From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  1 09:05:25 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  1 May 2009 09:05:25 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Super Saturday G/29 Reminder
Message-ID: <1241190325.49fb0fb5ec5b5@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Archie Shipp <archship at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 06:36:47 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Archie Shipp <archship at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: archship at yahoo.com
 Subject: Fw: Super Saturday G/29 Reminder
.com>



 Just a reminder that the first Super Saturday G/29 Grand
 Prix event is this
 Saturday, May 2nd.  The tourney will be in Fort Collins in
 the Lory Student
 Center on the CSU Campus.  We are playing in the 2nd Floor
 Food Court of the
 Lory Student Center, where the Fort Collins Chess Club has
 its usual
 meetings

 The event is a 6-round Swiss with a G/29 time control (no
 delay).  The cost
 is $12, $9 for Juniors (under 18), Seniors (65+), and
 Unrated (no regular or
 provisional USCF ratings in either Standard or Quick).
 With that price, why
 shouldn't you play!

 In addition to being a double point G/29 Grand Prix event
 (6 rounds instead
 of 3 and 2 bonus points for playing instead of the usual
 1), this is also a
Colorado Tour event - so CSCA membership is required for CO
 residents, but I
 am hoping by being a Colorado Tour event that it will bring
 in a few more
 players.  Prizes will be based on participants, but tourney
prizes will be
 60% of the entry fees collected, with the rest going to the
 overall G/29
 Grand Prix Prize Fund after paying USCF rating and CO Tour
 fees.

 Registration is from 830-930am, with the 1st round starting
at 945am and the
 last round being done by 6pm.

 For information about the tournament or directions once in
 Fort Collins,
 please see the event listing
 (http://www.colorado-chess.com/newtourn.shtml#459) or
contact me at
 lee.lahti at comcast.net or 970-372-8590.

Allan, Archie, Brian, Jay, Jerry, Joe, & Klaus - Please
 forward to your
 chess clubs and/or mailing lists.

Please come out and make this the most successful G/29
 Grand Prix event yet.
 I hope to see many of you on Saturday.

Lee



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  1 13:19:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  1 May 2009 13:19:28 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Penguin - Lasley Lane
Message-ID: <1241205568.49fb4b402a637@www.taom.com>

Andy Rea informed me it is called Der Ampel or Stoplight in Germany.
Eric Schiller calls it the Penguin in Unorthodox Chess Openings.

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC SLG/MCSW/SATAF"
<Matthew.Lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil> -----
    Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:52:59 -0600
    From: "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC SLG/MCSW/SATAF"
<Matthew.Lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil>
Reply-To: "Lasley, Matthew CTR USAF AFSPC SLG/MCSW/SATAF"
<Matthew.Lasley.ctr at schriever.af.mil>
 Subject: penguin
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Brian,



I came across a "penguin" when looking for something else amongst the
Gary Lane archives. (early 2002: #s 37 & 38). A guy named Witherspoon
from TN asks a question about what looks very much like your penguin.



"White 1 Nf3, Black any move, 2 Rg1! We call it "The Chuck!" or rather
the" Charles Silk Offense!"" Gary Lane couldn't find any examples.



The next issue he gets a couple of replies and 2 examples from Reti
openings. Zilbermints was one respondent saying it was "Die Ampel"
-German for traffic light.



More fun with chess trivia.



Links to the archives:

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane37.pdf

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane38.pdf



--Matt

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  1 15:48:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  1 May 2009 15:48:55 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Registration allows kibitzing at Chris
	Peterson's Brian Wall Chess site
Message-ID: <1241214535.49fb6e4713d7d@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: hey
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com

you can send it out over your mailing list now people can register an account
login and logout at http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/register.php



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  1 21:26:57 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  1 May 2009 21:26:57 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 12859076
Message-ID: <1241234817.49fbbd8161466@www.taom.com>

Yes but Chris got off that murder rap on a hung jury.

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from fkimberry at aol.com -----
    Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 21:09:56 -0400
    From: fkimberry at aol.com
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 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Registration allows kibitzing at Chris
Peterson's Brian Wall Chess site
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com


12859076 (CO) Non-Member? 1928?? 1800?? PETERSON, CHRIS ?(suspended)
Question:? Is this the same Chris Peterson that was suspended by USCF last
summer at the World Open
for using somebody else's membership (a certain Anthony Tucker)?to enter a
tourney????

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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
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Sent: Fri, 1 May 2009 4:48 pm
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Registration allows kibitzing at Chris Peterson's
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----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:13:06 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: hey
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com

you can send it out over your mailing list now people can register an account
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From garrensilverwing at yahoo.com  Fri May  1 21:39:05 2009
From: garrensilverwing at yahoo.com (Chris Peterson)
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 20:39:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] irrelevant and superfluous
Message-ID: <469791.56641.qm@web32604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I don't appreciate my reputation being defamed like this. I wish Frank Berry would have just emailed me directly. By putting the question over the entire email group it constitutes libel. Not only is it questioning the integrity of me as a person but also the website and all the work I have put into the website. Immaturity is not a good quality in anyone, especially someone who td's and hosts some of the best tournaments in the country. The privacy policy on the website clearly states what the information entered on the website is used for, and if you're really worried about the information you're entering you probably should not be on the internet in the first place. 

If no one thinks making a modern website for Brian's vast community he has built up here please tell me and I will take it down forthwith.



      
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May  3 03:00:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  3 May 2009 03:00:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] He played Chess just like a woman but he
	cried just like a little girl.
Message-ID: <1241341201.49fd5d115002a@www.taom.com>



Brian Wall (2103 Quick) - Ronald Schroeder (1564 Quick)

[B30]


Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
no delay, no increment

Quick ratings only

Lory Student Center,
CSU
Fort Collins,CO

Round 2

May 2, 2009

Rainy weather

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 a6

No one told me c3 was this easy to beat the Sicilian.


4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 e6 6.d5!!

All the Colorado women allow their knights to be kicked out of the
center by center pawns except Jana Glovinsky who plays the Rat/Hippo.
I don't explain the phenomenon, I just report it.


6 ...  exd5!  7.exd5!  Bb4+!

He must be a man, he's going to fight back.


8.Nc3!!  Qe7+!

Yes, he is not going to meekly retreat,
he is going to insist on keeping his knight in the center.


9.Be2!!  Ne5!  10.0-0!!  Nf6!!  11.Nd4

Looking for trouble on f5.
11  Bf4!!
is the most brutal.


11 ... 0-0!  12.Nf5!!  Qc5!  13.Be3!  Qc7 14.d6!!

Cutting the board in half -
Kasparov

14 ...  Qb8 15.Nd5!!

Downsizing the b4-Bishop due to his positional recession.


15 ...  Bxd6?


He didn't have to blunder a piece,
I would have won one anyway after
15 ... N:d5!  16  Q:d5!  Nc6  17 a3  or
16 ... Re8  17 a3  or
16 ... Ng6  17 Qd4

Normally Ronald's move is so bad it would be a 20th worst move
blunder but the good news is that Ronald's position is so bad
and his previous play so devoid of comprehension that his
blunder is the third best move available.

Even without winning a piece I can gang up on Schroeder's
King while his Queenside takes a collective nap.

16.Nxf6+!!  gxf6!  17.Qxd6!!

Pretending I want to trade Queens.


17 ...  Ng6 18.Qxf6!!

Mate in 2


 1-0


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Brian Wall (2103) - Ronald Schroeder (1564) [B30]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CO (2), 02.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 e6 6.d5 exd5 7.exd5 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7+
9.Be2 Ne5 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Nd4 0-0 12.Nf5 Qc5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.d6 Qb8 15.Nd5 Bxd6
16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Qxd6 Ng6 18.Qxf6 1-0


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May  3 12:15:07 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  3 May 2009 12:15:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Reading your emails is not what I need right
	now - Frank Deming post-mortem
Message-ID: <1241374507.49fddf2b7abab@www.taom.com>


Reading your email is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem


If he had he might have learned that I invented a new Lemmiwinks bashing
system to cheer up Duwayne Langseth who has trouble with them.



Frank A. Deming,
Quick rating  (1705)

verus

Brian Wall,
Quick rating (2103)

[C55]


Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
no delay, no increment

Lory Student Center, CSU,
Fort Collins, CO

Round 4

May 2, 2009

Rainy weather.
Food Court
Panda Express Open from 11-4

Sack lunch for me

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3

I sometimes " Go Lemmiwinks "  with the Clam  2 d3
in the name of all things animal and wonderful.

2 ... Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3

Lemmiwinks.

4 ... Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5

I had just lost to Anthea and was out for blood, playing quickly.


8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4 Rg8!!

Fritz9 taught me not to worry about the h6-pawn,
just rip open the g-file and hope for the best.
Fritz 9 is all about Knight to Queen's Rook Four
each move for both sides to steal a Bishop.


10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4!!

Managing to sneak in a Fishing Pole.


12.Qf3

Only defense to  ... Qh4

12 ... Rg7??

Oops, we both took two minutes for our moves and
didn't see B:f7+!! winning a pawn until after we did.


13.Bxc5!

I give exclams for second best even if
they suck because everything else is worse.

13 ... Qh4!! 14.Qh3??

The Losing Moment.
A good idea if you preface this with a piece sac
14  B:f7+!!  R:f7  15  Qh3!!  Q:h3  16  gh
about equal
14  Qg3 or moving the White King's Rook anywhere is also OK.



14 ...  Qxh3!!  15.gxh3!  Ne3+!! 16.Kh1!  Nxf1!!

My Knight can weasel out via d2 so I keep the exchange for a pawn.



17.Bxd6

Another line is
17 Nd5  0-0-0  17 B:a7  Nd2  18  Be3  N:c4  19  dc
and I have my exchange for a pawn.

17 ... Nd2!!
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A great move with a trick I learned from my Grandmaster Fishing
Pole game with Boris Kreiman. The idea is 18 B:c7  Kd7!!
holding the bishop by the scruff of his neck
until my Rook can go ... Rc8:c7.

Old Joke -
Seeing eye dog bites blind man with white cane with red tip.

Passing observer to blind man -
He bit you and now you are holding out a doggy treat.
I don't get it.

Blind man -
I am trying to find his mouth so I can kick his ass.

My Knight can now choose between ...Nf3, a great post or ... N:c4.

17 ... cd!  was perfectly good too.
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18.Nd5

Rooks in the corner are like beautiful, young
women, eternal bait for the eager and unwary.

18 ... cxd6!!  19.Nc7+!  Kd7!!  20.Nxa8 Nf3

I have many wins and can pick up the
cornered Knight with King or Rook.
20 ... Nf3  appealed to me aesthetically
because it locks outs his King and Rook.


21.Bb5 Rg8!!

Ecclesiastes
King James Bible

3:1 To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;


22.Bc4! Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4!!

23 ... Ne6!!
is very strong as well.
I will win the trapped
Knight for nothing now.

24.c3 N4e6!!  25.Rd1 Nc6

0-1

Those who will not read will serve as examples to those who do.
Thus must it be ever so.

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Frank A. Deming,Q (1705) - Brian Wall,Q (2103) [C55]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (4),
02.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4
Rg8 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 Rg7 13.Bxc5 Qh4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Ne3+
16.Kh1 Nxf1 17.Bxd6 Nd2 18.Nd5 cxd6 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nf3 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bc4
Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4 24.c3 N4e6 25.Rd1 Nc6 0-1


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Anti-Lemmiwinks system

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "worldcitizen"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:00:35"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+
13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6
18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8
23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3

{White resigns}
0-1
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Earlier email -

[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 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "JDF"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "00:54:32"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. Na3 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Nc2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Bf3
15. g3 Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "nifty"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "15:49:51"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O
g5 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Bf3 14. g3
Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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This is the famous Lemmiwinks bashing game turned into
a brilliant endgame study, checkmate in 2 at the end
using a pawn as bait when I was completely exhausted from watching
victim auditions for Saw VI until 5:30 AM the night before.
Danielle Rice can confirm.

Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65]
North American Open 40/2  G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6),
29.12.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 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  Sun May  3 17:18:49 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  3 May 2009 17:18:49 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Josh Divine beats my Weihmiller French
Message-ID: <1241392729.49fe2659d94e0@www.taom.com>


With his long hair and tall, young, good looks Josh Divine looks
like a rock star and his birth name looks like a stage name.

Josh has a Todd Bardwick repertoire,
the English for White and the French for Black.

When he plays something he knows,
he is like a fish in water.
- Petrosian on Bobby Fischer

Josh Devine's Quick rating is 1613
but he plays like a 1950 and when
he plays the French, he plays like a 2150.
I invite you to judge for yourself.

Slow rating - 1718
Josh Divine

My 4th attempt with the Weihmiller French was with Josh Divine, August 2007
( I thought it was spelled Josh Devine until today ),
a wild game that ended in a draw.

Josh did just what I did as Black my first game with Bill Weihmiller,
I played ... cd, ... a5, ... Bb4+, ... 0-0, ... f6, ... g5

We played some Bardwick blitz before we were paired on Saturday,
all Englishes and Weihmiller Frenches. I advised him that if
he wants to play ... g5 to do it before castling. He took my advice.

I win about 90% of my Weihmiller Frenches but it leads to extremely difficult
and subtle positions, almost impossible to navigate correctly. I don't expect
perfection, I do hope to flounder better than my opponents.

The main difficulty is three-fold -

1- extremely complex positions
2 - slight nuances lead to completely different approaches in positions that
look almost identical to the naked human eye. It's extremely easy to use
an idea that was brilliant last time but because of some tiny detail, is all
wrong this time. Every Chess opening has a soul and the theme of the Weihmiller
French is camoflauge. Imagine trying to find your specific silk scarf in a
Chinese Super-Barge headed for Dollar Tree.
3 - Prejudices develop quickly and they are very harmful.

My Weihmiller French preferences -

A -
I like my King-Bishop on d3, aiming at Black's castled King.
The Bishop is also well-posted on b5 in certain lines but I
have a prejudice against that. I finally reneged this game.

B - I prefer to answer ... Bb4+  with Kf2
instead of Bd2 and that is often wrong.
In this game I answered ... Bb4+ with Ke2, very wrong.

C - Often a knight on d4 is better than a pawn on d4.
I like my big pawn center.

D - I prefer my Queen Bishop on e3
but that was a mistake this game.

E -
I prefer h4 followed by B:h7+  and Ng5+,
the Greek Sacrifice Fishing Pole Attack
but that is often completely unsound.
That is why I prefer Kf2 to 0-0,
I keep my Rook on h1 for the attack.

F - The middle games are often highly confusing with both
Kings blown all over the wind-swept map. I often convince
myself I know what's going on when I don't have a clue.
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"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it."

?Margaret Fuller
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If any of this sounds like fun to you, check out this game.
In our first game I sacced two pieces but I had 85 minutes for the game.
This game was much longer and more complicated in a third the time.
Can you say Double Question Marks?? I finally got a hold of myself
and used 7 of my 11 minutes to find the only move. I then started
playing nearly perfectly. I was a piece down when we started and I
luckily managed to win it back. The game got down to a Rook and Rook-pawn
each blocking each other, a dead draw but TD Lee Lahti and Josh Divine
wouldn't grant me a "no winning chances " draw so I played 25 pointless
moves and lost on time. Mitch Anderson ( 6-0 ) felt bad because he
thought USCF rules might agree with me. Mitch himself was the victim of
a Jay Shaeffer Super-Rook ( Robert Raimrez term for a rook that can
sacrifice himself because he is stalemated if captured )in the last
money round. Jay didn't realize he reached a 3-fold repetition with
... Rf4+ and bungled the Stalemate net with almost no time left. I saw
it but couldn't speak until after the game.

Josh has a runty-looking off-white pawn in his Chess set that I placed
on d2 before the game, silently declaring my tabiya determination.



Ft. Collins Super Saturday Game/29 minutes
no delay,no increment

Lory Student Center, CSU,
Fort Collins, CO

Round 5

[C05]
Weihmiller French



Brian Wall
Quick rating - 2103
versus
Josh Divine
Quick rating 1613



1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3

The Weihmiller French is as old as Steinitz
but since Benko everyone prefers 7 Nfd3 today.
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"The most damaging phrase in the language is:
'It's always been done that way.'"

?Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
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7 ...Qb6 8.Nb3 cxd4 9.cxd4 a5 10.a4 f6 11.Be3

Wrong, Bd2!!!  and Bb5!!
allow me to castle safely


11 ... g5!!!!

This wild idea was a whole chapter in a Dvoretsky book.
Much better now than ... g5 after castling which is what
I played as Black against Bill Weihmiller,
Weihmiller French Game #1  or
as Josh Devine played against me in our first game,
Weihmiller French #4.
I have lost track of how many I have played now.

Bill played g3 versus my .. g5 and I analyzed this as the best move.
I played g3 against Divine's ... g5 the first time.
I decided to try something different.



12.exf6!!

Best in this case.
Close in value :
12 Nfd2, Bf2, fg, Bb5, g3, Bg1
I have to admit I didn't consider half of those moves.

12 ...  Nxf6

3 minutes spent on this move

I remembered shaking my head when I first analyzed lines like
12 ... gf!!  13  f7+!?  K:f7  14 B:f4  e5!?  15 de!!  or  Bd2!!
two years ago. What total insanity for either side!
You can add 12 ... gf!!  13  f7+!?  K:f7  14 B:f4  e5!?
15 Ng5+  Kg7  16  Ne6+  Kf6  17 N:f8  gf  18  N:d7  B:d7
19  Bb5 or Kf2  into the mix. Try that in a Game/29.

On 12 ... Bb4+  no doubt I would have chosen
13  Kf2!  gf  14 B:f4 0-0!  over
13 Bd2!!  g4  14 f7+  Ke7  or ... Kf8!


13.Bb5!

Humans hate pins and hate waiting to develop and castle.
My move is somewhere in between  13  fg!!  Ng4  14  Bg1!!
and 13 N:g5!   Bb4+  14 Kf2!!
I don't think I've ever put my Bishop there before in a Weihmiller French.
I kind of like it, relieving the pressure on b3, d4, e5
and my Virgin King.



13 ...  Bb4+

It's never too late to start a Fishing Pole Attack
with  13  ... Ng4!!  14  Qe2/d3  gf/N:e3
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Josh Divine looks like he should be singing for this band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWapziQ2mAk


Never Too Late lyrics
Three Days Grace

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would have guessed it
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

The world we knew
Won't come back
The time we've lost
Can't get back
The life we had
Won't be ours again

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late (It's never too late)
It's not too late
It's never too late
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?It's never too late... never too late to start over,
never too late to be happy.?

?Jane Fonda
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14.Ke2?

I might have played the correct Bd2!!  after
13 ... gf  14 B:f4  Bb4+  15  Bd2
because I wouldn't be distracted by the g5-f4 couple.
14 Nfd2, Nbd2 or even Kf1 are all better than my move.



14 ... Bd7?

Three minutes sent on this move.
It wouldn't have taken much to play
14 ... gf!!  15 B:f4!  first before
15 ... Bd7!!

15.Nxg5!!

A fun posiiton with a clogged b-file and both Kings on the e-file still.
I have an extra pawn but no way to trade Queens so expect a bumpy ride ahead.
Our Kings can end up anywhere. 15 ... h6  or ... 0-0 are interesting.

Time -
Brian - 21 minutes left
Josh  - 20 minutes left

15 ...Rg8 16.g3!

16 Kf1!!  is better,
guarding g2, safeguarding my King
and liberating my Queen.
Burying my rook, even temporarily,
is unnatural to me.
Penguin action with  16  Rg1! is possible.
16 Nc5! is another idea.

16 ... Rxg5?

4 minutes spent on this move.
Hard for a French player to refrain from exchange sacs.
No need to go crazy -
16 ... h6  17 Nf3  Ng4  18  Qd3  0-0-0
is a reasonable continuation



17.fxg5!

Up the exchange and a pawn but
my aristocracy is lounging
in the mansion library while
the resentful goundskeeper
is burning the front lawn.


17 ... e5!!

The young firebrand sets the board on fire,
no sedate 17  ... Ne4  18  Rc1  0-0-0
for him. I did not believe in his attack,
he only has one threat, 18 ... Bg4+.
The strongest line is
18  Kf1!!  Bh3+  19 Kg1  Ng4  20 Bd2
but how much there is in that line for a human to hate!
The trick is I can unravel with  Bf1, h3 and Kh2
but who has patience in a Game/29 for that?
18  Qc2!!  Ng4  19  Q:h7  0-0-0  20 Bg1  Re8
is another very scary line that favors me.
I played the third best line, sue me.


18.h3!

3 minutes spent on this move.

18 ... Ne4!! 19.dxe5?

I spent 5 minutes choosing between the safe and sound
19  Kf3!!  0-0-0  20  Kg2!! hiding
and the wild but unsound  19  de!?.
Well, you should know me by now.
If I wanted safe I wouldn't have gotten
into this situation in the first place.
Damn you, 2750 at age 22 Alexei!
Like last time, I pump up the jam.

19 ... Nxg3+!! 20.Kf3??

It's always comforting to look back at your Chessmaster
scoresheet and see you blundered instantly.
Mr. Divine said he was content with a draw after
20  Kf2!=  Ne4+!=  21 Ke2  Ng3+  22 Kf2  Ne4+=
as I dance around the Bishop maypole.
My move is completely crushing in all lines but one.


20 ...  Nxe5+??

I felt like I was mugged with a blackjack from behind.
How did I miss a check/capture?
Completely shaken up I forced myself to calm down
and find the right move. I pretty much played
correctly from here on in but the damage was
too extensive already.

" Everyone has time after the accident." -
Mr. Twerskoi the Russian dentist/Chessplayer

All my troubles begin with
21  K:g3  Q:e3+  22 Kh2  Qf2  checkmate.
I can try other avenues but they are expensive.
21  K:g3  Q:e3+  22 Kh4  Ng6+  23  Kh5  Nf4+
mates in 3.
21  Kf2  Ne4+  22 Ke2 B:b5+
mates in 4
21 Kf4  wins in every line except
21 ... Ng6+  22 Kf3  Nh4+
23 Kh2 ( so Josh can't take my Bishop with check )  Qc7+!!
and he will grab my Bishop with check,
come hell or highwater.


21.Kg2!!
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"The soul always knows what to do to heal itself.
The challenge is to silence the mind."

?Caroline Myss
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7 minutes spent on this move.
My position is in ruins from excessive risk from
taking chances and learning is all that counts.
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"You can learn new things at any time in your life if
you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn
to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you."

?Barbara Sher
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21 ... Qxe3! Only move


22.Bxd7+!!   Nxd7!

4 minutes spent on this move.
Sometimes as a Master it's fun to analyze the
true horror of the consequences of your choices.
It's even stronger to just ignore
my Bishop and activate Divine's Rook.
Sample line -
22 ... Ke7!!!  23 Qd5  Rf8!!  24  Rhf1  N:f1!  25  R:f1  Qe2+  mates



23.Qxd5!!  Nxh1!  24.Rxh1 Rc8 25.Nd4!  Rc5!

2 minutes spent on this move.
Josh forces an ending,
25 ... Qd2+!!
would win more material by including his rook in the attack.
I was numb from the pain at this point.


Time -
Brian - 2 minutes left
Josh  - 6 minutes left

I stopped keeping score here.
The following moves is a rough re-creation
with approximately 30 moves missing.

http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm9_index_news.php?id=1673&rubrik=6&lang=0&kat=0&PHPSESSID=ab7ce7901adcebe0cd7e50d21c141bec

May 2009 Anand Interview

Harry Schaack -
Somewhat surprisingly, Grischuk won Linares 2009.
Considering his permanent time trouble
it is amazing that he is so successful.

Anand -
If I have only five minutes left on the clock, I start to get nervous.
For Grischuk time trouble only begins, when he has five seconds left.
Before that he carefully writes the moves on his scoresheet, including
minutes and seconds spent by each player - all that with unbelievable
calm. Maybe he needs the thrill. At any rate he is an excellent blitz
player. One must never underestimate him in time trouble.


26.Qe6+!  Qxe6!  27.Nxe6!

When I am low on time sometimes an endgame is welcome,
even a piece down. The choices are simpler and you don't
have to dance around checkmate every move.

27 ...  Re5!

Picking up the g5-pawn.
I am down a piece for nothing
because I chose 20 Kf3??
instead of 19 Kf3!!



28.Nf4!  Rxg5+! 29.Kf3!  Re5 30.Rd1 Nf6 31.b3 Bc5 32.Rd3 Rf5 33.Kg3 Nh5+

33 ... Bd6!!  34 R:d6  Ne4+  35  Kg4  R:f4+  36  K:f4  N:d6
would just end it but this may not be the exact position.


34.Nxh5!  Rxh5!  35.Kg2!  Ke7
36.Kg3 Ke6!  37.Kh2 Bd6+ 38.Kg2 Ke5 39.Kg3 Rf5!  40.Kg2!  Rf4 41.Kg3 Kf5??

I had less than a minute and was startled out of my maximum blitz intensity
reverie when Josh played 41 ... Kf5??, dropping a Bishop and tried to make
another move. I looked up and saw a giant crowd of vultures watching the
game, waiting for me to lose on clock and/or position.

I asked the crowd,
" Did he take his hand off?"

There was a flutter of feathers, a shifting of claws and some quick bird
droppings. Second seeded Markus Petters nodded slightly in acknowledgement.
TD Lee Lahti told me after the game he also saw it and would
have granted my request. We also discussed after the game whether I should
have got an extra 2 minutes at that point. Grey area. The game continued.


42.Rxd6!!=

Josh was trying to set up ... Rd4 discovered
check and ended up losing the offending Bishop.



42 ...  Rb4! 43.Rd3 b5 44.axb5 Rxb5 45.Kg2 Kg6
46.Kg3 Rb4 47.Kg2! a4 48.bxa4!  Rxa4! 49.Kh2 h5!  50.Rd2 h4!

This should start the 50-move count but I only got about half-way there.
TD Lee Lahti was keeping track in case I made it.
I played so hideously I was just proud to get this far.

Lee Lahti had tried to anticipate disputes with a flyer of his Game/29 rules.
It said King and Rook versus King and Rook is a draw due to insufficient losing
chances but those darn rook-pawns kill me. The most amusing Lee Lahti rule is-
If King and Queen are detected in the first 10 moves as being set up wrong,
the same moves will be played with the King and Queen set up correctly.
This seems highly dubious to me, my moves might be completely different if I am
trying to checkmate a King on d8.

Before he won $100,000 in a poker tournament 6-time US Champion Walter Browne
ran a WBCA, the Walter Browne World Blitz Chess Association with a magazine and
dues and a separate rating list. I once should have had a 2500 blitz rating
because I was in my prime and had a fantastic result but NM Alan Bennett forgot
to turn in the scoretable. Arrrgghhh. I would have been in the top 100 in
Walter's magazine.

Lee Lahti asked me for a copy of those rules. By Walter's rules I would have
been granted a draw. I didn't feel much like arguing because I deserved to lose
the game and I have a certain preference for the Old School, you lose on time
when your flag falls, no tricks, no excuses, ne delays, no increments. Also
I like Josh and like to encourage women and kids, just not with my rating points
like this tournament.

0-1
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Brian Wall (2103) - Josh Devine (1613) [C05]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (5)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 cxd4
9.cxd4 a5 10.a4 f6 11.Be3 g5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Bb5 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Bd7 15.Nxg5 Rg8
16.g3 Rxg5 17.fxg5 e5 18.h3 Ne4 19.dxe5 Nxg3+ 20.Kf3 Nxe5+ 21.Kg2 Qxe3 22.Bxd7+
Nxd7 23.Qxd5 Nxh1 24.Rxh1 Rc8 25.Nd4 Rc5 26.Qe6+ Qxe6 27.Nxe6 Re5 28.Nf4 Rxg5+
29.Kf3 Re5 30.Rd1 Nf6 31.b3 Bc5 32.Rd3 Rf5 33.Kg3 Nh5+ 34.Nxh5 Rxh5 35.Kg2 Ke7
36.Kg3 Ke6 37.Kh2 Bd6+ 38.Kg2 Ke5 39.Kg3 Rf5 40.Kg2 Rf4 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Rxd6 Rb4
43.Rd3 b5 44.axb5 Rxb5 45.Kg2 Kg6 46.Kg3 Rb4 47.Kg2 a4 48.bxa4 Rxa4 49.Kh2 h5
50.Rd2 h4 0-1

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This was my fouth game with the Weihmiller French.
I could have had a nice, safe micro-advantage with
with 21 Qd2 but I went hog wild with a two piece
sac that ended up in a 3-fold repetition.
Josh Devine played well and could have won so
he may have felt in Fort Collins that " I owed him one ".



[Event "Poor Richard's Restaurant July"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2007.07.18" ]
[Round "2"]
[White "brianwall"]
[Black "Josh Devine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "3 fold repetition draw"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "13:35:19"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 5 second delay"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6
8. Nb3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bd3 g5 13. g3 Be7
14. Qc2 Rf7 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Kg2 g4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 e5 19. g6 Rf3
20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. Be2 Rxe3 22. Qg6 Qd8 23. Rhf1 Rxe2+ 24. Kg1 Ne7
25. Qxg4 Re4 26. Qg5 Nc6 27. Qg6 Ne7 28. Qg5 Nc6 29. Qg6 Ne7

1/2-1/2

I claimed a three-fold repetition with 2 minutes left on my clock with
30
Qg5

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WBCA Blitz Rules

Approved by the advisory committee of Nick Defirmian, Max Dlugy, Yasser
Seirawan, Ron Henley, Danny Kopec, Joel Benjamin and Walter Browne.

Lightly edited by members of your NIH Chess Club.

Each player must make all his moves in the time specified for the game. Time
limits for WBCA events may be from three to seven minutes, with the same amount
of time allotted to each player. Time controls outside the three to seven minute
range will not be WBCA rated.
All the clocks must have a special device, usually called a "flag", marking the
end of the time control period. Either player may object to using a computer
clock, provided they produce a clock with a standard face. In the event that
both players prefer their own standard face clock, the player with Black will
have the choice each game.
Before play begins, both players should inspect the position of the pieces and
the setting of the clock, since once each side has made a move all claims are
null and void.
Each player must push the clock with the same hand he uses to move his pieces.
Exception: only during castling may a player use both hands. Also when
capturing, only one hand may be used. The first infraction will get a warning,
the second a one minute penalty and the third will result in the loss of the
game.
The arbiter should state at the start of the event the direction the clocks are
to face, and the player with the Black pieces then decides which side he will
play with that opponent.
Except for pushing the clock, neither player should touch the clock except:
To straighten it.
If either player knocks over the clock his opponent gets 1 minute added to his
clock.
If the opponent?s clock does not tick the player may push his opponent?s button
down and then push his own button down again; however, if this procedure is
unsatisfactory, the players should call for a director.
The player must always be allowed to push the clock after his move is made.
Neither player should keep his hand on or over the clock.
Defining a win.
A game is won by the player:

Who has mated his opponent?s king.
Whose opponent resigns.
Whose opponent?s flag falls first, at any time before the game is otherwise
ended, provided he points it out and neutralizes the clock while his own flag
is still up and that he has mating material.
Who after an illegal move by his opponent, takes the opponent?s king or stops
the clock.
An illegal move doesn?t negate a player?s right to claim a win on time, provided
he does so prior to his opponent?s claim of illegal move. If the claims are
simultaneous, the player who made the illegal move loses.
Defining a draw.
A game is a draw:

If one of the kings is stalemated even if a fallen flag is claimed
simultaneously.
By agreement between the players during the game only.
If the flag of one player falls after the flag of the other player has already
fallen and a win has not been claimed unless either side mates before noticing
both flags down.
To claim a draw by perpetual check, a four-time repetition is necessary with the
player counting 2,3,4, out loud so as to make it quite clear and easier for the
arbiters to assist. The claimant should stop the clock after the 4th
repetition.
If both players each have just one identical piece, either may claim a draw by
stopping the clock, provided that his opponent cannot show a forced win within
2 minutes.
If one player has insufficient mating material when his opponent?s flag falls or
makes an illegal move.
In K+B vs. K+B of opposite colors, with only 1 pawn on the board, or in 2 vs. 1
in a clearly blockaded position, a draw can be claimed by stopping the clocks
and summoning an arbiter if necessary, provided there is no forced win within 2
minutes.
K+RP vs. K can be claimed as a draw once the defender is on the rook file in
front of the pawn. K+P vs. K can be claimed as a draw once the defender is
immediately on the square directly in front of the pawn as long as it?s not on
the 7th rank.
K+R+RP vs. K+R is a draw if the pawn is blockaded by the king and there is no
immediate win.
Miscellaneous

If a player accidentally displaces one or more pieces, he shall replace them on
his own time. If it is necessary, his opponent may start the opponent?s clock
without making a move in order to make sure that the culprit uses his own time
while replacing the pieces. If a player touches one piece, then moves another;
his opponent can restart the player?s clock and make him move the piece he
touched. Finally, it is bad sportsmanship to knock over any pieces and punch
the clock before replacing them. For a first offense the player will get a
warning (unless he causes his opponent?s flag to fall, in which case the
offended shall get 1 extra minute on his clock.); for a second offense a 1
minute add-on to his opponent?s clock will be imposed; for a third he shall
forfeit the game. Thereafter the arbiter may use any other penalties or expel a
player from the event for repeated offenses.
In case of a dispute either player may stop the clock while the arbiter is being
summoned. In any unclear situation the arbiter will consider the testimony of
both players and any reliable witnesses before rendering a decision, which in
all cases is final.
The arbiter shall not pick up the clock except in the case of a dispute when
both players allow him to do so.
Spectators and players are not to speak or otherwise interfere in another game.
If a spectator interferes in any way, such as calling attention to a flag fall
or an illegal move, the arbiter may cancel the game and rule that a new game be
played instead, and he may expel the offending party from the playing room. The
arbiter should also be silent about illegal moves or flag falls (unless there
are enough arbiters and they have agreed with players to make those calls
before the event started) as this is entirely the responsibility of the
players.
When a clearly drawn position is reached either player may stop the clock and
appeal to the arbiter for a draw.
If the arbiter allows a draw as in rule #8, the game is over.
If the appeal is rejected then a penalty is imposed on the player who stopped
the clock, by adding one minute to his opponent?s time.
A player who has played an illegal move must retract it and make a legal move on
his own time. If no legal move exists with that piece then he may make any legal
move. Illegal moves unnoticed by both players cannot be corrected afterwards,
nor can they become the basis for making a claim, although a piece, once
touched, must be moved. To claim a win due to an illegal move, the illegal move
has to be completed by pushing the clock, and the claimant has to have mating
material.
A legal move is completed when the hand leaves the piece.
Moving the king next to the other king is illegal, however, neither player
should play king takes king. Stop the clock and claim a win because of an
illegal move.
If the player promotes a pawn and leaves the pawn on the board, the opponent has
the option of stopping the clocks while a replacement piece is found.
An arbiter may determine that a clock is defective and may change clocks at his
discretion.
Before the tournament the organizers should post at least two copies of the
complete Blitz rules in the tournament area unless there are less than 25
players, in which case one list will suffice. Posting one hour before play is
advisable.
If the king and queen are set up incorrectly reversing their positions, the
player will only be able to castle short on the queenside or long on the
kingside. Once each side has made a move, the incorrect setup stays unless both
parties agree to restart.
Avoid excessive banging of pieces or clocks.
In all World Blitz Chess Association tournaments, the decision of the arbiter is
final. However, for future consideration the WBCA will listen to any grievances
or wrongdoings on the part of any arbiter or players.
MAIN RULES

Touch move
To have enough mating material to claim a win on time
Illegal move loses



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May  3 20:47:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  3 May 2009 20:47:34 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Halibut Gambit
Message-ID: <1241405254.49fe57460dd6b@www.taom.com>


I used to get a lot of angry emails from people demanding that I post losses.
I guess they all went away.

Anthea reminded me after she beat me of what I said before the game.

Concerned Kibitzer-
" Do you know what Anthea plays? "

Brian -
" I tell her what to play! "

I don't think she liked that.

We drove up to Fort Collins together. Afterwards we were arguing about
where to go for dinner, Taco John's or Good Times. Amazingly we found
this restaurant that combined both. Good Twilight Zone episode. My
son Devon said that was the weirdest combination he ever heard.

What's in a name?  Preteen Zack Malone invented this Gambit,
1 c4  b5  2 cb  a6

I thought I would throw that at Anthea so she didn't start feeling
complacent about the English Opening being just a positional squeeze.

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Halibut Gambit miniature on Chess.com
click and move

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/halibut-gambit-miniture-wow
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1 c4 b5 normally gives good chances for black,
even though the Halibut Gambit is considered
unsound at the professional level.

Wikipedia
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Ft. Collins Super Saturday Game/29
no delay, no increment
Lory Student Center, CSU,
Fort Collins, CO

TD -
Lee Lahti

May 2, 2009

Rainy afternoon,
perfect Chess weather


White -
Anthea "Ainsworth" Martinez,
Quick rating 1636
versus Co-author
Brian Wall,
Quick 2103


[A10]
English Opening,
Halibut Gambit


1.c4 b5!!

Halibut Gambit,
independently invented by a pre-teen Zack Malone.
Anthea told me what I was playing. I didn't know.
I have recently entered dozens of my games into a
database and I noticed a lot of sickening games
where I technically grind Anthea into the dust.
Somehow that made me feel bad and I wanted to do
something different. Light and fluffy like a
Denver Omelot.


2.b3

Anthea is a Benko Goddess herself so she had no interest in the pawn.


2 ... c5

I told Anthea I was going to keep strutting my
pawn down the f1-a6 highway until she took a bite.


3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5!!

Uh oh, looks like she's ready to grab some material.

6 ...  exd5

6 ... a6!  7  de  B:e6!
is a slightly more reasonable gambit.


7.Bxb5+!!  Bd7!  8.Nc3 Bxb5!  9.Nxb5!  a6?  10.Bxf6!!

Messing up my pawns too.
OK, joke's over, honey,
you can drop a piece any time now.
Fritz 9 is cranking at +2.25 now.


10 ... gxf6!  11.Nc3!!  d4 12.Na4

Now I was all happy again, just like I said
in my Round 2 Ronald Schroer game email,
all Colorado women allow their knights to
be kicked out of the center by a pawn.
It was happening again.
It shouldn't be long now before I get something going.

12 ... Rg8!!

MY ICC and Chesstelevision.com host old Harvard Square Chess buddy
IM Bill Paschall told me he is the King of doubled f-pawn positions.
Also remember what Anand did to Kramnik World Championship match
on the g-file. Yup, the birds will be chirping and the dogs will
be barking soon.

13.Qc2!!

A move from hell. I thought for 2 minutes on complicated lines
involving  N:c5, Q:h7 and also
13 ... R:g2  14  Qe4+  any  15 N:d4  cd  16  Q:g2  de
saccing the exchange.
The Queen's Queen is attacking everthing I have except my Queen.
I considered 12 ... Qd8 for a long time until I noticed
13 Nb6 or did I notice Nb6? Hard to tell in my state of mind.
This sounds weird but I noticed after my mistake that the
plastic board was closer to my side than hers. a8 was out of my
peripheral vision! Normally I have the whole position in my head
and don't need board or pieces but maybe Game/29 is too chaotic.
I don't really know why I was losing to 1600's on Saturday but
I don't think they are 1600's, I think they are just Quick underrated.


13 ...  Rxg2??  14.Qe4+!!

Oops, there goes a Rook.
Anthea said she hadn't planned that when she played 13 Qc2!!.
I believe her, she seemd to be looking at h7, not a8.

If a Grandmaster does not see a threat right at the beginning
of a calculation an extra half an hour's thought will not help.
World Champion Petrosian

I hear ya, Tigran.

Markus Petters laughed when I said I lost to Anthea.

" Did you lose on purpose? "
- Markus

" No "
-Brian

I suppose I was more lighthearted than usual
but the fork came as a genuine shock. The
worst part is I am stuck with this pinned
useless Knight on b8, nothing to fight back with.

" You told me how people don't expect to beat you
so they mess up after they get a winning position.
I tried to guard against that. "
- Anthea

It is not enough to play the Halibut Gambit,
you must also play like a halibut.




14 ...  Be7!  15.Qxa8!! dxe3 16.fxe3!  Kf8 17.Rg1

Trading pieces



17 ... Rxg1+!  18.Nxg1!  Bd6 19.Rc1 Bxh2

All I have to do now is Queen my h-pawn.


20.Nf3 Bg3+!  21.Ke2 h5

The one man pawn wave,
March of the Toy Soldier.


22.Nxc5!!

Did anyone get the number of that atom bomb that hit my position?

22 ... Qc8!!

I am going to swoop in for the kill on g2,
Queen my rookpawn, it's all gonna be OK.


23.Nd3 Qh3 24.Nf4!!  Bxf4!

My lamp is out of kerosene.


25.exf4!  Qe6+!

Will she find  26  Kf1!!,
winning my Knight?

26.Kf2!!  Qb6+!!

Yayy, saving my last piece


27.d4!!  Kg7

Trying to hide.


28.Rc8!!

The Death Star has arrived.


28 ... Nd7 29.Rg8+!!

Mate in 3

29 ...  Kh6 30.Rh8+ Kg6 31.Nh4+ Kg7 32.Qg8#

0-1

Dean Brown offered me a ride home if the gloating became unbearable.

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Anthea "Ainsworth" Martinez,Q (1636) - Brian Wall,Q (2200) [A10]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (3),
02.05.2009

1.c4 b5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bxb5+ Bd7 8.Nc3 Bxb5
9.Nxb5 a6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nc3 d4 12.Na4 Rg8 13.Qc2 Rxg2 14.Qe4+ Be7 15.Qxa8
dxe3 16.fxe3 Kf8 17.Rg1 Rxg1+ 18.Nxg1 Bd6 19.Rc1 Bxh2 20.Nf3 Bg3+ 21.Ke2 h5
22.Nxc5 Qc8 23.Nd3 Qh3 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.exf4 Qe6+ 26.Kf2 Qb6+ 27.d4 Kg7 28.Rc8
Nd7 29.Rg8+ Kh6 30.Rh8+ Kg6 31.Nh4+ Kg7 32.Qg8# 0-1

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Youtube Chess videos that need a little boost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfONfrGcS3o&feature=PlayList&p=51466FA149BAFDA6&index=0

Larimar of Laramie
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O2gCz3teN4

How to Play the Colle Boring Opening Like An Animal
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May  3 23:39:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun,  3 May 2009 23:39:51 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel Johnson on Frank Deming
Message-ID: <1241415591.49fe7fa756729@www.taom.com>

Thanx for telling me that, next time I see him
I can ask him about all out mutual friends.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 22:07:01 -0700
    From: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now
- Frank Deming post-mortem
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>


PS:  Brian, you may not know it, but Frank Deming was a member of the Westford
(Massachusetts) Chess Club back in the 80s  (Alan Bennetts chess club).  I
played him several times there.  Joel
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To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com;
brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:15:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem








Reading your email is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem

If he had he might have learned that I invented a new Lemmiwinks bashing
system to cheer up Duwayne Langseth who has trouble with them.

Frank A. Deming,
Quick rating (1705)

verus

Brian Wall,
Quick rating (2103)

[C55]

Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
no delay, no increment

Lory Student Center, CSU,
Fort Collins, CO

Round 4

May 2, 2009

Rainy weather.
Food Court
Panda Express Open from 11-4

Sack lunch for me

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3

I sometimes " Go Lemmiwinks " with the Clam 2 d3
in the name of all things animal and wonderful.

2 ... Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3

Lemmiwinks.

4 ... Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5

I had just lost to Anthea and was out for blood, playing quickly.

8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4 Rg8!!

Fritz9 taught me not to worry about the h6-pawn,
just rip open the g-file and hope for the best.
Fritz 9 is all about Knight to Queen's Rook Four
each move for both sides to steal a Bishop.

10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4!!

Managing to sneak in a Fishing Pole.

12.Qf3

Only defense to ... Qh4

12 ... Rg7??

Oops, we both took two minutes for our moves and
didn't see B:f7+!! winning a pawn until after we did.

13.Bxc5!

I give exclams for second best even if
they suck because everything else is worse.

13 ... Qh4!! 14.Qh3??

The Losing Moment.
A good idea if you preface this with a piece sac
14 B:f7+!! R:f7 15 Qh3!! Q:h3 16 gh
about equal
14 Qg3 or moving the White King's Rook anywhere is also OK.

14 ... Qxh3!! 15.gxh3! Ne3+!! 16.Kh1! Nxf1!!

My Knight can weasel out via d2 so I keep the exchange for a pawn.

17.Bxd6

Another line is
17 Nd5 0-0-0 17 B:a7 Nd2 18 Be3 N:c4 19 dc
and I have my exchange for a pawn.

17 ... Nd2!!
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A great move with a trick I learned from my Grandmaster Fishing
Pole game with Boris Kreiman. The idea is 18 B:c7 Kd7!!
holding the bishop by the scruff of his neck
until my Rook can go ... Rc8:c7.

Old Joke -
Seeing eye dog bites blind man with white cane with red tip.

Passing observer to blind man -
He bit you and now you are holding out a doggy treat.
I don't get it.

Blind man -
I am trying to find his mouth so I can kick his ass.

My Knight can now choose between ...Nf3, a great post or ... N:c4.

17 ... cd! was perfectly good too.
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18.Nd5

Rooks in the corner are like beautiful, young
women, eternal bait for the eager and unwary.

18 ... cxd6!! 19.Nc7+! Kd7!! 20.Nxa8 Nf3

I have many wins and can pick up the
cornered Knight with King or Rook.
20 ... Nf3 appealed to me aesthetically
because it locks outs his King and Rook.

21.Bb5 Rg8!!

Ecclesiastes
King James Bible

3:1 To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

22.Bc4! Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4!!

23 ... Ne6!!
is very strong as well.
I will win the trapped
Knight for nothing now.

24.c3 N4e6!! 25.Rd1 Nc6

0-1

Those who will not read will serve as examples to those who do.
Thus must it be ever so.

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Frank A. Deming,Q (1705) - Brian Wall,Q (2103) [C55]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (4),
02.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4
Rg8 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 Rg7 13.Bxc5 Qh4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Ne3+
16.Kh1 Nxf1 17.Bxd6 Nd2 18.Nd5 cxd6 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nf3 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bc4
Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4 24.c3 N4e6 25.Rd1 Nc6 0-1

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Anti-Lemmiwinks system

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "worldcitizen"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:00:35"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+
13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6
18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8
23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3

{White resigns}
0-1
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Earlier email -

[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 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "JDF"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "00:54:32"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. Na3 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Nc2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Bf3
15. g3 Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "nifty"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "15:49:51"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O
g5 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Bf3 14. g3
Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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This is the famous Lemmiwinks bashing game turned into
a brilliant endgame study, checkmate in 2 at the end
using a pawn as bait when I was completely exhausted from watching
victim auditions for Saw VI until 5:30 AM the night before.
Danielle Rice can confirm.

Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65]
North American Open 40/2 G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6),
29.12.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 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 May  4 11:27:26 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  4 May 2009 11:27:26 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] can you send this out over your group?
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----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 10:02:53 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: can you send this out over your group?
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

I just redid the directory root for the entire website. Now web pages no longer
have file extensions at the end of their names (with the exception of a few)
so, for example, to register you need to go to
http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/register and to view games you need to
go to http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games (and /news /emails /about
/contactus etc) sorry I did it without telling anyone before but it took me a
long time to do it and I was tired lol

http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May  4 11:51:15 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  4 May 2009 11:51:15 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson on  Josh Divine
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----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson <pdanderson at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:51:24 +0000
    From: Paul Anderson <pdanderson at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Paul Anderson <pdanderson at hotmail.com>
 Subject: FW: [BrianWallChess] Josh Divine beats my Weihmiller French
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>


This one reminds me of my Montezuma story
(http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_Apr_21_2009.html)



Sometimes it is better to take your lumps than be a jerk about the rules -



I am listening to Never To Late as I write this.  I used to love watching videos
back in the 80s.  For some reason this one reminds me of Don't Close Your Eyes
by Kix.

Paul Anderson <pdanderson at hotmail.com>
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May  4 13:26:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon,  4 May 2009 13:26:30 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mike on the Halibut Gambit
Message-ID: <1241465190.49ff4166d330f@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Mike <shutrbug_y2k at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 19:02:08 -0000
    From: Mike <shutrbug_y2k at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Mike <shutrbug_y2k at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: Halibut Gambit
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

Definitely an interesting game. I just played it through on Chessbase. Dare I
say congrats to Anthea??? Very nicely played, girl!!

Good day!

Mike



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May  5 02:03:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue,  5 May 2009 02:03:51 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1241510631.49fff2e75fb4c@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 01:44:31 -0600
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
      To: Fred Eric Spell <spellfe at hotmail.com>, John Schultz

Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter


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

            On April 28th, the CSCC had 7 members in attendance. The
participants played club-rated ladder games (G15). Each player faced an
opponent similar in rating in a 2 game match. Here is how the ladder players
fared:



Score	Player
2.0	Paul Anderson
2.0	Dean Brown
0.0	Mitch Anderson
0.0	Bob Stanton


            Fantasy Chess

            I was knocked out of my fantasy football league by my mom, I lost my
football pool to my sister, I was beaten in the playoff contest by my son, and I
failed to hold my lead in the basketball bracket to Lee Lahti. So far, this year
has been a fantasy flop! But I have one more shot: Fantasy Chess. The USCF is
having a free contest to see who can pick which titled player (paired by USCF)
will score more points in the 2009 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP from May 8-17. If you have
any suggestion, let me know. I can make changes up to 12 pm on May 8th. I am
hoping to win at least one fantasy game this year. Prizes include a Monroi
Personal Chess Manager and a signed book by Garry Kasparov. There will also be
daily prizes.

            Here are my predictions! The confidence levels are shown at the
right.



GM Gata Kamsky (2798, 2720) < GM Hikaru Nakamura (2757, 2701) 3
GM Alex Onischuk (2736, 2684) < GM Yury Shulman (2697, 2632) 2
GM Varuzhan Akobian (2664, 2612) = GM Julio Becerra (2672, 2609) 4
GM Larry Christiansen (2681, 2588) > GM Alex Shabalov (2620, 2569) 11
GM Joel Benjamin (2650, 2583) = GM Gregory Kaidanov (2662, 2595) 6
GM Jaan Ehlvest (2649, 2606) < GM Ildar Ibragimov (2628, 2586) 5
GM Boris Gulko (2631, 2561) = GM Melikset Khachiyan (2632, 2546) 7
GM Josh Friedel (2568, 2516) > GM-elect Robert Hess (2545, 2485) 8
IM Irina Krush (2496, 2452) > IM Anna Zatonskih (2503, 2461) 9
IM Ray Robson (2542, 2465) > IM Sam Shankland (2464, 2446) 10
IM Michael Brooks (2419, 2463) * < IM Enrico Sevillano (2549, 2520) 12
NM Tyler Hughes (2293, 2230) = NM Charles Lawton (2350, None) 1

I have selected GM Hikaru Nakamura to be the 2009 U.S. Champion.

            Game Of The Week

            Dean Brown has now moved into a tie for the top spot as a game
contributor to the Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter:



Games	Name
5	Renae Delaware
5	Dean Brown
4	Brian Wall
4	Tom Mullikin
4	Tim Brennan
3	Josh Bloomer
3	Tim Fisher
3	Matthew Anderson
2	Larry Wutt
2	Jerry Maier
2	Randy Canney


            I was looking for a game to publish this week at the club. I figured
I could get one from Mitch Anderson, as I had just beaten him twice in the
ladder games. He quickly remembered one and gave it to me before I could record
either of our ladder games. However, Dean was not to be outdone. He mentioned
that he had a game in which Rybka gave him 4 exclamation points!!!! Of course,
I was curious, as I thought a double exclamation point was the highest
annotation these programs used. Well, we pulled out the laptop and played
through the game. It turns out he meant one exclamation point on 4 different
moves. I still thought that was impressive and wanted to see if Fritz would be
as generous as Rybka. Fritz was slightly stingier, as it did not award the
double exclamation on move 24, but otherwise the same 4 moves got the
exclamation point. I was a little troubled by the fact that 47. Bxb4! got an
exclamation point from both engines. I don't think anyone should be awarded an
exclamation point one move after missing mate in 3. It reminded me of the
Seinfeld episode when Elaine breaks up with her boyfriend because of
punctuation. She finds it strange that he didn't use an exclamation point when
recording a phone message about a friend having the baby. He is offended that,
as a writer, she would dare to criticize his livelihood and expect him to
"capture the mood of each caller." The issue spirals out of control, and he
ends the relationship.

            I Don't Use My Exclamation Points As Haphazardly As You Do! (Click
this link to view the game on your web browser)
            (143) Brown,Dean (1463) - Barkmeyer,Eric (1534) [A11]
            Boulder Open Boulder, CO (1.4), 10.04.2009
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            A11: English Opening: 1...c6
            1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 last book move. 4...Bg4 5.Ne5 Bd7
6.e3 Nc6 7.Qb3 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bc6 9.Bb5 Qd7 10.Bxc6 Qxc6 11.0-0 e6 12.Bd2 Qd7
13.Nc3 Be7 14.Rac1 Nh6 15.Qb5 [>=15.e4!? Ng4 16.Bf4+- ] 15...Qxb5 16.Nxb5 0-0
17.Rc7 a6 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.exd6 f6 20.Rfc1 [20.Rxb7?! Nf7 21.Bb4 Rab8 22.Rxb8
Rxb8+/- ] 20...Nf7 21.d7 Nd8?? Black crumbles in face of a dire situation
[21...Ne5 22.f4 (<22.Rxb7 Rfd8+/- ) 22...Nc6 23.Rxb7+- ] 22.Rc8 [>=22.Bb4 it
becomes clear that White will call all the shots 22...Rf7 23.Rc8 Rxd7 24.Rxa8+-
] 22...Nc6 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ba5! finishing him off 24...Kf7 [24...Nxa5 25.Rc8+
Theme: Double Attack] 25.Rxc6! Annihilates a defender: c6 25...bxc6 26.d8Q Rxd8
27.Bxd8 Ke8 28.Bb6 Kd7 29.Bc5 e5 30.h4 g6 31.g4 f5 32.g5 Ke6 33.f4 d4 [33...e4
34.Kf2+- ] 34.exd4 e4 35.Kf2 Kd5 36.b3 Ke6 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.a4 Kg7 39.b4 h6 40.b5!
an unexpected blow 40...axb5 41.a5 hxg5 42.hxg5 Kf7 [42...b4 doesn't change
anything anymore 43.a6 b3 44.a7 b2 45.a8Q b1R 46.Qf8+ Kh7 47.Qh6+ Kg8 48.Qxg6+
Kh8 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.g6+ Kh6 51.Bf8+ Kh5 52.g7+ Kh4 53.Be7+ Kh3 54.Qh5+ Kg2
55.g8Q+ Kf1 56.Qh1# ] 43.a6 Ke6 44.a7 Kd5 45.a8Q Kc4 46.Qxc6 [46.Qa3 b4
47.Qxb4+ Kd5 48.Qb3# ] 46...b4 47.Bxb4+! Discovered attack 47...Kb3 48.Qc3+ Ka4
49.d5 Kb5 50.d6 Kb6 51.d7 Kb5 52.d8Q Ka6 53.Qc6+ Ka7 54.Qda8# 1-0

            Upcoming Events

            5/5 Speed tournament, CSCC
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Bg7 4 e4 d6, CSCC
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            For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May  6 02:10:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  6 May 2009 02:10:17 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] WIM Akatova Ekaterina mauled by Raccoon in 5
	moves.
Message-ID: <1241597417.4a0145e998aa0@www.taom.com>



[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Katik"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Opening "King's gambit"]
[ECO "C30"]
[NIC "KG.05"]
[Time "03:51:32"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5!!

The Raccoon

3. fxe5 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qxe4+ 5. Kf2 Bc5+

Akatova must lose her Queen.




{White resigns} 0-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statistics for Katik(WIM)         On for: 2:30     Idle:    0
Katik is currently involved in a match against Tao-Warrior.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2311  [6]     5     5     2    12
Standard        2275  [6]     4     1     0     5
5-minute        2234        349   306    88   743   2367 (09-Dec-2008)

 Name   : Akatova Ekaterina
 Groups : WIMs
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://iulianceausescu.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/paulet_ce.jpg
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Ekaterina Akatova
Fide ID: 4171985
Birthdate: 8-2-1987
Nationality: RUS
Elo: WIM 2261

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

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Katik"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[Opening "King's gambit"]
[ECO "C30"]
[NIC "KG.05"]
[Time "03:51:32"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 h5 3. fxe5 Qh4+ 4. g3 Qxe4+ 5. Kf2 Bc5+ {White resigns} 0-1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May  6 16:43:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  6 May 2009 16:43:51 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Deming on Frank Deming
Message-ID: <1241649831.4a0212a7b1007@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:19:37 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Joel Johnson on Frank Deming
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>

Brian,

Just a point of clarification. Your Chess list is interesting but from the point
of view of getting stronger through opening studies I need a  more main line and
balanced approach. For my current level of play my lack of opening preparation
is quite evident. A good deal of the openings that you discuss have the extra
value of being fun and that is the point of your forum.

I am surprised that Joel remembers me from the 80's and 90's at Alan Bennett's
Westford club. My game was never remarkable enough at Joel's level. My highest
rating was 1976 while Joel was in the 2400+ for the most part. I miss the
Westford club. When I left for Colorado in 1999 it was attracting 4-6 Masters
every Tuesday night with about 5-6 Experts. The great anomaly was that the club
only had about 2-3 Class A players and a bunch of B and below. For us A players
it kind of was a Ping Pong effect of playing games against much stronger
oppenents and much weaker ones.

Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------




________________________________
From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:39:51 PM
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Joel Johnson on Frank Deming





Thanx for telling me that, next time I see him
I can ask him about all out mutual friends.

BW
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----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail. com> -----
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 22:07:01 -0700
From: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail. com>
Reply-To: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail. com>
Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now
- Frank Deming post-mortem
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3@ taom.com>

PS:  Brian, you may not know it, but Frank Deming was a member of the Westford
(Massachusetts) Chess Club back in the 80s  (Alan Bennetts chess club).  I
played him several times there.  Joel
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Chess_Improvement@ Yahoogroups. com;
brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. com
From: BrianWallChess3@ Taom.com
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:15:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem

Reading your email is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem

If he had he might have learned that I invented a new Lemmiwinks bashing
system to cheer up Duwayne Langseth who has trouble with them.

Frank A. Deming,
Quick rating (1705)

verus

Brian Wall,
Quick rating (2103)

[C55]

Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
no delay, no increment

Lory Student Center, CSU,
Fort Collins, CO

Round 4

May 2, 2009

Rainy weather.
Food Court
Panda Express Open from 11-4

Sack lunch for me

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3

I sometimes " Go Lemmiwinks " with the Clam 2 d3
in the name of all things animal and wonderful.

2 ... Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3

Lemmiwinks.

4 ... Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5

I had just lost to Anthea and was out for blood, playing quickly.

8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4 Rg8!!

Fritz9 taught me not to worry about the h6-pawn,
just rip open the g-file and hope for the best.
Fritz 9 is all about Knight to Queen's Rook Four
each move for both sides to steal a Bishop.

10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4!!

Managing to sneak in a Fishing Pole.

12.Qf3

Only defense to ... Qh4

12 ... Rg7??

Oops, we both took two minutes for our moves and
didn't see B:f7+!! winning a pawn until after we did.

13.Bxc5!

I give exclams for second best even if
they suck because everything else is worse.

13 ... Qh4!! 14.Qh3??

The Losing Moment.
A good idea if you preface this with a piece sac
14 B:f7+!! R:f7 15 Qh3!! Q:h3 16 gh
about equal
14 Qg3 or moving the White King's Rook anywhere is also OK.

14 ... Qxh3!! 15.gxh3! Ne3+!! 16.Kh1! Nxf1!!

My Knight can weasel out via d2 so I keep the exchange for a pawn.

17.Bxd6

Another line is
17 Nd5 0-0-0 17 B:a7 Nd2 18 Be3 N:c4 19 dc
and I have my exchange for a pawn.

17 ... Nd2!!
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

A great move with a trick I learned from my Grandmaster Fishing
Pole game with Boris Kreiman. The idea is 18 B:c7 Kd7!!
holding the bishop by the scruff of his neck
until my Rook can go ... Rc8:c7.

Old Joke -
Seeing eye dog bites blind man with white cane with red tip.

Passing observer to blind man -
He bit you and now you are holding out a doggy treat.
I don't get it.

Blind man -
I am trying to find his mouth so I can kick his ass.

My Knight can now choose between ...Nf3, a great post or ... N:c4.

17 ... cd! was perfectly good too.
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

18.Nd5

Rooks in the corner are like beautiful, young
women, eternal bait for the eager and unwary.

18 ... cxd6!! 19.Nc7+! Kd7!! 20.Nxa8 Nf3

I have many wins and can pick up the
cornered Knight with King or Rook.
20 ... Nf3 appealed to me aesthetically
because it locks outs his King and Rook.

21.Bb5 Rg8!!

Ecclesiastes
King James Bible

3:1 To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

22.Bc4! Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4!!

23 ... Ne6!!
is very strong as well.
I will win the trapped
Knight for nothing now.

24.c3 N4e6!! 25.Rd1 Nc6

0-1

Those who will not read will serve as examples to those who do.
Thus must it be ever so.

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

Frank A. Deming,Q (1705) - Brian Wall,Q (2103) [C55]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (4),
02.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4
Rg8 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 Rg7 13.Bxc5 Qh4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Ne3+
16.Kh1 Nxf1 17.Bxd6 Nd2 18.Nd5 cxd6 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nf3 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bc4
Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4 24.c3 N4e6 25.Rd1 Nc6 0-1

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Anti-Lemmiwinks system

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.15" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "worldcitizen" ]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:00:35"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+
13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6
18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8
23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3

{White resigns}
0-1
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
Earlier email -

[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?
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "JDF"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "00:54:32"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. Na3 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Nc2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Bf3
15. g3 Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "nifty"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "15:49:51"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O
g5 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Bf3 14. g3
Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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This is the famous Lemmiwinks bashing game turned into
a brilliant endgame study, checkmate in 2 at the end
using a pawn as bait when I was completely exhausted from watching
victim auditions for Saw VI until 5:30 AM the night before.
Danielle Rice can confirm.

Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65]
North American Open 40/2 G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6),
29.12.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 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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 PS:  Brian, you may not know it, but Frank Deming was a member of the Westford
(Massachusetts) Chess Club back in the 80s  (Alan Bennetts chess club).  I
played him several times there.  Joel

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From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:15:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem





Reading your email is not what I need right now -
Frank Deming post-mortem

If he had he might have learned that I invented a new Lemmiwinks bashing
system to cheer up Duwayne Langseth who has trouble with them.

Frank A. Deming,
Quick rating (1705)

verus

Brian Wall,
Quick rating (2103)

[C55]

Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
no delay, no increment

Lory Student Center, CSU,
Fort Collins, CO

Round 4

May 2, 2009

Rainy weather.
Food Court
Panda Express Open from 11-4

Sack lunch for me

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3

I sometimes " Go Lemmiwinks " with the Clam 2 d3
in the name of all things animal and wonderful.

2 ... Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3

Lemmiwinks.

4 ... Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5

I had just lost to Anthea and was out for blood, playing quickly.

8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4 Rg8!!

Fritz9 taught me not to worry about the h6-pawn,
just rip open the g-file and hope for the best.
Fritz 9 is all about Knight to Queen's Rook Four
each move for both sides to steal a Bishop.

10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4!!

Managing to sneak in a Fishing Pole.

12.Qf3

Only defense to ... Qh4

12 ... Rg7??

Oops, we both took two minutes for our moves and
didn't see B:f7+!! winning a pawn until after we did.

13.Bxc5!

I give exclams for second best even if
they suck because everything else is worse.

13 ... Qh4!! 14.Qh3??

The Losing Moment.
A good idea if you preface this with a piece sac
14 B:f7+!! R:f7 15 Qh3!! Q:h3 16 gh
about equal
14 Qg3 or moving the White King's Rook anywhere is also OK.

14 ... Qxh3!! 15.gxh3! Ne3+!! 16.Kh1! Nxf1!!

My Knight can weasel out via d2 so I keep the exchange for a pawn.

17.Bxd6

Another line is
17 Nd5 0-0-0 17 B:a7 Nd2 18 Be3 N:c4 19 dc
and I have my exchange for a pawn.

17 ... Nd2!!
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

A great move with a trick I learned from my Grandmaster Fishing
Pole game with Boris Kreiman. The idea is 18 B:c7 Kd7!!
holding the bishop by the scruff of his neck
until my Rook can go ... Rc8:c7.

Old Joke -
Seeing eye dog bites blind man with white cane with red tip.

Passing observer to blind man -
He bit you and now you are holding out a doggy treat.
I don't get it.

Blind man -
I am trying to find his mouth so I can kick his ass.

My Knight can now choose between ...Nf3, a great post or ... N:c4.

17 ... cd! was perfectly good too.
------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

18.Nd5

Rooks in the corner are like beautiful, young
women, eternal bait for the eager and unwary.

18 ... cxd6!! 19.Nc7+! Kd7!! 20.Nxa8 Nf3

I have many wins and can pick up the
cornered Knight with King or Rook.
20 ... Nf3 appealed to me aesthetically
because it locks outs his King and Rook.

21.Bb5 Rg8!!

Ecclesiastes
King James Bible

3:1 To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

22.Bc4! Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4!!

23 ... Ne6!!
is very strong as well.
I will win the trapped
Knight for nothing now.

24.c3 N4e6!! 25.Rd1 Nc6

0-1

Those who will not read will serve as examples to those who do.
Thus must it be ever so.

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Frank A. Deming,Q (1705) - Brian Wall,Q (2103) [C55]
Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (4),
02.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4
Rg8 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 Rg7 13.Bxc5 Qh4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Ne3+
16.Kh1 Nxf1 17.Bxd6 Nd2 18.Nd5 cxd6 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nf3 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bc4
Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4 24.c3 N4e6 25.Rd1 Nc6 0-1

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Anti-Lemmiwinks system

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.15" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "worldcitizen" ]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "21:00:35"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7
7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+
13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6
18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8
23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3

{White resigns}
0-1
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Earlier email -

[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 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "JDF"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "00:54:32"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. Na3 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Nc2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Bf3
15. g3 Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.02.03" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "nifty"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ECO "C55"]
[NIC "IG.01"]
[Time "15:49:51"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O
g5 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Bf3 14. g3
Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
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This is the famous Lemmiwinks bashing game turned into
a brilliant endgame study, checkmate in 2 at the end
using a pawn as bait when I was completely exhausted from watching
victim auditions for Saw VI until 5:30 AM the night before.
Danielle Rice can confirm.

Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65]
North American Open 40/2 G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6),
29.12.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 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 (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  6 May 2009 18:28:11 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Why is the Fishing Pole so effective?
Message-ID: <1241656091.4a022b1b502b3@www.taom.com>



Why is the Fishing Pole so effective?

What makes it such a trout whomp?

I don't get these kind of results with White.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lexa"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:55:28"]
[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. c3 Qf6

I think I got this move from Tyler Hughes


9. Nf3?  d6?

To keep developing but
9 ... Nce5!!!  is a great move
with all kinds of wonderful ideas
mostly involving potshots at the
unemployed Lopez Bishop on b5 with
... c6, ... a6  or ... Qb6
after maybe an f2 sac.
9 ... Nce5!!
clears the way for ... Qb6,
9 ... d6?  blocks the path.

10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxc6+

Trade-trade-lose, shocker.

11 ... bxc6!  12. Nbd2 f6

12 ... Ne5!! is emotionally impossible for me,
as is 12 ... 0-0!


13. Bf4 Be6 14. hxg4

Unleashing the gates of hell-
Vance Aandahl

14 ... hxg4!!  15. Nh2 g3!!

Crushing


16. Bxg3 Qxg3!!

More crushing


17. Ndf3!

Anything else gets mated immediately


17 ...  O-O-O

It took me 4 more moves to see  ... Bh3!!!,
I am not accustomed to my Queen sitting on g3.
I have 2 dozen other wins as well.



18. Qa4 Rxh2!!


18 ... Bh3!!!
mates one move faster

19. Nxh2 Rh8!!

19 ... Bh3!!
mates 2 moves faster

20. Nf3

I would mate one move slower after
20 Qa6+  K-d-file

20 ... Bh3!!!

Finally.


21. Ne1 Bxg2

Mate in 3


{White forfeits on time} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lexa"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:55:28"]
[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.
c3 Qf6 9. Nf3 d6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nbd2 f6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. hxg4
hxg4 15. Nh2 g3 16. Bxg3 Qxg3 17. Ndf3 O-O-O 18. Qa4 Rxh2 19. Nxh2 Rh8 20.
Nf3 Bh3 21. Ne1 Bxg2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May  6 19:39:33 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed,  6 May 2009 19:39:33 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young - More Tombraider games...The
	Tombraider Defense
Message-ID: <1241660373.4a023bd5cd4e0@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Jack Young
    Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:23:49 -0700 (PDT)







Brian,
?
Here are a few more Tomb Raider games.? Also, some TR games with Black.?
?
Not all computers grab the N on g5.? With some of them you have to be patient!
Tomb Raider Attack Giuoco Piano? 5/2/09
White: Bozo
Black: Chess Master 9000 ("2824")? 40 in 1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5!!! 0-0 7.h4!? (More usual is
7.f3 to provoke black into playing ...h6.? White's move gives black an
"opportunity" to play a later Bg4?!)?
7...a6 8.a4!!! Bg4!!! 9.f3 Bd7 10.Bd2 h6!!! (Aha!) 11.Ba2!!! b5 (huh?!) 12.g3
(lame but still hoping for 12...hg5 13.hg5 Ne8 14.f4 etc.)
12...b4 13.Nb1!!! Qe7 14.Kf1!!! Nh5 15.Kg2 hg5!!! (finally!) 16.hg5 g6 17.f4 Be6
(Kg7!?)
18.f5 B:a2 19.R:h5!!! gh5 20.f6 Be6 (Ugly but if the Qe7 moves, White mates with
Q:h5-h6-g7)
21.Q:h5 (naturally I was not interested in the Qe7) Rfb8 22.Nc3!!! (idea Rh1 and
mate...if 22.Qh6 then Qf8)
22...Bg1!!! (ingenious) 23.R:g1 Bg4!!! 24.Q:g4 (24.Qh4 may be faster) 24...Kf8
25.Rh1 Ke8 26.Rh8+ Qf8 27.R:f8+ K:f8 28.Nd5 Ne7!! 29.N:d7 Ke8 30.g6 c6! (on
30...fg6 31.Qe6) 31.g7 Kd8 32.g8Q+ Kc7 33.Q:f7 Kb6 34.Qc4 c5 35.Qd7 Rb7
36.Q:d6+ Ka5! 37.b3 Ra8a7! 38.Qd6:c5+ Rb5 39.B:b4#? 1-0? grrrr!
?
I bought a Kasparov Chessmate program for about $10 a few years ago at the
mall.? Not expecting it to be very strong I was surprised at how aggressive and
tactically it played.? Seemed to be around 2500 or so and I hadn't scored
particularly well against it.?? Not bad for a used program from the local
store.?
?
Tomb Raider Attack ... Giuoco Piano? 5/3/09
White:Bozo
Black: Kasparov Chessmate (Broderband) @ 40/1 (2500!?)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.f3 h6 8.h4 hg5!!! (at
the risk of repeating myself, 8...Nh5! is strong)
9.hg5 Ne8 10.f4 g6 11.f5 d5!!! (Must be the trend.? The really strong programs
usually play this so the Bc5 can defend against a potential Nd5-e7+ maneuver)
12.N:d5 Qd6 (Other machines have played Kg7 or Ng7. It goes without saying that
gf5 is answered by Qh5)
13.f6 Be6 14.Qf3 Rd8 15.Qg3 Bb4+! 16.c3 Qd7 17.Qh4 Bh3!! 18.R:h3 Q:h3! 19.Q:h3
Bc5 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.0-0-0 (another game went 21.Ke2 Nd4+! 22.cd4 Ng7 23.fg7 K:g7
24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Nf6#)
21...Nd4! 22.cd4 Ba3!! 23.ba3 Rd7 24.Rh1 Rd8 25.Qh8#? 1-0 grrrr!
?
Here's a couple more crushes:
Tomb Raider Attack 5//5/09
White: Bozo
Black: Kasparov Chessmate @ 40/1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4?Nf6 4.Nc3?Bc5 (More usual is 4...N:e4 and if 5.N:e4 d5
ala fork trick)
?5.Ng5?0-0 6.h4!!?d6 7.d3 Na5 (This program loves to get the 2 Bishops with this
move)
8.f3 N:c4 9.dc4 h6 10.g3!!! (el lamo but it?does discourage the?N:g4 counter
sacrifice...now that the Bc4 is gone the N:f7 followed by g4 and g5 maneuver
has less potency)
10...hg5!!! 11.hg5?Nd7 12.f4 g6 13.f5 Re8 14.Qf3 Kg7
(an earlier game went 14...Nb6 15.f6 Re6 16.b3 a5 17.Bd2 Bd7 18.0-0-0 Bb4 19.Rh4
R:f6!! 20.gf6 Bg4!!?too late 21.Rdah1!!! Bh5 22.R:h5 gh5 23.R:h5 Ba3+ 24.Kb1 Qc8
25.Qh1?Qh3!?26.Q:h3?Kf8 27.Rh8#? 1-0)
15.f6+ (As Black was threatening to connect with Rh8, now was the time to
strike.? White always has to watch out for black counter sacrificing with N:f6
to break off the attack.)
15...Kg8 (but now it doesn't work...15...N:f6 16.gf6+ Q:f6 17.Rh7+ wins)
16.Bd2 Nf8 17.0-0-0 Nd7! 18.Rh4 N:f6 19.gf6 Bg1!!! 20.R:g1 Bf5 21.Nd5 Re6
22.Rgh1 Q:f6 (22...R:f6 doesn't work after 23.Rh8+)
23.N:f6+ Kf8 24.Rh8+ Ke7 25.Nd5+ Kd7 26.R:a8 b6 27.R:a7 f6 28.R:c7+ Kd8 29.ef5
e4 30.Qa3 gf5 31.Qa8 Mate? 1-0?? grrrr!
?
So far I haven't been able to touch Fritz with this opening.? At the key
position (after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.f3 h6
8.h4 it always finds 8...Nh5!! which seems very strong.? It's hard to find this
type of move for a human, though.)
?
I was beginning to think that Fritz was unbeatable.? [I have an older version
(Fritz 8) that I picked up at the local electronics store for a cheap price.]?
In this game it played like it was on drugs!
?
Sicilian Grand Prix? May 2009
White: Bozo
Black: Fritz 8 @ 40/40 speed
1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 c5 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.0-0 Nf6 (the setup with ...e6 and
Nge7 is probably better) 7.d3 0-0 8.Qe1 Na5 9.Bb3 N:b3 10.ab3 h6 11.Qh4 b6 12.f5
Kh7?! (after 12...g5, I was planning 13.N:g5 hg5 14.B:g5 with a strong attack as
in a similar game by GM G Jones)
13.g4 (why not?) gf5!!! (huh?!) 14.gf5 Rh8!!! 15.Kh1 Bb7 16.Rg1 Qf8!!! 17.Bd2
Rg8?18.Rg3 b5 19.Rag1 b4 20.Ne2 N:e4!!! (I hadn't even calculated up to this
point.? I knew my position was good but not that good!)
21.de4 Bf6 22.Qf4 R:g3 23.R:g3 Ba6 24.Ne2g1 Bf1!!! 25.Nh3 Be2 26.Nf2 a5 27.Ng4
a4 28.ba4 R:a4 29.N:f6+ ef6 30.Rh3 Ra1+ 31.Bc1 R:c1+!!! (huh?!) 32.Q:c1 Ba6
33.Qe3 Bf1 34.Rh4 Qg7 35.Qf2 Ba6 36.h3 Bb7 37.Qg2 Q:g2+ 38.K:g2 Kg7 39.Kf2 Bc6
40.Ke3 Ba4 41.b3 Resigns? 1-0... I don't know about you, Yogi, but Fritz played
like a bunny in that game!
?
The Tomb Raider Defense:? It's natural to ask if an opening that works well with
white ... can it work with black?? Back in the late 80's early 90's I would
sometimes play expert Bob Willcox in blitz who persisted in playing 1.c4 in
every game and almost drove me to the funny farm.? So I began playing 1.c4 d5?!
2.cd5 c6, the Smith Morra reversed.? Quite likely the opening is dubious but he
didn't know the theory and even if I ended up a couple tempi down on some main
lines I'd usually manage to outplay him.? I even tried 1.c4 b5!!!.? Back in my
college days I also played 1.c4 b5!!! 2.cb5 a6 against the local bunny.? Even
the Hungarian master Gabor Kadas played a variation of this in tournaments with
1.h4!!! c5 2.b4!!! as published in Rand Springer.?? But enough talk.? Let's see
the black side of the TR in action.? Naturally, these games have much in common
with the Fishing Pole.
?
Fishing Pole via Worroll Attack!?? 4/30/09
White: Majestic Chess @40/2 ("2500")
Black: Bozo Clown
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 (A Worroll Attack type move) 4...Bc5 5.0-0 Ng4
6.d3 h5!! 7.h3 a6 8.B:c6 dc6 9.Bg5?! (9.hg4 hg4 10.Ng5 Qf6 also gives Black a
winning attack)
9...f6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.hg4 hg4 12.Ne1 f5 13.g3 f4 14.Ng2!! f3 15.Qd1 Qf6 16.b4 Bb6
17.Be3 0-0-0 18.Nd2 Rh5 19.N:f3! gf3 20.Nh4 Bg4 21.Bg5! R:g5 22.b5! cb5 23.d4
B:d4 24.c3 Bb6 25.Qc1 Rh5 26.Rd1 Rdh8 27.Qd2 R:h4 28.gh4 Q:h4 29.Qd8+!!! R:d8
30.R:d8+ K:d8 31.Rd1+ Kc8 32.Rd4! Qh3 33.Rd8+! K:d8 34.a3 Qg2#?? 0-1?? grrrr!
?
Fishing Pole via Four Knight's Game? 5/2/09
White: Chess Genius @ 3 min/move (2300)
Black: Bozo Clown
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3 .Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.0-0 (If 5.N:e5 Nd4 is interesting) Ng4
6.h3 h5! 7.d3 a6 8.B:c6 dc6 9.Qe2 f6 10.hg4!!! hg4 11.Ne1 f5 12.g3 f4 13.Ng2!
f3 14.Qd1 Qf6 15.Nh4! R:h4 16.b4! Bb6 17.Na4 (17.gh4 Q:h4 and Qh3 forces mate)
17...Rh5 18.N:b6 cb6 19.Qe1 g5 20.Qc3 Qh8!!! 21.Q:e5+!!! (blow for blow!) Q:e5
22.Bb2 Qe6 (22...Q:b2 23.e5 might drag things out) 23.Bg7 Qg6 24.Rae1 Qh7
25.Bh6! Q:h6 26.e5 Rh1#?? 0-1
?
These games show that you don't have to be locked onto any particular move order
to get a Fishing Pole/Tomb Raider type attack.?
?
The pure Tomb Raider Attack with black is of course quite risky.?
Giuoco Piano, Tomb Raider Defense?? 5/09
White: Chess Genius @ 3 min/move
Black: Bozo T Clown
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Ng4!!! 6.0-0 f6 (not 6...h5 7.h3 d6
because of 8.hg4 hg4 9.Ng5!) 7.h3 h5!!! 8.hg4 hg4 9.Ne1 f5 10.g3 g6??! (The
"new" approach.? Not 10...f4 11.Q:g4 ... the curse of the d pawn which is still
on d7!)
11.Nd5 d6 12.b4 (Kg2) Bb6 13.a4 f4
?
(another game went 13...a5 14.b5 Nb8!!! 15.N:b6 cb6 16.Ng2 Qe7 17.Nh4 R:h4
18.gh4 Q:h4 19.Qe2! f4 20.Qd2 Nd7 (20...f3 21.Qh6) 21.Rd1 Nc5 22.Bd5 Ne6
23.B:e6 B:e6 24.d4 0-0-0!!! 25.Qd3 f3 26.Bg5!! Q:g5 27.de5 Qh4 28.ed6 Rh8
29.Qc3+ Kb8 30.Q:h8+ Q:h8? 31.Rd3 Qh3 and black soon mated)
?
14.N:b6?! (huh?!? I was ready to try something cheesy like 14.a5 Bd4 15.c3 B:c3!
16.N:c3 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qf8)
14...ab6 15.Qd2 Rh5 16.Bb5 Qf6 17.Ng2!!! f3 18.Nh4 Bd7 (Not immediately
18...R:h4 19.gh4 Q:h4 because of 20.Qh6!)
19.B:c6 bc6 20.Qc3 Ke7 21.a5 Rah8 22.Rd1 R:h4 23.gh4 Q:h4 24.Bg5+!!! Q:g5 25.Qd2
Qh5 26.Qg5+!!! Q:g5 27.Rd2 Qh4 28.Kf1 Qh1# 0-1?? grrrr!
?
Scary, eh, kids?
?
One other thought:? In the main position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3
Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Ng5 0-0 7.h4 h6 8.f3 Nd4, I have been looking at 9.Ne2!? I'll
let you know what happens.
?
That's about all for now, folks.
Bozo T Clown
?

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From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Wed May  6 22:29:59 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 21:29:59 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Deming on Frank Deming
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Hi Frank,

 

I cannot explain why I remember you, the brain plays funny tricks on me these days.  Already this year, I have castled both queenside and kingside in the same USCF tournament game and in another USCF rated game, I grabbed my King which was on d7 and moved it to h3!  My thinking was that because my Rook on g8 was pinning his g-Pawn to his King, I could go there.  Unfortunately/fortunately, I realized just before I put it down that I had my King in my hand, and not my Queen.  It cost me about six tempos to fix my position after that one.  But, even though I nearly lost for the first time to this 1500 player, I managed to pull the game out.  Alls well that ends well.  There is no telling what I will do in the future!

 

Thanks, Joel 
 
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 16:43:51 -0600
> From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com
> To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
> Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Deming on Frank Deming
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com> -----
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:19:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Joel Johnson on Frank Deming
> To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
> 
> Brian,
> 
> Just a point of clarification. Your Chess list is interesting but from the point
> of view of getting stronger through opening studies I need a more main line and
> balanced approach. For my current level of play my lack of opening preparation
> is quite evident. A good deal of the openings that you discuss have the extra
> value of being fun and that is the point of your forum.
> 
> I am surprised that Joel remembers me from the 80's and 90's at Alan Bennett's
> Westford club. My game was never remarkable enough at Joel's level. My highest
> rating was 1976 while Joel was in the 2400+ for the most part. I miss the
> Westford club. When I left for Colorado in 1999 it was attracting 4-6 Masters
> every Tuesday night with about 5-6 Experts. The great anomaly was that the club
> only had about 2-3 Class A players and a bunch of B and below. For us A players
> it kind of was a Ping Pong effect of playing games against much stronger
> oppenents and much weaker ones.
> 
> Frank Deming <fdeming1234 at yahoo.com>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
> To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
> <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:39:51 PM
> Subject: [BrianWallChess] Joel Johnson on Frank Deming
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanx for telling me that, next time I see him
> I can ask him about all out mutual friends.
> 
> BW
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail. com> -----
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 22:07:01 -0700
> From: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail. com>
> Reply-To: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail. com>
> Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now
> - Frank Deming post-mortem
> To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3@ taom.com>
> 
> PS: Brian, you may not know it, but Frank Deming was a member of the Westford
> (Massachusetts) Chess Club back in the 80s (Alan Bennetts chess club). I
> played him several times there. Joel
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> To: BrianWallChess@ Yahoogroups. com; Chess_Improvement@ Yahoogroups. com;
> brianwall-chesslist @lists.taom. com
> From: BrianWallChess3@ Taom.com
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:15:07 -0600
> Subject: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now -
> Frank Deming post-mortem
> 
> Reading your email is not what I need right now -
> Frank Deming post-mortem
> 
> If he had he might have learned that I invented a new Lemmiwinks bashing
> system to cheer up Duwayne Langseth who has trouble with them.
> 
> Frank A. Deming,
> Quick rating (1705)
> 
> verus
> 
> Brian Wall,
> Quick rating (2103)
> 
> [C55]
> 
> Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
> no delay, no increment
> 
> Lory Student Center, CSU,
> Fort Collins, CO
> 
> Round 4
> 
> May 2, 2009
> 
> Rainy weather.
> Food Court
> Panda Express Open from 11-4
> 
> Sack lunch for me
> 
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
> 
> I sometimes " Go Lemmiwinks " with the Clam 2 d3
> in the name of all things animal and wonderful.
> 
> 2 ... Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3
> 
> Lemmiwinks.
> 
> 4 ... Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5
> 
> I had just lost to Anthea and was out for blood, playing quickly.
> 
> 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4 Rg8!!
> 
> Fritz9 taught me not to worry about the h6-pawn,
> just rip open the g-file and hope for the best.
> Fritz 9 is all about Knight to Queen's Rook Four
> each move for both sides to steal a Bishop.
> 
> 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4!!
> 
> Managing to sneak in a Fishing Pole.
> 
> 12.Qf3
> 
> Only defense to ... Qh4
> 
> 12 ... Rg7??
> 
> Oops, we both took two minutes for our moves and
> didn't see B:f7+!! winning a pawn until after we did.
> 
> 13.Bxc5!
> 
> I give exclams for second best even if
> they suck because everything else is worse.
> 
> 13 ... Qh4!! 14.Qh3??
> 
> The Losing Moment.
> A good idea if you preface this with a piece sac
> 14 B:f7+!! R:f7 15 Qh3!! Q:h3 16 gh
> about equal
> 14 Qg3 or moving the White King's Rook anywhere is also OK.
> 
> 14 ... Qxh3!! 15.gxh3! Ne3+!! 16.Kh1! Nxf1!!
> 
> My Knight can weasel out via d2 so I keep the exchange for a pawn.
> 
> 17.Bxd6
> 
> Another line is
> 17 Nd5 0-0-0 17 B:a7 Nd2 18 Be3 N:c4 19 dc
> and I have my exchange for a pawn.
> 
> 17 ... Nd2!!
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> A great move with a trick I learned from my Grandmaster Fishing
> Pole game with Boris Kreiman. The idea is 18 B:c7 Kd7!!
> holding the bishop by the scruff of his neck
> until my Rook can go ... Rc8:c7.
> 
> Old Joke -
> Seeing eye dog bites blind man with white cane with red tip.
> 
> Passing observer to blind man -
> He bit you and now you are holding out a doggy treat.
> I don't get it.
> 
> Blind man -
> I am trying to find his mouth so I can kick his ass.
> 
> My Knight can now choose between ...Nf3, a great post or ... N:c4.
> 
> 17 ... cd! was perfectly good too.
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> 18.Nd5
> 
> Rooks in the corner are like beautiful, young
> women, eternal bait for the eager and unwary.
> 
> 18 ... cxd6!! 19.Nc7+! Kd7!! 20.Nxa8 Nf3
> 
> I have many wins and can pick up the
> cornered Knight with King or Rook.
> 20 ... Nf3 appealed to me aesthetically
> because it locks outs his King and Rook.
> 
> 21.Bb5 Rg8!!
> 
> Ecclesiastes
> King James Bible
> 
> 3:1 To every thing there is a season,
> and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
> 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
> a time to plant,
> and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
> 
> 22.Bc4! Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4!!
> 
> 23 ... Ne6!!
> is very strong as well.
> I will win the trapped
> Knight for nothing now.
> 
> 24.c3 N4e6!! 25.Rd1 Nc6
> 
> 0-1
> 
> Those who will not read will serve as examples to those who do.
> Thus must it be ever so.
> 
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> Frank A. Deming,Q (1705) - Brian Wall,Q (2103) [C55]
> Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (4),
> 02.05.2009
> 
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4
> Rg8 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 Rg7 13.Bxc5 Qh4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Ne3+
> 16.Kh1 Nxf1 17.Bxd6 Nd2 18.Nd5 cxd6 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nf3 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bc4
> Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4 24.c3 N4e6 25.Rd1 Nc6 0-1
> 
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> Anti-Lemmiwinks system
> 
> [Event "ICC 3 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.04.15" ]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "worldcitizen" ]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "1751"]
> [BlackElo "2207"]
> [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
> [ECO "C65"]
> [NIC "RL.07"]
> [Time "21:00:35"]
> [TimeControl "180+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7
> 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+
> 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6
> 18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8
> 23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3
> 
> {White resigns}
> 0-1
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> Earlier email -
> 
> [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?
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> [Event "ICC 5 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.02.03" ]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "JDF"]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2052"]
> [BlackElo "2170"]
> [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
> [ECO "C55"]
> [NIC "IG.01"]
> [Time "00:54:32"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4
> a6 9. Na3 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Nc2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Bf3
> 15. g3 Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> [Event "ICC 5 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.02.03" ]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "nifty"]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2103"]
> [BlackElo "2126"]
> [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
> [ECO "C55"]
> [NIC "IG.01"]
> [Time "15:49:51"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O
> g5 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Bf3 14. g3
> Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> This is the famous Lemmiwinks bashing game turned into
> a brilliant endgame study, checkmate in 2 at the end
> using a pawn as bait when I was completely exhausted from watching
> victim auditions for Saw VI until 5:30 AM the night before.
> Danielle Rice can confirm.
> 
> Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65]
> North American Open 40/2 G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6),
> 29.12.2008
> 
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 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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> PS: Brian, you may not know it, but Frank Deming was a member of the Westford
> (Massachusetts) Chess Club back in the 80s (Alan Bennetts chess club). I
> played him several times there. Joel
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> brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
> From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
> Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:15:07 -0600
> Subject: [BrianWallChess] Reading your emails is not what I need right now -
> Frank Deming post-mortem
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Reading your email is not what I need right now -
> Frank Deming post-mortem
> 
> If he had he might have learned that I invented a new Lemmiwinks bashing
> system to cheer up Duwayne Langseth who has trouble with them.
> 
> Frank A. Deming,
> Quick rating (1705)
> 
> verus
> 
> Brian Wall,
> Quick rating (2103)
> 
> [C55]
> 
> Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29
> no delay, no increment
> 
> Lory Student Center, CSU,
> Fort Collins, CO
> 
> Round 4
> 
> May 2, 2009
> 
> Rainy weather.
> Food Court
> Panda Express Open from 11-4
> 
> Sack lunch for me
> 
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
> 
> I sometimes " Go Lemmiwinks " with the Clam 2 d3
> in the name of all things animal and wonderful.
> 
> 2 ... Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3
> 
> Lemmiwinks.
> 
> 4 ... Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5
> 
> I had just lost to Anthea and was out for blood, playing quickly.
> 
> 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4 Rg8!!
> 
> Fritz9 taught me not to worry about the h6-pawn,
> just rip open the g-file and hope for the best.
> Fritz 9 is all about Knight to Queen's Rook Four
> each move for both sides to steal a Bishop.
> 
> 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4!!
> 
> Managing to sneak in a Fishing Pole.
> 
> 12.Qf3
> 
> Only defense to ... Qh4
> 
> 12 ... Rg7??
> 
> Oops, we both took two minutes for our moves and
> didn't see B:f7+!! winning a pawn until after we did.
> 
> 13.Bxc5!
> 
> I give exclams for second best even if
> they suck because everything else is worse.
> 
> 13 ... Qh4!! 14.Qh3??
> 
> The Losing Moment.
> A good idea if you preface this with a piece sac
> 14 B:f7+!! R:f7 15 Qh3!! Q:h3 16 gh
> about equal
> 14 Qg3 or moving the White King's Rook anywhere is also OK.
> 
> 14 ... Qxh3!! 15.gxh3! Ne3+!! 16.Kh1! Nxf1!!
> 
> My Knight can weasel out via d2 so I keep the exchange for a pawn.
> 
> 17.Bxd6
> 
> Another line is
> 17 Nd5 0-0-0 17 B:a7 Nd2 18 Be3 N:c4 19 dc
> and I have my exchange for a pawn.
> 
> 17 ... Nd2!!
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> A great move with a trick I learned from my Grandmaster Fishing
> Pole game with Boris Kreiman. The idea is 18 B:c7 Kd7!!
> holding the bishop by the scruff of his neck
> until my Rook can go ... Rc8:c7.
> 
> Old Joke -
> Seeing eye dog bites blind man with white cane with red tip.
> 
> Passing observer to blind man -
> He bit you and now you are holding out a doggy treat.
> I don't get it.
> 
> Blind man -
> I am trying to find his mouth so I can kick his ass.
> 
> My Knight can now choose between ...Nf3, a great post or ... N:c4.
> 
> 17 ... cd! was perfectly good too.
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> 18.Nd5
> 
> Rooks in the corner are like beautiful, young
> women, eternal bait for the eager and unwary.
> 
> 18 ... cxd6!! 19.Nc7+! Kd7!! 20.Nxa8 Nf3
> 
> I have many wins and can pick up the
> cornered Knight with King or Rook.
> 20 ... Nf3 appealed to me aesthetically
> because it locks outs his King and Rook.
> 
> 21.Bb5 Rg8!!
> 
> Ecclesiastes
> King James Bible
> 
> 3:1 To every thing there is a season,
> and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
> 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;
> a time to plant,
> and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
> 
> 22.Bc4! Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4!!
> 
> 23 ... Ne6!!
> is very strong as well.
> I will win the trapped
> Knight for nothing now.
> 
> 24.c3 N4e6!! 25.Rd1 Nc6
> 
> 0-1
> 
> Those who will not read will serve as examples to those who do.
> Thus must it be ever so.
> 
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> Frank A. Deming,Q (1705) - Brian Wall,Q (2103) [C55]
> Ft. Collins Super Sat G/29 0/del,0/incr Lory Student Center, CSU, CO (4),
> 02.05.2009
> 
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 g5 8.Nh2 g4 9.hxg4
> Rg8 10.Be3 Bxg4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3 Rg7 13.Bxc5 Qh4 14.Qh3 Qxh3 15.gxh3 Ne3+
> 16.Kh1 Nxf1 17.Bxd6 Nd2 18.Nd5 cxd6 19.Nc7+ Kd7 20.Nxa8 Nf3 21.Bb5 Rg8 22.Bc4
> Nd8 23.d4 Nxd4 24.c3 N4e6 25.Rd1 Nc6 0-1
> 
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> Anti-Lemmiwinks system
> 
> [Event "ICC 3 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.04.15" ]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "worldcitizen" ]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "1751"]
> [BlackElo "2207"]
> [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
> [ECO "C65"]
> [NIC "RL.07"]
> [Time "21:00:35"]
> [TimeControl "180+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7
> 7. O-O d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 g5 10. Nh2 g4 11. h4 g3 12. Nf3 gxf2+
> 13. Kh2 Ng4+ 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nbd2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6
> 18. Nxf2 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxd3 20. Qe1 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 Kd7 22. Bd2 Rhg8
> 23. Rg1 Raf8 24. Kh2 e4 25. Qe3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 exf3
> 
> {White resigns}
> 0-1
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> Earlier email -
> 
> [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?
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> [Event "ICC 5 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.02.03" ]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "JDF"]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2052"]
> [BlackElo "2170"]
> [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
> [ECO "C55"]
> [NIC "IG.01"]
> [Time "00:54:32"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4
> a6 9. Na3 g5 10. Nh2 Rg8 11. Nc2 g4 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Qd2 Bf3
> 15. g3 Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> [Event "ICC 5 0"]
> [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
> [Date "2009.02.03" ]
> [Round "-"]
> [White "nifty"]
> [Black "B-Wall"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ICCResult "White resigns"]
> [WhiteElo "2103"]
> [BlackElo "2126"]
> [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
> [ECO "C55"]
> [NIC "IG.01"]
> [Time "15:49:51"]
> [TimeControl "300+0"]
> 
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 h6 8. O-O
> g5 9. Nh2 g4 10. hxg4 Rg8 11. Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Qd2 Bf3 14. g3
> Rxg3+ {White resigns} 0-1
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 
> This is the famous Lemmiwinks bashing game turned into
> a brilliant endgame study, checkmate in 2 at the end
> using a pawn as bait when I was completely exhausted from watching
> victim auditions for Saw VI until 5:30 AM the night before.
> Danielle Rice can confirm.
> 
> Richard Wagner (2060) - Brian Wall (2229) [C65]
> North American Open 40/2 G/1 5secdelay Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, NV (6),
> 29.12.2008
> 
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 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
> 
> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -
> 20,000 hits this year
> 450 different viewers
> 6 registered
> 
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> 
> http://www.brianwal lchess.x10hostin g.com/
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  7 May 2009 01:05:04 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel Johnson on Lexa
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    Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 23:52:42 -0700
    From: Joel Johnson <bigbear12 at hotmail.com>
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 Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Why is the Fishing Pole so effective?
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>



Ah, yes, lexa, been there, done that!

FearNoEvil (2222) - lexa (2079) [B23]
ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 03/21/2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 d6 6.f5 e6 7.fxg6 hxg6 8.d3 Nge7 9.0?0
a6 10.a4 0?0 11.Qe1 d5 12.Bb3 Bd7 13.Qh4 Nd4 14.Ng5 Black resigns 1?0


FearNoEvil (2224) - lexa (2077) [B23]
ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 03/21/2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.f5 gxf5 7.d3 fxe4 8.dxe4 Nf6
9.Bg5 Qa5 10.0?0 a6 11.e5 Ng4 12.Ne4 Ngxe5 13.Nd6+ Kf8 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxf7 d5
16.Nxe5+ Kg8 17.Qh5 Qc7 18.Qe8+ Black resigns 1?0



 lexa (2087) - FearNoEvil (2214) [B04]

ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 03/21/2007
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bd3 0?0 9.0?0
Nc6 10.Be3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nc3 Nd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Nb5 a6 15.Na3 Nd7 16.Re1
Nc5 17.b3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bf5 19.Qd2 h5 20.Rad1 d3 21.Nb1 Qf6 22.Qf4 Rad8 23.Nbd2
Kh7 24.Ng5+ Kh8 25.Nge4 Qc6 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 f5
30.gxf5 Rxf5 31.Kg2 Rg5+ 32.Kf3 Bd4 33.Rh1+ Kg7 34.Reh4 Rf5+ 35.Ke4 Bxf2
36.Rh7+ Kf6 37.Rxb7 Rd4# White checkmated 0?1



lexa (2067) - FearNoEvil (2234) [B03]
ICC 3 0 Internet Chess Club, 03/21/2007
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Nf3 0?0 9.Be2
Bg4 10.0?0 c5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc6 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Nc3 Ndxe5 15.Be2 Qa5 16.a3
Rad8 17.Qc2 Nd4 18.Bxd4 Rxd4 19.b4 Qd8 20.Nd5 e6 21.Ne3 Qg5 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4
Rd2 24.Qe4 Bd4+ 25.Rf2 Bxa1 26.g3 Bd4 27.Kg2 Bxf2 28.Kxf2 Rfd8 29.b5 Rxe2+
30.Kxe2 Rd2+ 31.Kf3 Qf6+ 32.Qf4 Qc3+ 33.Ke4 Rd4+ 34.Ke5 Rxf4+ 35.Kxf4 f6 36.c6
e5+ 37.Ke4 bxc6 38.bxc6 Qxc4+ 39.Ke3 Qxc6 40.g5 f5 41.Ke2 Qc2+ 42.Ke3 e4 43.Kf4
Qd3 44.Ke5 f4 45.gxf4 e3 46.f5 e2 47.fxg6 e1Q+ 48.Kf6 Qf3# White checkmated 0?1



And, here is why people do not play the Alekhine's Defense against me (from
tonight's Sleepless Tourney #1 (3 0) which I won 4 1/2 - 1/2).  Which also
proves that you do not need a POLE to beat a FISH!!



MysteryMan (2321) - Tornon (2053) [B03]
ICC tourney 345597 (3 0) (Round 3), 05/07/2009
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 g6 6.Qf3 e6 7.Qg3 Bg7 8.Nf3 0?0 9.h4
Nc6 10.Nc3 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Bg5 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Qd4 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rd1 Qb4 16.a3
Qa5 17.h5 Bc6 18.f3 Qc5 19.Rd3 Nd5 20.Ne4 Qa5+ 21.Kd1 Bb5 22.c4 Ba6 23.Qh4 Nb6
24.hxg6 fxg6 25.c5 Nc4 26.Rd7 h5 27.Bf6 Ne3+ 28.Kc1 Nf5 29.Bxe6+ Kh8 30.Qxh5+
gxh5 31.Rxh5+ Nh6 32.Rxh6# Black checkmated 1?0




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From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 18:28:11 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Why is the Fishing Pole so effective?









Why is the Fishing Pole so effective?

What makes it such a trout whomp?

I don't get these kind of results with White.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lexa"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:55:28"]
[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. c3 Qf6

I think I got this move from Tyler Hughes

9. Nf3? d6?

To keep developing but
9 ... Nce5!!! is a great move
with all kinds of wonderful ideas
mostly involving potshots at the
unemployed Lopez Bishop on b5 with
... c6, ... a6 or ... Qb6
after maybe an f2 sac.
9 ... Nce5!!
clears the way for ... Qb6,
9 ... d6? blocks the path.

10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxc6+

Trade-trade-lose, shocker.

11 ... bxc6! 12. Nbd2 f6

12 ... Ne5!! is emotionally impossible for me,
as is 12 ... 0-0!

13. Bf4 Be6 14. hxg4

Unleashing the gates of hell-
Vance Aandahl

14 ... hxg4!! 15. Nh2 g3!!

Crushing

16. Bxg3 Qxg3!!

More crushing

17. Ndf3!

Anything else gets mated immediately

17 ... O-O-O

It took me 4 more moves to see ... Bh3!!!,
I am not accustomed to my Queen sitting on g3.
I have 2 dozen other wins as well.

18. Qa4 Rxh2!!

18 ... Bh3!!!
mates one move faster

19. Nxh2 Rh8!!

19 ... Bh3!!
mates 2 moves faster

20. Nf3

I would mate one move slower after
20 Qa6+ K-d-file

20 ... Bh3!!!

Finally.

21. Ne1 Bxg2

Mate in 3

{White forfeits on time} 0-1
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lexa"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "19:55:28"]
[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.
c3 Qf6 9. Nf3 d6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nbd2 f6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. hxg4
hxg4 15. Nh2 g3 16. Bxg3 Qxg3 17. Ndf3 O-O-O 18. Qa4 Rxh2 19. Nxh2 Rh8 20.
Nf3 Bh3 21. Ne1 Bxg2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu,  7 May 2009 18:24:59 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shirov crushes Accelerated Dragon
Message-ID: <1241742299.4a037bdb0486d@www.taom.com>

Kasparov country, Azerbajain challenged the rest of the world to a 4 games Rapid
maych of 4 boards. This game seemed fairly simple, 17 Nf5 just wins.

Guseniv bashed out 19 moves in one minute, then totally lost, thought for 17
minutes after 20 Rd2. After 20 ... b4, Alexei matched him and thought for
7 minutes working out the best of many wins.

14 ... Rc8 was better than 14 ... Qc7.
16 ... Kh8 wasn't great but it was better than 16 ... e5.
After 18 Ne3  Shirov was clearly winning.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Guseinov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[ECO "B35"]
[NIC "SI.33"]
[Time "11:09:47"]
[TimeControl "1500+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Qd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. f3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 a6 14.
Bh6 Qc7 15. h4 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. h5 b5 20. Rd2 b4
21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qb7 23. g4 Rc5 24. g5 Rxd5 25. exd5 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Guseinov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[ECO "B35"]
[NIC "SI.33"]
[Time "11:09:47"]
[TimeControl "1500+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Qd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. f3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 a6 14.
Bh6 Qc7 15. h4 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. h5 b5 20. Rd2 b4
21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qb7 23. g4 Rc5 24. g5 Rxd5 25. exd5 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 25 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Anand"]
[Black "GM_Gashimov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ECO "E10"]
[NIC "EO.45"]
[Time "09:29:45"]
[TimeControl "1500+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7
8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. a4 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4
Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bc3 e5 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Qe1 Ng4
21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. h3 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Nf6 26. b4 Bf8
27. f4 Bb7 28. fxe5 Ne8 29. Nbd6 Nc7 30. Ne3 Ba8 31. b5 Nd8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33.
exd5 Bxd6 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Qe3 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radjabov"]
[Black "GM_Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ECO "C54"]
[NIC "IG.02"]
[Time "09:27:50"]
[TimeControl "1500+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. h3
h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ne8 14. d4 Bd7
15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Rf1 Be6 19. Rf3 c5 20. Rg3+ Kh7
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rg6 Nxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+
{Game drawn}
1/2-1/2

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Mamedyarov"]
[Black "GM_Karjakin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defense"]
[ECO "D10"]
[NIC "SL.01"]
[Time "11:14:30"]
[TimeControl "1500+0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qb1 g6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qd1 c4 13. b3 Bc2 14. Qc1 cxb3
15. Qb2 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qxb3 Bd6 20. e4 Be6
21. Nc6 Qd7 22. exd5 O-O 23. dxe6 Qxc6 24. Bh6 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg1
Nxh6 27. e7 Rfe8 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Qf3 Nf5 30. Nc7 Nxd4 31. Qd1 Rac8 32. Nxe8
Rxe8 33. Qg4 h5 34. Rc8 hxg4 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kxg8 37. e8=Q+ Kg7 38.
Qe4 f5 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Re1 Ne2+ 41. Kf1 Nc3 42. Qc8 Ne4 43. Qc1+ Kh5 44.
Qe3 Qd5 45. a3 Qc4+ 46. Kg1 Qc2 47. Qa7 Qd2 48. Rf1 Qd6 49. Qh7+ Kg5 50. g3
Kf6 51. Rc1 Qb6 52. Qh8+ Ke6 53. Qe8+ Kd5 54. Rd1+ Kc4 55. Qf7+ Kc3 56. Qa2
a5 57. Qe2 Qxf2+ 58. Qxf2 Nxf2 59. Kxf2 b4 60. axb4 axb4 61. Ke3 Kc2 62.
Rd2+ Kc1 63. Rd6 g5 64. Rc6+ Kb2 65. Rf6 f4+ 66. gxf4 gxf4+ 67. Kd2 f3 68.
Rf4 b3 69. Rxg4 f2 70. Rf4 Ka2 71. Ra4+ Kb2 72. Rf4 Ka2 73. Rxf2 b2 74. Kc3
Ka1 75. Rxb2 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ICC 25 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Radjabov"]
[Black "GM_Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Opening "Petrov: Nimzovich attack"]
[ECO "C42"]
[NIC "RG.03"]
[Time "11:12:01"]
[TimeControl "1500+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4
Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3
Kb8 14. b3 Ne7 15. f3 b6 16. Kb2 Bd5 17. a4 Bb7 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bd3 a5 20.
Rhe1 h5 21. Bf2 Rde8 22. Ra1 Nc8 23. Reb1 g5 24. Bd4 g4 25. f4 Qf7 26. b4
Qd5 27. Bxf6 Rhf8 28. Bg7 Rg8 29. Bd4 g3 30. hxg3 Rxg3 31. Bf1 axb4 32. cxb4
Re4 33. Rd1 h4 34. b5 Bb7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Rxa5 Nb6 37. Bxb6 cxb6 38. Qxd5
Bxd5 39. Ra6 Rb4+ 40. Kc1 Bxg2 41. Bxg2 Rxg2 42. Rxb6+ Kc7 43. Rc6+ Kb7 44.
Rcxd6 Rxf4 45. Rh6 Rc4 46. Rd7+ Kc8 47. Rd2 Rxd2 48. Kxd2 Rc5 49. b6 Kb7 50.
Kd3 Rc6 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  8 09:55:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  8 May 2009 09:55:34 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Niala - For the Happiness File
Message-ID: <1241798134.4a0455f633011@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Niala Brown <eriskigal at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 11:45:36 -0400
    From: Niala Brown <eriskigal at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Niala Brown <eriskigal at gmail.com>
 Subject: For the Happiness File


You know how every so often you run across one of those things that just
makes you smile and realize there's joy in the world after all?  This is
just one of those things that made me laugh & I'm adding it to my Happiness
File!  :D

love to all!
Niala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k&annotation_id=annotation_72265&feature=iv

This video was made in the Antwerp, Belgium Central Station (train). On a
Monday morning, with no warning to the passengers passing through the
station, a recording of Julie Andrews comes on the public address system
singing ?Do, Re, Mi.?   As the bemused passengers watch in amazement, some
200 dancers begin to appear from the crowd and station entrances. Enjoy!


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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  8 May 2009 16:44:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes - Gulko Live  US Closed
Message-ID: <1241822640.4a04b5b00c528@www.taom.com>



http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Live

Tyler is down on time and position but still struggling

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  8 17:23:59 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  8 May 2009 17:23:59 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes beats Gulko!!
Message-ID: <1241825039.4a04bf0f08049@www.taom.com>



http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Live

I don't understand ... Rb3 but apparently Tyler won.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  8 17:42:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  8 May 2009 17:42:34 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Map of Tyler's greatness
Message-ID: <1241826154.4a04c36a8d943@www.taom.com>



http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009

apparently no one around for thousands of miles can give Tyler a challenge

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May  8 23:12:02 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  8 May 2009 23:12:02 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Iceman Delivers!!, The Refusenik Refused!!,
	The Incredible Tyler Hughes beats Gulko!!,
	ICC video of the day by Nick Defirmian.
Message-ID: <1241845922.4a0510a20ca1c@www.taom.com>

I know two other people that were Soviet Chess Champion and
American Chess Champion , Gulko's wife, Anna and Lev Alburt.
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Checkmates tells you: ah yes, neat
Checkmates tells you: I'm all alone in the map as I recall
/Tell Checkmates!  and Tyler is in the middle of the country with no one around
for thousands of miles
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah
Checkmates tells you: lonely
/Tell Checkmates!  Devon called you "The Lone Ranger"
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: haha
/Tell Checkmates!  it's really cool
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  and that house in Calif that can beat half the countries
inthe world
(told Checkmates)
Shankland Pruess Freidel Krai
/Tell Checkmates!  those guys and you are half the country
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  the rest crowded on the east
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah, weird
/Tell Checkmates!  well good luck and I will let you prepare
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: guess that reflects the population levels
Checkmates tells you: thanks, see you :)
Checkmates tells you: watching GOTD
/Tell Checkmates!  pretty good for  a kid with one Seirawan tactics book and
a pathetic chess set
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: :)
/Tell Checkmates!  bye for now
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: been quite a journey
Checkmates tells you: take care
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Thousands across the country watched the
Incredible Tyler Hughes beat Gulko live.


Gulko,B (2631) - Hughes,T (2316) [E61] 2009 U.S. Championship St. Louis, MO (1),
08.05.2009


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 Bf5
9.f3 g5 10.Bf2 e6 11.h4 exd5 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.cxd5 Qa5 14.Bd3 Bxd3
15.Qxd3 Nbd7 16.Nge2 Rfe8 17.Kf1 Ne5 18.Qf5 Nc4 19.Qxg5 Re5 20.Qf4 Nxb2
21.Rb1 Nd3 22.Qc4 Nxf2 23.Kxf2 Rae8 24.e4 R5e7 25.Rh4 a6 26.a4 Nd7
27.Rxb7 Ne5 28.Rxe7 Rxe7  29.Qb3 Qd8 30.Nd1 c4 31.Qe3 Rb7 32.Rh5 Nd3+
33.Kg3 Rb1 34.Nf2 Be5+ 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Nd4 Qf6 37.Nf5 Rb3 38.Qf4 Qg6+
39.Ng4 Qxg4+ 40.Qxg4+ Nxg4 41.Kxg4 c3

0?1

Tyler put the correct score on Facebook -
they left out 25  ... a6  26  a4  from the relay.
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----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
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    Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 18:44:51 -0600
    From: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes beats Gulko!!
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>




Brian,



I was just as confused as Shahade, et al.   There was no way

Rb3 could have been played there.  At some place along the

way, a6 and a4 were played and not reported by the move

relay.  Anyway, amazing accomplishment for Tyler!  He has

earned high respect from the U.S. chess community.



It would really be nice to see a complete score of the game.

What's with the delay in the ICC coverage?  Seems like things

have gone downhill since you left it!



DuWayne
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Date:  Fri, 8 May 2009 17:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:  alvin pulley <pulleyaj at yahoo.com>
To:  Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
Reply-to:  pulleyaj at yahoo.com
Subject:  Re: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes beats Gulko!!

WoW! Beating GM Gulko is a great achievement. I think he is the only one to win
both USSR championship and US Championship.

Alvin
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Date:  Fri, 8 May 2009 19:28:25 -0500
From:  Pete Karagianis <karagianis at gmail.com>
To:  Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>
Subject:  Hughes Victory
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Brian-

This is awesome! I was hoping to watch the US Champs live and in person but you
know, that whole two babies thing gets in the way sometimes. I was excited to
log into ICC and see Tyler won. I am rooting for him. I remember hearing
towards the beginning of the chess.fm broadcast that Gulko was the only player
ever to win the USSR and USA championships (can anyone confirm this?). If so
that makes Tyler's win even more impressive. I, like you, don't understand
...Rb3, but ICC was mixing up some of the relay moves and early on they had
trouble with the DGT boards so maybe that is some explanation. The end of the
Nakamura game was also quite puzzling.

Take care,
Pete


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From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:23:59 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes beats Gulko!!









http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Live

I don't understand ... Rb3 but apparently Tyler won.

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri,  8 May 2009 23:17:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dennis Monokroussos on Tyler Hughes
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 Subject: [chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: Technology Stinks
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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: Technology Stinks
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1241837291.shtml


   (And I write this blissfully unaware that I'm using technology to
   communicate the point.)
   Three high-level events occurred today, and one of them even managed
   to successfully communicate the games. That would be the Bosna
   tournament, which successfully coped with the burden of transmitting
   three classical games. Eljanov defeated Wang Hao with Black, and the
   games Harikrishna-Predojevic and I. Sokolov-Movsesian were both drawn.
   Those games can be replayed [1]here.
   As for the Azerbaijan vs. the Rest of the World and U.S. Championship,
   no such luck. More than half the game scores in each event were
   partial and/or corrupted. It's a disheartening state of affairs, but
   at least we can supply the results.
   Azerbaijan vs. The Rest of the World
   Round 3:
   Anand - Mamedyarov (AZE) ??-??
   Shirov - Radjabov (AZE) ??-??
   Gashimov (AZE) - Karjakin ??-??
   Guseinov (AZE) - Kramnik 0-1
   Round 4:
   Karjakin - Radjabov (AZE) 1-0
   Gashimov (AZE) - Shirov ??-??
   Mamedyarov (AZE) - Kramnik 0-1
   Mamedov (AZE) - Anand ??-??
   [Three Whites for the Azeris? This seems like still another error.]
   Round 5:
   Karjakin - Gashimov 1-0
   Kramnik - Guseinov 1-0
   Mamedyarov - Anand ??-??
   Radjabov - Shirov ??-??
   The ROW team is having an awesome event so far. After a solitary loss
   in the first game, they have gone undefeated, winnings today's rounds
   2??-1??, 3-1 and 3-1 for an overall lead of 13-7. It has been a very
   good day for Kramnik as well, but remember that this is rapid chess,
   so his 3-0 day won't translate into "real" rating points.
   US Championship:
   1. GM Yury Shulman (0) 2697 1-0 IM Enrico Sevillano (0) 2549
   2. GM Ildar Ibragimov (0) 2628 0-1 GM Gata Kamsky (0) 2798
   3. GM Hikaru Nakamura (0) 2757 1-0 GM Alexander Shabalov (0) 2620
   4. GM Joshua Friedel (0) 2568 ??-?? GM Alexander Onischuk (0) 2736
   5. IM Robert Hess (0) 2545 1-0 GM Larry Christiansen (0) 2681
   6. GM Julio Becerra (0) 2672 1-0 IM Ray Robson (0) 2542
   7. IM Anna Zatonskih (0) 2503 0-1 GM Varuzhan Akobian (0) 2664
   8. GM Gregory Kaidanov (0) 2662 ??-?? IM Irina Krush (0) 2496
   9. IM Samuel Shankland (0) 2464 ??-?? GM Joel Benjamin (0) 2650
   10. GM Jaan Ehlvest (0) 2649 1-0 IM Michael Brooks (0) 2419
   11. Charles Lawton (0) 2350 0-1 GM Melikset Khachiyan (0) 2632
   12. GM Boris Gulko (0) 2631 0-1 Tyler Hughes (0) 2293
   There were some upsets there, but none bigger than the one on the last
   board. White was Boris Gulko, a former US and USSR champion, with a
   plus score against Garry Kasparov. Black? Tyler Hughes, a national
   master whose participation seemed rather dubious. All of this made it
   a blowout on paper, but over the board Hughes defeated his great
   opponent. "All" he has to do is repeat the result eight more times,
   and he'll be the US champ!

References

   1. http://www.skbosna.ba/online2009/1/index.htm

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Date:  Fri, 8 May 2009 21:10:47 -0600 (MDT)
From:  Theodore Kenneth Doykos <Theodore.Doykos at Colorado.EDU>
To:  Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>
Subject:  Re: [BrianWallChess] Map of Tyler's greatness
The relay was wrong, at some point they played a4 and ...a6 so the rook wasn't
hanging after ...Rb3.
-Ted


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat May  9 18:47:33 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  9 May 2009 18:47:33 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Icarus crashes back to Earth,
	14 yr old Ray Robson crushes poor Gulko with Bishing Pole!
Message-ID: <1241916453.4a062425ad09c@www.taom.com>

Tyler plays the same line that won the last round of the US Junior. He had good
endgame

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A81"]
[NIC "HD.12"]
[Time "14:45:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5??

IM Mark Ginsburg said this was a horrible move in
the practical sense of giving Tyler an easy game.
It's also just a bad move period.


6. dxe5!  dxe5!  7. Qxd8+!  Kxd8!  8. Nd2!!   Bd6??

Another horrible move, Onischuk explained he knew it was bad but
8 ... Nbd7  9  Nc4  Ke7  10  Ng5!!
was also very bad.
The truth is that  9 Nc4 practically wins whatever Alexander tries.

9. e4


9  Nc4!!  Ke7   10  N:d6!!  cd  11 b3
was a line that Onischuk saw that he considered highly unpleasant
Other good ideas:
9  Nc4!!  Ke7   10   Be3!!, N:d6!!, 0-0!!, Bh6!!, Bg5!!,
b3, a3, f4, Bd2 and even Penguin action with Rg1
9  Nc4!!  Ke7   10  N:d6!!  cd  11  Bh6!!, Be3!!, 0-0!!,
Bd2, a4, b3, a3, c4

You can see that  9 Nc4  gives Tyler a vastly superior ending
and many others


9 ... Nc6!!  10. exf5!!

10  0-0!, Nc4!, Ng5!
would also keep some Tyler advantage

10 ... gxf5  11 Ng5!
controls e4

11. Nc4!!  Ke7?

11 ... Be6!  is almost equal,
now the Ukranian is in trouble again.


12. Bxc6??

On the phone Tyler told me he thought so long on this move he played what
Onischuk told Jennifer Shahade and Emil Sutovsky was
" a very bad move ".

I felt it was all wrong but I knew Tyler must have a concrete idea
in mind. Tyler has at least 20 good moves giving him an advanatge.
Tyler said he was eating up the clock and when he resigned he had
seconds left.
Better ideas -
9 Nc4!!
12 N:d6!!, Bg5!!, f4!!, Be3!!, b3!!
and many more, even Penguin action with Rg1!!

Tyler was very disappointed with himself for this move after the game.

12 ...  bxc6!

Now that Onischuk has the two bishops
instead of Tyler, Alexander gets a blanket
amnesty for all his opening tragedies.

13. f4!!  e4!!

The Grandmaster thought Tyler would have a good position again after
13  ... ef!  14  Bf4  Be6
It's about equal.

14. Be3

Tyler went for this line because he saw some
play on the dark squares with  b4, Na5-b3-c5

Some commentators were screaming for
14  Ne5 but Alexander is still slightly better after
14  Ne5  c5, ... Re8, ... Ng4, Bd7, ... Bb7  or ... B:e5  15  fe  Ng4!

14 ... c5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5 17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3
a5 21. Rd2 a4 {Black wins} 0-1
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A81"]
[NIC "HD.12"]
[Time "14:45:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Nd2 Bd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 Ke7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 e4 14.
Be3 c5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5 17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3
a5 21. Rd2 a4 {Black wins} 0-1
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Robson"]
[Black "GM_Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defense, 9.f4"]
[ECO "B64"]
[NIC "SI.28"]
[Time "14:47:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 hxg5 16. hxg5 exf4 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rfh4 f5 20.
Rxe4 Bxg5 21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5 Re8
26. Rd1 Re2 27. g4 Ke6 28. Rf4 Kd7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd3 b6 31. Rb3 Kc6 32. Rc4+
Kb7 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Rf3 Bf6 35. Rf5 Rg2 36. Ka2 Rg1 37. c3 Rg3 38. Kb1 Rg1+
39. Kc2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Ka6 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra2 43. g5 Be5 44. b5+
{White wins}
1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat May  9 20:25:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat,  9 May 2009 20:25:48 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Icarus crashes back to Earth after touching
	the sun,
	14 yr old Ray Robson crushes hapless Gulko with Bishing Pole!
Message-ID: <1241922348.4a063b2c537b7@www.taom.com>


Icarus crashes back to Earth after touching the sun
or
How not to play the Dutch for both sides.


Tyler plays the same line that won the last
round of the 2008 US Junior. He had a great endgame.

[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A81"]
[NIC "HD.12"]
[Time "14:45:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5??

IM Mark Ginsburg said this was a horrible move in
the practical sense of giving Tyler an easy game.
It's also just a bad move period.


6. dxe5!  dxe5!  7. Qxd8+!  Kxd8!  8. Nd2!!   Bd6??

Another horrible move, Onischuk explained he knew it was bad but
8 ... Nbd7!  9  Nc4  Ke7  10  Ng5!!
was also very uncomfortable.
The truth is that  9 Nc4!!  practically wins whatever Alexander tries.

9. e4


9  Nc4!!  Ke7   10  N:d6!!  cd  11 b3
was a line that Onischuk saw that he considered highly unpleasant
Other good ideas:
9  Nc4!!  Ke7   10   Be3!!, N:d6!!, 0-0!!, Bh6!!, Bg5!!,
b3, a3, f4, Bd2 and even Penguin action with Rg1
all give Tyler an awesome game.
9  Nc4!!  Ke7   10  N:d6!!  cd  11  Bh6!!, Be3!!, 0-0!!,
Bd2, a4, b3, a3, c4  and many others

You can see that  9 Nc4  gives Tyler a vastly superior ending.


9 ... Nc6!!  10. exf5!!

10  0-0!, Nc4!, Ng5!
would also keep some Tyler advantage

10 ... gxf5  11 Ng5!
controls e4

11. Nc4!!  Ke7?

11 ... Be6!  is almost equal,
now the Ukranian is in trouble again.


12. Bxc6??

On the phone Tyler told me he thought so long on this move he played what
Onischuk told Jennifer Shahade and Emil Sutovsky was
" a very bad move ". We discussed the problems of thinking too long versus
not thinking deeply enough. On this move Tyler sort of combined the
worst of both worlds.

I felt it was all wrong but I knew Tyler must have a concrete idea
in mind. Tyler has at least 20 good moves giving him an advanatge.
Tyler said he was eating up the clock and when he resigned he had
seconds left.

Better ideas -
9 Nc4!!
12 N:d6!!, Bg5!!, f4!!, Be3!!, b3!!
and many more, even Penguin action with Rg1!!

Tyler was very disappointed with himself for this move after the game.

12 ...  bxc6!

Now that Onischuk has the two bishops
instead of Tyler, Alexander gets a blanket
amnesty for all his opening travesties.

13. f4!!  e4!!

The Grandmaster thought Tyler would have a good position again after
13  ... ef!  14  Bf4  Be6
It's about equal.

14. Be3

Tyler went for this line because he saw some
play on the dark squares with  b4, Na5-b3-c5

Some commentators were screaming for
14  Ne5 but Alexander is still slightly better after
14  Ne5  c5, ... Re8, ... Ng4, Bd7, ... Bb7  or ... B:e5  15  fe  Ng4!

Essentially  12 B:c6??  ruined Tyler's game and whatever he
plays here Onischuk went from almost lost to always better.

14 ... c5


To block Bd4.
14   ... Re8!!, ... Ng4!!,  ... a5!  and ... Ba6
are all slightly better for the Ukranian GM.

15. Nxd6??

Tyler is following a trade-trade lose policy.
This trade removes that blight on d6 and straightens
out Alexander's pawns. The c4-Knight was performing
other functions like controlling/protecting e3 with
possible adventures on a5 or e5.


15 ... cxd6!


Checkmates tells you: I didn't realize how bad my position was after Nxd6
 losing it in six moves was hard to imagine at that point
 instead I gave him the 2 bishops


16. c4

I saw the handwriting on the wall and predicted that
Onischuk would win by advancing his rook pawns. Onischuk
said something similar in the live interview after the game.

" I actually have play on both sides of the board. "


16 ...  h5

When Anthea played the Crab
1  Pawn to King's Rook Four
followed by
2  Pawn to Queen's Rook Four

Josh Bloomer said one of the wittiest things ever -
" 1  Pawn to Queen's Rook Four
first was more accurate. "

In this case Josh would be right again,
16 ... a5!!! is more accurate than  16 ... h5
Other good ideas -
16 ... Rb8!!, ... Ng4!!, ... Be6!!, ... Ba6!!, .. h6, ... Bd7
and many more.

Kasmsky's second,  Commentator Emil Sutovsky was dismissive of Tyler
Hughes in Game 1  against Gulko until Tyler started winning.

Sutovsky said,
" Whoa, what happened here!! "
and went back and analyzed the whole game thoroughly.
In the second round Emil had learned some respect
for Tyler and was not nearly so sure of himself.

"Onischuk is better but I am very curious to see if this
young Tyler Hughes can pull off another miracle."
- Sutovsky

Gulko is rated 300 points above Tyler but youth are always
improving and they have courage, energy and many new ideas.
- GM Nick Defirmian on Gulko-Hughes GOTD


17. O-O-O??

Universally condemned by the kibitzers,
Tyler was probably running out of time already.
The King belongs on d2.

Checkmates tells you: I probably had 30 minutes at 0-0-0.
My trainer quit ICC after this move.


17 ... Ng4!

It's painful to see Tyler losing to a Fishing Pole.
Tyler signed all spectator boards on g4 for Fishing Pole.

" Alexander's Knight is dominating Tyler's Knight on h3 "
- GM Sutovsky

17 ... Be6!!, ... Rb8!!
and many other moves are strong

18. Bd2??

Even here 18 Kd2!! is best but bad.



18 ... Be6!!  19. Bc3!

19 b3! is about equally horrible

19 ... Rhb8!!

Crushing -
I have described these situations for years as a
Benko Gambit with the King as an extra pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow.

20. b3 a5!!  21. Rd2 a4!!

Out of position and out of time.


{Black wins} 0-1


" It's hard to hang with 2700's.
I wonder if I'll keep my streak
going and get another US Champion tomorrow. "
- Tyler Hughes on the phone from St. Louis, Missouri

Tyler felt bad about this debacle just after he had gained worldwide respect by
beating Gulko but I told him he is only 18, the important thing is to gain
experience. Tyler says all the players know each other really well, many of
them know his Russian trainer of the last few years, ICC Petrovich
GM Peter Kiriakov.

I found this ending highly instructive, I was very confused myself when
it first appeared. I didn't realize just how good Tyler's game was,
I thought he had a slight edge but it was a lot bigger than that.
Life Master Jack Young always ridiculed the way I played the Classical
Dutch mercilessly so it's good to see the 2700 played as poorly as I did.

Many of the ideas Tyler played were very strong AT THE RIGHT TIME:
Nc4 was very powerful at almost any point, N:d6 was very strong
before  12 B:c6, there were also good Bg5/h6  ideas. I feel
sorry for any fool that goes into this ending again against Tyler.

I also told Tyler I remember a game where I was so afraid of IM John Watson
I couldn't think, I couldn't move, I was paralyzed. For every real threat
I added 10 ghost threats. That game was so painful I resolved never to be
that afraid again, to play with more confidence. Tyler said he doesn't
get in time pressure much against weaker Colorado players but playing
these guys is naturally tough.

Maybe after Tyler has had the heady experience of beating one US Champion
and losing to another, he will be in perfect balance for Game 3.


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[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A81"]
[NIC "HD.12"]
[Time "14:45:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Nd2 Bd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 Ke7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 e4 14.
Be3 c5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5 17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3
a5 21. Rd2 a4 {Black wins} 0-1
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[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "IM_Robson"]
[Black "GM_Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defense, 9.f4"]
[ECO "B64"]
[NIC "SI.28"]
[Time "14:47:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 hxg5 16. hxg5 exf4 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rfh4 f5 20.
Rxe4 Bxg5 21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5 Re8
26. Rd1 Re2 27. g4 Ke6 28. Rf4 Kd7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd3 b6 31. Rb3 Kc6 32. Rc4+
Kb7 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Rf3 Bf6 35. Rf5 Rg2 36. Ka2 Rg1 37. c3 Rg3 38. Kb1 Rg1+
39. Kc2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Ka6 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra2 43. g5 Be5 44. b5+
{White wins}
1-0
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Date:  Sat, 9 May 2009 19:14:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:  Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
To:  Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Subject:  hey
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check this game out, if you havent already seen it


[Event "Foxwoods Open"][Site "Connecticut"][Date "2005.03.26"][EventDate
"2005.??.??"][Round "6"][Result "1-0"][White "Lev Milman"][Black "Joseph
Fang"][ECO "B19"][WhiteElo "2474"][BlackElo "2351"][PlyCount "61"]1. e4 c6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h67. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne5 c5
16. Qf3 Qb617. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Bxh6Ne5 22.
Qe4 Nc6 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Nc6 25. Qg4 Qxd5 26. Bxg7Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Ne5 28. Ne7+
Kh7 29. Qg6+ fxg6 30. hxg6+ Kxg731. Rh7# 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 10 04:50:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 04:50:40 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Becerra
Message-ID: <1241952640.4a06b18039b1b@www.taom.com>

Tyler

I played him a blitz game and observed him at 2 tournaments -

ICC Watson interview with Sam Shankland-
Becerra is my hero because he is super solid and I can't remember the last time
he lost to a player below 2550.

He slaughters the Sicilian in 25 moves

He defends classically with  d5 d5  and e5 e5

brutal tactician, blinding speed

master endgame player

The only weakness I discovered is he doesn't like irrational positions, he backs
away

I think his role model is Capablanca- he seems to play Capa openings.

Part of the problem playing him is he has a sad, dopey look on his face with big
innocent brown eyes- in reality he sees everything and will drag out an even
ending for 30 moves- in essence he is a killer who acts like a mouseketeer-
expect a long, grueling fight. He likes to sneak in razor tactics. Be careful.

Good Luck. Jennifer had a video where they were very impressed with your first
round win. Keep up the good fight.

as for the Onischuk game next time grab the two bishops right away and save
yourself an hour on the clock.

Brian


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 10 15:28:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 15:28:17 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1241990897.4a0746f1e3fef@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:03:03 -0600
    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 May 5th, the CSCC had 9 members in attendance. The evening's
event was a 5-round, double-Round Robin, blitz tournament (G5). New Colorado
expert Mitch Anderson blew through the field with only one loss. Here are the
results:



Score	Player
9.0	Mitch Anderson
6.5	David Meliti
6.0	Jeff Fox
4.5	Paul Anderson
3.0	James Powers
1.0	Bob Stanton

            Fantasy Chess

            This is the first year I have been watching the US Championship
live. Needless to say, the main reason is the participation of our local boy,
NM Tyler Hughes. I was very excited to see someone from our neck of the woods
go up against the best players in the country. However, some of the pre-game
commentary seemed to foreshadow nothing but doom. In the "No Realistic Chance"
section of the May 2009 Chess Life preview, IM Greg Shahade wrote,
"Expectations won't be too high" (page 39). In addition, Dennis Monokroussos
described Tyler this way, "Black? Tyler Hughes, a national master whose
participation seemed rather dubious." Well, I think it is safe to say that
Tyler shattered expectations and proved he deserved to be there with a stunning
upset in round one! Congratulations Tyler! Keep making us proud.



[Event "2009 U.S. Championship"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Hughes, Tyler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2631"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackELO "2293"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 Bf5 9.f3 g5
10.Bf2 e6 11.h4 exd5 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.cxd5 Qa5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nbd7 16.Nge2
Rfe8 17.Kf1 Ne5 18.Qf5 Nc4 19.Qxg5 Re5 20.Qf4 Nxb2 21.Rb1 Nd3 22.Qc4 Nxf2
23.Kxf2 Rae8 24.e4 R5e7 25.Rh4 Nd7 26.Rxb7 Ne5 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Qb3 Qd8 29.Nd1 c4
30.Qe3 Rb7 31.Rh5 Nd3+ 32.Kg3 Rb1 33.Nf2 Be5+ 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Nd4 Qf6 36.Nf5 Rb3
37.Qf4 Qg6+ 38.Ng4 Qxg4+ 39.Qxg4+ Nxg4 40.Kxg4 c3 0-1



            The other reason I am more interested in the US Championship this
year is my participation in fantasy chess. Prizes for best score start today,
so wish me luck. Here is how I am doing:

            My score is 19.0. I am ranked 64 (possible points = actual points).


GM Gata Kamsky (2.0) < GM Hikaru Nakamura (1.5) 3 = 0
GM Alex Onischuk (1.5) < GM Yury Shulman (2.0) 2 = 2
GM Varuzhan Akobian (1.0) = GM Julio Becerra (1.0) 4 = 6
GM Larry Christiansen (0.5) > GM Alex Shabalov (0.0) 11 = 11
GM Joel Benjamin (1.5) = GM Gregory Kaidanov (0.5) 6 = 0
GM Jaan Ehlvest (1.5) < GM Ildar Ibragimov (0.5) 5 = 0
GM Boris Gulko (0.0) = GM Melikset Khachiyan (1.0) 7 = 0
GM Josh Friedel (1.5) > GM-elect Robert Hess (2.0) 8 = 0
IM Irina Krush (0.5) > IM Anna Zatonskih (0.5) 9 = 0
IM Ray Robson (1.0) > IM Sam Shankland (1.0) 10 = 0
IM Michael Brooks (1.0) * < IM Enrico Sevillano (1.0) 12 = 0
NM Tyler Hughes (1.0) = NM Charles Lawton (0.0) 1 = 0

I have selected GM Hikaru Nakamura to be the 2009 U.S. Champion. 7 = ?

            Game Of The Week

            DuWayne Langseth started playing chess in 1972 and has been playing
at the Colorado Springs Chess Club since the early 1990s. He teaches chess at a
couple of scholastic clubs (Antelope Trail and Discovery Canyon). He has helped
his son, Rhett, tie for the state title this year in the grade 7-9 category.
So, when he wanted a win of mine for his website
(http://www.coloradochessgames.com/), I wanted to come up with something he
would really enjoy, as a way to thank him for all his contributions to the
chess world.

            Most people aren't aware that chess games make excellent gifts. They
don't spoil, one size fits all, and black and white go with everything. In fact,
I have been publishing one of my dad's email chess victories over myself, as a
Father's Day gift for the past 4 years. In addition, even non-chess players can
enjoy chess games as a gift. My mom likes hearing about my dad's email chess
defeats, and she doesn't even play chess. Did I mention they are divorced?
Anyway, I thought she would get a kick out of this game in lieu of flowers for
Mother's Day. It would have to be better than some of my other attempts to pick
out the right gift for her. Who knew, when I bought her a large nightgown from
Lane Bryant, that it was a store exclusively geared towards plus size women? It
was more like a tarp than a nightgown.

            So, I thought about what would DuWayne like, and I may have just now
finally gotten the perfect gift for someone. Here is why:

            DuWayne asked for a win of mine, "I would really like to add one of
your games, and despite how interesting our game was, I don't want to add
another one of mine! And I want to put one on there that you won, so the Baffo
game is out."

            DuWayne's love of chess started with 5 years of postal chess, as he
grew up too far away from over the board players in rural North Dakota. The
closest thing to postal chess I have played is email chess with my dad. This
one is from 8/4/98 to 2/8/99 when DuWayne was actually higher rater than me. He
was a class A player (1804), and I was a class C player (1565).

            DuWayne likes Colorado games for his website, and this one finished
up at the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge, as my dad and I played out the ending on
the hotel bed. I confessed to my dad that I had checked with the Reuben Fine's
Basic Chess Endings and saw how to complete the win. The book was actually
given to me from my dad as a Christmas gift, and I finally had a chance to put
it to use. For being so resourceful, I had felt like shouting from the turret
of my tank in the voice of General Patton, "Dad, you magnificent bastard, *I
read your book*!" After all, the saying goes, "All is fair in chess and war."

            But best of all, DuWayne really enjoys putting endgame positions
into the many databases he has collected. Since this was the longest recorded
win I have and came down to a pawn and bishop, it had the right characteristics
to work in these databases. After all, you can only have 3 or 4 pieces on the
board (besides the kings).

            The Gift Of Chess (Click this link to view the game on your web
browser)

            (144) Anderson,Paul - Anderson,Douglas [D20]
            6-4-2 Glenwood Springs, 08.02.1999
            [Fritz 8 (120s)]

            D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4
            1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Bxc4 last book move 5...e5 6.Nf3
Bd6 In the style of Nimzovich 7.Nc3 a6 Prevents intrusion on b5 8.0-0 h6 Secures
g5 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Qa4+ Nd7 Black should quickly conclude development. 11.Be2 Ngf6
12.Qc2 0-0 13.Nh4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxd5 Clearance to allow d8-h4. 15.Nxd5?? White
has let it slip away [15.exd5 Qxh4 ] 15...Qxh4= 16.Rad1 Bb8 [16...Rae8!? 17.f3
Re6= ] 17.g3 Qh3 18.Ne7+ Kh7 19.Nf5 Nf6 20.Bxc5 Re8 21.f3 Controls g4 21...b5
22.Qe3 g6 23.Qb3 Kg8 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Rxd6 Kg7 26.Rfd1 Qc8 27.Be3 Ng8 28.Qd5 Re7
29.Rc1 Qb7 30.Rcc6 f6 31.Rb6 Qc8 32.Rdc6 Qh3 [32...Qd7 33.Qxd7 Rxd7 34.Rxa6
Rxa6 35.Rxa6+/- ] 33.Rxf6 [33.Bc5 Qd7 34.Bxe7 Qxe7 35.Rxa6+- ] 33...Nxf6+/-
34.Qxa8 Rd7 35.Rb7 Qe6 36.Rxd7+ Nxd7 [>=36...Qxd7!? 37.Qxa6 Qd1+ 38.Kf2 g5+- ]
37.Bxh6+!+- Demolishes the pawn shield 37...Kf7 [37...Kxh6 A deflection 38.Qh8+
A beautiful mate combination] 38.Qb7 Kf6 39.b3 Qd6 40.Qa7 Qc6 41.Be3 Qd6 42.Bf2
Qc6 43.Qe3 Qe6 44.h4 Ke7 45.Qg5+ Kf7 46.g4 Nf6 47.Kg2 a5 48.Qd2 a4 49.bxa4 bxa4
50.Bc5 Nxe4 51.fxe4 Qxg4+ 52.Kf1 Qxe4 53.Qd7+ Kg8 54.Qe8+ Kh7 55.Qf7+ Kh6 56.Be7
Kh5 57.Bg5 Qf5+? [>=57...Kg4+- ] 58.Qxf5 gxf5 59.Kf2 Kg4 60.Bf6 f4 61.Bd8
[>=61.Bxe5 and White can already relax 61...Kxh4 62.Bxf4 Kg4+- ] 61...e4 62.Bc7
[>=62.Be7+- ] 62...Kxh4?? cause more grief [>=62...f3+/- ] 63.Bxf4+-

            DuWayne found an online database that has all the possible outcomes
for any chess game with 6 men left on the board. The FEN input tells the
computer where the pieces are on the board.

           
http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html

            Here is the 6-piece FEN input:

            8/8/8/8/p3pB1k/8/P4K2/8 b - - 0 63

            This is mate in 61 and the furthest back the database goes. Despite
the fact that the database can accurately play out a 61 move mating line, it
cannot find 63. Bxf4 just one move earlier. This demonstrates the fact that a
lot of computer chess is not about out-thinking humans but rather about
out-researching humans.

            63...Kg4 64.Ke3 Kf5 65.Bh2 Ke6 66.Kxe4

            Now the 5-piece database can look up the ending and play out a mate
in 57.

            http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/tbweb.htm

            Here is the 5-piece FEN input:

            8/8/4k3/8/p3K3/8/P6B/8 b - - 0 66

            Of course, as humans, we probably did not play the best move always,
but I still got the last black pawn before the 50 move draw rule would have
applied, and since it was against my dad, I opted not to announce mate in 57.

            66...Kd7 67.Kd5 Kc8 68.Kc6 Kd8 69.Bd6 Ke8 70.Kc7 Kf7 71.Kd7 Kf6
72.Be7+ Ke5 73.Bd8 Kd5 74.Bb6 Ke5 75.Bc7+ Kf6 76.Kd6 Kf7 77.Bd8 Ke8 78.Be7 Kf7
79.Kd7 Kg6 80.Ke6 Kg7 81.Bd6 Kg6 82.Bf8 Kg5 83.Bg7 Kg6 84.Bf6 Kh6 85.Kf7 Kh5
86.Be7 Kg4 87.Kf6 Kf4 88.Ke6 Ke4 89.Bf6 Kf4 90.Bh4 Kg4 91.Be7 Kh5 92.Kf5 Kh6
93.Bf8+ Kh5 94.Bg7 Kh4 95.Bh6 Kg3 96.Bg5 Kf3 97.Bf4 Kf2 98.Ke4 Kg2 99.Kd4 Kf3
100.Bh2 Kg4 101.Kc4 Kf5 102.Kb4 Ke6 103.Kxa4 Kd7 104.Ka5 Kc8 105.Ka6 1-0

            Upcoming Events

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PM., CSCC
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            For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 10 15:30:20 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 15:30:20 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson on Icarus crashes back to Earth
	after touching the sun,
	14 yr old Ray Robson crushes hapless Gulko with Bishing Pole!
Message-ID: <1241991020.4a07476c210a1@www.taom.com>

Tyler gets my vote -
Brian Wall

----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:52:01 -0600
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Icarus crashes back to Earth after touching the
sun, 14 yr old Ray Robson crushes hapless Gulko with Bishing Pole!
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

I thought I would tell you how much fun I am having watching Tyler in the US
Championship.  I saw the break down of who was picked to win from the fantasy
group and Tyler got one vote out of 479.  I wonder who that could possibly be?

Anyway, here is my latest bishing pole:


Paul Anderson - Free Bishop Phobia [D53]
Friendly Game, 5m + 0s Caf?, 10.05.2009


1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Qc2 h6 7.h4 Nh7 8.e4 Nxg5 9.hxg5
Bxg5 10.e5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bd7 12.Ne4 Be7 13.0-0-0 Nc6 14.Kb1 a6 15.g4 Qe8 16.g5
hxg5 17.Nexg5 Bxg5 18.Qh7# (Lag: Av=0.48s, max=1.5s) 1-0
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Date:  Sun, 10 May 2009 15:21:04 -0600
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To:  'Brian Wall' <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>
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http://main.uschess.org/forums/viewtopic.php&f=24&t=10052


Thanks, Brian!  Another entry into my limited infamous chess press clippings. 
:-)


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----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Wall
To: brianwallchess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian
Wall Chesslist
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 8:25 PM
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Icarus crashes back to Earth after touching the sun,
14 yr old Ray Robson crushes hapless Gulko with Bishing Pole!






Icarus crashes back to Earth after touching the sun
or
How not to play the Dutch for both sides.

Tyler plays the same line that won the last
round of the 2008 US Junior. He had a great endgame.

[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A81"]
[NIC "HD.12"]
[Time "14:45:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5??

IM Mark Ginsburg said this was a horrible move in
the practical sense of giving Tyler an easy game.
It's also just a bad move period.

6. dxe5! dxe5! 7. Qxd8+! Kxd8! 8. Nd2!! Bd6??

Another horrible move, Onischuk explained he knew it was bad but
8 ... Nbd7! 9 Nc4 Ke7 10 Ng5!!
was also very uncomfortable.
The truth is that 9 Nc4!! practically wins whatever Alexander tries.

9. e4

9 Nc4!! Ke7 10 N:d6!! cd 11 b3
was a line that Onischuk saw that he considered highly unpleasant
Other good ideas:
9 Nc4!! Ke7 10 Be3!!, N:d6!!, 0-0!!, Bh6!!, Bg5!!,
b3, a3, f4, Bd2 and even Penguin action with Rg1
all give Tyler an awesome game.
9 Nc4!! Ke7 10 N:d6!! cd 11 Bh6!!, Be3!!, 0-0!!,
Bd2, a4, b3, a3, c4 and many others

You can see that 9 Nc4 gives Tyler a vastly superior ending.

9 ... Nc6!! 10. exf5!!

10 0-0!, Nc4!, Ng5!
would also keep some Tyler advantage

10 ... gxf5 11 Ng5!
controls e4

11. Nc4!! Ke7?

11 ... Be6! is almost equal,
now the Ukranian is in trouble again.

12. Bxc6??

On the phone Tyler told me he thought so long on this move he played what
Onischuk told Jennifer Shahade and Emil Sutovsky was
" a very bad move ". We discussed the problems of thinking too long versus
not thinking deeply enough. On this move Tyler sort of combined the
worst of both worlds.

I felt it was all wrong but I knew Tyler must have a concrete idea
in mind. Tyler has at least 20 good moves giving him an advanatge.
Tyler said he was eating up the clock and when he resigned he had
seconds left.

Better ideas -
9 Nc4!!
12 N:d6!!, Bg5!!, f4!!, Be3!!, b3!!
and many more, even Penguin action with Rg1!!

Tyler was very disappointed with himself for this move after the game.

12 ... bxc6!

Now that Onischuk has the two bishops
instead of Tyler, Alexander gets a blanket
amnesty for all his opening travesties.

13. f4!! e4!!

The Grandmaster thought Tyler would have a good position again after
13 ... ef! 14 Bf4 Be6
It's about equal.

14. Be3

Tyler went for this line because he saw some
play on the dark squares with b4, Na5-b3-c5

Some commentators were screaming for
14 Ne5 but Alexander is still slightly better after
14 Ne5 c5, ... Re8, ... Ng4, Bd7, ... Bb7 or ... B:e5 15 fe Ng4!

Essentially 12 B:c6?? ruined Tyler's game and whatever he
plays here Onischuk went from almost lost to always better.

14 ... c5

To block Bd4.
14 ... Re8!!, ... Ng4!!, ... a5! and ... Ba6
are all slightly better for the Ukranian GM.

15. Nxd6??

Tyler is following a trade-trade lose policy.
This trade removes that blight on d6 and straightens
out Alexander's pawns. The c4-Knight was performing
other functions like controlling/protecting e3 with
possible adventures on a5 or e5.

15 ... cxd6!

Checkmates tells you: I didn't realize how bad my position was after Nxd6
losing it in six moves was hard to imagine at that point
instead I gave him the 2 bishops

16. c4

I saw the handwriting on the wall and predicted that
Onischuk would win by advancing his rook pawns. Onischuk
said something similar in the live interview after the game.

" I actually have play on both sides of the board. "

16 ... h5

When Anthea played the Crab
1 Pawn to King's Rook Four
followed by
2 Pawn to Queen's Rook Four

Josh Bloomer said one of the wittiest things ever -
" 1 Pawn to Queen's Rook Four
first was more accurate. "

In this case Josh would be right again,
16 ... a5!!! is more accurate than 16 ... h5
Other good ideas -
16 ... Rb8!!, ... Ng4!!, ... Be6!!, ... Ba6!!, .. h6, ... Bd7
and many more.

Kasmsky's second, Commentator Emil Sutovsky was dismissive of Tyler
Hughes in Game 1 against Gulko until Tyler started winning.

Sutovsky said,
" Whoa, what happened here!! "
and went back and analyzed the whole game thoroughly.
In the second round Emil had learned some respect
for Tyler and was not nearly so sure of himself.

"Onischuk is better but I am very curious to see if this
young Tyler Hughes can pull off another miracle."
- Sutovsky

Gulko is rated 300 points above Tyler but youth are always
improving and they have courage, energy and many new ideas.
- GM Nick Defirmian on Gulko-Hughes GOTD

17. O-O-O??

Universally condemned by the kibitzers,
Tyler was probably running out of time already.
The King belongs on d2.

Checkmates tells you: I probably had 30 minutes at 0-0-0.
My trainer quit ICC after this move.

17 ... Ng4!

It's painful to see Tyler losing to a Fishing Pole.
Tyler signed all spectator boards on g4 for Fishing Pole.

" Alexander's Knight is dominating Tyler's Knight on h3 "
- GM Sutovsky

17 ... Be6!!, ... Rb8!!
and many other moves are strong

18. Bd2??

Even here 18 Kd2!! is best but bad.

18 ... Be6!! 19. Bc3!

19 b3! is about equally horrible

19 ... Rhb8!!

Crushing -
I have described these situations for years as a
Benko Gambit with the King as an extra pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow.

20. b3 a5!! 21. Rd2 a4!!

Out of position and out of time.

{Black wins} 0-1

" It's hard to hang with 2700's.
I wonder if I'll keep my streak
going and get another US Champion tomorrow. "
- Tyler Hughes on the phone from St. Louis, Missouri

Tyler felt bad about this debacle just after he had gained worldwide respect by
beating Gulko but I told him he is only 18, the important thing is to gain
experience. Tyler says all the players know each other really well, many of
them know his Russian trainer of the last few years, ICC Petrovich
GM Peter Kiriakov.

I found this ending highly instructive, I was very confused myself when
it first appeared. I didn't realize just how good Tyler's game was,
I thought he had a slight edge but it was a lot bigger than that.
Life Master Jack Young always ridiculed the way I played the Classical
Dutch mercilessly so it's good to see the 2700 played as poorly as I did.

Many of the ideas Tyler played were very strong AT THE RIGHT TIME:
Nc4 was very powerful at almost any point, N:d6 was very strong
before 12 B:c6, there were also good Bg5/h6 ideas. I feel
sorry for any fool that goes into this ending again against Tyler.

I also told Tyler I remember a game where I was so afraid of IM John Watson
I couldn't think, I couldn't move, I was paralyzed. For every real threat
I added 10 ghost threats. That game was so painful I resolved never to be
that afraid again, to play with more confidence. Tyler said he doesn't
get in time pressure much against weaker Colorado players but playing
these guys is naturally tough.

Maybe after Tyler has had the heady experience of beating one US Champion
and losing to another, he will be in perfect balance for Game 3.

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[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyler Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Dutch defense"]
[ECO "A81"]
[NIC "HD.12"]
[Time "14:45:55"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Nd2 Bd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 Ke7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 e4 14.
Be3 c5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5 17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3
a5 21. Rd2 a4 {Black wins} 0-1
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[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "IM_Robson"]
[Black "GM_Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defense, 9.f4"]
[ECO "B64"]
[NIC "SI.28"]
[Time "14:47:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 hxg5 16. hxg5 exf4 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rfh4 f5 20.
Rxe4 Bxg5 21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5 Re8
26. Rd1 Re2 27. g4 Ke6 28. Rf4 Kd7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd3 b6 31. Rb3 Kc6 32. Rc4+
Kb7 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Rf3 Bf6 35. Rf5 Rg2 36. Ka2 Rg1 37. c3 Rg3 38. Kb1 Rg1+
39. Kc2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Ka6 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra2 43. g5 Be5 44. b5+
{White wins}
1-0
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Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 19:14:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Peterson <garrensilverwing at yahoo.com>
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Subject: hey
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check this game out, if you havent already seen it

[Event "Foxwoods Open"][Site "Connecticut"][Date "2005.03.26"][EventDate
"2005.??.??"][Round "6"][Result "1-0"][White "Lev Milman"][Black "Joseph
Fang"][ECO "B19"][WhiteElo "2474"][BlackElo "2351"][PlyCount "61"]1. e4 c6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h67. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3
Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne5 c5
16. Qf3 Qb617. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Nf5 Bf6 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. Bxh6Ne5 22.
Qe4 Nc6 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qe4 Nc6 25. Qg4 Qxd5 26. Bxg7Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Ne5 28. Ne7+
Kh7 29. Qg6+ fxg6 30. hxg6+ Kxg731. Rh7# 1-0
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 16:01:57 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Informants,
	new Brian Wall phone number
Message-ID: <1241992917.4a074ed5bc657@www.taom.com>

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 10 22:36:16 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 22:36:16 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes almost Fishing
	Poles Grandmaster Julio Becerra!!
Message-ID: <1242016576.4a07ab401b96a@www.taom.com>



I logged on live to Becerra-Tyler right at the critical
moment and everyone at ICC was screaming at Tyler/me -
Why is Tyler ruining his great position!?



GM Julio Becerra,F (2672) - Tyler Hughes,C (2293) [B48]
2009 US Closed St. Louis, Missouri (3), 10.05.2009


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7
6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.Nf3 Nfg4!!!!

Tyler Fishing Poles the Grandmaster, awesome.
It happens to be the best move.

10.Bf4 d6 11.a4 Be7 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qh5!

Scary. I analyzed some Sicilian Becerra miniatures from the 2008 North American
Open at Bally's Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada for the Florida State magazine.
Will Julio do it again?

Young IM Sam Shankland in IM John Waston's ICC recent archived interview
said that Julio was his hero and never loses to anyone under 2550.



13 ... Bd7 14.Rad1

40 moves/2 hours
Both have used about 17 minutes so far.


14 ... Rc8 7 minutes spent

15.Bc1 0-0

6 minutes spent

16.Kh1?

one minute spent, like most blunders

Like against Onischuk, Tyler starts out with a near winning position.
Somehow he doesn't seem to believe he can be beating these 2600-2700
types or cannot evaluate correctly. 16 Kh1 is not a great move
and 16 ...  f5!!!  would very confidentently attack the
White pawn center with the extra Open Sicilian game, keeping the
option of grabbing the two Bishops, opening up Tyler's f8-Rook
for action, possibly activating the QB on c6, the KB would be cozy
on f6, it would be a Sicilian dream position.

Tyler has a host of other good moves.


16 ...  Qc5!

10 minutes spent.
16 ... Bc6!
is another good move.
In fact, Tyler has at least a dozen.


17.Be2!!

Julio is a little like Tarrasch, Alekhine and Bobby
Fischer in that his KB is his most trusted weapon.

17 ...  Ng6
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Pyschologically brilliant, using his 400 point rating
disadvantage to drive Julio's Queen clumsily out of the center.

If the Sicilian endgame is equal, Black's better
- Tal
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Retreating an active piece is usually the culprit in the post-mortem.
Tyler has good choices here as well:
17 ... Nc4!!, ... f5, ... b5, ... Bc6

c4 looks like a less stable square for the Knight in the endgame
since he can be chased away with b3 but it turns out that after
17 ... Nc4!!  18  Q:c5  R:c5  19  b3?  Nb6
Julio has weakened the c-file

I had analyzed other Sicilian games where Julio avoided Queen trades.

The ICC kibitzers were screaming at Tyler for not taking the d3-bishop
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18.Qh3 Qb4

3 minutes spent

18 ... Bf6!!  is best but Tyler doesn't want
to abandon his King and go pawn hunting.
Tyler's move is one of at least a dozen good ones like
18 ... b5, ... Bc6, ... Rfd8, ... B:a4, ... Qb4


19.f4!!  Rxc3!!

27 minutes spent

16 ... f5!!  or  18 ... Bf6!!
would have given Tyler the advantage
but here he has many moves for solid equality.
19 ... Rfd8, ... Bc6, Rfe8, etc.

Tyler chooses an enterprising continuation.


20.Qxc3

Tyler obviously has good value for the exchange after
20  bc  Q:e4!!

IM Mark Ginsburg was leading the charge of-
Why is Tyler Hughes ruining his position?,
there's no need to sac.

Pete Karagianis asked me the same question.


20 ... Qxe4??

Any Najdorf or Dragon player would be satisfied with
20 ... Q:c3  21  bc  B:a4=  but Tyler has been analyzing
his surprise move for half an hour and played instantly.


21.Bf3!!

Now Julio keeps his exchange and his structure so
I am not sure what attracted Tyler to this line.


21 ... Qxa4!  22.Bxb7!

It's all wins for Julio now.
Like his game against Onischuk Tyler starts out with a
great game and ends up with no position and no time.
These Super-players are quite intimidating but after
Tyler analyzes the games he will see he had good chances.
TYler's Queen looks ridiulous after
22 ... Bb5  23 b3  Qa2   24 Rf2!!
so I am not sure what he missed in all this.

Josh Bloomer saw IM Dmitry Schneider kill me in the postmortem of our
wild draw in the 2005  HB Minnesota tournament. I realised that I
had an "evaluation problem". I just couldn't see what was going on
compared to Dmirty's more delicate judgement, over and over and over again.
This seems to be Tyler problem, his evaluations seem labored and forced.
I nor the ICC audience did not realize how good his endgame was against
Onischuk when they started but in this game, they were screaming for blood.
Sicilian themes are much more popular than Classical Dutch endgames.


22 ...  f5?

7 minutes spent.

Time -
Tyler -  42 minutes
Julio -  87 minutes

If you have ever watched Scholastic Chess you will see all games finish in half
an hour. To combat this I encouraged Tyler as a child to get in time pressure,
to think really hard. We talked before this game about playing with more
confidence to avoid getting down to his last few minutes every game against
the GMs.

Tyler has a decent reserve of time now but a tough position.
22 ... d5 is best but GM Becerra is clearly better after
23 f5!!  Bf6  24 Qg3

Tyler is only 18 and gaining great experience against the country's
best players. I think he only needs 1/6 to break even ratingswise.


23.Qc7

23 b3, Be3 and many other moves win as well


23 ... Bb5

12 minutes spent

23 ... Be8  24  Bc8!!  or Rfe1!!  are miserable for Tyler too


24.b3!!

24 Rfe1 is another killer.
It all boils down to Tyler saccing the exchange for a pawn -
that was OK but not trading on c3 is killing him.

Tyler is understandably nervous and seems to be beating himself.
Young Padawan still has much to learn.


24 ...  Qa2 25.Rfe1!!  e5

It's all bad.
Tyler center is being pummeled by Galaga Rooks,
criscrossing Bishops and an intrusive Goren Queen.


26.Bd2 Qb2 27.Bc3!!  Bd8 28.Qc8

28  Q:g7+
is a rather convincing endgame

28 ... Qa3 29.Ra1

It's getting sick.
29  B:e5  de  30  R:d8 clses the deal.
29  Ra1  Qc5!  30  Q:c5!  dc!  31 fe! is horrendous.


White wins   1-0

I would wish for Tyler that he has the time of his life in Saint Louis.
I would also wish that when he gets a winning posiiton against these
Super-GMs he closes his eyes for 5 minutes and meditates to get his
emotions in order. Frankly I have never enjoyed tournament coverage
more than the great job Jennifer Shahade and the Saint Louis team is
doing. Having our young soldier Tyler Hughes on the front line is
very exciting for all of Colorado.

Good Luck in your next 6 rounds, Tyler.

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GM Julio Becerra,F (2672) - Tyler Hughes,C (2293) [B48]
2009 US Closed St. Louis, Missouri (3), 10.05.2009
[,Powerizer]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5
9.Nf3 Nfg4 10.Bf4 d6 11.a4 Be7 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qh5 Bd7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Bc1 0-0
16.Kh1 Qc5 17.Be2 Ng6 18.Qh3 Qb4 19.f4 Rxc3 20.Qxc3 Qxe4 21.Bf3 Qxa4 22.Bxb7 f5
23.Qc7 Bb5 24.b3 Qa2 25.Rfe1 e5 26.Bd2 Qb2 27.Bc3 Bd8 28.Qc8 Qa3 29.Ra1 White
wins 1-0

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 10 23:11:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 23:11:10 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Women and kids
Message-ID: <1242018670.4a07b36eb0a76@www.taom.com>

LM Jack Young and I had a Lowell, MA Chess team, Fourplay and sometimes we let
Tom Schiel play. Jack suggested a book title from Tom's outings on our team
called How To Lose To Women and Kids.  GM Gulko must have read the book because
that's all he's done so far in the 2009 US Closed in Saint Louis, Missouri.



[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Krush"]
[Black "GM_Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical variation"]
[ECO "E32"]
[NIC "NI.20"]
[Time "14:24:22"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4
8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qd6 Qe4 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Qg6 14.
f3 Rac8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. Kf2 Qc2 17. e4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qxb2 19. Qb4 Qc2 20.
Qb3 Ne8 21. Ke2 Qc6 22. Nb1 Qc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Bd2 f6 25. Kd3 Rc8 26.
Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Kf7 28. a4 Nd6 29. Na3 a6 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Kxc4 g5 32. Ba3
h5 33. Bd6 Ke8 34. g3 Kf7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kg6 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Kb4 e5
39. Kc4 b5+ 40. axb5 axb5+ 41. Kxb5 exd4 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kxd4 Ng4 44. Bg3
Ke7 45. Kd3 Nh6 46. Ke3 Nf7 47. Bf4 Kd7 48. Kf3 Kc6 49. Kg3 Kc5 50. Kh4 Kd4
51. Kxh5 Kxe4 52. Kg4 Kd5 53. h4 Kc6 54. Kh5 Kd5 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM_Robson"]
[Black "GM_Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7 defense, 9.f4"]
[ECO "B64"]
[NIC "SI.28"]
[Time "14:47:03"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Qd2 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 hxg5 16. hxg5 exf4 17. Rf2 Bf5 18. Rxf4 Bxe4 19. Rfh4 f5 20.
Rxe4 Bxg5 21. Bc4+ Rf7 22. Rd4 Rd8 23. Rh5 Bf6 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5 Re8
26. Rd1 Re2 27. g4 Ke6 28. Rf4 Kd7 29. a4 a5 30. Rd3 b6 31. Rb3 Kc6 32. Rc4+
Kb7 33. Rd3 Be5 34. Rf3 Bf6 35. Rf5 Rg2 36. Ka2 Rg1 37. c3 Rg3 38. Kb1 Rg1+
39. Kc2 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Ka6 41. b4 axb4 42. cxb4 Ra2 43. g5 Be5 44. b5+
{White wins}
1-0
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[Event "2009 U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP"]
[Site "Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "round01"]
[White "GM Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Tyler Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "King's Indian defense, 3.Nc3"]
[ECO "E61"]
[NIC "KI.80"]
[Time "04:06:23"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. d5
Bf5 9. f3 g5 10. Bf2 e6 11. h4 exd5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. cxd5 Qa5 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Nbd7 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Kf1 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nc4 19. Qxg5 Re5 20. Qf4 Nxb2
21. Rb1 Nd3 22. Qc4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rae8 24. e4 R5e7 25. Rh4 a6 26. a4 Nd7 27.
Rxb7 Ne5 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qb3 Qd8 30. Nd1 c4 31. Qe3 Rb7 32. Rh5 Nd3+ 33.
Kg3 Rb1 34. Nf2 Be5+ 35. Rxe5 Nxe5 36. Nd4 Qf6 37. Nf5 Rb3 38. Qf4 Qg6+ 39.
Ng4 Qxg4+ 40. Qxg4+ Nxg4 41. Kxg4 c3 {Black wins} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 11 03:28:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 03:28:34 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] I dreamed a dream, Gulko-Hughes  0-1,
	St. Louis, MO  2009 US Closed
Message-ID: <1242034114.4a07efc28ad00@www.taom.com>


Les Miserables Lyrics

I Dreamed A Dream Lyrics



There was a time when men were kind,
And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind,
And the world was a song,
And the song was exciting.
There was a time when it all went wrong...

I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid,
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine, untasted.

But the tigers come at night,
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hopes apart,
And they turn your dream to shame.

He slept a summer by my side,
He filled my days with endless wonder...
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came!

And still I dream he'll come to me,
That we will live the years together,
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather!

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

100 million hits worldwide in 3 weeks

Tyler listened to Susan Boyle sing before the game
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Statistics for shukov         On for:   54     Idle:   13

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           1720       2651  2009   429  5089   1934 (09-Apr-2008)
Standard        2076  [6]   334   243    98   675   2226 (10-Mar-2008)
1-minute        1202  [8]     0     1     0     1
15-minute       1902  [4]    60    28     7    95   1902 (29-Feb-2008)

 1: Hello
 2: Best of luck to you in our game.
 3: A good game of chess with an agreeable opponent is hard to beat.
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ICC Tyler Hughes buzz

shukov(165): I got to play Hughes last year in Colorado, Heck of a nice young
man.
miranda01(DM)(165): did you win?
shukov(165): No he played a Kan and just pretty much toasted me,
but he was very gentlemanly about it. :)
miranda01(DM)(165): that's good :)
miranda01(DM)(165): hm.. he is untitled?
join & tell 230 Hi, i am in
shukov(165): uscf master for sure, not sure about the rest.
shukov(165): i think he is only 16.
miranda01(DM)(165): that's pretty good
B-Wall(165): Tyler Hughes is 18 from Colorado, 2008 US Junior Champ with two
Chess college scholarships.
(told 426 people)
pretzelattack(165): did huges win?
mightymax(165): I think he has a handle on ICC, but can't recall it
sitparkcin(FM)(165): checkmates
t 165  Tyler Hughes had 4 minutes left at move 28 but Gulko blundered in Tyler's
time pressure at move 40
(told 424 people)
pretzelattack(165): wow wall
Lera(165): tyler is my new hero
pretzelattack(165): wall taught him
t 165 ICC game score Gulko-Hughes leaves out 25 ... a6  26  a4
t 165 I taught him from ages 9-11 then he got titled teachers
pretzelattack(165): yeah but he learned to sleaze out from u
mightymax(165): hehe gulko got smashed
B-Wall(165): Like Andrew Sherman taught Ray Robson then he got Kaidanov and
Onischuk
(told 422 people)
mightymax(165): 4.Bg5 and 5.e3 is a ridiculous line lol
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Thousands across the country watched the
Incredible Tyler Hughes beat Gulko live.

I first heard of Tyler Hughes from Sean Kruger of South Africa in a Westminster
Barnes and Noble Chess club. Sean told me about a boy with a passion and talent
for Chess and thought we should get together. He was 9 years old with one
Sierawan tatcics book and a pitiful Chess set. It is amazing that 9 years later
he even gets the chance to play Gulko let alone beat him.

The game was a race between the hare and the turtle. Tyler started off very
slowly with a terrible game. Gulko's King was in the middle and he had
consistent trouble figuring out where to put his King. Tyler got back in the
game and the lead started changing hands. Tyler used almost all his time but
started coming on strong. Boris started eating up the clock but couldn't save
the position. This game took me a long time to analyze because the positions
are rather confusing and hard to delineate. I think I finally have a handle on
what happened. Tyler's losses were short and sweet, his win was long and
complex.

Gulko,B (2631) - Hughes,T (2316) [E61]
2009 U.S. Championship St. Louis, MO (1),
08.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 h6

Tyler had just played this system himself in blitz
games and against GM Sharavdorj 2009 Colorado Closed.


7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 Bf5 9.f3 g5

Humans would rather weaken their position
than endure a humiliating piece retreat.


10.Bf2 e6

Benoni action


11.h4!

11 g4!!  and then 12 h4!!
is even stronger


11 ...  exd5??

Of course Black plays this 9,999 times out of ten thousand in a Benoni
but here f5 has been weakened already so this is a big mistake.
Repeating known patterns is a human weakness and strength.
The combination of  9 ... g5  and  11 ... ed
starts Tyler off with a lost game.



12.hxg5!  hxg5 13.cxd5 Qa5 14.Bd3

Looks like a great idea to posiitonally dominate f5 with Queen and/or Knight.
Watching live I was worried, especially as Tyler's clock wound down. Still I
was proud because I told Tyler as a kid getting low on time is a great sign
a Chessplayer is trying his best to improve.

Honing in on f5 is powerful but honing in at g5 with
14 Qd2!!  is winning.
14  g4!  or e4!  are also very good.


14 ... Bxd3!  15.Qxd3!  Nbd7!  16.Nge2!  Rfe8!  17.Kf1?

Humans often squander time and/or position to escape pin discomfort.
It's hard to love Fritz 9's choice of
17  0-0-0!!  Ne5  18 Qb5!
with an endgame edge  or
17 e4  Ne5  18  Qc2  c4
to my eyes Tyler has tons of counterplay


17 ...  Ne5!!  18.Qf5!  Nc4!!  19.Qxg5! Re5!!

" The Rook acts as a kind of Kingside defender. "
GM Nick Defirmian
ICCC Chess video
Game of the Day

20.Qf4!

20 Qg3!!  is a teensy bit better
but  20 Qf4 looks better because it doesn't
block  Ng3-f5

20 ... Nxb2!!

Tyler has performed admirably under pressure
with 7 perfect moves for maximum counterplay.
His concentration seems very focussed.


21.Rb1??

Under the weight of Tyler's perfect play Boris is losing the thread.
Only  21 e4!! kept a smidgin' of advantage. Not being used to Tyler
he may be counting on Tyler's time pressure but we mountain boys are
accustomed to the Iceman's miracles.



21 ...  Nd3??

" Tyler can get away with  21 ... N:d5!!  22 N:d5  R:d5
because the g7-bishop guards the b2-knight but he may
be nervous about removing a Kingside defender. "
GM Nick Defirmian
ICCC Chess video
Game of the Day

Tyler's move is second best but gives the advantage back to Boris.

The whole Chess world supported the Gulkos when the evil Soviet empire
imprisoned them for wanting to leave Russia, much like the evil Taliban
executed a young couple recently, only 21 and 19 years old, just because
they wanted to escape repression and leave their little valley and live their
life in love and peace. How bad does the Taliban have to be when the young
couple was desperately trying to reach IRAN for liberty and freedom of
expression!

I am glad the Gulkos have had a good life in America.
They deserve it.


22.Qc4!!  Nxf2!!  23.Kxf2!!  Rae8

Fritz prefers  23 ... Rb8 but Tyler
hasn't had a babysitter in years.


24.e4!!  R5e7

The computer can keep track of all the attempted Rook
traps after 24 ... R8e7!!  but to a human it looks
like a pointless risk for little gain.


25.Rh4

Tyler missed his chance with 21 ... N:d5!!
and now the USSR/USA Champion is winning again.
Things look bad for our young protagonist.
Getting Gulko's King out of the danger zone with
25 Kg1!!  or Kf1!!  is a good idea but humans
like their bread toasted and their Rooks connected.
25 a4!!  to shut down Tyler's Queenside pawn majority
is standard Benoni prophylaxis.


25 ... a6!!

25 ... a6  26  a4 were not transmitted by the DGT boards which caused
worldwide confusion in the live relay. Poor Jennifer Shahade and GM Sutovsky
suffered in the analysis booth in many games. They straightened out the
problems the next day.

Gulko is still better now.


26.a4!!

The only good move, very common.

26 ...  Nd7!!!

Yes, things are bleak but Tyler spends 14 of his 18 minutes
to find the best move. I felt bad like I had led my precious
6' lamb to slaughter but I was proud that he was trying so hard
down to the last drop of time.


27.Rxb7!  Ne5!  28.Rxe7!  Rxe7!  29.Qb3! Qd8

The last sequence was all forced.
With no time left and a bad game
Tyler retreats his Queen to cover
his back rank and Kingside.
29 ... Re8!  was a little better,
keeping the Queen active.


30.Nd1??

Eying Tyler's clock and the juicy f5 square
Boris answers the siren call of the Knight-outpost.
Moving the King claimed some advantage,
30 Kg1!!, Kg3!, Kf1!  are all good.
30  g3! is another good plan to give
his King some leg room.


30 ...  c4!!

Tyler grabs his chance for typical Benko/Benoni play
30 ... Rb7!!  and f5!
also get Tyler right back in the game.

31.Qe3

31 Qc2!  or Qb1!
are a shade better

31 ... Rb7!!

Tyler only has 2 or 3 minutes left but he keeps a cool head,
attacking on both wings with  b-file-Rook invasion plus
... Q:h4+ threats.
31 ... Nd3+, ... Re8, ... Kf8, ... Rd7
keep the game about even


32.Rh5

Gulko needs to attend a
PLACING YOUR KING IN THE EARLY MIDDLE GAME
seminar.
32 Kg3!!  is a little better.


32 ... Nd3+!

Tyler is pressed for time but finds a good move.
32 ... Rb3!!  or ... Rb1!!  Rook invasions are nice too-



33.Kg3!!  Rb1!!

Tyler has a minute left but he's in the zone.


34.Nf2

After all this the game would be about even after
34 Qd2!!   but Gulko gets low on time too and collapses.

34 ... Be5+!!

Even better than  34 ... N:f2!
What coolness,
what presence of mind!
The main idea is
34  ... Be5+  35  f4  N:f4!!  36 N:f4  Rb3!
winning the Queen
34  ... Be5+  35  Kg4??  Qd7+!!  36  Rf5  f6!!  37  Nh3  Qg7+   or
34  ... Be5+  35  Kg4??  Qd7+!!  36 Kh4  Ne1!
are horrible for the Grandmaster.
35  Kh3!!  is best but uncomfortable after
35 ... Qf6!!  or ... N:f2+!!
so Gulko sacs the exchange unsoundly to
reduce the pressure on his wandering King.

35.Rxe5 Nxe5!!   36.Nd4!!  Qf6!!  37.Nf5!!

Boris finally reaches f5 but his
game is in shambles from the effort.


37 ... Rb3

Tyler has really turned the tables here
with many good moves, 37 ... Rb2!!
topping the list.


38.Qf4 Qg6+

With less than a minute left Tyler leaves these moves behind
38 ... c3!!    utilizing the passed pawn
38 ... Kh7!    stopping Qh6+
38 ... Ra3!    attacking a4
38 ... a5!     fixing the a4-weakness
38 ... Kh8!    cornering his own King
38 ... Kf8!    hiding


and naturally goes for the check


39.Ng4??

No luck in Chess?
If Gulko has attended the seminar he might have found
39  Kh2!  or Kh3.
Tyler intended
39  Kh2!!  Kf8??  40  Qh4!!  f6  41  Qh8+  Kf7  42  f4!!
which is completely crushing for the Grandmaster
39  Kh2  Kh8!! or ... Rb7!!
are much better, preserving an edge.
GM Gulko had two minutes left and his nerves failed him.
He was trying to set up the cheapo
39  Ng4  N:g4??  40  Ne7+
winning the Queen.
Don't mess with Tyler in blitz.


39 ...  Qxg4+!!  40.Qxg4+!  Nxg4! 41.Kxg4!  c3!

Easy win for Tyler now,
he wins the Knight,
comically posted on his proud outpost,
alone and choking on his own hubris.

0?1

Tyler's most important victory since Tyler Hughes - Peter Karagianis,
his Colorado Game of the Century and Tyler Hughes-Greg Young,
last round, US Junior. Each was an emotional experience for me.
Tyler's victory over Gulko earned him worldwide resepct and
changed the tone of all the critics, analysts and commentators.

My daughter just graduated as a civil engineer, my nephew Andrew
just graduated college and my brother Charles just graduated Law
School. I consider this game Tyler's final exam.
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Gulko,B (2631) - Hughes,T (2316) [E61] 2009 U.S. Championship St. Louis, MO (1),
08.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 Bf5
9.f3 g5 10.Bf2 e6 11.h4 exd5 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.cxd5 Qa5 14.Bd3 Bxd3
15.Qxd3 Nbd7 16.Nge2 Rfe8 17.Kf1 Ne5 18.Qf5 Nc4 19.Qxg5 Re5 20.Qf4 Nxb2
21.Rb1 Nd3 22.Qc4 Nxf2 23.Kxf2 Rae8 24.e4 R5e7 25.Rh4 a6 26.a4 Nd7
27.Rxb7 Ne5 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Qb3 Qd8 30.Nd1 c4 31.Qe3 Rb7 32.Rh5 Nd3+
33.Kg3 Rb1 34.Nf2 Be5+ 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Nd4 Qf6 37.Nf5 Rb3 38.Qf4 Qg6+
39.Ng4 Qxg4+ 40.Qxg4+ Nxg4 41.Kxg4 c3

0?1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 11 03:53:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 03:53:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] St George goes fishing !
Message-ID: <1242035580.4a07f57c58556@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from mrlimbo <misterlimbo at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 09:47:20 -0000
    From: mrlimbo <misterlimbo at gmail.com>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] St George goes fishing !
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

Such a short trip :))

[Event "May 2009 Open Main #1 Tournament"]
[Site "http://www.itsyourturn.com"]
[Date "2009.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "NCBTREK"]
[Black "mrlimbo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Ply "22"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 a6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nf3 b5 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nbd2
c5 7. c3 Ng4 8. h3 h5 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Nh2 Qh4 11. f3
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 11 11:21:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:21:24 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pictures of Tyler Hughes in Saint Louis,
	Missouri  2009 US Closed
Message-ID: <1242062484.4a085e949db12@www.taom.com>



http://picasaweb.google.com/SaintLouisChessClub/Round1Photos#5333893080830721330

Gulko-Hughes,
my new screensaver
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Championship Competitor Headshots
http://picasaweb.google.com/SaintLouisChessClub/ChampionshipCompetitorHeadshots#
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Hughes versus Onischuk
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http://picasaweb.google.com/SaintLouisChessClub/Round2Photos02#5333968578406406338

Anna Zatonskih, the only Mother, went to the hospital on Mother's Day and had to
withdraw from the tournament. She is OK although no one said what she is
suffering from.
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The special Fischer prize of $64,000 for a 9-0 score was over in 3 rounds.
No one had a perfect score.
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http://picasaweb.google.com/SaintLouisChessClub/Round3Photos#5334333428597603650

Tyler Hughes
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 11 12:26:09 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:26:09 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anthea Carson Martinez' first novel published,
	Ainsworth
Message-ID: <1242066369.4a086dc18b145@www.taom.com>


My co-author of
How To Play Chess Like An Animal,
Anthea Carson
just had the grand opening of Ainsworth in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

Anthea grew up there so the novel is a Mark Twain kind of young rural adolescent
novel. I have adored Anthea's writing for 10 years so I am very proud of her for
getting published.

The thing that Anthea can do when she writes is remember accurate visual and
emotional details and come up with authentic dialogue. I have never seen anyone
who captures the mind of a child better than Anthea, including all the great
writers of the past. She actually remembers how children think and feel. It's
almost like an acting job where you stay in character for months/years and have
to pull yourself out.

The publisher is the same as
How To Play Chess Like An Animal,
Mother's House Publishing in Colorado Springs.

There will be additional ways to buy the book in the future but one way for the
first wave now is

send a check for
$14.95
plus copious amounts for taxes and shipping and handling to

Anthea Carson
c/o  Brian Wall
9320 Gaylord Street
Thornton, Co

Please make the check out to Anthea.

I can resist anything but temptation-
Oscar Wilde
80229


The book was illustrated by Anthea's cousin Sheila
who also lived the novel and is a key character.

Anthea's writing is irresistable as chocolate peanuts.
Usually any of Anthea's novels are so compelling you have
to finish them in one sitting. I write like a maniac but
I cannot write the way she does.

You can send me an email if you prefer a different method of payment.
First 10 customers gets a kiss from Anthea.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 11 14:47:56 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:47:56 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson adds search features to our
	website
Message-ID: <1242074876.4a088efc59a46@www.taom.com>



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 Subject: Re: hey
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 11 22:32:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 22:32:37 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles
	Lawton US Closed, St. Louis, MO
Message-ID: <1242102757.4a08fbe52dbeb@www.taom.com>


Tyler Hughes beat the local Chessmaster, Charles Lawton in Round 4.
The game was up and down close to equal, at the end Charles passed
Tyler on the clock and got smashed. Tyler has 2/4. Charles is a great
big well-loved local black guy with a booming laugh. He was a good
sport in the post-mortem. Charles is very popular and it's impossible
not to love the guy.



Tyler Hughes (2293) - Charles Lawton (2350) [A42]
2009 US Closed St. Louis, Missouri (4), 11.05.2009


1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.d5?  Ne7

It looked like Charles was up 2 tempi in a King's Indian.
Instead of ... Nc6-d7  and  ... Nf6-d7  he just uses two
moves for the same effect. I think Lawton has the edge here.
I believe Soltis covers this in his Modern defense book.
White should refrain from d5, play something like
6 Bg5, Be3, Be2, de


7.h3 f5 8.exf5 TN !!

8 Bd3 had been played.
It's hard to judge the nuances of
8  ef, Ng5, Bd3, Be3, h4, Be2, Qc2


8 ... Nxf5!

The two players joined beautiful Jennifer Shahade and the brilliant GM Emil
Sutovsky in the broadcast booth after the game. Tyler thanked all his fans
for their support.

GM Emil Sutovsky -
8 ... N:f5 surprised me.

Charles Lawton-
8 ... N:f5 surprised me too!

Charles has slight light square issues after
8 ... gf  9  Ng5  Nf6  10 Ne6, Be2
or Penguin action with Rg1


9.Bg5!!  Nf6! 10.g4  Ne7!!

Emil and Charles discussed the line -
10 ... Nh6!?  11 12 B:h6  B:h6  13  g5  e4
14  gh  ef  15  Q:f3  0-0  16  Be2

"It looked like a big unpredictable mess but
maybe it was better than what I played. "
- Charles Lawton

Other possiilities -
10 ... Nh6  11 12 B:h6  B:h6
13  Qd4  ef
13  Qd2  ef
13  Qa4+  Bd7
13  gf
13  N:e4
and at the end of every line there is possible Penguin action with
13 Rg1

I didn't see any of that
- Honest Tyler Hughes

10 ... Nd4!?
is another dbiuos possibility -
11 N:d4  ed  12 Q:d4  0-0
13  Qd2  or Qd3
Tyler should win



11.Nd2?  0-0!  12.Bd3 c6!!

Tyler is having trouble preventing
his center from disintegrating.
So far they takes turns being slightly better.
As usual Tyler got lower in time but as his
positional pressure increased, Charles caught
up and they both had 13 minutes left. Then
Charles got down to 2 minutes with a busted
position. 13 Nde4!!  is a little better than
Tyler's move but Charles is still a little
better.


13.Qb3! cxd5!


We all like to go back to the part of the game we were doing our best
so if I was Charles I would wonder why I didn't play  13 ... a5!! here
or 14 ... b6!  or 17 ... b5!!  because things never looked good again.


14.cxd5!  a6

14 ... b6
intending  ... Nf6-d7-c5
is a thought


15.a4

automatic response to hold onto space but
it might be better to live with ... b5
after  15 Nde4!


15 ... Rb8!!  16.0-0!!  h5!!  17.f3!!

Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky, who understands at least 6 languages,
praised this solid move to Tyler's face. I was hoping Tyler
would win but the game is dead even and impossible to predict
at this point.


17 ... Bd7

17 ... b5!+=   18  ab  ab   19 N:b5??  Qb6+  20  Kg2  Bd7
wins


18.Kh2!!!

How does he find these moves?
I think the idea is to escape
any ... Qb6+  shots

18 ...  Be8 19.Nde4!!

I started to feel good,
it looked like Tyler was squeezing Charles,
sitting on him


19 ...  b5!?

Things are not going well so
Charles lashes out, hoping to
unsettle the kid.


20.axb5!  axb5! 21.Ra7

Many good ideas here
21  gh!, Qb4!, Ra6!, B:f6!, N:f6!


21 ... b4!  22.Ne2

22 N:f6+!!  B:f6!  23  Ne4!!
with clear advantage

22 ...   hxg4! 23.fxg4!!

23 f4!, 23 hg


23 ...  Nxe4! 24.Rxf8+!  Bxf8!  25.Bxe4!  Qb6!!  26.Be3!  Qd8!   27.Ng1!!

After all these forced move Tyler has a bind,
not a forced win yet but things are unpleasant
for Mighty Charles.



27.  ...  Nc8 28.Ra1!!

I don't know how he sees these things but
Tyler starts winding up for a knockout
punch on the f-file. Charles feels the heat
and starts buring up the clock, finding no
defense.


28 ...  Be7 29.Nf3!!  Bf6 30.Qc2

Emil drives me nuts because he ignores half the 11 boards when he is
commentating, focussing as much as possible on the top boards in his
role as Kamsky's second. However, in the postmortems when the players
are done and come down to discuss the game with Gandmaster Sutovsky
it is obvious he has been following all the games silently because
after it's all over he starts rattling off variation after variation.
It was almost like he was afraid to see a blunder on the lower boards
which would activate his ulcer.
The Grandmaster praised Tyler to his face for this quiet move.

30 ... Kg7 31.Qf2!!

Can you feel the earthquake tremors?
31 g5!! is great too but Tyler wants to
wind up before delivering the knockout punch.
There are a ton of good moves now.

31 ... Bf7 32.Rf1!!  Bg8 33.g5!!    +11

White wins   1-0

Charles Lawton has no time or position left.
34  gf+!  or Qh4!  is coming against almost anything.
33 g5!!  Be7  34 Qh4!!  mates


We're not sure if Tyler will get an IM norm, a GM norm or proceed directly
to Super GM. It depends if the old guard can offer any resistance.

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Tyler Hughes (2293) - Charles Lawton (2350) [A42]
2009 US Closed St. Louis, Missouri (4), 11.05.2009


1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.h3 f5 8.exf5 Nxf5 9.Bg5
Nf6 10.g4 Ne7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Bd3 c6 13.Qb3 cxd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.a4 Rb8 16.0-0 h5
17.f3 Bd7 18.Kh2 Be8 19.Nde4 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra7 b4 22.Ne2 hxg4 23.fxg4 Nxe4
24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Bxe4 Qb6 26.Be3 Qd8 27.Ng1 Nc8 28.Ra1 Be7 29.Nf3 Bf6 30.Qc2 Kg7
31.Qf2 Bf7 32.Rf1 Bg8 33.g5 White wins 1-0

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[Event "Leutasch Seniors op 18th"]
[Site "Karwendel"]
[Date "2001.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Freder,Heinrich"]
[Black "Hoffmann,Werner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B06"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.h3 Nd7 5.c4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Nc3 f5 8.Bd3 Nc5
9.Bc2 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 0-0 12.g4 b6 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Qd2 Bd7
15.0-0-0 a5 16.Kb1 Bf6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.h4 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Rf4 20.Ng5 Rf7
21.Nxf7 Qxf7 22.h5 Rf8 23.hxg6 Nxg6 24.Rh5 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Rdh1 Bxg4
27.Rxh7+ Kf6 28.f3 Bf5 29.Rxc7 Bxe4+ 30.fxe4 Nf4 31.Rh6+ Kg5 32.Rxd6 Kg4
33.Rxb6 Kf3 34.d6 Ne6 35.Re7 Nd4 36.Rxe5 Ke3 37.Rf5 Rg8 38.Rf1 Kxe4
39.d7 Rd8 40.Rd6


1-0
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Gulko was not paired with a woman or a kid today so he did not get a 4th zero.
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My co-author of
How To Play Chess Like An Animal,
Anthea Carson
just had the grand opening of Ainsworth in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

Anthea grew up there so the novel is a Mark Twain kind of young rural adolescent
novel. I have adored Anthea's writing for 10 years so I am very proud of her for
getting published.

The thing that Anthea can do when she writes is remember accurate visual and
emotional details and come up with authentic dialogue. I have never seen anyone
who captures the mind of a child better than Anthea, including all the great
writers of the past. She actually remembers how children think and feel. It's
almost like an acting job where you stay in character for months/years and have
to pull yourself out.

The publisher is the same as
How To Play Chess Like An Animal,
Mother's House Publishing in Colorado Springs.

There will be additional ways to buy the book in the future but one way for the
first wave now is

send a check for
$14.95
plus copious amounts for taxes and shipping and handling to

Anthea Carson
c/o Brian Wall
9320 Gaylord Street
Thornton, Co

Please make the check out to Anthea.

I can resist anything but temptation-
Oscar Wilde
80229


The book was illustrated by Anthea's cousin Sheila
who also lived the novel and is a key character.

Anthea's writing is irresistable as chocolate peanuts.
Usually any of Anthea's novels are so compelling you have
to finish them in one sitting. I write like a maniac but
I cannot write the way she does.

You can send me an email if you prefer a different method of payment.
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Apparently the domain name
www.Walverine.com expired so

http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com

is all I have for now.
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http://main.uschess.org/forums/viewtopic.php&f=24&t=10065
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For Round 5 our young hero ( Black ) gets his third US Champion Joel Benjamin,
the ICC Game of the Week video guy. Good luck Tyler!
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http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Round-5

5 players have 3/4
5 players have 2.5/4
6 players have 2/4, including Tyler.
Former Champs Shabalov and Larry Christiansen
drew so they have 1.5/4 with 2 others.
14 year old Ray Robson beat the formidable Ibragimov
who has 1 with Gulko who lost to both Robson, Tyler and Irina.
Tyler's latest victim Charles Lawton has zero with
Doug Eckert, Anna Zatonskih's replacement, in the
hospital with gall stones.


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 12 11:18:34 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 11:18:34 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curt Carlsen and Duwayne Langseth on The
	Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles Lawton US Closed,
	St. Louis, MO
Message-ID: <1242148714.4a09af6ab5ed4@www.taom.com>

Date:  Tue, 12 May 2009 06:12:18 -0700
From:  Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
To:  Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>
Subject:  Re: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles Lawton
US Closed, St. Louis, MO


I played Lawton in St. Louis in the summer of '71.  He rolled me, a lot like
Wendling used to!

Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>

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Duwayne laughed because he knows how Tyler and I play - agressive wing attacks.
BW
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----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
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    Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 06:34:49 -0600
    From: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles Lawton
 US Closed, St. Louis, MO
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>






Brian,



When I saw 10.g4, I immediately burst out laughing

uncontrollably.



DuWayne
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Tyler Hughes (2293) - Charles Lawton (2350) [A42]
2009 US Closed St. Louis, Missouri (4), 11.05.2009

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.h3 f5 8.exf5 Nxf5 9.Bg5
Nf6 10.g4 Ne7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Bd3 c6 13.Qb3 cxd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.a4 Rb8 16.0-0 h5
17.f3 Bd7 18.Kh2 Be8 19.Nde4 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra7 b4 22.Ne2 hxg4 23.fxg4 Nxe4
24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Bxe4 Qb6 26.Be3 Qd8 27.Ng1 Nc8 28.Ra1 Be7 29.Nf3 Bf6 30.Qc2 Kg7
31.Qf2 Bf7 32.Rf1 Bg8 33.g5 White wins 1-0
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Usually any of Anthea's novels are so compelling you have
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is all I have for now.
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http://main.uschess.org/forums/viewtopic.php&f=24&t=10065
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For Round 5 our young hero ( Black ) gets his third US Champion Joel Benjamin,
the ICC Game of the Week video guy. Good luck Tyler!
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http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Round-5

5 players have 3/4
5 players have 2.5/4
6 players have 2/4, including Tyler.
Former Champs Shabalov and Larry Christiansen
drew so they have 1.5/4 with 2 others.
14 year old Ray Robson beat the formidable Ibragimov
who has 1 with Gulko who lost to both Robson, Tyler and Irina.
Tyler's latest victim Charles Lawton has zero with
Doug Eckert, Anna Zatonskih's replacement, in the
hospital with gall stones.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 12 17:07:58 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 17:07:58 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel Benjamin - Tyler Hughes  US Closed
Message-ID: <1242169678.4a0a014e3c0a0@www.taom.com>

I barely survived with ... Na5 against Josh Bloomer 2007 Colorado Closed. I felt
I was a tempo down somehow. Josh had no time and accepted a repetition in a
winning position. Tyler played in that tournament. I felt so lucky after that
game I went 5-0 and then drew Tyler. That gave him a 2200 rating. Beating me in
the 2009 CO Closed gave Tyler a 2300 rating. I am glad I was there for both
benckmarks.



Josh Bloomer (2211) - Brian Wall (2223) [B30]
2007 CO Closed, Denver, CO 40/2 G/1  Radisson Hotel, I-25 & Pecos (1), 2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.0-0 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.c3
e6 10.cxb4 Bxb4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Nd2 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qa2 15.Ra1 Qb2 16.Rb1
Qa2 17.Ra1 ?-?

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Tyler fared no better with ... Na5 against triple US Champion Joel Benjamin -
it seemed like Tyler was a tempo down all game. Fritz was not kind to either of
us these games. Joel had a huge grin in the post-mortem and said he was not
sure the knight was better on a5 than b8.

[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Benjamin"]
[Black "Hughes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "14:35:35"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Na5 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 b5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Kh1 b4 13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng5 Qb6 15.
Ndxe6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ Kd8 18. Bxh7 Kc7 19. Nf7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Bb7
21. f5 Re8 22. Bf4 Kc8 23. Qg6 Nc4 24. Nd6+ Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. fxe6
{White wins}
1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 13 00:41:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 00:41:28 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Sick
Message-ID: <1242196888.4a0a6b98c2c03@www.taom.com>


With all those great games this round of the 2009 US Closed Nick Defirmian picks
the slaughter  GM Joel Benjamin - Tyler Hughes as ICC Game of the Day.
Nick and Joel are good friends. Oh well, at least Tyler is getting lessons and 
attention from the best GMs in the country which can only help his game. I sure
didn't complain when Nick chose Gulko-Hughes as GOTD. You have to take the good
with the bad.
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I barely survived with ... Na5 against Josh Bloomer 2007 Colorado Closed. I felt
I was a tempo down somehow. Josh had no time and accepted a repetition in a
winning position. Tyler played in that tournament. I felt so lucky after that
game I went 5-0 and then drew Tyler. That gave him a 2200 rating. Beating me in
the 2009 CO Closed gave Tyler a 2300 rating. I am glad I was there for both
benchmarks.



Josh Bloomer (2211) - Brian Wall (2223) [B30]
2007 CO Closed, Denver, CO 40/2 G/1  Radisson Hotel, I-25 & Pecos (1), 2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Na5 4.0-0 a6 5.Be2 b5 6.a4 b4 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb7 9.c3
e6 10.cxb4 Bxb4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Nd2 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qa2 15.Ra1 Qb2 16.Rb1
Qa2 17.Ra1 ?-?

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Tyler fared no better with ... Na5 against triple US Champion Joel Benjamin -
it seemed like Tyler was a tempo down all game. Fritz was not kind to either of
us these games. Joel had a huge grin in the post-mortem and said he was not
sure the knight was better on a5 than b8.

[Event "US Closed"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Benjamin"]
[Black "Hughes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "14:35:35"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Na5 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 b5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Kh1 b4 13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng5 Qb6 15.
Ndxe6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ Kd8 18. Bxh7 Kc7 19. Nf7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Bb7
21. f5 Re8 22. Bf4 Kc8 23. Qg6 Nc4 24. Nd6+ Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. fxe6
{White wins}
1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 13 02:23:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 02:23:44 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A quick look at a great round of Chess,
	2009 US Championships, Round 5
Message-ID: <1242203024.4a0a8390b35ba@www.taom.com>

2009 US Championship after Round 5
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Standings
  No. Name                            St Rate  Rd1   Rd2   Rd3   Rd4   Rd5   Rd6
   Score

   1. GM Shulman, Yury (4)..........  IL 2697  W13   W12   D3    D4    W8    A2
    4.0
   2. GM Akobian, Varuzhan (7)......  CA 2664  W24   L3    W14   W17   W11   A1
    4.0

   3. GM Kamsky, Gata (1)...........  NY 2798  W21   W2    D1    D8    D4    A6
    3.5
   4. GM Nakamura, Hikaru (2).......  NY 2757  W22   D11   W6    D1    D3    A5
    3.5
   5. GM Onischuk, Alexander (3)....  VA 2736  D8    W19   D11   D6    W15   A4
    3.5
   6. IM Hess, Robert (17)..........  NY 2545  W16   W17   L4    D5    W12   A3
    3.5

   7. GM Benjamin, Joel (9).........  NJ 2650  D15   W18   L8    D9    W19   A12
    3.0
   8. GM Friedel, Joshua (15).......  NH 2568  D5    W10   W7    D3    L1    A9
    3.0
   9. IM Brooks, Michael (22).......  MO 2419  L11   W22   D13   D7    W17   A8
    3.0

  10. GM Kaidanov, Gregory (8)......  KY 2662  D18   L8    -X-   D11   D14   A15
    2.5
  11. GM Ehlvest, Jaan (10).........  NY 2649  W9    D4    D5    D10   L2    A13
    2.5
  12. GM Khachiyan, Melikset (11)...  CA 2632  W25   L1    D15   W18   L6    A7
    2.5
  13. IM Sevillano, Enrico (16).....  CA 2549  L1    W25   D9    L15   W22   A11
    2.5
  14. IM Robson, Ray (18)...........  FL 2542  L17   W20   L2    W21   D10   A16
    2.5
  15. IM Shankland, Samuel (21).....  CA 2464  D7    D16   D12   W13   L5    A10
    2.5

  16. GM Christiansen, Larry (5)....  MA 2681  L6    D15   D21   D22   D18   A14
    2.0
  17. GM Becerra, Julio (6).........  FL 2672  W14   L6    W19   L2    L9    A18
    2.0
  18. IM Krush, Irina (20)..........  NY 2496  D10   L7    W20   L12   D16   A17
    2.0
  19. Hughes, Tyler (24)............  CO 2293  W20   L5    L17   W25   L7    A21
    2.0

  20. GM Gulko, Boris (12)..........  NJ 2631  L19   L14   L18   W23   D21   A25
    1.5
  21. GM Ibragimov, Ildar (13)......  CT 2628  L3    D24   D16   L14   D20   A19
    1.5
  22. GM Shabalov, Alexander (14)...  PA 2620  L4    L9    W25   D16   L13   A23
    1.5

  23. Eckert, Doug D (25)...........  IL 2278  -U-   -U-   -U-   L20   W25   A22
    1.0

  24. IM Zatonskih, Anna (19).......  NY 2503  L2    D21   -F-   -U-   -U-   -U-
    0.5

  25. Lawton, Charles (23)..........  MO 2350  L12   L13   L22   L19   L23   A20
    0.0

Understanding the above score chart:

W = Win
D = Draw
L = Loss
A = Next Opponent
Number after above letters = Opponent
X = Forfeit Win
F = Forfeit Loss
U = Unplayed

Examples:

W14 = Win vs Player #14
L12 = Loss vs Player #
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Michael Brooks admits he took no computer with him and can't prepare
like the others but is still playing well a point off the lead. James
Hamblin beat him with a Latvia Gambit 30 years ago when Michael visited
Denver.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Becerra"]
[Black "IM_Brooks"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Flohr variation"]
[ECO "B05"]
[NIC "AL.03"]
[Time "14:35:14"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. Ng5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 dxe5
8. dxe5 e6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14.
a3 c5 15. c4 N5b6 16. Bd2 g5 17. h3 Rhg8 18. g4 Nf8 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. b3 Nd7
21. Ra2 Nb8 22. Nh5 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. b4 Rgd8 25. b5 Rd3 26. Rc1 Na5 27.
Be1 b6 28. Bxa5 bxa5 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Nxe5 31. Nf3 Ng6 32. a4 Qd6 33.
Qe4 Kb8 34. Ne1 Qd4 35. Qb1 Kc7 36. Qb3 Kb6 37. Kf1 Qe4 38. Ng3 Qd4 39. Qf3
Ne5 40. Qe2 Qd2 41. Qxe5 Qxc1 42. Qe4 Rc8 43. Ne2 Qa1 44. Qf3 Qf6 45. Qe4
Bd6 46. Nc1 Qd4 47. Qc2 Be5 48. Ne2 Qd7 49. Nf3 Bf6 50. Nc1 Rd8 51. Kg2 Qb7
52. Nb3 a6 53. Nd2 Rd4 54. Kg1 Rf4 55. Ne1 axb5 56. Nd3 Rd4 57. cxb5 Qd5 58.
Nb2 Bd8 59. Nbc4+ Ka7 60. Kf1 Qh1+ 61. Ke2 Qxh3 62. Ne3 Bb6 63. Qh7 Rxd2+
64. Kxd2 Qf3 65. Qd3 Qxf2+ 66. Kc1 Qg1+ 67. Kc2 Qh2+ 68. Kb3 Qg3 69. Kc2 c4
70. Qd7+ Qc7 71. Qxc7+ Bxc7 72. Kc3 Bb6 73. Nxc4 f5 74. gxf5 exf5 75. Kd3 g4
76. Ne5 h5 77. Ng6 Bd8 78. Ne5 Bc7 79. Nd7 h4 80. Ke2 h3 81. Kf1 g3 82. Kg1
f4 83. Kh1 g2+ 84. Kg1 f3 {Black wins} 0-1
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Good old Larry Christiansen brought coffee house Chess
to Irina Krush, ending in an entertaining draw.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM_Krush"]
[Black "GM_Christiansen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Keres defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "14:35:45"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bb4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
a3 Bd6 9. fxe6 dxe6 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. d5
e4 15. Bxe4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. h3 Rae8 18. Bc2 Qf7 19. Kg1 Ng6 20. g3 Be5
21. Kg2 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Rhf1 Nxc3 24. Qd3 Qf3+ 25. Kh2 Ne4 26. Rae1
Re7 27. Bd4 Qxd3 28. Bxd3 Nd2 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Ne5 31. Be2 Rd8 32. Be3
h6 33. Rc1 c6 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 Nd4 37. Bh5 Kh7 38. Ra5 g6
39. Bg4 Rd6 40. h4 h5 41. Bc8 Rf7 42. Ra4 Nb5 43. Ra5 Nd4 44. Ra4 Nb5 45.
Ra5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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Luckless Lawton loses another to Doug Eckert. Curtis carlsen remembers losing to
Lawton in St. Louis in 1971, I remember expert Doug Eckert visiting Denver
and beating me in a Wilkes Barre variation about the same time.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "FM_Eckert"]
[Black "Lawton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Petrosian system, main line"]
[ECO "E93"]
[NIC "KI.16"]
[Time "14:36:16"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. d5 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Nc5 14. Qa3
Qc7 15. Rfd1 a5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Be7 19. b4 d5 20. c5 d4
21. Nb1 Bd8 22. Nd2 Bb7 23. Nc4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Be7 25. Nb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bc8
27. Ra8 Bd7 28. Qa5 Rxa8 29. Qxa8+ Kg7 30. b4 f5 31. Bc4 Bd8 32. f3 fxe4 33.
fxe4 h5 34. h3 g5 35. Ba6 Be8 36. Qb7 Kf8 37. Nc4 Qxb7 38. Bxb7 Bc7 39. Na5
g4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Nxc6 Bg6 42. Na5 g3 43. Nc4 Ke7 44. b5 Bh5 45. b6 Bb8
46. Kf1 {White wins} 1-0
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Shabalov brought his Tal brand of Chess but the popular friendly Sevillano
rebuffed him. It reminded me of my wild game with IM Dmitry Schneider in the
database, HB Minnesota tournament. I learned that game from Dmitry it is best
not to clog up the e4-square with a pawn.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Shabalov"]
[Black "IM_Sevillano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[ECO "D43"]
[NIC "QI.01"]
[Time "14:35:56"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bb4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Re8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 b5 12. a3 Be7 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Nd6 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Re7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nge4 Qb8
21. g4 Kh8 22. Qg3 Ng6 23. Nc3 Ngf4 24. Bxd5 Qxd6 25. Bf3 Qxd4 26. Rc2 Rg8
27. Re1 f5 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Kf1 fxg4 30. Bxg4 h5 31. Re1 Qd6 32. Rd1 Qe5 33.
Re1 Qg5 34. Re4 e5 35. Bxd7 Rxd7 36. Qxg5 Rxg5 37. h4 Rg4 38. Rxe5 Rxh4 39.
Rg5 Rd3 {Black wins} 0-1
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Round 5 Queen sac #1


Smooth Varuzhan Wireless said he had played these variations as a child.
Ehlvest was frustrated his pawn sac was going nowhere so he boldly
and sacced a Queen but Akobian took it all in stride. Akobian showed me in the
first Levy Memorial how much he understands the French.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Ehlvest"]
[Black "GM_Akobian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.17"]
[Time "14:34:39"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qb6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14.
Bd2 Qa4 15. b3 Qd7 16. Nd4 Qd8 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Nb5 Bc5 20. Qxc5
Nxc5 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Rxc5 f6 23. Rfc1 fxe5 24. Nxb7 Qb6 25. Bg5+ Ke8 26.
Rc7 Rb8 27. Bb5 Rxb7 28. Bxd7+ Kf7 29. Be8+ Kxe8 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rxh8 h6
32. Bh4 Rc7 33. Rf1 Rc2 34. Bg3 Qc7 35. h4 d4 36. Kh2 d3 37. f4 Qc6 38.
fxe5+ Kg6 39. Bf2 d2 40. Rd8 Rc1 {Black wins} 0-1
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Nakamura and Kamsky had played hundreds of blitz games and fought side by side
twice in the Olympiad but hadn't played a tournament game against each other
for 5 years. Add WGM Jennifer Shahade prodding Kramnik's second Emil Sutovsky
about their preparation and it was a very entertaining game and show.

best moment -

GM Emil Sutovsky -
At least she's smart!

WGM Jennifer Shahade -
What am I not?

Sutovsky has played the Grunfeld for 13
years and taught Kamsky all his secrets.

Nakamura-Kamsky was a hard fought exciting draw.


[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Nakamura"]
[Black "GM_Kamsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A10"]
[NIC "EO.64"]
[Time "14:34:15"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c6
Rxc6 15. Nd4 Rd6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Nc6
Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Nb4 Be6 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Bd4 a5 25. Nd3 b4 26. Nf4
Qd7 27. Rc1 Na3 28. Qf2 Nb5 29. Bc5 Rd2 30. Qh4 f6 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Qh6
Rxa2 33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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Round 5 Queen sac #2

Losing to GM-elect Robert Hess in December at Bally's Casino, North American
Open was a memorable experience. Robert has Philipp Ponomarev's fanatical will
to win. 18 year old Hess is the only member of the top two tiers of tournament
leaders that was not a member of the bronze medaling Olympic team in Dresden,
Germany.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM_Hess"]
[Black "GM_Khachiyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen, Keres attack"]
[ECO "B81"]
[NIC "SI.20"]
[Time "14:35:02"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. h4 b5 13. a3 Nh5 14. O-O-O
Bxg5+ 15. hxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Kb1 Ke7 17. Bf3 Nf4 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Nd5+ exd5 20.
exd5 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Nd8 22. Re1 f6 23. Rxe5+ fxe5 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. c3 g5 26.
Qe3 Kf6 27. Ne2 Bf5+ 28. Ka1 Nxe2 29. Bxe2 Rc5 30. Qf3 e4 31. Qh1 Nf7 32.
Qd1 Ne5 33. Qd4 g4 34. b4 Rc8 35. a4 bxa4 36. Bxa6 Rh8 37. b5 e3 38. b6 Rh1+
39. Ka2 exf2 40. Qxf2 Rh8 41. b7 Rg8 42. Qb6 Nd7 43. Qxd6+ Kg5 44. Bd3
{White wins}
1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robson's Dad fired Kaidanov and their game ended in a draw plus
they both have 2.5 out of 5 - their destinies seem linked.


[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM_Robson"]
[Black "GM_Kaidanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: open, Bernstein variation"]
[ECO "C80"]
[NIC "RL.27"]
[Time "14:35:26"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rdc1 h6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20.
Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bd1 Bf8 22. Rxc7 Be6 23. Ne3 Rd2 24. Bc2 Rad8 25. h4 Re2 26.
b3 Ba3 27. Rb1 Rdd2 28. Rf1 Rd8 29. Rb1 Rdd2 30. b4 Rd4 31. Bb3 Bxb3 32.
axb3 Bxb4 33. Nc2 Rxh4 34. g3 Rg4 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. Ra1 a5 37. Nxb4 Rxb4
{Game drawn}
1/2-1/2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

A rough day for Tyler but he did make some best moves in a losing cause.
I blame ... Na5.

Notification: Checkmates has arrived.
Checkmates tells you: lol
Checkmates tells you: I'm GOTD again?
/Tell Checkmates!  Hey stud(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: actually I'm glad
Checkmates tells you: I was so confused this game
/Tell Checkmates!  Fritz was just like +2 all game
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: curious to hear where I went wrong
Checkmates tells you: yeah
/Tell Checkmates!  on my site you can see what a bad time I had with bloomer
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: this was the first game I didn't feel like I played any
bad moves but still lost in under 30 moves
/Tell Checkmates!  with .. Na5
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  .. Na5 just loses a tempo as far as I am concerned
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: it seems so
/Tell Checkmates!  you end up playing a Sicilian a tempo down
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  I think you played OK , .. Na5 just sucks
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: shankland was trying to convince joel to play the open
sicilian during the post-mortem
/Tell Checkmates!  you made many only moves
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  lol
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: joel said "but look what a good open sicilian I got by not
playing the open sicilian!!"
/Tell Checkmates!  Joel said in the press conferense he had to get back to going
over the game with you
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  they wanted him to stay and analyze kamsky-nakamura
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  funny
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  I am just sending out an email with all the games from this
round
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: cool
/Tell Checkmates!  your game would be my last choice for GOTD but Nick and Joel
are friends
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: oh
/Tell Checkmates!  I watched the video and I know what Fritz says
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: maybe nick likes piece sacs, I dunno
/Tell Checkmates!  Kh1 was 6th best
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  Be3 was #1
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  Nick likes attacking sicilian chess
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah
/Tell Checkmates!  when I fritzed my Josh game it just seems like
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: most people played 6.Be2 in my database
Checkmates tells you: joel said with Be2 Na5 is ok
/Tell Checkmates!  ... Nb8-a5-c6 is worse than Bb5-e2 or d3
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: because he can't gear up for e5 with Be2
/Tell Checkmates!  Josh was winning all game against me with Be2
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: so he will moves Bc1, then Nc4 is active
/Tell Checkmates!  they both suck for Black
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: but with Bd3 he doesn't have to move Bc1 to go for e5
Checkmates tells you: so Na5 sucks
Checkmates tells you: I found that instructive
Checkmates tells you: not sure it is right though
Checkmates tells you: maybe it all sucks
Checkmates tells you: yeah
Checkmates tells you: but still interesting for me to hear how he thinks
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: I was going to play 4...Nd4
Checkmates tells you: I prepared it
/Tell Checkmates!  I sort of groaned when you played ... Na5 because it was my
only bad game from the 2007 CO Closed
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: but 20 minutes before game I saw Na5 scored 65% in my
database
Checkmates tells you: and it looked sharp
Checkmates tells you: eh, bad opening
/Tell Checkmates!  I still like that you played something original against the
UnorthodoxChessOpenings author
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: the onischuk game felt much worse
/Tell Checkmates!  I love the way you play Chess
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  that was instructive too
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  the onischuk game teaches you to just grab the two bishops
and worry about the rest later
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah
/Tell Checkmates!  the Benjamin game shows you cannot give these guys 2 tempi in
the opening, they'll slaughter you
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: and it showed me how to play on 2 flanks
Checkmates tells you: I used that against lawton
/Tell Checkmates!  lol
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: I was calculating ...h4 in the onischuk game
Checkmates tells you: and then he just played rfb8
Checkmates tells you: rhb8 I guess
Checkmates tells you: and I was shocked I couldn't defend either side
Checkmates tells you: but my pieces were categorically worse than his
/Tell Checkmates!  I saw it all coming
Checkmates tells you: same with lawton, I think every one of my pieces were
better than his and so he couldn't match my mobility
/Tell Checkmates!  B:c6 made me groan and I predicted the vicious Black crab
action
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  Anthea told you to watch the crab video
/Tell Checkmates!  everyone asks me if you are discouraged when you lose
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  but I think you're having the time of your life
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah a little
/Tell Checkmates!  Ibragimov is one very scary dude
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  he seems to win every tournament or be near the top
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: I think losses hurting is healthy for someone trying to
improve
Checkmates tells you: yeah
/Tell Checkmates!  he is #10 on the US rating list
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: but he has been inactive lately
Checkmates tells you: and he's not doing so well this tourn
Checkmates tells you: I have some hopes
Checkmates tells you: we will see
/Tell Checkmates!  his style is very individual and distinctive
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  strange style hard to get used to
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  he is like my mirror opposite
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: oh
/Tell Checkmates!  I googled Ibragimov and got some Russian championship boxer
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: heh
/Tell Checkmates!  he's a tatar like Kamsky
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  it's funny how they all avoid main lines against you like you
are a walking ECO
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah
/Tell Checkmates!  Larry's game was very entertaining
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  great chess this round all around
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: it's like in poker when they think you're playing loose
and you're actually a nit
Checkmates tells you: good benefits
Checkmates tells you: oh, I should take a look
/Tell Checkmates!  that Hess is awesome too- only leader not an Olympian
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: yeah he's determined
/Tell Checkmates!  Philipp clone
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  no theory just raw determination
(told Checkmates)
/Tell Checkmates!  it sure is exciting
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: I think his openings better than philipp's
Checkmates tells you: philipp usually is worse out of the opening
/Tell Checkmates!  I leave thursday for Boston- prob will be off line for the
week- good luck
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: I see what you mean though
Checkmates tells you: oh, cool
Checkmates tells you: visiting family?
Checkmates tells you: thanks
/Tell Checkmates!  I will let you study and borrow some of your comments for my
email
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: k
/Tell Checkmates!  Phyllis graduating college as a civil engineer
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: oh, that's great
/Tell Checkmates!  bye for now
(told Checkmates)
Checkmates tells you: bye

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Benjamin"]
[Black "Hughes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "14:35:35"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Na5 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 b5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Kh1 b4 13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng5 Qb6 15.
Ndxe6 fxe6 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ Kd8 18. Bxh7 Kc7 19. Nf7 Rxh7 20. Qxh7 Bb7
21. f5 Re8 22. Bf4 Kc8 23. Qg6 Nc4 24. Nd6+ Nxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. fxe6
{White wins}
1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

22 year old Josh Friedel had been playing excellently. His 15 Qd6 was a prepared
novelty but then 18 Rfe1 was pointless and after some more clueless play he lost
an endgame. Yuri Shulman burned up the clock but played well.


[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Friedel"]
[Black "GM_Shulman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[ECO "C18"]
[NIC "FR.11"]
[Time "14:34:29"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qxe6+ Rf7 14.
O-O dxc3 15. Qd6 Nc5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd4 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20.
Nxc3 Ne6 21. Nd5 Rxc2 22. Bh4 Rd7 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Ne3 Rcd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2
26. Nc4 Ra2 27. Rd1 Nxf4 28. e6+ Nxe6 29. g4 Bc2 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Rxb7 h6
32. Rxa7 Be4 33. Re7 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxg4 35. Rxe6 Bd3+ {Black wins} 0-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

GM Boris Gulko is doing just fine against the men,
just keep those damned women and kids away from him.

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM_Ibragimov"]
[Black "GM_Gulko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[ECO "E51"]
[NIC "NI.06"]
[Time "14:36:05"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. h3 Bd7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rd1 Ng6 14. b4 Qe7 15.
Nd2 Ne8 16. Nce4 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Qb2 Bxd2 20. Bxd2 Bf5 21.
Bd3 Nd6 22. Bb4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Ra7 24. Rdc1 f5 25. Bd3 e4 26. Bf1 f4 27. Qc2
fxe3 28. fxe3 Rf7 29. Bc5 b6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxe4 Ne5 32. Ra1 Rxa1
{Game drawn}
1/2-1/2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brash teenager Sam Shankland, part of the famed "Grandmaster House" in
California with David Pruess, Josh Friedel and Jess Krai was doing OK in a
Scotch but  21 Kb2 was bad.


[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM_Shankland"]
[Black "GM_Onishcuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Opening "Scotch: Mieses variation"]
[ECO "C45"]
[NIC "SO.04"]
[Time "14:34:52"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5
8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Ba6 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bd2 Re8 13. c5 Bxf1 14.
cxb6 Ba6 15. bxa7 Kb7 16. O-O-O Bc5 17. Be3 d5 18. Qf4 g5 19. Qa4 Qxe5 20.
Rd4 Bxa7 21. Kb2 Bb6 22. Qb4 c5 {Black wins} 0-1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 13 03:10:16 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 03:10:16 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gametracker, Contempt Gambit
Message-ID: <1242205816.4a0a8e78b1a1f@www.taom.com>

Gametracker is BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com member Alvin. We played about 20
games of blitz. I even played Gametracker's son a little. I brought the
Contempt Gambit out of mothballs.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "gametracker"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Opening "Fred, Contempt Gambit"]
[ECO "B00"]
[NIC "VO.17"]
[Time "01:13:31"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 g6 3. fxg6 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. gxh7 d5 6. Bg6+ Kf8 7. d4 c5
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 Qd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bxh5 Nxh5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14.
Be3 Qd6 15. Nd4 Rxh7 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Nxg7 Nxg7 18. Na3 Kg8 19. Nc2 e5 20. f4
e4 21. Nd4 Rf8 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rh4 24. g5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rhxf4 26. Rxf4
Rxf4 27. Bxa7 Ne6 28. Rd1 Rf5 29. g6 Kg7 30. g4 Rg5 31. Bd4+ Kxg6 32. Kg2
Rxg4+ 33. Kf2 Nf4 34. Rg1 Rxg1 {White forfeits on time} 0-1

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 13 09:44:02 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:44:02 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curt Carlson on - Curt Carlsen and Duwayne
	Langseth on The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles Lawton
	US Closed, St. Louis, MO
Message-ID: <1242229442.4a0aeac2b9e90@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net> -----
    Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 06:03:55 -0700
    From: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
Reply-To: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Curt Carlsen and Duwayne Langseth on The
Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles Lawton  US Closed, St. Louis, MO
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

The name is spelled CarlsOn, not Carlsen.  My first name isn't Magnus.

I also played Eckert in a postal game in the early 90's, a draw.  He said then
he was tired of letting GMs off the hook with draws.  I should be so lucky!

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian Wall
  To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 10:28 AM
  Subject: [BrianWallChess] Curt Carlsen and Duwayne Langseth on The Incredible
Tyler Hughes versus Charles Lawton US Closed, St. Louis, MO






  Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 06:12:18 -0700
  From: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
  To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>
  Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles
Lawton
  US Closed, St. Louis, MO

  I played Lawton in St. Louis in the summer of '71. He rolled me, a lot like
  Wendling used to!

  Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>

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

  Duwayne laughed because he knows how Tyler and I play - agressive wing
attacks.
  BW
  ----------------------------------------------------------

  ----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
  -----
  Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 06:34:49 -0600
  From: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
  Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
  Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Charles
Lawton
  US Closed, St. Louis, MO
  To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

  Brian,

  When I saw 10.g4, I immediately burst out laughing

  uncontrollably.

  DuWayne
  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Tyler Hughes (2293) - Charles Lawton (2350) [A42]
  2009 US Closed St. Louis, Missouri (4), 11.05.2009

  1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.h3 f5 8.exf5 Nxf5 9.Bg5
  Nf6 10.g4 Ne7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Bd3 c6 13.Qb3 cxd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.a4 Rb8 16.0-0 h5
  17.f3 Bd7 18.Kh2 Be8 19.Nde4 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra7 b4 22.Ne2 hxg4 23.fxg4
Nxe4
  24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Bxe4 Qb6 26.Be3 Qd8 27.Ng1 Nc8 28.Ra1 Be7 29.Nf3 Bf6 30.Qc2
Kg7
  31.Qf2 Bf7 32.Rf1 Bg8 33.g5 White wins 1-0
  ----------------------------------------------------------

  ----------------------------------------------------------
  My co-author of
  How To Play Chess Like An Animal,
  Anthea Carson
  just had the grand opening of Ainsworth in Ainsworth, Nebraska.

  Anthea grew up there so the novel is a Mark Twain kind of young rural
adolescent
  novel. I have adored Anthea's writing for 10 years so I am very proud of her
for
  getting published.

  The thing that Anthea can do when she writes is remember accurate visual and
  emotional details and come up with authentic dialogue. I have never seen
anyone
  who captures the mind of a child better than Anthea, including all the great
  writers of the past. She actually remembers how children think and feel. It's
  almost like an acting job where you stay in character for months/years and
have
  to pull yourself out.

  The publisher is the same as
  How To Play Chess Like An Animal,
  Mother's House Publishing in Colorado Springs.

  There will be additional ways to buy the book in the future but one way for
the
  first wave now is

  send a check for
  $14.95
  plus copious amounts for taxes and shipping and handling to

  Anthea Carson
  c/o Brian Wall
  9320 Gaylord Street
  Thornton, Co

  Please make the check out to Anthea.

  I can resist anything but temptation-
  Oscar Wilde
  80229

  The book was illustrated by Anthea's cousin Sheila
  who also lived the novel and is a key character.

  Anthea's writing is irresistable as chocolate peanuts.
  Usually any of Anthea's novels are so compelling you have
  to finish them in one sitting. I write like a maniac but
  I cannot write the way she does.

  You can send me an email if you prefer a different method of payment.
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  Apparently the domain name
  www.Walverine.com expired so

  http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com

  is all I have for now.
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  http://main.uschess.org/forums/viewtopic.php&f=24&t=10065
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  For Round 5 our young hero ( Black ) gets his third US Champion Joel Benjamin,
  the ICC Game of the Week video guy. Good luck Tyler!
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009-Round-5

  5 players have 3/4
  5 players have 2.5/4
  6 players have 2/4, including Tyler.
  Former Champs Shabalov and Larry Christiansen
  drew so they have 1.5/4 with 2 others.
  14 year old Ray Robson beat the formidable Ibragimov
  who has 1 with Gulko who lost to both Robson, Tyler and Irina.
  Tyler's latest victim Charles Lawton has zero with
  Doug Eckert, Anna Zatonskih's replacement, in the
  hospital with gall stones.

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:48:59 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Haiku by Scott Massey
Message-ID: <1242229739.4a0aebeb4708a@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from KnightMassey at aol.com -----
    Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 06:36:39 EDT
    From: KnightMassey at aol.com
Reply-To: KnightMassey at aol.com
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] A quick look at a great round of Chess, 2009 US
Champion...
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 13 11:27:16 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 11:27:16 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Who's going to the 2009 National Open in
	Vegas besides me?
Message-ID: <1242235636.4a0b02f464fb1@www.taom.com>





From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 13 17:57:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 17:57:22 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] TYler loses courageous Fishing Pole to
	America #10 player Ibragimov
Message-ID: <1242259042.4a0b5e62340a6@www.taom.com>

14  e5 was book
14 ... g6 was bad
Tyler thought a long time-
15  d5!!  and 0-0!
are powerful but Tyler elected for a Fishing Pole attack.
Very brave.
Ibragimov thought down to his last 2 minutes
but found a way to crash through in the center.

Around move 24  Tyler didn't have much time and his move selction
went down but Ibragimov was still playing best moves somehow.

[Event "USChamp"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hughes"]
[Black "GM_Ibragimov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Kmoch variation"]
[ECO "E20"]
[NIC "NI.30"]
[Time "14:39:26"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne8 7. e4 b6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. a4 Ba6 10. Ba3 d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. e5 g6 15.
h4 cxd4 16. h5 Bxc4 17. Ng5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxc3 19. Qxd4 Qc8 20. Bb2 Rc4 21.
Qd3 Qc5 22. hxg6 Qb4+ 23. Qd2 fxg6 24. exd6 Nxd6 25. Rxh7 Re4+ 26. Kd1 Qxd2+
27. Kxd2 Ndc4+ 28. Kc2 Re2+ 29. Kc3 Nxb2 30. Rah1 Rc8+ 31. Kb4 Nd3+ 32. Kb5
Rb2+ 33. Ka6 Nc5+ 34. Kxa7 Nc6# {Black wins} 0-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

This was a fascinating Botvinnik Variation. Irina revealed she had
paid cash for a computer file of this game and knew all the ideas.
She spouted off variations in a breathless rapid fire way for half
an hour with Jennifer Shahade and Emil Sutovsky. It was quite amazing.

[Event "USChamp"]
[Site "St. Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "IM_Krush"]
[Black "GM_Becerra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: anti-Meran gambit"]
[ECO "D44"]
[NIC "SL.07"]
[Time "14:39:17"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 b4
15. Na4 Qa6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. a3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2
cxb4 21. Nc3 Ra5 22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Ne4 Nd3 24. Be3 Qh5 25. f3 Qe5 26. Qc2
Qb5 27. b3 c3 28. Bxa7 Rh5 29. Be3 Qa6 30. Bg5 Ne5 31. h4 Rh8 32. Kg2 Bh6
33. Bxh6 Rxh6 34. Rd1 Rh8 35. Nd6+ Kb8 36. Qe4 Nc6 37. Nxf7 Rf8 38. Ne5 Nxe5
39. Qxe5+ Ka8 40. Rd6 Qa7 {White wins} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 14 04:54:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 04:54:50 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] will be out of town until Tuesday
Message-ID: <1242298490.4a0bf87a9f61b@www.taom.com>



daughter's graduation-Boston

303-351-3612

new magic Jack phone

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 17 11:08:13 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 11:08:13 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Frank Mezek
Message-ID: <1242580093.4a10447dcae86@www.taom.com>



Paul Nikitovich retruned to Denver the a=same time I did, 15 years ago. I have
never beaten Paul in a slow game.

Ray Haskins Springfield still lurks.

Curt writes in.

I won't tell Joel.

Seeing my daughter graduate is very emotional.

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
    Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 09:50:13 -0700
    From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] will be out of town until Tuesday
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Dear Brian,

Thanks for sending me all of the great stuff on your web site.
I miss the old crew in Denver.Haven't seen Paul Nickitovich (spelling?)
lately,how is he doing?   Is Rich Haskins still playing? Please tell Todd,
and his old man I said hello if you see them.


I'm goin  to get slaughtered by Joel again tonight,after which his favorite
line is"you made my job to easy."
He rarely plays anything but the Polish as White or Black.McCarty(is he
still around ?) told me that a6 and b5
are very difficult to defend in the end game,Hell, I never get that far.If
you tell me what to do against b4 and b5,
I promise not to tell Joel. Please.

The Black Rose at the foot of State Street,and the Grafton Street,just off
Harvard Square are two of the world's best
Irish pubs.

Also say Hi to Curt for me. I remember two games in which he beat Paul
playing the Black side of the Sicilian,
after refuting Paul's piece sacs--standard Sicilian sacs,but Curt's
refutations were defensive masterpieces.

Have fun,Boston is my favorite US city.

Frank Mezek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Wall" <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
To: <BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com>; "Brian Wall Chesslist"
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:54 AM
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] will be out of town until Tuesday


>
>
> daughter's graduation-Boston
>
> 303-351-3612
>
> new magic Jack phone
> _______________________________________________
> BrianWall-ChessList mailing list
> BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com
> http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist
>



----- End forwarded message -----




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 17 13:56:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 13:56:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Thank You!! Chess Check Magazine
Message-ID: <1242590161.4a106bd111952@www.taom.com>



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Thank you for your subscription to Chess Check E-zine! Your email address
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is namely: How to Defend in Chess by IM Colin Crouch

Good Luck!

Thank you once again for your subscription, Chess Check is a FREE
publication and always will be, but does have costs. Your subscription
will help us attract sponsorship and advertising prospects that will both
support the E-zine, and ultimately help us to reach more tournaments and
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 17 13:57:57 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 13:57:57 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole Chess video by David Kane
Message-ID: <1242590277.4a106c45dbc9a@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from David Kane <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 21:15:06 -0400
    From: David Kane <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: David Kane <dave at ilad.net>
 Subject: Slower TC Fishing Pole Game
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Hey Brian,

This was a nice smooth game. Please let me know if you have
suggestions on how I could have improved in the opening.

I also did live a live commentary of this game here:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5331

[Event "Chessvisdeos.tv tourney"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gentlewhisper"]
[Black "Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1700 USCF"]
[BlackElo "1656 USCF"]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6
4. O-O Ng4 { My first outing with the Pole at a
slower time limit. }
5. h3 h5
6. d3 Bc5 { He's letting me set up the position
I'm after. }
7. Bg5 { This always seems like a mistake in the FP so I was happy
to see it. } f6
8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 h4
10. Bh2 { I debated for a while about
taking the bishop which is obviously OK because I thought I remembered
black
doing something else here but I since I couldn't recall the other plan
I just
took off. } Nxh2
11. Nxh2 Nd4 { Now I get to keep my center pawns intact. }
12.Bc4 d6
13. c3 Ne6
14. Nf3 { . The knight becomes a target. I thought Ng4 was
better. Hiarcs 11 likes Qf3 with an equal position. } Bd7 { My plan
was to have
0-0-0 as an option before I plowed ahead with ...g4. }
15. Qb3 Nf4 { Ganging up
on h3. }
16. Bf7+ Ke7 { The king seems fine here and my back rank is now clear
so I'm not sure white helped himself with this check. After Qf8 the
bishop will
have to retreat. }
17. d4 Bb6 { If dxe here I considered fxe!?, giving up a
pawn but keeping the queenside solid and opening the g-file though
perhaps that
wouldn't have worked due to the confluence of white forces upon the e6
square.
}
18. Na3 { For the next several moves, Bxh3 is strong. I looked briefly
at it
but decided, given my 0-3 score for the first half of the tournament,
to build
up slowly and not risk an error in calculation. Hiarcs gives Qc8! with
Bxf3 to
follow as winning for black. } Qf8 { This was both to eject the bishop
to c4
,limiting his knight and to get to the g-file- a sort of positional
double
attack. }
19. Bd5 c6 { Yes, you will go to c4. Again, provoking c6 with tempo
just seems to help me. }
20. Bc4 { Finally, the time seems right. } g4
21. hxg4Bxg4
22. Nh2 { Qg7 is strong here but I was playing unnecessarily
conservative
and wanted to retain the two bishops in case he survived to the
endgame- an
unlikely prospect at this stage. } Bd7
23. dxe5 fxe5
24. Rad1 { It's already
too late. } Qg7 { It's mate in four. }
25. g4 hxg3
26. Nf3 gxf2# 0-1

[Event "unrated standard game"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Gentlewhisper"]
[Black "skotlander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1098"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. Bg5 f6
8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 h4 10. Bh2 Nxh2 11. Nxh2 Nd4 12. Bc4 d6 13. c3 Ne6 14. Nf3
Bd7 15.
Qb3 Nf4 16. Bf7+ Ke7 17. d4 Bb6 18. Na3 Qf8 19. Bd5 c6 20. Bc4 g4 21.
hxg4 Bxg4
22. Nh2 Bd7 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Rad1 Qg7 25. g4 hxg3 26. Nf3 gxf2# 0-1



----- End forwarded message -----




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 17 14:01:26 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 14:01:26 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 May CSCA newsletter
Message-ID: <1242590486.4a106d16e49c1@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Klaus Johnson <boulderchessclub at yahoo.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 00:23:14 -0700 (PDT)
    From: Klaus Johnson <boulderchessclub at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Klaus Johnson <boulderchessclub at yahoo.com>
 Subject: 2009 May CSCA newsletter


Here is the May 2009 CSCA newsletter, I wanted to hold off on releasing it until
the Colorado Open location was finalized.
?
Thank you,
?
Klaus Johnson
President of Colorado State Chess Association (CSCA)



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From bigbear12 at hotmail.com  Sun May 17 12:20:09 2009
From: bigbear12 at hotmail.com (Joel Johnson)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 11:20:09 -0700
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [BrianWallChess] Frank Mezek
In-Reply-To: <1242580093.4a10447dcae86@www.taom.com>
References: <1242580093.4a10447dcae86@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <COL115-W53FB9279C074C8FB529B68B45D0@phx.gbl>


All I have to say is:

 

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, and Fear No Evil!  :)  Joel
 


To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
From: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 11:08:13 -0600
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Frank Mezek









Paul Nikitovich retruned to Denver the a=same time I did, 15 years ago. I have
never beaten Paul in a slow game.

Ray Haskins Springfield still lurks.

Curt writes in.

I won't tell Joel.

Seeing my daughter graduate is very emotional.

----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net> -----
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 09:50:13 -0700
From: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Reply-To: Frank Mezek <mezek at cox.net>
Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] will be out of town until Tuesday
To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>

Dear Brian,

Thanks for sending me all of the great stuff on your web site.
I miss the old crew in Denver.Haven't seen Paul Nickitovich (spelling?)
lately,how is he doing? Is Rich Haskins still playing? Please tell Todd,
and his old man I said hello if you see them.

I'm goin to get slaughtered by Joel again tonight,after which his favorite
line is"you made my job to easy."
He rarely plays anything but the Polish as White or Black.McCarty(is he
still around ?) told me that a6 and b5
are very difficult to defend in the end game,Hell, I never get that far.If
you tell me what to do against b4 and b5,
I promise not to tell Joel. Please.

The Black Rose at the foot of State Street,and the Grafton Street,just off
Harvard Square are two of the world's best
Irish pubs.

Also say Hi to Curt for me. I remember two games in which he beat Paul
playing the Black side of the Sicilian,
after refuting Paul's piece sacs--standard Sicilian sacs,but Curt's
refutations were defensive masterpieces.

Have fun,Boston is my favorite US city.

Frank Mezek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Wall" <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
To: <BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com>; "Brian Wall Chesslist"
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 3:54 AM
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] will be out of town until Tuesday

>
>
> daughter's graduation-Boston
>
> 303-351-3612
>
> new magic Jack phone
> _______________________________________________
> BrianWall-ChessList mailing list
> BrianWall-ChessList at lists.taom.com
> http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist
>

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 17 14:46:52 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 14:46:52 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian Wall's new article on
	www.Chessville.com Full Metal Jacket Part 1
Message-ID: <1242593212.4a1077bc13dca@www.taom.com>



http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm


My Full Metal Jacket article was posted on

www.Chessville.com

Part 2 will be next issue.

Brian Wall

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 17 16:31:01 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 16:31:01 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes scores 4/9, Hikaru wins US Champ
Message-ID: <1242599461.4a109025b9acf@www.taom.com>

This was a fascinating game -



Tyler Hughes  Christiansen (GM),L (2681) - Hughes,T (2316) [B40]
2009 U.S. Championship St. Louis, MO (8), 16.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Nb5 Bxe4 7.N1c3 Nf6 8.Nd6+ Bxd6
9.Qxd6 Qe7 10.Nb5 Qxd6 11.Nxd6+ Kf8 12.Ba3 Kg8 13.0-0-0 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.f3 Nc6
16.c4 Ne7 17.Bb2 Rh6 18.Be5 Kf8 19.Be2 Nc6 20.Bf4 Rh8 21.Rd2 Ne8 22.Nb5 e5
23.Be3 Bf5 24.Kb2 Be6 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Nc3 Rc8 27.Bf1 Ne8 28.Bf2 Rh6 29.Bd3 f6
30.Be4 Nc7 31.Nd5 Ne7 32.Ne3 Rh8 33.g3 Kf7 34.g4 hxg4 35.fxg4 Rhd8 36.Red1 g6
37.Bg3 Kg8 38.Bc2 Rf8 39.Rg1 d5 40.cxd5 Ncxd5 41.Nxd5 Bxd5 42.g5 fxg5 43.Bxe5
Be6 44.hxg5 Bf5 45.Bd1 Rf7 46.Be2 Be6 47.Ba6 Rcf8 48.Rd6 Rf2+ 49.Ka3 Kf7 50.Rh1
1-0
----------------------------------------------------------

Tyler was expected to score 4/9

Tyler beat 18 yr old IM Sam Shankland with a 3 pawn wave versus a rook

Tyler wiped Correspondence IM Doug Eckert's Grunfeld  off the board in under 30
moves

Congrats to GM Hikaru Nakamura
GM elect Robert Hess
IM Ray Robson
Future World Champion Tyler Hughes
for outstanding Chess play from young players

Only Robert Hess gained more rating points in the US Championship than Tyler.

congrats to

my daughter Phyllis, nephew Andrew and brother Charlie for graduating in May

is it possibe to pass out from pride?

My daughter's School
WPI
is in the top 10 in the country for salaries after graduation.

Does anyone need a civil enginner specializing in greener ways to make asphalt?
She won a Provost award for that project presentation.
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From navajo36us80917 at comcast.net  Sun May 17 18:51:23 2009
From: navajo36us80917 at comcast.net (navajo36us80917 at comcast.net)
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 00:51:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes scores 4/9,
 Hikaru wins US Champ
In-Reply-To: <1242599461.4a109025b9acf@www.taom.com>
Message-ID: <1676152285.1543811242607883299.JavaMail.root@sz0035a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>



Tyler, 



More wins than Gata Kamsky!!!? Great fighting spirit!!! 



Great Going Tyler. 



Dean? Brown 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Wall" <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> 
To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>, UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com, "Chess Improvement" <Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com>, "Brian Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com> 
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:31:01 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes scores 4/9, Hikaru wins US Champ 

This was a fascinating game - 



Tyler Hughes ?Christiansen (GM),L (2681) - Hughes,T (2316) [B40] 
2009 U.S. Championship St. Louis, MO (8), 16.05.2009 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Nb5 Bxe4 7.N1c3 Nf6 8.Nd6+ Bxd6 
9.Qxd6 Qe7 10.Nb5 Qxd6 11.Nxd6+ Kf8 12.Ba3 Kg8 13.0-0-0 Bg6 14.h4 h5 15.f3 Nc6 
16.c4 Ne7 17.Bb2 Rh6 18.Be5 Kf8 19.Be2 Nc6 20.Bf4 Rh8 21.Rd2 Ne8 22.Nb5 e5 
23.Be3 Bf5 24.Kb2 Be6 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Nc3 Rc8 27.Bf1 Ne8 28.Bf2 Rh6 29.Bd3 f6 
30.Be4 Nc7 31.Nd5 Ne7 32.Ne3 Rh8 33.g3 Kf7 34.g4 hxg4 35.fxg4 Rhd8 36.Red1 g6 
37.Bg3 Kg8 38.Bc2 Rf8 39.Rg1 d5 40.cxd5 Ncxd5 41.Nxd5 Bxd5 42.g5 fxg5 43.Bxe5 
Be6 44.hxg5 Bf5 45.Bd1 Rf7 46.Be2 Be6 47.Ba6 Rcf8 48.Rd6 Rf2+ 49.Ka3 Kf7 50.Rh1 
1-0 
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Tyler was expected to score 4/9 

Tyler beat 18 yr old IM Sam Shankland with a 3 pawn wave versus a rook 

Tyler wiped Correspondence IM Doug Eckert's Grunfeld ?off the board in under 30 
moves 

Congrats to GM Hikaru Nakamura 
GM elect Robert Hess 
IM Ray Robson 
Future World Champion Tyler Hughes 
for outstanding Chess play from young players 

Only Robert Hess gained more rating points in the US Championship than Tyler. 

congrats to 

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is it possibe to pass out from pride? 

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 19 01:53:32 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 01:53:32 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ChessVideos.tv
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----- Forwarded message from Dave <dave at ilad.net> -----
    Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 15:31:31 -0000
    From: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
Reply-To: Dave <dave at ilad.net>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] ChessVideos.tv
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

Thanks for posting the FP game. BTW, I would just like to plug chessvideos.tv (
http://chessvideos.tv )in general. You can join for free and most of the
content is free. There are excellent instructional videos by GM Josh Friedel
and FM Dennis Monokroussos. All content is free though if you want to see the
older archived videos by their paid contributors, you'll have to opt for the
premium membership. But given that that material is a small percentage of the
available stuff, you'll find plenty for free including 500+ videos by IM Greg
Shahade, mostly live commentary of his ICC blitz games (see
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=3073&p=23902&hilit=l91#p23902
 for some of these) but also tournament analysis (his coverage of the US ch was
great!) and other instructional offerings and since he is an unpaid
contributor, all of those videos are free.

There are also endgame simulators, tactics puzzles, visualization exercises and
a number of other useful tools to improve your chess. It has fast become one of
my favorite chess sites.

BTW, it would be awesome if Brian recorded some live commentary games of his ICC
adventures. You can use the free Windows Media System to record live games with
commentary or use one of the many alternative screen recording software
offerings.

How about it Brian?- we'd love to hear what goes through your obviously warped
mind as you crush the players and patzers.


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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 01:56:15 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Casper, Wyoming Chess Blog and site
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----- Forwarded message from Dan T <h2oh234 at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:52:06 -0600
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 Subject: Casper Chess Blog and site
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com



 Hey Brian can you give your comments and feed back on the chess blog and site
at www.casperwyomingchess.com  www.casperwyomingchess.com/blog too.



You can add comments any time at the blog if you wish.



DT

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 19 01:57:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 01:57:30 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] :o) Felicitations to Tyler Hughes
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----- Forwarded message from MayanKing <MayanKing at yahoo.com> -----
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 Subject: [BrianWallChess] :o) Felicitations to Tyler Hughes
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

You had a great tournament and Brian should be extremely proud of you! I have
been reading about you for years and it was amazing seeing you play such great
chess at the US Championship. I hope to see more of you in the future US Chess
Championships.





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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:08:24 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes, norm hunt
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29. Checkmates (03:56 18-May-09 EDT): Thanks, USCF performance rating 2564;
gained about 42 points. My FIDE performance was 2 points below an IM norm.
30. Checkmates (03:58 18-May-09 EDT): 2 rating points I mean. Unfortunately
Lawton was unrated and counted as a 2100 elo for norm purposes.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 19 16:00:24 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:24 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1242770424.4a132bf8df5a6@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 15:43:48 -0600
    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 May 12th, the CSCC had 7 members in attendance. The main event
for the evening was a thematic, double-Swiss tournament (3SS, G10). The theme
for the evening was the King's Indian Defense so all games had to start after
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6. Here are the results:



Score	Player
5.5	David Meliti
4.0	Jeff Fox
4.0	Ken Dail
2.5	Paul Anderson
2.0	Buck Buchanan
2.0	Mitch Anderson
1.0	Bob Stanton

            Fantasy Chess

            NM Tyler Hughes finished the US Championship beating a GM, an IM,
and a FM in route to 4 wins and $2,375.00. I finished the fantasy chess with 5
correct predictions including the champion.

            My score was 45.0. My final ranking was #53 to #60 (possible points
= actual points).



GM Gata Kamsky (6.0) < GM Hikaru Nakamura (7.0) 3 = 3
GM Alex Onischuk (6.5) < GM Yury Shulman (5.0) 2 = 0
GM Varuzhan Akobian (6.0) = GM Julio Becerra (4.0) 4 = 0
GM Larry Christiansen (5.0) > GM Alex Shabalov (4.5) 11 = 11
GM Joel Benjamin (4.5) = GM Gregory Kaidanov (4.5) 6 = 9
GM Jaan Ehlvest (4.5) < GM Ildar Ibragimov (5.0) 5 = 5
GM Boris Gulko (4.5) = GM Melikset Khachiyan (3.0) 7 = 0
GM Josh Friedel (5.0) > GM-elect Robert Hess (6.5) 8 = 0
IM Irina Krush (3.5) > IM Anna Zatonskih (3.5) 9 = 0
IM Ray Robson (4.5) > IM Sam Shankland (3.0) 10 = 10
IM Michael Brooks (4.5) * < IM Enrico Sevillano (4.0) 12 = 0
NM Tyler Hughes (4.0) = NM Charles Lawton (1.0) 1 = 0

I have selected GM Hikaru Nakamura to be the 2009 U.S. Champion. 7 = 7

            Comments From Email

            JEFFERY BAFFO, Sunday, May 10, 2009 6:17 PM

            I am missing copies of my Colorado Chess Informant! Yes, a huge
crisis for the entire Colorado Chess Community! Now, in order to keep the stars
spinning in their proper orbits, achieve world peace and complete my collection
I need the following issues; Jan 2006, Jan 2008 and Oct 2005. I am willing to
pay $

            Stan Foster, Sunday, May 10, 2009 10:04 PM

            Thanks for the "Heads Up" about the U.S. Championship! I "Googled"
it, found it, and was amazed at the site. I recommend that anyone who loves
chess get on the site and "check it out!" The URL follows:

            http://saintlouischessclub.org/

            You might want to forward this URL to the rest of the chess world!!
:-)

            [Comment is about this newsletter:
(http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Sun_May_10_2009.html)]

            DuWayne Langseth, Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:12 PM

            I just caught the end or maybe even right after the end. Tyler did
outstanding overall I thought.

            [Comment is about this post:
(http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/cs_chess/message/307)]

            Monument Open
            By Fred Eric Spell

            Get your officially licensed 'Monument Open' merchandise at
www.cafepress.com/monumentopen. For more information about the tournament
itself, to be held August 22-23 2009, contact Fred Eric Spell at
spellfe at yahoo.com.

            Game Of The Week

            When I got the Mother's Day newsletter out early last week, I
thought I would have plenty of time to come up with something clever and witty
to say about the game Mitch Anderson gave me back in April
(http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_May_05_2009.html). However, other
things just seemed to get in the way. First, my son wanted me to help him with
his clay animation video card to his mother
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFLnBJo_bHs). We had to upload it secretly
between the hike to the Castlewood Canyon dam ruins and the food from Chipotle,
so that it would be a surprise. Of course, sending his mother to pick food from
a menu she has seen thousands of times before can be an exceptionally slow
process, giving us far more time than we actually needed. So, we decided to
upload the birthday video card as well
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OoDnu306a0).

            With the Mother's Day festivities completed, I still had a week to
find some time to think about Mitch's game. But it is surprising how much of a
distraction this fantasy chess turned out to be. It was nice to see each day
how Tyler was doing in the tournament, and I deliberately put a low point value
on his pairing, as I didn't want to find myself rooting too heavily on his
results one way or the other. I tend to get carried away rather easily.
However, I did put a higher point value on IM Irina Krush to score better than
IM Anna Zatonskih, and it looked like a lock when Zatonskih withdrew from the
tournament and finished with 0.5 points. Krush finished with 3.5, and I thought
I had 9 points in the bag. I had missed the ruling that gave Zatonskih draws for
all 6 of her un-played games giving her 3 unearned points and causing a tie
score in the match-up. I was incensed! Why should I be punished for correctly
being able to predict the major health collapse of one of the top female US
chess players? I became like the Bobby Knight of the chess world, flinging
chairs across the tournament hall. Did Michael Jordan get free points when he
was sick in game 5 of the 1997 NBA finals? No, he had to drag his feverish body
up and down the court and earn every point. Did Scottie Pippen get free points
when his back went out in game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals? No, he let Michael do
all the scoring. Did I get handicap points when Tom Brady was knocked out for
the season in my fantasy football league? No, in the real world, you have to
suffer the consequences of your pretend players not scoring pretend points.
That is what the real fantasy world is all about. REALLY!

            Fantasy Serenade (Click this link to view the game on your web
browser)

            (145) Brennan,Tim (1670) - Anderson,Mitch (2003) [D93]
            Springs Fundraiser Colorado Springs (2.1), 18.04.2009
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            D93: Gr?nfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bf4 0-0 6 e3
            1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 last book move
6...a6 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Qe2 [11.Ne2 Bxf3 12.gxf3
Rc8+/= ] 11...c5= 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Rfd1 Qb6 14.Bd5 Rfd8 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.h3
Prevents intrusion on g4 16...Rac8 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Nxb5 [>=18.b4!? is
noteworthy 18...Nfe4 19.Nxe4 (<19.bxc5 Nxc3 (19...Bxc3?! 20.Nd4= ) 20.Qe1 b4-/+
) 19...Nxe4 20.Rd1= ] 18...Nd3-/+ 19.Rd1 Qxb5 20.Qc2? [>=20.Ne5! and White can
hope to live 20...Ne8 21.Rxd3 Bxe5 22.Rxd8 Qxe2 23.Rxe8+ Kg7 24.Bxe5+ f6 25.Bc3
Qd1+ 26.Kh2 Qd6+ 27.Kg1-/+ ] 20...Ne4 21.Ne1 Nec5 [>=21...e5 22.Rxd3 Rxd3
23.Nxd3 exf4 24.Nxf4 Qb7-+ ] 22.a4?? [>=22.b4 was necessary 22...Qxb4
23.Nxd3=/+ ] 22...Qxb2-+ 23.Qxc5 Qxf2+ 24.Kh1 Qxe1+! A double attack
[24...Qxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Nxc5-+ ] 0-1

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chess. Dress "Western." See Buck, CSCC
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 19 17:35:22 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:35:22 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Round 7 IM Sam Shankland - Tyler Hughes 2009
	US Championship annotated.
Message-ID: <1242776122.4a13423a5fe14@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 17:16:44 -0600
    From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Reply-To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
 Subject: Round 7  IM Sam Shankland - Tyler Hughes   2009 US Championship
annotated.
      To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com


Sam is a fierce defender of the Sicilian Dragon so Tyler had some concerns
whether an Open Sicilian was the best choice against IM Shankland. Sam sounded
uber confident on his ICC IM John Watson interview a month ago. Sam is part of
the Southern California "Grandmaster House" with David Pruess, Josh Freidel and
Jesse Krai. On the map of US Championship participants, there was Tyler and the
Grandmaster House and no else around for thousands of miles west of the
Mississippi. I told Tyler this was a battle for "teen supremacy". Tyler had
just played a rousing Fishing Pole game against GM Ibragimov and was full of
fighting spirit.


[Event "ICC 120 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "*IM_Shankland"]
[Black "*Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[ECO "B43"]
[NIC "SI.41"]
[Time "19:36:36"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5
6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nd1

I would have played  10  Nd5?!  and I would be better after
10 ... Kd8  11 c4!!  with massive pressure but
10  Nd5  interposing on e7
does not seem to give me enough oomph


10 ... Nc6 11. O-O Nf6 12. f4 a5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 g6

Things looks awful here, reminiscent of the Joel Benjamin-Tyler Hughes debacle
Game of the Day  Nick Defirmian  2009 US Closed. Somehow Tyler seems to be
down a critical tempo. Sam does not attack as crisply as Joel Benjamin.
16  Qf2!!   swarms all over the Queenside  with  Bb6, Nc5, Bb5 and c4 motifs.
Activating the QR  with Rad1, Rab1  or Rae1  is also very logical.
16  Kh1 like Joel Benjamin played to safeguard his King is another good move.
15  c3, ripping open Queenside lines, makes sense.
16 Nd4, activating the dead piece, is difficult for a human - they get seasick
from the rocking back and forth motion. In short, Tyler is hanging on for dear
life.


16. Rfd1 Ne7

It looks like Tyler is losing on all 3 sides of the Chessboard.

17. Qf2!

Decent move for a human who can't stand moving the
same piece twice in the opening with   17 Nc5!!



17 ...  Nd5!  18. Bc5

18 Bd4!!  maintaining the tension is more vicious.



18 ... Rc8


18 ... f6!
breaks up the center a little but it is counter-intuitive
to open the position when you are down in development.

19. Bxf8!  Kxf8! 20. a3!!

Sam will develop his rook Crab style.


20 ...  Kg7

Tyler is taking cover from mortar fire.


21. Be4 Nc3


Sam is better whatever Tyler tries but this trading combo
works a wee bit better after  21  Be4  ba  22 R:a3  Nc3!


22. bxc3!

Only move. 22 B:b7??   N:d1!!
attacks Sam's Queen


22 ...  Bxe4 Only move

23. cxb4!

Sam is winning on the Queenside but Tyler's King is
finally safe and Sam's Queenside pawns look like targets.


23 ...  axb4!  24. axb4!  Qxc2! 25. Nc5!  Qxf2+!  26. Kxf2!  Bd5!


Passed pawns. Good players recognize the danger right away, even in blitz games.
The Ponomarevs instantly push their passed pawns with only a minute on their
clock. Tyler rushed to stop Pete's passed pawns in his Karagianis brilliancy
game at age 13.  Against Grandmaster Sharavdorj at age 15, Tyler ignored his
own two pawns and blockaded Dashzeveg's lone remaining pawn, achieving a draw.
Eventually Tyler succeeds in blockading the dangerous b-pawn and equalizes.


27. Rdc1 Rb8 28. Rab1 Bc6 29. Rb2 Rb6 30. Ke3 Rhb8
31. Rcb1 h5 32. g3 Kf8 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Nd3 d6

When you are trying to draw,
trade off every pawn you can.
34 ... Bb5 or ... f6
are fine as well



35. exd6+ Kxd6


Shankland has nothing anymore but he can't
let his 100 missed opportunities go.


36. Ne5 Ke7 37. Rc1 Be8 38. Rc4 Rb5 39. Kc3 Ra8 40. Nf3 Ra3+ 41. Rb3 Ra2
42. Nd4 Rb7 43. Rb2 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Ra4 45. Kd3 Bb5 46. Nxb5 Rxb5 47. Kc3 Kd6
48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rc3 Rd5 51. Ra2  Rxa2!
52. Kxa2!  Rd2+!  53. Ka3!  Rxh2!  54. b5!  h4!

One of many drawing moves.

55. b6?

Sam can't believe anyone his own age is even putting up a
fight against him and starts crossing the line between
playing to win and playing to lose. 55 gh!!  R:h4  56  b6!=

55 ... hxg3!  56. Rc7+!  Kd6??


Maybe low on time,
Tyler instinctively chooses the more active move
but rook endings are notoriously concrete.
Tyler should aim to block the b-pawn with his King -
56  Rc7+  Kd8  57  R:f7  Kc8  58  Rc7+  Kb8  59 Rc1  Rh4 60  Rg1  Rg4
and I think Tyler can play  ... g5, followed by ... Kb8-b7:b6
and win on the Kingside. At the very least Sam would be groveling
for a draw. Tyler's move is dead equal but neither player understands
that yet.


57. Rc8!  only move  Rh1!

I think  57 ... Rh5!  58  b7  Rb5  59 b8(Q)
is the same equal ending.
57 ... Rh5  58 Ka4?  g2   59  b(Q)+  Ke7
eventually favors Tyler because there is no perpetual.


58. b7!  only move  Rb1!  only move 59. b8=Q+!  only move Rxb8!   only move
60. Rxb8!  only move e5!!  only move  61. Rb4!!  only move  f5  only move
62. Rb6+!  only move

The tough teenagers have arrived by force at a drawn ending.
Tyler can hold with  62 ... Ke7!!  or ... Kd7!!  65  R:g6  ef
but he chooses the most active draw.


62.  ...  Kc5!!!  63. Rxg6!  only move  exf4   only move 64. Kb3!

64  Kb2! also draws. IM Shankland's Rook can hold back Tyler's
passed pawns long enough for Sam's King to ride to the rescue.

64 ...  Kd4=

64 ... Kd5= also draws

65. Kc2!  only move   Ke3!=


65 ... Ke4!=  also draws

66. Re6+????????????????????????????????????

Devon and I have secret terms for Poker players. Those who
constantly get bluffed out on the river ( last card ) we call
mucktards. Muck your hand = throw away your hand.

Those who play poorly but always seem to suck out on the river
( get a statistically amazing card when all hope was almost
extinguished ) we call a lucktard.

We also have a term for those with no skill and no luck.
We call them C-players.

Tyler played this game kind of like a lucktard,
just hanging in there until he finds a case ace on the river.

Ex Colorado Junior Chess Champion Jeff Maguire had triple bypass surgery
a month ago but he couldn't care less because his son just won a quarter
million in a poker tournament. I thought he was going to rip out his IV tubes.

66 Kc3!!  Kf2  67  Kd4!!  g2   68 K:e5  g1(Q)  69  R:g1  K:g1  70  K:f4=
or
66 Kc3!!  Kf2  67  Kd4!!  f3  68  Kf4  f2  69  R:g3+=
is also a draw.

Perhaps Sam analyzed 66 Kc3!!  Kf2  67  Kd2??  g2
which wins for Tyler.
Maybe Sam got confused in time pressure about
66 Kc3!!  Kf2  67  Kd4!!  f3   68  Ke5  g2  but  69 Kf4 draws.
It's an old idea of "tagging" the f-pawn with
the King and saccing the rook for the g-pawn.

Sam was frightened to death by a ghost and ran
screaming from the draw house with eyes closed.

Devon was very brave in the Elitch Gardens Haunted House for
Halloween but eventually he said, " Um, you go first now, Daddy. "
Some guy had activated a chain saw sound.

66 ...  Kf2


Shankland's King and Rook are on the West
Coast but Tyler's pawns are East Coast.



67. Kd2 f3


{Black wins} 0-1
------------------------------------------------------------------------



[Event "ICC 120 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*IM_Shankland"]
[Black "*Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[ECO "B43"]
[NIC "SI.41"]
[Time "19:36:36"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Bb7 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O Nf6 12. f4 a5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne3 Nxe3
15. Bxe3 g6 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Qf2 Nd5 18. Bc5 Rc8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. a3 Kg7
21. Be4 Nc3 22. bxc3 Bxe4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. axb4 Qxc2 25. Nc5 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2
Bd5 27. Rdc1 Rb8 28. Rab1 Bc6 29. Rb2 Rb6 30. Ke3 Rhb8 31. Rcb1 h5 32. g3
Kf8 33. Kd4 Ke7 34. Nd3 d6 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Ne5 Ke7 37. Rc1 Be8 38. Rc4
Rb5 39. Kc3 Ra8 40. Nf3 Ra3+ 41. Rb3 Ra2 42. Nd4 Rb7 43. Rb2 Ra3+ 44. Kd2
Ra4 45. Kd3 Bb5 46. Nxb5 Rxb5 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rc3
Rd5 51. Ra2 Rxa2 52. Kxa2 Rd2+ 53. Ka3 Rxh2 54. b5 h4 55. b6 hxg3 56. Rc7+
Kd6 57. Rc8 Rh1 58. b7 Rb1 59. b8=Q+ Rxb8 60. Rxb8 e5 61. Rb4 f5 62. Rb6+
Kc5 63. Rxg6 exf4 64. Kb3 Kd4 65. Kc2 Ke3 66. Re6+ Kf2 67. Kd2 f3 {Black
wins} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 20 03:52:36 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 03:52:36 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curt Carlsen on Jeff Maguire
Message-ID: <1242813156.4a13d2e4360ff@www.taom.com>

Jeff sounded fine on the phone. Considering his Dad died of a heart attack at
age 45 and Jeff is almost 60 he's living on borrowed time anyway. Doing better
than James Fixx the runner did. James spent his whole life as a marathon runner
to escape his Greek fate and died the same year his Dad did of a heart attack. I
feel every day is gravy since my younger brother Fred died of a heart attack on
age 50. It was exactly that fear triggered by Steven Dykstra's heart attack
that set me writing like a maniac 8 years ago.

Brian Wall
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----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 18:33:45 -0700
    From: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
Reply-To: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Round 7  IM Sam Shankland - Tyler Hughes   2009
US Championship annotated.
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Maguire had a bypass?  Hope he's OK.  He beat me in the Denver Open 40 years ago
July!

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 20 16:16:31 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 16:16:31 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mayan King on - I just saw Brian's youtube
	video on Walther Browne losing to Fishin' Pole!
Message-ID: <1242857791.4a14813fddd79@www.taom.com>

Tyler Hughes was feautured in Nick Defirmian's Game of the Day twice during the
US Championship and today LarryC talks about the beginning of and the
preparation for his 2009 US Champ game with Tyler Hughes in
ICC LarryC's latest Attacking Chess video entitled -
Preparation leads to Attack discoveries.
It pleases me beyind measure to see Tyler getting
the international attention he so richly deserves.

Brian Wall
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    Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:50:04 -0000
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Reply-To: MayanKing <MayanKing at yahoo.com>
 Subject: [BrianWallChess] I just saw Brian's youtube video on Walther Browne
losing to Fishin' Pole!
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com

Brian, you are the reason I changed from a lemmewink to a crazed Micheal Myers
on Halloween over the chess board! It makes playing chess a lot more fun and
open's moves to play you never would even have considered before. I have to
find my game where I lost my queen but won anyway to win the April 1st award!
Thank you so much for being my chess inspiration.
On another note, I am so proud of Tyler Hughes having more wins than even Gata
Kamsky! He will be US Champion one day. I have been reading about him on
Brian's sites for sometime now and it makes me proud to see him play and play
so well at the championship.
I am adding all of Brian's notes to his games in my chess database. I learn more
from Brian's annotations than anyone since Yasser's Inside Chess went away.
Soon I will surprise you all and go visit and play in Colorado on one of your
tournaments since I am out of work and have a lot of free time right now. Hope
to meet my hero Brian and Tyler one day soon.

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 20 18:51:09 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 18:51:09 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes versus Doug
	Eckert Last Round 9 2009 US Championship
Message-ID: <1242867069.4a14a57d9c1bc@www.taom.com>


In general, Tyler's openings were successful. Even in 3 of his lost games,
Tyler was winning or nearly wnning or very clearly better at some point
versus Ibragimov ( d5! ), Becerra ( ... f5! )  and Onischuk ( Nc4! ).

Part of the reason I encouraged speculative attacks when Tyler was very young is
so that he would have the courage to pull the trigger when the attacks were
sound. I can't count how many "safe" Chessplayers are stuck forever in a
hellish Chess limbo because they pyschologically can't risk the breakthrough
sacrifice when the time comes. When you are straining for years to make fantasy
attacks work then sound attacks feel like warm rain on a summer evening by
comparison. Tyler's pyscho attack against Ibragimov took almost all of Ildar's
time to refute and earned Tyler the respect of some Olympian kibbitzers after
the game. My madness was unorthodox but there was a method to them. Tyler was
too young and trusting to object like many of my adult students. He just waded
right into the complications at age 9 and never looked back. Tyler's passion
for Chess was so great at 8 I think he would have made it, one way or the other
anyway. I took Tyler as far as I could then handed him over to titled teachers.
National Master Andrew Sherman did the same with Ray Robson in Florida. Super
teen Robert Hess has only had one teacher that I know of, GM Miron Sher.

Tyler seemed to have a little something all game and he just kept building.

[Event "2009 US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis, Missouri"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hughes"]
[Black "FM_Eckert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange variation"]
[ECO "D85"]
[NIC "GI.04"]
[Time "10:39:13"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6

Doug beat me with the Wilkes Barre Variation 30 years ago. That hurt.
My Mom was born there. Tyler gets revenge.


2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bg5

10 Be2  has been played once.
10  Bf4  or  Bc4
are also good ways to try for an advantage.

7 ... c6  was probably not the best way to handle Tyler's check,
it gives Doug a passive game and he seems unwilling to make the
standard Grunfeld pawn sac with ... c5.



10 ... Re8 TN

Theoretical Novelty by Doug Eckert.
Erwin Toth crushed Michael Ernst
after  10 ... c5!!  11 Rd1!
game given below.
10 ... Qc7!  is interesting to counterattack on the e-file in case
Tyler grabs a pawn and to play the blocking ... c5  elseways
( I thought I made up that word like Shakespeare but
like most of my innovations, it was already invented. )



11. Be2

Not the sharpest, Tyler has a comfortable game whatever he chooses.
11 Rd1, among others, seems more flexible.



11 ... Qd6!

To relieve the awful e7-pressure



12. Qb2!!  c5!

Doug is fighting back thematically



13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e5! Qc7?

14 ... Qe6!!
light square blockade and
15  dc?  is met by   .... Nd7!!  or ... Nc6!!
with healthy Grunfeld counterplay -
White's pawns are split.
Compare with the first Kasparov-Korchnoi
Candidates match game that Korchnoi won


15. O-O!

15 e6!  or Qb3!
also underscore Doug's abandonment of the light squares.
A pyscho attack with  15  h4!  is not bad either
but that didn't work out too well against Ildar earlier.

15 ...  Nd7 16. Qd2

Tyler's center is secure,
there are many ways to improve his position.



16 ... Rad8!

Doug has centralized Rooks and criss-crossing Bishops,
good Hyper-modern play


17. Qe3

getting away from the d8-Rook
and setting up e6 shots  or Bf4
or Bh6



17 ... f6?

Passing up another chance for a light square blockade,
this time with  17 ... Bd5!



18. Bh4

Doug's Kingside looks like a house on stilts during a tsunami,
rather shaky. Tyler had good options here,
18 Bf4, e6, Bh6  or Bc4+



18 ... fxe5?

Doug is a Correspondence International Master.
Only problem is,
this ain't postal and Tyler ain't Timmerman.



19. Bc4+!!

It's starting to get ugly,
Tyler has been working out the most efficient attacking
continuations for quite a while now. I remember reporting
on 20 move combinations full of checks
when Tyler was only 9 years old.


19 ...  Kh8 20. Ng5!

20  d5!!  followed by  21 Ng5!!
is another good attacking schemata,
just letting Doug rot in his own mess.

20 ... h6?

Doug is definitely lost now but I think Tyler would have found
20 ... cd!  21 Nf7+  Kg8  22 R:d4!!!!!
based on my principle that 90% of tactical problems involve
removing the obstacles between the White Queen and the Black King.
20 ... cd  21 Nf7+  Kg8  22 R:d4!!!!!    ed   23 Qe6!!!!!  Bf6  24  Bg5!!!!!
Tyler is down a Rook and a pawn but his attack is so strong
Doug is forced to give up his Queen immediately with
24  ... Q:c4!  25  Q:c4  Ne5!  26   N:e5  Bd5!
finally consolidating
27  Q:d4  B:g5  28  Qa4
with Queen and Knight versus Rook and two Bishops,
an interesting fight favoring Tyler.
20 ... cd  21 Nf7+  Kg8  22 R:d4!!!!!    ed   23 Qe6!!!!!  h6
24  N:d8+  Kh7-h8  25  N:b7  Q:b7  26  cd
also favors Tyler.

20 ... cd  21 Nf7+  Kg8  22 R:d4!!!!!    Rc8  23 Ng5+  Kh8
with several promising ideas for Tyler -
24  Rg4!!!, Qh3!!  or  Rd7!

20 ... cd  21 Nf7+  Kg8  22 R:d4!!!!!    Rc8  23 Ng5+  Kh8   24  Rg4!!!   e4
opening up the  e5 square for five of Doug's pieces.
25  Nf7+  or Be6
with a powerful game for Tyler.


However bad, FM Eckert should have tried  20 ... cd!  anyway.
Doug was a last minute replacement for Anna Zatonskih
( wife of Latvian GM Daniel Fridman who beat me in Vegas 5 years ago ).
Anna went to the hospital for gallstones. Daniel and Anna have a young
child together. Anna beat Irina Krush in that Armageddon game for the
Us Women's Championship last year. They both played in this tournament
and also won the Bronze together in the 2008 Dresden, Germany Olympiad.
Jennifer Shahade asked Anna if Daniel beats her in blitz games at home,

" Not if he wants his dinner. "
- Anna

We can see that Tyler has promoted his opening advantage after  7 ... c6?
into something much more tangible now.


21. Ne6!!

Winning the exchange with a continuous attack.

21 Nf7+!  Kh7
is not as convincing.



21 .... Qc6!  22. d5!!

Tyler was trained before he was double digits
to look around for something better before
grabbing any material.

Tyler helped Ann Davies teach a Chess Class with me when he was 11 years old.
He taught the kids to look out for "poisened meat".
Ann silenced the children gently with wind chimes.


22 ...  Qd6 23. Bg3!!

The Grandmaster touch -
Tyler doesn't cash in his mega-Knight,
he keeps his options open like
N:d8, Bb5, f4, B:e5
depending on circumstances.



23 ...  Rf8 24. Bb5!!

Still squeezing instead of cashing -
24  f4!! is one of many additional killers.
Tyler likes to massage his positions.



24 ... c4 25. Bxd7!!

As e5 goes,
so goes the nation



25 ...  Qxd7

It's a route now,
25  ... B:d5  is annihilated by
26 N:g7, Rfe1, N:d8, N:f8 or  B:e5
among others



26. Bxe5!!

The laughter of the Super-Knight on e6
rolls down the Grunfeld mountainside.



26 ...  Bxe5

The feeble  26 ... Rf6!  is pitifully best,
going down two exchanges for starters.


27. Qxh6+

{White wins} 1-0

27  Q:h6+    Kg8  28  Q:g6+   Kh8  29  Qh5+   Kg8  30  Q:e5
forces Doug to throw his Queen away on e6.


Winning this game put Tyler an eyelash away from an IM norm.

What happened this game?
Tyler got an opening edge
and when Doug loosened his position,
Tyler ruthlessly tore him apart.
As for what can you learn from the game,
the most striking feature to me is how
Tyler's Knight could have taken anything he wanted
but he just kept it on e6 and increased the pressure.
Power Chess.

Tyler will soon be part of the UTD Dallas Chess
program and then he can really start to kick ass.
He's just been toying with us so far.


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[Event "2009 US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis, Missouri"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hughes"]
[Black "FM_Eckert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange variation"]
[ECO "D85"]
[NIC "GI.04"]
[Time "10:39:13"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ c6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Be2 Qd6 12. Qb2 c5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. e5
Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Qe3 f6 18. Bh4 fxe5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Ng5 h6
21. Ne6 Qc6 22. d5 Qd6 23. Bg3 Rf8 24. Bb5 c4 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5
27. Qxh6+ {White wins} 1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gnusarev,Petr"]
[Black "Palit,Somak"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D85"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.Nf3 0-0
9.Qa3 b6 10.Be2 c5 11.0-0 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Qa4 Nb8
16.Rac1 a6
17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Rfd1 b5 19.Qb4 Rc8 20.h3 h6 21.Bf4 e6 22.Qd2 Kh7 23.Rxc8 Qxc8
24.Rc1 Qd8
25.Rc6 Qa8 26.Rc7 Rd8 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Nf6 29.d6 Qd5 30.Qc1 Ne4 31.Qc6 Qd1+
32.Kh2 Nxd6
33.Qxa6 Qd5 34.Qc6  1/2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "Budapest FS12 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2006.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toth,Ervin"]
[Black "Ernst,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ c6
8.Nf3 0-0 9.Qa3 b6 10.Bg5 c5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Be2 e6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.d5 exd5
15.exd5 a6 16.Qb3 c4 17.d6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 cxb3 19.axb3 Bxc3 20.Rc1 Bg7
21.Rxb6 Bd5 22.Rc7 Be6 23.Bd3 a5 24.Be7 Re8 25.Bb5 Nd7 26.Rxe6 fxe6
27.Rxd7 Rac8 28.g3 Rc3 29.Ng5 Rxb3 30.Bc4 Rb1+ 31.Kg2 h6
32.Bxe6+ Kh8 33.Bf6 hxg5 34.Rxg7

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 20 22:46:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:46:43 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] It's a good thing Nakamura didn't have to
	play Tyler Hughes.
Message-ID: <1242881203.4a14dcb35c766@www.taom.com>


Nakamura crushed Josh Freidel's Two Knight's defense in the last round of the
2009 US Championship.. But if Hikaru had tried that on Tyler he would have been
blown away by the Tyler Hughes Defense. Here's a game where I just crushed
another IM with it.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bjarke"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Opening "Two knights defense, Tyler Hughes Defense"]
[ECO "C57"]
[NIC "KP.01"]
[Time "00:21:51"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

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

The Tyler Hughes Defense


5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bb3 d5 8. O-O h6
9. Nf3 Kf7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. d4 e4

I have had this position many times.
There is no good move for White.



13. Nd2 Nxd4!!  14. Nf1 Nxb3!

14 ... c5!!, ... Bc5!  or  ... Be5!
are good too.

15. axb3!  c6!


I have many excellent consolidating
moves like  15 ... Rf8!!  or ... Qd7!!  at my disposal.

16. Be3 a6

It's time for Fishing Pole action with  16 ... Ng4!!

17. f3!  exf3!  18. Qxf3!  Rf8!  19. Na4 Rc8

19 ... Kg8!!  was best


{White resigns}   0-1
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bjarke"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Opening "Two knights defense, Tyler Hughes Defense"]
[ECO "C57"]
[NIC "KP.01"]
[Time "00:21:51"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. d3 Nf6
7. Bb3 d5 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Kf7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. d4 e4
13. Nd2 Nxd4 14. Nf1 Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 16. Be3 a6 17. f3 exf3
18. Qxf3 Rf8 19. Na4 Rc8

{White resigns}   0-1

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Information about Bjarke(IM) (Last disconnected Thu May 21 2009 00:25):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1945  [6]     2     2     0     4
Loser's         1499  [6]     0     1     0     1
Bughouse        1746  [6]     2     0     1     3
Bullet          1805  [8]   986   738    61  1785   2307 (23-Apr-1998)
Blitz           2416       1919  1244   299  3462   2620 (27-Jun-2006)
Standard        2386  [6]    15    12     4    31   2425 (14-Sep-2002)
5-minute        2190        338   294    55   687   2363 (25-Apr-2009)
1-minute        1802  [8]  3095  3044   199  6338   2207 (16-Jul-2006)
15-minute        715  [4]     0     2     0     2

 1: Thanks for Your curiosity!
 2: I'm Bjarke Sahl (used to be: Kristensen)
 3: Devoted chessplayer
 4: ...among other things.
 5: When around I like to play.
 6: You may reach me at: bjarke at sahl.no
 7: Or at: Skausnaret 4 D, N-1262 Oslo
 8: Tel. +47 22 61 62 02 or +47 41 10 86 56

 Groups : Norway IMs
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[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "St Louis, MO"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "GM_Nakamura"]
[Black "GM_Friedel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C58"]
[NIC "KP.01"]
[Time "10:39:12"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6
7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5 12. b3 Rb4
13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15. g3 Rd4 16. Nf3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd3
18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rxd4 22. Bc1

{White wins} 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 20 23:55:30 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 23:55:30 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Stalemate Weapon
Message-ID: <1242885330.4a14ecd289f5b@www.taom.com>


The Stalemate Weapon



[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ESK2009"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Black stalemated"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Opening "R?ti opening"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "KI.79"]
[Time "01:42:24"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7
7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 e4 9. Ne1 Re8 10. Nc2 c6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nb6
13. Ne3 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Bxe4 Bh3
18. Rf4 Qe7 19. Nc3 f5 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3
23. Rf3 Re5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rdd3 a6 26. b4 Rc4 27. a3 Kg7 28. Rf4 Rxc3
29. Rxc3 Nxd5 30. Rc8 Nxf4+ 31. gxf4 Rxe2+ 32. Kf3 Rxh2 33. Rc7+ Kh6
34. Rxb7 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rb6 Rb3 37. Rxd6 Rxb4 38. Kg3 a5 39. Rd7 a4
40. Ra7 Rb3+ 41. Kh4 a3 42. Ra4 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kh6 44. Rxa3!!

The Stalemate Weapon



44 ... Rb2 45. Ra7 Rh2+ 46. Kg3 Rh1 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Kg3 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 g5
50. fxg5+ Rxg5 51. Rf7 Kg6 52. Rf8 Rh5 53. Kg2 Rh4 54. Ra8 Kg5 55. Ra5 Rb4
56. Rc5 h5 57. Rc8 Kg4 58. Rg8+ Kh4 59. Kf2 Rb3 60. Kg2 f4 61. Kf2 Kh3
62. Rf8 f3 63. Rxf3+!!=

The Stalemate Weapon

63 ... Rxf3+ 64. Kxf3 Kh2 65. Kf2 h4 66. Kf1 h3 67. Kf2!!

The Stalemate Weapon

67 ... Kh1 68. Kg3!!

The Stalemate Weapon


68 ...  h2 69. Kf2!!


 {Black stalemated} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ESK2009"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Black stalemated"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Opening "R?ti opening"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "KI.79"]
[Time "01:42:24"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8.
Bb2 e4 9. Ne1 Re8 10. Nc2 c6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nb6 13. Ne3 Ng4 14. Bxg7
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Rf4 Qe7 19. Nc3 f5 20. Bg2
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Rf3 Re5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rdd3 a6 26. b4
Rc4 27. a3 Kg7 28. Rf4 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxd5 30. Rc8 Nxf4+ 31. gxf4 Rxe2+ 32.
Kf3 Rxh2 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rxb7 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rb6 Rb3 37. Rxd6 Rxb4
38. Kg3 a5 39. Rd7 a4 40. Ra7 Rb3+ 41. Kh4 a3 42. Ra4 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kh6 44.
Rxa3 Rb2 45. Ra7 Rh2+ 46. Kg3 Rh1 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Kg3 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 g5 50.
fxg5+ Rxg5 51. Rf7 Kg6 52. Rf8 Rh5 53. Kg2 Rh4 54. Ra8 Kg5 55. Ra5 Rb4 56.
Rc5 h5 57. Rc8 Kg4 58. Rg8+ Kh4 59. Kf2 Rb3 60. Kg2 f4 61. Kf2 Kh3 62. Rf8
f3 63. Rxf3+ Rxf3+ 64. Kxf3 Kh2 65. Kf2 h4 66. Kf1 h3 67. Kf2 Kh1 68. Kg3 h2
69. Kf2 {Black stalemated} 1/2-1/2

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Statistics for ESK2009         On for:   15     Idle:    0
ESK2009 is currently involved in a match against fireonbored.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2213  [8]     2     0     1     3
5-minute        2353        708   523   202  1433   2433 (20-Apr-2009)
15-minute       2179  [4]     1     0     0     1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 21 13:34:00 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:34:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Winston Churchill - Never Surrender
Message-ID: <1242934440.4a15aca84ad49@www.taom.com>


Winston Churchill - Never Surrender


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3945807218506377016
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http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/history_articles/we_shall_never_surrender.htm

Full text of Churchill's  NeverSurrender Speech
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We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas
and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the
air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on
the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the
fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never
surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a
large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas,
armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in
God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to
the rescue and the liberation of the old.

Winston Churchill
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Here are some games where I wondered if I should resign but I fought on.
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I wondered for 20 seconds after  26  Nh5 if I should resign
but I made one last desperate stab. Brutus lost a rook and
resigned but  28  N:f6  would have checkmated me.


[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brutus"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "20:38:09"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Ba7 7. d3 d6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g4 Bxa4 13. Nh4 Kh8 14.
Ng3 Bd7 15. Nhf5 Nxf5 16. gxf5 Rg8 17. O-O-O c6 18. Rhg1 Qe7 19. Rg2 d5 20.
Rdg1 d4 21. c4 b5 22. b3 a5 23. Qh5 a4 24. Qh6 axb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Nh5
Ra1+ 27. Kc2 Rxg1 {White resigns} 0-1
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I wanted to resign on move 31 when KennethTW
had an extra piece in the endgame plus plenty
of time but somehow I won the piece back.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "KennethTW"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense: exchange variation"]
[ECO "B03"]
[NIC "AL.08"]
[Time "22:53:39"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 a5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. O-O e6
15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bd4 a4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kg8 19. b4 Na6 20. a3 Rc8
21. Ne4 d5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nd7+ f6 24. Nxb6 Rc6 25. Nxd5 Nc7 26. Rfd1 Nxd5
27. cxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd8 32. Rd4
Rc8 33. Kf2 Rc3 34. Rd7 b5 35. Rb7 Rxa3 36. Rxb5 Rb3 37. Nd4 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 a3
39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. b5 a2 41. Ra8 f5 42. h4 h5 43. g3 Kf6 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd3
Kd6 46. Kc3 Rg2 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Rc6+ Kd5 49. Ra6 Rxg3+ 50. Kb2 Kxd4 51.
Kxa2 Kc5 52. Ra5 Rg4 53. Kb3 Rxf4 54. Ra6 Rg4 55. b6 Kc6 56. Kc3 Kb7 57.
Ra7+ Kxb6 58. Rd7 Kc6 59. Rd1 Rxh4 60. Rd8 Rg4 61. Kd3 h4 62. Ke3 h3 63. Kf3
h2 64. Rh8 Kd5 65. Rxh2 Ke5 66. Re2+ Kf6 67. Ra2 Rb4 68. Ra6+ Kg5 69. Ra5
Rb3+ 70. Kg2 Kg4 71. Ra4+ f4 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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I mouseslipped a rook away on move 11 but I
pawnwaved it back when Anastasia got pawn fever.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Anastasia"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Opening "Two knights defense"]
[ECO "C56"]
[NIC "KP.02"]
[Time "01:10:00"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5
8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 f6 12. Nxd8 Nxd8 13. Bd2 Qd5
14. Qe2 Bc5 15. Qd3 Nc6 16. a3 Bb6 17. b4 Rd8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Qb3 Qh5 20.
Qe6+ Kb8 21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 Qg6 23. Ne5 Qxc2 24. Nxc6+ Qxc6 25. Qxc6 bxc6
26. Re6 f5 27. Be5 c5 28. Rxh6 c4 29. Rh5 c3 30. Rxg5 c2 31. Rc1 d3 32. Bf4
d2 33. Bxd2 Rxd2 34. Rg8+ Kb7 35. Re8 Bxf2+ 36. Kh1 Rd1+ {White resigns} 0-1

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Down massive amounts of material after 22 moves but
I just keep attacking until Threepawnsac surrenders

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Threepawnsac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[ECO "B30"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
[Time "01:46:28"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 Qb6 8. a4
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nf6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bf4 Nh5
15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. e5 h6 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Bb5 19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 hxg5
21. Nxg5 Rf8 22. Nf7 Bxc3 23. Qg4 Rxf7 24. exf7+ Kg7 25. f4 Rf8 26. f5 Rxf7
27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh5 Ke8 29. g4 d5 30. Rad1 Bd4+ 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. f6 Qf4
33. Rxe7+ Kd8 34. Qh8+ Rf8 35. Qxf8# {Black checkmated} 1-0
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Rashid Nezmetdinov has a famous game where he sacced a Queen on the White side
of a Dragon for two pieces. I attempted to do the same in a blitz game.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ASUMAN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon variation"]
[ECO "B70"]
[NIC "SI.15"]
[Time "13:54:31"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd5 12. Qxg7+ Kxg7 13. exd5 Bd7 14.
Rfe1 f6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Bd4 Bf5 18. Re2 Qa5 19. Rae1 a6 20. g4
Bg6 21. f3 h5 22. Kg2 h4 23. Re6 Kf7 24. Rf1 Qc7 25. f4 gxf4 26. Rxf4 b5 27.
g5 f5 28. Ne4 a5 29. c3 a4 30. Bc2 b4 31. Nf2 bxc3 32. bxc3 Qb7 33. Be4 Qb2
34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5+ Kg8 36. Rg6+ Kh7 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rxe7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+
Kh8 40. Rg6+ Kh7 41. Rh6+ Kg8 42. Rh8# {Black checkmated} 1-0
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This one is really ridiculous - down a rook and a piece by move 26 I manage to
conjure a win anyway - in order to do so I was perfectly well aware that  40
... h4  risked  41  Bf1 checkmate.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kaakki"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Opening "Modern defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "06:57:18"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. g3 Qf6 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Bb3
Bh3 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Ndf3 Nf4 17. a4 g5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nbd5 20. gxf4
Nxf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rad1 g4 23. Ne5 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 h5 25. Nd7 Qh4 26. Nxf8
f3 27. Bc4 Bxf8 28. Bf1 Qf6 29. Qd4 Qxf5 30. Qxa7 Bd6 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Qd4
Qf4 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Bd3+ Kg5 35. Rg8+ Kh4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 37. Rg7 Kh3 38.
Rxf7 Bxh2+ 39. Kh1 Be5 40. Rxb7 h4 41. Rb6 g3 42. fxg3 hxg3 43. Bf1+ g2+ 44.
Bxg2+ fxg2+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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By move 36 I should be down two pieces to just my King -
somehow he grabs a pawn allowing me to be only one piece down.
I grab my piece back and win a Bishop versus Knight ending.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Serpents"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[ECO "E20"]
[NIC "NI.29"]
[Time "12:42:04"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 c6 10. e3 Qe7 11. Bd2 Rfc8 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Qe2 Rab8 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bb1 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Qc7 22. b3 Ne4 23. Qe3 Nc5 24. f5 exf5 25. Rxf5 f6 26.
Rh5 fxe5 27. Bxh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe5 Nd7 29. Rf1+ Nf6 30. g4 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8
32. Qf4 Qc5+ 33. Qf2 Re2 34. Qxc5+ bxc5 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 37. Kg3
Nf6 38. Bf5 Kf7 39. Kf4 g6 40. Bh3 Ne4 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. Bg2 Nc3 43. Bxb7 Nxa2
44. Be4 Nc1 45. Bc2 Ne2 46. Kd5 Nd4 47. Bd1 Ne6 48. Bg4 Nf4+ 49. Kxc5 Nd3+
50. Kd4 Nc1 51. b4 Kd6 52. c5+ Kc6 53. Bf3+ Kc7 54. b5 Nb3+ 55. Kd5 Nd2 56.
Be4 g5 57. Ke5 Nb3 58. c6 a5 59. Bd5 Nc5 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. b6 Na6 62. c7 Nxc7
63. bxc7 Kxc7 64. Ke5 Kb6 65. Kf5 Kc5 66. Bg8 Kb4 67. Kxg5 a4 68. h4 a3 69.
h5 Kc3 70. h6 Kb2 71. h7 a2 72. h8=Q+ Kb1 73. Bxa2+ Kxa2 74. Qb8 Ka3 75. Kf4
Ka4 76. Ke5 Ka3 77. Kd4 Ka2 78. Kc3 Ka1 79. Qb2# {Black checkmated} 1-0
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By move 20 my position is falling apart. Frustrated I can't guard anything
I throw a piece to the winds. Stunned that I was attacking instead of resigning,
 Neiman backs up and gets mated in 10 more moves.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "neiman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2001"]
[Opening "Modern defense: Averbakh system, Kotov variation"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "KF.03"]
[Time "13:01:42"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. Be3 f5 7. f3 Nf6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. fxe4 Qh4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc3 Nd4 14.
Kb1 c6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. h3 Be6 17. Rhf1 Rad8 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rd8 20.
Qf2 Qb4 21. Nd5 Qd6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Ng4 h5 25. e5 Qc7 26.
Bxg6 d3 27. Qh4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Bxe5 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Rf7 d2 31. Qh7#
{Black checkmated}
1-0
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I wanted to resign when I saw the devastating   20 ... Qc3!!
but somehow instead I checkmated Eliasroberto 5 moves later.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Eliasroberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Opening "Old Indian defense"]
[ECO "A53"]
[NIC "OI.04"]
[Time "15:29:37"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 c6 6. f3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nb6 12. Nc2 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Qa5 19. b3 Bf6
20. Rhd1 g6 21. Be4 Qe5 22. Nd4 Bg5 23. Nxe6 Bxe3 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8#
{Black checkmated}
1-0
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Move 22 - down a piece
Move 33 - down a piece
Move 40 - down a piece and getting mated
move 52 - down a piece and 4 pawns
move 72 - I've won all my material back and win on time


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "blindpew"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[Opening "Catalan: closed, 5.Nf3"]
[ECO "E06"]
[NIC "CA.05"]
[Time "15:46:38"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 Na6 8.
Qxc4 c5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. a4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc8 12. Qxc8 Bxc8 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. h3
a6 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf3 Nb3 17. Rab1 e4 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Ngxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Rfc8 21. Rd3 h5 22. Rxb3 Rc2 23. Rxb7 Bf8 24. Re1 a5 25. Nc3 Bb4 26. Nd5
Bxe1 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Nxf5 Rf8 29. Nd4 Rc4 30. Be4+ g6 31. Bd3 Rxa4 32. Ne6
Kg8 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. b3 Ra1 35. Kg2 Bb4 36. Bc4 f5 37. Bd4 Rc1 38. Bf6 Ke8
39. Bf7+ Kf8 40. Bxg6 Rc8 41. Bxf5 Ra8 42. Be6 Bd6 43. Bd7 Kf7 44. Bc3 Kg6
45. Ba4 Bf8 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. e4 Bc5 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. f4 Rd8 50. Rb5 Bb4 51.
Bxb4 axb4 52. Rxb4 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rh2 54. g4 Rxh3+ 55. Kg2 hxg4 56. f5+ Ke5
57. Rb5+ Kxe4 58. f6 Kd4 59. Rb4+ Ke5 60. Rxg4 Rh8 61. f7 Rf8 62. Rg7 Kf6
63. Rh7 Kg6 64. Rh3 Rxf7 65. b4 Rf4 66. b5 Rxa4 67. Rb3 Ra7 68. b6 Rb7 69.
Rb5 Kf6 70. Rc5 Ke6 71. Rc6+ Kd5 72. Rc7 Rxb6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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By move 14 my rook is attacked and ... c5 winning a piece is also threatened.
Things look bleak as usual but I manage to limit the damage to an exchange sac
and win with my patented pawn wave.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "motorhome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[Opening "Four knights: Ranken variation"]
[ECO "C48"]
[NIC "KP.03"]
[Time "19:00:44"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3
Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd4 O-O-O 12. Qf3 Bd5 13. Rxe7
Bxf3 14. Rxf7 Bh5 15. Rf5 g6 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Be3 h4 18. Ne6 Re8 19. Nxf8
Rexf8 20. Kf1 h3 21. g3 Kd7 22. Ke2 Ke6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxh6
Kf5 26. f3 c5 27. g4+ Kg6 28. Bf4 Re8+ 29. Kf2 c6 30. Be3 c4 31. f4 b5 32.
f5+ Kf6 33. Kf3 a5 34. Kf4 Rg8 35. g5+ Rxg5 36. Bd4+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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Three pawns down in a rook ending I pull out every rabbit in my top hat -
stalemate tricks, the notorious  h/f pawns + rook/ vs rook  ending.
I fight like a maniac and somehow get a draw.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ESK2009"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Black stalemated"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Opening "R?ti opening"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "KI.79"]
[Time "01:42:24"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8.
Bb2 e4 9. Ne1 Re8 10. Nc2 c6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nb6 13. Ne3 Ng4 14. Bxg7
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Rf4 Qe7 19. Nc3 f5 20. Bg2
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Rf3 Re5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Rdd3 a6 26. b4
Rc4 27. a3 Kg7 28. Rf4 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxd5 30. Rc8 Nxf4+ 31. gxf4 Rxe2+ 32.
Kf3 Rxh2 33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rxb7 Rh3+ 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rb6 Rb3 37. Rxd6 Rxb4
38. Kg3 a5 39. Rd7 a4 40. Ra7 Rb3+ 41. Kh4 a3 42. Ra4 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kh6 44.
Rxa3 Rb2 45. Ra7 Rh2+ 46. Kg3 Rh1 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Kg3 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 g5 50.
fxg5+ Rxg5 51. Rf7 Kg6 52. Rf8 Rh5 53. Kg2 Rh4 54. Ra8 Kg5 55. Ra5 Rb4 56.
Rc5 h5 57. Rc8 Kg4 58. Rg8+ Kh4 59. Kf2 Rb3 60. Kg2 f4 61. Kf2 Kh3 62. Rf8
f3 63. Rxf3+ Rxf3+ 64. Kxf3 Kh2 65. Kf2 h4 66. Kf1 h3 67. Kf2 Kh1 68. Kg3 h2
69. Kf2 {Black stalemated} 1/2-1/2
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I want to resign badly on move 35, facing an obviously lost King and
pawn ending. I force myself to keep moving and draw the damn thing.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "allanbeard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn because neither player has mating material"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
[ECO "C41"]
[NIC "KP.10"]
[Time "11:01:31"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Bb3 Bd7
8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14.
Bd4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 a6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rb8 19. c3 Re8 20.
f4 Qe7 21. Rae1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. f5 Re5 24. Kf2 Rbe8 25. Kf3 d5 26. g4
dxe4+ 27. Ke3 Kf8 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Rf4 Kf6 30. Rd7 R5e7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32.
Rxe4 Rxe4+ 33. Kxe4 Kg5 34. Kf3 Kh4 35. Kg2 h5 36. gxh5 Kxh5 37. Kf3 Kh4 38.
Kf4 Kxh3 39. f6 gxf6 40. Kf5 Kg3 41. Kxf6 Kf3 42. Kxf7 Ke3 43. Ke7 Kd3 44.
Kd7 Kc2 45. Kxc7 Kxb3 46. Kxb7 Kxb2 47. Kxa6 Kb3 48. Kb5 Kxc3
{Game drawn because neither player has mating material}
1/2-1/2
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Sultan-Khan plays like a genius for 29 moves and I want to resign because my
structure is imploding. In desperation I think for half of my two minutes.
Suddenly the Sultan hands off to his imbecile brother and starts shedding
material every move like a moron. In shock, I reap the harvest.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sultan-kahn"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Opening "Beefeater defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "11:07:13"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. g4 fxg4 7. e4 d6 8.
h3 g3 9. fxg3 Nf6 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Ne5 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. O-O Rg8 14. Qc1
Nxc4 15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Rf2 Qa5 18. Rfb2 Qc7 19. c4 b6 20. Qc3 Bd7
21. Ra1 Kf7 22. Rf2 Rgb8 23. Nd3 Kg8 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. g4 g5
27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Qe3 h6 29. h4 Nh7 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. hxg5 Ng6 32. Rf5 Bxf5
33. exf5 Nf4 34. d6 Qxd6 35. Bd5+ Nxd5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 37. gxh6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2
Qxg4 39. Qxe5 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Qf6 41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. Qh3 Qxh6 43. Qf3 Qg5+ 44.
Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 Qd6+ 46. Kh4 Qd4+ 47. Kg5 Qg7+ 48. Kf4 Qh6+ 49. Ke5 Qd6+
50. Ke4 Qc6+ 51. Kf4 Qxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kg7 53. Kf4 Kf6 {White forfeits on time}
0-1
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I wanted to resign after 31  ... g3!,
everything seems to be falling apart.
I find a miracle move after thinking
for 37 seconds and claw my way back to equality.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Rick-Deutsch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[ECO "C04"]
[NIC "FR.15"]
[Time "11:18:27"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. Qe2 Nb4 10. O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14.
Nexg5 h6 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Rfd1 Qb5 17. Qxb5 axb5 18. a3 N4d5 19. Rac1 Kb8
20. Rc5 c6 21. Nd6 Rhf8 22. Rc2 Nc8 23. Ne4 Ndb6 24. b3 Rd5 25. h4 g6 26.
Ra1 Ne7 27. g4 h5 28. Nf6 hxg4 29. Nxd5 Nbxd5 30. Nh2 Nf5 31. Rd1 g3 32. Nf1
Rh8 33. fxg3 Nfe3 34. Nxe3 Nxe3 35. Rdd2 Nxc2 36. Rxc2 Kc7 37. Kf2 Kd7 38.
Ke3 Ra8 39. Ra2 b6 40. Ke4 c5 41. dxc5 bxc5 42. a4 Kc6 43. axb5+ Kb7 44.
Rxa8 Kxa8 45. Kd3 Kb7 46. Kc4 Kb6 47. g4 {Black resigns} 1-0
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

On move 31 I make the worst exchange sac in the history of
man and just sit there waiting to resign after  32 ... Rd8.
On move 43 I am waiting to resign after  ... R:d6.
Somehow he misses all this.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "SockPuppet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Opening "R?ti opening"]
[ECO "A05"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "12:23:48"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 e5 5. Bb2 Be7 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Nbd7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e3 Re8
15. d4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Qc2 Bf8
21. Ne2 Nce4 22. Rd4 Ng5 23. Red1 Ne6 24. R4d2 Nd7 25. Ng3 Ndc5 26. Ne4 Nxe4
27. Bxe4 Nc5 28. Bg2 Qe7 29. Rd4 Qg5 30. Qd2 Ra8 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Re6
33. Qc7 Re7 34. Qg3 Ree8 35. Ba3 Ne6 36. Rd7 Rad8 37. Qd6 Rxd7 38. Qxd7 Rd8
39. Qxb7 Rd1+ 40. Bf1 Qe5 41. Qxc6 Qa1 42. Qg2 Qxa2 43. Bd6 Qxb3 44. c5 a4
45. Kh2 a3 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Bg2 a2 48. Be5 a1=R 49. Bxa1 Nxc5 50. Bd4 Qe6
51. Qf3 Nb3 52. Qxd1 Qd6+ 53. f4 {Black resigns} 1-0
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

By move 10 my center was collapsing.
By move 12 it was gone.
By move 17 all my ragged pawns were doubled and isolated.
By move 21 I was checkmating Schaakie

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Schaakie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Hungarian variation"]
[ECO "B27"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "14:16:31"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4
14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. Ng5 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Bc4 e6
20. Nxe6 Rxc4 21. Rd8+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
So don't give up. In most of the games in the 2009 US Championship one player
was grimly hanging onto a lost position and often enough, they turned the tide.
Tyler Hughes turned two lost positions into two wins and three winning positions
into a loss.

?Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.? -
Vince Lombardi 

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My daughter is on her post-grad road trip. Yesterday she was walking aroung
Washington, DC. My airline overbooked so I got a free flight. I spent the
extra time reading Twilight at the airport.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 22 08:27:50 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 08:27:50 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Full Metal Jacket game with sweet Siberian
	WIM Nika
Message-ID: <1243002470.4a16b666123a8@www.taom.com>


http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm
------------------------------------------------------------------------
As soon as David Surratt releases
Full Metal Jacket  Part 2
in www.Chessville.com
there will be thousands of Full Metal Jacket games flooding the market.

Here is a game I played very poorly against a
sweet Russian Women's International Master
ICC handle Nika.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Information about Nika(WIM) (Last disconnected Fri May 22 2009 01:25):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Blitz           2582  [2]   155   276    44   475   2771 (01-Nov-2005)
5-minute        2202        219   183    22   424   2346 (04-Feb-2009)

 1: Per aspera ad astra

 Groups : Russia WIMs
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Per Aspera ad astra
means
Through hardship to the stars.

It's a famous saying inspiring songs,
even appearing on some Star Trek uniforms.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ2Y9_MwiE8
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Nika is from Siberia.

Nika(WIM) tells you: your article is very interesting and I'm surpised you
delved so deep into this opening! do you often play it?
-------------------------------------------------------------------
I was checkmated ignominiously but I missed many good moves.
Paul Nikitovich used to play this way against me in Denver Chess Club
blitz. The play is weird so let's take a careful look at it.


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nika"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:52:08"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4

Sigh. It's hard to entice White to play precisely
2  d5  Ne5  3  e4  e6  4  f4  ed!!
un;eashing the Full Metal Jacket.

3 ... Ng6!!

Played 107 times as far back as
Mikenas  1936
Bogolyubov  1937, 1938



4. e4 e5!!

Played 56 times as far back as
Bogolyubov  1937, 1938

The idea here is  5  f5??  Qh4+!!   wins



5. dxe6!!

The only good move

Correct whether I play  4 ... e5!  or  ... e6!


5 ...  fxe6!!

Played 65 times
as far back as Jonathan Penrose 1957


6. Nf3!!

Nika's central pawns are a little intimidating
because I don't know which one will advance first.



6 ...  Nf6!!

Played 3 times
as far back as Gisela Gresser 1967


7. Nc3!!   TN Nika
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Theoretical Novelty by Siberian WIM Nika.
Only 7 Bd3? has been played 3 times before
which isn't as good due to  7  ... Bc5!

7 f5!  would be another decent TN -
7  f5  ef!  8  ef!  Ne7!!  9 Bd3!   Nc6!   or
7  f5  ef!  8  ef!  Qe7+!  9 Be2!   Ne5!!  or  ... Nh4!
with a slight advantage for White either way.
A path for future explorers.

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7 ... Bc5!

I think
7 ... Bb4!!   8 Bd3  0-0!  9  0-0!  Ng4!!  Fishing Pole
is a better approach but hey,
I'm prejudiced.
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8. e5 Nh5?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think
8 e5   Ng4!!  Fishing Pole
is a better approach but hey,
I'm prejudiced.
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9. Ne4!


9 g3!!
restricting my noble knights
is also strong


9  ...  Bb6!  10. Nfg5!

I was afraid of this tricky move but
10  g3!!, corralling my knights,
is even better and
10  f5!!!  just wins -
10  f5!!!   Ngf4   11  f6!!   or  11 B:f4  N:f4  12 f6!!  wins
10  f5!!!     ef   11 Bg5!!  slays me


10 ...  Nhxf4!  11. Bxf4?=

11 g3!!   is advantageous for the third time in a row


11 ...  Nxf4!  12. Qg4!

12  g3!!  is a better move for the fourth time.
Something to remember next time.



12 ...  O-O!!   13. Nf6+?

13 0-0-0!  Qe8!!
favors me


13 ...  Rxf6!!  14. exf6!  Qxf6!! 15. O-O-O!  d6??=

One square short.
15  ... d5!!, ... h5!, ... h6!, ... Bd4!  or   ... Nd5!
all favor Brian.
on  15 ... Nd5!  16 h4!  is the only decent move but I am still better off.


16. Bc4??

16  Kb1!!  is best


16 ...  d5!!   17. Rhf1!!   dxc4??


17 ... c6!!
holds the fort with a great game

18. Qxf4!!   h6??

My only try was  18  ... Q:f4+!!  Bank rank issues
19  R:f4  and now  19  ... c6!!, ... Be3+!  or ... Bd7
which  I saw after I moved is still better for Nika.

19. Rd8+!!!

mate in 3


{Black resigns}
1-0

As Full Metal Jacket mania sweeps the world,
I feel it is my duty to keep my International
minions abreast of new developments.

Games like this are good to demonstrate how
little I know about what I think I know.

Improvements for the Black side -
7 ... Bb4!!
8 ... Ng4!  but Nika is still better after 9 Ne4!
15 ... d5!
17 ... c6!
18 ... Q:f4+!

I congratulated the Minsk minx on a good
game and wondered where I went wrong.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nika"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:52:08"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
e5 Nh5 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. Nfg5 Nhxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nf6+ Rxf6 14.
exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O d6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Rhf1 dxc4 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Rd8+
{Black resigns}
1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 22 10:07:23 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:07:23 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin
In-Reply-To: <525110.23206.qm@web24403.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
References: <5441934.1338351242803892245.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost>
	<1242812797.4a13d17d8f2c7@www.taom.com>
	<12472AEA029D4FC698AD53472E98E294@Bing>
	<525110.23206.qm@web24403.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1243008443.4a16cdbb218e2@www.taom.com>


My first reaction to the Drunken Penguin was -
Just say Noe

but on second thought I have to admit I love it and will be trying it soon.
Thanx, Van Hulst

1 ... Nh6 was one of those moves that I had
to try for myself about 20 years ago-
My plan was to play  ... g6, ... Bg7, ... 0-0 and ... f5
but if there was no time for that Plan B was an emergency Hippo
with  ... f6 and ... Nf7

By the way I have to report a definite increase in Hippo activity on ICC -
example -

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Apteryx"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Opening "Hippopotamus defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:19:35"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 f6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Nh6 4. Nc3 Nf7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 c6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Ra7 11. Kb1 Re7 12. e5 Bg7 13. Ne4 Rd7 14. d5 cxd5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. e6 dxe4 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Bxe4 O-O 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bd5 f5
21. h4 h5 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhe1 Bb7 27.
Nb4 Nd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxe1+ 29. Kc2 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 a5 31. Qd4+ Kh7 32. Nd5 Qc6+
33. Kb3 Re4 34. Nf6+ Kh6 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Qd5 {Black resigns} 1-0

I screwed this game up starting with  26  Rhe1?

The opening was highly amusing.

In Mongolian Chess all pawns start out one square advanced.

Brian Wall
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Quoting van hulst noe <noevanhulst at yahoo.fr>:

 I still?prefer to call it the Drunken Knight opening.?Good news that we have
 new articles?on this!

 Question for Brian Wall: would you?dare to play 1.Nh3 and 2.Rg1!? - and what
 do wel call that a?Drunken Penguin?

Noe van Hulst?



 De : Pinco Pallino <ricettario at fastwebnet.it>
 ? : UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Envoy? le : Jeudi, 21 Mai 2009, 21h08mn 47s
 Objet?: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] 1...Nh6 UON article





 Hi Brian,

according to the Gifford, Rozzoni, Wall book http://www.chessvil
 le.com/reviews/ WinningwiththeKr azyKatandOldHipp o.htm the 1..Nh6 move leads
 to the Krazy Kat or Old Hippo.

 Ciao
 Davide

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Brian Wall
To: UnorthodoxChessOpen ings at yahoogroups .com
 Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:46 AM
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpe nings] 1...Nh6 UON article

 I used to know this as the Drunken Knight Variation-
 what do they call it these days?

 Quoting ricettario at fastwebn et.it:

 > In agreement with UON Editor Gary K. Gifford, UON 26 (to be published
 around
 > January 2010) may be a a special issue entirely devoted to the publication
 of
 > all the remaining 1..Nh6 games of the dutch master Philip du Chattel. The
> previous articles on the subject are contained in UON 16, 18 and 21.
 >
 > As there are still about 150 games to be published, I am asking your
 support
 > for this project.
 >
 > Is there anyone out of there in the cyber space who is willing to analyze a
> few of the 1...Nh6 remaining games, with the support of a strong chess
 > engine, and so being involved in the project?
 >
 > I will send to interested chess friends 5 games in pgn format every time
 and
 > once they have been analyzed I send 5 more and so on, until the work is
 done.
 > Of course, in the upcoming UON article every player who is willing to
 analyze
 > 1..Nh6 games will be recognized as the author of his own analysis (of
 course
 > mentioning the chess engine output when used).
>
 > If interested, please e-mail me privately at ricettario at fastwebn et.it
 >
 > Please be aware that your willingness to review/check your own analyis with
 > a strong chess engine is a must in this project.
 >
 > Thanks for the attention and ciao.
 > Davide Rozzoni
>


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat May 23 18:10:20 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 18:10:20 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shirov wins M-Tel,
	#5 in the world on live rating list.
Message-ID: <1243123820.4a18906c756e2@www.taom.com>

 My hero Shirov beat Magnus Carlsen once, Ivanchuk twice
to win 18 FIDE rating points.


: M-Tel Masters 2009
  : May 13th-23th  Sofia, Bulgaria
  : http://www.mtelmasters.com/
  : 10 Rounds - Double Round Robin
  : Rest day: May 18th

  :
  : Standings after Round 10 (Final)
  :     1  6.5  GM Alexei Shirov     ESP 2745
  :   2-3  6.0  GM Magnus Carlsen    NOR 2770
  :             GM Veselin Topalov   BUL 2812
  :     4  4.5  GM Wang Yue          CHN 2738
  :     5  4.0  GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2721
  :     6  3.0  GM Vasily Ivanchuk   UKR 2746
  :          (Average rating - 2753)
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[Event "M-tel]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Carlsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[ECO "B33"]
[NIC "SI.37"]
[Time "07:46:16"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O
O-O 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Qg4 Rfe8 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6
Bc6 21. b3 Kh8 22. Nc2 Be5 23. Be2 d4 24. Bc4 Rg8 25. Qh3 Rg7 26. g3 Rbg8
27. Qh6 Qc7 28. Nb4 Ba8 29. Nd5 Qd8 30. Rxe4 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "M-tel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Shirov"]
[Black "GM_Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: open, Bernstein variation"]
[ECO "C80"]
[NIC "RL.27"]
[Time "08:33:33"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. c3 d4 12. Bc2 O-O 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nf3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20.
Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. g3 g6 24. f4 c5 25. Kf2 Kg7 26.
Rad1 c4 27. Ke3 f6 28. Rd7 Kf7 29. Be4 Re8 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. exf6 Kxf6 32.
Rd6 Kg7 33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Nf8+ 35. Kd2 Re5 36. g4 a5 37. Ra6 a4 38. Rb6
Ng6 39. Kc3 Ne7 40. Rb7 Kf6 41. Bxh7 Kg5 42. h3 Kf4 43. Rd7 Re2 44. a3 Nc6
45. Rf7+ Kg3 46. g5 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. g6 Rxb2+ 49. Kc1 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event "M-Tel Masters 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[ECO "B52"]
[NIC "SI.01"]
[TimeControl "5400+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 e6 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14.
Qd2 d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxc5 19. Rcd1 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qc6 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Rd2 d4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rd5 {Black wins} 0-1
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http://chess.liverating.org/

Vachier-Lagrave gains 24 rating points,
Ivanchuk loses 43
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Prev (2009052301)
Rank  Name Track  Rating  Change  # games  # events  Born  @ FIDE
01  Topalov  off  2812,8  +0,8  10  1  1975  id-card
02  Anand  off  2788,3  +5,3  2  1  1969  id-card
03  Carlsen  off  2772,4  +2,4  12  2  1990  id-card
04  Aronian  off  2768,4  +14,4  13  1  1982  id-card
05  Shirov  off  2763,9  +18,9  29  4  1972  id-card
06  Kramnik  off  2759,0  0  0  0  1975  id-card
07  Jakovenko  off  2757,3  +4,3  13  2  1983  id-card
08  Radjabov  off  2756,0  0  0  0  1987  id-card
09  Leko  off  2755,9  +4,9  13  1  1979  id-card
10  Gelfand  off  2751,4  +18,4  26  3  1968  id-card
11  Morozevich  off  2751,0  0  0  0  1977  id-card
12  Svidler  off  2742,1  +16,1  32  4  1976  id-card
13  Wang Yue  off  2734,3  -3,7  12  2  1987  id-card
14  Grischuk  off  2733,0  -15  20  2  1983  id-card
15  Gashimov  off  2730,0  0  0  0  1986  id-card
16  Ponomariov  off  2726,0  0  0  0  1983  id-card
17  Bacrot  off  2720,4  -7,6  28  3  1983  id-card
18  Ni  off  2719,8  -4,2  8  2  1983  id-card
19  Kamsky  off  2716,9  -3,1  22  2  1974  id-card
19  Karjakin  off  2716,9  -4,1  13  1  1990  id-card
21  Mamedyarov  off  2716,5  -8,5  17  2  1985  id-card
22  Dominguez  off  2716,4  -4,6  10  1  1983  id-card
23  Movsesian  off  2716,3  -30,7  31  4  1978  id-card
24  Alekseev  off  2713,6  -2,4  20  2  1985  id-card
25  Akopian  off  2711,6  +15,6  13  1  1971  id-card
26  Vachier-Lagrave  off  2708,8  +24,8  24  5  1990  id-card
27  Naiditsch  off  2706,9  +6,9  31  4  1985  id-card
28  Malakhov  off  2706,7  -2,3  7  1  1980  id-card
29  Rublevsky  off  2703,6  +1,6  7  1  1974  id-card
30  Ivanchuk  off  2702,9  -43,1  30  3  1969  id-card
31  Adams  off  2700,4  -2,6  7  2  1971  id-card
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 24 11:11:33 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 11:11:33 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Paul Anderson plays Full Metal Jacket victory
	keeping all 8 pawns to the end.
Message-ID: <1243185093.4a197fc5dc165@www.taom.com>

In my opinion there are three candidates for the Ultimate Full Metal Jacket
game,
this one where Black (Paul Anderson? ) kept all 8 pawns ( bullets ) to the end,
my game with Bill Weihmiller where I kept all my pawns to the end and a game 20
years ago with Joel Johnson where I should have resigned when Joel still had
all 8 pawns.

I think the only thing that can top this is maybe a Black victory with the Full
Metal Jacket Opening where Black kept all his pawns.

http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm

I have written about almost every game Tyler played but maybe he will add his
own take on the experience - I know everyone in Colorado was rooting for him.
Outside of my own children or brothers growing up Tyler playing in the US
Championship is the biggest vicarious thrill of my life.

Tyler asked me today why I wasn't at the Chicago Open. Danielle Rice and I
changed our original plans from the Chicago Open to Vegas May 5.

----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 09:17:53 -0600
    From: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Full Metal Jacket game with sweet Siberian WIM
Nika
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

What counts as a Full Metal Jacket?  Any time you keep all your pawns.  The game
below looks funny at the end with one rook on the wrong side of the pawn fence.

Anyway, I assume you (or Tyler) are doing a write-up of the US Championship for
the July Informant?


Four Shots Fired - Full Metal Jacket [B12]
Friendly Game, 5m + 0s Caf?, 24.05.2009


1.d4 c6 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.0-0 Ne7 7.Bg5 0-0 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Re1
Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.h3 Be6 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.c4 exd4 15.b3 c5 16.Rad1 Be5
17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Nf3 Qf6 19.a3 Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qxf3 21.Kh2 Qf4+ 22.Kg2 Rd6 23.b4 Nd7
24.b5 b6 25.a4 Rf6 26.Rf1 Qf3+ 27.Kh2 Rf4 28.Qe2 Nf6 29.Rg1 Qxe2 30.Bxe2 Nxe4
31.Rg2 Nc3 32.Rd2 Nxa4 33.Ra2 Nc3 34.Rc2 f5 35.Bf3 Rxf3  0-1

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Wall
To: brianwallchess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com ;
UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 8:27 AM
Subject: [BrianWallChess] Full Metal Jacket game with sweet Siberian WIM Nika






http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm
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As soon as David Surratt releases
Full Metal Jacket Part 2
in www.Chessville.com
there will be thousands of Full Metal Jacket games flooding the market.

Here is a game I played very poorly against a
sweet Russian Women's International Master
ICC handle Nika.
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Information about Nika(WIM) (Last disconnected Fri May 22 2009 01:25):

rating [need] win loss draw total best
Blitz 2582 [2] 155 276 44 475 2771 (01-Nov-2005)
5-minute 2202 219 183 22 424 2346 (04-Feb-2009)

1: Per aspera ad astra

Groups : Russia WIMs
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Per Aspera ad astra
means
Through hardship to the stars.

It's a famous saying inspiring songs,
even appearing on some Star Trek uniforms.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ2Y9_MwiE8
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Nika is from Siberia.

Nika(WIM) tells you: your article is very interesting and I'm surpised you
delved so deep into this opening! do you often play it?
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I was checkmated ignominiously but I missed many good moves.
Paul Nikitovich used to play this way against me in Denver Chess Club
blitz. The play is weird so let's take a careful look at it.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nika"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:52:08"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4

Sigh. It's hard to entice White to play precisely
2 d5 Ne5 3 e4 e6 4 f4 ed!!
un;eashing the Full Metal Jacket.

3 ... Ng6!!

Played 107 times as far back as
Mikenas 1936
Bogolyubov 1937, 1938

4. e4 e5!!

Played 56 times as far back as
Bogolyubov 1937, 1938

The idea here is 5 f5?? Qh4+!! wins

5. dxe6!!

The only good move

Correct whether I play 4 ... e5! or ... e6!

5 ... fxe6!!

Played 65 times
as far back as Jonathan Penrose 1957

6. Nf3!!

Nika's central pawns are a little intimidating
because I don't know which one will advance first.

6 ... Nf6!!

Played 3 times
as far back as Gisela Gresser 1967

7. Nc3!! TN Nika
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Theoretical Novelty by Siberian WIM Nika.
Only 7 Bd3? has been played 3 times before
which isn't as good due to 7 ... Bc5!

7 f5! would be another decent TN -
7 f5 ef! 8 ef! Ne7!! 9 Bd3! Nc6! or
7 f5 ef! 8 ef! Qe7+! 9 Be2! Ne5!! or ... Nh4!
with a slight advantage for White either way.
A path for future explorers.

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7 ... Bc5!

I think
7 ... Bb4!! 8 Bd3 0-0! 9 0-0! Ng4!! Fishing Pole
is a better approach but hey,
I'm prejudiced.
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8. e5 Nh5?
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I think
8 e5 Ng4!! Fishing Pole
is a better approach but hey,
I'm prejudiced.
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9. Ne4!

9 g3!!
restricting my noble knights
is also strong

9 ... Bb6! 10. Nfg5!

I was afraid of this tricky move but
10 g3!!, corralling my knights,
is even better and
10 f5!!! just wins -
10 f5!!! Ngf4 11 f6!! or 11 B:f4 N:f4 12 f6!! wins
10 f5!!! ef 11 Bg5!! slays me

10 ... Nhxf4! 11. Bxf4?=

11 g3!! is advantageous for the third time in a row

11 ... Nxf4! 12. Qg4!

12 g3!! is a better move for the fourth time.
Something to remember next time.

12 ... O-O!! 13. Nf6+?

13 0-0-0! Qe8!!
favors me

13 ... Rxf6!! 14. exf6! Qxf6!! 15. O-O-O! d6??=

One square short.
15 ... d5!!, ... h5!, ... h6!, ... Bd4! or ... Nd5!
all favor Brian.
on 15 ... Nd5! 16 h4! is the only decent move but I am still better off.

16. Bc4??

16 Kb1!! is best

16 ... d5!! 17. Rhf1!! dxc4??

17 ... c6!!
holds the fort with a great game

18. Qxf4!! h6??

My only try was 18 ... Q:f4+!! Bank rank issues
19 R:f4 and now 19 ... c6!!, ... Be3+! or ... Bd7
which I saw after I moved is still better for Nika.

19. Rd8+!!!

mate in 3

{Black resigns}
1-0

As Full Metal Jacket mania sweeps the world,
I feel it is my duty to keep my International
minions abreast of new developments.

Games like this are good to demonstrate how
little I know about what I think I know.

Improvements for the Black side -
7 ... Bb4!!
8 ... Ng4! but Nika is still better after 9 Ne4!
15 ... d5!
17 ... c6!
18 ... Q:f4+!

I congratulated the Minsk minx on a good
game and wondered where I went wrong.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nika"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:52:08"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
e5 Nh5 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. Nfg5 Nhxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nf6+ Rxf6 14.
exf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O d6 16. Bc4 d5 17. Rhf1 dxc4 18. Qxf4 h6 19. Rd8+
{Black resigns}
1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 24 11:40:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 11:40:43 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] =?iso-8859-1?q?John_Anderson=2C_my_Jo____Ro?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?bert_Burns=2E_1759=961796?=
Message-ID: <1243186843.4a19869b47595@www.taom.com>

Jo is a good Scrabble word, it means pal.

Bobby Burns studied poetry and wrote some of his own.


JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO

by: Robert Burns (1759-1796)

I

JOHN ANDERSON my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonie brow was brent;
But now your brow is beld, John,
Your locks are like the snaw,
but blessings on your frosty pow,
John Anderson, my jo!

II

John Anderson my jo, John,
We clamb the hill thegither,
And mony a canty day, John,
We've had wi' ane anither;
Now we maun totter down, John,
But hand in hand we'll go,
And sleep thegither at the foot,
John Anderson, my jo!

GLOSS:  jo] sweetheart.  brent] smooth, unwrinkled.  beld] bald.  pow] pate. 
canty] cheerful.


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 24 14:39:21 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 14:39:21 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Brian's Chess Itinerary
Message-ID: <1243197561.4a19b079d8eed@www.taom.com>


July 1-5

World Open with Danielle Rice

Philadelphia, PA

We have a room at the tournament site, the Warwick Hotel
and will arrive two days early.
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June 22-26, 2009

Chess Camp with IM John Watson and GM Sher
Lincoln, Nebraska
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June 19-20

Chess exhibitions in Florida with Anthea and family-
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1st 2 weeks of June -
wating for my daughter to arrive in Denver on her road trip.
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Major Chess project-
trying to send complete PGNs to
www.Chessgames.com

trying to send Chessbase analysis
to Chris Peterson's Brian Wall website-
this is very time consuming

maybe report on Colorado games from Chicago Open with
Renard`Anderson, GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg and Tyler Hughes
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 25 12:24:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:24:44 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Buhmann and Inarkiev versus Shirov
Message-ID: <1243275884.4a1ae26c1b1e2@www.taom.com>

I analyzed Buhmann-Shirov  in November 2008 -
I just wanted to mention that Shirov analyzes this game himself very well on a
Chessbase DVD. Shirov reveals that his inspiration or influence of the Buhmann
game was an Inarkiev-Shirov game that occurred 4 months earlier. The Inarkiev
game was an even more brilliant Full Metal Jacket game where Shirov was a rook
down for 3 pawns but he had all 8 of his pawns until Inarkiev's very last move.
Therefore  Inarkiev-Shirov is another candidate for the " Ultimate Full Metal
Jacket " game whic is basically an endurance contest for how long you can keep
all your pawns, 33 moves in this case.

Shirov has a deep, melodious sing-songy Russian voice which puts Danielle Rice
and I to sleep no matter how scintillating the tactics are. Alexei's voice
sounds like a Russian lullaby.

Check out Chessbase Magazine 129-extra
where he analyzes both games.
Just don't watch in a hammock.




[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[EventDate "2008.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf1 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. c5 Nf5
17. h3 Rdh8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. g4 Rxh3 21. gxf5 Rxc3
22. Qxc3 Nd5 23. Qc1 gxf5 24. Kf1 Rh4 25. Be5 Qh8 26. Ke1 Rg4
27. Bf1 Rg1 28. Qc4 Qh4 29. Ke2 Bg5 30. Rdb1 f4 31. Rb2 f3+
32. Kd1 e3 33. Ke1 e2 34. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 0-1



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--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com> wrote:


From: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shirov in the Olympiad
To: brianwallchess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian
Wall Chesslist" <brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:49 AM



Covering the 2006 Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy as an ICC webcaster
was pure insane fun. So many games to cover. IM Bill Paschall helped
me out on all the pronunciations. I remember one Olympiad show with
IM Cyrus Lakdawala where we were laughing at how bad our predictions
were. Some shows I could predict moves and plans very well and
sometimes I was just way off base.

In the 2006 Olympiad Shirov played horribly for Spain, I think his
only win was near the end. There were rumors that he had just split
up with his third wife, Lithuanian IM/WGM Victoria Cmilyte. I was sad
about that - I thought she was perfect, very beautiful, very
intelligent, very kind. What more can a man want? I thought he had
finally got it right.
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Their wedding picture -

http://ajedrez_democratico.tripod.com/Shirov-svadba.jpg


Shirov & Victoria Cmilyte
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http://www.gmsquare.com/India/images/VictoriaCmilyte.jpg

Victoria Cmilyte
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http://www.chessbase.com/images2/2003/wijk/belt06.jpg

Victoria Cmilyte
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Victoria is on my email list and has always been sweet.
I think Shirov has read a few of mine too.

Stylistically Shirov is my favorite Chessplayer, creating works of art
practically every game and keeping his mentor Tal's spirit alive more
than anyone. For almost 10 years now I have been telling my readers
that he completely changed my life and Chess style.
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I played through all of the games in the 2008 Olympiad so far and the one
that stuck out the most was Shirov ripping into an early oppnent.
Shirov and Victoria Cmilyte are officially divorced now but I wish them,
their two children and Shirov's previous two children and wives - all well.

The Latvian School can be described as smoke and mirrors, the idea is
to confuse the opponent with wild tactics until he gets lost in the
forest. Latvians train to remain cool under fire, that's their edge.
According to Shabalov the true Latvian School consists entirely of
Tal, Vitolinish ( both dead ), Shirov and Shabalov. Locally I would
add Steve Towbin, my Latvian soul brother and Tyler Hughes, who I started
training around the same age that Botvinnink trained Kasparov and Kramnik
while Tal focussed on Shirov, Shabalov and Wojtkiewicz ( Vote-kay-vitch ).
Tal didn't just teach Chess, he encouraged smoking, drinking and
womanizing too. Tal's Chess children pay the price for that, just as he did.
They work hard, they play hard, they die early. They live life to the fullest.
They create Chess history. They have a lot of fun along the way and they
leave priceless masterpieces behind. Here's the latest one.
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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Buhmann"]
[Black "GM_Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: 4.e3 Bf5"]
[ECO "D12"]
[NIC "QP.09"]
[Time "09:01:45"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

2008 Chess Olympiad

Dresden, Germany

November 13, 2008

White - GM Buhman? ???2541

Black - GM Shirov? ???2726

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6!
6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6!? 8. g3 Nbd7!? 9. a3 Be7
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First played in the gripping 2006 Kramnik -Topalov World Championship match.
I covered one game with GM Roman Dzindzichashvilli for ICC.
Kramnik had Black here in Elista and later on against GM Loek Van Wely.
Shirov has been keeping an eye on all of Kramnik's games since they were
teenagers. Shirov is a Kramnik-beating specialist.
GM Robert Huebner and a dozen others have had this position,
including the strongest American player Lev Milman,
according to David Wallace.

10 b3???Krishna Sasakirian, Wang Yue, Gersi Kachiani,
? ? ? ? Pavel Eljanov, Pawe Czarnota

10 c5???Pavel Eljanov, Yermolinsky, Vladimir Malaniuk, Piotr Korobkov

10 f4???Topalov, his second Vallejo Pons,
? ? ? ? Dan Schlect, Vera San Pozo, Roozer Roussel

10 b4???Loek Van Wely
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10. cxd5!? TN

Theoretical Novelty by GM Buhmann


10 ... exd5!? 11. Bg2 Nb6!!? 12. O-O

Very brave, castling into Shirov's open h-file


12 ... Qd7!!? 13. Re1 O-O-O!!!

It's normally very unusual to castle Queenside in the Slav
which is why I chose this game. The Super-GMs make up their
own rules off and on the Chessboard.


14. b4!!

A standard attacking move,
either to support Nc3-a4-c5
or make pawn contact with b5

14 ... Kb8

An all purpose Queenside castling safety move
like I played as White in this Chess video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY


15. Qb3 Rh5

A solid Fishing Pole type move,
doubling up on the h-file.

Fritz 9 is more tuned into
14 ... Qf5!!
15? Qd3!? keeping an eye on f5
15 ... Qf5! again

It's interesting that the natural human reaction is
to increase the pressure down the rook-file while the
computer reaction is to place the Black Queen on f5.


16. e4!!

The only good moves here are? 16 b5!! or e4!!


16 ...? g5?

To hinder h4 or Bf4.
The best move is the obvious 16 ... Rdh8!? 17 h4? de
but Shirov wants more. The move is well motivated but
rather slow in an opposite side castling situation.


17. b5!!!

17 ed!!, h3!! and e5!
are also better for the Boo-man-ater


17 ... Rdh8

Still going for broke.



18. bxc6!? bxc6!


18 ... Q:c6? 19 h3!
leaves Alexei in a mess



19. Na4?

A break for Shirov because
Boo Man can go for the win
with 19 h3!!, e5!!? or h3!

19 ... Rxh2!!

Drawing


20. Nxb6!? Rxg2+!!

Even Shirov's draws are flashy


21. Kxg2!? Qh3+!? 22. Kf3!? Qg4+! 23. Ke3????????

Shirov is a rook down so he had to play the drawing variation.
For some mad reason, time pressure for either or both players
or maybe the match situation ( This Olympiad only team points count )
Buhmann opts to disastrously decline a draw and head for the center
against the most vicious active attacking player on the planet.

Advice to Grandmaster Buhmann -
The next time any Latvian over 1400 offers a draw,
take it because you probably missed a tactic somewhere.

More advice to Grandmaster Buhmann -
When you demand more than equality in a relationship,
you often end up with nothing.

More advice to Grandmaster Buhmann -
Lay off the Prozac, they sometimes
do drug testing these days.

More advice to Grandmaster Buhmann -
Stop listening to top McCain campaign advisors.


23 ...? Qxe4+!!

Immediately winning

24. Kd2?

It's unusual to criticize the only legal move
but Buhmann forgot the " resigns with dignity " option.


24 ...? Qxd4+!? 25. Kc2?

A good move if -
1 - Your hands are freezing
2 - you have less than 10 seconds on your clock
3 - you are about to be kicked off the team anyway
4 - You are playing Loser's Chess

If none of those are true then? 25 Ke2!!? is better but still bad after
25? Ke2!!? ab? 26? Be3? Qg4+? 27 f3? Rh2+? 28 Kd1? Q:f3+? 29 Kc1? Kc8!
30 Q:b6? Ne8? 31 Bd2 or Q:c6+
with Shirov/Black better/winning
but less so than the game.


25 ...? Qxf2+!! 26. Kd1?

yet another bad move -
26 Bd2? ab!? was bad but
Buhmann's choice is suicidal.
Like all of Shirov's wives
Buhmann looks around in shock,
wondering what happened to his happy home.


26 ...? Qd4+!! 27. Bd2?

The Latvian style has completely disoriented Buhmann -
27? Kc2? ab? 28 R:e7? Qc5+? 29 Kd3? Q:e7? 30 Q:b6? Qb7 31 Q:b7+? K:b7
is losing for White but better than the game


27 ... axb6

Maybe this is a time pressure deal -
there was nothing to fear after
27 ... Q:a1+!!!? 28 Kc2? Q:a3!? 29 Nd7 double check? Ka8


28. Rxe7?

Sigh - Put Buhmann on suicide watch.
Shirov has 4 pawns for the exchange so
nothing is good for White but I am getting
tired of Boo-man's bloody slide down a
spiral staircase made of razors.


28 ...? Rh1+!!!

28 ... Q:a1+!!? 29? Kc2? b5!
also works well

29. Kc2!? Rxa1!! 30. Qc3!? Ra2+!!

30 ... Qg1!!? also does the trick


31. Kc1?

It's hard to believe Buhmann can still find blunders


31 ... Rxd2!!

The idea is 32 Q:d2? Qc5+? and 33 ... Q:e7


{Black wins} 0-1

A strange game -
Buhmann's play can be graphed as a pure triangle -
straight up on the left side as he built up a
winning position for 18 moves and then straight down
as he allows a draw, then starts losing more and more
each move. Did Buhmann tag team the match off to his
tragically dyslexic twin? Others can speculate on
Buhmann's odd decline but Latvian magic has to figure
in the equation somewhere.

When I played over Shirov's devastating assault I just
had to find out where it came from, where Buhmann went wrong.
I now know where but not why.

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Buhmann"]
[Black "GM_Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: 4.e3 Bf5"]
[ECO "D12"]
[NIC "QP.09"]
[Time "09:01:45"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
g3 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. O-O Qd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. b4
Kb8 15. Qb3 Rh5 16. e4 g5 17. b5 Rdh8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Rxh2 20. Nxb6
Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qh3+ 22. Kf3 Qg4+ 23. Ke3 Qxe4+ 24. Kd2 Qxd4+ 25. Kc2 Qxf2+
26. Kd1 Qd4+ 27. Bd2 axb6 28. Rxe7 Rh1+ 29. Kc2 Rxa1 30. Qc3 Ra2+ 31. Kc1
Rxd2 {Black wins} 0-1
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2006.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov,Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik,Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.a3 Nbd7
9.g3 Be7 10.f4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 0-0 12.e4 b5 13.Be2 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4 15.Bf3 Qb6
16.0-0 e5 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Na4 Qb8 19.Qc2 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qb7 21.Rad1 Rfe8
22.Bg5 Be7 23.Kh1 Nh7 24.Be3 Bg5 25.Bg1 Nhf8 26.h4 Be7 27.e5 Nb8 28.Nc3 Bb4
29.Qg2 Qc8 30.Rc1 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Ne6 32.Bg4 Qc7 33.Rcd1 Nd7 34.Qa2 Nb6
35.Rf3 Nf8 36.Rdf1 Re7 37.Be3 Nh7 38.Rxf7 Nd5 39.R7f3

1-0
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[Event "East Bay op"]
[Site "Oakland"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon,Thomas"]
[Black "Milman,Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.f4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Qf3 0-0 14.0-0 Rc8
15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.b4 Nce4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rac1 Bf6 20.Bd3 Nxd2
21.Qxd2 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Bb2 23.Qxb2 Qxe3+ 24.Qf2 Qxd3 25.Qxa7 b5 26.a4 bxa4 27.Qxa4
Qd4+ 28.Kg2 Rd8 29.Qb3 Qe4+ 30.Qf3 Qxb4 31.h4 Qc4 32.Rf2 Rd3
33.Qg4 Qd5+ 34.Kh2 Re3 35.Qh3 Rf3 36.Qg2 Rxf2 37.Qxf2 Kh7 38.Qe2 Qf5
39.Kg2 Qh5 40.Qe3 Qd5+ 41.Kh2 Qa2+ 42.Kh3 Qc2 43.g4 Qd1 44.g5 Qd5
45.Kg3 Qh1 46.Qd4 Qe1+ 47.Kh3 Qf1+ 48.Kg3 Qe2 49.Qc3 Qe4 50.Qc7 Qe3+
51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kg3 Qe1+ 53.Kh3 Qf2 54.h5 Qf3+ 55.Kh2 Qe2+ 56.Kg1 gxh5
57.Qxf7 h4 58.Qe8 Qe1+ 59.Kg2 Qg3+ 60.Kf1 Qf3+ 61.Kg1 h3

0-1
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[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely,Loek"]
[Black "Kramnik,Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.b4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.Rb1 axb4 13.axb4 Nb6
14.Bd3 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.0-0 f5 17.Bd2 Kf7 18.Ra1 Nc4 19.Qe2 b5
20.Bc3 Qc7 21.Rfc1 g5 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.g4 Qd7 25.h4 gxh4
26.gxf5 Ra6 27.Ra1 Rxa1+ 28.Bxa1 Nd6 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qh5+
Kf8 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Be2 Bf6 34.fxe6+ Qxe6 35.Bc3 Qe4 36.Qh5+ g6
37.Qg4 Qb1+ 38.Kg2 Ne4 39.Qd7+ Kf8 40.Qxd5 h3+ 41.Kh2 Qc2 42.Be1 Qxe2
43.Qxe4 Qxe1 44.Qf4 Kf7 45.Qc7+ Be7 46.Qf4+ Kg8 47.Qg3 g5
48.Qf3 Qf1 49.Qd5+ Kg7 50.Qe5+ Bf6 51.Qg3 Kg6 52.Qf3 Qg2+ 53.Qxg2 hxg2
54.Kxg2 Be7

0-1
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[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Palermo"]
[Date "2007.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,Francisco"]
[Black "Huebner,Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.a3 Nbd7
8.g3 Be7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.f4 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.c5 g5 13.fxg5 Bxg5
14.Bg2 Qe7 15.Bxe4 e5 16.0-0 0-0-0 17.Qf3 Qf6 18.d5 Qxf3 19.Bxf3 Nxc5
20.e4 Bf6 21.Be3 Nb3 22.Rad1 Nd4 23.Bg4+ Kb8 24.dxc6 bxc6 25.h4 Rhf8
26.Rc1 Be7 27.Rc4 c5 28.Kg2 f6 29.h5 Rh8 30.Rfc1 Bd6 31.b4 cxb4
32.axb4 Rhe8 33.Kh3 Kb7 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.Rxd4 Be5 36.Rd5 Rxd5 37.exd5 Bd6
38.b5 Re3 39.Bc8+ Ka8 40.Ba6 Rxg3+ 41.Kh4 Rd3 42.Rc8+ Bb8 43.Rd8 Rd4+
44.Kh3 f5 45.Rd7 Be5 46.Rd8+ Bb8 47.Rd7 Be5 48.Re7 Re4
49.Re8+ Bb8 50.Rf8 f4 51.Rf7 Be5 52.Kg4 Re3 53.Rd7

1-0
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[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky,Alex"]
[Black "Stripunsky,Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
8.g3 Nbd7 9.a3 Be7 10.c5 e5 11.Bg2 g5 12.b4 g4 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4
15.d5 f5 16.h3 Bg5 17.hxg4 Rxh1+ 18.Bxh1 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Qg5 20.dxc6 bxc6
21.gxf5 Nf6 22.Qd2 Qxf5 23.Qe2 Rd8 24.b5 cxb5 25.Qxb5+ Kf7 26.c6 Kg6
27.c7 Rc8 28.Qc6 Kg5 29.Qc5 Kg6 30.Bg2 Qe6 31.Qc6 Qf5 32.Rc3 Kf7
33.Qc4+ Ke7 34.Qc5+ Kf7 35.Qxa7 Nd5 36.Rc4 Nf6 37.Qc5 Ne8 38.Bxe4 Qf6
39.Qd5+ Qe6 40.Bg6+

1-0
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[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eljanov,Pavel"]
[Black "L'Ami,Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.b3 0-0 11.Bg2 b5 12.c5 a5 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.0-0 Rfe8
15.f4 Nh7 16.g4 f5 17.g5 Kf7 18.h4 Rh8 19.Kf2 Rag8 20.Rh1 Nhf8
21.Rh3 Rh7 22.Qd3 Nb8 23.Rah1 Nfd7 24.Bf3 Rgh8 25.Ne2 Nf8 26.Bc3 Qa7
27.Bd2 Nbd7 28.Qb1 Bd8 29.R1h2 Nb8 30.Qh1 Kg8 31.Nc3 Na6 32.Be2 Nc7
33.Qe1 Kf7 34.Na2 Ne8 35.Nc1 Kg8 36.Nd3 Bc7 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Qh1 Kg8
39.Qd1 Kf7 40.Qe1 Kg8 41.Rh1 Kf7 42.Kg3 Kg8 43.Bf3 Kf7 44.Bd1 Kg8
45.Ne5 Qa8 46.R1h2 Qa6 47.Qe2 Qa8 48.Be1 Rh5 49.Qd2 R5h7 50.Qc3 Qa6
51.Rf2 Qb7 52.Ra2 Qa6 53.Kg2 Qa8 54.Kg1 Qa6 55.Rhh2 Qa8 56.Be2 Qb7
57.Qd3 Qa8 58.Nxc6 Qxc6 59.Qxb5 Qa8 60.Bf3 Kf7 61.b4 Bd8 62.Qa4 Nc7
63.b5 Be7 64.b6 Na6 65.c6

1-0
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[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Czarnota,Pawel"]
[Black "Ribli,Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
8.a3 Nbd7 9.g3 Be7 10.b3 0-0 11.Bg2 Re8 12.0-0 dxc4 13.bxc4 e5
14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qb3 b6 16.Rd1 Rac8 17.Bb2 exd4 18.exd4 Bf8 19.Rbc1 a6 20.Qa4

1/2
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[Event "Poikovsky Tournament"]
[Site "Poikovsky RUS"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[EventDate "2008.07.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Ne4 9. g3 Nd6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf1 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Rh5 16. c5 Nf5
17. h3 Rdh8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. g4 Rxh3 21. gxf5 Rxc3
22. Qxc3 Nd5 23. Qc1 gxf5 24. Kf1 Rh4 25. Be5 Qh8 26. Ke1 Rg4
27. Bf1 Rg1 28. Qc4 Qh4 29. Ke2 Bg5 30. Rdb1 f4 31. Rb2 f3+
32. Kd1 e3 33. Ke1 e2 34. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 0-1

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From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:32:31 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wyoming Pole games still alive from Dan
	Tanner.
Message-ID: <1243297951.4a1b389f2c1b8@www.taom.com>



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    Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:38:25 -0600
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Reply-To: Dan T <h2oh234 at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Pole games still alive.
      To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com


[Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Time "11:13:11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Leverkuhn"]
[Black "Gnnight"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Bc5 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Ba7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bc1 Qe7 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Nc3 d6
15. Nd5 Qg7 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Ncxe5 18. hxg4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 hxg4 20. Qxf6+
Qxf6 21. Nxf6 Kf7 22. Bxg5 Kg6 23. Re5 Bf5 24. Rae1 Kxg5 25. Nd5 Bb6 26. Ne7
Raf8 27. Bc2 Kf6 28. Nxf5 g3 29. Re6+ Kg5 30. Kf1 gxf2
{White forfeits on time} 0-1


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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Mon May 25 18:46:51 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:46:51 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Greedy
Message-ID: <1243298811.4a1b3bfb9c1db@www.taom.com>

This is a funny game where my greedy opponent took and took
and took material and ended up losing to my last pawn.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "syalas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Opening "R?ti v Dutch"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "20:39:30"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. Nd4 Ne4 8.
O-O g6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bg7 13. Ba3 c5 14.
Nb5 d5 15. c4 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 d4 17. e3 Nc6 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Qxd4 Rc8 23. Qd5+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26.
Rxh7 a5 27. Rb7 Rc6 28. h4 Ke5 29. Kf3 Kd4 30. Kf4 Kxc4 31. h5 gxh5 32. Kxf5
b5 33. f4 b4 34. Kg5 a4 35. f5 b3 36. axb3+ axb3 37. f6 Rc5+ 38. Kg6 Rb5 39.
Rxb5 Kxb5 40. f7 b2 41. f8=Q b1=Q+ 42. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 43. Kxf5 Kc5 44. Kg5 Kd5
45. Kxh5 Ke6 46. Kg6 Ke7 47. g4 Kf8 48. Kh7 {Black resigns} 1-0

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 26 13:29:42 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:29:42 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes does it again!!,
	Random games from the 2009 Chicago Open
Message-ID: <1243366182.4a1c43262cf39@www.taom.com>





http://www.chicagoopen.net/

see tournament standings here

Colorado players in the 2009 Chicago Open.
I was supposed to play in this but I switched to the World Open.

Open section

winners - Sargissian, Ehlvest

GM Dashzeveg Sharavdorj
tied for 9th


Under 2300 section

You guessed it,
Tyler Hughes tied for first with 6/7,
winning 40 rating points.
Tyler went undefeated, drawing the #2 and #3 guys

His co-champ is Yacoov Norowitz from NJ, 2288

Renard Anderson tied for 10th with 4.5/7
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Sharavdorj,D (2482) - Van Wely,L (2730) [D27]
Chicago Open Chicago (2.2), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.a4 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qe2
cxd4 10.Rd1 0-0 11.exd4 Nb4 12.Bg5 Bd7 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.Bxd5 Qb6 17.Ne5 Bf5 18.Nc4 Qb4 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rad8 21.a5 Bg5 22.Ne3 Rd7
23.Rdd1 Rfd8 24.Bf3 Be6 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.h3 g6 27.b4 h5 28.Rb1 Bd8 29.b5 Bxa5
30.bxa6 bxa6 31.Ra1 Bc3 32.Rxa6 Rd2 33.Rc6 Bd4 34.Rc1 Rb2 35.Rd1 Bb6 36.g4 hxg4
37.hxg4 Kg7 38.Re1 Kh6 39.Kg2 Kg5 40.Kg3 Rb3 41.Bd1 Bc7+ 42.Kg2 Rb1 43.Rg1 Bb6
44.Kh2 Ba7 45.Bf3 Rxg1 46.Kxg1 Bxe3 47.fxe3 Bxg4 48.Bc6 Kh4 49.Kg2 g5 50.Kh2
Bd1 51.Bd5 f6 52.Kg2 g4 53.Bc6 Bc2 54.Bd5 g3 55.Bf3 f5 56.Be2 Be4+ 57.Kg1 Kh3
58.Bd1 g2 59.Ba4 Kg3 60.Bd7 Kf3 61.Bc8 Kxe3 62.Bxf5 Bxf5 63.Kxg2 ?-?

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Sargissian crushes the Lazard Gambit.
I believe   1 e4  g6   2  d4  Bg7  3  Nc3  d5
is called the Lizard Defense.
Some kid in Devon's Chess class asked me if there was an Iguana Defense.
This is as close as I could get.


Sargissian,G (2760) - Finegold,B (2580) [D07]
Chicago Open Chicago (4.2), 24.05.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.cxd5 Nxd4 5.e3 Nf5 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.e4 Nfe7 8.Bb5+ Kf8
9.h4 h6 10.Nd2 Nf6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.Nc4 b5 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Bf3 b4 15.Ne2 Bb5
16.Be3 Qd7 17.Qd2 Nexd5 18.exd5 e4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxb4 Bxe2 21.Qxe4 Re8 22.Qd4
Ba6 23.0-0-0 Qf5 24.b3 Kg8 25.Kb2 Kh7 26.Qxa7 Ra8 27.g4 Qf3 28.Qd4 Rhc8 29.Rhe1
Bb7 30.Qd3+ g6 31.h5 Qxg4 32.hxg6+ Qxg6 33.Rh1 Qxd3 34.Rxd3 Ra5 35.Rxh6+ Kg7
36.Rxd6 1-0
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Sargissian victories are smooth as French Silk

Amanov,M (2394) - Sargissian,G (2760) [D38]
Chicago Open Chicago (1.1), 22.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c4
9.Bf5 Be7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Ne5 Qf5 12.Qa4+ Kf8 13.f4 h6 14.Bh4 Qe6 15.0-0 Qd6
16.f5 a6 17.e4 b5 18.Nxb5 Qb6 19.Nc3 Qxd4+ 20.Kh1 Qxe5 21.exd5 Qc7 22.Bg3 Qd7
23.d6 Bd8 24.Qxc4 Bb7 25.Rad1 Rc8 26.Qd4 Kg8 27.Rd2 Kh7 28.a4 Re8 29.h3 Ne4
30.Nxe4 Rxe4 31.Qd3 Bf6 32.a5 Rc5 33.Rc2 Rd4 34.Qe2 Rxc2 35.Qxc2 Qb5 36.Re1
Qxa5 37.Qb3 Bd5 38.Qb8 Qd2 39.Rg1 Rb4 0-1
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I once wanted to write a book about the 100 most influential Chess games. One
candidate was Reti-Lasker New York 1924 where Reti put his Queen in the corner.
People are stil doing that today. Josh Smith of Utah and Jeffrey R Fox of
Colorado Springs  ( http://www.springschess.org/ )
still play that way.

Boor,C (2306) - Sadvakasov,D (2618) [A30]
Chicago Open Chicago (1.5), 22.05.2009

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1
Nbd7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Rac1 a6 12.b3 0-0 13.Qh4 Rc7 14.Bh6 Qa8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Ne1
Rfc8 17.a4 Nc5 18.Rb1 Nxb3 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 Nc5 22.Rxb6 Nd7
23.Rb4 Nf6 24.Qd4 Rc5 25.e4 a5 26.Rb5 Rc4 27.Qa1 Rxe4 28.Nf3 Rcc4 29.Nd4 h5
30.Nc6 Rxa4 31.Qb2 h4 32.Qd2 Qa6 33.Rdb1 Ra1 34.Rxa1 Qxb5 35.Qxa5 Qxd5 0-1
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Darwin Yang is 12 years old and beat me in December,
last round, 2008 North American Open.

Finegold,B (2580) - Yang,D (2304) [D35]
Chicago Open Chicago (1.6), 22.05.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nd7 7.e3 Ngf6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.h3 a5 12.Rad1 Re8 13.Ne5 Nf8 14.Bh2 Bd6 15.Rfe1 Ng6
16.f4 Rc8 17.a3 Qb6 18.Rb1 c5 19.Kh1 c4 20.Qc2 Qa6 21.g4 b5 22.g5 b4 23.gxf6
bxc3 24.bxc3 Bxe5 25.fxe5 gxf6 26.Qg2 Qc6 27.Rf1 fxe5 28.Bxe5 Re6 29.Rf5 f6
30.Bf4 Re4 31.Rf1 Qe6 32.Qg4 Re8 33.Rg1 Kh8 34.Qh5 Rg8 35.Kh2 Nxf4 36.Rxg8+
Qxg8 37.exf4 Re3 38.Qg4 Qxg4 39.hxg4 Rxc3 40.Rxd5 Rxa3 41.Rc5 c3 42.d5 a4 43.d6
Ra2+ 44.Kg3 Rd2 45.Rxc3 Rxd6 46.Rc8+ Kg7 47.Ra8 Rd4 48.Ra7+ Kg6 49.f5+ Kg5
50.Rg7+ Kh6 51.Ra7 a3 52.Kh4 Rd3 53.Ra6 Kg7 54.Ra7+ Kh6 55.Ra6 Kg7 ?-?
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I haven't played Big Joe Bradford of Texas in 30 years.
22 N:e3!  wasn't so bad but Joe just collapsed against an expert.



Bradford,J (2476) - Owen,S (2082) [E97]
Chicago Open Chicago (1.12), 23.05.2009

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4
Nh5 10.c5 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Qb3 Kh8 13.f3 Nh5 14.Rd1 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Rac1
fxe4 17.fxe4 Nf5 18.Nf3 Ne3 19.Rd3 g5 20.Nd1 g4 21.Nd2 Qh4 22.Bf1 Be5 23.h3 Qg3
0-1
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32 ... g5!  wasn't so bad but Gildardo must have
blundered into mate in 1 in time pressure.

Sargissian,G (2760) - Garcia,G (2483) [E15]
Chicago Open Chicago (2.1), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 exd5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Kg2 Qd7 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 0-0 14.b4 a5 15.a3 axb4
16.axb4 Na6 17.Rhb1 c5 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rb6 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Qb2
h5 23.Qb1 Re8 24.Qb5 Bf8 25.Bf4 Qxb5 26.Rxb5 g6 27.h3 Ra8 28.Be3 Ra2 29.Rb8 Kg7
30.Bg5 Nd7 31.Bf6+ Kh6 32.Rc8 Bc5 1-0

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This is a classic Samisch mess I try to avoid as White.



Madison,J (1922) - Morshedi,A (2294) [E84]
Chicago Open Chicago (2.3), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nge2 Rb8 9.Rc1
Re8 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Ng3 c5 14.Bd3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.h4 c4
17.Bb1 b4 18.Nd1 Ba6 19.h5 c3 20.bxc3 bxc3 21.Ne3 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 c2 23.Nxc2 Nxc2+
24.Kf2 Qe7 25.Kg1 Nd4 26.Qe3 Rc8 27.Rh3 Nd7 28.h6 Nc5 29.Rd1 Rb8 30.Rxd4 exd4
31.Qxd4 Qe5 32.Qd2 Nd3 33.Qa5 Nf4 34.Qc7 Nxh3+ 35.Kh2 Rc8 36.Qa7 Nf4 37.Qxa6
Rf8 38.a4 Nh5 0-1


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25  N:b2! is not that great but  25  B:b2??  is a total disaster


Shulman,Y (2697) - Felecan,F (2409) [E92]
Chicago Open Chicago (2.3), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6 8.0-0 Ng4 9.Bc1
Nc6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nd2 h5 12.b4 f5 13.h3 Nf6 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Nh7 16.c5 a6
17.b5 Rf7 18.Rb1 axb5 19.Nxb5 Rxa2 20.Na3 Qh4 21.Bd3 Nd4 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Nc4
Bxh3 24.Rb2 Rxb2 25.Bxb2 Ng5 26.Nxg5 Bxg2 27.f4 Qh1+ 28.Kf2 Rxf4+ 29.Nf3 Qh4+
30.Ke3 Rxf3+ 0-1

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23 Qe2!!  with a great game for Molner but
23  Bh3?  Rg3!!  starts a downward slide


Molner,M (2416) - Shabalov,A (2620) [B98]
Chicago Open Chicago (2.4), 23.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4
g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Qh5 Ne5 12.Bf2 Bxg5 13.h4 Be7 14.0-0-0 Qa5 15.g4 Nbc6 16.Nb3
Qc7 17.g5 Bd7 18.gxh6 0-0-0 19.Na4 Rdg8 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.Be3 Be8 22.Nb6+ Kc7 23.Bh3
Rg3 24.Qe2 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Qa7 26.Nd5+ exd5 27.Qf4 d4 28.Bf5 a5 29.Qf2 Rxh6 30.Nxd4
Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxd4 32.Rxd4 Nf3 33.Rc4+ Bc6 34.h5 Bg5+ 35.Kd1 Bf6 0-1

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A 12 year old winning with the Botvinnnik System - that's scary!

Amanov,M (2394) - Yang,D (2304) [D44]
Chicago Open Chicago (3.14), 23.05.2009

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5
hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Qb6 12.g3 Bb7 13.Bg2 0-0-0 14.0-0 c5 15.d5 b4 16.Na4
Qa6 17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.axb4 Rxd5 20.Qe2 cxb4 21.Nc3 Ra5 22.Rxa5 Qxa5
23.Ne4 Qd5 24.Rd1 Nd3 25.b3 Qe5 26.Qf3 Qf5 27.Qg2 Qh3 28.bxc4 Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Nc5
30.f3 Nxe4 31.fxe4 Bc5 32.h4 Rd8 33.Rb1 a5 34.Ra1 Bb6 35.c5 Bc7 36.Rb1 Be5
37.Bc1 Rd3 38.h5 Rxg3+ 39.Kf2 Rh3 40.h6 b3 41.Kg2 Rh2+ 42.Kf3 a4 43.Bf4 Bxf4
44.Kxf4 Rxh6 45.Ke5 Kc7 46.Kd4 Rh3 47.Kc4 a3 48.Rxb3 Rxb3 0-1

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I spent a lot of time with GM Roman Dzindzichashvili so I can detect his opening
influence on young GM Eugene Perelshteyn. I knew both of them in my Harvard
Square days. I also did ICC webcasts with both of them.


Shabalov,A (2620) - Perelshteyn,E (2599) [B27]
Chicago Open Chicago (4.3), 24.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.e5 Nc6 6.Qa4 Nd5 7.Qe4 Nb6 8.Bf4 d5
9.exd6 Bf5 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Be5 f6 12.Bg3 Qa5+ 13.c3 0-0-0 14.Nbd2 exd6 15.Nc4 Qc7
16.Qd2 Be6 17.Be2 h5 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc5 20.Rd1 Rh7 21.h3 Qxd4 22.Rxd4 Rhd7
23.0-0 Nc7 24.Nd2 d5 25.Nb3 Bd6 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.Rfd1 Bf7 28.Bf3 Ra6 29.a3 Rb6
30.Rb4 Rbd6 31.h4 Na6 32.Rf4 Nc7 33.Rfd4 Rb6 34.Rb4 Rbd6 35.a4 g5 36.a5 Re8
37.g3 Bg6 38.Rd2 b6 39.c4 Na6 40.Ra4 Be4 41.Bxh5 Rh8 42.cxd5 Rxh5 43.Rxe4 gxh4
44.Rxh4 Rhxd5 45.Rh8+ Kb7 46.Rh7+ Nc7 47.Rc2 Rd7 48.Rxd7 Rxd7 49.axb6 axb6
50.Rd2 Re7 51.Nd4 Na6 52.Kg2 Nc5 53.Kf3 Nd7 54.Kf4 Rh7 55.Kf5 Kc7 56.Kg6 Rh1
57.Nf5 Re1 58.Ne3 Kc6 59.Ng4 Ne5+ 60.Nxe5+ fxe5 61.Kf5 1-0

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Bob O' Donnell and I were young rivals when we were 21.
Our game is feautured as one of my favorites on my website.



O'Donnell,R (2153) - Adu,O (2344) [D15]
Chicago Open Chicago (4.14), 24.05.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Qb3 Qc8 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.h3 e6 9.e3
Be7 10.Be2 h6 11.Na4 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Ne5 Bd8 14.Rfe1 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Qc3
Bc7 17.Bg3 Qb8 18.f4 f6 19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Bf3 Rf8 21.Bh4 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Nb6
Bxb6 24.cxb6 Qd6 25.b4 Rf5 26.Qc5 Qd7 27.Qe7 Qc8 28.g4 Rf7 29.Qd6 Qe8 30.Rf1
Rd7 31.Qe5 Qf7 32.Be1 Qg6 33.Bc3 Rf8 34.Kf2 Rc8 35.Bd4 Qf7 36.Ke2 Qg6 37.Rg1
Re8 38.Rad1 Qf7 39.Rd2 Qe7 40.g5 h5 41.a3 Bg6 42.Rb2 Qd8 43.a4 Qc8 44.Rc1 Rf7
45.b5 axb5 46.axb5 Ree7 47.bxc6 bxc6 48.Qd6 Qa6+ 49.Kf2 Qd3 50.Rxc6 Rd7 51.Qb8+
Kh7 52.Rxe6 Bf5 53.Rh6+ gxh6 54.Qh8+ 1-0

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instead of 23 a4!  with a completely solid structure
Bryan implodes for no reason with  23 d4?


Smith,B (2550) - Ehlvest,J (2649) [C67]
Chicago Open Chicago (5.4), 24.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7 8.Qa5
Qd7 9.Qc3 Nf5 10.b3 Be7 11.Ba3 0-0 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Re1 Be6 14.d3 c5 15.Qe5 Rfe8
16.Nbd2 b6 17.Ne4 Qd7 18.Ng3 f6 19.Qf4 Ne7 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Qg3 Kh8 22.a3 a5 23.d4
Bf5 24.Ned2 Nc3 25.Kf1 cxd4 26.Qf4 c5 27.Nc4 Bxc2 0-1
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Since the first Tigran Petrosian Armenian Chess has filled me with awe.



Garcia,G (2483) - Akobian,V (2664) [B07]
Chicago Open Chicago (5.6), 24.05.2009

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nd2
Bg6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 0-0 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Nc4 Rad8 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Qe2
Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qc8 18.Rad1 d5 19.exd5 Bxc2 20.Rc1 Bb3 21.d6 Bxc4 22.dxe7 Rxe7
23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qd7 25.Be5 Ne8 26.Qf2 f6 27.Bf4 a5 28.Kh2 Nc7 29.Ne4 Nd5
30.Bg3 Nb4 31.Nd6 Bf7 32.Re2 Nd5 33.Qf3 b6 34.h4 h6 35.h5 Be6 36.Re4 f5 37.Re1
f4 38.Bh4 Bg4 39.Qa3 Rf8 40.Nc4 Qf7 41.Re5 f3 42.gxf3 Bxf3 43.Bg3 Bxh5 44.Qd6
Qf1 45.Qe6+ Bf7 46.Qxc6 Nf4 0-1

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King Loek Van Wely is famous for always
choosing the most principled continuation.



Van Wely,L (2730) - Gurevich,D (2557) [E10]
Chicago Open Chicago (5.7), 24.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 b5 6.Bg5 b4 7.Ne4 d6 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Bh4
Be7 10.Qd2 Nd7 11.e4 e5 12.Bd3 f5 13.g3 fxe4 14.Bxe4 Nb6 15.Qc2 Bg4 16.Bxe7
Qxe7 17.Nh4 Bh5 18.0-0 Rg8 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Rg4 22.Rf2 Qe5 23.Re1
0-0-0 24.Ne7+ Kc7 25.Nc6 Qg7 26.Nxd8 Kxd8 27.b3 Nd7 28.Bf5 Bg6 29.Qe2 Bxf5
30.Qe7+ Kc7 31.Rxf5 Rxg3+ 32.Kh1 Qg4 33.Rxf7 Rf3 34.Rg7 Qf5 35.Kg1 Rf4 36.Qe6

1-0
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Another  Dzindi opening versus a Mongolian GM
who has played the French all his life.
I can still hear Roman lecturing in Denver, Co saying-

" Do not give up the d4 square even if they bring out a crane. "

Perelshteyn,E (2599) - Sharavdorj,D (2482) [C17]
Chicago Open Chicago (5.8), 24.05.2009

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 0-0 8.f4 Qb6
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Nbd4 Nbc6 12.0-0-0 Rac8 13.Bd3 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6
15.Nf3 Nb4 16.Kb1 Bb5 17.Bxb5 Qxb5 18.c3 Na6 19.Nd4 Qb6 20.Rhe1 Nc5 21.f5 Ne4
22.Rxe4 dxe4 23.f6 gxf6 24.Qh6 fxe5 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Qg5+ Kh8 28.Qf6+
?-?

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vicious g-file assault.
25 ... g6!  wasn't so bad but
25 .... Ree7? was a disaster



Holt,C (2294) - Becker,A (2014) [E39]
Chicago Open Chicago (5.15), 24.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Qa5+ 10.Nd2 Nxd2 11.Bxd2 Qxc5 12.e3 a5 13.Bd3 f5 14.Bc3 Qe7 15.g4 d6
16.0-0-0 Bd7 17.Rhg1 Ne5 18.gxf5 exf5 19.f4 Ng6 20.Qf2 Rf7 21.Rg5 Re8 22.Kd2
Ne5 23.Rdg1 Nxd3 24.Kxd3 Qe4+ 25.Kd2 Ree7 26.Bxg7 Rxg7 27.Qg3 Rxg5 28.Qxg5+ Kf7
29.Qg7+ Ke6 30.Rg6+ 1-0

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It doesn't matter how you start the game,
any Armenian can turn the position into a winning endgame.



Sadvakasov,D (2618) - Sargissian,G (2760) [C88]
Chicago Open Chicago (6.1), 25.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 b4 9.d3
d6 10.a5 Be6 11.Nbd2 Rb8 12.h3 h6 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Nc4 Rd8 15.Be3 Qb7 16.Qf1 Bf8
17.g3 Re8 18.Kh2 g6 19.Qg2 Bg7 20.Ba4 Bxc4 21.dxc4 Rf8 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.Nd2 Nd7
24.g4 Nc5 25.b3 Ne6 26.Rg1 Kh7 27.h4 Nf4 28.Qf3 Qe8 29.Rae1 Qe7 30.Qg3 Rg8
31.Nf3 Ne6 32.Qh3 Nd4 33.Bxd4 exd4 34.Ng5+ Kh8 35.f4 Rge8 36.Nf3 Qf6 37.f5 d3
38.cxd3 Qb2+ 39.Kh1 Qxb3 40.f6 Bxf6 41.g5 Qxd3 42.gxf6 Rxe4 43.Rxe4 Qxe4 44.Qg4
Re8 45.Qxe4 Rxe4 46.Rc1 Rf4 47.Kg2 Rxf6 48.c5 Rf5 49.cxd6 cxd6 50.Rc4 b3 51.Rb4
Rxa5 52.Rxb3 Rd5 53.Kg3 Kg7 54.Kf4 a5 55.Ke4 a4 56.Ra3 Ra5 57.Nd4 f5+ 58.Kd3
Kf6 59.Kc4 g5 60.hxg5+ hxg5 61.Kb4 Ra8 62.Kc4 g4 63.Kd3 Ke5 64.Ra1 a3 65.Rf1
Rf8 66.Re1+ Kf6 67.Nxf5 a2 68.Ne3 Ra8 69.Nc2 Kg5 70.Kc3 g3 71.Kb2 Kf4 72.Ka1
Rg8 73.Nd4 g2 74.Kxa2 Kg3 75.Rd1 Kf2 76.Nf5 d5 77.Ne7 Rg5 78.Kb3 Re5 79.Nxd5
Rxd5 80.Rxd5 g1Q 0-1




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My kind of Chess -
a wild middlegame followed by an opposite colored bishop endgame.


Ehlvest,J (2649) - Shabalov,A (2620) [A10]
Chicago Open Chicago (6.3), 25.05.2009

1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Qg4 Qf6 6.Nge2 Qg6 7.Qh3 Ne7 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 f5 10.Qg3 Qxg3 11.hxg3 Nbc6 12.Be3 0-0-0 13.0-0-0 h6 14.f3 d5 15.cxd5
exd5 16.Bf2 Rhf8 17.exf5 d4 18.Ne4 Nxf5 19.Re1 Na5 20.g4 Nd6 21.Nd2 c5 22.Rh5
Rf7 23.Bg3 Kd7 24.b3 Re8 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 26.b4 Nf6 27.Rh1 cxb4 28.axb4 Nc6 29.b5
Nd8 30.Nc4 Re7 31.Nd6 Ke6 32.Nf5 Rd7 33.Bf2 Ke5 34.Be2 g6 35.Bg3+ Kd5 36.Nxh6
Kc5 37.Kd2 Ne6 38.Be5 Nd5 39.Ng8 Nef4 40.Nf6 Nxf6 41.Bxf4 Nd5 42.Be5 Nc3 43.Rh6
Kxb5 44.Rxg6 Nxe2 45.Kxe2 a5 46.Rg7 Rxg7 47.Bxg7 Kc5 48.g5 Kd5 49.g6 b5 50.Bf6
Bc8 51.Bd8 a4 52.g7 Be6 53.Be7 Bg8 54.g4 Ke5 55.Kf2 Ke6 56.Bf8 Kf6 57.f4 Bd5
58.Bc5 Kxg7 59.Bxd4+ Kg6 60.Bc5 Bb3 61.d4 Bd1 62.Kg3 1-0

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These Armenians are amazing, winning an opposite
colored Bishop ending with equal pawns. I did
many ICC webcasts with Varuzhan. Akobian's pawns
were mobile, Eugene's weren't.



Akobian,V (2664) - Perelshteyn,E (2599) [E94]
Chicago Open Chicago (6.5), 25.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 Na6 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5
Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd2 f6 12.Bh4 Nh6 13.f3 c6 14.Bf2 Qe7 15.Qa4 Re8 16.Nb3 Nf7
17.Rfd1 f5 18.a3 Nc7 19.Nc5 Ng5 20.b4 Nce6 21.Nxe6 Nxe6 22.Bd3 Nd4 23.b5 Bd7
24.Qb4 c5 25.Qb2 Rf8 26.Nd5 Qd6 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Re1 Rae8 30.Qc2
Kh8 31.a4 Be5 32.g3 Be6 33.f4 Bg7 34.Qg2 Rd8 35.a5 Rde8 36.Kf1 Bd7 37.Rxe8 Rxe8
38.Re1 Rxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Qf8 40.Qe2 Bf6 41.b6 axb6 42.Nxb6 Qf7 43.Nxd7 Qxd7 44.Qh5
Bd8 45.Qxf5 Bxa5+ 46.Kf2 Qxf5 47.Bxf5 Kg7 48.Be4 b6 49.g4 Bd2 50.Kf3 h6 51.Bd3
Kf7 52.h4 Be1 53.g5 h5 54.f5 Bxh4 55.Kf4 Be1 56.f6 Ke6 57.Bf5+ Kf7 58.Be4 1-0
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I don't remeber the score of my private Chess match with Bob O'Donnell when we
were young. Grandmaster Anatoly Lein was kind enough to play me occasional
blitz matches. I was beating Anatoly in the middle game in the first Levy
Memorial in Denver. I transposed into a Rook and three pawns versus two Rook
ending because I didn't see how he could stop my pawn wave. Grandmaster Larry
Christiansen informed me that ending was supposed to be a draw. Jerry Hanken
put that game in Chess Life.


Lein,A (2359) - O'Donnell,R (2153) [B50]
Chicago Open Chicago (6.14), 25.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.0-0 Bd7 6.d3 Bg7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Bf1 Nc6 9.h3
e5 10.a3 Nh5 11.b4 b6 12.b5 Ne7 13.d4 exd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Bh8
17.Bg5 Re8 18.Nc3 Be6 19.g4 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Ng7 21.Ne4 Kf8 22.Nd6 Bb3 23.Rd3 c4
24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Rc3 Ne6 26.Nxc8+ Rxc8 27.Rec1 1-0
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Oladapu just tears away at Brian Fielder's
King's bodyguards until there's nothing left.


Fiedler,B (2236) - Adu,O (2344) [B26]
Chicago Open Chicago (6.15), 25.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Rb8 8.Qd2 h5 9.Nge2
Qb6 10.Nd1 Qa6 11.0-0 h4 12.g4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 h3 14.Bh1 h2+ 15.Kg2 Bxg4 16.f3
Bh3+ 17.Kf2 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Ne5 19.Nf2 Qb5 20.c3 Qd7 21.b3 f5 22.d4 cxd4 23.cxd4
Nc6 24.Kg2 e5 25.f4 exd4 26.Nxd4 fxe4 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rd1 d5 29.Nxe4 Qh3+
30.Kf2 dxe4 31.Bxe4 0-0 32.Rh1 Rbd8 33.Qc2 g5 34.Qxc6 gxf4 35.Bd5+ Kh8 36.Bc5
Qg3+ 37.Ke2 Rfe8+ 38.Kd2 Qg2+ 0-1

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In England they call this the 150 attack.
150 is about equivalent to an American 1700.
Nice finish.

Homa,S (2284) - Madison,J (1922) [C41]
Chicago Open Chicago (6.17), 25.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Qd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 Re8
9.f3 a6 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Be2 Nf8 13.g4 N8h7 14.Bh6 hxg4 15.h5 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 g5 17.Bc4 Be6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.e5 gxf3 20.Bd3 Qd7 21.exf6 Rf8 22.Bxh7+
Qxh7 23.Qxg5+ Kh8 24.h6 Rg8 25.Qg7+ Rxg7 26.hxg7+ Kg8 27.Rxh7 Kxh7 28.Rh1+ Kg6
29.Kd2 Rg8 30.Rh8 1-0
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Big money draw



Sargissian,G (2760) - Ehlvest,J (2649) [E11]
Chicago Open Chicago (7.1), 25.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 ?-?

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I've never seen White win a Benko ending before.



Van Wely,L (2730) - Molner,M (2416) [A59]
Chicago Open Chicago (7.4), 25.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 d6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 g6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 0-0 11.Kg1 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Kh2 Nc6
16.Ng3 Rdb8 17.Nge4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nb4 19.a4 Nd3 20.a5 Bf8 21.Rd1 c4 22.a6 Nc5
23.Nxc5 Bxc5 24.Rd7 Bxf2 25.a7 Rb3 26.Bh6 e4 27.Rg7+ Kh8 28.Rf7 Bc5 29.Raf1 Rd3
30.Rb7 Bd6+ 31.Bf4 Bxf4+ 32.Rxf4 e3 33.Rxc4 1-0


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The 12 year old was up a pawn for nothing half the game but
26 ... Q:e5??  instead of ... B:e5!!  started a downward trend.

Shabalov,A (2620) - Yang,D (2304) [E08]
Chicago Open Chicago (7.5), 25.05.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 b6 8.b3 0-0 9.Qc2
Ba6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.e4 dxc4 12.Bf4 Bb4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Nb1 Qc7 16.bxc4
Be7 17.Qc3 Rfd8 18.Nd2 g5 19.Be3 Nxe5 20.c5 Bf6 21.Qa3 Be2 22.Re1 Bb5 23.Rab1
Rd3 24.Qc1 Ng4 25.cxb6 axb6 26.e5 Qxe5 27.Bxb6 Qc3 28.Ne4 Qxc1 29.Rexc1 Rb8
30.Be3 Be5 31.Bxg5 h6 32.Bf4 Bxf4 33.gxf4 Rdd8 34.h3 f5 35.hxg4 fxe4 36.Bxe4
Ra8 37.Rb2 Ra4 38.f3 Rda8 39.Rcc2 Kg7 40.Kf2 R8a6 41.Kg3 Bc4 42.Rb7+ Kf8 43.Rh2
Ra7 44.Rb8+ Kg7 45.g5 1-0
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Gildardo did not want to walk into a pin with
21 ... bc!!  22  Re4  Ne5!!
and ends up self destructing.

Carl Boor is good friends with David Zimbeck.

Boor,C (2306) - Gildardo,G (2483) [E61]
Chicago Open Chicago (7.9), 25.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.e3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 d6 8.h3 Nbd7 9.Nc3
Re8 10.Bh2 e5 11.d5 e4 12.Nd4 Qe7 13.b4 h5 14.a4 a5 15.Ncb5 Rec8 16.bxa5 Rxa5
17.Nb3 Ra6 18.a5 Ne8 19.Ra4 Rca8 20.Qb1 c6 21.c5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Rxe4 Qd7
24.Rxe8+ 1-0
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Snyder Sicilian



Cardona,L (2206) - Aigner,M (2276) [B20]
Chicago Open Chicago (7.36), 25.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Nbc3 Nd4 7.d3 a6 8.a4 Be6 9.0-0
Be7 10.Bxe6 Nxe6 11.f4 0-0 12.f5 Nd4 13.Ng3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Ne4
f6 17.Kh1 b5 18.Bc3 Rfd8 19.Nd2 Qd7 20.Bxd4 Qxd4 21.Qe2 Qb2 22.Rfc1 Qd4 23.Rf1
Bf8 24.Rfd1 Qd5 25.Ne4 Qc6 26.c3 Rd7 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rxa8 Qxa8 29.Nf2 Ra7 30.d4
Ra2 31.Rd2 Rxd2 32.Qxd2 Qa1+ 33.Nd1 cxd4 34.cxd4 Bb4 35.Qc2 Qxd4 36.h3 Bc5
37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.g3 Qd4 39.Kg2 h5 40.Kf3 Qd5+ 41.Ke2 Qg2+ 42.Kd3 e4+ 0-1

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Blitz playoff game between the two winners.


Sargissian,G (2760) - Ehlvest,J (2649) [A87]
Chicago Open (Armageddon) Chicago (8.1), 25.05.2009

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.c4 0-0 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 a5 9.Nd4
Na6 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 c6 12.Na4 Ne4 13.Rb1 Qd8 14.e3 Rc8 15.Qe2 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nb4
17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Rc2 19.Qb5 Nd2 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.a3 Nxb1 22.axb4 Nd2 23.Qd3
Qc7 24.Re1 Ne4 25.Qd4+ Kg8 26.Nb6 Rc1 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Qc1 29.Nd5 Re8
30.bxa5 Nd2 31.Qd3 Kf8 32.Nb6 Qxf1+ 33.Qxf1 Nxf1 34.Kxf1 Kg7 35.Ke2 Kf6 36.Kd3
Kxe6 37.Kc4 Ke5 38.f3 g5 39.Kd3 d5 40.b4 Kd6 41.Na4 Rc8 42.Nc3 e5 43.Nb5+ Kd7
44.f4 gxf4 45.gxf4 exf4 46.exf4 Rc4 47.Nc3 Rxb4 48.Nxd5 Rb1 49.Kd4 Kd6 50.Ne3
Rb4+ 51.Nc4+ Kc6 52.Kc3 Kc5 53.Ne5 Ra4 54.Nd7+ Kc6 55.Ne5+ Kd5 0-1
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Another Snyder Sicilian

In the last 12 months, I have 1/2  out of 5 against an 11 year old ( Darwin Yang
), a 12 year old ( Alexander Velikanov ), a 13 year old ( Ray Robson ),
a 17 year old ( Robert Hess )  and an 18 year old ( Tyler Hughes ).

My sole draw against these young demons was against Velikanov only because
he was suffering from food poisining while crushing my Aaron Suseras
(  1 e3, 2 Ne2  )/ Crab ( 1 h4, 2 a4 ) Opening. I told Alex he was
winning the final position and he said sadly, " I know ".

Duwayne Langseth was so impressed watching this kid on
the Monroi site he considered warning me about him.

Cardona,L (2206) - Velikanov,A (2035) [B20]
Chicago Open u2300 Chicago (1.28), 22.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nge2 a6 7.a4 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.f4
0-0 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.d3 Ne8 12.Ba3 b6 13.Bd5 Bb7 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.a5 Nd6 16.Na4
Bxa4 17.bxa4 Rc8 18.axb6 Qxb6 19.Rb1 Qc6 20.c4 f5 21.Nc3 Rb8 22.Nd5 Kh8 23.Qc2
f4 24.Qf2 Nb7 25.Rb6 Qxa4 26.Qb2 Qd7 27.Rf3 Rfc8 28.Rxa6 Nd8 29.Rb6 Ra8 30.Rb3
Ne6 31.Nb6 Qd4+ 32.Kf1 Qxb2 33.Rxb2 Rxa3 34.Nxc8 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Ng5 36.Ne7 Bf8
37.Nd5 Nxf3 38.Kxf3 h5 39.Rb8 Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kh6 41.Nf6 Ra6 42.Rh7+ Kg5 43.Rf7 Bd6
44.Nh7+ Kh6 45.h4 Bb8 46.Ng5 Ra7 47.Rf8 Bc7 48.Rh8+ Kg7 49.Rh7+ Kg8 50.Rd7 Bb6
51.Rd6 Bc7 52.Rxg6+ Kh8 53.Rh6+ Kg8 54.Rxh5 Ra3 55.Ne6 Rxd3+ 56.Kf2 Bd6 57.Nd8
Kg7 58.Nb7 Kg6 59.Rg5+ Kf6 60.Rf5+ Ke6 61.h5 Rd2+ 62.Kg1 Rb2 63.Nxd6 Kxd6 64.h6
1-0

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Llulla lets loose a lulu of a lapse in an even ending

Cardona,L (2206) - Langer,M (2292) [B20]
Chicago Open u2300 Chicago (2.1), 23.05.2009

1.e4 c5 2.b3 e6 3.Bb2 d5 4.Nc3 d4 5.Nb1 Bd6 6.g3 e5 7.Bg2 Ne7 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 f5
10.exf5 Nxf5 11.d3 Nd7 12.Bc1 Rb8 13.a4 b6 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.dxe4 Ne7
17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4 Ng6 19.e5 Be7 20.Ng3 Nh4 21.Be4 Nf5 22.Qd3 g6 23.Kh1 Qd7
24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Bf3 Bb7 26.Bb2 Rbd8 27.Rad1 Bd5 28.c4 Bc6 29.Qe2 Kh8 30.Bxc6
Qxc6+ 31.Qf3 Qe4 32.Rde1 Qxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Rg8 34.Rg3 Bh4 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Rd1 Kf7
37.Kg2 Rg8+ 38.Kf3 Rg6 39.Bc1 Be7 40.Bd2 Rh6 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.Rf1 Kh5 43.Rf3 Bh4
44.Rf1 Kg4 45.Rf3 Rg6 46.Rf1 Re6 47.Rf3 Rh6 48.Rf1 Be7 49.Rf3 Rxh2+ 0-1
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William grabs hold of the center early and never lets go.
9  ... e6?  was the culprit.



Wright,W (2226) - McVay,K (2020) [D07]
Chicago Open u2300 Chicago (2.23), 23.05.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Ne5 5.e4 Nf6 6.Bxc4 Nxc4 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qxc4 c6
9.Nf3 e6 10.d6 b5 11.Qd4 Qb8 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Nc5 f6 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.Be3
g5 17.b4 Rg8 18.exf6 Bxd6 19.a4 g4 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rgf8 23.axb5
cxb5 24.Rfc1 1-0
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Michael sacced a piece on move 16 for a 30 move initiative
but William just kept defending until the checks ran out.

Langer,M (2292) - Wright,W (2226) [C06]
Chicago Open u2300 Chicago (3.21), 23.05.2009

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 0-0 14.Re1 Qxb2 15.Ng5
Nxd4 16.Nxh7 Nxh7 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Ng6 Qxf2+ 20.Kh1 Rf6 21.Qh8+ Kf7
22.Ne5+ Ke7 23.Qxg7+ Ke8 24.Rac1 Nc6 25.Ng4 Rf7 26.Qg8+ Rf8 27.Rxe6+ Kd7 28.Qg7+
Rf7 29.Rd6+ Kxd6 30.Qg6+ Rf6 31.Nxf6 Be6 32.Rd1 Nd4 33.Ne8+ Kd7 34.Nf6+ Kd6
35.Qg7 Qe2 36.Qg3+ Ke7 37.Re1 Qc4 38.Qg5 Kd6 39.Qf4+ Ke7 40.Ng4 Rf8 41.Qg5+ Kd6
42.Qe5+ Kc5 43.Ne3 Qc3 44.Rb1 Rf2 45.Qg5 Nc6 46.a4 a6 47.Qh6 Qf6 48.Qh7 Rb2
49.Rc1+ Kd6 50.Rd1 d4 51.Qd3 Qf2 52.Qa3+ Kc7 53.Rf1 dxe3 0-1
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Llulla played like an aggressive maniac and crashed through.
The wild looking  16  B:g4!!   was necessary.
Refusing the draw with  16  B:g4!!  B:g4?  17  Nf3!!
is unwise.



Airapetian,C (2135) - Cardona,L (2206) [C41]
Chicago Open u2300 Chicago (3.36), 23.05.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Nd7 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Be2 Qe7 7.Nc3 Ngf6
8.0-0 0-0-0 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 h5 11.f3 Be6 12.b4 Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.fxg4 hxg4+
15.Kg1 Qh4 16.Bf4 g3 17.Bxg3 Qxg3 18.Rf3 Qh2+ 19.Kf2 Qh4+ 20.g3 Qh2+ 21.Ke3 Qh6+
22.Rf4 g5 23.Rf1 g4+ 24.Rf4 Qg7 25.Bxg4 Qxc3+ 26.Ke2 Bxg4+ 27.Rxg4 Rh2+ 28.Kf1
Rdxd2 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 26 15:37:55 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:37:55 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin
Message-ID: <1243373875.4a1c6133a8da9@www.taom.com>

Thanx Noe-
I was reading political comments this morning and they are now calling the
Republicans
The Party of NO

Brian  -
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----- Forwarded message from van hulst noe <noevanhulst at yahoo.fr> -----
    Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:21:57 +0000 (GMT)
    From: van hulst noe <noevanhulst at yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re : [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

Brian:

What can I say...you are?the kind of man that never?shies away from any
challenge! Looking forwars to see your first Drunken Penguin game. I admire
your courage?and your great contributions. Keep up your innovative spirit and I
will?volunteer as?a cheerleader in your fan club.

Noe van Hulst??


?



________________________________
De : Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>
? : UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com; BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com;
Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist
<brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com>
Envoy? le : Vendredi, 22 Mai 2009, 19h07mn 23s
Objet?: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin






My first reaction to the Drunken Penguin was -
Just say Noe

but on second thought I have to admit I love it and will be trying it soon.
Thanx, Van Hulst

1 ... Nh6 was one of those moves that I had
to try for myself about 20 years ago-
My plan was to play ... g6, ... Bg7, ... 0-0 and ... f5
but if there was no time for that Plan B was an emergency Hippo
with ... f6 and ... Nf7

By the way I have to report a definite increase in Hippo activity on ICC -
example -

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.22" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Apteryx"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Opening "Hippopotamus defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:19:35"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 f6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Nh6 4. Nc3 Nf7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 c6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Ra7 11. Kb1 Re7 12. e5 Bg7 13. Ne4 Rd7 14. d5 cxd5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. e6 dxe4 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Bxe4 O-O 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bd5 f5
21. h4 h5 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhe1 Bb7 27.
Nb4 Nd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxe1+ 29. Kc2 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 a5 31. Qd4+ Kh7 32. Nd5 Qc6+
33. Kb3 Re4 34. Nf6+ Kh6 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Qd5 {Black resigns} 1-0

I screwed this game up starting with 26 Rhe1?

The opening was highly amusing.

In Mongolian Chess all pawns start out one square advanced.

Brian Wall
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Quoting van hulst noe <noevanhulst@ yahoo.fr>:

I still?prefer to call it the Drunken Knight opening.?Good news that we have
new articles?on this!

Question for Brian Wall: would you?dare to play 1.Nh3 and 2.Rg1!? - and what
do wel call that a?Drunken Penguin?

Noe van Hulst?

De : Pinco Pallino <ricettario at fastwebn et.it>
? : UnorthodoxChessOpen ings at yahoogroups .com
Envoy? le : Jeudi, 21 Mai 2009, 21h08mn 47s
Objet?: [UnorthodoxChessOpe nings] 1...Nh6 UON article

Hi Brian,

according to the Gifford, Rozzoni, Wall book http://www.chessvil
le.com/reviews/ WinningwiththeKr azyKatandOldHipp o.htm the 1..Nh6 move leads
to the Krazy Kat or Old Hippo.

Ciao
Davide

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Wall
To: UnorthodoxChessOpen ings at yahoogroups .com
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpe nings] 1...Nh6 UON article

I used to know this as the Drunken Knight Variation-
what do they call it these days?

Quoting ricettario at fastwebn et.it:

 In agreement with UON Editor Gary K. Gifford, UON 26 (to be published
around
 January 2010) may be a a special issue entirely devoted to the publication
of
 all the remaining 1..Nh6 games of the dutch master Philip du Chattel. The
previous articles on the subject are contained in UON 16, 18 and 21.

 As there are still about 150 games to be published, I am asking your
support
 for this project.

 Is there anyone out of there in the cyber space who is willing to analyze a
 few of the 1...Nh6 remaining games, with the support of a strong chess
 engine, and so being involved in the project?

 I will send to interested chess friends 5 games in pgn format every time
and
 once they have been analyzed I send 5 more and so on, until the work is
done.
 Of course, in the upcoming UON article every player who is willing to
analyze
 1..Nh6 games will be recognized as the author of his own analysis (of
course
 mentioning the chess engine output when used).

 If interested, please e-mail me privately at ricettario at fastwebn et.it

 Please be aware that your willingness to review/check your own analyis with
 a strong chess engine is a must in this project.

 Thanks for the attention and ciao.
 Davide Rozzoni

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:08:54 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tyler Hughes - 2009  Chicago Open Games
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    Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:47:27 -0700 (PDT)
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 Subject: Chicago Games
      To: Brian Douglas Wall <BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com>




Hughes,T (2351) - Rea,A (2139) [D35]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (1), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Ndf6 12.h3 g5 13.0-0-0 Ng7 14.Rhe1 0-0 15.Kb1
Nfe8 16.Ng1 f5 17.Nf3 Nd6 18.Ne5 Rf6 19.f3 Be6 20.g4 Nf7 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Ng4
N7d6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qh2 Nf7 25.f4 Re8 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Rf1 N7h6 28.Rf3 Qg7
29.Rdf1 Nh4 30.Rf6 Bf7 31.Qf2 Ng6 32.Ne2 Re6 33.Rxe6 Bxe6 34.Qg3 Nf7 35.Qb8+
Nf8 36.Qg3 Qh6 37.Rh1 Qh4 38.Qxh4 gxh4 39.Rg1+ Kh8 40.Nf4 Bd7 41.Kc1 Nd6 42.Kd2
Nf5 43.Bxf5 Bxf5 44.Rg5 Bb1 45.a3 1-0



Ramer,S (2193) - Hughes,T (2351) [A00]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (2), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5
f6 10.Bh4 Nh6 11.Rb1 g5 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5 g4 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.f6 gxf3 16.fxg7 Rf4
17.Nd5 fxe2 18.Qxe2 Qf7 19.Bg5 Rxd4 20.Bxh6 c6 21.f4 e4 22.Qf2 Rxd5 23.cxd5 Bf5
24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Rbc1 c5 26.Rfd1 Qe6 27.Qh4 e3 28.h3 Nb4 29.Kh2 Nd3 30.Rc2 d5
31.Re2 d4 32.a3 Re8 33.b4 c4 34.g4 Be4 35.f5 Qd6+ 36.Kg1 Ba8 37.f6 Qd5 38.f7+
Kxf7 39.Rf1+ Ke6 40.Qf6+ Kd7 41.Qf7+ Kd8 42.Qxd5+ Bxd5 43.Rf5 Bg8 44.Rf8 c3
45.Kg2 c2 46.Rxc2 Ne1+ 47.Kg3 Nxc2 48.Kf3 d3 49.Bxe3 Nxe3 50.Rxe8+ Kxe8 51.Kxe3
Kf7 52.Kxd3 Kxg7 53.a4 Kf6 54.h4 Ke5 55.Ke3 Bb3 56.a5 Bc4 57.h5 h6 58.Kf3 a6
59.g5 hxg5 60.h6 Kf6 61.h7 Kg7 62.Kg4 Kxh7 63.Kxg5 Kg7 64.Kf4 Kf6 65.Ke3 Ke5
66.Kd2 Kd4 67.Kc1 Kc3 68.Kd1 Bd3 69.Kc1 Bc2 70.b5 axb5 71.a6 b4 72.a7 b3 73.a8Q
b2# 0-1



Hughes,T (2351) - Schill II,W (2212) [E61]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (3), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 Nxg3 9.hxg3
d6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.f4 Nf6 12.Nf3 Ng4 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.a3 0-0-0 16.Nd2 Qb6
17.Nde4 f5 18.Nf2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Rdf8 20.Qc2 Kb8 21.Rb1 a5 22.Rhd1 h5 23.Rh1 h4
24.gxh4 gxh4 25.Ne2 e5 26.dxe6 Bxe6 27.Nc3 h3 28.g3 h2 29.Bf1 Bf6 30.Qd3 Bxc3
31.bxc3 Qc7 32.Bg2 Bc8 33.Qd5 Rh7 34.Rhd1 Rf6 35.Bh1 Rfh6 36.Rb2 Ka7 37.Rdb1
Rg6 38.Qd1 Rhg7 39.Qa4 Rxg3 40.Rb5 Rg2+ 41.Bxg2 1-0



Wright,W (2222) - Hughes,T (2351) [E94]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (4), 24.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2
a5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 Nxd3 12.Bxd3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f3 Qh4 15.Be3 b6 16.a3 Bd7
17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 e4 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Be2 Be5 22.g3 Bxg3 23.Bf1 Rf2
0-1



Hughes,T (2351) - Norowitz,Y (2292) [D36]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (5), 24.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Be6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.b4 a6 12.0-0 g6 13.a4 0-0 14.b5 a5 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Rab1 Rab8 ?-?



Jones,C (2306) - Hughes,T (2351) [E94]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (6), 25.05.2009

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5
f6 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Ndb5 Be5 15.Qd5+ Rf7
16.Nxa7 c6 17.Nxc8 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Rxc8 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.Bxg5 Be5 21.Be3 Nb4 22.Rad1
Nc2 23.Bb6 c5 24.Nd5 Ra8 25.Rd2 Nd4 26.b4 Ne6 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Ne3 Bf4 29.Rfd1 g3
30.Kg1 gxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Bc7+ 0-1



Hughes,T (2351) - Langer (FM),M (2289) [A61]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (7), 25.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bh6 Bf8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bh6 Bf8 13.Bg5 ?-?




From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 26 17:26:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:26:44 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] World Exclusive - Drunken Penguin roaring
	success
Message-ID: <1243380404.4a1c7ab455f87@www.taom.com>

I truly played like a drunken Penguin,
too high on Kiwi juice to resign.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "lhc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "19:12:19"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 c6 2. Rg1 d5 3. g4 e5 4. c3 h5 5. g5 Ne7 6. d4 Ng6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne4 12. f3 Nxg5 13. Nxd5 Ngxf3+ 14.
exf3 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qa4 Nxf3+ 19. Ke2 Nxg1+
20. Rxg1 Qc7 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Qb3 Re8 24. Kd2 Bf4 25. Qb4+ Kg8
26. Qc4+ Kh7 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5+ Kg8 30. Bxa7 Rh6 31. Bd4
Be5 32. Be3 Rd6+ 33. Kc2 Bxc3 34. Bg5 Bf6 35. Bg6 Re2+ 36. Kb3 Rxb2+ 37. Kc4
Rc6+ 38. Kd5 Rb5+ 39. Ke4 Rxg5 40. Rd1 Rxg6 41. Rd7 Kh7 42. Rxb7 Rg4+ 43.
Kd5 Rc2 44. a4 Rxh2 45. a5 Ra2 46. Ra7 Rga4 47. Ke6 Rxa5 48. Rb7 Rc2 49. Kd6
Rca2 50. Rb1 Ra6+ 51. Kc5 Rb2 52. Rh1 Ra5+ 53. Kd6 Re2 54. Kc6 Rb2 55. Kd6
Bd4 56. Ke6 Rb6+ 57. Kd7 Ra7+ 58. Kc8 Rf7 59. Rxh5+ Kg6 60. Rd5 Rf8+ 61. Kc7
Rbf6 62. Rxd4 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0

World's First Drunken Penguin Opening,
similar to Jackie Chan's Drunken Master Fighting Style

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 26 18:08:45 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:08:45 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Second Drunken Penguin passes out
Message-ID: <1243382925.4a1c848de883f@www.taom.com>

Second Drunken Penguin passes out

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Blumento"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "19:58:41"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d6 2. Rg1 e5 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. d3 c6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
Bd2 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4 10. f3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Bc5 12. Rg5 h6 13. Rg3 Nh5 14. Qe2
Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nd7 16. O-O-O Qe7 17. Kb1 b5 18. f4 a5 19. a4 Bd4 20. Qf3 Nc5
21. fxe5 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Bxe5 23. g4 b4 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. Nc1 Rd7 26. Be3 Rxd1
27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Qc2 Bd4 29. Bf4 Re8 30. Qxc6 Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nd3
Re2 33. Bc7 Rd2 34. Nf4 Rxb2+ 35. Kc1 Rxb3 36. Bxa5 Be3+ 37. Kc2 Rc3+ 38.
Kb2 Bxf4 39. Bxb4 Rc4 40. Kb3 Rxb4+ 41. Kxb4 Bd2+ 42. Kc5 g6 43. Kd6 Kg7 44.
Ke5 Bc3+ 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. Kd3 Be1 47. Ke2 Ba5 48. h4 Ke5 49. Ke3 Bb6+ 50. Kf3
f6 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 f5 {White resigns} 0-1

I hope he swam home all right.

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 26 18:26:27 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:26:27 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs Chess Newsletter
Message-ID: <1243383987.4a1c88b3dd333@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from CS Chess <cs.chess at worldnet.att.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:38:38 -0600
    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 May 19th, the CSCC had 6 members in attendance. With 6
participants, the Quad format was changed to a club-rated, 3 round, Swiss
tournament (G20). Here are the results:



Score	Player
3.0	Buck Buchanan
2.0	Ken Dail
2.0	Paul Anderson
1.0	Bob Staten
1.0	James Powers
0.0	Russell Montjoy

            Comments From Email

            Randy Reynolds, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:56 PM

            I guess someone should have bothered reading the rules of the
Fantasy Chess. Eager to just get started, I was stupid and assumed that 1
should go to the matchup you feel MOST confident about. Thus, I used up my #1
at Tyler's matchup (Woot, Tyler!), #3 for Nakamura, and so on down the line. I
was thinking I was doing great with my Nakamura and Hughes picks until I
realized this little error at the end. I wound up with a pathetic 36. Now that
I know how the scoring REALLY works, I nervously changed all the confidence
points around to what I THOUGHT they were (1's really 12, 2's 11, etc.) and
hoped I didn't blunder myself out of a free Monroi. Fortunately, the new score
was only 45, same as yours. So I still wouldn't have won anything. Whew! Moral
of the story: RTFR!!! (Read the funny rules!!)

            [Comment is about this newsletter:
(http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_May_19_2009.html)]

            DuWayne Langseth, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 5:39 PM

            ...we've been meeting at Springs Ranch for quick-rated (G/25)
tournaments on Friday nights recently. And we're moving it to the YMCA in
Briargate on Wednesday nights starting on 5/27. Adin Umana is running it and
he's talking about charging $10 per person and $20 per family for a whole
season of tournaments. It's family-oriented toward kids and their parents, but
I think anyone will be allowed to play. There will probably be an unrated
section too. I'll put out an email soon for details. We'll be gone backpacking
this weekend, but I think he's holding one more this Friday at Springs Ranch
before we move. It's a great time and he arranges the sections so like-rated
players compete. We haven't had any prizes, just chess.

            Game Of The Week

            This week's game comes from Dean Brown again. Back in April, I got a
couple of games from Mitch Anderson and Dean Brown
(http://home.att.net/~cs.chess/newsletter/Tue_May_05_2009.html). As Dean was
thumbing through his games, he mentioned his win over DuWayne Langseth. I was
eager to see that one, even if the other two had different favorites. I guess
it was my top choice for more personal reasons than because of the quality of
the chess. DuWayne and I rarely meet over the board. Early on I had the upper
hand, as he does not like to play faster time controls. However, all his time
in the parent's section of the scholastic tournaments has improved his time
management skills and made him a 30-minute monster. In our last two match-ups,
he showed off his new claws and brought our results back even. The only time we
met in a slow time control, we drew. I can never get ahead of this guy.well,
unless you count rating.



Date	Him	Me	Win	Loss		Time	Rtg Ch	Event

7/26/05	1670	1997	1.0	0.0	W	15	5	CHALLENGE
8/9/05	1670	2008	1.0	0.0	W	15	3	QUAD
5/16/06	1653	1919	0.0	1.0	W	15	-26	CHALLENGE
7/29/08	1832	2021	1.0	0.0	B	15	8	SWISS
12/6/08	1824*	1962*	0.5	0.5	B	40/2,60	-5	WINTER SPRINGS
3/10/09	1832	1945	0.0	1.0	W	30	-22	LADDER
3/10/09	1832	1945	0.0	1.0	B	30	-22	LADDER

* USCF rating



            So, when I heard that Dean, who was at his 1400 rating floor while
DuWayne was easily 400 points higher, had beaten DuWayne in the 4th round of
the Colorado Springs Open, knocking him out of the tournament, I was stunned. I
had to see how he did it. Also, it dawned on me that I had not once published a
Langseth game in 145 games while DuWayne has already included, with his 18
published games, 3 of mine (1-2-0) on his website
(http://www.coloradochessgames.com/).

            DuWayne's Day Off (Click this link to view the game on your web
browser)
            (146) Langseth,DuWayne (1869) - Brown,Dean (1400) [A45]
            Colorado Springs Open Colorado Springs (4.7), 08.03.2009
            [Fritz 8 (60s)]

            A45: Trompowsky Attack
            1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 last book move 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5
7.Ng5 c4 This push gains space 8.Bc2 h6 9.h4 [9.Nf3!?= should be investigated
more closely] 9...b5 10.a3 Consolidates b4 10...a5 11.g4 a4 [11...Re8 12.Nh3 e5
13.g5=/+ ] 12.Qf3 White prepares f5 12...g6 Controls f5 13.Nh3 e5 14.f5 White
gets more space [14.fxe5!? must be considered 14...Nxg4 15.0-0= ] 14...e4 Black
wins space 15.Qf4? [>=15.Qg2=/+ ] 15...Kg7?? gives away a clear win [>=15...Bd6
and the scales tip in favour of Black 16.Qf1 Nxg4-+ ] 16.g5+/= White gains
space 16...Bd6 17.gxf6+ Qxf6 18.Qf2 Qxf5 19.Nd2 Qg4 White cannot castle king
side 20.Bd1 [>=20.Nf4!? Qf5 21.Nf1+- ] 20...Qg3+/= 21.Nf1 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Bxh3
23.Rxh3 Nd7 24.Bd2 f5 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Nh2 Bxh2 [>=26...Ng4+ 27.Kg1 Nxh2 28.Rxh2
Bxh2+ 29.Kxh2 g5-/+ ] 27.Rxh2+/- Ng4+ 28.Bxg4 fxg4+ 29.Kg3?? a transit from
better to worse [>=29.Ke2+/= is just about the only chance] 29...Rf3+-+
[29...Rf3+ 30.Kg2 g3-+ ] 30.Kxg4 h5+ 0-1

            Upcoming Events

            5/26 4-SS, G/15, CSCC
            5/27 Poor Richard's May Open final round, CSCC
            5/27 May 2009 G/29 Series Event, CSCA
            5/30 USAFA QUADS #10, CSCC
            5/30-31 Wyoming Open, WCA
            6/2 Speed tournament, CSCC

            For event details and additional events, see the following websites:

            Colorado Springs Chess Club: CSCC (http://springschess.org/)
            Boulder Chess Club: BCC (http://www.geocities.com/boulderchessclub/)
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            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 May 26 18:37:04 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:37:04 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] C.L.Babcock on ChessVideos.tv
Message-ID: <1243384624.4a1c8b30f0e7a@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from "C.L. Babcock" <chrislbabcock at comcast.net> -----
    Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 16:39:50 -0700
    From: "C.L. Babcock" <chrislbabcock at comcast.net>
Reply-To: "C.L. Babcock" <chrislbabcock at comcast.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] ChessVideos.tv
      To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Dave <dave at ilad.net>

Wow!  Thanks for sharing this!  I signed up today


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Dave
  To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com
  Sent: 05/18/2009 8:31 AM
  Subject: [BrianWallChess] ChessVideos.tv





  Thanks for posting the FP game. BTW, I would just like to plug chessvideos.tv
( http://chessvideos.tv )in general. You can join for free and most of the
content is free. There are excellent instructional videos by GM Josh Friedel
and FM Dennis Monokroussos. All content is free though if you want to see the
older archived videos by their paid contributors, you'll have to opt for the
premium membership. But given that that material is a small percentage of the
available stuff, you'll find plenty for free including 500+ videos by IM Greg
Shahade, mostly live commentary of his ICC blitz games (see
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=3073&p=23902&hilit=l91#p23902
for some of these) but also tournament analysis (his coverage of the US ch was
great!) and other instructional offerings and since he is an unpaid
contributor, all of those videos are free.

  There are also endgame simulators, tactics puzzles, visualization exercises
and a number of other useful tools to improve your chess. It has fast become
one of my favorite chess sites.

  BTW, it would be awesome if Brian recorded some live commentary games of his
ICC adventures. You can use the free Windows Media System to record live games
with commentary or use one of the many alternative screen recording software
offerings.

  How about it Brian?- we'd love to hear what goes through your obviously warped
mind as you crush the players and patzers.



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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Tue May 26 19:51:48 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 19:51:48 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Tim Kohler on Asian Chess, 1...Nh6 UON article,
	Third Drunken Penguin
Message-ID: <1243389108.4a1c9cb473b25@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Tim Kohler <tim.kohler at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 19:22:47 -0600
    From: Tim Kohler <tim.kohler at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Tim Kohler <tim.kohler at hotmail.com>
 Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin
      To: Brian Wall <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>


Hi Brian..!



You stated:

In Mongolian Chess all pawns start out one square advanced.
Brian Wall



I most respectfully disagree. "Shatar" is Mongolian Chess, and the pawns start
on the second rank as in our game. Perhaps you meant "Makruk" (a.k.a. Thai or
Cambodian Chess), which is as you say.



The six major, and nationally recognized, chess variants played today are:



Shatranj (India)

Makruk (Thailand)

Xiangqi (China)

Janggi (Korea)

Shogi (Japan)

Chess (Modern Western Chess)



Shatar (Mongolian) & Senterej (Ethiopian) chess also exist, but are both far
less popular. In short, you won't find tournaments for these games anywhere.



For the record, I've collected (and learned) all these variants and thoroughly
enjoy most of them.



Back to Shatar...

It's quite possibly the most similar to Western Chess of all culturally altered
chess variants. The pieces aren't stanton, and can vary in form...but...they
still represent the same pieces we use, and are placed in the same positions.



There ARE differences though:

Either player may start first...

All games must ALWAYS begin with d4 & d5.

Pawns ("Fu") can't move 2 squares on their first moves EXCEPT on this mandatory
first move...

Queens ("Bers") have limited power in that they move as a King/Rook would move
(i.e., no bishop abilities)...



Oh yeah...Check is called something different depending on the piece that's in
question. A "Shak" is a check with a knight (a "Mori"), and although one can
"Shak", one must NEVER "Mat" (checkmate) with one! Considered very offensive!



Peace,

timk
----------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Third Drunken Penguin -
I don't have a good game plan yet.
Give me time.
One difference I've noticed -
with the Brick
1  e4  c5  2  Nh3
they play ... B:h3 a lot-
so far no one has played
... B:h3 against the Drunken Penguin-
they don't want to release the Penguin Rook!

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bananahead"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "21:17:16"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Bd6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Nc3 d4 9. Nb5 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 a6 11. Na3 Re8 12. Bg2 Ne5 13. Qd2 c5 14.
O-O-O Qb6 15. Kb1 Bf5 16. e3 Rad8 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Rge1 Qc5 19. Ka1 b5 20.
c3 d3 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Bf1 Rxd5 26.
Nb1 Nf6 27. b3 Ne5 28. Nd2 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Kb2 f5 31. f4 Ng4 32. c4
bxc4 33. bxc4 Rd8 34. Rd2 Ne3 35. Bh3 Nxc4+ 36. Kc3 Nxd2 37. Kxd2 Rc8
{White resigns}
0-1

Bananahead says: mr. wall, how could u do this to me?
/Tell Bananahead!  brand new opening, the Drunken Penguin, Game #3
Bananahead says: lol
Bananahead says: i love ur win a piece variation of the caro kann tho
/Tell Bananahead!  thanx
Bananahead says: with the Qa4+ and picked up bish on g4
Bananahead says: GMs fall for that
/Tell Bananahead!  Jack Young Life Master-Nymphomaniac Attack
/Tell Bananahead!  Lobron censored me after losing
Bananahead says: haha he is a quick censor anyways
Bananahead says: oh i'm Craig, btw we've met a few times, friend of Jesse Cohen,
Andrew Smith, and Zimbeck
Bananahead says: Craig Clawitter
/Tell Bananahead!  oh OK you're Craig
/Tell Bananahead!  are you on my email list?
moretime 30
You just added 30 seconds to Bananahead's clock.
Bananahead says: i have your facebook
/Tell Bananahead!  ok
Bananahead says: u can't add time and play the penguin :)
/Tell Bananahead!  lol
Bananahead says: haha
libappend -1
Saved as %01.
Bananahead says: i couldn't let myself lose to that
/Tell Bananahead!  don't have a plan with it yet
/Tell Bananahead!  it will come to me
/Tell Bananahead!  if you lost you would be the instant laughing stock of 17
countries
(told Bananahead)
Bananahead says: i've had a lot of practice with just trying to play normally
against all of Zimbecks crazy stuff
/Tell Bananahead!  Zimbeck plays my stuff
/Tell Bananahead!  I promote his website
Bananahead says: nice, yeah i helped him with some chess stuff for survivor
Bananahead says: lost to him 5 mins to 30 seconds, of course i won like 10
games, but still the laughing stock of youtube :)
/Tell Bananahead!  I think I saw that video
Bananahead says: i even had goofy hair then
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:37:55 -0600
 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com
 To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com;
UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; brianwall-chesslist at lists.taom.com
 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin

 Thanx Noe-
 I was reading political comments this morning and they are now calling the
 Republicans
 The Party of NO

 Brian -
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 ----- Forwarded message from van hulst noe <noevanhulst at yahoo.fr> -----
 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 21:21:57 +0000 (GMT)
 From: van hulst noe <noevanhulst at yahoo.fr>
 Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re : [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin
 To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

 Brian:

 What can I say...you are the kind of man that never shies away from any
 challenge! Looking forwars to see your first Drunken Penguin game. I admire
 your courage and your great contributions. Keep up your innovative spirit and I
will volunteer as a cheerleader in your fan club.

 Noe van Hulst






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Envoy? le : Vendredi, 22 Mai 2009, 19h07mn 23s
 Objet : [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] 1...Nh6 UON article, Drunken Penguin






 My first reaction to the Drunken Penguin was -
 Just say Noe

 but on second thought I have to admit I love it and will be trying it soon.
 Thanx, Van Hulst

1 ... Nh6 was one of those moves that I had
 to try for myself about 20 years ago-
 My plan was to play ... g6, ... Bg7, ... 0-0 and ... f5
 but if there was no time for that Plan B was an emergency Hippo
 with ... f6 and ... Nf7

 By the way I have to report a definite increase in Hippo activity on ICC -
 example -

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
 [Site "Internet Chess Club"]
 [Date "2009.05.22" ]
 [Round "-"]
 [White "B-Wall"]
 [Black "Apteryx"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 [ICCResult "Black resigns"]
 [WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
 [Opening "Hippopotamus defense"]
 [ECO "A40"]
 [NIC "QO.17"]
 [Time "00:19:35"]
 [TimeControl "300+0"]

 1. d4 f6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Nh6 4. Nc3 Nf7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 c6 8. Be3
b6 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Ra7 11. Kb1 Re7 12. e5 Bg7 13. Ne4 Rd7 14. d5 cxd5
 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e6 dxe4 17. exd7+ Nxd7 18. Bxe4 O-O 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bd5 f5
 21. h4 h5 22. Nc6 Qd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Qf3 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rhe1 Bb7 27.
 Nb4 Nd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxe1+ 29. Kc2 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 a5 31. Qd4+ Kh7 32. Nd5 Qc6+
 33. Kb3 Re4 34. Nf6+ Kh6 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Qd5 {Black resigns} 1-0

 I screwed this game up starting with 26 Rhe1?
 The opening was highly amusing.

 In Mongolian Chess all pawns start out one square advanced.

 Brian Wall
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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 22:44:41 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shocking new opening by Noe Van Hulst from
	France wins in 9 moves!
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "gilsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "00:38:55"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf2 Bh5
8. Bf4 c6 9. Bxe5 {Black resigns} 1-0

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 27 00:18:15 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 00:18:15 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] GM Larry Christiansen versus Tyler Hughes,
	2009 US Championship
Message-ID: <1243405095.4a1cdb276ee85@www.taom.com>


This was Tyler's fourth encounter with a United States Chess Champion
in this tournament. He enjoyed worldwide press when he shocked Gulko
in Round 1. Two of his encounters with U.S. Champions made ICC's
Game of the Day, watched internationally. Larry Christiansen and Sam
Shankland played much faster than Tyler. Tyler was doing the Monroi
for his game and tried to be accurate on the times.

Grandmaster Larry Christiansen's win against Tyler Hughes in Round 8 of the 2009
US Championship made me a little jealous. The point is that I also played b3
against Tyler's Sicilian just 6 weeks before their game but lost. My reasons
were quite different. Larry shares his preparation plus some thoughts on his
game with Tyler in his latest
ICC ATTACKING WITH LARRYC  Chess video entitled -
PREPARATION LEADS TO ATTACK DISCOVERIES,
naturally recorded right AFTER the Championship.

I imagined Robert Snyder in an orange jumpsuit looking furtively behind him with
a Chessboard under one arm and a bag of Salt Water Taffy in the other.
Is Robert in some tropical paradise drinking pina coladas like Kathleen Turner
in Body Heat? Or has he grown a beard somewhere working in a car wash in Van
Couver, Canada. In any case, I wanted him to feel some psychic Chess Coach
solidarity so I played the Snyder Sicilian in the last round of the 2009
Colorado Closed.


Brian Wall (2200) - Tyler Hughes (2300) [B20]
2009 Colorado Closed Tivoli Center, Denver, CO (5), 29.03.2009

1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2
Nbd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Nc4 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nce5 d4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bc1 Bc6 16.Bf4
Qb7 17.h4 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Re1 h6 20.Bd2 Bd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.h5 Nxh5 23.Nh4
Nf6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Nxf3 Nd5 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 f5 29.f4 Kf7
30.Nf3 Be7 31.Kg2 Bf6 32.Nh2 a6 33.Kf2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Kg2 b4 36.Nf3 Nc7
37.Ne1 Kg6 38.Kh3 Kh5 39.Nf3 Nb5 40.Ne1 Na3 41.Bc1 g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.Bd2 Bg7
44.Bc1 Bh6 45.Kg2 g4 46.Bxh6 Kxh6 47.Kf2 Kg5 48.Ke2 f4 49.Kf2 f3 50.Kg1 Nb1
51.Kf1 Nc3 52.Kf2 Nd1+ 53.Kf1 Kf5 54.c4 bxc3 55.Nc2 Ne3+ 56.Ke1 Nxc2+ 57.Kd1
Ne3+ 58.Ke1 c2 59.Kd2 f2 60.Kc1 f1N 0-1

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Chessbase style notes to my game with Tyler can be found in
the Games section of Chris Peterson's  Brian Wall Chess site -

http://brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/games/
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Tyler took some online lessons from Larry. Tyler sent Larry his age 13
" Game of the Colorado Century " Pete Karagianis brilliancy. Larry sent
back voluminous notes. It was Larry that encouraged Tyler to play the
Evans Gambit.

Positional pawn sacs are impossible to judge so for me,
the lead changed hands every few moves. I was intrigued
by the game even though I couldn't understand any of it.
It was interesting for me to see how the experienced GM
handled the young firebrand, Tyler Hughes. Everyone seemed
to be terrified of Tyler's theoretical knowledge. I guess we
all remember how many opening lines we memorized at age 18.


GM Larry Christiansen (2681) - Tyler Hughes (2293) [B40]
2009 US Championship Saint Louis, Missouri (8), 16.05.2009


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3

Larry explains that he prefers Tyler to commit to ... e6 first
before playing b3  so that  the " blockading the center "
strategy with  ... d6, ... e5  would cost Tyler a tempo.

3 ... b6

Tyler and I played  2 b3  b6
one move earlier.


4.d4

Shabalov/Shirov/Tal turn any position into a piece sac,
Kramnik/Petrosian/any Armenian turns every position into an endgame,
I turn every position into a Fishing Pole/ Full Metal Jacket/ pawn wave,
Larry turns every position into a Gambit.

For decades now I have been copying some shaky old
analysis of Larry's in the defunct Player's Chess News -
1  e4  e5  2  d4  ed  3  c3  dc  4  Bc4  cb  5  B:b2  d5  6  B:d5  Nf6
7  Nc3  N:d5  8  ed  Nd7  9  Nf3  c6  10  0-0  cd  11 ed

Larry could just develop some pieces but he likes
the psychological pressure gambits bring to bear.


4 ... cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7

Tyler spent 8 minutes here so this is all new to him.


Next time Tyler will try  5 ... Nf6
and if  6  Nb5?  a6!!  7  Nd6+   B:d6  8  Q:d6  N:e4!!
wins a critical tempo.


6.Nb5!

Played 56 times before.
6  Bd3  played 73 times
6  Nd2  played 3 times
6  Be2  never tried
6  Bc4  never tried
6   f3  played once


6 ...  Bxe4?

Played 14 times

Tyler did not make this decision lightly,
he thought for 25 minutes before accepting the challenge.


6 ... a6!!  played 10 times by Chess heavyweights  Jansa, Almasi,
Kovacevic, Savchenko and Facebook friend Alexandra Stiri
Sophie Millet won twice with 6 ... Nc6!, Epishin drew twice,
Igor Khenkin drew and Arkadij Rotstein won with  6 ... Nc6!
6 ... Nf6?  played 13 times
6 ... d5?  played  5 times, leads to an isolated pawn position after
7  ed  a6  8  N5c3  ed  9  Bd3
Froso Kasioura played 6 ... Na6?  and
Judith Polgar and Vadim Milov both won with it.
Larry explained in his video that he would answer
6 ... Qf6? with the calm 7 c3
now we descend to the realm of serious disadvantage for Black
6 ... Bb4+?  7  c3!  seems pointless
6 ... h6?  7  N1c3!!  or  Ba3!!  accelerates Larry's dark square assault
6 ... d6??  tried 5 times  but it's bad after  7  Ba3!!



7.N1c3!!

The only good move.

Played 11 times.
11 Bf4?   Qf6!  played twice 12  B:b8  R:b8!!, ... Bc5!  or ... Q:a1
favors Tyler
11 Nd6+?   B:d6  12 B:d6  Qf6!
played once  12 ... Ne7!  also favors Tyler


7 ... Nf6

8 minutes spent

7 ... f5-bishop-any  8  Bf4!
slight advantage Larry



8.Nd6+!  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Grandmaster Larry Christiansen.
8  Bf4!!  gives the Grandmaster a slight edge.


8 ... Bxd6!  9.Qxd6!

As far as I can tell,
6 ... a6!!  was  slightly better than Tyler's  6 ... B:e4
8  Bf4!!  was slightly better than  8 Nd6+!
and  9 ...  a6!!   is slightly better than Tyler's next move


9 ... Qe7


7 minutes spent



10.Nb5!!
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Best.
Larry opines in his video he should get his pawn back easily after
10  Q:e7+  K:e7  11 Ba3+   d6!
10  Q:e7+  K:e7  11 Ba3+  Kd8!! is about equal -
10  Q:e7+  K:e7  11 Ba3+  d6  12 Nb5!  contains two threats
10  Q:e7+  K:e7  11 Ba3+  d6  12 Nb5!  Rd8  13  Nc7  Nc6
14  N:a8  Nd4  15  Rc1  and GM Christiansen is up the exchange for a pawn

I like what the Grandmaster played more than what he recommended in his video.

10  Ba3!  and Bf4 are OK too.
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10 ...  Qxd6!  11.Nxd6+!   Kf8!  12.Ba3!

I analyzed this game last because Tyler lost and also it's a
long grueling game of slightly better moves and positions.
Tyler has an awkward game for a pawn now.


12 ...  Kg8!


60 minutes left for Tyler,
110 for Larry



13.0-0-0!!  Bg6!  14.h4

One of many good moves. LarryC talks a lot about rook lifts in his videos.
Tyler's Rooks are light years from an open file. Tyler can move his KRP
to make a home for his King  or play  ... Ne4 to reduce the pressure or
bring a knight out with ... Nc6. Larry's best might be
14  Be2!  connecting the Rooks.


14 ... h5!


The 5th best move in a row by Tyler.

15.f3?

15  Be2!  connecting the Rooks was best again.


15 ...  Nc6

Andrew Soltis suggests you ask yourself what square your opponent's
last move weakened. That might have led Tyler to  15  ... Nd5!!


16.c4

GM Larry's idea is to take away any square for Tyler's f6 knight.
16  Ba6!!  to restrict Tyler's Rooks while activating Larry's
is a good idea too.



16 .... Ne7

9 minutes spent

to challenge Nd6
... a5!!  and ... Nb4!
is another idea.


17.Bb2!!   Rh6

7 minutes spent


Tyler delays  17 ... Nf5!
getting rid of the bind at the cost of the d7-pawn


18.Be5!

Larry's cruel idea is to send the h6-rook back to the shop with Bf4.
Larry has only used 25 minutes for the whole game so far.
Tyler has used 90 minutes.

only the flipper move  18  Be2!!
is better
18  g4  hg  19  B:f6  gf  fg
was another interesting approach.
Larry has had more than enough for a
pawn for a while now.



18 ...  Kf8

5 minutes spent.



19.Be2!!

Finally


19 ...  Nc6!  20.Bf4!!  Rh8!

Tyler must be frustrated -
running out of time plus
no progress on breaking
that infernal d6-bind.
27 minutes left to reach move 40.


21.Rd2!!   Ne8 22.Nb5!

Avoiding trades with a cramped opponent.
Doubling Rooks was sweet.


22 ... e5!

11 minutes spent,
leaving 14 to move 40


23.Be3!  Bf5!


Still hanging onto his extra pawn
and hoping to break free some day.
23 ... Nf6!!
was another way to hang onto d7.


24.Kb2

A good move among many.


24 ... Be6 25.Re1!!

Tyler still had his pawn,
Larry still has his bind.



25 ...  Nf6

5 minutes spent,
leaving 7 left to move 40.



26.Nc3

to control d5.
Fritz prefers the quiet strengthening moves
26  a3!!  or g3!

I am playing Drunken Penguin blitz games
( 1 Nh3, 2 Rg1 )
while I am analzying this serious game.


26 ... Rc8!

One of several reasonable moves but
Larry still holds the advantage.



27.Bf1!

One of several reasonable moves.
Doubling the Rooks is probably best
but Larry may be anticipating the
e1-Rook finding employment after f4



27 ...  Ne8 28.Bf2?

Getting nervous in Tyler's time pressure
like we all do in Colorado.  28  f4!!
cracking open the safe is best.


28 ...  Rh6!!

The jailer just unlocked his cell.
28 ... f5!!  is a good idea too.
Tyler has fought back to equality.

29.Bd3!!  f6?

Tyler is under 3 minutes now.


29 ... f5!!
with the idea of controlling e4
and preparing ... Rg6!!  is equal.


30.Be4!!

Ken Smith of the Smith-Mora Gambit
called this "forever pressure ".


30 ...  Nc7?


Tyler is down to about 2 minutes and is starting to
lose the thread.  30 ... Ne7! is best but his poor
Rook has to crawl home again after  31  Bf4!!
or moving the KB to c2 or b1 is good for Larry too.

31.Nd5

7 minutes spent.
The first time Larry has spent over five
minutes for any move all game long.
31 Be3!!  Rh8  32 f4!!
is the best idea



31 ... Ne7!!  32.Ne3?

Trading either knight for knight
or  32 Be3 would keep some advantage.



32 ...  Rh8


It's hard to play a committal move like
32 ... f5!!, weakening the e-pawn
when you have less than 2 minutes to think
against an attacking genius like
Larry Christiansen.
33 ... b5!  is a nice shot too,
weakening Larry's grip.
Tyler's move was the best noncommittal move available.


33.g3

Another quick move from the
Grandmaster leads to no advantage.
33 g4!  would have a little spin on the ball.



33 ... Kf7!

Tyler again makes a good noncommittal move
instead of the sharper 33 ... b5!!  or ... f5!!


34.g4!!   hxg4


34 ... g6!
is best insisting on ... f5
but Tyler is just trying to survive until move 40.



35.fxg4!  Rhd8!!


Tyler is handicapped -
he is not trying to cause trouble,
he just wants to stay solid.
35 ... b5!  is best again,
trying to weaken the bind.
Down to 89 seconds against
a US Champion.

36.Red1!!  g6?

4 seconds spent.
Again the sharp  36 ... b5!!
gives equality


37.Bg3?

Larry took 15 seconds here,
trying to deprive Tyler of
thinking time.
37  Bb7!  Rb8  38  Bf3!
is best.


37 ... Kg8?


Tyler is marking time when
37 ... f5!! gets him back in the game.



38.Bc2?

GM Christiansen spent a little
over a minute here when he had
an hour on the clock.
38  h5!!  or Bb7!
are strong.
Larry was having a bad tournament so maybe he didn't care that much
what happened or maybe he is trying to blitz Tyler off the board.
He can't have underestimated Tyler after analyzing Hughes-Karagianis
deeply. The ICC Grandmasters always refer to Tyler as " Young Tyler Hughes ".


38 ...  Rf8


38 ... b5!!
is best again,
attacking Larry's structure.


39.Rg1?

Another lame blitz move from LarryC.
Good moves were available -
39  h5!, a4!, Kb1!


39 ...  d5?!

20 seconds spent
with almost no time left.
38 ... b5!!
is best again


40.cxd5?

LarryC had an hour to find  40 g5!!
shaking Tyler's structure to
the core with some advantage


40 ... Ncxd5!


After all the mistakes we have arrived at a position where
the Grandmaster has a safer King, the two Bishops and I believe
he will win a Kingside pawn after 41  N:d5!  N:d5  42  B:g6  or
41 N:d5  B:d5!  42  g5!!
It was watching Roman Dzindzichashvili in blitz where I
learned that Grandmasters come up with a lot more endgame
mating attacks than I do.

We start the second time control with a slight advantage
for the author of " Storming the Barricades"
and "Rocking the Ramparts".

I have spent time with Larry Christiansen and I can tell you he is fun,
jovial, friendly, observant, honest and perceptive. He is my favorite ICC
analyst. Larry's the real deal. Anyone who analyzes with him can testify
to his Frank J Marshall instant grasp of tactics. I did the best I could
following along with his deep calculations when we did ICC webcasts
together but he often left me breathless and flatfooted.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4820

Larry Christiansen, Bermal Moro and Joel Benjamin
tied for first at Curacao 2008, a fun tournament
where some games were played underwater with
scuba diving equipment!


" For some reason I played poorly after the time control. "
Tyler Hughes.

The truth is,
Tyler had a bad game after the first time control
and what's worse, it was fairly easy for the GM
to find strong moves. Storming the Barricades and
Rocking the Ramparts is what Larry is all about.

Tyler's best positions so far were   32 ... f5!!   or
33 ... b5!  but he had too little time to play those.


41.Nxd5!   Bxd5!

It doesn't much matter how Tyler recaptures,
he is losing his pawn back. Tyler thought for
half an hour here to reorient himself,
something recommended by Shereshevsky.


42.g5!!

42  B:g6!
also regains the pawn



42 ...  fxg5?

10 minutes spent

42 ...  Rc6!, ... f5!  or ... Kf7!
were better tries


43.Bxe5!!  Be6!


18 minutes spent,
leaving Tyler with only
three minutes plus a
losing position.


44.hxg5!!

44 R:g5!!  is also strong


44 ...  Bf5!

Best but losing.


45.Bd1!


45  B:f5!!  is surprisingly strong -
45  B:f5!!   R:f5  46  Re1!!   mit angriff
45  B:f5!!   N:f5  46  Rh1!!   mit angriff
45  B:f5!!   gf??  46  Rd7!!   wins on the spot



45 ...  Rf7


45  ... Rfd8!
is better but still tough to hold.
It's difficult picking which bad line is least worst.
My mental image here is Tyler Hughes sinking
slowly and deeper in quicksand each move.


46.Be2!!

Too many threats -
Bc4, Rh1, Ba6
Tyler's King is in a crossfire
of Rooks and Bishops with one
of the world's leading attackers
conducting the assault.
Teen nightmare almost
equivalant with prom night.



46 ...  Be6!

3 minutes left for Tyler.
117 minutes left for Larry.

Good moves in bad positions
sometimes works.



47.Ba6!!

Threats:
48  B:c8, Rh1
no defense:
47  Ba6   Re8  48  Bb5, Rh2, Rh1, Re1, Re2
47  Ba6   Rc5  48  Re1!!
47  Ba6   Rf5  48  B:c8, Re1, Re2, Bf6
47  Ba6   Nc6  48  B:c8, Bf6, Re1, Rh1, Rc1
47  Ba6   Kf8  48  Re1, B:c8, Rh1, Bd6

All lines lead to comfortable White wins



47 ...  Rcf8 48.Rd6!!

48  Rh1!!!  Rh7  49  R:h7  K:h7  50  Bd6
wins a piece



48 ... Rf2+

48 ... Bd5  49  Bf6 wins


49.Ka3!!

Grandmaster Christiansen is completely
safe while Tyler is completely exposed.

49 ... Kf7  50.Rh1!!   Bf5

White wins 1-0

Tyler resigned because
51 Rh7+  is mate in 6


Checkmates tells you: that was a tough game
/Tell Checkmates!  I didnt want to analyze it
/Tell Checkmates!  I knew it was going to be small improvements all the way
/Tell Checkmates!  it was tricky
Checkmates tells you: yeah
Checkmates tells you: Larry said I defended like a lion :)
Checkmates tells you: was nice to hear
/Tell Checkmates!  it's in my chessbase folder other peoples games,
titled annotated
Checkmates tells you: he said he played like a jackass

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GM Larry Christiansen (2681) - Tyler Hughes (2293) [B40]
2009 US Championship Saint Louis, Missouri (8), 16.05.2009


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Nb5 Bxe4 7.N1c3 Nf6
8.Nd6+ Bxd6 9.Qxd6 Qe7 10.Nb5 Qxd6 11.Nxd6+ Kf8 12.Ba3 Kg8 13.0-0-0 Bg6
14.h4 h5 15.f3 Nc6 16.c4 Ne7 17.Bb2 Rh6 18.Be5 Kf8 19.Be2 Nc6 20.Bf4 Rh8
21.Rd2 Ne8 22.Nb5 e5 23.Be3 Bf5 24.Kb2 Be6 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Nc3 Rc8 27.Bf1 Ne8
28.Bf2 Rh6 29.Bd3 f6 30.Be4 Nc7 31.Nd5 Ne7 32.Ne3 Rh8 33.g3 Kf7 34.g4 hxg4
35.fxg4 Rhd8 36.Red1 g6 37.Bg3 Kg8 38.Bc2 Rf8 39.Rg1 d5 40.cxd5 Ncxd5
41.Nxd5 Bxd5 42.g5 fxg5 43.Bxe5 Be6 44.hxg5 Bf5 45.Bd1 Rf7 46.Be2 Be6
47.Ba6 Rcf8 48.Rd6 Rf2+ 49.Ka3 Kf7 50.Rh1 Bf5

White wins 1-0
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I tried Larry's idea in a blitz game and felt lucky to draw.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "sergor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "12:03:08"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7
7. O-O Ngf6 8. d4 Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxc5 11. Nd4 Qb6 12. Nf5 Rfe8
13. Nc3 Qe6 14. Nd4 Qe5 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Nf3 Qh5 17. h3 Rad8 18. Re1 Ne4
19. Qd4 Ndf6 20. Rad1 b6 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rcd8 24. Qc2 Rc8
25. Qd3 Rcd8 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Qd3

{Game drawn by repetition}   1/2-1/2

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Larry mentions this game in his Attacking video where a very young ( 12)
Magnus Carlsen won quickly with 6 Qe2 instead of  the gambit 6  Nb5

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Fredrikstad"]
[Date "2003.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,Magnus"]
[Black "Gabrielsen,Stig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6
8.Bb2 Bb4+  9.Nd2 Nf6 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.Nc4 b5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nd6+ Bxd6
14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Be5 Qa3+ 17.Bb2 Qxa2 18.Rxd5

1-0
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Stefan played  8  Bf4  instead of Larry's  8 Nd6+


[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kindermann,Stefan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis,Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Nb5 Bxe4 7.N1c3 Nf6
8.Bf4 Bb4 9.Bd6 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 Bc6 11.Qd4 Qc8 12.0-0-0 Na6 13.Rd3 Qb7
14.Rg3 0-0-0 15.Be7 Rde8 16.Rxg7 Ng8 17.Bd6 Nh6 18.Bd3 Nc7 19.f3 Nf5
20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Rxf7 Ne6 22.Qd2 h5 23.h4 f4 24.Bxf4 Rhf8 25.Rxf8 Rxf8
26.Bd6 Rg8 27.Re1 Qa6 28.Kb2 Kb7 29.a4 Ka8 30.Nd5 Qb7 31.Nf6 Rg6
32.Nxh5 a5 33.Nf4 Nxf4 34.Bxf4

1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 27 03:00:53 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 03:00:53 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Drunken Penguin accidentally squishes a
	Rat while going home to his ice floe
Message-ID: <1243414853.4a1d0145c564c@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "escacmat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, The Drunken Penguin Attack versus the Rat
Defense"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "04:19:23"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 b6 2. Rg1

The Penguin ( Eric Schiller ) or Der Ampel ( Stoplight )
is  1  Nf3  2 Rg1

You can examine Kaissiber or
www.Chessville.com Off The Wall
for more info

The Drunken Penguin is
1  Nh3  2  Rg1
suggested a week ago
by Noe van Hulst.
This is the first day of the Drunken Penguin
in practice.

I am having trouble finding a plan
because I have to compensate for 2
bad moves, however, I am learning
what NOT to do first.

Escamat doesn't care what I play,
he insists on his Rat Defense,
a double fianchetto followed by
... e6, ... d6, .... Ne7, ... Nd7

There is a picture of this in
How To Play Chess Like An Animal

I think they may call the Rat the Hippo now.

One of the great secrets of the Drunken Penguin is that you can premove
2 Rg1 because 1 ... e5?  or ... g5?  are highly unlikely.
Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone.


2 ... Bb7 3. d4 g6 4. Nf4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6
6. e4 Nd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Qd2 Ne7 9. O-O-O c5

Thematic Rat counterplay but now
10 Nb5!!, d5!!  or dc!!
are all very strong.



10. d5!!  e5!

Trying to bypass the open lines.
The Drunken Penguin can stumble back home
on wobbly feet with a winning position, 11 Nh3! -
11 Nfe2!  or Nd3!!  are good too.


11. Nd3!!   f5!

More thematic Rat counterplay


12. f4!?

12 f3!!  is most solid but
the Drunken Penguin tries to throw a rock
through a window with a shaky flipper.



12 ... fxe4!!   13. Nxe4!!

Option:  13  Nd3-f2:e4!!



13 ...  Qc7 14. fxe5!!

Can you hear the glass shatter?


14 ... Nxe5!  15. Nxe5!!

15  Nf4!!  is wicked too



15 ...  Bxe5!  16. Bb5+!!   Kd8 17. Bf4!!

Eliminating Escacmat's excellent ecclesiast.



17 ...  Bxf4!  18. Qxf4!  a6 19. Bc6!!

The Drunken Penguin crashes the party.



19 ...  Bxc6!  20. dxc6!

20 Qf6!!  was even more effective but
the combination of alcohol and fur made
his eyes blurry.


20 ...  d5 21. Nd6!!

As devastating as this is,
21  Qf6!!!  was even better


21 ...  Nf5 22. Rxd5!!  Ke7 23. Nxf5+!!

{Black resigns} 1-0

23  Qe5+!!!   mates even faster
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "escacmat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, The Drunken Penguin Attack versus the Rat
Defense"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "04:19:23"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 b6 2. Rg1 Bb7 3. d4 g6 4. Nf4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nd7 7. Be3 e6 8.
Qd2 Ne7 9. O-O-O c5 10. d5 e5 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14. fxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 a6 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20.
dxc6 d5 21. Nd6 Nf5 22. Rxd5 Ke7 23. Nxf5+ {Black resigns} 1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 27 10:46:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:46:41 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Wednesday Night Chess Tournaments in
	Northern Colorado Springs, CO
Message-ID: <1243442801.4a1d6e71dfe09@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
-----
    Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:39:02 -0600
    From: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: DuWayne Langseth <duwaynelangseth at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Wednesday Night Chess Tournaments








Greetings!



There will be a series of rated chess tournaments on Wednesday nights
at the YMCA in Briargate (north Colorado Springs) starting tonight.
They are family-oriented towards kids and their parents, but everyone
is welcome.  Play starts at 6:30, so I recommend getting there at
about 6:15.  You don't have to be a YMCA member to play. There will
likely be an unrated section at least for the younger kids who aren't

USCF members.



Players will be paired against opponents of similar rating in a quad
or small swiss.  We were holding them at Springs Ranch Elementary
for the past few weeks and getting a good turnout.  It's fun to watch
kids and adults of similar rating playing against each other.  We've
been doing G/25 and three rounds.



The cost will be $20 per family, that covers the whole series, and $10

for an individual.  That will pay for the minimal expenses involved.  Here

is the YMCA address: 4025 Family Place.  On I25, take exit 151 to

Briargate Parkway and go about 3 miles to Union Blvd.  Turn right and

go one block to Family Place. Turn left and go two blocks to the YMCA.



Adin Umana is running it and you can contact him at raven301 at msn.com.



See you tonight!



DuWayne Langseth

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Wed May 27 14:12:05 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:12:05 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The utter humiliation of Craig Clawitter by
	his close friends David Zimbeck and Brian Wall
Message-ID: <1243455125.4a1d9e95907a4@www.taom.com>


Speed chess! Zimbeck 30 secs vs Clawitter 5 min Awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPB21xFS_I

DavidZimbeck (6 months ago) Craigs rating is 2230 uscf
ChessTeacherJoe (6 months ago) I guess Blitz Chess isn't Craig's best game. No
offense to the guy, but he looks a bit sluggish.
DavidZimbeck (6 months ago) Craig would crush you. Show some respect... he is a
solid master in Blitz.
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Craig told me he was terrified of losing to the Drunken Penguin because he
had already suffered the international degradation of a 5 minutes to 30
seconds Youtube blitz loss to genius David Zimbeck. It took David about 10 games
to win at those odds but still, he did win eventually. Something similar
happened with the Drunken Penguin, a new opening suggested by Noe van Hulst.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
31. Nika (01:32 23-May-09 EDT): nice to hear, of course, thank you:-) but why?
did you find something useful for theory there?
32. Nika (02:25 26-May-09 EDT): Hello, Brian! I'm touched you analysed our blitz
game in details and nice to know you evaluate that move as a strong one.. I
would appreciate deeply you you can send me your article too.

33. Bananahead (14:06 27-May-09 EDT): got disconnected, thx for the games
though, I cant believe u beat me with that thing!
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Bananahead = Craig Clawitter

Craig explained that he had a lot of practice trying to play normally
and strongly when Zimbeck would play garbage against him.
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The Drunken Penguin in practice,
Day 2

Brian Wall versus Craig Clawitter,
friend of David Zimbeck

http://www.zimbeckchess.com/


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bananahead"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "13:59:33"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 e5 2. Rg1

The Drunken Penguin


2 ... d5 3. f3

Desperately trying to transpose to those solid,
well respected Hippo/Spongebob Squarepants systems


3 ... Bxh3 4. gxh3 Qh4+ 5. Rg3 Bd6 6. e4!

Stopping ... Bd6:g3


6 ...  dxe4  7. fxe4 Qxe4+!!  8. Qe2!  Qxc2 9. Nc3!  Nf6??  10. Rxg7??  Nc6!!

Craig spotted  the crushing 10  Qb5+!!
about the same time I did.
Now I have to win the game all over again.


11. d3 Nd4!!  12. Qf2!  Qxf2+!  13. Kxf2! Bf8 14. Rg5!  O-O-O
15. Be3?  Nc2!!  16. Rd1!  Nxe3! 17. Kxe3! Bh6! 18. h4! Nd5+
19. Nxd5 Bxg5+ 20. hxg5! Rxd5!  21. Bg2 Rb5 22. Rd2 Rg8
23. h4! Rg6 24. Be4!  Rgb6 25. b3!
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THERE IS A RULE I FOLLOW THAT OTHERS DON'T -

THE ONLY WAY TO LOSE A POSITION WITH EXTRA MATERIAL IS TO FORGET TO ACTIVATE
EVERY PIECE. IF YOU GO PAWN HUNTING AT THE EXPENSE OF ACTIVITY YOU MIGHT LOSE.
IF YOU ACTIVATE EVERY ONE OF YOUR EXTRA PIECES THE LAW OF PHYSICS SHOULD
GUARANTEE VICTORY.

THE ROOK ON B5 IS IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW

25  Rf2!! was even better intending  Rf2:f7:h7
While Craig goes pawn-hunting I am wiping out
his Kingside. I have won countless games like this.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


25 ... h6 26. Rf2!!  hxg5 27. hxg5!!  Ra5 28. Rxf7!!   Rxa2 29. g6!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THERE IS ANOTHER RULE I FOLLOW THAT OTHER'S DON'T.
NEVER MESS WITH A DRUNKEN PENGUIN -
THEY ARE ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


29 ...  a5 30. g7!!


{Black resigns}  1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Event
"ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bananahead"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "13:59:33"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 e5 2. Rg1 d5 3. f3 Bxh3 4. gxh3 Qh4+ 5. Rg3 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4
Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxc2 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Rxg7 Nc6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Qf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2
Bf8 14. Rg5 O-O-O 15. Be3 Nc2 16. Rd1 Nxe3 17. Kxe3 Bh6 18. h4 Nd5+ 19. Nxd5
Bxg5+ 20. hxg5 Rxd5 21. Bg2 Rb5 22. Rd2 Rg8 23. h4 Rg6 24. Be4 Rgb6 25. b3
h6 26. Rf2 hxg5 27. hxg5 Ra5 28. Rxf7 Rxa2 29. g6 a5 30. g7 {Black resigns}
1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Craig and I are Facebook buddies.





From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 28 00:28:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 00:28:40 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Snowdrops versus Old Hands Jackova Jana -
	Karpov Anatoly
Message-ID: <1243492120.4a1e2f1806fc8@www.taom.com>


http://www.praguechess.cz/poradane_akce.php?nazev_akce=17&akce=partie

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_El1YEmJuaac/ST3__CFu4qI/AAAAAAAAADY/AL1S6lxUVWs/s200/Jackova_s.jpg

a picture of
Jackova, Jana - Karpov, Anatoly
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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_El1YEmJuaac/ST3__CFu4qI/AAAAAAAAADY/AL1S6lxUVWs/s200/Jackova_s.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.girlchess.com/2008/11/ladies-vs-veterans.html&usg=__pZMw6mz3DCckBgFOQ9NOD_vP-6I=&h=148&w=200&sz=8&hl=en&start=20&um=1&tbnid=8zmmPe2o9dFMfM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3DJackova%2BJana%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

Chess for Girls site covering the match
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pics of Jackova, Jana

http://img.deniksport.cz/img/2/gallery/256883_jackova-crop.jpg

http://www.chessbase.de/2006/women%20chess%20cup/Jana%20trifft.jpg

http://www.praguechess.cz/fotografie/akce/sm_2008/06kolo/snezenky_machri_2008_06kolo_05.jpg


Jana looks pretty intense from any angle.

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This is a sort of Bobby Riggs versus Billy Jean King Chess match.
Young beautiful high rated women versus
old Grandmasters of the past.
Here Karpov suffers one of the worst losses of his career.

Jackova Jana - Karpov Anatoly [B43]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (1), 29.11.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Bd6
8.f4 Bc5 9.Nce2 Nc6 10.c3 d6 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Qe1 0-0!! TN  Karpov

Theoretical Novelty by Anatoly Karpov.

Matthias Wahls  tried to turn this into a Fishing Pole with  12 ... h5!?
6 years ago against Zigurds Lanka

13.Qh4!

Winding up like a women's softball pitcher.
Jana has a slight edge after
13  Nb3!!, Qh4!!, Nf3!, Bd2!, a4!, Be3!  or Rb1!



13 ...  Rfe8

It's hard to say what Rook belongs on what file here.


14.Nf3!!

Avoding trades and setting up  15  e5!!


14 ...  e5!!

Mandatory -
15  e5!!  crushes most other responses.

15.b4!

Gaining Queenside space -
Jana Jackova is playing well today, possibly she considered this
the game of her life, a rare opportunity to combat a World Champion.
She has a solid game with many options -
15 f5!!, b4!, Bc4!, fe!
are some ideas.


15 ...  Bb6!

16.fxe5!

16  f5!!  threatens  17  Bg5! or Bh6!  for example
16  f5!!   d5!   17  Bh6!!   or
16  f5!!   B:f5  17  Bg5!!
both slightly favor Jana



16 ...  dxe5!   17.Ng5!!   h6?

A disastrous lapse by Karpov,
starting a downward trend.
Every time Anatoly sees a line he doesn't like,
he chooses a worse one.
The nightmare starts here.

17 ... Qd6!!  18   R:f6   Q:f6  19  Q:h7+  Kf8  20  Nf3!!  or Ba3!
is about equal.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

 18.Rxf6!!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

18  N:f7!!!  K:f7  19  B:h6
is another way to win.
19 .... Qd8!   20  B:g7!!   K:g7  21  Qg5+  Kf7
22 Ng3!!, Bc4!+  or  Rad1!  all win
19 .... Qd8!   20  B:g7!!   K:g7  21  Qg5+  Kf7  22 Ng3!!  Rg8
23  Bc4+  Be6  24  B:e6+  K:e6  25   Rad1!!!   or Nh5!!  win
19 .... Qd8!   20  B:g7!!   K:g7  21  Qg5+  Kf7  22 Ng3!!  Be3
23  Q:e3  Kg6  24  Nf5!!  or  Be2!!  wins
Jana has three pawns for a piece plus a raging attack
19 .... Qd8!   20  B:g7!!   K:g7  21  Qg5+  Kf7  22 Ng3!!  Be3
23  Q:e3  Kg6  24  Nf5!!   Ng4!  25  Qg3!  Qg5!   26  h4!   Rh8!
27  Kg1!  Qh5!  28  Be2!! or  Rad1!!  wins
------------------------------------------------------------------------
18  N:f7!!!  K:f7  19  B:h6   Rh8  20  Bc4+!!  Be6  21 Qg4!!  Raf8
22 R:f6+!!  gf  23  Q:e6+  Kg6  24  B:f8  R:f8  25  Rd1!!, Qg4+!!  or  Qf5+!!
up two pawns with a huge initiative
18  N:f7!!!  K:f7  19  B:h6   Rh8  20  Bc4+!!  Be6  21 Qg4!!  Ke8
22 Q:e6+   up 2 pawns mit angriff
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
18  N:f7!!!  K:f7  19  B:h6   Rh8  20  Bc4+!!  Ke7  21 Qg5!!   hits everything
18  N:f7!!!  K:f7  19  B:h6   Rh8  20  Bc4+!!  Ke8  21 R:f6!!  kills
21 ... R:h6  22 R:h6  gh  23 Q:h6  or  21  ...  gf  22 Q:f6
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
18  N:f7!!!  K:f7  19  B:h6  Re6  20  Bc4!!  is devastating
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 ... hxg5?

What happens if World Champion Karpov takes the Rook?
18  ... gf!  19  Nh7!!  K:h7!  20  Ng3!  Rh8!  21 Q:f6!  Bg4!
22 Q:h6+  Kg8  23  Qg5+  Kf8  24  Q:g4
with a Bishop, two pawns and a safer King
for Karpov's Rook. Anatoly sees this is not
very good but what he chooses is worse.

If that wasn't bad enough Jana could also play the simple
18 ... gf!  19  Nf3!  threatening  20  B:h6
which is also no fun for Fischer's sucessor.
Jackova has only Knight for a Rook but
Karpov's Kingside is all broken up with
her pieces buzzing around.

There were plenty of good reasons to hate  18 ... gf!


19.Bxg5!!

Developing with the idea of
19  B:g5  gf  20  B:f6  and  21  Qh8 checkmate

19 ... Be6!

Karpov is already lost, Jana has an extra pawn plus a free attack.
It's hard to list all the threats:
a4        gaining space on the Queenside
Rf3-h3    saving the Rook and attacking down the h-file
Nf4       shoveling more coal onto the train engine
Raf1      doubling Rooks
Bh6       ripping out the dark-squared bodyguards
R:f7      tearing away the light-squared bodyguards
Qg3       threatening  Bh6  g6 / R:g6+
R:c6      or ... R:b6  works in some lines.


If I was Jana I would just walk around and smile until
Karpov showed me which way I should pull the trigger.



20.Nf4!!

Lean, elegant and beautiful,
just like Jana.
Instead of saving the hanging Rook,
Jackova piles on more pressure.
if  20 ...  gf?  21 B:f6!  is immediate checkmate
if  20 ...  ef?  21  e5!!
sets up  22 Qh7+!
with devastating effect.
Since neither piece can be taken,
Jana threatens more havoc by moving the knight
again with N:e6, Nd5  or Nh5

I can imagine Karpov's GM colleagues shaking
their heads, clucking their jowls and looking
aghast at his position.


20 ...  Ne7?

Logically reinforcing the Kingside with another piece
but it doesn't help at all. The best but inadequate
try is counterattack with the same piece -
20  ... N:b4!  21  cb  Qc3  22 cb!!   ef  23  e5!!  Q:e5
24  Rf!!!,d!!,c!!,b!!, 1   all win
20  ... N:b4!  21  cb  Qc3  22 cb!!   B:a2  23  Nd5!!!  or  Nh5!!  are deadly
20  ... N:b4!  21  cb  Qc3  22 cb!!   Bd4  23 N:e6!  R:e6
24  R:e6  B:a1  with an extra piece plus an attack for Jackova.
If the best defense leaves the ex World Champion down a piece
you can imagine how his logical but 17th worst defense fares.

" In the Botvinnik Variation you cannot
just choose a move on general principles. "
Irina Krush discussing her sweet victory over
GM Julio Becerra in the 2009 US Championship.



21.Nd5!!!

There is another way to win -
21  N:e6!!  fe!  22 Rf3!  Ng6  23  Qh5  Nf4  24  B:f4  ef  25  e5!!
with one of those deadly opposite colored Bishop middle game
attacks we hear so much about in the headlines since 9/11.


21 ...  Qd7?

This gets mated but there's nothing good to play.
21  Nd5  Qc6   22 R:e6   and  23 N:e7+
21  Nd5  B:d5  22 ed  uncovers the KB with a crushing attack
21  Nd5  Bf2   22  R:f2!  with a free piece plus an attack
21  Nd5  Ng6   22  R:g6  fg  ( anything else gets mated )  23 N:c7  B:c7
with Queen and pawn for Jana versus a Rook for Karpov

22.Rh6!!!     Ng6


1-0

Karpov resigns before  23 Nf6+  gf  24  B:f6  and mate on h8.
Anatoly also gets mated after
23 Nf6+  Kf8  24  N:d7+  B:d7   25  Rh8+  or
23 Nf6+  Kf8  24  N:d7+  Kg8    25  Nf6+  Kf8  26 R:g6  Ke7
27  N:e8+  Kd7  28  R:e6  R:e8  29  R:e8  K:e8  30  Bb5+  ab
31 Rd1  Bd4  32 Qh8+  Kd7  33 Qd8+  Kc6  34 Be7  Bc5
35  Bd6  Bb6  36  Qe8+  checkmate

The whole line is no fun at all with Karpov
dropping massive material.
I'll show one more line for witholding
Korchnoi's family behind the iron curtain.
23 Nf6+  Kf8  24  N:d7+  Kg8  25  Nf6+  Kf8  26 R:g6  Ke7
27  N:e8+  Kd7  28  R:e6  fe  29  Qh5  Rd8  30  Qf7+  Kc8
31  B:d8  K:d8  32 Bc4  Kc8  33 Nd6+  Kd8  34 B:e6  Bc7  35  N:b7  checkmate
from start to finish.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jackova Jana - Karpov Anatoly [B43]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (1), 29.11.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.f4 Bc5
9.Nce2 Nc6 10.c3 d6 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Qe1 0-0 13.Qh4 Rfe8 14.Nf3 e5 15.b4 Bb6
16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Ng5 h6 18.Rxf6 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Be6 20.Nf4 Ne7 21.Nd5 Qd7 22.Rh6
Ng6 1-0
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[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lanka,Zigurds"]
[Black "Wahls,Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 Bb4
8.0-0 Bc5 9.Nce2 Nc6 10.c3 d6 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Qe1 h5 13.b4 Ba7 14.Be3 h4
15.h3 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Rc1 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Qd8 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc3 Bc6
21.f5 Qe7 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Qe2 Qxb4 24.d5 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 exd5 26.Qg5 Qe7
27.Qg6+ Kd8 28.Nxd5 Bxd5 29.Rfd1 Qxe5 30.Qf7 Rh5 31.Rc5

1-0

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Wordsworth

On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm

When haughty expectations prostrate lie,
And grandeur crouches like a guilty thing,
Oft shall the lowly weak, till nature bring
Mature release, in fair society
Survive, and Fortune's utmost anger try;
Like these frail snowdrops that together cling,
And nod their helmets, smitten by the wing
Of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by.
Observe the faithful flowers! if small to great
May lead the thoughts, thus struggling used to stand
The Emathian phalanx, nobly obstinate;
And so the bright immortal Theban band,
Whom onset, fiercely urged at Jove's command,
Might overwhelm, but could not separate!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzivTHH9Em8&feature=PlayList&p=2959F29859FEBB44&index=0&playnext=1

Snowdrop flowers with snowdrop music
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6ExplQlaY&feature=PlayList&p=2959F29859FEBB44&index=1&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL

Kiss the Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSe66pWNmc

Hello...
Can you hear me?
Am I getting through to you?

Hello...
Is it late there?
Is there laughter on the line?
Are you sure you're there alone
Cuz I'm
Trying to explain
Something's wrong
You just dont sound the same

Why dont you ...
Why dont you ...
Go outside
Go outside

Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I'm gone too long
If your lips feel lonely and thirsty
Kiss the rain
And wait for the dawn
Keep in mind
We're under the same sky
And the nights
As empty for me as for you
If you feel
You can't wait till morning
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain

Hello...
Do you miss me?
I hear you say you do
But not the way Im missing you

What's new?
How's the weather?
Is it stormy where you are?
You sound so close but it feels like you're so far
Oh would it mean anything
If you knew
What I'm left imagining
In my mind
My mind
Would you go?
Would you go?

Kiss the rain

As you fall
Over me
Think of me
Think of me
Think of me
Only me
Kiss the rain
Whenever you need me
Kiss the rain
Whenever I'm gone too long
If your lips
Feel hungry and tempted
Kiss the rain
And wait for the dawn
Keep in mind
We're under the same sky
And the nights
As empty for me as for you
If you feel you can't wait till morning
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain
Kiss the rain

(kiss the rain)
(kiss the rain)
(kiss the rain)

Hello...
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?



From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 28 01:38:38 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 01:38:38 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Grandmaster gets bitten by Rabid Badger
Message-ID: <1243496318.4a1e3f7e63a19@www.taom.com>


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mandragoro"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, The Badger"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "02:29:34"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6!!


Praying for a Full Metal Jacket
the way some people wait for the
rise of the Republican Party again.


2. Nf3 f6!!

This was initially designed as an Anti-1400-London System.
I will hide in my Badger in his f7 den or lash out wildly
with Badger claws and teeth after ... e5!?.
Students of Badgeronomy should take special
note that either Knight can reach f7.


3. d5 Ne5!

I try to invent subvariations
depending on where my Knight ends up.


4. Nxe5  fxe5!  5. e4!

GM Gerhard Schebler was in shock and
took 1:19 to make 5 opening moves.

5 ... Nf6! 6. Nc3!  e6!

The Badger takes a peek from his den to see if there are any
bobcats, cougars, coyotes, wolves or bears lurking about.


7. dxe6!  d6 8. Bc4!  c6!  9. a4 Qe7! 10. Nd5!!

Yup, I'm playing a real GM,
Gerhard is willing to sac a
Knight for a central wedge.

10 ...  cxd5!  11. Bb5+  Kd8!  12. exd5!  Nxd5!?

Fighting back -
no wedgies please.

13. Qxd5!  Bxe6!  14. Qe4 Kc7

4 minutes left for me,
2 for the Badger bitten


15. O-O!  Rc8 16. a5 Kb8 17. a6!  Rc5

I was afraid of  17  ... b6  18 Bc1-e3:b6


18. c4!  Bc8 19. f4

GM Schebler's move technique is deteriorating
as he gets down to under a minute. I still
have 2:08.
19  ab!!  or  Be3!!
are fairly carniverous.



19 ... bxa6!

Trading anything off is a miracle when your King is exposed.
19  ... d5!!  is best but opens lines against myself.


20. Bxa6  Bxa6!  21. Rxa6!  Qb7!  22. Qxb7+!  Kxb7!  23. Ra4!  d5!

Trying to stay active.



24. fxe5 Rxc4!  25. Rf7+  Kc6!  26. Rxc4+!  dxc4!  27. Be3!

The endgame is about even,
GM Schebler is under 30 seconds and
I have a minute more than he does.


27 ...  a5 28. Kf2 Bc5

28 ... Kd5!!=


29. Bxc5!  Kxc5!  30. Ke3 Rb8!!

Now I am OK on the board.
GM - 20 seconds
Badger - 1:09


31. Rc7+ Kd5!!  32. e6 Kxe6 33. Rxc4 Rxb2!

I have the better of a possible draw now.

34. Rc7 Kf6 35. h4 Rxg2!!

Beating the GM on the
clock and on the board.


36. Ra7

GM -     10 seconds
Badger - 51 seconds


36 ... Rh2!  37. Ra6+!  Kf7!  38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Kf4 Rxh4+!

Up three pawns plus 33 seconds on the Grandmaster.



40. Kf5 Ra4 41. Ke6 h6


{White forfeits on time}  0-1

I had 34 seconds left but
I've seen the Badger before.


www.ChessGames.com will accept blitz games
if at least one participant is a GM.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "mandragoro"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, The Badger"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "02:29:34"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 fxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. dxe6 d6 8.
Bc4 c6 9. a4 Qe7 10. Nd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxe6 14.
Qe4 Kc7 15. O-O Rc8 16. a5 Kb8 17. a6 Rc5 18. c4 Bc8 19. f4 bxa6 20. Bxa6
Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Qb7 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. Ra4 d5 24. fxe5 Rxc4 25. Rf7+ Kc6 26.
Rxc4+ dxc4 27. Be3 a5 28. Kf2 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Kxc5 30. Ke3 Rb8 31. Rc7+ Kd5 32.
e6 Kxe6 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. Rc7 Kf6 35. h4 Rxg2 36. Ra7 Rh2 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38.
Ra7+ Kg8 39. Kf4 Rxh4+ 40. Kf5 Ra4 41. Ke6 h6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
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Statistics for mandragoro(GM)         On for:   22     Idle:    0
mandragoro is currently involved in a match against YARDBIRD(GM).

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1574  [6]     2     6     0     8
Loser's         1776  [6]     0     2     0     2
Crazyhouse      1839  [6]    38   149     0   187   1859 (15-Sep-2005)
Bullet          2326  [8]   174   285    27   486   2468 (21-Mar-2005)
Blitz           2668  [4]  1217  1470   302  2989   3111 (31-Oct-2004)
Standard        2642  [6]    53    28    18    99   2659 (02-Jun-2007)
5-minute        2334       6756  3950  1388 12094   2513 (25-Dec-2008)
1-minute        2088  [8] 11294  9194  1254 21742   2408 (23-Oct-2006)
15-minute       2397        196    13    12   221   2410 (11-May-2009)
 1: Account of GM Gerhard Schebler.Greetings from Duisburg Germany to everyone
  !
 2: No Takebacks please,i will never ask you too.
 3: I am a chessteacher now for about 19 years and new students are always
  wellcome :o)
 4: I am still looking for a chessclub in France,Austria and maybe in your
  country too.
 5: Since i saw the film "Money as debt" i got interested in the biggest secret
  called "capitalism"
 6: No mass media is mentioning the biggest problem of our times."exponential
  growth".
 7: "We can change"Obama said but can we change the system without seeing
  another war?
 8: F?r kleinere Einsichten :o)besucht bitte :Liebeangelamerkel de.Es lonht
  sich.
 9: There is much more truth inside of chess than in real life but maybe "we
  can change"
10: When the nature strikes back we shouldnt ask why.Development doesnt always
  mean progress !G.S.

 Name   : Gerhard Schebler
 Email  : g_schebler at gmx.de

 Groups : GMs Vendors

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 28 13:52:04 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:52:04 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] IM Roland Ekstroem is the laughing stock of
	Sweden after losing to the Seeing Double Drunken Penguin Attack
Message-ID: <1243540324.4a1eeb64176d0@www.taom.com>


Statistics for Blackjackadder(IM)         On for:   10     Idle:    0
Blackjackadder is currently involved in a match against VoxDei(IM).

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1778  [6]    29    21     5    55   1886 (19-Oct-2004)
Loser's         1529  [6]     3    10     1    14
Crazyhouse      1751  [6]   580   479     5  1064   2182 (17-Jun-2004)
Bullet          1817  [8]   383   314    27   724   2086 (18-Jul-2007)
Blitz           1961  [1]  3301  1875   537  5713   2852 (27-Mar-2006)
Standard        2202  [6]    12     4     0    16
5-minute        2140       2339  1809   619  4767   2489 (31-Jan-2005)
1-minute        1362        759   737    79  1575   2103 (03-Oct-2006)
15-minute       2137  [3]     4     0     3     7

 1: HP http://www.roleks.ch
 2: Dont ask me for lessons, I am not giving them!
 3: If you want to flag in dead draw, I am not an opponent for you
 4: No takebacks
 5: Fiderating      http://www.fide.com/ratings/id.phtml?event=1302302

 Name   : Roland Ekstroem
 Groups : IMs

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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Blackjackadder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "03:43:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. Na3 f5 4. Rb1

What would you say if you were being followed by two drunken penguins?
I decided getting mugged by one penguin simply wasn't degrading enough.
I now have many games I can show. I figured beating an IM should prove
that the Double Penguin is strong enough to withstand any opponent.
I decided to change my blitz style from fast and loose to slow and serious. My
rating went up to about ICC 2350 in the five minute pool which is pretty
strong, I play mostly GMs and IMs when I get up that high.

I don't have set stratgey yet so I switch around a lot. In the Penguin 1 Nf3  2
Rg1 the Rook can be an attacking piece after g4. In the Seeing Double Drunken
Penguin the Rooks can have a more passive role of discouraging Bishop takes
Knight until I recentralize my Knights ( bring home my drunken penguins ).


4 ...Nf6 5. c3 c5

Roland did not seem too taken aback by my affrontery.
There are many loose Hippos around these days.


6. Nc2

I want to punch through with d4 so that
my Kingside penguin can stumble to f4.

6 ... a5

I guess IM Ekstroem thought I was angling for b4.


7. d4 e4 8. dxc5

IM Bill Paschall calls this the one-square defense,
banking everything on Knight to d4.
I have 4 minutes left to Roland's 4.5

8 ... Bxc5 9. Be3 b6

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A penguin walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a beer. "That will be
$7.50 please" says the bartender. So the penguin gives the bartender his money
and starts to sip his beer. "You know we don't very many penguins in here"
mutters the bartender.

The penguin replies, "At these prices it's no wonder!"
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10. Nf4 g5 11. Nh3 h6

It's hard to move anything.


12. f4

A breakout.


12 ... Ng4

Rookpawns are usually very secure but in the Seeing
Double Drunken Penguin they are a source of anxiety.


13. Bd4!  O-O!  14. e3

Very cramped but trying to keep it together.

14 ... Be6 15. Bb5

The idea here was to have Qh5 available
if the IM moved his Fishing Pole Knight.


15 ... Nd7 16. Nf2 Nxf2

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A police officer spots a drunk walking down the street with a penguin. Tells the
man to take the penguin to the zoo where he belongs. The next day, the officer
sees the same drunk walking the same penguin. Thought I told you to take him to
the zoo. "I did," the drunk said. "He loved it. Today, we're going to the
library."
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17. Kxf2 Nf6

I am somehow OK here if I hide my King with
18  Rf1 and 19 Kg1  but I want to stir up
the pot with g4 if I can.

18. h3 Kh7 19. g3 a4 20. Be2

After I thought for half a minute here we both had half of our 5 minutes left.

20 ... Rg8 21. Rh1 gxf4!  22. exf4 Ra7


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Where does the penguin keep his money?
In a snowbank!
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23. Ne3 Rag7

I didn't want to passively defend so I make a bold move.
We have about 2 minutes left here.


24. g4 fxg4 25. f5 g3+!


Hopefully his own pawn will shield my King until his flag falls.


26. Kg2!  Bf7 27. Qd2 Qd6

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A penguin walks into a bar. He goes to the counter and asks the barman, "Have
you seen my brother?" The barman asks, "What does he look like?"
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28. Rbf1 Bxd4

Roland is tired of the pin.


29. Qxd4!  Qc5 30. Ng4!!

I have been mostly doing all the suffering
but the position is about equal now.


30 ...  Qxd4 31. cxd4!  Nxg4!

Roland is under a minute now,
I have over a minute left.

32. hxg4!   h5 33. Kxg3!!

I am a little better now plus
a 22 second time advantage.

33 ... Rc8 34. Kf4 Rc2!  35. Bd1!!  Rxb2 36. g5!!

Wow! One of the Penguin pawns made it through.

36 ...  Rxa2 37. Bxh5!!

Brian -
a winning position plus 43 seconds
IM Roland Ekstroem -
a losing position plus 27 seconds
37  f6!!!  is good too.


37 ...  Bxh5!  38. Rxh5+!  Kg8! 39. g6!!!

39  f6!!, Ke5!!, Rfh1!!  all work


39 ...  Rd2 40. Rfh1!

No defense.
Roland has half of my 38 seconds left.


40 ...  Kf8 41. Ke5!  Rf2

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A polar bear, a giraffe and a penguin walk into a bar.
The bartender says, "What
is this? Some kind of joke?"
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42. Rh8+!!  Rg8 43. f6


43 R1h7!!  or 43  Ke6!  mates

43 ... e3 44. g7+

Three other moves mate faster.
21 seconds to 9 for Roland.

44 ... Kf7 45. Rxg8!!  Rxf6!  46. Rf8+!  Kxg7!  47. Rxf6!  e2! 48. Rg1+

mate in 4


{Black resigns} 1-0


For those calling for my blood, I have plenty of losses at

http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/

in easy to use Chessbase click and move format

plus 5,000 messages covering losses from many different
openings at BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com. I consider
it my opponent's job to write about beating me but most
just play Chess instead of sharing their thoughts and feelings.

What can we learn from this game?
It was mostly a defensive effort.
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Blackjackadder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "03:43:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. Na3 f5 4. Rb1 Nf6 5. c3 c5 6. Nc2 a5 7. d4 e4 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nf4 g5 11. Nh3 h6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e3 Be6 15.
Bb5 Nd7 16. Nf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Nf6 18. h3 Kh7 19. g3 a4 20. Be2 Rg8 21. Rh1
gxf4 22. exf4 Ra7 23. Ne3 Rag7 24. g4 fxg4 25. f5 g3+ 26. Kg2 Bf7 27. Qd2
Qd6 28. Rbf1 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qc5 30. Ng4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 Nxg4 32. hxg4 h5 33.
Kxg3 Rc8 34. Kf4 Rc2 35. Bd1 Rxb2 36. g5 Rxa2 37. Bxh5 Bxh5 38. Rxh5+ Kg8
39. g6 Rd2 40. Rfh1 Kf8 41. Ke5 Rf2 42. Rh8+ Rg8 43. f6 e3 44. g7+ Kf7 45.
Rxg8 Rxf6 46. Rf8+ Kxg7 47. Rxf6 e2 48. Rg1+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 28 16:47:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 16:47:18 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Good Player is always lucky
Message-ID: <1243550838.4a1f147636c6c@www.taom.com>


Tyler works very hard on and off the board and makes his own luck.
Instead of the usual analysis I am just going to point out his
luckiest moments in Chicago. $4500 for shared first under 2300 section.


Hughes,T (2351) - Rea,A (2139) [D35]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (1), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Ndf6 12.h3 g5 13.0-0-0 Ng7 14.Rhe1 0-0 15.Kb1
Nfe8 16.Ng1 f5 17.Nf3 Nd6 18.Ne5 Rf6 19.f3 Be6 20.g4 Nf7 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Ng4
N7d6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qh2 Nf7 25.f4 Re8 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Rf1 N7h6 28.Rf3 Qg7
29.Rdf1 Nh4 30.Rf6 Bf7 31.Qf2 Ng6 32.Ne2 Re6 33.Rxe6 Bxe6 34.Qg3 Nf7 35.Qb8+
Nf8 36.Qg3 Qh6 37.Rh1 Qh4 38.Qxh4 gxh4 39.Rg1+ Kh8 40.Nf4 Bd7 41.Kc1 Nd6 42.Kd2
Nf5 43.Bxf5 Bxf5 44.Rg5 Bb1 45.a3 1-0

Getting paired with Andy Rea.
It doesn't get much luckier than that.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was a wild up and down battle where the lead kept changing hands like a
SuperBowl. On move 45 S. Ramer had multiple wins like  45  B:e3!!  ( +9)
The same idea  would give S. Ramer equality next move.
46  B:e3!! =
Instead S. Ramer played  45  Kg2?? and  46  R:c2??
dropping a Rook and losing the game.
I am not sure what's hard to see about breaking up a trio of
connected passed pawns about to Queen but Tyler ended up winning.


Ramer,S (2193) - Hughes,T (2351) [A00]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (2), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5
f6 10.Bh4 Nh6 11.Rb1 g5 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5 g4 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.f6 gxf3 16.fxg7 Rf4
17.Nd5 fxe2 18.Qxe2 Qf7 19.Bg5 Rxd4 20.Bxh6 c6 21.f4 e4 22.Qf2 Rxd5 23.cxd5 Bf5
24.dxc6 bxc6 25.Rbc1 c5 26.Rfd1 Qe6 27.Qh4 e3 28.h3 Nb4 29.Kh2 Nd3 30.Rc2 d5
31.Re2 d4 32.a3 Re8 33.b4 c4 34.g4 Be4 35.f5 Qd6+ 36.Kg1 Ba8 37.f6 Qd5 38.f7+
Kxf7 39.Rf1+ Ke6 40.Qf6+ Kd7 41.Qf7+ Kd8 42.Qxd5+ Bxd5 43.Rf5 Bg8 44.Rf8 c3
45.Kg2 c2 46.Rxc2 Ne1+ 47.Kg3 Nxc2 48.Kf3 d3 49.Bxe3 Nxe3 50.Rxe8+ Kxe8 51.Kxe3
Kf7 52.Kxd3 Kxg7 53.a4 Kf6 54.h4 Ke5 55.Ke3 Bb3 56.a5 Bc4 57.h5 h6 58.Kf3 a6
59.g5 hxg5 60.h6 Kf6 61.h7 Kg7 62.Kg4 Kxh7 63.Kxg5 Kg7 64.Kf4 Kf6 65.Ke3 Ke5
66.Kd2 Kd4 67.Kc1 Kc3 68.Kd1 Bd3 69.Kc1 Bc2 70.b5 axb5 71.a6 b4 72.a7 b3 73.a8Q
b2# 0-1

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Schill had the better of it most of the game, in fact, it took Tyler almost all
game just to come up with one threat. It must have occurred in time pressure.
On the 40th move instead of  40 ... Ka6=  Schill tosses a rook away.

Hughes,T (2351) - Schill II,W (2212) [E61]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (3), 23.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 Nxg3 9.hxg3
d6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.f4 Nf6 12.Nf3 Ng4 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.a3 0-0-0 16.Nd2 Qb6
17.Nde4 f5 18.Nf2 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Rdf8 20.Qc2 Kb8 21.Rb1 a5 22.Rhd1 h5 23.Rh1 h4
24.gxh4 gxh4 25.Ne2 e5 26.dxe6 Bxe6 27.Nc3 h3 28.g3 h2 29.Bf1 Bf6 30.Qd3 Bxc3
31.bxc3 Qc7 32.Bg2 Bc8 33.Qd5 Rh7 34.Rhd1 Rf6 35.Bh1 Rfh6 36.Rb2 Ka7 37.Rdb1
Rg6 38.Qd1 Rhg7 39.Qa4 Rxg3 40.Rb5 Rg2+ 41.Bxg2 1-0

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this was just a normal Tyler Hughes crush.


Wright,W (2222) - Hughes,T (2351) [E94]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (4), 24.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2
a5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 Nxd3 12.Bxd3 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f3 Qh4 15.Be3 b6 16.a3 Bd7
17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 e4 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Be2 Be5 22.g3 Bxg3 23.Bf1 Rf2
0-1

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Probably pressure to get into position for the big money in the later rounds.

Hughes,T (2351) - Norowitz,Y (2292) [D36]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (5), 24.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Be6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.Nge2 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.b4 a6 12.0-0 g6 13.a4 0-0 14.b5 a5 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Rab1 Rab8 ?-?

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This one was funny too.
Three moves before the end
29 Re1! would leave Tyler somewhat better.
After 29 Rfd1?  g3!!
Tyler is much better.
After  30  Kg1?  gf+!
Tyler is winning a piece.
After 31 K:f2!   Tyler has many clear wins -
31 ... Bh2+!!, ... Bg5+!!, ... Ra6!!, ... Ra3!!
all do the trick.

Tyler's choice,
31 ... Bc7+?  32 Kg1  B:b6  33 Rd6!!
forks Tyler's minor pieces.
Tyler would have to slog it out
with one extra pawn.
Instead C Jones freaked out from all the losing variations
and didn't bother to confirm that Tyler chose one of the
few that DIDN'T win right off the bat.
Jones resigned before he could find the Kg1, Rd6 idea.

Jones,C (2306) - Hughes,T (2351) [E94]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (6), 25.05.2009

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5
f6 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 f5 12.Bxg4 fxg4 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Ndb5 Be5 15.Qd5+ Rf7
16.Nxa7 c6 17.Nxc8 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Rxc8 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.Bxg5 Be5 21.Be3 Nb4 22.Rad1
Nc2 23.Bb6 c5 24.Nd5 Ra8 25.Rd2 Nd4 26.b4 Ne6 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Ne3 Bf4 29.Rfd1 g3
30.Kg1 gxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Bc7+ 0-1

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Last round big Money draw.

Hughes,T (2351) - Langer (FM),M (2289) [A61]
2009 Chicago Open Chicago, IL (7), 25.05.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Qa4+ Nbd7 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bh6 Bf8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bh6 Bf8 13.Bg5 ?-?
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Congratulations again to Tyler Hughes.
being good AND lucky
is an unbeatable combo.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 28 17:35:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:35:18 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jana Jackova - Karpov
Message-ID: <1243553718.4a1f1fb6dbb4f@www.taom.com>



http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans149.pdf

Hans Ree and Stefan Bucker analyze

Jana Jackova - Karpov
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http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/czech-beauty-smashed-karpov/

Chessvibes reports on Jana Jackova - Karpov

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http://www.chessgames.com/player/jana_jackova.html

The Chessgames of Jana Jackova
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http://reports.chessdom.com/czech-coal-r3

Chessdom.com
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http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/12/ladies-take-big-lead-against-veterans.html

Susan Polgar reports
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http://www.web4men.eu/story.php?t=the-young-ladies-leading-against-the-experience-in-czech-coal&IdDir=111&IdStory=606&Lang=2


web4men report.
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There are many more too. If I had seen all that I wouldn't have bothered.
The game was so wonderful that anyone would be proud to play it,
even without all the extra drama.
17  Ng5!!, 18  R:f6!!, 19  B:g5!!, 20 Nf4!!!, 21 Nd5!!, 22 Rh6!!
all show a high degree of concentration.
20  Nf4! is my favorite move of the game.

Event "Snowdrops and Old-hands"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jackova Jana"]
[Black "Karpov Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. f4
Bc5 9. Nce2 Nc6 10. c3 d6 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Qh4 Rfe8 14. Nf3 e5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ng5 h6 18. Rxf6 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Be6 20. Nf4 Ne7 21. Nd5
Qd7 22. Rh6 Ng6 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Thu May 28 17:36:31 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:36:31 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ICC game: Booth vs Dr-Checkmate
Message-ID: <1243553791.4a1f1fffdeab0@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com> -----
    Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 16:58:30 -0600
    From: William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>
Reply-To: William Chandler <kinguniquex at gmail.com>
 Subject: Fwd: ICC game: Booth vs Dr-Checkmate
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Internet Chess Club <icc at chessclub.com>
Date: 2009/5/28
Subject: ICC game: Booth vs Dr-Checkmate
To: Dr-Checkmate <KingUniqueX at gmail.com>


[Event "ICC tourney 346706 (17 5)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Booth"]
[Black "Dr-Checkmate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defense"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.03"]
[Time "15:43:12"]
[TimeControl "1020+5"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Qf3 c6 6. Nge2 Nc7 7. Bd3 g6
8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 Nd5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. h4 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 Qa5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bxg2 17. Rh2 Rad8 18. Qe3 Qf5+ 19. Ka1 Rd3 20.
Rxg2 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Qe5+ 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. Rg5 Qh2 25. Kc2 Qxh4
26. Rg2 Qh3 27. Rdg1 Qd7 28. Kb2 h5 29. Ne4 Qf5 30. Ng5 a5 31. d4 b5 32. e4
Qd7 33. d5 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb8+ 35. Kc3 cxd5 36. exd5 Qa4 37. Rf2 Qb4+ 38. Kd3
Qc5 39. Rgf1 e5 40. Nf3 Re8 41. Re1 Qxf2 {White resigns} 0-1

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 00:38:10 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 00:38:10 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Armenian Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan takes on
	the Drunken Penguin.
Message-ID: <1243579090.4a1f82d2e6ace@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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Grandmaster Melik Khachiyan won the last big tournament I played in, the 2008
North American Open. I analyzed his loss to IM Ray Robson in Susan Polgar's
Spice International for the Florida State Chess Magazine. Melik also played in
the 2009 US Championship and was friendly to Tyler Hughes. Let's see how he
does against the Drunken Penguin. My blitz skills are so exquisite that I am
contantly paired with titled players. I splash pixie dust on them while they
work on their serious tournament repertoires.

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "dragon-70"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "00:55:06"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1

Drunken Penguin suggested by Noe Van Hulst,
a variation on  1 Nf3  2  Rg1
The Penguin name suggested by LM Eric Schiller,
Unorthodox Chess Openings,
also called Der Amplel, the Stoplight in Germany

2 ... Bxh3

I stumbled into many bars before anyone dared release my Penguin Rook.


3. gxh3 Qd6!

The threat on h2 deterred me from  3  Na3  4 Rb1
the Seeing Double Drunken Penguin Attack
that was so effective in demolishing
IM Roland Ekstroem



4. Rg3

Grandmaster Larry Christiansen loves Rook lifts more than any man on earth,
how his heart would soar to see this day.


4 ... Nh6!!


Fighting one drunken Knight with another,
it's a donnybrook, a bar brawl!


5. d4 Nf5!


Now it's a classic battle:
Mother-in-law versus the Drunken Penguin Son-in-law.


6. Rb3!!

Exit Stage Left.
The h3 Knight was bait for this Rook to terrorize the community!
Ugly moves contain beautiful ideas,
that's the whole point of Unortodox Chess Openings.

6 ... Qxh2 7. Rxb7!!

My Kingside is a mess,
Melik's Queenside is a mess,
what happens next?


7 ... Nc6 8. c3!

With the wings collapsing I secure my
center with the cheapest babysitter.

8 ...  O-O-O  9. Rb5!

9  Rb3!!  is even better setting up checks on a6 later.
It's hard to get my bearings in such bizarre territory.


9 ...  e5 10. e3?

Underestimating my position.
My King is much safer than the Grandmaster's,
I can already launch a winning attack with  10  Qa4!!
or  10  de!!.
My move is one of many so-so options that leave me with a better game.
I wasn't expecting to have such a crushing position against a genius
like Grandmaster Khachian after 10 moves of a Drunken Penguin!


10 ...  exd4!  11. cxd4?

Naturally in a blitz game I automatically recapture my center pawn
but  10  ... ed!  was only a distraction from the good moves
11 Qa4!! or  Qf3!!
Remember to play your Penguins with confidence, kids.



11 ... Bb4+?


We are truly clueless as to what's really going on here,
The Drunken Penguin has created total bar chaos,
shot glasses are being thrown into big mirrors,
some girl is falling off a mechanical bull,
by the side door some cowboy is sucker punching a trucker.
The GM misses a nice shot
11 ... Nc:d4!!  12  ed?  Re8+!!
winning

12. Nc3!


12 R:b4!  N:b4  13  Bd2  Nc6  14  Qa4!
would be good play for the exchange.

12 ... Rhe8!

Galaga Rooks


13. Bd2??

Flipper move

13  a3!!  or  Qa4!!
are OK


13 ...  Nfxd4!!  14. Qa4

It's bad now,
14 R:d5! is the best try.


14 ... Nf3+!  15. Kd1

It's so bad that walking into a Knight fork with  15  Ke2! is better

15 ... Qxf2

Melik is taking me too lightly-
shutting down my conterplay with
15 ... a5!!  is best.


16. Qa6+!  Kd7!  17. Rxd5+!   Bd6??

Now I am winning!!
Time -
Brian  1:39
GM -   2:44

18. Bb5!!  Ke7 19. Qxc6!!  Kf8 20. Kc2!!  Rxe3?? 21. Rf1!

21 Rd1!  is good too but  21 Nd1!! wins the house.


21 ... Qg2!   22. Rxd6??

I was looking for attacking moves when
I should be looking for defending moves -
22 Kc1!!, Rd1!!  or  Qc4!!
should win


22 ... cxd6!  23. Rxf3!!  Rxf3!!


It's an interesting battle now with three pieces
versus a Rook and two pawns but I hang my Queen. Groan.

24. Qd5???  Rxc3+!!


{White resigns}  0-1

I have done that Rook lift  Rh1-g1-g3-b3:b7
in other Drunken Penguin blitz games,
it can be a very effective plan.
It usually startles Black,
even GMs get confused by it.

I missed 9 Rb3!!, 10 Qa4!!, 11 Qa4!!, 12 R:b4!,
13 a3!, 14 R:d5!, 15 Ke2!, 21 Nd1!!  and 24  Qc7!
but I taught an eager world how to play a new opening
so I don't feel bad about losing this one at all.

The Drunken Penguin so far leads to new and exciting situations -
I haven't really determined any major patterns yet.
Anyone want to take a dip in the Atlantic with me?
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "dragon-70"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "00:55:06"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 Bxh3 3. gxh3 Qd6 4. Rg3 Nh6 5. d4 Nf5 6. Rb3 Qxh2 7. Rxb7
Nc6 8. c3 O-O-O 9. Rb5 e5 10. e3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Rhe8 13. Bd2
Nfxd4 14. Qa4 Nf3+ 15. Kd1 Qxf2 16. Qa6+ Kd7 17. Rxd5+ Bd6 18. Bb5 Ke7 19.
Qxc6 Kf8 20. Kc2 Rxe3 21. Rf1 Qg2 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. Qd5 Rxc3+
{White resigns}
0-1
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http://www.brianwallchess.x10hosting.com/

Chris Peterson's Brian Wall website.
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July 4th  2009
World Open

June 22-26
John Watson's Chess Camp with GM Miron Sher,
Lincoln, Nebraska

June 18-20
4 Florida Chess exhibitions in Borders and Libraries
for Anthea Carson Martinez' books
HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL
&
AINSWORTH

June 9,10
My daughter swings by Denver for a road trip

May 30, 2009
Tom Bourie swings by from Montana with a new
computer chockful of Chess goodies for me.

Life is sweet.
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 01:40:18 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 01:40:18 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Yawn, another IM Fishing Pole miniature
Message-ID: <1243582818.4a1f9162a7d39@www.taom.com>



Statistics for Trickyguy(IM)         On for:   33     Idle:    0
Trickyguy is currently involved in a match against Mercury(IM).

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          2191  [8]     0     2     0     2
Blitz           2872        136   127    11   274   2971 (11-Oct-2008)
5-minute        2412  [6]   117    76    13   206   2500 (06-Apr-2009)
1-minute        2304  [4]   197   149    14   360   2400 (09-Oct-2008)

 Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Trickyguy"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "02:40:25"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. 5:00 e4   5:00 e5  2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!

Fishing Pole/Jack Young


5. d4 exd4 6. h3 h5!!  7. Nxd4 Bc5!!
8.   Nf5   4:40     d6   4:48   9. hxg4 4:35

In 3 minute games my opponents invariably lose immediately with
9  N:g7+  Kf8  10  Nf5  B:f5  11 ef  Qh4!!


After  9  hg I can never remember which is better,
9 ... hg!!  or  ... g6!


9 ... g6   4:41  10. Be3?  3:15    hxg4  4:34


10 ... gf!!  is better but I am
uncomfortable until the h-file clears.


11. Bxc5?  2:52     gxf5!!  4:32  12. Bd4!   2:51     Rh5!  4:13

with cross-action against Bb5.
It was more important to give my Queen
maximum h-file access squares with  12 ... Rh7!!


13. g3!  2:32     fxe4!!  4:11

My h5-Fishing Pole Rook
has a scatter gun,
hitting in all directions.


14. Re1??  2:13     f5   4:07

I should have just recaptured my piece with  14 ... R:b5!!
but the Fishing Pole is all about mating nets.



15. Nc3!  1:58

Notice the confusion/discomfort factor.
I have used less than a minute,
IM Trickyguy has used more than three.


15 ...  Be6!!  4:01


I hate fighting Nd5 in the Pole

16. Nxe4?  1:43

Wrong but I would do the same thing.
Masters do not suffer pawn chains gladly.


16 ...  fxe4!  3:51  17. Rxe4! 1:43   Qe7!!!  3:27


I told myself to slow down, critical position ahead.
My move has one idea,
to prevent the annoying Q:g4.
I can't bring myself to distract my
Fishing Pole Rook from his mission
in life with  17 ... R:b5!


18. Qe2?   1:22     Kd7  3:16


The idea here is  ... Qh7, ... Rh1+  mating
while TrickyGuy fools around with visually
pleasing e-file chest pounding


19. Re1??   1:00    Qh7!!!  3:11


{White resigns}   0-1

IM TrickyGuy had a minute to figure out
19  R:g4!!   R:b5!!  20  Rg7!!   N:d4!!  21  R:e7+!!  K:e7!!
22  Qd3!!  c5!!  23 c3!!  Bf5!!  24  Re1+!!  Kd7!!
25  Qe3!!  Ne6!!  26  Qf3!!  c4!!  27 a4!!  Rc5!!
with a roughly equal position  or
19  R:g4!!   Bd5!  20  Q:e7+  K:e7  21 Re1+  Kf8
22 f3  N:d4  23  R:d4  B:f3
with a roughly equal position  or
19  B:c6+   bc  20  R:g4  Rh1+!!  21  K:h1  B:d5+!!
22  Re4!!  Q:e4+  23  Q:e4  B:e4+
with a roughly equal position
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Trickyguy"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "02:40:25"]
[TimeControl "300+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 d6 9. hxg4 g6 10. Be3 hxg4 11. Bxc5 gxf5 12. Bd4 Rh5 13. g3 fxe4 14. Re1
f5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 Qe7 18. Qe2 Kd7 19. Re1 Qh7
{White resigns}
0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 02:46:41 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 02:46:41 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] International Master Andrei Petelin from
	Saint Petersburg,
	Russia demolished by Seeing Double Drunken Penguin Attack in 27 moves
Message-ID: <1243586801.4a1fa0f11abeb@www.taom.com>


Information about APetelin(IM) (Last disconnected Fri May 29 2009 04:09):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1818  [6]     1     6     1     8
Loser's         1807  [6]     0     2     0     2
Bughouse        1765  [6]     1     7     0     8
Crazyhouse      1765  [6]     1     3     0     4
Bullet          2105  [8]  2976  2961   256  6193   2415 (25-Oct-2000)
Blitz           2347  [8]  4205  4569   564  9338   2705 (14-Jul-2000)
Standard        2292  [6]     1     1     1     3
5-minute        2206       5219  4412   665 10296   2404 (15-May-2008)
1-minute        2020       6999  6858   390 14247   2251 (27-Dec-2007)

 1: Andrei Petelin, IM, Russia(St.Petersburg)

 Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "APetelin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin Attack"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "04:04:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. Na3 Nc6 4. Rb1

Bringing one knight out to the rim and declining my castling priviliges
on just one side of the board against a titled player hardly seems
sporting but maybe if I do it on both sides of the board they might
last 30 moves. The Rooks act as deterrents against Bishop takes Horsie.
I save a lot of time by premoving my Rooks.


4 ... Nf6 5. c3

In order to free f4 for my King's Knight

5 ... Bc5!  6. Nc2!

This weird square for my Knight eventually confuses Andrei.

6 ...  O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8.e3!

Trying to hunker down against IM
Petelin's classical development


8 ...  Re8 9. Be2 Bf5

Petelin's position looks like a Christmas postcard
with snowy evergreens underscoring a smoking chimney.
My position looks like the twisted emotional wreckage
of a serial killer's excuses.


10. Bd2 exd4!  11. cxd4!  Bxh2


It's not just me that turns every position into an
h-file Fishing Pole mating attack. I do have help.


12. Rh1!   The picture of fresh hope    Bd6!  13. Kf1!!

The best square for the King in a Fishing Pole


13 ...  h6 14. Rc1!

Hard to remember why I moved
to b1 in the first place.
Oh yeah, Jack Daniels.
That self-correcting type move
is typical drunken behavior.


14 ... Ne7 15. Nf4

This maneuver is fully explained in Anthea's Crab video
1900 views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJYWk2CMYpw


15 ... Bxf4!  16. exf4!  Qd7 17. Be3 Bg4 18. f3 Ng6??

The International Master thought he was
cleverly unveiling an attack on e3


19. fxg4!   Rxe3??


Apparently Andrei has been matching me at home,
shot for shot. Apparently he thinks my Knight
is on the normal square c3


20. Nxe3!! Nxf4!!  21. Bf3

Basic strategy for winning with extra material
1 - Trade down
2 - Put every piece in play
3 - Sac back


21 ... Re8 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Bxe4

Rule 1

23 ... Rxe4!  24. Nf5?

24  Rc2!!  is better due to
24  Nf5?  Qb5+  25  Kg1  Ne2+
regaining some material

24 ...  Ne6?  25. Nxh6+!!!

Rule 3

25 ...  gxh6? 26.  Qxh6!!

h-file attack = checkmate


26 ...  Qb5+ 27. Kg1!

mate in 4


 {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "APetelin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin Attack"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "04:04:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. Na3 Nc6 4. Rb1 Nf6 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nc2 O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8.
e3 Re8 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Bxh2 12. Rh1 Bd6 13. Kf1 h6 14. Rc1
Ne7 15. Nf4 Bxf4 16. exf4 Qd7 17. Be3 Bg4 18. f3 Ng6 19. fxg4 Rxe3 20. Nxe3
Nxf4 21. Bf3 Re8 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nf5 Ne6 25. Nxh6+ gxh6 26.
Qxh6 Qb5+ 27. Kg1 {Black resigns} 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 11:32:17 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 11:32:17 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Maintenance of the CSCA website emails page
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Sometimes honorable men find a legitimate use for my self indulgent email list -
Brian Wall
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 13:55:09 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:55:09 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Snowdrops versus Old Hands, IM Cmilyte,
	Viktorija - GM Hort Vlastimil, 1-0, 27 moves
Message-ID: <1243626909.4a203d9d7c23d@www.taom.com>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdA7I9nPhSU&feature=related

Young Bobby Fischer shares his views on Women and Chess, 1963
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Cmilyte Viktorija - Uhlmann Wolfgang [A39]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (1), 29.11.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6
7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.e3 d6 10.Nde2 Bd7 11.b3 a6 12.h3 Nf6
13.Bb2 Qc8 14.Kh2 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Rc1 Qa6 17.Nf4 Rfe8
18.Qe2 b4 19.Qxa6 Rxa6 20.Nb5 Rc8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd5

1-0

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Cmilyte is one of my favorites in the Chess world, the type of person you always
wish well because they are so sincere. A young woman from Lithuania
who married Shirov and had two beautiful children with him. I am not sure what
happened, they met 8 years ago, I think they are divorced now. Viktorija was on
my email list and was very sweet when I published a blitz win over her. The same
first round of young, beautiful women ( Snowdrops )  over Old Hands ( Hort,
Karpov, Olaffson, Uhlmann ) that produced Jana Jackova beating Karpov also
featured this even quicker win of Cmilyte over Uhlmann except that the final
position is almost equal after 22 ... Kg7! so there must be some missing moves
or Wolfgang had a stroke. Maybe someone out there is Chessland can fill me in.
Cmilyte Viktorija is a talented Chessplayer with a great personality too.
I think the Shirovs read some of my emails. I believe she is with the tallest GM
in the world now, Peter Heine Nielsson. The girl has great taste in men. Her
young boys are very handsome.
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After Karpov lost round 1, he scored 5.5 out of 7. The top scorer was Hort, 6.5
out of 8. Only the ex Mrs. Shirov beat Hort, I would even say, in Shirov style.
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Victoria Cmilyte

Today at 4:57am
Hi Brian,

My game against Hort was undoubtedly my best achievement in the match. I think
it's a nice game. As for the game against Uhlmann, it was not impressive, he
was using a lot of time and simply lost on time, which was really a pity. And
you are right- if black plays correctly, the last position is ok for him.

Best regards,

Victoria

Friday May 29, 2008
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Cmilyte Viktorija - Hort Vlastimil [D17]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (3), 01.12.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Na6
7.e3 Nb4 8.Bxc4 e6 9.0-0 h6 10.Qf3!!  TN by Victoria

Theoretical Novelty by IM Cmilyte

In this serious GM position,
10  Qe2  played 7 times
10  f3   played twice
10 Nd3   played once
10  a5   played twice

The beautiful Viktorija finds a beautiful move,
besides the normal e4 threat there is also
11 N:f7!!  K:f7  12 Q:f5!


10 ... Bh7 11.Qh3!?

http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2008/03/05/cave-women-a-gallery-of-prehistoric-pulchritude/

Cavewoman Chess!
If she had Smyslov babies maybe Viktoriya would
have played the positional 11 a5!!  but since
her ex-husband studied with Tal we may see
some fireworks on e6 or f7!


11 ... Qc8

Trying to hold the tigress at bay


12.f4!

More Cavewoman Chess!
Instead of helping Hort across the street,
Viktoriya will kick him to the curb.
The pawns on d4 and f4 remind me of Viktoriya's long legs.
The Queen on h3 adds extra oomph to her Pillsbury attacking formation.

12 ...  Nbd5 13.Bd2!!

A nice consolidating move before the final assualt.


12 ...  Be7 14.g4!?

More Cavewoman Chess!
I am guessing 8 years of blitz games with
the author of Fire on Board 1 and 2
had some effect.



14 ...  Nd7 15.Nxf7!?

Fire Woman on Board!
Cavewoman Chess!
The ex-Mrs. Shirov strikes!

If Viktoriya had married Dan Avery she would have played
15  N:d7  equalizing.
If Viktoriya had married Peter Leko,
she would have played 15  Bc1
hoping to transpose into an inferior ending.
If Viktoriya had married my 10 year old son Devon,
she would have chosen  15  Qh5:f7+


14 ...  Kxf7! 16.f5!!

Hort terrorized all the other women but this
curvaceous giraffe is reaching for the treetops!


16 ...  N7f6  17.e4!!

Viktoriya's pawns are strolling down the board like
Supermodels showing off the latest French fashions.

17 ...  Rd8 18.exd5!!

Suggestions for Hort:
Rybka

Suggestions for Viktoriya:
Nothing, you're perfect


18 ...  exd5  19.Bd3!!

Every move feels like a slap in
the face to an unwanted suitor.


19 ... Bd6 20.Rae1

IM Cmilyte can win as she pleases now.
Since she plays vollyball and basketball
I thought maybe she would go for the dunk
shot  20 Nc3-e2-f4-e6


20 ... Re8 21.Re6!!

The lovely, kind, sweet mother
of two finds a quicker dunk.


21 ...  Rxe6 22.fxe6+!  Kg8

21 ... K:e6  22 R:f6+!!  and  23 B:h7  or
21 ... Q:e6  22 B:h7!!
are no fun for the Czech Vlastimil.
On 21 ... K:e6  22 B:h7!!  or g5+!  also win.


23.Rxf6!!

Hort and Kavalek are commentating on the Ivanchuk-David Navarra match
in Prague as we speak. I would like to thank Hort for his Modern Defense
with Czech Grandmaster Jansa, I've been using those ideas for 35 years.
Hort is very active right now with some great DVDs coming out.

23 ... gxf6 24.Bxh7+!!

The Avenging Angel from the clouds smites the human.


24 ...  Kxh7 25.Qxh6+!!  Kg8!  26.Qg6+!!  Kh8 27.Qxf6+!!

The Supermodel with the brain is +20 now.
The Bishop is about to swoop into g5 so
Hort resigns.


1-0

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Cmilyte Viktorija - Hort Vlastimil [D17]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (3), 01.12.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Na6 7.e3 Nb4 8.Bxc4 e6 9.0-0
h6 10.Qf3 Bh7 11.Qh3 Qc8 12.f4 Nbd5 13.Bd2 Be7 14.g4 Nd7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.f5 N7f6
17.e4 Rd8 18.exd5 exd5 19.Bd3 Bd6 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Re6 Rxe6 22.fxe6+ Kg8 23.Rxf6
gxf6 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Qxf6+ 1-0

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Russian girl raised by dogs
Last updated 12:00 29/05/2009S
A  five-year-old Russian girl 'brought up' by cats and dogs,
has been taken into care.

The girl, who lived in a flat in the Eastern Siberian city of Chita, could not
speak Russian and acted like an dog when police found her.

"For five years, the girl was 'brought up' by several dogs and cats and had
never been outside," a police statement said.

"The unwashed girl was dressed in filthy clothes, had the clear attributes of an
animal and jumped at people," it said.

The flat had no heat, water or sewage system.

A police spokeswoman said the girl, known as Natasha, is being monitored by
psychologists in an orphanage. Her mother was being questioned but her father
has not been found yet.

She appears to be about two-years-old, though her real age is five, refuses to
eat with a spoon and has taken on many of the gestures of the animals with
which she lived, police said.

"When carers leave the room, the girl jumps at the door and barks," the police
said.

Feral children, the stuff of folklore all over the world, usually exhibit the
behavior of the animals with whom they have had closest contact, a condition
known as the Mowgli Syndrome after the fictional child from Rudyard Kipling's
The Jungle Book who was raised by wolves in the jungle.

Such children have usually built strong ties with the animals with whom they
lived and find the transition to normal human contact extremely traumatic.

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Top 100 Women April 2009 -

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Day
 1  Polgar, Judit  g  HUN  2693  0  1976-07-23
 2  Koneru, Humpy  g  IND  2612  17  1987-03-31
 3  Hou, Yifan  g  CHN  2590  29  1994-02-27
 4  Stefanova, Antoaneta  g  BUL  2549  21  1979-04-19
 5  Dzagnidze, Nana  g  GEO  2541  24  1987-01-01
 6  Muzychuk, Anna  m  SLO  2533  28  1990-02-28
 7  Zhao, Xue  g  CHN  2531  22  1985-04-06
 8  Cramling, Pia  g  SWE  2528  37  1963-04-23
 9  Sebag, Marie  g  FRA  2527  11  1986-10-15
 10  Kosintseva, Tatiana  m  RUS  2522  25  1986-04-11
 11  Kosteniuk, Alexandra  g  RUS  2516  0  1984-04-23
 12  Chiburdanidze, Maia  g  GEO  2506  11  1961-01-17
 13  Danielian, Elina  m  ARM  2503  34  1978-08-16
 14  Pogonina, Natalija  wg  RUS  2501  25  1985-03-09
 15  Cmilyte, Viktorija  m  LTU  2498  13  1983-08-06

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http://www.gmsquare.com/interviews/cmilyte.html

Interview with a very young Viktorija Cmilyte
by GM Alexander Baburin of Chess Today.
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pictures of Viktorija always smiling

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/events/cmilyte03.jpg

http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/cmilyte02.jpg

http://www.coruschess.com/year/2003/bio/Viktorija%20Cmilyte.jpg

http://www.chessbase.com/images2/2003/istanbul03-68-cmilyte.jpg
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Snowdrops versus Old Hands -
Photos - Round 1 including
Jana Jackova beating Karpov and
Viktoria Cmilyte beating Uhlmann

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/fotografie/akce/big_ikona_Czech_Coal_Chess_Match.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/poradane_akce.php&usg=__mh291ZT-a37SQdoeWkk-SGzT5s8=&h=212&w=150&sz=26&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=yZq9OjlPlNXYOM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsnowdrops%2Bold%2Bhands%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
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Round 3 with Jana Jackovaalways looking serious and
intense and Viktoriya always smiling and gregarious,
even as she overwhelms Hort.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/fotografie/akce/big_ikona_Czech_Coal_Chess_Match.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/poradane_akce.php&usg=__mh291ZT-a37SQdoeWkk-SGzT5s8=&h=212&w=150&sz=26&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=yZq9OjlPlNXYOM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsnowdrops%2Bold%2Bhands%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

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Opening Ceremony pictures. You can see Viktorija always smiling, Jana Jackova
staring intensely and seriously. You can also see how tall Viktoriya is which
is why she dates the World's Tallest Grandmaster, Peter Heine Nielsson, after
her divorce from Shirov. I'm not a 2750, I couldn't conjure up any reasons to
divorce Cmilyte.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/fotografie/akce/big_ikona_Czech_Coal_Chess_Match.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.praguechess.cz/en/poradane_akce.php&usg=__mh291ZT-a37SQdoeWkk-SGzT5s8=&h=212&w=150&sz=26&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=yZq9OjlPlNXYOM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=75&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsnowdrops%2Bold%2Bhands%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

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Victoria Cmilyte

Today at 1:03pm
Thanks! Everyone says that my kids look a lot like their father:)
And indeed, I'm still one of the tallest female GMs in the world,
although there are a few who are close:)

All the best,
Victoria
May 29, 2009

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 14:19:58 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:19:58 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New semi-realistic Bobby Fischer movie
Message-ID: <1243628398.4a20436ec6c84@www.taom.com>



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y699HhJjBqk

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 17:09:40 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:09:40 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Hardin, Montana
Message-ID: <1243638580.4a206b3426e96@www.taom.com>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_re_us/us_american_gitmo


Last summer I went to see my daughter and give a Lion simul in Montana. I stayed
in Tom Bourie's cabin up there. On the way back my car had some electrical
ignition problems. We broke down in Hardin, Montana. My daughter
took a bus back to her Montana college she was working at, I hung out at
the Four Aces Bar and Grill in Hardin, Montana. I remember a steak and French
fries dinner. I wanted to buy one of their T-shirts to prove I was there. The
Hardin mechanics were lame and kept misdiagnosing my car, costing me more
money. I spent one night sleeping in an abandoned car with the windshield
smashed out. It gets a little cold at night in Hardin. Eventually Mark
Sherbring wired me $400 to bail me out of there. I stopped by the Casper,
Wyoming Chess Club on the way home. As soon as I was in Denver my mechanic
diagnosed the car problem correctly in 3 seconds without even seeing the car.

Now I find out this ghost town has built a $27,000,000 jail and wants to house
all the Guantanamo inmates. The thought of these hardened, trained Al Queida
terrorists ( or maybe some of them are fairly innocent underlings caught up in
a war ) romping around in the middle of nowhere makes me smile. Hardin is very
close to Custer's Last Stand.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_re_us/us_american_gitmo

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 20:11:07 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:11:07 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anyone driving to Cheyenne?
Message-ID: <1243649467.4a2095bb2e559@www.taom.com>



Wyoming Open, May 30 - 31, 2009
5 round Swiss system tournament.
Time Control: Rd. 1 = G/60. Rds. 2-5 = 35/90, G60
Site: Laramie County Community College, Training Center, Room 120, 1400 East
College Drive, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Open: Open to all
Entry fee: $20
Prizes: $$ b/entries
Registration: 8:30-9:30 am., Rounds: 9:45-12-5:30, 9-2:30..
Entries: Allan Cunningham
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E-mail: adcdac at bresnan.net


From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 20:53:27 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 20:53:27 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes featured in Chess
	Life Online article
Message-ID: <1243652007.4a209fa79605a@www.taom.com>



http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9413/529

Jonathan Hilton decorates a Tyler Hughes game with glowing praise.

Title of article
Ehlvest Wins Title in Chicago with Dutch Magic
By Jonathan Hilton
May 26, 2009


http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9413/529

From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Fri May 29 23:29:44 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 23:29:44 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Old friend Curt Carlson on Hardin, Montana
Message-ID: <1243661384.4a20c448bcafe@www.taom.com>



----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net> -----
    Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 22:14:39 -0700
    From: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
Reply-To: Curt Carlson <curt2309 at comcast.net>
 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Hardin, Montana
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Sherbring, Hamblin, Richard Wilds, and I played in a tournament in Hardin in
April 1972!  Ken Shinn was there, and at least he had the sense to go outside
to puke.
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian Wall
  To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist
  Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 4:09 PM
  Subject: [BrianWallChess] Hardin, Montana





  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_re_us/us_american_gitmo

  Last summer I went to see my daughter and give a Lion simul in Montana. I
stayed
  in Tom Bourie's cabin up there. On the way back my car had some electrical
  ignition problems. We broke down in Hardin, Montana. My daughter
  took a bus back to her Montana college she was working at, I hung out at
  the Four Aces Bar and Grill in Hardin, Montana. I remember a steak and French
  fries dinner. I wanted to buy one of their T-shirts to prove I was there. The
  Hardin mechanics were lame and kept misdiagnosing my car, costing me more
  money. I spent one night sleeping in an abandoned car with the windshield
  smashed out. It gets a little cold at night in Hardin. Eventually Mark
  Sherbring wired me $400 to bail me out of there. I stopped by the Casper,
  Wyoming Chess Club on the way home. As soon as I was in Denver my mechanic
  diagnosed the car problem correctly in 3 seconds without even seeing the car.

  Now I find out this ghost town has built a $27,000,000 jail and wants to house
  all the Guantanamo inmates. The thought of these hardened, trained Al Queida
  terrorists ( or maybe some of them are fairly innocent underlings caught up in
  a war ) romping around in the middle of nowhere makes me smile. Hardin is very
  close to Custer's Last Stand.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_re_us/us_american_gitmo

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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 02:33:00 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Run
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Statistics for chapablanca2000         On for:   12     Idle:    0
chapablanca2000 is currently involved in a match against CayoMario.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1685          5     6     1    12
Crazyhouse      1832  [4]     4     7     0    11
Bullet          1934         71    27     5   103   1975 (25-May-2009)
Blitz           2091       2834  1704   167  4705   2352 (13-Feb-2009)
1-minute        1586  [8]     2     3     0     5
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Latest Rambo trailer

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1552808639558408354
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This is the kind of game where you have no clue what is going on until it is
over. I just kept dodging bullets and attacking. I felt like Rambo on his
machine gun, just keep shooting until they're all dead.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chapablanca2000"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "23:43:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4

Sigh. I wish the Full Metal Jacket was more common than a Blue Moon.


2 ... e5!  3. d5!  Nce7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Ng6!  7. e3!

We have a kind of Nimzovich or Two Knights Tango
position except the pawn is on e3 instead of e4.

7 ... Be7 8. Nge2 d6!

I normally develop my King's Bishop more aggressively but
with my pawn on h5 already I saw no other way to break the pin.


9. Ng3 Ng4!!

Fishing Pole


10. Bxe7 Qxe7!  11. Bd3 Nxh4!

It's not winning a pawn that excites me
but the opportunity to sac the Knight.


12. Kf1 f5!?

Calm development with  ... Bd7!, ... 0-0-0!
is best


13. Qc2 e4!!  14. Be2!  g6

Defending with  14 ...  a6!!   or
developing with 14 ... Bd7!!
are better.


15. Nb5!   a6

15 ... c6!!  or  ... g5!
are a little better


16. Qc3!

16  N:c7+
is a shade better


16 ... O-O

Every move I have slightly better options.
16 ... Ne5!!, ... Rh7!, ... Rf8!



17. Nxc7!!   f4!!

Now comes the fun.
Alekhine abandoned a Rook on a8 for an .. f4-f3 attack.
Famous game.
I do the same and it turns out to be the right thing to do.
17 ... Q:c7! is OK but a little boring.
Jesse Krai explains best how I feel about  17 ... Rb8.


GM Jesse Kraai:
When you are obliged to make an ugly move: "It's like your wife,
you know she's not so good, and she feels the same about you"


18. exf4!!  Rxf4

The candidates this time are
18 ... Q:c7!!, ... N:f2!, ... R:f4  and ... Rb8
I was satisfied I didn't have to move my a8-Rook.


19. Bxg4!!   Qxc7!!  20. Bxc8

Chapablanca has several close to equal options -
20 N:h5, B:h5, Be2, R:h4, Re1, Bd1

20 ... Rxc8!!

At least I avoided the depressing ... Rb8

21. Rc1

My initiative grows stronger now.
21 Qe3!  was the best try.

21 ... Qc5!!  22. Qe1!  e3!

22 ... Rcf8!!
was even stronger


23. f3 Nxf3!!!

It's nice to have some
backup for key decisions.
23 ... R:c4!!  or ... Qd4!
also work well


24. gxf3!  Rxf3+!

I have two pawns and a killer
attack for a Knight.


25. Kg2!  Rf2+!!   26. Kh3 Rcf8!!

Mating.

My Rooks are doubled,
my Queen is guarding e3
and I just vacated the c8-square.


27. Rf1 Qc8+!!

Mate in 2


{White resigns}  0-1

I played all right that time.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chapablanca2000"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "23:43:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Ng6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Nge2 d6 9. Ng3 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Nxh4 12. Kf1 f5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Be2
g6 15. Nb5 a6 16. Qc3 O-O 17. Nxc7 f4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Bxg4 Qxc7 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. Rc1 Qc5 22. Qe1 e3 23. f3 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Rxf3+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kh3
Rcf8 27. Rf1 Qc8+ {White resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat May 30 16:36:28 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 16:36:28 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Run to me
Message-ID: <1243722988.4a21b4ecc0c17@www.taom.com>


This is the century old Alekhine game that inspired me in my Chapablanca game.
Alekhine was born 1892, so he was 16-17 when this game was played. I will
analyze this with a modern computer and look for errors in My Best Games of
Chess  Volume 1, Game 34, Page 93 Alexander Alekhine

[Event "Russian Correspondence"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1908-1909"]
[Round "-"]
[White "K. Wygodchikoff"]
[Black "Future World Champion Alexander Alekhine, age 16-17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: M?ller defense"]
[ECO "C78"]
[NIC "RL.12"]
[Time "04:33:41"]
[TimeControl "Postal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4
8. Re1 Be7 9. Rxe4 Ng6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. Qf3 f5 13. Bb3 Kh8 14.
Re2 f4 15. c4 c6 16. c5 Bb8 17. Nb6 d5 18. Nxa8 Nh4 19. Qc3 f3 20. Re5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Nxg2 22. Qd4 Qd7 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Bd2 Qg6 25. Bc2 Qxc2 26. Kh1 Qg6
27. Rg1 Bh3 28. Nb6 Nf4 29. Rxg6 Bg2+ 30. Rxg2 fxg2+ 31. Kg1 Ne2+ 32. Kxg2
Nxd4

0-1   White Resigns
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How the name appears in Alekhine's book


[Event "Russian Correspondence"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1908-1909"]
[Round "-"]
[White "K. Wygodchikoff"]
[Black "Future World Champion Alexander Alekhine, age 16-17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: M?ller defense"]
[ECO "C78"]
[NIC "RL.12"]
[Time "04:33:41"]
[TimeControl "Postal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5!

Played 246 times after Wygodchikoff.
6 c3!!  played 1362 times starting with Pillsbury in 1900


6 ... Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4  8. Re1 Be7 9. Rxe4 Ng6

Played 43 times after Alekhine.


10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5

Played three times after Wygodchikoff

11 ... Bd6!

Played once after Alekhine.
11 ... Bh4!!  played once
11 ...  c6  played once
11 ... Bf6  never tried
11 ... Re8  never tried
11 ... d6   never tried


12. Qf3?

12 Qh5!


12 ...  f5!!

Better than what Alekhine recommended in his book -
12 ...  b5  13  Bb3  Bb7  because of
14  Qf5, Qh5  or Qg4


13. Bb3

The candidates here are
13  Re1, Bb3, Re3, Re2

13 ... Kh8!

The World Champion points out
13  ... fe  14  Ne7  double check  Kh8  15 N:g6+  hg
16  Qh3+   Qh4  17  Q:h4  checkmate



14.  Re2

The candidates are Re2, Re3, Re1

14 ... f4!?


Alekhine goes for a superdeep Rook sac.
The young Chess Prince Alexander did not like
14 ... Qh4  15  h3  Q:d4  16 c3  Qc5
but  16 ... Qh4!  is OK

15. c4!!

The only try for advantage.
Hang onto your seats,
we are in for a bumpy ride.

15 ...  c6!!  16. c5!!

The only try for advantage.


16 ...  Bb8!!


Swapping Knight for Bishop on the d-file
leaves Alekhine with a dead Queenside so
he tosses in the a8-Rook as bait.


17. Nb6!!

The only try for advantage.


17 ...  d5!!

This is the diagram in the Alekhine collection that inspired me.
Similarities after the 17th move of
K. Wygodchikoff-Alekhine and Chapablanca-Wall :
Hanging Black Rook on a8,
Black Rook on f8,
Black Bishop on c8 ,
Black pawns on a6, b7, f4
White pawns on a2, b2, f2, g2
White Knight attacking a8-Rook,
White Rook on a1

Moving the QR is absurd so Alekhine gives
it up and lets his Kingside attack flow.

I copied his idea a century later.


18. Nxa8?

Calling Alekhine's obvious teen
bluff but losing any advantage.
Fritz 9 agrees this is not best.
18  Bc2, N:c8 ( Alekhine ) or Qh5
keep some advantage for K.


18 ... Nh4!!  19. Qc3

There's no good place to go.
19  Qd3  Bf5  20  Qd1  Qg5!! ( Alekhine )  21 Qf1  Nf3+!  22  Kh1!   N:h2!!
23 K:h2  Qh4+   24  Kg1  f3   25  g3!!  fe=  or  ... B:g3=
but not  25  Re5??  B:e5!  26  de  Bd3!  27  g3  Qe4!
28  Bc2  B:c2  29  Bf4  R:a8  with an extra pawn since
29  moving-the-a8-Knight  Bd3!!
is too strong

Alekhine gives
19  Qd3  Bf5  20  Qc3?  f3!  21  gf   Qf6!  22 f4  Bg4 ( Alekhine )
23 f3  B:f3  Advantage Black despite the missing Rook

He also mentions
19  Qd3  Bf5  20  Qc3?  f3!  21 Re3?  and now
21 ... B:h2+!!  22 Kf1  ( anything else gets mated )  fg+!!
23 Ke2 g1(Q)  is a wipeout

19  Qd3  Bf5  20  Qc3?  f3!  21 Re3?  B:h2+!!  22 K:h2?  Qg5  23  g3  Qg4
mates in 2

19  Qd3  Bf5  20  Qc3?  f3!  21 Re5  B:e5  22 de  d4!!  or Q:a8!  wins

19  Qh5  g6!  20 Qh6 Nf5! ( Alekhine )
and K. can choose how he wants to give up his Queen -
21 Q:f4  B:f4  or 20 Qh3  Ng3  21  fg  B:h3  or
21 B:f4  N:h6  22 B:h6  or  21 Q:f8  Q:f8 -
All Queen sacs should favor Alekhine.
Alekhine has a faulty note about wanting the d-pawn,
say, 19  Qh5  g6!  20 Qh6 Nf5!  21  Qh3  N:d4  22 Qc3  Qf6
23 Re1!!, Bd1!, Re7!  or others.
He must have forgotten his Queen trap analysis from his teen years.

19 ... f3!!

This is what I remembered for my Chapablanca game, saccing the a8-Rook
so my f-pawn could smoothly terrorize the White King's Palace.


20. Re5!!

The only try for advantage.


20 ...  Bxe5!!

20 ... N:g2!!  is worth more than a Rook.
20 ... N:g2!!  21  Nb6  B:e5!  22 de  Qh4!!
with a pawn and a vicious attack for a piece.
the main threat is 23  ... Nf4!

It turns out that that K Wygodchikoff turned an advantageous
position after  18  Bc2!, N:c8! or Qh5!
and then a drawn position after  19  Qd1!
into a loss by insisting on clinging to
Alekhine's Rook.
Despite his extra Rook there is no good defense after  20 ... N:g2
21  Kh1   B:e5  22 de  Qh4!!, ... Bh3!  or ... Be6!  win
21  Bc2   B:e5   22 de  Qh4!!!, ... Bh3!!, ... Nf4!!,
... d4!... Be6!  or ... Qd7!  win
21  Qd3   B:e5  22 de  Qh4!!, ... Nf4!!, ... Be6!!, ... Bh3!!  all win
21  B:d5  B:e5  22 de  cd!!  or ... Q:d5!!  win
21  Bd1   B:e5  22 de  d4!!!, ... Qh4!! or ... Bg4!  win
21  Bg5   Qd7!!  22 B:d5, Kh1  or Bd1  B:e5  wins
21  Bg5   Qd7!!  22 B:d5  cd!!!  or   ... B:e5!!  win

Alekhine simplifies all the calculations by taking the Rook first.


21. dxe5!  Nxg2!!

No defense for White



22. Qd4 Qd7!

22 ... Nf4!!!, ... Qe8!!, ... Qd7!  or ... Be6! win


23. e6 Qxe6!!  24. Bd2 Qg6!!


24 ... Qh3!!!, ... Nf4!!!, ... Qg6!!  or ... Bd7!  win


25. Bc2!  Qxc2!!

25 ... Rf5!!!!, ... Bf5!!!, ... Q:c2!!  or ... Nf4+  win


26. Kh1!   Qg6!


one of many wins


27. Rg1!   Bh3!

one of many wins

28. Nb6!  Nf4!


one of many wins

29. Rxg6!  Bg2+!  30. Rxg2!  fxg2+!  31. Kg1!  Ne2+! 32. Kxg2! Nxd4!

Easy endgame win for Alekhine in a correspondence game,
up the exchange amd a pawn

0-1   White Resigns

A very striking, memorable game as I've already proven.
Alekhine saw a lot, Alekhine missed a lot but he had
the basic spirit, the basic flow of the game down cold.
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How the name appears in the databases

[Event "Shakmatnoe Obozrenie 17th corr0910"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Vigodchikov,K"]
[Black "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Nxe4
8.Re1 Be7 9.Rxe4 Ng6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nd5 Bd6 12.Qf3 f5 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.Re2 f4
15.c4 c6 16.c5 Bb8 17.Nb6 d5 18.Nxa8 Nh4 19.Qc3 f3 20.Re5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nxg2
22.Qd4 Qd7 23.e6 Qxe6 24.Bd2 Qg6 25.Bc2 Qxc2 26.Kh1 Qg6 27.Rg1 Bh3 28.Nb6 Nf4
29.Rxg6 Bg2+ 30.Rxg2 fxg2+ 31.Kg1 Ne2+ 32.Kxg2 Nxd4

0-1
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This game followed K. Wygodchikoff for a dozen moves.

[Event "Pico City op"]
[Site "Pico City"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pierrot,Juan Facundo"]
[Black "Menassa,Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Ba4 Nxe4
8.Re1 Be7 9.Rxe4 Ng6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nd5 Bd6 12.Qh5 f5 13.Bg5 fxe4
14.Bxd8 Rxd8 15.Re1 Re8 16.Bb3 Kh8 17.Nc3 Rf8 18.Nxe4 Be7 19.c3 c6
20.Ng5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 d5 22.Bc2 Nf4 23.Qxf4

1-0
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Deviating from Alekhine's  11 ... Bd6  with  11 ... c6

[Event "Moscow ol (Women)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.11.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Repkova Eid,Eva"]
[Black "Maric,Alisa"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Ba4 Nxe4
8.Re1 Be7 9.Rxe4 Ng6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nxe7+ Nxe7 13.Bg5 f6
14.Bd2 d5 15.Bb3 Bf5 16.Re3 Re8 17.Qf3 Qd7 18.Rae1 Bg6 19.g4 Bf7 20.h4 h5
21.gxh5 Nf5 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Qg4 Nd6 25.f3 Qxg4+ 26.fxg4 Bd7
27.Bf4 Nc4 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.g5 fxg5 30.hxg5 Bg4 31.h6 gxh6 32.gxh6 Bf5
33.c3 a5

1/2
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Deviating from Alekhine's  11 ... Bd6  with  11 ... Bh4!

[Event "Australian Masters"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solomon,Stephen J"]
[Black "Chapman,Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6 7.Ba4 Nxe4
8.Re1 Be7 9.Rxe4 Ng6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nd5 Bh4 12.Qh5 b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.g3 Bf6
15.c3 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Ne7 17.Qh5 d5 18.Re2 c6 19.Bc2 g6 20.Qf3 Nc8 21.h4 Nd6 22.Bh6
Bg7 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bf4 Nf7 25.Rae1 Ra7 26.h5 f5 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Re6 g5 29.Bc7 Rxc7
30.Qxf5 Nh8 31.Qh7+ Kf7 32.Qh5+


1-0
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Statistics for chapablanca2000         On for:   12     Idle:    0
chapablanca2000 is currently involved in a match against CayoMario.

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1685          5     6     1    12
Crazyhouse      1832  [4]     4     7     0    11
Bullet          1934         71    27     5   103   1975 (25-May-2009)
Blitz           2091       2834  1704   167  4705   2352 (13-Feb-2009)
1-minute        1586  [8]     2     3     0     5
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This is the kind of game where you have no clue what is going on until it is
over. I just kept dodging bullets and attacking. I felt like Rambo on his
machine gun, just keep shooting until they're all dead.

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chapablanca2000"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "23:43:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4

Sigh. I wish the Full Metal Jacket was more common than a Blue Moon.


2 ... e5!  3. d5!  Nce7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Ng6!  7. e3!

We have a kind of Nimzovich or Two Knights Tango
position except the pawn is on e3 instead of e4.

7 ... Be7 8. Nge2 d6!

I normally develop my King's Bishop more aggressively but
with my pawn on h5 already I saw no other way to break the pin.


9. Ng3 Ng4!!

Fishing Pole


10. Bxe7 Qxe7!  11. Bd3 Nxh4!

It's not winning a pawn that excites me
but the opportunity to sac the Knight.


12. Kf1 f5!?

Calm development with  ... Bd7!, ... 0-0-0!
is best


13. Qc2 e4!!  14. Be2!  g6

Defending with  14 ...  a6!!   or
developing with 14 ... Bd7!!
are better.


15. Nb5!   a6

15 ... c6!!  or  ... g5!
are a little better


16. Qc3!

16  N:c7+
is a shade better


16 ... O-O

Every move I have slightly better options.
16 ... Ne5!!, ... Rh7!, ... Rf8!



17. Nxc7!!   f4!!

Now comes the fun.
Alekhine abandoned a Rook on a8 for an .. f4-f3 attack.
Famous game.
I do the same and it turns out to be the right thing to do.
17 ... Q:c7! is OK but a little boring.
Jesse Krai explains best how I feel about  17 ... Rb8.


GM Jesse Kraai:
When you are obliged to make an ugly move: "It's like your wife,
you know she's not so good, and she feels the same about you"


18. exf4!!  Rxf4

The candidates this time are
18 ... Q:c7!!, ... N:f2!, ... R:f4  and ... Rb8
I was satisfied I didn't have to move my a8-Rook.


19. Bxg4!!   Qxc7!!  20. Bxc8

Chapablanca has several close to equal options -
20 N:h5, B:h5, Be2, R:h4, Re1, Bd1

20 ... Rxc8!!

At least I avoided the depressing ... Rb8

21. Rc1

My initiative grows stronger now.
21 Qe3!  was the best try.

21 ... Qc5!!  22. Qe1!  e3!

22 ... Rcf8!!
was even stronger


23. f3 Nxf3!!!

It's nice to have some
backup for key decisions.
23 ... R:c4!!  or ... Qd4!
also work well


24. gxf3!  Rxf3+!

I have two pawns and a killer
attack for a Knight.


25. Kg2!  Rf2+!!   26. Kh3 Rcf8!!

Mating.

My Rooks are doubled,
my Queen is guarding e3
and I just vacated the c8-square.


27. Rf1 Qc8+!!

Mate in 2


{White resigns}  0-1

I played all right that time.
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "chapablanca2000"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "23:43:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h4 h5 6. Bg5 Ng6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Nge2 d6 9. Ng3 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Nxh4 12. Kf1 f5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Be2
g6 15. Nb5 a6 16. Qc3 O-O 17. Nxc7 f4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Bxg4 Qxc7 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. Rc1 Qc5 22. Qe1 e3 23. f3 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Rxf3+ 25. Kg2 Rf2+ 26. Kh3
Rcf8 27. Rf1 Qc8+ {White resigns} 0-1
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sat May 30 22:15:37 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 22:15:37 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Colorado Springs , Co - Wednesday Night Chess
Message-ID: <1243743337.4a22046937534@www.taom.com>

Why not set up for another night like friday?

BW
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----- Forwarded message from Fred Eric Spell <spellfe at hotmail.com> -----
    Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 18:01:57 -0600
    From: Fred Eric Spell <spellfe at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Fred Eric Spell <spellfe at hotmail.com>
 Subject: Wednesday Night Chess
      To: Jerry Maier <pmjer77 at aim.com>


Jerry,



I spoke with the owner today of both of the 'East Coast' restaurant & deli
locations and he has a back room at the Tejon location that he his willing to
let us use every Wednesday night for free. This room has wood floors, is
isolated (quiet) and has individual tables for chess - nice and wide. It is
ready for our use immediately! The room is large and currently has 15 tables.
He said that if we needed more that he can put more in.



I think that this is a great opportunity for us and that we should take
advantage of this immediately! The location is only a few blocks south of Poor
Richards on Tejon near the intersection of Tejon and Colorado Blvd.



Let me know as soon as you can and I will call him and finalize the deal.



Fred

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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 31 10:23:49 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 10:23:49 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Training Match, Aurora, Colorao
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----- Forwarded message from JEFFERY BAFFO <jbaffo2004 at msn.com> -----
    Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 09:46:18 -0600
    From: JEFFERY BAFFO <jbaffo2004 at msn.com>
Reply-To: JEFFERY BAFFO <jbaffo2004 at msn.com>
 Subject: Training Match
      To: brianwallchess3 <brianwallchess3 at taom.com>, ramdesigns at ramdesigns.com


Howdy Rick and Brian,



Can you spread the word on this?   I got a good response last time you helped
me.   Thanks in advance!





I need sparring partners!    To play rated match vs. me.   Here are the
conditions;




USCF rated (must be a current member)
Time control; Gm./75 (.5 delay)
Rating above 1500 please
No one under 18 years old, sorry, thanks very much
Held at the Subway restaurant at the new, beautiful Southlands Mall
I will pay rating fee and submit report
Will give $10 to defray gas costs (at conclusion of match)
Expectation is we will BOTH play our best!  No sandbaggers, please!
2, 4, or 6 games (you pick)
Dates and times by mutual agreement
I am available immediately
My name is Jeffrey Baffo, USCF 1820 or so.
Reasonable side bets o.k.  (Let's keep it friendly...)


Jeff



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From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 16:46:14 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] World Exclusive - Drunken Penguin roaring
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Quoting van hulst noe <noevanhulst at yahoo.fr>:

 Brian,

 You truly surprise me. You didn't shy away from this experiment and tried
 out?the Drunken Penguin in practice. Bravo! You are my favourite candidate for
 Unorthodox Chess Master of the Year 2009!

 Noe van Hulst,
 Inventor
 Drunken Penguin


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The Holy Grail for me is to beat a GM with the
Seeing Double Drunken Penguin -
So far I have only beaten IM's with the Drunken Penguin
and the Seeing Double Drunken Penguin.
Armenian GM Melikset Khachian was very lost and should have
suffered the complete wrath of the slurring, stumbling, slipping,
sliding, flipper-slapping, webbed-feet-stomping Ice Fowl.
The other hope is that others will join me in my Quest and set the
World on fire from North to South Pole, from shrinking ice cap to
melting ice floes before it's too late.


Brian

[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "lhc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "19:12:19"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 c6 2. Rg1 d5 3. g4 e5 4. c3 h5 5. g5 Ne7 6. d4 Ng6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne4 12. f3 Nxg5 13. Nxd5 Ngxf3+ 14.
exf3 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qa4 Nxf3+ 19. Ke2 Nxg1+
20. Rxg1 Qc7 21. Nd4 Bc8 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Qb3 Re8 24. Kd2 Bf4 25. Qb4+ Kg8
26. Qc4+ Kh7 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5+ Kg8 30. Bxa7 Rh6 31. Bd4
Be5 32. Be3 Rd6+ 33. Kc2 Bxc3 34. Bg5 Bf6 35. Bg6 Re2+ 36. Kb3 Rxb2+ 37. Kc4
Rc6+ 38. Kd5 Rb5+ 39. Ke4 Rxg5 40. Rd1 Rxg6 41. Rd7 Kh7 42. Rxb7 Rg4+ 43.
Kd5 Rc2 44. a4 Rxh2 45. a5 Ra2 46. Ra7 Rga4 47. Ke6 Rxa5 48. Rb7 Rc2 49. Kd6
Rca2 50. Rb1 Ra6+ 51. Kc5 Rb2 52. Rh1 Ra5+ 53. Kd6 Re2 54. Kc6 Rb2 55. Kd6
Bd4 56. Ke6 Rb6+ 57. Kd7 Ra7+ 58. Kc8 Rf7 59. Rxh5+ Kg6 60. Rd5 Rf8+ 61. Kc7
Rbf6 62. Rxd4 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "gilsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1919"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "00:38:55"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf2 Bh5
8. Bf4 c6 9. Bxe5 {Black resigns} 1-0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "escacmat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "04:19:23"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 b6 2. Rg1 Bb7 3. d4 g6 4. Nf4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nd7 7. Be3 e6 8.
Qd2 Ne7 9. O-O-O c5 10. d5 e5 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14. fxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 a6 19. Bc6 Bxc6 20.
dxc6 d5 21. Nd6 Nf5 22. Rxd5 Ke7 23. Nxf5+ {Black resigns} 1-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ChessIPO1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "05:24:36"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 e5 2. Rg1 Nf6 3. c3 d5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nf4 Be7 7. Na3 c6 8.
Nc2 O-O 9. h3 Ne4 10. Nd3 Ng6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qc1 Bd6 13. g4 Ne5 14. Bg2
Nxd3+ 15. exd3 Nc5 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Kb1 Nf4 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. d4
Re7 21. Ne1 Rae8 22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. Bxd3 b5 24. Qc2 g6 25. h4 Bf4 26. h5 Bxe3
27. fxe3 Qd6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. a3 Rxe3 30. Ka2 a5 31. g5 a4 32. Rdf1 Rf8 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf2+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bananahead"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "13:59:33"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 e5 2. Rg1 d5 3. f3 Bxh3 4. gxh3 Qh4+ 5. Rg3 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4
Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxc2 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Rxg7 Nc6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Qf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2
Bf8 14. Rg5 O-O-O 15. Be3 Nc2 16. Rd1 Nxe3 17. Kxe3 Bh6 18. h4 Nd5+ 19. Nxd5
Bxg5+ 20. hxg5 Rxd5 21. Bg2 Rb5 22. Rd2 Rg8 23. h4 Rg6 24. Be4 Rgb6 25. b3
h6 26. Rf2 hxg5 27. hxg5 Ra5 28. Rxf7 Rxa2 29. g6 a5 30. g7 {Black resigns}
1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "expatriot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "18:29:15"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 b5 2. Rg1 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. f3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. e4 Qb6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nf2
d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 b4 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Rb8
15. Nd2 Be7 16. g4 bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. f5 Rfc8 20. Rgc1 Nb4
21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Ba3 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rxb8+ Nxb8 26. Nb3
Nc6 27. Bd2 Kf8 28. h4 g6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. h5 Ke8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Ke3 Kf7
33. Bc3 Be7 34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. dxc5 a6 36. a4 Kg7 37. Kf4 Kf7 38. Bd2 Kg7 39.
Be1 Kf7 40. Bh4 Kg7 41. Bf6+ Kf7 42. Ke3 Kg8 43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Kc3 Kg8 45. Kb3
Kf7 46. Ka2 Kg8 47. Kb2 Kf7 48. Kc2 Kg8 49. Kd2 Kf7 50. Ke2 Kg8 51. Kf2 Kf7
52. Kg2 Kg8 53. Kf1 Kf7 54. Ke1 Nxe5 55. Bxe5 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "theblackcrow"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Black ran out of time and White has no material to mate"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "01:39:35"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Nf6 6. Nf4 Bd6 7. Nc3 d4
8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 a6 13. Rd1 Bd7 14.
Nd4 Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. f3 Ne5 17. e4 Rhd8 18. Kf2 c5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Be2
Bc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 g5 24. Nh3 h6 25. Be2 a5 26. Ke3 Bd7
27. Nf2 Be6 28. g3 Nc4+ 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. gxf4 a4 32. Nc1 a3
33. h4 b5 34. Nfd3 Nd7 35. e5 Ke6 36. Ke4 f5+ 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. Kf3 Nf8 39.
Ke3 Ne6 40. Kf3 Bxd3 41. Nxd3 Kc4 42. Ne1 Kxc3 43. Ke3 Kb2 44. Nf3 Kxa2 45.
Ng5 hxg5 46. fxg5 Kb2 47. g6 a2 48. h5 a1=Q 49. g7 Qe1+ 50. Kf3 Qg1 51. h6
Nxg7 52. hxg7 Qxg7 53. Kf4 Qxe5+ 54. Kxe5 c4 55. Kxf5 c3 56. Ke4 c2 57. Kd3
{Black ran out of time and White has no material to mate}
1/2-1/2
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Information about theblackcrow(IM) (Last disconnected Sat May 30 2009 03:26):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          2254  [8]    12    11     2    25   2277 (18-May-2005)
Blitz           2293  [8]  2109  2300   412  4821   2875 (26-Apr-2004)
Standard        1287  [6]     0     2     0     2
5-minute        2095       2461  1788   521  4770   2381 (18-Jan-2006)
1-minute         934  [8]   139   167    10   316   1452 (21-Apr-2008)
15-minute        817  [4]     0     1     0     1

 Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "KingsCrusher, Drunken Penguin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "01:48:49"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 Bxh3 3. gxh3 c5 4. c4 d4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bf4 g6 8.
Nd2 Bg7 9. Qa4 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. e3 e5 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. a3
dxe3 15. fxe3 Nb6 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nxa5 f5 19. Bxb7 f4 20. Bf2
Rb8 21. exf4 Nd7 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Nxb8 Qxf4+ 24. Rd2 Nxb8 25. Be4 Bh6 26. Be1
Qe3 27. Qxe5 Rd8 28. Rf1 Bg7 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Qxe3 Nd7 31. Qe7 {Black
resigns} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Blackjackadder, Drunken Penguin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "03:43:21"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 e5 3. Na3 f5 4. Rb1 Nf6 5. c3 c5 6. Nc2 a5 7. d4 e4 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Be3 b6 10. Nf4 g5 11. Nh3 h6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e3 Be6 15.
Bb5 Nd7 16. Nf2 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Nf6 18. h3 Kh7 19. g3 a4 20. Be2 Rg8 21. Rh1
gxf4 22. exf4 Ra7 23. Ne3 Rag7 24. g4 fxg4 25. f5 g3+ 26. Kg2 Bf7 27. Qd2
Qd6 28. Rbf1 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qc5 30. Ng4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 Nxg4 32. hxg4 h5 33.
Kxg3 Rc8 34. Kf4 Rc2 35. Bd1 Rxb2 36. g5 Rxa2 37. Bxh5 Bxh5 38. Rxh5+ Kg8
39. g6 Rd2 40. Rfh1 Kf8 41. Ke5 Rf2 42. Rh8+ Rg8 43. f6 e3 44. g7+ Kf7 45.
Rxg8 Rxf6 46. Rf8+ Kxg7 47. Rxf6 e2 48. Rg1+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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Information about Blackjackadder(IM) (Last disconnected Thu May 28 2009 05:39):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1778  [6]    29    21     5    55   1886 (19-Oct-2004)
Loser's         1529  [6]     3    10     1    14
Crazyhouse      1751  [6]   580   479     5  1064   2182 (17-Jun-2004)
Bullet          1817  [8]   383   314    27   724   2086 (18-Jul-2007)
Blitz           1961  [8]  3301  1875   537  5713   2852 (27-Mar-2006)
Standard        2202  [6]    12     4     0    16
5-minute        2146       2343  1811   619  4773   2489 (31-Jan-2005)
1-minute        1362        759   737    79  1575   2103 (03-Oct-2006)
15-minute       2137  [3]     4     0     3     7

 1: HP http://www.roleks.ch
 2: Dont ask me for lessons, I am not giving them!
 3: If you want to flag in dead draw, I am not an opponent for you
 4: No takebacks
 5: Fiderating      http://www.fide.com/ratings/id.phtml?event=1302302

 Name   : Roland Ekstroem
 Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "dragon-70"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "00:55:06"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 Bxh3 3. gxh3 Qd6 4. Rg3 Nh6 5. d4 Nf5 6. Rb3 Qxh2 7. Rxb7
Nc6 8. c3 O-O-O 9. Rb5 e5 10. e3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 Rhe8 13. Bd2
Nfxd4 14. Qa4 Nf3+ 15. Kd1 Qxf2 16. Qa6+ Kd7 17. Rxd5+ Bd6 18. Bb5 Ke7 19.
Qxc6 Kf8 20. Kc2 Rxe3 21. Rf1 Qg2 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. Qd5 Rxc3+
{White resigns}
0-1
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Information about dragon-70(GM) (Last disconnected Sun May 31 2009 11:47):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Wild            1876  [6]     1     2     0     3
Loser's         1709  [6]     0     3     0     3
Bullet          2216  [8]    73    57     6   136   2416 (26-Jul-2001)
Blitz           2900       4990  5322  1358 11670   3237 (23-Sep-2004)
Standard        2300  [6]    10    11     5    26   2306 (23-Sep-2006)
5-minute        2508       6618  3214  1259 11091   2619 (10-Sep-2008)
1-minute        2281       1105   889   167  2161   2406 (22-Jan-2009)
 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
10: Check this out :   http://www.chess.com/video/library.html?author=GMMelik

 Name   : Melikset Khachian
 Groups : Armenia SouthCA GMs
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "ByX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "03:41:04"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 Bxh3 3. gxh3 Qd6 4. Rg3 Nf6 5. d4 Ne4 6. Bg2 Nxg3 7. hxg3
c6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. Qd2 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 a5 13. e4 a4 14.
a3 Qb6 15. Ka1 O-O 16. h4 Bf6 17. e5 Be7 18. h5 c5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5
Qd8 21. h6 cxd4 22. hxg7 Re8 23. Qxd4 Ra6 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Bg5 f6 26. exf6
Rf7 27. Qd5 Qe8 28. Qxb7 Rb6 29. Qd5 Nxf6 30. Qc4 Kxg7 31. Rh1 Qe5 32. Bh6+
Kg6 33. Bc1 Ne4 34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Rxb6 Rxf2 36. Bh6+ {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "lourecelH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "04:50:06"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 e5 2. Rg1 d5 3. Na3 f5 4. Rb1 Bxa3 5. bxa3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. d4 Nc6 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nf4 Re8 10. Bb2 Qd6 11. Be2 b6 12. h3 Bb7 13. g4 fxg4 14. hxg4
Rad8 15. g5 Ne4 16. Kf1 Nc4 17. Qd4 Nxb2 18. Rxb2 c5 19. Qa4 Nd2+ 20. Ke1 d4
21. Kxd2 dxe3+ 22. Kc1 exf2 23. Rf1 Qd2+ 24. Kb1 Rxe2 25. Qc4+ Bd5 26. Qxe2
Qxe2 27. Nxe2 Bc4 28. c3 Rf8 29. Kc1 h5 30. Kd1 h4 31. Rd2 Kh7 32. Rd6 Rf3
33. Kd2 h3 34. g6+ Kh6 35. Rd8 Kxg6 36. Rh8 Rd3+ 37. Kc2 Re3 38. Nf4+ Kf5
39. Rxf2 Bxa2 40. Nd5+ Ke4 41. Nxe3 Kxe3 42. Rh2 Be6 43. R8xh3+ Kf4 44. Rh7
Bf5+ 45. Kd2 g5 46. Rxa7 g4 47. Rg7 Be4 48. Rh6 g3 49. Rf6+ Ke5 50. Rxb6 g2
51. Ke3 Bd5 52. Rg5# {Black checkmated} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Marblerevealer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "05:05:09"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 c6 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Rb1 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf4 h5 7. e3 h4 8. Bd3
g6 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. c4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. f3 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2
Qc7 15. b4 Qxh2 16. Qf2 Qg3 17. Qxg3 hxg3 18. Nf4 Ke7 19. Kd2 Rh2 20. b5 Rb8
21. Ne2 Nh5 22. Rb2 dxc4 23. Nxc4 cxb5 24. Rxb5 a6 25. Rbb1 b5 26. Na5 Rc8
27. Rbc1 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Nb6 29. Nd3 f6 30. Nb4 f4 31. e4 e5 32. d5 Kd6 33.
Nxa6 Ng7 34. Nb7+ Kd7 35. Nbc5+ Kd6 36. Nb7+ Kd7 37. Kc3 f5 38. Nac5+ Ke7
39. d6+ Ke8 40. Kb4 fxe4 41. Nxe4 Nf5 42. Kxb5 Nd7 43. a4 Nd4+ 44. Kc4 Ne2
45. Ra1 Rxg2 46. a5 Nb8 47. Nf6+ Kf7 48. d7 Nd4 49. d8=Q Rc2+ 50. Kd3 Na6
51. Qxd4 exd4 52. Kxc2 Kxf6 53. Kd3 Ke5 54. Kc4 g2 55. Nc5 Nc7 56. a6 g1=Q
57. Rxg1 Nxa6 58. Nxa6 d3 59. Kxd3 Kf5 60. Nc5 {Black resigns} 1-0
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Ashkeef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening, Seeing Double Drunken Penguin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "06:00:40"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 d5 2. Rg1 Bxh3 3. gxh3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Qf6 7. Nc3
O-O-O 8. Bg5 Qxd4 9. Bxd8 Kxd8 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Nxd5 Kc8 13.
Rxg7 c6 14. Nc3 Nh6 15. Na4 Ne6 16. Rg2 Be7 17. e3 Rf8 18. Bc4 Nc7 19. Nc3
b5 20. Bd3 f5 21. Rg7 Bf6 22. Rxh7 {Black resigns} 1-0
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Information about Ashkeef(IM) (Last disconnected Sat May 30 2009 11:07):

              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
Bullet          2554  [8]     1     0     0     1
Blitz           2156  [7]   159   143    14   316   2377 (01-Apr-2008)
5-minute        2096        753   713    97  1563   2211 (05-Aug-2007)

 1: IM Saeed, Nasser A

 Name   : Saeed, Nasser A
 Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Sorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Opening "Amar (Paris) opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.16"]
[Time "17:56:14"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. Nh3 e5 2. Rg1 d5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Bxh3 6. gxh3 Nge7 7. Nc3 a6
8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Rg3 O-O-O 12. O-O-O h5 13. h4 Nxh4
14. Rxg7 Nf5 15. Rxf7 Nfxd4 16. e3 Ne6 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Rhg8 19. Bh3
Rg1+ 20. Kc2 Nb4+ 21. Kb3 Nxd5 22. Bxe6+ Kb8 23. Bxd5 c6 24. Be4 Rd2 25. Na4
Rf1 26. Nc5 Rfxf2 27. Rxb7+ Kc8 28. Kc3 Rxh2 29. Bf5+ Kd8 30. Ne6+ Kc8 31.
Nc5+ Kd8 32. Nxa6 Rde2 33. Nc5 Rxe3+ 34. Kd4 Ree2 35. b4 Rd2+ 36. Ke5 Rd5+
37. Ke6 Re2+ 38. Be4 Rxc5 39. bxc5 Rxe4+ 40. Kd6 Rd4+ 41. Kxc6 Ra4 42. Rh7
Rxa2 43. Rxh5 Ra1 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Kc7 Ra7+ 46. Kb6 Ra1 47. c6 Rb1+ 48. Kc7
Rb2 49. Rh3 Rb1 50. Re3+ Kf6 51. Kd8 Re1 52. Rxe1 {Black resigns} 1-0
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From brianwallchess3 at taom.com  Sun May 31 23:18:43 2009
From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall)
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 23:18:43 -0600
Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Snowdrops versus Old Hands,
	Round 1  Ushenina Anna - Olafsson Fridrik, November 2008
Message-ID: <1243833523.4a2364b3ede74@www.taom.com>


The first round of the
Beautiful Young Women versus Experienced Grandmasters or
Snowdrops verus Old Hands or
Lasses versus Old Stagers

produced a media sensation.
Three of the women won their games.
Everyone got excited for the women,
could they win the match?
Would a new World Order be established?

The ex Mrs. Shirov game, Viktoriya Cmilyte game versus Uhlmann game,
Round 1, was a little embarrassing, Uhlmann lost on time in an equal
position in 22 moves. Later Viktoriya produced a real barn burner
against the event's premier scorer, GM Vlastimil Hort ( 6.5/8 ).
Cmilyte did the best of the women with 4.5/8. The Jana Jackova game
was scintillating, both the fantastic attack in 22 moves with lots
of sacrifices but also a rather unknown woman beating a famous World
Champion was big news.

If I read someone else's annotations, that usually kills my desire to
re-annotate the game myself even though I do a more conscientious job most of
the time. I love women more than my life and I wonder how long I can make good
Chess moves already 20 years past my prime, therefore, this tournament is
inherently fascinating, right out of my subconcious.

The Jana Jackova-Karpov and Viktoriya-Hort victories were emotionally pleasing
sac-sac-mate miniatures. This game is from the first round and helped set the
media on fire.

The first round was the slap heard round the world, actually, it was more like a
Three Stooges triple slap. Jana peformed brilliantly, Uhlmann played like he
needed a nap and Olafsson was also beaten fairly convincingly. The men pulled
themselves together with a little brandy and old photographs, by the midway
point Round 5 they had pulled even, 10-10, then they pulled ahead and won the
match. The games were hard fought, the men and women seemed to get along very
well and the media had a field day.

I know the men well, have played over thousands of their games. I tried to get a
feel for the women from their photographs. Viktoriya is the only one I've ever
communicated with.

Anna Ushenina is the top Ukranian female and she seems a friendly sort,
a little shy, about 2 years older than my daughter like Leona Lewis.
Viktoriya always looks happy, smiling, warm, engaging, social, I can
almost see her brow worried about her little Shirovnas sometimes. Jana
Jackova seems ambitious, forward moving, well-disciplined, well-trained.
Both teams seemed to have good chemistry.

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Round 1 pictures, including Ushenina Anna - Olafsson Fridrik

http://www.praguechess.cz/en/poradane_akce.php?nazev_akce=14&akce=fotogalerie&title=01kolo

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Ushenina Anna - Olafsson Fridrik [E32]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (1), 29.11.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2

Buy my friend's book if you want to learn more about this opening.

http://www.amazon.com/Challenging-Nimzo-indian-David-Vigorito/dp/9197600555


4 ... 0-0 5.e4 c5 6.e5 cxd4 7.a3 Ng4 8.axb4 dxc3 9.Qe2!!!  TN

Theoretical Novelty by Anna Ushenina.
The idea of  9  Qe2!!!  is to embarrass the Fishing Pole Knight
and to maintain the spearhead, attacking pawn on e5.
In this serious Grandmaster position
9 Nf3!!  played 4 times, including top female player Pia Cramling
9 Q:c3!  has been played 12 times, including wildman GM Tiger Hillarp Persson,
GM Igor Glek, GM Erwin L'Ami, GM Alexander Goldin
Nothing else has been tried here.

The women seem well prepared.
This is a strong novelty,
Viktoriya played a strong computer approved novelty when she beat
Hort and Jana Jackova came out of the opening a little better against Karpov.


9 ...  cxb2!  10.Bxb2! f5!   11.h3

Maybe 9  Qe2!!  was an OTB novelty.
11 c5!!  or Qd2!
clamping down on the d-pawn was a little sharper.

11 ... Nh6! 12.g3?

Losing the thread already.
12 c5!!  or  Qd2!
with the big clamp
is right again


12 ...  d5!!

Bobby's old friend Fridrick breaks out.

13.Bg2

Anna is not really playing this right.
She should pass on g3 and develop like this,
c5, Qd2, Nf3 and then see where the KB needs to go.
Fridrick should be thinking about ... f4
to give his Knight a Mother-in-law square
to come out to.



13 ... dxc4?


Wrong but it's a very confusing position.
Anna's job is a little easier,
just play Nf3 and 0-0 but how does
Grandmaster Olafsson develop all his backward pieces?
About the only thing right he's done development-wise is castle.
For some reason Fritz 9 only likes  13 ... f4!
but as a human I don't see the point after  14 g4!
This was the Scandinavian's last chance,
it's all downhill from here.


14.Qxc4!  Nc6 15.b5!

One of the problems with the  13 ... dc?  14  Q:c4!
sequence for the Icelandic GM is that the sweet e2
square has opening up for the Ukranian's Knight.
15  Ne2!!  prepares castling and makes Fridrick
wonder what will go to f4, Knight or pawn?

15 ... Ne7! 16.Ne2!!  Nd5!  17.0-0!

The beautiful Anna has a beautiful position,
criscrossing bishops, a1-Rook on a half-open file,
snug King, flexible Knight, active Queen, pressure
everywhere. The Grandmaster has a lame QB, confused
Knights, awkward pawn structure. It's also the kind
of position where mistakes are almost mandatory.
Olafsson's Queenside is prepared for 6 months of
winter.


17 ...  Qe8

Trying to reduce the number of pawns after
18  B:d5   ed  19  Q:d5+  Be6  20  Q:b7  Rb8  21  Q:a7  R:b5
but Anna just maintains the pressure.

18.Rfd1

One of many good moves.
This a lot better than those horrible doubled
c-pawn positions I usually gets in the Nimzo.


18 ... f4

Nothing really works so GM Olafsson tries to earn a square for his KN.


19.Nxf4!  Nxf4!  20.gxf4! Bd7

Olafsson has one of those positions where you sit around wondering what went
wrong in the opening and hate to move anything because it only gets worse.


21.b6!!   Bb5 22.Qb3!!

The Russian have a saying about a creaking posiiton -
I can almost hear those old, rotted Icelandic boards
giving way.

22 ...  a6 23.Rd6!!

This is like the Jackova-Karpov and Viktoriya-Hort games in that
the men are playing second rate moves and the women are finding
the most efficient killers.

23 ...  Kh8 24.Qxe6

24 year old women usually have lots of winning options -
24 B:b7, R:e6, Kh1, Q:e6, Rc1
and more


24 ... Qh5!  25.Bxb7!

Up two pawns.
Anna defends carefully now.


25 ...  Rae8 26.Qb3!!

Staying in touch with h3.
Ushenina had some interesting alternatives here,
26  Qd5!!  centralizing  and
26  Q:h6!  gh  27  Ra3!!
regaining the Queen with
a winning position.


26 ...  Nf5!  27.Rd2

27  Re6!!  or  Qf3!!
are good too

27 ... Qg6+!  28.Kh2!

I'd like to see a picture from the first round at the
men's faces as they look at all their horible positions,
look at each other and then back to the women.



28 ...  Qh6

GM Olafsson is still a pawn down after  28 ... Q:b6!
but what he plays is no improvement.


29.Qf3!

29  Qb4!!  is good too.

29 ... Nh4 30.Qg3!!  Rxf4?

A miscalculation. Fridrick figured taking this pawn was
more important than the blockaded b6 pawn but he was wrong.


31.Rd6!!

The executioner's axe swings low.
The Rook attacks the Queen and
unsheaths the Bc1 possibility.

31 ...  Nf5!  32.Rxh6!  Nxg3! 33.Kxg3!  Rb4!  34.Rd6!  Rxb2!  35.e6


1-0   Black resigns

Anna can push her e-pawn with  Re1/pawn-e7
and push her b-pawn with  Bd5/pawn-b7
and the Nordic Grandmaster has no counterplay.

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Ushenina Anna - Olafsson Fridrik [E32]
Snowdrops and Old-hands Marianske Lazne (1), 29.11.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 c5 6.e5 cxd4 7.a3 Ng4 8.axb4 dxc3
9.Qe2 cxb2 10.Bxb2 f5 11.h3 Nh6 12.g3 d5 13.Bg2 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nc6 15.b5 Ne7
16.Ne2 Nd5 17.0-0 Qe8 18.Rfd1 f4 19.Nxf4 Nxf4 20.gxf4 Bd7 21.b6 Bb5 22.Qb3 a6
23.Rd6 Kh8 24.Qxe6 Qh5 25.Bxb7 Rae8 26.Qb3 Nf5 27.Rd2 Qg6+ 28.Kh2 Qh6 29.Qf3
Nh4 30.Qg3 Rxf4 31.Rd6 Nf5 32.Rxh6 Nxg3 33.Kxg3 Rb4 34.Rd6 Rxb2 35.e6 1-0

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Opening ceremony pictures

http://www.praguechess.cz/en/poradane_akce.php?nazev_akce=14&akce=fotogalerie&title=galavecer
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Smiling, confident, talented, competent
blue-eyed Ukrainian beauty Anna Ushenina

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2007/ushenina01.jpg

http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/Usheninaeur.jpg

http://www.northuralscup.ru/2008/images2/ushenina.jpg

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/nalchik/ushenina01.jpg

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chessstudy.com/anna/01.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.chessstudy.com/anna/&usg=__k9aax9onN0jsJ9oyBb959L96_qU=&h=200&w=300&sz=944&hl=en&start=76&um=1&tbnid=LXhhpZtsDMbadM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Danna%2Bushenina%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS%26sa%3DN%26start%3D60%26um%3D1

Anna Ushenina montage slideshow-
put on a heartguard first.


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