From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 1 02:52:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 02:52:31 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2008 North American Open - Wall - Hess Round 1 Message-ID: <1230803551.495c925f56ec4@www.taom.com> I did a recent email where I got paired with GM Yermolinsky in Round 1 in Vegas so I was emotionally prepared for a tough pairing this time. Good. I came here to play great players. I had a vague recollection that Jerry Hanken had wrote about an incredible run that Robert Hess had a year ago. It turns out that Hess was the US Junior Champ ( 2006 )2 years before Tyler Hughes ( 2008 ). I didn't know too much about Hess before the game but his rating scared me. He seemed like a cross between Josh Bloomer and Tyler Hughes. He has a munchkin Kewpie doll body; there was a similar looking girl hanging around him, maybe his sister. I thought Hess (16 yr old High School student ) had to be one of the very few Americans that was younger than Tyler Hughes yet had a higher rating. Josh Bloomer and Robert Hess both have compact bodies and play(ed) High School football. My preparation consisted of a ten minute think in the morning before I got out of bed. Brian to Brian in the dark - " Do you want to play solid or wild Chess?" Brian - " Let's try wild first and see what happens. " [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Balley's Casino"] [Date "2008.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "LM Brian Wall"] [Black "IM Robert Hess"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2229"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad variation"] [ECO "E30"] [NIC "NI.25"] [Time "6:30 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 2008 North American Open Balley's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada The Day after Christmas room 921 Roommate Danielle Rice Round 1 Board 6 40/2 Game/1 hour 5 second delay 6:30 PM Friday night White - Brian Wall 2229 Black - IM Robert Hess 2544 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6! Best according to Alekhine 3. Nc3 I drew IM Michael Mulyar with 3 Nf3 in a Colorado Open that we tied for first. I was 23 when I won the first time, I think Michael was 23 when he tied me. Mulyar won on tiebreaks. I had also won it in 1977, 24 years earlier. I told Michael I was winning these tournaments before he was born. Reviewing 3 Nf3 I had drawn some strong players but the move never really appealed to me. I think Richard Herbst drew me in the 2006 Colorado Open after I played 3 Nf3. 3 ... Bb4 I hate the Nimzo-Indian for White. It was one of my early defenses and I can never find a single line I like as White. 4. Bg5 The Leingrad Variation after Spassky who never lost with it. I have played 4 Bg5 c5 5 dc a lot 4 ... h6! 14 minutes spent on this move - I guess I made a good opening choice 5. Bh4! g5 8 minutes spent on this move I wrote an email 2 years ago where I stated how much I hate this line as White. Andy Rea wrote back explaining some of the basic ideas. My troubles usually converge on f2-g3 6. Bg3! Ne4! 7. Qc2! Nxg3 15 minutes spent on this move 7 ... d5 played 15 times 7 ... B:c3+ played 15 times 7 ... N:g3 played 15 times 7 ... f5 played 15 times by GM Lputian and others 7 ... N:c3 tried once 8. hxg3 One dyslexic tried 8 fg here 8 ... b6 Played 15 times 9. e3 Played once before 9 ... Bb7 10. f4 TN Wall A Theoretical Novelty, a move I played, not because I knew it was good but because I knew it was me. It weakens f2, e3 and g3. I happen to like it because it reminds me of a Botvinnik-Makoganov game in 100 selected games. I think Botvinnik played f4 and Kf2 10 Nf3 has been tried once before 10 f4 adds tension to g5 and helps protect g2. I wouldn't play it again. Better moves abound - 10 0-0-0, e4, g4, Nf3, Nge2, Nh3, f3, a3, Qb3, Rh3, Rh5, Rd1, Rh2 It may sound strange but I was hoping all my bad blitz experiences in this line would help me foresee danger. You don't have to win with a line to play it, you just have to understand it. I like challenges so much I have to invent my own. I thought I was "punishing" Hess down the open h-file. 10 ... Qf6! I had half an hour on Robert already. If you stay at the board the opponent thinks he is holding you up by thinking and moves quickly. If you leave he goes into deep meditation. I like to wander and observe the other boards. 11. Nf3! g2 is well protected from the b7-bishop now but I am not really threatening to win a pawn on g5 yet because g3 is too weak - 11 ... Nc6 12. O-O-O!! Now maybe I am because Ne4 is legal 12 ... g4 I was worried about ... 0-0-0 and ... Nc6-e7-f5 so this seemed like a positional mistake to me. I know it must be an illusion but it seems that my intuition always wants to make the correct move but I talk myself out of it. 13 Ne5!!:g4 was what my hand wanted to play or 13 Nd2!-e4 to reenter the center. My move is connected with three deep plans - 1 - Stop all Hess counterplay associated with ... h6-h5-h4 or ... Nc6-e7-f5 2 - rescue my stranded knight with e4-d5-f5. I'll come back for you, bro, I promise. 3 - It is also a "frustrate-the-higher-rated-player-by-locking-up-the-board" move. This should lead to more time advantage. 13. Nh4 Bxc3 " If a piece is out of play, leave it alone. " Najdorf talking about the b4-bishop in the Nimzoindian in a game with Keres, Piatigorsky Cup I thought Robert's move was another positional error. Why? - because I hadn't considered it. 14. Qxc3! Ne7 15. Bd3 If Hess dares to play ... Nf5 I will chop it off before he hits his clock 15 ... c5! 16. Kb1!! Just getting off the c-file, simple 16 ... Rc8 17. Qa3!! 1/2-1/2 ? Brilliant! Time - Brian - 40 minutes Hess - 19 minutes I am winning on time and position and I offer a draw to give him more to think about. My plan was to play Fritz perfect moves and win the game as his position and clock implode. I admired Robert's courage in turning down the draw. It reminded me of Josh Bloomer refusing my 7 draw offers when he was 17. ( see Walverine.com ) 17 f5!!! was another great move, beginning the "Free the h4-Knight" campaign 17 ... cxd4! 6 minutes spent, 13 minutes left to move 40 The correct strategy when you have trapped your opponent's piece is to open up the board on the other side. Hess intends a Benko Gambit with my King as the pot of gold 18. Qxa7!! I knew I was winning if I could just maintain Fritz-like prefection 18 ... Ba8 19. Qxb6 19 e4!! does a better job of keeping his pieces off my King. 19 ... Nc6? 19 ... de! does a better job of opening lines 20. exd4!! two pawns and 18 minutes ahead - things are going well 20 ... O-O 21. Be4? Going for trades and still winning but I had many much better moves like 21 Ka1, Qb3 and Qa6 to name a few 21 ... Rb8!! Brian - 26 minutes left Hess - 7 minutes left 22. Qc5!! Rfc8 A few days later David Lucky was trying to make 22 ... d6!? 23 Q:d6 Rfd8 24 Qc5 N:d4 25 B:a8 R:b2+ 26 K:b2 Rb8+ 27 Kc3 Ne2+ work for Black but 28 Kd3!! should win In general David crushes me in postmortems and laughs gleefully when I fall for his traps. I played David once and it was the best game I ever lost. I am hopeful one day he will unlock the vault and turn over the scoresheet. Paul Nikitovich is still waiting for the Bardwick scoresheet where he mated Todd in the middle of the board in a King's Indian Defense. 22 Qc5 d5!! 23 cd Ne7! wins the battle for d5 but I should still win after 24 Bc2! 23. Rhe1?? I believe I offered a second draw somewhere around here. I thought it was fun torturing the young IM with draw offers when I was winning on clock and board. I admired Robert greatly for refusing my draws and insisting on winning with no time on his clock. I tried to emulate his attitude later. 23 B:c6! B:c6 24 Qe5! Q:e5 25 de R:c4 26 R:d7! was a line I had already calulated as winning earlier. 23 ... d5!! The best move with 3 minutes on his clock - this is what 2500's do. I had 20 minutes and thought the game was over. In actuality I have lost 95% of my advantage already. 24. cxd5! I considered bailing with 24 B:d5!? but it looked wrong 24 ... Nb4!! 25. Qd6! Nxd5! 24 ... B:d5!! activating the cornered bishop, is a little stronger 26. Ka1!! Rb5?? Not a great move but Robert only had a minute left. I would have very little after 26 ... Nb4!! This is the part that has given me nightmares every night since, especially the first night. I totally knew 26 f5!!! won, ripping lines open and freeing my knight, the culmination and completion of every part of my strategy this game. Time - Brian 14 minutes Hess - 1 minute My hand literally begged me to just play the move instantly without thinking and say- " Final draw offer" 26 Qe5!! is another great in-your-face move I've admitted to myself many times that I have big problems when my opponent is in time pressure. I have great trouble calming down and thinking clearly. I totally saw that 26 f5!!! Nb4 was harmless but somehow I ignored every instinct and managed to confuse myself enough to say - Let's play a safe move and play f5 next, he has no time to think anyway. My stinkin' thinkin' here still makes me sick. 27. a3?? Unnecessarily weakening, pathetic, a move that cries out for punishment. I did not have to lose after this move but I deserved to. 27 ... Rd8? 28. Qe5!! Qe7! 29. Qh5?? 4 minutes left. I got really mad that 29 Nf5 didn't work, it seemed so unfair. Meanwhile I barely examined good moves like 29 Rc1!!! or Rh1!! 29 ... Rxb2!? A huge, sickening shock. There was another brilliant move available, 29 ... Nc3!! 30 Q:g4+! Kh8! 31 Bb1!! Be4!! 32 Re3! and Robert is doing fine after 32 ... N:d1!!, ... h5! or ... N:b1! Now you can see why I made those two draw offers. This High School kid is finding shots from hell with 15 seconds left. He's 2544 for a reason. I was an emotional wreck at this point, barely able to contain my disappointment. I'm no Fritz but I knew I was winning somewhere earlier. 29 ... R:b2 30 K:b2 Rb8+ 31 Kc2 Qc7+ 32 Kd3 Qc3+ 33 Ke2 Rb2+ 34 Kf1 Q:g3! is horrible so I spent half of my remaining 4 minutes looking for a better move. 30. Qxg4+! 30 Rd3!! is the better of the two saving moves 30 ... Kf8! 31. Rd3! 31 Qf3!! is the better of the two saving moves 32 ... Nf6! I was shellshocked at this point and positive I must lose. 9 seconds left for the wunderkind plus a 5 second delay. I had one minute, 52 seconds. Only 32 ... Rc2!! saving the rook, is even better IM Hess played the rest of the game on his increment. 32. Qf3 To provide extra support to my bishop, I did not consider for a nanosecond the one saving move 32 Qd1!!! 32 ... Nxe4?? 32 ... B:e4!! 33 R:e4 Rdb8!! kills 33. Rxe4?? Missing another saving shot with 33 K:b2!! but my brain was mush now 33 ... Rdb8!!! mating. The immediate threat is mate in 2 34.Qd1 Rb1+ 34 ... Qb7!!, ... Bd5!! or ... B:e4 all checkmate but Robert's choice is very convncing. 35.Qxb1! Rxb1+! 36.Kxb1! Bxe4! I am out of pieces. Robert's clock never fell. My knight never made it back home. "Don't leave me here! Don't leave me here!" Buried snowmobiler to his two buddies after an avalanche in Fernie, British Columbia December 2008. His friends heard another avalanche wave and ran away but then came back and saved him. Brian resigns 0-1 A very painful loss but I tip my hat to the 16 year old Manhattanite, the 2006 US Junior Champ, International Master Robert Hess for his courage, skill, fortitude and coolness under fire. I wrote the game off to my " Vegas curse ". I laughed when I found out after the tournament I missed the money by half a point. I was handing out free points or half points unnecessarily almost every round. I feel like I learned a lot from this game, for one thing, to trust my instincts more, to not follow anyone into time pressure and to adopt the fearless hope of youth. ----------------------------------------------------------------- You can download 93 2008 North American Open section games here - go to USChess.org for their report http://chesstournamentservices.com/cca/category/north-american-open/nao-pgn/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC w23 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2008.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "LM Brian Wall"] [Black "IM Robert Hess"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2229"] [BlackElo "2544"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad variation"] [ECO "E30"] [NIC "NI.25"] [Time "6:30 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg3 8.hxg3 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.f4 Qf6 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.0-0-0 g4 13.Nh4 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Ne7 15.Bd3 c5 16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Qa3 cxd4 18.Qxa7 Ba8 19.Qxb6 Nc6 20.exd4 0-0 21.Be4 Rb8 22.Qc5 Rfc8 23.Rhe1 d5 24.cxd5 Nb4 25.Qd6 Nxd5 26.Ka1 Rb5 27.a3 Rd8 28.Qe5 Qe7 29.Qh5 Rxb2 30.Qxg4+ Kf8 31.Rd3 Nf6 32.Qf3 Nxe4 33.Rxe4 Rdb8 34.Qd1 Rb1+ 35.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 36.Kxb1 Bxe4 Brian resigns 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wall,B (2229) - Velikanov,A (2046) [A00] North American Open 2008 Las Vegas (5.31), 28.12.2008 1.e3 Nf6 2.Ne2 d5 3.d4 c5 4.c3 e6 5.h4 Nc6 6.Nf4 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 Bf5 10.Be2 Be7 11.h5 Qd7 12.Kf1 0-0-0 13.a5 g5 14.Nd3 Nc6 15.Nc2 Ne4 16.Bd2 Kb8 17.Be1 d4 18.exd4 cxd4 19.c4 Nc5 20.b4 Nxd3 21.Bxd3 Ne5 22.Bxf5 ?-? --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "WchT U26 12th fin-B"] [Site "Sinaia"] [Date "1965.07.25"] [Round "1"] [White "George,Peter M"] [Black "Annabi,S"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "E30"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg3 8.hxg3 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.Nf3 d6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.0-0-0 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qe7 14.Rh2 0-0-0 15.Kb1 Nf6 16.Qc2 Ng4 17.Rhh1 Kb8 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Rc1 Be4 20.Rc3 e5 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Ra3 c5 23.Qc2 f5 24.d5 Qd7 25.Ng1 g4 26.Qe2 Rdg8 27.Qe1 h5 28.Ne2 Qh7 29.Ka1 Qe7 30.Rh4 Qf6 31.Nc3 Nxc3 32.Qxc3 Rf8 33.Qb3 f4 34.Qa4 Rf7 35.exf4 exf4 36.Rd3 Re7 37.Rh1 fxg3 38.fxg3 Re2 39.Qb3 Rhe8 40.Kb1 Qf5 41.Ka1 Rxg2 42.Re3 Rf8 43.a4 Rf2 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hess is a 15-year-old chess prodigy & plays football http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hschool/2007/09/02/2007-09-02_robert_hess_is_a_15yearold_chess_prodigy.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hess Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hess_(chess_player) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chessgames of Robert Hess http://www.chessgames.com/player/robert_hess.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hess wins 2006 US Junior http://main.uschess.org/content/view/6214/325/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Southend op"] [Site "London"] [Date "2000.04.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Walker,Graham"] [Black "Watson,Steven L"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "E30"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 Ne4 7.Qc2 Nxg3 8.fxg3 d6 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.e3 Qe7 11.Bd3 e5 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nf6 14.Nd2 h5 15.Bf5 h4 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 hxg3 18.hxg3 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 exd4 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.cxd4 f6 22.Raf1 Rh6 23.c5 dxc5 24.Rxc5 Kd6 25.Rfc1 c6 26.Kf2 Re8 27.Kf3 b6 28.Rxc6+ Kd5 29.Rc7 g4+ 30.Kf4 Re4+ 31.Kf5 Rh5+ 32.Kxf6 Re6+ 33.Kg7 Rxe3 34.Rxa7 Rxg3 35.Rc2 Rh2 36.Rb2 Rgxg2 37.Rxb6 Kxd4 38.a4 g3 39.a5 Rb2 40.Rd7+ Ke3 41.Re6+ Kf2 42.Rf7+ Kg1 43.a6 Rhf2 44.a7 Rxf7+ 45.Kxf7 Ra2 46.Re7 g2 47.Ke8 Kf2 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 1 16:04:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:04:08 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Latvian gambit refuted by Alejandro Melchor, Barcelona; SPAIN Message-ID: <1230851048.495d4be8c413e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from amelchormunoz ----- Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:52:01 -0000 From: amelchormunoz Reply-To: amelchormunoz Subject: ,Latvian gambit refuted To: Brian Wall Dear Sir, I'm the author of the Spanish article "Latvian gambit refuted". I'm grateful with you on writting in NJ forum about this, I hope more people know this article in the future. I've wrote an answer there, as you can see is possible to read many about in English on www.chesspub.com , so I hope English readers have the opportunity to see the article. Best !, Alejandro Melchor, Barcelona; SPAIN From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 1 18:48:26 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:48:26 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Steve Sabean - one of my games cited Message-ID: <1230860906.495d726a7bd39@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Steve Sabean ----- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 17:37:23 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Sabean Reply-To: Steve Sabean Subject: one of my games cited To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com http://www.newinchess.com/Archives/PDFs/010Forum88.pdf page 12 Rodrigues - Satici, note to Black's move 13 This is so exciting.? By the way, I could have drawn the 15 Rd1 idea as well. Happy New Year. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090101/9d52b511/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 1 23:01:43 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 23:01:43 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2008 North American Open - Round 2 - Moon - Wall Message-ID: <1230876103.495dadc79db62@www.taom.com> I am often mistaken for Bill Wall, author of the miniature books, host of an awesome website and new author of a Hippo/Crazy Kat book. I do have a brother Bill Wall that doesn't play much Chess. I have corresponded with the Chessplayer Bill Wall and I like him very much. Bill Wall and Vincent McCambridge once wrote an article in the Player's Chess News about Alekhine's Defense which I refuted ( before computers, say 1983 ). Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alekhine and the Nazis by Bill Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In August 1939, Alexander Alekhine's brother, Alexei (1888-1939) was murdered in Russia. His sister was also in Russia, but he could not contact her. In September 1939. Alekhine was in Buenos Aires when Germany invaded Poland. As team captain of the French team, he refused to play the German team. The score between France and Germany was marked as 2-2 draw without play. The Germans won the event. Alekhine was now a French citizen and changed his spelling from Aljechin to Alekhine when he became a French citizen. In January, 1940 Dr. Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) was mobilized into the French army after returning from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was the coach of the French olympic chess team and played board 1 for the French team. He was an interpreter and a sanitation officer for the French army. After the fall of France, he fled to Marseille. In October 1940, he sought permission to enter Cuba, promising to play a match with Capablanca. This request was denied. It took him a year to get permission to leave for Lisbon, Portugal. He had to write 2 chess articles for a German newspaper to get his exit visa. In 1941 Alexander Alekhine wrote six Nazi articles which first appeared in the Paris newspaper Pariser Zeitung. He wrote a series of articles for Die Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden called "Jewish and Aryan Chess." The articles were reproduced in Deutsch Schachzeitung. The articles tried to show proof that Jews played defensive, cowardly chess and the Aryan chessplayers played attacking chess that was aggressive and brave. He had hoped that after the death of Lasker, Lasker would be the last Jewish chess champion of the world. (Lasker's sister died in a gas chamber at a Nazi concentration camp). Alekhine defined Jewish chess as material profit at all costs. It was opportunism at its best. It was defend at all costs. He claimed that there had never been a real chess artist of Jewish origin. He mentioned that the representatives of Aryan chess included Philidor, Labourdonnais, Anderssen, Morphy, Tchigorin, Pillsbury, Marshall, Capablanca, Bogoljubov, Euwe, Eliskases, and Keres. For Jewish players, there was only Steinitz and Lasker. In April 1941 Alekhine left France for Lisbon, Portugal. His wife, Grace Wishard, stayed behind to save her castle at Saint Aubin-le-Cauf, near Dieppe. The Germans refused to give an exit visa for his wife. He made an effort to get a visa to come to America, but it was refused. In September 1941, Alekhine spoke proudly of his chess articles on Jewish chess for the Madrid paper, El Alcazar. In September 1941, the President of the German Chess Federation, Ehrhardt Post, said that if Alekhine would play in a Munich tournament, his wife would be permitted to join him there. Alekhine played and had a swastika flag at his table. In June 1942, a chess tournament was held in Salzburg. Euwe was invited but he declined because Alekhine was participating and Euwe found the articles that Alekhine had written on Jews offensive. The tournament took place in the Mirabell Palace (Sound of Music was filmed there). It was close to the summer residence of Hitler who may have stopped in for a visit. Alekhine won the event, followed by Keres. In January 1943, Alekhine fell ill from scarlet fever at Prague. He was treated in the same hospital where Richard Reti died in 1929 from the same illness. After he got out of the hospital, he was obliged to give various chess exhibitions and play in various chess tournaments, otherwise the Germans would have withdrawn his ration cards. In October 1943, at the invitation of the Spanish Chess Federation, Alekhine came to Madrid. A Nazi broadcast said that Alekhine was confined to a sanitorium shortly after his arrival. He was put in the sanitorium for alcoholism or mental illness. The Gestapo allowed him an exit visa, but would not let his wife accompany him. She was to return to Paris. Alekhine competed in 7 tournaments in Germany during the war. He participated in Nazi chess tournaments in Munich, Salzburg, Warsaw, and Prague. He remained in Nazi-occupied Europe as a citizen of Vichy France. In Decmber, 1944 Alekhine was interviewd by a Spanish correspondent of the News Review. In this interview, he denied that he was a Nazi collaborator. He said he played in German chess tournaments under duress. He claimed the Nazi articles were rewritten by the Germans. He had written the articles in exchange for an exit visa from France. After the war, Alekhine was concerned with the fate in Paris of his American-born wife, Grace Wishard, age 62 (he was 52). After the war, Alekhine was being accused of converting to Nazi racial doctrines. He was also accused of actively collaborating with the enemy. Alekhine was not invited to any post-World War II chess tournament because of his affiliation with the Nazis. In December 1945, he wrote a letter to the organizer of the London Victory tournament, W. Hatton-Ward, denying that he ever wrote any article about Jews and Aryan chess. In early 1946 Alekhine wrote to some friends that he was constantly being followed. In March 1946, he died in a hotel in Estoril (outside Lisbon), Portugal after choking on a piece of meat. Some say he did not choke, but died of a stroke or heart attack. He had been sitting in a chair with a pocket peg chess set beside him, analyzing a chess position after eating dinner alone. he was 53. A day after Alekhine's death, a letter arrived inviting him to England for an Alekhine-Botvinnik match. The doctor who wrote the official death certificate, Dr. Antonio Ferreira, later denied that Alekhine died by choking or even a heart attack. The doctor told his friends that Alekhine had actually been shot and murdered. The doctor said that the Portuguese government put pressure on him to complete the death certificate to show that Alekhine died of a heart attack and not murdered to avoid any controversy. There is speculation that Alekhine was murdered by a French Resistance secret death squad who targeted French citizens who collaborated with the German Nazis. In 1956 the manuscripts of the 6 Nazi articles appeared in Grace Wishard's personal effects. They were all in Alexander Alekhine's handwriting. Bill Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall - The reason I bring up the Alekhine article is I would like to discuss Chess style, race and culture without sounding like a Nazi. I am not calling for anyone to be marched to internment camps. My Mother is Jewish so I probably have many relatives I never knew about who died in the camps. My grandmother moved from Kiev, Ukraine when she was 3. When she asked my great Grandmother for the year she was born, her answer was - " I was on a farm. You were born in the summer. " I am not calling for a new World Order. I am not trying to dredge up old European grudges. I just want to discuss Chess styles honestly for the improvement of worldwide Chess. I have studied Chess and Chess styles for 50 years in order to learn how to play better. Mark Sherbring's sister Marilyn told me there are 9 basic personality types. They each value something different. One type valued security highest of all. It seems that Chessplayers are always divided into the risk takers and the Sydney Safeco's ( as Denver Chessmaster James Hamblin calls them ). I played Jewish Chess as Alekhine described it until I was 45. I just could not stand incorrect sacrifices. I had a major prejudice against attacks, sound or not. The bravest Chessplayer that ever lived was perhaps Tal. Kasparov preferred the style of Alekhine but it seems Gary took it to the next level - Gary was neither cowardly nor unsound - he seemed to find the perfect balance between aggression and safety. Non-risk-takers include Kramnik, Petrosian, Karpov, Leko, Capablanca. Daring Chessplayers include Tal, Kasparov, Shirov, Shabalov, Topalov, Spassky, Bronstein. The non-risk-takers are all endgame virtuosos. The daring Chessplayers are sacrificial middlegame virtuosos. They are all good at both, it's a matter of what they aim for, feel comfortable in, what they specialize in, what they're famous for. Do Jewish Chessplayers play it safe? Reshevsky and Korchnoi were infamous materialists. Tal, Bronstein and Kasparov were famous attackers. I have talked to Varhuzhan Akobian about the Armenian School. The Armenians always seems like positional geniuses to me. They are tactically adequate but where they really shine is accurate evaluations and fluid, elegant play. Varuzhan said they are grounded in the Chess fundamentals very early. The Ukranians like Ivanchuk and Karjakin seems like tactical gods to me. Karjakin in particular employs razorsharp cutting edge opening lines. It's hard to find a boring game whenever a Ukranian is involved. Volokitin is another tactical buzzsaw ( Jack Young's term ). I try to find patterns in people's play, what books I think they've read; if they sac the exchange a lot they are familiar with Petrosian or John Watson's Secrets of Opening Strategy; if they like the Old Indian they are probably reading European Chess magazines. There are millions of Dzindi clones out there. The point I am trying to make is that I have tried to learn from the real Chess artists of the world. When it comes to Chinese Chessplayers, I hit a brick wall. I can detect no Chess culture I recognize. There are exceptions, Unorthodox Openings gods Clyde Nakamura and Jack Young, also Hikaru Nakamura is very brave and will play anything. Hikaru says that he trains mostly by computer. That is the problem I have with most Oriental Chessplayers, it feels like I am playing Fritz, not a human being. No sacrifices, no artistic exchange sacs, no sealer sweeper pawns sacs, no long term sacs of any kind. They play a bland type of soulless Chess that makes their opponents want to quit the game. No beauty at all, just a massive techincal exercise of Communist precision. I would not put IM Joe Fang in this category, he seems more like Kasparov, a good blend of aggression and safety. I talked to Jack Young about his Chinese/Japanese background. Jack likes to be 100% American. He knows precisely what the Oriental culture demands and he wants no part of it. Bruce Lee said, " I looked around the movie set and realized I was the only robot there. Everyone else was an individual. " I may be completely ignorant and insane but it seems to me that the Oriental culture or temperament demands boring, safe, nonsacrificial, ultrasound, unimaginiative Chess from the beginner level all the way up to the Grandmaster level. Correct me if I'm wrong. If I sound like Alekhine, I'm sorry but I have played over thousands of games and that's the way it seems to me. If I am right then someone ought to tell them that they are missing out on the best things in Chess. Now you know my mindset when I sat down to play. Great. Another boring move technique freak is going to play it as safe as possible for 60 moves. Once again, it's my job to shake it up. Losing to these guys makes me sick because I feel like I am fighting for the right to keep Chess an interesting game. Losing feels like another good part of Chess got absorbed into another computer database. Josh Bloomer put it best - " Why do players who play it safe even play Chess at all? What are they trying to accomplish? " I would add, " What do players who never write about their games play for? If you don't share your experiences, you don't really exist. " [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Balley's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2008.12.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Ryan J. Moon"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2115"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Modern defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1 5 second delay"] 2008 North American Open Balley's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada December 27, 2008 10 AM Round 2 40/2hours Game/1 hour 5 second delay Opening - Clarendon Court White - Ryan Moon, 2115 Black - Brian Wall, 2229 After a loss I often revert to my favorite lines for a quick win. 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 This amused me, Ryan has obviously been traumatized by the Hergott/Beefeater ( 5 N:c3 B:c3+ 6 bc one of my all time favorite openings, invented by GM Roman Dzindzichashvilli ). It was obvious that Ryan was not going to allow any pawn doubling on his watch. That's OK, I can transpose into another favorite, the Clarendon Court. 5 ... d6 6. Bg2 Nf6! 7. O-O! O-O! 8. Nc3! Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 Discouraging Ne6 and promoting ... b5, a basic Clarendon Court maneuver 10. e4? fxe4! 11. Ng5 Played three times before. The Clarendon Court is based on one idea - isolating and destroying the d5-pawn. Ryan has a slight edge but I have a reasonable position - 11 ... Rb8! never tried 11 ... Bg4 played once 11 ... Ng4 played once 11 ... Bf5 11 ... a6 my choice 11 ... e3 11 ... Bd7 11 ... Nd7 11 ... b5 played once by GM Speelman, 1983 11 ... a6 TN Theoretical Novelty by Brian Wall 12. a4 Rb8!! I have many decent moves - 12 ... Rb8 12 ... Bf5 12 ... Bg4 12 ... Bd7 13. Ngxe4 b5 13 ... N:e4 is a little better, gaining a tempo after 14 R:e4 Bf5 or playing the Queenside break with more effect after 14 N:e4 b5!! 14. axb5 We missing the subtle nuances - 14 N:f6+ is a little better to gain a tempo after 14 ... B:f6 15 Bh6 I sometimes play 14 N:f6+ ef in blitz, followed by ... f5 but it weakens the e-file 14 ... axb5! 15. cxb5 Again, 15 N:f6+ is a little more awkward for me 15 ... Nxb5 Again 15 ... N:e4 16 R:e4 Bf5 was more accurate . We both refuse to initiate a knight trade. 16. Nxb5! Rxb5! 17. Qe2! Rb7 18. Ng5! h6 I got scared of Bh3, creating a huge hole on e6 19. Nf3? Ryan Moon suggested after the game that I must be better here - one weakness on e7 versus two on d5 and b2 My plan was to slowly pick off one of his weak pawns - sometimes f2 is a target too. 19 ... Bg4? Obsessed with trading my Queen-bishop for his knight, not his light-squared bishop. Simply ... Qe8 followed by ... Qf7 or .. g5 would maintain normal Clarendon Court pressure. 20. h3! Bxf3? Again, preserving the bishop preserved winning chances - 20 ... Bc8! or ... Bd7! 21. Bxf3 Qe8! The d5-pawn has no friends 22. Ra2? A passive move to guard his weaknesses but I don't make much progress and Ryan gets bolder. Ryan is a young man about 21, intelligent, polite and softspoken. 22 ... Qf7!! 23. Bg2 Rfb8 23 ... N:d5! 24 Qe6! Q:e6! 25 R:e6! Nb4 26 B:b7 N:a2 27 Be3 or Bd2 Nb4 roughly equal We thought 23 ... N:d5! 24 Qc4?? won but 24 ... Q:f2+ 25 Kh2 Q:e1 26 B:d5+ Kh7 27 B:b7 Bd4!! is a disaster for White 23 ... N:d5! 24 Qc4?? Q:f2+ 25 Kh2 Q:e1 26 Q:d5+ Kh7 27 Q:b7 Bd4+!! 28 h4 Bg1+ 29 Kh1 Bf2+ 30 Kh2 B:g3+ 31 Kh3 B:h4!! or ... Bf4! is worse We were wrong about the tactics but that endgame was not much fun anyway. 24. Ra4 Ryan gets sick of waiting around - I can still take the d5-pawn if I like 24 Ra4 N:d5 25 Qe6 Nb4 26 B:b7 Q:e6 27 R:e6 R:b7 with adequate compensation for the exchange 24 ... Kh7 25. Rf4! Qg8 26. Rh4 Bf8 27. Qd2 Ryan has the initaitive now, I am just holding on. 27 ... Qg7 28. Qc2 Qf7! 29. Rf4! Rb4 Trying to trade off that annoying rook - I have 43 minutes to Moon's 8 minutes. When will the blundering start? 30. Be4? Qg8! 31. h4? Rxe4 I spent 10 minutes on this but 31 ... h5! was better 32. Rfxe4! Nxe4! 33. Qxe4! Rb4!! 34. Qf3!! Rd4!! 35. Re6!! Bg7!! 36. h5!! 48 seconds left till move 40 36 ... Bf6 36 ... g5!! is better, I have 19 minutes left 37. Be3!! Annoying, 5 perfect moves in a row in time pressure 37 ... Rb4? Whereas I make second best moves with more time, 37 ... Rd3! is better 38. Kg2?? 34 seconds left, missing great moves like 38 Bf4!!!, R:f6!!, R:d6!!, Bd2!! 38 ... gxh5!! 39. Bd2 18 second left and I have 18 minutes left. I went nuts looking for winning chances and ended up with no time looking for drawing chances. My Vegas curse strikes again. I avoided the perpetual after 39 Bd2 R:b2!! 40 R:e7+!! B:e7 41 Qe4+ Qg6! 42 Q:e7+ Kg8! 43 Qd8+= because I have to avoid Bc3+ The trouble is, despite my being on the move and being up a pawn, every move besides 39 ... R:b2!! loses. What rotten luck. I couldn't accept that fact and started running out of time. 39 ... Rg4?? losing with 3 minutes left for one move 40. Bc3!! 5 seconds left and so a second opponent in a row beats me with very little time on their clock. The best position I had was after 19 Nf3? Playing with no time is a good sign, it means they are trying as hard as possible. 40 ... Bxc3! Analyzing this is another heartache. If I could trade Queens I might draw but Ryan wouldn't let me. He plays off his safer King. 41. bxc3! Qe8 42. Qe3!! Kg8! 43. Rxe7! Qg6! 44. Re8+! Kg7! 45. Re6! Qg5 46. Re7+! Kh8! 47. Qe6! h4! 48. Qc8+! Qg8! 49. Re8! hxg3! 50. Rxg8+ Rxg8! 51. Qe6! gxf2+! 52. Kxf2! 1-0 No chance of a rook blockade here. A very boring, dreary way to lose but I think I learned something about the nuances of the Clarendon Court for next time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Balley's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2008.12.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Ryan J. Moon"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2115"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Modern defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:43:58"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1 5 second delay"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Re1 Nc7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Ng5 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Ngxe4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Qe2 Rb7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qe8 22. Ra2 Qf7 23. Bg2 Rfb8 24. Ra4 Kh7 25. Rf4 Qg8 26. Rh4 Bf8 27. Qd2 Qg7 28. Qc2 Qf7 29. Rf4 Rb4 30. Be4 Qg8 31. h4 Rxe4 32. Rfxe4 Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Rb4 34. Qf3 Rd4 35. Re6 Bg7 36. h5 Bf6 37. Be3 Rb4 38. Kg2 gxh5 39. Bd2 Rg4 40. Bc3 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Qe8 42. Qe3 Kg8 43. Rxe7 Qg6 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. Re6 Qg5 46. Re7+ Kh8 47. Qe6 h4 48. Qc8+ Qg8 49. Re8 hxg3 50. Rxg8+ Rxg8 51. Qe6 gxf2+ 52. Kxf2 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "EU-chT (Men)"] [Site "Plovdiv"] [Date "1983.06.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Nikolic,Predrag"] [Black "Speelman,Jonathan S"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "A87"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.g3 Na6 6.Bg2 f5 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Re1 Nc7 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ng5 b5 12.cxb5 Bg4 13.Qb3 a6 14.bxa6 Qb8 15.Qc4 Qb4 16.Bf1 Bc8 17.Qxb4 cxb4 18.Nb5 Nxa6 19.Nxe4 Bb7 20.Bg5 Nxe4 21.Rxe4 Bxd5 22.Rxe7 Nc5 23.Nxd6 b3 24.a3 Bd4 25.Re2 Nd3 26.Be3 Bxb2 27.Rd1 Bf3 28.Rxd3 Bxe2 29.Bxe2 Bxa3 30.Nb5 b2 31.Rb3 Bc5 32.Bxc5 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 b1=Q 34.Rxb1 Rxb1 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Nd4 Ke7 37.h4 Kf6 38.Nf3 h6 39.Nh2 Rb4 40.h5 gxh5 41.Bxh5 Kg5 42.Be2 Rb2 43.f4+ Kf5 44.Kf3 Rb3+ 45.Kf2 Rb2 46.Ke3 Rb3+ 47.Bd3+ Kf6 48.Ng4+ Kg7 49.f5 h5 50.Ne5 Kf6 51.Kf4 Rb4+ 52.Bc4 Rb2 53.Nd3 Rd2 54.Ba6 Ra2 55.Bb7 Ra4+ 56.Be4 Rc4 57.Ne1 Rc8 58.Ng2 h4 59.g4 h3 60.g5+ Ke7 61.f6+ Kd6 62.g6 Ke6 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "YUG-ch (Women)"] [Site "Kladovo"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Lazic,Marina"] [Black "Rodic Kures,Gordana"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "A87"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.d5 c5 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Re1 Nc7 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qd7 15.a4 Bf3 16.Bxf3 Rxf3 17.Qe2 Rff8 18.Ra3 Rbe8 19.Ng5 Bf6 20.Ne6 Nxe6 21.Qxe6+ Qxe6 22.Rxe6 Bd4 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Raxe3 Kf7 25.Kg2 Rg8 26.Rf3+ Kg7 27.h4 Rgf8 28.Rfe3 Rf7 29.Rxd6 Ref8 30.Rd7 Rxf2+ 31.Kh3 Rxb2 32.Rexe7+ Kf6 33.Rxb7 Rc2 34.g4 Rc3+ 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kf3 Rc3+ 37.Ke2 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Wuerttemberg-chB"] [Site "Balingen"] [Date "2006.08.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Groebe,Ulrich"] [Black "Guilliard,Joachim"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "A87"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 Na6 8.Re1 c5 9.d5 Nc7 10.e4 fxe4 11.Ng5 Ng4 12.Ngxe4 Ne5 13.Nd2 Bg4 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Nce4 b5 16.f4 Ng4 17.Nf3 Nf6 18.Nh4 Bd7 19.Bd2 Ng4 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 bxc4 22.Ng5 Rb8 23.Qc2 Qe8 24.Be4 Rf6 25.Bf3 Rf8 26.Ne4 Qf7 27.Ng5 Qf6 28.Qe2 Qd4+ 29.Kh1 Rxb2 30.Qxe7 Rxh2+ 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 2 10:58:40 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:58:40 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joe Bihlmeyer, Road Warrior, #27 Scrabble player Message-ID: <1230919120.495e55d0bd9e7@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joe Bihlmeyer ----- Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 03:53:10 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Bihlmeyer Reply-To: eml_joe at yahoo.com Subject: check out #27 To: BrianWall at walverine.com Hi Brian, Look who became the 27th ranked Scrabble player! http://www.scrabble-assoc.com/ratings/top100.html Have a happy New Year, -Joe From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 2 11:56:03 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 11:56:03 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David Kane responds to -2008 North American Open - Round 2 - Moon - Wall Message-ID: <1230922563.495e63431022d@www.taom.com> Thanx, David. My daughter told me about the Asian preference but I keep forgetting. I think GM Bu has some great attacking games. Anthea Carson is pysched about doing a Washington, DC Lion simul. Can you and Vaughn Bennet arrange something? He's a great guy. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:39:11 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: Re: 2008 North American Open - Round 2 - Moon - Wall To: Brian Wall I may be completely ignorant and insane but it seems to me that the Oriental culture or temperament demands boring, safe, nonsacrificial, ultrasound, unimaginiative Chess from the beginner level all the way up to the Grandmaster level. Correct me if I'm wrong. If I sound like Alekhine, I'm sorry but I have played over thousands of games and that's the way it seems to me. If I am right then someone ought to tell them that they are missing out on the best things in Chess. Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------ David Kane Brian, I don't think it's racist to discuss national Chess characteristics. For many years there was a distinctly English style that evolved in the wake of Miles, Short, Speelman, Nunn, Basman and Mestel et al. The Russian school is also well-defined as everyone knows. I'm not sure that Asian players are that unimaginative as a group though. I'm currently reading Chinese Chess by Liu Wenzhe and there many great games in there. Wenzhe is responsible for this great game against Donner that features a caveman wing attack and an elegant queen sacrifice: [Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "OL"] [Date "1978.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Liu Wenzhe"] [Black "Jan Hein Donner"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4 h6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. h4 e6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Ne8 11. Qd3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Qh4 f5 15. Qh7+ Kf7 16. Qxg6+ Kxg6 17. Bh5+ Kh7 18. Bf7+ Bh6 19. g6+ Kg7 20. Bxh6+ 1-0 BTW, the term "Oriental" is apparently considered non-PC these days (despite the continued use of "Occidental". Seems pretty arbitrary to me too but use "Asian" and you'll be on safe ground. -Dave Kane From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 3 00:01:40 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 00:01:40 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] North American Open - Round 3 - WIM Ruth Inez Haring Message-ID: <1230966100.495f0d54b83fb@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2F_3BS6QSY&feature=related Brian Reagan - I walked on the moon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Reagan does a skit where he wishes somebody would interrupt the monologue of the party bore by saying - " I was an astronaut. I walked on the moon. " Normally in a group of people I am expected to do all the entertaining and make all the decisions, maybe because I grew up the oldest of 9 boys. Once in a while I meet a verbal Hercules who can take the world off my Atlas shoulders. My third round opponent, Women's International Master Ruth I. Haring, was such a person. Like an astronaut who can be the center of attention at any party, Ruth has the Chess equivalent of , " I walked on the moon." Ruth can honestly say , " In the middle of his 20 year exile, Bobby Fischer lived at my house for a year." If that were me I would be writing a book about it the minute Bobby died. I believe Jerry Hanken intends to touch on the subject for Chess Life. I told Ruth I would buy her dinner if she told me Bobby stories. A few tidbits. " I would get home from work and cook dinner and Bobby would talk to me and keep me company until I went to bed. He liked to ask me questions and get me talking. I studied psychology and computers and I have an open mind on many subjects like witchcraft. One day I went to work and Bobby examined all my games. His assessment was that I played too pessimistically. I played like I was losing when I was winning. I've thought a long time about what he said and now I try to play optimistically. Bobby had much more advice for my ex-husband, Greek-Canadian Grandmaster, Peter Biyassis. I set a few limits with Bobby. I told him I couldn't take any hate rants, they were too upsetting. In general Bobby lived in our guest room and was no problem. Eventully Peter and Bobby had a discussion when I wasn't around and Bobby left. I never heard from him again. The year was 1982." -Ruth I Haring We discussed Bobby Fischer's problems. My theory was a gradually increasing mental illness. Her theory was that no one ever sets limits on his behavior so emotionally, he was a teenager. Ruth was very interesting to talk to, sort of like a wind up doll. Just pull the cord and off she goes. My wife Debbie was like that. I could just relax and listen. Debbie's mother said she was vaccinated with a Victrola needle. In my family everyone interrupts. In Debbie's family, they take turns doing half hour monologues. Ruth went to Olympaids and Interzonals, then married Biyassis and raised three kids. Three or four years ago, depending on whether you are talking to her accountant or lawyer, she divorced Peter who has since remarried. Ruth is also a power seller on Ebay. Ruth, her son and her son's girlfriend all played in the tournament. She hadn't played in 20 years and was understandably rusty. In the Nosh, a little deli by the tournament hall, we analyzed her son's game and then laughed at what Peter would say, like a kid bringing home a report card full of C's. Her son is very handsome and looks like a rock star with long hair. Ruth is very maternal. I wasn't felling well so I went to the wall and tried to analyze in my head like Ivanchuk. I must have seemed quite a sight. Ruth came up to me and asked if I was feeling all right. She looked very concerned, a look I haven't seen in a long, long time. I told her I was fine, just trying not to cough in her face. [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2008.12.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "WIM Ruth Haring"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2229"] [BlackElo "1936"] [Opening "Danish gambit: Sorensen defense"] [ECO "C21"] [NIC "KP.04"] [Time "5 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] North American Open Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada December 27, 2008 Round 3 We both have 0/2 40/2 Game/1 hour 5 second delay Opening - Danish Gambit Declined White - LM Brian Wall 2229 Black - WIM Ruth Haring 1936 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4! 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5! 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3! Nf6! 95% of people go for 6 ... Bg4 7 Nc3 Bb4 8 Be2 B:f3 9 B:f3 Qc4 It's not their fault, they can't think and just do what the books tell them. Kevin Y Cao, 1912, a 15 year old Asian kid, whipped this line out in no time flat in the 2008 North American Open blitz tournament against me. That game continued 10 Qb3 Q:b3 11 ab N:d4 12 B:b7 Nc2+ 13 Kd1 N:a1 14 B:a8 N:b3 15 Be3 and I won both games in our blitz match. The fact that Ruth didn't go for this line made me feel she was a bit confused. I had no idea how rusty her tournament play was, 3 kids worth! 7. Nc3! Bb4! 8. Be2 I was happy I was going to get castled in peace. I eventually played Be2-d3. Fritz recommended the opposite - 8 Bd3! Bg4 9 0-0 Qh5 10 Re1+ Kf8 11 Be2 8 ... O-O! After two losses Ruth considered my isolated d-pawn a good reason to play for a win. I thought of the position as even if I avoided trades. 9. O-O! Qd8 I wan't expecting a full retreat 10. a3 Trying to get the tho bishops and a better center after 10 ... B:c3 or more time and space after 10 ... Be7 11 d5 but Ruth found the best move. 10 ... Bd6! 11. h3 Rybka liked this move more than Fritz 9 11 ... h6 Neither one of us wants to deal with Bishop to King's Knight Five 12. Bd3 TN Thoeretical Novelty by Brian Wall I am trying to restrict her QB 12 ... Ne7 trying to free her QB 13. Qb3! trying to restrict her QB 13 ... c6! 14. Re1! Qc7 trying to free her QB by guarding b7 15. Bd2! This flipper move connects my rooks and stays away from her knights. 15 ... Be6? I wanted to snap that bishop off instantly without thinking. For the umpteenth time, like I talked myself out of playing f5!! winning against Robert Hess in Round 1, my hand begged me to play a move but my mind wouldn't agree. Ruth didn't believe in the sac either and was daring me to do it for winning purposes. Rybka likes the sac twice as much as Fritz 9. Master tactician David Zimbech examined the sac at the Nosh and got bogged down like I did in the line 16 R:e6 fe 17 Re1 Ned5 18 R:e6 Rae8 and I am getting nowhere. The right continiuation is 16 R:e6!! fe 17 Q:e6+!! Rf7 18 Rc1!!!, Ne4!!, Ne5!, Rd1!, Bc4! all better for me or 16 R:e6!! fe 17 Q:e6+!! Kh8 18 Ne4!!! N:e4 19 Q:e4 g6 20 B:h6 with way more than enough for the exchange or 16 R:e6!! fe 17 Q:e6+!! Kh8 18 Ne4!!! Rad8 19 B:h6!! is strong or 16 R:e6!! fe 17 Q:e6+!! Kh8 18 Ne4!!! Bf4 19 N:f6!! R:f6 20 B:f4 R:f4 21 Re1!! or 16 R:e6!! fe 17 Q:e6+!! Kh8 18 Ne4!!! Bf4 19 N:f6!! B:d2 20 Nd7!! are also powerful for me. I spent 21 minutes longing to do the sac but I couldn't work out all those computer lines conviningly. With a troubled heart, I backed off. 16. Qc2? Ned5! 17. Ne5? A shaky maneuver because the knight can be undermined by ... c5 17 ... Rad8!! 18. f4? Consistent, stubborn, belligerent and wrong like every Irishman 18 ... Nb6 Freeing her QB for better squares although she had better moves, e.g., 18 ... Qb6!! or ... Rfe8!! are hard for me to meet 19. Rad1 Rfe8! 20. Bc1 Tal said a Bishop on the bank rank that doesn't block a rook is developed 20 ... a6 21. Kh1 Qc8 22. Qf2 Bd5 Threatening ... Q:h3+ 23. Kh2 Bb3! At this point I was very discouraged. Ruth is not playing like a 1900, she is playing like a Chessmaster trying to beat me ( which she used to be and which she confessed after the game she was). After two losses and now this game is like beating my head against a brick wall, I took courage from an odd source, the hopelessly over-optimistic spirit of the teenager, IM Robert Hess. If he could beat me with no position and no time, then surely this situation would be nothing for him. Re-energized, I rejected the lifeless 24 Bc2?, ceding all the light squares in favor of the awkward but more complicated 24. Rd2! c5 25. dxc5 I don't have an isolated d-pawn anymore, I don't have much of anything. 25 ... Bxc5 Ruth keeps Queens on for the win, my positions looks like a pretzel with mustard that dropped on the ground. 26. Qf3 Bd4 Ruth was unhappy with this move after the game. I examined these miserable lines after ... B:c3 and finally found something I liked 27. Ne4! Somehow my position is holding together and I am threatening to mess up her Kingside with 28 N:f6+. Haring's son suggested the right move after the game, 27 ... Nfd7! 27 ... Bxe5? No good, giving up a bishop for a knight, opening lines for my pieces and her pieces on the b-file are dangling earrings 28. fxe5! Nxe4! 28 ... R:e5?? 29 N:f6+ gf 30 R:e5 fe 31 Qg3+ Kf8 32 Bf5!! is crushing, her whole position is loose 29. Bxe4 29 Q:e4 is even stronger, inducing ... g6 29 ... Rxd2! 30. Qxb3!! I haven't made an automatic capture in 15 years, now her rook and knight both hang 30 ... Rdd8 I didn't expect a full retreat 31. Qxb6! The two bishops for a rook is a slow, steady win 31 ... Re7 32. Bf4! Rde8 33. Bb1 Qc4! 34. Re4 Qf1 35. Qg1 Qb5 36. Qf2! Qd5! 37. Qg3 Re6 38. Qd3 Qxd3! 39. Bxd3! I figured in the ending I would have to activate my King to break through the symmetrical pawn lock 39 ... Rd8 40. Bc4 Rc6! 41. e6 fxe6! 42. Bxe6+! Kh8 43. Bg4 My idea was to find safe posts for my bishops on f3 and c3 43 ... Rc2 44. Re7! g7 is falling 44 ... Rf8? 45. Be5 Rff2 Trying to get play by doubling on the 7th is logical but here B:g7+ and Be5 discovered check will pick up an exchange. I was hoping to lure her into my dungeon with 46 B:g7+ Kg8 47 Be6+ Kh7 48 Be5+ Kg6 49 Rf7+ Kh5 50 Bg4+ Kh4 51 Bg3 checkmate. Ruth is going to have to hand over a rook to avoid that. 46. Bxg7+! 1-0 Ruth resigns It was a real pleasure to meet such an interesting woman so close to my age and she had me very worried the first half of the game. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2008.12.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "WIM Ruth Haring"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2229"] [BlackElo "1936"] [Opening "Danish gambit: Sorensen defense"] [ECO "C21"] [NIC "KP.04"] [Time "5 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qd8 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qb3 c6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qc2 Ned5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Bc1 a6 21. Kh1 Qc8 22. Qf2 Bd5 23. Kh2 Bb3 24. Rd2 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Qf3 Bd4 27. Ne4 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxd2 30. Qxb3 Rdd8 31. Qxb6 Re7 32. Bf4 Rde8 33. Bb1 Qc4 34. Re4 Qf1 35. Qg1 Qb5 36. Qf2 Qd5 37. Qg3 Re6 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Rd8 40. Bc4 Rc6 41. e6 fxe6 42. Bxe6+ Kh8 43. Bg4 Rc2 44. Re7 Rf8 45. Be5 Rff2 46. Bxg7+ 1-0 Ruth resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Nice ol (Men) fin-B"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "1974.06.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Levy,David Neil Lawrence"] [Black "Kraidman,Yair"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C44"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Qd8 10.h3 h6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Qd3 Ne7 13.Nb5 Bf5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Ned5 17.Ne5 Be7 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 c6 20.Nc3 Rxa5 21.Re1 Qa8 22.Qb3 Qa7 23.Ng6 Re8 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Nxe7+ Rxe7 26.Rxe7 Nxe7 27.Qe3 Nf5 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Bb2 Nd6 30.Qe3 Qa6 31.Re1 Rg5 32.Qe7 Rg6 33.h4 Qb5 34.Bc3 Qd5 35.g3 Nf5 36.Qe4 Nxg3 37.Qxd5 cxd5 38.Kh2 Ne4 39.Bb4 Nxf2 40.Re7 Nd3 41.Rxb7 Rg4 42.a4 Rxh4+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "IGSP op-C"] [Site "Sao Caetano do Sul"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Cajal,Andre"] [Black "Navarro,V"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C44"] 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.cxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Qd8 10.h3 h6 11.a3 Be7 12.d5 Nb8 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Qc4 b6 16.b4 Nb7 17.Nd4 Nd6 18.Qb3 Bd7 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Rac1 Qb8 21.Bd3 Qb7 22.Bb1 Rfb8 23.Bf4 Nfe8 24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.dxc6 Qc8 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Qd3 f5 28.Re1 Bg5 29.Rcd1 Bxf4 30.Nxf4 Qf6 31.Nd5 Qf8 32.Nxc7 Nxc7 33.Qxd6 Nb5 34.Qg6 Qf7 35.Qxf7+ Kxf7 36.Bxf5 Ra7 37.Rd7+ Rxd7 38.cxd7 Rd8 39.Re8 Rxe8 40.Bg6+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Chessgames of Ruth Haring http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=83805 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Robert Ramirez tied for first in the Under 2200 blitz for the 2008 North American Open. Prize $165 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessdryad.com/photos/paloalto/1983/pg_09.htm Peter Biyassis around the time Fischer lived at his house --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 3 01:51:19 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 01:51:19 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wyoming Fishing Pole Game by Dan Tanner Message-ID: <1230972679.495f270718b7d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dan T ----- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:54:59 -0700 From: Dan T Reply-To: Dan T Subject: Pole Game To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com They always want to take the bait even if they dont seem hungry, maybe we are all greedy. Congress seems to show us how to be, they are even going to get away with it too! Ramon Vs Dan T 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 Ng4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. c3 a6 9. b4 Ba4 10. Na3 b5 11. Bb2 g5 12. d4 Qf6 13. Qd2 Rg8 14. hxg4 exd4 15. cxd4 hxg5 16. Ne5 Rh8 17. Nxf7 Kxf2 18 d5 Qh6 19 Bxh8 Qh2+ Dan Tanner of Casper, Wyoming Dan T -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall This is my best guess from the scoresheet Ramon Vs Dan Tanner 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 Ng4!! Jack Young's Fishing Pole 6.h3 h5!! Fishing Pole 7.c3 a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6! The correct way to recapture in the Fishing Pole 99.99% of the time 9.b4 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole 10.Na3 b5 Some kind of primitive attempt to lock the knight out 11.Bb2 g5 The Fishing Pole motif here is ... N:f2 and ... g4 12.d4 Qf6 13.Qd2 Rg8 Removing the rook from the h-file is Fishing Pole heresy 14.hxg4 Unleashing the gates of Hell but Dan has removed the devils 14 ... exd4 15.cxd4 hxg4! Not much effect after Dan moved his rook 16.Ne5 Rh8 Making amends - people don't believe me when I tell them - it doesn't matter how poorly you play the Pole, as long as you play it, there will be mate 17.Nxf7?? to activate the mighty b2-bishop 17 ... Kxf7!! 18.d5?? to activate the mighty b2-bishop 18 ... Qh6!!! mate in 5, 18 ... Rh1+! also mates 19.Bxh8 g3 mate in 4 due to ... Bg4 cutting off any escape 0-1 Mate in 4 That's how they fish in Casper ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramon Vs Dan Tanner 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 Ng4 6.h3 h5 7.c3 a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.b4 Ba7 10.Na3 b5 11.Bb2 g5 12.d4 Qf6 13.Qd2 Rg8 14.hxg4 exd4 15.cxd4 hxg4 16.Ne5 Rh8 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.d5 Qh6 19.Bxh8 g3 0-1 Mate in 4 _________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------- appropiate free Fishing Pole Youtube videos for further erudition Fishing Pole Chess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnN9mqed3l0&feature=related --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090103/276c48ba/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 01:20:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:20:11 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2008 North American Open - Round 4 - Allan Johnson ( Utah ) - Wall Message-ID: <1231057211.4960713b82c76@www.taom.com> Larry L. Johnson flew in from Salt Lake City, Utah. Any Chessplayer I meet from Utah mentions Josh Smith ( former Utah State Chess Champ, 3 time consecutive Colorado Bullet Champion ) is a nice guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 Fishing Pole, First Blood, pt 1 455 hits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related Fishing Pole, First Blood, pt 2 305 hits After the game Larry mentioned he had seen my Fishing Pole youtube video. I was puzzled because Larry wasn't on any email list. I don't have many Utah guys on there. Hence the lack of Grandmasters there. Larry - " Oh, I was actually looking for Rambo stuff and stumbled onto yours. " I explained to Larry why I allowed a draw and how I would have played for a win from his position. We had a long discussion about how Shirov's courage transferred over to me. I found out today the whole game had been played and drawn 15 years ago at the 1993 Paris Open. [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2008.12.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Allan L. Johnson"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1915"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: modern variation"] [ECO "A01"] [NIC "VO.08"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] North American Open Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada December 28, 2008 10 AM Round 4 40/2 hours Game/1 hour 5 second delay Larsen's Opening White - Allan L. Johnson 1915 Black - Brian Wall 2229 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6! 3. e3 Nd7 An old time Colorado Champ Jack Hursch, now deceased, was a frequent blitz partner in college. Chess Life had a big article by Gligoric on the Larsen's Opening with some Fischer games added in soon after Bobby beat Larsen in Denver. I watched two of those games and also met Larsen at Watson's Chess House in 1974. In a slow rated game Jack answered my Larsen's Opening with a King's Indian setup and I could get no advantage. I have often copied his system setup since. 4. d4 g6 5. dxe5 dxe5! 6. Bc4 Allan posts his bishops on Danish Gambit squares, which seemed odd to me 6 ... Bg7! 7. Nf3! Ne7!? I struggled on this move for half an hour. My problem was I hated any line involving Ba3 c5 leaving a gash on d5. Fritz 9 prefers White whatever I do - 7 ... Nh6 7 ... Qe7 7 ... Ne7 7 ... Ngf6 7 ... c6 7 ... h6 7 ... Qf6 7 ... a6 I considered all those moves but didn't like them. I almost played most of them. I finally decided to allow a forced draw. I did not see any sacrificial win for White. I decided to gamble - maybe White won't see the combo or if he does, maybe he will play for the win. I felt foolish after the game explaining my decision to myself or David Lucky. 8. Bxf7+!! Allan goes for the draw in view of the 315 point rating difference. Allan also has an edge with normal moves. 8 ... Kxf7! 9. Ng5+! Kf6! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anything else allows the deadly Ne6. I told David as White I would have played 10 f4!!!!, h4!!! or Qg4!! whether it won or not. Here's a line I considered before playing 7 ... Ne7!? 10 Qf3+ K:g5! 11 h4+ Kh6! 12 g4! Bf6!! 13 g5+ Kg7! 14 gf+ N:f6! 15 B:e5 Nc6! and I should win. Allan has many improvements 10 Qf3+ K:g5! 11 e4! Nf5! to give my King some room 12 g4 to recover the piece 12 ... Kf6 Run! 13 gf gf 14 Q:f5+ Ke7 Allan has definite compensation for the piece but I can hope to outplay him here. Allan has even better than this. 9. Ng5+! Kf6! 10 Qg4! gives White some advantage after 10 ... Nf5, ... Nd5, ... h5 or ... Qg8 9. Ng5+! Kf6! 10 h4! is a little better for Allan after 10 ... h6!! and even stronger after 10 ... Nf5! Allan should have gone for the win with the best of all 9. Ng5+! Kf6! 10 f4!! Nf5!, ... Qg8! or ... Nc6! any other Black reply gets crushed Best play might be 9. Ng5+! Kf6! 10 f4!! Nf5! 11 g4!!, e4!!, Nc3!, 0-0! 9. Ng5+! Kf6! 10 f4!! Nf5! 11 g4!! h6! 12 Ne4+ Allan gets his piece back with an attack but 9. Ng5+! Kf6! 10 f4!! Nf5! 11 g4!! Nh6 12 Ba3!!! is even worse for me Bottom Line: Allan could have successfully played for a win instead of grabbing the draw. He could have entered the "cave of shadows". Black improvements: 4 ... Ngf6, ... e4, ... Be7, ... c6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Ne4+?= Kf7 10 ... Kf7 or ... Ke6 are equivalent and I try them both 11. Ng5+! Kf6! 12. Ne4+?= There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy The famous and oh-so-quotable line said by Hamlet to Horatio in Act I, Scene V when Horatio whines about the ghost. 12 ... Ke6 12 ... Kf7 or ... Ke6 are equivalent and I try them both 13. Ng5+= I keep trying to goad White into playing for a win/loss but he won't be budged by any temptations - As White I would have tried to win with 13 Nbc3!!, Na3!, Qf3, 0-0, Qe2, Qg4+, Nbd2, a3, h4, f4 and so on. Allan would have a big edge after 13 Nbc3!! Bf6 14 Qf3!! 13 Nbc3!! Bh6! 14 Qf3!! but I would have the advantage after 13 Nbc3!! h6!! 14 Qe2 Nb6! or 13 Nbc3!! h6!! 14 Qf3 Rf8! 13 ... h6!, ... Nf5! or ...Nd5! would be the answer to most White tries. The show would go on. 13 ... Kf6!? Defiant to the end - Instead of claiming the draw I risk losing with 14 f4!!!!, h4!!! or Qg4!! 14. Ne4+?= 1/2-1/2 3 fold repetition claimed by White Allan got his raing points but he missed the chance to beat a Chessmaster in a spectacular way. What would you have done? I was the King's dog at Queue Pray, tell me, sir, whose dog are you? A commissioned tombstone by Alexander Pope, the second most quoted man in the English language, next to Shakespeare The Vegas Curse continues but I think I am getting a handle on it. Chess is a quiet intellectual game and Las Vegas throws life, big, brassy and bold, right in your face. If you are serious about your Chess, then the whole town is a giant distraction. David Lucky thought I shouldn't have allowed all this against a lower rated player. I have to agree with him but the middle game complications fascinated me and I couldn't resist the temptation to get involved. Allan didn't consider his options for a second, just kept instantly repeating the position, fully satisfied with a draw. If he slowed down, I could easily have lost. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Allan L. Johnson"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1915"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: modern variation"] [ECO "A01"] [NIC "VO.08"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nd7 4. d4 g6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kf6 10. Ne4+ Kf7 11. Ng5+ Kf6 12. Ne4+ Ke6 13. Ng5+ Kf6 14. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2 3 fold repetition claimed by White ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Paris op"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Barreteau,C"] [Black "Riazuelo,Gilles"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "A01"] 1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.e3 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bc4 Ne7 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Kf6 10.Ne4+ Kf7 11.Ng5+ Kf6 1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 01:55:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:55:02 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] BARMIN 1914 Message-ID: <1231059302.496079660f880@www.taom.com> www.Chesscube.com Barmin 1914 [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Black "barmin at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.04"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4? e5 2. d4? exd4 3. c3? dxc3 4. Bc4? cxb2 5. Bxb2? Danish Gambit Accepted 5 ... Bb4+ 6. Nd2!! Much better than 6 Nc3? Because 6 ... B:c3+ 7 B:c3 does nothing for my development while 6 Nd2!! B:d2+ 7 Q:d2 will connect my rooks 6 ... ? Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2? Nf6! 8. e5!? Qe7! 9. Nf3!? O-O 10. O-O!? Ne4! TN A good Theoretical Novelty by Barmin 11. Qf4! ? Nc5! 12. Rae1? I thought I might need my f1-rook to support f4 I had options like Nh4-f5 or Rfe1 or Nd4-f5 and several others 12 ... Ne6 13. Qg3? Nc6 14. h4!? ? a6 15. Ng5!? h6? 16. Ne4? b5! 17. Bd5! ? Bb7 18. Nd6!? The knight is immune but 18 f4!! is even stronger, rolling over the Kingside 18 ... ? Rab8? The wrong rook - 18 ... Rfb8! creates a square on f8 for the Queen 19. Nf5! Game over threatening h6, g7, e7 and e6 19 ... ? g6 Giving up the Queen 20. Nxe7+! ? Nxe7! 21. Bxb7! ? Rxb7! 22. f4? Nf5! 23. Qf3!? c6 24. h5!? Kh7 25. g4! ? Nh4 26. Qe4? Kg7 27. f5? Ng5! 28. Qh1!? gxf5 29. gxf5? Kh7 30. Qxh4!? Rg8! 31. Kh1!? c5! 32. Rg1? c4 33. e6? dxe6 34. fxe6!? fxe6 35. Rxe6? 35 R:g5!!! or Qf2!! checkmate even faster 35 ... Rf7! 36. Rxg5!! Checkmating faster than 36 Qe1!, Qh2!, Qd4! or Qg4! 36 ... hxg5 37. Qe4+?? mate in 2 as I pick up rooks along the way 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Black "barmin at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.04"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. e5 Qe7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qf4 Nc5 12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. h4 a6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 b5 17. Bd5 Bb7 18. Nd6 Rab8 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. f4 Nf5 23. Qf3 c6 24. h5 Kh7 25. g4 Nh4 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. f5 Ng5 28. Qh1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kh7 30. Qxh4 Rg8 31. Kh1 c5 32. Rg1 c4 33. e6 dxe6 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rf7 36. Rxg5 hxg5 37. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090104/f20db502/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 02:25:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 02:25:31 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A second Fishing Pole Success by David Kane of Washington, DC Message-ID: <1231061131.4960808bc1b84@www.taom.com> Dave ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:14:19 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fishing Pole Success To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com My second outing with it and my second win. I would appreciate any pointers on how I could have handled the opening better- I wasn't sure about the plan after 11... Nh6- it worked out OK but maybe there was something better? Hiarcs11 liked 11...h4 but I thought it better to pry open the k-side with ...g4. After 15... fe5 optically, it looks like my king will catch a cold from the drafty expanse open around it but it seems that black is clearly winning here. A fun game and a fun opening. You'll be happy to know that I've shelved (at least temporarily) my a6, b5 response to 1.e4 in favor of the FP. The St. George served me for years against lower rated opponents but it seems that everyone over 1700 has a good line against it now. [Event "unrated blitz game"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2009.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "efoplaya"] [Black "skotlander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Ng4 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh6 12. dxe5 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Nxg4 Qh4 17. Nxh6 Rxh6 0-1 -Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian [Event "unrated blitz game"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2009.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "efoplaya"] [Black "skotlander"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole through Jack Young's recommended move order 8. h3 h5!! Quintessential Pole 9. Bg5? The standard blunder branded as a blooper as far back as Vukovic's Art of Attack 9 ... f6!! Initiating the pawn wave 10. Bh4 g5!! Rolling along 11. Bg3 Nh6 I almost never retreat the Fishing Pole knight, just keep on rolling with 11 ... h4!! and most likely after 12 Bh2 I get to trade my knight instead of losing it 12. dxe5 g4 12 ... h4!! first 13 Bh2 g4!! is twice as good 13. hxg4 hxg4! The stupid retreated knight on h6 is blocking the gates of Hell, similar to Dan Tanner's last Fishing Pole who played ... Rh8-g8-h8 like a drunken cowboy 14. Nh2? Nxe5!! The Fishing Pole gods always offer redemption no matter how absurdly Black botches it 15. Bxe5? fxe5!! 16. Nxg4! Qh4? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A very natural Fishing Pole move but the best path was 16 ... Qg5!!! 17 Nh2 Nf5!!! or 16 ... Qg5!!! 17 Ne3 Qh4!! as well as alternate wins with 16 ... N:g4!!, ... Qe7!, ... c6!, ... b5!, ... Nf5! and ... Nf7! Now White misses the miracle save with 16 ... Qh4? 17 N:e5!! Ng4? 18 B:d7+!!! with dealbreaking knight checks to follow Black can improve with 16 ... Qh4? 17 N:e5!! Rh7! or ... 0-0! but the attack is all messed up now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Nxh6 Rxh6!! Mates faster than 17 ... Q:h6 0-1 Not bad for just a second Fishing Pole. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090104/06cd326c/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 09:31:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 09:31:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David Kane on -A second Fishing Pole Success by David Kane of Washington, DC Message-ID: <1231086690.4960e462cc5e6@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:01:39 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: Re: A second Fishing Pole Success by David Kane of Washington, DC To: Brian Wall You don't need a Ph.D to win a Pole, you just need a pulse. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, an opening I have the exact qualifications to play! :-) Seriously, thanks for the analysis- somehow I knew Nh6 wasn't quite right but I didn't know why until now. Looking forward to more FP carnage in the future. David From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 11:25:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:25:38 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2008 North American Open - Round 5, Wall - Velikanov Message-ID: <1231093538.4960ff22f270d@www.taom.com> When I travel to Chess tournaments across the country, some Coloradans act like I am the prodigal son returning and some act like, " I travel to get away from guys like you". I mostly hung out with Robert Ramirez, Aaron Suseras and David Zimbeck who are always fun. David was partying pretty much every night, Robert waited until he had blown the prize money before getting plastered. Aaron and I had a vending machine punching bag contest one night. Aaron screwed me over bigtime this game. As I was walking to my game he says, " Hey, Brian, why don't we both play the Suseras Opening, 1 e3 , 2 Ne2 this round! ". That's not the kind of challenge I can ignore. After my game in the Open section, I ask Aaron, " OK, how did your Suseras Opening go? " Aaron - " OH, I DECIDED IT WAS TOO RISKY FOR THE UNDER 1800 SECTION!!" Grrrrr. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. My opponent was a tiny Tom Thumb who could fit in my palm, I think he was 12 years old and was smaller than my 9 year old son, Devon. He had an expert's rating and played like a Chessmaster. Sitting next to him was a slightly older or slightly bigger kid. When I whipped out the Suseras Opening the older kid started laughing so hard he had to leave the table. When I was 20 I liked to play h4, Nh3, a4, Na3 as a blitz joke. I would hunker down and curl into a ball and try not to get crushed until their flag fell. Later Anthea and I commissioned a nice drawing from Linn Trochim illustrating the Crab Opening ( h4, a4 ) but we didn't have room in the first edition. The cartoon stayed in our heads so I dusted it off and started playing it again in rated tournaments. Actually what happens is Anthea starts playing the crazy openings I introduce to her and then I feel obliged to follow suit. My Suseras Opening transposed into my version of the Crab which is - 1 h4, Nh3, e3, d4, Nf4, a4, Na3, c3, Nc2, Kf1, an absurd opening but one I am very familiar with. "Chess is not blitz." Kasparov commenting on 1 c4 g5 in Batsford Chess Openings Well, Chess is not blitz so the 12 year old started winning my wing opening by crashing through in the center. His father Peter Velikanov told me after the game that Alexander was taking lessons from Serbian Grandmaster Pedrag I-can't-pronounce-his-name-ivitch. My son got very sick a month ago and I spent the night cleaning vomit off of blankets. I felt very parental and very grateful to all the Moms and Dads out there, the unsung heroes. I believe my nieces have that ailment this weekend. Just as Alex was crashing through my position a Christmas miracle occurred, several TDs and his father approached me and said, " Alex is throwing up from food poisoning, we don't think he can continue." They suspected a bad burrito. I offered a draw which was gratefully received. Peter even bought How To Play Chess Like An Animal and had me autograph it. So the Vegas curse continued and after 5 rounds I had 2 points and no chance of prize money. I felt relieved from a terrible burden. That night I could not stop watching this stupid TV reality show where young girls were being tested to star in Saw 6. I think Saw is the only movie I've ever walked out on, it's horrible, this pyscho just devises elaborate tortures for people. That's too close to reality for me. GIGO, the computer saying - Garbage In, Garbage out. If I put sick, pyschotic thoughts in my head, what good can result? Despite these feelings about horror films I was mesmerized by the tests they were giving these girls, fighting a snake in a bathtub, jumping out of a building onto a mattress, acting scared, then angry, convincing fight scenes, etc. I was also mesmerized by the girls who thought that only looks counted. The four prettiest ones even formed a clique to ignore the less than Supermodel girls. They eliminated one girl per hour. Danielle finally demanded I turn off the TV at 5:30 AM, I had ruined a good night of sleep for both of us and the final Monday of the tournament we walked around like exhausted Zombies, not dedicated tournament participants. [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Velianov"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2046"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs opening, Suseras Opening, King Crab"] [ECO "A00"] [Time "5 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] North American Open Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada December 28, 2008 5 PM Round 5 Board 31 40/2hours Game/1 hour 5 second delay Suseras Opening, King Crab White - Brian Wall age-Methuselah 2229 Alexander Velikanov, age 12 2046 1. e3 Nf6 2. Ne2 d5 Alex didn't seem shaken up by my opening, he played quickly, confidently and well 3. d4 c5 4. c3 e6! 5. h4 Nc6 6. Nf4 I have the appropiate King Crab formation on the Kingside, time to set up the Queen Crab on the Queenside. 6 ... e5 7. dxe5! Nxe5! 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 Bf5! 10. Be2! Be7 11. h5 Qd7 My advancing King Crab claw has convinced young Alex not to castle Kingside 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. a5 Both Crab claws have scuttled to rook 5. This is the round when both the 3-day and the 4-day schedules merged so I cringed when Shabalov came by and observed all the positions in my row. 13 ... g5!! A good move trying to invade down the h-file against my uncastled King. 14. Nd3! Nc6 Nothing makes you feel more like you wasted your life than losing to someone who fits in your shoebox. 15. Nc2 My teenage blitz setup is complete, advancing the rook pawns is optional. 15 ... Ne4!! Hornswoggle is not sidetracked at all, he just keeps making powerful, centralizing moves. 16. Bd2! Kb8 17. Be1 d4 Yipes, here comes the breakthrough 18. exd4!! Trying to sidestep the avalanche 18 ... cxd4! 19. c4 Fritz 9 prefers 19 N:d4 N:d4 20 Ne5 Qd5 21 ed and maybe I can survive to an ending 19 ... Nc5 20. b4! Nxd3! 21. Bxd3! Ne5 22. Bxf5! Draw proposed by Brian and accepted by an ailing Alexander. My d-pawn blockade is melting. 1/2-1/2 Drawn by puking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Velianov"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2046"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs opening, Suseras Opening, King Crab"] [ECO "A00"] [Time "5 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e3 Nf6 2. Ne2 d5 3. d4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. h4 Nc6 6. Nf4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 Bf5 10. Be2 Be7 11. h5 Qd7 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. a5 g5 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. Be1 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. c4 Nc5 20. b4 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Ne5 22. Bxf5 Draw proposed by Brian and accepted by an ailing Alexander 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- appropiate Youtube Chess video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYWk2CMYpw The Crab Chess Opening 1500 hits ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 12:25:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:25:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Duwayne Langseth and Scott Massey on 2008 North American Open - Round 5, Wall - Velikanov Message-ID: <1231097125.49610d25dbcd5@www.taom.com> Duwayne - ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth ----- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 11:47:18 -0700 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] 2008 North American Open - Round 5, Wall - Velikanov To: Brian Wall Brian, Ha, I like this email. I watched some of your games live and replayed some. I was perplexed as to why Alexander Velikanov gave you a draw in that position, and now I know. I had watched a couple of his previous games and knew there was no way he was a 2000 player. I almost sent you an email to warn you about the guy. His age explains it. He's accelerating quickly. Seems like your best game that I know of was against Hess. Rybka says you were crushing him until near the end. Not bad considering his 2500+ rating. Rhett and Cindy bombed in the Al Ufer yesterday. I couldn't get them to slow down. They played like it was G30 not G60. I didn't play as I can barely write down my moves that fast, let alone play some decent chess. Rhett keeps talking about that Saw movie. He hasn't seen it, but his friends told him it's the scariest one out there. I would vote for either Alien or Silence of the Lambs. I think you're right about GIGO. DuWayne -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian - I was impressed with Isaac Martinez beating your son, Rhett Langseth. I thought Rhett was 2 or 3 classes above Isaac. Isaac won $60 prize money and rented some movies. How did you watch the games live, was there Monroi action on ICC? I told Alex after the draw that he was winning and he nodded that he knew that. It reminded me of an early Averbach-Fischer draw in a wild piece for some pawns position. " I didn't want to lose to a Russian and he didn't want to lose to a kid. " Bobby Fischer Drawn by puking, I was regurgitating my childhood on the board and Alexander was vomiting off the board. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Massey Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:32:59 EST From: KnightMassey at aol.com To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] 2008 North American Open - Round 5, Wall - Velikanov 2 unnamed text/html 0.83 KB Draw by puking, I like that. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090104/65f83863/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 13:04:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:04:48 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pete Tamburro on BARMIN 1914, Danish Gambit Message-ID: <1231099488.4961166058264@www.taom.com> Pete Tamburro ----- Forwarded message from PTamburro at aol.com ----- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:30:42 EST From: PTamburro at aol.com Reply-To: PTamburro at aol.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] BARMIN 1914 To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com, BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com, brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Brian, What's wrong with 7.e5 Ne4 with 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 (even Kxf7 could hold 8...Kxf7 9.Qf3+ Nf6 10.exf6 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 gxf6) ) 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxe4 Qe7 or even 8.Ngf3 d5 9.exd6 Nxd6 10.0-0 Nxc4 I remember Marshall playing 6.Kf1 after the Bb4+, pretty much as he did in the Italian Game. Pete Tamburro PTamburro at aol.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall Someone said I posted some Latvian Gambit analysis on a New Jersey blog, I wondered if that was you posting my stuff on your blog. I think your line is better than mine in the Latvian - 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 c3 dc 4 Bc4 cb 5 B:b2 Bb4+ 6 Kf1 Nf6 7 e5! Ne4! 8 B:f7+ K:f7 I could just play 9 Qd5+ and not give Black the option of ... Nf6 but 9 Qf3+ is more clever because 9 ... Nf6? is bad due to 10 ef with the threat of Qb3+:b4 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 c3 dc 4 Bc4 cb 5 B:b2 Bb4+ 6 Kf1 Nf6 7 e5! Ne4! 8 B:f7+ Kf8?? is horrible due to 9 Bd5!!! or Bh5!!, much stronger than 9 a3!, Bc4!, Bb3!, Qb3! and Qg4 which are also all better for White 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 c3 dc 4 Bc4 cb 5 B:b2 Bb4+ 6 Kf1! Kf8! is comical but playable 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 c3 dc 4 Bc4 cb 5 B:b2 Bb4+ 6 Nd2 Qg5 can get trappy 7 Ngf3 Q:g2?? 8 Qf4!! Q:h1+ 9 Ke2 wins for White A young Kaila Smith - Rhett Langseth ( Colorado preteens at the time ) game went 1 e4 e5 2 d4 ed 3 c3 dc 4 Bc4 cb 5 B:b2 Bb4+ 6 Nd2 Nf6! 7 Ngf3 N:e4! 8 0-0 N:d2! Rhett has refuted the Danish but ... 9 N:d2! 0-0?? ( 9 ... d5! ) 10 Qg4!! and Black's busted -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 1/4/2009 3:55:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com writes: www.Chesscube.www Barmin 1914 [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.[Site [Round "?"] [White "_brianwall at chesscubebria_ (mailto:brianwall at chesscube.com) "] [Black "_barmin at chesscube.bar_ (mailto:barmin at chesscube.com) "] [Date "2009.01.04"[ [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Danish Gambit Accepted 5 ... Bb4+ 6. Nd2!! Much better than 6 Nc3? Because 6 ... B:c3+ 7 B:c3 does nothing for my development while 6 Nd2!! B:d2+ 7 Q:d2 will connect my rooks 6 ... Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6! 8. e5! Qe7! 9. Nf3! O-O 10. O-O! Ne4! TN A good Theoretical Novelty by Barmin 11. Qf4! Nc5! 12. Rae1 I thought I might need my f1-rook to support f4 I had options like Nh4-f5 or Rfe1 or Nd4-f5 and several others 12 ... Ne6 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. h4!? a6 15. Ng5! h6? 16. Ne4 b5! 17. Bd5! Bb7 18. Nd6!? The knight is immune but 18 f4!! is even stronger, rolling over the Kingside 18 ... Rab8? The wrong rook - 18 ... Rfb8! creates a square on f8 for the Queen 19. Nf5! Game over threatening h6, g7, e7 and e6 19 ... g6 Giving up the Queen 20. Nxe7+! Nxe7! 21. Bxb7! Rxb7! 22. f4 Nf5! 23. Qf3! c6 24. h5! Kh7 25. g4! Nh4 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. f5 Ng5! 28. Qh1! gxf5 29. gxf5 Kh7 30. Qxh4! Rg8! 31. Kh1! c5! 32. Rg1 c4 33. e6 dxe6 34. fxe6! fxe6 35. Rxe6 35 R:g5!!! or Qf2!! checkmate even faster 35 ... Rf7! 36. Rxg5!! Checkmating faster than 36 Qe1!, Qh2!, Qd4! or Qg4! 36 ... hxg5 37. Qe4+ mate in 2 as I pick up rooks along the way 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.[Site [Round "?"] [White "_brianwall at chesscubebria_ (mailto:brianwall at chesscube.com) "] [Black "_barmin at chesscube.bar_ (mailto:barmin at chesscube.com) "] [Date "2009.01.04"[ [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Nf6 8. e5 Qe7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qf4 Nc5 12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Qg3 Nc6 14. h4 a6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 b5 17. Bd5 Bb7 18. Nd6 Rab8 19. Nf5 g6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. f4 Nf5 23. Qf3 c6 24. h5 Kh7 25. g4 Nh4 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. f5 Ng5 28. Qh1 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kh7 30. Qxh4 Rg8 31. Kh1 c5 32. Rg1 c4 33. e6 dxe6 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rf7 36. Rxg5 hxg5 37. Qe4+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "AUS-ch Minor"] [Site "Brisbane"] [Date "2005.12.28"[ [Round "2"] [White "Goodwin,Bob"[ [Black "Sanderson,Christop[Blac [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C21"] 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Nf6 8.e5 Qe7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Ne8 11.Rfe1 d6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Qc3 Qf6 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Bxf7+ Kh8 16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Bxe8 Be6 18.Qc3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Richard Wagner"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2060"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] North American Open Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Round 6 Board 28 10 AM after getting very little sleep watching Saw 6 auditions on TV all night 40/2 hours Game/1 hour 5 second delay Opening - Aborted Fishing Pole White - Richard Wagner 2060 Black - Brian Wall 2229 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 I generally only play the Fishing Pole after 4 0-0 Ng4!!, on any other 4th move I try to play real Chess, unless my son is playing with me, then he insists on the Magical Fishing Pole from every possible position. 4 Qe2 Bc5 opens up the possibility of 5 B:c6 dc 6 N:e5 which I found difficult to evaluate. The one thing that helped me was that in blitz games, White for some reason rarely did this. I surmised that 4 ... Bc5 must be OK although I didn't know why. I made up my mind to put my pieces where I wanted them and let the pawns take care of themselves. It took me 16 minutes to play 4 ... Bc5! If 4 Qe2 Bc5 5 B:c6 dc 6 N:e5 Qd4! 7 Nf3 Q:e4 I have the two bishops in an ending. If 7 Nd3! Bb6 I have an active game for my pawn - 8 Nc3 0-0 9 b3 Re8 8 f3 0-0 9 Nc3 a5 8 a4 0-0 9 a5 Re8 8 Nf4 Q:e4 8 0-0 0-0 9 Nc3 Re8 8 Na3 Q:e4 8 e5 Nd5 This is all random computer variations impossible to figure out but this is why my 4th move took 16 minutes. I am sure some version of this analysis is in many books which is why Richard did not snatch the free pawn. 4 ... Bc5 5. O-O O-O! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 B:c6 dc 7 N:e5 gives me many juicy options - 7 ... Qe7!!, Qd4!, ... Qe8!, ... Re8! 6 B:c6 dc 7 N:e5 Qe7 8 Nf3 N:e4!! or ... Q:e4! 6 B:c6 dc 7 N:e5 Qe7 8 Nd3 Bb6!, ... Bd4! or ... Bg4! give me more than enough for the pawn It took me 10 minutes to castle 6. c3 Now I have to worry about d4 in addition to B:c6 and N:e5 Options: 6 c3 d5 6 c3 Qe7 6 c3 Re8 6 c3 d6 6 c3 Bb6 I was getting tired of racking my brain just to get my pieces out of the box. My next move cost me 25 minutes. I was trying to play responsibly. 6 ... d6 7. Rd1 I wasn't expecting this move, I assumed it prepared d4 somehow. Options: 7 Rd1 Re8 7 Rd1 Bg4 7 Rd1 Bb6 7 Rd1 Qe7 7 Rd1 d5 7 Rd1 h6 My next move cost me 8 minutes. I was down 36 minutes after 7 moves. I rejected 7 Re8 because I wanted my rook to guard f7 or support ... f5 7 ... Bg4 8. d3 Kh8 TN 7 minutes spent on this Theoretical Novelty by Brian Wall I have lots of normal moves to choose from 8 ... Qe7, ... a6, ... Qe8, ... Nd7, ... Bb6, ... d5,... Rb8, ... Re8, ... Qd7 etc. My idea is a little different. 9. h3! Bh5! 10. Nbd2 g5!? The kind of move I play because it wins games, not because it's good. Ten years ago I would be prepared to volley back and forth forever. I know now that the minute I attack, the opponent crumbles. 11. g4 Nxg4!? In theory Wagner is doing great but in blitz I am roughly 100% with this kind of sac, very difficult to defend precisely. Ironically, the next day Kevin Y Cao, 1912, whipped out this sac against me in the 2008 North American Open blitz tourney, Open section when he was White and I was Black. I responded ... Rh8-g8:Bg5 and fought back to win. I managed to win our blitz match 2-0. 12. hxg4! Bxg4! 13. Kg2 One of many winning moves 13 ... f5!! The idea is to slowly increase the pressure on f3 14. Rh1!! Best 14 ... Qd7 5 minutes spent The idea is to double the rooks on the f-file. 14 ... Qe7!!! is better, keeping an eye on g5 and other dark squares. I had a feeling I was going against my own theory of complementation ( light squared bishop on g4 indicates dark squared Queen ) but I was hoping to sneak my way into ... g4 15. b4 Bb6 I spent 10 minutes choosing between this move and 15 ... fe 16 Q:e4! Rf4 which fails to 17 B:c6!!!, R:h7+!!, Q:h7+!! or Ng5! Better to keep it cool and wait 16. Bb2? Connecting the rooks. I have been steadily increasing the pressure and now is the time to strike. 16 ... fxe4!! 17. Qxe4!! Anything else is horrible like 17 de B:f3+ 18 N:f3 Qg4+ 17 ... Rf4!! Played instantly because I have been setting up doubling my rooks on the f-file for a long time. Later this haunted me because I kept wondering if I missed a shot with 17 ... B:f3+. It turns out the main line is the same - 17 ... Rf4 18 B:c6 B:f3+ 19 N:f3 Qg4+ 20 Kf1 R:e4 17 ... Bf3+ 18 N:f3 Rf4 19 B:c6 Qg4+ 20 Kf1 R:e4 18. Nxg5 I spent 8 minutes choosing between different wins. Everything looked good. 18 ... Bf5! with the idea of ... Rg8 is sweet. 18 ... R:f2+! 19 Kg3 Bf5 is very tempting 18 ... Bh5! with the idea of ... Qg4+ is another killer idea 18 ... Rxe4!! 19. Ndxe4! I thought for 9 minutes here and became disoriented. I have actually played nearly perfectly for a while now but my mind kept going back to earlier choices, wondering if I had missed better somehow, in particular 17 ... Bf3+ 18 N:f3 Rf4. I was looking for clarity and 19 ... h5!!! 20 f3 looked murky, even dangerous. ( actually 20 ... Rg8!! among many others is an easy win here. ) 19 ... Bf5! 20 Nf6 Qg7 21 Nf:h7! gets me nowhere after 21 ... B:h7 22 R:h7+! or 21 ... Qe7 22 Rag1!! It turns out after 19 ... Bf5! 20 Nf6 the counter-intuitive 20 ... Qc8!! getting my Queen out of the way with the idea of running with ... Kg7 is the path to victory. When I had 18 minutes left to Richard's 57 I got nervous and decided to just play out a normal position, a very bad decision. I should have kept thinking, I might have found something but I still had 18 moves to go. 19 ... Rf8?? 20. Rxh7+! Qxh7! 21. Nxh7! Kxh7! I have a somewhat more comfortable ending with 17 minutes to reach move 40 versus Wagner's 51. My inspiration was 16 year old IM Robert Hess who tried so hard to beat me in Round 1 with so much less material and time to work with. Even though I cannot crunch the numbers like Fritz, I still had a general idea that my initial sac was shaky, then I was clearly winning and now I have blown 95% of my advantage. I felt like I deserved to win this game. I wanted to break the Vegas curse, ( I always do poorly in Vegas tournaments ). I wanted to keep trying. 22. Kg3! Bf5! 23. Rh1+! Kg6! 24. f3 Ne7! 25. c4 Be3! 26. Bc1 Bxc1! 27. Rxc1! I had 7 minutes left to Richard's 34. It may be hard to make something of it but my pawns are on the right color, his are on the wrong color, f3 can be weak and d4 beckons my knight 27 ... Be6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Kf2+! Kh6! 30. Rh1+ 1/2 ? Richard offered a draw but I have secured a square for my King 30 ... Kg7! 31. Rg1+ Kf8! 32. Rxg8+! Kxg8! 33. Ng3 Kf7! 34. Ke3 d5 35. f4! exf4+! 36. Kxf4! a6! 37. Ba4! dxc4! 38. dxc4! Bxc4! 39. a3! Ke6! 40. Ke4! Bd5+! I managed to snag a pawn and make the time control with 3 second left. The problem is I only have a 3 to 2 same side pawn advantage. I also have the wrong colored rook pawn for my bishop. Knights are supposed to be better endgame pieces when all the pawns are on one side of the board. I decided two things - 1 - If I have to trade a piece, let it be my bishop. 2 - Before advancing my majority I would try to creep closer with my King and maybe pick off a pawn. Capablanca recommended this approach. I have often seen Super GMs like Grischuk torture each other in such endings. I'll give it a try. 41. Kd4! b6 42. Ne2 Nf5+! 43. Kc3! Ke5! Creeping in 44. Bc2 Be4 You can have my bishop but not my knight 45. Bd3! Bxd3! 46. Kxd3! Kd5 47. Nc3+! Kc6 48. Kc4 Nd6+ 49. Kb3 Nb5! The King and pawn ending should be won 50. Ne4! Kd5! 51. Nf6+! Kd4 I was happy that his knight cannot check my King for a while. 52. Nd7 Now I saw his idea. 9 minutes thought confirmed that he must win one of my pawns with 53 Nb8. I felt sick, I could have at least have tried to play ... c5 and see if I could torture a win out of him. I started thinking of ways to offer a draw. I almost played 52 ... N:a3 53 K:a3 c5 eliminating the last pawn. Then I had a thought - since I had 28 minutes left and the draw was secure, why not utilize that time to try and find something. My canoe was drifting towards Niagra Falls but then God reached out his hand and plucked me ashore. A miracle happened. After 17 minutes thought, I found a fantastic idea. It was one of the best moments of my Chess life. It made up for everything that had gone wrong this tournament. I found redemption for botching it on move 19. God works in mysterious ways. After the game I ran around like a maniac showing this position to anyone who would listen. I laughed, I screamed, I hyperventilated. David Lucky tried to escape me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Part the First Samuel Taylor Coleridge It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one of three. "By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp'st thou me? "The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din." He holds him with his skinny hand, "There was a ship," quoth he. "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!" Eftsoons his hand dropt he. He holds him with his glittering eye -- The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years child: The Mariner hath his will. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In desperation I started setting up the pieces from the book stall as Asian family members of the California Chess Palace tried to block me. Finally I managed to wrest these tiny Chess pieces from a plastic bag and showed David my discovery, blocking every escape attempt. 52 ... Kd5!!!!!!!!!! 53. Nb8 Yes, yes, Richard Wagner wins his pawn. 53 ... Nd4+!!!!!!!!!! 54. Ka4 Yes, yes, Richard Wagner wins his pawn. If Richard retreats his King the long torturous endgame would continue for hours as I save my pawn after 54 ... a5! 54 ... Kc4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a nosebleed so I ran to another room and laid on my back. I had 21 minutes left. When I came back 10 minutes later my opponent had written " I Resign" on a big piece of paper. He was still there. I told him it was a sick way to lose but I thought I should have won earlier. It turns out that 55 N:a6 b5+ 56 Ka5 Nc6 is some freaky checkmate 55 Nd7 Nc6!! threatens mate in one and 56 Ne5+ N:e5 is not stalemate, he has to play the disturbed 57 b5 ab checkmate I have an alternate win with 55 Nd7 Nb3!! threatening 56 ... b5 checkmate after 55 Nd7 Nb3!! 56 N:b6+ cb is not stalemate but a helpmate again and 55 Nd7 Nb3!! 56 Ne5+ Kc3 and the only way to stop 57 ... b5 checkmate is the delicious 57 b5 Nc5!! checkmate So instead of accepting the draw I created a beautiful mini-study for the ages. One of my happiest Chess moments ever. 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Richard Wagner"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2060"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Rd1 Bg4 8. d3 Kh8 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Kg2 f5 14. Rh1 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf4 18. Nxg5 Rxe4 19. Ndxe4 Rf8 20. Rxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Kg3 Bf5 23. Rh1+ Kg6 24. f3 Ne7 25. c4 Be3 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Be6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Kf2+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. Ke3 d5 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 a6 37. Ba4 dxc4 38. dxc4 Bxc4 39. a3 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bd5+ 41. Kd4 b6 42. Ne2 Nf5+ 43. Kc3 Ke5 44. Bc2 Be4 45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 Kd5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Nd6+ 49. Kb3 Nb5 50. Ne4 Kd5 51. Nf6+ Kd4 52. Nd7 Kd5 53. Nb8 Nd4+ 54. Ka4 Kc4 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "GER-ch U13"] [Site "Oberhof"] [Date "1998.08.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Guttenthaler,Franz"] [Black "Schlichthaar,Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C65"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Rd1 Bg4 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Ba4 Nd7 11.Nf1 f5 12.Bb3+ Kh8 13.Be6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 fxe4 15.dxe4 Qe7 16.Bh3 Qf7 17.Bg2 Nf6 18.Ng3 Nh5 19.Nxh5 Qxh5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Rf7 22.Rf1 Raf8 23.Rf2 Ne7 24.Raf1 Ng6 25.Qd2 Qg5 26.Kh1 Nh4 27.f4 Qg4 28.b3 exf4 29.exf4 Nxg2 30.Rxg2 Qe6 31.Re2 c6 32.Qe3 Qg4 33.Rg2 Qh4 34.Qg3 Qxg3 35.hxg3 Re7 36.Re2 Kh7 37.Kg2 Rfe8 38.Kf3 Kg6 39.Rd1 d5 40.e5 Kf7 41.c4 dxc4 42.bxc4 Rc7 43.c5 Ree7 44.Red2 Kg6 45.Rd6+ Kf7 46.a4 Kf8 47.a5 Kf7 48.Ke4 Kf8 49.g4 Kf7 50.f5 Kf8 51.e6 Re8 52.Ke5 Rce7 53.Rd7 Rxd7 54.Rxd7 Re7 55.Kd6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To continue the joyfest, Anthea has just released two brand new unseen videos hot off the press, covering such topics as Good Knights, Bad Bishops, The Penguin Opening, The Dragon Opening, Forks, Captures, Pins and Checkmates. As usual, her videos are detailed, instructive and informative. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no Good Knight Bad Bishop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g&feature=channel_page Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Youtube.com search any of the below Timmybx Anthea Carson Brian Wall Chess How to Play Chess Like An Animal Sagacious00004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research material http://chessville.com/Wall/TriplePenguin.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 4 22:31:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:31:33 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Movie night at Jana Glovinsky's new Chess art studio in Denver Message-ID: <1231133493.49619b355d5c2@www.taom.com> movie night at new location-- Happy new Year To members of Glovinsky ARt Group Janet Glovinsky Today at 9:59am Reply OnThursday-- Jan 22d at 7pm- we will screen I love Bejing and on the third thursdays thereafter- there will be limited seating so bring a pillow for the floor- some great independent films- some tea and cookies The Glovinsky Gallery is now located at 800 w. 8th ave-Denver- use the Inca street entrance!!!- one block east of Santa Fe Drive There is a $6- suggested donation for those that can afford it- to offest expenses!! I Love Bejing is in Mandarin with English subtitles-- I have a new projector! From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 01:05:04 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 01:05:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] cscc quarterly schedule, al ufer memorial prizes and my games, & chess for girls video Message-ID: <1231142704.4961bf300b707@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:33:03 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [CSCN] Fw: cscc quarterly schedule, al ufer memorial prizes and my games, & chess for girls video I played in the Al Ufer Memorial this weekend and did fairly well (2nd place). Randy Reynolds was there and got all over my case for publishing a bad link in this quarter's Informant (Footprints in the Sand, pg 28) and giving myself an award for an non-existent video. How did I know Youtube was going to reject my first video attempt? So, I enlisted the help of my teenage son and posted another video. Hopefully, this one will stay up, and I am giving the award to my son (he did much better than I did). Chess For Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L32GILnratg However, it was still nice to see some of the Northern Coloradoans come down to take home our money: Open Section Kevin Seidler 4.0 1st $85 Paul Anderson 3.0 2nd $55 Klaus Johnson 3.0 2nd $55 Richard Buchanan 2.5 expert $50 Mitchell Anderson 2.5 class A $25 David Meliti 2.5 class A $25 Tim Brennan 2.5 class B $25 Randy Reynolds 2.5 class B $25 Kevin Kaaoush 0.0 unrated $50 Reserve Section Brandy Barkmeyer 3.5 1st $85 Gerald Maier 3.0 2nd $55 David Spinozzi 3.0 2nd $55 Eric Barkmeyer 2.5 class C $50 Isaac Martinez 2.0 class E $50 Kathy Schneider 1.5 U1000 $50 My games: [Event "Al Ufer Memorial"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.01.03"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anderson, Paul"] [Black "Brennan, Timothy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1952"] [BlackElo "1662"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2008.01.05"] [TimeControl "3600"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. e3 Nd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. Qe4 f6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Rd1 Rc7 15. Ke2 Be7 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Rxd7 1-0 [Event "Al Ufer Memorial"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.01.03"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Fox, Shannon"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1738"] [BlackElo "1952"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2008.01.05"] [TimeControl "3600"] 1. e4 c6 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rb1 Nd7 10. d3 f5 11. Qd2 Qf6 12. Nd1 fxe4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Rbd1 d5 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Nf1 Rae8 18. Ng3 R4e7 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa1 23. Qe3 Bc3 24. Kf1 Be6 25. f4 d4 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. f5 Ne3+ 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. f6 h5 30. h3 Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Bxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Bxg2 33. h4 Ng4 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Kf8 36. Kd2 Ne5 37. Ng5 Ke8 38. Ke2 c5 39. Ne4 b6 40. a4 Kd7 41. Ng5 Kc6 42. Kd2 Kd5 43. c3 dxc3+ 44. Kxc3 a6 45. b4 c4 46. Kd2 Kd4 0-1 [Event "Al Ufer Memorial"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.01.03"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anderson, Paul"] [Black "Seidler, Kevin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1952"] [BlackElo "1876"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2008.01.05"] [TimeControl "3600"] 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 a6 9. Be2 h6 10. Qc2 e6 11. h3 Qe8 12. O-O-O e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Rdg1 Bd7 15. Nh2 b5 16. g4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 fxg4 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 g5 20. Rh2 Ng6 21. Ne4 Nh4 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Kb1 Rf7 24. Ka2 a5 25. a4 Raf8 26. Be2 Rc8 27. Qd2 Qe8 28. Bd1 Qe7 29. Qd3 c6 30. Nc3 cxd5 31. Nxd5 Qe6 32. Bc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Qxd5 34. e4 Qe6 35. Qd3 Bxa4 36. Ba3 Rb7 37. Qc2 Bxb3+ 38. Rxb3 a4 39. Rhh3 axb3+ 40. Rxb3 Qxb3+ 41. Qxb3+ Rxb3 42. Kxb3 Bf8 43. Kc4 Kf7 44. Kd5 Kf6 45. Kc4 Nf3 46. Kd3 Nh2 47. Bb4 Nxg4 48. Ke2 Be7 49. f3 Nh2 50. Kf2 g4 51. Kg3 Nxf3 52. Kxg4 Ng5 53. Bd2 Kg6 0-1 [Event "Al Ufer Memorial"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.01.03"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Buchanan, Buck"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "2004"] [BlackElo "1952"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2008.01.05"] [TimeControl "3600"] 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qb6 8. d5 Qb4 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nd7 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O Ngf6 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 Rfb8 16. f4 b5 17. Rfb1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Nb6 20. e5 Ng4 21. Bc1 Nxc4 22. h3 Nge3 23. Bf3 Nf5 24. g4 Ng7 25. Rb7 Kf8 26. Rb1 f5 27. Be2 Nb6 28. Bb5 Nxd5 29. Bc6 Nxc3 30. Rb2 Rc8 31. Bd7 Rd8 32. e6 Nd5 33. Bd2 Nb6 34. Ba5 Rb8 35. Kf1 fxg4 36. hxg4 h5 37. Kg1 hxg4 38. Rh2 Nh5 39. f5 Kg7 40. Bc3+ Nf6 41. Bc6 gxf5 42. Rf2 Kg6 43. Ra2 Nbd5 44. Ba1 Rb6 45. Bd7 a6 0-1 ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Buchanan Subject: cscc quarterly schedule Hi, guys Here is the chess club schedule for January - March for the websites. ******************************************************************************************* COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB January - March 2009 The Colorado Springs Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings in the downstairs Game Room of the Acacia Apartments Building at 104 E. Platte, just north of Acacia Park. The building opens about 6:30 PM. Most activities begin registration about 7:30, with play starting at 8:00. On most evenings, club ladder games are also available, including USCF-rated G/90 games. For more information call Buck at 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys.net . Players should arrive no later than 8:00 to get into the building. In addition to Tuesday evenings, club members are gathering for chess at these times: Wednesdays: Poor Richard's, 320 N Tejon, 6:30-10 PM. Rated tourney, G/90, 1 game a night. 3rd Saturday of month (1/17, 2/21, 3/21) Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM. Air Force Academy Quads, USCF rated. Dates on CSCA website. See Dean Brown or websites for info. ************************************************************************************** January Saturday 1/3 - Al Ufer Memorial, Manitou Spgs Masonic Lodge 6 Speed Tournament 13 Club Membership Meeting - everybody come! 20 Club Speed Championship Tournament begins. $5 entry fee. 27 Club Speed Championship continues February 3 G/15 tournament, 4-SS 10 Cabin Fever Reliever - 4-SS, USCF rated, G/30, $5 entry fee 17 Cabin Fever Reliever continues. 24 Fischer - Random tournament March 3 Speed tournament March 7-8: Colorado Springs Open, Manitou Spgs City Hall. All of you play in this! See Buck to register. 10 Team tournament - 2-player teams 17 Bughouse!! 24 Quads - USCF rated (G/30) or not (G/20) 31 Players' Choice ************************************************************************************** Club officers: Dean Brown, Richard Buchanan, Renae Delaware Club website: www.springschess.org CSCA website www.colorado-chess.com Paul Anderson's Colorado Springs Chess News website: http://cs.chess.home.att.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090105/9c6a150a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 02:04:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 02:04:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel Johnson on 2008 North American Open, Round 6, Wagner-Wall Message-ID: <1231146270.4961cd1e3e562@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:08:37 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: FW: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2008 North American Open, Round 6, Wagner-Wall To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, Yes, I love the end of this game. Very cool! Joel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Richard Wagner"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2060"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Rd1 Bg4 8. d3 Kh8 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Kg2 f5 14. Rh1 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf4 18. Nxg5 Rxe4 19. Ndxe4 Rf8 20. Rxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Kg3 Bf5 23. Rh1+ Kg6 24. f3 Ne7 25. c4 Be3 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Be6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Kf2+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. Ke3 d5 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 a6 37. Ba4 dxc4 38. dxc4 Bxc4 39. a3 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bd5+ 41. Kd4 b6 42. Ne2 Nf5+ 43. Kc3 Ke5 44. Bc2 Be4 45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 Kd5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Nd6+ 49. Kb3 Nb5 50. Ne4 Kd5 51. Nf6+ Kd4 52. Nd7 Kd5 53. Nb8 Nd4+ 54. Ka4 Kc4 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090105/bc1d36e9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 04:00:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 04:00:44 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Realface 1925 Message-ID: <1231153244.4961e85c652c8@www.taom.com> Sons sometimes block their fathers from teaching them certain subjects. My Father taught me a lot about history and philosophy and life. My father had a band when he was a young man. I showed no interest in music to this day. Why would I want to know nothing about such a fascinating subject as music? Well, I wanted to make my own mark in the world. Why study something my father was already an expert in. It seems a foolish attitude now. Many of my Chess students already have accomplished Chessplayers as their father yet won't learn from them. They will listen to me but not their own father. I am spending a lot of time with my son lately, he is off school until Wednesday. Today, for some reason, he wanted to learn a lot of Chess. He woke me up a few days ago, " Daddy, Daddy, I just played a Fishing Pole!! " It's hard for me to imagine sweeter words to wake up to. Devon Wall, age 9 - " Daddy, how come I have such trouble getting a Fishing Pole?." Daddy Wall, 53 " Well, son, your three digit opponents don't know the first four White moves. The better a player is, the easier it is to crush him with the Fishing Pole. The bigger they come, the harder they fall." Devon- " Well, OK, Daddy, you play the Fishing Pole on Chesscube and let me watch. " www.Chesscube.com White - Realface 1925 Black - Brian, Devon Wall [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "realface at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.05"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Father and son - " Yayyy, a Fishing Pole " 5. h3 h5!! 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 Daddy - " They always play 8 d4 real fast and then freeze up. " 8. d4 Ba7!! Daddy - " I am going to win with the Hyper-Pole and then write an email about it. " 9. Nbd2 exd4! Daddy - " He's giving me his d-pawn, I'll take it. " 10. cxd4 Nxd4! 11. Nxd4! Bxd4 Fritz 9 always wants me to retreat my Fishing Pole knight or bail out with 11 ... N:f2! but that's not why I play the Pole. I would give it up if I had to do that every game. 12. Nf3 Ba7 Back to the Hyper-Pole stance although Fritz wants 12 ... B:f2+! 13. Bb3 Daddy - I don't like the White Bishop on that diagonal in the Fishing Pole, they take my knight and play Ng5 and I end up with f7-problems. Devon- listening intently 13 ... Qf6 I was close, the best move is 13 ... Qe7 14. e5 Daddy - I'm confused, I don't know where to go 14 ... Qg6? 15. Ng5 f6? My best moves now are the two I hate to play, 15 ... Nh6!! or ... N:f2! 16. Bf7+ Daddy - Uh oh, I lose my Queen 16 ... Qxf7! 17. Nxf7! Kxf7! 18. hxg4! Father and son in stunned silence 18 ... hxg4! This is about as horrible as it gets but where there's an open h-file, there hope 19. exf6 gxf6! 20. Qxg4 d5! 21. Qf3 Be6! 22. Bf4 c6 I am doing what I can to shore up the beachfront 23. Rfe1! An exchange sac on e6 should end this. Devon - Is he going to attack our pawn with his bishop, Daddy? Daddy - I think I have that covered. 23 ... Rag8 I do what Chessmasters do, coordinate whatever we have left 24. b3 That lame move suddenly gave me a flicker of hope. 24 ... Rg7 Daddy - I am going to try and checkmate him on the h-file 25. g3 Bg4!! Daddy- Draw, do you want a draw? 26. Qg2!! Bh3!! Daddy- Draw, do you want a draw? 27. Qf3 Bg4!! Daddy- Draw, do you want a draw? If he lets me play this position one more time it's a draw. 28. Qd3?? Daddy - Oh, a draw's not good enough for you!? 28 ... Rgh7!! Devon Rambo, getting excited - Nothing is over!! Nothing!! You just don't turn it off!! 29. Kg2?? Rh2+ Daddy - Checkmate!! Devon Dan Hill Rambo - It's a long road When you're on your own And it hurts when They tear your dreams apart 30. Kf1 Rh1+ Daddy, screaming - Don't ever mess with my Fishing Pole!! No, you don't get to play me again!! You just get to read about your defeat in 35 countires!! How many ways can you translate, I resign!! Devon Dan Hill Rambo - It's a long road When you're on your own And it hurts when They tear your dreams apart 31. Kg2 R8h2# 0-1 and high fives were heard all around ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "realface at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.05"] [Result "0-1"] 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. Nbd2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Nf3 Ba7 13. Bb3 Qf6 14. e5 Qg6 15. Ng5 f6 16. Bf7+ Qxf7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qxg4 d5 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Bf4 c6 23. Rfe1 Rag8 24. b3 Rg7 25. g3 Bg4 26. Qg2 Bh3 27. Qf3 Bg4 28. Qd3 Rgh7 29. Kg2 Rh2+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Kg2 R8h2# 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The videos Devon was quoting during the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 1 Rambo - Nothing is over!! Nothing!! You just don't turn it off!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 2 Dan Hill It's a Long Road Lyrics: It's a long road When you're on your own And it hurts when They tear your dreams apart And every new town Just seems to bring you down Trying to find peace of mind Can break your heart ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Devon also watched these brand new Colorado Youtube Chess videos released today ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess For Girls - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L32GILnratg by Paul Anderson who writes the Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Devon was cracking up as he watched this several times. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no Good Knight Bad Bishop by Anthea Carson featuring a game of Tim Brennan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings by Anthea Carson Martinez, her daughter Tara Martinez and Tim Brennan This one is really geared for kids, my son watched it over and over and laughed and laughed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- also this one Devon wanted to watch and I hadn't seen it yet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oB8sl-fGec&feature=channel_page Chess openings: The Hedgehog by Tim Brennan and Anthea Martinez --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think the Youtube videos are the best way to teach Chess I know of. I am glad Paul Anderson and others are all jumping on the bandwagon. www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 11:29:21 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:29:21 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bela Geczy and Pete Tamburro discuss the Cactus Attack Message-ID: <1231180161.49625181997ff@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from PTamburro at aol.com ----- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:20:11 EST From: PTamburro at aol.com Reply-To: PTamburro at aol.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Do you know the Cactus Attack? To: bgeczy at earthlink.net, BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com After 1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 g5, what's wrong with just 3.d4 and if 3...g4 4.Ne5 ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090105/9bea6646/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 14:18:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:18:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Duwayne Langseth analyzes - Anthea Carson vs David Meliti - Al Ufer Memorial 2009 Message-ID: <1231190310.496279261f06b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth ----- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:55:34 -0000 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: [BrianWallChess] Anthea Carson vs David Meliti - Al Ufer Memorial 2009 To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Anthea and David always seem to have interesting games. Anthea, because she has taken up the philosophy of Master Wall to attack the king number one and all else second. David plays more like I do looking for the best move in each position no matter where that leads. In this one where they are matched, Anthea's well-executed attack gains her a quick exchange advantage, but David has a bishop pair for compensation. Then he begins to find correct moves and hers are harder to find. Finally, his more accurate endgame play brings him the victory. Thanks to David for posting the moves. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 d5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bh2 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f4 Nd6 14. g4 One obvious sign that you've been influenced by Brian Wall is that you play g4 often as a fundamental part of your attack on the enemy king. Whenever I watch Tyler Hughes games, I anticipate this move. 14... Nf7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Qc2 The black king is beginning to feel the pressure now. 17... h6 David likely was not comfortable with the way things looked after 17... g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxf6+ Kh7. Rybka gives Black the edge, but near-perfect play would be required as the dark king is in peril. 18. Nh4! It's going to be tough for Black to keep from dropping material now with the white knight in his face. 18... Nh8 19. Bh7+! Winning the exchange, but Black will have the bishop pair. 19... Kf7 20.Ng6 Anthea has played a series of best moves here, though Rybka is torn between her path of taking the rook for bishop and a slower attack bringing the queens rook to e1. 20... Nxg6 21. Bxg6+ Ke7 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 Rybka preferred taking with the rook because now 23.f5! keeps the black queen out of the kingside. Black's dark bishop would have come off too. The computer scores it +1.1 here. 23. a4? f5! Black gets to keep his dark squared bishop a while longer and has hope of bringing his own attack on the enemy king. 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. a5 Likely one of two best moves here. 25... b5 Black correctly disallows the exchange on b6, which would have made things much easier for White with the eventual Ra7. 26. g5 It's tough to find a good continuation for White here. White's advantage is down to half a pawn. 26... Qh5 27. Qf3 Slightly better may have been 27. gxh6 Qxh6 28. Qg5+ 27... Qh4 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ For some strange reason that is unclear to me, Rybka favors not winning the pawn, but rather keeping the queens on the board with 28... Qh5 29. gxh6 Kf7 30. Qf3 Qxh6. I think I prefer David's choice. 29. Bxg3 hxg5 30. Kf2 gxf4 31.Bxf4 g5? Now, Rg1! would be give White a clear advantage. 32. Bxd6+ Kxd6 33. dxc5+? This just makes a path for the black king, but again it's hard to find the best continuation. What White really needs is an open file, so 33.h4 may have been the way to go. 33... Kxc5 34. Rad1 e5 35. Ke1 Bc8 36. Rf2 Be6 37. Rh2 Rh8 38. Rdd2 Kc4 It's pretty even here. 39. Kd1 Kb3 40. Kc1 Ka4 41.b4 Kb3 42. Rb2+ White has done an ok job of defending lately, but Rdg2 was probably best here. Now Black can just take on c3, though he doesn't. 42...Kc4 43. Rbg2! Likely best for White. 43... Rg8? Now Kd2 would have made things much easier for White. Once again, the c-pawn is hanging, but Black is afraid to take it. 44. Re2 Rh8 45. Kb2 Kd3 46. Reg2 Rh5 47. Rg3 Rd2 was better, offering the e-pawn in exchange for a perpetual check. Now Black's kingside pawns advance with the white king far from the action. 47... g4 48. h4 Ke4 49.Kc2 f4 50. exf4 exf4 51. Re2+! White finds one last possible saving grace. 51... Kf5 52. Rxe6? Here 52. Rxg4! Kxg4 53. Rxe6 would have made it interesting. 52... fxg3 Game over. I think White was well under 5 minutes at this point. 53. Re1 Kf4 54. Rf1+ Ke3 55. Re1+ Kf2 56. Rd1 g2 0-1 DuWayne Langseth [Event "4th Al Ufer Memorial"] [Site "Manitou Springs"] [Date "2009.01.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Carson, Anthea"] [Black "Meliti, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "1620"] [BlackElo "1894"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Be2 Be7 6. h3 d5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bh2 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f4 Nd6 14. g4 Nf7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Qc2 h6 18. Nh4 Nh8 19. Bh7+ Kf7 20. Ng6 Nxg6 21. Bxg6+ Ke7 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. a4 f5 24. Qg2 Rg8 25. a5 b5 26. g5 Qh5 27. Qf3 Qh4 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. Bxg3 hxg5 30. Kf2 gxf4 31. Bxf4 g5 32. Bxd6+ Kxd6 33. dxc5+ Kxc5 34. Rad1 e5 35. Ke1 Bc8 36. Rf2 Be6 37. Rh2 Rh8 38. Rdd2 Kc4 39. Kd1 Kb3 40. Kc1 Ka4 41. b4 Kb3 42. Rb2+ Kc4 43. Rbg2 Rg8 44. Re2 Rh8 45. Kb2 Kd3 46. Reg2 Rh5 47. Rg3 g4 48. h4 Ke4 49. Kc2 f4 50. exf4 exf4 51. Re2+ Kf5 52. Rxe6 fxg3 53. Re1 Kf4 54. Rf1+ Ke3 55. Re1+ Kf2 56. Rd1 g2 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090105/17a800e4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 14:25:52 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:25:52 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kay Lamb analyzes the Cactus Attack Message-ID: <1231190752.49627ae0d4cd7@www.taom.com> --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Bela wrote: From: Bela Subject: [BrianWallChess] Do you know the Cactus Attack? To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 10:55 AM Analysis: Kay Lamb Now we head into the main line of the Cactus Attack. The first two moves are: 1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 g5! and we want to kick the Knight because he either retreats or advances to get kicked again. We also stake out some space on the King side of the board and discourage White from completing his plan to castle there. His clock ticks much sooner, too, unless he also knows about this page - quite unlikely. 3.h3 Prevents the kick but hard to find over the board because White is not psychologically prepared to defend on the 3rd move! The reason h3 is a good move is because eventually Black will also have to play the defensive h6. 3...Bg7 Not 3...f5 expecting 4...g4. Here's why: 4.d4 g4 5.hxg fxg 6.Ne5 h5 7.Ng6 but if you want to try 3...f5 anyway, consider 4...h6 as a follow-up. 4.d4 h6 I looked at 4...c5?! but rejected it after 5.Bxg5 Qb6 6.e3 Qxb2 7.Nd2 and White develops quickly with threats. 5.Bg2 Nc6 The first move on our schedule. Here is one development scheme for Black: d6, Bd7, f5, Qf6, OOO, Ne7 and much easier to pull off if White does not choose the main variation. But the critical decision seems to be Black's d pawn placement. Is it better at d6 or d5? I prefer to play d5 as an answer to white's e4 or c4 because it counters the center challenge. If White is more passive, d6 and f5 are better and advance the development scheme described. A. 6.e4 is probably OK. White's Queen Bishop does not have a lot of squares to choose from and the e3 square looks better if the Bishop is not blocking his own center pawn. 6...d5 Black attacks the e pawn. 7.e5 White does not want e4xd5 - the French Defense Exchange variation, does he? Not here! With a fianchetto to boot? Nah. 7...f6 A1. 8.Qe2?! fxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qd7= A2. 8.e5xf6 Qxf6 9.Be3 Bd7 And the standard methods used to exploit a backward pawn are not available to White. B. 6.c4 d5 This position is rather curious. Black warns White against a King side castle and takes squares from the Queen Bishop. What are White's plans? The Qb3 threat is not that great because his center pawns must be protected. It might be instructive to ask if the Black's g pawn is better where it is or on g6. I like it here and if you agree then it is easier to like the Cactus Attack. Black plans for f5. He hopes for cxd5 exd5 to free his Bishop. And Black can also consider the King Knight 2 step - f6 - e4. If Black does not castle at all, it is not a tragedy. White will probably play Be3 or Na3 or perhaps e3. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090105/1fded43e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 5 22:34:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 22:34:48 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Christopher McMurry's First dip into the Fishing Pole pond Message-ID: <1231220088.4962ed7849181@www.taom.com> It's funny to me how beginning Fishing Polers play Rh8-g8-h8 Nf6-g4-h6-g4 and now Bf8-e7-c5 A cool finish in 10 moves. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Christopher McMurry ----- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:17:18 -0500 From: Christopher McMurry Reply-To: Christopher McMurry Subject: [BrianWallChess] First dip into the Fishing Pole pond To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com I have been dipping my toe in the water at the pond of the ole' Fishing Pole lately. Here's my first win. Short and mighty sweet. See what you think. :) Chris [Event "2009 Championship"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.01.02"] [EndDate "2009.01.06"] [Round "1"] [White "polo2000"] [Black "Eldaveer"] [WhiteRating "1374"] [BlackRating "1760"] [WhiteELO "1374"] [BlackELO "1760"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "5843279"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 4. d3 Bf8e7 5. O-O Nf6g4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Nf3e1 Be7c5 9. Qd1xg4 Nc6d4 10. Bc1g5 Qd8xg5 White resigns 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------- Paul Anderson ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:16:18 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] 2008 North American Open - Round 5, Wall - Velikanov To: Brian Wall This was hilarious! You make chess fun. It is hard to type with the tears in my eyes, but this is just one of the funniest chess experiences I have read. I think my son would love it as he gave me the joke this story has now made a reality. I loved it when Shabalov comes by to look at all the brilliant play on the top boards. I assume he had a hard time controlling himself too. It reminded me of getting caught by the professor goofing around. I was in a class in college and some guy wasn't paying attention and got caught. The instructor stops the whole class and interrupts, "Do you have a question?" The student tried to make something up to cover himself, but came up with the worst possible question clearly demonstrating he had not been taking this lesson seriously. It was like a Bob and Ray comedy skit where the interviewer keeps asking the expert questions he just already answered. I burst out laughing with the thought, "Now this professor is going to have to stop saying there are no stupid questions?" And this was classic - "Nothing makes you feel more like you wasted your life than losing to someone who fits in your shoebox." POLL QUESTION: I thought I would try my hand at creating a poll. This one comes from the 1300 jokes Brian and Tim started and I joined in on. I just read in the Colorado Chess Informant that some people were offended by the article. So, I was inspired to modify the jokes to make them less rating specific. Some are new and some are just modified. Now you can vote for which ones you think Randy should publish next issue (if any). Hope you like it. CHOICES AND RESULTS - If you have ever received handicap plates because of diagonal blindness, you might be bad at chess., 3 votes, 12.50% - If you ask your opponents to pinpoint where you went wrong and they all say, "Immediately after you started the clock", you might be bad at chess., 3 votes, 12.50% - If you order score sheets and the only "circle correct result" choice is "YOU LOST", you just might be bad at chess., 2 votes, 8.33% - If your idea of a sacrifice is loaning out your clock, you might be bad at chess., 1 votes, 4.17% - If the only time you ever find a fork is when it is next to spoons, you might be bad at chess., 2 votes, 8.33% - If the last time you found a line that had any success it was while you were fishing, you might be bad at chess., 2 votes, 8.33% - If you announce "Mate in 1" several times during one game, you just might be bad at chess., 3 votes, 12.50% - If the spectators always seem to laugh after you move the pieces, you might be bad at chess., 3 votes, 12.50% - If every time your opponents drop a minor piece Fritz scores you as slightly worse, you might be bad at chess., 3 votes, 12.50% - If you have ever recorded an entire game before you noticed the board was backwards, you might be bad at chess., 2 votes, 8.33% Paul Anderson ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:25 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] 2008 North American Open - Round 5, Wall - Velikanov When I travel to Chess tournaments across the country, some Coloradans act like I am the prodigal son returning and some act like, " I travel to get away from guys like you". I mostly hung out with Robert Ramirez, Aaron Suseras and David Zimbeck who are always fun. David was partying pretty much every night, Robert waited until he had blown the prize money before getting plastered. Aaron and I had a vending machine punching bag contest one night. Aaron screwed me over bigtime this game. As I was walking to my game he says, " Hey, Brian, why don't we both play the Suseras Opening, 1 e3 , 2 Ne2 this round! ". That's not the kind of challenge I can ignore. After my game in the Open section, I ask Aaron, " OK, how did your Suseras Opening go? " Aaron - " OH, I DECIDED IT WAS TOO RISKY FOR THE UNDER 1800 SECTION!!" Grrrrr. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. My opponent was a tiny Tom Thumb who could fit in my palm, I think he was 12 years old and was smaller than my 9 year old son, Devon. He had an expert's rating and played like a Chessmaster. Sitting next to him was a slightly older or slightly bigger kid. When I whipped out the Suseras Opening the older kid started laughing so hard he had to leave the table. When I was 20 I liked to play h4, Nh3, a4, Na3 as a blitz joke. I would hunker down and curl into a ball and try not to get crushed until their flag fell. Later Anthea and I commissioned a nice drawing from Linn Trochim illustrating the Crab Opening ( h4, a4 ) but we didn't have room in the first edition. The cartoon stayed in our heads so I dusted it off and started playing it again in rated tournaments. Actually what happens is Anthea starts playing the crazy openings I introduce to her and then I feel obliged to follow suit. My Suseras Opening transposed into my version of the Crab which is - 1 h4, Nh3, e3, d4, Nf4, a4, Na3, c3, Nc2, Kf1, an absurd opening but one I am very familiar with. "Chess is not blitz." Kasparov commenting on 1 c4 g5 in Batsford Chess Openings Well, Chess is not blitz so the 12 year old started winning my wing opening by crashing through in the center. His father Peter Velikanov told me after the game that Alexander was taking lessons from Serbian Grandmaster Pedrag I-can't-pronounce-his-name-ivitch. My son got very sick a month ago and I spent the night cleaning vomit off of blankets. I felt very parental and very grateful to all the Moms and Dads out there, the unsung heroes. I believe my nieces have that ailment this weekend. Just as Alex was crashing through my position a Christmas miracle occurred, several TDs and his father approached me and said, " Alex is throwing up from food poisoning, we don't think he can continue." They suspected a bad burrito. I offered a draw which was gratefully received. Peter even bought How To Play Chess Like An Animal and had me autograph it. So the Vegas curse continued and after 5 rounds I had 2 points and no chance of prize money. I felt relieved from a terrible burden. That night I could not stop watching this stupid TV reality show where young girls were being tested to star in Saw 6. I think Saw is the only movie I've ever walked out on, it's horrible, this pyscho just devises elaborate tortures for people. That's too close to reality for me. GIGO, the computer saying - Garbage In, Garbage out. If I put sick, pyschotic thoughts in my head, what good can result? Despite these feelings about horror films I was mesmerized by the tests they were giving these girls, fighting a snake in a bathtub, jumping out of a building onto a mattress, acting scared, then angry, convincing fight scenes, etc. I was also mesmerized by the girls who thought that only looks counted. The four prettiest ones even formed a clique to ignore the less than Supermodel girls. They eliminated one girl per hour. Danielle finally demanded I turn off the TV at 5:30 AM, I had ruined a good night of sleep for both of us and the final Monday of the tournament we walked around like exhausted Zombies, not dedicated tournament participants. [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Velianov"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2046"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs opening, Suseras Opening, King Crab"] [ECO "A00"] [Time "5 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] North American Open Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada December 28, 2008 5 PM Round 5 Board 31 40/2hours Game/1 hour 5 second delay Suseras Opening, King Crab White - Brian Wall age-Methuselah 2229 Alexander Velikanov, age 12 2046 1. e3 Nf6 2. Ne2 d5 Alex didn't seem shaken up by my opening, he played quickly, confidently and well 3. d4 c5 4. c3 e6! 5. h4 Nc6 6. Nf4 I have the appropiate King Crab formation on the Kingside, time to set up the Queen Crab on the Queenside. 6 ... e5 7. dxe5! Nxe5! 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 Bf5! 10. Be2! Be7 11. h5 Qd7 My advancing King Crab claw has convinced young Alex not to castle Kingside 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. a5 Both Crab claws have scuttled to rook 5. This is the round when both the 3-day and the 4-day schedules merged so I cringed when Shabalov came by and observed all the positions in my row. 13 ... g5!! A good move trying to invade down the h-file against my uncastled King. 14. Nd3! Nc6 Nothing makes you feel more like you wasted your life than losing to someone who fits in your shoebox. 15. Nc2 My teenage blitz setup is complete, advancing the rook pawns is optional. 15 ... Ne4!! Hornswoggle is not sidetracked at all, he just keeps making powerful, centralizing moves. 16. Bd2! Kb8 17. Be1 d4 Yipes, here comes the breakthrough 18. exd4!! Trying to sidestep the avalanche 18 ... cxd4! 19. c4 Fritz 9 prefers 19 N:d4 N:d4 20 Ne5 Qd5 21 ed and maybe I can survive to an ending 19 ... Nc5 20. b4! Nxd3! 21. Bxd3! Ne5 22. Bxf5! Draw proposed by Brian and accepted by an ailing Alexander. My d-pawn blockade is melting. 1/2-1/2 Drawn by puking. ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexander Velianov"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "2046"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs opening, Suseras Opening, King Crab"] [ECO "A00"] [Time "5 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e3 Nf6 2. Ne2 d5 3. d4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. h4 Nc6 6. Nf4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. a4 a6 9. Na3 Bf5 10. Be2 Be7 11. h5 Qd7 12. Kf1 O-O-O 13. a5 g5 14. Nd3 Nc6 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. Bd2 Kb8 17. Be1 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. c4 Nc5 20. b4 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 Ne5 22. Bxf5 Draw proposed by Brian and accepted by an ailing Alexander 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- appropiate Youtube Chess video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYWk2CMYpw The Crab Chess Opening 1500 hits ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090107/f135f206/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 8 20:29:07 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:29:07 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Finally, clothes for Chessplayers Message-ID: <1231471747.4966c483868aa@www.taom.com> http://www.endgameclothing.com/index.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 8 22:52:28 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 22:52:28 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2008 North American Open - Last Round #7 - Darwin Yang - Wall Message-ID: <1231480348.4966e61c8c951@www.taom.com> This game was funny because when I got home from the tournament, there was a Chess Life waiting for me wherein GM John Fedorowicz ( who looks like my brother Fred and also did a wonderful 7 hour ICC webcast with me in 2006 ) annotates a game of my opponent ( Yang- Sayantan Das ) from the 2008 World Youth Championship in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Darwin Yang was ranked 3rd in the Boys-Under-12 before the tournament and scored a bronze medal ( second best under 12). I had the same feeling when I drew 13 year old IM Hikaru Nakamura ( now a Facebook buddy ) in a World Open, a game my 12 year old Round 5 opponent Alexander Velikanov had examined in the databases before we played. Brian to Brian - " How is it possible for a 12 year old to be better than I am? Either I am stupid or my training methods are wayyyyyyyyyyy off." I was quite exhausted from - 1 - being sick the whole tournament 2 - stupidly watching TV too late the night before 3 - a grueling Round 6 game with Richard Wagner the same morning where I refused to do anything but win 4 - a false belief that 2/5 kept me out of any possible prize money 5 - struggling in the openings all tournament 6 - massive bad luck in multiple rounds 7 - running around promoting my book, something David Zimbeck refused to do with his puzzle book In short, all things I can correct before my next big tournament ( Chicago Open 2008 ) After this loss, I played in the blitz tournament, then sick of Chess and Chessplayers, I stumbled to my hotel room where it was almost time to go to the airport. In retrospect, I did many things wrong but had a great time, especially analyzing with David Zimbeck, Ruth Haring, David Lucky, Robert Ramirez and Aaron Suseras. Even a bad tournament is a blast for me. I would like to thank Danielle Rice for sponsoring me in the Florida Open, North American Open and Chicago Open. Danielle has been a good friend to me, always ready to listen and offer sound advice. I would normally be fairly confident against any Chessplayer 2 years older than my son but Darwin's rating was 70 points higher than me already. Age doesn't count much when you are facing a well-coached future genius. I always thinks of these superstars as just leapfrogging to future 2600-2700 status. Danielle has these Andrew Martin videos on the Czech Benoni. What should an eleven year old know about the Czech Benoni? Precisely nothing, was my thought. There are two ways to win a Czech Benoni, one is to patiently neutralize the Kingside and break through with ... b5. The other is some kind of dark square Kingside attack, ala the Two Knights Tango ( 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 Nc6 3 d5 Ne5 ) or Nimzovitch Defense ( 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 e5 3 d5 Nce7 ). One tempting possibility is Fishing Pole type action with no castling and an early ... h5. This may look crazy but it is correct - the idea is to prevent Ng1-e2-g3-f5 after an early ... Be7 which can make ... g6 look wrong. One Black strategy is to temporize ( ... a6, ... b6, ... Rb8 ) before committing the Kingside piece arrangement. Once White makes it clear what setup he is going for, Black can react flexibly. The play is subtle, perfect for a patient grinder. A negative thought can be very powerful. I was once thinking how hard it is to drive correctly, 5 minutes later, I was in the only traffic accident that was my fault. I was holding my own just fine this game until a powerful negative thought entered my brain - Brian to Brian - You're sick, you're tired, there's no money involved, your opponent is higher rated, just trade everything, offer a draw and go home. This thought paralyzed my brain and my position IMMEDIATELY NOSEDIVED from PERFECTLY OK to COMPLETELY RESIGNABLE in 6 moves. A complete moral collapse. That's another improvement I can make in the future, keep crippling, negative thoughts at bay. Another problem I had this game is no experience or confidence in this opening. I was doing great but I DIDN'T KNOW IT. How many opponents could defeat me if I didn't beat them to the punch? Grandmasters Jansa and Hort are great Czech Benoni players and I've always loved the way they play Chess, hyper-positional, super-solid. [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "7"] [White "FM Darwin Yang"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "7"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "2299"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Old Benoni defense"] [ECO "A44"] [NIC "OI.05"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1,5 second delay"] North American Open Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Last money round 7 Board 17 40/2 Game/1 hour 5 second delay White - Fide Master Darwin Yang, 11 or 12 years old, the average age of USCF members 2299 Black - LM Brian Wall, can remember as far back as 11 or 12 years ago, max 2229 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 Czech Benoni. The game will now revolve around who can prepare their pawn breaks better; b4 and f4 for White, ... b5 and ... f5 for Black. Slow maneuvering is the order of the day. 4. Nc3! Nf6! 5. e4! Nbd7 Keeping ... g6 and ... Bh6 as an option rather than racing to play ... Be7 and ... 0-0 or as Petrosian liked to do, ... Be7, ... Nb8-d7-f8-g6 6. Bd3! a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nge2 h5!! TN Theoretical Novelty By Brian Wall Never played before to my knowledge but the idea is old - to prevent Ne2-g3-f5 or h3-g4 and then Ne2-g3 with a bind. 8 ... h5!! is Fritz and IM Andrew Martin approved but not in my database. 9. O-O! Rb8 Only 9 ... h4! is better but Darwin still has the edge. 10. Qc2 Be7 Only 10 ... h4! is better but Darwin still has the edge. 11. Bd2 h4!! Finally 12. Rae1 Nh5!! Fighting for control of f4 13. f4? exf4! 14. Nxf4! Ne5? The dark-squared QB is Darwin's best minor piece so I should not have avoided 14 ... N:f4!! 15 B:f4 Ne5!! 16 B:e5 de Obviously my h5-knight has no other purpose than to trade on f4 That irrational fear causes my King-rook to get slightly misplaced. 15. Nxh5! Rxh5! 16. Ne2!! Bd7 I have some decent moves now - 16 ... h3!!!, ... Bg5!!, ... Bd7!, ... Rh8!, ... Rh7!, ... Bf6!, ... Kf8! An experienced Czech Benonier would be satisfied. 17. Nf4! Aggravating, the 11-12 yr old finds the only good move by instinct. 17 ... Rh6! The most active 18. Be2? Bg5!! Fritz 9 almost unanimously wants me to establish the alien ( Kasparov term from a game with Shirov ) pawn to h3 next move 19. b3? Ng6?? 1/2 ? I was calmly examining my many decent options - 19 ... h3!!!, ... Kf8!!, ... Qe7!! all with a comfortable, slightly better game for me. I liked the idea of shuffling sideways like along a dinner table with 19 ... Kf8, ... Kg8, ... Rf8 19 ... Qe7 looked solid, I admit I don't much see the point of ... h3 I also had other decent moves - 19 ... Rc8, ... Bc8, ... Ra8, ... Rf6, ... Rb7 The knight on e5 protects me from all harm like a magic talisnman. I almost played 19 ... Kf8!!, I almost played 19 ... Qe7!! I could feel I had a cozy position. It suddenly occurred to me that my opponent might know I have a strong position too. Maybe I can just go home and forget this horrible result, heal from the Vegas curse. Even as my hand screamed, " Don't retreat an active piece, that's one of your core concepts!" I made a lame, disastrous trade everything offer. My critical faculties had stooped operating with the vague hope that my suffering might end soon. My move was horrible, like a dam breaking. 20. Nxg6!! Rxg6?? 20 ... B:d2!! 21 Q:d2 R:g6 22 Bh5! Qg5!! is not great but much better than what I got. My brain went on strike from overwork. 21. Bh5!! Rf6?? Again, no thought, 21 ... B:d2!! 22 B:g6 Qg5!! is not great but much better than what I got. Mistakes come in waves - Bill Wall 22. e5!! Rxf1+! 23. Rxf1! Bxd2?? Each move goes from bad to worse to horrendous. Turn the lights out. Time for bed. 24. Bxf7+!! 24 Qh7!!! Qe7 25 R:f7!! Kd8 26 R:e7!! checkmates sooner 24 ... Ke7! 25. Qxd2 25 Qg6!!! checkmates. 1-0 I certainly deserve the Darwin award for this game. http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/ Darwin awards A kibitzer, I think maybe Oddgeir Otteson, Oddgeiragust at Gmail.com admired my brilliancy against Richard Wagner in Round 6. He was stunned that such a fine player as myself could resign in 25 moves. Spectator following me as I walked away dazed from Darwin- " Why did you resign? " Brian, annoyed, "Make one more move." Spectator, " Well, 25 Qd2 de " Brian, "d6+!! " mating me by forcing me on the f-file Spectator, " Oh, I didn't see that. " The end was amusing because when I stopped the clocks and held my hand out to resign, Darwin thought I might be trying a you-shook-my-hand-so-it's-a-draw kid trick. Darwin, " Are you resigning?" Brian, smiling, "Yes. " An embarrassing agme for one who must compulsively report on all of them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28"] [Round "7"] [White "FM Darwin Yang"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "7"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "2299"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Old Benoni defense"] [ECO "A44"] [NIC "OI.05"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1,5 second delay"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nge2 h5 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Bd2 h4 12. Rae1 Nh5 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Ne5 15. Nxh5 Rxh5 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Nf4 Rh6 18. Be2 Bg5 19. b3 Ng6 20. Nxg6 Rxg6 21. Bh5 Rf6 22. e5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxd2 24. Bxf7+ Ke7 25. Qxd2 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "RUS-Cup03"] [Site "Tomsk"] [Date "2002.07.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Pres,Grigorij"] [Black "Lavrov,S"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "A56"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 a6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.a4 b6 8.Nge2 Be7 9.f3 0-0 10.Be3 Nh5 11.g4 Bh4+ 12.Kd2 Nhf6 13.Kc2 Ne8 14.Qd2 g6 15.Rhg1 Ng7 16.Ng3 Kh8 17.Rg2 Nf6 18.Nf1 Ng8 19.Bf2 f5 20.h3 Ra7 21.Qe1 Bxf2 22.Qxf2 Raf7 23.Nd2 fxe4 24.Ncxe4 Rf4 25.Qg3 Ne8 26.h4 h6 27.Nc3 Kg7 28.Ne2 R4f7 29.Qe1 Nc7 30.h5 g5 31.Bg6 Rf6 32.Nc3 Ne7 33.Be4 Bd7 34.Qe2 Qe8 35.Rgg1 Qb8 36.b3 Ne8 37.Bd3 Rf4 38.Qe3 Nc7 39.Be4 b5 40.axb5 axb5 41.Ra2 Ng8 42.Ne2 R4f7 43.Qc3 Nf6 44.Ng3 Qb6 45.Rga1 Rb8 46.Qd3 Bc8 47.Nf5+ Bxf5 48.Bxf5 Re7 49.Be4 Ree8 50.Nf1 Ra8 51.Rxa8 Rxa8 52.Rxa8 Nxa8 53.Ne3 bxc4 54.Qxc4 Nc7 55.Nf5+ Kf8 56.Qa4 c4 57.Qxc4 Nb5 58.Kd1 Qg1+ 59.Kd2 Qf2+ 60.Qe2 Qc5 61.Qe3 Qb4+ 62.Kc2 Qa5 63.Qd3 Qa2+ 64.Kd1 Qa1+ 65.Kd2 Qa5+ 66.Kc1 Qa1+ 67.Kd2 Qa5+ 68.Kc1 Qa1+ 69.Kd2 Qa5+ 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 9 12:15:49 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:15:49 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Comparing the World Chess Champions Message-ID: <1231528549.4967a26565185@www.taom.com> http://www.truechess.com/web/champs.html Comparing the champions ----- Forwarded message from John Welch ----- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 11:47:45 -0700 From: John Welch Reply-To: John Welch Subject: Comparing the champions To: Brian Wall Hi Brian; I assume that you've seen this, I found it interesting. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090109/7241c987/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 9 13:38:43 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:38:43 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Penguin versus the Dragon Message-ID: <1231533523.4967b5d32a19a@www.taom.com> appropriate youtube Chess video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/Wall/TriplePenguin.htm Chessville.com Off the Wall Triple Penguin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- By some fluke I was paired with my co-author Anthea Carson at both the Denver Chess Club Tuesday night and Poor Richard's in Colorado Springs Wedneday night. I told Anthea I think they pair us first and then everyone else next. I suggested we play the Penguin versus the Dragon to promote her new Youtube Chess video. That's not the kind of challenge Anthea is likely to turn down. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night tournament"] [Site "First Prebyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.01.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2204, down 18 from the 2008 North American Open"] [BlackElo "1631, which would be my rating without a Life Master floor"] [Opening "R?ti opening, Penguin Attack, Dragon Defense"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.10"] [Time "13:58:18"] [TimeControl "Game/85, big black clock, no increments, no delays"] 1. Nf3!! c5!! 2. Rg1!! The Penguin Opening, created by Master Eric Schiller, co-author of Unorthodox Chess Openings, brilliantly described by Tim Brennan as " moving the rook as soon as possible". Moving the rook with the pinky to Knight one I stole from convicted felons Jimmy Sherwin ( stock fraud ) and Bobby Fischer ( spitting ), Game 1, My Sixty Memorable Games. My concern in the Opening was not best play but allowing Anthea to set up her Dragon Defense. Playing the White side of a main line Dragon is pretty scary considering how often I fall into Dragon traps from Utah Chess Champion, 3 consecutive time Colorado Bullet Champion Josh Smith WITHOUT a rook on g1. Rest assured that normally I would be all over that f6-knight with g4-g5. 2 ... g6!! 3. d4 Bg7!! 4. e4 cxd4!! 5. Nxd4 Nc6!! 6. Be3 Nf6!! 7. Nc3 O-O!! 8. Bc4 e5? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If Anthea treated her pawns like her pieces she would be a Grandmaster. After achieving a solid Dragon she goes Sveshnikov on me. She would be better after normal Dragon moves like 8 ... N:e4!!, fork trick --------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropiate youtube Chess video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oT6QcOHj-M Fork Trick pt 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other strong moves - 8 ... Qa5!!, ... d6!, ... Qc7!, ... Ne5! et. al. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Ndb5 Seemed automatic to me so I was surprised Fritz preferred 9 Nb3!! and 9 Nf3! 9 ... Na5 Fritz preferred 9 ... d5!! or ... a6! as better ways to fight the bind 10. Bb3 My problem here is everything looks good. Tal warned about the seductive powers of "the natural move" in a game he should have won against Botvinnik in a World Championship match. Josh Bloomer instantly preferred the best move, 10 Be2!! Other slightly better moves - 10 Bd5, Bf1, 10 ... Nxb3! 11. axb3! Bobby Fischer mentioned the middle game Dragon strategy of 11 cb, 0-0-0, Kb1 hiding your King, bughouse style, in My Sixty Memorable Games ( Larsen game ) 11 ... a6 There's no real cure for the d-file blues 12. Nd6! Ne8! 13. Bc5 I have many good choices here - 13 g4 activating the Penguin rook 13 Ncb5 trading and replacing the superfluous knight 13 g3 incomprehensible computer gibberish, maybe restricting ... Qh4 13 N:e8 R:e8 14 Nd5 looks cozy 13 ... Nxd6 14. Bxd6! Re8 15. Nd5! Qh4 16. Nc7 fork 16 ... Re6! 17. Nxa8! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The game may seem ridiculously played on both sides to everyone but I was taking this position very seriously. Anthea has beaten everyone in Colorado at one point or another, including me and Chessmaster Josh Bloomer. My bad play at the North American Open in Las Vegas is still fresh in my mind, in particular, both not trusting my intuition and stopping my calculations halfway ( missing f5!! against IM Robert Hess, ... h5!! against expert Robert Wagner, ... Kf8!! against Darwin Yang, 23 ... N:d5!! against Ryan Moon, Allan Johnson's 10, 12 or 14 f4!! against me, 16 R:e6!! against WIM Ruth Haring, these are all very strong moves examined by me during the game that inexplicably weren't played ) Daniel Saint John, silver medalist Olympic wrestler, suggested I train in Chess like wrestlers do with daily exercises. He was at the Denver Chess Club Tuesday. I was determined to work my way through all the complications. Despite winning a rook one wrong move here and I have nothing. 17 N:e6 Q:e4+ 18 Qe2 Q:e2+ 19 K:e2 de 17 N:e6 de 17 Qd3 R:d6 18 Q:d6 Q:e4+ All these lines cut any advantage I have by more than half. When multiple pieces are hanging these two rules will get you through 90% of any situation - 1 - take the biggest piece 2 - take the most active piece I followed rule #1 It took me 27 minutes to play moves 17-19 17 ... Qxe4+! 18. Kf1! Again, one wrong move gets me nothing - 18 Qe2?? Q:e2+ 19 K:e2 R:d6 18 ... Qc6! trying to regain a minor piece 19. Bb8!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again, one wrong move gets me nothing - 19 Bb4 Qb5+ or 19 Ba3 b5 regains a minor piece We have a strange situation where my pieces are hiding deep in Anthea's territory to avoid capture, seemingly with no way home. They look like lost little lambs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropiate youtube Chess video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9TovEaC5c&feature=channel_page Childrens Chess Openings: The Lamb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to my abject failure at Bally's Casino I was trying hard to learn my lessons and calculate better. 19 ... d5? Losing but I was proud that I had calculated the main line - 19 ... b5 hitting the cornered knight 20 Nc7 hitting the rook 20 ... Rd6 hitting the Queen 21 Qe2 saving the Queen, hitting b5 21 ... Qb7 attacking the minor pieces 22 N:b5!! attacking the rook, the e2-Queen prevents 22 ... Q:b5+, 23 ... Q:b8 22 ... Re6 saving the rook and preventing 23 B:e5, it's all about how many pawns Black is going to get for the exchange 23 Nc7 back again, hitting the rook 23 ... Rc6 saving the rook 24 Nd5 threatening the rook with 25 Ne7+ 24 ... Re6 saving the rook and my bishop is trapped 25 Bd6! Anthea has her choice of minor pieces to grab, my Penguin Kingside is still awkward but she has no pawns for the exchange. I got about halfway through these lines, I was on the right track. 20. Nc7! My minor pieces escape the corner and there is no more drama 20 ... Rd6! guarding d5 21. Ne8 forking, now I just have to free my bishop 21 ... Re6! 22. Nxg7! Kxg7! 23. f4! liberating my bishop 23 ... Rf6? 1-0 Anthea resigns Every opening has an emotion, a theme. The Penguin theme as I see it is - initial silliness followed by intense, complex play ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night tournament"] [Site "First Prebyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.01.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2204, down 18 from the 2008 North American Open"] [BlackElo "1631, which would be my rating without a Life Master floor"] [Opening "R?ti opening, Penguin Attack, Dragon Defense"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.10"] [Time "13:58:18"] [TimeControl "Game/85, big black clock, no increments, no delays"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. Rg1 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bc4 e5 9. Ndb5 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Nd6 Ne8 13. Bc5 Nxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Nd5 Qh4 16. Nc7 Re6 17. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 18. Kf1 Qc6 19. Bb8 d5 20. Nc7 Rd6 21. Ne8 Re6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 Rf6 1-0 Anthea resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 9 16:41:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:41:46 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Naken Penguin exposed by Andy Rea Message-ID: <1231544506.4967e0ba0a167@www.taom.com> Chess on the Edge is the new book about Duncan Suttles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chess on the Ledge is the new book about Andy Rea. ( Thinker's Press ) http://www.google.com/search?q=chess+on+the+ledge&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA&safe=active ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ledge on Chess http://groups.google.com/group/Hawkeye-Chess-Club/browse_thread/thread/2cf2c3ebbc530757 Sean Robert McGuffee More options Jul 19 2007, 4:51 pm From: "Sean Robert McGuffee" Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:51:49 -0500 Local: Thurs, Jul 19 2007 4:51 pm Subject: The Ledge on Chess: Reply to author | Forward | Print | Individual message | Show original | Report this message | Find messages by this author A few new chess moves I've been working on: . The Britney Spears Strategy: Protecting the queen at the expense of every other piece-especially the pawns. . The Courtney Love Gambit: Through repeated acts of self-destruction, creating a cavernous opening in the middle of your front line. It's a method of madness and makes no tactical sense, but it gets you attention-and that's really all you wanted anyway, now wasn't it? . The O.J. Simpson Defense: Cut your opponent's head off, then go play a game of golf (the gentleman's sport). . Catholic-Style Offensive Strategy: Bishop takes pawn. Bishop takes pawn. Bishop takes pawn. Pawn becomes queen. . The George Lopez-Paul Rodriguez Stalemate: A real Mexican standoff. . The John Ritter Strategy: Start off very strong, then don't do anything terribly noticeable for awhile, then-just as you're making a powerful comeback-die unexpectedly. And, if possible, topple over a couch at some point. . The Brangelina Maneuver: Upon noticing that the chess board was made in Taiwan, swiftly adopt it and leave. . The Tom Cruise Strategy: see: Britney Spears Strategy, The. . Korsakoff's Defense: Give up and have a beer. . The Michael Jackson Strategy: You can't win or lose if you fail to pick a color. Andrew R. Juhl spent one night in Bangkok; the bars were temples, but the pearls weren't free. Sean Robert McGuffee ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:21:13 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Rea Reply-To: andrerea2 at yahoo.com Subject: Free Advertising! To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com ??? Brian, thanks for the kind regards you sent yesterday re Ledge!? Re 1.Nf3 2.Rg1????? that was not invented by Eric Schiller???? its been around Germany since at least mid1980s, think ??????? ? Stefan Buecker???? this has a name, Der Ampel- translating to? The Stoplight????what the!? ?? Drive down the road, you see a traffic light, you have to pay attention??? here, White tells Black right away that there wont be a lot of early subtlety, Black had better be paying attention! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090109/a2579143/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 9 16:59:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:59:31 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Andy Rea's chess book Message-ID: <1231545571.4967e4e338d8f@www.taom.com> Jon, thanx for the megadatbase in the mail. I will work on my wikipedia entry soon. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Fortune --- On Fri, 1/9/09, Jon Fortune wrote: From: Jon Fortune Subject: Andy Rea's chess book To: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 11:00 AM Chess friend Brian Wall, I found an early place to buy Andy Rea?s new chess book.? I illustrated it.? Jon Fortune, CM, Portland Oregon USA Chessco News In the mean time I will tell you that Andy Rea's new book "Chess on the Ledge" is NOW available at $24.50 + $3 for shipping and handling. ... www.chessco.com/news3/?QI249Q&sess_id=3f548371190f1ae28d9298e2e216002a - 7k - ? Best regards, ? Jon Fortune ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090109/1c5b7ccb/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 9 21:37:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 21:37:42 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Meaning for Bad Ass! Message-ID: <1231562262.49682616d5980@www.taom.com> P. Kusner is a Chessplayer I met in Florida - Brian ----- Forwarded message from "p.kusner" ----- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:40:02 -0700 From: "p.kusner" Reply-To: "p.kusner" Subject: FW: New Meaning for Bad Ass! To: annie21 at comcast.net, ALRE1 at comcast.net, barbgromer at yahoo.com, 'Brian Wall' , cdefriese at cox.net, cheryl.scott at lmco.com, defrieseartee at cox.net, "'Hein, Dennis R'" , "'Keiser, Jenna'" , 'jbsechrist' , Kusner_Dena at wagnerequipment.com, 'Kusners' , "'Kusner, Kammi'" , kathy at pugswald.com, 'Leslie Jouflas' , pyb276 at comcast.net, 'Phyllis DeFriese' , "'Patterson, Jamie'" , 'Steve Kusner' _____ From: dave small [mailto:linc123 at cox.net] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:33 AM To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Subject: New Meaning for Bad Ass! This may be a first in photos A couple from Montana were out riding on the range, he with his rifle and she (fortunately) with her camera. Their dogs always followed them, but on this occasion a Mountain Lion decided that he wanted to stalk the dogs (you'll see the dogs in the background watching). Very, very bad decision. The hunter got off the mule with his rifle and decided to shoot in the air to scare away the lion, but before he could get off a shot the lion charged in and decided he wanted a piece of those dogs. With that, the mule took off and decided HE wanted a piece of that lion. That's when all hell broke loose for the lion As the lion approached the dogs, the mule snatched him up by the tail and started whirling him around. Banging its head on the ground on every pass. Then he dropped it, stomped on it and held it to the ground by the throat. The mule then got down on his knees and bit the thing all over a couple of dozen times to make sure it was dead, then whipped it into the air again, walked back over to the couple (that were stunned in silence) and stood there ready to continue his ride as if nothing had just happened. 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Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 46588 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090109/a4971e81/attachment-0003.jpg From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 10 08:49:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:49:11 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Penguin versus the Dragon Part Deux Message-ID: <1231602551.4968c377ec2c1@www.taom.com> appropriate youtube Chess video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.chessville.com/Wall/ TriplePenguin. htm Chessville.com Off the Wall Triple Penguin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- By some fluke I was paired with my co-author Anthea Carson at both the Denver Chess Club Tuesday night and Poor Richard's in Colorado Springs Wedneday night. I told Anthea I think they pair us first and then everyone else next. I suggested we play the Penguin versus the Dragon to promote her new Youtube Chess video. That's not the kind of challenge Anthea is likely to turn down. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night tournament"] [Site "First Prebyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.01.06" ] [Round "1"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2204, down 18 from the 2008 North American Open"] [BlackElo "1631, which would be my rating without a Life Master floor"] [Opening "R?ti opening, Penguin Attack, Dragon Defense"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.10"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85, big black clock, no increments, no delays"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. Rg1 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bc4 e5 9. Ndb5 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. Nd6 Ne8 13. Bc5 Nxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Nd5 Qh4 16. Nc7 Re6 17. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 18. Kf1 Qc6 19. Bb8 d5 20. Nc7 Rd6 21. Ne8 Re6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 Rf6 1-0 Anthea resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I already analyzed the Denver Chess Club game, here's the Poor Richard's game. Chris Peterson, Dragon lover, came with us and played in both the DCC and Poor Richard's rated games. Somewhere along the way he explained to Anthea that the Dragon should beat the Penguin. Anthea was much more confident the second game. [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday Night Chess tournament"] [Site "324 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.01.09"] [Round "1"] [White "LM Brian Wall"] [Black "Coauthor Anthea Carson Martinez"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2204"] [BlackElo "1631"] [Opening "R?ti opening"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.10"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90"] 1. Nf3!! c5!! 2. Rg1!! Exclams are for downgrading a Chess game into a promotional event. I know this opening as the Penguin by Eric Schiller but Andy Rea wrote me yesterday to say that this opening is known in Germany as Der Stoplight. ( Andy, can you tell me how to pronounce your name again? or maybe just spell it Ree or Rae for me? ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Rea Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 13:21:13 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Rea Brian, thanks for the kind regards you sent yesterday re my book Chess on the Ledge! Re 1.Nf3 2.Rg1 that was not invented by Eric Schiller its been around Germany since at least mid-1980s, think Stefan Buecker this has a name, Der Ampel- translating to The Stoplight what the!? Drive down the road, you see a traffic light, you have to pay attention here, White tells Black right away that there wont be a lot of early subtlety, Black had better be paying attention! Andy Rea -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ... g6!! 3. e4 Bg7!! 4. d4 cxd4!! 5. Nxd4 Nc6!! 6. Be3 Nf6!! 7. Nc3 O-O!! 8. Bc4!! a6 Anthea got burned last time with 8 ... e5?? 9 Nbd5 so this time she goes for a Najdragon. Happy Choices abound, 8 ... N:e4, ... Qa5, ... d6, ... Qc7, ... Ne5, ... a6, ... d5, ... Na5, ... Ng4 and others all better for Black 9. f3 I am going to play standard White Dragon moves as long as she lets me. 9 ... Qc7! Fun time is over! Anthea finds a good move, targetting the c4-bishop and my unprotected h2-pawn. Other good moves: 9 ... Qb6!!, ... Na5!, ... d6!, ... b5! 9 ... Qb6!! 10 Bb3 N:e4!! or ... Ng4! targets d4 with favorable complications 10. Bb3! Qxh2! Stealing a Penguin egg. Other good moves: 10 ... b5, ... Na5, ... Rd8, ... d6 --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Material Girl" Madonna Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me I think theyre o.k. If they dont give me proper credit I just walk away They can beg and they can plead But they cant see the light, thats right cause the boy with the cold hard cash Is always mister right, cause we are Chorus: Living in a material world And I am a material girl You know that we are living in a material world And I am a material girl Some boys romance, some boys slow dance Thats all right with me If they cant raise my interest then I Have to let them be Some boys try and some boys lie but I dont let them play Only boys who save their pennies Make my rainy day, cause they are (chorus) Living in a material world [material] Living in a material world (repeat) Boys may come and boys may go And thats all right you see Experience has made me rich And now they're after me, cause everybody's (chorus) A material, a material, a material, a material world Living in a material world [material] Living in a material world (repeat and fade) appropriate Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpP-ioqSStk MADONNA - MATERIAL GIRL [official video by baliel] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Qd2 Anthea has her material but an open h-file is what Yugoslav attackers dream of. The major drawback to the Penguin is an inability to castle Kingside which I try to fight by trading Queens or castling Queenside. 11 N:c6! is unthematic in the Sicilian but it would prevent Anthea from occupying a key diagonal. 11 Qd3!! would also prevent me from losing time over ... Bh6! 11 ... Nxd4!! The only good move, Anthea's idea is to trade off attackers and keep her pawn. 12. Bxd4! 12 Q:d4?? Ng4!! would be a Fishing Pole disaster -------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropriate Youtube videos Chess Openings: Fishing Pole - Play chess like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 ... Ne8? I get the initiative again. Chris pointed out 12 ... Bh6!! 13 Be3?? Q:g1+! 14 B:g1 B:d2+ 15 K:d2 right after the game. I would have to play 12 ... Bh6!! 13 Qf2! with ideas of 14 B:f6 to establish Nd5 or 14 g3 to break the dark square bind. Trading Queens is a common Penguin goal 13. O-O-O!! I'm playing the Yugoslav Attack to the Dragon, what are you playing? 13 ... Bxd4! 14. Qxd4! Nasty themes are in the air - Nd5:e7 checkmate or Penguin-g1-h1:h7 14 ... Qf4+! 15. Kb1! Nf6 Trying to stop Nd5:e7 checkmate 16. Ne2 I have dozens of good moves but only three better than mine, 16 g3!!!, e5!! and g4!! 16 g3!! Q:f3? 17 e5!! is overwhelming 16 ... Qh6 17. g4 17 e5!! Ne8 18 Nc3!! heading for d5-e7 is even stronger 17 ... Qg7! 18. Nf4 One of many good moves but I have many better moves, especially 18 e5!!!, Ng3!! or Nc3!! 18 ... d6 19. g5! Nd7 20. Nd5 The ending should be good for me but later I had regrets. I would retreat my Queen given another chance. 20 ... Qxd4! 21. Nxe7+! Kg7! 22. Rxd4! Ne5! 23. Rg3? My Langseth moment. I freaked out for 26 minutes here but still got the position wrong. Anthea asked TD Jerry Maier in jest if my clock ( the non-digital big black clock again, the same type as the night before ) was functional. I didn't like 23 Rg3 f6!! which seemed about equal and I didn't like my broken Kingside pawns after 23 R:d6!! N:f3 24 Rg3!! Ne5 My pawns are messed up but I am superactive here with many good choices - 25 Rb6, a3, N:c8, a4, c3, Kc1, Bd5, c4 and many other tempting chocolates. My problem was a Langsethian one, a prominent feature in the games of Duwayne Langseth, a certain perfectionism, a discomfort with the slightest blemish. I have a dozen advantages after 23 R:d6!! N:f3 24 Rg3!! Ne5 but without a clear followup all I could see were my isolated pawns on e4 and g5. In short I didn't appreciate what I had until it was too late. Beauty was staring at me but all I could see was the mole. It was like turning down Cindy Crawford for a date. 23 ... Rd8? I don't have much after 23 ... f6!! with pressure down the f-file extending to my bank rank 24. f4! Nc6! 25. Nxc6! bxc6! 26. Rgd3! d5! 27. exd5! Bf5! Anthea has an extra 20 minutes, I have a pawn. 28. Rc3 Re8 The little minx is trying to back rank me 29. a3 cxd5! 30. Bxd5! Rad8! 31. b4 Re1+ 32. Kb2! Be6 33. Rcd3 Bf5 34. Rd2! Rf1 35. c4! Re8 36. c5! Ree1 37. c6! I am cutting off light-squared diagonals so I can advance my King b2-b3-a4-a5:a6 37 ... Rb1+ The little minx is trying to checkmate me again after 38 Kc3?? Rfc1+! 39 Rc2 R:c2 checkmate 38. Ka2! Rfe1! to open up the possibility of ... Re3+ 39. Bc4!! Attacking and defending everything in sight 39 ... Ra1+! 40. Kb3! I only have 10 minutes to Anthea's 31 minutes and the wrong move loses here - 40 Kb2?? Reb1+! 41 Kc3 R:a3+! wins my bishop. The fight's not over. 40 ... Re3+! 41. R2d3!? A Backgammon player like Paul Storm is supposed to know how the race stands every move. In the race of my Queenside pawns versus Anthea's Kingside pawns I am ahead four to zero so I thought sacrificing the exchange was sufficient if not necessary. My King had grown weary of tiptoeing around the first three mine-laden ranks, he longed for fresh country air up north. I thought I was brilliant, Fritz thinks I am being silly. 41 ... Bxd3 42. Rxd3! Re7 43. Bxa6! This should be an easy win, three connected passed pawns with 6 minutes left for the game 43 ... Kf8 44. b5 Rc7 45. Kb4 The breeze is brisk and bracing up here. 45 ... Rc1! 46. Bb7! Re7! 47. Rd4!! Another Langseth moment who likes to cross the t's and dot the i's in Chess. My tidy rook looks forward to guarding pawns on a4 and f4 before advancing anything. Duwayne also likes best moves. 47 ... Rb1+ Tal's favorable wind 48. Kc5 Rc1+ 49. Kb6 I anticipate winning both rooks soon. I only have three minutes left but I have laid down a red carpet strewn with rose petals for my a-pawn so 1-0 Anthea abdicates The Penguin is difficult but absorbing, the Dragon is sharp and fierce. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday Night Chess tournament"] [Site "324 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.01.09"] [Round "1"] [White "LM Brian Wall"] [Black "Coauthor Anthea Carson Martinez"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2204"] [BlackElo "1631"] [Opening "R?ti opening"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.10"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. Rg1 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bc4 a6 9. f3 Qc7 10. Bb3 Qxh2 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne8 13. O-O-O Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. Ne2 Qh6 17. g4 Qg7 18. Nf4 d6 19. g5 Nd7 20. Nd5 Qxd4 21. Nxe7+ Kg7 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Rg3 Rd8 24. f4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Rgd3 d5 27. exd5 Bf5 28. Rc3 Re8 29. a3 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Rad8 31. b4 Re1+ 32. Kb2 Be6 33. Rcd3 Bf5 34. Rd2 Rf1 35. c4 Re8 36. c5 Ree1 37. c6 Rb1+ 38. Ka2 Rfe1 39. Bc4 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Re3+ 41. R2d3 Bxd3 42. Rxd3 Re7 43. Bxa6 Kf8 44. b5 Rc7 45. Kb4 Rc1 46. Bb7 Re7 47. Rd4 Rb1+ 48. Kc5 Rc1+ 49. Kb6 1-0 Anthea abdicates ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090110/54b65497/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 11 16:15:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:15:20 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should attend, what you should do Message-ID: <1231715720.496a7d88537cd@www.taom.com> Mother's House Publishing asked me for a list of all the links to all the Chess videos that Anthea and I have created. I hadn't even seen them all myself until today. what you should watch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Wall - Robert Ramirez video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shattering the Scheveningen pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Wall - Robert Ramirez video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larimar of Laramie Pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfONfrGcS3o&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Kulbacki -Peterson video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larimar of Laramie Pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ViffhZM7Rk&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Kulbacki -Peterson video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fork Trick pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oT6QcOHj-M&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Opening - Four Knights Fork Trick video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fork Trick pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpWin-ZjeI&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Opening - Four Knights Fork Trick video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rashid Rashid pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzXOpqcJdg&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov video by Chris Peterson and Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rashid Rashid pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuz1bYdo3M&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov video by Chris Peterson and Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Walter Browne - Francisco Baltier video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related Channel : Sagacious00004 Game - Walter Browne - Francisco Baltier video by Brian Wall and Chris Peterson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Browne chess simul Reno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnN9mqed3l0&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Game - Walter Browne - Francisco Baltier video by Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Openings: Fishing Pole - Play chess like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - Fishing Pole video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Opening: How to play the Zebra like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMANH-Orttk&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Zebra Formation video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Openings: How to Play the Moose like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVxhidRoTA&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Moose Attack video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill O'reilly teaches Chess DO IT LIVE parody naselwaus open http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXBSaOWmKI&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Mousetrap ( Naselwaus ) by Stefan Buecker video by Tim Brennan & Anthea Carson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Childrens Chess Openings: The Lamb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo9TovEaC5c&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Lamb video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Opening: How to play the Giraffe like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNa117o0i_U&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Giraffe video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wizard of Oz Chess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ftpGMGg90Q&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - Philidor's Defense, Lion Variation video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Crab Chess opening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYWk2CMYpw&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Crab Opening ( 1 h4, 2 a4 ) video by the Emilio, Anthea, Isaac & Tara Martinez family special guest appearances by Phyllis Carson & Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Horsefly variation of the Bird Opening w the Chess Fairy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-iixuGhkA&feature=channel_page Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Horsefly Opening video performed by Tara & Anthea Martinez produced by Tim Brennan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Palin Teaches Chess http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLsb1rCiEMI&feature=channel Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Russian Defense video by Anthea Carson & Tim Brennan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Openings: The Raccoon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYalfJJpPLw&feature=channel Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Raccoon Defense video by Anthea Carson & Tim Brennan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Raccoon!! 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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 11 23:31:04 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:31:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should attend, In-Reply-To: <000601c97464$c87f0910$e1b337d2@Earl> References: <1231715720.496a7d88537cd@www.taom.com> <000601c97464$c87f0910$e1b337d2@Earl> Message-ID: <1231741864.496ae3a8a431b@www.taom.com> Like me, you devote a lot of free time and energy to the group so I don't want to argue with you. Frankly I think Youtube videos are a much better form of information transmission than emails or books, although I can certainly go into much greater detail in the printed form. I would love it if anyone else from the group made 30 free Youtube Chess videos devoted to Unorthodox Chess Openings in a fresh, original way. My 9 year old son seems to learn much better from the videos. I think we would all fall down and faint from gratitude if Clyde Nakamura transformed his great new openings into Youtube form. I would certainly want to be informed immediately if anyone else from this group made that kind of effort. LM Brian Wall Quoting N Earl Roberts : and we should care....because? While I accept some of these videos discuss unorthodox openings, I am wondering should this group be use as your own personal advertising avenue? Earl From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 11 23:37:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:37:10 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Danish Disaster Message-ID: <1231742230.496ae5167746d@www.taom.com> www.ChessCube.com Zoranz = 1900+ 5 minute game I watched my old friend Jorge Sammour-Hasbun's ICC Chess video last night - How to Improve at Blitz. Jorge is a great guy and a great Chessplayer and a blitz god. He has won the Dos Hernandos ICC blitz tournament twice. The Internet Chess Club did not believe how good he is so they sent an observer for the finals to forego any possible computer collusion criticism. One of his tip is - Defending in blitz is a nightmare because you have to slow down and aim for precision or you will be wiped out. It is much easier to attack than defend in blitz, according to Jorge ( Horr - hay ). I hate to slow down in blitz. Another tip is to play the same opening in blitz until you master it, then move on to another one. [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Black "zoranz at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.11"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 d5!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This move stunned me, I don't remember anyone playing this against me in decades of Danish dallying. The lines are fresh and original. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! Kf8 8 a3!! or Ngf3! micro-edge me 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! B:d2+ 8 Q:d2 Nf6! 9 Qg5!, Qc3!, Nf3!, 0-0-0 micro-edge me 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! B:d2+ 8 Q:d2 Nf6! 9 Qg5! 0-0! 10 Ne2!, Rd1!, Nf3!, B:f6, Bb3, Rc1 micro-edge me 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! B:d2+ 8 Q:d2 Nf6! 9 Qg5! Rg8! 10 Bb3!!, Qe5+!, 0-0-0, Nf3, Ne2, Bc4 micro-edge me 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! B:d2+ 8 Q:d2 Nf6! 9 Qc3 micro-edge me 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! Qg5 8 Qa4+!!, Kf1!, Ngf3! advantage me 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! Ne7 8 B:f7+! K:f7 9 Qb3+! Nd5! 10 0-0-0! with the advantage 6 Nd2 d5! 7 B:d5! Ne7 8 B:f7+! Kf8 9 Bb3!!, Bc4!!, Bh5! advantage Me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 B:g7 dc! 8 B:h8? c3! 9 Qa4+! Nc6! 10 Ndf3 Qd3!!, c2+! advantage Zoranz 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 B:g7 dc! 8 a3! B:d2+!, ... Q:d2+!, ... Nf6, ... Ba5, ... Qg5 about equal/unclear 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 B:g7 dc! 8 a3! B:d2+ 9 Q:d2 Q:d2+ 10 K:d2 Nf6! 11 B:h8 N:e4+ 12 Ke3 Nc5!! about equal/unclear 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 B:g7 Nf6 8 B:h8! micro-edge me 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 B:g7 Ne7? 8 Bb5+!!, B:h8! advantage Me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Nd2 d5! 7 Qa4+ Nc6! 8 ed! B:d2+! 9 Kf1! I am a piece and a pawn down but I have threats of 10 B:g7 or dc 9 Kf1! b5!! 10 B:b5! Nge7! 11 B:c6+!, dc, B:g7? 9 Kf1! b5!! 10 B:b5! Nge7! 11 B:c6+! N:c6+ 12 Q:c6+ Bd7 13 Qc5!, Qc4 9 Kf1! b5!! 10 B:b5! Nge7! 11 B:c6+! N:c6+ 12 Q:c6+ Bd7 13 Qc5! Qe7 14 Q:e7+ K:e7 15 Nf3 Ba5 might be a weird perpetual draw after 16 Ba3+ Kf6 17 Bb2+ Ke7 18 Ba3+ or 15 Ba3+ Kf6 16 Nf3 Ba5 17 Bb2+ anything else by Black might give me a micro-edge. The lines below are worse for Zoranz 9 Kf1! Nge7 10 dc! b5! 11 Q:b5!, B:b5 9 Kf1! Nf6! 10 dc! 9 Kf1! Nh6 10 dc!!, Rd1!!, B:g7!, Nf3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The lines below are worse for me 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 ed? Qe7+!! 8 Kf1, Ne2, Qe2, Be2 advantage Zoranz 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 a3? Nf6, ... B:d2+, ... Ne7, ... Bf8 advantage Zoranz I am OK after 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 a3? dc? 8 B:g7! 6. Nd2 d5!! 7 Bb5+? Kf8!!, ... c6!, ... Bd7 winning Zoranz --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to the game --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Bxg7 This should peter out into an unclear/equal endgame that needs testing. I thought I was being super-clever but the move is about neutral. 7 ... dxc4! Best with about an equal game 8. Qa4+?? Horrible but I don't blame myself too much. It's hard to buy in a blitz game that the sick looking, tempo-losing 8 a3!! is best to blunt ... c3!! 8 ... Nc6! Only move that wins instead of loses. I am winning the rook but my King is a disaster area. Even the best move loses to many crushers - 9 Ngf3 Qd3!!!, ... c3!!!, ... Nge7!!, ... Qe7!! even the embarrassing ... h6!!, ... Bg4!!, ... h5!, ... Nf6!, ... Nh6!, ... Bh3!, ... f5! and others kick my butt. Hard to imagine getting a position this bad in 8 moves with the White pieces outside of a Fishing Pole. 9. O-O-O Qd3! That's not even one of the super-killers like 9 ... B:d2+!!!, ... Qg5!!!! or b5!!!! 10. Ngf3?? Dizzy and disoriented, 10 Nb1!! or Qc2! are completely losing but best 10 ... Ba3+!! I actually stared at the computer wondering why it wasn't registering a checkmate. 11. Bb2! Qc3+!! 12. Qc2! Bxb2+!! 13. Kb1! Qxc2+!! 14. Kxc2! Bg7!! 15. Nxc4! Be6!! Black has the hefty advantage of two bishops versus no bishops. 0-1 I resign. Anyone get the number of that truck? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Black "zoranz at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.11"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 d5 7. Bxg7 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd3 10. Ngf3 Ba3+ 11. Bb2 Qc3+ 12. Qc2 Bxb2+ 13. Kb1 Qxc2+ 14. Kxc2 Bg7 15. Nxc4 Be6 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 12 03:23:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:23:45 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Alvin on What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should attend, In-Reply-To: <961058.45166.qm@web58708.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <961058.45166.qm@web58708.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1231755825.496b1a3120c0f@www.taom.com> Thanx Alvin, I've played in Reno but my next major tournament will be the 2008 Chicago Open. Brian Wall Quoting Alvin : Brian, I really enjoy your emails and video contributions to the game we all enjoy. I enjoy your humor in the annotations. I might be playing in the Reno tourny in April if I can swing some time away from the family. You ever play in Reno? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 11, 2009, at 10:31 PM, Brian Wall wrote: From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 12 03:49:28 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:49:28 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gary Gifford on What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should attend, Message-ID: <1231757368.496b203817a04@www.taom.com> Thank Anthea Carson Martinez and Tim Brennan, they made 90% of them. Anthea is particularly proud of the Dragon/Penguin Video and the effect it has on children. Kids are allowed to laugh and learn from cartoons and videos, we adults have to do it secretly. Most of the Dragon/Penguin Video was improvised so props to 7 year old Tara Martinez, "Mr. Penguin". LM Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Gary Gifford ----- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:31:26 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Gifford Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should attend, To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com I stumbled upon the Dragon/Penguin Video. My 9 year old daughter came over right away and watched it through its entirety. She really liked it. She laughed a lot. I never thought of using the Penguin before... as it promptly rules out White kingside castling yet, in a quick club game it could prove to be fun. So even I got something out of that particular puppet show chess video. I don't see anything wrong with listing the videos. Many young children may like them. And if not, they don't have to watch them. Brian, thanks for the video list and for taking time to make them. Best regards to all, Gary (for UON) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090112/ea5a2c3d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 12 04:21:36 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:21:36 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Accurate and Lucky Message-ID: <1231759296.496b27c086bd1@www.taom.com> Brian - Young IM Robert Hess is a facebook buddy so I was able to send him my annotations to Wall-Hess. Apparently no one, including me, played through your game. Maybe this email will change all that. It was great fun in Vegas going through this game with David. I kept trying wild sacs and Lucky ( Gliksman ) kept reigning me in. Another hour and I'd be playing the Colle. Brian Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------- David ( Gliksman ) Lucky ( same meaning, different languages ) ----- Forwarded message from david ----- Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:06:27 -0800 From: david Reply-To: david Subject: RE: North American Stories - David Lucky To: 'Brian Wall' Hi Brian, I enjoyed your game with Hess you sent, as you came very close to winning. I just discovered that in the game I sent to you below, there were (2) typos in it. Here are the typos, as it makes more sense playing through the game, with the correct score! A. Move 7. Was b4, and 7...Be7. Evidently I duplicated move #8, as I was reading and typing as the same time. B. Move 23... was also a typo, as blacks move was 23...f6 Hope all is well! David Lucky (702) 38-BOOTH www.luckyexhibits.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Brian Wall [mailto:brianwallchess3 at taom.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:32 PM To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; David at LuckyExhibits.com; Brian Wall Chesslist; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com Subject: North American Stories - David Lucky David Lucky ----- Forwarded message from david ----- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:42:42 -0800 From: david Reply-To: david Subject: RE: Who needs a booth? To: 'Brian Wall' Hi Brian, Good seeing you at the tournament, and I enjoyed your interesting stories! Your points are all correct. However, on a side note, I'm not sure if Anthea told you or not, but here's a small incidental, and trivial story: The original name Gliksman was originally spelled Glucksmann by my grandfather in Germany. The family left in the 1930's because of health reasons (it was a bit dangerous to hang around the Nazi's that wanted to kill them at the time. Anyhow, getting back to the main point, in German the word "Glucks" is directly translated as Lucky. Therefore, many years ago I decided simply to do an American translation, or update from the original name. Also, it's worked out very well for me in business, because I used to lose valuable tempos having to constantly spell names for people. With the name update, I have actually been much more lucky in business! Poor Dzindichashvilli! Now that would be very rough name for somebody that has to make a lot of business calls. Anyhow, as promised, here is my round (2) game: White: David Lucky Black: Vadim Kudryavtsev 2232 * post tournament 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. e4 d6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be2 Rac8 13. 0-0 Rfd8 14. Nd4 Be8 15. f4! A natural move, but white is slowly taking more space, and more control. 15... Qb8 16. Qd3! Coming over to attack blacks kingside. White now has threats such as: 17. Q-g3, with the threat of 18. N-d5 exd5, and then 19. N-f5! Winning. 16... Bd7 Black now decides that the bishop is needed on d7, in order to protect the f5 square, in case of various attacks, or sacrifices by white. 17. Qg3 Nc7 * Trying to regroup 18. e5 Coming for blacks king. 18... Nfe8 19. Ne4 * Threatening things like N-f6+ at the right moment. 19... g6 * trying to batten down the hatches, but it's too late. 20. f5!! dxe5 * If 20...exf5, then 21. exd6! Wins a piece, since fxe4, loses then to dxe7! winning blacks rook! 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qxe5 * With dominating positing, and lots of threats. 22... Na6 * The only other try was 22...f6, but then 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6, 24. Rxf6 leaves blacks king in a hopeless position. 23. Nc6! f6 24. Nxe7+! * There are also other ways to win, but this line leaves black devastated at the end. 24... Kg7 * If 24..Kf7, then simply 25. Nxc8! Leaves white up a whole rook. 25. Nxf6 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Resigns * Black is already down a piece, but cannot avoid further losses of material as well. 1-0 Cheers, David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Challenging the Nimzo-Indian by my good friend IM David Vigorito from Caissa Chess Shop GM Jurij Zezulkin http://www.caissa- chess.com/ shop/index. php?act=viewProd &productId= 320 This book is all about the 4 Qc2 Nimzo-Indian which David Lucky brilliantly won the game with. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian correct pgn [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, David's playground, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "David Lucky"] [Black "Vadim Kudryavtsev"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "former 2480"] [BlackElo "2232"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical, 4...c5"] [ECO "E38"] [NIC "NI.22"] [Time "13:58:18"] [TimeControl "40/2/Game/1 5 second delay"] Exclams by Fritz 9 1. d4 Nf6! 2. c4 e6! 3. Nc3! Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3! Bxc5 7. b4 Be7! 8. Nf3! O-O 9. e4! d6! 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc7! 12. Be2 Rac8 13. O-O! Rfd8! 14. Nd4 Be8! 15. f4! Qb8 16. Qd3 David was proud of this move which transforms the position from a normal Hedgehog to a normal Sicilian attack. The computer prefers 16 Qd2!!! because of the slight glitch 16 Qd3 Nc5! and 17 ... Na4!! slows down the attack a tad although David is still much better after letting the knight get to a4 with 17 Qe3!!, Qh3!!, Qf3!! or Qb1! Capturing the knight also leads to a big advantage after 16 Qd3 Nc5! 17 bc dc 18 Nd5!!! David told me that Chess helps him make profitable business decisions so in Chess or in life David faces winning choices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropriate Youtube Chess video Anthea Carson explains the Hedgehog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oB8sl-fGec ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 ... Bd7 17. Qg3!! While Kudryavtsev aims his Queen towards the corner like Reti, Jeff Fox or Josh Smith, Gliksman aims his Queen at the King like Tal or Alekhine. Vadim is strategically busted after dozens of moves here like 17 Qe3, Qg3, Bc1, Qf3, Qh3, Kh1 and many more. " The Queen belongs near the King " - Gary Kasparov, 1988 Harvard Simul game against Vivek Rao, Cambridge, Mass, USA 17 ... Nc7!! Not a bad move, just a bad position 18. e5!! Danny Boy Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling >From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying 'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide. 18 ... Nfe8!! Not a bad move, just a bad position 19. Ne4!! Best. Logically bringing a new piece into the attack. 19 ... g6 20. f5!! Best again, it's getting brutal. 20 ... dxe5!! Not a bad move, just a bad position 21. fxg6!! Best again 21 ... hxg6!! Not a bad move, just a bad position 22. Qxe5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here we had a difference of opinion - I wanted 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Kg7 24 Q:e5+ checkmates 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Bf6 24 Qh4!! Nd5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 25 cd!! Kg8 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 26 N:f6+!! N:f6 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 26 R:f6! or Q:f6! checkmates 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Nf6!! 24 N:f6!! B:f6 25 R:f6+!! K:f6 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 26 Nf5!! Nd5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 27 Qh4+ Kf7 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 27 Qh7+ Kf6 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 27 Qg7+ K:f5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 28 g4+!! or Qf7+!! both mate in 4 Only 24 ... Rh8 avoids immediate mate 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Nf6!! 24 N:f6!! Rf8 25 Qg5!! Nd5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 26 N:d5+ Kg7 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 27 Q:e7+!! Kh6 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 28 Nf6!! R:f6 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 29 R:f6!! mates in 3 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Nf6!! 24 N:f6!! Rh8 25 no immediate checkmate but overwhleming +20 advantages after Q:e5, N:d7+, Nd5+, Ng8+ or Bd3 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Nf6!! 24 N:f6!! Rh8 25 Q:e5 Rcf8!! ( anything else gets mated ) 26 N:d7+ Ke8 ( anything else gets mated ) 27 N:b8, R:f8+, N:f8, N:e6 are all +20 moves 22 R:f7!!! K:f7 23 Rf1+ Nf6!! 24 N:f6!! Rh8 25 Q:e5 Rcf8!! 26 N:d7+ Ke8 27 N:b8 +30 R:f1+ ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 28 B:f1 Rh5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 29 Qg7!! Bh4! ( anything else gets mated much quicker ) 30 Q:c7! Bf2+ ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 31 K:f2! Re5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 32 Qd7+! or N:e6! both mate in 3 so where do we stand now? The move I wanted to play, 22 R:f7!!! leads to checkmate. Of course, over the board in the postmortem, I analyzed so poorly we thought it might even lose! David gave me the practical " Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush " lecture and chose a clear safe way to win with no guesswork. I am happy my instincts are in good shape if not my analytical prowess. The main theme of my whole North American Open experience was my poor conscious brain could not keep up with my brilliant subconscious. Sometimes you gotta go on faith. In all lines I am not sure if Vadim would do any worse if his comically buried Queen was replaced by a pawn or just removed altogether! 22 R:f7!!!!!!! K:f7 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 23 Rf1+!!!!! checkmates but also 23 Nf3!!!!, Nc6!!!!, Bd3!!!, Nb5!! and Bh5!! are all clear winners. Between my 22 R:f7!!!!!!! or David's 22 Q:e5!! there are also 22 Nf5!!!, Bh5!!!, Bd3!! and many other less effective wins. Back to the game ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. Qxe5 David's move slows down the attack considerably by spending a tempo NOT to attack g6 anymore. However a new vicious theme emerges of 23 d4-knight to the most savage square, followed by 24 Qh8 checkmate. David calculated that Vadim has no good answer to this. The best try is 22. Qxe5 Nd5! Kudryavtsev insists that David notices his Queen 23 Q:b8 ( trading gold for lead ) R:b8 24 cd! with an extra piece in the endgame. David laughed every time I fell into one of his many endgame traps when we analyzed an Aaron Suseras game so I have no doubt that he would win easily here. if 22. Qxe5 f6 23 Qf4! , Nf5!! and Qg3!!! all win comfortably but 22 R:f6 !!!!!!! or N:f6+!!!!! both checkmate 22 ... Na6 Now David looks for the cruelest squares to move his d4-knight to which are 23 Nf5!!! or Nc6!!! threatening checkmate on h8 and check on e7 23. Nc6!!! f6 after 23 ... Q:e5+ 24 N:e7+ Kf8 25 N:g6+ Kg8 26 N:e5 David is only a piece up in the endgame but his attack is going to net him much more material very soon. 23 ... Bc5+ 24 bc Q:e5 ( anything else gets mated ) 25 Ne7+!! Kf8! 26 N:g6+!! Kg8! 27 N:e5! and again we have the same situation where David's attack is much stronger than the mere piece he is ahead right now. Chessmaster Vadim Kudryavtsev made the third best move which unfortunately gets checkmated. 24. Nxe7+!! Kg7! ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 25. Nxf6!! 25 Qg5!!! mates quicker but who's counting 25 ... Qxe5 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 26. Bxe5!! 1-0 Kudryavtsev collapses The finish would be 26. Bxe5!! Bc6 ( anything else gets mated quicker ) 27 R:d8!! mates in 6, for example 27 R:d8!! R:d8 28 Ng4+ Nf6 29 R:f6 Rf8 30 Rf5+ Rf6 31 R:f6 mates in 2 or 27 R:d8!! N:f6 28 B:f6+ Kf7 29 Bg5+ B:f3 30 R:f3+ Kg7 31 N:c8! or R:c8! both mate in 2 An impressive, well played, powerful, in control victory by David "Gliksman" Lucky which deserves its own booth. [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, David's playground, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "David Lucky"] [Black "Vadim Kudryavtsev"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "former 2480"] [BlackElo "2232"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical, 4...c5"] [ECO "E38"] [NIC "NI.22"] [Time "13:58:18"] [TimeControl "40/2/Game/1 5 second delay"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e4 d6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be2 Rac8 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Nd4 Be8 15. f4 Qb8 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. Qg3 Nc7 18. e5 Nfe8 19. Ne4 g6 20. f5 dxe5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qxe5 Na6 23. Nc6 f6 24. Nxe7+ Kg7 25. Nxf6 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 1-0 Kudryavtsev collapses Brian From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 12 14:35:39 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:35:39 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Antonio Torrecillas on What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should at In-Reply-To: <4d6017600901121313u84adb62m689d6337bc0a4add@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d6017600901121313u84adb62m689d6337bc0a4add@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1231796139.496bb7ab167f4@www.taom.com> Compate these videos to an UnorthodoxChessOpenings email about the Blackmar Diemer for entertainment value. Test it with different audiences. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halloween attack 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMgKZIgEsO0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leona Lewis 'Run' Live - X Factor 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGFPKZ3lgM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Somewhere Over the Rainbow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Clash - Should I stay or should I go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ag8J2NMYmc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- LM Brian Wall Quoting Antonio Torrecillas : 2009/1/12 Brian Wall : Like me, you devote a lot of free time and energy to the group so I don't want to argue with you. Please, argue! He said that many of youtube videos have nothing to fdo with UCO. And He expressed too some disturbing sensations because you spamed to this group your videos. You contribute to this group with a great enthusiasm but you should be aware not to disturb many members. Frankly I think Youtube videos are a much better form of information transmission than emails or books, That is your personal view, I do not agree. Email with serious discussions and serious game analysis give me the best moments I enjoyed here. ... (I specially recommend the old BDG discussions) -- un saludo, Antonio Torrecillas From atorreci at gmail.com Mon Jan 12 14:13:07 2009 From: atorreci at gmail.com (Antonio Torrecillas) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:13:07 +0100 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] What you should think, what you should feel, what you should watch, where you should go, what you should wear, what you should buy, what you should join, what openings you should play, what house of worship you should at Message-ID: <4d6017600901121313u84adb62m689d6337bc0a4add@mail.gmail.com> 2009/1/12 Brian Wall : > Like me, you devote a lot of free time and energy to the group so I don't > want to argue with you. Please, argue! He said that many of youtube videos have nothing to fdo with UCO. And He expressed too some disturbing sensations because you spamed to this group your videos. You contribute to this group with a great enthusiasm but you should be aware not to disturb many members. > Frankly I think Youtube videos are a much better form of information > transmission than emails or books, That is your personal view, I do not agree. Email with serious discussions and serious game analysis give me the best moments I enjoyed here. ... (I specially recommend the old BDG discussions) -- un saludo, Antonio Torrecillas From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 12 20:02:28 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:02:28 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David Kane - The Penguin Roars! Message-ID: <1231815748.496c044444629@www.taom.com> David Kane ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:28:16 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Penguin Roars! To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com I was in a goofy mood today and thought I would essay the mighty Penguin. I know nothing about the Penguin except its first two moves but I was pretty sure my 1500-ish opponent would know even less. Watch his initial stunned response morph into something like a slow motion kamikaze plane that drops into the ocean well away from the target battleship. I thank Brian for sharing this opening secret with us. Let's hope it can remain a secret until well after my eventual World Championship match, which, now that I've clearly mastered the Penguin, is a realistic possibility for the first time in my life. [Event "Yahoo Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.01.12"] [Round "?"] [White "david kane"] [Black "HIARCS 11.2 MP"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Rg1 e6 3. g4 Nf6 4. g5 Ne4 5. d3 Nd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nd7 9. Qd4 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qf4 Bf8 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Nd5 Qxe4 16. Nxc7 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Re4 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Nxa8 Bf4+ * David Kane --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall [Event "Yahoo Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.01.12"] [Round "?"] [White "david kane"] [Black "HIARCS 11.2 MP"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Rg1 Tim Brennan explains the Theory of the Penguin in Good Knight, Bad Bishop - " I like to move my rook as soon as possible. " 2 ... e6 3. g4 g4 in the Penguin is a lot like smoking - you keep telling yourself it's not necessary but you end up doing it anyway. 3 ... Nf6 otherwise the Penguin would make no sense. 4. g5! Ne4! Black is doing his best to justify the Penguin. 5. d3! Nd6! 6. Nc3! Pushing the Penguin pawn has created an outpost on f5 so David aims to shut that down. 6 ... Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4! Nd7 Looks like a logical developing move but ... 9. Qd4!! The Penguin pawn has thoroughly confused Black. David has a nice game, intending 10 Bf4 and 11 0-0-0 9 ... e5!? Throwing a kipper at the Penguin in frustration. 10. Nxe5! Nxe5 11. Qxe5! O-O! 12. Be3! Re8 13. Qf4! David is playing very well, this is prophylactic against 14 ... Bf6. 13 ... Bf8 14. O-O-O!! It doesn't seem like White has done that much right or Black has done that much wrong but David's position is completely winning with threats of e5 or Nd5 14 ... Qe7! Trying to escape e5 but there is no escape 15. Nd5!! Anthea to Mr. Dragon - Someone might be afraid to castle Kingside with that g-pawn coming, isn't that right, Mr. Dragon? Mr. Dragon - Maybe! 15 ... Qxe4! 15 ... Qe6 16 Nf6+!! gf 17 gf+ Kh8 18 Qg5 Lights out 16. Nxc7!! Bf5 17. Bd3! Stopping mate in one and playing near perfect Chess. 17 ... Qxf4! 18. Bxf4! Bxd3! 19. Rxd3! Re4 20. Bxd6! Bxd6 21. Nxa8! Bf4+ 1-0 Black Resigns Very impressive play ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ research videos - Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Dragon Defense and the Penguin Mrs. Anthea Martinez as Anthea Carson Tara Martinez as Mr. Penguin Tim Brennan as Mr. Dragon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good Knight Bad Bishop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Chess concepts - Good Knight, Bad Bishop, forks, pins, checkmate, always check it might be mate, if you see a good move look for a better one, Penguin Chess, captures video by Anthea Carson & Tim Brennan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/Wall/TriplePenguin.htm Chessville Penguin article ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was 11 year old Isaac Martinez who urgently convinced me to play the Penguin because " it's the favorite animal of a lot of my friends". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090112/0ce7b617/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 13 11:49:00 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:49:00 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] David Kane on David Kane on David Kane - The Penguin Roars! Message-ID: <1231872540.496ce21c99368@www.taom.com> Brian Wall - Two things - 1 - The revelation of the 2008 North American Open was that my hidden, subconscious mind, the "hand", often knew the right move instinctually way before my conscious mind had a clue. Computer analysis repeatedly confirmed this. Do I have the faith to trust myself is the true question. 2 - Put Penguin in the search box in BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com to see how I played other Penguin games. That might help sort out the issues. The two main issues are - Should I play g4 or not?, what do I do about my inability to castle Kingside? Trade Queens, Castle Queenside or just go with the flow? Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Kane ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:41 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: Re: David Kane - The Penguin Roars! To: Brian Wall --- In BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall wrote: playing near perfect Chess. Well, I wish that were true- I do have to admit that when I played Nd5, I didn't spot that he could play ...Qxe4- somehow I believed the pawn was adequately protected. Fortunately, Nd5 seems to win anyway. At any rate, thanks for the annotations which helped explain why I made some of those moves, even if I didn't know myself at the time ;-) BTW, I thought the point of the Penguin was to turn g4 into a battering ram. Judging from your notes, I suspect I was premature in pushing it on move 3. I'll check out those sources you've referenced and see if I can learn to play it more "thematically" (if such a word can be applied to this "opening") next time I trot out the fearsome bird. Thanks again! David Kane ----- Forwarded message from Dave ----- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:28:16 -0000 From: Dave Reply-To: Dave Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Penguin Roars! To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com I was in a goofy mood today and thought I would essay the mighty Penguin. I know nothing about the Penguin except its first two moves but I was pretty sure my 1500-ish opponent would know even less. Watch his initial stunned response morph into something like a slow motion kamikaze plane that drops into the ocean well away from the target battleship. I thank Brian for sharing this opening secret with us. Let's hope it can remain a secret until well after my eventual World Championship match, which, now that I've clearly mastered the Penguin, is a realistic possibility for the first time in my life. [Event "Yahoo Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.01.12"] [Round "?"] [White "david kane"] [Black "HIARCS 11.2 MP"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Rg1 e6 3. g4 Nf6 4. g5 Ne4 5. d3 Nd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nd7 9. Qd4 e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qf4 Bf8 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Nd5 Qxe4 16. Nxc7 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Re4 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Nxa8 Bf4+ * David Kane --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall [Event "Yahoo Blitz"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.01.12"] [Round "?"] [White "david kane"] [Black "HIARCS 11.2 MP"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Rg1 Tim Brennan explains the Theory of the Penguin in Good Knight, Bad Bishop - " I like to move my rook as soon as possible. " 2 ... e6 3. g4 g4 in the Penguin is a lot like smoking - you keep telling yourself it's not necessary but you end up doing it anyway. 3 ... Nf6 otherwise the Penguin would make no sense. 4. g5! Ne4! Black is doing his best to justify the Penguin. 5. d3! Nd6! 6. Nc3! Pushing the Penguin pawn has created an outpost on f5 so David aims to shut that down. 6 ... Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4! Nd7 Looks like a logical developing move but ... 9. Qd4!! The Penguin pawn has thoroughly confused Black. David has a nice game, intending 10 Bf4 and 11 0-0-0 9 ... e5!? Throwing a kipper at the Penguin in frustration. 10. Nxe5! Nxe5 11. Qxe5! O-O! 12. Be3! Re8 13. Qf4! David is playing very well, this is prophylactic against 14 ... Bf6. 13 ... Bf8 14. O-O-O!! It doesn't seem like White has done that much right or Black has done that much wrong but David's position is completely winning with threats of e5 or Nd5 14 ... Qe7! Trying to escape e5 but there is no escape 15. Nd5!! Anthea to Mr. Dragon - Someone might be afraid to castle Kingside with that g-pawn coming, isn't that right, Mr. Dragon? Mr. Dragon - Maybe! 15 ... Qxe4! 15 ... Qe6 16 Nf6+!! gf 17 gf+ Kh8 18 Qg5 Lights out 16. Nxc7!! Bf5 17. Bd3! Stopping mate in one and playing near perfect Chess. 17 ... Qxf4! 18. Bxf4! Bxd3! 19. Rxd3! Re4 20. Bxd6! Bxd6 21. Nxa8! Bf4+ 1-0 Black Resigns Very impressive play ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ research videos - Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g Channel : TimmyBx Opening - The Dragon Defense and the Penguin Mrs. Anthea Martinez as Anthea Carson Tara Martinez as Mr. Penguin Tim Brennan as Mr. Dragon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good Knight Bad Bishop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no&feature=related Channel : TimmyBx Chess concepts - Good Knight, Bad Bishop, forks, pins, checkmate, always check it might be mate, if you see a good move look for a better one, Penguin Chess, captures video by Anthea Carson & Tim Brennan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/Wall/TriplePenguin.htm Chessville Penguin article ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was 11 year old Isaac Martinez who urgently convinced me to play the Penguin because " it's the favorite animal of a lot of my friends". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall, teaching the world how not to play Chess. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 13 11:57:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:57:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas Message-ID: <1231873032.496ce4084ba7b@www.taom.com> Xabierml ----- Forwarded message from xabierml ----- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:26:43 -0000 From: xabierml Reply-To: xabierml Subject: [BrianWallChess] Halloween on Christmas To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com One of my last played game! funny funny 5' Blitz Game 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 he said me: thx for the night!) Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne7 7. e5 Nfg8 8. d6 Nc6 9. Nb5 cxd6 10. exd6 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qe2+ Kd8 13. O-O-O a6 14. Nc7 Bxd6 15. Nxa8 Qd4 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Rxd6 1-0 :-) and I said him, thx for this game! I liked his horrorous face! sorry, I have send before this game with my personal e-mail. xabierml ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzALeHw_rUU The Halloween pawn reaches d6 in this Halloween Gambit Youtube video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMgKZIgEsO0&feature=channel_page The Halloween pawn also reaches d6 in this Halloween Gambit II Youtube video by Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- White = xabierml 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5!! Halloween Attack 4 ... Nxe5! 5. d4! Nc6 6. d5! Ne7? Xabierml is better two moves after saccing his knight 7. e5!! Rolling the center pawns forward is the whole idea 7 ... Nfg8? Catching the monkey because he can't let go of the peanut in the jar. 8. d6!! TN Theoretical Novelty by xabierml, although getting a pawn to d6 is the basic idea of the Halloween Attack. 8 Bd3? has been played before. 8 ... Nc6? Life and Chess is all about flexibility. Black cannot accept that he has to give the piece back and gets into more trouble each move. PAWN to c6 is correct. 9. Nb5!! 9 Nd5?? gets nowhere due to 9 ... cd! 9 ... cxd6! 10. exd6! Qa5+ By now Black should be begging to give the piece back with 10 ... Be7! 11 Nc7+ Kf8 12 N:a8! Qa5+ 13 c3 Qe5+ and hope he can trap the knight after 14 ... B:d6 or ... Q:d6 10 ... Be7! 11 Nc7+ Kf8 12 de! Q:e7+ and Black can save his rook with ... Rb8. 10 ... Be7! 11 Nc7+ Kf8 12 Bc4! or Be2! are also strong, keeping all the threats 11. Bd2! Qb6! 12. Qe2+ Embarassment of riches. What makes this position hard to undertsand for Black or White is that simple restricting, consolidating loves are stronger than immediate checks or captures. 12 a3!!!! restricts the Black Queen and c6-knight to threaten 13 Be3 Qa5+ 14 b4 12 Bc3!!! guards d6 and maintains all the threats 12 Be3!!! Qa5+ 13 c3! threatens 14 b4! 12 c3!!! threatens 13 Be3 Qa5 14 b4 12 Bg5!!! guards d6 and maintains all the threats What is interesting to me is that all these odd looking moves are better than just grabbing the free rook on a8. 12 Qf3!! and c4!! are better than 12 Qe2+! 12 ... Kd8! 13. O-O-O! 13 Bc3!! Nf6 14 Nc7!! is in a class by itself 13 ... a6?? 13 ... Nf6! is the best but losing try 14. Nc7!!! Best, threatening 15 Qe8 checkmate 14 Bg5+!! or Re1!! and even 14 Na3! are also deadly. 14 ... Bxd6! releasing the checkmate. 15. Nxa8 Qd4?? 16. Be3! 16 Ba5+!!! or Bg5+!! win the Queen but Xabierml is aiming for checkmate 16 ... Qe5!! 17. Rxd6!! 1-0 Black resigns The idea is 17 R:d6!! Q:d6? 18 Bb6+ Qc7 19 B:c7 capturing the King and Queen on the same move. It is easy to see why this is called the Halloween Gambit. Many years ago I researched the Halloween Gambit. There was a computer who crushed thousands of humans with it. I remember one statement from the computer operator - " Once I got a pawn to d6, the game was usually over pretty quick. " Formula for the Halloween Gambit - d6-pawn plus accurate computer analysis = Death ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Casinca-Bastia m"] [Site "Peru Casevechju"] [Date "2007.09.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Humeau,Cyril"] [Black "Pieri,Pierre Louis"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Ne7 7.e5 Nfg8 8.Bd3 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.Bf4 Qc5 13.Be3 Qd6 14.Bf4 Qc5 15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.Qg3 h5 17.Bxc7 h4 18.Qd6 Qxd6 19.Bxd6 Bd7 20.Bxe7 Bxe7 21.d6 Be6 22.dxe7 Kxe7 23.Bc4 Rac8 24.Nd5+ Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Rxc2 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.b3 Rd8 28.Rad1 Rdc8 29.Kf1 Rxa2 30.Re2 Ra3 31.Rde1 Rxb3 32.Rxe6+ Kf7 33.Re7+ Kg6 34.R1e6+ Kh7 35.Re4 Rc2 36.Rxh4+ Kg8 37.g3 Rbb2 38.Rf4 b5 39.Rxa7 Rc8 40.Rb7 b4 41.Rbxb4 Rbc2 42.Rb7 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 R1c7 44.Rxc7 Rxc7 45.h4 g6 46.g4 Kg7 47.Kg3 Rc5 48.f3 Re5 49.Ra4 Kh6 50.Kf4 Rc5 51.Ra6 Kg7 52.Kg3 Kh6 53.h5 Rg5 54.Rxg6+ Rxg6 55.hxg6 Kxg6 56.f4 Kg7 57.Kh4 Kf7 58.Kh5 Kg8 59.Kg6 Kf8 60.g5 Kg8 61.f5 Kf8 62.f6 Kg8 63.Kf5 Kf8 64.g6 Kg8 65.Ke6 Kf8 66.Kd7 Kg8 67.Ke8 Kh8 68.g7+ Kg8 69.f7+ Kxg7 70.f8=Q+ Kg6 71.Qf4 Kh5 72.Qg3 Kh6 73.Kf7 Kh7 74.Qh4+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090113/a53e75e8/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 14 07:41:58 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:41:58 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dennis Monokroussos: 9 year old 1800 beats 2400, World Notices Message-ID: <1231944118.496df9b68208c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Email subscription to blog articles ----- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:26:12 -0500 From: Email subscription to blog articles Reply-To: historicchess at comcast.net, chessmind at lists.powerblogs.com Subject: [chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: 1800 beats 2400, World Notices To: chessmind at lists.powerblogs.com Posted by Dennis Monokroussos: 1800 beats 2400, World Notices http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1231917968.shtml It's not unusual, to quote Tom Jones, for a 2400 to defeat an 1800. It happens every day, no matter what they say. It is rare for the reverse to occur, but it's not that weird. Players overcoming 600 rating point gaps happens in large Swisses on a regular basis. So why is a game played on Monday won by an 1800 against his higher-rated opponent world news? The answer is that the 2400 was a (rather low-rated) GM, and the victor a 9-year-old. This coincidence, unfortunately, is what makes it a story. It's not a great game, but it's also not a bad game by the winner. His GM opponent blundered in the opening, perhaps overconfident about his position or the rating differential, and TN'd a losing move. Still, that wasn't the end of the game, and the youngster did well to solve the initial problems and to keep his opponent under control throughout. Unless the winner becomes a world-class player someday (and while it would be stupid to rule it out, it's also true that there is no shortage of 9 year olds with even higher ratings), it's unlikely that the game will be remembered as something epochal in the way Fischer's "Game of the Century" was. But let's also give the youngster his due: he did beat a GM, and set a record in the process. The game can be found [1]here, and a fuller account of the event is [2]here. References 1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/ibrayev_hetul_2009.htm 2. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5144 _______________________________________________ chessmind mailing list chessmind at lists.powerblogs.com http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chessmind From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 15 15:36:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:36:15 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Renae Defense to Halloween Gambit Message-ID: <1232058975.496fba5faf1bc@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mozzerking ----- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:08:52 -0000 From: mozzerking Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Greetings, Long time lurker, first time poster. Thought I'd take the opportunity to post a Halloween game w/ 7...Bd6 since it was mentioned that there aren't many practical examples. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Gonnosuke"] [Black "Insy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2219"] [BlackElo "2153"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Bd6 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bd2 d6 12. O-O c6 13. Rab1 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. h3 Bd7 16. b4 h6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 cxb5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. c3 Be5 21. Bxh6 a6 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Qf2 Rc5 24. Qh4 Re6 25. Rf3 Qa5 26. Rbf1 Qa3 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qxf6 Be6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Rf3 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qg5 34. Qxd6 Qe5 35. Qxa6 Rxc3 36. Qxb5 Qxb5 37. Bxb5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bxa2 39. Kg3 Bc4 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. Kf4 Rc2 42. g4 Rc6 43. h4 Rf6+ 44. Ke3 Rd6 45. h5 f6 46. Rf5 Rd1 47. e5 fxe5 48. Rxe5 Ra1 49. Ke4 Kh6 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Rf4 54. Re6+ Kg7 55. Kh3 Rf1 56. Kh4 Rc1 57. h6+ Kf7 58. Ra6 Rd1 59. Kh5 Rh1+ 60. Kg5 Rg1 61. Ra8 Rh1 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. Kg6 1-0 Regards, Roy Gates --- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Antonio Torrecillas" wrote: > > > > The Renae Defense would be an interesting way to handle the Halloween Gambit > > - > > 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4 N:e5 N:e5 > > 5 d4 Nc6 6 d5 Ne5 7 f4 Bd6 8 fe B:e5 > > with a blockade on e5 > > > > I am sure this has been analyzed somewhere > > before although I haven't seen it mentioned. > > I knew that line which has been played by an IM who plays in my chess > team in a cr game versus Paul Keiser who also is member here in UCO > list. Apart of this game I only have a 5 0 Icc game, maybe Paul knows > have more games with it. It's an interesting line and white has other > moves to analyze than capture in move 8th. > > I don't know why do you name this line as "Renae Defense". > If you are reading this message, ... have you any game with it? > > -- > un saludo, > Antonio Torrecillas > > Ps: Brian, please do not send a copy of this message to many groups > included this one. Assume people here can have read this message yet. > ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090115/e4723249/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 15 15:36:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:36:16 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Renae Defense to Halloween Gambit Message-ID: <1232058976.496fba60e9e50@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mozzerking ----- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:08:52 -0000 From: mozzerking Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Greetings, Long time lurker, first time poster. Thought I'd take the opportunity to post a Halloween game w/ 7...Bd6 since it was mentioned that there aren't many practical examples. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.04.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Gonnosuke"] [Black "Insy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2219"] [BlackElo "2153"] [TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Bd6 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bd2 d6 12. O-O c6 13. Rab1 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. h3 Bd7 16. b4 h6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b5 cxb5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. c3 Be5 21. Bxh6 a6 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Qf2 Rc5 24. Qh4 Re6 25. Rf3 Qa5 26. Rbf1 Qa3 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qxf6 Be6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Rf3 Qc1+ 33. Bf1 Qg5 34. Qxd6 Qe5 35. Qxa6 Rxc3 36. Qxb5 Qxb5 37. Bxb5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bxa2 39. Kg3 Bc4 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. Kf4 Rc2 42. g4 Rc6 43. h4 Rf6+ 44. Ke3 Rd6 45. h5 f6 46. Rf5 Rd1 47. e5 fxe5 48. Rxe5 Ra1 49. Ke4 Kh6 50. Kf4 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Rg1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Rf4 54. Re6+ Kg7 55. Kh3 Rf1 56. Kh4 Rc1 57. h6+ Kf7 58. Ra6 Rd1 59. Kh5 Rh1+ 60. Kg5 Rg1 61. Ra8 Rh1 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. Kg6 1-0 Regards, Roy Gates --- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Antonio Torrecillas" wrote: > > > > The Renae Defense would be an interesting way to handle the Halloween Gambit > > - > > 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4 N:e5 N:e5 > > 5 d4 Nc6 6 d5 Ne5 7 f4 Bd6 8 fe B:e5 > > with a blockade on e5 > > > > I am sure this has been analyzed somewhere > > before although I haven't seen it mentioned. > > I knew that line which has been played by an IM who plays in my chess > team in a cr game versus Paul Keiser who also is member here in UCO > list. Apart of this game I only have a 5 0 Icc game, maybe Paul knows > have more games with it. It's an interesting line and white has other > moves to analyze than capture in move 8th. > > I don't know why do you name this line as "Renae Defense". > If you are reading this message, ... have you any game with it? > > -- > un saludo, > Antonio Torrecillas > > Ps: Brian, please do not send a copy of this message to many groups > included this one. Assume people here can have read this message yet. > ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090115/63f6d63e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 15 15:38:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:38:42 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More on Renae Defense to Halloween Gambit Message-ID: <1232059122.496fbaf2cfef8@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mozzerking ----- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:24:38 -0000 From: mozzerking Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Continuing the discussion of 7...Bd6, I don't think that white is necessarily forced into responding 8.fxe5. One alternative that looks especially promising and ensures the game remains "Halloweenish" is this line: 8.Nb5 Ng6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. d6! cxd6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 and now the game is starting to "look" like a Halloween game as this position is similar to the kind that arises after the Nc6 Knight retreat. The gambiteering spirit lives.... --- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Antonio Torrecillas" wrote: 2009/1/15 mozzerking gonnosuke at ...: (...)Thought I'd take the opportunity o post a Halloween game w/ 7...Bd6 t since it was mentioned that there aren't many practical examples. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.04.10"] (....) Regards, Roy Gates Thank you! it's not only an extra game with this line, it's a very interesting one! un saludo, Antonio Torrecillas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090115/efdf0643/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 15 15:42:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:42:33 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Even more on the Renae Defense to the Halloween Gambit Message-ID: <1232059353.496fbbd95eade@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Antonio Torrecillas ----- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:32:53 +0100 From: Antonio Torrecillas Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Hello, 2009/1/15 mozzerking : Continuing the discussion of 7...Bd6, I don't think that white is necessarily forced into responding 8.fxe5. One alternative that looks especially promising and ensures the game remains "Halloweenish" is this line: 8.Nb5 Ng6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. d6! cxd6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 and now the game is starting to "look" like a Halloween game as this position is similar to the kind that arises after the Nc6 Knight retreat. The gambiteering spirit lives.... (About the 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 f4 Bd6 line) Yes, white can consider alternatives to 8.fxe5 fter the move you suggested Maurits Wind proposed 6 years ago the line .Nb5 Nxe4!? 9.Qe2 Qh4 10.g3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qxh1 12.fxe5 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 aluating that as better for black. As you can see, there are many possible ideas and it's needed a lot of actical tests to discover the truth here. -- un saludo, Antonio Torrecillas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090115/be435a29/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 15 15:51:26 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:51:26 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] fundraiser announcement, Casual chess night this Saturday!, & brain age test (just for fun) Message-ID: <1232059886.496fbdee4cf7a@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:07 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [BrianWallChess] [CSCN] Fw: fundraiser announcement, Casual chess night this Saturday!, & brain age test (just for fun) My cousin forwarded me a brain age test recently and I was just bored enough to take it (30 seconds). I forgot the instructions and started taking the test backwards (high to low) and scored age 28. I retook it immediately clicking the numbers from low to high this time and scored age 24. I don't know how accurate the age part is, but I think the theory is that short term memory deteriorates with age. However, I thought good blitz chess players would score young on this test, so I played a few blitz games to get me into blitz mode and scored with age 20. Maybe there is something to this age thing as my mother reminded me how immature I am and rapidly regressing. You click start, wait for the numbers to disappear, and click the circles in order from low to high. Here is the website (in Japanese) http://flashfabrica.com/f_learning/brain/brain.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Buchanan Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 4:43 PM Subject: fundraiser announcement Hi, guys. Could you please post the enclosed tournament announcement on websites and in e-mails sent out? Thanks, Buck ************************************************************************************************ Tournament Announcement April 18, Colorado Springs: SPRINGS FUNDRAISER 4-SS, G/30. Grace Place Church, 2403 Templeton Gap Rd, Colorado Springs. EF $20 ($15 for juniors, seniors, unrated), $2 off if rec'd by April 15. CSCA membership required ($15, $10 jrs, srs) OSA. Registration 8:30 - 9:30, 1st rd. 10:00. Played in sections if entries warrant. Modest cash prizes per entries. Most of tournament income will go to help Colorado State Scholastic Champions attend the Denker and Polgar tournaments. Entries to Richard Buchanan, 844 B Prospect Place, Manitou Springs CO 80829. Phone (719) 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys.net . Held in conjunction with Series Finale Scholastic Tournament. Colorado Tour Event. ----- Original Message ----- From: Renae Delaware Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:48 PM Subject: Casual chess night this Saturday! Hello Everyone! Happy New Year everyone! Hopefully you put on your Resolution for 2009 to drop by Agia Sofia every few months; even if just to say 'hi'! Here are details: When: Saturday, January 17th 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!) ~Renae -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090115/0c05a592/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 16 11:22:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:22:38 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] NOT ANOTHER FISHING POLE!!!! GEEES!!!! Message-ID: <1232130158.4970d06ee69d5@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth ----- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:08:26 -0000 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: [BrianWallChess] NOT ANOTHER FISHING POLE!!!! GEEES!!!! To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Many of you haven't tried the Fishing Pole yet. You don't understand what you are missing. Six months ago, my ICC blitz rating was 1600 to 1800. Today I beat GM-rated opponents daily. Now, I grant you that they are almost exclusively computer opponents. The humans won't begin to accept my piece sacrifice. They don't have the guts. Computers think they have it figured out and that I'm a bozo. Then I checkmate them or they resign. Just get on ICC or another site and give it a try. You need to understand the basics of the attack. I suggested that Brian Wall needed to write a book about this attack and a friend of mine said "But it's unsound!". I said yes, but that would just be more material for the book! Let me tell you the important principles involved. The most significant being that the file opens up with your rook staring down the edge of the board to a quivering opponent's king. Secondly, your queen will eventually find it's way to that file. Thirdly and important, but not essential is your bishop's attack of the diagonal pinning the opponent's king bishop pawn to the king. If you have all of those, the fact that you are down a knight just means you checkmate your opponent when you are behind in material. Or that your opponent will give back much more to survive. Here is an example: White Rookie - ICC rating 2543 Black elkster (me) - ICC rating 2126 January 15, 2009 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 The classic Fishing Pole. I win at least as many games with a Fishing Pole attack when my opponent plays 1.d4, but only after plenty of trial and error. The principles are the same. Your knight plants itself in front of the castled king and he swats at it with the rook pawn expecting it to run embarassed into the night. Then you bring up your rook pawn to recapture and open the file. Try it. 5. Nc3 a6! It appears that this move is to annoy and harass the bishop, but that's only a side benefit. The real reason is to provide a place for my bishop to hide when it goes to c5. 6. Bxc6 White is playing well here. I wish he would waste time going to a4. Now I need to recapture. But when I do, I open up my queen's bishop to defend the important g4 square. Best of both worlds! 6...dxc6 7. h3 h5 Yes! This sets up the classical Fishing Pole. I dare him to take the knight! Rybka agrees that my response was correct! 8.Qe2 Chicken!! He wants to come to c4 and find a way to bother me with his queen. I'm not into having a tactical jousting match. I'll keep that b**** at bay with this. 8...Be6! 9. d3 Quoting my Puerto Rican expert friend Jose Rivera, "That has to lose!". There is no time for such nonsense. 9...Bc5! The bishop is in place. Check. Roger. All systems go! If he had half a brain he'd play Be3 and try to stifle my plans. 10. hxg4 hxg4 If you've ever been fishing and felt that firm tug when you set the hook hard, you know how this feels. The game is mine to lose here. The board has aesthetic qualities to view visually now. 11. Ng5 What can I do now? How should I proceed? Well that is the real question here. Remember the second rule of the fishing pole. The queen MUST find its way to the open file to access (kind word) the opponent's king. 11...Qf6! This is how! 12. Na4? What a waste of a perfectly good move. His knight on the rim is dim and my bishop barely pays it any attention in its mission looking toward the king. White has no time for incorrect play. Actually, I don't have any better suggestions for White and neither does Rybka. 12...Ba7 13. Nxe6?? If there was a blunder in this game, this was it. The move looks good taking a piece and threatening to fork on c7, but that makes me yawn. Rybka suggests Be3, understanding the importance of the role of my bishop on a7. 13...Qh4! He's rated almost 2600 and game over! In fact, mate in 6! I happened to play perfectly from here on. 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Ne6+ fxe6 16. Qf3+ gxf3 17. Bh6+ Rxh6 18. Nb6 Qh1 MATE Oh, and it helps if you listen to this while you play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smE-uIljiGo&feature=channel DuWayne Langseth [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.01.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Rookie"] [Black "elkster"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2543"] [BlackElo "2126"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:21:27"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 h5 8.Qe2 Be6 9. d3 Bc5 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Na4 Ba7 13. Nxe6 Qh4 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Ne6+ fxe6 16. Qf3+ gxf3 17. Bh6+ Rxh6 18. Nb6 Qh1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090116/b741652f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 16 21:42:01 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:42:01 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mozzerking attacks Renae Defense of the Halloween Gambit Message-ID: <1232167321.49716199185a1@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mozzerking ----- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:57:46 -0000 From: mozzerking Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com In practical terms, I think 7...Bd6 is a concession of sorts -- white threw down the gauntlet with the Knight sacrifice and with 7...Bd6, black blinked. Attempting to return the material so meekly speaks volumes about the mindset of the second player since it reveals his desire to avoid irrational, gambiteering positions at all costs. I mention this because I think that 8.Nb5 Nxe4!? (the line recommended by Maurits Wind) leads to exactly the type of position that black was hoping to avoid in the first place! That said, I think there are some possible improvements for white after 8.Nb5 Nxe4: Instead of 9.Qe2, how about 9.fxe5 Bxe5 10.Qf3!? threatening the Knight and preventing an immediate f5. Black can continue with moves like Qh4 or Qe7 but it looks to me like white is still very much in hunt. At a minimum, white's playing the kind of game he was hoping to play.... Yes, I'm a Halloween Gambit fanboy. :-) Regards, Roy Gates --- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Antonio Torrecillas" atorreci at ...> wrote: Hello, 2009/1/15 mozzerking gonnosuke at ...: Continuing the discussion of 7...Bd6, I don't think that white is necessarily forced into responding 8.fxe5. One alternative that looks especially promising and ensures the game remains "Halloweenish" is this line: 8.Nb5 Ng6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. d6! cxd6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 and now the game is starting to "look" like a Halloween game as this position is similar to the kind that arises after the Nc6 Knight retreat. The gambiteering spirit lives.... (About the 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Bd6 line) Yes, white can consider alternatives to 8.fxe5 After the move you suggested Maurits Wind proposed 6 years ago the line 8.Nb5 Nxe4!? 9.Qe2 Qh4 10.g3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qxh1 12.fxe5 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 evaluating that as better for black. As you can see, there are many possible ideas and it's needed a lot of practical tests to discover the truth here. -- un saludo, Antonio Torrecillas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090116/8d159b6a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 16 21:53:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:53:29 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] DC Gentle Halloween Gambit refuted in only 62 perfect moves by DC Gentle Message-ID: <1232168009.49716449efd3d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dc Gentle ----- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:37:28 +0100 From: Dc Gentle Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chess Improvement] Halloween Gambit refuted! To: Cimp Brian Wall wrote: > Formula for the Halloween Gambit - > d6-pawn plus accurate computer analysis = Death Hello Brian, hello chess friends. Yeah, death for sure, but it's most likely suicide! Interestingly the pawn wave that should be White's trump card can be turned against him because it comes to early. Either it can be even used to shield the black king or it will fall victim to Black's counter attacks. There is a reason why this gambit is not seen on master level very often. Have a look: [Event "Analysis"] [Site "Chess-Improvement"] [Date "2009.01.16"] [Round "*"] [White "Halloween"] [Black "Gambit"] [Result "0-1"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] [ECO "C46"] [Annotator "Dc Gentle"] [PlyCount "124"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 {? This gambit not really sound.} 4... Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 {! Black is provoking a white pawn wave here, sacrificing one more tempo.} (6... Bb4 {is the move to start a refutation of the gambit according to "The Chess Advantage in Black and White" (p. 328) by Larry Kaufman. But after the moves} 7. dxc6 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Qe7 {Black has returned the piece and only got a minor advantage.}) 7. f4 {everything else is worse.} 7... Ng6 {threatening 8... Bb4 undermining e4.} 8. e5 Ng8 9. Bc4 (9. Qd4 {Although the queen looks very active here, she is not really disturbing Black's development.} 9... d6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Nh6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qe4 e5 15. f5 Ne7 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. f6 Ng6 18. Qe3 a6 19. f7+ Kd8 {White only succeeded in preventing Black from castling, but pawns d5 and f7 look rather weak, so Black is much better here.}) (9. d6 {Someone claimed: "Once I got a pawn to d6, the game was usually over pretty quick." Well yes, but for whom? The fun for Black only starts now.} 9... cxd6 10. exd6 Qf6 {This queen attacks f4 and d6 and threatens Qe6+.} 11. Nb5 {Black needn't be afraid of White playing 12. Nc7+, that's the trick here.} (11. Qe2+ {is not better:} 11... Kd8 12. Ne4 Qe6 {-/+}) 11... Nxf4 12. Nc7+ (12. Bxf4 {is not better:} 12... Qxf4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Bxd6 {-/+}) 12... Kd8 13. Qf3 {attacking the knight.} (13. g3 {is worse:} 13... Qe5+ 14. Be2 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Rb8 {and White has got nothing.}) 13... Bxd6 {developing this bishop is much more important than saving rook a8.} 14. Nxa8 Qe5+ {Black has got the initiative now.} 15. Kd1 (15. Qe3 {would also be followed by} 15... Nf6 {with decisive advantage.}) 15... Nf6 16. c3 {in order to make a hole for king d1.} 16... b5 {threatening 17... Re8 18. Bd2 N4d5 with strong attack by opening the diagonal b7-f3 for bishop c8.} 17. Bd2 Re8 {Black is easily developing pieces while White can only watch.} 18. a4 Ne4 {with the threat 19... Qd5} 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 Bxf4 21. Kc2 Bb7 {Now the white knight cannot escape anymore.} 22. Bxb5 Be5 {to avoid a kick by 23. g2.} 23. Rad1 Re7 24. Rhf1 Nf6 {White was threatening 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27. Rxd7+ winning material.} 25. Nb6 {White has nothing better.} 25... axb6 {and with 2 pieces for a rook Black is winning, for example:} 26. g3 Ng4 27. Rfe1 f5 28. Rd2 g6 29. b4 Be4+ 30. Kb3 d5 31. Rc1 Kc8 32. c4 Rc7 33. Re1 d4 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Kb7 36. Kb4 Ne3 37. Rde2 Bd6+ 38. Kb3 Bc5 {and the d-pawn will win the day for Black.}) (9. Bd3 {will be countered by} 9... Bb4 {also.}) (9. Be3 {will be countered by} 9... Bb4 {as well.}) 9... Bb4 {back in the main variant, This bishop will take the knight before he can support White's attack.} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 {Now the white bishop is pretty much blocked.} 12. e6 (12. Bb3 N8e7 13. e6 O-O 14. f5 Ne5 {see the main line.}) (12. Qd4 {The white queen can't do very much here.} 12... N8e7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Nf5 15. Qe4 Nge7 16. Qe2 (16. g4 {will be countered by} 16... d5{-+}) 16... h5 {Now the white e- and f-pawn are pretty much blocked as well.} 17. Ba3 h4 18. Rae1 O-O {and White has got nothing for the sacrificed knight, but Black has a nice game.}) 12... Nf6 {This knight is finally back on f6!} 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Bf4 fxe6 {Taking with the f-pawn is not better.} 16. dxe6 Qe7 17. Qe2 (17. Qd4 {is not better:} 17... b6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Bb7 {-/+}) 17... b6 18. Bxe5 {Black gives away a pawn to reach a decent development.} 18... dxe5 19. Qxe5 Bb7 {from here on you can see that White's e- and f-pawn are better for Black than White.} 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rd3 {White wants to double rooks but doesn't succeed really.} 21... Ba6 22. c4 Bb7 23. Re1 (23. Rfd1 {would be countered by} 23... Be4 24. R3d2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. e7 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Qxg2+ 30. Ke1 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Bc6 {and strong attack.}) 23... a5 24. c5 Rxd3 25. cxd3 bxc5 26. h3 (26. a4 Re8 {threatening 27... Qd6.}) 26... a4 27. Bc4 Bc6 {Interestingly Black controls much of the b-file now by the pawns and the bishop on the c-file. This will be important soon.} 28. a3 {This pawn can't be attacked by bishop c6.} 28... Kf8 29. Rb1 Qd6 30. Qe2 {White has to avoid the queen exchange with one piece down.} 30... Re8 31. Re1 {White noticed that the rook can't do much on the b-file.} 31... h5 32. Kh1 {White evades a possible queen check from d4.} 32... h4 33. Rb1 Qf4 {attacking pawn f5.} 34. Rf1 Qg3 {threatening 35... Qxh3+} 35. Kg1 Nd5 36. Bxd5 {forced.} 36... Bxd5 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rb8 {This rook will invade the white camp now.} 39. Rc2 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 c4 41. dxc4 Be4 {Finally the surplus piece decides the game!} 42. Rd2 Bxf5 43. Rd4 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 Rb3 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rd7+ Kxe6 {White could resign now, but let's play to checkmate.} 47. Rxg7 Rxa3 48. Rxc7 Be4 49. Ra7 Ra2 50. c5 Ke5 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Rd7 Ke3 53. Rd1 {Mate in 9} 53... Rf2+ 54. Kg1 Ke2 55. Ra1 Rxg2+ 56. Kh1 Kf2 57. Ra2+ Kg3 58. Ra3+ Bf3 59. Rxf3+ Kxf3 60. c6 Kg3 61. c7 Rd2 62. c8=Q Rd1# {Funny, just as White got a new queen the game is over.} 0-1 You can copy and paste the above analysis for example into Fritz (or chessbase light). Have fun, DC From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 17 11:16:57 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:16:57 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Keiser refutes - DC Gentle Halloween Gambit refuted in only 62 perfect moves by DC Gentle Message-ID: <1232216217.4972209981c8f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Keiser Paul ----- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:20:03 -0000 From: Keiser Paul Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: DC Gentle Halloween Gambit refuted in only 62 perfect moves by DC Gentle To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com My comments on this analysis : In UON13, October 2005, I already noted that "11. .. Nxf4 is very critical" and "White has not enough compensation after 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Qe5+ 14.Kf2 Bxd6 15.Bd3". For this reason 11.Nb5 was abandonned and we focused on 11.Qe2 . Maurits Wind has played several testgames on this move with me, Eric Fraikin and Benjamin Go. He made a thoroughly analysis of this move which was published in Kaissiber number 27 dated april 2007. The final conclusion was that 11.Qe2 is fully playable. Saying now that 11.Qe2 is "not better" and that the situation after 11. .. Kd8 12.Ne4 Qe6 is "-/+ " is nonsense. White can play 13.g4 or the sharper 13.Be3 !? Both moves are playable, full analysis is found in Kaissiber 27. The move 11.Qe2 is now played more often than 11.Nb5 by supporters of the Halloween gambit. A computer analysis on 11.Nb5 is old fashionned and shows nothing on the playability of the gambit. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090117/9a48ff2e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 17 20:50:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:50:53 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Belgrade Gambit Message-ID: <1232250653.4972a71d4aaa3@www.taom.com> It may seem like I report on any old crazy thing I want to but I do have guidelines. I try to avoid reporting on mental illness because they can't help themselves. That's not easy when you are describing Chessplayers. Tonight I will make an exception. There has been some creepy/retarded/autistic 1100 type guy that hangs around at the Poor Richard's Chess tournament and pretty much just stares at everyone and their games without ever playing. He seems particularly enamored with Anthea. He sits next to her and stares at her. He sits next to Anthea's son Isaac and tries to befriend him. Isaac gave up playing there and Anthea was considering quitting so I went down there to check it out. I went there 9 days ago and observed. A week later I returned. He actually said Hello to me when I walked in the place and offered to shake my hand. I figured he wants to get to Anthea through me like he does with Isaac. ( My popularity increases tenfold when I walk in anywhere with a woman. ) Brian - " What's your name? Jason- "Jason." Brian, surprised that the name matches the man - "You mean like the Friday the 13th movies?" Jason looked hurt. I wanted to say something the first night but he suddenly ( " disappeared into the books" -Emilio Martinez ) So after he followed Anthea and I to the analysis room ( restaurant ) like a lovestruck zombie I had an opportunity to say - " Can you please stop staring at Anthea, it bothers both of us. " I am not sure what his reaction was, Anthea said he was apolgetic. Jason is a kind of parody of the usual Chessclub player. That night I had a dream about Anthea's latest stalker. I was walking up a hill and Stalker Jason has two trash sticks in his hand ( poles with pins at the end for picking up litter on the side of the highway ). He was talking Middle Ages gibberish like - " Forsooth, I must stab thee ". He ran down the hill and stabbed me with a stick pin and I grabbed it out of his hands and started stabbing him in the belly with it. I was trying to get a rational reaction out of him but Jason continued with Middle Ages rambling - " Forsooth, why ye stab me? " If anyone can tell me anything about Jason, that might help me feel better. Also he had some piece of paper in his hand and stood directly behind me during my game rattling his paper. I have very strong nerves but it felt creepy and disturbing. The first time 9 days ago I played Anthea and I stood our book " How To Play Chess Like An Animal" on the side of our table like a lucky talisman to ward off danger. It seemed to slow him down a bit. Maybe that's where Jason got the idea to befriend me. I could be all wrong about the guy, I am just reporting what I know so far. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- About 8 years ago J.C. MacNiel had the Denver Chess Club humming with dozens of blitz players every Tuesday night at the VFW. McNiel's special combo of Lurch and Mickey Rourke really packed them in. I liked a High School kid that used to come in named Mitch Anderson. He was pleasant, polite, intelligent, talented. He had a secret smile that made you think he knows something special. Mitch disappeared for a long time, maybe to get a college degree and a good job, I don't know, but suddenly, 7 years later, he makes a comeback and starts doing very well in Colorado tournaments with his Chess rating skyrocketing upwards. I saw Mitch for the first time in a long time 9 days ago and added him to my Yahoo group. He's about the same age I started reaching Master strength. Mitch appeared very confident at the board and I considered switching my opening - easy to do for me, I've played every legal move for both sides (40 )in rated play. I decided to stick to my guns. After 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d4! I groaned. I hate the Scotch and invented a gambit against it ( see www.Walverine.com email Bloomer ) but that was against 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 ed 4 N:d4 Bb4+ 5 c3 Be7 6 Bc4 Nf6 7 N:c6 bc 8 e5 Nd5 9 N:d5 cd 10 Q:d5 and then ... Rb8, ... Rb6, ... Bb7, ... Rg6 I don't have anything good against Mitch's move order. Then he surprised me again with the Belgrade Gambit - 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d4! ed 5 Nd5!? This is what I knew about the Belgrade Gambit - 1 - A Colorado Springs ( where this game was played ) firefighter named Bruce Monson published a book on the Belgrade Gambit about 10 years ago. http://www.classicalgames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=002543&Category_Code= 2 - I assumed Mitch had the book. He didn't. He has more modern computer information. 3 - Monson's book seemed to have some influence in the Chess world because on ICC 5-10 years ago people used to sporadically try it against me but suddenly they all just stopped. 4 - There is supposed to be a safe answer with 5 ... Be7 but I remembered in blitz when I tried it White would play Bf4, N:d4-f5 and I had a hard time with that. 5 - I tried once to bust the gambit with a computer - I remember ... Nb4 and/or Bb4+ figured into my analysis but I couldn't remember any of it OTB ( over the board ). 6 - Tal beat his first Grandmaster on the Black side of a Belgrade Gambit. 7 - OTB 5 Nd5!? Be7 6 N:d4 N:d5 7 ed N:d4 8 Q:d4 0-0 seemed like a safe bailout line. In the 10th game of the Tal-Larsen Candidates match, 1965 I think, with the score tied, Tal made a brilliant sacrifice Nd5 that stumped the pundits for years. " I decided if I was destined to lose then cowardice would not be the reason. " Tal had refused to play the sac - 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 de 5 N:e5 Nd7 6 N:f7!? earlier in the match Something similar happened to me. I analyzed all my games in the 2008 North American Open and computer analysis repeatedly proved that the courageous moves I analyzed almost every round but refused to play were correct. I decided NOT to play any safe line, I was going to die with my boots on, no matter what. The possibility of using my methods to refute a whole book with just a half hour's thought intrigued me. I decided to jump into the fray and just grind out the best move slowly, agonizingly, like crawling on my belly through broken glass, inch at a time. I was going to jump into icy water backwards. Yermolinsky recommends jumping into lines on your own first, then checking out the book lines ( Road To Self Improvement ). It is not every day my oponents deliberately invite me into their private labyrinth from hell. I wanted to run the gauntlet, be completely reckless and impractical, be tested by fire. The results were horrendous, a hideous loss, but still I am proud I tried and next time I will have a better idea of what is going on. The loss isn't important to me, I faced the Dragon and got burnt but at least I charged with my lance. I told Mitch "Good Game " and Mitch said he was proud of me for getting so far into his analysis, his other two rated games had continued 5 Nd5!? N:d5 6 ed which is not a great line for Black. I wanted to play like Lasker circa 1904 before MCO, ECO, Chessbase, etc. OK, this is the point where 95% of you tune out, the actual game. Let us see what the computers say. [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "324 South Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Mitch Anderson"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "2204"] [Opening "Four knights: Belgrade gambit"] [ECO "C47"] [NIC "SO.02"] [Time "22:02:49"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Poor Richard's Restaurant Wednesday Night Chess Tournament 324 South Tejon Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado Round 2 Game/85 minutes 5 second delay Not too cold January 14, 2009 6 more days of President Bush Board 1 Opening - Belgrade Gambit White - Mitch Anderson 1969 and rising Black - Brian Wall, Pity Master propped up artificially by his rating floor 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This took me 28 minutes. My idea is 5 ... Be7 is too safe and I seemed OK after 5 Nd5 N:e4 6 Qe2 f5 7 Bg5 Be7 8 N:e7 N:e7 9 N:d4 0-0 10 N:f5 R:f5 hitting the g5-bishop I also seemed OK after 5 Nd5 N:e4 6 Qe2 f5 7 Ng5 Be7 8 N:e4 fe 9 Q:e4 0-0 10 Bd3 g6 I considered 5 Nd5 g6 6 Bg5 Bg7? 7 e5 which loses for me. Fritz 9 improves with 5 Nd5 g6 6 N:d4!!!, Bf4!!, Bg5!!, Bc4!!, Bb5!! big advantage Mitch or 5 Nd5 g6 6 Bg5 Be7! small advantage Mitch 5 Nd5 Bc5 seemed OK but 6 Bg5 bothered me 5 Nd5 d6 seemed too passive I didn't want to give up the two bishops with 5 Nd5 Bb4+ 6 N:b4 but 5 Nd5 Bb4+ 6 c3? N:d5 7 cb Qe7 is good for me I ruled out 5 Nd5 Be7 because I already knew that was considered a safe copout. I was ready to dance with the devil! 5 Nd5 N:d5 made no sense to me I considered the Renae Defense 5 Nd5 Bd6 but 6 Bg5 bothered me. 5 Nd5 Nb4 was the line I had analyzed as best on a computer 6 years ago but I remembered nothing about my analysis. Fritz 9 suggests I am a teensy bit better after 6 N:d4!! or Bc4!! Just out of curiosity what do other humans choose to do here? 5 Nd5 Ne7 1 game 5 Nd5 Ng8 one game by transposition through ... Qf6-d8 De Labourdonnais - NN 1-0 25 moves, given below 5 Nd5 Na5 zero games 5 Nd5 Ng4 Fishing Pole defense, one game 5 Nd5 b5 zero games 5 Nd5 Nb8 zero games 5 Nd5 g6 Two games 5 Nd5 Rg8 zero games 5 Nd5 d3 zero games 5 Nd5 h5 zero games 5 Nd5 a5 zero games 5 Nd5 Rb8 zero games 5 Nd5 a6 Two games 5 Nd5 d6 143 games 5 Nd5 h6 64 games including three postal draws and a postal victory for Black by the man himself, Bruce Monson. These are probably the games that sparked his interest in the Gambit. 5 Nd5 b6 zero games 5 Nd5 N:d5 306 games with Isaac Kashdan, Laslo Szabo, Milan Vidmar & Michael Aigner preferring Black and John Curdo & Peter Svidler preferrring White. John Curdo is a living legend in New England, winning over 500 Chess tournaments. I beat him twice. SuperGM Peter Svidler played the White pieces 7 times and scored 3 wins and 4 draws against SuperGMs like Smyslov and Morozevich. Michael Aigner and I had a battle of superstudents in the 2008 US Junior. 5 Nd5 Be7 757 games White: Tal 1954, Espig 1968, Sax 1979, Timmerman 1983, Jonny Hector 1994, Svidler( 1990,2002 ), Bellon( 8 times ), Fernanda Kiss Black: Szabo, Pirc, Keres, Smyslov, Bilek, Karpov, Spassky, Judit Kiss, Morozevich 2002, Romain Candy Both colors: Monson 2 wins as White, one loss as White & one loss as Black 5 Nd5 N:e4 449 games with my choice - on my side: Benko 1950, Timman 1978, Csom 1995, Timmermans 1996, Jonny Hector 1998, Matthew O'Hara 1998. Bruce Monson scored 9 wins, 6 draws, no losses as Black on Mitch's side : John Curdo 1948, before I was born. Bruce Monson scored 11 wins, two draws, two losses with the White pieces. From both sides of the board Bruce scored 20 wins, 8 draws, two losses, very impressive. 5 Nd5 Nb4 260 games Teenager Tal as White beat Averbach ( his first GM victory ) after 5 Nd5 Nb4 6 N:d4 N:e4 7 Nf5 5 ... Nb4 makes sense - it was my failure to budge the d5-knight that cost me the game. Other Black players - Glenn Fear, Lev Pshakis, Peter Wells, Sofia Polgar, David Howell, Evgeny Platonov White players - Eric Prie, Matthew O'Hara, Adamczyk ( a favorite sparring partner of Bruce Monson, playing both sides of the Belgrade Gambit- 11 times as White, 7 times as Black ) Both sides: Bruce Monson scored 5 wins and a draw as White, 9 wins and two draws as Black, impressive 5 Nd5 Bd6 zero games. The Renae Defense is a reasonable novelty. One funny point is that 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bf4 might transpose. I saw this 5 Nd5 Bd6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 ... N:d5 threat idea during the game but I wanted to avoid the main line with 5 ... Be7 6 Bf4 d6. 5 Nd5 Bb4+ 20 games Westerinin has played White, Hansen has played Black 5 Nd5 Bc5 78 games Bruce Monson scored two wins, two draws as White How did I do my first move of the Belgrade Gambit after 28 minutes thought? I picked the #5 move with 449 compadres, probably thousands more recorded elsewhere. I am ready for my second move. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Qe2 6 Bc4 146 games Monson - 2 losses and a draw as Black, 6 wins and a draw as White, apparently a very dangerous line! 5 c3 zero games 6 Bf4 played once 6 a3 zero games 6 N:d4 zero games 6 Qe2 296 games Black: Jan Timman #3 in the world at one point ), Timmerman, Timmermans ( World Correspondence Champion, I think ), Benko, my new friend and new father Pete Karagianis ( game below ), Jonny Hector, Horvath White: John Curdo, Minev, Bellon ( 3 times ), Eric Prie ( twice ), Fernanda Kiss, Anthony Love, Adamczyk ( 4 times ), Matthew O'Hara Both colors: Bruce Monson, a win and two draws with Black, 5 wins, one loss, one draw as White. Impressive. 6 Bd3 Fritz 9 best, played only 6 times, 4 White wins, one draw, one Black win Tobias Lagemann has played both sides Fritz thinks best play is 6 Bd3, Nc5 7 0-0 Be7 8 N:d4!! micro-edge Mitch 6 Bd3, Nc5 7 0-0 Be7 8 Re1! N:d3 9 Q:d3 0-0 10 N:d4! or Bf4 micro-edge Mitch I am not trying to solve the Belgrade Gambit here, I am just trying to get a fuzzy feeling for the work of others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am ready for my second move after the Belgrade Gambit 6 ... f5 Only move 2 minutes 7. Ng5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Ng5 played 238 times White: John Curdo 1948, 7 years before I was born, Bellon, Fernanda Kiss( twice, one in the 1995 Hungarian Women's CHampionship, games given below ) Matthew O'Hara, Adamczyk, Zimmermann, Black: Benko, Hebden ( who always beat me in the endgame on ICC ), Zimmermann, Tippmann, Csom, Gustaffson, Timmermans, Jonny Hector, Spiridonov Both colors - Bruce Monson: two draws as Black, two wins and a draw as White, impressive 7 Bg5 played 15 times Bruce Monson, 3 wins as White, impressive Bulgarini, 1 White win, two White losses, unimpressive Roldan, 3 White wins, two White losses 7 Nd2 played 3 times 7 Bf4 played 15 games, Fritz 9 best White: Bellon Lopez ( twice ), Van Oosteron ( correspondence player and wealthy benfactor of the Melody Amber Chess tournament played 7 Bf4 twice ), Eric Prie twice Analysis - 7 Bf4 Bd6!! ( Renae defense ), ... Bb4+! , advantage Brian ) 7 Bf4 ... Kf7, ... d6 micro-edge Mitch 7 Bf4 Bd6 8 B:d6, Bg5, 0-0-0 advantage me but I don't trust those tripled pawns after 7 Bf4 Bd6 8 B:d6 cd 9 Qb5 0-0 10 Be2! Analysis - 7 Nd2 d3!, ... Bb4, ... Be7, ... Kf7 7 Nd2 d3 ( played twice ) 8 Qf3! ( played twice ), Qd3!, Qh5+, cd messy, unclear Analysis - 7 Bg5 Be7!, ... Ne7 7 Bg5 Ne7 8 B:e7!, 0-0-0 7 Bg5 Be7! 8 h4, Bf4, N:e7, B:e7, Bc1 all advantage Brian One line in my head was 7 Bg5 Be7! 8 N:e7 N:e7 9 N:d4? N:g5 10 N:f5? Ne6 I am up a piece for nothing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am ready for my third move in the Belgrade Gambit 7 ... d3!! 8 minutes spent Mitch was impressed that I had stumbled this far into theory, struggling each move. Everyone else had made much less of an effort. 7 ... Rg8? played once in the Under-14 Girl's Tournament of the German Team Championship in Dittrichshuette 1-0 checkmate in 11 moves given below 7 ... b5? zero games 7 ... b6? zero games 7 ... Ba3? zero games 7 ... Ne5? zero games 7 ... Rb8? zero games 7 ... g6? zero games 7 ... Bc5? zero games 7 ... Bd6? zero games, Renae Defense 7 ... a5? zero games 7 ... a6? zero games 7 ... d6 played twice 7 ... Be7 played 13 times 7 ... Bb4+ played once 7 ... d3!! played 218 times My original intention was 7 ... Be7 8 N:e4 fe 9 Q:e4 0-0 10 Bd3 g6 11 Bh6!! or 0-0! micro-edge Mitch as we discussed after the game 7 ... Bb4+! micro-edge Brian seems a reasonable novelty after 8 c3 d3!! 9 Q:d3 0-0!! or 8 N:b4 N:b4 9 N:e4 fe 10 Q:e4+ or a3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. cxd3 Played 215 times Bruce Monson - 2 draws as Black, 2 wins and a draw as White, impressive http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_js/js_belgrade_gambit.html Jeremy Silman review of the Belgrade Gambit by Colorado Springs' Bruce Monson Each move of the Belgrade Gambit deserves it's own novel Analysis - 8 Q:d3 played 3 times with Kalishnakov and Lopez Salgado as Black 8 Q:d3 N:g5 (played once) is a funny line because in the game Mitch ended up moving his King with a missing Queen's rook but in this line I end up moving my King with a missing Queen's rook. 9 B:g5 Q:g5 10 N:c7+ Kf7! ( 10 ... Kd8??? 11 Ne6+! was played before ) 11 Qd5+??? Kg6 12 N:a8 Nb4!! with the winning idea of 13 ... N:c2+ 14 Q:c2 Bb4+ 15 Kd1 Re1+ 16 Kc2 R:a1 - 8 Qd3 N:g5 9 B:g5! Q:g5 10 N:c7+ Kf7! 11 N:a8! d5!!!! with maybe full compensation for the exchange. I have great activity. I thought this might be an interesting line during the game. 12 Be2!! Qf4!! trying to pick up the knight and protect my d-pawn with ... Qb8 or ... Be6, ... Be7 & ... R:a8 Someone somewhere probably analyzed this already. It seems unclear/equal 8 Q:d3 Nf6 zero games 8 Q:d3 Ne7 zero games 8 Q:d3 Ne5 would be another interesting novelty although it is not best. 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qe2 c6 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qe3 Bc5 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qd1 c6 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qb3 c6 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qh3 d6 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qd4!! advantage Mitch 8 Q:d3 Ne5 9 Qd4!! Nc6 10 Qc4!!, Qa4! advantage Mitch 8 Q:d3 Bb4+!! Micro-edge Brian would be another interesting novelty although it is not best. 9 c3 0-0!! 10 N:e4 fe 11 Qc4 b5!! 12 Q:b5 Bd6!! or Rb8! 8 Q:d3 Bb4+!! 9 c3 0-0!! 10 N:e4 fe 11 Qc4 b5!! 12 Ne7+ Kh8 13 N:c6 bc 14 N:d8 Bc5 15 Be3 B:e3 16 fe ... Ba6!! or ... R:d8!! Micro-edge Brian The real reason White avoids 8 Q:d3 is my intended move of 8 ... Nb4!! ( played twice ) 8 Q:d3 Nb4!! 9 N:b4 B:b4+ 10 c3 N:g5 11 cb 0-0! 12 Be2 f4!!, ... d6! ( played once ), ... c6, ... Kh8, ... Ne6 and other moves favor me. 8 Q:d3 Nb4!! 9 Qd1 N:d5!! or ... c6! advantage Brian 8 Q:d3 Nb4!! 9 Qb3 N:d5!! 10 N:e4 Qe7!! 11 Q:d5! Q:e4+! 12 Q:e4! fe! ( played once ) and I am a clear pawn up -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 ... Nd4!! Only Move 3 minutes 9. Qh5+!! Only move 9 ... g6 Only move less than a minute 10. Qh4 Only move -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are you curious about Mitch Anderson's time yet? 5 seconds. His clock read 84 minutes, 55 seconds - mine shows 36 minutes left. 10 Qh4 played 176 times, a main line although I was clueless when I got here. White players: Curdo 1948 ( first game in this line, way before computers), Minev, Bellon, Fernanda Kiss ( twice ), Anthony Love Meier ( 5 wins, one draw, German correspondence, impressive ) Simmelink lost 4 times as White here, unimpressive Matthew O'Hara, Bulgarini ( one win, one loss, 2 draws ) Both colors: Bruce Monson drew twice here as Black, one draw and two wins as White. Impressive. Analysis - 10 ... Nc2+?? played 9 times, one White game was Curdo, one Black game was Karagianis 10 ... d6? zero games 10 ... h6 zero games 10 ... Bg7! only played once, given below, but not a bad move 10 ... c6!! Played 199 times, I wish I would have made it 200 10 ... c6 makes a lot of sense because Nd5 is Public Enemy #1 and also my knights in the center are a barrier to Anderson's Queen reaching d4 or e4. I didn't want to take the rook but I was down 50 minutes on the clock and only spent four minutes Kramink, late in his losing 2007 match with World Champion Anand - " Here I just made a move because I was tired of being down on the clock an hour and a half." Let's give one sample of best play after 10 Qh4 c6!! 11 de cd 12 ed Qa5+ 13 Kd1 Q:d5 ( Played 23 times ) 15 Re1+ Be7 16 R:e7+ K:e7 17 Ne4+ ( played 20 times ) Ke6 18 Nc3+ Kc5 19 b4+! and several games ended in draws from here. Apparently Mitch has caught me in some complicated perpetual check line 25-30 moves deep with many pitfalls. I didn't expect to find the whole line but I would have liked to have found 10 ... c6. That's where I let myself down by abandoning my normal move technique. What about 10 Qh4 c6 11 de cd 12 ed Bg7 Another main line played 111 times 13 Kd1 played 78 times 13 Bd3 played once 13 Bc4 played 10 times You have some idea of the nightmare I woke up to so let's continue the game now. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 ... Nc2+?? 11. Kd1! only move. Mitch slowed down a tad but he knew he was winning. I only hoped I had bumbled my way into playable complications. 12 ... Nxa1! Only move 2 minutes This position has been reached 8 times 12. dxe4 Only move Time used for whole game - Brian - 1 hour Mitch - 6 minutes I am up the exchange and a pawn and totally lost, not surprising given my total lack of development 12 ... c6!! 4 minutes spent Best but losing. Six other poor souls played this too, including Pete Karagianis. Thanx for the heads up, good buddy. Pete was the only guy to escape the House of Pain after 12 de with a draw. " The only thing you have developed is a knight on a1!! " - Mitch " You lost because you were uncharacteristically greedy. " Anthea Carson Two lost lambs tried 12 ... Bg7 which loses miserably to 13 ef!!!, Qg3!! or Bc4!! 13. exf5!!! What a sick feeling. I was happily calculating 13 Nf4?? Qf6!! or ... d5!! winning. 1900's are supposed to play Billiards Chess ( attack a piece, move a piece ) but not this guy. Class A players aren't supposed to make moves like that unless 1 - They are on their way up 2 - They've seen it before Mitch took 16 minutes. I have to give Mitch credit here for playing a great game. Not everyone got it right here. 4 guys tried 13 Bc4!! ed 14 ed Qf6 15 Re1+ Be7 16 d6!!! or Bd2!!advantage White One genius tried 13 Bb5!! cd!! 14 ed!! Black is definitely worse. Black's bank rank certainly invites massive disrespect. In the game after 13 Bb5!! d6 14 Re1!! cb? 14 ef+!! Black got slaughtered like me One Billiards player tried 13 Nc3??? d5 ( among many good moves ) 14 ed! cd???? ( 14 ... h6!!, ... Be7, ... Bg7 or ... Qf6 are all good. Black ignored his repreieve. ) 15 Bb5+!!!! won the game ( 15 Qd4 also wins ) Two guys tried 13 Qg3!! which also favors White How did Pete Karagianis escpae this hell pit? His game went 13 Bc4 cd 14 B:d5?? ( not opening the vulnerable e-file ) ... d6!! 15 Bf7+ Kd7 16 ef!! Kc7!! 17 Qc4+ Kb8!! 18 Qd4 Be7 ( Pete is completely winning here ) 19 Be6 Qc7 20 Bf4 Rd8 ( must be a mutual time scramble by now ) 21 Ke2 Nc2!! 22 Qd2 B:g5! 23 B:g5! B:e6 24 fe Re8 25 e7 h6 26 Bf6! Qc4+ 27 Kd1! Qg4+ 28 Kc1!! Qe6!! 29 Bc3!! Q:e7 30 Q:c2 Qg5+! 31 Bd2 Q:g2!! 32 Rd1! Rc8! 33 Bc3! Qg5+ 34 Rd2 Qg1+ 35 Rd1 Qg5+ agreed drawn. Pete's been winning for 20 moves but he may have spent too much time getting there. 13 .... cxd5!! 6 minutes spent Best but losing - anything else is much worse 14. Qd4!! I hated Mitch's Queen having access to d4 and e4 - that's why 10 ... Nc2+?? is a big mistake 7 minutes spent on this only move. Time left - Mitch - 56 minutes Brian - 22 minutes I am completely lost and I spent 14 minutes here mostly between the move I played and 14 ... Rg8?? which gets completely crushed by 15 f6!!! 14 Qd4 Rg8 15 Bd3!!, Bc4! or Bb5! also win but are not nearly as crushing. I thought 14 Qd4 Rg8 15 N:h7? might be strong but ... Qb6! only move might survive 14 Qd4!! Qe7! 15 Q:h8!!, Bb5!! or Bd3!! all win 14 ... h6? I saw many wins for Mitch after this but didn't see anything better for me. 15. Bd3!!!!! Mitch is playing phenomenonally well this game. 15 Q:h8!!!, Bb5!!, f6!!, Bc4!! or Ba6! all win easily. Mitch is about +10 here and I have one minute 17 seconds left. Time to resign. 15 ... Qe7! Best but ... 16. f6!!!!! Even more vicious than 16 Re1!! 16 ... Qc5? 17. Qe5+!! mating 17 ... Be7!! 1-0 Brian resigns with 39 seconds on his clock I quit due to 18 B:g6+!! Kd8! 19 Nf7+!! Ke8! 20 N:h6+! Kd8! 21 fe+! Q:e7! 22 Nf7+!! Ke8 23 Q:h8+ or 22 Nf7+ Q:f7 23 Bg5+! in both cases it is checkmate next move John Henry only became a legend when he beat the machine. I got beat in 5 seconds but I wish I learned this much every time I lost. Mitch said he liked the Belgrade because no one plays it around here. I don't think this email will change that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "324 South Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Mitch Anderson"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "2204"] [Opening "Four knights: Belgrade gambit"] [ECO "C47"] [NIC "SO.02"] [Time "22:02:49"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 f5 7. Ng5 d3 8. cxd3 Nd4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. dxe4 c6 13. exf5 cxd5 14. Qd4 h6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. f6 Qc5 17. Qe5+ Be7 1-0 Brian resigns with 39 seconds on his clock ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Curdo,John"] [Black "Hibberd,Walter"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxf2+ 12.Qxf2 Nxa1 13.Qd4 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Dyckhoff mem-B corr5456"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Wolff,W"] [Black "Herbrandt,K"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Bc4 cxd5 14.exd5 d6 15.Re1+ Be7 16.Qh6 b5 17.Qg7 bxc4 18.Qxh8+ Kd7 19.Qxh7 Bb7 20.Ne6 Qe8 21.Bg5 Bxd5 22.Nc5+ Kc6 23.Rxe7 Qh8 24.Rc7+ Kb5 25.Na4 Ka5 26.Rxa7+ Kb5 27.Qd7+ 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "USA corr"] [Site "USA"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Kampars,Nicholas"] [Black "Rosenbleeth,H"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Bc4 cxd5 14.exd5 d6 15.Re1+ Qe7 16.Rxe7+ Bxe7 17.Bb5+ Bd7 18.Bxd7+ Kxd7 19.Qa4+ Kc7 20.Ne6+ Kb8 21.Qd7 Rc8 22.Qxe7 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ESP corr"] [Site "Spain"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Alava Moreno,Fausto"] [Black "Velasco,D"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 Bg7 13.Qg3 d6 14.Nxh7 Kf7 15.Bc4 Rxh7 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Nf6+ Ke7 18.Nxh7+ Ke8 19.Bf6 g5 20.Qxg5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "RUS corr"] [Site "Russia"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Abloukhov,VS"] [Black "Zaklauskis,Mintauts"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Bb5 d6 14.Re1 cxb5 15.exf5+ Kd7 16.Qb4 Kc6 17.Qc3+ Kxd5 18.Qf3+ Kc5 19.Be3+ Kb4 20.Bb6 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Malaga-ch U18"] [Site "Malaga"] [Date "2000.02.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Soler Rocha,Rafael"] [Black "Segui Gamez,Jose Luis"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Nc3 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Bb5+ Bd7 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Nxd5 Bxb5 18.Rxe7+ Qxe7 19.Nxe7 Rd8+ 20.Bd2 Kxe7 21.Qb4+ Kf6 22.Qxb5 Rxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Rd8+ 24.Kc1 Kxg5 25.Qxb7 Re8 26.b3 Re1+ 27.Kb2 a5 28.Qxh7 Kf6 29.f4 Rf1 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qd4 Rh1 32.Qd5+ Kf6 33.g3 Rf1 34.Qxa5 Rg1 35.Qe5+ Kf7 36.a4 Rf1 37.a5 Rd1 38.a6 Nxb3 39.Kxb3 Rd7 40.Qb5 Rd1 41.a7 Rb1+ 42.Kc4 Rxb5 43.Kxb5 Ke7 44.a8=Q Kf7 45.Kc6 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "IECC Swiss email"] [Site "IECC email"] [Date "2002.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Berkley,Stephen W"] [Black "Nava,Juan Pablo"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Qg3 cxd5 14.Qe5+ Qe7 15.Qxh8 Qg7 16.Qxg7 Bxg7 17.exd5 h6 18.Nf3 b6 19.Bc4 d6 20.Re1+ Kf7 21.Bf4 Bxb2 22.Bxd6 Bf6 23.Ne5+ Kg7 24.Kd2 Bb7 25.Nd7 Rc8 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Kansas op"] [Site "Lindsborg"] [Date "2004.07.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Movsisyan,Movses"] [Black "Karagianis,Pete"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Bc4 cxd5 14.Bxd5 d6 15.Bf7+ Kd7 16.exf5 Kc7 17.Qc4+ Kb8 18.Qd4 Be7 19.Be6 Qc7 20.Bf4 Rd8 21.Ke2 Nc2 22.Qd2 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 Bxe6 24.fxe6 Re8 25.e7 h6 26.Bf6 Qc4+ 27.Kd1 Qg4+ 28.Kc1 Qe6 29.Bc3 Qxe7 30.Qxc2 Qg5+ 31.Bd2 Qxg2 32.Rd1 Rc8 33.Bc3 Qg5+ 34.Rd2 Qg1+ 35.Rd1 Qg5+ 36.Rd2 1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "FRA-chT2C 0506"] [Site "France"] [Date "2005.10.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Merieux,Christophe"] [Black "Wegner,Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 Bg7 13.exf5 h6 14.fxg6 0-0 15.Ne7+ Qxe7 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Re1 Qd6+ 18.Bd2 Qxg6 19.Re7 Bf6 20.Bd3 Qxd3 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nxh6+ Kh8 23.Nf7+ Kg8 24.Qh8+ Bxh8 25.Nh6+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "London"] [Site "London"] [Date "1837.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "De Labourdonnais,Louis Charles Mahe"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C44"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Qf6 4.Nc3 exd4 5.Nd5 Qd8 6.Bc4 Bc5 7.0-0 h6 8.b4 Nxb4 9.Nxb4 Bxb4 10.Qxd4 Nf6 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qxb4 d6 13.Qb3+ Be6 14.Qxb7 Qb8 15.Rb1 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qxb1 17.Bxh6 Qxa2 18.Ng5+ Ke7 19.Bxg7 Rhg8 20.Re1 Kd7 21.Nxe6 Rae8 22.c4 Rxg7 23.Nc5+ dxc5 24.Qxe8+ Kd6 25.Qe6+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "TGT email"] [Site "ICCF email"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "De Groot,Adrianus Dingeman"] [Black "Monson,Bruce"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 h6 6.Bf4 Nxd5 7.exd5 Qf6 8.Qe2+ Kd8 9.Qe4 Nb4 10.0-0-0 Nxa2+ 11.Kb1 Nc3+ 12.bxc3 Qb6+ 13.Kc1 Ba3+ 14.Kd2 dxc3+ 15.Kd3 d6 16.Be3 c5 17.dxc6 Qb5+ 18.Kd4 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "TGT email"] [Site "ICCF email"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Owens,Johnny"] [Black "Monson,Bruce"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 h6 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nf5 d6 8.Nxg7+ Kf8 9.Nxf6 Qxf6 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qh4 12.Qf3 Nd4 13.Qxb7 Re8+ 14.Kd1 Qxf2 15.Bd3 c6 16.Bd2 Nf3 17.Bc3 Qxg2 18.Rf1 Nxh2 19.Re1 Qf3+ 20.Be2 Qd5+ 21.Kc1 Be3+ 22.Kb1 Bd4 23.f6 Qe5 24.Bd1 Qxf6 25.Rxe8+ Kxe8 26.Qxc6+ Ke7 27.Qb7+ Ke6 28.Be2 Bxc3 29.Bc4+ Kf5 30.bxc3 Qxc3 31.Qxf7+ Kg4 32.Qe6+ 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "TGT email"] [Site "ICCF email"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Simmelink,Joop Theo"] [Black "Monson,Bruce"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 h6 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nb5 Nxd5 8.exd5 a6 9.Nc3 Ne5 10.Be2 d6 11.Ne4 Ba7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 f5 15.Ng3 Qg5 16.Qd4 Bd7 17.Rf2 g6 18.Raf1 Rae8 19.Qf4 Kg7 20.e4 1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Theme GT 05.11 corr"] [Site "corr"] [Date "1999.02.08"] [Round "0"] [White "Schenning,Albert AM"] [Black "Monson,Bruce"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 h6 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.a4 Nxe4 9.Qg4 Bxf2+ 10.Ke2 0-0 11.Qxe4 Re8 12.Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 13.Kxf2 Qe4 14.c4 Ne5 15.Nd2 Qd4+ 16.Ke1 d6 17.Ra3 Bg4 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Alekhine op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1992.10.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Svidler,Peter"] [Black "Smyslov,Vassily"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.Qf3 Bg4 14.Qg3 Qxg3 15.Bxg3 Ne4 16.Bxc7 Nxc3 17.f3 Bd7 18.Kf2 Bb5 19.Be5 Rac8 20.Rfc1 a6 21.Re1 Bxd3 22.cxd3 f6 23.Bf4 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2002.10.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Svidler,Peter"] [Black "Morozevich,Alexander"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.Bf4 d6 7.Nxd4 0-0 8.Nb5 Nxd5 9.exd5 a6 10.dxc6 axb5 11.Bxb5 Bg5 12.cxb7 Bxb7 13.Qg4 Qe7+ 14.Kd2 Bf6 15.Rhe1 Qd8 16.c3 Rb8 17.Kc2 Bc8 18.Qe2 c6 19.Bd3 Be6 20.Qd2 g6 21.Kc1 Qa5 22.Bxd6 Rxb2 23.Qxb2 Bxc3 24.Qa3 Qxa3+ 25.Bxa3 Ra8 26.Rxe6 Bxa1 27.Rxc6 Rxa3 28.Bc4 Bd4 29.f4 Ra5 30.Kd2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 Bxc5 32.a4 Kf8 33.Kd3 Bb6 34.Ke4 Ke7 35.f5 g5 36.Kd5 g4 37.Kc6 Bg1 38.h3 gxh3 39.gxh3 Kf6 40.Bd3 Kg5 41.a5 Kh4 42.a6 f6 43.Kb7 Kxh3 44.a7 Bxa7 45.Kxa7 Kg4 46.Kb6 Kf4 47.Kc5 Ke5 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Riga m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Tal,Mihail"] [Black "Saigin,Vladimir"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.Nxd4 Nxd5 7.exd5 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 0-0 9.Be2 Bf6 10.Qd3 Re8 11.d6 cxd6 12.0-0 d5 13.Bf3 d4 14.b3 d5 15.Bb2 Be6 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Qa5 18.Rfe1 Rec8 19.Re2 Rc7 20.Rd1 h6 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxa2 23.Rde1 Qa6 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Kh7 26.h4 Qa1+ 27.Kh2 Qf6 28.Qd3+ g6 29.h5 Qxf2 30.Qd6 Rc5 31.hxg6+ Kg7 32.Qf8+ Kxg6 33.Re6+ f6 34.Qg8+ Kh5 35.Qf7+ Kg5 36.Qg7+ Kh5 37.Qf7+ Kg5 1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "URS-chT"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.09.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Tal,Mihail"] [Black "Averbakh,Yuri L"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nb4 6.Nxd4 Nxe4 7.Nf5 c6 8.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 9.c3 Qf6 10.Qf3 Nxc3 11.a3 Ba5 12.Bd2 d5 13.Ng3 Qe6+ 14.Qe3 d4 15.Qxe6+ Bxe6 16.f3 0-0-0 17.Kf2 Bb6 18.bxc3 dxc3+ 19.Be3 Bxe3+ 20.Kxe3 Rhe8 21.Ne4 Bd5 22.g4 Bxe4 23.fxe4 Rd5 24.Rc1 g6 25.Bg2 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Rhf1 fxe4 28.Rxc3 Rh5 29.Rh1 Rh4 30.Rc4 Kc7 31.Rxe4 Rexe4+ 32.Bxe4 Rh3+ 33.Bf3 c5 34.Rg1 b5 35.Rg7+ Kb6 36.Rb7+ Ka6 37.Rb8 Rxh2 38.Be2 Rh3+ 39.Ke4 c4 40.a4 Rh4+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Gijon op"] [Site "Gijon"] [Date "2002.04.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Alvarez Palacios,Manuel Angel"] [Black "Martinez Fernandez,Jacobo"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.Bxe7 Bxe7 9.Nxd4 d6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Nxe7 Qxe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.0-0-0 c6 14.Bd3 g6 15.Rhe1+ Kf7 16.h3 Bd7 17.g4 f4 18.Ne2 g5 19.h4 h6 20.h5 Kg7 21.Bg6 d5 22.Nd4 Rhf8 23.Re7+ Kg8 24.Rde1 Bxg4 25.fxg4 Nxg4 26.Nf5 Rxf5 27.Bxf5 Ne3 28.Be6+ Kh8 29.Rxb7 Rf8 30.c3 f3 31.Rxe3 f2 32.Bh3 g4 33.Bf1 g3 34.Rxg3 Re8 35.Rbg7 a5 36.Kd2 a4 37.Bd3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Kansas op"] [Site "Lindsborg"] [Date "2004.07.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Movsisyan,Movses"] [Black "Karagianis,Pete"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxa1 12.dxe4 c6 13.Bc4 cxd5 14.Bxd5 d6 15.Bf7+ Kd7 16.exf5 Kc7 17.Qc4+ Kb8 18.Qd4 Be7 19.Be6 Qc7 20.Bf4 Rd8 21.Ke2 Nc2 22.Qd2 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 Bxe6 24.fxe6 Re8 25.e7 h6 26.Bf6 Qc4+ 27.Kd1 Qg4+ 28.Kc1 Qe6 29.Bc3 Qxe7 30.Qxc2 Qg5+ 31.Bd2 Qxg2 32.Rd1 Rc8 33.Bc3 Qg5+ 34.Rd2 Qg1+ 35.Rd1 Qg5+ 36.Rd2 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Nyiregyhaza op"] [Site "Nyiregyhaza"] [Date "1994.07.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kiss,Fernanda"] [Black "Egri,Laszlo"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 c6 11.dxe4 cxd5 12.exd5 Qa5+ 13.Kd1 Qxd5 14.Bc4 Qxc4 15.Re1+ Be7 16.Rxe7+ Kxe7 17.Ne4+ Ke6 18.Qf6+ Kd5 19.Nc3+ Kc5 20.Be3 Qd3+ 21.Ke1 Re8 22.Rc1 Rxe3+ 23.fxe3 Qxe3+ 24.Kd1 Qd3+ 25.Ke1 Qe3+ 26.Kd1 Qd3+ 27.Ke1 Nc2+ 28.Rxc2 Qxc2 29.Qe5+ Kc6 30.Qd5+ Kc7 31.Qc5+ Kd8 32.Qf8+ Kc7 33.Nd5+ 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "HUN-ch (Women)"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kiss,Fernanda"] [Black "Csom,Etelka"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 c6 11.dxe4 cxd5 12.exd5 Bg7 13.Qg3 0-0 14.d6 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.0-0 Qf6 17.Bxb5 Nxb5 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Qxb5 Bc6 20.Qd3 h6 21.Qh3 Kg8 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Qh3 Kg8 24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Qh3 1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "GER-chT U14 Girls"] [Site "Dittrichshuette"] [Date "2004.12.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Reinsdorf,Christin"] [Black "Stoll,Samantha"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 Rg8 8.Nxe4 fxe4 9.Qxe4+ Ne7 10.Bc4 g6 11.Nf6+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "C2.1999.0.00213"] [Site "IECG email"] [Date "1999.09.29"] [Round "0"] [White "Olander,Elof"] [Black "Rodrigues,Nuno Amalio"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.Qxd3 Nb4 9.Qb3 Nxd5 10.Nxe4 Qe7 11.Qxd5 Qxe4+ 12.Qxe4+ fxe4 13.Be3 d5 14.0-0-0 c6 15.Be2 Bd6 16.c4 Be6 17.f3 Be7 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.fxe4 Bxe4 20.Rhe1 Bd5 21.Bh5+ Kf8 22.Bf3 Be6 23.Bh5 Bd5 24.Bf3 Be6 25.Bh5 1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Collado Villalba op"] [Site "Collado Villalba"] [Date "2000.08.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Martin Rueda,Daniel"] [Black "Kalashnikov,Alexey L"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.Qxd3 Nb4 9.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10.c3 Nxg5 11.cxb4 0-0 12.Be2 d6 13.h4 Nf7 14.Bd2 Be6 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Kf1 Rae8 17.Re1 Ne5 18.Qd4 Qf7 19.b3 f4 20.Bb5 Rd8 21.h5 c6 22.Bd3 f3 23.g3 Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bf5 25.Qd4 c5 26.Qh4 Qd5 27.Be3 Rde8 28.Kg1 Re4 29.Qg5 h6 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "SVK-chT3C 0001"] [Site "Slovakia"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Baleja,Marian"] [Black "Gregor,Michal"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C47"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.Ng5 d3 8.cxd3 Nd4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Bg7 11.dxe4 h6 12.exf5 hxg5 13.Qe4+ Kf8 14.fxg6 c6 15.Ne3 d5 16.Qd3 Qe8 17.Qa3+ Kg8 18.Bd3 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Qd3 Ne7 21.0-0 Qxg6 22.Qxg6 Nxg6 23.Nf5 Bf6 24.Bd2 Rd8 25.g3 Rd7 26.Rab1 Rdh7 27.h4 gxh4 28.g4 Ne5 29.Kh1 Nf3 30.Bf4 h3 31.g5 Bd8 32.Rbe1 Nxe1 33.Rxe1 Rf7 34.Re5 Kh7 35.Be3 Bc7 36.Re7 Rxe7 37.Nxe7 Be5 38.f4 Bxb2 39.f5 Rf8 40.Kh2 Ba3 41.g6+ Kg7 42.Bd4+ Kh6 43.Be3+ Kh5 44.f6 Bxe7 45.g7 Kg6 46.Bd4 Bd6+ 47.Kxh3 Rg8 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 17 23:04:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:04:18 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] MozzerKing amazes with Halloween Gambits Message-ID: <1232258658.4972c662a940c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mozzerking ----- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:43:39 -0000 From: mozzerking Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: DC Gentle Halloween Gambit refuted in only 62 perfect moves by DC Gentle To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Hi Antonio, Here is a recent game with 11. Qe2+ Kd8 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. Be3!?. This line often leads to some truly amazing positions where black is up significant material with a completely lost position. [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.01.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Gonnosuke"] [Black "donkenmar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2414"] [TimeControl "1 in 3 days"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5 Ng8 9. d6 cxd6 10. exd6 Qf6 11. Qe2+ Kd8 12. Ne4 Qe6 13. Be3 Nh6 14. O-O-O Nf5 15. g4 Nxd6 16. Bg2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Ke8 18. Rd4 Qxa2 19. Qb5 a6 20. Qb6 Ne7 21. f5 f6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd6 Kg7 25. h4 h6 26. b3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Nc6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qc7 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rf8 33. b4 Rf7 34. Kd2 c5 35. bxc5 a5 36. Rb6 Ba6 37. Qd6 Bc4 38. Qd4 Bf1 39. Rb7 Raf8 1-0 I'm looking forward to seeing some of Paul's games. Regards, Roy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090117/7009646e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 17 23:11:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:11:38 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anthea Carson - Dean Brown Message-ID: <1232259098.4972c81a45128@www.taom.com> Anthea liked this game she played the same night of my Belgrade Gambit. [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "324 South Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Anthea Carson Martinez"] [Black "Dean Brown"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1632 - Jan 14, 2009 1632 November 25, 2003"] [BlackElo "1425 - Jan 14, 2009 1422 August 17, 1997 "] [Opening "Kopeck System, Sicilian Defense"] [ECO "C47"] [NIC "SO.02"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Poor Richard's Restaurant 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 I do not know how many Chess games Dean Brown has fianchettoed his King-Bishop in but I believe it ranges in the thousands. 3.Bd3 The idea is to turn a Sicilian Defense into a Ruy Lopez, something Black might not be ready for. Names I could use to describe this - Renae Attack Turtle Opening Archer Lopez Kopeck Slowpeck Henpeck Attack Dopeck System Gopeck Jokepeck Lopeck Noneck Monster Popeck Throwbeck System 3 ... Bg7! Anthea and Dean are two of the most active players in Colorado and must have played each other dozens of times. 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bc2 The turtle goes into her shell. 5 ... d5! Dean lashes out 6.exd5 You will soon see why Anthea did not want to trade Queens. 6 ... Qxd5! 7.0-0 Bg4!! 8.Ba4 " If he tries to double my pawns, I'll double his. " - Anthea referring to 8 Ba4 B:f3 9 Q:f3 Q:f3 10 gf 0-0-0 11 B:c6 bc 8 ... a6 I don't want you to double my pawns 9.d3 I need to develop my Queenside now. 9 ... Bxf3!! 10.gxf3 You will soon see why Anthea did not want to trade Queens. 10 ... e6 11.c4 Pawn structure, schmawn structure 11 ... Qd6 12.f4 Pawn structure, schmawn structure 12 ... Nge7 Let's see you double my pawns now 13.Nc3!! 0-0-0 Giving Anthea a fixed target to aim at 14.Be3 Bxc3? Knight = 3 = Bishop 15.bxc3! Qxd3! Dean doesn't know that Anthea considers pawns trifles in the way of her pieces. 16.Qb3!! You will soon see why Anthea did not want to trade Queens. 16 ... Na5?? Favorable Wind - Tal 17.Qb6!! Nxc4?? 18.Qxc5+!! Kb8! 19.Bd4?? with the vicious idea of catching Dean in a bishop crossfire. Anthea is hoping her 20 B:h8 threat will distract Dean. It's easier to just start an attack on b7 right away. Anthea thought Paul Covington and I were greedy fools for recommending 19 Q:e7!! N:e3 20 fe??= Q:e3+ 21 Rf2! Rd2! 22 Raf1 R:f2! 23 R:f2! Qe1+ 24 Rf1! Qe3+! 25 Rf2! Qe1+!= with a perpetual We all missed 19 Q:e7!! N:e3 20 Bc6!!! Rd7!! 21 B:d7!! or Q:d7! with an extra piece The main point is 19 Q:e7!! N:e3 20 Bc6!!! bc 21 Rb1+ wins the Queen Anthea has an alternate win with the same theme - 19 Qa7+ Kc-any 20 R-either-b1 Another weaker attack on b7 is possible - 19 Rfb1 N:e3 20 R:b7+ K:b7 21 Q:e7+ and the idea is to maneuver her Queen to c5+ and then fe and then attack the exchange down. 19 ... Qh3?? Dean missed a few escape hatches here. Dean is going for perpetual check. 19 ... Qf3?? with the same idea fails to 20 Bd1!! " With a knight on bishop-one we cannot get mated. " - GM Bent Larsen One idea was to give up the exchange with 19 ... Nc8 20 B:h8 R:h8 with reasonable chances. The perpetual check idea works best with 19 ... Qf5!! 20 Q:f5! ( to avoid the perp ) ... gf! or ... N:f5 21 B:h8 R:h8 with more than adequate compensation for the exchange in view of Anthea's pawns. I suggested 19 ... R:d4!! after the game 20 Q:d4 Q:d4 21 ed R:d8!! or ... Nf5! might teach Anthea a thing or two about weak, isolated pawns. 19 ... R:d4!! 20 cd Nd5!! followed most likely by ... Rc8 with good compensation for the exchange again 20.f3!! " I put Dean's Queen in time out! " - Anthea 20 ... Nd2?? 21.Qa7+!! Now Anthea has her fun. 21 Qa7+ Kc8 22 Be5!! with a deadly bishop crossfire 21 ... Kc7 22.Be5+! Brutal and 22 Bb6+!!! Kd6! 23 Q:b7!! leads to checkmate. All Dean can do is throw away pieces with check. 22 ... Rd6! 23.Bxd6+ The meanest of the 17 wins are 23 Qc5+!!!, B:d6+!!, Rab1! and Rad1! 23 ... Kxd6! 24.Qd4+ The meanest of the 14 wins are 24 Q:b7!!!, Qb6+!!, Rad1!!, Rfd1!!, Rf2! and Qd4+! 24 ... Nd5! 25.Qxd2! Ke7 26.c4!! A rook up already, Anthea's move wins another piece. 1-0 Dean demurs An interesting attacking game I found difficult to analyze in the postmortem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "324 South Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2009.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Anthea Carson Martinez"] [Black "Dean Brown"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "2204"] [Opening "Kopeck System, Sicilian Defense"] [ECO "C47"] [NIC "SO.02"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bc2 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.0-0 Bg4 8.Ba4 a6 9.d3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e6 11.c4 Qd6 12.f4 Nge7 13.Nc3 0-0-0 14.Be3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qxd3 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qb6 Nxc4 18.Qxc5+ Kb8 19.Bd4 Qh3 20.f3 Nd2 21.Qa7+ Kc7 22.Be5+ Rd6 23.Bxd6+ Kxd6 24.Qd4+ Nd5 25.Qxd2 Ke7 26.c4 1-0 Dean demurs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Nova College op"] [Site "Haarlem"] [Date "2002.07.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Mentink,AJV"] [Black "Westera,Jeroen"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "B22"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Bd3 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Bc2 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Re1 0-0 10.Bb3 Qd6 11.Na3 a6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Nfe5 e6 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.cxd4 b5 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Qd6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qf3 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Qb8 23.Rad1 Bb7 24.Qf4 h5 25.Rd3 Qe8 26.Qg5 Rd8 27.Rh3 Qc6 28.Bd1 Qd7 29.Bxh5 Qd2 30.Qxd2 Rxd2 31.Bf3 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Rxb2 33.Ra3 Ra8 34.g3 a5 35.Ree3 a4 36.Re4 Rd8 37.Rc3 Rxa2 38.Rc7 Rb2 39.Rf4 Rf8 40.Ra7 Rb3 41.h4 a3 42.Kg2 b4 43.Ra4 Rb2 44.Rfxb4 Rxb4 45.Rxb4 Ra8 46.Rb1 a2 47.Ra1 Kg7 48.Kf1 g5 49.hxg5 Kg6 50.f4 Kf5 51.Kf2 Kg4 52.Kg2 Ra3 53.Kh2 Rxg3 54.Rxa2 Rh3+ 55.Kg2 Rg3+ 56.Kf2 Rf3+ 57.Ke2 Rxf4 1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 17 23:40:35 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:40:35 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess Girl falls in Love with Checker Boy Message-ID: <1232260835.4972cee38c727@www.taom.com> Chess Girl falls in Love with Checker Boy http://www.comedy.com/embed/checkmates From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 18 00:39:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:39:46 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Master Trek Results for 01/17/2009 Message-ID: <1232264386.4972dcc245e47@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:59:45 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: Master Trek Results for 01/17/2009 Hi All, Yet another young Arizona Chess Star broke the 2000 barrier at today's Master Trek tourney at ASU. Dipro Chakraborty, in succession, beat Liulia Cardona (2215), Joel Johnson (2220), and David Adelberg (2043), before drawing with Bryan Hu (1950). As a result, his USCF rating went from 1963 to 2033!! Last year, Dipro tied for first in the 2008 Valley Chess Championship, while last week, Dipro won the Arizona Grade 7 Championship. Congrats!! In our game, Dipro held his composure in a rough position. Check it out: Chakraborty, Dipro (1963) - Johnson, Joel (2220) [B00] Master Trek, Tempe, AZ (Round 2), 01/17/2009 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.c4 a5 7.Nc3 Na6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Qc2 Be7 10.a3 0?0 11.0?0 c6 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 cxd5 14.cxd5 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qd7 16.f3 a4 17.Qd1 Nc5 18.Nc3 b5 19.Qe2 Rb8 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.g3 Bd6 22.f4 Rfe8 23.f5 Rb7 24.g4 Ra8 25.Nd1 h6 26.h4 Nh7 27.Nf3 f6 28.Ne3 c4 29.Rac1 Bc5 30.Kh1 Rc8 31.Rg1 Qd6 32.Rg2 Kf7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 fxg5 35.Ng4 Bd4 36.Qd2 Rh8 37.Nxd4 exd4 38.Rh2 d3 39.Qg2 Kg8 40.e5 Qb6 41.d6 Rf7 42.Qd5 Qb7 43.Qxb7 Rxb7 44.e6 Kf8 45.Ne5 d2 46.Rd1 b4 47.Ng6+ Ke8 48.d7+ Kd8 49.Nxh8 Rxd7 50.exd7 c3 51.axb4 c2 52.Rhxd2 1?0 Thanks, Joel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I believe it was Tim Brennan who submitted the issue to AN ARBITER'S NOTEBOOK by Geurt Gijssen at www.ChessCafe.com. I wouldn't have thought of such a clever solution. It was interesting to me that Geurt said the case was much discussed on American websites. Read the final decision here - http://www.chesscafe.com/text/geurt117.pdf From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 18 10:03:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:03:03 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook Message-ID: <1232298183.497360c7380b3@www.taom.com> Another problem is that the case may not have been described accurately by the questioner. The further discussion was as interesting as the original problem. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth ----- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:20:18 -0700 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall , duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic", but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.comFrom: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.comDate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:59:24 -0700Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook http://www.chesscafe.com/text/geurt117.pdf Todd Bardwick brokered a draw agreement between Philipp Ponomarevand Tyler Hughes during a time dispute about 2 years ago.I believe it was Tim Brennan who submitted the issue toAN ARBITER'S NOTEBOOK by Geurt Gijssen at www.ChessCafe.com.I wouldn't have thought of such a clever solution.It was interesting to me that Geurt said thecase was much discussed on American websites.Read the final decision here - http://www.chesscafe.com/text/geurt117.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090118/25def776/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 18 15:10:27 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:10:27 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Matthew O'Hara on Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook Message-ID: <1232316627.4973a8d388e92@www.taom.com> I wonder if this is the same postal Matthew O'Hara that played a lot of Belgrade Gambits? I didn't want to rehash the whole controversy but I am interested in how Matthew thinks he was treated unfairly. Most of the TDs around here are good guys and lifelong friends. Any mistakes they make are accidental, they have devoted a good portion of their lives in support of Chess. LM Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:38:26 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall I have to disagree with these conclusions and offer my retirement from colorado chess over the past two years as corroboration of the incompetence of local tournament directing. The key element in not changing the time control back to non-time delay is that it would have a disproportionate impact on one party, you are taking away 15 seconds and tipping the scales wildly in favor of one side. Now if this had been brought up at the start of the game, it may be also considered and little impact would be felt by this change. However the mixed time controls are grossly inappropriate. I have clipped my earlier response on 9/07 ao address some of the particulars here. On page 11 at the top, the rulebook states "A game with a mixed time control, e.g. 50 moves in two hours followed by sudden death in 30 minutes(50/2, SD/30), is to use a time delay clock with 5-second dealy from the beginning, if available." In Colorado Chess Informant, July 2007, page 31, the 2007 Colorado Open announcement states, "Time Control: 40/120, SD/60". In Philipp's setting the record straight, he asserts, rather tenuously, "The only reason behind my carelessness (in falling into a lost position) was that Tyler was short on time and would flag soon. The possibility of a delay never occurred to me..." Unfortunately, Mary bought into this hobbledyhokum and rewarded Phillip's opportunism. I have never, ever, ever, ever played in, directed, or observed a tournament that had split time-delay and non-timedelay time controls. I cannot believe that Philipp has played in a tournament under such conditions- on a Saitek clock you would need about three minutes to reset a clock from non-timedelay to time delay after the first time control. Generally, the TD should adhere to the written tournament announcement and base tournament conditions on that. The problem with the remedy taken of eliminating time delay at the end of the first time control, is that you are penalizing a player by 18 seconds(the total amount of time available with time delay for 3 moves) for no wrongdoing on his part, and you reward the other party for conveniently bringing it up in a lost position. There may be a list of phone numbers for National/Senior tournament directors that can be consulted available from the USCF, when a TD needs assistance(or a player, for that matter), but I haven't seen one lately. After Mary took Phil's side, Tyler should have claimed insufficient losing chances which would have mirrored the result. Matthew O'Hara -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:03:03 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook Another problem is that the case may not have been described accurately by the questioner. The further discussion was as interesting as the original problem. Brian Wall ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:20:18 -0700 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall , duwaynelangseth@ hotmail.com Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic" , but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Chess_Improvement@ Yahoogroups. com; brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. comFrom: BrianWallChess3@ Taom.comDate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:59:24 -0700Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf Todd Bardwick brokered a draw agreement between Philipp Ponomarevand Tyler Hughes during a time dispute about 2 years ago.I believe it was Tim Brennan who submitted the issue toAN ARBITER'S NOTEBOOK by Geurt Gijssen at www.ChessCafe. com.I wouldn't have thought of such a clever solution.It was interesting to me that Geurt said thecase was much discussed on American websites.Read the final decision here - http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic", but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090118/d45fe081/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 18 17:53:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:53:56 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Duwayne Langseth on Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook In-Reply-To: References: <1232316627.4973a8d388e92@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <1232326436.4973cf2417df9@www.taom.com> You can get pretty far with the Golden Rule or Common Sense. My old New England buddy Ernie Schlich told me they tried to say: if you are White and your opponent hasn't shown up, you can just start his clock without moving. Why should you have to play 1 e4 and then wait for your opponent to look up an opening? The problem was when Black came to the board, he did not check his clock so much as the board to see if White had moved. This happened so often they canceled the rule and changed it back to: if you are White and your opponent hasn't shown up, you must make a move and then press your clock. Brian Wall Quoting DuWayne Langseth : Brian, I thought I knew just about everything there was to know about the rules of tournament chess having played in USCF tournaments for nearly 35 years. I started reading the rule book after I was proven wrong on an issue by a friend and tournament director, and I realized that I knew very little. Not only that, but I found that likely MOST players know very little about what the rules say. Even worse, I believe that most TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS know very little about the details of the rules. For instance in this case, I believe that the point in the game where the Hughes vs Ponomarev was NOT a "sudden death" time control, so the "insufficient losing chances" draw option was not available to Tyler. I guess my point is that the rules are VERY complicated and maybe should be revised and simplified. On the other hand, leaving the TD with the ability to use judgement to settle issues like this doesn't sound fair either. The best way for everyone to help themselves is to get a copy of the rules and study them. By the way, it seems most of the complications arise from rules having to do with the clock. And I have not yet finished reading the book either! DuWayne From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 18 22:39:50 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:39:50 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Disposing of Lemmiwinks Message-ID: <1232343590.4974122612635@www.taom.com> www.Chesscube.com Berto=1728 Game/5 minutes [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "berto at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.18"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 I think of this move as a giant banner with balloons - " I CAN'T HANDLE TACICS " in big, red letters 4 ... Bc5! So I'll bring the tactics to you 5. O-O Coughin' in the coffin 5 ... d6 I am not trying to castle me, I am trying to uncastle White. 6. h3? Another " I CAN'T HANDLE TACICS " balloon 6 ... h6 The rabbit can smell the lion downwind now. 7. c3! Trying to slow me down and cross me up with d4 but Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care. 7 ... g5 Impatient commando parachuting in 8. Nh2 Another " I CAN'T HANDLE TACICS " balloon 8 ... g4!! Do you really want my h6-pawn? 9. hxg4 Rg8!! Feed the hungy lion raw meat 10. Bxh6?? Nxg4!! I already have a crushing Fishing Pole attack in 10 moves 11. Nxg4 Bxg4!! 12 f3 is illegal so White is already dead 12. Qd2 Qh4! I instinctively make the Fishing Pole move ( +12 ) but 12 ... Bf3!!! already checkmates 13. Be3 Ke7? I thought I needed my inactive rook to participate but 13 ... Bf3!!! mates again 14. Bxc5 dxc5? 14 ... Bf3!!! mates again 15. Qe3!! b6? Missing 15 ... Be2!!! or ... Bh3! 16. Bd5 Rg6!!! Best, guarding c6 and inviting my last piece to the party 16 ... Be2!!!, 16 ... Rh8!, ... Kd7! and ... Bh3! get honorable mentions. 17. Nd2 Rh8!!! mating. 17 ... Be2!! and ... Rag8! are good normal moves 18. f3 Bh3!!! 18 ... Bd7!!, ... Bc8!! or ... Be6!! mate slower 19. Rf2! Bxg2!! 20. Rxg2 Qh1+!! 21. Kf2 Rxg2# 0-1 I beat Lemmiwinks in my sleep. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "berto at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.18"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 g5 8. Nh2 g4 9. hxg4 Rg8 10. Bxh6 Nxg4 11. Nxg4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 Qh4 13. Be3 Ke7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qe3 b6 16. Bd5 Rg6 17. Nd2 Rh8 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxg2# 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 18 23:09:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:09:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2200 beats GM with Fishing Pole Attack Message-ID: <1232345352.49741908612cc@www.taom.com> I have seen Fishing Poles, Bishing Poles, Rooking Poles. This could be called a Pawn Pole - White takes a pawn on g4, opening the h-file and the final checkmate pattern is the familiar pawn on g3 plus death down the h-file. A beautiful game, one round after the 9 year Indian 1800 old beat another GM. The final 16 moves were a fight to the death for the critical g3 square. GM Areshchenko Alexander unleashed the gates of Hell ... for a pawn. Brian Wall from the great Chessvibes.com site Areshchenko Alexander - Anilkumar O T [B00] 7th Parsvnath International Open Chess T/New Delhi (2) 2009 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O d6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. e5 d5 9. c4 d4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ne4 h6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Bf4 g5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Bg3 f5! White has a clear advantage but this is the best practical chance. 16. Nxb7?! 16. b4! would have been very strong, because 16... f4 isn't really a threat: 17. bxc5! fxg3 18. fxg3 with a very strong attack. 16... Qxb7 17. h3 a5 18. Nd2 h5 19. Bh2 Nh6 Black has survived the opening and can quickly create some threats on the kingside, so White must do something too. 20. Rab1 Nf7 21. f4 g4 22. hxg4?! This looks wrong - the h-file will be very useful for Black. 22... hxg4 23. Bg3 Kg7 24. Ne4!? Rh6! An excellent reaction. 24... fxe4 25. Qxg4+ Kf8 26. Bxe4 would have been far too dangerous. 25. Nf2 Rah8 26. Rfe1 Bh4! Black has a clear advantage now. 27. Nh1 Ne7 Not bad, but 27... Ncxe5! would have been decisive already. 28. Bxh4 Rxh4 29. Ng3 Rh2 30. Qd2 Ng6 31. Re2 Qb3 31... Qe7! 32. Rf1 Qb6 33. Bxf5!? A good try from a practical point of view, but it loses. 33... exf5 34. Nxf5+ Kf8 35. e6 Nd6 36. e7+ 36. Ng3 Qb3 36. Qc2 Qd8! 37. Ng3 Rh1+! 38. Kf2 Rxf1+ 39. Nxf1 Qf6 40. g3 Rh1 36... Nxe7! 37. Nxe7 Ne4! 38. Rxe4 g3! And the grandmaster had to resign, since after 38... g3 39. Ng6+ Kg7 40. Nxh8 Rh1+! White gets mated. 0-1 notes by Peter Dogger From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 19 00:58:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:58:23 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Matthew O'Hara on Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook Message-ID: <1232351903.4974329f9813d@www.taom.com> My recent " Belgrade Gambit fiasco with Mitch Anderson " email constantly bumped into your name in the Belgrade Gambit databases. The 2006 Colorado Open is one of my favorite memories, I got a draw from Grandmaster Sharavdorj from a position of strength a pawn or two up but later I help-mated myself against Anthea Carson in the middle of the board. I try to play in both the Colorado Open and the Membership Open each year but it definitely strains my results. Your name sounds Irish so you should be no stranger to conflict and hostility, especially in a war game. Many postal players find OTB Chess both annoying and distracting, just a public display of poor Chess and poor manners. As for me, I am too impatient for postal Chess. Even at QueenAlice.com with a week to move, I respond right away. I guess I love Chess too much to quit for any reason. I get tired of analyzing, writing, creating videos, studying. Sometimes I just need that human reaction. GM Walter Browne used to demand a 24 hour 800 number so that incompetent TDs could get immediate help. Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:13:42 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall Hi Brian! I am in Bruce Monson's Belgrade gambit book on the losing side with black against the author. The problem that I had was in correcting a pairing at the 2006 Colorado Open, and view it as TD incompetence, not unfairness. Instead of relaxing before the critcal last round I had to spend a half hour explaining why they needed to fix a pairing. Fine, so they do, then they call back their decision to go into a private meeting where they can apply the same magic muddied thinking that produced the Hughes Ponomariov folly a year later. I prefer not to spend my energy on playing chess for bragging rights with the unsavory environment of over-the-board chess. I played at the Aurora Chess Club for awhile and was rewarded for getting a good position against a player by the loud pounding of the pieces and the clock every move. No thanks. Right now I play for fun and nothing more. Matthew O'Hara ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:10:27 PM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Matthew O'Hara on Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook I wonder if this is the same postal Matthew O'Hara that played a lot of Belgrade Gambits? I didn't want to rehash the whole controversy but I am interested in how Matthew thinks he was treated unfairly. Most of the TDs around here are good guys and lifelong friends. Any mistakes they make are accidental, they have devoted a good portion of their lives in support of Chess. LM Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Matthew OHara ----- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:38:26 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew OHara Reply-To: Matthew OHara Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall I have to disagree with these conclusions and offer my retirement from colorado chess over the past two years as corroboration of the incompetence of local tournament directing. The key element in not changing the time control back to non-time delay is that it would have a disproportionate impact on one party, you are taking away 15 seconds and tipping the scales wildly in favor of one side. Now if this had been brought up at the start of the game, it may be also considered and little impact would be felt by this change. However the mixed time controls are grossly inappropriate. I have clipped my earlier response on 9/07 ao address some of the particulars here. On page 11 at the top, the rulebook states "A game with a mixed time control, e.g. 50 moves in two hours followed by sudden death in 30 minutes(50/2, SD/30), is to use a time delay clock with 5-second dealy from the beginning, if available." In Colorado Chess Informant, July 2007, page 31, the 2007 Colorado Open announcement states, "Time Control: 40/120, SD/60". In Philipp's setting the record straight, he asserts, rather tenuously, "The only reason behind my carelessness (in falling into a lost position) was that Tyler was short on time and would flag soon. The possibility of a delay never occurred to me..." Unfortunately, Mary bought into this hobbledyhokum and rewarded Phillip's opportunism. I have never, ever, ever, ever played in, directed, or observed a tournament that had split time-delay and non-timedelay time controls. I cannot believe that Philipp has played in a tournament under such conditions- on a Saitek clock you would need about three minutes to reset a clock from non-timedelay to time delay after the first time control. Generally, the TD should adhere to the written tournament announcement and base tournament conditions on that. The problem with the remedy taken of eliminating time delay at the end of the first time control, is that you are penalizing a player by 18 seconds(the total amount of time available with time delay for 3 moves) for no wrongdoing on his part, and you reward the other party for conveniently bringing it up in a lost position. There may be a list of phone numbers for National/Senior tournament directors that can be consulted available from the USCF, when a TD needs assistance(or a player, for that matter), but I haven't seen one lately. After Mary took Phil's side, Tyler should have claimed insufficient losing chances which would have mirrored the result. Matthew O'Hara ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ____________ _________ _________ __ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:03:03 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook Another problem is that the case may not have been described accurately by the questioner. The further discussion was as interesting as the original problem. Brian Wall ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:20:18 -0700 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall , duwaynelangseth@ hotmail.com Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic" , but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Chess_Improvement@ Yahoogroups. com; brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. comFrom: BrianWallChess3@ Taom.comDate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:59:24 -0700Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf Todd Bardwick brokered a draw agreement between Philipp Ponomarevand Tyler Hughes during a time dispute about 2 years ago.I believe it was Tim Brennan who submitted the issue toAN ARBITER'S NOTEBOOK by Geurt Gijssen at www.ChessCafe. com.I wouldn't have thought of such a clever solution.It was interesting to me that Geurt said thecase was much discussed on American websites.Read the final decision here - http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic" , but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE ________________________________ >From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! 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However the mixed time controls are grossly inappropriate. I have clipped my earlier response on 9/07 ao address some of the particulars here. On page 11 at the top, the rulebook states "A game with a mixed time control, e.g. 50 moves in two hours followed by sudden death in 30 minutes(50/2, SD/30), is to use a time delay clock with 5-second dealy from the beginning, if available." In Colorado Chess Informant, July 2007, page 31, the 2007 Colorado Open announcement states, "Time Control: 40/120, SD/60". In Philipp's setting the record straight, he asserts, rather tenuously, "The only reason behind my carelessness (in falling into a lost position) was that Tyler was short on time and would flag soon. The possibility of a delay never occurred to me..." Unfortuneately, Mary bought into this hobbledyhokum and rewarded Phillip's opportunism. I have never, ever, ever, ever played in, directed, or observed a tournament that had split time-delay and non-timedelay time controls. I cannot believe that Philipp has played in a tournament under such conditions- on a Saitek clock you would need about three minutes to reset a clock from non-timedelay to time delay after the first time control. Generally, the TD should adhere to the written tournament announcement and base tournament conditions on that. The problem with the remedy taken of eliminating time delay at the end of the first time control, is that you are penalizing a player by 18 seconds(the total amount of time available with time delay for 3 moves) for no wrongdoing on his part, and you reward the other party for conveniently bringing it up in a lost position. There may be a list of phone numbers for National/Senior tournament directors that can be consulted available from the USCF, when a TD needs assistance(or a player, for that matter), but I haven't seen one lately. After Mary took Phil's side, Tyler should have claimed insufficient losing chances which would have mirrored the result. Matthew O'Hara ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:03:03 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook Another problem is that the case may not have been described accurately by the questioner. The further discussion was as interesting as the original problem. Brian Wall ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth ----- Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:20:18 -0700 From: DuWayne Langseth Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook To: Brian Wall , duwaynelangseth@ hotmail.com Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic" , but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Chess_Improvement@ Yahoogroups. com; brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. comFrom: BrianWallChess3@ Taom.comDate: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:59:24 -0700Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe. com The Arbiter's Notebook http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf Todd Bardwick brokered a draw agreement between Philipp Ponomarevand Tyler Hughes during a time dispute about 2 years ago.I believe it was Tim Brennan who submitted the issue toAN ARBITER'S NOTEBOOK by Geurt Gijssen at www.ChessCafe. com.I wouldn't have thought of such a clever solution.It was interesting to me that Geurt said thecase was much discussed on American websites.Read the final decision here - http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf -----Inline Attachment Follows----- Brian, The Arbiter on ChessCafe uses FIDE rules as his source of decision-making and in the case of Hughes vs Ponomarev, USCF rules would prevail. I understand that they are often in sync, but sometimes slightly different. I was actually reading the Rules of Chess 5th Edition yesterday and this case came to mind. It seems that the question is addressed in Sections 16O Defective Clocks and 16P Erroneously Set Clocks. I think that there is likely room for TD judgment here, but the verbage seems to indicate that correcting the clock settings would be appropriate. This is a bit "legalistic", but chess is a "legalistic" game. Fortunately, as we discussed before, the players were wise in settling the matter themselves. DuWayne ________________________________ To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:59:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hughes-Ponomarev dispute settled by www.ChessCafe.com The Arbiter's Notebook http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf Todd Bardwick brokered a draw agreement between Philipp Ponomarev and Tyler Hughes during a time dispute about 2 years ago. I believe it was Tim Brennan who submitted the issue to AN ARBITER'S NOTEBOOK by Geurt Gijssen at www.ChessCafe. com. I wouldn't have thought of such a clever solution. It was interesting to me that Geurt said the case was much discussed on American websites. Read the final decision here - http://www.chesscaf e.com/text/ geurt117. pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090119/e328ff1d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 19 02:07:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:07:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nomatches No Match for Angry Raccoon Message-ID: <1232356032.497442c0ddb93@www.taom.com> www.ChessCube.com Nomatches = 1916 5 minute game [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "nomatches at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.19"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 When LM Jack Young asked me to name this opening, I thought the Raccoon was a good name because this pawn reminded me of a shiny claw from a dirty, rabid wild raccoon. 3. Nf3 exf4! 4. Bc4 h4!! A great move to take away h4 or g3 from White, wrecking my pawn structure. Although this looks like one of my most absurd practical Chess jokes, it is actually one of my most Fritz-friendly openings. 5. d4 g5!! I envision 2 ... h5 as one Raccoon claw but .... f4, ... g5, ... h4 is the full Raccoon paw Fritz likes 5 ... h3 but I thought Nomatches might go all Penguin on me with 6 Rg1!! The Raccoon versus the Penguin would be quite a matchup -------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropriate Youtube videos -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dragon and Penguin learn chess openings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_O09lH9e0g ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good Knight Bad Bishop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no&feature=related ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Nc3 d6!! Trying to keep Nomatches' Knight away from the tender f7 square 7. O-O Bg7!! The idea is Fischer Defense-like pressure on d4 with ... d6, ... Bg7, ... Bg4, ... Nc6 8. Bxf7+?? Anthea explains in her " More Raccoon!! Kings Gambit variation chess opening " Youtube video that White should not go crazy and sac all his pieces against the Raccoon, a common reaction. 8 ... Kxf7! 9. Nxg5+?? The Farmer slaps the Raccoon paw 9 ... Qxg5! 10. Rxf4+! Ke8?? I blame Anthea for this one. I thought her King should go to g6 in the " More Raccoon!! Kings Gambit variation chess opening " video but she went to e8. I followed suit with disastrous results. I am winning here with 10 ... Nf6!! or ... Kg6! In her video I think Anthea had the option of either King move but I don't! If Nomatches had played 10 B:f4 then ... Qg6!! or ... Qg4!! are safe. The only thing Nomatches can discover is America. 11. Rf8+! Drat, saw that too late. 11 ... Kxf8! 12. Bxg5! I have a rook and two pieces ( 11 ) for the Queen and two pawns ( 11 ) but my common Raccoon dilemma is I have no development because the Raccoon paw took so long to establish. 12 ... Nc6 13. Qf3+!! Yipes 13 ... Ke8!! The Raccoon dodges the shotgun blast and hightails it to his den. Anything else is much worse. A study of over 300 raccoon dens found 89 in hollow trees, 29 in tree nests, 99 in tree roosts, 24 in rock dens, 66 in ground dens, and 2 in barns. 14. e5?? Nxd4!! The Raccoon returns, snarling and baring his teeth 15. Qe4!! Bxe5!! 16. Qg6+ Kd7!! 17. Nd5!! 17 ... Kc6!! 18. c4?? Be6 OK but the best idea is 18 ... Bf5!! 19 Qf7 Rh7!! coordinating everything 19. Re1?? Bxd5?? 19 ... Rf8!! activated my last piece 20. cxd5+! Kb6 21. Be3?? 21 R:e5!! snuffs out the varmint 21 ... c5 This Raccoon has 9 lives 22. b4!! Only good move 22 ... Nf6!! 23. bxc5+!! Don't you hate it when their only good move is an obvious check? 23 ... Kxc5!! 24. Bxd4+?? Kxd4?? 25. Qe4+??? Nxe4 0-1 The final position looks like the Raccoon has knocked over the trashcans in its hunt for food and spewed garbage all over the Farmer's field. Nomatches spent his remaining time begging for a takeback. A horrible game but good practice for serious Raccoon tournament play. " Defending in blitz is a nightmare " - Jorge Sammour-Hasbun ICC video on Blitz Chess ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "nomatches at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.19"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 h4 5. d4 g5 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxg5+ Qxg5 10. Rxf4+ Ke8 11. Rf8+ Kxf8 12. Bxg5 Nc6 13. Qf3+ Ke8 14. e5 Nxd4 15. Qe4 Bxe5 16. Qg6+ Kd7 17. Nd5 Kc6 18. c4 Be6 19. Re1 Bxd5 20. cxd5+ Kb6 21. Be3 c5 22. b4 Nf6 23. bxc5+ Kxc5 24. Bxd4+ Kxd4 25. Qe4+ Nxe4 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropriate Youtube videos ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYalfJJpPLw Chess Openings: The Raccoon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKMRPeBcooQ&feature=related More Raccoon!! Kings Gambit variation chess opening -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 19 03:54:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:54:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Enraged Moose Attack Message-ID: <1232362470.49745be6a8508@www.taom.com> www.Chesscube.com golemantooi = 1812 5 minute game The Moose is a Jack Young Opening - 1 f4 e5 2 c3!! ef 3 Qa4 Qh4+!! 4 g3 fg!! 5 Q:h4 The Moose slides over from a4 to h4 and captures the Queen. I am so tired tonight I fell for that trick. [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "golemantooi at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.19"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nf6! 4. e5 d5! 5. Qxd4! Nc6 Taking the bishop is stronger but then I have to endure certain inconveniences. 6. Bb5! Ne4! 7. f3? Bc5!! 8. Qa4 Nf2!! 9. Bxc6+! Kf8!! Similar to a trap I invented in Jack Young's Nymphomaniac Attack - 1 e4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e5 Bg4 4 d4 e6 5 c3 c5 6 dc Nc6 7 Bb5 B:c5?? 8 B:c6+!! bc 9 Qa4!! wins a piece the similarity lies in the false trail 1 e4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e5 Bg4 4 d4 e6 5 c3 c5 6 dc Nc6 7 Qa4?? B:f3!! 8 B:c6+ Kf8!! and White has nothing In this Moose game, 9 B:c6+ Bd7! is good too 10. Bb5! Nxh1! 11. Ne2! Qh4+??? Here is where White can do a Moose Crossing with 12 Qa4:h4 just like in the video. 12. g3?? Wow, Golemantooi mut be sleepy tonight too. 12 ... Qxh2 Trading Queens serves no purpose now. 13. Qh4 Golemantooi thought an awfully long time here for a blitz game, probably kicking himself for not taking my Queen. Eventually the enraged bull moose made an angry Moose crossing anyway, maybe hoping h4 was some blind spot for me. 13 ... Qxh4 14. gxh4! Nf2 The easiest way out of the Moose pasture is 14 ... Bf2+!! and ... B:h4! 15. Nbc3 c6! 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 a5! 18. a3 f6 19. exf6! gxf6! 20. Bh6+! Ke7 21. Kd2! Rg8 This is why I played 18 ... f6 22. Rf1 Rg2 23. Be3 Bxe3+! 24. Kxe3! Nh3! Still trying to crawl out of the Moose pasture alive 25. f4 Bg4! 26. Nd4 Kd6! 27. Ndxb5+ The angry Moose kicks down the fence 27 ... cxb5! 28. Bxd5! Re8+! 29. Kd3! Nf2+ 29 ... Be2+!! is 4 points better 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1 I had to put down the Moose, he was in too much pain. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "chat.chesscube.com"] [Round "?"] [White "golemantooi at chesscube.com"] [Black "brianwall at chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.01.19"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. f3 Bc5 8. Qa4 Nf2 9. Bxc6+ Kf8 10. Bb5 Nxh1 11. Ne2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qxh2 13. Qh4 Qxh4 14. gxh4 Nf2 15. Nbc3 c6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bh6+ Ke7 21. Kd2 Rg8 22. Rf1 Rg2 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Nh3 25. f4 Bg4 26. Nd4 Kd6 27. Ndxb5+ cxb5 28. Bxd5 Re8+ 29. Kd3 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- appropiate Youtube Chess video Chess Openings: How to Play the Moose like an Animal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVxhidRoTA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 19 22:16:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:16:23 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess Newsoids from Okla. Message-ID: <1232428583.49755e2709ffe@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker ----- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:11:56 -0600 From: Laurence Coker Reply-To: Laurence Coker Subject: FW: Chess Newsoids from Okla. To: Brian Wall As we go into the 2009 chess season, some quick news for you: 1) The OCF has a revamped and updated website www.okchess.org which has many useful features for players in this region, including a good resource listing the slate of upcoming OCF events (of which there will be about 20 this year!) and links to event info in surrounding states. The new site was designed by Mike Crockett. Let us hear your feedback on what other features you would like it to have. 2) Movses Movsisyan is hoping to revive his popular Oklahoma Chess Forum discussion boards soon. When ready, the new forum will be linked to from the OCF site, and once again you will be able to vent your chess frustrations. ;-) 3) Tulsa Chess Series ? A series of 10 one-day rated events held on the first saturday of each month will begin February 7 in Tulsa. Check the OCQ or the above OCF website for all the info. The idea is to give inexpensive regular practice with these G/60 events. No hotel expenses. 3-SS. EF only $20. 1st=$100(G). All EFs returned in either prizes each event or in an innovative "overall prize fund" for the 10-tournament series awarded at the end of the year, including 20% of the fund awarded to each of: the top scorer, top A, B, and C/below, plus the top "out of town" player (defined as living outside Tulsa County). The scores are based on your best 7 results in the 10-event series, allowing you to miss a few and still compete for a nice year-end prize. In future months check the website for details as we might change the venue or experiment with different time controls, etc. Query me for more info. 4) The annual Winter FIDE Open is Presidents Day Weekend (Feb 14-16) in Stillwater. $4500G. This is always a strong event. Check the OCF website for the details. 5) The annual North American FIDE Open will be Memorial Day Weekend again this year. Details will be announced soon and the info added to the website listing and TLA. 6) The annual Okie Chess Festival will be Labor Day Weekend and is also not yet listed. I am considering a change of venue for it, as there is going to be highway construction going on near the Trade Winds site at that time. I'll announce the details soon as well. There are 3-4 other good events planned for later in the year that aren't listed yet, including the Jerry Spann Memorial. Stay tuned. :-)TOM BRAUNLICH PS - Kamsky won a nice game over Morozevich this morning. I'll include it here: Kamsky (2725) ? Morozevich (2771)Wijk aan Zee 20091. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 Ne7 12. Na3 Ng6 13. Nc2 h6 14. Re1 Bb615. Ne3 c6 16. Nh2 Kh8 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qh4 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Qf621. Nf5 Kg8 22. Be3 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Ne7 24. Bc2 Rfd8 25. b4 c5 26. bxc5 dxc527. Qg4 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qg3 Nc6 30. e5 c4 31. Rad1 Qb2 32. f6 g5 33.Re2 Qb4 34. Qh3 1-0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090119/dcb7aa87/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 20 00:50:39 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:50:39 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Closed Announcement (March 27-29th) Message-ID: <1232437839.4975824fd9888@www.taom.com> If you can't get me in the Colorado Closed, sneak me into the Scholastic Closed. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:24:27 -0800 (PST) All: ? The Colorado Closed and Scholastic Closed will be held at Metro State, Auraria Campus this year.? Professor Kamran Sahami of the Physics Department at Metro State has secured a room for the March 27th-29th weekend for a low price.?The size of the room will allow us to hold a third tournament, so we will also host the Colorado Class Championship (March 28th-29th only).? Time control for all three events will be 40/120 G/60. ? Closed and Scholastic Closed. ? In order to be eligible for the Closed or Scholastic Closed a player must be a resident of Colorado AND have either played in the previous Closed or Scholastic Closed OR have played at least 6 USCF rated games since the previous closed, 4 of them in Colorado. ? The top 6 USCF-rated players who meet these criteria will play in each state championship.?The March supplement will be used.? Right now, the top 12 players to be considered for the?Closed are rated 2055 and higher, top 12 players for the Scholastic closed are 1553 and higher, however since the March Supplement will not be finalized until February 6th, these are not final. The entry fee for the Closed will be $45, the prizes will be $250 for 1st, $100 for 2nd. The entry fee for the Scholastic Closed will be $25, with trophies for both 1st and 2nd.?Players have until March 1st to decide if they want to play. ? I am currently looking for sponsors for the Colorado Closed.?I will make any updates to the entry fees or prize money if more money becomes available. ? Players who want to play in either Closed can contact me either by email (boulderchessclub at yahoo.com) or by phone # (303)854-7898. ? COLORADO CLASS: ? The Colorado Class will be a CO Tour event. Players will be divided into sections by class (Expert: 2000+, Class A 1800-1999, Class B 1600-1799, Class C 1400-1599, Class D 1200-1399, Class E: Under 1200). Players will only play those in their own section. If any?section has fewer than six participants, it will be combined with another section.?Unrated players may play in any section, but will be limited to $30 prizes in every section except the top section. ? The Colorado Class Championship?will be a 4-round swiss on only Saturday and Sunday, (Closed will also have a game on Friday night). Entry Fee is $35, $5 less if entry is rec'd before 3/25, and $8 less for Jr/Sr/Unrated.?Since this is a CO Tour event, CSCA memberhsip is required. ? I have sent tournament announcements to both colorado-chess.com and Chess Life. Both the Closed and the Class should appear on the website within a day or two.?You will be able to get all of the information about the tournament from there. ? Klaus Johnson President of Colorado State Chess Association (CSCA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090120/6813ffac/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 20 02:07:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:07:46 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Any way to raise the dead? Message-ID: <1232442466.49759462a6007@www.taom.com> ?Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time, and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the eternal God, I will rout you out.? - President Andrew Jackson Do they make men like this anymore? From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 20 09:56:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:56:56 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Carl Berg on Andrew Jackson In-Reply-To: References: <1232442466.49759462a6007@www.taom.com> <1232443720.497599489c4fd@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <1232470616.49760258ea124@www.taom.com> A tragedy is a beautiful idea colliding with reality. I believe Obama will accomplish a lot through sheer faith but he will also run into the limits of Love pretty soon. I wish him and the whole world luck. My father told me a long tme ago - Socialism is the only policy that works politically, Capitalism is the only theory that works economically. That said, there should be some countervailing force against these robber barons and I don't mean bailouts and everyone who makes a profit is not a thief. I've been reading Pat Buchanan's website. I find his views very well thought until he gets to Israel, then he no loger seems logical, just emotional. Brian Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quoting CARL BERG : Hey Brian, I do hope President Jackson died knowing he tried his eternal best! As far as the bailout goees...well, I'm glad he isn't seeing it. I know that he would have fought it (perhaps quite literally, as he had a temper) but it might have ruined his dreams. Sorry about the pessimism, but I believe we have seen the "Great Train Robbery" in such staggering proportions as to probably ensure this country is broke for the next 7 generations. And is the news screaming bloody murder about any of it!? One single solitary senator!? The new president!? Hmmmmm, so much for change! Sounds like more of the same. Hope I'm wrong!! Carl> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:28:40 -0700> From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com> To: crberg1958 at msn.com> Subject: Carl Berg on Andrew Jackson> > But how refreshing it would be to hear that from anyone and what would Andrew> think of the bailout and at least Andrew Jackson would have died with peace of> mind. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 20 12:20:28 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:20:28 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joe "Road Warrior " Bihlmeyer on Andrew Jackson Message-ID: <1232479228.497623fc8acae@www.taom.com> I always listen to the guys who exactly predict the future - they are the only ones who see the truth. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Joe Bihlmeyer ----- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:08:44 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Bihlmeyer Reply-To: Joe Bihlmeyer Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Carl Berg on Andrew Jackson To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, If you want to get some insights, listen to Peter Schiff. He predicted the mess, and below you can see him being mocked by "experts:" Peter Schiff Was Right 2006 - 2007 (2nd Edition) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0QN-FYkpw The video has over 1 million views, and is "#6 - Top Rated (All Time) - News & Politics" for youtube videos. -Joe --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWallChess] Carl Berg on Andrew Jackson To: "CARL BERG" , BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 11:56 AM A tragedy is a beautiful idea colliding with reality. I believe Obama will accomplish a lot through sheer faith but he will also run into the limits of Love pretty soon. I wish him and the whole world luck. My father told me a long tme ago - Socialism is the only policy that works politically, Capitalism is the only theory that works economically. That said, there should be some countervailing force against these robber barons and I don't mean bailouts and everyone who makes a profit is not a thief. I've been reading Pat Buchanan's website. I find his views very well thought until he gets to Israel, then he no loger seems logical, just emotional. Brian Wall ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Quoting CARL BERG : Hey Brian, I do hope President Jackson died knowing he tried his eternal best! As far as the bailout goees...well, I'm glad he isn't seeing it. I know that he would have fought it (perhaps quite literally, as he had a temper) but it might have ruined his dreams. Sorry about the pessimism, but I believe we have seen the "Great Train Robbery" in such staggering proportions as to probably ensure this country is broke for the next 7 generations. And is the news screaming bloody murder about any of it!? One single solitary senator!? The new president!? Hmmmmm, so much for change! Sounds like more of the same. Hope I'm wrong!! Carl> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:28:40 -0700> From: brianwallchess3@ taom.com> To: crberg1958 at msn. com> Subject: Carl Berg on Andrew Jackson> > But how refreshing it would be to hear that from anyone and what would Andrew> think of the bailout and at least Andrew Jackson would have died with peace of> mind. Brian Wall From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 21 00:54:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:54:11 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nominee for the 2009 Francisco V. Baltier Award Message-ID: <1232524451.4976d4a345d65@www.taom.com> The origin of the Francisco V. Baltier Award is given in my Youtube video- Fishing Pole First Blood -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Pete Short ----- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:33:09 -0800 (PST) From: Pete Short Reply-To: redwoodpete at yahoo.com Subject: Nominee for the 2009 Francisco V. Baltier Award To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Brian, ? I respectfully nominate the following game for the Francisco V. Baltier Award for playing like a complete moron and losing my queen and then buckling down for a sweet mate. ? I will leave the post mortem to you - it was a rated Red Hot Pawn correspondence game against a much lower rated player. The Temptress - RedwoodPete Challenge http://www.redhotpawn.com, 11.01.2009 < div> 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nd5 e5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Nxe5 cxd5 6.Qf3 Be6 7.Bb5+ Ke7 8.b3 a6 9.Ba3+ Qd6 10.Bxd6+ Kxd6 11.Qf4 Ke7 12.Ba4 b5 13.exd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd4 Ke6 15.0-0 f6 16.Nd3 Nc6 17.Rae1+ Ne5 18.Qb6+ Bd6 19.Nf4+ Kd7 20.Nxd5 Ne7 21.d4 Rhb8 22.Qa5 N5c6 23.Qc3 Nxd5 24.Qh3+ Kc7 25.Qxh7 Rg8 26.Qh5 Nde7 27.d5 Ne5 28.c4 bxa4 29.bxa4 Rh8 30.Qe2 Rxh2 31.Kxh2 Nf3+ 32.Kh3 Rh8+ 33.Kg4 Nh2# * ? ?Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense? Winston Churchill -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nxe4 6 Qe2 f5 7 Ng5 I showed you this position and after a few minutes you actually did find 7 ... d3!, pitching the pawn to clear d4 for the knight. In your game, after 8 cd3 Nd4! 9 Qh5+ g6 10 Qh4 and now 10 ... c6! 11 de4 cd5 12 ed5 Qa5+ is that old perpetual check line known at least since the 70s (hence White's interest in making 6 Bc4 work), however, Black has an ambitious alternative in 12 ... Bg7, intending ... h6 and an inconvenient queen trade. I have Monson's book but I can't locate it right now. I gave up the Belgrade because I got too many games where Black's extra d4 pawn was a thorn in my position I got tired of having to play around. As for the Scotch Four Knights, I also found that line annoying until I discovered a little-known effective sideline: 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 d4 ed4 5 Nxd4 Bb4! ( I don't trust 5 ... Bc5?!) 6 Nxc6 bc6 7 Bd3, and now instead of the common 7 ... d5, Black can play 7 ... 0-0! first, preparing ... d5, and meeting 7 Bg5 with 7 ... h6 and now 8 Bh4 g5 9 Bg3 Bxc3+ and 10 ... Nxe4. Another decent alternative is 3 Nc3 g6!?, recommended in Everyman's "Dangerous Weapons: 1 e4 e5" Best, Greg Steele -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Notice the suspect behind the car, apparently firing a gun - you see the smoke from the muzzle, and a split Second later - the Shepherd Police Dog leaps across the roof of the auto, clamps onto the suspect, and brings Takes him down so quickly - you'll watch it several times to really appreciate the valor of this dog. This police dog is so fast; you have to watch this a few times to appreciate it. Go dog, go!! __________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.comVersion: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.9/1900 - Release Date: 1/18/2009 12:11 PM _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? Hotmail?: Chat. Store. Share. Do more with mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_hm_justgotbetter_explore_012009 ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090121/ca239dfc/attachment.htm From Brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 21 12:46:18 2009 From: Brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:46:18 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole virgin Ingo Lindam wins Dortmund Cup Message-ID: <1232567178.49777b8a3dde7@www.taom.com> Ingo Lindam ----- Forwarded message from Ingo Lindam ----- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:27:53 +0100 From: Ingo Lindam Reply-To: Ingo Lindam Subject: fishing pole fishes the cup To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, Yesterday I won the local cup final of the Dortmund (Germany) chess district thanks to my first fishing pole in a regular 2h/40moves game. Thanks for inspiring my (kind of) preparation. Best regards and happy fishing, Ingo PS: (=) means either "psychological" or "desperate" draw offer. ;-) [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Soel, Kartsev"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [Annotator "Lindam,Ingo"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 $6 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Na3 Qe7 $6 10. Nc4 Bd7 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 14... Qxg5 $17 15. Bxf4 Qh4 16. Qe1 16... Be7 {(=)} 17. Qxh4 Bxh4 $19 18. b3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rh5 20. Rd3 {(=)} Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+ (22... f5 $1 $19) 23. Kf2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Rd2 Bd5 $2 (26... f5 $1 $19) 27. Kd3 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. c4 $2 (29. Rf2 $17) 29... Bf7 $19 30. Ke2 f5 31. Be5 f4 32. Nxg4 f3+ 33. gxf3 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 35. Kc3 Bh5 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3 38. Bh4 Be4 39. c5 a5 40. Nc4 $4 (40. d5 Rc2+ 41. Kd4 Bxd5 $19) 40... Rc2# 0-1 Ingo Lindam ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Soel, Kartsev"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [Annotator "Lindam,Ingo"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! In goes the Fishing Pole Knight Fishing Pole videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk 2253 views http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 633 views 5. h3 h5!! Please take my knight 6. c3 a6 Trying to get a Hyper-Pole with ... Bc5-a7 7. Bxc6 dxc6!! The correct recapture in the Fishing Pole 99.9% of the time 8. d4 Bd6 Ready to accept a Berlin type endgame after trades on e5 and d8 9. Na3 A good move not often seen in blitz games unless your name is Josh Bloomer. 9 ... Qe7 Plan B is Castles Queenside 10. Nc4 Bd7 11. hxg4 Unleashing the gates of Hell- Vance Aandahl 11 ... hxg4!! 12. Ng5 O-O-O!!! Plan B complete - maybe some rabble rousing mayhem with ... Rh5 or ... f6 next 13. f4? The turning point - the mortal fear of death on the h-file leads to a weakening. German expert Kartsev Soel's extra piece was very insecure due to ... f6 trapping the knight. The position shifts imperceptibly from tiny advantage for White to tiny advantage for Balck, easy to do, even in a slow game "You Say I'm Crazy, I got Your Crazy " - Womanizer Circus album Brittainy Spears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSLIq6YiRY Womanizer, 54 million hits 13 ... exf4!! 14. e5! 14 N:d6+! cd 15 B:f4 f6 wins back material 14 ... Qxg5! Hanging onto the piece leads to disaster for White - 15 cd g3 16 R:f4 Qh6 17 Kf1 Rde8 18 Ne5 cd 19 Nf3 Qh1+ 20 Ng1 Rh2 21 Qf3 Be6 22 Q:g3 Bc4+ 23 Kf2 Re1 and Kartsev has to give up his Queen with 24 Q:h2 Q:h2 to avoid checkmate Soel could give the piece back with 19 Qf3 instead of 19 Nf3 but then 19 Qf3 de Ingo has two extra pawns and a free attack. 14 ... Q:g5 15 N:d6+ cd 16 B:f4 Qh4! Lindham has pawn and attack 15. Bxf4! Qh4!! 16. Qe1 Ingo would get the piece right back after 16 ed g3! 16 ... Be7!! 1/2-1/2 ? " Take the draw and share the title. " - Josh Waitzkin Searching for Bobby Fischer Kartsev Soel, one rating points higher, refuses. 17. Qxh4! Bxh4! 18. b3! Be6!! Ingo Lindham has the two bishops and an extra pawn. What's especially interesting to me is that Fritz 11 wants Ingo to line up the rooks on the h-file with 18 ... Rh5!!, even in the endgame. 19. Rad1 Rh5!! Trick or Treat - Josh Waitzkin Searching for Bobby Fischer 20. Rd3!! 1/2-1/2 ?!! Kartsev Soel comes to his senses and realizes discretion is the better part of valor. He begs for the draw he so haughtily disdained 4 moves ago but Ingo Lindham decides to go for Fishing Pole glory. Shereshevky recommends not moving for half an hour after you reach an endgame to develop long term plans. After the excitement of the Fishing Pole middlegame tactics died down and they made a few endgame moves, both players realized Black is winning. 20 ... Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+!! Starting around here ... f5 is a good idea every move - Lindham figures that out soon. 23. Kf2! Rxf1+!! 24. Kxf1! Rh1+ 25. Ke2! Ra1 26. Rd2! Bd5 27. Kd3!! f5 28. exf6! gxf6! 29. c4? Favorable wind - Tal 29... Bf7 30. Ke2 f5!! Kartsev is collapsing 31. Be5 f4!! 32. Nxg4! f3+ Winning a piece with 32 ... Bh5!! 33 Kf1 Rf1+!! 34 Rf2 R:f2+ 35 K:f2 B:g4 is another way 33. gxf3! Bxd2! 34. Kxd2! Rxa2+! 35. Kc3! a pity exclam for finding the best move in a lost position. A pity 35 ... Bh5 Any trade is good when you're winning - Dzindi 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3!! 38. Bh4! to stop 39 N:f3 Rg3 38 ... Be4 39. c5 a5! 40. Nc4? An obvious time pressure blunder but he was dead lost anyway. There was no good way to stop it. 40 ... Rc2# 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Soel, Kartsev"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [Annotator "Lindam,Ingo"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Na3 Qe7 10. Nc4 Bd7 $2 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 Qxg5 15. Bxf4 Qh4 16. Qe1 Be7 17. Qxh4 Bxh4 18. b3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rh5 20. Rd3 Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Rd2 Bd5 27. Kd3 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. c4 29... Bf7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Be5 f4 32. Nxg4 f3+ 33. gxf3 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 35. Kc3 Bh5 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3 38. Bh4 Be4 39. c5 a5 40. Nc4 Rc2# 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/News/NewsArticles/Welcome.htm New Brian Wall website by Chris Peterson From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 21 14:48:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:48:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] " Nothing is over!! Nothing!! You just don't turn it off!! " Message-ID: <1232574505.497798293bb6c@www.taom.com> Francisco V Baltier ----- Forwarded message from Francisco V Baltier ----- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:15:06 -0700 Hi Brian! Greetings from Tucson, AZ. Thanks for the tribute in those videos. It was AWESOME, and very well done. Kudos to you and Chris. I did forward the links to many friends and family and have gotten back many "atta boys" for my accomplishment and many compliments on your work. As for the game, I must say that while GM Brown was pondering resignation, I was starting to fear that my position was falling apart. In short, you showed me that I had a much better game going than I thought. I must apologize for not thanking you sooner. I kept delaying the response as I also wanted to dig up and include another blitz game I played, for you to include as an entry into the April Fools Baltier/Christiansen award. If you're interested, it is below. ZonaGrad is my FICS and Redhot Pawn handle. So, Thank You very much. I'm looking for an opportunity to play in a tourney in CO, where I can get reunited with CO chess friends and to thank you in person. I'm currently gearing up for the Tucson Open this weekend. Congratulations on your recent excursions from CO. Maybe we'll see you in Vegas in June at the 2009 National Open. - Francisco. ====================================== [Event "Blitz:5'"] [Site "FICS"] [Date "2008.10.09"] [Round "?"] [White "ZonaGrad"] [Black "Hardomil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1297"] [BlackElo "1183"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (7s)"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nh4 e6 10. f5 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qxh4 12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qxc5 Bd4+ 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rb8 17. a4 b6 18. Ba3 Na5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxd5 22. Bxa6 Nc4 23. Rfe1+ Ne5 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25. Rad1 Qxd1 26. Rxd1+ Kc7 27. Bd6+ * Francisco Baltier ============================================------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall -----Original Message----- From: "Brian Wall" [brianwallchess3 at taom.com] Date: 01/20/2009 01:08 AM To: "baltier" Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Busted Fishing Pole What did you think of the Rambo vidoes? I have fantasies of you forwarding it to family members. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall - Fancisco V. Baltier, Baltier at excite.com, ZonaGrad ( FICS handle and RedhotPawn.com handle), is the hero and inspiration of my best Youtube videos - Fishing Pole, First Blood pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 634 hits Fishing Pole, First Blood pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgqVkqrNH_4&feature=related 438 hits Francisco is also the inspiration of the Francisco Baltier/Jim Burden award as explained in the Rambo videos - Jim often loses his Queen and wins anyway - then he quotes Rambo in his incompany/inhouse Raytheon Chess emails - " Nothing is over!! Nothing!! You just don't turn it off!! " Last night I played Raytheon Chessplayer Shannon " the Kosher Patzer " Fox and asked him what Francisco thought about the Fishing Pole Raytheon/Rambo video. Shannon said they all loved it, Francsico moved to Arizona but still sneaks on BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com to get the latest Fishing Pole news. Shannon was present in Vegas for the Walter Browne simul against Francisco - Baltier referred to Shannon as " He who draws GMs in simuls " because Shannon kept bragging about how he drew a GM or two in simultaneous exhibitions. Shannon considers a good story a Lays Potato Chip, he can never just tell it once. After Francisco beat a GM, he was one-up on Shannon in the Raytheon pecking order. Here is Francisco's latest entry for the award he inspired. [Event "Blitz:5'"] [Site "FICS"] [Date "2008.10.09"] [Round "?"] [White "ZonaGrad"] [Black "Hardomil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1297"] [BlackElo "1183"] [Annotator "Fritz 9 (7s)"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] White = Zonagrad = Francisco "Raytheon Rambo " Baltier 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O a6 6. Be2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nh4 e6 10. f5 Wait for it, wait for it ... 10 ... Nxe4?? A pathetic combination with a flawed premise - 10 ... N:e4 11 N:e4!! Q:h4 wins a pawn but 12 Bg5!! traps a Queen, 12 f6!!! is even stronger and 12 fe!! with multiple threats is very good too 11. dxe4?? It's a 1200 blitz game so Hardomil's combo works now 11 ... Qxh4 12. fxe6 Bxe6! Wait for it, wait for it ... 13. Qxd6 Rd8 14. Qxc5?? There it is!! - the classic Baltier Queen drop, the stuff of legends 14 ... Bd4+!! Oops! 15. Be3 Bxc5! 16. Bxc5! Rb8? RSM, Reserve Section Mystery defined as a move that a Chessmaster could not explain after a mere century of investigation. No great harm done yet but nice foreshadowing. 17. a4 b6 Ah, the RSM explained 18. Ba3 Na5? 19. Nd5 Bxd5! 20. exd5! Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxd5??? A billiards player never saw a capture he didn't like. It looks natural to remove a center pawn but it's such a bad idea that Hardomil loses all the equity he gained from winning the Queen. Tyler Hughes helped Ann Davies and I teach a Chess class when he was 11 years old. He was a little nervous at first but he did fine. One way he taught the kids was - " Before you take anything ask yourself if it is poisoned" Tyler Hughes I ran into Tyler by accident in a pizza restaurant at Broadway and 6th Avenue last night. Tyler will be playing in Boulder this weekend. 22. Bxa6?? Either Rook to King one costs Hardomil his Queen - 22 Rfe1 Kd7 23 Rad1 22 Rfe1 f6 23 Bc4+ 22 Rfe1 Castles either side is illegal 22 Rfe1 Qd2 23 B:a6+!! Kd7 24 Rad1 22 Rfe1 Qg5 23 Rad1!!! f6! 24 Bb5+!! Kf7 25 Re7+!! Kg8 26 Bd7!!! or 25 Re7+!! Kf8 26 Rdd7!!! and in both cases Hardomil will have to give up his Queen against his will to avoid checkmate 22 ... Nc4?? Moving the f-pawn for King space was mandatory 23. Rfe1+ " Nothing is over!! Nothing!! You just don't turn it off!! " - Rambo 23 ... Ne5? It would be a tough game after 23 ... Kd7 24 Rad1 Ne3! Two bishops and a pawn plus better development for Baltier versus Rook and Knight for Hardomil 24. Bb5+!! " Nothing is over!! Nothing!! You just don't turn it off!! " - Rambo Baltier lives up to his reputation and is now winning only ten moves after dropping his Queen 24 ... Kd8! 25. Rad1!! Qxd1! 26. Rxd1+!! Kc7? 27. Bd6+ 1-0 Francisco will be way up in material after Bishop captures knight and Bishop captures Rook. I favor long games for the Burden award but the fact that this is a Baltier game makes it a sentimental favorite. Thank you for the kind words. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com new website by Chris Peterson http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/News/NewsArticles/Welcome.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA . He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough, and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again, outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible. He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well, let's take the kids with us." She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda , brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a paraplegic with Down Syndrome. Kurtis asked Brenda , "I still don't understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman with two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a different mindset. That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with. A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids. So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well, Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals and has his Cardinals in the hunt for an appearance in the Super Bowl. Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person. It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090122/e42fd7da/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I played one Halloween Gambit a few months ago; my opponent just froze in the headlights and lost quickly. More recently I won as White with a Penguin; and amongst my current games there is a Gunsberg Four Knights and a 'Crab' (symmetrical Ware Opening). Of course nearly all my games begin with UCOs but I thought I would just mention these as they relate to various talking points (past and present) in the group. Will try to rustle up some game scores in due course. Gens Una Sumus, Clive -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090122/00551707/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 22 10:28:49 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:28:49 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] online chess, which website is best? Message-ID: <1232645329.4978acd11389b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from fionn_5 ----- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:12:17 -0000 From: fionn_5 Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Chess Improvement] online chess, which website is best? To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Thanks, that's the kind of info I was looking for - redhotpawn has some good features, I will take a closer look at that one (especially like the analysis option). for example, chess.com is a great site, but it doesn't seem to have as much for correspondence chess as other sites (tournaments, ladders, ...). i found an article which compares different sites, I'll probably look more closely at chess world and redhotpawn: http://www.chessville.com/links/Site%20Reviews/Chessworld.htm --- In Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com, Mike Snodgrass wrote: http://www.redhotpawn.com/ gives you ratings free, but paid subscription gives more options (I've been 100% fine with free stuff) lots of opponents, worldwide can annotate, setup conditional moves, analyze games (make simulation moves, etc.) can do blitz, tournaments, etc. as well ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090122/b07c96a2/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 22 10:33:35 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:33:35 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ingo Lindham on - Fishing Pole virgin Ingo Lindam wins Dortmund Cup Message-ID: <1232645615.4978adefde790@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Ingo Lindam ----- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:32:16 +0100 From: Ingo Lindam Reply-To: Ingo Lindam Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole virgin Ingo Lindam wins Dortmund Cup To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, thanks for commenting my game so generously. I have to correct a mistake made by myself: [White "Kartsev, Soel"] is the one and only truth about my opponents name. He is Mr Kartsev rather than Mr Soel. In round 2 I won against his talented son Alexandr with the white pieces. (see pgn below) So perhaps this was an other reason why a draw was not on Soel's agenda. > Shereshevky recommends not moving for half an hour after you reach an endgame to develop long term plans. Mr Shereshevky's recommendation would be an easy task for me to accept, if only I had more than half an hour on the clock when reaching an endgame. It occurs not to often in my games (to describe it friendly), but on Tuesday there was still enough time on the clock to dig for an endgame plan. Concerning your comment: > Winning a piece with 32 ... Bh5!! 33 Kf3 Rf1+!! 34 Rf2 R:f2+ 35 K:f2 B:g4 is another way Here I already managed to get short on time as well. Less than 2 minutes left. What ofcourse is no reason to not eat the piece. Or even a rook after 32 ... Bh5 33 Kf3 Rf1+ 34 Rf2 B:g4! -+ Best regards and happy fishing, Ingo [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Kartsev, Soel"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Na3 Qe7 10. Nc4 Bd7 $2 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 Qxg5 15. Bxf4 Qh4 16. Qe1 Be7 17. Qxh4 Bxh4 18. b3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rh5 20. Rd3 Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Rd2 Bd5 27. Kd3 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. c4 29... Bf7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Be5 f4 32. Nxg4 f3+ 33. gxf3 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 35. Kc3 Bh5 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3 38. Bh4 Be4 39. c5 a5 40. Nc4 Rc2# 0-1 [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Achtelfinale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2008.12.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Lindam, Ingo"] [Black "Kartsev, Alexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2006"] [BlackElo "2032"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. Nbd2 Qxb2 5. Rb1 Qxa2 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Ng5 e6 9. Ngxe4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. O-O Qf5 12. Qf3 h5 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. Qe3 Rg8 15. Be4 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. c4 Bd7 18. h3 Qg7 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Rxb6 Rc7 22. Ra1 Bc8 23. Ra8 Be7 24. Rxb7 Kd7 25. Rxc7+ Kxc7 26. Qc3 Qg5 27. h4 Qf4 28. Qa5+ Kd7 29. Bxc6+ Kxc6 30. Qb5+ Kc7 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Qxf4 Bd6 33. Ra7+ 1-0 -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: "Brian Wall" Gesendet: 21.01.09 20:48:47 An: Brian Wall Chesslist Betreff: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole virgin Ingo Lindam wins Dortmund Cup Ingo Lindam ----- Forwarded message from Ingo Lindam ----- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:27:53 +0100 From: Ingo Lindam Reply-To: Ingo Lindam Subject: fishing pole fishes the cup To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, Yesterday I won the local cup final of the Dortmund (Germany) chess district thanks to my first fishing pole in a regular 2h/40moves game. Thanks for inspiring my (kind of) preparation. Best regards and happy fishing, Ingo PS: (=) means either "psychological" or "desperate" draw offer. ;-) [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Soel, Kartsev"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [Annotator "Lindam,Ingo"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 $6 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Na3 Qe7 $6 10. Nc4 Bd7 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 14... Qxg5 $17 15. Bxf4 Qh4 16. Qe1 16... Be7 {(=)} 17. Qxh4 Bxh4 $19 18. b3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rh5 20. Rd3 {(=)} Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+ (22... f5 $1 $19) 23. Kf2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Rd2 Bd5 $2 (26... f5 $1 $19) 27. Kd3 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. c4 $2 (29. Rf2 $17) 29... Bf7 $19 30. Ke2 f5 31. Be5 f4 32. Nxg4 f3+ 33. gxf3 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 35. Kc3 Bh5 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3 38. Bh4 Be4 39. c5 a5 40. Nc4 $4 (40. d5 Rc2+ 41. Kd4 Bxd5 $19) 40... Rc2# 0-1 Ingo Lindam ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Soel, Kartsev"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [Annotator "Lindam,Ingo"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! In goes the Fishing Pole Knight Fishing Pole videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk 2253 views http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0 633 views 5. h3 h5!! Please take my knight 6. c3 a6 Trying to get a Hyper-Pole with ... Bc5-a7 7. Bxc6 dxc6!! The correct recapture in the Fishing Pole 99.9% of the time 8. d4 Bd6 Ready to accept a Berlin type endgame after trades on e5 and d8 9. Na3 A good move not often seen in blitz games unless your name is Josh Bloomer. 9 ... Qe7 Plan B is Castles Queenside 10. Nc4 Bd7 11. hxg4 Unleashing the gates of Hell- Vance Aandahl 11 ... hxg4!! 12. Ng5 O-O-O!!! Plan B complete - maybe some rabble rousing mayhem with ... Rh5 or ... f6 next 13. f4? The turning point - the mortal fear of death on the h-file leads to a weakening. German expert Kartsev Soel's extra piece was very insecure due to ... f6 trapping the knight. The position shifts imperceptibly from tiny advantage for White to tiny advantage for Balck, easy to do, even in a slow game "You Say I'm Crazy, I got Your Crazy " - Womanizer Circus album Brittainy Spears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSLIq6YiRY Womanizer, 54 million hits 13 ... exf4!! 14. e5! 14 N:d6+! cd 15 B:f4 f6 wins back material 14 ... Qxg5! Hanging onto the piece leads to disaster for White - 15 cd g3 16 R:f4 Qh6 17 Kf1 Rde8 18 Ne5 cd 19 Nf3 Qh1+ 20 Ng1 Rh2 21 Qf3 Be6 22 Q:g3 Bc4+ 23 Kf2 Re1 and Kartsev has to give up his Queen with 24 Q:h2 Q:h2 to avoid checkmate Soel could give the piece back with 19 Qf3 instead of 19 Nf3 but then 19 Qf3 de Ingo has two extra pawns and a free attack. 14 ... Q:g5 15 N:d6+ cd 16 B:f4 Qh4! Lindham has pawn and attack 15. Bxf4! Qh4!! 16. Qe1 Ingo would get the piece right back after 16 ed g3! 16 ... Be7!! 1/2-1/2 ? " Take the draw and share the title. " - Josh Waitzkin Searching for Bobby Fischer Kartsev Soel, one rating points higher, refuses. 17. Qxh4! Bxh4! 18. b3! Be6!! Ingo Lindham has the two bishops and an extra pawn. What's especially interesting to me is that Fritz 11 wants Ingo to line up the rooks on the h-file with 18 ... Rh5!!, even in the endgame. 19. Rad1 Rh5!! Trick or Treat - Josh Waitzkin Searching for Bobby Fischer 20. Rd3!! 1/2-1/2 ?!! Kartsev Soel comes to his senses and realizes discretion is the better part of valor. He begs for the draw he so haughtily disdained 4 moves ago but Ingo Lindham decides to go for Fishing Pole glory. Shereshevky recommends not moving for half an hour after you reach an endgame to develop long term plans. After the excitement of the Fishing Pole middlegame tactics died down and they made a few endgame moves, both players realized Black is winning. 20 ... Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+!! Starting around here ... f5 is a good idea every move - Lindham figures that out soon. 23. Kf2! Rxf1+!! 24. Kxf1! Rh1+ 25. Ke2! Ra1 26. Rd2! Bd5 27. Kd3!! f5 28. exf6! gxf6! 29. c4? Favorable wind - Tal 29... Bf7 30. Ke2 f5!! Kartsev is collapsing 31. Be5 f4!! 32. Nxg4! f3+ Winning a piece with 32 ... Bh5!! 33 Kf1 Rf1+!! 34 Rf2 R:f2+ 35 K:f2 B:g4 is another way 33. gxf3! Bxd2! 34. Kxd2! Rxa2+! 35. Kc3! a pity exclam for finding the best move in a lost position. A pity 35 ... Bh5 Any trade is good when you're winning - Dzindi 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3!! 38. Bh4! to stop 39 N:f3 Rg3 38 ... Be4 39. c5 a5! 40. Nc4? An obvious time pressure blunder but he was dead lost anyway. There was no good way to stop it. 40 ... Rc2# 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Einzelpokal SG Dortmund, Finale"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2009.01.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Soel, Kartsev"] [Black "Lindam, Ingo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2121"] [BlackElo "2018"] [Annotator "Lindam,Ingo"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Na3 Qe7 10. Nc4 Bd7 $2 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. e5 Qxg5 15. Bxf4 Qh4 16. Qe1 Be7 17. Qxh4 Bxh4 18. b3 Be6 19. Rad1 Rh5 20. Rd3 Rdh8 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Ne3 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Ra1 26. Rd2 Bd5 27. Kd3 f5 28. exf6 gxf6 29. c4 29... Bf7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Be5 f4 32. Nxg4 f3+ 33. gxf3 Bxd2 34. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 35. Kc3 Bh5 36. Bf6 Rg2 37. Ne5 Bxf3 38. Bh4 Be4 39. c5 a5 40. Nc4 Rc2# 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/News/NewsArticles/Welcome.htm New Brian Wall website by Chris Peterson From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 22 22:55:40 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:55:40 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wall-Fromme Alekhine's Defense Message-ID: <1232690140.49795bdc093a0@www.taom.com> Joe and I go way back and share a love of the early Bobby Fischer. I shared second in his Bobby Fischer Memorial last year behind GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg. I told him a few Bobby Fischer - WIM Ruth Haring stories before the game. Usually I switch my openings as often as possible but Joe and I have developed an Alekhine's Defense tabiya in these Poor Richard's tournaments like Weihmiller and I have a French Defense tabiya. I feel more confident going down the main line after studying Fromme's games. Karpov in his prime felt like the Alekhine's was almost a forced loss against him so I have been trying to emulate Anatoly. [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday Week 3"] [Site "324 Tejon, CO Springs"] [Date "2009.01.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Joe Fromme"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1702"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern variation, 4...Bg4"] [ECO "B05"] [NIC "AL.02"] [Time "02:03:32"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Poor Richard's Toy Store, Restaurant and Book Store 324 North Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO Round 3 of the Wednesday night tournament Game/85 minutes 5 second delay Jan. 21, 1970 the day after Obama's inauguration chilly night Danielle Rice and I rode in from Denver White - Brian Wall 2200 Joe Fromme - 1702 Opening - Alekhine's Defense, Modern Variation with ... Bg4 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nc6 12. b3 f5 TL - Fromme Theoretical Lemon by Joe Fromme My first thought was - Let's get stupid. My reaction was equally lame. Joe explained he was tired of losing with the main line 12 ... d5 13 c5 Nc8 14 b4 12 ... d5 91 times 12 ... B:f3 once 12 ... Re8 zero 12 ... Bg6 3 times 12 ... Bf6 zero 12 ... h6 zero 12 ... Rc8 played twice 12 ... Nd7 once 12 ... e5 zero although Joe said he had played this too 12 ... Qd7 zero 12 ... Nb4 zero 12 ... Kh8 zero 12 ... Qc7 zero 12 ... Qe8 zero 12 ... Rb8 zero 12 ... f5 zero 12 ... Qc8 zero 12 ... Qb8 zero 12 ... a6 once 12 ... Nb8 zero 12 ... f6 zero 12 ... a5 twice I think Joe and I were both confusing this position with [White "Karpov,Anatoly"] [Black "Zoister,Franz"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B05"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 d5 11.c5 Bxf3 where ed cd does not get played --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from the The Hippocratic Oath (Original Version) I SWEAR by Apollo the physician, AEsculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation. I WILL FOLLOW that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. WITH PURITY AND WITH HOLINESS I will pass my life and practice my Art. WHILE I CONTINUE to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe is not a doctor. 13. d5!! exd5! 14. cxd5 8 minutes spent ( probably talking to Tom Mullikin and Anthea, I couldn't have done much Chess thinking ). The only good moves here are - 14 N:d5!!!, B:b6! and cd! I don't like giving up bishops for knights without good reasons. I decided whichever move, N:d5 or cd, "gained time" would be correct. All three moves are good, I chose the weakest of the three. It turns out it is not so easy to just play cd and Nf3-d4-e6 because Black has resources like capturing on f3 or playing .... f5-f4-f3 messing up my Kingside. 14 N:d5!! was just a clean, clear advantage with no confusion. 14 ... Bxf3!! I wasn't expecting this simple solution from Joe, depriving me of a quick Ne6. I get the two bishops now but they are targets for knights and pawns. My arch nemesis in New England, IM Charlie Hertan ( 7-0 against me, no draws, no losses ) wrote in his great new book, Forcing Chess Moves, that all anyone needs to reach expert status is to CONSISTENTLY AND ACCURATELY CALCULATE TWO MOVES AHEAD. 15. Bxf3! Ne5! 16. Rc1? 5 minutes wasted on this move The problem with Jack Young's Snagglepuss Opening- 1 d4 Nc6 2 e4 a5 3 d5 Nb4 4 a3 Na6 is that the a6-knight and the f8-bishop are both going to be fighting for the same square, ... c5. I have the same problem after 16 Nb5, my knight and bishop are both fighting for d4, e.g., 16 Nb5 f4 17 Bd4 a6 18 Nc3. I should have played this anyway but I thought maybe 16 Rc1 c8 17 Nb5 was a stronger version. It wasn't. 16 ... Rc8? Joe should have punished 16 Rc1? by trading his bad bishop for my good one with 16 ... Bg5!! 17. Ne2?? 6 minutes wasted on this move For some bizarre reason I chose this absurd path to e6 instead of my long intended 17 Nb5!! After playing it I thought, Let's get stupid 17 ... Rxc1!! I decided I didn't care WHAT concession I had to make just to play Ne6!!, even Joe's 17 ... N:f3+!!!= 18 gf! didn't bother me. Somehow Joe bought that schpiel. 18. Bxc1 I spent 4 minutes on this interesting, close decision - Should I try to activate my Queen with 18 Q:c1!! Should I avoid doubled pawns with 18 N:c1! It's all about equal. I decided to stick with my plan of Ne6 at all costs. 18 ... Bg5 The only slightly better move is the obvious 18 ... N:f3+= 19. Nd4!! I finally felt I was back on track. I knew in my gut that Capablanca would not have played the way I did the last 5 moves, that I had failed the Hippocratic Oath to do no harm, that I had failed Hertan's two move tactic test. I considered 19 Nf4!! as well for a micro-edge. After so much stumbling I may get a knight to e6 after all. 19 ... Nxf3+? 19 ... R:c1!! 20 Q:c1!! N:f3+ 21 N:f3 delays my knight to e6 some more and other moves like 19 ... R:c1!! 20 Q:c1!! Re8, ... Qd7, ... Qf6 et alia only lead to a small edge. 20. Qxf3! Bxc1! 21. Rxc1! My pawns aren't doubled, my knight is headed for e6, my rook is on an open file, I have all the small advantages. It's rather amazing to me how poorly Joe and I handled moves 12 -19, missing all sorts of simple things. 21 ... Qf6! 22. Ne6! Rc8! 23. Rxc8+! Nxc8! GM Maxim Dlugy once said you shouldn't get upset if you reach an even ending with a much lower rated player, just play logical moves and hope for the best. It worked for me Tuesday night against Shannon Fox and again Wednesday night against Joe Fromme. 24. Qd3 I was annoyed by the possible checks at a1 or e5 so I devised a scheme to safeguard my King. I learned a good plan a long time ago in Smejkal-Karpov, a key last round matchup in the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal. In a nothing position with Queen and opposite-colored bishops, Karpov made his King a little safer than Smejkal and when the fireworks started, Karpov won. I tried the idea against Robert Fordon 30 years ago in a Queen plus minor piece ending and it worked for me. Dvoretsky called it " a well known technique " in his new Analytic Manual. 24 ... Kf7 25. f4!! Preventing ... Qe5 and supporting Ng5+ - Joe had finally caught up to me in time spent - 17 minutes left each. 25 ... g6 26. Kh2 Following my plan although Fritz thinks it's time to invade already with 26 Ng5+!! Kg8! 27 Qc4!! Ne7! 28 Ne6!! or Qb5!! and I should be able to pick up a pawn. I was following Dvoretsky's rule of - Don't let your King get in the way. 26 ... h6!! 27. Qb5 The problem with my invasion now is that Joe can play ... N:d5 and ... Q:e6 and I don't have Ng5+ now. 27 ... Qe7 27 ... Nb6!! and then ... N:d5!! 28. a4 Trying to take a5 away from Joe's knight. 12 minutes left each. 28 ... Nb6!! 29. a5!! Luckiy for me, Joe tends to believe me and doubt himself, which is why he didn't double my pawns with ... N:f3+ earlier. I somehow bluffed Joe out of his intended 29 a5 N:d5! 30 Q:d5 Q:e6 31 Q:b7+ Qe7 32 Qd5+ and I still have a positional edge but what does that mean in a Queen versus Queen ending? 29 ... Na8?? Help-mating his knight 30. Qc4!! His knight is stuck and I also have double threats like Qd4, hitting a7 and g7 30 ... g5 Two minutes left for Joe, 10 for me. 31. Qc8 I have many wins now that Joe has one knight tied behind his back. 1-0 Joe throws in the towel Trying to save the knight leads to mate in 3 after 31 Qc8 Qe8 32 Q:b7+!! Kg6 33 Qg7+!! Kh5 34 g4+!! fg 35 Kg3!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday Week 3"] [Site "324 Tejon, CO Springs"] [Date "2009.01.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Joe Fromme"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1702"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern variation, 4...Bg4"] [ECO "B05"] [NIC "AL.02"] [Time "02:03:32"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Nc6 12. b3 f5 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Bg5 19. Nd4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qf6 22. Ne6 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Qd3 Kf7 25. f4 g6 26. Kh2 h6 27. Qb5 Qe7 28. a4 Nb6 29. a5 Na8 30. Qc4 g5 31. Qc8 1-0 Joe throws in the towel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [White "Karpov,Anatoly"] [Black "Zoister,Franz"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B05"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 d5 11.c5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc4 13.Bc1 Nc6 14.b3 N4a5 15.Rb1 b6 16.b4 Nc4 17.b5 N6a5 18.c6 Bg5 19.Re1 Qe7 20.a4 Bxc1 21.Rxc1 Qh4 22.Qd3 Rfd8 23.Bg4 Qg5 24.Ne2 Qd2 25.Red1 Qxd3 26.Rxd3 a6 27.f4 axb5 28.axb5 g6 29.g3 Kg7 30.Kf2 Rf8 31.Bf3 f6 32.Kg2 Rfe8 33.Ng1 Re7 34.Be2 g5 35.Bh5 fxe5 36.fxe5 Kf8 37.Nf3 Rg7 38.h4 gxh4 39.Nxh4 Rg8 40.Nf3 Rg7 41.Rh1 Re7 42.Rh2 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1973.06.02"] [Round "16"] [White "Smejkal,Jan"] [Black "Karpov,Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B49"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 0-0 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8 Rfxc8 13.Bxa6 Rd8 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.Kh1 Be5 16.c3 Rxb2 17.Qc1 Ng4 18.f4 Nxe3 19.Qxb2 Bxf4 20.Qf2 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 e5 22.g3 Qd6 23.Be2 Bg5 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.a4 Be7 26.a5 Rf8 27.Qc4 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Qf6 29.Kg2 Qf8 30.Be2 Bc5 31.Bg4 Qf2+ 32.Kh3 d6 33.Bd7 g6 34.Bxc6 Kg7 35.Bb5 Qb2 36.a6 Bg1 37.Qe2 Qxc3 38.Bc4 Qc1 39.Qf1 Qh6+ 40.Kg2 Qxh2+ 41.Kf3 Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qh2+ 43.Kf3 Bd4 44.Bd5 Bc5 45.Bc6 Bd4 46.Bb7 g5 47.Kg4 h5+ 48.Kf5 Qxg3 49.Ke6 Qf2 50.Qb5 Qf6+ 51.Kd5 g4 52.Bc8 Qe7 53.Bf5 Kh6 54.Qf1 Qc7 55.Qe2 Qc5+ 56.Ke6 Kg5 57.Qf1 Qa3 58.Qe2 Bc5 59.Qd2+ Qe3 60.Qa5 Bb6 61.Qa2 Qf2 62.Qb1 g3 63.Bh3 Kh4 64.Bg2 Qg1 65.Qxg1 Bxg1 66.Kxd6 Bd4 67.a7 Bxa7 68.Kxe5 Kg4 69.Kd5 h4 70.e5 h3 71.Bxh3+ Kxh3 72.e6 Bc5 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 22 23:55:59 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:55:59 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Introducing the Badger or Earl Roberts Opening Message-ID: <1232693759.497969ff67f3f@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOxR7rTYuSI 2 million hits Former Utah State Chess Champion Josh Smith loves to play bullet while listening to the Badger Song. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introducing the Badger or Earl Roberts Opening 1 d4 Nc6 2 d5 Ne5 3 e4 f6!! an offshoot of another invention of mine, The Full Metal Jacket 1 d4 Nc6 2 d5 Ne5 3 e4 e6 4 f4 ed!!! 5 fe Qh4+!! Justification for the Badger name - A - 3 ... f6 creates a badger hole for the Knight to hide in. I believe IM John Watson explored similar themes in the Chigorin. 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6 B - If the knight demures, maybe the King can use f6 as a Foxhole. C - If anyone enquires as to the origin of the Badger or Earl Roberts Opening, I can simply forward any of Earl Roberts' rants as proof of badgering D - Further complaints by Roberts will only fuel the fire. The more Earl protests, the tighter the net fits and the more justification for the Badger Opening. Priceless. E - I have already won in a slow tournament game with the Badger Opening in the 2008 Pikes Peak Open. My claim to the opening is indisputable. F- Expect more games, analysis and fresh videos soon. Life Master Brian Wall From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 23 10:56:27 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:56:27 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kurtis and Brenda, the true story Message-ID: <1232733387.497a04cb490e8@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Sheely ----- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Sheely Reply-To: Brian Sheely Subject: Kurtis and Brenda To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com The true story is much more satisfying... http://www.snopes.com/glurge/warner.asp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090123/682e9521/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 23 11:58:47 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:58:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fred Spell versus Dragan Plakalovic Message-ID: <1232737127.497a1367cb63b@www.taom.com> Tom Mullikin 4 digit player as of March 16, 2003 high 10-16-08 1371 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Spell versus Dragan Plakalovic by Brian Wall This game had such a cool ending I used it in my son's Elementary School Chess Class the next day along with the perennial favorite Wagner-Wall. The kids got very excited near the "Searching for Bobby Fischer" ending of Spell-Plakalovic. I can tell by the number of hands waving and little angel voices shouting. I tried to keep a low profile but I saw Zebras and Fishing Poles everywhere after the lesson when they played each other. I don't know much about Fred Eric Spell. I did an email about my first game with Fred. I also publsihed an email in the Colorado Informant about a Fred Spell - Tom Bourie game. Dragan Plakalovic has it all, youth, charm, intelligence, happy disposition, brilliance, good looks, personality. On top of that he is a physicist/rocket scientist/tennis player with a great European accent. Every Tuesday Dragan and Tom Mullikin escape the Colorado Springs Chess Basement Club and enjoy a private game, fine dining and fresh air in the luxurious confines of Poor Richard's. They can discuss their online Chess games and their common scientific knowledge as they enjoy almost equal competition. The next day, schedules permitting, they come back to Poor Richard's, refreshed and strengthened, to play with the rest of us or just to watch and hang out. Unfortunately I have made merciless fun of Tom Mullikin the last half a decade for the simple reason that Tom really wants to improve and can take a joke. I am completely out of "rocket scientist" material. Spectator Tom Mullikin told me to watch the Fred Spell/Dragan Plakalovic game. I told them afterwards I was going to do an email on the game, they wouldn't like what I had to say, they were playing tennis, not Chess, with the lead constantly changing hands. My goal this game is not to make fun of these fine gentlemen, I just want to stumble through to the cute and surprising ending. This game reads like a novel. [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday Week 3"] [Site "324 Tejon, CO Springs"] [Date "2009.01.21" ] [Round "3"] [White "Fred Eric Spell"] [Black "Dragan Plakalovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1415"] [BlackElo "1272"] [Opening "Sicilian Najdorf, Scheveningen, Bc4, Bg5 variation, "] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "AL.02"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Poor Richard's Toy Store, Restaurant and Book Store 324 North Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO Round 3 of the Wednesday night tournament Most players ever was 23, Summer 2008 Game/85 minutes 5 second delay Jan. 21, 1970 the day after Obama's inauguration chilly night 7 PM Danielle Rice and I rode in from Denver White - Fred Eric Spell 1415 Dragan Plakalovic - 1272 Opening - Sicilian Najdorf, Scheveningen, Bc4, Bg5 variation On to the Chess! 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 It would hardly be a Brian Wall email these days without a Youtube Chess video reference. I'm so vain I thought this opening was about me, about me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY My first Youtube video, Shattering the Scheveningen, featured Bc4, Bg5 and Qf3 without f4 8.f4 I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee. I guess if Fred had seen my video he would have played 8 Qf3 here like I did against Robert Ramirez, 2006 Denver Open. 8 ... Nxe4? I thought this was a terrible move but it has been played 4 times before. Materially , it's OK and positionally, it destroys the center. The problem is it opens lines for White's better developed pieces. It must be a confusing sac because White reacted differently in all 5 games. 9.Nxe4! 9 B:e7? has been played, which is what Black is hoping for. 9 B:e7? N:c3!! TN and Black has gotten away with destroying White's center. 9 ... d5! 10.Bxd5? TL Theoretical Lemon by Fred ERic Spell That's painful, losing all kinds of tempi instead of continuing to press forward and attack with 10 Qh5!!!, Qe2!!, Qg4!! and others. The Sicilian Defense favors Black longterm so White has to get vicious in a hurry to avoid losing ( unless he's Michael Adams, then he can take his time ). Fred should stay active with sharp moves like 10 Qh5!! Qa5+ 11 c3 de 12 B:e6!! or 10 Qh5!! Qa5+ 11 c3 dc 12 f5!! Qe5 13 0-0!! Q:e4 14 B:e7!! or fe!! Those moves would be hard for anyone to find, you would need attacking skills. 10 B:e7? Q:e7! 11 Qe2! de has been played with about equal chances 10 B:a6? R:a6! 11 B:e7! Q:e7! 12 Nc3! and now 12 ... Qh4+!! 13 g3 Qh3! 14 Qf3 Nc6! and Black would be very comfortable. This position is tricky but 10 B:a6? clearly just trades a center pawn for a rook pawn and activates Black's rook in the process. 10 Qe2! de 11 0-0-0! has been played, much more in the spirit of the position. Most likely this is what I would have played. 10 ... exd5! I used to watch GM Dzindzichashvili teach Chess - This is his style. GM Dzindi - Why did you play that move? Student - To recapture the piece GM Dzindi - Isn't it better to do two things at the same time, like develop your own piece while recapturing with 10 ... Q:d5!! Student - Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. 11.Nc3! Bxg5! 12.fxg5! 0-0!! 13.h4?? It is best to develop quickly in the opening and count pawns when you're done. Just castle. 13 ... Re8+!! Dragan's pieces come out lightning fast now with ... Nc6, ... Bg4, ... Qb6 and there is no safe place for Fred's King. Ironically a main line in THE FRED is 1 e4 f5 2 ef Nf6 3 g4 d5 4 g5 Ne4 5 Qh5+ Kd7 so Fred Spell is just following his natural instincts, like a bird building a nest. 14.Kd2 Qb6!! Don't worry, Fred, everyone gets multiple chances to win, lose or draw this game. 15.Kc1!! Nc6!! 16.Nxc6? This is generally a Sicilian No-No, strengthening Plakalovic's center and opening the b-file for a rook and losing time in the process ( Ng1-f3-d4-c6 versus ... Nc6, ... bc ) 16 ... Qe3+? This plays into White's hands - in an endgame Fred's centralized King is a strength and Dragan's safe King is an issue so Fred might survive 17 Qd2!! with a Queen trade 17.Kb1! bxc6! 18.a3 There is always a war in any company between the salesmen and the accountants, the lively con men versus the beancounters. Fred is playing according to what he can see in front of him, equal material but meanwhile Rome is burning. 18 ... Qg3? One of those RSMs, a Reserve Section Mystery when there was so much constructive work to be done with ... Rb8, ... d4, ... Be6, anything to turn up the heat on Fred's feet. 19.Qf3! Qxf3 Black has lost a key tempo but I would still prefer 19 ... Qe5 or ... Qd6. The man with the safer King should keep Queens on. If Dragan wants to trade Queens then 19 ... Re3! 20 Q:g3 R:g3 activates his rook for free 20.gxf3! Re3!! Dragan is still better, solid pawn structure, bishop over knight, no outposts for Fred yet 21.Rf1 Both players made their King safe for the middlegame but it's time to come out and play 21 ... Bh3 22.Rf2! d4 23.Ne2 d3? Losing time to trade pawns kills the last of Dragan's edge 24.cxd3! Rxd3 Time to revive the lost bishop with 24 ... Bf5! Kids are usually in great shape and their muscles ache for exercise. It's the same way with inactive pieces and Chessmasters. A bishop on h3 and a rook on a8 just hurts. 25.Nf4! Fred survived his dreadful King-scampering and has an edge now. 25 ... Rd1+! 26.Ka2! Rxa1+! 27.Kxa1! Re8? Hard to tell in 1200 land if Dragan sacced a piece or dropped it. 27 ... Bf5 is about equal and I never would have written about this game. 28.Nxh3! Re1+! 29.Ka2! Rh1! 30.Nf4! Rxh4! 31.Ng2 Dragan's scoresheet has strange markings indicating question marks for good moves like 31 Ng2?, 32 Re2? and 36 Ne3? 31 Nd3!! avoids any pins but Fred's move still wins easily. 31 ... Rh2 32.Re2 to threaten mate and break the pin 32 ... Kf8 Knights hate rook pawns, 32 ... h6! makes more sense 33.f4 Not awful but 33 Nf4! liberates the pieces 33 ... h5! There we go! 34.gxh6 gxh6! Dragan finally has a passed pawn to frighten Fred with. 35.Rc2! Fred realizes he must free his rook sometime 35 ... h5! There we go! 36.Ne3 Rxc2! 37.Nxc2! h4! It hurt to see how fast Fred was moving in this delicate endgame. The key concept here is a King barrier with maybe a knight on g3, a pawn on f4 and a King on c3 or maybe a knight on g4, a pawn on f5 and a King on d3. That would freeze Dragan's King and give Fred time to consolidate. 38.Nd4 h3! Knights hate rookpawns 39.Ne2 Ke7! Tom asked me to take a peek and Dragan was racing his King up the middle like a fullback. 40.Kb3! Ke6! 41.Kc3?? It looked like Fred knew what he was doing because 41 Ng3!! Kd5 42 Kc3!! creates a King barrier. Dragan can break the barrier at the cost of his h-pawn but then Fred will raid the Queenside cookie jar while Plakalovic is busy winning the knight for the f-pawn 41 ... Kf5!! Blockade broken!! OK, let's recap - Fred was winning after 8 ... N:e4? or 27 ... Re8? Dragan was winning after 13 h4? or 41 Kc3? with more adventures to follow 42.Ng3+! Kxf4!! 43.Nf1! Kf3!! 44.Kd2 Kf2!! 45.Nh2! Kg2!! 46.Ke2 Fred aims for tricky stalemate issues to hornswoggle his 1200 opponent. It shouldn't work. A+ for ingenuity. 46 ... Kxh2!! 47.Kf2!! f5 A bad sign - Dragan doesn't get it - his goal should be to run Fred out of moves on the Queenside so that Fred wil be forced to let Dragan's King out of the box. 47 ... a5!!! or ... c5!! would show understanding. 48.b3 Kh1 48 ... f4?? would already be a draw after 49 b4!! f3 50 a4!! Kh1 51 Kf1 Kh2= Fred ran Dragan out of moves 49.Kg3! h2??= Now it's a draw again. Dragan had an easy win with 49 ... Kg1!! racing for the Queenside. Think outside the box. 49 ... c5?? would also be a draw after 50 K:h3 and then Fred races for the Queenside, snatching pawns along the way like Ms. Pacman. 50.Kf2!! The door clangs shut on the Man in the Iron Mask. 50 ... f4 51.Kf1 a5 52.b4 a4 53.Kf2 f3 54.Kf1 f2???? Oh noooooooooooooooo!! Anything to make the children laugh. Dragan could aim for stalemate with 54 ... c5!! 55 bc f2 56 K:f2 stalemate. Now he forces Fred to beat him him! 54 ... c5!! 55 b5?? c4!! queens with check. 55.Kxf2 forced c5 only legal move 56.b5!! 56 bc?? stalemate 56 ... c4 only legal move 57.b6 forced c3 only legal move 58.b7 forced c2 only legal move All the kids in Devon's Chess class were jumping up and down shouting out pawn moves and checkmates 59.b8Q forced c1Q 60.Qb7+ Qc6 only legal move 61.Qxc6# Checkmate 1-0 Trick or Treat. Very entertaining Chess. I didn't see the end, I am not sure when or if Dragan resigned. His scoresheet stops at 53 ... f3, right before the big blunder ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday Week 3"] [Site "324 Tejon, CO Springs"] [Date "2009.01.21" ] [Round "3"] [White "Fred Eric Spell"] [Black "Dragan Plakalovic"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1415"] [BlackElo "1272"] [Opening "Sicilian Najdorf, Scheveningen, Bc4, Bg5 variation, "] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "AL.02"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85 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.f4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bxd5 exd5 11.Nc3 Bxg5 12.fxg5 0-0 13.h4 Re8+ 14.Kd2 Qb6 15.Kc1 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Qe3+ 17.Kb1 bxc6 18.a3 Qg3 19.Qf3 Qxf3 20.gxf3 Re3 21.Rf1 Bh3 22.Rf2 d4 23.Ne2 d3 24.cxd3 Rxd3 25.Nf4 Rd1+ 26.Ka2 Rxa1+ 27.Kxa1 Re8 28.Nxh3 Re1+ 29.Ka2 Rh1 30.Nf4 Rxh4 31.Ng2 Rh2 32.Re2 Kf8 33.f4 h5 34.gxh6 gxh6 35.Rc2 h5 36.Ne3 Rxc2 37.Nxc2 h4 38.Nd4 h3 39.Ne2 Ke7 40.Kb3 Ke6 41.Kc3 Kf5 42.Ng3+ Kxf4 43.Nf1 Kf3 44.Kd2 Kf2 45.Nh2 Kg2 46.Ke2 Kxh2 47.Kf2 f5 48.b3 Kh1 49.Kg3 h2 50.Kf2 f4 51.Kf1 a5 52.b4 a4 53.Kf2 f3 54.Kf1 f2 55.Kxf2 c5 56.b5 c4 57.b6 c3 58.b7 c2 59.b8Q c1Q 60.Qb7+ Qc6 61.Qxc6# Checkmate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant Wednesday Night Tournament"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO 324 Tejon Street"] [Date "2008.01.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Fred Spell"] [Black "Tom Bourie"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1471"] [BlackElo "1629"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense, Andrew Martin style"] [ECO "A43"] [NIC "OI.09"] [Time "19:00:48"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Be2 a6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. O-O b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qc1 Be7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Be3 c5 13. b4 O-O 14. Qb2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 cxb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Na2 Qxc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21. Bf4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bd5 24. Nc3 Bxb4 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Nc6 Bd6 27. Bd2 Nb8 28. Nd4 g6 29. Kf1 Be5 30. Nb3 Bc3 31. Bc1 Nc6 32. Bf3 a5 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Nc5 Nd4 35. Bh6 a4 36. Be3 f6 37. Bxd4 Bxd4 38. Na6 a3 39. Nb4 Bc3 40. Nc2 a2 41. Ke2 b4 0-1 White resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant June Chess"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2007.06.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Fred Spell"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1302"] [BlackElo "2222"] [Opening "Four knights: Spanish variation"] [ECO "C48"] [NIC "KP.03"] [Time "19:43:58"] [TimeControl "Game/90 plus 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 c5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Kg2 c6 16. Re2 Bf4 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Qe1 Rd7 19. e5 Qe6 20. Ne4 Qxa2 21. Nxc5 Rde7 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Qd5 24. d4 f6 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Re4 fxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Rb4 Qc5 29. Rc1 Qd5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Bd6 32. Rb3 Bf4 33. Rd1 Rd8 Fred resigns 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2008 North American Open"] [Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"] [Date "2009.12.28" ] [Round "6"] [White "Richard Wagner"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2060"] [BlackElo "2229"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Rd1 Bg4 8. d3 Kh8 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Kg2 f5 14. Rh1 Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf4 18. Nxg5 Rxe4 19. Ndxe4 Rf8 20. Rxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Kg3 Bf5 23. Rh1+ Kg6 24. f3 Ne7 25. c4 Be3 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Be6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Kf2+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. Ke3 d5 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 a6 37. Ba4 dxc4 38. dxc4 Bxc4 39. a3 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bd5+ 41. Kd4 b6 42. Ne2 Nf5+ 43. Kc3 Ke5 44. Bc2 Be4 45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 Kd5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Nd6+ 49. Kb3 Nb5 50. Ne4 Kd5 51. Nf6+ Kd4 52. Nd7 Kd5 53. Nb8 Nd4+ 54. Ka4 Kc4 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "POR-ch sf"] [Site "Portugal"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Biscaia,J"] [Black "Parcerias,Pedro"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.f4 Nxe4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qf3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 0-0 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.Qd3 d5 14.Bb3 Qxf4+ 15.Kb1 Nc6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rhf1 Qg4 18.Rf3 e5 19.Rg3 Qh5 20.Rf1 a5 21.Ba4 Ba6 22.Qf5 Qxf5 23.Rxf5 f6 24.Bxc6 Rad8 25.Ra3 Rd6 26.Ba4 e4 27.Re3 g6 28.Rf2 f5 29.Rd2 d4 30.Re1 e3 31.Rxe3 dxe3 32.Rxd6 e2 33.Re6 Rd8 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "IRI-ch"] [Site "Iran"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Niknaddaf,M"] [Black "Rezapoor,R"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.f4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Qe2 dxe4 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qxe4 Nd7 14.Rhe1 0-0 15.Nf5 Qf6 16.Nd6 Nc5 17.Qe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 Nd7 19.Re2 b5 20.Nxc8 bxc4 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Rxd7 g6 23.Rc7 Rfd8 24.Rd2 Kg7 25.Rxc4 Rxd2 26.Kxd2 Rd8+ 27.Ke2 Rd7 28.Nc6 f5 29.Ne5 Rb7 30.b3 Kf6 31.Rc6 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "BEM-ch U16"] [Site "Helmstedt"] [Date "2005.10.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Hulm,Steven"] [Black "Welz,Thilo"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "B98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.f4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bxa6 Rxa6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nc3 Qb4 13.Ndb5 0-0 14.0-0 Nc6 15.a3 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 d4 17.Nc7 dxc3 18.Nxa6 bxa6 19.b4 Qc4 20.Rf3 Rd8 21.Rd3 Rxd3 22.Qxd3 Qxd3 23.cxd3 Nd4 24.Rc1 c2 25.h3 Bd7 26.f5 Ba4 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Kg1 Nb3 30.Rf1+ Ke7 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Odessa Region-ch"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "2008.04.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Karpuzov,Georgiy"] [Black "Grigoryev,Yury"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.f4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.0-0-0 f5 13.g4 Nc6 14.Bb3 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Bd7 16.Rhd1 0-0-0 17.Qd2 g6 18.Qa5 g5 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.Qc3+ Kb8 21.Qxh8+ Ka7 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.gxf5 exf5 24.Qe5 gxf4 25.Qxf4 Qg7 26.Qf2+ b6 27.Qg3 Qe7 28.Kd2 h6 29.Qf4 Qg5 30.Qxg5 hxg5 31.Ke3 Kb7 32.Be6 f4+ 33.Kxe4 Kc6 34.Bg4 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 25 09:54:04 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:54:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fwd: The N Earl Roberts Opening, The Badger : subvariation - The Frisky Badger Message-ID: <1232902444.497c992c97736@www.taom.com> In order to avoid further accusations of plaguarism from Unorthodox Openings purist N Earl Roberts, I am appending a game and analysis of my brand new The N Earl Roberts Opening or Badger. How to play the Badger - simply answer 1 d4 with 1 ... Nc6 followed by ... f6 as soon as possible followed by occupying e5 as soon as possible with pawn or knight. In case of predator attack, f7 may be used as a badger den. A typical badger den may be as far as 3 meters below the surface, contain about 10 meters of tunnels, and have an enlarged chamber for sleeping. Badgers use multiple burrows within their home range, and they may not use the same burrow more than once a month. In the summer months they may dig a new burrow each day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder Grand Prix"] [Site "University Memorial Center, Room 415, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "1"] [White "Anthony Cordova"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1497"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "The N Earl Roberts Opening, The Badger: subvariation - The Frisky Badger "] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "AL.02"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO In college I played many blitz games in the UMC cafeteria. Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 24, 2009 Round 1 White - Anthony Cordova 1497 Anthony has played on average once a year for 14 years. Anthony is a groundhog. Badgers eat groundhogs. Black - Brian Wall 2202 ( Youngblood buddies Mitch Anderson and Kevin Seidler both knocked me down to my rating floor this month ) Opening - The N Earl Roberts Opening or The Badger Subvariation: The Frisky Badger socalled because of Earl badgering me on UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com and also because f6 creates a badger den. The Frisky Badger refers to my Queen's Knight which made every other move for 11 moves and also ranged far out of his normal territory. The home ranges of both male and female badgers expands during the breeding season, indicating that males and females travel more extensively to find mates. Males have larger home ranges that are likely to overlap with the home ranges of several females. 1.d4 Nc6!! 2.c4 f6!! The N Earl Roberts Opening, The Badger Unlike many carnivores that stalk their prey in open country, badgers catch most of their food by digging. They can tunnel after ground dwelling rodents with amazing speed. They have been known to cache food. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Example of badgering - Random Roberts Rant The problem with chess today is the access to a broadcastable media. People stand up and talk a lot crap and expect people to wear such bollicks....well, not me. If I hear crap then I am gonna call it crap ........and I will stand up to such claims about the Bunny, ferret, raccoon or what ever stupid name he wants to append to his theft of another's work..CRAP. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Nc3 Those White knights should be careful where they step. Badger burrows may present a hazard to cattle and horses. Such animals have been known to break legs by stepping into badger holes. 3 ... e5!! 2 ... f6 creates a badger den and supports a pawn or knight on e5. 4.d5 Nd4?! I realized I had a rare opportunity to occupy d4. Fritz 9 thinks the Badger should stay closer to home with 4 ... Nb8, ... Na5, ... Nce7 or ... Nb4 ( The Badger, subvariation Snagglepuss ) Badgers prefer to live in dry, open grasslands, fields, and pastures. They are found from high alpine meadows to sea level 5 g4!! would have been a good badger trap. Badger fur is attractive, it has been used as a trim on Native American garments and historically it was used to make shaving and painting brushes. 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc6?? dxc6! I have escaped the badger trap and I am thriving in my new environment. Badgers are excellent digging machines. Their powerfully built forelimbs allow them to tunnel rapidly through the soil, and apparently through other harder substances as well. There are anecdotal accounts of badgers emerging from holes they have excavated through blacktopped pavement and two inch thick concrete. 7.e3 Ne6 I knew 7 ... N:f3+! was best but I really liked 7 ... Ne6 because after 8 Q:d8+ K:d8 my King is happy to enter a new nest on c7 and my knight is happy to enter a new nest on c5. In comparison, 7 ... N:f3+ seemed lifeless. 8.Qc2 a5 Stopping 9 Bd3 with 8 ... Nc5 seemed pointless after 9 b4 Ne6 10 a3 a5 11 Rb1. Ignoring Bd3 with 8 ... Bd7 9 Bd3 Qc7 10 B:h7 0-0-0 looked interesting 9.Bd3! g6! 10.0-0! Nc5 11.Rd1 I thought preserving the two bishops with 11 Be2 was mandatory. 11 ... Nxd3! The Badger has wandered far and wide and finally captures a mate. 12.Rxd3! Qc7 13.Rd2 Be6 I considered provocation with 13 ... Bf5 14.b3 Nh6 15.Bb2 I was more afraid of Ne4, c5, Ba3, Rad1 concentrating all firepower on d6 15 ... Be7! 16.Ne4! 0-0! 17.Ng3 Anthony and I had a friendly postmortem after the game. He explained his plan of Nh4:g6+ or Nh4, Kh1, f4 to soften up the long diagonal. 17 Ng3 avoids ... Bf5. 17 ... Nf7! with multiple functions. Badgers have keen vision, scent, and hearing. 18.Rad1! Qb6 To hinder c5 and put more pressure on b3 after ... a4 19.Kh1 Preparing f4 19 ... a4!! 20.Nh4 We both follow our own plans, oblivious of the other. Badgers are solitary animals. 20 ... f5! 21.Nf3 I might have tried 22 N:f5!? 21 ... Bf6 21 ... ab!! 22 ab Ra2!! was another approach I considered. I didn't want to tip my hand too soon. 22.c5? Qb5 Codova's Queenside collapses now. 22 ... ab!! is quicker 23.Rd6?! Angry at his imploding Queenside, Anthony lashes out. 23 ... axb3!! 24.axb3! Bxb3!! 25.Qb1 The first two rules when everything is hanging - A - Take the biggest piece B- Take the most active piece These two rules will guide you through 90% of multiple chaos. I can follow both rules with 25. ... Nxd6!! 26.Rxd6! Qxc5 At this point Cordova's position is hopeless so we raced through the rest of the game very fast. 27.Rd7 Bc2 28.Qc1! Rfd8! 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8! 30.Ba3 Qc4 31.Qb2 Rd1+! 32.Ng1! Qb3 33.Qxb3+! Bxb3! 34.h3 Kf7 35.N3e2 e4 36.g3 b5 37.Kg2! Bc4! Example of badgering - Random Roberts Rant This one in response to a list of free Chess videos Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:20:55 +1300 From: N Earl Roberts To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com and we should care....because? While I accept some of these videos discuss unorthodox openings, I am wondering should this group be use as your own personal advertising avenue? Earl 38.Bc5 Be7 39.Bd4 c5! 40.Be5! b4 41.g4 b3 42.gxf5! Rxg1+ 43.Nxg1! Bf6! 44.fxg6+ hxg6 0-1 Cordova resigns The Badger is victorious ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Badger buttons, videos and T-shirts available upon request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder Grand Prix"] [Site "University Memorial Center, Room 415, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "1"] [White "Anthony Cordova"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1497"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "The N Earl Roberts Opening, The Badger: subvariation - The Frisky Badger "] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "AL.02"] [Time "10 AM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 f6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Nd4 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc6 dxc6 7.e3 Ne6 8.Qc2 a5 9.Bd3 g6 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Rd1 Nxd3 12.Rxd3 Qc7 13.Rd2 Be6 14.b3 Nh6 15.Bb2 Be7 16.Ne4 0-0 17.Ng3 Nf7 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Kh1 a4 20.Nh4 f5 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.c5 Qb5 23.Rd6 axb3 24.axb3 Bxb3 25.Qb1 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Qxc5 27.Rd7 Bc2 28.Qc1 Rfd8 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Ba3 Qc4 31.Qb2 Rd1+ 32.Ng1 Qb3 33.Qxb3+ Bxb3 34.h3 Kf7 35.N3e2 e4 36.g3 b5 37.Kg2 Bc4 38.Bc5 Be7 39.Bd4 c5 40.Be5 b4 41.g4 b3 42.gxf5 Rxg1+ 43.Nxg1 Bf6 44.fxg6+ hxg6 0-1 Cordova resigns The Badger is victorious From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 25 09:55:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:55:44 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chandler Aid Message-ID: <1232902544.497c99908283c@www.taom.com> ALERT - All Chess Angels and People of Good Will William Chandler, local Denver area chess player and all around nice guy, is looking for housing and needs it quickly. Any of the following arrangements could work: a roomate to share apartment expenses a 1 bedroom apt. or something similar or a room rental in a home The above referenced possibilities also need to be ground level as he does not have the ability to climb stairs. Bill has income and is able to pay a monthly rent/utilities. Denver area would be best, but he is willing to look at other locations. His telephone number is 351-8910. His e-mail is KingUniqueX at gmail.com. Perhaps you or someone you know is looking for a roommate or is looking for someone to rent a room/apartment. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090125/79beb7e3/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 26 00:00:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ginny Gaige 712 versus Klaus Johnson 1799 Message-ID: <1232953212.497d5f7c56300@www.taom.com> Ginny Gaige Facebook comments - Me v.Klaus Johnson-1d4 d5 2e3 e6 3c4 Nf6 4Nc3 Nd7 5Nf3 Be7 6Bd3 dxc4 7Bxc4 c6 8O-O b5 9Bb3 Bb7? (K Still hasn't castled) 10e4! a6 11Rf-e1 c5?12d5! c4 13Bc2 e5 14d6! Bf8 15b3 cxb3 16Bxb3 f6 17Qb3? (Nh4 better) O-O-O!18Nd5 Nxd5 19Bxd5 f6 Ginny says: tournament fee-$30. Gas-$3. Starbucks, Advil, + Subtle Butt(don't ask)-$7. Making a Class A player sweat + earning the respect of 2 masters - PRICELESS. I credit much to study, much to obsession, much to wonderful teachers at the Boulder chess club, and much to The Lucky Shirt! 2 games in a row that I lost in part due to resistance to put my knight on the rim! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 5 second delay January 25, 2009 Last round 5 White - Ginny Gaige 712 Black - Klaus Johnson, CSCA President 1799 Ginny was rated 814 in 2007 and 2008. 1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Nf3! Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4! 7.Bxc4! c6 8.0-0! b5 9.Bb3 Bb7! 10.e4 a6 11.Re1! c5 12.d5 c4! 13.Bc2! e5 TL Theoretical lemon by Klaus Johnson 13 ... Bc5! has been played once 14.d6!! Now we see why 13 ... Bc5!! is the book move. Ginny was taught " A Knight on the rim is dim " or she might have tried 14 Nh4!!! which is also very good. The knight goes to f5 and if .... g6 to stop that, then Bh6 14 ... Bf8! Ginny begged 5 times for a draw from winning positions but Klaus needs one point to make A-player and he has seen Ginny play many, many times at the Boulder Chess Club and he refuses to let the 700 player off the hook, despite his wretched position. 15. b3 The purpose of a good position is not to win a piece. The purpose of a good position is to make a breakthrough sacrifice. Ginny was as concentrated as I've ever seen her but the problem is all the good moves break the rules. 15 Bf4!!! ef 16 e5!! Ng4 17 Nd5!! Rc8 18 Bf5!! Nh6 19 Nf6+!! gf 20 ef+ Be7 21 B:d7+!! Q:d7 22 R:e7+! is how Latvians roll. "Black can play differently but then he just loses differently " - Bobby Fischer, American Chess Quarterly, discussing 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 d6 15 ... cxb3 16.Bxb3!! Ginny took 4 minutes on this great decision. I don't know how a 700 player finds 13 book moves followed by an overwhelming position. 16 ... h6! looks lame but it's forced to avoid 17 Ng5 17.Ba3! It's hard to go wrong with that bishop - 17 Bb2!! taking aim at e5 is powerful and the supersac with 17 Bf4! is still sound 17 ... Qb6 Klaus swats away another draw offer. Ex Senior Master Renard Anderson joined in the post-mortem. We both screamed for 18 Nd5, which was the move played. 18.Nd5!! How is a 700 player making all these good moves? 1 - Ginny has been studying hard. 2 - Klaus has been kind to Ginny. She wants to make her teacher proud. 3 - Winning or drawing makes more money. 4 - She was thinking a long time every move. 18 ... Nxd5 19.Bxd5! f6 Renard and I were screaming for 20 Nh4!!! but she didn't think the knight was going to be fast enough. We were also screaming for 20 Rc1!! " Don't let him castle!! " 20 Nh4!!! threatens both 21 Qh5+ and 21 Ng6 Rh7 22 Bg8 20.Qb3!! Second best and very strong 20 ... 0-0-0 21.Rac1+!! Kb8! 22.Rc2 Oh, Ginny dear. Doubling the rooks is the right idea but Klaus pointed out after the game she can do it with tempo - 22 B:b7!! Q:b7 23 Rc7!! Qb6 24 Rfc1!! and the threat of 25 Rc6 is overwhelming. Ginny, shrugging, smiling - " Oh, well, that's why I am an 800 player. " 22 ... Bxd6!! 23.Bxd6+ There is very little advantage left now. Renard and I examined Johnson's intended 23 B:b7!! B:a3! 24 Q:a3! and Ginny still has a clear plus but nothing like what she had after 20 Nh4!! or 22 B:b7!! 23 ... Qxd6 Black won somehow. That one extra point to make A-player meant a lot to Klaus! 0-1 Ginny won $25 despite her loss. She drew her first Class C player. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ginny Gaige versus Klaus Johnson 1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c6 8.0-0 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.e4 a6 11.Re1 c5 12.d5 c4 13.Bc2 e5 14.d6 Bf8 15.b3 cxb3 16.Bxb3 h6 17.Ba3 Qb6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 f6 20.Qb3 0-0-0 21.Rac1+ Kb8 22.Rc2 Bxd6 23.Bxd6+ Qxd6 Black won somehow after turning down 5 draw offers in winning positions 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Strmilov op"] [Site "Strmilov"] [Date "2004.05.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Dolezal,Jiri"] [Black "Straka,Zdenek"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D47"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Re1 a6 11.e4 c5 12.d5 c4 13.Bc2 Bc5 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5 Qb6 16.Be3 h6 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nh3 0-0 19.e5 Rad8 20.Qe2 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rad1 Qb7 23.Qg4 g5 24.f4 Rd7 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.Nxg5 Rg7 27.h4 Qa7 28.Qd4 Qe7 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Nd3 31.Bxd3 cxd3 32.Rf6 Bxa2 33.Qxd3 Qc5+ 34.Kh1 Bd5 35.Qd2 b4 36.Qf4 a5 37.h5 Bxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qc2+ 39.Kh3 Qc5 40.h6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Klaus is the Colorado State Chess Association President. His first Colorado Postal event started January 1st, 2009. 9 players play each other once. Players include - Lee Lahti Paul Covington Ginny Gaige Klaus Johnson Tim Brennan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 26 16:29:54 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:54 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A Giant Upset, Chess and the Super Bowl Message-ID: <1233012594.497e4772c5083@www.taom.com> A Giant Upset, Chess and the Super Bowl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92GwgWh05g&feature=email A new Youtube video by Colorado Springs Newsletter Editor Paul Anderson. This one features the Broncos Superbowl victory and Josh Bloomer. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 26 22:08:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:08:22 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Coauthors Message-ID: <1233032902.497e96c6cae3d@www.taom.com> Opening references used later in the game ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Saragossa Opening or Hempel's Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move 1. c3 The name Saragossa Opening is derived from the Spanish city of Zaragoza. In 1922 a theme tournament requiring the players to open with 1.c3 was arranged in Mannheim with three participants, Siegbert Tarrasch, Paul Leonhardt and Jacques Mieses, which Tarrasch won. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grob's Attack is an unconventional chess opening where White immediately moves the king knight's pawn two squares ahead: 1. g4?! The opening takes its name from Swiss International Master Henri Grob (1904?1974) who analyzed it extensively and played hundreds of correspondence games with it. In Grob's newspaper column analyses of this opening, he referred to it as the Spike Opening, a name which still enjoys limited usage. Other early references used the name Ahlhausen's Opening, after Carl Ahlhausen (1835?1892) of Berlin, one of the first to play 1.g4. Savielly Tartakower sometimes played this opening in simultaneous exhibitions and called it the Genoa or San Pier D'Arena Opening, after the city and suburb of Genoa where he first used it. In Czechoslovakia 1.g4 is called Fric's Opening, and in other parts of the world it is called Kolibri's Opening. It is considered an irregular opening, so it is classified under the A00 code in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Four Pawns Attack, Alekhine's defense, Planinc variation 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 The Four Pawns Attack is White's most ambitious try, and the variation which perhaps illustrates the basic idea of the defence best: Black will allow White to make several tempo-gaining attacks on the knight and to erect an apparently imposing pawn centre in the belief that it can later be destroyed. The game can become very sharp since White must either secure his advantage in space or make use of it before Black succeeds in making a successful strike at it. Black must also play vigorously because passive play will be crushed by the White centre. The Four Pawns Attack is not particularly popular, not because it is weak, but because many White players are wary of entering a sharp tactical line which Black may have prepared. The main line continues 5...dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3. However, an alternative line, the Planinc Variation, sees Black continue 5. ...g5!?, aiming to completely undermine the White centre by means of provoking 6. fxg5? dxe5 leaving White with problems. The line is named after grandmaster Albin Planinc, who championed it in the 1970s. It was then taken up in the 1990s by correspondence player Michael Schirmer, whose games were noted in a recent book on Alekhine's Defence by notable British GM and Alekhine exponent Nigel Davies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing Pole - 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 0-0 Ng4!! Invented by LM Jack Young, popularized by his roommate LM Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Badger - 1 d4 Nc6 followed by ... f6 and ... Ne5 or ... pawn-e5 invented by Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alligator invented by LM Jack Young 1 c3 c5 2 d4 cd 3 Nf3 dc 4 N:c3 Nc6 5 e4 transposing from a Hempel's Opening to a Smith-Morra Gambit socalled because 1 c3 looks like an alligator snout in the water and because 1 c3 looks harmless but the Smith-Morra is very dangerous, like an alligator sneak attack in the water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Penguin ( Eric Schiller ) or in Germany, Der Ampel or Stoplight Opening - 1 Nf3 2 Rg1 I like to move my rook as soon as possible and guard the g-pawn - Tim Brennan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opening references used later in the game ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was paired against my coauthor Anthea Carson, Round 4, of the 2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix in my old college stomping grounds, UMC 415, CU, Boulder. I believe the Wednesday Night Boulder Chess Club meets there with host Klaus Johnson. Sometimes one of us will suggest an offbeat opening against each other. There was no time, we just walked in and found out we were paired. I decided to try to fit as many unorthodox openings as I could into 10 moves. Anthea was very serious today, taking gobs of time and gettin down to 2 or 3 minutes in both games. Like Ted Doykos, she missed winning $100 by a hair. Her daughter Tara colored peacefully as we played. To my left an intense battle between Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg and 2008 U.S. Junior Champion Tyler Hughes raged on. In round 5 The Grandmaster and I drew in 10 moves. He told me he had played and studied the French Defense for 20 years. My last memory of 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 ed Q:d5 was losing a painful game as Black to Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov. I have looked at all of Sharavdorj's games and his endgame play is especially outstanding. The Grandmaster had beaten Renard Anderson and Tyler Hughes and everyone else. The game contined 5 Ngf3 cd 6 Bc4 Qd6 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Nb3 Nc6 9 Nb:d4 N:d4 10 Q:d4 Bd7 11 Bf4 1/2-1/2? Draw agreed. Wall-Dashzeveg I settled for second place - trying to beat the GM in a French endgame seemed fruitless. If we had reached a Weihmiller French, I probably would have gone down in flames firing both pistols like Yosemite Sam. I have tried to play the Gay Vulture against him - 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 a3 B:c3+ 5 bc de 6 f3 but he plays 5 bc Ne7 6 ed I think I have an OTB draw and maybe a blitz win or draw or two with this against the GM. He refuted my Round One Frisky Badger in one second - 1 d4 Nc6 2 c4 f6 3 Nc3 e5 4 d5 Nd4 and Sharavdorj found 5 g4!! winning, instantaneously. It took him 20 seconds to find the correct 54th move in the recent Fred Spell - Dragan Plakalovic game. He found the correct plan in the Wagner-Wall ending, 2008 North American Open, in about 15 seconds. He's the real deal. [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.25" ] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Grob, Saragossa, Fishing Pole, Badger, Alligator, Alekhine's Defense, 4 pawns, Planinc variation, Hempel's Opening, Spike Opening, Ahlhausen's Opening, the Genoa or San Pier D'Arena Opening, Fric's Opening, Kolibri's Opening, Penguin. "] [ECO "all"] [NIC "ALL"] [Time "11:30 AM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 25, 2009 Round 4 Sunday 14 degrees out, snowing Board 2 White - Brian Wall 2206 coauthor How To Play Chess Like An Animal Black - Anthea Carson Martinez 1659 coauthor How To Play Chess Like An Animal Spectator - Tara Martinez, age 8 Openings - Smorgasbord, Hungarian Goulash, Potpouri, Cornucopia Tournament standing - Tyler Hughes and Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg are playing each other on Board 1 with perfect scores. Tyler beat Kevin Seidler to share second place with me in Round 5. I had barely, luckily drawn Kevin in an awful game in Round 3. Renard had lost to the GM and beat everyone else to share second with Tyler and I. Renard demolished Mitesh Shridhar's Dragon. Two other people shared 2.5 out of three with Anthea and I at this point. Anthea knew she was half a point or one point away from the money so she tried very hard. In Round 5 she was the exchange up and later tried to win Queen and Knight Pawn versus Queen with 2 minutes plus delay left on her clock. Her opponent stumbled into the best defense through trial and error as Anthea slowly advanced her g3 pawn to g6 - Put the King in the opposite corner to the pawn's Queening square ( Don't let your King get in the way - Dvoretsky ) and try to pin the pawn or set up a perpetual check. The defense barely held. 1.c3 Anthea smiled and we both wrote " Alligator Opening " in the Opening Box on our scoresheet. Anthea smiled later as I kept adding new openings to my scoresheet. Anthea thought hard for 5 minutes. So far we have Hempel's Opening and the Saragossa Opening. 1 ... e5 2.Nf3! The Badger from Round 1 was fresh in my mind - 1 d4 Nc6 2 c4 f6 2 Nf3 seemed like a mirror image Badger to me. My knight can hop to a Badger den on c2. I also remembered GM Bent Larsen was fairly successful with Reversed Alekhine's in his day. 2 ... e4 3.Nd4! c5 4.Nc2 So now we have a Queenside Badger Attack or a Reversed Alekhine's. I don't know the name for it but I sometimes put my knight on Queen's Bishop Two as Black after 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 c6 5 c4 Nc7 I like it as an occasional surprise weapon. 4 ... d5! 5.d3! f5 Preferring a reversed 4 pawns attack to a reversed Alekhine's Defense, Modern Variation with 5 ... Nf6 6.g4!? Nimzovich recommended agitating female opponents by attacking the base of their pawn chains in MY SYSTEM. Now we have a touch of the Grob, Spike Opening, Ahlhausen's Opening, the Genoa or San Pier D'Arena Opening, Fric's Opening, Kolibri's Opening, all the same thing, 1 g4! My position most resembles the Alekhine's Defense, Four Pawns Attack, Planinc Variation 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 c4 Nb6 5 f4 g5!? I once saw a theoretical article on this, what an incomprehensible murky mess! 6 ... Nf6 Anthea is no nonsense today, she just ignores my theoretical babblings and keeps on developing. 7.gxf5! " Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! " - President Ronald Reagan 7 ... Bxf5! 8.Bg2 Nc6 Nine minutes on this move 9.Bg5 The Hyper-Modern way is to let your opponent set up a big center and then exert pressure against it until it collapses. 9 ... Be7 10.0-0?? Too early. It was already Hyper-Modern time with 10 Ne3!! or 10 B:f6! N:f6 11 de de 12 Nd2 Korchnoi said the most important pawn in front of a castled King is the knight-pawn. I have a self-inflicted wound on the Kingside and I am no longer safe there. Anthea has all kinds of chances with 10 0-0?? Ng4!! with stereotypical e3-pressure or 10 0-0?? Qd7! preparing ... 0-0-0 or ... Bh3 or 10 0-0?? ed! releasing the presure on her center or 10 0-0?? 0-0! accentuating the different King shelters or 10 0-0?? Bg6! prophylaxis against Ne3 or 10 0-0?? Qd6! setting up ... Ng4 or 10 0-0?? Qc7! setting up ... Ng4 and allowing castling on either side 10 ... Qc7 11.Ne3? I didn't realize I was in trouble. I also thought it didn't matter if I chopped the knight now or later. Anthea's last move weakened d5 so I attacked that. It was correct to take on f6 first but Anthea is still better after 11 B:f6!! gf! or ... B:f6! Anthea started intensely pointing at squares on the board like she was calculating. I had never seen her do this before. I was not alarmed, I thought she was merely validating how she was going to lose a center pawn. 11 ... Ng4!! A big Fishing Pole shock slap in the face. I didn't see it coming. This traumatized me. Every time later when Anthea pointed at squares again I flinched, thinking, " Did I miss another mate in two again? " My immediate instinct when she played 10 ... Qc7 was 11 Bh4 12.Nxg4! Me so lucky - I thought I was attacking d5 but I stumbled into one of the few moves that didn't get immediately crushed by 11 ... Ng4!! 12 ... Bxg5!! 13.Ne3! I wasn't happy with my position but I was grateful to be half alive. 13 ... Be6! 9 minutes on this move 13 ... B:e3!! 14 fe 0-0! is very comfortable for Anthea 14.dxe4!! d4? It's hard to see but 14 ... de!! 15 B:e4! Bf4!!, ... Rd8!, ... 0-0! or ... Qe5! gives Anthea more than enough compensation for the pawn. My Kingside is compromised and the Lady has two bishops. 15.Nd5! I am OK again, a lucky escape but " I am apparently unable to win a Chess game without adventures " - Tal 15 ... Qd7? 15 ... Qf7! was better because 15 ... Qd7 16 e3! threatens 17 Qh5+! g6 18 Q:g5 16.f4? Bf6! 17.c4? This filled me with secure thoughts about my proud knight. Fritz 9 likes 17 Nd2, Na3, e3, Qd3, Kh1 and others 17 ... 0-0-0 Either way Anthea castles I have a slight advantage. I thought my knight was very visual. I wanted to move my other knight to d3 via 18 Nb1-d2-f3-e1-d3 but 4 moves is a long time in Chess. I went around to Anthea's side of the board and then I liked my move. Fritz 9, the semi-objective arbiter, sees it like this 18 Qd3!!, Nd2!!, a3!, Qb3! 18.a3 6 minutes on this move 18 ... d3? 19.e3!! I was very satisfied now, all my problems are solved - A - d5 is secure B - d4 is secure C - My Queen has access to the King side now, neutralizing any ... Bh3 danger D - My QN can hop out comfortably to c3 now E - My QR can access my Kingside via a2 soon F - the d3-pawn falls It's a smidgin' better to play 19 Q:d3!!! B:b2 20 Ra2 Bf6 21 e5 but that's not too relevant 19 ... Bxb2! 20.Ra2! Bf6! 21.Qxd3! Bh3 22.Nbc3 Bxg2 23.Rxg2! Bxc3! 24.Qxc3! Rhg8! " What is your rook doing there, Mr. Penguin? " - Anthea " Oh, he's guarding g8! " - Mr. Penguin 25.e5! Brian wins half his games with pawn waves. NM Josh Bloomer 25 ... Ne7 26.e4! Nc6 27.f5! Anthea provoked me into giving her a d4-jealousy square but my central presence is overwhleming. 27 ... Nd4 28.Rb1 I knew 28 e6!! was winning but I wanted to checkmate her before she could sac her knight on my pawns. I had seen her do something similar to Dean Brown on the b-file 2 1/2 weeks ago. 28 ... Qe8 29.Qa5!! 5 minutes I knew 29 e6!!! was winning but I wanted to checkmate her before she could sac her knight on my pawns. 29 ... Qxe5! 11 minutes 30.Qxc5+ 4 minutes I knew 30 Q:a7!!! won in a messy, multi-variational way. On the other hand, my move seemed crisp and clear and matey. I wanted to end the game, not prolong it. However, Anthea plays 8 only moves and my advantage is cut in half. One thing I learned from this game - When the variations I WANT to play aren't correct, I have a real problem adjusting to reality. Anthea avoids my dream variations, 30 Q:c5+ Kb8 31 R:b7+ K:b7 32 Rb1+ Ka8 33 Nc7+ Q:c7 34 Q:c7 or 30 Q:c5+ Kb8 31 R:b7+ K:b7 32 Rb1+ Ka6 33 Rb6+ ab 34 Q:b6 checkmate " My knight had too much hubris, he is trying to attack when he should be defending " - Anthea 30 ... Nc6!! 7 minutes 31.Rxb7!! Qa1+!!! A great move I underestimated - burying my g2-rook and avoiding discovered knight-check moves picking up her loose Queen on e5 32.Kf2! Kxb7! 33.Qb5+! Kc8 Smart little Tara whispered, " Don't go in the corner, Mommy, you get mated by the knight. " 34.Qxc6+! Kb8! I had half an hour to finish the game but I drove myself half-mad looking for easy solutions that weren't there after - 35 Qb5+ Kc8 36 Ne7+? Kc7 37 N:g8?? Rd2+! or 35 Qb5+ Kc8 36 Qc5+ Kb8 37 Qb4+ Kc8 38 Ne7+? Kc7 39 N:g8? Qa2+! When light finally dawned on Marblehead that trading my monster knight on d5 for the Penguin rook on g8 was all wrong, I had 5 minutes left. I also wasted a lot of time on pawn to f6, which also gets nowhere. What I was left with was a murky nightmare where my King has to run the gauntlet in an open field with major pieces taking potshots at him while my g2-rook feebly struggles to improve and often ends up pinned to my King. It was too late to go back and relive 30 Q:a7!!! - Throw in ... R:d5 sacs, lines where my e4-pawn falls, Jason, Mother's House Publishing, Am I going to LOSE this game?, re-examination of past wins, Fritz and Rybka envy, Edgar, book sales, the ticking clock, cute draw offers by Anthea and you can imagine my state of mind. 35.Qb5+! 8 minutes spent, leaving 22 Anthea has 15 minutes 35 ... Kc8! 36.Qc5+! Kb8! 37.Qb4+!! 11 minutes spent, 11 minutes left 37 ... Kc8! I spent 6 minutes here and ended up just giving up and making a random move. Fritz thinks this is a Happy Kwansa party with multiple wins - 38 c5!!!, Rg3!!, Kg3!!, Qa4!, h3!, Ne7+!, Qe7!, h4!, Rg4!, e5!, f6! and many others. I examined those moves like a child reading Alice in Wonderland. None were remotely close to 30 Q:a7!!! ( +10 ) - All the lines I wanted to work failed, all the lines I didn't want to work, did. 38.Kf3 Qd1+ 39.Ke3!! So my King is wandering around looking for a homeless shelter with 4 minutes left on my clock. How did this game get so out of control? 39 ... Qc1+!! 40.Rd2!! I had no time to evaluate how much this pinned rook helps my attack but it seemed an improvement on Rg2. The funny thing is that Fritz thinks 40 Kd4!!! is even a little better. This is what I have to do to win this game, put my King in the middle of the board and pray! 40 ... Qg1+! 41.Kd3! Rge8!! Now what? How much abuse can my King take? I am crossing the jungle under heavy artillery fire. The Penguin rook joins the party, waving a fond farewell to his beloved g-pawn. 7 minutes left for Anthea, 4 for me, a big crowd forming with Randy Schine in the center. The last game to finish. 42.Rb2 I was relieved my rook finally made himself meaningful, Fritz is all excited about lines I never considered like 42 Qa5!!!, Qb5!!!, a4!!, h4!!, h3!! 42 ... Qf1+?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthea moved pretty quickly in the heat of the moment. It was almost impossible under the circumstances to trace the intricate spider web needed to hold. The basic idea is that I win if I can reach a2 unmolested. She has to check me so that if I step on c2 she takes my e4-pawn with check. If she manages to trade Queens and capture my e4-pawn, I have nothing. The delicate path was - 42 ... Qd1+!! 43 Kc3! Qf3+!! 44 Kd2 Qg2+ 45 Kd1 Qf3+ 46 Kc1 Qh1+ 47 Kc2 Q:e4+ 48 Kb3 ( almost safe ) R:d5!! 49 Ka4!! My King is on the 4th rank and I am a rook down but I am threatening a mate that comes up in a lot of lines - 50 Qb8+ Kd7 51 Rb7+ Kc6 52 Qc7 checkmate I get my rook back next move and the madness would continue. " Weren't you winning no matter what? " Randy Schine after the game Brian, shaken but not stirred " I don't know. " --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43.Kc2!! Qe2+! 44.Kc1 I was headed for b3 or b1 but " I administed a small test. " - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili I knew the best she had was to repeat the position with 44 ... Qf1+ 45 Kc2 Qe2+ but I wanted her to spend time to figure that out. I had three minutes left to her four. 44 ... Qe3+ Dropping the Queen but 44 ... Qf1+ 45 Kc2 Qe2+ 46 Kb1 Q:e4+ 47 Ka2 is hopeless anyway. The best she can do after 43 Kc2!! was to give up her Queen for my rook or knight to avoid immediate checkmate. 45.Nxe3 1-0 Anthea resigns After this game we both had a crisis in confidence. It takes a while to recover from such an experience. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.25" ] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Grob, Saragossa, Fishing Pole, Badger, Alligator, Alekhine's Defense, 4 pawns, Planinc variation, Hempel's Opening, Spike Opening, Ahlhausen's Opening, the Genoa or San Pier D'Arena Opening, Fric's Opening, Kolibri's Opening, Penguin. "] [ECO "all"] [NIC "ALL"] [Time "11:30 AM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.c3 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 c5 4.Nc2 d5 5.d3 f5 6.g4 Nf6 7.gxf5 Bxf5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Ne3 Ng4 12.Nxg4 Bxg5 13.Ne3 Be6 14.dxe4 d4 15.Nd5 Qd7 16.f4 Bf6 17.c4 0-0-0 18.a3 d3 19.e3 Bxb2 20.Ra2 Bf6 21.Qxd3 Bh3 22.Nbc3 Bxg2 23.Rxg2 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Rhg8 25.e5 Ne7 26.e4 Nc6 27.f5 Nd4 28.Rb1 Qe8 29.Qa5 Qxe5 30.Qxc5+ Nc6 31.Rxb7 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Kxb7 33.Qb5+ Kc8 34.Qxc6+ Kb8 35.Qb5+ Kc8 36.Qc5+ Kb8 37.Qb4+ Kc8 38.Kf3 Qd1+ 39.Ke3 Qc1+ 40.Rd2 Qg1+ 41.Kd3 Rge8 42.Rb2 Qf1+ 43.Kc2 Qe2+ 44.Kc1 Qe3+ 45.Nxe3 1-0 Anthea resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest Colorado Youtube Chess video A Giant Upset, Chess and the Super Bowl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92GwgWh05g&feature=email A new Youtube video by Colorado Springs Newsletter Editor Paul Anderson. This one features the Broncos Superbowl victory and Josh Bloomer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 27 01:46:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:46:02 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wall-Doykos Penguin Message-ID: <1233045962.497ec9ca3c67a@www.taom.com> I didn't really want to analyze this but it was this or my ( shudder ) Kevin Seidler game. Horrors. In the first round of the 2009 Boulder Grand Prix I said hello to about half the room. I finally noticed Ted Doykos in the second round but he was playing with his headphones on. I was determined to say something to him in the third round because I really like him but then I noticed we were paired. His openings are well thought out so I tried the Penguin. Ted told me he had a "Doykos " ( long equalish endgame ) in the second round. His last money round 5 with David Meliti was a barnburner. A draw earned Ted $100 but he went for crazy complications and went out smoking. I remember IM Valvo beat me in a wild game and then he said, " That's no way to play for a draw, Brian! " That's when I remembered I was a half point ahead before the game - :). [Event "2009 Boulder Grand Prix"] [Site "University Memorial Center, Room 415, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Ted Doykos"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1497"] [BlackElo "1743"] [Opening "The Penguin, Der Ampel, The Stoplight "] [ECO "A"] [NIC "A"] [Time "2 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 24, 2009 Round 2 Light snow Saturday White - Brian Wall 2206 Black - Ted Doykos 1743 Ted's father, longtime friend Ken Doykos, is 1801. Ken conspiratorily whispered to me- " Thank God for rating floors." I gained two rating points this tournament. Ted lost two rating points. 1.Nf3 Nf6 Oh good, my g-pawn has something to bite on now. 2.Rg1 " I like to move my rook as soon as possible " - Mr. Penguin 2 ... d5! Shutting down g4 - there goes my whole game plan after two moves. 3.d4! Sigh - I suppose I could always develop some pieces if I'm bored enough. 3 ... Nbd7 g4 is open for business now. 4.Bf4! I decided to develop first. Maybe Ted will activate my Penguin rook with 4 ... Nh5 5 g3 N:f4 6 gf 4 ... c5 5.c3 Ne4 6.e3! Ndf6 I was expecting ... Qb6! any minute now 7.Ne5! Whoever plays Pawn to King's Bishop Three first wins is how I saw the position. 7 ... a6? I was expecting ... Qb6! again 8.f3!! Qb6? Hmmm. He plays it now when I thought the Chris Peterson Attack 8 ... g5!! was the only move. 8 f3!! Nd6 9 dc! looks wretched for Ted. I like Teddy much better but he's at that sensitive transition age. 8 f3!! g5!! 9 Bg3 N:g3 10 hg Nd7 Ted is better 8 f3!! g5!! 9 dc gf! 10 fe fe! I got nuttin' 8 f3!! g5!! 9 fe gf! I got nuttin' 8 f3!! g5!! 9 Qa4+ I got a little nibble 8 f3!! g5!! 9 Qa4+ Nd7 10 fe gf 11 ef I got a little sometin' 8 f3!! g5!! 9 Qa4+ Bd7 10 N:d7 Q:d7 11 Q:d7+ N:d7 12 Bc7 or fe I got a little sometin' Ted was very surprised when I mentioned 8 ... g5!! equalizes and disappointed he didn't consider it 9.fxe4!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mock my black and white friends all you like but does your opening give you wins in 8 moves? You have to love any bird with Chessboard colors. Fritz mentions the very odd move 9 b4! when again 9 ... g5!! is the only decent response. Then 10 fe! gf 11 dc! is clearly better for me 9 b4! g5!! 10 dc?? is a big blunder due to 10 ... N:c5!! 11 bc Qb2! and Ted is OK again ... g5 comes up again after 10 Qb3! Q:b3! 11 ab! g5! and I am clearly better after 11 Bb5+ or fe ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 ... Qxb2! Ted did not have good luck chasing cornered rooks this tournament. He got his Queen trapped that way versus Meliti. 10.Nd2!! I was sorely tempted by 10 ed Q:a1! 11 Qc2! but isn't that how the GM lost to the Indian 9 year old this year? It's a big murky mess after 11 ... e6!, ... cd! or ... g6! I reluctantly let go of my remove-everything-from-the-bank-rank-and-pick-up-the-Queen fantasy. 10 ... Nxe4? Ted doesn't have enough for the piece whatever he tries. I raced through the rest of the game in 10 minutes and missed many fine points. 11.Nxe4! dxe4! 12.Qc1? Funny, after all that, my best move is 12 Qb3!! Q:a1?? 13 Kf2! Q:f1+! ( I was threatening 14 Bb5+!!! mating the King and Queen ) 14 R:f1 winning the Queen after all. Ted can trade Queens after 12 Qb3!! Q:b3 but then he has absolutely nothing for his piece 12 ... Qxc1+! 13.Rxc1! b5! 14.a4 f6! 15.Nc6!! Bd7 16.Nb8 e5 17.Nxd7! exf4 18.Nxf8! Kxf8! 19.exf4 bxa4! 20.Kd2! Ke7! 21.Ke3! cxd4+! 22.cxd4! f5 23.g4 g6 24.gxf5! gxf5! 25.Bh3 I could get Anthea rooks with 25 Rg7+!! Ke8 26 Rcc7!! mating 25 ... Rhf8 26.Rg5 Ke6 27.Rxf5 Rxf5! 28.Kxe4?? Played instantly. I win the rook easily after 28 Rc5!!, Rc6+!! or even 28 d5+! and others 28 ... Raf8??? Ted played his last move fast too. 28 ... Re8!!! would be highly embarrassing. Then 29 B:f5+ Kf6!! 30 Kf3! K:f5!! 31 Rc5+! Kf6 32 Ra5 and I am in some dreadful rook and pawn ending. You really do miss simple stuff when you play fast, folks. 29.d5+!! 1-0 Ted throws in the towel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "2009 Boulder Grand Prix"] [Site "University Memorial Center, Room 415, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "2"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Ted Doykos"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1497"] [BlackElo "1743"] [Opening "The Penguin, Der Ampel, The Stoplight "] [ECO "A"] [NIC "A"] [Time "2 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Rg1 d5 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Bf4 c5 5.c3 Ne4 6.e3 Ndf6 7.Ne5 a6 8.f3 Qb6 9.fxe4 Qxb2 10.Nd2 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qc1 Qxc1+ 13.Rxc1 b5 14.a4 f6 15.Nc6 Bd7 16.Nb8 e5 17.Nxd7 exf4 18.Nxf8 Kxf8 19.exf4 bxa4 20.Kd2 Ke7 21.Ke3 cxd4+ 22.cxd4 f5 23.g4 g6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Bh3 Rhf8 26.Rg5 Ke6 27.Rxf5 Rxf5 28.Kxe4 Raf8 29.d5+ 1-0 Ted throws in the towel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest Colorado Youtube Chess video A Giant Upset, Chess and the Super Bowl http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=j92GwgWh05g& feature=email A new Youtube video by Colorado Springs Newsletter Editor Paul Anderson. This one features the Broncos Superbowl victory and Josh Bloomer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- From amelchor at eresmas.net Tue Jan 27 08:11:06 2009 From: amelchor at eresmas.net (Alejandro Melchor) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:11:06 +0100 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Coauthors References: <1233032902.497e96c6cae3d@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <36B983066A734B29858E976997E97DAB@homeewp0chdipj> The founder of Saragossa opening ( in Spanish, the city of Zaragoza ) is the player Jose Juncosa; he played the move and the idea of 2.d4 in 1917 against Greek E. Antoniadis. The move was known from Ercole's del Rio work ( 1767 ) with a few analysis ( but the idea was 2.e4 instead "new" 2.d4 and 3.e3 "Stonewall" formation ), but the first game known is Casa??-Ballarin, Zaragoza, 1878. Juncosa himself tried his idea against Alekhine in a game of 1922. In 1958 was published an unknown booklet here in Spain by Julio Ganzo with many games and analysis ( f.i. noted games from Mannheim thema Tourney ), although I have another Spanish articles from 1940' decades. Even Capablanca himself played at once the Saragossa (!!) against Argentinan R. Illa in 1911. If somebody want a little Saragossa Base I can send him. Maybe the relative best ( and elastic ) move for Black is 1..c5!, but the most logical and played idea in old "sources" is 1..e5 2.d4 exd4 3.cxd4 d5 4.Nc3 etc. as is pointed by clivebeard1999. Alejandro Melchor; Barcelona, Spain. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:08 AM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Coauthors ---------------------------------------------------------- The Saragossa Opening or Hempel's Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move 1. c3 The name Saragossa Opening is derived from the Spanish city of Zaragoza. In 1922 a theme tournament requiring the players to open with 1.c3 was arranged in Mannheim with three participants, Siegbert Tarrasch, Paul Leonhardt and Jacques Mieses, which Tarrasch won. ----- Original Message ----- From: clivebeard1999 To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:06 PM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Coauthors I sometimes play the Saragossa Opening, but after 1. c3 e5 2. d4 is a bit of a yawn if Black reaches the Queen's Gambit Declined by playing 2 ... ed 3. cd d5. Not that I'm against the QGD as such; it's just that if I play 1. c3 I'm in a UCO mood. I've played 2. f4 (and won!) but I may try 2. Nf3 next time. Against 2 ... Nc6 I would probably play 3. d3 leading to a reversed Czech Defence. All the best, Clive __,_._,___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 24, 2009 Round 3 Saturday very light snowfall Board 6 White - Jerry Keker 1405 Black - Anthea Carson Martinez 1659 coauthor How To Play Chess Like An Animal Spectator - Tara Martinez, age 8, who behaved very well all weekend Openings - Armada Sicilian versus every variation of the Sicilian Defense known to man 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3! d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4! 6.cxd4! a6 7.Nc3! g6 8.Bc4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Jerry Keker 8 d5!!, driving the knight back, has been played once before. 8 ... b5! 9.Bb3! Bb7 10.0-0 Only 10 d5!! is better 10 ... Nge7 Overheard in the hallway - " Hi, my name is Anthea. I am playing the Dragon, the Najdorf, the Polugaevsky, the Kan, the Paulsen, the Classical and the Taimanov. What are you playing? " 11.f5! Starting a scary attack. Only 11 d5!! or Be3!! are better. 11 ... gxf5! 12.exf5!! Nxf5! 13.Ng5? Jerry can chalk this loss up to refusing to play d5!! 5 times. 13 ... Qf6? Second best. 13 ... Nc:d4! 14 Qh5! Qf6! 15 N:e6! N:e6! 16 R:f5! Qg6! 17 Qh3! Bg7! or ... Rd8! barely holds the fort 14.Nce4? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 d5!! wins again, big guy Anthea and I went down to where I got my college degree, the UMC cafeteria. I tried to make e6 sacs work. 14 N:e6! fe! 15 B:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1 17 Q:e1+ Nce7! with a lot for the Queen. Anthea insisted on defending 14 N:e6! Rg8!? 15 Nc7+ Kd8 16 N:a8 saccing all her pieces for g2-shots I also tried 14 B:e6 fe 15 N:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1+ 17 Q:e1+ Nce7 with a lot for the Queen. Fritz cuts through our analysis like a laser through melted butter. 14 B:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 N:e6? ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6! 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins 14 N:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 B:e6 ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6!! ( 15 ... Qd4+! ) 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ... Qxd4+!! Whew, Anthea escapes a brutal attack and takes play into a dream Sicilian ending. 15.Qxd4! Ncxd4! 16.Nf6+! Ke7! The King and Sicilian pawn center form a symbiotic relationship in the endgame both protecting each other, like rhinos and egrets. 17.Ngxh7! Knights without outposts are always pitiful. They suffer so, wandering aimlessly from Unemployment Center to Unemployment center. 17 ... Ne2+! When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. Developing the KB and connecting the rooks with 17 ... Bg7!! or ... Bh6!! was very powerful. Anthea's knights look awesome, Jerry's look ridiculous. 18.Kh1? It's OK to put your King in the center now, Jerry. It's an endgame. 18 ... Nxc1! 19.Raxc1! Rc8! 20.Rce1 Hoping to play 21 R:f5! or maybe some annoying 21 Bd5 action 20 ... Rc5!!! Three times better than any other move, covering all the critical 5th rank squares 21.Nxf8! Rxf8!! The simple method. There was an absurdly complicated way with 21 N:f8 Ng3+ 22 Kg1 N:f1 23 N:e6 Re5! 24 R:e5! de and Anthea comes out the exchange ahead. 22.Ne4 Bxe4 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 22 ... Re5! or ... Rg8 are also winning 23.Rxe4! Rfc8 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 23 ... d5! or ... Rh8! are also winning 24.Ree1! Nd4! 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2! Nb4! 27.a3! Nd3! 28.Kg1 Ne5! King James Bible And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 29.Ref2 Rc1! 30.Bh5 Rxf1+! 31.Rxf1! Rc2! one pawn up for Anthea 32.Rf2 Rxf2! 33.Kxf2! Nd3+! 34.Ke3 Nxb2 two pawns up 35.Kd2 Nc4+! 36.Kc3! Nxa3! three pawns up. They are disappearing faster than jobs in America. 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5! Nf5! 40.g6 fxg6! 0-1 Jerry resigns He couldn't bear to part with his last future Queen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 a6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.0-0 Nge7 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ng5 Qf6 14.Nce4 Qxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Ncxd4 16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Ngxh7 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Rc8 20.Rce1 Rc5 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Rfc8 24.Ree1 Nd4 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2 Nb4 27.a3 Nd3 28.Kg1 Ne5 29.Ref2 Rc1 30.Bh5 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rc2 32.Rf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Nd3+ 34.Ke3 Nxb2 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Nxa3 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5 Nf5 40.g6 fxg6 0-1 Jerry resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Rhein Main op 7th"] [Site "Bad Homburg"] [Date "2004.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Smit,Josip"] [Black "Kirschner,Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B22"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 g6 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 Nce7 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bb6 Qb8 15.Rd1 Nf5 16.g4 Ng7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rh2 Be7 19.Re2 Kf7 20.Ne4 Rhe8 21.a4 Kf8 22.Qd4 Ng8 23.Ba5 b5 24.Bc3 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rcc8 26.g5 Kf7 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Nfg5+ Kf8 29.Bxf6 Kg8 30.Bxe7 Rxe7 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Ngxh7+ Kf7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Qxg6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 27 12:12:51 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:12:51 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jerry Keker versus Anthea Carson with photo added Message-ID: <1233083571.497f5cb313bb5@www.taom.com> Jerry Keker is a very active Chessplayer with an intelligent soft-spoken manner. I never noticed him before the 2009 Boulder Grand Prix. I would guess he moved to Colorado from Maryland 3 years ago, based on his Chess activity. Jerry amassed a powerful attacking position but then traded Queens. This metamorphed Anthea's centralized King from a target to a strength. Jerry asked Anthea what he should have done. I will attempt to answer that question. I thought Anthea played fairly solid and the middlegame was sharp. [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 24, 2009 Round 3 Saturday very light snowfall Board 6 White - Jerry Keker 1405 Black - Anthea Carson Martinez 1659 coauthor How To Play Chess Like An Animal Spectator - Tara Martinez, age 8, who behaved very well all weekend Openings - Armada Sicilian versus every variation of the Sicilian Defense known to man 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3! d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4! 6.cxd4! a6 7.Nc3! g6 8.Bc4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Jerry Keker 8 d5!!, driving the knight back, has been played once before. 8 ... b5! 9.Bb3! Bb7 10.0-0 Only 10 d5!! is better 10 ... Nge7 Overheard in the hallway - " Hi, my name is Anthea. I am playing the Dragon, the Najdorf, the Polugaevsky, the Kan, the Paulsen, the Classical and the Taimanov. What are you playing? " 11.f5! Starting a scary attack. Only 11 d5!! or Be3!! are better. 11 ... gxf5! 12.exf5!! Nxf5! 13.Ng5? Jerry can chalk this loss up to refusing to play d5!! 5 times. 13 ... Qf6? Second best. 13 ... Nc:d4! 14 Qh5! Qf6! 15 N:e6! N:e6! 16 R:f5! Qg6! 17 Qh3! Bg7! or ... Rd8! barely holds the fort 14.Nce4? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 d5!! wins again, big guy Anthea and I went down to where I got my college degree, the UMC cafeteria. I tried to make e6 sacs work. 14 N:e6! fe! 15 B:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1 17 Q:e1+ Nce7! with a lot for the Queen. Anthea insisted on defending 14 N:e6! Rg8!? 15 Nc7+ Kd8 16 N:a8 saccing all her pieces for g2-shots I also tried 14 B:e6 fe 15 N:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1+ 17 Q:e1+ Nce7 with a lot for the Queen. Fritz cuts through our analysis like a laser through melted butter. 14 B:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 N:e6? ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6! 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins 14 N:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 B:e6 ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6!! ( 15 ... Qd4+! ) 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ... Qxd4+!! Whew, Anthea escapes a brutal attack and takes play into a dream Sicilian ending. 15.Qxd4! Ncxd4! 16.Nf6+! Ke7! The King and Sicilian pawn center form a symbiotic relationship in the endgame both protecting each other, like rhinos and egrets. 17.Ngxh7! Knights without outposts are always pitiful. They suffer so, wandering aimlessly from Unemployment Center to Unemployment center. 17 ... Ne2+! When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. Developing the KB and connecting the rooks with 17 ... Bg7!! or ... Bh6!! was very powerful. Anthea's knights look awesome, Jerry's look ridiculous. 18.Kh1? It's OK to put your King in the center now, Jerry. It's an endgame. 18 ... Nxc1! 19.Raxc1! Rc8! 20.Rce1 Hoping to play 21 R:f5! or maybe some annoying 21 Bd5 action 20 ... Rc5!!! Three times better than any other move, covering all the critical 5th rank squares 21.Nxf8! Rxf8!! The simple method. There was an absurdly complicated way with 21 N:f8 Ng3+ 22 Kg1 N:f1 23 N:e6 Re5! 24 R:e5! de and Anthea comes out the exchange ahead. 22.Ne4 Bxe4 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 22 ... Re5! or ... Rg8 are also winning 23.Rxe4! Rfc8 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 23 ... d5! or ... Rh8! are also winning 24.Ree1! Nd4! 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2! Nb4! 27.a3! Nd3! 28.Kg1 Ne5! King James Bible And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 29.Ref2 Rc1! 30.Bh5 Rxf1+! 31.Rxf1! Rc2! one pawn up for Anthea 32.Rf2 Rxf2! 33.Kxf2! Nd3+! 34.Ke3 Nxb2 two pawns up 35.Kd2 Nc4+! 36.Kc3! Nxa3! three pawns up. They are disappearing faster than jobs in America. 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5! Nf5! 40.g6 fxg6! 0-1 Jerry resigns He couldn't bear to part with his last future Queen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 a6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.0-0 Nge7 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ng5 Qf6 14.Nce4 Qxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Ncxd4 16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Ngxh7 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Rc8 20.Rce1 Rc5 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Rfc8 24.Ree1 Nd4 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2 Nb4 27.a3 Nd3 28.Kg1 Ne5 29.Ref2 Rc1 30.Bh5 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rc2 32.Rf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Nd3+ 34.Ke3 Nxb2 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Nxa3 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5 Nf5 40.g6 fxg6 0-1 Jerry resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Rhein Main op 7th"] [Site "Bad Homburg"] [Date "2004.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Smit,Josip"] [Black "Kirschner,Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B22"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 g6 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 Nce7 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bb6 Qb8 15.Rd1 Nf5 16.g4 Ng7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rh2 Be7 19.Re2 Kf7 20.Ne4 Rhe8 21.a4 Kf8 22.Qd4 Ng8 23.Ba5 b5 24.Bc3 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rcc8 26.g5 Kf7 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Nfg5+ Kf8 29.Bxf6 Kg8 30.Bxe7 Rxe7 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Ngxh7+ Kf7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Qxg6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 27 12:31:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:31:20 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ginny Gaige took a photo of Brian Wall studying Anthea Carson playing Jerry Keker Message-ID: <1233084680.497f610826c71@www.taom.com> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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I am planning to go the the world team amateur in NJ in a couple of weeks and am looking for a team and have contacted Steve Doyle per directions in the ad in CL&R. Let me know if you know of any possibilities or a team looking for a team member who won't mind that I'm still working 20 years of cobwebs out of my game!!! From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 27 14:12:49 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:12:49 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Who's coming with me to Chicago Open? Message-ID: <1233090769.497f78d1d0a18@www.taom.com> http://www.chesstour.com/chio09.htm 18th annual CHICAGO OPEN May 22-25, 23-25 or 24-25, 2009 7 rounds, 8 sections, Memorial Day weekend At the elegant Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel You play only those in your section. $100,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! 7 round Swiss, 40/2, SD/1 (3-day option, rds 1-2 G/75. 2-day option, rds 1-4 G/45.) Under 900 Section plays separate 2-day schedule only, G/45. At Westin Chicago North Shore Hotel, 601 North Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling IL 60090. From Chicago, take I-294 north to US-45 north; from Milwaukee, I-94 east to Lake Cook Rd to US-45 south. Free parking; restaurants within walking distance. In 8 sections: Open Section: $8000-4000-2000-1200-800-600-500-400-400-400, clear first bonus $200, top Under 2500/Unr $2000-1000. If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play speed game 5/26 10:30 pm (white 5 minutes, black 3 minutes & gets draw odds, 5 second delay) for title & bonus prize. FIDE rated, 200 Grand Prix Points (enhanced). Under 2300 Section: $6000-3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300. FIDE rated. Under 2100 Section: $6000-3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300. Under 1900 Section: $6000-3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300. Under 1700 Section: $6000-3000-1500-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300. Under 1500 Section: $5000-2500-1200-1000-700-500-400-300-300-300. 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Home More tournaments From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 28 01:27:58 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:27:58 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes qualifies for the 2009 US Championship Message-ID: <1233131278.4980170e19560@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:37:01 -0800 (PST) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: 2009 US Championship To: Brian Wall Looks like Tyler Hughes?qualifies for the 2009 US Championship, a 24-player, 9-round swiss from May 7th to May 17th ? ?http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9087/508/ ? "The 24 Invited players will include: ? the top 12 American players by rating the top 2 female players by rating the 2008 US Junior Closed Champion the 2008 US Open Champion the 2009 US State Champion of Champions a total of seven wild card spots, to be determined later" ? Klaus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090128/dea4b513/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 28 12:38:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:38:32 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Winter springs open games, Club Speed Championship results, and new chess video Message-ID: <1233171512.4980b4386e1a3@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:53:28 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [CSCN] Fw: winter springs open games, Club Speed Championship results, and new chess video This past Tuesday 6 members competed in the final round of the CSCC Speed Championship and crowned a new champion. Mitch Anderson 7.0* David Meliti 7.0 Buck Buchanan 5.5 Paul Anderson 5.5 Jeff Fox 2.5 DuWayne Langseth 2.5 *Mitch Anderson won the playoff in 2nd overtime and added himself to the list of club speed champions: Bruce Monson 1996 Dan Avery 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008 Ron Smits 1998 Josh Bloomer 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006 Jason Caldwell 2003 Brian Wall 2004 Buck Buchanan 2007 Mitch Anderson 2009 I have created another chess video. This time it is about chess and the Super Bowl: http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/videos/upset.htm The first one was about chess for girls: http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/videos/chess_for_girls.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Buchanan Subject: winter springs open games Here are games from the Winter Springs Open, played in Manitou Springs in December. ******************************************************************************************** Games from the 2008 Winter Springs Open Selection & comments by Richard Buchanan Jeff Baffo - Paul Anderson, Dunst 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 Nc6 4.Ng3 e5 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.a3 Qe7 8.d3 h6 9.Bd2 Bd7 10.0-0 g6 11.c3 Nh5 12.Nxh5 gxh5 13.cxd4 exd4 14.Ne1 Qh4 15.f4 f6 16.Qb3 Rh7 17.Be6 Ke7 18.Bxd7 Kxd7 19.Rc1 Rb8 20.Nf3 Qg4 21.Rxc6 Kxc6 22.Qa4+ b5 23.Nxd4+ Kb7 24.Qxb5+ Ka8 25.Qd5+ Rb7 26.Nc6 Rg7 27.e5 Bc5+ 28.d4 Bxd4+ 29.Nxd4 Rd7 30.Qe4 fxe5 31.Nf3 Rg7 32.Nxe5 Qh3 33.Bc3 Qe6 34.f5 Qg8 35.Nd3 Rg4 36.Qc6 Kb8 37.Nc5 Rb6 38.Nd7+ Kc8 39.Nxb6+ axb6 40.Rd1 Kb8 41.a4 Rc4 42.Qe6 1-0 Bill Weihmiller - Mitch Anderson, Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 Nb4 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Nxe5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.d3 d6 14.Nf3 Bf6 15.c3 Qd7 16.Be3 c5 17.Nd2 Rfe8 18.Qh5 Re5 19.Qe2 Rae8 20.Nf1 Rg5 21.Ng3 h5 22.Ne4 Rg4 23.f3 Rg6 24.a3 Bh4 25.Bf2 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Rge6 27.Qd2 Qe7 28.g3 f6 29.Qf4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 d5 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qd2 Qh3 33.Kg1 Qe6 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Re1 Qxe1+ 36.Qxe1 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Ke6 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.Kd2 g5 40.b4 c4 41.dxc4 (41 d4+ is a draw.) 41...dxc4 42.Ke3 Kf5 43.Kd4 h4 44.Kd5 h3 45.Kd4 Ke6 46.Kc5 Ke5 47.Kb6 g4 (To get onto e4 - this gets very tricky.) 48.f4+ Ke4 49.Kxa6 Kd3 50.Kxb5 Kxc3 51.Ka4 (Both sides will queen, but which woman will start work first? After 51 a4 it's Black's. Now if 51...Kb2, White will queen with check.) 51...Kd4! 52.b5 c3 53.b6 c2 54.b7 c1Q 55.b8Q Qc2+ 56.Qb3 Qxh2 57.Qd1+ Ke4 58.Qxg4 Qc2+ 59.Kb4 h2 60.f5+ Kd5 61.Qg8+ Kd4 62.Qd8+ Ke3 63.Qb6+ Kf3 64.Qxf6 h1Q 0-1 Rhett Langseth - Klaus Johnson, King's Indian Attack. Two knights on a rampage! 1.Nf3 d5 2.d3 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc1 0-0 8.Bh6 Re8 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.b3 e5 11.e3 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Nc5 13.Qa3 e4 14.Ne5 Nxb3! 15.Qxe7 Rxe7 16.Nxg6 Nxd2 17.Nxe7 Nxf1 18.Nxc8 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Rxc8 (Whew! The carnage has earned Black a pawn.) 20.Bh3 Re8 21.d4 h5 22.a4 Ng4 23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.Rf1 Kg6 25.Rc1 b5 26.a5 Rc8 27.Rb1 a6 28.c3 c5 29.Rb2 cxd4 30.cxd4 Rc3 31.Ra2 Kf5 (31...Rxe3 32 Rc2 intending Rc6 x a6) 32.Kf2 Ke6 33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Kf2 Kc6 35.Ke2 b4 36.Kd2 b3! 37.Ra3 Rd3+ 38.Kc1 b2+ 39.Kxb2 Rxa3 40.Kxa3 Kb5 41.Kb3 Kxa5 42.Kc3 Kb5 43.Kb3 a5 44.Ka3 a4 45.Kb2 Kb4 46.Kc2 a3 47.Kc1 Kb3 48.Kb1 a2+ 49.Ka1 f6! 50.h3 gxh3 51.g4 h2 52.g5 h1Q# 0-1 Russ Stark - Ryan McCardell, English 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nc6 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.Nf3 e4 9.c4 Qe6 10.Ng5 Qg4 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 Qf5 13.Qe2+ Qe5 14.Qxe5+ Nxe5 15.Bg2? Nxd3+ 16.Ke2 Bf5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.fxe4 0-0-0 19.Bg5 Rhe8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rhd1 Nb2 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Bh3+ Kb8 24.c5 Nc4 25.Rd1 Re8 26.Bg2 c6 27.g4 Ne5 28.h3 Kc7 29.Ke3 b6 30.cxb6+ axb6 31.Kf4 h6 32.h4 Rg8 33.Bh3 c5 34.a4 Ra8 35.g5! Rxa4 36.gxh6 Ng6+ 37.Kf5 Nxh4+ 38.Kxf6 Rxe4 39.h7 Rf4+ 40.Kg5 Ng6 41.Bf5! Rh4 42.Bxg6 Rh2 43.Bf5 c4 44.Rd7+ Kc6 45.Rxf7 c3 46.Rf6+ Kd5 47.Rh6 Rg2+ 48.Kf6 Rf2 49.h8Q c2 50.Rh1 1-0 David Meliti - Markus Petters, French. On an open board, the bishop dominates the knight. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne4 Nd7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nxc5 Bxc5 11.Bc4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.Qe4 f5 15.Qc4 Bd7 16.Nd4 Rae8 17.Nb3 Bb6 18.Qxc7 Nxc7 19.c4 Na6 20.Be3 Nb4 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.Rfd1 e5 23.Be2 Ba4 24.Rd6 Bxb3 25.axb3 Nc6 26.b4 Rd8 27.Rad1 Rxd6 28.Rxd6 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Nxd8 30.c5 Kf7 31.g4 g6 32.Bc4+ Kf6 33.gxf5 Kxf5 34.f3 e4 35.Kf2 Kf4 36.fxe4 Kxe4 37.Bg8 h6 38.Bh7 bxc5 39.bxc5 Kd4 40.Bxg6 Kxc5 41.Kg3 Ne6 42.Kg4 Ng7 43.Kf4 Kd4 44.Bf7 b5 45.h3 b4 46.b3 h5 47.h4 Kd3 48.Ke5 Ke3 49.Kf6 Kf4 50.Kxg7 Kg4 51.Kh6 Kxh4 52.Bxh5 Kg3 53.Kg5 Kf2 54.Kf4 1-0 DuWayne Langseth - Paul Anderson, Stonewall 1.d4 c6 2.f4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nd2 Qb6 9.0-0 Be7 10.c3 c5 11.a3 a5 12.Qg3 g6 13.b3 Nh5 14.Qf2 f5 15.Rb1 0-0 16.Nf3 Ng7 17.c4 Nf6 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.b4 axb4 20.axb4 Qc7 21.c5 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Ne5 Rfd8 24.Bb2 Ra2 25.Qc2 Rd5 26.Qb3 Ra8 27.Bd4 Bf6 28.Ra1 Rad8 29.Qc4 Bxe5 30.fxe5 b6 31.c6 b5 32.Qc3 Rc8 33.Rfc1 Nh5 34.Ra7 Qd8 35.c7 Qd7 36.Qc6 Kf7 37.Rb7 Ke8 38.Rb8 Qxc6 39.Rxc6 Kd7 40.Rc2 Rxc7 41.Rxc7+ Kxc7 42.Ra8 Rd7 43.Ra6 Ng7 44.Ra5 Kc6 45.Bc5 Ne8 46.Ra6+ Kd5 47.Rb6 Nc7 48.Bd6 g5 49.Bxc7 Rxc7 50.Rxb5+ Kc4 51.Rb6 Kd3 52.b5 Rc5 53.Rxe6 Rxb5 54.Rd6+ Kxe3 55.e6 Re5 56.Ra6 h5 57.Ra3+ Kd4 58.Ra4+ Kd5 59.Ra6 f4 60.e7 Rxe7 61.Ra5+ Kd4 62.Rxg5 Re5 63.Rg8 Ke3 64.Ra8 Rd5 65.Ra1 Rd3 66.Re1+ Kd4 67.Ra1 e3 68.Kf1 Ke4 69.Ra4+ Rd4 70.Ra2 Rd2 71.Rxd2! exd2 72.Ke2 h4 73.Kxd2 f3 74.gxf3+ After 74...Kxf3 75 Ke1 Kg2 76 Ke2 Kxh3 77 Kf1 White can stop the pawn. ?-? Steve Kovach - Ken Dail, Vienna 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bd6 9.Ng3 0-0 10.Qh5 Qe8 11.Ne4 Na5? 12.Bh6! Nxc4 13.Qg5 f5 14.Qxg7# 1-0 Dean Brown - Dan Kloepfer, Reti 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Ng5 e6 8.d3 Be7 9.Ne4 0-0 10.Nbc3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 Rc8 12.Bxc6 Rxc6 13.Qa4 Bh3 14.Re1 a6 15.Qe4 Bf5 16.Qf3 Bf6 17.e4 Bg6 18.Rd1 Bd4 19.Be3 e5 20.Rd2 Qf6 21.Qe2 Rd8 22.Nd5 Qe6 23.Rc1 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 b6 25.Rdc2 Qd7 26.b4 Rdc8 27.bxc5 Qb7 28.Nxb6 R8c7 29.d4 exd4 30.Qxd4 h6 31.Rb2 Qa7 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Na4 Bxe4 34.Rb4 Rd7 35.Qf8 Bf3 36.Rbb1 Rd2 37.Qb8 Qxb8 38.Rxb8 ?-? Tikila Nichols - Mike Dempsey, Sicilian 1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Nfg5+ Ke8 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.Nf7?! Qe8 12.d4 e6 13.dxc5 d5 14.Bf4 Bxc5 15.0-0-0 Ke7 16.Rxd5 Qxf7 17.Qxf7+ Kxf7 18.Rxc5 b6 19.Rc7+ Kg6 20.Re1 e5 21.Bg3 h5 22.h4 Bf5 23.Rc6 Rhc8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.c3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Be6 28.a3 Bd5 29.f3 Kf5 30.Ke2 e4 31.Bb8 exf3+ 32.gxf3 a6 33.Ke3 b5 34.Bc7 Bc6 35.f4 Kg4 36.Bd8 f5 37.Bg5 Kg3 38.Kd4 Kf3 39.Kc5 Bd7 40.Kb6 Bc8 41.b3 Ke4 42.c4 bxc4 43.bxc4 Kd4 44.c5 Kc4 45.a4 Kd5 46.c6 Kd6 47.a5 Kd5 48.c7 Kd6 49.Bf6 Ke6 50.Ka7! Kd6 51.Be5+ Kc6 52.Kb8 Bb7 53.c8Q+ Bxc8 54.Kxc8 Kb5 55.Bc7 Kc6 56.Kb8 Kc5 57.Kb7 Kb5 58.Bd8 1-0 Joe Kolupke - Russ Stark, Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 h6 9.0-0-0 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.Rde1 Bd7 12.Kb1 Nc6 13.f4 e5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.h3 Nc4 16.Qe2 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 0-0 18.Rd1 Re8 19.Qf3 Bc6 20.Rhe1 Qb6 21.Qd3 Re7 22.b3 Qd8 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qd7 25.c4 Rae8 26.Nf3 Rxe1 27.Nxe1 Qe7 28.Nf3 Qf6 29.Qd4 Qf5+ 30.Qd3 Qf6 31.Qd4 Qf5+ ?-? Jeff Baffo - David Meliti, Dunst 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Qf3 e6 5.Ng3 Bxc2 6.Qxb7 Nd7 7.Bb5 Bg6 8.Bxd7+ Kxd7 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.0-0 Qb8 11.Qa6 Qb6 12.Qc4 Nf6 13.d4 Nd5 14.Ne5+ Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qb4 16.Qe2 h5 17.Rd1 h4 18.Nf1 h3 19.g3 c6 20.Ne3 Qe4 21.b3 Ke8 22.Qf1? (22 f3) 22...Qf3 23.Nc4 Rd8 24.Rd4? (24 Nd2) 24...Nc3 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Bg5+ f6 27.Rd1+ (Deparately trying for something after 27...Nxd1 28 exf6. But David is not distracted.) 27...Kc7 28.Rd2 Be4 0-1 Mitch Anderson - Markus Petters, French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Nb4 8.Nb3 Nxd3+ 9.cxd3 dxe4 10.dxe4 0-0 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Bd2 a5 13.Rac1 a4 14.Nbd4 Bxc5 15.Bb4 b6 16.Qc2 Qf4 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.Qxc5 Nxe4 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Nxe5 f6 21.Nec6 e5 22.Ne7+ Kf7 23.Nxc8 Rfxc8 24.Nc6 Ke6 25.Rfd1 g5 26.b4 axb3 27.axb3 Nd6 28.b4 Ra6 29.Na5 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Rb6 31.Rb1 Kd5 32.Rd1+ Ke6 33.Rb1 Kf5 34.f3 h5 35.Kf2 e4 36.Rd1 Ke5 37.Rxd6 Kxd6 38.Nc4+ Kc6 39.Nxb6 Kxb6 40.fxe4 Kb5 41.e5! fxe5 42.Ke3 Kxb4 43.Ke4 Kc3 44.Kxe5 Kd3 45.Kf5 g4 46.Kg5 Ke3 47.g3! 1-0 Cory Foster - Dan Hoffacker, Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nf5 Bxf5 8.exf5 d5 9.Bg5 d4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bc4 Qa5+ 13.c3 Nc6 14.Qb3 Nd8 15.0-0 dxc3 16.Nxc3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Rc8 18.Bd5 b5 19.h3 0-0 20.Rac1 Qb4 21.Qc2 Qf4 22.Qf2 Bc5 23.Qe1 Qxf5 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Ng3 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Qg5 27.Qe1 Qf4 28.Ne2 Qe3 29.Be4 Ne6 30.Qg3+ Qg5 31.Qf2 Rd8 32.Qa7 Bc5 33.Qxa6 Rd2 34.Qxb5 Qe3 35.Ng3 Nf4 36.Qe8+ Bf8 37.Bxh7+ Kxh7 38.Qxf8 Rxg2 39.Qxf7+ Kh8 40.Qxf6+ Kh7 41.Qf7+ Kh8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qd7+ Kh8 44.Qe8+ ?-? Dan St. John - Steve Kovach, Caro-Kann 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.c3 0-0 10.Qb3 b6 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxg4 Nxg4 13.Nf3 e5 14.Bf5 Ngf6 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nd4 Nc4 17.Bd3 Rfe8+ 18.Be2 Qf4 19.Nf3 Re4 20.Qc2 Rae8 21.Nd4 Ng4 22.f3 Nge3 23.Qc1 Nxg2+ 24.Kf2 Qh4+ 25.Kxg2 Rxe2+ 0-1 Robert Rountree - Klaus Johnson, Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.0-0-0 Ne5 10.Be2 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nfd7 13.h4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.h5 Bb7 16.g6! Nc5 17.gxf7+ Kd7 18.Qe2 Rhf8 19.Qxc4 Rxf7 20.b4 Nd3+ 21.cxd3 Qxc4 22.dxc4 Rc8 23.Kb2 Rxc4 24.Kb3 (OK, White's a piece up, it's all over. But stick around, there's more fun coming.) 24...d5 25.a3 Bf6 26.Na4 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxf3+ 28.Kb2 Kd6 29.exd5 exd5 30.Bxg7 Rg3 31.h6 Rf4 32.Nc3 a5 33.Rhe1 Rg2+ 34.Kb3 Rf3 35.Ka4 axb4 36.axb4 Rc2 37.Kb3 Rg2 38.Bd4 Rh3 39.Be5+ Kc6 40.Bg7 Kd6 41.Ka4 Rc2 42.Rc1 Rd2 43.Red1 Rg2 44.Kb3 Bc6 45.Re1 Bb5 46.Rcd1 Bc4+ 47.Ka4 Rxc3! 48.Ra1 (Little mate threat there) 48...Rcc2 49.Ka5 Ra2+ 50.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 51.Kb6 Ra6+ 52.Kb7 Kd7 53.Bf8 d4 54.Re7+ Kd8 55.Rxh7 d3 56.Be7+ Ke8 57.Bg5 Kf8 58.Rh8+ Kf7 59.Rc8 Rg6 60.h7! Ba6+ 61.Ka7 Bxc8 62.h8Q Bf5 63.Bd2 Ke7 64.Qe5+ Be6 65.Qe4 Rg8 66.Qxd3 Bd7 67.Qe4+ Kd8 68.Qd5 Rg7 69.Qd6 Ke8 70.Qe5+ Re7 71.Qb8+ Bc8+ (Well, isn't that a special move?) 72.Kb6 Kd7 73.Qc7+ 1-0 Dan Kloepfer - Fred Eric Spell, King's Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qc7 10.Rfe1 b6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.e4 e6 14.Bh6 exd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Qg5 Bg4 19.Rd2 h6 20.Qxe5 Re8 21.Qg3 Nh5 22.Qe3 Re5 23.f3 Bd7 24.f4 Re8 25.e5 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27.Rf2 Qg4 28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.Rxf3 Kg8 30.Nb5 Re7 31.d6 Rd7 32.Nc7 Rf8 33.g3 Ng7 34.Ra3 a5 35.Nd5 Rb7 36.Nf6+ Kh8 37.Rd1 Ne6 38.Rad3 Nd4 39.Kf2 Kg7 40.a3 Ra8 41.d7 Kf8 42.b4 axb4 43.axb4 h5 44.Kg2 Ke7 45.h3 Ra2+ 46.R1d2 Ra8 47.g4 h4 48.f5 g5 49.Kf2 Rd8 50.Ke3 Nc6 51.bxc5 Nxe5 52.Nd5+ Kf8 53.Rc3 bxc5 54.Rxc5 Rb3+ 55.Ke4 Nxd7 ?-? Mitch Anderson - David Meliti, Belgrade Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.exd5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qe7+ 8.Qe2 Bxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Ne7 11.Rhe1 0-0 12.d6 Nc6 13.Bc4 cxd6 14.Ng5 Nd8 15.Ne4 b5 16.Bxb5 Rb8 17.Nxd6 Rb6 18.Nxc8 Rxb5 19.b3 Ne6 20.Nd6 Rh5 21.h3 Rd5 22.Nc4 Rg5 23.g3 f6 24.h4 Rc5 25.f4 Rfc8 26.Rac1 R8c6 27.Nb2 Ra5 28.a4 g5 29.b4 Rd5 30.hxg5 fxg5 31.Re5 Rxe5 32.fxe5 Nc7 33.Nd3 Nd5 34.a5 Rh6 35.Re1 Rh2+ 36.Re2 Rxe2+ 37.Kxe2 Ne3 38.b5 Nd5 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Ke4 Nc3+ 41.Kxd4 Nxb5+ 42.Kc5 Nc3 43.Kd6 Ke8 44.Kc7 h5 45.Kb7 Kd8 46.Kxa7 Kc7 47.Nf2 h4 48.gxh4 gxh4 49.Ka6 Kc6 50.Ka7 Nd5 51.Kb8 Nb4 52.c3 Na6+ 53.Kc8 Nc5 ?-? Markus Petters - Joe Fromme, Slav 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.e3 d5 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.c4 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Qc2 g5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.e4 Rc8 20.Qb1 Rxc1 21.Qxc1 Qc8 22.Qxc8 Bxc8 23.e5 Bxe5 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Rxd5 Bc7 26.Rd1 Bb6 27.Kf1 a6 28.Bc4 Kg7 29.a3 Bg4 30.Rd6 Bc7 31.Rd2 Rd7 32.Bd5 Bxf3 33.gxf3 Be5 34.b3 b6 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Ke3 a5 37.Ke4 Bd6 38.a4 Bc5 39.Rc2 Rc7 40.Bc4 Re7+ ?-? Jerry Maier - Robert Rountree, Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd2 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Qc1 0-0 7.h4 Re8 8.Bh6 Bh8 9.Qg5 Nbd7 10.h5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 e5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.e3 exd4 16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Bg5 Rf8 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Nd6 Re7 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.c5 dxe3 22.Bc4+ Nd5 23.fxe3 Bxb2 24.Rd1 Bg7 25.Bxd5+ cxd5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Rxd5 Rxe3+ 28.Kd2 Re7 29.g4 h6 30.Rb1 Rcc7 31.Kd3 Red7 32.Ke4 Rxd5 33.Kxd5 h5 34.g5 Rf7 35.Ke6 Rc7 36.Kd6 Rf7 37.a4 h4 38.a5 a6 39.Rb4 h3 40.Rh4 Rf5 41.Rxh3 Rxg5 42.Re3 Rf5 43.Re7+ Rf7 44.Rxf7+! 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090128/7e7028e2/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 28 13:55:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:55:22 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Two Alligators, one ass Message-ID: <1233176122.4980c63aaabee@www.taom.com> [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.25" ] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Grob, Saragossa, Fishing Pole, Badger, Alligator, Alekhine's Defense, 4 pawns, Planinc variation, Hempel's Opening, Spike Opening, Ahlhausen's Opening, the Genoa or San Pier D'Arena Opening, Fric's Opening, Kolibri's Opening, Penguin. "] [ECO "all"] [NIC "ALL"] [Time "11:30 AM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.c3 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 c5 4.Nc2 d5 5.d3 f5 6.g4 Nf6 7.gxf5 Bxf5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Ne3 Ng4 12.Nxg4 Bxg5 13.Ne3 Be6 14.dxe4 d4 15.Nd5 Qd7 16.f4 Bf6 17.c4 0-0-0 18.a3 d3 19.e3 Bxb2 20.Ra2 Bf6 21.Qxd3 Bh3 22.Nbc3 Bxg2 23.Rxg2 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Rhg8 25.e5 Ne7 26.e4 Nc6 27.f5 Nd4 28.Rb1 Qe8 29.Qa5 Qxe5 30.Qxc5+ Nc6 31.Rxb7 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Kxb7 33.Qb5+ Kc8 34.Qxc6+ Kb8 35.Qb5+ Kc8 36.Qc5+ Kb8 37.Qb4+ Kc8 38.Kf3 Qd1+ 39.Ke3 Qc1+ 40.Rd2 Qg1+ 41.Kd3 Rge8 42.Rb2 Qf1+ 43.Kc2 Qe2+ 44.Kc1 Qe3+ 45.Nxe3 1-0 Anthea resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:06:34 -0000 From: clivebeard1999 To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Reply-to: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Coauthors I sometimes play the Saragossa Opening, but after 1. c3 e5 2. d4 is a bit of a yawn if Black reaches the Queen's Gambit Declined by playing 2 ... ed 3. cd d5. Not that I'm against the QGD as such; it's just that if I play 1. c3 I'm in a UCO mood. I've played 2. f4 (and won!) but I may try 2. Nf3 next time. Against 2 ... Nc6 I would probably play 3. d3 leading to a reversed Czech Defence. All the best, Clive -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opening references used later in the game ---------------------------------------------------------- Wikipedia - The Saragossa Opening or Hempel's Opening is a chess opening defined by the opening move 1. c3 The name Saragossa Opening is derived from the Spanish city of Zaragoza. In 1922 a theme tournament requiring the players to open with 1.c3 was arranged in Mannheim with three participants, Siegbert Tarrasch, Paul Leonhardt and Jacques Mieses, which Tarrasch won. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall Alligator invented by LM Jack Young 1 c3 c5 2 d4 cd 3 Nf3 dc 4 N:c3 Nc6 5 e4 transposing from a Hempel's Opening to a Smith-Morra Gambit socalled because 1 c3 looks like an alligator snout in the water and because 1 c3 looks harmless but the Smith-Morra is very dangerous, like an alligator sneak attack in the water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Alejandro Melchor Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:11:06 +0100 From: Alejandro Melchor To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall Chesslist , clivebeard99 at hotmail.com Cc: atorreci at gmail.com Reply-to: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Coauthors The founder of Saragossa opening ( in Spanish, the city of Zaragoza ) is the player Jose Juncosa; he played the move and the idea of 2.d4 in 1917 against Greek E. Antoniadis. The move was known from Ercole's del Rio work ( 1767 ) with a few analysis ( but the idea was 2.e4 instead "new" 2.d4 and 3.e3 "Stonewall" formation ), but the first game known is Casa??-Ballarin, Zaragoza, 1878. Juncosa himself tried his idea against Alekhine in a game of 1922. In 1958 was published an unknown booklet here in Spain by Julio Ganzo with many games and analysis ( f.i. noted games from Mannheim thema Tourney ), although I have another Spanish articles from 1940' decades. Even Capablanca himself played at once the Saragossa (!!) against Argentinan R. Illa in 1911. If somebody want a little Saragossa Base I can send him. Maybe the relative best ( and elastic ) move for Black is 1..c5!, but the most logical and played idea in old "sources" is 1..e5 2.d4 exd4 3.cxd4 d5 4.Nc3 etc. as is pointed by clivebeard1999. Alejandro Melchor; Barcelona, Spain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall I thought the responses by Clivebeard1999 and Alexander Melchor to my Coauthors game with Anthea Carson Martinez were excellent. I decided to try 1 c3 again at the Denver Chess Club last night. Bill O'Neil has made steady progress and crossed 1700 in April 2008. Bill is a welcome regular at the Denver Chess Club. Quiet and strong. Still waters run deep. [Event "DCC Tuesday night"] [Site "Denver Chess Club, 1st and Acoma, First Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.01.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "William O'Neil"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "1725"] [Opening "Saragossa opening, Hempel's Opening, Alligator"] [ECO "A00"] [NIC "VO.12"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night tournament First Presbyterian Church 1st and Acoma Denver, Colorado January 27, 2009 7 PM Cold but a heat wave compared to the night before. I played Chess with some hooded home boy on the pavement in front of my busstop on the way there. The guy was so drug-dealer-paranoid whacked he took another bus ONE STOP just to get on our bus at a different stop from me. Odd guy that kept a hood over him while he talked. Paranoid druggie - " Why you standing so close, you trying to recognize my face? " " No, dude, I'm just trying to hear what you're saying over your hoodie. " -Brian Game/85 minutes Board 2 Round 4 White - Brian Wall 2207 Black- William O'Neil 1725 Opening - Zaragoza, Hempel's Opening, Alliagtor In this case I prefer the name Alligator because the game started out very mildly equal and innocent looking for 11 moves but by move 15 Bill was collapsing all over the board. From a dull position to losing pieces on the Kingside and Queenside. It was like Bill was whistling peacefully on a country road surrounded on both sides by water. Suddenly and unexpectedly, an alligaor from each side of the road both leapt out of the water and took a chunk out of his ass as Bill went running down the country lane, screaming and bleeding. Therefore I think this game meets Jack Young's interpretation of 1 c3 as a barely perceptible Alligator Snout in the water that pounces on it's prey with deadly effect. I've never seen anything quite like this where a few normal looking moves thought best by Bill leads to a complete and total collapse so quickly like an old stadium set up with hidden dynamite to implode. 1. c3 d5 2. Nf3! Bf5? 3. g3? 3 d4 c6 4 Qb3 Qb6 seemed totally boring. This I would call a Hempel's Opening. I have no plan of attack. I liked CliveBeard's idea of a reversed Czech Pirc. Chessmasters are very sensitive to tempi spent and pieces exchanged in the opening. Bobby Fischer won constantly with the King's Indian Attack because everything stayed on the board and he could exploit subtle errors. I asked myself how Bobby would handle a 1700. I should have pounced on 2 ... Bf5? right away with 3 Qb3!! and defending b7 is awkward. 3 ... c6 4. Bg2! Nd7! 5. O-O! e5 This surprised me a bit - Bill was moving very quickly like a London System - Semi-Slav robot. I was OK with a reversed Czech Pirc like CliveBeard recommended. 6. d3 It is interesting that Fritz 11 suggests the plan of harassing Black's bishop with my knights ahead of my pawns- I felt extremely original when I invented that idea against David Wallace with colors reversed. ( given below ) 6 Na3-c2-e3 Bg6 9 Nh4 6 ... Be7 TN Theoretical Novelty by William O'Neil 6 ... Ngf6! has been played twice 7. Nbd2! Ngf6! 8. Nh4? Bg6? Slight errors in a subtle position. 8 ... Bg4 or ... Be6 might make my h4-knight feel silly 9. h3? Nh5? We have a childish war going on - I don't want to take on g6 before Bill castles and Bill insists I take on g6 now. Since his h5-knight now blocks the h-file I go ahead and accomodate him. I am not THAT afraid of an open h-file. 10. Nxg6 Fritz prefers 9 or 10 Ndf3!! 10 ... hxg6! 11. e4 Fritz 11 is hard to please this game, now plumping for 11 Re1, c4, a4, Nf3, Nb3 Most of these recommendations are of a very minor character. This is the part where Bill is whistling down the country lane, unaware of an imminent double alligator attack from the shaded streams beneath the river banks. 11 ... Nb6? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Dzindi to Brian when I made a similar move - " Where are you going with that knight, Brian. " 11 ... Nb6? unguards e5 and Fritz 11 recommends an attack there with 11 ed cd 12 Re1 or 11 ed N:d5 12 Nc4 or 11 Re1 or 11 Nf3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. a4 Alligator, left rear to left rear 12 ... d4? I have a Bloomer position, 5 pieces on the first rank, 2 on the second. The alligators are barely visible. 13. a5!! The first alligator leaps out of the water dramatically and chomps down on the black knight's hindquarters. 13 ... Nc8 Bill's Black Stallion gallops away, stunned, leaving a piece of him behind. 14. Nc4 Another alligator advances, dripping wet, menacing the black e5-pawn in the middle of the road. A group of alligators is called a pod. 14 ... Bd6? 15. cxd4!! Bill's move's don't look as bad as his position is. 15 ... exd4 16. e5!!! Suddenly the whole pod is becoming visible through the morning mist. New threats emerge of 16 ed taking a bishop or 16 e6 tearing up his King or 16 g4 trapping a knight or 16 a6 ripping up the Queenside. The veil has been lifted. How did Bill go from OK at move 11 to complete self-destruction in 4 moves? 16 ... Be7 17. a6!!! Burying the h5-knight deep in the river bed for a snack later, right now there is a Queenside feeding frenzy. Blood in the water. 17 ... Rb8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was paralyzed when a kid at my son's Elementary School Chess class wanted to resign a Queen and Bishop down and the coach urged me to admonish the kid because they stalemate each other so often. I backed away from the board muttering. Bill can resign here but he plays it out until mate, just like a grade school kid. I think he wanted to see how long he could last against a Chessmaster. I don't mind when people do that. I am a "bitter-ender" myself like GM Larry Christiansen. I join in the absurdity if I can by promoting to several Queens and then giving them all away and checkmating with a bishop and knight. 17 ... b5 is easily crushed by 18 Na5!!, B:c6+!!, g4!!, Qf3!! and many others -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. axb7!!! Still leaving 18 g4!! trapping the h5-knight, as a bedtime snack. Bill is not just losing on the Kingside and Queenside, e6!! is often powerful too, attacking in the center. There is enough raw meat here for more than just two alligators. It is remarkable how powerful my long range pieces are, my a1 rook bears down on a7, my g2-bishop bears down on a8, my c1-bishop might play bishop takes knight on f4, my Queen might enter gracefully with B:c6 and Qa4 or e6 and Qg4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 ... Rxb7! 19. Bxc6+! Rd7! 20. g4!! Alligator, right rear, attacks right rear. Mopping up on both sides now. 20 ... Kf8 21. gxh5!! Chomping down on the knight and this time leaving the rook as a twinkie in the lunchbox. It was safe to take the rook if I liked with 21 B:d7!!! Q:d7 22 gh Q:h5 23 h6 keeping his rook at bay and stopping a Fishing Pole mate on h1 or just 21 B:d7!! Q:d7 22 Qf3!! and many others, safeguarding my King before taking the trapped knight. 21 ... Rxh5!! He can save one rook with 21 ... Rc7!! but then I keep his other rook out of the attack with 22 Bf3! 22. Bxd7! Nothing to analyze any more - a rook up for nothing. 22 ... Qxd7! 23. Qg4! Qd8 24. f4 Kg8 25. Bd2 Rh4! 26. Qg2 Qd7! 27. Rae1 The idea is 27 Rae1 R:h3? 28 e6! or 27 Rae1 Q:h3 allows a Queen trade a rook down 27 ... Qf5 28. Rf3! Kh7 29. Re4! a6 Underscores the futility of moving 30. Be1 Rh5 31. Qg4! Forces an endgame 31 ... Bf8 32. Bf2 To avoid even R:d4 Bc5 32 ... Bc5 33. Bxd4! Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4! Ne7! 35. Rd7 Ng8 36. Nd6 Qe6! 37. Qxe6 fxe6! 38. Ne8 Nh6? 39. Nf6+! 1-0 William relinquishes the throne Checkmate in two moves --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "DCC Tuesday night"] [Site "Denver Chess Club, 1st and Acoma, First Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.01.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "William O'Neil"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black Resigns"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "1725"] [Opening "Saragossa opening, Hempel's Opening, Alligator"] [ECO "A00"] [NIC "VO.12"] [Time "7 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] 1. c3 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. h3 Nh5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 Nb6 12. a4 d4 13. a5 Nc8 14. Nc4 Bd6 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Be7 17. a6 Rb8 18. axb7 Rxb7 19. Bxc6+ Rd7 20. g4 Kf8 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qg4 Qd8 24. f4 Kg8 25. Bd2 Rh4 26. Qg2 Qd7 27. Rae1 Qf5 28. Rf3 Kh7 29. Re4 a6 30. Be1 Rh5 31. Qg4 Bf8 32. Bf2 Bc5 33. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Ne7 35. Rd7 Ng8 36. Nd6 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Ne8 Nh6 39. Nf6+ 1-0 William relinquishes the throne --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "FRA-ch Veterans"] [Site "Val d'Isere"] [Date "2002.08.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Hoyer,Hans Gerd"] [Black "Laval,Hubert"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "A07"] 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.d3 Nd7 5.0-0 e5 6.c3 Ngf6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qa4 Be7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nh4 Be6 11.b4 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Qc2 Rfa8 14.Nb3 R5a6 15.Bd2 c5 16.Rfb1 Qc7 17.Nf3 h6 18.h3 Rc8 19.Nc1 c4 20.d4 e4 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Bf4 Nh5 23.h4 Nxf4 24.gxf4 Bf5 25.e3 Nf6 26.Ne2 Rca8 27.Ng3 Bc8 28.f3 exf3 29.Bxf3 Ra3 30.Rb5 R8a5 31.Rb2 Ra7 32.e4 dxe4 33.Be2 Bxe5 34.fxe5 Nd5 35.Nxe4 Bf5 36.Nf6+ Nxf6 37.Qxf5 Nd5 38.Bf3 Nxc3 39.e6 fxe6 40.Qxe6+ Qf7 41.Qxf7+ Kxf7 42.Bxb7 Rxa2 43.Bd5+ Ke7 44.Raxa2 Nxa2 45.Bxc4 Nc3 46.Rb3 Nd1 47.Kf1 Ra4 48.Rd3 Rxc4 49.Rxd1 Kd6 50.Ke2 Kd5 51.Ke3 Rc3+ 52.Kf4 Rh3 53.Kg4 Re3 54.h5 Re2 55.Kg3 Re4 56.Rd2 Re7 57.Rd1 Rf7 58.Kg4 Rf2 59.Kg3 Rf5 60.Kg4 Rg5+ 61.Kh4 Ke4 62.Rd2 Ke3 63.Rd1 Ke2 64.Ra1 Kf3 65.Rf1+ Ke4 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Graz op"] [Site "Graz"] [Date "2005.09.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Eckhoff,Karlheinz"] [Black "Pirker,Georg"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "A07"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.0-0 Nd7 5.d3 e5 6.c3 Ngf6 7.Bg5 Bd6 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.e4 Bh7 12.Rae1 Re8 13.Nh4 Qc7 14.Bh3 Rad8 15.Nf5 a6 16.Kh1 c5 17.c4 dxe4 18.dxe4 Qc6 19.Bg2 Bc7 20.Nb1 Ba5 21.Re2 b5 22.b3 Rd7 23.f3 Qc7 24.Bh3 Red8 25.Ne3 Rd4 26.Bf5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Rd3 28.g4 Qd7 29.Kg2 Ne8 30.cxb5 Qxb5 31.Rff2 Nc7 32.Na3 Qb4 33.Nc4 Ne6 34.Ne7+ Kf8 35.Nc6 Nf4+ 36.Kg3 Qc3 37.N6xa5 Nxe2+ 38.Qxe2 f6 39.Qb2 Qe1 40.Qe2 Qc1 41.Qc2 Qg1+ 42.Rg2 Qe1+ 43.Qf2 Qxe4 44.Qxc5+ Kg8 45.Rf2 Qf4+ 46.Kg2 e4 47.Qf5 exf3+ 48.Kh3 Qxf5 49.gxf5 R8d5 50.Nc6 Rc5 51.Nb4 Rc3 52.Nxa6 Rxf5 53.Nc7 h5 54.Kg3 Rg5+ 55.Kf4 Rg2 56.Rf1 g5+ 57.Kf5 Rxa2 58.Nd5 Rxb3 59.Kg6 Kf8 60.Rc1 Rb7 61.Nd6 Rg7+ 62.Kxf6 Ra8 63.Nc7 Rxc7 64.Rxc7 f2 65.Rf7+ Kg8 66.Kg6 Ra6 67.Rg7+ 1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is an example of good friend LM Jack Young badgering me about my complete lack of knowledge about Unorthodox Chess Openings - he is talking about the game where I chase Wallace's bishop with my knight in front of my pawns like the Fritz 11 suggestion to move 6 in Wall-O'Neil Forwarded message from Jack Young Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 22:23:51 -0500 Captain clueless, Your knowledge of weird openings is shockingly limited. 1...Na6 and it's close blood brother 1...c6 and 2...Na6 is called the De Bruycker Defense played by Bernard De Bruycker in Europe. (fide 2350) Numerous articles on this debut have been printed in Myers Openings Bulletin and Randspringer. I myself have played this for many years as a staple in my repertoire including a couple easy draws against FM John Curdo. (with Black probably having the edge in both games) The N on c7 has many possibilities. Mostly playing ...e5, Ne6 and eventually dropping down to d4. On a similar note, a G/15 encounter went Super Bowl Jan. 1994 White: Joe Fang (2420) Black: Bozo Clown (2219) 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4!! 3.d3 Nc5!! 4.d4 Ne6!! 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 d5 7.Be3 Ng7!!! 8.Bd3 c6 9.Nc3 Na6 10.0-0 Nc7 11.Ne2 Bf5 12.Bf2 h5 13.Bh4 Qd7 and Black went on to win. Bozo T. Clown ------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Winter Springs"] [Site "Manitou Springs, Colorado"] [Date "2005.12.03"] [Round "2"] [White "GM David Wallace"] [Black "brianwall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2319"] [BlackElo "2203"] [Opening "Queen's pawn"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "17:51:06"] [TimeControl "40/1 then Game/55 plus 5 second delay"] 1. d4 Na6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Nc7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Qd2 Ne6 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nf4 11. Qxf4 Qxb2 12. Qd2 Qxa1 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Nc1 b5 15. d5 b4 16. dxe6 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. O-O Qb2 19. exf7+ 1/2-1/2 Draw offered by David, accepted by Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google Brian Wall Chess for 40 pages of references. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 28 14:51:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:51:10 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Recent ICC Budapest and Sicilian Wing Gambit by Richard Wachter Message-ID: <1233179470.4980d34e7b1ed@www.taom.com> richard wachter ----- Forwarded message from richard wachter ----- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:36:27 -0800 (PST) From: richard wachter Reply-To: rmwachter1 at yahoo.com Subject: Recent ICC game To: Brian Wall Hi Brian Here is a recent ICC game of mine, not bad for a busted opening. (1) RickB (1976) - wizofoz (1567) ICC Internet Chess Club RickB vs. wizofoz (12/15/2008) Budapest: Fajarowicz variation (A51) 3/2 Blitz I hate what 3 minute blitz does to my chess but I continue to play it compulsively. I am hooked on the action and promise of a new game so quickly after all my blunders. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 Many consider the Budapest straight up busted. I enjoy the Black side because of the tricky move orders and attacking chances. 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6! The obituary for the Budapest supposedly starts with 4. a3 preventing the Bb4 manuever common in most variations. However, complicated move orders stemming from b6 give Black plenty of play. 5.Qc2 Bb7 I am far more afraid of the variations that allow Black Bb4 and involve lots of exchanges on d2 coupled with g3. Its easy for Black to end up a pawn down with little to show for it. Qc2 gives Black a variety of attacking options and does nothing to force exchanges. 6.Nf3 a5 Grabbing space on the queenside and discouraging any early pawn thrusts from White. Also giving potential luft to the a8 rook and/or a jump to a6 for the b8 knight. My plan here (as in almost every Budapest I play) is to castle queenside, keep the pieces on, and attack the white kingside. 7.Nc3? Nxc3 Here we go with the move order tricks. 8. Qxc3 is not possible?..Bb4! 9. axb4 axb4 10 Qxb4 Rxa1. 7. Nbd2 avoids all of this. 8.bxc3 Na6 Spoiler Alert! This knight will deliver mate in 20 moves. 9.Bf4 h6 10.e3 g5 I've been thinking kingside pawn storm since move 2 and this gives me a jumpstart with tempo gain. 11.Bg3 h5 Played instantly. Nothing else considered. I remember some annotations to a Shirov game that stated " Nothing is expected of Shirov here except the push of the pawn ". Patient Fritz liked 11 ... Nc5 first. 12.h4 g4 13.Nd4 Bc5 Hmmm, I always struggle to find a home for the dark bishop in the Budapest. He has a nice view of the king from c5 and I further mock Whites lack of a b pawn. I also take away a good square for my knight. Be7 keeps my Queen stuck on d8 and further delays my stubborn plan of a queenside castle. Fritz was still lobbying for Nc5. 14.a4? A colossal waste of time. White has to get an attack going or at least force some exchanges before every Black piece is aimed at his king. If White is worried about Qe7, 14. Nf5 is a more active way to stop it. 14 a4 Qe7 15.Rd1 0-0-0 16.Nf5 Qe6 By delaying Nf5 till after Blacks castle, White allows the Queen to go to e6 instead of getting buried on f8 after 15. Nf5. White has missed opportunities to make Blacks development awkward, now piece activity and king safety start to work for Black. The early pawn sac looks to be worth it now. 17.e4 f6! Pitching another pawn to put some heat on the uncastled king. 18.exf6? Qxf6?? The point of 17 ... f6 should have been that 18. exf6 loses to Bxe4! I blindly blitzed down a different path. 19.Bd3 Nb8 White is far away from being able to attack my king so I figured I had time to bring in reinforcements. 20.0-0 Nc6 21.Bf4 Rhg8 I am more interested in pointing this rook at the king than I am in preventing Bg5. 22.Qd2 Ne5 Plotting the coming exchange sac. 23.Bg5 Qe6 24.Bxd8 Kxd8 I am more than happy to trade my least active piece for a key defender. 24. Nd4 makes Black job much more difficult. 24 ... Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxe4 looks about equal. 25.Rfe1?? Whites sense of danger has abandoned him, the end comes quickly now. Kh1 was necessary. Not 25. Ng3?? Nf3! 26. PxN PxP and the Queen goes decisively to h3. 25 ... g3 26.Nxg3 Rxg3 27.Qe2 Qh3! 28.Qf1 Nf3# 0-1 RickB resigns. Royally smothered. It didn't get any easier for RickB in our next game. [Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.01.22"] [White "wizofoz"] [Black "RickB"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1596"] [BlackElo "1947"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4!? cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. e5 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. f4 Nh6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. h3 Bh4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Nf7 17. Ne5 Nxd6 18. Ba3 Be8 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 Rf6 21. Rg1 g6 22. h4 Nf5 23. Ke2 Kh8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qg8# 1-0 richard wachter From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 27 12:12:51 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:12:51 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [Chess Improvement] Jerry Keker versus Anthea Carson with photo added Message-ID: <1233083571.497f5cb313bb5@www.taom.com> Jerry Keker is a very active Chessplayer with an intelligent soft-spoken manner. I never noticed him before the 2009 Boulder Grand Prix. I would guess he moved to Colorado from Maryland 3 years ago, based on his Chess activity. Jerry amassed a powerful attacking position but then traded Queens. This metamorphed Anthea's centralized King from a target to a strength. Jerry asked Anthea what he should have done. I will attempt to answer that question. I thought Anthea played fairly solid and the middlegame was sharp. [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 24, 2009 Round 3 Saturday very light snowfall Board 6 White - Jerry Keker 1405 Black - Anthea Carson Martinez 1659 coauthor How To Play Chess Like An Animal Spectator - Tara Martinez, age 8, who behaved very well all weekend Openings - Armada Sicilian versus every variation of the Sicilian Defense known to man 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3! d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4! 6.cxd4! a6 7.Nc3! g6 8.Bc4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Jerry Keker 8 d5!!, driving the knight back, has been played once before. 8 ... b5! 9.Bb3! Bb7 10.0-0 Only 10 d5!! is better 10 ... Nge7 Overheard in the hallway - " Hi, my name is Anthea. I am playing the Dragon, the Najdorf, the Polugaevsky, the Kan, the Paulsen, the Classical and the Taimanov. What are you playing? " 11.f5! Starting a scary attack. Only 11 d5!! or Be3!! are better. 11 ... gxf5! 12.exf5!! Nxf5! 13.Ng5? Jerry can chalk this loss up to refusing to play d5!! 5 times. 13 ... Qf6? Second best. 13 ... Nc:d4! 14 Qh5! Qf6! 15 N:e6! N:e6! 16 R:f5! Qg6! 17 Qh3! Bg7! or ... Rd8! barely holds the fort 14.Nce4? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 d5!! wins again, big guy Anthea and I went down to where I got my college degree, the UMC cafeteria. I tried to make e6 sacs work. 14 N:e6! fe! 15 B:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1 17 Q:e1+ Nce7! with a lot for the Queen. Anthea insisted on defending 14 N:e6! Rg8!? 15 Nc7+ Kd8 16 N:a8 saccing all her pieces for g2-shots I also tried 14 B:e6 fe 15 N:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1+ 17 Q:e1+ Nce7 with a lot for the Queen. Fritz cuts through our analysis like a laser through melted butter. 14 B:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 N:e6? ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6! 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins 14 N:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 B:e6 ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6!! ( 15 ... Qd4+! ) 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ... Qxd4+!! Whew, Anthea escapes a brutal attack and takes play into a dream Sicilian ending. 15.Qxd4! Ncxd4! 16.Nf6+! Ke7! The King and Sicilian pawn center form a symbiotic relationship in the endgame both protecting each other, like rhinos and egrets. 17.Ngxh7! Knights without outposts are always pitiful. They suffer so, wandering aimlessly from Unemployment Center to Unemployment center. 17 ... Ne2+! When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. Developing the KB and connecting the rooks with 17 ... Bg7!! or ... Bh6!! was very powerful. Anthea's knights look awesome, Jerry's look ridiculous. 18.Kh1? It's OK to put your King in the center now, Jerry. It's an endgame. 18 ... Nxc1! 19.Raxc1! Rc8! 20.Rce1 Hoping to play 21 R:f5! or maybe some annoying 21 Bd5 action 20 ... Rc5!!! Three times better than any other move, covering all the critical 5th rank squares 21.Nxf8! Rxf8!! The simple method. There was an absurdly complicated way with 21 N:f8 Ng3+ 22 Kg1 N:f1 23 N:e6 Re5! 24 R:e5! de and Anthea comes out the exchange ahead. 22.Ne4 Bxe4 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 22 ... Re5! or ... Rg8 are also winning 23.Rxe4! Rfc8 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 23 ... d5! or ... Rh8! are also winning 24.Ree1! Nd4! 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2! Nb4! 27.a3! Nd3! 28.Kg1 Ne5! King James Bible And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 29.Ref2 Rc1! 30.Bh5 Rxf1+! 31.Rxf1! Rc2! one pawn up for Anthea 32.Rf2 Rxf2! 33.Kxf2! Nd3+! 34.Ke3 Nxb2 two pawns up 35.Kd2 Nc4+! 36.Kc3! Nxa3! three pawns up. They are disappearing faster than jobs in America. 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5! Nf5! 40.g6 fxg6! 0-1 Jerry resigns He couldn't bear to part with his last future Queen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 a6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.0-0 Nge7 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ng5 Qf6 14.Nce4 Qxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Ncxd4 16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Ngxh7 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Rc8 20.Rce1 Rc5 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Rfc8 24.Ree1 Nd4 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2 Nb4 27.a3 Nd3 28.Kg1 Ne5 29.Ref2 Rc1 30.Bh5 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rc2 32.Rf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Nd3+ 34.Ke3 Nxb2 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Nxa3 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5 Nf5 40.g6 fxg6 0-1 Jerry resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Rhein Main op 7th"] [Site "Bad Homburg"] [Date "2004.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Smit,Josip"] [Black "Kirschner,Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B22"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 g6 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 Nce7 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bb6 Qb8 15.Rd1 Nf5 16.g4 Ng7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rh2 Be7 19.Re2 Kf7 20.Ne4 Rhe8 21.a4 Kf8 22.Qd4 Ng8 23.Ba5 b5 24.Bc3 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rcc8 26.g5 Kf7 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Nfg5+ Kf8 29.Bxf6 Kg8 30.Bxe7 Rxe7 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Ngxh7+ Kf7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Qxg6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090127/6c24010e/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 27 10:46:46 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:46:46 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [Chess Improvement] Jerry Keker versus Anthea Carson Message-ID: <1233078406.497f488687679@www.taom.com> Jerry Keker is a very active Chessplayer with an intelligent soft-spoken manner. I never noticed him before the 2009 Boulder Grand Prix. I would guess he moved to Colorado from Maryland 3 years ago, based on his Chess activity. Jerry amassed a powerful attacking position but then traded Queens. This metamorphed Anthea's centralized King from a target to a strength. Jerry asked Anthea what he should have done. I will attempt to answer that question. I thought Anthea played fairly solid and the middlegame was sharp. [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 2009 Boulder Grand Prix University Memorial Center Room 415 CU, Boulder, CO Game/90 minutes 5 second delay January 24, 2009 Round 3 Saturday very light snowfall Board 6 White - Jerry Keker 1405 Black - Anthea Carson Martinez 1659 coauthor How To Play Chess Like An Animal Spectator - Tara Martinez, age 8, who behaved very well all weekend Openings - Armada Sicilian versus every variation of the Sicilian Defense known to man 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3! d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4! 6.cxd4! a6 7.Nc3! g6 8.Bc4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Jerry Keker 8 d5!!, driving the knight back, has been played once before. 8 ... b5! 9.Bb3! Bb7 10.0-0 Only 10 d5!! is better 10 ... Nge7 Overheard in the hallway - " Hi, my name is Anthea. I am playing the Dragon, the Najdorf, the Polugaevsky, the Kan, the Paulsen, the Classical and the Taimanov. What are you playing? " 11.f5! Starting a scary attack. Only 11 d5!! or Be3!! are better. 11 ... gxf5! 12.exf5!! Nxf5! 13.Ng5? Jerry can chalk this loss up to refusing to play d5!! 5 times. 13 ... Qf6? Second best. 13 ... Nc:d4! 14 Qh5! Qf6! 15 N:e6! N:e6! 16 R:f5! Qg6! 17 Qh3! Bg7! or ... Rd8! barely holds the fort 14.Nce4? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 d5!! wins again, big guy Anthea and I went down to where I got my college degree, the UMC cafeteria. I tried to make e6 sacs work. 14 N:e6! fe! 15 B:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1 17 Q:e1+ Nce7! with a lot for the Queen. Anthea insisted on defending 14 N:e6! Rg8!? 15 Nc7+ Kd8 16 N:a8 saccing all her pieces for g2-shots I also tried 14 B:e6 fe 15 N:e6 Q:e6 16 Re1 Q:e1+ 17 Q:e1+ Nce7 with a lot for the Queen. Fritz cuts through our analysis like a laser through melted butter. 14 B:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 N:e6? ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6! 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins 14 N:e6? ( 14 d5! ) fe! 15 B:e6 ( 15 d5! ) Q:e6!! ( 15 ... Qd4+! ) 16 Re1 ( 16 d5! ) 16 ... Ne5!! ( 16 ... Q:e1+!) 17 de Black wins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 ... Qxd4+!! Whew, Anthea escapes a brutal attack and takes play into a dream Sicilian ending. 15.Qxd4! Ncxd4! 16.Nf6+! Ke7! The King and Sicilian pawn center form a symbiotic relationship in the endgame both protecting each other, like rhinos and egrets. 17.Ngxh7! Knights without outposts are always pitiful. They suffer so, wandering aimlessly from Unemployment Center to Unemployment center. 17 ... Ne2+! When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. Developing the KB and connecting the rooks with 17 ... Bg7!! or ... Bh6!! was very powerful. Anthea's knights look awesome, Jerry's look ridiculous. 18.Kh1? It's OK to put your King in the center now, Jerry. It's an endgame. 18 ... Nxc1! 19.Raxc1! Rc8! 20.Rce1 Hoping to play 21 R:f5! or maybe some annoying 21 Bd5 action 20 ... Rc5!!! Three times better than any other move, covering all the critical 5th rank squares 21.Nxf8! Rxf8!! The simple method. There was an absurdly complicated way with 21 N:f8 Ng3+ 22 Kg1 N:f1 23 N:e6 Re5! 24 R:e5! de and Anthea comes out the exchange ahead. 22.Ne4 Bxe4 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 22 ... Re5! or ... Rg8 are also winning 23.Rxe4! Rfc8 When your King is in the center, you don't take chances, you trade every chance you get. 23 ... d5! or ... Rh8! are also winning 24.Ree1! Nd4! 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2! Nb4! 27.a3! Nd3! 28.Kg1 Ne5! King James Bible And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 29.Ref2 Rc1! 30.Bh5 Rxf1+! 31.Rxf1! Rc2! one pawn up for Anthea 32.Rf2 Rxf2! 33.Kxf2! Nd3+! 34.Ke3 Nxb2 two pawns up 35.Kd2 Nc4+! 36.Kc3! Nxa3! three pawns up. They are disappearing faster than jobs in America. 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5! Nf5! 40.g6 fxg6! 0-1 Jerry resigns He couldn't bear to part with his last future Queen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 Boulder, Colorado Grand Prix"] [Site "UMC, Room 415, CU, Boulder"] [Date "2009.01.24" ] [Round "3"] [White "Jerry Keker"] [Black "Anthea Carson"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White Resigns"] [WhiteElo "1405"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Opening "Armada Sicilian "] [ECO "C"] [NIC "C"] [Time "6 PM"] [TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 a6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.0-0 Nge7 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Ng5 Qf6 14.Nce4 Qxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Ncxd4 16.Nf6+ Ke7 17.Ngxh7 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Rc8 20.Rce1 Rc5 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.Ne4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Rfc8 24.Ree1 Nd4 25.Bd1 Nc2 26.Re2 Nb4 27.a3 Nd3 28.Kg1 Ne5 29.Ref2 Rc1 30.Bh5 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rc2 32.Rf2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Nd3+ 34.Ke3 Nxb2 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Nxa3 37.h4 Nc4 38.g4 Ne3 39.g5 Nf5 40.g6 fxg6 0-1 Jerry resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Rhein Main op 7th"] [Site "Bad Homburg"] [Date "2004.06.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Smit,Josip"] [Black "Kirschner,Matthias"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "B22"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 g6 8.d5 exd5 9.exd5 Nce7 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qb4 Qc7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.Bb6 Qb8 15.Rd1 Nf5 16.g4 Ng7 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rh2 Be7 19.Re2 Kf7 20.Ne4 Rhe8 21.a4 Kf8 22.Qd4 Ng8 23.Ba5 b5 24.Bc3 Rc4 25.Qd3 Rcc8 26.g5 Kf7 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Nfg5+ Kf8 29.Bxf6 Kg8 30.Bxe7 Rxe7 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Ngxh7+ Kf7 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Qxg6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090127/91e30792/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 29 10:59:47 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:59:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I'm Back Message-ID: <1233251987.4981ee932eb9a@www.taom.com> I'm back on ICC with a new handle - B-Wall first game? yup, a Fishing Pole. It should be fun to rise from 1600 again. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "porgue"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1542"] [BlackElo "1943"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "12:35:39"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!! My favorite blitz position 7. Nxc6 bxc6 A rare case in the Fishing Pole where ... bc is better than ... dc to avoid a Queen trade 8. Be2 Qh4!! 9. h3 Bc5!! 10. Bxg4! hxg4! 11. Qxg4! Qxg4! 12. hxg4! d6! 13. Nc3 Bxg4 Two bishops plus an open h-file in the ending 14. Bf4 Rb8!! It is rarely wrong to put a rook on an open file- GM John Nunn 15. Rab1 Bd4!! 16. Na4 a6 The best move is fascinating for Fishing Polers - I should blast my way through to the h-file with 16 ... Rb5!!! ( intending ... Rbh5-h1 checkmate ) 17 e5 Only move f6!! exploding dynamite on e5 and White has to allow a pawn capture on e5 to avoid mate. I was trying to preserve to create a Hyper-Pole ( ... Ba7 ) before making a play for the h-file 17. c3 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole 18. c4 Kd7 Ingoring pawns ( 18 ... Bg4-e2:c4 or ... Bg4-Be2-d3:e4 ) to go for mate again 19. e5 d5 I should have just followed through with 19 ... Rh5!!! or ... Rh7!! - The h-file attack is surprisingly powerful, even in the ending 20. c5 Rb4 {White resigns} 0-1 I win a piece and keep a strong position. Watch me Fishing Pole my way back to Master again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "porgue"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1542"] [BlackElo "1943"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "12:35:39"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Qh4 9. h3 Bc5 10. Bxg4 hxg4 11. Qxg4 Qxg4 12. hxg4 d6 13. Nc3 Bxg4 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Rab1 Bd4 16. Na4 a6 17. c3 Ba7 18. c4 Kd7 19. e5 d5 20. c5 Rb4 {White resigns} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add B-Wall to your notify lists and message me but no tells today - I am taping an interview with IM John Watson to be aired Tuesday - after one week it goes into the archives. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall, your friend in the Chess business. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 29 11:39:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:39:45 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bishing and Fishing Poles Message-ID: <1233254385.4981f7f1af13f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:10:36 -0000 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: [BrianWallChess] Bishing and Fishing Poles To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Sometimes, when the fish aren't biting, you just have to change lures - Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2009.01.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Anderson,Paul"] [Black "Stubbon Fish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "51"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Kb1 a6 9. h4 dxc4 10. e4 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 f6 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 f5 20. Ng5 Rce8 21. Qe2 h6 22. Qh5 Qd8 23. Qg6 hxg5 24. hxg5 c5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. g6# * checkmate Paul Anderson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2009.01.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Anderson,Paul"] [Black "Stubbon Fish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "51"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. O-O-O c6 Dzindi showed me this system and I showed it to Paul - the idea is e4! in one swoop. 8 Kb1 is useful sometimes but here it slows down the attack - Paul should have moved his e-pawn two squares or one. 8. Kb1 a6 9. h4 dxc4 10. e4 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. a3 a5 13. Ne4 f6 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Bb7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 f5 20. Ng5 Rce8 21. Qe2 21 g4!! revives the attack 21 ... h6 22. Qh5 smoothly seguewaying from Bishing Pole to Fishing Pole 22 ... Qd8 23. Qg6!! A typical Fishing Pole crusher mentioned in my Fork Trick Youtube Chess video 23 ... hxg5! 24. hxg5! c5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. g6# * checkmate. This shows one of the main benefits of playing the Bishing/Fishing Pole - a never-say-die fighting spirit in lost positions Check out Paul's Youtube Chess videos - Chess for Girls and A Giant Upset, Chess, Bronocos, Josh Bloomer Those tag words should get you there. Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090129/e2082a95/attachment.htm From amelchor at eresmas.net Thu Jan 29 14:41:40 2009 From: amelchor at eresmas.net (Alejandro Melchor) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:41:40 +0100 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Recent ICC Budapest and Sicilian Wing Gambit by Richard Wachter References: <1233179470.4980d34e7b1ed@www.taom.com> Message-ID: The opening whole idea in this game is already known from a game C.Guizar-K.Krantz, corr., ICCF thema, 1986 ( I myself played in this group ), see below my note AFTER 7th. White's move. Alejandro Melchor. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:51 PM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Recent ICC Budapest and Sicilian Wing Gambit by Richard Wachter richard wachter ----- Forwarded message from richard wachter ----- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:36:27 -0800 (PST) From: richard wachter Reply-To: rmwachter1 at yahoo.com Subject: Recent ICC game To: Brian Wall Hi Brian Here is a recent ICC game of mine, not bad for a busted opening. (1) RickB (1976) - wizofoz (1567) ICC Internet Chess Club RickB vs. wizofoz (12/15/2008) Budapest: Fajarowicz variation (A51) 3/2 Blitz I hate what 3 minute blitz does to my chess but I continue to play it compulsively. I am hooked on the action and promise of a new game so quickly after all my blunders. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 Many consider the Budapest straight up busted. I enjoy the Black side because of the tricky move orders and attacking chances. 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6! The obituary for the Budapest supposedly starts with 4. a3 preventing the Bb4 manuever common in most variations. However, complicated move orders stemming from b6 give Black plenty of play. 5.Qc2 Bb7 I am far more afraid of the variations that allow Black Bb4 and involve lots of exchanges on d2 coupled with g3. Its easy for Black to end up a pawn down with little to show for it. Qc2 gives Black a variety of attacking options and does nothing to force exchanges. 6.Nf3 a5 Grabbing space on the queenside and discouraging any early pawn thrusts from White. Also giving potential luft to the a8 rook and/or a jump to a6 for the b8 knight. My plan here (as in almost every Budapest I play) is to castle queenside, keep the pieces on, and attack the white kingside. 7.Nc3? Nxc3 Here we go with the move order tricks. 8. Qxc3 is not possible?..Bb4! 9. axb4 axb4 10 Qxb4 Rxa1. 7. Nbd2 avoids all of this. 8.bxc3 Na6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxc3 0-0 11.e3 Na6 12.Be2 Nc5 13.0-0 a4 14.Rad1 Rae8 15.Ne1 Qxe5 ( C.Guizar-IM K.Krantz, corr. , 1986 ) Spoiler Alert! This knight will deliver mate in 20 moves. 9.Bf4 h6 10.e3 g5 I've been thinking kingside pawn storm since move 2 and this gives me a jumpstart with tempo gain. 11.Bg3 h5 Played instantly. Nothing else considered. I remember some annotations to a Shirov game that stated " Nothing is expected of Shirov here except the push of the pawn ". Patient Fritz liked 11 ... Nc5 first. 12.h4 g4 13.Nd4 Bc5 Hmmm, I always struggle to find a home for the dark bishop in the Budapest. He has a nice view of the king from c5 and I further mock Whites lack of a b pawn. I also take away a good square for my knight. Be7 keeps my Queen stuck on d8 and further delays my stubborn plan of a queenside castle. Fritz was still lobbying for Nc5. 14.a4? A colossal waste of time. White has to get an attack going or at least force some exchanges before every Black piece is aimed at his king. If White is worried about Qe7, 14. Nf5 is a more active way to stop it. 14 a4 Qe7 15.Rd1 0-0-0 16.Nf5 Qe6 By delaying Nf5 till after Blacks castle, White allows the Queen to go to e6 instead of getting buried on f8 after 15. Nf5. White has missed opportunities to make Blacks development awkward, now piece activity and king safety start to work for Black. The early pawn sac looks to be worth it now. 17.e4 f6! Pitching another pawn to put some heat on the uncastled king. 18.exf6? Qxf6?? The point of 17 ... f6 should have been that 18. exf6 loses to Bxe4! I blindly blitzed down a different path. 19.Bd3 Nb8 White is far away from being able to attack my king so I figured I had time to bring in reinforcements. 20.0-0 Nc6 21.Bf4 Rhg8 I am more interested in pointing this rook at the king than I am in preventing Bg5. 22.Qd2 Ne5 Plotting the coming exchange sac. 23.Bg5 Qe6 24.Bxd8 Kxd8 I am more than happy to trade my least active piece for a key defender. 24. Nd4 makes Black job much more difficult. 24 ... Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxe4 looks about equal. 25.Rfe1?? Whites sense of danger has abandoned him, the end comes quickly now. Kh1 was necessary. Not 25. Ng3?? Nf3! 26. PxN PxP and the Queen goes decisively to h3. 25 ... g3 26.Nxg3 Rxg3 27.Qe2 Qh3! 28.Qf1 Nf3# 0-1 RickB resigns. Royally smothered. It didn't get any easier for RickB in our next game. [Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.01.22"] [White "wizofoz"] [Black "RickB"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1596"] [BlackElo "1947"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4!? cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. e5 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. f4 Nh6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. h3 Bh4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Nf7 17. Ne5 Nxd6 18. Ba3 Be8 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 Rf6 21. Rg1 g6 22. h4 Nf5 23. Ke2 Kh8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qg8# 1-0 richard wachter __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar MARKETPLACE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From kitchen basics to easy recipes - join the Group from Kraft Foods Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Hi Brian, Are you or do you know of anyone putting together a team for the Valentine's Day weekend chess tournament in LA who might need another player? I'm thinking of attending and probably will if I can find a team on which to play. Thanks, Karl Irons PO Box 5484 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 KWIrons at yahoo.com (970) 731 2342 Office (970) 946 5672 Mobile -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090130/e98d9835/attachment.htm