Kh4 Qe7+ 29.Ng5 hg5+ 30.Q:g5 Rf4+ 31.Kh5 Qf7+ 32.Qg6 Rf5+ 33.Kh4 Q:g6 34.c4 Rf4f4#?? 0-1?? grrr! ? Neo Mongoloid/Barnes Defense? Jan. 1998 White: Chess Master 2000 @ 40/2 (1800)? Black: Bozo Clown 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 f6! 3.d5 Ne5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Nf7 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bc4 (Fred Reinfeld would be proud) Ng8h6!!! 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nd4 a6 10.Qd2 Kh8 11.Bb3 c5 12.Nd4e2 d6 13.Rfe1 b5 14.a3 g5 15.Bg3 f5 16.f3 f4 17.Bf2 Ne5 18.h4!!! Bf6 19.hg5 B:g5 20.Bg3 Ng6 21.Bf2 c4 22.Ba2 Ne5 23.Nd4 Rf6 24.a4!!! b4 25.Nc3e2 a5 26.Nc6 Qc7 27.N:e5 de5 28.Rad1 Nf7 29.Bb1!!! Ba6 30.Ba2!!! Nd6 31.b3!!! c3 (that's a pretty bad bishop) 32.Qc1! Rg8 33.Qa1!!! Rh6 34.g3!! fg3 35.N:g3 Bf4 36.Kg2 Rhg6 37.Kh1!! B:g3 38.B:g3 R:g3 39.Re2! B:e2 40.Kh2 Rg3g5 41.f4 Rh5#? 0-1 ? The ultimate rook trap game Mikenas/Van Geet Defense Jan. 1998 White: Psion Chess 40/2 (1800-2000) Black: Bozo 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Na5!!! 4.e4 b6 5.Nf3 f6!!! 6.Nc3 Nb7!!! 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Bd3? B:c3+ 9.bc3 d6 10.0-0 Na5 11.Qa4+ Qd7 12.Q:d7+ K:d7 13.Rfb1 Ba6 14.Rb4 Ne7 15.Rd1 Rh8c8 16.h3 c6 17.a3 Rc7 18.Bc1 Rac8 19.Bb2!!! c5 20.Ra4!!! Rb8 21.Bc1 Bc8 22.Be3 Rcb7 23.Rb1 Kc7 (threat Bd7) 24.Rb5!!! Bd7 25.Ra4:a5 ba5 26.R:a5!!! (brilliant idea) Nc8 27.Ra6 Rb3 28.a4 Kb7 29.Ra5 Kb6 30.Rb5+ B:b5 31.ab5 R:c3 32.Be2 a6 33.Bd2 Rb3 34.ba6 K:a6 and Black went on to win.? 0-1, later. ? I have more ...f6 games but that's about it for now. ? Bozo Clown ? Forwarded message from Jack Young -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090425/eee6abd6/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 17:51:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:51:44 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young - A few games from the Tomb Raider Attack ( Fishing Pole reversed ) Message-ID: <1240703504.49f3a21046a0e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Jack Young ----- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:39:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Young Subject: A few games from the Tomb Raider Attack To: Brian Wall Here's one from an old computer: ? Giuoco Piano .. TR Attack? June 2008 White: Bozo Black: Mach 3 @ 40/2 (2200) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Ng5!!! 0-0 6.Nc3 Na5 7.g4 N:c4 8.dc4 h6 9.h4 hg5? (d5-Fritz may be winning) 10.hg5 Nh7 11.Qd2 Bd4 (Ng5! giving back the piece) 12.f4 B:c3 13.bc3 (irish pawn chain) N:g5 14.fg5 (pawn structure chess) Qe1 15.Qh2 f6 16.Qh7+ Kf7 17.gf6 Rg8 18.fg7 Ke7 19.Bg5+ Kd6 20.Rh6+ Kc5!!! 21.Be3+ K:c4 22.Qf5 Kb5 (22...K:c3 23.Qf1 with many threats) 23.Qf1+ Ka5 (John Fanning would be proud) 24.Qc4 Qe7 25.Q:c7+ (Q:g8 also wins but more slowly) 25...b6 26.B:b6+ ab6 27.Q:b6+ Ka4 28.Rb1 Qc5!!! 29.Q:c5 Rb8!!! 30.Qa7+ Ba6 31.R:a6# 1-0? grrrr! ? Giuoco Piano? June 2008 White: Bozo Black: Novag Sapphire @ 40/2 (2250) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Ng5! 0-0 6.Nc3 h6 7.h4 d6 8.f3 hg5!!! 9.hg5 Ne8 10.f4 g6 (to stop Qh5) 11.f5 d5!!! 12.N:d5 B:f5!!! 13.ef5 Kg7!! 14.f6+ Kg8 15.Qg4 Ng7 16.fg7 K:g7 17.Rh7+! K:h7 18.Qh4+ Kg8 19.Nf6+ Q:f6 20.gf6 Bb4+ 21.Kf1 Bd2!!! 22.B:d2 Nd4 23.Qh6 Ne6 (Nf5 Q:g6+) 24.B:e6 fe6 25.Qg7#? 1-0 ? Petroff's Defense TR Attack? April 2009 White: Bozo Black: Majestic Chess @ 40/90 ("2500") Rating seems a bit high to me 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 (The 3 N's game but now it transposes into a Fishing Pole with colors reversed) 4.Bc4 0-0!!! 5.Ng5!!! Nc6 6.a3 B:c3+ 7.dc3 h6 8.h4 d6 9.f3! hg5!!! 10.hg5 Ne8 11.f4 g6 12.f5 Ng7 13.f6 Na5!!! (huh?!) 14.Ba2 Be6 15.Qf3 B:a2 16.R:a2 Nh5! 17.R:h5 Qd7 (17...gh5 18.Q:h5 and Qh6 mates) 18.Rh4 Nb3!!! 19.ab3 Rfe8 20.Qg3 Qc6 21.Qh3 Q:e4+!!! 22.R:e4 Re6! 23.Rh4 R:f6 24.gf6 d5 25.Rh8# 1-0 grrrr! ? Four Knight's Game (by trans) April 2009 White: Bozo Black: Chess Genius G/120(2300) 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.h4!!! (The Zegar Attack...obvious, sound and strong) 4...Bc5 5.Bc4 (so now the N:e4 fork trick doesn't work) 5...d6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.f3 h6 8.d3 hg5!!! (here we go again) 9.hg5 Ne8 10.f4 g6 11.f5 d5!!! 12.N:d5 Kg7 13.f6+ Kg8 14.Qf3 Nd4 15.Qg3 N:c2+ 16.Kd1 N:a1 17.Qh4 Bg4+ 18.Q:g4 Ng7 19.fg7 K:g7 20.Rh7+ K:h7 21.Qh4+ Kg8 22.Nf6+ Q:f6 23.gf6 Be7! 24.Bg5 Nc2! 25.K:c2 Rfd8 26.Qh6 Bf8 27.Q:g6+ Kh8 28.B:f7 Bh6 29.B:h6!!! Rg8 30.Bg7+ R:g7 31.fg7#? 1-0 grrrr! ? Four Knight's Game April 2009 White: Bozo Black: Chess Genius @ 3 min/move (2300) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h4!!! Bc5 5.Bc4 d6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.f3 h6 8.d3 Nd4 (I forced it to play this move) 9.Be3 hg5 (9...N:c2+ 10.Qc2 Be3 11.Qe2 is interesting as 11...Bd4! intending B:c3 is strong, while 11...Bb6 12.g4 is interesting and 11...B:g5 12.hg5 hg5 13.g4 is bad for black.? Maybe 11...hg5 12.Q:e3 is also playable) 10.hg5 Ne8 11.f4 g6 12.g3!? (12.f5 Q:g5 doesn't seem to work) 12...c6 13.B:d4 B:d4 14.Qe2 B:c3+ 15.bc3 Ng7 16.0-0-0 b5 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Rh4 B:b3 19.ab3 Re8 20.Qd2 Nh5 21.f5 N:g3 22.f6 Qa5 23.Kb2 Qb6 24.Qh2 Nh5 25.R:h5 gh5 26.Q:h5 b4 27.c4 Qd4+ 28.Kb1 Re6 29.Qh6 R:f6 30.gf6 Qa1+!! 31.K:a1 Rf8 32.Rg1#? 1-0 ? Four Knight's Game (by trans) April 2009 White: Bozo Black: Majestic Chess @ 40/2 ("2500") 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.h4!!! Bc5 5.Bc4 d6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.d3 h6 8.f3 Qd7!? (This is the only program that sometimes refuses the N sacrifice) 9.Nd5 hg5 10.hg5 N:d5 11.ed5 Na5 12.Qe2 N:c4 13.g4! Ne3 14.Qh2 N:c2+ 15.Kf1 Ne3+ 16.B:e3 f6 17.g6 B:e3 18.Qh7# ? Fishing Pole Reversed April 2009 White: Bozo Black: Chess Genius @ 3 min/move (2300) 1.h4! e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ng5??! 0-0!!! (h6) 6.Bc4 h6 7.a3 B:c3 8.dc3 d6 9.Ba2 Qd7!? 10.f3 hg5 11.hg5 Ne8 12.Qe2 (12.f4 Qg4) d5 13.g4 f6 14.B:d5+ Rf7 15.g6 Nd8 16.Be3 Kf8 17.0-0-0 Nd6 18.Qh2 Ke8 19.gf7+ Nd8:f7 20.g5 Qe7 21.g6 Nd8 22.Qh8+ Qf8 23.Q:f8+ K:f8 24.Rh8+ Ke7 25.Rg8 Ne6 26.c4 Ne8 27.B:e6 b6 (not 27...B:e6 28.Bc5#) 28.B:c8 R:c8 29.c5 Rb8 and white won on move 62. ? Giuoco Piano TR Attack June 2008 White: Bozo Black: Chess Master 9000 @ 40/1 ("2827") The big kahuna 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.h4 a6!? 8.f3 h6 9.a3 hg5!!! 10.hg5 Ne8 11.f4 g6 12.f5 d5!!! (this should look familiar) 13.N:d5 Kg7!! 14.f6+ Kg8 15.Qf3 Be6 16.Qg3 Ng7 17.fg7 K:g7 18.Rh7+ K:h7 19.Qh4+ Kg8 20.Nf6+ Q:f6 21.gf6 Rfe8 22.Bh6 Bg4! 23.Q:g4 Ne7 24.Qh4 Nf5! 25.ef5 Bf8 26.B:f8 e4 27.d4 R:f8 28.Qh6 gf5 29.Qg7#? 1-0 grrrrr! ? Those are the major games.? That's about it for now, folks. Bozo Clown Forwarded message from Jack Young ? ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090425/7ba7f646/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Apr 25 22:42:58 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:42:58 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel Johnson keeps finding new games where he beat me. I need them for Chris Peterson's site. Message-ID: <1240720978.49f3e652a9c8d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:48:06 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Life Master Faceoff - Jack Young versus Brian Wall To: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com, Brian Wall , Brian Wall Hi Brian, You got me going through old scorebooks. I lost to Alan Kantor and I found this game in that same scorebook. Wall, Brian (2272) - Johnson, Joel (2247) [A00] Dracut Masters Dracut, MA (6), 12.06.1988 1.Na3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.c3 d5 5.dxc5 dxe4 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Be3 Nd7 8.0?0?0 Nh6 9.Bc4 Nf5 10.Bxf7 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Bh6 12.b4 Kc7 13.Nc4 Rf8 14.Be6 Ne5 15.Bxc8 Nxc4 16.Be6 Bxe3+ 17.Kb1 Nd2+ 18.Ka1 Rf6 19.Bg4 h5 20.Be2 a5 21.Nh3 axb4 22.cxb4 Bd4# 0?1 Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:10:13 -0700 From: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Life Master Faceoff - Jack Young versus Brian Wall To: bigbear12 at hotmail.com What happened with the Long Island Knightmares? in rd 2 aganst Alan Kantor? Your final draw with Paul Mishkin was only because we had clinched second. --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Joel Johnson wrote: From: Joel Johnson Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Life Master Faceoff - Jack Young versus Brian Wall To: "Brian Wall" , brianwallchess at yahoogroups.com, chess_improvement at yahoogroups.com, unorthodoxchessopenings at yahoogroups.com, brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8:54 PM OMG - This brings back really old memories. Joel Johnson To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Chess_Improvement@ Yahoogroups. com; UnorthodoxChessOpen ings at Yahoogroups .com; brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. com From: BrianWallChess3@ Taom.com Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:39:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Life Master Faceoff - Jack Young versus Brian Wall I told Jack Young that I lost all my scoresheets in storage in New England 15 years ago. No, I am not going to call for the murder of Bekins Storage personnel like Bobby Fishcer on Philippines radio. It was my own fault for trusting known alcoholics to pay my storage fee. Of course they drank up the money. However once you have something stolen, you appreciate it more. Sam Sloan said that the reason he posts his games everywhere is because he can't lose them that way. I have been reading old Chess Horizons lately which contain Jack Young rticles. I have been hunting for one game for 20 years. The story goes like this - 1988 Amateur Team East. I played for Wang Labs with Mark Lanin and Joel Johnson. I think we scored the most total points but lost one match. We played the Framingham Chess Club where Jack Young was on first board against me. I had no idea who Jack Young was, I knew nothing about him. IM Joe Fang had mentioned him but in my mind, Jack Young looked like the bodybuilder Jack Armstrong so I was not prepared for this wiry housepainter. Chess Horizons called my game with Jack " the best game of the tournament ". Jack was kind enough to send it to me today. Thank you, Mister Limbo. I was " going through a phase ", as John Curdo put it, of playing every legal move in rated games. I had no idea I was playing the living legend Jack Young, Unorthodox Chess Openings god with many published ideas. The game was like a train wreck, either a headon collision or maybe two trains on a parallel track and my train slipped the rails and crashed into Jack's from the side. Playing 1 ... h6 against Jack is like playing 1 c4 against Todd Bardwick or Shaun MacMillan. Jack very much believes in taking control in the opening, in not letting the other guy dictate. Jack does not want to defend if he doesn't have to, Jack likes to set up attacking-the- King positions. Jack and I later became good friends and even roommates. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ----- Forwarded message from Jack Young Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:50:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Young Hi Brian, Here's a couple games that we played...more to come later. Bozo New England Amateur Team 3/13/1988 King's Gambit White:Bozo (Dave Greenberg Fan Club) - 2244 Black: Brian Wall (Wang Labs) 2272 1.e4 h6!? 2.Nc3 (2.d4 was better but I wanted to play a "normal" opening) 2...d6 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3?! ef4 5.Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3!? Nc6! 8.0-0 Bh3 9.Rf2 g4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bb5+ c6 12.dc6 bc6 13.Nh4 f3 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Ba6 Qb6 16.Qd3 Rd8 17.Rd1 Q:b2 18.e5 0-0 19.Nf5 N:f5 20.Q:f5 de5 21.Bd3 R:d3 22.R:d3 ef4 23.Nd1 Re8! 24.Q:a5 Qc3!! 25.Q:c3 B:c3 26.Rf1 Ba5 27.Nc3 Bb6+ 0-1. Joel Johnson said this was the best game of the tourney. March Hare Game 60 3/7/1992 Paris Opening White: Bozo (2245) Black: Brian Wall (2288) 1.Nh3!!! (at this point in time, Brian played 1...e6 against everything) 1...e6 2.g3 h5!? 3.Bg2 h4 4.0-0 c5 5.e4 Nc6 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.g4! e5 9.f4 f6 10.Nd5 Be6 11.Ne3 g5 12.fg5 fg5 13.c3 (with a good Big Clamp type position) Bf6 14.Qf3 Nce7 15.Nf5 B:f5 16.ef5 Nc6 17.Qd5 Nh6 18.Nf2 Qe7 19.h3 0-0-0 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.Bd5 Rc7 22.Ne4 Kb8 23.Be3 Rd8 24.a3 Qg7 25.Qa2 Ne7 26.Be6 b6 27.b4 d5 28.N:f6 Q:f6 29.bc5 bc5 30.Rab1+ Ka8 31.Qg2 (Boo! Black was in extreme time trouble) 31...e4 32.de4 Q:c3 33.B:g5 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Neg8 (zeitnot) 35.B:d8 1-0 ... time. More games on the way. Bozo The Clown ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - notes by Brian - The historic first meeting between future Life Masters Jack Young and Brian Wall New England Amateur Team 3/13/1988 King's Gambit White:Bozo (Dave Greenberg Fan Club) - 2244 Black: Brian Wall (Wang Labs) 2272 1.e4 h6!! I had tried almost everything else already. Pretty cheeky for a team event. 2.Nc3 2.d4 was better but I wanted to play a "normal" opening - Jack Young 2 ... d6 The Fischer Defense is one of my favorites to the King's Gambit - 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 h6 I think it was American Chess Quarterly 1963 when I was 8 years old. 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3!! ef4!! I couldn't believe my luck, from 1 ... h6!! to one of my favorite positions. Everyone around the world felt extra power when they were defending one of Bobby's ideas. 5. Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3 Nc6!! Fritz 9 also likes 7 ... g4! or ... a6 8.0-0 Bh3!! 8 ... g4!! just wins but I don't want anything that smacks of the Muzio. I once played the White side of a 20 game training match with Anthea Carson versus the Muzio Gambit and it was brutal. Fritz suggests 8 0-0 g4 9 d5 Na5 10 Nd2 f3 which isn't going to happen between human players. My move is almost as good and I develop a piece. Other decent moves : 8 ... Nge7, ... Na5, ... a6, ... Qd7, ... Rh7, ... h5, ... Bg4 Fritz doesn't think much of the Danish or King's Gambits. 9.Rf2 g4!! I was close to my peak rating, 2335, I had a lot of experience on both sides of the King's Gambit, Fischer Defense and I was just grateful Jack didn't wipe my 1 ... h6 off the board. I hadn't heard of Elephant Ears or Smiley Face ( Tara Martinez ) back then. 1 ... h6, 2 ... a6 10.d5!! Jack does what he can. 10 ... Na5!! 11.Bb5+!! c6!! 12.dc6! bc6! 13.Nh4 Jack's pretty lost already but I am not close to castling yet. Fritz suggests - 13 Nd4!!, B:f4, Nh4, Bf1 or Ne1 as Jack's best tries. 13 Nd4 cb, ... Ne7 or ... fg should win 13 ... f3? Lame. Overly cautious. 13 ... B:c3!! to avoid Nf5:g7+ 14 bc cb!! wins a piece but it does look extremely messy. 13 ... fg! 14 hg B:c3 15 bc cb is similar I am up a safe pawn after 13 ... Ne7! 14 0-0 fg 15 hg 0-0 Jack can murk this up easily with 13 ... Ne7 14 B:f4, Bf1, Ba6, Nd5, Be2, Qd3 or Bd3 There is no telling what Wild Wolfman Jack will come up with. 14.Bf4? Lame, Overly aggressive. 14 Ba4!! is equal. 14 ... Ne7! 14 ... B:c3!! 15 bc cb!! 16 Nf5 Nc4!! is still the winning formula although my position is backward and full of weak dark squares. My move is almost as good and I get to develop something. 14 .. cb! or ... Be5! favor me too. 15.Ba6? Lousy exposed square. 15 Ba4!! or Nd5!! are half as bad. 15 ... Qb6!! 16.Qd3!! Rd8! 16 ... Q:b2!! is twice as strong but I am just trying to castle in one piece. 16 ... Bd4!, ... d5!, ... Be5!, ... Nc4!, et. al. all win 17.Rd1!! Q:b2!! It takes me a move to get my courage up to play something like this. 18.e5 0-0!! 19.Nf5? N:f5!! 20.Q:f5 de5!! I am up three pawns, Jack has two pieces under attack and he has no threats. 21.Bd3 When in doubt, threaten mate in one. 21 ... R:d3!! Only move. 22.R:d3 ef4!! 23.Nd1!! Re8!! 23 ... Qb4!!! holds onto an extra piece 24.Q:a5 Qc3 I was in vicious time presure, maybe two or 3 minutes left if I remember correctly. I was very nervous about blowing the game for my teammates with a quick move. I was very proud of my move which hangs my Queen three ways due to bank rank problems for Jack. The computer embarrasses me with - 24 ... Bd4!!!!! mating 24 ... Qb6!!!!! mating 24 ... Qb5!! twice as good 24 ... Qb8!! 24 ... Q:a2!! 24 ... Qe5!! all better than my move. Still my move works well ( +6 ) and is a pretty blitz move, exciting for any spectators. 24 ... Qc3 25 N:c3?? or R:c3?? gets mated 25.Q:c3!! My move is so powerful the only other way out of checkmate is giving up the Queen with 25 Rd8 Q:a5 Only move 26 R:e8+ Kh7 with an extra piece and overwhelming threats. 25 ... B:c3! Only move. Material is close to even but my brutal mate threats win pieces. 26.Rf1 Ba5!! 26 ... B:f1!! or ... Bb4!! also win the house. 27.Nc3 Bb6+!! 0-1. Joel Johnson said this was the best game of the tourney. - Jack Young I guess in retrosepct it was a one-sided crush but at the time I didn't realize how good my position was, I just felt lucky to find the exquisite looking 24 ... Qc3!!! in time presure. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - notes by Brian Wall March Hare Game 60 3/7/1992 Paris Opening White: Bozo (2245) Black: Brian Wall (2288) 1.Nh3!!! " at this point in time, Brian played 1...e6 against everything " - Jack Young. You can see where I learned my exclam exuberance. The reason I played 1 ... e6! every game was partly my affection for John Watson but John Curdo once bitchslapped my "little" buddy David Vigorito and I the same day. I played 1 ... e6 against Curdo and got caviared. John Curdo has a book of his miniatures out called " Chess Caviar". This so enraged me that I decided to study 1 ... e6 like a fiend, reaching 2335, much like I became a Chessmaster by studying and playing 1 ... c6 every game in Colorado for 2 years. Anyone can raise their rating if they play the same position every game. The next 1 e4 e6 Curdo-Wall game was a 0-1 miniature in my favor. 1 ... e6 2.g3 h5!! The game already looks like a nuthouse knife fight after 2 moves. 3.Bg2!! Ignoring me. 3 ... h4!! Persistent 4.0-0? Rather bold, castling into it but it's not easy to frighten the future inventor of the Fishing Pole, The Alligator, the Snagglepuss, The Tombraider, the Nymphomaniac Attack, etc. 4 ... c5? I don't remember this game or this tournament at all but maybe it is a Game/60 so we are moving fast. 4 ... hg!! opens the h-file and probably forces the anti-posiitonal 5 fg!. My move allows the bypass 5 g4! 5.e4 Later I would adopt Jack Young's Anchor Punch or Brick Opening, 1 e4 c5 2 Nh3 and play many games like this with White. 5 ... Nc6 Masters like to maintain the tension but maybe I should show some gratitude and play 5 ... hg! while I can 6.d3! The game is about even since we are missing ... hg!! and g4!! possibilities every move. 6 ... Be7 7.Nc3 d6 8.g4!! Jack figured out ... hg!! is good before I did. 8 ... e5 9.f4!! f6 10.Nd5!! I have been completely outplayed and Jack has experience converting these. My position is feeble and Jack's abounds with good ideas - 10 f5!!, a3!!, Bd2!!, Rb1!!, Nf2!!, Be3!! etc. 10 ... Be6 11.Ne3!? Avoiding exchanges with a cramped opponent. Retreating an active piece is often the culprit in the post-mortem. 11 c3!!, f5!! or Be3!! are very strong, among others. 11 ... g5!? A bold atempt to lock up the board after 12 f5 12.fg5!!! Keeping attacking lanes open. 12 f5!! is good too 12 ... fg5! 13.c3!! ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - " with a good Big Clamp type position " - Jack Young 13 Nf5!! is another great move among many ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - 13 ... Bf6 14.Qf3!! 14 Nd5!! is another great move among many 14 ... Nce7 15.Nf5!! 15 Nd5!!! is twice as good because g5 collapses under the pressure. 15 ... B:f5 I don't have any time for some ... Ne7-g6-f4 healing because 15 ... Ng6? 16 N:g5 B:g5? 17 Ng7+ Kd7 18 N:e6! is an unmitigated disaster. Even if I got a knight to f4 it wouldn't be enough to fix the horrible mess I found myself in. 16.ef5!! Nc6!! Only move 17.Qd5 I have miraculously blocked the f-file but my light-squares all over the board are hopeless. 17 ... Nh6 18.Nf2!! Qe7 19.h3 0-0-0 20.Qb3 Rd7 21.Bd5!! Light-square nightmare for me. If you control one color, you can attack the other color. - GM David Bronstein 21 ... Rc7!! 22.Ne4!! Gruesome to look at 22 ... Kb8 23.Be3 Rd8 24.a3 My loss of control is so feeble Jack is posting everything perfectly at his liesure like an endgame. 24 ... Qg7!! 25.Qa2 Lock and loading for b4 25 ... Ne7!! Great moves don't break the hammerlock. 26.Be6 b6 27.b4!!! It took Jack forever to prepare this but I didn't take my Kingside play when I had the chance. This is a lot like my Petrosian Full Metal Jacket game against Bill Weihmiller this year. Lock up the Kingside and ravage the Queenside. 27 ... d5!! 28.N:f6!! Q:f6! 29.bc5!! bc5! 30.Rab1+!! Ka8! 31.Qg2!! "Boo! Black was in extreme time trouble " - Jack Young David Vigorito always said "Boo!" when he made a scary move in time pressure and we all copied him. 31 ... e4 32.de4!! Q:c3 Not as powerful as last game. 33.B:g5!! The long seige is over, I am collapsing across the board 33 ... Qd4+ Even here Fritz 9 wants me to start a Fishing Pole attack with 33 ... N:g4!! 34.Kh1! Neg8?? My flag fell 35.B:d8!! mating 1-0 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Windows Live? Hotmail?: more than just e-mail. Check it out. __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (2) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090425/e3b6757f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Apr 26 18:54:28 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:54:28 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bloomer-Covington April 22, 2009 Message-ID: <1240793668.49f50244e1b54@www.taom.com> Josh and I have a thing where our computer is like our Daddy and we run home after a game to show our loving electronic Daddy our report card and then Daddy sits us on his laptop, clucks his tongue, shakes his head and grades every move. I think our average when we are thinking hard is about 50% best moves but sometimes we can get 70%, maybe even 100% sometimes. Let's see how Josh did today. Bloomer's Dad can beat up my Dad - Rybka 3 on I-7 versus Fritz 9 on a laptop. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message from Josh Bloomer Hey Brian this is Josh Bloomer.? In case you are running short of email material I figured I would send you this game.?? Even if you aren't though it was pretty interesting with the material imbalance and the Bd4-g7 maneuver.? This game shows the reason you should have a disclaimer telling people not to try to imitate what Brian Wall does with pawn rollers j/k.? [Event "Poor Richard's Bookstore Wednesday Night extravaganza, April"] [Site "424 N. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.04.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Bloomer, Josh"] [Black "Covington, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A60"] [WhiteElo "2227"] [BlackElo "1900"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. a4 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 Nb4 12. h3 a6 13. Ne1 b5 14. f4 bxa4 15. e5 Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 c4 19. Ra3 Qb6+ 20. Kh2 Qc5 21. g4 h6 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Be5+ 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Qf3 Rae8 27. Qg3 Rd8 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Bd4 Nc2 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qc3+ Re5 32. Qxc2 Rxg5 33. Raf3 Rg8 34. Qf2 Rf8 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Rf4 Qe7 37. h4 Rg7 38. Re4 Qd8 39. Rg4 f6 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Rf5 1-0 Forwarded message from Josh Bloomer -------------------------------------------------------------------- notes by Brian [Event "Poor Richard's Bookstore Wednesday Night extravaganza, April"] [Site "424 N. Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.04.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Bloomer, Josh"] [Black "Covington, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A60"] [WhiteElo "2227"] [BlackElo "1900"] Poor Richard's restaurant Wednesday Night Tournament 424 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO Round 4 Game/85 5 second delay April 22, 2008 Warm Weather, the stars were out across the Street - Louie's Pizza, Tony's Bar Waitresses - Hot Beer - Cold It's hard to tell ratings in Colorado Springs, everyone there claims to be a Chessmaster or an expert or used to be in the Age of Aquarius. Shades of Tom Schiel. White - Josh Bloomer Never been kissed like Susan Boyle. Black - Paul Covington, Mister Computer, originally stationed in England, Air Force, I think. Ratings - Brian Wall today - 2200 Date on Brian's Master Certificate - 8/19/81 Tyler Hughes - 2303 Renae Delaware - 1494 Anthea Carson - 1783 Weihmiller - Old Chicago rating - 1801 Weihmiller - new improved CO rating - 1834 Philipp Ponomarev - 2361 IM Michael Mulyar - 2432 GM Dashzeveg Sharadorj - 2480 last 2500 rating - 12/29/07 Josh Bloomer - 2227 last expert rating after losing to Anthea - 12/02/07 M. Paul Covington today - 1900 Paul's rating 9/26/07 - 2008 Paul's rating 6/15/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 6/25/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 7/30/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 8/27/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 8/31/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 9/24/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 12/07/08 - 1900 Paul's rating 2/25/09 - 1900 Paul's rating 3/25/08 - 1900 Opening - Poor Man's Benoni Josh- Best Move/exclams 22-42 52% That was the average of a Colorado Closed when I analyzed all the games one year. Josh is operating at roughly a Colorado Championship level. Paul - Best Move/exclams 20/42 48% Paul is operating at roughly a Colorado Championship level. Josh refused to play g6! four times, Paul refused to play ... Nd3! four times. Errors, Josh - Minor - 18 Nf3 instead of Nc2 Result - some advantage, no advantage 21 g4 instead of Ng5 Result - some advantage, no advantage Errors, Paul - 21 ... h6?? instead of ... c3 or ... g6 Result - small disadvantage to huge disadvantage. Paul hastened the end with several blunders near the end. Paul made best moves at almost the same rate as Josh. The difference was - Paul took an interesting, highly complicated dynamic balance on move 20 and simply refused to do anything to improve his position. While Paul hung out watching the sunset Josh went to work with 19 Ra3! rooklift 22 g5! pawn thrust 30 B:g7! rook sac, piece sac 39 Rg4! removing a key defender In short, they started from a Democratic position but Josh utilized all his opportunities and Paul squandered his. Paul could have played 19 ... Qe7!, 20 ... Nd3!, 21 ... c3!, 27 ... Re2! or 29 ... Nd3! and it would have still been a fight. If I could boil down this game I would say - Josh asked the question, What can I do to Covington? Paul asked the same question, What can Josh do to me? No one asked, what can Paul do to Josh? 1. d4 Nf6! 2. c4 e6! 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5! d6 6. Bg2! Be7! 7. Nc3! O-O! 8. Nf3! Bd7 9. a4 Na6! Played 3 times 10. O-O! Re8 Played once before. 10 ... Nb4 played twice. 11. e4 TN Bloomer Theoretical Novelty by Josh Bloomer. About equal - Fritz likes 11 Nd2!! ( played once ), Qb3, Bf4, Re1, e4 11 ... Nb4! 12. h3 a6 13. Ne1 b5 14. f4 bxa4? 15. e5!! A turning point. Josh has some advantage 15 ... Bb5!! 16. Nxb5!! axb5! 17. exf6!! Bxf6! 18. Nf3? Turning Point. Josh has nothing after 18 Nf3? c4!!, ... Qd7!, ... Qc8! or ... Qe7! Josh has an extra piece but Paul has adequate compensation, Queenside pawn wave, beautiful outposted bishop on a long diagonal, frisky knight trying to reach d3, two connected unbroken pawn chains, rook on an open file. Meanwhile Josh has isolani on b2 and d5, overextended Kingside pawns, inactive c1-bishop. The most likely plan for Paul is ... c4 and ... Nd3, the biggest improvement for Bloomer's game would be Bd2-c3 challenging the long diagonal. The Benoni is all about dynamic balance, to find the right move every other move is a tall order, the scenery keeps changing. 18 ... c4!! Paul is doing OK but he never managed to increase the Queenside pressure with ... Nd3!! or ... pawn-c3!! 19. Ra3! Qb6+ It's odd that Fritz only likes the illogical 19 ... Qe7 which can be chased away by rooks. 20. Kh2!! Qc5 20 ... Nd3! would force Josh to give up his dead rook for the octopus on d3. 21. g4 Turning Point - 21 Ng5!! hits a lot of key squares like e4 but trading bishop for knight opens up avenues for Bloomer's dead bishop. 21 ... h6?? Horrible kneejerk reaction to the threat of g5, trapping his bishop. I call the h6-pawn a hook, it speeds up the opening of lines against his King. Meanwhile Paul had a beautiful move bring all his counterplay together with 21 ... c3!!, radiating energy towards the a3-rook, the b2-pawn, the d5-pawn and the e3-square for the black knight. Paul could also play 21 ... Nd3 or ... g6 or even something passive like 21 ... Rac8 22 g5 Bd8 22. g5!! All of Bloomer's pieces, including his extra one, will be clamoring to throw themselves at the Kingside breach now. They were unemployed before, just waiting for Covington's Queenside pawn roller to march down the board, now it's a wartime economy. 22 ... hxg5! One example of the fury that 21 ... h6?? released - 22 g5!! Bd8 23 gh gh 24 Ne5!! de 25 Rg3+!! and Paul's Kingside looks like a slaughterhouse. 23. fxg5!! 23 N:g5! is still a good idea but 23 fg!! gains more time. 23 ... Be5+! 24. Nxe5! Rxe5! 25. Bf4!! Re7! 26. Qf3 Josh has many good ideas now - 26 g6!! fg 27 Rg3! activates the rook before the Knight can close the barn door. 26 Rg3!! right away 26 Bg3!! intending the exchange sac 26 ... Nd3 27 R:d3! cd 28 Q:d3 26 ... Rae8! 27. Qg3! 27 g6!! is very powerful for the 4th time in a row. Josh comes up with a great plan based on my rule- A pawn, either color, near a King is worth a piece. 27 ... Rd8 Paul almost has enough compensation for a rook after 27 ... Re2 28 B:d6 R:g2+ 29 K:g2 Q:d5+ 30 Raf3 Nd3 - at least the pieces he does have left are maxed out. 28. Be3 28 g6!! 28 ... Qc7! 29. Bd4 29 g6!! is turning a lot of Josh's great moves into second best options. 29 ... Nc2? Fork. Paul hasn't learned the first two rules for playing Josh - 1 - Josh Bloomer is playing three levels above you 2 - Anthea finally caught on that every time Josh hangs something, he didn't. It's better to pet a rattlesnake on the head than to touch one of Josh Boomer's "unguarded" pieces. For the 4th and last time, Paul refuses to cut off Bloomer's rook with 29 ... Nd3!! 30. Bxg7!! Kxg7! Bloomer's attack is based on 30 ... N:a3? 31 Bf6!! Nc2 32 Qh4!! any 33 Qh8 checkmate. All other variations flow from this one. 31. Qc3+!! Re5! 32. Qxc2! Rxg5 33. Raf3 Paul still has two pawns for a bishop. Paul would like to get his pawns rolling, Josh would like to get his bishop to e4. 33 ... Rg8 34. Qf2!! 34 R:f7+ Q:f7 35 R:f7+ K:f7 36 Qf2+ should be a winning ending for Josh but he just piles on more pressure. 34 ... Rf8! 35. Qd4+ Kg8! 36. Rf4 Qe7 37. h4 Rg7 38. Re4! Josh controls all the highways and Paul must pay the toll booth. 38 ... Qd8? 39. Rg4!! Josh's atack is in full bloom and Paul's pawns are where they were 20 moves ago. 39 ... f6? 40. Rxg7+!! Kxg7! 41. Qg4+!! Kh8? 42. Rf5! mating 42 Qh5+!! or Be4! also mate 1-0 [Event "Trade Unions"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Panov,Vasily N"] [Black "Lisitsin,Georgy"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "A60"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.a4 Qc8 10.h3 Na6 11.Nd2 Nb4 12.Nc4 Re8 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.Rc1 Bf8 15.Kf1 Qd7 16.g4 Bg6 17.f3 Reb8 18.e4 b6 19.Kf2 Ne8 20.Bf1 f6 21.Be3 Qe7 22.h4 a6 23.h5 Bf7 24.Bf4 Ra7 25.Be2 Qd8 26.Ne3 Rab7 27.Qf1 Nc7 28.Qg2 h6 29.Nf5 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Qg3 Ne8 32.Be3 c4 33.f4 Be7 34.Rhg1 Kf8 35.Nd4 Nc7 36.Rg2 Nca6 37.Rd1 Bg8 38.Qf3 Ke8 39.Kg1 Nc5 40.Nc6 Nxc6 41.dxc6 Rc7 42.Bxc5 Rxc6 43.Bb4 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "URS-ch21"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Borisenko,Georgy K"] [Black "Bannik,Anatoly"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "A60"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.0-0 b5 10.Nd2 b4 11.Nce4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bb5 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bd3 a6 15.a4 bxa3 16.b3 Nd7 17.Nc4 Bf6 18.Rxa3 Ne5 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Be4 Qe7 21.Bg2 Rab8 22.Ra2 Rb7 23.h3 Reb8 24.Re1 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Bd7 26.Rxa6 Rb2 27.Qc1 Bc8 28.Ra3 R8b3 29.Rxb3 Rxb3 30.Qc2 Rb2 31.Qd3 Ba6 32.Rc1 Bd4 33.e3 Be5 34.Bc3 Rb3 35.Qd2 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Qb7 37.Rc1 Qb4 38.Qc2 Rb2 39.Qd3 Rd2 40.Qe4 Qb2 41.Rb1 Qf6 42.Qf3 Qxf3 43.Bxf3 Bxc4 44.Rb6 Kf8 1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1954.09.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Panagopoulos,Panayotis"] [Black "Katajisto,Olavi"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "A60"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.Qb3 Qc8 10.0-0 Na6 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Nc4 Bh3 13.Bf4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qd7 15.e4 Nb4 16.Rad1 b5 17.Na5 Bd8 18.Nc6 Nxe4 19.Nxb4 cxb4 20.Qxb4 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Rc8 22.Qa3 Rc5 23.Be3 Rc4 24.Qxa7 Qxa7 25.Bxa7 Bf6 26.Rd2 Ra4 27.Be3 Rxa2 28.Rc1 Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Bxb2 30.Rb1 Ba3 31.Rxb5 h5 32.Ba7 Rc8 33.Kf3 Bc5 34.Bxc5 dxc5 35.Ke4 Kf8 36.d6 g6 37.Kd5 c4 38.d7 Ra8 39.Kd6 c3 40.Rc5 Ra6+ 41.Rc6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Kaluga Tsiolkovsky mem"] [Site "Kaluga"] [Date "2007.08.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Kostin,Sergei"] [Black "Barykin,V"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "A60"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.a4 Na6 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nd2 Qc8 12.Nc4 Bh3 13.e4 Rd8 14.Re1 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nb4 16.h3 Nd7 17.f4 Nb6 18.b3 Qd7 19.Bb2 Bf8 20.Qd2 g6 21.Rad1 Nxc4 22.bxc4 f6 23.e5 fxe5 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Ne4 Qf5 26.Re2 Nc6 27.Rf1 Qc8 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.dxc6 Qxc6 30.Qd5+ Qxd5 31.cxd5 b6 32.Bxe5 Rad8 33.d6 Rf5 34.Bc3 Kf7 35.g4 Rd5 36.Rf2+ Ke6 37.Rf6+ Kd7 38.Rf7+ Kc8 39.Rxa7 h5 40.Ra8+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090426/0b3ac6eb/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 00:14:19 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:14:19 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] "Pinky Situation" at States Message-ID: <1240812859.49f54d3b51104@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:11 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: "Pinky Situation" at States Every year, the Tournament Directors of the Arizona State Scholastic Championships encounter some amazing issue involving a couple of chess players. This year was no exception. What happened this time around? Well, picture this, one little Kindergarten boy is playing another little Kindergarten girl. The little girl decides to ask the boy, ?if I move my Queen here, will you pinky swear not to take it?? And, like nearly every boy that has been confronted with such a proposal, he readily agrees. So, the little girl bravely ventures forth her most valuable chess piece, the big Queen onto the endangered square. And, in a mere instance, without any remorse or sympathy for his actions, the young lad snatches her Queen from the board. And, almost immediately, the girl raises her hand to flag down a Tournament Director. After hearing both sides of the story, the Tournament Director, decided to give the little girl her Queen back and restores the position. As a fellow Tournament Director, I am still trying to find the rule in the U. S. Chess Federation rule book that covers this situation! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090427/4d7ec424/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 09:58:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:58:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 Message-ID: <1240847900.49f5d61c96156@www.taom.com> A beautiful woman is a law unto herself. - India I think the TD exercised common decency. It's a cute story. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 To: Brian Wall Probably a more fundamental reason to disallow the girl's claim is that players are not allowed to talk during the course of the game. Getting your opponent to agree on what his next move will be is not a valid exception to this essential rule. Matthew [Part 1] How about the stipulation that players are not allowed to prearrange the outcome of a game in any way. Sometimes its difficult to figure if the tournament director is more of a scoundrel than the player. I have actually had a "freelance" tournament director tell my opponent that he shouldn't allow me a few minutes grace with a game about to begin. We had already agreed to wait and start with the original time with the full time, then I came back to the board to see my clock running. "Oh, I changed my mind." I had to apply Everest Tucker's (formerly of Syracuse, NY) philosophy: "Just shut up and beat 'em." In the kindergarten case, the rule about not prearranging the outcome could apply here. Of course, in our society, if it was a pretty girl, then you take the kid to the woodshed and give him the business. Matthew O'Hara ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:14:19 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:11 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: "Pinky Situation" at States Every year, the Tournament Directors of the Arizona State Scholastic Championships encounter some amazing issue involving a couple of chess players. This year was no exception. What happened this time around? Well, picture this, one little Kindergarten boy is playing another little Kindergarten girl. The little girl decides to ask the boy, if I move my Queen here, will you pinky swear not to take it? And, like nearly every boy that has been confronted with such a proposal, he readily agrees. So, the little girl bravely ventures forth her most valuable chess piece, the big Queen onto the endangered square. And, in a mere instance, without any remorse or sympathy for his actions, the young lad snatches her Queen from the board. And, almost immediately, the girl raises her hand to flag down a Tournament Director. After hearing both sides of the story, the Tournament Director, decided to give the little girl her Queen back and restores the position. As a fellow Tournament Director, I am still trying to find the rule in the U. S. Chess Federation rule book that covers this situation! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090427/9f034df1/attachment.htm From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Mon Apr 27 10:16:29 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:16:29 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 In-Reply-To: <1240847900.49f5d61c96156@www.taom.com> References: <1240847900.49f5d61c96156@www.taom.com> Message-ID: It?s a precursor to the ?a woman gets what she wants? rule. Husbands find out about this rule right after the honeymoon. And, most divorce judges enforce this rule especially if there is a lot of money, property and/or children involved. George Stamas As a TD and organizer, I fully understand why you cannot allow combatants to delay the start of a game. As it could delay the entire tournament. And, many events have strict schedules, especially if they are renting a facility. For example, my opponent shows up a half hour late, but because it is my good buddy, Brian, I decide, no problem, we will play the game in it's entirety, with no time penalty. Then, the game goes to the wire, and the whole tournament is delayed, while we wait for these two good buddies to complete their game. Joel Johnson To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:58:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 A beautiful woman is a law unto herself. - India I think the TD exercised common decency. It's a cute story. BW ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 To: Brian Wall Probably a more fundamental reason to disallow the girl's claim is that players are not allowed to talk during the course of the game. Getting your opponent to agree on what his next move will be is not a valid exception to this essential rule. Matthew [Part 1] How about the stipulation that players are not allowed to prearrange the outcome of a game in any way. Sometimes its difficult to figure if the tournament director is more of a scoundrel than the player. I have actually had a "freelance" tournament director tell my opponent that he shouldn't allow me a few minutes grace with a game about to begin. We had already agreed to wait and start with the original time with the full time, then I came back to the board to see my clock running. "Oh, I changed my mind." I had to apply Everest Tucker's (formerly of Syracuse, NY) philosophy: "Just shut up and beat 'em." In the kindergarten case, the rule about not prearranging the outcome could apply here. Of course, in our society, if it was a pretty girl, then you take the kid to the woodshed and give him the business. Matthew O'Hara ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:14:19 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:11 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: "Pinky Situation" at States Every year, the Tournament Directors of the Arizona State Scholastic Championships encounter some amazing issue involving a couple of chess players. This year was no exception. What happened this time around? Well, picture this, one little Kindergarten boy is playing another little Kindergarten girl. The little girl decides to ask the boy, if I move my Queen here, will you pinky swear not to take it? And, like nearly every boy that has been confronted with such a proposal, he readily agrees. So, the little girl bravely ventures forth her most valuable chess piece, the big Queen onto the endangered square. And, in a mere instance, without any remorse or sympathy for his actions, the young lad snatches her Queen from the board. And, almost immediately, the girl raises her hand to flag down a Tournament Director. After hearing both sides of the story, the Tournament Director, decided to give the little girl her Queen back and restores the position. As a fellow Tournament Director, I am still trying to find the rule in the U. S. Chess Federation rule book that covers this situation! __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090427/710f81f5/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 13:03:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:03:53 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dennis Monokroussos: Anand Blanks Morovic 2-0 In Rapid Match Message-ID: <1240859033.49f601993d4c7@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Email subscription to blog articles ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:29:25 -0400 From: Email subscription to blog articles Reply-To: historicchess at comcast.net, chessmind at lists.powerblogs.com Subject: [chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Anand Blanks Morovic 2-0 In Rapid Match To: chessmind at lists.powerblogs.com Posted by Dennis Monokroussos: Anand Blanks Morovic 2-0 In Rapid Match http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1240853362.shtml It was neither a major event nor a major test for the world champion, but because it's Viswanathan Anand in action his 2-game rapid match with GM Ivan Morovic is automatically noteworthy. In game 1, Morovic allowed his pawn structure to be compromised, and a few moves later his position was lost. His 31st move gave up a pawn without receiving any real compensation in return, but the problem was that if his knight remained in place he'd have no play whatsoever - not to mention that Black would win material by piling on the c-file. With the pawn in his pocket, Anand's passers pushed on to victory. In game 2, Anand was again the brute, making it look easy to beat a 2550-level player. Morovic was in trouble from early on, and Anand got to finish in style with the 1-2 punch 30.b4!! cxb4 31.h6! The point of the first move was to clear b2 for the queen, and the second move was complementary, prising open the a1-h8 diagonal. After 31...Ne7 32.Qb2 Qg6 33.hxg7+ Black was losing a rook, so it was time to throw in the towel. The games are [1]here (without notes), the tournament website [2]here. References 1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/anand_morovic_rapidmatch2009.htm 2. http://www.fundaciondeajedrez.cl/index.php _______________________________________________ chessmind mailing list chessmind at lists.powerblogs.com http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chessmind From harveylerman at embarqmail.com Mon Apr 27 11:48:50 2009 From: harveylerman at embarqmail.com (Harvey Lerman) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:48:50 -0400 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 References: <1240847900.49f5d61c96156@www.taom.com> Message-ID: The TD is in charge of running the chess tournament in as fair a way as he can. Rule 1C2 gives the TD discretion to make a ruling that he thinks is most fair. Harvey Lerman ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Johnson To: Brian Wall ; brianwallchess at yahoogroups.com ; chess_improvement at yahoogroups.com ; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 It?s a precursor to the ?a woman gets what she wants? rule. Husbands find out about this rule right after the honeymoon. And, most divorce judges enforce this rule especially if there is a lot of money, property and/or children involved. George Stamas As a TD and organizer, I fully understand why you cannot allow combatants to delay the start of a game. As it could delay the entire tournament. And, many events have strict schedules, especially if they are renting a facility. For example, my opponent shows up a half hour late, but because it is my good buddy, Brian, I decide, no problem, we will play the game in it's entirety, with no time penalty. Then, the game goes to the wire, and the whole tournament is delayed, while we wait for these two good buddies to complete their game. Joel Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:58:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 A beautiful woman is a law unto herself. - India I think the TD exercised common decency. It's a cute story. BW ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 To: Brian Wall Probably a more fundamental reason to disallow the girl's claim is that players are not allowed to talk during the course of the game. Getting your opponent to agree on what his next move will be is not a valid exception to this essential rule. Matthew [Part 1] How about the stipulation that players are not allowed to prearrange the outcome of a game in any way. Sometimes its difficult to figure if the tournament director is more of a scoundrel than the player. I have actually had a "freelance" tournament director tell my opponent that he shouldn't allow me a few minutes grace with a game about to begin. We had already agreed to wait and start with the original time with the full time, then I came back to the board to see my clock running. "Oh, I changed my mind." I had to apply Everest Tucker's (formerly of Syracuse, NY) philosophy: "Just shut up and beat 'em." In the kindergarten case, the rule about not prearranging the outcome could apply here. Of course, in our society, if it was a pretty girl, then you take the kid to the woodshed and give him the business. Matthew O'Hara ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:14:19 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:11 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: "Pinky Situation" at States Every year, the Tournament Directors of the Arizona State Scholastic Championships encounter some amazing issue involving a couple of chess players. This year was no exception. What happened this time around? Well, picture this, one little Kindergarten boy is playing another little Kindergarten girl. The little girl decides to ask the boy, if I move my Queen here, will you pinky swear not to take it? And, like nearly every boy that has been confronted with such a proposal, he readily agrees. So, the little girl bravely ventures forth her most valuable chess piece, the big Queen onto the endangered square. And, in a mere instance, without any remorse or sympathy for his actions, the young lad snatches her Queen from the board. And, almost immediately, the girl raises her hand to flag down a Tournament Director. After hearing both sides of the story, the Tournament Director, decided to give the little girl her Queen back and restores the position. As a fellow Tournament Director, I am still trying to find the rule in the U. S. Chess Federation rule book that covers this situation! __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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Rule 1C2 gives the TD discretion to make a ruling that he thinks is most fair. Harvey Lerman ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Johnson To: Brian Wall ; brianwallchess at yahoogroups.com ; chess_improvement at yahoogroups.com ; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:16 PM Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 It?s a precursor to the ?a woman gets what she wants? rule. Husbands find out about this rule right after the honeymoon. And, most divorce judges enforce this rule especially if there is a lot of money, property and/or children involved. George Stamas As a TD and organizer, I fully understand why you cannot allow combatants to delay the start of a game. As it could delay the entire tournament. And, many events have strict schedules, especially if they are renting a facility. For example, my opponent shows up a half hour late, but because it is my good buddy, Brian, I decide, no problem, we will play the game in it's entirety, with no time penalty. Then, the game goes to the wire, and the whole tournament is delayed, while we wait for these two good buddies to complete their game. Joel Johnson To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:58:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 A beautiful woman is a law unto herself. - India I think the TD exercised common decency. It's a cute story. BW ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States, pt. 2 To: Brian Wall Probably a more fundamental reason to disallow the girl's claim is that players are not allowed to talk during the course of the game. Getting your opponent to agree on what his next move will be is not a valid exception to this essential rule. Matthew [Part 1] How about the stipulation that players are not allowed to prearrange the outcome of a game in any way. Sometimes its difficult to figure if the tournament director is more of a scoundrel than the player. I have actually had a "freelance" tournament director tell my opponent that he shouldn't allow me a few minutes grace with a game about to begin. We had already agreed to wait and start with the original time with the full time, then I came back to the board to see my clock running. "Oh, I changed my mind." I had to apply Everest Tucker's (formerly of Syracuse, NY) philosophy: "Just shut up and beat 'em." In the kindergarten case, the rule about not prearranging the outcome could apply here. Of course, in our society, if it was a pretty girl, then you take the kid to the woodshed and give him the business. Matthew O'Hara ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:14:19 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] "Pinky Situation" at States ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:04:11 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: "Pinky Situation" at States Every year, the Tournament Directors of the Arizona State Scholastic Championships encounter some amazing issue involving a couple of chess players. This year was no exception. What happened this time around? Well, picture this, one little Kindergarten boy is playing another little Kindergarten girl. The little girl decides to ask the boy, if I move my Queen here, will you pinky swear not to take it? And, like nearly every boy that has been confronted with such a proposal, he readily agrees. So, the little girl bravely ventures forth her most valuable chess piece, the big Queen onto the endangered square. And, in a mere instance, without any remorse or sympathy for his actions, the young lad snatches her Queen from the board. And, almost immediately, the girl raises her hand to flag down a Tournament Director. After hearing both sides of the story, the Tournament Director, decided to give the little girl her Queen back and restores the position. As a fellow Tournament Director, I am still trying to find the rule in the U. S. Chess Federation rule book that covers this situation! __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090427/e58cdaf2/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 17:35:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:35:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian Wall Chessmaster, my first 100 pgns Message-ID: <1240875356.49f6415cb3774@www.taom.com> http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quoting Daniel Freeman : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall I sent 100 Pgns ( random dross ) to Daniel Freeman of www.Chessgames.com. If he accepts them I have 100 pieces of immortality. The rules are - Daniel will accept any slow game from a 2200 and any blitz game from a GM. I have analyzed all 100 games Chessbase style. I send them to Chris Peterson's Brian Wall site http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm in batches of 40 so the last 20 aren't up there yet. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Quoting Daniel Freeman : 100 at a time (or so) sounds just fine. Looking forward to them. PGN format only. (If you don't know what that is, get back to me and I'll go into more details.) Best regards, Daniel Freeman webmaster, Chessgames.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Apr 26, 2009, at 11:57 PM, Brian Wall wrote: I am in the process of collecting all my games and annotating them Chessbase style. I am a prolific Chess author and player. I wrote to you once before. You said you could accept slow games if one player is over 2200 and blitz games if one player is a GM. Should I send my games 100 at a time or wait years till I have 2 or 3 thousand? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Master Brian Wall (2200) - IM Michael Mulyar (2439) [C55] 2009 Colorado Closed 40/2 G/1 5scdel Tivoli Center, Denver, CO (4), 29.03.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.0-0 Nxe4 7.cxd4 d5 8.dxc5 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Rd1+ Bd7 11.Be3 Kc8 12.Na3 c3 13.b3 b6 14.Rdc1 Kb7 15.Nb5 Nb4 16.Nxc3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rad8 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Rcc1 Bf5 20.Nh4 Be6 21.a3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Bf4 Nd5 24.Bd2 Rhe8 25.b4 b5 26.Nf3 Nb6 27.Bf4 c6 28.h3 Bd5 29.Ne5 Na4 30.Re1 f6 31.Nd3 Bc4 32.Nc5+ Nxc5 33.bxc5 Ra8 34.Bd2 Bd5 35.Bb4 Kc7 36.f3 Kd7 37.Rxe8 Kxe8 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.Re1 Bb3 40.Re2 Rd8 41.Rd2 Bd5 42.h4 h5 43.Kg3 Re8 44.Kf2 Re7 45.Ba5 Ra7 46.Bb4 Ra8 47.Re2 Ra7 48.Rd2 Ke6 49.Rb2 Ra8 50.Rc2 Kd7 51.Rd2 g5 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Rd3 Rg8 54.Rc3 h4 55.g4 Rh8 56.Kg2 Re8 57.Kf2 Rh8 58.Kg2 Rf8 59.Kf2 Rf4 60.Rd3 Rc4 61.Bd2 Rc2 62.Kg1 Ke6 63.Bxg5 h3 64.Bf4 Rg2+ 65.Kh1 Rf2 66.Kg1 Rg2+ 67.Kh1 Rxg4 68.Rxd5 Rxf4 69.Rd6+ Ke5 70.Rxc6 Rxf3 71.Ra6 Kd5 72.Ra5 Kc6 73.Kg1 Rg3+ 74.Kh1 Rd3 75.Kg1 Rd2 76.Kh1 Rc2 77.Kg1 Ra2 78.Kh1 Kxc5 79.Kg1 Kb6 80.Ra8 Kc6 81.Ra5 Rd2 82.Ra8 Rg2+ 83.Kh1 Ra2 84.Ra5 Re2 85.Ra8 Kb7 86.Ra5 Kb6 87.Ra8 Ra2 88.Kg1 Kb7 89.Ra5 Kc6 90.Kh1 Rf2 91.Ra8 Rf4 92.Rh8 Rf3 93.Ra8 Kc5 94.Kh2 Kc4 95.Ra5 Rb3 96.Kg1 Rb2 97.Kh1 Kc3 98.Kg1 Rb3 99.Kh1 Kb2 100.Kh2 Ka2 101.Kg1 Rb2 102.Kh1 h2 103.Ra8 Kb3 104.Ra5 Kc4 105.Ra8 Rd2 106.Ra5 Ra2 107.Ra8 Re2 108.Rh8 Kb3 109.Ra8 Re4 110.Ra5 Kc4 111.Kxh2 Kc5 112.Kg2 Rf4 113.Kg3 Ra4 114.Rxa4 bxa4 115.Kf2 Kc4 116.Ke1 Kb3 117.Kd1 Kxa3 118.Kc1 Kb3 ?-? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philipp Ponomarev (2200) - Brian Wall (2370) [B06] 2009 Colorado Closed Tivoli Center, Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 a6 5.a4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 9.bxc3 dxc5 10.Be3 Nf6 11.f3 Nfd7 12.a5 Nc6 13.Ne2 e5 14.Nc1 Kd8 15.Bc4 f6 16.Nb3 Kc7 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Nxa5 19.Rxa5 b6 20.Bb4 bxa5 21.Bxa5+ Kd6 22.Bb4+ Kc7 23.Ba5+ Kd6 24.Kf2 Bb7 25.Bb4+ Kc7 26.Ba5+ Kd6 27.Bb4+ Kc7 28.Rd1 Rad8 29.Ba5+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (2482) - Brian Wall (2200) [A70] 2009 Colorado Closed Tivoli Center, Denver, CO (3), 28.03.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 0-0 9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4 14.Bg5 Qb6 15.a4 Bf5 16.Nd2 Rd4 17.Be3 Rxd2 18.Qxd2 Qd8 19.Rfc1 Bd3 20.Na3 Qh4 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.Qb4 Na6 23.Qxc4 Qxc4 24.Rxc4 Bxb2 25.Rb1 Ba3 26.Rc6 Nc5 27.Rxd6 a5 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Rc6 Bb4 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.d6 Rd7 32.Kf1 Kg7 33.Rc7 Rxd6 34.Rxd6 Bxd6 35.Rc6 Bb4 36.Ke2 h5 37.Rb6 Bc3 38.f4 f5 39.Kd3 Be1 40.Rb1 Bg3 41.Rf1 h4 42.Kc4 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Tyler Hughes (2300) [B20] 2009 Colorado Closed Tivoli Center, Denver, CO (5), 29.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nc4 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nce5 d4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bc1 Bc6 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.h4 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Re1 h6 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.h5 Nxh5 23.Nh4 Nf6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Nxf3 Nd5 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 f5 29.f4 Kf7 30.Nf3 Be7 31.Kg2 Bf6 32.Nh2 a6 33.Kf2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Kg2 b4 36.Nf3 Nc7 37.Ne1 Kg6 38.Kh3 Kh5 39.Nf3 Nb5 40.Ne1 Na3 41.Bc1 g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.Bd2 Bg7 44.Bc1 Bh6 45.Kg2 g4 46.Bxh6 Kxh6 47.Kf2 Kg5 48.Ke2 f4 49.Kf2 f3 50.Kg1 Nb1 51.Kf1 Nc3 52.Kf2 Nd1+ 53.Kf1 Kf5 54.c4 bxc3 55.Nc2 Ne3+ 56.Ke1 Nxc2+ 57.Kd1 Ne3+ 58.Ke1 c2 59.Kd2 f2 60.Kc1 f1N 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2207) - Mitch Anderson (2007) [C55] 2009 Colorado Closed Tivoli Center, Denver, CO (2), 28.03.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 c5 15.Nb3 d4 16.Bf2 Bc6 17.c4 Qe7 18.f5 0-0-0 19.a4 a6 20.a5 Ba7 21.Rae1 g6 22.f6 Qe6 23.Qd3 h5 24.h4 Kb8 25.Nd2 g5 26.hxg5 h4 27.Qh3 Qxh3 28.gxh3 Rh5 29.Bxh4 Rxh4 30.g6 Rxh3 31.g7 Rh1+ 32.Kf2 Rh2+ 33.Kg3 Rxd2 34.e6 fxe6 35.Rxe6 Rg2+ 36.Kh4 Rh2+ 37.Kg5 Rg2+ 38.Kh6 Rh2+ 39.Kg6 Rg2+ 40.Kh6 Rh2+ 41.Kg6 Rg2+ 42.Kh6 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Spell (1461) - Brian Wall (2200) [C65] Poor Richard's Game/85 5 second delay 324 North Tejon, CO Springs, (1), 04.03.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Ng4 5.Re1 Bc5 6.Re2 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.h3 Nxf2 9.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2 Qh4+ 11.Kg1 Qxe4 12.Nc3 Qd4+ 13.Kh1 c6 14.Ba4 0-0 15.Qf3 d5 16.d3 f5 17.Be3 Qb4 18.Bb3 Be6 19.Qf2 b6 20.Bd2 Qd6 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Ne2 c5 23.Ng3 f4 24.Nf1 b5 25.a3 g5 26.Qf3 Kg7 27.Qh5 h6 28.Qe2 Bf5 29.Kg1 a6 30.Kh1 Kh7 31.Bc3 d4 32.Bd2 e4 33.Qh5 e3 34.Bc1 c4 35.dxc4 bxc4 36.Ba4 Re7 37.Nh2 d3 38.cxd3 cxd3 39.Nf3 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Kg1 Rd8 42.Bd2 Be4 43.Bc3 Bxf3 44.gxf3 d2 45.Bc2+ Kh5 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - William Weihmiller (1842) [E81] Poor Richard's Game/85 5 second delay 324 N. Tejon, CO Springs, CO (2), 11.03.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 c5 9.g4 h6 10.Be3 Kh7 11.Nge2 Ng8 12.Ng3 a6 13.h4 Qf6 14.Be2 Qd8 15.h5 g5 16.0-0 f6 17.a3 Rf7 18.b4 b6 19.Rfb1 Rb7 20.Ra2 Raa7 21.Rb3 Ne7 22.Rab2 Nd7 23.Qc1 Qc7 24.Qb1 Kg8 25.Kg2 Kh7 26.Bd3 Kg8 27.Nh1 Kh8 28.Be2 Kg8 29.Nf2 Kh8 30.Nd3 Kg8 31.Na4 Kf7 32.Kf1 Bf8 33.Ke1 Ng8 34.Kd2 Be7 35.Nf2 Bf8 36.Bd3 Ne7 37.Ke2 Ng8 38.Bd2 Ne7 39.Nh1 Kg7 40.Nc3 Kf7 41.Ng3 Kg7 42.Nd1 Kf7 43.Ne3 Nb8 44.Be1 Bd7 45.bxc5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William O'Neil (1708) - Brian Wall (2208) [B02] Denver Chess Club Tuesday First Presbyterian Church, De (4), 23.03.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 c5 4.d3 g6 5.Ng3 Nc6 6.Nce2 h5 7.Nc3 h4 8.Nge2 h3 9.f3 hxg2 10.Bxg2 Bg7 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Qd2 b5 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.b3 a6 16.Nce2 Rc8 17.c3 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Bf2 Qc7 20.Rc1 Kf8 21.Bg3 Bh3 22.Bxh3 Rxh3 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf3 25.Ke2 Rxc3 26.Rhf1 Kg8 27.Qb2 b4 28.Rfd1 Qd7 29.Nf3 Qg4 30.Rxc3 bxc3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William O'Neil (1708) - Brian Wall (2208) [B03] Denver Chess Club Game/29 no delay 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (1), 31.03.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.d6 Qh4+ 9.Kd2 Qd4+ 10.Kc2 Qxe5 11.Nf3 Qxd6 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.a3 e5 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.h3 Bh5 17.Be3 0-0-0 18.Qe2 Kb8 19.Rad1 Nd4+ 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qe5+ Bd6 22.Qxh5 g6 23.Qh4 Nc8 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Ng5 Rd7 26.Rhf1 f5 27.Nf3 b5 28.b3 Qa6 29.Ra1 Nd6 30.Qf4 bxc4 31.Bxc4 Qa5 32.b4 cxb4 33.axb4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lee Lahti (1600) - Brian Wall (2200) [A10] Denver Chess Club Game/29 no delay 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (3), 31.03.2009 1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.0-0 e6 7.d4 Nd7 8.e4 Ne7 9.Be3 h6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.d5 e5 12.b4 f5 13.Ne2 g5 14.Bxg5 hxg5 15.Nxg5 Nxd5 16.Ne6 Nxb4 17.Qd2 Qf6 18.Nxf8 Rxf8 19.Qxb4 fxe4 20.f4 exf3 21.Qb3 e4 22.Nf4 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 Rxf4 24.gxf4 fxg2+ 25.Kxg2 e3+ 26.Kg3 Nf6 27.Qd1 Ne4+ 28.Kg4 Qxd1+ 29.Rfxd1 Nf2+ 30.Kg3 Nxd1 31.Rxd1 Bc3 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Seidler (1881) - Brian Wall (2201) [C45] 2009 Boulder, CO Grand Prix G/90 5sdela Hotel, Boulder, Colorado (3), 24.01.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Qe7 6.Ndb5 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Kd8 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 Qd4 10.Bd3 d6 11.Bg5+ f6 12.Be3 Qh4 13.Re1 Nge7 14.g3 Qg4 15.f3 Qh5 16.Be2 Be6 17.Ne4 Ke8 18.f4 Qh3 19.c4 h5 20.Nf2 Qf5 21.Bd3 Qa5 22.Bd2 Qb6 23.Rxe6 Qxb2 24.Qc1 Qxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Kd7 26.Rce1 Rae8 27.Bc3 Ref8 28.Bf1 Rf7 29.Bh3 f5 30.Nd3 Rb8 31.c5 b5 32.cxd6 cxd6 33.Bg2 b4 34.Ba1 a5 35.Nb2 Ne5 ?-? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Ted Doykos (1745) [A05] 2009 Boulder, CO Grand Prix G/90 5scdel Hotel, Boulder, CO (2), 24.01.2009 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Rg1 d5 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Bf4 c5 5.c3 Ne4 6.e3 Ndf6 7.Ne5 a6 8.f3 Qb6 9.fxe4 Qxb2 10.Nd2 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qc1 Qxc1+ 13.Rxc1 b5 14.a4 f6 15.Nc6 Bd7 16.Nb8 e5 17.Nxd7 exf4 18.Nxf8 Kxf8 19.exf4 bxa4 20.Kd2 Ke7 21.Ke3 cxd4+ 22.cxd4 f5 23.g4 g6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Bh3 Rhf8 26.Rg5 Ke6 27.Rxf5 Rxf5 28.Kxe4 Raf8 29.d5+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2234) - Andy Rea (2130) [B20] 2007 Pikes Peak Open, CO 40/2 G/55 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (4), 12.08.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.0-0 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Re1+ Be7 9.Bf1 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Qd7 12.Bf4 0-0 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd4 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Rxe7 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Be3 Nf5 20.Qd2 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Qe5 22.d4 Qd5 23.a5 Re6 24.c4 Qd7 25.Ra3 f5 26.b4 cxb4 27.Rb3 f4 28.exf4 Re4 29.Rd3 b3 30.Qc3 Rxf4 31.c5 Kh8 32.Qxb3 Rxd4 33.c6 Rxd3 34.cxd7 Rxd7 35.Qe6 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 h6 37.Qc8+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Paul Covington (2016) [B20] Poor Richard's Bookstore G/85 5secdel 324 N.Tejon, Col Springs, CO (3), 19.09.2007 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Nb3 Ba7 9.Bf4 Nge7 10.0-0 0-0 11.a5 f5 12.Bd6 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.Bxf8 Qxf8 15.Ng3 d5 16.Be2 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Qd6 18.c4 Qxg3 19.cxd5 Ne5 20.Nd4 Qh4 21.Nf3 Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 Bd7 23.dxe6 Bxe6 24.Bd5 Re8 25.Bxe6+ Rxe6 26.Qb3 Qe7 27.Rae1 Kf7 28.Re4 b5 29.Rfe1 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philipp Ponomarev (2350) - Brian Wall (2200) [B06] Loveland Open 40/2 20/1 Loveland Campgrounds (3), 12.02.2006 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d5 4.Qb3 c6 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bf4 e5 7.dxe5 fxe5 8.Bg3 Nh6 9.Na3 dxe4 10.Nc4 Nf7 11.Nd2 Nd6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Nc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bf5 15.f3 e3 16.Bd3 Nd7 17.Bh4 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Qd3 Qe6 21.Qxe3 Qxa2 22.Ne2 Qf7 23.0-0 0-0 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Ng3 Nc5 26.Rd6 Rae8 27.b4 Ne6 28.Qe3 Nf4 29.Rfd1 Nxg2 30.Kxg2 f4 31.Qe4 fxg3 32.hxg3 Re7 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Rxd8+ Kg7 35.Qh4 h6 36.Qg4+ Kh7 37.Rd6 Qa2+ 38.Kh3 Qb1 39.Qe4+ Qxe4 40.fxe4 Kg7 41.Kg4 a6 42.c4 c5 43.bxc5 Rc7 44.Rb6 a5 45.Kf5 a4 46.Rb5 a3 47.Ra5 a2 48.Rxa2 Rxc5 49.Rb2 Rxc4 50.Rxb7+ Kg8 51.Kxe5 Rc3 52.Kf4 Rc1 53.Kf5 Kf8 54.Rh7 Rf1+ 55.Kg4 Re1 56.Kf3 Rf1+ 57.Ke2 Rh1 58.Kf2 Kg8 59.Ra7 Rh2+ 60.Kf3 Rh1 61.e5 Rf1+ 62.Kg4 Rf2 63.Ra4 Kg7 64.Re4 Rh2 65.Rf4 Re2 66.Kf5 Kf7 67.Rh4 Rf2+ 68.Rf4 Re2 69.Rf1 Re3 70.g4 Re2 71.Rf3 Re1 72.Rf2 Re3 73.Rh2 Kg7 74.Rd2 Rf3+ 75.Ke6 Rf4 76.Kd7 Rxg4 77.e6 Re4 78.e7 Kf6 79.e8Q Rxe8 80.Kxe8 Kg5 81.Rd5+ Kg4 82.Kf7 h5 83.Kg6 h4 84.Rd4+ Kg3 85.Kg5 h3 86.Rd3+ Kg2 87.Kg4 h2 88.Rd2+ Kg1 89.Kg3 h1N+ 90.Kf3 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William O'Neil (1634) - Brian Wall (2200) [C58] Denver Chess Club G/85 5secdelay 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (2), 14.08.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Nf3 e4 9.Nd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Nxd5 12.0-0 Qh4 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 0-0 15.Ba3 Qe7 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Ra2 Rad8 18.Qa1 Bc6 19.Rd1 f5 20.Rxa7 f4 21.Ra5 Qe7 22.Bc4+ Kh8 23.b4 e3 24.dxe3 fxe3 25.fxe3 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Rf2+ 28.Kg1 Rdf8 29.Bd5 Qg5+ 30.Kh1 Rxh2+ 31.Kxh2 Rf2+ 32.Kh1 Qh4+ 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Steve Carey (1636) [B30] Denver Chess Club G/85 5secdelay 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (1), 2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.Qe2 d6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qc7 8.0-0 g6 9.Nc3 Bg7 10.Na4 Nd5 11.Re1 Qd6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Nxc5 0-0 14.c3 Re8 15.d4 e6 16.h4 Nb6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Ncxd7 Bxd7 19.Bf4 Qb7 20.Ng4 Rac8 21.Be5 c5 22.Nf6+ Kh8 23.Nxe8 Bxe8 24.Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.Qe5+ Kg8 26.h5 Qd5 27.h6 Kf8 28.Qg7+ Ke7 29.Re5 Qc4 30.d5 Bd7 31.Rd1 Kd8 32.Qxf7 exd5 33.Rexd5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall (2200) - Phil Jarette (1655) [C21] Halloween Tourney Game/15 Tabor Center( I am guessing ) (2), 29.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 c2 7.Qxc2 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Be6 11.Ba3 c5 12.Bxc5 Qc7 13.Qa4+ Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.0-0-0 Qxc5 16.Rhe1+ Kf8 17.Rxd7 Nxd7 18.Qxd7 Qg5+ 19.Kb2 Qf6 20.Qd2 g6 21.Re3 Rd8 22.Qc2 Kg7 23.Bb3 Rhe8 24.Rf3 Qb6 25.Rxf7+ Kh8 26.Rf3 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Smith (1100) - Brian Wall (2200) [A43] Aurora Library Open Game/15 Aurora Library, Aurora, CO (2), 19.05.2000 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.Nf3 Na6 4.Nbd2 Nxc5 5.b3 d5 6.Bb2 Nf6 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.c4 Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.a3 Re8 13.b4 Nce4 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nd4 Bd6 16.Bd3 Re5 17.Nb5 Rh5 18.Bxe4 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Be5+ 20.Qxh5 Nxh5 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Bxe5 Ba6 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.a4 Qc2 25.Nd4 Bxf1 26.Nxc2 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2229) - WIM Ruth Haring (1936) [C21] North American Open 40/2 G/1 Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (3), 28.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Qd8 10.a3 Bd6 11.h3 h6 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Qb3 c6 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Bd2 Be6 16.Qc2 Ned5 17.Ne5 Rad8 18.f4 Nb6 19.Rad1 Rfe8 20.Bc1 a6 21.Kh1 Qc8 22.Qf2 Bd5 23.Kh2 Bb3 24.Rd2 c5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Qf3 Bd4 27.Ne4 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxd2 30.Qxb3 Rdd8 31.Qxb6 Re7 32.Bf4 Rde8 33.Bb1 Qc4 34.Re4 Qf1 35.Qg1 Qb5 36.Qf2 Qd5 37.Qg3 Re6 38.Qd3 Qxd3 39.Bxd3 Rd8 40.Bc4 Rc6 41.e6 fxe6 42.Bxe6+ Kh8 43.Bg4 Rc2 44.Re7 Rf8 45.Be5 Rff2 46.Bxg7+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan J. Moon (2113) - Brian Wall (2200) [A87] North American Open 40/2 G/1 Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (2), 27.12.2008 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 f5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Re1 Nc7 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ng5 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Ngxe4 b5 14.axb5 axb5 15.cxb5 Nxb5 16.Nxb5 Rxb5 17.Qe2 Rb7 18.Ng5 h6 19.Nf3 Bg4 20.h3 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Qe8 22.Ra2 Qf7 23.Bg2 Rfb8 24.Ra4 Kh7 25.Rf4 Qg8 26.Rh4 Bf8 27.Qd2 Qg7 28.Qc2 Qf7 29.Rf4 Rb4 30.Be4 Qg8 31.h4 Rxe4 32.Rfxe4 Nxe4 33.Qxe4 Rb4 34.Qf3 Rd4 35.Re6 Bg7 36.h5 Bf6 37.Be3 Rb4 38.Kg2 gxh5 39.Bd2 Rg4 40.Bc3 Bxc3 41.bxc3 Qe8 42.Qe3 Kg8 43.Rxe7 Qg6 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Re6 Qg5 46.Re7+ Kh8 47.Qe6 h4 48.Qc8+ Qg8 49.Re8 hxg3 50.Rxg8+ Rxg8 51.Qe6 gxf2+ 52.Kxf2 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan L. Johnson (2200) - Brian D. Wall (1915) [A01] North American Open 40/2 G/1 Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (4), 28.12.2008 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nd7 4.d4 g6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Kf6 10.Ne4+ Kf7 11.Ng5+ Kf6 12.Ne4+ Ke6 13.Ng5+ Kf6 14.Ne4+ ?-? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2229) - Robert L Hess (2544) [E30] North American Open 40/2 G/1 Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (1), 26.12.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg3 8.hxg3 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.f4 Qf6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.0-0-0 g4 13.Nh4 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Ne7 15.Bd3 c5 16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Qa3 cxd4 18.Qxa7 Ba8 19.Qxb6 Nc6 20.exd4 0-0 21.Be4 Rb8 22.Qc5 Rfc8 23.Rhe1 d5 24.cxd5 Nb4 25.Qd6 Nxd5 26.Ka1 Rb5 27.a3 Rd8 28.Qe5 Qe7 29.Qh5 Rxb2 30.Qxg4+ Kf8 31.Rd3 Nf6 32.Qf3 Rdb8 33.Qd1 Nxe4 34.Rxe4 Rb1+ 35.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 36.Kxb1 Bxe4 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall (2211) - Anthea Carson Martinez (1450) [A04] Denver Chess Club Game/85 no delay 1st Presbyterian, Bl Clock (1), 06.01.2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.Rg1 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bc4 e5 9.Ndb5 Na5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 a6 12.Nd6 Ne8 13.Bc5 Nxd6 14.Bxd6 Re8 15.Nd5 Qh4 16.Nc7 Re6 17.Nxa8 Qxe4+ 18.Kf1 Qc6 19.Bb8 d5 20.Nc7 Rd6 21.Ne8 Re6 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.f4 Rf6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctor Mikhail Ponomarev (2227) - Brian Wall (2219) [A43] Aurora Library Open Game/15 Aurora Library, Aurora, CO (5), 19.05.2000 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.b4 a5 4.Bb2 axb4 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Nb3 Na6 7.Qd4 Qc7 8.Qe5 Qxe5 9.Bxe5 Nxc5 10.Nf3 d6 11.Bd4 Nxb3 12.axb3 Rxa1+ 13.Bxa1 e5 14.e3 Bf5 15.Bb5+ Kd8 16.Ng5 Bg6 17.Bd3 Ke8 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.f4 Ng4 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Ke2 f6 22.Nf3 e4 23.Nd2 f5 24.h3 Kf7 25.Rf1 Nf6 26.Nc4 Ke6 27.Ne5 g5 28.Rd1 Be7 29.Rd4 Ra8 30.Rd1 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65] North American Open 40/2 G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6), 29.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3 d6 7.Rd1 Bg4 8.d3 Kh8 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 g5 11.g4 Nxg4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.Kg2 f5 14.Rh1 Qd7 15.b4 Bb6 16.Bb2 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Rf4 18.Nxg5 Rxe4 19.Ndxe4 Rf8 20.Rxh7+ Qxh7 21.Nxh7 Kxh7 22.Kg3 Bf5 23.Rh1+ Kg6 24.f3 Ne7 25.c4 Be3 26.Bc1 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Be6 28.Rg1 Rg8 29.Kf2+ Kh6 30.Rh1+ Kg7 31.Rg1+ Kf8 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Ng3 Kf7 34.Ke3 d5 35.f4 exf4+ 36.Kxf4 a6 37.Ba4 dxc4 38.dxc4 Bxc4 39.a3 Ke6 40.Ke4 Bd5+ 41.Kd4 b6 42.Ne2 Nf5+ 43.Kc3 Ke5 44.Bc2 Be4 45.Bd3 Bxd3 46.Kxd3 Kd5 47.Nc3+ Kc6 48.Kc4 Nd6+ 49.Kb3 Nb5 50.Ne4 Kd5 51.Nf6+ Kd4 52.Nd7 Kd5 53.Nb8 Nd4+ 54.Ka4 Kc4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Renard Anderson (2237) - Brian Wall (2234) [B01] Pikes Peak Open 40/2 G/55 5 sec delay Manitou Springs, Colorado (5), 12.08.2007 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.g3 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Bg2 e6 9.0-0 c5 10.Re1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nc6 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.Nf5 Qb8 15.Bf4 Qa8 16.Rad1 g6 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxd6 Na5 19.Qxa8 Rxa8 20.Be5 Ke7 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxh8 Nxf2 23.Kxf2 Rxh8 24.b3 Rc8 25.Rd2 h5 26.Re3 Rc6 27.Red3 e5 28.Ke1 Ke6 29.Kd1 Nb7 30.Re3 Nd6 31.Rde2 e4 32.Rxe4+ ?-? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Philipp Ponomarev (2300) [D06] Colorado Springs Open 40/2 G/55 5sd Manitou Springs, Colorado (5), 06.03.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Rxb1 Qxd5 6.f3 e5 7.dxe5 Qxe5 8.e4 Nd7 9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qc4 Rd8 12.Be2 Qg5 13.Nh3 Qd2+ 14.Kf1 Qe3 15.Nf2 Nf6 16.g3 Rd4 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Rd2 19.Rg1 Rxa2 20.Nd3 Nfd7 21.Rg2 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Rxg2 23.Kxg2 Nc5 24.Bc2 Ke7 25.Kf2 b5 26.Ke3 a5 27.f4 Rd8 28.e5 f6 29.exf6+ Kxf6 30.h4 h5 31.g4 hxg4 32.Rg1 Re8+ 33.Kd4 Ne6+ 34.Ke4 Ng5+ 35.Kd3 Nh3 36.Rg3 Nxf4+ 37.Kd2 Re2+ 38.Kd1 Rg2 39.Rxg2 Nxg2 40.Be4 Ne3+ 41.Kd2 Nd5 42.Kc2 Ke5 43.Bh1 g3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Christopher Heung (2089) [E81] 2008 Florida Open Game/155 5secdelay Saint Petersburg Hotel, Fla (4), 31.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Rb1 Rb8 9.b4 b5 10.cxb5 axb5 11.d5 Na7 12.Be3 c5 13.bxc5 Qa5 14.cxd6 exd6 15.Qb3 Nd7 16.Qb4 Qa6 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.a4 Bd7 19.axb5 Qb6 20.Be2 f5 21.0-0 f4 22.Bf2 g5 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.dxe6 Qb7 25.Rfd1 Qe7 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.Bxc5 Qd2 28.e7 Rfe8 29.Bxa7 Rbc8 30.Bc4+ Kh8 31.Ne2 Qc2 32.Rc1 Qb2 33.Qxb2 Bxb2 34.Bd4+ Bxd4+ 35.Nxd4 Rxe7 36.Nc6 Rb7 37.Kf2 Kg7 38.Ke2 h5 39.Kd3 Kh6 40.h3 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Kd4 Kg5 43.Kc5 Rh8 44.e5 Rh2 45.Rg1 Kh4 46.fxg4 Kxg4 47.Bd5 Rhh7 48.b6 Kf5 49.Nd4+ Kxe5 50.Nf3+ Kf6 51.Bxb7 Rxb7 52.Kc6 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FM Mark Ritter (2355) - Brian Wall (2203) [B06] 2008 Florida Open Game/155 5secdelay Saint Petersburg Hotel, Fla (5), 31.08.2008 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.Re1 e5 9.c3 Qc7 10.a4 a5 11.Bc2 d5 12.dxe5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Bg4 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.h3 Bxf3 ?-? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Wagner 13 min (1591) - Brian Wall 7m (2200) [A43] Fla State Blitz Ch sliding Game/20 St Petersburg Hotel, Fla 13-7 (1), 29.08.2008 [,Powerizer] 1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nb3 Bg7 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.e4 0-0 8.Bd3 d5 9.Qe2 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxb2 12.Rd1 Bg7 13.0-0 Qc7 14.g3 Bh3 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.Be3 b6 18.f4 Nb4 19.c4 Nd3 20.Rf1 Qxc4 21.g4 Ne5 22.Qxc4 Nxc4 23.gxf5 Nxe3 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Re1 Nxf5 26.Kf2 Rd3 0-1 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM Ray Robson age 13 (2467) - LM Brian Wall (2203) [B01] 2008 Florida Open Game/155 5secdel St Petersburg Hotel, Fla 13-7 (3), 30.08.2008 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 Qd6 7.0-0 c5 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Qa4 Nd7 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Nxd7 Kxd7 14.Nxd4+ Ke7 15.Nxe2 f6 16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Qa3 a5 18.Be3 Ke8 19.Nf4 Rc8 20.Bxc5 Rxc5 21.Qh3 Kf7 22.Rd7+ Be7 23.Re1 Re5 24.Rxe5 fxe5 25.Qh5+ Kf6 26.Qh4+ g5 27.Nd5+ exd5 28.Qh6+ Kf7 29.Qxb6 dxc4 30.Qxb7 Re8 31.Qd5+ Kf6 32.Qxc4 Rc8 33.Qxc8 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2215) - Richard Monroe [C05] Denver Chess Club Quad Game/25 5scdelay 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (1), 11.09.2007 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.Ndf3 0-0 8.Bd3 Kh8 9.h4 f6 10.Bxh7 Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kh6 12.Nxe6 Qe8 13.Nxc7 Qg6 14.f5+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Webster (1629) - Brian Wall (2200) [A40] DCC Tues Game/90 no delay Black Clock 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (1), 06.11.2007 1.d4 Na6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 b6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Rc8 10.Qe2 Rc7 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qa8 13.N2b3 Nc5 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.Nb5 Rcc8 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.c4 a6 18.Nc3 e6 19.Rad1 d6 20.Na4 Qb8 21.Ba5 Re8 22.Nb6 Rcd8 23.Rd3 d5 24.Nxd5 exd5 25.Bxd8 dxc4 26.Bxf6 cxd3 27.Qxd3 Bxf6 28.h4 Bxb2 29.Qc2 Bd4 30.Rb1 Qc7 31.Kh2 Bc6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Qe2 f5 34.Qxh5 fxe4 35.Re1 Bxf2 36.Rxe4 Qxg3+ 37.Kh1 Rxe4 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall (2242) - Eric Rodriguez (2203) [D15] 2008 Florida Open G/1:55 5 sec delay St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (6), 01.09.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Nxc4 b5 7.Nd2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.g3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Qxd1+ 11.Nxd1 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Bb7 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.a4 Rhe8 16.Ne3 Rd4 17.Nf5 Rdd8 18.Nxg7 Rg8 19.Nf5 Rge8 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Nb3 Nfg4 22.Nxg4 Nxg4 23.Na5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LM Brian Wall (2203) - IM Ray Robson (2467) [D44] 2008 Florida Open G/15 ( I think ) St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (1), 29.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.Na4 Qa6 17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.axb4 Rxd5 20.Qe2 cxb4 21.b3 Qc6 22.Rfc1 Ra5 23.Nb6+ axb6 24.Rxa5 Nf3+ 25.Kf1 Nxh2+ 26.Ke1 Nf3+ 27.Kd1 Rh1+ 28.Kc2 Rxc1+ 29.Kxc1 cxb3+ 30.Kb1 bxa5 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2203) - Carl Scarpati (1622) [C05] 2008 Fla G/20 sliding blitz 7-13 min St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (2), 29.08.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 c4 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.g4 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2203) - Carl Scarpati (1691) [C05] 2008 Fla G/12 5 second delay St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (2), 30.08.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 f6 11.Be3 0-0 12.Bd3 a5 13.h4 a4 14.Bxh7+ Kf7 15.Nbd2 fxe5 16.fxe5 g6 17.h5 Kg7 18.hxg6 Nxd4 19.Bh6+ Kh8 20.g7+ Kxh7 21.gxf8N+ Nxf8 22.Nxd4 Kg8 23.Qg4+ Kf7 24.N2f3 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2203) - Joseph Brightman (1949) [B20] 2008 Florida Open Game/1:55 5sd St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (1), 29.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 0-0 9.Qd2 Kh7 10.g4 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bxc5 a6 13.Be3 b5 14.Bb3 Bb7 15.f3 b4 16.Na4 a5 17.a3 bxa3 18.Rxa3 e6 19.Bb6 Qc8 20.Bxa5 Bc6 21.Nb6 Qb7 22.Nxa8 Rxa8 23.Bb4 Rd8 24.0-0 Qb6+ 25.Kh2 Rb8 26.Bc3 Nd7 27.Qf2 Qc7 28.Ra7 Qc8 29.Rfa1 Bf8 30.d4 exd4 31.Bxd4 e5 32.Be3 Kg8 33.Qh4 g5 34.Qh5 Rxb3 35.cxb3 Bb7 36.Rxb7 Qxb7 37.Ra7 Qxa7 38.Bxa7 Nf6 39.Kg2 Nxh5 40.gxh5 Bb4 41.Kf2 Kf8 42.Ke3 Ke7 43.Kd3 Kd7 44.Be3 f6 45.Kc4 Be7 46.Bc5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goran Markovic (1971) - Brian Wall (2203) [C65] 2008 Florida Open Game/1:55 5sd St. Petersburg Hotel, Fla (2), 29.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.d3 Nd6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Re1 f6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ne4 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf7 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Be3 c5 16.Nf3 b6 17.b3 Nb5 18.Qd2 Nd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Qf4 c5 21.Nf5 Bf8 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Ng3 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Kf1 Bc6 28.Ke2 Kg8 29.Ne4 Kf7 30.g5 Ke6 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.Nfd2 h5 33.Nf3 Bh6 34.Ng3 Be8 35.Ne4 Bg6 36.Nh4 Be8 37.Nf5 Kxf5 38.Nd6+ Kg6 39.Nxe8 Bf4 40.g3 Bb8 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Fred Spell (1484) [B21] Poor Richard's Bookstore G/85 5scdel 325 N. Tejon St., CO Springs, (2), 08.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 e5 6.Bc4 h6 7.Qb3 Bb4 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.Nxe5 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Qf6 13.Qxf6+ gxf6 14.Bxh6+ Kf7 15.0-0 b5 16.Rfd1 Ke6 17.Bf4 Bb7 18.Rd6+ Ke7 19.Rad1 Bc6 20.f3 f5 21.exf5 Raf8 22.Rxc6 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM Blas Lugo Game/12 5scdlay (2393) - Brian Wall (2227) [C48] 2008 Fla Game/15 Championship G/12 5sd Radisson Hotel, Saint Petersb (3), 30.08.2008 [Wall, Brian, Fritz 9] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 a6 7.Ba4 h6 8.Ne2 Re8 9.c3 Bf8 10.Ng3 d6 11.h3 Bd7 12.a3 g6 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.Nh2 Bg7 16.f4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3 18.Qf3 Qd7 19.f5 Rf8 20.Bb3 Kh7 21.Ng4 g5 22.Kg2 Nxg4 23.Qxg4 f6 24.Qh5 Qe8 25.Rh1 Qxh5 26.Nxh5 Rh8 27.Be3 Ne7 28.Be6 c6 29.Kf2 Raf8 30.b4 Ra8 31.a4 Raf8 32.a5 Ra8 33.Rag1 Raf8 34.Rg2 Ra8 35.Rh3 Rad8 36.Rgh2 Rdf8 37.Ke2 Rb8 38.Rh1 Ra8 39.Bxg5 fxg5 40.f6 Bxf6 41.Nxf6+ Kg7 42.Ng4 Ng6 43.Nxh6 Nf4+ 44.Ke3 Nxh3 45.Rxh3 Rxh6 46.Rxh6 Kxh6 47.d4 Kh5 48.d5 cxd5 49.exd5 b6 50.axb6 Rb8 51.c4 Rxb6 52.c5 Rxb4 53.cxd6 Kg6 54.Bc8 Rb6 55.d7 Rd6 56.Ke4 Kf6 57.Bxa6 Rxd7 58.Be2 Rb7 59.d6 Rb4+ 60.Kd5 Rd4+ 61.Kc6 Ke6 62.Kc5 Rxd6 63.Kc4 Rd4+ 64.Kc3 Kf5 65.Ba6 Kg4 66.Bb7 Kh3 67.Bc6 g4 68.Bb7 g3 69.Bc6 g2 70.Bxg2+ Kxg2 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM Dionisio Aldama (2515) - Brian Wall (2227) [C65] 2008 Fla Game/15 Ch G/12 5 sec delay Radisson Hotel, St Petersburg (4), 30.08.2008 [Wall, Brian, Fritz 9] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Ng4 5.h3 h5 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 Bc5 8.d4 Ba7 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 g5 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Nh2 g3 13.Ng4 d6 14.fxg3 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 exd4 16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Qe6+ Qe7 18.Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.Kf2 dxc3+ 20.Ke2 Rh2 21.Nxc3 Rxg2+ 22.Kf3 Rc2 23.Nd1 Rh8 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Kxe3 Rhh2 26.Rb1 Ke6 27.Kf3 d5 28.exd5+ cxd5 29.Re1+ Kd6 30.Kg4 d4 31.Kf5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall (2203) - Lucas Van Beuzekom (1925) [B88] 2008 Fla Game/15 Ch G/12 3 sec delay Radisson Hotel, St Petersburg (5), 31.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Bb3 a6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.0-0 0-0 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 b5 13.Bg5 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.Nd5 Qa7 16.Nxe7+ Nxe7 17.Qxd6 Nxf5 18.exf5 Nf2+ 19.Rxf2 Qxf2 20.Bd5 Ra7 21.Qxe5 Rd7 22.Bf3 f6 23.Qe3 Qxe3 24.Bxe3 Rc7 25.Nd4 Re8 26.Bf2 Rc4 27.c3 Re5 28.g4 a5 29.a3 Kf8 30.Bg3 Re3 31.Kg2 Bd7 32.Bf4 Rd3 33.Bd6+ Ke8 34.Re1+ Kd8 35.Re7 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Rxg7 bxc3 38.bxc3 Rcxc3 39.Rg8+ Be8 40.Ne6+ Kd7 41.Nc5+ Kxd6 42.Nxd3 Bd7 43.Nf4 Ke5 44.Nh5 Rc2+ 45.Kg3 Rc3 46.Kf2 Rc2+ 47.Ke1 Kd4 48.Rg7 Bb5 49.Re7 Rxh2 50.Nxf6 Ra2 51.Nxh7 Ra1+ 52.Kf2 Ra2+ 53.Kg3 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Tim Brennan (1771) [A00] Poor Richard's G/85 5 sec delay 324 N Tejon, CO Springs, CO (2), 10.10.2007 1.b4 c6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bb2 Qb6 4.a3 a5 5.c5 Qc7 6.d4 axb4 7.axb4 Rxa1 8.Bxa1 b6 9.e3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Qa4 Qb7 12.Nc3 bxc5 13.bxc5 e6 14.Nf3 Be7 15.0-0 0-0 16.Rb1 Qa7 17.Ne5 Ra8 18.g3 Qc7 19.Kg2 Qc8 20.Qd1 Nc7 21.Na4 Ncd5 22.Nc4 Bd8 23.Nab6 Nxb6 24.cxb6 Qa6 25.b7 Rb8 26.Qb3 Bc7 27.f3 Nd5 28.e4 Nb6 29.Ne5 Qxb7 30.Nxd7 Rd8 31.Nc5 Qa7 32.Bc3 Rb8 33.Ra1 Nc8 34.Rxa7 Rxb3 35.Rxc7 Rb8 36.Rxc6 Ne7 37.Rc7 Ng6 38.h4 h5 39.Kf2 Ra8 40.Ke3 Ra3 41.Nb7 Ra7 42.d5 exd5 43.exd5 Nf8 44.Bb4 Ng6 45.f4 Ra8 46.d6 Nf8 47.d7 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall,C (2200) - Anthea Carson Martinez,C (1657) [B90] Denker Fundraiser G/30 5sd Colorado (4), 2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 Bg4 7.f3 e5 8.fxg4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nxg4 10.Bf4 Nxh2 11.Be2 h5 12.0-0-0 Nc6 13.Qe3 Ng4 14.Bxg4 hxg4 15.Nd5 g6 16.e5 Qa5 17.exd6+ Kd7 18.Nb6+ Kd8 19.Bg5+ Be7 20.Bxe7+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2222) - Shaun MacMillan (1880) [A30] Colorado Springs Chess Ch G/90 5sdelay Manitou Springs, Colorado (1), 12.04.2005 1.c4 c5 2.f4 f5 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Nc3 Be6 9.e3 Qd7 10.d4 cxd4 11.exd4 Bf7 12.Nge2 d5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Bb4+ 15.Kf2 Ne7 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.a3 Bd6 18.b4 b6 19.c5 bxc5 20.dxc5 Bc7 21.Qb3 Qd3 22.Qxd3 Rxd3 23.Rhd1 Rd8 24.Nd4 Kf7 25.Be2 g5 26.Bc4+ Kg6 27.Ne6 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Bb8 29.b5 gxf4 30.gxf4 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Anderson,C (1888) - Brian Wall,T (2233) [A40] Manitou Springs, CO Denker Fundraiser Manitou Springs, CO G/30 5sd (3), 07.04.2009 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 6.a4 Qa5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.f3 d6 9.Nh3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.e3 Bd7 12.Ra3 0-0-0 13.Be2 Kb8 14.0-0 Qa6 15.Re1 e5 16.Bf1 h6 17.Rb1 g5 18.Nf2 e4 19.a5 Nc8 20.Qa2 Ne7 21.Rab3 exf3 22.gxf3 Bc8 23.Nd1 Ng6 24.Nb2 Rh7 25.Na4 Ne5 26.Kf2 g4 27.f4 Ne4+ 28.Kg1 Nf3+ 29.Kg2 Nfxd2 30.Bd3 Nxb1 31.Rxb1 Qxa5 32.Qc2 Re7 33.Rb5 Qa6 34.Qb3 Rde8 35.Bc2 Nd2 36.Qa2 Rxe3 37.Bd1 Ne4 38.Nxc5 Qxa2+ 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lawrence Wutt (1770) - Brian Wall (2209) [A04] Winter Springs Open, CO Manitou Springs 40/2 G/55 5sd (2), 06.12.2003 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 Nh6 7.Nc3 Nf5 8.Bd2 h5 9.e4 Nfd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne2 e5 12.b4 f5 13.Qc1 h4 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.b5 Nd8 17.f4 Bd7 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.exf5 Nc5 20.Rae1 0-0-0 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Rf2 gxf5 23.Be4 Rdg8 24.Qb4 Nxe4 25.dxe4 d3 26.Nc1 hxg3 27.Qc5+ Kb8 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Mickey Wentz (1545) [C78] Denver Chess Club G/90 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (1), 15.03.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.c3 0-0 11.Bg5 c5 12.Qe3 c4 13.Bc2 h6 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Nd2 Qf6 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.Qxg3 Qg5 18.f4 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Ng4 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Nf3 Bb7 22.Nd4 Nf6 23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Ng4 25.e6 fxe6 26.Nxe6 Bd5 27.Nf4 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Nf6 29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Be4 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall 40/2 G/1:55 5sd (2200) - Shaun MacMillan (1822) [A53] Winter Springs, CO Open 40/2 G/1:55 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (1), 03.12.2005 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 c6 5.d4 Be7 6.e4 Qb6 7.c5 dxc5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.f4 c4 10.Qe2 Bc5 11.Nf3 Nf2 12.Qxc4 Nxh1 13.Bxh1 Bf2+ 14.Kf1 Be6 15.Qe2 Bh3+ 16.Bg2 Bxg2+ 17.Kxg2 Bc5 18.e6 Qa6 19.exf7+ Ke7 20.Qc2 Nd7 21.e5 Kxf7 22.e6+ Kxe6 23.Ng5+ Ke7 24.Qe4+ Kd8 25.Nf7+ Kc7 26.Nxh8 Rxh8 27.f5 Bd6 28.Bf4 Qa5 29.b4 Qa3 30.Rd1 Bxf4 31.Qxf4+ Kc8 32.Ne4 Qb2+ 33.Rd2 Qe5 34.Nd6+ Kc7 35.Nb5+ Kc8 36.Nxa7+ Kb8 37.Rxd7 Qxf4 38.Nxc6+ bxc6 39.gxf4 Rf8 40.Kf3 Kc8 41.Rxg7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Paul Anderson (1750) [B10] Dec. Co Springs Chess Club Quad Acacia Park, CO G/30 5sd (3), 09.12.2003 1.e4 c6 2.Bc4 d5 3.Bb3 Na6 4.exd5 cxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Nd2 g6 7.Nf1 Bg7 8.Bf4 0-0 9.Ne3 Qa5+ 10.c3 e6 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Be5 f6 13.Bg3 Qb5 14.a4 Qa5 15.0-0 Bd7 16.Re1 Rac8 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Rxe4 Rce8 19.Qc2 Bf5 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Qd2 Qb6 22.Bxd5+ Kh8 23.b4 Nb8 24.a5 Qa6 25.c4 b6 26.b5 Qc8 27.axb6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay Shaeffer (1684) - Brian Wall (2212) [A01] Denver Open G/70 5sd Tabor Center, Denver, CO (5), 08.07.2006 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Bc4 d5 6.Nxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe5 Rg8 8.f4 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bg7 10.c3 Be6 11.Nf3 Qd7 12.0-0 0-0-0 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4 f5 15.Qf3 c5 16.Rac1 Kb8 17.a4 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc7 19.Rfe1 Bxd4+ 20.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 21.Kh1 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Qxd2 23.Rec1 Rge8 24.h3 Re1+ 25.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 26.Kh2 a6 27.b4 Rd2 28.b5 Qe2 29.Qxe2 Rxe2 30.bxa6 Nxa6 31.Rd4 Kc7 32.Kg3 Re4 33.Rd2 Rxa4 34.Rc2+ Kd6 35.Rd2+ Kc6 36.Rc2+ Nc5 37.Rc1 b5 38.Re1 b4 39.Re7 b3 40.Rxh7 b2 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Webster (1667) - Brian Wall (2215) [A40] Denver Chess Club Quad G/25 5sd 1st Presbyterian Church, Denv (3), 11.09.2007 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 Na6 7.c3 b6 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Nbd2 d6 10.e4 Nc7 11.d5 e5 12.a4 Nfe8 13.Nc4 h6 14.Bh3 Bc8 15.Bg2 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Nh4 Nf6 18.f4 e4 19.Ne3 Ng4 20.h3 Nxe3 21.Bxe3 Bf6 22.Qh5 Bg7 23.Bf2 Nxd5 24.Qd1 Nc7 25.g4 d5 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qh5 gxh4 28.Bxh4 Qe8 29.Qe2 Ba6 30.Qf2 Bd3 31.Re3 Ne6 32.Rg3 Qh5 33.Bg5 Kf7 34.h4 Rh8 35.Bh3 Qh7 36.Kh2 Ke8 37.Rag1 Kd7 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andy Rea (2052) - Brian Wall (2209) [B06] Winter Springs Open 40/2 G/1:55 5sdl Manitou Springs, Colorado (4), 07.12.2003 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Be2 c6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Be3 b5 7.0-0 Nb6 8.a3 a6 9.Nd2 f5 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nde4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ exf6 14.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 f5 16.Qh4 0-0 17.Rad1 Rae8 18.b3 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Rc1 Re4 21.Qg5 Rg4 22.Qxg4 fxg4 23.c3 h5 24.Rc2 Kh7 25.Ra1 Bh6 26.a4 Bxe3 27.fxe3 h4 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rac1 Qe7 30.Re2 g3 31.c4 Rf2 32.Rcc2 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Qe4 34.hxg3 hxg3 35.Kf1 Qf5+ 36.Ke1 Qb1+ 37.Kd2 Qb2+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik K. Anderson (2164) - Brian Wall (2218) [B00] Denver Chess Club Ch. G/85 5secdelay Tattered Cover Bookstore-Lodo (4), 12.12.2004 1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.Nc3 Qf5 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Rd8 9.d5 Bb4 10.dxc6 Rxd1+ 11.Kxd1 b6 12.Re1 Ne7 13.Be3 0-0 14.Be4 Qa5 15.Bd2 f5 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.Re3 e5 18.Rd3 Rxd3 19.cxd3 Qc5 20.Rc1 Qd6 21.a3 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 e4 23.dxe4 Nxc6 24.exf5 Nd4 25.Be4 c5 26.g3 Qd7 27.g4 Qb5 28.Bd5+ Kf8 29.Bc4 Qxb2 30.f6 gxf6 31.a4 Qa1+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2218) - Jeffrey Sundell (1659) [E81] Colorado Springs Open 40/2 G/1:55 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (4), 06.03.2006 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nh3 e5 8.d5 h6 9.Be3 a5 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Nf2 Ne8 12.Nd3 f5 13.Be2 Ndf6 14.0-0-0 fxe4 15.fxe4 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Rde1 b6 18.Kb1 Nf6 19.h3 Bc8 20.b3 Ba6 21.Kc2 Nd7 22.Nf2 Nc5 23.h4 Qe7 24.Ng4 h5 25.Nh2 Rf7 26.Nf3 Bf6 27.g4 Raf8 28.Reg1 Bc8 29.gxh5 gxh5 30.Ng5+ Bxg5 31.hxg5 Kg6 32.Rxh5 Rh7 33.Rh6+ Kg7 34.g6 Rxh6 35.Bxh6+ Kg8 36.Bxf8 Qxf8 37.Rh1 Qf4 38.Qxf4 exf4 39.Rh7 Nd7 40.Ne2 f3 41.Ng3 Ne5 42.Nh5 Ng4 43.Rxc7 Bf5 44.exf5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2218) - Jeff Baffo (1853) [A00] Colorado Springs Open 40/2 SD/1 Manitou Springs, CO (2), 05.03.2005 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 e5 4.Ng3 Be6 5.Nf3 f6 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bc4 Bxc4 8.bxc4 Ne7 9.Rb1 Nd7 10.0-0 c5 11.Rxb7 Nb6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Qh5+ Kd8 14.Rxe7 Bxe7 15.Ng6 Re8 16.Qxh7 Qe6 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.d3 Nd7 19.f4 Rb8 20.fxe5 Rb1 21.exf6 gxf6 22.Nxf8 Rxf8 23.Bf4 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rf7 25.Qg8+ Qe8 26.Qxe8+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C.MacNeil G/30 (1750) - Brian Wall (2200) [B00] Denver Chess Club Quad G/30 Denver Church (3), 13.12.2005 1.e4 f6 2.d4 g6 3.f4 c6 4.f5 b6 5.Bc4 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Kf7 8.fxg6+ hxg6 9.Nf3 Nh6 10.Nc3 Nf5 11.Rf1 e6 12.g4 Nd6 13.Bf4 a6 14.Ne5+ Kg8 15.Nxg6 axb5 16.Nxh8 Kxh8 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Bxd6 Bxd6 19.Nxb5 Be7 20.g5 f5 21.Qh5+ Kg7 22.Qh6+ Kf7 23.Qh7+ Ke8 24.Rg1 Ba6 25.Nc3 Kd7 26.0-0-0 Qh8 27.Qxh8 Rxh8 28.g6 Bf6 29.h4 Bxh4 30.g7 Rg8 31.Rg6 Ne7 32.Rh6 Bg5+ 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wallace (2024) - Brian Wall (2218) [A40] Colorado Springs Open 40/90 G/55 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (3), 05.03.2005 1.d4 Nc6 2.Bf4 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.c3 e6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.Qa4 0-0 8.e3 Qe8 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Qxe8 Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 Raxe8 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.0-0 e5 14.Rfe1 Re7 15.Rac1 Rc8 16.Kf1 Kf8 17.Kg1 h6 18.Kf1 a6 19.Kg1 Rec7 20.a4 Bd7 21.a5 Bb5 22.Bf5 Rb8 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.e4 g6 25.Bh3 Rd8 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.c4 Nf4 28.Nf3 f6 29.cxb5 Rxc1 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philipp Ponomarev (2343) - Brian Wall (2203) [A44] Winter Springs Open 40/2 Manitou Springs, CO (5), 04.12.2005 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.dxe6 fxe6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Nf3 Nh6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.Rd1 b5 11.h3 b4 12.Ne2 Nf7 13.g4 g5 14.f5 Nce5 15.Neg1 exf5 16.exf5 Bb7 17.Kf2 h5 18.Bg2 Nc4 19.Qc1 Bf6 20.b3 Bb2 21.Bxg5 Nxg5 22.Qf4 Ne4+ 23.Kf1 Ne5 24.Ne1 Nc3 25.Bxb7 Nxd1 26.Bd5+ Kg7 27.Ne2 Bd4 28.Nxd4 cxd4 29.Qxd4 Nc3 30.Bxa8 Qxa8 31.Rh2 Qe4 32.Qxd6 Nd5 33.Re2 Ne3+ 34.Kg1 hxg4 35.Qe7+ Rf7 36.Qg5+ Kh7 37.Rxe3 Qxf5 38.Qxf5+ Rxf5 39.hxg4 Rg5 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2156) - Eric K. Anderson (2176) [B02] Martin Luther King Quick G/30 3sd Tabor Center, Denver, CO, 22.01.2005 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Nge2 c6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e6 8.Rb1 Qc7 9.h3 Bh5 10.0-0 Bd6 11.d4 Nd7 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Re1 0-0 14.Qc1 e5 15.g4 Bg6 16.f4 exf4 17.Nxf4 Nc4 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Rf1 Rxf1+ 20.Bxf1 Bh2+ 21.Kh1 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Rf8 23.Bc4+ Kh8 24.Rf1 Bf4 25.Qe6 g5 26.Re1 Qd8 27.Qe7 Qd6 28.Qxd6 Bxd6 29.Kg2 g6 30.Re6 Rd8 31.Rf6 Kg7 32.Rf7+ Kh8 33.Rxb7 c5 34.Rxa7 cxd4 35.cxd4 Rc8 36.Bd3 Kg8 37.a4 Rc3 38.a5 Ra3 39.a6 Ra4 40.Rd7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Bihlmeyer (1941) - Brian Wall (2219) [C55] Aurora Library G/15 Aurora, CO Library (1), 19.05.2000 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 Nxd4 5.Nxe5 Ne6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 c6 10.a4 a5 11.h3 Nc5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Be6 14.Qe2 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Ncd7 16.Bf4 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Re8 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Bd4 Qb4 20.Qa2 Rad8 21.Be3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Bc5 23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Qb3 b6 25.Kf1 g6 26.Qa2 Nh5 27.Qa3 Qxa3 28.bxa3 Re5 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Rb8 Rc5 31.Ne2 Rxc2 32.Rxb6 Nf6 33.Ke1 Rc4 34.Kd2 Rxa4 35.Rxc6 Rxa3 36.f3 Nd7 37.Nc3 Kf8 38.Ra6 h5 39.g4 h4 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Rea (2126) - Brian Wall (2214) [C00] Norwest Open 40/2 SD/1 Craig, Colorado School (4), 18.08.2001 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bxe7 Kxe7 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Qg5+ Kf8 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.0-0-0 Nc6 12.Re1 g5 13.Nxg5 Ndxe5 14.f4 h6 15.Nh3 Ng4 16.Be2 Ne3 17.Bf3 Nf5 18.g3 Bd7 19.Bg4 Nd6 20.Nxd5 h5 21.Nf6 hxg4 22.Nxd7+ Ke7 23.Nf2 Kxd7 24.Nxg4 Rh3 25.Nf2 Rh7 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.dxe4 Rah8 28.Re2 Ke7 29.c3 Rh3 30.Rd2 Rxg3 31.Rhd1 Rf3 32.Rd7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 Rxf4 34.Rc7 Ne5 35.Rxc5 Rxe4 36.Rd2 Rh3 37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.Rc7 Reh4 39.Re2 Nf3 40.Rxe6 Rxh2 41.Ree7 Rf4 42.Rcd7 Kg6 43.Rd6+ f6 44.Rxa7 Ne5 45.Rd1 Rff2 46.Rb7 Nc4 47.Rg1+ Kh6 48.Rb8 Rc2+ 49.Kb1 Rxb2+ 50.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 51.Ka1 Rc2 52.a4 f5 53.Rd1 Rxc3 54.a5 Nxa5 55.Rd5 Rc5 56.Rd8 Rb5 57.Ka2 f4 58.Ka3 Kg5 59.Ka4 Rf5 60.Rg8+ Kh4 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gordon Randall (1720) - Brian Wall (2234) [A04] Pikes Peak Open 40/90 G/55 5sdelay Manitou Springs, CO (3), 11.08.2007 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.0-0 e5 6.e4 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 b6 9.c4 Nd4 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Ne1 Rb8 12.Rb1 Nh5 13.Nd5 f5 14.Qd2 f4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.g4 Nf6 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Nxf4 Bh6 19.Ne6 Bxd2 20.Nxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxd2 Ne5 22.f4 Nxd3 23.Rf3 Nb4 24.a3 Nc6 25.b4 Bd7 26.Bf1 Rf8 27.Bd3 h6 28.b5 Nd8 29.f5 Nf7 30.h4 h5 31.gxh5 gxf5 32.exf5 Ne5 33.Rg3+ Kh7 34.Ne4 Bxf5 35.Re1 Nxd3 36.Rxd3 Rbe8 37.Ng5+ Kh6 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Rf3 Bg4 40.Rf7 Kxh5 41.Rh7+ Kg6 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2235) - Jeff Baffo (1797) [A57] Colorado Springs Open 40/90 SD/1 Manitou Springs, CO (2), 08.03.2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 0-0 12.f4 Nb6 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.0-0 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Nxc4 16.bxc4 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.e5 Qb6 19.exd6 exd6 20.Qe7 Qd8 21.Qxd6 Nb6 22.Qxc5 Qf6 23.Rd1 Rxa2 24.d6 Nd7 25.Qxb4 Rfa8 26.c5 Rb2 27.Qc4 Raa2 28.Rg3 Rc2 29.Qf1 Rxc5 30.Nc7 Rcc2 31.Ne8+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Garcia (1431) - Brian Wall (2225) [C54] Pikes Peak Open 40/90 25/1 25/1 25/1 Manitou Springs, CO (1), 10.08.2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Bb6 6.0-0 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 h5 11.h3 h4 12.hxg4 hxg3 13.d4 Nxg4 14.fxg3 exd4 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Ne5+ Kg7 17.Nxg4 dxc3+ 18.Nf2 cxd2 19.Qxd2 Qf6 20.Qc3 Ne5 21.Rad1 Qh6 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Rea (2063) - Brian Wall (2221) [A40] Denver Open 2003 40/2 SD/1 Radisson Hotel, I-25 & Speer (2), 05.07.2003 1.d4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.Bf4 d6 4.e3 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg3 f5 10.Bc2 Ne7 11.Ba4 c6 12.Qd6 Nc5 13.0-0-0 Qxd6 14.Rxd6 f4 15.Bh4 Nf5 16.Bxc6+ Bxc6 17.Rxc6 Nxh4 18.Nxh4 Nd3+ 19.Kb1 Nxf2 20.Rf1 Kd7 21.Rxf2 Kxc6 22.e4 Rhe8 23.Kc2 Bf8 24.Nd5 Bc5 25.Rf1 a5 26.b3 Re6 27.Kd3 Be7 28.Nf3 g5 29.h3 Rg8 30.Rh1 h5 31.Ke2 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Ne1 Bd6 34.Nd3 Rf8 35.Kf2 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Bd4 37.Rh5 f3 38.gxf3 Rxf3+ 39.Ke2 Rh3 40.Rg5 Rh2+ 41.Kd1 Rxa2 42.Rxg4 Kd6 43.Rh4 Rg6 44.Rh1 Rgg2 45.c5+ bxc5 46.Nc1 Rgd2+ 47.Ke1 Rac2 48.Rh6+ Kd7 49.Rh7+ Ke6 50.Rh6+ Kf7 51.Rf6+ Kg7 52.Rf3 Bf2+ 53.Rxf2 Rxf2 54.Nd3 Rh2 55.Kd1 Rcd2+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robbie Herbst (1151) - Brian Wall (2168) [C58] Halloween Game/15 minutes Tabor Center, Denver, CO (1), 29.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Be2 Nxd5 7.d3 Be7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.c4 Nf4 10.Nc3 Nxg2+ 11.Kf1 Bh3 12.Kg1 Nf4 13.Ne4 f5 14.Ng3 h5 15.Bf1 h4 16.Bxf4 Bxf1 17.Qxf1 hxg3 18.Nxe5 gxf2+ 19.Qxf2 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxd3 21.Re1 0-0-0 22.Kg2 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Rh4 24.Bg3 Re4 25.Rxe4 fxe4 26.Qe2 Bc5+ 27.Bf2 e3 28.Bg3 Rd2 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Wallace (2037) - Brian Wall (2202) [A40] Winter Springs Open 40/2 G/55 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (2), 03.12.2005 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 18.0-0 Qb2 19.exf7+ ?-? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alex Relyea (1800) - Brian Wall (2230) [C21] Pikes Peak Open 40/90 G/1 Manitou Springs, CO (2), 06.08.2005 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 c6 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Qb3 Nh6 9.Na3 Nc5 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Rfe1 0-0-0 13.Ng5 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 f6 15.Nf3 Be7 16.Nd4 Rhe8 17.Ba3 Bf8 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.exf5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 d5 21.Nd2 Ne4 22.Bxf8 Nxd2 23.Be7 Re8 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2230) - Nathan Stark (1468) [B10] Pikes Peak Open Manitou Springs, CO (1), 06.08.2005 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bg4 4.d4 e6 5.c3 Nd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Bf4 Nh6 9.Nbd2 0-0-0 10.Re1 Rhg8 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Rde8 14.Qh5 Nf5 15.g4 g6 16.Qxh7 Rg7 17.Qh3 Ne7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Qh8+ Qd8 20.Qxg7 f5 21.Qxg6 Nf8 22.Qg5 Nh7 23.Qh4 fxg4 24.f4 gxf3 25.Nxf3 Qg8+ 26.Kh1 Rf7 27.Rg1 Qf8 28.Ng5 Nxg5 29.Qxg5 Rf2 30.Qg8 Qxg8 31.Rxg8+ Kc7 32.Rg2 Rf8 33.h4 b5 34.h5 Rh8 35.Rh2 a5 36.h6 Rh7 37.Rg1 Kd8 38.Rg7 Rxg7 39.hxg7 Kc7 40.g8R b4 41.Rh7+ Kb6 42.Rb8+ Ka6 43.cxb4 c5 44.dxc5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaun MacMillan (1891) - Brian Wall (2230) [D78] CO Springs Chess Club/One rated Game/30 Acacia Park, CO Springs, CO (1), 09.08.2005 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Bf5 8.Nbd2 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Na6 11.f3 Qd7 12.Rc1 Bh3 13.a3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 e6 15.Qc2 Nc7 16.h4 Ne8 17.h5 Nd6 18.Qd3 Rad8 19.Rh1 Nf5 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.c5 e5 22.g4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Rxh7 Kxh7 25.Rh1+ Kg8 26.Qxg6 Rf6 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Qd3 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Bxh8 30.Nf1 Ke8 31.Ng3 Kd8 32.Qxd4 Rf8 33.Qa4 a6 34.Qa5+ Qc7 35.Qd2 Kc8 36.b4 Be5 37.Nh5 Qe7 38.Qh6 Bc7 39.a4 Qxe2+ 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyler Hughes (2126) - Brian Wall (2208) [A40] 2006 Al Ufer Memorial G/60 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (4), 07.01.2006 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 Bxe5 7.Bd3 d6 8.0-0 Qh4 9.g3 Qh3 10.Re1 h5 ?-? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2212) - Martin Abresch (1561) [E81] Southern Colorado Open G/90 5sd Manitou Springs, CO (2), 10.06.2006 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 d5 8.e5 Ne8 9.f4 Nc7 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Rd1 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Ne6 13.f5 Nxg5 14.Qxg5 f6 15.exf6 exf6 16.Qg4 Qd7 17.fxg6 Re8+ 18.Kf2 Qxg4 19.gxh7+ Kxh7 20.fxg4 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Nd7 22.Rhe1 Nb6 23.Bf7 Red8 24.Ne4 Nd5 25.Ng3 Rd7 26.Be6 Re7 27.Nf5 Rc7 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Rd2 Bf8 30.Re6 Kg6 31.h4 Rac8 32.Kf3 Rc2 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.g5 Bg7 35.Nxg7 Kxg7 36.Rxf6 Rd2 37.h5 Rxd4 38.h6+ Kg8 39.g6 Rh4 40.g7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Bloomer (2211) - Brian Wall (2223) [B30] 2007 CO Closed, Denver, CO 40/2 G/1 Radisson Hotel, I-25 & Pecos (1), 2007 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.0-0 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.c3 e6 10.cxb4 Bxb4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Nd2 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qa2 15.Ra1 Qb2 16.Rb1 Qa2 17.Ra1 ?-? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2231) - Robert Ramirez (2097) [D00] 2007 CO Closed, Denver, CO 40/2 G/1 Radisson Hotel, I-25 & Pecos (3), 2007 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 e3 5.Bxe3 Bf5 6.Nge2 h6 7.Ng3 Bh7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 c6 11.Kb1 e6 12.Nce4 Be7 13.c4 b5 14.cxb5 cxb5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxb5 Rb8 17.Qa6 0-0 18.Ne4 Nb6 19.Bf4 Ra8 20.Bd6 Be7 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Nc5 Rfb8 23.Ka1 Nd5 24.Rd2 Rb6 25.Qe2 Rab8 26.g3 Rb5 27.f4 Qd8 28.Rc1 Qa5 29.b3 Qa3 30.Rb2 Qa5 31.Qd2 Qd8 32.g4 Nb4 33.g5 h5 34.g6 fxg6 35.Nxe6 Qf6 36.Ng5 Rd8 37.Rc7 Rbb8 38.Rc4 Nd5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Mrs. Martinez (1653) [A00] Denver Chess Club Quad G/30 Denver Church (1), 13.12.2005 1.f3 e5 2.g3 d5 3.c3 Nc6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Nh3 Nf6 6.Nf2 Be6 7.Na3 Qd7 8.Nc2 e4 9.Bg2 exf3 10.exf3 Qe7 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.Re1 Qd7 13.d4 h5 14.Nd3 h4 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.Bg5 hxg3 17.hxg3 Rh5 18.Qd2 Ne7 19.Kf2 Rh2 20.Rh1 Rh5 21.Bxf6 Rxh1 22.Rxh1 gxf6 23.Nd3 Qg8 24.Nf4 Nf5 25.g4 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Nd6 27.Qxf6 Qe8 28.Ne3 Qc6 29.Rc1 Qa6 30.Rc2 Qd3 31.Qh6 Re8 32.Bf1 Qg6 33.Qxg6 fxg6 34.Bd3 g5 35.Kg3 Rf8 36.Rh2 a6 37.Rh7 Rg8 38.c4 dxc4 39.bxc4 c6 40.d5 cxd5 41.cxd5 Bd7 42.Bf5 Nxf5+ 43.Nxf5 Kd8 44.Nd6 b5 45.Rh5 Rg7 46.Ne4 a5 47.Nxg5 a4 48.Ne6+ Bxe6 49.dxe6 b4 50.Rb5 b3 51.axb3 axb3 52.Rxb3 Re7 53.Re3 Kc7 54.f4 Kd6 55.f5 Re8 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Ke5 Rf8 58.Ra3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Stearman (1410) - Brian Wall (2232) [A40] Third Colorado School of Mines G/30 Golden, Colorado (1), 29.04.2005 1.d4 Nc6 2.Bf4 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.c5 Qd7 8.Bb5 Nge7 9.b4 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.Bxc6 Nxc6 12.a3 f6 13.Nbd2 e5 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.Rfe1 e4 17.Nh2 f5 18.Ndf1 f4 19.exf4 Nxd4 20.Qb2 Nf3+ 21.Nxf3 exf3 22.Re5 fxg2 23.Kxg2 Bg6 24.Qd4 c6 25.Ne3 Rae8 26.Re1 Rxe5 27.fxe5 Be4+ 28.Kf1 Rf4 29.Qc3 d4 30.e6 Qxe6 31.Qxd4 Qxh3+ 32.Ke2 Bf3+ 33.Kd3 Rxd4+ 34.Kxd4 Qh4+ 35.Kc3 Qxf2 36.Nc2 h5 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Rb8 Be4 39.Rxb7 Qxc2+ 40.Kd4 h4 41.Rb6 h3 42.Ke5 h2 43.Kd6 h1Q 44.Rxc6 Qh6+ 45.Ke5 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- James Hammersmith (2070) - Brian Wall (2231) [B06] 2007 Colorado Closed 40/2 G/1 5sd Radisson, Denver I-25,Pecos (4), 15.04.2007 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.Nf3 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Nd1 Bb7 9.Bd3 a5 10.0-0 Ngf6 11.d5 c6 12.dxc6 Bxc6 13.Bh6 0-0 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Re1 e5 16.Ng5 Nc5 17.f3 Nxa4 18.Bc4 Nc5 19.Nf2 h6 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Bxf7 Kxf7 22.Qxh6 Qf8 23.Qd2 Qe7 24.Qe3 Ne6 25.c3 b3 26.Red1 Nc5 27.Kh1 a4 28.Nd3 Kg7 29.Nb4 Bb7 30.Qd2 Rd8 31.Qe2 Rh8 32.Qf2 Ncxe4 33.fxe4 Rxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Ng4+ 35.Kg1 Nxf2 36.Kxf2 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 Qxe4 38.Rd2 a3 39.Nd3 a2 40.Ne1 Qb1 41.Rd1 Qxb2 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitesh Shridhar (1900) - Brian Wall G/90 5 sec delay (2233) [C41] Rocky Mountain Ch.Expert/MasterG/90 5sd Littleton, CO Church (1), 23.07.2005 1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Be3 Be7 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 c6 8.a4 a5 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Nd2 b6 11.f4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Qf3 Bb7 15.Rae1 Rd8 16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Rd1 Rd4 18.b3 f5 19.Ne2 Rd8 20.c4 g6 21.Nb1 Ng7 22.Nbc3 Ne6 23.Nd5 cxd5 24.cxd5 Nd4 25.Nxd4 cxd4 26.d6 Bxf3 27.dxc7 Rc8 28.Bxf3 Bb4 29.Bd5+ Kg7 30.Bc4 Rxc7 31.Kg2 Bc3 32.Rf2 Rfc8 33.Ba6 Rd8 34.Re2 Kf8 35.Kf3 Ke7 36.h3 h5 37.Rc2 Rc5 38.Ke2 Rg8 39.h4 Rd8 ?-? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2233) - Joshua Jex (1982) [D78] Rocky Mountain Ch.Expert/MasterG/90 5sd Littleton, CO Church (2), 23.07.2005 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 c6 6.c4 0-0 7.Ne5 Ng4 8.Nxg4 Bxg4 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be3 Qb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 Nxd4 16.e3 Nc6 17.Qe2 e6 18.Bg2 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8 22.b3 Nc6 23.Qc4 Qa5 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Qxc6 Qxa2 26.Qc8+ Kg7 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.b4 a6 29.g4 Qb1+ 30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Kg3 Qb1 32.g5 Qg1+ 33.Kf3 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 Qd5+ 35.Kh2 Qd6+ 36.f4 Qd1 37.Kg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qf1 39.Qd2 Qg1+ 40.Kf3 Qf1+ 41.Ke4 Qc4+ 42.Qd4 Qc6+ 43.Ke5 Kg7 44.h4 Qc7+ 45.Ke4+ Kg8 46.Kd3 Qc1 47.Qd8+ Kg7 48.Qf6+ Kg8 49.Qc3 Qf1+ 50.Kd4 Qd1+ 51.Qd3 Qa1+ 52.Kc5 Qa2 53.Kd6 Qb2 54.Qd4 Qb3 55.Ke7 e5 56.Qd8+ Kg7 57.Qf8# 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev (2200) - Brian Wall (2230) [C02] Rocky Mountain Ch.Expert/MasterG/90 5sd Littleton, CO Church (3), 23.07.2005 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Bf4 Bd7 8.Nbd2 0-0-0 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Qxg7 Nge7 12.Qf6 Ng6 13.Bg3 Rdf8 14.Rad1 Qd8 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8 16.Nbxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.c3 Bxd4 20.cxd4 Nf4 21.Rfe1 Bc6 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.Rxe6 Rxd4 24.Rxc6+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2230) - Anthony Telinbacco Junior (1854) [A03] Rocky Mountain Ch.Expert/MasterG/90 5sd Littleton, CO Church (4), 24.07.2005 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 b6 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Qe1 Qc7 12.Qh4 Rad8 13.Rae1 b5 14.Ne5 e6 15.Ndf3 c4 16.Bd4 cxb3 17.cxb3 Qa5 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Nxd7 Rxd7 20.Bxf6 h6 21.Nf3 Qxa2 22.Nd4 a6 23.Rf3 Rc7 24.Rg3 Qd2 25.Kf2 Rc1 26.Rxc1 Qxc1 27.Rxg6 fxg6 28.Bxg7 Rf7 29.Nxe6 d4 30.Qd8+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philipp Ponomarev (2304) - Brian Wall (2230) [A83] Rocky Mountain Ch.Expert/MasterG/90 5sd Littleton, CO Church (5), 24.07.2005 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.f3 e3 6.Qe2 e6 7.Qxe3 Be7 8.Nh3 0-0 9.Bd3 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.Ne4 Qb6 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bh6 Rf7 14.0-0-0 d5 15.Qf4 Bd7 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qh5 Kg8 18.Bg6 Be8 19.Bxf7+ Bxf7 20.Qh4 Kh8 21.Rhe1 Rg8 22.Re2 c4 23.Nf4 Nc7 24.Rde1 Qd6 25.c3 b5 26.Qh3 f5 27.g4 fxg4 28.fxg4 a5 29.Qf3 Bh4 30.Ng2 e5 31.Be3 Bxe1 32.Qxf7 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Rf8 34.Qh5 Qxa3+ 35.Kd1 Qxc3 36.Qxe5+ Kg8 37.Nf4 Re8 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert O' Donnell (2000) - Brian Wall (2000) [E80] Private Match, 40/2, 20/1, 20/1, 20/1 Denver , Colorado (2), 24.06.1977 [,Powerizer] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.a4 a5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.Bd3 Nb4 10.Bb1 e5 11.Nge2 0-0 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Ra3 exd4 14.Bxd4 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qe3 Re8 17.Bc5 Qc7 18.Nb5 Qc6 19.Rc1 dxe4 20.Bxb4 exf3 21.Rxc6 axb4 22.Rxc8 Raxc8 23.Qxf3 bxa3 24.Nd6 Rxe2 25.Nxc8 Rxb2 26.Qxa3 Rxb1+ 27.Kf2 Ne4+ 28.Ke3 Re1+ 29.Kd3 Nf2+ 30.Kd2 Bc3+ 31.Kxc3 Re3+ 32.Kb4 Rxa3 33.Kxa3 Kf8 34.Nd6 Ke7 35.Nxb7 Kd7 36.Kb4 Kc7 37.Nc5 Ng4 38.h3 Ne3 39.g3 Nf1 40.g4 Ne3 41.Kb5 f5 42.g5 Nd5 43.a5 f4 44.Ne4 f3 45.Kc4 Nf4 46.Nf2 Ne6 47.h4 Ng7 48.Kd5 Nf5 49.Ke5 Nxh4 50.Kf4 Kb7 51.Ne4 Nf5 52.Kxf3 Ka6 53.Kf4 ?-? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Young, (2244) - Brian Wall, (2272) [B00] New England Amateur Team Framingham,MA Chess Club (3), 13.03.1988 [,Powerizer] 1.e4 h6 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 e5 4.Nf3 exf4 5.Bc4 g5 6.d4 Bg7 7.g3 Nc6 8.0-0 Bh3 9.Rf2 g4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bb5+ c6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nh4 f3 14.Bf4 Ne7 15.Ba6 Qb6 16.Qd3 Rd8 17.Rd1 Qxb2 18.e5 0-0 19.Nf5 Nxf5 20.Qxf5 dxe5 21.Bd3 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 exf4 23.Nd1 Re8 24.Qxa5 Qc3 25.Qxc3 Bxc3 26.Rf1 Ba5 27.Nc3 Bb6+ 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2272) - Joel Johnson (2247) [A00] Dracut Masters 40/2, 20/1 Dracut, Mass (Joel's House ) (6), 06.12.1988 [,Powerizer] 1.Na3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.c3 d5 5.dxc5 dxe4 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Be3 Nd7 8.0-0-0 Nh6 9.Bc4 Nf5 10.Bxf7 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Bh6 12.b4 Kc7 13.Nc4 Rf8 14.Be6 Ne5 15.Bxc8 Nxc4 16.Be6 Bxe3+ 17.Kb1 Nd2+ 18.Ka1 Rf6 19.Bg4 h5 20.Be2 a5 21.Nh3 axb4 22.cxb4 Bd4# 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2272) - Joel Johnson (2213) [B04] Wang Championship G/30 Wang Towers, Lowell, Mass, 20.02.1988 [,Powerizer] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 d5 8.f4 f6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.c3 Bf5 11.0-0 Qd7 12.a4 a5 13.Rf2 0-0 14.Qe2 Kh8 15.Nbd2 Bh6 16.Nf1 Nd8 17.Ng3 Bg4 18.f5 Bxc1 19.e6 Qd6 20.Rxc1 gxf5 21.Bc2 Qxe6 22.Qd2 Nc4 23.Qf4 Qe3 24.Nh4 Qxf4 25.Rxf4 e5 26.Rf2 f4 27.Ngf5 Nc6 28.h3 Bxf5 29.Bxf5 Ne3 30.Bd3 Rg8 31.Kh2 Rg7 32.Nf5 Nxf5 33.Bxf5 Rd8 34.Rd1 Ne7 35.Bc2 c6 36.Re1 Rg5 37.Rfe2 Rdg8 38.g4 fxg3+ 39.Kg2 e4 40.Rf1 Ng6 41.Rxf6 Nh4+ 42.Kg1 g2 43.Re3 Rg3 44.Rxg3 Rxg3 45.Bd1 Rxh3 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Doykos (1878) - Brian Wall (2223) [A37] 2003 Colorado Open Denver, CO 40/1:55 5scdelay (1), 30.08.2003 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nh6 6.0-0 Nf5 7.e3 h5 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 Ncxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bg5 Ne6 12.Be3 d6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.b4 Rc8 15.Nd5 b6 16.Qd3 Bc6 17.h4 0-0 18.Rfd1 Kh7 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qd7 22.Kg1 Qc6 23.Qa3 Qb7 24.Rd5 Bh6 25.Bxh6 Kxh6 26.Qe3+ Kg7 27.Rxh5 Rh8 28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.Qd4+ Kh7 30.Qd5 Qxd5 ?-? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imre Barlay G/70 5secdelay (1900) - Brian Wall (2233) [B06] Poor Richard's Wed Night G/70 5sd 324 N. Tejon Street,COSprings (4), 28.03.2007 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.c3 d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Bf4 f6 8.h3 Na6 9.Nbd2 Nc7 10.Qe2 Ne6 11.Bh2 Nf7 12.0-0-0 fxe5 13.dxe5 b5 14.h4 Nc5 15.Bc2 Bg4 16.Qe3 Ne6 17.Ng5 Nfxg5 18.f3 Nxf3 19.Nxf3 Qb6 20.Qe2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Kb1 b4 23.c4 Rxc4 24.Bb3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rd4 26.Rxd4 Qxd4 27.Rd1 Qxe5 28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.Bxd5+ Kg7 31.Bxa8 h5 32.Kc2 Bg3 33.Kb3 Kf6 34.Kxb4 Bxh4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall G/75 (2232) - Bill Weihmiller (1783) [C05] Poor Richard's Wed Night G/75 324 N. Tejon Street,COSprings (2), 16.08.2007 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 Qb6 10.Kh1 0-0 11.Qc2 f5 12.g4 cxd4 13.gxf5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Qg6 Bd7 17.Bg8 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Julian Evans (1847) - Brian Wall (2200) [B13] Valentine's Day Massacare, Tabor Center Denver, CO Game/25 5sd (3), 1.d4 c5 2.e3 cxd4 3.exd4 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Nc6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Bf4 e6 9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bxg3 13.fxg3 g4 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Qa4 Qc7 16.Bb5 Qxg3+ 17.Kd1 0-0 18.Bxc6 Qxg2 19.Rg1 Qxg1+ 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2200) - Richard Edward Herbst (2019) [B32] Valentine's Day Massacare, Tabor Center Denver, CO Game/25 5sd (4), 14.02.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qc7 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.Be3 0-0 11.0-0-0 f5 12.Bc5 fxe4 13.Bc4+ Kh8 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Qxe5 d5 16.Qxe7 Re8 17.Qh4 dxc4 18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Bf5 20.Rd4 e3 21.f3 b5 22.Re1 Kg8 23.g4 Bg6 24.Nd5 Rad8 25.c3 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Re6 27.f4 Bd3 28.Re5 Rxe5 29.fxe5 e2 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.a4 Ke6 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ra1 Kxe5 34.Ra5 Kf4 35.Rxb5 Kxg4 36.Re5 Kf4 37.Re7 g5 38.b4 h5 39.b5 Bf5 40.Rf7 Ke5 41.Rxf5+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C.MacNeil,1 (1669) - Brian Wall,1 (2200) [B00] Denver Chess Club March Tuesdays Denver Church G/85 5sd (1), 02.03.2009 1.e4 a6 2.d4 e6 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.c3 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Bc5 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Na4 Ba7 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.Bd3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.Kb1 Bg4 14.Rdf1 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 Nd4 16.Qd1 Nxf3 17.Qxf3 b5 18.Nc3 d4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Qh4 21.Be1 Qh6 22.f5 Rfe8 23.Qg4 Rac8 24.Bh4 f6 25.Bg3 Qe3 26.Rd1 Bb8 27.Bh4 Be5 28.Bc2 Kh8 29.Qh5 Re7 30.Re1 d3 31.Bb3 d2 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall Geezer, (2229) - Mitesh Shridhar,T (1781) [E80] Team Championship Fort Collins, CO Ft Collins, CO Hotel G/85 5sd (1), 10.01.2003 1.d4 g6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.f3 a6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Nh3 Ne5 9.Nf2 Bd7 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.Ra3 h5 12.Be2 Qb4 13.0-0 Nh7 14.Rb3 Bxa4 15.Nxa4 Qxa4 16.Bxe7 Qd7 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bxg5 Nxg5 19.f4 Ng4 20.Bxg4 hxg4 21.fxg5 Bd4 22.Kh1 0-0-0 23.Qxg4 Qxg4 24.Nxg4 Rh4 25.Nh6 f6 26.Nf7 Rd7 27.g6 Rg4 28.Rg3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Grimm (1629) - Brian Wall (2223) [C20] Membership Open, Denver, CO G/55 5sd Radisson Hotel, I-25 & Peco (1), 30.08.2003 1.e4 e5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qxg2 8.Rf1 Bxe2 9.Qxe2+ Nge7 10.Be3 0-0-0 11.Nf3 Qg6 12.Na3 Nf5 13.Nc2 Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Bc5 15.Rg1 Qf6 16.Rd1 Rxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Re8 18.Rg3 g6 19.Nd2 Qe6 20.b3 f5 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Qd5 Qxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxf2 24.Rg2 Ng4 25.Kc1 Ne3 26.Rxf2 Nxd5 27.c4 Nb4 28.Kb1 Re1+ 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buck Buchanan (2000) - Brian Wall (2223) [A40] Colorado Open 40/2 Game/1 Radisson Hotel, I-25&Pecos (3), 31.08.2003 1.d4 a6 2.e4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.c4 g6 6.a4 Bg7 7.Bd3 exd5 8.cxd5 Bg4 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Ngf6 12.0-0 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd7 15.f4 0-0 16.Bd2 Rc8 17.Rae1 c4 18.Qg3 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Qxb2 20.Rf2 Nc5 21.Rfe2 Qc2 22.Rc1 Qd3 23.Qf2 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Qxe4 26.Rg3 f5 27.Re3 Qxd5 28.Bc3 Rfe8 29.Qe2 Re4 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Fox (1605) - Brian Wall (2286) [A40] Colorado Quick Play Championship Manitou Springs, CO G/15 min (4), 01.11.2003 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 f5 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.e3 Qxc3+ 8.Bd2 Qg7 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Rb1 0-0 12.Qc2 Na6 13.a3 Nc7 14.h3 Rb8 15.Bc3 b6 16.e4 fxe4 17.Bxe4 Qf7 18.Ng5 Qe8 19.Ba1 Bd7 20.h4 e5 21.dxe6 Nxe6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Bd5 Kg7 24.Rbe1 Qc8 25.Qc3 Qg8 26.Nxe6+ Bxe6 27.Rxe6 Rbf8 28.Re7+ Kh8 29.Bxg8 Kxg8 30.Rxa7 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall (2209) - Denis Kholodar (2200) [E61] Winter Springs Open 40/2 G/55 5secdelay Manitou Springs, Colorado (3), 07.12.2003 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nge2 d6 7.d4 c6 8.0-0 Re8 9.b4 exd4 10.exd4 Bf5 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be3 Qc8 13.Re1 Bh3 14.Bh1 Nd7 15.Ne4 Qc7 16.c5 dxc5 17.bxc5 Ndf6 18.Nd6 Re7 19.Nf4 Bg4 20.Qd2 Qd7 21.Nxh5 Nxh5 22.Bh6 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Be6 25.a3 Nf6 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Qf4 Nd5 28.Bxd5 Bxd5 29.Ne4 Qd8 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Re1 b6 33.Qe5+ Kg8 34.c6 Rc8 35.Rc1 h6 36.h4 Rc7 37.a4 Rc8 38.Kg2 Rc7 39.a5 Rc8 40.h5 Rc7 41.hxg6 fxg6 42.axb6 axb6 43.Qe6+ Kg7 44.Rc3 h5 45.Re3 Qf6 46.Qe8 Rf7 47.Qe5 Qxe5 48.Rxe5 Rf6 49.Re7+ Kf8 50.c7 Rc6 51.Rd7 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 17:59:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:59:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Help Bela Geczy remember? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1240876760.49f646d8bf140@www.taom.com> Quoting Bela Geczy : Brian, I am trying to remember a classic game played by Black in 1.e4 e5 (probably 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4) where he did not castle kingside, but threw his kingside pawns up the board and down White's throat. Do you know that game? Thanks for your help, Bela ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Bela, Sorry, I've never heard of that strategy. Brian [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Shirov,Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov,Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B90"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.0-0 Nc6 14.Bf2 e6 15.Nce2 Ne5 16.b3 g4 17.f4 h4 18.Be3 h3 19.g3 Nc6 20.Qd3 0-0 21.Rad1 f5 22.c4 Qa5 23.Nc3 Rae8 24.Rfe1 e5 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.b4 Qa3 27.b5 exf4 28.Bxf4 axb5 29.cxb5 Qc5+ 30.Be3 Qxc3 31.bxc6 Qxc6 32.Qxd6 Qxe4 33.Qd5+ Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bc3 35.Re2 Re4 36.Kf2 Rfe8 37.Rd3 Bf6 38.Red2 Rxe3 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "LASAGNE"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1654"] [BlackElo "2287"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:48:59"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Qh4 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Bg3 Qg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Nc3 h4 14. Ne4 hxg3 15. Nxg5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 gxf2+ 17. Kf1 Nxh2+ 18. Kxf2 Nxf3 19. Kxf3 Rd5 20. g4 f6 21. Ne4 Rh2 22. Rc1 c5 23. b3 b6 24. Nc3 Rdd2 25. Nb5 Kb7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.22"] [Round "-"] [White "agg69"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2198"] [BlackElo "2221"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "21:26:55"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 g5 10. g4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Qb3 Qf6 13. Qd1 O-O-O 14. b4 h5 15. a4 a5 16. Rb1 h4 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. Rxb6 cxb6 19. Bd5 Bh5 20. Re3 g4 21. Ne1 g3 22. f3 h3 23. Kf1 Rdg8 24. Ke2 g2 25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 g1=Q 27. Qb3 h2 28. Qxb6 h1=Q 29. Bd5 Qxe1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 4 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.26"] [Round "-"] [White "EL-Lopito"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"] [WhiteElo "2201"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn"] [ECO "A41"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "21:09:08"] [TimeControl "240+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Kc7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O f6 9. e4 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Nb3 a4 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. a3 Be6 14. Re1 Ne7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rhd8 17. Ree1 b5 18. Red1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Rd8 20. Ne3 c5 21. Kf1 Nc6 22. c3 Na5 23. Ke1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bd3 27. Kd2 c4 28. f3 Kd6 29. Bh3 h6 30. Bf5 Kc5 31. h4 Bf1 32. Ke3 Bd3 33. Bg6 Bf1 34. Be8 Bd3 35. Bd7 Bf1 36. Be8 Bd3 37. Bd7 Bf1 38. Be8 Bd3 {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Blackjackadder"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2235"] [BlackElo "2223"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "22:45:14"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Bc5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 h4 12. Bh2 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 d6 14. Qd5 Bd7 15. e5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qe6+ Qe7 18. Bxd7+ Kd8 19. Nd5 Qxe6 20. Bxe6 c6 21. Ne3 Ke7 22. Bg4 d5 23. Rac1 Bd6 24. Nf5+ Kd7 25. Nxh4+ Kc7 26. Nf5 e4+ 27. g3 Be5 28. b3 a5 29. f3 exf3 30. Rxf3 a4 31. Rc2 axb3 32. axb3 Ra3 33. Ne7 Kb6 34. Ng6 Re8 35. Re3 Bxg3+ 36. Rxg3 d4 37. Rd3 Re3 38. Rxe3 dxe3 39. Kg2 Rxb3 40. Kf3 c5 41. Ne5 Kb5 42. Nc4 Kb4 43. Nxe3 b5 44. Be6 c4 45. Bxc4 bxc4 46. Rxc4+ Kb5 47. Rg4 Kc6 48. Rxg5 Kd7 49. Re5 Kd6 50. Re4 Rb1 51. h4 Rh1 52. Kg4 Rg1+ 53. Kh5 Kd7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Fuerte2004"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2174"] [BlackElo "2254"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:15:28"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 h4 10. Bh2 Nxh2 11. Nxh2 Bc5 12. c3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 d6 14. Qd5 Bd7 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. a3 O-O-O 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bb3 g4 20. a4 g3 21. Nf3 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Kb8 24. b5 Rdg8 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Rd3 Qg5 27. Ke2 Qe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxg2+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Solarock"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2247"] [BlackElo "2313"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:04:11"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 h5 7. d3 c5 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Nc4 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Nh2 f5 12. g3 f4 13. Kg2 Qg5 14. Rh1 Be6 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. d4 cxd4 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Qxd4 O-O-O 19. Bd2 d5 20. e5 Rdf8 21. Qxa7 f3+ 22. Kf1 Qxd2 23. Qc5+ Kd8 24. Qd6+ Bd7 25. Re1 Rh6 26. Qxf8+ Kc7 27. Qc5+ Bc6 28. e6 g3 29. fxg3 Qg2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.20"] [Round "-"] [White "arriffinbru"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2113"] [BlackElo "2346"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:59:00"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Be3 g5 9. Qc2 g4 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qh4 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. d4 exd4 17. Re1+ Kd7 18. f6 Qxf6 19. cxd4 Rag8 20. g3 Nxg3 21. Nd2 Ne4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "visoxe"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2294"] [BlackElo "2326"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:33:22"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Bf4 Bc5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd2 g5 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. fxe3+ Kg6 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. Nb3 Rhf8 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd2 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Re1 Kh6 21. c3 Qf7 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. b4 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Bb6 25. a4 a5 26. Ng3 axb4 27. cxb4 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qe5 29. a5 Ba7 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.04"] [Round "-"] [White "blackdahlia99"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2055"] [BlackElo "2079"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:02:15"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Bc5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Qd5 d6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. Bh2 Nxh2 14. Kxh2 g4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. f4 gxf3 19. gxf3 Qe5+ 20. Qxe5+ fxe5 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Be6 23. Rg1 O-O-O 24. b4 Rdf8 25. Rgf1 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Kd7 27. b5 cxb5 28. Nxb5 Bxa2 29. Nxa7 Bc4 30. e5 d5 31. Rf7+ Ke6 32. Rxc7 Kxe5 33. Nc8 Bd3 34. Re7+ Kd4 35. Nd6 Be4 36. Nxe4 dxe4 37. Kg2 Ke3 38. Ra7 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Rg3 40. Rh7 Rxh3 41. Rh5 Kd3 42. Kg2 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 h3+ {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "WAHEHE"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2047"] [BlackElo "2128"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "22:30:39"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nbd2 g5 11. d5 Bd7 12. Re1 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Re2 f5 15. exf5 Qf6 16. Nc4 O-O-O 17. Nxb6+ axb6 18. Nh2 h5 19. f3 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Bxf5 21. Qd2 Rdg8 22. Qe3 h4 23. Bd2 Rg3 24. Be1 Qg6 25. Bxg3 hxg3+ 26. Kg1 Rh2 27. f4 Qh5 28. Qxg3 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Rxa1 30. fxe5 Kb8 31. exd6 Qh1 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.13"] [Round "-"] [White "ATaleOfPower"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2076"] [BlackElo "2127"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "04:59:01"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 h5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 g5 13. dxe5 Bxe3+ 14. Kh2 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 g4 16. Nh4 fxe5 17. Ng6 Rg8 18. Nh4 gxh3 19. gxh3 Bf4+ 20. Kh1 Bxh3 21. Na3 b5 22. Rg1 O-O-O 23. Ng6 Bg4 24. Ne7+ Kb7 25. Nxg8 Bf3+ 26. Rg2 Rxg8 27. Rg1 h4 28. Nc2 h3 29. Ne1 hxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rxg2 31. Nxg2 Bc1 32. b3 Bb2 33. c4 Kb6 34. Kh2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Kc5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Kf3 Kd4 38. a4 b4 39. a5 c5 40. Kg4 Kxe4 41. Kg5 Kd3 42. Kf5 Kc2 43. Ke4 Kxb3 44. Kd5 c4 45. Kc5 c3 46. Kb6 c2 47. Kxa6 c1=Q 48. Ka7 e4 49. a6 e3 50. Ka8 e2 51. a7 e1=Q 52. Kb7 Qe4+ 53. Kb8 Be5# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Phutressniak"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2287"] [BlackElo "2223"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "07:32:49"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4 Ba7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h4 12. Nxg5 fxg5 13. Qxg4 d6 14. Qf3 hxg3 15. fxg3 Qe7 16. Kh2 g4 17. Qe2 exd4 18. cxd4 b5 19. Bb3 Nxd4 20. Qd3 Be6 21. Bd5 O-O-O 22. a4 gxh3 23. axb5 hxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Ne2+ {White resigns} 0-1---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 18:40:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:40:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Haines Helps Bela Geczy remember? Message-ID: <1240879229.49f6507d9da8d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Robert Haines ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:06:47 -0600 From: Robert Haines Reply-To: Robert Haines Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Help Bela Geczy remember? To: Brian Wall 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 h5 9.Nxg5 h4 10.Nxf7 hxg3 11.Nxd8 Bg4 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nc3 Nf3+ Line An old Steinitz game. Brian Wall wrote: Quoting Bela Geczy >: Brian, I am trying to remember a classic game played by Black in 1.e4 e5 (probably 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4) where he did not castle kingside, but threw his kingside pawns up the board and down White's throat. Do you know that game? Thanks for your help, Bela ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Dear Bela, Sorry, I've never heard of that strategy. Brian [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Shirov,Alexei"] [Black "Kasparov,Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B90"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Be2 h5 11.Bxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.0-0 Nc6 14.Bf2 e6 15.Nce2 Ne5 16.b3 g4 17.f4 h4 18.Be3 h3 19.g3 Nc6 20.Qd3 0-0 21.Rad1 f5 22.c4 Qa5 23.Nc3 Rae8 24.Rfe1 e5 25.Nxc6 Bxc6 26.b4 Qa3 27.b5 exf4 28.Bxf4 axb5 29.cxb5 Qc5+ 30.Be3 Qxc3 31.bxc6 Qxc6 32.Qxd6 Qxe4 33.Qd5+ Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Bc3 35.Re2 Re4 36.Kf2 Rfe8 37.Rd3 Bf6 38.Red2 Rxe3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090427/3623f9c3/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Apr 27 20:05:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:05:45 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Casper the Friendly town, host- Richard Cohen Message-ID: <1240884345.49f6647960c14@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dan T ----- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:05:17 -0600 From: Dan T Reply-To: Dan T Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Haines Helps Bela Geczy remember? To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Hey Brian. What your comments on this game. Dan Tanner (1) Johnson,Bruce - Butler,Bob [A43] Butler set, #7 MyTown, 21.04.2009 [Customer,Valued] game summary: practice game with my task of Butler's set: non-Knight forks and connected pawns in the ending. mostly left out PJP of Purdy's list for him, 4 candidates, then Purdy's list for myself. game swung suddenly from winning White advantage to winning Black advantage. all middle game tactics; no strategy besides go for the King safety. 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Be2 0?0 8.0?0? Ng4 9.Qc2 Nge5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4? Ng6 12.Be3? [missed that 12.f5 was a fork by a non-Knight, and almost as good, so I should have played it.] 12...f5 13.Bh5 [missed 13.dxe6+- setting up a real pawn fork.] 13...fxe4 14.Bxg6 [14.Qxe4+-] 14...exd5 15.Nxd5+- hxg6 16.Qxe4 fork #1 that I played. saw it coming a few moves ago. 16...Re8 17.Qxg6+- non-Knight fork #2 17...Bf6 18.Rab1 [missed the ordinary Knight fork of 18.Nxf6++- removing the guard.] 18...Re6 19.f5? Re5 20.Rf3 Bd7 21.g4= [21.Bh6+- and several others keep White's winning advantage.] 21...Rxd5 22.cxd5 now Black all of a sudden is winning after [22.Rh3=] 22...Be8?+ 23.g5 Bxg6 24.fxg6 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.h4 Qe7 27.Rbf1 Qe5 applying Pandolfini's exercise of the month: 1. paid too much attention to potential opposite colored Bishops when I had advantage. 2. missed forks on move 12 and 18. 3. mentally let up after getting a winning position. 0?1 Bruce Johnson versus Bob Butler 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Ng4 9.Qc2 Nge5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Ng6 12.Be3 f5 13.Bh5 fxe4 14.Bxg6 exd5 15.Nxd5 hxg6 16.Qxe4 Re8 17.Qxg6 Bf6 18.Rab1 Re6 19.f5 Re5 20.Rf3 Bd7 21.g4 Rxd5 22.cxd5 Be8 23.g5 Bxg6 24.fxg6 Bd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.h4 Qe7 27.Rbf1 Qe5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Brian Casper, Wyoming Chess Club casual game April 21, 2009 Professor Bruce Johnson versus Author/Businessman/Rennaisance man Bob Butler A pretty high game by Wyoming standards. The most important thing is to ask why the mistakes were made. 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.e4 Be7 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Ng4 There's never a bad time for a Fishing Pole Attack 9.Qc2 Nge5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Ng6 12.Be3 f5 Not very good but I like the aggressive spirit of undermining the center before it smothers you. 13.Bh5 OK but 13 de!! B:e6 14 g4!! forcing a pawn to f5 is not a tactic you see every day. 13 ... fxe4 13 ... e5! keeps it under control as best he can 14.Bxg6 14 Queen takes pawn or 14 Pawn takes pawn are good too. 14 ... exd5 14 ... hg! is better but I like how Bob is dismantling Johnson's center, come hell or highwater. 15.Nxd5 A pawn near a King is worth a piece so I would throw in 15 B:h7+ 15 ... hxg6 16.Qxe4 Re8 16 ... Bf6 isn't so bad with Bob other bishop coming to ... f5 17.Qxg6 Bf6 18.Rab1 Comical materialism - even forgetting about 18 N:f6+!! winning the house 18 f5! B:b2?? 19 f6!! mates 18 ... Re6 The point is Bob keeps trying to set up traps and discoveries. 19.f5 Re5 20.Rf3 Bd7 21.g4?? Mousetrap. GM Dzindzichashvili says- Never move until you know why your opponent made his last move. 13 de!! B:e6 14 g4!! was awesome but now Bruce just gets his Queen trapped. With Butler setting one beaver trap after another like Lewis and Clark how long could Johnson go before amputating his foot? 21 ... Rxd5!! Bob Butler brilliantly removes the threat of N:f6+ in order to cure the beaver hide with 22 ... Be8 trapping the pawn-grabbing Queen. 22.cxd5?? More materialism and knee-jerk 1-ply Billiards Chess. Bruce can stay in the game by giving his Queen a square after 22 Rh3. There is always something deeper going on in a Chessgame. 22 ... Be8!! Trapping the Queen because Bruce led with his face. That should have been a winning attack over there. 23.g5 Bxg6! 24.fxg6! Bd4 Trading down and also going after the g5-pawn 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.h4 Maybe Bruce can whip up a Rook and pawn souffle 26 ... Qe7 27.Rbf1 At least what Bruce has left is coordinated. That's important. Many games are saved that way. 27 ... Qe5 Bruce can't really get anything going here. 0-1 Butler wins I miss the Casper, Wyoming Chess Club. I can just see a relaxed, casual game inside the Church on a Tuesday night where I bet this game was played. Notes by Brian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090427/b00c28ee/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 02:57:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:57:02 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rusian Candid Camera, Naked Chess Message-ID: <1240909022.49f6c4de47f48@www.taom.com> http://www.newspip.com/v.asp?id=1617 Rusian Candid Camera, Naked Chess From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 03:19:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:19:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] My choices for the Fantasy Chess League Message-ID: <1240910343.49f6ca072646f@www.taom.com> http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9328/525 USCF Home Fantasy Chess 2009 Step 2 Fantasy Chess 2009 Here are your predictions! Your confidence levels are shown at the right. GM Gata Kamsky (2798, 2720) > GM Hikaru Nakamura (2757, 2701) 2 GM Alex Onischuk (2736, 2684) = GM Yury Shulman (2697, 2632) 1 GM Varuzhan Akobian (2664, 2612) > GM Julio Becerra (2672, 2609) 10 GM Larry Christiansen (2681, 2588) > GM Alex Shabalov (2620, 2569) 8 GM Joel Benjamin (2650, 2583) = GM Gregory Kaidanov (2662, 2595) 3 GM Jaan Ehlvest (2649, 2606) = GM Ildar Ibragimov (2628, 2586) 9 GM Boris Gulko (2631, 2561) = GM Melikset Khachiyan (2632, 2546) 7 GM Josh Friedel (2568, 2516) > GM-elect Robert Hess (2545, 2485) 6 IM Irina Krush (2496, 2452) > IM Anna Zatonskih (2503, 2461) 5 IM Ray Robson (2542, 2465) > IM Sam Shankland (2464, 2446) 4 IM Michael Brooks (2419, 2463) * < IM Enrico Sevillano (2549, 2520) 11 NM Tyler Hughes (2293, 2230) > NM Charles Lawton (2350, None) 12 * IM Michael Brooks will get a "handicap" of 0.5 points. You have selected NM Tyler Hughes to be the 2009 U.S. Champion. Click here to go back and change your choices. http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9328/525 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 03:31:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:31:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] important news bulletin(OK, just a brag game) Message-ID: <1240911089.49f6ccf1e385c@www.taom.com> I always try to start the game with full time when my opponent is late but if a TD insists on taking time off from both sides I don't argue because I know I am being unfair to everyone else. Brian ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:42:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: important news bulletin(OK, just a brag game) To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Matt's forum on TD's from hell is closed until further notice. The only reason I brought up the example with the clocks starting the game was to indicate that a gentleman's agreement among chess players can be an oxymoron... I showed up a few minutes late, talked to teh player and he agreed to reset teh clocks back to zero. I get a scoresheet and he put teh time back on and started teh clocks.... In scholastic chess telling teh players not to talk can be like asking Niagara Falls to wait at the end of the Niagara River... Why are all these ellipses appearing on my computer screen?... OK, that's it! I started up on ICC a few days ago. I got my 5 minute up to 2000 and thought I'd send you a brag game. I have tagged a few experts and this is highest rated player that I have beat since coming back to ICC. I have been online off and on with ICC in the past, but have not belonged for a good 5 years. My schedule is weird and I don't have much appetite for tandem chess at teh Arvada club, so ICC is great for me. 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Name: ohara01.pgn Type: application/octet-stream Size: 1025 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090428/ae397d8f/attachment.obj From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 04:32:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:32:25 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Calories and Chess Message-ID: <1240914745.49f6db396507b@www.taom.com> Quote The consensus is that the human brain uses energy at a rate of 20 Watts. Energy consumption of 20 Watts is 20 Joules per second. A Kilocalorie = Calorie = 4184 Joules. So a human brain uses a (Kilo)Calorie of energy in about 3.5 minutes. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=18589.0 ? Last Edit: 16/12/2008 19:31:00 by RD ? Logged Emilio Romero Jr. Member Posts: 63 MessageID: 211505 16/12/2008 19:38:43 ? Great, but do we burn the same amount while reading than we would when putting together a puzzle or playing chess??? Is there any difference? e Logged DoctorBeaver Too Much Free Time Level Member Posts: 12512 United Kingdom A stitch in time would have confused Einstein. MessageID: 211506 16/12/2008 19:43:26 ? We use different parts of our brain for different things. Whichever activities use more of the brain will use more calories. I am not aware of any direct studies, but there are plenty of illustrations of scans of brain activity on the net. Logged RD Hero Member Posts: 2322 MessageID: 211509 16/12/2008 19:54:22 ? Not much difference in energy consumption between maintenance-mode (e.g. when asleep) and active (e.g. performing a task)... Quote Brain Signal Persists Even in Dreamless Sleep 02.10.2008 Neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have taken one of the first direct looks at one of the human brain's most fundamental "foundations": a brain signal that never switches off and may support many cognitive functions... "The brain consumes a tremendous amount of the body's energy resources?it's only 2 percent of body weight, but it uses about 20 percent of the energy we take in," says Raichle. "When we started to ask where all those resources were being spent, we found that the goal-oriented tasks we had studied previously only accounted for a tiny portion of that energy budget. The rest appears to go into activities and processes that maintain a state of readiness in the brain." http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/brain_signal_persists_dreamless_sleep_119473 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 05:09:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:09:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Denver Dinosaurs IM Mulyar--GM Sharavdorj Boulder Open 2009 Message-ID: <1240916973.49f6e3ed1b8fb@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:05:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: Mulyar--Sharavdorj To: Brian Wall Here's the game. ? Time control was 40/115 G/60 with a 5-sec delay throughout.?Mulyar listed his time throughout the game but did not list Sharavdorj's. As I remember, Sharavdorj had around 45 minutes left at time control. ? According to Mulyar's notes, he reached an hour on move 17, 1:30 on move 22, had ten minutes left by move 29 and four minutes left by move 33.? He stopped keeping time at move 37, but I believe he had around 30 seconds left when the game hit time control. ? Klaus Johnson, TD, 2009 Boulder Open ----------------------------------------------------------------- notes by Brian IM Michael Mulyar (2439) - GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (2470) [B85] Boulder Open 40/115 G/60 5sd Boulder, CO (4), 13.04.2009 [Johnson,Klaus] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 0-0 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Bf8 17.Rf3 g6 They whip out 17 moves of theory like it's nothing. 18.f5 TN Mulyar Theoretical Novelty by Mulyar 18 Rh3 played 5 times 18 ... Nce5 19.Rh3 Bb7 20.f6 Michael's nonbook moves haven't been very good and his attack is at a standstill. 20 ... Rac8 21.Bd4 b5!? Frisky and risky 22.axb5! axb5! 23.Ra7! b4 24.Na5 Ra8 25.Nb5 Qxa5!! A forced Queen sac 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 Interesting position - Rook, Knight and a solid pawn structure with well posted pieces all for a mere Queen. 27.Bf1 Bxe4+ 28.Kg1 Bc6 29.Na7 Bd5 30.c3? A turning point. The game is roughly even after 30 Nb5 or b3 30 ... Ra8!! 31.cxb4! R5xa7! 32.Bxa7! Rxa7! Those last moves were forced and now Dashzeveg has three pieces for a Queen, solid structure, good outposts, safer King and a plan to pick off White's weak pawns. Many expected him to win at this point. 33.Rc3 Rb7 34.b5 Nc5!! 35.b4 Ne4!! 36.Rc8 Nxg5! 37.Bg2 Ngf3+!! 38.Kf2 Rxb5??????? The biggest turnaround, the equivalent of dropping a rook. The problem is bank rank issues after 38 ... R:b5 39 B:f3!! B:f3 40 R:f8+ mates or 38 ... R:b5 39 B:f3!! N:f3 40 Qc1 mates. Sharavdorj doesn't get his piece back now and the Mongolian milk turns sour. Instead 38 ... Ra7!! to start harassing Mulyar's King with 4 pieces or the defensive 38 ... Rd7!! guarding d6 is better for the Mongolian. The reason for the mistake is that it is hard to concentrate when THE OTHER GUY is in time pressure. Sharavdorj had plenty of time to find 38 ... Ra7!! but he didn't want to give Michael time to think. 39.Bxf3 Rxb4 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Qxd5 Rf4+ 42.Kg2 Rxf6 43.Qa8 Kg7 44.Rxf8 Kh6 45.Rh8 Nf3 46.Kg3 Ne5 47.Qd8 Kg5 48.Rxh7 Kf5 49.Rh4 g5 50.Rh5 1-0 An exciting game for the spectators with both respected players having their moment in the sun. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IM Michael Mulyar (2439) - GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg (2470) [B85] Boulder Open 40/115 G/60 5sd Boulder, CO (4), 13.04.2009 [Johnson,Klaus] 1021MB, Fritz8.ctg 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 0-0 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Bd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.g4 Bc8 15.g5 Nd7 16.Bg2 Bf8 17.Rf3 g6 18.f5 Nce5 19.Rh3 Bb7 20.f6 Rac8 21.Bd4 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra7 b4 24.Na5 Ra8 25.Nb5 Qxa5 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Bf1 Bxe4+ 28.Kg1 Bc6 29.Na7 Bd5 30.c3 Ra8 31.cxb4 R5xa7 32.Bxa7 Rxa7 33.Rc3 Rb7 34.b5 Nc5 35.b4 Ne4 36.Rc8 Nxg5 37.Bg2 Ngf3+ 38.Kf2 Rxb5 39.Bxf3 Rxb4 40.Bxd5 exd5 41.Qxd5 Rf4+ 42.Kg2 Rxf6 43.Qa8 Kg7 44.Rxf8 Kh6 45.Rh8 Nf3 46.Kg3 Ne5 47.Qd8 Kg5 48.Rxh7 Kf5 49.Rh4 g5 50.Rh5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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In the future I would recommend saying that there literally is nudity. :) ? -Joe --- On Tue, 4/28/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWallChess] Rusian Candid Camera, Naked Chess To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 4:57 AM http://www.newspip. com/v.asp? id=1617 Rusian Candid Camera, Naked Chess -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090428/60db438f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 11:48:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:48:10 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian and Devon Message-ID: <1240940890.49f7415a5f919@www.taom.com> I realized my son and I have the same style in Chess. First we try cheap tricks and if that doesn't work, no matter how bad our position, we keep trying until we win. My son might try the 4 move checkmate and I might try a Jack Young opening but what's the difference? I might be able to come back from dropping a piece but Devon can come back from hanging a Queen and a Rook. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 13:03:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:03:10 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 81-100 annotated Chessbase-style games posted on my website Message-ID: <1240945390.49f752ee50280@www.taom.com> I posted another batch of 20 games on http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm Brian's opponent Opening Mitesh Shridhar Philidor Lion Joshua Jex Exchange Slav Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev Nimzovich Advance French Anthony Telinbacco Bird's Openings, Reverse Dutch Philipp Ponomarev Staunton Gambit Robert O'Donnell 1977 Samisch King's Indian Jack Young 1988 1 e4 h6, Fischer Defense, KGA Joel Johnson 1988 1 Na3 Joel Johnson 1988 Alekhine's Defense, Modern Ken Doykos Mother-in-law Variation Imre Barlay Gurgenidze Bill Weihmiller Weihmiller French Julian Evans QGD Richard Herbst Lowenthal Sicilian J.C.MacNeil 1 e4 a6, Smith-Morra Gambit Mitesh Shridhar Samisch KID, Laufer-g5 Paul Grimm 1 e4 e5 2 c3 Buck Buchanan 1 e4 a6, Benoni David Fox Hergott, Beefeater Denis Kholodar English, Nc3, Nge2, Bg2 http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 15:13:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:13:38 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Florida State Chess Association Quarterly Publication Message-ID: <1240953218.49f77182e11ca@www.taom.com> I have been writing for the Florida State Chess Magazine since I tied for third in the 2008 Florida Open. They just published my write-up of 14 yr old IM Ray Robson at the Spice Games so I can show you now what they printed the previous quarterly issue about GM Julio Becerra. I started two new Chessbase folders called, Other People's games, titled and untitled so maybe in the future I can present some games in an easier Chessbase format on my webpage. That makes these emails look primitive and awkward by comparison although Chessbase has it's limitations as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall - I analyzed all my games in the December 26-29,2008 North American Open at Bally's Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada at BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com. Then I looked around for some more games to analyze. Akobian,V (2671) - Kacheishvili,G (2657) [D15] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (6.1), 29.12.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 h6 8.Bh4 dxc4 9.e3 b5 10.axb6 Nxb6 11.Ne5 c5 12.Be2 cxd4 13.Bh5 Ra7 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Nxa7 dxc3 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nxc8 cxb2 18.Rxa6 Bb4+ 19.Ke2 c3 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Ra7 Rxc8 22.Rxc7+ Rxc7 23.Qb3 Nd5 24.e4 Nf4+ 25.Ke3 Nxg2+ 26.Ke2 Nf4+ 27.Ke3 Bd6 28.Qc2 Be5 29.Rd1 Ng6 30.h3 Bf4+ 31.Ke2 Bc1 32.Rxc1 bxc1Q 33.Qxc1 c2 34.Ke3 Ne5 35.Kd4 Rc4+ 36.Ke3 Rc3+ 37.Kd4 Rc4+ 38.Ke3 Nc6 39.Kd3 Rc5 40.Qxh6 0-1 Akobian - Kacheishvilli seemed to me the best game of the tournament, the most grandmasterly, the one farthest from my ability to play, but Grandmaster Larry Christiansen did a great job analyzing this game already on his Attacking with LarryC video lecture series on the Internet Chess Club. Harvey Lerman asked me to contribute something to his Florida State Chess Magazine. The game right next to me in Round 1 of the North American Open was Grandmaster Julio Becerra versus Doctor Eric Moskow. Becerra, GM Julio (2657) - Moskow, Dr. Eric (2235) North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (1.5), 26.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd7 5.d3 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Be3 Nc6 9.h3 0-0 10.0-0 Rc8 11.a3 e5 12.b4 b6 13.b5 Ne7 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Nxd4 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.N2f3 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Rc1 Nc3 21.Qd2 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Qe7 23.a4 Be4 24.Nd4 Qa3 25.Ra1 Qd3 26.Qxd3 Bxd3 27.Rfd1 Bc4 28.f4 Rfe8 29.a5 f6 30.e6 f5 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ra7 Ra8 33.Rxa8 Rxa8 34.g4 Ra3 35.Bf2 Bxd4 36.Bxd4 Rd3 37.Rxd3 Bxd3 38.Bxb6 Bxb5 39.gxf5 gxf5 40.Kf2 Kf8 41.Bc5+ Kg7 42.Bd4+ Kf8 43.Bc5+ Kg7 44.Ke3 Kf6 45.e7 Ke6 46.Kd4 Be8 47.Bb4 Bf7 48.h4 h5 49.Bc5 Bg6 50.Kc3 Kd7 51.Kb4 Kc6 52.Bd4 Bf7 53.Bf6 Be8 54.Kc3 Kc5 55.Be5 Bf7 56.Bg7 Be8 57.Kd3 Bb5+ 58.Kc3 Be8 ?-? The game degenerated into a dead drawn opposite colored bishop endgame. I thought maybe Julio was in bad form and was going to have a rough tournament. Eric Moscow is an interesting character. He weighs about 400 pounds. He is also hyper-sensitive to noise. His game was right next to mine at least twice. He constantly shushed everyone around him. This TD waved him away when Eric indicated that resetting a clock against the side of the wall was disturbing him. I live in a Snow White Disney world where birds sing and everywhere I hear sweet sounds. Many other people live in a world tormented by sound, where even the clinking of a glass of orange juice is torturous. Eric told me disturbing sounds are a big reason he has stayed away from tournament Chess for 20 years. He didn't tell me he also became a successful medical doctor/businessman, raising 4 children. It turns out Dr. Moskow is a strong chessplayer who withdrew from Chess early and now wants to test his strength again. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/05/dr-moskows-quest-to-prove-new-chess.html Saturday, May 26, 2007 Dr. Moskow's quest to prove a new chess theory! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Chess Games of Eric Moskow http://www.chessgames.com/player/eric_moskow.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- snow white and the seven dwarfs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-IvGhohvA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then Julio started winning miniatures and ended up in second place. Let's look at his quick strikes. I believe Luis Belliard is a Philippine Chessmaster. Becerra,GM Julio (2657) - Belliard,Luis (2207) [B96] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (6.6), 29.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bc4 I share some thoughts about combining Bg5 with Bc4 against the Sicilian in my Youtube video Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY Shattering the Scheveningen pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI&feature=related e6 sacrifices are scary now as in 8 Bc4 Be7 9 B:e6! fe 10 N:e6 Qb6 11 N:g7+ better for White 8 Bc4 Qc7 9 B:e6!? fe 10 N:e6 Qb6 OK for Black but scary 8 Bc4 b5 9 B:e6! fe 10 N:e6 Qa5 11 Qd4, 0-0 or f5 a little better for White The best way out might be 8 Bc4 Qb6 but a half-baked Poisoned Pawn Variation against a Grandmaster when you're not prepared sounds suicidal. 8 ... Qa5 9.Qe2 Planning a stock attack with 0-0-0, Rhe1, e5 blastoff 9 ... h6 Grandmaster Larry Christiansen said he had one encounter with Bobby Fischer and what struck him was Bobby valued breaking pins as soon as possible. 10.Bxf6! 10 Bh4 might lead to some Najdorf Gothenburg Variation type action with... g5 and ... Ne5 10 ... Nxf6! 11.0-0-0! Qh5 This is what I call trade-trade-lose Chess. Belliard is already in deep trouble because Becerra is ready to hit him with e5 or f5 almost whatever he tries. The ending after 12 Q:h5 N:h5 13 f5! is better for Julio since the only piece past Belliard's bank rank is that knight on the rim, pretty pathetic. One idea would be 14 fe fe 15 e5 opening more lines for his better developed pieces. The Grandmaster decides even that is too much leeway for the ordinary master and he avoids the trade. 12.Qe1 Bd7 13.f5! with overwhelming pressure on e6 13 ... e5! 14.Nf3! g5 It may seem Belliard has gone mad but he has to deal with h3-g4 Queen trap as well as Bd5:b7 14 ... Rc8 15 Bd5! leaves Belliard in a bad way. 15.Nd5! Second best from dozens of good moves. 15 h4!! is nasty with the ideas of hg or 15 h4!! g4 16 Nd2-f1-g3 Queen trap 15 ... Nxd5! 16.Bxd5! g4! finally achieving some leibenstraum for his Queen 17.Nd2! Rb8 It's not often you see a mess on all three sides of the board. 18.f6 With dozens of good moves to choose from, Grandmaster Becerra elects to keep Belliard's Kingside pieces bottled up. 18 ... Qg5 19.Rf1 The cheapest babysitter approach. There were many alternatives like 19 Qf2 guarding f6 and threatening a Queenside invasion. 19 ... Be6 20.Kb1 One of many good moves, freeing his knight. 20 ... h5 Luis would like the honor of moving his KB once before resigning. 21.Nc4!! Going for a miniature under 25 moves, compare the pieces. 21 ... Bxd5! 22.Rxd5! b5 23.Nxe5! Death. 1-0 Belliard resigns If Luis had inisted on moving his bishop then 23 N:e5 Bh6 24 Nc6 hits the Queen and the rook. if 23 N:e5 Rc8 then 24 N:f7 also attacks a Queen and a rook if 23 N:e5 de then attacking e5 with 23 Qc3!! or Rf5!! is deadly. It's definitely time to resign. That was a good baby seal clubbing, let's find another. Becerra,J (2657) - Belliard,L (2207) [B96] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (6.6), 29.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Qa5 9.Qe2 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.0-0-0 Qh5 12.Qe1 Bd7 13.f5 e5 14.Nf3 g5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 g4 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.f6 Qg5 19.Rf1 Be6 20.Kb1 h5 21.Nc4 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 b5 23.Nxe5 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think this next Becerra game was the last round. While Becerra was slicing and dicing his way through titled opposition like Ginsu knives, I had to create a 54 move Benko's Baffler to squeeze out a win against an expert. Compare how we both handled the Black side of a Qe2 Ruy Lopez. I started with a wild attack where the scary 19 ... h5!! was the most convincing win. Then I had the better of an endgame for a long time. 52 Nd7 seems like it eliminates my a-pawn for a clear draw but actually it creates a beautiful study-like mousetrap checkmate after 54 ... Kc4!!. My best game in the North American. Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28" ] [Round "6"] [White "Richard Wagner"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2060"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Rd1 Bg4 8. d3 Kh8 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Kg2 f5 14. Rh1 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf4 18. Nxg5 Rxe4 19. Ndxe4 Rf8 20. Rxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Kg3 Bf5 23. Rh1+ Kg6 24. f3 Ne7 25. c4 Be3 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Be6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Kf2+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. Ke3 d5 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 a6 37. Ba4 dxc4 38. dxc4 Bxc4 39. a3 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bd5+ 41. Kd4 b6 42. Ne2 Nf5+ 43. Kc3 Ke5 44. Bc2 Be4 45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 Kd5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Nd6+ 49. Kb3 Nb5 50. Ne4 Kd5 51. Nf6+ Kd4 52. Nd7 Kd5 53. Nb8 Nd4+ 54. Ka4 Kc4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matikozyan, IM Andarnik (2450) - Becerra, GM Julio (2657) [C86] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas United States (7.3), 29.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 The Grandmaster starts out humble. 7.0-0! 0-0! 8.c3 d5 9.d3 Some kind of quiet Marshall Gambit Declined 9 ... Bb7 10.exd5! Nxd5! 11.Nxe5! Nxe5! 12.Qxe5! Julio insisted on some type of Marshall Gambit Accepted 12 ... a5!? To gain space with .. a4 and maybe for a rook lift with ... Ra6 or maybe to answer a4 with ... b4 13.d4 Re8!! Keeping KB options open. 14.Bc2! c5! Applying a little pressure but the IM is OK, no sign of a miniature yet. 15.Na3? The siesmograph shifts slightly to the Cuban Grandmaster. No problems after 15 a4!, dc, Qf5 or Qe4 15 ... Bf6 15 ... Qb6 is comfortable but it's all micromanagement so far 16.Qg3! cxd4! 17.Nxb5? This is the culprit. The position is about even after 17 cd. IM Andarnik Matikozyan understandably wants to activate his knight on the rim but this opens up ... Ba6 possibilities 17 ... dxc3! 18.Nxc3? Making it worse, it's better to keep the knight on b5 to block ... Ba6 even though that gives back the extra c3-pawn with an inferior game. This little, impatient, circular horse trot, stamping his hooves around Nb1-a3-b5-c3 cost Matikozyan the game. He should have stayed in his stall. 18 ... Nxc3! Eliminating the dizzy horse. I couldn't tell if Julio was amused by the one lap horse trick because his big brown eyes always look slightly surprised. 19.bxc3! Ba6! Uh oh, 20 Rd1? Q:d1+! 21 Bd1! Re1 checkmate so Andarnik starts looking around for compensation for the exchange. 20.Qh3! g6! 21.Bh6 Bxf1! 22.Rxf1! Qc8! Confiscating c3 after which the International Master has no comp. 23.Qf3! Qxc3! 0-1 Matikozyan resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matikozyan,A (2450) - Becerra,J (2657) [C86] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas United States (7.3), 29.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.d3 Bb7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 a5 13.d4 Re8 14.Bc2 c5 15.Na3 Bf6 16.Qg3 cxd4 17.Nxb5 dxc3 18.Nxc3 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Ba6 20.Qh3 g6 21.Bh6 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Qc8 23.Qf3 Qxc3 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=104784 The Chessgame of Andranik Matikozyan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You deserve one last Becerra Sicilian miniature. Becerra,J (2657) - Yanayt,E (2310) [B99] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (3.5), 27.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.Bxf6! 11 Bh4 runs into advancing knight pawns 11 Qh3 can be met by ( 11 ... Nc5, ... Bd7 ) or ... ( b5-b4 ) 11 ... Bxf6! Yanayt seems well prepared so far 12.h4! g5? Ummm, I take that back, 12 ... b5 is OK. Mark Dvoretsky says in his Analytical Manual that an annotator can justify any Chess move. In that sense, Eugene's move stops the Kingside space grab and prepares to trade rooks. On the minor downside, Yanayt is opening lines against his uncastled King. 13.hxg5!! There was an alternate approach with 13 e5!! de 14 N:e6!! fe 15 fg! e4! 16 N:e4! Be7 17 gh! with three pawns for a piece and a nice attack against Yanayt's absurd King but I don't know how Julio feels about random chaos. The Grandmaster finds a safer way to punish 12 ... g5? 13 ... hxg5! 14.Rxh8+! Bxh8! 15.f5!! Ne5! That knight has saved many a game - My ICC webcast/Harvard Square buddy IM Bill Paschall calls it the one square defense. 16.Qh3! Bf6! 17.Qh5!! Pressuring e6 17 ... Kd8! You know you're having problems when your best move uncastles you into the Grandmaster face of your opponent's rook. Eugene is barely hanging in there intending something like ... Qe7, ... Bd7, ... Kc7, ... Rc8, ... Kb8 if he can get that far. The little Sicilian center is holding on for dear life. 18.Be2 Qe7! 19.Qh3 There is another counter-intuitive and hard to see idea - 19 Qh6!!, 20 Rf1!! and 21 fe!! with pressure on e6 and f6. 19 Qh6 Nc6! 20 N:c6 bc 21 R:d6+! Q:d6 22 Q:f6+ Qe7 23 Qd4+ is so counter-intuitive and hard to see I'm not sure it works. Yanayt is OK after 19 Qh3 Bd7!, ... Nc6! or ... b5. Tal's gift to us was that if you don't play crazy ( 13 e5! de 14 N:e6! ) the position calms down. 19 ... Bd7! 20.Qe3 b5?? Just when Eugene struggled to the promised land, he falls into a deep well. Nayayt didn't see he had to run from the power of Nd5, Qb6+ and Nc7+ with 20 ... Rook or King to c8! 21.fxe6!! fxe6 There is all kinds of pain after 21 ... B:e6 with b6, c6, d6, e6, f6, f5 and d5 all up for grabs. 21 fe B:e6 22 Nf5 B:f5 23 gf followed by Nd5 looks like positonal death 22.Nf5!! 22 N:e6+!! was another way - 22 N:e6+ Q:e6? 23 Qb6+ Ke7 ( otherwise 24 R:d6 ) 24 Nd5+ Kf7 25 Rf1 22 N:e6+ B:e6 23 Qb6+ Kd7 ( otherwise 24 R:d6 ) 24 Qb7+ and 25 Q:a8+ 22 Nf5!! ef 23 Nd5 Qf8 24 Qb6+ Ke8 25 N:f6+ Q:f6 26 R:d6 Qh8 27 gf with two pawns and a much safer King for a piece. 22 Nf5!! ef 23 Nd5 Qf8 24 Qb6+ Ke8 25 gf g4 26 N:f6+ Q:f6 27 R:d6 with two pawns and a safer King for a piece. 22 Nf5!! ef 23 Nd5 Qf8 24 Qb6+ Ke8 25 Nc7+ Kf7! 26 R:d6 Rb8 28 Q:a6, R:f6+ or R:d7+ all look good for Grandmaster Becerra. It seems early to resign but there was plenty to dislike in those lines. 1-0 Eugene Yanayt resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becerra,J (2657) - Yanayt,E (2310) [B99] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (3.5), 27.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 g5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.f5 Ne5 16.Qh3 Bf6 17.Qh5 Kd8 18.Be2 Qe7 19.Qh3 Bd7 20.Qe3 b5 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Nf5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=53287 The Chessgames of Eugene Yanayt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Apr 28 21:35:59 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:35:59 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Marathon Fishing Pole Match Message-ID: <1240976159.49f7cb1fe830a@www.taom.com> Information about Lokolobo (Last disconnected Tue Apr 28 2009 20:43): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1498 [6] 4 19 0 23 1511 (05-Sep-2005) Loser's 1528 [6] 3 13 0 16 Crazyhouse 1593 [6] 50 106 1 157 1733 (03-Mar-2005) Bullet 1988 [6] 2917 3469 317 6703 2235 (22-May-2000) Blitz 2131 6462 5471 891 12824 2707 (13-Sep-2005) Standard 2144 [6] 1 0 1 2 5-minute 2256 [8] 505 453 100 1058 2263 (22-Mar-2007) 1-minute 2063 [8] 1 0 0 1 1: en av norges mest schizofrene sjakkspillere 2: Jeg er d?rlig, jeg 3: av og til sovner jeg under partiet... 4: 5: coward(IM) says: txs for the lessons 6: SvMihajlov says: utrolig d?rlig spilt 7: no takebacks Groups : Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LokoLobo ( Crazy Wolf ) from Norway just played about an unspoken 40 game blitz match where he allowed the Fishing Pole almost every time. Here are some highlights. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the funniest one. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2235"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:50:51"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. h3 h6!! I mouseslipped, the old Fisherman dropped his Pole! 6. c3 h5!! Picking the Pole back up like nothing happened. 7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6 Loco pretty much took on c6 every game. 8 ... dxc6!! 9. dxe5! Qe7 Avoiding a Queen Trade 10. hxg4?? Using the extra tempo to open the gates of hell is not wise. 10 ... hxg4!! 11. Nd4 Qh4!! mate in 4 {White resigns} 0-1 He did a lot better without the free tempo. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2235"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:50:51"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h6 6. c3 h5 7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Nd4 Qh4 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This one went pretty fast. My Fishing Pole took about 100 rating points from Lobo. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2243"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:12:20"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole invented by Chessmasters Greco and Jack Young, 400 years apart. 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!! My favorite blitz position 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8!! A great place for the King in the Fishing Pole - Colorado Open Champion Jesse Cohen 10. Nf5 Bxf5!! 11. Bxc6 Qh4!! 12. h3 12 Bf4 N:f2!!! is most crushing. I intended 12 Bf4 B:f2+!! 13 Kh1 and now 13 ... bc!!! is most crushing I intended 12 Bf4 B:f2+!! 13 Kh1 N:h2!! 14 B:d6+!! Kg8!! 15 Be7!! Q:e7!! 16 R:f2 Ng4!! 17 Qe1 and I have multiple wins. 12 ... Qg3!!! I used to miss this move a lot my first few years at the Pond. That's because all the other moves win too - 12 ... N:f2, ... B:f2+, ... Be6, ... bc, ... Bc8, ... Bg6 or ... Bh7 13. Re1 Qxf2+!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I spent half of my two minutes in confusion trying to make 13 ... B:f2+ mate faster. The point is that if you eliminate Loco's 11 B:c6 we get 11.exf5 Qh4 12.h3 Qg3 13.Re1 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Nh2+ 15.Ke2 Re8+ 16.Ne4 Rxe4+ 17.Kd2 Bxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 19.Kd3 Rd4# which is faster than 11.exf5 Qh4 12.h3 Qg3 13.Re1 Qxf2+ 14.Kh1 Qg3 15.Bf4 Nf2+ 16.Kg1 Nxh3+ 17.Kh1 Nf2+ 18.Kg1 Nxd1+ 19.Re3 Qf2+ 20.Kh1 Nxe3 21.Bxc6 Qh4+ 22.Kg1 Nxc2+ 23.Be3 Bxe3+ 24.Kf1 Qf2# If we include Lobo's 11 B:c6 then that discourages ... Re8+ so there's no immediate mate. I concluded something was wrong and went the other way. 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxc6 Qh4 12. h3 Qg3 13. Re1 B:f2+ 14 Kf1 Nh2+ 15 Ke2 B:h3!! is very strong but does not mate faster than 13 ... Q:f2+!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Kh1 Qg3!! Other moves win but don't mate right away. 14 ... bc, ... Be6, ... Bc8, ... Bg6, ... d5, ... Re8, ... Qh4, ... Rb8, ... Rh7, ... Kg8, ... Kg7, ... Rc8, ... a5, ... f6, ... Rd8, ... a6, ... Bh7, ... Bb6, ... Bd7 or ... Bb4 not necessarily in that order. 15. exf5 Qh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2243"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:12:20"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxc6 Qh4 12. h3 Qg3 13. Re1 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Qg3 15. exf5 Qh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LokoLobo tried to improve on that last game by taking on c6 earlier. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2138"] [BlackElo "2266"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:22:53"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!! My favorite blitz position 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Bxc6+ Lobo sneaks in his favorite trade before I can say no. 9 ... bxc6! 10. Na4 Now Loco's afraid to take on g7 so he tries a new approach. 10 ... Bxf2+!! Dancing away deftly from his lovesick knight. 11. Rxf2!! Nxf2!! 12. Kxf2 Bxf5!! 13. exf5! Qh4+!! Picking off the trade-crazed Loco knight. 14. Kg1! Qxa4! 15. Qe2+ Kf8! 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qf2! Qb4 18. c3 Qb6! Trading Queens the exchange up. It should be over but I got careless. 19. f6 gxf6! 20. Bxf6! Rg8 I forgot to trade Queens here, now it's a lot harder 21. Bd4! c5 22. Rf1! Re7 23. Bf6 c4! 24. Bxe7+! Kxe7! 25. Re1+! Kd7 26. Qxb6 axb6! Now I will be up a doubled pawn in a rook ending. 27. Kf2 Ra8 28. a3! c5 29. Kg3 Rg8+! 30. Kh3! Rg5! 31. g3! Re5!! 32. Rxe5 dxe5! Winning King and pawn ending because of the possible protected passed pawn on e4. 33. g4 hxg4+! 34. Kxg4! Ke6!! 35. h4 f5+!! 36. Kg5 e4!! I will queen my e-pawn or finesse Lobo out of his h-pawn. {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2138"] [BlackElo "2266"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:22:53"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Na4 Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qxa4 15. Qe2+ Kf8 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qf2 Qb4 18. c3 Qb6 19. f6 gxf6 20. Bxf6 Rg8 21. Bd4 c5 22. Rf1 Re7 23. Bf6 c4 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Kf2 Ra8 28. a3 c5 29. Kg3 Rg8+ 30. Kh3 Rg5 31. g3 Re5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. g4 hxg4+ 34. Kxg4 Ke6 35. h4 f5+ 36. Kg5 e4 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most of the game were endings from a tabiya we created. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The right idea here was 16 ... Rh5!! 17 Bf4 0-0-0!! [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Game drawn because neither player has mating material"] [WhiteElo "2189"] [BlackElo "2215"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:59:48"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. Nd2 Be6 16. g3 Kf7 17. Bf4 Kf6 18. Bxe5+ Kxe5 19. f4+ gxf3 20. Nxf3+ Kf6 21. Kf2 c5 22. a3 Ke7 23. Rh1 b6 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rd1 a5 26. Ke3 Rh3 27. Kf4 Bb3 28. Rd2 Rh1 29. Kg5 Rf1 30. Nh4 Be6 31. Nf5+ Bxf5 32. exf5 c6 33. g4 Rg1 34. Re2+ Kd7 35. Re6 b5 36. Rg6 Rg2 37. Rxg7+ Kd6 38. Ra7 Rxb2 39. f6 a4 40. f7 Rf2 41. Kg6 Kd5 42. Kg7 Kc4 43. f8=Q Rxf8 44. Kxf8 Kxc3 45. g5 b4 46. axb4 cxb4 47. Rxa4 b3 48. Ra3 Kb2 49. Ra8 c5 50. Rb8 c4 51. g6 c3 52. g7 c2 53. Rc8 c1=Q 54. Rxc1 Kxc1 55. g8=Q b2 56. Qb3 Kb1 57. Qxb2+ Kxb2 {Game drawn because neither player has mating material} 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I missed many wins on move 19 [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "White ran out of time and Black has no material to mate"] [WhiteElo "2237"] [BlackElo "2167"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:19:23"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Re1 Qf6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 exd4 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Qxe5 15. Ndf1 O-O-O 16. Nxg4 Qh5 17. f3 dxc3 18. Qe2 cxb2 19. Bxb2 f5 20. Ne5 g5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qxe6+ Kb7 23. Bxh8 Qxh8 24. Rb1+ Ka7 25. Qc4 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4+ Rxd4 27. Kf2 Ra4 28. Rb2 g4 29. Ng3 gxf3 30. gxf3 f4 31. Ne4 Rc4 32. Kg2 a5 33. Kh3 a4 34. Kg4 a3 35. Rb3 Rc2 36. Rxa3+ Kb6 37. Kxf4 c5 38. Ke5 Rc1 39. f4 c4 40. f5 Rf1 41. f6 Kc6 42. Ke6 Rf4 43. Ke5 Rf1 44. Ra5 c3 45. Rc5+ Kb6 46. Rxc3 c5 47. Rc2 c4 48. Rf2 Re1 49. f7 c3 50. f8=Q Rxe4+ 51. Kxe4 c2 52. Qb4+ Kc6 53. Qb2 Kd7 54. Qc1 Ke6 55. Qxc2 Kd7 {White ran out of time and Black has no material to mate} 1/2-1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ... Qh5!! wins I am better after 23 ... Qc4+!, ... Qg5! or ... Qd6! instead of trading Queens so easily. [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "White ran out of time and Black has no material to mate"] [WhiteElo "2246"] [BlackElo "2158"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:31:08"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 Qf6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Be3 Be6 14. f4 Qxe4 15. Nd2 Qh7 16. Nf1 Rd8 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Ng3 Bd5 19. c4 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qxg3 21. cxd5 Rh1+ 22. Bg1 Qxf4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 cxd5 25. Kg3 Rh6 26. Bc5+ Kg8 27. Rh1 Rc6 28. Rac1 f5 29. Bd4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 c6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Kf4 g6 33. Kg5 Re8 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Kxg6 f4 36. Kf5 f3 37. g3 Kd7 38. Kxg4 Kd6 39. b4 a5 40. a3 axb4 41. axb4 b6 42. Kxf3 c5 43. Bc3 d4 44. Be1 Kd5 45. g4 c4 46. g5 c3 47. g6 Ke6 48. g7 Kf7 49. Ke4 Kxg7 50. Kxd4 Kf6 51. Bxc3 Ke6 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Kb5 Kc7 54. Bd4 Kb7 55. Bxb6 Kc8 56. Bc5 Kd7 57. Ka5 Kc7 58. b5 Kb7 59. b6 Kc6 60. Be3 Kb7 61. Kb5 Kb8 62. Ka6 Kc8 63. b7+ Kd7 64. Bf4 Ke6 65. b8=Q Kd5 66. Qe5+ Kc4 67. Qe4+ Kb3 {White ran out of time and Black has no material to mate} 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2176"] [BlackElo "2228"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:52:21"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. h3 h5!! 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4!! 11. dxe5 fxe5!! 12. Bg5 Qd7!! This was our tabiya and LocoLobo kept trying different approaches. 13. Nh2 Qf7!! Winning but he didn't belive it 14. Nxg4 Qh5 I didn't catch on that 14 ... Qg6!!! was much stronger 15. Nf6+! Trading Queens! 15 ... gxf6! 16. Qxh5+! Rxh5! 17. Bxf6 Be6? I did catch on later that 17 ... Kf7!! trapped his bishop 18. Nd2 Kf7!! Fast learner, winning a piece. 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Rah8 21. Nxe5+ Kf6 22. f3 Kxe5 23. Kf2 c5 24. Ke3 c4 25. f4+ Kf6 26. Rg1 Bg4 27. Raf1 Rb5 28. Rf2 Rd8 29. Rc2 Rd3+ 30. Kf2 Ra5 I hated missing 30 ... Bd1!! 31. a3 Rc5 32. Re1 Bd1 33. Rc1 Ba4 34. Re2 Bd7 35. Rcc2 a5 36. Rcd2 a4 37. Rxd3 cxd3 38. Rd2 Bb5 39. g4 Bc4 40. Ke3 b6 41. Rh2 Rb5 42. g5+ Kg7 43. f5 Bf7 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. g6 Bxg6 46. fxg6 Kxg6 47. Ke3 Rg5 48. Kxd3 Kf6 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. Kb4 Rg4 51. Re2 Kd6 52. Kxa4 Kc5 53. Kb3 b5 54. a4 bxa4+ 55. Kxa4 Kc4 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 LocoLobo didn't seem to evaluate positions very well, he kept heading for the same lost endings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2176"] [BlackElo "2228"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:52:21"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nh2 Qf7 14. Nxg4 Qh5 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Qxh5+ Rxh5 17. Bxf6 Be6 18. Nd2 Kf7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Rah8 21. Nxe5+ Kf6 22. f3 Kxe5 23. Kf2 c5 24. Ke3 c4 25. f4+ Kf6 26. Rg1 Bg4 27. Raf1 Rb5 28. Rf2 Rd8 29. Rc2 Rd3+ 30. Kf2 Ra5 31. a3 Rc5 32. Re1 Bd1 33. Rc1 Ba4 34. Re2 Bd7 35. Rcc2 a5 36. Rcd2 a4 37. Rxd3 cxd3 38. Rd2 Bb5 39. g4 Bc4 40. Ke3 b6 41. Rh2 Rb5 42. g5+ Kg7 43. f5 Bf7 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. g6 Bxg6 46. fxg6 Kxg6 47. Ke3 Rg5 48. Kxd3 Kf6 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. Kb4 Rg4 51. Re2 Kd6 52. Kxa4 Kc5 53. Kb3 b5 54. a4 bxa4+ 55. Kxa4 Kc4 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2179"] [BlackElo "2225"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:03:32"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! 5. h3 h5!! 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4!! 11. dxe5 fxe5!! 12. Bg5 Qd7!! 13. Nh2 Qf7!! 14. Nxg4 Qh5 Again 14 ... Qg6!! wins the piece back and keeps Queens on 15. Nf6+ gxf6! 16. Qxh5+! Rxh5! 17. Bxf6 Kf7!! Winning the piece right away this time. 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nf3 Rah8 21. Nxe5+ Kf6 22. f3 Kxe5 23. Kf2 c5 24. Ke3 c4 25. Rad1 Rh2 26. Rd2 Rg8 27. Ree2 Rg3 28. Rf2 b5 Lobo has his ears pinned back. 29. a3 c5 30. Rc2 a5 31. Rcd2 b4 32. Rc2 Bd7 33. Rcd2 Bc6 34. Rc2 Bxe4 That was fun taking that. 35. Rcd2 Bd3 36. axb4 cxb4 37. cxb4 axb4 38. b3 Rh8 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Rd4 Be6 41. Rxb4 Rc8 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Re4+ Kf6 45. Kf4 Rgg8 46. g4 Rcf8 47. Rfe2 Bd5 48. Rd4 Kg7+ 49. Kg5 Bxf3 50. Rd7+ Rf7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2179"] [BlackElo "2225"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:03:32"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nh2 Qf7 14. Nxg4 Qh5 15. Nf6+ gxf6 16. Qxh5+ Rxh5 17. Bxf6 Kf7 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Nf3 Rah8 21. Nxe5+ Kf6 22. f3 Kxe5 23. Kf2 c5 24. Ke3 c4 25. Rad1 Rh2 26. Rd2 Rg8 27. Ree2 Rg3 28. Rf2 b5 29. a3 c5 30. Rc2 a5 31. Rcd2 b4 32. Rc2 Bd7 33. Rcd2 Bc6 34. Rc2 Bxe4 35. Rcd2 Bd3 36. axb4 cxb4 37. cxb4 axb4 38. b3 Rh8 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Rd4 Be6 41. Rxb4 Rc8 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Re4+ Kf6 45. Kf4 Rgg8 46. g4 Rcf8 47. Rfe2 Bd5 48. Rd4 Kg7+ 49. Kg5 Bxf3 50. Rd7+ Rf7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2152"] [BlackElo "2252"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:14:38"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. h3 h5!! 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6!! 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4!! 11. dxe5 fxe5!! 12. Bg5 Qd7!! 13. Nxe5 Loco decides to give back a piece right away to trade Queens 13 ... Bxe5! 14. Qxd7+! Bxd7! 15. g3 Rh5 I have the two bishops and his Kingside pawn majority is messed up. 16. Bf4 Bxf4 Unnecessary. 16 ... Be6, ... Rd8, ... 0-0-0, ... c5, ... Ke7 are a little better. Later I came up with a ... Ke8-f7-f6 plan to babysit my bishop on e5 17. gxf4 Ke7 18. Nd2 Rah8 19. Nf1 c5 20. Ng3 Rh2 21. Kf1 Bb5+ 22. Kg1 Bd3 23. Rad1 c4 24. Re3 b5 25. e5 g6 26. Rexd3 cxd3 27. Rxd3 R2h7 28. Ne4 Rd8 I should trade rooks with 28 ... Rh1+ 29 Kg2 R8h2+ 30 Kg3 Rh3+ 31 Kg2 R:d3 32 K:h1 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Nf6 Rf7 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Kg3Ke6 33. Kxg4 c5 34. Kg5 Rg7 35. Ne4 c4 36. Nc5+ Kd5 37. Kf6 Rg8 38. e6 Rf8+ 38 ... K:c5! 39. Kg7 Re8 40. Kf7 Ra8 41. e7 Ra7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2152"] [BlackElo "2252"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:14:38"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. g3 Rh5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Ke7 18. Nd2 Rah8 19. Nf1 c5 20. Ng3 Rh2 21. Kf1 Bb5+ 22. Kg1 Bd3 23. Rad1 c4 24. Re3 b5 25. e5 g6 26. Rexd3 cxd3 27. Rxd3 R2h7 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Nf6 Rf7 31. Kg2 Ke7 32. Kg3 Ke6 33. Kxg4 c5 34. Kg5 Rg7 35. Ne4 c4 36. Nc5+ Kd5 37. Kf6 Rg8 38. e6 Rf8+ 39. Kg7 Re8 40. Kf7 Ra8 41. e7 Ra7 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I came up with a ... Ke8-f7-f6 plan to babysit my bishop on e5 [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2129"] [BlackElo "2275"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:23:35"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. g3 Kf7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bf4 Kf6 18. Bxe5+ Kxe5 19. b3 b5 20. Kf1 Rh2 21. Ke2 Rf8 22. Rf1 c5 23. Ke3 g5 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rb8 26. Rab1 Rhh8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Nxb1 Bxc4 30. Nc3 a5 31. a3 Bb3 32. Nb5 c6 33. Na7 Ba4 34. Nc8 c4 35. Ne7 Bb5 36. Ng6+ Kd6 37. Kd4 c5+ 38. Kc3 Ke6 39. a4 Bxa4 40. Kxc4 Bc2 41. Kxc5 a4 42. Kb4 Bxe4 43. Nf8+ Ke7 44. Kxa4 Kxf8 45. Kb4 Bf3 46. Kc5 Ke7 47. Kd4 Kf6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kd2 Ke4 50. Ke1 Kd4 51. Kf1 Kd3 52. Ke1 Be2 53. f4 gxf3 54. Kf2 Ke4 {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I came up with a ... Ke8-f7-f6 plan to babysit my bishop on e5 [Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Lokolobo"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"] [WhiteElo "2163"] [BlackElo "2241"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "19:42:10"] [TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Re1 f6 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. g3 Kf7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Kg2 c5 18. Bf4 Kf6 19. a3 b5 20. Nf1 c6 21. Ne3 c4 22. Rh1 g5 23. Bxe5+ Kxe5 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Kf1 Rd2 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Kxe4 29. Nc2 c5 30. Ne3 a5 31. Nc2 Bc8 32. Ne1 b4 33. Ng2 a4 34. Ne3 Be6 35. Ng2 bxc3 36. bxc3 Bc8 37. Ne3 Be6 38. Ng2 Bc8 39. Ne3 Be6 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 29 19:43:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:43:48 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Irish Bishop Pair Message-ID: <1241055827.49f90253f41fd@www.taom.com> Apparently the Irish Bishop pair is two bishops of the same color. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:32:42 -0000 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: [BrianWallChess] Irish Bishop Pair To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Mitch Anderson was telling me how rare the Irish Bishop Pair is last night at chess club, and wouldn't you know it, the next day I get a shot to get the Irish Bishop Pair! [Event "Irish Open, 120m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2009.04.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul Anderson"] [Black "Saint Patrick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qb3 b6 7. cxd5 Nh6 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. dxc6 O-O 10. e4 Be6 11. d5 b5 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 e6 15. d6 Rfd8 16. d7 a6 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. Ne4 Ng4 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Bxb5 Qf4 22. c7 Qe5 23. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Rc8 Rxc8 25. dxc8=B 1-0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090429/87421f6f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Apr 29 19:47:41 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:47:41 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] What do YOU do to improve your game? Message-ID: <1241056061.49f9033d77e04@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from jim_roe at sympatico.ca ----- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:41:01 -0400 From: jim_roe at sympatico.ca Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Chess Improvement] Re: What do YOU do to improve your game? To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com I used Chess.com for a year or two and quite enjoyed it. Unfortunately it is mainly game analysis with heavy emphasis on the opening. See my review in Chessville.com. I just came across http://www.chessvideos.tv/ which offers a wide range of chess study - I like the positional analysis - and is quite inexpensive, $3.95 per month. The site is free for seven days to give you a chance to evaluate it. _____ From: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com [mailto:Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Boyd Sent: April-29-09 11:25 AM To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chess Improvement] Re: What do YOU do to improve your game? I agree with Velid... if you have the money the chess.com mentor system looks great... I just haven't decided to spend the money yet, but the more recommendations I see like this the more likely that becomes. Does anyone else use the chess.com mentor system? If so, I would love to hear your thoughts on it. Daniel --- In Chess_Improvement@ yahoogroups.com, "Velid Sales" wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > I had similar problems like you do, and I used FICS as Daniel suggested. But then once I tried mentor system at chess.com I got a year membership. > > There are different lesions with good explanations. What I like is comments you get when you make wrong move with explanation why that move is wrong. (sometimes pointing you in right direction as what you should focus on) > > At the moment I'm going trough advanced tactics made by FM Thomas Wolski, which is mostly made of end games of chess classic masters such as Lasker, Capablanca,... I love the stories that also go with those games. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Velid > > > > > --- In Chess_Improvement@ yahoogroups.com, "Mike" wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I just purchased Jeremy Silman's books on reassessing my chess game, the workbook, and a book on strategy. I've glanced over it briefly and I think I'll have to change some of my thinking. In any event, my game play has been getting worse I think. And so that predicates my question of what do YOU do to improve your game. I know it's probably different for each person but there must be a "best" way to improve. For example, should I study tactics first and THEN strategy or vice versa? Should I give up the game and take up knitting instead? Things like that. I have tried studying games but the level of play of those I study is WAY beyond my level. I find that it does me absolutely NO good to study Bobby Fischer or anyone else because my mind isn't "there" yet. I find myself scratching my head as I contemplate a move by an IM or a GM because it looks completely foolish in my opinion and yet I know it's not. That's what I mean by not being "there" yet. My rating hovers between 1200 and 1400 and I never seem to be able to get over the "hump" to get to a solid 1400 or 1500. I make progress and then I suck again. > > > > Anyway, I won't belabor the point. I'd like to hear your thoughts on chess improvement for my situation. > > > > Good day! > > > > Mike > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090429/39e940ee/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 30 15:35:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:35:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian Wall Click and Moves Message-ID: <1241127308.49fa198cb9250@www.taom.com> I have started two Chessbase folders, Other People's Games, Titled and untitled to post click and move analysis on Chris Peterson's Brian Wall website. Some guy is beating me to the punch this year by turning my emails into click and move flash player games. Here's a few samples. http://chess-improvement.com/chess-tactics/chess-tactics-eyewitness-to-a-train-wreck/# JCMacNeil versus Louis Berman click and move ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg versus Korchnoi click and move http://chess-improvement.com/category/annotated-chess/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://chess-improvement.com/chess-strategies/chess-strategies-predator-meets-wallbrian/ Philipp Ponomarev versus Brian Wall click and move --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Apr 30 16:51:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:51:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Queen odds game Message-ID: <1241131868.49fa2b5c1b41e@www.taom.com> Brian Wall versus Mitch Joram (age 10 ) ( Devon's Elementary Class ) Polaris at Ebert Denver, CO 4:44 PM April 30th, 2009 1 e4 e5 2 Qh5 Nf6 3 Bc4 N:h5 4 Bf1 Nf6 ( just to get the Queen off the board ) 5 N:e5 N:e4 6 Bc4 Bc5 7 B:f7+ Ke7 7 0-0 B:f2+ 8 R:f2 N:f2 9 K:f2 Nc6 10 N:c6 bc 11 Bb3 Ba6 12 Nc3 c5 13 d3 c6 14 Bg5+ Ke8 15 Re1+ Kf8 16 B:d8 R:d8 17 Ne4 Re8 18 N:c5 Bb5 19 N:d7 checkmate