From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 1 01:40:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 01:40:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel William's funeral Message-ID: <1249112414.4a73f15e1b6a7@www.taom.com> Since I failed to speak at my mega-kind Aunt Renee's funeral, I insist on speaking at every subsequent funeral to learn from my blunder. Every time , many family members come up and thank me. This time I had everyone laughing at how my Mom punched one of the William's twins in the stomach as misbehaving teenagers. I told the gathering about how I called Joel the sexiest man alive and compared him to the Man In The Golden Helmet by Rembrandt. Joel's father looked exactly like that too. I also told the congregation that Joel was very lively and dynamic and the whole Chess community was in shock and sending me emails with Joel stories. Poor Corina, Joel's fiance who had just gone shopping for wedding dresses, was beside herself with grief. She was the last to look at the open casket before they closed it. Joel looked so young and alive I had to touch his cold skin to make sure. I thought he was going to hop up laughing and play me mall blitz. He looked like he was just resting, not dead at all. Many Chessplayers were there, Mike Ninomiyamike, Paul "Hoppy" Greiner, 16th Street Mall Pete, Robert Ramirez, Aaron Suseras. . Anthea Carson and Tom Corbett left messages at the Denver Post funeral board. Pete was also shocked at how fully alive Joel looked and said in his mind, " OK, that's enough, jokes over, get up, Joel". Poor Corina wailed through the funeral, distraught. I told Corina I had known Joel over 10 years and I had never seen him happier than with her. Many family members wanted a shot at my BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com Joel Williams photo album from the 2009 World Open. Thanx, Susan Grumer, for taking those pictures. She also gave Joel a ride to his room when he wasn't feeling well. Joel died in the wee hours of his 31st birthday. Joel suffered from asthma all his life. His atomizer wasn't working or had no effect, then he collapsed from respitory failure. Corina called 911 in a panic and then Joel's good friend Mike Ninomiyamike met them at the hospitalat 3 in the morning. They couldn't revive him. The only person I have seen more griefstricken than Corina was Danny at Renae's mother's funeral. His face of anguish is impossible to forget. I always get a little annoyed at funeral when the preachers - A - use the opportunity to get new Church members B - keep advising us all to move on on the day you most want to remember the dead. However I have seen people get stuck on a tragedy for years ( I didn't date for half a decade when my marriage ended ) so there is something to be said for closure. In general the preacher was very well spoken and I told him it was the best funeral I had ever attended. Poor Robert Ramirez mistook the address and had to walk 20 blocks. Just as I was wondering whether my bad back was going to hold out, Aaron Suseras and Robert showed up. Robert replaced me as pall bearer at the last moment. Corina read a poem plus several meaningfil songs were played in the background. Then we went to a gravesite near where Chris Peterson and I lived at Quebec and Alameda. As they lowered Joel's beautiful casket into the ground, Corina sobbed as women picked flowers from the casket and kept them as keepsakes. I wanted to counsel Corina and tell her she wasn't cursed as she must feel. Corina's mother and grandmother were there to comfort her. My mother and Joel's mother had a long embrace. Joel's aunt also had twins so that made three women with twins ( my Mom too ) in the room and to lose both of them within 4 years is a mother's greatest tragedy. One thing I thought as I looked at Joel's casket is that Death ends any chance at receiving or making amends. Joel can't say he's sorry for what he did wrong and people that hurt him can't apologize any more either. Nobody can make anything right anymore, it's just Game Over. Joel did pretty well his last tournament, 6/9 in the World Open. Robert Ramirez considered Joel his best friend and looked very upset. So did many others. I still want to have a solid Mexican style Chess set at my gravesite so people can play Chess near me. Maybe I'll play Joel on the other side of midnight. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 1 14:33:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:33:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Carl Brotsker Kierkegard quote Message-ID: <1249158836.4a74a6b4b8ba2@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from brotsker carl ----- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 13:27:14 -0700 (PDT) From: brotsker carl Reply-To: brotsker carl Subject: Re: fun To: Brian Wall Brian you are the best!! Something I remember from Kierkegaard " If you marry, you will regret it. If you do not marry, you will also regret it." Best wishes to you and your family. Carl From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Aug 2 08:26:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:26:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fwd: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open Message-ID: <1249223192.4a75a2181290d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:24:09 -0600 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Home Page [ROT ] http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/ REVOLUTIONARY OPENING THEORY [ ROT] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROT offers an alternative method of playing the opening which significantly enhances the number of sound playable moves.It is my belief that opening theory will be broadened and enriched by ROT and a greater understanding of optimum development will emerge.ROT does not refute or replace the bulk of conventional theory; although it may point the way to objectively superior moves or variations. Sometimes the insertion of just one or two ROT type moves will radically alter a conventional opening, but many openings are playable using only ROT. The main principle of ROT is that, compared to conventional theory, a much stronger emphasis is placed on developing pawns before pieces. But if a good square is available for a piece then consideration is given for its deployment. A secondary principle is that more scrutiny is placed on the necessity of castling, its timing and its advantages or drawbacks. The raison d'etre for these modifications is based on the following logic:- a) As appropriate pawn moves are made,the pieces on the back rank gain more activity and may become automatically developed where they stand in ZERO moves. b)If the pawns are developed, in general, as a priority, options for the (further) development of the pieces,tend to be kept open, ultimately allowing greater flexibility and more effective siting for attack or defence. c)Bringing out pieces makes them more vulnerable to enemy attack or becoming pinned. The delayed piece development gives less time in which they can be attacked aswell as more time to select safer squares.In addition optimum pawn moves will tend to prevent such attacks or defend the pieces,(at least against enemy piece attack.) d)Pieces in their initial position may be useful in defending weak squares or pawns or other pieces especially the king. e)If these pieces are captured then at least no time will have been lost on moving them! Positions can arise where an opponent is induced to exchange one of his pieces,(which may have moved several times), for a back rank piece. Sometimes a piece in its original position might be advantagiously sacrificed. f)If pawns are captured or exchanged then pieces may be activated (without moving). g)Developed pieces often block the mobility of the pawns,(aswell as other pieces);this is less likely with ROT. h)Pawns are superior to pieces in controlling the important central squares,(aswell as other squares).This is because they are more expendable than pieces;a bishop or knight being worth about 3.2 pawns in the opening. IPSO FACTO THE MOST SECURE CENTRE IS BASED ON PAWNS SUPPORTED BY PAWNS. i)An appropriate pawn move may,(apart from other functions),create a safety square for a piece including the king. j)Castling also tends to be delayed or may become unnecessary which may save time.For example,if queens are exchanged,then the king may be best placed in the centre for the ending. Or it might be useful defending weak pawns or squares in the centre. By pursuing this policy options are kept open for castling either wing,moving to five adjacent squares or staying put. Attacks on the king are thus more difficult objectively though the defence may require more nerve and precision. The rooks may also be more effective on their original squares for either attack or defence. However if the king is in danger or the corresponding rook is better placed on other files then castling may be the best option. Castling too soon may reduce your options and may lose time. It may also be bad to castle into an attack. On the other hand castling one move too late may prove fatal;so this move must be timed very carefully. By delaying castling the eventual optimum position of the king will become more apparent. It is often a good tactic to wait and see where your opponent castles before committing yourself. k)In general the pawns the pawns are more effective at threatening enemy pieces to displace them to inferior squares with loss of time. l)The pawns can be used to gain space---space for increased activity of the pieces or room for manoeuvre. m)The pawns may also be used to storm the enemy king position.Surprisingly it is possible to start attacking with the pawns and pawn sacrifices can be sound even though you may be behind in piece development in the conventional sense. n)Pawns may be sacrificed for various reasons; however it is more economical to sacrifice pawns than pieces. o)The pawns can set up a defensive shield which blocks enemy pieces from penetrating into your position or else denies squares of advance which can neutralize your opponents development. p)Pawn promotions are more likely the further they advance and on the fifth rank the en passant capture becomes possible. q)Pieces can be trapped or forked by pawns. r)It is often useful to exchange an enemy central pawn for a wing pawn;this normally involves a pawn move. s)Advanced pawns can restrict the mobility and options of enemy pawns. In particular it is often important to prevent enemy pawn breaks to maintain a closed position until your piece development is sufficient to attack or to adequately defend a given front. t)The rooks are often developed more quickly in ROT type openings. u)When open lines are required to attack,the pawns are better adapted to break through the enemy front. v)It is possible that a pawn move may be best because it lands on a square where it is safer than its original position, though such a move is usually made in combination with other motives. w)With relatively more pawn moves compared to conventional openings and with delayed piece developmeht, many more options become available; this equates to a greater probability that a stronger move can be generated. The disadvantages of early pawn advances can be that weaknesses are created behind the pawns or the pawns themselves become difficult to defend. In addition the safety of the king is often more critical.It is not uncommon that your opponent can sacrifice a piece to break through the pawn screen to attack your king. Consequently ROT in practice is a more complicated method of playing the opening and one wrong pawn move can leave you with a clinically dead game. Many games tend to be tactically wild which may not suit your style and until your pieces come into play,you may have to remain on the defensive. It may be necessary or best to suddenly switch to conventional play and develop pieces as quickly as possible.There is no guarantee that ROT is playable in a given position;above all moves must be geared and calibrated to counter your opponents plans aswell as to enhance your own. But with care and a lot of practice the disadvantages can be overcome. It must be noted that a weakness is only a weakness if it can be exploited. If you start to play ROT be prepared for many set-backs until you are familiar with the openings.I do not advise inexperienced players to play ROT unless they are comfortable with conventional theory. Incidentally,computers are usually confused by ROT because they have been programmed by humans to play conventional openings. However whatever happens more aesthetic games usually result. COPYWRITE MIKE SURTEES ---- MARCH 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest UON Newsletter contains an interview with Mike Surtees. I believe the game with Shaun Timothy MacMillan follows the R.O.T. principles. I express it this way - Compueters prefer to wait out the pawn wars before developing their pieces in one efficient swoop to the perfect square. Brian Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01, August 1st, 2009"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Shaun Timothy MacMillan"] [Result "1-0"] [weather -pleasant ] [ Lunch - kosher Jewish food in Danielle Rice's hotel toom ] [ Time control - 5 second delay, 40/90/Game/1hour ] [ Round 2 ] [ Board 2 ] [ Open section ] [ opening - Sicilian Wing Gambit ] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 Nc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. h4 h5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. Rh3 Nd5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qb6 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19. Be4 Kc7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qb3 b4 22. Qxd5 Raf8 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. e6 dxe6 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Kf1 Qb5+ 27. Kg1 e5 28. dxe5 Rd8 29. Qe6+ Rd7 30. Rd3 Rhd8 31. c4 1-0 Shaun ran out of time --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01, August 1st, 2009"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Shaun Timothy MacMillan"] [Result "1-0"] [weather -pleasant ] [ Lunch - kosher Jewish food in Danielle Rice's hotel toom ] [ Time control - 5 second delay, 40/90/Game/1hour ] [ Round 2 ] [ Board 2 ] [ Open section ] [ opening - Sicilian Wing Gambit ] 1. e4 Shaun was frightened by Todd Bardwick as a boy and played 1 c4 and 1 ... e6 for decades. One time I played 1 c4 to make fun of Shaun and make him bleed his own blood. Shaun's reaction was an immediate - F--- you! because he reads some of my emails and knew what the move meant. 1 ... c5 2. Nf3 Shaun confessed during the game that he has more trouble choosing an opening variation against me than any other man on earth. 2 ... Nf6 3. e5 I usually chicken out with 3 Nc3 but I said to myself - OK, let's see what this is all about. I remembered a very complicatd Spassky game with unfathomable complications. 3 ... Nd5 I analzyed all the normal continuations that all of mankind has or ever will play here and I wept for their lack of imagination, their circumscribed Chess lives and I rejoiced in the courage and vision of the opening demigod that I am, then I played a move which no man before or since would or could ever try. The story goes that Sherwin bragged to Bobby Fischer that he had analyzed 2 Nf3 Nf6 for 20 hours. Korchnoi always uses 20 hours as well so I think that is a euphemism for months of effort. After Bobby made about 15 moves in the post mortem Sherwin was stuck and Bobby joked - " You spent 20 hours on THIS!? " 4. b4!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 minutes spent Here I wept for the years of effort Larry Wutt and Shaun MacMillan have spent trying to catch me in their opening preparation. Haven't they learned by now that the laws of the physical universe bend around me? Rather than chasing the "perfect continuation " butterfly like everyone else I simply make an outrageous move leading to a Wing Gambit that I have played many blitz games with. I imagined Shaun and Larry in a lab with test tubes and Chesspieces putting TNs into smoking beakers and distilling them with knitted brows and serious, concerned scientific faces. " A Chessmaster has to be a master psychologist, to understand where the opponent is trying to put his pieces and stop him. A Chessmaster has to have imagination to consider many variations. " Bobby Fischer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- retro Youtube video Retrobites: Bobby Fischer (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA7I9nPhSU --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 ... cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7! I intended 7 ... Ba5 8 Ba3 but Fritz 11 likes 8 Na3!! better first 8. d4 Shaun kept trying to leave but every time he would half rise I would loudly bang out a move. Shaun would smile and sit back down. Shaun is a solid expert. His rating should be and was 2033 but Shaun has three glitches which kick him back a class - A - compulsive time pressure - if you leave him alone he will talk to himself about the variations for half an hour. B - every game he must sac unsoundly at least once to show he is not afraid to. C - studying Chess with Larry Wutt-the-hell-is-a pawn-break? 8 ... Nc7 " Retreating an active piece is often the culprit in the post-mortem. " Me Shaun explained he didn't like my suggestion of 8 ... d6 because " it doesn't really threaten ... de, you just bring your knight in. " Fritz 11 likes 8 ... 0-0 9. Bd3!! I played this after 7 minutes thought and announced - " if there's a better move I don't want to know about it. 9 ... b5 As a French player Shaun has an interesting plan, to get rid of his bad bishop and create light square outposts for his Knights. The only problem with the plan is that it sucks. 10. h4 h5 This concludes the ROT theory part of the program. I have established the pawn chain c3-d4-e5 and pushed my h-pawn as far as Shaun let me. Now it is time to see where the pieces belong. Notice the complete absence of the obsessive-compulsive development hysteria of the normal mega-shallow woodpusher who can never overcome the unfortunate fact that his Father taught him the Four Knights Opening. 11. Nbd2! Fritz only prefers 11 Be4!! Nc6 12 Ng5!! 11 ... Bb7 12. Ne4!! Bxe4 13. Bxe4!! Nc6 14. Rh3 14 Ng5!! is correct but Grandmaster Larry Christiansen always extols the virtues of " our old friend the rook lift " in his ICC videos. I thought I could probe with Rg3 or Ng5 and Q( or R ) f3 14 ... Nd5!! I looked at the position from both sides and boiled the position down to one sentence: What is the best defence to ... b4? 15. Ng5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The top 8 moves all guard c3 in some way. I thought, " Let's see if Larry is really an 1833 or 2033. " I rejected 15 B:d5!! as too tame. 15 ... Bxg5 " Well, what am I, an 1833 or a 2033? " Shaun MacMillan after the game Fritz 11 says Shaun's move is second best so he really is a 2033. 16. hxg5!! Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl At this point I felt like a Grandmaster because somehow for my pawn I have the Two Bishops, Rooks on open files and a beautiful center. Fritz confirms my diagnosis that the best move is 16 ... b4!! and the best defenses 17 Qf3, g6, cb or B:d5 16 ... Qb6 The addict was already down to under 5 minutes. My plan was to make each move as dangerous and chaotic and unanswerable as possible. Avoid endgames. 17. g6!? Fritz prefers Rb1!, Qf3! or B:d5! 17 ... fxg6! I was going to answer 17 ... f5 with 18 B:d5!! and then 18 ... ed 19 R:h5! is best 18. Bxg6+! Kd8! 19. Be4! Kc7! The poor lovable mad fool was down to two minutes 20. Bxd5! Fritz prefers 20 Ba3!! but I was avoiding trades. 20 ... exd5! 21. Qb3! Fritz 11 slightly prefers 21 Qf3!! 21 ... b4 22. Qxd5!! Raf8 It's hard to think normally with 22 minutes to 53 seconds 23. Qd6+!! Kc8! 24. e6 Trying to expose his King to maximum threats. Fritz 11 prefers 24 cb, Rg3, Rb1, Be3 or Bb2 24 ... dxe6! 25. Bf4 It's always hard for me to analyze objectively in my opponent's time pressure. I just wanted to play this move. Fritz prefers 25 Q:e6+, Rg3, Be3, Bg5 or cb 25 ... Re8?? Down to 2 second plus 5 second delay now. Jeremiah Haines immediately pointed out 26 Ra6!!! after the game 26. Kf1?? I never saw a clear win all game. I went from 11 minutes to 10 here. Fritz prefers 26 Ra6!!!, R:a7!!, cb!, Re3!, Rg3! or Be5 26 ... Qb5+ 27. Kg1!! winning 27 ... e5 28. dxe5 Rd8! 29. Qe6+!! Rd7 30. Rd3!! Winning based on 30 ... Q:d3 31 Q:c6+ and both his Rooks are in danger 30 ... Rhd8 31. c4!! Only 31 Rd6!!! or Rad1!! are better The idea is 31 c4!! Qb7 32 Rd6!! or 31 c4!! Qb6 32 c5!! or 31 c4!! Qc5 32 Be3!! One idea is 31 Rd6!!! Kc7 32 R:c6+ Q:c6 33 R:a7+ 1-0 Shaun ran out of time I was down to 2 minutes. A very intense but fun game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Sun Aug 2 22:44:51 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 22:44:51 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Raccoon Road kill Message-ID: <1249274691.4a766b43dade7@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Jack Young Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:28:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Young Reply-To: Jack Young Subject: Re: Raccoon Road kill [1 Attachment] To: Brian Wall Now Schielbooks Publications is proud to present its latest installment, How to Win Foes and Alienate People a collaboration by Brian Wall and TS.? Methinks N. Earl Roberts is just the tip of the iceberg! ? With great difficulty I managed to locate some old "Raccoon" analysis from 2004.? I had sent it to you in an email back then and I have?some extra stuff?that I didn't mention?as well.?? ? Like most of my openings, 1.e4 e5 2.f4 h5!!! was a joke variation that had a little bite in a few variations.? Back in the late 70's/early 80's, I?looked at?1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qf6!!! on the theory that 3.fe5? Qh4+ was bad for White and the Qf6 threatened ef4 and g5 and h6 while covering the Rh8 in the event White played h4 & hg5.? A game Paul Song-Bozo Pan Am games 1981 went 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qf6!!! 3.Bc4 ef4?! (much later I saw Stefan Bucker recommended 3.Q:f4!!!) 4.Nf3 g5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d4 d6 7.0-0 Be6 8.d5?! Bg4 9.Qd3 B:f3 10.R:f3 (10.Q:f3 Qd4+ wins) 10... Nd7 11.dc6 bc6 12.Rf1 Ne5 13.Qe2 Ne7 14.Be3 Bg7 15.Rad1 0-0 and Black went on to win. ? Later I looked at 1.e4 e5 2.f4 h6!? and if 3 .Nf3 ef4 transposes into Becker's Defense. Unfortunately I didn't like wimpy moves like 3.d3 and so ...... 1.e4 e5 2.f4 h5!!!.?? The main variations running: A) 3.fe5? Qh4+ B)3.Nf3 ef4 transposes into the Wegenbach Gambit normally reached via 1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.Nf3 h5!!!? Myers Openings Bulletin did a little article on this variation back in '92.? 3...h5 was an idea of Janos Wegenbach.? An English player Jonathan Tait sent in this game: JD Lyth-J. Tait, Rhyl 1992 which went 1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.Nf3 h5!!! 4.d4 (4.h4 d5 5.ed5 Bd6 and later Bg4) 4...g5 5.Bc4 (5.h4 g4 6.Ne5 d6 7.Nd3 Be7 8.B:f4 B:h4+ and White has the center.? It's questionable if that's worth a pawn) 5... h4 6.0-0 d6 7.c3 (7.Nc3 is better.? Black might try 7...Bh6)?7...Nh6 8.Qb3 c6 9.d5 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.dc6 bc6 12.B:f7+? N:f7 13.e6 Qb6+ 14.Nd4 Q:b3 15.ab3 Nfe5 16.ed7+ B:d7 and 0-1, 35. ?Notes in brackets are by Hugh Myers.? Looking at the position I see nothing wrong with 7.N:g5 Q:g4 8.B:f4 looks like a very favorable Muzio to me.?(Stefan Bucker recommended a quiet positional line in the Muzio where White trades queens, keeps his two pawn center and gets two pawns and a long lasting?initiative for the piece.)? ?Also the 5.h4 line in the notes above looks good for White, no?? This whole line looks rather hazardous for Black.? Rumors are that Eric Schiller is coming out with a new book Who's Afraid of the Wegenbach Gambit? ? C)3.d3 d5!? is one possibility as 4.ed5 Q:d5 5.Nc3 Bb4 unlike the regular Falkbeer. Also 3.d3 Nc6 is cheesy.? 4.Nf3 (4.fe5 d6 5.ed6 B:d6 6.Nf3 Nh6 etc.) 4...Nh6!!! 5.fe5 d6!!! 6.ed6 B:d6 with a sort of From's Gambit type position.? Chess Master 6000 tried 7.d4 Ng4 (threat B:h2) 8.g3!!! (not 8.h3? Bg3+ or 8.e5 B:e5!) 8...h4 9.e5 B:e5 10.N:e5 Nc:e5 11.Bb5+!!! (On 11.de5 Q:d1 12.K:d1 Nf2+ 13.Ke1 N:h1 14.Bg2 hg3 15.B:h1 R:h2 looks messy ... one of the purposes of the h5 pawn is that if the N gets trapped on h1 in some lines the pawn will shoot down to h3 making it difficult to win the h1 steed) 11...c6 12.Nc3!!! Q:d4 13.Q:d4 Nf3+ 14.Kf1 N:d4 15.Bd3 hg3 and Black is winning. ? D)3.Nc3 ef4 and now: D1) 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 b6!? I don't have this written down but I seem to remember looking at this position and concluding that this Steinitz Gambit type position with the N still on b8 is actually better for Black!? Don't quote me on this though.? (The normal position arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 ef4 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2)? For instance after 6.Nf3 Ba6+ 7.Kd2 Qf2+ is highly amusing.? The Nb8 makes Ba6 a threat and scotches possible defenses like 6.Qd3. D2) 4.Bc4 h4!?? I'm not sure if this is any good or not.? Presumably if 5.d4 g5 is the move or 5.Nf3 d6 or 5.Qg4? d5.? Use at your own risk as I haven't even computer checked any of these lines. ? E) 3.Ne2!!! I wouldn't even mention this move at all except that three of my computers played it.? It transposes into Alapin's Opening normally reached by 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2!! h5!!! 3.f4.? (One of the purposes of this opening is to play a King's Gambit type position without the gambit, a main line running 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.f4.)? Now I think 3...Bc5 is playable and even 3...d5!? a la the Falkbeer might be worth a try.? I don't like 3...Nc6 which I tried against my computers.? One game went 4.Nbc3 Nh6 5.fe5 d6 6.ed6 B:d6 7.d4 and White is solid as 7...Ng4 8.e5 and 7...Bb4 8.Be3 seem to hold.? ? That's about it for the "Raccoon".? ? By the way, I have never contributed to Kaissiber magazine.? Kaissiber is a very fine publication and they have a lot of good articles on unusual variations and many famous unusual openings pioneers (Stefan Bucker & Gerard Welling for example).? When the mag came out I had pretty much quit chess.? I did get published a lot in Randspringer, though! ? And now for something completely different: Old ideas in New Settings ... The Ruy Lopez ? 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5? At this point Black has tried a6, d6, Nf6, Nd4, Bc5, Bb4, g6, Nge7, a5, b6, Qf6, Qe7, d5, and even 3...g5!!!? But has anyone tried 3...h5!!!!? ? The main variations are: A) 4.0-0 Nd4 5.N:d4 ed4 6.c3 c6 7.Bc4 Bc5 is a Bird's Defense to the Ruy Lopez where ...h5 is actually useful.? It stops the B:f7+, Qh5+ idea (5.Bc4! might require special treatment, though) B) 4.d4 ed4 5.N:d4 is a sort of Scotch Game where the Bb5 gets in the way. One line is 5...Bc5 6.Nf5 d6 (g6 might be playable as is Qf6) 7.N:g7+ Kf8 8.N:f5 B:f5 9.ef5 Qh4 etc. ? C) 4.Nc3 Nh6 5.0-0 (5.B:c6 dc6 6.N:e5 Qg5) Ng4!!! 6.h3 Bc5 with a good Fishing Pole. The game Chess Genius-Bozo went 7.B:c6 dc6 8.d3 f6 9.hg4!!! hg4 10.Ne1 f5 11.g3 f4 12.Ng2 f3 13 .Na4 Bb6 14.N:b6 ab6 15.Ne3 Qf6 16.Ng2 Be6 17.a3 0-0-0 18.a4 Rh5 19.Bg5!! Q:g5 20.Re1 Rdh8 21.Nh4 R:h4 22.gh4 Q:h4 23.Q:f3! gf3 24.Kf1 Qh1#? 0-1, Chess Genius-Bozo 7/09.? ? D) 4.d3 Bc5 etc. ? ? Stop the presses.? That's about all for now folks. Bozo T. Clown Forwarded message from Jack Young ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090802/d56dbcb6/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 3 06:35:17 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 06:35:17 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson on - Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open Message-ID: <1249302917.4a76d985581ff@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 03:56:34 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Fwd: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open To: Brian Wall That was funny! I thought the ROT was a joke, but then I realized I came up with my own Opening Theory this weekend playing the English. I call it the C-pawn and Random Advancement of Pieces (C.R.A.P.). It only has one problem... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 8:26 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fwd: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:24:09 -0600 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Home Page [ROT ] http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/ REVOLUTIONARY OPENING THEORY [ ROT] ---------------------------------------------------------- ROT offers an alternative method of playing the opening which significantly enhances the number of sound playable moves.It is my belief that opening theory will be broadened and enriched by ROT and a greater understanding of optimum development will emerge.ROT does not refute or replace the bulk of conventional theory; although it may point the way to objectively superior moves or variations. Sometimes the insertion of just one or two ROT type moves will radically alter a conventional opening, but many openings are playable using only ROT. The main principle of ROT is that, compared to conventional theory, a much stronger emphasis is placed on developing pawns before pieces. But if a good square is available for a piece then consideration is given for its deployment. A secondary principle is that more scrutiny is placed on the necessity of castling, its timing and its advantages or drawbacks. The raison d'etre for these modifications is based on the following logic:- a) As appropriate pawn moves are made,the pieces on the back rank gain more activity and may become automatically developed where they stand in ZERO moves. b)If the pawns are developed, in general, as a priority, options for the (further) development of the pieces,tend to be kept open, ultimately allowing greater flexibility and more effective siting for attack or defence. c)Bringing out pieces makes them more vulnerable to enemy attack or becoming pinned. The delayed piece development gives less time in which they can be attacked aswell as more time to select safer squares.In addition optimum pawn moves will tend to prevent such attacks or defend the pieces,(at least against enemy piece attack.) d)Pieces in their initial position may be useful in defending weak squares or pawns or other pieces especially the king. e)If these pieces are captured then at least no time will have been lost on moving them! Positions can arise where an opponent is induced to exchange one of his pieces,(which may have moved several times), for a back rank piece. Sometimes a piece in its original position might be advantagiously sacrificed. f)If pawns are captured or exchanged then pieces may be activated (without moving). g)Developed pieces often block the mobility of the pawns,(aswell as other pieces);this is less likely with ROT. h)Pawns are superior to pieces in controlling the important central squares,(aswell as other squares).This is because they are more expendable than pieces;a bishop or knight being worth about 3.2 pawns in the opening. IPSO FACTO THE MOST SECURE CENTRE IS BASED ON PAWNS SUPPORTED BY PAWNS. i)An appropriate pawn move may,(apart from other functions),create a safety square for a piece including the king. j)Castling also tends to be delayed or may become unnecessary which may save time.For example,if queens are exchanged,then the king may be best placed in the centre for the ending. Or it might be useful defending weak pawns or squares in the centre. By pursuing this policy options are kept open for castling either wing,moving to five adjacent squares or staying put. Attacks on the king are thus more difficult objectively though the defence may require more nerve and precision. The rooks may also be more effective on their original squares for either attack or defence. However if the king is in danger or the corresponding rook is better placed on other files then castling may be the best option. Castling too soon may reduce your options and may lose time. It may also be bad to castle into an attack. On the other hand castling one move too late may prove fatal;so this move must be timed very carefully. By delaying castling the eventual optimum position of the king will become more apparent. It is often a good tactic to wait and see where your opponent castles before committing yourself. k)In general the pawns the pawns are more effective at threatening enemy pieces to displace them to inferior squares with loss of time. l)The pawns can be used to gain space---space for increased activity of the pieces or room for manoeuvre. m)The pawns may also be used to storm the enemy king position.Surprisingly it is possible to start attacking with the pawns and pawn sacrifices can be sound even though you may be behind in piece development in the conventional sense. n)Pawns may be sacrificed for various reasons; however it is more economical to sacrifice pawns than pieces. o)The pawns can set up a defensive shield which blocks enemy pieces from penetrating into your position or else denies squares of advance which can neutralize your opponents development. p)Pawn promotions are more likely the further they advance and on the fifth rank the en passant capture becomes possible. q)Pieces can be trapped or forked by pawns. r)It is often useful to exchange an enemy central pawn for a wing pawn;this normally involves a pawn move. s)Advanced pawns can restrict the mobility and options of enemy pawns. In particular it is often important to prevent enemy pawn breaks to maintain a closed position until your piece development is sufficient to attack or to adequately defend a given front. t)The rooks are often developed more quickly in ROT type openings. u)When open lines are required to attack,the pawns are better adapted to break through the enemy front. v)It is possible that a pawn move may be best because it lands on a square where it is safer than its original position, though such a move is usually made in combination with other motives. w)With relatively more pawn moves compared to conventional openings and with delayed piece developmeht, many more options become available; this equates to a greater probability that a stronger move can be generated. The disadvantages of early pawn advances can be that weaknesses are created behind the pawns or the pawns themselves become difficult to defend. In addition the safety of the king is often more critical.It is not uncommon that your opponent can sacrifice a piece to break through the pawn screen to attack your king. Consequently ROT in practice is a more complicated method of playing the opening and one wrong pawn move can leave you with a clinically dead game. Many games tend to be tactically wild which may not suit your style and until your pieces come into play,you may have to remain on the defensive. It may be necessary or best to suddenly switch to conventional play and develop pieces as quickly as possible.There is no guarantee that ROT is playable in a given position;above all moves must be geared and calibrated to counter your opponents plans aswell as to enhance your own. But with care and a lot of practice the disadvantages can be overcome. It must be noted that a weakness is only a weakness if it can be exploited. If you start to play ROT be prepared for many set-backs until you are familiar with the openings.I do not advise inexperienced players to play ROT unless they are comfortable with conventional theory. Incidentally,computers are usually confused by ROT because they have been programmed by humans to play conventional openings. However whatever happens more aesthetic games usually result. COPYWRITE MIKE SURTEES ---- MARCH 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- The latest UON Newsletter contains an interview with Mike Surtees. I believe the game with Shaun Timothy MacMillan follows the R.O.T. principles. I express it this way - Compueters prefer to wait out the pawn wars before developing their pieces in one efficient swoop to the perfect square. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01, August 1st, 2009"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Shaun Timothy MacMillan"] [Result "1-0"] [weather -pleasant ] [ Lunch - kosher Jewish food in Danielle Rice's hotel toom ] [ Time control - 5 second delay, 40/90/Game/1hour ] [ Round 2 ] [ Board 2 ] [ Open section ] [ opening - Sicilian Wing Gambit ] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 Nc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. h4 h5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. Rh3 Nd5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qb6 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19. Be4 Kc7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qb3 b4 22. Qxd5 Raf8 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. e6 dxe6 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Kf1 Qb5+ 27. Kg1 e5 28. dxe5 Rd8 29. Qe6+ Rd7 30. Rd3 Rhd8 31. c4 1-0 Shaun ran out of time ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01, August 1st, 2009"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Shaun Timothy MacMillan"] [Result "1-0"] [weather -pleasant ] [ Lunch - kosher Jewish food in Danielle Rice's hotel toom ] [ Time control - 5 second delay, 40/90/Game/1hour ] [ Round 2 ] [ Board 2 ] [ Open section ] [ opening - Sicilian Wing Gambit ] 1. e4 Shaun was frightened by Todd Bardwick as a boy and played 1 c4 and 1 ... e6 for decades. One time I played 1 c4 to make fun of Shaun and make him bleed his own blood. Shaun's reaction was an immediate - F--- you! because he reads some of my emails and knew what the move meant. 1 ... c5 2. Nf3 Shaun confessed during the game that he has more trouble choosing an opening variation against me than any other man on earth. 2 ... Nf6 3. e5 I usually chicken out with 3 Nc3 but I said to myself - OK, let's see what this is all about. I remembered a very complicatd Spassky game with unfathomable complications. 3 ... Nd5 I analzyed all the normal continuations that all of mankind has or ever will play here and I wept for their lack of imagination, their circumscribed Chess lives and I rejoiced in the courage and vision of the opening demigod that I am, then I played a move which no man before or since would or could ever try. The story goes that Sherwin bragged to Bobby Fischer that he had analyzed 2 Nf3 Nf6 for 20 hours. Korchnoi always uses 20 hours as well so I think that is a euphemism for months of effort. After Bobby made about 15 moves in the post mortem Sherwin was stuck and Bobby joked - " You spent 20 hours on THIS!? " 4. b4!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 minutes spent Here I wept for the years of effort Larry Wutt and Shaun MacMillan have spent trying to catch me in their opening preparation. Haven't they learned by now that the laws of the physical universe bend around me? Rather than chasing the "perfect continuation " butterfly like everyone else I simply make an outrageous move leading to a Wing Gambit that I have played many blitz games with. I imagined Shaun and Larry in a lab with test tubes and Chesspieces putting TNs into smoking beakers and distilling them with knitted brows and serious, concerned scientific faces. " A Chessmaster has to be a master psychologist, to understand where the opponent is trying to put his pieces and stop him. A Chessmaster has to have imagination to consider many variations. " Bobby Fischer ---------------------------------------------------------- retro Youtube video Retrobites: Bobby Fischer (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA7I9nPhSU ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 ... cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7! I intended 7 ... Ba5 8 Ba3 but Fritz 11 likes 8 Na3!! better first 8. d4 Shaun kept trying to leave but every time he would half rise I would loudly bang out a move. Shaun would smile and sit back down. Shaun is a solid expert. His rating should be and was 2033 but Shaun has three glitches which kick him back a class - A - compulsive time pressure - if you leave him alone he will talk to himself about the variations for half an hour. B - every game he must sac unsoundly at least once to show he is not afraid to. C - studying Chess with Larry Wutt-the-hell-is-a pawn-break? 8 ... Nc7 " Retreating an active piece is often the culprit in the post-mortem. " Me Shaun explained he didn't like my suggestion of 8 ... d6 because " it doesn't really threaten ... de, you just bring your knight in. " Fritz 11 likes 8 ... 0-0 9. Bd3!! I played this after 7 minutes thought and announced - " if there's a better move I don't want to know about it. 9 ... b5 As a French player Shaun has an interesting plan, to get rid of his bad bishop and create light square outposts for his Knights. The only problem with the plan is that it sucks. 10. h4 h5 This concludes the ROT theory part of the program. I have established the pawn chain c3-d4-e5 and pushed my h-pawn as far as Shaun let me. Now it is time to see where the pieces belong. Notice the complete absence of the obsessive-compulsive development hysteria of the normal mega-shallow woodpusher who can never overcome the unfortunate fact that his Father taught him the Four Knights Opening. 11. Nbd2! Fritz only prefers 11 Be4!! Nc6 12 Ng5!! 11 ... Bb7 12. Ne4!! Bxe4 13. Bxe4!! Nc6 14. Rh3 14 Ng5!! is correct but Grandmaster Larry Christiansen always extols the virtues of " our old friend the rook lift " in his ICC videos. I thought I could probe with Rg3 or Ng5 and Q( or R ) f3 14 ... Nd5!! I looked at the position from both sides and boiled the position down to one sentence: What is the best defence to ... b4? 15. Ng5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The top 8 moves all guard c3 in some way. I thought, " Let's see if Larry is really an 1833 or 2033. " I rejected 15 B:d5!! as too tame. 15 ... Bxg5 " Well, what am I, an 1833 or a 2033? " Shaun MacMillan after the game Fritz 11 says Shaun's move is second best so he really is a 2033. 16. hxg5!! Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl At this point I felt like a Grandmaster because somehow for my pawn I have the Two Bishops, Rooks on open files and a beautiful center. Fritz confirms my diagnosis that the best move is 16 ... b4!! and the best defenses 17 Qf3, g6, cb or B:d5 16 ... Qb6 The addict was already down to under 5 minutes. My plan was to make each move as dangerous and chaotic and unanswerable as possible. Avoid endgames. 17. g6!? Fritz prefers Rb1!, Qf3! or B:d5! 17 ... fxg6! I was going to answer 17 ... f5 with 18 B:d5!! and then 18 ... ed 19 R:h5! is best 18. Bxg6+! Kd8! 19. Be4! Kc7! The poor lovable mad fool was down to two minutes 20. Bxd5! Fritz prefers 20 Ba3!! but I was avoiding trades. 20 ... exd5! 21. Qb3! Fritz 11 slightly prefers 21 Qf3!! 21 ... b4 22. Qxd5!! Raf8 It's hard to think normally with 22 minutes to 53 seconds 23. Qd6+!! Kc8! 24. e6 Trying to expose his King to maximum threats. Fritz 11 prefers 24 cb, Rg3, Rb1, Be3 or Bb2 24 ... dxe6! 25. Bf4 It's always hard for me to analyze objectively in my opponent's time pressure. I just wanted to play this move. Fritz prefers 25 Q:e6+, Rg3, Be3, Bg5 or cb 25 ... Re8?? Down to 2 second plus 5 second delay now. Jeremiah Haines immediately pointed out 26 Ra6!!! after the game 26. Kf1?? I never saw a clear win all game. I went from 11 minutes to 10 here. Fritz prefers 26 Ra6!!!, R:a7!!, cb!, Re3!, Rg3! or Be5 26 ... Qb5+ 27. Kg1!! winning 27 ... e5 28. dxe5 Rd8! 29. Qe6+!! Rd7 30. Rd3!! Winning based on 30 ... Q:d3 31 Q:c6+ and both his Rooks are in danger 30 ... Rhd8 31. c4!! Only 31 Rd6!!! or Rad1!! are better The idea is 31 c4!! Qb7 32 Rd6!! or 31 c4!! Qb6 32 c5!! or 31 c4!! Qc5 32 Be3!! One idea is 31 Rd6!!! Kc7 32 R:c6+ Q:c6 33 R:a7+ 1-0 Shaun ran out of time I was down to 2 minutes. A very intense but fun game. ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We hope to find that there are some more readers in the Portland area. If you are traveling in the Portland area look at pdxchess.com to see what is happening. Good Chess Barbie Fortune Barbie Fortune 21067 SW 86th Ct. Tualatin, OR 97062 Barbiefortune at comcast.net 503-504-2037 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/b05def4c/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 4 03:40:30 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 03:40:30 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shattering the Scheveningen 4 Message-ID: <1249378830.4a78020e1cc58@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 03:37:36 -0600 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Shattering the Scheveningen 4 To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI Shattering the Scheveningen pt 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I have a plane to catch in New Orleans but's let's see if I can analyze one more game from the 2009 Pikes Peak Open. Breakfast was a Cheese Danish Gambit at the Pikes Peak Inn. Lunch was some strange salmon/egg/capo appetizer at the StageCoach Inn with Danielle Rice and Ted Doykos. For dinner Tom and I treated Renae Delaware but the poor thing just hired a personal trainer so all she could have was a pitiful cup of Minnestrone soup with water while Tom and I gorged ourselves on a Vegetarian Pizza. Renae also wanted a salad but the Seviano ( across from Subway ) was out of lettuce. The waitress was very nice and upgraded Renae's cup to a bowl and added a bowl of mushrooms and tomatoes for Tom and I but Renae hates mushrooms and tomatoes. Tom and I had to explain our big tip to the waitress, " Oh, men don't care what the restaurant is out of, we just care if the waitress is friendly. " Renae was lovely, gracious and pleasant as always. Tom is framing her horse drawing that is my BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com symbol. I played two 12 year old rivals this tournament, Kurt Kondracki ( 1640 ) and Daniel Zhou ( 1774 ). I beat them both and told them, " You will have to find a different way to break your tie. " I had published an article in the Colorado Informant " The Future of Colorado Chess Begins in China " featuring the mighty Daniel Zhou. Daniel said, " Oh, my father read that, not me. " Kurt's Mom Janice was very sweet, she said Kurt is out to prove that article wrong. So in Round 1 I worked in China's best interest ( like all of American will be doing as soon as Obama implements all of his programs ) by defeating Kurt and then in Round 5 I was back working for the Americans by defeating Zhou. I was very discouraged after about 21 moves because I still couldn't see a win despite calculating 100 sacrifices almost from move 1. Daniel kept crossing out moves and making different ones. After the game I asked Daniel to tell me which moves he crossed out on his scoresheet. " Either Chess is too hard or Daniel is too good or I am too weak because beating 12 year olds is not supposed to be this difficult. " is what I was thinking in the middle of this game. For 2 years now I have been beating my head against 11-17 yr olds, Ryan Moon ( 2100+), Robert Hess ( 2550 ), Ray Robson ( 2550 ), Daniel Zhou ( 1774 ), Darwin Yang (2450 ) and others. I try not to look at their age but just remember that these are just stopping points to much higher ratings. I tried to use the ideas in my Youtube video that worked so effectively against Robert Ramirez ( 2050 ) and Jorge Renteria ( 2361 ). I must have calculated Nd5 100 times in different settings but it always seemed playable not winning. I won't list all my possible sacs, just the top ones the computer likes. I borrowed this idea from 2700 Romanian GM Nisipeanu who just overwhelms Black in the Sicilian with rapid development and vicious sacs. I had analyzed a game of his live as an ICC webcaster in 2006. I don't know what Daniel was analyzing but I was looking at Nd:b5, Nf5, Nd5, N:c6, B:f6, N:e6, B:e6 almost every move but I couldn't see anything that looked like a win to me. Daniel is exceptionally well raised, super polite, smiling, energetic, always looks for me after he moves, very intelligent and friendly to all around him. I brought the satirical paper the Onion to the Zoo with me last Sunday. The theme was that China now owned the Onion. There were "non news stories " like disappearing Tibetan monks and one that made my ten year old son Devon and I laugh. It was from an American boy who was begging his parents to be stricter like Asian parents and the best line, " Oh, excuse me, I am starving because I have not had a cheeseburger and milkshake in the last 5 minutes. " At one Manitou Springs tournament, Daniel Zhou, Isaac Martinez, Tyler Hughes, Josh Bloomer and I all played tennis together at about the three digit level. Daniel is an express train to Expert-ville. [Event "Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall, Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.08.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Daniel Zhou, age 12"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "1774"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "01:49:37"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/2, Game/1"] 2009 Pikes Peak Open Manitou Springs, Colorado City Hall next to the police station in case Harold Gene Linde shows up. Perfect weather August 2, 2009 5 second delay 40/2 hours Game/1 hour Final money round 5 Perfect weather White - Brian Wall, age 54, rhymes with Tammany Hall Black - Daniel Zhou, age 12, rhymes with slow dough 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 GM Gelfand likes the trick 9 ... Nbd7 10 N:e6?? Ne5!! 10. O-O-O b5 I kept analyzing N:c6 and then Nd5 but the trick is to reverse the order 11 B:f6!! B:f6 12 Nd5!! ed 13 N:c6!! 0-0 14 B:d5!! 11 B:f6!! gf 12 Nd5!! ( 12 N:c6! is also strong ) ed 13 N:c6!! Black's game is a sick mess. The problem is White attacks very differently according to different defenses so it is hard for a human to trust so many variations. The basic thing to remember is just B:f6!!, Nd5!! and N:c6!! followed by prayer. Daniel is fine after 11 e5? N:d4!! 12 Q:a8 de!! but not my postmortem suggestion 11 e5? Bb7? 12 N:e6!! ( to avoid ... N:d4 ) fe 13 ef ( opening up Qh5+ ) gf 14 B:f6 Zhou's busted 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 6 minutes spent 12 B:f6!! B:f6 13 Nd5!! ed 14 N:c6!! is good again. Apparently I don't even know the basic idea of my own system. 12 ... Rd8 Probably afraid of Nd:b5 13. Kb1 16 minutes spent. My idea was to go for a clear win after 13 Kb1 0-0 14 Nf5!! ef 15 B:f6!! B:f6 16 Nd5!! as in my Ramirez game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI Shattering the Scheveningen pt 2 Top 5 Rybka 3 choices - 13 B:f6!!!!! B:f6 14 Nd5!! ed 15 N:c6 13 Nd5!!!! ed 14 N:f5 13 N:c6!!! B:c6 14 f4 13 Nf5!! ef 14 B:f6 B:f6 15 Nd5 13 N:e6! fe 14 B:e6 I looked at all this but couldn't make heads nor tails of it. I didn't want to pull the trigger until I could see a knockout. 13 ... h6 14. Nxc6! Only 14 B:f6!! B:f6 15 Nd5!! ed 16 N:c6!! is better than my move 14 ... Qxc6?? I told Daniel he was fine after 14 ... B:c6!! 15 B:f6!! B:f6 16 Nd5 B:d5!! 17 ed e5!! " Yeah but I didn't expect you to play 15 Nd5!! " 15. Bxf6!! Bxf6 15 ... gf! 16 Qg7! wins the h6-pawn 16. Nd5!! There was a situation like this in my video - The Bishop cannot hide from the Knight 16 ... Kf8 17. Nxf6! gxf6! 18. Qh4! Ke7! 19. f4 Qc5! When is Fighting Dragon Boy going to hand over a pawn? His idea is 20 e5? de 21 R:d8? R:d8! 22 fe! Q:e5!! because of the bank rank - he's wearing me out. 20. a3 e5 About the only way to stop me from playing the same move. When is this kid going to crack? 21. Qh5 Rh7! The true path is clear but men love to be distracted. Lao Tze I could not find a clear path to victory yet. I was getting frustrated. 22. Qh4 Rhh8 23. Rd3 Maybe Rc3 or Rf3 will help. My Rooks are hyper-active, Daniel's Rooks are hypoglycemic. 23 ... Rdg8 24. Red1!! Trying to crash through on d6 and f6 24 ... Rd8! only move 25. Bd5!! Bxd5! 25 ... Bc8 is very bad, Daniel is getting overrrun after 26 Rc3, Rf3, Rf1 or many others. The centralized King is killing him. 26. Rxd5! Qc7 27. fxe5!! I finally have something tangible for my troubles. 27 ... dxe5! only move 28. Rf1!! Rd6! Only way to guard f6 29. Rxe5+! Extra pawn, better King, Game over 29 ... Kd7 30. Ref5 Rc8! 31. c3! Qc4! 32. Rxf6!! I was till worried about ... R:c3 bc perpetual check shots 32 ... Rxf6! 33. Rxf6 I pondered both winning f6-recaptures for 5 minutes 33 ... Qd3+ 34. Ka2!! Qc4+! 35. Ka1! Qb3 36. Qf4!! +8 for me. I was hoping 37 R:f7+!! would refute 36 ... R:c3!? It does. 36 ... Ke7 37. Qd6+! mating 37 ... Ke8 38. Rxh6 1-0 Daniel Zhou wins with a big smile. Nice kid, well-mannered. I tied for third $62 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall, Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.08.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Daniel Zhou, age 12"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "1774"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "01:49:37"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/2, Game/1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 Rd8 13. Kb1 h6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Kf8 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. f4 Qc5 20. a3 e5 21. Qh5 Rh7 22. Qh4 Rhh8 23. Rd3 Rdg8 24. Red1 Rd8 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc7 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Rf1 Rd6 29. Rxe5+ Kd7 30. Ref5 Rc8 31. c3 Qc4 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qd3+ 34. Ka2 Qc4+ 35. Ka1 Qb3 36. Qf4 Ke7 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Rxh6 1-0 Daniel Zhou wins with a big smile I tied for third $62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net www.Chessville.com Off the Wall column BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com various Youtube videos search Brian Wall Chess or Youtube channels TimmyBx or Sagacious00004 serving the Chess community as best I can. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 4 14:48:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:48:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1249418913.4a789ea149e2b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:36:45 -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 July 28th, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance. The evening's event was a 7-round, double-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5). I suffered a rough start, and David Meliti ran out of gas, as we tied for 1st place. Here are the results: Official Actual Score Games Player 5.5 11.5 Paul Anderson 5.5 11.5 David Meliti 4.5 10.5 Mitch Anderson 4.5 10.5 Buck Buchanan 0.0 3.0 Jaan Schlemermeyer WD 3.0 Anthea Carson WD 2.0 Lee Oats WD 0.0 Isaac Martinez Pikes Peak Open 2009 Prizes By Jerry Maier Thought you might want a list of the prize breakdowns: Score Place Prize Player 4.5 1st $80.00 Renard Anderson 4.5 1st $80.00 Julian Evans 4.0 3rd $61.00 Jeffrey Baffo 4.0 3rd $61.00 Brian Wall 3.5 U1800 $50.00 Jeffrey Serna 2.5 U1500 $40.00 Daniel Picard 2.5 U1600 $11.25 Jeremiah Haynes 2.5 U1600 $11.25 Christopher Hanagan 2.5 U1600 $11.25 Kurt Kondracki 2.5 U1600 $11.25 Cory Foster 2.0 U1300 $35.00 Josiah Ortega New Video From CSCN! Another newsletter has been transformed into a piece of visual art. Enjoy another masterpiece from Matthew Productions: http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/videos/thunder_seven.htm Game Of The Week This week's game comes from the Pikes Peak Open. I did not do as well this year as I did last year. Last year, I won 3 games (announcing mate in all 3), drew 1, and lost 0, taking home 2nd place. This year, I won 2 games, drew 0, and lost 2, taking home my tail between my legs. The only consistent factor from last year is that I announced mate in all my wins again this year. In the past 8 games at the Pikes Peak Open where I did not announce mate, I either drew or lost. I think next year I will just announce "Mate in 47!" at the beginning of every game. I don't have to announce mate correctly. In fact, I often miscalculate the mate. However, according to Randy's Rule #1 (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Jul_01_2008.html), accuracy is not important as long as you err on the high side. Also, I think it was LM Brian Wall who told me that it has to be at least mate in 3 to be able to announce. I have announced mate in 2 in the past, but that was my second attempt at announcing mate. I announced mate in 3 twice after that, but once it was actually mate in 2. This year I extended my personal best announcements to a mate in 4 and a mate in 7 (and both were correct, although the best line was not played). I even took some consolation from the fact that my Fritz 8 engine has trouble getting the mate in 7 correct. Before 46.Rf2+ it says #8 but when you play that move it jumps to #6. In the game, Cory didn't find the best defense, and I was able to announce mate in 3 and play it out correctly. I don't mind playing out these mates as I clearly have a lot of room for improvement in this area. I am just glad Cory didn't go to lunch and let me win on time. Mate In Seven! (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (156) Foster,Cory (1534) - Anderson,Paul (2003) [B12] Pikes Peak Open Colorado Springs (1.4), 01.08.2009 [Fritz 8 (60s)] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 last book move 6...Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 Nh6 9.0-0 0-0 10.c3 f5 11.e5 Nf7 12.Kh1 Na6 13.Qc2 Nc7 14.Be3 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 A pinning theme. 16...Qxe3 17.Qb3+ e6 Consolidates d5 18.Qxb7 Qb6 19.Qxc6 [Worse is 19.Bxc6 Qxb7 20.Bxb7 Rab8-/+ ] 19...Qxc6 20.Bxc6 Rad8 21.Rad1 Bxe5 22.Nc1 Kf7 23.Nd3 Bd6 24.b4 e5 25.a4 Ke6 26.a5 This push gains space 26...e4 Black wins space 27.Rfe1 Kf6 28.Nb2 Be5 29.Na4 Ne6 30.b5 Nf4 31.b6 axb6 32.axb6 Nd3 33.Re2?? shortens the misery for White [>=33.Rxd3 exd3 34.Rd1-+ ] 33...Nf2+!! A double attack 34.Kg1 [34.Rxf2 Rxd1+ A classical mating theme] 34...Nxd1 35.Kf1 Nxc3 [>=35...Rd6!? keeps an even firmer grip 36.Bb5 Nxc3 37.Nxc3 Bxc3 38.b7-+ ] 36.Nxc3 Bxc3 37.Rc2 Be5 38.b7 Rd1+ 39.Ke2 Rfd8 40.Ba4 g5 41.Rc6+ R1d6 42.Rc8 Rd2+ 43.Ke1 Bxh2 44.Rc6+ [44.b8Q there is nothing else anyway 44...Bxb8 45.Rxb8 Rxb8 46.Kxd2 Rb2+ 47.Ke1 Rxg2 48.Kf1-+ ] 44...Ke7 45.Rh6 Bg3+ 46.Kf1 e3 [46...Rf2+ 47.Kg1 Re2 48.Rxh7+ Kf8 49.Rh8+ Kg7 50.Rg8+ Kxg8 51.Bb3+ Kf8 52.b8Q Re1# ] 47.Bb5 Rf2+ 48.Kg1 Rd1+ 49.Bf1 Rdxf1# 0-1 Upcoming Events 8/4 Speed tournament, CSCC 8/5,12,19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli, CSCC 8/6,13,20,27 2009 August USAFA Chess, CSCC 8/8 It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight Tournament, CSCA 8/11 Fischer-random tournament, 4-SS, G/10, CSCC 8/15 Super Saturday G/29 II, CSCA For event details and additional events, see the following websites: CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/) BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/) WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) KCA: Kansas Chess Association (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/ Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. 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We drove into a sports complex by midnight and slept in the parking lot until the start of the boys' games (3 baseball games between them) before finally getting home Saturday afternoon. I think I still have stuff to unpack from the trailer. Alexa did great with a 3/6. Alexa did not win the final round game, and I don't have a copy of the score handy. She got behind a bit early in the game and never really recovered. So she finished with 3/6, tied in 22nd place with 16 other girls out of 60 total this year. (http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/08/spni-final-standings.html#links ). If that list is in tiebreak order, I suppose the precise position is 26th, 2 spots higher than her starting rating placed her. Of course, I just look at the single upset win, and it's a winning tournament for her. Last year she had 2/6 in a tie for 39th of 52 with an upset win (She started this event over 300 points higher than last year and gained 8pts on this event). Another year like this last one and she will be knocking on the door of the championship. Crosstable at USChess: http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/ Yang Dai of Virginia won the whole thing with a perfect 6/6. Since she was not eligible for the scholarship it went to last year's champion (who was similarly ineligible last year, but was top finishing eligible this year, and so earned it this year). Mill around at the Polgar site for those details. It was a nicely run tournament, especially the chess part of it (The DeLeon's did an awesome job, very smooth, information out clearly and often, and on-time round starts!). The various other activities could be all over the map in level of planning, but I think it was a good time for everyone. This event is only going to get better, and it's really pretty awesome already. Many thanks again to the Chessplayers of Colorado and the Colorado State Chess Association support for Alexa going to the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls. Talking to organizers and other participants made it clear that Colorado is one of the states that has its act together. Not all of them do. I appreciate that as a chess dad and a chess player. Thank you. Picture links follow. See you at the Monument Open. --Matt Lasley (Alexa's very proud dad) I was finally able to view some of the pictures, so here are a few direct links to some of my girl on the front lines: Round 6: Her final round game (first shot best, others she's in periphery). http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPNI2009Round6Closing#53648094758 99154994 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPNI2009Round6Closing#53648095199 82842658 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/SPNI2009Round6Closing#53648096817 51622530 (Actually, it's a bit early for that other girls' expression to mean she made a mistake, but it still is funny) Back to the start, Opening Ceremonies: Family photo from the rear (Matthew on left to Caleb on right with we 6 supporting Alexa - who is visible way up in the front right corner): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 6036123943026 Alexa listening to the Mayor of Lubbock http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 6083023299330 Colorado Champion receives her Medal! http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 6272894173538 The big group shot. Alexa is in the back, right under the "ar" of Polgar in the banner http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 7149824721026 Alexa in round 1. First is obvious (probably first 3 actually), rest she's in periphery. She won this game against the last participant to enter the tournament (Washington DC's primary participant's sister). This is the 2nd year in a row that Alexa was paired with the latest-participant in the opening round, which is pretty remarkable in terms of statistical oddities. (after a quick check, last year it was 2nd round, but it was still the other girls' first game. That check also reminded me last year Alexa was in bottom half of field by rating, this year in the top half!) http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 8376750007266 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 8398542824690 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 8492411800978 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 8301408071522 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 8328650287058 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1#536298 8882410414034 Chess Park Ribbon Cutting. Alexa was actually pictured in the school paper the next day in an article about this. A very cool chess park on TTU's campus. She's in some of the wide overhead shots, you have to look for that long hair and all black clothes for the day (a late request for black and white shirts in a chess theme for the event) Waiting for a game: http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TTUChessParkRibbonCutting#5363240 012616598530 There she is! http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TTUChessParkRibbonCutting#5363240 148444543714 The shot that made the newspaper (or similar): http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TTUChessParkRibbonCutting#5363240 188242209602 That dude next to her is one of the Tech KnightRaiders, I believe. http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TTUChessParkRibbonCutting#5363240 267959277234 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/TTUChessParkRibbonCutting#5363240 297710997506 I actually got to explain bughouse to the dad from Indiana somewhere during this. Other pictures: Round 2 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIMiscDay2And3#536372130031 5918818 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIMiscDay2And3#536372132135 3407986 With the Texas Tech Masked Raider (Alexa's in the back) http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIMiscDay2And3#536372236329 4126146 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIMiscDay2And3#536372239458 9102450 Round 3 http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIMiscDay2And3#536372263500 8894130 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 4 15:56:06 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:56:06 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] August 2009 Newsletter Message-ID: <1249422966.4a78ae765acdd@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:12:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: August 2009 Newsletter Here is the August 2009 Newsletter. ? Rick, please add this to the colorado-chess.com when you have a chance. ? Thank you, ? Klaus Johnson Director of Boulder Chess Club -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/791c95ee/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/791c95ee/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Newsletter0908.docx Type: application/octet-stream Size: 23883 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/791c95ee/attachment.obj From jeffseiken at yahoo.com Tue Aug 4 18:21:53 2009 From: jeffseiken at yahoo.com (Jeff Seiken) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:21:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denker Champ! Message-ID: <269902.19631.qm@web39702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Brian, For years I've been receiving emails from you with the subject line "The Amazing Tyler Hughes" part XX. Maybe it's time you started a new thread titled "The Amazing Abby Marshall". Personally, I attribute her victory at the Denker to all of the blitz games she played as a third grader against Zach Malone. Jeff PPA (Proud Parent of Abby) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/26069902/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 4 18:30:54 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:30:54 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denker Champ! Message-ID: <1249432254.4a78d2be815a8@www.taom.com> I met Abby as a 10 year old and spoke with her at the 2009 World Open. I asked her if she is still cool as a cucumber.I consider Abby, Vicary and Jennifer Shahade the three greatest American Chess bloggers. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Jeff Seiken ----- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:21:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Seiken Reply-To: Jeff Seiken Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denker Champ! To: brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Brian, For years I've been receiving emails from you with the subject line "The Amazing Tyler Hughes" part XX. Maybe it's time you started a new thread titled "The Amazing Abby Marshall". Personally, I attribute her victory at the Denker to all of the blitz games she played as a third grader against Zach Malone. Jeff PPA (Proud Parent of Abby) ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Sincerely, Laurence Coker Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:21:53 -0700 From: jeffseiken at yahoo.com To: brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denker Champ! Brian, For years I've been receiving emails from you with the subject line "The Amazing Tyler Hughes" part XX. Maybe it's time you started a new thread titled "The Amazing Abby Marshall". Personally, I attribute her victory at the Denker to all of the blitz games she played as a third grader against Zach Malone. Jeff PPA (Proud Parent of Abby) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/ca6fe8ec/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 4 23:42:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:42:31 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open Message-ID: <1249450951.4a791bc703d34@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Drabble ----- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 07:24:48 +0000 From: Andrew Drabble Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Chess Improvement] Fwd: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open To: chess_improvement at yahoogroups.com Just for interest Mike Surtees(if its the same guy I'm thinking of) is currently playing in the British Championship: http://www.britishchess09.com/ To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_improvement at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:26:32 -0600 Subject: [Chess Improvement] Fwd: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 08:24:09 -0600 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Home Page [ROT ] http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/ REVOLUTIONARY OPENING THEORY [ ROT] ---------------------------------------------------------- ROT offers an alternative method of playing the opening which significantly enhances the number of sound playable moves.It is my belief that opening theory will be broadened and enriched by ROT and a greater understanding of optimum development will emerge.ROT does not refute or replace the bulk of conventional theory; although it may point the way to objectively superior moves or variations. Sometimes the insertion of just one or two ROT type moves will radically alter a conventional opening, but many openings are playable using only ROT. The main principle of ROT is that, compared to conventional theory, a much stronger emphasis is placed on developing pawns before pieces. But if a good square is available for a piece then consideration is given for its deployment. A secondary principle is that more scrutiny is placed on the necessity of castling, its timing and its advantages or drawbacks. The raison d'etre for these modifications is based on the following logic:- a) As appropriate pawn moves are made,the pieces on the back rank gain more activity and may become automatically developed where they stand in ZERO moves. b)If the pawns are developed, in general, as a priority, options for the (further) development of the pieces,tend to be kept open, ultimately allowing greater flexibility and more effective siting for attack or defence. c)Bringing out pieces makes them more vulnerable to enemy attack or becoming pinned. The delayed piece development gives less time in which they can be attacked aswell as more time to select safer squares.In addition optimum pawn moves will tend to prevent such attacks or defend the pieces,(at least against enemy piece attack.) d)Pieces in their initial position may be useful in defending weak squares or pawns or other pieces especially the king. e)If these pieces are captured then at least no time will have been lost on moving them! Positions can arise where an opponent is induced to exchange one of his pieces,(which may have moved several times), for a back rank piece. Sometimes a piece in its original position might be advantagiously sacrificed. f)If pawns are captured or exchanged then pieces may be activated (without moving). g)Developed pieces often block the mobility of the pawns,(aswell as other pieces);this is less likely with ROT. h)Pawns are superior to pieces in controlling the important central squares,(aswell as other squares).This is because they are more expendable than pieces;a bishop or knight being worth about 3.2 pawns in the opening. IPSO FACTO THE MOST SECURE CENTRE IS BASED ON PAWNS SUPPORTED BY PAWNS. i)An appropriate pawn move may,(apart from other functions),create a safety square for a piece including the king. j)Castling also tends to be delayed or may become unnecessary which may save time.For example,if queens are exchanged,then the king may be best placed in the centre for the ending. Or it might be useful defending weak pawns or squares in the centre. By pursuing this policy options are kept open for castling either wing,moving to five adjacent squares or staying put. Attacks on the king are thus more difficult objectively though the defence may require more nerve and precision. The rooks may also be more effective on their original squares for either attack or defence. However if the king is in danger or the corresponding rook is better placed on other files then castling may be the best option. Castling too soon may reduce your options and may lose time. It may also be bad to castle into an attack. On the other hand castling one move too late may prove fatal;so this move must be timed very carefully. By delaying castling the eventual optimum position of the king will become more apparent. It is often a good tactic to wait and see where your opponent castles before committing yourself. k)In general the pawns the pawns are more effective at threatening enemy pieces to displace them to inferior squares with loss of time. l)The pawns can be used to gain space---space for increased activity of the pieces or room for manoeuvre. m)The pawns may also be used to storm the enemy king position.Surprisingly it is possible to start attacking with the pawns and pawn sacrifices can be sound even though you may be behind in piece development in the conventional sense. n)Pawns may be sacrificed for various reasons; however it is more economical to sacrifice pawns than pieces. o)The pawns can set up a defensive shield which blocks enemy pieces from penetrating into your position or else denies squares of advance which can neutralize your opponents development. p)Pawn promotions are more likely the further they advance and on the fifth rank the en passant capture becomes possible. q)Pieces can be trapped or forked by pawns. r)It is often useful to exchange an enemy central pawn for a wing pawn;this normally involves a pawn move. s)Advanced pawns can restrict the mobility and options of enemy pawns. In particular it is often important to prevent enemy pawn breaks to maintain a closed position until your piece development is sufficient to attack or to adequately defend a given front. t)The rooks are often developed more quickly in ROT type openings. u)When open lines are required to attack,the pawns are better adapted to break through the enemy front. v)It is possible that a pawn move may be best because it lands on a square where it is safer than its original position, though such a move is usually made in combination with other motives. w)With relatively more pawn moves compared to conventional openings and with delayed piece developmeht, many more options become available; this equates to a greater probability that a stronger move can be generated. The disadvantages of early pawn advances can be that weaknesses are created behind the pawns or the pawns themselves become difficult to defend. In addition the safety of the king is often more critical.It is not uncommon that your opponent can sacrifice a piece to break through the pawn screen to attack your king. Consequently ROT in practice is a more complicated method of playing the opening and one wrong pawn move can leave you with a clinically dead game. Many games tend to be tactically wild which may not suit your style and until your pieces come into play,you may have to remain on the defensive. It may be necessary or best to suddenly switch to conventional play and develop pieces as quickly as possible.There is no guarantee that ROT is playable in a given position;above all moves must be geared and calibrated to counter your opponents plans aswell as to enhance your own. But with care and a lot of practice the disadvantages can be overcome. It must be noted that a weakness is only a weakness if it can be exploited. If you start to play ROT be prepared for many set-backs until you are familiar with the openings.I do not advise inexperienced players to play ROT unless they are comfortable with conventional theory. Incidentally,computers are usually confused by ROT because they have been programmed by humans to play conventional openings. However whatever happens more aesthetic games usually result. COPYWRITE MIKE SURTEES ---- MARCH 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- The latest UON Newsletter contains an interview with Mike Surtees. I believe the game with Shaun Timothy MacMillan follows the R.O.T. principles. I express it this way - Compueters prefer to wait out the pawn wars before developing their pieces in one efficient swoop to the perfect square. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01, August 1st, 2009"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Shaun Timothy MacMillan"] [Result "1-0"] [weather -pleasant ] [ Lunch - kosher Jewish food in Danielle Rice's hotel toom ] [ Time control - 5 second delay, 40/90/Game/1hour ] [ Round 2 ] [ Board 2 ] [ Open section ] [ opening - Sicilian Wing Gambit ] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4 Nc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. h4 h5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. Rh3 Nd5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qb6 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19. Be4 Kc7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qb3 b4 22. Qxd5 Raf8 23. Qd6+ Kc8 24. e6 dxe6 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Kf1 Qb5+ 27. Kg1 e5 28. dxe5 Rd8 29. Qe6+ Rd7 30. Rd3 Rhd8 31. c4 1-0 Shaun ran out of time ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01, August 1st, 2009"] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Shaun Timothy MacMillan"] [Result "1-0"] [weather -pleasant ] [ Lunch - kosher Jewish food in Danielle Rice's hotel toom ] [ Time control - 5 second delay, 40/90/Game/1hour ] [ Round 2 ] [ Board 2 ] [ Open section ] [ opening - Sicilian Wing Gambit ] 1. e4 Shaun was frightened by Todd Bardwick as a boy and played 1 c4 and 1 ... e6 for decades. One time I played 1 c4 to make fun of Shaun and make him bleed his own blood. Shaun's reaction was an immediate - F--- you! because he reads some of my emails and knew what the move meant. 1 ... c5 2. Nf3 Shaun confessed during the game that he has more trouble choosing an opening variation against me than any other man on earth. 2 ... Nf6 3. e5 I usually chicken out with 3 Nc3 but I said to myself - OK, let's see what this is all about. I remembered a very complicatd Spassky game with unfathomable complications. 3 ... Nd5 I analzyed all the normal continuations that all of mankind has or ever will play here and I wept for their lack of imagination, their circumscribed Chess lives and I rejoiced in the courage and vision of the opening demigod that I am, then I played a move which no man before or since would or could ever try. The story goes that Sherwin bragged to Bobby Fischer that he had analyzed 2 Nf3 Nf6 for 20 hours. Korchnoi always uses 20 hours as well so I think that is a euphemism for months of effort. After Bobby made about 15 moves in the post mortem Sherwin was stuck and Bobby joked - " You spent 20 hours on THIS!? " 4. b4!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6 minutes spent Here I wept for the years of effort Larry Wutt and Shaun MacMillan have spent trying to catch me in their opening preparation. Haven't they learned by now that the laws of the physical universe bend around me? Rather than chasing the "perfect continuation " butterfly like everyone else I simply make an outrageous move leading to a Wing Gambit that I have played many blitz games with. I imagined Shaun and Larry in a lab with test tubes and Chesspieces putting TNs into smoking beakers and distilling them with knitted brows and serious, concerned scientific faces. " A Chessmaster has to be a master psychologist, to understand where the opponent is trying to put his pieces and stop him. A Chessmaster has to have imagination to consider many variations. " Bobby Fischer ---------------------------------------------------------- retro Youtube video Retrobites: Bobby Fischer (1963) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA7I9nPhSU ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 ... cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7! I intended 7 ... Ba5 8 Ba3 but Fritz 11 likes 8 Na3!! better first 8. d4 Shaun kept trying to leave but every time he would half rise I would loudly bang out a move. Shaun would smile and sit back down. Shaun is a solid expert. His rating should be and was 2033 but Shaun has three glitches which kick him back a class - A - compulsive time pressure - if you leave him alone he will talk to himself about the variations for half an hour. B - every game he must sac unsoundly at least once to show he is not afraid to. C - studying Chess with Larry Wutt-the-hell-is-a pawn-break? 8 ... Nc7 " Retreating an active piece is often the culprit in the post-mortem. " Me Shaun explained he didn't like my suggestion of 8 ... d6 because " it doesn't really threaten ... de, you just bring your knight in. " Fritz 11 likes 8 ... 0-0 9. Bd3!! I played this after 7 minutes thought and announced - " if there's a better move I don't want to know about it. 9 ... b5 As a French player Shaun has an interesting plan, to get rid of his bad bishop and create light square outposts for his Knights. The only problem with the plan is that it sucks. 10. h4 h5 This concludes the ROT theory part of the program. I have established the pawn chain c3-d4-e5 and pushed my h-pawn as far as Shaun let me. Now it is time to see where the pieces belong. Notice the complete absence of the obsessive-compulsive development hysteria of the normal mega-shallow woodpusher who can never overcome the unfortunate fact that his Father taught him the Four Knights Opening. 11. Nbd2! Fritz only prefers 11 Be4!! Nc6 12 Ng5!! 11 ... Bb7 12. Ne4!! Bxe4 13. Bxe4!! Nc6 14. Rh3 14 Ng5!! is correct but Grandmaster Larry Christiansen always extols the virtues of " our old friend the rook lift " in his ICC videos. I thought I could probe with Rg3 or Ng5 and Q( or R ) f3 14 ... Nd5!! I looked at the position from both sides and boiled the position down to one sentence: What is the best defence to ... b4? 15. Ng5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The top 8 moves all guard c3 in some way. I thought, " Let's see if Larry is really an 1833 or 2033. " I rejected 15 B:d5!! as too tame. 15 ... Bxg5 " Well, what am I, an 1833 or a 2033? " Shaun MacMillan after the game Fritz 11 says Shaun's move is second best so he really is a 2033. 16. hxg5!! Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl At this point I felt like a Grandmaster because somehow for my pawn I have the Two Bishops, Rooks on open files and a beautiful center. Fritz confirms my diagnosis that the best move is 16 ... b4!! and the best defenses 17 Qf3, g6, cb or B:d5 16 ... Qb6 The addict was already down to under 5 minutes. My plan was to make each move as dangerous and chaotic and unanswerable as possible. Avoid endgames. 17. g6!? Fritz prefers Rb1!, Qf3! or B:d5! 17 ... fxg6! I was going to answer 17 ... f5 with 18 B:d5!! and then 18 ... ed 19 R:h5! is best 18. Bxg6+! Kd8! 19. Be4! Kc7! The poor lovable mad fool was down to two minutes 20. Bxd5! Fritz prefers 20 Ba3!! but I was avoiding trades. 20 ... exd5! 21. Qb3! Fritz 11 slightly prefers 21 Qf3!! 21 ... b4 22. Qxd5!! Raf8 It's hard to think normally with 22 minutes to 53 seconds 23. Qd6+!! Kc8! 24. e6 Trying to expose his King to maximum threats. Fritz 11 prefers 24 cb, Rg3, Rb1, Be3 or Bb2 24 ... dxe6! 25. Bf4 It's always hard for me to analyze objectively in my opponent's time pressure. I just wanted to play this move. Fritz prefers 25 Q:e6+, Rg3, Be3, Bg5 or cb 25 ... Re8?? Down to 2 second plus 5 second delay now. Jeremiah Haines immediately pointed out 26 Ra6!!! after the game 26. Kf1?? I never saw a clear win all game. I went from 11 minutes to 10 here. Fritz prefers 26 Ra6!!!, R:a7!!, cb!, Re3!, Rg3! or Be5 26 ... Qb5+ 27. Kg1!! winning 27 ... e5 28. dxe5 Rd8! 29. Qe6+!! Rd7 30. Rd3!! Winning based on 30 ... Q:d3 31 Q:c6+ and both his Rooks are in danger 30 ... Rhd8 31. c4!! Only 31 Rd6!!! or Rad1!! are better The idea is 31 c4!! Qb7 32 Rd6!! or 31 c4!! Qb6 32 c5!! or 31 c4!! Qc5 32 Be3!! One idea is 31 Rd6!!! Kc7 32 R:c6+ Q:c6 33 R:a7+ 1-0 Shaun ran out of time I was down to 2 minutes. A very intense but fun game. ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/762af8b5/attachment.htm From wlcoker7 at hotmail.com Tue Aug 4 21:44:26 2009 From: wlcoker7 at hotmail.com (Laurence Coker) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:44:26 -0500 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] FW: New Denker Champ! In-Reply-To: References: <269902.19631.qm@web39702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Dear Brian, I stand corrected. Abby Marshall is the first ever female Denker Champion (I checked USCF website) Sincerely, Laurence Coker From: wlcoker7 at hotmail.com To: brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:25:43 -0500 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] FW: New Denker Champ! From: wlcoker7 at hotmail.com To: jeffseiken at yahoo.com Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denker Champ! Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:24:39 -0500 Dear Brian, A girl playing in the Denker? Shouldn't that be Polgar? Sincerely, Laurence Coker Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:21:53 -0700 From: jeffseiken at yahoo.com To: brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denker Champ! Brian, For years I've been receiving emails from you with the subject line "The Amazing Tyler Hughes" part XX. Maybe it's time you started a new thread titled "The Amazing Abby Marshall". Personally, I attribute her victory at the Denker to all of the blitz games she played as a third grader against Zach Malone. Jeff PPA (Proud Parent of Abby) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/6973a835/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 4 23:46:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:46:42 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A vote for chess! Message-ID: <1249451202.4a791cc25fdbd@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from nestorchris ----- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:54:44 -0000 From: nestorchris Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chess Improvement] A vote for chess! To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Hi All, I am new to this board and have 5 children in my family playing chess. Now that they are all at the point of beating me, I was looking for a challenge for them. I am glad Chess Magnet School is recommended in the previous posts I searched through. I have applied for a grant from Dell to provide this training for my classroom. It would be great if the grant could go for a chess project. If you would like to vote for my chess project you can go to http://www.weareteachers.com/web/weareteachers/dlvote My chess idea is on page 15 under the last name Nestor. It would be great to have the support of fellow chess enthusiasts! Other suggestions for challenging my students would be greatly appreciated. Chris Nestor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090804/01e304b4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 5 09:09:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:09:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] August 2009 Newsletter 97-2003 Word Message-ID: <1249484972.4a79a0acc0ab4@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:03:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: Re: August 2009 Newsletter 97-2003 Word Not?everybody?has 2007 Word, so here is the newsletter in 97-2003 Word format. ? Thank you, ? Klaus --- On Tue, 8/4/09, Klaus Johnson wrote: From: Klaus Johnson Subject: August 2009 Newsletter To: "Frank Atwood" , "Jeff Baffo" , "Todd Bardwick" , "Tim Brennan" , "Dean Brown" , "Buck Buchanan" , "Jackson Chen" , "Allan Cunningham" , "Ann Davies" , "Julian Evans" , "Derek Fish" , "Joe Haines" , "Majid Kahhak" , "Joe Koluple" , "Lee Lahti" , "DuWayne Langseth" , "Dane Lyons" , "Jerry Maier" , "Sergey A. Makarevich" , "Anatoly Makarevich" , "Brendon Del Marado" , "Scott Massey" , "Bill Merrell" , "Dean Mitchell" , "Tom Mullikin" , "Damian Nash" , "Rick Nelson" , "Tom Nelson" , "Matthew OHara" , "Robert J. Rasmussen" , "Randy Reynolds" , "Jon Rietfors" , "'Archie Shipp'" , "Mitesh Shridhar" , "LaMoyne Splichal" , "Scott Swerdlin" , "Brian Wall" , "Billy Willson" , "Liz Wood" , "Joe Wright" , "Daoud Zupa" Cc: "Philipp Mikhailovich Ponomarev" Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 3:12 PM Here is the August 2009 Newsletter. ? Rick, please add this to the colorado-chess.com when you have a chance. ? Thank you, ? Klaus Johnson Director of Boulder Chess Club ----- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090805/1cddb6ec/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090805/1cddb6ec/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Newsletter0908.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 51712 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090805/1cddb6ec/attachment.obj From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 5 12:07:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:07:48 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open Message-ID: <1249495668.4a79ca74be757@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Alan Baljeu ----- Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:40:30 -0000 From: Alan Baljeu Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Fwd: Mile Surtees, http://www.shop-hop.com/chessrot/, Revolutionary Opening Theory, Brian Wall - Shaun Timothy MacMillan 2009 Pikes Peak Open To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Duncan Suttles, GM extraordinaire (because he played extraordinary moves, not because he was better than other GMs) very often played games following something like ROT theory. He was always paying attention to his opponent's setup, but a typical game might involve something like g6, Bg7, d6, c6, h5, Nd2, Nf1, c5, bxc6, Nh6, f4. (Offtopic: Another opening he tried g6 Bg7 d6 Bd7 Nc6 Qb8! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090805/66ef03f2/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 5 19:42:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:42:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nephew Andrew Wall Message-ID: <1249522976.4a7a352025968@www.taom.com> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/andrewwall/guestbook My brother Jeff Wall lives with me. His second son Andrew is in an Hawaiin hospital in a coma with a pineal tumor. send wishes and prayers here. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/andrewwall/guestbook After you login type AndrewWall in visit websites and leave a message. Andrew's mother Karen lives in Anapolis, Maryland and runs the Wild Orchid restaurant. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 6 12:18:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:18:18 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] This ROT is beginning to really pique my interest Message-ID: <1249582698.4a7b1e6aa6144@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Davide Rozzoni ----- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:33:23 +0200 From: Davide Rozzoni Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] This ROT is beginning to really pique my interest To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Hi Dave, at http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=Surtees you can find Surtees' pgn games. Ciao Davide ----- Original Message ----- From: chessvariantian To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] This ROT is beginning to really pique my interest I am beginning to really get interested in this ROT. Are there any representative PGN games of this theory readily available? If anyone has knowledge of these games, kindly Email me at your earliest convenience. Thank you. Dave [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/20090806/b3b3d5c9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 6 16:42:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:42:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Drunken Penguin Game Message-ID: <1249598536.4a7b5c4888764@www.taom.com> Noe Van Hulst from the Netherlands invented the Drunken Penguin ( and the Camel ) after reading www.Chessville.com Off The Wall column. Tom Mullikin hosted 8 ( -1 ) Brian Wall Chess seminars at his house. His blackboard is covered with physics scribblings like Einstein. Tom, his opponent Dragan plus Matt Lasley, father of Alexa are all Colorado Springs, CO rocket scientists. Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from "Thomas L. Mullikin" ----- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:48:10 -0600 From: "Thomas L. Mullikin" Reply-To: tlm at orbdyn.com Subject: Drunen Penguin Game To: Brian Wall Brian, I had this short Red Hot Pawn Game with Dragan Plakalovic, and it turned out nicely (for me!) When he resigned, he worte the following comment, "This penguin crap is unsound...lol. Good game! My knight take was too ambitious." [Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.05.27"] [EndDate "2009.05.29"] [Round "?"] [White "N2H4"] [Black "DraganP"] [WhiteRating "1355"] [BlackRating "1608"] [WhiteELO "1355"] [BlackELO "1608"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "6361117"] 1. Ng1h3 d5 2. Rh1g1 Ng8f6 3. d4 Nb8c6 4. g3 Bc8f5 5. Nh3f4 Qd8d6 6. Nb1c3 g6 7. Bf1g2 Nc6xd4 8. Qd1xd4 e5 9. Qd4a4 Bf5d7 10. Nc3b5 Bd7xb5 11. Qa4xb5 c6 12. Qb5xb7 Ra8b8 13. Qb7xa7 exf4 14. Bc1xf4 1-0 Tom ===================================== Thomas L. Mullikin Aerospace Consulting 1475 Big Valley Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80919 tlm at orbdyn.com (eMail) 719.231.5663 (Voice, vMail) 877.572.1968 (Toll-Free FAX) ===================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090806/9b8aad92/attachment.htm From Brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 6 20:25:52 2009 From: Brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:25:52 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Taunting the Toxic Badger Message-ID: <1249611952.4a7b90b0ac263@www.taom.com> Taunting the Badger prelude - The Inspiration for the Toxic Badger, my UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com arch-critic, N Earl Roberts had asked for someone to scan Anthea's HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL Raccoon chapter so he could "expose " my opening in a planned Chessville article Raccoon Road Kill. He also revealed he is a college student attending business classes. In addition he has asked for and provided other scanned Chess materials without ever mentioning buying the books.. I couldn't resist: From: "Brian Wall" To: Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:59 AM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Requested Information Can anyone scan Earl a chapter on Business Ethics 101? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earl's reply ----- Forwarded message from N Earl Roberts ----- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:14:59 +1200 From: N Earl Roberts Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Requested Information To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Mr. Wall, Thank you for your concern as to my ethical standards and by default, the state of my soul. Not that I consider you personally to be one one zillionth of an importance that I should explain myself to you however said booklet that I shared with the four others concerned carrys(sic) NO copyright warning or instructions. Again thank you for your concern. Earl. [Non-toxic portions of this message have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wall" To: Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:59 AM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Requested Information Can anyone scan Earl a chapter on Business Ethics 101? Quoting N Earl Roberts : Howdy Gang, Those who asked for the information should have received some directly. Its was the only way to move it to you. Earl [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- I am in New Orleans with 4 of my 8 brothers. I am reading Pigs Have Wings By P.G.Woodehouse. Certain passages about impecunious suitors and overweight suitors hit home. Page 35 - Overweight suitor Chaps, he felt, chaps being what they were, would, if informed that he was mortifying his flesh at the whim of a woman, be inclined to laugh their silly heads off at a chap. But now the urge to confide in this sympathetic friend was too strong for him. " She says I'm too fat, and if I don't reduce a bit the engagement's off. She says she positively refuses to stand at the altar rails with someone who looks like ... well, she was definitely outspoken about it. You know what girls are, especially these athletic girls who dash about tennis courts shouting, "Forty love " and all that. They're all for the lean, keen, trained-to-the-last-ounce stuff. Dam' silly, of course, the whole thing. I put it to her straight. I sais: " Dash it, old girl. what's this all about? I'm not proposing to enter the six-day bicycle race or something, " but nothing would move her. She said unless I ceased to resemble a captive balloon poised for its flight into the clouds, those wedding bells would not ring. She said she was as fond of a laugh as the next girl, but there were limits. I quote her verbatim.' Women on the phone For some moments after silence had come like a poultice to heal the blows of sound, all that occupied his mind was the thought of what pests the gentler sex were when they got hold of a telephone. The instrument seemed to go to their heads like a drug. Pigs Have Wings By P.G.Woodehouse. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090806/12d319e4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 6 22:19:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:19:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Please Keep Family in Prayer Message-ID: <1249618773.4a7bab555b30a@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from William Chandler ----- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:06:12 -0600 From: William Chandler Reply-To: William Chandler Subject: Please Keep Family in Prayer Hello, As some of you are aware, three months ago, I lost my grandmother to old age at the age of 97. She died relatively peacefully after a heart attack and felt minimal pain. She lived a long, healthy life and is with my grandfather in heaven and the Lord Jesus. For the last eighteen months, my mother has been fighting lung cancer. She is 68. It has been at Stage 4 for awhile now and has metastasized to her brain as well as other parts of her body. At times, due to chemotherapy and medication, the cancer has been 'under control'. Today I've found out that my mother is in the hospital, on oxygen, and the doctors have advised my father concerning the limits of her 'final' treatment -- and my mother has a DNR order. I asked "Will she make the weekend" -- The answer was "I don't know, Bill" Many of you are aware that I am basically estranged from both my father and mother. That being said, they are still my parents -- and I feel just as bad for the agony of my father as I do my mom's condition. He was the only one in the family to make the trip to Maine to bury his mom. Although my entire family has been expecting this for awhile, you are never prepared for this. I know I'm not. Please, for those of you who are of a mind ... keep my family, especially my father and mother, in your thoughts and prayers. The more positive thoughts are aimed in that general direction, I feel, the better it will be. Thank you for your consideration, Bill William Chandler From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 6 22:21:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:21:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev Recovery and Rehabilitation Fund Message-ID: <1249618892.4a7babcc824e5@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Philipp Mikhailovich Ponomarev ----- Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 21:28:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Philipp Mikhailovich Ponomarev Reply-To: Philipp Mikhailovich Ponomarev Subject: Mikhail Ponomarev Recovery and Rehabilitation Fund To: Klaus Johnson , Rick Nelson , Ann Davies , Brian Wall I am starting a Fund in my fathers name to help with his projected rehabilitation struggles and expenses. His current condition is very serious and he will remain in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Anthony's Central Hospital for at least two more weeks. It is going to be a long road to recovery considering the multiple rib, shoulder and pelvic fractures and serious damage to his left lung, but hopefully with a little help and hope he will make a full recovery and be back at the chess table sometime late this year. Any contribution, get well card, wish, or prayer, will go a long way to help my father in his struggle. Contributions and letters can best sent to: Mikhail Ponomarev Recovery Fund, 11977 Claude Ct. Northglenn, CO 80233. Thank you. -Philipp Ponomarev, Proud Son. Klaus and Brian, if you guys can get this posted on Colorado Chess and/or send it out in another one of your mass e-mails, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. Sincerely, Philipp Ponomarev From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Fri Aug 7 22:48:07 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:48:07 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Support Chraity Chessmtach between Milwaukee Chess Goddess Jan Xena Newton and Wyoming Chess Goddess Shira Evans Message-ID: <1249706887.4a7d038700e60@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from jlnatty at sbcglobal.net ----- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:21:05 -0500 From: jlnatty at sbcglobal.net Reply-To: jlnatty at sbcglobal.net Subject: Going to the Wall To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Hola Brian! It's me - JanXena a/k/a Jan Newton - Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Darling, do you remember Shira Evans? I put you in touch with her many moons ago and for awhile I believe you helped her with her chess. She was one of a few chess femmes playing in the wilds of Wyoming (eek!) and while I ran Chess Goddesses I featured some of her annotated games. Anyway - to make a long story short, Shira and I lost touch some time in 2006 and I re-connected with her a couple of months ago after I did a blog post at the Goddesschess blog about the "only" rated woman chessplayer in Wyoming... Shira is now running a charitable organization where she provides free laptops and Leapsters to really poor kids and also teaches them how to use them. Well - anyway - I'm tired so I'm going to make this really short. Shira and I have planned to play a 3 game chess match, it was my "brilliant" (duh! - not so brilliant since I don't stand a snowball's chance in HELL) idea to try and raise some funds for her foundation, www.chesslabs4kids.org. I've been blogging about it at the Goddesschess blog, www.goddesschess.blogspot.com. I did an article that David published at chesssville, but I sent a second follow-up piece that didn't get published there. I'm working with Phil Innes to get a "press release" published at Susan Polgar's blog but I'm not a "press release" type person, so I'm thinking that the blog I did tonight will do just fine, and if they follow the key words they can find prior blogs I did about the whole thing. Would like you to check it out, if you have time, and consider giving whatever help you can. Shira is a rare person. Jan Newton From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Aug 7 23:44:07 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:44:07 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] What Happened to Doctor Mikhail Ponomarev? Message-ID: <1249710247.4a7d10a747b41@www.taom.com> tell them they can inquire by emailing me at philipp.ponomarev at colorado.edu or sending a letter to Mikhail Ponomarev Recovery Fund, 11977 Claude Ct. Northglenn, CO 80233 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coming back to Denver from New Orleans Monday, Aug 10 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Aug 9 00:12:09 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 00:12:09 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Women in Chess Message-ID: <1249798329.4a7e68b90ccc1@www.taom.com> Abby Marshall won the Denker High School Tournament ( 2 girls, the rest boys ) Alexandia Kosteniuk, Women's Chess Champion from Russia, won the 2009 US Open blitz tournament. My co-author Anthea Carson has a new Youtube video named Anthea but starring her 12 year old son, Isaac Martinez, discussing the Fritz Variation of the Two Knight's Defense. I couldn't hear the words on my brother Charlie's computer but I assume it was fantastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNuUr1Ej0sg&feature=channel_page Anthea, starring Isaac Martinez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNuUr1Ej0sg&feature=channel_page From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Aug 9 11:35:19 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 11:35:19 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] One Round to Go, US Open in Indianapolis Message-ID: <1249839319.4a7f08d71f5f5@www.taom.com> US Open 4.5/8 Tyler Hughes, Klaus Johnson, Mitesh Shridhar 5.5 Renard Anderson 6.0 Richard Herbst, IM Michael Mulyar, Jonathan Hilton, Carl Boor 6.5 Kosteniuk, Women's World Champion, winner, CJA Chess Journalist of the Year, winner, US Open blitz 7.0 GMs Alex Lenderman, Sergey Kudrin 2/8 Dean Brown Kathy Schneider has John Belushi's GPA after 7 years of college in Animal House From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 10 05:32:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:32:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] chess web site Message-ID: <1249903949.4a80054d3ab93@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Webmaster Frank ----- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:19:01 -0400 From: Webmaster Frank Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chess Improvement] chess web site i have found a great new chess website featuring free videos, free books, free lessons and much more. Go there right now! http://www.webmasterfrank.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090810/237f8ba7/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 10 22:21:22 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:21:22 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Opening Master details for Brian Wall Message-ID: <1249964482.4a80f1c288c6f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Jon Fortune ----- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:17:00 -0700 From: Jon Fortune Reply-To: Jon Fortune Subject: Opening Master details for Brian Wall To: Brian Wall , "BrianWallChess4 at Yahoo.com" , "Andrew M. Smith" , "George W. Lundy III (ID)" Hi Zarkon, Thank you for your reply and your question. We've been waiting for this and you represent many other people who were asking us this question (offline). How in the world we could have 1.4 mil more games as one of the strongest and biggest databases until now - Chess Base Mega. How can it be we have 5.2 mil and they have 3.8 mil.? (This is Opening Master seen at the Internet at http://openingmaster.com/Forums/15-About-Databases/114-RE-Database-sources.html Jon Fortune) Let me explain you in brief: I personally play chess more than 30 years. The team around Opening Master is also composed out of international masters who know what to do. First I started as a practical chess player and then I moved to correspondence plays due to time limitations. I wrote a short article which is published on our web page: History of the chess databases which I recommend to read http://www.openingmaster.com/index.php?/Chess-Databases-articles/History-of-Chess-Databases.html The whole chess database era I would divide into 3 sections: 1) Before computers (books and notes) 2) Computer era with starting computer files like PGN and other experiments 3) Internet era and commercial programs using most advanced files Each era had its own specifics of collection of data and collectors of data who knew each other. The best known was Lars Balzer who today sells 3 full DVDs of data. The only mistake it has, it's huge in terms of number of files. Approx. 40,000. Who cannot analyze such number into one file is finished so to say and believe it or not it's not an easy task to do. For mass handling and analyzing of files, the usage of Chess Assistant is appropriate who can in one operation connect approx 2,000 files. This is however different topic. Who downloaded and saw the sample database of OM A00 Irregular openings at http://www.openingmaster.com/index.php?/Opening-Master-FREE-Pack/View-category.html can see 52,000 games but also see the names are not 'normalized' except bigger group of GMs i.e. you can see sometimes first name sometime last name. That is because we use different sources than for example Chess Base Mega (sometime we occasionally use the same source and here the data should match). Believe it or not, at the beginning of the project around 4 years ago when we completed and glued all data together from all INTERNET sources we came up with number 30.000,000 games. We had everything there. The analysis even with best computers was not possible, it was crashing down so had to split the files into 5.000.000 segments and continue the analysis. With de-duplication analysis the number was smaller and smaller. After that we moved to another stage: "what shouldn't be there". First went out the computer games. Even these days, there are web portals where you can immediately download 3.5 mil of computer games. The only and the biggest problem is their quality. The engines nowadays which improved dramatically compared to few years ago, are still struggling with the end games until they move in to so called 'TableBase' and this is the tragedy. So the issue with databases is not only about the quantity but mainly about the quality. Everybody has different attitude towards the collection. The aim of this database is to provide the best quality reports using the best chess database programs. And it does! We look at the system from the pragmatic point of view... what would chess players like us want to see in the database and what not. And if we don't want to see something, we consult it with other professionals and if we are at the same opinion we remove it out or leave it in. So as you see it's not blind copy paste of everything what you see. And the method of acquiring data? Well, we sit ? of the day behind the computers and search the web, search small sites and big sites, everything perfectly legal (as you know there are no copyright or trademark claims on each game played as it is considered as "event") . All legal games which were officially published and have the quality we collect. So we can call ourselves collectors and analyzers. For instance Balzer data files.. All analyzed and transferred into one data file, extremely time consuming job. There are many forms of collections and analysis and it requires daily involvement and work with data. I think you understood by now, this database is not created in short time frame and also not easily. Only the method of analysis, filtering and de-duplication is our own know-how. We know databases of 8 millions, 11 millions but they are anywhere close to the quality we offer. (remember above what we said we had at the beginning - 30,000,000 games) Therefore we claim our database is the largest "quality" database on Earth. Somebody may say, there are also junior games. We discussed this among our team and decided to keep it in for the values add. Today's juniors play like seniors used to play 40 years ago. They have special trainers, they learn very fast and using the right techniques they win the championships. Everything is about every day work, passion for many years and they you can create a quality database. Best Regards, Alexander Horvath SIM ICCF ------------------------------------------------------- Human Services Research Institute Jon Fortune, Senior Policy Specialist 7420 SW Bridgeport Road Suite 210 Portland, Oregon 97224 Phone 503.924.3783 xt 13 Fax 503.924.3789 Cell 503.307.1188 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090810/a2d72c90/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 11 13:21:54 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:21:54 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] FIDE rated player needed in Utah for August 21-23, 2009 Message-ID: <1250018514.4a81c4d2904cc@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from chess at krusemer.com ----- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:11:00 -0700 (PDT) From: chess at krusemer.com Reply-To: chess at krusemer.com Subject: Re: August 2009 Newsletter Hi Klaus.?? Are you or any other FIDE rated players still?interested in traveling to Salt Lake City the weekend of August 21-23 for a FIDE rated event??? We need just one more officially rated player in order to make the event happen.?? Five rounds G/120, Friday 4pm through Sunday, choose the rounds you want to play in advance.?? Please let me know as soon as possible.? Thanks,?? Damian Nash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090811/7c258073/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 11 17:36:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:36:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1250033816.4a82009827505@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:13:11 -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 August 4th, the CSCC had 5 members in attendance. The evening's event was a 4-player, quadruple-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5). David Meliti ran out of gas again, as he lead for most of the night until the final round where Mitch Anderson gave him his 1st and only goose-egg and opened the door for me to leapfrog into the top spot. Here are the results: Score Player 9.0 Paul Anderson 8.0 David Meliti 4.0 Mitch Anderson 3.0 Jeff Fox 2009 July East Coast Deli Results By Jerry Maier The East Coast Deli continues on in grand fashion. July had a total of 18 players battling for a share of the $161 prize fund. Score Player 4.0 Richard Buchanan 4.0 M Paul Covington 3.0 David Meliti 3.0 Shaun T Macmillan 3.0 Laurence R Wutt 3.0 Gerard Sunderland 3.0 James M Powers 2.5 Anthea J Carson 2.5 Fred Eric Spell 2.5 Dean W Brown 2.0 Dragan Plakalovic 2.0 Thomas L Mullikin 2.0 Earl Macenulty III 1.5 Bill Weihmiller 1.5 Gerald J Maier 1.0 Robert Har Staten 1.0 Isaac Martinez 1.0 Alexander Freeman 2009 July USAFA Chess Results By Jerry Maier The inaugural 2009 July USAFA Chess tournament had a modest turnout of 14 players and a $126 prize fund. The majority of individuals playing on Thursday night are not playing on Wednesday at the East Coast Deli. We look forward to greater participation from the cadets and staff once the Academy's school year is in full session. Score Player 4.5 David Meliti 3.0 Anthea J Carson 3.0 Gerardo Fern Neri 3.0 Dean W Brown 2.5 Anthony Telinbacco 2.5 Kurt Kondracki 2.5 Isaac Martinez 2.0 Rhett Ly Langseth 2.0 Matthew Lasley Sr 2.0 Daniel Jus Picard 1.5 Alexa E Lasley 1.5 Gerald J Maier 1.0 James M Powers 1.0 Melissa May Steck Comments From Email Martin Deschner, Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:15 PM I like the "pawn-wedge formation" that was achieved with 11.e5. I've had good luck playing games with pawns on d4-e5-f4 or c4-d5-e4. (Foster versus Anderson). Regards.....Martin in Denver [Comment is about this newsletter: (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Aug_04_2009.html)] Game Of The Week Each year I have published 4 of my losses. This year, it was tougher to pick a loss. I just didn't have many to choose from. Prior to the Pikes Peak Open, I only had 3 USCF-rated losses. I had lost one to FM Renard Anderson, who is 7-0 against me. The others were from two new Colorado experts as of this year, Mitch Anderson and Kevin Seidler. I was quite surprised to see that I had lost so few, but I had a strange feeling that it could not last. I was at an 83% winning percentage, which is 13 points higher than last year's record. Also, I was trying to make it past 2000 for the first time. The fear of an impending losing streak with being so close to the expert mark started to change me. I began to do things in chess I had never done before. Things I wouldn't have done if I had been in my right mind. Things so terrible in chess that I hesitate to name the unspeakable acts. However, much like the Ephesians of old, my fear of God is greater that I feel compelled to unburden my soul. "And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds" (Acts 19:17-18, King James Version). I began to offer grandmaster draws and withdraw from tournaments to avoid losses. Was becoming an expert worth the price? Could I live with myself knowing what had become of me? Was there any way to rid myself of this terrible curse? I had to find a cure for this monster I had become. Fortunately, I ran into Dr. Cacas and Dr. Serna at the Pikes Peak Open, who had the prescription for my ailment. They said, "Take 2 losses and call us in the morning." Here then, as I close up Microsoft Word and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy expert to an end. Strange Case Of Dr. Class And Mr. Expert (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (157) Anderson,Paul (2003) - Serna,Jeffrey (1757) [A10] Pikes Peak Open Colorado Springs (3.4), 01.08.2009 [Fritz 8 (60s)] A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 last book move 4.e3 e5 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.a3 Covers b4 6...Be7 7.b3 Be6 8.Ng5 Bd7 9.Bb2 Ng4 10.Nf3 e4 This push gains space 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Bf6 13.Nd5 c6 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Qc3 Qe7 17.0-0-0 [>=17.0-0!?= should be examined more closely] 17...b5=/+ 18.c5 White wins space 18...Nd5 19.Qc2 0-0 20.Kb1 f4 Black plans e3 21.Rhe1 Bf5 22.Ka1 dxc5 23.dxc5 e3 [>=23...Qh4!? 24.d3 Rce8-/+ ] 24.Bd3= Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Rcd8 26.Qc2 [>=26.dxe3 and White has air to breath 26...fxe3 27.fxe3 Nxe3 28.Qe2 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1= ] 26...e2-/+ 27.Rc1 Rde8 28.Qd3 f3 29.gxf3 Nf4 30.Qc3 Rd8 31.Rg1 Rf7 32.Rce1 [>=32.d4!?-/+ ] 32...Rd3-+ 33.Qe5 Rxb3?? with this move Black loses his initiative [33...Qxe5!? 34.Bxe5 Rxd2 35.Bxf4 Rxf4 36.Kb1-+ ] 34.Qb8+ [>=34.Rxg7+! Rxg7 35.Qxf4 Qxc5 36.Qb8+ Qf8 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.Bxg7+ Kxg7 39.Ka2-/+ ] 34...Qf8 35.Qxf8+ Kxf8 36.Ka2 Rxf3 37.Bd4 Rd7 38.Be3 Rxe3 39.dxe3 Rd2+ 40.Kb3 Nd3 41.Kc3 Nxe1 42.Rxe1 Rd5 43.Kb4 Rh5 44.Rxe2 Rxh2 45.Rd2 Rh5 [45...Rh4+ 46.Kb3 Rc4 47.Rd8+ Ke7 48.Rh8-+ ] 46.Rd6 a5+ 47.Kxa5 Rxc5 48.a4 [>=48.Kb6!? is the best option White has 48...Rc3 49.Rxc6 Rxc6+ 50.Kxc6=/+ ] 48...bxa4+ 49.Kxa4 Ke7 50.Rd4 g5 51.Kb3 h5 52.Ra4 Kf6 53.Ra8 h4 54.Rh8 Rf5 55.Kc3 Kg7 56.Rh5 Kg6 57.Rh8 Rxf2 58.Kd3 Rf7 59.Ke2 Rc7 60.Kf3 c5 61.Kg4 [61.Rg8+ the only chance to get some counterplay 61...Kf6 62.e4-+ ] 61...c4 62.Rg8+ Kf6 63.Rf8+ Kg7 64.Rf5 c3 65.Rf1 c2 66.Rc1 Kg6 67.e4 Rc3 [67...Rc3 68.Rg1 c1Q 69.Rxc1 Rg3# ] 0-1 Upcoming Events 8/11 Fischer-random tournament, 4-SS, G/10, CSCC 8/12,19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli, CSCC 8/13,20,27 2009 August USAFA Chess, CSCC 8/15 Super Saturday G/29 II, CSCA 8/18 Anderson(s) simul, CSCC 8/22-23 Monument Open, CSCA For event details and additional events, see the following websites: CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/) BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/) WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) KCA: Kansas Chess Association (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/ Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. 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Tuesday, August 18, 4:00pm.??????Reply to this email or phone your??confirmation, including which section??you prefer and which round times??you prefer to play.?? Final pairings will be??emailed the morning of Thursday, August 20. ?? Location:?? Saturday at the University of Utah Student Union Building, Panorama room.?? This location will be shared with the Utah Amateur u1800 section, and round times are the same.?? Friday afternoon??and Sunday locations in the SLC area??to be announced, based on number of players. ?? Prizes:?? There will be no prizes and no entry fee, as usual.???? Just the satisfaction of top-level fighting chess.???? A hat will be passed around at this tournament for donations to offset the cost of the FIDE rating and the tournament room. ?? Rounds:?? Participants must??commit to play??a minimum of 3 rounds in either section,??choosing whichever rounds they want to play.?????? There will be seven rounds of G/60 TD/5 for the USCF Expert Series section (dual rated, quick and slow):?? Friday 4pm, 7pm, Saturday 10am, 12:15, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30.?? (Additional rounds could be played Sunday if some players request it.)?? In the FIDE section there will be five rounds of G/120 TD/5 (games are also USCF rated):?? Friday 4pm, Saturday 10am, 3:00pm, Sunday 10am, 3:00pm (with some adjustments??of game times for Jason Mielke).?? ?? FIDE Section Eligibility:???? The FIDE section is limited to 6 people unless more??FIDE rated players from out of state decide to play.???? That includes the three Utah residents with official FIDE ratings who have already committed to play and the three non-FIDE-rated Utah players with the highest current USCF ratings who choose to play.?????? The three FIDE rated players from Utah are Jason Mielke (2202 FIDE, rounds 3-5 only), Tory Anderson (2176) and??Mike Parsons??(1964).???? Kayden Troff (2100 USCF, provisional 2174 FIDE) will also play rounds 1-3 in this section.???? Utah residents Steve Gordon (2100 USCF) and Frank Flynn (2109 USCF) have expressed interest in playing this weekend tournament, and if??both choose the FIDE section??then registration for the section is??closed (unless a fourth FIDE rated player can be found, at which point another FIDE-unrated player can also be included).?? Unrated players will be paired against rated players to assure FIDE rating requirements are met. ?? Expert Series Eligibility:???? Anyone with a USCF rating 1800+ may participate in this section.?? (The floor for this month's tournament has been lowered so that players in the 1800-1900 range are not "homeless" without a tournament for the weekend).???? Any young player rated?? 1700+ may also play.?? Players must commit in advance??to playing in specific rounds (see??schedule above), with a minimum of three rounds.?? ?? Rules:?? Players attending these tournaments must agree to the following rules: ?? 1) Register by phone or email at least 3 days (72 hours) before the tournament begins (there is no on-site registration because the tournaments are small and must have an even number of players) ??2) Show up for all games, on time.?? (These tournaments are wrecked when one person doesn't show up, and it is frustrating to other players if anyone withdraws early because they lose the opportunity to play their games). ??3) Treat the other participants with respect at all times.?? (This is a safe and fun environment where even 11-year-olds can swim alongside Utah???s chess sharks). ??4) Do not disturb other players (Please turn off cell phones and pagers!) ??5) Abide by all USCF and/or FIDE rules of play.?? (In case of a dispute, abide by the TD's decisions.) ?? There is more room at this tournament than previous events, so I hope to see you all there! ?? Best regards, ?? Damian Nash Tournament Organizer and TD (435) 260-2789 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090812/724f5feb/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 12 22:07:34 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:07:34 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I will attend the Monument Open Message-ID: <1250136454.4a8391863787b@www.taom.com> Monument Open, August 22 - 23, 2009 6 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: All Rounds: G/120 Site: Sundance Mountain Lodge, 1865 Woodmoor Drive, Monument, CO 80132 Directions: If coming from north of Monument Hill: Take I-25 South to exit 161 (State Highway 105 / Monument). Head east (away from the mountains) on S.H. 105, then make a left onto Woodmoor Drive (1st traffic light). The Lodge is 1/3 of a mile on your right. If coming from south of Monument Hill: Take I-25 North to exit 161 (State Highway 105 / Monument). Head west (toward the mountains) on S.H. 105, then make a right onto Woodmoor Drive (1st traffic light). The Lodge is 1/3 of a mile on your right. Restaurant, bar and lodging on site. Check out their website: www.sundancemountainlodge.com. Reservations: Special rate of $98 per day for the 22nd and/or 23rd, based upon room availability, is guaranteed thru June 24. After June 24, the rate is on an as available basis. Call 719-481-6000 719-481-6000 or email reservations at sundancemountainlodge.com. Must mention you?re with the chess tournament. Sections: Open (open to all) and Reserve (U1500). Entry fee: $40; Sr, Jr, Unr $32. PRE-REGISTRATION: $35; Sr, Jr, Unr $27 which must be paid at the time of pre-registration and received by August 20, 2009. Please include email address for confirmation of prepayment received. Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid at end of event. Registration: 8:30 - 9:30 AM Saturday, Rounds: 8/22 Saturday - 10:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM; 8/23 Sunday - 9:00 AM, 1:30 PM, 6:00 PM. Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919 Phone: (719) 660-5531 (719) 660-5531 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com CSCA & USCF required, OSA. See http://www.uschess.org/ for USCF membership rates. CSCA Membership rates are Adults (age 21-64) $15 for one year or $5 per tournament. Youth (under 21) and Seniors (65 or older) are $10. Family memberships available for $3 off regular dues with only one magazine (Colorado Chess Informant) delivered to the family address. More information at http://www.colorado-chess.com/. Memberships available on site. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 3, and are irrevocable. Wheelchair Accessible. Mon Roi friendly! Colorado Tour Event From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 13 14:15:27 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:15:27 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Monument Open Message-ID: <1250194527.4a84745f2ba7c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Eagle and King ----- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:58:36 -0500 From: Eagle and King Reply-To: Eagle and King To: Eagle and King Just a reminder, the 2009 Monument Open Chess Tournament is just around the corner! Attached is information about it. Hope to see you there! Fred Spell / Monument Open Tournament Organizer -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090813/0d7dc959/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It's similar to the Fishing Pole that can arise from a Kan Sicilian, the attacking formation which I gather was dubbed the "Psychedelic Sicilian" in Colorado in the 1970s. This game has a fishing pole motif heretofore unknown to me: retreating a knight as preparation for taking the knight. I won't give any notes except to say that in the game, after 18 Be3 Nxe5!, 19 fe5 meets with 19 ... Rh3! The 2500+ white player possibly requires counseling now for post-traumatic stress syndrome. Here is the game: I. Shkuro (2546) - D. Andreikin (2625) Alushta UKR 2009 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 a6(!) 3 f4 b5 4 Nf3 Bb7 5 d4 cd4 6 Qxd4 Nc6 7 Qf2 e6 8 Bd3 Nf6 9 e5 Ng4 10 Qg3 Nh6 11 a3 b4 12 Nd1 f5! 13 0-0 Ng4! 14 h3 Bc5+ 15 Kh1 h5! 16 Nh2?!! Qb6 17 hg4 hg4 18 Be3 Nxe5! 19 Kg1 (19 fe5 Rh3!) 19 ... Nf3+!! 20 gf3 Bxe3+ 21 Nxe3 Qxe3+ 22 Qf2 Qxf4 23 fg4 Qxg4+ 0-1 I hope you can do this game justice for the masses. Greg Steele -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090814/dcccd098/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Aug 14 00:39:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:39:25 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kistler tops Quick; Herron beats GM; U.S. Open Message-ID: <1250231965.4a85069d59f5b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele ----- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:25:02 -0500 From: Gregory Steele Reply-To: Gregory Steele Subject: Fwd: Kistler tops Quick; Herron beats GM; U.S. Open To: Brian Wall Brian, I thought I'd forward this to you as a humorous example of a lemmiwinks triumph. Indiana expert Mike Herron is a very solid player and a nice guy. But his openings are the ultimate in lemmiwinks. With White, think: d4, Nf3, Bg5, etc. With Black, think: ... d5, ...c6, ... Bf5. Seriously, that is his entire opening rep. My two games with him where I was black went like this: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 Bg5 Bg7 4 c3 0-0 5 e3 d5. Last one was 1 d4 f5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5 Ne4. I lost both games on time. I was fine on the board but bored silly. In that Dutch I buried his bishop to h2 and g1 with a kingside pawn wave/avalanche but he has such extensive experience with this that his lemmiwinks sense of danger was finely tuned. Here is the game with his annotations. Perhaps you can give it the treatment it deserves. Greg Steele ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roger Blaine Date: Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM Subject: Kistler tops Quick; Herron beats GM; U.S. Open To: elf.raffle at chess.nut.net ** *KISTLER TOPS ELKHART QUICK* ** * * Les Kistler scored 5-0 to win the Elkhart County Chess Club 10-minute tournament on Tuesday night, Aug. 11, 2009. Kenny Kuo was second with 3.5. Welcome to first-time player Charles Florance, who recently moved to this area from New Mexico. 1. LES KISTLER 5 2. Kenny Kuo 3.5 3. David Shepard 3 4. Roger Blaine 2 5. Charles Florance 1 6. Sam Elzerman 0.5 E.C.C.C. meets Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m., First Congregational Church, 3rd & Marion St., downtown Elkhart, Ind. ---- ---- ---- *From our State president, Gary Fox:* Indiana had some great results from the US Open! - Steve Steppe,Terre Haute, tied for 1st-4th in Class B, won $1,132.50!! - Terry Perkins, Cutler, won clear first in Class D, giving him $1,359.00!! - Dmitry Gurevich won the title of the US Open after a playoff of the top two by breaks of the 6 way tie. - Jim Dean and Nick Adams, both of Fort Wayne, won pieces of the prizes money in the Master class, I think. - Expert Mike Herron, Indianapolis, defeated a GM! (see below) If anyone else knows any fun facts about the US Open or greater detail of what I had listed please respond. Indiana had some great results and this tourney has been a huge boost for Indiana Chess. Gary Fox *Michiana players' results:* Roger Blaine 4.5 Gerald Roberts 4 Bill Kuhn 3 Alan Schrader 2.5 Also Gerald Roberts scored 2.5 out of 6, and Kenny Kuo 1.5, in the *Tournament of College Champions*, held Aug. 1-4. ---- ---- ---- *From Mike Herron, Indianapolis: * Hi everybody, I had a great U.S. Open this year. I finished at 6-3 with 5 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws. I played 4 games against "mortals" (3 1800's and a 1500) and dominated 4-0, and I played 5 against the scary guys (a GM, 3 2300+ FM's, and a 2200+ master) and got 1 win, 2 losses, 2 draws. My rating should jump 20+ points into the 2140's now. Of course the highlight for me was in round 5, when I got my first win vs. a Grandmaster. It was also the highest-rated player I'd ever beaten. I've had several requests for annotations, so here they are. (Note to Gary Fox: Terry Perkins was one of those who wanted to see this, but he doesn't have e-mail right now--thanks) I'm pretty much sending this to everyone, so if anyone isn't interested and/or has already seen the game, of course feel free to delete. *Mike Herron (2124) vs. GM Larry Kaufman (2444)* *Round 5, 2009 U.S. Open* 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qb3 c4 This is a forcing line that almost works, but not quite. The idea is to use the pin on my a-pawn after the queen exchange to get in the b4 advance and then overrun my queenside by attacking my weak pawn(s). It would yield him a big advantage if it weren't for my 14th move. 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.a3 b5 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 b4 12.cxb4 Nxb4 13.Rc1 Nc6 The alternative 13...Nd3+ is bad because after 14.Bxd3 cxd3 I will be able to surround and win the d3 pawn. After his choice, if he gets in 14...b5 and 15...b4 he will be positionally winning due to my weak b2 pawn. 14. Nb1 (!) One of three moves in the game that I'm really proud of. It totally changes the evaluation of the position from an advantage for black to a slight pull for white. It's counterintuitive to "undevelop" the knight instead of bringing out the bishop (14.Be2?), but the key to the whole game now is to stop b5 & b4. Now if 14...b5, then 15.Nc3 wins a pawn. Kaufman had missed 14.Nb1 and sank into a long think. 14...e6 15.Nc3 f5 I'm not sure that I understand this move. His c8 bishop is looking pretty bad right now. One amusing line that he rightly avoids is 15...Na7?? to prepare 16...b5 because then I win with 16.Na4! intending 17.Nb6, i.e. 16...Bd7 17.Nb6 Rd8 18.Bc7. 16.Be2 Be7 17.h4 0-0 18.h5 Bd7 19.Bf3 ... I already wanted to play 19.g4 here, but after 19...fxg4 20.Bxg4 he has 20...Nxd4! where black looks okay, i.e. 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Bxd7 Rad8. 19...Na5 (?) The GM underestimates my next move. 20. g4(!) The second move that I really like in this game. With his knight on a5, he no longer has the Nxd4 resource in the above line. He sank into a deep think at this point, and I started to realize that 20.g4 was even better than I'd thought when I played it. My threat is just 21.gxf5. Then if 21...exf5 22.Bxd5+, and if 21...Rxf5 22.Bg4 Rff8 23.Nxd5 winning a pawn. If he tries to defend with 20...g6, then 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Ke2 where my rooks and bishops will slice his king to pieces. 20...Nb3 21.Rd1 fxg4 22.Bxg4 Rad8 23.Bc7 Rc8 24.Be5 Rfd8(?!) A very understandable decision because of the rating difference between us, but one that is bad from a purely objective chess point of view and comes back to bite him. He should play 24...Rcd8. Then if I attack g7 as in the game he can defend with Rf7. The problem for him is that I simply force a draw by repetition of moves by 25.Bc7 Rc8 26.Be5 Rcd8 27.Bc7. He has to draw because he has to keep the bishop on d7 to protect e6, and he has to protect the bishop on d7 to prevent Nxd5. He is unwilling to give a lowly expert like me a draw, so he consents to an inferior position in the hopes of outplaying me later in the game to win. He doesn't make any more missteps that I can find, but unfortunately for him, I play very well the rest of the way and his position is too bad. There proves to be no way to keep me from penetrating on g7. 25.Rg1 Bf8 26.Ke2 Kf7 27.Rg3 ... I was quite optimistic here. The threats to e6 & d5 keep him tied up, so how can he defend g7? I ran into Nate Criss outside the tournament room at this point and told him that I had the advantage against the GM with a beautiful position. 27...Be7 28.Rdg1 Bf6 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Bh3 ... He has gotten his pawn off of g7, but my rooks are still penetrating on that square. If he tries 30...Rg8 then 31.Rxg8 Rxg8 32.Rxg8 Kxg8 33.Nxd5! wins a pawn. That pin on the h3-d7 diagonal bedevils him for a long time (moves 20-36). 30...Ke7 31.Rg7+ Kd6 32.Rxh7 Rh8 33.Rgg7 Rxh7 34.Rxh7 Nc1+ 35.Kd2 Nd3 He's down a pawn, but he seems to be getting it back now. This position got a diagram in the tournament bulletin. 36. Nxd5 (!) ... The third move that I really like in this game. I would have enjoyed playing this move against anyone, but to get to play it against a GM is just a dream. That h3-d7 diagonal pin is still working for me--if 36...exd5 (or 36...Kxd5) 37.Rxd7+ wins easily. 36...Nxf2 37.Rxd7+(!) ... I didn't really look at other moves like 37.Nxf6 much because I was totally sure that the knight ending was a clear win. I didn't see any way that I could mess it up. 37...Kxd7 38.Nb6+ Kc7 39.Nxc8 Nxh3 Definitely not 39...Kxc8? 40.Bxe6+, Resigns. 40. h6 Ng5 41. Ne7 ... The win is fairly straightforward. The game continuation shows what happens if he goes to collect the h-pawn--my king just walks into his queenside. And if he tries to stop the h-pawn with the knight and keep his king on the queenside I would win with something like 41...b5 42.Ng6 Nh7 43.Kc3 Kc6 44.Kb4 Kb6 45.a4 bxa4 46.Kxc4 Ka5 47.Kc5. 41...Kd7 42.Ng6 Ke8 43.Kc3 Kf7 44.Nf4 e5 45.dxe5 fxe5 46.Nd5 ... A great square for the knight. His king & knight won't be able to get close enough to head off my queenside pawns. 46...Kg6 47.Kxc4 Ne4 48.b4 Kxh6 49.a4 Kg6 50.Kb5 Kf7 51.Kb6 Nd6 52.Kc7 Ke6 53.Nc3 e4 54.a5 Ke5 55.b5 Nc4 56.a6 bxa6 57.bxa6 Nxe3 58.a7 Kd4 59.Ne2+ Kd3 60.Nf4+ Resigns, 1-0. Cue in whatever primal scream of triumph you'd like here. (I waited until I was in the hotel parking lot before I began any actual screaming!) To say that I was happy after this game would be a bit of an understatement. I don't think my feet touched the ground until sometime the next morning. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I received a casting notice for the following.? Not sure if any chess enthusiast would want to partake, but stranger things have happened. Jerry Maier Mobile:???? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090814/246a8394/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Aug 14 12:49:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:49:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess Journalism awards Message-ID: <1250275751.4a85b1a7487f1@www.taom.com> http://www.chessjournalism.org/aw2009.htm Winners I was a judge in 3 categories From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 15 11:53:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:53:44 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 US Open Chess Championship ... Photo Diary Message-ID: <1250358824.4a86f628ef91f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Franklin Campbell ----- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:47:36 -0000 From: Franklin Campbell Reply-To: Franklin Campbell Subject: 2009 US Open Chess Championship ... Photo Diary To: Brian Wall --- In BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall wrote: > http://www.chessjournalism.org/aw2009.htm > > Winners I also just posted my photo diary of the US Open. I was there for two days to attend meetings and "get the flavor" of the Open. http://chessjournalism.org/2009/USOpen2009Diary.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 15 16:15:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:15:45 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Cabbage Attack Thematic Message-ID: <1250374545.4a87339130d4f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from fmeric64 ----- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:50:15 -0000 From: fmeric64 Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Cabbage Attack Thematic To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Chess.com is hosting a Cabbage Attack tournament. As the inventor of this rubbish opening I felt obliged to play, and have won all my games so far. 8-0 in the prelims, and off to a good start in the finals. http://www.chess.com/tournament/wcg-cabbage-attack-gt1650 When I win with Black it is due to the opening, when I win with White it is because I am a master and can overcome the wretched opening. Chess.com is a great host for thematics. I recommend you join (free) and set up some tournaments with UCO. Announce them here, so all can play. Eric Schiller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090815/eb5d4a80/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 15 20:37:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:37:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] JRobiChess Youtube video on IM Ray Robson Message-ID: <1250390252.4a8770ec9d710@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qELkDEOHW8M JRobiChess Youtube video on IM Ray Robson From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Aug 16 10:17:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:17:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] www.Walverine.com Message-ID: <1250439431.4a883107e4293@www.taom.com> www.Walverine.com over 300,000 views not sure about BrianWallChess.net I haven't been writing much due to Pikes Peak Open followed by a week in New Orleans followed by watching my son until School starts. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 17 09:37:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:37:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] FMJ at Staunton Message-ID: <1250523449.4a897939300aa@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC MCSW/SATAF" ----- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:15:19 -0600 From: "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC MCSW/SATAF" Reply-To: "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC MCSW/SATAF" Subject: FMJ at Staunton To: brianwall at walverine.com Brian, Not YOUR Full Metal Jacket, but a GM game with first pawn-capture on move 35, leaving 8 apiece for a long time. My favorite annotation in some time and adding fan-point for Short after 19.Re6: "Round about this point, Short confessed to me that he was feeling rather hung over, and consequently, incapable of thinking too deeply. His strategy was therefore "to put some bits in front of his king, and hope that a mate turns up!". http://chessbase.com/news/2009/events/games/staunton01.htm Matthew.Lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090817/33bc72c5/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 17 10:37:40 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:37:40 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Thematic UCO turnament Message-ID: <1250527060.4a898754e2a4e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from ricettario at fastwebnet.it ----- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:23:33 +0200 (CEST) From: ricettario at fastwebnet.it Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Thematic UCO turnament To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com I like Eric Schiller's idea to play UCO thematic tournaments at the free www.chess.com I just joined that site with the nick MicMoc Also I am willing to organize thematic UCO tournaments for one of these openings: 1.g4 - 1.e4 Nh6 10 moves in 30 days Max 6 games at the same time. All the games will be shown at this site as the touranment is finished. Please let me know if other chessfriends are interested in this project. I believe that 1.g4 is NOT playable under serious scrutiny (I mean at a level of 10 moves in 30 days) and I am willing to prove it in a thematic tournament :-)) At the same time I believe that 1.g4 is fun to play all the time, especially at blitz. Concerning 1.e4 Nh6...I love the opening so...do you want to play it against me? :-) Challenge is valid for all list members, but I confirm I will play 1 tournament only, as I can't play more than 6 games at the same time. The challenge is out. Who dares to accept it? :-)) Please read the instructions at www.chess.com for tournaments and feel free to contact me, also in private if you wish. I admit I still do not know all the "secrets" about tournament organizing at that site. Thanks and ciao. Davide -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090817/43ee1ca4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 17 11:46:27 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:46:27 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Awesome Fishing Pole by 1186 Message-ID: <1250531187.4a899773e4a7d@www.taom.com> I taught Craig Thomson ( ICC Goyathlay = Indian for Geronimo ) the Fishing Pole and he has taken to it very well. Here's a sample. Craig likes my aggressive, take-no-prisoners style. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "tenor"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1271"] [BlackElo "1186"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "15:33:44"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole by LM Jack Young There are 5 Fishing Pole videos on Youtube just search Fishing Pole Chess 5. h3 h5!! The whole idea 6. Nc3 Bc5!! 7. Bxc6 dxc6!! Craig is playing the way I would so far. 8. d3 a6 To provide a Peekaboo Square on a7 for the Hyper-Pole Bishop 9. Bg5 f6!! This is what I call the Art Of Attack by Vukovic Variation because he mentioned this 50 years ago. White believes he is cutting Craig's Queen out of the action while in reality he is getting overrun by pawns. The Thomson Queen can always find new routes. 10. Bh4 g5!! 11. Bg3 h4!! 12. Bh2 Nxh2 That would be my choice because the Fishing Pole Knight gets to eat something substantial. It is interesting that Rybka 3 prefers 12 ... Nh6!!!, ... B:f2+!! or ... N:f2!! The point of 12 ... Nh6!! is that ... g4!! ripping up the Kingside is pretty much unstoppable. Fritz usually considered ... N:h2 or ... Nh6 roughly even. 13. Kxh2? Be6 One of several good moves. One thing I learned from computer is that they like ... g4!! and ... h3!! as soon as possible. Rybka has 13 ... g4!!! twice as strong as normal moves like 13 ... Qe7, ... Be6, ... Qd7, ... Ba7, ... Bd7, ... Qd6 14. Qe2 Qe7 Craig is implementing what I call Plan B- ... 0-0-0 14 ... g4!!! is twice as strong 15. Rad1 O-O-O Plan B complete - Only 15 ... g4!!! is better 16. a3 g4!! 17. hxg4 Bxg4!! Rybka considers 17 ... h3!! equally strong. I've been through this many times- I don't appreciate the strength of ... h3 while the computer screams for it. 18. b4 Ba7 Hyper-Pole. Craig is playing the winning Fishing Pole formula. Rybka is consistent even here screaming for ... h3!! Other great moves, 18 ... Bd4, ... Bb6, ... Bd6 19. Na4 Qh7!! #1 move, impressive for an 1186 20. Nc5 h3!! Craig is like me, it's not that he doesn't like ... g4 and ... h3 it's just that he wants every piece in play first 21. g3! Qh5!! Game over 22. Qd2 Bxf3!! 23. Rde1! Bxc5 24. bxc5! Bxe4!! Even 1186's played like inspired gods when touched by the Magical Pole. 25. Rxe4 Qf3!! 26. Rg1 Only move to stop checkmate 26 ... Qxe4 {White resigns} 0-1 Tenor is a Rook Down and has been having no fun at all. This is not what they promise White at Ruy Lopez School. I would have been proud to play this game myself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "tenor"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1271"] [BlackElo "1186"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "15:33:44"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d3 a6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h4 12. Bh2 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 Be6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Rad1 O-O-O 16. a3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. b4 Ba7 19. Na4 Qh7 20. Nc5 h3 21. g3 Qh5 22. Qd2 Bxf3 23. Rde1 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf3 26. Rg1 Qxe4 {White resigns} 0-1 Craig Thomson ( ICC Goyathlay = Indian for Geronimo ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 17 19:10:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:10:15 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robson -Sharavdorj Message-ID: <1250557815.4a89ff77462e3@www.taom.com> This was published in the Florida State Magazine 4 months ago. I asked Grandmaster Sharavdorj about this game at the 2009 Colorado Closed. He said - Spice International bad tournament for me. The last day I saw nothing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Colorado 3 time Mongolian Champion and 3 time Colorado Champion GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg is a god among men or a man among boys. After 6 years only Philiip Ponomarev (2370 ) has managed to beat him once. We were all astonished to hear that 14 year old Ray Robson beat him 2 out of 2 in Susan Polgar's Spice International in Lubbock, Texas. The Mayor of Denver commissioned a huge statue of Ray to be mounted atop our Denver International Airport horse sculpture when completed. There may be a cowboy hat involved. http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/236/images/Luis.jpg Monroi recorded the times but I am not smart enough to understand the recordings. SPICE Spring Invitational White Robson, Ray Rating 2455 Black Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating 2429 Date 2009-03-19 Section Round 5 Board 2 White Black White Black 01 e4 e6 {02:35} 31 g2 {00:01} e2 {00:48} 02 f3 {00:35} d5 {01:25} 32 h3 {00:01} xc2 {03:52} 03 c3 {00:30} f6 {01:45} 33 g3 {00:01} c8 {01:21} 04 e5 {00:40} fd7 {00:02} 34 f5 {01:13} c1 {00:01} 05 d4 {00:05} c5 {00:18} 35 f7 {00:01} f1 {00:24} 06 dxc5 {00:28} c6 {00:03} 36 h4 {00:01} f4 {01:15} 07 f4 {00:27} xc5 {00:29} 37 h5 {00:01} xg3 {00:38} 08 d3 {00:30} f6 {01:16} 38 hxg3 {00:01} g7 {00:01} 09 exf6 {00:35} xf6 {00:23} 39 xh6 {00:20} 10 g3 {01:15} h6 {00:52} 40 11 O-O {06:05} a6 {05:20} 41 12 e2 {04:45} O-O {03:40} 42 13 ae1 {00:01} b6 {02:35} 43 14 e5 {08:23} xe5 {05:01} 44 15 xe5 {00:44} f7 {05:54} 45 16 h1 {10:16} d7 {01:45} 46 17 f4 {02:23} f6 {19:45} 47 18 g4 {20:20} d7 {32:08} 48 19 g5 {11:03} c6 {04:59} 49 20 gxf6 {07:15} gxf6 {05:00} 50 21 g4 {01:57} h8 {04:04} 51 22 xf6 {00:01} xf6 {00:25} 52 23 xe6 {00:01} g7 {05:19} 53 24 g6 {00:02} d4 {03:00} 54 25 e4 {00:01} h7 {05:04} 55 26 h5 {00:01} f6 {02:51} 56 27 xf6 {00:01} xe4 {00:01} 57 28 xe4 {00:51} xe4 {00:01} 58 29 f3 {04:48} f8 {03:05} 59 30 g1 {00:01} e1 {00:59} 60 Result: 1-0 Signature: White Black Powered by MonRoi System www.monroi.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "] [Site "Lubbock"] [Date "2009.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Robson, IM Ray"] [Black "Sharavdorj, GM Dashzegve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "2455"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackELO "2429"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.e4! e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5! Nfd7! 5.d4! c5! 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5! 8.Bd3! f6 There aren't many humans that would go after the b-pawn with 8 ... Qb6 9 0-0 Q:b2 10 Na4 Qa3 11 c4 or c3 9.exf6! Qxf6! 9 ... 0-0! 10 fg?? R:f4! might work in blitz 10.Bg3! h6 Ray will viciously exploit this unnecessary weakness or hook. I tell beginners - Move your rooks, not your rookpawns. Nothing wrong with 10 ... 0-0 or ... Nd4 11.O-O! a6 Move your rooks, not your rookpawns. The Elephant Ears Opening, 1 ... h6 and 2 ... a6 is further explored in How To Play Chess Like An Animal. 12.Qe2! With a grip on e5 which bottles up the Mongolian's Queenside. I investigated this system a long time ago and I couldn't get anywhere. Petrosian defended such positions adroitly. That's another reason I was impressed Ray won. Black plays ... Nb6, ... Bd7 and Rae8 and I couldn't make progress. 12 ... O-O! 13.Rae1! Nb6! Vladimir Mijatovic - Simon Behm agreed to a draw here, German Under-20 Team Competition, December 27, 2003 14.Ne5 TN Theoretical Novelty by Ray Robson The only move played before was Draw Offer Accepted. Ray craves GM norms. Ray has a permanent advantage if he can hold onto e5. Other good moves include 14 a3 or Kh1 14 ... Nxe5 Dashzeveg has to neogtiate all kinds of possible minor piece trades without really releasing the dark-square central bind. 14 ... Nd4, ... Nb4, ... Bd4, ... Ne7, ... Bb4 are all possible without really helping. Sharavdorj decides to get rid of Ray's most active piece. 15.Bxe5! Qf7! 16.Kh1! Fritz 9 wants to play around with 16 a3! but Ray is all about checkmate. 16 ... Nd7 Rushing to the defense. 17.f4 17 Bg3 preserving the bishop is strong too but Ray only moves forward in this game. 17 ... Nf6? Sharavdorj has been defending French positions for over two decades so maybe he wasn't that worried but this definitely loses. Moving this knight 5 times has not been helpful. 18.g4!! Best by far. Even amateurs who hate moving pawns in front of their King might find this move. g5 will hook into both the f6-knight and the h6-pawn and rip open lines while Rip Van Queenside still slumbers. 18 ... Bd7 19.g5! Bc6 The 3 time Mongolian Champion tries to whip up a desperate counterattack. Moving the Knight to the e-file gives Super Ray a free pawn plus a devastating attack. 20.gxf6! The spoils of war - the Punisher 20 ... gxf6! 21.Qg4+!! Kh8 The best Black can do is 21 Qg4+!! Qg7 22 Q:e6+ Kh8 23 Rg1 B:g1 24 R:g1 d4+ 25 Be4 Rae8 26 Qd6, Qc4, Qh3 all win easily 22.Bxf6+!! 22 Qh4!! or Qh3! are also killers 22 ... Qxf6! 23.Rxe6! with an extra pawn and a brutal attack 23 ... Qg7! 24.Rg6! d4+! 25.Ne4! Crushing and 25 Be4!! is even better 25 ... Qh7! 26.Qh5! 26 R:c6!! bc 27 N:c5! is also deadly. 26 ... Rf6! Horrible but best 27.Rxf6! Bxe4+! 28.Bxe4! Probably time pressure - Ray is playing well enough to win but 25 Be4!! or 28 Rf3!! were closers. 28 Rf3!! Bf8 29 R:f8+ R:f8 30 Qe5+ Qg7 31 Q:e4 is hopeless for Black after 32 Rg3 or Rh3 28 ... Qxe4+! 29.Rf3! 29 Qf3! will lead to an easy endgame win. Avoiding the trade with 29 Qf3! Qh7 30 Qd5! or f5! only makes things worse. 29 ... Bf8! 30.Kg1 Breaking the pin 30 ... Qe1+ 31.Kg2! Qe2+? Favorable wind - Tal 32.Kh3! The Grandmaster is helpless. There are no good checks and moving the rook gets mated after 33 R:h6+! 32 ... Qxc2 33.Rg3!! 33 R:f8+!!! R:f8 34 Qe5+ Kh7 35 Qe7+ mates faster 33 Qe5! mates slower 33 ... Qc8+! 34.f5! Qc1! 35.Qf7!! 35 Qg6! or Rfg6! mate slower 35 ... Qf1+! 36.Kh4! Starting to look like a famous Short-Timman game. 36 ... Qf4+! 37.Kh5! Safe! 37 ... Qxg3! 38.hxg3! Bg7! 39.Rxh6+! 1-0 IM Ray's King almost completed the Long Day's Journey into Night with 39 R:h6+ B:h6 40 K:h6 and 41 Qh7 checkmate Ray did not play the absolutely best way to win, possibly because of time pressure but the path he chose was aesthetic and clear. Very impressive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "] [Site "Lubbock"] [Date "2009.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Robson, Ray"] [Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "2455"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackELO "2429"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Bg3 h6 11.O-O a6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rae1 Nb6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qf7 16.Kh1 Nd7 17.f4 Nf6 18.g4 Bd7 19.g5 Bc6 20.gxf6 gxf6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.Rxe6 Qg7 24.Rg6 d4 25.Ne4 Qh7 26.Qh5 Rf6 27.Rxf6 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Qxe4 29.Rf3 Bf8 30.Kg1 Qe1 31.Kg2 Qe2 32.Kh3 Qxc2 33.Rg3 Qc8 34.f5 Qc1 35.Qf7 Qf1 36.Kh4 Qf4 37.Kh5 Qxg3 38.hxg3 Bg7 39.Rxh6 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "GER-chT U20"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2003.12.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Mijatovic,Vladimir"] [Black "Behm,Simon"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C11"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Bg3 a6 11.0-0 h6 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Rae1 Nb6 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Aug 18 09:23:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:23:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1250608983.4a8ac757e6210@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:00:37 -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 August 11th, the CSCC had 5 members in attendance. The evening's event was a 4-player, Round Robin, tournament (G15). David Meliti started fast and cruised into 1st place. Here are the results: Score Player 3.0 David Meliti 2.0 Paul Anderson 1.0 Anthea Carson 0.0 Gary Frenzel Results for It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight By Liz Wood Crosstable for Pueblo's It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight. Score Player 5.0 Ted Doykos 3.5 Gordon Randall 3.0 Jeffrey Csima 3.0 Isaac Martinez 2.5 Julian Evans 2.0 Anthea Carson 2.0 Jerry Maier 2.0 Liz Wood 1.0 Tom Mullikin 0.0 George Kovats Comments From Email Stan Foster, Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:01 PM I'm looking for a good beginner chess book for two boys that are nine years old. Of all the books out there, do you have one or two that you would recommend? [The book I recommend is "How To Play Chess Like An Animal" at the newly created CSCN Chess Catalogue: (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/catalogue.htm)] Game Of The Week This week's game is my 4th published loss of the year. I have had a policy of publishing 4 losses each year I have been writing the newsletter, and so far, I have remembered to include them. However, this year was close, as I had to publish 2 losses back-to-back just to get them in before the Game Of The Year. This time, I found an early game of mine while I was making a chess scrapbook. It was my second year (1999) of USCF-rated tournaments, and the first time I had a game of mine diagrammed for the Colorado Chess Informant (January 2000), the Colorado State Chess Association's quarterly magazine. The position started at move 45. Qf6+ and was included in an article by Mark Scheidies called, "A Plan For Chess Playing Improvement:" "In keeping with the "interference" theme, Daniel LeCocq, a Longmont 8th grader, pointed out a missed tactical opportunity found in the latest issue of Informant. The position was from the Dan Cabrera - Paul Anderson round 2 game at the Southern Colorado Open. After Black's 44th move, the game continued.45. Qf6+ Qg6 46. Qf8+ Qg7 47. Qd6+ Qg6 48. Qxd7, and Mr. Cabrera went on to beat his higher rated opponent on move 97. However, Mr. LeCocq found a much more forcing line from the diagrammed position at right: (diagram). Can you find the more forcing line? The answer is at the bottom of this page." First Diagram (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (158) Cabrera,Dan (1495) - Anderson,Paul (1571) [D10] Southern Colorado Open Colorado Springs (2.27), 12.06.1999 [Fritz 8 (60s)]{Mark Scheidies} D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 last book move 7...Nbd7 8.Bd2 e5 9.Ng3 [>=9.cxd5 and White has air to breath 9...cxd5 10.f3= ] 9...exd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Be2 Qxd4 13.0-0 Be6 14.Rad1 Qd7 15.Bf4 Nfd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bf3 Qe7 18.Bd2 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Bc3 Qd8 22.Rxd5 Bxd5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ Qf6 25.Qb4 b6 26.Re7 c5 27.Qe1 Ra8 [27...Qxb2!? 28.Re2 Qf6 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4-+ ] 28.b3-/+ Be6 29.Rc7 a6 30.Rc6 Rb8 31.Qe2 Qa1+ 32.Nf1 Qd4 33.h3 Bd5 [>=33...Bd7!? 34.Rc7 Bb5-/+ ] 34.Rd6= Qe4 35.Ne3 Qb1+ 36.Kh2 Be4?? [36...Be6 37.Qxa6 Qe4 38.Rxb6 Qe5+ 39.Kg1 Qa1+ 40.Nf1 Rxb6 41.Qxb6= ] 37.Qg4 [>=37.Rd1 ends the debate 37...Qxd1 38.Nxd1+- ] 37...Bf5 38.Qg3 Rb7?? [>=38...Re8+/= would be a reprieve] 39.Qg5 [39.Qe5+ Kh6 40.Nxf5+ Qxf5 41.Qxf5 Kg7 42.Qf6+ Kh6 43.g4 Re7 44.Rd5 Re5 45.Qf4+ Rg5 46.Qxg5+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kh6 48.g5+ Kh5 49.Qe2+ Kh4 50.Qg4# ] 39...Be6 40.Qe5+ Kh6 41.g4 [41.Rxe6 f5 42.Nxf5+ Qxf5 43.Qxf5 Rb8 44.Qf4+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kh8 46.Qxb8# ] 41...Rd7+- 42.Qf4+ g5?? leads to further unpleasantness [>=42...Kg7 43.Rxd7 Bxd7 44.Qe5+ Kg8+/- ] 43.Rxd7 [43.Nf5+ Kg6 44.Qe5 Qb2 45.Qxb2 f6 46.Rxe6 Rf7 47.Re8 h5 48.Rh8 hxg4 49.hxg4 Rc7 50.Rh6+ Kf7 51.Qxf6+ Ke8 52.Rh8+ Kd7 53.Rd8# ] 43...Bxd7 [>=43...gxf4 and Black has prevailed 44.Rd2 Qe1-+ ] 44.Qxf7+- Qd3 45.Qf6+ [45.Nf5+ Qxf5 46.gxf5 {and Black can resign. If 45... Bxf5? (Who wants to give up his queen for a knight) 46. Qf6+! Bg6 47. Qf8#. Thanks to Daniel for his sharp tactical eye!!} 46...Be8 47.Qf8+ Kh5 48.Qxe8+ Kh6 49.Qf8+ Kh5 50.Qg7 g4 51.hxg4+ Kh4 52.f3 c4 53.Qe7# ] 45...Qg6 46.Qf8+ Qg7 47.Qd6+ Qg6 48.Qxd7 Qf6 49.Nf5+ Kg6 50.Qe8+ Qf7 51.Qc6+ Qf6 52.Qe8+ Qf7 53.Qxf7+ Kxf7 54.Nd6+ Ke6 55.Nf5 b5?? hands over the advantage to the opponent [55...Kf7 56.h4 gxh4+- ] 56.Kg3+- Ke5 57.Kf3 c4 58.bxc4 bxc4 59.Ke3 a5 60.Ne7 a4 61.Nc6+ Kd5 62.Nb4+ Ke5 63.a3 h6 64.f3 c3 65.Kd3 Kf4 66.Kxc3 Kxf3 67.Nd5 Kg3 68.Kb4 Kxh3 69.Nf6 Kh4 70.Kxa4 h5 71.gxh5 g4 72.Nxg4! takes home the point 72...Kxh5 73.Ne5 Kg5 74.Kb5 Kf5 75.Nc6 Ke6 76.a4 Kd6 77.Kb6 Kd7 78.Kb7 Kd6 79.a5 Kd7 80.a6 Kd6 81.a7 Kd7 82.a8Q Kd6 83.Qd8+ Kc5 84.Qb6+ Kd6 85.Qb4+ Kd5 86.Qd4+ Ke6 87.Nb4 Kf5 88.Kc6 Ke6 89.Qd5+ Kf6 90.Kd6 Kg7 91.Qe6 Kh7 92.Ke7 Kg7 93.Qf6+ Kh7 94.Qg5 Kh8 95.Kf7 Kh7 96.Qg7# 1-0 Upcoming Events 8/18 Anderson(s) simul, CSCC 8/19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli final rounds, CSCC 8/20,27 2009 August USAFA Chess final rounds, CSCC 8/22-23 Monument Open, CSCA 8/25 Ladder games, CSCC 8/25 August 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA For event details and additional events, see the following websites: CSCC: Colorado Springs Chess Club (http://springschess.org/) BCC: Boulder Chess Club (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) CSCA: Colorado State Chess Association (http://colorado-chess.com/) WCA: Wyoming Chess Association (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) KCA: Kansas Chess Association (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/catalogue.htm Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. 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Name: counter.php?sc_project=2194035&java=0&security=807e001e&invisible=1 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 49 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090818/060dd4cb/attachment.obj From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 09:30:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:30:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] My Father died this morning Message-ID: <1250695803.4a8c1a7b88743@www.taom.com> My Father died this morning. Here are two poems I wrote when I found out he had lung cancer 10 months ago. The poems made him cry, along with his third wife Ellen ( 30+ yr marriage ) and his last 2 sons ( of 9 ) Charlie and Jimmy. He told me at the time he was so moved he wanted to be buried with my poem. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To my father September 2008 If you spend your life helping children You shouldn't have to die If you conquer Fear You shouldn't have to die If you light up the world You shouldn't have to die If you understand the world You shouldn't have to die If your predictions come true decades later You shouldn't have to die If you are loved You shouldn't have to die If the worlds begs for your opinion You shouldn't have to die If you give horsey rides You shouldn't have to die If you're someone's driving pal You shouldn't have to die If you make a million dollars You shouldn't have to die If you carry the world on your shoulders You shouldn't have to die If you give someone a fire engine for Christmas You shouldn't have to die If you lose 100 pounds You shouldn't have to die If you can play the piano You shouldn't have to die If you have Shakespeare in your soul You shouldn't have to die If you give someone money and don't ask for it back You shouldn't have to die If you turn losers into winners You shouldn't have to die If you build Camelot and don't complain You shouldn't have to die If you love someone for decades You shouldn't have to die If you see your mother every week after she raised you You shouldn't have to die If you can sing Irish drinking songs You shouldn't have to die If you hold onto a quality woman You shouldn't have to die If you survive kitchen explosions from firecrackers You shouldn't have to die If you turn off an open gas line You shouldn't have to die If idiots live forever You shouldn't have to die If your siblings still talk to you You shouldn't have to die If your parents got engaged by a waterfall You shouldn't have to die If you waved to your third grade son through a school window You shouldn't have to die If you survive asthma and blindness You shouldn't have to die If robbers fails to crush you You shouldn't have to die If you've created one additional life You shouldn't have to die If you've already seen your son die before you You shouldn't have to die If no daughters have mocked you You shouldn't have to die If you've published a book You shouldn't have to die If you've taught anyone to ride a bicycle You shouldn't have to die If you've taught the world how to live You shouldn't have to die Death has many loopholes, all insufficient I can't think of one reason you should die if you exclude the time you dropped the football for no reason 5 yards short of a touchdown with no one around you. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To my father Version 2 September 2008 If you spend your life helping children the playground shouldn't close If you conquer Fear then Reality should give you a pass If you light up the world then who is Death to put out the light? If you understand the world You shouldn't have to leave it If your predictions come true decades later No doctor can predict your death If you are loved Who dares to end it? If the worlds begs for your opinion They should honor you If you give horsey rides You shouldn't have to dismount If you're someone's driving pal You shouldn't have to park the car If you make a million dollars Your deposit box should be safe If you carry the world on your shoulders You shouldn't have to put it down If you give someone a fire engine for Christmas The bell should ring forever If you lose 100 pounds You should be able to run from danger If you can play the piano Your song should never end If you have Shakespeare in your soul You should be able to slip into a sonnet If you give someone money and don't ask for it back Why should God demand his payment on time? If you turn losers into winners You shouldn't have to lose yourself If you build Camelot and don't complain The turrets should gleam in the sun forever If you love someone for decades The decades should love you back If you see your mother every week after she raised you You should hold each other forever If you sing Irish drinking songs well enough The bartender won't collect the tab If you hold onto a quality woman You can't leave without telling us how If you survive kitchen explosions from firecrackers No one should snuff your fuse If you turn off an open gas line No one should light a match If idiots live forever why can't you? If your siblings still talk to you the conversation should go on If your parents got engaged by a waterfall You will flow forever If you waved to your third grade son through a school window Then recess never ends If you survive asthma and blindness You shouldn't have to see the end If a thousand thieves failed to take what was important This last one should just give up If you've created one additional life You should have double indemnity If you've already seen your son die before you Nothing worse can happen If no daughters have mocked you They should hold a feast If you've published a book Laughing at Death comes easy to you If you've taught anyone to ride a bicycle The wheels will always turn If you've already taught the world to live You shouldn't have to teach us how to die Maybe God will heed one of these pleas -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I just spent a week with my Dad in New Orleans. He was in bad shape but we watched some Charlie Chan movies together and talked a bit. A very brilliant, noble genius, he continued writing his P.Q. Wall forecast until 2 weeks before his death. He was ranked in the top 10 stock market forecasters even last year. Not only did he give me life he once saved my life. The NY apt. with my brothers and I was full of gas ready to explode. By some miracle, right on cue, my Dad came home early from work and put a towel over his mouth to breathe and turned the gas off. My Dad also put his all 9 sons through college. I think I miss most the songs he used to play on the piano, Won't you come home, Bill Bailey?, I'm gonna take the arms from some old chair, Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue and many others. He had his own jazz band growing up before I was born called something like Lou Wall and the Hot Rocks He must have been with his wife Ellen and at least one of my 8 brothers when he died. My Father had already discussed what kind of funeral services he wanted, I think something like being cremated and his ashes thrown on the Mississippi and a service where everyone present could talk into a microphone and tell their favorite stories. While I was playing tennis this week with my 10 year old son Devon, I kept thinking, " My Father will never run again, my son has 60 years left to run. " --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My wife Debbie's Aunt Louise died yesterday. I knew her as the purple lady. I made up a children's story 20 years ago about a woman who always wore purple and told it to many kids. My nephew David Steele told me this year it was his favorite memory of me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My brother Jeff's second son Andrew is being operated on this morning for a brain tumor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for being morbid this morning but I don't feel like throwing a Chess game into this email. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 09:33:41 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:33:41 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] For Spanish speakers : R. Fischer read W. Steinitz (Chess commentes) Message-ID: <1250696021.4a8c1b5539b42@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from lumecas ----- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:46:34 -0000 From: lumecas Reply-To: lumecas Subject: [BrianWallChess] R. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090819/16a3b9b1/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 12:44:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:44:53 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Here's a poem I wrote a couple of years ago Message-ID: <1250707493.4a8c4825393c6@www.taom.com> You Not every raindrop hit the earth Not every turtle reaches the sea Still I'm glad about you and me Not every radish escapes the frost Not every kid makes the bus Still I'm glad about us Not every bird touches the sky Some unlucky fates are tragic Sill every moment had magic Not every girl gets to the prom Not every mine has gold in it Still I treasure every minute Not every wolf joins a pack Not every carpenter has the knack Still I love to look back Not every journey is completed Not every race begun is won In touching you I touched the sun From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 13:27:09 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:27:09 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] William Hamnet Wall - Poems to Dad Message-ID: <1250710029.4a8c520d79443@www.taom.com> I talked to my Dad the day before he died. My last words were - " Hang in there, we all love you. " These are two poems my brother Bill wrote about our Father. The first one hit me like a sniper bullet. Brian - ---------------------------------------- Bill Wall Both Ways Before You Cross To My Dear Father I will not say goodbye to whom I love; But smile and murmur greetings to the past, Revive the glory in your aging face, Your youth in furrowed brow, and verve in sleep. So let me weep for all that gives me joy, And hold your hand again as when a boy. Father, when time is right, I?ll let it go, So God can hold your hand before you die, And make you look both ways before you cross, Toward mortal past, and then eternal home, Once toward who?s left behind, and once ahead, And close your eyes to us by seeing Fred. And when God takes your hand, He?ll take our hearts, To give to heaven what from earth departs. By W. Hamnet Wall July 22, 2009 _____________________________________________________________ Until What?s Mortal Cannot Dance To my Dear Father Flowers wither not the Spring; Fathers perish not their love. Spirit gambols in the flesh Until what?s mortal cannot dance. Masquerade ball is this life, And death its mortal mask laid down At party?s end; then your joy Sings to death its eulogy. Trees may perish not the seed Father dies but not the grove. Rest your head upon the shade: Grief is mortal, bliss divine. All that?s good in you shall live, Survives the falling of the mask, And if God asks me who you are, I?ll say that part that did not die. W. Hamnet Wall October 2008 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 18:59:05 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:59:05 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] An Ode to Dave, Long Overdue by Pete Karagianis Message-ID: <1250729945.4a8c9fd9cd304@www.taom.com> Thanx, Pete. Artists turn tragedy into mulch for living. I had a girlfriend once who objected to how I spelled Thanx so the next time I wrote T'anks. That made her laugh. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Pete Karagianis ----- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:26:32 -0500 From: Pete Karagianis Reply-To: Pete Karagianis Subject: poetry To: Brian Wall Hey Brian, This certainly won't make you feel better, but maybe it will help in some way. It's a poem I wrote about my brother in law who died of cancer at the age of 43. We were close, he was a good friend. -Pete *An Ode to Dave, Long Overdue* The Southwestern mountains are heavy with artillery and an army on the horizon, in single file atop each peak- an army of old- the grandiose of man displayed, a roar- not Dave's army, not a thick swarm that cracked jokes in the desert and blew up cacti or large regiments of sand and rock and the occasional scorpion with Howitzers- an army that threw time away like cigarettes or plastic cartons. No, these hills echo the cries of yesterday, a fleeting brush of the wind, the first pioneer, and my vivid imagination places bodies here and there on the ridgetop whose dark silhouette has not yet faded into evening, as we all must, I think. Temporary like a wavering horn at the end of the night- the poor sweat covered musician and his lone breathless brass instrument left against the bass and barful of smoke and lungs and feet, of all things, I think of feet. Where is the open eye of man? How long we have turned to the cold and shut doors of non-epics, non-believers and revolving counters? The numbers dictate, lost subjects roam among the rubber-soled stamp of Us. And here is the worst: think of what it took- non-thinker, you- consider what monstrosity last gave you benefit of clear thought- a true moment- *I am awake!* What was last required, you non-thinker, to feel rightly alive? To have a want that is a want, indeed? Or, more miserably, to have a satisfaction recognized? To be on the edge of the mountain with a clamorous horde prepared to descend on the valley bellow- *whatever that lush pasture may be for you-* arms raised in glorious passion, weapons brilliant in the dying sun- What did it take? As often happens, distance fails me and I cannot quantify time or the very expense of life. But I imagine this moment, for Dave- his cough and turn to the warm grasp of the inevitable, ashamed for Us, perhaps- this moment of last and final understanding must have been a festered sore of a thought; his eye was open on that terrible notion of man as we bellow on the hillside- an arrogant guffaw, a drop in the bucket. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090819/4d65f954/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 19:02:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:02:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bob Kushner quote Message-ID: <1250730123.4a8ca08b74355@www.taom.com> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:33:35 -0500 From: woodbquiet1 at verizon.net To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] My Father died this morning 1 unnamed text/html 19.31 KB Brian ,Sorry for your loss.Here's a quote from Sankara's Vivekacudamani(Crest Jewel of Discernment)- Brahman(say God)alone is real:This world is unreal and the Jiva(individual soul) is non-different from Brahman(God) See you, Bob Kushner from Florida From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 19 23:28:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:28:12 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Polgar-Truong-Sam Sloan Message-ID: <1250746092.4a8cdeec4e500@www.taom.com> Does anyone have the truth about those three and the lawsuit? FBI-Secret Service involvement too. Gregory Alexander. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 20 01:51:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:51:17 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Typical Raccoon victory Message-ID: <1250754677.4a8d00757885d@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Koshka"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [BlackElo "2169"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "03:19:35"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5!! The Mighty Raccoon talon gleams in the summer sun 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 The Mighty Raccoon Claw 6. h3! d6 I've stopped Ne5, Ng5, h4 or g3 - can I develop now? 7. O-O Nc6! 8. Nxg5?? About half the Raccoon games go like this. The impudence of the Raccoon drives the Farmer mad. 8 ... Qxg5!! 9. Bxf4 Qg6 That's the key, bring the Queen back to g6 or g7 and defend everything. 10. e5 Bxh3!! Gaining time to Castle out of the Danger Zone 11. Qd2 O-O-O!! Safe with me extra piece 12. Bg5 Be6 The last thing a Chessmaster considers is moving an attacked piece. The best moves are 12 ... Bh6, ... Be7, ... de, ... f6, ... Bf5, ... f5, ... Nh6, ... Be6 13. d5 Nxe5!! 14. dxe6 Nxc4!! It's a route 15. Qf4! f6!! 16. Bxh4! Ne5 16 ... d5!! does everything 17. Nc3 Bh6 17 ... Ng4!!! Raccoon Fishing Pole is best 18. Qd4! c5!! Koshka's Queen is at an awkward crossroads 19. Qa4 Be3+!! 20. Bf2 I waited 3 minutes until I had less than one second 20 ... Nf3# {White checkmated} 0-1 Taking the Knight on g5 and retreating the Queen to ... g7-g6 will win you half the Raccoons you play. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Koshka"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [BlackElo "2169"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "03:19:35"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 6. h3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxg5 Qxg5 9. Bxf4 Qg6 10. e5 Bxh3 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Be6 13. d5 Nxe5 14. dxe6 Nxc4 15. Qf4 f6 16. Bxh4 Ne5 17. Nc3 Bh6 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qa4 Be3+ 20. Bf2 Nf3# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Koshka On for: 1:26 Idle: 0 Koshka is currently involved in a match against trecky. rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1877 [7] 53 42 6 101 1877 (29-Jul-2009) Blitz 2073 545 416 58 1019 2286 (01-May-2009) Standard 2013 [6] 5 1 0 6 5-minute 2019 386 365 48 799 2136 (08-Mar-2009) 1-minute 1674 3671 3590 262 7523 1934 (19-Apr-2009) 15-minute 2109 [4] 6 0 0 6 Groups : France ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for all for the hundreds of condolences from around the globe on the Death of my Father yesterday morning. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 20 02:10:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:10:15 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Buster Douglas Message-ID: <1250755815.4a8d04e7cfec8@www.taom.com> Statistics for Nanuk On for: 45 Idle: 0 Nanuk is currently involved in a match against Taktikas. rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2147 345 412 33 790 2448 (25-Feb-2009) 5-minute 2120 401 368 39 808 2231 (04-Jul-2009) 1-minute 1504 [8] 431 396 16 843 1800 (14-Oct-2008) 15-minute 1522 [4] 0 2 0 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tyson had never been knocked down until he fought Buster Douglas whose Mom had died a few weeks prior. Nanuk probably hadn't lost a Chess game in 9 moves until he fought Brian Douglas Wall the night his father died. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Nanuk"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2120"] [BlackElo "2183"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:52:40"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!! My favorite Chess position 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Qh4!! It's over 9. h3 Qg3 {White resigns} 0-1 10 N:c5 Qh4!!! or ... Qd6!! Two Pieces for a Queen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Nanuk"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2120"] [BlackElo "2183"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:52:40"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Qh4 9. h3 Qg3 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exrpoc6GP60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyson vs Douglas (round 10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siAMNaIDR1Y&feature=related ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 20 12:54:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:54:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Easy Raccoons Message-ID: <1250794456.4a8d9bd859888@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "MISO"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2164"] [BlackElo "2217"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "14:44:41"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. fxe5 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Qxe4+ 5. Kf2 Bc5+ 6. d4 Bxd4+ 7. Kg3 h4+ 8. Kh3 d6+ 9. g4 hxg3+ 10. Kxg3 Qh4+ 11. Kg2 Qf2# {White checkmated} 0-1 Anthea explains this checkmate in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYalfJJpPLw Chess Openings: The Raccoon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I lost many games after N:g5 and B:f4 but once I found out that 8 ... Qg6 or ... Qg7 wins it's been getting a lot easier. When LM Jack Young and I were discussing names for his 2 ... h5!! I like Raccoon because 2 ... h5 looks like a talon/claw to me and h4-g5-f4 looks like a paw with claws to me. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "chessproking"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2079"] [BlackElo "2210"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "13:08:33"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 6. O-O d6 7. Nxg5 Qxg5 8. Bxf4 Qg7 9. Bxf7+ Qxf7 10. Be5 Qxf1+ 11. Kxf1 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. Qd5 Nge7 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qb3 Nxe5 17. Qc3 N7c6 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Qe3 h3 20. Nf3 hxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 O-O-O 24. e5 Kb7 25. a4 Rd2 26. Rg1 Be6 27. Re1 Rhxh2+ {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 20 20:18:55 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:18:55 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Snowflakes Message-ID: <1250821135.4a8e040f83740@www.taom.com> The Fishing Pole has fascinated me for 7 years because new complex attacking situations arise almost every game. I never feel content that I know what's going on. So many mistakes for White in a new situation require fresh punishment. I am so lucky to be enjoying Chess in its infancy. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "A-Proudian"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2002"] [BlackElo "2141"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "21:41:25"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole by Jack Young 5. h3 h5!! The Knight is bait 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. hxg4?? Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl 8 ... Nxd4!! Gaining a tempo on the Bishop 9. Bc4 d5! I was very proud of this winning move found in 23 seconds but I missed the crisper continuation 9 ... hg!! 10 Q:g4 d5!! 11 Q:g7 Qh4!! ... d5 is a new theme for me. 10. exd5 hxg4!! Crushing 11. Re1+ Drives my King to his favorite square and weakens f2 11 ... Kf8! Crushing - 12. g3 Horrible but only the mega-feeble 12 Bb5 is any better 12 ... Nf3+!! Another Fishing Pole fiasco 13. Kg2 Rh2+!! 14. Kf1 Rh1+ I was so happy winnng the Queen I missed mate on f2. The insane 14 ... Q:d5!! is second best and my kind of move. 15. Ke2 Qe7+!! 16. Be3! Rxe1+!! 17. Qxe1! Nxe1! 18. Kxe1! Bxe3! 19. fxe3 Qxe3+! 20. Kd1 {White resigns} 0-1 A-Proudian has a Knight for a Queen. 20 .. Bf5!! is best. --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "A-Proudian"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2002"] [BlackElo "2141"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "21:41:25"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. hxg4 Nxd4 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 hxg4 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. g3 Nf3+ 13. Kg2 Rh2+ 14. Kf1 Rh1+ 15. Ke2 Qe7+ 16. Be3 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nxe1 18. Kxe1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kd1 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for A-Proudian On for: 1:36 Idle: 0 A-Proudian is currently involved in a match against abscissa2200. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1478 23 54 4 81 1499 (31-Jul-2009) Loser's 1278 [6] 4 9 2 15 Crazyhouse 1402 24 37 0 61 1439 (03-Aug-2009) Bullet 1886 181 182 18 381 1931 (14-Aug-2009) Blitz 2259 1266 1077 224 2567 2327 (19-Aug-2009) Standard 1903 [3] 15 9 4 28 1903 (15-Aug-2009) 5-minute 2002 [7] 499 437 97 1033 2087 (05-Aug-2009) 1-minute 1753 [7] 401 392 69 862 1805 (16-Jul-2009) 15-minute 2030 460 286 59 805 2062 (02-Aug-2009) Groups : Team4545League --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Aug 21 00:53:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:53:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nanuk of the North's great learning curve Message-ID: <1250837594.4a8e445a5ba4a@www.taom.com> The infamous Buster Douglas game yesterday [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Nanuk"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2120"] [BlackElo "2183"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "03:52:40"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Qh4 9. h3 Qg3 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistics for Nanuk On for: 0 Idle: 0 Nanuk is currently involved in a match against igor(IM). rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2147 345 412 33 790 2448 (25-Feb-2009) 5-minute 2080 405 374 40 819 2231 (04-Jul-2009) 1-minute 1504 [8] 431 396 16 843 1800 (14-Oct-2008) 15-minute 1522 [4] 0 2 0 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 33% improvement over yesterday [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Nanuk"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2080"] [BlackElo "2128"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "02:44:02"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 d5 6. Bb5 Bc5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supplemental material http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpWin-ZjeI Fork Trick pt 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 22 22:23:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:23:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Services for PQ Wall - Monday 8/24 Message-ID: <1251001426.4a90c4521a9d1@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Ellen Wall ----- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:23:16 -0500 From: Ellen Wall Reply-To: ellen at pqwall.com Subject: FW: Services for PQ Wall - Monday 8/24 To: 'Brian Wall' From: Ellen Wall [mailto:ellen at pqwall.com] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:06 PM Subject: Services for PQ Wall - Monday 8/24 Please help us celebrate the life of PQ Wall on Monday, August 24 at 9 am at Jacob Schoen 3827 Canal Street, between Scott and Cortez. There will be a mass at 10.New Orleans. >From there we will go to Jefferson Memorial Gardens, 11316 River Road, St Rose Louisiana. For those of you going to the cemetery, there will be an escort. The following directions are only if you are not with the escort. For those of you coming from out of town, we would be happy to suggest hotels and lodging nearby. We have been asked about flowers or donations. If you wish to give a donation, please send checks to the Preservation Resource Center, the definitive organization in New Orleans dedicated to preserving the unique architecture that makes New Orleans so special. www.prcno.org. If you have any questions, comments, etc, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or phone: 504.388.4662 I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your kind thoughts and wonderful recollections. They have helped me and my family so much. You are all a blessing! Love, Ellen, Charlie and Markey Bottom of Form 3827 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119-6036 http://images.citysearch.net/assets/guide/images/end-image.gifEnd: Jefferson Memorial Gardens 11316 River Rd, Saint Rose, LA 70087-3700 Total Distance: 18.15 mi Total Time: 24.7 minutes 1. Start out going NORTHWEST on CANAL ST toward N SCOTT ST. 1.04 mi 2. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto CITY PARK AVE. 0.12 mi 3. Turn RIGHT toward I-10. 0.08 mi 4. Merge onto I-10 W. 10.83 mi 5. Merge onto I-310 S via EXIT 220 toward BOUTTE/HOUMA. 3.02 mi 6. Merge onto AIRLINE HWY/US-61 S via EXIT 2 toward KENNER. 1.23 mi 7. Turn RIGHT onto ALMEDIA RD/LA-50. 0.85 mi 8. Turn RIGHT onto RIVER RD/LA-48. 0.97 mi 9. Arrive in 11316 River Rd, Saint Rose, LA 70087-3700 At 1 pm we will celebrate PQ in a reception at The Foundry. Address is 333 St Joseph St (Warehouse District) phone 504.586.1309. Please bring your joy of life and good stories about PQ. We will supply the refreshments. Directions from Jefferson Memorial Gardens to The Foundry, below. Driving directions to 331 St Joseph St, New Orleans, LA 70130 17.6 mi - about 25 mins 1316 River Rd, St Charles, Louisiana 70087 Head northeast on LA-48/River Rd Continue to follow LA-48 Turn left at Alliance St Turn right at US-61 Turn left toward Airport Access Rd Turn right at Airport Access Rd Take the ramp onto I-10 E Slight right at US-90 S (signs for US-90 Bus/US-90/Claiborne Ave) Take exit 11A toward Tchoupitoulas St/S Peters St Slight left at Calliope St Sharp left at Tchoupitoulas St Turn right at St Joseph St Destination will be on the left ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090822/6d97ec96/attachment.ksh -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Open: Open to all USCF members Reserve: Open to U1600 and unrated players Entry fee: $45, $10 less for Jr/Sr/Unrated, $5 less if rec'd by 9/2 Prizes: $2000 b/80 (72 players last year). Open section: $300-$180-$120. U2000/U1800 $120-$60. U1600 section: $240-$160-$120. U1400/U1200 $120-$60. U1000 $80, Unrated $80 Registration: Saturady 8:00-9:00, Rounds: Sat: 9, 12:30, 6 Sun: 9:30, 4 (membership meeting at 3). Entries: Richard Buchanan 1 Sutherland Rd. Manitou Springs, CO 80829 Phone: (719)685-1984 (719)685-1984 E-mail: buckpeace at pcisys.net Double Tree Phone # 1-303-779-6161 1-303-779-6161. Ask for chess rate ($69). First CO Tour event of 2009-2010! CSCA membership req'd ($15, if rec'd by $10), OSA. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 26 12:04:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:04:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] guestbook online for dad Message-ID: <1251309872.4a95793018602@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Charles Wall ----- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:23:35 -0500 From: Charles Wall Reply-To: Charles Wall Subject: guestbook online for dad To: James Wall , Bill Wall , Bill Wall , Brian Wall , jackwall88 at aol.com in case youre interested, there is a guestbook online for dad. http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=lucius-john-wall-pq&pid=131737706 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090826/8a79330c/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 26 12:33:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:33:31 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ZZ Fishing Pole win ZZ Message-ID: <1251311611.4a957ffb0aa1b@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDNhqzqHkA&feature=related Luke Kelly come my little son (Rare) This was playing during this game ----------------------------------------------------------------------- My father was my biggest Chess email fan among my family. He printed out ones he liked and put them on his home office walls. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This game is similar to the famous Marvin Lee - Brian Wall Game Kansas Open 2007 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1472993 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for zwanezang On for: 8 Idle: 0 zwanezang is currently involved in a match against CROQUE-M. rating [need] win loss draw total best 5-minute 1950 207 172 7 386 2055 (02-Aug-2009) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.26"] [Round "-"] [White "zwanezang"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "2158"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "12:54:17"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! The rest should be a trivial win. If I can't figure out the Fishing Pole in 7 years with computer help, what chance does this guy have? 5. h3 h5!! 6. d3 Bc5!! 7. c3 Bb6 My old dilemma - do I waste a tempo with ... a6 to secure a safe haven for my Hyper-Pole Peekaboo Bishop on a7 or save a tempo with ... Bb6 and worry about d2-d3-d4-d5. LM Jack Young and I used to discuss this. Rybka 3 thinks it's a tossup. 8. d4 a6 The worst of both worlds 9. Bxc6 dxc6!! Almost always the right direction 10. Nxe5 Greed hurts yeah yeah Greed hurts 10 ... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 Snowflakes. In the Marvin Lee - Brian Wall game I took my first think determining that ... Qe7 was better than ... Qh4. Against Zwanezang it's the other way around. 12. Bf4? Humans see no reason to let go of the e5-pawn with Nd2! 12 ... g5!! Now the infamous slow Marvin Lee - Brian Wall tournament game and Zwanezang blitz game are identical except the Hyper-Pole Bishop is one square off. 13. Bg3 h4!! 14. Bh2! g4!! 15. hxg4! Qg5!!! Three seconds spent. It's always a tough choice here between 14 ... h3!!!. Qg5!! or ... Rg8!! I did think right after I moved that 15 ... h3!! might have been better because 15 ... h3!!! 16 g3 entombs the Bishop and 15 ... h3!!! 16 gh R:h3!! is crushing because it opens up ... Qh4 and 15 ... h3!!! 16 Qf3 hg! opens up all lines so even during the game I thought 15 ... h3!! might be more powerful. 16. Qd2 Qxg4!! 17. Qf4 Qxf4 Tough choice for a blitz game. I would find Rybka's next two moves difficult - 17 ... Rg8!!! 18 Q:g4 B:g4!! Other approaches are better than mine - 17 ... h3!!!, ... Be6!!, ... Qg7, ... Qg6!!, ... Qh5!!, ... Bd7!! Almost anything is better for me at this point. 18. Bxf4! Be6!! 19. Nd2 O-O-O 19 ... Rg8!! is best but in a blitz game there is no time for subtleties, you just want to wheel out every cannon. 20. Nf3! Rdg8! 21. Nd4 Rg4 This was my plam from far off and 21 ... Bh3!! is even better 22. g3! Rhg8 The right move is disguised again - 22 ... hg!! 23 fg Rg7!! to double on the h-file and invade 23. Kg2? Rxf4! {White resigns} 0-1 I'm still learning --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.26"] [Round "-"] [White "zwanezang"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "2158"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "12:54:17"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Qg5 16. Qd2 Qxg4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Nd2 O-O-O 20. Nf3 Rdg8 21. Nd4 Rg4 22. g3 Rhg8 23. Kg2 Rxf4 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Aug 26 18:44:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:44:12 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dan Avery-can meet the Mother-in-law of the Duckbill Platypus Message-ID: <1251333852.4a95d6dc01cfd@www.taom.com> Boston Market and the Langseths hosted a giant Chess dinner a year ago for the Martinez and Kondracki families. I first met 12 year old Kurt Kondracki, his sister Jenna and his Mom Janice there. There are sub-compeitions all throughout the Chess world along sexual, racial, age and location lines. My son asked me two weeks ago why I had more and bigger pictures of my daughter in my room. I told him many of those pictures were very old. " Maybe Phyllis is jealous of us because we are both boys. " Daddy Devon, brightening " Yeah, we're the same sex! " Among male 12 year old Colorado Chessplayers Daniel Zhou and Kurt Kondracki are among the elite. It seems like yesterday that Tyler Hughes and Dylan Lehti and Richard Herbst were fighting for this prize. I beat Kurt Round 1 and Daniel the last round 5. Daniel's move technqiue was rather astonishing, he moved very meticulously, crossing out inferior moves on his scoresheet as he went along. Kurt seemed to make solid developing moves each time. About a month ago Craig Thomson of Manchester, New Hampshire was White in a 1200 ICC blitz game that went 1 d4 c6 2 c4 b5 Whoa, what's that?, I asked 5,000 Chessplayers. Nobody responded. So I had an opening with no name. On the way to the 2009 Pikes Peak Open Danielle asked me to invent a Duckbill Platypus Opening. Now I had a name with no opening. Manitou Springs Chess is a duckshoot for me so I often unveil shaky, trembling new animals blinking in the sunlight like the Raccoon, the Badger or my answer to the Scotch. I decided to uncork the Duckbill Platypus on Young Master Kurt. The lovely Mrs. Janice Kondracki informed me midgame that her son had created a video on the Duckbill Platypus for school 2 years ago. My big project at that age was Thomas Alva Edison. Both Kurt and Danielle prefer the name Platypus. Dan Avery told me in between rounds he also invented this opening 30 years ago. Dan called it the Avery-Can like the Caro-Kann and played several rated games with it. When I mega-databased the Platypus I found it was at least 26 years old - Perhaps Dan played it first but in the databases Sergio Carlos Giardelli played the Platypus in 1983, Michel Jadoul ( 6 times ) won with it in 1988, the infamous Unorthodx Openings guru Gerald Welling ( 3 times ) tried it in 1988, future Grandmaster Ian Rogers ( 3 times ) tried it in 1989. In short it has a brief history at the highest levels, possibly with a name and analysis in unknown theoretical journals. I am very late to the party. Everyone knows or should know that scientists ripped off the beak of the platypus when it was first discovered, they thought it was a hoax. That's why I like the name Duckbill Platypus for 1 c4 c6 2 d b5 it doesn't look like a real opening, it looks like a prank, it makes White want to rip that fake duck beak right off the board even if all the other pieces fall down. The Avery-Can, the Platypus or the Duckbill Platypus has a history but I knew none of this on Move 1. Kurt also played my roommate Danielle that Saturday and told his Mom, " I lost to Brian and his girlfriend. " Renard Anderson stayed on Board 1 all tournament, losing one rating point. Julian Evans tied with him with 4.5/5. Jeff Baffo tied for third with me, 4/5, gaining 40 rating points. I lost the 10 rating points I gained in the brutal 2009 World Open playing 2300's every round. Jeff Baffo crossed 1800 again while Ted Doykos went below 1800 by losing twice in two weeks to 1355 Danielle Rice who gained 80 points at the Pikes Peak Open. [Event "Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Kurt Kondracki"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1640"] [Opening "English: Caro-Kann defensive system, Avery-Can, The Duckbill Platypus"] [ECO "A11"] [NIC "EO.64"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/90, Game/1 hour"] Pikes Peak Open Manitou Springs, CO City Hall next to the big black train and police station on Main Street cozy cottage with Danielle Rice at the Pikes Peak Inn with a Kosher picnic basket 5 second delay 40/90 Game/1 hour English Opening, Avery-Can, Platypus, Duckbill Platypus August 1, 2009 Board 2 Open section White - Kurt Kondracki physical age - 12 Black - Brian Wall emotional age - 12 1. c4 c6 2. d4 b5 3. e3 Rybka 3 thinks its a close call between 3 cb, e4, e3 or Na3 slight edge White 3 ... bxc4 Rybka 3 thinks its a close call between my move, 3 ... Ba6 or ... a6 3 ... Ba6 looks like it belong to the Platypus family, 3 ... a6 also looks like a monotreme ( egg laying mammal ). 4. Bxc4 Nf6 TN Theoretical Novelty by Brian Wall In the Great Depression before computers it was explained that Rook pawns are 50 cents, center pawns are $1 and everything else was in between. I should have a slightly better pawn structure if I can catch up in development, something to look forward to. 4 ... Ba6 has been played once and 4 ... d5 twice. 5. Nc3 g6 5 ... Ba6!! has a waddling Duckbill feel to it. 6. Nf3! Bg7 7. O-O! O-O! This is about as comfortable as any other Chess Opening. 8. Bd2 A reasonable flipper move for a 12 year old, getting all the pieces out. 8 ... a5 8 ... Ba6!! or ... d5!! fits the bill 9. Rc1 What is Kurt going to do when he runs out of mechanical developing moves and trades? 9 ... Ba6! Long overdue 10. Bxa6 Nxa6! Must be the Lemming side of the Platypus family. 11. Qe2 c5 Must be the Mother-in-law of the Lemming of the Platypus family. ... c7 and ... b4 are the natural habitat of the Lemming Knight on a6 but I am trying to create a Mother-in-Law type square ( hard to dislodge ) on c5. 12. dxc5 Nxc5!! Kurt has used almost every move to develop or trade something. At the 16th street mall my friends imitate Mothers-in-law when I make moves like this. " Why can't you be more like Johhny? " " I told my daughter not to marry a loser like you. " " Where's my dinner? " " There's no reason for me to move out of your house. " " You're blocking the TV, sonny. " Kurt almost fell out of his chair laughing when I did this in an Anthony Hopkins Pyscho voice in the post-mortem. 13. Rc2 d5 14. Rfc1! Nfe4!! The position is about even but I am hoping to create some pressure on b2. 15. Be1 I was sort of amused during the game, Kurt is following the basic principles of Chess and has a decent game. I am playing creatively and have nothing versus a 12 year old. My son is 10. Kurt's plan is to trade his Bishop for mine, not some superfluous Knight. Logical. 15 N:e4 N:e4 16 Nd4 is also good, focussing on the c-file and not caring what happens to a bad Bishop. 15 ... e6 The cheapest babysitter theory - My Queen doesn't have to sit on the d5-egg any more. 15 ... Qd7 connecting the Rooks is also good. 16. Nxe4 Nxe4! 17. Nd2 Trade-trade-lose policy. The Master way to trade is to occupy idea squares ( 17 Nd4! ) and let the opponent worry about trading. 17 ...Nd6!! 18. Nb3 a4!! 19. Nd4 Bxd4! 20. exd4! Nf5!! This has an Alekhine's Defense feel to it now. b2 and d4 are potential targets. 21. Qd3 Qb6!! 22. Bc3! Are we at a standstill or can I increase the pressure? 22 ... Rfc8!! It's starting to feel like textbook Nimzovich-Capablanca stuff. I correctly reasoned that my move was more necessary than 22 ... h5! securing the Knight 23. g4! Nd6! Even material but Kurt's Bishop is a big pawn and I have many weak squares to poke at. 24. Bd2! Rc4!! 25. Rxc4 Nxc4!! 26. Rb1! Nxd2!!! I studied 26 ... N:b2 for 10 minutes but I didn't like the simple 26 ... N:b2 27 Bh6 N:d3 28 R:b6 with bank rank issues or 26 ... N:b2 27 Qc3 a3 28 Bh6 That Bishop has no business being there. 27. Qxd2! Rc8!! With pressure on b2 and d4 28. b3 Rc4!! 29 bc Q:b1+ 30 Kg2 dc is a disastrous Queen and pawn ending for Kurt. 29. h3! Rxd4! 29 ... Q:d4! also works 30. Qe3! axb3! 31. axb3! Rb4! 30 ... Qb4! also works 32. Qxb6! Rxb6! Bottom line - solid extra pawn - Rook ending We rush our Kings to the center 33. Kf1 f6 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 e5 36. f3 Ke6!! 37. b4! f5 38. Ke3? d4+!! Janice Kondracki started humming the pawn wave guy song. 39. Kd3 Kd5!! 40. gxf5 gxf5!! 41. h4 e4+!! 42. fxe4+ fxe4+!! 43. Kd2! Kc4 44. Rg1 Rxb4!! 45. Rg7 Rb2+ 46. Kd1 Kd3!! 47. Ke1 e3!! 48. Kf1 Only Move Rb1+ 49. Kg2! e2!! Kurt has played like a boy whose Daddy taught him Chess, bring all your pieces out, don't move any piece twice in the opening, trade if he's higher rated and now I realized Kurt was going to follow Daddy's last piece of advice, never resign, they might stalemate you. I had trouble with this one at my son's Elementary School class, on the one hand I witnessed many stalemates 6 pieces ahead but I had trouble forbidding any kid from resigning three pieces down like the coaches urged me to. Since Kurt won't resign a -25 position against a Chessmaster I wanted to show him what a Chessmaster really is, someone who can win with the slightest of advantages. Maybe Kurt just wanted to say he lasted 100 moves against a Master like I tried to against Norman Rogers, 2009 World Open. 50. Rxh7 e1=R!! Cat and Mouse time. Getting a Queen mates quickly. The confused crowd increased. Danielle was tapping her foot impatiently waiting to go to lunch. Mating with Bishop and Knight seemed undoable. 51. h5 Re3!! Maybe Anthea's favorite Rook Roller checkmate 52. Rf7 Rb2+! 53. Rf2 Rh3!! Giving up a Rook to enter a Rook ending 54. Rxb2! Rxh5!! Or else 55 Rb5! draws. My idea is that I can cut Kurt's King off on the Long side of the pawn and his Rook will be stuck on the Short side of the pawn with no checking distance, a much more masterly display than some crude Queen checkmate. 55. Kf1 Rh1+ 56. Kg2! 56 Kf2? Rh2+ picks up the Rook 56 ... Re1 I am no Keres but it seemed to me he's lost here. 57. Kf2 Re8 58. Rb3+ Kc2!! See, King cut off and no Rook Checking distance 59. Ra3 d3!! 60. Ra2+ Kb3!! See, King cut off and no Rook Checking distance 61. Rd2 Kc3!! No Lucena position, I guess. 62. Rd1 d2!! 63. Ra1! Kb2!! See, King cut off and no Rook Checking distance 64. Rd1 Kc2!! 0-1 Kurt Resigns against his father's wishes, went to bed without supper and spent the night in the tool shed. At least Kurt was part of the process of naming a Chess Opening after his favorite duckmole. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Pikes Peak Open"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO City Hall"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Kurt Kondracki"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "1640"] [Opening "English: Caro-Kann defensive system, Avery-Can, The Duckbill Platypus"] [ECO "A11"] [NIC "EO.64"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/90, Game/1 hour"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 b5 3. e3 bxc4 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 a5 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc2 d5 14. Rfc1 Nfe4 15. Be1 e6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. Nb3 a4 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Nf5 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Bc3 Rfc8 23. g4 Nd6 24. Bd2 Rc4 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Rb1 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Rc8 28. b3 Rc4 29. h3 Rxd4 30. Qe3 axb3 31. axb3 Rb4 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Kf1 f6 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 e5 36. f3 Ke6 37. b4 f5 38. Ke3 d4+ 39.Kd3 Kd5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. h4 e4+ 42. fxe4+ fxe4+ 43. Kd2 Kc4 44. Rg1 Rxb4 45. Rg7 Rb2+ 46. Kd1 Kd3 47. Ke1 e3 48. Kf1 Rb1+ 49. Kg2 e2 50. Rxh7 e1=R 51. h5 Re3 52. Rf7 Rb2+ 53. Rf2 Rh3 54. Rxb2 Rxh5 55. Kf1 Rh1+ 56. Kg2 Re1 57. Kf2 Re8 58. Rb3+ Kc2 59. Ra3 d3 60. Ra2+ Kb3 61. Rd2 Kc3 62. Rd1 d2 63. Ra1 Kb2 64. Rd1 Kc2 0-1 Kurt Resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1983.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Soppe, Guillermo"] [Black "Giardelli, Sergio Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1983.03.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "3"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 b5 3. cxb5 cxb5 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Qb6 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bb1 e6 10. a3 Na6 11. O-O exd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rd8 16. b4 Be7 17. Be3 Qb8 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Bc4 22. Nxa7 Bf6 23. Rad1 Bc3 24. Bd2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Rfe8 26. Rdd1 d5 27. Bf3 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 d4 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Re4 Bd5 31. Ne7+ Kg7 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Kf1 Rd6 34. Re7 Kf6 35. Rb7 d3 36. Ke1 Ke5 37. Kd2 f5 38. Rxh7 Nb8 39. Rc7 Nd7 40. Rc3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Copenhagen op"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Clausen, Steen"] [Black "Jadoul, Michel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2270"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1988.06.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 b5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O bxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. c5 Qc7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. h3 Nh5 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. Bf1 Bf5 17. Rb2 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. Rd2 a5 20. a4 Rb4 21. Bb5 Be4 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exf3 26. Rd8+ Nf8 27. Bd2 Rxa4 28. Nxa5 Qb5 29. c6 Ra1 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. c7 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qf1 33. Rxf8+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Copenhagen op"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Larsen, S."] [Black "Welling, Gerard"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [BlackElo "2355"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1988.06.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 b5 3. cxb5 cxb5 4. e4 Bb7 5. f3 a6 6. a3 e6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Nh3 f5 9. Nc3 b4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nf2 Qf6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. e5 Qg6 14. Nd3 a5 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O Ne7 17. Bg5 Nd5 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Be7 Rfc8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Nb5 b3 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Bc4 Nf7 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Qd3 Qf8 27. Bxb3 Qb4 28. Bc2 Bd5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qd2 Qxb2 31. Ba4 Qb7 32. Rc1 h6 33. h3 Ra8 34. Bd1 Ra2 35. Rc2 Ra1 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Qxc1 Qb4 38. Qe3 Qb1 39. Qd2 Bb3 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Hoogovens-B"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Van der Sterren, Paul"] [Black "Rogers, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1989.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "10"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.01"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 b5 3. cxb5 cxb5 4. e4 Bb7 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Ngf3 e6 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bb1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nb3 a5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. a3 Na6 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Rc1 a4 17. Nbd4 Qb7 18. e6 f6 19. Nxc6 dxc6 20. Nd4 Nec5 21. Qh5+ Kd8 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. Bf4 Re7 25. Bg3 Qb6 26. Nxc6+ Qxc6 27. Rxd5+ Qxd5 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. exd7 g6 30. Qe2 Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1 gxf5 32. Qd5 Bg7 33. Qf7 Nxd7 34. Qxg7 Re8 35. h3 Nac5 36. Qxh7 Nb3 37. Qxf5 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Nd2 39. h4 Ne4 40. Qxb5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wikipedia Platypus The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species have been found in the fossil record. The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud. It is one of the few venomous mammals; the male Platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans. The unique features of the Platypus make it an important subject in the study of evolutionary biology and a recognizable and iconic symbol of Australia; it has appeared as a mascot at national events and is featured on the reverse of the Australian 20 cent coin. The platypus is the animal emblem of the state of New South Wales.[4] Until the early 20th century it was hunted for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range. Although captive breeding programs have had only limited success and the Platypus is vulnerable to the effects of pollution, it is not under any immediate threat. When the Platypus was first discovered by Europeans in 1798, a pelt and sketch were sent back to the United Kingdom by Captain John Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales.[5] The British scientists were at first convinced that the attributes must have been a hoax.[3] George Shaw, who produced the first description of the animal in the Naturalist's Miscellany in 1799, stated that it was impossible not to entertain doubts as to its genuine nature, and Robert Knox believed it may have been produced by some Asian taxidermist.[6] It was thought that somebody had sewn a duck's beak onto the body of a beaver-like animal. Shaw even took a pair of scissors to the dried skin to check for stitches.[3] The common name, Platypus, is Latin derived from the Greek words ?????? ("platys", flat, broad) and ???? ("pous", foot), meaning "flat foot".[7] Shaw assigned it as a Linnaean genus name when he initially described it, but the term was quickly discovered to already belong to the wood-boring ambrosia beetle (genus Platypus).[8] It was independently described as Ornithorhynchus paradoxus by Johann Blumenbach in 1800 (from a specimen given to him by Sir Joseph Banks)[9] and following the rules of priority of nomenclature it was later officially recognised as Ornithorhynchus anatinus.[8] The scientific name Ornithorhynchus is derived from ???????????? ("ornithorhynkhos"), which literally means "bird snout" in Greek, and anatinus, which means "duck-like" in Latin. There is no universally agreed upon plural of "platypus" in the English language. Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is pseudo-Latin;[3] the Greek plural would be "platypodes". Early British settlers called it by many names, such as watermole, duckbill, and duckmole.[3] The name "Platypus" is often prefixed with the adjective "duck-billed" to form Duck-billed Platypus, despite there being only one species of Platypus.[10] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDNhqzqHkA&feature=related Luke Kelly come my little son (Rare) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 27 00:09:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:09:13 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ICC Chess Talk with IM John Watson archives Message-ID: <1251353353.4a9623099e507@www.taom.com> http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/index/watson/index.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Aug 27 02:51:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:51:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Grandmaster Tsari lasts 13 moves against Fishing Pole Message-ID: <1251363063.4a9648f7b3d78@www.taom.com> Statistics for Tsari(GM) On for: 3:15 Idle: 0 Tsari is currently involved in a match against B-Wall. rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2706 33 47 7 87 2881 (30-Apr-2009) 5-minute 2168 [1] 120 86 21 227 2475 (14-Apr-2009) 1-minute 1826 [8] 28 37 0 65 2131 (15-May-2009) 15-minute 2148 9 2 1 12 1: Expect unexpected. Groups : GMs -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Tsari"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2155"] [BlackElo "2252"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "04:38:41"] [TimeControl "300+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. Nxg7+ Kf8!! My Fishing Pole is already beating a GM in 10 moves 10. Nf5 Bxf5!! 11. Bxc6 Qh4!! Totally crushing 12. h3 Qg3 This is a very rare case where 12 ... N:f2!!!! is even stronger than my move or 12 ... B:f2+!! 13. hxg4 hxg4 Mating {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Tsari"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2155"] [BlackElo "2252"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "04:38:41"] [TimeControl "300+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. hxg4 hxg4 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 29 18:46:41 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:46:41 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Utah FIDE Series #1 Chess Tournament, September 17-19, 2009 Message-ID: <1251593201.4a99cbf1c627f@www.taom.com> No Prize money, no entry fee ----- Forwarded message from d_nash at krusemer.com ----- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:17:00 -0700 (PDT) From: d_nash at krusemer.com Reply-To: d_nash at krusemer.com Subject: Utah FIDE Series #1 Chess Tournament, September 17-19, 2009 To: Allan Johnson Hello.?? ? You are invited to play in Utah's FIDE-rated chess tournament series.? The first event takes place September 17-19.?? Please reply as soon as possible, letting us know whether you plan to play.?? We are inviting players with FIDE ratings first, and then will open it up to a matching number of FIDE-unrated players with high USCF ratings (over 2000).?? Although many are invited, we expect about 12-16 players in total will confirm. ? 5-round Swiss System.?? USCF pairing rules.?? September 17-19, 2009.? Riverton, UT. Byes available any round (2 max).?? Time control Game/120, TD/5.? EF $20.? No prizes, but possible?stipends for GM's and IM's.? No?FIDE norm possibilities?expected.?? ? Location:? "Big Al's Chess Garage"? (see photo and address?at? http://www.utahchess.com/Event_Flyers/ThursdayKnights.doc) ? Round 1 -- Thurs, 6pm Round 2 -- Friday, noon Round 3 -- Friday, 6pm Round 4 -- Saturday, 10am Round 5 -- Saturday, 4pm ? Invited players (including all FIDE rated players from states surrounding UT) ? 2390? IM?Michael Mulyar (CO) 2388? FM?Daniel Rensch (AZ) 2330? FM Jeffry Kastner (AZ) 2312? FM Robby Adamson (AZ) 2299? Richard Herbst?(CO) 2297? FM Will? Wharton?(AZ) 2294? FM David Lucky (NV) 2280? Tyler Hughes (CO) 2207? FM Renard Anderson?(CO) 2204? Brian Wall (CO) 2202? Jason Mielke (UT) 2176? Tory Anderson?(UT) 2174? Kayden Troff?(UT) 2157? FM Edwin Schreiber (NV) 2134? Eleuterio Alsasua (NV) 2118? Mitesh Shridhar (CO) 2079? WCM Stephanie Pitcher (UT) 2049? Luke Harmon-Vellotti?(ID) 1964? Michael Parsons?(UT) 1950? Hans Morrow? (UT) ? Other players with established FIDE ratings will also be invited to play.?? Please help spread the word! ? Best regards, ? Damian Nash, Chief Organizer Allan Johnson, Chief Arbiter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090829/5ce0e00a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 29 19:41:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:41:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado's Matt Lasley gets opening question answered by Gary Lane, Chess Cafe Message-ID: <1251596483.4a99d8c30770f@www.taom.com> http://www.chesscafe.com/lane/lane.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Aug 29 20:23:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:23:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Enter the Dragon Message-ID: <1251599012.4a99e2a4dbcfc@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.28"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "rabbitosky"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2221"] [BlackElo "2366"] [Opening "Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"] [ECO "B78"] [NIC "SI.18"] [Time "12:53:48"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 I believe this is called the Chinese Dragon. Colorado Chinese Dragons include Felix Yu, Alexander Yu, Dennis Chen, Jackson Chen, Catherine Chen, Jesse Zhang, Zhou Ming Sun and Daniel Zhou. 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ndxb5 Ne5 13. Be2 Qa5 14.Nxa7?? Horrible - 14 Nd4!-b3 is correct as in the game below. The punishment is Classic Dragon fare containing every typical sac. 14 ... Rxb2+!! Rook sac. Starting with a Knight sac 14 ... N:e4!! also works. Half as powerful but still devastating is a second Knight sac, 14 ... N:f3! This is a Dragon dream. 15. Kxb2! Nxf3!! 15 ... N:e4!!! also works while 15 ... Qb4+! wins but not as convincingly. Even in a blitz game Black has a wide range of easy wins. 16. gxf3! Nxe4!! 16 ... Qb4+!! also works while this time 16 ... Rb8+! is that comforting but not as effective third win. 17. fxe4! Qb4+! 17 ... Rb8+! also wins, anything else loses. 18. Kc1! Qa3+!! 18 ... B:c3! is the comforting but inferior win this move 19. Kb1! Rb8+!! 19 ... B:c3! is the comforting but inferior win this move 20. Nab5 Bxb5!!! Mating. 20 ... B:c3!! or ... Qb4+! merely crush me. {White resigns} 0-1 Wow, I make all best moves except for 14 N:a7?? and that one blink got me wiped out. Beware the Chinese Dragon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.28"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "rabbitosky"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2221"] [BlackElo "2366"] [Opening "Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"] [ECO "B78"] [NIC "SI.18"] [Time "12:53:48"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ndxb5 Ne5 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Nxa7 Rxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qb4+ 18. Kc1 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Rb8+ 20. Nab5 Bxb5 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for rabbitosky On for: 12 Idle: 0 rabbitosky is currently involved in a match against azulyblanco. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1792 [6] 0 2 0 2 Loser's 1442 [6] 0 1 0 1 Crazyhouse 1631 [6] 6 1 0 7 Bullet 2127 [6] 598 557 86 1241 2405 (02-May-2006) Blitz 2560 2519 2262 434 5215 2852 (14-Oct-2006) Standard 2312 [6] 53 20 9 82 2357 (10-May-2006) 5-minute 2324 3646 2960 762 7368 2457 (26-Jul-2009) 1-minute 2290 [4] 5718 4973 742 11433 2485 (01-May-2006) 15-minute 2280 [4] 2 0 0 2 Groups : CCL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Sao Paulo Paulista-ch"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "2007.07.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Rodrigues, Edgar"] [Black "Assumpcao, Roberto"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2137"] [BlackElo "2272"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2007.06.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.09.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ndxb5 Ne5 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Nd4 Qb4 15. Nb3 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Rc1 Qa4 19. Bd4 h5 20. Rhe1 Rc7 21. Qa5 Qd7 22. Ba6 Bh6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rc3 Rb5 27. Qa6 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxd5 29. c4 Re5 30. f4 Re4 31. g3 Qc7 32. Na5 Qb6+ 33. Qxb6 axb6 34. Nc6 Kf8 35. Rd1 Be6 36. Nd4 Bxc4 37. Rd2 h4 38. Kb2 h3 39. Nf3 Bf1 40. Rf2 Bb5 41. Ng5 Rb4+ 42. Ka3 Ra4+ 43. Kb3 Bd7 44. a3 b5 45. c3 f6 46. Nf3 Kg7 47. Re2 e5 48. fxe5 dxe5 49. Rd2 Bg4 50. Ne1 Be6+ 51. Kb2 Ra7 52. Rd6 Bc4 53. Nc2 Kf7 54. Ne3 f5 55. Nxc4 bxc4 56. a4 f4 57. gxf4 exf4 58. Rd2 g5 59. Ka3 g4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Aug 30 23:51:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:51:15 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] How to refute the Fishing Pole Message-ID: <1251697875.4a9b64d34af04@www.taom.com> Information about Babak (Last disconnected Mon Aug 31 2009 00:57): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1649 [6] 62 36 5 103 1649 (12-Jul-2009) Blitz 2057 [5] 39 34 5 78 2194 (04-Apr-2009) 5-minute 1918 [3] 457 436 32 925 2089 (29-Jun-2009) 1: Learn How To Make $$$ Playing Sit-n-Go Poker Tournaments www.sit-n-go.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was playing blitz with Kenny Burgher when some no talent ass clown tried to Fishing Pole me. Nobody makes me bleed my own blood. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Babak"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "1918"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"] [ECO "B42"] [NIC "SI.42"] [Time "00:47:10"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 h5 Tyler mauled Mitch Anderson with this in 2009. turning the Sicilian into a Fishing Pole. 9. h3! Be7 10. f4 h4 The Fishing Pole is so strong that even down a tempo 10 ... Bc5!! is OK for Babak 11. Qf3 Nh5 12. Rae1 Ng3 13. Rf2! b5 14. Nd5!!!!! Kenny was mumbling something about 14 f5?? but I am used to Shattering the Scheveningen with Nd5. No one Fishing Poles Brian Wall. This game looks like an amalgam of my Fishing Pole and Scheveningen Youtube videos. 14 ... exd5! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 ... Qa5 15 c3!! Bd8 16 Nf5!! is the double attack Nd5-Nf5 featured in ********************************************************************* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI Shattering the Scheveningen pt 2 ********************************************************************** 14 ... Qa5 15 c3!! Bd8 16 Nf5!! ed 17 N:g7+ or ed kills 14 ... Qa5 15 c3!! Bd8 16 Nf5!! ef 17 b4!! kills Another wacky win is 14 ... Qa5 15 Bd2 N:d4 16 Qg4 Nd32+ 17 Re:e2 N:e2+ 18 R:e2 Qd8 19 Q:g7 Rf8 20 N:e7, Bc3, f5 or Be3 should win ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. exd5!! Nxd4 16. Bxd4! Kf8! 16 ... 0-0?? 17 Qg4!! 17. d6!! 17 R:e7!!! K:e7 18 B:g7!! going after the other rook in the corner is even better 17 R:e7!!! K:e7 18 B:g7!! Rg8? 19 Qe3+ mates 17 ... Bxd6! 18. Qxa8! Qb7 19. Qxb7 Bxb7! 20. c4!! b4 21. c5!! Bc7! 22. Be5!! d6 23. cxd6!! Kenny's 23 B:d6+!!! is even better 23 ... Bb6! 24. d7! 24 Bd4!! Look how feeble Babak's concept of a Fishing Pole attack is. 24 ... f6 25. Bd6+!! Mating 25 ... Kf7 26. Bc4+ 26 Re7+!! K-any 27 Bg6!! mates 26 ... Kg6! 27. Re8!! {Black resigns} 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Babak"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "1918"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"] [ECO "B42"] [NIC "SI.42"] [Time "00:47:10"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 h5 9. h3 Be7 10. f4 h4 11. Qf3 Nh5 12. Rae1 Ng3 13. Rf2 b5 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Kf8 17. d6 Bxd6 18. Qxa8 Qb7 19. Qxb7 Bxb7 20. c4 b4 21. c5 Bc7 22. Be5 d6 23. cxd6 Bb6 24. d7 f6 25. Bd6+ Kf7 26. Bc4+ Kg6 27. Re8 {Black resigns} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 31 11:54:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:54:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rocky Raccoon Message-ID: <1251741251.4a9c0e43d8bbb@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:49:14 -0600 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Rocky Raccoon To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "postmortem"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "2197"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "12:46:50"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5!! Raccoon invented by LM Jack Young and named by his roommate LM Brian Wall We start out with an ancient cheap trap 3 fe?? Qh4+ plus 2 ... h5!! looks insanely prococative basically calling White out as a puny attacker which leads to all sorts of angry, unsound assaults. The plan is to install a Death Grip Raccoon Paw choke slam with ... h4, ... g5, ... f4 that keeps Kingside bottled up by preventing h4 or g3 whilst keeping White's Queenside also bottled up by preventing Bf4. White is usually quickly outraged by my effrontery plus buckling under the suffocating oppression of the Mighty Raccoon Paw and starts throwing sacrificial bodies on the funeral prye of the Raccoon gods. 3. Bc4 exf4! 4. d4 g5 4 ... Qh4+ 5 Kf1 d6 is another approach 5. h4! Preventing the Raccoon Paw ... h4! 5 ... gxh4? I thought I remembered Fritz recommending this approach but I was wrong - it must have been another position. I know my pawn structure looks horrendous but I thought I had nothing better. 5 ... Nc6! 6 Nc3 d6 7 Nf3 f6 is a radical plan I hadn't considered. The Half-Paw. 6. Bxf4! Dream King's Gambit position for White 6 ... Bg7 7. Nf3! d6! 8. Ng5 Here comes trouble 8 ... Nh6 9. Qxh5 Qf6! A typical Raccoon fiasco - even winning Black poisitions look lost. 10 Rf1! wins. 10. Be3? Bg4? The Raccoon Fishing Pole is correct - 10 ... Ng4!! is about equal 10 ... Nc6 11 Nc3 Ng4!! is better than what I played 11. Qxh4! Nc6!! 12. Rg1?? Pysched out by the threat of ... Nf5 Postmortem collapses. One of my Chess sayings is that - Retreating an active peice is often the culprit in the postmortem. 12 Nc3!!, Rf1!! or Kd2! are still better for White. 12 Nc3!! Nf5+ 13 B:f7+ Kf8 14 Q:h8+ B:h8 15 ef Postmortem has Rook, Knight, two pawns plus the threat of Nh7+ all for the paltry price of one Queen. Very messy though. Impossible to see in a blitz game. 12 ... Nxd4!! Turn around, bright eyes. 13. Na3! Ne6! I have been under seige all game so I was content with a solid defense. I can attack now with 13 ... Nhf5!! 14. Nb5 O-O-O I am ecstatic to castle out of all that pressure but I should be couterattacking already with 14 ... Q:b2!! or ... Nf5!! 15. Nxa7+ Kb8 I was feeling secure thoughts. 16. Qf2 Nxg5!! Only 16 ... Q:b2!!! was better 17. Nc6+? More sac-sac-lose stuff 17 ... bxc6! 18. Ba7+ Kc8 19. Ba6+ Kd7! Postmortem is down two Knight and is out of gas. {White resigns} 0-1 Interesting for me in that it demonstrates how White always sacs unsoundly against the Raccoon. Also if White plays Bc4 before Nf3 I should play ... Qh4+ or ... Nc6, ... d6, ... f6 a new setup for me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "postmortem"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "2197"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "12:46:50"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Bc4 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. h4 gxh4 6. Bxf4 Bg7 7. Nf3 d6 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Qxh5 Qf6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qxh4 Nc6 12. Rg1 Nxd4 13. Na3 Ne6 14. Nb5 O-O-O 15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. Qf2 Nxg5 17. Nc6+ bxc6 18. Ba7+ Kc8 19. Ba6+ Kd7 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 31 14:18:28 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:18:28 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Another extremely rare Full Metal Jacket sighting Message-ID: <1251749908.4a9c301471255@www.taom.com> http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see from my two Chessville articles actual Full Metal Jackets are extremely rare. To order to combat the mind-numbing boredom of 500-1,000 QP positions necessary to stumble upon a genuine Full metal Jacket I invented the Badger which is at least new. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "eltrain2006"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2064"] [BlackElo "2208"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Badger"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "13:56:32"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 fxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bd2 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13. O-O Qe8 14. Rad1 Qg6 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. g3 Bh3 17. Rg1 Bg4 18. Qe1 Bf3+ 19. Rg2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 Qh5 22. Be2 Bxc3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 dxe5 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Rg4 f3 28. Rg3 Rae8 29. h4 Re2 30. Rd7 g6 31. h5 Rxf2 32. hxg6 Rf1+ 33. Kh2 f2 34. gxh7+ Kh8 35. Rg8+ Rxg8 36. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 39. Ke1 b5 40. Rxa7 Rxc3 41. Kd2 Rc4 42. Kd3 Kf8 43. Kd2 Ke8 44. Kd3 Kd8 45. Kd2 Kc8 46. Kd3 Kb8 47. Rh7 Ra4 48. Kc3 Rxa3+ 49. Kb4 Ra7 50. Rh8+ Kb7 51. Kc5 Ra1 52. Rh7+ Ka6 53. Kxc6 Rc1+ 54. Kd5 Ka5 55. Kd4 b4 56. Ra7+ Kb5 57. Kd3 Rc3+ 58. Kd2 Kc4 59. Rc7+ Kb3 60. Ra7 Kb2 61. Rb7 b3 62. Kd1 Rc8 63. Rd7 Kb1 64. Kd2 b2 65. Kd1 Rc5 66. Kd2 Ka2 67. Ra7+ Kb3 68. Rb7+ Ka3 69. Ra7+ Kb3 70. Rb7+ Ka2 71. Ra7+ Kb1 72. Rb7 Rc1 73. Rb8 Rh1 74. Kd3 Kc1 75. Rc8+ Kd1 76. Rb8 Rh3+ 77. Kc4 Kc2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 I thought I played this Badger ending rather well but I am really just marking time until anyone stumbles into ...... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "ilus"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2357"] [BlackElo "2250"] [Opening "KP: Nimzovich defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:13:29"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Ng6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. Bd3 c6 12. h3 Qa5 13. Qd2 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. fxe5 b4 17. exf6 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 gxf6 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Rd2 c5 22. Nb5 Re3 23. Nd6 Bc6 24. c4 Rb8 25. Rf1 f5 26. Rff2 Ra3 27. g4 Rxa2 28. Rd3 Be4 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Re3 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Rd4 33. Rb3 Rc1 34. Ke3 Rxc4 35. Rb7 Re1+ 36. Kf4 e3+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1 I thought I played this Nimzovich ending rather well but I am really just marking time until anyone stumbles into ...... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Real Full Metal Jacket. In the future they will simply arrange 100 player theme tournaments but for now I must be patient. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Big-Master"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2163"] [BlackElo "2279"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:32:18"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 Wow. I can hardly believe it when I get a real Full Metal Jacket, invented in Josh Bloomer's basement to confound Larry Wutt. 4 ... exd5!! 5. fxe5 Qh4+!! The Full Metal Jacket is based on the almost but not quite symmetry of the initial position. White does not have to deal with this in the mirror image Four Pawns Attack, Alekhine's Defense. 6. Kd2 The tricky but unsound Queen Trap 6 g3? Q:e4+ 7 Qe2 Q:h1 8 Nf3 is refuted by ... b6!! and ... Ba6 6 ... Qh6+ I can also play 6 ... Qf4+, ... Qg5+ or de!? Proving I can draw by chasing their King around the board has an emasculating effect on a man's repertoire pride especially since I am playing mostly Masters+. They lose time and get dizzy - it's a little bit like hitting a tennis ball deep and hard in opposite corners over and over again until they collapse. 7. Kc3 Qc6+! 8 Kb3? Qb6+ 9 Kc3 Qb4+ 10 Kd3 Bc5!! or 8 Kb3? Qb6+ 9 Kc3 Qb4+ 10 Kd3 de+! 11 Ke2 Qb5+ 12 Ke1 Q:e5 with a three pawns, a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) plus a safer King for a piece. Better for me. So Big-Master's Queenside sojourn is over and he must grovel back to the center and beg for a draw. Embarrasing result after 5 moves. 8. Kd2 Qh6+! When I get bored with cat and mouse checking humiliation I can play 8 ... de! if I want. 9. Ke1 Qh4+ This is not really a repetition yet because Big-Master had castling priviliges the first time. 10. Kd2 One repetition 10 ... Qf4+!! I have a 90 second time advantage and I haven't done anything yet. 11. Kc3 Qxe5+!! 12. Kb3 Grandmasters of the future will try 12 Qd4 Q:e4 12 ... dxe4!! I have three pawns, a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) plus a safer King for a piece. Better for me. 13. c4 Nf6! 14. Nc3! c6 To advance my Full Metal Jacket on his King. 3,000 rated Rybka prefers 14 ... b5!! or ... Bc5!! 15. Be3 d5! Pawn Wave Guy. Only 15 ... Bc5!! is better, fighting for dark squares. 16. a4 Be6!! Diagonal harassment 17. cxd5 Nxd5!! Diagonal harassment 18. Nxd5! Forced 18 ... Bxd5+! Diagonal harassment. 18... 0-0-0!! or Rd8!! creates more devastating d5-capture options 19. Kc2 forced 19 ... Be7!! 20. Qd4 Qe6!! Safer Kings avoid Queen trades 21. Rc1 O-O!! For my piece I have a safer King, three pawns and 90 extra seconds. 22. Kb1 f5 Rybka-3 wants to attack with pieces - 22 ... Rfd8 23 Qc3 Ba2+ 24 Ka1 Bf6 Qa3 Qb3 but I'm the Pawn Wave Guy. 23. Bc4 f4!! 24. Bxd5 cxd5! 25. Bd2 Bf6!! 26. Qb4! e3!! That's how we roll 27. Bc3 d4!! 28. Bxd4! Big-Master is under a minute, I have 3 minutes. 28 ... Qe4+!! Winning my piece back but keeping some extra pawns 29. Ka1 Qxd4!! 30. Qxd4 Bxd4! 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Rhf1 g5 33. h3 h5 Pawn Wave Guy 34. Rc5! Rae8 35. Ka2 g4 36. hxg4! hxg4! 37. Rc4 31 seconds to my 2:36. I got a little overexcited and just played fast to win on time instead of thinking. 37 ... f3?? 38. Rxg4+ Kf7 39. gxf3 Ke6 40. Re4! Kf5 41. Rxe3! There is nothing left of my win but I have 2:24 to 22 seconds. 41 ... Bxb2?? 42. Rxe8!! Rxe8! 43. Ng3+?? 43 Re1!!! is an unusual, awkward looking winning move 43 ... Kf4!! 44. Nh5+ Kg5 45. Ng3 Be5!! 46. Ne4+! Kf4!! 47. Rd1 Re7 48. Nc5 Kxf3 49. Nd3 Ke2!! Winning more material {White forfeits on time} 0-1 It's true I turned my brain off when Big-Master was down to 30 seconds but all in all the Full Metal Jacket performed his job admirably. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Big-Master"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2163"] [BlackElo "2279"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:32:18"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kc3 Qc6+ 8. Kd2 Qh6+ 9. Ke1 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Qf4+ 11. Kc3 Qxe5+ 12. Kb3 dxe4 13. c4 Nf6 14. Nc3 c6 15. Be3 d5 16. a4 Be6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 19. Kc2 Be7 20. Qd4 Qe6 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Kb1 f5 23. Bc4 f4 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Qb4 e3 27. Bc3 d4 28. Bxd4 Qe4+ 29. Ka1 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Rhf1 g5 33. h3 h5 34. Rc5 Rae8 35. Ka2 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rc4 f3 38. Rxg4+ Kf7 39. gxf3 Ke6 40. Re4 Kf5 41. Rxe3 Bxb2 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Ng3+ Kf4 44. Nh5+ Kg5 45. Ng3 Be5 46. Ne4+ Kf4 47. Rd1 Re7 48. Nc5 Kxf3 49. Nd3 Ke2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Chessville.com Off the Wall BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Aug 31 23:16:54 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:16:54 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rocky Raccoon 2 Message-ID: <1251782214.4a9cae46384f8@www.taom.com> Goyathlay factoids - Name - Craig Thomson likes my openings likes in Manchester, NH luckiest Chessplayer alive, half his wins are from lost positions Goyathlay tells you: I got my rating up over 1300 for the first time [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.30"] [Round "-"] [White "DrBlackmar"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1243"] [BlackElo "1170"] [Opening "King's gambit, Raccoon"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "18:33:52"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5!! Jack Young's Raccoon 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 Raccoon Paw 6. O-O d6 7. Nxg5 The Raccoon Paw drives King's Gambiteers to drink. It's funny but the players I play 1,000 rating points higher have the same reaction to the Raccoon. 7 ... Qxg5 8. Bxf4 Qg6!! So far Craig is playing exactly like I suggested - White has sacced a piece unsoundly and Craig is winning. 9. Be3 Be6!! 10. Bxe6! fxe6! 11. Qf3 Ne7 Not bas but I couldn't wait to play ... Nd7 and ... 0-0-0 12. Nc3! Kd7? Some unnecessary panic reaction to Nb5 - everything wins. 13. e5 h3 14. g3 Nf5? 14 ... Nbc6 or ... d5 to block Q:b7 easy wins 15. exd6? Craig loses all of his advantage after 15 Q:b7 N:e3 16 Rf6! or 15 Q:b7 Nc6 16 d5! 15 ... cxd6?? 15 ... B:d6!! 16 Q:b7 Nbc6 connects all the dots Goyathlay tells you: well i think 15... cxd6 was my biggest mistake 16. Qxb7+! Now it's a disaster but Goyathlay is nothing if not lucky. Goyathlay tells you: I really screwed it up but luckily he got greedy 16 ... Ke8 17. Qxa8 Nxe3! 18. Qxb8+! Ke7 19. Qc7+ Ke8! 20. Rfe1 Qxc2 Trying for a home run 21. Rxe3?? Qg2# Goyathlay tells you: anyway he was flustered enough to let it slip so that's pretty funny in itself {White checkmated} 0-1 I have wondered if asking a Class player to play the Raccoon is too much when I saw Mile Fillpu beat Anthea Carson Martinez with it. With a little practice I think it is OK to start out with a won game, even if it is definitely dangerous until you get a feel for it. The Raccoon is playable and often winning if you can play 10-15 accurate moves. Other people playing my openings always interests me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.08.30"] [Round "-"] [White "DrBlackmar"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1243"] [BlackElo "1170"] [Opening "King's gambit, Raccoon"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "18:33:52"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h4 6. O-O d6 7. Nxg5 Qxg5 8. Bxf4 Qg6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qf3 Ne7 12. Nc3 Kd7 13. e5 h3 14. g3 Nf5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Qxb7+ Ke8 17. Qxa8 Nxe3 18. Qxb8+ Ke7 19. Qc7+ Ke8 20. Rfe1 Qxc2 21. Rxe3 Qg2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net Off the Wall Chessville.com www.Walverine.com