From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  1 15:57:08 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  1 Dec 2009 15:57:08 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Daoud Zupa on Laznicka-Mamedyarov World Cup,
	Round 5
Message-ID: <1259708228.4b159f44df364@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Daoud Zupa <zupappa at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:30:49 -0500
    From: Daoud Zupa <zupappa at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Daoud Zupa <zupappa at gmail.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Laznicka-Mamedyarov World Cup, Round 5
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

I would have expected 10)....dc 11)Qxc4 e5 to get the c6 knight involved and
a queenside majority.  I was under the impression for 25 years or so that
this setup for black w/ Nc6 was bad after cd ed and c-file pressure probably
turning into a minority attack situation.  I remember a game from MCO12 with
black having to play Rc8 before moving the knight, but this Na7 plan works
maybe. The guy is 2700.
Daoud

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>wrote:


 I chose this game because of the amusing finish

 Game/90
 30 second increment

 World Cup
Round 5

 [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
 [Date "2009.11.30"]
 [Round "?"]
 [White "GM_Laznicka"]
 [Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
 [Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
 [BlackElo "2719"]
 [Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"]
 [ECO "D38"]
 [NIC "NI.27"]
 [Time "04:56:07"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
 7. Bd2 a6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3!  TN Laznicka

 Theoretical Novelty by GM Laznicka.
 10 Bd3!!, Rd1  or 0-0-0!?
 have been played before.
10 Be2! or b4!
 are decent untried moves.

 10 ... h6!  11. cxd5

 Maintaining the tension with
 11 Bd3 or Be2
 is better
 11 ... exd5 12. Bd3!  Bd7!  13. b4 Na7

 It's amusing that Nc6,
 blocking the c-pawn,
 is often followed up by
 moving the Knight later,
 leaving me wondering why they
went there in the first place.
 Another plan is connecting the Rooks with
 13 ... Be6  14 0-0  Qd7
 making me wonder why Black played ... Bd7


 14. Na4 b6
 Freeing the bad Bishop with
 14 ... B:a4  or ... Bb5
 is logical


 15. Nc3  Nb5!

 Freeing the bad Knight instead

 16. Ne2!  Ne4!  17. a4!  Na7!  18. O-O!  Nc6!  19. b5!  axb5!
20. axb5!  Nxd2! 21. Qxd2!  Nb4!  22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3! Be6

 Mamedyarov has two Bishops against two Knights


 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6!

 Knights gravitate towards their only outpost -
 Azerbajain GM Mamedyarov works around it

 25 ... Qd7!  26. f3 Qf7 27. f4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1!  Bd7

 Looks even to me -
 the minor pieces don't have much scope yet

 Time remaining

 Mamedyarov -
 20 minutes

 Laznicka -
 10 minutes plus 30 second increment


 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4!!

 This move becomes very important later


 31. Kg1!  g6!  32. Re2 Kg7

 Cozy


 33. Qb1!  Bf5! 34. Qd1!  Qe6!  35. Qd2!

 Mamedyarov has a slight advantage in position and time.

 Time -

 Mamedyarov -
 12 minutes

 Laznicka -
 3 minutes plus 30 second increment



 "A child comes to me with a spark of interest.
 I feed the spark and it becomes a flame.
 I feed the flame and it becomes a fire.
 I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze." -
 Cus D'Amato, legendary boxing trainer of Floyd Patterson and Mike Tyson



 35 ... Ra8 36. Re1!  Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39. Ra2!  Bb1

 Creeping in


 40. Nxb1 Rxb1+!

 Winning


 41. Kh2!  Bc1!!

 The rest of the game is crashing through on the bank rank
 plus e3-f4

 42. Qe1!  Qe4!!!

 42 ... Q:e3!!   also works but the Azeri wants a middle game victory


 43. Ra7!  Qxf4+!!

 44 ef  B:f4+!  45  g3  hg+!
 simultaneously attacks and guards everything
 46 Q:g3  Rb2+  47 Kg2  B:g3
 winning ending two pawns up

 Time -
 Mamedyarov -
 18 minutes

 Laznicka -
 8 minutes plus 30 second increment

 44. Kh1?  Qf2

 Cute.
 44 ... Qe4!!
 is the most deadly

 45. Rxc7+?
 Even GMs can't resist losing check-captures

 45 Q:f2  B:e3+!  46 Qg1  R:g1+  47  Kh2  Kh6  48 Ra2
 is just a lost ending

 45 ...  Kh6!!

 Now  46 Q:f2  B:e3+  47  Qg1  R:g1+  48  Kh2  Rb1!
 Laznicka loses his c7-Rook due to mate threats combined with ... Bf4+


 46. Qd1 Qe2

 Mamedyarov again chooses the cutest move over the most deadly -
 46 ... Qb2!!!!, ... Rb2!!!, ... Qa2!!


 47. Qg1! ( only move to avoid immediate checkmate )  Qxe3!!

 The posiiton is full of fun since 41 ... Bc1!!,
 Laznicka won't sleep tonight.
 The idea is  48 Q:e3?  B:e3+  49  Kh2  Bg1+
 50 Kh1  Bf2+  51  Kh2  Bg3 checkmate

 48. Qf1

 gets mated but
 48 Qd1 Qe2  49 Qg1  Qb2 50 Re7 Bd2  is lights out
 with many other wins possible

 48 ... Qf4

 48 ... Qe4!! mates


 49. Qd3

 49 Qd1 allows the mundane  49 ... Q:c7!!!  mating
 or the fun 49 ... Qh2+!  50   K:h2  Bf4+  51 g3  hg+  52  Kg2 Rb2+!!!
 and Laznicka has to give up Queen and Rook to avoid checkmate
 Only the hopeless and depressing Rook down  49 Qg1  Q:c7
 avoids immediate checkmate


 49 ... Ra1

 49 ... Qg3!!!  or  ... Qd2!!  mate


 {Black wins}  0-1

 Again the only way to avoid checkmate is the hopeless  50 Qd1  Q:c7
 winning a Rook so Laznicka resigns. The last 10 moves were pure torture.

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 [Event "?"]
 [Site "?"]
 [Date "2009.11.30"]
 [Round "?"]
 [White "GM_Laznicka"]
 [Black "GM_Mamedyarov"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [WhiteElo "2637"]
 [BlackElo "2719"]
 [Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"]
 [ECO "D38"]
 [NIC "NI.27"]
 [Time "04:56:07"]
 [TimeControl "5400+30"]

 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8.
 Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Na7 14. Na4 b6
 15. Nc3 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a4 Na7 18. O-O Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nxd2
 21.
 Qxd2 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. f3 Qf7 27. f4
Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd7 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kg1 g6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Qb1 Bf5
 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Re1 Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39. Ra2 Bb1 40.
 Nxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kh2 Bc1 42. Qe1 Qe4 43. Ra7 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Rxc7+ Kh6
 46. Qd1 Qe2 47. Qg1 Qxe3 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qd3 Ra1 {Black wins} 0-1

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 American GMs often give each other money draws in
 later rounds or courtesy draws in earlier rounds.

 [Event "USA-ch"]
 [Site "Seattle"]
 [Date "2003.01.17"]
 [Round "8"]
 [White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
 [Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
 [Result "1/2-1/2"]
 [ECO "D38"]
 [WhiteElo "2629"]
 [BlackElo "2621"]
 [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
 [PlyCount "21"]
 [EventDate "2003.01.09"]
 [EventType "swiss"]
 [EventRounds "9"]
 [EventCountry "USA"]
 [Source "ChessBase"]
 [SourceDate "2003.04.01"]

 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O
 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3

 1/2-1/2

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [Event "Sitges op 29th"]
 [Site "Sitges"]
 [Date "2003.07.25"]
 [Round "8"]
 [White "Borges Mateos, Juan"]
 [Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 [ECO "D38"]
 [WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
 [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
 [PlyCount "88"]
 [EventDate "2003.07.18"]
 [EventType "swiss"]
 [EventRounds "9"]
 [EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
 [SourceDate "2003.09.04"]

 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8.
 a3
 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. h3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 Ng6 15.
O-O
 Nh5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Qd1 Nhf4 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Be3 Nf8 20. Kh2 g5 21. g3
 N4g6
 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Bg4 Bc8 25. Rc1 Nh7 26. Na4 Nf6 27. Bxc8 Rexc8
28.
 Qf3 Nd7 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 f5 31. exf5 Nxf5 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. Ne4 Rf7 34.
 h4
 Raf8 35. hxg5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Nd4 37. Kg2 h5 38. Qd1 Nf3 39. Nf6+ Rxf6 40.
 gxf6
 Nxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Qxf6 42. Rxc7 Qd6 43. Qc1 Qxd5+ 44. Kg1 Rf5 1-0


 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [Event "Bad Zwesten op 8th"]
 [Site "Bad Zwesten"]
 [Date "2004.01.06"]
 [Round "7"]
 [White "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
 [Black "Luther, Thomas"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [ECO "D38"]
 [WhiteElo "2410"]
 [BlackElo "2580"]
 [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
 [PlyCount "62"]
 [EventDate "2004.01.??"]
 [EventType "swiss"]
 [EventRounds "9"]
 [EventCountry "GER"]
 [Source "ChessBase"]
 [SourceDate "2004.03.10"]

 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8.
 Qc2
 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. exd6
 cxd6
 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bf5 17. Bd3 b5 18. c5 b4 19. Nd2 Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bxd3
 21.
 Qxd3 bxa3 22. cxd6 Ne5 23. Qd5 Qd7 24. b3 Rb8 25. Ka2 Rb5 26. Bc5 Nc6 27.
 Kxa3
 Re5 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. d7 Qxc5+ 30. Ka2 Ra5+ 31. Kb1 Ra1+ 0-1


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  1 22:36:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  1 Dec 2009 22:36:59 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Denver Chess Club
Message-ID: <1259732219.4b15fcfb6f677@www.taom.com>

djlogan2
Starting Member



USA
1 Posts
 Posted - 11/11/2009 :  07:52:36
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm from Longmont, and I'm trying to find a good place for my son, pretty new to
chess, to play. I was pretty excited about the home page, being friendly,
kid-centric, etc. You should read the intro!

So we went! Well, when we first got there, there was only one guy. It was the
guy who ended up running the rated games later. I asked if we were early, he
mumbled something about "No", and went on to read his paper, never saying
another word to me.

After a while, some other chess players showed up, but obviously they were all
in a clique, and every single one of them went into a different section of the
room, leaving the three of us stranded. Not even like other chess clubs, where
everyone is in the same room and tends to help force interaction, this one was
divided up so that they could go into a different section completely away from
us. I wonder if it would have helped if we had sat in "their section", or if
they would have done it anyway :)

*sigh* Anyway, I didn't really expect the players themselves to be all that
social, but I did expect somebody in charge of the club to be more welcoming.
It turns out that it appears to be just a run-of-the-mill club that isn't
really led or organized, people just show up to play.

I think the draw is the 90/G rated game and that's pretty much it. I had high
hopes!

David Logan


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The unhappy story of the Denver Chess Club


by Pete Short



I have played chess off and on in Colorado since 1998.  In fact, I have played
in 88 Colorado Rated Tournaments in that time and 72 of those tournaments have
been played on Tuesday Nights at the Denver Chess Club.  Since most of the 72
DCC Tuesday Night Tourneys lasted over the course of 4 or 5 Tuesdays in a month
and recently I have not been able to play in all games, lets say that my
?experience? spans over 208 Tuesdays or 4 solid years of Tuesday Nights.  To be
fair, I often exaggerate and sometimes I am not so good at Math.  So whether I
have spent 3 or 5 years of Tuesdays playing chess at the Denver Chess Club in
its various locations, I will respectively submit, I have the bona fides to
tell a few tales, spin a few yarns, and share some rather interesting
observations during that time.



In real estate, the three most important things are Location, Location, and
Location.  Bobby Fischer was the first outspoken proponent that playing
conditions in chess must be improved.  Since I play with headphones, and
according Shannon Fox, have an apparent undiagnosed case of Tourettes Syndrome
(I rock back and forth in my chair almost as much as Randy Schine and sometimes
vocalize over the music with draw offers and post game analysis), my only real
wish is something Ernest Hemingway titled in one of his 1926 short stories ? ?A
clean, well lighted place? to play chess.  Let?s start there with my miniature
tome on the Denver Chess Club.



On a bright note, we have yet to play in a Greyhound Bus Terminal.  Wait, most
bus terminals are well lit.  The first location of the Denver Chess Club I
played chess at in June 1998 was a miserable Denver Public Schools remedial
education center called PS1 on Bannock Street.  My mental health advisor and
longtime friend, Shannon Fox, drug me there and everything about the place was
horrible.  Poor lighting, a hearing impaired tournament director (Martin Kelly)
who bellowed, and the bathroom (a common theme you are about to read about) had
been frequented prior to the tournament by a parade of little boys who
obviously made wagers on who could drench the pipe work near the ceiling and on
the floors in lieu of the porcelain.  The smell from the ?boys? room was not
appreciably better from the tournament area.  A win, two draws, and a loss
later I took my first sabbatical from the Denver Chess Club.  In fact, the
experience kept me away from any tournament chess for almost 4 years.



A lot happened in the World between June 1998 and February 2002.  One of the
apparent good things was the closure and ultimate bulldozing of PS1.  Well,
like a ?recovered? alcoholic who backslides, I found myself at the chess board
again and that meant going to the new Denver Chess Club on Bannock Street at
the VFW located, you guessed it, in the building right next to PS1.  Thus began
a period of apparent harmony.  Once you looked past the haggard drunks on the
smoke filled first floor that comprised of a bar and made it to the second
floor, there was a large, well lighted dance hall-like playing room with nice
folding tables and chairs. And more importantly, lots of windows to look out
constantly to ensure your car was not being broken into.



It was a Renaissance in Denver Chess with notable players in attendance like IM
Mike ?Boots? Valvo, Andy ?Attention to Detail? Rea, Imre Barlay, James McCarty,
Mikhail and Philip Ponomarev, and Brian Wall.  An entire crop of wunderkind like
Tyler Hughes, Josh Suresh, Mitesh Shridhar, Amarjin ?Parmesan? Nemekhbayer, Ted
Doykos, Jesse ?Little Fester? Hester, the Herbst brothers, and the Derbyshire
clan.  The club was well managed with the diligence of club manager LaMoyne
Splichal and weekend tournaments of substance were organized by DCC President
JC MacNeil and his sidekick VP Paul Grimm.  Of course there were plenty of
non-notable notables there as well in addition to a strong stable of class
players for whom I do not have room to call out.  But as an example of the
non-notable notables, I will point your attention to the Wilhite Brothers (who
after every loss in which they played 1. h3 informed you that ?You got lucky?)
and Wayne Trapp (who ran out with the money that was given to him to create the
first DCC Webpage).



But what made it great for me was the number of my Raytheon co-workers who were
normally in attendance ? John D. Mitchell, Don Romano, Tim Brennan, Francisco
Baltier, Robert Bechman, and Shannon Fox.  I could look past the controversy of
expelling Philip Ponomarev for fighting (which ultimately led to the resignation
of the entire Executive Office), the hand generated pairings, the months it took
for ratings to appear on my USCF ratings page, Election Tuesdays where games did
not commence until the polls closed at the VFW Precinct, and the jackass who
managed the VFW who was constantly leering at the chess players from behind the
bar.



But all good things must come to an end and for the Denver Chess Club; it
manifested itself with ?Toilet Gate 2003?.  You got it, a clogged toilet in the
VFW, attributed to a Denver Chess Club Player, and we found ourselves out on the
street.  News Trucks and Reporters summoned by yours truly to put public
pressure on the VFW only bought us one more Tuesday Night and then we were
without a place to play.  As my great friend Tim Brennan reminded me, before we
left that night I scribbled a rather unflattering note to the VFW ?Jackass?
Manager on a bar napkin and slid it under his office door.  My apologies to
Andy Rea for having to bear his subsequent rage (Note to self: check statute of
limitations in Colorado Codes).



You might think that with the loss of the VFW, the DCC would find a better place
to play chess than above a smoky bar.  No chance, thanks to the dedicated and
well intended Joe Haines, we found ourselves playing chess in the ?Camp Fire
Girls? cabin in the woods off Sheraton.  You got it ? our new home was cold in
the winter and sweltering in the summer ? and did I mention ? only one toilet
that was shared by everyone.  But even quaint cabins in the woods are short
lived as a place to play chess as Joe Haines watched the non-profit he directed
tank and the cabin sold off in auction.  Not only did we lose membership in our
move from the VFW, but we suffered the same privations of the pioneers just to
be booted off our chess site like the Native Americans lost their ancestral
lands to suffer yet another indignity.



?And an angel on high provided a holy place
?  And that place was a stuffy
church basement with terrible lighting.  The kind of lighting where chess
players actually played under utility lamps on stands when they could be found
and one desk lamp someone actually brought with him to discern the colors of
the squares.  I could recount stories of woe from our tenure at this church,
but our stay was short lived and fortunately we were asked to leave despite the
constant warnings by our new DCC President Joe Haines not to resort to violence
during game play and not clog the toilet.  You might think I am exaggerating
that prior to the pairings each week an announcement was deemed necessary for
chess players not to pummel each other and practice good bathroom etiquette ,
after all I warned you I can spin a yarn.  Sorry, the truth often eclipses
fiction as the most interesting and the most appalling.



Not to sound redundant, we went to yet another Church and our current playing
location on 1st Street.  After you negotiate a treacherously narrow set of
stairs you arrive at the subterranean playing area affectionately known as the
?crypt? and the ?basement bomb shelter?.  I grow tired of the continuing theme,
but at least since May 2009, there has been a plunger sitting in the lone urinal
with a sign long ago faded into obscurity that reads ? ?Toilet Broken?.  It?s a
shame that JC was a carpenter, the DCC pays $350 per month to play there and
?God?s Disciples? can?t spring for plumber.  Well, the bright side is we have
not been kicked out, evicted for auction, or asked to leave.  We have to leave
because membership, which once soared in the 50?s and 60?s each week, has
dwindled to the low 20?s and we can?t afford the $350 per month (despite what
could cost a player around $32-$40 a month to play).



?Well Pete, perhaps this is finally the chance for the DCC to find a decent
place to play??, you might ask.  Perhaps that clean, well lighted place you
spoke of earlier.  A place where they have abundant urinals and working toilets
that are clean and perhaps they even put in those ?aroma? disks to keep the
smell down.  Well Sir/Ma?am, if you liken this to the International House of
Pancakes, the IHOP as I like to say, you may be on to something.  Unlike
?Houses of the Lord?, the IHOP has offered their community room for free with
the implied hope that before or after you play you will gorge yourself on
blueberry pancakes ? those same blueberry pancakes that Fabienne in Pulp
Fiction was not able to find while Butch retrieved his father?s watch that
Captain Koons kept in the only place where the Gooks in the ?Hanoi Hilton?
would not find it ? up his ass.  I digress.  Unless someone in Denver steps up
and actually finds a University (of which there are several in Denver and where
countless chess clubs across the country play), a community center (Like the
Jewish Community Center that the Tucson Chess Club meets in every week), or
another cabin in the woods (anyone know of a non-profit in dire straights?),
we?ll all be pushing wood across syrup streaked vinyl boards at the IHOP off
Colorado Blvd.

by Pete Short
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Denver Chess Club -
the worst Chess Club in America -
David Wallace
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Brian, if we played here in our youth I don't think any of us would have stuck
with it -
Tom Bourie
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  1 22:42:23 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  1 Dec 2009 22:42:23 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2 days left to bid on Anthea Carson's
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  1 Dec 2009 22:58:45 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess for Juniors, Sex for Seniors
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  2 00:02:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 00:02:43 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] S Swerdin responds to David Logan - Denver
	Chess Club
Message-ID: <1259737363.4b161113e9f4e@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from sswerdlin <swerdlin at starinst.org> -----
    Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:49:38 -0000
    From: sswerdlin <swerdlin at starinst.org>
Reply-To: sswerdlin <swerdlin at starinst.org>
 Subject: Re: Denver Chess Club
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

David, some local suggestions, FWIW. I have a 9 yr old who's into chess, which
places an additional burden in that spouses and schools seem to frown on school
night games that end at 8 pm or later. A terrible mistake was made by not
including chess in the school curricula.

0) Relocate to Dallas, where a scary number of kids there at age 9 are experts.
JK...

1) Longmont Chess Club. LCC meets at around 6:30pm Thursdays at Abbondanza
Pizzeria. Pick up games with a wide range of players, including some kids, and
negotiated time controls. Maybe not kid-centric, but definitely kid-friendly.

2) Boulder BookEnd Cafe (Pearl St Mall). Every Tue night there's a G/15
elimination match that often goes 4-5 rounds. Put your name in the bag NLT
5:30. Unrated, but fun and casual, with a wide range of skills through expert.
Usually 2-3 kids there. Lots of side-game opportunities, since the elimination
format frees up players fast. 1st place gets a $10 store certificate, 2nd place
$5.

3) CU Club. Every Wed night, in the Memorial Center Alfred Packer Grill and I
think a few alternative classroom locations are used. Julian is experimenting
with an earlier start time of 5:15 (not sure if he's still doing that, we
haven't been for 2-3 weeks), and choice between G/45 and G/90. Side blitz
games. Rated, but can negotiate unrated. As far as I can tell, most show at
6:30 and later. The school night thing again. Haven't seen many kids there. I
think summer is better for that.

4) Scholastic tournaments. Todd Bardwick and Tom Nelson run a very nice, more or
less monthly event:
http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/Denver%20Scholastic%20Chess%20Series.htm
(scroll down to the DSCS part of the page). I've seen 150 kids show up to
these, and there's a Starbucks a mile away.
The State scholastic championship is in Feb. Great opportunity to do G/90 and
G/120. Some kids don't show fearing that they'll be overwhelmed, but for many
it seems, it's their first tournament.

5) We also try to make the occasional CU Boulder tournaments, and other events
listed on http://www.colorado-chess.com/newtourn.shtml
It's pretty much the norm these days for kids to show up to many of these
events, but I guess these are mostly not ideal for those really "new to chess",
unless losing every game is taken as a great and motivating learning experience
(not so for most kids that I know!).

Happy hunting. I don't think it'll be anytime soon in Longmont/Boulder that
we'll see two dozen players at weekly rated G/30+ events that start at 5 pm.
What's up with that.


--- In BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at ...> wrote:

 djlogan2
 Starting Member



 USA
 1 Posts
  Posted - 11/11/2009 :  07:52:36
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 I'm from Longmont, and I'm trying to find a good place for my son, pretty nw to
chess, to play. I was pretty excited about the home page, being friendly,
kid-centric, etc. You should read the intro!

 So we went! Well, when we first got there, there was only one guy. It was the
 guy who ended up running the rated games later. I asked if we were early, he
 mumbled something about "No", and went on to read his paper, never saying
 another word to me.

 After a while, some other chess players showed up, but obviously they were all
 in a clique, and every single one of them went into a different section of the
 room, leaving the three of us stranded. Not even like other chess clubs, where
 everyone is in the same room and tends to help force interaction, this one was
 divided up so that they could go into a different section completely away from
 us. I wonder if it would have helped if we had sat in "their section", or if
 they would have done it anyway :)

 *sigh* Anyway, I didn't really expect the players themselves to be all that
 social, but I did expect somebody in charge of the club to be more welcoming.
 It turns out that it appears to be just a run-of-the-mill club that isn't
 really led or organized, people just show up to play.

 I think the draw is the 90/G rated game and that's pretty much it. I had high
 hopes!

 David Logan


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 "Clogs and Plungers"


 The unhappy story of the Denver Chess Club


 by Pete Short



 I have played chess off and on in Colorado since 1998.  In fact, I have played
 in 88 Colorado Rated Tournaments in that time and 72 of those tournaments have
 been played on Tuesday Nights at the Denver Chess Club.  Since most of the 72
 DCC Tuesday Night Tourneys lasted over the course of 4 or 5 Tuesdays in a month
 and recently I have not been able to play in all games, lets say that my
 "experience" spans over 208 Tuesdays or 4 solid years of Tuesday Nights.  To be
 fair, I often exaggerate and sometimes I am not so good at Math.  So whether I
 have spent 3 or 5 years of Tuesdays playing chess at the Denver Chess Club in
 its various locations, I will respectively submit, I have the bona fides to
 tell a few tales, spin a few yarns, and share some rather interesting
 observations during that time.



 In real estate, the three most important things are Location, Location, and
 Location.  Bobby Fischer was the first outspoken proponent that playing
 conditions in chess must be improved.  Since I play with headphones, and
 according Shannon Fox, have an apparent undiagnosed case of Tourettes Syndrome
 (I rock back and forth in my chair almost as much as Randy Schine and sometimes
 vocalize over the music with draw offers and post game analysis), my only real
 wish is something Ernest Hemingway titled in one of his 1926 short stories ? "A
 clean, well lighted place" to play chess.  Let's start there with my miniature
 tome on the Denver Chess Club.



 On a bright note, we have yet to play in a Greyhound Bus Terminal.  Wait, most
 bus terminals are well lit.  The first location of the Denver Chess Club I
 played chess at in June 1998 was a miserable Denver Public Schools remedial
 education center called PS1 on Bannock Street.  My mental health advisor and
 longtime friend, Shannon Fox, drug me there and everything about the place was
 horrible.  Poor lighting, a hearing impaired tournament director (Martin Kelly)
 who bellowed, and the bathroom (a common theme you are about to read about) had
 been frequented prior to the tournament by a parade of little boys who
 obviously made wagers on who could drench the pipe work near the ceiling and on
 the floors in lieu of the porcelain.  The smell from the "boys" room was not
 appreciably better from the tournament area.  A win, two draws, and a loss
 later I took my first sabbatical from the Denver Chess Club.  In fact, the
 experience kept me away from any tournament chess for almost 4 years.



 A lot happened in the World between June 1998 and February 2002.  One of the
 apparent good things was the closure and ultimate bulldozing of PS1.  Well,
 like a "recovered" alcoholic who backslides, I found myself at the chess board
 again and that meant going to the new Denver Chess Club on Bannock Street at
 the VFW located, you guessed it, in the building right next to PS1.  Thus began
 a period of apparent harmony.  Once you looked past the haggard drunks on the
 smoke filled first floor that comprised of a bar and made it to the second
 floor, there was a large, well lighted dance hall-like playing room with nice
 folding tables and chairs. And more importantly, lots of windows to look out
 constantly to ensure your car was not being broken into.



 It was a Renaissance in Denver Chess with notable players in attendance like IM
 Mike "Boots" Valvo, Andy "Attention to Detail" Rea, Imre Barlay, James McCarty,
 Mikhail and Philip Ponomarev, and Brian Wall.  An entire crop of wunderkind ike
 Tyler Hughes, Josh Suresh, Mitesh Shridhar, Amarjin "Parmesan" Nemekhbayer,Ted
 Doykos, Jesse "Little Fester" Hester, the Herbst brothers, and the Derbyshie
 clan.  The club was well managed with the diligence of club manager LaMoyne>
Splichal and weekend tournaments of substance were organized by DCC President>
JC MacNeil and his sidekick VP Paul Grimm.  Of course there were plenty of
 non-notable notables there as well in addition to a strong stable of class
 players for whom I do not have room to call out.  But as an example of the
 non-notable notables, I will point your attention to the Wilhite Brothers (who
 after every loss in which they played 1. h3 informed you that "You got lucky")
 and Wayne Trapp (who ran out with the money that was given to him to create the
 first DCC Webpage).



 But what made it great for me was the number of my Raytheon co-workers who were
 normally in attendance ? John D. Mitchell, Don Romano, Tim Brennan, Francisco
 Baltier, Robert Bechman, and Shannon Fox.  I could look past the controversy of
 expelling Philip Ponomarev for fighting (which ultimately led to the esignation
 of the entire Executive Office), the hand generated pairings, the months it
took
 for ratings to appear on my USCF ratings page, Election Tuesdays where games
did
 not commence until the polls closed at the VFW Precinct, and the jackass who
 managed the VFW who was constantly leering at the chess players from behind the
 bar.



 But all good things must come to an end and for the Denver Chess Club; it
 manifested itself with "Toilet Gate 2003".  You got it, a clogged toilet in the
 VFW, attributed to a Denver Chess Club Player, and we found ourselves out on
the
 street.  News Trucks and Reporters summoned by yours truly to put public
 pressure on the VFW only bought us one more Tuesday Night and then we were
 without a place to play.  As my great friend Tim Brennan reminded me, before we
 left that night I scribbled a rather unflattering note to the VFW "Jackass"
 Manager on a bar napkin and slid it under his office door.  My apologies to
 Andy Rea for having to bear his subsequent rage (Note to self: check statute of
 limitations in Colorado Codes).



 You might think that with the loss of the VFW, the DCC would find a better lace
 to play chess than above a smoky bar.  No chance, thanks to the dedicated nd
 well intended Joe Haines, we found ourselves playing chess in the "Camp Fire
 Girls" cabin in the woods off Sheraton.  You got it ? our new home was cold in
 the winter and sweltering in the summer ? and did I mention ? only one toilet
 that was shared by everyone.  But even quaint cabins in the woods are short
 lived as a place to play chess as Joe Haines watched the non-profit he directed
 tank and the cabin sold off in auction.  Not only did we lose membership in our
 move from the VFW, but we suffered the same privations of the pioneers just to
 be booted off our chess site like the Native Americans lost their ancestral
 lands to suffer yet another indignity.



 "And an angel on high provided a holy place
"  And that place was a stuffy
 church basement with terrible lighting.  The kind of lighting where chess
 players actually played under utility lamps on stands when they could be found
 and one desk lamp someone actually brought with him to discern the colors of
 the squares.  I could recount stories of woe from our tenure at this church,
 but our stay was short lived and fortunately we were asked to leave despite the
constant warnings by our new DCC President Joe Haines not to resort to violence
 during game play and not clog the toilet.  You might think I am exaggerating
 that prior to the pairings each week an announcement was deemed necessary for
 chess players not to pummel each other and practice good bathroom etiquette ,
 after all I warned you I can spin a yarn.  Sorry, the truth often eclipses
 fiction as the most interesting and the most appalling.


 Not to sound redundant, we went to yet another Church and our current playing
 location on 1st Street.  After you negotiate a treacherously narrow set of
 stairs you arrive at the subterranean playing area affectionately known as the
 "crypt" and the "basement bomb shelter".  I grow tired of the continuing theme,
 but at least since May 2009, there has been a plunger sitting in the lone
urinal
 with a sign long ago faded into obscurity that reads ? "Toilet Broken".  It's a
 shame that JC was a carpenter, the DCC pays $350 per month to play there and
 "God's Disciples" can't spring for plumber.  Well, the bright side is we have
 not been kicked out, evicted for auction, or asked to leave.  We have to leave
 because membership, which once soared in the 50's and 60's each week, has
 dwindled to the low 20's and we can't afford the $350 per month (despite what
 could cost a player around $32-$40 a month to play).



 "Well Pete, perhaps this is finally the chance for the DCC to find a decent
 place to play?", you might ask.  Perhaps that clean, well lighted place you
 spoke of earlier.  A place where they have abundant urinals and working toilets
 that are clean and perhaps they even put in those "aroma" disks to keep the
 smell down.  Well Sir/Ma'am, if you liken this to the International House of
 Pancakes, the IHOP as I like to say, you may be on to something.  Unlike
 "Houses of the Lord", the IHOP has offered their community room for free with
 the implied hope that before or after you play you will gorge yourself on
 blueberry pancakes ? those same blueberry pancakes that Fabienne in Pulp
 Fiction was not able to find while Butch retrieved his father's watch that
 Captain Koons kept in the only place where the Gooks in the "Hanoi Hilton"
 would not find it ? up his ass.  I digress.  Unless someone in Denver steps up
 and actually finds a University (of which there are several in Denver and where
 countless chess clubs across the country play), a community center (Like the
 Jewish Community Center that the Tucson Chess Club meets in every week), or
 another cabin in the woods (anyone know of a non-profit in dire straights?),
 we'll all be pushing wood across syrup streaked vinyl boards at the IHOP off
 Colorado Blvd.

 by Pete Short
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Denver Chess Club -
 the worst Chess Club in America -
 David Wallace
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Brian, if we played here in our youth I don't think any of us would have stuck
 with it -
 Tom Bourie
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  2 00:39:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 00:39:59 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole against the Two Knights
Message-ID: <1259739599.4b1619cfe718c@www.taom.com>

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PauloSakamoto"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "02:31:01"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

For some reason I always resisted playing the Fishing Pole against 3 Bc4


5. Re1 Bc5!!

Already fine


6. Rf1!  d6 7. h3 h5!!  8. hxg4??

Unleashing the Gates of Hell -
Vance Aandahl


8 ...  hxg4!!  9. Nh2??

I am also better if PauloSakamoto lets me take the f3-knight


9 ...  Qh4!!   mating

10. Nxg4 Qh1#

{White checkmated} 0-1

Doesn't seem much different
----------------------------------------------------------------------------


[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PauloSakamoto"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "02:31:01"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Rf1 d6 7. h3 h5 8.
hxg4 hxg4 9. Nh2 Qh4 10. Nxg4 Qh1# {White checkmated} 0-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  2 11:13:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 11:13:34 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Grimm on Pete Short's - DCC "Clogs and
	Plungers" Article
Message-ID: <1259777614.4b16ae4e40a13@www.taom.com>

Pete's article brought back a flood of memories, mostly from the VFW bathroom.
IM Valvo was not quite himself after his strokes. Some favorites:

Rants at Daoud Zupa and Dan Avery at " their brand of Chess " including comments
like
" How can you play like to that? " to Daoud and
" You never once tried to do anything but draw me! "
to Dan Avery

I offered my hand to Mike Valvo and he refused,
only the second person in my life to do so.

All time classic -

Proud Chess Mom -
" Will you teach my son to play better Chess? "

IM Valvo -
" Ma'am, I only teach talented children. "

Mike was impressed when young Robert Ramirez crushed him with the Dragon
Defense.

Mike liked to talk about his llamas with Mrs. Malone and offer her llama wool
for knitting.

Valvo and Dzindi had a money fight at a Chess tournament.
I think Dzindi had to punch him to make him back off.

IM John Watson said it was hopeless for me to think I could ever beat Valvo.
After a few strokes and thinking 3 times as hard during the game, I managed.
The game is at www.Walverine.com.

Another classic -

Brian -
" Have you played any brilliancies lately?

Valvo -
" It's impossible in Colorado, they're too weak. "

The best times of the Denver Chess Club I remember is in my youth when we had
many promising future Masters and experts from the Fischer boom and when J.C.
MacNeil ran the VFW Chess Club about 7 years ago when I counted 20
experts/Masters playing blitz one evening.

BW

----- Forwarded message from PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:48:48 -0700
    From: PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com>
Reply-To: PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com>
 Subject: RE: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
      To: pete short <redwoodpete at yahoo.com>


very good article pete!  i couldn't quit laughing my ass off.



i've printed that article out to share w/my fiancee and stash away in the
"chess" folder at home.



i might get back into chess organizing in the distant future....if i have a
run-in with the neighborhood ice cream truck while out on one of my bike rides,
or fall off a cliff and paralyze myself on some ridiculous trail hike/run.



don't be renting out any ice cream trucks, ok??!!




Paul Grimm; Littleton.CO

Triathlete, Trail Runner, Chess Nerd







Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:10:26 -0800
From: redwoodpete at yahoo.com
Subject: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com






Hi Brian,

I wrote a somewhat serious and completely satirical tome on my 11 year history
and memories from the Denver Chess Club titled, "Clogs and Plungers - The
unhappy story of the Denver Chess Club".

I was inspired to share my thoughts when I found out that the DCC can no longer
afford a playing location because membership and players on Tuesday Nights has
dropped to an all time low and now they are considering playing chess in a
cramped room at the IHOP on Colorado Blvd.  Although I admit I have taken no
proactive role in promoting chess in Colorado and have taken advantage of the
generosity of others time who have volunteered to run the club - I still feel I
have a vested interest in this as I do pay entry fees to play and I have
introduced players to the club.  Like my chess idol Robert James Fischer - I
have strong opinions on playing conditions.

Tim Brennan has posted this article on his chess blog, www.timmybx.com  I
thought you would enjoy it as you have a certain "God Father" status with all
of us class players and you have shared in many of the same experiences that I
included in the article.

Feel free to share this with your readership as well as we are all part of the
same community of thought.

You might also look at the DCC website in the Forum Section and see the posting
by Dave Logan who was appalled at his first and last visit with his son to the
club.

Oh to remember a time when IM "Boots" Valvo stomped the tile floors of the VFW
playing not only in the speed tournament but also the long time control games
as well.

Best regards,
Pete

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 14:09:27 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nezhmetdinov
Message-ID: <1259788167.4b16d7876bcbf@www.taom.com>


I was laughing with Chris Peterson during this game about the simlarity between
my game and the famous Nezhmetdinov Queen sac. Chris did a DCC lecture on that
game. KingsCrusher did a nice youtube video as well.

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "floatingself"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.05"]
[Time "15:52:34"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. h4 d6 4. h5 Nc6 5. h6 Bxd4 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Qxd4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Bc4
Qb4 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Kf2 Rae8 17. Rad1 b5 18. Bxb5 d5 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20.
Nxd5 Qb8 21. Nxf6+ Kf8 22. Nd7+ {Black resigns} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvX6aM-fXjY

Letsplaychess.com Instructive game:Positional Queen Sac

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "Rostov"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Oleg L Chernikov"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qh4 Qa5 11. O-O Bf6
12. Qxf6 Ne2+ 13. Nxe2 exf6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Nd5 Re6 16. Bd4
Kg7 17. Rad1 d6 18. Rd3 Bd7 19. Rf3 Bb5 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Nxf6
Be2 22. Nxh7+ Kg8 23. Rh3 Re5 24. f4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rc8 26. Bd4
b5 27. Ng5 Rc7 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kh7
31. Nxd8 Rxe4 32. Nc6 Rxf4+ 33. Ke2 1-0
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funny youtube video where KingsCrusher plays me

Chessworld.net presents Blitz #249 vs. B-Wall (2036) - Morning of 14th July 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  2 16:41:06 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 16:41:06 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David King and Harvey Lerman on Pete Short's
	- DCC "Clogs andPlungers" Article
Message-ID: <1259797266.4b16fb121f8ba@www.taom.com>

Date:  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:50:10 -0800 (PST)
From:  David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
To:  Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Subject:  Re: [BrianWallChess] Paul Grimm on Pete Short's - DCC "Clogs and
Plungers" Article [1 Attachment]
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i think i remember 3 different locations, one at a y, one at something called
the international house and one at the holiday inn on colfax. i dont remember
any plunger problems at any of the locations. what is it with colorado chess
and fights, i keep reading about these dustups--i dont remember many fights in
the time i was around.

From:  David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
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--- On Wed, 12/2/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:





----- Forwarded message from Harvey Lerman <harveylerman at embarqmail.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:50:29 -0500
    From: Harvey Lerman <harveylerman at embarqmail.com>
Reply-To: Harvey Lerman <harveylerman at embarqmail.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Grimm on Pete Short's - DCC "Clogs
andPlungers" Article
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Brian,

    I lived in Syracuse NY from 1961 till 1963. I walked into the Syracuse Chess
Club soon after I arrived and asked to play chess with someone, and I won the
game. They told me that he was their "Champion", but that he had a son that was
better. The man I played was Frank Valvo, and his son was Mike. I never went
back to the club and never played Mike.

Harvey

Harvey Lerman <harveylerman at embarqmail.com>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian Wall
  To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist
  Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 1:13 PM
  Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Grimm on Pete Short's - DCC "Clogs
andPlungers" Article


  Pete's article brought back a flood of memories, mostly from the VFW bathroom.
  IM Valvo was not quite himself after his strokes. Some favorites:

  Rants at Daoud Zupa and Dan Avery at " their brand of Chess " including
comments
  like
  " How can you play like to that? " to Daoud and
  " You never once tried to do anything but draw me! "
  to Dan Avery

  I offered my hand to Mike Valvo and he refused,
  only the second person in my life to do so.

  All time classic -

  Proud Chess Mom -
  " Will you teach my son to play better Chess? "

  IM Valvo -
  " Ma'am, I only teach talented children. "

  Mike was impressed when young Robert Ramirez crushed him with the Dragon
  Defense.

  Mike liked to talk about his llamas with Mrs. Malone and offer her llama wool
  for knitting.

  Valvo and Dzindi had a money fight at a Chess tournament.
  I think Dzindi had to punch him to make him back off.

  IM John Watson said it was hopeless for me to think I could ever beat Valvo.
  After a few strokes and thinking 3 times as hard during the game, I managed.
  The game is at www.Walverine.com.

  Another classic -

  Brian -
  " Have you played any brilliancies lately?

  Valvo -
  " It's impossible in Colorado, they're too weak. "

  The best times of the Denver Chess Club I remember is in my youth when we had
  many promising future Masters and experts from the Fischer boom and when J.C.
  MacNeil ran the VFW Chess Club about 7 years ago when I counted 20
  experts/Masters playing blitz one evening.

  BW

  ----- Forwarded message from PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com> -----
      Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:48:48 -0700
      From: PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com>
  Reply-To: PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com>
   Subject: RE: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
        To: pete short <redwoodpete at yahoo.com>


  very good article pete!  i couldn't quit laughing my ass off.



  i've printed that article out to share w/my fiancee and stash away in the
  "chess" folder at home.



  i might get back into chess organizing in the distant future....if i have a
  run-in with the neighborhood ice cream truck while out on one of my bike
rides,
  or fall off a cliff and paralyze myself on some ridiculous trail hike/run.



  don't be renting out any ice cream trucks, ok??!!




  Paul Grimm; Littleton.CO

  Triathlete, Trail Runner, Chess Nerd







  Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:10:26 -0800
  From: redwoodpete at yahoo.com
  Subject: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
  To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com






  Hi Brian,

  I wrote a somewhat serious and completely satirical tome on my 11 year history
  and memories from the Denver Chess Club titled, "Clogs and Plungers - The
  unhappy story of the Denver Chess Club".

  I was inspired to share my thoughts when I found out that the DCC can no
longer
  afford a playing location because membership and players on Tuesday Nights has
  dropped to an all time low and now they are considering playing chess in a
  cramped room at the IHOP on Colorado Blvd.  Although I admit I have taken no
  proactive role in promoting chess in Colorado and have taken advantage of the
  generosity of others time who have volunteered to run the club - I still feel
I
  have a vested interest in this as I do pay entry fees to play and I have
  introduced players to the club.  Like my chess idol Robert James Fischer - I
  have strong opinions on playing conditions.

  Tim Brennan has posted this article on his chess blog, www.timmybx.com  I
  thought you would enjoy it as you have a certain "God Father" status with all
  of us class players and you have shared in many of the same experiences that I
  included in the article.

  Feel free to share this with your readership as well as we are all part of the
  same community of thought.

  You might also look at the DCC website in the Forum Section and see the
posting
  by Dave Logan who was appalled at his first and last visit with his son to the
  club.

  Oh to remember a time when IM "Boots" Valvo stomped the tile floors of the VFW
  playing not only in the speed tournament but also the long time control games
  as well.

  Best regards,
  Pete


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  2 16:44:13 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 16:44:13 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shannon Fox on DCC "Clogs and Plungers"
	Article
Message-ID: <1259797453.4b16fbcd58f33@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Shannon J Fox <sjfox at raytheon.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:37:54 -0700
    From: Shannon J Fox <sjfox at raytheon.com>
Reply-To: Shannon J Fox <sjfox at raytheon.com>
 Subject: RE: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Brian,

Several things need to happen in Colorado chess and getting Grimmy back
would be on the list as well.  My vote would be to fix the following:

1)  High fiber diets mandated for all chess players
2)  Enforce the "two flush" rule - Pete could assign a Pinkerton Toilet
Cop
3)  Make all Colorado chess players sign a Memorandum of Agreement - "You
clog it, You clean it" clause
4)  Require LaMoyne to wear his "teeth" whenever new chess applicants are
involved in the state of Colorado
5)  Make IHOP consider a new mascot (ideas?) if we sign a deal regarding
our next DCC site location

TuShan



Shannon Fox
Business Manager
MOS - Australia
Intelligence & Information Systems
Raytheon Company



(business)
+1.720.858.4662
(cell)
+1.303.514.9897
(fax)
+1.303.344.3118
sjfox at raytheon.com

16800 E. CentreTech Pkwy.
Aurora, CO 80011   US
www.raytheon.com


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From:
Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
To:
PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com>
Cc:
pete short <redwoodpete at yahoo.com>, tim brennan <tebrennan at raytheon.com>,
shannon fox <sjfox at raytheon.com>, tyler hughes <gmtbh at yahoo.com>, dean
brown <navajo36us80917 at comcast.net>, buck buchannon
<buckpeace at pcisys.net>, Randy Reynolds <randy.reynolds at intel.com>, Randy
Canney <rcanney at hotmail.com>
Date:
12/02/2009 11:21 AM
Subject:
RE: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article



If Paul gets cold feet the runaway groom won't stop for 100 miles


Quoting PAUL GRIMM <grimm_p at msn.com>:

>
 very good article pete!  i couldn't quit laughing my ass off.



 i've printed that article out to share w/my fiancee and stash away in
he
 "chess" folder at home.



 i might get back into chess organizing in the distant future....if i
ave a
 run-in with the neighborhood ice cream truck while out on one of my bike
 rides, or fall off a cliff and paralyze myself on some ridiculous trail
 hike/run.



 don't be renting out any ice cream trucks, ok??!!




 Paul Grimm; Littleton.CO

 Triathlete, Trail Runner, Chess Nerd







 Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:10:26 -0800
 From: redwoodpete at yahoo.com
 Subject: DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
 To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com






 Hi Brian,

 I wrote a somewhat serious and completely satirical tome on my 11 year
 history and memories from the Denver Chess Club titled, "Clogs and
lungers -
 The unhappy story of the Denver Chess Club".

 I was inspired to share my thoughts when I found out that the DCC can no
 longer afford a playing location because membership and players on
uesday
 Nights has dropped to an all time low and now they are considering
laying
 chess in a cramped room at the IHOP on Colorado Blvd.  Although I admit

 have taken no proactive role in promoting chess in Colorado and have
aken
 advantage of the generosity of others time who have volunteered to run
he
 club - I still feel I have a vested interest in this as I do pay entry
ees
 to play and I have introduced players to the club.  Like my chess idol
obert
 James Fischer - I have strong opinions on playing conditions.

 Tim Brennan has posted this article on his chess blog, www.timmybx.com I
 thought you would enjoy it as you have a certain "God Father" status
ith all
 of us class players and you have shared in many of the same experiences
hat
 I included in the article.

 Feel free to share this with your readership as well as we are all part
f
 the same community of thought.

 You might also look at the DCC website in the Forum Section and see the
 posting by Dave Logan who was appalled at his first and last visit with
is
 son to the club.

 Oh to remember a time when IM "Boots" Valvo stomped the tile floors of
he
 VFW playing not only in the speed tournament but also the long time
ontrol
> games as well.

 Best regards,
 Pete

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  2 22:00:02 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2009 22:00:02 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson on DCC "Clogs and Plungers"
	Article
Message-ID: <1259816402.4b1745d2858cc@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:32:24 -0800 (PST)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Shannon Fox on DCC "Clogs and Plungers" Article
      To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com

Back when I was in a position to help the DCC no one was willing to vote for me.
I guess change is only a good thing when it comes to the nation's precidency,
not the DCC's. Maybe when I am able to again, people will be more willing to
listen and act. Whether it is a smelly church basement, or a sticky IHOP the
DCC's membership will continue to fall to the point where even the regulars
will be reluctant to come. When and if I move back to Denver I will volunteer
at the club, maybe make it a little better in the process, we'll see. I would
be more than happy to put to gether a website for the club, a real site. I just
need word from whoever is unlucky enough to be in charge of the place now...
?
Chris
?
http://www.brianwallchess.net

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec  3 14:39:19 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  3 Dec 2009 14:39:19 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Exxon Valdez Defense
Message-ID: <1259876359.4b1830074c07f@www.taom.com>


Date:  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:52:52 +1300
From:  N Earl Roberts <earl.r at xtra.co.nz>
To:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Reply-to:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Subject:  Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Why no replys?
 2 unnamed text/html 12.58 KB


Clive,
If you like, I often bemoan the current state of the group but I don't think it
is dead. As for myself, unfortunately if the title line of the email does NOT
catch eye and take my interest I delete them without reading them. Why?..Simple
because this group has made a collective all be it unconscious decision to move
away from practical unorthodox chess openings (such as the Grob, the Englund
complex, Albin counter gambit etc) to openings that are fit for blitz or
springing on your 12 year son and his friends (Case in point, the Fishing pole
Lopez despite Grandmaster Lane publishing a solid refutation of it and the
Raccoon despite it being a shameless rip off of established Kings Gambit
theory). I am not saying that is a bad thing mind you, if the group is happy
with that then that's cool. But being largely a correspondence player
(**gasp**, yes we still do exist), I for one exercise ignoring anything that is
impractical to my playing career and unfortunately with the way our group is at
the moment, is quite a lot.
Thanks for your input.
Regards
Earl.
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In response to years of hostile whiny drivel from Earl Roberts at
UnorthdoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com I invented the Badger, aka
the Toxic Badger.

1  d4  Nc6   aiming for a Full Metal jacket
2  Nf3  f6!!

First of all f7 is a Badger den for my King or Knight.
Also the defense looks like it arises from a toxic waste dump,
like Earl's arguments.

I laughingly told IM Cyrus Lakdawala
( currently writing a book about the London System )
about my invention at the 2009 Western States Open in Reno, Nevada.

Cyrus and I did ICC webcasts including the 2006 Turin, Italy Olympiad

Cyrus was amused but did not feel it merited writing another chapter.

I have begun a new Badger chapter, the Super Toxic Badger, or the Exxon Valdez
Defense since it sounds like a huge corporate coverup of a major malfuntion,
much like this opening.

One of the myriad Badger core concepts is a pawn sac on e5 to open things up
against the 1400 crowd, e.g., 1 d4  Nc6  2  Nf3  f6  3  Bf4  e5
but I recently started insisting on a solid center with ... f6 and ... d6.
That's the big idea, either a pawn or Knight arives on e5, solidly protected.

Another favorite recurring rant of Earl's is SERIOUS analysis of silly openings,
which I always respond to by offering NONE.

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rapa"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, The Super Toxic Badger
or Exxon Valdez Defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "15:40:56"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. d4 Nc6!!  2. Nf3 f6!!

Orinially invented as an anti-1400 weapon against Jiri Kovats in Manitou
Springs, I simply could not bear another dull Class C London System struggle
and wanted to blow his mind from the get go.
Then I arrived at the simply brilliant idea of naming this opening the Toxic
Badger and including a fresh Earl N. Roberts Badger Rant with each box of
cereal. That part was accomplished at the beginning of this email.

The best part is that continued sniveling by
Earl ( aka Shipmaster Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood )Roberts
only enhances his immortal infamy.

3. c4 d6!!

The Super Toxic Badger or Exxon Valdez Defense makes it stunning debut.

SOMETHING WILL ARRIVE AT E5, SOLIDLY DEFENDED,
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, LIGHT SQUARES BE DAMNED, FULL STEAM AHEAD!!
( Yes, I am yelling ).


4. Nc3 e5!!

Drawing a line on the sand


5. e3 Nh6!!

A third piece claims access to the f7-Badger den.
Most Unorthodox Opening players revel when their pieces
arrive at unusual squares. In this case, 3000 rated Rybka 3 agrees.



6. Nh4 Be7

Eagerly anticipating Rapa's stupid idea.



7. Qh5+!  Nf7

My last two moves were practically but not theoretically best.

Badgers are capable of fighting off much larger animals



8. Ng6??  hxg6!!

The odd piece placement confuses Rapa,
my Rook is protected.


Unlike many carnivores that stalk their prey in open country,
badgers catch most of their food by digging.


9. Qxg6!  Kf8 10. Bd3 Bd7  11. d5!  Nb8 12. Bf5 Be8


The behavior of badgers differs by family, but all shelter underground,
living in burrows called setts which may be very extensive.


13. Qg4!  Nh6!  14. Qf3  Nxf5!

Badgers can be fierce animals and will protect
themselves and their young at all costs


15. Qxf5!  Qd7!  16. Qf3 Bh5!

The honey badger of Africa consumes honey,
porcupines and even venomous snakes
(such as the puff adder).


17. Qg3!  Qg4!  18. Qxg4 Bxg4!  19. h3 Nd7
20. Bd2 Nc5!  21. b4 Nd3+!  22. Kf1!

The blood sport of badger-baiting was outlawed in the United Kingdom by the
Cruelty to Animals Act 1835 as well as the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.

22 ... Nxb4 23. a3 Nd3!  24. Ne4 Nc5 25. f3 Bf5
26. Nxc5!  dxc5! 27. e4!  Bd7!  28. Kf2 b6

 A typical badger den may be as far a 3 meters below the surface,
contain about 10 meters of tunnels.


29. Rhb1 c6

In the summer months badgers may dig a new burrow each day.


30. a4 cxd5!  31. exd5!  Bd6

Badger burrows are constructed mainly in the pursuit of prey,
but they are also used for sleeping.


32. a5!  Ke7!  33. axb6 axb6!  34. Rxa8 Rxa8!  35. Rxb6 Ra2
36. Ke3!  f5 37. Rb7 f4+ 38. Kd3 Kd8!! 39. Bc3 Bf5#

{White checkmated} 0-1

Badgers have been known to become intoxicated
with alcohol after eating rotting fruit.
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rapa"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense,
The Super Toxic Badger or Exxon Valdez Defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "15:40:56"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e3 Nh6 6. Nh4 Be7 7. Qh5+ Nf7 8.
Ng6 hxg6 9. Qxg6 Kf8 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bf5 Be8 13. Qg4 Nh6 14. Qf3
Nxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 16. Qf3 Bh5 17. Qg3 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. h3 Nd7 20. Bd2
Nc5 21. b4 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 Nxb4 23. a3 Nd3 24. Ne4 Nc5 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nxc5 dxc5
27. e4 Bd7 28. Kf2 b6 29. Rhb1 c6 30. a4 cxd5 31. exd5 Bd6 32. a5 Ke7 33.
axb6 axb6 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxb6 Ra2 36. Ke3 f5 37. Rb7 f4+ 38. Kd3 Kd8 39.
Bc3 Bf5# {White checkmated} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec  3 17:08:08 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  3 Dec 2009 17:08:08 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Grandmaster Malakhov checkmates Svidler after
	giving him Rook and Knight odds
Message-ID: <1259885288.4b1852e8b6a96@www.taom.com>



Round 6
World Cup


Development is critical in 98% of Chess games but once in a while the
undeveloped player crushes the one who has moved all his pieces. In
my 23 move last round victory over Eric Rodriguez ( 2242 ) in the 2008
Florida Open my untouched King and Rooks somehow defeated Eric's royal placement
of ... 0-0-0 and ... Rhe8. In Round 6 of the World Cup, Svidler
moved all his pieces and the game was roughly equal after 21 moves. The
time control was Game/90 with a 30 second increment. After move 21 Svidler
had 18 minutes to Malakhov's 31 minutes. Maybe due to time pressure, Petar
went downhill in the next 10 moves and was getting mated at the end.
Malakhov never moved his QR or QN.



[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Malakhov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: 4.Nc3"]
[ECO "D15"]
[NIC "SL.03"]
[Time "04:54:45"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6

I once glanced at a Chebanenko Slav book owned by Robert Ramirez
and each chapter described a completely different way of playing.


5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7

The pieces are not in contact. Rybka 3 gives 20 moves
all leading to equality.


10. g4 TN Svidler

Theoretical Novelty by Svidler.
10 Qg3  and Qe2 have been tried once.



10 ... e5

Sharp.
Rybka just castles here but a human might not like h4-h5.



11. Qg3!  Nfd7

Maintaining the tension.


12. Ne2!  Qe7

Still being coy about his King position


13. O-O!  h5!!

Lashing out at Svidler's King,
the point of not castling.
They have used about half an hour each.


14. f3!

This good move cost Svidler 14 minutes on the clock which he never got back.
As the game rocked on, this proved decisive.


14 ... Nf8

At this point Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels would be yelling at Malakhov's
pieces for being undeveloped on the first two ranks. Vladimir would be forced
to explain that he WAS trying to develop his superfluous Knights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOTIkx-DUvQ

Josh McDaniels Mother****ing Song ~
[ Denver Broncos Thanksgiving Game on NFL Network]


15. a4 b4!!

I call this the bypass, very common.
Svidler tries to activate his Rook,
Malakhov denies this.


16. Bd2 a5!!

Shtting down the Queenside without conceding anything.


17. e4!

The more developed player is supposed to open up lines.


17 ... dxe4!  18. Bxe4!  Ne6!

Hitting the key squares

19. Rae1!!

Reminiscent of my Eric Rodriguez game. Svidler is castled with Rooks in the
center but somehow Malakhov's untouched King and Rooks are better.


19 ... h4

Vlad has no pieces out so he shuts down
the position everywhere except the center.
19 ... hg  20 fg  0-0
was another way

19 ... ed?  20  Nf4!!   Be5?  21 B:g6!!
opening up the e-file against his own King
is self-destrctive.


20. Qf2 O-O!  21. f4

The more developed player is supposed to open up lines.
The game is roughly equal and anything can happen.
GM Malakhov can choose between   21 ... ef, ... f5  or ... ed.

21 ... exd4


Now Svidler can remove a piece between his QR and Malakhov's Queen with
the prophylactic  22 Nc1!  or Bb1!  with rough equality but he has half
the thinking time Vlad does so Petar goes for broke.

22. f5!?  Nxc5!  23. Bb1!  d3!!

King-Bishop mobility check -
Svidler - two squares
Malakhov - 6 squares

24. Nc1!  Qd6!!

Guarding d3,
keeping the 4 time Russian Champion cramped up.


25. Ba2?

After spending 5 minutes and leaving himself with under 10 minutes for the whole
game Svidler blunders and his game implodes. he didn't have time to investigate
better moves like  25 Q:h4, f6, g5  or  Be3 - Malakhov is better whatever he
tries. Malahov still has a luxurious 25 minutes.


25 ...  Bd4!!

10 minutes making sure this obvious move wins


26. Be3!  Ne4!!

It's over,
the threats of  ... d2!  or ... N:f2!
are too much.
The best is a hopeless ending the exchange down after
27  Qh2  Q:h2+  28  K:h2  Be5+  29  Kg1  d2
30 B:d2  N:d2  31 R:e5  N:f2  32 K:f1

27. Qxh4?  g5!!

Bypassing all of Svidler's  f7-pressure



28. Qh5!  d2!

Winning a Rook


29. f6?  Qxf6!!

The point is  30  R:f6  de(Q)+!
- meanwhile the ranch is burning down


30. Bxd4 Qxd4+!   31. Kg2?

It was all horrible -
31 Kh2  Qd6+  32  Kh1  de(Q)
threatens  ... Ng3+,
winning the Queen on h5
31 Kh2  Qd6+  32  Kh2  Qg3+  33 Kh1  Nf2+   mates


31 ...  dxe1=N+!!

mating

Underpromotion win,
Tyler Hughes style


{Black wins} 0-1


In the old days World Championships were determined by 40/2 hours
followed by 20 moves per hour, sometimes even 40/2 1/2 hours.
Nowadays they sacrifice quality for speed and a greater number of participants.
There is something sick about being elimintaed in Armageddon blitz games and
disqualified for being 2 minutes late. It reduces the dignity of the title.
Even in Colorado 40 years ago we followed the slow time controls of the
Grandmasters. Often one long game held up a whole tournament. Maybe we should
slow down the time controls a little bit each round of the World Cup so the
play gets more and more serious as the number of Candidates gets cut in half.
As much as I enjoyed Malakhov's victory I would have enjoyed it more if Svidler
had an extra hour or two to think.
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Svidler"]
[Black "GM_Malakhov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: 4.Nc3"]
[ECO "D15"]
[NIC "SL.03"]
[Time "04:54:45"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. g4 e5 11. Qg3 Nfd7 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. O-O h5 14. f3 Nf8
15. a4 b4 16. Bd2 a5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne6 19. Rae1 h4 20. Qf2 O-O 21. f4
exd4 22. f5 Nxc5 23. Bb1 d3 24. Nc1 Qd6 25. Ba2 Bd4 26. Be3 Ne4 27. Qxh4 g5
28. Qh5 d2 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kg2 dxe1=N+ {Black wins} 0-1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "2008 Florida Open"]
[Site "Radisson Hotel, Saint Petersburg, Florida"]
[Date "2008.09.01" ]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Eric Rodriguez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Opening "Slav Defense, Accepted Variation"]
[Time "2 PM"]
[TimeControl "Game, 155 minutes, 5 second delay"]
[Annotator "Wall, Brian, Fritz 9"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Nxc4 b5 7.Nd2 e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5
9.g3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Qxd1+ 11.Nxd1 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Nxd2 Bb7 14.Bg2 0-0-0 15.a4
Rhe8 16.Ne3 Rd4 17.Nf5 Rdd8 18.Nxg7 Rg8 19.Nf5 Rge8 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Nb3 Nfg4
22.Nxg4 Nxg4 23.Na5

1-0

Eric quit, saying-
" I overlooked Nd6+ "
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[Event "CZE-ch U12"]
[Site "Plzen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galicek, Stanislav"]
[Black "Jirka, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. Bd3 g6 8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne8 13. g4 e6 14. g5 f6 15. h4 Kf7
16. h5 fxg5 17. hxg6+ hxg6 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. O-O-O Rh8 20. Rhg1 Qh4 21. Bxg6+
Kf8 22. e4 Bh6 23. Rdf1+ Ke7 24. Rf7+ Kd8 25. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 26. Kb1 Rg8 27. Qg4
Nef6 28. Qxe6 Ra7 29. Rxd7+ Rxd7 30. Qxf6+ Kc7 31. exd5 Qg7 32. Qxc6+ Kb8 33.
Qb6+ Ka8 34. c6 Ra7 35. d6 Qf6 36. d7 1-0

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[Event "FRA-chB"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qg3 Nbd7 11. f4 e6 12. Bd2 h5 13. O-O h4 14. Qf3 Nh5 15. Ne2 a5
16. e4 f5 17. e5 Bf8 18. Kh2 Be7 19. g4 hxg3+ 20. Nxg3 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 Rh6 22.
Rf3 Bh4 23. Qg2 Nf8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Ra7 26. Rg1 Rah7 27. Bf1 Rh4 28. Qd2
Ra7 1/2-1/2

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec  3 17:23:14 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  3 Dec 2009 17:23:14 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] For Angel, " Bad Losers at Yahoo Chess " song
Message-ID: <1259886194.4b18567216623@www.taom.com>



Half Man Half Biscuit - Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess - sheff08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzKdtMGBphY

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec  3 17:29:57 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  3 Dec 2009 17:29:57 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Lyrics - Bad Losers on Yahoo Chess
Message-ID: <1259886597.4b185805dee69@www.taom.com>



Bad Losers on Yahoo Chess

Checkmate!
Dennis Bell of Torquay
Too late
With your Nxe3
Good game sir
Do you want another bout?
Well Dennis ain?t replying
?cos he just signed out
Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
Bad losers
On Yahoo Chess

Deep Blue
In ?97 I voted for you
As Sports Personality of the Year
I thought at least
You?d get the Overseas
?cos when all?s said and done
You?re not like some of these
Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
Bad losers on Yahoo Chess
Bad losers
On Yahoo Chess

Cetshwayo got a shock
When he attacked Rorke?s Drift
But he didn?t get stroppy
And he didn?t get miffed
Ernie Shackleton retreated
Close to the Pole
He didn?t want men dying
To achieve his goal
But did he get a gob on?
No he gave a little grin
Heed this Dennis Bell
When you next sign in
Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess
Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess
Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess
Bad Losers
Bad Losers
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Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess Half Man Half Biscuit Glasgow 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzC-V4jTVU
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec  3 17:44:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  3 Dec 2009 17:44:48 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Apropos Sjakk
Message-ID: <1259887488.4b185b804374a@www.taom.com>



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcKlkJN9_SQ

Apropos Sjakk

funny Youtube video about Chess training

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec  3 18:10:32 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  3 Dec 2009 18:10:32 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pre-order Wojo's Weapons by Johnathan Hilton
	and IM Dean Ippolito
Message-ID: <1259889032.4b1861887f7f5@www.taom.com>

My game with Wojo is given at www.Walverine.com email Armageddon

My game with Dean Ippolito started out  1 d4  Nc6
but the a Chigorin Defense and then a laborious draw.

My game with Johnathan Hilton is the one where he ate the scoresheet.

Dean is married with two kids, 40ish and Johnathan is 18,
2300+ and a good friend to Tyler Hughes.

Wojo studied with Tal in his youth.
Lived hard, died young.

This book has to be good.
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Magician? won hundreds of tournaments from the 1990?s until his untimely death
in 2006. Now, Wojtkiewicz experts IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton have
joined forces to produce the definitive ?how-to? manual for learning Wojo?s
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games ? 40 of which were played by Wojo himself ? the authors make
Wojtkiewicz?s strategies easily accessible to the chess public for the first
time.
Wojo?s Weapons has plenty to offer chessplayers


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec  4 03:47:11 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  4 Dec 2009 03:47:11 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Some of my bullet brilliancies are better
	than some people's whole Chesslives
Message-ID: <1259923631.4b18e8afb1f2a@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "daddylonglegs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1839"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "04:15:54"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

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 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Rhe1

I have to resist playing Kb1 every move

11 ... Bb7 12. Qg3 b4?  TL

Theoretical Lemon by DaddyLongLegs.
12 ... Nbd7 has been played before


13. Nd5!!  exd5!  14. Nf5!!

My Shattering the Scheveningen Youtube video gives about 10 examples of this.


14 ... Re8


It turns out my sacs are sound in all lines
14 ... de  15  Bh4!!  g6  16  N:e7+  Q:e7  17 R:d6  Nbd7
18 Qf4!!, Red1!!  or Ba4!  all are better for me
14 ... g6  15  N:e7+!!  Q:e7  16  ed  Qd8  17  Qh4  Nbd7  18 Q:b4
with pressure on b7, d6 and f6,
better for me
14 ... g6  15  Qh4!!   gf  16  ef  Bd8  17  Bh6  Kh8  18  B:f8  Nbd7
19  Be7!!    should win
14 ... Qd7  15  N:g7!!  wins
14 ... Bd8  15  Bf4  g6  16 B:d6   should win
14 ... Bc8  15  N:g7!!  wins
14 ... Bc8  15  N:g7!!   K:g7  16  B:f6+  K:f6  17  R:d5  or f4
are killers
14 ... a5   15  N:g7!!  kills again
14 ... Nc6  15  ed!!   leaves a mark
14 ... Nc6  15  ed!!   Bc8  16  N:g7  works again
A nice Queen sac closes the deal after
14 ... Nc6  15  ed!!   Nh5  16  dc!!  N:g3  17  N:e7+  Kh8
18  cb  Ne2+  ( to avoid opening the h-file )
19  R:e2  with 3 pieces for a Queen plus a nasty grip after  20  Bd5!
I have other wins too if the Queen sac doesn't convince.

I think you get the idea,
massive pressure everywhere for my Knight.
I don't see the wins,
I feel them.

15. exd5!!!

Alternate wins:
15 N:g7!!, N:e7+!  or  e5!


15 ...  g6 16. Bxf6!!


{Black resigns} 1-0

Too many pins
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "daddylonglegs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1839"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "04:15:54"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

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 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nf5
Re8 15. exd5 g6 16. Bxf6 {Black resigns} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "HUN-chT 0304"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Masat, Adam"]
[Black "Pavel, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 Nbd7 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 exd5
15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxf6+ 1-0

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Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY
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slow tournament game, same theme

[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 resigns with a big smile
I tied for third  $62
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slow tournament game, same theme

[Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"]
[Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"]
[Date "2009.07.02" ]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Jorge Renteria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2361"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "12:02:40"]
[TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14.
Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5

1-0 Black resigns
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slow tournament game, same theme

[Event "2006 Denver Round Robin"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2006.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Robert Ramirez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "12:14:08"]
[TimeControl "Game/70 minutes  5 second delay"]

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 O-O 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Rfd8 13. Nf5 exf5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Nh5 g6 19. Qc3+

1-0  Robert Ramirez resigns



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec  4 11:16:47 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  4 Dec 2009 11:16:47 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] R.I.P. Richard O'Brien (1944-2009)
Message-ID: <1259950607.4b19520f784f6@www.taom.com>



http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1297

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec  4 11:28:53 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  4 Dec 2009 11:28:53 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anti Earl Rogers rant by Dave from
	www.Chessville.com - Why no replys?
Message-ID: <1259951333.4b1954e5843b5@www.taom.com>

I got Chess Life for kids for my son Devon in the mail yesterday -
it was filled with familiar Colorao names, Todd Bardwick, Andy Rea, Adam
Weissbarth. I even feel closer to GM Larry Evans after his wonderful Bobby
Fischer talk in Reno 2009. I am familiar with Rick Kennedy from his love of the
Jerome Gambit. He writes reviews for Chessville. I have played Danny Kopeck and
did an ICC webcast with him. I played Tom Brownscombe and gave him a copy of
How To Play Chess Like an Animal for his Karpov School. There are also Chess
video ads from Michael Mulyar of Silver Knights. I drew Michael 3 or 4 times.
I guess I am so old any Chess magazine is going to feel like visiting a nursing
home for me.

----- Forwarded message from Dave <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:57:10 -0000
    From: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Why no replys?
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

Sheesh, if you guys spent half the time creating the content you're so fond of
bemoaning the lack of here, instead of complaining about people who actually do
contribute, this would be a lot better place.

Let me sum up:

1. You can post on any UO subject you want to.

2. You can ignore posters you don't like simply by not reading those posts.

Honestly, you guys come off like a bunch of carping fishwives sometimes!

Next time you reach for the keyboard to complain about a badger or a fishing
pole or whatever, instead, write an illuminating piece of analysis on your
favorite UO opening or contribute a UO game instead. Maybe then, the strong
players will come back.

/rant

Dave
--- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, jorge chaher <jorgechaher at ...>
wrote:

? Earl poses a serious matter; Why we are looking around well-refuted lines
(Fishing pole, The Racoon)? The same question in other terms: Why is there no
Grand masters in our Group? Why no longer?


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec  4 14:05:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  4 Dec 2009 14:05:17 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] chess books
Message-ID: <1259960717.4b19798d7bf9f@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:54:38 -0600
    From: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: chess books
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>


Dear Brian,

I am not sure how large your e-mail list is. I certainly got a much wider
response the last time I sold books when I sent you an e-mail announcing book
sells at laurence0224 on eBay than this time. I am sure a lot of people sell
chess books. I have over 250 books of which 100 I received after my dad passed
away last year (Grady N Coker MD). Some of the books I received from my dad I
don't plan to sell. I have first editions of Capablanca books My Chess Career
and Chess Fundamentals. Both of these are 1920 and 1921 respectively and are in
decent shape. But, many books 1935 to 1950 I am selling, though I might hand
onto to Frank Marshall's My 50 years of Chess and Capablanca's Primer of Chess,
both 1st editions. My dad picked most his books just after the World War II and
just before he got into residency in OB at the Medical College of Georgia. So,
I should be posting these 1935 to 1950 books periodically, many of which are
first editions. My dad's most valuable book was a 1859 copy of the First Chess
Congress which Morphy won. It was in good condition and gold leaf. It is long
gone as my dad sold it for $300 before he died. Sorry!

The oldest book I have presently is a PEEPS at the Chess Opening by Thomas Long
B.A.from 1886. I am not sure what to do with it as the binding isn't very good
and the cover is a little discolored.

Sincerely,

Laurence Coker

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec  4 22:17:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  4 Dec 2009 22:17:37 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New chess video and Fw: The Next Pueblo
	Tournament
Message-ID: <1259990257.4b19ecf18c865@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:02:36 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: [CSCN] New chess video and Fw: The Next Pueblo Tournament


I have uploaded another video on chess:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tAluPxCi-U


----- Original Message -----
From: chessliz at comcast.net
Subject: The Next Pueblo Tournament


It's time for another tournament in Pueblo.  All are welcome.  Hopefully the
games will be interesting and fun.

Liz


Winter Wonderland Tournament, December 12, 2009
5 round Swiss system tournament.
Time Control: G/35 t/d5
Site: The Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo
Directions: Take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street
Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration
entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration
Prizes: Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of
the event
Registration: 9:00-9:45, Rounds: 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45.
Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213
Phone: 719-660-5531
E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com

Another contact: Liz Wood, 719-566-6929



An Open One-Day Rated Chess Tournament
Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are
irrevocable.
Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs
CO 80919-2213 by December 10th.
Colorado Tour Event


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec  5 03:34:42 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  5 Dec 2009 03:34:42 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Determined Badger, Exxon Valdez Defense
Message-ID: <1260009282.4b1a37421398e@www.taom.com>

First the latest Earl Roberts rant.
I have played thousands of badgers in his honor
so I have no trouble finding games to match his
vitriol. This rant is in response to a David Kane anti-rant.
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Date:  Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:21:20 +1300
From:  N Earl Roberts <earl.r at xtra.co.nz>
To:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Reply-to:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Subject:  Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Why no replys?
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Greetings and ramifications.
Thank you for your diatribe Dave.
>Sheesh, if you guys spent half the time creating the content you're so fond of
bemoaning the lack of here, instead of complaining about people who actually do
contribute, this would be a lot better place<
I can not really speak for others but if have taken the time to research the
posts of this group, you would find I indeed contributed regular to posts of
this group on various topics. If my memory serves me correct I think I was
moderator or the editor of the newsletter way back when so you "FAIL" there. As
for the newsletter itself, I have contributed a number of articles in my time
and when I am not upsetting the interests of others they actually do get
published (Although I am still waiting to hear why a 35 Mb article on the
Williams gambit that a drew together was never published recently) so I guess
you "FAIL" there also.
>Let me sum up:<
You rather started to loose creditability here.
>1. You can post on any UO subject you want to.<
And here in lies the problem. Answer me this what is the point of investigating
an opening (In this case, the fishing pole and I do want to say this is not
about Mr.Wall or any specific member) that has been refuted? Not an opening
that is bad mind you, meaning an opening that provides you with NO advantage in
the opening or into the middle game but I am talking about opening that has been
REFUTED by a Grandmaster. But as I have repeatedly said (and I will say it again
so you can grasp it) if you and the rest of the group are happy to discuss it
then I am happy for you and them. Go right ahead and knock yourself. Write post
after post. Write article after article. Have Mr.Wall post blitz game after
blitz game, I am happy for him that he wins with it.
BUT unless Grandmaster Lanes analysis has been roundly refuted itself then isn't
there an inescapable fact.....No matter how many times we see Mr.Wall win with
it or how many post he and others post on the subject a refuted opening is
still refuted.
The wooden thing is actually a tree.
>2. You can ignore posters you don't like simply by not reading those posts.<
I largely already do (except for posts by Clive or the Hippo dude).
>Honestly, you guys come off like a bunch of carping fishwives sometimes!<
I try (not always successfully) to refine from name calling because it usually
says more about the name caller than the receiver. Look if you want to live in
a vacuum not wanting to hear a dissenting opinion then...I don't know...stick
your fingers in your ears, close your eyes and make believe the world is rosy
and bright....but remember things don't last long in a vacuum for a good
reason.
>Next time you reach for the keyboard to complain about a badger or a fishing
pole or whatever, instead, write an illuminating piece of analysis on your
favorite UO opening or contribute a UO game instead. Maybe then, the strong
players will come back.<
Last time I looked we have strong players in this group already....Isn't Mr.
Wall a FM or NM or something?....My ICCF Elo is 2100 something...Lev whose been
quiet for ages now has a 2000 plus USCF rating..and on and on. Comes as no
surprise, you FAIL again
Regards
Earl.

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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Oddjob"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Badger, Super Badger,
Exxon Valdez Defense "]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "05:16:33"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 f6

This is my new, improved, reinforced with steel poles Super Badger or Exxon
Valdez Defense. The idea is to insist on SOMETHING arriving at e5.


4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Nce7 7. Be3 g5 8. Be2 Ng6 9. O-O h5
10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nf4 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Nd3 Neg6 14. c5 Be7
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rac1 a6 17. Na4 Kf7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rc3 h4
20. Rfc1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf4 22. Qd2 Kg6 23. Rc7 Rh7 24. a3 Qh8
25. Qb4 Nxg2

Like Earl and his ceaseless Debbie Downer dour tirades I was determined
to break through on the Kingside although my attack seemed completely
stalled. Ironically I finally had something, 25 ... Nd3  or Nf4-e2+:c1
when I decided on my desperate sac.



26. Kxg2 g4

Sheer frustation


27. Kf1 g3 28. hxg3 hxg3

Unleashing the Gates of Hell


29. fxg3 Rh2!!

Restrict before checking,
the most important King Hunt rule

30. Bg1 Qh3+!!

Mating


31. Ke1 Qxg3+

{White resigns}  0-1

Mate in 2
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Oddjob"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Badger, Super Badger,
Exxon Valdez Defense "]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "05:16:33"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 f6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Nce7 7. Be3 g5 8. Be2
Ng6 9. O-O h5 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nf4 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Nd3 Neg6 14. c5 Be7
15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rac1 a6 17. Na4 Kf7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Rc3 h4 20. Rfc1 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 Nf4 22. Qd2 Kg6 23. Rc7 Rh7 24. a3 Qh8 25. Qb4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 g4 27.
Kf1 g3 28. hxg3 hxg3 29. fxg3 Rh2 30. Bg1 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Qxg3+ {White resigns}
0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec  5 13:01:56 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  5 Dec 2009 13:01:56 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Snyder Captured in Belize
Message-ID: <1260043316.4b1abc340a7cf@www.taom.com>



http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9922/565


http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=15681
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American Fugitive Sex Offender Captured in Belize
posted (December 4, 2009)
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One of America?s most wanted has been caught in Belize. His name is Robert
Snyder and he is a convicted child molester who draws in children by acting as
a Chess Instructor and that?s just what he was doing in Belize ? teaching chess
under the name Augustin Rios. Details are scarce but we have learned that he was
apprehended by Belizean authorities today after he was featured on the Saturday
November 28th edition of America?s Most Wanted.

We have learned also that acting under his new name Snyder had re-married in
Belize, reportedly to a police-woman. Snyder who is a chess master, instructor
and an author of books about chess was also teaching chess at a number of
primary schools in Belize. We don?t know how many schools he taught at as the
information is late-breaking.
According to the America?s Most Wanted website ? Snyder was a well-known chess
instructor in the United States, mainly teaching children, but police say he
also worked for actors like Will Smith and Nicholas Cage. And while he was a
highly regarded instructor, especially to children, America?s Most Wanted
quoted police as saying that Snyder was, in reality, a child molester, drawn to
assaulting his students.

He was arrested in Colorado in 2005, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors
and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of Unlawful Sexual Conduct, and
agreed to a two-year term. He began serving his sentence in January of 2007. In
August of 2008, Snyder was released from jail, and was supposed to register as a
sex offender and meet with his probation officer. He did neither, and has been
on the run ever since.

According to our information, he appeared in Belize one month later in September
of 2008 where he immediately started working as a chess instructor. It?s a very
worrying situation because as we said, we don?t know the extent of his
activities in Belize, but according to parents of children who he abused,
Snyder was slick.

?He was very good at building confidence, he was very good at building trust,
was always very professional. With us he was very engaging, very personable as
far as that goes. With the other kids, the other kids seemed to like him and
respond to him in a very positive way as far as that goes and so did the
parents. It was a month or two before he molested our son because that is when
little things started coming out about he looked like he pulled out a picture
and said he looks like my son. When he was married, his stepson and they looked
almost identical at that time and just little things. There were little remarks
in hindsight that you look back on now. How did we miss that. At that point we
thought it was just confidence building and he was being very complimentary,
those types of things.?

Again, Snyder was in Belize for at least 14 or 15 months working as a chess
instructor under the assumed name Augustin Rios. He was just apprehended by
Belize police today and we?ll have more about this disturbing case on Monday?s
newscast.


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Dec  6 00:24:33 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  6 Dec 2009 00:24:33 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bullet Fishing Poles are just too easy
Message-ID: <1260084273.4b1b5c310aba7@www.taom.com>


In bullet games certain openings are disastrous for me -
White side of a Dragon
White side of a Sveshnikov
White side of a Nimzo
Black side of a Scotch

Of course the Black side of a Fishing Pole is pure heaven in a bullet game,
I do not have to rely on speed,
I can go right for checkmate.



[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "JammyDodger"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "17:27:21"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

Fishing Pole invented by Jack Young

5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5

Favorite blitz posiiton

7. Bc4?   TL

Theoretical Lemon,
also a Jack Young invention

No one ever tried this retreat before

7 ... Bc5!! 8. c3!   Nce5

8 ... Qf6!!  is best but I wrote a recent email about a game where I refused to
retreat Black Knights on g4 and e5 attacked by pawns on h3 and f4 and referred
to Tom Petty's song, I won't back down.


9. Bb3 d6!!  10. f4 Qh4!!  11. h3!

My Knights are attacked again but I won't back down.
When GM Dzindzichashvilli lived in Denver one fan
said he loved to watch Roman "float" his pieces.


11 ... Qg3!!

Standard Fishing Pole piece placement,
honed by a decade of experience and analysis.


12. Re1 Qh2+!!

Mating


13. Kf1 Qh1+!!  14. Ke2 Qxg2#

{White checkmated} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "JammyDodger"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "17:27:21"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Bc4 Bc5
8. c3 Nce5 9. Bb3 d6 10. f4 Qh4 11. h3 Qg3 12. Re1 Qh2+ 13. Kf1 Qh1+ 14. Ke2
Qxg2# {White checkmated} 0-1
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  6 Dec 2009 00:34:11 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] daddylonglegs
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----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 14:54:14 -0800 (PST)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: daddylonglegs
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its up

http://www.brianwallchess.net/emails/emails/daddylonglegs






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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Dec  6 21:04:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  6 Dec 2009 21:04:40 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Why no replies? / Why no UON 26 submissions?
Message-ID: <1260158680.4b1c7ed892e45@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Gary Danelishen <phillidor at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 00:40:37 -0600
    From: Gary Danelishen <phillidor at gmail.com>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Why no replies? / Why no UON 26
	submissions?
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

Mr. Gary Gifford,

Last year, I published a book, *The Final Theory of
Chess*<http://finaltheoryofchess.com/default.aspx>, in
which I fill over a hundred pages with computer analysis covering the
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Dozens more pages are devoted to exploring the
French Defense, Advance Variation: Nimzowitsch Attack, again with computer
analysis. There are several other UCO openings which can be found within.

This book represents four years of around-the-clock computer analysis using
several computers.

Interestingly, I happen to be from Cleveland, OH too (Specifically Berea and
Middleburg Hts.) and I occasionally played at the Parma Chess Club. My
name is also Gary - Gary Danelishen. I, however, fled the Cleveland job
market to attend graduate school in Alabama back in 2008.

Let me know if you would like a complimentary copy of the book. Just
simply let me know the address that you would like me to send it to.

Sincerely,
-Gary M. Danelishen




On 12/4/09, Gary Gifford <penswift at yahoo.com> wrote:



 Greetings to all UCO persons:

 I thought I'd add to the original question of "Why no replies?" with
 another question, "Why no UON submissions?"

 UON 26 is supposed to show in January 2010 (just around the corner). The
 cover is to have a photo of a special world-known chess personality/player
 (but I won't spoil the surprise).
> So far, I only have some partial articles from myself... not because I want
 to, but because I currently have nothing else. Previously Brian Wall was
 kind enough to allow me to use his material, I will need to do so again this
 time.

 I might put in the rules of a chess variant in a UON appendix to add a
 little thickness to the issue ... but to me, a Chess Variant does not belong
 in UON. But maybe this will be the last UON and it won't matter?

 Anyway, if anyone wants to have an article or games in the upcoming UON
 (which will have the special guest photo cover), please send them to me
 within the next week or two.

 Also, if you believe UON is of no use these days and a waste of time, feel
 free to send me your comments... I can add them to UON 26 (or at least some
 of them) ... maybe it is time to shelve the periodical?

 Anyway, take care and best chess to all,

 Sincerely

 Gary
 (for UON)
 penswift at yahoo.com <penswift%40yahoo.com>

 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]





--
Sincerely,
Gary M. Danelishen


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From mustangace at comcast.net  Sun Dec  6 13:08:09 2009
From: mustangace at comcast.net (Ed Stoddard)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:08:09 -0800
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] chess books [1
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Brian, others,

Well, I have two old chess books.  One published in 1826 and the other 1824, both written by Philidor.  I often wonder what they might be worth.

They are:
  a.. Analysis of the Game of Chess, by A.D. Philidor, and published by Samuel H. Parker in 1826 - (Binding is intact. Booking binding shows title as Philidor Analysis of Chess, Parker's Boston Edition)  
  b.. An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, by Philidor, and published by H.C. Carey & I. Lea, and Abraham Small in 1824 - (Front cover is coming off and appears to have been clued before.  Book binding shows title as Philidor on Chess.) 

Both these books were given to me by friend at work years ago (some time in the '70s) when I was young.  He saw that I appeared to be going places in chess, and so, wanted me to have them as his interest in the game had left him.  It was very generous of him, and I wish I had lived up to his hope for me in the game.  I'm a decent player around the class A level (maybe could be expert now if I played) over-the-board.  I have been at the master level in correspondence chess at various times and on various Internets sites.

Anyway, any suggestions as to value or how to sell them?  Not sure eBay is the best for selling these books.

Ed Stoddard
Seattle, Washington


From: Brian Wall 
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 1:05 PM
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist 
Subject: [BrianWallChess] chess books [1 Attachment]


  
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----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com> -----
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:54:38 -0600
From: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Subject: chess books
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Dear Brian,

I am not sure how large your e-mail list is. I certainly got a much wider
response the last time I sold books when I sent you an e-mail announcing book
sells at laurence0224 on eBay than this time. I am sure a lot of people sell
chess books. I have over 250 books of which 100 I received after my dad passed
away last year (Grady N Coker MD). Some of the books I received from my dad I
don't plan to sell. I have first editions of Capablanca books My Chess Career
and Chess Fundamentals. Both of these are 1920 and 1921 respectively and are in
decent shape. But, many books 1935 to 1950 I am selling, though I might hand
onto to Frank Marshall's My 50 years of Chess and Capablanca's Primer of Chess,
both 1st editions. My dad picked most his books just after the World War II and
just before he got into residency in OB at the Medical College of Georgia. So,
I should be posting these 1935 to 1950 books periodically, many of which are
first editions. My dad's most valuable book was a 1859 copy of the First Chess
Congress which Morphy won. It was in good condition and gold leaf. It is long
gone as my dad sold it for $300 before he died. Sorry!

The oldest book I have presently is a PEEPS at the Chess Opening by Thomas Long
B.A.from 1886. I am not sure what to do with it as the binding isn't very good
and the cover is a little discolored.

Sincerely,

Laurence Coker

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2009 12:56:44 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Intoducing the brand new opening,
	the Augustin Rios Defense,
	1 c4!! e5 2 Nc3 b6!! which is the Snyder Sicilian ( 1 e4 c5 2 b3!! )
	in disguise
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American Fugitive Sex Offender Captured in Belize


One of America?s most wanted has been caught in Belize. His name is Robert
Snyder and he is a convicted child molester who draws in children by acting as
a Chess Instructor and that?s just what he was doing in Belize ? teaching chess
under the name Augustin Rios. Details are scarce but we have learned that he was
apprehended by Belizean authorities today after he was featured on the Saturday
November 28th edition of America?s Most Wanted.

We have learned also that acting under his new name Snyder had re-married in
Belize, reportedly to a police-woman. Snyder who is a chess master, instructor
and an author of books about chess was also teaching chess at a number of
primary schools in Belize. We don?t know how many schools he taught at as the
information is late-breaking.
According to the America?s Most Wanted website ? Snyder was a well-known chess
instructor in the United States, mainly teaching children, but police say he
also worked for actors like Will Smith and Nicholas Cage. And while he was a
highly regarded instructor, especially to children, America?s Most Wanted
quoted police as saying that Snyder was, in reality, a child molester, drawn to
assaulting his students.

He was arrested in Colorado in 2005, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors
and pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of Unlawful Sexual Conduct, and
agreed to a two-year term. He began serving his sentence in January of 2007. In
August of 2008, Snyder was released from jail, and was supposed to register as a
sex offender and meet with his probation officer. He did neither, and has been
on the run ever since.

According to our information, he appeared in Belize one month later in September
of 2008 where he immediately started working as a chess instructor. It?s a very
worrying situation because as we said, we don?t know the extent of his
activities in Belize, but according to parents of children who he abused,
Snyder was slick.

?He was very good at building confidence, he was very good at building trust,
was always very professional. With us he was very engaging, very personable as
far as that goes. With the other kids, the other kids seemed to like him and
respond to him in a very positive way as far as that goes and so did the
parents. It was a month or two before he molested our son because that is when
little things started coming out about he looked like he pulled out a picture
and said he looks like my son. When he was married, his stepson and they looked
almost identical at that time and just little things. There were little remarks
in hindsight that you look back on now. How did we miss that. At that point we
thought it was just confidence building and he was being very complimentary,
those types of things.?

Again, Snyder was in Belize for at least 14 or 15 months working as a chess
instructor under the assumed name Augustin Rios. He was just apprehended by
Belize police today and we?ll have more about this disturbing case on Monday?s
newscast.


 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


http://www.chessville.com/instruction/openings/Martin/Mar04a.htm

I am very impressed by facebook friend's Andrew Martin's description of Nigel
Short's odious eulogy to GM Tony Miles, which I agree with 1,000%. It's like
Andrew read my mind. In addition Andrew annotates a game where Short wins with
the Snyder Sicilian. Must read.

http://www.chessville.com/instruction/openings/Martin/Mar04a.htm

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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "SixSixSix"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[Opening "English opening, Augustin Rios Defense"]
[ECO "A21"]
[NIC "EO.23"]
[Time "12:47:52"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. a3 f5 5. Qc2 g6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Nf3
d6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. d4 e4 12. Ng5 c6 13. d5 c5 14. Kb1 a6 15.
Be2 Ne5 16. Nh3 Bc8 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 O-O-O 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21.
e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Kb7 23. b4 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nfxg4 25. Ne6 Rd7 26. Nxg7 Qxg7 27.
Ne2 Qh6 28. Bc1 Qxh4 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Nf4 Rc8 31. Ne6 {Black forfeits on
time} 1-0
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What fascinates me is that Robert Snyder did not just escape and hide in some
remote fishing village, maybe grow a beard and run a bait shop, he said, No,
Fuck You, I want my old life back. Robert set up in Belize what he had in
California and Colorado, a nice life teaching Chess to kids. Of course what he
did guaranteed he would get caught, Chess is a small community. For extra brass
he married a cop.

ROMEO
 24   Is it even so? then I defy you, stars!
 25   Thou know'st my lodging: get me ink and paper,
 26   And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night.

I have to give Snyder credit for living life on his terms,
come hell or highwater.
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[Event "Rice Trophy Tournament"]
[Site "Sylvan Beach"]
[Date "1905.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Curt,Charles"]
[Black "Bampton,Samuel Warren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "English opening, Augustin Rios Defense"]
[Eco "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.d4 exd4 5.exd4 d5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Rc1 c5 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Nce4
16.Bg4 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Ne4 18.Qd3 Rxc4 19.Rxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Bc5 21.Ne6 Qf6
22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Qxc5 Qxb2 25.Qe7 Bc6 26.Rd8 Qc1+ 27.Bd1 Qxd1+

0-1
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[Event "Montevideo"]
[Site "Montevideo"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Villegas,Benito H"]
[Black "Trompowsky,Octavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "English opening, Augustin Rios Defense"]
[Eco "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 b6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Be7 6.e4 Nf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7
9.Nc6 Qe8 10.Nb5 Nc5 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.f3 a6 13.Nc3 a5 14.Bg5 Qe6 15.Nb5 Ne8
16.Nd4 Qd7 17.Nf5 Nf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qe1 Kh8 20.Qc3 Qd8 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Rae1 Rg8
23.Bd1 Rg7 24.f4 Qe7 25.Bf3 Rag8 26.Rf2 Na6 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Qd8 29.Rfe2 Nc5
30.Re7 Ne6 31.Qxf6 Nxf4 32.Qc3 Rf8 33.Bc6 Qc8 34.Re8 Rxe8 35.Rxe8+ Qxe8 36.Bxe8
Ne2+ 37.Kf2 Nxc3 38.bxc3 Rg5 39.Bd7 Rg4 0-1
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Drumroll please:

The Augustin Rios Defense is the Snyder Sicilian ( 1 e4  c5  2 b3!!  )
in disguise i.e,
1 c4  e5!! 2 Nc3 b6!!

My first game was a loss, but really, wasn't Robert's disguise subconciously
designed to get caught eventually? The only lamer disguise I know of than
Robert Snyder's is Clark Kent.

Chesslive.de gives 127 examples of the Augustin Rios defense. Megadatabase
is hopeless beause it includes transpositions to the Snyder Sicilian
1 e4  c5  2 b3!!  Nc6

So there is no claim to any originality except in name or motivation.

It is the first defense in Chess history designed to lose.

On a personal note, Robert Snyder is not some unknown monster as portrayed on
TV, Robert was very popular here in Colorado, a charming, entertaining man who
gave good Chess lessons. I warned some local kids about his past but they never
reported any shenanigans to me. After he was featured on America's Most Wanted
the teenagers confessed they knew their teacher was hot for them and he would
pressure them to go to his house and sleep with them, but they just laughed it
off. Basically, they were having too muh fun playing Chess to inform their
parents who paid his fees. Essentially Snyder was manageable, he pressured the
ones he like, a few succumbed, most didn't.

http://www.amazon.com/Better-Than-Sex-Gonzo-Papers/dp/0345396359
Better Than Sex (Gonzo Papers, Vol 4) (Paperback)
~ Hunter S. Thompson

Josh Bloomer and I used to make fun of Chess for Junior kids
who all had to play the same openings like Star Wars clones.

" If you beat one Chess for Juniors kids, you beat them all.
NM Josh Bloomer

Robert Snyder told me I was a talented writer
and even offered to help me get published.
We would occasionally exchange emails and
discuss different Chess ideas. He was on
my email list.

GM Roman Dzindidzichasvili was mad at Snyder because Roman had a bunch of ICC
rating highs based on his incredible natural talent. I know, I watched Dzindi
play thousands of blitz games. Snyder somehow achieved a higher rating in slow
Chess than Dzindi which Roman was 100% convinced must have been computer
generated.

I suppose they will lock up Snyder for 5-10 years now but he is a
postal Chessmaster as well so we have not heard the last of him.

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Chess for juniors: a complete guide for the beginner by Robert M. Snyder in
Books

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=chess+for+juniors&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&rlz=1I7ADBR_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=2043872887459700992&ei=tlsdS5XWFuiB8Qa1kvXmAw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCMQ8wIwBA#ps-sellers

All proceeds go to the Robert Snyder legal defense fund
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcKlkJN9_SQ

Apropos Sjakk

In this video an unorthodox Chess instructor admits -

" Many people say my methods are questionable. "

Many people have asked me for 10 years to tone myself down but after reading
" Better than Sex" by Hunter Thomson, recommened by the wonderful Chess couple
Joseph Vincent Grey and his lovely lady Annabel Lee, I realize that some are
chosen to speak their truth.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec  7 13:17:36 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2009 13:17:36 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] chess books
Message-ID: <1260217056.4b1d62e06d768@www.taom.com>

I collect Chess ideas not books. I see many friends with hundreds of book in
pristine condition. All of mine are ripped to shreds from overuse. I borrowed a
great old book, maybe 120 years old, Modern Chess Instructor by Steinitz. I
loved the ideas in that book and tried to use them. Eventually I returned the
book to the Denver Chess Club - haven't seen it since. It had a beautiful gold
inlay diagram of a Paulsen-Morphy game ( I think some  ... R:f3 combo ) on the
cover. The book was a joy to hold.

Bobby Fischer and David Bronstein loved to collect/read old Chess books.

BW

----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:40:10 -0600
    From: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: FW: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] chess books [1	Attachment]
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>






From: wlcoker7 at hotmail.com
To: mustangace at comcast.net
Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] chess books [1 Attachment]
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:39:24 -0600



Dear Ed,
A lot of times you can find information on rare books by simply doing a google
search. Uncommon rare books take more work. I had trouble with this one. Your
book appears to be a later book. 1st editions are always worth more (For
instance: A first edition of Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable games in very good
condition is worth $100, but the second edition is worth only a fraction of
that).
I found a website that posted a discussion of Philidor's books. It appears to be
an earlier edition of Philidor's books for $950. But, I would think yours is
worth less.
 http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/philidor-a-d-pratt-peter/studies-of-chess/63178.aspx
Rare book stores are more likely to have postings on Google.
Another option is to look at eBay.
I see a 1805 edition of studies by Philidor volume 1 and 2 for $51, though it
still is being bid on.
http://books.shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=Philidor&_sacat=267
I bet yours is worth more than that and it may be different books even.
Sometimes if you want to sell something you post it for a very high price and
see if you get any bites.
For instance, if I thought the books were worth $400 I could try to sell it for
that and see if someone bought it. Of course, there are fees for posting on
eBay to take a chance. EBay fees are lower for lower starting prices, but you
take a risk that maybe only one person might bid at a very low price.
Sincerely,
Laurence Coker


From: mustangace at comcast.net
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com;
brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com; BrianWallChess3 at taom.com
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:08:09 -0800
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Brian, others,

Well, I have two old chess books.  One published in 1826 and the other 1824,
both written by Philidor.  I often wonder what they might be worth.

They are:

Analysis of the Game of Chess, by A.D. Philidor, and published by Samuel H.
Parker in 1826 - (Binding is intact. Booking binding shows title as Philidor
Analysis of Chess, Parker's Boston Edition)
An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess, by Philidor, and published by H.C.
Carey & I. Lea, and Abraham Small in 1824 - (Front cover is coming off and
appears to have been clued before.  Book binding shows title as Philidor on
Chess.)

Both these books were given to me by friend at work years ago (some time in the
'70s) when I was young.  He saw that I appeared to be going places in chess,
and so, wanted me to have them as his interest in the game had left him.  It
was very generous of him, and I wish I had lived up to his hope for me in the
game.  I'm a decent player around the class A level (maybe could be expert now
if I played) over-the-board.  I have been at the master level in correspondence
chess at various times and on various Internets sites.

Anyway, any suggestions as to value or how to sell them?  Not sure eBay is the
best for selling these books.

Ed Stoddard
Seattle, Washington



From: Brian Wall
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 1:05 PM
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian
Wall Chesslist
Subject: [BrianWallChess] chess books [1 Attachment]




[Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below]

----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com> -----
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:54:38 -0600
From: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Subject: chess books
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Dear Brian,

I am not sure how large your e-mail list is. I certainly got a much wider
response the last time I sold books when I sent you an e-mail announcing book
sells at laurence0224 on eBay than this time. I am sure a lot of people sell
chess books. I have over 250 books of which 100 I received after my dad passed
away last year (Grady N Coker MD). Some of the books I received from my dad I
don't plan to sell. I have first editions of Capablanca books My Chess Career
and Chess Fundamentals. Both of these are 1920 and 1921 respectively and are in
decent shape. But, many books 1935 to 1950 I am selling, though I might hand
onto to Frank Marshall's My 50 years of Chess and Capablanca's Primer of Chess,
both 1st editions. My dad picked most his books just after the World War II and
just before he got into residency in OB at the Medical College of Georgia. So,
I should be posting these 1935 to 1950 books periodically, many of which are
first editions. My dad's most valuable book was a 1859 copy of the First Chess
Congress which Morphy won. It was in good condition and gold leaf. It is long
gone as my dad sold it for $300 before he died. Sorry!

The oldest book I have presently is a PEEPS at the Chess Opening by Thomas Long
B.A.from 1886. I am not sure what to do with it as the binding isn't very good
and the cover is a little discolored.

Sincerely,

Laurence Coker

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec  7 14:14:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2009 14:14:18 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wafia member joins Chess group
Message-ID: <1260220458.4b1d702a4a147@www.taom.com>

john515905 at yahoo.com

Comment from new user:
Helical motion,
dreelo commotion,
Wafia sets you free...

john515905 at yahoo.com

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Are you Wafia member Bob Ascher, Mark Sherbring, Tom Barber, Mike Dalesio, Steve
"Little Blun " Henderson, James Hamblin or Curt Carlso(ua )n?

In my youth a bad chessplayer was a dreelo or an s-less hook.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec  7 14:21:53 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2009 14:21:53 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A successful Dzindzi-Indian by NM Shishkov
Message-ID: <1260220913.4b1d71f17b502@www.taom.com>

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8fmsw_dzindi-indian-defence_sport

Great video where Roman explains the Dzindi Indian

I have played this opening for 15 years with similar results to Roman -
about 80%

Roman calls it the Roman Opening, IM Vigorito called it the Hergott, Schiller
calls it the Beefeater ( a touch of dzin )

I believe GM Dzindzichashvili invented this 25 years ago.
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Quoting hippochess <hippo_chess at abv.bg>:

 The Dzindzi-Indian (e.g. 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+!? 5. bxc3
 f5! etc. ) is a typical positionally well motivated unorthodox opening.
 However, in the game below the arising opening/early middlegame positions was
even more unorthodox/nonstandard/unbalanced that I'm sure White hadn't the
 finest idea why he lost the game. Using this kind of (flank) openings the ?.
 Shishkov current (national) rating is 2351 (FIDE near 2300) and I'm sure he
would be able to break the 2400 barrier! Below is listed also a win of M.
 Shishkov against the Bulgarian veteran grandmaster L. Spassov from the same
 tournament.
 Regards, Nick

 [Event "Sofia BUL, 17th Baharov Mem"]
 [Site "Sofia BUL"]
 [Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
 [White "Mitov, Borislav"]
 [Black "Shishkov, Minko"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [ECO "A40"]
 [WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
 [PlyCount "66"]
 [EventDate "2009.11.18"]
 [EventType "swiss"]
 [EventRounds "7"]
 [EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Qb3 Nf6 8.
 e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. f3 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6
 O-O-O 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Qa6 18. Qb5 Nxc4 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20.
 Rf7 Rde8 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 Kc7 23. Rd1 Kc6 24. Kf2 Rhg8 25. h4 Rg6 26. hxg5
 hxg5 27. Rd5 g4 28. Ke2 Rxe6 29. Kd3 Nb2+ 30. Ke3 Rg8 31. Kf4 Nc4 32. Kf5 Rh6
33. Bf4 e6# 0-1


 [Event "Sofia BUL, 17th Baharov Mem"]
 [Site "Sofia BUL"]
 [Date "2009.11.22"]
 [Round "6.2"]
 [White "Spassov, Liuben"]
 [Black "Shishkov, Minko"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [ECO "A65"]
 [WhiteElo "2422"]
 [BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "136"]
 [EventDate "2009.11.18"]
 [EventType "swiss"]
 [EventRounds "7"]
 [EventCountry "BUL"]
 [SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 O-O 7. Bg5 e6 8. Qd2
 exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nge2 Nc7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Rc1 b5 14. b3 b4
 15. Nd1 Bb5 16. O-O Bxe2 17. Nxe2 h6 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ncxd5 20. Ng3 Nb6
 21. Ne3 Re6 22. Rcd1 Qf8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Nd5 Ne8 25. Qd2 Qh6 26. f4 Rc8 27.
 Qf2 Nxd5 28. exd5 Re7 29. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Nf6 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Qh5
 33. Qd2 Qf5 34. Re3 Kg7 35. Re7 a5 36. Qb2+ Kg8 37. g3 Qxd5 38. Qe2 c4 39.
 bxc4 Rxc4 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Qb2+ Rc3 42. Re2 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 d5 44. Kh3 Qd3 45.
 Rd2 Qf5+ 46. Kg2 Qe4+ 47. Kh3 d4 48. Re2 Qf5+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Kh3 Qh5+ 51.
 Kg2 Qf3+ 52. Kh3 Qf1+ 53. Kh4 d3 54. Rd2 Qf3 55. Kh3 Qe3 56. a3 Qe6+ 57. Kg2
 Qd5+ 58. Kh3 Qe4 59. axb4 axb4 60. Qa1 Kh7 61. Qa7 Qf5+ 62. Kg2 Rc2 63. Qe3
 b3 64. Rxc2 dxc2 65. Qc3 Qd5+ 66. Kh3 Qh5+ 67. Kg2 Qe2+ 68. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec  7 17:50:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2009 17:50:00 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] John Kohn
Message-ID: <1260233400.4b1da2b855c39@www.taom.com>

Brian Wall

Jame McCarty sort of disappeared from the Chess scene about 5 years ago.
gone AWOL


Richard Garcia I see down at the 16th mall chess tables occasionally. Mike
Presutti too. some kind of regional USA Today manager.



Vance Aandahl retired as a teacher, writes a lot.



Walter Gerash, National Defense Attorney of the year, retired.

Another Chessplayer, Randy Canney, was Colorado Defense Attorney of the year.


I see Ian McLellan , ( multiple kids ) at the DCC and downtown.

I see James Humble Hamblin at Chess tournaments.

I had a 118 move draw with Mulyar 2009 Co Closed.

Keith Oxman is saxophonist.

I talk to Alex occasionally on ICC, married, programmer/analyst/stock market
guy.married, 3 kids.

Mark and Liz are divorced many years now.

Zupa still very active in Chess.

Ernie Schlich and I spent much quality time together in New England.
I see him at big tournaments.


I wrote an email about Eric Beckman last year, he was visiting his parents in
Denver, married with kids(s).

Brian Wall
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--- On Mon, 12/7/09, John Kohn <john515905 at yahoo.com> wrote:



From: John Kohn <john515905 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Wafia member joins Chess group
To: "Brian Wall" <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:31 PM


I am not an original member of the infamous Wafia of old.  My name is John Kohn
and grew up in Denver, playing scholastic chess from 1985-89.  I left the area
to join the Navy in June of 1989 and have lived in VA Beach/Norfolk, VA since
then.  My connection to the Wafia is via Tom Barber, who first got me
interested in playing tournament chess.  We were both part of a regular
wargaming group and I remember hearing lots of stories about a band of chess
delinquents he used to run with back in high school and for some reason, I
remember the slogan I emailed earlier, including some other "Barberisms" like,
" ScreeeechWHOMP!", "You will Paaaaaaay!", and "Bow your head!".   During my
days in Denver, I used to frequent the Denver Chess Club at the VFW and was
essentially the 1300-1500-rated resident punching bag who was usually the first
one there and the last to leave every Tuesday night.  I also used to run Friday
night blitz tourneys there, after my girlfriend at the time ran off to college.

The folks I used to see there on a regular basis:  James McCarty, Richard
Garcia, Mike Presutti, Vance Aandahl, Walter Gerash, Eric Beckman, Ian
McClellan, and towards the end, Jim Hamblin (great guy!).  Micheal Mulyar was
about 10 when I first met him, and Vladimir Karasik was about my age. I also
used to frequent the Monday night Lakewood Chess Club with Mark Kreisler and
Keith Oxman.  Alex Fishbein would occasionally swing by one club or the other,
as well.  Mark and Liz Wood used to have an office about 2 blocks from my high
school, Manual HS, before they opened their office downtown called, "Queen's
Gambit".  There was also a Swedish exchange student named Thomas Storaas I used
to hang out with a lot and go to tournaments with.  Oh yeah, Daoud Zupa was an
occasional player back them.  We put together a scholastic team for one
tournament, calling ourselves "Fischers In A Bucket."  I have lost touch with
every one of the above, but it's been good to see how far people have come over
the years (Mulyar, Zupa), and that some of them are still playing (Hamblin,
McClellan, Presutti).  I have considered moving back to the area a few times
and have scouted out the Denver chess scene to see what's going on these days.

In VA, the chess community is very small, but there are some strong players
(2100-2300) and a great organizer named Ernie Schlich, who is a regular at the
US Open and in the chess community in this part of the country.

Anyway, I've been reading your stuff online for a while now and thought it was
time to join up and get on board (no pun intended).  I am currently assigned to
the 305th Psychological Operations Compnay in Basra, Iraq with the Army and get
to check out only some of what's out there (the filter on the internet
connection in my office here prohibits access to games, newsgroups, and other
such sites, so I have to go to another building to gain unrestricted access).

Anyway, thanks for letting me join the Yahoo! group and I look forward to seeing
you around the ICC next spring when I get back!  I am a 1.e4 player, who enjoys
the Exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez, BTW, so I think I am safe from the
Fishing Pole.  I am, of, course probably wrong about this, but we'll see......

Thanks for all of the great articles, videos, and chess humor.  It has been
something I look forward to enjoying on a regular basis while stationed
overseas.


"John Kohn" <john515905 at yahoo.com>

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From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
To: john515905 at yahoo.com; BrianWallChess at Yahoogroup.com
Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 12:14:13 AM
Subject: Wafia member joins Chess group

john515905 at yahoo.com
Comment from new user:
Helical motion,
dreelo commotion,
Wafia sets you free...
john515905 at yahoo.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you Wafia member Bob Ascher, Mark Sherbring, Tom Barber, Mike Dalesio, Steve
"Little Blun " Henderson, James Hamblin or Curt Carlso(ua )n?
In my youth a bad chessplayer was a dreelo or an s-less hook.

Brian Wall


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec  7 19:27:20 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2009 19:27:20 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nakamura's blog on beating Magnus Carlsen
Message-ID: <1260239240.4b1db9887448a@www.taom.com>

http://www.hikarunakamura.com/main/Blog/tabid/57/EntryId/96/BN-Bank-Blitz-Recap.aspx

Hikaru's Blog

BN Bank Blitz Recap
Nov
30 Written by: Hikaru Nakamura
11/30/2009 6:27 AM

Hello out there to everyone once again. Before I talk about the recent
tournament in Norway, I would like to take a moment to explain why I have not
been blogging much of lately. Recently, I have become extremely busy boht in
terms of chess and other events in Seattle. As such, I feel that the quality of
my recent blogs has been lacking due to the limited amount of time which I have
had to communicate my thoughts. My personal feeling is that any blog or book
for that matter should be quality over quantity. For the first time in over a
month, I have a chance to settle down and not feel rushed.

Towards the end of the disaster in Amsterdam, I received word about the
possibility of participating in the BN Bank Blitz this November in Norway.
After a brief communication, I agreed to play as I felt it would be a good
opportunity to warm up before London and get another crack at Magnus Carlsen.
The tournament had an interesting format with sixteen players; ten invited and
six qualifiers from local tournaments around Norway. These 16 players were then
broken down into four groups of four with the top two players of each group
advancing to the quarterfinals at which point it became a knockout.

Preliminary Qualifier:

In the qualifier, I was in a group with GM Leif Erlend Johannessen and local
qualifiers FM Kjetil Stokke and the young Anders Hobber. The basic goal in the
preliminary stage was to avoid any calamities against the two weaker plays and
just not lose to Johannessen. I did not have any major problems as I won the
four games against the qualifiers. Leif on the other hand presented a few
problems. The first time I ever played Leif was way back in Bermuda in 2002
(wow, that feels like another lifetime ago)when I made my second grandmaster
norm. More recently, I beat him in the 2006 Turin Olympiad when we beat Norway
3.5-.5 to capture the bronze medal. Although Leif stopped playing chess
seriously in order to finish a law degree, he has always been a dangerous
opponent. In the first game against him, I got a bit lucky as he had a strong
kingside attack. However, after a minor error I was able to capitalize for the
full point. In the second game, I obtained a very small advantage and he self
destructed as his time got a bit too low. This left me with 6/6 out of the
first stage and looking forward to the next stage.

Quarterfinals:

In the quarterfinals I faced GM Kjetil Lie also from Norway. Prior to playing in
the Gjovik rapids last year I had never faced Kjetil. During that tournament I
became aware of his style as we played four times. Despite my 3.5-.5 score, he
can be a tricky player. This time around was not much different as he had
problems finding a way of reaching equality against the Trompowsky in both of
his Black games. I won my black game without any problems either which helped
me advance 3-0.

Semifinal: The semifinal was when the real tournament began for me as I had to
play GM Peter Heine Nielsen from Denmark. Although Nielsen has yet to break
2700, he has always been a super solid GM who does not lose very often. Luckily
for me this was blitz and not classical so I knew I would have some
opportunities. In the first game, I got Black and played the Queens Gambit
Accepted. We reached a rather tame position as queens came off the board early.
After reaching a pretty equal position, I was able to slowly outplay him as we
started drifting lower and lower on time. After winning the first game with
Black, I knew my chances had drastically improved. In the second game, things
did not improve for Peter as we repeated a similar variation from our game in
Amsterdam. After going for a different idea, I was able to pick up two pawns
and had a much better position. Unfortunately, it was here when he was down to
seconds that I let the game slip and was probably only equal at the point when
he accidentally overstepped on the clock. In the third game, with such a big
advantage, Peter really had to go for broke. Despite trying the aggressive 3.e4
system against the Queens Gambit Accepted, he ran into trouble early on when he
got a bit too ambitious while trying to win in the opening before reaching the
middlegame. This led to catastrophe as he got his queen trapped on a7. This led
to an early resignation and a 3-0 victory for me once again. Not more than 30
seconds later, Magnus won his third game against Jon Ludvig to advance by a
score of 2.5-.5 which setup the dream final for the organizers.

Final:

In the final I faced off against Magnus Carlsen. Little needs to be said about
him as he has proven to be one of the best in the world and recently won the
World Blitz Championship. Before I delve into this match I would, for the last
time, like to emphatically state that I never received an invitation to play in
the World Blitz Championship despite rumours that I turned down such a request.
Obviously I would have played in that event had I gotten an inviation. Onto the
match, I knew that I was undefeated at 12-0, but was concerned about how my
nerves would hold up at the start of the match after cruising through the
prelims and matches. The first game proved my worst fears as I chose a rather
dubious variation of the English. When combined with the fact that I more or
less fell asleep at the board (not literally) and used a minute and a half to
get out of the opening with barely equality, it doomed my chances. I almost
immediately went wrong and lost without obtaining any realistic drawing
opportunities. After such a bad start, I thought I would turn on the secondary
gear and wake up. Much to my horror this did not prove to be the case as I
blundered horrendously in the second game when I allowed 24.Nf5. Shockingly, I
had seen Nf5 but forgot that after intentionally hanging the pawn on d6, Ba4
was not possible as my rook on e8 was en prise. This very unwelcome surprise
wrecked my position and I almost certainly should have lost from here. However,
caissa seemed to have different plans as I was able to complicate it a bit
thereafter. Nevertheless, Magnus kept his wits and still had a completely
winning position. Luckily, I was able to hang on long enough that we both were
down to mere seconds. It was at this point that Magnus went astray when he
traded into a knights endgame. At this point I was still lost, but I found a
way to trick Magnus into a losing king and pawn endgame. After he miscalculated
the pawn race, I queened first with check and went on to win the game. This
balanced the score at 1-1. Realizing how lucky I had been to not lose, let
alone win, I took a deep breath and slowed everything down in the third game.
This turned out to be a very wise decision as we played a pretty straight
forward Grunfeld in which I sacked a pawn on c3 to gain initiative. Having
looked at this variation in depth with GMs Shulman and Onischuk during the
olympiad I felt pretty confident and came out with a lot of play. Despite being
down a pawn, my position was slightly easier to play and I eventually was able
to pick off a few pawns and convert the advantage into a win. This put me up
2-1 heading into the fourth and final game with Black. Needing only a draw, I
once again decided to go into the nimzo, but I chose to play like Michael Adams
when I chose the 5...ne4 variation. This turned out to be a very wise choice as
I was never really in much danger throughout the game. Many people have
suggested that this game should have ended in a draw, but had this been an
earlier game in the match, I most certainly would have avoided a repitition
myself! Alas, Magnus was in the unfortunate position of having to avoid the
repitition and I won the game after picking off all his pawns in a rook and
bishop vs queen ending. Thus, I won the match 3-1.

Overall, I felt that my play was pretty good; unfortunately, the finals were a
bit of a letdown for me personally. Having played so well and calmly throughout
every game up until that point, it is hard to improve. Putting that aside, I
felt that I was a bit too nervous and was not ready to up my play to the next
level. Luckily, I calmed down and soundly outplayed Magnus in games 3 and 4.
Objectively, I think the score should have been 2-2 but I am still happy that I
won. For me, this was a nice victory, but I am looking forward to London a lot
more and hope to put together a strong tournament there. Last but not least, I
would like to thank the organization of the tournament and the sponsor BN Bank
for putting together a great tournament as well as Dag Danielsen and Oystein
Brekke for their involvement as well.

That is all for now, time to get ready for the event in London. Have a great
week everyone!

http://www.hikarunakamura.com/main/Blog/tabid/57/EntryId/96/BN-Bank-Blitz-Recap.aspx



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 00:31:36 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 00:31:36 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Soul Brother makes all the
	right moves in Hyper-Pole
Message-ID: <1260257496.4b1e00d830261@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:05:19 -0000
    From: Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fishing in new waters
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

I don't think I played this one right, but I finally got the blunder I needed to
mate.

[Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blundermate"]
[Black "Winter Springs Open Co-Champ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening  " Ruy Lopez, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, I won't back down variation  "
]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3
h5 9. Nbd2 Qf6 10. dxe5 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qg3 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 d6
15. Bg5 Nxf2 16. Rxf2 Bxh3 17. Bh4 Qxg2# 0-1

Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Wall

[Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blundermate"]
[Black "Winter Springs Open Co-Champ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening  " Ruy Lopez, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, I won't back down variation " ]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

Fishing Pole

5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5

The only other human being who plays the
Hyper-Pole that I know of is Jack Young.



9. Nbd2 Qf6 10. dxe5 Ncxe5

Tom petty  I won't back down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKqO0FeaCFQ

This is called the " I won't back down " variation
because the Knights on g4 and e5 refuse to move
even when threatened by pawns on h3 and f4



11. Nxe5 Qxe5

It's better to play
11 ... B:f2+ first.
Humans avoid pins,
computers embrace them.

12. Nf3 Qg3!!

Classic Pole technology


13. Qe2 b5!!  14. Bb3 d6 15. Bg5 Nxf2!!

16. Rxf2 Bxh3 17. Bh4?  Qxg2#

0-1


Brian Wall

It's considered gouche to give double exclams to checkmates.


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 04:49:23 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 04:49:23 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tom Barber
Message-ID: <1260272963.4b1e3d4312e9a@www.taom.com>

John Watson told Tom sped up his car to hit a bird while maniacally yelling -
" Screeeeeeeeech, womp, womp, womp!!! " on a Chess road trip.

BW

----- Forwarded message from chess at krusemer.com -----
    Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 03:09:51 -0800 (PST)
    From: chess at krusemer.com
Reply-To: chess at krusemer.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] John Kohn
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Tom Barber had the "wheels" that drove me and Paul Sharpe to Denver tournaments
in the early 1980's.?? A bright Camaro with mag tires.?? What a delight to hear
somebody repeat? "ScreeeechWHOMP!" again, nearly 30 years later!? His most
memorable "Barberism" was holding out a fist, supported by his other hand, and
telling his young proteges, "Lead with your face!"? (I took that lesson to
heart and, over the chess board, still do it often.)?? As I recall, he once
drove his fine Camaro, at high speed, straight over a median that he didn't see
at an intersection, blowing out both rear tires and denting the rims.?? Somehow
that still strikes me as an ideal metaphor for his chess style.?? A brilliant
attacker capable of dropping a queen to a cheapo at any moment.

Damian Nash

--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> wrote:

From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] John Kohn
To: "Brian Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:50 PM

Brian Wall

Jame McCarty sort of disappeared from the Chess scene about 5 years ago.
gone AWOL


Richard Garcia I see down at the 16th mall chess tables occasionally. Mike
Presutti too. some kind of regional USA Today manager.



Vance Aandahl retired as a teacher, writes a lot.



Walter Gerash, National Defense Attorney of the year, retired.

Another Chessplayer, Randy Canney, was Colorado Defense Attorney of the year.


I see Ian McLellan , ( multiple kids ) at the DCC and downtown.

I see James Humble Hamblin at Chess tournaments.

I had a 118 move draw with Mulyar 2009 Co Closed.

Keith Oxman is saxophonist.

I talk to Alex occasionally on ICC, married, programmer/analyst/stock market
guy.married, 3 kids.

Mark and Liz are divorced many years now.

Zupa still very active in Chess.

Ernie Schlich and I spent much quality time together in New England.
I see him at big tournaments.


I wrote an email about Eric Beckman last year, he was visiting his parents in
Denver, married with kids(s).

Brian Wall
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--- On Mon, 12/7/09, John Kohn <john515905 at yahoo.com> wrote:



From: John Kohn <john515905 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Wafia member joins Chess group
To: "Brian Wall" <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:31 PM


I am not an original member of the infamous Wafia of old.? My name is John Kohn
and grew up in Denver, playing scholastic chess from 1985-89.? I left the area
to join the Navy in June of 1989 and have lived in VA Beach/Norfolk, VA since
then.? My connection to the Wafia is via Tom Barber, who first got me
interested in playing tournament chess.? We were both part of a regular
wargaming group and I remember hearing lots of stories about a band of chess
delinquents he used to run with back in high school and for some reason, I
remember the slogan I emailed earlier, including some other "Barberisms" like,
" ScreeeechWHOMP!", "You will Paaaaaaay!", and "Bow your head!".???During my
days in Denver, I used to frequent the Denver Chess Club at the VFW and was
essentially the 1300-1500-rated resident punching bag who was usually the first
one there and the last to leave every Tuesday night.? I also used to run Friday
night blitz tourneys there, after my girlfriend at the time ran off to college.

The folks I used to see there on a regular basis:? James McCarty, Richard
Garcia, Mike Presutti, Vance Aandahl, Walter Gerash, Eric Beckman, Ian
McClellan, and towards the end, Jim Hamblin (great guy!).? Micheal Mulyar was
about 10 when I first met him, and Vladimir Karasik was about my age. I also
used to frequent the Monday night Lakewood Chess Club with Mark Kreisler and
Keith Oxman.? Alex Fishbein would occasionally swing by one club or the other,
as well.? Mark and Liz Wood used to have an office about 2 blocks from my high
school, Manual HS, before they opened their office downtown called, "Queen's
Gambit".? There was also a Swedish exchange student named Thomas Storaas I used
to hang out with a lot and go to tournaments with.? Oh yeah, Daoud Zupa was an
occasional player back them.? We put together a scholastic team for one
tournament, calling ourselves "Fischers In A Bucket."? I have lost touch with
every one of the above, but it's been good to see how far people have come over
the years (Mulyar, Zupa), and that some of them are still playing (Hamblin,
McClellan, Presutti).? I have considered moving back to the area a few times
and have scouted out the Denver chess scene to see what's going on these days.

In VA, the chess community is very small, but there are some strong players
(2100-2300) and a great organizer named Ernie Schlich, who is a regular at the
US Open and in the chess community in this part of the country.

Anyway, I've been reading your stuff online for a while now and thought it was
time to join up and get on board (no pun intended).? I am currently assigned to
the 305th Psychological Operations Compnay in Basra, Iraq with the Army and get
to check out only some of what's out there (the filter on the internet
connection in my office here prohibits access to games, newsgroups, and other
such sites, so I have to go to another building to gain unrestricted access).

Anyway, thanks for letting me join the Yahoo! group and I look forward to seeing
you around the ICC next spring when I get back!? I am a 1.e4 player, who enjoys
the Exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez, BTW, so I think I am safe from the
Fishing Pole.? I am, of, course probably wrong about this, but we'll see......

Thanks for all of the great articles, videos, and chess humor.? It has been
something I look forward to enjoying on a regular basis while stationed
overseas.


"John Kohn" <john515905 at yahoo.com>

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From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
To: john515905 at yahoo.com; BrianWallChess at Yahoogroup.com
Sent: Tue, December 8, 2009 12:14:13 AM
Subject: Wafia member joins Chess group

john515905 at yahoo.com
Comment from new user:
Helical motion,
dreelo commotion,
Wafia sets you free...
john515905 at yahoo.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you Wafia member Bob Ascher, Mark Sherbring, Tom Barber, Mike Dalesio, Steve
"Little Blun " Henderson, James Hamblin or Curt Carlso(ua )n?
In my youth a bad chessplayer was a dreelo or an s-less hook.

Brian Wall

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 12:10:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 12:10:48 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Josh Samuels, Mike Long
Message-ID: <1260299448.4b1ea4b854bb0@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:05:44 -0800 (PST)
    From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Josh Samuels, Mike Long
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>, BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com

Mike became a lawyer, prob had kids
?
Josh became a businessman, divorced with kids
?
Paul Nikitovich and I made sushi for one of his birthday parties 10 years ago -
it was gone in 2 minutes

BW
-----------------------------------------------------------

--- On Tue, 12/8/09, David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Wafia member joins Chess group
To: "Brian Wall" <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 10:52 AM







whatever happened to josh samuels and mike long?


--- On Mon, 12/7/09, Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Wafia member joins Chess group
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 1:22 PM


??















john515905 at yahoo. com
Comment from new user:
Helical motion,
dreelo commotion,
Wafia sets you free...
john515905 at yahoo. com
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Are you Wafia member Bob Ascher, Mark Sherbring, Tom Barber, Mike Dalesio, Steve
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In my youth a bad chessplayer was a dreelo or an s-less hook.

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 12:33:40 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Mezek CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS..........I
	CAN SEE SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY DOING THIS......
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----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 08:36:44 -0800
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 Subject: Fw: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS..........I CAN SEE SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY
DOING THIS......
      To: Barbara Sage <barbara at legal-automation.com>


----- Original Message -----
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To: Barbara Jacober
Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 2:39 PM
Subject: FW: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS..........I CAN SEE SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY DOING
THIS......









Story at bottom







"Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas 
decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after 2 days. I had
more people come screaming up to my house than ever.Great stories. But two
things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost
wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself
putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to
the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of many people who
attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few
tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard."




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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 14:52:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 14:52:00 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Retreat to victory, Kasparov's revenge
Message-ID: <1260309120.4b1eca806c7ee@www.taom.com>


Tal and Botvinnik first clashed for the World Championship in 1960 when I was 5
years old but their influence is still with us. Tal students Shabalov and
Shirov were in the recent World Cup. Botvinnik and Kasparov helped train
Kramnik when he was 10 years old. Kramnik just lost to Anand for the World
Championship. Kasparov is now training Magnus Carlsen. Magnus was already 2700+
but now he is world #1 in ratings.

Kasparov and Kramnik were once great friends but their relations cooled after
Kramnik took the title in a match described by computer experts as the most
accurate ever played.

Kasparov retired at 40 but at age 45 began training 17 year old Magnus Carlsen.
Beating his old rivals by channeling Magnus was so important Kasparov directed
Carlsen to drop out of the European Team Championship and
focus on his preparation. Botvinnik was famous for such advice.
Kasparov justified his high salary by stating :
I still have the biggest database in the world.

Their hard work paid off as Magnus beat Kramnik for the second time in his life.
Kramnik is one of those Chess gods like Capablanca, Petrosian, Fischer who used
to lose 0-3 games a year in their prime. Even contemplating beating Kramnik
seems Herculean.

I have never seen a Chess game like this one with so many retreating moves, all
positional on both sides. By retreating from active play, Kasparov has managed
to exact revenge on his old compatriot/Chess son/rival, Vladimir Kramnik.
Kramnik got tired of Kasparov's abuse and published a New in Chess article
stating his side of the " Kramnik made a career out of avoiding me " charges by
Kasparov. Kasparov just scored the last word.

About a year ago Magnus Carlsen was tearing everybody up with the Najdragon ( my
term, more popular is Dragdorf ), a combination of the Dragon and the Najdorf.
Radjabov followed suit. Magnus was very comfortable in a Najdragon Reversed,
making his first 12 moves in 8 minutes, his first 16 moves in 20 minutes. By
move 23 they had both used 66 minutes out of 120. That is very common in
tournament Chess, keeping up with the opponent's time is considered basic
strategy.

Kramnik is a notorious board control freak, often going way behind on time
against Topalov and Anand in their World Championship match games. By move 27
Kramnik has 22 minutes to Carlsen's 48. By move 31 Vlad had 7 to Carlsen's 28.
By White's move 35 Magnus had an edge due to Kramnik's wayward knight -

Time:

Magnus :
12:51

Vladimir:
10:52

Kramnik had caught up in time but not position.

In the end Magnus hadn't taken anything yet but Kramnik was so tied up in knots
he had to resign. They both received an extra hour at move 40, more than enough
time to mop up.

Capturing in Chess leads to overstretching, according to KingsCrusher, maker of
youtube Chess videos. I call it a sine/cosine wave where we go up and down
countercyclically in position and material. I mean it takes time to put a piece
where it belongs, while that is happening we lose a pawn or the exchange, then
we get it back when out Knight is at the right outpost. Up and down like the
tides at a steady pace. In this game Magnus never deigned to capture material,
he just threatened to.

Sun Tzu

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of
skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.



[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "duh"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Opening "English: four knights, kingside fianchetto, Najdragon Reversed,
Dragdorf Reversed"]
[ECO "A29"]
[NIC "EO.03"]
[Time "08:22:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6

Retreat


7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2

Retreat

13 ... Qc8 14. e3 Nf5

Retreat

15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1

17  Rfd1  was played twice

17 ... Nd6

Retreat

18. Nde4 Ne8

Retreat

Kramink must agree with David Wallace that
" Lev Milman is the best player in America "
because he has copied all his moves so far.


19. Qe2!!  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Rybka3?/Kasparov?/Magnus

Cvitan played  19  Ne2 against Lev Milman and eventually drew. Game below.

Kramink cannot use the Milman crutch now, he must think for himself.
Kramink invested 25 minutes to pretend he didn't know it was all theory,
Magnus invested 31 minutes.

Carlsens's choice is Rybka3  #1 choice

The game is dead even but all the pieces are
on the board which is what top GMs like.

19 ...  Bf8

Retreat


20. f4

Trying to emphasize even more the potential
of the b2-Bishop over the f8-Bishop


20 ...  exf4!  21. gxf4!

I refuse to say towards the center

21 ... Qd7 22. d4!

A weird center but at least Magnus has one


22 ... c6 23. Nc5!!

With colors reversed, the most common Dragon Knight maneuver


23 ... Bxc5!  24. dxc5!  Nc4!  25. Rd1!!     A sidestep

25 ...  Qc7! 26. Bc1!!

in order to retreat and save the two Bishops


26 ...  Na5!

Retreat

Rybka best but this Knight ends up stranded

27. bxc6!  bxc6!  28. Nxa4

The insignificant rook pawn justifies the existence of Kramnik's a5-Knight.
Now what?


28 ... Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1!  Rd8!  30. Qc2!

Can Magnus convert his slight edge?

30 ... Qf7 31. Nc3

Retreat


31 ... Qh5 32. Ne2!!

Magnus didn't want to bury his Knight on b6,
he has envisioned great hope for the future.


32 ...  Bf5 33. e4

33 moves to play e4

33 ... Bg4 34. Ng3!!

Two Bishops, more time, greater control of the center, extra pawn, younger -
Magnus has it all.


34 ...  Qf7!  35. Bf1!!

Retreat

35 ... Be6!

Retreat


36. Qc3!  Ra8!  37. Rb4!  Qd7!  38. f5!  Bf7!

Retreat

Capablanca was called the Chess machine in his day.
These two just rattled off 5 perfect computer moves each.
Magnus is patiently increasing his advantage



39. Bf4! Qd1 40. Kf2!!

The other star moves are 40 Kg2!!!  and the Steinitzian 40 Nh1!!


40 ...  Nb3?

The Knight leaves his stable but the field is on fire.
Kramnik had less than a minute.


41. Be2

Magnus gets another hour now and took 7 minutes for this gem.
The wreath-laden b3-Knight will soon be swarmed
by admirers like Sea Biscuit after a race.

41 ... Qb1?

Having trouble letting go -
Kramnik spent 7 minutes trying to hang onto his surrounded steed.
41 ... Qd7!  was best, surrendering two pieces for a Rook
with inevitable loss.

42. Bc4!!!

Magnus awaits Kramink's resignation.

42 ...  Rxa3

One last try to rescue the Knight sinking in quicksand
as if to say, " I was great in my time. "


43. Ne2!!

Retreat to victory.
The idea here is to play  43 Bc1 when
Black's Knight defenders are pinned, attacked and overburdened.
There was an alternative winning strategy of using the b3-Knight
as bait to abandon the Black King and go on the offensive with
43 B:f7+!!!  K:f7  44 Qc4+!!  Kf8  45 Rb8!!
Carlsen's move is more consistent with his strategy of
the last 15 moves to embarrass the somnolent stallion.


{White wins} 1-0

Botvinnik has written about games he felt were critical to his World
Championship Chess career. This game felt like one of them. What must
it be like to have Botvinnik's and Kasparov's words rattling around
your head during a Chess game?



A new age has dawned.
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[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "duh"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "GM_Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Opening "English: four knights, kingside fianchetto, Najdragon Reversed,
Dragdorf Reversed"]
[ECO "A29"]
[NIC "EO.03"]
[Time "08:22:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5
15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Ne8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21.
gxf4 Qd7 22. d4 c6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 Na5 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 Qh5 32. Ne2 Bf5
33. e4 Bg4 34. Ng3 Qf7 35. Bf1 Be6 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Rb4 Qd7 38. f5 Bf7 39.
Bf4 Qd1 40. Kf2 Nb3 41. Be2 Qb1 42. Bc4 Rxa3 43. Ne2 {White wins} 1-0
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Earlier Najdragon Baffo-Wall brilliancy

Jeffrey A. Baffo (1800) - Brian Wall (2200) [B76]
Denver Open, 01.07.2000 [Sicilian, Dragon]

1.Nc3 a6 2.e4 c5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 0-0 9.Qd2
Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.Bb3 b5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Qxc4 a5 16.g4
Rb8 17.h5 Qb6 18.b3 Rfc8 19.Qd3 Qb4 20.Nde2 Nxg4 21.fxg4 Bxc3
22 Nxc3 Rxc3 23.Qd4 Qa3+ 24.Kb1 Rxc2 25.Kxc2 Qxa2+ 26.Kd3 Rxb3+ 27.Qc3 Bb5+

0-1

I used to put Fritz 5.32 on all night analysis and 24 ... R:c2!! is
the only time the computer graced me with a double exclam - ever.

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[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Bb2
Rd8 16. Qc2 a4 17. Rfd1 Ra5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nxa4
Nd6 22. Nc3 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rd1 Qg4 25. Bc3 Be7 26. a4 Rc5 27. Qb3+ Kh8
28. Bb4 Rc4 29. Rb1 c5 30. Be1 Rxa4 31. Bxb7 Ra7 32. Bd5 Qc8 33. Qb8 Rd7 34.
Ba5 g6 35. Be6 Kg7 36. Qxc8 Nxc8 37. Bxd7 1-0
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[Event "Beijing zt 3.3 (Women)"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Qin Kanying"]
[Black "Ruan, Lufei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. Ba1 Nf7 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. Ba1 Nf7 21. Bb2 Nd6 22.
Ba1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Pula op"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Ne8 19. Ne2 Bb3 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. d4 Qxb5
22. Bf1 Bc4 23. Ba1 Bb3 24. Nd2 Bxa3 25. Nxb3 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qa5 27. Rcb1 exd4
28. Nxd4 Qxc3 29. Bxc3 Kf7 30. Bh3 Rdb8 31. Be6+ Kg6 32. Nf5 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Bxd6
34. Bd4 Be5 35. Bxb6 cxb6 36. Rxb6 Ra6 37. Bd5 Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Bc7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7
40. Bxb7 Kf7 1/2-1/2
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Why Magnus is so good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcKlkJN9_SQ

Apropos Sjakk

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Schopenhauer's 38 Ways to Win an Argument


1 Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it.
The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can
find against it.
The more restricted and narrow your own propositions remain, the easier they are
to defend.

2 Use different meanings of your opponent's words to refute his argument.
Example: Person A says, ?You do not understand the mysteries of Kant's
philosophy.?
Person B replies, ?Of, if it's mysteries you're talking about, I'll have nothing
to do with them.?

3 Ignore your opponent's proposition, which was intended to refer to some
particular thing.
Rather, understand it in some quite different sense, and then refute it.
Attack something different than what was asserted.

4 Hide your conclusion from your opponent until the end.
Mingle your premises here and there in your talk.
Get your opponent to agree to them in no definite order.
By this circuitous route you conceal your goal until you have reached all the
admissions necessary to reach your goal.

5 Use your opponent's beliefs against him.
If your opponent refuses to accept your premises, use his own premises to your
advantage.
Example, if the opponent is a member of an organization or a religious sect to
which you do not belong, you may employ the declared opinions of this group
against the opponent.

6 Confuse the issue by changing your opponent's words or what he or she seeks to
prove.
Example: Call something by a different name: ?good repute? instead of ?honor,?
?virtue? instead of ?virginity,? ?red-blooded? instead of ?vertebrates?.

7 State your proposition and show the truth of it by asking the opponent many
questions.
By asking many wide-reaching questions at once, you may hide what you want to
get admitted.
Then you quickly propound the argument resulting from the proponent's
admissions.

8 Make your opponent angry.
An angry person is less capable of using judgment or perceiving where his or her
advantage lies.

9 Use your opponent's answers to your question to reach different or even
opposite conclusions.

10 If you opponent answers all your questions negatively and refuses to grant
you any points, ask him or her to concede the opposite of your premises.
This may confuse the opponent as to which point you actually seek him to
concede.

11 If the opponent grants you the truth of some of your premises, refrain from
asking him or her to agree to your conclusion.
Later, introduce your conclusions as a settled and admitted fact.
Your opponent and others in attendance may come to believe that your conclusion
was admitted.

12 If the argument turns upon general ideas with no particular names, you must
use language or a metaphor that is favorable to your proposition.
Example: What an impartial person would call ?public worship? or a ?system of
religion? is described by an adherent as ?piety? or ?godliness? and by an
opponent as ?bigotry? or ?superstition.?
In other words, inset what you intend to prove into the definition of the idea.

13 To make your opponent accept a proposition , you must give him an opposite,
counter-proposition as well.
If the contrast is glaring, the opponent will accept your proposition to avoid
being paradoxical.
Example: If you want him to admit that a boy must to everything that his father
tells him to do, ask him, ?whether in all things we must obey or disobey our
parents.?
Or , if a thing is said to occur ?often? you are to understand few or many
times, the opponent will say ?many.?
It is as though you were to put gray next to black and call it white; or gray
next to white and call it black.

14 Try to bluff your opponent.
If he or she has answered several of your question without the answers turning
out in favor of your conclusion, advance your conclusion triumphantly, even if
it does not follow.
If your opponent is shy or stupid, and you yourself possess a great deal of
impudence and a good voice, the technique may succeed.

15 If you wish to advance a proposition that is difficult to prove, put it aside
for the moment.
Instead, submit for your opponent's acceptance or rejection some true
proposition, as though you wished to draw your proof from it.
Should the opponent reject it because he suspects a trick, you can obtain your
triumph by showing how absurd the opponent is to reject an obviously true
proposition.
Should the opponent accept it, you now have reason on your side for the moment.
You can either try to prove your original proposition, as in #14, maintain that
your original proposition is proved by what your opponent accepted.
For this an extreme degree of impudence is required, but experience shows cases
of it succeeding.

16 When your opponent puts forth a proposition, find it inconsistent with his or
her other statements, beliefs, actions or lack of action.
Example: Should your opponent defend suicide, you may at once exclaim, ?Why
don't you hang yourself??
Should the opponent maintain that his city is an unpleasant place to live, you
may say, ?Why don't you leave on the first plane??

17 If your opponent presses you with a counter-proof, you will often be able to
save yourself by advancing some subtle distinction.
Try to find a second meaning or an ambiguous sense for your opponent's idea.

18 If your opponent has taken up a line of argument that will end in your
defeat, you must not allow him to carry it to its conclusion.
Interrupt the dispute, break it off altogether, or lead the opponent to a
different subject.

19 Should your opponent expressly challenge you to produce any objection to some
definite point in his argument, and you have nothing to say, try to make the
argument less specific.
Example: If you are asked why a particular hypothesis cannot be accepted, you
may speak of the fallibility of human knowledge, and give various illustrations
of it.

20 If your opponent has admitted to all or most of your premises, do not ask him
or her directly to accept your conclusion.
Rather, draw the conclusion yourself as if it too had been admitted.

21 When your opponent uses an argument that is superficial and you see the
falsehood, you can refute it by setting forth its superficial character.
But it is better to meet the opponent with acounter-argument that is just as
superficial, and so dispose of him.
For it is with victory that you are concerned, not with truth.
Example: If the opponent appeals to prejudice, emotion or attacks you
personally, return the attack in the same manner.

22 If your opponent asks you to admit something from which the point in dispute
will immediately follow, you must refuse to do so, declaring that it begs the
question.

23 Contradiction and contention irritate a person into exaggerating their
statements.
By contradicting your opponent you may drive him into extending the statement
beyond its natural limit.
When you then contradict the exaggerated form of it, you look as though you had
refuted the original statement.
Contrarily, if your opponent tries to extend your own statement further than
your intended, redefine your statement's limits and say, ?That is what I said,
no more.?

24 State a false syllogism.
Your opponent makes a proposition, and by false inference and distortion of his
ideas you force from the proposition other propositions that are not intended
and that appear absurd.
It then appears that opponent's proposition gave rise to these inconsistencies,
and so appears to be indirectly refuted.

25 If your opponent is making a generalization, find an instance to the
contrary.
Only one valid contradiction is needed to overthrow the opponent's proposition.
Example: ?All ruminants are horned,? is a generalization that may be upset by
the single instance of the camel.

26 A brilliant move is to turn the tables and use your opponent's arguments
against himself.
Example: Your opponent declares: ?so and so is a child, you must make an
allowance for him.?
You retort, ?Just because he is a child, I must correct him; otherwise he will
persist in his bad habits.?

27 Should your opponent suprise you by becoming particularly angry at an
argument, you must urge it with all the more zeal.
No only will this make your opponent angry, but it will appear that you have put
your finger on the weak side of his case, and your opponent is more open to
attack on this point than you expected.

28 When the audience consists of individuals (or a person) who is not an expert
on a subject, you make an invalid objection to your opponent who seems to be
defeated in the eyes of the audience.
This strategy is particularly effective if your objection makes your opponent
look ridiculous or if the audience laughs.
If your opponent must make a long, winded and complicated explanation to correct
you, the audience will not be disposed to listen to him.

29 If you find that you are being beaten, you can create a diversion?that is,
you can suddenly begin to talk of something else, as though it had a bearing on
the matter in dispute.
This may be done without presumption if the diversion has some general bearing
on the matter.

30 Make an appeal to authority rather than reason.
If your opponent respects an authority or an expert, quote that authority to
further your case.
If needed, quote what the authority said in some other sense or circumstance.
Authorities that your opponent fails to understand are those which he generally
admires the most.
You may also, should it be necessary, not only twist your authorities, but
actually falsify them, or quote something that you have entirely invented
yourself.

31 If you know that you have no reply to the arguments that your opponent
advances, you by a find stroke of irony declare yourself to be an incompetent
judge.
Example: ?What you say passes my poor powers of comprehension; it may well be
all very true, but I can't understand it, and I refrain from any expression of
opinion on it.?
In this way you insinuate to the audience, with whom you are in good repute,
that what your opponent says is nonsense.
This technique may be used only when you are quite sure that the audience thinks
much better of you than your opponent.

32 A quick way of getting rid of an opponent's assertion, or of throwing
suspicion on it, is by putting it into some odious category.
Example: You can say, ?That is fascism? or ?Atheism? or ?Superstition.?
In making an objection of this kind you take for granted
1)That the assertion or question is identical with, or at least contained in,
the category cited;
and
2)The system referred to has been entirely refuted by the current audience.

33 You admit your opponent's premises but deny the conclusion.
Example: ?That's all very well in theory, but it won't work in practice.?

34 When you state a question or an argument, and your opponent gives you no
direct answer, or evades it with a counter question, or tries to change the
subject, it is sure sign you have touched a weak spot, sometimes without
intending to do so.
You have, as it were, reduced your opponent to silence.
You must, therefore, urge the point all the more, and not let your opponent
evade it, even when you do not know where the weakness that you have hit upon
really lies.

35 Instead of working on an opponent's intellect or the rigor of his arguments,
work on his motive.
If you success in making your opponent's opinion, should it prove true, seem
distinctly prejudicial to his own interest, he will drop it immediately.
Example: A clergyman is defending some philosophical dogma.
You show him that his proposition contradicts a fundamental doctrine of his
church.
He will abandon the argument.

36 You may also puzzle and bewilder your opponent by mere bombast.
If your opponent is weak or does not wish to appear as if he has no idea what
your are talking about, you can easily impose upon him some argument that
sounds very deep or learned, or that sounds indisputable.

37 Should your opponent be in the right but, luckily for you, choose a faulty
proof, you can easily refute it and then claim that you have refuted the whole
position.
This is the way in which bad advocates lose good cases.
If no accurate proof occurs to your opponent, you have won the day.

38 Become personal, insulting and rude as soon as you perceive that your
opponent has the upper hand.
In becoming personal you leave the subject altogether, and turn your attack on
the person by remarks of an offensive and spiteful character.
This is a very popular technique, because it takes so little skill to put it
into effect.



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 17:52:57 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 17:52:57 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Martin "Tuna" Deschner on James McCarty,
	Tom Barber
Message-ID: <1260319977.4b1ef4e9e462a@www.taom.com>

Glad to know Jim is alive. A jury is sometimes called an entity with an IQ of
1200. My email list has an IQ of  100,000. I am relieved to know Barber's
vehicular homicidal tendenceies are not restricted to the Audobon Society.

BW


Date:  Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:15:21 -0000
From:  Kenomaster Martin <deschner at gmail.com>
To:  BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com
Subject:  [BrianWallChess] The Legendary Thomas W. Barber
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Class B David Stump a/k/a Stumpweasel told the Legendary Thomas W. Barber to
speed up his Jeep a/k/a The Weaselmobile to try to hit Martin crossing the
Street! Thank God, I'm a LIVING witness!

Martin Deschner, Internet Chess Expert




    I see James McCarty at the main Library time-to-time! Says he's looking for
books, not chess. I go to the Library a lot, a real sociological madhouse!

-----Martin
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--- In BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at ...> wrote:

 John Watson told Tom sped up his car to hit a bird while maniacally yelling -
 " Screeeeeeeeech, womp, womp, womp!!! " on a Chess road trip.

BW

 ----- Forwarded message from chess at ... -----
     Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 03:09:51 -0800 (PST)
     From: chess at ...
Reply-To: chess at ...
  Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] John Kohn
       To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at ...>

 Tom Barber had the "wheels" that drove me and Paul Sharpe to Denver tournaments
in the early 1980's.?? A bright Camaro with mag tires.?? What a delight to hear
 somebody repeat? "ScreeeechWHOMP!" again, nearly 30 years later!? His most
 memorable "Barberism" was holding out a fist, supported by his other hand, and
 telling his young proteges, "Lead with your face!"? (I took that lesson to
 heart and, over the chess board, still do it often.)?? As I recall, he once
 drove his fine Camaro, at high speed, straight over a median that he didn't see
 at an intersection, blowing out both rear tires and denting the rims.?? Somehow
that still strikes me as an ideal metaphor for his chess style.?? A brilliant
 attacker capable of dropping a queen to a cheapo at any moment.

 Damian Nash

 --- On Mon, 12/7/09, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at ...> wrote:

 From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at ...>
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] John Kohn
 To: "Brian Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at ...>
 Date: Monday, December 7, 2009, 5:50 PM

 Brian Wall

 Jame McCarty sort of disappeared from the Chess scene about 5 years ago.
 gone AWOL



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 20:40:36 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 20:40:36 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Unfathomable
Message-ID: <1260330036.4b1f1c34cd4e1@www.taom.com>


In 2006 IM Robby Adams and I did the ICC commentary for the finals of the USCL,
Greg Shahade's United States Chess League. ICC commentator was my favorite job
ever, a dream for any Chessplayer. When it ended I wasn't so much disappointed
as amazed it ever happened at all. I always felt there were better people
available in general and IM John Watson in particular so I am glad John does
weekly interviews of famous Chessplayers and personalities on ICC now. The
Adamson/Wall show went 7 hours because it got down to a blitz playoff.

Last night I just happed to log onto ICC 5 minutes before Jennifer Shahade and
newly minted GM Ben Finegold started their coverage of the 2009 USCL finals so
I listened to the whole thing. It again got down to a blitz playoff. I even
called Danielle Rice, working in San Francisco, to tell her that her friend
Yaacov Norwitz was in the finals. Yaacov was winning all game but Eric
Rodriguez somehow pulled out a draw near the end. Ben Finegold has played
thousands of blitz games with Yaacov and knew his style very well. Yaacov plays
some sick Zukertort system over and over again that would make Duwayne Langseth
proud.
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http://lizzyknowsall.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-ilya-krasik.html

Elizabeth Vicary asks outspoken USCL Boston Blitz member Russian Jew Ilya Krasik
to predict the final NY-Miami USCL match in the middle of a great interview.

EV: Predict the openings and results on each board?

IK: So perhaps a Caro Kann on 1, some Sicilian I guess on 2 and 3 and on board 4

 are the two guys I just played, both games I should have won....yeah Norowitz
plays pretty effeminate as white.
( Ouch, Duwayne, don't you play the same way? )
Norowitz has a weird style, I was told he is very patient which I guess is true,
but against me everyone plays fucked up. I don?t know why. Miami will win on 1,
NY wins on 2, draw on 3 and win on 4 for NY.

http://lizzyknowsall.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-ilya-krasik.html
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Yaacov's ICC blitz rating is like 3200. I saw Yaacov at the 2009 World
Open. He cannot play on the Jewish Sabbath but he won the World Open blitz
Championship 3 times, once as a USCF expert. One drop of Jewish blood is good
for at least 2200.

When Yaacov started Game 1 of the blitz playoff many feared he would just go
4-0 as a New York blitz specialist. IM Moreno from Miami won 3 games in a row,
then GM Kacheishvili from NY won 3 in a row, beating GM Julio Becerra in the
finals. Maximum entertainment for the spectators. IM Moreno and Kacheishvili
were the only two players to lose in the slow games but they were blitz playoff
heroes.

Greg Shahade invented a clever blitz playoff system, the two weakest players
start off, then a loss or draw eliminates you and the next highest player on
your team replaces you. It seems to produce maximum drama much like a fiance.

Most of you will never know the thrill of doing an ICC webcast so I will
describe it to you. Chessplayers in general try to outdo each other in sarcasm.
During a webcast the kibitzers try to oneup each other. If someone says
something hilarious or creates a funny putdown, others will encourage him by
saying - "Phishmaster ( or any handle, that one is NH Champion Kevin Coutreau )
lol ". Now the webcasters are the biggest targets, if you repeat an expression
they will jump all over you e.g., Ben Finegold kept saying that each board was
a "turnaround " and they all started kibitzing turnaround comments

Using a computer kind of takes the fun out of it. I did a show with Rybka
inventor Railich and he used Rybka to analyze games on the show live. Of course
he could do it superfast. Most shows are very scary because you can give your
best opinion but every 1200 fucktard with Rybka or Fritz is going to be
commenting what an ignornat jackass you are. Mig Greengard will let the GMs
prattle on and then do the database/Fritz legwork, checking for innovations and
computer suggestions. Mig took over my job, that's OK, he has two kids to
support now. We did a transition show where Mig kept asking my opinion. Josh
Bloomer and I watched GM Benko analyze games at a World Open 8 years ago and I
was very impressed that Benko only stated what he knew, he never tried to lie
about an endgame result if he was confused. There were some that tried to trap
him by analyzing with a computer or anther GM before showing him the game but
Benko did not fall for anyone's traps. His integrity protected him which is why
Bobby Fischer respected and talked to Benko his whole life and Silman/Watson
wrote such a glowing biography.

On the transition ICC webcast I did with Mig Greengard I was constantly asked
what I thought of the positions. Sometimes I know what is going on and can
predict 20 moves flawlessly, Other times I don't. I don't like to fake it.
I read on Mig's ChessNinja blog that he tried dynamite to get me to express my
opinion but I wouldn't budge. I was used to being the host and having GM or IM
backup, being responsible for analysis to an audience of computers and titled
players was a little daunting.

During the broadcast the Becerra - Kacheishvili game was so horrifically
confusing all game I actually felt sorry for Ben and Jen. I've been in their
shoes. They practically ignored the other 3 games trying to figure out the
Board 1 GM game. A game with massive short term tactics is a computer dream and
a webcaster nightmare. Ben and Jen gamely plowed forward but they didn't seem
to understand the position any better than I did. This gave the kibitzers an
opportunity to jump in and send tells with computer analysis to Jenium (
Shahade's handle ). Jen was a perfect choice as webcaster since -
A - Women always make things more fun
B - Her brother Greg started the league
C - Jen managed and played for the the winning NY team in the past
D - Jen is about a 2300 player so she can make intelligent comments from
experience

Jen and Sutovsky had a teasing relationship during the US Championship webcasts,
Ben and Jen have a warm friend type relationship. Ben's married but you know
what I mean. Ben was very polite and did not try to interrupt or overpower her
commentary despite a 200 point rating difference.

In one of the blitz playoff games this no talent ass clown named "Jeers" kept
saying how amazed he was when Pascal Charbonneau took time in the opening and
did not play Kasparov's 14 Qh4 in the Scotch game ( see below )

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 29th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Adams,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C45"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5
8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Qe6 10.Qe4 Bb4 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 d5 14.Qh4 dxc4
15.Be2 Nd5 16.Bd4 c5 17.Bxc5 Nc3 18.Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19.Be3 Ne4 20.0-0 Bxc4
21.bxc4 0-0 22.Rfe1 Rfe8 23.f3 Nd6 24.Bf2 Qf5 25.c5 Nb5 26.Qb4 Qd3
27.Red1 a5 28.Qa4 Qe2 29.Re1 Qd3 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rd1

1-0

Jeers went on and on about 14 Qh4, what an important move it was, the main line
of every Scotch book, etc., etc.  which prompted GM Yermolinsky to sneer -

" They think we GMs win games because we are all booked up. The average 2300
German player knows more theory than I will ever care to. "

Kibitzer -
Kasparov's edge was deep opening preparation.

Yerminator :
He could play a bit too.

Kasparov once crushed Yermo's Two Knights Tango.

Jeers was unintimidated and kept ascribing Charbonneau's loss to Qh4 ignorance.
Ben Finegold cracked that Pascal shouldn't give up his day job ( something in
the stock market ).

After all that introduction let's see what was really going on with USCL finals,
Board 1, slow game, GM Julio Becerra versus Giorgi Kacheishvili

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http://www.uschessleague.com/games/becerrakacheishvili09.htm

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(305) Becerra,Julio (2615) - Kacheishvili,Giorgi (2666) [B12]
USCL Miami vs New York Internet Chess Club (13), 07.12.2009

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5
6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Qa4+ Qd7

Maybe GM Giorgi Kacheishvaili knew that  9 ... Nbc6  was played
by Giorgi Margvelashvili in the World Under 14 5 years ago.



10.Nb5!  Nd5!  11.N1c3!  Bb4!!  TN

Theoretical Novelty by the Georgian Grandmaster,
discovered over the board after long thought.
Impressive but Giorgi suffered from time pressure the rest of the game.
I played GM Julio Becerra a 7-3 time handicap game in Florida last year.
It was a Fishing Pole where I was doing very well but somehow with less
than a minute he whipped up an endgame mating attack with a minimum of
pieces. The idea of being way DOWN on the clock against Becerra is scary.

Ben's assessment was that Kacheishvili was a solid defensive player and
Becerra was a more creative attacking player.

11 ... Nc6! was played 11 years ago by Martin Kersting.
11 ... N:c3!  is also OK.
Rybka prefer's Julio after Jen's suggestion of
11 ... N:e3  12  fe  with  Nc7+, Rd1 or c4-capture ideas.


12.0-0-0!?

Ben was rooting for this move from the fireworks perspective.
Ben/Jen analyzed  the Queen trap
12 Nc7+!  N:c7!  13  Q:b4  Nc6  14  Q:b7?  Rb8!
but  14  Q:c4 is about equal.
12 Nc7+!   Kf8  13  0-0-0!!  B:c3  14 Bc5+  Kg8  only move   15  N:d5
or  12 Nc7+!   Kf8  13 Q:d7! N:d7
give Julio an edge.
12 Nc7+!   Kd8  13  Q:d7  N:d7  14  N:a8  N:c3
15  a3  Ba5  16 B:c4 N:e5 17 Bf1!  is evaluated
as slightly better for White.
Knight captures Rook in the corner variations have
been mystifying man since the dawn of Chess.
GM Becerra decided to take his chances in the middle game.

The lovely 12th Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk
recently played a secret blitz match with GM Julio Becerra
before the 2009 World Blitz Championship in Moscow,
won by Magnus Carlsen.


12 ...  Bxc3!!

Giorgi is way down on time.

13.Nd6+!!

13 Nc7+  Kd8!  14 N:d5  Q:a4  15  Nb6+    Q:d1+  16 R:d1+  Ke7
17 Bc5+  Ke8  18 N:c4  B:e5  19  N:e5  Be4!
favors the Georgian.

I am just scratching the surface of what
Giorgi, Julio, Jennifer and Ben
looked at during the game.

It's all ridiculously complicated and impossible to evaluate OTB.


13 ...  Kf8!!  14.Qxc4! Bxe5

Rybka gives 14 ... Nc6, ... B:e5  and ... b5
as slightly better for Black


15.Nxf5!   Only move   Na6

Rybka slightly prefers  the normal looking  15 ... Nc6!
but Giorgi is trying to create big trouble down the c-file

16.Bc5+

Rybka slightly prefers  16  Kb1!
neutralizing the c-file

16 ... Ke8!  17.Kb1!!

I believe Julio Becerra had his longest think here
and he came up with the right move.
17  Qe4? ( Ben )  Bf4+!  ( Jen )  18 Be3!  Qc6+!
is better for Kacheishvili.

I sent a tell to Jenium to consider  17 Bd4!?
and to my shock she did.
17  Bd4  Rc8  18  B:e5  R:c4+  19  B:c4
gives White a lot of compensation for the Queen.
17  Bd4  Rc8  18  B:e5  f6!!  19 Nd6+  Ke7
20 N:c8  R:c8  21 Bc3  R:c4  22 B:c4  Nac7
with Queen, two Knights and a pawn for Becerra
vs  Two Rooks and two Bishops for Kacheishvili
is evaluated as clear advantage Black by Rybka.
GM Finegold didn't think much of my Queen sac either.


17 ...  Rc8!  18.Qe4!  Rxc5

Rybla slightly prefers  18 ... N:c5  or even ... B:b2.
The position is about even.
Finegold pointed out playing with your King
in the middle is tough in time pressure.


19.Qxe5!  f6!  20.Qd4! Ra5

Rybka slightly prefers  20 ... b5.
20 moves had been played and still
no one knew what was happening.
It was easy to get lost in the
complications of this game and ignore
the three relatively simple other USCL finals.

Becerra has a micro edge in position and a big edge in time.

21. Bc4?

21 Q:a7!
is a pawn only a computer could love

21 ... Nac7

Played very quickly,
I think Kacheishvili had
less than five minutes left
plus an increment.
Rybka slightly prefers  20 ... Kf7!!
Position edge - Kacheishvili


22.Ne3

Rybka slightly prefers the rearrangement
22 Qe4  Kf7  23 Nd4

22 ... Kf7!

Played quickly


23.Bb3 Rd8!

Played quickly

24.Qh4

Trying to regroup for a second wave of attack


24 ... Kg8!

Played quickly.
At this point the crowd was impressed that Kacheishvili
had survived the attack with a solid game.

25.Rhe1 Ra6!!

Another rock solid consolidating move played with his fingertips.


26. f4

Becerra decides to stir up the pot.

26 ... g6

Rybka prefers thge ultimate consolidater  26  ... Rd6!!
which I call Capablanca's gun, RQR.


27.g4

I'm always down for a pawn wave

27 ... Kg7

The game is about even.
Rybka still likes 27 ... Rd6!!


28.f5!!

Someone's knocking on the door

28 ... Qf7?

Last chance for 28 ... Rd6!!


29.g5!!

Really stirring up the pot now.

" Wow! A hard move to meet in time pressure! "
- GM ( finally ) Ben Finegold

Not only is GM Becerra winning but
GM Kacheishvili has no time to work
anything out.


29 ...  fxg5 30.Qxg5

30 Qd4+!   Qf6  31 fe!  R:e6  32 N:d5+  N:d5  33 Rf1+
wins  a piece for two pawns
30 Qd4+!   Kh6  31 fe!
collapses the Black position

30 ... Rad6?

Too late.  30 ... Re8!! was called for but give Becerra credit
for creating a position where instinct alone isn't enough.


31.fxe6

Not only is Kachesihvili defending by instinct but
Becerra is attacking by instinct as well. They both
must have been very nervous with the whole season on
the line.  31 N:d5!!  kills  with fe, B:d5 and Re7 ideas

31 ... Qe7??

The Georgian is half alive with  31 ... Qf6!  or ... Qf4!


32.Nf5+!!

Wins the Queen for starters


Black resigns 1-0



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[Event "Hessenliga 9899"]
[Site "Hessen"]
[Date "1998.10.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Majer,Damir"]
[Black "Kersting,Martin"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4
9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Nb5 Nd5 11.N1c3 Nc6 12.0-0-0 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bd3 14.Bxd3 cxd3
15.Qe4 0-0-0 16.Nxa7+ Nxa7 17.Bxa7 Qb5 18.Bd4 Ba3+ 19.Kd2 Qa5 20.Ke3 Bc5
21.Rb1 Rd5 22.Rbc1 Kb8 23.Rhd1 Rhd8 24.Rxd3 f6 25.f4 f5 26.Qf3

1/2
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[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Heraklio"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panjwani,Raja"]
[Black "Margvelashvili,Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4
9.Qa4+ Nbc6 10.Na3 a6 11.Nxc4 b5 12.Nxb5 axb5 13.Qxb5 Rb8 14.Bb6 Qd5
15.Qa4 Nc8 16.0-0 Be7 17.Rfd1 Nxb6 18.Nxb6 Qe4 19.Rd4 Qxd4 20.Qxc6+ Kf8
21.Nd7+ Kg8 22.Nxb8 Qxb2 23.Qe8+ Bf8 24.Rd1 g6 25.Rd7

1-0
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Brian Wall, the Tiger Woods of Chess






From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec  8 20:52:32 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  8 Dec 2009 20:52:32 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] William Chandler ( who got me my ICC
	webcasting job ) on Memories of 1990s chess (James McCarty,
	Walter Gerash & Edwin 	Schriber and others)
Message-ID: <1260330752.4b1f1f0031484@www.taom.com>

I think Chris Mink is happily married and living with his wife in Thornton.
The classic Schriber story was that Todd and two others drove him to a Chess
tournament, two beds, 4 players. Ed Schrieber fell asleep naked on top of the
covers of one bed which left the other 3 wondering what to do with the other
bed. I dedicated a line of the Fishing Pole to Edwin Schreiber after a marathon
downtown 16th street chess table mall match.

The Schreiber refutation -

1 e4  e5  2 Nf3  Nc6  3  Bb5  Nf6  4  0-0  Ng4!!  5  h3  h5
6  B:c6  dc 7 d4  ed  8  Q:d4  Q:d4  9  N:d4  Ne5

We reach a Berlin style endgame.

BW

----- Forwarded message from William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:21:17 -0700
    From: William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>
Reply-To: William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>
 Subject: Memories of 1990s chess (James McCarty, Walter Gerash & Edwin
	Schriber and others)
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Just thought I'd give you my 2 cents concerning my early memories of
Colorado Chess.

My first opponent at my first tournament was Edwin Schriber. It was in 1990,
and I had no clock, set or board and, as I would tell my parents later that
night, I got sliced and diced in 22 moves on the White side of a Sicilian
Kopec System by an overgrown hippie.  I touched my a-pawn inadvertently on
one move and he forced me to move it (at the time I thought what arrogance,
not knowing all the rules at the time).  After about an hour I thought I was
being put through a psychological wall.

My next three games of that tournament I lost as well , I had ZERO idea what
a rating was, so here I was in the open section on the last board at Round 4
staring at an aging bald guy who had brought HIS FOOTREST!  I had no idea
who Walter Gerash was and I was facing him with his feet propped up like he
was home by the fireplace.  By this time, I had the idea that someone
sporting a 1700 rating was Pretty Good.  About this time I had given up hope
of winning anything and I just wanted to have a good game.  Fortunately,
that was my longest game and I ended up in a reasonable endgame, which I
lost, of course.

Over the next few years, I would get to know the Colorado Chess Community.
 For those of you who remember Richard DeLong (the good ones die too young),
he took me under his wing as my teacher.  (Yes, I'm still stuck on the
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit & the Scandinavian thanks to him).  He drove me to
tournaments and I ended up working on his chessbase stuff for DAYS at a
time.  He often let me raid his library, and even though it is
outdated severely, I still have the BCE with his business card stuck to the
front cover -- "CHESSNUT", he called himself.

Then there was the occassional association with Michael Persutti ("Thats
right Sportsfans!"). and according to Norbert Martinez, (and others), he's
still around downtown at the 16th street mall.   One day I'll make it down
there.

I didn't really have much association with Mr. McCarty because I thought he
was So Weird.  His mind was like a floodgate -- either it was open and
things flew out at randomn, and often it had NOTHING to do with chess, just
life's curiosities , or it was shut and he acted like he didn't know how to
speak (or understand) the English Language.

Then there was Steve Wilson -- (need I say more), and then there is Chris
Mink, who also has disappeared off the face of the earth.

Of course, continuing friendships and the love of the game have caused me to
continue in chess.  Lord knows if I can ever get my act together, I still
can hope to have a 2,000+ rating.  (We can always dream).  I'm still
throwing Shadowbolts at Owlbears in the Hinterlands (World of Warcraft), and
that may have something to do with why I'm still 1450!

Thanks for entertaining my rants,
Bill Chandler - Still Learning as always
--
For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more
those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will
reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ - Romans 5:17

William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec  9 23:51:32 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  9 Dec 2009 23:51:32 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Denver Co-Champ Andy Hortillosa writes Chess
	book - Everyman Chess book extract
Message-ID: <1260427892.4b209a74652f9@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:48:21 -0800 (PST)
    From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Denver Co-CHamp Andy Hortillosa writes Chess book - Everyman Chess
book extract
      To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>



--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Andres Hortillosa <adh2050 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Andres Hortillosa <adh2050 at gmail.com>
Subject: Everyman Chess book extract
To: adh2050 at gmail.com
Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 6:58 PM


Chess friends,

The attached book extract has been made available by the publisher (Everyman
Chess). Comments are very much appreciated. You may order the book at
www.USMilitaryChess.org or at your favorite bookseller.

For those who sent their orders early, your payment will be deposited next week.
Thank you.

The book is due for release in a couple of weeks.

Andy
Improving Player

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 10 11:48:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:48:30 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Carlsen - Kramnik London 2009
Message-ID: <1260470910.4b21427e40968@www.taom.com>

The way I work is this -
If I read someone else's annotations roughly 100% of the time I cannot write a
Chess email myself. They've done all the work and I don't want to bother making
some minor corrections.

I do enjoy reading someone else's idea after
I've already gathered my thoughts on the matter.

New double father Peter Karagianis sometimes suggests games I should analyze,
hoping for some sweet, poetic email - his favorite was a Morozevich game -

Morozevic + Albin Counter Gambit = Mozart
BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com
Message 751
( I have over 5,000 messages now )

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[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov(GM)"]
[Black "Morozevich_0-1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Opening "QGD: Albin counter-gambit, Alapin variation"]
[ECO "D08"]
[NIC "QG.02"]
[Time "07:05:13"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Nb3 Nf5 7. a3 Be7 8.
g3 a5 9. Qd3 a4 10. Nbd2 h5 11. Bh3 g6 12. Ne4 h4 13. Bf4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Ng7
15. Bg2 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Bf5 17. Nfg5 Na5 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Nh7 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 c6
21. e3 Nb3 22. Rd1 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Nec5 24. Qg2 Qa6 25. Kf1 Qxc4+ 26. Kg1 Qc2
27. Qf3 d3 28. Bg5 Ne4 29. Bxe7 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 Qxd1+ 31. Kg2 Qc2 32. Bd6
O-O-O 33. Kg1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rh8 {Black wins} 0-1
-------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
Other people suggest things I should write about but I don't work that way. I
don't call the muse, she calls me. Anyone who interferes between my muse and I
just leaves me feeling empty, blank and emotionally dead.

Right after I wrote " Retreat to victory, Kasparov's revenge " about the
Carlsen-Kramink game I immediately watched Nick Defirmian's ICC Game of the Day
where he analyzed the same game. Two victories later, ICC has posted a 23 minute
video of Magnus analyzing his victory over Kramnik live in London with English
IM Trent before an appreciative audience..


http://www.chessclub.com/

Chess historians cannot ask for more than this -
a live video of a game just played, analyzed by World Live rating #1.
GM Joel Benjamin was remarking on Round 1 that the openings were 1 English and 2
Scotch. Trent asked Magnus if he intentionally played 1 c4 because he was in
London.

" Actually I did not think of this until the middle of the game. "
Magnus Carlsen


[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "duh"]
[Date "2009.12.08" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Carlsen" ]
[Black "GM_Kramnik" ]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Opening "English: four knights, kingside fianchetto, Najdragon Reversed,
Dragdorf Reversed"]
[ECO "A29"]
[NIC "EO.03"]
[Time "08:22:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5
15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Ne8 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21.
gxf4 Qd7 22. d4 c6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 Na5 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 Qh5 32. Ne2 Bf5
33. e4 Bg4 34. Ng3 Qf7 35. Bf1 Be6 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Rb4 Qd7 38. f5 Bf7 39.
Bf4 Qd1 40. Kf2 Nb3 41. Be2 Qb1 42. Bc4 Rxa3 43. Ne2 {White wins} 1-0
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

Meanwhile at PlayChess.com if you buy Fritz 12 and become a premium
member you can listen to GM Danny King analyzing live in England.

It is very interesting for me to compare my thoughts with GMs but
I cannot do the reverse - listen to the GMs and then add my ideas.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 14:12:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:12:44 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3,
	in an ending
Message-ID: <1260565964.4b22b5cc2734b@www.taom.com>



Statistics for BERTA(GM)         On for: 2:06     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1921  [6]     0     1     0     1
Loser's         1327  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2374      12104  8871  2019 22994   2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz           2549      14476 10604  4908 29988   3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute        2506  [8]   240   105   102   447   2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute        1778      42243 38805  6592 87640   2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute       1328  [4]     2     3     0     5

 1: Ulf Andersson

 Groups : GMs
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "BERTA"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Opening "KP: Indian opening"]
[ECO "C20"]
[NIC "KP.10"]
[Time "16:07:54"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Nf3 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8.
Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. h3 h5 11. d4 f6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2
exd4 15. Re1 dxc3 16. bxc3 g3 17. fxg3 Qe7 18. Ndf3 Ne5 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.
Qe2 Kc8 21. a4 Ra5 22. Red1 Kb8 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Qf7 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26.
Nf3 Qxd5 27. Qe3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 b6 30. Ng5 Kb7 31. Rf1 Ra8 32.
Rf7 Rxa4 33. Ne6 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Rxc7+ Ka6 36. Rxg7 Rxc3 37. g4 b5 38.
g5 b4 39. g6 b3 40. Nc7+ Ka5 41. Rg8 b2 42. Rb8 Rb3 43. Rxb3 b1=Q
{White forfeits on time}
0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 14:25:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:25:41 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I crush "endgame authority " GM Ulf Anderson
	in another ending
Message-ID: <1260566741.4b22b8d5f11db@www.taom.com>



[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "BERTA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1821"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[ECO "B33"]
[NIC "SI.35"]
[Time "16:22:01"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 h6 7. Na3 Bb4
8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. O-O Be6
14. c4 a6 15. f3 Qa5 16. Qe1 Qxa3 17. Qh4 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Rd4 20.
Qg3 Rfd8 21. h4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Re2 Rxc2 24. Rfe1 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Rd1+
26. Kh2 Qg1+ 27. Kh3 Qh1+ 28. Kg4 Rd4+ 29. Re4 Rxe4+ 30. fxe4 Qf1 31. h5 Qf6
32. Kh3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Kg4 f6 35. Kxf4 Kf7 36. Kf5 Ne5 37. g3 b5 38.
Kf4 Nc4 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kd3 Nd6 42. Kc3 a5 43. Kb3 Nxe4 44. Kc2
Nxg3 45. Kd3 Nxh5 46. Kc2 Nf4 47. Kd2 Nd5 48. Kc2 b4 49. Kb3
{Black forfeits on time}
1-0


Statistics for BERTA(GM)         On for: 2:20     Idle:    0
BERTA is currently involved in a match against Masterplayer.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1921  [6]     0     1     0     1
Loser's         1327  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2374      12104  8871  2019 22994   2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz           2549      14476 10604  4908 29988   3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute        2506  [8]   240   105   102   447   2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute        1797      42247 38808  6593 87648   2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute       1328  [4]     2     3     0     5

 1: Ulf Andersson

 Groups : GMs

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 15:53:16 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:53:16 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson crushes GM Ulf Anderson in his
	favorite Dragon on my handle
Message-ID: <1260571996.4b22cd5c1160a@www.taom.com>




Statistics for BERTA(GM)         On for: 3:47     Idle:    0
BERTA is currently involved in a match against MichaelJordan23.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1921  [6]     0     1     0     1
Loser's         1327  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2374      12104  8871  2019 22994   2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz           2549      14476 10604  4908 29988   3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute        2506  [8]   240   105   102   447   2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute        1826      42271 38829  6594 87694   2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute       1328  [4]     2     3     0     5

 1: Ulf Andersson

 Groups : GMs
You're at the end of the game.
pg
[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "BERTA"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[ECO "B70"]
[NIC "SI.15"]
[Time "17:49:21"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Ra7 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Be2 Rc7 20. Bb6
Rxa7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bb5 Nc5 24. Qc1 Ra2 25. Rxe7 Bxb2 26. Qe3
Bc3 27. Bd3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rda8 29. Kh2 Ra1 30. Qb5 Kg7 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Qxd6
Bf6 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Qc7 Rf8 {White forfeits on time} 0-1


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 15:55:58 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:55:58 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Steve Sabean on GM Ulf Anderson
Message-ID: <1260572158.4b22cdfe2bcbc@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:27:30 -0800 (PST)
    From: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3, in an ending
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

And one of the strongest correspondence players alive.? At 2737, he's actually
higher rated than the current number one, Joop van Oosterom who is at 2736,
although Andersson is no longer listed as active.?? Guess he gave it up due to
all the engines. Too much effort for too little gain, I suspect.



________________________________
From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 4:12:44 PM
Subject: [BrianWallChess] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3, in an ending

?


Statistics for BERTA(GM) On for: 2:06 Idle: 0

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Wild 1921 [6] 0 1 0 1
Loser's 1327 [6] 0 1 0 1
Bullet 2374 12104 8871 2019 22994 2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz 2549 14476 10604 4908 29988 3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute 2506 [8] 240 105 102 447 2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute 1778 42243 38805 6592 87640 2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute 1328 [4] 2 3 0 5

1: Ulf Andersson

Groups : GMs
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "BERTA"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Opening "KP: Indian opening"]
[ECO "C20"]
[NIC "KP.10"]
[Time "16:07:54"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Nf3 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8.
Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. h3 h5 11. d4 f6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2
exd4 15. Re1 dxc3 16. bxc3 g3 17. fxg3 Qe7 18. Ndf3 Ne5 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.
Qe2 Kc8 21. a4 Ra5 22. Red1 Kb8 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Qf7 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26.
Nf3 Qxd5 27. Qe3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 b6 30. Ng5 Kb7 31. Rf1 Ra8 32.
Rf7 Rxa4 33. Ne6 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Rxc7+ Ka6 36. Rxg7 Rxc3 37. g4 b5 38.
g5 b4 39. g6 b3 40. Nc7+ Ka5 41. Rg8 b2 42. Rb8 Rb3 43. Rxb3 b1=Q
{White forfeits on time}
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 16:42:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:42:50 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Josh Smith crushes GM Ulf Anderson 90 times
Message-ID: <1260574970.4b22d8fabbb65@www.taom.com>

Ulf played postal while we played bullet.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:04:45 -0700
    From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops.com>
Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson crushes GM Ulf Anderson in
his	favorite Dragon on my handle
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Ulf is a legendary chess player... but certainly not a bullet player. I
personally have 80-90 scalps against him. He should be honored to have been
playing bullet god like Chris :) Come to think of it, we haven't had a Bullet
Championship in a very long time. We could revive the Colorado/Utah
Championship and invite such dignitaries as Convig, B-Wall, Latvia, Grossen,
checkmates, kshark, and the rest of the gang. Who knows... maybe Tsov-Noog
would reappear after all these years in hiding just to wrestle the Championship
away from all the whipper snappers out there that think they can premove!

JD

-----Original Message-----
From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com
[mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:53 PM
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson crushes GM Ulf Anderson in his
favorite Dragon on my handle




Statistics for BERTA(GM)         On for: 3:47     Idle:    0
BERTA is currently involved in a match against MichaelJordan23.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1921  [6]     0     1     0     1
Loser's         1327  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2374      12104  8871  2019 22994   2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz           2549      14476 10604  4908 29988   3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute        2506  [8]   240   105   102   447   2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute        1826      42271 38829  6594 87694   2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute       1328  [4]     2     3     0     5

 1: Ulf Andersson

 Groups : GMs
You're at the end of the game.
pg
[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "BERTA"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[ECO "B70"]
[NIC "SI.15"]
[Time "17:49:21"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Ra7 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Be2 Rc7 20. Bb6
Rxa7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bb5 Nc5 24. Qc1 Ra2 25. Rxe7 Bxb2 26. Qe3
Bc3 27. Bd3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rda8 29. Kh2 Ra1 30. Qb5 Kg7 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Qxd6
Bf6 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Qc7 Rf8 {White forfeits on time} 0-1



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 18:36:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:36:44 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Poor Ulfie goes down again
Message-ID: <1260581804.4b22f3ace1d23@www.taom.com>



[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "BERTA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ECO "B07"]
[NIC "VO.17"]
[Time "20:32:33"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. Bd3
Bb4+ 8. c3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Bf4 Be6
14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. b4 Bd5 16. Re3 b5 17. a4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Qd7 19. axb5 cxb5
20. Ra5 Rb8 21. Qf4 Rb7 22. g3 Ne6 23. Qe3 g6 24. Be4 Kg7 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26.
Nd2 Ng5 27. h4 Ne6 28. Ne4 Re7 29. Nc5 h5 30. Qd3 Nxc5 31. bxc5 Re1+ 32. Qf1
Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qc4+ 34. Kg2 Qxc3 35. Rxa7 Qxd4 36. Rb7 Qd5+ 37. f3 Qxb7 38.
c6 Qxc6 39. Kf2 Qc3 40. g4 b4 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Kg3 b3 43. Kf4 b2 44. Kf5
b1=Q+ 45. Kf4 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0


Statistics for BERTA(GM)         On for: 6:31     Idle:    0
BERTA is currently involved in a match against Philadelphia.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1921  [6]     0     1     0     1
Loser's         1327  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2374      12104  8871  2019 22994   2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz           2549      14476 10604  4908 29988   3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute        2506  [8]   240   105   102   447   2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute        1918      42314 38864  6600 87778   2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute       1236  [3]     2     4     0     6

 1: Ulf Andersson

 Groups : GMs

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 11 18:38:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:38:24 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David King, PretzelAttack,
	crushes GM Ulf Anderson 75 times
Message-ID: <1260581904.4b22f410652ed@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:11:22 -0800 (PST)
    From: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Josh Smith crushes GM Ulf Anderson 90 times
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

i beat him about 75 times, once 5 times in a row. i somehow get the impression
he doesnt take it that seriously, or maybe his temperament is just more suited
for standard and correspondence. re bullet championship, why dont you guys get
together online? find some icc td to direct it.

--- On Fri, 12/11/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Josh Smith crushes GM Ulf Anderson 90 times
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist"
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 3:42 PM






Ulf played postal while we played bullet.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops. com> -----
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:04:45 -0700
From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops. com>
Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops. com>
Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Chris Peterson crushes GM Ulf Anderson in
his favorite Dragon on my handle
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3@ taom.com>

Ulf is a legendary chess player... but certainly not a bullet player. I
personally have 80-90 scalps against him. He should be honored to have been
playing bullet god like Chris :) Come to think of it, we haven't had a Bullet
Championship in a very long time. We could revive the Colorado/Utah
Championship and invite such dignitaries as Convig, B-Wall, Latvia, Grossen,
checkmates, kshark, and the rest of the gang. Who knows... maybe Tsov-Noog
would reappear after all these years in hiding just to wrestle the Championship
away from all the whipper snappers out there that think they can premove!

JD

-----Original Message-----
From: brianwall-chesslist -bounces@ lists.taom. com
[mailto:brianwall-chesslist -bounces@ lists.taom. com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 3:53 PM
To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Brian Wall Chesslist
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Chris Peterson crushes GM Ulf Anderson in his
favorite Dragon on my handle

Statistics for BERTA(GM) On for: 3:47 Idle: 0
BERTA is currently involved in a match against MichaelJordan23.

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Wild 1921 [6] 0 1 0 1
Loser's 1327 [6] 0 1 0 1
Bullet 2374 12104 8871 2019 22994 2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz 2549 14476 10604 4908 29988 3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute 2506 [8] 240 105 102 447 2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute 1826 42271 38829 6594 87694 2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute 1328 [4] 2 3 0 5

1: Ulf Andersson

Groups : GMs
You're at the end of the game.
pg
[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "BERTA"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[ECO "B70"]
[NIC "SI.15"]
[Time "17:49:21"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. exd5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Ra7 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Be2 Rc7 20. Bb6
Rxa7 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bb5 Nc5 24. Qc1 Ra2 25. Rxe7 Bxb2 26. Qe3
Bc3 27. Bd3 Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Rda8 29. Kh2 Ra1 30. Qb5 Kg7 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Qxd6
Bf6 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Qc7 Rf8 {White forfeits on time} 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 12 10:31:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:31:50 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Mezek on going postal
Message-ID: <1260639110.4b23d3865c42b@www.taom.com>

A pure computer would lose to man + computer

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:09:28 -0800
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Steve Sabean on GM Ulf Anderson
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

How can there be correspondence chess today when everyone has a computer and a
chess engine?

It's been a long time since correspondence chess had any human imput.Today it's
all computers against computers,

or engines against engines.

Frank Mezek
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian Wall
  To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist
  Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:55 PM
  Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Steve Sabean on GM Ulf Anderson




  ----- Forwarded message from Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com> -----
      Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:27:30 -0800 (PST)
      From: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
  Reply-To: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
   Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3, in an
ending
        To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

  And one of the strongest correspondence players alive. At 2737, he's actually
  higher rated than the current number one, Joop van Oosterom who is at 2736,
  although Andersson is no longer listed as active.? Guess he gave it up due to
  all the engines. Too much effort for too little gain, I suspect.



  ________________________________
  From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
  To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
  <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
  Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 4:12:44 PM
  Subject: [BrianWallChess] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3, in an ending




  Statistics for BERTA(GM) On for: 2:06 Idle: 0

  rating [need] win loss draw total best
  Wild 1921 [6] 0 1 0 1
  Loser's 1327 [6] 0 1 0 1
  Bullet 2374 12104 8871 2019 22994 2677 (22-Nov-2002)
  Blitz 2549 14476 10604 4908 29988 3199 (27-Jan-2003)
  5-minute 2506 [8] 240 105 102 447 2607 (05-Aug-2004)
  1-minute 1778 42243 38805 6592 87640 2391 (26-May-2005)
  15-minute 1328 [4] 2 3 0 5

  1: Ulf Andersson

  Groups : GMs
  ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
  [Event "ICC 1 0"]
  [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
  [Date "2009.12.11" ]
  [Round "-"]
  [White "BERTA"]
  [Black "B-Wall"]
  [Result "0-1"]
  [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
  [WhiteElo "1778"]
  [BlackElo "1793"]
  [Opening "KP: Indian opening"]
  [ECO "C20"]
  [NIC "KP.10"]
  [Time "16:07:54"]
  [TimeControl "60+0"]

  1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Nf3 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8.
  Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. h3 h5 11. d4 f6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2
  exd4 15. Re1 dxc3 16. bxc3 g3 17. fxg3 Qe7 18. Ndf3 Ne5 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.
  Qe2 Kc8 21. a4 Ra5 22. Red1 Kb8 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Qf7 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26.
  Nf3 Qxd5 27. Qe3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 b6 30. Ng5 Kb7 31. Rf1 Ra8 32.
  Rf7 Rxa4 33. Ne6 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Rxc7+ Ka6 36. Rxg7 Rxc3 37. g4 b5 38.
  g5 b4 39. g6 b3 40. Nc7+ Ka5 41. Rg8 b2 42. Rb8 Rb3 43. Rxb3 b1=Q
  {White forfeits on time}
  0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 12 10:38:23 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:38:23 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Canadian IM that plays Scrabble
Message-ID: <1260639503.4b23d50fd083d@www.taom.com>

Canadian IM Deen Hergott was kind of a hero to Dave Vigorito and me for beating
Dave and analyzing the Beefeater with him. I was thrilled to win a few blitz
games later. It felt like arm wrestling God. Joe is a Denver Chessplayer that
moved to Connecticut and took up Scrabble. He found out about Rybka a month
ago.

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from Joe Bihlmeyer <eml_joe at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:38:09 -0800 (PST)
    From: Joe Bihlmeyer <eml_joe at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Joe Bihlmeyer <eml_joe at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Canadian IM that plays Scrabble
      To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com

Hi Brian,

I was at a Scrabble event at Lake George and Deen Hergott, a Canadian IM, was
there playing. This is his first year of tournament Scrabble, and he is already
in division 2. If he keeps it up, he will be the person with the highest
combined Chess and Scrabble rating.

-Joe Bihlmeyer






From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 12 14:06:02 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:06:02 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Irina Krush analyzes USCL finals
Message-ID: <1260651962.4b2405ba2388e@www.taom.com>



http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9937/565

I analyzed the slow game Becerra-Kachesishvili in email
Unfathomable

Chesk out Irina's Krush's more personal account.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 12 21:09:03 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:09:03 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Steve Sabean on going postal
Message-ID: <1260677343.4b2468df6d836@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:35:27 -0800 (PST)
    From: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Frank Mezek on going postal [1 Attachment]
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

Brian is right.  Although it is known that virtually all top-level
correspondence players ( as well as most other players) use engines as an
analysis tool (and for examples of techniques, see GM Robin Smith's
illuminating book, Modern Chess Analysis), it is clear that one cannot rise to
the 2700 level merely by playing Rybka recommendations.  Turkish GM Tansel
Turgut, who is a participant in the current World Championship final, has been
quite candid about this, as well as about how it is sometimes necessary to take
risks in order to defeat pure computer operators.

Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sat, December 12, 2009 12:31:50 PM
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[Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below]
A pure computer would lose to man + computer

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:09:28 -0800
From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Steve Sabean on GM Ulf Anderson
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3@ taom.com>

How can there be correspondence chess today when everyone has a computer and a
chess engine?

It's been a long time since correspondence chess had any human imput.Today it's
all computers against computers,

or engines against engines.

Frank Mezek
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Wall
To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com ; Brian Wall Chesslist
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 2:55 PM
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessLis t] Steve Sabean on GM Ulf Anderson

----- Forwarded message from Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo. com> -----
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:27:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo. com>
Reply-To: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3, in an
ending
To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3@ Taom.com>

And one of the strongest correspondence players alive. At 2737, he's actually
higher rated than the current number one, Joop van Oosterom who is at 2736,
although Andersson is no longer listed as active.?? Guess he gave it up due to
all the engines. Too much effort for too little gain, I suspect.

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From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3@ Taom.com>
To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Brian Wall Chesslist
<brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. com>
Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 4:12:44 PM
Subject: [BrianWallChess] I crushed GM Ulf Anderson, World #3, in an ending

Statistics for BERTA(GM) On for: 2:06 Idle: 0

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Wild 1921 [6] 0 1 0 1
Loser's 1327 [6] 0 1 0 1
Bullet 2374 12104 8871 2019 22994 2677 (22-Nov-2002)
Blitz 2549 14476 10604 4908 29988 3199 (27-Jan-2003)
5-minute 2506 [8] 240 105 102 447 2607 (05-Aug-2004)
1-minute 1778 42243 38805 6592 87640 2391 (26-May-2005)
15-minute 1328 [4] 2 3 0 5

1: Ulf Andersson

Groups : GMs
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "BERTA"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[Opening "KP: Indian opening"]
[ECO "C20"]
[NIC "KP.10"]
[Time "16:07:54"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. Nf3 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8.
Nbd2 Ng4 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. h3 h5 11. d4 f6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2
exd4 15. Re1 dxc3 16. bxc3 g3 17. fxg3 Qe7 18. Ndf3 Ne5 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.
Qe2 Kc8 21. a4 Ra5 22. Red1 Kb8 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Qf7 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26.
Nf3 Qxd5 27. Qe3 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 b6 30. Ng5 Kb7 31. Rf1 Ra8 32.
Rf7 Rxa4 33. Ne6 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Rxc7+ Ka6 36. Rxg7 Rxc3 37. g4 b5 38.
g5 b4 39. g6 b3 40. Nc7+ Ka5 41. Rg8 b2 42. Rb8 Rb3 43. Rxb3 b1=Q
{White forfeits on time}
0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Dec 13 22:33:29 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:33:29 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mini Me
Message-ID: <1260768809.4b25ce29cd2aa@www.taom.com>


When Mark Sherbing and I were teenagers at the Gates Rubber Company Denver Chess
Club there was a hideously deformed kid there. He was so strange he is hard to
describe. His face looked kind of normal but he was very short and his shirt
had weird bumpy things underneath it like he was an alien. He sort of looked
like a chubby E.T. I was afraid of what was under that shirt. Nowadays I am so
fearless and friendly I might question him as to what exact birth defect he had
but back then I just tried to treat him as normally as possible. Maybe he was
short because he was in a wheelchair, I forget.

I played solid stuff like the Open Lopez, the Nimzo-Indian and so on. Mark had a
much more dynamic attacking style full of Goring Gambits, Smith-Morra gambits,
etc.

That Mars kid copied all of Mark's opening, became like a sidekick. I was sort
of jealous. I was too busy copying Grandmasters for anyone to want to copy me.
I wasn't looking for originality, I was looking to absorb all I could. I would
fool around occasionally with 1 e4 f5  or  1 h4 2 a4  but mostly mainline stuff
like Najdorf's, almost anything in My 60 Memorable Games.

40 years later I have a sidekick, someone who actually studies and emulates my
openings. Craig Thomson of New Hampshire has adopted many of my ideas. Of
course many people have used a goofy lark or two from me but Craig has
enthusiastically embraced my whole repertoire. He likes to watch my webmaster
Chris Peterson ( 23rd birthday Saturday ) play bullet and try those improved,
honed Wallace attacking concepts too.

My methods are unorthodox but there is a mthod to my madness. Craig's openings
before I got to him could be called drifting. He literally, game after game,
ignored his development. His virgin Rooks watched over and over again as
Craig's rookpawns recieved top billing while his King was often massacared in
the center. At least my current systems are quick kill factories.

Looking at Craig's history is a thrill for me, almost like throwing a football
back and forth with my son. It's like opening a toybox. How did Craig interpret
my systems today? I try to review his play and point out where he is going
wrong. He plays my moves, he deserves to know why.

Here are some blitz games by Craig where anyone would
have a hard time telling them apart from my games.

Let's start with a Hyper-Pole.

Goyathlay = Craig Thomson of New Hampshire

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "malachi"]
[Black "Goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1123"]
[BlackElo "1029"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "10:11:58"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

Fishing Pole invented by openings genius Jack Young

5. h3 h5!!  6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4 Ba7!!

Hyper-Pole,
the a7-Bishop lays in wait like a hawk in her nest,
the b7-pawn is ready to break the pin at any moment.

9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 b5

I've played 10 ... d6 and ... g5  here.

11. Bb3 d6

Opening a window for the QB feels secure.

12. dxe5 Ncxe5

The " I won't back down by Tom Petty " variation of the Fishing Pole.
12 ... Ng:e5 is less risky.


13. Nxe5

That took a minute.

13 ... Nxe5! 14. Bf4

That took half a minute.

14 ... Bb7! 15. Bd5 c6

Trading is about even and so is this.


16. Bb3 Qe7


Black's King isn't safe anywhere so it's best just
to start the pawn wave attack with ... g5-g4 now
or next move.


17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. c4 g5!!  19. Bxe5 Qxe5

19 ... de!!
opens d-file pressure on
Malachi's Queen

20. cxb5 cxb5!

Both Black Bishops look
greedily at Malachi's King.


21. Rc1+ Kd7?

Very inconsistent.
This is the one move I would never play.


22. a4

That took half a minute


22 ... g4

After wasting all kinds of time just to keep his King in the center,
Craig finally gets the idea.

23. axb5 gxh3

Spirited.


24. bxa6 Bxe4??

It's hard to keep Craig focussed on the attack,
he gets easily distracted.
24 ... Rg8  or  hg
are much better

25. Nxe4!!  Qxe4 26. Ba4+!!

wins Goyathlay's Queen

26 ... Ke7 27. Rc7+??

27 Re1!! wins Craig's Queen but Malachi was down to 19 seconds
versus Thomson's 1:46. It's rare when the Fishing Pole doesn't
garner a huge time edge.

27 ...  Kf8!!  28. Re1??   Qxg2#

{White checkmated} 0-1

Criag played pretty well with all his pieces except for the King
which is a delicate piece in the Fishing Pole, always in his own way.


Information about Goyathlay (Last disconnected Sun Dec 13 2009 21:38):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Crazyhouse      1479  [6]     1     1     0     2
Blitz           1151  [8]   253   226    27   506   1168 (14-Sep-2008)
Standard        1487  [6]     9    11     1    21   1501 (25-Sep-2009)
5-minute        1058        849   897    84  1830   1311 (30-Aug-2009)
1-minute         788  [8]     3     7     0    10
15-minute       1598  [4]     4     5     1    10


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "malachi"]
[Black "Goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1123"]
[BlackElo "1029"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "10:11:58"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4
Ba7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 b5 11. Bb3 d6 12. dxe5 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Nd2 O-O-O 18. c4 g5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. cxb5 cxb5
21. Rc1+ Kd7 22. a4 g4 23. axb5 gxh3 24. bxa6 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Ba4+
Ke7 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. Re1 Qxg2# {White checkmated} 0-1
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Now a Raccoon.
The Raccoon, invented by Jack Young and named by me.
In blitz White often smashes the Black position to bits
but with practice Black gets more and more resilient.
Dylan Lehti was an early Raccoon hero.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gianni"]
[Black "Goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "998"]
[BlackElo "1059"]
[Opening "King's gambit"]
[ECO "C30"]
[NIC "KG.05"]
[Time "20:06:06"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5!!


Raccoon claw.

3. Nf3 exf4!!  4. d4 g5!!  5. Bd3 h4

Raccoon paw.


6. O-O d6

After establishing the full Raccoon paw
I like to keep White's Knight out of e5
with d6  and  ... Bg7. Developing with
... Bg4  and  ... Nc6 is always nice.
After that I check my King's pulse
and worry about the Royal family of majors.


7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5  Ne5!!

Hammerlock on the black squares


9. Be2 Bg4?

Craig had many good moves.
9 ... Bg4  is a basic Raccoon
concept but here there is no pin so
9  ... Bg4  10  N:e5!  B:e2  11 Q:e2  de  12 Qb5+
gets Gianni out of trouble.


10. h3?   Nxf3+!

10 ... B:f3!! is even better,
keeping the rock on e5.



11. Bxf3!  Bxf3!  12. Qxf3!  Qe7  13. Bd2

This flipper move is Black's reward
for maintaining the Raccoon paw of
h4-g5-f4.

13 ... Bg7 14. Rae1 O-O-O 15. Qg4+?

Tal's favorable wind


15 ...  Kb8!  16. Nb5 Nh6 17. Qd1 a6!
18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Qf3!  Bd4+ 20. Kh1! Be5!

I like the Bishop here -
everything is ready for ... g4.
The Raccoon paw originally acts as a deterrent
to White's Kingside expansion but after Black
catches up in development he often sets those
razor sharp claws in motion.


21. a4 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4

Fritz and Rybka are forever urging me to play
... h3!!  in Fishing Poles and Raccoons.


23. Bxf4 Rdg8!

Only 23 ... h3!!
is better


24. Bxe5 Nxe5!!  25. Qf5 Qe7

25 ... h3!!
is best.


26. Qf6 Qf8

Craig wants blood not an endgame


27. b4 h3!!  28. Rf2?

It was very bad anyway.

28 ...  hxg2+ 29. Kg1 Rh1#

{White checkmated} 0-1

Craig played a model varmint.
Craig will lead the next Chess
generation into the new millenium.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gianni"]
[Black "Goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "998"]
[BlackElo "1059"]
[Opening "King's gambit"]
[ECO "C30"]
[NIC "KG.05"]
[Time "20:06:06"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. Bd3 h4 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Bg7 14. Rae1
O-O-O 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Nb5 Nh6 17. Qd1 a6 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1
Be5 21. a4 g4 22. hxg4 Nxg4 23. Bxf4 Rdg8 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qf5 Qe7 26. Qf6
Qf8 27. b4 h3 28. Rf2 hxg2+ 29. Kg1 Rh1# {White checkmated} 0-1
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Craig even plays one of my latest inventions, the Exxon Valdez which is a
reinforced Toxic Badger. The idea is  1 ... Nc6!! , 2  ... f6!!  and ... d6!!
insisting on SOMETHING arriving at e5.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ugs"]
[Black "Goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1162"]
[BlackElo "1064"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, The Toxic Badger, the
Exxon Valdez"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:49:20"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6

The Toxic Badger


3. g3 d6

The Exxon Valdez


4. Bg2 e5

The big idea, everything in Black's life has
prepared him for this grand moment.


5. O-O

I'm playing the Grunfeld,
what are you playing?

5 ... Bg4 6. d5!  Nce7!  7. c4!  Nh6

Up until here Craig is playing the Valdez as I would.
Now I would go 7 ... Qd7, 8 ... 0-0-0 and then start
throwing pawns and pieces at Black's King.


8. Bxh6 gxh6!

Doubled pawns wouldn't stop me,
I would still use Ugs'  King as
dart practice.



9. Nc3 Qd7!  10. Ne4 Bg7!


Preventing the unmentionable.

11. Qb3 O-O

I would castle Queenside here but I do get
checkmated a lot there in the Exxon Valdez.


12. Rfd1 Kh8 13. c5 Rab8

Craig should fight back with  13 ... f5!   14  cd  cd!



14. cxd6 cxd6!  15. Rac1 f5!  16. Nc3  Only move

16 ... f4

Feisty.
Craig is a minute up on the clock with my strange debut.



17. Qb4 fxg3 18. hxg3!  h5

Craig wheels up another battering ram



19. Nb5

Ugs is crashing through much quicker on the Queenside



19 ... Bh6??

More favorable wind action


20. Rc7!!  Qe8 21. Qxd6

Goyathlay's posiiton looks like a floating toxic waste dump.
Perfect. Wash those ducks in ivory soap.


21 ... Nf5!!  22. Qxe5+

Time:

Ugs -       1:06
Goyathlay   1:46

22 ...  Qxe5!  23. Nxe5!  Bxe2!  24. Re1?

24 Nf7+!!
is the only winning move


24 ...  Bxb5!!

That helps

25. Nf7+!   Kg7??

Black is safe after  25 ... Kg8!!

26. Ng5+??

26 Nd6+!!
wins b5-Bishop

26 ...  Kg6!

26 ... Kg8!!
is even safer

27. Nxh7 Rf7!

27 ... Rfe8!!
is even safer

Time:

Ugs -       15  seconds
Goyathlay   54  seconds

28. Re6+!!  Only move   Kxh7??

28 ... Kg7!!
Safe.


29. Rxf7+!!  Only move   Kg8

29 ... Ng7 is safer but losing


30. Rff6

Free piece on f5

Time:

Ugs -       3  seconds
Goyathlay   37  seconds


30 ... Rf8 31. Be4

Free piece on f5

31 ...
Rxf6 32. Rxf6!  Ne7 33. Bh7+?

Free piece on h6 but bullet tactics demand a
flurry of checks in the final 5-10 seconds.


33 ...  Kxh7!

33 ... Kg7!!  is safer but losing


34. Rf7+!!

Only move but what's keeps Ugs' flag up?

Time:

Ugs -        1  second
Goyathlay   20  seconds


34 ...  Kg6!  35. Rxe7!!

Only move

35 ...  Kf5 36. Rxb7 Bc4 37. Rxa7!!

Ugs continues to make great moves with zero time

37 ... Bxd5 {White forfeits on time} 0-1

Not a great game but it illustrates the flow of the Exxon Valdez.
Black tries to attack Kingside,
White Queenside
and White usually comes first.

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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ugs"]
[Black "Goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1162"]
[BlackElo "1064"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, The Toxic Badger, the
Exxon Valdez"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:49:20"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Bg4 6. d5 Nce7 7. c4 Nh6 8.
Bxh6 gxh6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rfd1 Kh8 13. c5 Rab8 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. Rac1 f5 16. Nc3 f4 17. Qb4 fxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. Nb5 Bh6 20.
Rc7 Qe8 21. Qxd6 Nf5 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe2 24. Re1 Bxb5 25. Nf7+ Kg7
26. Ng5+ Kg6 27. Nxh7 Rf7 28. Re6+ Kxh7 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rff6 Rf8 31. Be4
Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Ne7 33. Bh7+ Kxh7 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. Rxe7 Kf5 36. Rxb7 Bc4 37.
Rxa7 Bxd5 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 10:30:42 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:30:42 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Knight Before Chessmas
Message-ID: <1260811842.4b267642cc389@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Arther Watts <ice_cold_marc at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:02:08 -0800 (PST)
    From: Arther Watts <ice_cold_marc at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Arther Watts <ice_cold_marc at yahoo.com>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Knight Before Chessmas
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com


T'was the Knight before Chessmas, and all round the site,
not a troll was stirring, not one forum fight.
The mockings were done, with fun in their minds,
not one forum poster has shown their behinds.

The chess nerds were all tucked away in their beds,
while visions of checkmates danced in their heads.
And Trev's mom in her teddy sat on my lap,
I knew I was to be active and not take a nap.

When in the chess forum there arose such a fight fest,
over the stupidest question, it gave me such unrest.
About which chess set is best.

They talked sets made of plastic, sets made of stone,
sets made of glass and even made from bone.

They argued ad nauseam why their set was the best.
About the weight and feel and why they passed their test.

Only three out of nineteen posters, promoted sets made from wood.
What with the deforestation, the carbon footprint was not good.

I sulked down in disgust, as no one mentioned Jaques of London.
When Forum Mod came, and then the thread was done.

Forum Mod set us straight about such a fight.
He said, "Merry Chessmas to all, and to all a wood Knight."
?
Art Watts

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 13:31:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:31:10 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess comedy by David King ( PretzelAttack )
Message-ID: <1260822670.4b26a08e49893@www.taom.com>

In both cases White lost his Queen and won anyway with 2-3 seconds left.
In both cases White felt so good he wanted to retire from bullet.
It couldn't get any better.

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "pretzelattack"]
[Black "Mpiyav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Opening "French: King's Indian attack"]
[ECO "C00"]
[NIC "FR.02"]
[Time "15:14:09"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Re1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Ne2
Ng4 15. Nxd4 Nf2+ 16. Kg1 Nxd1 17. Nf3 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 c4 19. Be5 cxd3 20.
cxd3 b6 21. d4 Bd7 22. Ng5 Rc8 23. Rac1 h6 24. Nf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qe7 26. Nh4
Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bh3 Qb4 29. Ng6 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa2+ 31. Kf3 Ba6 32.
Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kh8
38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kh8 40. Ng6+ Kh7 41. Nf8+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Nf8+
Kh8 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. g4 Kxg6 46. f5+ Kg5 47. Bxg7 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2
Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qf1+ 51. Kg3 h5 52. h4# {Black checkmated} 1-0
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pretzelattack tells you: if you like chess comedy check out my last game
pretzelattack tells you: after that i may retire from bullet
pretzelattack tells you: mouseslip
/Tell pretzelattack!  oh
pretzelattack tells you: lol thats why i won
/Tell pretzelattack!  why not hit the draw button after 5 repetitions and be
grateful
(told pretzelattack)
pretzelattack tells you: i was eyeing some other cheapo
pretzelattack tells you: get him going and then interpolate something
/Tell pretzelattack!  what does pretzelattack mean?
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[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "pretzelattack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "01:36:34"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb6 8.
Ngf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 h5 11. g4 hxg4 12. Ng5 Nxd4 13. Qxg4 Nf5 14. h5
Bd7 15. Ndf3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Qe7 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kg2 Ne3+ 20.
Kg3 Nxg4 21. Kxg4 gxh5+ 22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Kxh5 Qf8 24. Kg4 Qg7 25. Rh1 O-O-O
26. Rh7 Qg8 27. Rxf7 Be8 28. Rf6 Nc4 29. Rxe6 Bd7 30. f5 Ne3+ 31. Kf4 Bxe6
32. Nxe6 d4 33. Nxd8 Qxd8 34. Ke4 Ng4 35. f6 Nxf6+ 36. exf6 Qxf6 37. Nxd4 a6
38. Bc4 Qb6 39. Be6+ Qxe6+ 40. Nxe6 Kd7 41. Kd4 Kc6 42. Kc4 b5+ 43. Kb4 Kd5
44. Ka5 b4 45. Kxa6 b3 46. axb3 Kd6 47. Ka5 Kxe6 48. b4 Kd6 49. b5 Kc7 50.
b6+ Kb8 51. Ka6 Ka8 52. b7+ Kb8 53. b4 Kc7 54. Ka7 Kc6 55. b8=Q Kd5 56. b5
Kc4 57. b6 Kb4 58. b7 Kb5 59. Qc7 Ka4 60. b8=Q Ka3 61. Ka8 Ka4 62. Qca7#
{Black checkmated}
1-0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCr9OCNHgk

Bush Explains How He Choked on a Pretzel-From 2002
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 17:45:57 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:45:57 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David King on Chess comedy by David King (
	PretzelAttack )
Message-ID: <1260837957.4b26dc45b5a97@www.taom.com>

David was from Texas and we blitzed like crazy at #1 party college CU Boulder
with Paul Nikitovich ( majored in Internaonal Affairs ), Bill Engels ( majored
in Bughouse with Paul Sharpe ) Tom Tuck ( lawyer ), Pat Ament ( rock climber ),
Eugene Salome ( Concentration Camp survivor)

BW
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----- Forwarded message from David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:21:20 -0800 (PST)
    From: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Chess comedy by David King ( PretzelAttack )
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

woohoo i always knew id make the big time! id like to thank my dog, and my
goldfish, and b wall for teaching me ?that being a queen down is just an
incentive!
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--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Chess comedy by David King ( PretzelAttack )
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist"
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 12:31 PM



In both cases White lost his Queen and won anyway with 2-3 seconds left.
In both cases White felt so good he wanted to retire from bullet.
It couldn't get any better.

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "pretzelattack" ]
[Black "Mpiyav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Opening "French: King's Indian attack"]
[ECO "C00"]
[NIC "FR.02"]
[Time "15:14:09"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Re1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf6 14. Ne2
Ng4 15. Nxd4 Nf2+ 16. Kg1 Nxd1 17. Nf3 Nxb2 18. Bxb2 c4 19. Be5 cxd3 20.
cxd3 b6 21. d4 Bd7 22. Ng5 Rc8 23. Rac1 h6 24. Nf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qe7 26. Nh4
Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bh3 Qb4 29. Ng6 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa2+ 31. Kf3 Ba6 32.
Bxe6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kh8
38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kh8 40. Ng6+ Kh7 41. Nf8+ Kh8 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Nf8+
Kh8 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. g4 Kxg6 46. f5+ Kg5 47. Bxg7 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2
Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qf1+ 51. Kg3 h5 52. h4# {Black checkmated} 1-0
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
pretzelattack tells you: if you like chess comedy check out my last game
pretzelattack tells you: after that i may retire from bullet
pretzelattack tells you: mouseslip
/Tell pretzelattack! oh
pretzelattack tells you: lol thats why i won
/Tell pretzelattack! why not hit the draw button after 5 repetitions and be
grateful
(told pretzelattack)
pretzelattack tells you: i was eyeing some other cheapo
pretzelattack tells you: get him going and then interpolate something
/Tell pretzelattack! what does pretzelattack mean?
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.13" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "pretzelattack" ]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "01:36:34"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nb6 8.
Ngf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 h5 11. g4 hxg4 12. Ng5 Nxd4 13. Qxg4 Nf5 14. h5
Bd7 15. Ndf3 Bb4+ 16. Kf2 Qe7 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kg2 Ne3+ 20.
Kg3 Nxg4 21. Kxg4 gxh5+ 22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Kxh5 Qf8 24. Kg4 Qg7 25. Rh1 O-O-O
26. Rh7 Qg8 27. Rxf7 Be8 28. Rf6 Nc4 29. Rxe6 Bd7 30. f5 Ne3+ 31. Kf4 Bxe6
32. Nxe6 d4 33. Nxd8 Qxd8 34. Ke4 Ng4 35. f6 Nxf6+ 36. exf6 Qxf6 37. Nxd4 a6
38. Bc4 Qb6 39. Be6+ Qxe6+ 40. Nxe6 Kd7 41. Kd4 Kc6 42. Kc4 b5+ 43. Kb4 Kd5
44. Ka5 b4 45. Kxa6 b3 46. axb3 Kd6 47. Ka5 Kxe6 48. b4 Kd6 49. b5 Kc7 50.
b6+ Kb8 51. Ka6 Ka8 52. b7+ Kb8 53. b4 Kc7 54. Ka7 Kc6 55. b8=Q Kd5 56. b5
Kc4 57. b6 Kb4 58. b7 Kb5 59. Qc7 Ka4 60. b8=Q Ka3 61. Ka8 Ka4 62. Qca7#
{Black checkmated}
1-0
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:47:00 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fun and Chess Games at the Denver Public
	Library
Message-ID: <1260838020.4b26dc84c5582@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Kenomaster Martin <deschner at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:32:48 -0000
    From: Kenomaster Martin <deschner at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Kenomaster Martin <deschner at gmail.com>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fun and Chess Games at the Denver Public Library
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

  Say Brian,

  I saw Chess Master James McCsrty at the Denver Library several times. He said
something vague like, "I like the books here." Next time, I'll ask him
something more substantial like "why the chess hiatus." or "who are you mad
at?" I'll try harder mext time!
  My chess critics (and there are many) wonder when I might return to OTB Chess.
Year of our Lord, 2010! The no-thrills USCF membership is now $29, down from a
confiscatory $50. Very attractive!
   Brian Wall---I was using a Library computer at 3PM. A woman had a reservation
slip for 2PM. Was she mixed up on the computer times? No, she had to get the 2PM
time slip to show her PAROLE OFFICER! This would never occur at the Thornton or
Colorado Springs Libaries, right? Right?

   As always......Martin Deschner, Postulant Member of the USCF

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 19:41:46 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:41:46 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Craig Thomson gets paid top dollar to win
	with Exxon Valdez Opening
Message-ID: <1260844906.4b26f76a493e2@www.taom.com>



Exxon Valdez while I was on chess.com at work today



Craig Thomson, Goyathlay



[Event "Live Chess"]

 [Site "Chess.com"]

 [Date "2009.12.14"]

 [White "intellectjm"]

 [Black "goyathlay"]

 [Result "0-1"]

 [Opening  "Toxic Bader, Exxon Valdez variation"]

 [WhiteElo "1199"]

 [BlackElo "1306"]

 [TimeControl "5|0"]

 [Termination "goyathlay won by checkmate"]

Notes by Brian



1.d4 Nc6!!

Praying for a Full Metal jacket

2.c4 f6!!

The Toxic Badger, inspired by the UnorthodoxChessOpenings rants of
N Earl Roberts <earl.r at xtra.co.nz>
the latest of which I include here.
This was first played against Jiri Kovats of Colorado Springs.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date:  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:52:52 +1300
From:  N Earl Roberts <earl.r at xtra.co.nz>
To:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Reply-to:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Subject:  Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Why no replys?
 2 unnamed text/html 12.58 KB


Clive,
If you like, I often bemoan the current state of the group but I don't think it
is dead. As for myself, unfortunately if the title line of the email does NOT
catch eye and take my interest I delete them without reading them. Why?..Simple
because this group has made a collective all be it unconscious decision to move
away from practical unorthodox chess openings (such as the Grob, the Englund
complex, Albin counter gambit etc) to openings that are fit for blitz or
springing on your 12 year son and his friends (Case in point, the Fishing pole
Lopez despite Grandmaster Lane publishing a solid refutation of it and the
Raccoon despite it being a shameless rip off of established Kings Gambit
theory). I am not saying that is a bad thing mind you, if the group is happy
with that then that's cool. But being largely a correspondence player
(**gasp**, yes we still do exist), I for one exercise ignoring anything that is
impractical to my playing career and unfortunately with the way our group is at
the moment, is quite a lot.
Thanks for your input.
Regards
Earl.


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3.Nf3 d6!!

The New and Improved Badger , aka the Exxon Valdez,
because the opening looks like toxic waste which
spawns genetically mutated animals and ducks covered
in oil.


4.Nc3 e5!!

The battle lines are drawn, Black will attack the Kingside behind his
heavily fortified bulwark on e5. White should come first on the Queenside
but with practice Black becomes more and more sensitive to the winds of war.
If White plays  d5 before  ... e5, then the Badger Knight rolls to e5.

f7 is the Badger den which can hold two Knights and a King via multiple exits.



5.d5 Nce7 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O

I didn't know what would happen when I invented the Exxon Valdez a month ago but
this quickly became the tabiya. Both sides just throw pawns at each other and
pray now. IM Jeremy Silman says the pawn structure points to where you should
attack. e4-d5 points to the Queenside, c7-d6-e5 points to the Kingside.



9.b4 f5 10.b5 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Ng6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3!  Nf6!  14.Nxf6  gxf6!

On the importance of will:
?When two men are fighting, what you?re watching is more a contest of wills than
of skills, with the stronger will usually overcoming skill. The skill will
prevail only when it is so superior to the other man?s skill that the will is
not tested
.

Cus D'Amato

A computer will tell you White is better which is what you would expect after
... f6, ... d6  but Chess is a contest of wills not computer printouts.


15.a4!  Rg8!

Pretty basic stuff,
lining up against each other's King.

16.a5!  Nf4

16 ... Nh4! is better.
I tend not to play ... Nf4 until the
White QB has moved at least once.


17.Bxf4!  exf4!

Craig's attack looks dead and his boss is approaching the cubicle.

" So that means that when I make a mistake, ... Now we had a chance to meet this
young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written
all over him. "

Bob in Office Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJzpeCMJzs&NR=1

Office Space: Meeting "The Bobs"


18.Qd4?  Qxh3!

The attack comes right back to life



19.Qxf4?  Bh6!!  20.Qh2?  Qxf3!!

All of a sudden Craig is tearing it up

21.Kh1 Qf4 22.g3!  Qf3+!  23.Kg1 Bf4

Attacking g3 with  23 ... Be3!!
is even better

24.Qh3+ Kb8!  25.Rfd1 Be5

Craig was obviously distracted by the new cover sheets on the TPS reports.
25 ... B:g3!!!, ... Be3!!  or  ... R:g3+!!  26 fg  Rg8!!
were devastating.
Bodyguards are always worth more than a piece.



26.Rab1 Bxg3!!  mating

27.fxg3 Rxg3+!  28.Qxg3!  Qxg3+!  29.Kf1!  Re8

It's always nice to bring in another attacker with check.
29 ... Qf3+  and ... R8+


30.Rd2 Qf3+!! 31.Rf2 Qd3+


Craig can mate with  31 ... Qh1 checkmate or  31 ... Qh3+
but he grabs the Rook for security


32.Kg2 Qxb1

32 ... Rg8+, ... Qg6+  or ... Qe4+
all mate but Craig wants that idle Rook


33.Rxf6 Rg8+

One of many mating moves


34.Kh3 Qh1#

0-1

That was a pretty indicative example of how I play the Exxon Valdez.

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[Event "Live Chess"]

 [Site "Chess.com"]

 [Date "2009.12.14"]

 [White "intellectjm"]

 [Black "goyathlay"]

 [Result "0-1"]

 [Opening  "Toxic Bader, Exxon Valdez variation"]

 [WhiteElo "1199"]

 [BlackElo "1306"]

 [TimeControl "5|0"]

 [Termination "goyathlay won by checkmate"]

 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 f6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 Nce7 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O
9.b4 f5 10.b5 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Ng6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nf6 14.Nxf6 gxf6 15.a4 Rg8
16.a5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Qd4 Qxh3 19.Qxf4 Bh6 20.Qh2 Qxf3 21.Kh1 Qf4 22.g3
Qf3+ 23.Kg1 Bf4 24.Qh3+ Kb8 25.Rfd1 Be5 26.Rab1 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Rxg3+ 28.Qxg3
Qxg3+ 29.Kf1 Re8 30.Rd2 Qf3+ 31.Rf2 Qd3+ 32.Kg2 Qxb1 33.Rxf6 Rg8+ 34.Kh3 Qh1#
0-1



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 19:58:13 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:58:13 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Craig Thomson gets paid top dollar to
	win	with Exxon Valdez Opening
Message-ID: <1260845893.4b26fb45e3455@www.taom.com>



Exxon Valdez while I was on chess.com at work today



Craig Thomson, Goyathlay



[Event "Live Chess"]

 [Site "Chess.com"]

 [Date "2009.12.14"]

 [White "intellectjm"]

 [Black "goyathlay"]

 [Result "0-1"]

 [Opening  "Toxic Bader, Exxon Valdez variation"]

 [WhiteElo "1199"]

 [BlackElo "1306"]

 [TimeControl "5|0"]

 [Termination "goyathlay won by checkmate"]

Notes by Brian



1.d4 Nc6!!

Praying for a Full Metal jacket

2.c4 f6!!

The Toxic Badger, inspired by the UnorthodoxChessOpenings rants of
N Earl Roberts <earl.r at xtra.co.nz>
the latest of which I include here.
This was first played against Jiri Kovats of Colorado Springs.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date:  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:52:52 +1300
From:  N Earl Roberts <earl.r at xtra.co.nz>
To:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Reply-to:  UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
Subject:  Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Why no replys?
 2 unnamed text/html 12.58 KB


Clive,
If you like, I often bemoan the current state of the group but I don't think it
is dead. As for myself, unfortunately if the title line of the email does NOT
catch eye and take my interest I delete them without reading them. Why?..Simple
because this group has made a collective all be it unconscious decision to move
away from practical unorthodox chess openings (such as the Grob, the Englund
complex, Albin counter gambit etc) to openings that are fit for blitz or
springing on your 12 year son and his friends (Case in point, the Fishing pole
Lopez despite Grandmaster Lane publishing a solid refutation of it and the
Raccoon despite it being a shameless rip off of established Kings Gambit
theory). I am not saying that is a bad thing mind you, if the group is happy
with that then that's cool. But being largely a correspondence player
(**gasp**, yes we still do exist), I for one exercise ignoring anything that is
impractical to my playing career and unfortunately with the way our group is at
the moment, is quite a lot.
Thanks for your input.
Regards
Earl.


------------------------------------------------------------------------------


3.Nf3 d6!!

The New and Improved Badger , aka the Exxon Valdez,
because the opening looks like toxic waste which
spawns genetically mutated animals and ducks covered
in oil.


4.Nc3 e5!!

The battle lines are drawn, Black will attack the Kingside behind his
heavily fortified bulwark on e5. White should come first on the Queenside
but with practice Black becomes more and more sensitive to the winds of war.
If White plays  d5 before  ... e5, then the Badger Knight rolls to e5.

f7 is the Badger den which can hold two Knights and a King via multiple exits.



5.d5 Nce7 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O

I didn't know what would happen when I invented the Exxon Valdez a month ago but
this quickly became the tabiya. Both sides just throw pawns at each other and
pray now. IM Jeremy Silman says the pawn structure points to where you should
attack. e4-d5 points to the Queenside, c7-d6-e5 points to the Kingside.



9.b4 f5 10.b5 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Ng6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3!  Nf6!  14.Nxf6  gxf6!

On the importance of will:
?When two men are fighting, what you?re watching is more a contest of wills than
of skills, with the stronger will usually overcoming skill. The skill will
prevail only when it is so superior to the other man?s skill that the will is
not tested
.

Cus D'Amato

A computer will tell you White is better which is what you would expect after
... f6, ... d6  but Chess is a contest of wills not computer printouts.


15.a4!  Rg8!

Pretty basic stuff,
lining up against each other's King.

16.a5!  Nf4

16 ... Nh4! is better.
I tend not to play ... Nf4 until the
White QB has moved at least once.


17.Bxf4!  exf4!

Craig's attack looks dead and his boss is approaching the cubicle.

" So that means that when I make a mistake, ... Now we had a chance to meet this
young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written
all over him. "

Bob in Office Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJzpeCMJzs&NR=1

Office Space: Meeting "The Bobs"


18.Qd4?  Qxh3!

The attack comes right back to life



19.Qxf4?  Bh6!!  20.Qh2?  Qxf3!!

All of a sudden Craig is tearing it up

21.Kh1 Qf4 22.g3!  Qf3+!  23.Kg1 Bf4

Attacking g3 with  23 ... Be3!!
is even better

24.Qh3+ Kb8!  25.Rfd1 Be5

Craig was obviously distracted by the new cover sheets on the TPS reports.
25 ... B:g3!!!, ... Be3!!  or  ... R:g3+!!  26 fg  Rg8!!
were devastating.
Bodyguards are always worth more than a piece.



26.Rab1 Bxg3!!  mating

27.fxg3 Rxg3+!  28.Qxg3!  Qxg3+!  29.Kf1!  Re8

It's always nice to bring in another attacker with check.
29 ... Qf3+  and ... R8+


30.Rd2 Qf3+!! 31.Rf2 Qd3+


Craig can mate with  31 ... Qh1 checkmate or  31 ... Qh3+
but he grabs the Rook for security


32.Kg2 Qxb1

32 ... Rg8+, ... Qg6+  or ... Qe4+
all mate but Craig wants that idle Rook


33.Rxf6 Rg8+

One of many mating moves


34.Kh3 Qh1#

0-1

That was a pretty indicative example of how I play the Exxon Valdez.
Any other takers?

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[Event "Live Chess"]

 [Site "Chess.com"]

 [Date "2009.12.14"]

 [White "intellectjm"]

 [Black "goyathlay"]

 [Result "0-1"]

 [Opening  "Toxic Bader, Exxon Valdez variation"]

 [WhiteElo "1199"]

 [BlackElo "1306"]

 [TimeControl "5|0"]

 [Termination "goyathlay won by checkmate"]

 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 f6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d5 Nce7 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O
9.b4 f5 10.b5 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Ng6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nf6 14.Nxf6 gxf6 15.a4 Rg8
16.a5 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Qd4 Qxh3 19.Qxf4 Bh6 20.Qh2 Qxf3 21.Kh1 Qf4 22.g3
Qf3+ 23.Kg1 Bf4 24.Qh3+ Kb8 25.Rfd1 Be5 26.Rab1 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Rxg3+ 28.Qxg3
Qxg3+ 29.Kf1 Re8 30.Rd2 Qf3+ 31.Rf2 Qd3+ 32.Kg2 Qxb1 33.Rxf6 Rg8+ 34.Kh3 Qh1#
0-1



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 20:05:35 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:05:35 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bullet masterpiece by Troparion from Louisiana
Message-ID: <1260846335.4b26fcff73f23@www.taom.com>



[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Troparion"]
[Black "ivanzug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1406"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, Alekhine gambit"]
[ECO "C15"]
[NIC "FR.08"]
[Time "01:13:13"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 f5 7. f3 exf3
8. Qxf3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h3 Nd5 12. Bc4 Nce7 13. g4 fxg4 14.
Qxg4 e5 15. Nxd5 Bxg4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Ng6+ hxg6 18. hxg4+ Qh4 19. Rxh4#
{Black checkmated}
1-0
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Statistics for Troparion         On for:   12     Idle:    7

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1326  [6]     2     1     0     3
Crazyhouse      1396  [6]     1     3     0     4
Bullet          1444  [8]   700   364    32  1096   1577 (03-Jul-2009)
Blitz           1809  [8]  2900  1539   147  4586   1832 (30-Oct-2009)
Standard        1646  [6]     5     6     1    12
5-minute        1455  [8]   756   736    56  1548   1644 (12-Oct-2008)
1-minute        1380  [8]   605   624    32  1261   1589 (31-Jul-2009)
15-minute       1768  [4]     5     5     0    10
Correspondence  1419          1     5     0     6

 1: I'm from Louisiana and I've prayed at Paul Morphy's grave.  Now living in
  Colorado.
 2: Ph.D., Cognitive Science, 2007.
 3: Tomato blitz on 8 October 2008--Tomato You won!!! Congratulations! This is
  your 1 1st place finish
 4: I beat LarryC in an odds game when he made a mouseslip on the day my father
  died: 'examine troparion %0', but a better game is: 'examine troparion %1' .
 5: My wife and I are in the background of this video:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpdvk5VYxE  .  We had a great time there.
  Viva the St. Louis Chess Club!
 6: Who is Cendrier?:  'examine troparion %36'.  I can't believe they give
  titles for play such as this: 'examine Troparion %17'.
 7: I don't give takebacks for any reason, ever.I also don't ask for takebacks
  or aborts.  If I need to go I resign.  A chess game is not the welfare
  office.  Cheers.
 8: My one-minute masterpiece: 'examine Troparion %18' .  That being said, I'm
  not any good at bullet.
 9: Comment after one of my wins: Rangifer (00:27 17-Nov-08 EST): you have no
  honor you should have resigned .
10: Need an emetic?  'finger Whiskers57' and read his notes.  I must say
  though, that I beat him last time....
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 20:14:49 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:14:49 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Exxon Valdez checkmate
Message-ID: <1260846889.4b26ff298c4ff@www.taom.com>

It always looks like White should come first in the Exxon Valdez

[Event "ICC 1 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kingrook"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Toxic Badger, Exxon
Valdez defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:09:37"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e3 Bg4 6. Be2 Qd7 7. h3 Bf5 8. O-O
O-O-O 9. a3 g5 10. b4 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Qxh3 12. Nh2 h5 13. Re1 g4 14. Bf1 Qh4
15. Bg2 Nge7 16. d5 Nb8 17. Qe2 f5 18. c5 Ng6 19. cxd6 Bxd6 20. Nb5 a6 21.
Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Bb2 Rg8 23. Rac1 g3 24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. Nf1 Qg5 26. Qc2 Rd7 27.
b5 Nh4 28. Re2 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 e4 30. bxa6 Qxg2# {White checkmated} 0-1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Final time

Brian      2 seconds
KingRook  22 seconds

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 20:42:07 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:42:07 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Chess.com video by my webmaster Chris
	Peterson
Message-ID: <1260848527.4b27058f1f35d@www.taom.com>



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-QWCJ40Bg&feature=autofb

Chess Commentary Episode 17 -- Blunder Based pt. 2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 14 22:22:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:22:24 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Flashy game wins World Cup for Gelfand
Message-ID: <1260854544.4b271d10165cd@www.taom.com>


20 years ago Gelfand wrote in New in Chess that he just looks for the truth in
Chess. That honest character carried the oldest participant, the #1 seed, all
the way to the top in the World Cup.
I don't believe action or blitz games have any place in any tournament connected
to the World Championship. Nevertheless after drawing four 90 minute games and
four 25 minute games they played a 4 game blitz match. If Gelfand had lost one
of the 3 games he won it would have all been decided with an Armageddon game
( 4 minutes plus White pieces versus 5 minutes plus draw odds, side chosen by
winner of coin toss ).

This is my favorite blitz game of the match.
( $96,000 winner, $64,000 loser )

[Event "World Cup finals"]
[Site "Khanty-Minsk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1 of the final 4 game blitz match"]
[White "GM_Gelfand"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "04:44:23"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7
6. e4 Nf6 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Rc1

This is the 14th game played in this variation
after which normal moves always follow but ...

10 ... h5?  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Ponomariev

Rybka -

10 ... N:d4  played 4 times
10 ... Ne5   played 3 times
10 ... Rb8
10 ... Nh5
10 ... Rd8
10 ... h6
10 ... Bc5  played once
10 ... Be7  played 3 times
10 ... Na7
10 ... Rc8
10 ... Nd8
10 ... g6  played once
10 ... h5
10 ... Nb8

Ponomariev may have been influenced by his friend and study partner ex-World
Champion Topalov who likes ... h5 in the Najdorf. The Soltis Variation of the
Dragon Variation involves ... h5 for over 30 years now.
... h5 to jam up a Kingside pawn wave is a popular
idea in the King's Indian/Benoni as well.



11. Nd5!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI

Shattering the Scheveningen
1,006 views

My video on Nd5 sacs in the Sicilian

Nd5!! is the raison d'etra of the Smith-Morra Gambit

11 ...  exd5!  12. cxd5!  Nxd5!  13. exd5!  Qe5!

Ending the c-file pin but initiating e-file issues


14. Kf2! Ne7!  15. Qd2! Nxd5 16. Bg5!!

Hunting down the Royal family like French peasants.
16 Re1!!  0-0-0  17 Bg5!!  is similar


16 ...  Ne7 17. Bc4!!

With a massive lead in development for a pawn


17 ...  f6 18. Bf4!!

Ruslan managed to guard his
King but the Queen is in danger.


18 ...  Qa5 19. b4!!

Get out of the Royal Carriage, Your Highness, this is a coup.


19 ...  Qa4 20. Bb3

"I am looking hard but I cannot find a move that does not win "
GM Roman Dzindzhichashvili

20 Qa2!!!, Rhe1!!!, Qe3!!!, Rhd1!!
all do the trick

20 ... Qxa3! 21. Ra1!

{White wins} 1-0

GM Ponomariev doesn't get enough for the Queen.
Should a fiasco like this influence the World Championship?
FIDE had the nerve to claim that since the top
seeded player won the World Cup is not a lottery.

What is Eurospeak for Balderdash?

I believe the top 8 players get into the
World Championship tournament by rating anyway.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "World Cup finals"]
[Site "Khanty-Minsk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1 of the final 4 game blitz match"]
[White "GM_Gelfand"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "04:44:23"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. e4 Nf6 7. a3 b6 8.
Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Rc1 h5 11. Nd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qe5 14. Kf2
Ne7 15. Qd2 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Bc4 f6 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. Bb3 Qxa3
21. Ra1 {White wins} 1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "World Cup finals"]
[Site "Khanty-Minsk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "2 of the final 4 game blitz match"]
[White "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: 3.Nf3"]
[ECO "D11"]
[NIC "SL.01"]
[Time "04:44:23"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3
8. gxf3 e5 9. Be3 Bd6 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qc2 b5 14.
Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh3 c5 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Bg5 Be5 18. Bc1 Nh5 19. Rhg1 Nc4 20. b3
Rab8 21. Rg5 g6 22. Rdg1 Kh8 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Ng3 Rg8 26. Rd1
Bd4 27. Nf5 Qb6 28. e5 Qg6 29. Ne7 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Nb6 31. Nxg8 Rxg8 32. Be3
Rd8 33. b4 Nc4 34. bxc5 {White wins} 1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "World Cup finals"]
[Site "Khanty-Minsk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "3 of the final 4 game blitz match"]
[White "GM_Gelfand"]
[Black "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Opening "QGA: 3.e4"]
[ECO "D20"]
[NIC "QG.04"]
[Time "04:44:23"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bb1 N4d5 12. Nf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2
c6 15. Re1 Bf6 16. a3 Kh8 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Qd2 Bd7 21.
Ne5 Rad8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Rde8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Be5 Ng4 27.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. h3 Nf6 29. Re5 Nbd7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. d5 cxd5
33. Nxd5 Ndf6 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. Qc3 Be6 36. Bc2 Qc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Qb4 Qe8
39. Nf3 Bc6 40. Nd4 Bd5 41. Bd3 b6 42. Nb5 Qd7 43. Qd4 a6 44. Nc3 Bb7 45.
Qxb6 Bxg2 46. Bxa6 Bxh3 47. Qb7 f4 48. a4 Ne8 49. Qxd7+ Bxd7 50. Bb5 Bxb5
51. Nxb5 Nf6 52. Nc7 Nd7 53. a5 Nb8 54. a6 Nc6 55. b4 Na7 56. b5 Nc8 57. Nd5
Kf7 58. b6 {White wins} 1-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "World Cup finals"]
[Site "Khanty-Minsk"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "4 of the final 4 game blitz match"]
[White "GM_Ponomariov"]
[Black "GM_Gelfand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: 3.Nf3"]
[ECO "D11"]
[NIC "SL.01"]
[Time "04:44:23"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 a5 14. Bf4 Nh5
15. Bd2 Nhf6 16. Qb3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb6 18. b5 c5 19. e5 c4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh3 Qc7 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Qb5 Qc6 25. Ra5 c3 26. Bf4 Nc4 27.
Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxd5 c2 29. Rb5 Rb6 30. Rxb6 Nxb6 31. Bc1 Bb4 32. Bd2 Nd5 33.
e6 Re8 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Rc1 Bxd2 36. Nxd2 Nb4 37. Bf1 Rc8 38. Nb3 Na2 39.
Ra1 c1=Q 40. Nxc1 Rxc1 41. Rxa2 Bd3 42. Rb2 Rxf1+ 43. Kg2 Ba6 44. d5 Rd1
{Black wins}
0-1
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----- End forwarded message -----




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 15 09:58:36 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:58:36 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Message-ID: <1260896316.4b27c03c97931@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:30:27 -0000
    From: Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: Paul Anderson <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Once Bitten, Twice Shy
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

I uploaded another chess music video my son created:

http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/videos/once_bitten.htm

I think this is the first time I've played the fishing and bishing poles
back-to-back against the same opponent.  You'd think after the first attack,
he'd have been a little nervous going back in the water the second time.

[Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Great White"]
[Black "Seal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. hxg4 hxg4 8.
Nxe5 Qh4 9. f4 g3 10. Rf2 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seal"]
[Black "Great White"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. h4 hxg5 8. hxg5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 g6 11. Qh4 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Qxd4+ 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Qh8#
1-0


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 15 12:17:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:17:18 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pandolfini
Message-ID: <1260904638.4b27e0be1cf5e@www.taom.com>

I hate Pandolfini. He's not a bad guy, I never heard a bad word against him, I
just hate his pedantic way of teaching Chess. I cannot play Chess without
analogies, I see them everywhere. I've never detected a drop of imagination in
any of his writings. I am sure Josh Waitzkin would have a second opinion.

Somehow although I am sure I would not spend a penny buying a Pandolfini book
except maybe on a desert island, I have many of them. Other Chessplayers must
give them to me. I can't even remember discussing a Pandolfini book.

OK so this morning I pick up More Chessercises:Checkmate because I have read
everything else in my bookcases 20 times and randomly look at position 224 and
find a mate in 3. The solution given is a mate in 4.

------------------------------------------------------------------
Pandolfini

Positio 224

More Chessercises:
Checkmate

[FEN "r3k2N/ppp3pp/5n2/2qPp3/1PBn2b1/8/P1PP1KPP/RNB2Q1R w KQkq - 0 1"]


--------------------------------------------------------------------
Disgusted I put the book down. Copyright 1991.
He didn't even computer check his 300 diagrams.
'nuff said.

Reinfeld and Schiller get a lot of abuse but I always enjoy their books.

Keene can write some real rubbish.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 15 13:00:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:00:22 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sabean on Pandolfini
Message-ID: <1260907222.4b27ead6a3ca2@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:56:26 -0800 (PST)
    From: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Steve Sabean <swsabean at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Pandolfini
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

Pandolfini is okay if you're a complete beginner.? I enjoy the English writers,
Nunn and Burgess especially.? Kmoch and Soltis did wonders for my game
structurally.? I really feel like I intuitively get pawn strcuture issues, even
if I often blow it with my terrible piece play.?? I have been rereading
Pachman's book lately.? Every time I look at that thing I get something new out
of it.

~S




________________________________
From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; Brian
Wall Chesslist <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 2:17:18 PM
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Pandolfini


I hate Pandolfini. He's not a bad guy, I never heard a bad word against him, I
just hate his pedantic way of teaching Chess. I cannot play Chess without
analogies, I see them everywhere. I've never detected a drop of imagination in
any of his writings. I am sure Josh Waitzkin would have a second opinion.

Somehow although I am sure I would not spend a penny buying a Pandolfini book
except maybe on a desert island, I have many of them. Other Chessplayers must
give them to me. I can't even remember discussing a Pandolfini book.

OK so this morning I pick up More Chessercises: Checkmate because I have read
everything else in my bookcases 20 times and randomly look at position 224 and
find a mate in 3. The solution given is a mate in 4.

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
Pandolfini

Positio 224

More Chessercises:
Checkmate

[FEN "r3k2N/ppp3pp/ 5n2/2qPp3/ 1PBn2b1/8/ P1PP1KPP/ RNB2Q1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
Disgusted I put the book down. Copyright 1991.
He didn't even computer check his 300 diagrams.
'nuff said.

Reinfeld and Schiller get a lot of abuse but I always enjoy their books.

Keene can write some real rubbish.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 15 22:53:27 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:53:27 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Mighty Jonathan O'Connor from Ireland on
	Pandolfini
Message-ID: <1260942807.4b2875d72405f@www.taom.com>

I think Keene wrote a book on Stein that was pretty good.

BW

----- Forwarded message from Jonathan O'Connor <ninkibah at eircom.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:04:43 +0000
    From: Jonathan O'Connor <ninkibah at eircom.net>
Reply-To: Jonathan O'Connor <ninkibah at eircom.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pandolfini
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Brian,
to be fair to Pandolfini, very few people had computers back in 1991, so
I wouldn't blame him for that. For sloppy analysis, yes!

As to Keene, most of his books are rotten, but his book Nimzowitsch a
Reappraisal is superb.
Ciao,
Jonathan
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On 15/12/2009 19:17, Brian Wall wrote:
 I hate Pandolfini. He's not a bad guy, I never heard a bad word against him, I
 just hate his pedantic way of teaching Chess. I cannot play Chess without
 analogies, I see them everywhere. I've never detected a drop of imagination in
 any of his writings. I am sure Josh Waitzkin would have a second opinion.
 Somehow although I am sure I would not spend a penny buying a Pandolfini book
 except maybe on a desert island, I have many of them. Other Chessplayers must
 give them to me. I can't even remember discussing a Pandolfini book.

OK so this morning I pick up More Chessercises:Checkmate because I have read
 everything else in my bookcases 20 times and randomly look at position 224 and
 find a mate in 3. The solution given is a mate in 4.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pandolfini

 Positio 224
 More Chessercises:
 Checkmate

 [FEN "r3k2N/ppp3pp/5n2/2qPp3/1PBn2b1/8/P1PP1KPP/RNB2Q1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

 --------------------------------------------------------------------
 Disgusted I put the book down. Copyright 1991.
 He didn't even computer check his 300 diagrams.
 'nuff said.

 Reinfeld and Schiller get a lot of abuse but I always enjoy their books.
 Keene can write some real rubbish.
 _______________________________________________


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 16 10:51:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:51:10 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Mighty Jonathan O'Connor from Leinster,
	Ireland on	great Chess books
Message-ID: <1260985870.4b291e0e535e2@www.taom.com>

I have 8 younger brothers and a son. All Irishmen are mighty.

I always felt bad my father never made it to Ireland because he knew so many
songs and so much history. My father was too busy supporting his 9 sons till
the day he died. At 77 he was still in the top 10 stock market forecasters in
the world. In his last month I heard his heavy breathing in his sleep as he
cried out, " Sell that stock, Ellie, sell. " Trying to understand the universe
and provide for his family till the very end, even in his sleep.

If an old friend called to see how he was doing his answer was,
" I don't even buy green bananas any more. "
Dad kept his sense of humor till the end.

If you started a song he would finish it.
If you started a poem, he would finish it.
If you mentioned a word, he always knew the definition.

The youngest Bishop in the nation gave him last rites minutes before he died.

We watched Charlie Chan movies like we used to.

Three of my brothers made it to Ireland. Jack kissed the blarney stone. Pat
found the old farm where the Walls used to live and the marriage certificate of
our great, great Grandfather Walter Wall, my grandfather's grandfather.


Irish toast

Let us drink to the thought that
where'er a man roves
He is sure to find something blissful
and dear,
And that when he is far from the lips
that he loves,
He can always make love
to lips that are near.
Let those love now who never loved before,
Let those who always loved now love the more.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Irish toast

Of all the lands beneath the sun
Old Ireland is the dearest one.

My green robed, meek eyed mother,
And though there's trouble on her now.
Though pain and sorrow mark her
brow.

Where is there such another?

I love each hill and flowery dale
That decks my own fair Innisfail,

I love her sparkling waters
I love her ruins, grey and old,
I love her sons so true and bold
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Irish toast

To each ? to all, ? I'm ever true,
To God ? to Ireland ? and to you.

Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen,

Here's to the widow of fifty,
Here's to the flaunting extravagant
queen.
And here's to the housewife that's
thrifty.

Let the toast pass.
Drink to the lass,
I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse
for the glass.

And ? don't I love her daughters!
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Irish toast

Your glass may be purple, and mine
may be blue,
But while they are fill'd from the
same bright bowl.
The fool, who would quarrel for
difference of hue.
Deserves not the comfort they shed
o*er the soul.

Drain the cup ?
Friend, art afraid?
Spirits are laid
In the Red Sea.
Mantle it up ;
Empty it yet;
Let us forget.
Round the old tree.

Fill the bumper fair ;
Every drop we sprinkle
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Irish toast

The best of all ways
To lengthen our days
Is to steal a few hours from the night,
my dear.

The fountains drink caves subterrene,
The rivulets drink the fountains dry ;

Brooks drink those rivulets again,
And then some river gliding by ;

Until some gulping sea drink them,

And ocean drinks up that again.

Of ocean then does drink the sky;

When having brewed it into rain,
The earth with drink it does supply.

And plants do drink up that again.
When turned to liquor in the vine,
'Tis our turn next to drink the wine.

By this who does not plainly see
How into our throats at once is
hurled ?


Whilst merrily we drinking be ?

The quintessence of all the world?
Whilst all drink then in land, air, sea,
Let us too drink as well as they.

The four drinks ? the drink for
thirst, the drink without thirst, the
drink for fear of thirst, and the drink
at the door.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------

My father used to quote this one

Irish toast

Pat may be foolish, and sometimes
very wrong,
Pat has a temper, which don't last very
long,
Pat is full of jollity,
that everybody knows.
And you'll never find a coward,
where the shamrock grows.
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My father used to sing this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr7bBaC86pY

Wild Colonial Boy- Mick Jagger
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My father used to sing this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ

Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew
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Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from Jonathan O'Connor <ninkibah at eircom.net> -----
    Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:59:43 +0000
    From: Jonathan O'Connor <ninkibah at eircom.net>
Reply-To: Jonathan O'Connor <ninkibah at eircom.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Mighty Jonathan O'Connor from Ireland
on	Pandolfini
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Brian,
I had to laugh at your title. The way I'm playing at the moment, I feel
anything but mighty. You can find comments to some of my better recent
efforts at http://leinsterchess.com/blog This is a site I set up for the
Leinster Chess Union (Leinster, for those not au fait with Irish
geography is the east province in Ireland). Although I'm the blog admin,
I am happy to give anyone connected with leinster chess an account, and
they can then post here. For a chess website, I think this is pretty
novel, and its slowly starting to take off.

As to books, my all time favourite is a little translation of a book by
Kurt Richter on tactics, "Chess Combination as a fine Art". The authors
are listed as Golz and Keres, but 95% of the text comes from chess
columns written by Richter. You'd love it, Brian. He introduces
positions often with quotations from Shakespeare and the German poets,
Schiller, Goethe, Rilke, etc... My copy is extra special, as I got
Kasparov to sign it, after he lost to Rublevsky in 2004. Boy, was he
fuming. He physically radiated anger and frustration at his loss, and I
can only imagine how intimidating it must be playing him.

Another tactics book I totally recommend is "Understanding Chess
Tactics" by Martin Weteschnik. He's an FM from Germany, who started
playing in his late teens, and so he has a better idea of how normal
club players think. In his book, he deconstructs the different elements
of tactics, showing what makes up a pin, fork, skewer, etc... It's
almost scientific how he explains this, and it helped me enormously.

As ever, keep the emails flowing, and as my old boss used to say, F***
the begrudgers!

Jonathan
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On 16/12/2009 05:53, Brian Wall wrote:
 I think Keene wrote a book on Stein that was pretty good.

 BW

----- Forwarded message from Jonathan O'Connor<ninkibah at eircom.net>  -----
      Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:04:43 +0000
      From: Jonathan O'Connor<ninkibah at eircom.net>
Reply-To: Jonathan O'Connor<ninkibah at eircom.net>
   Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pandolfini
        To: Brian Wall<brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Brian,
 to be fair to Pandolfini, very few people had computers back in 1991, so
 I wouldn't blame him for that. For sloppy analysis, yes!

As to Keene, most of his books are rotten, but his book Nimzowitsch a
 Reappraisal is superb.
 Ciao,
 Jonathan

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On 15/12/2009 19:17, Brian Wall wrote:
   I hate Pandolfini. He's not a bad guy, I never heard a bad word against him,

   just hate his pedantic way of teaching Chess. I cannot play Chess without
   analogies, I see them everywhere. I've never detected a drop of imagination
n
   any of his writings. I am sure Josh Waitzkin would have a second opinion.
   Somehow although I am sure I would not spend a penny buying a Pandolfini
ok
   except maybe on a desert island, I have many of them. Other Chessplayers
ust
   give them to me. I can't even remember discussing a Pandolfini book.

 OK so this morning I pick up More Chessercises:Checkmate because I have read
   everything else in my bookcases 20 times and randomly look at position 224
nd
   find a mate in 3. The solution given is a mate in 4.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------
   Pandolfini

   Positio 224
   More Chessercises:
   Checkmate

   [FEN "r3k2N/ppp3pp/5n2/2qPp3/1PBn2b1/8/P1PP1KPP/RNB2Q1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   Disgusted I put the book down. Copyright 1991.
   He didn't even computer check his 300 diagrams.
   'nuff said.

   Reinfeld and Schiller get a lot of abuse but I always enjoy their books.
   Keene can write some real rubbish.
   _______________________________________________



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 16 10:52:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:52:40 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Some recent UO videos.
Message-ID: <1260985960.4b291e68d0f3e@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Dave <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:38:44 -0000
    From: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Some recent UO videos.
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com


I may have mentioned this before, but I highly recommend the site,
http://www.chessvideos.tv there are a ton of free instructional videos there
including some UO's (mostly gambits). Here are some vids I've created:

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5817 -the Naselwaus (Moustrap)
Gambit

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5997 -the Game Wehzhe-Donner
featuring a caveman attack with an early h4 in the Pirc.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6016 -the game Andersson-Basman
aka "The Immortal Waiting Move Game" Technically, not an UO but Basman's play
in this game is surely tre unorthodox!

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3964 - an introduction to an
interesting Sicilian gambit line with Be2

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4078 an introduction  to a
thoroughly disreputable (but fun) line in the Alekhine.

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4816 An Introduction to the
Tayler Opening

http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4070 My game (and win!) against
GM Shamkovich featuring a sharp gambit line in the French Advance. Though I was
losing out of the opening, I do discuss the proper way of playing the line.


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 16 10:56:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:56:30 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole Win despite unqualified operator
	of the black pieces.
Message-ID: <1260986190.4b291f4e8ad6c@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from David Kane <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:05:26 -0500
    From: David Kane <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: David Kane <dave at ilad.net>
 Subject: Fishing Pole Win despite unqualified operator of the black pieces.
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Hey Brian,

 My play in this game was nothing short of appalling. But I offer it as a
demonstration of the resilience of the Black position- even though I completely
misplayed the game I still managed to win despite myself. As with the Mousetrap
and the Penguin- my other blitz "fun" lines, I somehow remain undefeated in
this opening, despite my energetic attempts to lose. as often as possible

[Event "Blitz 5-5"]
[Site "Yahoo"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dave"]
[Black "Some player even worse than me"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6
4. O-O Ng4
5. h3 h5
6. d4 { For some reason, I
hadn't run into this move before. } exd4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 { Hiarcs prefers Qf6 here but I didn't recall seeing an early Qf6 in
any of Brian's games so I plodded on with the :setup". }
8. Nxc6 bxc6 { Normally I'd take with the d-pawn to open up the light squared
bishop but QxQ seems to spoil black's fun }
9. Be2 d6 { The immediate Qh4 is better here- even I am surprised at how quickly
black can get going here. }
10. Nc3 Qh4 { Now black is already winning. }
11. Be3 Nxe3
12.fxe3 Bxe3+
13. Kh1 { And here Bxh3! brings the game to a swift and decisive end.
Unfortunately, due to lack of sleep and the lateness of the evening, when I
"analyzed"
13...Bxh3 14.gxh3 Qxh3 mate I somehow imagined that white had an escape square
on g2- WTF? } g5??
14. Qe1 { Too late now, but as Brian points out, as long as you have a pulse,
you can play third rate moves and still win with "The Pole".
Despite blowing the attack (and I'm still cursing my idiocy) black has a winning
endgame. } Qxe1
 15. Raxe1 g4
16. Bc4 Bd2
17. Re2 Bxc3
18. Bxf7+ Ke7
19. bxc3 gxh3 { Rf8 would have been better. }
20. gxh3 Bxh3
21. Rff2 Bg4
22. Re3 Rab8 {Black misses Raf8! winning quickly. Once again, I "analyzed" it
and thought the text was better. In fact you could say I put the "anal" in
analyze in this game. }
23. e5 Rb1+
24. Kg2 d5
25. e6 Rh7 { Rh6 would have been better. White should have played Bg6! here and
would have been slightly better instead of a lot worse. }
26. c4 Rg7
27. Kh2 Rb4!{ Finally I play something resembling a good move. There is a veiled
threat of mate once black's 5th rank is cleared. }
28. cxd5 cxd5
29. Rc3 c5 { Better was the immediate Bxe6 but I was afraid of some imaginary
line where he checks me on c7 and somehow queens his pawn. Hence
my unnecessary pawn "sacrifice". }
30. Rxc5 Bxe6
31. Rc7+ Bd7 { Sheesh, why didn't I see that Kd6 wins immediately? }
 32. Re2+ { c4 would have slowed black down a bit better. } Kd8 { And white
resigns due to the simultaneous threats of checkmate, Kxc7 and Rxf7.  } *

[Event "Blitz 5-5"]
[Site "Yahoo"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dave"]
[Black "Some player even worse than me"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 d6 10. Nc3 Qh4 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 g5 14. Qe1
Qxe1 15. Raxe1 g4 16. Bc4 Bd2 17. Re2 Bxc3 18. Bxf7+ Ke7 19. bxc3 gxh3 20. gxh3
Bxh3 21. Rff2 Bg4 22. Re3 Rab8 23. e5 Rb1+ 24. Kg2 d5 25. e6 Rh7 26. c4 Rg7 27.
Kh2 Rb4 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rc3 c5 30. Rxc5 Bxe6 31. Rc7+ Bd7 32. Re2+ Kd8 *


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 16 11:23:12 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:23:12 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Greg Steele on Pandolfini
Message-ID: <1260987792.4b292590aca21@www.taom.com>

That was probably Keene who wrote a book in a day.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:22:29 -0500
    From: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Pandolfini
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Is it Pandolfini that still does the Solitaire Chess column in Chess Life?
You can always bet the featured game will be some 80 year old classic ripped
from a Dover reprint.  I guess it would take too much effort to locate a
modern game and lift the notes from Informant.  I am always embarrassed at
the level of pure beginner stuff that appears in Chess Life.  It must keep
the Russians snickering nonstop.  I expect that only real chess makes it
into "64" or Shakmatny Bulletin.

I get a kick of Lev Alburt and his James Bond schtick with the mysterious
Soviet School of Chess.  I particularly love the pictures of him on his
books with babes hanging on his arm as he ponders over a chessboard.  Alex
Yermolinsky makes fun of the nonexistent Russian school in his book "The
Road to Chess Improvement."  What a great book.  Yermo comes across as this
hardbitten grizzled tournament veteran schooled in Russia and now coping
with Goichberg swisses here in the U.S. - "Got to be practical out there."

I read on the chesspublishing forum that Eric Schiller once claimed that he
wrote a book from start to finish in less than 24 hours.  Somehow I'm not
surprised.  Love his penchant for inventing names for opening variations
unknown and unrecognized by the rest of the chess world.

Two publications I miss the most is the defunct "Players Chess News" of the
early 1980s - arriving in your mailbox as a real newspaper.  All time
favorite opening column:  "Openings for Heroes" by Mark Ginsburg.  The other
one is the also defunct magazine "Chess Chow" in the early 90s by Joel
Benjamin's crew, featuring the "Agony" column by long retired Michael
Wilder.  That was some real writing.

Greg

----------------------------------------------------------------

Brian

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>wrote:



 I hate Pandolfini. He's not a bad guy, I never heard a bad word against
him, I
 just hate his pedantic way of teaching Chess. I cannot play Chess without
 analogies, I see them everywhere. I've never detected a drop of imagination
 in
any of his writings. I am sure Josh Waitzkin would have a second opinion.

 Somehow although I am sure I would not spend a penny buying a Pandolfini
 book
 except maybe on a desert island, I have many of them. Other Chessplayers
must
 give them to me. I can't even remember discussing a Pandolfini book.

 OK so this morning I pick up More Chessercises:Checkmate because I have
 read
 everything else in my bookcases 20 times and randomly look at position 224
and
 find a mate in 3. The solution given is a mate in 4.

 ----------------------------------------------------------
 Pandolfini

Positio 224

 More Chessercises:
 Checkmate

[FEN "r3k2N/ppp3pp/5n2/2qPp3/1PBn2b1/8/P1PP1KPP/RNB2Q1R w KQkq - 0 1"]

 ----------------------------------------------------------
 Disgusted I put the book down. Copyright 1991.
 He didn't even computer check his 300 diagrams.
 'nuff said.

Reinfeld and Schiller get a lot of abuse but I always enjoy their books.

 Keene can write some real rubbish.

Brian
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 16 17:48:52 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:48:52 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList]
	http://www.chess.com/article/view/two-opening-questions
Message-ID: <1261010932.4b297ff4a6e4c@www.taom.com>



http://www.chess.com/article/view/two-opening-questions

Funny answers to serious opening questions by Jeremy Silman

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 17 12:04:32 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:04:32 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New chess video and Fw: Saturday -Last chance
	to play casual chess at Agia Sophia this year!,
	Results 2009 Nov ECD, Results 2009 USAFA Chess,
	and Results of 2009 Winter Wonderland
Message-ID: <1261076672.4b2a80c05841e@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:15:14 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: [CSCN] New chess video and Fw: Saturday -Last chance to play casual
chess at Agia Sophia this year!, Results 2009 Nov ECD, Results 2009 USAFA
Chess, and Results of 2009 Winter Wonderland


I uploaded a new chess video to supplement my 90th newsletter
(http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_May_15_2007.html)

http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/videos/once_bitten.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: Renae Delaware
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:56 PM
Subject: Saturday -Last chance to play casual chess at Agia Sophia this year!


Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone is enjoying the hussle & bussle of the holiday season!  This
weekend will be the last casual chess night until next year!

Here are details:

When:  Saturday, December 19th at 8pm
Where: Agia Sofia Coffee Shop & Bookstore, 2902 W. Colorado Ave 80904. Located
on the NW corner of Colorado & 29th (directly west of the firestation) 
719-632-3322
Who: Anyone!  Just be sure to bring your own sets & clocks!

Please remember to support them if you're able to!  (Even if it's not at our
casual nights!)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

~Renae


----- Original Message -----
From: pmjer77 at aim.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:03 PM
Subject: Results 2009 Nov ECD


Hi All,

Please disseminate via your usual channels.  Thanks for your support of Colorado
chess!

      Event ID Sec State City Dates Plr Event Name
      200911254091     2     CO     COLORADO SPINGS     2009-11-04 - 11-25     9
    2009 NOVEMBER EAST COAST DELI


Prize Schedule:
1st Place  $30.00 Anthea Carson
U1500 $25.00 Dean Brown

SwissSys Standings. 2009 Nov East Coast Deli: OPEN
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 Anthea J Carson 1724 1743 W2 W4 W5 H---  3.5
2 Dean W Brown 1483 1509 L1 W3 W4 W7  3.0
3 Alexander Freeman 1014 1093 W5 L2 D6 H---  2.0
4 James M Powers 1611 1586 W6 L1 L2 H---  1.5
5 Fred Eric Spell 1519 1488 L3 W6 L1 H---  1.5
6 Isaac Martinez 1261 1238 L4 L5 D3 H---  1.0
7 Gerald J Maier 1293 1284 H--- U--- U--- L2  0.5

SwissSys Standings. 2009 Nov East Coast Deli: XTRAGAME35
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Tot
1 James M Powers 1611 1615 W2  1.0
2 Gerald J Maier 1293 1287 L1  0.0

----- Original Message -----
From: pmjer77 at aim.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:16 PM
Subject: Results 2009 USAFA Chess


      Hi All,

      Please disseminate via your usual channels. Thanks for your support of
Colorado Chess.


      Event ID Sec State City Dates Plr Event Name
      200911191991     1     CO     AIR FORCE ACADE     2009-11-05 - 11-19     7
    2009 NOVEMBER USAFA CHESS



Prize Schedule:
1st $35.00-----> $17.50 each  Gordon Randall, Tony Telinbacco
U1500   $25.00                     Gene Lucas

----- Original Message -----
From: pmjer77 at aim.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:33 PM
Subject: Results of 2009 Winter Wonderland


Hi All,

Please disseminate via your usual channels.  Thank you for your support of
Colorado Springs.

      Event ID Sec State City Dates Plr Event Name
      200912128901     1     CO     PUEBLO     2009-12-12     10     2009 WINTER
WONDERLAND


Prize Schedule:

1st Place $40.25      Ted Dyokos
U1800     $33.00----> $16.50 each Tim Brennan, Shannon Fox
U1700     $28.00       Gordon Hart
U1500     $20.00       Jerry Maier

SwissSys Standings. 2009 Winter Wonderland: OPEN
# Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Ted K Doykos 1796 1828 W7 W3 W4 W6 W8  5.0
2 Julian S Evans 1978 1952 W5 L4 L6 W8 W10  3.0
3 Shannon Fox 1772 1770 W8 L1 W5 D4 H---  3.0
4 Timothy E Brennan 1732 1744 W10 W2 L1 D3 H---  3.0
5 Gordon S Hart 1620 1633 L2 W6 L3 W9 W7  3.0
6 Robert Rountree 1659 1660 W9 L5 W2 L1 H---  2.5
7 Dean W Brown 1532 1497 L1 L8 W9 W10 L5  2.0
8 Gerald J Maier 1310 1341 L3 W7 W10 L2 L1  2.0
9 Kathy A Schneider 811 826 L6 D10 L7 L5 B---  1.5
10 Liz Wood 1129 1099 L4 D9 L8 L7 L2  0.5

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 17 16:59:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:59:40 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess Parrot on Pandolfini
Message-ID: <1261094380.4b2ac5ec0c827@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from James <chessparrot at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:39:22 -0000
    From: James <chessparrot at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: James <chessparrot at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Greg Steele on Pandolfini2
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

I like Pandolfini's 'Chess Weapons', useful categorisation of centres. Josh's
Waitzkin's book on Attacking is good too, certainly not advanced. There are
some splendid books by Reinfeld, it is just a question of giving one or two a
chance.

Keene has his name on books he's not even read, let alone fathered. And Norwood
boasts he's written more books than he's read.






From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 17 18:15:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:15:18 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- Radulski-Can Angora
Message-ID: <1261098918.4b2ad7a6df829@www.taom.com>


I've never seen a Chess tournament come close to this one in sharp openings and
vicious sacrifices almost every game. Most tournaments I have struggle to find
games to entertain y'all. In this tournament I have to struggle not to show you
every game.

http://angora.tsf.org.tr/

Angora ( like the sweater ) , Turkey

Information about Angora09


 1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
  : December 13th - 19th  Ankara, Turkey
  : http://angora.tsf.org.tr
 2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
  : 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
  : Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
 3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
  :
  : Standings after Round 8
  : TEAM A
 4: GM  Adam Tukhaev        UKR 2540 4.5
  : GM  Julian Radulski     BUL 2585 4.5
  : GM  Angelis Salvador    ESP 2544 4.0
 5: GM  Dimitri Komarov     UKR 2550 4.0
  : WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
  :
 6: TEAM B
  : IM  Mustafa Yilmaz      TUR 2468 5.5
  : IM  Baris Esen          TUR 2493 5.0
 7: IM  Mert Erdogdu        TUR 2489 4.5
  : IM  Emre Can            TUR 2449 4.0
  : FM  Burak Firat         TUR 2392 3.0
 8:
  : Time Control: 90 minutes  with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
  : Type "Liblist Angora09" for Games

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I've never heard of any of these guys ( and gal ) but I think Firat does well in
ICC blitz tournaments. The openings are King's Gambit, Smith-Morra, Najdorfs,
Fishing Poles, etc., the kind of variations you would normally find in 1900
Chess. I will present the games in order of how much they impressed me.

This one blew me away today. Hard to believe it's between a Bulgarian GM
named Julian Radulski 2585 and a Turkish IM named Imre Can 2449

[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radulski"]
[Black "IM_Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[ECO "B21"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "09:03:37"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4!  3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3!

Smith-Morra Gambit

" Not so bad "
-Karpov when a very young Nigel Short tried it in a Karpov simul


4 ... Nc6!  5. Nf3!  e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. O-O!  Ng4!!

The Fishing Pole Defense to the Smith-Morra Gambit.
The idea is  9  h3??  Nd4!!  0-1


9. Nb5!!  Qb8!!  10. h3!  h5!!

The Fishing Pole Defense to the Smith-Morra Gambit.


11. e5!?

8 minute think.

Very sharp.
Rybka prefres the untried Qd2!! TN Rybka

11 ... a6

8 minute think

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11 ...  Ng:e5!!  has been tried 3 times ( see below ) with even results
11 ...  Ng:e5!!  12 N:e5!!  tried once
11 ...  Ng:e5!  12 Bf4!    tried twice
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12. Nd6+!!

Some Hungarian fool named Imre Mohacsi opened the Gates of Hell with
12 hg??  11 years ago and got Fishing Poled after
12 hg??  ab!!  13  B:b5  hg!!  14  Ng5 ( see below )
and now  14 ... Nd4!!  followed by  15 ... N:b5!!  or ... Q:e5!!
is a turkey shoot.

Anyone who reads my emails knows not to do that.

12 ... Bxd6! 13. exd6!  Qxd6!  14. Rd1!!  Qc7!  15. b3!!

The game is close to equal.
Kasparov claims Alekhine was the first World Champion to routinely
study and use positions where he had compensation for two pawns down.


15 ...  b5!

6 minute think

16. Bd5!!  Nf6!


The are both playing very well,
keeping the balance.


17. Ba3

Close Rybka favorites are
17 B:c6, Bb2 and Ba3
with a teensy edge to Black but very difficult in tournament play.

17 ... Bb7!  18. Rac1

Rybka favorites :
18  B:c6, Rac1

GM Julian Radulski is keeping maximum Smith-Morra pressure on IM Emre Can

18 .... Qf4!!

7 minute think

Both sides still playing excellently.
A rather tense situation.

19. Bxc6

10 minute think

Rybka's favorite the last two moves but now slightly preferring
19 g3!!  Qb8  20  Nh4!!

19 ... Bxc6!  20. Bd6!!

It's an art form keeping enough attacking chances
to balance two pawns down against an IM.

20 ... Qe4!!

Whew!  20 tough moves by both sides and still roughly equal.

21. Qb2

Rybka: 21 Qd2, Qf1, Qb2

21 ... Qg6

6 minute think

Rybka:
21 ... h4, ... Qg6


22. Nh4!  Qg5!  23. Qd4!  Nd5!  24. Nf3!  Qf6!  25. Qc5!

Still about even after all this

Time -

Radulski -
46 minutes left

Emre Can -
42 minutes left

25 ...  Qd8??

3 minutes spent calculating what?

Emre finally cracks under the pressure.
Plenty of decent moves available like
25 ... Nf4, ... Bb7, ... Ne7, ... Rh6


26. Rxd5!! Bxd5!  27. Qxd5!!

Oops.

27 ...  f6 28. Qb7!!   h4 29. Rc7

Not bad for the 11 seconds spent but 22 seconds
might have found the wipeout with 29 Nd4!!!


29 ...  Rh5 30. Nd4!!

There we go


30 ...  Rb8  31. Qe4!!

31 Q:a6!!
is also very convincing with a piece plus an attack for one pawn.

31 ...  Kf7

Punch drunk


32. Qxe6+!!

Slaughterhouse 5

{White wins}  1-0
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[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radulski"]
[Black "IM_Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[ECO "B21"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "09:03:37"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6
8. O-O Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 a6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14.
Rd1 Qc7 15. b3 b5 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Ba3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Qf4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd6
Qe4 21. Qb2 Qg6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Qd4 Nd5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Qc5 Qd8 26. Rxd5
Bxd5 27. Qxd5 f6 28. Qb7 h4 29. Rc7 Rh5 30. Nd4 Rb8 31. Qe4 Kf7 32. Qxe6+
{White wins}
1-0
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[Event "HUN-chT3 9899"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mohacsi, Imre"]
[Black "Sallai, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 a6 12. hxg4 axb5 13. Bxb5 hxg4 14. Ng5 Nxe5
15. g3 b6 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. f3 Bc5+ 18. Kg2 gxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nxf3 20. Rxf3 Qd5 21.
g4 Bb7 22. Rd1 Qxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Ra7 25. a3 Rh3+ 26. Kg2 Rb3 27.
Rd2 Rxb5 0-1

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[Event "Regensburg op"]
[Site "Regensburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wittelsberger, Helmut"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 f6 14. Rac1 a6
15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg6+ Kd8 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. f4 Qe3+
21. Kh1 Bxf4 22. Qa4 Bc7 23. Rc3 Qe5 24. g3 b5 25. Qd1 Ke7 26. Kh2 h4 0-1

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[Event "Malaga-ch"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Martos Crespo, Antonio"]
[Black "Duran Martinez, Mario Javier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 Ngxe5 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Bxe6 O-O 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Re8+ Bf8 20.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qa3+ d6 22. Nxd6 Kg8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxa7 Rc1+
26. Kh2 Rc2 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qe5 g6 29. f4 Rfc7 30. Kg3 R2c5 31. Qe4 Kh6 32.
Qe3 Rf5 33. Qe8 Kh7 34. Qd8 Rcf7 35. Qd6 Kh6 36. Qd4 Kh7 37. a4 R5f6 38. b4 Rf5
39. a5 Re7 40. Kf2 Ref7 41. Kg3 Re7 42. Kf3 Rff7 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 Rc7 45.
Kg3 Rc1 46. Kh4 Rh1+ 47. Kg5 Rc1 48. Qe4 Rg7 49. Qe6 Rc6 50. Qd5 Rcc7 51. b5
Rcd7 52. Qh1+ Kg8 53. Qe4 Kh7 54. Qe6 Rde7 55. Qb3 Rd7 56. Kf6 Rd6+ 57. Ke5
Rdd7 58. f5 Rde7+ 59. Kf6 g5 60. a6 1/2-1/2

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[Event "BCF-chT4 0506 (4NCL)"]
[Site "West Bromwich"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Walker, Andrew N"]
[Black "Matthews, Adrian MS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.11.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 Ngxe5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. Re3 O-O 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Rg3+ Kh7
21. Qe2 1-0

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 17 19:48:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:48:34 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- Firat - Angelis Angora
Message-ID: <1261104514.4b2aed8264252@www.taom.com>


I've never seen a Chess tournament come close to this one in sharp openings and
vicious sacrifices almost every game. Most tournaments I have to struggle to
find games to entertain y'all. In this tournament I have to struggle not to
show you every game.

http://angora. tsf.org.tr/

Angora ( like the sweater ) , Turkey

Information about Angora09

1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
: December 13th - 19th Ankara, Turkey
: http://angora. tsf.org.tr
2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
: 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
: Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
:
: Standings after Round 8
: TEAM A
4: GM Adam Tukhaev UKR 2540 4.5
: GM Julian Radulski BUL 2585 4.5
: GM Angelis Salvador ESP 2544 4.0
5: GM Dimitri Komarov UKR 2550 4.0
: WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
:
6: TEAM B
: IM Mustafa Yilmaz TUR 2468 5.5
: IM Baris Esen TUR 2493 5.0
7: IM Mert Erdogdu TUR 2489 4.5
: IM Emre Can TUR 2449 4.0
: FM Burak Firat TUR 2392 3.0
8:
: Time Control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
: Type "Liblist Angora09" for Games

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
I've never heard of any of these guys ( and gal ) but I think Firat does well in
ICC blitz tournaments. The openings are King's Gambit, Smith-Morra, Najdorfs,
Fishing Poles, etc., the kind of variations you would normally find in 1900
Chess. I will present the games in order of how much they impressed me.

This one blew me away yesterday.

[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM_Firat"]
[Black "GM_Salvador_Angelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, advance variation"]
[ECO "C16"]
[NIC "FR.09"]
[Time "09:59:18"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7
5. Bd2 c5 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. f4

recommended by Roman Dzindzichashvili and his
followers from GM Eugene Perelshtein on down.

8 ... Nbc6 9. dxc5 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6

Played 17 times.

I believe I saw ex-Colorado Champion Randy Canney try this.

11. b3 TN  Firat

Theoretical Novelty by Firat

Rybka -
11 Nf3    tried 4 times
11 b3
11 c3     tried 9 times
11 Be2
11 Bd3
11 Rc1
11 Rb1
11 c4
11 0-0-0  tried 3 times
11 Nc3
11 Nh3
11 g3
11 Qf2    tried once



11 ... Bd7

Black has full comp for the pawn.


12. a4

Rybka prefers the more central protection
12 c4!! but Firat wants to castle there
12 Nc3 or Qf2  are OK as well

12 ... a6!  13. Na3

GM Salvador Angelis also has enough for a pawn after
13 a5  Qc5  14 Qc3  Q:c3+  15 N:c5  Nb4
or  13  Nc3 Rc8
but these lines might be a better try for Firat

13 ... f6!!

Standard French center demolition


14. exf6! Rxf6!  15. O-O-O Na5!!

This looks like big trouble


16. Kb2 Nxb3!!

Oh boy.
A bodyguard is worth a piece,
as Grandppapy always said.


17. cxb3!  Bxa4!!

Firat is on fire


18. Qc3 Rc8!!

18 ... R:f4!!
is also very convincing with two pawns
plus a raging attack against a near naked
King all for one undeveloped Knight.

19. Qh3 Rxf4!!

There we go.
Turkish Fide Master Burak Firat is getting
smoked by Spanish GM Salvador Angelis.


20. Ka2 Bxb3+!!

20 ... Rb8!!!
won with no fuss

21. Qxb3!  Rb4!!

Salvador is down two minor pieces
but he has plenty of confidence


22. Qd3 Rb2+!!  23. Ka1!  Rb3????????????????????

Played very quickly hoping Firat would just resign.
Preparing ... Rb3  with  23 ... Qb4!!!
was lights out.
Tripling with  23 ... Rb8!
is also winning.

Acording to ICC Angelis has 78 minutes here and took
15 seconds! He must have gotten bored with how easy
this was.

The Grandmaster went from checkmating to zero in fifteen seconds -
that's like a Lamborghini slamming on his brakes on a straightaway.

24. Rb1!!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oops. Burak puts the impatient Salvador in an embarrassing cross pin.
It's about even now after
24 Rb1!!  R:d3  25 R:b6  Rc1+   26 Rb1  R:a3+  27  Kb2  R:b1+  28  Kb1  or
24 Rb1!!  Rc1   25  R:c1  R:d3  26  B:d3   or
24 Rb1!!  R:b1+ 25  Q:b1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------


24 ...  Rxb1+ 25. Nxb1

25 Q:b1!  is not easy after
25 ... Qd4+  27  Ka2  Nc6

Salvador still has some attack left either way.

25 ... Rb8?=

25 ... Qa5+!!  26  Qa3  forced  Q:a3+  27  N:a3  Rc1+  28  Kb2  R:f1
with three pawns plus a pin for a Knight

26. Qc2!!  Qa5+ 27. Qa2!  forced  Rxb1+!  28. Kxb1!

Up a Rook and a Knight

26 ...  Qe1+ 29. Kc2!  Qxf1!  30. Kc3!  Nc6

It's about even after other moves as well.
Firat has an extra buried Rook,
Angelis has three pawns plus a
safer King.


31. Qe2

One of many equalizers

31 ... Qc1+=  32. Kd3  forced  e5

One of many equalizers


33. Qd2!  Qf1+ 34. Ke3??

ICC claims he had 28 minutes left but who knows.
34 Qe2!!  is still even

34 ...  Nd4!!

Winning a Rook down.
The threat is ... Nf5 checkmate
and releasing an escape square
with the Queen fails to ... Q:g2
and ... Q:h1 in some lines.
Beautiful coordination between
Black's Queen, Knight and pawns.
Diagram material.

35. Qc3 Qf4+!!  36. Kd3!  e4+!!  37. Kxd4

Cool ending.
Firat enjoys being up a Rook and
Knight right before he gives up.
The Spanish GM will win the Queen with
37 ... Qf6+  and then embarrass the
undeveloped Rook and Knight.


{Black wins}  0-1

OK, Salvador missed some easy
wins but the finale was great.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM_Firat"]
[Black "GM_Salvador_Angelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, advance variation"]
[ECO "C16"]
[NIC "FR.09"]
[Time "09:59:18"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
f4 Nbc6 9. dxc5 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 11. b3 Bd7 12. a4 a6 13. Na3 f6 14. exf6
Rxf6 15. O-O-O Na5 16. Kb2 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bxa4 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. Qh3 Rxf4 20.
Ka2 Bxb3+ 21. Qxb3 Rb4 22. Qd3 Rb2+ 23. Ka1 Rb3 24. Rb1 Rxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Rb8
26. Qc2 Qa5+ 27. Qa2 Rxb1+ 28. Kxb1 Qe1+ 29. Kc2 Qxf1 30. Kc3 Nc6 31. Qe2
Qc1+ 32. Kd3 e5 33. Qd2 Qf1+ 34. Ke3 Nd4 35. Qc3 Qf4+ 36. Kd3 e4+ 37. Kxd4
{Black wins}
0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 17 21:05:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:05:59 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- Spanish GM Salvador Angelis versus Turkish IM Baris Esen Angora
Message-ID: <1261109159.4b2affa722fca@www.taom.com>


I've never seen a Chess tournament come close to this one in sharp openings and
vicious sacrifices almost every game. Most tournaments I have to struggle to
find games to entertain y'all. In this tournament I have to struggle not to
show you every game.

http://angora. tsf.org.tr/

Angora ( like the sweater ) , Turkey

Information about Angora09

1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
: December 13th - 19th Ankara, Turkey
: http://angora. tsf.org.tr
2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
: 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
: Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
:
: Standings after Round 8
: TEAM A
4: GM Adam Tukhaev UKR 2540 4.5
: GM Julian Radulski BUL 2585 4.5
: GM Angelis Salvador ESP 2544 4.0
5: GM Dimitri Komarov UKR 2550 4.0
: WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
:
6: TEAM B
: IM Mustafa Yilmaz TUR 2468 5.5
: IM Baris Esen TUR 2493 5.0
7:IM Mert Erdogdu TUR 2489 4.5
: IM Emre Can TUR 2449 4.0
: FM Burak Firat TUR 2392 3.0
8:
: Time Control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
: Type "Liblist Angora09" for Games

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
I've never heard of any of these guys ( and gal ) but I think Firat does well in
ICC blitz tournaments. The openings are King's Gambit, Smith-Morra, Najdorfs,
Fishing Poles, etc., the kind of variations you would normally find in 1900
Chess. I will present the games in order of how much they impressed me.

It's always nice to see a Fishing Pole crush a GM for the umpteenth time.

[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Esen"]
[Black "GM_Salvador_Angelis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian system, Fishing Pole attack"]
[ECO "E12"]
[NIC "QI.04"]
[Time "02:40:04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7
8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O


Played 7 times. Karpov, Tiviakov and Jakovenko all tried this against Dreev.
Angelis used almost no time getting this position.


14. Bb5

played once by Dovzik and Pert ( 2400s )
and twice by Dreev.
14 Ng5 played once by Dreev and Eingorn
14 Bd3 played once by Farago ( 2500 )

It looks like you get your money's worth of action in this line.
There are others worth considering -
14  Kb1, h4 or Bc4 for example

14 ... h6

11 minutes spent.

Played twice by Tiviakov and Kjartansson.
14 ...  a6!  was played by Petrik and
14 ... Qc7!  was played by Jakovenko



15. Bc3!!

Very scary.


15 ...  a6  TN Angelis

Theoretical Novelty by Spanish GM Salvador Angelis.
Rybka slightly prefers  15 ... Qc7,
played by Kjartansson against Pert.
Tiviakov tried  15 ... Nf6  against Dreev.


16. Bc6!

Annoying


16 ...  Ra7 17. h4!!!!

11 minutes spent wiping the blood and fish guts off the Fishing Pole.
Rybka and tailgate approved. You wouldn't have to ask me twice.

17 ... Bc8 18. g4!?

4 minutes spent

Rybka prefers sanity with  18 Kb1  or Rhe1
but Baris has his barometer set on Jack Young mode.

18 ... Nf6

6 minutes spent


19. Ng5!!

8 minutes spent on Chaos Theory
The Fishing Pole is not an opening sequence, it's a state of mind.
Immediate line opening with  19 g5!  is good too

19 ...  g6

Trying to slow down a tsunami with a salami.

20. f3!!

5 minutes spent on this beauty.

Very nice, Esen understands the essence of a Fishing Pole attack.
The pawn wave is stabilized, the hanging Knight is ignored and
the next wave will come crashing down soon.


20 ...  Bf4+

5 minutes spent on this " favorable wind " ( Tal's term )


21. Kb1!

A Fishing Pole attack plus a safe hideaway for the King,
what more could anyone ask for?

21 ... hxg5

Two minutes spent.
It's doesn't much matter where the devils are lazing about,
once you open the Gates of Hell ( Aandahl ) they will find
a way to your specific punishment corner.


22. hxg5!!

I always have trouble calculating Fishing Pole lines
because I usually don't stare at traffic accidents.


22 ...  Nh5 23. d6!!

3 minutes spent.
Bravo Baris!
The idea is that 24 gh!  Bf5!
will be stronger if  25 Be4! is available as a reply.


23 ...  Qxg5

It took Angelis 6 minutes to realize he had no good answer to  gh


24. gxh5!!

Salvador's Kingside is a junk yard.
Most moves are crushed by  hg, Rdg1  and/or d7


{White wins} 1-0

This is such a fantastic, fighting tournament that this perfect
Fishing Pole crush is only my third choice for entertainment value.
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[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Esen"]
[Black "GM_Salvador_Angelis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian system, Fishing Pole attack"]
[ECO "E12"]
[NIC "QI.04"]
[Time "02:40:04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14.
Bb5 h6 15. Bc3 a6 16. Bc6 Ra7 17. h4 Bc8 18. g4 Nf6 19. Ng5 g6 20. f3 Bf4+
21. Kb1 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nh5 23. d6 Qxg5 24. gxh5 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian system, Fishing Pole attack"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Ng5
Nf6 15. Kb1 Be5 16. Nf3 Bd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Bb5 Re5 20. Bc6 Rc8
21. Qa4 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qd5 23. f3 Re2 24. Qa6 Qf5+ 25. Ka1 Rxg2 26. Rxd4 Rc2 27.
Rhd1 R2xc6 28. Rd8+ Ne8 29. Bc3 h6 30. Qxa7 Qxf3 31. R8d3 Qf5 32. Qe7 Re6 33.
Qd7 Rc7 34. Qd4 Rcc6 35. Qd8 Kh7 36. Qd7 Rc7 37. Qa4 Nf6 38. Rg3 g5 39. Rgd3
Ne4 40. Bd4 Nf2 41. Bxf2 Qxf2 42. R3d2 Qf5 43. Qb3 Rec6 44. Ka2 Qe6 45. Rd5 Rc5
46. a4 Rxd5 47. Rxd5 Kg7 48. Ka3 Rc6 49. Qf3 Rc4 50. b3 Rc2 51. Kb4 Rxh2 52.
Kb5 Rh3 53. Qd1 Re3 54. Qd4+ f6 55. b4 g4 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. Rd6 Qf5+ 58. Kxb6
Re4 59. Qc3 Qf4 60. Kc5 g3 61. Qc2 Qf2+ 0-1

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[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian system, Fishing Pole attack"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bb5
h6 15. Bc3 Nf6 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. h4 Ng4 18. Kb1 Bc8 19. Rde1 g6 20. Re6 Bxe6 21.
dxe6 f5 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Qe7 24. Nh4 Qxe6 25. Nxf5 Be5 26. Bd5 1-0

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian system, Fishing Pole attack"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bb5
Qc7 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Kb1 Nf8 17. Qe4 a6 18. Bd3 b5 19. Qg4 Ng6 20. Ng5 b4 21.
Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 bxc3 23. Rhe1 Be5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Kd7 27.
Qxf7+ Kc8 28. Qe6+ Rd7 29. Qe8+ Rd8 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 cxb2 32. Kxb2 Kd7
33. Ne4 Rf8 34. Kc3 Rac8 35. Rb1 Ba8 36. Rb6 1-0


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Hastings Masters op"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pert, Richard G"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Petrosian system, Fishing Pole attack"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.12.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bb5
h6 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. Qe4 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. Qf5 Rd8 19. Qg4 g6 20. Rhe1 h5 21.
Qh4 Bh6 22. Ng5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Re7 Kg8 25. d6 Qc8 26. Bc4 Nf6 27. Bxf7+
1-0

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www.Walverine.com
BrianWallChess.net

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 17 22:50:39 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:50:39 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- Spanish GM Salvador Angelis versus Turkish IM Baris Esen,
	Najdorf  Angora
Message-ID: <1261115439.4b2b182fa769e@www.taom.com>


I've never seen a Chess tournament come close to this one in sharp openings and
vicious sacrifices almost every game. Most tournaments I have to struggle to
find games to entertain y'all. In this tournament I have to struggle not to
show you every game.

http://angora. tsf.org.tr/

Angora ( like the sweater ) , Turkey

Information about Angora09

1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
: December 13th - 19th Ankara, Turkey
: http://angora. tsf.org.tr
2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
: 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
: Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
:
: Standings after Round 8
: TEAM A
4: GM Adam Tukhaev UKR 2540 4.5
: GM Julian Radulski BUL 2585 4.5
: GM Angelis Salvador ESP 2544 4.0
5: GM Dimitri Komarov UKR 2550 4.0
: WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
:
6: TEAM B
: IM Mustafa Yilmaz TUR 2468 5.5
: IM Baris Esen TUR 2493 5.0
7:IM Mert Erdogdu TUR 2489 4.5
: IM Emre Can TUR 2449 4.0
: FM Burak Firat TUR 2392 3.0
8:
: Time Control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
: Type "Liblist Angora09" for Games

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I've never heard of any of these guys ( and gal ) but I think Firat does well in
ICC blitz tournaments. The openings are King's Gambit, Smith-Morra, Najdorfs,
Fishing Poles, etc., the kind of variations you would normally find in 1900
Chess. I will present the games in order of how much they impressed me.

You might remember Bulgarian GM Julian Radulski as the guy who crushed IM (
 who was just about to make a GM norm ) Emre Can with a Smith-Morra Gambit.

IM Baris Esen is the guy who obliterated GM Salvador
Angelis last email with a Fishing Pole attack.

In this game Radulski smashes Esen's Najdorf.

[Event "ANGORA KUPASI"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Radulski"]
[Black "IM_Esen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[ECO "B96"]
[NIC "SI.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7
8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+

Looks insane but this has all been played before 7 times going back 25 years.


17 ... Kd8

Balancing the scales.
Now  17 ... Q:d6  and  17 ... Kd8
have been played 4 times each.
Rybka slightly prefers the text.


18. Nxb7+!

best but
18  fe, Nf7+ ( tried once ) or Rd3
are interesting

18 ... Qxb7!

18 ... Kc7  19  Q:e7  R:a2
is worth investigating -
Sample:
18 ... Kc7  19  Q:e7  R:a2  20 Rd6  Ra1+  21 Kd2  Q:g2+
22 Kc3  Qf3+ 23 Rd3  Q:h1  24 Nc5  Qc6  25 R:d7+  Kb8  26  fe
and Radulski seems better


19. Rxd7+!  Qxd7!  20. Rd1!  Qxd1+!  21. Kxd1!  exf4!

Looks insane but this has all been played before 4 times going back 21 years.
Black has always preferred the pawn capture to Rook moves.

22. b4

Bulgarian GM Julian Radulski, the highest rated player, prefers the oldest move.
22 Qd5+ ( twice )and c3  were also tried in the intervening 21 years.
Rybka likes 22 a4.

This is considered an equal, interesting theoretical
position but how is Baris Esen supposed to stop those pawns?

24 ... Rb8 TN

Theoretical Novelty by Turkish IM Baris Esen
Timo Pirttimaki tried 24 ... Ra7 back in 1988
Rybka thinks  24 ... Re8 is equal.


23. c3!  Re8!  24. Kc2!  Kc7

Rybka likes  24 ... Rc8

25. Qc4+! Kd7!  26. Qxf4!

Rybka is starting to like Radulski here

26 ... Rec8 27. Kb3

Rybka prefers 27 Qf5+  Kd8  28 Qd5+  Ke8  29 a3
followed by c4-c5

27 ...  Rc7!  28. Qf5+!  Kd8!  29. Qd3+!  Rd7!
30. Qg3!  Bd6!  31. Qg8+! Kc7!  32. Qc4+!  Kd8!  33. g4

Rybka prefers  33 a4!!
which makes sense to me

33 ... Bxh2!  34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc8!

These guys are tough, 35 moves into a Najdorf and still hanging in there.
Anyone in Colorado would be dead by now.

36. Qg8+!  Kc7!  37. Qe6!  Rd6! 38. Qf5 Kb8!!  39. c4!  h6

IM Baris Esen has played awesome defense so far.
One idea is to attack those damn pawns from behind with
39 ... Rd4!!!  40  c5  Rg8!!!  followed by
... Rg:g4  and ... Rb4+
Sample line :
39 ... Rd4!!!  40  c5  Rg8!!!  41 Qe6  Rg:g4  42  Qe8+  Kb7
43  Qe7+  Bc7  44 a6+  K:a6  45  Q:c7  R:b4+
looks drawish

40. c5!  Rd4!  41. Qe6!  Rc7!  42. a6!  Rg7??

Groan. Radulski's pawns are at a standstill.
42 ... Ka7, ... Rd3+, ... Re4, ... Ka8, ... Rf4  or ... Rcd7
all hold Julian at bay. Perhaps time pressure ruined
Esen's game. The game was in a beautiful equilibrium
until now.

43. b5!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSICoacOT60

On The Road Again - Willie Nelson


On the road again -
Just can't wait to get on the road again.
The life I love is making music with my friends

And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again

Goin' places that I've never been.
Seein' things that I may never see again

And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again -
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends.
Insisting that the world keep turning our way

And our way
is on the road again.
Just can't wait to get on the road again.
The life I love is makin' music with my friends

And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again

Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends

Insisting that the world keep turning our way

And our way
is on the road again.
Just can't wait to get on the road again.
The life I love is makin' music with my friends

And I can't wait to get on the road again.
And I can't wait to get on the road again.

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43 ... Rgxg4??

Must be time pressure -
43 ... Ka7!  was the best chance

44. Qe8+   mating  Ka7!  45. Qe7+!

{White wins} 1-0

OK, it wasn't a crush of the Najdorf but a great theoretical battle
marred by a couple of time pressure errors. Very exciting and
interesting.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ANGORA KUPASI"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Radulski"]
[Black "IM_Esen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[ECO "B96"]
[NIC "SI.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd7+
Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. b4 Rb8 23. c3 Re8 24. Kc2 Kc7 25. Qc4+
Kd7 26. Qxf4 Rec8 27. Kb3 Rc7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Qd3+ Rd7 30. Qg3 Bd6 31. Qg8+
Kc7 32. Qc4+ Kd8 33. g4 Bxh2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qe6 Rd6
38. Qf5 Kb8 39. c4 h6 40. c5 Rd4 41. Qe6 Rc7 42. a6 Rg7 43. b5 Rgxg4 44.
Qe8+ Ka7 45. Qe7+ {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "Jarvenpaa op"]
[Site "Jarvenpaa"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pirttimaki, Timo"]
[Black "Raisa, Unto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd7+ Qxd7 20.
Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. b4 Ra7 23. c4 Rd7+ 24. Kc2 Rd6 25. Qe4 Kd7 26. c5
Rc8 27. Kb3 Rdc6 28. Qxh7 Ke6 29. Qe4+ Kd7 30. Qd5+ Ke8 31. Kc4 R6c7 32. h4 Rd8
33. Qe6 Rd2 34. Kb5 Rb7+ 35. Kc4 Rc7 36. Qb6 Rcd7 37. Qb8+ Rd8 38. Qxf4 Rxg2
39. a4 Rb2 40. a5 Rc8 41. h5 Kf7 42. Kc3 Rg2 43. Qf5 Rcg8 44. Qd5+ Ke8 45. a6
R8g3+ 46. Kc4 Ra2 47. h6 Rh3 48. Qg8+ Kd7 49. Qg4+ 1-0

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[Event "Catalunya-ch"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rahal, Michael"]
[Black "Gual Pascual, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd7+ Qxd7 20.
Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. Qd5+ Kc7 23. Qc4+ Kd7 24. Qd5+ Bd6 25. Qf7+ Kc6 26.
Qc4+ Kb6 27. Qb3+ Kc5 28. Qc3+ Kd5 29. Qb3+ Ke5 30. Qb5+ Ke6 31. Qc4+ Kf5 32.
Qd3+ Kg5 33. c3 Rhd8 34. Qb5+ Kg6 35. a4 Rab8 36. Qd3+ Kg7 0-1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Tampere op"]
[Site "Tampere"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saastamoinen, Aarne"]
[Black "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nf7+ Kc7 19. Qxe7 Rxa2 20. Rd3
Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Qxg2+ 22. Kc3 Qc6+ 23. Kb3 Qb5+ 24. Kc3 Rxh1 25. Qd6+ Kc8 26. Nxh8
Qc5+ 27. Qxc5+ Nxc5 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 00:59:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:59:01 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- IM Emre Can TUR 2449 crushes the highest rated participant
	GM Julian Radulski BUL 2585 with the King's Gambit Andora
Message-ID: <1261123141.4b2b3645342b3@www.taom.com>


I've never seen a Chess tournament come close to this one in sharp openings and
vicious sacrifices almost every game. Most tournaments I have to struggle to
find games to entertain y'all. In this tournament I have to struggle not to
show you every game.

http://angora. tsf.org.tr/

Angora ( like the sweater ) , Turkey

Information about Angora09

1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
: December 13th - 19th Ankara, Turkey
: http://angora. tsf.org.tr
2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
: 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
: Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
:
: Standings after Round 8
: TEAM A
4: GM Adam Tukhaev UKR 2540 4.5
: GM Julian Radulski BUL 2585 4.5
: GM Angelis Salvador ESP 2544 4.0
5: GM Dimitri Komarov UKR 2550 4.0
: WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
:
6: TEAM B
: IM Mustafa Yilmaz TUR 2468 5.5
: IM Baris Esen TUR 2493 5.0
7:IM Mert Erdogdu TUR 2489 4.5
: IM Emre Can TUR 2449 4.0
: FM Burak Firat TUR 2392 3.0
8:
: Time Control: 90 minutes with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
: Type "Liblist Angora09" for Games

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------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
I've never heard of any of these guys ( and gal ) but I think Firat does well in
ICC blitz tournaments. The openings are King's Gambit, Smith-Morra, Najdorfs,
Fishing Poles, etc., the kind of variations you would normally find in 1900
Chess. I will present the games in order of how much they impressed me.

This is a 10 round Scheveningen tournament where a 4 man Turkish team
( and one woman )takes on a foreign team of 5 men with 5 different nationalties.
Everyone plays everyone twice. When these two nuts switched colors, Radulski
beat Emre Can in 32 moves in a Smith-Morra Gambit. That
was my favorite game of the tournament. This time Emre crushes Julian in
29 moves in a King's Gambit. These two know how to play to the crowd!
You can have an exciting tournament by having patzers throw gambits at each
other or by having strong players in a theme tournament but I have never
seen such a strong tournament where 2200-2500 players are throwing the
kitchen sink at each other every round.


[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Can"]
[Black "GM_Radulski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Opening "KGA: Cunningham, Euwe defense"]
[ECO "C35"]
[NIC "KG.02"]
[Time "02:38:34"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6

4 ... Bh4+  5  g3  or  Kf1  goes back to 1842
Von Heydebrand, Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, etc.
Morphy won with both.
Euwe played  4 ... Nf6  in 1941


5. e5 Ng4

Played 171 times


6. d4 d5

Played 30 times


7. exd6 Qxd6

played 5 times


8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3

Played 21 times including
Bronstein-Koblenc  1945

9 ... Nc6

played 3 times


10. Nb5

Carlos Perez Pietronave and Iweta Rajlich
( Mrs. Rybka, the original "little fish " )
both played 10 Nd5 here

Rybka the computer slightly prefers Emre Can's move

With colors reversed Radulski beat
Can with 9 Nb5 in a Smith-Morra

10 ... Qh6!  11. Nxc7

As played by Haimovich in 2006.
The position is fairly equal after
11 h3, N:c7 or Qd3.

Radulski is down 20 minutes on the clock.

11 ... Nce5 TN

Theoretical Novelty by Bulgarian GM Julian Radulski

Manfred Hermann played 11 ... Rb8! in 2006
with an equal game.

" To be creative is to lose many games "
GM Hort or Jansa

12. dxe5

12 Qe2!  N:c4  13  Q:e7  Rb8  14 Re1!!  or Nd5!
gives Turkish IM Emre Can some advantage

12 ... Qb6+!  13. Kh1!  Qxc7!  14. Qe2!  Ne3!
15. Bxe3!  fxe3!  16. Bb3!  a5! 17. a4!  Qc5!
18. Rae1!  b6!  19. Qxe3!  Ba6!  20. e6! f6!
21. Rg1!  Rfd8

Both sides have played flawlessly since Radulski's TN.
IM Emre Can has the advantage.
Rybka likes  21 ... Q:e3, ... Rfd8  or  ... Rad8 here.
Radulski has his two Bishops but that extra
obnoxious e6-passer wins the game.

22. Qe4!  b5!  23. Rd1!  bxa4!

The inferior side generally wants to reduce pawns.


24. Qxa4

Rybka prefers 24 B:a4!
by a 25th of a pawn.


24 ...   Rxd1 25. Rxd1!  Bb5??

Less than a minute spent like most blunders.
IM Can played the whole game very well and had
Julian under pressure since his Theoretical Lemon.

26. Qxa5!!

Black can go up a Queen and a Rook before he gets mated -
26  Q:a5!!  R:a5  27  Rd8+!!  B:d8  28  e7+  mates

26 ... Qc6!  27. Nd4!!  Qd5!

If  27 ... Qe4  to hold onto the Rook then 28 N:b5!!
with similar tactics


28. Bxd5!  Rxa5!  29. b4!!


{White wins} 1-0

White will be a piece up after
29 b4  B:b4  30 N:b5  Kf8  31 Bc4

Congrats to IM Emre Can who saw everything.
Congrats to both players for throwing
gambits at each other as White.
Congrats to everyone in the
tournament who fought so hard.
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[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Can"]
[Black "GM_Radulski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Opening "KGA: Cunningham, Euwe defense"]
[ECO "C35"]
[NIC "KG.02"]
[Time "02:38:34"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Qh6 11. Nxc7 Nce5 12. dxe5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Qxc7 14.
Qe2 Ne3 15. Bxe3 fxe3 16. Bb3 a5 17. a4 Qc5 18. Rae1 b6 19. Qxe3 Ba6 20. e6
f6 21. Rg1 Rfd8 22. Qe4 b5 23. Rd1 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb5 26. Qxa5
Qc6 27. Nd4 Qd5 28. Bxd5 Rxa5 29. b4 {White wins} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.17" ]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radulski" ]
[Black "IM_Can"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit, Fishing Pole defense"]
[ECO "B21"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "09:03:37"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6
8. O-O Ng4 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. h3 h5 11. e5 a6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14.
Rd1 Qc7 15. b3 b5 16. Bd5 Nf6 17. Ba3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Qf4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd6
Qe4 21. Qb2 Qg6 22. Nh4 Qg5 23. Qd4 Nd5 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Qc5 Qd8 26. Rxd5
Bxd5 27. Qxd5 f6 28. Qb7 h4 29. Rc7 Rh5 30. Nd4 Rb8 31. Qe4 Kf7 32. Qxe6+
{White wins}
1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Buenos Aires Boca op"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perez Pietronave, Carlos"]
[Black "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Opening "KGA: Cunningham, Euwe defense"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Ne3 11. Nxe3 fxe3 12. Bxe3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. c3
Qg6 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. h3 Bc8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bf4 Qf7 20. Qc2 f5 21.
g4 Rde8 22. Rf2 Re7 23. Bg5 Ree8 24. Raf1 Qd5 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27.
Qxf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Nd8 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Kf2 g6 31. Re5 Kf7 32. Ke3 Rd6 33. a4
Rd8 34. b4 Rd6 35. b5 b6 36. c4 Rf6 37. Ke4 Rf1 38. Kd5 Ra1 39. Re6 Rxa4 40.
Rc6 h5 41. g5 a6 42. Rxc7+ Ke8 43. bxa6 Rxa6 44. Kc6 Kd8 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rc7
Kd8 47. Kb5 Ra5+ 48. Kxb6 Rxg5 49. d5 Rg3 50. c5 Rxh3 51. Rg7 Rd3 52. c6 Ke8
53. c7 Rb3+ 54. Kc6 Rc3+ 55. Kd6 Kf8 56. Rd7 h4 57. Rd8+ Kg7 58. c8=Q Rxc8 59.
Rxc8 g5 60. Ke5 h3 61. Kf5 1-0

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[Event "Budapest FS07 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rajlich, Iweta"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Opening "KGA: Cunningham, Euwe defense"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nd5 g5 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 b5
15. Bb3 Kh8 16. Nxe7 Nxd4 17. Rh3 g4 18. Nd5 Qe5 19. Bxf4 Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Qxe2
21. Re3 Qd2 22. Bxh6 c6 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rae1 Qd4 26. Kh1 Qd8 27.
g3 f5 28. Ne2 Re8 29. Nf4 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qd2 31. Re2 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. c3 a5
34. Be6 Qb1 35. a3 a4 36. Bd7 1-0


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2006.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haimovich, Tal"]
[Black "Hermann, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[Opening "KGA: Cunningham, Euwe defense"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Qh6 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. h3 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3
15. Qd3 Be6 16. Nxe3 Bf4 17. Nd1 Nb4 18. Qb3 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Rbc8 20. b3 b5 21.
d5 Bd7 22. Nb2 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Bg3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd3 Qg6 27.
Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rd1 f6 29. Kf1 g5 30. Nd4 g4 31. Ne2 Bc7 32. h4 Kf7 33. g3 Rh8
34. d6 Bd8 35. Nf4 g5 36. hxg5 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Rh2+ 38. Ke3 fxg5 39. Ne2 Bb6+ 40.
Nxb6 axb6 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Rxg5 Kxd6 43. Nc3 Rg2 44. Rg6+ Ke5 45. Ne2 b5 46. Rh6
b4 47. Rb6 Bc8 48. Rb5+ Kd6 49. Rxb4 Kc7 50. Rf4 Rh2 51. Rf2 Rh1 52. Nd4 Rg1
53. Kf4 Bd7 54. Rd2 Rf1+ 55. Ke5 Re1+ 56. Re2 Rg1 57. Rc2+ Kb6 58. Rc3 Be8 59.
Nf5 Bc6 60. Ne3 1-0

----------------------------------------------------------------------------


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 02:21:25 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:21:25 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- Firat-Turkaev, Kan Sicilian  Angora
Message-ID: <1261128085.4b2b49954537f@www.taom.com>

------------------------------------------------------------------------
1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
  : December 13th - 19th  Ankara, Turkey
  : http://angora.tsf.org.tr
 2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
  : 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
  : Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
 3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
  :
  : Standings after Round 8
  : TEAM A
 4: GM  Adam Tukhaev        UKR 2540 4.5
  : GM  Julian Radulski     BUL 2585 4.5
  : GM  Angelis Salvador    ESP 2544 4.0
 5: GM  Dimitri Komarov     UKR 2550 4.0
  : WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
  :
 6: TEAM B
  : IM  Mustafa Yilmaz      TUR 2468 5.5
  : IM  Baris Esen          TUR 2493 5.0
 7: IM  Mert Erdogdu        TUR 2489 4.5
  : IM  Emre Can            TUR 2449 4.0
  : FM  Burak Firat         TUR 2392 3.0
 8:
  : Time Control: 90 minutes  with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Those Turks are getting better. They have a massive Chess improvement wave going
on in that country involving millions of dollars backed by the government.

GM Bent Larsen once said that the top 10 Grandmasters play standard openings.
To get really new, creative ideas of the future he liked to research second
and third tier Russian GMs.

Last board for Turkey, Team B, the only 2300 in the tournament,
takes out a 2540 in 23 very agressive moves.

[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "FM_Firat"]
[Black "GM_Tukhaev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[ECO "B43"]
[NIC "SI.41"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7
6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 b4 9. Ne4 Nd5  TN  Tukhaev

Theoretical Novelty by GM Adam Tukhaev from the Ukraine

18 people have tried 9 ... N:e4!
including Rublevsky ( vs Shirov and Sutovsky and once as White versus
Miladinovic-Black ), Landa ( thrice )
and Chuchelov ( twice )

I lost to Rade Miladinovic at the 2005 HB Minnesota tournament -
maybe the same guy.

No one has ever played anything other than 9 ... N:e4 before
this game. Rybka considers Adam's move second best.


10. Qe2!  Bb7 11. Bd2

Burak could go berserk already with
11 Nf5!!  ef!  12 Nd6+!  Kd8!  13 N:f7+!   Ke8!  14 N:h8!  g6! 15 B:f5!!
but 2300's can't calculate that far.
Firat could also just castle but he is playing the Tiger Woods maneuver,
won't commit to one bed.

11 ... Qb6

Sicilian experts love to play this move,
harassing the d4-Knight


12. Nf3

The Knight didn't want to commit either with lots of options:
12 c3, Qf2, Nb3, Nf3, Be3 or c4


12 ... a5!  13. f5!!

Not as sharp as  11 Nf5!!
but pretty good


13 ...  Na6

Ukranian mushrooms


14. fxe6!

I would normally say
" opening lines against an uncastled King "
but Burak Firat hasn't castled either


14 ... dxe6

14 ... fe  15 Neg5
does not inspire confidence either


15. Bb5+!!   Bc6!  16. Nd4!

16  B:c6+  Q:c6  17 Nd4-b5-d6+
amounts to the same thing

16 ...   Bxb5!  17. Nxb5!  Nac7 18. Nbd6+!!

A tactical cleansing


18 ...  Bxd6!  19. Nxd6+!  Kd7 20. c4

I am looking hard but I cannot find a move that does not win -
GM Roman Dzindzichashvili

Top 4 -
20 0-0-0, Rd1, N:f7, Qd3

20 ... bxc3!  21. bxc3!  f5 22. Rd1

Top 3 -
22 c4, Rd1, Rc1

22 ... Ke7 23. c4!!

{White wins} 1-0

It's getting ugly -
The d5-Knight has nowhere to go.

Sample line :
23 c4  Nb4  24 Bg5+  Kf8  25 Qh5
crushing.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "FM_Firat"]
[Black "GM_Tukhaev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[ECO "B43"]
[NIC "SI.41"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8.
e5 b4 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nf3 a5 13. f5 Na6 14. fxe6 dxe6
15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Nd4 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Nac7 18. Nbd6+ Bxd6 19. Nxd6+ Kd7 20. c4
bxc3 21. bxc3 f5 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. c4 {White wins} 1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 09:35:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:35:10 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Eric Olson on Pandolfini
Message-ID: <1261154110.4b2baf3e3756a@www.taom.com>

I think anyone can enjoy the grand strategies of a great game even if we can't
pull it off too often. I read Winning in the Endgame by Horowitz as a Junior
High School student. I read Pandolfini's endgame course 25 years later. I get
the feeling that Bruce has taught every word to students and figured it might
be useful as a book.

BW
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

----- Forwarded message from EOMJ <eomj at indra.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:50:53 -0700
    From: EOMJ <eomj at indra.com>
Reply-To: EOMJ <eomj at indra.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Chess Parrot on Pandolfini
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

As a patzer who will probably never surpass 1700, I find Pandolfini's
books enjoyable to read.

His "endgame course" ought to give anyone the inspiration to play every
game out to it's final conclusion.

I have found that his books have lots of typos and board position
errors, which should give readers a good excersise in paying attention.

Personally, I think that anyone under 1800 is wasting their time reading
just about any book - tactical errors will kill you before any strategy
or trick you learn from a book will earn you a scalp.

-E-

--
Eric Olson, President
Eric Olson Master Jeweler, inc.
303-604-0240
http://www.master-jeweler.com
Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4:30



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 13:08:14 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:08:14 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Women's World Champion Kosteniuk Coming To
	Tucson!
Message-ID: <1261166894.4b2be12ebb73e@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson <valleychess at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:43:53 -0700
    From: Joel Johnson <valleychess at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Joel Johnson <valleychess at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Women's World Champion Coming To Tucson!


Dear friends,

I am thrilled to announce that Women's World Chess Champion and Chess Queen
Alexandra Kosteniuk has
selected 9 Queens as one of the few chess programs in the country to visit as
part of her Christmas Goodwill offer. Ms. Kosteniuk will be coming to Tucson on
Sunday, December 20 to participate in our upcoming 9 Queens Academy! This is a
huge honor for 9 Queens and fantastic opportunity for all Tucson chess
enthusiasts to meet (and play) one of the most influential chess players and
personalities in the world.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to accommodate Ms. Kosteniuk's visit there have been a
couple of important scheduling and venue changes:

* The 9 Queens Academy will be now be held at the Parasol Project Arts Space
(located at 299 Park Avenue) from 2-4 pm on Sunday Dec 20, 2009.
* Immediately following the Queens Academy, from 4-7 pm at MAST (a new boutique
located directly next door to Parasol Projects), 9 Queens will host a reception
and simultaneous chess exhibit featuring Ms. Kosteniuk.

* All activities will be open to all chess enthusiasts (men and women) of all
ages and abilities.

Jean Hoffman
> *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***
Contact: Jean Hoffman
Cell: 347-409-1276
Email: jhoffman at 9queens.org


CURRENT WOMEN?S WORLD CHESS CHAMPION COMES TO TUCSON
Tucson nonprofit selected as one of the few chess programs in the nation honored
by Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk

(TUCSON, AZ )Current Women's World Chess Champion and Grandmaster Alexandra
Kosteniuk has selected the Tucson nonprofit organization 9 Queens as one of the
few chess programs in the country to honor with her Christmas Goodwill Offer. 
On December 20, 2009, as part of her national goodwill tour to promote the
benefits of chess, Ms. Kosteniuk will fly to Tucson, Arizona to participate in a
range of free educational activities hosted by 9 Queens. From 2-4 pm at the
Parasol Project Arts Space (299 S Park Avenue), Ms. Kosteniuk will answer
questions from participants in the 9 Queens Academy and read from her new book
"Diary of a Chess Queen." Immediately following the Queens Academy, 9 Queens
will host a reception and simultaneous chess exhibit at MAST a new boutique
located next door to Parasol Project. During the
simultaneous chess exhibit, Ms. Kosteniuk will play up to 50 chess players at
the same time.

In addition to serving as the current Women's World Chess Champion, Ms.
Kosteniuk, also serves as the co-chair for the World Chess Federation's
Commission for Women?s Chess. Ms Kosteniuk, a notable chess celebrity, is
widely regarded as the most popular chess player in the world.Known for the
mantra "Chess is Cool,"  Kosteniuk was recently voted the most influential
chess player on Twitter.

"Alexandra has done so much to promote not only women's chess but chess in
general," says 9 Queens executive director Jean Hoffman, "It is a huge honor to
have her come to Tucson and recognize our growing chess community."

Over the past two years, 9 Queens has created a range of programs designed in
empower under-served and under-represented populations through chess. In August
2008, 9 Queens created the Tucson Queens Initiative--a multi-year campaign
designed not only to increase the percentage of female chess players, but also
to empower girls to achieve academic, personal and professional success. Since
then the percentage of women participating in 9 Queens beginner chess
tournaments as skyrocketed from less than ten percent to almost fifty percent.
The high percentage of female chess
players in Tucson stands in stark contrast to national trends where women make
up around eight percent of the chess community.


"I could not think of a better organization to do this goodwill event with since
I support 9 Queens strongly,? explained Kosteniuk regarding her decision to
partner with 9 Queens.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 14:50:02 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:50:02 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- Tiger Modern, IM  Emre Can  vs GM  Adam Tukhaev   Agora
Message-ID: <1261173002.4b2bf90ab85e3@www.taom.com>


1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
  : December 13th - 19th  Ankara, Turkey
  : http://angora.tsf.org.tr
 2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
  : 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
  : Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
 3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
  :
  : Standings after Round 8
  : TEAM A
 4: GM  Adam Tukhaev        UKR 2540 4.5
  : GM  Julian Radulski     BUL 2585 4.5
  : GM  Angelis Salvador    ESP 2544 4.0
 5: GM  Dimitri Komarov     UKR 2550 4.0
  : WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
  :
 6: TEAM B
  : IM  Mustafa Yilmaz      TUR 2468 5.5
  : IM  Baris Esen          TUR 2493 5.0
 7: IM  Mert Erdogdu        TUR 2489 4.5
  : IM  Emre Can            TUR 2449 4.0
  : FM  Burak Firat         TUR 2392 3.0
 8:
  : Time Control: 90 minutes  with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Amazing Fighting spirit -
Five Turks play 4 non-Turk GMs and 1 WIM, all from different countries.
Each board plays every player twice with different colors.
5 opponents times two colors times 5 rounds = 5 x 2 x 5 = 50 games

A very short, sharp tournament with many games of interest to me.
Remarkable.

In this gem White tries to play the Austrian attack but Black plays the Tiger
Modern ( 1 ... g6, ... Bg7, ... d6, ... a6, .. b5, ... Nd7, ... c5 )
which served me so well in the 2007 Colorado Closed.

I don't think there is one moment in this game where I know what is going on.

[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM_Can"]
[Black "GM_Tukhaev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.05"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5
6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 cxd4 9. Be4!

Played 3 times.
Sveshnikov beat Chepukaitis with  9 Ne4 once


9 ...  dxc3!

Played once before

9 ... Rb8 was tried twice

This is what this game reminds me of -
Knife fight in Beat it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqxo1SKB0z8

Michael Jackson - Beat It
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This is what this game reminds me of -

Chain, hatchet and steel hammer fight aboard a moving train
between hobo Lee Marvin and Train Master Ernest Borgnine
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Emperor Of The North

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i493p9GGAvQ&feature=related
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10. Bxa8!  Qb6+?
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Adam has good compensation for the exchange -
Emre has wasted a lot of time with his KB to grab a Rook.
Adam can grab a pawn and Emre's Queenside is about to be fractured.
Sample line:
10  B:a8  Qc7!  ( threatening ... Qa7+ )
11 Qd4    Nh6!  ( to castle or play ... Nf5 )
12 Kh1    cb
13 Bb2    de, .. 0-0  or .. Nf5
and the presence of Emre Can's extra exchange can hardly be felt
10  B:a8  Qc7!  11 Qd4  Nh6  12 Bd5  e6  or ... cb look equal
10  B:a8  Qc7!  11 Kh1  de  12 fe  N:e5
looks like adequate play for the exchange

I think 10 ... Qc7!!  or  ... de! ( played by Boyd )
are better than the move played.
10 ... Qc7!! attacks every important square,
even a8 indirectly


11. Kh1!!

Black's Queen is already misplaced which reduces his compensation.
11  Kh1  de  12  fe  N:e5  13  Qd5  f6  14  Bd5+  Kf8
is a good example - Qd5 gains time by attacking the e5-Bishop
undefended by the Black Queen not on c7.

11 ... Nh6 12. bxc3!  dxe5!  13. Nxe5 Nxe5!  14. fxe5! O-O!

OK, maybe 10 ... Qc7 was stronger than ... Qb6+
but GM Tukhaev can still hope for compensation
due to Emre's four weak pawns.

15. Qd4 Qc7!

Clear loss of tempo


16. Bxh6!  Bxh6!  17. Bd5!  Bg7 18. Rae1!  e6!
19. Bf3!  Rd8 20. Qe3!  Bd7!  21. Re2  Be8!

Hoping to line up on those c-pawns

22. h3 Qc4 23. Qb6!  Rc8!  24. Rd1!  Qxc3!  25. Rd8

25 Q:a6!!  stays the exchange up

25 ... Qa1+

Missing a cool Rook sac -
25  Rd8  R:d8!!  26  Q:d8  B:e5!!  27  Q:e8+  Kg7  ( down a Rook )
28 R:e5 ( forced ) Qa1+  29  Kh2  Q:e5+  30 g3  Qb2  31 Qc6 Q:a2
and this ending of Queen and Bishop vs Queen and two pawns looks
impossible to convert to me


26. Kh2! Bxe5+  27. g3!  Bc7!  28. Rxe8+!  Kg7!  29. Qa7!  Bxg3+!
30. Kxg3!  Rxe8!  31. Qxa6!  Qg1+!  32. Bg2!  Qc5!

The Turkish IM and the Ukranian GM finally stopped checking
and capturing each other long enough for me to take stock.
Tukhaev has 5 pawns versus a Bishop, 2 isolated rook-pawns
and an isolated c-pawn. Can Can win?

33. Qc6!  Qg5+ 34. Kf2!  Qh4+ 35. Kg1!  Rd8!  36. Qc3+!  Kg8!
37. Re4 Rd1+!  38. Kh2!  Qf2!  39. a4 Rd2 40. Qg3!  bxa4!

Looks impossible for either side to win now


41. Qb8+ Kg7! 42. Qe5+!  Qf6 43. Qxf6+!  Kxf6!  44. Rxa4!  Rxc2!

Three pawns are stronger than a Bishop.
Rook plus Bishop plus pawn should hold
against Rook and 4 connected pawns.


45. h4 h6 46. Ra7 g5!  47. h5

Looks like a mistake maybe in the mistaken hope of reclaiming lost winning
chances or maybe just time pressure. IM Emre Can should be hoping to sac the
Bishop for a pawn or two and draw the Rook ending down a pawn or two.
I would have traded.

47 ... Rc3 48. Rd7 g4!  49. Bb7?

Looks like time pressure,
maybe 49 Bf1  holds onto the h5-pawn.
It's not easy, Can can attack it with
Rook and King from different angles.

49 ...  Rh3+!

Anyone on my email list more than a month knows I love pawn waves.
4 connected passed pawns easily roll over a Bishop.
This Angora tournament had several pawn waves.
One was the Radulski-Esen Najdorf game analyzed yesterday.
The rest is sad to watch since White was trying to win most of this game.

50. Kg2! Rxh5!  51. Kg3!  Rg5 52. Kf4

Maybe 52 Kh4 still draws by hassling Blacks pawns to the maximum.
They look hard to push. I think White's King gets in his own way now.

52 ... Rg8 53. Kg3!  h5!  54. Be4

54 Kh4 may be better.
54 Ke4  Ke5 and ... f5 looks lost

54 ... Rc8

Mutual time pressure?


55. Kf4?

Can can't get it.
55 Kh4!   might work.

55 ... Rc4!!

Adam is definitely winning now.
The main threat is rolling with ... h4


56. Rd1 Ke7 57. Ke3!  f5!  58. Bd3!  Rc5 59. Ra1 Kf6
60. Ra8 h4!  61. Rh8 h3!  62. Kf2 Ke5

{Black wins}  0-1

Pushing pawns is not as easy as it looks.

I had a game with GM Anatoly Lein -
Rook + 3 connected passed pawns versus a Rook.

As I pushed my pawns the Rooks had room to attack from behind and draw.

In the Radulski-Esen Najdorf game from this Angora tournament
Radulski pushed his 3 connected passed pawns escorted by the Queen
and then found the Two Rooks and a Bishop had the pawns stymied halfway.
Esen dropped the ball in time pressure but he had achieved a drawn position.

In this game IM Emre Can might have stopped 4 connected pawns if he had put
his King correctly on h4 and harassed the pawns with his Rook and Bishop,
looking for sacs.

Pawn waves do not win automatically, it's just that most
people have no practice fighting them and succumb easily.

Another razor sharp fighting game with a fun finish.


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[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM_Can"]
[Black "GM_Tukhaev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.05"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5
cxd4 9. Be4 dxc3 10. Bxa8 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nh6 12. bxc3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
fxe5 O-O 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Bd5 Bg7 18. Rae1 e6 19. Bf3 Rd8 20.
Qe3 Bd7 21. Re2 Be8 22. h3 Qc4 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qxc3 25. Rd8 Qa1+ 26. Kh2
Bxe5+ 27. g3 Bc7 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Qa7 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rxe8 31. Qxa6 Qg1+ 32.
Bg2 Qc5 33. Qc6 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Re4 Rd1+ 38.
Kh2 Qf2 39. a4 Rd2 40. Qg3 bxa4 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44.
Rxa4 Rxc2 45. h4 h6 46. Ra7 g5 47. h5 Rc3 48. Rd7 g4 49. Bb7 Rh3+ 50. Kg2
Rxh5 51. Kg3 Rg5 52. Kf4 Rg8 53. Kg3 h5 54. Be4 Rc8 55. Kf4 Rc4 56. Rd1 Ke7
57. Ke3 f5 58. Bd3 Rc5 59. Ra1 Kf6 60. Ra8 h4 61. Rh8 h3 62. Kf2 Ke5
{Black wins}
0-1
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[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Forster, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 cxd4
9. Be4 Rb8 10. Nxd4 dxe5 11. Nc6 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ngf6 13. Nxb8 Qxb8 14. fxe5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Rf2 Qc5 21.
Nb3 Qb6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. h3 Rd5 25. c3 a5 26. Qe3 e6 27. Qf4 a4 28.
Nc1 g5 29. Qxg5 Ng6 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qe2 Nf4 32. Qe3 e5 33. Bb6 Qc6 34. Rg1 Rd6
35. Ba7 Rg6 36. Qf3 Qc8 37. Qe3 Nxh3 38. Rd2 Nxg1 39. Kxg1 Bh6 0-1

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[Event "Chigorin mem op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.10.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 cxd4
9. Ne4 Nh6 10. a4 bxa4 11. exd6 Nf5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Rxa4 Ne3 15.
Re1 Nb6 16. Rxd4 Nf5 17. Qf2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd7 19. Nf3 Nd5 20. Nc5 Qd6 21. Be4
f5 22. Bd3 Kh8 23. Ne5 Nf6 24. h3 Nd7 25. b4 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Qe7 27. Bc4 g5 28.
h4 f4 29. hxg5 a5 30. b5 Bg4 31. Bd5 Rac8 32. Ba3 Qxg5 33. b6 f3 34. b7 Rce8
35. Nd3 Rf5 36. Bd6 fxg2 37. Qxg2 Qh6 38. Rb1 Rg5 39. b8=Q Bc8 40. Qa7 Bh3 41.
Qf7 Rxg2+ 42. Bxg2 Rc8 43. Rb8 Rxb8 44. Bxb8 Be6 45. Qe8+ Bg8 46. Bd5 Qe3+ 47.
Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Ke2 Qg4+ 49. Kd2 Qg2+ 50. Bxg2 1-0

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[Event "La Fere op 2nd"]
[Site "La Fere"]
[Date "2003.07.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Weide, Karel"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 cxd4
9. Be4 Rb8 10. Nxd4 dxe5 11. Nc6 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ngf6 13. Nxb8 Qxb8 14. fxe5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qxe5 16. Ng5 O-O 17. c3 Nb6 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Bd2 h6 21. Nf3
e5 22. a4 Re8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Bd7 25. b4 Qc6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rc5 Qd6 28.
Qxc4 Nb6 29. Qc1 Nd5 30. Bxh6 Nxb4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qc4 Qd3 33. Nxe5 Qxc4 34.
Nxc4 Be6 35. Ne5 Nd5 36. Kg1 Ra8 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Rc7 Ra2 39. h3 Nd5 40. Rxf7+
Bxf7 41. Nxf7 Ne3 42. Re1 Nxg2 43. Rf1 Ne3 44. Rf3 1/2-1/2


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[Event "FRA.chT2 South 0607"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rodrigues, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Boyd, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.10.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 cxd4
9. Be4 dxc3 10. Bxa8 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Nxe5 13. b3 Ng4 14. a4 N8f6 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Ne5 Qb8 17. Rxf6 Nxf6 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Bg5 Ke8 21.
Bc6+ Kf8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 h6 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Bc5 Bf6 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Bc4
e6 28. Qf2 Qe5 29. b4 g5 30. Qf3 Qf4 31. Qe2 Qd2 32. Qe4 Nxb4 33. Bxb4 Rd4 34.
Qa8 Rxc4 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Bg7 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 38. Bf8 Qd4 39. Bxg7 Qxg7 40.
Qxe6 Rc7 41. h3 Re7 42. Qc4 Qe5 43. Rf7+ Rxf7 44. Qxf7+ Kh8 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46.
Qf7+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2


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[Event "ANGORA KUPASI"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Radulski" ]
[Black "IM_Esen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[ECO "B96"]
[NIC "SI.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd7+
Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. b4 Rb8 23. c3 Re8 24. Kc2 Kc7 25. Qc4+
Kd7 26. Qxf4 Rec8 27. Kb3 Rc7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Qd3+ Rd7 30. Qg3 Bd6 31. Qg8+
Kc7 32. Qc4+ Kd8 33. g4 Bxh2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qe6 Rd6
38. Qf5 Kb8 39. c4 h6 40. c5 Rd4 41. Qe6 Rc7 42. a6 Rg7 43. b5 Rgxg4 44.
Qe8+ Ka7 45. Qe7+ {White wins} 1-0



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 17:28:49 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:28:49 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- 4 pawns versus a Knight - IM Yilmaz vs GM Komarov
Message-ID: <1261182529.4b2c1e41a715a@www.taom.com>


1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
  : December 13th - 19th  Ankara, Turkey
  : http://angora.tsf.org.tr
 2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
  : 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
  : Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
 3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
  :
  : Standings after Round 8
  : TEAM A
 4: GM  Adam Tukhaev        UKR 2540 4.5
  : GM  Julian Radulski     BUL 2585 4.5
  : GM  Angelis Salvador    ESP 2544 4.0
 5: GM  Dimitri Komarov     UKR 2550 4.0
  : WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
  :
 6: TEAM B
  : IM  Mustafa Yilmaz      TUR 2468 5.5
  : IM  Baris Esen          TUR 2493 5.0
 7: IM  Mert Erdogdu        TUR 2489 4.5
  : IM  Emre Can            TUR 2449 4.0
  : FM  Burak Firat         TUR 2392 3.0
 8:
  : Time Control: 90 minutes  with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
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This Angora tournament feels like a Christmas present - everything I love about
Chess packed into 50 games. The last game featured 4 connected passed pawns
versus a Bishop, this one features 4 pawns versus a Knight. The pawn wave part
starts on Move 44 and goes to move 83.

[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM_Yilmaz"]
[Black "GM_Komarov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C24"]
[NIC "IG.04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3

Lemmiwinks.

1 e4  e5  2 d3
The Clam.


3 ... Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb3 h6
8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 a6 10. Nf1!  Ba7 11. Be3!

I find this idea annoying.
If I trade White can attack on the f-file
( that's how I lost to a 10 year old in Reno 2009 ).
If I don't trade I have to undevelop a Rook or Bishop
on a7 to recapture. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
The Steinitz solution was to trade on e3 and then UNDOUBLE White's pawns.


11 ...  Be6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Bc2 TN

Theoretical Novelty by IM Yilmaz

The ( Mike ) Archer Lopez gets there even faster via Bd3.
13 B:e6, Ne3 and Ng3 have been played.
All standard stuff. According to GM Dorfman, trainer of
two top 10 GMs ( Kasparov, Bacrot ) Black's problem is
... Nc6 blocks ... c6. According to Josh Waitzkin of
Chessmaster computer, this gives White a central inititaive.


13 ... Ra8 14. Ng3 d5 15. d4

That's another annoying thing about this system.
White can play d4 at just the right moment despite
the lost tempo. I am not very interested in this
Lemmiwinks drivel. I just want to race to the
pawn wave. IM Yilmaz has nothing after 15  d4  ed!


15 ... Bg4 16. exd5!  Qxd5!  17. Ne4!  Nxe4 18. Bxe4!  Qb5!
19. d5!  Rad8 20. Qc2!  Bxf3 21. Bxf3! Nb8!

Turkish IM Mustafa Yilmaz 2468 has a micro-edge like a good Lemmiwinks.
Ukranian GM Dimitri Komarov 2550 has no outpost for his Knight.


22. a3 Qc5 23. b4!  Qf8 24. c4!  Nd7  25. d6!!

Yilmaz strikes, opening up lines for his Super-Bishop

25 ...  Qxd6!  26. Rad1!  Qb6 27. c5!  Qb5 28. c6!

Another Queenside stab

28 ...  Nb8!

Back to Square One for the third time -
depressing.


29. Rxd8!  Rxd8!  30. cxb7!  c6!  31. Qf5!

Overrunning Komarov's house with white termites.


31 ... Nd7 32. Rd1!!!

Yilmaz realizes that
32 Bh5!!  g6  33 B:g6!!
is even stronger with preparation


32 ... Qxb7!  33. Bh5!!  g6 34. Bxg6!!

The white termites have eroded the foundation.

34 ... fxg6!  35. Qxg6+!  Kf8!  36. Qxh6+!  Kf7 37. Qh7+

37  Rd6!!!  or  Qh5+!!!
might end it sooner

37 ... Ke8 38. Rd6 Rb8! 39. Qg6+!!

39 Qg8+!!  Nf8  40  Re6+!!
wins the Queen or worse

39 ... Kd8 40. Rxc6!

This is very strong.
IM Yilmaz has a safer King plus three
connected passed pawns for a Knight.
If GM Komarov stays in the middle game
his King is exposed. If GM Komarov aims
for an endgame the passed pawns move forward.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.


40 ...  Nf8 41. Qd6+!  Nd7!

Komarov looks traumatized.


42. Qe6 Nf8  43. Qd5+!!

The e5-pawn falls because  43 Qd5+!!  Nd7?   44 Qg8+  mates


43 ...   Ke8 44. Qxe5+

Easy, Mustafa, there's nothing left to take

44 ... Kd8

Mustafa can win by trading into an ending
now or just run his h-pawn down the board.
The strongest move is the retreat  45 Rc1!!
leaving Dimitri with nothing but problems.

45. Qd5+ Ke8!  46. h4 Qe7!  47. Rc4 Rd8 48. Qf3 Qe1+!  49. Kh2!  Qe5+
50. g3!  Ne6! 51. Re4 Qd5!  52. Qg4 Kd7 53. Re1!  Rf8! 54. Kg1 Qf5

Mustafa can trade and push his pawns or keep Queens on
and harass Black's King with no pawn cover. Dimitri's
Knight still has no outpost.

55. Qe2! Rf6 56. Rd1+ Ke7!  57. Qe3 Kf7 58. Rd7+!  Kg6
59. Rd6 Qb1+ 60. Kg2 Qf5!  61. Qd3!

Turkish IM Mustafa Yilmaz could have squeezed more from having
Queens on earlier ( 37 Rd6!!, 39 Qg8+!!, 45 Rc1!! ) but now
GM Komarov is coordinated so Yilmaz trades Queens to make progress.

61 ... Qxd3!  62. Rxd3!  Nc7 63. g4!!

Here they come


63 ...  Ne6 64. Kg3!  Nf4!  65. Re3 Nd5!  66. Re5!  Rd6
67. h5+!  Kf6 68. f4!  Ne7!  69. g5+! Kf7!

The computer is starting to recognize what I knew 25 moves ago -
the pawns are unstoppable


70. Kg4 Rd1 71. Ra5!!

This is my favorite move of the game.
The Rook just sits, pressuring Komarov's
last remaining pawn while overseeing
the pawn march from the side.



71 ...  Rg1+!  72. Kf3!  Rf1+!  73. Kg3 Kg7!  74. Kg4  Rg1+!
75. Kf3! Rf1+! 76. Ke3 Kf7 77. h6!  Re1+!  78. Kf2 Re4 79. Kf3!  Re6!
80. h7

Final breakthrough


80 ... Kg7!  81. f5!!  Nxf5!

or f6+ anyway winning the Knight

82. Rxf5!!  Kxh7!  83. Rf6!

{White wins} 1-0

Long time coming.

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Pawn wave games from Angora -
4 pawns versus a Knight

[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM_Yilmaz"]
[Black "GM_Komarov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C24"]
[NIC "IG.04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb3 h6 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 a6 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Bc2 Ra8 14. Ng3
d5 15. d4 Bg4 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb5 19. d5 Rad8 20. Qc2
Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nb8 22. a3 Qc5 23. b4 Qf8 24. c4 Nd7 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Rad1 Qb6
27. c5 Qb5 28. c6 Nb8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. cxb7 c6 31. Qf5 Nd7 32. Rd1 Qxb7 33.
Bh5 g6 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Ke8 38. Rd6 Rb8
39. Qg6+ Kd8 40. Rxc6 Nf8 41. Qd6+ Nd7 42. Qe6 Nf8 43. Qd5+ Ke8 44. Qxe5+
Kd8 45. Qd5+ Ke8 46. h4 Qe7 47. Rc4 Rd8 48. Qf3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Ne6
51. Re4 Qd5 52. Qg4 Kd7 53. Re1 Rf8 54. Kg1 Qf5 55. Qe2 Rf6 56. Rd1+ Ke7 57.
Qe3 Kf7 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. Rd6 Qb1+ 60. Kg2 Qf5 61. Qd3 Qxd3 62. Rxd3 Nc7 63.
g4 Ne6 64. Kg3 Nf4 65. Re3 Nd5 66. Re5 Rd6 67. h5+ Kf6 68. f4 Ne7 69. g5+
Kf7 70. Kg4 Rd1 71. Ra5 Rg1+ 72. Kf3 Rf1+ 73. Kg3 Kg7 74. Kg4 Rg1+ 75. Kf3
Rf1+ 76. Ke3 Kf7 77. h6 Re1+ 78. Kf2 Re4 79. Kf3 Re6 80. h7 Kg7 81. f5 Nxf5
82. Rxf5 Kxh7 83. Rf6 {White wins} 1-0
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Pawn wave games from Angora -
4 connected passed pawns versus a Bishop

[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM_Can"]
[Black "GM_Tukhaev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Opening "Robatsch defense: Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[ECO "B06"]
[NIC "KF.05"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5
cxd4 9. Be4 dxc3 10. Bxa8 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nh6 12. bxc3 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
fxe5 O-O 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Bd5 Bg7 18. Rae1 e6 19. Bf3 Rd8 20.
Qe3 Bd7 21. Re2 Be8 22. h3 Qc4 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Rd1 Qxc3 25. Rd8 Qa1+ 26. Kh2
Bxe5+ 27. g3 Bc7 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Qa7 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rxe8 31. Qxa6 Qg1+ 32.
Bg2 Qc5 33. Qc6 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Rd8 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Re4 Rd1+ 38.
Kh2 Qf2 39. a4 Rd2 40. Qg3 bxa4 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44.
Rxa4 Rxc2 45. h4 h6 46. Ra7 g5 47. h5 Rc3 48. Rd7 g4 49. Bb7 Rh3+ 50. Kg2
Rxh5 51. Kg3 Rg5 52. Kf4 Rg8 53. Kg3 h5 54. Be4 Rc8 55. Kf4 Rc4 56. Rd1 Ke7
57. Ke3 f5 58. Bd3 Rc5 59. Ra1 Kf6 60. Ra8 h4 61. Rh8 h3 62. Kf2 Ke5
{Black wins}
0-1
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Pawn wave games from Angora -
Queen plus 3 connected passed pawns versus
Two Rooks and a Bishop


[Event "ANGORA KUPASI"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Radulski" ]
[Black "IM_Esen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[ECO "B96"]
[NIC "SI.06"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd7+
Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. b4 Rb8 23. c3 Re8 24. Kc2 Kc7 25. Qc4+
Kd7 26. Qxf4 Rec8 27. Kb3 Rc7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Qd3+ Rd7 30. Qg3 Bd6 31. Qg8+
Kc7 32. Qc4+ Kd8 33. g4 Bxh2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qe6 Rd6
38. Qf5 Kb8 39. c4 h6 40. c5 Rd4 41. Qe6 Rc7 42. a6 Rg7 43. b5 Rgxg4 44.
Qe8+ Ka7 45. Qe7+ {White wins} 1-0

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_openings_named_after_animals

List of chess openings named after animals

A Wikipedia entry that mentions Anthea Carson's
How to Play Chess Like An Animal.
I found about 300 researching the book.
I would have found the entry useful if I had known about it.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 18:14:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:14:28 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Augustus Rios dragged back to Colorado from
	Belize
Message-ID: <1261185268.4b2c28f4731ba@www.taom.com>



http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091218/UPDATES01/91218021/1002/NEWS01/Snyder+update++Judge+sets+bond+for+fugitive+chess+master+at++1.5+million

I have been practicing my Augustus Rios defense
1 c4  e5  2 Nc3  b6
the Snyder Sicilian in disguise,
in many bullet games.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 18 19:23:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:23:55 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Most amazing Chess tournament ever in Turkey
	- 6 h3 Najdorf, Radulski vs Yilmaz /Angora
Message-ID: <1261189435.4b2c393bb038a@www.taom.com>


1: Angora Chess Tournament 2009
  : December 13th - 19th  Ankara, Turkey
  : http://angora.tsf.org.tr
 2: LIVE COVERAGE on ICC
  : 10 Rounds - Double Scheveningen
  : Games start at 3:00 AM & 9:30 AM ICC Time
 3: Round 9 starts at 2:00 AM & Round 10 starts at 8:30 AM ICC Time
  :
  : Standings after Round 8
  : TEAM A
 4: GM  Adam Tukhaev        UKR 2540 4.5
  : GM  Julian Radulski     BUL 2585 4.5
  : GM  Angelis Salvador    ESP 2544 4.0
 5: GM  Dimitri Komarov     UKR 2550 4.0
  : WIM Keti Tsatsalashvili GEO 2288 1.0
  :
 6: TEAM B
  : IM  Mustafa Yilmaz      TUR 2468 5.5
  : IM  Baris Esen          TUR 2493 5.0
 7: IM  Mert Erdogdu        TUR 2489 4.5
  : IM  Emre Can            TUR 2449 4.0
  : FM  Burak Firat         TUR 2392 3.0
 8:
  : Time Control: 90 minutes  with 30 seconds increment starting from move 1
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I only like the final position - luckily it's not too long.
The last game was an 83 move 3 pawn wave victory over a Knight by Yilmaz.
In this game IM Mustafa Yilmaz wins much quicker.
Bobby Fischer won 3 games with 6 h3 against the Najdorf in his day.
Nowadays they call it the English GM Michael Adams attack.
I've played it a few times.
Bulgarian GM Julian Radulski 2585 was the highest rated player in the
event but Turkish IM Yilmaz 2468 seemed to neutralize his opening.
Julian had already won with 6 Bg5 against Esen so he went to Plan B.

I call this game a kaleidoscope because it's all
fuzzy what Black is doing until the final move.


[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radulski"]
[Black "IM_Yilmaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "02:37:04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5!  8. exd5!  Nxd5!  9. Bd2!

Played 16 times,
first by Donchev 1989
GM Kupreichik played it 3 times.

9 ... Bc5

Played 3 times,
first by Vanderstricht in 2000


10. Nb3!

Played twice before.
10 Nf3 played once by Wantiez


10 ... Bb6 TN Yilmaz

Theoretical Novelty by IM Mustafa Yilmaz


11. Qf3!  O-O!  12. O-O-O!  a5!  13. Nxd5!  exd5!  14.
Bc3!  Be6!  15. Nd4!  Nc6!  16. Kb1!  Qh4

Huh?
What's he doing over there?


17. Bg2!  a4

Back on track


18. Rhe1

One of those moves that look good but doesn't do much.
18 a3! slows down the Black attack,
18 Nf5! probably wins the two Bishops

18 ... a3!

Kasparov calls this the alien.


19. b3  Rac8!  20. Qe2?

2 minutes spent. 53 minutes left. Arrogance.

GM Radulski wants the f-pawn on f5
but  20 Nf5! was just fine.
Julian's move actually makes
... Qh4 look useful

20 ... Nxd4!!

14 minutes spent. Success.

21. Bxd4!  Bxd4!!  22. Rxd4!  Bf5!

They advise patzers to study tactics because they can ruin your strategic plan.
It can happen to 2500s as well. Julian had a small edge all game and suddenly
it all falls apart.

The c2-pawn is attacked, 22 gf fails to ... Q:d4,
22 Rd2 fails to  ... Qf6  23 Qe5  Rce8!!
The best thing to do is to let the pawn go with 23 Qe3,
there's no way to protect it.

23. Rc1??

3 minutes spent. 48 minutes left. More hubris.

23 ... Qf6!!

Now there's no good way to protect the Rook

24. Qd2 Rc4!!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh.

{Black wins} 0-1

Nice finish.
Julian was enjoying a chicken picnic basket
before the flash flood came in broad daylight
and washed his cole slaw down the ravine.

25 Rd1 can be met bt  25 ... Re8!!, ... B:c2+!!  or ... R:c2!!
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[Event "ICC 90 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radulski"]
[Black "IM_Yilmaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "02:37:04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O-O a5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Bc3 Be6 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Kb1 Qh4 17. Bg2 a4 18. Rhe1 a3 19. b3 Rac8 20. Qe2
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bf5 23. Rc1 Qf6 24. Qd2 Rc4 {Black wins} 0-1
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[Event "ANGORA CHESS TOURNAMENT"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM_Yilmaz"]
[Black "GM_Komarov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C24"]
[NIC "IG.04"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb3 h6 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 a6 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Bc2 Ra8 14. Ng3
d5 15. d4 Bg4 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb5 19. d5 Rad8 20. Qc2
Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nb8 22. a3 Qc5 23. b4 Qf8 24. c4 Nd7 25. d6 Qxd6 26. Rad1 Qb6
27. c5 Qb5 28. c6 Nb8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. cxb7 c6 31. Qf5 Nd7 32. Rd1 Qxb7 33.
Bh5 g6 34. Bxg6 fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qxh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Ke8 38. Rd6 Rb8
39. Qg6+ Kd8 40. Rxc6 Nf8 41. Qd6+ Nd7 42. Qe6 Nf8 43. Qd5+ Ke8 44. Qxe5+
Kd8 45. Qd5+ Ke8 46. h4 Qe7 47. Rc4 Rd8 48. Qf3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 Ne6
51. Re4 Qd5 52. Qg4 Kd7 53. Re1 Rf8 54. Kg1 Qf5 55. Qe2 Rf6 56. Rd1+ Ke7 57.
Qe3 Kf7 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. Rd6 Qb1+ 60. Kg2 Qf5 61. Qd3 Qxd3 62. Rxd3 Nc7 63.
g4 Ne6 64. Kg3 Nf4 65. Re3 Nd5 66. Re5 Rd6 67. h5+ Kf6 68. f4 Ne7 69. g5+
Kf7 70. Kg4 Rd1 71. Ra5 Rg1+ 72. Kf3 Rf1+ 73. Kg3 Kg7 74. Kg4 Rg1+ 75. Kf3
Rf1+ 76. Ke3 Kf7 77. h6 Re1+ 78. Kf2 Re4 79. Kf3 Re6 80. h7 Kg7 81. f5 Nxf5
82. Rxf5 Kxh7 83. Rf6 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "ANGORA KUPASI"]
[Site "ANKARA"]
[Date "2009.12.14" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM_Radulski" ]
[Black "IM_Esen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[ECO "B96"]
[NIC "SI.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd7+
Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. b4 Rb8 23. c3 Re8 24. Kc2 Kc7 25. Qc4+
Kd7 26. Qxf4 Rec8 27. Kb3 Rc7 28. Qf5+ Kd8 29. Qd3+ Rd7 30. Qg3 Bd6 31. Qg8+
Kc7 32. Qc4+ Kd8 33. g4 Bxh2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc8 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qe6 Rd6
38. Qf5 Kb8 39. c4 h6 40. c5 Rd4 41. Qe6 Rc7 42. a6 Rg7 43. b5 Rgxg4 44.
Qe8+ Ka7 45. Qe7+ {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "BEL-chA"]
[Site "Gent"]
[Date "2000.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. a4 O-O 15.
b3 Qc7 16. Qe2 b4 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Ng5 Qg3 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Ng5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qc6+ 22. Qe4 Bd4 23. c3 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Rd1
Nf6 28. Qh8+ Ng8 29. h4 Rd8 30. Qh5 Nh6 31. Nh7+ Kg8 0-1

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[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bb8 18. a4 Ne7 19. Be5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. c3 b6 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Kf1
Rc7 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Ra8 a5 30. Rd8 Ke7 31. Rd5 Bf4 32. Ke2 Bxd2 33. Kxd2 Ke6
34. Rb5 Rc6 35. f4 Kd6 36. f5 Kc7 37. Rd5 Rc4 38. Rd4 Rc5 39. Re4 Kd7 40. b4
axb4 41. cxb4 Rc8 42. Kd3 Rc1 43. Re6 Ra1 44. Rxb6 Rxa4 45. Kc4 1-0
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[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John TH"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Nxd5 Bc6 14. c4 exd5
15. cxd5 Re8+ 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Bb5+ 19. Kg1 Nd7 20. Nd4 Bd3
21. Rd1 Be4 22. Qf4 Nc5 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. b4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qb2+ 26. Kf3 Ne4 27.
Rh2 Qc3 28. Rd4 g5 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qc1 31. Rd4 Kf8 32. Rhd2 Qh1+ 33. Kg3
Qg1+ 34. Rg2 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qc1 36. d6 Rd8 37. Rgd2 Rd7 38. Kg2 f6 39. Rd1
1/2-1/2

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:28:28 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Chess videos by Chris Peterson
Message-ID: <1261243708.4b2d0d3cb0186@www.taom.com>



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcVphetthU8

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD2qEypVvAY&feature=related

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKwBX67f_8

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3q-uDo8vQE

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zpI6oq6eJw

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 19 23:33:35 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:33:35 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Freud would have been proud
Message-ID: <1261290815.4b2dc53fa5afd@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson <valleychess at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:01:46 -0700
    From: Joel Johnson <valleychess at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Joel Johnson <valleychess at hotmail.com>
 Subject: FW: Freud would have been proud
      To: Brian Wall <brianwall at walverine.com>




 From: lyleengle at cox.net
 To: mikemeyer5000 at gmail.com; BillVallicella at cs.com; mcbrabb16 at yahoo.com;
Joe at caravellas.net; acrow9 at yahoo.com; thedraneys at comcast.net;
traditionalchess at hotmail.com; sfarmer29 at cox.net; jimzona at gmail.com;
jchaudhuri at chaudhurilaw.com; desertparadise at hotmail.com; john at dill.cc;
valleychess at hotmail.com; grey_dawg at hotmail.com; lance at lanceswisher.com;
msmandytaylor at gmail.com; uncleante at hotmail.com
 Subject: Freud would have been proud
 Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:36:37 -0500

 Lest anyone forget one of my few attempts at poetry, I humbly resubmit The
 Lowly Knight Pawn. I hope you're all planning on very expensive gifts for
 me. What else are friends for?

 Lyle

 The Lowly Knight Pawn

 'Twas the night before Chirstmas
 And all thru the house (well, apartment)
The chess books were everywhere
 No room for a mouse.

The tourney was Friday,
 And all he could see
 Was the three grand payday
How nice it would be.

To humble his oponents
 What opening would he play?
 He looked at the Gambits
 Then he cast them away.

 The Queen pawn, King pawn
And Bishop pawn knew
 They would have to wait their turn
At least 'till move two.

 To baffle his oponents
One pawn he did relish
 In some places they called it
The Orangutan or Polish.

 The Knight pawn was happy
Some called him the worst
 But when Lyle took White
 He knew he'd be first.

 The first day came
 He sat down as White
They drove all day
 Now it was 7 at night.

 His opponent had studied
>From morning 'till night
 The King pawn and Queen pawn,
 That had to be right.

 His jaw hit the table
It wasn't a yawn
 When Lyle moved first
 The Lowly Knight Pawn.

 He squirmed and he scratched
 He gnashed his teeth
 What would his friends think
With a loss on his sheet?

 He went up material
And thought he had won
 But the sheet isn't signed
 Until the game's done.

 He smirked and he rocked
He wagged his head
 Little did he know
 He'd soon be dead.

 The Knight pawn held out
 And helped in the win
 The Black side was shaken
 He slammed down his pen.

Freud would have been proud
 'Cause at the stroke of midnight
 The loser's last move
 Was to promote to a Knight

 To his mom and dad
 He was known as Steve Cherry
Such a stunning loss
 Could cause hari-kari.

 The moral of the story
To whim or to wit
 Don't prejudge the Knight pawn
 Until you thrash it.

[Event "National Open"]
 [Site "Riviera Hotel"]
 [Date "1996.06.05"]
[Round "-"]
 [White "Engle, Lyle"]
 [Black "Cherry, Steve"]
 [Result "1-0"]

 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b5 Bd6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. d4 Bxb1 8.
 Rxb1 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Ne4 10. Bc1 Nc3 11. Qb3 Nxb1 12. Qxb4 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nf6
 14. Bd3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nd5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. O-O Nf6 18. f3 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4
 20. Bxd4 b6 21. Bd3 Qe7 22. f4 Rad8 23. Rf3 g6 24. Bb2 Nd7 25. Qc3 f6 26.
e4 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Qxc3 28. Bxc3 Nc5 29. Bc4 Kf7 30. f5 Ke7 31. Bb4 e5 32. Bd5
 gxf5 33. Rxf5 h6 34. Ke2 Rc8 35. Rh5 Rh8 36. Rf5 Rh7 37. Rh5 Rch8 38. a4
 Rg7 39. g3 Rg5 40. Rh4 h5 41. a5 Rg4 42. Bxc5+ bxc5 43. b6 axb6 44. a6 Rxh4
 45. gxh4 Kd6 46. a7 f5 47. a8=Q Rxa8 48. Bxa8 f4 49. Bd5 b5 50. Bf7 Ke7 51.
Bxh5 c4 52. Kd2 b4 53. Be2 c3+ 54. Kc2 Kf6 55. Kb3 Kg6 56. Bd3 f3 57. Kxb4
 Kh5 58. Kxc3 Kxh4 59. Bf1 Kg4 60. Kc4 Kg5 61. Kd5 Kf4 62. Bb5 f2 63. Bc4
 f1=N
 * Black Resigns

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 22 02:15:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:15:55 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dedicated to Harmon-Vellotti, Luke
Message-ID: <1261473355.4b308e4ba4764@www.taom.com>



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2009 Reno Western States Open, Sands Regency, Reno, Nevada
including click and move board plus
my email about losing


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 22 02:46:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:46:51 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Handsome French Chess Champion GM Vladislav
	Tkachiev falls asleep at board
Message-ID: <1261475211.4b30958bcc9f7@www.taom.com>



http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5762

Brian Wall, Thornton, CO
I played IM Byron Nikoloff. It was a big American tournament maybe 25 years ago.
He was drunk asleep at my board. Right before he was about to be forfeited the
TD awoke him to yell at him. He offerd me a quick draw but I had traveled many
miles to play titled opponents. I was a little irritated. He kind of
sleep-walked his way through a KID (I was White). He came alive near the end
when some interesting tactics appeared. I adjourned in a hopeless position just
to make him get up at 8 AM. An hour later I thought better of it and went to his
hotel room to resign. He was analyzing my game with his drinking partner IM Igor
Ivanov. They are both dead now along with GM Wojtkiewicz. Brilliant Chessminds
cut short by drinking.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5762

Vladislav Tkachiev: Problems with health and acclimatization
Dear ChessBase Readers,

I would like to explain the recent incident at the Calcutta tournament in which
I was involved. From the very beginning of the event I experienced problems
with health and acclimatization, and had to take strong medications, which
obviously affected my ability to play.


French Champion GM Vladislav Tkachiev

I wish to express my gratitude to the Alekhine Chess Club for their hospitality
and a high level of organization of the event. I thank all media who have
published this letter.

Best regards,
Vlad Tkachiev
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a Chessbase story where Vlad Tkachiev fell asleep at the
board and GM Nigel Short ( not his opponent ) was calling him a drunken
disgrace. They published my comment.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 22 18:49:49 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:49:49 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2010 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award
	Contest
Message-ID: <1261532989.4b31773d07b26@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:57:16 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] 2010 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Contest
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

I wrote about this contest earlier this year: 
http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Apr_07_2009.html

I didn't drop a queen this time, but I gave him one that I shouldn't have (like
a complete idiot) so I think it should still qualify:

"These games have to be full farces where one side starts out playing like a
complete idiot, hangs their Queen for almost nothing ( the less the better! )
and still wins by a miracle." - B. Wall

[Event "2010 Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Contest"]
[Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Long Live The Queen"]
[Black "Anderson,Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d3 a6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Qd7 10. Bb3 h6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Qg4
15. Qe1 h5 16. f3 Qd7 17. e5 O-O-O 18. exf6 h4 19. Bf2 Rde8 20. Qd2 Rhg8 21.
Rae1 c6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Qe2 d5 25. Qe5 Rg6 26. c3 dxc3 27. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 cxb2 29. Qe8+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Qxe7 31. fxe7 Kb6 32. e8=Q Re6 33.
Qxe6 fxe6 34. Rb1 Kc5 35. Rxb2 Kd4 36. Rd2 Ke3 37. Rd1 e5 38. Kg1 Ke2 39. Bc2
c5 40. h3 b5 41. Bb1 Kxd1 42. Kf2 Kd2 43. f4 exf4 44. Kf3 Kc1 45. Kg4 Kxb1 46.
Kxg5 c4 47. dxc4 dxc4 48. Kxh4 c3 49. g4 fxg3 50. Kxg3 c2 51. h4 c1=Q 52. h5
Kxa2 0-1

Jim Burden - Francisco Baltier Award Winners:

2010 ?
2009 Francisco Baltier
2008 Tim Fisher?
2007 Chris Peterson?
2006 Tobias Lingaard
2005 Josh Smith




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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 23 09:47:27 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:47:27 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Handsome French Chess Champion GM Vladislav
	Tkachiev falls asleep at board
Message-ID: <1261586847.4b32499fd9831@www.taom.com>

I've played Alexander and Igor, that sounds more like Igor.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:14:01 -0800 (PST)
    From: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: David King <david_k33 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Handsome French Chess Champion GM Vladislav
Tkachiev falls asleep at board
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

i saw one of the ivanovs, i think igor, do something similar--fell asleep drunk
at the board while playing a strong local player, everybody standing around
kind of half amused half embarassed, clearing their throats and such; he
finally woke up and demolished the guy then tottered off to his room.

David King
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--- On Tue, 12/22/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Handsome French Chess Champion GM Vladislav Tkachiev
falls asleep at board
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian
Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 1:46 AM








http://www.chessbas e.com/newsdetail .asp?newsid= 5762

Brian Wall, Thornton, CO
I played IM Byron Nikoloff. It was a big American tournament maybe 25 years ago.
He was drunk asleep at my board. Right before he was about to be forfeited the
TD awoke him to yell at him. He offerd me a quick draw but I had traveled many
miles to play titled opponents. I was a little irritated. He kind of
sleep-walked his way through a KID (I was White). He came alive near the end
when some interesting tactics appeared. I adjourned in a hopeless position just
to make him get up at 8 AM. An hour later I thought better of it and went to his
hotel room to resign. He was analyzing my game with his drinking partner IM Igor
Ivanov. They are both dead now along with GM Wojtkiewicz. Brilliant Chessminds
cut short by drinking.

http://www.chessbas e.com/newsdetail .asp?newsid= 5762

Vladislav Tkachiev: Problems with health and acclimatization
Dear ChessBase Readers,

I would like to explain the recent incident at the Calcutta tournament in which
I was involved. From the very beginning of the event I experienced problems
with health and acclimatization, and had to take strong medications, which
obviously affected my ability to play.

French Champion GM Vladislav Tkachiev

I wish to express my gratitude to the Alekhine Chess Club for their hospitality
and a high level of organization of the event. I thank all media who have
published this letter.

Best regards,
Vlad Tkachiev
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This is a Chessbase story where Vlad Tkachiev fell asleep at the
board and GM Nigel Short ( not his opponent ) was calling him a drunken
disgrace. They published my comment.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 24 10:48:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:48:01 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 935 members
Message-ID: <1261676881.4b33a951bf67e@www.taom.com>



270 +  665 = 935

I asked everyone on my TAOM list to join
BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com
and purged every TAOM member
on both lists which leaves

270 - TAOM

and 665 Yahoo

= 935 members total

I started 10 years ago with
BrianWallChess on hotmail
but they limit members to 250

Thousands have come and gone since then.

By comparison
UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com has 1475 members
Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com       has 4640 members


The advantages of a Yahoo group:
anyone can post
old messages retrievable
subscribe and unsubscribe at will
photos available

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 24 12:59:23 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:59:23 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] All just one big lie
Message-ID: <1261684763.4b33c81b870ea@www.taom.com>

Bernard Madoff is charged with running a "giant Ponzi scheme" which lost
investors up to ?33 billion in what could be one of the largest fraud schemes
in Wall Street history.
The former chairman of New York's Nasdaq stock exchange, who presented himself
as a champion of transparency and integrity, told his employees that his
operations were "all just one big lie", according to court documents.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I found out a new feature on my
BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com
today called bouncing

I removed all bouncing email addresses from the
last 5 years which leaves 495 instead of 665.

The claims of a thousand member email
list turns out to be all just one big lie.

170 members lost in one day. Ouch.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 25 06:40:03 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:40:03 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey remembers Igor Ivanov
Message-ID: <1261748403.4b34c0b35d48f@www.taom.com>


I remember the old days with slower time controls, drinking and smoking
permitted. I tried to revive it at the 2008 CO Closed with a quart of beer but
TD Joe Haines reminded me we were at a college and the CO Junior was right next
to us so I had to hide it. I don't think I drank during my draw with GM
Sharavdorj Dashzeveg that tournament.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from knightmassey at aol.com -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:37:01 EST
    From: knightmassey at aol.com
Reply-To: knightmassey at aol.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Handsome French Chess Champion GM Vladislav
Tkachiev fal...
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com

I met Igor through our mutual beer drinking buddy Dave Helt.  They
apparently hit it off at the Boulder open when Igor first played in Colorado he
tied for first with Walter Browne.   I actually met him there but not
officially.  He wasn't on the stage at the time came down to see how the  little
people were doing.  Anyway they sold beer in the basement.  A  Pizza Hut I
believe.  We were walking through the tournament looking at  games but at the
time we were the only ones  out of some 300 plus players  drinking beer.  Of
course we had the giant sized cups so they were quite  obvious.  As we
passed each other we both smiled and acknowledged each  other by raising our
beers in a toast fashion and exchanged pleasantries.   I found out later that my
kindred spirit had spiked his beer with a hefty dose  of vodka.  This
occurred before or during his final round game with  Browne.  You just didn't
see
players drinking while playing back  then.   Jim Burden took offense when I
played him the first  time.  In our analysis after the game he told me he
thought who does this  cocky arrogant A player think he is drinking a beer
while playing me, the chess  master.    I told him it was not for him I would
drink a beer when  playing anyone at the time he was not so special.  we
became friends even  after my lack of apparent respect.  I lost a won game
against him once  where I was up the exchange and maybe more ala  his Larry C
game.  It was disheartening at the time, but I came back shortly after that
and did win for one of my first Master scalps.  Maybe it was the beer  all
along.  When I officially met Igor for the first time he was  playing in one
of the Springs tournaments, Buck used to hold at the old Ramada  inn (also
the site of my Burden beer incident) any way he wasn't drinking at  this
tournament but reading a paperback book while mowing down our local experts  and
masters, only looking away from it when he was moving.  I recall him  only
setting the book down once during the whole tournament for a brief period
in his game against a young Mulyar I think but only for a brief  moment.  He
and Dave Helt were sharing a room there and after our game  we went to said
room to go over the game so I officially met him  then.  He admonished Dave
for missing the win against me and of course knew  and showed us the
position and move instantly rebuffing Daves analysis of why he  made the
nonwinning
move.  It was simple to him but at the time not to  either of us.  Dave and
I would often see each other red eyed on the  morning of a tournament and
the first thing one of us would invaribly say was  lets get together later
for a beer.  More drinking and chess stories with  Jim Hamblin and Ray
Haskins.   We were playing in one of Jeffs Paris  on the Platte tournaments and
each individually rushing down to My Brothers Bar  (Brians favorite) for a
quick beer in between games and sometimes in between  moves, I guess we all 3
thought we were being sneaky until  one of noticed  the other two doing the
same thing. So afterward we tried to synchronize our  trips.  The Paris was
also the 1st place where I ever drank under a bridge  or an overpass at least
one adjacent to the Paris,  I think with Jim but  will leave that and other
drinking stories to ramblin gamblin drinkin Jim  Hamblin himself.  Jim
prefers to discus his stories 1st  hand not thru  the rantings of someone else.

Scott Massey




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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 25 06:58:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:58:34 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pete Tamburro of New Jersey remembers Igor
	Ivanov
Message-ID: <1261749514.4b34c50a6c282@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from PTamburro at aol.com -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:53:50 EST
    From: PTamburro at aol.com
Reply-To: PTamburro at aol.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Scott Massey remembers Igor Ivanov [1 Attachment]
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com, BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com,
brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com

As long as we're sharing drinking stories...I met Igor Ivanov at the US
Championship when it was held at the Parsippany NJ Hilton back in the 90s. I
went to cover it for Chess Life and interviewed each of the players. Igor
and I  hit it off. I got him a phone card so he could call his wife. He had
downed a  gallon or so of White Russians and was pretty much sailing along,
but with my  help we made it down to the lobby of the Hilton where he called
his wife to tell  her how much he loved her. After he hung up, he saw the
piano in the main lobby.  He staggered over there, sat down, prepped his
fingers as though he were going  to play. I didn't know what to do!! There were
all sorts of non-chess guests in  the lobby and there is Igor, absolutely
three sheets to the wind, apparently  getting ready to make a complete fool of
himself. I figured I wasn't going to  talk him out of it, so I stayed next to
him in case he fell off the bench. The  he started playing, with no sheet
music there, one classic piano piece right  after the other...flawlessly.
After a half dozen or so, he stopped and the  entire lobby gave him a standing
ovation. I helped him back to his room and he  thanked me for helping with
the phone call. I will never forget that moment.

PTamburro at aol.com
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In a message dated 12/25/2009 8:40:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com writes:



[_Attachment(s)_ (mip://0ae76988/default.html#TopText)  from Brian Wall
included below]

I remember the old days with slower time controls, drinking and  smoking
permitted. I tried to revive it at the 2008 CO Closed with a quart  of beer
but
TD Joe Haines reminded me we were at a college and the CO  Junior was right
next
to us so I had to hide it. I don't think I drank  during my draw with GM
Sharavdorj Dashzeveg that  tournament.

BW
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-----  Forwarded message from _knightmassey at knightm_
(mailto:knightmassey at aol.com)   -----
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:37:01 EST
From: _knightmassey at knightm_ (mailto:knightmassey at aol.com)
Reply-To:  _knightmassey at knightm_ (mailto:knightmassey at aol.com)
Subject:  Re: [BrianWallChess] Handsome French Chess Champion GM Vladislav
Tkachiev  fal...
To: _BrianWallChess3 at BrianWal_ (mailto:BrianWallChess3 at taom.com)

I  met Igor through our mutual beer drinking buddy Dave Helt. They
apparently  hit it off at the Boulder open when Igor first played in
Colorado he
tied  for first with Walter Browne. I actually met him there but not
officially.  He wasn't on the stage at the time came down to see how the
little
people  were doing. Anyway they sold beer in the basement. A Pizza Hut I
believe.  We were walking through the tournament looking at games but at the
time we  were the only ones out of some 300 plus players drinking beer. Of
course we  had the giant sized cups so they were quite obvious. As we
passed each  other we both smiled and acknowledged each other by raising our
beers in a  toast fashion and exchanged pleasantries. I found out later
that my
kindred  spirit had spiked his beer with a hefty dose of vodka. This
occurred before  or during his final round game with Browne. You just didn't
see
players  drinking while playing back then. Jim Burden took offense when I
played him  the first time. In our analysis after the game he told me he
thought who  does this cocky arrogant A player think he is drinking a beer
while playing  me, the chess master. I told him it was not for him I would
drink a beer  when playing anyone at the time he was not so special. we
became friends  even after my lack of apparent respect. I lost a won game
against him once  where I was up the exchange and maybe more ala his Larry C
game. It was  disheartening at the time, but I came back shortly after that
and did win  for one of my first Master scalps. Maybe it was the beer all
along. When I  officially met Igor for the first time he was playing in one
of the Springs  tournaments, Buck used to hold at the old Ramada inn (also
the site of my  Burden beer incident) any way he wasn't drinking at this
tournament but  reading a paperback book while mowing down our local
experts and
masters,  only looking away from it when he was moving. I recall him only
setting the  book down once during the whole tournament for a brief period
in his game  against a young Mulyar I think but only for a brief moment. He
and Dave  Helt were sharing a room there and after our game we went to said
room to  go over the game so I officially met him then. He admonished Dave
for  missing the win against me and of course knew and showed us the
position  and move instantly rebuffing Daves analysis of why he made  the
nonwinning
move. It was simple to him but at the time not to either  of us. Dave and
I would often see each other red eyed on the morning of a  tournament and
the first thing one of us would invaribly say was lets get  together later
for a beer. More drinking and chess stories with Jim Hamblin  and Ray
Haskins. We were playing in one of Jeffs Paris on the Platte  tournaments
and
each individually rushing down to My Brothers Bar (Brians  favorite) for a
quick beer in between games and sometimes in between moves,  I guess we all
3
thought we were being sneaky until one of noticed the  other two doing the
same thing. So afterward we tried to synchronize our  trips. The Paris was
also the 1st place where I ever drank under a bridge  or an overpass at
least
one adjacent to the Paris, I think with Jim but  will leave that and other
drinking stories to ramblin gamblin drinkin Jim  Hamblin himself. Jim
prefers to discus his stories 1st hand not thru the  rantings of someone
else.

Scott Massey

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:26:34 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey on chaw
Message-ID: <1261761994.4b34f5cabe6c5@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from knightmassey at aol.com -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:32:47 EST
    From: knightmassey at aol.com
Reply-To: knightmassey at aol.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Scott Massey remembers Igor Ivanov [1 Attachment]
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com

Buck wouldn't let me chew at a tournament in Manitou.  It was Sundays
first round and I had my can out and he came up and asked me if that was chaw. I
 said yes and he asked me not to chew in the hall or during the tournament.
  which was a surprise to me because I had been chewing all day Saturday
and at  prior tournaments with no complaints.  So apparently it had not
offended  anyone or no one had noticed until my can was spotted.  For a period
back  in the day several of us from Pueblo used snuff Tobacco mostly John
Anderson and  I James E Hamblin was also a connoiseur of the product.  So we
thought we  were really cool.  Anyway we would use it at tournaments to get a
rush  before during after games, I am not sure if Jim ever got admonished or a
talking  to but I did again from Buck but mostly just that's not anything
illegal is it  .  It was amazing at how many people thought you were doing
cocaine.   Like anyone would snort cocaine in public or in front of crowds
besides coke is  notoriously white and even called white.  Definitely not
brown.  I  often thought if a true user wanted to use in public he could dye it
brown and  say it was snuff.  AAs for drinking at the tourneys Buck could
never say  anything at the old Ramada because they sold it in the hotel bar and
allowed it  in the banquet rooms or to take it to your room.  All hotels
do.  He  did chew me out once for leaving the tournament site Technically I
was in the  parking lot of the vfw in Denver at the Colo open one year I went
to my car for  a smoke and beer break with about an hour on my clock in a
won position.  I  was up the exchange and a couple of pawns with connected
passers coming down at  him almost impossible to lose any way my opponent
complains to Buck that I have  abandoned my game and may be possibly analyzing
the position trying for a  desperate kind of forfeit win and saying it was bad
sportsmanship to not be  waiting for his move at the board.  Buck went
looking for me and couldn't  find me he was waiting for me at the bottom of the
stairs and started chewing me  out well I was and had been a tournament
director for several years by then so I  knew I wasn't out of line and
technicaly breaking any rules except for possibly  leaving the tournament site
but
the parking lot cmon  So Buck is treating  me like a little kid.  It irritated
me so I defended myself  and even  admitted to drinking a beer on my time
which is my time to waste if I so desire,  my opponent should be happy about
this not complaing as for looking at the  position I replied I don't have to
look at the position its an easy win did you  even look at my position he
should have resigned long ago.  which I don,t  care if a player resigns or
not in an obviously lost position .  I  have always figured they paid their
nickel its their right to play on until  mate if they so desire but to accuse
me of cheating and the other lame  accusations made me mad Its like playing
poker with a poor player and they  accuse you of cheating because you are
winning all their money.  I always  say I don' t need to cheat to beat you
AANy way Buck could only give me  the verbal tongue lashing.and no further
penalties and my opponent got summarily  crushed as he deserved.  Some punk
1500 patzer who no longer plays at  least that I know off.  There should be a
rule" there is no whining in  chess"  similar to the line From Tom Hanks in
"A league of their own"   "are you crying?  there's no crying in baseball."

Scott Massey


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 25 10:40:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:40:24 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Mezek memories
Message-ID: <1261762824.4b34f908ec871@www.taom.com>

Chris Mink went to New York and met a Jewish lady. 9/11 Twin Towers was too
close to where he worked so Chris moved back to Thornton, CO and married the
girl.

I thought that Chessplayer/wheelchair guy was bitter because he was in a
wheelchair. Then I found out he was a murderer/body chopper and it was a knife
in prison that put him in a wheelchair. I remember one time he was banging
around a bathroom door in his wheelchair all pissed off and I thought - " I
haven't seen that before ".

Ray changed his name to Ray Springfield.

The last time I was in My Brother's Bar I grabbed a bum from the 16th
Street mall tables and bought him my favorite meal. That was fun. He
knew what bars and restaurants Jack Kerouac used to inhabit in Denver.
The Wazee Supper Club, brother to My Brother's Bar, often gives fresh
pizza to the Bowery bums.

BW

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:22:59 -0800
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Chris Mink
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Whatever happened to Chris Mink?

Speaking of the Phoenix Chess Emporium, Scott Frenaux sent Chris
to Denver to open The Denver Chess Emporium near downtown.I played
there regularly.

I saw Paul Nickitowicz there after he returned from Brazil,and we replayed
old memories.

Frank Mezek
Sun City,Arizona



----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:09:38 -0800
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pete Tamburro of New Jersey remembers
IgorIvanov
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

When Igor Ivanov was in Phoenix in the 1990's,he often played in the 30 minute
tournaments
at the original Chess Emporium on 24th Street in the shadow of Shadow
Mountain.The proprietor,
Scott Frenaux(spelling?) sometimes had to throw him out for coming in too
drunk.But he always played
drunk there---and always won.

He made Grandmaster shortly before his death.Before then he was regarded as the
stongest player
in the world who was not a grandmaster.

Frank Mezek

Date:  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:59:23 -0800
From:  Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
To:  Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Subject:  Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey remembers Igor Ivanov
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My Brothers Bar is the world's best saloon.I have many fond memories
of it and Paris on the Platte.They always had a chess set behind the bar at
Brothers,which I played on many times.You often saw Brian,Ray Haskins(did Ray
change his name legally?) Hamblin,Jeff(before he owned the Paris on the
Platte)there.


I remember a stranger sitting next to at Brothers who asked me if I played
chess.
When I replied in the affirmative he said"e4" to which I replied ..."e5" and we
had a
blindfold game at the bar.Chess players often do this at bars.

Korchnoi gave a simul in Denver and I was sitting and playing next to Ray
Haskins.
Korchnoi opened our game with 1.d4 and I played the Budapest Gambit.Korchnoi
had a brutal schedule in Europe,and had flown in that afternoon,so it was
understandable
when he hung his Queen,after which he,always the gentleman, resigned and
apologized
for "ruining our game".

Ray lost to him in a long hard fought struggle,after which I stupidly and
arrogantly made
a snide remark to the effect that you can tell a player's strength by
comparative results
against a common opponent.Ray looked at me and said,"Frank,you're a lousy chess
player".He of course spoke the truth.I wouldn't have made the bad joke if we
were not
friends. I've played Ray at the Paris on the Platte,and he always won.Jeff did
the same
thing to me at Brothers before the Paris,and taught me a lot as did Ray.

I talked to Walter Gerash on the phone recently,and he seems to be doing OK.He
sucessfully
got Jim King acquitted for the killing of 4 bank guards in downtown Denver.I've
played King
at the Denver Chess Club,and also the guy in the wheel chair who later chopped
up his
room mate and put the pieces in his refrigerator.Anyone remember his name?

Memories,memories---and I have many more.

Merry Christmas to all.

Frank Mezek


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 25 10:46:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:46:00 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Merry Christmas from JRobi
Message-ID: <1261763160.4b34fa58b0bda@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:43:01 -0700
    From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Reply-To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pete Tamburro of New Jersey remembers Igor
	Ivanov
      To: jrobichess <jrobichess at gmail.com>

Thanx Jrobi
I am always amazed at the views you generate.
My Rambo video has 5,000 hits just due to
you mentioning it.

BW
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Quoting jrobichess <jrobichess at gmail.com>:

 Have a great Christmas Brian - I always enjoy reading the emails that you
 and your email list generates; bar none the most entertaining chess email
 list I have ever experienced!  I know 2009 has been a difficult year for you
 and your family from what you have shared in your emails, and I hope that
2010 and beyond brings as much peace and happiness as possible.

 Take care and God bless,

Quoting jrobichess <jrobichess at gmail.com>:





From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Dec 25 13:09:15 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:09:15 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey on Moore
Message-ID: <1261771755.4b351beb24279@www.taom.com>

I gave prison simuls for Larry Johnson and Christine Hendrickson. Larry was a
guard when Jerry Kearns did his time. I gave one maybe 30 years ago -

One guy was loud, claiming he could beat Bobby Fischer.
The inmates always looked surprised when I replayed our games.

I liked to shake their hands to give them respect.


One kid told me-
I used to go here as a juvenile-

Brian - You graduated.


I never announced mate,
just made the move and waited for them to figure it out.

I've been in jail myself a few times for stupid stuff, just overnight stays.
One jail in New England had lights in my face all night, no blankets, no
pillows, hard plastic cot. I am sure they had their reasons but how are you
supposed to sleep in those conditions? They make you feel inhuman from the
first minute.

In one prison simul I announced I would try to beat them
fast because I knew they liked to go to bed early.

One guy made his own Chess set.

The guards told me they melt the pieces for tattoos which
makes the guards less likely to pass out Chess sets.

Larry passed out my Chess emails to the inmates.
Their favorite was a Walverine email where I included a picture of J-Lo.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from knightmassey at aol.com -----
    Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:14:44 EST
    From: knightmassey at aol.com
Reply-To: knightmassey at aol.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Frank Mezek memories [1 Attachment]
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com

wheelchair chessy's name is Lewis Roger Moore  or perhaps Louis but  the
Rest is correct.  Not the James Bond of chess.  I played him a  couple of
postal games in the early 80's he had me forfeited for moving to  slowly.  he
apparently wanted to make expert or beter any way  possible.    Mark Wood told
me his story and only to add to what  you have on him they caught him at
Stapleton with hands in his suitcase.   Also in the early 80's the pueblo
chess club visited the prison system every two  weeks we went up there for about
a year and played the well behaved convicts  anyway L.R. basicly set up the
whole deal so he could have some competion but he  was apparently such an
asshole that he was allowed to play with us only once or  twice.  One week we
went and I think it was just me and Dick Vidmar and 7-8  cons so I offered
to play them all a simul.  I won all my games and offered  to play them all
again but 1 con got mad and wanted me all to himself he  wouldn't play a
second simul so I quickly played the others while he waited to  get me one on
one.  He still lost but it was a little unnerving how he went  about it.  I
guess he thoought I was being cocky playing all at once or  something.  Its
funny if he wanted to beat me so bad he had a better chance  while I was
playing 6-7 other games than just 1 on 1 oh well.  we stopped  going up there
shortly after that some new rules or some sort of thing.

Scott Massey




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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 26 01:13:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:13:48 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Russian Superfinal  Grischuk-Riazantsev
Message-ID: <1261815228.4b35c5bc43c1d@www.taom.com>


Most games were interesting but carefully played draws. Two games stand out.

[Event "Russian Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow Central Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Grischuk"]
[Black "GM_Riazantsev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"]
[ECO "B04"]
[NIC "AL.05"]
[Time "06:51:48"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

GM Alexander Grischuk versus GM Alexander Riazantsev
using GM Alexander Alekhine's Defense in the
Moscow Central Chess Club.

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4

16 minutes spent


6 ... Be6 7. O-O  Bg7 8. Re1 O-O   10 minutes spent

9. Nd2  Played 11 times

9 ... Nd7

15 minutes spent

Played 3 times


10. Nef3

Played 3 times

10 ... N7f6

11 minutes spent

Played once before 31 years ago.
10 ... N7b6 played twice


11. Rxe6!!  TN Grischuk

Super Novelty by GM Grischuk

Seems speculative now but Grischuk makes it looks like a fait accompli.
25 minutes spent, a deep Russian exchange sac.


11 ...  fxe6!  12. Ng5!!  Qd6!  13. Qe1!!

Locking the e-pawns in their cage like my brother Charlie does every day
( Assistant D.A, New Orleans, LA )


13 ...  b5

35 minutes spent

Trying to break out of the straight jacket by muddying the waters.
There is nothing wrong with taking the b-pawn.

14. Bb3 a5 15. a4!!!

8 minutes spent

Grishchuk keeps the positional hammerlock -
there is nothing wrong with 15 N:e6!!  or  Q:e6!

15 ...  bxa4 16. Nc4!!  Qc6!

GM Riazantsev has less than 10 minutes to reach move 40,
GM Grischuk has 3 times that.


17. Rxa4!!

This is the part where 2700's look like magicians.
How did Grischuk know his e1-Queen would attack a5 in advance?


17 ...  Ra6!

GM Grischuk has many good moves -
his exchange sac seems very wise now.
18 Ne5!, N:a5!, h3!, h4!, Bd2!  etc. -
hard to go wrong


18. Rxa5!!

A pawn for the exchange, safer King, stronger pawns,
good Knight outposts, future weaknesses to munch on.

Kasparov might say it was a matter of Chess culture.

18 ... Rfa8!  19. Bd2

Hard to decide what is best -
it all looks good -
19 Rc5, g3, h4


19 ... Bh6!  20. h4! Bxg5 21. hxg5!  Nd7

Time situation:

Grischuk:   18 minutes
Riazantsev:  6 minutes

Grischuk took 3 minutes and played


22. Rxa6!

which is OK although
22 Ba4!!!  Q:c4  forced  23 B:d7!!
threatening  B:e6+  or Bb5
is more forceful.
22 Qe4!!  the consolidator
is also powerful

22 ... Qxa6 23. Na5!  c5 24. Ba4!!

Seeing it the second time

24 ... Ra7!  25. Bxd7!  Rxd7!  26. dxc5!  Nc7!  27. c4!!

Making Riazantsev's Knight look silly

27 ... Qa8 28. c6

Good but 28 Bc3!!  is best

28 ... Rd3!  29. Bc3!!

Seeing it the second time

29 ...  Qf8 30. Qe5!!  Rd1+ 31. Kh2!


{White wins}  1-0

A light, pleasant game like eating a Boston Cream ( creme, Kreme ) Pie
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[Event "Russian Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow Central Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Grischuk"]
[Black "GM_Riazantsev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"]
[ECO "B04"]
[NIC "AL.05"]
[Time "06:51:48"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nef3 N7f6 11. Rxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd6 13. Qe1 b5 14.
Bb3 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nc4 Qc6 17. Rxa4 Ra6 18. Rxa5 Rfa8 19. Bd2 Bh6 20. h4
Bxg5 21. hxg5 Nd7 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Na5 c5 24. Ba4 Ra7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26.
dxc5 Nc7 27. c4 Qa8 28. c6 Rd3 29. Bc3 Qf8 30. Qe5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 {White wins}
1-0
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[Event "Buenos Aires ol (Men)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Williams, Arthur Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nef3 N7f6 11. Bf1 c6 12. c4 Nc7 13. b3 b5 14. Ba3 a5 15.
Ne5 b4 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. g3 Ne6 18. Bg2 Rc8 19. Ndf3 Rc7 20. a3 Qb8 21. axb4 axb4
22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Ra4 Rb7 25. Nfe5 Bd7 26. Bxc6 Rb6 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28.
Nxd7 Rxd7 29. d5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Ng5 31. Qe2 Rf6 32. f4 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qc8 34. Rea1
1-0


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The rate of play is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, and
then 15 minutes and a 30 second increment per move to end the game. Players
cannot offer draws directly to their opponents but have to do so through an
arbiter.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCJ55vlT204

Wild Blitz Riazantsev

Youtube video of Riazantsev vs Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk

Pyscho fast play with Riazantsev knocking down pieces
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBzttpRB1AM

Grischuk-Karpov

2006
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtEX7UDc5co

Part 1 Magnus Carlsen - Alexander Grischuk, World Blitz Championship, 18 Nov
2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MSXtb3ztS4&feature=related

Part 2 Magnus Carlsen - Alexander Grischuk, World Blitz Championship, 18 Nov
2009
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www.Walverine.com
www.BrianWallChess.net



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 26 04:18:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:18:51 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Russian Superfinal Timofeev vs Khismatullin
Message-ID: <1261826331.4b35f11b21840@www.taom.com>


http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6006

The rate of play is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, and
then 15 minutes and a 30 second increment per move to end the game. Players
cannot offer draws directly to their opponents but have to do so through an
arbiter.
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This game was amusing. In the first half Timofeev played cautiously to prevent
every pawn break GM Khismatullin might think of. Then it was like a CPA tagged
Salvador Dali to finish the game. Timofeev sacced both his Rooks ending up with
5 passed pawns, 4 of them connected.

[Event "Russian Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow central Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Timofeev"]
[Black "GM_Khismatullin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[ECO "B52"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[Time "06:53:50"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4

Trying to shut down ... d5

5 ... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3

Played 4 times before

9 ... Bg7

played twice before


10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O

Played once before by two computers


11 ... Rac8 TN

Theoretical Novelty by GM Khismatullin

In Colorado only Josh Bloomer plays this way.

12. b3 a6!  13. a4

trying to shut down ... b5

13 ... Qd8 14. Qd2! Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8!  16. Rac1 Nd7
17. h3 Nxd4!  18. Bxd4!  Bxd4+!  19. Qxd4!  Qc5

So far Maroczy bind stuff -
19 ... e6 is OK too

20. Kf1 Qxd4!  21. Rxd4!  Nc5!  22. Rb1!  a5 23. Ke2

The King comes over to relieve the Rook


23 ... f6!  24. Kd2 Kf7!  25. Kc2 g5


The position looks locked up,
no pawn breaks - if they agreed
to a draw here I would not analyze
this game in 1,000 years.


26. Nd5 h5 27. Ne3 h4

Both sides have done everything they can to discourage pawn breaks -
dead even game



28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Rbd1 Rdc8 30. Rf1 Rb6 31. Rb1!

They have decided to bore their worldwide audience to death


31 ...  Rbc6 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Kc3 Nc5 34. Nd5 Ne6 35. Rf1 Rg8
36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb6 38. Rfd1 Ra8 39. Rd5 Nc7 40. Rb5

A time pressure blunder on the 40th move?

2 minutes spent leaving

Time to move 40 :
GM Artyom Timofeev      6 minutes
GM Denis Khismatullin   2 minutes

40 ... Nxb5+!  41. axb5

Interesting since  41 cb entombs the b6-Rook unless Denis
wants to play ... Rc8-c5  and ... R:f5  and/or  ... d5

At this point they get 50 minutes for 20 more moves.

Despite the exchange sac, it looks drawish -
hard for either side to enact a pawn break.

Denis might free his Rook with something like
.... Ra8-c8-c5 and then maybe  ... e6-d5

41 ... Ke8

24 minutes spent


42. Ra1!

13 minutes spent

42 ... e6!

12 miutes spent


43. Ne3!

12 minutes sepnt

43 ... d5

9 minutes spent

Trying to break the bind possibly fearing
Kd4 and b4 if he did nothing


44. exd5!  Rd6??
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The first real mistake although Timofeev created a
situation where there is plenty to think about.

1 minute spent

Time to move 60 :
GM Artyom Timofeev      29 minutes
GM Denis Khismatullin   17 minutes

44 ... Kf7!!  is OK
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45. c5!!

The pawns are rolling now.
It all looks bad -
45 c5!!  Rc8  46  b4  or
45 c5!!  Rd7  46  de  or
45 c5!!  R:d5  46  N:d5  ed  47 Kd4
look like different asteroids of Planet Lost


45 ... Rdd8!  46. Kd4!!

It's all fun pawn wave stuff now -
46  Kc4!!, de!  or Re1!  also work well

46 ...  Rac8

Desperate in the face of  d6 and Nc4

Time to move 60 :
GM Artyom Timofeev      19 minutes
GM Denis Khismatullin    9 minutes


47. Rxa5!!  e5+ 48. Kc4!!  b6!  49. b4!!

Throwing another Rook onto the grill.

One minute spent, impressive.

The Rook can also be sacrificed via
49  c6!  ba!  50 c6!
with a Knight plus three connected passed pawns
versus two Rooks


49 ...  bxa5!  50. bxa5!

4 connected passed pawns side by side on the 5th rank - wow!
I wonder if a third Black Rook would help?


50 ...  Ra8 51. a6!!  e4 52. fxe4!!  Kd7 53. Nf5

Everything wins -
53 c6+, Kd4, d6

53 ... Re8 54. c6+!!  Kd8!  55. Nd6!!

Giving GM Denis Khismatullin nightmares for a week

55 ... Re7!  56. Kc5  f5 57. exf5

5 passed pawns

57 ... Re2!

Khismatullin wants the satisfaction of
saying one Rook roamed free before dying


58. Nb7+ Ke8!  59. d6!!  Rxg2 60. d7+!!  Ke7!  61. f6+!!  Kxf6!  62. c7!!

{White wins}  1-0

I thought maybe Denis could fight on with
62  c7!!   Rc2+  63  Kb6  R:c7  64  K:c7  g4
but  65  Nd6!!  ends the discussion -
pawn moves are  met by  66 Nc8,
65 ... Rf8-g8-h8  are met by  66 Ne8+  and
65 Nd6!!  Ra7+  66 Kc6  R:d7  67 K:d7  mating  g3
68 a7  g2  69 a8(Q)  g1(Q) 70 Qh8+!!
wins or trades Khismatullin's Queen.
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[Event "Russian Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow central Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Timofeev"]
[Black "GM_Khismatullin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[ECO "B52"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[Time "06:53:50"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Qd2
Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20.
Kf1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rb1 a5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Kd2 Kf7 25. Kc2 g5 26. Nd5
h5 27. Ne3 h4 28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Rbd1 Rdc8 30. Rf1 Rb6 31. Rb1 Rbc6 32. Rd2 Ne6
33. Kc3 Nc5 34. Nd5 Ne6 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb6 38. Rfd1 Ra8 39.
Rd5 Nc7 40. Rb5 Nxb5+ 41. axb5 Ke8 42. Ra1 e6 43. Ne3 d5 44. exd5 Rd6 45. c5
Rdd8 46. Kd4 Rac8 47. Rxa5 e5+ 48. Kc4 b6 49. b4 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ra8 51. a6 e4
52. fxe4 Kd7 53. Nf5 Re8 54. c6+ Kd8 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kc5 f5 57. exf5 Re2 58.
Nb7+ Ke8 59. d6 Rxg2 60. d7+ Ke7 61. f6+ Kxf6 62. c7 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "B52-e4,c5,Nf3,d6,Bb5+,Bd7,Bxd7+,Qxd7,c4,"]
[Site "chessopeningsdatabase.com"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "shredder 0"]
[Black "deep fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Qd2 Nfd7 16. Nce2 Nc5 17. Rfd1 Rae8 18. Rc3 Ned7 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qb6 21.
Re3 e5 22. Nc2 a5 23. Kh1 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Ng3 Rf4 26. Ne2 Rff8 27. Re1 Nf6
28. Rd1 Nh5 29. Rd5 Nf4 30. Rd2 Nxb3 31. Rd1 Nc5 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Rxe8 Rxe8
34. Qh4 Nd3 35. Rf1 Re2 36. c5 Qxc5 0-1


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Denis Khismatullin   226 Chess games

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=53193
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interview, pic with Denis Khismatullin

http://elista2008.fide.com/56.html
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Denis Khismatullin and his friend Jakovenko
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picture of Timofeev
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550 Timofeev games
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BrianWallChess.net
www.Walverine.com




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 26 09:18:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:18:22 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I have a dream
Message-ID: <1261844302.4b36374e65940@www.taom.com>



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrWp53jU-MI

The Santa Claus 3

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Directed by Michael Lembeck. With Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I watched The Santa Claus, 1, 2 3  in a row with my 10 year old son Devon on
Christmas Eve. Devon tried to stay up late to catch Santa Claus. He parked
himself on the couch with blankets by the Christmas trees and tried to stay up.
He eventually fell asleep.
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In the plot of The Santa Claus 3, Martin Short plays Jack Frost who
commercializes Christmas - parents bid to place their kids well on
the Naughty or Nice list.
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In my dream Theoretical Novelties become rare and valuable so people pay a price
to register them. GM Nigel Short paid $450 to register Nd4 on the White side of
a French Defense.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Dec 26 10:01:06 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:01:06 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Mezek
Message-ID: <1261846866.4b36415214330@www.taom.com>


----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:13:25 -0800
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey on Moore
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

What happened to Mark Wood? He was very kind to me,and I have many sheets of his
typed analysis.
He taught me a lot.

What did Jerry Kearns do time for? I remember driving home from a chess
tounament with Jerry and
several other chess players.

Why did Ray change his name to Springfield?

I fondly remember John Watson's Denver Chess House.He and others lived upstairs
and
played chess and had tournaments on the 1st floor.

Dick Lazaro introduced me to Denver chess and the Industrial League(I believe
that was the name)

Brian,please give me some stories about Joel Johnon.The players at Valley Chess
(Phoenix metro area)
would really enjoy them,and Joel is so good natured he'd go along with it.

Thanks,
Frank Mezek

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Brian Wall

Mark Wood married Liz Wood of Pueblo, CO for 15 years.
Mark later remarried.

Jerry Kearns blitzed with me at the Paris on the Platte Restaurant. Some of his
wins were criminal but he wasn't busted for that. Later on that night he went
drinking with Mark Sherbring. On the way home to Castle Rock, CO he entered the
longest business street in the USA, Colfax Ave of Denver Colorado, an old
highway that runs all through Denver.

The guy that shot President Ronald Reagan once lived on Colfax.

I heard a standup comedian in Denver say -
I was harder than a left turn on Colfax.

I made a left turn on Colfax driving Gary Crites home.
A cop busted me but gave me a break when he saw Gary's crutches.

Jerry collided with a birthday biker who had been to 4 bars to celebrate.
Only Jerry was tested for alcohol at the scene, Randy Canney,
Chessplayer/Colorado defense attorney of the year/found credit card receipts for
drinks at biker bars. One Colorado Chess Champion defending another.

The biker went into a coma with brain damage. Jerry paid his family some money.

Jerry lost his law license and went to prison.

At one point there was a disturbance in the weight room so Jerry
unscrewed a weight bar and waved it around to protect himeslf.
You might say he "passed the bar" again. In Pre-Obama times
the prison weight room was racially scheduled to prevent fights.

Eventually Jerry paid his debt to society and works as some kind of paralegal
today. One careless moment cost him a career as a patent attorney but he's made
the most of himself since then.

Jeff Maguire and I picked him up his first day out of prison.
The first thing he did was put his orange jump suit in the trash
and put on jeans.

SM Jerry has a 5-0 record against me.
FM Charlie Hertan has a 7-0 record against me.
GM Alex Sherzer has a 1/2 out of 2 record against me.

Ray Haskins changed his name to Springfield because he
respects his step-father more than his biological father.

IM Watson and I did a Nebraska Chess Camp together, Summer of 2008
plus an ICC interview  February 2008. John had a stroke 10 years ago.

My favorite moment was right after the stroke
they nurse asked John a simple question like -

What is a strawberry?

" I forget my answer but I knew I had failed "-
Watson

After rehab John regained a lot. He married a teacher. He gets by with partial
use of one arm today. He drives. He writes books. He walks his dog. He forgot
more than anybody else will ever know.

I haven't seen Dick Lazaro in 30 years that I remember.

Joel Johnson's first wife was Greek and deeply resented our all night
backgammon and Chess sessions ( shocker ). Joel invited me over for
steak and fun. His wife came home and became unglued at the mere sight
of me. To this day Joel claims he owes me a steak dinner.

After the divorce Joel tried dating again.
One woman sounded promising on the phone
until she confessed her name was Irene.
Everyone in the house laughed.

" I am sorry. I just divorced an Irene and
don't want to go through THAT again. "
Joel

He never met Irene 2.

That probably happened in the house Joel and I shared with Jack Young
( officially ),  David Vigorito ( unofficially ) and Tom Schiel ( unofficially
). Joel was always very organized, a great planner.
He colorcoded all our Chess books with different colored dots and
put them all up on bookcases for communal perusing..

I had split from my wife Debbie but still lived in Nashua, NH nearby.
When Joel first showed me our divorce pad in Lowell, MA 30 miles away,
I felt every asphalt mile rushing past on Route 3 was a dagger in my
heart separating me from my daughter.

That should hold you for a while.
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:30:53 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Restrict Before Checking
Message-ID: <1261848653.4b36484d88bd6@www.taom.com>



Fishing Pole
?
... g3 and .. Nd4?containing White King?- cool.

I like 10 Kf1  gh!!
delaying the checkmate one move which makes
Mudri Solomon feel he lost to an idiot
?
BW
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--- On Sat, 12/26/09, Craig.Thomson at bench.com <Craig.Thomson at bench.com> wrote:


From: Craig.Thomson at bench.com <Craig.Thomson at bench.com>
Subject: Restrict Before Checking
To: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com
Date: Saturday, December 26, 2009, 5:27 AM


I would never have done this before I met you.? You have no idea how much
restraint I had to force on myself. ?Almost had to bite my mouse hand off so I
wouldn't check too early.
?
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[White "Solomon_mudri"]
[Black "goyathlay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1412"]
[BlackElo "1312"]
[TimeControl "10|0"]
[Termination "goyathlay won by resignation"]

?1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Ng4 5.h3 h5 6.hxg4 hxg4 7.Nh2 Qh4 8.f3 g3
9.Re1 Nd4 0-1

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:07:16 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey on Frank Mezek
In-Reply-To: <c87.60d3550c.3867a706@aol.com>
References: <c87.60d3550c.3867a706@aol.com>
Message-ID: <1261868836.4b3697241fa8e@www.taom.com>

Quoting KnightMassey at aol.com:

 Liz told me that Mark Wood quit chess because he was going blind which is
 hard on your game unless you are Koltanowski.  I believe his vision has
 since been corrected.  He was considering playing again but that was a
 couple
years ago still no sign of him.  He was at least analyzing and  looking at
 chess two or so years ago.  Liz has more accurate facts on the  whole
 situation.

Scott
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USCF Executive Board Member Ruth Haring told me her ex-husband GM Peter Biyiasas
had to stop tournament Chess because of vision problems.
IM John Watson found tournament Chess too stressful after his stroke.

BW





From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Sat Dec 26 18:04:46 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:04:46 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Frank Mezek [1
	Attachment]
In-Reply-To: <1261846866.4b36415214330@www.taom.com>
References: <1261846866.4b36415214330@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <COL115-W3447A4B1C314944D113763B47C0@phx.gbl>


OMG!!
 


To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:01:06 -0700
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Frank Mezek [1 Attachment]

  


[Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below] 

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:13:25 -0800
From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey on Moore
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

What happened to Mark Wood? He was very kind to me,and I have many sheets of his
typed analysis.
He taught me a lot.

What did Jerry Kearns do time for? I remember driving home from a chess
tounament with Jerry and
several other chess players.

Why did Ray change his name to Springfield?

I fondly remember John Watson's Denver Chess House.He and others lived upstairs
and
played chess and had tournaments on the 1st floor.

Dick Lazaro introduced me to Denver chess and the Industrial League(I believe
that was the name)

Brian,please give me some stories about Joel Johnon.The players at Valley Chess
(Phoenix metro area)
would really enjoy them,and Joel is so good natured he'd go along with it.

Thanks,
Frank Mezek

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
----------------------------------------------------------

Brian Wall

Mark Wood married Liz Wood of Pueblo, CO for 15 years.
Mark later remarried.

Jerry Kearns blitzed with me at the Paris on the Platte Restaurant. Some of his
wins were criminal but he wasn't busted for that. Later on that night he went
drinking with Mark Sherbring. On the way home to Castle Rock, CO he entered the
longest business street in the USA, Colfax Ave of Denver Colorado, an old
highway that runs all through Denver.

The guy that shot President Ronald Reagan once lived on Colfax.

I heard a standup comedian in Denver say -
I was harder than a left turn on Colfax.

I made a left turn on Colfax driving Gary Crites home.
A cop busted me but gave me a break when he saw Gary's crutches.

Jerry collided with a birthday biker who had been to 4 bars to celebrate.
Only Jerry was tested for alcohol at the scene, Randy Canney,
Chessplayer/Colorado defense attorney of the year/found credit card receipts for
drinks at biker bars. One Colorado Chess Champion defending another.

The biker went into a coma with brain damage. Jerry paid his family some money.

Jerry lost his law license and went to prison.

At one point there was a disturbance in the weight room so Jerry
unscrewed a weight bar and waved it around to protect himeslf.
You might say he "passed the bar" again. In Pre-Obama times
the prison weight room was racially scheduled to prevent fights.

Eventually Jerry paid his debt to society and works as some kind of paralegal
today. One careless moment cost him a career as a patent attorney but he's made
the most of himself since then.

Jeff Maguire and I picked him up his first day out of prison.
The first thing he did was put his orange jump suit in the trash
and put on jeans.

SM Jerry has a 5-0 record against me.
FM Charlie Hertan has a 7-0 record against me.
GM Alex Sherzer has a 1/2 out of 2 record against me.

Ray Haskins changed his name to Springfield because he
respects his step-father more than his biological father.

IM Watson and I did a Nebraska Chess Camp together, Summer of 2008
plus an ICC interview February 2008. John had a stroke 10 years ago.

My favorite moment was right after the stroke
they nurse asked John a simple question like -

What is a strawberry?

" I forget my answer but I knew I had failed "-
Watson

After rehab John regained a lot. He married a teacher. He gets by with partial
use of one arm today. He drives. He writes books. He walks his dog. He forgot
more than anybody else will ever know.

I haven't seen Dick Lazaro in 30 years that I remember.

Joel Johnson's first wife was Greek and deeply resented our all night
backgammon and Chess sessions ( shocker ). Joel invited me over for
steak and fun. His wife came home and became unglued at the mere sight
of me. To this day Joel claims he owes me a steak dinner.

After the divorce Joel tried dating again.
One woman sounded promising on the phone
until she confessed her name was Irene.
Everyone in the house laughed.

" I am sorry. I just divorced an Irene and
don't want to go through THAT again. "
Joel

He never met Irene 2.

That probably happened in the house Joel and I shared with Jack Young
( officially ), David Vigorito ( unofficially ) and Tom Schiel ( unofficially
). Joel was always very organized, a great planner.
He colorcoded all our Chess books with different colored dots and
put them all up on bookcases for communal perusing..

I had split from my wife Debbie but still lived in Nashua, NH nearby.
When Joel first showed me our divorce pad in Lowell, MA 30 miles away,
I felt every asphalt mile rushing past on Route 3 was a dagger in my
heart separating me from my daughter.

That should hold you for a while.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Dec 27 10:56:38 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:56:38 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Frank Mezek questions
Message-ID: <1261936598.4b379fd61c9c5@www.taom.com>


----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:03:17 -0800
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey on Frank Mezek
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

What is the current name of the motel on the corner of Marion and Colfax
in Denver that has had many name changes? Many chess tournaments used
to be held there. In 1974 I lived at The Lodge on Corona Street,which made
it very convenient.

Close by on Ogden at about 16th Street,was the apartment were Brian Wall
shared with----forgot your roomate and/or a former girl friend that you
lived
with there Brian. But I visited you at least once when you lived there.

But I was interested ,although saddened to learn of Mark Wood's eye sight
problem,
because it probably explained a problem he had while in a chess tournament
at that
motel.At the time I owned a Toyota Land Cruiser with a winch on the
front.Driving
into the parking lot I saw Mark,who had accidentally driven over a concrete
wheel stop,
with the front of his car suspended up in the air.Seeing Mark's
predicament,I hooked
up my winch and winched his car backward off of the wheel stop.

Woman---you can't live with them--and you cannot live without them. Mark and
his fiance
at the time broke up and you broke up with your girl friend Brian.I know
this saddened you.
Was it the reason you left Denver then?

I'm a 77 year old sentimental slob with many memories.Many good--some
tragic.
There was a chess player with insurmountable psychological problems.Another
prescient
player told me he would soon commit suicide.I didn't believe him,but sadly
he shortly did
just that.I cannot remember his name.

The Denver Chess Club has had many homes,but the best was when the club
leased
several rooms at that motel for their playing site.

Frank Mezek


----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Wall

I always called the hotel at Marion and Colfax the Mariott -
not sure what it's really called now.
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http://www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=01997&cid=carat_search-Ramada

Ramada Inn Downtown Denver
1150 E. Colfax Ave
Colfax Ave & Downing
Denver, CO 80218 US  Maps & Directions

Phone:  303-831-7700  303-831-7700
Fax: 303-894-9193

E-Mail: GeneralManager at ramadadowntowndenver.com


There's a picture
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I fought Harold Gene Linde in the parking lot 30 years ago.
They held the Colorado Open there 5 years ago.
Dr. Jon Fortune had his computer stolen at that tournament.
Emilio and Anthea Martinez passed me kissing Renae Delaware
at the bus stop bench on Marion that tournament.

I married that girlfriend at 1560 Ogen. Debbie and I loved each other and worked
hard for 10 years to be happy together. Our daughter Phyllis is now
a 23 year old engineer in Waltham, Ma. Debbie is recovering from knee
surgery - she is now a bioinic woman. God bless her. She never lied to me
in 30 years of knowing her.

Debbie was always kind to my Chessplaying friends and made them wonderful
burritos and hosted blitz tournaments. I tried to teach her a little Chess -
she liked the Rat defense that Jana Glovinsky uses - it's also called the Hippo
now and JrobiChess has a new video on it called the Pincer Attack ( two
fianchettoed Bishops with Knights on ... e7, ... d7  except that Jrobi plays it
for White. I played it against Philipp Ponomarev ( draw, last round Colorado
Open, maybe at the Ramada Inn, Colfax and Marion ) and Adam Weissbarth  ( loss,
last round Denver Open, also maybe at Colfax and Marion )in tournament play.

Chessplayers who committed suicide - Jeffrey Lawson, GM Lembit Oll,  Haynes
Hendee's son - I am not counting the ones with drinking, drugging problems.

Liz Morris dated my 1977 Colorado Open Co-champion David Jellison for a year,
then later married Mark Wood. Liz is a grandmother now.

I am glad you're still alive at 77. My dad just died at 78, same age as GMs
Korchnoi and Lein. It's a sentimental age - my Dad cried when he saw my picture
on How To PLay Chess Like An Animal in 2007 - maybe because I was 72 pounds
lighter than when he last saw me or maybe because I was smiling impishly. He
said - " That's the Brian I know. " and " It takes a lot of character to write
a book. " My brother Charlie told me he loved my emails and always defended
them when they complained I was a big spammer.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Dec 27 11:15:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:15:30 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Announcing 2009-2010 Colorado Bullet
	Championship
Message-ID: <1261937730.4b37a442411d9@www.taom.com>

Announcing 2009-2010 Colorado Bullet Championship


Eligible -
Anyone who ever lived in Colorado

Suggested by
David King, my old C.U. Boulder blitz partner,
now back home in Texas


Handle - Pretzel Attack
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Hoping to get

Steve Towbin, bullet addict - Latvia
Steve was unofficially a Chessmaster then fell to
earth like Icarus and never touched the sky again

Tyler Hughes, Chess god - Checkmates

Happy, healthy Josh Smith, retired Champ - TsovNoog

Danielle Rice, bullet addict - Danielle

Future Colorado Champion Josh Bloomer, multiple handles -
the funny part was Josh played Na3 against my Hyper-Pole
under a new handle and I said - Josh?
and he said - Yup!

Day, time, server to be chosen soon after hearing
from the top players and the multitude.
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Statistics for B-Wall         On for:    4     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild             718  [6]     0     4     0     4
Loser's          788  [5]     0     7     0     7
Crazyhouse      1545  [5]     7    10     0    17
Bullet           674  [8]     0     1     0     1
Blitz           2049  [3]   824   468   140  1432   2459 (09-Mar-2009)
5-minute        2070  [8]   672   620   168  1460   2369 (01-Sep-2009)
1-minute        1904       2425  2297   213  4935   2136 (26-Dec-2009)

 1: Life Master Brian Wall   30 years
 2: How to Play Chess Like An Animal - Amazon.com, Borders  over 2,000 sold
 3: Youtube videos - Fishing Pole First Blood  1,000 views
 4: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com  free Chess email list ( 650 ) with pictures
 5: http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist  free email list (
  350 )
 6: http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm  Off the Wall Chess column for
  www.Chessville.com
 7: ICC interview with IM John Watson Feb 3, 2009  archived
 8: friends - Checkmates, Karagianis
 9: www.BrianWallChess.net
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My 1 minute high was yesterday, which may be Tyler Hughes 19th birthday.
That means I've know him almost 10 years.
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In the past it's been on ICC but if people prefer PlayChess
or Chesscube or whatever we will try to accomodate them.
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Reward - bragging rights for a year
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Bullet is a state of mind - you have to make good moves
instantly stopping only for checks or checkmate threats.
Being able to win won endgames is critical. Finding any
checks at all the final 7 seconds is even more critical.
Good Bullet Openings -
Anything that throws your opponents off
balance and forces him to consume time.
The Dragon, the Czech Benoni, the Sveshnikov, the Najdorf, the Scotch,
the Goring Gambit,the Rubenstein French, the Fort Knox French
are popular in bullet.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Dec 27 18:01:08 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:01:08 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Even More Frank Mezek memories
Message-ID: <1261962068.4b38035429456@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:43:14 -0800
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Frank Mezek questions
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Thanks Brian,

Memories can be so bitter-sweet.Jeffrey Lawson is the chess player who took
his own life,
that I was thinking of.He seemed troubled,but I refused to believe he would
kill himself.
The last time I saw him he beat me with the White pieces in a closed
Ruy.Funny,but I remember
the key move :Qd5.

Please say hello to Debbie for me when you talk to her.Yes ,she was so good
to all your friends.
I remember the large,gracious balconies in those fine old apartment
buildings on Ogden.

I didn't like the remodeling jobs done to the Ramada--thought it perfect
just the way it was.

Dave Jellison was another chess player who was kind and helpful to me.We
both had checked in early
at the motel for a tournament,think it was Winter Park,CO.I asked Dave if he
would like to go out for a few drinks
with me.He declined saying he wanted to get a good nights sleep before the
morrows tourney.Just another
reason why he's a Master and I'm a Patzer.

Dick Lazaro moved to Orlando,Florida.I had talked to him several times over
the years,but the last I tried ,his
phone was disconnected.

I stayed at the famous old hotel in Estes Park during a few US
Championships.Larry Christiansen went out
one morning to play tennis with Walter Browne.Larry is one of the nicest and
most level headed players
around,so I was startled when Browne came over to  him while Larry was
seated later for the day's round,
and Larry shouted to him"go to hell".The TD quickly interviened.


Larry was in Denver for a simul before he made GM,when he told us he's was
going to study for a year or two to
get his GM.If I remember correctly,the 1st major tournament  he won after
his becoming a GM was Linares,Spain.

Max DeLugy ---interesting story.The first year I met him was the year before
he became a GM.He was pleasant,friendly,
personable and modest. Next year he came back again for the US Championship
again,and in the meantime he got his Gm
rating.It changed him completely to an arrogant ass h---. Years   later he
was arrested at the Moscow airport as a white
collar criminal.

Happy New Year to everyone.
Frank Mezek

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
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Brian Wall

Big Larry C is my favorite Chess commentator.

Dave Jellison got married, had a daughter, got divorced and gave up Chess.

GM Maxim Dlugy was eventually acquitted in Russian, I believe.

Brian Wall
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Date:  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:24:23 -0800
From:  Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
To:  Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>
Subject:  Re: [BrianWallChess] More Frank Mezek questions
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I think a good many chess players have psychological problems.  That's the
fatalism that led them to chess in the first place!  You may be thinking of
Jeff Lawson, who shot himself with a gun in late 1977 or early 1978.  I can't
think of anyone else from Colorado chess who did off themselves, right off the
top of my head.  Dennis Naylin (whom I never met) died in 1972 or thereabouts
in an apparent suicide, and there was a memorial tournament for him in January
1973 (won by Don Sutherland).  There are probably others.

From:  Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 01:43:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:43:17 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Saturday Night Live Chess Tournament Cheer
	Will Farrell
Message-ID: <1261989797.4b386fa58dd93@www.taom.com>

http://www.hulu.com/watch/4162/saturday-night-live-chess-tournament

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clips/chess-tournament/2918/

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=23765006

----- Forwarded message from drl7777777 at aol.com -----
    Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:00:58 -0500
    From: drl7777777 at aol.com
Reply-To: drl7777777 at aol.com
 Subject: SNLChess Cheer
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com


Hi Brian,

Attachment.

Hope you are well.

Brad Lundstrom




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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 01:55:09 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:55:09 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Denver Chess Club Update 12-27-09 Sunday,
	December 27, 2009 7:50 PM
Message-ID: <1261990509.4b38726d0af51@www.taom.com>



Flag this messageDenver Chess Club Update 12-27-09Sunday, December 27, 2009 7:50
PM
From: "joehaines at comcast.net" <joehaines at comcast.net>Add sender to ContactsTo:
joehaines at comcast.netHello All -



Here is an update about what is going on over the next several weeks for the
Denver Chess Club.



For Tuesday, December 29th, the Club will be holding chess quads for the night.
These will be G/30 with the four highest players playing together and the next
four and so on. The cost to play is $10. The winner will receive $20 and 2nd
place will receive $10.



For January, the Denver Chess Club will be holding its club championship. It is
a month-long tournament with one game held each Tuesday of the month. To play,
a person must be a member of the Denver Chess Club.



If you are not a current member, you may join at the club. During January, there
are a couple of club membership specials. You may join the club for 1-month for
$8 (paid the first week). Otherwise, during January only, there is a club
membership special. You may join or renew your membership for 1-year for $30
($10 off regular membership). You may also join for 6-months for $25 ($5 off).
These are regular membership specials only.



During the January 5th meeting, there will be club elections for the 2010 year.
You must be a member to be an officer or vote for elections.



We will also be discussing moving the club to a new location at this meeting.
Current membership attendance cannot sustain the current location at 1st Ave.
Presbyterian Church and the club will need to be in a new location for
February.



I hope to see you all during the next couple of weeks.



Feel free to pass this email on.



Sincerely,



Joe Haines

2009 Club Manager and President


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 11:41:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:41:41 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David Kane Fishing Pole
Message-ID: <1262025701.4b38fbe56e8f0@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from David Kane <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:45:11 -0500
    From: David Kane <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: David Kane <dave at ilad.net>
 Subject: Hey
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Hey Brian,

Just a note to wish you a Happy New Year and to thank you again for your
contributions to Chess with pawns and pen. Also, here is another FP for the
collection.

-Dave

[Event "5-5 Blitz"]
[Site "Yahoo"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "N/A"]
[White "Some Dude"]
[Black "Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6
4. O-O!? Ng4!?
5. h3 h5
6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. d4 exd4
8.hxg4?! { I hadn't run across this move order before-  the "Gates of Hell" are
about to be opened in any case. } hxg4
9. Bg5 { This seemed like a good try for white insofar as a subsequent f6 will
impede the black queen's path to the h-file but OTOH now that white will have
two pieces attacked he is probably lost already.  } f6 10. Nxd4 fxg5
11. Nf5 { It seems odd given the tripled pawns and the ithe fact that black's
king looks more exposed than white's that black is winning here.  } Qf6
12. Nc3? { This misses all the danger, not to mention losing another pawn after
Bxf5 if black wishes. Qd4 had to be better.  } Bc5! { The bishop finds its
deadly diagonal  }
13. Qe2 g3! {After Nxg3, Qh6 seals the deal. White is officially toast.  }
14. Ne3 Qh6 {Once the queen reaches the h-file in the FP, it's usually cryin'
time for white.  }
15. fxg3 {Hiarcs found some weird computery line with Bg4 that won faster here
but even after looking at it, I still don't understand it.  } Qh2+
16. Kf2 O-O!+
17. Ke1 Qxg3+
18. Kd2 Rd8+
19. Ned5 { If instead Kc1 then Qxe3 is a hopeless endgame for white. } cxd5
 20. Nxd5 Bg4
 21. Qc4 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "5-5 Blitz"]
[Site "Yahoo"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "N/A"]
[White "Some Dude"]
[Black "Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
hxg4 hxg4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Nxd4 fxg5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Qe2 g3 14. Ne3
Qh6 15. fxg3 Qh2+ 16. Kf2 O-O+ 17. Ke1 Qxg3+ 18. Kd2 Rd8+ 19. Ned5 cxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bg4 21. Qc4 Qe3# 0-1







From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 11:43:11 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:43:11 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gene Lacey from Texas - Time for fish dinner!
Message-ID: <1262025791.4b38fc3fa8621@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from "Dane E. Lacey" <d.lacey47 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:35:00 -0800 (PST)
    From: "Dane E. Lacey" <d.lacey47 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Dane E. Lacey" <d.lacey47 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Time for fish dinner!
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Good morning Brian,
We had a nice uneventful Christmas dinner with ham & turkey and the works. There
were 40 - 60 relatives there. Got out of bed early this morning & thought I
would break the ice and go ice fishing, as follows: 20 minute game.
Unknown opponent 1. d4 Gene Lacey Nf6, 2. c4 g6, 3.Nc3 Bg7, 4.Nf3 d6, 5.e3 c6,
6. Bd3 Bg4, 7. Be2 Bf5, 8. 0-0 Nbd7, 9. h3 h5, 10. Bd3 Ng4, 11. Bxf5 gxf5, 12.
hxg4 hxg4, 13. Nd2 e6, 14. b3 Qh4, 15. f3 g3, 16. Re1 Qh1 #
Served deep fried with tarter sauce and lemon juice!! Have a happy new
year!!~Gene Lacey



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 15:53:39 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:53:39 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship
Message-ID: <1262040819.4b3936f32b769@www.taom.com>



Josh Smith says it should be a double round robin on ICC.

Everyone suggest a different time and day.

My idea is 9 PM Thursday  Dec 31, 2009  New Year's Eve

That way the winner can be called the 2009 Colorado Bullet Champion -
what do y'all think?

So far people interested are -

Tyler Hughes, David King, Josh Smith, Steve Towbin, Brian Wall

maybe Josh Bloomer, Chris Peterson, Philipp Ponomarev

any feedback?

Anyone want in?

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 20:23:21 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:23:21 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship
In-Reply-To: <846444.84447.qm@web113304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <1262040819.4b3936f32b769@www.taom.com>
	<903863.60349.qm@web113310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<1262049602.4b39594206081@www.taom.com>
	<446502.28420.qm@web113316.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<1262050633.4b395d497d625@www.taom.com>
	<846444.84447.qm@web113304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1262057001.4b397629e1e78@www.taom.com>


2009 Colorado Bullet Championship
How about 8 PM Colorado time Wednesday Dec 30, 2009

ICC Double Round Robin


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Dec 28 20:27:46 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:27:46 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship 8 pm
	mountain time wednesday january 6th ICC double round robin
Message-ID: <1262057266.4b397732f13a2@www.taom.com>



74. Latvia

Right now I'd say tentatively 8 pm mountain time wednesday january 6th.

ICC double round robin

OK
---------------------------------
Let me know by email or ICC message if you can play

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 29 10:48:49 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:48:49 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Bullet Championship - final answer -
	Sunday 7 PM the night of January 3rd, 2010
Message-ID: <1262108929.4b3a410147284@www.taom.com>



72. Checkmates (04:19 28-Dec-09 EST): I'm in Santa Barbara until the 2nd, then
in CO until the 9th when I go back to UTD. Sometime during that week would be
good for me, how about Monday 1/4 at 3 PM?


74. Latvia (21:07 28-Dec-09 EST): New years eve is about the most impossible
choice you could have come up with, there's no way i can be on at that hour.
Right now i'd say tentatively 7pm mountain time wednesday january 6th.

77. sswerdlin (23:05 28-Dec-09 EST): Hi Brian, regarding CO bullet championship,
my son Ryan Swerdlin would be interested in joining, but could only do so if on
or before Jan 4, as school is back in session a day later. No prob if doesn't
work out. Thanks. Scott Swerdlin

78. pretzelattack (23:38 28-Dec-09 EST): i thought you were talking about
january for the championship? ive got a regular poker game on wednesdays, but
ill skip it if everyone else likes that time.


Philipp Ponomarev December 28 at 11:08pm
when?




Robert Ramirez
 12/28/2009 6:29 PM
To: Brian Wall
yes im in! Let me know when?


James Drebenstedt - Thursday.
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Sunday 7 PM   the night of January 3rd, 2010

seems to work for Ryan Swerdlin and Tyler Hughes

eligible -
anyone who ever lived in Colorado

ICC  double round robin-
all play all twice

I now have sympathy for Josh Smith who always organized these things -
You can see why I had to keep changing the dates.


one minute Chess
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Colorado ICC handles -

PretzelAttack
Latvia
Checkmates
SSwerdlin
Danielle
Ozmin
B-Wall
TwoKnightsTango
BRabin
Ball-Peen
Fezzik
elkster
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I won 3 games last night with 00:00 on my clock
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Other issues -

Joel Johnson wanted to play despite never setting foot in Colorado

Steve Towbin wanted only CO residents

Joel Johnson suggested Game/3 minutes instead of one

Joel Johnson suggested getting an ICC tournament bot to run it
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 29 11:51:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:51:34 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joe Eversole
Message-ID: <1262112694.4b3a4fb63b9df@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from joe EVERSOLE <joeeversole at q.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:08:30 +0000
    From: joe EVERSOLE <joeeversole at q.com>
Reply-To: joe EVERSOLE <joeeversole at q.com>
 Subject: browzing your site
      To: brian <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>


dear brian,  i spent yesterday looking at your site and it was like "remembering
back"...i was there when wendling sacked his rook on f7 against carlson; it was
the same moment i knew i would never be a master!  the irish songs you quoted i
learned to drink on those at the irish pub 3rd and main st pueblo...in case you
haven't seen it you and mcCambridge are quoted as the main line in "the
complete alekhine" by graham burgess for the h6 line pg 133...my machine was
down 1 month shortly after i sent you the first draft on the queen sac; so
sorry it took so long to straighten it out...kris has reems and reems of more
and better proofs of at least a draw here...happy new years ahead, regards, joe
----------------------------------------------------------------
Brian

I revisited my 30 year old analysis with a computer May 2009

search Svidler Alekhine's McCambridge
BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com
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Alekhine's Defense, 4 Pawns Attack, Grischuk - Svidler Odessa Rapid May 22, 2009


--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Alekhine's Defense, 4 Pawns Attack, Grischuk - Svidler Odessa Rapid May
22, 2009
To: joeeversole at q.com
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 11:40 AM




--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Alekhine's Defense, 4 Pawns Attack, Grischuk - Svidler
Odessa Rapid May 22, 2009
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian
Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 1:57 AM






[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23" ]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22" ]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15.
Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1 18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. e7
Rfe8 22. Rxh1 cxb5 23. Nf3 Nd3+ 24. Kc2 Qd6 25. Rd1 Nf2 26. Rxd6 Nxg4 27. Rd4
Nf6 28. h5 Rxe7 29. h6 Rd7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. Nxb5 Rc8+ 33. Nc3 Rg8
34. Rf4 Nd5 0-1
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
Grischuk-Svidler May 22, 2009
3rd ACP World Rapid Cup
( won by Gelfand )

was chosen by GM Joel Benjamin as ICC Game of the Week.

http://chessbase. com/newsdetail. asp?newsid= 5461

Chessbase report of the Rapid Tournament with pgns on all games.

Back in 1981, when I was 26 years old, an article by IM Vincent McCambridge and
Bill Wall in the now defunct Chess newspaper PLAYERS CHESS NEWS caught my
eye. I don't meet many Walls in Chess. They claimed that after

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7
13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1
18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5

White had an advantage. Before computers I would simply move my wooden pieces on
my wooden board in the apartment I shared with my future wife Debbie and her cat
Omar at 1560 Ogden, Denver, Colorado. Our daughter Phyllis will be visiting me
on a post-graduation road trip tomorrow. My reply claiming 19 ... c5! was
adequate was published with a response by Vincent. I had a response to their
response and I finally caught up with Vincent at some tournament and told him
so. Players Chess News took my yearly subscription rate and shut down but
that's OK. I know how hard it is to keep Chess writing going. I sort of forgot
about the line, I don't remember it even coming up in blitz games, let alone
tournament games.

" Of course nowadays you just let Rybka run for 3 days "
Renard Anderson

I would like to take this opportunity to revisit the line, try to remember what
I came up with 28 years ago and see what Rybka 3 has to say about all this.
I remember the moves
... Q:h2, ... a5, ... c5, ... cd, ... dc, ... cb+, ... N:a2+, ... h6, ... a6
all came up at various times in my old analysis so maybe I can recreate it.

I think 19 Bb5 was a new move in 1981 so
let's see what's been played since then.

19 ... c6 25 times slight advantage Black
19 ... Qe5 28 times slight advantage Black
19 ... Bd5 never tried slighter advantage Black
19 ... h5 never tried slighter advantage Black
19 ... a6 never tried even slighter advantage Black
19 ... N6d5 never tried roughly equal
19 ... c5 22 times, first played by Huebner in 1982,
first suggsted by me in 1981
roughly equal

Rybka believes all these Black moves are at least equal for
Black so my instinct that 19 Bb5 gave no advantage was correct.

19 ... Bc6 4 times, including a correspondence game
by Tim Sawyer who wrote a good book on the Alekhine's
( different move order ).
Slight advantage White

Svidler played the approved move 19 ... c6!!

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

[Event "3rd ACP World Rapid Cup"]
[Site "Odessa UKR"]
[Date "2009.05.23" ]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22" ]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7
13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15. Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1
18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5 c6!! 20. Bg5 Qe5!! 21. e7 Rfe8!

played twice before

21 ... Rf2!! 22 Qe6+ Q:e6 23 N:e6 N4d5 ( played twice )
looks like a slightly better endgame for Black

21 ... Rf7?? 22 Nf5!! played once, wins for White

22. Rxh1? TL Grischuk
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

Theoretical Lemon by Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk

22 Nf5!! N:a2+!! 23 N:a2! h5!! 24 Qf4! Q:f4+
25 B:f4 ( played once ) cb 26 R:h1 Rac8+
27 Kb1 Rc5!
I think Black can eliminate that e7-pawn and hold, e.g.,
28 Ng3 Nd5 29 Bd6 Rc6 30 Nf5 g6 31 Rd1 Nb6
32 Ne3 Nc8 and e7 should fall next move
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

22 ... cxb5!

Now Svidler is better

23. Nf3 Nd3+?

23 ... Qd6!! or ... Qc5!
leaves Petar up an exchange

24. Kc2?

24 Kb1! safeguarding the King is only a teensy bit better for Svidler

24 ... Qd6!!

Only good move

25. Rd1 Nf2!! 26. Rxd6! Nxg4! 27. Rd4 Nf6!! 28. h5 Rxe7

There goes all hope for White

29. h6! Rd7 30. Bxf6 gxf6! 31. Rg4+! Kf7!
32. Nxb5! Rc8+! 33. Nc3! Rg8 34. Rf4! Nd5!!

More trades highlights Svidler's 2700 Rook
for Knight advantage so Grischuk resigns.

0-1

19 ... c6 has been known since 1980
19 ... Rfe8 has been known since 1990
so why Grischuk aimed for this is a mystery.
Perhaps he was hiding his slow tournament analysis or
perhaps he had no time to check anything during the game.

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
Now let's look at 19 Bb5 Bill Wall ( not my brother ) 1981
19 ... c5 Brian Wall 1981

20 Nf5? Q:f5
20 Rd2? cd, ... Qe5
20 Re1? a6, ... cd, ... h5, ... Bd5
20 Be2? cd, ... Qe5, ... Bd5, ... h5
20 a3? cd
20 Nde2? Bf3, ... a6
20 Qg3? cd, ... Rac8
20 Rg1? Ngd5, ... a6, ... h5
20 e7? Q:e7

All those lines lose for White,
that leaves us

20 R:h1 or Bg5

20 Bg5! Qe5!!

20 Bg5! h5, ... Qg6 or ... Qf2 are OK too

20 Bg5! Qe5!! 21 e7! cd! 22 ef(Q)+! R:f8!
23 Q:d4! N:a2+! 24 N:a2! Q:b5! 25 Nc3! Qc6!
and Black is a pawn up without much happening

Trying to improve for White now -
20 Bg5! Qe5!! 21 e7! cd! 22 ef(Q)+! R:f8!
23 R:h1 a6!! mentioned by Rybka 3 and Joel Benjamin
as clear advantage Black
20 Bg5! Qe5!! 21 e7! cd! 22 ef(Q)+! R:f8!
23 R:h1 h6! 24 B:h6 dc 25 Q:b4 cb+ 26 Kb1 forced Nd5!
( 26 ... Qf5+ or ... Qd5 are OK ) 27 Qc4 forced Rf2!
28 Qc8+ forced Kh7 ( 28 ... Rf8 is OK ) 29 Bd3+ forced g6 forced
30 Bd2 forced R:d2 forced 31 B:g6+ forced Kh6!
( 31 ... Kg7 or ... K:g6 are OK ) 32 Qf8+ forced Qg7!
( 32 ... K:g6 is OK ) 33 Q:g7+! forced K:g7 forced
34 Bc2 forced and this is probably a drawn ending
20 Bg5! Qe5!! 21 e7! cd! 22 ef(Q)+! R:f8!
23 R:h1 h6! 24 B:h6 dc 25 Q:b4 cb+ 26 Kb1 forced
in my old analysis I was probably ready to call 26 ... Qf5+
27 K:b2 Qf6+ 28 Kb1 Q:h6 a draw
20 Bg5! Qe5!! 21 e7! cd! 22 ef(Q)+! R:f8!
23 R:h1 h6! 24 B:h6 dc 25 Q:b4 Nd5 26 Bc4 Rf7
also looks like a familiar drawing line
23 R:h1 h6! 24 B:h6 dc 25 Rg1 Rf7!
is good for me too
23 R:h1 h6! 24 Rd1 hg!! or .. dc!! are good
23 R:h1 h6! 24 Rd1 Rc8! is OK
23 R:h1 h6! 24 Rd1 Q:h2!
practically forces a draw which is all I was trying to prove at the time
20 Bg5! Qe5!! 21 e7! cd! 22 ef(Q)+! R:f8!
23 R:h1 dc 24 Q:b4! h6 or ... cb+ are fine for me
23 R:h1 Qf5, ... Qc5, ... N:a2+ or ... Rc8
are not as clear but may be OK for me

Going back let's look at
19 Bb5 c5 20 R:h1 Qe5, ... a6, ... cd, ... h5
Joel discusses some of this
19 Bb5 c5 20 R:h1 a6 looks fine
Joel considers
19 Bb5 c5 20 R:h1 Qe5 21 Qg3 Q:g3 22 hg cd 23 B:d4 Rf5 24 a4
roughly equal
24 ... N6d5 or ... a6 or ... Nc6 should be OK here
GM Joel Benjamin mentions
19 Bb5 c5 20 R:h1 cd 21 B:d4 Qf4+ 22 Q:f4 R:f4
23 B:b6 ab 24 e7 Nc6 25 Nd5 Re4 26 Nc7
as better for White due to the superiority of the Bishop over the Knight after
26 ... Rc8 27 e8(Q)+ Re:e8 28 N:e8 R:e8 29 Bc4+ Kh8 30 h5
although you might need GM technique to call this point home
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
That's all about I want to cover on this game.
You can listen to Joel's lecture if you want to know more.
It seemed clear to me 28 years ago that 19 Bb5 offered nothing
for White so I am not surprised that Grischuk got less than nothing
against Svidler. Perhaps someone can explain why 21 ... Rfe8 is better
than 21 ... Rf2 or maybe Svidler forgot the line too.
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
Thanx Joel for taking me down Memory lane.

Bottom line -
19 Bb5 c5 20 R:h1! Qe5 or ... a6
should be OK for Black
19 Bb5 c5 20 Bg5 Qe5 21 e7 cd! 22 ef(Q)+ R:f8 23 R:h1 a6!!
and White is the one struggling

19 Bb5 c6, ... Qe5, ... Bd5, ... h5, ... a6 or ... N6d5
are even better than my move so White should avoid the whole mess.

I feel blessed to live through both the
computer and the pre-computer Ages of Chess.

I predicted in a public lecture in Boulder, Colorado about
32 years ago that computers would never equal man in Chess.
I was wrong but we still play some positions better.

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websites -

www.Walverne. com

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 29 12:55:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:55:40 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Bullet Championship - final answer -
	Sunday 7 PM the night of January 3rd, 2010
In-Reply-To: <a2ce95410912291142r3e623f27n9ab1d72a059fea19@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1262108929.4b3a410147284@www.taom.com>
	<a2ce95410912291142r3e623f27n9ab1d72a059fea19@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1262116540.4b3a5ebcf0d88@www.taom.com>


Quoting William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>:

 Hey Brian,  dumb question -- IF this is the 2009 Colorado Bullet
 Championships, why is it being held in 2010?

Quoting William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 2009/12/29 Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

I changed the date 5 times until I got sick of it and went with our younger
players needs- Ryan Swerdlin and Tyler Hughes - my original idea was New Year's
Eve.
Confirmations so far for Sunday at 7 PM Jan 3, 2010-

Josh Smith
Tyler Hughes -checkmates
Richard Herbst-Younggun
David King-PretzelAttack

There might be two titles, one for highest resident, one for best that ever
lived here unless a Colorado resident wins the whole thing.

I am trying to find an ICC TD - maybe you can help there



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 29 23:50:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:50:37 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Tortoise and the Hare
Message-ID: <1262155837.4b3af83db6121@www.taom.com>


My son Devon attended the first adult Chess Club of his life. He warmed up with
Nandy, Daoud Zupa's son. They used to play together as 1 and 2 year olds.

Devon played 3 games in a Quad at Game/25, 5 second delay.
This is the game he won.

Devon -
I was the Hare and John was the tortoise except the Hare won this time like he
should have in the book. All I had to do was play reasonably well and faster.

[Event "Denver Chess Club Quad"]
[Site "1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devon Wall, age 10"]
[Black "John Breed, 60's )"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "641"]
[BlackElo "Unrated"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense, Nakamura Attack"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "17:30:00"]
[TimeControl "Game/25 and 5 second delay"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5

Nakamura Attack


2 ... Nf6 3. Qxc5!  d6 4. Qb5+

Devon likes to check on b5 -
Devon likes to check, period.

4 ... Nc6! 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qb3 Be6 7. Bc4?

Q:b7 is OK but Devon's all about f7

7 ...
Qc7

7 ... Na5!  wins  a piece after a fight

8. Ng5

Only 8 B:e6 is better

8 ... Nd4 9. Qd3?

9 N:e6 works but Devon is a one-ply guy


9 ...  Bxc4?

9 ... Q:c4!!  wins a piece


10. Qxd4!

Even game

10 ... Bf1??

Reserve Section Mystery -
Inexplicable

11. Kxf1 Qxc2!  12. Na3??

Attacking the Queen and developing - good.
Allowing  12 ... Qd1 checkmate - bad.

Chris Peterson kept running to Devon's
board and reporting back to me.

" John Breed has a mate in one but
I guess he's not very good either. "


12 ...  Qc7??  13. d3!  e5 14. Qa4+!!  b5 15. Nxb5!!  Qd7 16. Nxd6+

16 Nc7+!!  was my plan but somehow I thought he had it covered -
Devon

16 ... Bxd6 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7

" Devon is two pawns up. " -
Chris


18. b3 O-O 19. Be3 Rac8! 20. Ke2 Nf6 21. d4 Ng4 22. d5 Rc2+ 23. Kf3 f5

Chris kept giving me time reports -
I knew Devon would win on time -
John didn't seem capable of speeding up.


24. exf5?

24  ef  N:f2!!  is not so bad for John so
24 Rhc1!!  was better


24 ... Rxf5+??  25. Kxg4!  Rf4+?? 26. Bxf4!  exf4!  27. Rae1

1-0   Unrated John the Baptized lost on time

Devon still had 17 minutes.

Devon knew instantly when John' flag fell.
He stuck out his hand and said,
" Good game!"  with Randy Canney sincerity,
then he wrote "Clock" on his scoresheet.
I was very proud and happy he won a game.

Devon calls 5 second delay " infinite time ".

Devon and I played a 3 hour game of Risk today,
a few rule changes since I played as a kid.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "Denver Chess Club Quad"]
[Site "1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devon Wall, age 10"]
[Black "John Breed, 60's )"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "641"]
[BlackElo "Unrated"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense, Nakamura Attack"]
[ECO "B20"]
[NIC "SI.48"]
[Time "17:30:00"]
[TimeControl "Game/25 and 5 second delay"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxc5 d6 4. Qb5+ Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qb3 Be6 7. Bc4 Qc7
8. Ng5 Nd4 9. Qd3 Bxc4 10. Qxd4 Bf1 11. Kxf1 Qxc2 12. Na3 Qc7 13. d3 e5 14.
Qa4+ b5 15. Nxb5 Qd7 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. b3 O-O 19. Be3 Rac8
20. Ke2 Nf6 21. d4 Ng4 22. d5 Rc2+ 23. Kf3 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5+ 25. Kxg4 Rf4+
26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rae1

1-0   John lost on time
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Dec 29 23:52:19 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:52:19 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fall Plains Chess
Message-ID: <1262155939.4b3af8a30b209@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:26:40 -0600
    From: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Fall Plains Chess



Dear Friends,

The Fall Plains Chess, the Kansas Chess Association Chess Bulletin, has been
posted to the Kansas Chess website.

http://www.kansaschess.org/htdocs/2009FallPlainsChess.pdf

Thank you Brian Yang. Another excellent Job!

Sincerely,

Laurence


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 30 00:00:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:48 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fall Plains Chess Review
Message-ID: <1262156448.4b3afaa007b6c@www.taom.com>


----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:26:40 -0600
    From: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Laurence Coker <wlcoker7 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Fall Plains Chess



Dear Friends,

The Fall Plains Chess, the Kansas Chess Association Chess Bulletin, has been
posted to the Kansas Chess website.

http://www.kansaschess.org/htdocs/2009FallPlainsChess.pdf

Thank you Brian Yang. Another excellent Job!

Sincerely,

Laurence

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Including very funny and exciting Fishing Pole game with wild swings as usual,
also a Winning with the Colle game, something for everyone.

Brian Wall
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From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Wed Dec 30 07:13:24 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:13:24 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] 2009 Bullet Championship
 - final answer - Sunday 7 PM the night of January 3rd, 2010
In-Reply-To: <1262108929.4b3a410147284@www.taom.com>
References: <1262108929.4b3a410147284@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <COL115-W644A18F5DB4208B45411EAB4790@phx.gbl>


I have been to Colorado -- My car would not start after a stay over in Vail, CO. in 1978 on my way back to Massachusetts from LA with Irene.
 


To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthdodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:48:49 -0700
Subject: [BrianWallChess] 2009 Bullet Championship - final answer - Sunday 7 PM the night of January 3rd, 2010

  





72. Checkmates (04:19 28-Dec-09 EST): I'm in Santa Barbara until the 2nd, then
in CO until the 9th when I go back to UTD. Sometime during that week would be
good for me, how about Monday 1/4 at 3 PM?

74. Latvia (21:07 28-Dec-09 EST): New years eve is about the most impossible
choice you could have come up with, there's no way i can be on at that hour.
Right now i'd say tentatively 7pm mountain time wednesday january 6th.

77. sswerdlin (23:05 28-Dec-09 EST): Hi Brian, regarding CO bullet championship,
my son Ryan Swerdlin would be interested in joining, but could only do so if on
or before Jan 4, as school is back in session a day later. No prob if doesn't
work out. Thanks. Scott Swerdlin

78. pretzelattack (23:38 28-Dec-09 EST): i thought you were talking about
january for the championship? ive got a regular poker game on wednesdays, but
ill skip it if everyone else likes that time.

Philipp Ponomarev December 28 at 11:08pm
when?

Robert Ramirez
12/28/2009 6:29 PM
To: Brian Wall
yes im in! Let me know when?

James Drebenstedt - Thursday.
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
Sunday 7 PM the night of January 3rd, 2010

seems to work for Ryan Swerdlin and Tyler Hughes

eligible -
anyone who ever lived in Colorado

ICC double round robin-
all play all twice

I now have sympathy for Josh Smith who always organized these things -
You can see why I had to keep changing the dates.

one minute Chess
----------------------------------------------------------
Colorado ICC handles -

PretzelAttack
Latvia
Checkmates
SSwerdlin
Danielle
Ozmin
B-Wall
TwoKnightsTango
BRabin
Ball-Peen
Fezzik
elkster
----------------------------------------------------------
I won 3 games last night with 00:00 on my clock
----------------------------------------------------------
Other issues -

Joel Johnson wanted to play despite never setting foot in Colorado

Steve Towbin wanted only CO residents

Joel Johnson suggested Game/3 minutes instead of one

Joel Johnson suggested getting an ICC tournament bot to run it
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From jds at pclaptops.com  Mon Dec 28 14:22:10 2009
From: jds at pclaptops.com (Josh "JD" Smith)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:22:10 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Announcing 2009-2010 Colorado
	Bullet	Championship
In-Reply-To: <1261937730.4b37a442411d9@www.taom.com>
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Message-ID: <05E9521AC3F31A4791035AE8DC98EA4B104AF04A7D@pclexch02.pclaptops.com>

I'm down for a good double round swiss. I'm 600 points under my best but that will give everyone else a chance :) Below is a picture of me attempting to kill my daughter on Halloween!!



[cid:image003.jpg at 01CA87C9.249DAD50]



JD



-----Original Message-----
From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com [mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 11:16 AM
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Announcing 2009-2010 Colorado Bullet Championship



Announcing 2009-2010 Colorado Bullet Championship





Eligible -

Anyone who ever lived in Colorado



Suggested by

David King, my old C.U. Boulder blitz partner,

now back home in Texas





Handle - Pretzel Attack

----------------------------------------------------------------------



Hoping to get



Steve Towbin, bullet addict - Latvia

Steve was unofficially a Chessmaster then fell to

earth like Icarus and never touched the sky again



Tyler Hughes, Chess god - Checkmates



Happy, healthy Josh Smith, retired Champ - TsovNoog



Danielle Rice, bullet addict - Danielle



Future Colorado Champion Josh Bloomer, multiple handles -

the funny part was Josh played Na3 against my Hyper-Pole

under a new handle and I said - Josh?

and he said - Yup!



Day, time, server to be chosen soon after hearing

from the top players and the multitude.

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Statistics for B-Wall         On for:    4     Idle:    0



              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best

Wild             718  [6]     0     4     0     4

Loser's          788  [5]     0     7     0     7

Crazyhouse      1545  [5]     7    10     0    17

Bullet           674  [8]     0     1     0     1

Blitz           2049  [3]   824   468   140  1432   2459 (09-Mar-2009)

5-minute        2070  [8]   672   620   168  1460   2369 (01-Sep-2009)

1-minute        1904       2425  2297   213  4935   2136 (26-Dec-2009)



 1: Life Master Brian Wall   30 years

 2: How to Play Chess Like An Animal - Amazon.com, Borders  over 2,000 sold

 3: Youtube videos - Fishing Pole First Blood  1,000 views

 4: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com  free Chess email list ( 650 ) with pictures

 5: http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist  free email list (

  350 )

 6: http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm  Off the Wall Chess column for

  www.Chessville.com

 7: ICC interview with IM John Watson Feb 3, 2009  archived

 8: friends - Checkmates, Karagianis

 9: www.BrianWallChess.net

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My 1 minute high was yesterday, which may be Tyler Hughes 19th birthday.

That means I've know him almost 10 years.

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In the past it's been on ICC but if people prefer PlayChess

or Chesscube or whatever we will try to accomodate them.

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Reward - bragging rights for a year

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Bullet is a state of mind - you have to make good moves

instantly stopping only for checks or checkmate threats.

Being able to win won endgames is critical. Finding any

checks at all the final 7 seconds is even more critical.

Good Bullet Openings -

Anything that throws your opponents off

balance and forces him to consume time.

The Dragon, the Czech Benoni, the Sveshnikov, the Najdorf, the Scotch,

the Goring Gambit,the Rubenstein French, the Fort Knox French

are popular in bullet.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Dec 30 17:53:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:53:44 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Raiding raccoons - Jack Young's latest
Message-ID: <1262220824.4b3bf6182bd07@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Jack Young
    Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:34:58 -0800 (PST)
    From: Jack Young
Reply-To: Jack Young
 Subject: Raiding raccoons
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

?
?
?
So I made my first visit to the Metrowest (Framingham) chess club in about 4
years.? It looks like the place is still thriving garnering 60-80 visitors per
night.? Big John Curdo the energizer bunny is still going strong at 78.? He was
playing chess legend/octogeneraian GM?Arthur Bisguier who moved to the area and
they had a spirited draw.? Only recognized about 7 or 8 faces.? Lots of kids.?
So in walks long time friend Rob Huntington and we later played some skittles
at the local Uno's.?? No chess clocks here as we were playing on a tiny board.
?
"Skittles"? King's Gambit/"Racoon"? White:R Huntington (1916)? Black: Bozo Clown
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 h5!!! (I was hoping ?a timid fellow like Rob would play 3.d3 d5!?
or 3...Nc6 4.fe d6!?) 3.Nf3 ef4 (Transposing back to the Wegenbach Gambit
usually reached via 1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef4 3.Nf3 h5!!!) 4.d4 g5 5.Bc4 (5.h4 g4 6.Ne5
d6 7.Nd3 may be better for White. 6...Bh6 7.Bc4 Rh7!!! transposes into the
notorious 'long whip' variation which is better for White)? 5...h4!!! 6.Ne5
Rh7!!! 7.0-0 (An amusing line 7.Ng6 fg6 8.B:g8 Rh8 with great pawns for Black
7...d6 8.Ng4?! (8.N:f7 is interesting)? 8...Nh6 9.N:h6 R:h6 10.Qe1?! Nc6
11.Bb5?! a6 12.B:c6+ bc6 13.Nc3 Bg7 14.Qf2 Qe7 15.Bd2 Bb7!!! 16.Rae1 0-0-0
(Black has 2 B's, an extra pawn and a safe king.? What more can you ask for?)?
17.d5!!! c5 18.b4!!! Bd4?? and here Rob chivalrously accepted my draw offer.?
1/2 - 1/2
?
Skittles? "Tombraider Attack" White: Bozo Clown? Black: R Huntington
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Ng5!!! 0-0 6.Nc3 h6 7.h4 d6 8.f3!!!
hg5!!! (At the risk of repeating myself 8...Nh5! is strong.? He fell into this
same trap the last time I tried this thing over a year ago) 9.hg5 Nh7 10.f4 g6
11.f5 N:g5 12.Qg4 gf5 13.ef5 Qf6 14.B:g5 Q:f5 15.Bf6+? 1/2-1/2?? Just in a nick
of time as 15...Q:g4 16.Rh8 is checkmate.?
?
That's about all for now folks!
?
Bozo T Clown

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 31 09:05:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:05:55 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] millions of free downloadable chessgames
Message-ID: <1262275555.4b3ccbe396226@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Lars Balzer <news.chess at lars-balzer.info> -----
    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:23:59 +0100
    From: Lars Balzer <news.chess at lars-balzer.info>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] millions of free downloadable chessgames
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

Dear chessfriends!

A few minutes ago I have updated my page:
http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info

ChessGamesLinks is a collection of links which link to WWW-pages all
around the world where you can download chessgames in various formats
(pgn, cbf, cbv, nic, si3, ...) for free!
And you can also find files of games with unorthodox chess openings.

And I am always searching for new links. Perhaps someone of you know
some other WWW-pages which I can add to my link-collection?

Best regards, and a Happy New Year 2010!
  Lars Balzer

--
Lars Balzer
Webmaster of ChessGamesLinks
Linkcollection to free downloadable chessgames (pgn, cbh, cbf, ...)
http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info




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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Dec 31 18:23:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:23:30 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Denver Chess Club website by Chris
	Peterson http://www.denverchess.com
Message-ID: <1262309010.4b3d4e923a4b9@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:41:13 -0800 (PST)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: denver chess club
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

here is a link to the new denver chess club website.

 http://www.denverchess.com

send this out over your lists, i want some feedback! i know there isn't any
content in there yet, but as soon as i can i will put it all up

 http://www.brianwallchess.net, http://www.denverchess.com

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