[BrianWall-ChessList] Enter the Dragon

[Brian Wall]

[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.
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[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
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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
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[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
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