[BrianWall-ChessList] Full Metal Jacket game with sweet Siberian WIM Nika

Fri May 22 08:27:50 MDT 2009

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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