From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 1 07:29:58 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:29:58 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fwd: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1246454998.4a4b64d6a3e4e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:32:29 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On June 23rd, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance. The participants played in the club-rated ladder games (G15). Each player faced an opponent similar in rating in a 2 game match and then was repaired with a different opponent for additional games. Here are the results: Wins Losses % Player 4 0 100.00% Bill Weihmiller 3 1 75.00% Paul Anderson 2 2 50.00% Harrison Kearney 2 2 50.00% Kevin Kaaoush 1 1 50.00% Mitch Anderson 1 2 33.33% Dean Brown 1 3 25.00% Jason Feith 1 4 20.00% Mitchell Pjontek Comments From Email Renae Delaware, Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:38 PM It is with a very sadden heart that I report word of Virgil McGuire's passing. For many of us he was a beloved member of the CSCC & dear friend for many, many years. For those of you who did not know Virgil, he was a very modest man who absolutely loved to play chess. I first met Virgil when I started playing at the chess club in 2003; though he was a member for several years before that. He was a very sweet man and his loss will be felt in the chess community. Virgil passed away on Wednesday, June 17th. To read his obituary posted in...The Gazette, please click (or copy/paste) this link: http://www.legacy.com/gazette/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=128683090 Best wishes, ~Renae Richard Cordovano, Monday, June 22, 2009 3:11 PM I am deeply saddened by the loss of a fine old gentleman. I enjoyed Virgil's friendship, visited him at home once, and played countless ten-minute games with him. It is about 3PM in Colorado Springs as I write this from Baltimore - I will say a prayer of godspeed and remembrance. Sincerely, Richard Cordovano Jerry Maier, Monday, June 22, 2009 Virgil will be deeply missed by the Colorado Springs Chess Community. He was a staunch supporter and always made new players feel welcome. My sincerest sympathies at his passing.~Jerry Maier Martin Deschner, Sunday, June 21, 2009 3:48 PM Wow! A grandmaster draw in Anderson vs. Csima in only 10 moves! After 9. Ng5 h6 10.h4, Wall's students would wait 5-10 additional moves before allowing a draw! In the time of GM Bobby Fischer, draws under 19 moves were greatly discouraged. When Fischer, himself, had a short draw, he explained that the rule was to stop the "Soviet Cheaters" and not aimed at Bobby Fischer himself! [Comment is about this newsletter: (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Jun_16_2009.html)] USAFA Quads #11 By Jerry Maier Here are the results of the USAFA Quads #11. Quad Alpha Score Prize Place Player 3.0 $40.00 1st Markus D Petters 2.0 Gerardo Fern Neri 1.0 Anthon Telinbacco 0.0 Cory Edwar Foster Quad Bravo Score Prize Place Player 2.0 $20.00 1st Gerald J Maier 2.0 $20.00 1st James M Powers 1.0 Mark K Wells Usaf 1.0 Gary G Frenzel Quad Charlie Score Prize Place Player 2.0 $20.00 1st Kevin J Kaaoush 2.0 $20.00 1st David Kennedy 1.0 Alexander Freeman 1.0 Robert Mitchell Game Of The Week When I started coming to the Colorado Springs Chess Club, I noticed a couple of older gentlemen playing together. Every week they played at the same table, in the same chairs, on the same set, and with the same clock. They were always there before me chatting and playing until the night's event started. They reminded me of Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Show, except without the heckling. They had the best seats in the house. They were the patriarchs of the chess club. When you were paired with one of them, you went to their table. After a couple of years, Jack Farrington stopped coming to the club, but Virgil McGuire was still there. Same table, same chair, same set, and with the same clock, just waiting for someone to play. I often filled that chair across from him, before the event started, to play and share what was new. I also made the walk over to his table 42 times to play a rated game. We had our first rated game on March 24, 1998, and he beat me. He always played very solid and didn't make a lot of mistakes. Our games were always sudden death time control and usually ended by the loser making the worst mistake in time pressure. But we always enjoyed them. Our final game was played on July 17, 2007 in the club's Low Rated Challenge, where the lower rated players got to choose their opponents. Virgil picked me. He knew how much I had improved over the years and was always complimentary about my progress. He was not one to shy away from a challenge. I got the win. Maybe he just wanted to see me off on a high note. I will miss him. Here is a poem from his remembrance: High Flight Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . . Up, up the long, delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or ever eagle flew - And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. - John Gillespie Magee, Jr High Flight For Virgil (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (151) McGuire,Virgil (1538) - Anderson,Paul (1695) [B12] Cabin Fever Reliever Colorado Springs (4.4), 19.02.2002 [Fritz 8 (60s)] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 last book move 4...Qa5 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.b3 cxd4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 [>=11.Qg3!?-/+ ] 11...Nxe5-+ 12.Qe2 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 dxc3 14.Nxc3 Nf6 15.Na4 Qd8 16.Rac1 Ba3 17.Rc2 0-0?? gives the opponent counterplay [>=17...Bd6-/+ ] 18.b4+/- Bxb4 19.Bxb4 Re8 20.Rfc1 b6 21.Rc7 Ne4 22.f3 [22.Qf3 Ng5 23.Qg4 f5+/- ] 22...Nd6 [>=22...Nc5 and Black can hope to live 23.R7xc5 bxc5 24.Nxc5 Rc8=/+ ] 23.Bxd6+/- Qxd6 24.Qc2 Qf4 25.Nb2 g6 26.Nd3 Qd4+ 27.Nf2 Qb4 28.Ng4+- Kg7 29.Kh1 Red8 [>=29...h5!? 30.Ne5 Re7+/- ] 30.Ne5 Rf8 31.Qc6 Qf4 32.Nd7 Rfd8 33.Qc3+ d4 34.Qe1 Kh6? [>=34...a6+/- ] 35.Ne5+- Rf8 36.Ng4+ [>=36.Rb7 and White can already relax 36...Kg7 37.Rcc7+- ] 36...Kg7 37.Qxe6?? throws away a nice position. [>=37.g3 Qxf3+ 38.Kg1+- ] 37...Rfd8 [>=37...Qxc1+! and the result of the game is clear: Black will win 38.Rxc1 fxe6 39.Rc7+ Rf7-+ ] 38.Qc6 [38.Rxf7+! Kh8 39.Qf6+ Qxf6 40.Nxf6 Rd7 41.Rxd7 Rc8 42.Rxc8# ] 38...d3? 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I will be giving live comments on the game between world number 3 rated player and prodigy GM Magnus Carlsen, from Norway, and his opponent, former World Champion GM Vladimir Kramnik, from Russia. The matches start at 8am Central Standard Time. You can follow the commentary by visiting www.chessdom.com or here is a direct link to their coverage of the Dortmund tournament: http://www.chessdom.com/dortmund-chess-2009 Also there will be a live blog available for you to give feedback on the games, ask questions, or discuss the tournament with other users. Thanks, hope to see you there! Pete Karagianis -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below] ----- Forwarded message from Pete Karagianis ----- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:55:36 -0500 From: Pete Karagianis Reply-To: Pete Karagianis Subject: Dortmund Chess Meeting Commentary... by Me! To: karagianis at gmail.com Dear Chess Friends, Tomorrow, July 4th, I will be doing the commentary for Chessdom.com for the premier game at the Dortmund Sparkassen Super-tournament. I will be giving live comments on the game between world number 3 rated player and prodigy GM Magnus Carlsen, from Norway, and his opponent, former World Champion GM Vladimir Kramnik, from Russia. The matches start at 8am Central Standard Time. You can follow the commentary by visiting www.chessdom.com or here is a direct link to their coverage of the Dortmund tournament: http://www.chessdom.com/dortmund-chess-2009 Also there will be a live blog available for you to give feedback on the games, ask questions, or discuss the tournament with other users. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090706/9b671d02/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 7 01:08:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 01:08:13 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Change in East Coast Deli times, Colorado Springs, CO Message-ID: <1246950493.4a52f45d26b43@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from PMJer77 at Aim.com ----- Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:09:29 -0400 From: PMJer77 at Aim.com Reply-To: PMJer77 at Aim.com Subject: [BrianWallChess] Change in East Coast Deli times To: spellfe at hotmail.com, JeffreyRFox at msn.com, randy_teyana at msn.com, cs.chess at worldnet.att.net, BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hi Gents, Please disseminate thru your usual electronic channels. Randy, this is just to keep you in the loop, no need for inclusion in the quarterly Informant.Thanks for your support! Jerry Hi All, Due to recent requests from the East Coast Deli, we (Jerry and Fred) are altering the meeting time to an hour earlier.?? Therefore, weekly registration is now from 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, with games between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The reason for the time change is that the owners??? of the deli thought they would be able to make a profit by staying open an hour later than usual based on the additional chess player related business.?? This has not been the case and they are actually losing money by staying open the additional hour.?? Their normal Wednesday closing time is 9:00 p.m.?? The owners are still happy to supply us the space free of rent with no additional cover charge; however, they have requested that we start an hour earlier. Based on the enthusiastic reaction to the new venue from the players, it was decided that the best win-win situation for all parties concerned was to accommodate their request.?? These tournament growing pains will soon subside.?? I realize that again this is short notice but the players have rallied in the past and I see no reason why we wouldn???t again.?? Please pass the word along to your fellow chess players, those currently attending and those who have expressed an interest in playing on Wednesdays.?? Players=2 0who are negatively impacted by the time change are urged to speak with Jerry as soon as possible. Sincerely, Jerry Maier and Fred Spell Jerry Maier Mobile: ?? ??719.660.5531 Home/FAX: ??719.268.6970 E-mail: ?? ??pmjer77 at aim.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I love Chess and was very happy as an ICC webcaster in 2006. I had been fooling around with offbeat approaches to the Sicilian but I covered a top event where 2700 GM Nisipeanu ripped some guy's head off on the White side of a Sicilian. I wondered why my games never looked like that. My guest that day was Vas Railich and he used Rybka to evaluate Nisipeanu's moves. I copied Nispeanu's style and crushed Robert Ramirez in the 2006 Denver Open. I did a Youtube video on the topic, 1,113 views. The basic theme was Bc4, Bg5, Qf3 followed by 0-0-0, Nf5 and Nd5 sacs. Shattering the Scheveningen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI&feature=related Shattering the Scheveningen Part 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When IM John Watson asked me to do a lecture as part of his June, 2009 Lincoln, Nebraska Chess camp I chose [Event "2006 Denver Round Robin"] [Site "Tabor Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2006.07.01" ] [Round "3"] [White "brianwall"] [Black "Robert Ramirez"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2222"] [BlackElo "2047"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:14:08"] [TimeControl "Game/70 minutes 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Rfd8 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Nh5 g6 19. Qc3+ 1-0 Robert Ramirez resigns because even if the kids forgot everything I said, they might remember my video. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The orginal inspiration, a game I covered live on ICC with Vas Railich. [Event "Aero Svit"] [Site "Foros, Ukraine"] [Date "2006.06.25" ] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Nisipeanu" ] [Black "GM_Grischuk" ] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "07:06:32"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O g5 11. f4 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. f5 e4 14. Nce2 exf5 15. Rxf5 Qb6 16. Rxf7 Bf6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rf1 Qb6 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Bf7+ Kd8 22. Qf2 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Ke7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qxe4+ Kd6 29. Qd3+ Ke6 30. Qg6+ Kd7 31. Nc4 Rad8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. h3 Rg8 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Nd6+ {White wins} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- That takes us to July 2, 2009, Round 3 of the 2009 World Open, Under 2400-section. I was paired with some 2361 named Jorge Renteria, one of five 2300's I would face. I figured anyone that high must play the Najdorf. Jorge moved very fast but I moved very slow because Nisipeanu's system is a quick knockout. I looked at every legal move, every possible tactical trick. You have to take Black out early before he consolidates and beats you in the endgame. I thought Rybka would laugh at my sacs but instead, Little Fish( Railich's wife Iweta's childhood nickname ) was my big cheerleader, even suggesting more vicious finishes. Renteria has many games at www.Chessgames.com amd Mega-Database but I didn't know all that. I just knew he moved very quickly and that normally leads to mistakes. I showed the game to Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg ( " my father's name ) and IM Angelo Young. Angelo scored 7/9, Tyler Hughes got 6, Renard Anderson got 5.5, GM Anatoly Lein scored 5.5, I scored 5. Angelo didn't remember playing me 30 years ago. He came 45 minutes late and still beat me with his King's Indian. Angelo had long hair back then and seemed very elegant. Angelo remembered I analyzed his win over Irina Krush at Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com. Angelo has a Chess School in Chicago. The GM and IM were not impressed with my stock attacking ideas but they were surprised by Rybka's creativity. Brian - I smashed a 2361 in 18 moves! Angelo, scoffing - You should be able to beat anyone from that position! [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 I am the first to blink. I didn't know what to do about my hanging bishop. I thought 5 minutes. All other moves from both sides were played instantly. Jorge kept playing that way, I didn't. Gelfand likes to induce 8 Qf3 Nbd7 9 B:e6 fe 10 N:e6 which would be crushing except for 10 ... Ne5!! Rybka likes 8 Qf3 Nbd7 9 Be2 Ne5 10 Qh3 or 8 Qf3 Qa5 9 Be3 Nbd7 10 Be2 Both computer lines seem completely unnatural to me. After 8 Qf3 Qa5 Rybka likes 9 Be3 which would also seem completely unnatural to me. Danielle Rice expected the Fishing Pole idea from me 8 Qf3 Qa5 9 h4 but the Fishing Pole is old hat in the Sicilian and has no surprise value. 9. Bh4? Nbd7? 3 minutes spent Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg instantly played the right idea - 9 Bh4 Qb4!! 10 Qd3! and now 10 ... Nbd7!! leaves me in a big mess. Jorge and I failed the first test. 10. Bb3 3 minutes 10 ... Nc5 one minute 11. O-O-O one minute Rybka liked Danielle Rice's ( 5/9 Under 1400 section 2009 World Open ) suggestion of 11 0-0 " in order to take back with the rook pawn in case of ... N:b3 " 11 ... Bd7 4 minutes One of those no-castling, immediate Queenside counterplay freaks. I'll fix his wagon. 12. Kb1!! 4 minutes When I am not sure what do do, I try to make moves that are useful no matter what. I thought it might help me if ... Knight takes Bishop wasn't check. 12 ... Rc8 1 minute One of those no-castling, immediate Queenside counterplay freaks. I'll fix his wagon. 13. Rhe1!! b5?? 1 minute 14. Nf5!! 21 minutes. In poker you try to minimize the number of decisions you have to make against a better player. I didn't want a long series of tactical and evaluation errors, I wanted a quick, lucky wipeout. I considered 14 e5 de 15 R:e5= but I didn't see what my rook was doing there. 14 B:f6 B:f6 15 Nf5!! ef 16 ef+ Kd8 17 R:d6 is also about even 14 B:f6 gf 15 Nf5!! is somewhat better for me. Shattering the Scheveningen examines about 10 cases of Nf5 so it was nothing new to me. I was more afraid of prolonged playing than Renteria refuting my sac over the board. As Tal said before playing a Nd5 Sicilian sac against Larsen in the 10th and final game of their match - " If I am destined to lose then let not cowardice be the reason. " My move is crushing and nothing else comes close. 14 ... exf5! Played instantly. Like I say in my video, that knight is too obnoxious to endure. 15. exf5!! Played instantly. 15 B:f6 B:f6 16 ef+ Kd8 17 R:d6 would be about even 15 ... Nxb3! one minute. Anything else is much worse. 15 ...0-0 16 R:e7 free attack 15 ... Bc6 16 Qg3 attacks everything in sight 15 ... Qd8 16 B:f6 gf 17 Nd5 wins back my piece for starters 15 ... Rc7 loses to 16 Nd5, Qg3, B:f6, R:e7+, Qf4 or Qa8+ 15 ... Kf8 loses to R:e7 or B:f6 15 ... Kd8 loses to 16 R:e7, Qe3, Qe2, Qf4 or Qg3 I was intending 15 ef Kf8-d8 16 R:e7 K:e7 and now 17 Qd5, Qg3, Nd5+, B:f6+ or Qf4 win 16. Bxf6!!! 27 minutes spent found instantly by Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg. 16 ab!! or Qg3! also win 16 R:e7+ K:e7 is about equal 16 Qg3 0-0 17 R:e7 Nh5 18 Qf3 b4 19 ab or Ne4 are better for me 16 ab Qd8 17 B:f6! gf 18 R:d6 or 16 ab Qd8 17 R:d6 0-0 18 B:f6 B:f6 19 Nd5, Red1 or Qd3 are all good for me 16 ... gxf6! Played instantly 17. Qe3!! The computer move that impressed the GM, the IM and me was not 17 ab, Qe4, Qd3, Qg3, cb, R:e7+ or Qe2 which are OK but 17 Qf4!!! " Qf4? Really, Qf4? what does it do, what does it do? " IM Angelo Young You have to analyze the variation to appreciate it - in some lines Jorge Renteria gets counterplay with ... Nd2+, ... R:c3 or ... B:f5 Leroy Hill and I went over some of those lines. 17 Qf4!!! defends beautifully against ... Nd2+ or ... B:f5 or ... R:c3 while attacking with R:e7 and/or Q:d6 and/or Nd5 The move I played is strong and winning and second best but 17 Qf4!!! is more like putting the final piece in a jigsaw puzzle. 17 Qf4!!! R:c3 18 R:e7+ K:e7 19 Q:d6+ Ke8 20 Q:d7+ Kf8 21 bc!! and I get my knight back. I can also take the knight with 21 ab or cb and get my Rook back. 17 Qf4!!! 0-0 18 R:e7! free attack I noticed a long time ago that GMs sometimes moved their Queen one square with devastating effect but I failed to notice its power this game. 17 ... Qd8? one minute Maybe Jorge saw 17 ... 0-0! 18 Qg3+! Kh8 19 R:e7! winning my piece back was good for me but what he played was worse 18. Nd5!! 18 ... B:f5 19 N:e7 B:c2 checkmate is foiled by 18 ... B:f5 19 N:f6+!! Kf8 20 Qh6 checkmate Everything else is horrible so Renteria resigns despite being up two Bishops. 1-0 Black resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5 1-0 Black resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sightseeing the first day in Philadelphia, Monday A tour of Independence Hall featuring the birth of our nation. I took my picture with Rocky Balboa at the Museum of Art and was then then stunned by original Manet's, Monet's, Van Gogh, Dali, etc. 4th of July Sheryl Crow gave a free concert by the Rocky statue. Half the city turned out. Leaving Philadelphia - Poor Tyler Hughes was stopped by security who x-rayed all his Chess pieces. Tom Bourie once gave me a Chess set with bullets for internal weights. What would they think about that? Confiscate the set? They did confiscate a bottle of hydrogen peroxide. I told the security guard that some of Tyler's wins in the 2009 World Open were suspicious and that as US Junior Champion, those pawns were dangerous weapons in his hands. Tyler rolled his eyes as all my efforts to "help" only delayed the process. Fun players that used to live in Denver that I reconnected with at the World Open- Leroy Hill, Andy Hortillosa, Pete Short. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 7 12:55:59 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:55:59 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1246992959.4a539a3f8d365@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:36:11 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On June 30th, the CSCC had 11 members in attendance. Most of the participants played in the double, round robin, bughouse tournament (G5). Bughouse is a chess variant where a two-man team, playing opposite colors on two separate boards, challenges another two-man team, and one partner can use the other's captured pieces. Therefore, once one partner captures a piece, the other partner can now drop that piece onto any vacant square (as long as it is not a pawn onto the eighth rank) of his board in lieu of making a regular move. The partners can advise each other regarding moves or captures, and either partner can win to gain the point for the team. My wife and I celebrated our 19th dating anniversary by creating our own "Love Dare" as we put our marriage to the ultimate trial by fire, a bughouse team! Here are the results: Score Couple and Relationship Status 8.0 Buck Buchanan & Renae Delaware, soulmates - you were made for each other 5.0 Lee Oats & Matthew Anderson, acquaintances - the beginning of a beautiful friendship 3.0 Jason Feith & Jeff Fox, antagonistic - needs work 3.0 Paul Anderson & Linda Anderson, antagonistic - needs work 1.0 Mitchell Pjontek & Kathy Schneider, the odd couple - better go your own way Change In East Coast Deli Times By Jerry Maier and Fred Spell Hi All, Due to recent requests from the East Coast Deli, we (Jerry and Fred) are altering the meeting time to an hour earlier. Therefore, weekly registration is now from 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, with games between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The reason for the time change is that the owners' of the deli thought they would be able to make a profit by staying open an hour later than usual based on the additional chess player related business. This has not been the case and they are actually losing money by staying open the addition al hour. Their normal Wednesday closing time is 9:00 p.m. The owners are still happy to supply us the space free of rent with no additional cover charge; however, they have requested that we start an hour earlier. Based on the enthusiastic reaction to the new venue from the players, it was decided that the best win-win situation for all parties concerned was to accommodate their request. These tournament growing pains will soon subside. I realize that again this is short notice but the players have rallied in the past and I see no reason why we wouldn't again. Please pass the word along to your fellow chess players, those currently attending and those who have expressed an interest in playing on Wednesdays. Players who are negatively impacted by the time change are urged to speak with Jerry as soon as possible. Sincerely, Jerry Maier and Fred Spell Aug. Sept. Oct. East Coast Deli Announcements By Jerry Maier 2009 August East Coast Deli, August 5 - 26, 2009 4 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: All Rounds: G/90, t/d5 Site: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Directions: The Deli is located between Pikes Peak and Colorado Avenues. Street parking can be tricky, although there is free parking near the movie theatre (north east) and around the court buildings (1 block south and east). The Plaza of the Rockies has paid parking for $1 after 5:00 p.m., located between S. Tejon and S. Nevada on Colorado Ave. Open: Open to all Entry fee: $10 covers the entire month of Wednesdays Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid on final Wednesday of event, usually 85%-90% of entry fees, for a 1st place with Under sections based on number of players (typically 3). Registration: 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, Rounds: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. August 5, August 12, August 19, August 26. 1 game per evening. TD assumes you are playing all rounds unless notified in advance. One ? point bye is allowed this month. Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919 Phone: (719) 660-5531 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com Please support the deli if able. Food may be ordered anytime and we have a dedicated waitress for the evening. Once in the establishment, take the long hall to the back room. USCF membership required: See the TD if you need to renew or join. 2009 September East Coast Deli, September 2 - 30, 2009 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: All Rounds: G/90, t/d5 Site: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Directions: The Deli is located between Pikes Peak and Colorado Avenues. Street parking can be tricky, although there is free parking near the movie theatre (north east) and around the court buildings (1 block south and east). The Plaza of the Rockies has paid parking for $1 after 5:00 p.m., located between S. Tejon and S. Nevada on Colorado Ave. Open: Open to all Entry fee: $10 covers the entire month of Wednesdays Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid on final Wednesday of event, usually 85%-90% of entry fees, for a 1st place with Under sections based on number of players (typically 3). Registration: 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, Rounds: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. September 2, September 9, September 16, September 23, September 30. 1 game per evening. TD assumes you are playing all rounds unless notified in advance. Two ? point byes are allowed this month. Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919 Phone: (719) 660-5531 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com Please support the deli if able. Food may be ordered anytime and we have a dedicated waitress for the evening. Once in the establishment, take the long hall to the back room. USCF membership required: See the TD if you need to renew or join. 2009 October East Coast Deli, October 7 - 28, 2009 4 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: All Rounds: G/90, t/d5 Site: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Directions: The Deli is located between Pikes Peak and Colorado Avenues. Street parking can be tricky, although there is free parking near the movie theatre (north east) and around the court buildings (1 block south and east). The Plaza of the Rockies has paid parking for $1 after 5:00 p.m., located between S. Tejon and S. Nevada on Colorado Ave. Open: Open to all Entry fee: $10 covers the entire month of Wednesdays Prizes: Cash prizes per entries paid on final Wednesday of event, usually 85%-90% of entry fees, for a 1st place with Under sections based on number of players (typically 3). Registration: 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday, Rounds: 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. October 7, October 14, October 21, October 28. 1 game per evening. TD assumes you are playing all rounds unless notified in advance. One ? point bye is allowed this month. Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919 Phone: (719) 660-5531 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com Please support the deli if able. Food may be ordered anytime and we have a dedicated waitress for the evening. Once in the establishment, take the long hall to the back room. USCF membership required: See the TD if you need to renew or join. Game Of The Week This week's game comes from way back in my chess history yet is not one of my upset victories. How did I find game 14 out of 500? Well, I started a chess scrapbook this weekend. Actually, it was a cycling scrapbook originally. It contains my cycling photos and patches from different tours like RAGBRAI (13,14, and 15), the Harmon Fifty, and the Fall Frenzy. The cycling hobby only lasted 3 years (1985-1987), and the scrapbook remained dormant until I realized I had collected a handful of chess memorabilia during my 12 years. I just needed some statistics and highlights to fill in the pages. So, I scoured some old Colorado Chess Informants. It was fun to relive the past as I ran across some interesting items. Facebook friend WGM Jennifer Shahade was in Denver placing 3rd in the 1998 US Women's Championship at age 17, Craig Wilcox was starting The Colorado Chess Academy on 1062 Delaware Street, and LM Brian Wall had dark hair. Being new to chess, I figured I would have time to see all these things in time. However, they all soon disappeared and have little chance of returning. Speaking of disappearance, I also noticed that I am missing a plaque from the Colorado Chess Tour 2006-2007 yet I have an extra one from 2001-2002. Anyone want to trade? Well, despite missing some huge Colorado chess experiences, my first year was enjoyable enough to keep me coming back for more. My highlights were placing 3rd in the Colorado Springs Chess Club championship, going 2-0 vs. Andy Hortillosa (1936), and having a victory published in the Colorado Chess Informant (July 1998) for the first time. Here is the game. Joseph Of Aragon (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (152) Aragon,Joseph (1413) - Anderson,Paul (1672) [B13] May Daze Denver (1.18), 02.05.1998 [Fritz 8 (60s)] B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 last book move 5.Be2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.c3 Secures b4 8...0-0 9.Qc1 Ng4 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.b3 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.h3 Nf6 14.Nf3 Rac8 15.Bh6 Na5 16.Ne5 [16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qe3 Qe6= ] 16...Nc6 [16...Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Bxb1 18.Rfxb1 Rxc3 19.Rd1-/+ ] 17.Bxg7 [17.Nf3 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Rfe8=/+ ] 17...Kxg7 [17...Nxd4 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Re1 Kxg7 20.Nxd3-/+ ] 18.Nd2 [>=18.Nf3=/+ would keep White alive] 18...Nxd4!-+ Theme: Clearance for c8-c1 19.Re1 [19.cxd4 Exploits the pin 19...Rxc1 ] 19...Nc2 20.g4 Be4 [20...Ne4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4-+ ] 21.Nxe4?? leads to further unpleasantness [>=21.g5 Nxe1 22.Qxe1-/+ ] 21...Nxe4-+ 22.Nd3 [22.Qf4 does not help much 22...Qf6 23.Qxf6+ exf6-+ (23...Kxf6?! 24.Nd7+ Kg7 25.Nxf8 Nxa1 26.Rxa1 Nxc3 27.Bd3 Kxf8 28.f4-+ ; 23...Nxf6?! 24.c4-+ ) ] 22...Rxc3 [Inferior is 22...Nxa1 23.c4 Nxb3 24.axb3 Qxb3 25.Qa1+ Qc3 26.cxd5 Qxa1 27.Rxa1-+ ] 23.Kf1 Rxd3! 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Name: counter.php?sc_project=2194035&java=0&security=807e001e&invisible=1 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 49 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090707/6816fa9e/attachment.obj From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 7 15:23:01 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:23:01 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] He never subscribed to my emails Message-ID: <1247001781.4a53bcb50ef28@www.taom.com> I tried very hard in the 2009 World Open and every night the stress gave me a different nightmare. I had battled to an even ending with Grandmaster Anatoly Lein in the first round. Anatoly played in 7 Soviet Championships. When Anatoly became a Grandmaster he was one of only 35. Anatoly is 75 years old like my Dad. When the final round started we were on adjoining boards. I had 5/8 and he had 4.5. I wished him luck - " My luck was 30 years ago. " - GM Lein I battled to an even ending but Lein wanted to win. His second time control went down to 10 minutes. Maybe he thinks this is a Soviet Championship where he gets another hour at move 60? What should I do? Warn him? Beat him? Wait until he gets down to one minute and offer a draw? I was thinking so hard about the clock I hung my Queen in one move, my worst ever mistake since I let Todd Bardwick checkmate me in one move 35 years ago. What was wrong with me, playing a GM in the World Open after months of preparation and you throw away your Queen like a child? I tossed and turned all night. Next morning, I took one look at a scared looking bespectacled 14 year old boy from Rhode Island, looking like a poster child for a booked up fish and immediately thought, " Fishing Pole, I am going to do things to this boy that even Robert Snyder never imagined. I hear the sounds of squealing pigs." [Event "World Open"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Stuart Finney"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55 minutes"] Opening - Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation 2009 World Open 17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Under-2400 section July 2, 2009 5 second delay 40/ one hour, 55 minutes Game/55 minutes Round 2 Board 64 White - 14 year old Stuart Finney, 2100 Black, Brian Wall, 2202, 40 years wiser 1. e4 e5 My strategy was to play solid Non-Jack Young Chess but I was too mad at dropping my Queen last round to stick to that plan. 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole 8. h3 h5!! I asked Stuart after the game what his mistake was. " I expected you to retreat your knight when I attacked it. " Stuart Finney There is always a Hyper-Pole pause here as White prepares to blunder. 9. Bg5? Vukovic discussed Fishing Pole themes in the Art of Attack and he warned against this mistake 50 years ago. 9 Bg5 is designed to cut off my Queen but Love always finds a way. 9 ... f6!! The Pawn Wave Guy 10. Bc1 Some guy in the Lincoln Chess Club played 10 Bh4 a week before but I am saving that email for the Gambit. 9 ... d6!! I saved a tempo in Lincoln because White played Ba4 and then B:c6, dc so my QB arrived on stage with less effort. 11. hxg4 Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Denver Open Champion Vance Aandahl I ues to receive many taunting emails daring me to play the Fishing Pole in slow games. I am 44 minutes ahead on the clock already. That's part of the knightmare for White, the sickening feeling that he is in a dark private torture chamber whose clammy walls and secret cobwebby passages are known only to Black. 11 ... hxg4 12. Ne1 f5 Only three minutes spent I forgive myself in blitz games for always missing Black wins but it turns out that even with lots of time, it is not easy to find the right path. I know many attacking themes but which one to apply at just the right moment eludes me. I never get bored with the Fishing Pole, I never get it right. It turns out the best move is 12 ... g5!!!! intending ... Qd8-e7-h7-h1 checkmate 12 ... Qe7!!! first is also good with the idea of attacking in the center after ...ed or checkmating down the h-file after ... g5 12 ... Qd7!! is also good, intending ... g5 and ... Qd7-h7-h1 checkmate next best is 12 ... g6!! intending ... Qd8-e7-h7-h1 checkmate 12 ... b5! is next at bat but when I play ... b5 I have to watch out for Bb3-d5:c6+:a8 12 ... ed is always a thought to crash through in the center and free my peekaboo Hyper-Pole Bishop 12 ... Bd7 is what I call a Plan B move, when the attack is not working so well and I just try to Castle Queenside My move is somewhere in the middle of all this. 13. g3 To stop ... Qh4 13 ... f4!! One minute spent, 41 minute time advantage best move learned from analyzing other Fishing Pole blitz games 14. Ng2 Qg5 I took 8 minutes here - Stuart has used one hour 18 minutes I have used 31 minutes. I couldn't really decide between ... f3, ... b5, ... g5 or ... Qf6 Rybka sorts it out like this - 14 ... g5!!! better for me 14 ... Qf6!! a little better for Stuart 14 ... Qg5! a little better for Stuart 14 ... Qe7 a little better for Stuart 14 ... b5 a little better for Stuart 14 ... Qd7 a little better for Stuart 14 ... f3 better for Stuart 14 ... Bd7 better for Stuart 14 ... g6 better for Stuart 14 ... fg better for Stuart It looks like ... g5!!! was best my last two moves My head was swimming and I played the most aggressive move. 14 ... Qg5 15 gf Qh5 mates 14 ... Qg5 15 N:f4 Qh6 mates 14 ... Qg5 15 B:f4 ef 16 gf Qh6 mates 14 ... Qg5 15 B:f4 ef 16 N:f4 Qh6-h5 mates I thought Stuart might be tempted by my f-pawn plus I have other ideas like .. b5, ... N:d4 and ... fg 15. Bxc6+ On 15 Nh4 Qh5!! intending ... g7-g5-gh-hg is strong, my second choice would be 15 Nh4 Bd7 trying to crash through on d4 so that ... fg would undermine Finney's h4-knight 15 ... bxc6! 16. f3 16 Nh4 Qh5 followed by ... g5 is good for me but what Stuart played is worse. 32 minutes left for young Finney, I have an hour more than Stuart to think 16 ... Qh5!!! My move is the best of the multiple wins: 16 ... Qh6!!, ... gf!!, ...ed!!, ... Rb8!!, ... Qf6!, ... Qg6! or ... c5 It has all fallen apart for the lightfoot lad from Rhode Island. 17. Kf2! 17 Nh4 is pointless now due to 17 ... fg!! total eclipse of the heart 17 ... gxf3!!! I only took a minute on this killer - activating my QB with tempo must be good. 17 ... Rb8!! or fg+!! are also very good. I have lesser wins with 17 ... Qh3!, ... c5!, ... ed! or ... g5! The minor wins of today might be the best idea tomorrow. It all depends on subtle, hard to decipher nuances. The strongest is 17 ... Qh2!!!! with the idea of 18 ... Rh3!!! 18. Qxf3 Bg4!! 5 minutes spent probably looking at the top boards. I have Bishop and pawn versus two Knights but Stuart's King and Queen are on the run while Rip Van Queenside naps. 19. Qd3 Qh2!!! 8 minutes spent. The second best idea is the pawn wave 19 ... Qh3!! 20 Na3 g5!! 20. Ke1 fxg3!? Taking the Knight on g2 obviously wins with a free attack but I thought that was too crude so I opted for one of the alternative wins. Stuart had 11 minutes left after my move and 5 minutes left after his next move. I wanted to give him as many new problems to solve as possible. I fish in cruel, cold mountain streams. Rybka sorts it out like this. r3k2r/b1p3p1/p1pp4/4p3/3PPpb1/2PQ2P1/PP4Nq/RNB1KR2 b kq - 0 1 Analysis by Rybka 3 1-cpu 32-bit: 1. -+ (-7.15): 20...Qxg2 2. -+ (-3.49): 20...0-0-0 21.Nh4 fxg3 22.Nf3 Bxf3 23.Nd2 Bg2 24.Rf5 Qg1+ 25.Ke2 exd4 26.Qxa6+ 3. -+ (-2.30): 20...g5 21.Nh4 gxh4 22.gxf4 exd4 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.Nc3 Qg3+ 25.Kd2 Qg2+ 26.Ke1 c5 27.Nd5 4. -+ (-2.21): 20...Bh3 21.gxf4 Bxg2 22.Nd2 exf4 23.Qc4 0-0-0 24.Qxa6+ 5. -+ (-2.19): 20...0-0 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.gxf4[] Rae8[] 23.a3 c5 24.a4 cxd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.Nc3 6. -+ (-2.01): 20...c5 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.Rxf4[] Rf8 23.e5 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 Kd7 25.Nd2 cxd4 26.e6+ Bxe6 27.Qxa6 Qh1+ 28.Nf1 dxc3 29.Qb5+ Ke7 30.bxc3 Kf8 7. -+ (-1.92): 20...fxg3 21.Qxa6 Rb8 22.Qxc6+ Kd8 23.Bg5+ Kc8 24.Nd2 Qxg2 25.Qa6+ Rb7 26.Be3 Qh2 27.Rb1 8. -+ (-1.50): 20...d5 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.e5 Qxg3+ 23.Qxg3 fxg3 24.Rg1 c5 25.Rxg3 Rh1+ 26.Kd2 Rh4 27.dxc5 Bxc5 9. -+ (-1.49): 20...Rh3 21.Nh4 exd4 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Nf5 Bxb2 24.Bxf4 Bxf5 25.Qc4 10. -/+ (-1.33): 20...Kd7 21.Rf2 Bh3 22.gxf4 Bxg2 23.Qe2 Qg1+ 24.Kd2 11. -/+ (-1.17): 20...g6 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.Rxf4[] Qg1+[] 23.Rf1 Qg2[] 24.Nd2 Rh2 25.Qe3 c5 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 12. -/+ (-1.11): 20...Rd8 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.Rxf4[] Qg1+ 23.Rf1 Qg2 24.Qd2 Qxe4+ 25.Qe3 Qe6 26.Qxe6+ Bxe6 27.Nd2 Kd7 13. -/+ (-1.09): 20...Bxd4 21.cxd4[] Qxg2 22.Nc3 f3 23.Qc4 f2+ 24.Kd2 exd4 25.Nd1 c5 26.Rxf2 Qxe4 27.Qf7+ 14. -/+ (-0.86): 20...Rf8 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.gxf4[] Kd7 23.Qe3 Rae8 24.Nd2 Qh4+ 25.Rf2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Ne3 If 21 Q:a6 Rb8 wins If 21 Qc4 0-0-0 or ... Kd8 wins Stuart cannot guard his knight after 21 Qd2 Bh3 21 ... Bh3! Played instantly although 21 ... g2!! is stronger This is a normal Fishing Pole game where my main problem is too many wins to choose from. Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg waved his hands at Finney's Quenside pieces to show IM Angelo Young the problem. 22. Nd2 g2! 7 minutes. I could never find the right time for 22 ... ed!! 23. Nxg2 Bxg2!! less than a minute spent . Stuart - 4 minutes left Brian - 45 minutes left 24. Rf2 exd4! Apparently it is almost impossible to find the best wins in Fishing Pole positions. It's like choosing from a pie menu. 24 ... Qh4!! or ... Qh1+ are even better and I have multiple other wins. I am ahead in material and development. 25. cxd4 Qg1+!!! 26. Nf1! 26 Ke2 Rh1!! is nasty 26 ... Bxf1!! I finally, reluctantly catch up in material. 27. Rxf1 Qxd4!! Stuart can't handle a two pawn down ending so he goes Fishing for Rook pawns. 28. Qxa6 Kd7!! 10 minutes. 28 ... Qf2+ is tempting but does nothing after 29 Kd1! My move creates massive new mating threats from every angle with Stuart down to 3 minutes for 12 moves. 29. Bd2 Rh2!! Mating. 2 minutes spent. 30. Bc3 Qxe4+!! 31. Kd1! Qd5+ I saw the checkmate Stuart pointed out with 31 ... Qc2+ 32 Ke1 Bf2+ but I thought mine was more aesthetic, either bringing out my last piece or winning the King and Queen in one move after 31 Kd1 Qd5+ 32 Kc1 Be3+ 33 Kb1 Qe4+ 34 Qd3 Q:d3 checkmate The fastest mate is 31 ... Qc2+ 32 Ke1 Re8+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 0-1 Stuart Resigns because of 33 Be5 Qd2 checkmate or I win the King and Queen in one move again with 33 Qe2 R-either:e2 checkmate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Stuart Finney"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55 minutes"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 d6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ne1 f5 13. g3 f4 14. Ng2 Qg5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. f3 Qh5 17. Kf2 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bg4 19. Qd3 Qh2 20. Ke1 fxg3 21. Ne3 Bh3 22. Nd2 g2 23. Nxg2 Bxg2 24. Rf2 exd4 25. cxd4 Qg1+ 26. Nf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qxd4 28. Qxa6 Kd7 29. Bd2 Rh2 30. Bc3 Qxe4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 0-1 Stuart Resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 7 16:25:33 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:25:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Author of Chess On The Ledge, Andy Rea coming to Denver Chess Club Message-ID: <1247005533.4a53cb5dc25ab@www.taom.com> Are You going to be at the Denver Chess Club Jul7 7th or the 14th? I drew GM Anatoly lein from a winning position at the first Levy Memorial. I also drew GM Yury Shulman then. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:14:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Rea Reply-To: Andrew Rea Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] He never subscribed to my emails To: Brian Wall ? Brian, you at least are only 0-fer-1 against Lein???? quite better than my 0-fer-3 mark against him, and what is worse is that while 2 of the games were his ealy on, I had to take on a painful defeat at Rd8 of the StPaul US Open??? where I was much better but didnt find the way to victory, then of course I was late to realize I could lose- and players like Lein dont need much of an invitation to reverse course and win!??I would say that cost me an undefeated US Open, but that presumes I could have done some damage in Rd9.... but I do know that we had a strong Colorado trio that year- the late Mike Valvo lost one game, I only had that one loss from Rd8??? and nearly at the top of the standings was none other than Michael Mulyar, stopped from first place only by a last round, Rd9, defeat to Yermo- and I thought I had a painful defeat!?? ( And the sting of my Rd8 loss is compensated by the accident my first round opponent, as he had Q for Kt and 2 Pawns but fell into a losing trap.? Those mishaps usually even out- but not in the same event.)???????????????????????????????? ???? fyi??? I will be in Denver a few days next week, with a pitstop at Denver Chess Club on Tuesday, for those who aren't watching the MLB AllStar game.? Yes, those have bought my book and want an autograph, not a problem- and those who want to buy in person, we can do that too.? ( I know its presumptuous that some people want the autograph, but I am surprised how often I have been asked )???Best regards to all!?? -Andy Rea? --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] He never subscribed to my emails To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 5:23 PM I tried very hard in the 2009 World Open and every night the stress gave me a different nightmare. I had battled to an even ending with Grandmaster Anatoly Lein in the first round. Anatoly played in 7 Soviet Championships. When Anatoly became a Grandmaster he was one of only 35. Anatoly is 75 years old like my Dad. When the final round started we were on adjoining boards. I had 5/8 and he had 4.5. I wished him luck - " My luck was 30 years ago. " - GM Lein I battled to an even ending but Lein wanted to win. His second time control went down to 10 minutes. Maybe he thinks this is a Soviet Championship where he gets another hour at move 60? What should I do? Warn him? Beat him? Wait until he gets down to one minute and offer a draw? I was thinking so hard about the clock I hung my Queen in one move, my worst ever mistake since I let Todd Bardwick checkmate me in one move 35 years ago. What was wrong with me, playing a GM in the World Open after months of preparation and you throw away your Queen like a child? I tossed and turned all night. Next morning, I took one look at a scared looking bespectacled 14 year old boy from Rhode Island, looking like a poster child for a booked up fish and immediately thought, " Fishing Pole, I am going to do things to this boy that even Robert Snyder never imagined. I hear the sounds of squealing pigs." [Event "World Open"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Stuart Finney"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55 minutes"] Opening - Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation 2009 World Open 17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Under-2400 section July 2, 2009 5 second delay 40/ one hour, 55 minutes Game/55 minutes Round 2 Board 64 White - 14 year old Stuart Finney, 2100 Black, Brian Wall, 2202, 40 years wiser 1. e4 e5 My strategy was to play solid Non-Jack Young Chess but I was too mad at dropping my Queen last round to stick to that plan. 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7!! Hyper-Pole 8. h3 h5!! I asked Stuart after the game what his mistake was. " I expected you to retreat your knight when I attacked it. " Stuart Finney There is always a Hyper-Pole pause here as White prepares to blunder. 9. Bg5? Vukovic discussed Fishing Pole themes in the Art of Attack and he warned against this mistake 50 years ago. 9 Bg5 is designed to cut off my Queen but Love always finds a way. 9 ...? f6!! The Pawn Wave Guy 10. Bc1 Some guy in the Lincoln Chess Club played 10 Bh4 a week before but I am saving that email for the Gambit. 9 ... d6!! I saved a tempo in Lincoln because White played Ba4 and then B:c6, dc so my QB arrived on stage with less effort. 11. hxg4 Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Denver Open Champion Vance Aandahl I ues to receive many taunting emails daring me to play the Fishing Pole in slow games. I am 44 minutes ahead on the clock already. That's part of the knightmare for White, the sickening feeling that he is in a dark private torture chamber whose clammy walls and secret cobwebby passages are known only to Black. 11 ... hxg4 12. Ne1 f5 Only three minutes spent I forgive myself in blitz games for always missing Black wins but it turns out that even with lots of time, it is not easy to find the right path. I know many attacking themes but which one to apply at just the right moment eludes me. I never get bored with the Fishing Pole, I never get it right. It turns out the best move is 12 ... g5!!!!? intending ... Qd8-e7-h7-h1 checkmate 12 ... Qe7!!!? first is also good with the idea of attacking in the center after ...ed or checkmating down the h-file after ... g5 12 ... Qd7!!? is also good, intending? ... g5? and ... Qd7-h7-h1 checkmate next best is? 12 ... g6!! intending ... Qd8-e7-h7-h1 checkmate 12 ... b5! is next at bat but when I play? ... b5 I have to watch out for Bb3-d5:c6+:a8 12 ... ed is always a thought to crash through in the center and free my peekaboo Hyper-Pole Bishop 12 ... Bd7 is what I call a Plan B move, when the attack is not working so well and I just try to Castle Queenside My move is somewhere in the middle of all this. 13. g3 To stop ... Qh4 13 ... f4!! One minute spent, 41 minute time advantage best move learned from analyzing other Fishing Pole blitz games 14. Ng2 Qg5 I took 8 minutes here - Stuart has used one hour 18 minutes I have used 31 minutes. I couldn't really decide between ... f3, ... b5, ... g5? or ... Qf6 Rybka sorts it out like this - 14 ... g5!!!? better for me 14 ... Qf6!!? a little better for Stuart 14 ... Qg5!???a little better for Stuart 14 ... Qe7? ? a little better for Stuart 14 ... b5? ???a little better for Stuart 14 ... Qd7? ? a little better for Stuart 14 ... f3? ???better for Stuart 14 ... Bd7? ? better for Stuart 14 ... g6? ???better for Stuart 14 ... fg? ???better for Stuart It looks like ... g5!!! was best my last two moves My head was swimming and I played the most aggressive move. 14 ... Qg5? 15? gf? Qh5 mates 14 ... Qg5? 15? N:f4? Qh6? mates 14 ... Qg5? 15? B:f4? ef? 16? gf? Qh6? mates 14 ... Qg5? 15? B:f4? ef? 16? N:f4? Qh6-h5 mates I thought Stuart might be tempted by my f-pawn plus I have other ideas like .. b5, ... N:d4? and ... fg 15. Bxc6+ On 15? Nh4? Qh5!!? intending? ... g7-g5-gh-hg is strong, my second choice would be? 15? Nh4? Bd7 trying to crash through on d4 so that ... fg would undermine Finney's h4-knight 15 ... bxc6!???16. f3 16? Nh4? Qh5? followed by? ... g5 is good for me but what Stuart played is worse. 32 minutes left for young Finney, I have an hour more than Stuart to think 16 ... Qh5!!! My move is the best of the multiple wins: 16 ...? Qh6!!, ... gf!!, ...ed!!, ... Rb8!!, ... Qf6!, ... Qg6!? or ... c5 It has all fallen apart for the lightfoot lad from Rhode Island. 17. Kf2! 17? Nh4 is pointless now due to? 17 ... fg!! total eclipse of the heart 17 ... gxf3!!! I only took a minute on this killer - activating my QB with tempo must be good. 17 ... Rb8!! or fg+!!? are also very good. I have lesser wins with 17? ... Qh3!, ... c5!, ... ed!? or???... g5! The minor wins of today might be the best idea tomorrow. It all depends on subtle, hard to decipher nuances. The strongest is 17 ... Qh2!!!! with the idea of 18 ... Rh3!!! 18. Qxf3 Bg4!! 5 minutes spent probably looking at the top boards. I have Bishop and pawn versus two Knights but Stuart's King and Queen are on the run while Rip Van Queenside naps. 19. Qd3 Qh2!!! 8 minutes spent. The second best idea is the pawn wave 19 ... Qh3!!? 20 Na3? g5!! 20. Ke1 fxg3!? Taking the Knight on g2 obviously wins with a free attack but I thought that was too crude so I opted for one of the alternative wins. Stuart had 11 minutes left after my move and 5 minutes left after his next move. I wanted to give him as many new problems to solve as possible. I fish in cruel, cold mountain streams. Rybka sorts it out like this. r3k2r/b1p3p1/p1pp4/4p3/3PPpb1/2PQ2P1/PP4Nq/RNB1KR2 b kq - 0 1 Analysis by Rybka 3 1-cpu 32-bit: 1. -+? (-7.15): 20...Qxg2 2. -+? (-3.49): 20...0-0-0 21.Nh4 fxg3 22.Nf3 Bxf3 23.Nd2 Bg2 24.Rf5 Qg1+ 25.Ke2 exd4 26.Qxa6+ 3. -+? (-2.30): 20...g5 21.Nh4 gxh4 22.gxf4 exd4 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.Nc3 Qg3+ 25.Kd2 Qg2+ 26.Ke1 c5 27.Nd5 4. -+? (-2.21): 20...Bh3 21.gxf4 Bxg2 22.Nd2 exf4 23.Qc4 0-0-0 24.Qxa6+ 5. -+? (-2.19): 20...0-0 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.gxf4[] Rae8[] 23.a3 c5 24.a4 cxd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4 26.Nc3 6. -+? (-2.01): 20...c5 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.Rxf4[] Rf8 23.e5 Rxf4 24.Bxf4 Kd7 25.Nd2 cxd4 26.e6+ Bxe6 27.Qxa6 Qh1+ 28.Nf1 dxc3 29.Qb5+ Ke7 30.bxc3 Kf8 7. -+? (-1.92): 20...fxg3 21.Qxa6 Rb8 22.Qxc6+ Kd8 23.Bg5+ Kc8 24.Nd2 Qxg2 25.Qa6+ Rb7 26.Be3 Qh2 27.Rb1 8. -+? (-1.50): 20...d5 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.e5 Qxg3+ 23.Qxg3 fxg3 24.Rg1 c5 25.Rxg3 Rh1+ 26.Kd2 Rh4 27.dxc5 Bxc5 9. -+? (-1.49): 20...Rh3 21.Nh4 exd4 22.cxd4 Bxd4 23.Nf5 Bxb2 24.Bxf4 Bxf5 25.Qc4 10. -/+? (-1.33): 20...Kd7 21.Rf2 Bh3 22.gxf4 Bxg2 23.Qe2 Qg1+ 24.Kd2 11. -/+? (-1.17): 20...g6 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.Rxf4[] Qg1+[] 23.Rf1 Qg2[] 24.Nd2 Rh2 25.Qe3 c5 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 12. -/+? (-1.11): 20...Rd8 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.Rxf4[] Qg1+ 23.Rf1 Qg2 24.Qd2 Qxe4+ 25.Qe3 Qe6 26.Qxe6+ Bxe6 27.Nd2 Kd7 13. -/+? (-1.09): 20...Bxd4 21.cxd4[] Qxg2 22.Nc3 f3 23.Qc4 f2+ 24.Kd2 exd4 25.Nd1 c5 26.Rxf2 Qxe4 27.Qf7+ 14. -/+? (-0.86): 20...Rf8 21.Nxf4 exf4[] 22.gxf4[] Kd7 23.Qe3 Rae8 24.Nd2 Qh4+ 25.Rf2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. Ne3 If? 21 Q:a6? Rb8 wins If? 21 Qc4? 0-0-0? or ... Kd8 wins Stuart cannot guard his knight after? 21 Qd2? Bh3 21 ... Bh3! Played instantly although? 21 ... g2!!? is stronger This is a normal Fishing Pole game where my main problem is too many wins to choose from. Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg waved his hands at Finney's Quenside pieces to show IM Angelo Young the problem. 22. Nd2 g2! 7 minutes. I could never find the right time for 22 ... ed!! 23. Nxg2 Bxg2!! less than a minute spent . Stuart -? 4 minutes left Brian? - 45 minutes left 24. Rf2 exd4! Apparently it is almost impossible to find the best wins in Fishing Pole positions. It's like choosing from a pie menu. 24 ... Qh4!!? or ... Qh1+ are even better and I have multiple other wins. I am ahead in material and development. 25. cxd4 Qg1+!!!? 26. Nf1! 26? Ke2? Rh1!!? is nasty 26 ... Bxf1!! I finally, reluctantly catch up in material. 27. Rxf1 Qxd4!! Stuart can't handle a two pawn down ending so he goes Fishing for Rook pawns. 28. Qxa6 Kd7!! 10 minutes. 28 ... Qf2+? is tempting but does nothing after? 29? Kd1! My move creates massive new mating threats from every angle with Stuart down to 3 minutes for 12 moves. 29. Bd2 Rh2!! Mating. 2 minutes spent. 30. Bc3 Qxe4+!!???31. Kd1!? Qd5+ I saw the checkmate Stuart pointed out with? 31 ... Qc2+? 32? Ke1? Bf2+ but I thought mine was more aesthetic, either bringing out my last piece or winning the King and Queen in one move after 31? Kd1? Qd5+? 32? Kc1? Be3+? 33 Kb1? Qe4+? 34? Qd3? Q:d3 checkmate The fastest mate is? 31 ... Qc2+? 32? Ke1? Re8+ 32. Ke1? Re8+ 0-1? Stuart Resigns because of? 33 Be5? Qd2 checkmate or I win the King and Queen in one move again with 33 Qe2? R-either:e2 checkmate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Stuart Finney"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55 minutes"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 d6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ne1 f5 13. g3 f4 14. Ng2 Qg5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. f3 Qh5 17. Kf2 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bg4 19. Qd3 Qh2 20. Ke1 fxg3 21. Ne3 Bh3 22. Nd2 g2 23. Nxg2 Bxg2 24. Rf2 exd4 25. cxd4 Qg1+ 26. Nf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qxd4 28. Qxa6 Kd7 29. Bd2 Rh2 30. Bc3 Qxe4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 0-1? Stuart Resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090707/fce2d484/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 7 17:40:57 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:40:57 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] He never read my book Message-ID: <1247010057.4a53dd0960c7a@www.taom.com> If you ask an adult to act like an animal or create an animal Chess opening they smile at you like you're crazy. But if you ask an 8 year old they throw themselves into the task instantly. At the June 2009 Watson Chess Camp I asked the kids to act like an animal and then I showed them the opening. I laughed hysterically when they imitated drunken penguins. At one point they were scuttling on the floor like crabs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYWk2CMYpw Anthea's Crab video 1984 views ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ and one bigger kid accidentally kicked 8 year old Weston Svoboda in the eye. When I was 20 I custom harvested on a Massey Ferguson combine from Tribune, Kansas to Canada. A combine is a big red one story high machine that sows wheat. I saw first hand how tough those farm kids are, they drive at an early age and get up at dawn to help out on the farm. Weston is one of those brave farm boys. Even though he was just kicked in the eye and his eye was watering, he refused to slow down Chess Class. I told his Mom to keep an eye on him, I was afraid Weston would show up the next day with a black eye at least. Apparently Weston was fine, his Farmer Wife/Air Traffic Controller Mom Jennifer said he's had lots worse happen to him on the farm like a broken leg. Young, brave Weston gets up every morning at 5 AM to get on a horse and ride out with his Dad to tend the ranch. He also gives 4-H talks to other kids about how to be a good farmer. Another boy surprised me outside the camp, 9 year Alex Brotsker didn't complain once the whole 7 hour trip going there or back from Colorado or Nebraska. I guess his Pokemon computer helped. Alex is a Chess classmate of my son Devon, his father Carl is a Chess coach at Polaris at Ebert Elementary School in Denver. On the way there young Alex asked if there was an Aardvark or Anteater Opening. We concocted h3 as the snout/tongue of the Aardvark and b3-c3 as the body, a2-c2 are the feet. I was wavering whether to play any silly stuff at the World Open but in Round 5 I was paired with a 1208 with 2/4 points. I figured maybe he was a sandbagging 1600 but still this was a chance to honor Weston Svoboda, who took a hit in the eye in the name of Animal Chess openings and Alex Brotsker who invented the Aardvark a week earlier. My opponent was the weirdest guy I've ever played Chess with which is saying a lot after 48 years. Daniel Yarmpolskiy 1 - has a 1208 rating 2 - played in the Under-2400 section 3 - weighs about 400 pounds 4 - mumbles more than talks 5 - argues with a woman who might be his mother or wife or both 6 - plays instantly most moves but slows down to a snail's pace other moves. 7 - seems to see everything tactically 8 - didn't understand the initial clock reading of 1:55 9 - has played rated Chess for 20 years I think reaching 1400-1500 at first 10 - lives in New Jersey I couldn't figure out during the game if he was a sandbagging Chessmaster or maybe an online Chess addict or maybe he had emotional attention deficit problems that betrayed his Chess talent. Daniel was a very hard guy to read. I made Daniel smile after the game when I told him he played like a Chessmaster. Daniel never read Anthea Carson's How To Play Chess Like An Animal so he didn't know I like to fool around on the Chessboard. [Event "World Open"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.03"] [Round "5"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Daniel Yampolskiy"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "1208"] [Opening "Clemenz (Mead's, Basman's or de Klerk's) opening, The Aardvark or Anteater Opening by 9 year old Alex Brotsker"] [ECO "A00"] [Time "05:00:00 PM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/ 1 hour 55 minutes, Game/55 minutes"] Opening - The Aadrvark or Antheater Opening by 9 year old Alex Brotsker 2009 World Open Under 2400-section 17th and Race Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Round 5 Board 71 Time control - 5 second delay 40/1 hour 55 minutes Game/55 minutes White - Brian Wall, 2202 Black - Daniel Yampolskiy, 1208 1. h3!! Brotsker The snout/tongue of the Aarvark curls from e2 to h3 1 ... e5 2. b3!! Brotsker d5 3. c3!! Brotsker The Aardvark b3-c3 is the body of the Anteater and a2-c2 are the feet 3 ... Bf5 4. d4 Bxb1? Although Philipp Ponomarev plays this way in his Baltic Defense I thought that maybe this was a good sign I was really playing a 1200. Danielle Rice from Colorado played in the Under 1400 section and they did not seem to know the value of the pieces sometimes. Trade-Trade-Lose stuff. 5. Rxb1 e4 6. Bf4 Bd6! 7. Bxd6 Qxd6! 8. e3! Nf6 9. Ne2! O-O! When I told GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg and IM Angelo Young about the Aardvark they were quite surprised. Sharavdorj was laughing and laughing and grabbed my scoresheet and played over the moves. He got up to here which is similar to his beloved French Defense. " Now I play like a Mongolian! "- Brian Then Dashzeveg showed me where he was killing Olympian Varuzhan Akopian who used to do webcasts with me on ICC. 10. Nf4 A favorite outpost in the Crab or French 10 ... Nc6 11. g4 a5 12. g5 Trying to start some trouble on the Kingside but Yampolskiy handles it well. 12 ... Nd7 13. h4 a4 14. b4 Trying to bypass and keep Daniel's QR out of the game. 14 ... Nb6 Immediately hitting the new weakness. What's his true strength? I still can't tell, maybe someone else can. Am I playing the Aardvark against a secret Master? Daniel the Odd made all these moves in 3 minutes. 15. a3 Ne7 16. h5! Still hoping 16 ... f5 That seems to kill my attack 17. gxf6 Rxf6 Black seems better to me with a safer King and ideas of ... R:f4 or Nd6-c4 or ... b6-c5 18. Qg4 " Trying to whip up an attack on the g-file " Bobby Fischer, My 60 Memorable Games versus Spassky, King's Gambit 18 ... Nf5 19. Rg1 Raf8 20. Bb5!! c6 Played instantly. I was trying to prevent ... Qc6, ... Nc4 B:c4 Q:c4 with a Queen invasion on my Queenside 21. Be2! Rh6 This New Jersey nut is not going to allow any monkey business with the Aardvark. 22. Kd2 Nd7 23. Rg2 Rf7 24. Bd1 Trying to induce Yampolskiy to close the Queenside with ... b5 so my King could enjoy secure thoughts. 24 ... Nb6! 25. Be2! Daniel offered me a draw before his move in typical weird fashion figuring maybe I would move my Bishop back and forth. I was too angry at this 400 pound sandbag to consider it. I felt duped. 25 ... Qf6 26. Rh1 Nd6 That's what bothered me, Daniel seems to see every good idea. I had been worried about ... Nd6-c4 for a long time and a little later he finds ... b6, ... c5 ripping my King Open. 27. Kc2 Ndc4 28. Ra1 It looked scary to open up my King with 28 B:c4 N:c4 29 Qc8+ Rf8 30 Q:b7 N:a3+ 28 ... Qf5 29. Qh4 Kh8 I have to admit his Kingside looks completely impregnable 30. Rg5 Qf6 31. Qg3 Nd6 32. Kb2 Nbc4+ 33. Ka2 Nd2 Freeing my Rook on a1 but I was afraid of ... Nf3 B:f3 ef and ... Ne4 34. Rg1! Nf5 35. Qh3! At least I have 100% employment 35 ... Nb3 36. Kb2 b6 Here is the big moment, Daniel is about to drop a 400 pound sandbag on my Aardvark. Yampolskiy wants to tear open my King with ... b6, ... c5, etc. However I manage to pull the thread and his whole game unravels positionally and emotionally just at the right moment. 37. b5!!! Just when this New Jerseyite tried to make a toxic dump out of my Queenside I am attacking the f5-knight, the c6-pawn and the d5-pawn 37 ... c5 Daniel thought my King must be toast now but the Mighty Aardvark spots a teeming anthill. 38. Nxd5!! Slurping up the first ant. Daniel panics and abandons the colony. 38 ... Qd6? 39. Rxf5!! More yummy Black ants 39 ... Rxf5 40. Qxf5 Sticking my tongue deeply in the anthill and licking at will. 40 ... Rf6 41. Nxf6 Daniel's final act of emotional dysfunction. 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.03"] [Round "5"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Daniel Yampolskiy"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "1208"] [Opening "Clemenz (Mead's, Basman's or de Klerk's) opening, The Aardvark or Anteater Opening by 9 year old Alex Brotsker"] [ECO "A00"] [Time "05:00:00 PM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/ 1 hour 55 minutes, Game/55 minutes"] 1. h3 e5 2. b3 d5 3. c3 Bf5 4. d4 Bxb1 5. Rxb1 e4 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. g4 a5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 a4 14. b4 Nb6 15. a3 Ne7 16. h5 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Rg1 Raf8 20. Bb5 c6 21. Be2 Rh6 22. Kd2 Nd7 23. Rg2 Rf7 24. Bd1 Nb6 25. Be2 Qf6 26. Rh1 Nd6 27. Kc2 Ndc4 28. Ra1 Qf5 29. Qh4 Kh8 30. Rg5 Qf6 31. Qg3 Nd6 32. Kb2 Nbc4+ 33. Ka2 Nd2 34. Rg1 Nf5 35. Qh3 Nb3 36. Kb2 b6 37. b5 c5 38. Nxd5 Qd6 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Qxf5 Rf6 41. Nxf6 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 8 08:36:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 08:36:44 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] July 14, Author of Chess On The Ledge, Andy Rea coming to Denver Chess Club Message-ID: <1247063804.4a54aefcbd525@www.taom.com> 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church Denver, CO 7 PM 2 blocks west of Mayan Theater As a teenager I once walked from the Mayan to 4849 Newton Street, Denver, CO near Regis College where Bill Murray went. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 05:56:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Andrew Rea Reply-To: Andrew Rea Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Author of Chess On The Ledge, Andy Rea coming to Denver Chess Club To: Brian Wall ? 14th --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Author of Chess On The Ledge, Andy Rea coming to Denver Chess Club To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 6:25 PM Are you going to be at the Denver Chess Club Jul7 7th or the 14th? I drew GM Anatoly lein from a winning position at the first Levy Memorial. I also drew GM Yury Shulman then. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- ? ? Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:14:43 -0700 (PDT) ? ? From: Andrew Rea Reply-To: Andrew Rea Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] He never subscribed to my emails ? ? ? To: Brian Wall ? Brian, you at least are only 0-fer-1 against Lein???? quite better than my 0-fer-3 mark against him, and what is worse is that while 2 of the games were his ealy on, I had to take on a painful defeat at Rd8 of the StPaul US Open??? where I was much better but didnt find the way to victory, then of course I was late to realize I could lose- and players like Lein dont need much of an invitation to reverse course and win!??I would say that cost me an undefeated US Open, but that presumes I could have done some damage in Rd9.... but I do know that we had a strong Colorado trio that year- the late Mike Valvo lost one game, I only had that one loss from Rd8??? and nearly at the top of the standings was none other than Michael Mulyar, stopped from first place only by a last round, Rd9, defeat to Yermo- and I thought I had a painful defeat!?? ( And the sting of my Rd8 loss is compensated by the accident my first round opponent, as he had Q for Kt and 2 Pawns but fell into a losing trap.? Those mishaps usually even out- but not in the same event.)???????????????????????????????? ???? fyi??? I will be in Denver a few days next week, with a pitstop at Denver Chess Club on Tuesday, for those who aren't watching the MLB AllStar game.? Yes, those have bought my book and want an autograph, not a problem- and those who want to buy in person, we can do that too.? ( I know its presumptuous that some people want the autograph, but I am surprised how often I have been asked )???Best regards to all!?? -Andy Rea? --- On Tue, 7/7/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] He never subscribed to my emails To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 5:23 PM I tried very hard in the 2009 World Open and every night the stress gave me a different nightmare. I had battled to an even ending with Grandmaster Anatoly Lein in the first round. Anatoly played in 7 Soviet Championships. When Anatoly became a Grandmaster he was one of only 35. Anatoly is 75 years old like my Dad. When the final round started we were on adjoining boards. I had 5/8 and he had 4.5. I wished him luck - " My luck was 30 years ago. " - GM Lein I battled to an even ending but Lein wanted to win. His second time control went down to 10 minutes. Maybe he thinks this is a Soviet Championship where he gets another hour at move 60? What should I do? Warn him? Beat him? Wait until he gets down to one minute and offer a draw? I was thinking so hard about the clock I hung my Queen in one move, my worst ever mistake since I let Todd Bardwick checkmate me in one move 35 years ago. What was wrong with me, playing a GM in the World Open after months of preparation and you throw away your Queen like a child? I tossed and turned all night. Next morning, I took one look at a scared looking bespectacled 14 year old boy from Rhode Island, looking like a poster child for a booked up fish and immediately thought, " Fishing Pole, I am going to do things to this boy that even Robert Snyder never imagined. I hear the sounds of squealing pigs." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090708/f15ffd6d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 8 13:52:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:52:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] He ate the scoresheet Message-ID: <1247082734.4a54f8ee0b501@www.taom.com> One of the things that excited me about the World Open was a chance to see Tyler Hughes in action against the big boys. He fights very hard and saves lost positions. I hung out a bit with his roommate, Jonathan Hilton who writes an enjoyable Chess blog at USChess.Org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9507/539/ http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9504/539/ Jonathan's World Open reports --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan blogs about Tyler Hughes with pictures http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9413/529/ Ehlvest Wins Title in Chicago with Dutch Magic By Jonathan Hilton May 26, 2009 If I thought my games were sharp, however, they pale in comparison to those of the co-winner of the U2300 Section, NM Tyler Hughes. Hughes, with 6/7, tied with renowned blitz player NM Yaacov Norowitz for first. Hughes' strength lies not only in his analytical abilities, but also in his keen intuition. We've analyzed together dozens of times before, and I've known him to look at a position, pick a crazy move, and say, "...c4!? is calling out to me." The thing is, even if ...c4!? turns out not to be best, he could still probably play it and out-calculate anyone under 2300 to snatch a win! After his performance at the U.S. Championships - just two FIDE rating points shy of an IM norm - and his performance here in Chicago, Hughes' rating will already be within striking distance of the 2400 mark. Jonathan Hilton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan is a funny,fresh voice in Chess and I love his blogs. You can read them by going to USChess.Org and search for Jonathan Hilton As the early architect of Tyler's crazy style ( Fishing Poles at age 9 ) I felt some sort of strange obligation to demonstrate the source of the insanity. In other words I wanted to blow Jonathan away with wild Chess. I haven't officially taught Tyler now in 6 years but I still feel a strong affinity for his brand of play. I also tried to program myself to win both games the final day. I ultimately failed but I came close. The final day morning round couldn't have gone better. I managed to exactly duplicate Tyler's style of play against his World Open roommate, crazy Chess, wild sacs, mass confusion and even Tyler " The Iceman " Hughes blitz tactics at the end, finding amazing moves with no time on my clock. I wanted Jonathan to look at our game, think of Tyler's style and say, " No wonder. ". Instead Jonathan took a different tack - " No offense, Brian, but I was exhausted, I saw nothing, I played terribly, I missed everything. " When Tyler and Jonathan walked to lunch after the game, Jonathan popped the scoresheet into his mouth and tried to eat it. Later they showed me the smeared,crumpled up scoresheet. As a Chessplayer that is the ultimate tribute. I once crumpled up a scoresheet when I lost to a Smith-Morra Gambit from a lower rated player - over 30 years ago. What kind of game would drive a man to consume the evidence, would turn a happy, handsome curly-haired overgrown Cupid with everything to live for into an angst-ridden scoresheet swallowing satyr? Pictures of Jonathan Hilton http://oriscus.com/dn/selfasart/goat.jpg http://www.sharptattoos.com/color/satyr.jpg http://www.walden.com/walden/_images/custom_images/caspian/Satyr.jpg http://www.oceansbridge.com/paintings/collections/famous-nudes/big/Cabanel_AlexandreXXNymph_and_Satyr.jpg http://www.antoniodacorreggio.org/Venus-and-Cupid-with-a-Satyr-1528.jpg http://www.marcokunardi.com/images/satyr.jpg http://cwest.gavrilo.net/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Nymphs_and_Satyr_(1873).png http://www.reproarte.com/files/images/R/ricci_sebastiano/0179-0341-venus_und_amor_und_satyr.jpg Pictures of Jonathan Hilton [Event "World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Jonathan Hilton"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Robatsch defense: two knights variation, Tiger Modern"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "10:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] World Open Under-2400 section July 5, 2009 17th and Race Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5 second delay 40/1:55 Game/55 Round 8 Board 60 White - Jonathan "Goatman" Hilton, 2301 Brian "Wildman" Wall, 2202 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4! d6! 4. Nc3 a6 Once given an exclam by Jan Timman The Tiger Modern has been good to me, it won me the 2007 Colorado Closed with an assist from a friend. I also gave Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg a pity draw 2 pawns up in the 2007 Colorado Open when I tried the Tiger Modern. I have been playing 1 ... a6 for 35 years and the Tiger Modern is a possible system from that. If you have the book Olympiad Skopje 1972 and see a pregnant woman playing that is Susan Moldavi Grumer who adopted Danielle and I. Sue brought me orange juice during the game which made me feel like Bobby Fischer. Sue writes Chessbase reports and takes lots of pictures. She seems to know everyone in Chess. Sue used to live in the Virgin Islands where Captain Bill Hook played Board 1 for the Olympiad. Bill signed his memoirs for me during the tournament. Sue worked for FIDE and knows Bobby Fischer, Karpov, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, you name it. She has a piece of paper signed by almost all the World Champions -Euwe, Botvinnik, Fischer, Tal, Kasparov, Smyslov, I think every World Champion that was alive in 1972. I once told Tyler Hughes and his wonderful Mom Carol that a teacher should be at least 400 points higher than the student. Tyler came within 400 points of me in 2 years. At 2377 the only player capable of teaching Tyler now is Gata Kamsky at 2797. Gata impressed me most during the World Open. He seemed in good shape and walked around with an regal air. I plucked up my courage before Round 1 and asked Gata for a picture. He surprised me by suggesting someone else take one of us together. I even made Gata laugh by telling some random Chessplayer to take a picture of me and my old friend Gata Kamsky. Gata Kamsky once told Susan Grumer, " I won't be talking to you during the Chess tournament at all, I need to focus on winning. " So if you are afraid to approach a GM, you're right. >From Nebraska, IM John Watson registered me in the 7 day Open section which would give me a chance to fight Grandmasters. Then I found out 1 - I would arrive too late for the 7-day 2 - Tyler Hughes entered the Under-2400 Figuring youth is smarter than age and it would be more fun to play in Tyler's section, I switched. When I saw all the GMs that scored nothing or next to nothing in the Open section it felt like the right choice. Besides I played GM Lein in Round 1. IM Angelo Young told me our section was much more stressful because every round was another brutal game with a 2300. In the Open you play more people way above or below you. I tried to learn my lessons from the North American Open in December 2008 and get plenty of rest and play more seriously. My basic opening strategy was to switch around a lot. Grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Persson wrote a book on this position called Tiger Modern http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen79.pdf but I don't need all that analysis to play it. All I need to know is that it is hard for White to trade pieces, the bane of my existence in Colorado. Chess is about levels of insight and if I am forcing myself to look as deeply as possible and Jonathan is exhausted ... The one thing that scared me is that Jonathan is a 2300 player that doesn't mind complications himself. Jonathan showed me a beautiful last ( next ) round game of his where he dropped the exchange but immediately added a bishop sac to the bonfire and won brilliantly. 5. Be3 b5 Tiger says, Don't play ... b5 unless White plays Nc3 6. a3 Bb7! 7. Bd3 Nd7! 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3! Ngf6! 10. Ng3 O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O I thought for 16 minutes here. Jonatahn has placed his pieces solidly on the first 3 ranks and I have done the same. There is a demilitarized zone on the 4th and 5th ranks with two pawns each there. We both seem to be saying, " Come and get me. " Jonathan thinks I should play 12 ... e5 with a great Ruy Lopez but I stay away from most Ruy Lopez positions. Rybka thinks I should play 12 ... c4 which I wouldn't consider or 12 ... Nb6 which I did. I was a little nervous about e5-e6 ideas for Jonathan ever since David Lucky beat me that way 15 years ago. 12 ... cxd4 13. cxd4! e5! 14. d5! Qe7 It's funny but Rybka mentions 14 d5 Nc5 15 Bc2 Qd7 followed by ... Na4 B:a4 ba which is exactly how I lost to Norman Rodgers in 90 moves earlier in the tournament. 15. b4? Grandmaster Sharavdorf Dashzeveg thought I played a good game, the highest praise a Mongolian with a limited English vocabulary can offer. I lent my pieces to Carl B Boor this round, he congratulated me on a good win. Carl started the tournament miffed because I posted a 5 minute/30 second Youtube victory by David Zimbeck over Carl on Facebook. I promised to take it down and he forgave me. Carl is a strong player who scored 6.5 points and $800 in our section. Tyler won $100 for 6/9. Carl is a fun guy. I showed the game to 1400 Danielle Rice to see if she could find some of these moves. I thought that would demonstrate real Chess progress. Danielle understood my thinking here and considered what I did, sacs on e4 and d5 because our b7-bishop looks stuck and our Queenside is about to be overrun with a4. While Jonathan reviewed Queenside invasion squares, I desperately tried to make ... N:e4 N:e4 f5 or ... N:d5 ed B:d5 ideas work. In the immortal words of Tyler Hughes about a brilliancy over NM Josh Bloomer, " I consider about a thousand sacs a game and once in a while one of them actually works." 15 ... Bxd5!!! Jonathan was mad that he hadn't even considered this. The simple point is 16 ed e4 forks two pieces and detonates Hilton's suffocating center. I call these punch in the face moves and it is the normal way to win in the Tiger Modern. I learned this strategy from computers who always shocked me with these type of hammer blows. We both examined 15 ... B:d5 16 B:b5 but it's not too good ( James Hamblin's favorite phrase ) after 16 ... ab, ... Bb7 or ... N:e4 16. exd5! e4! 17. Nd4!? Jonathan kept surprising me. I expected simple swaps on e4. 17 ... exd3!! 17 ... Nd5! is OK 18. Nc6! Qe8!! The exchange sac 18 ... R:c6! doesn't quite give enough 19. Re1 I am very comfortable after 19 Q:d3 Ne5 20 N:e5 Q:e5 with ideas of ... B:a1, ... N:d5, ... Q:d5 or ... Rc8-c3:a3 19 ... Nxd5!! played instantly by GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg from Mongolia 19 ... Ne5! gives me a comfortable edge 20. Bh6 I only had 28 minutes left for 21 moves but I sat there like a man possessed. " There must be a brilliancy here. " I felt like Tal, Shabalov and Shirov rolled into one, I felt on fire. 20 ... Qxe1+!! 20 ... B:h6! or ... Ne5! give me a comfortable edge but my idea is to ram a d2-pawn down his throat and support that with ... Rc1 or ... Re1 " The sick thing is I saw 20 ... Q:e1+ but in my mind I had already removed the d3-pawn" Satyr Hilton 21. Qxe1! Bxh6! 22. Qe4 A good move but a surprise to me. I was focussed on 22 Ne7+! N:e7! 23 Q:e7 d2!! 24 Ne2 Rce8!! or 22 Ne7+! N:e7! 23 Q:e7 d2!! 24 Rf1 Rc1 25 Q:d6 Re8!!, ... Rfc8!!, ... Bf4!! or ... Re1!! 22 ... N7f6!! Finding best moves with little time is very Tyler like. Brian - 12 minutes left Super blogger Goat Boy - 39 At this point Jonathan had essentially given up on board control and was trying to blitz me into blundering. 22 ... N7b6!!! is even stronger but I want all my pieces close, safe and protected if I can. I have Rook, Bishop and pawn for Queen but Hilton hasn't really dealt with my d3-pawn yet. Oh yeah, his c6-knight has been hanging for quite a while now. 23. Qh4 Jonathan keeps surprising me - I expected 24 Ne7+ N:e7 25 Q:e7 d2!! 23 ... Bg7!!! 6 minutes left. In my blitz soaked brain my opponents always play two moves in a row e.g. 23 ... Kg7 24 Nd4-f5+ but I am OK after in slo-mo instant replay after 23 ... Kg7!! 24 Nd4 Bf4!! or 23 ... Kg7!! 24 Nd4 Rc1+!! 25 R:c1 B:c1 24. Nd4 Rc4!! With new themes of torturing his pinned d4-knight plus I still have the d3-pawn and all my pieces are solidly protected. Jonathan slammed out his next move which startled me again. 25. Rd1! Nh5!! very strong - 2 minutes left - 25 ... h6!!! to harass Jonathan's Queen is even better 26. Rxd3 Nhf4!! 27. Rd2! Jonathan offered me a draw with a 2301 with 2 minutes on my clock but I refused. 27 ... Rxd4! Danielle is right that 27 ... B:d4!! is a little stronger but anyone with a winning position in time pressure wants trade-trade-trade. 28. Rxd4! Bxd4! 29. Nf1 Re8 30. g3! Ne2+! 31. Kg2! Bg7 one minute 11 seconds left Jonathan has half an hour and he's blitzing. I am still recording moves and some times. Rybka assesses 31 ... Bb6 as +5 for me 32. Qg4! Re6 Trying to contain his Queen 33. Qf3 Nec3!! Trying to keep everyone safe. LOOSE PIECES DROP OFF. 34. Nd2 h5 35. Nb3 Rf6 36. Qd3 Only move 36 ... Re6 25 seconds left 37. Nd4 Gm Sharavdorj Dashzeveg and IM Angelo Young felt that trading this knight off ended any possibilities for Jonathan. In other word, they consider Rook, Knight, Knight versus Queen to be 100% winning. Jonathan said he was just waiting for a convenient moment to resign. I figured by his fast moves he had long ago lost any interest in this game. At some point in the next 3 moves I had a senior moment and stared at the clock wondering why I had 7 seconds left. I felt an uncontrollable urge to wander into the forest in my pajamas and eat pine cones for breakfast while rattling my keys incoherently. 37 ... Bxd4 38. Qxd4! Re2! 39. Qa7 Ra2 With 4 seconds and some Geritol to spare. 40. Qxa6! Kg7 41. Qxd6! Rxf2+! 42. Kg1 I saw 42 K:f2 Ne4+ Royal Fork while I still had 4 seconds left Jonathan had already suffered enough nasty shocks for one game and had given up hope but I was having trouble anaylyzing Qe5+ hassling my King and f-pawn. I considered switching gears with 42 ... Rf5!! preventing Qe5+ and preparing to assault the Kingside. Rybka considers that the best plan. I decided that was too complicated and went back to picking off Queenside pawns and hoping Qe5+ wasn't too dangerous. I analyzed dancing my King around the board. 42 ... Ra2 43. g4 Another surprise, trying to create some perpetual check cage for my King 43 ... hxg4! 43 ... h4!! was interesting as well to help harass the King of Goats. 44. hxg4! Rxa3!! 45. g5! Now if 45 ... N:b4?? Jonathan can take the Knight or give me a perpetual check. 45 ... Ra1+! 46. Kh2! Re1!! Stopping Qe5+ and getting ready to harvest more pawns. 47. Qd8 Re2+ 48. Kg3! Re3+ 49. Kg2 Re4!! Stopping any checks and preparing N:b4 or R:b4 or Re4-g4+:g5 0-1 Jonathan is an excellent Chessplayer, Chesswriter and an excellent friend to Tyler Hughes. Jonathan said the thing he learned from this game is to get proper rest during a Chess tournament. I wish him good luck in Chess. In fact, Tyler Hughes, Jonathan Hilton and I did a lucktard exercise where we tried to figure out what score we would have if we could go back in time and change a few key moments at the World Open. Tyler ended up with 2 less points, Jonathan and I ended up with an extra half point. The idea was to determine whether our results were justified or not. Tyler makes his own luck by recognizing bad situations and striving hard to correct them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Jonathan Hilton"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Robatsch defense: two knights variation, Tiger Modern"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "10:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Ne2 c5 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. d5 Qe7 15. b4 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nd4 exd3 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Re1 Nxd5 20. Bh6 Qxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bxh6 22. Qe4 N7f6 23. Qh4 Bg7 24. Nd4 Rc4 25. Rd1 Nh5 26. Rxd3 Nhf4 27. Rd2 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. Nf1 Re8 30. g3 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Bg7 32. Qg4 Re6 33. Qf3 Nec3 34. Nd2 h5 35. Nb3 Rf6 36. Qd3 Re6 37. Nd4 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 Re2 39. Qa7 Ra2 40. Qxa6 Kg7 41. Qxd6 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rxa3 45. g5 Ra1+ 46. Kh2 Re1 47. Qd8 Re2+ 48. Kg3 Re3+ 49. Kg2 Re4 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Category: World Open Standings Jul 05 2009 World Open 2009 Standings ? Open Section Final Standings # Name Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot & Prize 1 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2773 NY W24 D7 W48 W78 W51 D4 W2 H? H? 7 $15000.00 2 GM Evgeny Najer 2714 RUS W63 W82 D17 D14 W56 W11 L1 W26 W8 7 $15200.00 3 GM Gata Kamsky 2799 NY W33 D19 D38 W57 D53 W26 L9 W37 W21 6? $2160.00 4 GM Ilya Smirin 2754 ISR D47 W91 W39 W55 D10 D1 D8 W9 D6 6? $2160.00 5 GM Jiri Stocek 2702 CZE L57 D60 W91 D65 W68 W62 D13 W39 W9 6? $2160.00 6 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2684 CA W34 W21 L26 W22 D14 D18 W56 W28 D4 6? $2160.00 7 GM Leonid G Yudasin 2630 ISR W51 D1 W24 L48 W78 D14 D39 W96 W17 6? $2160.00 8 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2691 NY W49 W41 D11 W13 D26 D21 D4 W19 L2 6 $257.15 9 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2670 ISR W65 W22 W18 D26 D11 W10 W3 L4 L5 6 $257.15 10 GM Timur Gareev 2661 UZB W58 W83 D28 W54 D4 L9 W27 D21 D11 6 $257.15 11 IM Alex Lenderman 2654 NY W59 W31 D8 W28 D9 L2 D38 W18 D10 6 $257.15 12 GM Sergey Kudrin 2623 CT D67 W50 H? H? D29 H? W63 D20 W28 6 $257.15 13 GM Eugen Perelshteyn 2588 MA W60 D57 W64 L8 D47 W44 D5 D16 W36 6 $257.15 14 GM Evgeny Bareev 2556 NY D23 W90 W20 D2 D6 D7 L26 W51 W29 6 $257.15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jul 05 2009 World Open 2009 Standings ? Under 2400 Section Final Standings # Name Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot & prize 1 Gabriel Battaglini 2398 GA W115 W94 W105 W3 D4 W26 D27 L9 W19 7 $2000.00* 2 Igor Sorkin 2392 ISR W10 W7 D78 W47 D8 D4 W26 W31 D5 7 $6250.00 3 FM Rodion Rubenchik 2340 PA W58 W90 W23 L1 D75 D21 W39 W13 W9 7 $6250.00 4 IM Angelo Young 2338 PHI W87 W57 D11 W101 D1 D2 D23 W14 W22 7 $6250.00 5 Siddharth Ravichandran 2331 IND W85 W19 D100 D11 W66 W13 D31 W27 D2 7 $6250.00 6 IM Emory A Tate 2360 IN D18 D28 W119 D16 D25 W38 W67 D21 W26 6? $800.00 7 FM Carl B Boor 2343 OH W121 L2 W76 W82 D59 W36 D8 D18 W27 6? $800.00 8 FM Igor A Nikolayev 2335 NY H? W54 W21 W29 D2 D11 D7 W23 H? 6? $800.00 9 Conrad Holt 2297 KS L19 W92 W58 W74 D23 W78 W11 W1 L3 6? $1500.00 10 Robert Lau 2230 HI L2 W121 D107 W73 D22 D56 X77 X66 W31 6? $1500.00 11 IM Justin Sarkar 2388 NY W70 W69 D4 D5 W34 D8 L9 D36 W38 6 $100.00 12 Tyler B Hughes 2377 CO W55 D21 W74 W17 L26 D18 W34 L19 W39 6 $100.00 13 FM William Morrison 2369 MD W48 W32 L25 W72 W77 L5 W37 L3 W34 6 $100.00 14 IM Oladapo O Adu 2347 NGR W56 W53 L26 W19 W40 L27 W58 L4 W37 6 $100.00 15 FM Robby Adamson 2340 AZ W102 W40 W36 D26 D27 L31 W59 D20 D16 6 $100.00 16 Yaacov Norowitz r/e 2340 NJ D28 W93 W72 D6 H? H? H? W52 D15 6 $100.00 17 Steven C Zierk 2312 CA D96 W86 W84 L12 W101 D59 D42 D28 W41 6 $100.00 18 Alexander Barnett r/e 2280 MD D6 D46 D48 W51 W32 D12 W66 D7 D20 6 $100.00 19 Okechukwu A Iwu 2196 MN W9 L5 W118 L14 W82 W69 W25 W12 L1 6 $100.00 20 Evan S Rosenberg 2185 NY D34 D50 W94 D36 W52 W79 D22 D15 D18 6 $100.00 21 Troy Daly r/e 2159 FL W126 D12 L8 W109 W68 D3 W78 D6 D23 6 $100.00 22 IM Timothy W Taylor 2399 OH L84 W97 W109 D31 D10 W75 D20 W49 L4 5? 23 FM Jake Kleiman 2394 TN W71 W120 L3 W41 D9 W33 D4 L8 D21 5? 24 GM Anatoly Y Lein 2343 OH W41 D27 L29 D42 W104 L58 D30 W89 W56 5? 25 Aaron E Kahn r/e 2341 MI W128 W65 W13 L77 D6 D37 L19 W72 D28 5? 26 FM Ilye Figler 2275 NY W61 W108 W14 D15 W12 L1 L2 W42 L6 5? 27 Raul Vazquez 2236 PUR W43 D24 W91 X100 D15 W14 D1 L5 L7 5? 28 Leif A Pressman r/e 2228 NY D16 D6 D32 D46 D48 W104 W79 D17 D25 5? 29 FM Renard W Anderson 2221 CO D92 W60 W24 L8 L79 D32 W98 D45 W57 5? 30 Pappu Murthy 2212 OH L45 L117 D97 W124 D62 W43 D24 W65 W52 5? 31 Evgeny Shver 2200 CA W117 D45 W79 D22 W47 W15 D5 L2 L10 5? 32 FM Evan D Ju 2316 NJ W106 L13 D28 W35 L18 D29 D70 D40 W73 5 33 Jonathan L Hilton 2301 OH L112 D88 W86 W62 W84 L23 D56 L41 W74 5 34 FM Norman Rogers 2296 PA D20 W96 D59 W61 L11 W41 L12 W58 L13 5 35 Matt J Parry r/e 2289 NY L77 W125 W46 L32 D65 D55 W96 D56 D45 5 36 FM Eugene Yanayt 2252 CA W99 W110 L15 D20 W90 L7 W65 D11 U? 5 37 Corey Acor 2238 FL W98 L100 W103 D90 W45 D25 L13 W59 L14 5 38 Oliver Chernin 2218 CT L66 D104 D83 W116 W44 L6 W90 W74 L11 5 39 Deepak Aaron 2209 NY L100 L63 W122 W98 W74 W47 L3 W68 L12 5 40 Patrick John Tae 2203 TN W122 L15 W110 W44 L14 L66 D48 D32 W75 5 41 Brian D Wall 2202 CO L24 W43 W117 L23 W110 L34 W94 W33 L17 5 42 David Adelberg 2171 AZ L67 D52 W123 D24 W81 W46 D17 L26 H? 5 43 Stuart S Finney 2100 RI L27 L41 W129 W54 L58 L30 W81 W84 W68 5 44 Atulya A Shetty 2099 MI L53 W85 W55 L40 L38 W82 L46 W69 W72 5 45 David A Hua 2025 NJ W30 D31 L101 W96 L37 W53 D47 D29 D35 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009 World Open Under-2400 rating changes Brian Wall 2202-2215 Tyler Hughes 2377-2376 Jonathan Hilton 2298-2292 Renard Anderson 2236-2246 Norman Rodgers 2290-2293 Carl B Boor 2338-2350 Steven C Zierk 2312-2319 Jake Kleiman 2381-2378 GM Anatoly Lein 2343-2331 Stuart Finney 2100-2122 Jorge Renteria 2361-2313 Lawrence Storch 2200-2200 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 10 07:56:55 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:56:55 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Boulder Invitational: Last Call! Message-ID: <1247234215.4a5748a79b217@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:00:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: 2009 Boulder Invitational: Last Call! To: Brian Wall Hey Brian, if you could forward this message on to your mailing list I'd appreciate it. ? I'm still looking for players for the 2009 Boulder Invitational (July 24th-26th), not all of the players with guaranteed spots have accepted.? The other players will be chosen from the highest rated players who apply. Anybody who wants to play needs to contact me by this weekend. ? Thanks for your help, ? Klaus Johnson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090710/ec2638df/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 10 08:24:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:24:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Badger Out - Message-ID: <1247235848.4a574f08c2788@www.taom.com> N Earl Roberts has been badgering me on UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com for a long time. He is the original source of the Badger Opening - 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 or Bf4 f6!! Here's the latest rant. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:52:10 +1200 From: N Earl Roberts To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Reply-to: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] He never read my book 2 unnamed text/html 28.31 KB Hiya Davide, Is there anyway I can drop out of this group and still get and contribute to the UCO newsletter? Can you perhaps get back to me off list please. I have finally had enough of getting this crap in my mail inbox. Only Clive and Ty are contributing anything close to even matching the original purpose of this list while Wall monopolies it with banal games either against people rated so far below him he could win blind drunk or with so called masters at bubblegum blitz on ICC. There is a variation of a phrase used in the teaching of computers, logic studies etc......Crap in Crap out. Thanks Earl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded message from mrlimbo ----- Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:34:42 -0000 From: mrlimbo Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: He never read my book To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Yep , go to "edit membership" (top, left of centre) and select "web only" ! Well we all have opinions , and sometimes its best to keep them to ourselfs , to me this group would be dead without Brian Wall ! but i struggle to remember anything posted by you ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:02:37 +1200 From: N Earl Roberts To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Reply-to: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: He never read my book 2 unnamed text/html 33.29 KB Well, one, I didn't ask for your opinion and two, try advanced search of the group concerned. My posts are there. Back in the day when it was fulfilling its original purpose as a group to discuss old and unorthodox opening lines and not acting as a soap box. Earl -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- members - 636 BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com members - 360 brianWallChess3 at Taom.com Total - 996 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090710/f5b72397/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 10 08:28:29 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:28:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] R.I.P., Ira Lee Riddle Message-ID: <1247236109.4a57500dd1745@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:46:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Fw: R.I.P., Ira Lee Riddle To: Brian Wall --- On Thu, 7/9/09, Jonathan Hilton wrote: From: Jonathan Hilton Subject: R.I.P., Ira Lee Riddle Dear CJA members and volunteer judges, ? Today I received a very unfortunate communiqu? from USCF Director of Publications Daniel Lucas. ? Hello, everyone in the chess world. Ira took a cruise around Great Britain, and the last port before the end was Have de Grace France. He went outside to get some air and fell with a heart attack and could not be revived. This was Monday, July 2, 2009.? His Memorial Service will be on July 17 at 11:00 at the Ann's Choice Chapel, 30000 Ann's Choice Way , Warminster PA 18974. If someone would like to speak or if you need more information, please e-mail me at pollyriddl at aol.com. Please spread the word. ????I'd appreciate it if you would cancel his subscriptions to all of the chess journals. Polly Riddle ? Ira, who was the current Vice President of the Chess Journalists of America, was one of the most intelligent and sincere volunteers I have had the honor of working with. He played a substantial role in helping judge and coordinate judging for the Awards, and I was always very thankful for his time and effort. If you are a judge who had scores to send to Ira, I would ask that you please not send them to his e-mail address. I will be back to working on the Awards on Monday and will figure out what to do then. R.I.P., Ira Lee. ? Jonathan Hilton -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090710/df39161e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 10 09:22:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:22:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Weihmiller French, 2009 World Open Message-ID: <1247239328.4a575ca0533da@www.taom.com> It was strange but twice I played 1 d4 and it somehow, through two completely different move orders, transposed into a Weihmiller French. Here is the last 2009 World Open win I can show you. My opponent was like John Wayne's " The Quiet Man. " He was tall, he didn't say much and he didn't want to go over the game - he may have been put off by Susan Moldavi Grumer bringing me orange juice and M&M peanuts during the game. [Event "World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.04"] [Round "7"] [Board "75"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Chris Mabe"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2249"] [Opening "Pirc defense, Weihmiller French"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.08"] [Time "06:00:00"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7! I think all this was recommended in Alburt and Chernin's Pirc Alert. Carol Hughes was amazed at her own son when little Tyler Hughes was marking that book with a yellow highlighter. " He's never used a magic marker before in his life! " Carol Hughes 5. c3! c5! 6. f4! Nc6! 7. Nf3! I considered 7 e6!? 7 ... e6! This is a superior form of the Weihmiller French for me because I have options other than the inferior Nd2 here, I can play 8 Be3 Qb6 9 Qd2 8 Be2 Qb6 9 0-0 However I had arrived 48 minutes late for the game due to a huge Kosher Chinese 5 way platter lunch ( there were only 3 of us ) and I was happy to blitz out another move into something familiar. 8. Nbd2 Same position as 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Weihmiller French 8 ... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6! 10. Bd3 Looks simple enough but I think its better to play 10 Nb3 or even 10 Nb1 10 ... fxe5! I was a little upset when I noticed 11 fe?? N:d4 12 N:d4 Qh4+ I calmed down, looked at every legal move and took my first think of the game. 11 de also looked bad due to the open g1-a7 diagonal. I finally played the worst recapture on e5 but at least my brain was finally engaged. 11. Nxe5 maybe, maybe, Mabe will let me play 12 Qh5+ or N:c6, maybe, maybe. My basic thought was that Chris is better so maybe 11 N:e5 will induce a trade which will lessen his attack. 11 ... Ndxe5!! 12. dxe5! Qh4+! 12 ... Qb6!! is also annoying 13. g3! Qh3! 14. Nf3! Qg2! 15. Rf1! I had seen the cheap trap with 15 Rg1?? Bb4+ 16 Bd2 B:d2+! winning so I played 15 Rf1 contemptuously without sitting down like I was giving a simul to 8 year olds which I did a week before in Nebraska ( tandem simul with Keaton Keiwra, Watson Chess Camp, Lincoln, Nebraska ) 15 ... Bc5 16. Qe2! I would play 16 a3!! to stop ... Nb4 if I had a do-over. 16 Bd2! is another thought 16 ... Qxe2+! 17. Kxe2! Bd7? 18. Be3!! Suddenly I have the classic French advantage of control over d4 versus a bad Bishop on d7. I saw Kamsky win several of these endings when he was first returning from his 10 year sabbatical. " Do not give up the d4-square even if they bring out a crane! " Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili first group lecture in Denver, 2002 18 ... b6 trying to reestablish control over d4 after 19 B:c5 bc 19. Rfc1!! I spent 5 minutes deciding between this and 19 a3!! I don't know how I got a good game, I did nothing to deserve it. 19 ... Rc8! Cute! 20 B:c5 bc 21 R:c5? Nd4+! 22 N:d4 R:c5! wins the exchange 20. a3!! I considered exchange sacs but its better just to break down c5 20 ... a5! 21. Rc2!! I can't evaluate 21 B:c5 bc 22 R:c5 Nd4+ 23 N:d4 R:c5 24 b4 21 ... Ke7 22. Rac1!! Bxe3 23. Kxe3!! I don't know how exactly but I have drifted from a miserable looking position after 10 ... fe! into a winning position. I have massive pressure on h7, c6 and e6 with additional threates of Ba6 and b4. I simply saw no legal move for Mabe that didn't lose immediately. Chris twisted in the wind for 14 minutes probably wondering like I was how everythin went sour for him. 23 ... Na7 24. Rxc8!! Grandmaster Sharavdorj and IM Angelo Young both banged down 24 Rc7!! instantly but I had already calculated a win with my move. 24 ... Nxc8 24 ... R:c8 drops the h7-pawn 25. Rc7!! with a big bind. Nd4 is coming. 25 ... Kd8! 26. Rb7!! Mabe is all tied up, His King is glued to his Bishop, his Bishop is glued to his g7-pawn, his Knight is glued to his b6-pawn, his Rook is glued to his h7-pawn 26 ... h6 27. Nd4!! Classic Grandmaster squeeze - I remember Radjabov lost three Frenches likes this at Linares when he was still a teenager and gave it up. Total positional domination. While Mabe is frozen in fear I am hatching new evil plots like f5 or Bb5. Chris is stone cold busted. 27 ... Re8 28. Rxd7+!! Kxd7! 29. Bb5+! Kd8! 30. Bxe8! Kxe8! 31. Nxe6! First Blood, more to follow. 31 ... Kf7 32. Nc7!! Ne7 33. g4 g5 Chris Mabe knew he was dead lost but he conjures up one last trick to salvage a glimmer of self respect. 34. f5 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Kd4 Nxf5+ 37. gxf5 g4 Tyler Hughes and I had shown Danielle Rice a million missed wins when she drew a King, Knight and pawns versus King and pawns ending - her young opponent kept distracting her with absurd draw offers. My first thought here was - Don't play this ending like Danielle Rice. Don't look at little pieces of the puzzle, try to look deeply to the end. If you analyze far enough 38 e6+!!! or hg!! lead to checkmate but then I thought - Wait, the Danielle method has some merit, I can win in one move with no thinking at all. 38 Ne6 gh 39 Ng5+ Ke7 40 N:h3 or 38 Ne6 g3 39 Nf4 stop Mabe's pawns and I can play K:d5 and push my two connected passed pawns at my leisure without a drop of counterplay. Bill Engels also found a one move win with 38 Ke3 The idea is you use the King to stop the Kingside pawns, the Knight to stop the d-pawn and then pick off all of Mabe's pawns in your own good time. It would work like this: 38 Ke3 d4+ 39 Kf2 g3+ 40 Kg2 d3 41 Nd5 d2 42 Nc3 followed by Nc3-d1-e3 and Kg2-f3-e2:d2-e2-f3-g4:h4:g3 and then promote the two connected passed pawns. It would take a lot longer to prove to you that 38 e6+!!! or hg!! wins in every variation. 38. Ne6 g3 39. Nf4 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.04"] [Round "7"] [Board " 75 "] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Chris Mabe"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2249"] [Opening "Pirc defense, Weihmiller French"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.08"] [Time "06:00:00"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Bd3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nf3 Qg2 15. Rf1 Bc5 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bd7 18. Be3 b6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. a3 a5 21. Rc2 Ke7 22. Rac1 Bxe3 23. Kxe3 Na7 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc7 Kd8 26. Rb7 h6 27. Nd4 Re8 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Bb5+ Kd8 30. Bxe8 Kxe8 31. Nxe6 Kf7 32. Nc7 Ne7 33. g4 g5 34. f5 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Kd4 Nxf5+ 37. gxf5 g4 38. Ne6 g3 39. Nf4 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 10 09:55:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:55:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] When writers clash Message-ID: <1247241333.4a576475830f3@www.taom.com> http://main.uschess.org/forums/viewtopic.php&f=24&t=10598 Brian Wall and Jonathan Hilton exchanging comments at USChess.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall and Jonathan Hilton exchanging comments on Facebook Jonathan Lawrence Hilton That was the funniest thing I have ever read about me in my life. I love it, thanks. To take a page from the book of Alanna Kats, "Brian Wall Made Me Famous!" Wed at 10:11pm ? Comment ? LikeUnlike ? Show Feedback (3)Hide Feedback (3) ? See Wall-to-Wall You like this. Jonathan Lawrence Hilton at 10:13pm July 8 I get a lot of mileage out of my losses... but this is the second time it's been absolutely effortless on my part. :) The first was my first game in Chess Life, a loss to Karklins given without annotations. Jonathan Lawrence Hilton's NotesJonathan's Notes|Notes about Jonathan|Jonathan's Profile The Seven Most Useful Games I Ever Lost Share Wed at 11:08pm Isn't it funny how our most devastating encounters often working in our favor? Here is my countdown of my seven "memorable" chess losses. #7. Wojtkiewicz-Hilton, Gem City Open, 2005. The Polish Grandmaster's skillful demolition of my kingside resulted in my lifelong love affair with his White chess openings. I've written seven articles and (almost now!) one book on a man whose death at 43 was just too young. #6. Karklins-Hilton, King's Island Open, 2004. Jerry Hanken publishes a win by the traveled FM Andrew Karklins in Chess Life, inadvertently putting my name in national print for the first time. #5. Hilton-Bartholomew, U.S. Junior Closed 2005. A string of nine losses and one draw at the 2005 U.S. Junior Closed invitational event resulted in my first-ever Chess Life article, "Looking Back on the 2005 U.S. Junior Closed." The article won an award from the Chess Journalists of America (CJA.) I also had the opportunity to speak about the tournament to an audience of 250. #4. Clayton-Hilton, Ohio State High School Championship, 2009. My epic failure to claim my third Ohio High School Championship title made me a household name in the Toledo area. References to "The Clayton Game," which, although published, (http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9251/520) was spread even more thoroughly by world-of-mouth, are now made on a routine basis among Ohio and even Michigan players. #3. Hilton-Wall, World Open, 2009. NM Brian Wall's e-mail chain letter describing the way I chewed up the scoresheet after the game is already making a splash. Jonathan is a funny,fresh voice in Chess and I love his blogs. You can read them by going to USChess.Org and search for Jonathan Hilton As the early architect of Tyler's crazy style ( Fishing Poles at age 9 ) I felt some sort of strange obligation to demonstrate the source of the insanity. In other words I wanted to blow Jonathan away with wild Chess. I haven't officially taught Tyler now in 6 years but I still feel a strong affinity for his brand of play. I also tried to program myself to win both games the final day. I ultimately failed but I came close. The final day morning round couldn't have gone better. I managed to exactly duplicate Tyler's style of play against his World Open roommate, crazy Chess, wild sacs, mass confusion and even Tyler " The Iceman " Hughes blitz tactics at the end, finding amazing moves with no time on my clock. I wanted Jonathan to look at our game, think of Tyler's style and say, " No wonder. ". Instead Jonathan took a different tack - " No offense, Brian, but I was exhausted, I saw nothing, I played terribly, I missed everything. " When Tyler and Jonathan walked to lunch after the game, Jonathan popped the scoresheet into his mouth and tried to eat it. Later they showed me the smeared,crumpled up scoresheet. As a Chessplayer that is the ultimate tribute. I once crumpled up a scoresheet when I lost to a Smith-Morra Gambit from a lower rated player - over 30 years ago. What kind of game would drive a man to consume the evidence, would turn a happy, handsome curly-haired overgrown Cupid with everything to live for into an angst-ridden scoresheet swallowing satyr? Pictures of Jonathan Hilton http://oriscus.com/dn/selfasart/goat.jpg http://www.sharptattoos.com/color/satyr.jpg http://www.walden.com/walden/_images/custom_images/caspian/Satyr.jpg http://www.oceansbridge.com/paintings/collections/famous-nudes/big/Cabanel_Alexa\ndreXXNymph_and_Satyr.jpg http://www.antoniodacorreggio.org/Venus-and-Cupid-with-a-Satyr-1528.jpg http://www.marcokunardi.com/images/satyr.jpg http://cwest.gavrilo.net/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Nymphs_and_Sat\yr_(1873).png http://www.reproarte.com/files/images/R/ricci_sebastiano/0179-0341-venus_und_amo\r_und_satyr.jpg #2. Hilton-Parking Gate, World Open, 2008 A mild concussion ended my 2008 World Open run before the completion of three rounds. The incident, known as the "ParkingGate Scandal," (https://main.uschess.org/content/view/8549/468/) made me famous. #1. Michaelides-Hilton, National High School Championship, 2008. The resulting article "Hilton on Not Winning Nationals" -- a title I did NOT choose -- was the number one return on Google searches for Jonathan Hilton for well over a year. (It has since dropped to number three, below my articles on William John Barrow's chess and autism and the 2009 Olympiad in Dresden.) From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 11 01:52:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:52:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ICC -- Beware! In-Reply-To: References: <1243722988.4a21b4ecc0c17@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <1247298728.4a5844a862cc1@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "semi-bluff"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1853"] [BlackElo "2048"] [Opening "Bishop's opening/Petrov: Urusov gambit"] [ECO "C24"] [NIC "IG.04"] [Time "01:57:50"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Rhe1 Be6 10. Qh4 h6 11. Bd3 a6 12. Rxe6 fxe6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15. Nf7 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Qf8 17. Re1 Nd7 18. f4 Qxf7 19. Bxf7 Kxf7 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. g4 Re5 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. g5 Bf4+ 28. Kd1 Ne5 29. Qh3 Nc4 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qxb7+ Kg6 32. Qxc6+ Kh5 33. b3 Ne3+ 34. Ke2 Nxc2+ 35. Kd3 Nb4+ 36. Kc3 Nxc6 {White resigns} 0-1 Information about semi-bluff (Last disconnected Sat Jul 11 2009 02:58): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1571 [6] 3 7 0 10 Loser's 1598 [6] 0 2 0 2 Crazyhouse 1722 [6] 7 10 0 17 Bullet 1851 [8] 1917 2177 299 4393 2098 (04-Mar-2008) Blitz 1940 3394 3910 527 7831 2308 (21-Jun-2006) Standard 2253 [6] 88 68 14 170 2263 (01-Jun-2008) 5-minute 1861 1554 1506 178 3238 2071 (22-Feb-2008) 1-minute 1767 [8] 1932 1884 285 4101 1969 (20-Feb-2007) 15-minute 2285 [4] 6 0 0 6 1: Finally an "expert", USCF rating 2020 2: RZiat(GM) tells you: u do play very well -u can be a g/m About 4 games before I lost to Chessman1337 another guy played the Bishop's Gambit. I remembered that was a Joel Johnson favorite. My rule is usually - Move Rooks, not Rook pawns but I seemed to remember the Bishop's Gambit was an exception in that Black can play ... h6 and ... a6 before moving his Rooks. I haven't looked at this theory in decades. Which ones are your students? Brian Wall Information about chessman1337 (Last disconnected Sat Jul 11 2009 03:45): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1069 [6] 3 9 0 12 Loser's 1398 [6] 2 9 0 11 Bughouse 1371 [6] 3 2 0 5 Crazyhouse 1676 [5] 16 18 0 34 1704 (16-May-2009) Bullet 1918 [7] 180 211 12 403 2008 (31-Dec-2007) Blitz 2067 444 550 57 1051 2150 (31-Dec-2007) Standard 1786 [6] 2 3 0 5 5-minute 2020 1129 1071 113 2313 2096 (27-May-2009) 1-minute 1919 6811 6589 459 13859 2034 (26-Mar-2009) 15-minute 1913 [3] 8 9 0 17 1: excerpted from omko's note 8: 2: I cannot understand why people call their opponents "patzer" after losing. Do they feel better that they lost to a patzer??? 3: THINGS YOU'D LOVE TO SAY OUT LOUD AT WORK..... 4: I can see your point, but I still think you're full of shit. 5: How about never? Is never good for you? 6: I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter. 7: I don't work here. I'm a consultant. 8: This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting. 9: If I throw a stick, will you leave? 10: I'm trying to imagine you with a personality. Groups : ajedrez21 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quoting Joel Johnson : Hi Brian, I see that you had the misfortune of running into one of my students on ICC. I have warned you before that the Internet Chess Club is a dangerous place. Beware of my students, they are lurking, among the shadows, waiting for prey... Cya, Joel [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "chessman1337"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Opening "Bishop's opening/Petrov: Urusov gambit"] [ECO "C21"] [NIC "KP.04"] [Time "02:43:53"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Rhe1 Be6 10. Qh4 Na6 11. Nd4 Nc7 12. f4 g6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Ng8 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bf6 Kd7 17. Ne4 b6 18. Bxh8 Qxh8 19. Nf6+ Kc8 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Re1 Nd8 24. Re7 Qf8 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. Qf4+ {Black resigns} 1-0 Top Age 14 June 2009 1 Robson, Ray (12847250) 14 FL USA 2538 2 Zhao, Parker Bi Guang (12787319) 14 NY USA 2284 3 Young, Gregory (12888228) 14 CA USA 2249 4 Aaron, Deepak (12877422) 14 NY USA 2202 5 Yang, Michael (12895744) 14 MN USA 2199 6 Yee, Michael Anthony (12893641) 14 CA USA 2192 7 Heung, Christopher (12829957) 14 FL USA 2182 8 Ng, Andrew (12870005) 14 NJ USA 2181 9 Huang, Vincent (12871188) 14 CA USA 2171 10 Shao, Bob Siyuan (13664333) 14 TX USA 2116 11 Tsoi, Alan (12766716) 14 CA USA 2100 12 Goss, Mel H (12911293) 14 FL USA 2098 13 Swaminathan, Rahul K (12873425) 14 NJ USA 2087 14 Guo, Alex (12895494) 14 WA USA 2079 15 Finney, Stuart S (12853421) 14 RI USA 2078 16 Lin, Andy (12926132) 14 AZ USA 2077 17 Qi, George (12859308) 14 TX USA 2076 18 Zhu, Joshua (12883666) 14 AZ USA 2068 From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Sat Jul 11 01:41:16 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:41:16 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ICC -- Beware! In-Reply-To: <1243722988.4a21b4ecc0c17@www.taom.com> References: <1243722988.4a21b4ecc0c17@www.taom.com> Message-ID: Hi Brian, I see that you had the misfortune of running into one of my students on ICC. I have warned you before that the Internet Chess Club is a dangerous place. Beware of my students, they are lurking, among the shadows, waiting for prey... Cya, Joel [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "chessman1337"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Opening "Bishop's opening/Petrov: Urusov gambit"] [ECO "C21"] [NIC "KP.04"] [Time "02:43:53"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Rhe1 Be6 10. Qh4 Na6 11. Nd4 Nc7 12. f4 g6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Ng8 15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bf6 Kd7 17. Ne4 b6 18. Bxh8 Qxh8 19. Nf6+ Kc8 20. Bd3 Ng6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Re1 Nd8 24. Re7 Qf8 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. Qf4+ {Black resigns} 1-0 Top Age 14 June 2009 1 Robson, Ray (12847250) 14 FL USA 2538 2 Zhao, Parker Bi Guang (12787319) 14 NY USA 2284 3 Young, Gregory (12888228) 14 CA USA 2249 4 Aaron, Deepak (12877422) 14 NY USA 2202 5 Yang, Michael (12895744) 14 MN USA 2199 6 Yee, Michael Anthony (12893641) 14 CA USA 2192 7 Heung, Christopher (12829957) 14 FL USA 2182 8 Ng, Andrew (12870005) 14 NJ USA 2181 9 Huang, Vincent (12871188) 14 CA USA 2171 10 Shao, Bob Siyuan (13664333) 14 TX USA 2116 11 Tsoi, Alan (12766716) 14 CA USA 2100 12 Goss, Mel H (12911293) 14 FL USA 2098 13 Swaminathan, Rahul K (12873425) 14 NJ USA 2087 14 Guo, Alex (12895494) 14 WA USA 2079 15 Finney, Stuart S (12853421) 14 RI USA 2078 16 Lin, Andy (12926132) 14 AZ USA 2077 17 Qi, George (12859308) 14 TX USA 2076 18 Zhu, Joshua (12883666) 14 AZ USA 2068 _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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FearNoEvil (2200) - semi-bluff (2151) [C55] ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 13.12.2006 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.0???0 0???0 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6 14.Rf3 Qe8 15.Qe1 f6 16.e6 f5 17.Be3 Bb6 18.Bf2 Bc8 19.Qe5 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Rf6 21.e7 Rg6 22.Rg3 Rxg3 23.hxg3 Kf7 24.Re1 Black resigns 1???0 ??? Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:52:08 -0600 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com To: bigbear12 at hotmail.com CC: brianwallchess at yahoogroups.com; chess_improvement at yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com Subject: ICC -- Beware! [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "semi-bluff"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1853"] [BlackElo "2048"] [Opening "Bishop's opening/Petrov: Urusov gambit"] [ECO "C24"] [NIC "IG.04"] [Time "01:57:50"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O-O d5 9. Rhe1 Be6 10. Qh4 h6 11. Bd3 a6 12. Rxe6 fxe6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15. Nf7 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Qf8 17. Re1 Nd7 18. f4 Qxf7 19. Bxf7 Kxf7 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. g4 Re5 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. g5 Bf4+ 28. Kd1 Ne5 29. Qh3 Nc4 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Qxb7+ Kg6 32. Qxc6+ Kh5 33. b3 Ne3+ 34. Ke2 Nxc2+ 35. Kd3 Nb4+ 36. Kc3 Nxc6 {White resigns} 0-1 Information about semi-bluff (Last disconnected Sat Jul 11 2009 02:58): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1571 [6] 3 7 0 10 Loser's 1598 [6] 0 2 0 2 Crazyhouse 1722 [6] 7 10 0 17 Bullet 1851 [8] 1917 2177 299 4393 2098 (04-Mar-2008) Blitz 1940 3394 3910 527 7831 2308 (21-Jun-2006) Standard 2253 [6] 88 68 14 170 2263 (01-Jun-2008) 5-minute 1861 1554 1506 178 3238 2071 (22-Feb-2008) 1-minute 1767 [8] 1932 1884 285 4101 1969 (20-Feb-2007) 15-minute 2285 [4] 6 0 0 6 1: Finally an "expert", USCF rating 2020 2: RZiat(GM) tells you: u do play very well -u can be a g/m About 4 games before I lost to Chessman1337 another guy played the Bishop's Gambit. I remembered that was a Joel Johnson favorite. My rule is usually - Move Rooks, not Rook pawns but I seemed to remember the Bishop's Gambit was an exception in that Black can play ... h6 and ... a6 before moving his Rooks. I haven't looked at this theory in decades. Which ones are your students? Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090711/a2908667/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 11 08:41:21 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:41:21 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! Message-ID: <1247323281.4a58a491d7f35@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mickeymike_2005 ----- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:26:58 -0000 From: mickeymike_2005 Reply-To: mickeymike_2005 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hello all, I wonder how many of the "old New England players" I may recognize from Brian's group. I am very curious how well ICC ratings compare to USCF or FIDE ratings. I haven't played in tournaments since 1991 but had a very stable 2242 (2225-2272 over many years of play) USCF rating. My FIDE was 2205, but based on a very limited number of games. I am most interested in 5-minute ICC ratings Hope to hear from many! Mike Statistics for HARTROOK On for: 0 Idle: 0 rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1789 [8] 1429 2519 166 4114 2073 (01-Jun-2002) Blitz 2026 [8] 153 165 32 350 2168 (17-Aug-2005) Standard 1579 [6] 1 0 0 1 5-minute 2019 [4] 1896 1826 258 3980 2066 (20-Sep-2008) 1-minute 1686 [8] 6862 6746 566 14174 1895 (19-Sep-2007) 15-minute 1418 [4] 3 1 0 4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090711/d02a967e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 11 10:51:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:51:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Utah Champion Josh Smith on Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! Message-ID: <1247331074.4a58c30247e5a@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" ----- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:46:38 -0600 From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! To: Brian Wall I spent 10 years of my life on ICC before being consumed by work and forced into a chess sabbatical. I still day dream of becoming a Maestro one day, when I have the time to devote to the game we love. Until then, I continue to be a washed up blitz player able to participate in a tournament once or twice a year. I've always found that the faster the time control got, the more ridiculous my rating became. USCF Standard: 1942 USCF Quick: 1984 ICC Standard Best: 2306 ICC Blitz Best: 2437 ICC Bullet Best: 2525 ICC 5-minute Best: 2125 ICC 1-minute Best: 2182 JD -----Original Message----- From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com [mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:41 AM To: Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! ----- Forwarded message from mickeymike_2005 ----- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:26:58 -0000 From: mickeymike_2005 Reply-To: mickeymike_2005 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hello all, I wonder how many of the "old New England players" I may recognize from Brian's group. I am very curious how well ICC ratings compare to USCF or FIDE ratings. I haven't played in tournaments since 1991 but had a very stable 2242 (2225-2272 over many years of play) USCF rating. My FIDE was 2205, but based on a very limited number of games. I am most interested in 5-minute ICC ratings Hope to hear from many! Mike Statistics for HARTROOK On for: 0 Idle: 0 rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1789 [8] 1429 2519 166 4114 2073 (01-Jun-2002) Blitz 2026 [8] 153 165 32 350 2168 (17-Aug-2005) Standard 1579 [6] 1 0 0 1 5-minute 2019 [4] 1896 1826 258 3980 2066 (20-Sep-2008) 1-minute 1686 [8] 6862 6746 566 14174 1895 (19-Sep-2007) 15-minute 1418 [4] 3 1 0 4 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 11 11:59:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:59:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Steven C Zierk, Bay Area ( ICC Zkid ), the $100 game Message-ID: <1247335163.4a58d2fb8564f@www.taom.com> I've been hammered the last two years by talented kids. Part of the problem is playing out of state. I've never heard of these guys that are killing me. I had to laugh when I saw 75 year old GM Anatoly Lein playing what appeared to be a 12 year old in the World Open. Sometimes I even win the game but the game is such a tough struggle I feel like I am facing a hopeless battle with Father Time. When babies are giving you the battle of your life, it's time to invest in Depends. I asked Tyler Hughes about this and he thought younger players calculated better. I was proud to start the last round half a point ahead of Jonathan Hilton, Renard Anderson and GM Anatoly Lein and tied with Tyler Hughes and Norman Rodgers. I was happy at the end that IM Angelo Young, Emory Tate and Carl B. Boor won money because I like those guys and/or admire their Chess. Tyler was keeping an eye on his young competitor Conrad Holt although he kept referring to him by his backwards ICC handle, Darnoc. Conrad lost his last game but still won $1500.00. I was just glad to feel I belonged there. Even playing Aardvarks and Fishing Poles I finished ahead of about 54 Chessmasters, roughly one for every year of my life. I tied for 32nd out of 129. To really win money I needed two more points. Is that feasible? I want to examine my losses with the idea of how I could improve. Treading water never appealed to me although that's all I've done rating wise for 30 years. The 4 guys who beat me followed some predictable patterns. Three turned down my draw offers. All of them felt like a bulldog was chomped onto my leg and I couldn't shake them off. They squeezed small advantages for hours relentlessly. They kept finding good moves time after time after time. I couldn't outcalculate them, I couldn't distract them, I couldn't bluff them, I couldn't intimidate them. The only way to beat these guys is to work harder on and off the board. After beating 18 year old Jonathan Hilton, I was paired with a 16 year old with a 2300 rating I had never heard of in the last Round 9. Chris Zierk turned out to be a Michael Aigner ( ICC f-pawn ) student. Michael and I had already tangled before when his students were giving Tyler fits in Scholastic Chess. NM Gregory Young is only about 14 years old but he was leading Tyler by half a point in the 2008 US Junior. Tyler barely beat Gregory in the last round to win the title which led to invitations to the World Junior in Turkey and the 2009 US Championship in Saint Louis, Missouri. I could no longer send Bruce Lee ( Tyler Hughes ) to represent my Martial Arts School. I had to face another Aigner monster alone. http://fpawn.blogspot.com/2008/03/steven-zierk-wins-reno-blitz-tournament.html http://fpawn.blogspot.com/ I was training Danielle Rice to win the 2009 World Open Under-1400 section which Steven Zierk had won at age 7! My first thought when I have to play these wunderkinds: " Where do you people come from? " Sheriff Brian Dennehy, Rambo, First Blood It turns out I missed some awesome shots in the opening including one move that looks to me like a one in a thousand or one in 10,000 type shot. To me one man is worth ten thousand if he is first-rate. Heraclitus I honestly believe at least 90% of Grandmasters would miss this killer move. OK, maybe Bobby Fischer or Kasparov or Alekhine or Kramnik or Shirov or Ivanchuk might find it but I think the ordinary Grandmaster would miss it. I missed another move like that against Renteria in Round 1. [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02" ] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5 1-0 Black resigns My 17 Qe3! was good enough to win but 17 Qf4!! stunned even the titled players I showed it to. I believe 90% of Grandmasters would miss that too. The main idea is 18 R:e7+ and 19 Q:d6+ My problem was not that I wasn't thinking hard or trying to win, the Zierk opening was so strange to me I couldn't orient myself. I felt like I had a good position but I didn't know how to proceed. My evaluation functions felt lost in a jungle. All the tactics seemed odd and unknown. I had no landmarks to go by, I was swinging in the dark. I should have taken more time but I didn't really even understand the nature of the problem. A poisonous thought entered my head and wouldn't leave me alone. I thought that I was playing someone better than me, that somehow, NO TACTICS WERE GOING TO WORK OUT. I PLAYED LIKE A MAN DOOMED TO DIE. I couldn't shake that idea but later when the engines revealed all I had missed I felt like a proper fool. Another idea that bothered me was I had no idea what was at stake. I even asked my 16 year old opponent in the middle of the game, " Do you have any idea how much money we are playing for? " Steven had no more idea than I did. It turns out it was $100 but it could easily have been $2,000 for all I knew. Two people faced the tag team of Brian Wall and Tyler Hughes. In both cases I lost and Tyler won. In the first case I claimed to have tired out Norman Rogers by dragging the game out 100 moves and then Tyler beat up a "softened " Norman. After suffering for 5.5 hours against Cal Pete I was shocked to see Tyler's Knight anchored on e6, his Rook on d6, another Rook bearing down on the open h-file Fishing Pole style on Norman's King in the early middle game. " You taught him well, he killed me in the Opening. " Norman " Cal Pete " Rodgers " I grabbed a pawn on f5 but it was much more then a pawn. He couldn't develop. I got a bishop on c4 and the rest of my pieces flowed in. " Tyler Hughes Hughes,T (2377) - Rogers (FM),N (2290) [E61] 2009 World Open Philadelphia, PN (7), 04.07.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Qc2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Rd1 f5 14.e4 c6 15.exf5 Qe7 16.g4 Nf6 17.Nd2 Bd7 18.Nde4 Nh7 19.c5 Be8 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Rd6 b6 22.Re6 Qd8 23.Rd6 Qe7 24.Re6 Qd8 25.Nd6 Bd7 26.Rg6 Qe7 27.Nce4 bxc5 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Nxf6 e4 30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.Nf5 Rxf5 32.gxf5 Qxf5 33.Re6 Rf8 34.0-0 Be5 35.Rxe5 Qxe5 36.Qc3 Qd4 37.Rd1 Qxc3 38.bxc3 Rb8 39.Re1 Kg7 40.Rxe4 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 Rc1 1-0 Checkmates ( Tyler ) tells you: I think my only good games were against Rogers and the last round - my other wins were pretty bumpy. I did an email on Tyler's games with Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg and Grandmaster Boris Gulko which were similar to the Tyler Hughes - Norman Rogers opening. Tyler also did his own annotations this month on beating Gulko and I think he compared our annotations. Tyler has also played some blitz games in this line and discussed it with his trainer, GM Peter Kiriakov. Essentially Norman Rodgers ran into a buzzsaw. When I played over the game I couldn't help feeling that Tyler beat Rodgers the way Gulko should have beaten him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the second case Tyler played Steven Zierk first. Tyler was doing well but messed up in time pressure and ended up swindling Zierk. In this case I claimed that Tyler's lucky win put Chris on High Alert. Even though I lost both games and Tyler won, I still cast myself in the role of hero. Zierk,S (2312) - Hughes,T (2377) [B47] 2009 World Open Philadelphia, PA (4), 03.07.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.a3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Bf4 d6 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.f3 Ne5 13.Na4 Ba7 14.0-0-0 b5 15.Qxd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 Nc4 17.Rc6 e5 18.Rxc4 exf4 19.Rxc8+ Rxc8 20.Nc3 Be3+ 21.Kb1 fxg3 22.hxg3 h5 23.Nd5 Bf2 24.g4 h4 25.f4 f6 26.e5 fxe5 27.fxe5 Rc4 28.Rf1 Rf8 29.g5 Bg3 30.Bf3 Kd8 31.Ne3 Rcf4 32.Rd1+ Kc8 33.Bg2 Rf2 34.e6 Re8 35.Bc6 Rff8 36.Bd7+ Kb8 37.Nd5 h3 38.e7 Rh8 39.Bxe8 Rxe8 40.Ne3 Rxe7 41.Nf5 Re1 42.Kc1 Bf4+ 0-1 40 Ne3??? was played because Zierk had a lot of time and Tyler was very low on time. Steven tried to blitz Tyler, in Colorado, we know not to test the Iceman. Fritz 11 gives Tyler +4 after 31 ... Rd4!! so Tyler did mess up his advantage in the last 10 moves. Even 34 ... Rd8! is +1.5 for Tyler. 35 Bc6! gave Steven Zierk equality for 5 moves until his big new blunder on move 40. Even without 40 Ne3?? Tyler's h-pawn gives him more then enough for the missing pawn. In the opening 15 Qc3 is equal, 15 Q:d6? is tricky but ultimately a big mistake. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyler Hughes and Steven Zierk facebook talk about the game Steven Zierk Angry that I managed to lose a good game against Tyler Hughes ... easily one of my worst blunders. Tyler Hughes at 10:32pm July 10 Yeah, sorry man, I think 40.b3, 41.c4, and king goes to center is pretty bad for me. I can trap your rook on h1 but my king is too far away. Bumpy game, I really should manage my time better :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- My game with Zierk was like a mirror image of Zierk's game with Tyler. Steven had a few chances in the opening but Tyler with Black was winning 90% of that game with Black. I had a few chances in the opening against Zierk but Steven was winning with Black 90% of that game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Zkid(DM) On for: 1:23 Idle: 1 rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1766 37 28 1 66 1838 (25-Jun-2009) Loser's 1681 27 31 2 60 1681 (09-Jul-2009) Bughouse 1698 [6] 7 16 0 23 1708 (06-Mar-2009) Crazyhouse 1677 10 8 0 18 Bullet 2262 791 307 43 1141 2357 (28-Feb-2009) Blitz 2604 [8] 744 334 54 1132 2604 (09-Jun-2009) Standard 2261 [5] 343 123 44 510 2289 (24-Jan-2008) 5-minute 2250 [6] 70 63 11 144 2349 (05-Aug-2008) 1-minute 2251 [7] 779 652 79 1510 2370 (18-Feb-2009) 15-minute 1983 [4] 2 0 0 2 1: Steven Zierk, 2319 USCF, 2306 FIDE 2: Check out http://www.chess.com to improve your chess. 3: I recommend the Team4545 League to anyone attempting to improve their standard play 4: Thanks to this great chess club and the people who keep it alive 5: Light travels faster than sound... isn't that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak? 6: fpawn kibitzes: you LOST this? fpawn kibitzes: my cat couldn't lose this 7: Besides chess my interests are chess, chess, and chess :) (and math/martial arts) 8: There are 10 types of people in the world; those that understand binary, and those that do not. 9: There are 3 kinds of people in the world; those that can do math, and those that can't. 10: There are 2 kinds of people in the world; those that believe that there are 2 kinds of people in the world and those that don't. Groups : STC NorthCA SouthCA Atomic Helpers Losers Team4545League Broadcast --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zierk's ICC finger notes reminded me of a T-shirt at the World Open that made me laugh every time I saw it. " Math illiteracy affects 7 out of every 5 people. 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On the 4th of July, 2009 Saturday Sheryl Crow gave a free performance for thousands of people by the Rocky statue at the Art Museum. In the morning on Sunday the round started earlier than usual at 10 A.M. to give people a chance to catch late plane flights. At 10 the tournament hall looked half deserted. Sitting right next to me, Alejandro Fernandez ( 2196 ) from Mexico was 59.5 minutes late to his game with Norman Rogers. Norman called over a TD but since Alejandro's clock still showed 60 minutes left, they ruled that Fernandez had made it just in time. If Norman had started the clock a tiny bit earlier, he would have gotten the forfeit. Alejandro apologized for making Rogers wait. This is the kind of incident that spurred FIDE's new policy of no tolerance for being late, even 1 second. I think that rule will be amended soon due to absurd forfeitures both in the 2008 Dresden Olympiad and the 2009 Chinese Championship where famous players lost the game because they were a few feet away getting a pen. I played Jonathan Hilton Sunday morning. While Hilton was dining on our scoresheet, Susan Grumer, Danielle Rice and I enjoyed a sumptious Kosher Chinese platter for 3-5 people. Then it was time for the money round. [Event "World Open Under-2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.05"] [Round "9"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Steven C. Zierk"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2312"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"] [ECO "B31"] [NIC "SI.31"] [Time "17:00:00"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 2009 World Open Under 2400 section 17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Board 53 Last money Round 9 July 5, 2009 5 second delay 40/1:55 Game/55 minutes White - Brian Wall, 2 the Kosher Irishman, Thornton, Colorado Black - Steven C. Zierk, Bay Area, California Michael Aigner student 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 I am probably looking at a Bay Area IM Sam Shankland Dragon clone here, not that the Sveshnikov is any fun either. 3. Bb5 Hoping for 3 ... Na5 which looked ridiculous in Bloomer-Wall 2007 Colorado Closed or ICC Game of the Day video Joel Benjamin - Tyler Hughes 2009 US Championship Saint Louis, Missouri 3 ... g6 More proof of my Shankland Dragon theory 4. O-O! Nf6! What I am interested here is how many good moves am I capable of finding in the future. 5. Re1 I know why I played this, the idea of Re1, Bf1, c3, d4 is cool so I ignored other options 5 e5 Ng4 6 B:c6 dc 7 h3 Nh6 5 Nc3 Bg7 6 e5 Ng4 7 B:c6 dc 8 Re1 5 ... Bg7 Fritz 11 prefers 6 ... a6 but I think White would love the extra tempo to play B:c6 6. c3? This bad move took one minute. Fritz 11 prefers 6 e5! or Nc3! here. The idea of turning a Sicilian into a Ruy Lopez is old, the Kopeck system with c3, Bd3 or I see Joel Benjamin and Yudasin play 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 and retreat the light-square Bishop like a Ruy Lopez. 6 ... a6! 7. Bf1? This bad move took 4 minutes. I like this idea but 7 B:c6 is better. A Bishop on the back rank that does not restrict the rooks is developed - Tal Joel Benjamin also mentioned in an ICC video he used to play this idea. Fritz 11 is screaming at me but the maneuver always aesthetically pleased me. 7 ... e5? The subtleties are too much for us and the game is swinging back and forth. 6 c3? handed the ball to Black and now 7 ... e5? hands the ball back to me. 7 ... 0-0!! is much better 8. d4!! cxd4 8 ... d6! 9 dc dc 10 Q:d8+ is not going to appeal to any teenager who needs a $100 win 9. cxd4! exd4 9 ... d6! has not increased its appeal to the Twilight demographic. 10. e5!! I sensed that things might be going my way. This was my chance to beat two Columbine kids in one day. 10 ... Nd5! 10 ... Ng8 looks silly and 10 ... Ng4 11 h3 Ng:e5? obviously loses a piece 11. Bg5!! 2 minutes spent. played partially because I thought Steven might mess up where to play his Queen given a choice and I was right. The best approach is counterintuitive - 11 N:d4!!! 0-0, ... Nde7, ... h6 or ... Qe7 12 Nf3!!! going back to support my extended e5-pawn My move is almost as good 11 ... Qc7? Just a target for a c1-Rook now. I am still better after 11 ... Qb6/a5 12 Nbd2 and the hassling the Queen with Nc4/b3 12. Bf6? This bad move took 8 minutes. The idea is to weaken the dark squares forever. I had lots of juicy options here which is why I was upset the rest of the game. I knew I was doing well at some point. 12 Qb3!!! Nde7 13 Nbd2!! 0-0 14 Ne4!! is very strong. Taking on e5 is out of the question and I can increase the pressure with Rac1 and Nd6. I totally underestimated this line. 12 Nbd2!! is a normal developing move 12 Bc4! is inconsistent but good. 12 Na3! is also promising. I spent a lot of time on 12 N:d4! which was my second choice. I abandoned all obvious continuations in favor of my tricky move and even that should have worked. In the immortal words of Zierk's teacher, Michael Aigner fpawn kibitzes: You LOST this? My cat couldn't lose this! 12 ... Bxf6? 12 ... 0-0!! or ... Kf8!! 13 B:g7+ K:g7 14 Na3 d6 is about equal Triskaidekaphobia (from Greek tris meaning "3", kai meaning "and", and deka meaning "10") is fear of the number 13 13. exf6+? Honestly do you know anyone who wouldn't play this check-capture in a twinkling? It turns out its better to lure the d5-knight away from ... Nd5:f6 with the amazing 13 Nc3!!!!!!!!!!!!! What percentage of GMs do you think would find that move? This is the move that is 1 in a 1,000 or 1 in 10,000. It still seems incredible. The idea is to disturb the complacent d5-Knight. 13 Nc3!! Bg7, ... Bd8 or ... Be7 14 N:d5 is very good for me 13 Nc3!! dc, ... Nde7, ... Ne3, ... N:c3 or... Nf4 14 ef! is also good for me. 13 Nc3!! dc 14 Q:d5?? is a major blunder due to 14 ... 0-0 15 ef cb! I missed a great chance to finish the 2009 World Open with a bang. 13 ... Kf8! 14. Nxd4!! I've missed my great Nc3 chance - 14 Nc3! N:f6!! a convenient retreat 14 ... Nxf6! I went for this because every dark square on the board looks like an invasion square - I must have great comp for the pawn. 15. Nc3! d5 16. Rc1!! Bg4 Steven thought for 15 minutes and made this not particularly good move. This is the point where for no good reason, I got psyched out. I was so frustrated, maybe exhausted from a long tournament, that I started getting this feeling that I was destined to lose this game and nothing I did mattered, like Hillary running against Obama. Even here, where my delusion began, I have 17 N:d5!! Qd6 18 f3!! Q:d5 and here I inexplicably missed the simple 19 N:c6! bc 20 fg! with a slightly better game. No voice told me to play 13 Nc3!! but I immediately thought 17 N:d5!! must be good but talked myself out of it because Zierk thought so long on the move. I don't understand why I would miss so many good moves in an important game, maybe because I am not used to this opening at all. The rest of the game is quite dreary for me as Steven slowly improves his position step by step and I just hang out with no real plan or targets. If I learn the lessons of this game perhaps I can be a prize winner next time. 17. Qd2? Kg7! 18. Nxc6? Just missing everything. What was wrong with me? 18 h3!! Bd7 19 N:d5 N:d5 20 N:c6 B:c6 21 Q:d5 looks equal and I even saw this line and somehow forgot it. 18 ... bxc6! 19. Na4 Now 19 N:d5? Qd6! punishes that stupid 17 Qd2 move. 19 ... a5 20. f3 Bd7! 21. Rc5 Rhb8 22. b3 Rb4 23. Rec1 Qd6 24. Nb2 Kg8 25. Nd3 Rb5! 26. R5c2 Nh5 27. Nc5! I offered a draw somewhere around here. Fritz 11 confirms it's about equal. " I don't know what's going on either but I have a pawn. " Bobby Fischer refusing Hort's draw offer 27 ... Rb6! 28. Na4 Rbb8 29. Nc5 Be8 30. Na6 Rb6 31. Nc5! I didn't trust 31 Q:a5 Qd8 with ideas of ... Qc8 or ... Nc7 This was part of my " Woe is me, the tactics only work out for Steven somehow." mentality. I think I was right on this move. 31 ... Nf4 32. Na4 Rb4! 33. Nc5 Ne6! 34. Nd3! Rh4!! 35. g3! Nd4!! Here I muttered the most common grafitti word found at Steven Zierk's Los Gatos High School. 36. Qf2! Nxc2! 37. gxh4! Na3! So now in addition to being a pawn down my Kingside is messed up. 38. Kh1 Nb5! 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. h5 Ridding myself of one weakness. 40 ... Nd4 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. f4 Bd7 43. Qg5 Rf8 44. Qxf6! Rxf6! 45. Kg2 Bf5! 46. Kg3 Be4 47. Ne5 Kg7 48. Rc5? I was weary of being a pawn down but this is a bad time to go active. 48 ... g5!! 49. Rxa5? Rxf4!! It's all over with pieces hanging and mating nets forming. 50. Ra7+! Kh6! There is no good defense to 51 ... Nf5+ 52 Kh3 Rh4 checkmate 51. Rf7! Nf5+! 52. Rxf5! Rxf5! 53. Ng4+! Kg6! 54. Be2 h5!! 55. Ne3? h4+!! Mating 56. Kh3 Rf2 mating 0-1 Brian resigns It wouldn't be hard to improve on this game, in fact, it would be tough to play worse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open Under-2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.05"] [Round "9"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Steven C. Zierk"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2312"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"] [ECO "B31"] [NIC "SI.31"] [Time "17:00:00"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bg7 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. exf6+ Kf8 14. Nxd4 Nxf6 15. Nc3 d5 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 a5 20. f3 Bd7 21. Rc5 Rhb8 22. b3 Rb4 23. Rec1 Qd6 24. Nb2 Kg8 25. Nd3 Rb5 26. R5c2 Nh5 27. Nc5 Rb6 28. Na4 Rbb8 29. Nc5 Be8 30. Na6 Rb6 31. Nc5 Nf4 32. Na4 Rb4 33. Nc5 Ne6 34. Nd3 Rh4 35. g3 Nd4 36. Qf2 Nxc2 37. gxh4 Na3 38. Kh1 Nb5 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. h5 Nd4 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. f4 Bd7 43. Qg5 Rf8 44. Qxf6 Rxf6 45. Kg2 Bf5 46. Kg3 Be4 47. Ne5 Kg7 48. Rc5 g5 49. Rxa5 Rxf4 50. Ra7+ Kh6 51. Rf7 Nf5+ 52. Rxf5 Rxf5 53. Ng4+ Kg6 54. Be2 h5 55. Ne3 h4+ 56. Kh3 Rf2 0-1 Brian resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Sat Jul 11 17:15:24 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:15:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Utah Champion Josh Smith on Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! In-Reply-To: <1247331074.4a58c30247e5a@www.taom.com> References: <1247331074.4a58c30247e5a@www.taom.com> Message-ID: Hi Mike, For the most part, I think that they are the same. However, for any particular person, people that are better at fast chess will have higher ratings and vice versa. Also, at any particular time, a player's rating may fluntuate quite a bit. For example, I use ICC for training -- build up my endurance (so I frequently play when completely exhausted), try new ideas and lines, and use my games as examples for my students. So, my ICC rating goes up and down like a yo-yo. Also, my USCF rating is extremely low because I play many games versus low rated players at my chess club (Valley Chess - see www.valleychess.org), where all I can do really is lose points. This is why I have had some huge performances, much better than my USCF rating, because as you know Mike, most of my life I was rated well over 2300. Well, despite the fact that I am playing better than ever, my USCF rating keeps bouncing off my floor. There is another reason for this, in that there are many underrated players here in Arizona because of all the coaching. All I do is coach these days, with 40 students, including 4 players rated over 1980 and six players in the top 100 in the US for their age. Thanks, Joel To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:51:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Utah Champion Josh Smith on Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! ----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" ----- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:46:38 -0600 From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! To: Brian Wall I spent 10 years of my life on ICC before being consumed by work and forced into a chess sabbatical. I still day dream of becoming a Maestro one day, when I have the time to devote to the game we love. Until then, I continue to be a washed up blitz player able to participate in a tournament once or twice a year. I've always found that the faster the time control got, the more ridiculous my rating became. USCF Standard: 1942 USCF Quick: 1984 ICC Standard Best: 2306 ICC Blitz Best: 2437 ICC Bullet Best: 2525 ICC 5-minute Best: 2125 ICC 1-minute Best: 2182 JD -----Original Message----- From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com [mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:41 AM To: Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! ----- Forwarded message from mickeymike_2005 ----- Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:26:58 -0000 From: mickeymike_2005 Reply-To: mickeymike_2005 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Mike Hart (Mass)--ICC Ratings.....Hello to Joel Johnson and Brian!! To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hello all, I wonder how many of the "old New England players" I may recognize from Brian's group. I am very curious how well ICC ratings compare to USCF or FIDE ratings. 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I always thought I should win one of those awards but being a judge is a lot more fun. From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Sun Jul 12 01:32:41 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:32:41 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1,000 members In-Reply-To: <1247378712.4a597d1875cc3@www.taom.com> References: <1247378712.4a597d1875cc3@www.taom.com> Message-ID: Hi Brian, Have you ever been nominated before? I have won for when I was Editor of Chess Horizons and have been nominated several other times, including for the story on the 2007 U.S. Senior Championship. You should submit something to Chess Life or Chess Horizons. I think you could win, if you have enough of a story line, besides the games. Cya, Joel > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:05:12 -0600 > From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com > To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com > Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1,000 members > > > > I think I officially have 1,000 people on my email list. > > 362 - Taom > 638 - BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com > > I actually try not to think of that when I write, > it would be too overwhelming, > I am usually writing to one person in my mind. > > Last Taom member to join - > Nathan.Galvin at Gmail.com > > last Yahoo member to join > fcampbell48854 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Jonathan Hilton made me a CJA ( Chess Journalists Association ) judge. > > It has been very exciting reading all the submissions, > even the ones not in my judging categories. Some of > the authors I know, some I have heard of and some are new. > I try to be objective. > > I always thought I should win one of those > awards but being a judge is a lot more fun. > _______________________________________________ > BrianWall-ChessList mailing list > BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com > http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090712/9f3dae73/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jul 12 02:33:01 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:33:01 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Eric K Anderson Message-ID: <1247387581.4a599fbd81303@www.taom.com> Eric K. Anderson and I were both Colorado Junior Champions around 1970. Erik loves the Alekhine's and old school analysis like James Hamblin. We can use computers but we remember the days without them. Erik proposed several times that we write a book on the Alekhine's defense. I was downtown at the Denver Mall Chess tables when Eric unexpectedly showed up. I played him some 5-3 odds blitz. For old times sake we trotted out the Alekhine's and I was more shocked then Erik when I checkmated him in his variation. Eric's last rated game was losing to me in the 2005 Colorado Closed. [Event "Denver Mall Chess Tables blitz"] [Site "16th and Arapahoe, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.9"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Eric K Anderson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2119"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "Noon"] [TimeControl "White Game/3 minutes Black Game/5 minutes"] Old friends playing 5-3 blitz at the Denver Mall Chess tables Brian Wall - White - 3 minutes Eric K. Anderson - Black - 5 minutes July 9, 2009 Hot summer day 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Tal thought for 45 minutes against Larsen and refused to sac. GM Alexander Ivanov beat me with 6 Nd3. 6 ... Kxf7 7. Qh5+! Ke6! 8. c4! N5f6! 9. d5+! Kd6! 10. Qf7! Ne5 11. Bf4! c5! 12. b4? Messing up the move order - I meant to play 12 Nc3!! a6 13 b4 like Anand and others. My move has been played twice. Erik put a lot of years into this variation and I tried to help him from time to time. Nowadays with engines running 24-7 I can't imagine what the variation looks like anymore. 12 ... b6? TL Theoretical Lemon by Eric. 12 ... Qb6!! has been played twice. 13. Nc3!! a6!! Rybka 3 likes 5 moves here - 14 Bd3!, Rb1!, bc+!, b5!, Bg3! all about equal 14 Rb1, bc+ and b5 have been played before 14. Rb1! We have transposed into a position tried 24 years ago. 14 ... cxb4 14 ... g5 15 Bg3 cb might be better 15. Rxb4!! TN Wall Yes, yet another theoretical novelty by yours truly. The impatient 15 B:e5+?? K:e5 16 Rb3 had been tried which loses to 16 ... e6!!!, ... Bd7!! or ... g5!! 15 ... b5? 15 ... g5!! again appears to be correct 16. Bxe5+ OK but the real move is 16 Rb2!!! intending 17 Re2!!! 16 a3!! safeguarding my Rook is good too 16 ... Kxe5! 17. c5!! I have a killer threat of 18 f4+!!! but in a blitz game Eric can be forgiven for not finding the only move to save his beloved Alekhine's, 17 ... g5!!! then 18 g3! g4! 19 Bg2! Qa5 20 Rb3! still leaves Anderson's King in No Man's Land. Eric will be in trouble after 21 0-0! 17 ... Qa5?? 18. f4+!! mating Kf5 Only legal move 19. Bd3+!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I asked Eric if he was begging for a draw, thinking about 19 Bd3+ Kh4 20 g3 Kg4 21 Be2+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ Kg4 23 Be2+ " Are you asking for a draw? " Eric, smiling " No, I just wanted to know if you were begging for one. " Brian, smiling 19 g3!!!! mates quicker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 ... Kg4 Only legal move 20. Be2+!! Kf5? 21. g4# Eric could have stretched out the checkmate with 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ or Kf2 both checkmate equally fast. We examined both moves in the post-mortem. 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ or Kf2 checkmate equally fast 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ Kg4 23 Kf2! g6 24 h3+ Kh5 25 Be2+ ( for the third time ) Kh6! 26 g4! g5! 27 fg+ K:g5 28 h4+ Kh6 29 g5# checkmate You can see how this variation might tempt White but also how a well prepared Black player might win. As for my mistakes, I should play 12 Nc3 before b4 I missed 16 Rb2!! or 16 a3! but all in all I played alright for only having 3 minutes. Can Eric save his line? 12 ... Qb6! is OK and there are 10th move options as well like 10 ... Nb8 and ... Nb6 That's all I know for now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Mall Chess Tables blitz"] [Site "16th and Arapahoe, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.9"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Eric K Anderson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2119"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "Noon"] [TimeControl "White Game/3 minutes Black Game/5 minutes"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. b4 b6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rb1 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b5 16. Bxe5+ Kxe5 17. c5 Qa5 18. f4+ Kf5 19. Bd3+ Kg4 20. Be2+ Kf5 21. g4# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Alkmaar ACCOM op-B"] [Site "Alkmaar"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Carrion Lara, Luis"] [Black "Rijksen, H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B04"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1985.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nc3 a6 13. b4 c5 14. Rb1 cxb4 15. Bxe5+ Kxe5 16. Rxb4 e6 17. Rb3 Qe7 18. f4+ Kd4 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Na4 exd5 21. Rd3+ Ke4 22. Nc3+ Kxf4 23. g3+ Kg5 24. Nxd5 Bc5 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Bg2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Bf5 28. Rf1 Rad8 29. Bd5 Kg6 30. Bf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 32. Rff3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 h5 34. h4 Re6 35. a4 a5 36. Kd2 Re5 37. Rd3 Kf5 38. Rd7 g6 39. Rf7+ Kg4 40. Rf6 Kxg3 0-1 From bigbear12 at hotmail.com Sun Jul 12 11:32:59 2009 From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:32:59 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Eric K Anderson In-Reply-To: <1247387581.4a599fbd81303@www.taom.com> References: <1247387581.4a599fbd81303@www.taom.com> Message-ID: Hi Brian, Very nice game! So, I will pass on a few of my Alekhine's crushes. But, remember for every one of these games as White, I have many more wins from the Black side. Enjoy, Joel Johnson, Joel (2207) - Sypherd, Tyler (1580) [B04] Blitz 4 0 Glendale, AZ (1), 22.01.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nb6 5.a4 a5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Ng5 Qc8 9.Qf3 Nd5 10.Qf7+ Kd8 11.Nxe6+ Bxe6 12.Qe8# 1?0 MysteryMan (2217) - gaiboro (1957) [B02] ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 19.04.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 d5 8.cxd6 exd6 9.Nf3 d5 10.Bb3 Be7 11.d4 0?0 12.0?0 Bg4 13.Bc2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Qh5 h6 16.f4 Bh4 17.g3 Be7 18.f5 Bg5 19.f6 gxf6 20.h4 Bxc1 21.Qf5 Black resigns 1?0 MysteryMan (2200) - LenGit (2209) [B03] ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 17.04.2009 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Bd3 0?0 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.Qd2 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Bf5 14.0?0?0 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 Nf5 16.Qh3 Nxc4 17.g4 Ne7 18.Qh6 f5 19.Rh3 Rf7 20.f3 Rc8 21.Rg1 Nb6 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Rxg6+ hxg6 24.Qh8# Black checkmated 1?0 MysteryMan (2249) - Montserrat (2139) [B02] ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 08.08.2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 d5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.d4 Be7 10.Qg4 g6 11.Nf3 h5 12.Qf4 Na5 13.h4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bd7 15.Rh3 a5 16.Ng5 0?0 17.g4 hxg4 18.Qxg4 Kg7 19.h5 Rh8 20.Nxf7 Qe8 21.Qxg6+ Kf8 22.Rf3 Rxh5 23.Nh6+ Rf5 24.Qg8# Black checkmated 1?0 MysteryMan (2200) - Nanuk (2171) [B03] ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 13.08.2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 dxe5 6.Qh5 e6 7.dxe5 Nc6 8.Nf3 Nd4 9.0?0 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Nc3 0?0 12.Qg4 Re8 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Ne4 Kh8 16.Bg5 Qb4 17.Rfe1 Nd5 18.c3 Qb6 19.Qh4 c5 20.Rd3 Be7 21.Rh3 h6 22.Bf6 Kg8 23.Rg3 Bxf6 24.exf6 g6 25.Qxh6 Black resigns 1?0 > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:33:01 -0600 > From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com > To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com > Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Eric K Anderson > > > Eric K. Anderson and I were both Colorado Junior Champions around 1970. Erik > loves the Alekhine's and old school analysis like James Hamblin. We can use > computers but we remember the days without them. Erik proposed several times > that we write a book on the Alekhine's defense. I was downtown at the Denver > Mall Chess tables when Eric unexpectedly showed up. I played him some 5-3 odds > blitz. For old times sake we trotted out the Alekhine's and I was more shocked > then Erik when I checkmated him in his variation. Eric's last rated game was > losing to me in the 2005 Colorado Closed. > > > [Event "Denver Mall Chess Tables blitz"] > [Site "16th and Arapahoe, Denver, CO"] > [Date "2009.07.9"] > [Round "1"] > [White "B-Wall"] > [Black "Eric K Anderson"] > [Result "1-0"] > [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] > [WhiteElo "2215"] > [BlackElo "2119"] > [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"] > [ECO "B04"] > [NIC "AL.05"] > [Time "Noon"] > [TimeControl "White Game/3 minutes Black Game/5 minutes"] > > Old friends playing 5-3 blitz at the Denver Mall Chess tables > Brian Wall - White - 3 minutes > Eric K. Anderson - Black - 5 minutes > > July 9, 2009 > > Hot summer day > > 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 > > Tal thought for 45 minutes against Larsen and refused to sac. > GM Alexander Ivanov beat me with 6 Nd3. > > > 6 ... Kxf7 7. Qh5+! Ke6! 8. c4! N5f6! > 9. d5+! Kd6! 10. Qf7! Ne5 11. Bf4! c5! 12. b4? > > Messing up the move order - > I meant to play 12 Nc3!! a6 13 b4 > like Anand and others. > My move has been played twice. > Erik put a lot of years into this variation > and I tried to help him from time to time. > Nowadays with engines running 24-7 I can't > imagine what the variation looks like anymore. > > > 12 ... b6? TL > > Theoretical Lemon by Eric. > 12 ... Qb6!! has been played twice. > > > 13. Nc3!! a6!! > > Rybka 3 likes 5 moves here - > 14 Bd3!, Rb1!, bc+!, b5!, Bg3! > all about equal > 14 Rb1, bc+ and b5 > have been played before > > > 14. Rb1! > > We have transposed into a position tried 24 years ago. > > 14 ... cxb4 > > 14 ... g5 15 Bg3 cb > might be better > > > 15. Rxb4!! TN Wall > > Yes, yet another theoretical novelty by yours truly. > The impatient 15 B:e5+?? K:e5 16 Rb3 had been > tried which loses to 16 ... e6!!!, ... Bd7!! or ... g5!! > > > > 15 ... b5? > > 15 ... g5!! again appears to be correct > > > > 16. Bxe5+ > > OK but the real move is > 16 Rb2!!! intending 17 Re2!!! > 16 a3!! safeguarding my Rook is good too > > 16 ... Kxe5! 17. c5!! > > I have a killer threat of 18 f4+!!! > but in a blitz game Eric can be forgiven > for not finding the only move to save his > beloved Alekhine's, 17 ... g5!!! > then 18 g3! g4! 19 Bg2! Qa5 20 Rb3! > still leaves Anderson's King in No Man's Land. > Eric will be in trouble after 21 0-0! > > 17 ... Qa5?? 18. f4+!! mating Kf5 Only legal move 19. Bd3+!! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I asked Eric if he was begging for a draw, > thinking about 19 Bd3+ Kh4 20 g3 Kg4 > 21 Be2+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ Kg4 23 Be2+ > > " Are you asking for a draw? " > Eric, smiling > > " No, I just wanted to know if you were begging for one. " > Brian, smiling > > 19 g3!!!! mates quicker > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 19 ... Kg4 Only legal move 20. Be2+!! Kf5? 21. g4# > > Eric could have stretched out the checkmate with > 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ or Kf2 both checkmate equally fast. > We examined both moves in the post-mortem. > 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ or Kf2 checkmate equally fast > 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ Kg4 23 Kf2! g6 > 24 h3+ Kh5 25 Be2+ ( for the third time ) Kh6! 26 g4! g5! > 27 fg+ K:g5 28 h4+ Kh6 29 g5# checkmate > > You can see how this variation might tempt White but > also how a well prepared Black player might win. > > As for my mistakes, I should play 12 Nc3 before b4 > I missed 16 Rb2!! or 16 a3! > but all in all I played alright for only having 3 minutes. > > Can Eric save his line? > 12 ... Qb6! is OK > and there are 10th move options as well like > 10 ... Nb8 and ... Nb6 > > That's all I know for now. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Event "Denver Mall Chess Tables blitz"] > [Site "16th and Arapahoe, Denver, CO"] > [Date "2009.07.9"] > [Round "1"] > [White "B-Wall"] > [Black "Eric K Anderson"] > [Result "1-0"] > [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] > [WhiteElo "2215"] > [BlackElo "2119"] > [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"] > [ECO "B04"] > [NIC "AL.05"] > [Time "Noon"] > [TimeControl "White Game/3 minutes Black Game/5 minutes"] > > 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ > Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. b4 b6 13. Nc3 a6 14. > Rb1 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b5 16. Bxe5+ Kxe5 17. c5 Qa5 18. f4+ Kf5 19. Bd3+ Kg4 20. > Be2+ Kf5 21. g4# > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Event "Alkmaar ACCOM op-B"] > [Site "Alkmaar"] > [Date "1985.??.??"] > [Round "1"] > [White "Carrion Lara, Luis"] > [Black "Rijksen, H."] > [Result "0-1"] > [ECO "B04"] > [PlyCount "80"] > [EventDate "1985.??.??"] > [EventType "swiss"] > [EventRounds "7"] > [EventCountry "NED"] > [Source "ChessBase"] > [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] > > 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 > 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nc3 a6 13. b4 c5 14. Rb1 cxb4 > 15. Bxe5+ Kxe5 16. Rxb4 e6 17. Rb3 Qe7 18. f4+ Kd4 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Na4 exd5 > 21. Rd3+ Ke4 22. Nc3+ Kxf4 23. g3+ Kg5 24. Nxd5 Bc5 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Bg2 Re8+ > 27. Kd2 Bf5 28. Rf1 Rad8 29. Bd5 Kg6 30. Bf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 32. Rff3 Rxd3+ > 33. Kxd3 h5 34. h4 Re6 35. a4 a5 36. Kd2 Re5 37. Rd3 Kf5 38. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090712/3f585e69/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 13 00:54:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:54:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curtis Carlson on Eric K Anderson Message-ID: <1247468048.4a5ada10e4dd9@www.taom.com> There are 3 people I have always admired for their accurate memory of events and dates, Curtis Carlson, Bill Engels and David Vigorito. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson ----- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:00:39 -0700 From: Curt Carlson Reply-To: Curt Carlson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Eric K Anderson To: Brian Wall Eric Anderson won the first tournament I ever played in, the 1968 Junior Open. I fell for a back rank mate a Queen up in the fifth round and was already suicidal about chess at age 14. Eric also played in the 1969 Denver Open, won by Jude Acers 7-0, beating Wendling en route! ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:33 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Eric K Anderson Eric K. Anderson and I were both Colorado Junior Champions around 1970. Erik loves the Alekhine's and old school analysis like James Hamblin. We can use computers but we remember the days without them. Erik proposed several times that we write a book on the Alekhine's defense. I was downtown at the Denver Mall Chess tables when Eric unexpectedly showed up. I played him some 5-3 odds blitz. For old times sake we trotted out the Alekhine's and I was more shocked then Erik when I checkmated him in his variation. Eric's last rated game was losing to me in the 2005 Colorado Closed. [Event "Denver Mall Chess Tables blitz"] [Site "16th and Arapahoe, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.9"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Eric K Anderson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2119"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "Noon"] [TimeControl "White Game/3 minutes Black Game/5 minutes"] Old friends playing 5-3 blitz at the Denver Mall Chess tables Brian Wall - White - 3 minutes Eric K. Anderson - Black - 5 minutes July 9, 2009 Hot summer day 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Tal thought for 45 minutes against Larsen and refused to sac. GM Alexander Ivanov beat me with 6 Nd3. 6 ... Kxf7 7. Qh5+! Ke6! 8. c4! N5f6! 9. d5+! Kd6! 10. Qf7! Ne5 11. Bf4! c5! 12. b4? Messing up the move order - I meant to play 12 Nc3!! a6 13 b4 like Anand and others. My move has been played twice. Erik put a lot of years into this variation and I tried to help him from time to time. Nowadays with engines running 24-7 I can't imagine what the variation looks like anymore. 12 ... b6? TL Theoretical Lemon by Eric. 12 ... Qb6!! has been played twice. 13. Nc3!! a6!! Rybka 3 likes 5 moves here - 14 Bd3!, Rb1!, bc+!, b5!, Bg3! all about equal 14 Rb1, bc+ and b5 have been played before 14. Rb1! We have transposed into a position tried 24 years ago. 14 ... cxb4 14 ... g5 15 Bg3 cb might be better 15. Rxb4!! TN Wall Yes, yet another theoretical novelty by yours truly. The impatient 15 B:e5+?? K:e5 16 Rb3 had been tried which loses to 16 ... e6!!!, ... Bd7!! or ... g5!! 15 ... b5? 15 ... g5!! again appears to be correct 16. Bxe5+ OK but the real move is 16 Rb2!!! intending 17 Re2!!! 16 a3!! safeguarding my Rook is good too 16 ... Kxe5! 17. c5!! I have a killer threat of 18 f4+!!! but in a blitz game Eric can be forgiven for not finding the only move to save his beloved Alekhine's, 17 ... g5!!! then 18 g3! g4! 19 Bg2! Qa5 20 Rb3! still leaves Anderson's King in No Man's Land. Eric will be in trouble after 21 0-0! 17 ... Qa5?? 18. f4+!! mating Kf5 Only legal move 19. Bd3+!! ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- I asked Eric if he was begging for a draw, thinking about 19 Bd3+ Kh4 20 g3 Kg4 21 Be2+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ Kg4 23 Be2+ " Are you asking for a draw? " Eric, smiling " No, I just wanted to know if you were begging for one. " Brian, smiling 19 g3!!!! mates quicker ---------------------------------------------------------- 19 ... Kg4 Only legal move 20. Be2+!! Kf5? 21. g4# Eric could have stretched out the checkmate with 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ or Kf2 both checkmate equally fast. We examined both moves in the post-mortem. 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ or Kf2 checkmate equally fast 20 Be2+!! Kh4 21 g3+ Kh3 22 Bf1+ Kg4 23 Kf2! g6 24 h3+ Kh5 25 Be2+ ( for the third time ) Kh6! 26 g4! g5! 27 fg+ K:g5 28 h4+ Kh6 29 g5# checkmate You can see how this variation might tempt White but also how a well prepared Black player might win. As for my mistakes, I should play 12 Nc3 before b4 I missed 16 Rb2!! or 16 a3! but all in all I played alright for only having 3 minutes. Can Eric save his line? 12 ... Qb6! is OK and there are 10th move options as well like 10 ... Nb8 and ... Nb6 That's all I know for now. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Mall Chess Tables blitz"] [Site "16th and Arapahoe, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.9"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Eric K Anderson"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2119"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Larsen variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "Noon"] [TimeControl "White Game/3 minutes Black Game/5 minutes"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. b4 b6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rb1 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b5 16. Bxe5+ Kxe5 17. c5 Qa5 18. f4+ Kf5 19. Bd3+ Kg4 20. Be2+ Kf5 21. g4# ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Alkmaar ACCOM op-B"] [Site "Alkmaar"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Carrion Lara, Luis"] [Black "Rijksen, H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B04"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1985.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nc3 a6 13. b4 c5 14. Rb1 cxb4 15. Bxe5+ Kxe5 16. Rxb4 e6 17. Rb3 Qe7 18. f4+ Kd4 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Na4 exd5 21. Rd3+ Ke4 22. Nc3+ Kxf4 23. g3+ Kg5 24. Nxd5 Bc5 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Bg2 Re8+ 27. Kd2 Bf5 28. Rf1 Rad8 29. Bd5 Kg6 30. Bf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 32. Rff3 Rxd3+ 33. Kxd3 h5 34. h4 Re6 35. a4 a5 36. Kd2 Re5 37. Rd3 Kf5 38. Rd7 g6 39. Rf7+ Kg4 40. Rf6 Kxg3 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090713/cd0b745c/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 13 19:02:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:02:56 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I feel your pain Message-ID: <1247533376.4a5bd940c1350@www.taom.com> I spam myself at BrianWallChess at Hotmail.com and have to remove hundreds of my own emails. Robert Stevens claims to have a folder with 8,000 Brian Wall Chess emails in it. Sunday I walked around in the 90 degree heat for 8 hours, 6 at the zoo with my son Devon ( 10 ) and then 2 more at the tennis courts. I gave Devon a quarter for every perfect lob. " I wasn't myself at the beginning, Daddy, but then I warmed up. I am #1 in my tennis class. " Devon used my trick of waiting till the last minute before hitting the ball exactly right. At one point after a devastating drop shot I even exclaimed, " You little bastard. " Several of his shots dropped from the sky right in the corner. The next day I felt like I had survived a war. I feel your pain From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 13 22:19:05 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:19:05 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] G/29 This Week Greeley, Colorado Message-ID: <1247545145.4a5c0739ad60e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Lee Lahti ----- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:51:53 -0600 From: Lee Lahti Reply-To: Lee Lahti Subject: G/29 This Week To: fort_collins_chess at yahoogroups.com The July G/29 Grand Prix event is this Thursday night in Greeley in the Food Court of the University Center on the UNC campus. First round starts at 700pm. Entry fee is as always - $3. We always seem to have a good turnout in Greeley - hopefully that will be the case Thursday night. If you are planning to play, please send an email so I can pre-register you. It makes registration so much easier. Please forward this to to your chess club and mailing lists members. If you have any questions about the tourney, please send me an email at lee.lahti at comcast.net or call me at 970-372-8590. I hope to see many of you on Thursday night. Lee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090713/3d7b92d5/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 13 23:22:39 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:22:39 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gbrown says: great attack! Message-ID: <1247548959.4a5c161f38b7b@www.taom.com> This one should make the next three Joel Johnson books. Ed Boudrot and I prepared this for IM David Vigorito 20 years ago. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Gbrown On for: 1:57 Idle: 0 Gbrown is currently involved in a match against Capayespada. rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 1954 19 12 0 31 1971 (13-Jul-2009) 5-minute 1868 104 104 26 234 2202 (11-Jul-2009) 1-minute 1262 [7] 0 1 0 1 15-minute 2244 [2] 2 0 0 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Gbrown"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [BlackElo "1868"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "00:51:38"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 The Polugaevsky System against the Grunfeld. Hans Berliner's The System had tons of original, juicy analysis on this. 10 ... h5 11. Kf1 Rybka switches plans on me with 11 0-0! 11 ... cxd4! 12. cxd4! Na5! 13. Bd3! b6 14. e5 Rybka counts mobility with 14 Rc1! but that has nothing to do with sac-sac-mate 14 ... e6 15. Nf4 Bb7! 16. Nxh5!? That's what I'm talking about. The soup isn't quite ready to be eaten yet, I should heat it up with 16 Rh3!! first 16 ... gxh5! 17. Qxh5! Re8? Only 17 ... f5! survives, anything else is insta-death 18. Rh3! I can throw in a Qh7+!! if I want first 18 ... Kf8 19. Rg3!!! I can throw in a 19 Qh7! if I want first 19 ... Qd5 20. Rxg7!!! mating 20 ... Ke7 21. Qxf7+! Kd8! 22. Bg5+ Seeing if I can grab some more pieces before I have to close the curtain. {Black resigns} 1-0 That's how it's supposed to go. Gbrown says: great attack! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Gbrown"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [BlackElo "1868"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "00:51:38"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. Kf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bd3 b6 14. e5 e6 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Nxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Re8 18. Rh3 Kf8 19. Rg3 Qd5 20. Rxg7 Ke7 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Bg5+ {Black resigns} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess stuff I've most enjoyed reading lately John Watson books signed by the author Bill Hook Memoirs signed by the Author BillHook25 at Yahoo.com Dan Heisman Novice Nook Name : Dan Heisman Email : danheisman at comcast.net David Vigorito's Chess Horizon columns Shabalov's report on the Canadian Open where 2700's like Shirov and Ni Hua demolish 1800's http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5580 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 14 01:26:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:26:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Youtube wars Message-ID: <1247556376.4a5c33186f5d3@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIjDvqCVftw KingsCrusher has done 4 videos on Nezhmetdinov- that's cool, most Chessplayers have never heard of him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvX6aM-fXjY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhDYFwnaGsQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWRA0jMRdyc Hats off to Kingscrusher for that. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem is I helped Chris Peterson make a Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzXOpqcJdg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuz1bYdo3M&feature=related --------------------------------------------------------------------- Therefore I was quite horrified when Kingscrusher was crushing me with careful, thoughtful play on ICC. I redoubled my efforts, crushed Kingscrusher's King and salvaged the honor of Rashid Rashid, Parts 1 and 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "KingsCrusher"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "Vienna game"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "03:05:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3 g6 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4 Bxa2 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. b3 b4 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Kb2 Ne2 26. Kxa2 Ra7+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxh1 32. Ne2 Rb1# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Somewhere out there a very grateful young man in Lake Grandby, Colorado is howling at the moon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I would also like to remind everyone that Andy Rea will be at the Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night, 7 PM 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado to autograph his life opus, Chess on the Ledge July 14, 2009 I expect twice the usual turnout. Joe Ford might even make a suprise visit from Chicago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From insightscoaching at exergy.com Tue Jul 14 01:11:22 2009 From: insightscoaching at exergy.com (Miriam Hunt) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:41:22 +0530 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Take it and you won't look at young men with envy to their irrepressible passion. Message-ID: <20090714124122.3020802@exergy.com> Show her all your power http://yunw.wlumowur.cn/ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 14 02:22:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:22:02 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] KingsCrusher Message-ID: <1247559722.4a5c402aa85e6@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Kingscrusher was making a Youtube video of our game just as I was writing an email of our game. He left me a message on ICC with the link. The rain came in my room while I was on vacation and ruined my speakers. I had no sound to hear his message or his video. I'll sure check it out when I do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Kingscrusher Youtube video of our game. First Two comments on the video adi11235 (27 minutes ago) Nice, Brian Wall! numbcore (32 minutes ago) too bad man :P at least you learned something for tonight :) numbcore (40 minutes ago) "uploaded 4 minutes ago" hehe I caught this new video really quickly :D -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=OIjDvqCVftw KingsCrusher has done 4 videos on Nezhmetdinov- that's cool, most Chessplayers have never heard of him. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qvX6aM- fXjY http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qhDYFwnaGsQ http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=rWRA0jMRdyc Hats off to Kingscrusher for that. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - The problem is I helped Chris Peterson make a Polugaevsky- Nezhmetdinov video - http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=xJzXOpqcJdg http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=BOuz1bYdo3M& feature=related ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Therefore I was quite horrified when Kingscrusher was crushing me with careful, thoughtful play on ICC. I redoubled my efforts, crushed Kingscrusher' s King and salvaged the honor of Rashid Rashid, Parts 1 and 2 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14" ] [Round "-"] [White "KingsCrusher" ] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "Vienna game"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "03:05:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3 g6 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4 Bxa2 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. b3 b4 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Kb2 Ne2 26. Kxa2 Ra7+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxh1 32. Ne2 Rb1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Somewhere out there a very grateful young man in Lake Grandby, Colorado is howling at the moon. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - I would also like to remind everyone that Andy Rea will be at the Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night, 7 PM 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado to autograph his life opus, Chess on the Ledge July 14, 2009 I expect twice the usual turnout. Joe Ford might even make a suprise visit from Chicago. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 14 02:38:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:38:38 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] KingsCrusher/B-Wall Youtube Chess video of our ICC blitz game Message-ID: <1247560718.4a5c440eee6c1@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel KingsCrusher tells you: hi KingsCrusher has left a message for you. Entering examine mode for game 341. Game appended to C:\PROGRAM FILES\INTERNET CHESS CLUB\BLITZIN 2.5\B-Wall.pgn KingsCrusher tells you: hi KingsCrusher tells you: hi brian KingsCrusher tells you: ive done a youtube video of your win | 0 3 0 0% KingsCrusher tells you: sent you the url KingsCrusher tells you: sorry your busy... maybe chat later if u want ( because I couldn't hear the tell whistle ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15. KingsCrusher (03:40 14-Jul-09 EDT): i have a video of our game if you would like to embed it on your website brian - well done on the counterattack. The video is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have seen Robert Ramirez and Chris Peterson make these ICC Youtube videos of their blitz games ( sagacious00004 channel ) and I know Greg Shahade has done like a thousand of them. Apparently Kingscrusher has done 250 of them. our game is Chessworld.net presents Blitz #249 vs. B-Wall (2036) - Morning of 14th July 2009 channel Kingscrusher Kingscrusher says funny things about me and the game during the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel You can clearly see my blitz style that NM Josh Bloomer makes fun of - I play fast without paying much attention until I am completely lost. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 14 12:07:49 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:07:49 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1247594869.4a5cc975d3ad1@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:42:05 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On July 7th, the CSCC had 11 members in attendance. The evening's event was a 7-round, double-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5). David Meliti came out of the woodwork to take everyone down a notch and claim the top spot. Here are the results: Score Player 11.5 David Meliti 10.5 Paul Anderson 10.5 Jeff Fox 9.5 Buck Buchanan 6.0 Dean Brown 5.0 Klayton Kendall 3.0 Jason Feith 0.0 Mitchell Pjontek Comments From Email Martin Deschner, Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:10 PM For a Class C Player, Joseph Aragon plays a strong game of chess! I saw him draw Master Bardwick in a Queen and Pawns vs. Queen and Pawns endgame at a Simul. At the Glendale Chess Club, Aragon won by attacking his opponents center, while being two pieces down! I'm still shaking my head over the Glendale CC game! [Comment is about this newsletter: (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Jul_07_2009.html)] Klayton Kendall, Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:13 PM ...I think your club is great, and everyone was very welcoming to me. I hope to participate more in the future... New And Improved Archive The Newsletter archive has been updated. Now you can view all 153 game titles and quickly find which ones have videos. http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletters.htm Game Of The Week By Barbie Fortune I do not believe I ever defeated Al Ufer even though we were often paired. Al, Kathy Schneider, and I enjoy chess and the tournaments, but we would quickly sink to the back tables at tournaments where we would often be paired with one another and have some rousing games. Al Ufer, Dean Brown, and Kathy Schneider always came to Casper or Cheyenne to play in the Wyoming Open. Jon and I would invite many people to join us at an Italian restaurant in Craig, CO back when Rick and Mary Nelson would host the Northwest Open. Al, Dean, Kathy became known as the Brown Van Gang. We would all eat tons of pasta and debate our games for hours along with the Nelsons and anyone from Cheyenne who had crammed into our car for a weekend of chess. This became a tradition, and we kept it up wherever we were playing: Cheyenne, Denver or Craig. Al Ufer also helped organize one of the Manitou Springs tournaments where, in addition to the rated tournament, there was an unrated community tournament. He had prizes for it as well as the rated tournament. It was the first time I ever won a tournament. A win shared with Renae Delaware, perhaps the start of her career. Once at a tournament in Manitou Springs, my husband Jon was the TD or one of the TD group, and as the round was about to start, no one could find Al. Jon looked everywhere even dispatching people to walk down the street to see if he was in a restaurant. We were all starting to get worried when Al appeared. He had been sleeping on the floor in the tournament hall, but he was perpendicular to one of the pillars in the back and thus invisible to the rushed searchers. Al was well rested and indignant about all of the fuss. Brown Van Gang (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (153) Ufer,Allan (1111) - Fortune,Barbara (862) [B12] Colorado Open Denver (6), 06.09.1999 [Fritz 5.32] 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Nd7 4.Bf4 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Bd3 White fights for the Initiative 6...g6 Secures f5 7.0-0 c5 Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base 8.b3= [8.c3 Bg7+/= ] 8...Nf5+/- 9.Bxf5 gxf5 10.c4 dxc4 11.bxc4 Bg7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Qb3= [>=13.Nc3!?+/- ] 13...exd5 14.Rd1=/+ [14.Bg5 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.cxd5 Qxa1 18.Qe3+ Kd8+/- ] 14...0-0+/- [>=14...Bd7!? is the best option Black has 15.a4 Bc6 16.cxd5 Nxd5= ] 15.cxd5! securing the lead 15...Bd7?+- [>=15...c4 16.Qb5! White gets the advantage 16...f6+/- ] 16.Qe3??= weakening the position [>=16.a4 c4 17.Qc2+- ] 16...Ba4 17.Nc3 White plans d6 17...Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Nc4+/= [18...Rc8!?=/+ is noteworthy] 19.Qc1-/+ [>=19.Qxc5 Rc8 20.Qb5+/= ] 19...Qa5= [>=19...Re8!?-/+ ] 20.d6 White advances the passed pawn. White launches an attack 20...Qa3+/= [>=20...b5!?= is interesting] 21.Nd5 Rfe8??+- Pawn e5, live or die! [>=21...Qa4+/= ] 22.Qxc4 b6 23.Ne7+ Rxe7 24.dxe7! the knockout punch. 24...h6 25.Rd8+ Rxd8 26.exd8Q+ Kh7 27.Qdd3+- Qc1+ 28.Bxc1 h5 29.Qxf5+ Kg8 30.Qcxf7+ 1-0 Upcoming Events 7/14 Round Robin G/15, CSCC 7/15,22,29 2009 July East Coast Deli Final Rounds, CSCC 7/16,23,30 2009 July USAFA Chess Final Rounds, CSCC 7/16 July 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA 7/21 Quads: USCF rated G/30, otherwise G/20, CSCC 7/25-26 Boulder Chess Festival Open, BCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://www.cafepress.com/cs_chess Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. 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Name: counter.php?sc_project=2194035&java=0&security=807e001e&invisible=1 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 49 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090714/5e70f976/attachment.obj From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 14 12:38:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:38:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] My Mother was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Message-ID: <1247596683.4a5cd08ba7ea2@www.taom.com> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=wilkes-Barre&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&oe=utf8&rlz=1I7ADBR_en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=mrFcSrOMHIOoswOO5vSnCg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1 My Mother was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworthian/2007/08/traxler-counter-attack-wilkes-barre.html When Tactic Freak lined up Bishop and Knight for a smackdown on f7 I just naturally reacted like a Pennsylvanian. It's in my blood. " The amateur greatly overvalues winning a Rook in the corner with his Knight. " David Bronstein [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "TacticFreak"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2071"] [BlackElo "2058"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Charlick (Englund) gambit"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "12:16:46"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 In Colorado this is David Wallace/Chris Peterson style Chess. Chris is the webmaster for BrianWallChess.net 4. e4! This is reminiscent of Keith Hayward's approach to the Fromm's Gambit 1 f4 e5 2 fe d6 3 Nf3 de 4 e4 4 ... fxe5! 5. Bc4! Nf6! 6. Ng5 Bc5!? 6 ... d5! Two Knight's style is better but it's hard to fight Yungian archetypes. 7. Nf7! Bxf2+!! Tacticfreak probably felt the same way I did when Doug Eckert ( 2009 US Championship victim of Tyler Hughes ) slapped the Traxler Counterattack on me 30 years ago. 8. Kf1 It makes little difference to Rybka whether he takes on f2 because ... Qe7-c5+:c4 wins a piece back anyway. I was intending the Wilkes-Barre type 8 ... N:e4+!? 9 Kg1 Qh4 10 g3 N:g3 11 N:h8 Resigns 8 ... Qe7! 9. Nxh8! Bb6! 10. c3? An attempt to forestall 10 ... Qc5 11 Qe2 Nd4 11 Qd3 Nb3 The right move was impossible to see in a blitz game - 10 Bf7+!! Kd8 11 Bb3!! ignoring all my threats with the purpose of rescuing the stranded Knight. 10 ... Qc5 10 ... Qf8!! picks up the cornered Knight because 11 Nf7 d5! 12 ed Q:f7 nor 11 Nf7 d5! 12 B:d5 Bg4!! helps Tacticfreak. That stuff is hard to see which is why Dan Heisman ignored his patient wife for two years while he wrote the highly praised Traxler Counterattack. 11. Qe2 Again the impossible to see 11 Bf7+!! followed by a Queen move to stop checkmate, is the only win 11 ... Nxe4 Second best but highly inferior to 11 ... d5!! intending ... Bg4!! 12. b4 Qf2+! 13. Qxf2! Nxf2! 14. Rg1!! Ng4! 15. Nf7? 15 h3?? only makes it worse but 15 g3!! keeps King and Rook connected. 15 ... Nxh2+!! Painfully separating King and Rook like a child custody case. 16. Ke2! Bxg1! 17. Bg5 d6 18. Nd2! Tacticfreak is down 3 pawns, 3 minutes and one second 18 ... Bg4+! 19. Nf3 Bb6! 20. Rh1! Nxf3! 21. gxf3! Bf5! 22. Be3 Kd7 23. Ng5 h6! 24. Ne4! Rf8 25. Bxb6 axb6! 26. Ng3 Be6! 27. Bxe6+! Kxe6! 28. Nh5 Rf7 29. Rg1 Ne7 30. Nxg7+! Kd7 {White resigns} 0-1 Time left - Brian Wall 3:07 Tactic freak - 20 seconds Statistics for TacticFreak On for:18:13 Idle: 0 TacticFreak is currently involved in a match against Iandmyself(IM). rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 1940 337 116 18 471 1965 (16-Jun-2009) 5-minute 2071 1585 1531 168 3284 2231 (12-Jun-2009) 15-minute 2051 [4] 1 0 0 1 [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "TacticFreak"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2071"] [BlackElo "2058"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Charlick (Englund) gambit"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "12:16:46"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 4. e4 fxe5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Ng5 Bc5 7. Nf7 Bxf2+ 8. Kf1 Qe7 9. Nxh8 Bb6 10. c3 Qc5 11. Qe2 Nxe4 12. b4 Qf2+ 13. Qxf2 Nxf2 14. Rg1 Ng4 15. Nf7 Nxh2+ 16. Ke2 Bxg1 17. Bg5 d6 18. Nd2 Bg4+ 19. Nf3 Bb6 20. Rh1 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Bf5 22. Be3 Kd7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Rf8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Ng3 Be6 27. Bxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nh5 Rf7 29. Rg1 Ne7 30. Nxg7+ Kd7 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Chessworld.net presents Blitz #249 vs. B-Wall (2036) - Morning of 14th July 2009 Youtube channel Kingscrusher Let's look at the game last night Kingscrusher turned into a video. I have watched but not heard the video. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14" ] [Round "-"] [White "KingsCrusher" ] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "Vienna game"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "03:05:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 So far easy for Kingscrusher, just a Fischer Defense to the King's Gambit two tempi up ( Bobby played ... d6 and then ... d5 later in American Chess Quarterly, A Bust to the King's Gambit) 7 ... Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O! 9. Be3 g6 Standard King's Gambit stuff - of course I sac a piece on 10 g5 Nh5 11 f6 N:f6 sound or not 10. fxg6 hxg6! 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O! b5 13. g5 Nh5 When I watched the video I wondered why I didn't try 13 ... b4 the classic counterattack but I was moving instantly seeing nothing. Kingscrusher was moving very slowly so maybe he was making the video while he was playing. This may have helped him slow down and think about what he was doing in the beginning. 14. Nxd5!! Killer shot based on the unprotected a8-Rook 14 ... cxd5 15. Bxd5+! Kh7 16. Bxa8! Nb6! It was about here that I noticed who my opponent was - Oh No, the OTHER Nezhmetdinov Youtube video guy! I can't lose to him! 17. dxe5 Bxe5! 18. Bxb6 Every trade is good when you're winning - GM Roman Dzindzichashvili 18 ... axb6! 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4! Bxa2 Maybe he'll trap my Bishop with 21 b3?? Qa3 checkmate 21. Qd7!! Oops. So much for that idea. Played instantly. 21 ... Rf7 When I watched not heard the video I wondered why I didn't save my Bishop with 21 ... Q:d7 22 R:d7 Rf7 Of course I am still the exchange and two pawns down. 22. Qxe7! Rxe7! 23. b3! b4! 24. Nd4 Nf4 I slowed down a little ( 9 seconds ) to set up a sucker punch. 25. Kb2! Losing half his advantage but still winning 25 ... Ne2 26. Kxa2! Another winning idea is 26 Rhe1!! N:d4 27 f4 Bh8 28 B:g6+! 26 ... Ra7+ 27. Kb1?? Getting mated! It's unnatural but 27 Kb2!! N:d4 28 f4!! Bg7 29 Kc1! or 27 Kb2!! B:d4+ 28 R:d4!! still wins for Kingscrsuher 27 ... Nc3+!! 28. Kb2! Ra2+! 29. Kc1! Bf4+! because he didn't drive my Bishop away with 28 f4!! or 28 R:d4!! after 27 Kb2!! 30. Rd2! Ra1+! 31. Kb2! Rxh1! 32. Ne2 Rb1# {White checkmated} 0-1 Many teenagers or just grouchy adult Eurotrash would scream to high heaven about their won game but Kingscrusher is a true student of Chess and didn't mind making fun of himself with an insta-video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Chessworld.net presents Blitz #249 vs. B-Wall (2036) - Morning of 14th July 2009 Youtube channel Kingscrusher ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14" ] [Round "-"] [White "KingsCrusher" ] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "Vienna game"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "03:05:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3 g6 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4 Bxa2 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. b3 b4 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Kb2 Ne2 26. Kxa2 Ra7+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxh1 32. Ne2 Rb1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Chessworld.net presents Blitz #249 vs. B-Wall (2036) - Morning of 14th July 2009 Youtube channel Kingscrusher ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lest we forget, lest we forget Information about Jgonzalez (Last disconnected Tue Jul 14 2009 01:22): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1268 [6] 0 1 0 1 Loser's 1444 [6] 0 1 0 1 Crazyhouse 1010 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1603 [8] 313 635 47 995 1666 (12-Dec-2008) Blitz 2038 [3] 1682 1512 196 3390 2070 (25-Jun-2008) Standard 1903 [6] 87 92 14 193 1953 (19-Mar-2006) 5-minute 1973 10903 10599 1327 22829 2081 (03-Apr-2008) 1-minute 1295 6247 6399 200 12846 1677 (09-Feb-2008) 15-minute 1878 [4] 38 19 3 60 1978 (09-Jun-2008) Email : jgonzalezm at ucaribe.edu.mx Groups : ajedrez21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Jgonzalez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1947"] [BlackElo "2068"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:38:33"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Jack Young's Fishing Pole, soon to be a chapter in every Ruy Lopez book. 5. h3 h5!! 6. d4 exd4! 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. c3 Nce5 Fritz likes 8 ... Nge5 but that smacks of defeatism, 8 ... Qh4 looks too early I saw Tyler Hughes play 8 ... Qf6 but that hasn't worked out so well for me so I tried a new approach. Someone once described Dzindzichashvili's pieces as "floating" and that's the effect I am after here. 9. b4! Bb6! 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 d6 12. Bf4 g5 Pawn Wave Guy 13. Bh2 Nxh2!! Winning. I try to successfully sell the idea that my hanging Knights are immune to capture and they usually buy it. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. If I can trade the gambling Knight, I do. If I have to retreat the Knight, I don't unless it's an endgame and there's no bluff left. 14. Kxh2! g4!! 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5! Qf6 The usual Fishing Pole problem which no one believes - too many wins - 16 ... d5!!, ... Bc7!!, ... Qg5!!, ... gh!!, ... Rg8!, ... Qf6! 17. a5! Bc7! 18. b5 d5 19. bxc6 bxc6! 20. Kh1 gxh3! Free attack 21. g3! h4 22. g4! O-O-O 23. Ra4 Nc4!! Stopping the annoying Ba6+ 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qf3 Rd5 25 ... Rd3!! is even more aggressive 26. Rxc4 Qd6!! Matrix 27. Qxh3! Rd3 27 ... Rd1!! is even more aggressive 28. f3! Re8 28 ... Rd1!! is even more aggressive 29. Rd4 Rxd4! 30. cxd4! Re2! 31. f4 Only move to avoid immediate checkmate 31 ... Qxd4! 32. Qxh4 Bxf4 crushing but missing mate in 2 after 32 ... Qe4+ or ... Qd5+ 33. Qh3 Rh2+ Simple but missing a better win with 33 ... Qd5+ 34 Qf3 Rh2+ 35 Kg1 Qc5+ 36 Rf2 R:f2 How can I win so many games after missing so many wins? The Fishing Pole gods reward courage, not accuracy. There are plenty of fish in the net even if half get away. 34. Qxh2! Bxh2! 35. Kxh2! Qxg4! 36. Kh1 Qb4 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Jgonzalez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1947"] [BlackElo "2068"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:38:33"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. c3 Nce5 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 c6 11. Be2 d6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bh2 Nxh2 14. Kxh2 g4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qf6 17. a5 Bc7 18. b5 d5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Kh1 gxh3 21. g3 h4 22. g4 O-O-O 23. Ra4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qf3 Rd5 26. Rxc4 Qd6 27. Qxh3 Rd3 28. f3 Re8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Re2 31. f4 Qxd4 32. Qxh4 Bxf4 33. Qh3 Rh2+ 34. Qxh2 Bxh2 35. Kxh2 Qxg4 36. Kh1 Qb4 {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 15 15:26:02 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:26:02 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson on the Kingscrusher video Message-ID: <1247693162.4a5e496a60935@www.taom.com> Danielle Rice and I love to listen to Andrew Martin Chess videos just for the English expressions. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:14:19 -0600 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: FW: [BrianWallChess] KingsCrusher To: Brian Wall This was so hilarious. It is like I am hearing my own internal monologue during a chess game except in a british accent. When you mated him, it goes dead silent. Then I think he curses under his breath and he breathes his last. I listened to it several times and it still cracks me up. I think because I can relate. Other comments I liked: "I might have made a terrible mess of this." "I'm getting mated, oh dear." Paul Anderson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:22 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] KingsCrusher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Kingscrusher was making a Youtube video of our game just as I was writing an email of our game. He left me a message on ICC with the link. The rain came in my room while I was on vacation and ruined my speakers. I had no sound to hear his message or his video. I'll sure check it out when I do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg&feature=channel Kingscrusher Youtube video of our game. First Two comments on the video adi11235 (27 minutes ago) Nice, Brian Wall! numbcore (32 minutes ago) too bad man :P at least you learned something for tonight :) numbcore (40 minutes ago) "uploaded 4 minutes ago" hehe I caught this new video really quickly :D ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=OIjDvqCVftw KingsCrusher has done 4 videos on Nezhmetdinov- that's cool, most Chessplayers have never heard of him. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qvX6aM- fXjY http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qhDYFwnaGsQ http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=rWRA0jMRdyc Hats off to Kingscrusher for that. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - The problem is I helped Chris Peterson make a Polugaevsky- Nezhmetdinov video - http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=xJzXOpqcJdg http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=BOuz1bYdo3M& feature=related ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Therefore I was quite horrified when Kingscrusher was crushing me with careful, thoughtful play on ICC. I redoubled my efforts, crushed Kingscrusher' s King and salvaged the honor of Rashid Rashid, Parts 1 and 2 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14" ] [Round "-"] [White "KingsCrusher" ] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "Vienna game"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "03:05:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3 g6 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4 Bxa2 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. b3 b4 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Kb2 Ne2 26. Kxa2 Ra7+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxh1 32. Ne2 Rb1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - Somewhere out there a very grateful young man in Lake Grandby, Colorado is howling at the moon. ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - I would also like to remind everyone that Andy Rea will be at the Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night, 7 PM 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado to autograph his life opus, Chess on the Ledge July 14, 2009 I talked to Andy Rea and he sold 4 books at the DCC. New In Chess Johnathan Rowson reviewed his book and is selling Chess on The Ledge. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5 1-0 Black resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the above game I moved my Queen one square to 17 Qe3! and beat Renteria - the computer found an even better one square Queen move 17 Qf4!! In the below game the computer found another amazing move-the-Queen-one-square move 7 ... Qg4!!! to beat ChristosP Let's take a look. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:58:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] I didn't realize David Surratt had posted my Full Metal Jacket, Part 2 article in Chessville.com http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm Actually there is some kind of glitch - If I google Chessville.com Full Metal Jacket Part 2 I get the article at http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm posted May 6,2009 but if I go to Chessville.com and then find myself Off the Wall and then look at my articles it says Full Metal Jacket Part 2 is coming next week so Part 2 is there and not there, the Chess equivalent of a quark. I rarely get the main line of the Full Metal Jacket - I think that also makes it difficult to find imitators/clones/fans. I often get dull QP games, when I tried the FMJ against IM Dean Ippolito it transposed into a Chigorin. 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 d5 Dean Ippolito and young Jonathan Hilton are coming out next year with a book based on the late, great GM Wojtkiewicz's White Opening repertoire. http://walverine.com/index.php?id=147 is an annotated game Wojtkiewicz-Wall my picture links are getting stale- not a single image works in that email. I would troll the internet for fun images but maybe pdf works better for fossilization/preservation. To avoid all that I invented the Toxic Badger 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 f6 which is fun and new. Ideas - ... Nc6-e5-f7 hiding in a badger den or ... e5 with some kind of lame Blackmar-Diemer Reversed I also get wild FMJ offshoots like my loss to Siberian WIM Nika. Those positions are difficult to play but I have fun later on figuring out what I should have done. My game with ChristosP is in the same vein. 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Sigh. Why is it so hard for White to find 3 e4 e6 4 f4 ed!! 3 ... Ng6! In the future I or some other reckless soul will play 3 ... Nc4!? a weird Alekhine's hybrid or 3 ... Ng4!? the Full Metal Jacket Fishing Pole variation There are 2 dozen 3 ... Ng6 in MegaDatabase going back to Bogolubov 1937-1938 4. h4!? TN by ChristosP exuberantly chasing my knight in Squirrel fashion. The Squirrel named by David Vigorito, played by many others 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nf4 4 d4 Ng6 5 h4 4 ... e5!? influenced by my Nika game [White "Nika"] [Black "B-Wall"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 but against ChristosP 4 h4 h5!! or ... e6! are better 5. h5! Nxf4!! Bravely marching in. I am used to suicide Knights. 5 ... N6e7 or the Squirrel-like 5 ... Nh4 seem worse. The Squirrel 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nf4 4 d4 Ng6 5 h4 e6 6 h5 Nh4 7 g3 Nf5 8 g4 Nh4 9 f4 is how I would play the White side in many Mikhail/Philipp Ponomarev blitz games. 6. g3? 6. e3!! Qg5 7. exf4 Qg3+ 8. Ke2 Qg4+ 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nc3 exf3+ 11. gxf3 Qf5 12. Bh3 Qf6 leaves White with an extra doubled pawn and greater development while Black has a potentially safer King. These are all brand new undiscovered lines. 6 ... Qg5!! 7. Kf2 I have more than enough for my piece after 7 gf Qg3+ 8 Kd2 Bc5!! or ... Nf6!! White's position looks like a bomb exploded in the marketplace. 7 ... Bc5+! 7 ... Nf6! or Nh6! are also good winning moves but the amazing Renteria-type super-killer is 7 ... Qg4!! simply moving the Queen one square from dark to light. With nothing else developed except a trapped Knight, Black breaks all principles and moves his Queen one square closer to harassment with Rh4 or Bh3!! What!!! How can this possibly be right?? What laws of the universe does this follow? Pete Prochaska, Northwest Chess The Truth is in the variations. The Principle of Tactical Dominance The single highest valued positional factor is worth slightly less than the least valued tactical factor ( a pawn). Dan Heisman, ICC's Rennaisance Man Chess Cafe, Novice Nook 100, The Best Novice Nook ideas. These are two articles I was asked to judge for the CJA awards by Jonathan "Goatman" Hilton. To celebrate 100 Novice Nook columns at Chess Cafe Dan set down his best ideas in one column. If I had listened to these two ideas, I could have played much better in my final World Open game against Zierk. I also used another idea of Heisman's without knowing it my final two moves against Mabe 2009 World Open called - Go To Sleep. In other words, if you find a winning variation that requires virtually no effort or thought to win, play that even if there are more efficient variations that require more effort. Pete Prochaska is a Master that explains Chess games using the Socratic method of a student asking questions from the Master. So how does 7 ... Qg4!!! work? Pete Prochaska, Northwest Chess The Truth is in the variations. The Principle of Tactical Dominance The single highest valued positional factor is worth slightly less than the least valued tactical factor ( a pawn). Dan Heisman One way to look at 7 ... Qg4!! is the old rule that it is better to restrict a hunted King before checking. 7 ... Qg4!! pins the e2-pawn to White's d1-Queen allowing 8 ... Bc5+ with much more effect. That turns out to be more important than anything else. 7 ... Qg4 also threatens 8 ... N:h5! freeing the trapped Knight while also allowing a strengthening of the attack with ... Nf6! 7 ... Qg4 8 gf? Bc5+ is an immediate disaster as in 9 Ke1 Qg3+ 10 Kd2 Q:f4+ 11 Kc3 Qb4+ 12 Kd3 Qd4 checkmate Another cute line - 7 ... Qg4!! 8 Qe1 to break the pin Nf6 9 gf Bc5+ 10 e3 Ne4 checkmate 8. e3! Only move. I am still better but 7 ... Qg4!! would have eliminated even this possibility. 8 ... Ne6? I didn't see any place for my Knight to go and I panicked, despite many good moves. Under the stress and fear of a blitz game all I knew is that 8 ... gf-fg picking up my Knight and Queen had to be stopped. I remember clearly making every legal knight move in my mind. The reality is: 8 ... Nf6!!! 9 gf ef!! gives me a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) plus a safer King plus two free pawns plus a blistering attack for my piece. It was time for ChristosP to panic, not me. 8 ... Nh6!! 9 gf ef!! gives me similar compensation. Developing my KN is good for a win but many other moves give me slightly more or less than equality. Even 8 ... d6 9 Nf3 Qe7 10 gf ef or 8 ... N:d5 9 Q:d5 Nf6 or 8 ... e4, ... f5, ... Qh6, ... Qe7, ...Ne7 or ... Qf6 gave me at least enough for my Knight. I didn't appreciate my position, I was completely focussed on the one flaw, my trapped Knight. 9. dxe6! fxe6 9 ... Qf5+ with the option of ... Q:e6 is a little better. 10. Nf3! Qf6!! The smoke clears after a rich 10 moves full of original themes and tactics. Somehow I still have all 8 pawns. I have two pawns and a safer King residence for a piece, not quite enough but if there is a next time, I will be much better prepared. The rest of the game isn't as exciting but I will make a few comments. 11. Kg2 Nh6 A little late, 11 ... e4 is better. 12. b4? Bxb4 Second best, not bad. 12 ... e4!! attacking the a1-Rook 13 Nd4 0-0!! followed by 14 ... B:b4, 14 ... B:d4 or 14 ... Qf2+ 15 Kh3 e5, ... d6+ turns the game in my favor again. 13. Bb2 d6 Second best, not bad but 13 ... Ng4!! Fishing Pole 14 Qe2 Bc5!! does it all 14. Bd3 O-O 14 ... Ng4!!! or ... Bc5!! still favors me. 15. Nbd2 Ng4? 15 ... B:d2!! wins immediately 15 ... B:d2!! 16 N:d2 Qf2+ 17 Kh3 e4!!, ... e5+! ChristosP can try to stop that with his Bishops 15 ... B:d2!! 16 N:d2 Qf2+ 17 Kh3 e4!! 18 Bc4 Kh8 19 Be5 Qf5+:e5 15 ... B:d2!! 16 anything else I have afree attack three pawns up 16. Qe2 d5?? 16 ... B:d2! or ... Bc5! are still about even Time - ChristosP 3:17 left Brian - 3:46 left 17. e4 17 Rh4!! embarrasses my Knight- I saw the idea but was moving so fast I assumed I had something against it. I wanted to finally develop a little. 17 ... Bc5! or 17 ... d4!! are the best tries now 18. Nf1! Bd7 19. Rh4!! ChristosP found the one good move, unraveling my whole position. 19 ... Nf2! 20. Bxe5!! Unpleasant 20 ... Qe7! 21. exd5 exd5! 22. h6?? This game has more swings than ToysRUs. 22 h6?? N:d3!! 23 cd g5!! 24 Rh2-h1 g4! or 22 h6?? N:d3!! 23 Q:d3 R:f3!! and the e5-Bishop is hanging 22 ... g6?? 23. Bxg6!! d4?? Desperation, hoping ... Bc6 will do SOMETHING. Time - ChristosP - 2:03 Brian - 2:05 24. Qc4+!! Be6! 25. Bxh7+! 25 Q:e6+!! Q:e6 26 B:h7+ K:h7 27 Ng5+ Game over 25 ... Kxh7! 26. Qxe6 Qxe6?? 26 ... R:f3! is half as bad 27. Ng5+! Kg6! 28. Nxe6! Should be Game Over 28 ... Rfe8 29. Bxd4? 29 N:c7!! is twice as good 29 ... Bxd4! 30. Nxd4! Ne4 It's been nonstop insanity since Move 1 and the final upshot is I am down a piece and a pawn but I have twice the time left. Time: ChristosP - 57 seconds Brian - 2:04 The game has felt like a water slide so far. 31. Ne3 Ng5 32. Nd5! Rad8 33. Nf4+ Kh7! 34. c3! c5 35. Nf5 Rd2+! 36. Kg1??= Time: Christos P - 38 seconds Brian - 1:50 36 ... Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 Going for the win instead of the perpetual check after 37 ... Re5 38 Rh5 R:f5 39 R:f5 Nh2+= 38. Nxh4!= Kxh6! 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rb1 b6 Reflex. 40 ... R:c3 is better. Time: Christos P - 34 seconds Brian - 1:36 41. a4 Rxc3! 41 ... Re3!! is also good 42. Nh4 Ra3! 42 ... Kg5!! is also good 43. a5 Rxa5! 44. Kg2 Ra3 44 ... c4!! starts the pawn wave 45. Rh1 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7?? 46 ... Kg5!! looks scarier but is the only way to win, other than on time of course. Time: Christos P - 28 seconds Brian - 1:07 47. Nf5+!!= Kf6!= 48. Kg4?? 48 Nd6!!= creates lots of problems for me. 48 ... Rg8+!! 49. Kf3! Kxf5! I am up the exchange and two pawns. 50. Rh5+! Kf6! 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 53. Rh7 c4 54. Ke4 Rxg3! 55. Ke5 Rd3 56. Kd6 ChristosP is a fighter, still trying to mate me after 56 insane moves with 17 seconds left on his clock. Time: Christos P - 28 seconds Brian - 46 seconds 56 ... Rxd5+ Based on Dan Heisman's Margin for Error method. The Margin for Error measures how much leeway a player has for acheiving his goal ( win or draw )- Chess Cafe, Novice Nook 100, The Best Novice Nook ideas. Booby Fischer put it another way in Boy's Life. The simplest win is the best. Saccing the exchange should simplify the winning process for me. 57. Kxd5 c3! 58. Kd6 Stll trying to checkmate me - ChristosP doesn't give up easy! Time: Christos P - 15 seconds Brian - 44 seconds 56 ... Rxd5+ 58 ... Rd2+!! 59. Kc6 c2! 60. Rh1 Rd1! 61. Rh8+! Ke7! 62. Rh7+! Kf6! 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 c1=Q+! Mating but I always have a spot of fun with those who can't resign. 65. Kb7 b5 66. Rg8+ Kf6! 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rc8! Qxc8+ 69. Kxc8! a5 70. Kb7! b4! Mating 71. Kb6! Ra1 72. Kb5! b3! 73. Kc4! b2! 74. Kc3 b1=Q! mating 75. Kd2 It should be mate in 3 but where's the sport in that? I like to give my victims a fighting chance like in THE NAKED PREY. Time: Christos P - 8 seconds Brian - 21 seconds 75 ... a4 76. Ke3 Run, ChristosP, run! 76 .. a3 77. Kd4 a2 78. Ke5 Qb2+ 79. Kf4! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. 79 ... Rc1 The Lion plays with his food. 80. Kg4 a1=Q 81. Kh5 It should be mate in 2 but look how pretty my majors are. Time: Christos P - 6 seconds Brian - 9 seconds 81 ... Rc3 82. Kg6! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. There's no wrong move. 82 ... Qb4 83. Kh7 Qaa5 84. Kg8! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. There's no wrong move. 84 ... Rg3+ I ran out of pretty patterns. 85. Kh8! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. There's no wrong move. 85 ... Qc3+ I have two mates in one but I felt both Queens should contribute. 86. Kh7! Qf5+ 87. Kh6! Qe3# All the majors cooperated in the final checkmate. {White checkmated} 0-1 Final Time: Christos P - 4.6 seconds Brian - 4.7 seconds Very sloppy play by both sides but chockful of wild tactics from the getgo. I think you have to investigate games like this before you are ready to try it in slow games. No one dared play 1 d4 against me in the 2009 World Open. Now you know why. 1 ... Nc6! I think I won the 2005 Colorado Closed playing only 1 Knight to Queen's Bishop Three with both colors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:58:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. h4 e5 5. h5 Nxf4 6. g3 Qg5 7. Kf2 Bc5+ 8. e3 Ne6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Kg2 Nh6 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nbd2 Ng4 16. Qe2 d5 17. e4 Bc5 18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Rh4 Nf2 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. exd5 exd5 22. h6 g6 23. Bxg6 d4 24. Qc4+ Be6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nxe6 Rfe8 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne4 31. Ne3 Ng5 32. Nd5 Rad8 33. Nf4+ Kh7 34. c3 c5 35. Nf5 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 38. Nxh4 Kxh6 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rb1 b6 41. a4 Rxc3 42. Nh4 Ra3 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rh1 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Kg4 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 Kxf5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 53. Rh7 c4 54. Ke4 Rxg3 55. Ke5 Rd3 56. Kd6 Rxd5+ 57. Kxd5 c3 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Kc6 c2 60. Rh1 Rd1 61. Rh8+ Ke7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 c1=Q+ 65. Kb7 b5 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rc8 Qxc8+ 69. Kxc8 a5 70. Kb7 b4 71. Kb6 Ra1 72. Kb5 b3 73. Kc4 b2 74. Kc3 b1=Q 75. Kd2 a4 76. Ke3 a3 77. Kd4 a2 78. Ke5 Qb2+ 79. Kf4 Rc1 80. Kg4 a1=Q 81. Kh5 Rc3 82. Kg6 Qb4 83. Kh7 Qaa5 84. Kg8 Rg3+ 85. Kh8 Qc3+ 86. Kh7 Qf5+ 87. Kh6 Qe3# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.05.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Nika"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2184"] [BlackElo "2284"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:52:08"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. Nfg5 Nhxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nf6+ Rxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O d6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Rhf1 dxc4 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Rd8+ {Black resigns} 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Elster"] [Site "Bad Elster"] [Date "1937.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Ullrich, Heinz"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1937.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. Bd3 Qxg2+ 8. Ne2 Qg5+ 9. Kc3 Qh4 10. a3 N6e7 11. Kb3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. Nbc3 Qxf5 14. Nd4 Qg6 15. Ndb5 Kd8 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Nb5+ Kd8 19. Bxd6 Nf5 20. Bc7+ Kd7 21. Rg1 Ne3 22. Qf3 Qxc2+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qxb5 25. Qxf7+ Ne7 26. Qe6+ Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Nc6 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Elster"] [Site "Bad Elster"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Weinitschke, Erich"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1938.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. fxg6 Qxd5+ 8. Ke1 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 hxg6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nf3 f6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Re1 d5 14. h3 e4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Kf7 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. b3 g5 19. Ke2 Nd6 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Ne2 Bc5 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. c4 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne3+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "?"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Annotator ",abc"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. d4 (1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf4 4. d4 Ng6 5. h4 e6 6. h5 Nh4 7. g3 Nf5 8. g4 Nh4 9. f4) 1... Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. h4 e5 5. h5 Nxf4 (5... N6e7) 6. g3 (6. e3 Qg5 7. exf4 Qg3+ 8. Ke2 Qg4+ 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nc3 exf3+ 11. gxf3 Qf5 12. Bh3 Qf6) 6... Qg5 7. Kf2 Bc5+ 8. e3 Ne6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Kg2 Nh6 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nbd2 Ng4 16. Qe2 d5 17. e4 Bc5 18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Rh4 Nf2 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. exd5 exd5 22. h6 g6 23. Bxg6 d4 24. Qc4+ Be6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nxe6 Rfe8 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne4 31. Ne3 Ng5 32. Nd5 Rad8 33. Nf4+ Kh7 34. c3 c5 35. Nf5 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 38. Nxh4 Kxh6 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rb1 b6 41. a4 Rxc3 42. Nh4 Ra3 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rh1 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Kg4 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 Kxf5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 53. Rh7 c4 54. Ke4 Rxg3 55. Ke5 Rd3 56. Kd6 Rxd5+ 57. Kxd5 c3 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Kc6 c2 60. Rh1 Rd1 61. Rh8+ Ke7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 c1=Q+ 65. Kb7 b5 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rc8 Qxc8+ 69. Kxc8 a5 70. Kb7 b4 71. Kb6 Ra1 72. Kb5 b3 73. Kc4 b2 74. Kc3 b1=Q 75. Kd2 a4 76. Ke3 a3 77. Kd4 a2 78. Ke5 Qb2+ 79. Kf4 Rc1 80. Kg4 a1=Q 81. Kh5 Rc3 82. Kg6 Qb4 83. Kh7 Qaa5 84. Kg8 Rg3+ 85. Kh8 Qc3+ 86. Kh7 Qf5+ 87. Kh6 Qe3# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 15 16:20:40 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:20:40 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] For all my Latin friends - chess comments Message-ID: <1247696440.4a5e563882a16@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from lumecas ----- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:12:47 -0000 From: lumecas Reply-To: lumecas Subject: [BrianWallChess] chess comments To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hello to the chess-players: We have news in our blog. 1. Astur Hall of Fame (MA Nepomuceno) 2. Nepomuceno us reveals to Lasker We wait for your opinions. 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Best regards from Gij?n - Spain Luis MC Pedro MC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090715/6cb7414b/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 00:29:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:29:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Harold Gene Linde Message-ID: <1247725751.4a5ec8b723c2f@www.taom.com> Everyone in Denver wants to know what happened to Harold Gene Linde but they're all afraid to call Harold Linde 1025 S Emporia Wichita, KS 67211 Tele-316-250-9036 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 01:11:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:11:53 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More on Harold Gene Linde Message-ID: <1247728313.4a5ed2b91208a@www.taom.com> I once played the Croation monk Dean Game/2 minutes for $2 until I was +20 games. This was maybe 8 years ago. Probably took us 8-12 hours. I once played Harold Gene Linde 5-1 for $1 a game until I was +40 games. This was maybe 30 years ago. prob took us 8-12 hours. It was during that match that Harold nicknamed me a Walverine because I tore his position to shreds in blitz. I later used his nickname for my website. It's true Linde and I got in a fight. I was probably 22 years old but still felt lucky to draw because Harold Gene Linde always wore scruffy clothes and looked all muscular from construction work. It's good to hear the good ole boy still has a hair trigger temper and plenty of spunk. Steven Roberts was telling me tonight about the many Chess fights at the 16th Street mall, usually involving martial artists or pyscho vets. The guy doing the punching is usually losing a game and the guy being punched is a wiseass kibitzer. At least that's how it was with Harold and I. Harold Gene Linde and Ray Springfield lived together about 38th and Tennyson. I remember because I visited them on vacation from Texas and I could barely find the floor when I started cleaning their apartment. Ray reinvents himself every 5 years like Madonna and this was his drunken salesman stage. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from KnightMassey at aol.com ----- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:39 EDT From: KnightMassey at aol.com Reply-To: KnightMassey at aol.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Harold Gene Linde To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com I heard that you and Linde got into a fistfight in the parking lot over a game at the old hotel on colfax where they used to hold tournaments. Holiday inn, Days Inn, Ramada Inn and several others I suspect. Scott ------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Holmes To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Harold Gene Linde Harold was asking around about how to get a hold of you at the Bughouse championship/Kansas Quick at the Karpov Chess School this past weekend. He threw quite a temper tantrum when his bughouse partner was denied entry into the bughouse tournament there. --------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090716/bf93e30d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 02:08:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:08:31 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Great bunch of pictures from the 2009 World Open Message-ID: <1247731711.4a5edfff432c5@www.taom.com> Post: #153478 by chessdrummer on Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:31 am I have a set of pics from the World Open with Lenderman dancing. I may be the only journalist with these precious shots! http://picasaweb.google.com/daaimshabazz/2009WorldOpen# Daaim Shabazz, The Chess Drum http://picasaweb.google.com/daaimshabazz/2009WorldOpen# From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 03:22:49 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:22:49 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Susan M. Grumer's public appeal to President Bush after Bobby Fischer was arrested. Message-ID: <1247736169.4a5ef16963008@www.taom.com> Appeal by a US chess player Dear President Bush, Bobby Fischer, an American citizen, was one of the most effective weapons against the Soviet Union during the cold war. In 1972 he defeated the World Chess Champion, Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. He did this without ever having received one iota of support from the United States Government. The Soviets threw all their support behind Spassky and were deeply humiliated when Bobby Fischer beat him to become the new World Chess Champion. The United States government expressed appreciation, but nothing else. Immediately the Soviets began preparations for taking back the title, because this was a very important public relations matter in the Soviet Union. The United States did nothing for Bobby Fischer, even then. In 1975 the Soviets managed to wrest the title from the United States by arranging the conditions of the next match in a way where they were sure Bobby would forfeit. Not only did the United States suffer a humiliation at the hands of the Soviet Union, but the world was deprived of the beautiful chess that was probably the best that has ever been played. And, Bobby Fischer was punished by being thrown into a life of poverty without one person in the United States government lifting a finger to help. He continued in this life, subsisting on the charity of friends around the world. The crime that Bobby Fischer is accused of committing was to play chess in 1992 (12 years ago) in a country against which there were sanctions. He played because this was the only place where he was offered this match and a way to earn money ? something he had not had for the previous 17 years. The US Treasury department apprised him of the ban. To Bobby Fischer, this was just another slap in the face by his own government. So, he defied the ban, played chess, and had money to live from then until now. Mr. President, our government has punished Bobby Fischer enough. It is time to show him and the entire world that we are compassionate people. Bobby Fischer is not a threat to the United States. In fact, if you pardon him now and return his passport, he will be able to come home and once again be a proud citizen of the United States of America. The world community, much of which has lately scorned us, would look at us in a new and favorable light. Especially at this time, I am sure that every chess player in America ? and there are millions of us ? will be inclined to vote to continue a strong, yet compassionate leader in the office of President. On the other hand, if you do not find it in your heart to show compassion to this man who has been such an asset and a loyal citizen of the United States in the past, then I know of one voter (and I am confident there are millions of others) who will be sure to do my best to see that the presidency resides with someone who really cares about America. Sincerely, Susan M. Grumer Exton, PA 19341 Susan Grumer was introduced to the world of chess as a player on the Men?s Team from the U.S. Virgin Islands in the 1972 Olympiad in Skopje. After a long absence from playing the game, she recently returned to chess and has been helping us on a regular basis with our ChessBase news site. Susan is a member of the Jewish faith. From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 14 01:26:16 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:26:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] - SPAM - [Spam] [Chess Improvement] Youtube wars Message-ID: <1247556376.4a5c33186f5d3@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIjDvqCVftw KingsCrusher has done 4 videos on Nezhmetdinov- that's cool, most Chessplayers have never heard of him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvX6aM-fXjY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhDYFwnaGsQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWRA0jMRdyc Hats off to Kingscrusher for that. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem is I helped Chris Peterson make a Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzXOpqcJdg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuz1bYdo3M&feature=related --------------------------------------------------------------------- Therefore I was quite horrified when Kingscrusher was crushing me with careful, thoughtful play on ICC. I redoubled my efforts, crushed Kingscrusher's King and salvaged the honor of Rashid Rashid, Parts 1 and 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "KingsCrusher"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "Vienna game"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "03:05:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Be3 g6 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f3 Be6 20. Be4 Bxa2 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. b3 b4 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Kb2 Ne2 26. Kxa2 Ra7+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Ra2+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. Rd2 Ra1+ 31. Kb2 Rxh1 32. Ne2 Rb1# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Somewhere out there a very grateful young man in Lake Grandby, Colorado is howling at the moon. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I would also like to remind everyone that Andy Rea will be at the Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night, 7 PM 1st and Acoma, 1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado to autograph his life opus, Chess on the Ledge July 14, 2009 I expect twice the usual turnout. Joe Ford might even make a suprise visit from Chicago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[Event "World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.04"] [Round "7"] [Board "75"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Chris Mabe"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2249"] [Opening "Pirc defense, Weihmiller French"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.08"] [Time "06:00:00"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7! I think all this was recommended in Alburt and Chernin's Pirc Alert. Carol Hughes was amazed at her own son when little Tyler Hughes was marking that book with a yellow highlighter. " He's never used a magic marker before in his life! " Carol Hughes 5. c3! c5! 6. f4! Nc6! 7. Nf3! I considered 7 e6!? 7 ... e6! This is a superior form of the Weihmiller French for me because I have options other than the inferior Nd2 here, I can play 8 Be3 Qb6 9 Qd2 8 Be2 Qb6 9 0-0 However I had arrived 48 minutes late for the game due to a huge Kosher Chinese 5 way platter lunch ( there were only 3 of us ) and I was happy to blitz out another move into something familiar. 8. Nbd2 Same position as 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Weihmiller French 8 ... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6! 10. Bd3 Looks simple enough but I think its better to play 10 Nb3 or even 10 Nb1 10 ... fxe5! I was a little upset when I noticed 11 fe?? N:d4 12 N:d4 Qh4+ I calmed down, looked at every legal move and took my first think of the game. 11 de also looked bad due to the open g1-a7 diagonal. I finally played the worst recapture on e5 but at least my brain was finally engaged. 11. Nxe5 maybe, maybe, Mabe will let me play 12 Qh5+ or N:c6, maybe, maybe. My basic thought was that Chris is better so maybe 11 N:e5 will induce a trade which will lessen his attack. 11 ... Ndxe5!! 12. dxe5! Qh4+! 12 ... Qb6!! is also annoying 13. g3! Qh3! 14. Nf3! Qg2! 15. Rf1! I had seen the cheap trap with 15 Rg1?? Bb4+ 16 Bd2 B:d2+! winning so I played 15 Rf1 contemptuously without sitting down like I was giving a simul to 8 year olds which I did a week before in Nebraska ( tandem simul with Keaton Keiwra, Watson Chess Camp, Lincoln, Nebraska ) 15 ... Bc5 16. Qe2! I would play 16 a3!! to stop ... Nb4 if I had a do-over. 16 Bd2! is another thought 16 ... Qxe2+! 17. Kxe2! Bd7? 18. Be3!! Suddenly I have the classic French advantage of control over d4 versus a bad Bishop on d7. I saw Kamsky win several of these endings when he was first returning from his 10 year sabbatical. " Do not give up the d4-square even if they bring out a crane! " Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili first group lecture in Denver, 2002 18 ... b6 trying to reestablish control over d4 after 19 B:c5 bc 19. Rfc1!! I spent 5 minutes deciding between this and 19 a3!! I don't know how I got a good game, I did nothing to deserve it. 19 ... Rc8! Cute! 20 B:c5 bc 21 R:c5? Nd4+! 22 N:d4 R:c5! wins the exchange 20. a3!! I considered exchange sacs but its better just to break down c5 20 ... a5! 21. Rc2!! I can't evaluate 21 B:c5 bc 22 R:c5 Nd4+ 23 N:d4 R:c5 24 b4 21 ... Ke7 22. Rac1!! Bxe3 23. Kxe3!! I don't know how exactly but I have drifted from a miserable looking position after 10 ... fe! into a winning position. I have massive pressure on h7, c6 and e6 with additional threates of Ba6 and b4. I simply saw no legal move for Mabe that didn't lose immediately. Chris twisted in the wind for 14 minutes probably wondering like I was how everythin went sour for him. 23 ... Na7 24. Rxc8!! Grandmaster Sharavdorj and IM Angelo Young both banged down 24 Rc7!! instantly but I had already calculated a win with my move. 24 ... Nxc8 24 ... R:c8 drops the h7-pawn 25. Rc7!! with a big bind. Nd4 is coming. 25 ... Kd8! 26. Rb7!! Mabe is all tied up, His King is glued to his Bishop, his Bishop is glued to his g7-pawn, his Knight is glued to his b6-pawn, his Rook is glued to his h7-pawn 26 ... h6 27. Nd4!! Classic Grandmaster squeeze - I remember Radjabov lost three Frenches likes this at Linares when he was still a teenager and gave it up. Total positional domination. While Mabe is frozen in fear I am hatching new evil plots like f5 or Bb5. Chris is stone cold busted. 27 ... Re8 28. Rxd7+!! Kxd7! 29. Bb5+! Kd8! 30. Bxe8! Kxe8! 31. Nxe6! First Blood, more to follow. 31 ... Kf7 32. Nc7!! Ne7 33. g4 g5 Chris Mabe knew he was dead lost but he conjures up one last trick to salvage a glimmer of self respect. 34. f5 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Kd4 Nxf5+ 37. gxf5 g4 Tyler Hughes and I had shown Danielle Rice a million missed wins when she drew a King, Knight and pawns versus King and pawns ending - her young opponent kept distracting her with absurd draw offers. My first thought here was - Don't play this ending like Danielle Rice. Don't look at little pieces of the puzzle, try to look deeply to the end. If you analyze far enough 38 e6+!!! or hg!! lead to checkmate but then I thought - Wait, the Danielle method has some merit, I can win in one move with no thinking at all. 38 Ne6 gh 39 Ng5+ Ke7 40 N:h3 or 38 Ne6 g3 39 Nf4 stop Mabe's pawns and I can play K:d5 and push my two connected passed pawns at my leisure without a drop of counterplay. Bill Engels also found a one move win with 38 Ke3 The idea is you use the King to stop the Kingside pawns, the Knight to stop the d-pawn and then pick off all of Mabe's pawns in your own good time. It would work like this: 38 Ke3 d4+ 39 Kf2 g3+ 40 Kg2 d3 41 Nd5 d2 42 Nc3 followed by Nc3-d1-e3 and Kg2-f3-e2:d2-e2-f3-g4:h4:g3 and then promote the two connected passed pawns. It would take a lot longer to prove to you that 38 e6+!!! or hg!! wins in every variation. 38. Ne6 g3 39. Nf4 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.04"] [Round "7"] [Board " 75 "] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Chris Mabe"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2249"] [Opening "Pirc defense, Weihmiller French"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.08"] [Time "06:00:00"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Bd3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nf3 Qg2 15. Rf1 Bc5 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bd7 18. Be3 b6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. a3 a5 21. Rc2 Ke7 22. Rac1 Bxe3 23. Kxe3 Na7 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Rc7 Kd8 26. Rb7 h6 27. Nd4 Re8 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Bb5+ Kd8 30. Bxe8 Kxe8 31. Nxe6 Kf7 32. Nc7 Ne7 33. g4 g5 34. f5 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Kd4 Nxf5+ 37. gxf5 g4 38. Ne6 g3 39. Nf4 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090710/1437effb/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 15 16:19:11 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:19:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] - SPAM - [Chess Improvement] Full Metal Jacket Part 2 posted on Chessville.com Message-ID: <1247696351.4a5e55dfdcb59@www.taom.com> Full Metal Jacket Part 2 posted on Chessville.com http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5 1-0 Black resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the above game I moved my Queen one square to 17 Qe3! and beat Renteria - the computer found an even better one square Queen move 17 Qf4!! In the below game the computer found another amazing move-the-Queen-one-square move 7 ... Qg4!!! to beat ChristosP Let's take a look. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:58:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] I didn't realize David Surratt had posted my Full Metal Jacket, Part 2 article in Chessville.com http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm Actually there is some kind of glitch - If I google Chessville.com Full Metal Jacket Part 2 I get the article at http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm posted May 6,2009 but if I go to Chessville.com and then find myself Off the Wall and then look at my articles it says Full Metal Jacket Part 2 is coming next week so Part 2 is there and not there, the Chess equivalent of a quark. I rarely get the main line of the Full Metal Jacket - I think that also makes it difficult to find imitators/clones/fans. I often get dull QP games, when I tried the FMJ against IM Dean Ippolito it transposed into a Chigorin. 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 d5 Dean Ippolito and young Jonathan Hilton are coming out next year with a book based on the late, great GM Wojtkiewicz's White Opening repertoire. http://walverine.com/index.php?id=147 is an annotated game Wojtkiewicz-Wall my picture links are getting stale- not a single image works in that email. I would troll the internet for fun images but maybe pdf works better for fossilization/preservation. To avoid all that I invented the Toxic Badger 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 f6 which is fun and new. Ideas - ... Nc6-e5-f7 hiding in a badger den or ... e5 with some kind of lame Blackmar-Diemer Reversed I also get wild FMJ offshoots like my loss to Siberian WIM Nika. Those positions are difficult to play but I have fun later on figuring out what I should have done. My game with ChristosP is in the same vein. 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Sigh. Why is it so hard for White to find 3 e4 e6 4 f4 ed!! 3 ... Ng6! In the future I or some other reckless soul will play 3 ... Nc4!? a weird Alekhine's hybrid or 3 ... Ng4!? the Full Metal Jacket Fishing Pole variation There are 2 dozen 3 ... Ng6 in MegaDatabase going back to Bogolubov 1937-1938 4. h4!? TN by ChristosP exuberantly chasing my knight in Squirrel fashion. The Squirrel named by David Vigorito, played by many others 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nf4 4 d4 Ng6 5 h4 4 ... e5!? influenced by my Nika game [White "Nika"] [Black "B-Wall"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 but against ChristosP 4 h4 h5!! or ... e6! are better 5. h5! Nxf4!! Bravely marching in. I am used to suicide Knights. 5 ... N6e7 or the Squirrel-like 5 ... Nh4 seem worse. The Squirrel 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 c4 Nf4 4 d4 Ng6 5 h4 e6 6 h5 Nh4 7 g3 Nf5 8 g4 Nh4 9 f4 is how I would play the White side in many Mikhail/Philipp Ponomarev blitz games. 6. g3? 6. e3!! Qg5 7. exf4 Qg3+ 8. Ke2 Qg4+ 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nc3 exf3+ 11. gxf3 Qf5 12. Bh3 Qf6 leaves White with an extra doubled pawn and greater development while Black has a potentially safer King. These are all brand new undiscovered lines. 6 ... Qg5!! 7. Kf2 I have more than enough for my piece after 7 gf Qg3+ 8 Kd2 Bc5!! or ... Nf6!! White's position looks like a bomb exploded in the marketplace. 7 ... Bc5+! 7 ... Nf6! or Nh6! are also good winning moves but the amazing Renteria-type super-killer is 7 ... Qg4!! simply moving the Queen one square from dark to light. With nothing else developed except a trapped Knight, Black breaks all principles and moves his Queen one square closer to harassment with Rh4 or Bh3!! What!!! How can this possibly be right?? What laws of the universe does this follow? Pete Prochaska, Northwest Chess The Truth is in the variations. The Principle of Tactical Dominance The single highest valued positional factor is worth slightly less than the least valued tactical factor ( a pawn). Dan Heisman, ICC's Rennaisance Man Chess Cafe, Novice Nook 100, The Best Novice Nook ideas. These are two articles I was asked to judge for the CJA awards by Jonathan "Goatman" Hilton. To celebrate 100 Novice Nook columns at Chess Cafe Dan set down his best ideas in one column. If I had listened to these two ideas, I could have played much better in my final World Open game against Zierk. I also used another idea of Heisman's without knowing it my final two moves against Mabe 2009 World Open called - Go To Sleep. In other words, if you find a winning variation that requires virtually no effort or thought to win, play that even if there are more efficient variations that require more effort. Pete Prochaska is a Master that explains Chess games using the Socratic method of a student asking questions from the Master. So how does 7 ... Qg4!!! work? Pete Prochaska, Northwest Chess The Truth is in the variations. The Principle of Tactical Dominance The single highest valued positional factor is worth slightly less than the least valued tactical factor ( a pawn). Dan Heisman One way to look at 7 ... Qg4!! is the old rule that it is better to restrict a hunted King before checking. 7 ... Qg4!! pins the e2-pawn to White's d1-Queen allowing 8 ... Bc5+ with much more effect. That turns out to be more important than anything else. 7 ... Qg4 also threatens 8 ... N:h5! freeing the trapped Knight while also allowing a strengthening of the attack with ... Nf6! 7 ... Qg4 8 gf? Bc5+ is an immediate disaster as in 9 Ke1 Qg3+ 10 Kd2 Q:f4+ 11 Kc3 Qb4+ 12 Kd3 Qd4 checkmate Another cute line - 7 ... Qg4!! 8 Qe1 to break the pin Nf6 9 gf Bc5+ 10 e3 Ne4 checkmate 8. e3! Only move. I am still better but 7 ... Qg4!! would have eliminated even this possibility. 8 ... Ne6? I didn't see any place for my Knight to go and I panicked, despite many good moves. Under the stress and fear of a blitz game all I knew is that 8 ... gf-fg picking up my Knight and Queen had to be stopped. I remember clearly making every legal knight move in my mind. The reality is: 8 ... Nf6!!! 9 gf ef!! gives me a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) plus a safer King plus two free pawns plus a blistering attack for my piece. It was time for ChristosP to panic, not me. 8 ... Nh6!! 9 gf ef!! gives me similar compensation. Developing my KN is good for a win but many other moves give me slightly more or less than equality. Even 8 ... d6 9 Nf3 Qe7 10 gf ef or 8 ... N:d5 9 Q:d5 Nf6 or 8 ... e4, ... f5, ... Qh6, ... Qe7, ...Ne7 or ... Qf6 gave me at least enough for my Knight. I didn't appreciate my position, I was completely focussed on the one flaw, my trapped Knight. 9. dxe6! fxe6 9 ... Qf5+ with the option of ... Q:e6 is a little better. 10. Nf3! Qf6!! The smoke clears after a rich 10 moves full of original themes and tactics. Somehow I still have all 8 pawns. I have two pawns and a safer King residence for a piece, not quite enough but if there is a next time, I will be much better prepared. The rest of the game isn't as exciting but I will make a few comments. 11. Kg2 Nh6 A little late, 11 ... e4 is better. 12. b4? Bxb4 Second best, not bad. 12 ... e4!! attacking the a1-Rook 13 Nd4 0-0!! followed by 14 ... B:b4, 14 ... B:d4 or 14 ... Qf2+ 15 Kh3 e5, ... d6+ turns the game in my favor again. 13. Bb2 d6 Second best, not bad but 13 ... Ng4!! Fishing Pole 14 Qe2 Bc5!! does it all 14. Bd3 O-O 14 ... Ng4!!! or ... Bc5!! still favors me. 15. Nbd2 Ng4? 15 ... B:d2!! wins immediately 15 ... B:d2!! 16 N:d2 Qf2+ 17 Kh3 e4!!, ... e5+! ChristosP can try to stop that with his Bishops 15 ... B:d2!! 16 N:d2 Qf2+ 17 Kh3 e4!! 18 Bc4 Kh8 19 Be5 Qf5+:e5 15 ... B:d2!! 16 anything else I have afree attack three pawns up 16. Qe2 d5?? 16 ... B:d2! or ... Bc5! are still about even Time - ChristosP 3:17 left Brian - 3:46 left 17. e4 17 Rh4!! embarrasses my Knight- I saw the idea but was moving so fast I assumed I had something against it. I wanted to finally develop a little. 17 ... Bc5! or 17 ... d4!! are the best tries now 18. Nf1! Bd7 19. Rh4!! ChristosP found the one good move, unraveling my whole position. 19 ... Nf2! 20. Bxe5!! Unpleasant 20 ... Qe7! 21. exd5 exd5! 22. h6?? This game has more swings than ToysRUs. 22 h6?? N:d3!! 23 cd g5!! 24 Rh2-h1 g4! or 22 h6?? N:d3!! 23 Q:d3 R:f3!! and the e5-Bishop is hanging 22 ... g6?? 23. Bxg6!! d4?? Desperation, hoping ... Bc6 will do SOMETHING. Time - ChristosP - 2:03 Brian - 2:05 24. Qc4+!! Be6! 25. Bxh7+! 25 Q:e6+!! Q:e6 26 B:h7+ K:h7 27 Ng5+ Game over 25 ... Kxh7! 26. Qxe6 Qxe6?? 26 ... R:f3! is half as bad 27. Ng5+! Kg6! 28. Nxe6! Should be Game Over 28 ... Rfe8 29. Bxd4? 29 N:c7!! is twice as good 29 ... Bxd4! 30. Nxd4! Ne4 It's been nonstop insanity since Move 1 and the final upshot is I am down a piece and a pawn but I have twice the time left. Time: ChristosP - 57 seconds Brian - 2:04 The game has felt like a water slide so far. 31. Ne3 Ng5 32. Nd5! Rad8 33. Nf4+ Kh7! 34. c3! c5 35. Nf5 Rd2+! 36. Kg1??= Time: Christos P - 38 seconds Brian - 1:50 36 ... Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 Going for the win instead of the perpetual check after 37 ... Re5 38 Rh5 R:f5 39 R:f5 Nh2+= 38. Nxh4!= Kxh6! 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rb1 b6 Reflex. 40 ... R:c3 is better. Time: Christos P - 34 seconds Brian - 1:36 41. a4 Rxc3! 41 ... Re3!! is also good 42. Nh4 Ra3! 42 ... Kg5!! is also good 43. a5 Rxa5! 44. Kg2 Ra3 44 ... c4!! starts the pawn wave 45. Rh1 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7?? 46 ... Kg5!! looks scarier but is the only way to win, other than on time of course. Time: Christos P - 28 seconds Brian - 1:07 47. Nf5+!!= Kf6!= 48. Kg4?? 48 Nd6!!= creates lots of problems for me. 48 ... Rg8+!! 49. Kf3! Kxf5! I am up the exchange and two pawns. 50. Rh5+! Kf6! 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 53. Rh7 c4 54. Ke4 Rxg3! 55. Ke5 Rd3 56. Kd6 ChristosP is a fighter, still trying to mate me after 56 insane moves with 17 seconds left on his clock. Time: Christos P - 28 seconds Brian - 46 seconds 56 ... Rxd5+ Based on Dan Heisman's Margin for Error method. The Margin for Error measures how much leeway a player has for acheiving his goal ( win or draw )- Chess Cafe, Novice Nook 100, The Best Novice Nook ideas. Booby Fischer put it another way in Boy's Life. The simplest win is the best. Saccing the exchange should simplify the winning process for me. 57. Kxd5 c3! 58. Kd6 Stll trying to checkmate me - ChristosP doesn't give up easy! Time: Christos P - 15 seconds Brian - 44 seconds 56 ... Rxd5+ 58 ... Rd2+!! 59. Kc6 c2! 60. Rh1 Rd1! 61. Rh8+! Ke7! 62. Rh7+! Kf6! 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 c1=Q+! Mating but I always have a spot of fun with those who can't resign. 65. Kb7 b5 66. Rg8+ Kf6! 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rc8! Qxc8+ 69. Kxc8! a5 70. Kb7! b4! Mating 71. Kb6! Ra1 72. Kb5! b3! 73. Kc4! b2! 74. Kc3 b1=Q! mating 75. Kd2 It should be mate in 3 but where's the sport in that? I like to give my victims a fighting chance like in THE NAKED PREY. Time: Christos P - 8 seconds Brian - 21 seconds 75 ... a4 76. Ke3 Run, ChristosP, run! 76 .. a3 77. Kd4 a2 78. Ke5 Qb2+ 79. Kf4! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. 79 ... Rc1 The Lion plays with his food. 80. Kg4 a1=Q 81. Kh5 It should be mate in 2 but look how pretty my majors are. Time: Christos P - 6 seconds Brian - 9 seconds 81 ... Rc3 82. Kg6! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. There's no wrong move. 82 ... Qb4 83. Kh7 Qaa5 84. Kg8! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. There's no wrong move. 84 ... Rg3+ I ran out of pretty patterns. 85. Kh8! All legal moves get mated equally quickly. There's no wrong move. 85 ... Qc3+ I have two mates in one but I felt both Queens should contribute. 86. Kh7! Qf5+ 87. Kh6! Qe3# All the majors cooperated in the final checkmate. {White checkmated} 0-1 Final Time: Christos P - 4.6 seconds Brian - 4.7 seconds Very sloppy play by both sides but chockful of wild tactics from the getgo. I think you have to investigate games like this before you are ready to try it in slow games. No one dared play 1 d4 against me in the 2009 World Open. Now you know why. 1 ... Nc6! I think I won the 2005 Colorado Closed playing only 1 Knight to Queen's Bishop Three with both colors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "-"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "14:58:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. h4 e5 5. h5 Nxf4 6. g3 Qg5 7. Kf2 Bc5+ 8 e3 Ne6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Kg2 Nh6 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nbd2 Ng4 16. Qe2 d5 17. e4 Bc5 18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Rh4 Nf2 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. exd5 exd5 22. h6 g6 23. Bxg6 d4 24. Qc4+ Be6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nxe6 Rfe8 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne4 31. Ne3 Ng5 32 Nd5 Rad8 33. Nf4+ Kh7 34. c3 c5 35. Nf5 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 38 Nxh4 Kxh6 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rb1 b6 41. a4 Rxc3 42. Nh4 Ra3 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rh1 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Kg4 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 Kxf5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 53. Rh7 c4 54. Ke4 Rxg3 55. Ke5 Rd3 56. Kd6 Rxd5+ 57. Kxd5 c3 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Kc6 c2 60. Rh1 Rd1 61. Rh8+ Ke7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 c1=Q+ 65. Kb7 b5 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rc8 Qxc8+ 69. Kxc8 a5 70. Kb7 b4 71. Kb6 Ra1 72. Kb5 b3 73. Kc4 b2 74. Kc3 b1=Q 75. Kd2 a4 76. Ke3 a3 77. Kd4 a2 78. Ke5 Qb2+ 79. Kf4 Rc1 80. Kg4 a1=Q 81. Kh5 Rc3 82. Kg6 Qb4 83. Kh7 Qaa5 84. Kg8 Rg3+ 85. Kh8 Qc3+ 86. Kh7 Qf5+ 87. Kh6 Qe3# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.05.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Nika"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2184"] [BlackElo "2284"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:52:08"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. Nfg5 Nhxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nf6+ Rxf6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O d6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Rhf1 dxc4 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Rd8+ {Black resigns} 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Elster"] [Site "Bad Elster"] [Date "1937.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Ullrich, Heinz"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1937.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. Bd3 Qxg2+ 8. Ne2 Qg5+ 9. Kc3 Qh4 10. a3 N6e7 11. Kb3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. Nbc3 Qxf5 14 Nd4 Qg6 15. Ndb5 Kd8 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Nb5+ Kd8 19. Bxd6 Nf5 20. Bc7+ Kd7 21. Rg1 Ne3 22. Qf3 Qxc2+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qxb5 25. Qxf7+ Ne7 26. Qe6+ Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Nc6 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Elster"] [Site "Bad Elster"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Weinitschke, Erich"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1938.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. fxg6 Qxd5+ 8. Ke1 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 hxg6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nf3 f6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Re1 d5 14. h3 e4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Kf7 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. b3 g5 19. Ke2 Nd6 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Ne2 Bc5 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. c4 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne3+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.14"] [Round "?"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Annotator ",abc"] [PlyCount "174"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. d4 (1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf4 4. d4 Ng6 5. h4 e6 6. h5 Nh4 7. g3 Nf5 8. g4 Nh4 9. f4) 1... Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. h4 e5 5. h5 Nxf4 (5... N6e7) 6. g3 (6. e3 Qg5 7. exf4 Qg3+ 8. Ke2 Qg4+ 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nc3 exf3+ 11. gxf3 Qf5 12. Bh3 Qf6) 6... Qg5 7. Kf2 Bc5+ 8. e3 Ne6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Kg2 Nh6 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Bb2 d6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nbd2 Ng4 16. Qe2 d5 17. e4 Bc5 18. Nf1 Bd7 19. Rh4 Nf2 20. Bxe5 Qe7 21. exd5 exd5 22. h6 g6 23. Bxg6 d4 24. Qc4+ Be6 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qxe6 Qxe6 27. Ng5+ Kg6 28. Nxe6 Rfe8 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne4 31. Ne3 Ng5 32. Nd5 Rad8 33. Nf4+ Kh7 34. c3 c5 35. Nf5 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh4 38. Nxh4 Kxh6 39. Nf3 Rc2 40. Rb1 b6 41. a4 Rxc3 42. Nh4 Ra3 43. a5 Rxa5 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rh1 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Kg4 Rg8+ 49 Kf3 Kxf5 50. Rh5+ Kf6 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd8 53. Rh7 c4 54. Ke4 Rxg3 55. Ke5 Rd3 56. Kd6 Rxd5+ 57. Kxd5 c3 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Kc6 c2 60. Rh1 Rd1 61. Rh8+ Ke7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rh6+ Kg5 64. Rh8 c1=Q+ 65. Kb7 b5 66. Rg8+ Kf6 67. Rf8+ Ke7 68. Rc8 Qxc8+ 69. Kxc8 a5 70. Kb7 b4 71. Kb6 Ra1 72. Kb5 b3 73. Kc4 b2 74. Kc3 b1=Q 75. Kd2 a4 76. Ke3 a3 77. Kd4 a2 78. Ke5 Qb2+ 79. Kf4 Rc1 80. Kg4 a1=Q 81. Kh5 Rc3 82. Kg6 Qb4 83. Kh7 Qaa5 84. Kg8 Rg3+ 85. Kh8 Qc3+ 86. Kh7 Qf5+ 87. Kh6 Qe3# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090715/537a198a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 10:22:58 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:22:58 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Todd Bradwick on Harold Gene Linde-Brian Wall fight. Live witness! Message-ID: <1247761378.4a5f53e207253@www.taom.com> Wow- an actual witness to the fight! What happened in the parking lot is that we both threw some punches and after a brief skirmish he suddenly grabbed my testicles. Wow! No one never did that before! Where did Harold Gene Linde learn that trick? Considering the urgent cries of my future children Phyllis and Devon, that ended the fight. I am not surprised I looked worse than he did - I am surprised I didn't have time to take my glasses off, maybe Harold started off with a sucker punch but he seemed reluctant to fight me. Maybe I thought I could throw more accurate punches with my glasses on - :). Thanx for the extra details, Mr. Colorado Chess historian! http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/aboutus.htm Scott Massey reports that Joe Eversole lived with Linde and worked construction with him at the address Linde lives now. Despite the blood, bent glasses frames and mussed up hair, my behavior is pretty much the same 30 years later. Even my Chess pieces are loath to retreat in the face of danger. I am going to call up Linde tonight and get his side of things. You may be mixing up sites - I distinctly recall the Colfax Ramada Inn parking lot because I think they had a Colorado Open there in September 2003 and I was getting Viet Nam flashbacks. I paved that parking lot with my blood. We later hung out and played Chess many times. Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded message from Todd Bardwick ----- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:55:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Bardwick Reply-To: Todd Bardwick Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] More on Harold Gene Linde To: Brian Wall Brian, I didn't witness you and Harold Linde's fight first hand per se, but I was at the DCC (at Cheeseman Park on what was probably, I recall, a Saturday or Sunday afternoon) that afternoon and was in high school at the time. Here is what I saw... Harold was playing someone for money - I'm thinking Harold was a Class B player and his opponent probably a Class C or D player (Harold wasn't giving any odds - I remember thinking the other guy wasn't real bright to play him even up like that...giving away around 300 rating points or so!). You started kibitzing and helping Harold's opponent. He got really upset after telling you to stop several times...probably wouldn't be a big deal normally, but he had money riding on the game. He finally got really mad and asked you to step outside. About thirty seconds to a minute or so later he returned, without a hair out of place, not saying a word and continued playing his opponent...nobody at club...about 7-10 people said anything...once he came back in. You came back into the club about 5 minutes after that with your glasses frames bent, messed up hair, and a blood on your face. It appeared to me (I could be wrong?!) that he likely got the better of the fight ... don't feel bad, he was a strong, tough, construction worker (who was really, really mad when you went outside with him - of course, you were your normal jovial self that everyone knows and loves today...more of a lover than a fighter!) - you could whip him easily at chess...but nobody inside expected you to return that day after the fight! I was surprised that you were brave enough to go outside at all with him! After you came back inside, you quietly watched his game - no kibitzing this time. Maybe Harold can give his account of what happened outside?! I don't remember who else was in the room...I don't think Haynes Hendee was...he would have probably put a stop to the fight before it started...Dick Lazaro could have been there...I think I was the only kid there that day. Todd --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More on Harold Gene Linde To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 1:11 AM I once played the Croation monk Dean Game/2 minutes for $2 until I was +20 games. This was maybe 8 years ago. Probably took us 8-12 hours. I once played Harold Gene Linde 5-1? for $1 a game until I was +40 games. This was maybe 30 years ago. prob took us 8-12 hours. It was during that match that Harold nicknamed me a Walverine because I tore his position to shreds in blitz. I later used his nickname for my website. It's true Linde and I got in a fight. I was probably 22 years old but still felt lucky to draw because Harold Gene Linde always wore scruffy clothes and looked all muscular from construction work. It's good to hear the good ole boy still has a hair trigger temper and plenty of spunk. Steven Roberts was telling me tonight about the many Chess fights at the 16th Street mall, usually involving martial artists or pyscho vets. The guy doing the punching is usually losing a game and the guy being punched is a wiseass kibitzer. At least that's how it was with Harold and I. Harold Gene Linde and Ray Springfield lived together about 38th and Tennyson. I remember because I visited them on vacation from Texas and I could barely find the floor when I started cleaning their apartment. Ray reinvents himself every 5 years like Madonna and this was his drunken salesman stage. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from KnightMassey at aol.com ----- ? ? Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:39 EDT ? ? From: KnightMassey at aol.com Reply-To: KnightMassey at aol.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Harold Gene Linde ? ? ? To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com I heard that you and Linde got into a fistfight in the parking lot over a game at the old hotel on colfax where they used to hold tournaments. Holiday inn, Days Inn, Ramada Inn and several others I suspect.???Scott ------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Holmes To:? Brian Wall Subject:? Re: [BrianWallChess] Harold Gene Linde Harold was asking around about how to get a hold of you at the Bughouse championship/Kansas Quick at the Karpov Chess School this past weekend. He threw quite a temper tantrum when his bughouse partner was denied entry into the bughouse tournament there. --------------------------------------------------------------- From jrobichess at gmail.com Thu Jul 16 10:32:03 2009 From: jrobichess at gmail.com (jrobichess) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:32:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Todd Bradwick on Harold Gene Linde-Brian Wall fight. Live witness! In-Reply-To: <1247761378.4a5f53e207253@www.taom.com> References: <1247761378.4a5f53e207253@www.taom.com> Message-ID: And the legend of Mr. Wall grows! On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Brian Wall wrote: > Wow- an actual witness to the fight! > > What happened in the parking lot is that we both threw some punches and > after a > brief skirmish he suddenly grabbed my testicles. Wow! No one never did that > before! Where did Harold Gene Linde learn that trick? Considering the > urgent > cries of my future children Phyllis and Devon, that ended the fight. > > I am not surprised I looked worse than he did - I am surprised I didn't > have > time to take my glasses off, maybe Harold started off with a sucker punch > but > he seemed reluctant to fight me. Maybe I thought I could throw more > accurate > punches with my glasses on - :). > > Thanx for the extra details, Mr. Colorado Chess historian! > > http://www.coloradomasterchess.com/aboutus.htm > > Scott Massey reports that Joe Eversole lived with Linde and > worked construction with him at the address Linde lives now. > > Despite the blood, bent glasses frames and mussed up hair, > my behavior is pretty much the same 30 years later. Even > my Chess pieces are loath to retreat in the face of danger. > > I am going to call up Linde tonight and get his side of things. > > You may be mixing up sites - I distinctly recall the Colfax Ramada Inn > parking > lot because I think they had a Colorado Open there in September 2003 and I > was > getting Viet Nam flashbacks. I paved that parking lot with my blood. > > We later hung out and played Chess many times. > > Brian Wall > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ----- Forwarded message from Todd Bardwick ----- > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:55:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: Todd Bardwick > Reply-To: Todd Bardwick > Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] More on Harold Gene Linde > To: Brian Wall > > > Brian, > > I didn't witness you and Harold Linde's fight first hand per se, but I was > at > the DCC (at Cheeseman Park on what was probably, I recall, a Saturday or > Sunday > afternoon) that afternoon and was in high school at the time. Here is what > I > saw... Harold was playing someone for money - I'm thinking Harold was a > Class B > player and his opponent probably a Class C or D player (Harold wasn't > giving any > odds - I remember thinking the other guy wasn't real bright to play him > even up > like that...giving away around 300 rating points or so!). You started > kibitzing > and helping Harold's opponent. He got really upset after telling you to > stop > several times...probably wouldn't be a big deal normally, but he had money > riding on the game. > > He finally got really mad and asked you to step outside. About thirty > seconds to > a minute or so later he returned, without a hair out of place, not saying a > word > and continued playing his opponent...nobody at club...about 7-10 people > said > anything...once he came back in. You came back into the club about 5 > minutes > after that with your glasses frames bent, messed up hair, and a blood on > your > face. It appeared to me (I could be wrong?!) that he likely got the better > of > the fight ... don't feel bad, he was a strong, tough, construction worker > (who > was really, really mad when you went outside with him - of course, you were > your normal jovial self that everyone knows and loves today...more of a > lover > than a fighter!) - you could whip him easily at chess...but nobody inside > expected you to return that day after the fight! I was surprised that you > were > brave enough to go outside at all with him! After you came back inside, you > quietly watched his game - no > kibitzing this time. Maybe Harold can give his account of what happened > outside?! I don't remember who else was in the room...I don't think Haynes > Hendee was...he would have probably put a stop to the fight before it > started...Dick Lazaro could have been there...I think I was the only kid > there > that day. > > Todd > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Brian Wall wrote: > > From: Brian Wall > Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More on Harold Gene Linde > To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" > > Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 1:11 AM > I once played the Croation monk Dean > Game/2 minutes for $2 until I was +20 > games. This was maybe 8 years ago. Probably took us 8-12 > hours. > > I once played Harold Gene Linde 5-1 for $1 a game > until I was +40 games. > This was maybe 30 years ago. prob took us 8-12 hours. > > It was during that match that Harold nicknamed me a > Walverine because I tore his position to shreds in blitz. > I later used his nickname for my website. > > It's true Linde and I got in a fight. I was probably 22 > years old but still felt > lucky to draw because Harold Gene Linde always wore scruffy > clothes and looked > all muscular from construction work. It's good to hear the > good ole boy still > has a hair trigger temper and plenty of spunk. > > Steven Roberts was telling me tonight about the many Chess > fights at the 16th > Street mall, usually involving martial artists or pyscho > vets. The guy doing > the punching is usually losing a game and the guy being > punched is a wiseass > kibitzer. At least that's how it was with Harold and I. > > Harold Gene Linde and Ray Springfield lived together about > 38th and Tennyson. > I remember because I visited them on vacation from Texas > and I could barely find > the floor when I started cleaning their apartment. Ray > reinvents himself every 5 > years like Madonna and this was his drunken salesman > stage. > > Brian Wall > > > > > ----- Forwarded message from KnightMassey at aol.com > ----- > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:39 EDT > From: KnightMassey at aol.com > Reply-To: KnightMassey at aol.com > Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Harold Gene Linde > To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com > > I heard that you and Linde got into a fistfight in the > parking lot over a > game at the old hotel on colfax where they used to hold > tournaments. Holiday > inn, Days Inn, Ramada Inn and several others I > suspect. Scott > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dan Holmes > To: Brian Wall > Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Harold Gene Linde > > Harold was asking around about how to get a hold of you at > the > Bughouse championship/Kansas Quick at the Karpov Chess > School this > past weekend. He threw quite a temper tantrum when his > bughouse > partner was denied entry into the bughouse tournament > there. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > BrianWall-ChessList mailing list > BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com > http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist > -- jrobichess http://www.jrobichess.com http://www.youtube.com/jrobichess http://www.twitter.com/jrobichess http://www.blip.fm/invite/jrobichess -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090716/db558559/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 11:09:31 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:09:31 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian Wall talks to Harold Gene Linde Message-ID: <1247764171.4a5f5ecb8a799@www.taom.com> I just called up Harold - I gave him my email address. Harold was laughing - he still works hard fixing up properties and selling them. Harold said he did pretty well in the 2005 Kansas Open - he hadn't played since then so he got a little upset when they wouldn't let his bughouse partner play. Harold said he did poorly this year esp in the Bughouse. Harold Gene Linde has some rental properties in Denver so he visits Denver from Kansas occasionally. Harold said he looked up every Wall in the Denver phone book trying to reach me. I should be easier to find next time. He was surprised I used his nickname, Walverine.com, for my website. Harold remembers Joe Eversole visiting him. Harold laughed when I said everyone was talking about our fight. If you remember Harold give him a call or email, he's lonely in Kansas. Harold's results in 2009 Kansas Open. Event Name Section ID and Name Reg Rtg Before / After Quick Rtg Before / After 2009-07-12 200907121691 ** 2009 KANSAS OPEN (KS) 2: OPEN 2002 => 1985 2009-07-12 200907121691 ** 2009 KANSAS OPEN (KS) 1: QUICK 1985 (P15) => 1863 (P20) 2005-07-17 200507175001 2005 KANSAS OPEN (KS) 1: OPEN 1988 => 2002 Harold dances over the expert line as well as he danced in that parking lot 30 years ago. Harold has played in 7 rated events since 1994. Brian Wall harold.linde at pec1.com Harold Linde 1025 S Emporia Wichita, KS 67211 Tele-316-250-9036 harold.linde at pec1.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090716/6383f2e3/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 15:44:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:44:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] More Harold Gene Linde stories Message-ID: <1247780673.4a5f9f4164c7e@www.taom.com> Jeff Maguire just told me another Harold Gene Linde story today. They were playing poker and drinking beer when Harold noticed he was missing $10. He started accusing Eric K Anderson of stealing his $10. Eric didn't make a sound while Harold was choking him. James Hamblin managed to knock Harold off of Eric. Later they found the $10 near Harold Gene Linde where he had dropped it. Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------- an email from Harold arrived today. From: "Harold Linde" To: "Brian Wall" Mr. Wallverine Sir: It is very good to hear from you. I have been in Denver about six times over the past ten years and I tried several times very hard to look you up. One time I started calling every Wall in the Denver phone book. I went down to the Ramada Inn to see if there was still a Chess Club but I could not find a trace of you. I went down to the Paris on the Platte club and asked around. I am in the 'pressure cooker' right now; but things will get better and I will have more time. I had not played in a chess tournament since the Kansas Open in 2005. Later I was given the title and played other State Champions on the Internet. I did not do well in this year's tournament but I only went because of two reasons; one was to give Anthony and ride and secondly, believe it or not, I was hoping you might be there. I saw you had played in what I thought was last year's tournament. I am a licensed PE Engineer for Professional Engineering Consultants here in Wichita and I am spending most of my extra time right now trying to keep from losing one of two properties; a house at 1025 South Emporia that I was remodeling; and another house at 3100 S. Davidson. It was last weekend I took Anthony down to play in the Lindsborg Tournament. I was about ready to have some action, but Anthony said that the Tournament Director was correct and the beef was that Anthony owed the Director $100.00. Anthony has promised to pay him and I will hold Anthony to that if I can. P.S. by the way I remember seeing a chess game of yours where you had a draw in a wild looking game where you were down a rook but had some dangerous pawns. I saw this about four or five years ago. Hope all is going well for you. I will look you up and you will be hearing from me. Do you remember Paul Nakitafish? Do you every see Ever-so-slow? What about Jeff? From: "Harold Linde" -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall - Jeff Maguire is about to visit Ireland. Paul Nikitovich lives in Denver with his 17 year old son. Joe Eversole is about to be married for the second time. The game you are talking about is probably my draw with GM Anatoly Lein in the first Levy Memorial. I had three connected passed pawns and a Rook versus Two Rooks. Brian Wall - From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 16 16:49:36 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:49:36 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Badger brutal Message-ID: <1247784576.4a5fae8095520@www.taom.com> I invented the Badger to make up for the dull QP games I was getting trying to implement the Full Metal Jacket. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Porte"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1932"] [BlackElo "2064"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "18:15:18"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 Badger beautiful 3. Bf4 If they push d5 I get shelter and emotional support from my f6-pawn after 3 d5 Ne5 3 ... e5 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. exf6? Porte Greedy 5 ... Nxf6! Blackmar-Diemer a tempo down, I can live with that. 6. e3 O-O! 7. Nc3! d5! 8. Bb5 Feeble trade-trade-lose ploy 8 ... Kh8 9. Bxc6 More feeble trade-trade-lose stuff, strengthening my center and handing over the two Bishops 9 ... bxc6 10. O-O Rb8 11. b3 Bg4! 12. h3! " I only analyzed with Bobby Fischer once and the main thing I remember is Bobby recommended breaking pins as soon as possible. " GM Larry Christiansen 12 ... Bh5 13. Ne2 All my opponents are always eager for trades of any quality. 13 ... Bxf3! 14. gxf3! Qd7! 14 ... Nh5!! was stronger but I was saving that for maximum impact. 15. Kh2! Nh5 16. Rg1 Rf7 16 ... N:f4!! is better buy why release the tension against a fish? Just build up at will and then pull the trigger, they don't see it coming anyway. 17. c4 Porte's moves all seemed irrelevant. 17 ... Rbf8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Bd6? Capturing on f4 is strong. 20. Bxd6! Qxd6+! 21. Ng3?? Rxf3!! 22. Rg2! Rxf2?? The best way is 22 ... N:g3 23 fg R:g3!! 23. Qg4?? 23 Q:h5! saves Porte 23 ... Nxg3! The best way is interesting - 23 ... Nf6!!! 24 Qh4 Ne4!!! 25 Rg1 g5 26 Qg4 R2f3 with the idea of ... R:e3 and pushing the d-pawn is Badger brutal Too many weird retreats and King weakening pawn moves for me. 24. Qxg3! Qxg3+! 24 ... R:g2+!! 25 K:g2 Qf6! is better 25. Kxg3! R8f3+ {White resigns}? 0-1 Porte freaked out thinking he was losing a Rook and getting mated but 26 Kh2! limits the damage. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Porte"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1932"] [BlackElo "2064"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "18:15:18"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. Bf4 e5 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bb5 Kh8 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Rb8 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ne2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nh5 16. Rg1 Rf7 17. c4 Rbf8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 21. Ng3 Rxf3 22. Rg2 Rxf2 23. Qg4 Nxg3 24. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kxg3 R8f3+ {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 17 11:35:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:35:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Josh Smith remembers Harold Gene Linde Message-ID: <1247852103.4a60b6479714d@www.taom.com> KCA President and Treasurer Laurence Coker http://www.kansaschess.org/htdocs/2005KANSASOPENREPORT.htm http://www.kansaschess.org/htdocs/2007KansasOpenReport.pdf 2005 KANSAS OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT RESULTS The 2005 Kansas Open was run at the Airport Hilton in Wichita Kansas the weekend of July 15th to 17th, 2005. The attendance was the most ever for a Kansas Open, partly increased by guaranteed money and by free entry for all paid campers participating in the Karpov Chess School Camps in Lindsborg, KS held the weekend before and the weekend after the camp. This also brought in participation by two of the chess camp coaches, titled players WGM Anna Zatonskih and Grandmaster Yuri Shulman. In all 172 participated in the Kansas Open in three sections (State Quick Championship: 48, Kansas Open-Open Section 36, and Kansas Open-Reserve Section [U1800] 88). Chess participants were from many states from as far away as West Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Kansas, the host state, was the most represented in the tourney followed by Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Iowa, and Illinois. There were three Grandmasters playing (Vladimir Georgiev, Yuri Shulman, and Nikola Mitkov), two International Masters (Michael Brooks and Stanislav Kriventsov), one Women?s Grandmaster (Anna Zatonskih), and one Women?s International Master (Liudmila Mokriak). The winner of the Kansas Quick Tournament (5 rounds, game in 10 minutes) were Grandmasters Yuri Shulman and Grandmaster Vladimir Georgiev, both with 4.5 of a possible 5 points. Tied for 3rd through 7th were Anna Zatonskih, Movses Movsisyan, Bob Holliman, Alexander Chua, and Sergey Galant. Our new Kansas Quick Chess Champion is Tournament organizer Mikhail Korenman at 3.5 points out of 5.0 possible. He won over Liudmila Mokriak by tiebreak points, as they both had 3.5 points. The Open section was particularly strong this year; with GM Vladimir Georgiev finishing is 1st place alone with 4.5 points out of 5.0 possible. 2nd through 5th and all tied at 4.0 points were GM Yuri Shulman, GM Nikola Mitkov, IM Stanislav Kriventsov, and Sergey Galant. The new 2005 Kansas Champion, recently from the Ukraine but now living in Topeka, Kansas was WIM Liudmila Mokriak all by herself at 3.5 points. Hopefully she will be able to go to the Governor?s Cup in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in October to represent Kansas in that tourney?s tournament if state champions. Liudmila is the very first female state champion ever. The Reserve Section (U1800) tourney was also very competitive. Richard Smith, a Missouri player, tied Kansas players Chris Claassen, Raymond Paul, and Blake Mead for first place. 8 players tied for 5th through 13th. Initially, Raymond Paul was awarded the state Reserve Championship and check. But, on later examination, Chris Claassen actually won, a computer error. So, both are awarded plaques and money: Co-Reserve Champions. Thanks go out to all participating and especially tournament organizer and director of the Karpov Chess School in Lindsborg, KS-Mikhail Korenman. Thanks to tournament director Kevin Nyberg. It will be very hard to ever top this Kansas Chess event for numbers, titled players, good management, facilities (Airport Hilton in Wichita, KS) and the enthusiasm for chess participation. KCA President and Treasurer Laurence Coker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" ----- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:19:42 -0600 From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Subject: FW: [BrianWall-ChessList] How did Philipp and Josh Smith do in theTournament of Champions? To: Brian Wall I couldn't figure out where I had heard of Harold Linde until you mentioned he won the 2005 Kansas State Championship. Then it dawned on me that Phillip and I had played with him in the CofC! I personally haven't witnessed very many physical skirmishes between chess players, perhaps the internet is a safe alternative to hand to hand combat :) JD "Josh \"JD\" Smith" ------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall, old 2005 email -----Original Message----- From: BrianWall-Chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com [mailto:BrianWall-Chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:19 PM To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] How did Philipp and Josh Smith do in theTournament of Champions? Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Score #g 1 CofC-Arizona (2415) xx == 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 19.0 20 2 CofC-SCal (2489) == xx == 11 11 1= 11 11 01 11 11 18.5 20 3 CofC-NewMexico (2497) 11 == xx 10 1= 11 01 11 11 11 11 18.5 20 4 CofC-Hawaii (2152) 00 00 01 xx =1 11 11 11 11 11 11 16.5 20 5 CofC-Louisiana (2215) 00 00 0= =0 xx 11 01 01 11 =1 11 12.5 20 6 CofC-Oklahoma (2329) 00 0= 00 00 00 xx 11 1= 11 11 11 12.0 20 7 CofC-Colorado (2343) 00 00 10 00 10 00 xx 11 11 =1 11 i 11.5 20 8 CofC-Utah (1863) 00 00 00 00 10 0= 00 xx 10 01 11 7.5 20 9 CofC-Missouri (2153) 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 01 xx 10 11 i 7.0 20 10 CofC-Texas (2223) 00 00 00 00 =0 00 =0 10 01 xx 11 i 7.0 20 11 CofC-Kansas (2002) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 xx i 2.0 20 12 CofC-Nevada (2037) o o o o xx 0.0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arizona - Mark Ginsburg 19 Southern California - Cyrus Lakdawala 18.5 New Mexico - Jesse Krai 18.5 Hawaii - Cornelius Rubsamen 16.5 Louisiana - Trevor Jackson 12.5 Oklahoma - Movses Movsisyan 12 Colorado - Philipp Ponomarev 11.5 Utah - Josh Smith 7.5 Missouri - Bob Holliman 7 Texas - Nick Schoonmaker 7 Kansas - Harold Linde 2 Nevada- Arkia Bayati 0 ------------------------------------------------- It looks like they did just a little too much nuclear testing in Nevada. Brian - I think I got 9.5 in my zone Philipp got 11.5 in his. Josh Smith got 7.5, not bad for an 1800 player! Josh made Jesse cry, knocking him out of clear first place. Philipp knocked Cyrus Lakdawala out of first place. Mark Ginsburg beat both Philipp and Josh Smith 2-0 and that was his critical margin of victory. Nice job, guys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I asked my 6 year old son today what he learned in Todd Bardwick's Chess Class. Devon - We learned about draws. Brian - What kind of draws? Devon - I already knew about stalemate but I learned about 3 time repetition and a draw due to inefficient mating material. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have to thank Andy Rea and Todd Bardwick for fighting for my participation in the Tournament of Champions, also John Henderon of ICC for allowing it. I have to thank Josh Smith, David Vigorito and Glen Suares for following the games in progress. Special mention goes to Tom Mullikin who joined ICC just to watch this tournament. I made the mistake of publishing my cofc-vermont password on my yahoo group so some 3 digit clown logged on and played a few awful games. They gave me a new password. Milton Kicklighter warned me it might happen but it was too late. ICC Freebird lectured me and I told him it was an accident. Ann Davies was both cute and confused as usual. In the middle of the tournament she asked me if these were real games or practice games. Say Goodnight Gracie. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall, 2009 email Recap - Roughly 1977 - Harold Gene Linde/ Brian Wall fistfight 2005 - Harold Gene Linde hasn't played Chess in a while but enters the 2005 Kansas Open with most ever attendance. The Open section was particularly strong this year; with GM Vladimir Georgiev finishing is 1st place alone with 4.5 points out of 5.0 possible. 2nd through 5th and all tied at 4.0 points were GM Yuri Shulman, GM Nikola Mitkov, IM Stanislav Kriventsov, and Sergey Galant. The new 2005 Kansas Champion, recently from the Ukraine but now living in Topeka, Kansas was WIM Liudmila Mokriak all by herself at 3.5 points. Apparently they disqualified Georgiev, Shulman, Mitkov, Kriventsov and Sergey Galant on residency issues ( 4.5/4.0 points ). They awarded the title of Kansas State Champion to Topeka resident Liudmila Mokriak ( 3.5/5 ). I forget her handle but we have played on ICC and discussed Kansas Opens. Apparently feisty Harold Gene Linde scored 3/5 ( I can't find a scoretable ) and protested Liudmila not living in Topeka long enough and the State Organization was not ready to go toe to toe with Harold Gene Linde like I was. Many others must have scored 3/5 so Linde must have had the best tiebreaks. Meanwhile in Colorado 2005, Philipp Ponomarev and I were Open and Cosed Champions and Andy Rea ( New In Chess review, Chess on the Ledge ) made a special plea for me with his unsavory " Chicago connections " to play with Philipp in the ICC tournament of Champions, winner getting a berth in the US Championship. Philipp won the preferred Colorado Championship ( the Open ) but they allowed me to play for some state who didn't have a representative ( there were several states like that ). Meanwhile in Utah Josh Smith had drawn the late, great Igor Ivanov in one of Igor's last rated games. This made Josh state Champ. Captain Bill Hook in his memoirs states how - A - Bill Hook as a master phographer was aware of the Ivanov defection plot from Russia to Canada and gave the police a good photo of Igor to watch out for him B - The Russians changed Igor's flight plans, possibly because Igor was talking too much in a bar. Liquor was always an issue with Igor. Igor solved the problem by simply going up to the ticket counter and changing his flight plans back to enter Russia through Canada again where he defected. By a series of weird flukes then the 2005 Tournament of Champions had Philipp Pomomarev representing Colorado (11.5 ) Josh Smith representing Utah ( 7.5 ) Harold Gene Linde representing Kansas ( 2/20 beating only Nevada) Brian Wall representing Vermont ( 9.5 beating the ultimate winner of the whole event but losing to Rizzitano among others ) Philipp, Josh and I at least affected the zone winners, Harold served coffee with a smile. I was sending out quick flash emails as I played. Harold played Philipp and Josh in the central Western zone but I was stuck in the Eastern zone or I would have said Hello to Harold when we played ( All plays all in the zone ). In 2007 I won the Colorado Closed and the last ever Denver Open so Anthea and I decided to test our luck in Kansas - we both went undefetaed and took home the bacon, $900 between us. Tom Brownsecombe scored half a point less but won the title of 2007 Kansas Champion as a resident. Tom repeated as Champion in 2009. Maxx Coleman beat me in the 2007 Kansas Open blitz pre-tournament and won that title, although I did beat Brownsecombe with a Fishing Pole. I think I tied for second in the blitz. I beat Maxx Coleman in the slow games, I drew Brownescombe and I beat Marvin Lee in Round 1, very famous slow game on www.Chessgames.com, where I played the Fishing Pole and used almost no time on my clock where Marvin Lee had no time and no position when he resigned around move 25. Harold got wind of that and played in the 2009 Kansas Open, hoping to tun into me again. Harold's bughouse partner owed $100 so there was a minor brohaha over allowing him to play. Harold was not doing well in the slow games and forfeited his final game. Harold went into the Kansas Open with an expert's rating so his Chess has definitley improved since his Colorado days. In 2008 I lost to Robert Hess and Ray Robson. In 2009 Ray Robson won the U.S. Junior. Ray is a deadly killer, Fischer-like and deserved to win. I wrote several articles for the Florida State magazine about him. I wondered why Tyler Hughes ( 2377) was not invited to the 2009 US Junior when Maxx Coleman ( 2177 ) was, finishing dead last. I guess Maxx was invited as the best local guy and the organization could not keep up with Tyler's skyrocketing Chess rating and used an earlier rating list. Still, Tyler had a dream year with the winner 2008 US Junior --------------------------------------- participant - 2008 World Junior Turkey -------------------------------------- spectator - 2008 Olympiad, Dresden, Germany -------------------------------------- participant - 2009 US Championship, fighting bravely ( no draws I think ), beating Gulko, Shankland, Charles Lawton and Doug Eckert. Bill Engels told me Ibragimov was a defensive genius. Bill lived in Vegas and watched Ildar in several big tournaments. Tyler found that out when he threw the kitchen sink at Ibragimov but Ildar used all his time to find only move after only move and prevailed. --------------------------------------- co-winner, Under 2400 section, 2009 Chicago Open beating Andy Rea and having Jonathan Hilton write up a game at USChess.org ---------------------------- $100 winner, Under 2400 section, 2009 World Open plus getting to hang out with Jonathan Hilton and Brian Wall ------------------------------ future interview 2009 , ICC IM John Watson so even though Tyler Hughes barely missed qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Junior Championship he's had a dream year in Chess and we must be grateful for what God gives us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the zone with Harold Gene Linde, Philipp Ponomarev and Josh Smith, the funniest guy on ICC, Mark Ginsburg won that zone but was knocked out later. To show you how good Mark Ginsburg is, here is a game we played yesterday. After move 47 gf I was up a piece with 90 seconds to Mark's 19 seconds and I still lost somehow with a winning position on time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.16"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "aries2"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2088"] [BlackElo "2390"] [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"] [ECO "E81"] [NIC "KI.51"] [Time "19:10:39"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nh3 a6 8. Nf2 Rb8 9. a4 a5 10. Be2 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nd3 b6 14. b4 axb4 15. Nxb4 Ra8 16. Nb5 h6 17. Be3 g5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Nh5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. a5 Ra6 22. Rf2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Rb2 Qa8 25. Qd2 Qxc6 26. Bd3 Rfa8 27. Rba2 Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qb2 Qe8 30. Qb5 c6 31. Qb3 Qd8 32. Qa4 Qc7 33. g3 Bf6 34. f4 Bd8 35. Qd1 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Rb1 Ra3 38. Qe2 Kg7 39. Rd1 Bf6 40. e5 dxe5 41. fxg5 Bxg5 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Rf1 Qe6 45. Bg6 Bf4 46. Bh5 Ra2 47. gxf4 e4 48. Qh8+ Ke7 49. Qg8 e3 50. Bg4 Qf6 51. Qc8 Rf2 52. Ra1 Qxf4 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Qh8+ Kg5 55. Qg7+ Kh4 56. Be2 Rxe2 57. Rxf7 Qxf7 58. Qxf7 Rf2 59. Qe7+ Kh5 60. Qe5+ Kg6 61. Qxc5 Kg7 62. Qxd4+ Kg6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall, 2009 www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 17 12:00:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:00:44 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] UON 24 is posted Message-ID: <1247853644.4a60bc4c7f339@www.taom.com> UON 24 is posted Cool Chess pins. Gary Gifford analyzes some Blackmar-Diemer victories objectively. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interesting interview with Mike Surtees, author of Revolutionary Opening Theory. ( R.O.T.) I have noticed in my computer analysis that humans are prejudiced towards developing a piece every move, regardless of position while the computer prefers to let the pawn wars resolve themselves and then efficiently bring out the pieces later to their perfect squares. I have also played and analyzed many Wing Gambits against the Sicilian/French e4-5 ... c5 b4 ... cb a3 ... ba c3, d4 Bd3 Where White builds up a perfect pawn center and then starts attacking behind it. Mike Surtees has a game like that plus some opening theory that perhaps states what I said in a better way. Interesting reading. Join UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com and then find out how to read Unorthodox Chess Newsletter #24 There is also a 1 a4 game. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UON 24 is posted -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Gary Gifford ----- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Gifford Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] UON 24 is posted To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chess-Unorthodox-UON/files/ Hi to all - UON 24 is posted... however, it is not the Zilbermints Gambit edition - that should appear in August (Part 1 of 2). The posted UON is about 1 MB. Best regards to all, Gary (for UON) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 17 13:55:33 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:55:33 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] John Watson interview archives for ICC members Message-ID: <1247860533.4a60d7352cea6@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from John Watson ----- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:40:12 -0500 From: John Watson Reply-To: John Watson Subject: Archive of my interviews To: Brian Wall Go to this link, scroll down, then there's something like 'Index of all shows' to click on. The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Shortcut to: http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/ Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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Ray, Eric K Anderson and Joe "Ever-so-Goddamned Slow" Eversole lived in Harold Gene Linde's Denver house about 25 years ago somewhere near 38th and Federal. They did a lot more Chess, drinking and eating than cleaning. Knowing Harold was basically good-natured but volatile like Shakespeare's Hotspur, they would egg him on by referring to him as Harold "Queen" Linde. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 18 15:06:06 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:06:06 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] "Channel Swim 2008" Message-ID: <1247951166.4a62393e3b91d@www.taom.com> I met a German Chessplayer at the 16th Street mall yesterday. Turns our he was born in Romania and he swam the English Channel in 2008- Here's his video. His name is Christian Hubner, http://www.dover.uk.com/channelswimming/swimmers/1353/Christian+Hubner/ I was giving everyone at the mall my age ( 5 minutes versus 54 seconds ). I hadn't seen Nikita in ages and I walked her home and back. Then I stayed all night until the busses ran again in the morning. Kenny stayed blitzing with me all night, Roger was second to last to leave. Ian told amazing David Lynch type stories about his never ending saga at midnight to take busses home and running into trouble every step of the way. Ian lost a blitz match badly to David Kane from Boulder. In the morning I gave a Chess lesson to lawyer Steve and then a new Thornton newlywed Chessplayer showed up, Kyle and we played some Chess at the park near my house. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from YouTube Service ----- Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:28:00 -0700 (PDT) From: YouTube Service Reply-To: YouTube Service Subject: ninjaswimmer hat dir ein Video gesendet: "Channel Swim 2008" To: BrianWall at walverine.com ninjaswimmer hat dir ein YouTube-Video empfohlen: Hi Brian ! 3rd try, to send that e-Mail (the other 2 returned with some error message). Was nice to meet you. Next time I'll be in town will be next January. cu and have a great time, Christian Channel Swim 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SNEWXlgfJM&feature=email The paramount of every long distance swimmer's career, the english channel. The first few hours are missing due to darkness and sea sickness of the support crew. 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NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. Brian Wall To Sent by: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, brianwall-chessl Brian Wall Chesslist ist-bounces at list cc 07/17/2009 03:11 Subject PM [BrianWall-ChessList] Accepting prayers for Andrew Wall My 22 yr old nephew, same age as my daughter, is in a Hawaiin hospital with a brain tunmor. We all wish him well. _______________________________________________ BrianWall-ChessList mailing list BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 20 11:28:35 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:28:35 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ray Springfield adds to: The legend of Linde Message-ID: <1248110915.4a64a9434a1f6@www.taom.com> Ray Springfield ----- Forwarded message from raycspring ----- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:14:54 -0000 From: raycspring Reply-To: raycspring Subject: Re: The legend of Linde grows To: Brian Wall Harold "The Queen" Linde would squeal like a pig if he thought he had you busted and wanted to give you a knuckle job on your head, first invented by Tom Barber, of course when he found out he was really busted it was a different story. Joe Eversole and I got in a fist fight one night of drunken speed chess.... he was insulting my Gramps..... Ray Springfield raycspring at yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall I had a great time going out with old friend and Chessmaster Ray Springfield last night. Ray, Eric K Anderson and Joe "Ever-so-Goddamned Slow" Eversole lived in Harold Gene Linde's Denver house about 25 years ago somewhere near 38th and Federal. They did a lot more Chess, drinking and eating than cleaning. Knowing Harold was basically good-natured but volatile like Shakespeare's Hotspur, they would egg him on by referring to him as Harold "Queen" Linde. Brian Wall From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 20 12:02:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:02:48 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 16th Street Mall blitz earlier with the Charming Frenchman Pierre Ducharme Message-ID: <1248112968.4a64b148272ec@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from pierre at pierreducharme.com ----- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:37:14 -0400 From: pierre at pierreducharme.com Reply-To: pierre at pierreducharme.com Subject: 16th Street Mall blitz earlier To: BrianWall at walverine.com Hi Brian, I got your email address from your website.? I just want to let you know how much I appreciated our little blitz match earlier today, before the rain.? I'm looking forward to giving you a better challenge next time!? Now I learned that the King's Indian attack works better than the Ruy Lopez against you!? You have a great week! Pierre? DuCharme pierre at pierreducharme.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian I had an awesome blitz session ( my age 54 seconds versus 5 minutes ) with Pierre Ducharme where I seemed to win brilliancy after brilliancy in my favorite lines, Shattering the Scheveningen ( Youtube video ) and Fishing Poles ( Youtube video Fishing Pole, First Blood). Pierre is an expert and soon adapted, avoiding my dangerous sac and embracing endgames. One game went something like this. [Event "16th street mall blitz"] [Site "Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.19"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Pierre DuCharme"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2025"] [EventDate "2009.07.19"] [TimeControl "Brian, 54 seconds, Pierre, 5 minutes"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qg3 b5 13. f4 Ng6 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Be7 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxg6 Bxf6 23. exf6 1-0 eventually another one went something like this [Event "16th street mall blitz"] [Site "Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.19"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Pierre DuCharme"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2215"] [BlackElo "2025"] [EventDate "2009.07.19"] [TimeControl "Brian, 54 seconds, Pierre, 5 minutes"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. Bh4 Qh5 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Rhe1 and I won the ending another one went something like this [Event "16th street mall blitz"] [Site "Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.07.19"] [Round "1"] [White"Pierre DuCharme"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2025"] [BlackElo "2215"] [EventDate "2009.07.19"] [TimeControl "Brian, 54 seconds, Pierre, 5 minutes"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nf5 Bc5 8. Be3 Nxe3 9. Nxe3 d6 and I won somehow. Pierre kept playing slowly and falling for Scheveningen attacks and Fishing Poles. Pierre would play cautiously against the Pole as if he had seen Anthea's video and avoided h3 h5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk It was getting harder and harder to win against Pierre. He won one game with a reverse Moose Attack - 1 Qd1-h5 Qa5:h5 Jack Young's Moose Attack - 1 f4 e5 2 c3 ef 3 Qa4 Qh4+ 4 g4 fg 5 Qa4:h4 Pierre was an ideal opponent for me, French accent, pleasant company and he allowed me all my favorite lines. Thanx Pierre. Pierre is mostly famous in Colorado for beating Philipp Ponomarev in a wild rated game where both sides missed chances. ------------------------------------------------ BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 20 12:11:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:11:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson on the Raccoon - An offbeat answer to the King's Gambit? Message-ID: <1248113480.4a64b3483186c@www.taom.com> The Fishing Pole makes Grandmasters cower in fear, the Raccoon makes three digit players sac the house. Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Anderson ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:07:54 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] An offbeat answer to the King's Gambit? To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com The Raccoon also comes from the How to Play Chess Like An Animal book by Brian Wall (like the fishing pole). I have been trying it out myself and it seems to make people go insane. They throw away a ton of material and never get to the king. In the past 46 games in my database, I win about 90% of the time. Here is the last one: Insane Gambiteer - Raccoon Tester [C30] Friendly Game, 5m + 0s Caf?, 18.07.2009 1.e4 e5 2.f4 h5 3.Nf3 exf4 4.Bc4 g5 5.0-0 h4 6.Ne5 Nh6 7.d4 d6 8.Nxf7 Nxf7 9.Bxf4 gxf4 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Rxf4+ Ke8 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qf3 Qg5 14.Rf1 Be7 15.d5 Rg8 16.b4 Bg4 17.Qf2 Bh5 18.a4 Bg4 19.b5 c5 20.a5 Bh3 21.Rf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Bf6 23.Re1+ Kd8 24.Ne4 Bd4 25.Nxg5 Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Rxg5 27.c4 Rxf5+ 28.Kg1 Nd7 29.Re6 Kc7 30.Rh6 Rf4 0-1 Paul Anderson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: adi11235 To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 8:51 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] An offbeat answer to the King's Gambit? Hello everyone, this will be my first message here :) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 How do you answer to the king's gambit? I need something offbeat and cheap, like the Fishing Pole. Lately, I've been trying 2. ... Qh4+ with the idea: 3.g3 Qe7 If 4.fxe5 then d6 if then 5.exd6 then Qxe4+ 6.Qe2 Qxe2 7.Nxe2 or Bxe2 With a development lead for black after 7. ... Bxf6(anything other than 6.Qe2 means white loses the rook) So at move 5 white usually doesn't capture, but continues development with 5.Nf3 or Nc3, followed by 5. ... dxe with equality. At move 4 white can also develop with the knights (4. Nc3 or Nf3), after which black can win a pawn with 4. ... exf 5.Nc3 fxe (if 5. gxf then Qxe4+ with advantage for black). The pawn advantave is a bit deceptive since white is ahead in development. Finally, white can go: 4.f5, pushing the pawn with the idea of forming a mighty chain after d3. Black can counter-attack with Nf6 and d5. The game is even with a slight advantage to black. This is a sample game starting with the Vienna opening, but which transposes to the king's gambit. [Event "rated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2009.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "JohnHolland"] [Black "insanewarrior"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1332"] [BlackElo "1357"] [ECO "C25"] [TimeControl "300+12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qe7 5. f5 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. d3 Bd7 8. Bg5 Qb4 9. Bd2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bc3 Bxf5 13. Qd2 h5 14. Be2 Bh6 15. Qd1 O-O-O 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Rf1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. b3 Be3 20. Ng2 Qb4+ 0-1 {white resigns} I'm rated around 1500 under standard time control and around 1300 for blitz. From: adi11235 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As of today, the expected list of players planning to be there are: Joel Johnson (2205), Scott Price (2060), Barry Evans (1980), and Kevin Musil (1800) So come on down and check out our new location and win a prize! Thanks, Joel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090720/f4b3a56b/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 20 16:29:11 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:29:11 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Damian Nash seeking FIDE rated players for Salt Lake City, Utah tournament August 21-22 Message-ID: <1248128951.4a64efb7be061@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from d_nash at krusemer.com ----- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:40:26 -0700 (PDT) From: d_nash at krusemer.com Reply-To: d_nash at krusemer.com Subject: Renard Anderson To: Brian Wall Hi Brian.?? I'm trying to get ahold of Renard Anderson.?? Noticed that he likes to travel to tournaments and wondering if he (and/or you and/or other Colorado Masters) might want to play in a FIDE rated tournament in Salt Lake on August 21-22.?? No EF, no prizes, just top-level chess.?? Damian? 435-260-2789 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090720/7f2aeecb/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 20 16:33:01 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:33:01 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Klaus Johnson on Pierre DuCharme Message-ID: <1248129181.4a64f09d9c5a4@www.taom.com> Pierre has a safe, tactically alert style with positional insight - hard to beat. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson ----- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:25:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Klaus Johnson Reply-To: Klaus Johnson Subject: Pierre DuCharme To: Brian Wall Brian: ? Not only did?Pierre defeat Philipp (+5, -1, =1) , but he was also the only player to defeat Mikhail in the 08 Invitational (+2, -1, =4).? The last time?a Colorado player defeated both Ponomarevs in the same tournament?was way back in the 2002 Closed, when?Philipp wasn't yet a master. ? Pierre went into?round 6?of the Invitational with 4.0/5 and?with a good chance to win the tournament, but the long schedule had burned him out.? On Sunday, he lost to Ted Doykos and?Jackson Chen, two of the three lowest rated players in the tournament, and finished tied for 2nd.?Then again, it could be that Ted was just on fire on Sunday, in the last round he beat Renard. ? It's a shame he's not playing this year, but I understand he's been pretty busy. ? Klaus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090720/b4b2b5f9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 20 17:34:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:34:15 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tidbits Message-ID: <1248132855.4a64fef70c504@www.taom.com> Chess = Jewish catnip Pierre Ducharme's style reminds me of what David Wallace said about Robert Ramirex, " a destroyer of other ideas ", i.e., a good counterattacker. Renteria from Columbia probbaly played me superfast with the intention of renetering the World Open if he lost. He did both. Mark Ginsburg beat me despite a mouseslip with ... g5? and a phone call during our game. Yacoov Norwitz informed me he won the World Open blitz 3 times. As an Orthodox Jew he wonders how he can ever get norms with forced byes on Saturday. Maybe Goichberg can offer something special for sundown to sundown worshippers. Sunday was another brutal Zoo-Tennis day with my 10 year old Devon. Aiden wanted us to play in the morning to avoid afternoon clouds/lightning. My daily outrage-as-I-age this time was sunburn where my hair is thinning, providing less coverage. I tried power serves but Devon couldn't return any. Nikita told me she was too good for me, maybe a 4.5 tennis player out of 5. I would be lucky to score a 1. I found an awesome way to make tennis competitive with Devon, I played left handed. I really didn't know what would come off my racket then, I would just hit and pray like a kid. Devon starts out cold and then warms up and with me missing wildly, he got encouraged and started playing very enthusiastically. At one point I counted off 12 game points on serve before he scored. Devon experimented with serving the way his instructor told him to, like a pro and bouncing it the way he likes to. He finally found a nice serve that barely cleared the net. I paid him $2.50, a quarter each for lobs, drop shots or power shots I couldn't touch. He ended up winning 6-3 when I played left-handed without glasses.. " Once I get warmed up, Daddy, I am pretty much unstoppable. " " Goodbye " every time he hit a nice shot he thought I couldn't return, although half the time I surprised him. The biggest joy in life for me is the face of children, especially my own. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 21 00:28:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:28:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The infamous Ponomarev games Message-ID: <1248157712.4a65601072299@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from pierre at pierreducharme.com ----- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:00:04 -0400 From: pierre at pierreducharme.com Reply-To: pierre at pierreducharme.com Subject: The infamous Ponomarev games To: BrianWall at walverine.com Hi Brian, Here's a pgn file with those 2 games I won against the Ponomarev?father and son?last year.? I don't think the game against Philip was that wild, he just underestimated me a little bit.? The game against Mikhail had more misses but ended up being interesting.?? My style of play is usually not that wild even if I notice I started using sacrifices a lot more in recent years.? 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I fist fought Joe E in the middle of lake avenue before he moved back to Washington. It is always good to hear about someone else appreciating Joe the way I do. By the way before he left we held a tourney in his honor "the Ever So Slow something or other " He was obligated to play and I was obligated to direct so we were forced to make up. I still have fliers from the tourney so I will find out the actual name. Scott ------------------------------------------------ In www.Walverine.com I publicly apologize to Ray Springfield for using his old name, Ray Haskins. I even embed the song Forgiven by Silver http://www.walverine.com/index.php?id=178 Walverine email name- Grimm Reaper Since the common denominators of all the fights is Linde and Eversole, I wonder if those two ever went at it? Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <1248167261.4a65855dd1ca3@www.taom.com> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/us/18indict.html?scp=2&sq=chess&st=cse ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Northern District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: JACK GILLUND July 17, 2009 (415) 436-6599 WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/CAN Jack.Gillund at usdoj.gov CHESSDISCUSSION.COM WEBMASTER INDICTED FOR COMPUTER FRAUD AND AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT SAN JOSE, Calif. - A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Gregory Alexander, of Everett, Wash., Wednesday for unauthorized access of the private email account of a member of a not-for-profit organization?s board of directors, United States Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced. According to the indictment, Alexander used a username and password belonging to Randall Hough, a member of the United States Chess Federation?s Board of Directors, to access Hough?s private email account on 34 separate occasions spanning from November 2007 to June 2008. Additionally, the indictment notes that Alexander obtained information from Hough?s account on an unspecified number of those occasions. Alexander, 42, was arrested in San Francisco and made his initial appearance in federal court in San Jose today. He is currently out of custody on a $100,000 personal recognizance bond. Alexander's next scheduled appearance is at 9 a.m. on August 3 for a status hearing before Judge Ronald M. Whyte. The maximum statutory penalty for each count of computer fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 1030(a)(2) is 10 years and a fine of $250,000. The maximum statutory penalty for the count of aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. ? 1028A(a)(1) is two years. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. ? 3553. Richard Cheng is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who is prosecuting the case with the assistance of Lauri Gomez and Derek Ko. The prosecution is the result of a lengthy investigation by the San Jose field office of the United States Secret Service. Please note, an indictment contains only allegations against an individual and, as with all defendants, Mr. Alexander must be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Further Information: Case #: CR-09 00719 RMW A copy of this press release may be found on the U.S. Attorney's Office's Web site at www.usdoj.gov/usao/can. Electronic court filings and further procedural and docket information are available at https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. Judges' calendars with schedules for upcoming court hearings can be viewed on the court's Web site at www.cand.uscourts.gov. All press inquiries to the U.S. Attorney's Office should be directed to Jack Gillund at (415) 436-6599 or by e-mail at Jack.Gillund at usdoj.gov. <> From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 21 11:58:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:58:38 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott Massey adds to: The legend of Joe Eversole Message-ID: <1248199118.4a6601ce62771@www.taom.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:44:00 EDT From: KnightMassey at aol.com To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Scott Massey adds to: The legend of Joe Eversole The tournament was the "Ever-So-Slow Action Chess Tournament" of course won by Joe. Other aliases include "Joe blow by blow Eversole" "Jojo the dog face boy" "Eversharp" From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 21 12:35:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:35:17 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1248201317.4a660a65a379b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:21:27 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On July 14th, the CSCC had 9 members in attendance. The participants played in a single, round robin tournament (G15). Anthea Carson and David Meliti suffered only 1 loss to tie for the top spot. Here are the results: Score Player 4.0 David Meliti 4.0 Anthea Carson 3.5 Paul Anderson 2.5 Buck Buchanan 1.0 Tikila Nichols 0.0 Jason Feith Colorado Springs Chess Club 3rd Quarter Schedule By Buck Buchanan Here is the chess club schedule for the next quarter: ************************************************************************************ COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB July - September 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: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon. Rated tourney, G/90, 1 game a night., games start 6:00 PM. Thursdays: USAFA Chess, Rated G/90 tourney, Milazzo Center, Bldg 5226, games start 6:00 PM. 3rd Saturday of month (7/18, 8/15, 9/19) Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM. Air Force Academy Quads, USCF rated. 7/25, 8/29. See Dean Brown or websites for info. ************************************************************************************** July 7 Speed tournament 14 Round Robin G/15 21 Quads: USCF rated G/30, otherwise G/20 28 Players' choice August August 1-2, Manitou Spgs City Hall: Pikes Peak Open. Register with Jerry Maier. 4 Speed tournament 11 Fischer-random tournament, 4-SS, G/10 18 Anderson(s) simul August 22-23, Monument Open. See websites for info. 25 Ladder games September 1 Speed tournament Sept 5-6, Denver: Colorado Open state championship tournament 8 Ladder games 15 "Pick-from-a-hat" thematic 4-SS G/15 22 Bughouse 29 Team tournament, 4-SS, G/15. 2 players alternate moves, no consultation Club Championship tournament October 13 - November 3. Upcoming Hot Time in Town Tonight chess tournament in Pueblo By Liz Wood August 8, 2009 It's a Hot Time in Town Tonight Tournament --- An Open One-Day Rated Chess Tournament 5SS, G/30 TD 5 Location: at the Daily Grind, 209 S. Union, Pueblo (take 1st Street exit, three blocks to Union; Union & D Street) Registration 9:00-9:45, Rounds 10, 11:15, 12:30, 2:30, 3:45. Entry fee: $20; Sr, Jr, Unr $15; CSCA & USCF required, OSA. Pre-registration entry fee: $15, which must be paid at the time of pre-registration. Cash prizes based on entry fees will be distributed at the conclusion of the event. Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are irrevocable. For further information, contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net ( 719-566-6929) or Jerry Meier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com by August 6th. Game Of The Week "Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit" (Ecclesiastes 7:8 (King James Version). This is one of those proverbs that seem to have a direct chess application. Just change "end of a thing" to endgame and "beginning" to opening and you will get my drift. Can you win a chess game when losing the opening? I think so. Can you win a chess game when losing the endgame. I think not. I have gotten to where I am in chess today by taking advantage of this truth. I have not worried about studying opening theory. I was just hoping to develop my pieces without being too far behind when my opponent had to start thinking. I started chess so late; I never had any thoughts about becoming a Grandmaster. I just wanted to play well against my dad, but when I focused on endgame skills and increasing my level of patience, my rating increased. I reached a peak of 1994 and was hoping to make the expert level before I start learning about these chess openings. However, it is never easy to cross these milestones for some reason. I remember trying to break into the class A rating for 3 years before landing at 1805 on December 5th, 2004. Breaking 1900 was even harder, as it took another 3 years, falling from 1885, 1897, and 1899 before crossing over with 1904 on January 5th, 2008. Now, in one year, I had a shot at passing 2000. Would my endgame skills and patience be up to the challenge? I am not the quickest endgame player. I know I have to move fast in the opening to avoid the pitfalls of time pressure. I would rather suffer some weaknesses in the opening than try to rely on my endgame skills with 2 minutes on the clock. Some players have mastered the art of patience in time pressure, but they are usually masters. My dad's favorite quote from his senior yearbook was, "Make haste slowly" (D. Anderson, 1961). I think he was just trying to be clever then, but now I find a lot of wisdom in his statement. I currently lack the ability to think patiently yet move quickly. I am just not a clutch player. They wouldn't give me the ball with 2 seconds left on the clock. I would probably be the guy who threw it to the other team when trying to get it inbounds. They wouldn't put me in the lineup with 2 minutes left and down 4 points. I would probably be the guy who missed hearing the play and threw the ball out of bounds on 4th down. This inability cost me my first shot at expert. Make Haste Slowly (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (154) Deloslado,Edelreich (1697) - Anderson,Paul (1990) [B06] Colorado Springs Open Colorado Springs (5.2), 08.03.2009 [Fritz 8 (120s)] B06: Modern Defence 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nd7 7.Qd2 Qc7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ngf6 10.0-0 0-0 last book move 11.Bh6 Rfe8 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.Rad1 White plans d5 14...e5 15.d5 White gains space 15...c5 16.Nb5 Qb6 17.c4 a6 18.Nc3 Qa5 19.Be2 h6 20.g3 Rb8 21.a4 Nf8 22.Rf1 N8h7 23.Kh2 Qc7 24.h4 Qd7 25.Qe3 g5 26.Rg1 Rh8 27.f4 Rbe8 28.f5 White wins space 28...Reg8 29.Rg2 Kf8 30.Rdg1 Ke7 31.Na2? [>=31.Rb1= would allow White to play on] With little time left on his clock, Edelreich pins all his hopes on one last ditch effort to get to my king. This is the last time I put much thought into my move. I considered the possibility that sending my queen out on a material raid could leave the door to the hen house open, but I saw the potential queen trade and figured that would be too hard for him to see in his time pressure. Plus, it appears as if he is already starting to crumble in the time pressure, as I am getting at least a couple of pawns. 31...Qxa4-+ 32.b4? [>=32.Qa3 Qxa3 33.bxa3 Nxe4 34.Bf3-+ ] Ok, I get a knight too and the queen sac is still in play. 32...Qxa2 33.bxc5 Qxc4 34.cxd6+ [34.Bxc4?? White will choke on that 34...Ng4+ 35.Kh1 Nxe3-+ ] Well, this was not the move I wanted and should have been easy to see, but I did not. Perhaps I should have taken this as a sign to reconsider my plan, but I did not. 34...Kd7 [>=34...Kf8 and Black has prevailed 35.Rb1 Qxe4 36.Qxe4 Nxe4 37.Rxb7 Kg7-+ ] 35.Qb6+- [35.Bxc4?? materialistic play, which will be punished 35...Ng4+ 36.Kh1 Nxe3-+ ] My planning has failed me. He hasn't taken the bait.twice. Now, I am in panic mode. He is playing too well in extreme time pressure, and my dreams of an easy endgame have disappeared. 35...Qc8 [35...Qxe4?? will allow the opponent to give mate in 2 36.Qc7+ Ke8 37.Qe7# ] 36.Bd1 Ke8 37.Rc2 Qd8?? but even a better move would not have saved the game [>=37...Qb8 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Rxb7 Kg7 40.Rxb8 Rxb8 41.Qxa6 Nxe4+- ] 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Qxb7 1/2-1/2 Edelreich offers a draw with 2 seconds left on his clock. His offer awakens me from my time pressure haze. I realize my clock is fine. I have not made the most of my time. I rushed through my last eight moves just to keep his clock running. Now, I have a decision to make. Do I take the draw or not? I knew before this game started that not playing this game would give me a rating of 1999. So, a win would be the only way to make expert rating (2004). A draw to a lower rated player would move me back to 1994. However, I have totally ruined my position, and he is only one move away from gaining another hour on his clock. My only hope is to find a move that is complicated enough to make him hesitate, so that the 2 seconds elapse before he hits his clock. Of course, if he makes the move fast enough, the draw offer is not likely to return, and I will lose the 2nd place prize money. So, do I choose greed or vanity? I just sat there wishing it had never come to this. The money and the feeling that I did not deserve to win compelled me to take the draw. My first shot at expert was gone. My second strike would come a couple weeks later, as a victory over Mitch Anderson would have put me at 2005, but he didn't want his rating to fall below 2000 and didn't give me any chances for a win. Maybe I will get another shot this summer and this goal will end better than it has begun. 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I was like a wandering Jew in the desert all week, finding any excuse to walk for miles in the heat - guess I overdid it. Between tennis and zoo Devon and I splashed around these pavillion water jets nearby the Imax building where Obama signed his huge stimulus package. A water jet blasted right into my eyesocket. It felt like being kicked by a mule, my eyes began to water, it was hard to see. In Watson's Chess camp brave Weston Svoboda was accidentally kicked in the eye by Big Phillip while they flopped around the floor imitating crabs. My first thought when my eye got blasted was - I hope I handle this as bravely as that 8 year old Nebraska farm boy Weston Svoboda. I met the woman Luwanda ( rhymes with Rwanda ) who invented my favorite meal on earth. Over 30 years ago Luwanda was a bored waitress at My Brother's Bar at 15th and Platte and decided to spice up the menu with a Jalapeno Chessburger. When I left Denver for 15 years my wife Debbie trie to recreate the recipe which was awfully nice of her. Luwanda was at an awesome dinner party hosted by Carl and Melissa Brotsker with husband/wife copilots Chris and Claudia. Chris has a phenomenal memory for details, being an ex naval intelligence/cop guy. Claudia lived the movie Second Hand Lions. Luwanda's young singer/daughter Ayesha was quite lovely in a black dress. Melissa is a lawyer but she can cook like an Egyptian slave girl. I told Melissa her dinner party felt like portal key in Harry Potter to a new world. I brought my 2009 World Open Aardvark victory and went over it with Aardvark creator Alex Brotsker and Alex creators Carl and Melissa. Chessplayer sister Grace was in Boston, Grace played in my Colorado Woman's Championship 5 years ago. Since I am kind of disabled for the moment, I thought I might write a bit. I borrowed my brother's speakers so I can hear the Kingcrusher youtube video playing B-Wall. Next was RedState Update, then ICC Watson-Tyler next. Watson told me in Nebraska he gave up an engineering career because SECRETS OF MODERN CHESS STRAGEGY was burning inside of him. My next trip is to New Orleans in two weeks to see my Father and brothers. I have two brothers that work in the same bar in New Orleans. Usually my inevitable reward for a writing jag is a slew of unsubscriptions so I better be careful. I want to keep my list over a thousand. The thing about Fishing/Bishing Poles slow or fast time controls is you never really know if they are sound or not, that's the point, to keep your head in rising waters. It's fun for me afterwards to sort it out and get new attacking/defending ideas. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.22"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "talshirov"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "1965"] [Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Podebrady variation"] [ECO "B62"] [NIC "SI.27"] [Time "15:03:21"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. h4! TN Wall An interesting moment - Humans don't like Rybka's 11 B:f6 because of 11 ... gf with a nice center and two Bishops or they don't trust the extra doubled pawn on an open file after 11 B:f6 B:f6 12 Q:d6 Q:d6 13 R:d6 B:c3 14 bc Nc6 Rybka 3 - 11 B:f6, Kb1, h4, f3, Bb5, f4 Only 11 Bb5 had been played before this. 11 ... h6 12. f4!? The Bishing Pole is old hat in the Sicilian. Rybka prefers 12 B:f6! B:f6 13 Q:d6 Q:d6 14 R:d6 but I am after the King not the d-pawn. 12 B:f6! gf? 13 Q:h6 f5 14 Rh3 is a disaster Whereas in the French Defense the right defensive moves are fairly repetitious in the Fishing/Bishing Poles the right defensive moves vary widely depending on the nuances of the other pawns and pieces. Paying very close attention in a blitz game is nearly impossible. 12 ... Qc7 13. Be2!? Ignoring the hanging Bishop as usual. 12 f4 took away 13 B:f6 gf 14 Q:h6 so I would have to play positionally with 14 Nd4 13 ... Bd7 14. g4 One thing I learned from this game is that the idea of waiting for Black to take the Bishop and attacking down the h-file is not as strong as the pro-active B:f6 and g4-g5 14 ... Rfe8 15. Bxh6!? An interesting moment - 15 B:f6!! B:f6 16 e5!! Bd8 17 ed or 15 B:f6!! B:f6 16 e5!! B:a4 17 ef or 15 B:f6!! B:f6 16 e5!! Bc6 17 ef or 15 B:f6!! B:f6 16 e5!! de 17 Q:d7 or 15 B:g6!! gf 16 g5!! would all be normal and win at no cost. The new and improved all purpose moves 15 Rh3! or Nf3! are not bad either. My move is more creative but bad/unclear/risky 15 ... gxh6 15 ... d5!! is the classic Sicilian counterattack 16. g5 Nh7! 17. gxh6 Kh8 18. Rdg1 Rg8 18 ... Bf8! is a good opportunity 19. e5 19 Bh5! is better 19 ... d5? 20. Bh5!! f6? 21. Bf7!! Back to White winning now 21 ... fxe5 22. Bxg8!! Rxg8 23. Rxg8+!! Kxg8! 24. Qg2+! {Black resigns} 1-0 Bishing Poles have a very low draw ratio like games between Anthea Carson and Tim Brennan. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.22"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "talshirov"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "1965"] [Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Podebrady variation"] [ECO "B62"] [NIC "SI.27"] [Time "15:03:21"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. h4 h6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g4 Rfe8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. g5 Nh7 17. gxh6 Kh8 18. Rdg1 Rg8 19. e5 d5 20. Bh5 f6 21. Bf7 fxe5 22. Bxg8 Rxg8 23. Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qg2+ {Black resigns} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "BL2-N 8990"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?.1"] [White "Lingnau, Carsten"] [Black "Meyer, Claus Dieter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2335"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1989.10.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [WhiteTeam "Osnabrueck"] [BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bb5 d5 12. Rhe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa4 18. Kb1 Qb4 19. Qd6 Qc4 20. Qd5 Qf4 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rfc8 23. Rd5 a4 24. Nd4 a3 25. c3 h6 26. Nb5 axb2 27. Kxb2 Ra5 28. Re4 Rca8 29. Kb3 Ra1 30. Rb4 Rb1+ 31. Kc4 Rc1 32. Kd3 Rd1+ 33. Kc4 Rc8+ 0-1 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 22 22:36:19 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:36:19 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jake Kleiman - Brian Wall 2009 World Open Under 2400 section Message-ID: <1248323779.4a67e8c38d605@www.taom.com> Only rock stars and Zen Masters love to talk about loss, Chessplayers avoid it like the plague. I occasionally play a quiet system of the Alekhine's defense for the sake of variety. Fritz thought White was better all game and when you added in a shaky move to a shaky system I had an opening disaster. I fought back to make a game of it but Jake was in control all game. Jake impressed me, a young, handsome, curly-headed guy, maybe 21, not very tall, quiet, thoughtful with excellent move technique. Jake would close his eyes before moving as some kind of final Ivanchuk move check. After this I thought of Kasparov's "quality of position" theory and tried to play a more reliable French Defense against Norman Rogers. The French defense seemed much sturdier than Alekhine's Defense, at least the way I played them. The high point of the game for me was beating myself up mercilessly in the opening and finding a way that might give a Colorado Springs Grandmaster ( 1900-200 player ) some trouble. Jake played very convincingly and sure-handed. There wasn't much to say after the game. The biggest effect the game had on me was to play something super-solid the next time I had Black to avoid another no-fun debacle. If I want to lose more games like this I will just play a match with Josh Bloomer. Josh tends to knock you down in the opening and then not let you get back up. [Event "2009 World Open Under-2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Jake Kleiman"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2394"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Flohr variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "01:47:11"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 2009 World Open, Under-2400 section 17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 40/1:55 G/55 minutes Round 4 July 3, 2009 Board 44 White - Jake Kleiman, 2394 Black - Brian Wall, 2202 Before this game I was on a roll with a blistering Fishing Pole victory against Stuart Finney followed by a Shattering the Scheveningen smash of Jorge Renteria in 18 moves. Jake slammed me up hard against the lockers and gave me a nose bleed. " That's Chess, sometimes you give a lesson, sometimes you get a lesson. " Bobby Fischer 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 This usually works in Colorado - I often get pressure on e5. Jake has about as high a rating as you can have and still be in my section. Jake from Memphis, TN came in second behind Robert Hess in the 2006 US Junior. Jake played in the 2006 US Championship won by Onischuk. 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 Fritz likes 6 ... B:f3 7 B:f3 de 8 de e6 best, trying to set up e5 as a target but in Colorado I can often induce the tempo loss h3. 7. c4! Ne7! Best but Fritz hates certain openings, the Alekhine's, The Scandinavian, the Danish, the King's Gambit. 8. exd6! Qxd6! 9. Nc3! Nd7! 10. Re1 TN Theoretical Novelty by Jale Kleiman. Fritz 11 pretty much likes any move, 10 Ng5, Re1, g3, Ne4 are at the top. Only 10 Ne4 has been played before. 10 ... Bxf3 I thought 14 minutes here and was worried about d5, c5, Ng5, Ne4, g3 I thought trading might relieve some pressure. Fritz 11 only likes 10 ... Nf6! better but hates my position. 11. Bxf3! O-O-O?? Played instantly, a huge error. My posiiton has been shaky all game. Fritz 11 likes 11 ... Nf6! best again. Shaky position plus shaky move plus 2394 = $1,000 fiasco 12. Ne4!! 2 minutes thought. Jake had me. 12 ... Qc7! I thought 9 minutes here. There's nowhere to go, I was just beating myself up and digging deep to find the courage not to resign. 13. Ng5!! one minute. 13 ... Ne5 I spent 20 minutes here. After I decided not to resign I realized what I hated most about my position was the disappearing f-pawn which meant my e6-pawn was next. This bothered me more than the Rook. My move holds onto the f-pawn for a nanosecond. 14. Rxe5!! Nf5!! Guarding the f-pawn again & threatening the d-pawn. I am a piece down for nothing so anything wins for Jake. Top Fritz 11 choices: 15 R:f5!!, Bf4!!, Be3!!, Re4!!, R:e6!! or even 15 Bd5!! cd 16 Bf4!! 15. Rxf5!! exf5! This is the best Kleiman had available but I was happy - only down two pieces for a Rook plus I have a Kingside pawn wave that might frighten a Colorado Springs Grandmaster like Mitch Anderson. It doesn't look resignable anymore. 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Be2 To make room for the Knight. Jake's move technique was interesting - calmly decide the best move, check the details with eyes closed and then pull the trigger. 17 ... f6 18. Nf3!! Bd6 19. Bd2 Kb8 20. Rd1 g5!! The Pawn Wave Guy. I would be doing the same as White here. Maybe I can murk it up. 21. Bc3! Rhf8 22. d5!! c5 23. a3 f4 24. Nd2 f5 The Pawn Wave Guy. Can I get something going? 25. Nf3 g4 26. Ng5!! f3!! Almost looks like a King's Gambit now 27. gxf3!! gxf3!! 28. Nxf3!! Rde8!! I feel like the Hezbollah. I am firing the best missiles I can into Israel but none are landing. 29. Kh1!! Qe7 30. Bf1 Qe4 31. Re1!! Jake Kleiman is like a relentless computer with the judgement and tactical awareness to keep pounding me with best move after best move or at least very close to best. 31 ... Qg4 32. Re6 Kc7!! 33. h3!! Qh5 34. Be5! Bxe5! 35. Nxe5! Rxe6! 36. dxe6! Rd8! I had 5 minutes to Jake's 13. I was doing by best to hang in there after my opening debacle. 37. Qg3!! Rd1! 38. Ng4+ Kd8 39. Ne3 Rd4 Brian - 13 seconds Jake - 4 minutes The best win is 40 Qb8+!! Ke7 41 Qe5!! intending 42 N:f5+ Lights out 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Nd5+!! 1-0 Black resigns 41 ... Kd6 42 Qd8+ mates in 2 and 41 ... R:d5 42 cd is pointless to continue. In the immortal words of Jonathan Hilton. " I was just waiting for a convenient moment to resign. " Jake's play made a powerful impression. I am not sure how to revive this system because Fritz 11 mentioned about 100 ways to get a clear edge for White. It's almost impossible not to get an advantage. I am proud I kept fighting after wanting badly to give up. It didn't work this time but fighting spirit in lost positions often carries the day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 World Open Under-2400 section"] [Site "17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Jake Kleiman"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2394"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Flohr variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "01:47:11"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Ne7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O-O 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Rxe5 Nf5 15. Rxf5 exf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Be2 f6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Bd2 Kb8 20. Rd1 g5 21. Bc3 Rhf8 22. d5 c5 23. a3 f4 24. Nd2 f5 25. Nf3 g4 26. Ng5 f3 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Nxf3 Rde8 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Bf1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qg4 32. Re6 Kc7 33. h3 Qh5 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Rd8 37. Qg3 Rd1 38. Ng4+ Kd8 39. Ne3 Rd4 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ 1-0 Black resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "DCC March Madness"] [Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"] [Date "2009.03.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2081"] [Opening "Alekhine's defense: Modern variation"] [ECO "B04"] [NIC "AL.05"] [Time "04:49:54"] [TimeControl "Game/55 5 second delay"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Be2 dxe5 8. Bxe5 Nd7 9. Bg3 g6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O Ne6 14. d5 Nd4 15. Re1 e5 16. Be2 f5 17. f3 Qb6 18. Bf2 Qxb2 19. Na4 Qa3 20. Bf1 Qd6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Re6 Qg3 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Raxe1 c5 25. Nb2 Bh6 26. Re7 Rf7 27. R1e6 Bf8 28. Re8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 b6 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Nf4 Bd6 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. f4 b5 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 bxc4 36. g5+ Kf5 37. Bh3+ Ke4 38. Nxc5+ Kxf4 39. Nxd7 d3 40. Bf1 Rxd7 41. Kf2 Kxg5 0-1 analyzed in BrianWallChessGroups.com email Robert Ramirez - Brian Wall DCC March Madness --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessgames.com/player/jake_kleiman.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "US Championship 2006"] [Site "San Diego USA"] [Date "2006.03.06"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Elizabeth Vicary"] [Black "Jake Kleiman"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2107"] [BlackElo "2279"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. c4 Nb4 12. Be4 Qd7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qd8 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Qxd3 17. Rf3 Qe4 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Rf4 Qh6 22. Raf1 Rad8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qg5 25. R1f2 Rd7 26. h4 Qh5 27. Bc3 Rfd8 28. Re2 b6 29. Qf2 Qh6 30. Re5 Rd3 31. h5 a5 32. Qh4 R8d7 33. Rg5 Kf8 34. hxg6 Qxh4 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Rxh4 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxh7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "IBCA Wch blind 06th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Bibas, David"] [Black "Hammermayer, Franz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B05"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1986.10.06"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Ne7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 c6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. b3 Ng6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. Re1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7 16. Bb2 Bf6 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qe3 c5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Rd2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Qxd4 1/2-1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Elekes mem IM 26th"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2001.05.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Wang, Shuai"] [Black "Lamberger, Werner"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "2156"] [BlackElo "2074"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2001.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [EventCategory "2"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.03"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Ne7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. g3 Nf6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Nexd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Re1+ Be7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Bd6 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 23 01:11:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:11:18 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] thatsridiculous Message-ID: <1248333078.4a680d16a7639@www.taom.com> Information about thatsridiculous (Last disconnected Thu Jul 23 2009 03:00): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1658 [6] 1 0 0 1 Loser's 1034 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1869 [8] 228 75 19 322 1942 (25-Mar-2008) Blitz 2179 3166 2993 402 6561 2358 (22-Feb-2009) Standard 1404 [6] 0 1 0 1 5-minute 2022 501 484 73 1058 2149 (09-May-2009) 1-minute 1893 [8] 138 126 14 278 1961 (26-Feb-2009) 1: USCF expert and Marshall Chess Club TD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems mandatory if you are playing thatsridiculous to win in a silly fashion. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.23"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "thatsridiculous"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2076"] [BlackElo "2002"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [ECO "A45"] [NIC "QP.07"] [Time "02:30:24"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. Bh2 Nc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4 g6 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Ne4 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qf4 Nbd5 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh4 Be7 24. Rfe1 Nh5 25. Qe4 Nc3 I didn't like what was happening so I sacced my Queen. 26. bxc3 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf6 28. Neg5 Bf8 29. Bc2 Rxc3 30. Bb3 Nd5 31. Nxe6!! A nice shot that cuts my disadvantage in half. 31 ... Rxb3 32. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Kxf8 34. axb3 h6 35. Nh4 Kf7 36. g4 a5 37. Ng2 Qb5 38. Bxd6 Qxb3 39. Ne3 a4 40. Nxd5 Qxd5 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Rd7 Qc6?? Time - thatsridiculous - 26 seconds Brian - 2:47 43. Be5+!! Suddenly I am OK 43 ... Kg5 43 ... Ke6 44 d5+ regains the Queen 44. Rf7!!! I took 6 seconds to make the only move, good enough for a draw. It just seemed suddenly Black's King was in danger. 44 ... a3?? Going for a touchdown. 44 ... Qe8 only move 45 Rh7 Qc6 only move 46 Rf7 only move Qe8= only move cannot be found in 20 seconds 45. Kh2!!!! mating with King on King action 45 Bg3!! or Bf4+!! win the Queen 45 ... Qc2 46. Kg3 46 Bd6!!! or Bf4+!! both mate 46 d5!! or Kg3!! win the Queen 46 Bc7! or Bb8! also win 46 ... h5 46 ... Qc3+ only move 47 Rf3 wins the Queen, anything else is checkmate 47. h4+ I have 3 draws, three mates in two and one mate in one. thatsridiculous {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.23"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "thatsridiculous"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2076"] [BlackElo "2002"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [ECO "A45"] [NIC "QP.07"] [Time "02:30:24"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. Bh2 Nc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. e4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4 g6 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Ne4 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qf4 Nbd5 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh4 Be7 24. Rfe1 Nh5 25. Qe4 Nc3 26. bxc3 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf6 28. Neg5 Bf8 29. Bc2 Rxc3 30. Bb3 Nd5 31. Nxe6 Rxb3 32. Nxf8 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Kxf8 34. axb3 h6 35. Nh4 Kf7 36. g4 a5 37. Ng2 Qb5 38. Bxd6 Qxb3 39. Ne3 a4 40. Nxd5 Qxd5 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Rd7 Qc6 43. Be5+ Kg5 44. Rf7 a3 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Kg3 h5 47. h4+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 23 14:18:55 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:18:55 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A second look at Wall - Renteria Message-ID: <1248380335.4a68c5af64226@www.taom.com> If I wasn't such a major spammer myself I would have all of them deported to Afghanistan. I would throw in virus creators and people who leave the bathroom a mess for others but then I would miss my son terribly. I don't remember doing this before but so many people have made so many suggestions in my Renteria game I am going to give it a second look. [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4? TL 5 minutes spent Theoretical Lemon by Brian Wall, abandoning all the dark squares on the Queenside. Fritz 11 gives 9 Be3 played thrice, Megadatbase 9 Bd2 played once 9 B:f6 played once 9 h4 9 Bc1 9 Bh4 so my move is pretty bad due to 9 Bh4? Qb4!! spotted immediately by Rybka 3 and Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg. By the way the GM gives a free lecture every Tuesday at the DCC at 6:30 PM. After 9 Bh4? Qb4!! I can play 10 Qd3 or b3 9 Bh4? Qb4!! 10 Qd3 Jorge can go Poisoned pawn hunting with 10 ... Q:b2! or just develop with 10 ... Nbd7!! Either way I am busted right out of the opening. I never went in for much computer comparing but Fritz 11 thinks I am all right after 9 Bh4? Qb4!! 10 Qd3 Q:b2 11 0-0, at least for a while while Rybka 3 insists I am losing. Bobby would agree with Rybka, no doubt. Both computers agree that I lose my e4-pawn for nothing after 9 Bh4? Qb4!! 10 Qd3 Nbd7 11 Bb3 Nc5 so the game has not started well. 9 ... Nbd7? 10. Bb3 3 minutes spent The computers disagree with each other and even themselves over this move. Fritz 11 likes my move. 10 ... Nc5 and this one 11. O-O-O 1 minute spent They prefer 11 0-0 11 ... Bd7 4 minutes spent, the longest on any move. Renteria was essentially blitzing all game, maybe due to his first round loss and the possibility of re-entering -he ended up with 4.5/9 Fritz 11 likes this move 12. Kb1 4 minutes spent Rybka 3 likes my move 12 ... Rc8 They both prefer 12 ... 0-0! 13. Rhe1 6 minutes spent Fritz 11 thinks this is the only winning move 13 ... b5?? one minute spent Rybka 3 immediately spots 13 ... b5?? 14 Nf5!! as disastrous. Fritz 11 thinks 13 ... b5?? is bad due to 9 year old Alex "Aarvark" Brotsker's move 14 e5! 14. Nf5!! 21 minutes spent Spotted as strong immediately by Rybka 3 while immediately pegging 14 B:f6 or e5 as about equal. Fritz finally recognizes the strength of my move at ply 16. Both computers believe I am slightly better after Alex's 14 e5 de 15 R:e5 Qc7. I did consider it during the game. 14 ... exf5! only move - one minute spent 15. exf5! Nxb3! Only move. one minute spent. 15 ... 0-0 16 R:e7 only move 15 ... Bc6 16 Qg3, Bd5, R:e7+ all win 15 ... Rc7 16 R:e7+, Nd5, Qg3, B:f6, Qf4 all win 15 ... Qd8 16 B;f6, Nd5 both win On 15 ... Kf8 16 R:e7!! K:e7! 17 Qg3, Qd5, Nd5+ or B:f6+ all win easily. I was intending 15 ... Kf8 16 R:e7!! K:e7! 17 Nd5+ and there is no good answer - 17 ... Kf8 18 B:f6!! gf 19 Qf4/e3 17 ... Ke8 18 N:f6+!! or B:f6! 17 ... Kd8 18 Qg3/g4 are deadly On 15 ef Kd8 16 R:e7!!! is best with an alternate wins 16 Qe3!!, Qf4!, Qe2! or Qg3! The sidestepping King often wins or draws in the Najdorf but Black is too far gone here. 16. Bxf6!! best by far. 27 minutes. It may seem like everything wins from that last note but there are many ways to go wrong. 16 ab! or Qg3! are slightly better for me. Maay moves suggested by amateurs draw or lose here. One of the worst but constant suggestions is 16 R:d6?? which is bad due to 16 ... Qb4!, ... Qc7!, ... b4! and others Another bad idea is 16 Qe2?? 0-0! 17 Q:e7 Nd2+!! wins due to 18 R:d2 Rce8 or 18 K-any R:c3! 16 R:e7+?= K:e7 17 Nd5+? Kf8!! 18 B:f6 Nd2+! winning for Black can be improved 16 R:e7+?= K:e7 17 Qg3!! B:f5= or ... Kf8= 16 Qf4? 0-0!!= only move 17 R:e7 only move Rc4!! only move 18 Qg3 only move R:h4!!, ... Rg4 or ... Nh5 gets Jorge back in the game. 16 ... gxf6! Only move - instantly 17. Qe3! Many kibitzers played 17 R:d6? intending 18 R:f6 but 17 R:d6? b4! or ... Qc7! turn the game around for the traveling man from Choco, Columbia. 17 Qd5? has been suggested many times by mall types - 17 Qd5? Qc7! 18 ab Bc6 Choco-man is starting to see daylight. Jorge crawls out of prison through broken glass after 17 Qe2 Qd8 18 Nd5 B:f5 19 N:e7 R:c2 20 N:f5+ R:e2 21 R:e2+ Kf8 22 ab Qc8 FM Jorge Renteria survives 17 R:e7+ K:e7 18 Qf4 Rc6!! 19 ( ab or Nd5+ ) Kd8 as well as 18 Qe2 Qd8 or 0-0 or 18 ab Bc6!! or 18 Qe4 0-0 19 Qg4+ Kh8 20 R:e7 Qd8 or 18 Qe4 0-0 19 Q:e7 B:f5!, ... Nd2+! or ... R:c3 or 18 Qg3 B:f5!! 19 R:e7+!= K:e7! 20 Q:d6+ Ke8 21 Re1 Be6 R:e6+!= or 20 Q:f6 B:c2+!+ After you see all the lines that fail you can appreciate the best move 18 Qf4!!! which offensively strengthens R:e7 with or without ... 0-0 while defensively sidesteps ... Nd2+, ... B:f5 or ... R:c3 I was lucky to find the second best move after 4 minutes thought. the best defense then would be 17 Qe3 0-0 18 Qg3+ 0-0 19 R:e7 b4 20 Ne4 Q:f5 21 Q:b3 Be6 22 Qf3/d3 which would be tough to win against a 2361 but Jorge was determined to blitz me at any cost so he found 17 ... Qd8? in one minute. 17 ... Qd8?? 18. Nd5!! Game over, Renteria's two extra Bishops are useless cannon fodder here. 1-0 Black resigns When I see the speed with which Renteria played and the slowness with which I played, it doesn't seem like such a great victory. I felt like a god at the time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5 1-0 Black resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 23 16:52:01 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:52:01 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shattering the Scheveningen 3 Message-ID: <1248389521.4a68e991ba80c@www.taom.com> There is a game I really want to look at because it fits in with Wall - Renteria and my Shattering the Scheveningen videos. Ganguly was Anand's second when he beat Kramnik in 2008. Shabalov added a few notes at www.Chessbase.com http://chessbase.com/news/2009/games/canada05.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY&feature=related 1238 hits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI&feature=related 712 views Shabalov notes [Event "2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship"] [Site "Edmonton Canada"] [Date "2009.07.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Ganguly, Surya"] [Black "Quan, Zhe"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2465"] [Annotator "Alexander Shabalov"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2009.07.11"] [Source "MonRoi"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Is gradually becoming a very popular anti-Najdorf weapon. - Shabalov} e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O h6 (9... b4 10. Nce2 Bxe4 {looks like the only playable continuation for Black in this line. Shabalov}) 10. Re1 Nbd7 {Black ignores White's intentions completely.-Shabalov} (10... Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 e5 13. Nf5 Nc6 14. Bd2 g6 15. Ne3 a5 16. c3 {is already extremely unpleasant for Black.Shabalov}) 11. e5 Bxg2 6 (11... dxe5 12. Bxb7 exd4 13. Bxa8 dxc3 14. Bc6 Bc5 15. Qf3 {does not look great either,but it would stop this game from making it into future miniatures collections Shabalov}) 12. exf6 Bb7 13. fxg7 Bxg7 {#} 14. Nf5 1 {White could have easily gone wrong with- Shabalov} (14. Nxe6 2 fxe6 15. Rxe6+ Kf7 16. Rxd6 Ne5 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. Qe2 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Nh2+ 20. Kg1 Nf3+ {and Black survives- Shabalov}) 14... Be5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qh4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rc8 19. Bf4 $1 {Great solution. White is immediately winning.- Shabalov} Qf6 20. Bg3 Rxc2 21. Rad1 Qd8 22. Rxe6+ 1-0 I didn't learn anything from reading Shabalov's notes so I'll make my own. Brian notes [Event "2009 Canadian Open"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.18"] [Round "8"] [White "*GM_Ganguly"] [Black "*IM_Quan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2465"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"] [ECO "B90"] [NIC "SI.14"] [Time "20:49:16"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Always seems like a tribute to Bobby Fischer to me although they call this the Michael Adams line now. 6 ... e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2! Bb7! 9. O-O 9 a3!! is often better after ... Bb7 because it is harder to play ... Rb8, ... b4, ... R:b4 9 ... h6? Only 9 ... Qc7? has been played. As Bobby says in My 60 Memorable Games Black should strive in the Najdorf to play ... b4!! as soon as possible. 9 ... b4 10 Nce2 B:e4 is a typical Najdorf e4-sac where White has more then enough for the pawn after 11 Re1, g5, or B:e4 and possibly others. It is understandable IM Zhe Quan preferred developing to this against a 2637. The way I explained the Najdorf to Anthea is that Black is a debutante waiting to appear - You don't want to come on stage too soon. Grabbing material before emptying the bank ranks has ruined many a man since the dawn of Chess. 10. Re1!! Ominous. Many other good moves. 10 ... Nbd7?? IM John Watson accused Curtis Carlson of doing this 35 years ago - just putting all his pieces on standard Najdorf squares without thinking. 10 ... Qc7 may be survivable. 11. e5!! Bxg2 11 ... de 12 B:b7 ed 13 B:a8 dc 14 Any with dubious comp for the exchange is not much better 12. exf6!! Even 12 N:e6! works 12 ... Bb7! Only move Ancient Chinese Fortune Cookie: He who only has two pieces developed after a dozen moves will not last a dozen more. 13. fxg7!! Bxg7! 14. Nf5!! I give 10 examples of the Nf5-Nd5 smackdown in my videos, half of them missed opportunities. GM Ganguly must have studied thousands of Najdorf positions with Anand, his seconds and computers so he would be unlikely to miss a stock shock. 14 ... Be5! The same line occurs after 14 ... Bf8 15 N:d6+ and anything else is worse for Quan. This is one of the few cases where Black does not even have the option of ... ef which is what stops half the White players from pulling the trigger. 15. Nxd6+! Bxd6! 16. Qxd6! Qh4! 17. Nd5!! Best of many wins, the familiar dynamic duo of Nf5/Nd5. Again Quan does not have the ... ed option. 17 ... Bxd5 Only move 18. Qxd5 Only move Rc8! 19. Bf4!! The best of many wins. Ganguly seems very comfortable plus in great form. He's not missing much. Threats include Bg3, R:e6+, Rad1, Qd4 19 ... Qf6 20. Bg3!! Best again, Ganguly is a Hindu version of Rybka Unlimited. 20 ... Rxc2 21. Rad1!! Simple yet brutal Shiva-like destruction every move. 21 ... Qd8 22. Rxe6+!! The final death blow. I get the feeling Zhe was low on time. {White wins} 1-0 because of 22 R:e6+ fe 23 Qe6+ Qe7 24 Qg6+ when everything hangs. With a little practice you too can play Nf5/Nd5 whether the e6-pawn is pinned or not. I am a huge Shirov fan but he got tied down defending some unpleasant positions and didn't win the 2009 Canadian Open. He must have had fun with his old Latvian buddy Shabalov. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 90 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.18"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Ganguly"] [Black "*IM_Quan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2465"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"] [ECO "B90"] [NIC "SI.14"] [Time "20:49:16"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e5 Bxg2 12. exf6 Bb7 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. Nf5 Be5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qh4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rc8 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Bg3 Rxc2 21. Rad1 Qd8 22. Rxe6+ {White wins} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Aero Svit"] [Site "Foros, Ukraine"] [Date "2006.06.25" ] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Nisipeanu" ] [Black "GM_Grischuk" ] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "07:06:32"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O g5 11. f4 Bg7 12. e5 dxe5 13. f5 e4 14. Nce2 exf5 15. Rxf5 Qb6 16. Rxf7 Bf6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rf1 Qb6 20. Nc3 Nc6 21. Bf7+ Kd8 22. Qf2 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Ke7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Bxe6 Kxe6 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qxe4+ Kd6 29. Qd3+ Ke6 30. Qg6+ Kd7 31. Nc4 Rad8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. h3 Rg8 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Nd6+ {White wins} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2006 Denver Round Robin"] [Site "Tabor Center, Denver, CO"] [Date "2006.07.01" ] [Round "3"] [White "brianwall"] [Black "Robert Ramirez"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2222"] [BlackElo "2047"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:14:08"] [TimeControl "Game/70 minutes 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Qg3 Rfd8 13. Nf5 exf5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Rd5 Qc7 18. Nh5 g6 19. Qc3+ 1-0 Robert Ramirez resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open, Under 2400 section"] [Site "Philadelphia Sheraton, 17th and Race"] [Date "2009.07.02" ] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Wall"] [Black "Jorge Renteria"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2361"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"] [ECO "B86"] [NIC "SI.13"] [Time "12:02:40"] [TimeControl "40/1:55, G/55, 5 second delay throughout"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qa5 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. exf5 Nxb3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Nd5 1-0 Black resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Beersheba"] [Site "Beersheba"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kochetkov, German"] [Black "Lederman, Leon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2420"] [BlackElo "2310"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Be7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 e5 14. f6 exd4 15. fxe7 Re8 16. Qxd4 Rxe7 17. Bf4 Re6 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Bxd6 Qa5 20. Qf2 Nce5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd5 Rf8 23. a3 Nd7 24. h4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rd6 26. Qf4 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 h6 28. Re7 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nc5 30. Rf1 f6 31. g6 f5 32. Qxf5 Rdf6 33. Qh5 Rxg6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Re5 Kg8 36. b4 Rh6 37. Bh3 Rxh5 38. Rxh5 Ne4 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Rf5+ Nf6 41. Kg2 Qd4 42. Rf3 Qe4 43. Kg3 Ke7 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 00:10:47 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:10:47 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole by Craig Thompson from Manchester, NH Message-ID: <1248415847.4a69506700b37@www.taom.com> Hi Brian! No way! Can she teach me to play like you? I just moved from Nashua to Manchester. I grew up in Nashua, though. I just found out about you on the web by accident and I love your videos! I saw that you moved to Colorado but used to live in NH. I wish I could?ve seen you play in person when you lived out here. I liked checking out your win against Fang on your website. One particular move I couldn?t understand though was 16. Nxd4, allowing the exchange. I can see the future fork at e2 but at that time it was guarded by the bishop. Did you know that he was going to sac the bishop on g6? Great game, though! By the way, I was looking at those Bullet chronicles on YouTube and noticed the ICC handle Pious. Is that you or one of your students? Anyway, thank you for the personal reply and I look forward to learning from you by reading through all the material I can find of your games and lectures. You play exciting chess, that?s for sure! If you ever come out here to visit your daughter and you decide to play some games, I would sure love to see the action live! Hi Brian, Here is that pgn on my fishing pole win. Don't be deceived by my low 5 min rating. I flucuate all the way up to the god-like 1200, habitually. So watch out. You were right about people fogetting about the bishop on h7. See the last moves. It's my favorite part. Like I said I probably made a ton of mistakes, but it was a really fun game! I'm definitely hooked on this one! Thanks! Craig.Thomson at bench.com [Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.23"] [White "toukon"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "881"] [BlackElo "888"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 d6 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nh2 Bd7 15. Nxg4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nd5 c6 18. Nf4 Nc2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qxc2 O-O-O 21. Qe2 Rh7 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. Nh5 Qh3 24. Ng3 Rxg3 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Brian I don't know how he does it but JRobiChess has a Fishing Pole video with 14,000 hits in 6 weeks. I think he had 10,000 in one week. I like the video and have listened to it many times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqq2OAU3JQk You can find other videos by typing Fishing Pole Chess in the Youtube Search box So we have a new wave of enthusiastic amateurs trying out the Fishing Pole. Here I attempt to analyze a three-digit versus three-digit Fishing Pole battle. Craig (Goyathlay) Thompson lives in New Hampshire as does my daughter. [Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.23"] [White "toukon"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "881"] [BlackElo "888"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 !! Fishing Pole bait by Jack Young 5. h3 h5!! Fishing Pole Pole by Jack Young 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 exd4 I try to maintain my center as long as possible in the Hyper-Pole. 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Here's why. Without Nc3 available White is immediately confused and goes down fast. 9 ... a6! 10. Ba4 Ba7 Delayed Hyper-Pole with no center - let's see how this works out. I like playing 6 ... a6 7 Ba4 Bc5 8 d4 Ba7 to save a tempo on the Peekaboo Bishop 11. Bg5? The Vukovic Art of Attack Variation is always a tempting but poor idea. 11 ... f6!! 12. Bc1! d6 13. hxg4 hxg4!! Unleashing the gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl So far this game is very similar to my recent 2009 World Open game with Stuart Finney. 14. Nh2 Bd7 14 ... b5 ( the point of the Hyper-Pole ) 15 Bb3 N:d4! is best but perhaps Craig will have time for Plan B - ... Qe7, ... 0-0-0, ... g5, ... Qh7 15. Nxg4 Things are not going well for Craig but I often muck it up and win anyway. That is a big part of the exhilarating Fishing Pole experience. Tyler Hughes talked a bit about the Fishing Pole in his recent ICC Chess Talk with IM John Watson interview. Don't forget to vote! If things are going poorly in a French Defense or Najdorf,resign. If things are going poorly in a Fishing Pole, the battle is just beginning. it's hard to tell the right move even with dozens of wins either way. 15 ... Nxd4!! regaining some center - 15 ... f5!! would be more Finney-like 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16 ... K:d7!! is better to connect the major pieces but Craig is accustomed to castling. 17. Nd5! That's another reason I hate 7 ... ed 17 ... c6?? 17 ... 0-0-0!! contains massive Cheapo Potential 18. Nf4 Even I, the great Fisherman, would have a tough slog after 18 N:f6+! 18 ... Nc2 Throwing tactical mudballs is definitely in the Fishing Pole spirit. Other tries - 18 ... Rh4, ... f5, ... 0-0-0 19. Nxf6+? Greedy extravagance, opening up the Queen's access to the h-file for a pawn, death in the Fishing Pole. Simply 19 Rb1 is best ignoring the histrionics. 19 ... gxf6! 20. Qxc2! Only move now 20 ... O-O-O! 20 ... Qh7!! would be automatic for me but Craig Thompson is new to the ways of the grotto. 21. Qe2 Rh7? Craig has full compensation for the Fishing Pole Knight after 21 ... Rdg8!! but what I especially love about worshipping the Fishing Pole gods is their extraordinary patience with us humans. 22. Rd1?? Rg8? and here 22 ... Rdh8!! wins instantly 23. Nh5?? Qh3!! Checkmating at long last 24. Ng3 Rxg3 24 ... Qh2+ or ... Q:g3 mate faster 0-1 Even with minimal understanding Craig still won in 24 moves. That's the beauty and the glory of the Pole, the turnkey mating system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Open"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Stuart Finney"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole, Art of Attack Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "11:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55 minutes"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8. h3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 d6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ne1 f5 13. g3 f4 14. Ng2 Qg5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. f3 Qh5 17. Kf2 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bg4 19. Qd3 Qh2 20. Ke1 fxg3 21. Ne3 Bh3 22. Nd2 g2 23. Nxg2 Bxg2 24. Rf2 exd4 25. cxd4 Qg1+ 26. Nf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qxd4 28. Qxa6 Kd7 29. Bd2 Rh2 30. Bc3 Qxe4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 0-1 Stuart Resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net youtube sagacious00004 The one armed bandit John Watson did not know what Chris Peterson's Youtube channel sagacious meant during our archived ICC interview- it means wise. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 00:47:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:47:08 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 20 year old Fang-Boudrot trap still working its magic Message-ID: <1248418028.4a6958ece2d0f@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Deathsquared"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2029"] [BlackElo "1878"] [Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"] [ECO "A56"] [NIC "BI.44"] [Time "02:22:56"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. Nc3 b5 5. cxb5 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 IM Joe Fang - NM Ed Boudrot Gambit 8 ... Nxe4? 9. Qe2! Nf6 US Champ Patrick Wolff used to uphold 9 ... f5 10 Nh3!! against Fang in blitz. One time Patrick flinched when he saw a good move Joe could make which alerted Joe to his possibilities. We called that blitz weapon " The Wolfie twitch ". The rest is a mopup. 10. Bf4!! Ra6 11. Nxd6+!! Rxd6 12. Bb5+!! Bd7 The point of the trap is 12 ... Rd7 13 B:b8 Bb7 14 Bg3 B:d5 15 Nf3 winning the exchange 13. Bxd6!! Qa5 14. Bxd7+ Retreating the b5-Bishop is stronger to gain time on b8 14 ... Nbxd7 15. Nf3! 15 B:e7!! is also good Humans are nervous until they are fully developed, esp in a blitz game. 15 ... b3+! 16. Nd2!! bxa2 17. O-O I finally felt safe but even here 17 B:e7!! is better 17 ... Nxd5! 18. Nc4! 18 Rfd1!! is even better 18 ... Qa6? 19. Bg3!! Nc7? A feeble attempt to guard his Queen against Nd6+ 20. Bxc7!!! Even better than 20 Nd6+!! or Rfd1! {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Deathsquared"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2029"] [BlackElo "1878"] [Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"] [ECO "A56"] [NIC "BI.44"] [Time "02:22:56"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 a6 4. Nc3 b5 5. cxb5 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 Nxe4 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bf4 Ra6 11. Nxd6+ Rxd6 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd6 Qa5 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. Nf3 b3+ 16. Nd2 bxa2 17. O-O Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Bg3 Nc7 20. Bxc7 {Black resigns} 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 05:26:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:26:22 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Raccoon terrorizes Norwegian IM Message-ID: <1248434782.4a699a5e5baac@www.taom.com> Statistics for Tja(IM) On for: 8 Idle: 0 Tja is currently involved in a match against Ashkeef(IM). rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1723 [6] 3 33 0 36 1764 (15-Jun-2005) Loser's 1438 [6] 0 6 1 7 Crazyhouse 2065 [6] 1 3 0 4 Bullet 2047 [8] 550 526 114 1190 2299 (08-Oct-2005) Blitz 2454 [8] 1137 1090 293 2520 2671 (10-Apr-2005) Standard 2633 [6] 8 3 2 13 5-minute 2118 447 360 129 936 2310 (30-Mar-2008) 1-minute 1712 [8] 2080 1945 311 4336 2244 (10-Oct-2005) 1: Helge A Nordahl 2: Oslo, Norway 3: Member of Black Knights 4: Siglar sier til deg: jeg er IM i mus 5: Jo-Jo sier til deg: jeg er gm i mus Name : Helge A Nordahl Email : helge.nordahl at nhh.no Groups : Norway IMs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM John Watson laughed when I showed him the Raccoon on his ICC Chess Talk with John Watson interview show. " Everyone sacs the house against me. " Brian " That's what I would do! " - John Watson The point is we expect that. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Tja"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "2112"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "06:18:55"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5!! ... h5 Raccoon talon loose in Oslo 3. Nf3 exf4! 4. Bc4 h4 Shutting down h4, g3 for White 5. d4 g5! Completing the full Raccoon paw with three razor sharp claws on h4-g5-f4 6. Ne5 Nh6 6 ... Rh7!! keeps the pesky farmer out of h5 7. Qh5! Rh7 I thought I had analyzed all this in a Mike Filppu - Anthea Martinez Colorado Springs restaurant post-mortem 7 ... Qf6! is a little better 8. g3 d6!! Attacking the e5-Knight and maybe the Queen later with ... Bg4 9. Nxf7! Only move Rxf7 Only move 10. gxf4! Qe7 Attacking e4 and overprotecting f7 which sets up ... Bg4 Rybka 3 wants me to attack d4 and overprotect f7 which sets up ... Bg4 with 10 gf Qf6! 11. e5 Bg4? Better to play 11 ... Be6!! 12 d5 Bg4 first even better to play 11 ... de!!! 12 fe Be6!! first also good to play 11 ... gf! 12 B:f4 Be6! 13 d3 Bg4 first 12. Bxf7+! Only move Qxf7! Only move 13. Qxg5 Nc6!! 14. c3 Kd7?? Underestimating my position after 14 ... Qc4!!!, ... de!!, ... Qh7! or ... Qd5! Common theme - Light Square King Attack 15. Be3?? 15 Nd2!! Only move, shores up the light squares 15 ... Re8?? I have a blitz weakness of wanting King security before I attack. Killer moves: 15 ... Qc4!!!, ... N:e5!!, ... Qd5!!, ... de!! even giving up a Knight with 15 ... Be7! 16 Q:h6 Qc4!! is much stronger than what I did. I am not showing much respect for my unopposed monster Bishop. 16. Nd2 dxe5?? Clueless. 16 ... Qh7!! or ... Ne7! controlling f5 are very strong 17. fxe5!! Qf5! Only 17 ... Ne7!! is better 18. Rf1?? Qxg5!! 19. Bxg5!! Nxe5!! This is what I've been setting up all along. The threat is 20 ... Nd3 checkmate Raccoon miniature. 20. Rxf8? Nd3+!! 21. Kf1! Rxf8+!! 22. Kg1! Nf5!! Up a piece 23. Ne4! Nxb2 Ignoring the threat 24. Nf6+! Kc8! 25. Nxg4 Rg8!! 26. Rf1 Rxg5! Still up a piece 27. h3! Nc4 28. Kh2 Nce3 29. Nxe3 Nxe3! 30. Rf4 Rg2+! 31. Kh1! Rxa2! 32. Rxh4! Rc2 33. Re4 Rxc3! 34. h4 Nf5 35. Rf4! Rh3+ Giving up the piece to enter a three pawns up Rook ending. IM Helge A Nordahl continues to fight on. 36. Kg2! Rxh4! 37. Rxf5! Rxd4! 38. Kf3 Rd6 39. Ke3 b6 40. Rf7 a5 41. Ke4 Kb7 42. Ke5 b5 43. Ke4 a4 44. Ke3 Kb6 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Tja"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "2112"] [Opening "King's gambit"] [ECO "C30"] [NIC "KG.05"] [Time "06:18:55"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. Bc4 h4 5. d4 g5 6. Ne5 Nh6 7. Qh5 Rh7 8. g3 d6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. gxf4 Qe7 11. e5 Bg4 12. Bxf7+ Qxf7 13. Qxg5 Nc6 14. c3 Kd7 15. Be3 Re8 16. Nd2 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qf5 18. Rf1 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxe5 20. Rxf8 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Rxf8+ 22. Kg1 Nf5 23. Ne4 Nxb2 24. Nf6+ Kc8 25. Nxg4 Rg8 26. Rf1 Rxg5 27. h3 Nc4 28. Kh2 Nce3 29. Nxe3 Nxe3 30. Rf4 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxa2 32. Rxh4 Rc2 33. Re4 Rxc3 34. h4 Nf5 35. Rf4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rxh4 37. Rxf5 Rxd4 38. Kf3 Rd6 39. Ke3 b6 40. Rf7 a5 41. Ke4 Kb7 42. Ke5 b5 43. Ke4 a4 44. Ke3 Kb6 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 17:32:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:32:18 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I am not the only crazy person out there Message-ID: <1248478338.4a6a44827a802@www.taom.com> I am not the only crazy person out there Bishop and Knight mate took me 46 moves. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "ITurnYouOn"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1989"] [BlackElo "2106"] [Opening "R?ti opening"] [ECO "A06"] [NIC "QP.09"] [Time "19:20:33"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Ne5 f6 3. Nf7 Kxf7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Be6 7. f4 exf4 8. gxf4 f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. d4 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. f5 Qh4 16. fxe6+ Kxe6 17. h3 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Qg4+ Qf5 20. Qxg7 Nd7 21. Qh6+ Nf6 22. Be3 Rag8 23. Qh4 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Qg5 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxg5+ 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Ke1 Rxc2 31. Kd1 Rxb2 32. d5+ cxd5 33. Kc1 Qg2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Bxa1 37. a6 b5 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Kd1 Qc2+ 40. Ke1 Qd2+ 41. Kf1 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa6 43. Kh1 Rc6 44. Kg1 a5 45. Kh1 a4 46. Kg1 a3 47. Kh1 b4 48. Kg1 b3 49. Kh1 b2 50. Kg1 b1=N 51. Kh1 Be5 52. Kg1 a2 53. Kh1 a1=B 54. Kg1 Rc3 55. Kh1 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rh1+ 57. Kxh1 h5 58. Kg1 h4 59. Kh1 h3 60. Kg1 Ng4 61. Kh1 Nf2+ 62. Kg1 Nh1 63. Kxh1 d4 64. Kg1 d3 65. Kh1 d2 66. Kg1 d1=N 67. Kh1 Nf2+ 68. Kg1 Nh1 69. Kxh1 Qf3+ 70. Kg1 Bed4+ 71. Kh2 Qf2+ 72. Kh1 Qf1+ 73. Kh2 Qg1+ 74. Kxh3 e3 75. Kh4 e2 76. Kh5 e1=N 77. Kh6 Qg6+ 78. Kxg6 Be3 79. Kh5 Bg5 80. Kxg5 Nf3+ 81. Kf4 Ng5 82. Kxg5 Ke5 83. Kg4 Nc3 84. Kf3 Ne4 85. Ke3 Bd4+ 86. Kf3 Nc3 87. Kg4 Be3 88. Kf3 Bf4 89. Kg2 Ke4 90. Kf2 Nd5 91. Ke2 Be3 92. Kf1 Nf4 93. Ke1 Kd3 94. Kf1 Bd4 95. Ke1 Kc2 96. Kf1 Nd5 97. Ke2 Kc3 98. Kf3 Kd3 99. Kg2 Ke4 100. Kg3 Be3 101. Kg4 Bf4 102. Kh3 Kf3 103. Kh4 Nf6 104. Kh3 Bg5 105. Kh2 Nd5 106. Kh3 Nf4+ 107. Kh2 Bh4 108. Kg1 Bg3 109. Kh1 Nd3 110. Kg1 Nf2 111. Kf1 Bh2 112. Ke1 Ne4 113. Kd1 Ke3 114. Kc2 Nd2 115. Kc3 Bd6 116. Kc2 Be5 117. Kd1 Kd3 118. Ke1 Bg3+ 119. Kd1 Bf2 120. Kc1 Nc4 121. Kd1 Nb2+ 122. Kc1 Kc3 123. Kb1 Kb3 124. Kc1 Be3+ 125. Kb1 Bh6 126. Ka1 Nc4 127. Kb1 Na3+ 128. Ka1 Bg7# {White checkmated} 0-1 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 17:52:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:52:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Vitka Attack Message-ID: <1248479540.4a6a49340ec46@www.taom.com> Statistics for ITurnYouOn On for: 23 Idle: 0 ITurnYouOn is currently involved in a match against Gustavus. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1869 [3] 2 1 0 3 Crazyhouse 1780 16 11 0 27 1780 (16-Jul-2009) Bullet 1188 [7] 3 1 0 4 Blitz 2261 [8] 160 88 15 263 2471 (17-May-2009) Standard 2329 [6] 2 0 0 2 5-minute 1989 197 204 29 430 2334 (04-Jun-2009) 1-minute 1939 276 260 22 558 2170 (10-Jul-2009) 15-minute 2069 [4] 15 3 0 18 1: So here is my more reasonable system: analyze all games. Every week play 4 standard games ( at least 20 minutes time), 8 15-minute games, 15 5-minute games, 30 3-minute games, 60 1-minute games 2: 40 CT problems, 400 CTS problems 3: Study system put into practice 10.5.2009 4: In a scale of 1 to 10 my chess weeks. 7,8,6,4 so far. I have not been totally diligent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am not the only crazy person out there Bishop and Knight mate took me 46 moves. ITurnYouOn starts the game by throwing away a Knight. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "ITurnYouOn"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1989"] [BlackElo "2106"] [Opening "R?ti opening"] [ECO "A06"] [NIC "QP.09"] [Time "19:20:33"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Ne5 f6 3. Nf7 Kxf7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Be6 7. f4 exf4 8. gxf4 f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. d4 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. f5 Qh4 16. fxe6+ Kxe6 17. h3 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Qg4+ Qf5 20. Qxg7 Nd7 21. Qh6+ Nf6 22. Be3 Rag8 23. Qh4 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Qg5 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxg5+ 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Ke1 Rxc2 31. Kd1 Rxb2 32. d5+ cxd5 33. Kc1 Qg2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Bxa1 37. a6 b5 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Kd1 Qc2+ 40. Ke1 Qd2+ 41. Kf1 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa6 43. Kh1 Rc6 44. Kg1 a5 45. Kh1 a4 46. Kg1 a3 47. Kh1 b4 48. Kg1 b3 49. Kh1 b2 50. Kg1 b1=N 51. Kh1 Be5 52. Kg1 a2 53. Kh1 a1=B 54. Kg1 Rc3 55. Kh1 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rh1+ 57. Kxh1 h5 58. Kg1 h4 59. Kh1 h3 60. Kg1 Ng4 61. Kh1 Nf2+ 62. Kg1 Nh1 63. Kxh1 d4 64. Kg1 d3 65. Kh1 d2 66. Kg1 d1=N 67. Kh1 Nf2+ 68. Kg1 Nh1 69. Kxh1 Qf3+ 70. Kg1 Bed4+ 71. Kh2 Qf2+ 72. Kh1 Qf1+ 73. Kh2 Qg1+ 74. Kxh3 e3 75. Kh4 e2 76. Kh5 e1=N 77. Kh6 Qg6+ 78. Kxg6 Be3 79. Kh5 Bg5 80. Kxg5 Nf3+ 81. Kf4 Ng5 82. Kxg5 Ke5 83. Kg4 Nc3 84. Kf3 Ne4 85. Ke3 Bd4+ 86. Kf3 Nc3 87. Kg4 Be3 88. Kf3 Bf4 89. Kg2 Ke4 90. Kf2 Nd5 91. Ke2 Be3 92. Kf1 Nf4 93. Ke1 Kd3 94. Kf1 Bd4 95. Ke1 Kc2 96. Kf1 Nd5 97. Ke2 Kc3 98. Kf3 Kd3 99. Kg2 Ke4 100. Kg3 Be3 101. Kg4 Bf4 102. Kh3 Kf3 103. Kh4 Nf6 104. Kh3 Bg5 105. Kh2 Nd5 106. Kh3 Nf4+ 107. Kh2 Bh4 108. Kg1 Bg3 109. Kh1 Nd3 110. Kg1 Nf2 111. Kf1 Bh2 112. Ke1 Ne4 113. Kd1 Ke3 114. Kc2 Nd2 115. Kc3 Bd6 116. Kc2 Be5 117. Kd1 Kd3 118. Ke1 Bg3+ 119. Kd1 Bf2 120. Kc1 Nc4 121. Kd1 Nb2+ 122. Kc1 Kc3 123. Kb1 Kb3 124. Kc1 Be3+ 125. Kb1 Bh6 126. Ka1 Nc4 127. Kb1 Na3+ 128. Ka1 Bg7# {White checkmated} 0-1 _______________________________________________ ITurnYouOn tells you: lol you suck almost failed it B-Wall I love you Bishop and Knight mate took me 46 moves. ITurnYouOn tells you: yes should have taken less than 35 B-Wall - I missed the first pass around emailed the game to 5,000 people ITurnYouOn tells you: lol B-Wall - email title was I am not the only crazy person out there ITurnYouOn tells you: you know 5 thousand people? you must be a hacker otr something B-Wall - BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com plus my Taom mailing list of 363 people you're famous ITurnYouOn tells you: how can you know so many people? B-Wall - I have been writing about Chess compulsively for 10 years www.Walverine.com, BrianWallChess.net ITurnYouOn tells you: btw I have played that opening for hundreds of games B-Wall - I bet you win half the time ITurnYouOn tells you: yeah so I should B-Wall - You should see the crazy shit I played Seeing Double Drunken Penguin 1 Nh3 2 Rg1 3 Na3 4 Rb1 ITurnYouOn tells you: that is familiar to me too B-Wall - wrote a book - How ToPlay Chess Like Animal all crazy openings ITurnYouOn tells you: but I did not know the name of that opening ITurnYouOn tells you: do you know the name for my opening? B-Wall - a guy from France, Noe Van Hulst invented it ITurnYouOn tells you: aah well I invented it too B-Wall - I wrote a penguin article 1 Nf3 2 Rg1 for chessville.com Off the Wall column You can name it yourself ITurnYouOn tells you: hmm ITurnYouOn tells you: I will call it Vilka attack B-Wall - OK what does it mean? ITurnYouOn tells you: my name B-Wall - Oh OK ITurnYouOn tells you: it is a fork in russia so fork attack if you like B-Wall - I will post this conversation and immortalize you I have the vehicle ITurnYouOn tells you: how beautiful From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 19:33:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:33:45 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Alexa at Polgar for Colorado Message-ID: <1248485625.4a6a60f976d44@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Matt Lasley ----- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:30:46 -0600 From: Matt Lasley Reply-To: Matt Lasley Subject: Alexa at Polgar for Colorado To: matthew.lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil, csca-scholastic-chess at comcast.net Hi! I thought I'd try to update you guys as Alexa represents CO in the Susan Polgar National Invitational for girls (SPNI). I don't have a blog or connections with USCF or anything like that, but I figure y'all are most interested, or know those who might be. We arrived today - a day early. I screwed up my dates and we now have an extra day in Texas. Maybe I was just anxious to get going. Anyway, we're here and check in is tomorrow, and I now have this distro list set up. Here's the official site http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/07/sp-national-invitational-updated-list.html or just go to the root site and look fro the SPNI link on the right. Tomorrow is a museum visit and check-in with a warm-up tournament. We played it last year, and I thought it just made Alexa tired, so we're not playing this year. More to come. --Matt (Alexa's Dad) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090724/a9826765/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 24 21:32:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:32:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fox Attack Message-ID: <1248492752.4a6a7cd007783@www.taom.com> --- On Fri, 7/24/09, Craig.Thomson at bench.com wrote: From: Craig.Thomson at bench.com Subject: Fox To: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 9:12 PM Hi Brian, ? Thank you for putting my game up on the yahoo groups board.? It was great for a laugh and also helpful for your comments.? I appreciate it.? I will remember to play a6 first next time if they play c3.? I annoyed the piss out of someone with the Fox tonight and beat him in the endgame.? Notice my meteoric rise from a respectable 880 to an untouchable?1000+ in the span of a mere two days.? An unprecedented feat, no doubt. ? [Event "ICC"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [White "Goyathlay"] [Black "Butterbean"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1023"] [BlackElo "1081"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Gedult's opening"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. f3 c5 2. Kf2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Bb3 e6 6. g3 Ne5 7. Kg2 b6 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. Rf1 Ne7 10. Kg1 d5 11. a4 a5 12. Ba2 O-O 13. c3 f5 14. d4 Nd7 15. Nd2 c4 16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Nf6 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. Rf2 Rc8 21. Rb2 Qd7 22. Qc2 Nc6 23. Nd2 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rfxf8 25. Rxb6 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Qc7 27. Qb2 Rb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qa3 Qe7 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Nf1 Kg7 32. Re1 h5 33. Rb1 Rxb1 34. Bxb1 g5 35. Kf2 g4 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Nd2 Ne4+ 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. c4 Nc6 40. cxd5 exd5 41. Bc2 Nb4 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. Kg2 Kf5 44. h3 gxh3+ 45. Kxh3 Kg5 46. Bd1 Nd3 47. Bb3 Nb4 48. g4 Kh6 49. Kh4 Kg6 50. g5 Kf5 51. Kh5 Nc6 52. Bxd5 Ne7 53. Bf7 Nc6 54. d5 Ne5 55. d6 Nxf7 56. d7 Nd8 57. g6 Kf6 58. Kh6 Ke7 59. g7 Kf7 60. Kh7 1-0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090724/5d905a73/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 25 00:46:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:46:18 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] IM David Strauss Message-ID: <1248504378.4a6aaa3a93464@www.taom.com> Statistics for igor(IM) On for: 1:41 Idle: 0 igor is currently involved in a match against ljubamont. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1821 [6] 130 135 16 281 2060 (05-Nov-1997) Loser's 1988 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bughouse 1747 [6] 73 74 0 147 1865 (01-Jan-2000) Crazyhouse 1712 [6] 88 92 0 180 1956 (29-Aug-2004) Bullet 2047 [8] 527 331 45 903 2407 (19-Jan-1998) Blitz 2395 14971 9399 1856 26226 2660 (24-Sep-2000) Standard 2323 [6] 36 60 12 108 2440 (06-Oct-1997) 5-minute 2262 13875 10109 2398 26382 2417 (14-Jun-2009) 1: hello. I'm igor. Moved to California some time ago. Please speak to me in English [or French] -- - I must learn 2: I've learned to play faster, but still prefer at least a 1 sec. increment, just to avoid those silly situations when someone loses on time in an unlosable endgame. Also to stop folk from trying to win dead drawn endings on time. 3: ICC is great, but horribly addictive. Name : David Strauss Groups : STC IMs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Strauss is the guy who became an IM after 50. David wins a pawn with powerful central play then loses his center pawns with careless play and then my flawless technique takes care of the rest. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.25"] [Round "-"] [White "igor"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2262"] [BlackElo "2173"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Mar?czy bind, 6.Be3"] [ECO "B38"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "02:33:19"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 f6 9. O-O Nf7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Nxb6 Rcd8 18. c5 d6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Nc4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rdd8 22. Qf2 Qxf4 23. Rfd1 Bxe4 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qf5 26. Re1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 e5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. b4 Kd5 34. Kd3 f5 35. Nb6+ Kc6 36. Nc4 Ne6 37. a4 Nc7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Na5+ Kd5 40. Ke2 g5 41. h3 h5 42. Be3 Be7 43. Bd2 e4 44. Be1 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bd6 46. Bd2 g4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kg2 h4 49. Be1 h3+ 50. Kh1 g3 51. Bxg3 Bxg3 52. b5 Nxb5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Nb3 b4 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.25"] [Round "-"] [White "igor"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2262"] [BlackElo "2173"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Mar?czy bind, 6.Be3"] [ECO "B38"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "02:33:19"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 f6 9. O-O Nf7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Nxb6 Rcd8 18. c5 d6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Nc4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rdd8 22. Qf2 Qxf4 23. Rfd1 Bxe4 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qf5 26. Re1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 e5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. b4 Kd5 34. Kd3 f5 35. Nb6+ Kc6 36. Nc4 Ne6 37. a4 Nc7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Na5+ Kd5 40. Ke2 g5 41. h3 h5 42. Be3 Be7 43. Bd2 e4 44. Be1 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bd6 46. Bd2 g4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kg2 h4 49. Be1 h3+ 50. Kh1 g3 51. Bxg3 Bxg3 52. b5 Nxb5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Nb3 b4 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jul 25 01:54:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:54:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curtis Carlson on IM David Strauss Message-ID: <1248508443.4a6aba1b7e788@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson ----- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:18:51 -0700 From: Curt Carlson Reply-To: Curt Carlson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] IM David Strauss To: Brian Wall I played DS twice, once in the 1978 American Open, and again in the 1979 AO. He won the first, the second was drawn. He is a very nice fellow. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 11:46 PM Subject: [BrianWallChess] IM David Strauss Statistics for igor(IM) On for: 1:41 Idle: 0 igor is currently involved in a match against ljubamont. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1821 [6] 130 135 16 281 2060 (05-Nov-1997) Loser's 1988 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bughouse 1747 [6] 73 74 0 147 1865 (01-Jan-2000) Crazyhouse 1712 [6] 88 92 0 180 1956 (29-Aug-2004) Bullet 2047 [8] 527 331 45 903 2407 (19-Jan-1998) Blitz 2395 14971 9399 1856 26226 2660 (24-Sep-2000) Standard 2323 [6] 36 60 12 108 2440 (06-Oct-1997) 5-minute 2262 13875 10109 2398 26382 2417 (14-Jun-2009) 1: hello. I'm igor. Moved to California some time ago. Please speak to me in English [or French] -- - I must learn 2: I've learned to play faster, but still prefer at least a 1 sec. increment, just to avoid those silly situations when someone loses on time in an unlosable endgame. Also to stop folk from trying to win dead drawn endings on time. 3: ICC is great, but horribly addictive. Name : David Strauss Groups : STC IMs ---------------------------------------------------------- David Strauss is the guy who became an IM after 50. David wins a pawn with powerful central play then loses his center pawns with careless play and then my flawless technique takes care of the rest. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.25"] [Round "-"] [White "igor"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2262"] [BlackElo "2173"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Mar?czy bind, 6.Be3"] [ECO "B38"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "02:33:19"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 f6 9. O-O Nf7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Nxb6 Rcd8 18. c5 d6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Nc4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rdd8 22. Qf2 Qxf4 23. Rfd1 Bxe4 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qf5 26. Re1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 e5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. b4 Kd5 34. Kd3 f5 35. Nb6+ Kc6 36. Nc4 Ne6 37. a4 Nc7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Na5+ Kd5 40. Ke2 g5 41. h3 h5 42. Be3 Be7 43. Bd2 e4 44. Be1 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bd6 46. Bd2 g4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kg2 h4 49. Be1 h3+ 50. Kh1 g3 51. Bxg3 Bxg3 52. b5 Nxb5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Nb3 b4 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.25"] [Round "-"] [White "igor"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2262"] [BlackElo "2173"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Mar?czy bind, 6.Be3"] [ECO "B38"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "02:33:19"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 f6 9. O-O Nf7 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. f4 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Rfe8 17. Nxb6 Rcd8 18. c5 d6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Nc4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rdd8 22. Qf2 Qxf4 23. Rfd1 Bxe4 24. Be3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qf5 26. Re1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3 e5 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. b4 Kd5 34. Kd3 f5 35. Nb6+ Kc6 36. Nc4 Ne6 37. a4 Nc7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Na5+ Kd5 40. Ke2 g5 41. h3 h5 42. Be3 Be7 43. Bd2 e4 44. Be1 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bd6 46. Bd2 g4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kg2 h4 49. 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090725/f5b12784/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jul 26 08:46:07 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:46:07 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] RIP Joel Williams Message-ID: <1248619567.4a6c6c2f404e3@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Robert Ramirez ----- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:14:32 +0000 From: Robert Ramirez Reply-To: Robert Ramirez Subject: Joel Williams To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Hey Brian, just wanted to let you know that Joel Williams passed away yesterday. I posted a bulletin on myspace. Can you please do an email about this to all the Colorado players. I just lost my best friend, man this sucks. I will let you know when the funeral is if you want to attend. Robert. Robert Ramirez ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/robertdamianramirez Robert's 4 song Myspace music tribute to Joel Williams 1 Shed so many tears by NoDreamIsTooBig tupac plays: 113,880 2 Life Goes On (Album.. by 2pac 2Pac Greatest Hits plays: 219,949 3 The Good Die Young .. by 2pac Still I Rise plays: 9,285 4 How Long Will They .. by 2pac 2Pac Greatest Hits plays: 80,330 previous playlistnext playlist ----------------------------------------------------------- http://www.walverine.com/index.php?id=199 One of 11 emails mentioning Joel Williams at www.Walverine.com In this one I call Joel the handsomeest man alive and compare him to a painting that used to hang in my living room, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN HELMET by Rembrandt ---------------------------------------------------------- Joel Williams is dead. Joel just played in the 2009 World Open. I just met Joel's beautiful fiance. Joel got Robert Ramirez a sales job and they were working together. Susan Grumer gave Joel a ride from the World Open site to his hotel room Monday before our rounds started. Joel was confused about what day the rounds began. He looked exhausted. http://www.myspace.com/mninomiya Mike Ninomiya, Denver Chessplayer and martial artist extraordinaire, hung out with Joel at the 2009 World Open. Mike told me Joel felt sick at the World Open. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel's twin brother died of a drug overdose 5 years ago. My mother worked as a social worker for Jefferson County for many years. Joel was one of her case studies. My mother has known Joel and his mother since his early teens. My mother was in a car with the Williams twins and they saw a rival gang in another car.. It was August, maybe 17 years ago. My Mom got scared she was going to get caught in some teenage driveby crossfire and tried to stop him. He wouldn't stop so she punched him in the stomach, he was about 125 pounds. Williams twin- You punched me! My Mom - No I didn't. one of the Willams twins - Yeah you did! My Mom bought them cigarettes so they wouldn't squeal on her. They used to laugh about that. Joel was so handsome one of his case workers ( Joel was in his early teens like 16, the case worker friend of my Mom's was in her twenties ) got fired for having an affair with him. Joel always asked me how she the case worker was doing these days. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel was a familiar sight at the 16th Street mall. One time about 10 years ago his twin brother came down to the mall and started screaming at Joel in front of everyone to stop doing drugs. Later that same brother died of an overdose. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel always had troubles but he was a young wolf that seemed indestructible - he always had a hot girlfriend, he always had movement, always had grand schemes, always loved Chess. Joel told me 2 weeks before he died that he had access to a family house on the beach in Mexico and all the good times he had there. Life always swirled around Joel, he always had something going, always had secrets he wouldn't share with me but could tell Robert Ramirez. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel was always fun to be around, very dynamic, always a keen eyes for the ladies, like he was picking up clues none of the rest of us ever saw. If there was one woman left on Planet Earth, somehow Joel would end up with her. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know how Joel died yet but he lived an exciting life from an early age as if he knew he would die young, like he didn't want to waste a minute of it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I talked to his fiance at the 16th Street mall a month ago, she looked happy and in love. I also saw them together about a month ago, they looked young and happy with big dreams. Joel had several sales jobs, he could talk the birds down from the trees when he turned on the charm. Joel was someone I always felt comfortable with, eagerly listening to his latest adventures. We went to a bar one time about 4 years ago and swapped stories. I met Joel in a mountain casino about 6 years ago. 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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jul 26 09:19:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:19:03 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Alexa @ Polgar - check-in Message-ID: <1248621543.4a6c73e7c42e8@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Matt Lasley ----- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:15:32 -0600 From: Matt Lasley Reply-To: Matt Lasley Subject: Alexa @ Polgar - check-in To: mitesh.shridhar at gmail.com, boulderchessclub at yahoo.com, lee.lahti at comcast.net, brianwall at walverine.com, coach at pikespeakchess.com, snoopy_colorado at yahoo.com, duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com, csca-scholastic-chess at comcast.net Not much today. We visited the National Ranching Heritage Center, which is a very cool museum of ranching including many relocated buildings from the ranching era. She's in front of one such buildings in the picture, with the dome of one of Texas Tech's sports facilities in the background. I assume it's for basketball right next to the football stadium and the baseball field. Frazier Pavillion is right among those buildings, where the Tournament will be played. A little endgame study in the campground too. A bit late to brush things up, but maybe one thing will come in handy at some point. We checked in at the Gordon Hall where Dewain Barber and GM Susan Polgar greeted new arrivals. Opening ceremonies are tomorrow at 1:30 with speeches and so on and the first round and Movie Night for the evening on the schedule. --Matt from Lubbock TX -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090726/bd59dbe0/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A month or two ago, i got him resigned up on USCF for his birthday present, his birthday was today; 31 years old. He played on this account "Kao" for a few months at icc. This game was a simul.. Take care, Mike Ninomiya [Event "ICC 60 60 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.03.03"] [Round "1"] [White "voja"] [Black "Kao"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2411"] [BlackElo "1742"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [ECO "B50"] [NIC "SI.01"] [Time "16:06:47"] [TimeControl "3600+60"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 Ne8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 b4 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd2 18. N1xd2 Nc7 19. Rac1 d5 20. e5 f6 21. Bf4 Ne6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Be3 Nexd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rc7 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Bb5 27. Re1 Rfc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxa7 Rc2 30. Nf3 Rxa2 31. Bc5 Re2 32. Rb1 Bd3 33. Rb7 g5 34. Rd7 Bc4 35. Nd4 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Kg6 37. Nc6 Kf7 38. Rc7 Bb5 39. g3 Bxc6 40. Rxc6 Rc1 41. Rc7 Kg6 42. Bd6 Rxc7 43. Bxc7 Kf5 44. Kg2 Ke4 45. Bb6 d4 46. Kf1 Kd3 47. f4 Kc2 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Ba5 d3 50. Ke1 Be5 51. Kf2 d2 52. Bxd2 Kxd2 53. Kf3 Kd3 54. h4 gxh4 55. gxh4 Bf6 56. Kg4 Bxh4 57. Kxh4 e5 58. Kg3 e4 59. Kf2 Kd2 {White resigns} 0-1 mike Ninomiya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090726/a5eb416b/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jul 26 22:49:00 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:49:00 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] SPNI09 Alexa wins Round 1! Message-ID: <1248670140.4a6d31bc869f8@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Matt Lasley ----- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:22:28 -0600 From: Matt Lasley Reply-To: Matt Lasley Subject: RE: SPNI09 Alexa wins Round 1! To: Mitesh Shridhar , Klaus Johnson , Lee Lahti , brianwall at walverine.com, Walter Smith , duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com, Tom Nelson , Jennifer Coyne Resending without pictures since many addresses rejected for over-size email. I'll try trimming a bit for future emails. From: mattlasley at hotmail.com To: mitesh.shridhar at gmail.com; boulderchessclub at yahoo.com; lee.lahti at comcast.net; brianwall at walverine.com; coach at pikespeakchess.com; snoopy_colorado at yahoo.com; duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com; csca-scholastic-chess at comcast.net Subject: SPNI09 Alexa wins Round 1! Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:18:15 -0600 Okay, that's out of the way! Round 1 win for Alexa! It turns out she's 28th by rating out of the 60 participants. The difference in rating is great, a very widely spread out field this year. Top player is expert and last year's winner is just below expert ast he #2 seed. Some lowest rated players have provisional or unknown ratings. Top board rating difference was about 700 points so most should go according to rating. Alexa's game is below (against someone just under 500). Paul Truong is putting pictures up at www.ChessDailyNews.com. He's taking a LOT of pictures, so I'm sure there will be others of Alexa there. I'm including a few here. Here picture with GM Polgar after recieving her Champion's Medal during the opening ceremony. Her name on the big-board (very cool, about 8-feet of cross table stuck to the wall and filled in by hand.) A face in the crowd, during the big photo-shoot. The two non-girls are the prevost dude that runs things and the other is one of the professors, both very involved with making SPICE happen at Texas Tech. Ready to play with the Colorado Flag before round 1. My girl and the GM in the same shot. The last is her hard at work finishing off her round 1 opponant. After the next move after this position (27.Qc8) Rybka spots #11, but Alexa bashes out the victory directly without getting fancy. A little swim. A little food. A movie. And sleep for the next round tomorrow. Tomorrow morning is the dedication of the Chess Park between the Library and the Student Union at Texas Tech. 7 Marble chessboards in the walking area. I haven't seen it yet but in pictures, but it sounds cool. Here's her game. My comments are based on Alexa's words after the game. [Event "SPNI for Girls 2009"] [Site "Local computer"] [Date "2009.07.26"] [Round "2009.07.26"] [White "Alexa Lasley"] [Black "Jannette Alston"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "90min+30sec inc"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Nxe5 {Fork trick} Nxe5 8. d4 d6 {not losing yet but not the best way to hang in there} 9. dxc5 O-O 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Bf4 Nfg4 12. h3 Nxf2 {That just doesn't work} 13. Kxf2 Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qc6 15. Bd5 {skewer! dad: possibly pointless from here on} Qd7 16. Bxa8 f5 17. Ke1 f4 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Rf1 Nc4 20. Bxf4 Qe8 21. Ke2 h6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Qxd6 Qh5+ 24. Kd3 Re8 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Qxc8 b4 28. Qf5+ Qxf5 29. exf5 bxc3 30. bxc3 g5 31. fxg6+ Kxg6 32. Rf1 Kg5 33. c4 Kh4 34. c5 Kg3 35. c6 Kxg2 36. Rf7 h5 37. c7+ Kxh3 38. c8=Q+ Kg3 39. Qg8+ Kh4 40. Rf1 a5 41. Rh1# 1-0 Matt Lasley -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can also follow the game here: http://www.ficsgames.com/cgi-bin/show.cgi?ID=22514565;action=show FICS has a nice new interface ^^ [Event "rated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2009.07.25"] [Round "?"] [White "papier"] [Black "insanewarrior"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1254"] [BlackElo "1382"] [ECO "C55"] [TimeControl "300+12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 Bc5 (6. ... Bd6 {Rybka recommends this, +-} ) 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 (8. ... Be7 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ne5 {And black is fine with a nice advantage, but the enemy can get too scared to ever take the knight.} ) 9. d5 Nce5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb3 d6 12. Nc3 Bd7 {Fishing in murky waters, Qh4 is a theme I keep missing...} (12. ... Qh4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bxh3 15. Ba4+ Kf8 16. Qe2 Rh6 17. Rf4 Qg5 18. Raf1 Rg6 19. R1f2 Qg3 20. Kh1 Nd3 21. Rxf7+ Kg8 22. e5 Bxg2+ 23. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Rxg2 25. Kxg2 Kxf7 {A sharp line, way out there} ) 13. a4 g5 14. a5 {Here I try to hack the white king, unsuccessfully...} Bc5 15. Na4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bc2 O-O-O 18. Qd2 f6 ({Rybka recommends this, and I see why} 18. ... g4 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qe3 gxh3 21. a6 b6 22. gxh3 Bb5 23. Re1 Rhg8+ ) 19. b3 h4 20. Ba3 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. b4 Bf3 23. bxc5 Rhg8 ({This is a forced mate I should have seen} 23. ... Qg7 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. g3 hxg3 26. Bc1 Rh1# ) 24. c6 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxf2+ 26. Kg1 {Even here there is a forced mate, but I wasn't sure if the king could escape after the rook sac.} Rxf1+ (26. ... Qg7+ 27. Kxf2 Qg3+ 28. Ke3 Qg5+ 29. Kd4 Qxd2+ 30. Kc5 Qc3+ 31. Kb5 Qc4# {There is no escape!} ) 27. Kxf1 Qg7 28. cxb7+ {It was actually OK to capture, but the white rook + queen on an open file looked omenous.} Kb8 29. Qf2 h3 30. Bc5 {Here I chicken out and go for liquidation using the extra pawns I can grab.} Qg2+ 31. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kf2 Rg8 33. Be7 Ng4+ ({This would have been much better.} 33. ... h2 34. Bxf6 Nd7 35. Bd4 h1=Q ) 34. Kg1 Ne3 {Missing yet another forced mate here} (34. ... Bf3 35. Kf1 h2 36. Ke1 h1=Q+ 37. Kd2 Qxa1 38. d6 Qxa5+ 39. Kc1 Ne3 40. dxc7+ Kxc7 41. Kb2 Nxc2 42. e5 Kxb7 43. Kxc2 Rg2+ 44. Kd3 Be2+ 45. Kc2 Bc4+ 46. Kb1 Qe1# {But you can't really blame a 1300 for it :)} ) 35. Bb3 Rg6 {As Brian Wall said, 'In your path to victory you will miss hundreds of wins'} (35. ... Bxe4+ ) 36. d6 Bxe4+ {That seems to lead to a dead draw... happily, my opponent didn't see it} 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Ke2 cxd6 39. Bxd6+ ({Rykba says very drawish.} 39. a6 ) Kxb7 {Victory is close...} 40. a6+ Kb6 41. Bf7 Rg5 42. Bf4 Rf5 43. Bg3 h2 44. Bg6 Re5 45. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rh1 Kxa6 48. Bxh2 Nxh2+ 49. Rxh2 Kb5 50. Rh5 Re5 51. Kf4 Rc5 52. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 53. Kxf5 Kb4 54. Ke4 Kb3 55. Kd5 a5 56. Kc5 a4 {papier resigns} 0-1 I wonder if there's more theory around for the Fishing Pole. adi11235 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. Kierkegaard, Soren The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo. Kierkegaard, Soren I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Kierkegaard, Soren Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Kierkegaard, Soren Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing, Kierkegaard, Soren From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 27 10:50:15 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:50:15 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Website problem Message-ID: <1248713415.4a6ddac792716@www.taom.com> Yeah the old website is very suspicious now , the 10 X one. BrianWallChess.net seems to be OK. www.Walverine.com is OK Chris should remove any link to the old one like on the Rambo video. BrianWall.xhosting10.com is all jacked up now and any reference to it should be removed immediately. Chris and I are fumbling in the dark, striving for a bright new day. There's a lot to learn. Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:42:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Fw: Website problem To: Brian Wall --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Craig.Thomson at bench.com wrote: From: Craig.Thomson at bench.com Subject: Website problem To: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 5:56 AM ?? Hi Brian, ?? Just wanted to let you know so you can give Chris a heads up.? On his sagacious youtube page, he gives a link to what he says is your new website.?? I can't get to youtube from work, but it something like brianwall.xhosting10.com.? When you go to the site, it's just one of those domain available sites, not your site, but the problem is that as soon as I went there my virus software picked up a virus from it.? Ten minutes later my laptop crashed and windows would not start again.? I had to wipe out my laptop and re-install windows.? Not fun.? I don't know if the site he lists got hacked or if someone hacked his youtube page and put the link there, but I wanted to tell you so you can tell him to look into it so no one else gets that virus. By the way, I came across the youtube video Kingscrusher vs. B-Wall and it was hilarious!? It was nice of that Englishman to chronicle the savage beating you gave him with live commentary.? My favorite part is I've made a complete mess of this..oh I'm getting mated, aren't I?....oh dear Sounds so much funnier with the British accent! ? Take care, Craig -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090727/fc59c428/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 27 11:24:59 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:24:59 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Forever Just Walked Out The Door Message-ID: <1248715499.4a6de2eb25313@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_aNxRkHwE Rose and Ben - Forever Just Walked Out The Door I think Rose has a bright future in the music industry. Teenage Texas songstress. I learned to like country western music when I lived with Debbie in Waco,Texas and that's all they played on the radio. I learned to like rap music when I lived at Camp Fang and that's all he played. I learned to like new music when I lived with Joan and she wrote her own. I learned to like classical music when I lived with Renae and she played the violin and went to local classical concerts. From samikd at yahoo.com Mon Jul 27 13:18:13 2009 From: samikd at yahoo.com (Samik Dasgupta) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:18:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] RIP Joel Williams In-Reply-To: <1248619567.4a6c6c2f404e3@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <696989.74080.qm@web111510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> I am shocked to hear this. For someone who's had very limited interactions with Joel, I actually found him to be a quite a likable person. I remember meeting him for the 1st time at a Blitz tournament at Dave's (Bayless) house a few years ago. After crushing my Sicilian Dragon (with the newly popular early Nd5 line), he kindly showed me all the variations and also some online links where the lines were shown in detail. Not everybody does that; not to a stranger anyway. Then after a long time I saw him briefly at a Denver bar, on the morning of New Years day. Last month I ran into him and his girlfriend at the 16th St Mall and played a few Blitz games. Last time I saw him was probably a couple of weeks ago; at a poker table at Black Hawk. I found him to be a decent player with very decent table manners. Good chess players are rare; why do they have to die early ? Samik ------------------------------------------------------------------ I live the way I type: fast,and full of mistakes. --- On Sun, 7/26/09, Brian Wall wrote: > From: Brian Wall > Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] RIP Joel Williams > To: "Robert Ramirez" , brianwallchess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" > Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 7:46 AM > > > ----- Forwarded message from Robert Ramirez > ----- > ? ? Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:14:32 +0000 > ? ? From: Robert Ramirez > Reply-To: Robert Ramirez > Subject: Joel Williams > ? ? ? To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com > > > Hey Brian, just wanted to let you know that Joel Williams > passed away yesterday. > I posted a bulletin on myspace. > > Can you please do an email about this to all the Colorado > players. > > I just lost my best friend, man this sucks. > I will let you know when the funeral is if you want to > attend. > > Robert. > > Robert Ramirez > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.myspace.com/robertdamianramirez > > Robert's 4 song Myspace music tribute to Joel Williams > > 1 Shed so many tears? by NoDreamIsTooBig > tupac > plays: 113,880 > > 2? Life Goes On (Album..? by 2pac > 2Pac Greatest Hits > plays: 219,949 > 3? The Good Die Young ..? by 2pac > Still I Rise > plays: 9,285 > > 4? How Long Will They ..? by 2pac > 2Pac Greatest Hits > plays: 80,330 previous playlistnext playlist > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.walverine.com/index.php?id=199 > > One of 11 emails mentioning Joel Williams at > www.Walverine.com > > In this one I call Joel the handsomeest man alive and > compare him to > a painting that used to hang in my living room, > THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN HELMET > by Rembrandt > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Joel Williams is dead. > Joel just played in the 2009 World Open. > I just met Joel's beautiful fiance. > Joel got Robert Ramirez a sales job and they were working > together. > Susan Grumer gave Joel a ride from the World Open site to > his hotel room > Monday before our rounds started. Joel was confused about > what day > the rounds began. He looked exhausted. > > http://www.myspace.com/mninomiya > > Mike Ninomiya, Denver Chessplayer and martial artist > extraordinaire, > hung out with Joel at the 2009 World Open. Mike told me > Joel felt sick > at the World Open. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel's twin brother died of a drug overdose 5 years ago. > My mother worked as a social worker for Jefferson County > for many years. > Joel was one of her case studies. My mother has known Joel > and his mother > since his early teens. My mother was in a car with the > Williams twins and they > saw a rival gang in another car.. It was August, maybe 17 > years ago. My Mom got > scared she was going to get caught in some teenage driveby > crossfire and tried > to stop him. He wouldn't stop so she punched him in the > stomach, he was about > 125 pounds. > > Williams twin- > You punched me! > > My Mom - > No I didn't. > > one of the Willams twins - > Yeah you did! > > My Mom bought them cigarettes so they wouldn't squeal on > her. > They used to laugh about that. > > Joel was so handsome one of his case workers ( Joel was in > his early > teens like 16, the case worker friend of my Mom's was in > her twenties ) > got fired for having an affair with him. Joel always asked > me how she > the case worker was doing these days. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel was a familiar sight at the 16th Street mall. One time > about 10 years ago > his twin brother came down to the mall and started > screaming at Joel in front > of everyone to stop doing drugs. Later that same brother > died of an overdose. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel always had troubles but he was a young wolf that > seemed indestructible - > he always had a hot girlfriend, he always had movement, > always had grand > schemes, always loved Chess. Joel told me 2 weeks before he > died that he had > access to a family house on the beach in Mexico and all the > good times he had > there. Life always swirled around Joel, he always had > something going, always > had secrets he wouldn't share with me but could tell Robert > Ramirez. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel was always fun to be around, very dynamic, always a > keen eyes for the > ladies, like he was picking up clues none of the rest of us > ever saw. If > there was one woman left on Planet Earth, somehow Joel > would end up with her. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I don't know how Joel died yet but he lived an exciting > life from an early age as if he knew he would die young, > like he didn't want to waste? a minute of it. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I talked to his fiance at the 16th Street mall a month > ago, > she looked happy and in love. I also saw them together > about > a month ago, they looked young and happy with big dreams. > Joel had several sales jobs, he could talk the birds down > from the trees when he turned on the charm. > > Joel was someone I always felt comfortable with, > eagerly listening to his latest adventures. We went to > a bar one time about 4 years ago and swapped stories. > I met Joel in a mountain casino about 6 years ago. > I tried to take $9 in chips he owed me from mall blitz > but the dealer wouldn't let chips off the table without > cashing them in. We used to laugh about that one. > > I'll miss Joel. The Denver scene won't feel the same > without him. > > RIP Joel Williams > ----------------------- > ----------------------- > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > BrianWall-ChessList mailing list > BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com > http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist > From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jul 27 18:07:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:07:42 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2 for 2 in Polgar! Alexa scores upset for Colorado! Message-ID: <1248739662.4a6e414e2938d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Matt Lasley ----- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:50:55 -0600 From: Matt Lasley Reply-To: Matt Lasley Subject: 2 for 2! Alexa scores upset! To: matthew.lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil, mitesh.shridhar at gmail.com, boulderchessclub at yahoo.com, lee.lahti at comcast.net, brianwall at walverine.com, coach at pikespeakchess.com, snoopy_colorado at yahoo.com, duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com, csca-scholastic-chess at comcast.net Sweeet!!!!! Watching this game I saw that she was even, and gaining space, and thought she had an advantage. Her opponant wasn't sure where she went wrong and declared "you're no 1400". This is very very similar to how she did at State, where her performance from the previous year was duplicated/exceeded in round 2. She got her upset win at State then and now has done the same thing. Last year she was 3/6 with 1 upset win. Right now she's 2/2 with an upset win already. Very cool. I have a few pictures, but Paul has been taking a bunch. http://picasaweb.google.com/SPICEChess/2009SPNIOpeningCeremonyRd1 I can't link there from here, but you should be able to find her in this batch of pictures. Pictures from today are said to be up by midnight tongiht along with game scores from the games, a huge feature that they didn't do last year. They're paying particular attention to the top 8 boards, which Alexa may very well be playing on tomorrow after her performance today!! --Matt [Event "SPNI for Girls 2009"] [Site "Frazier Pavillion Texas Tech U"] [Date "2009.07.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Joanne Koong (CA)"] [Black "Alexa Lasley (CO)"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1480"] [ECO "C65"] [TimeControl "90+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Re1 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Nc3 Ba5 ({Rybka sees an interesting computer line that evaded the human eyes} 12... Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Qf6+ 14. Kg1 Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc6) 13. Qf3 Bb7 14. Ba4 Bb6 15. Rd1 Qd6 16. Qd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd2 {Rybka criticizes this strongly and Alexa's bishops are just killer raining down on the trembling King.} Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Bc7 20. g3 Qc6 21. Qd4 Be5 22. Qxe5 d4 23. f3 Qxf3 24. Rd2 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Rfe8 0-1 Way to go Alexa!!!! Go Colorado! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090727/5cfb15c6/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 03:50:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:50:32 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I am not the only crazy person out there, Vilka Attack In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1248774632.4a6ec9e8d4b8f@www.taom.com> Quoting maxheiler : Is the R?ti opening an unorthodox opening? Robert --------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was not a Reti, Iturnyouon has invented his own Bughouse-style system whereby he sacs a Knight on f7 every game. In fact he did it again tonight to me. Helpful Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information about ITurnYouOn (Last disconnected Tue Jul 28 2009 02:37): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1869 [3] 2 1 0 3 Crazyhouse 1780 16 11 0 27 1780 (16-Jul-2009) Bullet 1188 [7] 3 1 0 4 Blitz 2261 [8] 160 88 15 263 2471 (17-May-2009) Standard 2329 [6] 2 0 0 2 5-minute 2053 203 205 29 437 2334 (04-Jun-2009) 1-minute 2065 321 292 28 641 2170 (10-Jul-2009) 15-minute 2069 [4] 15 3 0 18 1: Lazy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- second game [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "ITurnYouOn"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2038"] [BlackElo "2085"] [Opening "R?ti opening"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "02:21:46"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. Ne5 f6 3. Nf7 Kxf7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O c6 7. f4 e4 8. d3 f5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. dxe4 fxe4 11. e3 Bg4 12. Qe1 h5 13. h3 Bf5 14. b3 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bxh3 16. Rd1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qf5 18. Ne2 Bc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Nbd7 21. c4 h4 22. gxh4 Qg4+ 23. Qg3 Rxh4 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 26. Kf2 Rh8 27. Rd2 Rh2+ 28. Ke1 Rgg2 29. Bc3 Ng4 30. Rxg2 Rxg2 31. Bd2 Nc5 32. Rh1 Nd3+ 33. Kf1 Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Rxd2 35. Rh7+ Kf6 36. Rxb7 Nxe3 37. Rxa7 Ne1 38. Ra6+ Kf5 39. a4 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Rh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- first game [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "ITurnYouOn"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1989"] [BlackElo "2106"] [Opening "R?ti opening"] [ECO "A06"] [NIC "QP.09"] [Time "19:20:33"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. Ne5 f6 3. Nf7 Kxf7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Be6 7. f4 exf4 8. gxf4 f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. d4 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. f5 Qh4 16. fxe6+ Kxe6 17. h3 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Qg4+ Qf5 20. Qxg7 Nd7 21. Qh6+ Nf6 22. Be3 Rag8 23. Qh4 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Qg5 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxg5+ 29. Kf2 Rg2+ 30. Ke1 Rxc2 31. Kd1 Rxb2 32. d5+ cxd5 33. Kc1 Qg2 34. a4 Be5 35. a5 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Bxa1 37. a6 b5 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Kd1 Qc2+ 40. Ke1 Qd2+ 41. Kf1 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa6 43. Kh1 Rc6 44. Kg1 a5 45. Kh1 a4 46. Kg1 a3 47. Kh1 b4 48. Kg1 b3 49. Kh1 b2 50. Kg1 b1=N 51. Kh1 Be5 52. Kg1 a2 53. Kh1 a1=B 54. Kg1 Rc3 55. Kh1 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rh1+ 57. Kxh1 h5 58. Kg1 h4 59. Kh1 h3 60. Kg1 Ng4 61. Kh1 Nf2+ 62. Kg1 Nh1 63. Kxh1 d4 64. Kg1 d3 65. Kh1 d2 66. Kg1 d1=N 67. Kh1 Nf2+ 68. Kg1 Nh1 69. Kxh1 Qf3+ 70. Kg1 Bed4+ 71. Kh2 Qf2+ 72. Kh1 Qf1+ 73. Kh2 Qg1+ 74. Kxh3 e3 75. Kh4 e2 76. Kh5 e1=N 77. Kh6 Qg6+ 78. Kxg6 Be3 79. Kh5 Bg5 80. Kxg5 Nf3+ 81. Kf4 Ng5 82. Kxg5 Ke5 83. Kg4 Nc3 84. Kf3 Ne4 85. Ke3 Bd4+ 86. Kf3 Nc3 87. Kg4 Be3 88. Kf3 Bf4 89. Kg2 Ke4 90. Kf2 Nd5 91. Ke2 Be3 92. Kf1 Nf4 93. Ke1 Kd3 94. Kf1 Bd4 95. Ke1 Kc2 96. Kf1 Nd5 97. Ke2 Kc3 98. Kf3 Kd3 99. Kg2 Ke4 100. Kg3 Be3 101. Kg4 Bf4 102. Kh3 Kf3 103. Kh4 Nf6 104. Kh3 Bg5 105. Kh2 Nd5 106. Kh3 Nf4+ 107. Kh2 Bh4 108. Kg1 Bg3 109. Kh1 Nd3 110. Kg1 Nf2 111. Kf1 Bh2 112. Ke1 Ne4 113. Kd1 Ke3 114. Kc2 Nd2 115. Kc3 Bd6 116. Kc2 Be5 117. Kd1 Kd3 118. Ke1 Bg3+ 119. Kd1 Bf2 120. Kc1 Nc4 121. Kd1 Nb2+ 122. Kc1 Kc3 123. Kb1 Kb3 124. Kc1 Be3+ 125. Kb1 Bh6 126. Ka1 Nc4 127. Kb1 Na3+ 128. Ka1 Bg7# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- B-Wall - I wrote a penguin article 1 Nf3 2 Rg1 for chessville.com Off the Wall column You can name it yourself ITurnYouOn tells you: hmm ITurnYouOn tells you: I will call it Vilka attack B-Wall - OK what does it mean? ITurnYouOn tells you: my name B-Wall - Oh OK ITurnYouOn tells you: it is a fork in russia so fork attack if you like B-Wall - I will post this conversation and immortalize you I have the vehicle ITurnYouOn tells you: how beautiful ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quoting maxheiler : Is the R?ti opening an unorthodox opening? Robert --- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall wrote: I am not the only crazy person out there Bishop and Knight mate took me 46 moves. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 15:57:07 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:57:07 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Alchemist Message-ID: <1248818227.4a6f74339d469@www.taom.com> I have yet to find an opening I cannot turn into a Fishing/Bishing Pole. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "DrModel"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2139"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "QGD: Charousek (Petrosian) variation"] [ECO "D31"] [NIC "QP.08"] [Time "16:32:52"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O-O This is the Bishing Pole turnkey business in a box CarbobCopyPro mating system GM Roman Dzindzichashvili showed me and Paul Anderson adopted. Fishing/Bishing Polers are always struggling to keep the center closed. I hate 6 ... c5 blowing up the center. Rybka likes 7 dc!! 7 ... Qa5 8. Kb1? I am moving like a zoo sea lion trained to wave for fish. 8 cd!!, B:f6!, Bd2, dc, e3, h4, e4 are all much better moves 8 ... dxc4 9. e4 Still in seal mode. 9 dc!! is best. 9 ... cxd4 10. Rxd4! Only move Nc6! 11. Rxc4! h6 12. h4!! I'm playing the Bishing Pole, what are you playing? 12 ... Bd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4!! Possibly the most powerful Bishing Pole technique, hooking onto h6 14 ... Nb4 Pointless 15. Qb3!! only move Nc6 16. g5!! Rock and Roll time 16 ... Bxc3! 17. Rxc3 Still in mate mode 17 ... hxg5 18. hxg5!! Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl 18 ... Qb4 19. Qc2! Still in mate mode but 19 Q:b4!! N:b4! 20 Ne5! is a winning ending with Fishing Pole themes. 19 ... e5 20. Bc4!! With Fishing Pole ideas of g6 and/or doubling majors on the h-file the immediate g6!!! is stronger but I am zoned in on checkmate 20 ... Nd4 21. Nxd4!! exd4! 22. Rb3!! Gaining time for Kingside knockout punches. What's fascinating about the Pole is that the winning precedure is different every time. Not too many attacking systems can say that. 22 e5!!!! or Rf3!!! are even more efficient. 22 ... Qa5 23. f4!! Many other wins but only 23 e5!!!! is stronger 23 ... b5 24. Qh2!! The only way to delay immediate Bishing Pole death is giving up the Queen with 24 ... Qe1+ 25 R:e1 Rfe8 26 Rh1 which mates anyway {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "DrModel"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2139"] [BlackElo "2059"] [Opening "QGD: Charousek (Petrosian) variation"] [ECO "D31"] [NIC "QP.08"] [Time "16:32:52"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O-O Qa5 8. Kb1 dxc4 9. e4 cxd4 10. Rxd4 Nc6 11. Rxc4 h6 12. h4 Bd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4 Nb4 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. g5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Qb4 19. Qc2 e5 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. f4 b5 24. Qh2 {Black resigns} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fishing/Bishing Poles against normal opponents are horrendous enough but Fishing/Bishing Poles against Clam/Lemming/Joko Pianissimos that are actively seeking to avoid tactics create crime scenes too gruesome to describe. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "DaTribe"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "2077"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "07:07:04"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6!! Datribe tries to keep me at bay but I want to howl at the Moon. 7. c3 Bb6 Studiously avoiding same side castling 8. b4! g5 With pychotic, savage intensions 9. Ne1 g4!! Fritz taught me that one, even if my h6-pawn is hanging, rip open the g-file 10. h4 g3! I've been playing these attacks for 7 years and I get it wrong every time so what chance does White have of finding a good defense? There is always some subtle nuance I miss. 10 ... Nh5!! is the strongest here. 11. Be3! Ng4? Going Fishing Pole but Nf3 is a defense. 11 ... Bg4!!, ... B:e3!!, ... gf+! are all better for me and 11 ... Rg8 or ... Qe7 are OK too My idea of 12 B:b6!! Q:h4?? is refuted by 13 Nf3!! Qh5 14 Be3!! The weird thing is I saw that and played it anyway. 12. Qf3?? Qxh4!! 13. Bxf7+? I have a nice Queen sac after 13 Q:f7+! Kd8 14 Nf3!! gf+! 15 R:f2! B:e3!! 16 N:h4 B:f2+ 17 K-any B:h4 with R,B and N for Q. 13 ... Ke7!! 14. Qxg3! Qxg3! 15. fxg3! Bxe3+!! 15 ... N:e3!! also wins massive material 16. Kh1! Nf2+ 16 ... Rf8!! wins the most wood 17. Kh2 Kxf7 17 ... Rf8!! wins the most wood 18. Nc2 Bb6!! 19. d4! exd4! 20. cxd4 Nxd4!! 21. Rxf2+! Kg7 22. Nba3 I have two Bishops for a Knight 22 ... Nb3!! 23. Raf1! Bxf2! 24. Rxf2! Up a Rook 24 ... Nc1!! 25. Rd2 Nxa2!! 26. Nb5! c6 27. Nxd6! a5 28. b5 Nb4 29. Nd4 a4!! 30. N4f5+ Bxf5! 31. Nxf5+ Kf6!! My two Rooks haven't moved all game but they are guarding rook pawns. {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "DaTribe"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "2077"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "07:07:04"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. b4 g5 9. Ne1 g4 10. h4 g3 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qf3 Qxh4 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. Qxg3 Qxg3 15. fxg3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Kh2 Kxf7 18. Nc2 Bb6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxf2+ Kg7 22. Nba3 Nb3 23. Raf1 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 Nc1 25. Rd2 Nxa2 26. Nb5 c6 27. Nxd6 a5 28. b5 Nb4 29. Nd4 a4 30. N4f5+ Bxf5 31. Nxf5+ Kf6 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net www.Chessville.com Off the Wall column plus Youtube videos Brian Wall Chess channel sagacious00004 what more do you want? From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 16:39:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:39:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Round 3, 2/3 Alexa Lasley in texas Message-ID: <1248820786.4a6f7e325b27d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Matt Lasley ----- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:12:18 -0600 From: Matt Lasley Reply-To: Matt Lasley Subject: Round 3 2/3 To: mitesh.shridhar at gmail.com, boulderchessclub at yahoo.com, lee.lahti at comcast.net, brianwall at walverine.com, snoopy_colorado at yahoo.com, duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com, csca-scholastic-chess at comcast.net It's funny that last year in the first round she was paired with someone who was a late entry to the tournament (alternate to round out an even group). And this year the exactly the same thing happened (DC rep's sister added at last minute). Strange coincidence considering the difference in rating from year to year and so on. Last night was the puzzle contest. Two were the tricky ones that only one person got along with the rest. So, the one winner is the one girl that got all 10 right. The puzzles are posted on the web site (www.ChessDailyNews.com) if you want to give it a go. She got to meet the Masked Rider of the Texas Tech Red Raiders (complete with horse). On to face the other half of California, after defeating one half on Monday. Thanks for the encouraging words from Colorado. Some of these girls were selected just because they were highest rated girl that expressed interest (even one of the Californian's told her this). So, no support to speak of. It's nice to know Alexa has a state supporting and rooting for her. She did not win the 3rd game. She's in great shape going into tomorrow. She's still a full upset ahead and we'll see what tomorrow brings. It's attached below. Ratings and crosstables and games should be at the site at some time or another. Quite an effort this year. I actually gave Dewain a ride to the pavillion from the dorms. They really are working to improve it every year. Okay, she was doing well through the first 10 moves. Then it started getting a little shaky and she recognized the error of 12Qg5, which really needed to be on f3 to keep a game of it. [Event "SPNI for Girls 2009"] [Site "Frazier Pavillion Texas Tech U"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Alexa Lasley"] [Black "Samyakta Bhat"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1850"] [TimeControl "90+30"] [WhiteElo "1450"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qh5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Qg5 h6 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qf3 Nhxf4 15. Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Qh5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Re8 18. Re3 d4 19. Re2 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bd7 21. Rae1 Nf4 22. Qf3 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Be6 24. f4 Bxa2 25. c4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Qg4 Qxc4 28. Qd7 Qxc2 29. Qxb7 Bd5 30. Rg1 Reb8 31. Qa6 Qxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Rb1+ 33. Qf1 Rxf1# 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090728/a685a9c5/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 17:31:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:31:42 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Message-ID: <1248823902.4a6f8a5ecaa5d@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:02:31 -0600 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter http://cs.chess.home.att.net This Week In Chess On July 21st, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance. The event for the evening was quads. The members were split into groups of four and played each other in a round robin tournament (club-rated G20 or USCF-rated G30). Here are the results: Score Player USCF 3.0 David Meliti 2.0 Anthea Carson* 1.0 James Powers 0.0 Kevin Kaaoush Club 3.0 Jeff Fox 2.0 Paul Anderson 1.0 Isaac Martinez 0.0 Jason Feith * Substitution for 3rd round: Paul Anderson Game Of The Week This week's game comes from a new event in the Colorado Springs area. Jerry Maier holds it at the Air Force Academy on Thursday nights. This tournament is similar to his East Coast Deli tournament, on Wednesday nights, as they both give the players one G90 each night and run one round per week. I decided to stop by last Thursday, as I live close to the Academy and I hadn't gone on base since 9/11. Every game had finished by the time I got there, but it wasn't a totally wasted trip as David Meliti gave me his game for this week's newsletter. He had sent me a couple of games earlier in the week, but in a format that wasn't easy to use. Who knew chess players used something other than Chessbase to store their games? This is David's fourth solo appearance in the Game Of The Week: Chess Ambassador (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Mar_25_2008.html) Maybe DuWayne Was Right? (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Jun_03_2008.html) Badger-Baiting Bill (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Jul_29_2008.html) This is also his opponent's fourth appearance in the Game Of The Week: Quick Draw McGraw (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Apr_26_v1.html) Wishful Thinking (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_May_10_v1.html) Game Of The Year II (http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Thu_Aug_25_v1.html) Tony Telinbacco hasn't had the best of luck in print. So far, his best result in the Game Of The Week was the draw against Dean Brown in "Quick Draw McGraw." Also, he recently made some national news when Shannon Fox beat him in a game chosen by GM Lev Alburt for his Chess Life column (http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9302/528). However, the bad publicity hasn't diminished Tony's conviction to chess. He runs a couple of scholastic clubs at the library and has shown a foursquare refusal to yield to the negative media bias. Foursquare (Click this link to view the game on your web browser) (155) Telinbacco,Tony (1813) - Meliti,David (1896) [D02] July USAFA Chess Colorado Springs (4), 23.07.2009 [Fritz 8 (60s)] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.e3 last book move 3...e6 4.Bd3 Bg6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Qe2 c5 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Ne4 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.dxc5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Bxc5 13.e4 0-0 14.exd5 Ne5 15.Qe4 Qxd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.Bf4 Ng6 18.Bd2 a6 19.Ba4 b5 20.Bc2 Rfe8 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.Be3 Bxe3 23.Rxe3 Nc4 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.b3 Nb6 26.Bd3 Rc8 27.Rc1 d4 28.c4 Nd5 29.Rd1 Nc3 30.Rd2 g6 31.Kf1 f5 32.a3 Kf7 33.f3 Kf6 34.g3 Ke5 35.Kf2 Ne4+?? a transit from better to worse [>=35...bxc4 36.Bxc4 a5-/+ ] 36.Bxe4 fxe4 37.fxe4?? simply marches past the door to victory [>=37.f4+ a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance 37...Kf5 38.Rxd4 bxc4 39.bxc4+- (39.Rxc4?! Rd8+/- ) ] 37...Kxe4 38.cxb5 axb5 39.a4? [39.Ke1 Rc1+ 40.Rd1-+ ] 39...d3 40.Ke1 Ke3 41.Kd1 Rf8 42.Kc1 bxa4 43.bxa4 Rc8+ 44.Kd1 Rb8 45.Kc1 Rb1+!! a powerful sacrifice which decides the game 46.Kxb1 Theme: Deflection from d2 46...Kxd2 47.a5 Ke2 48.a6 d2 [48...d2 49.Kc2 d1Q+ 50.Kc3 Qd3+ 51.Kb4 Qxa6-+ ] 0-1 Upcoming Events 7/28 Players' choice, CSCC 7/29 2009 July East Coast Deli Final Rounds, CSCC 7/30 2009 July USAFA Chess Final Rounds, CSCC 8/1-2 Pikes Peak Open, CSCA 8/4 Speed tournament, CSCC 8/5,12,19,26 2009 August East Coast Deli, CSCC For event details and additional events, see the following websites: Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/) Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/) Colorado State Chess Association: CSCA (http://colorado-chess.com/) Wyoming Chess Association: WCA (http://www.wyomingchess.com/) Kansas Chess Association: KCA (http://www.kansaschess.org/) Colorado Springs Chess News Home - http://cs.chess.home.att.net/ Store - http://www.cafepress.com/cs_chess Group - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/ Channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/cschessnews Visit the website to search past newsletters or see the collection of images. Visit the store to view a variety of products with the logo. All articles written by Paul Anderson unless otherwise noted. To unsubscribe, reply to this message with the subject heading "Unsubscribe". -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090728/f5d1434b/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090728/f5d1434b/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: counter.php?sc_project=2194035&java=0&security=807e001e&invisible=1 Type: application/octet-stream Size: 49 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090728/f5d1434b/attachment.obj From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 18:59:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:59:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Classical Dutch In-Reply-To: <1248828997.4a6f9e4569aba@www.taom.com> References: <1248828997.4a6f9e4569aba@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <1248829163.4a6f9eebb898a@www.taom.com> Quoting Brian Wall : Statistics for CALETON On for: 1:09 Idle: 0 CALETON is currently involved in a match against Morr. rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 2133 [8] 43 44 2 89 2133 (25-May-2009) 5-minute 2104 624 602 39 1265 2213 (26-May-2009) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever played an opening out of pure stubbornness that you didn't really like? NM Jack Young thought my suffering in the Classical Dutch was sick. I would set up these horrid, fragile positions with Queen on e8, Bishop on d8, strive for ... f5, ... d6, .. e6, ... e5 while White had all the fun with Nb5 or Nd5 or Bb2 or Ba3. One mistake and the house of cards would be in immediate ruins. Today I got a chance to be on the White side. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "CALETON"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2104"] [Opening "Dutch defense, Blackburne variation"] [ECO "A81"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "20:13:23"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6! Tricky because I don't know what his center pawns are doing. 4. Nh3 Be7 5. c4! Since ... Bb4+ costs a tempo now 5 ... O-O 6. Nc3 d6 The Stonewall is a thousand times more popular. 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 e5 9. O-O 9 de de 10 Nd5 or 9 Nb5 is typical Classical Dutch torture 9 ... Nc6 10. Nb5 Bd8! It's hard to believe such a system even merits a name 11. d5 Nb4! 12. a3! Na6! 13. b4! There's something wrong if Caleton spends 4 tempi to isolate his Knight 13 ... Qh5 The Classical Dutch attacking move 14. f4 Punching back in the center. 14 ... Ng4 Are you trying to Fishing Pole ME? 15. fxe5!! A Bishop on a long diagonal is often worth a Rook, throw in a center pawn and a stranded Knight and I have a bargain. 15 ... Ne3 16. Qd3! Nxg2!? Trying to get all Robert Byrne-Bobby Fischer on me 17. Kxg2! Bd7 18. exd6 18 Nf4!!, e6!! and my move are the top 3 wins 18 ... c6 19. Nd4 cxd5! 20. c5 I liked the idea of keeping his Knight locked out 20 ... Bf6! 21. Nf4 Qh6 22. Nxd5!! Bc6 23. Rxf5 My centralized Knights are holding their own against the raking Bishops. Top 3 wins : 23 N:f5!!!, N:c6!!, Kg1!! 23 ... Bxd5+ 24. Rxd5! Somehow I am three center pawns up, complete Classical Dutch disaster 24 ... Rae8 25. e4 Be5 26. Rxe5!! Among many wins only 26 d7!!! is sweeter 26 ... Rxe5! 27. Nf5!! Qf6 28. Rf1!! Qe6 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Ne7+!! Mating {Black resigns} 1-0 One of the byproducts of playing everything is having some idea how to beat everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "CALETON"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2161"] [BlackElo "2104"] [Opening "Dutch defense, Blackburne variation"] [ECO "A81"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "20:13:23"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nh3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Bb2 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb5 Bd8 11. d5 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 Qh5 14. f4 Ng4 15. fxe5 Ne3 16. Qd3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bd7 18. exd6 c6 19. Nd4 cxd5 20. c5 Bf6 21. Nf4 Qh6 22. Nxd5 Bc6 23. Rxf5 Bxd5+ 24. Rxd5 Rae8 25. e4 Be5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf5 Qf6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Ne7+ {Black resigns} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 21:13:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:13:13 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing pole from a beginner Message-ID: <1248837193.4a6fbe499b911@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from dtownnate ----- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:15:27 -0000 From: dtownnate Reply-To: dtownnate Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fishing pole from a beginner To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com So.. I've known the rules of chess from adolescents on. But, I have not known the game of chess, properly anyhow. I met Brian Wall on the 16th St Mall in Denver, and we played either four or five games of blitz chess 5-1. He soundly beat me in every game, which shouldn't come as a surprise to me but did. Up until this point, I had thought myself a good chess player. Wrong. However, thanks to Brian Wall, I've started reading chess books and analyzing moves via youtube. I must say... I've been aching for a chance to put the fishing pole into motion. So many emails about how the fishing/bishing pole (which I'm still working on the bishing portiong) is paying dividends. Well after watching multiple videos and committing them to memory by jrobichess off of youtube, via Brian's suggestion. I won in eight moves today on the 16th st. mall. This is a big deal to me, as I've just, over this past weekend, learned how to read chess scoring. I was even talking to the player in question about the fishing pole. He took the bait, in a regular timed game, in which I ended it with a, 'Good game'. I just want to say, "Thank you, Mr. Brian Wall, for reigniting my passion for this game." I hope I'm able to meet you again, and this time, I'll be able to give you a little more challenge then I did in the past. This is the greatest game ever. v/r Nathan Galvin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090728/efa24595/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jul 28 22:33:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:33:38 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anyone heard of this opening before? Message-ID: <1248842018.4a6fd1222f547@www.taom.com> Clyde Nakamura special? Looks interesting. Even promising. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Goyathlay"] [Black "Concreteman"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1105"] [BlackElo "1167"] [Opening "Queen's pawn"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "11:32:46"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 b5 3. e4 e6 4. cxb5 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O axb5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Ba6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. a3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rc8 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. e5 g6 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Qd8 22. Bb4 Bh4+ 23. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 24. Kg1 Kg7 25. Qf2 Qh5 26. Be2 Qg5 27. Qf6+ Qxf6 28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. Rf1+ Kg7 30. Bc3 d6 31. d5+ Kf8 32. dxe6 Rc7 33. Bc4 Re7 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. exf7 d5 36. Be2 Kxf7 37. Rf1+ Ke7 38. Bg4 Na6 39. Bf6+ Kd6 40. Re1 h5 41. Re6+ Kc5 42. Bf3 Nc7 43. Re7 Kd6 44. Rh7 Re8 45. Kh2 Nb5 46. Bg5 Re6 47. Be2 Nd4 48. Bd3 Re1 49. Kg3 Rd1 50. Be2 Rd3+ 51. Bxd3 Nb3 52. Bxg6 Kc5 53. Ra7 d4 54. Bf6 Kc4 55. Kf4 d3 56. Re7 d2 57. Re2 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 29 03:48:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:48:20 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Danielle's Game from Denver Chess Club Tuesday Open Section Message-ID: <1248860900.4a701ae45fe94@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Danielle Rice ----- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:08:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielle Rice Reply-To: Danielle Rice Subject: Danielle's Game from Denver Chess Club Tuesday Open Section To: BrianWall at walverine.com Brian... Had to stop by the Denver Chess Club this evening. I saw LaMoyne and he was thrilled to see an old member rejoin the club. I initially entered the lower section, but after some caffeine from Starbucks I got brave and?changed my entry into?the Open section and won my first Open section game! I listened to GM Dashzeveg's lecture at 7 PM (quite a good review of two games I must say) and then we all sat down to play our games at 7:30 as usual. Here is my game score: ? (50) Wells,Larry (1225) - Rice,Danielle (1340) [C01] Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night G/90 Las Vegas, 28.07.2009 [Rice,Danielle] 1.e4 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Rae1 Nf8 12.Ne4 Nh5 13.Neg5 g6 14.Ne5 Qxd4+ 15.Kh1 Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Qxf4 17.Nexf7 Bxg5 18.Rf1 Qxf1+ 19.Bxf1 Kxf7 20.Qf2+ Kg7 21.h4 Bf6 22.g4 e5 23.g5 Bd8 24.Bg2 e4 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Bxe4 Ne6 27.Qe5 Bc7 28.Qf6 Nf4 29.Bxg6 Nxg6 30.h5 Be5 31.Qf3 Nf4 32.Qe4 Nxh5 33.g6 hxg6 34.Qxg6+ Ng7 0-1 ? ? I was shooting for a Scandinavian but he surprised me on the initial moves and it transposed into a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. I used the prescribed formula advocated by Andrew Martin on his Scandinavian DVD ["the Ziegler Defense"?6 ... c6]? and just played what I thought (my thinking was probably off course but I assume you will comment on the game and make suggestions) were good defensive moves. I thought this deserved a Brian Wall email so I am forwarding this on to you for commentary, There was a really good turnout! Cheers.... Danielle ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- notes by Brian (50) Wells,Larry (1225) - Rice,Danielle (1340) [C01] Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night G/90 Las Vegas, 28.07.2009 [Rice,Danielle] 1.e4 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 I forget the name of this Blackmar-Diemer offshoot 3 ... dxe4! 4.Nc3! Nf6! 5.f3 exf3 A little greedy, bringing Larry's Knight out smoothly. Developing with 5 ... Bb4! or ... Nc6! is more annoying for White. I never know what to do with my g1-Knight if they don't take on f3. 6.Nxf3! c6 All these Blackmar-Diemer defenses have names now but with a pawn on c4 it's not strictly a Blackmar. 7.Bd3! Be7 8.0-0! 0-0! 9.Qc2 Nbd7 I'm playing a Caro-Kann, what are you playing? 10.Bf4! Re8 This is how Danielle plays the Scandinavian Defense, she curls up in a protective ball in her pajamas with the remote control, some hot cocoa, her laptop, an Israeli salad, some hummus, a good book and waits to see how aggressive White is going to play. 11.Rae1 GM Larry Christiansen sometimes signs off on his ICC videos with, " Remember, kids, if you want to play attacking Chess try Rae1!! instead of Rfe1! " Wells has a number of good moves here, full comp for the pawn: 11 Rad1, h3, Ne5, Kh1, Rae1, Qe2, Qf2, a3, Bg3 - pick a plan, it should work. 11 ... Nf8! " You don't get mated with a Knight on f8. " GM Bent Larsen 12.Ne4 Nh5 13.Neg5 g6! Only the unsightly 13 ... f5!! is better here, ala Reshevsky-Fischer 14.Ne5!? 1200's are fearless these days from all their GM videos. Calm retreats are fine- 14 Be3, Bd2 or Bc1 Larry Wells can go Larry Christiansen with 14 N:f7!? K:f7 only move 15 Ne5+!! Kg8 only move because 15 ... Kg7 16 Bh6+ is worse and 15 ... Kf6 16 Bh6+ Nf4 17 R:f4 is checkmate so 14 N:f7!? K:f7 15 Ne5+!! Kg8 16 Nf7!! again!! Q:d4+!! 17 Be3!! Qd7!! 18 Nh6+ Kh8 ( only move because 18 ... Kg7 19 Rf7+ is worse ) and perpetuals start popping up everywhere after 19 g4, Qc3+, Qf2, Nf7+ or c5 I am a little disappointed the 1200's did not work this out to the end. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For a ripsnortin' revealin' expose on the f7-square see Anthea's new video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3bv5b9JnY Secrets of the Four move checkmate revealed --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry played a progressive, forward, attacking move that burns bridges and should work in the dark, forboding, subterranean Under-1400 world. This position is no walk in the park unless you mean after dark. Playing a woman is bringing out the beast in Larry Wells. 14 ... Qxd4+? 14 ... N:f4!! 15 R:f4 B:g5 16 N:f7 Danielle's extra piece should prevail but this would scare the pantsuit right off of her. Larry almost has enough for the piece after 14 ... B:g5! 15 B:g5 Q:g5 16 N:f7 Qh4 17 Nh6+, Re4 or Qc3 15.Kh1? Handing Danielle the hot potatao of an undeserved win again. 15 Be3!! only move Q:e5! only move 16 N:f7!! only move Qg7! 17 Nh6+ Kh8 18 Rf7 traps the Queen or 15 Be3!! Q:e5! 16 N:f7!! Qc7 17 Nh6+ Kg7 18 Rf7+ Kh8 19 Bd4+ is worse or 15 Be3!! Q:e5! 16 N:f7!! Qa5 17 Nh6+ Kg7 18 Rf7+ Kh8 19 Bd4+ is similar. If 15 Be3!! Qd8 or ... Qh4 16 Ng:f7!! tears up the house. 15 Be3!! turns Danielle's h5-Knight into a non-contributor, a helpless bystander to the carnage. 15 Kh1? converts Danielle's h5-Knight into a major contributor, a one piece army attacking in every direction. Watching 1200s in tactical positions is like watching soldiers marching into a mine field, every move they make makes me wince. 15 ... Nxf4!! Unguarding the Knight on g5. Danielle holds onto the ball with both hands close to her chest now and does not allow another turnover. Danielle gets to play checkers after 16 Re4!! N:e3!! 17 R:d4 N:e5!! with three pieces and two pawns for a Queen. That would have been fun to play out. If any random three pieces are hanging, unmasters are guaranteed to take the wrong one. Who knows what would have happened after the additional possible Queen sacs 16 Ng:f7! N:d3!! 17 N:d3! Nd7! 18 R:e6! Nf6! 19 Rf4! ... Qd7, ... B:e6, ... Q:f4, ... Q:d3 or ... Qb6 16.Rxf4? Qxf4!! Only move. Danielle takes the ball and goes home. Until now it was a wild, heartstopping game where anything could happen. 17.Nexf7? Larry is melting faster than the Republican party, the other N:f7 would save a piece. It could be that Larry is trying to keep up with Danielle's fast pace, a bad idea. 17 ... Bxg5!! Didn't Wells have three powerful, dangerous, extra pieces on dark squares three moves ago? What happened to them? I thought Danielle refused to buy that Kirby vacuum cleaner, claiming it cost too much. She must have changed her mind. 18.Rf1 Qxf1+!! Most modern games nowadays are reminiscent of Jonathan Hilton - Brian Wall, 2009 World Open 19.Bxf1! Kxf7! In return for Larry's Queen, Danielle has two sand pails of pieces and she is going to the beach. 20.Qf2+ Kg7 21.h4 One move threats in 1200 land is like lipstick at Walmart. 21 ... Bf6! 22.g4 Preparing the next one move threat which I guess would be a two move threat 22 ... e5 23.g5! Take that! 23 ... Bd8!! 24.Bg2 e4 25.Qd4+! Kg8! 26.Bxe4 Ne6 27.Qe5 Bc7! 28.Qf6 Nf4!! Vicious new threats of winning the Queen with 29 ... Be5!! Mousetrap or 29 ... Re1+ 30 Kh2 Nh5 discovered check compel poor Larry to part with his last minor. 29.Bxg6 Nxg6 Danielle "Penguin" Rice has never been one to massage the position. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTrMPOdm9no&feature=channel_page Good Knight Bad Bishop Queen Anthea - There's a rule about Chess, when you find a good move, what should you do, should you play it right away? Penguin - Yes. Queen "Lasker" Anthea - No, you should look for a better move! 29 ... Re1+!! 30 Kh2 N:g6 is check or 29 ... Re1+!! 30 Kh2 Nd5+/... Nh5+ wins the Queen or 29 ... Re1+!! 30 Kh2 hg!! is a mating net. Also 29 ... hg! keeps Wells' King and Queen under heavy barrage. Late at night after a hard day at the office, Danielle is happy to play winning moves. 30.h5! I know that two Rooks is roughly equivalent to a Queen and I know that three pieces are roughly equivalent to a Queen but Danielle has two Rooks PLUS three pieces. 30 ... Be5 30 ... Nf4!!, ... Bh3!!, ... Re1+!! or ... Nh4!! are the killer moves here but Danielle is content to drive the Queen away from any g6, Qf7+, Qh7 checkmate nonsense 31.Qf3! Nf4! 32.Qe4 Nxh5 32 ... Bg4!! is the killer move this time but Danielle is content to remove the last danger and threaten a Royal Fork. 33.g6? hxg6 Danielle could fork King and Queen but is happy to prevent the dangerous three move threat Qf5-f7-h7 checkmate her own way. The natural tendency when someone plays an unexpected bad move is to assume you miscalculated, not them. 34.Qxg6+! Ng7! Perhaps Larry ran out of time here because I cannot imagine a 1200 resigning a mere three pieces down. My son definitely wouldn't. 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com www.Chessville.com Off the Wall ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was against the girl she would play in round 4. Epiphany won the blitz with 5/5. She also won the puzzle competition with the only perfect score. Today's round had 2 of the undefeated girls facing each other. Last year's champion would face the highest rated player. I'm not sure the result at this time, but a key game in the tournament at this stage. Alexa did not beat the girl from Washington in round 4. She had some advantage according to Rybka when her opponanet made a weird (Penguin-like, Brian) rook move, but she wasn't able to capitalize. Another queen move got her in trouble much as the last game dropping a Knight. She battled on for nearly 60 moves, but a notation error somewhere makes the following notation incomplete. The record-masters may have it correct from ther other girls' scoresheet, so those interested in the messy finish can check that. This game was also Alexandra vs Alexandra (2 of 3 Alexandra's in the tournament from CO, CT and WA). She has 2 out of 4 and still has an upset win going into round 5. She's still on a pace like last year's, and any win ties her record, and any upset exceeds it. Tonight is a demonstration by a chocolatier who does chess in chocolate. They may have more interested in that than they planned for. After that is the bughouse tournament and then we'll be taking the kids to their first drive-in movie (Actually Shania has seen one with friends in Denver, but this will be the first for most of the kids). Probably the first for me in over 30 years. The theater is in sight of the campground where we're staying. [Event "SPNI for Girls 2009"] [Site "Frazier Pavillion Texas Tech U"] [Date "2009.07.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Alexandra Botez (WA)"] [Black "Alexa Lasley (CO)"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1450"] [TimeControl "90+30"] [WhiteElo "1600"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. h3 Bf5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. b4 Qf6 12. Rg1 e5 (12... O-O 13. Bc3) 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Ke2 Ng6 16. Nd2 Qf5 (16... Bf5 17. g4) 17. g4 Nf4+ 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Kf1 Bg6 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Rhe8 22. Re1 e4 23. Nh4 Bf4 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg7 Rd7 26. Bd4 c6 27. Be3 cxd5 28. Bb5 Bxe3 29. Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. fxe3 Rf8+ 31. Kg2 Rf3 32. Rgf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Kc6 34. Rf2 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg3 Kb5 1-0 Once again, many thanks for the support from Colorado Chess. At breakfast we talked with some girls from other states, and the amount of support varies widely. Alexa and future Polgar representatives from Colorado (and Denker qualifiers too, no doubt) are quite fortunate to have such helpful financial backing from home-state players. --Matt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090729/408b3ef9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jul 29 17:01:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:01:16 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Raccoon Road kill Message-ID: <1248908476.4a70d4bc196ba@www.taom.com> N Earl Roberts is my arch-enemy at Unorthodox Chess Openings, the inspiration for the Toxic Badger ( 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 f6!! - I usually include a game and a rant ). Earl wants to strike back with some Raccoon bashing, probably his favorite theme about it being a ripoff of another German Gambit ( 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 h5 which I always forget the name of. Jack Young is a Kaissiber contributor and knows this stuff better. Jack told me all this Day 1 but Earl feels the need to "expose " us. He's a bit obsessed with me and my attempts at self-promotion. Relentlessly negative.. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from N Earl Roberts ----- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:42:33 +1200 From: N Earl Roberts Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Raccoon Road kill To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Howdy Gang, Can anyone out there provide me with a scan of the section covering 1.e4 e5 2.f4 h5??? from the book "Play Chess Like an Animal". I am in the informational gathering stage for an article for the UoN Magazine, my first attempt at a theoretical article. All input is gratefully accepted and will be mentioned. Thanks Earl. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090729/52d24334/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 00:55:54 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:55:54 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] favorite Soren Kierkegaard quote by physicist Samik Message-ID: <1248936954.4a7143fa1d69a@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Samik Dasgupta ----- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:23:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Samik Dasgupta Reply-To: Samik Dasgupta Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Soren Kierkegaard To: Brian Wall my favorite Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic -- if it is pulled out I shall die. Soren Kierkegaard ------------------------------------------------------------------ I live the way I type: fast,and full of mistakes. Samik Dasgupta ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Soren Kierkegaard To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 12:03 AM How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. Kierkegaard, Soren The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo. Kierkegaard, Soren I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Kierkegaard, Soren Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Kierkegaard, Soren Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing, Kierkegaard, Soren From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 04:32:23 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:32:23 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Five Original Black Chess Supermen Message-ID: <1248949943.4a7176b745436@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OesOn1yz4ew&feature=related Chris Rock --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpocrqvP2Yg Soulja Boy Tell`em - Crank That (Soulja Boy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even though my mother is Jewish I was never invited to those big Zionist parties where herring was served and the overthrow of Hollywood and then the world was planned. I did, however, hear about big black parties where worldwide Chess domination was plotted in secret. Leroy Hill filled me in. I used to play Leroy in Colorado Closed tournaments. Leroy was in the army, I think and put in the full 20 years. He still walks like a military man. Leroy was my in to the rows of black guys hanging out at the 2009 World Open. Brian/Black newsfeed. In the 2003 World Open I played a huge 400 pound black guy Backgammon. That's where I met the great David Zimbeck too. This time I played a more normal sized man named BJ who knew the name of the big fat guy. I told BJ I always felt good about winning $600 in 2003 because I made him laugh so hard tears were falling from his eyes. I bought him a giant chicken dinner and told him, " You know what happens after you accept dinner from a man." I gave him numerous chances to win the money back and even forgave hundreds of dollars of new debt. BJ took $22 from me and said it did his soul good to listen to me make him laugh. The other black Chessplayers nicknamed me Buddha. We played a little blitz. Leroy said, " I am not like you, Brian, I keep my secrets. " Leroy showed me some brilliancies I can't share. Leroy played over my Chessbase type analysis of our game(s) on BrianWallChess.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.bzzagent.com/bzzscapes/scape/five-guys-burgers---fries/video--obama-burger-run-to-five-guys-on--inside-th/ Obama at Five Guys Burgers and Fries ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leroy walked me to Five Guys Burger and Fries in Philly. Obama made big news when he ate at the Washington, DC 5 Guys. I figured if Obama liked it, it was good enough for me. It was pretty good. I told Leroy to stick close to me in case there were some surly White guys lurking on the street. I would be his protection. Leroy laughed. " That might be true in Denver, Brian, but here in Philly you better stay close to ME! " One time in Au Bon Pain, Cambridge, Ma., maybe 15 years ago these New York Chess/Backgammon hustlers approached me. First I won in bakgammon, then in Speed Chess for $20 a game. They figured no one could be that good in BOTH games. I won $300 and sent them packing. I was considered a local hero for that, the old New York/Boston rivalry. I defended the home turf from the invaders. I saw one of those guys, Nate, at the World Open. Apparently some hustlers come by not to play but just to win some side money. Nate remembered me and also my brother Fred, which made me feel good. Nate also remembered Nick, a guy I stayed with, a big heavyset NY Gambler, Chess and Backgammon guy who ran a Chess studio. I stayed with him for two months when I was bout 40 and hung out with Fred and played some Washington Square Chess/Backgammon. Fred and Nick were good friends. I don't play Backgammon much but I broke even with two other guys at the World Open July 3, 2009, then went home ( hotel ). Dave Bayless from Boulder, CO and Dean the Croatian monk took a Chess road trip about three years ago and reported many Chessplayers in Boston and New York still remembered me. Leroy explained to me that there used to be Five Original Black Chess Supermen, I think the Quintet was like GM Maurice Ashley before he became a GM, Emory Tate, Norman Rogers, Leroy Hill and I forget the fifth. There is a movement where the black guys all get together, play each other, try to see who ranks where, trade some trashtalking and some helpful advice - much like Zionist worldwide domination plans except with better music. Apparently Baltimore and Philadelphia had some type of Black Chess Congress competition between the two cities. If you think I am making all this up, check out this link. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2008/09/27/baltimore-repeats-over-philly/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leroy says they try to attract the best Chess guys available in the area and get them all together. Leroy has his army pension plus a new business and keeps pretty busy dodging text messages from his wife. Outside of Elementary School the stupidest I ever felt was the 1988 U.S. Open in Boston, Massachusetts. My wife and I had just bought matching blue and pink Citations. I was trying every legal move at the time, I think I beat one guy with 1 f3 ( transposed into a Samisch KID ) and I made Jesse Krai with 1 Na3. My roommate was fellow Nashua, NH resident, close friend and future IM Joseph Fang, half Chinese, half Austrian and he loved rap music because he lived in Washington, DC for a while. Norman Rogers is a black guy, somewhat younger I think, with phenomenal Chess talent, one of the The Five Original Black Chess Supermen. He had a nickname Pete and I called him Cal Pete. My snoring is legendary and Joe taped my snoring and played it back to me to wake me up that tournament. I always thought that was very clever. In 1995 Norman was 2365. My peak was maybe 2335 at age 35 in 1990. In July 2001 Norman was 2379. Joe Fang is currently 2377. In 1993 Joe was 2467. In 1995 Joe was 2463. In any case we all played bullet ( vluggertje, one minute Chess ) in the room Joe and I shared at the 1988 US Open in Boston. I felt like I needed a ride home on the short bus after that experience - basically I lost every game no matter how hard I tried. Joe and Norman traded wins and losses and I was their punching bag. As Josh Smith and Steve Towbin can explain bullet Chess is the only true test of talent and after being exposed as a hopeless hack, I wanted to go to the gene bank and buy another lottery ticket. Fritz 4 made the same discovery 10 years later. When I was paired with Norman I was happy to see him again. I hadn't seen Cal Pete since the 2003 World Open. In 2009 I won 5 games and lost 4 grueling ones. We both have a 10 year old boy plus he has another son and I have a daughter. I considered Norman a better player and I wanted to play something solid. I didn't want to lose without a real struggle like I did in Round 4 against 2394 Jake Kleiman. I didn't believe Norman even belonged in this section, it was hard to believe he never crossed 2400. GM Anatoly Lein didn't belong either but at least he was 78 years old fighting cancer. Norman apologized after grinding me down relentlessly in 94 moves. I think he meant to say, Brian, you're a friend but business is business. I didn't feel bad, it's one of those losses I can be proud of. I was maybe even better for a nanosecond. Due to Danielle Rice/John Watson exposure in June I was getting re-interested in the French Defense. Watson turbo-charged me with Play the French 3 and The French, Dangerous Weapons, both chock-full of original concepts and high quality analysis. Of my 3 Frenches, I lost with Black and split wins with the Weihmiller French as White. There are still whole mountain ranges to climb in that opening. My Round 5 warmup game was that ridiculous Aardvark victory against a "1200 " Daniel Yampolskiy. They upgraded me 1088 points. I told the Aardvark/Anteater at the Denver Zoo that I invented an opening after him but he seemed more interested in the goings on at ground level, even his monkey roommates bored him. The Zebras were equally unimpressed. I tried my best against Norman but it wasn't enough, it usually isn't against the Ebony Emporer. I kept imagining little tactical traps and I couldn't tell if Rogers was setting cheap traps or was he just making best moves that incidentally had some tactical content. If there was one word to describe my 4 conquerers it is relentless. They just keep grinding out great moves until you falter, whether it is 41 moves ( Kleiman ), 46 moves ( Lein ), 56 moves ( Zierk ) or 94 moves ( Rogers ). You feel like your head is in a vise and they keep squeezing. I missed wins against Zierk, I was better for two heartbeats against Lein and Rogers and I had zero chances all game against Kleiman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMHLWmgi7WY Bruce Springsteen "John Henry" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGglKPqG16s Disney John Henry Part 1 James Earl Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfAJ739rgg&feature=related John Henry Part 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96m8InFezKc Johnny Cash John Henry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aFh_1WXfpc&feature=related ( my favorite ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT22ljdRN9Y Woody Guthrie John Henry -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54GNI2K3-ec Mississippi Fred McDowell - John Henry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSGqf8bQAZg Lonnie Donegan - John Henry ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_nx-9GY4I Jesse Fuller - John Henry (1968) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiw2Uc-0qN0&feature=related John Jackson - John Henry -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can read a lot of books that tell you how to improve at Chess and maybe you think it's just a collection of tricks but when you meet someone that has a great store of Chess knowledge and the character to do something with it, it's an awesome thing. [Event "2009 World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Norman Rogers"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"] [ECO "C11"] [NIC "FR.04"] [WhiteElo "2290"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Time "10:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5sd, 40/1:55, G/55"] 2009 World Open Sheraton Hotel 17th and Race, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4th of July, 2009 - that night Sheryl Crow came to town to help Philly celebrate near the Rocky staute Morning Round 6, 10 AM Board 65 Steinitz French Breakfast was Rice Crispies, Bagel and OJ with Danielle Rice in the Continental Breakfast room of the Radisson 10 blocks down the road. Norman " Cal Pete " , "John Henry " Rogers 2296 a steel drivin' man Black - Brian Wall, 2202 Here we go. 1. e4 e6 The French seemed appropiate in a serious game against an opponent I respect. I wanted to maintain Kasparov's Quality of Position, which I had failed to do against Jake. Norman's rating was 2296 but I felt he deserves to be at least 100 points higher from what I've seen. Norman's openings seemed to be well researched and well rehearsed, he seemed to rattle off the first 10-15 moves fairly quickly in other games as well. I was a little worried I hadn't played the French in a long time but I played it exclusively in New England so it seemed like the right opening historically too, as if I was going back in time playing an old opening against an old friend. Norman has one of those deceptive Mike Tyson type voices. 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 I don't think it's possible for anyone to be current on 7... Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 8. Qd2! b5 I guess I did something wrong or unusual because Norman thought for 10 minutes here. We were moving fairly fast so far so maybe he thought I knew something. I didn't. I had a vague notion that Morozevich liked the idea of ... c4 avoiding all trades. Rybka likes 9 Be2 and a bunch of other moves, all slightly better for Rogers. 9. dxc5 Nxc5 Rybka prefers 9 ... B:c5 but I am a simple good Bishop-bad Bishop avoid trades kind of guy. 10. Qf2!! I had seen the move and wasn't afraid of it. 10 ... Na4!? Rybka prefers 10 ... Nd7, ... b4, ... Ne4, ... Qe7 or ... Nb7. The only other move I almost played was 10 ... Ne4. I thought about it for 7 minutes. 11. Nxa4! bxa4! Rybka thinks I'm a pawn down but doubled rook pawns are common in the Sicilian Defense. I didn't think it was a big deal. 12. Bd3 Possibly a mistake already. The $64,000 question is whether I can manage to trade off an a-pawn so 12 c3!! securing against a trade may be positionally necessary here. 12 ... Rb8 12 ... a3 has been played twice. I have a rigid preference against alien pawns ( Kasparov's term ) on a3 or h3 in favor of Rook pressure down the file. I have this fight with Fritz all the time. I wrestled between my move and 12 ... a3 for a long time and felt after Norman's reply I had made the inferior choice. Rybka has a different solution with 12 ... Qa5+! 13 c3 a3 14 0-0 ab which I would have been happy with or 12 ... Qa5+! 13 Bd2 Nb4 14 0-0 N:d3 15 cd which I saw but couldn't evaluate. I considered all this for 7 minutes. 13. c3!! I felt a little uncomfortable like I had missed my chance for ... a3. 13 ... Be7 14. O-O! O-O 15. Nd4 TN Rogers Theoretical Novelty by Norman Rogers 15 Qc2 has been played once. Nowadays everyone finds out after the game they played 10, 15, 20 book moves without realizing it. I was fairly content with my game and believed Norman had played a decent move - Rybka thinks my whole opening is bogus, approves the previously played 15 Qc2!! and relegates Rogers' TN to #9. 15 Qc2 hunts down a pawn - 15 Qc2 a3 16 b4 h6 17 Qe2 and 18 B:a6 Norman's move is one of many solid moves. It's all about how much disadvantage I am suffering from after 10 Qf2!! and how much trouble I can cause with my a4-pawn. By comparison 9 ... B:c5! is almost equal. 15 ... Qc7! 16. Rac1 Nxd4 15 minutes spent. Rybka prefers 16 ... Na5 but I was afraid of 17 f5. Humans avoid murky and dangerous if alternatives exist. 17. Bxd4!! Qb7 18. c4!! guarding b2 and causing trouble 18 ... dxc4! 19. Rxc4! Bd7! 20. Rfc1! 20 Qc2!! is good too 20 ... Rfc8!! 10 minutes 21. Bb1 g6!! 22. h3 This was interesting to me. I have equalized and Norman has nothing but he continues to make quality moves like a robot or automated steam engine like John Henry fought. I was all proud of myself - Kasparov's "Quality of Position" theory was holding up when in reality I have been worse almost all game up until now. 22 ... h5 A little arrogant - I was so pleased with myself I thought I could tidy up my Kingside pawn structure before pursuing Queenside exchanges. Rybka says I have a rock solid French position almost impossible to screw up. Of many good moves Rybka likes 22 ... Qd5!!= best or 22 ... R:c4 23 R:c4 Qd5!!= I saw all this but decided to get a little fancy. What distrubed me a little was that Norman was not disturbed. Are his scales so delicately balanced that he is still looking to beat me from this position? I am not really used to this attitude in Colorado. I also analyzed 22 ... Bb5 from far away as completely equal. Of my 4 losses I lost one winning position ( Zierk ), two equal positions ( Lein and Rogers, both Frenches ) and one bad position ( Kleiman, Alekhine's Defense ). I was trying really hard this tournament so I want to get to the bottom of any losses. Furman said that Karpov always knew what pieces to exchange. Botvinnik analyzed various endings that could result from his posiitons. In my case I couldn't figure out what exchanges would highlight the weakness of my a-pawns and what endings would blur them. So I didn't know if I should be keeping Rooks or a Rook on the board or not which led to doubt and confusion. 23. Qe3? Rxc4!! 24. Rxc4!! Bb5? 3 minutes wasted. Missing a golden opportunity to seize the day with 24 ... Qd5!! attacking the Rook with pressure everywhere - I can increase my grip with ... Bc6 or ... Bb5 or ... Rb4 next. I saw the move but like all my women, I failed to appreciate her. 25. Be4!! Seizing the long diagonal that was mine just a moment ago! 25 ... Qd7! 26. Rc1 Rc8! My one draw offer came here. 27. Bb6 Annoyingly pusuing a micro-edge. 27 ... Bc6!! 28. Qd4 Qb7!! Dead even but Norman needs to win for some money. 29. Kh2! Just making moves with no edge whatsoever. 29 ... Bxe4! 30. Rxc8+! Qxc8! 31. Qxe4! Dead even posiiton still. Time - Norman - 15 minutes Brian - 21 minutes rating difference - 94 points I really don't know Norman's style, is he an endgame magician? Leroy Hill told me later Norman likes to squeeze, he likes to kill your counterplay and make you suffer. I didn't know any of this, I didn't know what I was dealing with. Frickin' python. 31 ... Qe8 I was a little freaked out he was trying to beat me from this position. I couldn't see any threats so I started imagining them. Rybka - 31 ... a3!, ... Bc5, ... Qb8, ... Qc1, ... Kg7 all equal There is zero danger in 31 ... a3!! 32 b3 Qc1 33 Qe3 Qb2 34 Qf2 g5!! 35 g3 gf 36 gf Kg7, ... Q:f2+, ... Kh7, ... Bh4, ... Kh8, ... Kf8, ... Bb4, ... Qc1, ... Qa1, ... h4, ... Bf8, ... f5 almost any move you can think of is dead equal I even have the betetr pawn structure after 31 ... a3 32 ba B:a3 Losing this position is embarrassing. I wasn't really thinking very much,just trying to hang onto my pawns. I couldn't see what he was doing because he wasn't doing anything but moving! 32. Qb7 g5 I thought for 13 minutes. Rybka considers 32 ... Qb5!! 33 Q:e7 Q:b6 34 Qe8+ Kg7 35 Q:a4 h4, ... Q:b2, ... a5, ... Qe3, ... Qf2, ... Qa7, ... g5 or ... Kg8 dead even which is interesting because I am a pawn down in all lines. One of the ideas is ... 35 ... Qe3 and ... g5 so my idea is OK, just my timing was off a little. Trading Bishops makes the draw crystal clear. 32 ... a3! is also dead equal. I think I panicked and felt desperate when there was nothing to be afraid of. 33. Be3 gxf4! 34. Bxf4! a5 and now 34 ... Qd8!! 35 Q:a6 Qd4!! is dead even. I was so afraid of losing a pawn, even temporarily, I couldn't think straight. I was waiting for time pressure to be over so I could calm my emotions and think with a clear head again. 35. Qf3 f6 Trade-trade-lose stuff. 35 ... Qb5!! is fine for me. I now have a disadvantage from sheer passivity! 36. Qb7 Kf7 Norman - 7 minutes left to move 40 Brian - 4 minutes I have basically created difficulties out of nowhere after missing 100 draws. My position is somehow awkward and propectless now. 37 ef! K:f6 38 Bg3! is best 37. Qf3 Kg8 38. Qg3+ Kh7 39. exf6 Bxf6! 40. Be5! Bxe5 41. Qxe5 We made the first time control, a Queen ending with even pawns. How dreary! Norman has the edge because he will probably win a retarded rook pawn here. 41 ... Kg6 42. h4! Qe7! 43. Kh3! What a grinder! 43 ... Qe8! 44. Qg5+ Kh7 only move 45. Qxa5 I lost one of those stupid doubled a-pawns. Norman finally made that issue relevant, isolated from all distractions. 45 ... e5! I still thought my passed e-pawn could create enough trouble but he blockaded that pawn with his King and won that too. Norman was sure he was winning here in the post-mortem. 46. Qa7+ Kg6 47. Qe3 Kf5 Rybka thinks 47 ... e4! is best where I am down half a pawn, somewhere between a loss and a draw. Thanx for the big clue, little fish. I was afraid Rogers would surround my pawn there. 48. Qf3+! Ke6 49. Kh2 I thought this was very clever to blockade my e-pawn. Rybka likes 49 g4! activating his h-pawn 49 ... Kd6! 50. Qd3+ Kc5! 51. Qe4 Kd6! Show progress, Norman. 52. a3! Rybka and Norman both like this. I don't get it. 52 ... Ke6! 53. Kh3 Kd6 54. Kh2 Ke6 Norman was carefully avoiding repetiitons, I wasn't paying much attention to that. 55. g4 hxg4! 56. Qxg4+ Yeesh, a three pawn to two Queen ending. What a drag for either side. 56 ... Kd5! 57. Kg1 e4! 58. Kf2 I was trying to calculate 58 h5! e3! but I was human, all too human. I could not calculate 5,000 Queen checks per move but Norman's slow plan of blockading and annexing my e-pawn impressed me. 58 ... Kd4? 58 ... e3+!! 59 Ke2 Qb5+ 60 Ke1 Q:b2 61 Qf3+ Kd6 62 Qf4+ Kd5 62 Q:e3 would be Queen and two pawns versus one. The mill would still be grinding the corn. I didn't realize until he got there that allowing Ke3 was death. 59. Qg7+!! Kd5 60. Ke3 I believe I am dead now. I was not mad at Norman at all because I thought he was displaying great skill and perseverance. I only saw 10% of my missed draws but I was mad at myself. I decided to try and last to move 100, at least Norman would know he had been in a fight. 60 ... Kc4 61. Qc3+! Kb5! 62. Qb4+! Ka6! 63. Qxe4! Sigh. 63 ... Qh5 64. Qxa4+! He took all my pawns away. 64 ... Kb6! 65. Qd4+! Kb5 66. Qb4+ Ka6 I felt like a third grader playing for stalemate. 67. Qc4+ Ka5 68. Qd4 Qh6+ Sometimes you keep playing to demonstrate your disgust at losing such a game. 69. Kd3! Headed for the barn. 69 ... Qg6+ 70. Kc3! Qg3+ 71. Kc2 Qg6+! only move 72. Kb3! Qe6+ 73. Qc4! Qh6! 74. Qb4+ Ka6! 75. a4 Qe3+ 76. Ka2! Qe6+ 77. Qb3! Qh6 78. Qb5+! Ka7! 79. Qc5+! Ka6? 80 a5!! wins instantly by forcing a Queen trade after 80 a5!! Qe6+ 81 b3 Qe2+ 82 Ka3 Kb7 83 Qb4+!! Ka8 84 a6! Dan Heisman's Go To Sleep principle. There is no need to see all that. 80. Qc4+ Kb6! 81. Ka3! It's like fighting a giant sea turtle. 81 ... Ka7 82. Qc5+! Kb7 83. a5! Qh7 84. h5 Time - Norman - 14 minutes left Brian - 2 minutes left The great sea tortoise waves his other foot at me slowly. A hare would have found 84 Qb6+ Ka8 85 a6! ending it quickly. 84 ... Qd3+ 85. Qc3 Qh7! 86. Qf3+ Ka7? 87. Qe3+!! Kb7! 88. h6 Another sea tortoise foot wave when 88 Qb6+! Kc8 89 Qc6+ Kb8 90 a6! ends it quickly 88 ... Ka8 89. Qf3+!! 89 a6!! ends it 89 ... Ka7! 90. Qf2+!! Ka8 91. Qg2+ 91 Qf8+ ends it. Time - Norman 9:23 Brian 33 seconds 91 ... Kb8! 92. Qg3+! Ka8 93. Qf3+ 93 a6!! ends it 93 ... Kb8? 94. Qf8+ Darn. I can't legitimately make it to move 100 now. 1-0 Brian finally resigns A long game and a painful loss but I learned a lot from analyzing it. I couldn't get a handle on the game while I was playing it. I found the question of when my a-pawns were weak and when that was irrelevant very interesting. Of the missed opportunities I like 9 ... B:c5! 12 ... a3! 22 ... Qd5! 31 ... a3! 32 ... a3! 32 ... Qb5! 34 ... Qd8! 35 ... Qb5! 47 ... e4! 58 ... e3+! My favorite missed chance is 32 ... Qb5!! 33 Q:e7 Q:b6 34 Qe8+ Kg7 35 Q:a4 and I have a million draws because his exposed f4-pawn is a problem and my Queen is active. Norman has ... h4 or ... g5 shots to contend with. I find that very mathemtical and French-like. All I saw during the game is that I would lose a pawn. What a shallow materialistic idiot I am. Thank you for a good game, Norman. You're a rock. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2009 World Open Under 2400 section"] [Site "Sheraton Hotel, 17th and Race, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"] [Date "2009.07.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Norman Rogers"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"] [ECO "C11"] [NIC "FR.04"] [WhiteElo "2290"] [BlackElo "2202"] [Time "10:00:00 AM"] [TimeControl "5sd, 40/1:55, G/55"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qf2 Na4 11. Nxa4 bxa4 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qb7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Bd7 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Bb1 g6 22. h3 h5 23. Qe3 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Bb5 25. Be4 Qd7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Bb6 Bc6 28. Qd4 Qb7 29. Kh2 Bxe4 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxe4 Qe8 32. Qb7 g5 33. Be3 gxf4 34. Bxf4 a5 35. Qf3 f6 36. Qb7 Kf7 37. Qf3 Kg8 38. Qg3+ Kh7 39. exf6 Bxf6 40. Be5 Bxe5 41. Qxe5 Kg6 42. h4 Qe7 43. Kh3 Qe8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Qxa5 e5 46. Qa7+ Kg6 47. Qe3 Kf5 48. Qf3+ Ke6 49. Kh2 Kd6 50. Qd3+ Kc5 51. Qe4 Kd6 52. a3 Ke6 53. Kh3 Kd6 54. Kh2 Ke6 55. g4 hxg4 56. Qxg4+ Kd5 57. Kg1 e4 58. Kf2 Kd4 59. Qg7+ Kd5 60. Ke3 Kc4 61. Qc3+ Kb5 62. Qb4+ Ka6 63. Qxe4 Qh5 64. Qxa4+ Kb6 65. Qd4+ Kb5 66. Qb4+ Ka6 67. Qc4+ Ka5 68. Qd4 Qh6+ 69. Kd3 Qg6+ 70. Kc3 Qg3+ 71. Kc2 Qg6+ 72. Kb3 Qe6+ 73. Qc4 Qh6 74. Qb4+ Ka6 75. a4 Qe3+ 76. Ka2 Qe6+ 77. Qb3 Qh6 78. Qb5+ Ka7 79. Qc5+ Ka6 80. Qc4+ Kb6 81. Ka3 Ka7 82. Qc5+ Kb7 83. a5 Qh7 84. h5 Qd3+ 85. Qc3 Qh7 86. Qf3+ Ka7 87. Qe3+ Kb7 88. h6 Ka8 89. Qf3+ Ka7 90. Qf2+ Ka8 91. Qg2+ Kb8 92. Qg3+ Ka8 93. Qf3+ Kb8 94. Qf8+ 1-0 Brian finally resigns -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes,T (2377) - Rogers (FM),N (2290) [E61] 2009 World Open Philadelphia, PN (7), 04.07.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Qc2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Rd1 f5 14.e4 c6 15.exf5 Qe7 16.g4 Nf6 17.Nd2 Bd7 18.Nde4 Nh7 19.c5 Be8 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Rd6 b6 22.Re6 Qd8 23.Rd6 Qe7 24.Re6 Qd8 25.Nd6 Bd7 26.Rg6 Qe7 27.Nce4 bxc5 28.f6 Nxf6 29.Nxf6 e4 30.Nxd7 Qxd7 31.Nf5 Rxf5 32.gxf5 Qxf5 33.Re6 Rf8 34.0-0 Be5 35.Rxe5 Qxe5 36.Qc3 Qd4 37.Rd1 Qxc3 38.bxc3 Rb8 39.Re1 Kg7 40.Rxe4 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 Rc1 1-0 [Event "Tsiolkovsky mem op"] [Site "Kaluga"] [Date "2003.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Danin, Alexandre"] [Black "Alavkin, Arseny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2484"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qf2 Na4 11. Nxa4 bxa4 12. Bd3 a3 13. b3 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc5 15. c3 a5 16. Qxc5 Bxc5 17. Ke2 Ba6 18. Be3 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Ke7 21. Nd4 Rhc8 22. Kd3 a4 23. Nxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rab1 g6 25. g3 Rc7 26. Rhf1 h5 27. h4 Ra6 28. Rfe1 Ra8 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rb3 f6 31. Rb6 Re4 32. Rxe4 dxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Rxc3 34. Rb7+ Kf8 35. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "FIN-chT 0506"] [Site "Finland"] [Date "2005.10.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Anjuhin, Alex"] [Black "Kokkila, Tero"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2399"] [BlackElo "2292"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2005.09.10"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qf2 Na4 11. Nxa4 bxa4 12. Bd3 a3 13. c3 axb2 14. Qxb2 Qa5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Qb4 Qc6 20. Rab1 f6 21. Qd4 Qe8 22. Kf2 Qh5 23. Kg1 Bd7 24. h3 Bb5 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Qe2 28. Rxd5 Rxa2 29. Rg5 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf4+ 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Oberliga Nord W 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2005.12.11"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Abel, Dennes"] [Black "Buescher, Andre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2220"] [BlackElo "2048"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2005.10.23"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] [WhiteTeam "Hannover Post"] [BlackTeam "Bremen Nord"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Qf2 Na4 11. Nxa4 bxa4 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qxa4 Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd4 a5 22. a3 Bb7 23. Rfd1 Bd5 24. Nd2 Rec8 25. Bf2 axb4 26. axb4 Bd8 27. Nf1 Bb6 28. R4d2 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Ra8 30. Ne3 Be4 31. Ng4 Bd3 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nd7 Ra3 34. Rc1 Rca8 35. Nc5 Ra2 36. Rcd1 Bc2 37. Re1 Bd3 38. Ke3 Rxd2 39. Kxd2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. Re2 Ra8 42. Kd4 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.thechessdrum.net/blog/2008/09/27/baltimore-repeats-over-philly/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net www.Chessville.com Off the Wall column From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 05:24:43 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:24:43 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Norman Rogers pictures Message-ID: <1248953083.4a7182fbc34b3@www.taom.com> For my sighted friends: I have 3 pictures of Norman Rogers at BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com 2009 World Open album There are more here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Post: #153478 by chessdrummer on Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:31 am I have a set of pics from the World Open with Lenderman dancing. I may be the only journalist with these precious shots! http://picasaweb.google.com/daaimshabazz/2009WorldOpen# Daaim Shabazz, The Chess Drum -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That matches my email The Five Original Black Chess Supermen From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 06:23:29 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:23:29 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Golden Age of the Fishing Pole Message-ID: <1248956609.4a7190c170a89@www.taom.com> We are still in the Golden Age of the Fishing Pole before the haters and the Grandmasters have ripped it to shreds with trite generalities and dour treatises, where new waves of enthusiastic amateurs can wipe out much stronger players in charming little miniatures around the globe. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "hegerman"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1975"] [BlackElo "2118"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "07:58:03"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. d4 9 seconds spent on this move. 5 ... exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!! My favorite blitz position. Develop the Knight, develop the Knight! 7. Nc3 6 seconds 7 ... Bc5!! Move the Knight, move the Knight. 8. Nb3 14 seconds 8 ... Qh4!! Thank You 9. h3 37 seconds spent on this move. 9 Bf4 B:f2+ 10 Kh1 N:h2!! is old hat to my readers. 9 ... Qg3!!! Everyone's first instinct, including mine, is to take on f2, whcih also wins 10. hxg4 1:42 spent on this move Very few have the stomach for 10 Q:g4! 10 ... hxg4 mating Total time taken by me mostly spent opening a champagne bottle: 19 seconds {White resigns} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for hegerman On for: 17 Idle: 0 rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1471 492 855 82 1429 2068 (29-Oct-2000) Blitz 1975 3829 3244 611 7684 2167 (10-Feb-2001) Standard 2263 [6] 11 4 0 15 5-minute 1934 2282 2197 217 4696 2000 (07-Sep-2008) 1-minute 1208 [8] 0 1 0 1 15-minute 958 [4] 0 1 0 1 1: Svein Berg, Oslo, Norway Groups : Norway --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "hegerman"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1975"] [BlackElo "2118"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "07:58:03"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nb3 Qh4 9. h3 Qg3 10. hxg4 hxg4 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 07:02:17 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:02:17 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fang-Boudrot Gambit turns English IM into single-digit bitch Message-ID: <1248958937.4a7199d9d3837@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Shimmy"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2215"] [Opening "Benk? gambit: Zaitsev system, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"] [ECO "A57"] [NIC "BI.44"] [Time "08:48:35"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 Nxe4?? Patrick Wolff used to defend 7 Nb5 d6 8 Bc4!! N:e4 9 Qe2 f5 10 Nh3!! against IM Joe Fang but it's not too good. At least that way you don't lose a piece. 8. Qe2 Ba6 8 ... f5! is still best but here you lose a piece due to 9 f3 Nf6 10 Nd6 checkmate or 9 f3 anything else 10 fe Patrick Wolff used to defend 8 ... f5! 9 Nh3!! against IM Joe Fang but it's not too good. 9. Qxe4 {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Shimmy"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2215"] [Opening "Benk? gambit: Zaitsev system, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"] [ECO "A57"] [NIC "BI.44"] [Time "08:48:35"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Ba6 9. Qxe4 {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Shimmy(IM) On for: 5 Idle: 0 Shimmy is currently involved in a match against B-Wall. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1658 [6] 30 50 0 80 1668 (11-Jul-2007) Loser's 1487 [6] 15 34 1 50 1562 (24-Aug-2002) Bughouse 1784 [6] 20 20 0 40 1798 (25-Aug-1999) Crazyhouse 1789 [6] 17 9 0 26 1822 (23-Dec-2003) Bullet 2200 [8] 1966 840 201 3007 2581 (09-Dec-1997) Blitz 2427 [8] 6355 5937 1409 13701 2843 (12-Mar-2005) 5-minute 2233 2086 1651 462 4199 2416 (04-Apr-2008) 1-minute 2155 [8] 8165 7097 1028 16290 2385 (22-Jan-2006) 15-minute 1645 [4] 1 1 0 2 1: Simon Ansell, London England. 2: I play poker too! 3: -- 4: http://www.gingergm.com 5: -- 6: siansell at gmail.com Groups : IMs IBCO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 07:09:00 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:09:00 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] GM Hikaru Nakamura gets into 960 final with Aronian by crushing GM Victor Bologan with Fishing Pole Message-ID: <1248959340.4a719b6c4b688@www.taom.com> http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9588/539/ GM Hikaru Nakamura gets into 960 final with Aronian by crushing GM Victor Bologan with Fishing Pole From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 12:23:14 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:23:14 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Funeral for Joel Williams Message-ID: <1248978194.4a71e512dc29c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Marjorie and Paul Greiner ----- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:07 -0600 From: Marjorie and Paul Greiner Reply-To: Marjorie and Paul Greiner Subject: Joel Williams To: Brian Wall Hey Brian, In case you had not heard, Joel William's funeral will be tomorrow, Friday July 31 at Olinger Hampden Mortuary, 8600 E. 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From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 13:29:35 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:29:35 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian's plans for the next 2 weeks Message-ID: <1248982175.4a71f49fadf62@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Marjorie and Paul Greiner ----- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:14:07 -0600 From: Marjorie and Paul Greiner Reply-To: Marjorie and Paul Greiner Subject: Joel Williams To: Brian Wall Hey Brian, In case you had not heard, Joel William's funeral will be tomorrow, Friday July 31 at Olinger Hampden Mortuary, 8600 E. Hampden Ave., Denver, 80231. The visitation will be 11:00 - 12:00 PM, with his funeral service beginning at noon, followed by burial at Fairmont Cemetary. Will you please pass this message on to all concerned. Best regards, Hoppy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pikes Peak Open, August 1 - 2, 2009 5 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: Rds: 1-3 40/90 and G/1; Rds: 4-5 40/2 and G/1 Site: Manitou Springs City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave Open: One open section Entry fee: $30 if rec?d by July 30, $35 at site. $8 EF discount for juniors, seniors, unrated. CSCA required, ($15, jrs & srs 10), OSA Prizes: Cash prizes per entries Registration: 8:30 - 9:30 AM, Rounds: 10:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM; 9:00 AM, 3:00 PM. Entries: Jerry Maier 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919 Phone: (719) 660-5531 (719) 660-5531 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com Colorado Tour Event 2009 August East Coast --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traveler eTicket Number Frequent Flyer Seats WALL/BRIANMR 0052186294166 ---/---/---/38B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLIGHT INFORMATION Day, Date Flight Class Departure City and Time Arrival City and Time Aircraft Meal Tue, 04AUG09 CO642 E DENVER CO (DEN) 7:45AM HOUSTON BUSH INTL (IAH) 11:10AM 737-800 Snack Tue, 04AUG09 CO723 E HOUSTON BUSH INTL (IAH) 12:00PM NEW ORLEANS (MSY) 1:12PM 737-800 Mon, 10AUG09 CO422 E NEW ORLEANS (MSY) 9:32AM HOUSTON BUSH INTL (IAH) 10:45AM 757-300 Mon, 10AUG09 CO499 E HOUSTON BUSH INTL (IAH) 11:50AM DENVER CO (DEN) 1:21PM 757-300 Snack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- returning to Denver on the 16th anniversary of my first date with Joan Marie Clifford ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Then I will watch over my son Devon his last week of summer vacation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 14:29:47 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:29:47 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Try the Fishing Pole for immediate results Message-ID: <1248985787.4a7202bba7d71@www.taom.com> If you learn the Fishing Pole on Monday by Tuesday you are already winning games in 10 moves or less. Hundreds of subscribers of JRobiChess are discovering that by watching his Berlin Trap Fishing Pole video ( 14,000 = hits ). Craig.Thomson at bench.com = Goyathlay is already killing people in less than a week. It's like a magic lotion/potion for ailing Chessplayers. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "xema"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1048"] [BlackElo "1169"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "00:34:19"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Dangling the bait. Fishing Pole by Jack Young 5. h3 h5!! The Fishing Pole comes out. Will the fish bite? 6. c3 a6!! Initiating the Hyper-Pole with ... Bc5-a7 7. Bxc6 Freeing Goyathlay's ( it means Geronimo ) QB 7 ... dxc6!! 8. hxg4?? Juicy worm looks good, what's the problem? 8 ... hxg4!! Unleashing the Gates of Hell - Author Vance Aandahl 9. Nxe5 Qh4!! 10. Re1 Qh1# {White checkmated} 0-1 Goyathlay was previously relying on an uncanny, supernatural, inhuman, mystical, hypnotic, Rasputin ability to make all his opponents flag or drop pieces. I've never seen anything like it. Out of 11 lost games he won 9. The triumph of hope over experience. In this game every move was powerful and beautiful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "xema"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1048"] [BlackElo "1169"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "00:34:19"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Qh4 10. Re1 Qh1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig.Thomson at bench.com = Goyathlay of New Hampshire From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 14:46:46 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:46:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I will attend Joel Williams' funeral tomorrow Message-ID: <1248986806.4a7206b61b591@www.taom.com> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/denverpost/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=130542918 From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 16:07:46 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:07:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Beautiful win in the Tyler Hughes Variation Message-ID: <1248991666.4a7219b2b3a2d@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "rayngrant"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1206"] [BlackElo "1157"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C57"] [NIC "KP.01"] [Time "00:09:13"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4!! The Tyler Hughes Variation 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Nxe4 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8!! 7 ... Kg8?? 8 Ng5!! 1-0 8. Nbc3 d5? 1206 rated RayNGrant is playing much stronger than my opponents do with twice the rating because he is using a simple Fried Liver Chess model. 9 N:d5!! Q:d5?? 10 Nf6+!! wins the Queen 8 Nbc3 d6 9 0-0 Be7 is better with hopes of ... Nd4 or ... Qd8-d7-f5-g4 I usually play 8 Nbc3 d6 9 0-0 Qd7 9. Ng3? Be6!! 10. O-O! e4 Rybka prefers Goyathlay ( Indian for Geronimo ) after 10 ... h5!!!, ... g6!! or ... Qf6!! 11. Qe3? Bd6 Greedy Rybka likes 11 ... Nc6-b4:c2!! 12. Nb5 h5 Geronimooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qg5 h4!!!! Goyathlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 15. Nh5 Ne7 Rybka likes 15 ... h3!! Aliennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16. Nxg7+ Kd7 Connecting the Rooks 17. Nxe6 Qxe6!! Ominous, white, fluffy clouds form on the Kingside White squares. Rybka prefers Goyathlay's uncastled King to White's coffin. 18. d4 Rag8!! Crushing 19. Qe5 Rxg2+!! Geronimooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20. Kxg2 Rg8+!! Goyathlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21. Kh1 Qh3!! Joel Williams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 22. Rg1 Qf3+ Barb Fortune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 23. Rg2 Qxg2# Alex Brotsker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "rayngrant"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1206"] [BlackElo "1157"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C57"] [NIC "KP.01"] [Time "00:09:13"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Nxe4 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8 8. Nbc3 d5 9. Ng3 Be6 10. O-O e4 11. Qe3 Bd6 12. Nb5 h5 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qg5 h4 15. Nh5 Ne7 16. Nxg7+ Kd7 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. d4 Rag8 19. Qe5 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Qh3 22. Rg1 Qf3+ 23. Rg2 Qxg2# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig.Thomson at bench.com = Goyathlay of New Hampshire -------------------------------------------------------------------------- JrobiChess Youtube Fishing Pole video http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=Oqq2OAU3JQk& feature=fvsr Chess Traps #5: Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence Trap (Fishing Pole) ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3bv5b9JnY&feature=channel_page Secrets of the Four move checkmate revealed Anthea Carson Timmybx Youtube ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROdFICzYCg Chessworld.net presents Blitz #249 vs. B-Wall (2036) - Morning of 14th July 2009 KingsCrusher vs Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agDn1IQEg-w Lev Polugaevsky - Rashid Nezhmetdinov 0-1 , Sochi , 1958 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-75LLC9mVtk Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov Sochi 1958 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- phuqart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBNNARgDUTM Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov Sochi 1958 same game, 5 different youtube videos - this is the most creative --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Mate KingsCrusher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIjDvqCVftw Letsplaychess.com presents Instructive game: King Hunt! Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov Sochi 1958 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson sagacious00004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOuz1bYdo3M&feature=related Rashid Rashid pt 2 Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov Sochi 1958 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to flood Anthea with calls on her radio interview Monday Aug 3, 2009 6 PM mountain time. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Maxine-Blackwell/2009/08/04/A-Thinking-Mans-Game Author, Anthea Carson (How to Play Chess Like an Animal) and Mother's House Publishing would like to extend an invitation to you to tune in and respond to a blog talk radio program this Monday, August 3rd. We invite your interaction and support and hope you will take some time to tune in, the above link will get you started. NOTICE: The show will be at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Mon, August 3rd. The show will probably be about a half hour in length. The dial-in number is (914)338-0265. Thank you for your support! Karen E Mother's House Publishing 2814 E Woodmen Rd Colorado Springs, CO 80920-3525 (719) 266-0437 (Tel) / 800-266-0999 (719) 266-9978 (Fax) www.MothersHousePublishing.com info at mothershousepublishing.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 16:12:52 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:12:52 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 3/5 For CO with 1 to go! Alexa Lasley in Texas for Colorado Message-ID: <1248991972.4a721ae4af84f@www.taom.com> For pics I added a few to an Alexa Lasley folder on BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com also Susan Polgar's blog must have tons Susan and I have some Alexa Lasley photos on Facebook too. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Matt Lasley ----- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:37:06 -0600 From: Matt Lasley Reply-To: Matt Lasley Subject: 3/5 For CO with 1 to go! To: Jennifer Coyne , mitesh.shridhar at gmail.com, boulderchessclub at yahoo.com, lee.lahti at comcast.net, brianwall at walverine.com, snoopy_colorado at yahoo.com, duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com, csca-scholastic-chess at comcast.net Alexa had another win today, duplicating her performance of last year. So, with 3/5 with one game to play and 1 upset win, nothing can take away a repeat performance at a higher level (her rating is about 300 points higher than last year). So, a draw or win tomorrow would just be awesome, and exceed last year's performance. Pressure is off in any case for the final round. Last night was bughouse, which is fun, and that's all I have to say about that. The kids got to see Ice Age 3 at the drive in near here (Impressive signal control, the FM was clear at the theater but absolutely dead less than half a mile away!). Winds were picking up and when we returned to our campground, the awning had been tossed onto the roof!?!?!?! grrrr. we did some quick climbing/repairs to weather the actual storm that came later, and kept people up past midnight with incredible lightning and lots of rain and possibly hail (no venturing out for samples). Today was campus tours, a simul by an IM that I don't know (Alexa didn't stay for the simul) smores over charcoal (no fire rings here like in CO) and the 5th round win. chocolate demo tonight with dancing lessons and her only visit to the swim facility at Tech. >whew<. Busy. So, the game went well, and alexa built an advantage in the middle game. She was happy to get 3 pawns for a Bishop into the endgame, which Rybka says was backwards, but her opponant turned it down anyway, settling for a permenant 2 pawn deficit for the remainder of the game which Alexa converted with little fuss. [Event "SPNI for Girls 2009"] [Site "Frazier Pavillion Texas Tech U"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Alexa Lasley"] [Black "Ann Marie Fitch"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "850"] [ECO "C60"] [TimeControl "90+30"] [WhiteElo "1450"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qe7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 Qc5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Qh5 9. Bf4 c5 10. Qe5+ Qxe5 11. Bxe5 Rb8 12. b3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Bd6 14. Rad1 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rxd7 Rbc8 18. Nb5 (18. f3 Rfe8) 18... Bc6 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 (19... Bxb5 20. Rxa7) 20. Nxc7 Rc8 21. Nd5 Re8 22. c4 f5 23. f3 Re5 24. Kf2 g5 25. exf5 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Kf7 27. Kf2 h5 28. Kg3 Bd7 29. f6 h4+ 30. Kf2 Be6 31. Ke3 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Kxf6 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. Kxf4 a5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Ke5 Kd7 37. g4 hxg3 38. hxg3 Ke7 39. d6+ Kd7 40. g4 Ke8 41. Ke6 Kd8 42. d7 Kc7 43. Ke7 Kb6 44. d8=Q+ Ka6 45. Qb8 c4 46. Kd6 cxb3 47. Kc6 b2 48. Qb6# 1-0 I may not get a message out after the round tomorrow. We pull chocks in the morning and likely won't be in signal range until Saturday some time. Watch the ChessDailyReport for the details. By the way, the top board was a wild one from what I hear, going to the wire and last year's champ making a time-pressure blunder to let the top seed by rating take that key game. -Matt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20090730/384693ff/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Thu Jul 30 18:22:46 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:22:46 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] BeyondMadness, Extremely rare Full Metal Jacket victory Message-ID: <1248999766.4a72395671ce3@www.taom.com> Even though I think I may have invented the Full Metal Jacket ( hard to believe, frankly ) I rarely win with it. The variation hardly ever pops up, moreoever, since I get so little practice, I barely know my own lines. I invented this in Josh Bloomer's basement and my first intended victim was Larry "Wutt-the-hell-is-Brian-trying-to-do-me-now?" Larry didn't go for it. In fact no one did. I was enduring HUNDREDS of tedious 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 games getting bored out of my mind. On the 1 in 300 times anyone actually played the first 4 moves right, I would get so flustered or my opponent was so high rated I had trouble winning. In deperation, I invented the Toxic Badger 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 f6!! just to break the monotony. The Badger is real dicy after 3 Bf4 e5!! or quite odd after 3 d5 Ne5!! but I had to do something to combat the ennui while I patiently waited like a spider for FMJ victims. I don't know how well I played but I finally won a game. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "BeyondMadness"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2217"] [BlackElo "2220"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "18:56:30"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ One thing I didn't mention is that higher rated players despise quick draws so if you just keep checking them they self destruct rather than admit complete repertoire failure. I have 4 decent possibilities here - 6 ... Qf4+, ... Qg5+, ... Qh6+ or just ... de I thought I would chase Beyondmadness around the globe like a stalker and see how he escapes. 7. Ke2 Qh5+ Only move 8. Kf2 Bc5+! Taking the Queen is better but no one ever went to f2 before. I get very nervous when I play the FMJ and I was talking to Tom Bourie the whole game with the sound down. 9. Ke1!! Now I know why he didn't play the expected 9 Be3?? 9 ... Qh4+!! I missed taking his Queen but my attack is greatly strengthened by the free inclusion of my KB. 10 Ke2 Q:e4+ mates now and 10 Kd2 Qf4+ 11 Kc3 Q:e5+ 12 Kb3 de is a better than normal Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns, three pawns for a piece ) 10. g3 Qxe4+!! The Rook Trick - Devon Wall, age 10 11. Ne2 Qxh1!! Normally I have to dig my way out of here with ... b6!! and ... Ba6!! but with my Bishop already developed I didn't think that would be necessary. 12. Nbc3 Ne7! 13. Bf4! O-O 14. Qd2 Qxh2 15. Be3 Bxe3! 16. Qxe3! c6! 17. Kd2 Qh6 18. Qxh6! gxh6! Up the exchange and three pawns - plan - trade everything, kill pawns. 19. Nf4 d6 20. exd6! My first loss of a pawn. 20 ... Nf5! 21. Bd3! Nxd6! 22. Nh5 f5!! 23. Re1 Ne4+!! 24. Nxe4 fxe4! 25. Be2! Bd7 26. Nf4 Rae8 27. Rh1 Rf6 28. c3 Kh8 29. Ke3 Rg8! 30. Nh5 Rfg6 31. Rf1 Rxg3+ I will accept almost any simplification in a winning blitz game. 32. Nxg3! Rxg3+! 4 pawns up with almost a Full Metal Jacket still. Plan - terminate all his potential Queens to avoid any nasty surprises. Push mine later. 33. Kd4! Kg7! 34. Ke5 Bg4 Trading Bishops 35. Bxg4! Rxg4! 4 pawns up with almost a Full Metal Jacket still. 36. Kd6 Rg2 Plan - climb every mountain, take every pawn. 37. b4 Rxa2! BeyondMadness has two pawns left, I have only parted with one. 38. Ke6 Rg2 39. Rf7+! Kg6! 40. Rxb7! Rg3 41. Rb8 Rxc3! BeyondMadness has one pawn left, I have only parted with two. 42. Rg8+ Kh5! I considered my options and they were none. 43. Kf5 Rf3+!! 44. Ke5! e3 45. Kd4 e2! 46. Re8! Rf4+!! 47. Kd3! Re4!! 48. Rxe4! dxe4+! 49. Kxe2! Kg4! Final Full Metal Jacket count: Brian - 5 pawns BeyondMadness - one pawn {White resigns} 0-1 Even though I missed 8 ... Queen takes Queen because I was on the phone it is obvious that 2521 BeyondMadness was completely lost and baffled after 4 moves and had no idea what hit him. ------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "BeyondMadness"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2217"] [BlackElo "2220"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "18:56:30"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Ke2 Qh5+ 8. Kf2 Bc5+ 9. Ke1 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxe4+ 11. Ne2 Qxh1 12. Nbc3 Ne7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qd2 Qxh2 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c6 17. Kd2 Qh6 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Nf4 d6 20. exd6 Nf5 21. Bd3 Nxd6 22. Nh5 f5 23. Re1 Ne4+ 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Be2 Bd7 26. Nf4 Rae8 27. Rh1 Rf6 28. c3 Kh8 29. Ke3 Rg8 30. Nh5 Rfg6 31. Rf1 Rxg3+ 32. Nxg3 Rxg3+ 33. Kd4 Kg7 34. Ke5 Bg4 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 36. Kd6 Rg2 37. b4 Rxa2 38. Ke6 Rg2 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 Rg3 41. Rb8 Rxc3 42. Rg8+ Kh5 43. Kf5 Rf3+ 44. Ke5 e3 45. Kd4 e2 46. Re8 Rf4+ 47. Kd3 Re4 48. Rxe4 dxe4+ 49. Kxe2 Kg4 {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm Chessville Full Metal jacket Parts 1 and 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for BeyondMadness(FM) On for: 1:35 Idle: 0 rating [need] win loss draw total best Crazyhouse 1727 [6] 42 26 0 68 1811 (29-May-2005) Bullet 1918 [8] 1 3 0 4 Blitz 2279 [8] 2245 1664 246 4155 2521 (29-Oct-2004) Standard 1731 [6] 0 2 0 2 5-minute 2208 1753 1547 293 3593 2342 (21-Feb-2009) 1-minute 1858 [8] 576 555 51 1182 2035 (19-Dec-2004) 15-minute 2287 [4] 4 0 0 4 1: "This is beyond madness!" 2: luuk_van_kooten at hotmail.com Groups : FMs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Fri Jul 31 02:12:43 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:12:43 -0600 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Paul Anderson-Brian Wall Youtube video set to music Message-ID: <1249027963.4a72a77b6222e@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBMFNEJn20 How To Become An Expert In 500 Games: Lesson 7 Paul Anderson ( Colorado Springs Newsletter ) versus Brian Wall ( Everything else ) set to music by Paul's son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CBMFNEJn20 Only 40 views- hot off the press