[BrianWall-ChessList] Jack Young - More Tombraider games...The Tombraider Defense

[Brian Wall]

----- 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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