[BrianWall-ChessList] IMs no better at fighting off Fishing Pole

[Wayne Thompson]

I continue to be amazed at the lack of class people exhibit when playing speed chess by disconnecting. You would think that OTB rating points or money were at stake!> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:43:14 -0700> From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com> To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com> Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] IMs no better at fighting off Fishing Pole> > > I took a one year break from ICC but no one improved.> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Information about Iandmyself(IM) (Last disconnected Wed Feb 11 2009 18:01):> > rating [need] win loss draw total best> Bullet 2117 [8] 49 20 5 74 2196 (11-Mar-2007)> Blitz 2564 [8] 260 251 31 542 2805 (04-Jan-2008)> 5-minute 2206 2932 2229 573 5734 2442 (29-Sep-2008)> 1-minute 1780 [8] 13 3 0 16> 15-minute 2035 [4] 1 0 0 1> > Name : Diego Rafael Di Berardino> Groups : IMs> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> [Event "ICC 5 0"]> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]> [Date "2009.02.11"]> [Round "-"]> [White "Iandmyself"]> [Black "B-Wall"]> [Result "0-1"]> [ICCResult "White disconnected and forfeits"]> [WhiteElo "2206"]> [BlackElo "2232"]> [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]> [ECO "C65"]> [NIC "RL.07"]> [Time "17:58:23"]> [TimeControl "300+0"]> > 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!> > Fishing Pole videos -> > Brian's -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4> > Anthea's -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk> > > 5. h3 h5!! 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4 Ba7!!> > Hyper-Pole> > > 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qe2 Ng6! 11. c4> > IM Rafael Di Berardino Diego> starts trying to shut> down my Peekaboo bishop.> > > > 11 ... Kf8> > I was getting tired> of ... d6 being ilegal> > > 12. Nc3 d6!> > Finally> > > 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nf4!! 15. Bxf4! exf4! 16. b4> > Still trying to shut down my Peekaboo bishop.> > > 16 ... g5!! 17. Rad1 Ne5!!> > I usually don't retreat but I have to get out of the way of my own pawns.> 6,7,8,13,14,15 or 17 hg?? all lost.> > I have a winning Kingside attack now without having to scarifice.> > > 18. Nxe5 fxe5!! 19. c5! g4!!!> > The International Master finally eclipses my Peekaboo> Hyper-Pole Bishop but I am rolling too fast on the> other side now. 19 ... dc! is possible but> 20 b5 is annoying.> > > 20. Qc4> > It took 4 moves but Diego finally entombed my Hyper-Bishop.> > > 20 ... gxh3!!> > Ripping into his King with a vengeance.> > > 21. gxh3 Bxh3!> > Devastating, not to mention> 21 ... Rg8+!! 22 Kh2 B:h3!!> is even stronger while> 21 ... f3!!! just checkmates> > 22. f3 Qh4!!!> > mating> > {White disconnected and forfeits} 0-1> > 22 ... Rg8+!!! mates just as fast.> > Even if the IM didn't "disconnect"> the longest he could have lasted> against the Fishing Pole is> 22 ... Qh4 23 Rf2 Rg8+ 24 Rg2 R:g2+ 25 Kh1 Qg3 or ... Qf2> mates next move> --------------------------------------------------------------------------> --------------------------------------------------------------------------> [Event "ICC 5 0"]> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]> [Date "2009.02.11"]> [Round "-"]> [White "Iandmyself"]> [Black "B-Wall"]> [Result "0-1"]> [ICCResult "White disconnected and forfeits"]> [WhiteElo "2206"]> [BlackElo "2232"]> [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]> [ECO "C65"]> [NIC "RL.07"]> [Time "17:58:23"]> [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. d5 Ne7 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. c4 Kf8 12. Nc3 d6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Nf4 15.> Bxf4 exf4 16. b4 g5 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. c5 g4 20. Qc4 gxh3 21.> gxh3 Bxh3 22. f3 Qh4 {White disconnected and forfeits} 0-1> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> > Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:53:39 -0600> From: PQ Wall <pqw at bellsouth.net>> To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>> Reply-to: pqw at bellsouth.net> Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList]> > Destiny is Real> Brian,> > Thanks for the praise.> But note Crawford is an astrologer. Intro was by> David Knox Barker.> > > Dad> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------> -----Original Message-----> From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com> [mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com]On Behalf Of Brian> Wall> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 13:07> To: brianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist> Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Destiny is Real> > > > I have been rereading my Dad's book this weekend.> Destiny is Real, 1999, Garden District Press> by Lucius John Wall II> ( Philosophy Qotient Wall or P.Q. Wall for short. )> > > > > 2008's Top Ten Stock Market Forecasters> > 1. Crawford Perspectives +42.4%> 2. Peter Eliades Stockmarket Cycles 20.8%> 3. Elliott Wave Financial Forecast 18.9%> 4. Doug Fabian's ETF Trader 13.2%> 5. Yamamoto Forecast 7.7%> 6. Lowry On-Demand Investor 7.6%> 7. Investment Models Newsletter 5.6%> 8. P.Q. Wall Forecast 5.4%> 9. Stealth Stocks Daily Alert 5.3%> 10. On the Money 2.1%> > The guy at the top of the list, David Knox Crawford, wrote the sterling> introduction to> Destiny is Real.> > #2 on the list is Peter Eliades, who convinced my Dad to restart his> financial> newsletter after he went legally blind at my age. After 6 eye operations, he> got enough eyesight back to relaunch the P.Q.Wall forecast.> > #3 on the list is also a big friend of my Dad's.> > My Dad's first PQ Wall newsletter predicted the biggest bull market in> history.> I think it was January 1982. The stock market at that time always stayed> under> 1,000. My Dad predicted it would go to 3400. He called the precise top> within> one point 10 YEARS IN ADVANCE .> > He also predicted oil would go from $36 a barrel ( 1983 ) to $9 a barrel> in> 1986. ( It did ).> > He also has thousands of subscribers buying his 4 times a day realtime> market> telephone calls where he summarizes all the markets.> > My dad has given many lectures, key note speeches, TV interviews, newspaper> interviews, etc.> > I believe he was in the top 10 forecasters for 1997 as well.> > How does he do it? He studied the ancient philosophers, he reads constantly.> He's been called a genius as long as I can remember.> > The premise of Destiny is Real is that -> Worldwide Emotions are a field, like gravity, that can be measured.> > The purpose of Universal Emotions is to create strife which creates superior> or> more sensitive beings. This tendency fights entropy, the contraction of the> universe.> > My Dad studies these ancient mysteries and follows both long term and short> term> cycles and wraps it all up in a neat package for his readers.> > When he's hot, business booms. Sometimes these forecasters miss something,> like> a Grandmaster having a bad tournament but in the long run, after they> adjust,> the same guys keep rising to the top. They speak the same lingo and use> every> tool available to forecast accurately.> > The way my Dad made his best forecast sounds simple. He saw that in the> 1920's> the real, bedrock stock market floor price rose to 6 times it's value at the> peak. He made his best guess at what the 1980 bedrock, stock market floor> price> bottom was and multiplied by 6, coming up with 34xx. 10 years later it came> true.> > Anyway, I can't explain all this has as well as he can so check out the P.Q.> Wall Forecast. I didn't want you all thinking I got all my Chess talent from> my> Jewish Mom.> > > _______________________________________________> BrianWall-ChessList mailing list> BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com> http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist
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