From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 11:28:05 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 11:28:05 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson still tweaking our website
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----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:01:01 -0800 (PST)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: garrensilverwing at yahoo.com
 Subject: website
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

ive uploaded all the changes ive made:
?
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/Games/GamesHome/GamesHome.htm?<<check
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 12:52:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 12:52:43 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sacrificial shock
Message-ID: <1235937163.49aae78be4203@www.taom.com>


I attack so much I am shocked when it's sound.

[Event "ICC 4 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "herfa47"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[ECO "B94"]
[NIC "SI.06"]
[Time "13:35:00"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
7. f4 e6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 b4??

Known to be a mistake since at least the 1972
Kavalek-Gheorghiu game but played at least 14 times since.


12. Nd5!!

You don't have to ask a Latvian twice for a move like that.


12 ...  exd5 13. exd5+!  Kd8!  14. Nc6+!!

Better than 14 Bf5 as played by Kavalek and two others after him.
14  Nc6+!!  was first played in Yehuda Gruenfeld-Lev Gutman  1986
and played at least half a dozen times afterwards.

14 ... Kc8??  TL

Theoretical Lemon by Herfa47  but
14 ... B:c6  15  dc  Nb6/c5/b8   16  B:f6+
among others is good for me.
Black's position looks like a sorry mess,
despite the extra piece.
One sample line -
14 ... B:c6  15  dc  Nb6  16  B:f6+  gf  17  g3
with multiple threats on the White squares -
18 Bf5, Qh5, Qe4, Be4


15. Bf5

I did not realize -
A - 15  B:f6!!!  was twice as strong because of 15 ... N:f6  16  Bf5+!!
B - 15  Qh3!     was half as strong
C - the best defense to   15 Bf5!!  is  Qb6!
and now I can win two ways -
16  B:f6   gf  17  B:d7+   K:d7  18  Qh5  B:c6  19  dc+
with a killer Queen move next -
19 ... Kc7   20  Q:h5+
19 ... K:c6  20  Qd5+
19 ... Kd8   20  Q:f7
19 ... Q:c6  20 Q:f7+
19 ... Kc8   20 Qf5+    mate in 3
16  B:f6   gf  17  B:d7+   K:d7  18  Qh5  Rd8  19  Qf5+  Kc7 20  N:d8
I am up a pawn, the exchange and a King since  20 ... K:d8  21 Q:f6+
wins the other rook
16  B:f6   Kc7  17  Bd4
I am up a pawn with a free attack
16  B:d7+  N:d7  17  Bd8!!
wins the Queen because  17 ... Qb5?  18  Re8!!
is much worse
16  B:d7+  N:d7  17  Bd8!!   Q:d8  18  N:d8  K:d8  19  Qe4
I will have a Queen and two pawns and a safer King for two virgin rooks.
Another way to do it is
16  B:d7+  N:d7  17  Re8+  Kc7  18  R:a8  f6! ( to stop Bd8+ )  19 Re8
I am up the exchange and a pawn and a safer King -
19 ... fg  20  fg
with pressure on f8 and threatening to move my knight to e6
16  B:d7+   Kc7   I have an extra pawn and a free attack
16  B:d7+   K:d7  17  B:f6!
I have a pawn and an overwhelming attack already after
17 ...  B:c6  18  B:g7!!
17 ...  Kc7   18  B:g7!!
17 ...   gf   18  Qh5!!


{Black resigns}   1-0

I was stunned when Herfa47  resigned but now I have some idea why.
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[Event "ICC 4 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "herfa47"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[ECO "B94"]
[NIC "SI.06"]
[Time "13:35:00"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e6 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+ Kd8 14.
Nc6+ Kc8 15. Bf5 {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "Skopje ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1972.09.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kavalek,Lubomir"]
[Black "Gheorghiu,Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7
8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 b4 12.Nd5 exd5 13.exd5+ Kd8
14.Bf5 Be7 15.Be6 Rf8 16.Bxf7 Rxf7 17.Ne6+ Kc8 18.Nxc7 Kxc7 19.Qe2 a5
20.Rd4 Bf8 21.Qb5 Nc5 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Re8 Rxe8 24.Qxe8 g5
25.fxg5 Rf1+ 26.Rd1 Rf2 27.Qh5 Kb6 28.Qxh7 Bc8 29.Qh4 Rxg2 30.Qf4 Be7
31.h4 Bg4 32.Re1 Bh5 33.Rxe7 Rg1+ 34.Kd2 Rd1+ 35.Ke3 Re1+ 36.Kf2

1-0
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[Event "Holon op"]
[Site "Holon"]
[Date "1986.12.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Gruenfeld,Yehuda"]
[Black "Gutman,Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7
8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.Rhe1 Bb7 13.exd5+ Kd8
14.Nc6+ Bxc6 15.dxc6 Nc5 16.Bxf6+ gxf6 17.Bc4 Ra7 18.Qd5 Ne6 19.f5 Ng7
20.Re4 Qb6 21.Bb3 Rc7 22.Ba4 Kc8 23.Qd2 a5 24.Qe2 Kb8 25.Rd5 Ka8
26.Rb5 Qg1+ 27.Kd2 Ne6 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Rxa5+ Ra7 30.Rxa7+ Qxa7
31.Rxe6 Bh6+ 32.Kd3 Rb8 33.Qe4 d5 34.Qxd5 Qc7 35.Rd6 Re8 36.Kc4 b3
37.Rd7 Qf4+ 38.Kxb3

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 13:28:11 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 13:28:11 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Baltier Award Nominee by Pete Short
Message-ID: <1235939291.49aaefdbdd3c8@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Pete Short <redwoodpete at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:22:02 -0800 (PST)
    From: Pete Short <redwoodpete at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: redwoodpete at yahoo.com
 Subject: Baltier Award Nominee
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com

Francisco Baltier Award Nominee
Brian,
?
Take a look at this USCF Rated Game from Fitchburg, MA on Feb 11th between a
Patzer who had a fit over my use of a Monroi to the TD until the TD explained
the magic of the Mornroi was limiited to notation and causing ED in
non-belivers.? The analysis below is self explanatory - I can sum it up this
way...After losing count of the queen moves he made in the opening, I
completely overlooked for more than one move, that my queen was going to become
skewered.? I have to admit, when I was sitting there with my queen off, all I
could think of was the opportunity of winning the prestigious Francisico
Baltier Award - So I gave it my all.? As you can see, having 500 points on my
opponent was an accuarate compensation for essentially being down a rook.? The
only regret I had was missing the powerful pawn advance in the endgame for the
solid win.? Instead, my opponent tipped his King proclaiming to the ten or so
people standing around that my pawn could not be
 stopped - After he stormed out, we all laughed because it is evident that the
game is Drawn with correct moves.
?
Best regards,
Pete
?
(1) Carabba,K (935) - Short,P (1518) [A00]
Reggie Boone Memorial Open,, 11.02.2009
[Fritz 10 (30s)]


A00: Irregular Openings 1.d3 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 [3...e6 4.e3=] 4.Qd2 Bb7
5.Qc3 White threatens to win material: Qc3xc7 [>=5.Nc3!?+/= is worthy of
consideration] 5...Nd5=/+ Black threatens to win material: Nd5xc3 6.Qe5 Nxf4
7.Qxf4 e6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nb5 d6 Consolidates e5 [>=9...Rc8=/+] 10.Nfd4?? with this
move White loses his initiative [10.Ng5 Kd7 11.Nf7=/+] 10...Nxd4 [10...e5
11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qc4-+] 11.Qxd4-/+ e5 12.Qe3 f4 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.Nc3 Be7 15.e4
[>=15.d4!?-/+] 15...fxe3!-+ Double attack: h1/g3 16.Qxe3 [16.Qxe3 0-0
Combination; 16.fxe3 Bh4+ Double attack] 16...h6 [16...0-0 17.Be2-+] 17.f4?
[>=17.Be2!? 0-0 18.0-0-/+] 17...exf4 18.Qxf4 [18.Qf2-+] 18...0-0-0 [>=18...Bg5
makes it even easier for Black 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 0-0-+] 19.Be2-/+ Bxg2??
Black loses the upper hand [19...Kb8 20.0-0-/+] 20.Rg1?? releasing the pressure
on the opponent [>=20.Bg4 and White can hope to live 20...Bxh1 21.Bxd7+ Rxd7
22.h4=] 20...g5 [20...Bg5 21.Qc4 Bh3 22.Bf3 Rde8+
 23.Kd1-+] 21.Qg3 Bb7?? throws away the game [>=21...Bh3 22.Nd5 Be6 23.Nxe7+
Qxe7-/+] 22.Bg4+- Qxg4 23.Qxg4+ Kb8 24.0-0-0 h5 [24...d5 does not help much
25.Qh5+-] 25.Qd4 [25.Qe6 might be the shorter path 25...Bf8 26.Rdf1 d5+-]
25...g4 26.Rde1 [26.Qg7 might be the shorter path 26...Bh4+-] 26...Bg5+ 27.Kb1
Bf3 [27...c5 cannot change what is in store for ? 28.Qa4 a6 29.Rgf1+-] 28.h3!
Deflection: g4 28...Bd2 [28...gxh3 29.Rg3 Double attack (29.Rxg5 Pinning;
29.Rxg5 Deflection; 29.Rg3 Decoy) ] 29.Ref1 Rhe8 [29...Rde8 is not the saving
move 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Qxd5 gxh3 32.Qh1+-] 30.hxg4 [>=30.Rg3!? makes it even
easier for White 30...Re6 31.Rgxf3 gxf3+-] 30...Be3 31.Qf6 [31.Rxf3?! succumbs
to 31...Bxd4 32.Rgf1 hxg4=] 31...Bxg1 [31...hxg4 32.Rg3 Rf8 33.Qe6+-
(33.Rfxf3?! is a useless try 33...gxf3 34.Qxd8+ Rxd8 35.Rxf3 Bc5=) ] 32.Rxg1
[>=32.Qxf3 and White has it in the bag 32...Bc5 33.Qc6+-] 32...hxg4 33.b3 Rg8
[33...Rf8 cannot change destiny 34.Qd4+-] 34.Nb5 a6
 35.Nd4 Bb7 [35...Rdf8 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 36.Qe7
Re8 37.Qh4+-] 36.Qf4 [>=36.Rxg4! keeps an even firmer grip 36...Rgf8 37.Qg6
Rfe8+-] 36...Rdf8 37.Nf5 [37.Qg3 and White can already relax 37...Re8+-]
37...Bf3? [>=37...Rf7 38.Rxg4 Rgf8+-] 38.Rg3 [>=38.Qc4+- secures the win]
38...Rf6 39.Rxf3 [>=39.Qc4 and White hangs on 39...d5 40.Qxa6 Rxf5 41.Kb2+/=]
39...gxf3=/+ 40.Qe4? [>=40.Qxf3!? and White is still in the game 40...Rgf8
41.d4=/+] 40...f2-+ 41.Ne3 f1Q+ 42.Nxf1 Rxf1+ 43.Kb2 Rgf8 [43...Rf2!? 44.d4-+]
44.Qc6 [44.a3 R1f5=/+] 44...Re1 [44...R1f2 45.a4 Re2 46.a5-/+] 45.a4 [45.Qc4
a5-/+] 45...a5 46.Qc3? [46.Qg2 Rfe8=/+] 46...Rff1 [46...Re2 47.b4 axb4
48.Qxb4-+] 47.Ka2? [47.Qh8+ Kb7 48.Qg8 Rf2 49.Qd5+ Ka7=/+] 47...Kb7 [47...Re2
48.Kb2-+] 48.d4 [48.Qd2 Kc8 49.Qg2 Rf4=/+] 48...Rd1 [48...d5 49.Qd2 Re4
50.Ka3-+] 49.Qc4 [49.Qe3 Rf8=/+] 49...Ra1+ [49...Rf8!?-/+] 50.Kb2=/+ Rab1+
51.Kc3 [51.Ka2 Rg1=] 51...Rf3+-/+ 52.Kd2 Rf2+ 53.Ke3 White
 threatens to win material: Ke3xf2 53...Rbf1 54.Qd5+ Kb8 55.c3 Rf5 56.Qc6??
[56.Qg2 Rb1=/+] 56...Rf8?? a transit from better to worse [56...d5 57.Qd7 R1f2
58.Qxd5 Rxd5 59.Kxf2-+] 57.b4? [>=57.Qg2!?=/+] 57...R1f3+!-+ Skewer: c3, f8-f3
58.Qxf3?? the final mistake, not that it matters anymore [>=58.Ke2 axb4 59.a5
bxa5 60.Qb5+ Kc8 61.Qa6+ Kd8 62.Qa8+ Kd7 63.Qxa5 bxc3 64.Qb5+ Ke7 65.Qb7-+]
58...Rxf3+ 59.Kxf3 [59.Kd2-+ does not save the day] 59...axb4 [>=59...b5 and
the result of the game is clear: Black will win 60.Ke4 bxa4-+] 60.cxb4= c6
61.Ke4 Kc7 62.d5 c5 Black threatens to win material: c5xb4 63.b5 White has a
new backward pawn: a4. Black has a new protected passed pawn: c5 63...Kd7
64.Kd3 Ke7 65.Ke4 Kd7 66.Kd3 Twofold repetition 66...Kd8 67.Kc4 Ke7 68.a5 bxa5
69.b6 A strong pawn 69...Kd7 70.Kb5 White threatens to win material: Kb5xa5
70...Kc8 71.Kxa5 Kb7 72.Kb5 Kb8 73.Kc4 Kc8 74.Kb5 Kb7 75.Ka5 c4 76.Kb4 c3
77.Kxc3 Kxb6 78.Kd4 Kb5 79.Ke4 Kc5 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 19:24:09 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 19:24:09 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ebert chess team in playoffs
Message-ID: <1235960649.49ab4349d5819@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Joel Bogen <joelbogen at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:49:05 -0800 (PST)
    From: Joel Bogen <joelbogen at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: joelbogen at yahoo.com
 Subject: Ebert chess team in playoffs
      To: Joel Bogen <joelbogen at yahoo.com>

Parents,

As many of you may have heard by now, our chess team has won a spot in the
Denver Chess League
playoffs in the first year after its return to the league.? The years of the
Tuesday and Thursday morning chess club, the Friday chess electives, and all
the hard work by the players, coaches, parents and school have resulted in the
the kids learning, having fun - and now being able to play well with any team
in the league.

Moreover,
the league has honored Ebert
by agreeing to allow our school to host both the elementary and middle
school playoff matches.? The one-day playoff matches will take place
Thursday, March 12, from approximately 3:30pm to 8:00pm.? Ebert's team
will play against three other school teams for the elementary league
championship.

We have ambitious plans to host the playoffs well, and at the same time, show
off our school.? We would love to have a minimum of 15 parents volunteer to
help out at least part of the time on playoff day.? Some of you have already
volunteered; thank you.

Please let me know as soon as possible if you are going to volunteer, and for
how much of the time that day.

Joel
3 757 0728

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 21:26:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 21:26:18 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anchor Punch Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3
Message-ID: <1235967978.49ab5fea2893e@www.taom.com>

Jack Young showed me the Brick or Anchor Punch and I played hundreds of games
with it. A Brick game was feautures on the cover of the Colorado Informant
and many people fell into the trap, including GM John Fedorowicz ( who I did a 7
hour ICC show with )  and 2800 in sexy  - Facebook buddy - Jennifer Shahade.
( She won anyway with about one second to spare and I have two witnesses too. )

The basic idea is

1 e4  c5  2  Nh3
( 2 Na3 became popular for a while after this )
2 ... d6  3 g4
( later I started liking  Nf4 and b3 ideas )
3 ... Nf6  4  g5  N:e4  5 d3
trapping the knight.
Another trap Jack showed me that Brian McCarthy ( 2300 ) and many others
fell into was  1 e4  c5  2  Nh3 d5  3  d4  de  4  d5  e6  5  Bb5+  Bd7
6  de!!    B:b5  7  ef+!!  Ke7  8  fg(N)+!!!
which is an old Albin trap reversed.
I still remember the shock of the guy sitting next to me at a Denver Chess Club
blitz tournament when I wanted to borrow his knight to make the check. He
simply couldn't believe I could really want to underpromote 8 moves into the
game and thought I was just messing with him. He looked quite puzzled when he
inspected my board. I had a hard time prying the knight from him.

This guy named Paul who knows my Harvard Square buddies in Cambridge, Mass
just claimed partial ownership of the concept so for historical accuracy, I
pass it on. I forwarded the email to the reclusive Jack Young. Jack hasn't
played rated Chess in a long time but still lurks in the shadows. I am
currently trying to find out Paul's last name.

Paul remembers me but, like many people, confuses me a little with Bill Wall,
anoter great Wall Chess blogger.

The Brian
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----- Forwarded message from m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:28:41 -0500
    From: m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Anchor Punch Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3
      To: brianwall at walverine.com



Hi Brian,

I've enjoyed a long time fascination with weird shocking openings & have read
more than a few of your published works (I really like the "Mineatures"
series.) over the years. While looking at your web site

http://www.walverine.com/?id=59 (among others)

I noticed that you credit Jack Young (a friend of mine from way back) with the
Sicilian variation that starts with 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3. I recall once analyzing this
with him as an idea that I had come up with back when Mohammad Ali was still
called Cassius Clay. In fact I was the one who named it the  "Anchor Punch"
variation in honor of Cassius Clay's(sic) use of that phrase to describe how he
knocked out Sonny Liston in something like 2:06 of the first round. My original
analysis suggests that Fedorowitz (in your posted online blitz game) went
astray early by taking the g5 pawn instead of (my recommendation after 2. ...
d6 3.g4 Nf6 4.g5 Nxe4 )5. ...Nxf2 which would deprive white of castling & lead
to more of a positional struggle with white having scant compensation for his
exposure aside from the obvious surprise value.

While my rating has barely broken expert a few times, I'm familiar with the Fang
gang, & I've played rated games only against Joe, & Dave, & blitz games against
Jack, Bill & Dave:

Joe Fang, later an IM
Jack Young
Chris Fang of master strength.
David Vigorito (now a senior Master),
Bill Pascall (now an IM),
Nate Resika (Master),
Ed Boudrot (Expert)

& of course the latest accomplishment being Dave's IM title.

While I doubt I could have done as well as you or Jack against Jen Shahade or
John Fedorowitz, it would have been nice had I (or Cassius Clay) gotten some
recognition (from Jack?) for at least coming up with the name & the "main line"
variation.

Oh well, maybe in another 20 or 30 years if I can ever afford to play serious
chess again.

Thanks for posting a great web site,
Paul

P.S. tell Jack I said "hi".

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 21:32:23 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 21:32:23 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Children should not play with guns
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "triggerlips"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:12:59"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 a6

I was playing this regularly before most Chess punks were even born.
He's playing in my sandbox.


2. e4 b5

This is 2006 U.S. Senior Champion Joel Johnson's favorite opening but
not one for amateurs. They should stick with the Fox Defense and the
Raccoon. In Denver, 1700 J.C. MacNeil likes it. I tended not to go
for the ... b5 idea, at least not on the second move. I experimented
with other forms of development, some quite popular now.


3. a4

I like to soften up and exploit the c4 square.

3 ... Bb7 4. Nd2

I just bring my pieces out behind the center.

4 ... b4 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3!  c5 7. c3

He doesn't deserve a Sicilian.

7 ... bxc3 8. bxc3!  cxd4!  9. cxd4!  Nc6!  10. O-O!  Nb4! 11. Bb1

He doesn't deserve my bishop.

11 ... a5

A fair trade - I have the center and all my pieces developed,
Triggerlips has the b4 square


12. Re1 Nf6 13. e5!!

Kramnik likes d5,
I like e5

13 ... Nfd5!

His knights occupy the only outposts


14. Ne4! h6


A common move in this system, in Colorado,
I've seen ex-2400 Renard Anderson play it.


15. Nfd2 Qb6??  16. Nc4!

I warned you.

16 ...  Qa7 17. Ncd6+!  Bxd6!  18. Nxd6+!  Kf8 19. Qh5!!

It's already over.


19 ...  g6!

One of two moves to avoid immediate mate


20. Bxh6+!   Ke7!  21. Bxg6

Checking on g5 is stronger but I love how the bishops are divebombing
from the first rank, freeing my a1-rook for action, if it gets to that.



21 ...  Rag8

His trap is  22 B:f7?  R:g2+!
although I still win by moving my King.


22. Nxf7!!  Nf4 23. Qg5+!!  Ke8!  24. Nxh8+?

I saw  24 Nd6 checkmate after I moved but I didn't see  24 Qd8 checkmate.
I was having too much fun grabbing stuff to look for mates.


24 ... Rxg6 25. Nxg6!

+17

{Black resigns}   1-0
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "triggerlips"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:12:59"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 a6 2. e4 b5 3. a4 Bb7 4. Nd2 b4 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 bxc3 8.
bxc3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb1 a5 12. Re1 Nf6 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4
h6 15. Nfd2 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qa7 17. Ncd6+ Bxd6 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Qh5 g6 20.
Bxh6+ Ke7 21. Bxg6 Rag8 22. Nxf7 Nf4 23. Qg5+ Ke8 24. Nxh8+ Rxg6 25. Nxg6
{Black resigns}
1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  1 22:52:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  1 Mar 2009 22:52:59 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Ripping the fur off of Lemmiwinks
Message-ID: <1235973179.49ab743b57b72@www.taom.com>


Statistics for InoyDaPogi         On for:   36     Idle:    0
InoyDaPogi is currently involved in a match against elpasotal.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2202       3658  3385   292  7335   2395 (16-Feb-2009)
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A Lemmiwinks is a gerbil character from South Park. By Lemmiwinks I mean
someone who plays nontactical safe openings trying not to get hurt.
I feel like slow, quiet Chess once in a while but every game, c'mon!

" Why do they even play Chess? " -
NM Josh Bloomer

I feel compelled to rip into them viciously with tactics as soon
as possible and I have my anti-Lemmiwinks systems down to a science.
I am every gerbil's worst nightmare.


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "InoyDaPogi"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "23:37:46"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3

They could at least have the decency to play  2 d3, The Clam.


4 ... Bc5!  5. c3 d6 6. h3 h6

I remember World Champion Max Euwe in Master versus Amatuer
explaining how  h3 is very weak and the same looking move ... h6
is very strong.


7. O-O!

Or as I like to call it,
Coffin-Coffin

7 ... g5  8. Nh2 g4!!

I used to awkwardly prepare ... g4
but Fritz 9 turbo-charged me.

9. h4 g3!!

The first whiff of tactics send twitching Lemmiwinks scurrying to his burrow.

10. Nf3!  Bxf2+

I wanted to force InoyDaPogi to part with the exchange.
Fritz likes  10  ... gf+  11  Kh1  Nh5!!   or  11  Kh2  Rg8!!
better


11. Kh1!

Now Fritz thinks a Fishing Pole Knight on g4  is best
or maybe a Bishing Pole on g4 but I thought a Rooking
Pole was most useful there to sac on h4.


11 ...  Nh5 12. d4 Qf6 13. dxe5 dxe5

Fritz thinks bringing more pieces into the attack with
13 ... N:e5!!  14 Nbd2  Bg4!!
was much stronger but I am sticking with my plan.

Look, I am not that great an attacker,
it's just that fish can't defend at all.
Everything looks like a threat to them,
nothing looks like a threat to them,
they can't distinguish reality from fiction,
which makes them great Democrats
but poor Chessplayers.


14. Qc2 Rg8 15. Nbd2 Rg4!!

Fritz climbs on board and admits my plan is crushing now.
InoyDaPogi is offering me half his gerbil litter to distract me.


16. Rxf2!

The only move to avoid immediate checkmate.

16 ... gxf2!  17. g3!

The only move to avoid immediate checkmate.
Poor Lemmiwinks, the wind is scattering his
little nest.


17 ... Rxg3

17 ... N:g3+!!   mates but I am a man,
not a machine. My rook went there to
die for a pawn.


18. Bf1 Bg4

18 ... R:f3  mates quicker,
18 ... Rg1+  mates at the same speed and
18 ... Qf4   mates slower


19. Bg2 Rxf3

19 ... B:f3!!!  or ... Rh3+!!
mate quickly.



20. Nxf3!

The only move to avoid immediate checkmate.
Here I got tired of Fritz 9 always embarrassing me and I used
exactly half of my 1:16  to look for the most crushing move
and I pretty much succeeded -  20 ... Q:f3!!  is a hair better
and 20 ... Ng3+!  11 Kh2  f1(Q)  is  a hair worse.


20 ... f1=Q+ 21. Bxf1!  Bxf3+!  22. Kg1!  Qxh4

22 ... 0-0-0!!  is best but I have to move fast now.

23. Qh2!  Qg4+ 24. Kf2!

These Lemmiwinks jump fast when threatened.


24 ... Nf4 25. Qxh6 O-O-O

25 ... Nd3+!!  26  B:d3  0-0-0!!!
checkmates


26. Be3 Kb8

26 ... Bg2!!   checkmates


27. b4 Nd3+

27 ... Bg2!!   checkmates



28. Bxd3!  Rxd3

I saw  28 ... Qg2+!!  29  Ke1  R:d3
mating right after I moved


29. Rg1!  Qxe4!  30. Rg8+ Nd8!!

Here I got upset because I had 10 seconds to InoyDaPogi's 24 seconds.
Losing this game after missing so many mates
seemed tragic so I stepped it up a notch.


31. Qg5 Kc8!!  32. Bc5 Bg4

32 ... Qe2+!!  mates in 2



33. Be3 Qf3+!!

I finally see a mate with 5 seconds left on my clock.
He has 9 seconds.



34. Kg1!  Rd1+!  35. Kh2!  Rh1#

{White checkmated} 0-1

I missed at least 8 checkmates
but how much fun was he having?
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "InoyDaPogi"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "23:37:46"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 h6
7. O-O g5 8. Nh2 g4 9. h4 g3 10. Nf3 Bxf2+ 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. d4 Qf6
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Rg8 15. Nbd2 Rg4 16. Rxf2 gxf2 17. g3 Rxg3
18. Bf1 Bg4 19. Bg2 Rxf3 20. Nxf3 f1=Q+ 21. Bxf1 Bxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qxh4
23. Qh2 Qg4+ 24. Kf2 Nf4 25. Qxh6 O-O-O 26. Be3 Kb8 27. b4 Nd3+
28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Rg1 Qxe4 30. Rg8+ Nd8 31. Qg5 Kc8 32. Bc5 Bg4
33. Be3 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1#

{White checkmated} 0-1
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Here is how the system works in slow tournament play.
It finally got down to an endgame study.

[Event "2008 North American Open"]
[Site "Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada"]
[Date "2009.12.28" ]
[Round "6"]
[White "Richard Wagner"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "10 AM"]
[TimeControl "40/2, Game/1, 5 second delay"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Rd1 Bg4 8.
d3 Kh8 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Kg2 f5 14. Rh1
Qd7 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rf4 18. Nxg5 Rxe4 19. Ndxe4 Rf8 20.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Kg3 Bf5 23. Rh1+ Kg6 24. f3 Ne7 25. c4 Be3 26.
Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Be6 28. Rg1 Rg8 29. Kf2+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Kg7 31. Rg1+ Kf8 32.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Ng3 Kf7 34. Ke3 d5 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 a6 37. Ba4 dxc4 38.
dxc4 Bxc4 39. a3 Ke6 40. Ke4 Bd5+ 41. Kd4 b6 42. Ne2 Nf5+ 43. Kc3 Ke5 44.
Bc2 Be4 45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 Kd5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Kc4 Nd6+ 49. Kb3 Nb5 50.
Ne4 Kd5 51. Nf6+ Kd4 52. Nd7 Kd5 53. Nb8 Nd4+ 54. Ka4 Kc4

0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 00:26:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 00:26:28 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess-Chocolate
Message-ID: <1235978788.49ab8a24b0787@www.taom.com>


My favorite Chess joke.
I offer a draw.
They decline, make one move and resign.


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chess-chocolate"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C57"]
[NIC "KP.01"]
[Time "01:25:18"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4!!

The Tyler Hughes Variation,
also played by World Champion Steinitz ( both sides ),
a forgotten variation almost never mentioned anywhere.


5. Nxf7 Qh4!! 1/2-1/2?

Tradition mandates that I offer a draw here
although I only remember Steve Towbin accepting.


6. Qf3?  Nd4!!

Joke complete, most GMs resign here
as I explained in my
Chess Talk with John Watson interview on ICC
so I have little actual experience
finishing up here.
Let's see how I did.



7. Nd6+  cxd6!

creating an escape square for my King and winning but
7 ... B:d6!!  developing or 7 ... N:d6!!  hitting the bishop
are even stronger. I don't even know my own lines!


8. Qf7+!  Kd8!  9. Na3 Be7!!

Rook wants to play.

10. Qxg7 Qxf2+
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looks automatic but
10 ... Nf3+!!!  11 Ke2  Nd4+!!  12 Ke1 ( can't castle now )  Bf6!!
( trying to make the Queen let go of g2 )
13 g3  Nf3+!!  14 Ke2  Nc3+!!
The knight must be taken under pain of mate in 1
15 dc  Qe4+  16 Be3  B:g7
winning the Queen.
That was some fancy horsemanship!

Let's see that again.

10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!!  11 Kf1  Q:f2  Scholar's mate
10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!!  11 gf  Q:f2+  12 Kd1  Q:f3+  13 Ke1  Bh4+
14  Qg3  N:g3 15  Rg1  Nh5+  16  Rg3  N:g3  and mate next move
10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!!  11 Kd1  N:f2+  12 Ke2  Nd4+  13 Kf1!  N:h1!
14 Q:h8+  Kc7!  ( using my escape square ! )
15 Nb5+  Kb6  16  g3  Q:h2!  17 Qd8+  B:d8  18  Ke1 Qg1+
19  Bf1  Qf2+  20  Kd1  Q:f1  checkmate
so  10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!!  11 Ke2  is forced to avoid mate.

10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!!  11 Ke2  Nd4+!!  12 Ke3  Qf4+!!  13 Kd3!  Nc5+!!
14  Kc3  Ne2+!!  15 Kb4!  a5+!!  16 Kb5!  Nd4+!   17 Kb6!  Na4  checkmate
Wow! I haven't seen knights like this outside of composed Chess problems!
The Tyler Hughes Variation is even cooler than I thought!
10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!!  11 Ke2  Nd4+!!  12 Kd3  Nc5+!  13 Kc3!  Ne2+!
14 Kb4  a5+!  15 Kb5! Nd4+!  16 Kb6  Na4  checkmate
is the same mate one move faster.

That proves that Chess-Chocolate has to give
up his castling priviliges under threat of mate.
10. Qxg7 Nf3+!!  11 Ke2  Nd4+!!  12 Ke1
after which I have wins like
12 ... Rf8!!!, ... Bf6!!!, ... Q:f2+!!, ... Re8!!
and many more.

The move I played is also very strong
along with  10 ... Bf6!!  or ... Rf8!!
so the same themes repeat.
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11. Kd1!  Rf8!!

11 ... Bf6!!! is the only better idea



12. Qxh7 d5

12 ... Q:g2!!!  mates but my move protects my e4-knight
plus I have a sneaky  ... d6, ... Bg4+  plan
12 ... Qf4!!  is another killer.
The Fire Principle says -
Don't worry about bringing up the reserves,
use what you have in the area for an immediate solution.


13. Bd3 d6


13 ... d6!!  or ... Bh4!!  both checkmate and
13 ... Q:g2!!!  is even quicker



14. c3 Bg4+!

{White resigns}   0-1


mate next move.
Well, I found that instructive.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chess-chocolate"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C57"]
[NIC "KP.01"]
[Time "01:25:18"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Nxf7 Qh4 6. Qf3 Nd4
7. Nd6+ cxd6 8. Qf7+ Kd8 9. Na3 Be7 10. Qxg7 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Rf8
12. Qxh7 d5 13. Bd3 d6 14. c3 Bg4+

{White resigns}   0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 02:19:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 02:19:28 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Female gerbil
Message-ID: <1235985568.49aba4a0c97b3@www.taom.com>



Information about Just-girl(WGM) (Last disconnected Mon Mar 02 2009 02:57):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          1841  [8]     1     3     0     4
Blitz           2250        223   372    49   644   2453 (28-Apr-2007)

 1: evgenia1985 at mail.ru
 2: ????? ????? ?? ???? - ???? ????!
 3: ??????? ?????? ????? ? ??????????, ?? ?? ? ?? ??????????.
 4: Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

 Name   : Evgenia Meshcheryakova
 Groups : WGMs

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Just-girl"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "02:46:21"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3!  Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6  4. d3

I am a lot more forgiving of female Lemmiwinks. I figure some
well meaning Chess coach forced some safe system on them to
protect her, not realizing he was crippling her chance for greatness.

At least in Russia Chess children are forced to deal
with the insanity of 1 e4 e5 before they move on.

" Yes, there are many Chessplayers in Russia and many patzers too. "
Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev

In this case  4 d3 might be an act of courage to avoid the Berlin Wall endgame.
4 d3 goes back to the 1800's and beyond.

Fritz X3D beat Kasparov in Game 2 with  4 d3
but lost the next game in the highest
ratings ICC ever got for one live game.


4 ... Bc5! 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6!  Qxf6!  8. Nd5!  Qd8!

With  ... a6  Ba4  already in Botvinnik's training partner Ragozin
tried ... Qg6!?  but this is unsound after Nh4!! or N:c7+

One thing I love about the Russians is their respect for Chess culture.


9. c3 a6!  10. Ba4 Ba7 TN

Hyper-Pole Novelty,
10 ... b5!
has been played before.
Fritz 9  #1    10 ... 0-0
Fritz 9  #2    10 ... Ba7
Fritz 9  #3    10 ...  b5



11. O-O  O-O!  12. h3  f5!

With a bit of an attack already with targets at h3 and f3.
12 ... Ne7!!  is also good with the same ideas.



13. exf5!  Bxf5!  14. Ne3!  Be6! 15. Bb3 Qd7!

15 ... d5!  is even more aggressive

16. Nd5 Kh7

16 ... Na5!!!  grabs the two bishops,
16 ... Rae8!!  or ... Rad8!!  completes development

17. Qe2 Rf7?

Winding up for ... Raf8 and ... R:f3
but missing  18  N:c7!

18. Nd2?  Raf8!!  19. Ne4 Ne7

19 ... Na5!!
breaks the White square hammerlock in the center


20. Nxe7!  Qxe7! 21. Bxe6!  Qxe6!  22. c4 c6

Trying to break through on f2,
I have many advantages and many good moves.


23. Qh5!

" Banking off the cheap shots into a good game " -
Mark Sherbring

Evgenia Meshcheryakova threatens  24 Ng5+



23 ...  Rf5!

Meeting the threat with tempo


24. Qg4!  d5!!

Finally reclaiming the center


25. Ng3 Rxf2!!

Getting fancy and showing off since
25  ... R5f6!  26  Q:e6  R:e6
is a very comfortable endgame.
25 ... h5!!!  is even better because of
26  N:h5  Qh6!  27  Ng3  Rg5!
and the WGM can't protect her knight



26. Qxe6!  Rxf1+! 27. Kh2!  Bg1+!  28. Kh1!  Rxa1!


I had 22 more seconds on the clock and I thought 2
Rooks and a pawn for a Queen would be interesting.


29. Nf5!  Rf1!  30. g4!  Bd4+!  31. Kg2!  Rf2+!  32. Kg3

The first nonbest move in a while,
just slightly worse than  32 Kh1.
32 Kg1??  R2:f5+!!  mates


32 ... Rxb2?

As my hand captured on b2, I thought -
Hmmm, the d3-pawn looks more important -
32 ... Rd2!!  kept a big advantage.
50 seconds left for me,
28 seconds for Just-Girl


33. Qe7!!=  Rg8!=  34. Qxb7??

Missing  34 N:h6!!   K:h6?  35  Qf7!!
with two big threats


34 ...  Rxb7

{White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Just-girl"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "02:46:21"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ne3 Be6
15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Nd5 Kh7 17. Qe2 Rf7 18. Nd2 Raf8 19. Ne4 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7
21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. c4 c6 23. Qh5 Rf5 24. Qg4 d5 25. Ng3 Rxf2 26. Qxe6 Rxf1+
27. Kh2 Bg1+ 28. Kh1 Rxa1 29. Nf5 Rf1 30. g4 Bd4+ 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 32. Kg3 Rxb2
33. Qe7 Rg8 34. Qxb7 Rxb7 {White resigns} 0-1
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Fritz X3d  versus Kasparov

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O?O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O?O
8. Re1 Re8 9. d4 Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. a4 h6 13. a5 a6 14. b4 f5
15. c4 Nf6 16. Bb2 Qd7 17. Rb1 g5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Nf1 Qh7 20. N3d2 Nf5
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 h5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Rbe1 Rf7 25. R1e2 g4 26. Qb3 Raf8
27. c5 Qg6 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Bh6 31. Qb6 Kh7 32. Qb4 Rg7??
33. Rxe5 dxe5 34. Qxf8 Nd4 35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Re8 Rg8 37. Qe7+ Rg7 38. Qd8 Rg8
39. Qd7+

1?0
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[Event "Corsica 2nd"]
[Site "Corsica"]
[Date "2004.10.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pace,Pierdario"]
[Black "Di Fonzo,Valerio"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Ba4 h6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.c3 b5 11.Bc2 0-0 12.d4 Ba7 13.Ne3 Qf6
14.0-0 Ne7 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Bg4 18.Qxe5 Bxf3
19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.gxf3 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Kf8 22.a4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Ke7
24.Bb3 bxa4 25.Bxa4 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.Kg2 a5 28.f4 Ke7 29.Kg3 Kf8
30.Bb3 Bc5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Bc2 Bb6 33.Kf3 Kf8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.f3 Bg1
36.Kd3 Bh2 37.f5 Bf4 38.Bb3 Bc1 39.Kc2 Bf4 40.Bd5

1/2

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[Event "Leningrad m"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik,Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin,Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg5 h6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qg6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bb3 Ra7 12.c3 0-0 13.0-0 Bg4
14.Ne3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Na5 16.Bc2 c5 17.Qe1 Qe6 18.Nh4 Nc6 19.h3 Bh5
20.Nf5 Bg6 21.Qe2 Bxf5 22.exf5 Qf6 23.Bb3 Rd8 24.e4 Ne7
25.a4 b4 26.Qe3 Rb7 27.Bc4 bxc3 28.bxc3 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5
30.Qe4 Rbd7 31.Rfe1 Nf4 32.Re3 Qg5 33.Kh2 Nd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5
35.Rf1 Qf6 36.Rff3 Qd6 37.c4 Rd4 38.Qxe5 Rxd3 39.Qxd6 R3xd6 40.Re5 Rc8

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 03:51:20 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 03:51:20 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Everything a Fishing Pole
Message-ID: <1235991080.49abba2875518@www.taom.com>



Statistics for bleszek3         On for:   10     Idle:    0
bleszek3 is currently involved in a match against gankrulz.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2169       6715  8390  1593 16698   2362 (19-Jan-2008)
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "bleszek3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C03"]
[NIC "FR.07"]
[Time "04:44:15"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4!  d5  3. Nd2 dxe4!  4. Nxe4!  Be7
5. Nf3!  Nf6 6. Bd3!  Nbd7 7. Qe2!  c5 8. dxc5!  Nxc5?
9. Nxc5!  Bxc5!  10. Bg5!  Be7 11. O-O-O!  Qc7

played 5 times before


12. Kb1

Happened twice before.
12 Bb5+!!  will force a King move.


12 ... O-O!  13. h4

I have many good moves -
13  g4!!!, h4!!, Ne5!!, B:f6!!, c3!!
and more

13 ... Nd5   TN

Theoretical Novelty by Bleszek3
13 ... Bd7 was tried earlier

14. Ne5

14  B:e7!!  N:e7  15  Qe4!!
creates an immediate weakness.

14 ... h6 15. c3!?

I can't resist creating a Bishing Pole but
I had better ideas -
15  B:e7  Q:e7  16  Qe4  Nf6  17  Qe1  with the idea of g4-g5
15  c4  Nb4  16  B:e7  Q:e7  17 Be4
15  Bd2 with the idea of  g4-g5
15  Bc1 with the idea of  g4-g5
my stylistic favorite is the thematic
15  B:h6  gh  16 Qg4+  Kh8  17  Qh5  Kg7  18 Rh3
Like Larry Christiansen and Joe Fang,
I love rook lifts.


15 ...  Rd8

15 ... f6!  is best but I would still have chances.


16. Qe4?

I am better after  16 B:e7!, c4, Bc1, Bd2
My stylistic favorite this time is
16  N:f7!?  K:f7  17  B:h6!  gh  18  Qh5+
with a perp


16 ...  f5!  17. Qe2!  Bf6?


Refusing to unleash the gates of hell

18. f4?

I insist on Bishing Pole insanity -
18 B:f6!!  or Ng6!  are better for me.
The game is seesawing every move.


18 ...  Bd7?

Refusing to unleash the gates of hell


19. g4?

I am better after
19 N:d7!!, B:f6!!, B:f5!, c4!  or Bc4
but I just continue to throw snowballs at the King bus


19 ...  hxg5!

Finally unleashing the gates of hell.


20. hxg5??

20 N:d7!  first is much better


20 ... Bxe5

20 ... N:f4!! is a killer



21. fxe5!  Be8 22. gxf5!!

I am winning again and in my element,
Bishing Pole madness

22 ...  exf5 23. Bxf5!!  Nxc3+ 24. bxc3!  g6 25. Bc2!!

Best by far -
protects my King and attacks his with Bb3+ -
My King is safer in an open position -
that's why I threw pawns at his eyes.



25 ... Qxc3 26. Bb3+!!!

Best -
26   R:d8!!  R:d8  27  Qh2!!  or just  26  Q:h2!!
are killers too


26 ... Kg7 27. Qh2

I have faster mates after
27  R:d8!  or Rd6!  but my favorite is the express version-
27 Rh7+!!  with the idea of getting my Queen to h6 quick


27 ... Rxd1+!  28. Rxd1!  Qc6

Even the hopeless Queen sac
28 ... Q:b3+!  gets mated



29. Rd7+!!

A free torture move to extend the agony.

29 ... Bxd7 30. Qh6#


{Black checkmated}    1-0

Fishing/Bishing Poles create fighting spirit.

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "bleszek3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C03"]
[NIC "FR.07"]
[Time "04:44:15"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Qe2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O-O Qc7
12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 Nd5 14. Ne5 h6 15. c3 Rd8 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qe2 Bf6
18. f4 Bd7 19. g4 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Be8 22. gxf5 exf5
23. Bxf5 Nxc3+ 24. bxc3 g6 25. Bc2 Qxc3 26. Bb3+ Kg7 27. Qh2 Rxd1+
28. Rxd1 Qc6 29. Rd7+ Bxd7 30. Qh6#

{Black checkmated} 1-0
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[Event "Pamplona op"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li,Chao"]
[Black "Delgado Crespo,Mairelys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 c5
8.Nxc5 Nxc5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 0-0 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.Kb1 Be7 13.h4 Bd7
14.Ne5 Bc6 15.h5 Nd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rde1 Qb4 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qe5 Rab8
20.b3 Qf4 21.Qxf4 Nxf4 22.Be4 Nd5 23.Kb2 Rfd8 24.Bf3 c5 25.Rd1 Kf8
26.Rhe1 Nb6 27.Be2 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Na4+ 29.Ka3 Nc3 30.Bf3 Nb5+ 31.Kb2 Ke7
32.a4 Nd4 33.Be4 f5 34.Bd3 Kf6 35.f4 Nc6 36.Bc4 Re8 37.Kc3 Nb4
38.Re5 Nc6 39.Rxc5 Nb8 40.Rc7 a6 41.b4

1-0
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[Event "CZE-chT1 West 0607"]
[Site "Czechia"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schula,Michal"]
[Black "Hlavacek,Robert"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Bg5 Be7 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Ne5 Bc6
14.f4 Rad8 15.Rhe1 a6 16.f5 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.fxe6 Qxe6 19.Qh5 Nf6
20.Qh4 Qc8 21.Rf1 Qc7 22.Rxf6 Rxd3 23.Nxd3 gxf6 24.Qxf6 Be4 25.Qg5+ Bg6
26.h4 Rc8 27.Rd2 Kh8 28.Qe5+ Qxe5 29.Nxe5 Rc7 30.g4 Re7 31.Nxg6+ hxg6
32.b3 Kg7 33.g5 Re4 34.Rh2 f6 35.gxf6+ Kxf6 36.Kb2 Kf5 37.h5 g5
38.h6 Re8 39.Kc3 Rh8 40.Kd3 Kg6 41.Ke4 Rxh6 42.Rd2 Rh7 43.Kf3 Re7 44.c4 Kh5

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 05:55:06 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 05:55:06 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fwd: Aronian's first Grandmaster Chess coach
	is no match for my highly honed h-file attack
Message-ID: <1235998506.49abd72ac1903@www.taom.com>



 1: Hi, I'm Melik Khachiyan from Armenia,current resident of Los
  Angeles,California.
 2: To get more information check my new website: www.gmmelik.com.  The best
  way to contact to me is via e-mail: chessgame64 at yahoo.com if you looking for
  the lessons.I'm also available for  lessons  via  { SKYPE}.
 3: Winner of several tournaments in US,including 4 times American Open in
  01,04,06,08.
 4: Professional coach since 1991.Honored coach of Armenia for training Levon
  Aronian ( 1991-1997),my best student. Another my favor student is Tigran L
  Petrosian  ( 1997-2000)...
 5: Here in US I also have a lot of students.Most of them already became
  masters,or would be masters soon.R.Akopian,J.Gutman,E.Yanayt,and many ,many
  others.
 6: Happy with my Family my 2 sons and beautiful wife.
 7: R.I.P. Karen Asrian our good friend who passed away.Terrible loss for
  us,all of us.Moi glubochaishie soboleznovaniya semie i blizkim Karena.
 8: Missing all my good friends in Armenia.
 9: USCF 2628,FIDE 2519

 Name   : Melikset Khachian
 Groups : Armenia SouthCA GMs
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http://www.chesscafe.com/text/misha26.pdf

Aronian talking about how Melikset Khachian took him from 3rd ctaegory to IM
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http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/grandmaster-games/index.php?player=Melikset_Khachian&masterplayerid=1261
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.chessgames.com/player/melikset_khachian.html
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dragon-70"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "06:05:01"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4

The Grandmaster could have avoided a spot of trouble
if he had studied my Youtube Fork Trick videos -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oT6QcOHj-M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpWin-ZjeI&feature=related


5. d4 d5!  6. Bb5!  exd4!  7. Nxd4!  Bd7!  8. Bxc6!  bxc6!  9. f3!  Nf6?

Not the best square -
9 ... Nc5!!  or ... Ng5!!
prepares to cover the e-file with  ... Ne6
9 ... Nd6!  is better too


10. Re1+!  Be7!  11. Qe2!  c5

I just heard Kamsky on an audio interview today declare that his main
problem in the Topalov match was lack of confidence which led to time
pressure. He also stated both camps analyzed to music to avoid
eavesdropping which became tiresome after a while.

I tried to play with confidence against the GM.
The position is about equal -
My extra pawn versus my awkward King.
11 ... Kf8, ... Rb8, ... Rc8, ... a6, ... c5, ... a5  et. al.
are in the realm of equality

12. Nb3?

9 ... Nf6?  was my big mistake,
losing all my advantage.
12 Nb3? was the Armenian's big mistake.
12 Bf4!!  threatening  B:c7!  holds the balance and
12 Nb5!  is better than the GM move.
Aronian spoke of how the Armenians are bad in the opening.



12 ...  Be6!  13. f4 g6

Khachian's e-file pressure is kind of fake now -
I have many good ideas like
13 ... c6, ... Rb8, ... Ne4, ... a5  and  ... Qd7
to name a few


14. f5

A psositional pawn sac to free his bishop but now he is down two pawns

14 ... gxf5!  15. c3 Ne4

Almost anything wins now -
15 ... Qd6  and 16 ... 0-0-0
is another approach


16. Be3!  Bd6

Trying to liberate my Queen -
16 ... Qd6  or ... Qd7
are also good among many others



17. N1d2!  c4!!

Still trying to play with confidence


18. Nd4!  Qf6

Trying to castle Kingside -
18 ... Qd7  trying to castle Queenside
might be even stronger


19. Nxe4 fxe4!  20. Rf1 Qg6

Still trying to castle Kingside -
20 ... Qh4!!!   21 g3  Rg8!
followed by ... 0-0-0
is powerful


21. b3

Good but not best -
21 ... Bg4, ... 0-0, ... Rg8  or  ... Qg4
are sharper

21 ... cxb3 22. Qb5+!  Kf8 23. axb3!  Rg8!  24. Rf2!  Kg7

Still trying to castle Kingside


25. Raf1 Kh8!!

Made it to the promised land


26. Nc6?

Good, he didn't see the threat I was setting up


26 ... Bxh2+!!  27. Kxh2 Qg3+!!  28. Kh1!  Qxe3!!

Now that horrible bishop cannot check me on d4


29. c4

Melikset tries to get his Queen onto the dark squares now


29 ... Rg5

Not through the Iron Duke,
29 ... Bh3!!   already leads to checkmate

30. cxd5 Rxd5

30 ... Rh5+!!!!  31  Kg1  Qh6!!!!
is 4 times better than what I played


31. Qb7 Rg8!!

31 ... Rh5+!!!  first is a teensy bit better


32. Qxc7!

Trying to bring his Queen around to help out
but it is far too late for the Grandmaster.


32 ...  Rh5+!!!

I don't know if it is my Fishing Pole training
or what but I seem to whip up h-file mating attacks
from any opening and against any opponent.


33. Kg1 Qh3

33 ... R:g2+!!!  or ... Bh3!!  already mates but the beauty of
these attacks is that you do not have to be accurate at all.



34. Rd2 e3!!!!


It all ends with a Fishing Pole theme after all,
restrict the enemy King from reaching f2,
then mate him on h1 or h2.
It's forced mate now.


{White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dragon-70"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "06:05:01"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bb5 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Nb3 Be6 13. f4 g6 14. f5
gxf5 15. c3 Ne4 16. Be3 Bd6 17. N1d2 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rf1
Qg6 21. b3 cxb3 22. Qb5+ Kf8 23. axb3 Rg8 24. Rf2 Kg7 25. Raf1 Kh8 26. Nc6
Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxe3 29. c4 Rg5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Qb7 Rg8 32.
Qxc7 Rh5+ 33. Kg1 Qh3 34. Rd2 e3 {White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "Moscow (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Andreieva,Olga A"]
[Black "Korkina,Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bb5 Be7
8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nb3 Be6 13.Nc3 Qd7
14.Bf4 0-0 15.Rad1 d4 16.Be5 Qc6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Be7 19.f4 a5
20.Qh5 a4 21.Nbd2 Qd5 22.Qf3 c4 23.g4 f6 24.f5 Bf7
25.Qh3 Rfe8 26.Nf3 Bb4 27.Nc3 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 Qe5

0-1
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[Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kinski,Sven"]
[Black "Cors,Heinz Friedrich"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bb5 Be7
8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nb5 Be6 13.Bf4 Bd6
14.Nxd6+ cxd6 15.Qa6 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Bxd6 Kd7 18.Be5 Ne8
19.Na3 f6 20.Bg3 Nd6 21.c3 Bf5 22.Rad1 Kc6 23.Re7 Rhe8 24.Rde1 Rxe7
25.Rxe7 g5 26.Bxd6 Kxd6 27.Rf7 Ke6 28.Rb7 Ra6 29.Kf2 Bg6 30.Ke3 Kd6
31.Rb8 f5 32.g3 Kc7 33.Rf8 Ra5 34.h4 gxh4 35.gxh4 Ra4 36.h5 f4+
37.Rxf4 Rxf4 38.Kxf4 Bxh5 39.Nb5+ Kd7 40.b4 Kc6

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 12:51:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 12:51:24 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curt Carlson remembers playing this line 37
	years ago - Sacrificial shock
Message-ID: <1236023484.49ac38bc2f8b2@www.taom.com>

Here's a game I just lost -
it reminds me of why I play junk like 1 e4  c5  2 Nh3 -
I felt worse all game but actually I missed many good opportunities -
I tried teaching Anthea Martinez this line for Black .
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Information about GulkovIgor(IM) (Last disconnected Mon Mar 02 2009 14:17):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1930  [6]     1     4     1     6
Loser's         1186  [6]     0     2     0     2
Crazyhouse      1661  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2232  [6]   193    98    50   341   2332 (10-Nov-2006)
Blitz           2544       4981  2210   966  8157   2839 (16-Mar-2007)
Standard        2021  [6]     0     2     1     3
5-minute        2353  [8]   686   495   193  1374   2396 (06-Oct-2007)
1-minute        1985  [8]  1146  1074   131  2351   2168 (30-Apr-2006)

 1: IM Gulkov Igor

 Name   : Gulkov Igor
 Email  : gulkovigor at mail.ru

 Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "GulkovIgor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7...Be7 main line"]
[ECO "B99"]
[NIC "SI.09"]
[Time "04:27:44"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5
13. Qe2 Nfg4 14. h3 hxg5 15. Bg3 Nf6 16. Nf3 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bd7 18. Kb1 f6
19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. g3 O-O-O 21. Bc4 Kb8 22. Bb3 Ng7 23. Qg2 Bc6 24. Bg1 Nf5
25. Bf2 Nd4 26. Be3 Rd6 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rxh4 Rg8 29. Rdh1 Nxb3 30. axb3 f5
31. Rh8 Rdd8 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. Rh7 Qd8 34. Qf2 Bg5 35. Ba7+ Ka8 36. Bb6 Qf6
37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Qc5 e4 39. Qd6 Qxh7 40. Na4 Bxa4 41. bxa4 Rc8 42. Qd1 e3
43. Bxe3 Qe4 44. b3 Qxe3 45. Kb2 Qc3+ 46. Ka2 Bf6

{White forfeits on time} 0-1


I missed
39  Q:f5  ef  40  Rf7
38  Rf7
35  ef
25  R:d8+  R:d8  26  B:e6
23  Bg1
21  Qf3
20  Qf3
19  h4
18  N:e5
17  N:e5

so I wasn't doing nearly as bad as I thought,
it's just that I felt uncomfortable like
I didn't understand the position at all.

Brian Wall
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Curt Carlson

----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net> -----
    Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 06:26:12 -0800
    From: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
Reply-To: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Sacrificial shock
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

In speed games back in 1972 or so Wesley Koehler kept winning against me with
14.Bf5 Qc4.

Curt Carlson
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Brian Wall


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian Wall
  To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian
Wall Chesslist
  Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:52 AM
  Subject: [BrianWallChess] Sacrificial shock



  I attack so much I am shocked when it's sound.

  [Event "ICC 4 0"]
  [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
  [Date "2009.03.01"]
  [Round "-"]
  [White "B-Wall"]
  [Black "herfa47"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [ICCResult "Black resigns"]
  [WhiteElo "2313"]
  [BlackElo "2228"]
  [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
  [ECO "B94"]
  [NIC "SI.06"]
  [Time "13:35:00"]
  [TimeControl "240+0"]

  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7
  7. f4 e6 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 b4??

  Known to be a mistake since at least the 1972
  Kavalek-Gheorghiu game but played at least 14 times since.

  12. Nd5!!

  You don't have to ask a Latvian twice for a move like that.

  12 ... exd5 13. exd5+! Kd8! 14. Nc6+!!

  Better than 14 Bf5 as played by Kavalek and two others after him.
  14 Nc6+!! was first played in Yehuda Gruenfeld-Lev Gutman 1986
  and played at least half a dozen times afterwards.

  14 ... Kc8?? TL

  Theoretical Lemon by Herfa47 but
  14 ... B:c6 15 dc Nb6/c5/b8 16 B:f6+
  among others is good for me.
  Black's position looks like a sorry mess,
  despite the extra piece.
  One sample line -
  14 ... B:c6 15 dc Nb6 16 B:f6+ gf 17 g3
  with multiple threats on the White squares -
  18 Bf5, Qh5, Qe4, Be4

  15. Bf5

  I did not realize -
  A - 15 B:f6!!! was twice as strong because of 15 ... N:f6 16 Bf5+!!
  B - 15 Qh3! was half as strong
  C - the best defense to 15 Bf5!! is Qb6!
  and now I can win two ways -
  16 B:f6 gf 17 B:d7+ K:d7 18 Qh5 B:c6 19 dc+
  with a killer Queen move next -
  19 ... Kc7 20 Q:h5+
  19 ... K:c6 20 Qd5+
  19 ... Kd8 20 Q:f7
  19 ... Q:c6 20 Q:f7+
  19 ... Kc8 20 Qf5+ mate in 3
  16 B:f6 gf 17 B:d7+ K:d7 18 Qh5 Rd8 19 Qf5+ Kc7 20 N:d8
  I am up a pawn, the exchange and a King since 20 ... K:d8 21 Q:f6+
  wins the other rook
  16 B:f6 Kc7 17 Bd4
  I am up a pawn with a free attack
  16 B:d7+ N:d7 17 Bd8!!
  wins the Queen because 17 ... Qb5? 18 Re8!!
  is much worse
  16 B:d7+ N:d7 17 Bd8!! Q:d8 18 N:d8 K:d8 19 Qe4
  I will have a Queen and two pawns and a safer King for two virgin rooks.
  Another way to do it is
  16 B:d7+ N:d7 17 Re8+ Kc7 18 R:a8 f6! ( to stop Bd8+ ) 19 Re8
  I am up the exchange and a pawn and a safer King -
  19 ... fg 20 fg
  with pressure on f8 and threatening to move my knight to e6
  16 B:d7+ Kc7 I have an extra pawn and a free attack
  16 B:d7+ K:d7 17 B:f6!
  I have a pawn and an overwhelming attack already after
  17 ... B:c6 18 B:g7!!
  17 ... Kc7 18 B:g7!!
  17 ... gf 18 Qh5!!

  {Black resigns} 1-0

  I was stunned when Herfa47 resigned but now I have some idea why.
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  [Event "ICC 4 0"]
  [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
  [Date "2009.03.01"]
  [Round "-"]
  [White "B-Wall"]
  [Black "herfa47"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [ICCResult "Black resigns"]
  [WhiteElo "2313"]
  [BlackElo "2228"]
  [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
  [ECO "B94"]
  [NIC "SI.06"]
  [Time "13:35:00"]
  [TimeControl "240+0"]

  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 e6 8.
  Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. exd5+ Kd8 14.
  Nc6+ Kc8 15. Bf5 {Black resigns} 1-0
  ----------------------------------------------------------

  [Event "Skopje ol (Men) fin-A"]
  [Site "Skopje"]
  [Date "1972.09.27"]
  [Round "9"]
  [White "Kavalek,Lubomir"]
  [Black "Gheorghiu,Florin"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [Eco "B96"]

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7
  8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 b4 12.Nd5 exd5 13.exd5+ Kd8
  14.Bf5 Be7 15.Be6 Rf8 16.Bxf7 Rxf7 17.Ne6+ Kc8 18.Nxc7 Kxc7 19.Qe2 a5
  20.Rd4 Bf8 21.Qb5 Nc5 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Re8 Rxe8 24.Qxe8 g5
  25.fxg5 Rf1+ 26.Rd1 Rf2 27.Qh5 Kb6 28.Qxh7 Bc8 29.Qh4 Rxg2 30.Qf4 Be7
  31.h4 Bg4 32.Re1 Bh5 33.Rxe7 Rg1+ 34.Kd2 Rd1+ 35.Ke3 Re1+ 36.Kf2

  1-0
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  [Event "Holon op"]
  [Site "Holon"]
  [Date "1986.12.??"]
  [Round "0"]
  [White "Gruenfeld,Yehuda"]
  [Black "Gutman,Lev"]
  [Result "1-0"]
  [Eco "B96"]

  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7
  8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.Rhe1 Bb7 13.exd5+ Kd8
  14.Nc6+ Bxc6 15.dxc6 Nc5 16.Bxf6+ gxf6 17.Bc4 Ra7 18.Qd5 Ne6 19.f5 Ng7
  20.Re4 Qb6 21.Bb3 Rc7 22.Ba4 Kc8 23.Qd2 a5 24.Qe2 Kb8 25.Rd5 Ka8
  26.Rb5 Qg1+ 27.Kd2 Ne6 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Rxa5+ Ra7 30.Rxa7+ Qxa7
  31.Rxe6 Bh6+ 32.Kd3 Rb8 33.Qe4 d5 34.Qxd5 Qc7 35.Rd6 Re8 36.Kc4 b3
  37.Rd7 Qf4+ 38.Kxb3

  1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 12:57:31 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 12:57:31 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Alvin Pulley knows - Aronian's first
	Grandmaster Chess coach is no match for my highly honed
	h-file attack
Message-ID: <1236023851.49ac3a2be8931@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from alvin pulley <pulleyaj at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:55:14 -0800 (PST)
    From: alvin pulley <pulleyaj at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pulleyaj at yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Fwd: Aronian's first Grandmaster Chess coach is
no match for my highly honed h-file attack
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>


Congrats on the victory Brian! I havent had a chance to look at it but I am sure
it is a nice game.

I have had the pleasure to play GM Khachiyan twice in reg OTB play. Once in LA
and once in Reno. He is a great guy who took the time to go over the games
briefly. A quality not always found with the titled players when it comes to
games with lower ranked players.

Alvin
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian


--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:

 From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fwd: Aronian's first Grandmaster Chess coach is no
match for my highly honed h-file attack
 To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian
Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
 Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 4:55 AM
 1: Hi, I'm Melik Khachiyan from Armenia,current resident
 of Los
   Angeles,California.
  2: To get more information check my new website:
 www.gmmelik.com.  The best
   way to contact to me is via e-mail: chessgame64 at yahoo.com
 if you looking for
   the lessons.I'm also available for  lessons  via  {
 SKYPE}.
  3: Winner of several tournaments in US,including 4 times
 American Open in
   01,04,06,08.
  4: Professional coach since 1991.Honored coach of Armenia
 for training Levon
   Aronian ( 1991-1997),my best student. Another my favor
 student is Tigran L
   Petrosian  ( 1997-2000)...
  5: Here in US I also have a lot of students.Most of them
 already became
   masters,or would be masters
 soon.R.Akopian,J.Gutman,E.Yanayt,and many ,many
   others.
  6: Happy with my Family my 2 sons and beautiful wife.
  7: R.I.P. Karen Asrian our good friend who passed
 away.Terrible loss for
   us,all of us.Moi glubochaishie soboleznovaniya semie i
 blizkim Karena.
  8: Missing all my good friends in Armenia.
  9: USCF 2628,FIDE 2519

  Name   : Melikset Khachian
  Groups : Armenia SouthCA GMs
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

 http://www.chesscafe.com/text/misha26.pdf

 Aronian talking about how Melikset Khachian took him from
 3rd ctaegory to IM
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/grandmaster-games/index.php?layer=Melikset_Khachian&masterplayerid=1261
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 http://www.chessgames.com/player/melikset_khachian.html
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [Event "ICC 5 0"]
 [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
 [Date "2009.03.02"]
 [Round "-"]
 [White "dragon-70"]
 [Black "B-Wall"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [ICCResult "White resigns"]
 [WhiteElo "2396"]
 [BlackElo "2185"]
 [Opening "Two knights defense"]
 [ECO "C55"]
 [NIC "IG.01"]
 [Time "06:05:01"]
 [TimeControl "300+0"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4

 The Grandmaster could have avoided a spot of trouble
 if he had studied my Youtube Fork Trick videos -

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oT6QcOHj-M

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpWin-ZjeI&feature=related


 5. d4 d5!  6. Bb5!  exd4!  7. Nxd4!  Bd7!  8. Bxc6!  bxc6!
 9. f3!  Nf6?

 Not the best square -
 9 ... Nc5!!  or ... Ng5!!
 prepares to cover the e-file with  ... Ne6
9 ... Nd6!  is better too


 10. Re1+!  Be7!  11. Qe2!  c5

 I just heard Kamsky on an audio interview today declare
 that his main
 problem in the Topalov match was lack of confidence which
 led to time
 pressure. He also stated both camps analyzed to music to
avoid
 eavesdropping which became tiresome after a while.

 I tried to play with confidence against the GM.
 The position is about equal -
 My extra pawn versus my awkward King.
 11 ... Kf8, ... Rb8, ... Rc8, ... a6, ... c5, ... a5  et.
 al.
 are in the realm of equality

 12. Nb3?

 9 ... Nf6?  was my big mistake,
 losing all my advantage.
 12 Nb3? was the Armenian's big mistake.
 12 Bf4!!  threatening  B:c7!  holds the balance and
 12 Nb5!  is better than the GM move.
 Aronian spoke of how the Armenians are bad in the opening.



 12 ...  Be6!  13. f4 g6

 Khachian's e-file pressure is kind of fake now -
 I have many good ideas like
 13 ... c6, ... Rb8, ... Ne4, ... a5  and  ... Qd7
 to name a few


 14. f5

 A psositional pawn sac to free his bishop but now he is
 down two pawns

 14 ... gxf5!  15. c3 Ne4

 Almost anything wins now -
 15 ... Qd6  and 16 ... 0-0-0
 is another approach


 16. Be3!  Bd6

 Trying to liberate my Queen -
 16 ... Qd6  or ... Qd7
 are also good among many others



 17. N1d2!  c4!!

 Still trying to play with confidence


 18. Nd4!  Qf6

 Trying to castle Kingside -
 18 ... Qd7  trying to castle Queenside
 might be even stronger


 19. Nxe4 fxe4!  20. Rf1 Qg6

 Still trying to castle Kingside -
 20 ... Qh4!!!   21 g3  Rg8!
 followed by ... 0-0-0
 is powerful


 21. b3

 Good but not best -
 21 ... Bg4, ... 0-0, ... Rg8  or  ... Qg4
 are sharper

 21 ... cxb3 22. Qb5+!  Kf8 23. axb3!  Rg8!  24. Rf2!  Kg7

 Still trying to castle Kingside


 25. Raf1 Kh8!!

 Made it to the promised land


 26. Nc6?

 Good, he didn't see the threat I was setting up


 26 ... Bxh2+!!  27. Kxh2 Qg3+!!  28. Kh1!  Qxe3!!

 Now that horrible bishop cannot check me on d4


 29. c4

 Melikset tries to get his Queen onto the dark squares now


 29 ... Rg5

 Not through the Iron Duke,
 29 ... Bh3!!   already leads to checkmate

 30. cxd5 Rxd5

 30 ... Rh5+!!!!  31  Kg1  Qh6!!!!
 is 4 times better than what I played


 31. Qb7 Rg8!!

 31 ... Rh5+!!!  first is a teensy bit better


 32. Qxc7!

 Trying to bring his Queen around to help out
 but it is far too late for the Grandmaster.


 32 ...  Rh5+!!!

 I don't know if it is my Fishing Pole training
 or what but I seem to whip up h-file mating attacks
 from any opening and against any opponent.


 33. Kg1 Qh3

 33 ... R:g2+!!!  or ... Bh3!!  already mates but the beauty
 of
 these attacks is that you do not have to be accurate at
 all.



 34. Rd2 e3!!!!


 It all ends with a Fishing Pole theme after all,
 restrict the enemy King from reaching f2,
 then mate him on h1 or h2.
 It's forced mate now.


 {White resigns} 0-1
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [Event "ICC 5 0"]
 [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
 [Date "2009.03.02"]
 [Round "-"]
 [White "dragon-70"]
 [Black "B-Wall"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [ICCResult "White resigns"]
 [WhiteElo "2396"]
 [BlackElo "2185"]
 [Opening "Two knights defense"]
 [ECO "C55"]
 [NIC "IG.01"]
 [Time "06:05:01"]
 [TimeControl "300+0"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bb5
 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Nb3 Be6
 13. f4 g6 14. f5
 gxf5 15. c3 Ne4 16. Be3 Bd6 17. N1d2 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19.
 Nxe4 fxe4 20. Rf1
 Qg6 21. b3 cxb3 22. Qb5+ Kf8 23. axb3 Rg8 24. Rf2 Kg7 25.
 Raf1 Kh8 26. Nc6
 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxe3 29. c4 Rg5 30. cxd5 Rxd5
 31. Qb7 Rg8 32.
 Qxc7 Rh5+ 33. Kg1 Qh3 34. Rd2 e3 {White resigns} 0-1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 [Event "Moscow (Women)"]
 [Site "Moscow"]
 [Date "1990.??.??"]
 [Round "0"]
 [White "Andreieva,Olga A"]
 [Black "Korkina,Svetlana"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [Eco "C56"]

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5
 7.Bb5 Be7
 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nb3 Be6
 13.Nc3 Qd7
 14.Bf4 0-0 15.Rad1 d4 16.Be5 Qc6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Be7
 19.f4 a5
 20.Qh5 a4 21.Nbd2 Qd5 22.Qf3 c4 23.g4 f6 24.f5 Bf7
 25.Qh3 Rfe8 26.Nf3 Bb4 27.Nc3 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 Qe5

 0-1
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

 [Event "Frankfurt-ch"]
 [Site "Frankfurt"]
 [Date "2005.04.25"]
 [Round "7"]
 [White "Kinski,Sven"]
 [Black "Cors,Heinz Friedrich"]
 [Result "1/2"]
 [Eco "C56"]

 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5
 7.Bb5 Be7
 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nb5 Be6
 13.Bf4 Bd6
 14.Nxd6+ cxd6 15.Qa6 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.Bxd6 Kd7 18.Be5
 Ne8
 19.Na3 f6 20.Bg3 Nd6 21.c3 Bf5 22.Rad1 Kc6 23.Re7 Rhe8
 24.Rde1 Rxe7
 25.Rxe7 g5 26.Bxd6 Kxd6 27.Rf7 Ke6 28.Rb7 Ra6 29.Kf2 Bg6
 30.Ke3 Kd6
 31.Rb8 f5 32.g3 Kc7 33.Rf8 Ra5 34.h4 gxh4 35.gxh4 Ra4 36.h5
 f4+
 37.Rxf4 Rxf4 38.Kxf4 Bxh5 39.Nb5+ Kd7 40.b4 Kc6

 1/2
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 13:23:53 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 13:23:53 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I need help about "The chess mind"
Message-ID: <1236025433.49ac4059e5aee@www.taom.com>

http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Chess-Mind-Players-Levels/dp/1857443578

Inside the Chess Mind: How Players of All Levels Think About the Game
(Paperback)
by Jacob Aagaard (Author)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/471342

The chess mind / Gerald Abrahams
------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/

nice blog I subscribe to by
Dennis Monokroussos
------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you speak Spanish check out Luis's site -
high quality analysis
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Wall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

----- Forwarded message from Jim Roe <jim_roe at sympatico.ca> -----
    Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:08:21 -0500
    From: Jim Roe <jim_roe at sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: RE: [Chess Improvement] I need help about "The chess mind"
      To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com

You must be more specific as there are many titles named Chess Mind. Who is
the author?



  _____

From: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lumecas
Sent: March-02-09 1:25 PM
To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Chess Improvement] I need help about "The chess mind"



Hello:

I need to know the content of the book " The chess mind ".

That think the components of the group about this book?

Gracias from Spain

Luis MC

http://comentariosd <http://comentariosdeajedrez.blogspot.com>
eajedrez.blogspot.com


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  2 16:37:27 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  2 Mar 2009 16:37:27 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Nobody lasts long enough to get mated anymore
Message-ID: <1236037047.49ac6db7a1fed@www.taom.com>


I think TV and video games are rotting their minds.
They can't play basketball, they can't think.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Fuerte2004"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

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

Fishing Pole

5. h3 h5!!  6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6
9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4


Here we are in my favorite line,
I am all ready for the smackdown with
12 Qf3  Nd4  13  Q:b7  Re8  14  B:e8  Ne2+  15  Kh1  Q:f2
16  R:f2  Ng3+  17  Kg1  B:f2  checkmate

They can't hang with me anymore.


12. Bxc6 Qg3!!

I used to take on f2 a lot a long time ago
when I got started in my Fishing Pole career.


13. Qxg4!

Best but most are too humilaited to play it.
Anything else gets mated.

13 ... hxg4!  14. Be3!

Best but most are too humiliated to play it.
Anything else gets mated.


14 ... Bxe3!  15. fxe3

Anything but the totally hopeless
15 Nd2 or Nc3 is immediate checkmate

15 ... bxc6

15 ... Q:e3+!!  16  Kh1  bc  mates quicker


16. Nc3

{White resigns}  0-1

16  Nc3  gh  17 Rf2  hg  18 R:g2  Q:e3+  19  Rf2  Ke7!
20  Nd5+  cd  21 f6+  Ke6  22 Rd1  Rag8+  23 Kf1  Rh1  checkmate

The herd needs thinning.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Fuerte2004"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4
12. Bxc6 Qg3 13. Qxg4 hxg4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 bxc6 16. Nc3

{White resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar  3 15:35:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  3 Mar 2009 15:35:28 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1236119728.49adb0b09986a@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 09:57:10 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter



Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter


http://cs.chess.home.att.net
            This Week In Chess

            On February 24th, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance. The main
event was a Fischer-Random, double-Swiss tournament (G15). In each round, the
pawns started in their regular position. However, a draw from a hat determined
the set-up of the pieces. Of course, a couple of rules helped keep the game
close to standard chess; the bishops had to be on opposite colors, and the king
had to be between the rooks. Castling was accomplished with the standard rules
and into the normal position, but the king and rook could start from almost any
other back rank square. Here are the results:



Score	Player
4.0	Paul Anderson
4.0	Bill Weihmiller
2.0	Tikila Nichols
2.0	Philip Long
2.0	Dean Brown
2.0	Tony Rizzo
0.0	Mike Bauers
0.0	Jason Feith

            A Valentine Tournament Results
            By Liz Wood

            At last, the crosstable and prize list for Pueblo Chess Club's A
Valentine Tournament, held on 2/14/09 at the Daily Grind in Pueblo:



4.5	Igor Melnykov	1st	$50.50
3.5	Mitchell Anderson
3.5	M Paull Covington
3.0	Jeffrey Baffo	U1900	$25.00
3.0	Anthony Cordova	U1900	$25.00
3.0	Robert Roundtree	U1900	$25.00
2.5	Klaus Johnson
2.5	Tom Mullikin	U1400	$24.00
2.0	Dean Brown
2.0	Jerry Maier
2.0	Tikila Nichols
2.0	Kathy Schneider	U1200	$20.00
1.0	Liz Wood

            Game Of The Week

            This week's game comes from one of my readers. The nice thing about
doing this newsletter is that I talk with chess players with which I might not
have otherwise met. I have never faced Robert Rountree over the board. We only
see each other at the weekend tournaments, and he was nice enough to let me
know he was getting the newsletter and enjoying it. During the off-season, I
commented on a couple of games he emailed to me. My advice is usually very
general, as I have taken the Ben Kenobi approach to chess. I told him, "You
must do what you feel is right, of course." I have started to realize that a
lot of getting better at chess is learning about myself. Then I can focus on
improving my strengths and minimizing my weaknesses. Robert seemed to catch
onto that idea in this tournament and improved his results against his 2nd
class A opponent.

            "Hi Paul, I just read your newsletter and thought I would send you
these games from the G30 Valentine Tournament (2/14/09) in Pueblo. I played
Mitch Anderson in the first round. He did not see my "cheap trick" until after
11. a4. He offered a draw that I refused. I should have looked at my clock
instead of my position. I got in time trouble and lost. Determined not to get
in time trouble again, I played Klaus rather quickly in the second round. I
don't think the entire game lasted more than 15 minutes. I won. I think for
players of my caliber, the secret to better play is to realize that your
opponent is on your side of the board. We have to stop making errors and think
at the board. Thanks for the inspiration, Bob Rountree"

            My Own Worst Enenmy (Click this link to view the game on your web
browser)

            (134) Rountree,Robert (1509) - Johnson,Klaus (1808) [B80]
            A Valentine Tournament Pueblo (2), 14.02.2009
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack
            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Be7 7.f3 a6
8.Qd2 last book move 8...Nbd7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.g4 Ne5 11.Be2 b5 12.g5 Nfd7
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar  4 23:41:07 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2009 23:41:07 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] My first catch with the Fishing Pole!
Message-ID: <1236235267.49af7403b0c76@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from stillday1957 <stillday1957 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:01:35 -0000
    From: stillday1957 <stillday1957 at yahoo.com>


Not a whopper...but still a keeper.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Smalls"]
[Black "stillday"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "891"]
[BlackElo "527"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "20:51:45"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Bxc6 bxc6
7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Nh2 Qh4 9. Nxg4 Qh1# {White checkmated} 0-1

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2009 23:41:44 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Another one on the stringer!
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Buzzy"]
[Black "stillday"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "797"]
[BlackElo "549"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:42:19"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Rf1 a6
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 h5 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Nxe5 Qh4 {White resigns} 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar  5 11:57:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2009 11:57:30 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation
Message-ID: <1236279450.49b0209a7b9bc@www.taom.com>


Chessmaster Josh Bloomer, lucky in both love and cards, was at Poor Richard's
tonight. It was in Bloomer's basement that I hatched the Full Metal Jacket
Opening, meaning Black keeps all 8 bullets ( pawns ) -

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 Qxe4+
7. Be3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qxe3+ 10. Qxe3+ Bxe3 11. Kxe3 Nf6

It was Josh Bloomer who said -
" Half of Brian's wins are pawn waves. "

Therefore it was fitting tonight that my opening was the Fishing Pole, Full
Metal Jacket Variation, i.e., I kept all eight pawns on the board for 34 moves,
rather rare, I should think and absolutely impossible in a Fishing Pole. I
marched my pawns down the board in a pawn wave, just the way Josh noted.

Congratulations to Anthea Carson Martinez, whose rating unofficially surpassed
1800 for the first time in her life. She beat this 1900 twice at the Denver
Chess Club starting out at about 1700 and managed to almost equalize their
ratings.

I never saw Josh Bloomer look at my game because he had a tigress by the tail,
none other than our newest A-player, Anthea. The game looked like a tough,
close battle to me and I think Josh pointed out in the post-mortem where she
could have drawn. It was the last game to finish.

Fred Spell is only 1484 but I was shocked at his move technique - I guess years
of playing at Poor Richard's have hardened him or fear of this email inspired
him but he played tough Chess down the line and used up all of his time, a
positive sign that someone is trying their very best. English Super Grandmaster
Michael Adams says that in Swiss system tournaments, players either completely
cave in against him or play the game of their life.

In other games tonight, the unstoppable juggernaut Mitch Anderson rolled over TD
Jerry Maier, Bill Weihmiller won a piece off of Danielle Rice's Scandinavian and
Dean Brown had a battle Royal with Paul Covington - I think it was one of those
games where all three results were possible. Joe Fromme had a tough time
beating Tikila. Tom Mullikin looked lost without Dragan.


[Event "Poor Richard's"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2009.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fred Spell"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "Game/85  5 second delay"]

Poor Richard's Bookstore Wednesday Night Chess Tournament,
320 North Tejon Street, Downtown Colorado Springs, CO

Warm night

March 4, 2009

Round 1

Board 2

Game/85 minutes
5 second delay

Opening -
Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket

White - Fred Spell     1484

Black - Brian Wall     2206

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

Fishing Pole


5. Re1 Bc5!!

Played instantaneously hoping for
6  d4  N:d4  7 N:d4  Qh4  8  Nf3  Q:f2+  9 Kh1  Qg1+!!!
10  any-captures-g1 followed by smothered mate on f2
like I beat two masters on ICC and as illustrated in
How To Play Chess Like An Animal. I was hoping to
complete a slow rated game of Chess with less than a
minute used on my clock.


6. Re2

The best thing about this position is that the best move is so utterly
humiliating, 6 Rf1, losing 2 tempi. Simply stated, the best move is
psychologically impossible to play, whether in blitz or slow Chess.


6 ... Nd4!!

I remembered that Fritz really loved this move but I couldn't remember why at
all - it goes against my usual strategy of building up a massive attack.


7. Nxd4!  Bxd4!?

Fritz likes  7 ... ed!!  8 h3  a6!, .. Ne5!  or ... c6!
but what the hell does that have to do with a Fishing Pole?


8. h3!

The 1400 serves notice that it won't be business as
usual tonight by finding an only move in one minute.
My main threats were  8 ... Qh4  or harassing his
floating bishop on b5 with pawns.


8 ...  Nxf2

Some possibilities
8 ...  c6!  9 Ba4  N:f2!  10  R:f2  d5!
White has two pieces and the slightly better game -
I have rook and center pawn and safer King,
much like what was played.
8 ... a6  9  Bc4  b5  10 Bb3  Nf6  11 c3  Bb6  12 d4
with normal Ruy Lopez avantage.
The reason I rejected the normal Fishing Pole move  8 ... h5 was -
A - I seemed to remember Fritz preferring ... N:f2
B - miscalculation after  8 ... h5  9 d3?  Qh4!  10 Be3?  N:e3!
11 fe  B:b2!  the move I missed

8 ... h5  9  hg  hg  10 g3!  c6  or ... Qf6
I have some compensation for the Fishing Pole Knight.

9. Rxf2!  Bxf2+! 10. Kxf2!  Qh4+
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In the dark corner of my mind where Fishing Pole analysis lies dormant,
I seemed to remember  10 ... Qf6+  11 Qf3/Kg1/Ke3  Qb6+
picking up the bishop and as Botvinnik said about his one game with Fischer -
" That position was my guiding light " -
10 ... Qf6+  11 Kg3  Qf4 checkmate looked promising too.
I didn't see the point of my play after
10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke2 -
Fred's King is in the center but I wanted the tangible e-pawn and center,
not vague threats against his King.
Fritz 11 continues  10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke2  c6  12 Bd3
The Renae Delaware Defense to the Fishing Pole -
White hangs onto his e-pawn, I didn't like that -
also  10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke2  c6  12 Bc4 is possible or
10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke1  Qh4+  12 Kf1  Q:e4
is better than the game becuase Fred's
King is closer to the center by one tempo.
also possible is  10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke1  Qh4+  12 Kf1  f5
trying to castle on Fred's head -
Here's a fun line -
10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke1  Qh4+  12 Kf1  f5  13  d4  fe  14 de  0-0+
15  Kg1  d6  16  ed??  B:h3!!  crushing
one more idea before we leave this place -
10 ... Qf6+  11 Ke2  c6  12 Bc4  Qg6  13 Kf1  f5
14 ef  Q:f5+ 15 Kg1  d5  16 Bb3
and I have one less pawn than the game.

I decided to avoid the murky stuff and just grab the pawn,
even though I half remembered that Fritz preferred 10 ... Qf6+
for some obscure reason ( driving Fred's King into the center ).
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11. Kg1!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 Ke3?  Qg3+!  12  Qf3  Qe1+  is bad for Mr. Spell
also very bad is  11 Kf3?  Qh5+ ( skewering King and Queen )
12 g4  Q:h3+
11 Ke2  Q:e4+  is the same material balance as the
game but Fred's King headed in the wrong direction.
11 Kf1  or g3  are OK, no immediate disasters loom but
Fred's move is clearly best, safeguarding his King.
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11 ... Qxe4!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

So we have the Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation.
Remarkably I keep all 8 bullets until move 35.
Rook and two center pawns for bishop and knight is a
delicate balance relying on subtle nuances. A small
mistake can tip the scales.

We have used about 15 minutes so far.
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12. Nc3!  Qd4+! 13. Kh1!  c6

I decided that 13 ... c6  or ... 0-0
must be interchangable and Fritz 11 confirms this.

14. Ba4 O-O!  15. Qf3

I didn't get the point of this move walking into
... e4 shots but maybe Fred wanted to sac on d5.
15  d3!  seemed to be the most useful/flexible/necessary move


15 ... d5

15 ... a5!  might be a subtle improvement,
forcing 16 a3!  f5  12 d3 f4  13  Bd2  d5  14  Be1  Black-Queen-somewhere
with a King's Gambit Accepted type pawn on f4
jamming Fred's Kingside. This was the key concept
in the final Colorado Scholastic game that gave
Richard Herbst a shot at the Denker over David Twerskoi.


16. d3!  f5!

My idea is to keep the center locked up and maybe Fred's bishops won't eat me.

17. Be3!  Qb4!

I thought surely a 1400 would get this move
wrong but he quickly played the only move again.
We had about an hour left each now.


18. Bb3!  Be6!  19. Qf2!

Threatening 20 Bc5


19 ...  b6!  20. Bd2!

threatening 21 N:d5


20 ... Qd6

White should play d4  establishing a dark square center blockade
and I should anticipate this with  20  ... Qe7!  21 d4  ed  22 Q:d4  Rae8


21. Re1

Fred should establish a central presence with  21 d4!

21 ... Rae8

I have a slight edge with hopes for more after
21 ... d4, ... Rae8 or ... f4

22. Ne2

fighting for d4/f4.
This is not an easy position,
one chink in my pawn wall
and the snakes slither in.

22 ...  c5

22 ... d4, ... c5  or ... f4
are all good for me -
I did not want to trade bishops
or advance too fast.

23. Ng3 f4!

We had about 42 minutes left now.
Fred was keeping up with me on the clock.
Fritz slightly prefers the inhuman  23 ... Qd7!!
unguarding e5 but threatening  ... c4
trapping the b3 bishop.
Preventing counter-piece-sacs is all
part of managing your pawn wave.
I have lots of good ideas after
23 ... f4  24 Ne2  like
24 ... a6, ... b5  or .. c4
OTB  24 .. f3 looked scary too.

24. Nf1 b5


with both hands on the b3-bishop's throat,
one of many good moves.
I thought of ... Qc6!!  after I moved and Fritz 11
likes this too, threatening to trap the bishop.
I can even combine peanut butter and chocolate with
24 ... f3  25  gf  Qc6
Fritz 11 is starting to light up like a pinball machine.
24 ...  Qd7!  is another bishop trapping move

Essentially Fred has not challenged my center enough and
I am starting to smother him with my Full Metal Jacket.

25. a3!  g5

Chocolate Rain.
I wanted to keep f4 protected in case of ... e4,
one of many good ideas.
Fritz 11 favorites are  25 ... Kh8, ... Qc7  and ... Rc8


26. Qf3 Kg7

Fritz 11 likes the rook lift   26 ... Rf6! best here


27. Qh5!  h6

Fred -   28 minutes left with a long game ahead
Me   -   37 minutes with a comfortable game ahead

It's a little bit like a bughouse game where I am trying to prevent Fred
from establishing dominance or a foothold on one color or another.


28. Qe2 Bf5!

Guarding e5 and enhancing ... e4


29. Kg1

Fred's default move when he couldn't think of what to do,
a sign of passive waiting for the axe to fall.


29 ... a6!!

So that b5 isn't hanging after  ... e4  de


30. Kh1

Fred's King paces nervously in the palace waiting
for Ghengis Khan's army to overwhelm him.

30 ... Kh7

Fritz loves  30  ... e4  31 de  B:e4
but I thought maybe a pawn would be better on e4
My original idea was ... Kg8-g7-g6
and Fritz likes 30 ... Kg6  as well
My move comes next.


31. Bc3 d4!!

I have been resisting creating holes in my
pawn wall but this provocation is too much.


32. Bd2!  e4!!

The battering ram breaches the wall


33. Qh5

33 de  B:e4
with brutal pressure on the light squares
c4, c2, f3, g2
which I can increase with
... f3, ... Qc6, ... Qg6   etc.

33 ... e3!!!

I considered this a complete triumph of my strategy
and utterly hopeless for Fred. Everything wins.
I still have all eight pawns! How often does that
happen this late in a game?


34. Bc1 c4

>From over two dozen clear wins
Fritz only prefers  34 ... f3!!
with the ideas  35  Q:f3  B:d3!!  or
winning Fred's knight versus a brutal invasion with
34 ... f3  35  gf  e2  36  Nh2  Qg3

My idea is simpler and thematic -
just keep rolling the pawns forward.


35. dxc4!  bxc4!  36. Ba4 Re7!!

It's hard to go wrong here.
Fred is running out of position ( and time )
as Dzindi likes to say.

Fred -   7 minutes
Brian - 23 minutes

It may not look like it now but Fred seems much improved -
he didn't drop anything and moved carefully each time -
that's 1600 Chess in my book.

37. Nh2!

sorta kind of activating his knight


37 ...  d3!!

It's a little known fact that Hans Berliner gives a computer value of +7
for two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank. That means if you advance
two pawns from the second rank to the sixth rank, you have gained a rook.
Since I am theoretically a rook up, I should win easily if I don't drop
anything. This is why I try to prevent countersacs of two pawns for a
piece as I advance my pawns. I know if I get them far enough it is Game Over.


38. cxd3  cxd3!  39. Nf3!  Qg6

Trading Queens seemed like a simple mathematical win
versus the delicate yet brutal Fritz favorite
39 ... Bg6!!  40  Qg4  Be4


40. Qxg6+!  Kxg6!  41. Kg1 Rd8!!

I have 15 minutes to Fred's two plus an overpowering presence.
I have too many threats to list.

42. Bd2

looks pitiful but a top move -
the point is that my two pawns on the
6th rank should cost Fred a piece each.


42 ... Be4

I couldn't make up my mind between
42 ... Re4!!  or ... Be4
I liked the idea of trading everything
( Queens and now Bishop for knight )
leaving me with the overwhelming mathematical
superiority of my passed pawns in their purest form,
sort of like reducing a fraction to
its lowest common denominator.
I saw attacking two bishops with  42 ... Re4!!
was strong but it seemed tricky and less thematic.


43. Bc3

Time -
Fred -  28 seconds left
Brian - 12 minutes

43 ... Bxf3!  44. gxf3!  d2! 45. Bc2+  Kh5!

0-1

Fred ran out of time.

I asked Fred if he wanted to go over the game but he is on my email list,
the night was getting late so he just said , " That's OK, I will enjoy the
writeup. "

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[Event "Poor Richard's"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2009.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fred Spell"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "Game/85  5 second delay"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4
8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4 12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6
14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2
Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4 24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27.
Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3
34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4 36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6
40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5

0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar  5 14:26:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2009 14:26:59 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Chessmaster James Burden versus
	Grandmaster Larry Christiansen, 1992
Message-ID: <1236288419.49b043a32e11e@www.taom.com>


This is the gem that started it all, the Jim Burden-Baltier April Fool's award
for losing your Queen and winning anyway. First let's see how drunken Larry
lost his lady.

[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Burden,James"]
[Black "Christiansen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.f3 0-0
7.Qd2 d5 8.Bb3 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 e5 11.d5 Qh4+
12.Qf2 Qxe4 13.0-0-0 a5 14.a3 a4 15.Ba2 Bg4 16.Ne2 Nd7???

Drunk out of his mind at the complete lack of talent in Colorado,
Larry is shuffling back and forth between the casino bar and the chessboard,
the way married men
" alternate endlessly between a workshop and a witch's kitchen" -
Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer

Larry staggered to the table and sloshed out a developing move.


17.Ng3!!!

Oops, through the doubled haze Larry sees his Queen is trapped, easy enough to
get out of last move ( 16 ... Qf5!  or ... Be2 ). Now Larry is drunk and mad
and he's a big guy too, an ex High School swimmer. Watch out.

17 ...  Qxe3+

Larry also gets a rook for the Queen after
17 ... Q:d5  18  B:d5  B:d1

My strict criteria for the Baltier-Jim Burden award was anyone who lost a Queen
for nothing in a slow rated game. After seeing that Larry got a rook for it, I
thought maybe I was being too harsh on the contestants but after seeing what
happened later, I realize I was being far too lenient.


18.Qxe3!  Bxd1!  19.Rxd1!  c5


Trying to keep lines closed.

" Don't give weaker players draws in lost positions, Brian.
They get very scared and nervous. " -
Joel Johnson

" I am a bitter ender. "
GM Larry Christiansen



20.Ne4!  b6!

Trying to build a fortress to hold Jim at bay.
The position is a little reminiscent of a line I want to do an email about -
1 d4  Nf6  2 c4  c5  3 d5  b5  4 cb  a6
5  Nc3  ab  6  e4  b4 7 Nb5  d6  8 Bc4
( Fang-Boudrot Gambit, Nescafe Frappe Attack )
8 ... g6  9  e5  de  10  d6  ed  11 Bg5  Bb7!?
12 Bd5!  N:d5!? 13  B:d8  K:d8  14  Nf3 h6

I used to test myself against a very early version of Fritz.
Black has two bishops, two pawns and a contiguous pawn chain
( Full Metal Jacket )  versus a Queen. I think White is
better if he sacs a knight somewhere but if he plays too
passively Black can overwhelm him with advanced knight oputposts.

I don't know how to do it, but I would love it if someone
set up computer versus computer tests in this position.

In Larry's case he has a similar pawn structure to the Fang-Boudrot
Gambit line with a rook and pawn for the Queen. ICC LarryC is an
awesome odds player, often giving two minor pieces for a Queen.

Both positions are similar to the King's Indian line
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+
9.Bf2 Qf4 10.Be3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Nxg3 12.Qf2 Nxf1 13.Qxh4 Nxe3 14.Kf2 Nxc4
where Black has two bishops and two pawns a contiguous pawn structure
( Full Metal Jacket ) for the Queen.
Grandmasters that have played this line for Black include
Velimirovic, Piket and Seirawan ( versus Kasparov as White, draw, 1989).
About 20 years ago when the U.S. Open hit Boston, I was going through a phase
where I was playing every legal move. 1 Na3 made Jesse Krai and 1 f3
won a Queen when Black transposed into this King's Indian line.

I just wanted to do a little foreshadowing that
these types of positions can be turned around.


21.Rf1 f6?

Losing more material, have another drink, Larry.


22.Qh3!!  f5  23.Ng5!!

Jim is focussed and on fire so far.


23 ...  Nf6!  24.d6+!   Kh8!  25.Nf7+!   Rxf7!  26.Bxf7!

I have seen Scotty Nguyen ( pronounced win ) win million dollar poker
tournaments completely drunk, even acting totally obnoxious. Can
Larry pull this off too? He only has a knight for a Queen!


26 ...  Ng4!!

It's never too late to start a Fishing Pole attack.


27.Kb1!  Nh6!

Ooh, a one move threat.


28.Bc4!

When is Jim going to get in time pressure and start blundering?


28 ...  Ng4!!

It's never too late to start a Fishing Pole attack.


29.Qd3 Rd8!


That passed d-pawn could be a problem.


30.d7!  e4

This is getting ridiculous -
Larry has a knight for a Queen
plus the d7-pawn should cost
the Grandmaster more material.


31.Qd6!

+14 -
sometimes we continue playing in a lost position
not to annoy our opponent but because we are annoyed
with ourselves.

31 ...  Be5 32.Qe7

32 Qe6 is +17 -
Larry's pieces are overloaded keeping an eye out for
Qf6 checkmate or Queen to the 8th rank or for pawn
moves disturbing his minor pieces like  ... Bd4  c3 or h3

32 ... Bf6!

Hopefully the liquor dulled the pain of having to move.


33.Qe8+

Larry's bishop loses its grip after
33 Qf7 ( +20 )  Bh4  34 g3  Bg5  35  h4  Bf6  36  Be2
threatening  37  B:g4 and 38 Q:f6+

33 ... Kg7!  34.Qf7+!  Kh6!  35.h3

or 35  Be2!  ( 15 )
with the same idea of removing the bishop's guard

35 ... Ne3

Larry is knocked out on his feet,
still throwing punches.


36.Qxf6!

+17

36 ...  Rxd7!

2600 hell

37.Qe6

There must be some time pressure involved -
37  Rf4 ( threatens mate in 1 )  N:g2  38  R:f5  (+20 )

37 ... Rd4!

regaining half his disadvantage,
down to a mere -10


38.Re1 Nxg2

38  ... N:c4  39 c3  Nd2+  40  Kc2  Nb3  41  cd??  N:d4+
gets Larry back in the game but 41 Rd1  reduces the game
to just Queen versus Knight.


39.Rg1!  Nf4  40.Qg8

40 Qe7 mates

40 ... e3

Grandmaster Christiansen's two connected passed
pawns give him some measure of hope but ...


41.Qf8+

mating!

41 ... Kh5!  42.h4

42 Qg7  or Qe7 mates

42 ... Rxc4 43.Qf6

43 Rg5  or Qe7  mate quicker

43 ... Kh6 44.Qg5+
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44 Rg5!!!   mates in three -
The threat is  45 Qf8  checkmate
44 Rg5  Ne6  45  R:g6+  hg  46  Qh8 checkmate
44 Rg5  Ne6  45  R:g6+  Kh5  46  Rg5+!!
mate next move
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44 ... Kg7!  45.Qe7+

45 Rd1!!  Rd4  46  R:d4  cd  47  Q:f4
and Larry's three pawns are no match for Jim's Queen


45 ... Kh6 46.Qxe3

after 46 Rg5!!
the threat of 47 Qf8 checkmate wins the knight for nothing -
46  Rg5!!  Ne6  forced 47  Q:e6
Is Jim in some kind of permanent time pressure?


46 ... Re4!

from -20  to being mated down to a mere -7

47.Qf2 Nh3 48.Qd2+!  Kh5!  49.Re1 Rxe1+!  50.Qxe1!  f4!

with only two pawns for a Queen this should be an easy win
for Jim but he doesn't have his own passed pawn to push yet.

51.Qe7 h6!  52.Qf6!  g5!  53.hxg5!  hxg5!

Two connected passed pawns with a King and Knight helping them along.

54.Qxb6!

Jim can obtain his own passed pawn now.
Another plan is to bring the King over
to help stop the pawns with 54 Kc1

54 ...  f3!  55.Qxc5!  Kg4!

Larry has nothing left except trying to push his pawns for a touchdown.


56.Qe3 Kg3 57.c4

Jim rushes his pawn down the board -
surely this saga will end soon.


57 ... Kg2 58.c5

new Queen in 3 moves

58 ... f2!  59.Qe4+????

Jim is still comfortably winning -
sac a Queen for a pawn, make another Queen,
sac a Queen for a pawn and then win with
his last passed pawn(s) on the Queenside.
One example -
59 Qd2 Kg1  60 Qc1+  f1(Q)  61  Q:f1+  K:f1
62  c6  g4  63  c7 g3   64 c8(Q)
with multiple easy wins

59 ... Kh2!  60.Qf3

60 Qd3 looks like a draw to me after
60 ... g4  61  c6  g3  62  c7  g2  63  Q:h3+  K:h3  64  c8(Q)+
and Larry handles all checks by moving his King to
f3, g3, f4 or g4, avoiding ... Kg1??   Qd4!!  Kf1  Qd1 checkmate

60 ... g4! 61.Qe2????

61  Q:g4  f1(Q)+
should also be a draw

61 ...  g3!  62.c6

Moving the King to the second rank is a little more helpful/hopeful


62 ... g2!!

Incredible.
Larry's winning.
Jim wasted too much time with his Queen.

63.Qe5+   Kh1!  64.c7  g1=Q+

64  ... f1(Q)+  mates

65.Kc2!  f1=Q!  66.Kc3 Qc1+!

mating

67.Kb4! Qb6+!  68.Kxa4 Qbc6+

mate in 5 -
not the fastest mate

0-1

Jim Burden missed millions of wins but Larry did a great job keeping hope alive.
Can you top that?
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[Event "Las Vegas op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Burden,James"]
[Black "Christiansen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B07"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.f3 0-0 7.Qd2 d5
8.Bb3 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.fxe4 e5 11.d5 Qh4+ 12.Qf2 Qxe4 13.0-0-0 a5
14.a3 a4 15.Ba2 Bg4 16.Ne2 Nd7 17.Ng3 Qxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 c5
20.Ne4 b6 21.Rf1 f6 22.Qh3 f5 23.Ng5 Nf6 24.d6+ Kh8
25.Nf7+ Rxf7 26.Bxf7 Ng4 27.Kb1 Nh6 28.Bc4 Ng4 29.Qd3 Rd8 30.d7 e4
31.Qd6 Be5 32.Qe7 Bf6 33.Qe8+ Kg7 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.h3 Ne3 36.Qxf6 Rxd7
37.Qe6 Rd4 38.Re1 Nxg2 39.Rg1 Nf4 40.Qg8 e3 41.Qf8+ Kh5 42.h4 Rxc4
43.Qf6 Kh6 44.Qg5+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kh6 46.Qxe3 Re4 47.Qf2 Nh3
48.Qd2+ Kh5 49.Re1 Rxe1+ 50.Qxe1 f4 51.Qe7 h6 52.Qf6 g5 53.hxg5 hxg5
54.Qxb6 f3 55.Qxc5 Kg4 56.Qe3 Kg3 57.c4 Kg2 58.c5 f2 59.Qe4+ Kh2
60.Qf3 g4 61.Qe2 g3 62.c6 g2 63.Qe5+ Kh1 64.c7 g1=Q+
65.Kc2 f1=Q 66.Kc3 Qc1+ 67.Kb4 Qb6+ 68.Kxa4 Qbc6+

0-1

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[Event "Moscow ol (Men) fin-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Johannessen,Svein"]
[Black "Boey,Josef Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.Qd2 Qh4+ 9.Bf2 Qf4 10.Be3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Nxg3 12.Qf2 Nxf1 13.Qxh4 Nxe3
14.Kf2 Nxc4 15.b3 Nb6 16.Nge2 Na6 17.Kg2 Bd7 18.Rad1 Rae8 19.a4 Nc8
20.Rhf1 f5 21.Qg5 Nb4 22.Qd2 c5 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Bd7
26.Rc1 e4 27.f4 g5 28.fxg5 e3 29.Qd3 Re4 30.Rf4 Be5 31.Rxe4 fxe4
32.Qxe3 Ne7 33.Rf1 Bf5 34.Nc3 Ng6 35.Nxe4 Nh4+ 36.Kg1 Rc8 37.Nf6+ Kh8
38.Rc1 Bd4

0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar  5 23:52:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  5 Mar 2009 23:52:43 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Danielle Rice blitz games
Message-ID: <1236322363.49b0c83bd9511@www.taom.com>


Check Benoni
?

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "grillster"]
[Black "Danielle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1525"]
[BlackElo "1427"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni defense"]
[ECO "A56"]
[NIC "OI.05"]
[Time "00:26:52"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 h5 7. Nge2 h4 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qd2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O a6 12. g3 b5 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. g4 Bxg4
15. Rhg1 Bc8 16. Qg5 Qxg5+ 17. Rxg5 c4 18. Bc2 Ke7 19. Rdg1 axb5 20. Nxb5
Rxa2 21. Kb1 Ra5 22. Nec3 Bd7 23. Na3 f6 24. Rg6 Be8 25. R6g4 g5 26. Ne2 Bd7
27. R4g2 Rb8 28. f3 Nxd5 29. exd5 Rxa3 30. Bg6 c3 31. Bxh5 Rxb2+ 32. Kc1
Ra1# {White checkmated} 0-1
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?
Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket
?

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Danielle"]
[Black "DocOcc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1374"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[Opening "Trompowsky attack (Ruth, Opocensk? opening)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Time "23:30:45"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 a6 8.
Nbd2 b5 9. Qb1 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Bg7 13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qh7+
Kf8 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Nh7+ Ke7 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh2 Nc6 22. g5 Be7 23. f4 Kf7 24. h5 Nb4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Rg1
Nd5 27. g6+ Kf6 28. h6 Bxf4 29. h7 Bxh2 30. g7 {Black resigns} 1-0
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From Brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar  6 11:05:02 2009
From: Brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2009 11:05:02 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Facebook is fun
Message-ID: <1236362702.49b165ce3a6fc@www.taom.com>


I just suggested to Linares rival Magnus Carlsen, his second/friend Heine and
Heine's girlfriend Mrs. Shirov that they become friends with Radjabov - I also
threw in Movsessian, Shabalov, Hikaru Nakamura, Kasparov and many others. I
also sent Radjabov the game we played 3 weeks ago.

The Internet is awesome. Thanx Al Gore.

Radjabov signed up as a fan of Kasparov,
maybe not knowing he could be a Facebook buddy too.


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar  6 21:35:25 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2009 21:35:25 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I found prolific Chess author SM John Hall
Message-ID: <1236400525.49b1f98d96810@www.taom.com>

and he would like to hear from his old friends -
Brian

----- Forwarded message from john hall <xpresyrsf2003 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:48:14 -0800 (PST)
    From: john hall <xpresyrsf2003 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: xpresyrsf2003 at yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: Where you been, man?
      To: Brian Wall <Brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Hi again Brian,
?
Thks for quick responce. im at ucla now 4:30 pm friday- wil be here a few hrs
tonite.
?
I predict your Play Chess Like An Animal will supplant Nimzovitch's boring rant
(My System) as the prodigal chess book of the Century!
?
By the way is Dean the Dr Dean Yarbro i've known from times past. if so please
give him my e-mail (and ditto for any of the old gang who might like to say
hello) i'd really
love to hear from everyone.
?
PS give me a few days to call "live". Also if you might like to collaborate on a
chess book
let me know. What are you doing now-- i remember the old days of door to door-
other than chess?
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Take Care, John
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar  6 21:38:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2009 21:38:41 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Two big crazy ideas
Message-ID: <1236400721.49b1fa51c752b@www.taom.com>


1 - I would like to do a thousand board simul -
should take 36 hours

2 - I would like to arrange a charity music festival for the blind


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar  6 23:56:26 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  6 Mar 2009 23:56:26 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Two blindfold games
Message-ID: <1236408986.49b21a9a4f04d@www.taom.com>


Two blindfold games.

I played these against my son's Elementary School Chess Class today.
Devon Wall (10 ) and Joshua Boegen ( 10 ) suggested moves and the class
voted on them. While waiting for their moves, I read a book about Big,
like blue whales ( I found out there are whales smaller than me ) and
bird eating spiders. The librarian was impressed.

http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/smallest19.html
small whale

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7508288/
Whale/Dolphin baby
Wholpin

http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestSpider.htm
Goliath Tarantula

I remember my father one day waved at me through my classroom window in his
business suit when I was about 8 years old in the third grade in New York.
It made a big impression on me, like I had a personal guardian angel watching
over me all my years at school. Why, you never know, he might just show up
again someday.

I asked Devon if having me there would embarrass him or make him feel good.
I don't think he knew how to answer the question but he is my biggest critic.

" Dad, you shouldn't talk too long, we like to play. " -
Devon

I admit when I talk about Chess, I lose all track of time.
What decade is it?

My son tries to give me feedback about how I am doing.

He laughed when I thought a boy with long hair was a girl.
I told them Celine's Dion's son had very long hair and
I read blog comments on whether that was cool or not.
No one had heard of Celine Dion.

The boy Khalil donated his long hair to a charity for kids with cancer,
which I thought was sweet.


[Event "Elementary School simul"]
[Site "School Library, Polaris at Ebert, 22nd and Welton, Downtown Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Devon Wall, Alex B and their Chess class"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "unrated"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Four knights: Spanish variation, Renae Delaware Defense"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "03:08:19"]
[TimeControl "none"]

Devon and Alex tried to point out good moves quietly but I could hear some
discussion. Their reasoning helped me understand Colorado players.

I told the class that Alekhine and Capablanca were impressed
as children by Pillsbury playing 20 games blindfolded.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6

The Renae Delaware Defense to the Four Knights Ruy Lopez.

5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6

Following a trade, trade, lose policy.
A 600 rated bishop for a 2200 rated knight.
This frees my Queen Bishop.

6 ... dxc6 7. d3 Bg4

They thought this was illegal because they heard  6 ... bc
so we corrected the board and I gave them the option of
taking back  7 d3

8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6

More trade, trade, lose -
I have two bishops versus two knights.


9 ... Qxf6 10. Qe2 c5

I tried to play ... Nd4
first but it was illegal.

11. Nb5 a6

Devon said -
" Thanx for the bishop!" so confidently
I thought I dropped something.


12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Rae1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3

If I thought too long on a move,
Devon would come over and make fun
of my whale and spider book.


15. gxf3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Kh1

It's hard for 20 kids to drop anything but no one objected to this move.
Maybe the captains rushed them.

17 ... Rxf3 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Rxf8+

The trade-trade-lose team were all for this move.

I heard one kid say,
" It's his only long range piece! "

They were more concerned with me winning
more stuff than evaluating the ending.

20 ... Kxf8 21. c3 Kf7 22. d4 g5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. c4 h5 25. a3 Kf6
26. b4 b6 27. b5 a5 28. a4 g4 29. Kg2 h4 30. h3 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Kg5
32. e4 Kh5 33. Kg2 Kg4 34. Kh1

One kid was very excited here that I was
going to stalemate him with my rookpawn.


34 ... Kf4 35. Kh2 Kxe4 36. Kh3 Kd3 37. Kxh4 Kd2

Devon wanted to resign but the Chess Coach
urged him to play on for a possible stalemate.

Devon scoffed -
" That's not going to happen with my Dad around. "

That's my boy.

38. Kg4 e4 39. Kg3 e3 40. Kf3 e2 41. Kf2 e1=Q+ 42. Kg2 Qe3
43. Kf1 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Ke3 45. Kh1 Kf3 46. Kg1 Qg2#


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[Event "Elementary School simul"]
[Site "School Library, Polaris at Ebert, 22nd and Welton, Downtown Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Devon Wall, Alex B and their Chess class"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "unrated"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Four knights: Spanish variation, Renae Delaware Defense"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "03:08:19"]
[TimeControl "none"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Rae1 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Kh1 Rxf3 18. Re3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Rf8
20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. c3 Kf7 22. d4 g5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. c4 h5 25. a3 Kf6 26.
b4 b6 27. b5 a5 28. a4 g4 29. Kg2 h4 30. h3 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Kg5 32. e4 Kh5
33. Kg2 Kg4 34. Kh1 Kf4 35. Kh2 Kxe4 36. Kh3 Kd3 37. Kxh4 Kd2 38. Kg4 e4 39.
Kg3 e3 40. Kf3 e2 41. Kf2 e1=Q+ 42. Kg2 Qe3 43. Kf1 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Ke3 45. Kh1
Kf3 46. Kg1 Qg2#
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Devon was not in the next Chess class so Board 1 for Polaris
stepped up as captain, a boy named Aemon ( 10 ). Last year Devon
and I delivered " How to Play Chess Like An Animal " to Aemon's Mom,
a doctor at her office.

Aemon later asked me in a minivan as we all drove to a Chess match -
" The book was wrapped as a gift from Santa but you signed it -
how is that possible? "

" I mailed that book to the North Pole.
I don't know what happened to it after that. " -
Brian

Aemon stopped talking after that,
deep in thought, visualizing wonderously.

Aemon was the only captain that wasn't the son of a coach.

Aemon's co-captain was a bright boy named Alex B., the only kid
that attended both classes. Alex had watched Devon and Joshua lead
their team and was very eager to try his hand.

[Event "Elementary School simul"]
[Site "School Library, Polaris at Ebert, 22nd and Welton, Downtown Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aemon ( 10 ) and Alex B. ( 9 ) and their Chess class"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "unrated"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Four knights: Italian variation, Fork Trick"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "03:08:19"]
[TimeControl "none"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4

Devon has seen my Fork Trick video,
but Aemon, Alex B. and Andy Rea haven't,
which explains why they all fell into it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpWin-ZjeI&feature=related


5. Nxe4 d5

I overheard the kids talking -
" It's a fork, you can't save both pieces. "


6. d3 dxc4

When I am offered a choice, I take the bishop.


7. O-O!  cxd3! 8. cxd3! Bd6

I forgot that knight was on e4 for a minute.


9. Bg5 f6

I forgot that knight was on f3 for a minute and was
worried about the effect of the illegal move 10 Qh5+


10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3+!  Kh8! 12. d4

Before calculating anything my mind instantly thought -
" Doesn't that drop something? "

12 ... exd4!  13. Nxd4!  Nxd4! 14. Bxd4!  Bxh2+! 15. Kxh2!  Qxd4!

It seemed too fantastic that I could see all that blindfolded.
There was a discussion about cheating. One kid was selected
to bell the cat. He snuck over to where I sat but all he saw
was an open book on earthquakes and volcanoes in my lap. I was
concentrating with my eyes closed.

Satisfied, he announced,
" Nah, he's not cheating. "


16. Ng3 b6 17. Qf3

I asked Aemon why he wanted to take my rook.


17 ... Bg4

" Oooh, good move " -
various kids

18. Rad1 Qxd1!

This seemed to stun the crowd and there was
a big discussion what to take my Queen with.


19. Rxd1 Bxf3!  20. gxf3!  Rad8!  21. Re1 Rfe8

Sometimes they had trouble hearing my moves so they all laughed when I said,
" Rook Fern to Every Eight. "


22. Rc1!  c5!  23. Nf5

The kids kept talking about setting up a mate,
which I didn't think was possible because I
thought my King was on g8. Just to be sure, I
decided to play ... h6 or prevent their rook
coming down an open file.

23 ... Re2 24. Kg3 Rdd2 25. Rf1 Rxb2 26. Rd1 Rbd2

" He's not going to let us. "


27. Rf1 Rxa2!

I was thinking before the class started that day
I should teach them about pigs on the seventh rank.

28. Kg2 a5!  29. Ng3 Rxf2+

They saw the writing on the wall -

Dejectedly with their sweet angel voices ,
" Take the rook, it's the best chance. "


30. Rxf2!  Rxf2+!  31. Kxf2! a4!

I had just read on the Light Rail Mihail Marin's analysis of the
Fischer - Taimanov game where Bobby ended it with pawns versus a knight.


32. Ne2!  b5


My plan was to rest my lazy Lion King,
push the h-pawn to tie up the White King
and overrun the knight with three
connected passed pawns.

0-1

Aemon wanted to resign, the coach wanted to train all the kids to play on until
checkmate but I suggested they would have more time to play each other if they
gave up now ( which is all Chess kids really want to do ).
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[Event "Elementary School simul"]
[Site "School Library, Polaris at Ebert, 22nd and Welton, Downtown Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aemon ( 10 ) and Alex B. ( 9 ) and their Chess class"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "unrated"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Four knights: Italian variation, Fork Trick"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "03:08:19"]
[TimeControl "none"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. d3 dxc4 7. O-O cxd3
8. cxd3 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd4 16. Ng3 b6 17. Qf3 Bg4 18. Rad1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxf3
20. gxf3 Rad8 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Rc1 c5 23. Nf5 Re2 24. Kg3 Rdd2 25. Rf1 Rxb2
26. Rd1 Rbd2 27. Rf1 Rxa2 28. Kg2 a5 29. Ng3 Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2
a4 32. Ne2 b5   0-1

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I was reminded of Paul Anderson's  Chess For Girls Youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L32GILnratg

after the second game.

Some boys laid bishops on pawns at 90 degree angles
to make cannons and another Chess coach kid
Francesca Sica, a sweet girl, attached hair ties
( little circular rubber bands ) to all the bishop's grooves.

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After the games Devon and I took on another Father-Son team in basketball,
losing 40-29. I made a 3 point shot but found out after we reached 21 that no
one else was playing 21. The kids wanted to play forever so I chose 40 points
as the end of the game. The other father's name was Carlos and he was pretty
good.

After that Devon and I played Horse and Pig by ourselves.




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Mar  7 00:27:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  7 Mar 2009 00:27:55 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Third Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Game
Message-ID: <1236410875.49b221fb51b8a@www.taom.com>


Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket

Funny how once you learn a pattern, you see it everywhere.
I found deep analysis today on the Light Rail of a Fishing Pole,
Full Metal Jacket game by Mihail Marin in an award winning book -
Learn from the Legends, Chess Champions at their Best.
Game 7, World Champinship match, Spassky versus Petrosian, 1966,
a victory for Tigran after 6 draws.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106720

This game features a lot of g4 action
( with a rook, a pawn and a knight going there in different variations )
plus Full Metal Jacket,  all 8 black pawns
on the board advancing until the 31st move.

Third Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "m"]
[Date "1966.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7
12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O
17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8
22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6
27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4
32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3
37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4
42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+

0-1
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Original Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation game

[Event "Poor Richard's"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2009.03.04" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fred Spell"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4
7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4
12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4
18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4
24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6
30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3 34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4
36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6
41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5

0-1
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Second Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Danielle"]
[Black "DocOcc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1374"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[Opening "Trompowsky attack (Ruth, Opocensk? opening)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Time "23:30:45"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Qb1 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Bg7
13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Nh7+ Ke7 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh2 Nc6 22. g5 Be7
23. f4 Kf7 24. h5 Nb4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Rg1 Nd5 27. g6+ Kf6 28. h6 Bxf4
29. h7 Bxh2 30. g7

{Black resigns} 1-0

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Mar  7 01:50:42 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  7 Mar 2009 01:50:42 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Toxic Badger
Message-ID: <1236415842.49b23562c792f@www.taom.com>



Information about ChessOptimist (Last disconnected Thu Mar 05 2009 23:01):

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One of my very freshest opening inventions, the Badger,  is a very rare beast.
UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com  are "screening" all my emails now to
prevent a war with N Earl Roberts, the inspiration for the Badger Defense. My
brand of Chessplaying and Chesswriting often elicits a negative reaction, for
example, " Brian teaches everyone how not to play Chess. "  I take it all with
a grain of salt. The Badger is really the answer to all my critics.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ChessOptimist"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, The Badger Defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:42:30"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 f6!! 2. c4 Nc6!!

It is hard for me who knew, loved and enjoyed the late, great Joe Mirsky
not to play his Opening of the Future, the Fox Defense with  2 ... Kf7.!!
The idea behind the Badger is simple -

A - Play ... e5 if I can, supported by my Badger support team on c6 and f6.
B - Hide in my Badger Hole on f7 with my knight if I have to.

3. d5 Ne5

I don't have to burrow in after  4  f4  Nf7
I can play  4 f4  N:c4


4. b3 e6!!

Best but you already guessed that from the exclam clue.


5. f4 Nf7

I go to my heavily insulated den but
Fritz 11 prefers  5 ... Ng4!!!
( Badger Defense, Fishing Pole Variation )
or  5 ... Ng6!  followed in both cases by
6 ... f5!!  Wow! How avante-guarde.

Good suggestions but I know all the
back tunnels and terrain around f7.


6. e4 exd5

For some bizarre reason Fritz 11 already considers
me better after  6 ... e5!!  or ... ed!
I invented the damn thing and I don't believe that.


7. cxd5!  Bc5

This is the only time in your life that Fritz 11
will recommend 7 ... Ngh6!!  as best. I like
the sound of that, . ... Ngh6!, . ... Ngh6!, . ... Ngh6!


8. Nf3 d6

Again the Fritz mantra is the unique opening move,
8 . ... Ngh6!, . ... Ngh6!, . ... Ngh6! -
8 ... Qe7!! is also good



9. Nc3 Ne7

Again, 9 . ... Ngh6!, . ... Ngh6!, . ... Ngh6!


10. Bd3 O-O 11. Kd2

Breaking under the tension of illegal castling -
11 Na4!  was a lot simpler way of solving the problem.
IM Paolo Alejar tries running to the
Queenside and I try to rip open lines.

11 ... c6!!

The Toxic Badger claws at the center.


12. dxc6 bxc6

To keep all his pieces out of b5 and d5.
the c6-d6 pawns look like badger claws
to my overactive imagination.
Fritz prefers rapid mobilization with
... N:c6, ... Be6, ... Rc8


13. Kc2!  d5!

Badgers are omnivorous and I will eat anything to get at my prey on c2.


14. Na4 Bd6!!  15. g3 dxe4 16. Bxe4!  Nd5

with snarling noises aimed at the Philippine International Master.

17. a3 Rb8

" It's rarely wrong to put a rook on an open file. "
Grandmaster John Nunn


18. Rb1 Be6

18 ... B:a3!!  19  B:a3  Ne3+!
is a nice shot.
I kept wondering why my hand wanted to take on a3,
now I know. The subconcious plays its
own brand of dream Chess while we are awake.



19. f5 Bd7!!

A powerful retreat. The Badger, safe in his den,
yawns and wonders what e5 feels like.

20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Ne6 Qe7?

21 ... B:e6!!  22 fe  Qc8!!
is the way to go -
23 B:d5  cd  24  Q:d5
doesn't work because  23 ... cd is check
and  23 Bf5  g6!  24  Bh3  f5!
doesn't work out either.

" My bishop on h3 looks like a pawn! "
Spassky, discussing a possible variation
in Game 7 against Petrosian, 1966.



22. Nxf8!  Kxf8


It's about even now.

23. g4 Bxa3!!

Paolo is trying to hide underground but digging
for earthworms is 60% of a badger's diet.


24. Bxa3!   Qxa3!  25. Bxd5??

Greedy. Winning a pawn but exposing his King.


25 ...  cxd5! 26. Qxd5??

Devon's Chess class calls this a "poisoned pawn ".

26 ...  Bxa4!!  27. bxa4!  Qxa4+

27 ... Rc8+!!  28  Kd1  Nc4!!
is even more deadly


28. Kd2!

Only move


28 ...  Qf4+!!  29. Kc2?  Qf2+!!

mating.
I don't think one Chessbag can hold all the pieces I am about to take.

30. Qd2 Rc8+!!

mating

31. Kd1 Qf3+!!


{White resigns}  0-1

The Badger bites.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ChessOptimist"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, The Badger Defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "22:42:30"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 f6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d5 Ne5 4. b3 e6 5. f4 Nf7 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 Bc5 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Kd2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Kc2 d5 14. Na4
Bd6 15. g3 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nd5 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Be6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nd4 Ne5
21. Ne6 Qe7 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. g4 Bxa3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5
Bxa4 27. bxa4 Qxa4+ 28. Kd2 Qf4+ 29. Kc2 Qf2+ 30. Qd2 Rc8+ 31. Kd1 Qf3+
{White resigns}
0-1

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Historic Original Badger Game


[Event "2009 Boulder Grand Prix"]
[Site "University Memorial Center, Room 415,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO"]
[Date "2009.01.24" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anthony Cordova"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "Black Resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Opening "The N Earl Roberts Opening,
The Badger: subvariation - The Frisky Badger "]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "AL.02"]
[Time "10 AM"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"]


1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 f6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Nd4 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc6 dxc6 7.e3 Ne6
8.Qc2 a5 9.Bd3 g6 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Rd1 Nxd3 12.Rxd3 Qc7 13.Rd2 Be6
14.b3 Nh6 15.Bb2
Be7 16.Ne4 0-0 17.Ng3 Nf7 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Kh1 a4 20.Nh4 f5 21.Nf3 Bf6 22.c5 Qb5
23.Rd6 axb3 24.axb3 Bxb3 25.Qb1 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Qxc5 27.Rd7 Bc2
28.Qc1 Rfd8 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Ba3 Qc4 31.Qb2 Rd1+ 32.Ng1 Qb3 33.Qxb3+ Bxb3
34.h3 Kf7 35.N3e2 e4 36.g3 b5 37.Kg2 Bc4 38.Bc5 Be7 39.Bd4 c5 40.Be5 b4
41.g4 b3 42.gxf5 Rxg1+ 43.Nxg1 Bf6 44.fxg6+ hxg6

0-1   Cordova resigns   The Badger is victorious
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Mar  7 15:13:36 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  7 Mar 2009 15:13:36 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Josh Smith remembers Chris Mink and John Hall
Message-ID: <1236464016.49b2f190a149f@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 10:32:00 -0700
    From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops.com>
Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" <jds at pclaptops.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] I found prolific Chess author SM John Hall
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>, BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com,
Brian Wall Chesslist <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>

I doubt John would even remember me or consider me a friend, but we spent an
eventful evening together. The 1998 US Championship was held in Denver by that
old airport (been away from Colorado too long to remember which). After rounds
had finished up for the day, a few of us headed over to some restaurant and
chessed the night away looking at games and playing blitz. Chris Mink sleepily
drove John and I back to the hotel at one point not taking a stop sign into
consideration and an oncoming car used us for target practice. We were all
shaken but alive. I think John had some residual whiplash. I remember thinking
that Chris had almost killed the prolific 2510 rated Senior Master that had
written Combination Challenge. Crazy world :)

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com
[mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:35 PM
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I found prolific Chess author SM John Hall

and he would like to hear from his old friends - Brian

----- Forwarded message from john hall <xpresyrsf2003 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:48:14 -0800 (PST)
    From: john hall <xpresyrsf2003 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: xpresyrsf2003 at yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: Where you been, man?
      To: Brian Wall <Brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Hi again Brian,
?
Thks for quick responce. im at ucla now 4:30 pm friday- wil be here a few hrs
tonite.
?
I predict your Play Chess Like An Animal will supplant Nimzovitch's boring rant
(My System) as the prodigal chess book of the Century!
?
By the way is Dean the Dr Dean Yarbro i've known from times past. if so please
give him my e-mail (and ditto for any of the old gang who might like to say
hello) i'd really
love to hear from everyone.
?
PS give me a few days to call "live". Also if you might like to collaborate on a
chess book let me know. What are you doing now-- i remember the old days of door
to door- other than chess?
?
Take Care, John






From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  8 04:23:03 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2009 04:23:03 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Fang-Boudrot Gambit still has some bite
Message-ID: <1236507783.49b39c8784bd1@www.taom.com>


IM Joe Fang, Chessmaster Ed Boudrot and I were
analyzing and playing this 20 years ago.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "MysteriousDeath"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"]
[ECO "A57"]
[NIC "BI.44"]
[Time "05:22:32"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6
5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4

Ed Boudrot suggested this to IM Joe Fang who developed it further.
A little later, across the Atlantic, English players were analyzing
this independently. Graham Burgess published a pamphlet on it,
The Nescafe Frappe Attack. The secret was out!

8 ... g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. d6 exd6 11. Bg5

This is the big idea, saccing two pawns.

" All of White's pieces are in attacking positions " -
Joe Fang


11 ... Nbd7 12. Qb3!! Be7??


12 ... Nb6?  has been played three times,
once by Grandmaster Palatnik against
the great Joe Fang himself.
12 Qb3!!  Nb6?  13  B:f7+!  Ke7  14  Rd1  c4  15  B:c4  N:c4  16  Q:c4
Material is even but White has a free attack. Fang-Palatnik 1994 continued
16 ... Be6  and now  17  Qc6!!!  or  Qh4!! ( Fang )
shoukd win for White

12  Qb3!!  Qb6  13  B:f7+  Kd8  played twice
14 Qf3!!   Q:b5  15  Q:a8
Black has a pawn for the exchange

12 Qb3!!  Qa5!
has never been played but this is better because it guards the rook
and then I can choose between
12 Qb3!!  Qa5!  13  B:f7+  Kd8  14  Qf3     or
12 Qb3!!  Qa5!  13  Rd1     d5  14  R:d5    or
12 Qb3!!  Qa5!  13  Nf3     d5  14  B:d5





13. Bxf7+!  Kf8 14. Bh6#

{Black checkmated}  1-0
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "MysteriousDeath"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"]
[ECO "A57"]
[NIC "BI.44"]
[Time "05:22:32"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4
g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. d6 exd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Bh6#
{Black checkmated}
1-0
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[Round "4"]
[White "Lhoussene,Cedric"]
[Black "Schouten,Freek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Bxf7+ Ke7 14.Rd1 c4
15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qh4 Kf7 18.Nf3 Be7 19.Nxe5+ dxe5 20.Rxd8 Rhxd8
21.0-0 Rxa2 22.Nc7 Rd4 23.Qg3 Bc4 24.Re1 Bd6
25.Bxf6 Kxf6 26.Ne8+ Ke7 27.Nxd6 Rxd6 28.Qh4+ Ke6 29.Qxc4+

1-0
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[Event "Virginia-ch op"]
[Site "Virginia"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rufty,Alan"]
[Black "McKenna,Geoffrey"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Bxf7+ Kd8 14.Bxf6+ Nxf6
15.Qf3 Qxb5 16.Qxf6+ Kc7 17.Ne2 Ba6 18.0-0 Qd7 19.Bd5 Be7 20.Qf3 Raf8
21.Qe3 Qb5 22.Rfe1 Qd3 23.Qxd3 Bxd3 24.a3 b3 25.Bxb3 Rb8 26.Ba4 Rxb2
27.Nf4 Bc4 28.Rec1 Ba2 29.Nd3 Rd2 30.Nb4 Be6 31.Rab1 Rf8 32.Na6+ Kd8
33.Rb8+ Bc8 34.Rcb1 Bh4 35.Rxc8+ Ke7 36.Rb7+ Ke6 37.Bb3+ c4 38.Bxc4+ d5
39.Nc5+ Kf6 40.Rxf8+ Kg5 41.Ne6+ Kh6 42.Bf1 e4 43.Rh8 Bxf2+ 44.Kh1 g5 45.Rhxh7+

1/2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "EU-ch U18 Girls 17th"]
[Site "Sibenik"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ikonomopoulou,Maria"]
[Black "Homiakova,Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Bxf7+ Ke7 14.Rd1 c4
15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qc6 Kf7 18.Nf3 Rc8 19.Qb7+ Qe7 20.Nxd6+ Kg7 21.Qxe7+
Bxe7 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Rc1 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Bxa2 25.0-0 e4 26.Nd4 Bd5 27.Rd1 Kf7
28.Bg5 Bc5 29.Nb5 Bc6 30.Rc1 Nd7 31.Nd6+ Ke6 32.Nc4 Bd5
33.Be3 Be7 34.Bd4 Nc5 35.Ne3 Nd3 36.Ra1 Nf4 37.Ra6+ Kd7 38.Be5 Ne2+
39.Kf1 Bc6 40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Kxe2 Bc5 42.Rc7 Bb5+ 43.Ke1 Bxe3 44.fxe3

1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Labarthe,Arnaud"]
[Black "Liardet,Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Bxf7+ Kd8 14.Qf3 d5
15.Qxd5 Bb7 16.Bxf6+ Be7 17.Bxe7+ Kxe7 18.Qc4 Ba6 19.Bd5 Raf8 20.Qh4+ Rf6 21.Bc4
Bxb5 22.Nf3 g5 23.Qxg5 Bxc4 24.Qg7+ Rf7 25.Qxh8 Qg6 26.0-0-0 Qh6+
27.Kb1 Bxa2+ 28.Kxa2 Rf8 29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.Rd1+ Kc6 31.Qxe5 Kb5 32.Nd4+ Kb6
33.Nf5 Ra8+ 34.Kb1 Qf8

1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "World op 22nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.06.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fang,Joseph"]
[Black "Palatnik,Semon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4
7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Nb6
13.Bxf7+ Ke7 14.Rd1 c4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qh4

A good move,
17 Qc6 might be a bit stronger


17 ... Kf7

17 ... Bg7  18  N:d6
is not very inspiring


18.Nf3!!

Joe makes the only good move.

18 ...  h6

18 ... B:a2  19  0-0  or N:e5+
could not make Sam happy


19.0-0

19  N:e5+  Kg7  20 Nc7!!
attacking everything
is another way

19 ... Kg7 20.Nc7!!

Joe finds the killer shot

20 ...  Qxc7!  21.Bxf6+!  Kg8!  22.Bxh8!  g5

Sam in punchdrunk, 23 Qe4!!  is very
strong now but Joe finds a brutal path

23.Nxg5 Bxa2 24.Bf6!!

Best by a mile

24 ...  hxg5 25.Qh8+

1-0

Joe wins the Grandmaster's Queen.

The Fang-Boudrot Gambit helped Joe make an IM norm at the World Open.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "World op 22nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.06.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fang,Joseph"]
[Black "Palatnik,Semon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4
7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Qb3 Nb6
13.Bxf7+ Ke7 14.Rd1 c4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qh4 Kf7
18.Nf3 h6 19.0-0 Kg7 20.Nc7 Qxc7 21.Bxf6+ Kg8 22.Bxh8 g5
23.Nxg5 Bxa2 24.Bf6 hxg5 25.Qh8+

1-0





From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  8 14:19:42 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2009 14:19:42 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Upcoming tournaments in Pueblo
Message-ID: <1236543582.49b4285e9b317@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from chessliz at comcast.net -----
    Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:26:03 +0000 (UTC)
    From: chessliz at comcast.net
Reply-To: chessliz at comcast.net
 Subject: Fwd: Upcoming tournaments in Pueblo
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: chessliz at comcast.net


Below are the Pueblo tournaments for the rest of the year.?? Please put them in
the Calendar of Upcoming Tournaments.?? Tx, Liz



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) : 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. 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 Maier,??(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. , contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net (
719-566-6929) or?? ?? Jerry Maier,??(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.

COLORADO TOUR EVENT

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++



October 3, 2009

SOCO II??Tournament --- An Open One-Day Rated Chess Tournament5SS, 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 Maier,??(719-660-5531)?? Send pre-registrations to: Jerry
Maier??at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or??
pmjer77 at aim.com ??by October 1st.

COLORADO TOUR EVENT

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


??




December 12 , 2009

Winter Wonderland 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) : 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. 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 Maier,??(719-660-5531)?? Send pre-registrations to: Jerry
Maier??at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or??
pmjer77 at aim.com ??by December 10th. , contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net (
719-566-6929) or?? ?? Jerry Maier,??(719-660-5531)?? Send pre-registrations to:
Jerry Maier??at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or??
pmjer77 at aim.com ??by December 10th.

COLORADO TOUR EVENT



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  8 15:23:04 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2009 15:23:04 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tough Fight with FM Dr. Miles Ardaman
Message-ID: <1236547384.49b4373867689@www.taom.com>


Information about ChessDoc(FM) (Last disconnected Sun Mar 08 2009 13:40):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1700  [6]     1     4     0     5
Bughouse        1828  [6]   114    30     1   145   1865 (29-Apr-1997)
Crazyhouse      1688  [6]     0     2     0     2
Bullet          2302        465   378    36   879   2382 (28-Jan-1998)
Blitz           2554      16460 12453  1503 30416   2848 (17-May-2003)
Standard        2072  [6]     0     2     0     2
5-minute        1177  [8]     0     1     0     1

 1: Miles Ardaman, M.D.
 2: Asheville, NC USA
 3: prefer 4 0 r
 4: se habla espanol

 Groups : FMs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "ICC 4 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ChessDoc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defense"]
[ECO "A43"]
[NIC "OI.09"]
[Time "13:10:19"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5!  b5 3. e4!  Ba6!  4. a4

4 N-any to third rank is better
4 Any-other-move  is worse


4 ... Qa5+!  5. Nd2 TN  Wall

Theoretical Novelty

5 Bd2! has been played twice
5 Nc3!!!  b4  6 Nb5
looks like a superior version of the Fang-Boudrot Gambit

Shabalov said something interesting in his ICC interview with Watson.
He said half the games in top 10 Grandmaster databases consist of
millions of computer-versus-computer games.

In backgammon we call that roll outs -
they have computer test opening rolls
million of times to get a clear concensus.

5 ...  Nf6 6. f3

Totally missing  6 e5!!  N:d5  7  ab!!  Q:a1  8 Nb3  Qa4  9 Q:d5
tactically crushing  or
6 e5!!  Ne4  7 Qg4, Qf3  or  Bd3
positionally crushing

6 ... e6 7. dxe6 dxe6!  8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Nc3!  c4!  10. Rb1!

A weird move but best -
it's a fight for c4


10 ...  b4 11. Nb5!  Rd8 12. Bxc4!

I turn everything into a Fishing Pole or a Fang Boudrot Gambit


12 ...  Bc5 13. b3?

The knight belongs there but in blitz you want everything protected.
13 Qe2!  0-0  14 Nb3!


13 ...  Ne5 14. Qe2?

14 Bb2! is better


14 ...   O-O! 15. Bb2!  Nfd7 16. f4 Ng6!  17. g3 Nb6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Kf1

19  h2 seems like the right square for the King


19 ... Bb7!  20. Kg2 a6?

20 ... e5!  is essentially unanswerable


21. Nc7! fxe4 22. Nxe4! Nd5!

22 ... R:f4  23 N:e6 is wild


23. Nxd5!

to relieve the f4-pressure


23 ...  Bxd5 24. Rhf1!

to relieve the f4-pressure

24 ...  Qb6 25. Rbe1!  a5!  26. h4

My King only feels happy on h2

26 ... Ne7 27. Kh2!!!

Whew, finally a decent home to live in.


27 ... Bd4 28. Bxd4!  Qxd4!  29. Ng5

I have consolidated my biggest advantage so far.
About a minute left each.


29 ... Nf5 30. Nxe6!  Qf6!  31. Ng5?

I turn everything into a Fishing Pole or a Fang Boudrot Gambit.
I should have just grabbed a rook.


31 ...  h6!  32. Ne4 Qg6 33. Qf2 Qc6 34. Nd2 h5
35. Nc4!  Nh6!  36. Be2 Bxc4 37. Bxc4+!   Kh8!

About 20 seconds each.


38. Be2?  Qxc2!  39. Bxh5 Rd2 40. Re2!  Rfd8 41. Rfe1!!

19 seconds for me to 15 for the good doctor

41 ... Nf5 42. Bg6!!  Qd3?  43. Re8+!!

{Black resigns} 1-0

mate next
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 4 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ChessDoc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defense"]
[ECO "A43"]
[NIC "OI.09"]
[Time "13:10:19"]
[TimeControl "240+0"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. e4 Ba6 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. f3 e6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Nc3 c4 10. Rb1 b4 11. Nb5 Rd8 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Bb2 Nfd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. g3 Nb6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Kf1 Bb7 20. Kg2 a6 21. Nc7
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rhf1 Qb6 25. Rbe1 a5 26. h4 Ne7 27. Kh2
Bd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Ng5 Nf5 30. Nxe6 Qf6 31. Ng5 h6 32. Ne4 Qg6 33. Qf2
Qc6 34. Nd2 h5 35. Nc4 Nh6 36. Be2 Bxc4 37. Bxc4+ Kh8 38. Be2 Qxc2 39. Bxh5
Rd2 40. Re2 Rfd8 41. Rfe1 Nf5 42. Bg6 Qd3 43. Re8+ {Black resigns} 1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "Mid West Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Inumerable,F"]
[Black "Smythe,Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 b5 3.e4 Ba6 4.a4 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 b4 6.c4 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Ra2 d6
9.f4 Nd7 10.Nf3 0-0-0 11.Bd3 h6 12.0-0 Kb8 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Ka8
15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.h4 Rf8 18.Nbd2 Bc8 19.Ne4 f5 20.exf6 Ngxf6
21.a5 Qd8 22.Ne5 Nh5 23.Nc6 Nxf4 24.Rxf4 Bd4+ 25.Nxd4 Rxf4 26.Ne6 Rxe4
27.Bxe4 Qg8 28.d6+ Kb8 29.Bd5 exd6 30.Nxc5 Qg7 31.Ne6 Qe7 32.Qe1 Nc5
33.Qxb4+ Bb7 34.a6 Nxe6 35.Bxe6 Rh7 36.Rf2

1-0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "UKR-ch op"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Kljuka,Sergej"]
[Black "Levenko,Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 b5 3.e4 Ba6 4.a4 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 b4 6.Bxa6 Qxa6 7.e5 Qg6
8.Nf3 Qxg2 9.Rg1 Qh3 10.Be3 d6 11.Qe2 Qf5 12.Nbd2 dxe5 13.0-0-0 e4
14.Ng5 Nd7 15.Ngxe4 f6 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 Rc8 18.Nb3 Kf7 19.Qc4 g5
20.d6+ Kg6 21.d7 Rd8 22.Qd3 Nh6 23.Bxa7 e5 24.Qxf5+ Nxf5
25.Bb6 Be7 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Na5 Nd4 28.Rge1 Rxd7 29.Nb3 Bd8 30.Nxd4 exd4
31.Kd2 Bc7 32.h3 Ba5 33.b3 Rc7 34.Re4 Bb6 35.Re6 Bc5 36.a5 Kf5
37.Rde1 d3 38.cxd3 Bxf2 39.R1e2 Bg3 40.Re7 Bf4+ 41.Ke1 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Ra1
43.Rb7 Rxa5 44.Rxb4 Bd6 45.Rb7 h5 46.d4 g4 47.hxg4+ hxg4
48.Rb6 Bf4 49.Rc6 Rb5 50.Rc5+ Rxc5 51.dxc5 Be5 52.c6 Ke6 53.b4 Kd6
54.b5 Bd4+ 55.Kg3 Bb6 56.Kxg4 Bc7 57.Rd2+ Ke6 58.Rd7 Bb6 59.Rb7 f5+
60.Kf3 Ba5 61.c7 Kd7 62.b6

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  8 20:04:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2009 20:04:51 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Florida Chess, Ray Robson, Bobby Fischer
Message-ID: <1236564291.49b479434b907@www.taom.com>


I'd analyze a tree frog with a horsefly in his mouth if I had to.

When Danielle Rice and I attended the 2007 Florida Open, we discovered two
Colorado players hiding out in Florida, Pete Short and Richard Spitzer.
The editors of the Florida Chess Association Quarterly Publication were amazed
at how much I write. As a result I wrote two articles for them and I get their
state Chess magazine. Two games caught my eye in this month's issue.

The first was a Sicilian f5-knight sacrifice by 13 year old wunderkind,
future 2700 Grandmaster Ray Robson, trained by Florida Chessmaster
Dan Sherman, Kasparov, Onischuk, Kaidanov, etc.

The game caught my eye because my first Youtube Chess video
was a Sicilian f5-knight sacrifice with Robert Ramirez.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI&feature=related

I also played Ray a slow, rated game plus some blitz
games and was very impressed with his serious attitude
and talent.


" Ray has huge potential. He plays, I would say, mature Chess
and it was a pleasure to watch this very young kid showing the
lines and playing very high quality games  ...
I told Ray, ' Do not be too concerned about the (GM) title.
You will get it soon if you keep playing the same Chess. ' "

 - Kasparov seminar in this month's Chess Life
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "2008 Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "2008.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Todd D. Andrews"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "13:10:19"]
[TimeControl "40/2  Game/1"]

2008 Eastern Open
Washington, DC

40/2  Game/1  ( I assume )

Round 7

December 30, 2008

Opening - 6 h3 Najdorf

White -
13 year old Ray Robson, 2531

Black -
Todd D. Andrews, 2379

IM Ray Robson and his Florida teen buddy Daniel Ludwig tied for second.
GM Alex Yermolinsky drew Ray and won by half a point.

Bobby Fischer beat Najdorf's Najdorf in 1962 with
6 h3 in 24 moves and that's how long Ray took to win.

After Bobby died Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin played 6 h3
in the 2008 Melody Amber Blind/Rapid tournament as a kind of
silent tribute to Bobby.

" Everyone learned from Bobby, the ultimate Romantic. "
Anand after learning of Bobby's death

6 h3 is not called the Adams Attack because of the current Super GM
Michael Adams but the colorful U.S. player Weaver Adams from a 1950 game.

The g4 concept against the Sicilian is well known from the
Keres Attack in the 1940's and no doubt many earlier games.


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4!  4. Nxd4!  Nf6! 5. Nc3!  a6 6. h3 e6!

6 h3  e5  7  Nde2  b5  8  g4  Bb7!  9  Bg2!  b4!
10  g5  bc!  11 gf!  cb!  12 fg!  and now Paul Nikitovich thought
a good while against me and found  12 ... B:g7!
This slow, rated game was played when we were teenagers in IM John
Watson's Chess House, 5th and Bannock, Denver, Colorao, circa 1974.
I was a little sad that he chickened out of a 4 Queens game because
I thought I had an edge after
12 ... ba(Q)  13  gh(Q)  Qa5+  14 c3
because my Queen was closer to his King.
To add to the interesting moment 35 years ago,
Paul also had  12 ... Rg8  13  gf(R)+   K:f8  14  B:b2  R:g2
15  B:e5  or Qd3 with a White edge.
Bobby said in My 60 Memorable Games that 6 h3
was specifically directed against 6 ... e5.
Fritz 9 thinks I should have played
7   Nb3 or Nf3
8   Ng3 or Bg5
10  Nd5

Our game was eventually drawn


7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Qc7

Bobby as Black would no doubt play
9 ... b4!  10  g5  bc  11 gf  Q:f6!


10. Re1

Keres/Karpov as White would play
10  g5!  Nfd7  11 f4!

10 ... Be7

Hort as Black would play  10 ... h6!

11. a4  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Ray Robson.
11 g5!  Nfd7  12 f4 has been played
before by German Kochetkov, Beersheba, 1998

Fritz 9 likes splitting the difference with
11 g5!  Nfd7  12 a4!



11 ... bxa4

11 ... b4  12 Na2
Ray's b4-pressure compensates for Todd's e4-pressure


12. Rxa4!

Ray never does play  g5 -
he has other ideas.

12 ... O-O!  13. Rb4
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Like his mentor Gary Kasparov's very famous game against Shirov,
Ray intends Ra1:a4-b4:b7, a game analyzed in, among many places,

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070699
or
John Nunn's  "Understanding Chess Move By Move"
or
http://home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/evaluation_of_material_imbalance.htm

The Evaluation of Material Imbalances

by IM Larry Kaufman
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13 ... Nfd7!

13 ... d5??   attacking the b4-rook
14  R:b7!!  Q:b7  14  ed!!
is an unmitigated disaster for Mr. Andrews,
overwhelmed with d6, e6 or g5 shots


14. Nf5!!

Here we go!
on 14  Nf5!!  Nc6  we get the familiar Wall-Ramirez Nf5-Nd5 pattern of
15  Nd5!!  ed  with the added Kasparov-Shirov twist of
16  R:b7!!  Q:b7  17  ed  Nce5  18  N:e7+  Kh8
19  Nf5!!!  or f4!!  with the two bishops and a clear edge.
IM Larry Kaufman in the above-mentioned article,
The Evaluation of Material Imbalances,
gives the two bishops as half a point advantage in almost
any Chess position from the opening to the endgame.

Ray even had decent options after
14 Nf5!!  Nc6  with  15 N:e7+!  N:e7  16 Rd4  or
14 Nf5!!  Nc6  15 R:b7!  Q:b7  16  N:e7+  N:e7  17  Qd6  or
even  14 Nf5!!  Nc6  15  e5!
which is how Watson beat Mark Sherbring and I
back in his Velimirovic Attack/Chess House days

Fischer as Black might have played
14  Nf5!!  Ne5  15  N:e7+  Q:e7
and Ray has a slight advantage with almost any move -
16 f4, Ra4, g5, etc.

14 ... exf5 15. Rxb7!!

Initiating Kasparov-Shirov action although Kasparov's game is famous
because it was hard to see the initial compensation for the exchange.


15 ...  Qxb7!  16. exf5!  Nc6!  17. Rxe7!  Rae8!

Ray has two bishops and a pawn for Rook and knight, so far.


18. Qxd6

One of many good moves,
18  f6, Re3, R:e8, Q:d6, Re4, Nd5, Bg5, Re2, Re1
You pays your money, you takes your choice

18 ... Qb4??

Todd handled Sacrificial Shock just fine
but Delayed Stress Disorder did him in.
Ray's two bishops and two pawns are better
than Todd's Rook and knight after
18 ... R:e7  19  Q:e7  but now we
are cruising a cemetary after dark.


19. Rxd7!  Re1+!  20. Kh2!  Rxc1!  21. Bxc6!

Ummm, did you count the pieces before you went into this, Todd? -
just thought I'd ask.


21 ... Qb6 22. Ne4!  Rxc2!  23. Bd5
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The Roches

Cold Hard Wind Lyrics:

you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
all you can do is
not let it in
when i'm with you
i can never win
you can't reason
with a cold hard wind

when i met you
you were quiet
if i wanted
you would buy it
doing it your way
everything was great
i tried my way
and watched the weather
change

i didn't love you
so i could suffer
i got tough and
you got tougher
in your frozen eyes
no room for compromise
and our sunny days
filled with
blackened skies

i swore at the rain and
i'll do it again
but you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
a cold hard wind

a cold hard wind
you can't reason
with a cold hard wind
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23 ... Qxb2?


Time pressure already?


24. Bxf7+!!    1-0

mate in 2
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[Event "2008 Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "2008.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Todd D. Andrews"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "13:10:19"]
[TimeControl "40/2  Game/1"]

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. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O
13. Rb4 Nfd7 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Rxb7 Qxb7 16. exf5 Nc6 17. Rxe7 Rae8
18. Qxd6 Qb4 19. Rxd7 Re1+ 20. Kh2 Rxc1 21. Bxc6 Qb6 22. Ne4 Rxc2
23. Bd5 Qxb2 24. Bxf7+

1-0
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annotated in My 60 Memorable Games


[Event "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1962.01.27"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Black "Bolbochan,Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 Nc6 7.g4 Nxd4
8.Qxd4 e5 9.Qd3 Be7 10.g5 Nd7 11.Be3 Nc5 12.Qd2 Be6 13.0-0-0 0-0
14.f3 Rc8 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.h4 b5 17.Bh3 Bxh3 18.Rxh3 Nb6 19.Bxb6 Qxb6
20.Nd5 Qd8 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4 Qd7 23.Qf5 Rcd8 24.Ra3 Qa7
25.Rc3 g6 26.Qg4 Qd7 27.Qf3 Qe6 28.Rc7 Rde8 29.Nf4 Qe5 30.Rd5 Qh8
31.a3 h6 32.gxh6 Qxh6 33.h5 Bg5 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Qb3 Rxf4 36.Re5+ Kf8
37.Rxe8+

1-0
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annotated in My 60 Memorable Games

[Event "Varna ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Black "Najdorf,Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 b5 7.Nd5 Bb7
8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.c4 bxc4 10.Bxc4 Bxe4 11.0-0 d5 12.Re1 e5 13.Qa4+ Nd7
14.Rxe4 dxe4 15.Nf5 Bc5 16.Ng7+ Ke7 17.Nf5+ Ke8 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qb6
20.Rd1 Ra7 21.Rd6 Qd8 22.Qb3 Qc7 23.Bxf7+ Kd8 24.Be6


1-0
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annotated in My 60 Memorable Games

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1962.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Black "Reshevsky,Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6 7.g4 Bg7
8.g5 Nh5 9.Be2 e5 10.Nb3 Nf4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Nc6 13.Bg4 Bxg4
14.hxg4 Qc8 15.Qd1 Nd4 16.c3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qe6 18.Ra5 f6 19.Qd5 Qxd5
20.Rxd5 Kd7 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.g5 Be7 23.Ke2 Raf8 24.Be3 Rc8
25.b4 b5 26.Rdd1 Ke6 27.Ra1 Rc6 28.Rh3 Bf8 29.Rah1 Rc7 30.Rh4 d5
31.Ra1 Rc6 32.exd5+ Kxd5 33.Rd1+ Ke6 34.Rd8 Kf5 35.Ra8 Re6 36.Rh3 Bg7
37.Rxh8 Bxh8 38.Rxh7 Re8 39.Rf7+ Kg4 40.f3+ Kg3 41.Kd3 e4+ 42.fxe4 Rd8+
43.Bd4 Kg4 44.Rf1 Be5 45.Ke3 Bc7 46.Rg1+ Kh4 47.Kf3 Rd7
48.e5 Rf7+ 49.Ke4 Rf5 50.e6 Bd8 51.Bf6 Bxf6 52.gxf6 Rxf6 53.Kd5 Rf2 54.Re1

1-0
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simul game annotated for the first time

[Event "Fischer tour simul"]
[Site "Cicero"]
[Date "1964.05.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Black "Sillars,K/Manter,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2

Fritz 9 prefers  7 Nb3 or Nf3
but Bobby heads for a
logical light square bind

7 ... Be6!  8.g4

Fritz is not down with the main plan,
preferring 9 g3, Bg5 or Be3

8 ... d5

Fritz prefers  8 ... Be7


9.exd5!  Nxd5!  10.Bg2!

" with a comfortable edge "
Bobby Fischer in a note to Game 35,
Fischer-Bolbochan,
My 60 Memorable Games


10 ... Nxc3?

Bobby's edge might not be painfree after
10 ... Bb4!  11 0-0  B:c3  12 N:c3  N:c3
13 Q:d8+  K:d8  14  bc  with the two bishops
and better development to compensate for
doubled pawns on an open file


11.Qxd8+!  Kxd8!  12.Nxc3!  Nc6 13.Be3!  Bb4

a little late


14.0-0-0+!  Ke7 15.Ne4!  Rhd8?  16.a3!!

The Sillars,K/Manter,L duo are being punished for not
trading off this awkward bishop when they had the chance.


16 ...  Ba5!  17.Bc5+!

There goes the neighborhood

17 ...  Ke8!   18.Nd6+!  Rxd6!  19.Rxd6!  Bc7?

The no talent ass clowns blunder again. Is beer allowed at simuls?


20.Rxc6

1-0

A rook down against the greatest player ever.
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[Event "Fischer tour simul"]
[Site "Cicero"]
[Date "1964.05.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Black "Sillars,K/Manter,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 Be6
8.g4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Nxc3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nxc3 Nc6 13.Be3 Bb4
14.0-0-0+ Ke7 15.Ne4 Rhd8 16.a3 Ba5 17.Bc5+ Ke8 18.Nd6+ Rxd6 19.Rxd6 Bc7 20.Rxc6

1-0
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Magnus Carlsen tribute to Bobby, blindfold game

[Event "Amber-blind 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen,Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand,Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5
8.Bg2 Bb7 9.0-0 h6 10.Re1 e5 11.Nf5 g6 12.Ne3 Nbd7 13.a4 b4 14.Ncd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5
a5 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Be7 18.Rb1 Bc6 19.Bf1 h5 20.Bb5 Bxb5
21.Rxb5 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bh4 23.Qf3 Nf6 24.Rb7 Qc8 25.g5 Nxd5 26.Qxf7+ Kd8
27.exd5 Qg4+ 28.Kf1 Qh3+ 29.Ke2 Qg4+ 30.Kd3 Qf5+ 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.Rh1 Kc8
33.Rf7

1-0
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Sergey Karjakin tribute to Bobby, rapid game

[Event "Amber-rapid 17th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin,Sergey"]
[Black "Van Wely,Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.0-0 b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.exd5 Be7 12.Nc6 Qc7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.g5 Nfd7
15.Re1+ Kf8 16.Qe2 Qd8 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Qxe5 h6 20.Qf4 a5
21.g6 f6 22.Re6 Bc8 23.Re3 Qb6 24.Rae1 Bd7 25.d6 Ra7 26.Qc4

1-0
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original 6 h3 game as far as I know

[Event "Hastings 5051"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1950.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams,Weaver Warren"]
[Black "Rossolimo,Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 a6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.Qe2 b4 10.Nd1 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Ne3 0-0
16.0-0-0 a5 17.Nc4 Qa6 18.Rhe1 a4 19.Nd4 b3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Nxb3 Qa2
22.Rd4 Rc8 23.Red1 Bd5 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.Rxd5 Nc6 26.Qxe4 Bb4 27.Kd1 Ne7
28.Rd3 Ng6 29.Bc1 Qa6 30.Ne3 Rd8 31.Qxb4 Rxd3+ 32.cxd3 Qxd3+
33.Nd2 Rd8 34.Qc3 Qe4 35.Ke1 Qh1+ 36.Nef1 Nf4 37.Qc4 Nd3+ 38.Ke2 Qg2
39.Qxd3 Rxd3 40.Kxd3 Qc6 41.Nc4 Qd5+ 42.Kc3 Qd1 43.Be3 Qxf1 44.b4 Qxh3
45.b5 Qxg4 46.b6 Qe4 47.Bd4 h5 48.Nd6 Qb1 49.b7 h4 50.Kc4 h3 51.Nb5 h2
52.b8=Q+ Kh7 53.Qc8 h1=Q 54.Nc3 Qg6 55.Kc5 Qf3 56.Qc7 Qe6
57.Qd6 Qc8+ 58.Kb4 Qd3 59.Ka3 Qcc4

0-1
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They call it the Keres Attack for a reason

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "Salzburg"]
[Date "1943.06.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Keres,Paul"]
[Black "Bogoljubow,Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 Nxd4
8.Qxd4 Nd7 9.Be3 a6 10.Be2 Qc7 11.f4 b6 12.f5 Ne5 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.a4 Be7
15.h4 Qc5 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.Rf1 Bb7 18.Bd4 Rf8 19.0-0-0 Rxf1 20.Rxf1 Bd8
21.Qf4 Ng6 22.Qg4 Qe7 23.Qh5 e5 24.Be3 Bc7 25.Qxh7 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4
27.Bh5+ Kd7 28.Bg4+ Kc6 29.Qf5 b5 30.Qd5+ Kb6 31.Qd4+ Kc6 32.Nd5

1-0
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Early Keres Attack

[Event "Chigorin mem"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.11.25"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Keres,Paul"]
[Black "Plater,Kazimierz"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Be7 7.Bg2 0-0
8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nb3 a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.g5 Nd7 12.Be3 b5 13.Qh5 b4 14.Ne2 Bb7
15.c4 bxc3 16.Nxc3 Nb4 17.Rac1 Qd8 18.Nd4 Nc6 19.Rf3 Re8 20.Nxc6 Bxc6
21.f5 exf5 22.Rh3 Nf8 23.exf5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Qa5 25.Rf1 Rab8 26.Bd4 Rxb2+
27.Kh1 Qb4 28.Bxg7 Qb7+ 29.Rhf3 Kxg7 30.f6+ Kg8 31.fxe7 Rxe7 32.Kg1 Qb6+
33.R3f2 Rxf2 34.Rxf2 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Qb7+ 36.Qf3 Qxf3+ 37.Rxf3 Ne6 38.h4 Kg7
39.Kf2 Rh1 40.Kg3 Rg1+ 41.Kh3

1/2
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Early Keres Attack

[Event "Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Keres,Paul"]
[Black "Clarke,Peter H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3 Nc6
8.h3 d5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qf3 a6 13.Be2 Qa5+
14.Bd2 Qa4 15.Nb3 Qe4 16.0-0-0 0-0-0 17.Be3 Qxf3 18.Bxf3 Be6 19.Bb6 Rd6
20.Bc5 Rd8 21.Rhe1 Bd6 22.Bxd6 Rxd6 23.Nc5 Rhd8 24.Rd2 a5
25.Bg2 b6 26.Nb3 f6 27.f4 Kc7 28.Re3 d4 29.Re1 Bxb3 30.axb3 R8d7
31.Bf1 Re7 32.Rxe7+ Nxe7 33.Bc4 Ng6 34.Rf2 Rd7 35.Bd3 Ne7 36.Re2 Nc6
37.Re8 Rd8 38.Re4 Rd5 39.Kd2 b5 40.Re8 Kb6 41.Be4 Rd6 42.h4 Nd8 43.Bd3 Nc6
44.Be4 Nd8 45.Bf5 g5 46.Rh8 gxf4 47.Rxh6 Nf7 48.Rg6 Ne5 49.h5 f3
50.Rg8 d3 51.cxd3 Nxd3 52.Ke3 f2 53.Ke2 Nxb2 54.Kxf2 a4 55.bxa4 bxa4
56.Rb8+

1-0
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First 10 moves the same as Ray versus Todd

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kochetkov,German"]
[Black "Lederman,Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.0-0 Qc7 10.Re1 Be7 11.g5 Nfd7 12.f4 0-0 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

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Famous mysterious exchange sac game

[Event "Horgen SWZ"]
[Site "Horgen SWZ"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Bb7
13.Nc2 Nb8 14.a4 bxa4 15.Rxa4 Nd7 16.Rb4 Nc5 17.Rxb7 Nxb7
18.b4 Bg5 19.Na3 O-O 20.Nc4 a5 21.Bd3 axb4 22.cxb4 Qb8
23.h4 Bh6 24.Ncb6 Ra2 25.O-O Rd2 26.Qf3 Qa7 27.Nd7 Nd8 28.Nxf8 Kxf8
29.b5 Qa3 30.Qf5 Ke8 31.Bc4 Rc2 32.Qxh7 Rxc4 33.Qg8+ Kd7
34.Nb6+ Ke7 35.Nxc4 Qc5 36.Ra1 Qd4 37.Ra3 Bc1 38.Ne3

1-0

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  8 21:04:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2009 21:04:30 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Covington on Ray Robson
Message-ID: <1236567870.49b4873e4bbf6@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Paul Covington <paul at covingtoncomputers.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:37:37 -0600
    From: Paul Covington <paul at covingtoncomputers.com>
Reply-To: paul at covingtoncomputers.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Florida Chess, Ray Robson, Bobby Fischer
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Ray was featured on one of the ICC games of the day...  recently...

pc
-------------------
Brian

It would have to be recently, he's only 13.

01-11-2008
FM Ray Robson vs.
IM Drasko Boskovic


UTD GM Invitational
ECO: B48
Sicilian: Taimanov

featured in Joel Benjamin's Game of the Week on ICC Chess.FM



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar  8 22:13:02 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  8 Mar 2009 22:13:02 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Snyder on the run
Message-ID: <1236571982.49b4974e48786@www.taom.com>



http://theyshouldbedead.blogspot.com/2007/04/robert-snyder.html
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http://www.labatechess.com/robert_snyder.html
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http://www.teachersmackdown.com/chess-teacher-robert-snyder-gets-two-years-for-child-sex-assault/
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=59466&kpage=1#reply1

Until the FBI tracks down 1 e4  c5  2 b3
we will have to settle for Robert's games and books.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  9 01:04:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2009 01:04:18 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] March 2009 CSCA newsletter
Message-ID: <1236582258.49b4bf7265a4d@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from boulderchessclub at yahoo.com -----
    Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 23:59:40 -0700 (PDT)
    From: boulderchessclub at yahoo.com
Reply-To: boulderchessclub at yahoo.com
 Subject: March 2009 CSCA newsletter


Here is the March 2009 newsletter.



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  9 02:24:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2009 02:24:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Two ridiculous saves, one against a GM
Message-ID: <1236587041.49b4d2211e24c@www.taom.com>



Statistics for APBEH(GM)         On for:   22     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          1709  [8]     0     1     1     2
Blitz           2370       2542  1808   342  4692   2798 (23-Sep-2008)
5-minute        2226  [8]   113    95    18   226   2292 (16-Sep-2006)
1-minute        2303  [8]     7     3     0    10

 1:  /\_/\
 2: ( o.o )
 3:  > ~ <

 Groups : GMs
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "APBEH"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Opening "Four knights: Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[ECO "C47"]
[NIC "SO.03"]
[Time "04:08:30"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3
O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. c3 Be7 14.
Qa4 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 c5 16. Bf3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxd5 Rxd5
20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Bb3 Qb6 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Qc4 Rf8 24. g3 Qc7 25. Rd1 Kh8 26.
Rd5 Be7 27. h4 f6 28. Qd3 Rd8 29. Bc2 Kg8 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 Bd6 32. Qh8+
Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Ke6 34. Qxc7 Bxc7 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. Kf1 Bc7 37. Ke2 Be5 38.
Bd3 Kd5 39. f3 Bxg3 40. Be4+ Ke5 41. h5 Bf4 42. Kd3 Bc1 43. b3 Bb2 44. Kc4
Kd6 45. a4 Ba1 46. b4 cxb4 47. cxb4 Kc7 48. Kd5 Bc3 49. b5 Kb6 50. Ke6 Ka5
51. Bc2 Kb6 52. Kf7 Kc5 53. Kg7 Bd2 54. Kxf6 Kb6 55. Ke5 Bc3+ 56. Ke4 Kc5
57. f4 Kd6 58. Kf5 Ke7 59. Kg6 Bd2 60. Kxh6 Bxf4+ 61. Kg7 Be5+ 62. Kg6 Kf8
63. h6 Kg8 64. h7+ Kh8 65. Kf5 Bd4 66. Ke6 Bb6 67. Kd7 Bf2 68. Kc6 Kg7 69.
Kb7 Kh8 70. a5 Kg7 71. Bd3 Kh8 72. Kc6 Kg7 73. b6 Bxb6 74. a6 Kh8 75. Kb5
Kg7 76. Kc6 Kh8 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

I used my knowledge of opposite colored bishop endgames to save this one against
a GM. At the end I had a classic case - my King holds the King side because of
the wrong colored rook pawn and my bishop hold the Queenside
by being ready to die.
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Information about rifki (Last disconnected Sun Mar 08 2009 22:50):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          1359  [8]     1     1     0     2
Blitz           1818        482   283    53   818   2033 (09-Oct-2007)
5-minute        1965       6647  6404  1356 14407   2103 (13-Mar-2008)
1-minute        1171  [7]    48    50     2   100   1263 (10-Oct-2007)
15-minute       1967  [4]   155   101    16   272   1967 (25-Dec-2008)
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rifki"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[Opening "Alapin's opening"]
[ECO "C20"]
[NIC "KP.10"]
[Time "22:25:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5
8. Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Kh1 Ba6 12. Re1 Qh4 13. Rg1 Ne3 14.
Bxe3 Rxe3 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nf1 Re5 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Qd2 h5 19. Rae1 Qf6 20.
Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Nxc6 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qxa2 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 Qd5
26. Nf6 Qf5 27. Ne4 Bb7 28. Ng3 Qf6 29. Nde2 Bd6 30. Qd4 Be5 31. Qb4 Bxf3
32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. gxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Rg2 h4 35. Ne4 Qxe4 36. Qxf7+ Bg7 37. Qxg6+
Qxg6 38. Rxg6 Kxg6 39. Nf4+ Kf5 40. Nd5 c5 41. Kg2 Ke4 42. Nc7 Kd3 43. Ne6
Kc2 44. Nxg7 Kxb2 45. Ne6 c4 46. Nc5 Kxc3 47. Kf3 a5 48. Ke2 Kb4 49. Ne4 a4
50. Kd2 a3 51. Kc2 h3 52. Nc3 Kc5 53. Na2 Kd4 54. Kd2 Ke4 55. Kc3 Kf3 56.
Kxc4 Kg2 57. Kd3 Kxh2 58. Nc3 Kg2 {White resigns} 0-1
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In this last one I refuse to die a rook down against
a 1900 and he eventually finds a way to lose.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  9 03:09:25 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2009 03:09:25 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mellow Hyper-Pole
Message-ID: <1236589765.49b4dcc593457@www.taom.com>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk

In Anthea's most successful Youtube Chess video,
she recommends not attacking my Fishing Pole
Knight with h3. Mellow took her advice very seriously
and used half his time before being forced to admit
h3 was necessary.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mellow"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "04:42:57"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

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

Fishing Pole


5. c3 a6 6. Be2

99% play 6 Ba4 automatically


6 ... Bc5 7. d4 Ba7!!

Hyper-Pole,
hiding the bishop on a7 to make ... b5 possible if necessary.
As I told Watson in my ICC interview the Peekabo Bishop
often wins material because they forget about him.
Another advantage is White had made all the obvious moves
and always hesitates as he figures out how to develop his Queenside.


8. Bg5 f6!

Starting my pawn wave.


9. Bh4?  d6!!  10. Nbd2 h5

Here White was in a dilemma -
he has steadfastly refused to weaken his Kingside
with h3 but now realizes he must to save his bishop.
The conflict cost him half his time.


11. h3 g5!!  12. Bg3 h4!!  13. Bh2 Nxh2!!

13 ... Nh6!
is a perfectly good option I never avail myself of.

14. Nxh2 exd4!!  15. Bh5+ Kf8!!

They don't seem to realize that this is my proper hime


16. f4??

See how they forget about my peekaboo bishop?


16 ...  dxc3+ 17. Rf2??

See how they forget about my peekaboo bishop?


17 ... cxd2

{White resigns} 0-1

Mellow is losing buckets of material so he agrees to the miniature.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mellow"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "04:42:57"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 Bc5
7. d4 Ba7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 h5 11. h3 g5 12. Bg3 h4
13. Bh2 Nxh2 14. Nxh2 exd4 15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. f4 dxc3+ 17. Rf2 cxd2

{White resigns} 0-1
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Statistics for mellow         On for: 3:02     Idle:    0
mellow is currently involved in a match against madelaine.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1907  [1]    10     6     2    18
Loser's         1723  [4]     1     1     0     2
Crazyhouse      2172        165   143     2   310   2268 (31-Dec-2007)
Bullet          2173  [8]   156    96     9   261   2244 (06-Nov-2008)
Blitz           2489        482   600    74  1156   2645 (15-Aug-2008)
5-minute        2176       3048  2828   488  6364   2365 (26-Feb-2009)
1-minute        2140      13602 12715  1118 27435   2383 (25-Jan-2009)
15-minute       1885  [4]    17     4     0    21   1885 (26-Sep-2008)
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  9 04:23:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2009 04:23:22 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] IM Mark Ginsburg
Message-ID: <1236594202.49b4ee1ae9014@www.taom.com>


IM Mark Ginsburg is the funniest man on ICC,
he kibitzes a lot with hilarious comments I really enjoy.

I saw him once in New York.

He has an excellent Chess blog.

He helped make Chess Chow a great sucess.

I did part of an ICC webast with him,
we covered Greg Shahade's National Chess League.

Mark is also an excellent anaylyst,
Chess comes easy to him, very logical mind.

Mark is also a Facebook buddy ( i.e., complete stranger ).

I was frightened when I had to play him but I did my best.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "aries2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[ECO "B42"]
[NIC "SI.42"]
[Time "05:19:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3!  e6 3. d4 cxd4!  4. Nxd4!  a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3!  Qc7!
7. O-O Nf6!  8. Bg5 Be7!  9. N1d2 d6!  10. f4!  Nbd7 11. Kh1

Qe2 is sharper


11 ... b6!!  TN

Theoretical Novelty by IM Mark Ginsburg.
11 ... Nc6 has occurred before.


12. Qe2 Bb7!

A cat can look at a King.

13. Rae1!  h6!  14. Bxf6!!

I can play  14 Bh4!  if I don't open the h-file -
14  Bh4!  g5!  15 Bg3!

14 ... Nxf6 15. e5!  Nd5 16. f5!!

Standard Sicilian fare -
ripping open lines against an uncastled King.

16 ...  dxe5!  17. fxe6!!

Standard Sicilian fare -
ripping open lines against an uncastled King.

17 ...  Nf4

Attacking d3, e2 and g2
but I was ready


18. exf7+!!  Kf8!  19. Rxf4!!

Standard Sicilian fare -
ripping open lines against an uncastled King


19 ...  exf4!  20. Nd4!!

eyeing e6

20 ... Bd5

covering e6


21. Bc4!!!

removing the guard

21 ...  f3!

Still tring to hurt me on g2


22. Bxd5!!  fxe2

Mark has won my Queen but now I win the house.


23. Ne6+!!  Kxf7!  24. Nxc7+!!  Kg6!  25. Nxa8


{Black resigns}  1-0

He's down two knights for nothing.


Percentage of perfect moves.

Brian -  16/25  64 %
including 12 out of my last 13 attacking moves  92%
Mark  -  14/24  58%
including 6 out of his last 9 defensive moves   66%

This reminds me of my game with Ray Robson where I made one little mistake
in the opening followed by 10 perfect moves but it wasn't enough to shake him.

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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "aries2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[ECO "B42"]
[NIC "SI.42"]
[Time "05:19:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. N1d2 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7
13. Rae1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e5 Nd5 16. f5 dxe5 17. fxe6 Nf4
18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Rxf4 exf4 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Bc4 f3 22. Bxd5 fxe2
23. Ne6+ Kxf7 24. Nxc7+ Kg6 25. Nxa8


{Black resigns}  1-0
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 1: IM Mark Ginsburg http://nezhmet.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/tholian.jpg
 2: I have a PhD in Information Systems from NYU and academic style writings
  (including ICC Volunteerism) can be found here:
  http://www.seventhrank.com/pubs/
 3: Apparently my Chess.FM Anti Sicilian videos have been moved back to January
  09.    Update, now I am hearing "first quarter 2009."
 4:  Read my new Diesen article (Part 2) here
  http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9049/508
 5: Spassky was asked to evaluate Korchnoi. "Incredible determination, fierce
  will to win, encyclopedic ending knowledge, ...."
 6: And Korchnoi's weakness?  Spassky said "No talent."
 7: Identify the personae:
  http://nezhmet.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/panam.jpg
 8: Send a msg to this account if you want to learn opening novelties; I am an
  official vendor and can do the lesson in a cloistered private virtual sitting
  room.
 9: Smith-Morra analysis (thanks to 'manest' for his start-point chess.fm
  videos) here:

http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/the-fabulous-00s-chessfm-and-handling-the-smith-morra/
10: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9035/431  Chess Life Online has the
  Diesen obit & games (Part I of II)

 Name   : Mark Ginsburg
 Groups : USA Belgium IMs Vendors
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[Event "Augsburg Afro op"]
[Site "Augsburg"]
[Date "2001.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neidlinger,Markus"]
[Black "Pitl,Gregory"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.Bd3 a6 7.0-0 Nf6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.N1d2 0-0 10.f4 d6 11.Qe1 Nbd7 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 Nb6
14.Qh4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rxf6 gxf6 18.Rf1 Qd8 19.Qh6 f5
20.Rxf5 f6 21.Rf3 Ra7 22.Na5 Rg7 23.Nc6 Qd6 24.Na5 Rg6 25.Qh4 Qd4
26.Nb3 Qxb2 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.exd5 f5 29.Qe7 Rg7 30.Qc5 Bd7 31.d6 e4
32.Qd5+ Rgf7 33.Rg3+ Kh8 34.Be2 f4 35.Rg5 Qxc2 36.Qe5+ Rf6 37.Qe7

1/2
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[Event "Valencia Autonomico-B"]
[Site "Valencia"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Segui Catala,Francisco"]
[Black "Pavia Miralles,Jose Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.N1d2 0-0 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.c3 e5 13.f5 b5 14.Qe1 Rd8
15.Rf3 Bb7 16.Qh4 Ne8 17.f6 Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Raf1 Ne7 20.Rxf6 gxf6
21.Qh6 Ng6 22.Rf5 Bc8 23.Rh5 Qb6 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7

0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  9 14:55:15 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2009 14:55:15 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Florida Chess, Larry Storch versus Toby Boas
Message-ID: <1236632115.49b582337f5ec@www.taom.com>


Larry Storch versus Toby Boas


This was the other game that caught my eye in the Winter 2009 Florida Chess
Association Quarterly Publication. Wonderful New England memories come
flooding back when I think of the initial excitement of the Fang Boudrot
Gambit. It was very interesting to me to see how the idea has trickled down
to the masses 20 years out of our secret pre-computer Chess laboratory.

Unlike the Ray Robson-Todd Andrews game, this one has notes by the winner.
It is maddeningly impossible to make out who is talking in Dvoretsky's
Analytic Manual so I will try to be clear who is speaking, me or Larry.



[Event "Central Florida Class"]
[Site "Orlando International Airport Hotel"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larry Storch"]
[Black "Toby Boas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"]
[ECO "A57"]
[NIC "BI.44"]
[Time "22:25:54"]
[TimeControl "40/2  Game/1"]

Central Florida Class Championships

http://2009cfclass.eventbrite.com/

Orlando Central International Airport
Hotel and Convention Center

January 11, 2009

Round 4

Game/60 minutes

Opening -
Fang-Boudrot Gambit

White -
Larry Storch, Pity Master

Black -
Toby Boas,
2160



1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4
7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. d6 exd6

Brian -
20 years ago, like clockwork,
9  ... de  would take Black 10 minutes and
10 ... ed  would take Black 20 minutes
in a slow, rated game


11. Bg5 Bb7
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Brian -
At a World Open, Maxim Dlugy asked Joe Fang,
" Why can't Black just play  11 ... Bb7? "

If there is one position I would want to run a 300 game
computer versus computer tournament this would be it.

My reason is that after
12 Bd5!!  N:d5!! 13  B:d8!  K:d8!  14 Nf3
I have mixed feelings.
I want the Fang-Boudrot Gambit to prevail but on the other hand,
aesthetically and romantically I think it is cool every time
the two bishops overcome the Queen, usually by the oozing lava
pawn chain creating a mega-outpost for Black's remaining knight.

My guess is that White should win by saccing into the pawns at some point.
I tried testing it myself and found it fascinating.
The position after 12 Bd5!!  is like staring at a beautiful woman,
getting lost in her eyes forever, never getting bored.
Twenty years later she still mesmerizes me.

12 Bd5!!  B:d5  13  B:f6  Q:f6  14  Qd5  Ra5  15 Nc7+  Kd7
16 Qb7  Qd8  17 Na6+   Ke6  18 N:b8

12 Bd5!!  B:d5  13  B:f6  Q:f6  14  Qd5  Ra5  15 Nc7+  Ke7
16 Qb7  Qf5  17  Nd5+   Ke6  18 Ne3  Qd3  19 Qc8+
and White will pick up one of the rooks

12 Bd5!!  B:d5  13  B:f6  Q:f6  14  Qd5  Ra4  15 Nc7+   Kd7
16 Qb7  Qd8  17 Na6+  Ke6  18 N:b8


12 Bd5!!  B:d5  13  B:f6  Q:f6  14  Qd5  Ra4  15 Nc7+   Kd8
16 Qb7  Nd7  17 Nd5  Qh4  18 Ne2
with ideas of g3, 0-0, Qc7+, Nb6

another line -
12  Bd5!!  Ra5  13  B:b7!  R:b5  14  B:f6  Q:f6  15 Qa4

another line -
12 Bd5!!  Nc6  13 B:f6  Q:f6  14  Nc7+  Kd7  15 N:a8  B:a8  16 a3!!!
a key idea in many lines,
prying open the  Queenside.

Since all this is so good for White, in most cases he even has
alternative winning lines, I cannot imagine how Larry could
"prepare" to play the inferior 12 Nf3.
My only explanation is that the Two Bishops versus The
Queen line scared him. In that case, he is forgiven.

Even my Chess hero, the mighty IM Joe Fang himself ( and at least 4 others ),
got it wrong the first time with  12 Qb3
12 Qb3 is extremely messy and unclear in many lines.
Some examples:

12 Qb3  Bg7  13 B:f7+  Kf8  14  B:f6  Q:f6  15 Bd5  Nc6
and Black has a pawn plus crisscrosssing bishops.
12 Qb3  d5  13 Rd1  Ra6  14  Nf3  Be7  15 B:f6  R:f6
16 B:d5  B:d5  17  R:d5  Qa5  18 Nc3  Nc6  19 Ne2/e4
12 Qb3  d5  13 Rd1  Ra6  14  Nf3  Be7  15 B:f6  B:f6
16 B:d5  B:d5 17  R:d5  Qe7  18  0-0
12 Qb3  d5  13 Rd1  Ra6  14  B:d5  B:d5  15 R:d5  Nbd7
16  B:f6  R:f6 17 Qa4
12  Qb3  d5  13  Nc7+  Q:c7  14 B:a6  Nbd7

Just imagine trying to figure out all this without computers,
without preparation of any kind. Even the titled players we
faced got it wrong every time. As you will see, even twenty
years later, both sides are completely clueless.

Another try is  12 B:f6  Q:f6  13 Nc7+  Kd8  14  N:a8  or Nd5

Even 12 f3 has been played once.

After Larry's move, 12 Nf3, played at least 4 times before,
the only good move is  12 ... Nbd7! with the idea of
13 N:d6+?  B:d6  14  Q:d6  Ne4!!  wins a piece due
to hanging White bishops.
Next move Black will free himself with
... Be7, ... d5  or ... h6 so we get
12 Nf3  Nbd7!
13  0-0  h6, ... Qb6, ... Be7, ... Qb8, ... d5  or even ... Rg8
all good for Black.

I don't know what Larry "prepared " but it worked -
after  12 Nf3 Toby Boas played  12 ... Nc6 and now
13  0-0! is an interesting move, still two pawns down
but keeping many threats.
12  Nf3  Nc6  13 0-0  Na5  14  Qa4!!  or B:f6!
12  Nf3  Nc6  13 0-0   e4  14  Nd2!!  or  Re1!  or B:f6!
12  Nf3  Nc6  13 0-0  Rb8  14  Nc7+!!   or  Re1!!
12  Nf3  Nc6  13 0-0  Rc8  14  Qb3!!  or  Nd2!  or Re1!
So 13 0-0! would be very promising
but Larry played the straightforward
12  Nf3  Nc6  13 B:f6!!  Q:f6  14  Nc7+!!  Kd7  15  N:a8!!  B:a8
and after  16 0-0!!  Toby has two pawns for the exchange but Larry's
safer King and better development should be the deciding factor.
Larry played the second best  16  a3!
adn the adventures continued.

It is interesting that comparing Nf3 with Bc4 lines is what led
Ed Boudrot and Joe Fang to investigate the whole line in the late
nineteen-eighties and now Larry Storch is doing the same thing.


- Brian

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12. Nf3
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Larry Storch -

I had prepared this for our game.
12 Bd5 was a Game/15 I played against Toby several months earlier.
Black sacrifices his Queen and gets two bishops and a pawn shield.
I eventually achieved a won game but missed the win and lost.
12  Bd5  N:d5  13  B:d8  K:d8  14 Nf3  f6   0-1
Larry Storch - Toby Boas
Tournament/ICC  Game/15 2008


Larry Storch -

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12 ... Nc6

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Larry Storch -

White was threatening various captures on e5
12 Nf3  Be7  13  B:f6  B:f6  14 N:d6+

12 Nf3  Ra5  13  N:e5   d5  14 Qe2   Be7
15  B:f6  0-0 16 B:e7  Q:e7  17 Ng4

(  12  Nf3  Ra5  13 Qb3  d5  14  B:f6  Q:f6  15  Nc7+  Ke7
16 B:d5 is a good alternative - Brian Wall )

12.Nf3 Na6 13.Nxe5 Qe7 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Bxf6 Be7 16.Qxd6 Bxd6
17.Bxh8 0-0-0 18.Nxf7 Re8+ 19.Kf1 Bf8 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Nxd8
1-0
Baptiste Le Bailly  versus Clement Picard
France 2005 Team Championship

Larry Storch -
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Brian Wall -

The play can be improved for both sides in this Bailly game -
12 Nf3  Na6  13 Bd5  N:d5  14  B:d8  R:d8  15  Qa4  Rd7  16  0-0
looks like an better version for White of the standard
Two Bishops and Two Pawns versus Queen variation.

12 Nf3  Na6  13  N:e5  d5!!
is much better than the horrible
13 ... Qe7  14  N:d6+!!  Q:d6  15  B:f6

12 Nf3  Na6  13  N:e5  d5!!  14 Qe2  Be7  15  B:f6!!  or N:g6!!
are still much better for Larry

It is true that any move except 12 ... Nbd7!!  loses after  12 Nf3,
for example,  12 Nf3  h6  13 B:f6  Q:f6  14  Nc7+  Kd8
15  N:a8  B:a8  16  Bd5  or  0-0
should be better for White

- Brian Wall
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13. Bxf6
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Larry Storch -

Played after 40 minutes thought.
13 Nc7+  Q:c7  14  B:f6  Rg8  15  Ng5  Nd8  16  B:d8  Q:g2  17 Rf1  Q:g5

Larry Storch -
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Bian Wall -

What does Larry use for a Chess engine,
two checkers, a candle and an abacus?
13 Nc7+  Q:c7  14  B:f6  Rg8  15  Ng5  Nd4!!
16  B:f7+  Q:f7  17  N:e7  K:f7  18  B:e5  de
with three pieces for a Queen
18  Bg5  B:g2!! is worse for Larry
18  Bg5  B:g2!!  19  Qg4  Bc6!!
is another beautiful two pieces and two pawns for Toby
versus Larry's Queen but a very favorable one for Boas -
that is not a knight on d4 but a 600 pound gorilla.
13 Nc7+  Q:c7  14  B:f6  Rg8  15  Ng5  Nd4!!  16  0-0
is interesting -
16 0-0   Be7  17  B:f7+  Kf8 18 B:g8  K:g8
with pawn and bishop for rook
16 0-0   Bg7  17  B:f7+  Kf8 18 B:g8  K:g8
19  B:g7  Qc6  20  f3  K:g7
In these last two lines Toby's knight on the
mega-outpost d4 should at least hold the balance.
16 0-0   d5  17  B:e5  Q:e5  18 Re1  Qe7
19  R:e7+  B:e7  20  Nf3  dc  21 N:d4  cd  22 Q:d4
Toby lost his proud knight but he should be all right with
Rook and two bishops for a Queen once he gets coordinated.

These are variations that try men's souls.
The whole Fang-Boudrot concept is to turn the game from a
comfortable pawn down positional game in a razor sharp
mind bending Alice in Wonderland tactical hell.
It's a two edged sword but hopefully White has a better
feel for the complications and will blunder less than Black.

13 0-0 is better  than  13 Nc7+  and Larry's 13 B:f6 is better
than 13 0-0 so in the end, they were 40 minutes well spent.


- Brian Wall
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13 ... Qxf6 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 16. a3

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Brian Wall -

16 0-0!!
with the idea of Bd5, a3 or Re1 next move should be decisive,
material is about even but Larry's King isn't bobbing up and
down in the middle of the bathtub.

Even then, we still have a ballgame after, say,
16  0-0  e4  17  Nd2  Qd4  18  B:f7  Ke7  19  Bb3  d5 20 Qe2 Ne5
and Toby's central stranglehold is hard to shake.

Going backwards I might be forced to admit that my
13 0-0! is just as good as Larry's 40 minute 13 B:f6!

- Brian Wall
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16 ... e4 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. O-O??

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Larry Storch -

An oversight that drops a piece.
18  ab
18 N:e4  Re8  19 f3  Qf4  20 B:f7!

- Larry Storch
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Brian Wall -

More horrible analysis of my beloved Fang-Boudrot Gambit.

The problem is that winning the exchange in this Opening System
is often not enough to win the game, Toby Boas is hanging in
there with good moves. Winning the exchange often kills an
attack and then the defender has some breathing room to
demonstrate his trumps. Also Larry used up so much time,
Kamsky-like, that now he barely has time to think straight.

After 16  a3!  e4!!  ( also the right move against 16 0-0! )
17 Nd2!  Bh6!!  18  ab?  Q:b2!
Toby is already better.
After 16  a3!  e4!!  17 Nd2!  Bh6!!  18  Ne4?  Qd4!!  or ... Qe5!
Toby is fine
After 16  a3!  e4!! 17 Nd2!  Bh6!!  18  Ne4?  Re8?  19  Bd5!!  or f3!
Larry keeps his exchange
After 16  a3!  e4!! 17 Nd2!  Bh6!!  18  Nb3  e3!  19 N:c5+!  Ke7!!
and Toby has more than enough for the exchange

The truth is that maybe Toby's plan wasn't so bad after all. It takes
4 tempi to play Nb1/c3/b5/c7+/:a8 which gives Toby time to consolidate
his Bishop and two pawns. Larry's 18th was not that bad, it is White
fighting for the draw here and with little time left. This is a
common problem in many variations in the Fang-Boudrot Gambit,
taking a rook often deflates the attack.
18 Bd5!!! barely holds the balance -
18  Bd5  B:d2+  19 Q:d2  Nd4  20 Bc4  b3  21 0-0  d5  22 Be2
Toby has a central pawn roller that will gain strength in time.
18  N:e4  Qd4  19  f3  f5
is comfortable for Boas as is
18  0-0  Qd4
Any other move for Larry practically loses.
18  Bd5!!! hopes to blockade or neutralize
Toby's initiative with N:e4 or Nc4 and
Larry doesn't mind moving his King to f1
or d1 if he has to.
18 Bd5!!! is a tough move to play and I'm not sure if I trust it.

- Brian Wall
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18 ...  Qd4! 19. Bxf7
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Brian -

19  N:e4!!  Q:e4  20  Bd5  Qd4  21 Qb3  Kc7
22 Rfd1  Qf4/g4/h4 23 ab  Q:b4  24 Qd3

is roughly even - It was hard to do but the piece sac accomplished a lot -
ended the Black pawn wave and gave White time to consolidate and activate
every piece. Larry now has pressure on a8, c6, d6 and f7, for example,
24 ... Ne5??  25  Ra7+!!  is a disaster.
The position would be roughly even after
24 Qd3  Qb6, ... Bf4, ... c4  or  ... Qd4

This is why I love this Nescafe Frappe Attack so much -
You need such delicate scales to play it even half correctly.
How could Larry have guessed that the only solution was to give
Toby Boas Bishop, Knight and Pawn ( 7 )  for just a rook ( 5 ) -
There were clues, Toby's h8-rook is inactive and Larry's rooks
are hyper-active and the alternative was just getting smothered
by the Full Metal Jacket ( pawn wave )

So subtle is the Fang-Boudrot Gambit that Larry instinctively tries
to make the same deal with the devil, a knight for a pawn, but
the f7 pawn is slightly inferior to the e4-pawn and Larry does not quite
succeed in reconquering the d5-square and that makes all the differnce.
He reached for the golden girl but by some trick of fate ended up
married to the ugly sister.

I would guess by the moves played that Larry had 10 minutes left
and Toby twice that, just a wild guess with no way to confirm.
After  19  B:f7?  Bishop or Queen takes the knight should both win.
What's hard to explain is that White has the same material inferiority
as the correct line, 19 N:e4!!  Q:e4  20  Bd5!!
but just a little less coordination.

-  Brian Wall
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19 ... Bxd2 20. Qg4+
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20 ... Kc7 21. axb4 e3 22. Qe2 Rf8? 23. b5!
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Brian Wall -

21 ... e3!!  was best and  22 ... Rf8!!
was second best only to
22 ... ef+!!   23 Kh1  Qe3!!
and now attacking Toby's King gets nowhere -
24  Qa6  Bb7
24  Qb5  Rb8
24  Qd1  N:b4
24  Qc4  B:b4
It is all well and good to let a computer defend your position but
in a time pressure situation against a Chessmaster anything can happen.
I appreciate Larry's comments, not as computer accuracy,
but as emotional accuracy between two men.
After  22 Qe2  Rf8
23  b5  Ne5!!!, ... Na5!!!, ... Nb4!!,  ... Ne7!!  or ... ef+!!
Toby is comfortably winning.

I find it extremely difficult to play correctly when my opponent is
in bad time pressure, it takes all my strength. I can actually
feel myself refusing to think calmly and recheck variations.
Perhaps that is what happened to Toby. Black's next move loses
half of his advantage but finally activating his dormant rook is
fully understandable. In the process Toby trades his pride and joy,
the a8-sleeping-dragon for that lump of coal on f7.

- Brian Wall
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23 ...  Rxf7 24. Rxa8 Rxf2
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24 ... ef+  25  Kh1
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Brian Wall -

What's very odd about this whole article is that Larry sometimes uses a
computer to check his comments and sometimes he doesn't. Frankly
his non-computer comments have much more value as to what he was really
thinking. Toby's next move gives up the last of his advantage which was
still there after  25  ... Ne5!!, ... Na5!  or ... ef+
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25. Rxf2!  exf2+ 26. Kf1 Ne5?
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Brian Wall -

The safest draw is to force a trade of Queens right away with
26  ... Qe3!  27  bc  Q:e2+  28  K:e2  Be3
and Toby should hold the ending.
Larry's way is OK too -
26 ... Q:b2  27  bc  Qb1+  28  Kf2  Qf5+  29  Kg1  Qf5+
30  Qb1+  Kf2  31 Qf3 and I think  31 ... Q:f3+  or ... d5
should be drawn.
26 ...  Be3  or ... c4 are good enough for the draw too, I think.

The bitter irony for Toby is that playing  ... Ne5
on the  19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd!!  or   24th!!  move
would have won. There's more -  26 ... Ne5!!  still draws!!


- Brian Wall
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27. b6+!   Kc6
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Larry Storch -

27 ... K:b6  28  Qa6+  Kc7  29  Ra7+  Kd8  30  Qb6+  Ke8  31  Qb8#
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Brian Wall -

27 ... Kb7?  28  Qa6+    Kc6  29  b7+  and  30  b8(Q)  wins

It's true that  27  ... K:b6??  or  Kb7??  lose but
27  ... Kd7!!  or ... Kc6, as Toby played, still draw.

27 ...  Kd7!!  28  b7  Nc6??  29 Qe8+  mates
21 ...  Kd7!!  28  b7  Nc6??  29  b8(Q)  N:b8  30  Ra7+   also mates
21 ...  Kd7!!  28  b7  Q:b2!!  29  b8(Q)  Qc1+!!  30  K:f2  Be1+!!
31  Q:e1  ( forced to avoid checkmate )  Nd3+!! is a draw
32  Kg1?, Kf1?  or Kg3?  get mated but
there is a perpetual for both sides after
32  Ke2  Q:e1+  33 K:d3!  Qd1+=  or ... Qf1+=
32  Kf3  N:e1+!=   or  Qf4+!=
are all perpetuals.
If Larry aims for Kg5  Qe3+  Kf6  then ... Qe7 is checkmate

I assume that with such a complicated game in a Game/60 minutes
that neither side had any time to work anything out at this stage.
After 28 wild moves the game is still perfectly balanced!

- Brian Wall
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28. b7!

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Andy Boekhoff called this the fastest b-pawn he had ever seen!
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28 ...  Ng4??
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Larry Storch  -


Toby plays for mate but misses my mate
28  ... Q:b2  29  Qa6+   Kd7
28 ...  Q:b2  29  b8(Q)  Qc1+  30  K:f2  Be1+  31 Q:e1  Nd3+
32 Ke2  Q:e1+  33 K:d3
would give Black pepetual check chances

-  Larry Storch

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Brian Wall -

Yes, it's a draw.
28  b7!  Q:b2!!  29  Qe4+  d5??  30  Qa4+!!  is a disaster but
28  b7!  Q:b2!!  29  Qe4+  Kd7!!  30  Qa4+  Ke7!!
gets White nowhere
28  b7!  Q:b2!!  29  Qe4+  Kd7!!  30 b8(Q), g3 or g4   Qc1+
will be a perpetual
The main line might go
28 b7!  Q:b2  29  b8(Q)  Qc1+  30  K:f2  Be1+  31 Q:e1  Nd3+
32 Ke2  Q:e1+  33 K:d3  Qd1+  34  Kc3  Qc1+  35  Kb3  Qb1+
36  Ka3  Qa1+  37  Kb3  Qb1+  38  Kc3  Qc1+  39  Kd3  Qd1+
40 Kf3  Qf1+  41 Kg3  Qe1+  42  Kg4  Qd1+  43 Kg5  Qd2+
44 Kf6  Qc3+  45  Kf7  Qc4+  46  Kg7  Qd4+!  47 K:h7  Qh4+!
48  Kg7  ( trying to hide behind the g-pawn )  Qd4+
49  Kf7  Qc4+  50  Ke8  Qe4+  51 Kd8  Qh4+
52 Ke8!  ( Larry backs off before he helpmates himself )  Qe4+
53  Kf7  Qc4+   54 K:g6  ( giving up )  Qg4+
and there is nowhere to hide anymore.

You can see that Toby does not have to be close to lock in the draw,
he can check from far away if he likes.

Tragically after
28  b7  Ng4??  29  Qe8+!!  or  Ra6+!!
mate by force

- Brian Wall
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29. Qe8+  Kd5 30. Qf7+ Ke4
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30 ... Kc6  31  Rc8+  Kb5  32 b8(Q)+   Ka4  33 Qa2#

- Larry Storch
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31. Qf3+


1-0   Toby Resigns
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31 Qf3+  Ke5  32  Rd8#

- Larry Storch
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Brian Wall -

Final Thoughts.

That was one of the most enjoyable games I have ever examined,
very exciting emotionally and full of rich, deep ideas.

I have to commend Toby Boas, the loser, he seems to have a good
feel for playing this line, he kept fighting until the final
blitz insanity.

I have to thank Larry Storch for honest notes,
they made the game much more comprehensible from the human angle.
I have to thank both players for a fantastic fight.
These types of games don't come along that often.

In retrospect  12 Bd5!! is better than  12 Nf3
12 Nf3  Nbd7!!  is better than 12 ... Nc6
12 Nf3  Nc6  might be good enough to hold if Black hangs tough.
We saw in the game that Black has his chances after
12  Nf3  Nc6  13  B:f6  Q:f6  14  Nc7+  Kd7  15  N:a8  B:a8
16  0-0  e4   17  Nd2  Qd4  or  16  a3  e4  17 Nd2  Qd4

Frustrated that spending almost all his time winning the exchange
only gave him a difficult game, Larry made a teensy, tiny,
imperceptible logic error and traded his knight for the
f7-pawn instead of the more valuable e4 pawn.

The weight shifted to Toby who missed
22 ... ef+!!, 23  ... Ne5!!  and 24  ... Ne5!!

Instead, Toby logically activated his dead h8-rook,
the scourge of his position and in two
rook hop captures, 23 ... R:f7?  and  24 ... R:f2?
squandered all of his advantage

After that Larry made uses of his chances with his b-pawn
and Toby wasted not only positional endgame draws but
also miracle perpetual check draws. I'm glad he did because
this game would never have seen the light of day if Toby
won or drew, it would have just been too frustrating for Larry.

I congratulate both players on a splendid fight,
I enjoyed it thoroughly. The game brought back
memories of all my friends in New England and it
strengthened my understanding of the Fang-Boudrot
Gambit immeasurably. I salute you.

Maybe one of the 20 Floridians who signed up for my email list
can forward this to Toby or Larry and we can get a reaction.


- Brian Wall
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[Event "Central Florida Class"]
[Site "Orlando International Airport Hotel"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larry Storch"]
[Black "Toby Boas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"]
[ECO "A57"]
[NIC "BI.44"]
[Time "22:25:54"]
[TimeControl "40/2  Game/1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4
7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. d6 exd6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Nf3 Nc6
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc7+ Kd7 15. Nxa8 Bxa8 16. a3 e4 17. Nd2 Bh6
18. O-O Qd4 19. Bxf7 Bxd2 20. Qg4+ Kc7 21. axb4 e3 22. Qe2 Rf8
23. b5 Rxf7 24. Rxa8 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 exf2+ 26. Kf1 Ne5
27. b6+ Kc6 28. b7 Ng4 29. Qe8+ Kd5 30. Qf7+ Ke4 31. Qf3+

1-0

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[Event "FRA-chB"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Labarthe,Arnaud"]
[Black "Collas,Didier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qb3 Bg7 13.Bxf7+ Kf8
14.Rd1 Ra6 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.Bc4 h6 17.Nh4 Be4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nf3 Kg7
20.0-0 Rd8 21.Rfe1 Bb7 22.Bd5 Nc6 23.Qd3 Na7 24.Nxa7 Rxa7
25.Nd2 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Qf7 27.Qc6 Rc7 28.Qf3 d5 29.Qg3 e4 30.b3 Ra7
31.h4 Rxa2 32.h5 g5 33.f4 Bd4+ 34.Kf1 Qxf4+ 35.Qxf4 gxf4

0-1
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[Event "World op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1989.06.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fang,Joseph"]
[Black "Veach,Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qb3 Bg7 13.0-0-0 Ra6
14.Bxf7+ Kf8 15.Nf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qd7 17.Bc4 Rb6 18.Qd3 Ne8 19.h4 Qf5
20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Qd3 h6 22.Be3 Qf5 23.Qd5 Na6 24.Qa8 b3 25.axb3 Nb4
26.Qe4 Qxe4 27.fxe4 Nc6 28.Rxd6 Nxd6 29.Bxc5 Nd4 30.Nxd4 exd4
31.Bxb6 Ke7 32.Bc5 Rc8 33.Ba3 Kd7 34.Rg1 Nxc4 35.bxc4 Rxc4+
36.Kd2 Rc6 37.f4 Rf6 38.f5 g5 39.Kd3 Rb6 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Rxg5 Be5
42.Kc4 Rh6 43.Kd5 Bh8 44.Rg3 Rh5 45.Rb3 Rh6 46.Bc5 Ra6 47.Rd3

1-0
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[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Hergert,Volker"]
[Black "Leisebein,Peter"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qb3 Bg7 13.0-0-0 0-0
14.Nxd6 Bxg2 15.Nxf7 Qa5 16.Ne2 Bxh1 17.Nxe5+ Kh8 18.Nf4 Be4 19.Qh3 Nh5
20.Qe6 Ra7 21.Nexg6+ Bxg6 22.Nxg6+ hxg6 23.Qxg6 Bxb2+ 24.Kxb2 Qa3+
25.Kb1 Qf3 26.Bc1 Rh7 27.Rg1 Ng7 28.Bd3 Qh3 29.Bb2 Rg8 30.Rg3 Qxh2
31.Qxh7+ Qxh7 32.Bxh7 Kxh7 33.Rh3+ Kg6 34.Rg3+ Kf7 35.Rf3+ Kg6
36.Rg3+ Kh6 37.Kc2 Nc6 38.Bc1+ Kh5 39.Rg5+ Kh4 40.Rxc5 Ne6
41.Rc4+ Ned4+ 42.Kb2 Rd8 43.Be3

1/2
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[Event "Aarhus op2"]
[Site "Aarhus"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sorensen,Michael D"]
[Black "Stromberg,Gorm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nc7+ Kd8
14.Nxa8 Bxa8 15.Bd5 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Bg7 17.Nf3 Ke7 18.0-0 Rd8 19.a4 Qe6
20.Qb7+ Qd7 21.Qd5 Qe6 22.Qxe6+ fxe6 23.Nd2 d5 24.b3 e4 25.Ra2 Nc6
26.Rd1 Na5 27.Rc2 Bc3 28.Rb1 h5 29.Nf1 h4 30.Ne3 d4 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.bxc4 d3
33.Rcc1 d2 34.Rd1 Ra8 35.Kf1 Rxa4 36.Ke2 Kf6 37.Ke3 Ke5 38.f3 exf3
39.gxf3 Ra3 40.Ke2 Ra2 41.Rg1 Kf5 42.Rbd1 Be5 43.h3 Bf4 44.Ra1 d1=Q+

0-1
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[Event "Australian Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reilly,Tim"]
[Black "West,Guy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qb3 Bg7 13.Bxf7+ Kf8
14.Rd1 Bxg2 15.Rxd6 Qe7 16.Bd5 Bxh1 17.Bxh1 Ra6 18.Rd2 h6 19.Bh4 g5
20.Bg3 Nh5 21.Ne2 Bf6 22.Be4 Nf4 23.Bf5 Kg7 24.Bb1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8
26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Qc2 Qe7 28.Kf1 Re6 29.Qg6+ Kf8 30.Qxh6+ Bg7 31.Qh5 Qd7
32.Qxg5 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 f3+ 34.Kg3 Qxe2 35.Qf4+ Ke7 36.Qg5+ Bf6
37.Qxc5+ Kf7 38.Qh5+ Kf8 39.Qh6+ Bg7 40.Qf4+ Ke7 41.Qg5+ Bf6
42.Qc5+ Kf7 43.Qh5+ Kf8 44.Qh6+ Ke8 45.Qh5+ Kd8 46.Qd5+ Nd7

0-1
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[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Guarapuava"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lou Meng"]
[Black "Gershon,Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nc7+ Kd8
14.Nxa8 Bxg2 15.Bd5 e4 16.Qe2 Bh6 17.a3 Bxh1 18.axb4 Qg5 19.Nb6 Qxg1+
20.Qf1 Qxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Ke7 22.Ra7+ Kf6 23.Nc4 cxb4 24.Rxf7+ Kg5
25.f4+ exf3 26.Nd2 Kh4 27.Nc4 Re8 28.Rxh7 Bg2+

0-1
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[Event "GER-ch M corr"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Hergert,Volker"]
[Black "Leisebein,Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6
9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bd5 Bxd5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxd5 Ra4
15.Nc7+ Kd8 16.Qb7 Nd7 17.Nd5 Qh4 18.Ne2 Ke8 19.0-0 Bg7 20.Qc6 Ra7 21.a3

1-0
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[Event "US op 097th"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Freeman,C"]
[Black "Rogalski,Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd8 Kxd8
14.a4 Nd7 15.Ne2 Be7 16.0-0 Ra6 17.Qb3 Rf8 18.Nbc3 N5f6 19.Nd1 d5
20.Qc2 c4 21.b3 Rc6 22.bxc4 dxc4 23.Ne3 Ba6 24.Rfd1 Kc7 25.Nd5+ Nxd5
26.Rxd5 Nc5 27.f4 Nd3 28.fxe5 Bc5+ 29.Kf1 f6 30.e6 Rd8 31.e7 Rxd5
32.e8=Q Rf5+ 33.Nf4 Rxf4+ 34.Ke2 c3 35.Qf7+ Kb8 36.Qe8+ Rc8 37.Qe6 Nc1+
38.Ke1 Rf1+

0-1
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[Event "Yerevan ol (Men)"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura,Ryuji"]
[Black "Mendoza,Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 a6 4.Nc3 b5 5.cxb5 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nc7+ Kd8
14.Nxa8 Bxa8 15.Bd5  Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Kc7 17.a3 b3 18.Qxb3 Nc6 19.Ne2 Qe6
20.Qa4 Bh6 21.0-0 Rb8 22.Nc3 d5 23.b4 cxb4 24.Nb5+ Kd7 25.axb4 d4
26.Rfb1 Bd2 27.Na7 Bc3 28.Nxc6 Qxc6 29.b5 Qb6 30.Ra3 Ke7 31.Qc4 Kf8
32.Qd5 Qf6 33.Ra8 Rxa8 34.Qxa8+ Kg7 35.b6 Qf5 36.Qa2 Ba5 37.b7 Bc7
38.b8=Q Bxb8 39.Rxb8 d3 40.Qd2


1-0
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[Event "Trio theme 83 email"]
[Site "IECC email"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Blankenship,Todd"]
[Black "Perez,Giorgio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4
7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7
12.f3 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nxa8 Qh4+

0-1
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[Event "IECC M email"]
[Site "IECC email"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fedorko,Andrew"]
[Black "Dantas,Carlos"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bd5 Bxd5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
14.Qxd5 Ra4 15.Nc7+ Kd8 16.Qb7 Nd7 17.Nd5 Qh4 18.Qc7+

1/2
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[Event "TG.1998.0.12748"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorko,Andrew"]
[Black "Dantas,Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bd5 Nc6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
14.Nc7+ Kd7 15.Nxa8 Bxa8 16.a3 bxa3 17.Rxa3 Bh6 18.Ne2 Qg5 19.h4 Qd8
20.Qb3 Rf8 21.h5 g5 22.Qf3 Kc7 23.0-0

1-0

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[Event "FRA-chT U20"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dargagnon,Remi"]
[Black "Guidarelli,Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nc7+ Kd8
14.Nxa8 Bxa8 15.Bd5 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Nd7 17.Ne2 Qe6 18.Qxe6 fxe6 19.a4 Kc7
20.0-0 Bg7 21.Rac1 d5 22.b3 e4 23.Rfd1 Kd6 24.Ng3 Bd4 25.Rc2 Rf8
26.a5 Ne5 27.a6 Nd3 28.a7 Ra8 29.Ra2 Ke5 30.Kf1 c4 31.bxc4 b3
32.Ra5 Nb2 33.f4+ exf3 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Ra6+ Kd7 37.Rb1 Nc4
38.Raa1 Ne3+

0-1
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[Event "Aberdeen op"]
[Site "Aberdeen"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cutmore,Martin J"]
[Black "Russell,David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.0-0-0 Ra6
14.f4 Bg7 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Nf3 0-0 17.Rhe1 Nc6 18.Qe3 Na5 19.Bd5 Bxd5
20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Rxd5 e4 22.Ne5 Re6 23.Qxe4 Nc6

0-1
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[Event "Bled ol (Men)"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kayle,Charles"]
[Black "Cave,Christo"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bd5 Bxd5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
14.Qxd5 Ra5 15.Nc7+ Kd7 16.Qb7 Qd8 17.Na6+ Ke6 18.Nxb8 Qe8 19.Na6 Qa4
20.Nc7+ Kf6 21.Nf3 Ra7 22.Ne8+ Ke6 23.Qc8+ Qd7 24.Nxd6 Qxc8
25.Nxc8 Ra6 26.Ng5+ Kd7

1/2
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[Event "GRE-ch U20"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pavlidis,Anastasios"]
[Black "Polyviou,Evangelos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nf3 Ra5 13.Nxe5 d5
14.Qe2 Be7 15.Nxg6 fxg6 16.Bxf6 Kf7 17.Bxh8 dxc4 18.Rd1 Qxh8
19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Qe8 21.Rf6+ Kxf6 22.Qxe8 Nc6 23.Qf8+ Ke6 24.0-0 Kd7
25.Rd1+ Nd4 26.Qf7+ Kc6 27.h3 Ra7 28.Rxd4 cxd4 29.Qxc4+ Kb6 30.Qxb4+ Kc7
31.Qxd4 Ra6 32.b4 Rd6 33.Qe5 Kd7 34.Qg7+ Kc6 35.a4 Rd7 36.Qf6+ Kc7
37.b5 Rd5 38.Qe7+ Rd7 39.Qc5+ Kb8 40.a5 h6 41.a6 Ba8 42.b6 g5 43.Qf8+

1-0
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[Event "FRA-chT N1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Le Bailly,Baptiste"]
[Black "Picard,Clement"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.e5 dxe5 9.Bc4 g6 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nf3 Na6 13.Nxe5 Qe7
14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Bxf6 Be7 16.Qxd6 Bxd6 17.Bxh8 0-0-0 18.Nxf7 Re8+
19.Kf1 Bf8 20.Re1 Rd8 21.Nxd8

1-0
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[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pavlidis,Anastasios"]
[Black "Shyam,Nikil P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.0-0 h6
14.Qb3 d5 15.Bxf6 dxc4 16.Qe3 Qxf6 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.Nxa8 Bxa8 19.a3 b3
20.Qc3 Bd6 21.Rad1 Ke7 22.Nd2 Nb6 23.Nxc4 Nxc4 24.Qxc4 Qe6
25.Qa6 Rd8 26.Qb6 e4 27.Qa5 Qe5 28.g3 c4 29.Qa7+ Kf8 30.Qb6 Rd7
31.Qa6 Bd5 32.Rfe1 Kg7 33.Qa5 Be6 34.Qa8 Qxb2 35.Qxe4 Bc5 36.Rxd7 Qxf2+
37.Kh1 Bxd7 38.Rd1 Bf5 39.Qe5+ Kh7 40.Qd5 Bg4

0-1
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[Event "Civil Service op"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fraser Mitchell,Jeremy M"]
[Black "Morris Hill,Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
8.Bc4 g6 9.e5 dxe5 10.d6 exd6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nf3 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6
14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nxa8 Bxa8 16.a3 e4 17.Nd2 e3 18.Nf3 Qxb2 19.0-0 Be4
20.axb4 Qxb4 21.Bxf7 Qb7 22.Ne5 e2 23.Qxe2 Bxg2 24.Rfb1 Qc7
25.Kxg2 dxe5 26.Qd3+ Qd6 27.Rxb8+

1-0
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Happy 66th Birthday, Bobby Fischer

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar  9 18:30:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  9 Mar 2009 18:30:43 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Imaginary Fishing Pole
Message-ID: <1236645043.49b5b4b33c4a3@www.taom.com>


My annoying opponent grabbed the initiative so I just
sacced a piece and pretended it was a Fishing Pole.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "malulo"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:53:37"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 g5??

Overoptimistic

8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 g4!!

The position has become a fiasco already so I Fishing Pole it.


10. exf6!  Qxf6

I could get my piece back but then I have no attack

11. Nd4 gxh3!!  12. Nxc6??

The most obvious move which anyone in the world
would play but remarkably, already losing.
I do not know how I keep getting away with this stuff.


12 ...  hxg2!!!

Not just threatening the f1-rook but also intending
13  ... Qh4   14  Kg2  Rg8+  15  Kf3  Qg4  checkmate.
Malulo went into shock and spent half his time on the
next two moves making things worse.


13. Nd4+!  c6!  14. Qf3? gxf1=Q+!  15. Kxf1!  Bxd4!  16. Qxf6 Bxf6!

Maululo quickly went from killing me to down the exchange for a pawn.



17. Bd3!  Bh3+ 18. Ke2!  O-O-O 19. Be3!  b6
20. Nd2 h5!  21. b4 h4 22. a4 Kb7 23. a5 b5
24. a6+!  Kb8!  25. Rg1 Bxc3!  26. Bf4 Bxb4!

{White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "malulo"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:53:37"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6
7. c3 g5 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 g4 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Nd4 gxh3
12. Nxc6 hxg2 13. Nd4+ c6 14. Qf3 gxf1=Q+ 15. Kxf1 Bxd4
16. Qxf6 Bxf6 17. Bd3 Bh3+ 18. Ke2 O-O-O 19. Be3 b6
20. Nd2 h5 21. b4 h4 22. a4 Kb7 23. a5 b5 24. a6+ Kb8
25. Rg1 Bxc3 26. Bf4 Bxb4

{White resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 10 02:20:54 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:20:54 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dutch Artist Pia Sprong still loves Fishing
	Pole
Message-ID: <1236673254.49b622e625c3f@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "johntailor2048"]
[Black "piasprong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1336"]
[BlackElo "1228"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:57:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5

Pia is a loyal Fishing Pole artist and
made many drawings on www.Walverine.com


6. Re1 Bc5!  7. d4

Most humans cannot move their rook twice, too humiliating.

7 ... Nxd4!!  8. Nxd4!  Bxd4!  9. hxg4?  hxg4?

9 ... Qh4!!  10 Be3  hg  is devastating


10. c3?   Qh4!!

Mate in three.
10 ... Rh1+!!   also mates in three.


11. Kf1 Qxf2# {White checkmated} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "johntailor2048"]
[Black "piasprong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1336"]
[BlackElo "1228"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:57:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Re1 Bc5 7. d4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. c3 Qh4 11. Kf1 Qxf2# {White checkmated} 0-1
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Statistics for piasprong         On for:   17     Idle:    0
piasprong is observing game 1384.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1337  [6]     4     4     0     8
Loser's         1125  [6]     0     4     0     4
Crazyhouse       965  [6]     0     3     0     3
Bullet          1020  [8]   432   855    20  1307   1281 (08-Dec-2003)
Blitz           1274       5119  6604   425 12148   1521 (17-Mar-2004)
Standard        1342  [5]    64   140    12   216   1495 (23-Sep-2001)
5-minute        1269  [8]    51    64     5   120   1429 (20-Aug-2001)
1-minute         688  [8]   241   379     8   628    976 (07-Mar-2004)

 1: www.piasprong.nl/act2006  -   www.piasprong.nl  --  www.piama-ya.com
 2: jummie jummie jcsuperstar
 3: Booooeeee!!!!! jcsuperstar
 4: somebody told me that jcsuperstar is supersweet
 5: www.piasprong.nl/hz2006   -   www.piasprong.nl/kk2006
 6: wat zeggen ze ook alweer bij fyenoord MisterBig?
 7: My chess play will improve by the time my tomatoes are ripe on the vine

 Name   : pia sprong
 Email  : piasprong at worldmail.nl
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www.Walverine.com

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 10 12:01:16 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:01:16 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Danny Tanner is not Gay
Message-ID: <1236708076.49b6aaec3f5f2@www.taom.com>


Dan Tanner of Wyoming is like me, he tried living the American dream
and when that didn't work out, he moved on to more exotic women.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssBnDoexJA

Danny Tanner is not Gay
by Bob Saget
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?Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.
Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.?

? OldFox
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----- Forwarded message from Dan T <h2oh234 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:43:16 -0600
    From: Dan T <h2oh234 at hotmail.com>



Little 3 min game turned into a Fishin Pole from 4 Knights.

Your opinion Mr. Wall

Dan Tanner
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Brian -
Does anyone know another opening where weak players can consistently
screw it up and miss hanging pieces and still produce miniatures?
White's incompetence in attack is matched only by Black's even
feebler defensive skills.

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Time "07:28:03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "KieranBes"]
[Black "Gnnight"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Ng4!!

Fishing Pole


7. d3 h5!!

Don't be coy with me,
I know you will play h3 eventually,
they all do.


8. h3 Bd7

Fishing Pole Plan B is to Castle Queenside

9. Bg5

This square is a magnet for all self-destructive Ruy Lopez players.

9 ... f6!!  10. Bh4?  g5!!

Waterboarding technique learned from fellow Wyoming resident Dick Cheney.
We will smother the truth out of White.

11. Bg3!  h4!!

Who planned 9/11?
Who planned 9/11?
We got all day.

12. Bh2 Nxh2

That's definitely the move I would play although Fritz prefers
12  Bh2  N:f2  13  R:f2  B:f2  14  K:f2  g4  15  hg  B:g4


13. Kxh2?  Qe7

I have learned to play
13 ... g4!!  14  hg  B:g4!!
with the idea of ... h3!!
as soon as possible


14. d4??

Those Ruy Lopezzers do love their central pawn breaks.


14 ... exd4!!

Danny has everything,
the two bishops, a pawn,
an attack, a safe King


15. Nxd4 Bd6+

Dan Tanner can pick up a piece with
15 ... Qd6+  or ... Qe5+
or just castle Queenside with massive threats


16. Kg1 O-O-O!!

Dan has not won any material yet but still
has an awesome game with loads of potential.


17. Qf3??

Helpmating his own knight


17 ... Qe5!!

Threatening checkmate and the d4-knight
and KieranBes' last move made Nf3 impossible

18. g3 hxg3!!!

When you value pawns around the enemy King more
than pieces you have captured the true spirit of
the Fishing Pole. It is a rare gift embodied by
the brave young warrior, Tyler Hughes. Dan
scoffs at the d4-knight and goes for checkmate.


19. fxg3 Qxd4+!!

In Wyoming they only take pieces if they can check at the same time.


20. Kg2 Bxh3+!!

They are huge on check captures in Wyoming.


{White resigns}  0-1

Mate in 2
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[Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2009.03.09"]
[Time "07:28:03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "KieranBes"]
[Black "Gnnight"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Ng4 7. d3
h5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h4 12. Bh2 Nxh2 13. Kxh2 Qe7 14. d4
exd4 15. Nxd4 Bd6+ 16. Kg1 O-O-O 17. Qf3 Qe5 18. g3 hxg3 19. fxg3 Qxd4+
20. Kg2 Bxh3+
{White resigns} 0-1
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:17:55 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
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    Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:47:35 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
<turbogato at yahoo.com>


Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter


http://cs.chess.home.att.net
            This Week In Chess

            On March 3rd, the CSCC had 12 members in attendance. The evening's
event was a 4-round, double-Swiss, blitz tournament (G5). NM Josh Bloomer and
new Colorado expert Mitch Anderson battled to a first place tie. Here are the
results:



Score	Player
7.0	Josh Bloomer
7.0	Mitch Anderson
5.0	Paul Anderson
4.5	Buck Buchanan
4.0	Jeff Fox
3.5	Bill Weihmiller
3.0	Dean Brown
2.5	Imre Barlay
2.0	Ken Dail
1.5	Joe Pahk


            In February, the CSCC held the Poor Richard's Bookstore February
Open. Here are the final results:
Score	Player
4.0	Mitchell Anderson
3.0	Anthea J Carson
2.5	M Paul Covington
2.5	Daniel St John
2.0	Bill Weihmiller
2.0	Joseph T Fromme
1.5	Thomas Mullikin
1.5	Dragan Plakalovic
1.0	Gerald J Maier
0.5	Dean W Brown
0.5	Danielle Rice
0.5	Isaac Martinez

            Spring is Sprung Open III
            By Liz Wood

            April 6, 2009

            Spring is Sprung Open III --- A 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 Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry
Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com
by April 4th.

            Colorado Springs Open Results & Prizes
            By Buck Buchanan

            Below is the crosstable for the Colorado Springs Open, which I
directed March 7-8 in Manitou Springs.



Score	Place	Prize	Player
4.5	1st	$115.00	Randy Canney
4.0	2nd	$70.00	Paul Anderson
4.0	2nd	$70.00	Julian Evans
4.0	2nd	$70.00	Edelreich Deloslado
3.5	U1700	$55.00	Brendon Barela
3.5	U1700	$55.00	Fred Eric Spell
3.0	U1500	$25.00	Jeff Sallade
2.0	U1300	$22.50	Isaac Martinez
2.0	U1300	$22.50	Robert McMahon

Score	Player
4.5	Randy Canney
4.0	Julian Evans
4.0	Paul Anderson
4.0	Edelreich De Los Lado
3.5	Jeff Baffo
3.5	Brendon Barela
3.5	Kevin Seidler
3.5	Mitch Anderson
3.0	Anthea Carson
3.0	Karl Irons
3.0	Rhett Langseth
3.0	Jeff Sallade
3.0	Fred Eric Spell
2.5	Ted Doykos
2.5	Dean Brown
2.5	Derek Fish
2.5	Mike Dempsey
2.5	Robert Rountree
2.5	Gary Bagstad
2.0	Kyle Leeds - Tilley
2.0	Bongee Boyce
2.0	Ramyashree Gangadhar
2.0	Jiri Kovats
2.0	Jerry Maier
2.0	Isaac Martinez
2.0	Robert McMahon
1.5	Ken Johnson
1.5	Ginny Gaige
1.5	Joe Aragon
1.5	DuWayne Langseth
1.5	Richard Buchanan
1.0	Phil O'Rourke
1.0	Kathy Schneider
0.5	Larry Tilley
0.0	Dave Kennedy

            Game Of The Week

            This past weekend I played in the Colorado Springs Open. I was
hoping to earn 10 rating points to put me into expert rating for the first
time. Despite the fact that I didn't lose any of the four games I played, I
only averaged a 1-point gain per game. The problem was that I didn't face any
opponent within 150 rating points of me, and I drew my last round. I knew going
into the game that I needed a win. I was happy with how I played for most of the
game, and I even got a break when my opponent started dropping material in time
pressure. However, it turns out he put all his chips on one last ditch effort
to get to my king. It worked because one of my weaknesses is that I don't use
my time well when my opponent stops keeping score and I am still recording. I
tend to rush my moves to make up for the fact that he is using my recording
time against me. I have to waste time keeping a record of the game while he is
using that time to plot against me. Then he is going to ask me for that record,
once he makes time control, and use all my hard work against me later in the
game as part of a draw claim. Needless to say, finding the right move with all
those thoughts going on in my head is not easy. So, I ended up moving my king
into the attack instead of away. The only thing that saved the loss was my
opponent's draw offer with 2 seconds left on his clock. I suppose I could have
tried a surprise move and quickly started his clock hoping to burn off the
final seconds, but I felt like I didn't deserve a win at this point anyway.
Plus, I realized I would get some money for second place to help take away the
agony of de-draw.

            After the game, I realized that I had pulled off my own last ditch
effort earlier in the tournament and put myself over 300 USCF-rated wins. I
don't know if 300 wins is much of a milestone in chess, but in the NFL it is.
In fact, only two coaches have broken that barrier. The first was George Halas
and the second was Don Shula. "On November 14, 1993 in Philadelphia, when the
Dolphins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 19-14, Shula won his 325th career
game, moving him past the immortal George Halas (324-151-31) and setting an NFL
record for most career victories, a mark once thought to be unreachable. Shula's
328 regular season wins also is an NFL record, surpassing Halas' former NFL mark
of 318 regular season victories. Shula and Halas are the only NFL coaches to win
300 or more career games, as Shula recorded his 300th career win on September
22, 1991, with a 16-13 triumph over Green Bay in just his 29th year as an NFL
head coach, as compared to 36 seasons for Halas to accomplish that feat." So I
got that goin' for me, which is nice.

            300 Club (Click this link to view the game on your web browser)

            (135) Bagstad,Gary (1718) - Anderson,Paul (1990) [B12]
            Colorado Springs Open Colorado Springs (2.3), 07.03.2009
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation
            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd3 Bxf3
8.gxf3 last book move 8...c5 9.dxc5 [>=9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2+/- ] 9...Qxb2=/+ Black
inhibits 0-0-0 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nd7 12.Kd2 dxc5 13.e5 White gets more space
13...b6 [>=13...0-0-0 and Black has air to breath 14.Ke2 Nh6=/+ ] 14.Rad1 e6
15.Ne4 Bf8 16.Ke2 Rd8?? [>=16...0-0-0+/= was necessary] 17.Rd3 [>=17.Rxd7 and
White can already relax 17...Rxd7 18.Rd1 Be7+- ] 17...a6 18.Bxa6 Nb8 19.Bb5+
Ke7 20.Rxd8 [>=20.Ra3 and White has it in the bag 20...Bh6 21.Rd1 Rxd1
22.Kxd1+- ] 20...Kxd8+/- 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Ng5 Nh6 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.fxg5
Nf5 26.Bc1 [26.c3 h6 27.gxh6 Nxe3 28.Kxe3 Nc6 29.Bxc6 Kxc6 30.Rd6+ Kc7= ]
26...Nc6 [>=26...Nd4+!? 27.Rxd4 cxd4-/+ ] 27.Bd3 Nfd4+ 28.Kf2 Nb4 [Worse is
28...Nxe5 29.Bf4 Ndc6 30.Re1+- ] 29.c3 Nxd3+ 30.Rxd3 Nf5 31.Bf4 Ra8 32.Rd2 Ra4
33.Bg3 Rc4 34.Rd3 Ne7 35.Ke2 Nd5 36.Kd2 Ra4 37.Kc2 Rxa2+ 38.Kb3 Ra8 39.c4 Ne7
[39...b5 40.cxb5 Kb6 41.Kb2-+ ] 40.Rd1-/+ Nc6 41.f4 Nd4+-+ 42.Kb2 Ra4 43.Rc1
Rb4+ 44.Kc3?? terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?
[>=44.Ka2-+ ] 44...Ne2+ 0-1

            Upcoming Events

            3/10 Team tournament - 2-player teams, CSCC
            3/11,18,25 Poor Richard's Bookstore March Open - final rounds, CSCC
            3/11 Boulder March Blitz Tournament, BCC
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            3/17 Bughouse!!, CSCC
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            For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 12 04:50:08 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:50:08 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Recent Stuff by Andy Rea
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----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:52:22 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Andrew Rea <andrerea2 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: andrerea2 at yahoo.com
 Subject: Recent Stuff
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com

???????? Brian, yes they do play chess out here in Beltwayville....?? but first,
read any good
?books lately?? Not just my very own Chess On The Ledge, which is now available
on the
?NIC site, www.newinchess.com ,? but also, not quite IM Tim Taylor's most
recent- I am
?not likely to splurge on his most recent book on the Birds Opening- which would
be True
?Combat Chess, from Everyman Chess, ISBN# 978-1-85744-584-4.? Outstanding
material
?from his chess
experiences!??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
???????? In non-chess news, believe it or not, the great state of North Dakota
will be likely be
?represented on the US Olympic swim team in 2012!? LaMoyne maybe knows this
already
?but others might not be aware that 17-year-old Dagne Knutsen is on her way to
perhaps
?becoming the greatest athlete from ND since Roger Maris!? She still trains in
Minot, has
?gained financial sponsorship from the US Olympic Committee- her winning time at
the
?Jan09 Pan Pacific meet would have been 5th at the Beijing Olympics!? So she is
not yet
?ready to become Michelle Phelps, but her story could yet be as inpiring as
Billy Mills
?from South Dakota, who was also an unlikely member of the US Olympic
team.???????????
???????? Re Billy Mills, not many from the still dirt poor Pine Ridge
(SD)?reservation have had
?glorious athletic success- try this in the early 1960s when sponsorship was a
matter of
?knowing someone really nice and really rich- the rich part of course not
plentiful on the
?Pine Ridge reservation...?? anyway, Mills qualified for the US Track&Field team
in the????
? 10,000meters for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.? For some this would be enough,
before
? and since the US has won exactly zero medals in this event- not zero gold but
also zero
? silver and bronzes.? The competition- and Mills surprised many by reaching the
final!-
? was not so much a matter of beating the Commies, it was who can defeat the
great
? Aussie, Ron Clarke.? (Aussie sporting tradition did not start with the Sydney
Olympics,
? and yes, that was another Australian on the 1968 200meter podium, somewhat
?overshadowed by Smith and Carlos
protest...)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????????? Back to Billy Mills!? He won!!? In one of the greatest upsets in
Olympic history,
? the man from nowhere ran 35 seconds faster than his previous best and won!?
That will
?be a tall order for young Dagne Knutsen to follow, but no one ever thought the
US could
? produce a GM as strong as Bobby Fischer, and then folks at first took little
notice of
? Vishy Anand given India's dearth of elite players prior to his arrival- so a
swimmer from
? North Dakota winning gold might not be all that
improbable!???????????????????????????????????????
???????? About two weeks ago I thought I could be a contender at the Virginia
Open, but
?obvious scoring only a win, 2 draws, and a loss in my first 4 roounds meant
that was
?not happening.... but I had one more round to at least finish on a positive
note-????????????
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????? Virginia Open, Rd5? 1Mar09? Edward Palaban(1914)- Andy Rea(2133)?
40/2,G/60?????
?? *1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.d4
b6*??????????????????????????????????????????
?????????? This would be the Lasker Variation of the Alekhine Defense.? The
typical book
? wants poor Black to play 6...e6, and then be slightly worse a few moves
later.? I am
? unimpressed by this line, why is Black compeled to follow Whites tune?? Of
course
? the great Emmanuel Lasker is right about so much in chess, but isnt there a
reason
? that his line against the Alekhine is far from preferred by most?? 6...b6 is
quite better
? for Black than 6...e6- and if you dont like either, 6...Nc6 has some ambition
as well,
? getting in ...Nce7 really fortifies the center and Kside- and its not as if
White has a
?? massive attack anyway, so Black will get time to regroup, White remans at
risk of
? being overextended....? back to the
game-????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????? *7.Bxd5 ed*? Black gains the Bishop Pair, but it will take time to open up
for the
? pair.? All the same, White realizes in time that doing nothing is not a good
option for
? him....?? *8.cb ab 9.Nc3*?? If I am playing a Caveman, then the Neanderthal
9.Qg4 merits
? consideration, it isnt ridiculous- but White didnt see the need for such a
drastic plan...?
?????? *9...Bb7 10.Nge2 Be7*?? Leaving Bf8 home with 10...d6 just seemed slow,
and also
? likely to inspire 11.f4? Better to just develop, my position is quite
flexible????????????????????
????????? *11.0-0 0-0 12.Nf4 c6 13.Nh5 f5*? Of course 14.ef6 is playable, but my
King is???
? safe, I have the f-file and d4 to hit.? *14.Re1 Na6 15.Nf4 Nc7*? Strangely it
is White?????
? struggling for development, whither Bc1 and Ra1!?? Meanwhile the e5-e6 advance
is??
? not panning out to be anything special.? White doesnt want to sit still and
wait, he
? decides to get
radical-???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????? *16.g4?!*?? I dont see a checkmate?at g8, but I do see some air around
the White???
?? King....??? *16...Ne6 17.Kh1*? In case the point has been missed, White is
all in, and
? Black is calling the obvious bluff!? *17...c5 18.gf Rxf5*?Blah humbug, I see
no reason
? to allow White shots with
f5-f6????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????????*19.Qg4 Qf8!*? Hit the f-file harder and defend g7!? In other news, if
you?think Bb7 is
? Lethal, you should meet his partner,?aka The LawnMower
Bishop!...???????????????????????????
???????? *20.Nxe6 de 21.Be3 cd*? Now is not the time for subtlety??*22.Bxd4 Bc5
23.Rad1
? Rf4??Sacrificing a measly pawn, well worth the raging attack!??? *24.Qxe6+ Kh8
25.Nb5*
?????? There doesnt seem to be a safe haven for the White King, thus the
necessary??????
? counterattack.? I can try?for the Hollywood finale with 25...Rxf2 26.Bxf2 Qf3+
27.Kg1????
??Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 d4+, but more likely Black responds 26.Qh3, not mated, with
some???
? counterattack.? Aside of that, how is he to defend
h2???????????????????????????????????????????????
???? *25...Rh4*??Hitting h2 with a very convenient defense of h6...?? *26.Rd3*?
Not allowing
? ...Qf3+, but at?substantial cost? *26...Bxd4*? 27.Nxd4 Qxf2 is simple enough,
as is??
? 27.Rxd4 Qxf2 28.Rxh4 d4+ 29.Rhe4 Bxe4+ 30.Rxe4
Qf1#???????????????????????????????????????
????? *27.Nd6 h6*? Bb7 is safe, as 28.Nxb7 Qxf2 is not acceptable for White?
*28.Nf7+????
??Kh7 29.Rg1 Bxf2*? The LawnMower Bishop is in full throttle.? In other
unpleasantness
?for White, he not only has to deal with ...d4+ but also the unsoundness of
30.Qg6+ Kg8
? 31.Nxh6+ Rxh6 32.Qxh6 d4+ 33.Rg2 Bxg2+ 34.Kxg2
gh,,,,????????????????????????????????????????
????? *30.Qf5+ Kg8*? White still cannot catch up on material- 31.Qxf2 d4+ 32.Rg2
Qxf7?????
?? 33.Qxh4 Qf1#...? however, as White has not yet resigned,?and we have observed
from
? 16.g4?! that he has spirit, I am sure that he has some interesting resource
ready to?
? try to befuddle
me....?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????? *31.e6 Bxg1* Its over for White on 32.Kxg1 Qc5+, but thats not the
plan...??????????????
????? *32.Qg6 Bxh2 33.Rd4!*?? It might be a lost cause for White, but he finds a
way to????
??? make Black earn the win.??I really dont want to slip into?33...Rxd4
34.Nxh6+, so I????
??? have one more mission for LawnMower
Bishop...????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?????? *33...Bf4+ 34.Kg2 Rxa2*? LMB has to die, but there is no escape for
the?White????
?? King??? *35.Rxf4 Rxb2+ 36.Kg3?Qa3+*? 36.Rf3 is hit by 36...Rh3+
etc????????????????????????
??????? *37.Kxh4 Rh2+ 38.Qh3#
0-1*???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
????? I hope to do better at my next events, particularly the Chicago Open and
later at
? the US Open!????????????? -Andy
Rea?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???
?

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 12 08:11:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:11:24 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Who is playing? - CO Closed
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----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson <boulderchessclub at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:01:23 -0700 (PDT)

The six players for the closed are:
?
Dashzegve Sharavdorj
Michael Mulyar
Philipp Ponomarev
Tyler Hughes
Brian Wall
Mitch Anderson
?
The alternate is Daoud Zupa.
?
I have assigned pairing #s randomly.
?
?











Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5

Ponomarev
W--Wall
B--Sharavdorj
W--Mulyar
B--Hughes
W--Anderson

Wall
B--Ponomarev
W--Anderson
B--Sharavdorj
W--Mulyar
W--Hughes

Mulyar
W--Anderson
W--Hughes
B--Ponomarev
B--Wall
W--Sharavdorj

Sharavdorj
B--Hughes
W--Ponomarev
W--Wall
B--Anderson
B--Mulyar

Hughes
W--Sharvadorj
B--Mulyar
B--Anderson
W--Ponomarev
B--Wall

Anderson
B--Mulyar
B--Wall
W--Hughes
W--Sharavdorj
B--Ponomarev
?
?
Please let me know if you have any questions. Likewise, if you want to withdraw,
please speak to me as soon as possible so that we can arrange for an alternate
to take your place.
?
Best wishes,
?
Klaus Johnson
Director of Boulder Chess Club
President of Colorado State Chess Association


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 12 09:45:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:45:51 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Is it Fishing Pole ?  from Brazil
Message-ID: <1236872751.49b92e2f4792b@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from perego domingos <gbsalvio at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:06:57 -0700 (PDT)
    From: perego domingos <gbsalvio at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gbsalvio at yahoo.com
 Subject: Is it Fishing Pole ?
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>



Brian, I see this and I thinked : - Fishing Pole ? Do you know this game ?
?
[Event "Masters 2006-7"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.02" ]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wilson,A (2056)"]
[Black "Dickson,G (2171)"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 0-0 8.a4 Rb8 9.Re1
Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qh4 13.Nf3 Qxf2+ 14.Kh1 Qg1+ 0-1

Best regards from Brasil

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From rmcuadros2002 at yahoo.com  Thu Mar 12 20:14:35 2009
From: rmcuadros2002 at yahoo.com (Robert Cuadros)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] =?utf-8?q?Is_it_a_Fishing_Pole=3F_From_Per?=
	=?utf-8?b?w7ohISE=?=
In-Reply-To: <1236673254.49b622e625c3f@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <936950.59447.qm@web53107.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Hi Brian!!
?
Some minutes ago I played this game. Is it a Fishing Pole?
?
coco_lolo?(2064) - PHILOCHESS (2287)
?
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.a3 Ng4 6.f3 h5 7.fxg4 hxg4 8.Nge2 g6 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qd2 f5 11.g3 Nd4 12.Nd5 Nf3+ 13.Kd1 Nxd2 14.Kxd2 Bh6 15.Raf1 Bxe3+ 16.Nxe3 Qg5 17.Nc3 c6 18.Ke2 f4 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Ned1 f3+ 21.Kf2 Qd2+ 22.Kg3 Rh3# 0?1
?
Best wishes
?
Robert

?


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From rmcuadros2002 at yahoo.com  Thu Mar 12 20:23:56 2009
From: rmcuadros2002 at yahoo.com (Robert Cuadros)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:23:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] =?utf-8?q?Is_it_a_Fishing_Pole=3F_From_Per?=
	=?utf-8?b?w7ohISE=?=
In-Reply-To: <1236673254.49b622e625c3f@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <882033.2605.qm@web53108.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Hi Brian!!
?
Some minutes ago I played this game. Is it a Fishing Pole?
?
coco_lolo?(2064) - PHILOCHESS (2287)

3'+0" game

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.a3 Ng4 6.f3 h5 7.fxg4 hxg4 8.Nge2 g6 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qd2 f5 11.g3 Nd4 12.Nd5 Nf3+ 13.Kd1 Nxd2 14.Kxd2 Bh6 15.Raf1 Bxe3+ 16.Nxe3 Qg5 17.Nc3 c6 18.Ke2 f4 19.gxf4 exf4 20.Ned1 f3+ 21.Kf2 Qd2+ 22.Kg3 Rh3# 0?1
?
Best wishes
?
Robert



      ?Todo sobre la Liga Mexicana de f?tbol! Estadisticas, resultados, calendario, fotos y m?s:&lt;
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 13 08:41:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:41:50 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Is it a fishing pole? Monterey, CA
Message-ID: <1236955310.49ba70ae5c2a6@www.taom.com>

Hey Rob,
did you leave a message on my Rambo Fishing Pole video?
I think Rob asked me once for a Fishing Pole database which
I now have as a file on BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com

Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0

+1,000 hits

robhustle (2 weeks ago)

Brian Wall Chess Videos on YouTube?

Hell yeah! I've been down with the fishing pole since I lived in Hawaii.

robhustle (2 weeks ago)

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from Robert Capili <gxd5 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:05:02 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Robert Capili <gxd5 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gxd5 at yahoo.com
 Subject: Is it a fishing pole? Monterey, CA
      To: brianwall at walverine.com


1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8.
O-O Ng4 9. h3 h5 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 g3 13. e4 e6 14. exf5 Qh4
{white resigns} 0-1


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 13 13:50:47 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:50:47 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Is it a fishing pole? Monterey, CA
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----- Forwarded message from Robert Capili <gxd5 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:42:40 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Robert Capili <gxd5 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gxd5 at yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Is it a fishing pole? Monterey, CA
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

Yeah, that's me!? I love that your chess videos are on youtube now :)

--- On Fri, 3/13/09, Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com> wrote:
From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Is it a fishing pole? Monterey, CA
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist"
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 9:41 AM












            Hey Rob,

did you leave a message on my Rambo Fishing Pole video?

I think Rob asked me once for a Fishing Pole database which

I now have as a file on BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com



Fishing Pole: First Blood pt 1



http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=exGSXjvKej0



+1,000 hits



robhustle (2 weeks ago)



Brian Wall Chess Videos on YouTube?



Hell yeah! I've been down with the fishing pole since I lived in Hawaii.



robhustle (2 weeks ago)



Brian Wall

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----- Forwarded message from Robert Capili <gxd5 at yahoo.com> -----

    Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:05:02 -0700 (PDT)

    From: Robert Capili <gxd5 at yahoo.com>

Reply-To: gxd5 at yahoo.com

 Subject: Is it a fishing pole? Monterey, CA

      To: brianwall at walverine .com



1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8.

O-O Ng4 9. h3 h5 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 g3 13. e4 e6 14. exf5 Qh4

{white resigns} 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 13 13:52:25 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:52:25 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson Chess blog
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----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:25:13 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: garrensilverwing at yahoo.com
 Subject: blog
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

its a little late but...
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=62987166&blogId=476468612





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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 13 13:56:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:56:50 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A Recent Fishing Pole from Dave
Message-ID: <1236974210.49baba8288553@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Dave <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:08:12 -0000
    From: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] A Recent Fishing Pole
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

Having had some earlier luck with my first FPs I have since then have had
trouble finding gullible opponents who would  play into the Ruy. It's probably
becuase so many of them got burned by my Elephant Gambits from an earlier time.
I had spent the intervening interval realizing that I had to learn the Two
Knights Defense (grrr) and some other stuff if I was going to survive long
enough while waiting for people to fall into my Fishing Pole clutches. What
happens below is what happened when some poor wretch finally had the misfortune
to face the Awful and Terrible Pole of Broken Dreams.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamus"]
[Black "Some dude rated 1550"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]

{ I was feeling like I had good winning chances at this point and my position
had comparatively few weaknesses, but then again,
we hadn't started the game yet. }

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Oh Oh!- Crap! He's attacking my e pawn!

2... Nc6 whew- just in the nick!

3. Bb5 Nf6 { I'm 100% confident in my position here perhaps erroneously. }

4. Nc3 { OK now I'm utterly clueless and my confidence
vanished in an insubstantial whiff of smoke- was I supposed to play a6 earlier?-
what did I remember from working with Chess Position Trainer here? Not much, it
turns out-that's why I remain a class B player About half the games in my
database don't seem
to feature an early a6 but  4.Nc3 made me instantly regret not preparing the
hyperpole hideaway and reading through more Brian Wall games. }

4... Bc5 { But I knew the bishop belongs on c5 in other FP
positions so here it comes anyway. }

5. O-O { The fool! Now he is mine! The blood surged in my veins. }
5...Ng4 { He thought for a long time here. }
6. h3 h5 {Now he thought for a really long time. }

 7. Na4 { Now I thought for a really long time and my blood had stopped surging
by now which was annoying anyhow. Where does the harassed cleric go, or does it
go at all? Bb4 looked stupid after c3; Be7 blocks the queen. Then I remembered
Brian
chastising me for retreating an advanced piece so I was thusly terrified and
virtually
certain that what I did here would again bring down his heinous wrath so Bf8 was
defintely out of the question, being the most retreat-y of all the retreats
available. I decided that the dark squared bishop was more important than it's
white squared counterpart so I thought I could block it in but it was only with
great trepidation that I essayed the move.  The computer likes 7...Nxf2 but I
thought at
the time that7... Nxf2 8. Rxf2 Bxf2 9. Kxf2 Nd4 wasn't much for black but
perhaps I'm wrong. }

Bd6 8. hxg4 { Holy mackerel! He did it! He opened the
Gates of Hell. I licked my chops, took a  time out for a quick rendition of the
Hallelujah Chorus as I prostrated myself briefly before the two statuettes of
Brian Wall and Jack Young I have in my study. From this point in the game I was
an unstoppable andmighty Juggernaut of Doom?. }

8..hxg4 { He seemed oddly oblivious to  the coming catastrophe
down the h-file. }

9. Nh2 Qh4 { and here he expired after one piteous feeble
death throe. }

10. Nxg4 I thought to myself, what would Shirov do in this position. I finally
decided that Qh1 was probably best so...

 10...Qh1# 0-1 Sayanara chump! I brought out a old faded laurel from my closet,
dusted it off and decided I would just rest upon it for a while.

[Event "?Internet Chess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "kamus"]
[Black "Some dude rated 1550"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O Ng4 6. h3 h5 7. Na4 Bd6 8.
hxg4 hxg4 9. Nh2 Qh4 10. Nxg4 Qh1# 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 13 15:24:25 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:24:25 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson keeps improving new Brian Wall
	website
Message-ID: <1236979465.49bacf09ba702@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:38:47 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: garrensilverwing at yahoo.com
 Subject: website
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

I know it is not completely up to date and there are a few things i still have
to add (like your book a news homepage and an emails homepage and i am waiting
for google to approve my advertisement account) but the website is back up and
running
?
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/gameshome/gameshome.htm
?
check out the new gameshome page (gotta add more and more games it can be like a
database) and if you send me games in correct PGN format I can add them so they
can view the games with the little viewer WHILE reading your annotations
?
also look at the new format for emails and news? :)
?
chris
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Mar 14 11:24:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:24:17 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Tayler Lives!  by Dave
Message-ID: <1237051457.49bbe841aedb0@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Dave <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:38:55 -0000
    From: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] The Tayler Lives!
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

Years ago, Eric Schiller published a "refutation" of the Tayler (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Be2!?) which appeared to kill off any interest in the line which was
already pretty obscure. I have played the Tayler almost exclusively against
1.e4 e5 for the past 20 years. I subjected his line to a lot of scrutiny and
have found that it appears to completely rehabilitate the opening and in fact
seems to lead to an advantage for white in that particular line. As a result,
the Tayler is again fully playable and while I make no claim of a forced white
advantage in every line (black can equalize in a few lines) the opening racks
up lots and lots of points. I have done an introductory video and posted it on
my site:

http://www.davidkanemusic.com/clients/intro_to_tayler_opening.mov

I discuss the main lines and the so-called refutation. I also discuss the line
where I achieved a winning position against IM Mike Valvo (I'm a mere class B
player) If anyone is interested in this I may expand with a followup. It
probably sounds hopelessly pompous, but I may know more about this opening than
anyone, anywhere as I have played thousands of games, both blitz and tournament.
I have subjected all the critical lines to computer testing including many test
games on ICC against strong players and I have assembled a database on the line
that incorporates everything that has ever been published on the Tayler. I
debated keeping this to myself but considering that I am unlikely to face
anyone here OTB, I thought you would be the right people to share it with. Just
don't tell Eric- I'm hoping to blow him off the board with it someday :-)

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar 15 17:33:09 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:33:09 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Petrosian looked bored,
	The Immortal Full Metal Jacket Game
Message-ID: <1237159989.49bd90350921a@www.taom.com>

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To win without fighting is best.

Sun Tzu (544-496 BC)
The Art of War, chapter 3
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Genghis Khan retaliated, sending his army westward. In the coldest of months the
Mongols rode across the desert to Transoxiana with no baggage, slowing to the
pace of merchants before appearing as warriors before the smaller towns of the
sultan's empire. Their strategy was to frighten their opponents into
surrendering without battle, benefiting his own troops, whose lives he valued.
Those frightened into surrender were spared violence, those who resisted were
slaughtered as an example for others, which sent many fleeing and spreading
panic from the first towns to the city of Bukhara. People in Bukhara opened the
city's gates to the Mongols and surrendered. Genghis Khan told them that they,
the common people, were not at fault, that high-ranking people among them had
committed great sins that inspired God to send him and his army as punishment.
The sultan's capital city, Samarkand, surrendered. His army surrendered, and he
fled.
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I cannot guarantee the accuracy of anything anymore but this is how I remember
it. There are Chess annotations and then there are Chess annotations. Musing
over the best lines ever, I think it was C H'O'D Alexander analyzing
an Alekhine's game that described Alekhine's opponent's move ... g5? as -

" Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad. "
Anonymous ancient proverb, wrongly attributed to Euripides.

Another time the Ponomarevs were furiously moving the pieces all around,
analyzing with Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvilli. Roman merely waved them
aside and pointed to one square, which ended the discussion. For a while I
tried to imitate the one square pointing technique. One time Kramink was
analyzing with Anand, I think and some lesser GM was trying to interject
with an inferior variation. Kramnik merely pointed to the square at the
end of the combination that the lesser GM was missing.


I believe another personal favorite was uttered by Golombeck  -
21st Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974, ex-World Champion Petrosian versus Brazilian
Helder Camara. Helder's brother was the captian of the Brazilian team and for
a while, the game was reported as Petrosian playing the wrong brother.

" Petrosian looked bored."


IM David Vigorito and I liked to say,
" Petrosian looked bored "
whenever one of us was completely strategically winning.

I have used the key idea many times - in a Samisch ( f3 ) King's Indian,
Petrosian pretended to attack the Kingside with an f3, g4, h5 pawn wave
so that his opponent gratefully locked it up with ... e5-h6-g5, then
Petrosian hid his King on the immobilized Kingside and shifted his
attack to the Queenside where his opponent has no space to maneuver.
An absolutely miserable game for Black ensues.

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I have a weird thing in Chess, maybe this happens to you. I see a game, some
rare, beautiful idea comes up that you expect to see once in a blue moon and
suddenly, right away, it happens on my Chessboard. In this case I was
watching a LarryC video on ICC of a 2008 GM Igor Kurnosov - GM Marat Dzhumaev
15 move brilliancy. Kurnosov is the GM falsely accused by Mamedjarov of
computer cheating in Aeroflot 2009. Since the game was so short, Larry
Christiansen included two extra Petrosian games on his video where Iron
Tigran reduced his opponent to inactivty. The Armenian's King crossed the
board in the middlegame while two opponents, one being Jack Peters, could
only move their King back and forth futilely waiting for the axe to strike.
How often do you see a game like that, even in Petrosian's games? A couple
of days later, I played the same way against Bill Weihmiller. This kind of
stuff happens to me all the time.

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I thought Full Metal Jacket meant a fully loaded machine gun but Wikipedia
tells me that Stanley Kubrick decided on the name because it sounded cool
and was a type of bullet sheathing. In any case, the opening I hope I invented,
1 d4  Nc6  2  d5  Ne5  3 e4  e6  4 f4  ed  5  fe  Qh4+  6 Ke2  Q:e4+
7  Be3  Bc5  8  Qd3  Q:e5 9 Nf3  Q:e3+  10  Q:e3  B:e3  11 K:e3
is a line where Black keeps all 8 pawns.

The first Wednesday, Feb 2009, of the Poor Richard's tournament featured a
Fishing Pole Full Metal Jacket game where I kept eight black pawns on the board
until move 35 against Fred Spell. I also found a similar Petrosian game, his
first victory in Match Game 7 in his first victorious 1966 World Championship
match with Spassky. Incredibly, the next week I managed to top that, trading
absolutely no pawns or pieces until the last move and finding even more similar
Petrosian games. On move 45 I captured one pawn, my one and only capture
whereupon Bill Weihmiller immediately resigned, having already used 83 of his
85 minutes moving his King back and forth trying to defend. I had every pawn
and every piece I started with when Bill resigned.

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Bill Weihmiller likes to collect all captured
pieces and arrange them neatly in loving duets.
I had to give him a timeout.
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Chocolate Cherries, Strawberry Daiquiris and Green Beer.

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I asked the man sitting to my left, Rocket Scientist Tom Mullikin, if I
should continue the Weihmiller French tabiya. Tom was emphatic.

" Absolutely not. I am sick of those. Play something else. "
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Bill is very sensitive to noise. Playing in a restaurant is difficult for him.
There is some new female manager there that does not realize that Chess, not
shopping, is a sacred ritual. In the past 2 weeks she has given away half our
reserved Chess tables to customers, given loud book dissertations to passing
customers and just generally not acted like a monastic priestess in a secret
cult. Tonight she outdid herself, giving long dissertations to patrons while
carrying some kind of ringing chimes. Someone should inform her that Colorado
Chessplayers are quite well adapted to persecution and it will take a lot more
than that to get rid of us. Don't make us start clogging toilets like we did at
the VFW.

Another patron was pitifully trying to impress some young pretty girl with a
lame explanation of the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. It was even more
painful knowing that Tom Mullikin, a paid professional physicist, had to
endure the exposition.

" In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that certain
physical quantities, like the position and momentum, cannot both have precise
values at the same time. The narrower the probability distribution for one, the
wider it is for the other. "

When the patron's physical attributes failed to impress the fair lass,
he veered into a charming discussion of his childhood pet fish who kept
getting replaced, memorably named Sucker Puckers 1-3.

Old joke -

Why did God not give women a sense of humor?
So they wouldn't laugh in the face of men trying to impress them.

Watching poor Bill react to these needless,
noisy interruptions became an amusing sideshow.

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Other results -
Anthea forced Jerry Maier to beat her,
Joe Fromme forced Josh Bloomer to beat him.

Tom Mullikin showed his keen grasp of classical Chess with
1 e4  e5  2  Nf3  Bc5  3  N:e5.
Tom was Black ( Isn't this a King's Gambit? )
and seemed at least equal in the endgame.
I left before Tom could finish his game and
before I could finish my postmortem with Bill.
Maybe some Unorthodox Chess Openings
guy knows the name of this gambit.

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Instructions for the newbies:
Choose the introduction that best suits your needs,
then play over the game.

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[Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.51"]
[Time "23:59:02"]
[TimeControl "Game/85  5 second delay"]

Poor Richard's Restaurant, Toystore and Bookstore
Wednesday Night Chess Tournament
324 North Tejon Street,
Colorado Springs, Colorado

7:20  PM
( I split the time difference )

Game/75
5 second delay

March 11, 2009

Round 2

Board 2

Open section

Tournament Director -
Jerry Maier

White -
Brian Wall   2206
- read the first two Dune books

Black -
Bill Weihmiller,  1842
similar in age, weight, build and politics -
read all the Dune books

Opening -
Samish King's Indian,
Laufer( Bishop ) - g5 System

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5

IM Dave Vigorito taught me this system in 15 minutes 20 years ago
and I have loved it ever since. Now he teaches the world how to play
Chess Openings. Dave wrote a book on the Nimzo-Indian, the Semi-Slav -
he is working on a third book on the Slav and also has a mysterious
4th book in the works. Dave is also a frequent contributor to Tony
Rook's www.ChessLectures.com.


6 ... c6

Painful Memory.
Massachusetts State Championship. Slow Chess. Final Round.
Having beaten IM Igor Foigel 3 times already,
I fail to punish his King's Indian Robert Byrne System
and have to settle for Massachusetts Blitz Champion 1993.

I take 7 minutes to regroup.


7. Qd2!  e5


The main idea of the Byrne System is
... c6, ... a6, ... b5
fighting for c4.
After cb only  Fischer and Kasparov are brilliant enough to play ... cb


8. d5!  c5?

6 minutes spent on this move


Bronstein explained the illusion of the weak d-pawn in the
King's Indian Defense in the Tournament Book " Zurich 1953 ".

I was born in 1955.

Therefore I have never shared Bill's fears of
an annexed d6-pawn which explains  8 ... c5.

I have recently reported how White always wins the Czech Benoni
( ... e5, ... d6, ... c5  versus c4-d5-e4 )
in my games, regardless of color.

I usually play the Laufer-g5 Samish as follows -
Keep the noise down on the Kingside.
Pump up the jam on the Queenside.

There is an alternative way of playing -
Attack on the Kingside with g4, Ng1-e2-g3, h4-h5.
I normally don't play this because Grandmaster games
in this line are absurdly sharp, often with both
sides attacking viciously and victory resting on
one tempo.

I felt I could afford to venture this plan, just this once,
because Bill took two moves to play ... c7-c6-c5.

The move looked so wrong to my eyes that I was surprised
how many other Chessplayers played the same move.


9. g4 h6?

9 minutes spent on this move.

I knew before Bill played it that  ... c5 combined with ... h6
was a mistake. I knew
10  B:h6  N:g4?  11 B:g7  Qh4+  12  Kd1  Nf2+  13  Ke2  N:h1  14  Qh6!!  or
10  B:h6  N:e4   11 N:e4  Qh4+  12  Qf2  Q:h6
should win for me but I stuck to my simple plan without being distracted.
I wanted to win without excessive effort, in effect,
to win without thinking at all. I wanted to win like an
old man that can't calculate his way out of a paper bag.
Fritz has no place in this game.
This is all about long term strategy.

I had a bad experience once where Craig Wilcox beat both my girlfriend at the
time, Debbie Johnson and me within a month. I captured on h6 with my
bishop in a similar variation. Craig had much more compensation because
his e5-pawn was not blocking his bishop but still it was a bad association
for me so I avoided it this time. I knew it was good but I didn't want to take.


10. Be3 Kh7

6 minutes

11 g5, h3  or gh
are all good after  10  Be3  h5 -
I was intending  10 ... h5   11 h3


11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4!  Qf6??  TL

Theoretical Lemon by Bill Weihmiller.
Again I have a Fritzy win with
14  g5!!  Qe7  15  h5!!
ripping lines open or
14  g5!!  Qf3  15  Rg1!!  Qg4  16  Nf5!!
trapping the Queen
Josh Bloomer knows my usual stringent methods of choosing a
move and asked me how I could possibly miss lines like
10 B:h6!!  or  14  g5!! but I considered such variations getting
accosted by a crude one man band with cymbals on his knees on my
way to a Mozart symphony.
I wanted to win Petrosian's way, not some chance occurence.
I wanted Bill to feel he was caught in a Greek tragedy,
not a driveby shooting.
I did not want Bill to tell his Colorado Springs Chess buddies
" I dropped a pawn " or " I got my Queen trapped " -
I wanted Bill to say -
" Brian is much more far sighted than the evil
and cunning Doctors Moriarty or Fu Manchu "
spreading fear far and wide along
both sides of the Rocky Mountains.

I looked at 16 g5  Q:f3  17  Rg1
and all I saw was a big unnecessary mess.


14. Be2

When Bill saw I was threatening to trap his Queen cleanly with
15 Bg5  hg  16  hg+
he slapped his forehead and said,
" God, I'm stupid. "
All humans except Karpov hate to retreat.


14 ... Qd8!  15. h5!!

I finally get what I want.


15 ...  g5

Forced to prevent an avalanche of open lines against the Black King
after 16 g5. Now it is easy to look 50 moves ahead and see that Bill has
no Kingside attack and can only endure a long siege on the Queenside.
Bill thought my plan was insufficient to win, that the defense should hold.
I have to admit during the game I wondered that myself. Was Petrosian's
plan a giant bluff designed to torture an opponent into confessing or
is there an actual breakthrough possible? Bill got so low on time defending
against all my possible piece configurations that it occurred to me that
I didn't have to actually find a killer move, I could just regroup until
Bill was down to his 5 second increment. I have seen similar situations
in the Ruy Lopez.


16. O-O

Played very happily because my King is so safe here.
Later I thought my King might be useful on the Queenside
in case of an ending.

16 ... f6

6 minutes spent.
Bill has 30 minutes left to my hour but he has a good grasp
about what is happening and starts playing quickly.
" Hold the line! "

The possible Nf5 invasion is a depressing reality for Bill
although it doesn't ever seem to accomplish anything.


17. a3!!

The whole idea.
My d5-pawn versus his d6-pawn gives me a huge space advantage with
lots of room to maneuver and triple the majors.
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http://www.ross.ws/sg.php?f=fun/games/15_Puzzle.html

15 Puzzle
Sam Lloyd (1841-1911), considered America's greatest puzzle creator of his day,
introduced in 1878 a puzzle that involved sliding 15 numbered, square pieces
within a 4x4 box. The puzzle is solved by using the one empty position to
rearrange the pieces in numerical order, from top to bottom, left to right (as
seen below). Lloyd originally called his invention the Boss Puzzle, and later
renamed it the 15-16 Puzzle. But nowadays it is known simply as the "15
Puzzle". This type of "sliding-block puzzle" became quite popular during the
late 1870s, and made a comeback when a version of it was included on early Mac
computers.

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Edward Levy Memorial Colorado Chess Classic
April 19, 2002
My first round opponent was Charles D. Adelman  2393.
He played Philidor's Defense and compared it to
Sam Lloyd's 15-16 puzzle. We drew after he was under heavy pressure all game.
In the other 4 rounds I beat Steve Towbin and achieved winning positions against
Grandmasters Lein and Yuri Shulman. I drew the GMs. The heartbreaker was a
Fishing Pole loss to future GM Boris Kreiman from a winning position,
one I have won many times since.

Bill Weihmiller's position soon reminds me of the 15 puzzle.
It also reminded me of when GM Roman Dzindzichashvili's
Denver apartment was infested with Miller moths.
" WTF this is "-
Roman
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I was trying to affect the
" Petrosian is bored look "
moving instantly.
I used 11 minutes for moves 12-32,
mostly looking at other games.
After that I had 50 minutes left,
Bill had 9.
Every time I point my pieces in a new direction,
Bill has to endure new contortions of defense.
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17 ...  Rf7 18. b4!!

Josh Bloomer and I used a computer to see if I missed any killer shots
or if Bill missed any .. b5 breakouts but Fritz confirmed that I was
just sitting on him all game without anything dramatic happening until
the very end.


18 ...  b6! 19. Rfb1

Dave Vigorito's favorite move.
First order of business -
Alekhine's gun on the b-file.


19 ... Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7!

Bill has f5 covered twice and intends to block the b-file on b7 -
the ship isn't sinking yet.
In general  ... b5 just helps me.
For what to do against ... a5  look at
Bogdan Kliun - Alexandr Voropai   2002
below


22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7!  24. Qb1!!

Alekhine's Gun complete

24 ... Kg8

I was always amazed at how Petrosian reduced his opponents to pointless
King moves. Grandmaster Larry Christiansen gave two examples in an
Attacking with LarryC ICC Chess video.


25. Kg2

Just a quick move to gain time.

25 ... Kh7

Bill is in pendulum mode.


26. Bd3

Just a quick move to gain time.

26 ... Kg8

Bill is in pendulum mode.
I have just been feinting jabs but now I took 6 minutes
to look for a knockout punch. What about aiming both
knights at b6-c5 and saccing somewhere?


27. Nh1 Kh8 28. Be2 Kg8!

Pacing in the waiting room.


29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8!

Darn, Bill finally figured out where his KB belongs,
rendering Nf5 useless and helping stop N:b6  or  N:c5

I took another 7 minute think. Maybe I can trade everything
and invade with my King on the Queenside in an ending.


33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2 Be7

Bill is defending perfectly,
I can't find a winning idea.
On the positive side, Bill has
7 minutes to my 43 minutes.
Also I am about to break my
Full Metal Jacket record from
exactly a week ago with Fred Spell.
Fred captured my first pawn on move 35.

I decided to aim both knights at f5
to frighten Bill into losing more time.
It takes 13 moves to rearrange my pieces,
after which Bill has 4 minutes left.


35. Nf2 Bf8!  36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7

I was afraid during the game that making so many thoughtless
maneuvers might have allowed Bill to break out with ... b5.
This might be such a moment. It's hard to calculate every
pawn break on every move.
38  Bd2  b5 39 Nc3  bc  40 B:c4!  Nb6  41 Qd3!  and I am still better after
41 ... cb  42 B:a6  or  41 ... N:c4  42  Q:c4  or  41 ... Kg7  42 bc
I am also better after  38  Bd2  b5 39 Nc3  bc  40 B:c4!   cb  41 R:b4  or
40 ... Rb8  41 Kf1  or a little better after
38  Bd2  b5 39 Nc3  Kg7, ... Nb6, ... Ne7

So false alarm but something to think about.


39. Nh1 Kg7

39 ... b5 is an idea,
to strike out from a hot desert rock like a rattlesnake but
Bill has six minutes left and is just thinking of survival.
After  39  ... b5  40  bc!  ba?  41 cd!
I get my piece back with interest
also  39. Nh1 b5  40  bc!  bc  41 B:c4!  or cd!  is fine for me
maybe best is  39. Nh1 b5  40  bc!  dc 41 Nc3!
and I still have the edge


40. Nc3 Kf7

Fritz is busy checking whether .. b5 works again but
we are oblivious - Bill has no time and I am just
aiming knights at f5.

41. Ng3!  Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8

So that he can capture twice on f5 again


44. Be1 Bd7??

Three minutes left for Bill.
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My Sixty Memorable Games, Game 3, Petrosian - Fischer -

Larry Evans -
" In what appear to be perfectly equal positions,
Petrosian consistently finds seemingly innocuous moves
which gradually overwhelm his opponent. He accomplishes
his simply by exchanging piece and maneuvering for victory
without taking unnecessary risks. This essentially defensive
technique has the vitue, when it doesn't utterly sicceed,
of producing a draw. Fischer, by contrast, generally
chooses the sharpest course, however precipitoous it may become.
Occasionally he overreaches himself,but it makes for interesting Chess. "

Bobby Fischer -
" Petrosian keep building without getting sidetracked, even by good moves.

Each time Petrosian achieved a good position,
he managed to maneuver into a better one.

Panisking and giving him the opportunity he's been waiting for.

Petrosian likes to play cat-and-mouse, hoping that his opponents will go wrong
in the absence of a direct threat. The amazing thing is, they usually do! "
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Bill finally cracks, unguarding b7.
Bill has not captured anything of mine,
I have won by attrition.
I kept my Full Metal Jacket,
in fact I kept everything
all game long.
I smothered him to death.


45. bxc5



1-0  Bill resigns


45  bc  bc
loses a rook and a piece for starters.
45  bc  Q:c5  46  R:b6
will win a piece.
45  cb  dc  46 R:b6
also wins a piece

You have to add in the Petrosian factor of
making his opponents suffer for hours with
no hope of winning.

I looked at all of Petrosian's White games against
the King's Indian for this article and noticed two things :

A - Petrosian had amazing patience.
B - People tended to resign early against Petrosian.
They just wanted to end the ordeal.
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[Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.51"]
[Time "23:59:02"]
[TimeControl "Game/85  5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15.
h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7
22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8 28.
Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2
Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3 Kf7
41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5

1-0
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This is not the main idea in its purest form but it does feauture Petrosian
locking up the Kingside in a King's Indian with f4-g4-h5, then doubling his
rooks on the b-file and then marching his King from g1 to a6. The only
difference here is that Petrosian locked up the Kingside with h6.

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Mario Bertok"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 c5 10. h4 Nd7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd3
a6 13. h5 Nf8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. a4 Nc8 16. Kf2 f6 17. a5 Re7
18. Rhb1 Be8 19. h6 Bh8 20. Na4 Rc7 21. b4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nd7
23. b5 Nf8 24. Ra2 Rf7 25. Rab2 axb5 26. Rxb5 b6 27. axb6 Rb7
28. Bf1 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. Qb2 Na4 31. Qc1 Nd7 32. Ra1
Nab6 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qc2 Kf7 35. Ne2 Qa4 36. Qxa4 Nxa4
37. Ng3 Ndb6 38. Bc1 Nc3 39. Ke1 Ke7 40. Kd2 Nca4 41. Kc2 Nc8
42. Kb3 Nab6 43. Bh3 Kd7 44. Bd2 Ne7 45. g5+ Ke8 46. Ba5 Nec8
47. Nh1 fxg5 48. Nf2 Bf6 49. Bg4 Bd8 50. Nh3 Bf6 51. Bd2 Ne7
52. Nxg5 Bxg5 53. Bxg5 Kf7 54. Bd2 Nec8 55. Bxc8 Nxc8 56. Bg5
Nb6 57. Bd8 Nc8 58. Ka4 Ke8 59. Bg5 Kd7 60. Kb5 Kc7 61. Ka6
Nb6 62. Bd8+

1-0
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This is the -
" Petrosian looked bored "
game

This is the main game - Petrosian locks it up with f3-g4-h5 versus
... e5-h6-g5 then sends his King on all kinds of secret missions -
0-0-0, then Ke1, then Ka4, then Kf5 and finally resting on c4.



[Event "Nica"]
[Site "Nica"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Helder Camara"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5
8. d5 a6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. g4 Ng8 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Ng3 b6
14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. h4 a5 17. h5 g5 18. b3 f6 19. Qe2 Nc8
20. a3 Qe7 21. Kd2 Na7 22. Ra1 Rfb8 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rhb1 Bf8 25. Ke1 Qe8
26. Bd3 Nc8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. Qd1 axb4 29. axb4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Ra8
31. Qc1 Qb8 32. Ra3 Nc8 33. Qa1 Rxa3 34. Qxa3 Kg7 35. Bc2 Kf7 36. Kd2 Ke8
37. Ba4 Qa7 38. Kc2 Kd8 39. Kb3 Bxa4+ 40. Qxa4 Qxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Na7
42. Nb5 Nc8 43. Ne2 Kd7 44. Nc1 Be7 45. Nd3 Bf8 46. Nc3 Na7 47. Kb3 Nc8
48. Na4 Be7 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 dxc5 51. Naxc5+ Nxc5+ 52. Nxc5+ Kd6
53. Na6 c6 54. Kc4 cxd5+ 55. exd5 Kd7 56. Nb8+ Kc7 57. Nc6 Bd6 58. Kd3 Kd7
59. Ke4 Ke8 60. Na5 Kf7 61. Nc4 Bb4 62. Bb6 Bf8 63. Bd8 Bc5 64. Kf5 Be7
65. Bc7 Na7 66. Nd6+ Bxd6 67. Bxd6 Nb5 68. Bb4 Nd4+ 69. Ke4 Nb5
70. Be1 Ke7 71. Bd2 Nd4 72. Bb4+ Kf7 73. Bc5 Nb3 74. Bf2 Ke7
75. Kf5 Kf7 76. Be3 Na1 77. Ke4 Nb3 78. Kd3 Na5 79. Bd2 Nb3
80. Be3 Na5 81. Bb6 Nb7 82. Kc4 Ke7 83. Bc5+

1-0
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Bonus feature:

This is how Bobby Fischer in his prime dealt with the same opponent of the
"Petrosian looked bored " game.

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[Event "Siegen ol prel  Rd: 3"]
[Site "Siegen ol prel  Rd: 3"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Helder Camara"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Ne5  12. h4 Nc4

Looks like standard Dragon fare but
maybe moving the h-pawn is better.



13. Bxc4 Rxc4!  14. Nb3!

Gaining a tempo on the Black Queen
to post his bishop there


14 ... Qc7

Played 6 times after Camara too.
14 ... Qa6 was played once before
this game and none afterwards.
On 14 ... Qa6  or ... Qe5
15 Bd4!! is best again



15. Bd4!!

Fighting for the long diagonal.
Played three times after Bobby too.
Other good moves :
15  h5, Bh6, Kb1, Bg5, g4, Qd3

15 ...  Bc6

Never tried again

Not the greatest but Helder is already in trouble -
15 ... Be6  16  e5!  or
15 ... Qc8  16 Nd5!  or
15 ... Qd8  16 Nd5!! or
15 ... e5  16  Be3  d5  17  ed!

16. e5!

16 Qe2!!  or Qd3!! are also good


16 ...  dxe5

16 ... Nh5!  or ... R:d4!
are not much better



17. Bxe5!!


17 ... Q:e5??  18  Q:d8  checkmate

17 ...  Qc8 18. Qe2 Bd7

It's not just the rook in trouble,
Bobby has h5, Na5, Bd6, Kb1
going for him too


19. Rxd7!!  Kxd7

20 ... N:d7?  21  B:g7!  is worse for Camara.
20 ... R:c3  21 R:e7+!!  K:e7  22 B:c3+  Kf8  23 Rd1
with an extra pawn and an attack for the legend


20. Nb5 Qc6

Helder has no defense.
Despite being an exchange up,
Bobby threatens
Rd1+, N:a7, B:f6
it's just too much


21.  Rd1+  Ke8


If 21 ... Nd5!  22  B:g7!
is the best of the multiple wins


22. Nc7+ Qxc7!  23. Bxc7!  Rxc7 24. Qb5+!

1-0  Helder Camara resigns

If  24 ... Nd7  25 Nc5
if  24 ... Rd7  25  R:d7  N:d7  26  Nc5

If you want to compare the different styles of two World Champions,
you can see that Petrosian tormented Camara strategically for 83 moves
and Bobby wiped Helder off the board with short, sharp tactics.

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[Event "Siegen ol prel  Rd: 3"]
[Site "Siegen ol prel  Rd: 3"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Helder Camara"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Bc6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Bxe5 Qc8 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Rd1+
Ke8 22. Nc7+ Qxc7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Qb5+

1-0

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This is the ICC Attacking with LarryC video
game feauturing a long King march

[Event "Lone"]
[Site "Lone"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "John A Peters"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 d5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 a5
12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Re1 Rc8
17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb5 Na7 21. Rxc8 Nxc8
22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Rc1 Na7 24. Qf5 Re8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Rc2 Nc6
27. h4 h6 28. Qb5 Na7 29. Qf5 Nc6 30. Kf1 Re6 31. Qb5 Na7
32. Qb3 Nc6 33. h5 Ne7 34. Ke1 Nd5 35. Qb5 Nf6 36. Kd1 Nd5
37. Be5 Ne7 38. g4 Nc6 39. Bg3 Na7 40. Qb3 Nc6 41. Kc1 Re4
42. f3 Re3 43. Kb1 Ne7 44. Bh4 Qd6 45. Bxe7 Rxe7 46. Rc8+ Kh7
47. Rf8 Qc7 48. f4 Bc5 49. Qd5 Re5 50. Rxf7

1-0
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This is the ICC Attacking with LarryC video game

[Event "2nd Agzamov Memorial"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Kurnosov"]
[Black "Marat Dzhumaev"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O b5
7. e5 b4 8. exf6 bxc3 9. Qxc3 e6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. d5 Na4
12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Rxe6+ fxe6 14. dxe6 Bg7 15. exd7+

1-0

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Russian teenager Yury Buslaev reaches the same position after
13  h4 in Wall -Weihmiller but employs a different strategy of
attacking on the Kingside and loses.


[Event "RUS-ch U16"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buslaev,Yury V"]
[Black "Danilov,Ilie Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 e5 8.Nge2 c6
9.Qd2 Kh7 10.d5 c5 11.g4 Ng8 12.h4 a6 13.Ng3 Ne7 14.g5 h5 15.f4 exf4
16.Bxf4 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Ngxe2 Qc7 19.0-0-0 Nd7 20.Rdf1 Ne5
21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Rf3 Kg8 23.Nf4 Nc8 24.Nd3 Bg7 25.Ne2 b5 26.Rf6 bxc4
27.Ndf4 Nb6 28.Nc3 Nd7 29.Ne6 fxe6 30.Rxf8+ Nxf8 31.Rf1 Rb8 32.dxe6 Nxe6
33.Nd5 Qb7 34.Nf6+ Kh8 35.Rf2 Qb4 36.Qe3 c3 37.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 38.bxc3 Rf8

0-1
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Kliun reaches the same position that Bill and I reached after  13 h4 -
Kluin also employs the same winning strategy as Petrosian - Helder Camara -
locks up the Kingside with h5, doubles rooks on the b-file,
moves his King around at will anywhere he likes.



[Event "Kurass mem op 03rd"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kliun,Bogdan"]
[Black "Voropai,Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 0-0 7.Bg5 h6
8.Be3 c6 9.Qd2 Kh7 10.d5 c5 11.g4 Ng8 12.h4 a6 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Bd3 Qe8
15.Qe2 b6 16.Rb1 a5 17.b3 Na6 18.a3 Rb8 19.Kf2 Nc7 20.Rb2 Ne7 21.h5 g5
22.Rhb1 Na6 23.Na2 Qc8 24.Qe1 Qc7 25.Kg2 Rb7 26.Qf2 Rfb8 27.Bd2 f6
28.Qe1 Bf8 29.Nf1 Nc8 30.Ne3 Be7 31.Kg3 Kg7 32.Nc1 Kh7 33.Bf1 Kg7
34.Nd3 Kh7 35.Ra1 Ra7 36.Be2 Kg7 37.Rab1 Rab7 38.Bd1 Kh7 39.Bc2 Kg7
40.Ra1 Ra7 41.Rbb1 Kh7 42.b4 axb4 43.axb4 Rba8 44.Ba4 Bxa4 45.Rxa4 Qd7
46.Raa1 Bf8 47.Qc1 Nb8 48.Qb2 Rxa1  49.Rxa1 Rxa1 50.Qxa1 Qa7 51.Qb2 Nd7
52.Nc1 Qa4 53.Ne2 Kg8 54.Kf2 Kh7 55.Ke1 Kg8 56.Nc3 Qxb4 57.Qxb4 cxb4
58.Nb5 Nc5 59.Kd1 b3 60.Bb4 Nd3 61.Ba3 b2 62.Nc3 Kf7 63.Kd2 Nc5
64.Kc2 Ke8 65.Bxb2 Kd7 66.Ba3 Ne7 67.Nb5 Nc8 68.Bxc5 bxc5 69.Kb3

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Chris Peterson is working on Anthea's website too

http://www.chesslikeananimal.com/
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar 15 22:15:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:15:10 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wall-Zupa III  Penguin
Message-ID: <1237176910.49bdd24e5d90d@www.taom.com>


Daoud Zupa has the same problem Paul Anderson has,
they teach so much Chess they are involuntarily improving.
Daoud has been my customer for decades, not even scoring so much as a draw.
Suddenly he beats me 2 out of 3 in a month. The odd thing is I
didn't feel bad after I lost, I was rather proud of my effort.

I played the Penguin to make fun of Daoud Chess ( English, Reti positional )
but also because I thought of this line to use in an email -

I felt more like a Joker than a Penguin
but this opening allowed me to be both.

Daoud has gained 100 rating points since September -
must be a macrobiotic diet.


[Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night"]
[Site "First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Daoud Zupa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Opening "R?ti opening, Penguin, Der Ampel, The StopLight"]
[ECO "A06"]
[NIC "QP.09"]
[Time "21:37:31"]
[TimeControl "Game/85  plus 5 second delay"]

Denver Chess Club
First Presbyterian Church,
1st and Acoma,
Denver Colorado

Tuesday Night Tournament,
Round 2,
Board 2

Game/85 minutes
plus 5 second delay

March 10, 2009

White -
Brian Wall
2206

Black -
Daoud Zupa
2061

Opening -
The Penguin

1. Nf3 d5 2. Rg1

What do we know about this opening?

1 - Schiller calls this the Penguin,
makes sense, the Penguin rook waddles over to g1
2 - Andy Rea claims in Germany they call this Der Ampel, the StopLight
3 - Isaac Martinez begged me to include this in
How To Play Chess Like An Animal
4 - I believe I have played 5 Penguins and as odd as this opening is,
every game feels like a brilliancy. One is published with pictures and
African proverbs at www.Chessville.com. Another one is published
on Duwayne Langseth's Colorado Chessgames site.
5 - I move my Penguin rooks with my pinky


2 ... Nf6

They rarely stop g4 for long

3. d4!  g6 4. Bf4!  c5 5. c3 Nbd7!  6. g4

I feel complete.

6 ... Bg7!  7. e3 a6 8. Nbd2!  h6

A common effect when you're a Chessmaster is that if you cross
the third rank with a flank pawn they are afraid to castle there.


9. h3 Qb6  10. Qb3

I don't mind trading Queens in the Penguin
because my King starts out handicapped.

10 ... Qe6

That move made no sense to me.
I thought for 16 minutes.

11. O-O-O!  b5 12. dxc5!

To break up the pawn storm a little

12 ...  Nxc5!  13. Qa3!  Qb6!

13 ... Nce4 is not very effective because of
14 Nd4 and B:b5+

14. Be5! Ncd7!  15. Bd4!  Qb8!  16. Bc5

You can see why I am proud of this game -
I just made 5 best moves in a row in a
position I consider irrational and
unfathomable. I have 19 minutes left
to Daoud's 40. One bad move and I get
pawn stormed out of a King.

Fritz doesn't like my last move,
preferring  16  g5  hg  17  R:g5
which looks odd to a human.


16 ... Bf8

I was starting to freak out about that
bishop aiming at my Queen and his pawns
aiming at my King.

I concocted a rather wild way out of the mess -
to create an escape square for my Queen on e3


17. g5 hxg5!  18. Nxg5 Bb7  19. e4

Daoud considered this
" obviously forced "
but Fritz likes  19 f4!
with Daoud better after
many moves like
19  ... Qd8, ... Qc7, ... N:c5  et. al.

19 ... dxe4!

One of many good moves -
I am in trouble on the board
but my clock situation is improving -
9 minutes for me,
16 for Daoud


20. Kb1 Qh2?

A strange pointless move

21. Bg2!

That just helped me aim at e4


21 ...  Qc7 22. Be3!  e6 23. Qb3!  Bd5
24. Qc2!  Rc8 25. Ndxe4!  b4 26. Nxf7!?

>From an awful position on move 19 I have fought back with
5 more best moves in a tough position with little time.
Again I have reason to be proud.

After  24 ... Rc8
we both had 7 minutes left.

Daoud said my 26th move freaked him out.
I did not calculate much,
simply played it.

He called me the next day with attacking suggestions for me.
We hadn't looked at a computer yet.

Having watched Gata Kamsky throw away his Topalov match in time presure,
I wanted to play more confidently than Gata.

Daoud suggested the best moves the next day -
26  N:f6+!!!  N:f6  27  Bd4!!   Bg7
28  B:d5!!  ed  29  Qa4+!!  Kf8  30 Q:b4+!
with an extra pawn and a solid position

Right after the game I suggested
26 Bd4!!  which is pretty good

During the game, I wondered about
26  R:d5?  N:d5  27  N:f7?
which works well except that
27 ... Qh2!!  is awkward to deal with.

If 26 N:f7!?  K:f7?  27  Ng5+!  Ke7!  28 B:d5!!  recapture on d5  29  Q:g6!!
with a winning attack.
That's all it took for me to play it.
I felt lucky to get this far from where I started.

26 ... Bxe4!!

I am still better but this kills my Ng5 check with a quick and easy win

27. Bxe4!  Kxf7!  28. Bxg6+!  Ke7!


I have 6 minutes to Daoud's 4.
He had a 26 minute time advantage on move 15.

29. Bg5??

I still have two pawns plus a good attack after
29 Bd4!!  or Rhe1!


29 ...  bxc3!!  30. Rge1

I had some mad delusion that
31 R:e6+   K:e6  32 Qf5 check was checkmate

30 ... Bg7!!
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Daoud finds the only good move with 3 minutes left on his clock.
Anything else loses, usually to 31 R:d7+  or  R:e6+.
Daoud's move turns the game around.
I was winning earlier with
29  Bd4, Rge1  or
26  Bd4  or
26  N:f6+  Nf6  27 Bd4, B:d5  or R:d5

I guess I lost the game because I didn't play Bd4 at some point.
I consider it justice that I lost on the same diaginal I could have won on.

I was not calculating,
just relying on blitz instincts.
It didn't help that Daoud played 5 perfect
moves in a critical blitz situation.
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31. Qb3?

Three minutes left each.

The best move was the rook sac  31 R:e6+!!  K:e6!
32 Re1+!   Ne5!  33 Qf5+!   Kd5! 34 Re3!!
and in this incredible position I almost
have enough attack to justify being down
a rook and a knight!
34  Re3!!  c2+!   35  Kc1  Rhd8!   36  Bf4!!, f4!  or  Bh5!
with plenty of fight left.
31 R:e6+!!  K:e6! 32 Re1+!   Ne5!  33 Qf5+!   Kd5!
34 Re3!!  c2+!   35  Kc1  Rhd8!   36  Bf4!!    Kc6!
37  B:e5!  Qa5!  38 Rc3+!  Kb7!  39  B:f6!  Q:f5!
40  B:f5  B:f6  41  R:c8  R:c8  42  B:c8+  K:c8  43 K:c2
should be a draw, I think
39  B:f6!   R:c3!  40  B:c3!  B:c3!  41  Qf7+  Kb8
42  bc  Q:c3  43 Qf4+  or  Qb3+
may be a draw too
36 Bf4!!   Qd7   37 Rd3+   Kc6  38  R:d7  Ne:d7
may also be roughly equal

Instead of this brave course, I just watched helplessly
as my time and position evaporated into the night air.
I missed my last, brilliant chance.


31 ...  Qc4!!

Sigh.
Another perfect move from Daoud.
I thought until I had one minute left
and just completely disintregated.

32. Qxc3 Qxc3!

Only move

33. bxc3!  Rxc3!  34. Bf5?  Rb8+!  35. Ka1  Kf8!  36. Rxe6 Ne4!!
37. Bf6

Played with one second on my clock


37 ... Ndxf6!

mating


0-1

My flag fell.
I don't know how Daoud did it but all of his last
dozen moves in a messy posiiton with 4 minutes
left on his clock were perfect.
Adrenaline, I suppose.

I thought the game was entertaining and engaging,
nothing to be ashamed of.
I congratulate Daoud Zupa.

I try to learn from every loss.

1 - Going into a time scramble with someone you are
giving 10 to 1 rating odds to is not productive.
It should be avoided if possible.
2 - Even in time pressure,
take a minute to look for something better.
It may be your last chance.
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[Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night"]
[Site "First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Daoud Zupa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Opening "R?ti opening, Penguin, Der Ampel, The StopLight"]
[ECO "A06"]
[NIC "QP.09"]
[Time "21:37:31"]
[TimeControl "Game/85  plus 5 second delay"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. Rg1 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Bf4 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg7 7. e3 a6
8. Nbd2 h6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qe6 11. O-O-O b5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qa3 Qb6
14. Be5 Ncd7 15. Bd4 Qb8 16. Bc5 Bf8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bb7 19. e4 dxe4
20. Kb1 Qh2 21. Bg2 Qc7 22. Be3 e6 23. Qb3 Bd5 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Ndxe4 b4
26. Nxf7 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Kxf7 28. Bxg6+ Ke7 29. Bg5 bxc3 30. Rge1 Bg7
31. Qb3 Qc4 32. Qxc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Bf5 Rb8+ 35. Ka1 Kf8
36. Rxe6 Ne4 37. Bf6 Ndxf6

0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar 15 23:51:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:51:18 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Marvin Lee - Wall again
Message-ID: <1237182678.49bde8d655273@www.taom.com>


The legendary Marvin Lee - Brian Wall game has been oft told -
Slow game, Round 1, 2007 Kansas Open, Round 1 -
Marvin uses all his time and loses in 15 moves,
I use 15 minutes and win the game and the tournament,
my coauthor walks away with the under 1800 prize.
Comments can be found on www.Chessgames.com
Two players there added the game to their favorites.

Someone fell into the same line today.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PPCLI-3"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "00:55:44"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

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

Fishing Pole

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

Hyper-Pole


9. Bxc6 dxc6!  10. Nxe5 Nxe5!  11. dxe5 Qe7!

I used to play  11 ... Qh4 in blitz and win a lot
but I discovered in Lee- Wall that 11 ... Qe7 move was better.
It was my only think of the game.


12. Bf4 g5!!

Same as Marvin Lee - Wall so far


13. Bg3!

Marvin played
13 Bh2?  g4!!  14  hg?   hg!!  15  Qd3!  R:h2!!
0-1   White Resigns

13 ...  h4!!  14. Bh2!  g4!!  15. hxg4!  Rg8!!

I don't use get this move right,
I often play the slightly inferior  15 ... Qg5!

16. Kh1 Bxg4!!  17. Qb3 O-O-O

It's tempting to castle Queenside,
last move it wasn't legal.
There is a better move I constantly
underestimate in the Fishing Pole and
the Raccoon and that is  17 ... h3!!!
a real knockout punch.
17  ... h3!!  18  Q:b7  hg+    19  Kg1  gf(Q)+
20  K:f1   Qd7!!  or ... Qc5!!  checkmate
17  ... h3  18  Q:b7  hg+    19  K:g2  Bc8+
wins the Queen
17  ... h3!!  18  Bg3   Qg5!!  19  e6 (anything else gets mated )  hg+
20  Kg1  gf(Q)+, ... gf(R)+, ... 0-0-0, ... Qh6  or ... Qh5  all checkmate
17  ... h3!!  18  Bg3   Qg5!!  19  e6  hg+ 20  K:g2  Bf3+
21  K:f3  Qg4+ mates 21  K:f1  0-0-0!  mates
17  ... h3!!  18  e6    hg+
19  Kg1  gf(Q)+, ... gf(R)+, ... B:e6  or  ... 0-0-0   all checkmate
17  ... h3!!  18  e6    hg+   19  K:g2  Be6+  wins the Queen
17  ... h3!!  18  e6    hg+   19  K:g2  Bh3+  20 Kf3  0-0-0   mates
17  ... h3!!  18  c4    hg+   19  Kg1   gf(Q)+, ... gf(R)+  or ... Qh4 checkmate
17  ... h3!!  18  c4    hg+   19  K:g2  Qh4!!  or ... Bh3+!  checkmate

Anything else after  17 ... h3!!!  gets mated.

17 ... h3!!!  is so strong that PPCLI-3 must give up his Queen with
18  Q:b7  hg+  19  K:g2  Bc8+
or face immediate checkmate in every other line.



18. Nd2?

Dropping a knight but the situation was bad
anyway with  ... h3  or ... Be2 on the horizon



18 ...  Rxd2

{White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PPCLI-3"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "00:55:44"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5
8. d4 Ba7 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 h4
14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Rg8 16. Kh1 Bxg4 17. Qb3 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Rxd2

{White resigns}  0-1

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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1472993

[Event "2007 Kansas Open"]
[Site "Bethany Library, Lindsborg, Kansas"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marvin Lee"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "30"]

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. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qe7
12. Bf4 g5 13. Bh2 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. Qd3 Rxh2

0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 16 20:05:21 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:05:21 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The best of the Irish to you
Message-ID: <1237255521.49bf0561467d8@www.taom.com>



May your troubles be less,
And your blessing be more.
And nothing but
happiness,
Come through your door.

May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow.
May the soft winds freshen
your spirit.
May the sunshine brighten your heart
May the burdens of the
day rest lightly upon you.
And may God enfold you in the mantle of His
love.

He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He
who loses faith, loses all.

May you enjoy the four greatest blessings:
Honest work to occupy you.
A
hearty appetite to sustain you.
A good woman to love you.
And a wink from
the God above.

May you live a long life
Full of gladness and health,
With a pocket
full of gold
As the least of you wealth.
May the dreams you hold
dearest,
Be those which come true,
The kindness you spread,
Keep
returning to you.

May the friendships you make,
Be those which endure,
And all of your
grey clouds
Be small ones for sure.
And trusting in Him
To Whom we all
pray,
May a song fill your heart,
Every step of the way.

IRISH TOASTS.

I have known many, liked not a few, loved only one, I drink to you.

May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.

May the grass grow long on the road to hell for want of use.

May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.

As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the
wrong way.

May your troubles be as few and as far apart as my Grandmothers teeth.

May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never
fall out.

May there be a generation of children on the children of your children.

May the Lord keep you in His hand and never close His fist too tight.

May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you.

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light, may good luck pursue you
each morning and night.

May the strength of three be in your journey.

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship
and never in want.

Here's that we may always have a clean shirt, a clean conscience, and a
guinea in our pocket.

May I see you grey and combing your children's hair.

May you die in bed at ninety-five years, shot by a jealous husband(or wife).

May your doctor never earn a dollar out of you and may your heart never give
out. May the ten toes of your feet steer you clear of all misfortune, and before
you're much older, may you hear much better toasts than this.

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know
where you're going and the insight to know when you're going too far.

May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies, quick
to make friends. But rich or poor, quick or slow, may you know nothing but
happiness from this day forward.

May the frost never afflict your spuds. May the outside leaves of your
cabbage always be free from worms. May the crow never pick your haystack, and
may your donkey always be in foal.

May the sound of happy music, And the lilt of Irish laughter, fill your heart
with gladness, that stays forever after.

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.

May you live long, Die happy, And rate a mansion in heaven.

Beautiful young people are acts of nature, But beautiful old people are works
of art.


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 17 07:37:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:37:18 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] GM Dashzeveg Sharavdorj versus GM Viktor
	Korchnoi
Message-ID: <1237297038.49bfa78e843e2@www.taom.com>


Back in 1963 when I was 8 years old Bobby Fischer wrote in Boy's Life that this
game with Berliner was probably most indicative of his style. It shows
remorseless technical determination, not the kind of game I would normally
choose to annotate.

I have played over all of Dashzeveg Sharavdorj's games twice, once to look for
email material and once again to prepare for the Colorado Closed. In general
Sharavdorj's style is like the Berliner-Fischer game, relentless, technical
Chess usually revolving around one pawn. Dan Avery Chess - a narrow range of
plus or minus one pawn.

I have analyzed with Sharavdorj and he sees tacics instantly and his evaluations
of endgames is usually instantaneous as well. He plays what David Vigorito calls
" correct Chess ". Sharavdorj aims for positional clarity and I aim for tactical
insanity so our styles are sort of opposite. Philipp Ponomarev, Colorado Closed
2008, is the only local to beat the Grandmaster in Colorado as far as I know.
Tyler Hughes and I have had winning posiitons against him but only managed to
lose or draw in slow Chess.

Sharavdorj has beaten many top GMs living in the United States. I would
describe his style as pure, distilled logic. His approach is too refined
for me to appreciate. Sharavdorj is Glenfiddich Scotch and I am Boone's
Farm Tickeld Pink wine.

Here is an interesting game where living
legend Viktor Korchnoi beats Sharavdorj.
Korchnoi is as old as my Dad.

Lucius John Wall II    77, born July 22, 1931.
Viktor Korchnoi        77, born March 23,1931

Korchnoi belongs to the short list of almost World Champions like
Keres, Kamsky, Bronstein, Hammersmith, Rubinstein, Schlecter.



[Event "Western Open"]
[Site "Bay City"]
[Date "1963.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Berliner"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5
7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Qb2 Qf6 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bb5 Rac8
17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qf4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qd4 g5 21. f3 g4
22. Be2 gxf3 23. gxf3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Ba6 25. Qf2 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxe5
27. Rg1 f5 28. Qd3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Qc2 Qf6 31. Rg2 Qd4
32. h3 Qa1+ 33. Rg1 Qe5 34. Qe2 b5 35. Qc2 b4 36. Qd3 a5
37. Qc2 Qf6 38. Qc4 Qf3+ 39. Kh2 Rd8 40. Qc2 Qc3 41. Qxc3+ bxc3
42. Rc1 Rd3 43. Rb1 Kg7 44. Rb5 a4 45. Rc5 a3 46. Kg2 Re3
47. Rc4 Kf6 48. h4 Ke5 49. Kf2 Rh3 50. Kg2 Rd3 51. h5 Kf4
52. h6 Ke3 53. Rc7 Kd2

0-1
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[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "56"]

2007 National Open

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Round 4

June 8, 2007

40/2, Game/1

White - GM Dashzeveg Sharavdorj   2454

Black - Viktor Korchnoi           2623

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Bd7

This has a Lasker/Steinitz feel to it


11. Bg5 TN  Sharavdorj

Theoretical Novelty by Sharavdorj

11 Nc3  played 8 times before
11  d5  played once
11 Bf4  never played

11 ... O-O! 12. Nc3!  Re8!   13. Rd3

It is not so easy to checkmate Viktor Korchnoi

13 ... Rc8!  14. Bb3 Bc6!  15. Rad1  Nd5 16. Bxd5!  Bxd5!
17. Bxe7!  Rxe7!  18. Qh5 Rd7! 19. Rh3!  h6!  20. Qe5!  Qf8
21. Rg3!  Rcd8 22. Rdd3  f6

The game should be about even but Korchnoi
has slight pressure against the d-pawn


23. Qh5 Bc4!  24. Rdf3 Rxd4!

Suddenly Korchnoi wins the isolani


25. h3!  Kh8!  26. Rg6 Bd3 27. Rxd3


Rather than just being a pawn down after
27 Rg4  Sharavdorj goes for broke.


27 ... Rxd3!  28. Ne4 R8d5!

The attack is dead after
29  Qe2  Qe8  so
Sharavdorj resigns.


0-1

Where did Dashzeveg go wrong?
Little errors.
22 Rdd3 was not quite right.
22 f4  intending 23 f5 with a micro-edge was better.
The idea of  22 Rdd3  was  23 R:g7+  K:g7  24 Rg3
but after  22 Rdd3  f6
the rook was just awkwardly placed.

His next move  23 Qh5  was a little rambunctious,
just defending the d-pawn with  23 Qe3 is OK -
23  Qe3  Bc4  24  Rd1  e5  25 d5  or  Q:h6
should hold

Dashzeveg's next move, 24  Rdf3 digs the hole deeper.
24  Rd1/2   R:d4  25  R:d4  R:d4  26 b3  Ba6  27  Q:h6
is not so bad

26  Rg6  doesn't help either
and  27 R:d3 is just hopeless.

It seems the Mongolian got nervous just trying to hang onto his
weak d-pawn and tried to invade forcefully with his rooks and
the whole thing just backfired.

Korchnoi out-Sharavdorjed Sharavdorj.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Be7 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rd3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qh5 Rd7 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qe5 Qf8 21. Rg3 Rcd8
22. Rdd3 f6 23. Qh5 Bc4 24. Rdf3 Rxd4 25. h3 Kh8 26. Rg6 Bd3
27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Ne4 R8d5 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 17 13:08:06 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:08:06 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1237316886.49bff516dfb13@www.taom.com>



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    Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:23:11 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
<turbogato at yahoo.com>


Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter


http://cs.chess.home.att.net
            This Week In Chess

            On March 10th, the CSCC had 10 members in attendance. Due to a lack
of interest in the scheduled team event, the participants opted for club-rated
ladder games (G30). Each player faced an opponent similar in rating in a 2 game
match. Here is how the ladder players fared:



Score	Player
2.0	DuWayne Langseth
2.0	Rhett Langseth
0.0	Paul Anderson
0.0	Dean Brown

            Game Of The Week

            This week's game comes from my list of upset victories. One of my
goals when I started this newsletter was to publish all my USCF-rated wins over
opponents within 25 points of my rating or higher. It was an easy way to choose
a game for the week, and it also helped me focus on those things I was doing
right. I have 47 upsets to date and only 4 left to publish.

Year	# of upsets
1998	6
1999	2
2000	5
2001	7
2002	3
2003	5
2004	4
2005	3
2006	4
2007	3
2008	2
2009	3
            However, this method is not without its flaws. I upset three people
in quick events for which I have no record. Therefore, my upset list can never
really be complete. In addition, I have upset a couple of people multiple
times. In fact, two people make up one third (36%) of my upset victories. This
means that I would have had to write about someone's losses over and over and
over. That seemed a little redundant and a little unfair to that opponent. So,
I decided to pick several games from one person to post to the Yahoo! Group and
write about the one that received the most votes. That way I still get all my
upsets published, just not all in the newsletter. My most common upset victim
is Jeff Fox who represents 21% of my victories. Of course, we have played more
often than any other combination of players at the club in the past 12 years.
Jeff holds the overall lead in wins with 27.5 to 25.5. However, I hold the lead
in USCF-rated wins with 12 to 9. Most of the time, I was lower rated than Jeff
and could play for a draw and wait for him to flag as he used up all his time
trying to find a win. Oh, sure, some might say that was the lazy way to catch
the Fox, but I would remind you that one should let sleeping dogs lie.

            Lazy Dog Awakens (Click this link to view the game on your web
browser)
            (136) Anderson,Paul (1526) - Fox,Jeff (1700) [A10]
            June Borborgyms Colorado Springs (3.1), 20.06.2000
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black
            1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 last book move 4.e3 c6 Consolidates d5
5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Nge2 f5 7.0-0 Nf6 8.d4 0-0 9.b3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.e4 a5 12.Rb1 Na6
13.a3 Covers b4 13...Be6 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Rd7 16.Rbd1 Rad8 17.Rxd7 Rxd7 18.Rd1
Bf8 19.Rxd7 Qxd7 20.Bb6 Bxa3 21.Bxa5 Nb4 22.Bxb4 Bxb4 A valuable piece 23.Kf1
Qd6 24.Bh3? [24.exf5 gxf5 25.Kg1 Qc5-/+ ] 24...f4 [>=24...fxe4!? 25.Bxe6+
Qxe6-+ ] 25.Bxe6+-/+ Qxe6 26.Kg2 Qg4 [26...f3+!? 27.Kxf3 Qh3-/+ ] 27.Qd3 Kf7
28.f3 Qc8 [>=28...Qd7!? and Black hangs on 29.Qc2 g5= ] 29.gxf4+/- exf4 30.Nxf4
g5 31.Nfe2 Nh5 32.Qd4 [32.e5!? Kg7+- ] 32...Qe6 33.h3 Qc8 1-0

            Upcoming Events

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 17 16:15:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:15:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Blitz dream
Message-ID: <1237328100.49c020e457fc3@www.taom.com>



I woke up very happy this morning thinking White had played
1 Ne4, Nc4

I played 1 ... d5!!  forking the knights.

I was ecstatic thinking:
Wow, I never had such a good position after one move,
White made the worst move ever!

Then it dawned on me that White's move was illegal and I must be dreaming.

That's what happens when you play too many ICC Dos Hermanas qualifiers.

Here is a couple of quick mates.
I got 7.5 out of 12 in the last one,
tied for 41st place out of 341.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "S17A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "MehrPa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Sozin, Benk? variation"]
[ECO "B57"]
[NIC "SI.25"]
[Time "16:14:01"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6
7. Nb3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bd3 a6 11. f4 O-O 12. Qe2 b5
13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. h3 Na5 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. Bc1 d5 18. e5 Nd7
19. f5 exf5 20. Qxf5 Nf8 21. Nd4 Bh4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6
24. Nxe6 g6 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8#


{Black checkmated}  1-0

Mehrpa was in shock after the game,
moving the pieces around in examine mode.

Improvements -
23 ... g6! holds
23  N:e6!  wins
22 e6!! was a great move, ignoring the e1 rook
I missed 21 Q:f7+!   which is why he played  21 ... Bh4!
19 ... N:e5  holds
The right idea on move 16 was a combnation of N:a5 and e5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "S17A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "bens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Opening "Benk? gambit: Zaitsev system"]
[ECO "A57"]
[NIC "BI.44"]
[Time "15:50:16"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 axb5 7. Bxb5 Qa5 8.
Ne2 Nxe4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Be7 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Bf8 14.
Qh4 Be7 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Qe4 Ra7 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Qxe6+ Qe7 19. Qc4 Kd8 20.
Nd5 Qe5 21. Rfe1 Qh5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Qxc5 Rf5 24. Qe7# {Black checkmated}
1-0

Another brutally quick checkmate for someone
trying to avoid my Fang-Boudrot Gambit.

Improvements -
7,8,11   de!!  are powerful

The rest was pretty much a slaughter.
23 Q:c5!  mates whatever he tries.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 17 20:11:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:11:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Just crushed a GM with the Fishing Pole in
	Dos Hermanas
Message-ID: <1237342260.49c05834bd608@www.taom.com>



Information about trail(GM) (Last disconnected Tue Mar 17 2009 22:05):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1916  [6]    12     6     1    19
Loser's         1676  [6]     0     2     0     2
Crazyhouse      2037  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          2025  [8]   794   817    96  1707   2489 (04-Feb-2003)
Blitz           2483      16530 15964  2600 35094   3116 (26-Jul-2004)
Standard        1280  [6]     2     7     0     9
5-minute        2110  [8]     7     2     0     9
1-minute        1895  [8]    66    54     3   123   1958 (26-Sep-2008)
15-minute       1412  [4]     0     1     0     1

 Name   : Luis Galego
 Groups : GMs DosHermanas
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "S18B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "trail"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White disconnected and forfeits"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "22:00:08"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bc1 d6 9. b4 Bb6 10. c4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Ba3 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 g5 15. Nc3 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Ng1 f5 18. Ke2 f4 19. Kd2 Rh2 20. Kc2
Rxg2+ 21. Kb3 Qh4 22. Qf1 Rf2 23. Qe1 g3 24. Nd1 Bg4 25. Nxf2 gxf2 26. Qd2
fxg1=Q 27. Rxg1 O-O-O 28. b5 cxb5 29. cxb5 Be6+ 30. Kb4 axb5 31. Kxb5 Qe7
32. Ka5 Kd7 33. Kb4 d5+ 34. Kb5 Rb8+ 35. Ka4 Ra8+
{White disconnected and forfeits}
0-1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "S18B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "trail"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White disconnected and forfeits"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "22:00:08"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

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

Fishing Hook


5. h3 h5

Fishing Pole

6. d3

Lemmiwink GM


6 ... Bc5 7. Bg5 f6!!

Unleashing the pawn wave


8. Bc1 d6 9. b4 Bb6 10. c4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Ba3

Despeately trying to lock in my Hyper-Pole

12 ... Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 g5 15. Nc3 g4 16. hxg4

Unleashing the gates of Hell -
he's lost from here on in

16 ... hxg4 17. Ng1 f5 18. Ke2 f4 19. Kd2 Rh2 20. Kc2
Rxg2+ 21. Kb3 Qh4 22. Qf1 Rf2 23. Qe1 g3 24. Nd1 Bg4 25. Nxf2 gxf2 26. Qd2
fxg1=Q 27. Rxg1 O-O-O 28. b5 cxb5 29. cxb5 Be6+ 30. Kb4 axb5 31. Kxb5 Qe7
32. Ka5 Kd7 33. Kb4 d5+ 34. Kb5 Rb8+ 35. Ka4 Ra8+
{White disconnected and forfeits}
0-1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 18 14:06:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:06:30 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wild Ride
Message-ID: <1237406790.49c154469993e@www.taom.com>


I uncovered this flawed gem in the diamond mine
researching Colorado's only Grandmaster.

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[EventDate "2007.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Robert Akopian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "55"]

2007 World Open

June 28, 2007

40/2
Game/1

Opening-
Anything but the Benoni!-
Kasparov

White -
Mongolian Grandmaster Dashzeveg Sharavdorj
2521

Black -
Robert Akopian, random Armenian
2210

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3!  e6!  3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5! 5. cxd5! d6 6. e4!  g6
7. Bd3 Bg7!  8. h3 O-O 9. O-O!  c4!  10. Bc2!  b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nc3!
a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bh8!  17. Re2 TN

Theoretical Novelty by Dashzeveg.

The Grandmaster decides to ram the e5-pawn through.
There are other plans like moving a bishop to d4
or a Queen to h4 or Rad1  or Ng5 and f4.
White has a promising position here.


17 ... Rab8

12,13,14,15,17,18  or 19  ... Nc5!!
are all good.


18. Rae1

Consistent

18 ... Ba8 19. Nd4

Intending more support for e5 with f4


19 ... b4 20. axb4!  Rxb4!  21. Ba4

Guarding the weak b2-pawn with the knight
by 21 Na4! or Nd1 is possible too or
counterattacking the a-pawn with 21 Ra1


21 ... Reb8!

Akopian is OK now but the
GM is charging like a rhino.


22. e5!?

Not really sound but he set it up as best he could.

22 ... Nxe5!!

22 ... de?  loses to 23 d6!!  or Nf5!!
22 ... de?  23 d6!!  Q:d6  24 Nc6!!  Q:c6  25  B:c6  B:c6  26 Qd6
The GM has Queen and very active pieces for a bishop, a knight and two pawns-
Evaluation - White should win
22 ... de  23 d6!!  Q:d6  24 Nc6!!  Qe6   25  R:e5!  N:e5  26  R:e5!
crashes through powerfully.
Akopian is up the exchange and a pawn for
the moment but everything is hanging.
22 ... d?  23 Nf5!  Re8!    stops mate in one
24 d6! with multiple threats of  Ne7+, B:d7  or Qg5


23. Nf5!!

Sparkling play -
23 Nf5!!  gf??  24  R:e5!!  and Qg5 checkmates in 4

The Mongolian's position is bursting at the seams with
energy and threats but Akopian has his resources too.

23 ...  Rxb2??

Question:
How do pity Masters decide which automatic capture is best?

Answer:
Eeny meanie miney moe

I can forgive Robert for not finding  23 ... Nh5!!!,
the move doesn't seem to make a lick of sense.
The idea is to give the e5-knight extra support
long enough to crash the party with ... R:b2.
Without the R:e5 idea Sharavdorj is helpless against ... R:b2,
if 24   Nd1  R:a4

OK, that's hard to see or believe but what about
23 ... N:d5!!  24 B:d5!  B:d5!  25  Q:d5!   gf!
26 Bc2  Bg7!, ... R:b2!, ... Qd8, ... R4b5, ... R4b6
all good for Robert

OK, maybe Akopian saw all that,
it's hard to imagine what happened next.


24. Qxb2!!!

First the Mongolian Grandmaster throws a Queen into the fire!
Anything else is bad!

24 ...  Rxb2!  25. Rxe5!!!

Now a rook too!
Anything else is bad!
This move took my breath away.
Bank rank mate threat.
Bullldozing his way throw the center by saccing everything.

25 ...  dxe5!

Sharavdorj Dashzeveg is down a whole Queen.
Is he aiming for the Baltier/Burden award?


26. d6!!

Anthing else just loses a Queen.

There's the big idea.
Akopian's King has no squares so any check is mate.
Threats:
dc or Ne7+   winning back the Queen


26 ...  Rb7?
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Robert Akopian is in full scarificial shock.
Someone check his vital signs.

I can't tell if the Mongolian is excited,
they have the same expressions at wedding and funerals.

26 ... Q:d6!  27  N:d6  would give Robert three pawns for a piece
but Dashzeveg's pieces are hyper-active and his endgame technique
is awesome.  Evaluation: no hope.


27. dxc7!  Rxc7!

only way to stop immediate mate.

same material balance as after  26  ... Q:d6!  27  N:d6
but Robert hasn't solved his checkmate issues.
26 ... Q:d6! deflected the knight from e7.


28. Rd1!!

1-0

28  Rb1!! Bb7  29  Rd1!!  works too,
the rook can't guard against back rank mate and Ne7 mate
at the same time so he has to toss another shrimp into the barbie
on d5.

Not 100% sound but I almost fell off my chair when the fireworks started.
How am I supposed to beat this guy?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[EventDate "2007.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Robert Akopian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. a3 Nbd7
12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bh8
17. Re2 Rab8 18. Rae1 Ba8 19. Nd4 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Ba4 Reb8
22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nf5 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Rb7
27. dxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd1

1-0

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Agios Nikolaos op"]
[Site "Agios Nikolaos"]
[Date "1995.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh,Boris"]
[Black "Kotronias,Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nf3 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rfe1 Bb7
16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Qf4 Nfd7 19.Qh4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Qg3 Qd6
22.Rb1 Bc8 23.b3 cxb3 24.Bxb3 Bd7 25.Bd1 Bg7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bg4 Rac8
28.Bxd7 Nxd7 29.Na2 Rc4 30.Nb4 Nc5 31.Qf3 Rf8 32.Nc6 f5 33.exf5 Rxf5
34.Qe3 e4 35.Nb4 a5 36.Nc6 Nd3 37.Rf1 Rxd5 38.Nxa5 Ra4 39.Qa7+ Kh6
40.Qe3+ Qf4 41.Qb6 Rg5 42.Rb3 Qf3 43.g3 Rxg3+ 44.fxg3 Qxg3+ 45.Kh1 Qxh3+
46.Kg1 Qg3+ 47.Kh1 e3

0-1
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "EU-ch MN019 email"]
[Site "ICCF Email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Rabrenovic,Vladan"]
[Black "Koch,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nf3 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Be3
Nc5 17.Bd4 Nfd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Re3 Qb6 21.Rg3 Qd8
22.Qe3 Kh8 23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Kg7

1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Podgaets,Mikhail"]
[Black "Totsky,Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 Nbd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Bh6 Ne5 17.Nd4 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Nfd7 19.Nce2 Nc5 20.Ng3 f6 21.Qd2 Qb6
22.Re3 Ncd3 23.Ne6 Nxb2 24.Nh5 Rxe6 25.dxe6 gxh5 26.Rg3+ Ng6 27.e5 Nd3
28.exf6 Qd4 29.f7+ Kf8 30.Re1 Qf4 31.Ree3 Nge5 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.Rg8+ Ke7 34.f8=Q+
Rxf8 35.Rg7+ Kxe6 36.Rxb7 Rc8 37.g3 Qd4 38.Qd1 d2 39.Kh2 Rc1
40.Qxh5 Qxe3 41.Qe8+ Kd5 42.Qg8+ Kc6 43.Qc8+ Kd5 44.Qg8+ Ke4 45.Qxh7+ Kf3

0-1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "SWE-chT 9596"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Hellsten,Johan"]
[Black "Wedberg,Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Qd2 Nbd7 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Rad1 Nfd7 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Qxc6
22.Nd5 Bxb2 23.Qg5 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Ne7 f6 26.Nxc6 fxg5 27.Rxd6 Ne5
28.Red1 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Rac8 30.Rb6 Rcd8 31.Rdd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Nxe4
33.Rxa6 Nc3 34.Ra7+ Kf6 35.a4 b4 36.Rb7 Re2 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Rxb4 Rc2
39.a5 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 c3 41.a6 Ra2 42.Re4 Nf4 43.Rc4 Nd5 44.Rc6+ Ke5 45.Kg3 c2 46.a7
Nb4 47.Rc4 Rxa7

0-1
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[Event "FRM-chT"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "2005.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andonovski,Ljubisa"]
[Black "Petrovski,Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.h3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Nd4 Nfd7 19.Nf5 Ne5 20.Re3 Ned3 21.Bxd3 Nxd3
22.Rg3 Bc8 23.h4 Bxf5 24.exf5 Re5 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Re3 Rae8 27.h5 Rxe3
28.Bxe3 gxh5 29.Qe2 Qe7 30.Qxh5 Nxb2 31.Qg4+ Bg7 32.Rd4 Nd3 33.Re4 Ne5
34.Qh5 Qd8 35.Rh4 Ng6 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Rg4 Qf6 38.Ne4 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+
40.Ng3 c3 41.Bf4 c2 42.Bxe5 Rxe5 43.Nh5 Rxh5+ 44.Qxh5 c1=Q 45.Qf5 Qh6+
46.Kg1 Be5 47.g3 Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.Qf3 Qd2 50.Rb4 Bd4 51.Rb3 Ne5 52.Qf5 Bc5

0-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5

Ponomarev
W--Wall
B--Sharavdorj
W--Mulyar
B--Hughes
W--Anderson

Wall
B--Ponomarev
W--Anderson
B--Sharavdorj
W--Mulyar
W--Hughes

Mulyar
W--Anderson
W--Hughes
B--Ponomarev
B--Wall
W--Sharavdorj

Sharavdorj
B--Hughes
W--Ponomarev
W--Wall
B--Anderson
B--Mulyar

Hughes
W--Sharvadorj
B--Mulyar
B--Anderson
W--Ponomarev
B--Wall

Anderson
B--Mulyar
B--Wall
W--Hughes
W--Sharavdorj
B--Ponomarev
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Colorado Closed and Colorado Scholastic Closed, March 27 - 29, 2009
6 round Round Robin system tournament.
Time Control: 40/120 G/60
Site: Metro State, Auraria Campus, Tivoli Building, (Larmier and 9th) Room #320
B&C
Entry fee: $45 for Closed, $25 for Scholastic Closed
Prizes: Closed: 1st $250, 2nd $100, Scholastic Closed: 1st: $80, 2nd: $40
Round Times: Friday 6:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM, 4:30 PM, Sunday 9:30 AM, 4:00 PM
Players:

Closed:

1) Dashzegve Sharavdorj
2) Michael Mulyar
3) Philipp Ponomarev
4) Tyler Hughes
5) Brian Wall
6) Mitch Anderson

Alternate: Daoud Zupa

Scholastic Closed:

1) Richard Herbst
2) Ben Reilly
3) Dylan Lehti
4) Jackson Chen
5) David Twerskoi
6) Philip Scudder

1st Alternate: Alex Chen
2nd Alternate: Derek Fish
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www.Walverine.com


----- End forwarded message -----




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 18 19:11:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:11:22 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shattering the Scheveningen
Message-ID: <1237425082.49c19bbab6aae@www.taom.com>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY&feature=related

In my second most popular Chess video,
Shattering the Scheveningen ( 700+ ),
I demonstrate how to smack around the Najdorf/Scheveningen
with Bc4, Bg5 and Qf3 b3fore/without playing f4.

Here are a couple of examples today to prove I
don't just talk the talk, I walk the walk.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "S18A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Meditator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Sozin attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.19"]
[Time "16:41:49"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

ICC Blitz tournament Dos Hermanas

I gave Tommi Luukkonen ( 2748 best ) my Queen and two minor pieces.
In return he gave me his whole army.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Qf3 b5 9. Bb3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qb7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Kb1 b4 TN

Theoretical Novelty by Tommi Luukkonen

12 .... Nbd7 has been played twice.
12 ...  Nc6 has been played once


13. Na4!  Bd7?

Tommi finally develops a Queenside piece and it's a blunder.
I didn't realize that e5 is a big weapon in this line.
13 ... Bd7?   14  e5!  Q:f3  15  N:f3 de  16  N:e5!
with a big edge due to Nb6  or  knight takes bishop



14. Qg3 Kh8 15. f4?

I should have played Nf3 and e5

15 ... Nxe4!  16. Rxe4!  Bxg5!  17. Ree1

Things are bad but I start fighting back

17 ... Bf6!  18. f5 Be5 19. Qd3!  Nc6 20. Nf3! Rad8?

It only took a handful of moves to put me winning again.



21. Nxe5!!  Nxe5

21 ...  de  22 Nc5 wins a piece


22. Qxd6!!

winning a piece -
22 ... B:a4 doesn't work because of the bank rank mate



22 ...  Nc6 23. Nc5!  Qc8 24. Nxd7!  exf5!  25. Ba4!  Na5 26. Qxb4!

Winning more material


26 ...  Rg8 27. Qxa5!

Up two pieces


27 ...  Qb7 28. Qd2 h6 29. Qd5!  Qb4 30. Bb3!  a5
31. a3 Qg4!  32. g3 Qg6 33. Qxf7!

Winning more material

33 ... Qg4 34. Be6 Rgf8 35. Qxf8+

35  N:f8!!  mates quickly

35 ... Rxf8 36. Nxf8!  f4

I am up two rooks and two pieces to nothing

37. Bxg4 fxg3 38. hxg3 g5 39. Re7

mate in two

39 ... Kg8 40. Rd8

{Black resigns} 1-0
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Statistics for Meditator         On for:   26     Idle:    1

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2531        352   339    51   742   2748 (18-Feb-2009)
Standard        2377  [4]    16    17     3    36   2456 (25-Dec-2008)
5-minute        2216  [3]    49    29     6    84   2222 (16-Mar-2009)

 1: Tommi Luukkonen, 31 years old, FM

 Groups : DosHermanas
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "S18A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Meditator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Sozin attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.19"]
[Time "16:41:49"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 a6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bb3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Qb7 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Kb1 b4
13. Na4 Bd7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. f4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxg5 17. Ree1 Bf6
18. f5 Be5 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxd6 Nc6
23. Nc5 Qc8 24. Nxd7 exf5 25. Ba4 Na5 26. Qxb4 Rg8 27. Qxa5 Qb7
28. Qd2 h6 29. Qd5 Qb4 30. Bb3 a5 31. a3 Qg4 32. g3 Qg6 33. Qxf7 Qg4
34. Be6 Rgf8 35. Qxf8+ Rxf8 36. Nxf8 f4 37. Bxg4 fxg3
38. hxg3 g5 39. Re7 Kg8 40. Rd8

{Black resigns} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Folllows my game for 12 moves

[Event "Four Nations tt U20"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomassen,Joachim"]
[Black "Mikkelsen,Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.0-0-0 Qb7 11.Rhe1 0-0 12.Kb1 Nbd7 13.Qg3 b4
14.Nd5 exd5 15.Nf5 Nb6 16.Nxg7 Kh8 17.exd5 Bg4 18.Qh4 Bxd1 19.Nf5 Ne4
20.Bxe7 f6 21.Rxe4 Rf7 22.Bxf6+ Kg8 23.Qg3+ Kf8 24.Qxd6+ Kg8 25.Nh6+

1-0
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Folllows my game for 12 moves

[Event "Moscow op-C 04th (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burtasova,Anna"]
[Black "Airapetian,Tatevik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.0-0-0 Qb7 11.Rhe1 0-0 12.Kb1 Nbd7 13.Qg3 b4
14.Nd5 exd5 15.Nf5 Ne5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.f4 Ng6 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nxe5
20.Rxe5 Qd6 21.Bh6 Nh5 22.Rxh5 Qxg3 23.hxg3 Bg4 24.Rg5 Bxd1
25.Bxg7 Rfe8 26.Bc3+ Kf8 27.Bxb4+ Re7 28.Kc1

1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Folllows my game for 12 moves

[Event "CZE-chT2c 0506"]
[Site "Czechia"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jandovsky,Viktor"]
[Black "Korinek,Ondrej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qb6 10.0-0-0 Qb7 11.Rhe1 0-0 12.Kb1 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6
15.Nd5 Bd8 16.e5 Bb7 17.exd6 Qc8 18.d7 Qb8 19.Qh5 exd5 20.Rxd5 g6 21.Qh6 Bf6
22.d8=Q Rxd8 23.Rh5 Qc7 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Rc5 Qd7 26.a3 Re8 27.Rg1 Bg7
28.Ka2 Qd4 29.Rc3 Rac8 30.Rb1 Rxc3 31.bxc3 Qxc3

0-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This miniature is even more brutal.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "zuggy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "19:11:58"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bg5 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Bb7??

Taking his eye off the ball



11. Bxe6!!  fxe6 12. Nxe6!!

My favorite situation,
down a piece on the board,
+3 in evaluation.

12 ...  Qc4 13. Nxg7+!!

+9 already

13 ...  Kd8 14. Bxf6!

Up three pawns with a vicious attack
and tons more development.


14 ...  Rf8 15. Rxd6+!

+17,
more than a pawn per move

15 ...  Kc7 16. Bxe7!!

Handing over my Queen

16 ...  Rxf3? 17. Ne6+?

Overlooking  17 Ne8+  Kd8  18  Rd8  checkmate


17 ... Qxe6!  18. Rxe6!

Up 4 pawns

18 ...  Kd7 19. gxf3 Kxe6 20. Bh4

Up four pawns

20 ... Nd7!  21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Rd1!  Rc6 23. f4!

You know how I am about pawn waves


23 ...  b4 24. f5+!  Ke7!  25. Nd5+!  Ke8!
26. e5 Rc4 27. e6!  Nc5 28. f3 b3
29. axb3 Nxb3+!  30. Kb1!  Nd4 31. b3

Winning more material

{Black resigns}  1-0
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Information about zuggy (Last disconnected Wed Mar 18 2009 20:31):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2364      15350 20079  2046 37475   2504 (26-Sep-2006)
5-minute        1890  [8]   138   140    28   306   2096 (01-Apr-2003)
1-minute        1842  [8]     1     1     0     2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "zuggy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "19:11:58"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 b5 8.
Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qc4 13. Nxg7+ Kd8
14. Bxf6 Rf8 15. Rxd6+ Kc7 16. Bxe7 Rxf3 17. Ne6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Kd7 19. gxf3
Kxe6 20. Bh4 Nd7 21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rc6 23. f4 b4 24. f5+ Ke7 25. Nd5+ Ke8
26. e5 Rc4 27. e6 Nc5 28. f3 b3 29. axb3 Nxb3+ 30. Kb1 Nd4 31. b3
{Black resigns}
1-0
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----- End forwarded message -----




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 18 20:14:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:14:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brutal Dos Hermanas Fishing Poles
Message-ID: <1237428840.49c1aa685acc2@www.taom.com>


I thought I was going to win in 8 seconds but he held out.

[Event "S18B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "nostyle"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:35:57"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

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

Fishing Pole

5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5!!

Favorite blitz position


7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5!  11. exf5 Qh4!!

Nostyle should resign.
I've used 7 seconds.


12. h3 Qg3!!


Nostyle should resign.
I've used 8 seconds.
They usually quit here but there
are thousands of dollars at stake.



13. Re1 Qxf2+!


I keep forgetting the quicker forced mate -
13...Bxf2+!!  14.Kf1 Nh2+ 15.Ke2 Re8+ 16.Ne4 Rxe4+
17.Kd2 Bxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 19.Kd3 Ne5#
Homework.


14. Kh1 Qg3!!  15.  Bf4!  Qxf4!

I forgot another quicker mate I've already analyzed.
 15...Nf2+ 16.Kg1 Nxd1+ 17.Re3 Bxe3+ 18.Bxe3 Nxe3
19.Bf1 Ne5 20.Kh1 N3g4 21.hxg4 hxg4+ 22.Kg1 Nf3#


16. g3


16.Qxg4! hxg4 17.Re2 Rxh3+ 18.gxh3 Qf3+ 19.Rg2 gxh3 20.Rag1 Bxg1
21.Bf1 Bb6 22.Kh2 hxg2 23.Bxg2 Qf4+ 24.Kh3 Bf2 25.Bxc6 Qg3#
takes a bit longer



16 ... Qxg3!!

mate in 3

17. Qe2 Qxh3+!

mate next move

{White resigns} 0-1

It took me 41 seconds and he had exactly a minute less.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "S18B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "nostyle"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:35:57"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5 7. Nc3 Bc5
8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4 12. h3 Qg3 13. Re1 Qxf2+
14. Kh1 Qg3 15. Bf4 Qxf4 16. g3 Qxg3 17. Qe2 Qxh3+ {White resigns} 0-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

A second Dos Hermanas Fishing Pole.
Most of my opponents don't know I studied the Berlin Defense
before I even heard about the Fishing Pole from Jack Young,
before Kramnik used it on Kasparov.

[Event "S18B"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "falcon"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "22:04:33"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 exd4
7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Bg5 Be7
13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Bh2 Be6 17. Be5 f6 18. Bc3 Nf4
19. Nb3 c5 20. Kf1 b6 21. Rad1 Bc4+ 22. Kg1 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 a5
25. e5 a4 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Nbd2 Bxa2 28. Ne4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bg7 30. Ra1 Bd5
31. Rxa4 b5 32. Nxc5 bxa4 33. Nxa4 Bc6 34. Nb2 Bxc3 35. Nd3 Bxf3

{White resigns} 0-1





From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 18 22:39:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:39:41 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Super Rook!
Message-ID: <1237437581.49c1cc8df2467@www.taom.com>


Robert Ramirez calls it SuperRook!
when a player is trying to unload a
rook to achieve a stalemate.




[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "KMehmedov"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Opening "Four knights: Spanish, classical defense"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "23:59:40"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 c5 11. O-O c6 12. Qg3 O-O
13. Qxe5 b6 14. Rf5 Nh7 15. Raf1 f6 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Qxc6 Rf7 18. Nd5 Rd7
19. Nf4 Ng5 20. h4 Rc8 21. Qa4 Nf7 22. Qc4 Ne5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Ng6+ Kh7
25. Nxe5 Re7 26. Nf3 Qd7 27. e5 b5 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. d4 cxd4 30. exd4 Rd8
31. c3 Qd5 32. Qxd5+ Rxd5 33. a3 a5 34. h5 Rc7 35. Nh4 b4 36. axb4 axb4
37. Rf3 bxc3 38. bxc3 Ra5 39. Ng6 Rc8 40. e6 Kh7 41. e7 Re8 42. Rf8 Raa8
43. d5 Rxe7 44. Rxa8 Re1+

Super Rook!
Stalemate if he takes it but this version is easy to get out of.
At e8 the stalemate is lifted but I get away with a mad bluff.


45. Kh2 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rf3+ 48. Ke5 Rf5+
49. Ke6 Rf6+  50. Kd7 Rd6+ 51. Ke8 Rf6 52. Nf8+ Rxf8+!!!

Super Rook Super Bluff!!!
KMehmedov forgets I can move my g7-pawn
after  54 K:f8!


53. Ke7 Rxa8!!=

Unfortunately I only had 14 seconds to his 23.
It would have been an incredible save after
54 d6  Ra2!!!   55  d7  Re2+!!!  56 Kd6  R:g2!!!
57  c4  Rd2+!!!  58  Kc7  g5!!!
( 58 ... g6!!  draws too and
58  ... Rc2  59  d8(Q)  R:c4+  60  Kb6  Rg4
may be a tenable blockade )
59  hg+  K:g6  60 c5  h5  61 c6  h4  62 d8(Q)  R:d8
63 K:d8  h3  64 c7 h2  65 c8(Q)  h1(Q)
Queen versus Queen. Draw.


 54. d6 Ra1 55. d7 Re1+ 56. Kd6 Rd1+ 57. Ke6 Re1+
58. Kd6 Rd1+ 59. Kc6 Kg8 60. Kc7 Kf7 61. d8=Q Rxd8
62. Kxd8 g6 63. hxg6+ Kxg6 64. c4


{Black forfeits on time} 1-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "KMehmedov"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Opening "Four knights: Spanish, classical defense"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "23:59:40"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bg4
7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 c5 11. O-O c6 12. Qg3 O-O
13. Qxe5 b6 14. Rf5 Nh7 15. Raf1 f6 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Qxc6 Rf7 18. Nd5 Rd7
19. Nf4 Ng5 20. h4 Rc8 21. Qa4 Nf7 22. Qc4 Ne5 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. Ng6+ Kh7
25. Nxe5 Re7 26. Nf3 Qd7 27. e5 b5 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. d4 cxd4 30. exd4 Rd8
31. c3 Qd5 32. Qxd5+ Rxd5 33. a3 a5 34. h5 Rc7 35. Nh4 b4 36. axb4 axb4
37. Rf3 bxc3 38. bxc3 Ra5 39. Ng6 Rc8 40. e6 Kh7 41. e7 Re8 42. Rf8 Raa8
43. d5 Rxe7 44. Rxa8 Re1+ 45. Kh2 Rh1+ 46. Kg3 Rh3+ 47. Kf4 Rf3+
48. Ke5 Rf5+ 49. Ke6 Rf6+ 50. Kd7 Rd6+ 51. Ke8 Rf6 52. Nf8+ Rxf8+
53. Ke7 Rxa8 54. d6 Ra1 55. d7 Re1+ 56. Kd6 Rd1+ 57. Ke6 Re1+ 58. Kd6 Rd1+
59. Kc6 Kg8 60. Kc7 Kf7 61. d8=Q Rxd8 62. Kxd8 g6
63. hxg6+ Kxg6 64. c4

{Black forfeits on time} 1-0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Statistics for KMehmedov         On for:    7     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2321        668   670    45  1383   2403 (27-Feb-2009)

 1: I am an ordinary kind of person, that you can see everyday. (I guess 99.9
  percent of our species.) When I lose, I ALWAYS offer a rematch, when I win, I
  NEVER do. What do you call me, other than son of a bitch?
 2: Whenever (I mean everyday) I see such creatures, I am getting ashamed that
  I am of the same species.
 3: "For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do
  not even the tax-gatherers do that?" - Matthew 5:46
 4: I am an atheist.
 5: I am a graduate student in physics.
 6: I am I.
 7: Now guess who am I ...

 Groups : DosHermanas
----------------------------------------------------------------------------



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 19 08:47:53 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:47:53 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole Rejected!
Message-ID: <1237474073.49c25b193a2fa@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Peter Augros <peteraugros at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:57:04 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Peter Augros <peteraugros at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Peter Augros <peteraugros at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Fishing Pole Rejected!
      To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com

Brian,
?
I thought you might find this game entertaining.? White plays a fishing pole and
then gets mated on his own open "a" file.? I taunted with a soft "oh the irony
of it all", but my opponent did not respond.
?
Peter Augros
?
[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[White biologist]
[Black bevincass (Peter Augros)
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Ng5 h6 7. h4 a6 8.
Be3 Na5 9. Bd2 Nxc4 10. dxc4 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14.
Nf3 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rxa2 17. Kb1 Qa8 18. c3 b3
{biologist resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 19 16:18:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:18:37 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Underpromotion
Message-ID: <1237501117.49c2c4bdb3bef@www.taom.com>


I underpromote a lot as a joke but rarely do I have to.
When the situation arises I must reset myself from auto-Queen
to choose promoted piece. Even though this was a long blitz game,
I had plenty of time to do so.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "luc5"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Opening "Old Indian defense"]
[ECO "A42"]
[NIC "OI.07"]
[Time "17:32:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6
6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. g3 a5

I go for a dark square bind.
10 ... Bb4 and ... Ne7
is another approach.


11. Bg2 a4 12. f4 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4 15. Nf3 c5

The c4-pawn is hanging, Brian

16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Rhb8 20. Bxd4 cxd4
21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. Nxg7 Nc5 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. g4 Rab8 26. g5 b5
27. cxb5 d3 28. h4 e4 29. Kb1 a3 30. b3 Be5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Ne3 Kxb5
33. Nc4 Bb2 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. a4+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rf2
39. a5+ Kb5!  40. a6 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg2!  42. a7!  e2!  43. a8=Q exd1=N+!!!

The big moment, 43 ... Ne4+?=  draws
and anything else loses.
I quickly changed my settings so I could promote to a knight.
I had 2:23 to his one minute.


44. Kd4!  Nxb3+!  45. Ke5!  Nc3!!

Luc5 has the Queen but I have everything else.

46. Qc6+ Kb4!!

I hide behind my knights until I can Queen.


47. d6 Re2+!!

Saving my rook


48. Kf6!  d1=Q!  49. Qb7+ Ka3

49 ... Nb5!  mates quicker


50. d7 Qd4+!

mating


51. Kf7!  Rd2

51 ... Qc4+!!  or Rf2+
mate quicker



52. Qa8+!  Kb2!!

Plan complete -
snug behind my knights


53. d8=Q!  Qxd8! 54. Qxd8!  Rxd8!
55. Kg7!  Rd7+! 56. Kh6!  Ne4 57. h5 Nxg5

Pragmatic but missing the cute mate in two with
57 ... Nd4!!  58  g6  Nf5  checkmate


58. Kxg5 Kc3 59. Kf6 Kd4 60. h6 Ke4

mating

{White resigns}  0-1

Such is the life of a Chess professional.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "luc5"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Opening "Old Indian defense"]
[ECO "A42"]
[NIC "OI.07"]
[Time "17:32:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6
8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 a4 12. f4 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. e4
Nd4 15. Nf3 c5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Rhb8 20.
Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. Nxg7 Nc5 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. g4 Rab8 26.
g5 b5 27. cxb5 d3 28. h4 e4 29. Kb1 a3 30. b3 Be5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Ne3 Kxb5
33. Nc4 Bb2 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. a4+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rf2
39. a5+ Kb5 40. a6 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg2 42. a7 e2 43. a8=Q exd1=N+ 44. Kd4 Nxb3+
45. Ke5 Nc3 46. Qc6+ Kb4 47. d6 Re2+ 48. Kf6 d1=Q 49. Qb7+ Ka3 50. d7 Qd4+
51. Kf7 Rd2 52. Qa8+ Kb2 53. d8=Q Qxd8 54. Qxd8 Rxd8 55. Kg7 Rd7+ 56. Kh6
Ne4 57. h5 Nxg5 58. Kxg5 Kc3 59. Kf6 Kd4 60. h6 Ke4 {White resigns} 0-1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

A letter from my publisher of
How To Play Chess Like An Animal


Dear Authors and those of you who love and support the mission of Mother's House
Publishing:

Jackie and I are pleased to announce that we are officially in BAKER & TAYLOR!

Baker & Taylor is a leading full-line distributor of books, video, and music
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retailers, public and academic libraries, and educational institutions serving
38,000 customer accounts in 129 countries. And from now on, Mother's House
Publishing will be in that set of statistics - creating a new generation of
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We are thrilled with the news and would like to share our joy with you as we
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 19 23:28:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:28:59 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Blitz games and videos
Message-ID: <1237526939.49c3299bd733f@www.taom.com>


Blitz games -
Appropiate video

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nayagan"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "01:14:57"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4
6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Nxd4 Qh4 9. f3 g3

{White resigns} 0-1


Fishing Pole videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkCk6zdtSLk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnN9mqed3l0&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGSXjvKej0
----------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Hmm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B86"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "22:12:52"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Rhe1 Ne5 12. Qg3 b5
13. f4 Nc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Qg4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6
18. g4 Ng7 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Kh8 22. Rd3 Bb7
23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Qxh7+

{Black resigns} 1-0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Shattering the Scheveningen video
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY


From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Fri Mar 20 00:29:20 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:29:20 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Underpromotion
In-Reply-To: <1237501117.49c2c4bdb3bef@www.taom.com>
References: <1237501117.49c2c4bdb3bef@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <COL115-W2093B9A921AA7027A71DBEB4970@phx.gbl>


Hi,

 

On this theme, National Master Noam Elkies, a former Harvard student that I played in the first Harvard Futurity in the early 80s, has a couple of web pages that have fascinating underpromotion themes.  They are at:

 

http://www.permutationpuzzles.org/chess/Elkies/elkies06_wide.pdf

 

http://www.permutationpuzzles.org/chess/Elkies/Elkies07.html


Enjoy, Joel

 


To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:18:37 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Underpromotion






I underpromote a lot as a joke but rarely do I have to.
When the situation arises I must reset myself from auto-Queen
to choose promoted piece. Even though this was a long blitz game,
I had plenty of time to do so.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "luc5"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Opening "Old Indian defense"]
[ECO "A42"]
[NIC "OI.07"]
[Time "17:32:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6
6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. g3 a5

I go for a dark square bind.
10 ... Bb4 and ... Ne7
is another approach.

11. Bg2 a4 12. f4 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4 15. Nf3 c5

The c4-pawn is hanging, Brian

16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Rhb8 20. Bxd4 cxd4
21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. Nxg7 Nc5 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. g4 Rab8 26. g5 b5
27. cxb5 d3 28. h4 e4 29. Kb1 a3 30. b3 Be5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Ne3 Kxb5
33. Nc4 Bb2 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. a4+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rf2
39. a5+ Kb5! 40. a6 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg2! 42. a7! e2! 43. a8=Q exd1=N+!!!

The big moment, 43 ... Ne4+?= draws
and anything else loses.
I quickly changed my settings so I could promote to a knight.
I had 2:23 to his one minute.

44. Kd4! Nxb3+! 45. Ke5! Nc3!!

Luc5 has the Queen but I have everything else.

46. Qc6+ Kb4!!

I hide behind my knights until I can Queen.

47. d6 Re2+!!

Saving my rook

48. Kf6! d1=Q! 49. Qb7+ Ka3

49 ... Nb5! mates quicker

50. d7 Qd4+!

mating

51. Kf7! Rd2

51 ... Qc4+!! or Rf2+
mate quicker

52. Qa8+! Kb2!!

Plan complete -
snug behind my knights

53. d8=Q! Qxd8! 54. Qxd8! Rxd8!
55. Kg7! Rd7+! 56. Kh6! Ne4 57. h5 Nxg5

Pragmatic but missing the cute mate in two with
57 ... Nd4!! 58 g6 Nf5 checkmate

58. Kxg5 Kc3 59. Kf6 Kd4 60. h6 Ke4

mating

{White resigns} 0-1

Such is the life of a Chess professional.

----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "luc5"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Opening "Old Indian defense"]
[ECO "A42"]
[NIC "OI.07"]
[Time "17:32:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6
8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 a4 12. f4 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. e4
Nd4 15. Nf3 c5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Rhb8 20.
Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. Nxg7 Nc5 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. g4 Rab8 26.
g5 b5 27. cxb5 d3 28. h4 e4 29. Kb1 a3 30. b3 Be5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Ne3 Kxb5
33. Nc4 Bb2 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. a4+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rf2
39. a5+ Kb5 40. a6 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg2 42. a7 e2 43. a8=Q exd1=N+ 44. Kd4 Nxb3+
45. Ke5 Nc3 46. Qc6+ Kb4 47. d6 Re2+ 48. Kf6 d1=Q 49. Qb7+ Ka3 50. d7 Qd4+
51. Kf7 Rd2 52. Qa8+ Kb2 53. d8=Q Qxd8 54. Qxd8 Rxd8 55. Kg7 Rd7+ 56. Kh6
Ne4 57. h5 Nxg5 58. Kxg5 Kc3 59. Kf6 Kd4 60. h6 Ke4 {White resigns} 0-1
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------

A letter from my publisher of
How To Play Chess Like An Animal

Dear Authors and those of you who love and support the mission of Mother's House
Publishing:

Jackie and I are pleased to announce that we are officially in BAKER & TAYLOR!

Baker & Taylor is a leading full-line distributor of books, video, and music
products. Baker & Taylor ships nearly 1.2 million books, videos and music
products annually to both domestic and international retail stores, internet
retailers, public and academic libraries, and educational institutions serving
38,000 customer accounts in 129 countries. And from now on, Mother's House
Publishing will be in that set of statistics - creating a new generation of
classics!

We are thrilled with the news and would like to share our joy with you as we
celebrate this significant step in our business growth

Karen E

Mother's House Publishing
2814 E Woodmen Rd
Colorado Springs, CO 80920-3525

www.MothersHousePublishing.com
info at mothershousepublishing.com



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 20 00:43:16 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:43:16 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Underpromotion
Message-ID: <1237531396.49c33b049352f@www.taom.com>

http://www.chessville.com/reviews/ZimbecksChessPuzzles.htm

Chessville review  of

http://www.zimbeckchess.com/


Let me take this opportunity to mention another underpromotion genius,
Facebook buddy David Zimbeck. His website includes all kinds of
fantastic underpromotions including world records.

Brian Wall
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------

----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:33:24 -0700
    From: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Underpromotion
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Well, I beat him, so what does that make me?  I beat a lot of Harvard players
and really enjoyed it!! :)

Joel Johnson

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

 Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:32:09 -0600
 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com
 To: bigbear12 at hotmail.com
 Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Underpromotion


Noam Elie is a genius.

Brian Wall

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

 Quoting Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com>:


  Hi,



  On this theme, National Master Noam Elkies, a former Harvard student that I
  played in the first Harvard Futurity in the early 80s, has a couple of web
  pages that have fascinating underpromotion themes. They are at:



  http://www.permutationpuzzles.org/chess/Elkies/elkies06_wide.pdf



  http://www.permutationpuzzles.org/chess/Elkies/Elkies07.html


  Enjoy,
Joel Johnson

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

Brian Wall






  I underpromote a lot as a joke but rarely do I have to.
  When the situation arises I must reset myself from auto-Queen
  to choose promoted piece. Even though this was a long blitz game,
  I had plenty of time to do so.

  [Event "ICC 5 0"]
  [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
  [Date "2009.03.19"]
  [Round "-"]
  [White "luc5"]
  [Black "B-Wall"]
  [Result "0-1"]
  [ICCResult "White resigns"]
  [WhiteElo "2184"]
  [BlackElo "2202"]
  [Opening "Old Indian defense"]
  [ECO "A42"]
  [NIC "OI.07"]
  [Time "17:32:21"]
  [TimeControl "300+0"]

  1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6
  6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. g3 a5

  I go for a dark square bind.
  10 ... Bb4 and ... Ne7
  is another approach.

  11. Bg2 a4 12. f4 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4 15. Nf3 c5

  The c4-pawn is hanging, Brian

  16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Rhb8 20. Bxd4 cxd4
  21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. Nxg7 Nc5 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. g4 Rab8 26. g5 b5
  27. cxb5 d3 28. h4 e4 29. Kb1 a3 30. b3 Be5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Ne3 Kxb5
  33. Nc4 Bb2 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. a4+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rf2
  39. a5+ Kb5! 40. a6 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg2! 42. a7! e2! 43. a8=Q exd1=N+!!!

  The big moment, 43 ... Ne4+?= draws
  and anything else loses.
  I quickly changed my settings so I could promote to a knight.
  I had 2:23 to his one minute.

  44. Kd4! Nxb3+! 45. Ke5! Nc3!!

  Luc5 has the Queen but I have everything else.

  46. Qc6+ Kb4!!

  I hide behind my knights until I can Queen.

  47. d6 Re2+!!

  Saving my rook

  48. Kf6! d1=Q! 49. Qb7+ Ka3

  49 ... Nb5! mates quicker

  50. d7 Qd4+!

  mating

  51. Kf7! Rd2

  51 ... Qc4+!! or Rf2+
  mate quicker

  52. Qa8+! Kb2!!

  Plan complete -
  snug behind my knights

  53. d8=Q! Qxd8! 54. Qxd8! Rxd8!
  55. Kg7! Rd7+! 56. Kh6! Ne4 57. h5 Nxg5

  Pragmatic but missing the cute mate in two with
  57 ... Nd4!! 58 g6 Nf5 checkmate

  58. Kxg5 Kc3 59. Kf6 Kd4 60. h6 Ke4

  mating

  {White resigns} 0-1

  Such is the life of a Chess professional.

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  [Event "ICC 5 0"]
  [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
  [Date "2009.03.19"]
  [Round "-"]
  [White "luc5"]
  [Black "B-Wall"]
  [Result "0-1"]
  [ICCResult "White resigns"]
  [WhiteElo "2184"]
  [BlackElo "2202"]
  [Opening "Old Indian defense"]
  [ECO "A42"]
  [NIC "OI.07"]
  [Time "17:32:21"]
  [TimeControl "300+0"]

  1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 Be6
  8. Nd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Kc7 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 a4 12. f4 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. e4
  Nd4 15. Nf3 c5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Rhb8 20.
  Bxd4 cxd4 21. Ne6+ Kb6 22. Nxg7 Nc5 23. Nf5 Kc7 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. g4 Rab8 26.
  g5 b5 27. cxb5 d3 28. h4 e4 29. Kb1 a3 30. b3 Be5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Ne3 Kxb5
  33. Nc4 Bb2 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Kxb2 e3 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. a4+ Kb6 38. Kc3 Rf2
  39. a5+ Kb5 40. a6 d2 41. Rd1 Rxg2 42. a7 e2 43. a8=Q exd1=N+ 44. Kd4 Nxb3+
  45. Ke5 Nc3 46. Qc6+ Kb4 47. d6 Re2+ 48. Kf6 d1=Q 49. Qb7+ Ka3 50. d7 Qd4+
  51. Kf7 Rd2 52. Qa8+ Kb2 53. d8=Q Qxd8 54. Qxd8 Rxd8 55. Kg7 Rd7+ 56. Kh6
  Ne4 57. h5 Nxg5 58. Kxg5 Kc3 59. Kf6 Kd4 60. h6 Ke4 {White resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 20 01:51:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:51:37 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole Theory
Message-ID: <1237535497.49c34b090f6c7@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "CdAvila"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "01:43:32"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

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

Jack Young's Fishing Pole


5. h3 h5!!  6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6
9. Nxg7+ Kf8! 10. Nf5 Bxf5! 11. exf5 Qh4!!!

I was recently rereading my old www.Walverine.com Fishing Pole mistakes.
It took me a while to wade deep in my thigh high fishing boots.
For instance, on  12 Nc3 here I often took on f2
instead of 12 ... Qg3!!

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12. Qf3 Nd4!!!
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and here I often took on f2 which wins after -
12 Qf3  B:f2+  13  R:f2  Nd4  14  Qf4  Q:f2+  15  Q:f2  N:f2
and I am up the exchange  or
12 Qf3  N:f2 13  R:f2  Re8!!  14  Kf1  Nd4!!
15  Qf4  N:c2  or  ... Q:f4 wins

On 12 Qd2  only  ... Nd4!!!  wins

On 12  Kh1  I have  ... Nd4!!, ... N:f2+!!  and ... Re8!!

On 12  Be3   B:e3!!   is stronger than   12 ... N:e3!

On 12  Nd2   B:f2+!!!, ... N:f2+!!!
or  12 ... Qg3!!  13  Nf3  Nce5!!  14  Kh1  B:f2!!!!  or ... N:f2+!
are all great
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13. Qd3
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My favorite line, which I put in the glossary of
How To Play Chess Like An Animal, is
13  Q:b7  Re8!!!  14  B:e8  Ne2+!!  15  Kh1  Q:f2!!!
16  R:f2  Ng3+  17  Kg1  B:f2 checkmate

I will be giving a blindfold exhibition/book signing at the
Colorado Springs Borders  on Monday, 7 PM.
Expect a different look from Anthea and I.
Walter Smith will host ( Kaila's father )

I read an old walverine email where I botched my favorite line by playing
13  Q:b7  Rd8  which looks funny to me now although I am still winning
after  14  Be3  N:e3  15  fe  N:c2  or ... Rg8

That was my initial problem with the Fishing Pole -
all my blunders won anyway. It took serious study
to savage the plebes efficiently.

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13 ... Nxb5!!
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The move I wanted to play was
13 ... Ne2+!!!  14  Q:e2?    Qg3!!!  or
13 ... Ne2+!!!  14  Kh1  N:f2+!!    or ... B:f2  or  ... N:c1  or ... Re8
all win handily but for some reason I thought
the move I played was computer approved.

The reason  13  Qd3  Ne2+!!
is so strong is the CdAvila's Queen is blocking  14  B:e2

If  13  Qc3  then  ... N:f2!!!, ... Rh7, ... c6, ... Rg8, ... a6, ... f6
all win easily

If  13  Qf4     then  ... N:c2!!!  or ... N:b5!!  win

If  13  Qe4     then  ... N:b5!!!  or ...   c6!!  win

If  13  Qc3     then  ... N:f2!!!, ... Rh7, ... c6, ... Rg8, ... a6  or ... f6
all win easily


On 13  Qd1  Ne2+??  14  B:e2!  Qg3??  15  B:g4!  hg!   16  Q:g4!
wins for White. You have to stay alert.
The same idea that kills after 13  Qd3 loses miserably after  13 Qd1.
13  Qd1  ... N:b5!!!, ... Nb3!!, ... N:f2!!, ... Bb6!, ... N:c2!, ... a5!
all win easily

My move  13  Qd3  N:b5!!
is a strong second best and I have weaker winning alternatives in
13  Qd3  Ne5!, ... N:c2!  and ... c6!  and ... a6!
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14. Be3!  Nxe3!!  15. fxe3!  a6!!
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Very strong, staying up the exchange
and even better are  ...  c6!!, ... Rg8!!!  and  ... Re8!!!!
I have weaker wins in  15 ... b6!!, ... Nd4!, ... Qb4!  et. al.

Notice how playing for mate is much more powerful
than worrying about my silly offsides knight.
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16. a4   Na7!!

Again playing for mate with  16  ... Re8!!!!!    or ... Rg8!!!
is much more vicious than   16 ... Na7!!, ... Qg3!!  or ... Nd4!!


17. Nc3!  Re8!!!

With an attack AND a material advantage for comfort


18. Rae1 Rg8!!!


With an attack AND a material advantage for comfort


19. Kh1!  Nc6

My jealous Queen's Knight is destined for additional Fishing Pole glory



20. f6

Trying to set up his own checkmate

20 ...  Ne5

The g4 vortex beckons


21. Qf5!   Rg5 22. Qf4 Ng4!!!

It's always better the second time


23. Ne4 Rxe4!!!

Best by a mile,
my jealous Queen's Knight will tolerate no other.


24. Qxe4!    Nf2+!!   25. Rxf2!   Qxe4!!


{White resigns}  0-1

Although the Fishing Pole starts out down a piece,
I now have an extra Queen on the board and
an extra second Queen in position.

I don't know how CdAvila lasted so long so I had to get to the bottom of it.

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "CdAvila"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "01:43:32"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4
12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nxb5 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 a6 16. a4 Na7
17. Nc3 Re8 18. Rae1 Rg8 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. f6 Ne5 21. Qf5 Rg5
22. Qf4 Ng4 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxe4


{White resigns}    0-1
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CdAvila has stopped examining game 1378.

Information about CdAvila (Last disconnected Fri Mar 20 2009 01:49):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2145        252   286    11   549   2344 (12-Dec-2008)
1-minute        1566  [8]    30    31     0    61   1612 (21-Nov-2008)

 Groups : DosHermanas
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I was beating the same people so often with the above lines
that I experiemented tonight with  8 ... g6  which is
objectively better but not to my taste.

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Dpache"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "23:58:39"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5
7. h3 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Qxg4 g6 11. Bg5 gxf5 12. Qf4 f6
13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Nc3 Qe5 15. Bg3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Kf7
18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc7 Bf5 21. c3 Bd3 22. Rfe1 c4
23. Re3 a5 24. Rae1 a4 25. Bd6 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8
28. f3 f5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Bb8 Bf1 32. g3 Bg2 33. Kf4 Bh1
34. Ke3 Bg2 35. Kf2 Bh1 36. Bf4 Kd5 37. Be3 Ke6 38. Bd4 Kd5
39. Ke3 Bg2 40. g4 fxg4 41. fxg4 Be4 42. Kf4 Bb1 43. a3 Ke6 44. Kg5 Be4
45. Kf4 Bd3 46. Bb6 Bc2 47. g5 Bd3 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Bd4 Bg6 50. Bf6 Bf5
51. Kf4 Bg6 52. Bd8 Bd3 53. Kg4 Bg6 54. Bf6 Ke4 55. Be7 Kd5 56. Kf4 Ke6
57. Bd8 Kd5 58. Be7 Ke6 59. Bd8 Kd5 60. Bf6 Ke6 61. Ke3 Kd5 62. Kf4 Ke6
63. Bh8 Kd5 64. Be5 Ke6 65. Bc7 Kd5 66. Bd8 Ke6 67. b4 cxb3 68. Ke3 b2
69. Kd4 b1=Q 70. Kc5 Qb3 71. Kxc6 Qxa3 72. Kb7 Qxc3 73. Bb6 Qd3
74. Ka7 Be4 75. Kb8 Qd5 76. Kc8 Qb7+ 77. Kd8 Qd7#

{White checkmated} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "DarkForest"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "00:20:14"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 h5
7. h3 Bc5 8. Nf5 g6 9. hxg4 gxf5 10. gxf5 d6 11. Nc3 Qh4 12. Be3 Bxe3
13. fxe3 Bd7 14. Nd5 O-O-O 15. Qf3 Ne5 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Qf4 Ng4
18. Rf3 c6 19. Rh3 Qd8 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Qxe5 dxe5 23. Rg3 Rxd1+
24. Nxd1 Kd7 25. Rf3 b5 26. Rf1 c5 27. Re1 c4 28. Re2 Kc6 29. Rd2 h4
30. Kf1 h3 31. gxh3 Rxh3 32. Rg2 Nxe3+ 33. Nxe3 Rxe3 34. Re2 Rf3+
35. Ke1 Kc5 36. Kd2 Kd4 37. c3+ Kc5 38. Rg2 Kd6 39. Rg7 Ke7 40. Rg8 Rf2+
41. Ke3 Rxb2 42. Rb8 Rc2 43. Rxb5 Rxc3+ 44. Kd2 Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Kf6
46. Ra5 Rd4 47. Ke3 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Ra6+ Kg5
51. Rc6 Rb4 52. Rc5 f6 53. Kd2 Ra4 54. Kc3 Rxa2 55. Kxc4 Re2 56. Kd5 Kf4
57. Ra5 Rxe4 58. Ke6 Ra4 59. Kxf6 Rxa5 60. Kg6 e4 61. f6

{White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "DarkForest"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "00:33:19"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. h3 h5
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 g6 9. hxg4 gxf5 10. gxf5 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Bd7
13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7
18. Rad1 f6 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Rd1+ Ke7 21. Kf2 Rg8 22. Rh1 Rg5
23. Rd1 c6 24. c4 a5 25. b3 h4 26. Rh1 Rg4 27. Kf3 Rg3+ 28. Kf2 Rg4
29. Kf3 Rg3+ 30. Kf2 Rg4 31. Kf3 Rg3+ 32. Kf2 Rg4

{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 20 13:34:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:34:34 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sheer brilliance versus sheer greed
Message-ID: <1237577674.49c3efca6f417@www.taom.com>


In a relationship there is usually a prism we look through.
While in it, we only see the good. When it's over, we only see the bad.

I used to see Chess through a correct, defensive prism.


""A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror"
    - Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Chess Champion (1834-1900)

A statement by any authority figure can cripple a man if it stifles creativity.
Shirov opened me up like a flower in the morning mist. If Shirov was right,
then I was wrong.

Black, Morozov, played like I used to, a doubting Thomas who took everything.

Someone once described my play disparingly -
" A series of second best moves. "

I haven't changed much, I make a series of second best moves but they are close
enough to best to win. One principle can lead to instantaneous decisions -
just deveop quickly and smash open lines at any cost.



[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "morozov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation, Weihmiller French"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "13:57:34"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4!  d5!  3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5!  Nfd7!  5. f4 c5!  6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3!

What I like about the Weihmiller French, the Bowlder Attack ( 1 e4  c5  2 Bc4 )
or most of my openings is that normally only a very weak player would play
these bad or out of fashion openings so my opponents rarely prepare seriously
for them. Why prepare a repertoire for one wing nut?


7 ... cxd4!  8. cxd4

If I wanted a knight on d4, I would choose another variation.

8 ... a5

Usually   ... Qb6  forces the awkward   Nb3  then  ... a5 forces
the awkward a4 then ... Bb4+ forces the awkward Kf2, all to maintain my big
center, my front line.

Since Morozov delayed ... Qb6 I will take the opportunity to castle
quickly at the cost of my d-pawn. Seems like a high price but look
at my usual contortions in this line -  Nb3, a4, Kf2

I can avoid all discomfort for one pawn which takes him three moves to capture
( ... Qb6, ... Nb8-c6:d4 ), not a bad trade

Sometimes you have to live in Weihmiller hell
before you can appreciate sacrificial paradise.


9. Bd3  Qb6 10. O-O

Only a computer would choose 10 Qa4


10 ... Nxd4!

The French sucks. -
Anthea Carson

Anthea Speaks email -
www.Walverine.com

http://www.walverine.com/index.php?id=200

Anthea -. I hate that French players usually collapse my d-pawn and my game
caves in. That?s not fun Chess- I just dance to their tune about a stupid pawn.
That?s not going to happen this game!


11. Kh1!  Nxf3?

opens Genie's bottle, unravels me.
11 ... Nc5!  keeps my knights bumping into each other.


12. Nxf3!  Be7!  13. f5

Open lines at any cost.
I had just seen an Attacking with LarryC ICC Chess video on
the game Njiober-Naumkin  where Larry expounded on the power of
13  f5  0-0  14  f6  gf  15  ef!!  B:f6
16  B:h7+!!  K:h7  17  Ng5+!! B:g5  18  Qh5+  mating
or   15  ef  N:f6  16  Ne5!!
with a powerful attack, everything flows to the Kingside.
It wasn't this exact position but Larry Christiansen
kept showing attacking ideas after f6 and that was fresh in my mind.

13 ... Nc5!  14. Bg5

If you ignore material and just find the best squares for
your pieces in any phase you can win thousands of Chess games.


14 ... exf5?

Greedy fool takes everything.
Morozov never met a capture he didn't like.

15. Bxe7!

Permission to castle: denied.

15 ...  Kxe7!  16. Nd4 Nxd3?

Korozov is capturing his way to doom,
like an animal led to his death by tainted meat
or a woman accepting inappropiate gifts from the
wrong kind of guy.


17. Qxd3! g6 18. g4

Offering Korosov a Burger King meal and a dollar movie.


18 ... fxg4!

What a cheap date!


19. Qe3!!

Invading the dark squares and threatening  Nf5+ and Q:b6

19 ...  Ra6 20. Qg5+

Rushing a bit -
it would have been helpful to invite my
QR to the party with 20 Rac1!! first.

20 ... Ke8!  21. e6

I keep throwing material at Korozov to open lines and he keeps grabbing.
The more restrained 21 Rac1 is more powerful.

21 ... Bxe6?

21 ... Q:d4!  22 ef+  Kd7  23 f8(Q)  R:f8  24  R:f8  Qe4+
25  Kg1  Qd4+  26  Kf1  Qc4+
and I have to accept a perpetual to avoid Korozov
bringing  his rook into the attack with check.

22. Qf6!!  Rg8

23 ... Rf8  24  N:e6  Q:e6  25  Rae1
wins the Queen


23. Rae1!!

Morozov is up 4 pawns,
I have every piece in perfect position.
Which is more important?


23 ...  Qxb2 24. Qxf7+!

mating.
I knew this is exactly the type of position
where Fritz always embarrasses me.
I took a moment to find the right way but it's
impossible to keep up with a perfect calculator.


24 ... Kd8!  25. Qxg8+??

I meant to take on e6 first.
25  R:e6!!  or  N:e6+!!  checkmate quickly

25 ... Kc7??

It's funny but Mister-Take-Everything could have saved himself with
21 ... Q:d4!  or  25 ... B:g8!! -
Korozov only likes the taste of posioned meat.


26. Nxe6+!!

mating again


26 ...  Kd6 27. Qd8+

27 Qf8+!!  mates quicker,
27 Qb8+, Qc8, a4, Qf7, Rf7
take longer

27 ... Kc6 28. Qc7+

Restrict before checking in King hunts -
28 a4!!!  is the fastest.
28  Rc1+  or Rb1
mate quicker than my move,
28 Qc8+, Rf7, Re2  mate just as quick
and
28 Ra1, Rf6, Rf2, Nc7, Qe7, Rd1, Rg1, h4, Qb8
take longer.

I just wanted to keep checking.


28 ... Kb5!  29. Qc5+

29 Rb1 is quicker.
29 Q:b7+ is just as fast,
29 Qd7+, Rf4, Re3, Re2, a4+
take longer

29 ... Ka4!  30. Rf4+!  Qb4!  31. Rxb4+!  axb4! 32. Nd4

32 Rb1 mates with more alacrity

32 ... g3 33. Qb5+

33 Rb1  and Nc2
are more efficient


{Black resigns} 1-0

Except for one horrible blunder,
I didn't play too badly.

I like the aggression, the energy, the striving courageously for victory.
Not Kramnik Chess but Latvian Chess.
Black didn't display anything but greed, materialism and lack of faith.
If you put pressure on your opponent, they will crumble.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "morozov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "13:57:34"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4
8. cxd4 a5 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Kh1 Nxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. f5 Nc5
14. Bg5 exf5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 g6 18. g4 fxg4 19. Qe3 Ra6
20. Qg5+ Ke8 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Qf6 Rg8 23. Rae1 Qxb2 24. Qxf7+ Kd8
25. Qxg8+ Kc7 26. Nxe6+ Kd6 27. Qd8+ Kc6 28. Qc7+ Kb5 29. Qc5+ Ka4
30. Rf4+ Qb4 31. Rxb4+ axb4 32. Nd4 g3 33. Qb5+

{Black resigns} 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 20 14:22:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:22:55 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Alexa v Phillip Scudder
Message-ID: <1237580575.49c3fb1f052e8@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:17:15 -0600
    From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Reply-To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
 Subject: Alexa v Phillip Scudder
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com


14 Qe4  is the kind of brave move that will bring a player up 3 classes,
whether it works or not. I consider a courageous Chessplayer about one in a
hundred.

To me a good man is one in ten thousand -
Heraclitus.

Just the fact that Alexa would play the move
means she earned her second Polgar spot.
She has a good position anyway but she wanted more.

After  14 Qe4  if Phillip defends with  14 ... g6  or  ... Nf8
Alexa can win a Queenside pawn, keeping a strong posiiton.

So  14  Qe4  B:g5  15  Q:h7+  Kf8  16  Qh8+  Ke7  17  R:e6+
another brave move.

Judith Polgar never retreats -
IM John Watson

17  R:e6+   fe  18  Q:g7+  Kd6!  19 N:g5!

and now Alexa is down three pawns for a rook and Scudder can scuttle his
way our of trouble with  19 ... Rg8, ... Qe7, ... Kc7  or ... Re7.
Alexa would still have some chances here.

Tyler Hughes once made a series of brilliant sacrifices
against Josh Bloomer which worked out well.

" I always imagine all kinds of sacrifices and
once in a blue moon, they actually work! "
Tyler Hughes.

It is very hard to create an attacking player.
The truth is that there are millions of B-players
who can post their pieces on good squares but only
one in a hundred are willing to make the risky, unclear
breakthrough sacrifice from their position of strength.

What Alexa did is not strictly correct but it will
lead to an accelerated rating growth spurt. Another
very important important lesson is that when you pressure
your opponent, they generally crumble.

As soon as she sacced, Phillip Scudder immediately
hung his Queen from sacrificial shock. They get dizzy,
feel like the earth is moving under them like an earthquake
and can't concentrate. Watching your opponent collapse
pyschologically is half the fun of sacrificing. Most players
just want the easy life.

I will be giving a blindfold Chess exhibition/book signing at the
Colorado Springs Borders Monday 7 PM , maybe the Lasleys will show
up to challenge me.

Life Master Brian Wall
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Quoting "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC SLG/MCSW/SATAF"
Matthew.Lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil>:

 Brian,

 I wonder if you might spare a moment to look at this game.
It seems  Fritz' comments aren't very useful to me.



 During this game I kept getting reports from experts and masters in the
 7-12 room talking about this courageous and potentially unsound wild
 rook sac. After it was over, I asked her about it and she said that she
 wasn't sure if it worked, but she was willing to be down the exchange to
 expose his king and get a bunch of passed pawns. Turns out afterwards
 that computers grow to like the sac too if looking long enough, though
 technically not enough (according to them) to make up for the thrown
 away Bishop (ask Anthea how dangerous it is to take Alexa's clerical
 donations).



 My favorite quote about it was overheard in the hall outside.  Todd
 asking Richard (who the previous evening had dealt her the only loss
 she'd suffer) "Does it work?" to which Richard said "I don't know if it
 works...but it worked." Now that's analysis I can understand.



 [Event "2009 CO State"]

 [Site "Tivoli Student Union Denver"]

 [Date "2009.02.22"]

 [Round "5"]

 [White "Alexa Lasley"]
 [Black "Phillip Scudder"]

 [Result "1-0"]

 [ECO "B01"]

 [TimeControl "G85+5"]



 {B01: Scandinavian Defence}

 {comments and marks mostly Fritz, if not otherwise marked.}

 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 {F: last book move}
 e6

 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 c6 8. Bg5 b5 ({F:}8... O-O!?+/=) 9. Bd3+- O-O (9...
 Nbd7 10. Ne4 Qc7 11. Re1+-



 {M: why is Fritz recommending a move for black that leaves white ahead?
 unless white advantage tangible now?})



 10. Ne4 Qd8 11. Re1



 (11. Ne5 Bb7+-)

 11... Nbd7



 (11... Nxe4!? 12. Bxe7 Nxf2 13. Bxd8 Nxd1+/-)

 12. Qe2 Re8

 (12... Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1+/-)

 13. Nxf6+

 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Ng3 16. hxg3 Qxe7+-)

 13... Bxf6 14. Qe4?? {F:White threatens to win material: Qe4xh7.
 releasing the pressure on the opponent M:What the heck is Fritz talking
 about?}

 (14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Qe4+/-)


 14... Bxg5= 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+ Ke7



 17. Rxe6+ {F:Demolition of pawn structure} fxe6

 (17... Kxe6 {F:Decoy theme: e6} 18. Re1+)

 18. Qxg7+ Kd6 19. Nxg5 Qf6?? (19... Qe7 {F: was a good chance to save
 the game} 20. Nf7+ Kc7 21. Qg3+ Kb6 22. Nd6=/+

 {M: even here, she has 3 pawns for the Rook, as she said "I was willing
 to give up the exchange to expose his king and get lots of passed
 pawns"})





 20. Ne4+ Kc7 21. Nxf6 Rf8 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. h4 Rg8 24. Qe5+ Kb7 25. h5
 c5 26.

 Be4+ Bc6 27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Qxc5+ Kd7 29. Qxb5+ Ke7 30. h6 Rh8 31. Qh5
 Rh7 32.

 g4 Rah8 33. g5 a5 34. f4 a4 35. Kf2 a3 36. bxa3 e5 37. dxe5 Ke6 38. Rh1
 Rf7 39.

 Kf3 Rc8 40. h7 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 Rfc7 42. Rd1 Rg7 (42... Rg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rc3+
 44. Kg4 Rg3+ 45. Kxg3 Kf5 46. Qf7+ Ke4 47. Qg6+ Ke3 48. Qd3#)

 43. Qe8+ Re7 44. h8=Q (44. Rd6#) 44... Rg3+ 45. Kxg3 {time} 1-0





 [Event "2009 CO State"]

 [Site "Tivoli Student Union Denver"]

 [Date "2009.02.22"]

 [Round "5"]

 [White "Alexa Lasley"]

 [Black "Phillip Scudder"]

 [Result "1-0"]

 [ECO "B01"]

 [TimeControl "G85+5"]



 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6

 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 c6 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne4 Qd8

 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qe4 Bxg5 15. Qxh7+ Kf8

 16. Qh8+ Ke7 17. Rxe6+ fxe6 18. Qxg7+ Kd6 19. Nxg5 Qf6 20. Ne4+ Kc7

 21. Nxf6 Rf8 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. h4 Rg8 24. Qe5+ Kb7 25. h5 c5

 26.Be4+ Bc6 27. Bxc6+ Kxc6 28. Qxc5+ Kd7 29. Qxb5+ Ke7 30. h6 Rh8

 31. Qh5 Rh7 32.g4 Rah8 33. g5 a5 34. f4 a4 35. Kf2 a3

 36. bxa3 e5 37. dxe5 Ke6 38. Rh1 Rf7 39. Kf3 Rc8 40. h7 Rc3+

 41. Kg4 Rfc7 42. Rd1 Rg7 43. Qe8+ Re7 44. h8=Q 44... Rg3+ 45. Kxg3

 1-0



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 20 22:24:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:24:22 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Caro-Kann22333
Message-ID: <1237609462.49c46bf6b3be0@www.taom.com>



[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Caro-Kann22333"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defense"]
[ECO "B10"]
[NIC "CK.01"]
[Time "00:08:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

I noticed his handle before he moved and thought -
This is going to be embarrassing.

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3

Jack Young's Nymphomanaic Attack


2 ... d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. dxc5

I was patiently waiting for
6 ... e6  7  Bb5  B:c5?  8  B:c6+! TN Wall    bc  9 Qa4
winning a piece.

6 ... Nxe5???

The Caro-Kann specialist Caro-Kann22333 manages to find a worse line.


7. Nxe5!

insert random lecture on absolute pins


7 ...  Bxd1!

7 ... Nf6  8  Q:g4!! is funny.
7 ... Bd7  8  Q:d5  e6  9  Q:b7
is just as brutal


8. Bb5+!  Qd7!  9. Bxd7+!  Kd8!  10. Kxd1

I am spoilt for choice.
10  c6, K:d1, N:f7+, Bf5, f3
take your pick



10 ...  f6!  11. Nf7+!  Kxd7!  12. Nxh8!  e5 13. b4!


{Black resigns}  1-0

Maybe he can trap my extra knight but I also have an extra rook.

After that I would change my handle to Damiano12345.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Caro-Kann22333"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defense"]
[ECO "B10"]
[NIC "CK.01"]
[Time "00:08:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. dxc5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxd1 8.
Bb5+ Qd7 9. Bxd7+ Kd8 10. Kxd1 f6 11. Nf7+ Kxd7 12. Nxh8 e5 13. b4
{Black resigns}
1-0
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Statistics for Caro-Kann22333         On for:    5     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          1932  [8]     4     5     0     9
Blitz           1958       1963  3233   491  5687   2114 (24-Jan-2006)
Standard        1865  [6]     0     3     0     3
5-minute        1331  [8]     3     4     0     7
1-minute        1190  [8]     0     1     0     1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 23 10:56:21 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:56:21 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young on Anchor Punch Sicilian 1.e4 c5
	2.Nh3
Message-ID: <1237827381.49c7bf351f084@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:21:17 -0600
    From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Reply-To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
 Subject: Re: Fwd: Anchor Punch Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3


Quoting Jack Young

 This email address I hardly ever use...it's a throwaway that I may check once
 a month or so.

 Might be Paul Godin..he showed me the 'anchor punch' many years ago.? I think
 I mentioned his name in my Bozo column eons ago since I didn't invent it.?

 The real point of this opening isn't 3.g4.? It's the slow buildup in f4
 Sicilian style with the N on h3 as in the game I sent Bozo-J.Friedson US
 Amateur Team 1994 and is closely related to 1.e4 c5 2.a3.? I'm away from home
 so I'm not sure how the game went: .1e4 c5 2.Nh3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bc4 a6 5.a4
 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Ba2 ... I later played Bf4, Qd2 and Bh6 trading off
 bishops before playing f4 and it was 1-0 around move 35. The Nh3 is better
 placed in many variations since it can go to f4 and h5/d5.

 Bozo The Clown
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 --- On Mon, 3/2/09, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> wrote:
 From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
 Subject: Fwd: Anchor Punch Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3
 To: blackchimney at yahoo.com
 Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 4:04 AM

 Do you know this guy, Jack?

 ----- Forwarded message from m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com> -----
     Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:28:41 -0500
     From: m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com>
 Reply-To: m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com>
  Subject: Anchor Punch Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3
       To: brianwall at walverine.com



 Hi Brian,

 I've enjoyed a long time fascination with weird shocking openings &
 have read
 more than a few of your published works (I really like the
 "Miniatures"
 series.) over the years. While looking at your web site

 http://www.walverine.com/?id=59 (among others)

 I noticed that you credit Jack Young (a friend of mine from way back) with
 the
 Sicilian variation that starts with 1.e4 c5 2.Nh3. I recall once analyzing
 this
 with him as an idea that I had come up with back when Mohammad Ali was still
 called Cassius Clay. In fact I was the one who named it the  "Anchor
 Punch"
 variation in honor of Cassius Clay's(sic) use of that phrase to describe
 how he
 knocked out Sonny Liston in something like 2:06 of the first round. My
 original
 analysis suggests that Fedorowitz (in your posted online blitz game) went
 astray early by taking the g5 pawn instead of (my recommendation after 2. ...
 d6 3.g4 Nf6 4.g5 Nxe4 )5. ...Nxf2 which would deprive white of castling &
 lead
 to more of a positional struggle with white having scant compensation for his
 exposure aside from the obvious surprise value.

 While my rating has barely broken expert a few times, I'm familiar with the
 Fang
 gang, & I've played rated games only against Joe, & Dave, &
 blitz games against
 Jack, Bill & Dave:

 Joe Fang, later an IM
Jack Young
 Chris Fang of master strength.
 David Vigorito (now a senior Master),
 Bill Pascall (now an IM),
 Nate Resika (Master),
 Ed Boudrot (Expert)

 & of course the latest accomplishment being Dave's IM title.
 While I doubt I could have done as well as you or Jack against Jen Shahade or
 John Fedorowitz, it would have been nice had I (or Cassius Clay) gotten some
 recognition (from Jack?) for at least coming up with the name & the
 "main line"
 variation.

 Oh well, maybe in another 20 or 30 years if I can ever afford to play serious
 chess again.

 Thanks for posting a great web site,
 Paul

 P.S. tell Jack I said "hi".

m tal <mtal31 at hotmail.com>


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 23 11:41:05 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:41:05 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Tayler Lives!
Message-ID: <1237830065.49c7c9b14d97a@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from neor0mantic <tmkroll at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:49:07 -0000
    From: neor0mantic <tmkroll at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: The Tayler Lives!
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

I was thinking about this line this morning for some reason.  I remember
thinking a few times in your video that black wasn't really worse out of the
opening, but only played poorly in middle/endgames.  I don't really think black
is bad off in all of your Tayler mainlines, but I'm not going to argue theory in
your pet line.  Even if I am right it appears white get an easier, more
comfortable game in your mainlines.  So how about this...

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Ne7 !?

Black reenforces the knight on c6 and prepaires d5.  It doesn't look like a
White plan of e4 and e5 accomplishes much of anything against this setup.  If
white doesn't have better plans than that, black must be equal after a slightly
later d5 or might even have time to indulge in something like d6, a kingside
fianchetto, and f5 with interesting double-edged play.

I think Tartakower? said something about the Vienna game, something like "the
beautiful thing about 2. Nc3 is it threatens nothing!"  If 3. Be2 is a similar
non-threatening-looking move which keeps White's bishop as you say "out of the
way," then Black doesn't need to answer with the threatening Nf6... Black can
take his/her time and keep his/her knight out of the way on e7 too.

It's not as agressive and may not be theoretically as good as Nf6, but Black
looks at least equal to me (I'm no expert)... what do people of 3... Ne7 here?

Ty

--- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <dave at ...> wrote:

 Oops, I omitted something rather crucial in the last sentence quoted below. It
should read:

 "I subjected his line to a lot of scrutiny and have found *a new move* that
appears to completely rehabilitate the opening and in fact seems to lead to an
advantage for white in that particular line." (How come I never spot mistakes
like this, despite proofreading, until they are published?)

 I should add that according to the Mega database,someone else has played this
move (and won!) but this is a later independent discovery. For reference's sake
and for people who don't want to watch a 50 minute video from a class B player
here is Schiller's refutation line (8...Qf6!?) :

 [Event "Illinois"]
 [Site "Illinois"]
 [Date "1986.??.??"]
 [Round "?"]
 [White "Schiller, Eric"]
 [Black "Martinovsky, Eugene"]
 [Result "0-1"]
 [ECO "C44"]
 [BlackElo "2235"]
 [PlyCount "84"]
 [EventDate "1986.??.??"]
 [EventType "tourn"]
 [EventRounds "9"]
 [EventCountry "USA"]
 [Source "ChessBase"]
 [SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
 8. Qxd4 Qf6 9. Qe4 Be7 10. Nc3 c6 11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 d5 13. Qa4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Ne7
 15. g4 b5 16. Qf4 h5 17. g5 Qxf5 18. Qg3 Qe6 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Bd2 Qg4 21. Qe5
 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 23. Ne2 a6 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rae1 Bh3 26. Rf6 Rae8 27. Bc3 h4
 28. Ne2 b4 29. Bd2 Nf5 30. Rxc6 Bf2 31. Rg1 Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Bxg1 33. Kxg1 Nd4 34.
 Rc7 Nxe2+ 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. Bxb4 Re8 37. Be7 a5 38. c3 Nf5 39. Bc5 Bg4 40. b4
 axb4 41. cxb4 Re2+ 42. Kf1 d4 0-1

 Here is the one game in the database featuring the improvement (9.Be3!) which 
believe preserves white's initiative. Rybka agrees, giving white a small plus n
the position despite the pawn deficit.
 [Event "Melegnano op 4th"]> [Site "Melegnano"]
 [Date "2005.02.26"]> [Round "2"]
 [White "Nieus, Thierry"]
 [Black "Cardini, Saverio"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 [ECO "C44"]
 [WhiteElo "2209"]
 [BlackElo "2003"]
 [PlyCount "51"]
 [EventDate "2005.02.25"]
 [EventType "swiss"]
 [EventRounds "5"]
 [EventCountry "ITA"]
 [Source "ChessBase"]
 [SourceDate "2006.11.23"]

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ng4 6. Nxd4 Ngxe5 7. O-O Nxd4
 8. Qxd4 Qf6 9. Be3 c6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. Qc2 Nf4 14. Bf3
 O-O 15. Rfe1 Qg6 16. Qd2 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Ng5 18. Be2 d6 19. f4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4
 21. Bd3 Qe6 22. Bxa7 Qd7 23. Bd4 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Qe2 Bh4 26. Qh5 1-0

 I should also add that my friend Lenny Williams who is over 2000 on ICC has lso
used the Tayler almost exclusively against 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 and he credits he
Tayler for much of his success.

 -Dave

 --- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <dave@> wrote:

  Years ago, Eric Schiller published a "refutation" of the Tayler (1.e4 e5 .Nf3
Nc6 3.Be2!?) which appeared to kill off any interest in the line which
wasalready pretty obscure. I have played the Tayler almost exclusively against
1.e4 e5 for the past 20 years. I subjected his line to a lot of scrutiny and
have found that it appears to completely rehabilitate the opening and in fact
seems to lead to an advantage for white in that particular line.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 23 13:22:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:22:10 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Julian Evans - Brian Wall
Message-ID: <1237836130.49c7e162bf536@www.taom.com>


I have no Chess engine today so you will get honest annotations for a change.
I've only played Julian once before recently. On his last move, right before
he dropped a rook and resigned he had a King move to turn the game around.
That made me play each move carefully and responsibly this time. I didn't want
that to happen again.

[Event "Denver Chess Club March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Julian Evans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "04:49:54"]
[TimeControl "G/55  5 second delay"]

Denver Chess Club  March Madness

Tabor Center, 16th and Arapahoe, Downtown Denver, CO

Game/55
5 second delay

Round 1

Board 2

3-21-09

Open Section

White -
Brian Wall
2200

Black -
Julian Evans
1836

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd5!

I think Bobby Fischer said this was a
good idea in My 60 Memorable Games


7 ... Nxd5

I hadn't decided what to do on 7 ... Ra7.
I could just castle or maybe 8 a3  to stop ... b4
and provide a peekaboo square after  8  ... e6  9 Ba2
It seems I have merely lost a tempo after
7  ... Ra7  8  Bg5  e6  9  Bb3  Be7
7 ... Ra7  8 Bc6+  Bd7
looks like nothing
7 ... Ra7  8  Be3 Ng4
doesn't seem to get anywhere.
7 ... Ra7  8  N:b5  ab  9  N:b5  Ra8
doesn't look like a big deal
7 ... Ra7  8 f3  guards e4 and prepares Be3
My most likely choice would be a pawn sac
7 ... Ra7  8  0-0  e6  9  Bb3  b4  10  Na4  N:e4
and then maybe 11 f4
When in doubt keep developing and let the pawns take care of themselves.
7 ... Ra7  8  Nc6  N:c6  9  B:c6+  Bd7  10  Be3  Rc7  11 B:d7+  Q:d7  12 Nd5
might be a little edge for me,
Black's bishop has trouble finding a good square.
7 ... Ra7 has never been played.



8. exd5


Now a Knight or pawn ending up on c6 is a problem for Black.
One guy played  8 N:d5


8 ... Bb7 9. a3

9 Qf3 has a lot of little tricky lines
involving  Nc6  or ... b4
Someone played  9  Nf5,
an interesting idea I didn't consider.
It's hard to get rid of the knight -
9  Nf5  e6  10 Qe2  or  9  Nf5  g6  10 Nh6

9 ... Nd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Nf6

11 ... R:c3  12 bc  B:d5  13 N:b5  B:g2  14  N:d6 checkmate
so Julian adds more pressure to d5



12. Bg5 Rc5??  TL

Theoretical lemon by Julian Evans.
There is a funny line where White refuses to
accept the exchange sac and Black insists.
12  ... R:c3  13  B:f6  B:d5  14  Nf5  gf  15  Q:d5  Rc5
16  N:d6+  Kd7  17  Qb7+  Rc7  18  N:f7  Q:b7  19  Rad1+
12 ... R:c3  13  B:f6  gf  14  bc  B:d5  15  N:b5
does not look good for Black either
I am not sure what happens after
12 ... R:c3  13  bc  N:d5
but Julian's undeveloped Kingside looks awful

I was intending 12  Bg5  N:d5  13  N:b5  ab  14  Q:d5
hitting  b5
12  Bg5  N:d5  13  Nd:b5  Rc5  14  N:d6+  Q:d6  15 Ne4
has been played before


13. Bxf6!  gxf6!  14. Ne4!

Threatening  15  N:f6 checkmate


14 ... e5 15. Qf3

with the idea  15 ... ed  16  N:f6  double checkmate again
15 ... R:d5  16  N:f6+  Ke7  17  N:d5+
is better for me

Taking the rook with  15  N:c5  dc  16  Nc6
is fine for me
15  Qf3  Rc4  16  N:f6+   Ke7
looks like a sick mess for Julian
After  17  c3  or Rad1  I have a pawn plus an attack

15 ... Be7 16. Nxc5!  dxc5!  17. Nc6

My thought was that with my Queen on f3 already and my Knight attacking
his e7-bishop this might be stronger than
15  N:c5  dc  16  Nc6


17 ... Qd6 18. a4

Two Bishops equal Rook and Knight in the endgame so I need my other advantages.
I try to open lines for the rooks.

18 ... b4 19. c3 Rg8 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Rac1 h5 22. h3

This is where a computer might play efficiently -
I just make luft and  prevent .. Rg4



22 ... Bd8 23. Red1 Bc7 24. Rc4

The main way to lose with a material advantage
is to forget to activate every piece.

24 ... a5 25. Qxh5 Ba6 26. Rg4 Rf8

Setting up  ... Be2


27. Rh4 Qc5 28. Qf3 Qc2 29. d6

Another mate in one threat


29 ... Kd7 30. dxc7+ Kxc7 31. Nxa5 Qxa4
32. Rxb4 Qxb4 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Qxa6 Qxb2 35. Kh2

" Putting your King on the right square is part of an attack,
Prepatory. "
GM Larry Christiansen

I figured mate was more important then a free rook
with  36  Qd6+


35 ... Rg8 36. Rd7

1-0

Looks like mate in three to me
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[Event "Denver Chess Club March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Julian Evans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "04:49:54"]
[TimeControl "G/55  5 second delay"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Bb7 9. a3 Nd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Rc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne4
e5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. a4 b4 19. c3 Rg8 20. cxb4 cxb4
21. Rac1 h5 22. h3 Bd8 23. Red1 Bc7 24. Rc4 a5 25. Qxh5 Ba6 26. Rg4 Rf8 27.
Rh4 Qc5 28. Qf3 Qc2 29. d6 Kd7 30. dxc7+ Kxc7 31. Nxa5 Qxa4 32. Rxb4 Qxb4
33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Qxa6 Qxb2 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Rd7

1-0

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

White played same as me for 12 moves

[Event "San Francisco TNM Winter op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2006.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ladyzhensky,Boris"]
[Black "Carcar,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.0-0 b5
8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 Bb7 10.a3 Rc8 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Bg5 Nxd5 13.Ndxb5 Rc5
14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Ne4 Qc6 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Qd3 e6 18.c4 Nb6 19.Qd8+

1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "BEL-chT 0405"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saltaev,Mihail"]
[Black "Piceu,Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 Nbd7 7.0-0 b5
8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 Bb7 10.Nf5 g6 11.Nh6 Bg7 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc8
14.a3 Rc4 15.Qe2 f6 16.Be3 Rh4 17.f4 Nc4 18.Ng4 f5 19.Nf2 Nxb2 20.g3 Bxc3
21.gxh4 Bxd5 22.Bd2 Bf6 23.Rab1 0-0 24.Bb4 Qc7 25.Rxb2 Bxb2 26.c4 Qxc4
27.Qxb2 Kf7 28.Qd2 Rc8 29.Qe3 Rc7 30.Ba5 Rd7 31.Rc1 Qa4 32.Bb4 a5
33.Qd4 e6 34.Qh8 Bc4 35.Qxh7+ Ke8 36.Qh8+ Ke7 37.Bc3 e5 38.fxe5 Qxa3
39.Re1 Ke6

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 23 14:44:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:44:50 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Ramirez - Brian Wall DCC March Madness
Message-ID: <1237841090.49c7f4c29dc34@www.taom.com>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AzWkqrePI


An earlier effort against Robert Ramirez in the same building.
I think the Tabor Center Food Court is closing for
a gym so this might be our last tournament there.


[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"]

DCC March Madness

Game/55
5 second delay

Round 2

Board 2

3-21-09

Open section

Beautiful weather

Opening-
Alekhine's Defense

White -
Robert Ramirez
2081

Black-
Brian Wall
2200

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6

A quiet little system I almost always win with.
I keep it as a secret weapon once in a while.
It keeps pieces on the board.


5. c4 Nc7

A little closer to the center than b6


6. Bf4

to support e5,
the usual target for Black


6 ... Bg4 7. Be2 dxe5 8. Bxe5

Robert doesn't want to trade Queens
but  7 ... Ne6  8  Bg3  de
might force him to


8 ... Nd7

So I get a tempo on the bishop another way


9. Bg3 g6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. O-O

It looks like Robert has everything, the two bishops and the center,
but I start attacking d4 with Knight and pawns


13 ... Ne6 14. d5

14 Ne2  c5  15  B:b7  Rb8
looks OK for me so Robert shrugged his
shoulders and quickly advanced his center pawn

14 ... Nd4

I figured this knight should be worth at least one bishop


15. Re1 e5

Looks risky -
my idea has to do with knight outposts in the center -
after  15  Re1  e5  16  de  fe  and  17 ... e5
I have one and he doesn't


16. Be2 f5

Controlling the center is one way to neutralize two bishops


17. f3 Qb6

Winning the b-pawn
and the rest of my game is rock solid


18. Bf2

Robert's bishops are raking d3 and e3 but
luckily none of my pieces are headed there.

18 ... Qxb2 19. Na4 Qa3

I thought about trading Queens with  19 ... Qc2
but I liked having my Queen on the board


20. Bf1 Qd6 21. Bxd4

That surprised me,
giving up the two bishops and the dark squares
but my knight was making White dysfunctional

21 ... exd4 22. Re6 Qg3 23. Qe1

I had to get active -
Robert

23 ... Qxe1 24. Raxe1 c5

I feel like I screwed up somewhere around here -
his knight takes 5 moves to reach e6-
Can't I stop that?
The problem is I have to deal with d6 too



25. Nb2 Bh6 26. Re7 Rf7 27. R1e6

to stop his rooks from getting disconnected after  ... Be3+

21 ... Bf8 28. Re8

I didn't even think that move was legal.
Now I got mad that his knight reached e6
so I decided to tear away his support system

28 ... Rxe8 29. Rxe8 b6 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Nf4 Bd6 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. f4 b5

Robert is trying to checkmate me and I am trying to dislodge his knight.
My idea is  35  cb  Nb6


34. g4

Threatens checkmate in one
34 ... fxg4 35. hxg4 bxc4 36. g5+

After the game I suggested 36  B:c4  B:f4  37  N:f4  Kg5
where we both claimed " we weren't losing "



36 ... Kf5 37. Bh3+ Ke4

This position excited Robert because he can
win a piece but I am the pawn wave guy.

Two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank = 7 points -
Hans Berliner.

I use that guide to win many games.
38  Nd8+  Re7  39  R:e7  B:e7  40  B:d7  c3  41  Bc2  d3
looks hopeless for Robert


38. Nxc5+ Kxf4

Robert and I considered
38 ... K:d5  39  Be6+  K:c5  40  B:f7  Nb6
hopeless for him too



39. Nxd7 d3

Two connected passed pawns for a knight looks winning to me-
What does he do about ... c3-c2 after  40 Re1  d2


40. Bf1 Rxd7

My two connected passed pawns are free now


41. Kf2 Kxg5

Threatening  42 ... Rf7+  43  K-any  R:f1+  44 K:f1  c3-c2 and ... Ba3
and besides I am three pawns up.



0-1   Robert Ramirez resigns.

Later Robert hung a rook to a one ply
attack so maybe he was exhausted.
Robert's a night owl.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[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



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Thursday is my 54th birthday.
Friday is the Colorado Closed.
May 22-25  Chicago Open

Also in May -
My nephew Andrew, my brother Charlie ( Law School )
and my daughter Phyllis ( civil engineering )
all graduate college
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 23 16:17:57 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:17:57 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sounds of silence
Message-ID: <1237846677.49c80a9584287@www.taom.com>


Most people like feedback for their work but I am content with silence. My most
common response is - unsubscribe me, the only responses to my last two emails.

I want to get the next three games over with quickly.
I wanted to find out my form for the Closed.

I drew Hikaru Nakamura when he was 13 at the World Open.
I have never played the Blitz King since.

Late at night there is a dearth of good players so lately I have played both
Radjabov and Nakamura in blitz. I have always wanted to tackle the King -
Smallville
Nakamura best -
blitz        3736  Mar 10,2009
bullet       3168  Feb 18,2009
5-minute     2896  Sep  1,2008
1-minute     3065  June 2,2008

I was exhausted that night, overlooking Queen takes Queen a few games earlier.
I had an absurd hallucination and lost like a moron to Hikaru. So much for my
long awaited moment.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Smallville"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Opening "Polish defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7


Facebook buddy Nakamura was busy entertaining
his groupies and took a long time to reply,

I whispered " Blundercheck " to hundreds of observers,
one of Hikaru's favorite sayings.


3. Nd2 a6


This game should make Joel Johnson happy, at least


4. a4 bxa4 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 a3 9. b3 d5
10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 O-O 12. c3 Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rea1 Rc8
15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Ra7 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe6??

I was so tired I thought my rooks were doubled on the 7th rank
not on the a-file so I was shooting for 20 ... fe 21 R:g7+


20 ... Rxc3 21. Qxe4 fxe6

I couldn't understand why Hikaru was allowing imaginary mate in 3


22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qg5

Reailty sets in- I am down a piece for nothing


24. g3 Rcf3 25. Ra2 Nf4 26. Qd6 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qf5 28. Qb6 h5
29. b4 h4 30. b5 Qd5 31. Kxh3 Qxa2 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2
34. Kh3 Qf1+

{White resigns} 0-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Smallville"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Opening "Polish defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 a6 4. a4 bxa4 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7
7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 a3 9. b3 d5 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 O-O 12. c3 Nd7
13. Qc2 c5 14. Rea1 Rc8 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5
18. Ra7 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe6 Rxc3 21. Qxe4 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8
23. Rf1 Qg5 24. g3 Rcf3 25. Ra2 Nf4 26. Qd6 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qf5 28. Qb6 h5
29. b4 h4 30. b5 Qd5 31. Kxh3 Qxa2 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Kh3 Qf1+

{White resigns} 0-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I was very happy with my first two rounds at the Tabor center
but then I played like a complete idiot my next two rounds.

[Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.49"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

Denver Chess Club March Madness

March 21, 2009

Second day of Spring

Round 3

Board 1

Open section

Game/85
5 second delay

Opening -
Laufer-g5,
King's Indian Samisch

White -
Brian Wall
2200

Black -
Tyler Hughes
2272

Tyler showed me all 15 games we played.
I hadn't played 1 d4 against him.


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O
6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h6
11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Ne5 14. Be2 Nh7

This is the line mentioned in several opening books.
Josh Bloomer has played this plan against me many times
in blitz. Normally Black neglects to get anything going
on the Kingside and loses on the Queenside.
I believe Tyler gave me a draw in this position from 1 c4
in the last round of the 2007 Colorado Closed, giving me the title.
All the games Tyler and I played were very exciting except for last
round money draws. This is his 4th win from 16 games.



15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a5 Qe7 18. Bh6??  Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng5

Mousetrap.  I told Tyler I've played thousands of blitz games with
this opening and getting my Queen trapped never came up. Tyler thought
we might even have discussed Bh6 in our Colo Closed post-mortem without
us noticing the idea.


20. h4 Nef7 21. hxg5 Nxh6 22. gxh6 Rae8 23. Nb3 Bc2 24. Bd1 Bd3

Winning more material

0-1   I quit
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.49"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6
8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Ne5
14. Be2 Nh7 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a5 Qe7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng5
20. h4 Nef7 21. hxg5 Nxh6 22. gxh6 Rae8 23. Nb3 Bc2 24. Bd1 Bd3

0-1   I quit

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


The next game was just as bad/worse.
I get knocked to my rating floor for the 4th time in a month.
Anthea was not doing well either, having reached 1800 and then
losing almost every game since. In this tournament she lost
4 won games. We are giving a blindfold exhibition/booksigning Chess
at the Chapel Hills Colorado Springs Borders tonight at 6:30 PM.

I have always liked Morgan Robb, I think he's cool.
Morgan told me I was the one who showed him the line he beat me with.

[Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morgan Robb"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4

Dzindi has videos on this based on almost half a century of experience

7 ... Bc5

Tyler Hughes beat James Hammersmith in the last round of a Colorado Closed with
this move, giving me another state title. I think Jim won it the next year.
Black can play  7 ... Bd7 right away but this gives White a chance to go wrong.



8. O-O O-O

I thought I was punishing his failure to play 8 Be3 by
refusing to make the ... Bd7 flipper move


9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6

More punishing of no Be3



11. Qxd5 Qh4??

I thought my e4-knight was magically protected.
Maybe 11 ... B:f1 is OK


12. Qxe4! Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bf4 g5
17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8
22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5

1-0   I give up

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morgan Robb"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5 Qh4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8
14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2
20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8 22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5

1-0   I give up
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 23 22:00:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:00:48 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Chess
	Questionnaire
Message-ID: <1237867248.49c85af005165@www.taom.com>



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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Chess Questionnaire
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1237866265.shtml


   A plea for help from one James Miller:

     Hi Dennis, I followed many of your videos since the chess.fm
     days(2004ish) and also when I was a member of Playchess/Chessbase -
     I always enjoyed them immensely. I'm happy to find this blog with
     more of your videos on it as well, I can't wait till I have a bit
     of spare time to go through some of those now :). Anyway, you were
     the first person I thought of when thinking of an online chess
     personality to contact :), and I had a question to ask as you can
     see in the subject line.

     I'm a final year Psychology Student (and a chess player) in the
     process of doing a thesis on chess training methods and the
     attainment of expertise. I have created a questionnaire and was
     hoping to get some rated chess players to help me out by completing
     one for me. I don't know if you'd be able to complete one for me
     (it would be great if you could though :) ), but I thought you
     would be a good person to ask about how I might be able to get some
     of these filled in online. I have uploaded my chess questionnaire
     online, so anyone curious can take a look at [[1]link]. I have
     posted the link up in a couple of forums already, but no doubt you
     may know of better places to try than I.

     I hope it is not too cheeky to e-mail something like this, but I am
     rather restricted in who I can actually ask to participate in this
     study. Most students simply ask other students to take part but
     that obviously can't be done in a specialised area such as chess.
     Still, I wanted to do a project on something I'm passionate about
     that would hopefully turn out to be interesting to other chess
     players.

     ...it's only 39 questions on a simple 'pick an option' scale and
     wouldn't take too long. I'm hoping that participants will get
     something out of it as well, and I can always post up the study at
     the end if it is of interest to anyone. Thanks very much, Jim

   Ok everyone: help a needy student with his project!

References

   1. http://rapidshare.com/files/212380119/ThesisQ.doc

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 24 09:33:19 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:33:19 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fox News report on Susan Polgar tournament
Message-ID: <1237908799.49c8fd3f61aa2@www.taom.com>



http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=8384251&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

featuring 3 players who beat me in the last year,
IM Ray Robson, IM Hess and GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 24 09:40:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:40:24 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dave vs Ty Koll -The Tayler Lives!
Message-ID: <1237909224.49c8fee86f052@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Dave <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:33:46 -0000
    From: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
 Subject: Re: The Tayler Lives!
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

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



 ----- Forwarded message from neor0mantic <tmkroll at ...> -----
     Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:49:07 -0000
     From: neor0mantic <tmkroll at ...>
 Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: The Tayler Lives!
       To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

 I was thinking about this line this morning for some reason.  I remember
 thinking a few times in your video that black wasn't really worse out of the
 opening, but only played poorly in middle/endgames.  I don't really think black
 is bad off in all of your Tayler mainlines, but I'm not going to argue theory n
 your pet line.  Even if I am right it appears white get an easier, more>
comfortable game in your mainlines.  So how about this...>
 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Ne7 !?>
 Black reenforces the knight on c6and prepaires d5.  It doesn't look like a
 White plan of e4 and e5 accomplises much of anything against this setup.  If
 white doesn't have better plans than that, black must be equal after a slightly
later d5 or might even have time to indulge in something like d6, a kingside
 fianchetto, and f5 with interesting double-edged play.

 I think Tartakower? said something about the Vienna game, something like "the
 beautiful thing about 2. Nc3 is it threatens nothing!"  If 3. Be2 is a similar
 non-threatening-looking move which keeps White's bishop as you say "out of the
 way," then Black doesn't need to answer with the threatening Nf6... Black can
 take his/her time and keep his/her knight out of the way on e7 too.

 It's not as agressive and may not be theoretically as good as Nf6, but Black
 looks at least equal to me (I'm no expert)... what do people of 3... Ne7 here?

 Ty
Hey Ty,
           Thanks for the response.  Unlike other unorthodox opening zealots I
don't claim too much for the Tayler Opening. I too, am no expert but I agree
that black can equalize in a few lines. I also believe that white's opening is
quite sound though- something that cannot necessarily  be said for other early
deviations in the double king pawn opening complex and I know of no line (yet)
that leads to a forced disadvantage for white. But as early as move three,
white has gotten his opponent onto his home turf- many lines of which are quite
advantageous to him. If black happens to find one of the equalizing lines, so be
it, but the chances are high he had to find them at cost to his clock. Black
also has equalizing lines in the majority of mainstream openings so I don't
think this is such a big deal.

After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qc3
white still has nagging pressure against g7, making black's development a bit
dodgy. The queen is generally well placed on the third rank even if it
temporarily blocks the queen knight from its best square. This is similar to
other lines in the Tayler except here, white hasn't had to invest a pawn.
Hiarcs 11 gives white about a half pawn advantage here. So I'm unsure as to
whether 3...Ne7 represents an improvement though it may well prove playable. I
would be curious to hear from others not quite so emotionally biased in favour
of the line :-)  Thanks again for posting.

Dave




From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 24 10:55:55 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:55:55 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sounds of silence
In-Reply-To: <1237846677.49c80a9584287@www.taom.com>
References: <1237846677.49c80a9584287@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <COL115-W37B6DEA948BCBCDA2892E8B4930@phx.gbl>


Yes I am HAPPY!  Long live the Polish!

 

mulot (1893) - MysteryMan (2200) [A05]
ICC tourney 331814 (3 0) Internet Chess Club (2), 15.09.2008
1.d3 b5 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.0?0 d6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.e4 h5 8.h4 Ng4 9.Nh2 Nxh2 10.Kxh2 g5 11.Nf3 gxh4 12.gxh4 Be7 13.Bg5 Ne5 14.Qd2 Rg8 15.Rg1 f6 16.Bf4 Ng4+ 17.Kh1 e5 18.Bg3 Qd7 19.c3 a6 20.Rae1 0?0?0 21.d4 f5 22.d5 fxe4 23.Rxe4 Rdf8 24.c4 b4 25.Qxb4 Rxf3 26.Bxf3 Nxf2+ 27.Kg2 Nxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxh4 29.Kh2 Bxg3+ 30.Rxg3 Rxg3 31.Kxg3 Qg4+ 32.Kh2 Qxe4 33.Qd2 Qf4+ 34.Qxf4 exf4 35.Kg2 h4 36.Kf3 h3 37.Kf2 Kd8 38.Kg1 Bc8 39.Kh2 Bg4 White resigns 0?1

 

Thanks, Joel 


 
> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:17:57 -0600
> From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com
> To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
> Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sounds of silence
> 
> 
> Most people like feedback for their work but I am content with silence. My most
> common response is - unsubscribe me, the only responses to my last two emails.
> 
> I want to get the next three games over with quickly.
> I wanted to find out my form for the Closed.
> 
> I drew Hikaru Nakamura when he was 13 at the World Open.
> I have never played the Blitz King since.
> 
> Late at night there is a dearth of good players so lately I have played both
> Radjabov and Nakamura in blitz. I have always wanted to tackle the King -
> Smallville
> Nakamura best -
> blitz 3736 Mar 10,2009
> bullet 3168 Feb 18,2009
> 5-minute 2896 Sep 1,2008
> 1-minute 3065 June 2,2008
> 
> I was exhausted that night, overlooking Queen takes Queen a few games earlier.
> I had an absurd hallucination and lost like a moron to Hikaru. So much for my
> long awaited moment.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [Event "ICC 5 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.03.21"]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "B-Wall"]
> [Black "Smallville"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2201"]
> [BlackElo "2790"]
> [Opening "Polish defense"]
> [ECO "A40"]
> [NIC "QO.17"]
> [Time "02:43:54"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7
> 
> 
> Facebook buddy Nakamura was busy entertaining
> his groupies and took a long time to reply,
> 
> I whispered " Blundercheck " to hundreds of observers,
> one of Hikaru's favorite sayings.
> 
> 
> 3. Nd2 a6
> 
> 
> This game should make Joel Johnson happy, at least
> 
> 
> 4. a4 bxa4 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 a3 9. b3 d5
> 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 O-O 12. c3 Nd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rea1 Rc8
> 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Ra7 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe6??
> 
> I was so tired I thought my rooks were doubled on the 7th rank
> not on the a-file so I was shooting for 20 ... fe 21 R:g7+
> 
> 
> 20 ... Rxc3 21. Qxe4 fxe6
> 
> I couldn't understand why Hikaru was allowing imaginary mate in 3
> 
> 
> 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qg5
> 
> Reailty sets in- I am down a piece for nothing
> 
> 
> 24. g3 Rcf3 25. Ra2 Nf4 26. Qd6 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qf5 28. Qb6 h5
> 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Qd5 31. Kxh3 Qxa2 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2
> 34. Kh3 Qf1+
> 
> {White resigns} 0-1
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [Event "ICC 5 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.03.21"]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "B-Wall"]
> [Black "Smallville"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2201"]
> [BlackElo "2790"]
> [Opening "Polish defense"]
> [ECO "A40"]
> [NIC "QO.17"]
> [Time "02:43:54"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 a6 4. a4 bxa4 5. Ngf3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne7
> 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 a3 9. b3 d5 10. Bxa3 Bxa3 11. Rxa3 O-O 12. c3 Nd7
> 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rea1 Rc8 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5
> 18. Ra7 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe6 Rxc3 21. Qxe4 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8
> 23. Rf1 Qg5 24. g3 Rcf3 25. Ra2 Nf4 26. Qd6 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qf5 28. Qb6 h5
> 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Qd5 31. Kxh3 Qxa2 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Kh3 Qf1+
> 
> {White resigns} 0-1
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I was very happy with my first two rounds at the Tabor center
> but then I played like a complete idiot my next two rounds.
> 
> [Event "DCC March Madness"]
> [Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
> [Date "2009.03.21"]
> [Round "3"]
> [White "B-Wall"]
> [Black "Tyler Hughes"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2200"]
> [BlackElo "2272"]
> [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"]
> [ECO "E81"]
> [NIC "KI.49"]
> [Time "02:43:54"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> Denver Chess Club March Madness
> 
> March 21, 2009
> 
> Second day of Spring
> 
> Round 3
> 
> Board 1
> 
> Open section
> 
> Game/85
> 5 second delay
> 
> Opening -
> Laufer-g5,
> King's Indian Samisch
> 
> White -
> Brian Wall
> 2200
> 
> Black -
> Tyler Hughes
> 2272
> 
> Tyler showed me all 15 games we played.
> I hadn't played 1 d4 against him.
> 
> 
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O
> 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h6
> 11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Ne5 14. Be2 Nh7
> 
> This is the line mentioned in several opening books.
> Josh Bloomer has played this plan against me many times
> in blitz. Normally Black neglects to get anything going
> on the Kingside and loses on the Queenside.
> I believe Tyler gave me a draw in this position from 1 c4
> in the last round of the 2007 Colorado Closed, giving me the title.
> All the games Tyler and I played were very exciting except for last
> round money draws. This is his 4th win from 16 games.
> 
> 
> 
> 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a5 Qe7 18. Bh6?? Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng5
> 
> Mousetrap. I told Tyler I've played thousands of blitz games with
> this opening and getting my Queen trapped never came up. Tyler thought
> we might even have discussed Bh6 in our Colo Closed post-mortem without
> us noticing the idea.
> 
> 
> 20. h4 Nef7 21. hxg5 Nxh6 22. gxh6 Rae8 23. Nb3 Bc2 24. Bd1 Bd3
> 
> Winning more material
> 
> 0-1 I quit
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [Event "DCC March Madness"]
> [Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
> [Date "2009.03.21"]
> [Round "3"]
> [White "B-Wall"]
> [Black "Tyler Hughes"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2200"]
> [BlackElo "2272"]
> [Opening "King's Indian: S?misch, 5...O-O"]
> [ECO "E81"]
> [NIC "KI.49"]
> [Time "02:43:54"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6
> 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nc1 Ne5
> 14. Be2 Nh7 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. a5 Qe7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng5
> 20. h4 Nef7 21. hxg5 Nxh6 22. gxh6 Rae8 23. Nb3 Bc2 24. Bd1 Bd3
> 
> 0-1 I quit
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> The next game was just as bad/worse.
> I get knocked to my rating floor for the 4th time in a month.
> Anthea was not doing well either, having reached 1800 and then
> losing almost every game since. In this tournament she lost
> 4 won games. We are giving a blindfold exhibition/booksigning Chess
> at the Chapel Hills Colorado Springs Borders tonight at 6:30 PM.
> 
> I have always liked Morgan Robb, I think he's cool.
> Morgan told me I was the one who showed him the line he beat me with.
> 
> [Event "DCC March Madness"]
> [Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
> [Date "2009.03.21"]
> [Round "4"]
> [White "Morgan Robb"]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "1958"]
> [BlackElo "2200"]
> [Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
> [ECO "C55"]
> [NIC "KP.02"]
> [Time "02:43:54"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4
> 
> Dzindi has videos on this based on almost half a century of experience
> 
> 7 ... Bc5
> 
> Tyler Hughes beat James Hammersmith in the last round of a Colorado Closed with
> this move, giving me another state title. I think Jim won it the next year.
> Black can play 7 ... Bd7 right away but this gives White a chance to go wrong.
> 
> 
> 
> 8. O-O O-O
> 
> I thought I was punishing his failure to play 8 Be3 by
> refusing to make the ... Bd7 flipper move
> 
> 
> 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6
> 
> More punishing of no Be3
> 
> 
> 
> 11. Qxd5 Qh4??
> 
> I thought my e4-knight was magically protected.
> Maybe 11 ... B:f1 is OK
> 
> 
> 12. Qxe4! Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bf4 g5
> 17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8
> 22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5
> 
> 1-0 I give up
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [Event "DCC March Madness"]
> [Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
> [Date "2009.03.21"]
> [Round "4"]
> [White "Morgan Robb"]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "1958"]
> [BlackElo "2200"]
> [Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
> [ECO "C55"]
> [NIC "KP.02"]
> [Time "02:43:54"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
> O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5 Qh4 12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8
> 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2
> 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8 22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5
> 
> 1-0 I give up
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:28:24 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Spice boys Robson, Sharavdorj, Hess
Message-ID: <1237926504.49c942683180d@www.taom.com>



http://lubbockonline.com/stories/032209/col_413096258.shtml
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final standings:

1. IM Hess 7.0 (Earned 10-round Grandmaster norm)
2. GM Kacheishvili 6.0
3. GM Gareev 5.5
4. IM Robson 5.0
5. GM Dashzegve 3.5
6. IM Antal 3.0


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

White
Robson, Ray Rating
2455 Black
Kacheishvili, Giorgi Rating
2590
Date   2009-03-16 Section
Round  1 Board   1


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  c6 {00:04} 31
  e4 {00:44}  f7 {00:09}
02
  d4 {00:17}  d5 {00:01} 32

03
  c3 {00:32}  dxe4 {00:03} 33

04
  xe4 {00:03}  f5 {00:01} 34

05
  g3 {00:34}  g6 {00:03} 35

06
  h4 {00:24}  h6 {00:01} 36

07
  f3 {00:15}  d7 {00:09} 37

08
  h5 {00:23}  h7 {00:01} 38

09
  d3 {00:25}  xd3 {00:01} 39

10
  xd3 {00:07}  e6 {00:02} 40

11
  d2 {00:56}  gf6 {00:44} 41

12
  O-O-O {00:36}  c7 {01:45} 42

13
  e4 {01:02}  e7 {00:49} 43

14
  g3 {04:39}  O-O {05:16} 44

15
  g4 {13:09}  xg4 {00:01} 45

16
  dg1 {23:16}  f5 {03:07} 46

17
  b3 {06:17}  f7 {00:58} 47

18
  xe6 {15:32}  f8 {01:07} 48

19
  b3 {06:15}  fxe4 {08:13} 49

20
  xg4 {00:26}  exf3 {00:06} 50

21
  xh6 {06:23}  h8 {01:17} 51

22
  xg7 {03:21}  xg7 {04:31} 52

23
  xg7 {00:01}  xg7 {00:01} 53

24
  g1 {00:52}  f6 {20:43} 54

25
  g4 {15:55}  e8 {06:21} 55

26
  e3 {08:25}  f7 {02:25} 56

27
  b3 {01:58}  e6 {00:19} 57

28
  d3 {00:01}  g5 {03:33} 58

29
  b1 {00:05}  e7 {00:09} 59

30
  g6 {00:51}  f8 {02:41} 60



Result: 0-1
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2455"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2590"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3
Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.Ne4 Be7 14.g3 O-O 15.g4 Nxg4 16.Rdg1
f5 17.Qb3 Rf7 18.Qxe6 Nf8 19.Qb3 fxe4 20.Rxg4 exf3 21.Bxh6 Kh8 22.Rxg7 Rxg7
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rg1 Kf6 25.Rg4 Re8 26.Qe3 Kf7 27.Qb3 Ne6 28.Qd3 Bg5 29.Kb1 Ke7
30.Qg6 Kf8 31.Re4 Qf7 0-1
------------------------------------------------------------------------

 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Kacheishvili, Giorgi Rating
2590 Black
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429
Date   2009-03-17 Section
Round  2 Board   1


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  d4  f6 {00:11} 31
  c4 {00:34}  xc4 {00:22}
02
  c4 {00:01}  g6 {00:02} 32
  xc4 {00:01}  b7 {00:25}
03
  c3 {00:07}  g7 {00:07} 33
  ec2 {11:06}  f7 {04:36}
04
  e4 {00:07}  d6 {00:19} 34
  f1 {01:41}  e7 {04:00}
05
  f3 {00:01}  O-O {00:17} 35
  a3 {00:43}  d7 {03:38}
06
  e2 {00:12}  e5 {00:12} 36
  h3 {01:30}  g4 {00:49}
07
  O-O {00:02}  c6 {00:50} 37
  fxg4 {01:03}  hxg4 {00:01}
08
  d5 {00:06}  e7 {00:06} 38
  f2 {00:01}  g3 {02:41}
09
  e1 {00:42}  d7 {00:23} 39
  hxg3 {00:04}  fxg3 {00:11}
10
  d3 {00:12}  f5 {00:06} 40
  h1 {00:49}  b3 {01:11}
11
  d2 {00:19}  f6 {00:08} 41
  2c3 {00:11}  xc3 {00:21}
12
  f3 {00:04}  f4 {00:04} 42
  xc3 {00:01}  f6 {08:33}
13
  c5 {00:10}  g5 {00:07} 43
  xg3 {02:09}  f8 {01:27}
14
  c1 {00:51}  g6 {01:06} 44
  g1 {02:29}  e7 {07:01}
15
  cxd6 {01:29}  cxd6 {00:04} 45
  f3 {02:21}  g6 {00:15}
16
  b5 {00:19}  f7 {01:28} 46
  c3 {02:01}  e7 {00:25}
17
  c2 {00:24}  e8 {01:37} 47
  b3 {09:48}  e8 {05:29}
18
  a4 {00:22}  h5 {04:38} 48
  b6 {03:56}  g8 {01:39}
19
  f2 {00:32}  d7 {08:58} 49
  f1 {01:36}  c8 {01:21}
20
  b3 {01:40}  f8 {06:01} 50
  b7 {00:37}  d8 {02:06}
21
  c2 {00:20}  b8 {07:49} 51
  b4 {03:41}  f6 {00:25}
22
  fc1 {08:20}  a6 {07:41} 52
  e3 {00:20}  xe4 {01:04}
23
  a3 {02:12}  e7 {07:18} 53
  f5 {00:34}  e8 {02:59}
24
  a5 {06:07}  d8 {01:58} 54
  c7 {04:56}  b6 {02:41}
25
  c4 {00:38}  b5 {01:31} 55
  xd6 {00:09}  g6 {00:35}
26
  b4 {03:06}  b6 {05:32} 56
  e7 {01:47}  d8 {00:01}
27
  xb6 {04:42}  xb6 {00:45} 57
  c7 {00:07}  c8 {00:02}
28
  axb6 {00:01}  xe2 {01:00} 58
  xb6 {02:59}  xb6 {00:04}
29
  xe2 {00:10}  xb6 {00:07} 59
  xe5 {00:20}  f6 {00:52}
30
  c6 {01:13}  b5 {03:59} 60
  e3 {04:00}  xb2 {02:21}


Result: 1-0
Signature: White Black


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 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Kacheishvili, Giorgi Rating
2590 Black
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429
Date   2009-03-17 Section
Round  2 Board   1


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


61
  e6 {00:01}  h5 {00:08} 91

62
  xa6 {00:24}  d7 {00:42} 92

63
  a7 {03:49}  d8 {00:01} 93

64
  c4 {03:08}  e2 {00:46} 94

65
  f7 {02:58}  e4 {00:35} 95

66
  a5 {01:14}  e8 {00:08} 96

67
  f5 {00:46}  e1 {01:03} 97

68
  f2 {00:44}  f1 {00:01} 98

69
  xf1 {00:01}  g3 {00:06} 99

70
  f2 {00:01}  xf5 {00:01} 100

71
  f3 {00:41}  d6 {00:58} 101

72
  f4 {00:16}  f7 {00:21} 102

73
  e5 {00:33}  b5 {00:01} 103

74
  b3 {00:41}   104

75
     105

76
     106

77
     107

78
     108

79
     109

80
     110

81
     111

82
     112

83
     113

84
     114

85
     115

86
     116

87
     117

88
     118

89
     119

90
     120



Result: 1-0
Signature: White Black

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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2590"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2429"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1
Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Rf7
17.Qc2 Ne8 18.a4 h5 19.Nf2 Bd7 20.Qb3 Bf8 21.Rc2 Qb8 22.Rfc1 a6 23.Na3 Be7
24.a5 Bd8 25.Nc4 Bb5 26.Bb4 b6 27.Nxb6 Bxb6 28.axb6 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Qxb6 30.Rc6
Qb5 31.Qc4 Qxc4 32.Rxc4 Rb7 33.Rec2 Kf7 34.Kf1 Ke7 35.Ba3 Kd7 36.Nh3 g4 37.fxg4
hxg4 38.Nf2 g3 39.hxg3 fxg3 40.Nh1 Rb3 41.R2c3 Rxc3 42.Rxc3 Nf6 43.Nxg3 Rf8
44.Kg1 Ne7 45.Rf3 Ng6 46.Rc3 Ne7 47.Rb3 Ne8 48.Rb6 Rg8 49.Nf1 Nc8 50.Rb7 Kd8
51.Bb4 Nf6 52.Ne3 Nxe4 53.Nf5 Ke8 54.Rc7 Nb6 55.Bxd6 Rg6 56.Re7 Kd8 57.Bc7 Kc8
58.Bxb6 Rxb6 59.Rxe5 Nf6 60.Ne3 Rxb2 61.Re6 Nh5 62.Rxa6 Kd7 63.Ra7 Kd8 64.Nc4
Re2 65.Rf7 Re4 66.Na5 Ke8 67.Rf5 Re1 68.Kf2 Rf1 69.Kxf1 Ng3 70.Kf2 Nxf5 71.Kf3
Nd6 72.Kf4 Kf7 73.Ke5 Nb5 74.Nb3 1-0
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 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429 Black
Hess, Robert Rating
2483
Date   2009-03-17 Section
Round  3 Board   3


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  d4  f6 {00:06} 31
  xb3 {00:24}  e4 {00:28}
02
  c4 {00:13}  e6 {00:05} 32
  e2 {00:29}  xc1 {00:13}
03
  f3 {00:11}  b4 {00:06} 33
  xc1 {00:01}  a1 {00:01}
04
  bd2 {00:14}  a5 {02:53} 34
  c2 {00:31}  c5 {00:46}
05
  e3 {01:52}  O-O {01:51} 35
  h2 {00:59}  xa4 {03:56}
06
  d3 {00:11}  d5 {02:16} 36
  f5 {03:14}  e4 {00:53}
07
  O-O {00:29}  bd7 {07:48} 37
  c8 {01:45}  h7 {00:01}
08
  a3 {01:43}  e7 {01:06} 38
  e2 {00:13}  d3 {02:37}
09
  c2 {04:22}  c5 {01:42} 39
  g3 {04:21}  g6 {02:37}
10
  cxd5 {01:42}  exd5 {00:11} 40
  c2 {01:08}  c5 {00:51}
11
  b3 {08:49}  a4 {04:05} 41
  d2 {00:34}  d6 {01:02}
12
  dxc5 {03:11}  xc5 {00:05} 42
  d4 {00:33}  e6 {01:17}
13
  b4 {01:55}  xd3 {04:13} 43
  d3 {00:22}  g6 {01:07}
14
  xd3 {00:13}  e4 {00:53} 44
  g1 {00:10}  c5 {03:17}
15
  d4 {06:06}  d6 {01:51} 45
  e2 {00:48}  c4 {03:21}
16
  b2 {02:29}  f6 {07:50} 46
  xc4 {00:27}  dxc4 {00:01}
17
  ac1 {04:07}  d7 {01:22} 47
  c3 {00:21}  g7 {00:43}
18
  b1 {07:32}  b6 {14:13} 48
  d5 {01:13}  c7 {00:24}
19
  4f3 {01:08}  xb2 {01:45} 49
  c3 {00:53}  f6 {00:12}
20
  xb2 {00:01}  a6 {00:20} 50
  f1 {00:23}  e5 {00:44}
21
  fd1 {01:18}  fc8 {01:30} 51
  e2 {02:43}  d6 {00:44}
22
  h3 {05:47}  f5 {05:18} 52
  a4 {00:01}  xb5 {00:23}
23
  d4 {06:33}  d7 {06:40} 53
  xb6 {00:01}  c5 {00:11}
24
  xc8 {02:33}  xc8 {00:13} 54
  d7 {00:25}  b4 {00:07}
25
  c1 {00:16}  c4 {02:14} 55
  e5 {01:07}  d6 {00:55}
26
  b1 {05:06}  h6 {04:12} 56
  e4 {01:50}  c3 {01:51}
27
  c3 {00:25}  e8 {02:56} 57
  e3 {00:53}  c3 {01:32}
28
  b5 {07:55}  b3 {01:49} 58
  d4 {00:01}  c2 {01:17}
29
  xb3 {01:03}  axb3 {00:40} 59
  d3 {00:01}  b5 {00:15}
30
  a4 {04:45}  e5 {02:57} 60
  e3 {00:34}  c3 {00:17}


Result: 0-1
Signature: White Black


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 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429 Black
Hess, Robert Rating
2483
Date   2009-03-17 Section
Round  3 Board   3


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


61
  f4 {01:09}  d6 {02:14} 91

62
  g4 {00:48}  e6 {01:11} 92

63
  e5 {01:12}  f4 {00:37} 93

64
  c1 {00:01}  b2 {00:37} 94

65
  d2 {00:01}  xh3 {00:23} 95

66
  e5 {02:36}  gxf5 {01:19} 96

67
  gxf5 {00:01}  f4 {00:16} 97

68
  e6 {00:57}  fxe6 {00:26} 98

69
  f6 {00:01}  g6 {00:46} 99

70
  f7 {00:14}  h5 {01:08} 100

71
  e2 {00:21}  h4 {00:27} 101

72
  e3 {00:08}  c1Q {00:05} 102

73
  xc1 {00:01}  xc1 {00:06} 103

74
  f3 {00:13}  e5 {00:06} 104

75
     105

76
     106

77
     107

78
     108

79
     109

80
     110

81
     111

82
     112

83
     113

84
     114

85
     115

86
     116

87
     117

88
     118

89
     119

90
     120



Result: 0-1
Signature: White Black

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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Black "Hess, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2429"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2483"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Nbd2 a5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a3 Be7 9.Qc2
c5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b3 a4 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Ne4 15.Nd4 Nd6 16.Bb2
Bf6 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Qb1 b6 19.N4f3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Ba6 21.Rfd1 Rfc8 22.h3 Qf5
23.Nd4 Qd7 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Bc4 26.Nb1 h6 27.Nc3 Qe8 28.b5 Bb3 29.Nxb3 axb3
30.a4 Qe5 31.Qxb3 Ne4 32.Ne2 Rxc1 33.Nxc1 Qa1 34.Qc2 Nc5 35.Kh2 Qxa4 36.Qf5 Qe4
37.Qc8 Kh7 38.Ne2 Nd3 39.Ng3 Qg6 40.Qc2 Nc5 41.Qd2 Qd6 42.Qd4 Ne6 43.Qd3 g6
44.Kg1 Qc5 45.Ne2 Qc4 46.Qxc4 dxc4 47.Nc3 Kg7 48.Nd5 Nc7 49.Nc3 Kf6 50.Kf1 Ke5
51.Ke2 Kd6 52.Na4 Nxb5 53.Nxb6 Kc5 54.Nd7 Kb4 55.Ne5 Nd6 56.e4 c3 57.Ke3 c3
58.Kd4 c2 59.Nd3 Nb5 60.Ke3 Kc3 61.f4 Nd6 62.g4 Ne6 63.e5 Nf4 64.Nc1 Kb2 65.Kd2
Nxh3 66.e5 gxf5 67.gxf5 Nf4 68.e6 fxe6 69.f6 Ng6 70.f7 h5 71.Ne2 h4 72.Ke3 c1Q
73.Nxc1 Kxc1 74.Kf3 Ne5 0-1
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 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Hess, Robert Rating
2483 Black
Robson, Ray Rating
2455
Date   2009-03-18 Section
Round  4 Board   3


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  c5 {00:10} 31
  c8 {00:16}  h7 {00:40}
02
  f3 {00:03}  d6 {00:06} 32
  d8 {00:48}  d3 {00:52}
03
  b5 {00:06}  c6 {00:06} 33
  c7 {00:59}  c5 {00:47}
04
  O-O {00:09}  d7 {00:05} 34
  xd3 {02:49}  xd3 {00:24}
05
  c3 {00:07}  f6 {00:08} 35
  d6 {00:03}  b2 {03:42}
06
  e1 {00:04}  a6 {00:07} 36
  f2 {00:40}  a4 {01:47}
07
  a4 {00:08}  c4 {00:08} 37
  e3 {01:09}  b6 {00:19}
08
  c2 {00:05}  e5 {00:28} 38
  d4 {00:18}  d7 {00:33}
09
  xe5 {00:09}  dxe5 {00:05} 39
  c4 {00:58}  g5 {02:55}
10
  b3 {00:16}  b5 {00:05} 40
  b5 {01:04}  g6 {01:57}
11
  bxc4 {00:11}  bxc4 {00:02} 41
  c6 {00:55}
12
  a3 {00:09}  c8 {00:10} 42

13
  e2 {02:06}  c7 {00:09} 43

14
  d3 {00:06}  cxd3 {00:22} 44

15
  xd3 {00:08}  e6 {00:12} 45

16
  b1 {00:13}  e7 {07:34} 46

17
  b3 {05:47}  O-O {11:54} 47

18
  xa6 {02:21}  b8 {08:45} 48

19
  b5 {04:21}  xa3 {10:00} 49

20
  xa3 {02:32}  xb5 {06:20} 50

21
  xb5 {00:15}  xb5 {01:27} 51

22
  xf8 {04:55}  xc3 {01:13} 52

23
  d1 {00:19}  b2 {04:43} 53

24
  a3 {03:11}  b8 {00:01} 54

25
  d6 {01:11}  a8 {01:14} 55

26
  f3 {03:16}  h6 {00:59} 56

27
  d2 {00:46}  c4 {01:35} 57

28
  c1 {06:28}  xa2 {01:27} 58

29
  xc4 {00:32}  xd2 {00:05} 59

30
  xe5 {00:08}  d7 {01:19} 60



Result: 1-0
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hess, Robert"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2483"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2455"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5 Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.Bc2 Ne5 9.Nxe5
dxe5 10.b3 b5 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.Na3 Rc8 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.d3 cxd3 15.Bxd3 e6 16.Rb1
Be7 17.Rb3 O-O 18.Bxa6 Rb8 19.Bb5 Bxa3 20.Bxa3 Bxb5 21.Rxb5 Rxb5 22.Bxf8 Qxc3
23.Rd1 Rb2 24.Ba3 Rb8 25.Bd6 Ra8 26.f3 h6 27.Qd2 Qc4 28.Rc1 Rxa2 29.Rxc4 Rxd2
30.Bxe5 Nd7 31.Rc8 Kh7 32.Rd8 Rd3 33.Bc7 Nc5 34.Rxd3 Nxd3 35.Bd6 Nb2 36.Kf2 Na4
37.Ke3 Nb6 38.Kd4 Nd7 39.Kc4 g5 40.Kb5 Kg6 41.Kc6 1-0
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 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Robson, Ray Rating
2455 Black
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429
Date   2009-03-19 Section
Round  5 Board   2


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  e6 {02:35} 31
  g2 {00:01}  e2 {00:48}
02
  f3 {00:35}  d5 {01:25} 32
  h3 {00:01}  xc2 {03:52}
03
  c3 {00:30}  f6 {01:45} 33
  g3 {00:01}  c8 {01:21}
04
  e5 {00:40}  fd7 {00:02} 34
  f5 {01:13}  c1 {00:01}
05
  d4 {00:05}  c5 {00:18} 35
  f7 {00:01}  f1 {00:24}
06
  dxc5 {00:28}  c6 {00:03} 36
  h4 {00:01}  f4 {01:15}
07
  f4 {00:27}  xc5 {00:29} 37
  h5 {00:01}  xg3 {00:38}
08
  d3 {00:30}  f6 {01:16} 38
  hxg3 {00:01}  g7 {00:01}
09
  exf6 {00:35}  xf6 {00:23} 39
  xh6 {00:20}
10
  g3 {01:15}  h6 {00:52} 40

11
  O-O {06:05}  a6 {05:20} 41

12
  e2 {04:45}  O-O {03:40} 42

13
  ae1 {00:01}  b6 {02:35} 43

14
  e5 {08:23}  xe5 {05:01} 44

15
  xe5 {00:44}  f7 {05:54} 45

16
  h1 {10:16}  d7 {01:45} 46

17
  f4 {02:23}  f6 {19:45} 47

18
  g4 {20:20}  d7 {32:08} 48

19
  g5 {11:03}  c6 {04:59} 49

20
  gxf6 {07:15}  gxf6 {05:00} 50

21
  g4 {01:57}  h8 {04:04} 51

22
  xf6 {00:01}  xf6 {00:25} 52

23
  xe6 {00:01}  g7 {05:19} 53

24
  g6 {00:02}  d4 {03:00} 54

25
  e4 {00:01}  h7 {05:04} 55

26
  h5 {00:01}  f6 {02:51} 56

27
  xf6 {00:01}  xe4 {00:01} 57

28
  xe4 {00:51}  xe4 {00:01} 58

29
  f3 {04:48}  f8 {03:05} 59

30
  g1 {00:01}  e1 {00:59} 60



Result: 1-0
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2455"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2429"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Bg3 h6 11.O-O a6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rae1 Nb6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Qf7
16.Kh1 Nd7 17.f4 Nf6 18.g4 Bd7 19.g5 Bc6 20.gxf6 gxf6 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Rxe6 Qg7 24.Rg6 d4 25.Ne4 Qh7 26.Qh5 Rf6 27.Rxf6 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Qxe4 29.Rf3
Bf8 30.Kg1 Qe1 31.Kg2 Qe2 32.Kh3 Qxc2 33.Rg3 Qc8 34.f5 Qc1 35.Qf7 Qf1 36.Kh4
Qf4 37.Kh5 Qxg3 38.hxg3 Bg7 39.Rxh6 1-0
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 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Kacheishvili, Giorgi Rating
2590 Black
Robson, Ray Rating
2455
Date   2009-03-19 Section
Round  6 Board   1


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  d4  d5 {00:11} 31
  h4 {00:11}  c4 {00:14}
02
  f3 {00:21}  f6 {00:24} 32

03
  c4 {00:07}  e6 {00:14} 33

04
  e3 {00:09}  a6 {02:39} 34

05
  bd2 {02:11}  c5 {00:44} 35

06
  dxc5 {00:28}  xc5 {01:37} 36

07
  a3 {01:32}  c6 {04:24} 37

08
  b4 {01:06}  a7 {00:53} 38

09
  b2 {00:35}  O-O {01:14} 39

10
  d3 {00:30}  dxc4 {07:37} 40

11
  xc4 {00:25}  d5 {08:13} 41

12
  c1 {20:20}  e7 {11:17} 42

13
  O-O {01:34}  d8 {03:48} 43

14
  c2 {01:29}  h6 {01:19} 44

15
  fd1 {04:43}  b5 {11:42} 45

16
  cd2 {19:11}  b7 {05:08} 46

17
  b3 {00:38}  ac8 {04:15} 47

18
  e2 {00:25}  b8 {03:36} 48

19
  b1 {11:09}  d7 {04:45} 49

20
  g3 {15:54}  e5 {07:30} 50

21
  xc8 {06:32}  xc8 {00:25} 51

22
  f5 {00:02}  e4 {06:10} 52

23
  a5 {05:20}  exf3 {05:45} 53

24
  xf3 {00:09}  xe3 {00:50} 54

25
  xb7 {01:52}  xd1 {00:18} 55

26
  xc8 {00:09}  f8 {00:10} 56

27
  c6 {04:58}  xf2 {03:44} 57

28
  g2 {00:30}  e2 {00:14} 58

29
  h3 {00:43}  xb2 {00:49} 59

30
  d8 {00:28}  f1 {00:55} 60



Result: 0-1
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2590"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2455"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 a6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 Nc6 8.b4 Ba7 9.Bb2
O-O 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Nxc4 Nd5 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qc2 h6 15.Rfd1 b5 16.Ncd2
Bb7 17.Nb3 Rac8 18.Qe2 Nb8 19.Bb1 Nd7 20.g3 e5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Bf5 e4 23.Na5
exf3 24.Qxf3 Nxe3 25.Qxb7 Nxd1 26.Qxc8 Nf8 27.Nc6 Bxf2 28.Kg2 Qe2 29.Kh3 Nxb2
30.Qd8 Qf1 31.Kh4 Qc4 0-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429 Black
Kacheishvili, Giorgi Rating
2590
Date   2009-03-20 Section
Round  7 Board   1


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  d4  f6 {00:12} 31
  fe1 {01:47}  e7 {03:14}
02
  c4 {00:05}  e6 {00:04} 32
  c4 {03:04}  b2 {00:27}
03
  c3 {00:15}  d5 {00:06} 33
  d3 {01:19}
04
  cxd5 {00:06}  exd5 {00:10} 34

05
  g5 {00:09}  e7 {01:03} 35

06
  e3 {00:08}  c6 {02:34} 36

07
  d3 {00:08}  bd7 {00:49} 37

08
  c2 {01:19}  O-O {01:47} 38

09
  ge2 {00:06}  e8 {00:05} 39

10
  O-O {00:27}  f8 {00:06} 40

11
  f3 {00:09}  e6 {01:49} 41

12
  ad1 {00:38}  c8 {00:01} 42

13
  a3 {00:17}  g6 {06:07} 43

14
  h1 {02:17}  c5 {04:18} 44

15
  dxc5 {04:11}  xc5 {12:03} 45

16
  d4 {08:44}  c8 {04:42} 46

17
  b1 {06:09}  a6 {07:03} 47

18
  a4 {06:16}  a5 {03:21} 48

19
  c1 {06:07}  d7 {01:09} 49

20
  xf6 {05:22}  xf6 {07:54} 50

21
  c5 {00:35}  e7 {00:11} 51

22
  db3 {05:44}  xc5 {00:43} 52

23
  xc5 {00:09}  c8 {01:34} 53

24
  b4 {02:23}  g5 {01:00} 54

25
  f4 {00:32}  h4 {00:01} 55

26
  f5 {05:21}  xf5 {01:49} 56

27
  xf5 {00:02}  xe3 {00:01} 57

28
  d3 {05:10}  d4 {00:16} 58

29
  g3 {03:03}  f6 {00:13} 59

30
  xe3 {04:17}  dxe3 {00:52} 60



Result: 1-0
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2429"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2590"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 O-O
9.Nge2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.f3 Be6 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.a3 Ng6 14.Kh1 c5 15.dxc5 Rxc5
16.Nd4 Qc8 17.Qb1 a6 18.Na4 Ra5 19.Rc1 Qd7 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nc5 Qe7 22.Ndb3 Rxc5
23.Nxc5 Bc8 24.b4 Bg5 25.f4 Bh4 26.Bf5 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Qxe3 28.Qd3 d4 29.g3 Bf6
30.Qxe3 dxe3 31.Rfe1 Re7 32.Rc4 Bb2 33.Nd3 1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Hess, Robert Rating
2483 Black
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429
Date   2009-03-21 Section
Round  8 Board   3


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  c5 {00:11} 31
  f6 {07:18}  f8 {02:28}
02
  c3 {00:17}  d6 {00:10} 32
  h3 {08:48}  xe4 {08:16}
03
  g3 {00:06}  c6 {00:15} 33
  xh7 {00:12}  xg4 {00:41}
04
  g2 {00:05}  g6 {00:13} 34
  h3 {01:32}  dd4 {00:44}
05
  d3 {00:39}  g7 {00:11} 35
  xc7 {01:42}  h4 {01:14}
06
  f4 {00:01}  e6 {04:55} 36
  g2 {00:42}  hg4 {00:20}
07
  f3 {00:08}  ge7 {00:17} 37
  f1 {00:49}  d1 {01:00}
08
  O-O {00:10}  O-O {00:22} 38
  e2 {00:19}  d5 {00:41}
09
  d2 {02:38}  b6 {01:41} 39
  c8 {02:01}  f7 {00:02}
10
  b1 {00:54}  b7 {00:25} 40
  c7 {00:04}  f8 {00:54}
11
  a3 {01:03}  d7 {01:36} 41
  c8 {00:51}
12
  b4 {03:09}  f5 {01:05} 42

13
  bxc5 {09:48}  dxc5 {00:50} 43

14
  e2 {12:39}  ad8 {17:23} 44

15
  c3 {18:56}  fxe4 {08:17} 45

16
  dxe4 {00:22}  xc3 {04:42} 46

17
  xd7 {02:18}  xd7 {00:01} 47

18
  xc3 {00:01}  d4 {01:35} 48

19
  e5 {01:25}  dd8 {00:27} 49

20
  f2 {00:56}  ec6 {00:25} 50

21
  xc6 {01:00}  xc6 {01:06} 51

22
  e5 {00:15}  xg2 {01:39} 52

23
  xg2 {00:19}  f5 {01:57} 53

24
  e1 {05:07}  d4 {01:46} 54

25
  e4 {00:11}  fd8 {06:08} 55

26
  g4 {02:07}  g7 {00:34} 56

27
  f6 {01:15}  h8 {00:01} 57

28
  e3 {00:20}  e8 {00:50} 58

29
  e4 {05:10}  g7 {00:54} 59

30
  f5 {01:00}  c7 {03:26} 60



Result: 1/2-1/2
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hess, Robert"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2483"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2429"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bd2
b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.a3 Qd7 12.b4 f5 13.bxc5 dxc5 14.Ne2 Rad8 15.Bc3 fxe4 16.dxe4
Bxc3 17.Qxd7 Rxd7 18.Nxc3 Nd4 19.Ne5 Rdd8 20.Rf2 Nec6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.e5 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Nf5 24.Re1 Rd4 25.Ne4 Rfd8 26.g4 Ng7 27.Nf6 Kh8 28.Re3 Ne8 29.Ne4 Kg7
30.f5 Nc7 31.f6 Kf8 32.Rh3 Rxe4 33.Rxh7 Rxg4 34.Kh3 Rdd4 35.Rxc7 Rh4 36.Kg2
Rhg4 37.Kf1 Rd1 38.Ke2 Rd5 39.Rc8 Kf7 40.Rc7 Kf8 41.Rc8 1/2-1/2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Antal, Gergely Rating
2493 Black
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429
Date   2009-03-21 Section
Round  9 Board   2


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  e6 {00:01} 31
  e7 {00:01}  c6 {02:43}
02
  d4 {00:18}  d5 {00:01} 32
  xf7 {00:48}
03
  d2 {00:14}  c5 {00:26} 33

04
  gf3 {00:07}  a6 {00:12} 34

05
  dxc5 {02:00}  xc5 {00:01} 35

06
  d3 {00:15}  e7 {02:17} 36

07
  O-O {00:36}  bc6 {01:21} 37

08
  a3 {00:23}  O-O {02:29} 38

09
  b4 {00:39}  d6 {01:26} 39

10
  b2 {01:22}  g6 {00:22} 40

11
  e1 {00:44}  ce5 {07:12} 41

12
  f1 {02:43}  c7 {09:16} 42

13
  exd5 {03:28}  exd5 {00:22} 43

14
  g3 {00:18}  g4 {04:59} 44

15
  h3 {02:19}  f5 {06:04} 45

16
  d4 {00:01}  d7 {00:06} 46

17
  g2 {02:20}  ae8 {02:09} 47

18
  f4 {08:16}  c4 {03:17} 48

19
  xc4 {01:22}  dxc4 {00:07} 49

20
  f3 {00:46}  b5 {01:16} 50

21
  h4 {05:47}  e7 {04:43} 51

22
  c3 {01:51}  f6 {02:08} 52

23
  e6 {01:35}  b6 {00:29} 53

24
  d4 {00:53}  xd4 {00:26} 54

25
  xd4 {00:01}  f7 {03:34} 55

26
  c5 {02:28}  b8 {03:24} 56

27
  ad1 {03:09}  f5 {09:10} 57

28
  d5 {00:10}  xg3 {03:33} 58

29
  g5 {00:24}  xe1 {01:58} 59

30
  xe1 {00:01}  fxg5 {00:01} 60



Result: 1-0
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Antal, Gergely"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2493"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2429"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 a6 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O Nbc6 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Bd6 10.Bb2 Ng6 11.Re1 Nce5 12.Bf1 Qc7 13.exd5 exd5 14.g3 Bg4 15.h3 Bf5
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Bg2 Rae8 18.f4 Nc4 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qf3 b5 21.h4 Ne7 22.Qc3 f6
23.Ne6 Qb6 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Rf7 26.Bc5 Bb8 27.Rad1 Nf5 28.Bd5 Nxg3 29.Ng5
Rxe1 30.Rxe1 fxg5 31.Re7 Bc6 32.Rxf7 1-0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Robson, Ray Rating
2455 Black
Hess, Robert Rating
2483
Date   2009-03-21 Section
Round  9 Board   3


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  e5 {00:03} 31

02
  f3 {00:11}  c6 {00:06} 32

03
  b5 {00:19}  a6 {00:03} 33

04
  a4 {00:14}  d6 {00:06} 34

05
  O-O {00:26}  d7 {00:06} 35

06
  d4 {01:18}  ge7 {00:09} 36

07
  d5 {02:36}  b8 {00:05} 37

08
  xd7 {00:19}  xd7 {00:07} 38

09
  c4 {00:31}  g6 {01:24} 39

10
  c3 {03:57}  e7 {00:04} 40

11
  e3 {01:44}  h6 {00:01} 41

12
  b4 {00:01}  g5 {04:45} 42

13
  d2 {03:41}  xe3 {00:43} 43

14
  fxe3 {05:22}  h4 {01:33} 44

15
  f2 {02:43}  xf3 {00:07} 45

16
  xf3 {00:28}  O-O {00:44} 46

17
  e2 {02:26}   47

18
     48

19
     49

20
     50

21
     51

22
     52

23
     53

24
     54

25
     55

26
     56

27
     57

28
     58

29
     59

30
     60



Result: 1/2-1/2
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Hess, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteELO "2455"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2483"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bxd7 Nxd7
9.c4 Ng6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Be3 h6 12.b4 Bg5 13.Qd2 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Nh4 15.Qf2 Nxf3
16.Qxf3 O-O 17.Ne2 1/2-1/2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Hess, Robert Rating
2483 Black
Kacheishvili, Giorgi Rating
2590
Date   2009-03-22 Section
Round  10 Board   1


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  e4  c5 {01:47} 31
  h3 {01:15}  f7 {00:58}
02
  f3 {00:06}  e6 {00:23} 32
  h7 {00:09}  g6 {00:02}
03
  c3 {00:48}  f6 {00:06} 33
  h3 {01:08}  f4 {01:37}
04
  e5 {00:28}  d5 {00:03} 34
  d2 {00:08}  e5 {00:22}
05
  d4 {00:31}  cxd4 {00:01} 35
  g1 {00:13}  f5 {00:02}
06
  xd4 {00:27}  c6 {00:04} 36
  h5 {01:33}  e6 {00:05}
07
  e4 {00:11}  f5 {00:12} 37
  g7 {00:28}  e4 {06:59}
08
  exf6 {05:54}  xf6 {00:07} 38
  h4 {02:48}  c6 {02:51}
09
  h4 {00:16}  c7 {09:27} 39
  h8 {02:05}  d6 {00:01}
10
  g5 {01:03}  e7 {01:03} 40
  c1 {05:54}  f3 {00:01}
11
  bd2 {00:18}  b6 {00:19} 41
  g1 {03:02}  d3 {00:02}
12
  d3 {00:09}  e5 {01:43} 42

13
  xe5 {00:22}  xe5 {00:05} 43

14
  d1 {00:13}  b7 {01:28} 44

15
  e1 {03:09}  d5 {05:22} 45

16
  g6 {01:47}  hxg6 {00:05} 46

17
  xh8 {00:03}  f7 {00:01} 47

18
  h4 {00:28}  xg2 {00:22} 48

19
  c2 {02:16}  d5 {00:42} 49

20
  c4 {17:51}  f5 {16:33} 50

21
  c1 {00:01}  c8 {00:05} 51

22
  e5 {10:38}  g8 {00:55} 52

23
  f4 {00:26}  h3 {05:06} 53

24
  g3 {03:29}  f5 {25:42} 54

25
  f4 {00:12}  d6 {01:39} 55

26
  xf5 {25:33}  gxf5 {00:01} 56

27
  f3 {00:37}  xe5 {00:44} 57

28
  xe5 {00:04}  xf3 {00:01} 58

29
  xf6 {00:53}  gxf6 {00:11} 59

30
  e3 {00:01}  c6 {02:33} 60



Result: 0-1
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hess, Robert"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2483"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2590"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6
9.Qh4 Qc7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nbd2 b6 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Kd1 Bb7 15.Re1 Qd5
16.Bg6 hxg6 17.Qxh8 Kf7 18.Qh4 Qxg2 19.Kc2 Qd5 20.Nc4 Qf5 21.Kc1 Rc8 22.Ne5 Kg8
23.Qf4 Qh3 24.Qg3 Qf5 25.Qf4 Bd6 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.f3 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Bxf3 29.Bxf6
gxf6 30.Re3 Bc6 31.Rh3 Kf7 32.Rh7 Kg6 33.Rh3 f4 34.Kd2 e5 35.Rg1 Kf5 36.Rh5 Ke6
37.Rg7 Be4 38.h4 Rc6 39.Rh8 Rd6 40.Kc1 f3 41.Rg1 Bd3 0-1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SPICE Spring Invitational
White
Sharavdorj, Dashzegve Rating
2429 Black
Robson, Ray Rating
2455
Date   2009-03-22 Section
Round  10 Board   2


 White
 Black

 White
 Black


01
  d4  d5 {00:57} 31
  c2 {00:21}  xf1 {00:50}
02
  f3 {00:01}  f6 {00:19} 32
  xf1 {00:01}  a5 {04:26}
03
  c4 {00:01}  e6 {00:23} 33
  xa5 {00:15}  xa5 {00:41}
04
  g3 {00:10}  dxc4 {01:00} 34
  c7 {01:19}  d4 {00:57}
05
  g2 {00:09}  b4 {00:55} 35
  xa7 {00:13}  xa4 {00:58}
06
  d2 {00:28}  c5 {02:12} 36
  e3 {00:11}  c4 {00:57}
07
  dxc5 {01:36}  xc5 {02:43} 37
  h4 {00:26}  h5 {01:47}
08
  a4 {00:19}  d7 {02:46} 38
  b7 {00:07}  b4 {01:49}
09
  xc4 {00:15}  b6 {00:30} 39
  g2 {00:29}  b1 {00:37}
10
  O-O {00:15}  b5 {00:32} 40
  g4 {01:32}  hxg4 {00:49}
11
  c2 {04:29}  bd7 {09:39} 41
  g3 {00:01}  b5 {00:49}
12
  c3 {01:08}  c8 {01:34} 42
  xg4 {00:18}  c3 {00:38}
13
  b3 {01:12}  a6 {01:57} 43
  b8 {00:25}  h7 {00:04}
14
  xb6 {01:11}  xb6 {00:39} 44
  b7 {00:14}  b4 {01:00}
15
  g5 {05:55}  O-O {08:51} 45
  c5 {01:32}  b3 {01:14}
16
  ge4 {03:10}  xe4 {02:59} 46
  a3 {02:03}  b2 {00:24}
17
  xe4 {00:58}  e7 {01:18} 47
  f3 {00:16}  h1 {00:58}
18
  c3 {04:08}  c4 {05:26} 48
  xb2 {00:06}  xb2 {00:24}
19
  c1 {00:06}  f6 {00:49} 49
  xb2 {00:01}  xh4 {00:09}
20
  b1 {02:16}  fd8 {06:31} 50
  g3 {00:06}  g5 {01:07}
21
  e4 {00:36}  e5 {01:56} 51
  b7 {00:19}  g6 {00:25}
22
  b4 {05:23}  b5 {04:29} 52
  e7 {00:08}  d4 {00:50}
23
  c5 {02:36}  b6 {03:19} 53
  e8 {00:25}  f5 {00:40}
24
  b3 {06:37}  c3 {05:44} 54
  f8 {00:37}  f6 {00:51}
25
  f4 {07:44}  a3 {07:01} 55

26
  bc1 {01:02}  xe2 {03:40} 56

27
  b7 {00:08}  c4 {05:54} 57

28
  a6 {01:18}  xb4 {03:09} 58

29
  xc4 {03:14}  xc4 {00:13} 59

30
  a4 {02:22}  h6 {00:51} 60



Result: 0-1
Signature: White Black


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[Event "SPICE Spring Invitational "]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzegve"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2429"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2455"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.Bd2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qa4 Bd7
9.Qxc4 Qb6 10.O-O Bb5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Qb3 Ba6 14.Qxb6 Nxb6 15.Ng5 O-O
16.Nge4 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Be7 18.Nc3 Nc4 19.Bc1 Bf6 20.Rb1 Rfd8 21.Ne4 Be5 22.b4 Bb5
23.Nc5 b6 24.Nb3 Bc3 25.Bf4 Na3 26.Rbc1 Bxe2 27.Bb7 Rc4 28.Ba6 Bxb4 29.Bxc4
Nxc4 30.a4 h6 31.Rc2 Bxf1 32.Kxf1 Na5 33.Nxa5 Bxa5 34.Rc7 Rd4 35.Rxa7 Rxa4
36.Be3 Rc4 37.h4 h5 38.Rb7 Rb4 39.Kg2 Rb1 40.g4 hxg4 41.Kg3 b5 42.Kxg4 Bc3
43.Rb8 Kh7 44.Rb7 b4 45.Bc5 b3 46.Ba3 b2 47.Kf3 Rh1 48.Bxb2 Bxb2 49.Rxb2 Rxh4
50.Kg3 g5 51.Rb7 Kg6 52.Re7 Rd4 53.Re8 Kf5 54.Rf8 f6 0-1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 25 00:34:21 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:34:21 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess.com Spring News - New Articles &
	Columnists, Another Tournament, New Podcast & More
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 25 11:09:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:09:44 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Grading on a curve - Julian Evans versus Wall
Message-ID: <1238000984.49ca655825a54@www.taom.com>


Let's see how I did with my honest annotations now that I'm home. -

[Event "Denver Chess Club March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center"]
[Date "2009.03.21" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Julian Evans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "04:49:54"]
[TimeControl "G/55 5 second delay"]

1. e4!   c5 2. Nf3!  d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4!  Nf6 5. Nc3!  a6 6. Bc4!  b5
7. Bd5! Nxd5 8. exd5!  Bb7 9. a3!  Nd7 10. O-O!  Rc8 11. Re1!  Nf6
12. Bg5 Rc5 13. Bxf6!  gxf6 14. Ne4! e5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Nxc5!  dxc5
17. Nc6!  Qd6 18. a4!  b4 19. c3 Rg8 20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Rac1!  h5 22. h3 Bd8
23. Red1!  Bc7 24. Rc4 a5 25. Qxh5!  Ba6 26. Rg4 Rf8 27. Rh4!  Qc5
28. Qf3 Qc2 29. d6!!  Kd7 30. dxc7+!!   Kxc7 31. Nxa5!!  Qxa4
32. Rxb4

32 Rc1+!!!  and  32 Rc4+!!
mate quicker

32 ... Qxb4 33. Qc6+!!  Kb8 34. Qxa6!!  Qxb2 35. Kh2!!

35  Qd6+  mates just as quick but
35 Nc6+, Rd2  or Nc4 all mate slower

35 ...  Rg8 36. Rd7!!

Mate in three, just like I said.

1-0

So 26/36  of my moves were best, 70%, pretty good -
if I smoked in the boy's room that would be enough grounds
for Topalov or Mamedjarov to accuse me of cheating.

7 Bd5!  was rated best but no mention in
My 60 Memorable Games
like I thought there was.
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Of the other ten moves,Fritz 9 rates

3   d4     second best

12 Bg5     4th best behind  12 Nf5!!!  and  12 Qf3!!
and in a dead heat with 12  Bf4!  and  12 Qd3!
After      12 Bg5  N:d5  I have a slight advantage with
13  Nf5, Qf3, N:d5  or Qh5

15  Qf3    is edged out of first by  15  de!!  Re5  16  Qf3!!

19   c3    second best behind  19  Rad1!

20   cb    second best behind  20  N:e7!

22   h3    is 11th  behind  22 Red1!!
but I am way ahead by now

24  Rc4  is 9th behind   24 Qe3, Qe4, N:b4,Qf5, Kf1, Q:h5, Rd3  and Kh1
but I am winning easily anyway

26  Rg4  is fourth  behind  26  Qh7!!  and N:a5!

28  Qf3  is barely second to  28  Qf5!!

32  R:b4  mates third fastest
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So my worst moves were

22  h3,   11th
24 Rc4,    9th
when there were multiple wins
and every other move I played
was first through fourth.

I was trying to play like a computer so I did alright.
I got the first 12/14 right and after that it was pretty much over.
You can argue with the computer and sometimes I do but it's
handy to have a semi-objective arbiter of short-term events
like a basketball referee.

The most costly move could have been 12  Bg5
so let's take a closer look at what I should have done.

12  Nf5!! theatens  13 Bf4!!  or  Bg5!  with more effect
so Julian would be desperate already.
Some samples -
12 Nf5!!  h6   to stop  Bg5   13  Bf4!!  Kd7!  to save the d-pawn
but Julian's King is hopelessly stuck in the center and looks absurd
after  14  Be3, Qd3, Qd2  or almost anything.

12  Nf5!!  g6  to drive the knight away  13  Qd4!!, Bg5!! or Nh6!
Julian has obvious problems

12 Nf5!!  Qb6  13  Bg5, Qd3, Bf4, Be3
and many others are all strong

12  Nf5!!  Qc7  13  Queen to the d or f file  or Bishop to f4!!  or g5!
are all powerful

12 Nf5!!  Rc7  13  Bf4!!  Kd7  or ... Rd7  14 Qd4!!
and Julian has obviously failed the opening test.

12  Nf5!!  Rc5
forcing the issue by attacking d5 but I have several good responses
12  Nf5!!  Rc5   13  Bg5!  Qd7  14 Ne3!  or  Qd3!  saving the knight
12  Be3    R:c3  13  Bf4!!
even stronger than accepting the ubiquitous exchange sac.
13  Bf4!!  e5  14  de  Rc7  15 e7!  B:e7  16  B:d6!!
Game over despite Julian's extra piece
12  Be3    R:c3  13  Bf4!!  e5  14  de  fe  15  R:e6+  Kf7  16 N:d6+
and Julian's game is collapsing after
16 ... B:d6  17  R:d6  or  16 ... K:e6  17  Q-e-file/+
or 16 ... Kg8  17  bc  or N:b7

I can try that idea a move earlier -
12  Nf5!!  Rc5  13  Be3!  R:c3  14  Bf4!!
and we transpose

Another idea is
12  Nf5!!  Rc5  13  Qd3!!
supporting my knights with lines like
13  Qd3!!   Bc8  14  B-any  or KN-any
all good for me

12  Nf5!!  Rc5  13  Qd3!!  B:d5  14  Be3  R:c3  15  Q:c3

12  Nf5!!  Rc5  13  Qd3!!  N:d5  14  Ne4!!  e6
and besides grabbing the rook I have multiple other wins like
15 b3  intending  16  c4  with unbearable pressure on d5-d6

12  N:f5!!  R:c3  I have the pleasant choice of
13  Bf4!!  or  bc!

12  N:f5!!  Rc4  13 Bg5, a4, Qd3  or Qf3  should win

12  Nf5!!   Qd7!    attacking my knight is best
13  Qd3!!   R:c3    before things get worse after  Bf4  or Be3
14  bc!     Any-capture on d5    15  a4!
and I have a good version of the exchange
sac since my development is so superior.

When you're human it's hard to get away from rules like-
Develop each piece once first before moving another piece first.
There is a helpful contradictory rule -
wait until you know exactly where a piece belongs before moving it.

The game was pretty much a crush and the computer confirmed it.

Let me try and answer a few more of my own questions about the game.

I am used to the maneuver  ... Ra8-a7-d7
in the Polugaevsky Variation or the Smith-Morra Gambit
so I had a hard time deciding what I would do after
7 Bd5  Ra7 -
what does Fritz think?
The interesting answer is
8  Be3  Rc7  9  Ba8
very weird for a human
8  Be3  Rc7  9  Ba8  e6   to stop Nd5
10  0-0  intending f4

Other ideas -
7 Bd5  Ra7  8  0-0  e6  9  Bc6+   Bd7  10  B:d7+
and Fritz 9 likes my chances after
10 ... Q:d7   11 Qf3, a3, Qd3, f3, Be3, Re1
10 ... R:d7   11 Re1  or Bg5
10 ... Nf:d7  11 f4, Be3

7 Bd5  Ra7  8 Bc6+   Bd7  9  B:d7+   R:d7  10  0-0  e6  11 Re1, Bg5

7 Bd5  Ra7  8  Bg5    e6  9  Bc6+    Bd7   11  B:d7+  R:d7  12 0-0, Qd3
7 Bd5  Ra7  8  Bg5    e6  9  Nc6     N:c6  11  B:c6+  Bd7   12 Qd4
followed by 13  B:d7+  and 14  0-0
with a nice development

I don't really understand why trading bishops and activating Black's rook
should lead to anything but it's nice to know Fritz seems happy with it all.

Fritz 9 is not concerned with my e-pawn at all after
7  Bd5  Ra7  8  0-0  b4  9  Bc6+  Bd7  10  B:d7+  R:d7  11 Nd5 N:e4?
12  Re1!!!, Qg4!!, Qe2!!, Qh5!!, Qf3!!, Qe1!!, Nf5!, Qd3!  et al

I knew Julian was totally busted after
15  de!!!   Re5  16  Qf3  or  ef+
but I wanted the security of the rook

9  Nf5  g6  10  Nh6
is clever and a good idea but my  9  a3!
was stronger

12 Bg5  R:c3  13  bc  N:d5  14  a4!
is better for me.
I wondered about  12  Bg5  R:c3  13  B:f6
during the game but it turns out Julian is OK
after  13 ... Rc8  14  Bh4  Qd7  or
13 ... Rc4  14 Bh4  Qc8, ... B:d5, ... Qd7    or
13 ... Rc5!  14 Bh4-g5   R:d5

12  Bg5  R:c3  13  B:f6   B:d5?
as I analyzed in my first email  is very bad due to
my  14  Nf5!!!  or  bc!!, Ne6!!   or B:e7!!

My advantage would be small after my worst move of the game
12  Bg5?  N:d5!!  13  N:b5  Rc5!!  14 Qd2, Bc1, Be3  or  Nc3

I guess that's a wrap for now.



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[Event "Denver Chess Club March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center"]
[Date "2009.03.21" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Julian Evans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.13"]
[Time "04:49:54"]
[TimeControl "G/55 5 second delay"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Bb7 9. a3 Nd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Rc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Ne4 e5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. a4 b4 19. c3 Rg8
20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Rac1 h5 22. h3 Bd8 23. Red1 Bc7 24. Rc4 a5 25. Qxh5 Ba6
26. Rg4 Rf8 27. Rh4 Qc5 28. Qf3 Qc2 29. d6 Kd7 30. dxc7+ Kxc7 31. Nxa5 Qxa4
32. Rxb4 Qxb4 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Qxa6 Qxb2 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Rd7

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 25 13:33:26 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:33:26 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Daniel Boyd comments on Robert Ramirez -
	Brian Wall DCC March Madness
Message-ID: <1238009606.49ca87067941e@www.taom.com>


[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    Robert Resigns
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Quoting Daniel Boyd <dhboyd26 at gmail.com>:

 Let me preface this with stating the fact that I am not a great, or good, or
 competitive chess player.  I love the game and I love reading game
 annotations of great players, especially those like yours where you let us
 into your head and give us a glimpse of good planning and a ranking of good
 and bad moves.

 With that said I admit that I get lost in your annotations sometimes either
 because of the subtlety of the position or your move recall is murky (just
 kidding - you usually tell us when you don't have/remember the exact moves),
 but in this game it seems that if the move list is correct then Robert still
 had a good chance with 42 ...Rc8.  Two connected, passed pawns on the sixth
 rank are great, but you didn't have that yet... I don't think.

 Again, I love reading your annotations and this game has just caught my
 attention as one that you won, but might not have if your opponent had found
 that "one good move".

Quoting Daniel Boyd <dhboyd26 at gmail.com>:
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Brian Wall -
Now that I'm home again, home again,
let's see what really happened.

[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?

The best way to punish the awkward feeling  6 Bf4  is
6. Bf4 Bg4!  7. Be2!  Ne6!!  8 Bg3  de  9  B:e5  Nd7
10  Bg3  B:f3  11 B:f3  Qb6 12  d5  Nd4  similar to the game  or
6. Bf4 Bg4!  7. Be2!  Ne6!!  8 Be3  de  9  N:e5  B:e2
10  Q:e2  N:d4  11 B:d4 Q:d4  12 Nc3 e6!
and I am doing fine



8. Bxe5!  Nd7!  9. Bg3!  g6 10. h3?

Locking up the two bishops but wasting half a tempo.
10  Qb3, 0-0  or Nc3  were better
My bishop has nothing better to do in this line than taking
the knight unprovoked anyway most times in this variation.

10 ... Bxf3!  11. Bxf3!  Bg7!  12. Nc3 O-O!  13. O-O!  Ne6!

Counterattacking the weak spot d4


14. d5!  Nd4!  15. Re1!  e5!?

A bold idea to support my knight.
I had other ideas -
15 ... Nb6!, ... Rc8, ... h6, ... e5, ... e6, ... Re8
Robert is slightly better


16. Be2?  f5!!

Taking over.


17. f3?

Another feeble looking passive move which loses material to boot.


17 ...  Qb6!!  18. Bf2!


18  Na4  allows a discovered check capture with
18 ... N:e2+  19  Kh2  Qb4  20  R:e2  Q:c4
and I still win a pawn


18 ... Qxb2!! 19. Na4!  Qa3!!

Fritz 9 also likes this better than
19 ... Qc2 which forces a trade of Queens


20. Bf1

20 Rb1!   Rab8!!
gets Robert nowhere

20 ... Qd6!!

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Mother Goose

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, dancing a jig;
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog;
Home again, home again, jiggety-jog;
To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
Home again, home again, market is done.

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21. Bxd4 exd4!  22. Re6!  Qg3

I wanted to do a home invasion with ... Be5
but Fritz perfers other squares -
22 ... Qf4, ... Qa3, ... Qc7, ... Qg3
all good for me


23. Qe1!  Qxe1! 24. Raxe1!  c5?

Locking Robert's knight out of play seemed super solid
but Fritz 9  likes weakening the d5-pawn with
24 ... cd  25  cd  Rfd8


25. Nb2 Bh6!!  26. Re7 Rf7!   27. R1e6 Bf8

This is the part where I felt I goofed up by allowing  Na4-e6,
for example,  27 ... Be3+!!  28  Kh2  Kf8!!
and his knight is not active


28. Re8!

I hadn't analyzed that move for some reason


28 ...  Rxe8!  29. Rxe8!  b6

I have another chance here to lock out the knight with
29 ... Kg7!  and  30 ... Bd6!
but I have a teenaged moment and become
overconcerned with a pawn blemish after
Ra8  a6



30. Nd3!  Kg7 31. Nf4!  Bd6! 32. Ne6+!  Kf6  33. f4!

I was filled with self-loathing because I let Robert's knight have
his way with me and now his pawns are lining up for their turn too.
I decided I was going to call on my inner resources to sustain the
trauma and become  THE PAWN-WAVE GUY.


33 ... b5!?

The game has been nothing so far but now it gets interesting.


34. g4

Robert starts getting excited and threatens mate in one.
I would have nothing left but self-doubt after
34  N:d4!  cd  35  Re6+  Kg7  36  R:d6
The weird thing is that I saw this during the game.



34 ... fxg4!  35. hxg4!  bxc4!  36. g5+?

Now I become THE PAWN-WAVE GUY.
We establsihed after the game that
36  B:c4  h6, ... Nb6  or ... h5  is about equal.
After my crazy post-mortem sugestion of
36  B:c4  B:f4!?  37  N:f4  Kg5!?  38 Ne6+  K:g4  39  d6!
it might be tough to hold back his d-pawn

36 ... Kf5!  37. Bh3+!  Ke4! 38. Nxc5+!  Kxf4!!

Robert agreed that 38 ... K:e4?   39  Be6+?   K:c5!
is good for me but 38 ... K:e4?   39  N:d7!!
threatening  40 Be6+  is OK for Mister Ramirez.
38 ... K:e4?   39  N:d7!!  c3  40  Be6+  Kc6
41 Rc8+  or  B:f7
are about equal



39. Nxd7!   d3!!  40. Bf1 Rxd7!  41. Kf2 Kxg5

0-1  Robert Resigns

Daniel Boyd's sugestion of  42  Rc8 can be met in a variety of ways -
42  Rc8  Bc7  43  d6  Bb6  44 d7  Rf2+  45  Kg1  R:a2+
46  Kh1  d2  47  Be2  Ra1+  48  Kg2  d1(Q)   49  B:d1   R:d1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 25 18:09:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:09:48 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Morgan Robb revisited
Message-ID: <1238026188.49cac7cca734c@www.taom.com>


[Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21" ]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morgan Robb"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4!

The Scotch Gambit, very popular due to Dzindi videos.
Roman has played these lines about half a century.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

7 ... Bc5!?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 ... Bd7!  is the main line but I wanted to play with razor blades.
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8. O-O
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
After  8  Be3  Bd7 9 B:c6  bc
I would submit to the main line where I have seen Grandmaster
Roman Dzindzichashvilli win hundreds of games as White right
in front of my eyes.


8  N:c6  Qh4!!  9  Nd4+  c6!  10  Be3  played twice    cb
11  0-0!!, Qd3!  or Nf3!
all seem better for White anyway so I don't know
why I am so keen to avoid 7 ... Bd7 anyway.
8  N:c6  Qh4!!  9  Nd4+  c6!  10  Be3 cb 11  0-0!!
was played once by email, 1996
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8 ... O-O!!
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A micro-improvement on  8 ... Bd7
but I ended up just confusing myself
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9. Nxc6
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9  B:c6  bc  10  N:c6  Qh4  11 Be3!  B:e3  12 fe  Qh6!!    TN Wall
13 Ne7+  Kh8  14  N:d5!, Rf4!  or  Qf3
are roughly equal

9  B:c6  bc  10  N:c6  Qh4  11 Be3!  Ba6  played 9 times
12  B:c5  or  g3  a little better for White

9  B:c6  bc  10  N:c6  Qd7!  11 Nd4  f6!!   TN  Wall   never attempted
9  B:c6  bc  10  N:c6  Qd7!  11 Nd4  Ba6!   played 11 times
9  B:c6  bc  10  N:c6  Qd7!  11 Nd4  Qe7!   played 7 times

all leave me feeling cozy.

The lame looking  9  Nb3 has only been played once
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9 ... bxc6
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9 ... N:f2  has been played once - 2004
10  R:f2   and now  10 ... bc!  or  ... B:f2+!
are not great but better than Johnathan Flores'
10  ... Qh4!  11 Qe1!!  winning

If  9 ... N:f2  10  R:f2  bc  11 B:c6  Rb8  12 Nc3  B:f2+
13  K:f2  d4  14  Ne2  Rb6  15  Bf3  Qh4+  16  Kg1

White's two pieces should prevail over Black's rook

9  N:c6  Qh4  has never been tried.
9  N:c6  Qh4  10  Be3  bc  11 B:c6  Rb8  12 B:d5, Q:d5, B:c5
9  N:c6  Qh4  10  Be3  bc  11 B:c6  B:e3  12 fe  Rb8  13 B:d5, Q:d5, Rf4
9  N:c6  Qh4  10  Be3  bc  11 B:c6  Ba6  12 B:c5!!, g3!, Q:d5!

all lines better for Morgan

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10. Bxc6
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10 Be3?   was played once
10 Be2    was never tried
10 Bd3    was tried 9 times

10  Bd3  Qh4!!, ... Qe7!, ... Bf5!, ... Bd4!
would all leave me with a comfortable game
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10 ... Ba6!
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10 ... N:f2?  was played to a draw in 1972
11  R:f2  B:f2+  12 K:f2  Qh4+  13  Kg1  Bg4
14  Qf1  Rad8 15 Nc3!  f6?  16  B:d5+!
and Antoine Lemarquant's two pieces should have
overcome  Carlos Maalouf  Skopje  Olympiad  1972

10 ... Be6      never tried
10 ... B:f2+    never tried
10 ... Rb8      never tried
10 ... Qh4!?      tried half a dozen times

10 ... Qh4!?   11 Be3!   Rb8!     never played
10 ... Qh4!?   11 Be3!   B:e3     played twice
10 ... Qh4!?   11 Be3!   Ba6      played once
10 ... Qh4!?   11 Be3!   Be6      never tried
10 ... Qh4!?   11 Be3!     d4?    played once

10 ... Qh4!?  is very interesting but not quite as good as  10 ... Ba6!
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11. Qxd5!
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11  b4     played once in 1999   11 ... B:b4!
and now  12 B:a8! TN Wall  or 12 Be3 TN Wall
are not very good but better than the 12 Q:d5?
Ekaterina Kineva played

11 Nd2     never tried
11 Qg4     played once in 1990
11 Nc3     played once in 1985 by Estrin
11  c4     never played
11 Qf3     never played
11  g3     never played
11 Bf4     never played
11 B:a8?   played a dozen times going back to  1861
Jean Dufresne - Adolp Andersson  Match Game 1, Rotterdam, Holland
11 Be3?  played 6 times going back to 1988

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11 ... Qh4??
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11 ... B:f1!  goes back to  1896 and after
12 Q:e4!   Bb5!!  (1989 ) or ... Ba6 ( 1899 ) is roughly equal.
Against Chigorin in 1896, Charousek played
11  ... Q:d5  12 B:d5!  Rad8!  13  c4!  R:d5!  14  cd!  B:f1!
15  K:f1!  N:f2!  16  Nc3!  Nd3!  17 Ke2!  N:e5!
and Charousek's near perfect play embarrasses me.
This position looks close to equal although Chigorin won somehow.

So maybe  11 ... B:f1  or  ... Q:d5  are both good enough to hold.

I also have nothing after
11 ... Qh4??  12 g3  N:g3  13  hg  Q:g3+
14  Qg2  Q:e5  15  B:a8  B:f1  16  K:f1
so the whole idea was fatally flawed from A to Z

11 ... Qh4  12  Be3  B:e3  13  Q:e4  Q:e4  14  B:e4
also favors Morgan.
All other lines are good for me, small consolation.

11 ... B:f1!  12  K:f1??  Qh4!!
is a bust for Morgan Robb's rum.

11 ... B:f1!  12 Q:d8?  Ra:d8  13  K:f1  Rd1+  14  Ke2  R:c1
is another bust for Robb

11  ... B:f1!  12  B:a8??  looks safe but
12 ... Bc4!!!, ... Ba6!!, ... Be2!  or  ... Bb5!
all win easily for me due to bank rank
problems  and f2-sensiitivity for Morgan
and I might even hold
11  ... B:f1!  12  B:a8??  Qh4!?  13  g3  B:f2+  14  K:f1  Q:h2
15  Q:e4  Qg1+  16  Ke2  Q:c1  17  Nd2  Q:a1  18  K:f2  Q:b2
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The rest of the game was a mopup


12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6
16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2
20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8 22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5

1-0   I give up

Apparently, the best I could have come up if I had a full research
team as backup and Morgan played exactly the way he did is -
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5  B:f1
12 Q:e4  Bb5  13  Nc3  B:c6  14  Q:c6
where Morgan has a knight for two pawns and rough equality after
14 ... Bd4  15  Bf4  Rb8  16  Rb1  or b3
with maybe a micro-edge for me.

I could also have tried
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5  B:f1
12 Q:e4  Ba6  13  Nc3  or Nd2
with a micro-edge for Morgan

I could also have tried
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4
8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Ba6 11.Qxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxd5 Rad8 13.c4 Rxd5
14.cxd5 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Nxf2 16.Nc3 Nd3 17.Ke2 Nxe5
with maybe a micro-edge for White
like Charousek ( Black ) against Chigorin, 1896,
Hungarian playoff match game #1

Apparently if Morgan had a research team and I
played exactly the same way he might improve with
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8  N:c6  Qh4!!  9  Nd4+  c6!  10  Be3 cb 11  0-0!!
with a slight advantage to Morgan Robb.

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Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21" ]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morgan Robb"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5 Qh4
12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bf4 g5
17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8
22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5

1-0      I give up
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[Event "Budapest playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1896.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chigorin,Mikhail"]
[Black "Charousek,Rudolf Rezso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4
8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Ba6 11.Qxd5 Qxd5 12.Bxd5 Rad8
13.c4 Rxd5 14.cxd5 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 Nxf2 16.Nc3 Nd3 17.Ke2 Nxe5 18.Bf4 Re8
19.Bxe5 Rxe5+ 20.Kd3 Rh5 21.Kc4 Bf8 22.h3 Rh4+ 23.Kd3 Rf4 24.Re1 Rf2
25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Nxe2 Be7 27.Kc4 Kf8 28.Kb5 Ke8 29.Ka6 Bc5 30.Kb5 Be3
31.Kc6 Kd8 32.b4 h5 33.a4 Bd2 34.b5 h4 35.Nd4 g5 36.Nf5 Be1 37.Nh6 f6
38.Nf5 Bb4 39.Nd4 Kc8 40.Ne6 Bd6 41.a5 Bg3 42.b6 axb6 43.axb6 cxb6
44.d6 Bxd6 45.Kxd6 b5 46.Nd4 b4 47.Ke6

1-0
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[Event "Rotterdam m1"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Dufresne,Jean"]
[Black "Anderssen,Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5
8.0-0 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Ba6 11.Bxa8 Bxf1 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Qg5
14.Kxf1 Qxe3 15.Qe2 Qf4+ 16.Kg1 Qc1+ 17.Qf1 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 Nf2+ 19.Kg1 Ng4+
20.Kh1 Qxe5 21.Qg1 Qf4 22.g3 Qf3+ 23.Qg2 Qd1+ 24.Qg1 Qxc2 25.Nc3 Rxa8
26.Qg2 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 d4 28.Nd5 c5 29.Rc1 Rd8 30.Rxc5 h5 31.h3 Rxd5
32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.hxg4 d3 34.Rc1 d2 35.Rd1 hxg4 36.Kf2 f5 37.Ke3 g5
38.Rxd2 f4+ 39.gxf4 gxf4+ 40.Ke2 Rxd2+ 41.Kxd2 Kg6 42.Ke2 Kf5 43.b4 Ke4
44.Kf2 g3+ 45.Kg2 Ke3 46.a4 Ke2

0-1
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[Event "Prague op"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Vavruska,David"]
[Black "Estrin,Yacov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5
8.0-0 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Ba6 11.Nc3 Bxf1 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxf1 Rb8
14.Bxe4 Qd4 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Bf4 f5

0-1

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[Event "Skopje ol (Men) fin-D"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1972.09.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lemarquant,Antoine"]
[Black "Maalouf,Carlos"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5
8.0-0 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Nxf2 11.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Qh4+ 13.Kg1 Bg4
14.Qf1 Rad8 15.Nc3 f6 16.Bxd5+ Rxd5 17.Nxd5 fxe5 18.Nf4 exf4 19.Qc4+ Rf7
20.Bxf4 Be2 21.Qxe2 Qxf4 22.c3 Qd6 23.Rd1 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 c5 25.Qc4 Kf8
26.b4 g6 27.h3 cxb4 28.Qxb4+ Qxb4 29.cxb4 Rb7 30.a3 a5 31.bxa5 Rb5
32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.a6 Ra5 34.Ra8 Rxa3 35.a7 h5 36.Kg1 Ra2 37.Kf1 g5
38.Ke1 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.g3 Kh7 41.Kd1 Kg7 42.Kc1 Kh7 43.Kb1 Ra3
44.Kb2 Ra4 45.Kb3 Ra5 46.Kc4 Ra1 47.Kd5 Kg7 48.Ke6 Ra2 49.Kf5 Ra4
50.Kg5 Kh7 51.Kf6 Ra1 52.Kg5 Ra4 53.Rf8 Ra5+ 54.Kxg4 Rxa7 55.Rf6 Kg7
56.Rb6 Ra4+ 57.Kh5 Ra5+ 58.Kh4 Ra1 59.g4 Ra7 60.Kh5 Rc7 61.Rg6+ Kh7
62.Rd6 Ra7 63.Kg5 Kg7 64.Kf5 Rf7+

1/2
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[Event "Czechia KP-chTA"]
[Site "Czechia"]
[Date "2005.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Divis,Jaroslav"]
[Black "Soukal,Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.Bb5 Ne4
8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Qh4 11.Be3 Ba6 12.Qxd5 Bxe3 13.Qxe4 Qxe4
14.Bxe4 Bd4 15.c3 Bxe5 16.Bxa8 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Rxa8 18.Nd2 Rb8 19.Nc4 Bf6
20.Rd1 Kf8 21.Rd5 Ke8 22.Ra5 Rb7 23.Ke2 Kd7 24.Kd3 c6 25.b3 Ke6
26.Ra6 Rc7 27.Na5 Kd5 28.a3 Kd6 29.b4 Kd7 30.c4 Be7 31.Nb3 g6 32.Nd4 c5
33.Nb5 Rb7 34.Kc3 cxb4+ 35.axb4 Rb6 36.Rxa7+ Ke6 37.Ra6 Bf6+ 38.Kd3 Rxa6
39.Nc7+ Kd6 40.Nxa6 Kc6 41.b5+ Kb7 42.Ke4

1-0

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[Event "ECU-ch U19"]
[Site "Loja"]
[Date "2004.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ochoa,David"]
[Black "Flores,Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4
7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nxc6 Nxf2 10.Rxf2 Qh4 11.Qe1 Bxf2+
12.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 13.Kxf2 bxc6 14.Bxc6 Rb8 15.Bxd5 Re8 16.Bf4 g5
17.Be3 Rxe5 18.Bxa7 Rb4 19.Nc3 Rf4+ 20.Kg1 Ba6 21.Bb3 Rff5 22.Bd4

1-0
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[Event "FRA AJEC/1231 corr"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Dijon,Jean Michel"]
[Black "Mary,Patrick"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bc5 7.0-0 0-0
8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.Nb3 Nxe5 10.Qxd5 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Nf6 13.Qg5 Bb6
14.Bd2 Bh3 15.Rg1 Bxg1 16.Rxg1 g6 17.Qh4 Be6 18.Bg5 Bd5 19.Nd4 Bxf3+
20.Nxf3 Qe4 21.Qxe4 Nxe4 22.Be7 Rfc8 23.Bd7 Rcb8 24.Re1 Nd6 25.Ne5 Kg7
26.Ng4 f5 27.Nf6 Nc4 28.Be6 Nb6 29.Nh5+ Kh6 30.Nf4 a5 31.Re3 Kg7 32.Nh5+ Kh6
33.Nf4 Kg7 34.Rh3 h6 35.Nxg6 Nc8 36.Bxf5 Nxe7 37.Nxe7 Kf6 38.Re3 Ra6
39.Bg4 Rd6 40.Nf5 Rd2 41.Rf3 Ke5 42.Rc3 Kf6 43.Ng3 Re8 44.Rf3+ Kg5
45.Bf5 Re1+ 46.Nf1 c5 47.b3 b5 48.Kg1 c4 49.a4 bxa4 50.bxa4 h5 51.c3

1/2
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[Event "CServe email"]
[Site "CServe email"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Crawford,Gary T"]
[Black "Guzman,Julio E"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5
8.Nxc6 Qh4 9.Nd4+ c6 10.Be3 cxb5 11.0-0 a6 12.Nf3 Qd8 13.Bxc5 Nxc5
14.Nc3 Be6 15.Qd4 Rc8 16.Rad1 0-0 17.Nxd5 Na4 18.b3 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Qxd5
20.Rxd5 Nc3 21.Rd2 Ne4

1/2
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[Event "RUS-Cup"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kineva,Ekaterina"]
[Black "Frolov,Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.0-0 Bc5
8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Ba6 11.b4 Bxb4 12.Qxd5 Bxf1 13.Bxa8 Ba6
14.Bc6 Qxd5 15.Bxd5 Rd8 16.c4 Bxc4 17.Bxc4 Rd1+ 18.Bf1 Rxc1

0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 25 19:08:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:08:28 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes still wins with
	the Triple Pole
Message-ID: <1238029708.49cad58c52823@www.taom.com>


18. Checkmates (21:24 24-Mar-09 EDT):
"examine checkmates %10" it still works! :)

I taught Tyler Hughes the Fishing Pole when he was 9 years old.
Robby Adamson gave little predictions before the 2008 U.S. Junior
Championship.

" If Tyler Hughes can stay away from Brian Wall's Fishing Pole,
he has an outside chance. "
Robby Adamson

It's good to see Tyler both won the 2008
US Junior and stuck with the Fishing Pole.

Robby and I did a 7 hour ICC webcast for Greg Shahade's National Chess League.
Robby was just interviewed by old comrade IM John Watson on Chess Talk.

Tyler and I will be fighting off Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg,
IM Michael Mulyar, Philipp Ponomarev and ratings rocket Mitch Anderson,
Colorado's newest expert ( if you don't count all the Pity Masters )
Mitch Anderson for the Colorado Closed title at the Tivoli Center,
Room 320, starting Friday night 6 PM. My pairings are
Black against Ponomarev, White against Mitch Anderson, Black against the GM,
White against the IM and White against the Incredible Tyler Hughes.

Checkmates = Tyler Hughes



[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Astigmatist"]
[Black "Checkmates"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:19:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

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

Still at it 9 years later


5. h3 h5!! 6. d4

" I'm not going to fall for your cheesy mate!!! "
Another 9 year old to Tyler Hughes

6 ... exd4 7. c3

I hate that. Fishing Pole attacks depend on closed centers.


7 ... dxc3!  8. Nxc3!  Bc5

An integral member of the Fishing Pole team


9. Bc4

A lame move but Tyler was trained never to
retreat so he can't punish this with
9 ... Nge5!

9 ...  d6 10. Ng5

Trying to Counter-Fishing Pole the Master


10 ... Nce5

Again noble Tyler keeps his sacred covenant
and stays by his post, refusing to punish
Astigmatist by retreating with  10 ... Nge5!!


11. Bb3 Qf6

" Knights love outposts, Brian "
Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvilli

Tyler has a funny way of getting one -
11 ... N:f2!!!  12  R:f2  Qf6!!
the e4-pawn blocks both White nights
13  Qe2  Q:f2+ 14  Q:f2  B:f2+  15  K:f2  c6
Tyler has a knight outpost, Astigmatist doesn't -
Rook versus Knight and two pawns -
Tyler wants more



12. Qe2 Be6

Tyler keeps developing instead of
12 ... N:f2!  transposing to the line above
or  just  12 ... c6!!

13. Nd5 Bxd5!  14. Bxd5 O-O-O

Tyler is loyalling following Plan B.
Tyler just got his driver's license and
went 4-0 in the Tabor Center March Madness.
The only thing he lost was $15 to park.

Tyler has good Fishing Pole options here -
14 ... c6, ... Rb8, ... N:f2  or ... B:f2+
In general Fishing Poler's don't like to
release the tension by taking on f2 unless
they have to. We want bigger game.

15. hxg4??

It's always a mistake to take the Fishing
Pole Knight even when it's the best move.

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15 ... hxg4!!

Totaly Crushing, as usual


16. Be3

Feebly trying to reduce Tyler's attacking units

16 ... Qh6!!

Death on the h-file, as usual

17. f4 gxf3!!

It's getting ugly.

18. Rxf3 Qh1+!!

I saw Tyler execute a 10 move checkmate when he was 10 years old -
This mate in 4 is child's play for him.



19. Kf2!  Ng4+!!

The Double Pole is always sweet.
Both Knights demand their turn.



20. Kg3!  Qh4+!!  21. Kf4!  Nh6+!!

Sparing himself the ultimate humiliation -
the dreaded Triple Pole with
22  g4  Q:g4  checkmate


{White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Astigmatist"]
[Black "Checkmates"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:19:17"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. c3 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 Bc5 9. Bc4 d6 10. Ng5 Nce5 11. Bb3 Qf6 12. Qe2 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxd5 O-O-O 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Be3 Qh6 17. f4 gxf3 18. Rxf3 Qh1+ 19. Kf2 Ng4+
20. Kg3 Qh4+ 21. Kf4 Nh6+ {White resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed Mar 25 20:54:53 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:54:53 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Hughes,T (2185) - Ponomarev,P (2375)
Message-ID: <1238036093.49caee7daa131@www.taom.com>


Here is a Tyler Hughes - Philipp Ponomarev game to whet your
appetite for the Colorado Closed this weekend. Phillip pretty
much kills everyone in town, even beating GM Sharavdorj in the
2008 Colorado Closed and IM Mulyar in the 2008 Colorado Open.

Once in a blue moon, Phillip loses.

White -
Tyler Hughes      (2185)


Black -
Philipp Ponomarev (2375)

Boulder Winter Grand Prix Boulder,
Colorado

Round 3

February 2, 2007


1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3!  Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4!  Nf6

 - leaves a strange impression but has been played at least
575 times with Alekhine playing both Black and White.

6.Nf3!  Bb4

Played 111 times with Capablanca preferring White

7.Bd3  c5

Played 10 times still with Capa as White


8.a3!

Played twice before


8 ... Ba5  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Philipp Ponomarev

For the second time,
Philipp retreats rather than trade on c3


9.dxc5
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9  0-0  cd  10  Nb5  e5  11 N:e5
is an option

9  e5  Nd5  10 Bd2
is another way
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9 ... Bxc3+! 10.bxc3!  Qa5 11.0-0!

Develop pieces in the beginning
and let the pawns fend for themselves.

11 ...  Nbd7  12.e5!!  Ng4

Trying to Fishing Pole the Master.
Tyler knew ... Ng4 and ... h5
before he could walk or talk.

12 ... Qc3?? is a disaster after
13 ef!!  Q:a1  14  Qc2!!  Q:f6  15  Bg5!!
Queen trap

13.Qe2!  Nxc5 14.Bb5+!!

Tyler's last five moves have been perfect while Philipp has slowly,
incrementally drifted move by move into a steadily worse position.
The situation is already serious.

14 ...  Bd7!  15.Nd4!!

Another hammerblow, attacking the Fishing Pole Knight

15 ...  h5

Completing the Fishing Pole setup except -
A - That's a knight on c5, not a bishop
B - When Tyler was a baby, he slept in a
knee-high Fishing boot in a dresser.
They fed him caviar.

16.h3!  Nh6

Retreating the Fishing Pole Knight is sinful where I come from.

17.Qc4!!

Tyler finds best moves like beagles find bagels.

17 ...  a6!

Best moves don't help much anymore.

18.Qxc5!!!

GM Larry Christiansen calls this the "execution stage ".
18  B:d7+!!  and others are winning as well.

18 ... axb5!   19.Bg5!!

" He can't castle. " -
Tyler Hughes


19 ... Ng8!

Only move by a mile.
Hard to believe this was once a proud Fishing Pole Knight.

20.Rfd1 Rc8?

20 ... f6!  wasn't much of a defense but now the rook caves in.


21. Qd6!!  Qa6?  22.Nf5!!



1-0  Philipp resigns

The only way to avoid immediate checkmate is to
hand over a rook and that's just for starters with
22 ... Q:d6  23  N:d6+  Kf8  24 N:c8

Tyler was 16 when this gane was played.
He is 18 now.
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Hughes,T (2185) - Ponomarev,P (2375) [D35]
Boulder Winter Grand Prix Boulder,
Colorado (3), 24.02.2007


1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd3 c5
8.a3 Ba5 9.dxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.e5 Ng4 13.Qe2 Nxc5
14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.Nd4 h5 16.h3 Nh6 17.Qc4 a6 18.Qxc5 axb5  19.Bg5 Ng8
20.Rfd1 Rc8 21.Qd6 Qa6 22.Nf5

1-0  Philipp resigns
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[Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1984.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kanani,Saifudin"]
[Black "Simoncini,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd3 c5
8.a3 cxd4 9.axb4 dxc3 10.bxc3 0-0 11.0-0 b5 12.Re1 Bb7 13.e5 Nd5
14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Be4 f5 16.Ng5 Qe8 17.Qf3 Qg6 18.Qh3+ Kg8 19.Bf3 f4
20.Qxe6+ Qxe6 21.Nxe6 Bc6 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Nxf8 Kxf8 24.Bxf4 Ke7
25.e6 a6 26.Rad1 Bxe6 27.Rd6 Nd7 28.Rdxe6+ Kd8 29.Re8+

1-0
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[Event "Villa Ballester op"]
[Site "Villa Ballester"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakurai,Leonardo"]
[Black "Gimbatti,Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.d4 e6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 c5
8.a3 Bxc3+  9.bxc3 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Qe2 b6 13.e5 Nd5
14.c4 Nc3 15.Qc2 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Qc7 18.Qxc3 Bb7 19.Be2 Rac8
20.Rac1 f6 21.Be3 e5 22.Rfd1 Rce8 23.Qd2 Rd8 24.Qd6 Qxd6 25.Rxd6

1-0
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www.Walverine.com




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 26 04:09:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:09:41 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] World #4 Kramnik smashes World #3 Magnus
	Carlsen with Fishing Pole in 20 moves
Message-ID: <1238062181.49cb5465ddd49@www.taom.com>


I played the first blindfold rapid game of my life Monday night against the
Colorado Springs Chapel Hills Borders Kids Chess Club, led by Superstars Kaila
Smith, Rhett Langseth, Isaac Martinez and their evil minions. I am used to
carefully checking and replaying the game in my head before moving but in Rapid
Blindfold, you can't do that. No time.

Anthea and I were dressed up as big game safari hunters and sold two copies of
How To Play Chess Like An Animal. Anthea gave out 3 prizes to the best winning
moves as chosen by Walter Smith.

Having gone through that recent humiliation, I have some empathy
for Facebook buddy Magnus Carlsen who got destroyed by Kramnik
(I am a Facebook fan of his) at Melody Amber Rapid Blitz. I had about 15 minutes
to complete my game, the Grandmasters had 25 minutes plus a
20 second increment.


[Event "ICC 25 20 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Carlsen(B)"]
[Black "GM_Kramnik(B)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical variation, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "E32"]
[NIC "NI.24"]
[Time "09:17:24"]
[TimeControl "1500+20"]

1. d4 Nf6!  2. c4 e6! 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O
5. e4 d6  6. Bd3 Nc6! 7. Ne2 Ba5!!  TN Kramnik

Theoretical Novelty by Vladimir Kramnik

Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue

A dozen people have played 7 ... e5 here,
inclusing fellow Melody Amber star Wang Yu in 2004.
Way back in 1934 Van Den Bosch played  7 ... e5
followed by  8 ... Ba5  against the Art of Sacrifice
author Rudolph Spielmann but nobody played
7 ... Ba5!  first like Kramnik here.

8. O-O! Bb6!

The pressure on d4  is already a micro-advantage since
9  Be3 is met by Fishing Pole action ... Ng4!!
The dark bishop is already placed on the Peekaboo diagonal.


9. d5 Nb4!


Forking Queen and bad bishop

10. Qd2!

If 10 Qd1  or Qb1
Fishing Pole action
with  10 ... Ng4!!
is even stronger.

10 ...  exd5!

Kramink is playing perfect computer moves so far.


11. cxd5?   Ng4!!!

It's never too late to start a Fishing Pole attack -
we have ... Bb6, pressuring the a7-g1 diagonal and
we have a bishop on c8, helping guard the Fishing
Pole Knight. All we need now is a pawn on h5 and
a Queen on h4 and we are good to go.

12. Bb1 Qh4!!

Fishing Pole operation 90% complete.


13. Qf4!

Forced. On 13 h3?  Kramink does not have the usual  ... Qg3
because of the White Knight on e2 so he would be forced to
settle for taking on f2.

13 ... f5!!

Incredible -
even at blindfold rapid Kramnik manages to play perfect computer
Chess against the World #3 rated player on the Live list.


14. exf5?

Trading Queens always sucks against Kramnik
and here  14  Qg3!  Q:g3  15  hg  fe  or ... f4
gives Vlad the Impaler a clear endgame advantage.


14 ... Bxf5!!  15. h3!  Bxf2+!!!!!

Three exclams for best move among many wins
and two extra exclams for blindfold rapid.
Other candidates -
15 ... B:b1!!!!, ... Bd7!!!, ... Bc8!!, ... Be6!  and
honorable mention to  ... g5!


16. Kh1  Bd7!!

11 perfect computer moves in a row at Blindfold Rapid,
how long can Kramnik keep this up? Is this Fishing
Pole attack all pregame prep intended for Anand?



17. Qg5 Bc5

17 ... Bd4!!!!!  wins an extra piece due to the option of
... Be5+ later. Of course letting the bishop just float on
d4 under attack from the e2-knight would be difficult at
best in blindfold. Aronian has already hung two Queens.
The line would go
17 ... Bd4!!!!!  18 Bf4  Q:g5
19  B:h7+!   ( to connect the rooks )  K:h7
20  B:g5  Nf2+  21  Kh2  Be5+!!  22  Kg1  Nfd3!!
with an extra piece plus enormous pressure.

No one believes me when I scream that the biggest trouble
in the Fishing Pole is choosing from so many winning lines.
Even a Kramink can have trouble choosing from the multitude.

18. Rxf8+

Taking the free Queen leads to mate in 2
so Mighty Magnus trades rooks.


18 ... Rxf8!   19. Ng1!

Look what the Fishing Pole has reduced the
#3 player in the world to in 19 moves!!


19 ... Rf1!!!  20. Bxh7+!

This Greek sacrifice is hopeless but best.
Magnus has the sweet revenge of preventing
... h5 with the Full Monty.
Now  20  B:h7+  K:h7??  21  Q:h4+
is a free Queen.

20 ... Kh8 +10


{Black wins}  0-1
Magnus abdicates.
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[Event "ICC 25 20 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Carlsen(B)"]
[Black "GM_Kramnik(B)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical variation, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "E32"]
[NIC "NI.24"]
[Time "09:17:24"]
[TimeControl "1500+20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Ba5
8. O-O Bb6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ng4 12. Bb1 Qh4 13. Qf4 f5
14. exf5 Bxf5 15. h3 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qg5 Bc5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8
19. Ng1 Rf1 20. Bxh7+ Kh8

{Black wins} 0-1
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[Event "Amsterdam m2"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spielmann,Rudolf"]
[Black "Van den Bosch,Johannes"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nge2 e5
8.0-0 Ba5 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Qa4 Kxh7 13.Qxa5 Nc2
14.Rb1 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Bf4 Bf5 17.Rbc1 Re8 18.Rfe1 b6 19.Qd2 d3
20.Rxe8 Qxe8 21.Re1 Qd7 22.h3

1/2
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[Event "Internet Section 11B g/8'+2""]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2004.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu Yuanyuan"]
[Black "Wang Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nge2 Nc6
8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Nxe2 10.Qxe2 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Be3 a5 13.0-0 a4
14.Rab1 b6 15.Kh1 Qe7 16.a3 Ba6 17.Rb4 Bb7 18.Bc2 Ra5 19.Rxa4 Rfa8
20.Rxa5 Rxa5 21.a4 Ba6 22.Rb1 Qe8 23.Rb4 Nb8 24.Qd1 Bc8 25.Rb5 Ra8
26.Rb1 Bd7 27.Ra1 Ra5 28.h3 Na6 29.Kh2 f6 30.Bb3 Qa8 31.Bc2 Qe8
32.Ra2 Qa8 33.Qa1 Qe8 34.Qd1 Qa8 35.Bb3 Qe8 36.Bc2 Qg6 37.Rb2 Qe8
38.Ra2 Nb8 39.Ra1 Na6 40.Ra2 Qa8 41.Bd3 g6 42.Bc2 Kg7 43.Qf1 Qe8
44.f4 Bxa4 45.Bxa4 Rxa4 46.Rxa4 Qxa4 47.fxe5 fxe5 48.Bg5 Qe8
49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Bh6 Nc5 51.Qg7+

1-0
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Props to Curtis Carlsen for pointing out this game.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 26 15:09:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:09:59 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess Camp
Message-ID: <1238101799.49cbef27e2e9a@www.taom.com>


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Come join IM John Watson, GM Sher, Keaton Keirawan and I for Chess Camp
June 22, 2009

It's a Kids Chess Camp geared towards  1800's
in Nebraska, where John lives.


From richard at activityprograms.org  Thu Mar 26 15:46:33 2009
From: richard at activityprograms.org (richard)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:46:33 -0500
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess camp in Miami, Florida
Message-ID: <200903262146.n2QLkXP4002754@omr7.networksolutionsemail.com>

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 26 15:52:29 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:52:29 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A stupid game with one funny missed
	opportunity
Message-ID: <1238104349.49cbf91db6fec@www.taom.com>

On move 34 Njall  could have trapped my stupid King behind my wall of tripled
g-pawns with  34 Re8+!!  Kh7  35  Nf7!!  with Rh8 checkmate to follow. I've
never seen that idea before.



[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Njall"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[ECO "D52"]
[NIC "SL.03"]
[Time "17:39:41"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 a6 12. b4 Ng6 13. a4 Bg4 14. Nd2
h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfc1 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qxf2 18. Nf1 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Re6 20.
Qf2 Qh5 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qf4 Rxe3 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Nf1 Rd3 26.
Nh2 Rxd4 27. Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Re1 d4 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Nc5 d3 31. Nxb7 d2 32.
Nxd8 dxe1=Q+ 33. Rxe1 Rxb4 34. Re6 g4 35. Rxg6 Rxa4 36. Nxc6 Kf8 37. Ne5 a5
38. Nxg4 Ra1+ 39. Kh2 a4 40. Ra6 a3 41. Ne5 Ke7 42. Nc4 a2 43. Nd2 Kd7 44.
Ra3 Kd6 45. Nb3 Rb1 46. Ra6+ Kd5 47. Rxa2 Rxb3 48. Ra7 g6 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50.
Ra6+ Kf5 51. Ra5+ Kf6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu Mar 26 22:36:07 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:36:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Grandmaster Dashzeveg Sharavdorj gets crushed
	by Fishing Pole
Message-ID: <1238128567.49cc57b7aa861@www.taom.com>


3 time Mongolian Champion and 3 time Colorado Open Champion
Grandmaster Dashzeveg Sharavdorj gets crushed by Fishing Pole.


[Event "Berkley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkley"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon,Thomas"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C13"]

Berkley East Bay Chess Club Chess Tournament

March 29, 2005

Round 6

White -
Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
2526

Black -
Grandmaster Dashzeveg Sharavdorj
2470

Opening -
White - Fishing Pole
Black - French Defense


1.e4!  e6 2.d4!  d5! 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4!  5.Nxe4!  Be7!
6.Bxf6 Bxf6! 7.Nf3! 0-0!  8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0!  Be7!
10.Bd3!  b6  11.h4 Bb7! 12.Qf4!  Nf6  13.Neg5  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Thomas.
Fritz 9 does not think much of it,
ranking  13  Neg5 18th best.
Later GM Najer tried
13 N:f6+!!  B:f6!   14  Ng5!!  h6!
15  Nh7!  Re8!  16 N:f6+!  Q:f6!  17 Q:f6!  gf!
and the Mongolian GM held the ending


13 ...  Qd6 14.Ne5!  Rad8!  15.Kb1 h6 16.f3

Typical Fishing Pole strategy-
ignore the hanging knight and
rush the Kingside pawn wave.
Other ideas -
16  Bh7+  N:h7  17  Ng:f7                or
16  Rh3   rook lift                      or
16  c4    keeping the Mongolian off d5   or
16  Rhe1  a central strategy             or
16  Qg3   to support the knights with f4



16 ...  c5

Fishing Polers prefer closed centers

17.dxc5

17  B:h7+  N:h7  18  Ng:f7!!
is a handy strategem to know, about equal

17 ... Qxc5!  18.Qg3 Bd6!  19.f4!

Supporting both knights

19 ... Bxe5?

Releasing the tension is a mistake.


20.fxe5!  Qc7?

Another mistake,
Roussel is just a bit better after
20 ... Nd5!  or  ... Nd7

21.Rdf1!

The attack is coming through now.
22 R:f6  is a big threat
Here's a strange Fishing Pole win you've never seen:
21  Rdf1  Ne8  22 Qa3!!
exploiting the hideously placed black knight by
attacking the oddly disconnected rooks with
Q:f8  or N:f7+  ideas
21  Rdf1  Nd5  22 N:e6!!  fe  23 Qg6  wins



21 ... Kh8! 22.Nxf7+!!!

Best but there are other motifs you should be aware of -
22 Bg6!  putting more pressure on f7
22  Rh3!  Ng8  23  Rf4   rook lifts


22 ...  Qxf7!  23.exf6! gxf6!  24.Qe3!

Material is even,
Roozmon's advantage is solely based on a
safer King. If Sharavdorj can trade Queens,
he's  equal or better immediately.



24 ... Kg7 25.Qg3+?

"Leading with his face" -
Mark Sherbring

Tom's Queen is blocking his own attack -
he had much better ideas like  doubling
rooks on the f-file  with  25  Rf4!!
or using the g-pawn as a battering ram
with  25  Rhg1!!


25 ...  Kh8!  26.Qe3

Oh, now I see what he's doing -
repeating moves to gain time -
Dashzeveg makes a better but still losing move


26 ... Qg7!  27.Rhg1!

Roussel's got the right idea now!

27 ... e5 28.g4

Very direct -
occupying f5  is very strong too


28 ... e4 29.Bc4!  Rde8 30.Rf5

second to only 30  g5!!!

30 ... Re5?

Time pressure by both sides seems likely.

31.Rh5!

Killer move.
Execution phase - LarryC

31 ... Kh7 32.g5!!!   fxg5! 33.hxg5!

Unleashing the gates of hell on a Grandmaster


33 ...  Rf3?

Game over but there were no good moves.

34.g6+!  mating   Qxg6!
35.Qxh6+!  Qxh6 36.Bg8+!

1-0

Mate next move.

The Fishing Pole even confuses Grandmasters
like I've been saying for a decade now.
The Mongolian was doing well for a while with
13 ... Qb8, ... ... Bd6, ... Qd6, ... Qd5, ... Rc8
15 ... b5, ... Bd5, ... c5
16 ... Ba8, ... a6, ... a5, ... b5
18 ... Bd6, ... Qc7

19  ... B:e5?  and  20 ... Qc7?
ruined his game.


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[Event "Berkley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkley"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon,Thomas"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.Bd3 b6 11.h4 Bb7 12.Qf4 Nf6
13.Neg5 Qd6 14.Ne5 Rad8 15.Kb1 h6 16.f3 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Qg3 Bd6
19.f4 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Qc7 21.Rdf1 Kh8 22.Nxf7+ Qxf7 23.exf6 gxf6
24.Qe3 Kg7 25.Qg3+ Kh8 26.Qe3 Qg7 27.Rhg1 e5 28.g4 e4 29.Bc4 Rde8
30.Rf5 Re5 31.Rh5 Kh7 32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 Rf3 34.g6+ Qxg6
35.Qxh6+ Qxh6 36.Bg8+

1-0
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Interesting later draw by GM Najer which
follows Roozmon game for a dozen moves.

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najer,Evgeniy"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7
8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.Bd3 b6 11.h4 Bb7 12.Qf4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6
14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh7 Re8 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Rhe1 f5 19.Bb5 Red8
20.Re3 Rd6 21.Rc3 Rc8 22.g3 Kf8 23.b4 a6 24.Be2 Ke7 25.Ra3 Rcd8
26.c3 Ra8 27.Rd3 Rdd8 28.Re3 Ra7 29.Re5 Be4 30.Bc4 Rd6 31.d5 c6
32.dxc6 f6 33.Rxe4 fxe4 34.b5 a5 35.Be2 Rd5 36.c4 Rc5 37.Kd2 Ra8
38.Ke3 f5 39.Rc3 Rd8 40.Rc1 Kf6 41.Rc2 Ke5 42.Rc1

1/2
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Today's my 54th birthday. I went out to Rosita's with family and friends
for lunch. My brother Charlie sent me the Collected Poems of A.E. Housman.
My 77 year old father Lucius "P.Q." John Wall the Second, recited these
poems today from memory.
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A. E. Housman (1859?1936).  A Shropshire Lad.  1896.

LIV. With rue my heart is laden


WITH rue my heart is laden
  For golden friends I had,
For many a rose-lipt maiden
  And many a lightfoot lad.

By brooks too broad for leaping         5
  The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
  In fields where roses fade.
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The age of the speaker of the next poem might
confuse you until you've read it a few times -
he's 20 years old.

B.W.
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A. E. Housman. 1859?1936

A Shropshire Lad.  1896.

33. "Loveliest of Trees"

LOVELIEST of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.

Now, of my threescore years and ten,             5
Twenty will not come again,
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.

And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,                  10
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
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Tomorrow I start the Colorado Closed.

In May I may go to my daughter's graduation,
then the Chicago Open,
then my daughter will make a road trip around the
country with two girlfriends and see me again.

June 19 I may go to Florida for a
How To Play Chess Like An Animal
promotional tour.
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After that I will teach at John's Watson's Chess Camp in Nebraska.

http://www.lincolnchessfoundation.org/

Come join IM John Watson, GM Sher, Keaton
Keirawan and I for Chess Camp June 22, 2009

It's a Kids Chess Camp geared towards  1800's
in Nebraska, where John lives.

By the way, I beat Keaton Kiewra with a Fishing Pole in the
Governor's Cup 6 years ago but he has vastly improved since then.

I beat IM John Watson's  1 c4!, last round, to win the
1977 Colorado Open with the King's Indian Defense.

- can't wait to kick GM Sher's ass too.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri Mar 27 17:17:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:17:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A Fishing Pole for luck before the Closed
Message-ID: <1238195821.49cd5e6ddb36f@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "DspntUi"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:43:02"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

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

Fishing Pole

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

Hyper-Pole


9. Re1 d6 10. Bg5 f6

Initiating pawn wave, Captain.

11. Be3?

Now my knight doesn't have to die for nothing


11 ...  Nxe3!  12. fxe3  g5!!

With the better game already -
I messed up a similar position in my
first rated Fishing Pole 8 years ago.

13. d5 b5!!

The Hyper-Pole is specifically arranged to handle d5 -
My Hyper-Pole Bishop is now partially unchained.


14. Bc2 Ne7!  15. a4 bxa4?

Waste of time  since after 16 ab ab
I threaten ... B:e3+  and ... R:a1 -
I should have ignored the distratcion and
continued my attack with 15 ... g4!!


16. Rxa4 Ng6?

More unnecessay prep for  ... g4!


17. Nbd2 g4!!

Yay!!

18. Nh2 gxh3!  19. g3!

It looks hard to continue my attack -
I have to maneuver


19 ...  h4!  20. g4!  Rg8 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Qxh3 Qh7 23. Rf1 Ke7?

23 ... Nf4!:d5!
is a good idea


24. Nc4 Bd7 25. Ra2 Qh6?

25 ... Nf4!!
with the killer idea of
26  ... R:g4  27 N:g4  Rg8!

26. Rf3 Qg5?

26 ... Nf4!!
with the killer idea of
27  ... R:g4  28 N:g4  Rg8!



27. Kf2 Nf4!!

Yayy!


28. Qf1!  Bxg4

28 ... h3!  and ... Bb5! are good ideas


29. Nxg4!  Qxg4!  30. Ke1!  Ng2+!!

30 ... h3!!  is also strong

31. Kd2!  h3!!

The Fishing Pole pawn wants a touchdown


32. Rxf6 Raf8!!  33. Rxf8! Rxf8! 34. Qg1 Qg3!!  35. Rxa6 h2!!

Mating


36. Qh1 Rf2+

36 ...  B:e3+!!
is the quickest

37. Kd3 Nf4#

{White checkmated}    0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "DspntUi"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:43:02"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5
8. d4 Ba7 9. Re1 d6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 g5 13. d5 b5
14. Bc2 Ne7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ng6 17. Nbd2 g4 18. Nh2 gxh3 19. g3 h4
20. g4 Rg8 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Qxh3 Qh7 23. Rf1 Ke7 24. Nc4 Bd7 25. Ra2 Qh6
26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. Qf1 Bxg4 29. Nxg4 Qxg4 30. Ke1 Ng2+ 31. Kd2 h3
32. Rxf6 Raf8 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. Qg1 Qg3 35. Rxa6 h2 36. Qh1 Rf2+ 37. Kd3 Nf4#

{White checkmated}   0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat Mar 28 02:57:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:57:50 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Philipp Ponomarev - Brian Wall 2009 Colorado
	Closed
Message-ID: <1238230670.49cde68e3963b@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado  Room 320"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Philipp Ponomarev"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[ECO "B07"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "19:25:38"]
[TimeControl "40/2  Game/30"]

2009  Colorado Closed

Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado

March 27, 2009

Round 1

Opening -
Tiger Modern

White -
Philipp Ponomarev
2368

Black -
Brian Wall
2208

1. d4 d6 2. e4!  g6 3. Nc3!  Bg7!  4. Bg5 a6

Philipp has won practically every game I ever saw after  4 ... Nf6
so I tried the Tiger Modern that worked so well in the 2007 Colorado Closed
( wins against James Hammersmith and Randy Canney, clear first by a point )

5. a4

8 prophylactic minutes spent.
Fritz 9 likes  5 ... Nc6!!  best now
but I am not used to playing that way.


5 ...  c5

10 minutes spent -
seems like a logical answer to Bg5
to make my bishop better than his


6. dxc5!  Qa5!  7. Qd2!!  Bxc3

It took me 6 minutes to decide that my dark square holes
after 7 ... Q:c5  8  Nd5!!  had to give me a bad game.
I was heavily influenced by a very similar position
Keres had won against Westerinen in Tallinn 1973
and analyzed for Chess Life. I had played over every
note in that game at least twice. Westerinen lost
without even weakening the b6-square like I had.
On to the endgame! It basically took me an hour
from this position to finally find one good idea.


8. Qxc3

8 bc is not bad either but to me, the four scariest endgame players
in Colorado are GM Dashzeveg Sharavdorj, IM Michael Mulyar, Duwayne
Langseth with his 6 piece database turned on and Philipp Ponomarev.

8 ... Qxc3+!  9. bxc3!  dxc5!  10. Be3 Nf6!
11. f3!  Nfd7!  12. a5!  Nc6!  13. Ne2!  e5

The Grandmaster thought this move was horrible and
I should play  13  ... b6  but I showed him
14  ab  Rb8  15  Nc1  R:b6  16  Nb3
and I lose a pawn for starters


14. Nc1!  Kd8 15. Bc4!  f6!  16. Nb3 Kc7!
17. Nxc5?  Nxc5!!  18. Bxc5!  Nxa5!! 19. Rxa5!  b6!!
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Now I can talk about the game. In general, Philipp and I
do not look at Chess positions the same way, we exist in
different dimensions. He surprises me, I surprise him.
I have played Philipp and his father 100,000 blitz games.

Somehow Philipp figures out what you want to do and makes that move bad.
That's his Method of Operation.

Essentially I have hated my position since 7 Qd2!!  where I had a bad
choice between a dominating middle game White Kight on d5 eyeing
everything and an equally miserable endgame where Philipp enjoys -
A - The two bishops
B - Pressure down the b-file
C - Pressure on my c5-pawn
D - the annoying a5 move to lock in my QB or undermine  ... b6
E - His KN and KR which are ready to join the Queenside party eventually
F - His King in the center

The more I looked the more it seemed he would just overrun my Queenside
with massive pressure and there was nothing I could do about it.
After essentially an hour of thought I came up with one plausible
cheapo which he really didn't have to fall into, he could have
built up his game more with say, Ke2 and Rfb1 before taking on c5.

Once I get as far as  19 ... b6!!
with 26 minutes to his 70 minutes
it seems I should be drawing -
I don't see any endgame where his extra
doubled c-pawn should be decisive.

Philipp took his first real think, 21 minutes
and decided to confuse me by refusing to trade
either bishop of his for either rook of mine.
Instead of getting an endgame where all I had
to worry about was one extra doubled c-pawn now
I have to worry about my undeveloped bishop and
rooks and a King that is spit on by everyone.
I kept imagining bishops on d5 and d6
with pawns on c5 and c4 and a rook on b1.

I was OK if I could just trade any rook for any bishop
but he wouldn't allow that. He knew that's what I was
aiming for. Frustrating what you want to do is a
Ponomarev specialty. Everything became extremely
murky and I was running out of time.

Whether it works objectively or not, I thought his idea
was brilliant and creative and took me by surprise.

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20. Bb4

Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev and Ian McClellan were analyzing
20  Be7  ba  21  B:f6  Re8  22 Bf7  Bd7
and even the computer puts  23 B:e8  R:e8
as White's 12th best choice.
Notice the theme -
I want Philipp to win the exchange back but he refuses.

Ever since  19 ... b6!!  it's been a struggle to see
whether Philipp can make any use of his passed c-pawns.


20 ... bxa5!  21. Bxa5+!  Kd6

Honestly I had no idea where to place my King every time
Philipp checked me and I had no idea how to evaluate the
position. I was 100% confused. I comforted myself by
analyzing various endings where Philipp wins back the
exchange. I had no idea how to play if he ignored my
rooks. It was as unpleasant as it was unclear.



22. Bb4+ Kc7

Where do I go? -
even the worst moves giving back the exchange with
22 ... Kc6  or ... Kb7  23 Bd5+
seemed OK for me


23. Ba5+ Kd6 24. Kf2 Bb7!

I was sure Philipp wanted
24 ... Ke7  25  Rd1  Be6??  26  Bb4+  Kf7  27 Rd7+!!

25. Bb4+!  Kc7 26. Ba5+ Kd6 27. Bb4+ Kc7 28. Rd1!  Rad8??  29. Ba5+!

1-0    Brian Resigns


Losing a rook.
I had seen this earlier but forgot it.
I had 4 minutes left and played my blunder instantly.
I thought I was forcing one of the many pawn down
endings I thought I could draw after
29 Ba5+  Kc8  30  B:d8??  R:d8  31 R:d8+  K:d8
but I quickly remembered  29  Ba5+!  Kc8  30 Be6+!
wins the house.

I was proud of me for setting up  18 ... N:a5!! in a
very difficult situation after much thought and I was
proud of Philipp for continuing to go for the win after
20 Bb4. Objectively I suppose I should have drawn it but
in a practical game with little time, it was very tough
to hold out.

In the other two games, IM Michael Mulyar positionally
squeezed Mitch Anderson off the board while Tyler Hughes
sacced a piece to try and run the Grandmaster off the board
with a Full Metal Jacket 8 pawn wave. While Tyler huffed
and puffed and got down to 10 seconds plus delay the
GM calmly and quickly traded down to Rook, Bishop and
one wrong colored rook pawn versus Tyler's Rook and
3 pawns. Tyler felt sure he must have a draw somewhere but
sickenly, inexorably the whole room watched the GM
annex all three Tyler pawns and avoid the trade of rooks.
I once saw GM Aleksander Wojtkiewicz do the same thing -
he had rook and minor piece versus rook and three or
four pawns. Wojtkiewicz ate all the pawns and then won
the drawn rook and minor piece versus rook endgame. A
sick way to lose and Tyler probably felt the same way.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, Colorado  Room 320"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Philipp Ponomarev"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[ECO "B07"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "19:25:38"]
[TimeControl "40/2  Game/30"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 a6 5. a4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8.
Qxc3 Qxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxc5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. f3 Nfd7 12. a5 Nc6 13. Ne2 e5 14.
Nc1 Kd8 15. Bc4 f6 16. Nb3 Kc7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nxa5 19. Rxa5 b6 20.
Bb4 bxa5 21. Bxa5+ Kd6 22. Bb4+ Kc7 23. Ba5+ Kd6 24. Kf2 Bb7 25. Bb4+ Kc7
26. Ba5+ Kd6 27. Bb4+ Kc7 28. Rd1 Rad8 29. Ba5+

1-0    Brian Resigns
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[Event "Tallinn (02)"]
[Site "Tallinn (02)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Heikki M J Westerinen"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5 6.Qd2 Qxc5
7.Nd5 Be6 8.c4 Nd7 9.Rc1 Ngf6 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Ne2 Qb8
13.Nd4 Nc5 14.Nb5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 16.Rxc5 dxc5 17.d6 exd6
18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.Nxf7 Be6 20.Ng5 Bxa2 21.Bxc5+ Kg8 22.b4 Bb3
23.Qd3 Bf7 24.Nxf7 Qf4 25.Ng5 Qc1+ 26.Kf2 Qb2+ 27.Be2 Bf6
28.Qd5+ Kg7 29.Qxb7+ Kh6 30.Nf7+

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun Mar 29 07:52:45 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:52:45 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible 2008 U.S. Junior Champion
	Tyler Hughes crushes 7 time Colorado Champion IM Michael
	Mulyar with unexpected ( even to Tyler ) underpromotion
Message-ID: <1238334765.49cf7d2dab64c@www.taom.com>


2009 Colorado Closed

Round 2

10  A.AM.

Tivoli Center,
Denver, Colorado
Colorado State Scholastic site
where many games were being replayed in the 2009
Colorado Scholastic Closed in the same building a month later
between Richard Herbst, Dylan Lehti, Ben Reilly, Twerskoi
and others.

The day after a blizzard.

My son Devon has only played rated games in this site twice.
Nowhere else.

Board 2

40/2
Game/1

3-28-09

Philipp Ponomarev had a rough day, losing to both titled players and not
qualifying in the ICC tournament of Champions. That is where State Champions
play blitz to qualify for the US Closed. One year they couldn't decide who
to rep-resent Colorado, me or Philipp because one of us had won the Open and the
other the Closed. Andy Rea and John Henderson stepped in and allowed us both to
play. Thanx guys. I think after that they clarified the rules. Philipp ended
all discussion in 2008 by beating both titles players ( Sharavdorj and Mulyar )
and winning the 2008 Open AND the 2008 Closed. Very impressive.

Ginny Gaige won two rated games in a row for the first time in her life.
Anthea won both her games as well against Lee Lahti and Ted Doykos.
The last game of the night to finish was a hard fought game between
rising star Daoud Zupa and Ken Doykos.

I sacced two pieces to start my pawn wave against Mitch Anderson
which ended in a tie for last place with Mitch. 1/2-1/2. In Round
3 I got trapped in Grandmaster Benoni preparation and lost miserably
despite thinking for 48 minutes to find a way out.

White -
7 time Colorado Champion Michael Mulyar.
SM Michael Mulyar tied for first place in the 1999 US Open.
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http://www.nystar.com/usjunior/

1998 Interplay
U.S. Junior Chess Championship


Crosstable
    Name                       Rating St. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOT
  1 Mulyar, Michael A...........2459   CO X W W W D D D W D D   6.5
  2 Ariel, Donny................2416   NY L X D L D W W L W D   4.5
  3 Ippolito, Dean..............2441   NJ L D X W D D W L L D   4
  4 Viloria, John...............2355   MA L W L X D L W D D L   3.5
  5 Perelshteyn, Eugene.........2497   MA D D D D X W W W D D   6
  6 Shahade, Gregory............2391   PA D L D W L X D L W D   4
  7 Zilberstein, Dmitry.........2385   CA D L L L L D X W W L   3
  8 Braylovsky, Gregory.........2318   NJ L W W D L W L X L L   3.5
  9 Mc Clelland, Shearwood......2244   NJ D L W D D L L W X L   3.5
  10 Shliperman, Igor...........2556   NY D D D W D D W W W X   6.5

Igor Schliperman won the playoff against Mulyar
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I believe I have three draws each against the Colorado Closed titled players.
Michael Mulyar beat me on tiebreaks in the 2001 Colorado Open when he was 23.
I told him I was winning this thing before he was born. I had won it 24 years
earlier in 1977.
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Black -
The Incredible 2008 U.S. Junior Champion Tyler Brian Hughes
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Mulyar (IM),M (2439) - Hughes,T (2272) [A24]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO  (2), 28.03.2009


1.c4

The purpose of the English Opening is to have a lover's rendevous between the
g2-bishop and the b1-rook on b7. Mulyar's Queen reaches the secret b7-garden
expecting stolen kisses in the moonlight by the magnolias but instead finds
glaring searchlights, blaring sirens and barking police dogs for his troubles.


1 ... Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7!  4.Bg2!  0-0!  5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Re8

Tyler said he got this plan to fill the center with pawns from Kasparov.

8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6!  10.Bxf6!  Bxf6!  11.b4!  Be6!  12.b5!

So far I just thought the IM was giving Tyler a
textbook example of how to tear away down the diagonal.

12 ...  d5 TN Hughes

Theoretical Novelty by Tyler Hughes'
superior to the previously played  12 ... Qc8.
Fritz 9 slightly prefers  12 ... Bg7, ... Re7  or ... Bh8


13.bxc6!  bxc6!  14.Qb3!

Expressing an interest in the b7-tryst


14 ...  e4!!  15.Rac1

After all pieces are perfectly placed you must
have the courage for the breakthrough sacrifice.

15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxa1 17.Qb7 cxd5 18.Qxa8 Qd7 19.Rc1 exd3 20.exd3
would give Michael the normal English opening micro-edge.

Michael plays the slightly second best safer-looking alternative
and that's all Tyler needs to rip him apart bare-handed.



15 ... Bg5!!

The English Opening is all about light square
pressure so Tyler goes after the dark squares.


16.e3!

Trying to rein in Tyler rabid King's Indian bishop.


16 ...  d4!!

Fiercely attacking dark squares


17.Ncxe4!

Triumph on the light squares

17 ...  dxe3!!

Triumph on the dark squares


18.Nxg5??

Say uh-owhroo
like Scooby Doo.
Michael would keep his English Opening micro-edge with
18  fe  B:e3+!  19  Kh1 f5! 19  Rce1  Bb6!
( blocking Mulyar's romantic Queen from b7 )
20 Nc3  but that wasn't good enough. The Russian IM
decides to get tactical with Tyler. That's like putting
your hand in a buzzsaw and hoping to come out ahead.
Michael was tired of this light square/dark square patty-cake.
He wanted some real action.



18 ...  exd2!!  19.Nxe6!

Otherwise Mulyar is just a piece down after
19  c-Rook-any  Q:g5


19 ...  dxc1N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPudiBR15mk

Born in The U. S. A.
Bruce Springsteen



Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A.,  I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.,  born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A. ...

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said son if it was up to me
Went down to see my v.a. man
He said son, don't you understand

I had a brother at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
Theyre still there, he's all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.,
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A.,
Born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.,
Born in the U.S.A., I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A.,
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I recently did an email about an ICC blitz game where the only winning
move was underpromoting to a knight. I had to reset "AutoQueen" first.

Tyler thought for half an hour and was searching the room for a Queen to
promote with. He looked at Mulyar's captured pieces and saw no Queen but
a knight. Just for a laugh he decided to analyze promoting to a knight to
save himself a trip. It unexpectedly turned out to be the only non-losing move!

19  ... R:e6?  20  Rcd1
would give Michael that superior English Bishop versus a knight.

Promoting to a Queen is bad -
19 ... dc(Q)?  20  N:d8!  Qd2  21 N:f7!!  K:f7  22 Qb7+  Nd7 23 Q:d7
and the IM will annex the c-pawn with more than enough for the exchange.

Promoting to a Queen and capturing a rook with
check is very natural but the worst idea -
19 ... dc(Q)?  20  N:d8!  Q:f1+?  21 K:f1!!  Nf8  22 Bd5!!  Ne6 23 Qa6!!
wins more material

Underpromoting to a knight accomplishes many things -
A - Whatever Tyler promotes to, Michael does not really want
to capture on c1 because he's a rook down after  20  R:c1  R:e6
B - attacks Mulyar's Queen
C - threatens .. Ne2+, saving the knight
D - threatens ... N:d3 with an octopus knight
E - The IM only has two pawns for a perfectly placed piece after
20  N:d8  N:b3  21 N:c6  N:c6  22 B:c6  Nd4  23 B:a8  R:a8

Ever the young gentleman, Tyler attributed his
win to " an unfortunate tactical oversight".



20.Qb7

The purpose of the English Opening is to occupy b7.
Tyler is a rook up and on move with many wins -
20 ... Ne2+, ... fe, ... Qd7, ... R:e6, ... Qe7, ... Qc8, ... Qb6

20 ... Rxe6 21.Qxa8!  Nxd3

Octopus Knight.

Tyler is a clear piece up after
21 ... Ne2+, ... N:a2 or ... N:d3

22.Qxa7 Re1

Trading down a piece up

23.Qa8??

Still in shock from the underpromotion,
Mulyar crumbles.


23 ...  Qb6!!

Collapsing f2, the ancient weakness.
Tyler marveled at the power of his octopus knight after
23 ...  Qb6!!  24  c5   Q:c5!!  25  Q:b8+  Kg7
and his knight covers Queen checks



0-1    Mulyar resigns in a completely hopeless position.
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Mulyar (IM),M (2439) - Hughes,T (2272) [A24]  Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO
(2), 28.03.2009    1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3
Re8 8.Bg5 c6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 d5 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Qb3 e4
15.Rac1 Bg5 16.e3 d4 17.Ncxe4 dxe3 18.Nxg5 exd2 19.Nxe6 dxc1N
20. Checkmates (01:24 29-Mar-09 EDT): 20.Qb7 Rxe6 21.Qxa8 Nxd3 22.Qxa7 Re1
23.Qa8 Qb6 0-1
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[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eljanov,Pavel"]
[Black "Vasilevich,Tatjana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A24"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Re8
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd2 c6 11.b4 Be6 12.b5 Qc8 13.bxc6 bxc6
14.Re1 Na6 15.Rb1 Bd7 16.Qa4 Nc5 17.Qa3 Qc7 18.Nb3 Ne6 19.Qa5 Bd8
20.Qxc7 Bxc7 21.e3 Rab8 22.d4 exd4 23.exd4 Nf8 24.Ne4 Kg7 25.d5 c5
26.f3 a5 27.Kf1 a4 28.Nbd2 f5 29.Nc3 Ba5 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rc1 Rb8
32.Rb1 Re8 33.Rc1 Rb8 34.Rb1 Bxc3 35.Rxb8 Bxd2 36.Rb6 Kf6 37.Rxd6+ Ke5
38.Ra6 f4 39.Ke2 Bc1 40.Kd1 Be3 41.Bf1 Nh7 42.Bd3 Ng5 43.Ke2 Nh3
44.gxf4+ Kd4 45.Bxg6 Nxf4+ 46.Ke1 Kxc4 47.Be4 Bb5 48.Rb6 Kb4
49.a3+ Ka5 50.Rb7 c4 51.d6 Bc5 52.d7 Ne6 53.Bd5 Nd8 54.Bxc4 Bxc4
55.Rc7 Kb5 56.Rc8 Be7 57.Rb8+ Kc6 58.Rc8+ Kd5 59.Ra8 Bb5 60.Kd2 Bxd7
61.Kc3 Bc6 62.Rc8 Ne6 63.Kb2 Bf6+ 64.Ka2 Kd6 65.Rb8 Bd5+ 66.Kb1 Bxf3
67.Rb6+ Bc6

0-1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Lima sim"]
[Site "Lima"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Black "Requejo,Oswaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A24"]

1.c4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 h6
8.Rb1 Nbd7 9.b4 Re8 10.Nd2 c6 11.b5 c5 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.e3 Nb6 14.a4 Be6
15.a5 Nc8 16.Ra1 Nh5 17.a6 b6 18.Qb3 f5 19.Rae1 Bf7 20.f4 g5
21.Nd5 Qd7 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.Qd1 g4 24.Rf2 Be6 25.Ref1 Rf8 26.Nb1 Ne7
27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Nc3 Rf7 29.Bd5 Rbf8 30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Nd5 Bh6
32.Qe2 Bg5 33.Bc1 Qh6 34.Bd2 Ng7 35.e4 Bxd2 36.Qxd2 f4 37.gxf4 exf4
38.Rxf4 Kh8 39.Qe3 Rxf4 40.Rxf4 Rxf4 41.Qxf4 Qh4 42.Kf1 Ne6
43.Qf6+ Qxf6+ 44.Nxf6 Kg7 45.Nxg4 Nf4 46.Ne3 Ne6 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Nxd6

1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "Tal mem"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian,Rafael A"]
[Black "Kasparov,Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A24"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.0-0 e5 7.d3 Re8
8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 c6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 Be6
14.e4 d4 15.Nd5 Nbd7 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.Ne1 g5
20.f4 gxf4 21.gxf4 Qh6 22.Qf2 f6 23.Rc1 Kh8 24.Rc7 Ra2 25.Rc2 Ra1
26.Rc7 exf4 27.Rxd7 f3 28.Qxd4 fxg2 29.Nxg2 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Qc1+
31.Kf2 Bxd7 32.Qxd7 Rg8 33.Qh3 Qd2+ 34.Kf1 Qxb4 35.Qe3 Qb2

0-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

www.Walverine.com



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 30 09:34:15 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:34:15 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colodaro Gambit game
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Paul Szeligowski, developer of the Colorado Gambit, is alive and well in
Longmont, Colorado and still gives Chess lessons.-

Brian Wall

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 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Colodaro Gambit game
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from the CHessparrot group


James Pratt" <chessparrot@ ...> wrote:

The ghost of Myers still walks in the minds of the quick.

 Here's a game, played today, featuring the rare Root (Colorado) Gambit.

 Z Hracek
 I Schneider
 Bundesliga, 2008-9
 Nimzowitsch B00

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5?! (Now this is the way to bring the roses to the cheeks of a
2600+ opponent, isn't it? Dust-off that ole copy of 'Lone Pine 1978' by Chandler
and relive its puberty, copywrite Douglas Root.) 3. exf5 d5 4. Bb5 Bxf5 5. Ne5
a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nf6 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 e6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12.
Bd4 Rb8 13. Nd2 Rb4 14. Nb3 Kf7 15. Qd2 Rc4 16. c3 Be7 17. Na5 Ra4 18. b4 Rb8
19. a3 Kg8 20. Rfe1 Rxa5 21. bxa5 Qb5 22. Qf4 Qxa5 23. g4 Be4 24. Qe5 Bf8 25.
Qxe6+ Kh8 26. f3 Bxf3 27. Rf1 Be4 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qe7 Rg8 30. Rf1 h6 31. Rf8
1-0.

ex TWIC with thanks to Mark Crowther.

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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:15:34 -0600
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Reminder:? The Pueblo Chess Club's next tournament is this coming weekend;



I hope to see you there!



Liz


April 4, 2009??
Spring is Sprung Open III --- A One-day Rated Chess Tournament
5-SS, 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
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Final round byes must be requested before the start of Round 2, and are
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For further information , contact Liz Wood, chessliz at comcast.net (719-566-6929)
or Jerry Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry Maier??at 229
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 30 17:36:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:36:37 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pawn Wave guy
Message-ID: <1238456197.49d1578549d18@www.taom.com>


Mitch Anderson and his secret smile disappeared from Colorado Chess for 5 years.
He re-emerged stronger than ever, got a spanking new expert rating plus an
invite to the Colorado Closed. The Closed was very strong this year so I had a
feeling we were fighting for last place and I was right. It's still nice to see
a new face in the mix. A week before the Closed, I played two good games at the
Tabor Center March Madness, then I played like a fool the last two rounds.

I try to learn from my losses. I studied my Morgan Robb loss so hard I decided
to play the way he did. I teased Chess buddies Morgan Robb and Ted Doykos that
their system was killing me in the Closed but the truth is - when I played the
system, I drew, when I didn't play the system, I lost. Only following in the
footsteps of Morgan and Ted got me on the scoreboard at all in this brutal
championship.



[Event "2009 Colorado Closed"]
[Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Mitch Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "3-fold repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "00:33:40"]
[TimeControl "40/155, Game/60"]

2009 Colorado Closed

Round 2

Board 3

40/1:55
Game/1 hour
5 second delay

3-28-09

White-
Brian Wall
2208

Black -
Mitch Anderson
2007

Scotch Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4

I did an extensive email about Mitch crushing me beautifully this year
with a Belgrade Gambit where I got stuck in the middle of a 35 move deep
perpetual check line. Mitch played extremely accurately that game.
Welcome to my analytical nightmare, Mitch.


4 ... Nf6 5. e5 5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7

I played all fancy against Morgan a week earlier -
as Black I tried eschewing ... Bd7  with
7 ... Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5 Qh4??
and lost but I think  11 ... B:f1!!  or  ... Q:d5!  are OK.

Mitch read that email.

8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6
( played 239 times )
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4-6 grade Colorado Scholastic Champion Jackson Chen played this and castled
Queenside against both Morgan and Ted at the March Madness a week earlier. Ted
Doykos played 13 c3 ( played at least 15 times in the databases ) and Morgan
Robb played 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Ne2 ( played at least 17 times in the
databases ). Jackson lost both games. The system went 3-0 that weekend.

Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili has half a century experience in this opening
and has produced popular Chess videos on the subject. He showed me some tricks
when he lived in Denver. When Black plays ... 0-0 Roman establishes a block
with Nd4-b3-c5 and pawn-b4. After jamming up the Queenside Roman rolls them
up on the Kingside. Roman also liked the doubled pawns after Nc3  Ne4:c3  bc
because they still slowed down Black's Queenside majority.

In this Jackson Chen/Mitch Anderson version
Black quickly activates his Queenside pawns.
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13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3!!

Played 45 times

Mitch thought 15  Nf3!!! ( played 66 times )  was best because it supports Bh4.
Morgan Robb played  15 Ne2! ( played 32 games before )
I considered the novelty  15  e6!?  TN Wall  fe  16  Nf3
but it didn't seem to accomplish much

15 ... d4!  16. Bf2!  Bc6!  17. c4!

Played by 11 people including Facebook buddy Tamara Bolvary,
once voted the most beautiful Chess woman on the planet.
Great bodies think alike.


http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2208

It's odd that no one tried the Robb/Doykos team suggestion  17 f5!!
with the idea of 17 ... Qd5  18  Qg5!
17 Qd3 has been tried once.


17 ... Qe7!  TN

Theoretical Novlety by Mitch Anderson

17 ... a5!! has been played twice
17 ... 0-0  never played
I mentioned a new idea after the game,
17 ... Be4  TN Wall
intending ... Bf5
17 ... Bd7  never played
17 ... h6   never played
17 ... a6   never played
17 ... Qd7  played 7 times
17 ... dc   played twice
17 ... Bb7  never played



18. f5!!

Activating my mobile Kingside majority,
the main asset of the system


18 ...  O-O-O!!

Following the Jackson Chen plan.

19. a4!  a6!  20. a5!  Ba7!

I told Mitch he redefined the term "bad bishop ".

21. Rae1!  g6

This frightened me into closing the Queenside.
The idea of an open g-file  with rooks on g8-h8
and a pawn on h5 looked like the wrong side of
a Fishing Pole to me.

Fearless Fritz 9 says I am a big fat scaredy cat and
should have kept lines open with  22 Qh6!!  or Qd3!
I thought about it but it looked hard to control.
I wasn't happy about locking up the position against
the must-beat tournament rabbit. Mitch has good skills
and excellent move technique and he is studying hard
and rapidly improving but these guys are trained professional
killers. Eventually their knowledge and will to win overwhelms you.


22. f6?  Qe6!

I was having an HB Minnesota moment where every time I saw a good move for
Mitch he played it. That only leaves me the option of playing good Chess.


23. Qd3!!   h5!

The initiative has shifted to Mitch who is trying to rip my King's head
off. 23 ... g5!!  and ... Rdg8!  are in the same vein. A hard plan to
stop because I have killed my play all over the board. I'm in trouble -
I thought for 5 minutes - everything looks bad -
24  Qh3?  Q:h3!  25  gh  h4!!
is awful because I can't block the g-file.
24  Bh4  Rdg8  25  Bg5  h4!
doesn't seem to help.
I decided maybe  24  h4  and Qh3 might survive.
I was desperately trying to avoid staying in the cellar,
embarrassing for a guy who has at least tied for first in
5 Colorado Championships.


24. h4 Kb8?

Mind-reading son of a Mitch.
He avoids  Qh3  trading Queens but later he regretted this -
Fritz prefers   24 ... Rhg8!, ... g5!, ... Rdg8  or ... Bb7


25. Nd2!

Overprotecting c4 which frees Queen and Knight for action.


25 ... g5

Here he comes.

26. hxg5

26 Qh3!  eliminates the danger


26 ...  h4  27. Qh3! Qxh3!  28. gxh3!  Rh5

Pawn wave issues surface already after
28 ... Rdg8   29  Ne4  Re8  30  g6!  R:e5  31 g7  Rg8
and I can play  32 Bg3!!!, Ng3!!  or B:h4! -
the idea is to sac pieces to move pawns.


29. Bxh4!?!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

" I am no dry tepid Don,
smelling of water biscuits " -
Welshman Dylan Thomas at a poetry reading
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbZDjnWtK1A


Title: Cyndi Lauper - True Colors lyrics


You with the sad eyes
don't be discouraged
oh I realize
it's hard to take courage
in a world full of people
you can lose sight of it all
and the darkness inside you
can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Show me a smile then
don't be unhappy, can't remember
when I last saw you laughing
if this world makes you crazy
and you've taken all you can bear
you call me up
because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
shining through
I see your true colors
and that's why I love you
so don't be afraid to let them show
your true colors
true colors are beautiful
like a rainbow

Cyndi Laupner
------------------------------------------------------------------------

To Mitch I am the only human target in a tournament of Chess gods and he has
been trying to score on the g-file. I have turned the game around and I can
just defend successfully with  29  Kh2!!  R:g5  30  Rg1!

Half of Brian's wins are pawn waves -
NM Josh Bloomer

Yeah, that's right, I'm the sac-sac-pawn wave guy.
I am not interested in neutralizing the g-file,
I am interesting in how many human sacrifices I
can throw in the great pawn wave funeral pyre.

I considered other interesting imaginative ideas like
29 Ne4, Re4  and Nf3.

With 11 minutes left I decided to go for it -
Mitch has 18 minutes.
It seemed to me this is exactly the type
of position where Mitch would go wrong.

Playing positional genius Dzindi Chess has been a disaster
so I shed my business suit for a caveman loin cloth and club.

When you are in the throes of creativity, soundness takes
a back seat. It's the kind of time pressure, irrational
situation where you know inaccurate play is bound to follow.
You just do the best you can and hope you can see deeper.


29 ... Rxh4!  30. g6?!?

Fritz 9 favors Mitch and thinks my best chance is
30  e6!  R:h3  31  Re5!

The proper procedure when you've trapped a piece on one side of the
board is to open it up on the other side. Mitch can only dream of
A - Move c6-bishop
B - move c7-pawn
C - Move King
D - bring bishop back from the dead with ... Bb8.
Happy Easter.



30 ...  Rxh3!!

30 ... Rg6!!!  is vicious because
31  g7  Rg6+  32 Kh2  Rg2+
is a windmill

Mitch knew he missed a win somewhere.


31. g7!!

Richard Herbst won undefeated in the 2009 State Scholastic tournament.
He challenged me to a 4 game ICC blitz match afterwards but he played
like he was up past his bedtime. The women did all right in the
concurrent Colorado Class Championship with 46 people. Anthea scored 3-1
and took clear second in her section ($75) . Ginny Gaige had never won
two rated games in a row and this time she did it thrice. Ginny scored
4-0 ($100). She also successfully solved a mate in three after -
31  gf??  Rg3+  32  Kf2  Rg2 checkmate  or
31  gf??  Rg3+  32  Kh2  Rg2+  33 Kh3  Rh8  checkmate.
My move avoids that debacle.


31 ... Rh1+!

I am in pawn wave heaven after
31  ... Rg3+?  34 Kh2!  Rg2+!   35  Kh3!  R:d2
36  e6!!  Bg2+ 37  Kg3!!  B:f1  38  R:f1!!
and my pawns crush Mitch's extra rook and "bishop".
I saw that beauty during the game.


32. Kf2!  Rh2+!

Only move

33. Kg3!

Only move

33 ...  Rxd2!  34. e6!!

Down two pieces with 4 minutes to make 6 more moves.
Exciting.

What were you thinking when I started pushing my pawns? -
Brian

How am I going to stop them? -
Mitch

The position is wild but roughly even after
34 ... Rg2+!  35 Kh3  fe  36  Rg1!!  Rf2!
37  Rgf1  Rg2  38  Rg1  Rf2  39  Ref1  Bg2+
40  Kg3  R:f1  41  R:f1  B:f1  42 f7  B:c4
43  f8(Q)  R:f8  44 gf(Q)
Mitch and I looked at this in the postmortem and thought
the two bishops might hold the draw against the Queen.

34 ...  fxe6??  35. Rxe6??

35  Rf2!! wins -
the idea is  35  Rf2  R:f2  36  K:f2  Be8  37  g8(Q) -
I examined 35 Rf2!! for a nanosecond but I had 4 minutes
left and my blunder looked good too. I get so nervous in
time pressure I tend to look at just one idea and play it.
Hard to stay so calm like Tyler "The Iceman" Hughes.
35  Rf2  Rd3+  36  Kh4! and the pawns come through.
35 Rf2!!  prevents those super-annoying checks from behind.



35 ...  Rg2+!!

Mitch went down from 9 minutes to 5
on this correct move. What a nervy
position!
One of the ideas I half-saw was
35 ... Bb7!  36  Rfe1!!  ( trying to get in  Re8 )  Rg2+
37 Kh4  Bc8!  ( you can see taking the e6-pawn
gave Mitch new defensive possibilities )
38  Re8!  Rd6  39 Rf1  R:f6  40  R:f6  R:g7  41 Rff8  Kb7  42 R:c8
and Black should hold - turns out the a7-recluse is pretty
good defensively.

It took me half of my last four minutes to avoid Anderson's devilish trap
35 ... Rg2+!  36  Kh3??  R:g7!!  37 fg  Bd7!!
pinning and winning


36. Kh4

OK, I have to tiptoe past the light squares but where should my King aim for?
Due to the rating difference and time pressure I was trying to win and
Mitch was trying to draw but really Mitch has good possibilities in
36  Kh4  Kb7! -
winning one of his rooks still leaves Mitch with
two bishops and a pawn for one of my rooks  or
36  Kh4  Bd7  37  Re7  Kb7! -
even 36 ... Ba4!  works -
Mitch was down to one minute after his
next move and happy to find a perpetual.

36 ... Rh2+??

Going for the draw instead of the win.

Favorable wind -
Tal


37. Kg5!!

My King will help my pawns forward.
I spent forever after the time control wondering where
on the e-file to put my rook after 37  Kg5  Bd7.
It finally dawned on me after 45 minutes I was looking for
a win that didn't exist and I should be happy with a draw.
37  Kg5  Bd7  38 Re7, Re5, Ree1, Re4 or R:a6
are all interesting and close but they don't really work.


37 ... Rg2+

56 seconds left to make 3 more moves for Mitch -
I have 2 minutes.
37 ... Bd7  38  Re7  Rg2+  or  ... Bc8
is also even.


38. Kh6!

The light squares are still disastrous.
38  Kf5??  Bd7  is  very bad.
Should I head for f7?
I decided I could repeat moves without
allowing a perpetual. Two more moves and
I can think again. I tried to stay calm
like Tyler Hughes and not panic.
51 seconds left
plus a 5 second delay.
plus another hour on move 40


36 ... Rh2+!

Now that my King has advanced so far and can support my pawn wave
it is correct for Mitch to keep checking and be grateful I didn't
nip that in the bud with  35  Rf2!!

39. Kg6  Rg2+

I get the edge after 39 ... Bd7?  40  Re5!

40. Kh6!=

19 seconds left

40  Kh7  Ba4!!  41 b3!
is even too

40 ...  Rh2+ 41. Kg6 Rg2+ 42. Kh6

I took 38 minutes in the new time control to investigate
wins after  42 Kf7  but I couldn't find a good line. I
finally proved to myself over and over again there weren't
any. I am the one suffering after
42 Kf7  Kb7, ... Bd7  or ... Ba4

1/2-1/2
Mitch claimed 3-fold repetition

It would be foolish for me to regret my one winning
opportunity 35 Rf2!!  when Mitch missed so many.

" You shouldn't cry that it's over,
you should be happy it happened. " -
Facebook wisdom.

I am proud I initiated such brave, creative play regardless of results.
In my world you get credit for awesome ideas whether they work out
exactly or not.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

I spent a lot of time analzying  ... d3 at various stages.
35  R:e6??  Rg2+  36  Kh4  d3  37  R:c6  d2  38 Rd1  Kb7
39  Re6  Bb8 ( it looks funny Mitch trying to activate his bishop )
40 Re4  c6  41 Rg4  Rh2+  42 Kg5  Be5  43  Kf5  B:b2
( Wow, the bishop is alive again )  44 g8(Q)  R:g8
45 R:g8  Rf2+  46  Ke4  Bc3
and maybe it's a draw.

35  R:e6??  Rg2+  36  Kh4  d3  37  R:c6  d2  38 Rd1  Kb7
39  Re6  Bb8 40 Re4  c6  41 Kh5  Bd6
might be equal too

35  R:e6??  Rg2+  36  Kh4  d3  37  R:c6  d2  38 Rd1  Kb7
39  Re6  Bb8 40 Re7  Rg6  41 f7  R:g7  42 f8(Q)  R:f8
43  R:g7  Rd8
and maybe I can win.
Black's Queenside look absurdly inept in the middlegame
but the endgame often gets down to how solid it is after
everything else gets traded off.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

35. Rxe6??  Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5  d3  38  f7  Rg2+
39  Kf6  R:g7  40  K:g7  Bb7  41 Rd1  Ba4  42  R:d3  R:d3
43  f8(Q) and this time I have Queen and Rook trying to
break down the Queenside vault of Rook and two bishops.
I think I can win the ending of Two Rooks and three pawns on the same side
versus Two Bishops and pawns on the same side.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
35. Rxe6 Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg2+ 38. Kh6 Rh2+ 39. Kg6 d3
40  R:c6  Rg2+  41  Kf5  Rd7  42  R:a6  Rd:g7  43  f6  R:g7  44 K:e4
and I should be able to win that.

35. Rxe6 Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg2+ 38. Kh6 Rh2+ 39. Kg6 d3
40  R:c6  Rg2+  41  Kf5  d2  42 Rd1  Kb7  43 Re6  Bb8  44 Re7  Rf2+
45 Kg6  Rd6  46 Rf7  Rd3  47  Rf8  Rg3+  48 Kf7  c6  49 g8(Q)  R:g8
50  R:g8  Be5 ( active again! )  51  Ke6  B:f6
52  Rf8  Bh4  53  R:f2  B:f2  54 R:d2
and I should win this
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I told Mitch I almost played 34  Rh1!?
intending Rh8, with 4 minutes on my clock.

Sample variation.

34.Rh1 Rg2+ 35.Kf4 Kb7 36.Rh8 Rd7 37.g8Q Rxg8 38.Rxg8 d3
39.Ke3 d2 40.Rd1 Rd4 41.Rf8 Rxc4 42.Rxf7 Re4+ 43.Kxd2 Rxe5
and maybe Black can draw by giving up a bishop for the f-pawn
or just tie up the f-pawn so he can't advance.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let's recap what happened this game . I lost to Morgan Robb as Black then played
the Scotch Gambit as White. I got involved in a subtle fight for open lines on
the Kingside and decided to lock it down for the draw. That wasn't good enough
for Mitch who tried to checkmate me down the g-file. I fought back with a
double piece sac pawn wave fraught with danger. After both missing wins in time
pressure the position settled down to a draw after the time control - continuing
the game would have meant playing on in a lost position. An exciting game, my
brand of Chess.

Analyzing the double piece sac pawn wave variations leads to many murky endgame
positions only Andy Rea could solve - he is an expert at many things, Queen
versus other pieces is one thing he does very well. Sometimes my pawns crashed
through for a win, sometimes you can't tell and sometimes they don't get going
at all.

If anyone complains to you about falling into an opening trap,
just tell them to pass it on.

The main thing I learned in the game is try to keep White's
Kingside majority in play and mobile if you can. Subtle stuff.

I did stumble into 17 book moves,
I just didn't know it at the time.

This was my favorite game in the 2009 Colorado Closed.
Maybe Mitch Anderson feels the same. He lost the rest.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "2009 Colorado Closed"]
[Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Mitch Anderson"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "3-fold repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "00:33:40"]
[TimeControl "40/155, Game/60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2
c5 15. Nb3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. c4 Qe7 18. f5 O-O-O 19. a4 a6 20. a5 Ba7 21.
Rae1 g6 22. f6 Qe6 23. Qd3 h5 24. h4 Kb8 25. Nd2 g5 26. hxg5 h4 27. Qh3 Qxh3
28. gxh3 Rh5 29. Bxh4 Rxh4 30. g6 Rxh3 31. g7 Rh1+ 32. Kf2 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Rxd2
34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rg2+ 36. Kh4 Rh2+ 37. Kg5 Rg2+ 38. Kh6 Rh2+ 39. Kg6
Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg6 Rg2+ 42. Kh6

1/2-1/2
Mitch claimed 3-fold repetition
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Event "DCC March Madness"]
[Site "Tabor Center, Downtown Denver"]
[Date "2009.03.21" ]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morgan Robb"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit: Dubois-R?ti defense"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "02:43:54"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5 Qh4
12. Qxe4 Qxe4 13. Bxe4 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Nc3 h6 16. Bf4 g5
17. Bg3 Rd2 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Kf8
22. Ne3 h5 23. h4 g4 24. Nd5

1-0      I give up
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "HUN-ch U20 Girls"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bolvary,Tamara"]
[Black "Remete,Eszter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C56"]

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7
8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Be3 Bb6 11.f3 Ng5 12.f4 Ne4 13.Nd2 Nxd2
14.Qxd2 c5 15.Nb3 d4 16.Bf2 Bc6 17.c4 Qd7 18.Bh4 Qg4 19.Qf2 0-0
20.f5 Bxg2 21.Qxg2 Qxh4 22.f6 g6 23.Rf5 Kh8 24.Nd2 Rad8 25.Raf1 Rg8
26.Rg5 d3 27.Rg4 Qh5 28.e6 fxe6 29.f7 Rgf8 30.Qg3 Qh6 31.Qe5+ Qg7
32.Qxe6 Rd6 33.Qe7 Rdd8 34.Re4 c6 35.Re6 Rc8 36.Rd6 Rc7 37.Rd7 Rxd7
38.Qxd7 Qd4+ 39.Qxd4+ cxd4 40.Ne4 h6 41.Nd6 Bc5 42.Ne4 Be7 43.c5 Kg7
44.Rf3 d2 45.Nxd2 Bxc5 46.Ne4 Be7 47.Nd2 Rxf7 48.Rd3 c5 49.b4 cxb4
50.Nb3 Rf4 51.Kg2 Bf6 52.Nc5 Kf7 53.Na6 Be7 54.Kg3 g5 55.Kg2 Bd6

0-1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
www.Walverine.com

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 30 17:42:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:42:41 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole Theoretical Novelty for
	lexdysics, Record loss in 6 moves
Message-ID: <1238456561.49d158f1addf0@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "JerryZL"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:37:46"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

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

Fishing Pole


5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4??  TL

Fishing Pole Theoretical lemon by JerryZL

6 ... Nxd4

{White resigns}  0-1

The sight of the Fishing Pole gave the fish a
heart attack before he could bite on the worm.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statistics for JerryZL         On for: 3:11     Idle:    0
JerryZL is currently involved in a match against Kemov.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1060  [6]     0     1     0     1
Loser's         1397  [6]     0     5     0     5
Crazyhouse      1410  [6]     0     3     0     3
Bullet          1574         38   206    23   267   1795 (08-Jan-2009)
Blitz           1952        194   327    36   557   2054 (30-Mar-2009)
Standard        1941         42    68    15   125   1941 (27-Mar-2009)
5-minute        1840  [8]     1     0     1     2
15-minute       2222  [4]     1     0     0     1

 Groups : DosHermanas
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 30 18:46:07 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:46:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The takeback guy
Message-ID: <1238460367.49d167cf5dcf3@www.taom.com>

Bijection went ballistic because he wanted to take back
7 ... b5  and  25 ... Qg4+.

I didn't say a word.

My feeling is that the no takebacks is practically the first rule of Chess
learned. Half the value of the game is acceptance of personal responsibility
for your moves, just like life. Another thing that bothers me is they could
avoid all mouseslips if they moved slower. If they want to make 10 moves per
second like Josh Smith, they have to pay the piper.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bijection says: slip
Bijection says: clear mouseslip
Bijection says: ****ing hell, life master for 30 years and still value ICC
rating points over the game of chess?
Bijection says: deary me
Your opponent requests takeback 2.
Use "takeback" to accept.  The offer is valid until you make a move.
Bijection says: mouseslip, ffs
Bijection says: dont win on a mouseslip, play chess
{Game 1832 (B-Wall vs. Bijection) Bijection forfeits on time} 1-0
Black forfeits on time
Blitz rating adjustment: 2314 --> 2317 (it was Bijection's 5th Blitz game; see
"help provisional"
Bijection says: ****ing hell
Bijection says: You're a disgrace to the game of chess
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bijection"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Opening "Owen defense"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.02"]
[Time "20:27:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8.
O-O a6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. h4 f5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nh3 Ncb4
15. Bb1 Bxh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qe8 19. Re3 Qh5 20. Bd2 Nd5
21. Rd3 Qg4+ 22. Kh2 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 24. Kg1 g5 25. Nh2 Qg4+ 26. Nxg4
{Black forfeits on time}
1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Information about Bijection (Last disconnected Mon Mar 30 2009 20:32):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2182  [3]     3     1     1     5
5-minute        2207         22     8     0    30   2207 (30-Mar-2009)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statistics for B-Wall         On for: 1:03     Idle:    0
B-Wall is currently examining game 1216: B-Wall -2.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet           674  [8]     0     1     0     1
Blitz           2335        446   260    80   786   2459 (09-Mar-2009)
5-minute        2110        135   127    34   296   2289 (17-Mar-2009)

 1: Life Master Brian Wall   30 years
 2: How to Play Chess Like An Animal - Amazon.com, Borders  over 2,000 sold
 3: www.Walverine.com  over a quarter million hits
 4: Youtube videos - Fishing Pole First Blood  1,000 views
 5: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com  free Chess email list ( 650 ) with pictures
 6: http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist  free email list (
  350 )
 7: http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm  Off the Wall Chess column for
  www.Chessville.com
 8: ICC interview with IM John Watson Feb 3, 2009  archived
 9: I don't give takebacks or pity draws without a note from your mother.

 Groups : DosHermanas
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Mon Mar 30 20:17:55 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:17:55 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] The takeback guy
In-Reply-To: <1238460367.49d167cf5dcf3@www.taom.com>
References: <1238460367.49d167cf5dcf3@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <COL115-W69E5E55920D715F2A0AB59B48A0@phx.gbl>


I could not agree more.   Doing takebacks is like playing yourself and very boring. 
 


To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:46:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] The takeback guy





Bijection went ballistic because he wanted to take back
7 ... b5 and 25 ... Qg4+.

I didn't say a word.

My feeling is that the no takebacks is practically the first rule of Chess
learned. Half the value of the game is acceptance of personal responsibility
for your moves, just like life. Another thing that bothers me is they could
avoid all mouseslips if they moved slower. If they want to make 10 moves per
second like Josh Smith, they have to pay the piper.
----------------------------------------------------------

Bijection says: slip
Bijection says: clear mouseslip
Bijection says: ****ing hell, life master for 30 years and still value ICC
rating points over the game of chess?
Bijection says: deary me
Your opponent requests takeback 2.
Use "takeback" to accept. The offer is valid until you make a move.
Bijection says: mouseslip, ffs
Bijection says: dont win on a mouseslip, play chess
{Game 1832 (B-Wall vs. Bijection) Bijection forfeits on time} 1-0
Black forfeits on time
Blitz rating adjustment: 2314 --> 2317 (it was Bijection's 5th Blitz game; see
"help provisional"
Bijection says: ****ing hell
Bijection says: You're a disgrace to the game of chess
----------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bijection"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Opening "Owen defense"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.02"]
[Time "20:27:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8.
O-O a6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. h4 f5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nh3 Ncb4
15. Bb1 Bxh4 16. g3 Be7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qe8 19. Re3 Qh5 20. Bd2 Nd5
21. Rd3 Qg4+ 22. Kh2 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 24. Kg1 g5 25. Nh2 Qg4+ 26. Nxg4
{Black forfeits on time}
1-0
----------------------------------------------------------
Information about Bijection (Last disconnected Mon Mar 30 2009 20:32):

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Blitz 2182 [3] 3 1 1 5
5-minute 2207 22 8 0 30 2207 (30-Mar-2009)
----------------------------------------------------------
Statistics for B-Wall On for: 1:03 Idle: 0
B-Wall is currently examining game 1216: B-Wall -2.

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Bullet 674 [8] 0 1 0 1
Blitz 2335 446 260 80 786 2459 (09-Mar-2009)
5-minute 2110 135 127 34 296 2289 (17-Mar-2009)

1: Life Master Brian Wall 30 years
2: How to Play Chess Like An Animal - Amazon.com, Borders over 2,000 sold
3: www.Walverine.com over a quarter million hits
4: Youtube videos - Fishing Pole First Blood 1,000 views
5: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com free Chess email list ( 650 ) with pictures
6: http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist free email list (
350 )
7: http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm Off the Wall Chess column for
www.Chessville.com
8: ICC interview with IM John Watson Feb 3, 2009 archived
9: I don't give takebacks or pity draws without a note from your mother.

Groups : DosHermanas
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 30 22:06:11 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:06:11 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] For Greg Steele
Message-ID: <1238472371.49d196b3890d1@www.taom.com>


Brian


Lately my old friend Greg "Toruney "Steele has taken to whining about Bc4 in the
Fishing Pole. I say it's time to stop crying and start saccing and mating.


[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PsychoDad"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "23:21:06"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

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

Fishing Pole, invented by Greco and Jack Young

5. h3 h5!!  6. c3 a6 7. Bc4

The move that Greg is afraid of


7 ... Bc5 8. d4 Ba7!!

Hyper-Pole

I like bishops that lurk -
GM Lary Christiansen


9. hxg4 hxg4

Roughly my third rated Fishing Pole former Denver Champion Vance Aandahl
played like this. Try as I might, I cannot wrest that scoresheet from him.
That was the original " Unleashing the Gates of Hell" game.


10. Ng5

I sat there in rated horror against Vance and I think
I played something like 10 ... f5  11 Nf7  Qh4  12 N:h8


10 ... d6 11. Nxf7 Qh4!  12. Nxh8 exd4

Full steam ahead.


13. cxd4 Nxd4

Praying for some cheap ... Nf3+ shots

14. Be3 Nf3+!!!

I'm OK again


15. gxf3!  g3!!

15 ... B:e3!!
is also equal


16. Bf7+!!

Only move


16 ...  Kd8

I believe Vance Aandahl also used this trick if I remember rightly.
Any other square loses my Queen to Ng6+


17. fxg3?

This part is very interesting.
To avoid loss of Queen with  17  Q:d6+  cd
or immediate mate there is only  17 Re1!!
then I can take on e3 or f2 but the best move is
the amazing   17 Re1  Bd7!!!!!!
Now the threat is
18 ... Qh2+  19 Kf1  Bb5+
mate in 2
If  17  Re1  Bd7!!  18  Nc3 to stop that then
18 ... Qh2+  19  Kf1  Qh2!!
wins material.

Therefore after 17 Re1  Bd7
White would have to use one of his three
draw bailout moves with
18 Nd2, Qc2  or fg


17 ...  Qxg3+

Mating


18. Kh1!  Qh3+

18 ... Qh4+  or  B:e3  mate faster.
18 ... Qh4+  19 Kg1  B:e3+  20  Rf2  Q:f2+
21  Kh1  Qh4+  22 Kg2  Qh3  checkmate  and
18 ... Qh4+  19 Kg2  Bh3+  20 Kh2  B:f1+
21 Kg1  B:e3+  22 K:f1  Qf2 checkmate
are both new mating patterns for me
which is why I study this stuff.


19. Kg1!  Bxe3+!  20. Rf2!  Qg3+!  21. Kh1!  Bxf2!

Mate in 5

22. Qf1 Bh3

{White resigns} 0-1

22 ... Qh4+  23  Kg2  Bh3+  24 Kh2  B:f1
captures King and Queen in the same move,
a crowd pleaser. My way took one move longer.
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[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PsychoDad"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Hyper-Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "23:21:06"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. d4
Ba7 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 d6 11. Nxf7 Qh4 12. Nxh8 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3
Nf3+ 15. gxf3 g3 16. Bf7+ Kd8 17. fxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Bxe3+ 20.
Rf2 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Bxf2 22. Qf1 Bh3 {White resigns} 0-1
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Brian
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Greg

----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:47:42 -0500
    From: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] A Fishing Pole for luck before the Closed
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Brian,

Don't you ever get a creative opponent who retreats the bishop to c4?  I
find the f7 pressure very annoying and have not found a good answer.

Greg

----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:28:51 -0500
    From: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] A Fishing Pole for luck before the Closed
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Okay, so what happens?  I find it hard to make something happen on h2 or f2
when I have to worry about f7.  A couple years ago I lost a game to a
talented 2180 kid who played 4 d3 Bc5 5 0-0 Ng4 6 h3 h5 7 c3 a6 8 Bc4! At
some point I ran out of constructive developing moves while choosing between
... Bd7, ... Qe7 or Qf6.  I soon played ... Qf6 and he had time to play Bg5,
Bh4, Bg3 followed by finally taking the knight.  The tempo loss from having
to move the queen robbed the f6, g5 pawn wave of its effectiveness.  I guess
I should have played Ba7 first, and... Bd7 and then figure out something
besides ... Qf6.

Even Emory Tate was skeptical of my opening and he'll play anything.

Greg
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Brian

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>wrote:

It happens all the time

Brian


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon Mar 30 22:10:38 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:10:38 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] How to crush the Tromp in 3 moves with the
	Badger
Message-ID: <1238472638.49d197be60e5b@www.taom.com>


Statistics for Chikote         On for:   16     Idle:    0

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1944  [6]     0     1     0     1
Crazyhouse      1604  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bullet          1941  [7]  7507  7546   953 16006   2252 (15-Nov-2001)
Blitz           1994      16865 15095  1955 33915   2383 (07-Oct-2007)
5-minute        1947  [8]  2463  2433   348  5244   2119 (07-Nov-2004)
1-minute        1708      22782 22348  2690 47820   2119 (01-Jun-2002)
Correspondence  2025  [2]    12     3     2    17

 1: question :
 2: how much check should a rook check make if a rook check could make check?
 3: answer :
 4: a rook check should check all the checks a rook check could check
 5: should a rook check make checkmate
 6: .
 7: i m m n, i m n n m l, u r m n, u r n n m l
 8: Myst at 3$ is $2.99 overpriced

 Groups : Canada Team4545League
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Chikote"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Chigorin variation"]
[ECO "D00"]
[NIC "QP.08"]
[Time "00:06:38"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f6 3. Bg5 fxg5

{White resigns} 0-1
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I had no idea that he liked the Trompowsky,
I was just looking for new vistas in the Badger.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 31 14:52:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:52:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1238532721.49d282719e352@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:23:10 -0700
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter


Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter


http://cs.chess.home.att.net
            This Week In Chess

            On March 24th, the CSCC had 8 members in attendance. With 6
participants, the Quad format was changed to a USCF-rated, 3 round, Swiss
tournament (G30). Here are the results:



Score	Player
3.0	Mitch Anderson
2.0	Paul Anderson
2.0	Dean Brown
1.0	Katie Wise
1.0	David Wise
0.0	Mike Bauers


            In March, the CSCC held the Poor Richard's Bookstore March Open.
Here are the final results:
Score	Place	Prize	Player
4.0	1st	$55.00	Josh S Bloomer
2.5			Brian D Wall
2.5			Mitchell Anderson
2.5	U1900	$17.50	Joseph T Fromme
2.5	U1900	$17.50	Daniel St John
2.5	U1600	$30.00	Fred Eric Spell
2.0			M Paul Covington
2.0			Bill Weihmiller
2.0			Anthea J Carson
2.0			Gerald J Maier
1.5	U1335	$12.50	Thomas Mullikin
1.5	U1335	$12.50	Robert McMahon
1.0			Dean W Brown
0.5			Danielle Rice
0.5			Tikila L Nichols
0.5			Isaac Martinez

            Colorado Springs Open Games
            By Richard Buchanan

            Games from 2009 Colorado Springs Open

            Selection and comments by Richard Buchanan

            Fred Eric Spell - Kevin Seidler, French

            1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6
8.Nc3 Rb8 9.b3 Ne7 10.Bb2 Ng6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Ne2 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 c5 14.Nc1 c4 15.Bd4
Bb5 16.Kg1 cxb3 17.axb3 a5 18.Nd3 0-0 19.Nxb4 axb4 20.Ra7 Qc6 21.Qd2 Rfc8 22.Ne1
Ba6 23.h4 Rc7 24.Rxc7 Qxc7 25.Qg5 h6 26.Qg3 Ne7 27.f4 Rc8 28.Qf2 Nf5 29.g4 Nxd4
30.Qxd4 Qc3 31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Kf2 d4 33.Rg1 d3 34.Nxd3 Rxc2+ 35.Ke3 Rc3 36.Rd1
Rxb3 37.Kd4 Rxd3+ 38.Rxd3 Bxd3 39.Kxd3 h5! 40.g5 Kh7 41.Kc4 Kg6 42.Kxb4 Kf5
43.Kc5 Kxf4 44.Kd6 g6 45.Ke7 Kxe5 46.Kxf7 Kf5 0-1

            Jason Evans - Jerry Maier, Englund Gambit

            1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 f6 3.exf6 Nxf6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bb5 0-0
8.0-0 Qd6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Ng3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 d5
15.Nb3 Bd6 16.Bd2 Rf6 17.Rfc1 Raf8 18.Be1 Rh6 19.g3 Bh3 20.c4 Bc7 21.cxd5 Bb6
22.Rxc6 Bxe3 23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Nd2 (Black's attack has been energetic, but with
limited material it only goes so far.) 24...Bxd2 (And now it's over, and the
opposite bishops aren't enough to stop all those pawns.) 25.Bxd2 Rf3 26.Bxh6
Rd3 27.Be3 a6 28.Re1 Rxd5 29.a3 Rd3 30.Bf4 Bf5 31.Kg2 Rb3 32.Be5 Kf7 33.Bc3 Rb6
34.Rd1 Ke8 35.Rd5 Rb5 36.Rd6 a5 37.Ra6 Bd7 38.Rxa5 Rxa5 39.Bxa5 Bc6 40.Kh3 Bd7+
41.Kh4 Ke7 42.Kg5 Ke6 43.Kh6 Kf5 44.Kxh7 Kg4 45.h4 Kh5 46.Bb6 Ba4 47.Kg7 Bd1
48.Kf6 Bf3 49.a4 Be2 50.Ke5 Bd3 51.b4 Kg6 52.Kd6 Kf6 53.Bd4+ Kf7 54.b5 Ke8
55.Kc7 Ke7 56.b6 Ba6 57.b7 Bxb7 58.Kxb7 Kd7 59.a5 e3 60.Bxe3 1-0

            Anthea Carson - Ken Johnson, Colle

            1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 Bd7 7.0-0 Qe7
8.Qe2 0-0-0 9.b4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.a4 h5 14.Nd4 Bxh2+!
15.Kh1 Ng4?! 16.Nf5! Qf6 17.f3 g6 18.fxg4 gxf5 19.g5! Qxg5 20.Kxh2 Rdg8 21.Qf2
Kb8 22.e4 Qf6 23.Bf4 Qxc3 24.Bb5 Be6 25.Rac1 Qg7 26.Rxc7 Ka8 27.Bc6! d4
28.Bxb7+ 1-0

            Rhett Langseth - Phil O'Rourke, QP

            1.d4 d5 2.c3 Nf6 3.b4 e6 4.Nd2 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Ngf3 Nbd7 7.e3 Nb6
8.Ng5 Bd7 9.h4 Na4 10.Rb1 Nxb2 11.Rxb2 a5 12.Bd3 g6 13.h5 Nxh5 14.Rxh5 gxh5?
(14...Bxg5) 15.Qxh5 Kg7 16.Qxh7+ Kf6 17.Qh6# 1-0

            Mitch Anderson - Kyle Leeds-Tilley, Center Counter

            1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.f3 Bf5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Ne2 e6
8.0-0 Be7 9.c3 0-0 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Nd2 Nb8 13.f4 Qd5 14.Be2 b5 15.Nf3
h5 16.Ne5 h4 17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Bf3 Qd7 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Rcd8 21.Bxg6 Qd5
22.f5! h3 23.Rf2 Qe4 24.f6 Rxd4 25.f7+ Rxf7 26.Bxf7+ Kf8 27.cxd4 1-0

            Gary Bagstad - Paul Anderson, Robatsch

            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd3 Bxf3
8.gxf3 c5 9.dxc5 Qxb2 10.Qb5+ Qxb5 11.Bxb5+ Nd7 12.Kd2 dxc5 13.e5 b6 14.Rad1 e6
15.Ne4 Bf8 16.Ke2 Rd8 17.Rd3 a6 18.Bxa6 Nb8 19.Bb5+ Ke7 20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Kc7
22.Ng5 Nh6 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.fxg5 Nf5 26.Bc1 Nc6 27.Bd3 Nfd4+ 28.Kf2 Nb4
29.c3 Nxd3+ 30.Rxd3 Nf5 31.Bf4 Ra8 32.Rd2 Ra4 33.Bg3 Rc4 34.Rd3 Ne7 35.Ke2 Nd5
36.Kd2 Ra4 37.Kc2 Rxa2+ 38.Kb3 Ra8 39.c4 Ne7 40.Rd1 Nc6 41.f4 Nd4+ 42.Kb2 Ra4
43.Rc1 Rb4+ 44.Kc3? Ne2+ 0-1

            Ramyashree Gangadhar - DuWayne Langseth, Dutch

            1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 f5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 Bd6
8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne4 11.Bd3 Ndf6 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.0-0
g6 15.Qe1 Be6 16.Qh4 Qe7? 17.Nxg6! Qxh4 18.Nxh4 0-0 19.f5 Bd7 20.g4 Rf7 21.h3
Raf8 22.Rf4 Kg7 23.Raf1 Kh6 24.Ng2 b6 25.h4 Kg7 26.Rc1 a5 27.Kh2 Rc8 28.Kg3 c5
29.dxc5 Rxc5 30.Rxc5 bxc5 31.Rf2 Bc6 32.g5 d4 33.f6+ Kf8 34.h5 d3 35.Rd2 Bd5
36.a3 h6? 37.Nf4 Bb3 38.Ng6+ Kg8 39.Ne7+ Kf8 40.Ng6+ Kg8 41.Ne5 hxg5 42.Nxf7
Kxf7 43.Kg4 Kxf6 44.Rf2+ Kg7 45.Kxg5 Bd1 46.h6+ Kg8 47.Kg6 Bf3 48.Kf6 Kh7
49.Rd2 a4 50.Ke5 Kxh6 51.Kd5 Kg5 52.Kxc5 Kg4 53.Kd4 Kf5 54.Rh2 Be2 55.Kc3 Bd1
56.Kd2 Bc2 57.Rh5+ Ke6 58.Rc5 Bb3 59.Rc8 Kd6 60.Kc3 Kd5 The scoresheets only go
reliably up to move 60, when both players were in time pressure and stopped
recording moves. I watched the finish of the game and wanted to publish it. So
I asked DuWayne for help and, gentleman that he is, he provided the following
(exclams by RB) : "The rest of the moves are reconstructed and not necessarily
accurate. 61.Rd8+ Ke5 62.Rd4 Bd1 63.b4! axb3 64.a4 b2! 65.Kxb2 d2 66.Kc3 Bxa4
67.Rxd2 After pushing the black king over to the g-file, she exchanged her rook
for the black bishop and pawn and achieved a won king and pawn ending." 1-0

            Karl Irons - Edelreich Deloslado, Sicilian

            Two wondrous bishops! 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6
6.d3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Rb8 9.a4 a6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Ng4 13.Re1
Bd4 14.Be3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bg7 16.a5 Bd7 17.Qe2 b5 18.Nd1 b4 19.c3 Rb5 20.d4 Rxa5
21.Rb1 Qb6 22.Nf2 Rc8 23.Nd3 Bb5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.cxb4 Bxd3 26.bxc5 Qb3 27.Qd2
Rxc5 28.Rbc1 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Bxb2 30.Rc7 Bf6 31.Rb7 Qa3 32.h4 Bb5 33.Qf2 h5 34.Qf4
Kg7 35.Bd5? Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qd2+ 37.Kg1 Qxd5 38.Rb6 Bc6 39.e4 Qc5+ 0-1

            Robert Rountree - Julian Evans, Sicilian

            White dominates the board - for a while. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 b5 7.Be3 Bb7 8.Qd2 e5 9.Nb3 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.g4
Nb6 12.Bg5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 h6 16.Be3 Qc8 17.Na5 Rc7 18.Bb6
Rd7 19.Kb1 Be7 20.h4 h5 21.g5 Nh7 22.Nc6 Nf8 23.f4 Ng6 24.f5 Nf8 25.Rdf1 f6
26.g6 Rb7 27.Ba5 Nd7 28.Rc1 Nc5 29.Rhf1 Rd7 30.c4 Qb7 31.cxb5 Qxb5 32.b4 Nd3
33.Rcd1 e4 34.Nxe7 Rxe7 35.Qc3 0-0 36.Qc6 Re5 37.Qxd6 Rc8 38.Qb6 Qc4 39.Rd2?
Qc1+! 0-1

            Mike Dempsey - Bongee Boyce, Two Knights

            1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5?! 6.Nxf7! Kxf7
7.Qf3+ Ke8? 8.Bxd5 Qf6 9.Bxc6+ Qxc6 10.Qxc6+ bxc6 11.0-0 Bc5 12.d3 Rf8 (So
Black's playing a gambit and may well have compensation for the pawn.) 13.Nd2
Bb6 14.Nf3 Rf5 15.Bd2 Bb7 16.Rae1 Kf8 17.Nxe5 Re8 18.Nd7+ Kf7 19.Nxb6 cxb6
20.Rxe8 Kxe8 21.Re1+ Kf8 22.f3 Rf6 23.a4 (But now White's definitely in the
driver's seat.) 23...c5 24.Bc3 Rg6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Re5 Bc8 27.a5 Be6 28.axb6 axb6
29.Re1 Bd5 30.b3 Re6 31.Rxe6?! (Best to leave the rooks on in opposite-bishop
endings) 31...Bxe6 32.Be5 b5 33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 (Better to take with the
d-pawn. In opposite-bishops endings, the superior side wants play on both sides
of the board, as in Evans - Maier.) 34...g6 35.f4 Ke7 36.h3 h5 37.Kf3 Bf5 38.Ke3
Ke6 39.d4 cxd4+ 40.Kxd4 Kd7 41.Kc5 Kc8 42.Kd6 Be4 43.g4 hxg4 44.hxg4 Bf3?!
45.g5? (45 f5 is necessary to play for the win.) 45...Be4 (Now Black controls
the key squares.) 46.c5 Bf5 47.Ke7 Be4 ?-?

            Ken Johnson - Fred Eric Spell, Sicilian

            1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nf6
8.a3 Ba5 9.b4 Bb6 10.Nd5 d6 11.0-0 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nd4 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ne4 0-0 15.Kh1
f5 16.Ng3 Bd7 17.f4 e4 18.Bb1 Qe8 19.a4 e3 20.Re1 Qf7 21.Bxe3 Rae8 22.a5 Nc2
23.Bxc2 Bxe3 24.Ra3 Bxf4 25.Rf1 Bxg3 26.Rxg3 f4 27.Rgf3 Bg4 28.Qd3 Bf5 29.Qc4
Bxc2 30.Qxc2 Qxd5 31.Rd1 Qe5 32.Qf2 a6 33.g3 fxg3 34.Rxf8+ Rxf8 35.Qxg3 Qe4+
36.Kg1 Qxb4 37.Rxd6 Qb1+ 38.Kg2 Qf1# 0-1

            Julian Evans - Edelreich Deloslado, QP London

            1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Bd3 Bxd3
8.Qxd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.h3 c6 12.Rfb1 Qc8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7
15.Bh2 Nb6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.a4 Nc4 18.Rb5 b6 19.e4 a6 20.Rb4 Qc6 21.exd5 exd5
22.Qg3 Rac8 23.Rb3 Rfe8 24.f4 Re3 25.Qg4 Rce8 26.Bg3 Nd2 27.Rb2 Qxc3 28.Raa2
Rxg3 29.Qd7 Rxg2+! 30.Kxg2 Qf3+ 0-1

            Fred Eric Spell - Ted Doykos, Caro-Kann

            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.Nf3 f6 (Is diss a
system?) 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.0-0 Nh6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Bxh6 Bxh6 11.Re1 0-0 12.Qe2 Re8
13.Na4 Bg4 14.Nc5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 e5 16.Qh3 Bg7 17.Ne6 Qc8 18.Nxg7 Qxh3 19.gxh3
Kxg7 20.dxe5 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 fxe5 22.Re1 Kf6 23.Kg2 c5 24.Kg3 Rb8 25.b3 Rb4 26.f3
g5 27.c3 Rf4 28.Rd1 Ke6 29.a3 d4 30.cxd4 exd4 31.Rc1 d3! 32.Rd1 Rd4 33.Rd2 Kd5
34.Kf2 c4 35.bxc4+ Kxc4 36.Ke3 Rd7 37.Rd1 Re7+ 38.Kf2 Re2+ 39.Kg3 d2 40.h4
gxh4+ 41.Kxh4 Kd3 42.f4 Re1 43.Rxd2+ Kxd2 44.f5 Rg1! 45.f6 Rg6! 0-1

            Randy Canney - Mitch Anderson, Slav

            1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.0-0 g6 8.e4
b4 9.e5 Nd5 10.Ne4 Na6 11.Bg5 h6?! 12.Nd6+ Kd7 13.Nxb7 Qc7 14.Nc5+ Nxc5 15.dxc5
hxg5 16.Nxg5 e6 17.Nxf7 Bxc5 18.Nxh8 Rxh8 19.Rc1 Qxe5 20.Rxc4 Bd6 21.Qa4 Rc8
22.Qxa7+ Rc7 23.Qd4 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 Ra7 25.Bh3 Rxa2 26.Re1 Rxb2 27.Bxe6+ Kc7
28.Bxd5 Bc5 29.Rc4 Bxf2+ 30.Kf1 Bxe1 31.Rxc6+ Kd7 32.Kxe1 Rxh2 33.Rxg6 Rh5
34.Be6+ Ke7 35.Kd2 Rc5 36.g4 Kd6 37.Bc4+ Ke7 38.Kd3 Ra5 39.Ke4 Ra3 40.Rb6 Ra4
41.Bb3 Ra1 42.Rxb4 Kf6 43.Ba4 Re1+ 44.Kf4 Rf1+ 45.Kg3 1-0

            Kevin Seidler - Karl Irons, Sicilian

            1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Bc4 Nf6
8.f3 Bd7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Qa5 11.h4 Rfc8 12.Bb3 Ne5 13.g4 Nc4 14.Qd3 Nxe3
15.Qxe3 h5 16.g5 Ne8 17.f4 e6 18.Rhf1 Rc5 19.Nce2 Rac8 20.f5 gxf5 21.exf5 e5
22.g6 Nf6 23.gxf7+ Kh7 24.Rg1 Bh6 25.Rg5 Ng4 26.Qe4 Nf2 27.Qf3 Ng4 28.f6 exd4
29.Nxd4 Bxg5+ 30.hxg5 Rf8 31.Qd3+ Bf5 32.Nxf5 Rxf5 33.Be6 Ne3 34.Qxe3 Rxg5
35.Rg1 Rg4 36.Bxg4 Rxf7 37.Qe4+ Kh6 38.Bf5 Rxf6 39.Qf4# 1-0

            Jeff Baffo - Rhett Langseth, Bird

            1.Nc3 d6 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Nbd7 6.e3 Bg7 7.Be2 b6
8.0-0 Ng4 9.Nd4 Bxd4 10.exd4 Ngf6 11.Bf3 Ba6 12.Re1 Rb8 13.d5 0-0 14.dxe6 fxe6
15.Rxe6 Nc5 16.Re1 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 18.Nb5 Nh5 19.Qf3 Nxf4 20.Qc3 Nh5 21.Qh8+
Kf7 22.Qxh7+ Ng7 23.Qxg7# 1-0

            Ramyashree Gangadhar - Julian Evans, Slav

            1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.e3 Ne4
8.Bf4 Qa5 9.Qb3 Qb4 10.Qxb4 Nxb4 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.a3 Nxc3 13.axb4 Ne4 14.Bb5+ Kd8
15.Rxc8+ Bxc8 16.Ne5 Be6 17.0-0 g5 18.Bg3 f6 19.Nd3 a6 20.Ba4 Nxg3 21.fxg3 b6
22.Rc1 Bd7 23.b5 axb5 24.Bb3 e6 25.Ra1 Kc7 26.Ra7+ Kc6 27.Kf2 Bd6 28.Nc1 h5
29.Ne2 Bb8 30.Ra1 h4 31.gxh4 Rxh4 32.h3 Kb7 33.Rh1 Bc6 34.g3 Rh5 35.h4 g4
36.Nf4 Bxf4 37.gxf4 Kc7 38.Kg3 f5 39.Ra1 Kb7 40.Bd1 Rh7 41.b4 Be8 42.Be2 Rc7
43.Rh1 Rc3 44.h5 Bxh5 45.Rxh5 Rxe3+ 46.Kf2 Re4 47.Bd3 Rxf4+ 48.Ke3 Rf3+ 49.Ke2
f4 50.Re5 Rh3 51.Rxe6 Rh2+ 52.Kf1 Rd2 53.Rf6 Rxd3 54.Rxf4 g3 55.Kg2 Rb3 56.Rg4
Rxb4 57.Kxg3 Rc4 58.Kf2 b4 59.Ke3 Kc6 60.Kd3 Kb5 61.Rg1 Rc3+ 62.Kd2 Kc4 63.Rb1
Rd3+ 64.Kc2 Rxd4 65.Rc1 Kb5 66.Kb3 Rd3+ 67.Kb2 d4 68.Ka2 Rc3 69.Rd1 d3 70.Kb2
Kc4 71.Rf1 Rc2+ 72.Kb1 b3 73.Rf4+ Kc3 74.Rf6 d2 75.Rc6+ Kd3 76.Rd6+ Ke4 0-1

            Jeff Sallade - Anthea Carson, Sicilian

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7
8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 Nbd7 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Qg3 Nc5 12.Bf3 Re8 13.e5 Nfd7 14.b4 Nb3
15.Nd5 exd5 16.cxb3 dxe5 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxd5 Bf6 20.Rad1 Nc6
21.Nc2 Bg4 22.Rd2 Rad8 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Ne5 25.Rf1 Nc6 26.Rfd1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2
Rd8 28.Kf2 Rxd2+ 29.Bxd2 Be7 30.Bc3 f6 31.a3 Kf7 32.Nd4 Ne5 33.h3 g6 34.Ke3 h5
35.Nf3 Nxf3 36.gxf3 Ke6 37.Ke4 f5+ 38.Kd3 Kd5 39.f4 g5 40.fxg5 Bxg5 41.Bb2 b5
42.Bc3 Bc1 43.a4 f4 44.Bd2 Bxd2 45.Kxd2 Ke4 46.Ke2 f3+ 47.Kf2 Kf4 48.axb5 axb5
0-1

            DuWayne Langseth - Dean Brown, Stonewall

            1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.Ng5 c4 8.Bc2
h6 9.h4 b5 10.a3 a5 11.g4 a4 12.Qf3 g6 13.Nh3 e5 14.f5 e4 15.Qf4 Kg7 16.g5 Bd6
17.gxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qf2 Qxf5 19.Nd2 Qg4 20.Bd1 Qg3 21.Nf1 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Bxh3
23.Rxh3 Nd7 24.Bd2 f5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Nh2 Bxh2 27.Rxh2 Ng4+ 28.Bxg4 fxg4+ 29.Kg3
Rf3+ 30.Kxg4? h5+ 0-1

            Joe Aragon - Gary Bagstad, King Fianchetto

            1.Nf3 Nc6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 Bc5 4.Bg2 f5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Na4 Bb6
8.Nxb6 axb6 9.a3 0-0 10.0-0 h6 11.c3 Be6 12.b3 g5 13.c4 Qd7 14.Kh1 Ne7 15.Ng1
c6 16.f4 Ng6 17.h3 Qg7 18.Ra2 Rae8 19.Re2 Nh5 20.Kh2 gxf4 21.exf4 Nxg3! 22.Kxg3
Nxf4+ 23.Kh2 Nxe2 24.Qxe2 Rf6 25.Bf3 Rg6 26.Bh5 Rg3 27.Bxe8 f4 28.Qf2 Bxh3!
29.Nxh3 Qg4 30.Ng1 Qh4+ 0-1

            Ken Johnson - Isaac Martinez, Scotch

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 f6?! 4.d5 Nb4 5.c4 c6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 c5 8.Nc3
Na6 9.b4 cxb4 10.axb4 Qxb4 11.Ne2 Qxc4 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Nf5 Nb4 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.d6
Nh6 16.Ne7 Bxe7 17.dxe7 Kxe7 18.Rc4 Ke8 19.Bxb4 Qb6 20.Qc2 Kf7 21.Bd2 Ng4
22.Be3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Qxe3+ 24.Be2 Rd8 25.Qd3 Qb6 26.Qd5+ Ke8 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rf1
Qe6 29.Qd3 d5 30.Qf3 dxc4 31.Qf8+ Kd7 32.Qc5 Qc6 33.Rf7+ Ke8 34.Qe7# 1-0

            David Kennedy - Kathy Schneider, Vienna

            1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.a3 Bc5 5.b4 Bd4 6.Nge2 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 0-0
8.Be2 d6 9.h3 h6 10.0-0 d5 11.Bb2 d4 12.Nb1 a5 13.Nd2 a4 14.Nc4 b6 15.Nxe5 c5
16.b5 Nbd7 17.Nc6 Qe8 18.Bc1 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.f4 Qe8 21.f5 Nd7 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Bh5 Ne5 24.Qd2 Kh7 25.f6 Rg8 26.Rf4 Bxh3 27.Rf2 Rg5 28.Qe2 Qg8 29.Kh2 Rg3
30.Rg1 Re3 31.Qf1 Qg3+ 32.Kh1 Qh4 33.gxh3 Rxh3+ 34.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 35.Rh2 Qe3
36.Rg7+ Kh8 37.Bxf7 Nf3 38.Rg8+ Rxg8 39.Bxg8 Qg1# 0-1

            Randy Canney - Kevin Seidler, Lisitsyn Gambit Declined

            1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 (This strange opening is a cousin to the
Lisitsyn Gambit (1 Nf3 f5 2 e4!?) which Rob Karnisky used to play. I don't know
what happens after 3...fxe4, but Randy probably does.) 3...d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.exf5
Bxf5 6.d4 e6 7.Be2 g6 8.Nh4 Bg7 9.Nxf5 exf5 10.d5 Ne5 11.f4 Ned7 12.0-0 0-0
13.Bf3 Re8 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.Nd4 a5 16.c3 Nfe4 17.Re1 Qh4 18.Be3 Re7 19.Bxe4 Rxe4
20.Nf3 Qe7 21.Bxc5 dxc5 22.Ng5 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 24.Rxe1 h6 25.Ne6 Re8 26.Kf2
Kf7 27.Nxc7 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 g5 29.Ne6 b6 30.Nxg7 Kxg7 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.c4 Kf6 33.a4
Ke5 34.Ke2 Kd6 35.Kf3 Ke7 36.g3 Kd6 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Ke5 39.h5 Kd4 40.d6 Kxc4
41.d7 Kb3 42.d8Q f4 43.Qxb6+ Kxa4 44.b3+ 1-0

            Edelreich Delarosa - Paul Anderson, Pirc

            A winner of this game would tie for first place. After much
maneuvering, time pressure brings forth a burst of furious action. 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 11.Bh6 Rfe8 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rfe1 Rad8 14.Rad1 e5 15.d5 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 Reg8 29.Rg2 Kf8 30.Rdg1 Ke7 31.Na2 Qxa4
32.b4 Qxa2 33.bxc5 Qxc4 34.cxd6+ (34 Bxc4 Ng4+) 34...Kd7 35.Qb6 Qc8 36.Bd1 Ke8
37.Rc2 Qd8 38.Rc7 Kf8 39.Qxb7 White has a crushing position but only two
seconds to play his next move. So he offered a draw. ?-?

            Kyle Leeds-Tilley - Jeff Sallade, Danish Gambit Declined

            1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2
0-0-0 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Qd7 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.0-0 Nf6 13.Rc1 Nxf3+
14.Qxf3 Qg4 15.Qxg4+ Nxg4 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.Nb5 Rd7 19.Nxa7+ Kb8
20.Nb5 Rc8 21.Rfd1 Nf6 22.d6 c6 23.Nd4 Rxd6 24.Nf5 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 g6 26.Ne3 Kc7
27.Rd3 Ra8 28.a3 h5 29.Kf1 Ne4 30.Nc4 Re8 31.Re3 f6 32.f3 Nd6 33.Rxe8 Nxe8
34.Ke2 b5 35.Nd2 Nd6 36.Kd3 c5 37.Ne4 c4+ 38.Kd4 Nxe4 39.Kxe4 Kd6 40.Kd4 Kc6
41.h4 Kd6 42.a4 Kc6 43.a5? Kb7 44.Kd5 Ka6 45.Ke6 Kxa5 46.Kxf6 b4 0-1

            Rhett Langseth - Ramyashree Gangadhar, QP

            1.d4 e6 2.c3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.a4 cxd4
8.exd4 Bd6 9.b4 Rc8 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Ng5 h6 13.h4 Nh7 14.Nxh7 Kxh7
15.Nf3 g6 16.Qd2 Kg7 17.c4 Qf6 18.Bc1 Rh8 19.c5 Bc7 20.0-0 Rcg8 21.Bb2 g5 22.h5
g4 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qh4 25.Qf4 Qxh5 26.f3 gxf3 27.Rxf3 Kf8 28.Raf1 Rg7 29.Qf6
Be8 30.Qd8 Qg5 31.Qd6+ Qe7 32.Rf6 Rhg8 33.R1f2 Rg6 34.Qb8 Kg7 35.Qxa7 Kh7 36.b5
Qd7 37.c6 bxc6 38.Qxd7 Bxd7 39.b6 Rb8 40.Rxf7+ Rg7 41.a5 Bc8 42.Rf8 Ra8 43.Bd4
Rg8 44.R2f7+ Kh8 45.Rxg8+ Kxg8 46.Rc7 Rxa5 47.Rxc8+ 1-0

            Fred Eric Spell - Joe Aragon, Sicilian

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Be3 Ne5 10.h3 Nc4 11.Qc1 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 0-0 13.a4 Nd7 14.b4 Qb6
15.Nd5 Qxd4 16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 18.Rad1 Be5 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rxd6 Bxe7 21.Rxd7
Bxb4 22.Rxb7 Rab8 23.Rd7 Kg8 24.Kh1 Bc5 25.Rd5 Rfc8 26.f5 Rb6 27.fxg6 hxg6
28.Rd7 Rf8 29.Rc7 Bd4 30.Rd7 Be5 31.Rxa7 Rc6 32.Re7 f6 33.g4 Rxc2 34.Rd1 Rh2+
35.Kg1 Rxh3 36.Rdd7 Kh8 37.Kg2 Rh2+ 38.Kg1 Rc8? 39.Rxe5 fxe5 40.Kxh2 Rc4 41.Re7
Rxa4 42.Rxe5 Kg7 43.Kg3 Kf6 44.Kf4 g5+! 45.Rxg5 Rxe4+ 46.Kxe4 Kxg5 47.Kf3 Kh4?
(47...Kg6 holds the draw.) 48.Kf4 1-0

            USAFA "Quads" #8
            By Jerry Maier

            Results of USAFA "Quads" #8, March 28, 2009.



Score	Place	Prize	Player
3.0	1st	$40.00	Kurt Kondracki
2.5	2nd	$20.00	George Raikas
2.0			Danial Picard
1.5			Alex Cacas
0.0			Gerald J Maier
0.0			Robert Mitchell

            Colorado Springs Chess Club 4th Quarter Schedule
            By Buck Buchanan

            Here is the chess club schedule for the next quarter:

           
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            COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB

            April - June 2009

            The Colorado Springs Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings in the
downstairs Game Room of the Acacia Apartments Building at 104 E. Platte, just
north of Acacia Park. The building opens about 6:30 PM. Most activities begin
registration about 7:30, with play starting at 8:00. On most evenings, club
ladder games are also available, including USCF-rated G/90 games. For more
information call Buck at 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys.net .

            Players should arrive no later than 8:00 to get into the building.

            In addition to Tuesday evenings, club members are gathering for
chess at these times:

            Wednesdays: Poor Richard's, 320 N Tejon, 6:30-10 PM. Rated tourney,
G/90, 1 game a night.

            3rd Saturday of month (4/18, 5/16, 6/20) Agia Sophia coffee house,
2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM.

            Air Force Academy Quads, USCF rated. 4/25, 5/30, 6/27. See Dean
Brown or websites for info.

           
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            April

            7 Speed tournament
            14 Team tourn., 4SS, G/15. 2 player teams, alternate moves without
consulting, rating sum <3200
            18 Denker/Polgar Fundraiser tournament, 4-SS, G/30, Grace Place
Church, 2403 Templeton Gap. Register with Buck.
            21 Josh Bloomer simul
            28 Ladder games, G/15

            May

            5 Speed tournament
            12 Thematic tourn. King's Indian Defense: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7
4 e4 d6
            19 Quads - 4 RR, G/30 if rated, G/20 if not
            23-25 Territory Days Booth at Bancroft Park. Play for fun, promote
chess. Dress "Western." See Buck
            26 4-SS, G/15

            June

            2 Speed tournament
            9 June Mating Game: 4-SS, G/30, USCF rated, $5 entry fee
            13-14 Southern Colorado Open: 6-SS, G/90, Manitou Spgs Masonic
Lodge. Register with Dean.
            16 June Mating Game continues.
            23 G/15 Ladders
            30 Bughouse!

            Spring is Sprung Open III
            By Liz Wood

            April 4, 2009
            Spring is Sprung Open III --- A One-day Rated Chess Tournament
            5-SS, 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 Maier, (719-660-5531) Send pre-registrations to: Jerry
Maier at 229 Hargrove Court, Colorado Springs CO 80919-2213 or pmjer77 at aim.com
by April 2nd.

            COLORADO TOUR EVENT

            Game Of The Week

            This week's game comes from the club event. In the first round, I
was paired with Katie Wise. She is a newcomer to the club as most of her
experience is from the scholastic scene. However, she has gotten good enough to
try her hand at fishing in deeper waters. She is 4th on the ladder at the
Borders scholastic chess club and was looking for more of a challenge. Well,
she got it. Two of her three opponents were rated 400 points higher than her.
She played well and didn't give me much to work with until time pressure kicked
in. I had played her a couple of weeks earlier in one blitz game and had a hard
time winning that as well. I thought she must have a knack for chess or a
really good coach. Well, I found out this week that she has a really good
coach. Her coach is the same guy who taught IM Jeremy Silman how to play chess!
In addition, she also has the opportunity to spend lots of time with her coach,
as it is her father.

            I was happy with this game as I felt like it was the only game this
night that I finished well. I usually don't start games well as I am not much
of an openings theoretician. I figured I would wait to study openings when I
hit expert status. I realized there are far more mistakes to take advantage of
in the endgame that the vast majority of players wouldn't have enough of an
advantage from my early mistakes to hold their lead. "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)). It is kind of like a
movie. A great ending can cover up a lot of weaknesses in the plot. Well, take
WarGames for example. It was a 1983 movie with Matthew Broderick as a computer
hacker that breaks into the NORAD computer and starts the launch sequence for
nuclear missiles. It was on TV Sunday night, and the only thing that kept me
watching was the Colorado Springs connection and the occasional chess
reference. However, I thought it had the best movie ending of all time. I won't
give away the details in case you want to rent it, but what else could be a
better ending?

            How About A Nice Game Of Chess? (Click this link to view the game on
your web browser)

            (138) Wise,Katie (1273) - Anderson,Paul (1994) [B12]
            March Swiss Colorado Springs (1.2), 24.03.2009
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation
            1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 last book move 5.Qd3 Nbd7
6.Nf3 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 Nf6 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.c3 Qd5 10.Nbd2 h6 Controls g5 11.Qe5 e6 12.c4
Qd7 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Qe2 0-0 15.b3 Rad8 16.Bb2 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Bb4 18.Rad1 Nh7 19.Qe3
[19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Qe7= ] 19...Qc7 [19...e5!? 20.d5 cxd5-/+ ] 20.Bc3 Bd6 21.h3
Bh5 22.Ne4 Bf4 23.Qe2 f5 24.Nc5 Ng5 25.Rd3 [>=25.Nd3!?-/+ ] 25...b6-+ 26.Na6 Qe7
[26...Qb7 27.Nb4 c5 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Nc6 Qxc6 31.Ne5-+ ] 27.d5?
[27.Nb4 Qd6 28.Red1 Bxf3 29.Rxf3 e5-/+ ] 27...Nxf3+ [27...cxd5 28.cxd5 e5 29.d6
Nxf3+ 30.Rxf3 Qxd6 31.Qc4+ Kh7 32.Bb4-+ ] 28.gxf3 [>=28.Rxf3 e5 29.Qd3-+ ]
28...Qg5+ 29.Kh1 exd5 30.Qxe8+ [30.Qf1 Rxe1 31.Bxe1-+ ] 30...Rxe8 31.Rg1 Qh4
32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Rg2 Qxh3+ 34.Kg1 Bxf3 35.Rxf3 Qxf3 36.Bg7+ Kf7 37.Kh1 Re1# 0-1

            Upcoming Events

            3/31 Players' Choice, CSCC
            3/31 March 2009 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA
            4/4 Spring is Sprung Open III, CSCA
            4/8 Boulder April Blitz Tournament, BCC
            4/10-12 2009 Boulder Open, BCC
            4/16 April 2008 G/29 Grand Prix Event, CSCA

            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/)


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue Mar 31 16:18:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:18:17 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg - Wall, Round 3,
	2009 Colorado Closed
Message-ID: <1238537897.49d296a946b33@www.taom.com>


Tyler was amazed in Round 1 when he played a
complicated long term sac against the Grandmaster.

" In a situation I would have used a lot of time,
Dashzeveg would only take a minute a move.
In an endgame I was sure I could draw he found a win. "
- Tyler Hughes

" The rest of us struggle and calculate.
the Grandmaster just KNOWS."
- Brian Wall

I spent MONTHS studying all the Grandmaster's games,
I wrote emails on the ones I liked.

I was not looking for holes in his opening repertoire like
a normal person. I was looking for his philosophy, how he
played, how he thought, his style. IM Mulyar's openings were
much more impressive, a lot of cutting edge tactical modern
theory. Sharavdorj tends to play the same solid stuff, 1 d4,
the King's Indian Defense, the French Defense, decade after
decade like the tides. Tactics seems dirty, unnecessary in his hands.
No gambits, no prepared tactics, just solid play, endgame mastery,
iron logic. His play is grounded in the very bedrock of Chess,
tactics are a distasteful distraction from the inexorable laws.
Sharavdorj's play is not based on Rybka combinations prepared
45 moves deep, his play is based on the 10 Commandments,
The Code of Hannurabi, Byzantine Law.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci

Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius

Showing your games to Dashzeveg is like rapping to Yoda.
Too much flash. He makes you ashamed of your Chess,
your own ignorance.

The Grandmaster moves with such confidence,
I call them Q.E.D. moves.
Every time he moves it looks like
he just proved a Geometry theorem.

Showing your best combination to Sharavdorj is like
taping third grade art on Andrew Wyeth's refrigerator.

Petrosian saw all the tactics,
he just thought they had little to do with CHESS.

Sharavdorj's play is not based on the latest TN
in a Chess periodical, there are no computer
printouts in his kitchen, there is just a man,
his mind and a deep understanding of the game he loves.
His Chess does not depend on what Anand and Kramnik
played last week. His Chess depends on ultimate truth,
the simpler the position, the stronger he gets.
Sharavdorj is not trendy, he is Logos himself.

Suffice it to say, our game was over in 10 minutes.
he played 42 moves in 28 minutes. I was playing
Tournament Chess, Dashzeveg was playing Action Chess.
He spent most of the game trying to catch my eye,
puzzled why I wouldn't resign,
why would I waste Grandmaster time?
Believe me, I felt like resigning on move 15.
Richard Herbst thought so too.

Richard asked me on ICC how I did against the GM.

Brian -
I won.

Richard -
How, you were lost in 15 moves?

Brian -
Fork.

Richard -
Really? Really?

and I logged off.

The next day Richard, the 2009 Double Scholastic Champion,
came up to me smiling:
Fork! Liar!

Well, that did happen on other boards in the Colorado Class Championships.
I saw an old man torture young Rhett Langseth for hours with Rook versus Knight.
When I heard the old man growl a curse, I knew instantly what happened
without looking. Rhett forked his only pieces left, a King and a Rook.
Good Luck at Supernationals with Kasparov, Rhett.

Another guy was tormenting someone younger with Queen versus Rook.
The Rook somehow mated the King.
" Did I really do that? "

Anthea ( 3-1 ) told me she can tell when someone feels they are losing because
they start forgetting to hit the clock. I saw Ginny Gaige ( 4-0 ), 4 pieces up,
cheerfully reminding her older gentleman opponent to hit the button.

I saw Morgan Robb, losing for hours, try a cheesy two knight smothered
mate trick on Duwayne Langseth. I groaned when I found out later he
fell into it.

I saw Ted Doykos have an opportunity to
sac a knight to reach the drawn endgame:
White Pawn -  h7
White Knight -g5
White King -  g2

Black King - h8

I thought I would have to tell Ted after
the game but he figured it out on his own.
If the White King guards the h7 pawn
to free the Knight, it's stalemate.

OK, enough stalling, I'll show you the game.


[Event "2009 Colorado Closed"]
[Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Opening "Benoni: classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[ECO "A70"]
[NIC "BI.20"]
[Time "00:48:12"]
[TimeControl "40/155, Game/1 , 5 second delay"]

2009 Colorado Closed

Tivoli Center,
Denver, Colorado

Round 3

Board 1

3-28-09

White -
GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg
3 time Mongolian Champion
2470

Black -
LM Brian Wall
2208


1. d4 Nf6!  2. Nf3!  e6!  3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5
5. cxd5!  d6 6. Nc3! g6 7. e4!  Bg7!
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March 2009 Chess Life
Kasparov seminar with young Americans

" There are dead openings, like, you know, the Benoni. "
Kasparov

Everyone laughs.

" What would you recommend instead of the Benoni? "
asks Andrew Ng

"Anything" Kasparov.
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That made me mad. I love Kasparov but when he kept losing to Kramnik's bayonet
attack, he abandoned the King's Indian, leaving his Azerbaijanian countryman
Radjabov to carry on the 2700 King's Indian fight alone. When Alekhine called
Capablanca's 1 ... g6 a "joke opening " he blocked progress there for decades.
That type of thing is the reason I play unorthodox Openings.

People of all classes, top to bottom,  will be playing
the King's Indian and Benoni a thousand years from now.

The Irish hero in me decided I could cover myself in glory by
beating a genuine 1 d4 Grandmaster with a "dead opening ".

I do not choose openings because of statistical analysis of
which openings have the best winning percentage. I choose
the opening most likely to amuse me at the time.
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8. h3 O-O!  9. Bd3!  Re8!

Played at least 790 times beginning
with Alexander Kevitz in my birth year.

IM John Watson gave me his Gambit Guide to the Modern Benoni.
On page 178 John recommends 9 ... Nh5.

" Regarding 9 ... Nh5  and 10 ... Nbd7, I believe it is particularly important
to play these moves ( in either order ) without the preliminary ... a6 and a4
and also without a preliminary ... Re8. "
IM John Watson


10. O-O!  c4

Played at least 356 times beginning
with Alexander Kevitz in my birth year.
Other practitioners -
Bent Larsen, Rogozenko, Velimirovic ( 4 times ), Bu Xiangzhi ( 5 times ),
Yifan Hou, Tom Wedberg ( 14 times ), Ljubojevic ( 3 times )

The Grandmaster has used a minute total.
I have used 8 minutes.

11. Bc2 b5!

Played 164 times for 54 years


12. Nxb5!  Nxe4!

Played 69 times


13. Bxe4!  Rxe4!

Played 46 times

14. Bg5!  Qb6!

Played 11 times
14 ... Qd7  played once
14 ... f6   played once


15. a4!
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Code of Hannurabi -

If any one break a hole into a house (break in to steal),
he shall be put to death before that hole and be buried.
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All my moves are approved by modern men and computers but apparently I have
broken some sort of ancient code. Sharavdorj aims to bury me where I stand
by the Code of Hannurabi. Dashzeveg was baging out moves instantly so I thought
for 48 minutes. Why does every legal move suck? I concluded I was lost no
matter what I did. The main threat is Nf3-d2:c4:d6 and that's hard to stop,
even with two moves to make. When any Benoni player gets in trouble they sac the
exchange and pray for the best. Since my main problem is my overdeveloped KR and
my underdeveloped Queenside I decided to sac the exchange to get my bishop on
d3. Fritz 9 agrees I found the best move, in fact Fritz 9 agrees with 7/8 out
of my last moves from 7-15, all except for 10 ... c4 which was also chosen by
356 others since 1955.

I had the same problem with Ray Robson. I made some small inaccuracy followed by
10 perfect moves but I still lost. These guys are so sensitive to the position
that the smallest disturbance in the cosmic equilibrium is enough to set off
their fire alarms.

I am not playing recklessly, by any mortal standard I
have doen nothing wrong but I am being judged by a god.
I considered every legal move over and over again, to no avail.


15 ... Bf5!!
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Played twice.

15 ... Qc5!!     played 4 times
15 ... Bb7       never played
15 ... Ba6       never played
15 ... Nd7       never played
15 ... Na6       never played
15 ... Qa6       never played
15 ...  a6       played once
15 ... Re8       played twice
15 ...  c3       never played
15 ...  h6       played twice
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On 15 ... Qc5   the #8 reply, 16 Re1 has been played 3 times already.
The #2 reply, 16 Nd2 has been played once.

The Grandmaster told me after the game he had already beaten a 2300 with
15 a4!  Qc5  16  b4!  TN Sharavdorj Dashzeveg -
I still haven't figured out what is the first name and what is the last name -
his father is a Dashzeveg and one of the Mongolian girls is
a Sharavdorj so I still have to learn their naming customs.

I didn't play  15 ... Qc5!!   because it's just another exchange sac after
16  Nd2!!  Re5  17  Be3  R:e3  18  fe   or  17 ... Q:d5  18 Nc7!

Dashzeveg's move is also very good - 15 ... Qc5!!  16  b4!!
an Alekhine style move.
15 a4!  Qc5  16  b4!!!    Q:b4
and now Fritz 9 likes  17  Qb1!  Q:b1  18  Ra:b1
targetting c7-d6
or  17  Nd2  Re5  18  Rc1
targetting c4
Sharavdorj  played  15 a4!  Qc5  16  b4!!!   Q:b4  17  Nc7
and now  17 ... B:a1?  18 Q:a1  is very bad for Black -
no dark square control.
15 a4!  Qc5  16  b4!!!   Q:b4  17  Nc7  Qb7! 18  N:a8  Q:a8
is another exchange sac in which this variation
specifically and the Benoni in general abounds.
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15 ... Bb7 is another unconvincing exchange sac -
16  Nd2  B:d5  17  N:e4  B:e4
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Almost every line is an unconvincing exchange sac -
15 ... Ba6  16  Nd2!!  Rd4   17  N:d4!!  or Be3!
15 ... Ba6  16  Nd2!!  Re8   17  N:c4  Qc5  18  Nc:d6  B:b5
19  N:e8  B:f1  20  Rc1, Be3 or N:g7  all win
15 ... Ba6  16  Nd2!!  B:b5  17  N:e4
15 ... Ba6  16  Nd2!!  Re5   17 N:c4
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15 ... h6 16 Nd2  leaves my rook nowhere to go
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15 ... Nd7  16 Nd2  Rd4  17  Be3 R:d2  18  Q:d2  Nc5  or
15 ... Nd7  16 Nd2  Nc5  17  N:e4  N:e4
more lame exchange sacs
15 ... Na6  16  Nd2  Nc5  transposes
15 ... Na6  16  Nd2  Rd4  17  Be3  R:d2  18  Q:d2  Nc5 transposes
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15 ... Qa6  16 Nc7  exchange sac
15 ... Qa6  16  Re1, Qd2, Rc1, Qc1, Be3, Ra3
are all great positions for the GM
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an endless supply of exchanges sacs after 15 ... a6
16  Nd2  ab, ... Bf5, ... Bd7, ... c3, ... Bb7, ... f5, ... Rg4, ... Nd7
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15 ... Re8  16  Nd2!
and the white knights might fight to slightly bite  d6  right after 17 N:c4
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15  ... c3  16  bc   doesn't help
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You have some idea what I had to think about for 48 minutes
and nothing looked quite good enough against a GM.
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16. Nd2!  Rd4   TL  Wall

A Theoretical Lemon but I am convinced I am already lost here anyway.
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7 minutes taken  -
16  ... B:b2  17  Rb1!!  Black is busted -
16  ... B:b2  17  Rb1!!  c3  18  N:e4  B:e4
19  Qe2  B:b1  20  Qe8+  Kg7  21 Be3!! is a killer
16  ... B:b2!  17  Rb1!!  c3  18  N:e4  B:e4
19  Qe2  B:d5  20  N:c3!!

16 ... a6    17  N:e4  ab
16 ... h6    17  N:e4
16 ... Nd7   17 g4!!
16 ...  f6   17 Be3  R:e3  or  17  N:e4 B:e4
more exchange sacs to evaluate
16 ... Na6   17  g4!!
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17. Be3!   Rxd2!  18. Qxd2!  Qd8!  19. Rfc1 Bd3  20. Na3!!

immediately undermining my bishop

20 ...  Qh4 21. Nxc4!  Bxc4!  22. Qb4!!  Na6

Too mad at myself to resign,
going through the motions


23. Qxc4!  Qxc4!  24. Rxc4!  Bxb2!  25. Rb1!  Ba3 26. Rc6!
Nc5!  27. Rxd6!  a5!  28. Bxc5 Bxc5!  29. Rc6 Bb4!
30. Rd1!  Rd8!  31. d6 Rd7! 32. Kf1 Kg7! 33. Rc7 Rxd6!
34. Rxd6!  Bxd6!  35. Rc6  Bb4!   36. Ke2!  h5!  37. Rb6

The Mongolian uses exchange sac threats to drive my bishop away

37 ... Bc3!  38. f4 f5 39. Kd3 Be1!  40. Rb1!  Bg3!  41. Rf1  h4 42. Kc4

1-0   Brian Resigns

His King will eat my a-pawn -
42 Kc4  g5  43  Kb5  B:f4  44 R:f4!  gf  45 K:a5

Time spent tapping his foot impatiently -
GM - 28 minutes

Time suffered burning in hell -
LM - 98 minutes

I will have to prepare better than that if I want to beat the GM.
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[Event "2009 Colorado Closed"]
[Site "Tivoli Center, Denver, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Opening "Benoni: classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[ECO "A70"]
[NIC "BI.20"]
[Time "00:48:12"]
[TimeControl "40/155, Game/1 , 5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4
14. Bg5 Qb6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Nd2 Rd4 17. Be3 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Bd3
20. Na3 Qh4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Qb4 Na6 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxb2
25. Rb1 Ba3 26. Rc6 Nc5 27. Rxd6 a5 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rc6 Bb4 30. Rd1 Rd8
31. d6 Rd7 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Rc7 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Bxd6 35. Rc6 Bb4 36. Ke2 h5
37. Rb6 Bc3 38. f4 f5 39. Kd3 Be1 40. Rb1 Bg3 41. Rf1 h4 42. Kc4

1-0   Brian Resigns

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[Event "Las Vegas National op 5' playoff"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sharavdorj,Dashzeveg"]
[Black "De Firmian,Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.h3 b5 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.0-0 0-0 11.a3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Bf4 Qb6
14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.b4 Ba8 17.Be3 Qb8 18.Bb1 Bb7 19.Bf4 Ba8
20.Bd3 Qb6 21.Bh6 Bh8 22.Nh2 Ne5 23.Bf1 cxb4 24.axb4 Nc4
25.Qa2 Bb7 26.Rc2 Nd7 27.Na4 bxa4 28.Bxc4 Ne5 29.Qxa4 Re7
30.Be3 Qd8 31.Bf1 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Rc7 33.Qa4 Qc8 34.Qa5 Bg7 35.Qb6 Nd7
36.Qa5 h5 37.Nf3 Rc2 38.Nd4 Rc3 39.Nc6 Bxc6 40.dxc6 Rxc6
41.Rd1 Qb7 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Qe7 Rc7 44.Qxd6 Be5 45.Qd5 Qxb4
46.Qxf7+ Bg7 47.Rxd7 Rxd7 48.Qxd7 Kg8 49.Qc8+ Kf7 50.Qxa6 Qe7
51.Qc6 Bf6 52.Qd5+ Kg7 53.Bc4 Qf8 54.Qe6 Kh7 55.e5 Bg7
56.Qf7 Qxf7 57.Bxf7 Bxe5 58.Kf1 h4 59.Ke2

1-0
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[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.09.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fishbein,Alexander"]
[Black "Larsen,Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.h3 e6
8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 Bd7 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Rb1 Na6
14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Rac8 16.d6 Nb8 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.Ba4 Qa5
20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Rfe1 Re6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Re1 Qf5 24.g4 Qf7 25.Qe4 e5
26.Be3 a6 27.Qg2 Rxd6 28.Qxb7 Nf6 29.Qc8+ Qe8 30.Qxc4+ Kh8 31.Rd1 Rxd1+
32.Nxd1 h5 33.Nc3 hxg4 34.hxg4 Qd7 35.f3 Qb7 36.Qe2 e4 37.f4 Nd5
38.Nxd5 Qxd5 39.b3 a5 40.Qd2 Qb5 41.Bd4 Qd7 42.Bxg7+ Qxg7 43.Kf2 Qa7+
44.Qe3 Qd7 45.g5 Kh7 46.Qxe4 Qd2+ 47.Kg3 Qxa2 48.Qe7+ Kg8 49.Qe6+

1-0
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[Event "Bucharest2"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bets,Anatolij"]
[Black "Musat,Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7
8.h3 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4
14.Bg5 Qb6 15.a4 Bf5 16.Nd2 Bxb2 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qe2 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 f5
20.Qxc4 Nd7 21.Be3 Qb7 22.Rd1 Nb6 23.Qa2 Bxd5 24.Qa1 Nc4 25.Bh6 Bxg2
26.Qd4 Rc8 27.Qf6 Re8 28.Kh2 Bxh3 29.f3 Bg4 30.Re1 Ne5 31.Nxd6

1-0
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[Event "AUT-chT2W 0203"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2002.10.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronznik,Valerij"]
[Black "Klundt,Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Bd3 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Rxe4
14.Bg5 Qb6 15.a4 Bf5 16.Nd2 a6 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qe2 axb5 19.Qxe4 Nd7
20.axb5 Rc8 21.Ra6 Qxb5 22.Rc6 Rf8 23.Qxc4 Qxb2 24.Rxd6

1-0
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[Event "Manhattan CC-ch 5556"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1955.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Siegel,M"]
[Black "Kevitz,Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7
8.h3 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.Bd4 Rb8
15.Re1 Qc7 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Red1 Bd6 20.Rf1 Nh5
21.Ne2 a5 22.g4 Ng7 23.Ng3 Bc5 24.Kg2 b4 25.axb4 Rxb4 26.Bxc5 Qxc5
27.Ba4 Rd8 28.Qc3 f6 29.b3 Ba6 30.Rfc1 Ne8 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Nf1 Qb6
33.bxc4 Rxc4 34.Qe3 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Bxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qxe3 37.fxe3 Ra8
38.Ke2 Kf8 39.Ra1 Ke7 40.Kd3 Kd6 41.Kc4 Rc8+ 42.Kd3 Ra8 43.Kc4 a4
44.Ra3 Rc8+ 45.Kb4 f5 46.gxf5 gxf5 47.exf5 Kxd5 48.Rxa4 Ke4 49.Ra7 Rf8
50.Kc5 Rxf5 51.Rxh7 Kxe3 52.Ra7 e4+ 53.Kc4 Rf8 54.Ra3+ Kf2 55.Ra2+ Kf3
56.Ra1 Rh8 57.Kd4 e3 58.Rf1+ Ke2 59.Ra1 Kf2 60.Ra7 Re8 61.Rf7+ Kg2
62.Rg7+ Kh2 63.Ra7 e2 64.Ra2 Kxh3

0-1
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