From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 1 02:01:39 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 02:01:39 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jackson Chen Message-ID: <1257066099.4aed4e7307549@www.taom.com> Kids, kids, kids, talented Chessplaers are getting younger every year, I am surrounded by them. In Reno Daniel Naroditsky, 2375, Darwin Yang, 2370, David Adelberg, 2216, Adarsh Jayakumar, 2211, Kayden Troff, 2198, , Luke Harmon Vellotti, 2053 ( who only gained 2 rating points depsite beating WIM Ruth Haring and myself ), all very young experts and Masters. At home, my son Devon, age 10. In the Trick or Treat tournament alone, Isaac Martinez, Tara Martinez, Ryan Swerdlin, Daniel Zhou, Jackson Chen. Most parents tell their kids never to resign, they might get a stalemate. In this game Jackson's father was actually encouraging him to resign. I have written before how European Chessplayers have recognizable styles derived from great Grandmasters of the past. Chinese Grandmasters have no recognizable style unless you count Fritz and Rybka. This game was ironic to me in that I was trying to play like a computer to beat a Chinese kid. Children are very trusting and forthright. I had to smile when I told Kurt Kondracki that I had to fill out the Opening slot in my scoresheet before the game. " Oh, I always play the English! " - Kurt Kondracki so I hit him with the Duckbill Platypus Opening. No adult ever announced his opening before the game to me before, except maybe Master James Hamblin in a gentlemen's agreement to honor the great players of the past and play the King's Gambit. Jackson Chen told me he was taking lessons from GM Ronen Har-Zvi. The only thing scarier than a kid taking online lessons from a Jewish Grandmaster is an ASIAN kid taking lessons from a Jewish Grandmaster. Does that mean you have to play the Dragon every game like Ronen's 8 ICC videos? - Brian Wall Oh, no, I never play the Sicilian. - Jackson Chen So I thought about that statement. Jackson Chen is a classical player, 1 e4 e5 for both sides. Many children play 4 Knights, double Kingpawn style Chess because their Father tells them to bring out the pieces. Jackson is too savvy for the Fork Trick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWpWin-ZjeI but he may know nothing about flank openings, Nimzovich, the Sicilian, the English Opening. Let's see. [Event "Trick or Treat Open"] [Site "The Blue Sky Collective, 9635 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO "] [Date "2009.10.17"] [Round "3"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Jackson Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1772"] [Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: classical variation"] [ECO "A01"] [NIC "VO.08"] [Time "2:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/55 5 second delay"] New venue- The Blue Sky Collective 9635 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO (303) 238-0959 (303) 238-0959 Round 3 October 17,2009 Board 1 Game/55 minutes 5 second delay Larsen's Opening - White - Brian Wall, 2200, Pity Master Black - Jackson Chen, age 12, 1772 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6! 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3! h6 Preserving his Bishop - some kind of London system. 5. e3! Nbd7 Most Bird-Larsen people hope for ... c5, ... Nc6, Bf1-b5:c6, Ne5 but Jackson avoids all that. 6. Be2! e6! 7. O-O! Bc5! This to me was a comical representation of what I was talking about - I am playing a flank opening and Jackson Chen is playing the double King pawn Four Knights. Now my pawns will steal up on his pieces and embarrass them. Except that Fritz 11 likes Jackson's move best - played 4 times before. 8. c4! Played twice before. 8 Ne5 played twice before. 8 ... c6! Played once before. Fritz also likes 8 ... 0-0! 8 ... dc played once before. 9. d4 I had beaten the even younger Ryan Swerdlin with the f4-e3-d4-c5-b5-a5 formation two rounds earlier so I tried it again. Fritz likes 9 Nd4 or Nc3 ( played twice ) best. 9 ... Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4! b5? I didn't like this move at all. I suppose Jackson was trying to stem my Queenside tidal wave but I thought he should be aiming for a counterattack on the other side of the board, say, ... Ne4 and ... g5 12. a4 I took less than a minute to start munching on the juicy new targets. 12 ... a6! 13. Nc3 More pressure on b5 13 ... O-O! 14. Ra3 The thought of me exploiting the favorable Queenside pawn tension by tripling on the a-file was too much for Jackson and he broke the tension. 14 ... bxa4? 15. Qxa4!! This is what I meant by favorable tension. If Jackson does not trade on a4 I triple majors and capture on b5, he has no space to fight this plan, he has to look for play elsewhere. However by trading on a4 things get worse in a hurry. Now c6 and a6 are under seige. 15 ... a5! Trying to fight back but I try to play perfectly like a computer. 16. Qxc6! Of course Fritz 11 slightly prefers 16 b5!! - both moves win. 16 ... axb4! 17. Rxa8! Qxa8! 18. Qxc7! bxc3 19. Bxc3! Rc8 20. Qa5!! Qxa5 21. Bxa5! Ra8 22. Ra1! This is the computer move I am most proud of. Humans hate pins, computers embrace them. It turns out the extra protected passed pawn on c5 is much greater than any silly pin. 22 ... Ng4!! Re-establishing material equality but is that triple blockaded pawn on e6 worth my c5-pawn? 23. c6! Nb6 24. c7! Nc8 25. Bb5 My Bishop arrives to break up the pin. Fritz prefers other methods like 25 Ne5, Bc3, e4, and Nd2 but they all win handily 25 ... Nxe3! material is equal but my pawn is on the verge of Queening. 26. Bc6!! Ra7! 27. Bd7!! Nc4 28. Bxc8! Nxa5! 29. Rxa5! Convincing. I did look at and almost played the absolute best 29 Bb7!! e5 30 B:d5!! Any way you look at it I come out a piece ahead with more to follow later. 1-0 Jackson Chen resigns What happened this game? Chessmaster James Hamblin taught me 30 years ago in a French Defense ( I was White ) that if you try to play on the side where your opponent is strong you are wasting your time and helping facilitate the enemy attack. Jackson tried to fight my Queenside attack with ... b5, ... a5, ... ab and things got worse and worse. He should have looked for chances in the center or Kingside. I am just passing on what Humble Hamblin taught me many moons ago. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Trick or Treat Open"] [Site "The Blue Sky Collective, 9635 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO "] [Date "2009.10.17"] [Round "3"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Jackson Chen"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1772"] [Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: classical variation"] [ECO "A01"] [NIC "VO.08"] [Time "2:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/55 5 second delay"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bc5 8. c4 c6 9. d4 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Ra3 bxa4 15. Qxa4 a5 16. Qxc6 axb4 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxc7 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rc8 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Bxa5 Ra8 22. Ra1 Ng4 23. c6 Nb6 24. c7 Nc8 25. Bb5 Nxe3 26. Bc6 Ra7 27. Bd7 Nc4 28. Bxc8 Nxa5 29. Rxa5 1-0 Jackson Chen resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 1 10:06:25 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:06:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fox in the Henhouse Message-ID: <1257095185.4aedc01185e3c@www.taom.com> It started like this - BW -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian, This is Matt Malensek from the Denver Chess Club. I once saw Chris Peterson draw with the Fox Defense against Robert Ramirez!!! I like your book because it shows how to play with great imagination! I've never looked at chess the same way after seeing the Raccoon, the Fox Defense, and the Fishing Pole. And I didn't believe your Clam verses the Radish variations until you revealed how and why they work - when it wasn't at all obvious! I bought your book last night for Adam Deal - my childhood neighbor. He is not a kid. He is in his late-twenties. It's not his birthday or anything - it's just a random gift. I call Adam an "underground grandmaster" . Underground: True. Grandmaster: False. However, he launches terrifying kingside attacks with the best of them. Would you please mail the book to... ? I plan on playing over your Tom Petty "Won't back down" game real soon. Why do you play at the club without your shoes? - Matt Malensek ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I play without my shoes sometimes because I like to sneak up on my opponents like a Polar Bear Ninja. I was out of books but there was a bookstore called Gallagher's at Louisiana and Broadway near the Club. I got Gallagher's to reorder 5 books from my publisher, bought one hardback, delivered it to Matt Malensek at the Denver Chess Club and signed it over to Adam Deal. Matt was very enthusiastic about the book but doubted I would play any of these openings in a rated game. I guess he hadn't seen this game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night Tournament"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO 1st and Acoma"] [Date "2008.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Daniel Saint John"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00, Fox Defense"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Annotator "Brian, Fritz 9"] 1.c4 f6 2.b3 Kf7 3.Bb2 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.a3 Ne7 9.d4 Re8 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nf8 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.Ng3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qd7 15.Rc1 Kg8 16.0-0 Nfg6 17.Rc2 f5 18.Bc1 f4 19.Ne2 fxe3 20.fxe3 Rf8 21.Nc3 Rae8 22.Rcf2 Qg4 23.Ne1 Qh5 24.Rxf8+ Nxf8 25.Nf3 Ne6 26.g3 Bc7 27.b4 a6 28.Kg2 Nc8 29.Ne2 Nd6 30.Nc3 Ng5 31.Nxg5 Qxg5 32.e4 Qg6 33.Bf4 dxe4 34.Qe2 Nb5 35.Qc4+ Kh8 36.Bxc7 Nxc7 37.Qf7 Ne6 38.Qxg6 hxg6 39.Nxe4 Nxd4 40.Ng5 Kg8 41.Rd1 Re5 42.Rxd4 Rxg5 43.Rd7 Rb5 44.Kf3 a5 45.Rd4 Kf7 46.Ke4 Ke6 47.h4 axb4 48.axb4 c5 49.bxc5 Rxc5 50.Rd8 Rc4+ 51.Kf3 b5 52.Ke3 b4 53.Rb8 Rc3+ 54.Kd2 Rc4 55.Kd3 Rg4 56.Rb6+ Kd5 57.Rb8 Rxg3+ 58.Kc2 b3+ 59.Kb2 Ke5 60.Rb6 Kf5 61.Rb5+ Kg4 62.Rb7 Kxh4 63.Rxg7 g5 64.Re7 Kh5 65.Re1 Rd3 66.Kb1 Rd8 67.Kb2 Rb8 68.Re7 g4 69.Rh7+ Kg5 70.Rg7+ Kf4 71.Rf7+ Kg3 72.Rg7 Kf3 73.Rf7+ Kg2 74.Rg7 g3 75.Rg6 Kf2 76.Rf6+ Kg1 77.Rg6 g2 78.Rf6 Rh8 79.Kxb3 Kh1 Daniel resigns, 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- All openings are sound under master level. GM William Lombardy Matt doesn't understand, I play the Fox to honor a human being, Joseph Mirsky from Russia, who was around Denver when I was 13 years old. The Fox is played all over the World but only a few Denverites remember why. Joe called it the opening of the future and I am here to prove him right. Joe was very kind, funny, warm and encouraging to us Chess kids, unlike some of the adults who barely tolerated us. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwR9mRHeFKU Tears For Fears - Suffer The Children (Live) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suffer The Children by Tears For Fears | lyrics It's a sad affair When there's no one there He calls out in the night And it's so unfair At least it seems that way When you gave him his life And all this time he's been getting you down You ought to pick him up when there's no one around And convince him Just talk to him Cos he knows in his heart you won't be home soon He's an only child in an only room And he's dependent on you And it seems so strange That at the end of the day Making love can be so good But the Pain of birth What is it worth When it don't turn out the way it should The Hurting (1983) It's a sad affair When there's no one there He calls out in the night And it's so unfair At least it seems that way When you gave him his life And all this time he's been getting you down You ought to pick him up when there's no one around And convince him Just talk to him Cos he knows in his heart you won't be home soon He's an only child in an only room And he's dependant on you And it seems so strange That at the end of the day Making love can be so good But the Pain of birth What is it worth When it don't turn out the way it should --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe had a weird smirk when he played, almost like from a stroke. Shashy edges and Boodgie Woodgie - he would cry out odd phrases and we kids didn't know if it was Russian or nonsense but he laughed when he said it so we knew it was OK. Sometimes Anthea and I would argue when we were writing our book and I would let out a cry from the heart, from a bygone era - " These people are real to me, I want to honor them, these openings are real to me, they are not just a joke. " I play the Fox the way a grandparent might play Parcheesi with his granndchildren or order an egg cream soda, to remember happy times and forgotten people. Losing a few ratings points lost its terror for me a long time ago. Before the game I crushed everyone at 5-1 odds with my unusual openings like I've been doing since age 16-17. My normal tour-de-force. [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday rated game"] [Site "First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.10.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Joseph Haines"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "2204"] [Opening "Fox Defense"] [ECO "B00"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "12:24:05"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club October 20, 2009 Tuesday night First Presbyterian Basement, 1st and Acoma Denver, Colorado Round 3 Board 3 Game/85 5 second delay Opening- The Fox defense, a Denver tradition going back over 40 years White- Perma-Club President Joseph Haines, 1663 Black- Brian Wall 2204 What is a 1663? Probably someone who sees 3 ply ahead at all times and doesn't miss many pins, forks, skewers or bank rank mates. It takes a bit of strategy or more advanced tactics to win. 1. e4 f6 2. Nf3 Kf7 Fox defense " Criminy - silly crap " Joe Haines How does one capture a Fox? Some reply cautiously and just develop normally. Others throw the kitchen sink at me. Joe is not a Gambiteer, sac-sac-mate kind of guy. 3. d4! e6! 4. Bc4 d5! Locking up the center is Classic Fox Strategy 5. exd5 Freeing my QB 5 ... exd5! Joe announced before the pairings he wanted to leave early so I was playing fast. I had this illusion suddenly that the illegal move Qh5+, leaping over the f3 Knight, was possible and even mentioned it in the postmortem after the game until I realized I was insane. Sometimes I think my mind has left the station already. 6. Bb3! c6 7. Nc3 This gave me secure thoughts because I didn't think Joe was the type to speculate on N:d5 later on and he is blocking his c-pawn so my center looks pretty solid. 7 ... Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7! It's starting to look like I have a real game 9. Qd2 Bg4!! I didn't think Joe was capable of 10 Ng1 to start a pawn wave against my King 10. h3 Bxf3! 11. gxf3! I felt pretty happy. My center is solid and I have doubled pawns to work over in an endgame. Joe has a direct line to my King on the g-file but that's because his pawns are such a mess. 11 ... b5? one minute spent. I didn't like this move as soon as I played it. My idea was 11 ... b5 12 0-0-0 Nd7 13 Bf4 Nb6 14 B:d6 Q:d6 smoothly guarding my d6-Bishop and starting an attack. Fritz prefers 11 ... Nf5, ... Nd7 or ... a5. I prefer 11 ... Nd7 One White idea we didn't look at is Ne4 12. a4 What I didn't like about this is that Joe's c-pawn was sound asleep and now I force his c3-Knight to move and wake up the little guy. 12 ... b4 Fritz prefers 12 ... ba 13. Ne2? For some reason we both had a blind spot to 13 Ne4!! Nf5! 14 Qd3! or h4! with decent play 13 ... a5 14. c4 Nd7 Fritz prefers 14 ... bc! 15. Bf4 Bxf4! 16. Nxf4! Nb6!! 17. c5 Killing his play but Joe's idea is that he can castle Queenside safely now. 17 ... Nd7 Fritz perfers the crazy like a Fox line- 17 ... Nc4!! 18 Qc1 g5!! 18. Bc2 Ng6!! 19. Nxg6? hxg6! Developing pressure down the h-file 20. O-O-O! Rh4! I was very proud of this move, It felt very accurate and Botvinnik-like. I try to shut down all his pawns and fix them as targets. Fritz 11 slightly prefers 20 ... f5!! That move is part of my plans too. 21. Rdg1 f5! Now the blasted computer prefers 21 ... Nf8!! 22. f4 Qc7!! Game over, I am reaping the harvest and Joe is getting nowhere. 23. Rg2 Joe thought for 8 minutes and tries to conjure up play by doubling on the g-file and sacing his Bishop on f5 but I shut that down too. 23 ... Qxf4!! 24. Qxf4! Rxf4! 25. Rhg1 Nf8!! Everything is well guarded and Joe's pawns are still a mess 26. b3 Re8 Not allowing B:f5 even if it isn't sound 27. h4 Re2 Not allowing B:f5 even if it isn't sound 28. h5 Rfxf2!! 29. hxg6+! Joe finally crashes through on the g-file but the rest of his game is in shambles. 29 ... Kf6!! 30. Rxf2! Rxf2! 0-1 White resigns Joe's Rook cannot even reach the bank rank - 31 Re1 Ne6 cutting him off or 31 Rh1 N:g6 denies Mr. Haines the h8 square or I can just ignore his counterattack with 31 Rh1 Ne6 32 Rh8 N:d4 33 Bd1 f4 34 Ra8 f3 35 R:a5 Rf1 36 Ra8 N:b3+ 37 Kb2 N:c5 38 B:f3 Kg5 39 B:d5 cd and I should win a piece and a pawn up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday rated game"] [Site "First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.10.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Joseph Haines"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "2204"] [Opening "Fox Defense"] [ECO "B00"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "12:24:05"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 f6 2. Nf3 Kf7 3. d4 e6 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 c6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Be3 Ne7 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nb6 17. c5 Nd7 18. Bc2 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. O-O-O Rh4 21. Rdg1 f5 22. f4 Qc7 23. Rg2 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rhg1 Nf8 26. b3 Re8 27. h4 Re2 28. h5 Rfxf2 29. hxg6+ Kf6 30. Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1 White resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 1 12:28:41 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:28:41 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess comments for Spanish speakers Message-ID: <1257103721.4aede1691cba7@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from lumecas ----- Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:21:57 -0000 From: lumecas Reply-To: lumecas Subject: [BrianWallChess] Chess comments To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hello to all the friends chess-players. We have news in our blog, http://comentariosdeajedrez.blogspot.com 1. Steinitz v. Blackburne 2. The modern chess instructor 3. El GM m?s veterano Translation to the english in http://translate.google.com/translate?client=tmpg&hl=es&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcomentariosdeajedrez.blogspot.com%2F&langpair=es|en Best regards from Spain Luis MC Pedro MC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091101/c3dfc652/attachment.htm From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 1 12:37:14 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:37:14 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mark Krowczyk Message-ID: <1257104234.4aede36a46e79@www.taom.com> Mark Krowczyk is a different kind of Chessplayer. First of all he is brimming with muscles, a licensed working electrician with his own construction business, his own house, his own pickup truck and his own girlfriend. Secondly whereas most 1700s are stuck there due to lack of imagination Mark has too much imagination. Mark has taken ICC/Skype lesson from GM Kaidanov. Gregory is assuming the role of Doctor Moriarty in my life, every time someone gives me an unexpected hard time over the Chessboard I feel the unseen hand of the evil Doctor Moriarty. After the tournament Mark and I discussed not moves but Chess philosophy. To Mark a Chess game is a chance to test out different original theories. I would like to continue that conversation someday. Mark has some high quality Chess books. A tournament game is an experiement to Mark Krowczyk to see if his theories need tweaking, a much different approach than the average Colorado hack. We were leading the tournament with 3-0 so a draw was OK for either one of us. I arrived at the tournament with Gary Crites, laughing at the old days. He slipped out the back before I finished my game. It is typical of me to finish last because my openings are silly but my play is serious. [Event "Trick or Treat Open"] [Site "Blue Sky Collective Bookstore/Coffee Shop, 9635 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO"] [Date "2009.10.17"] [Round "4"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mark Krowczyk"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1753"] [Opening "QGD: Marshall defense"] [ECO "D06"] [NIC "QP.08"] [Time "12:24:05"] [TimeControl "G/55 5 second delay"] New venue- The Blue Sky Collective 9635 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO (303) 238-0959 (303) 238-0959 (303) 238-0959 (303) 238-0959 Round 4 October 17,2009 Board 1 Game/55 minutes 5 second delay Marshall Defense - White - Brian Wall, 2200, Pity Master Black - Mark Krowczyk, 1753 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 Cool, I am winning after 2 moves. Frank J Marshall played this several times, even against Alekhine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Berliner in his book, The System, claimed that several standard openings were winning for White. He claims that White can take the center and then push Black back. Hans is a postal god and a computer god. This opening would be a perfect illustration of his approach as White. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SYSTEM A WORLD CHAMPION'S APPROACH TO CHESS By Hans Berliner 176 pages $24.95 Gambit Publishing http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_js/js_system_world_champ_appr.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. cxd5 Nxd5 Alekhine had to face 3 ... c6 ( played 21 times ), similar to the Steve Murray Gambit, plus a Bishing Pole attack against Mr. G. S. Tan in a simul. 3 ... Q:d5 has been played 536 times. Capablanca beat it twice, Alekhine faced 3 ... Q:d5 5 times, drawing once. Bogolubov beat Euwe with 3 ... Q:d5 4. e4 Alekhine has played 4 e4 and 4 Nf3. Some Grandmasters claim 4 Nf3 is better to discourage 4 e4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 but I have always liked 4 e4 better My logic is if they know about 5 ... e5 why play this line at all? In blitz I face 5 ... e5 very rarely - also after 4 e4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 if you don't want to face 6 de Q:d1+ 7 K:d1 Ng4 then 6 Nf3 or Nge2 or d5 look fine to me 4 ... Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 Played 63 times I consider this quasi-winning, the kind of central space advantage White sacs a pawn for in the King's Gambit. 6. Be2 g6 Played 3 times 7. h3 Bg7! 8. Nf3! Played 7 times 8 ... Nbd7 Played once 9. Bf4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Wall Fritz loves my posiiton and prefers 9 0-0, Be3 ( played once ), Qc2 or a4 9 ... Qb6 10. Qd2! O-O! 11. O-O Re8 12. Bh2 Nf8! 13. Rad1 a5 14. Ne5 a4 15. Nc4! Qd8 16. d5!! I have every advantage you can ask for from the opening, time to open lines. 16 ... b5 In B-land I am supposed to move my Knight 17. dxc6!! Attacking d8 17 ... Qxd2! 18. Nxd2! Saving my Knight and keeping c6 18 ... b4! 19. Nb5! Ba6 20. e5!! Nd5 21. Ne4! Bxb5 22. Bxb5! Nc7! 23. Bc4! Still keeping my extra c6-pawn 23 ... Rec8! 24. f4 My attention is diverted from c6 to f7 24 ... Nce6! Mark wondered why he didn't play 24 ... Nfe6 after the game forgetting about 25 Rd7!! 25. f5 The ancient tenderness f7 is calling me like a siren 25 ... gxf5! 26. Rxf5?? less than one minute spent 26 Ng3!:f5 is better 26 ... Rd8?? 3 minutes spent 26 ... R:c6!! 27 Bd5 skewers nothing after ... Rd8! because I disconnected my Rooks to capture on f5 Time - Brian - 28 minutes Mark - 34 minutes 27. Rxd8! Rxd8! 28. b3 Some people weep at soap operas, I weep for beautiful missed wins at Chess. I wanted to make 28 R:f7 work but I couldn't. 28 R:f7 K:f7 29 Ng5+ Ke8 30 N:e6 N:e6 31 B:e6 Rd1+ 32 Kf2 Kd8 is about even. Then I looked around for a normal looking move and found one. The real gem here is 28 Nd6!!! ed 29 ed My two Bishops support my passed pawns. It was Hans Berliner who gave two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank a computer rating of +7. Therefore 28 Nd6!!! would have capped almost a perfect example of the winning Hans Berliner style of play ( +94 =10 -1 in postal) 28 ... Rd4 29. Ng5!! Bh6!! 8 minutes spent I thought this best move was terrible during the game. 30. Nxf7?? 2 minutes 33 seconds spent leaving me 11:41 I had much better moves - 30 Bf4!!!, Bg3!!!, Kf2!!, Kh1!!, Kf1!!, h4!!, N:e6!! et alia, are all convincing wins 30 ... Rd1+??? less than a minute spent, a move equivalent to dropping a Queen, going from a possible win to a certain loss. Mark pointed out his original intention 30 ... Be3+!! embarrassing my King after the game. 30 ... Be3+!! 31 Kf1 R:c4!! ( Wall ) 32 bc bc!! and my awkward f5-Rook is killing my win 33 ab! ab! 34 Nh6+!! Kh8!!! ( not 34 ... Kg7 35 Rf7+ K:h6 36 R:e7 or or 34 ... B:h6 35 Rf3 stopping the b-pawn ) 35 Ke2!! b2!! 36 Rf1!! Bc1!! 37 R:f8+!! N:f8 38 e6!! B:h6!! 39 Be5+!! Bg7!! 40 B:b2!! N:e6!! so after 11 only moves by both sides I would be begging for a draw. Mark and I analyzed half of this line after the game. It would have been painful. It seems I cannot win a Chess tournament without adventures - Tal's autobiography 31. Kf2! +9 Now the deadly ... R:c4!! idea is off the table and my King is free. Mark has no play left. I have two extra pawns and threats everywhere. 31 ... Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Unnecessary but I didn't mind losing my Rook to free my King. 32 ... Nd4+ 33. Ke4!! Nxc6! 33 ... N:f5 is no good because of 34 N:h6+ and 35 c7 34. Nxh6+!! Kg7! 35. Rf7+! Kxh6! 36. Bf4+! Kg6! 37. Bxd2! Nd7! 38. Bf4 a3 39. Kd5 Nb6+ 40. Kxc6! Nxc4! 41. Rxe7! Na5+ 42. Kb5 Nxb3! 43. axb3! Kf5 44. g3 My plan was to answer ... a2 with Ra7, ... h5 with h4 and take on b4 with a solid game after everything quieted down 1-0 Mark resigns and gives me a ride to my brother Pat's house I learned a lot from this game. A lower rated player has a better chance in a big mess than a simple endgame. I couldn't see a beautiful Knight sacrifice because I was looking closely at a beautiful Rook sacrifice. I get carried away with attacks and overextend. I underestimated bigtime Mark's idea with 29 ... Bh6!! Marl always gives me a lot to think about, both in Life and Chess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Trick or Treat Open"] [Site "Blue Sky Collective Bookstore/Coffee Shop, 9635 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO"] [Date "2009.10.17"] [Round "4"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mark Krowczyk"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1753"] [Opening "QGD: Marshall defense"] [ECO "D06"] [NIC "QP.08"] [Time "12:24:05"] [TimeControl "G/55 5 second delay"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be2 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bh2 Nf8 13. Rad1 a5 14. Ne5 a4 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. d5 b5 17. dxc6 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 b4 19. Nb5 Ba6 20. e5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nc7 23. Bc4 Rec8 24. f4 Nce6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. b3 Rd4 29. Ng5 Bh6 30. Nxf7 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Nd4+ 33. Ke4 Nxc6 34. Nxh6+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kxh6 36. Bf4+ Kg6 37. Bxd2 Nd7 38. Bf4 a3 39. Kd5 Nb6+ 40. Kxc6 Nxc4 41. Rxe7 Na5+ 42. Kb5 Nxb3 43. axb3 Kf5 44. g3 1-0 Mark resigns and gives me a ride to my brother Pat's house --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Baden-Baden"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "1925.04.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Gruenfeld,Ernst"] [Black "Marshall,Frank James"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "D06"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Be2 c5 9.a3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba5 11.Qb3 Be4 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Rfd1 Qf6 14.Be1 Qg6 15.Qb2 Rac8 16.Rac1 Bd8 17.c4 cxd4 18.exd4 Bf6 19.Bc3 Rfd8 20.d5 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 exd5 22.cxd5 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Bxd5 24.Qxb7 Rb8 25.Qc7 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Baden-Baden"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "1925.04.16"] [Round "17"] [White "Alekhine,Alexander"] [Black "Marshall,Frank James"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D06"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bd3 e5 6.dxe5 Ng4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nc3 Ncxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.h3 Nf6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Qe3 Bc6 15.0-0-0 0-0 16.f4 Qe6 17.e5 Rfe8 18.Rhe1 Rad8 19.f5 Qe7 20.Qg5 Nd5 21.f6 Qf8 22.Bc4 Nxc3 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.fxg7 Nxa2+ 25.Kb1 Qe8 26.e6 Be4+ 27.Ka1 f5 28.e7+ Rd5 29.Qf6 Qf7 30.e8=Q+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Karlsbad"] [Site "Karlsbad"] [Date "1929.07.31"] [Round "18"] [White "Johner,Paul F"] [Black "Marshall,Frank James"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "D06"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Be4 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qb3 c5 11.Ne5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qd5+ 13.Qxd5 exd5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rab1 cxd4 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.cxd4 f6 18.Nd3 Rxe2 19.Rxb7 Nc6 20.Rc1 Re7 21.Rxe7 Nxe7 22.Rc7 Nf5 23.Nf4 Nxd4 24.Nh5 Ne6 25.Re7 Nf8 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Rf7 f5 28.Rxf5 Rd8 29.Kf1 d4 30.Ke2 Ne6 31.Kd3 Rc8 32.Rf6 Rc6 33.Rf7 Rc3+ 34.Kd2 Ra3 35.Re7 Rxa2+ 36.Kd3 Nf8 37.f4 Rxh2 38.g4 Rh4 39.Nf6 Ng6 40.Rxa7 Nxf4+ 41.Kxd4 Ng6 42.Kd5 Rh1 43.g5 Rd1+ 44.Kc5 Rc1+ 45.Kb4 Rh1 46.Kc3 Ne5 47.Ra5 Rh3+ 48.Kc2 Nf3 1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Liege"] [Site "Liege"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Pleci,Isaias"] [Black "Marshall,Frank James"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "E30"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nge2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 0-0 11.0-0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nc5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Rc1 b6 15.Ba4 Re4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Bc6 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.Qf3 Qxf3 20.gxf3 Ree8 21.Rfd1 Rac8 22.Rc2 Kf8 23.Ne2 Rc5 24.Rd3 Na5 25.Rd4 Nc6 26.Rd1 Ne5 27.Kg2 Nc4 28.Kg3 b5 29.h4 Rec8 30.Nf4 Nb6 31.Rcd2 a6 32.Ne2 Na4 33.Rd4 R8c7 34.h5 Nxc3 35.Nxc3 Rxc3 36.Rxd5 R3c5 37.Rxc5 Rxc5 38.Rd8+ Ke7 39.Ra8 Rxh5 40.Rxa6 Rg5+ 41.Kh3 Rc5 42.a4 1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "IECC Y2KO email"] [Site "IECC email"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "0"] [White "Lagas,Peter"] [Black "Marshall,Derek"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D07"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e4 Ndb4 6.d5 Na5 7.a3 Na6 8.b4 c6 9.Bxa6 bxa6 10.bxa5 e6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.dxc6 Bc8 13.c7+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Bxd7 15.Bf4 g6 16.Be5 Rg8 17.0-0 Bb5 18.Rd1 Bd7 19.Nc3 Bc6 20.Rab1 Bxa3 21.Bf6 Be7 22.Rb8+ Rxb8 23.cxb8=Q+ Bd8 24.Qxd8+ 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "CP.2000.P.00001"] [Site "IECG email"] [Date "2000.10.01"] [Round "0"] [White "Martinez,Juan Manuel"] [Black "Marshall,Mryn"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D20"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 e6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.e5 Na5 9.Qd3 Bb4 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Bg5 Qf5 12.Qxf5 exf5 13.Bd3 0-0 14.0-0 h6 15.Be3 b6 16.Rac1 g5 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Nxb4 f6 19.d5 Bf7 20.Bxf5 Rfd8 21.Rxc7 Rxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rd1 Bf7 24.Rdd7 Rf8 25.Be6 Kg7 26.Bxf7 Rxf7 27.Rxf7+ Kg6 28.g4 f5 29.Ne5+ 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Sukabumi sim"] [Site "Sukabumi"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Tan, GS."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1933.03.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "INA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. a3 Qc7 12. h3 h5 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bb2 g5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O-O 17. e4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. c4 Qf4 21. d5 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rh6 23. e4 Bxe4 24. Bf6 Rh7 25. dxe6 Rd6 26. Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxh5 Rd2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bd3 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. c5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "NED m1"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Euwe, Max"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1928.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. d5 Nb4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Bxa4 b5 11. Bb3 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 e4 13. Ng5 b4 14. Ncxe4 Ba6 15. Kf3 cxd5 16. Ba4+ Ke7 17. Nd2 h6 18. Nh3 g5 19. g4 h5 20. Nxg5 hxg4+ 21. Kg2 Bh6 22. f4 gxf3+ 23. Ndxf3 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rf1 Rag8+ 27. Kh1 Rh3 28. Bd2 Rgh8 29. Rad1 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 R2h7 31. Rf2 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 R1h2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf2 34. Bxb4+ Nxb4 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Kxf2 Nd3+ 37. Kg1 Rg8+ 38. Kh2 Bc8 39. Rxa7 Ne5 40. Bd1 Nf3+ 41. Bxf3 exf3 42. Ra4 Rg2+ 43. Kh1 Rxb2 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Backa Palanka op"] [Site "Backa Palanka"] [Date "2001.05.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Solcanean, Serghei"] [Black "Manojlovic, Todor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "2268"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2001.05.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Qd8 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. e6 Nb6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Bd3 g5 18. Bh7 Qd6 19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qe6 21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4+ Kg7 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Bf5 Qxe5 25. Bxh6+ Ke8 26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Qf2 Be6 28. Bf4 Qf6 29. Bc7+ Kd7 30. Qc5 Nc4 31. Bd3 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 2 13:38:18 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:38:18 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] What is the common denominator of all my Chess Openings? Message-ID: <1257194298.4aef433a8211b@www.taom.com> Question: What is the common denominator of all my Chess Openings? Answer - a quick checkmate [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Nomiss"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2183"] [BlackElo "2152"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, classical variation"] [ECO "D86"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "14:29:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Kf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rd8 13. h5 Nxd4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Qc1 Rxd4 18. Qh6 {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Kirlian"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "14:31:50"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. h3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. d4 c6 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 N6h5 14. Kh2 g5 15. g3 g4 16. gxf4 Nxf4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc4 f5 19. Ncxe5 dxe5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. e5 Qe8 22. Bh3 Qh5 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Ng1 Rg8 25. Rf1 Bxh3 26. Nxh3 Rg4 27. Qe6 Rf8 28. Rad1 f3 29. Qe7 Rg2+ {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 2 14:42:14 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:42:14 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] A pretty mate for Armenian WGM Elina Danielian Message-ID: <1257198134.4aef523651a4a@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Alena"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2211"] [BlackElo "2336"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange variation"] [ECO "D85"] [NIC "GI.04"] [Time "16:31:53"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. h5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 Rac8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Nf4 e6 18. e5 Ne7 19. g4 Bc6 20. Qg1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qh2 Bxb3 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. axb3 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Qc3 26. Bg5 Qxa1 27. Qh8+ {Black resigns} 1-0 mate in 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Alena"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2211"] [BlackElo "2336"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange variation"] [ECO "D85"] [NIC "GI.04"] [Time "16:31:53"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. h4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. h5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 Rac8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Nf4 e6 18. e5 Ne7 19. g4 Bc6 20. Qg1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qh2 Bxb3 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. axb3 Rc2+ 25. Kg3 Qc3 26. Bg5 Qxa1 27. Qh8+ {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.elinachess.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Alena(WGM) On for: 1:29 Idle: 0 Alena is currently involved in a match against B-Wall. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 2151 [6] 11 4 3 18 Crazyhouse 1891 [6] 0 3 0 3 Bullet 2190 [8] 178 230 28 436 2295 (27-Mar-2006) Blitz 2743 [4] 3107 3416 587 7110 3085 (09-Jun-2007) 5-minute 2359 1740 1226 317 3283 2553 (22-May-2009) 1-minute 1924 3717 3558 294 7569 2271 (21-Aug-2008) 15-minute 1402 [4] 0 1 0 1 1: Everybody is welcome at my site www.elinachess.com 2: The site works but it still under construction.We work to make it interesting for you Name : Elina Danielian Groups : Armenia WGMs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 2 15:52:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:52:46 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The difference between ICC and Playchess players Message-ID: <1257202366.4aef62bec77c3@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Nomiss"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2183"] [BlackElo "2152"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, classical variation"] [ECO "D86"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "14:29:20"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Kf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rd8 13. h5 Nxd4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Qc1 Rxd4 18. Qh6 {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- An hour later I played exactly the same game against Yahoo56 rated 2159 on PlayChess From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 01:55:47 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:55:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Here is a fishing pole line I hadn't seen before... Message-ID: <1257238547.4aeff01364b4e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Paul Anderson ----- Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:40:43 -0000 From: Paul Anderson Reply-To: Paul Anderson Subject: [BrianWallChess] Here is a fishing pole line I hadn't seen before... To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com [Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Queenless In Seattle"] [Black "Fishing On The Dock Of The Bay"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. Nc3 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 a6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Ng4 8. Nd5 Bd7 9. d4 Ba7 10. h3 h5 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. dxe5 gxf3 13. Bxf3 Qh4 14. Bh5 Rxh5 15. Qxh5 Qxh5 16. Nxc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 dxe5 18. Rad1 Kc8 19. Ba3 Nd4 0-1 Paul Anderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes by Brian Wall This is the first Fishing Pole I've seen after 1 Nc3. Theoeretically a Fishing Pole can occur from any opening. Paul Anderson from Colorado Springs, CO is black. [Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Queenless In Seattle"] [Black "Fishing On The Dock Of The Bay"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. Nc3 e5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 a6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Ng4 Fishing Pole 8. Nd5 Bd7 9. d4 Ba7 Hyper-Pole 10. h3 h5 Fishing Hook 11. hxg4?? hxg4!! Opening the Gates of hell - Vance Aandahl http://www.jeremysilman.com/movies_tv_va/aandahl_bio.html http://authors.wizards.pro/authors/writers/vance-aandahl http://names.whitepages.com/Vance/Aandahl http://www.lysator.liu.se/~unicorn/sweden-sf/Aandahl,_Vance.html 12. dxe5?? Paving the way for more devils from Hell. 12 ... gxf3!! Queenless In Seattle is losing his soul vertically and horizontally, 13. Bxf3 Qh4!! Paul is enjoying every possible Fishing Pole sucker punch. White's position reminds me of the Mayberry murders this weekend. Marcos Chavez Gonzalez picked off 4 illegal aliens with a high powered rifle while whistling the tune to Mayberry RFD. Gomer Pyle made a citizen's arrest and handed Marcos over to Barney who fumbled his one bullet. Andy Griffith recaptured Marcos by luring him in with Aunt Bee's apple pies. Opie brought Aunt Bee's chicken dinners in a basket to town drunk Otis and Marcos Chaves Gonzalez while they wait in the county jail to see the judge. http://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/breaking-news-murder-in-mayberry-marcos-chavez-gonzalez-charged-with-the-murders-of-4-men/ http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3444467/Multipul_murders_in_Mayberry_w 14. Bh5! Rxh5!! 15. Qxh5! Qxh5!! 16. Nxc7+! Kd8!! 17. Nxa8! dxe5 18. Rad1 Kc8 19. Ba3 Nd4!! another rifle shot past Floyd's Barber shop - Queenless In Seattle is -9 0-1 Brian Wall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091103/1f629be5/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 02:04:20 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:04:20 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The myth of the thousand Message-ID: <1257239060.4aeff2146220c@www.taom.com> Apparently I don't really have 1,000 people on my mailing lists. I have hundreds of longsuffering people on both my Yahoo group and my Taom list. I have begun an ethnic cleansing of the Taom list. I am up to ABC so far. Anyone on both lists will be purged from the older but inferior Taom list. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 02:16:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:16:56 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Test email 2 Message-ID: <1257239816.4aeff508c98b4@www.taom.com> from mistakenly deleting myself From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 04:06:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:06:22 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] AA and Fishing Poles Message-ID: <1257246382.4af00eae47361@www.taom.com> In Alcoholics Anonymous there is a sentiment that - We are not perfect, we are not saints or Angels but we are working towards a solution and our lives are getting better. It's the same way with the Fishing Pole. Black, Craig Thomson of New Hampshire, USA, misses mate in one but still wins. We are not saying we are perfect attacking players that don't fall off the wagon occassionally but we are learning how to attack and our results are improving. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Tchegurin"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1105"] [BlackElo "1134"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Art of Attack by Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "16:34:24"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 5. Bxc6 dxc6!! The correct recapture 99% of the time 6. d3 Bc5 What would the Fishing Pole be without this Bishop here? 7. Bg5 f6!! Art of Attack by Vukovic Variation 8. Bh4 g5!! Pawn Wave 9. Bg3 h5!! The Black Queen is locked out but the pawns will open fresh vistas. 10. h3 h4!! That's how we roll 11. Bh2 Nxh2 My choice 100% of the time but here 11 ... B:f2+!!!, ... N:f2!!! or ... Nh6!! are even stronger. Capturing twice on f2 is followed ... g4, ... Qe7 and ... 0-0-0 12. Kxh2 Be6 Of course 12 ... g4!!! is the whole idea of the pawn wave 13. c3 Qe7 Plan B in the Fishing Pole is ... 0-0-0 but even a tempo down 13 ... g4!! 14 hg B:g4!! wins 14. d4 O-O-O!! 15. Qa4 Bb6!! 16. Nbd2 exd4!! Even here 16 ... g4!!! is best - It took me a while to appreciate the power of ... g4 love 17. cxd4 g4!! Craig's got the idea now 18. hxg4! Bxg4!! 19. Nb3 Rdg8 19 ... h3!!! is a wipeout. Fritz is forever telling me to play ... h3!!! in Raccoons and Fishing Poles. 20. Nfd2! h3 Here 20 ... Be2!!! or ... Qg7!! are most devastating 21. Nc4 hxg2+!! Mating 22. Kxg2 Bh3+ 22 ... Bd1!! or ... Be2!! are both mate in one. The amazing thing about the Fishing Pole is how inaacurately Black can play and still smash White. It's a cornucopia of killing crushes, a turnkey system anyone can apply. 23. Kf3!! Bxf1!! 24. Nxb6+ cxb6!! 25. Rxf1 Rh3+!! Remating 26. Ke2 Qxe4+!! Mate in 4 grabbing the f1-Rook along the way {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Tchegurin"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1105"] [BlackElo "1134"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Art of Attack by Vukovic Variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "16:34:24"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 h5 10. h3 h4 11. Bh2 Nxh2 12. Kxh2 Be6 13. c3 Qe7 14. d4 O-O-O 15. Qa4 Bb6 16. Nbd2 exd4 17. cxd4 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Nb3 Rdg8 20. Nfd2 h3 21. Nc4 hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Bh3+ 23. Kf3 Bxf1 24. Nxb6+ cxb6 25. Rxf1 Rh3+ 26. Ke2 Qxe4+ {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 04:32:07 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:32:07 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Awesome pairings in round 1 of the World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Nov 21-Dec.15 Message-ID: <1257247927.4af014b77b2dd@www.taom.com> World Chess Cup 2009 Pairings of Round 1 Monday, 02 November 2009 13:56 FIDE is publishing the pairings of the 1st round of the World Cup 2009. World Cup 2009 Round 1 Table White Fed Black Fed 1 1 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR - 128 IM Obodchuk, Andrei RUS 2 2 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE - 127 IM Sarwat, Walaa EGY 3 3 GM Svidler, Peter RUS - 126 IM Hebert, Jean CAN 4 4 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS - 125 IM Abdel Razik, Khaled EGY 5 5 GM Radjabov, Teimour AZE - 124 IM Ezat, Mohamed EGY 6 6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - 123 GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS 7 7 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR - 122 GM El Gindy, Essam EGY 8 8 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS - 121 IM Sriram, Jha IND 9 9 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS - 120 GM Rizouk, Aimen ALG 10 10 GM Wang, Yue CHN - 119 GM Kabanov, Nikolai RUS 11 11 GM Eljanov, Pavel UKR - 118 GM Al Sayed, Mohamad N. QAT 12 12 GM Karjakin, Sergey UKR - 117 GM Rodriguez Vila, Andres URU 13 13 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - 116 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 14 14 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP - 115 GM Kunte, Abhijit IND 15 15 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB - 114 GM Smerdon, David AUS 16 16 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK - 113 GM Yu, Yangyi CHN 17 17 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - 112 GM Yu, Shaoteng CHN 18 18 GM Alekseev, Evgeny RUS - 111 IM Pridorozhni, Aleksei RUS 19 19 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - 110 GM Ivanov, Alexander USA 20 20 GM Wang, Hao CHN - 109 GM Friedel, Joshua E USA 21 21 GM Navara, David CZE - 108 GM Laylo, Darwin PHI 22 22 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS - 107 GM Amin, Bassem EGY 23 23 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA - 106 GM Nijboer, Friso NED 24 24 GM Rublevsky, Sergei RUS - 105 GM Morovic Fernandez, Ivan CHI 25 25 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - 104 IM Robson, Ray USA 26 26 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS - 103 GM Hess, Robert L USA 27 27 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - 102 GM Antonio, Rogelio Jr PHI 28 28 GM Vitiugov, Nikita RUS - 101 GM Gupta, Abhijeet IND 29 29 GM Bologan, Viktor MDA - 100 GM Adly, Ahmed EGY 30 30 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER - 99 GM Hou, Yifan CHN 31 31 GM Bu, Xiangzhi CHN - 98 GM Pelletier, Yannick SUI 32 32 GM Polgar, Judit HUN - 97 GM Pavasovic, Dusko SLO 33 33 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU - 96 GM Lupulescu, Constantin ROU 34 34 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM - 95 GM Li, Chao b CHN 35 35 GM Onischuk, Alexander USA - 94 GM Flores, Diego ARG 36 36 GM Cheparinov, Ivan BUL - 93 GM Kryvoruchko, Yuriy UKR 37 37 GM Efimenko, Zahar UKR - 92 GM Milos, Gilberto BRA 38 38 GM Sutovsky, Emil ISR - 91 GM Zhou, Weiqi CHN 39 39 GM Najer, Evgeniy RUS - 90 GM Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan IRI 40 40 GM Tiviakov, Sergei NED - 89 GM Iturrizaga, Eduardo VEN 41 41 GM Areshchenko, Alexander UKR - 88 GM Corrales Jimenez, Fidel CUB 42 42 GM Sasikiran, Krishnan IND - 87 GM L'Ami, Erwin NED 43 43 GM Smirin, Ilia ISR - 86 GM Ehlvest, Jaan USA 44 44 GM Baklan, Vladimir UKR - 85 GM Shabalov, Alexander USA 45 45 GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND - 84 GM Filippov, Anton UZB 46 46 GM Fier, Alexandr BRA - 83 GM Khalifman, Alexander RUS 47 47 GM Fressinet, Laurent FRA - 82 GM Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 48 48 GM Meier, Georg GER - 81 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. ARM 49 49 GM Grachev, Boris RUS - 80 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 50 50 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA - 79 GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 51 51 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED - 78 GM Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 52 52 GM Milov, Vadim SUI - 77 GM Negi, Parimarjan IND 53 53 GM Timofeev, Artyom RUS - 76 GM Leitao, Rafael BRA 54 54 GM Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS - 75 GM Gustafsson, Jan GER 55 55 GM Savchenko, Boris RUS - 74 GM Shulman, Yuri USA 56 56 GM Kobalia, Mikhail RUS - 73 GM Sandipan, Chanda IND 57 57 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA - 72 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE 58 58 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. RUS - 71 GM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 59 59 GM So, Wesley PHI - 70 GM Guseinov, Gadir AZE 60 60 GM Granda Zuniga, Julio E PER - 69 GM Sakaev, Konstantin RUS 61 61 GM Laznicka, Viktor CZE - 68 GM Papaioannou, Ioannis GRE 62 62 GM Andreikin, Dmitry RUS - 67 GM Nyback, Tomi FIN 63 63 GM Mamedov, Rauf AZE - 66 GM Zhou, Jianchao CHN 64 64 GM Amonatov, Farrukh TJK - 65 GM Volkov, Sergey RUS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The ones I would most want to watch 6 6 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR - 123 GM Bezgodov, Alexei RUS because crazy Ivanchuk is capable of anything 13 13 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE - 116 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS A stone cold fox against a stone cold killer 14 14 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP - 115 GM Kunte, Abhijit IND Any pupil of Tal's will beat anybody in an entertaining way 17 17 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA - 112 GM Yu, Shaoteng CHN Didn't they just play in the World Junior? 19 19 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS - 110 GM Ivanov, Alexander USA I played Alexander two games in the 2009 Reno Western States Open and drew one. I saw him play a lot in my New England days. Does he remember enough Russian to win. 20 20 GM Wang, Hao CHN - 109 GM Friedel, Joshua E USA Can a New Hampshire/California boy make good in the big leagues? 23 23 GM Bacrot, Etienne FRA - 106 GM Nijboer, Friso NED Nijober is the one of those secret players with a great attacking style 25 25 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO - 104 IM Robson, Ray USA Ray is the living reincarnation of Bobby Fischer 26 26 GM Motylev, Alexander RUS - 103 GM Hess, Robert L USA Let's see what an American teenager can do on the world stage 27 27 GM Kamsky, Gata USA - 102 GM Antonio, Rogelio Jr PHI Kamsky smiled when someone took a picture of both of us at the 2009 World Open - let's see if he can smile again when he wins 34 34 GM Sargissian, Gabriel ARM - 95 GM Li, Chao b CHN Sargissian is ultra smooth like a bottle of Armenian courvoisier versus the computer style of Chinese GMs 57 57 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA - 72 GM Le, Quang Liem VIE We will hold our breath to see if GM Nigel Short makes a big deal out of Tkachiev falling asleep again From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 10:09:21 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:09:21 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Results of 2009 October East Coast Deli & Results 2009 October USAFA Chess Message-ID: <1257268161.4af063c17e9ca@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:26:04 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [CSCN] Fw: Results of 2009 October East Coast Deli & Results 2009 October USAFA Chess ----- Original Message ----- From: pmjer77 at aim.com Subject: Results of 2009 October East Coast Deli Hi All, Please disseminate via your usual channels. Many thanks! Event ID Sec State City Dates Plr Event Name 200910284651 1 CO COLORADO SPRING 2009-10-07 - 10-28 18 2009 OCTOBER EAST COAST DELI Prize Schedule: 1st Place $40 > Mitch Anderson, Gordan Randall (Tied $38 each) U1900 $36 U1800 $28 > James Greener, Alexander Freeman (Tied $26 each) U1500 $24 U1400 $20 Jerry Maier, Isaac Martinez (Tied $10 each) U1200 $15 Tara Martinez Jerry Maier Mobile: 719.660.5531 Home/FAX: 719.268.6970 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com ----- Original Message ----- From: pmjer77 at aim.com Subject: Results 2009 October USAFA Chess Hi All, Please disseminate via your usual channels. Thank you for assistance! Event ID Sec State City Dates Plr Event Name 200910224781 1 CO AIR FORCE ACADE 2009-10-01 - 10-22 8 2009 OCTOBER USAFA CHESS Prize Schedule: 1st Place $30 Gordon Randall U1800 $24 Geri Neri U1400 $15 Jerry Maier Jerry Maier Mobile: 719.660.5531 Home/FAX: 719.268.6970 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091103/04f5f4ab/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 10:15:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:15:13 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Drunken Knight inventor strikes against big centre Message-ID: <1257268513.4af06521b5899@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from van hulst noe ----- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:07:10 +0000 (GMT) From: van hulst noe Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Drunken Knight strikes against big centre To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Dear friends, Last week I played a fun blitz game with my favourite Drunken Knight as?White on the Yahoo site: 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Be6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 e4 5.f3 f5 6.0-0 h6 7.Nf4 Qf6? (looks suspicious) 8.fxe4 dxe4 9.d5! 0-0-0 10.Qb3 Bc5+? (looks nice but has significant drawbacks) 11.Kh1 Bf7 12.Qb5 (here is one drawback)?12...g5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Qxc5 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Rd5 16.Qxa7 Qe7 17.Na3 Be8 18.Rad1 Nf6 19.c4! Rxd1 20.Rxd1 1-0? Although Black made some serious errors here of course, I think that the general idea of the opening is rather sound: combining Nh3 with c3 and d4 and f3 if Black pushes the pawn to e4 to attack the big centre as quickly as possible and free up field f4 for the Nh3 knight. It's comparable to a Gurgenidze with White. Enjoy the rides?on your Drunken Knights... Noe van Hulst? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was a big tournament last year with 144 players, including the likes of Richard Herbst competing. The numbers have been growing each year. Here's a link to the CSCA web page for it: http://colorado-chess.com/pdf/RM%20K-12%20Grade%20Championship%202009.pdf It should be a great tournament and an excellent opportunity for the kids. Please pass the info on to your readers if you can. DuWayne -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091103/08354048/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 3 16:51:57 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:51:57 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fang-Boudrot Gambit still deadly for Malbran from Brazil Message-ID: <1257292317.4af0c21d8e346@www.taom.com> Statistics for kaspinha On for: 17 Idle: 0 kaspinha is currently involved in a match against B-Wall. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1704 [6] 0 2 0 2 Loser's 1920 [6] 0 1 0 1 Crazyhouse 2051 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1972 [8] 2321 2340 327 4988 2116 (14-Jun-2001) Blitz 2457 [8] 6838 7452 1572 15862 2524 (30-Oct-2001) Standard 2505 [6] 5 2 1 8 5-minute 2188 22461 20930 5353 48744 2365 (16-Sep-2009) 1-minute 1781 [2] 2053 2001 166 4220 1845 (19-Dec-2007) 15-minute 2004 [4] 1 0 1 2 1: please , dont ask for a draw on the latest seconds of the game , ok ? 2: see in my lib-list Georgiev x El Denso (c) the most beautifull blitz game played ever.... 3: megagagnon tells you : "...kaspinha , killer of the killers..." 4: i can beat anyone on ICC...and i can lose for anyone too..... hehe ! 5: i wanna play like S-Delgado .... 6: FIDE could reformulate the titles ( FM , IM , GM ) on chess , FM , for example , is ridiculous ! , Titles in chess doesnt mean nothing for a while.... Groups : Brasil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "kaspinha"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2261"] [BlackElo "2175"] [Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"] [ECO "A57"] [NIC "BI.44"] [Time "18:01:03"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 suggested by Drunken Mass. Master Ed Boudrot and strengthened by NH IM Joe Fang of Nashua 8 ... g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. d6 exd6 11. Bg5 Very tactical position 11 ... Bb7 12. Bd5 Bxd5 I like to try the two Bishops and two pawns versus a Queen position here with 12 ... N:d5!? 13. Bxf6! Qxf6! 14. Qxd5! Ra5 I used to do long computer analysis here after 14 ... Ra4 15 Nc7+ Kd8 16 Qb7 Nd7 17 Nd5, Ne2 or Nf3 Two key ideas - 0-0 and a3 breaking up the Queenside 15. Qb7? 15 Nc7+!! is better so Black cannot sac the exchange on b5 15 Nc7+ Ke7 16 Qb7 Qf5 17 Nd5+!! Ke6 18 Ne3 wins 15 Nc7+ Ke7 16 Qb7 Qf5 17 Nd5+!! Ke6 18 Ne3 Qf6 19 Nc4 15 Nc7+ Ke7 16 Qb7 Qf5 17 Nd5+!! Ke6 18 Ne3 Qd3 19 Qc8+ Nd7 ( or I pick up the a5-Rook with check ) 20 Qe8+ Be7 ( or I pick up the a5-Rook with check ) 21 Q:h8 R:a2 22 Rd1 wins 15 Nc7+ Ke7 16 Qb7 Qf5 17 Nd5+!! Ke6 18 Ne3 Qg5 19 Q:b8 or Nd5 win 15 Nc7+ Ke7 16 Qb7 Qf5 17 Nd5+!! Ke6 18 Ne3 Qh5 19 Q:b8 15 Nc7+ Ke7 16 Qb7 Qf5 17 Nd5+!! Ke6 18 Ne3 R:a2 19 Rd1!! or Qd5+! win ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHGgnlXfSA C?line Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8u7JjxvgEo Meat Loaf - It's All Coming Back To Me Now: Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HsCyRns4f4 Marion Raven - It's All Coming Back To Me Now --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CELINE DION LYRICS Send "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" Ringtone to your Cell "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" There were nights when the wind was so cold That my body froze in bed If I just listened to it Right outside the window There were days when the sun was so cruel That all the tears turned to dust And I just knew my eyes were Drying up forever I finished crying in the instant that you left And I can't remember where or when or how And I banished every memory you and I had ever made But when you touch me like this And you hold me like that I just have to admit That it's all coming back to me When I touch you like this And I hold you like that It's so hard to believe but It's all coming back to me (It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now) There were moments of gold And there were flashes of light There were things I'd never do again But then they'd always seemed right There were nights of endless pleasure It was more than any laws allow Baby Baby If I kiss you like this And if you whisper like that It was lost long ago But it's all coming back to me If you want me like this And if you need me like that It was dead long ago But it's all coming back to me It's so hard to resist And it's all coming back to me I can barely recall But it's all coming back to me now But it's all coming back There were those empty threats and hollow lies And whenever you tried to hurt me I just hurt you even worse And so much deeper There were hours that just went on for days When alone at last we'd count up all the chances That were lost to us forever But you were history with the slamming of the door And I made myself so strong again somehow And I never wasted any of my time on you since then But if I touch you like this And if you kiss me like that It was so long ago But it's all coming back to me If you touch me like this And if I kiss you like that It was gone with the wind But it's all coming back to me (It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now) There were moments of gold And there were flashes of light There were things we'd never do again But then they'd always seemed right There were nights of endless pleasure It was more than all your laws allow Baby, Baby, Baby When you touch me like this And when you hold me like that It was gone with the wind But it's all coming back to me When you see me like this And when I see you like that Then we see what we want to see All coming back to me The flesh and the fantasies All coming back to me I can barely recall But it's all coming back to me now If you forgive me all this If I forgive you all that We forgive and forget And it's all coming back to me When you see me like this And when I see you like that We see just what we want to see All coming back to me The flesh and the fantasies All coming back to me I can barely recall but it's all coming back to me now (It's all coming back to me now) And when you kiss me like this (It's all coming back to me now) And when I touch you like that (It's all coming back to me now) If you do it like this (It's all coming back to me now) And if we, , , --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 ... Nd7?? 15 ... R:b5!! negates the danger 16. Nc7+!! Kd8! 17. Nd5!! Qg5? 17 ... Qh4! 18 Qc7+! Ke8! 19 Q:a5! Qe4+! 20 Ne3 Bh6 21 Ne2 wins for me but everything else is worse. 18. Nf3!! Qf5 19. Qc7+ checkmate next move {Black resigns} 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "kaspinha"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2261"] [BlackElo "2175"] [Opening "Benk? gambit: Nescaf? Frapp? attack, Fang-Boudrot Gambit"] [ECO "A57"] [NIC "BI.44"] [Time "18:01:03"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 g6 9. e5 dxe5 10. d6 exd6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Ra5 15. Qb7 Nd7 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Qc7+ {Black resigns} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- kaspinha says: forget the variation with |Bd5 /Tell kaspinha! I played hundreds of games with Black versus Fritz with 12 Bd5 N:d5 13 B:d8 Kd8 kaspinha tells you: and lose all of them ? :) /Tell kaspinha! No I like two minors versus Queen positions /Tell kaspinha! My friends Joe Fang and Ed Boudrot invented this gambit 20 years ago kaspinha tells you: i remember ! is Ra4 ! instead of Ra5 ?? /Tell kaspinha! the whole line is bad for Black at some point a3 breaks black open /Tell kaspinha! are you New England player? Groups : Brasil /Tell kaspinha! oh Brasil kaspinha tells you: nope ! . I'm Argentine kaspinha tells you: living on Sao Paulo /Tell kaspinha! we used to call it Fang-Boudrot Gambit Paul Nikitovich used to live there kaspinha tells you: Nikitovich ! , where is he ? , NY ? /Tell kaspinha! he was in Brazil now in Colorado /Tell kaspinha! with his father kaspinha tells you: aha ! /Tell kaspinha! do you remember him? /Tell kaspinha! does your name mean little Karpov/Kasparov? kaspinha tells you: of course , good player in rapids ! /Tell kaspinha! :) 15 years ago kaspinha tells you: are you Niki ? /Tell kaspinha! I am old friend of Nikitovich kaspinha tells you: im Malbran , send greetings for him ! /Tell kaspinha! I will kaspinha tells you: nice to meet you , see you ! :) From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Nov 4 06:42:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:42:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Denver Chess Club, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Message-ID: <1257342150.4af184c681bf0@www.taom.com> Mark Hilyard drove me to the Denver Chess Club and bought me beer and fries. This was his reward. [Event "Denver Chess Club warmup 5 minute game"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mark Hilyard"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2209"] [BlackElo "1593"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "19:10:25"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=lcc&Product_Code=choneve112 Play the Grudfeld by Yelena Dembo 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 The Polugaevsky Variation of the Grunfled - an old idea to play h4-h5 instead of 0-0 Hans Berliner added a chapter of original analysis in THE SYSTEM 10 ... cxd4! 11. cxd4! Na5 12. Bd3! b6 13. h5! Be6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. d5!! Bxa1 16. Qxa1! f6 Only move 17. Nd4? 17 Qd4!! Bg4 18 e5!! or 17 Nf4 Bf7 18 e5!! 17 ... Bxd5? 18. exd5! Qxd5! 19. Bxg6! Qxg2? 20. Ke2!! Qg4+ 21. f3!! Qg2+ 22. Bf2!! Qg5 Mark asked me before the game how many moves I see ahead. " I feel it before I see it." BW Here I felt I had something and paused while a big crowd formed.. Rybka likes 23 Bf5!!! but I liked #2 choice 23. Rh8+!! 1-0 Mark Hilyard resigns because 23 ... Kg7 24 Ne6+ wins the Queen or 23 ... K:h8 24 Qh1+ mates -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club warmup 5 minute game"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mark Hilyard"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2209"] [BlackElo "1593"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "19:10:25"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. h5 Be6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. d5 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 f6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Bxg6 Qxg2 20. Ke2 Qg4+ 21. f3 Qg2+ 22. Bf2 Qg5 23. Rh8+ 1-0 Mark Hilyard resigns -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 5 03:53:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:53:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] THEM - email chess Message-ID: <1257418392.4af2ae985c93f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Denis Hebbelynck ----- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:29:06 +0100 From: Denis Hebbelynck Reply-To: Denis Hebbelynck Subject: THEM - email chess Hello chessfriend I'll first start with introducing myself. I'm Denis Hebbelynck from Belgium and started a brand new e-mail chess club, THEM. Because I noticed you are also playing chess via the internet I thought you may be interested. THEM is a friendly club who will organise five e-mail chess tournaments a year. Every tournament start with a new opening. Because this is a great way of exploring and learning chess openings these tournaments will also help you certainly in your regular games. There are 5 new thematics at the site : THEM11 : Reti : 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 THEM12 : Four Knights : 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 THEM13 : Modern defence : 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 THEM14 : English : 1.c4 e6 THEM15 : Gedult Attack : 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.g4 These are also openings you still can join : THEM01 : Polish :1.b4 THEM02 : Benko :1.g3 THEM03 : Amar :1.Nh3 THEM04 : Battamberg : 1.Nc3 e5 2.a3 THEM05 : Crab :1.a4 e5 2.h4 THEM06 : Valencia : 1.d3 e5 2.Nd2 THEM07 : Amsterdam Attack : 1.e3 e5 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.b3 Nf6 THEM08 : Halasz Gambit : 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 THEM09 : Venezolana : 1.d3 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 THEM10 : Bird : 1.f4 If you will give this format a chance please join THEM at http://users.skynet.be/THEM Thanks for your time, Denis Hebbelynck NOTE: This e-mail is just informational. It will be the only message I'll send you Best regards, Denis Hebbelynck Director of THEM http://users.skynet.be/THEM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091105/ee340129/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 5 05:12:39 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:12:39 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bill O' Neil Denver Chess Club, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Message-ID: <1257423159.4af2c13772b31@www.taom.com> Mark Hilyard drove me to the Denver Chess Club and bought me beer and fries. This was his reward. [Event "Denver Chess Club warmup 5 minute game"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mark Hilyard"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2209"] [BlackElo "1593"] [Opening "Gr??nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "19:10:25"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=lcc&Product_Code=choneve112 Play the Grudfeld by Yelena Dembo 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 The Polugaevsky Variation of the Grunfled - an old idea to play h4-h5 instead of 0-0 Hans Berliner added a chapter of original analysis in THE SYSTEM 10 ... cxd4! 11. cxd4! Na5 12. Bd3! b6 13. h5! Be6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. d5!! Bxa1 16. Qxa1! f6 Only move 17. Nd4? 17 Qd4!! Bg4 18 e5!! or 17 Nf4 Bf7 18 e5!! 17 ... Bxd5? 18. exd5! Qxd5! 19. Bxg6! Qxg2? 20. Ke2!! Qg4+ 21. f3!! Qg2+ 22. Bf2!! Qg5 Mark asked me before the game how many moves I see ahead. " I feel it before I see it." BW Here I felt I had something and paused while a big crowd formed.. Rybka likes 23 Bf5!!! but I liked #2 choice 23. Rh8+!! 1-0 Mark Hilyard resigns because 23 ... Kg7 24 Ne6+ wins the Queen or 23 ... K:h8 24 Qh1+ mates -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club warmup 5 minute game"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, Colorado"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Mark Hilyard"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2209"] [BlackElo "1593"] [Opening "Gr??nfeld: exchange, Spassky variation"] [ECO "D87"] [NIC "GI.05"] [Time "19:10:25"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. h5 Be6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. d5 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 f6 17. Nd4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Bxg6 Qxg2 20. Ke2 Qg4+ 21. f3 Qg2+ 22. Bf2 Qg5 23. Rh8+ 1-0 Mark Hilyard resigns -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night slow game"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "William O'Neil"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "2209"] [Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"] [ECO "B21"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85, 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club 1st Presbyterian Church 1st and Acoma Tuesday Night slow Game/85, 5 second delay DCC member Austin wanted me to sign his hardcover copy of HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL November 3, 2009 White - the unforgettable Brian Wall, fresh from Reno, 2209 Black - Steady DCC member William O'Neil, 1690, about to break 1700 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 This led to Mark Hilyard and I testing Dana MacKensie's Queen sac ( see below ) all night at the Hornet ( 1st and Broadway near the Mayan Theater ), a bar near the DCC- favorite Hornet bartender = Matt Pfeiffer, who used to sell door to door in Denver with my brothers and I. Matt recently married a High School sweetheart and they have a new baby. 3. e5 This game was very easy to play. Bill played fast at first and I followed suit. It was just a good French Defense. At the lower levels Tom Bourie faces this in the Scandinavian a lot. 3 ... Nc6 I wait to see where my QB belongs. 4. Nf3! Bg4 I will feel more comfortable playing ... e6 when my Bishop is out of the box 5. c3 This confused me as to whether I should play ... d4 ala Korchnoi but I decided to keep it simple for once. 5 ... e6! 6. Be2 Nh6! 7. O-O! Nf5 8. Nd4 This is funny to me - Bill loses time to Trade-Trade-Lose. I have 4 captures but they don't do anything. "8 Nd4 surprised me! " - Brian " but it works! " - Bill 8 ... Bxe2! Trading off my bad Bishop. When White loses time White becomes the New Black. 9. Nxe2! h5 10. Na3 d4 Trying to be a center bully but 10 ... c4!! gives my Bishop more space. 11. d3! h4 Bill's e2-Knight has no moves 12. h3 Crippling his Kingside 12 ... f6 13. Qb3! Qd7! 14. exf6 gxf6! Now I can torture him on the g-file 15. Qc2 Another odd waste of time. I am convinced class players hate their Rooks. 15 ... Bd6 to clear the g-file but later I didn't like this move. 15 ... 0-0-0!! is more flexible 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Nb5 Kb8 I have a simple plan of maximum prep for g-file tripling. 17 ... dc!! attacks everything in sight 18. cxd4 cxd4 18 ... Be7!!! or ... Bf8!! are stronger than my automatic recapture 19. a4 Trying to Fishing Pole Brian Wall 19 ... Rhg8!! I finally reveal my plan 20. Kh2 Rg6 Fritz6 likes 20 ... Bb4!! to work over the e3-square 21. Rf3 Rdg8! 22. Rg1! Ka8 My only deep think of the game. I was wondering whether 22 ... Qg7 23 Rf2 Ne3 24 Qb3 Nf1+ worked - it doesn't. Fritz wants me to preserve my Bishop. I gambled that Bill hadn't taken my Bishop yet so maybe he would allow the ideal ... Bb8!! with ideas of g-file tripling plus ... e5 I considered 22 ... Qg7 and then retreating my Bishop. Fritz likes ... Bf8, ... Bb4, ... Be7 or ... Qg7 23 Rf2 Bf8 23. Nxd6! Finally ending my Bishop's torment of 4 good squares to choose from. No choice is a good choice. 23 ... Qxd6! 24. a5 a6 Fixing his pawn on the wrong color and creating a suspect outpost on b5 25. Qb1 R8g7 Played instantly to set up a trap 26. b4 Qd5!! 27. Qe1 Bill thought for 12 minutes but never saw my threat. His game sucks anyway after 27 Qf1 Kb8 or 27 Rf2 Rg3!! and ... Ne3!! After 27 Qf1 I would have played ... Qb3 27 ... Rxg2+!! 28. Rxg2! Qxf3!! 29. Rxg7! Nxg7! The point of 25 ... R8g7. I am not just a pawn up. White's pieces keep dropping on the second rank with check in many variations, all his pawns are weak and he has no counterplay. 30. b5 Some kind of desperate bid for a6-attention 30 ... axb5! 31. Bc1 Qxd3 3 pawns up plus all my usual advantages 32. Qf2 Nf5 I saw the paralyzing killer 32 ... Qc2!! but again kept it simple. Bill was running out of time, position and patience. 33. Qg2 Ka7 Bill said taking away a6 ba Q:c6+ made him want to quit 34. Qf2 Nxa5 4 pawns up 0-1 Bill resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Tuesday Night slow game"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2009.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "William O'Neil"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "2209"] [Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix attack"] [ECO "B21"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85, 5 second delay"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Nf5 8. Nd4 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 h5 10. Na3 d4 11. d3 h4 12. h3 f6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Nb5 Kb8 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. a4 Rhg8 20. Kh2 Rg6 21. Rf3 Rdg8 22. Rg1 Ka8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. a5 a6 25. Qb1 R8g7 26. b4 Qd5 27. Qe1 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Qxf3 29. Rxg7 Nxg7 30. b5 axb5 31. Bc1 Qxd3 32. Qf2 Nf5 33. Qg2 Ka7 34. Qf2 Nxa5 0-1 Bill resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Mackensie's Chess blog Comment by Brian Wall on November 1, 2009 12:33 am I was very impressed with the Dana Mackensie - Kleiman game because Jake had just crushed me convincingly in the 2009 World Open. Jake seemed invincible. How is an expert getting these results? Then someone told me Dana used to be a Chessmaster. [Event ??2009 World Open Under-2400 section??] [Site ??17th and Race, Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania??] [Date ??2009.07.03??] [Round ??4??] [White ??Jake Kleiman??] [Black ??Brian Wall??] [Result ??1-0??] [ICCResult ??Black resigns??] [WhiteElo ??2394??] [BlackElo ??2202??] [Opening ??Alekhine??s defense: modern, Flohr variation??] [ECO ??B04??] [NIC ??AL.05??] [Time ??01:47:11??] [TimeControl ??5 second delay, 40/1:55, Game/55??] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Ne7 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O-O 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Rxe5 Nf5 15. Rxf5 exf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Be2 f6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Bd2 Kb8 20. Rd1 g5 21. Bc3 Rhf8 22. d5 c5 23. a3 f4 24. Nd2 f5 25. Nf3 g4 26. Ng5 f3 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Nxf3 Rde8 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Bf1 Qe4 31. Re1 Qg4 32. Re6 Kc7 33. h3 Qh5 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Rd8 37. Qg3 Rd1 38. Ng4+ Kd8 39. Ne3 Rd4 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ 1-0 Black resigns BrianWallChess.net I have analyzed all 6 of my 2009 Western States Open games at BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com if anyone is interested. I joined this group because I have 5 or 6 original positions that I practice with two minors against a Queen and I remember Dana beat David Pruess with that idea. Brian Wall Comment by Michael Goeller on November 1, 2009 3:37 am Sorry for the off-topic comment. But did you see the ??Homo Erectus?? game in the USCL: Charbonneau-Enkhbat. It might deserve a post ?? good game too. It would be interesting to know if he read your articles or if he just made a mistake?? Comment by Michael Goeller on November 1, 2009 8:52 am FYI: USCL Week 9 Opening of the Week. Comment by Dana MacKensie on November 1, 2009 10:28 am Welcome, Brian! Glad to see you??re reading, and I will definitely take a look at your Western States games. I??d say that your first mistake against Kleiman was playing the Alekhine against an Alekhine player! Michael, thanks for the tip. Between the two of you, you??ve just given me a lot to do on this Sunday morning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.danamackenzie.com/game1.htm Mackenzie,Dana - Pruess,David [B21] Western States Open, 08.10.2006 Note: This game also appears in Chess Life, March 2007. To avoid duplication, I have kept the notes somewhat brief. For more details on this game, read my article, "Sac Your Queen on Move Six! (A New Anti-Computer Variation)." 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3!? ... White offers a pawn sacrifice, turning the position into a Budapest Defense with colors reversed! White's extra tempo has been used to play f2-f4, so the big question is whether this move helps White or hurts him. 3...dxe4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4?! A completely sound alternative for Black is 5...e6 6.Nc3, where White wins back the pawn, but cannot claim any real advantage. However, IM Pruess refuses to be intimidated by my threats against f7, and threatens to win my queen. What can White do? 6.Qxg4!! ... I first started playing this queen sacrifice in 2004, as a crazy experiment against Fritz, the computer chess program. After playing perhaps a hundred games with it over two years against the computer, I believe that the queen sacrifice is completely sound. It is far too complex, however, for an exhaustive analysis, which makes it an ideal weapon to play against the computer. This game proves that it works pretty well against humans, too! 6...Nxg4 7.Bxf7+ Kd7 8.Be6+ Kc6 9.Bxg4 e6 An important trap is 9...e5? 10.Nf7 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qxg4?? 12.Nxe5+ and Black resigned (Mackenzie vs. Drayton Harrison, Western States Open, 2006). This was my very first tournament game with the Queen Sacrifice Variation, two days before the game with Pruess. 10.Nc3 Na6 11.a3! ... It's amazing that White, with only two pieces for a queen, can afford to play such a calm, defensive move. But it's important to realize that White's strategy is not based on speedy attack; it is based on coordinating his pieces and taking away all of Black's possibilities for counterplay. http://www.danamackenzie.com/game1.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comment by Brian Wall on November 5, 2009 2:44 am I tried Dana's Queen sac line against Pruess all night Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009 at the Hornet, a Denver bar neat the Denver Chess Club meeting place. I didn't even make it past the first trap because after 1 e4 c5 2 f4 d5 3 Nf3 de 4 Ng5 Nf6 5 Bc4 Bg4 6 Q:g4 N:g4 7 B:f7+ Kd7 8 Be6+ Kc6 9 B:g4 e5 I didn??t see 10 Nf7 Qh4+ 11 g3 Q:g4 12 Ne5+ so I kept winning against Mark Hilyard all night with 11 0-0? From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Nov 6 21:06:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:06:03 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Book review of Ainsworth by Cindy Conger Message-ID: <1257566763.4af4f22b218e6@www.taom.com> I've been compulsively writing Chess emails for almost a decade but I've been telling Anthea Carson Martinez for longer than that what a gifted writer she is. Long after she's dead scholars will be combing over her unpublished manuscripts. Anthea has gifts I'll never have, remembering both physical and emotional details of events long ago plus a vivid imagination to create her own. As an artist her specialty is seeing into the essence of the person before drawing them. Her second published book was so compelling I had to visit the town where the storyline emanated, just to see the rivers and rusted farm machinery come to life. I especially wanted to see what kind of place would be conducive to letting a kid run free for miles. Ainsworth turned out to be a friendly, rural town where everyone knew each other and the machinery is still there, waiting for a second chance to be of service. The world is finally catching up with Anthea's talents. You can read more proof here. Ainsworth is available from the same publisher as her first book, Mother's House Publishing of Colorado Springs. http://www.journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/article_234ed03e-8dd0-11de-a013-001cc4c002e0.html By CINDY CONGER / For the Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:25 pm | No Comments Posted Related Links Related: Ground Zero blog Related: Homefront blog ("Ainsworth" by Anthea Carson with illustrations by Sheila Wolfe, Mother's House Publishing, 206 pages, $14.95 paperback) "Nebraska wind didn't take any breaks. It blew straight, one direction and non-stop." Through the eyes of 8-year-old Janey-Lou, author Anthea Carson relives her own childhood memories of summers on a farm near Ainsworth. Janey-Lou tags along with her older brothers and cousins as they ride horses, pick wild asparagus, play Michigan Rummy and look for clues to a family mystery. This family mystery compels Carson. She is both intrigued by the history of the Great Plains and apologetic about the actions of her ancestors. In her own review on Good Reads (www.goodreads.com), Carson says that "Ainsworth" is a tribute to the small family farm and also to the Native Americans who were displaced by homesteaders like her grandfather. "It was a great opportunity for him," Carson wrote. "But for the Native Americans it spelled their doom ... It is too bad we couldn't have found a way to better integrate with these various assortments of cultures. They are so uniquely American. When we lost them, we lost a part of our selves." The book is intended for young adult readers. The essence of the Plains is captured by artist Sheila Wolfe. Wolfe, a native of Ainsworth who now lives in Norfolk, provided the cover art and sketches used throughout the book. Like a summer day on the plains, "Ainsworth" meanders toward a conclusion with little suspense. But it is summer after all, and it's the journey, not the destination, that matters. http://www.journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/article_234ed03e-8dd0-11de-a013-001cc4c002e0.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 7 00:04:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:04:17 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Incredible Tyler Hughes wins decisive game in UTD-Dallas versus Belgrade match Message-ID: <1257577457.4af51bf1e5248@www.taom.com> Checkmates tells you: clock times are right, we just brought our laptops to the school of management and played the games on ICC Checkmates tells you: yeah, it was last game to finish Checkmates tells you: I din't realize it at the time though Checkmates tells you: because I was in time trouble for so long Checkmates tells you: I didn't know the score was tied either /Tell Checkmates! wild game, those early Fishing Poles really paid off The Iceman Cometh that's what's good about the game- suspenseful until the end Checkmates tells you: yeah, I suppose so, mistakes on both sides kept the situation tense Checkmates tells you: I missed mate in 3 after we both promoted, with 83...Qa1+ Checkmates tells you: I just was so intent on killing g7 first [Event "ICC 40 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.06"] [Round "1"] [White "*Toth-UB"] [Black "*Hughes-UTD"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2303 FIDE"] [BlackElo "2375 USCF"] [Opening "Sicilian defense"] [ECO "B40"] [NIC "SI.43"] [Time "14:01:12"] [TimeControl "2400+5"] Some quick notes - 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 h6 11. b5 Nb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nbc6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Bc3 g4 19. Nd2 h5 20. f3 gxf3 21. Bxf3 h4 22. Nf1 Bh6 23. Bg4 Kh7 24. Bf5 Ne7 Time - Tyler Hughes - 5 minutes Toth - 16:42 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Bd2 Rh8 27. Qg4 Qd7 Time - Tyler Hughes - 3:01 Toth - 12:31 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Re2 Raf8 30. Ra2 Ng8 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Nf6 33. Rf2 Rh5 Time - Tyler Hughes - 1:59 Toth - 6:24 34. Qc1 Rfh8 35. Qd1 hxg3 Time - Tyler Hughes - 50 seconds Toth - 4:35 36. hxg3 Rg5 36 ... Rh1+ 37 Kg2 R8h3 or R8h2+ 38 Kf3 Rh3 win Time - Tyler Hughes - 21 seconds Toth - 3:33 37. Rh2 Rxh2 38. Rxh2 Ng4 39. Rg2 Qd8 Time - Tyler Hughes - 14 seconds Toth - 2:29 40. Qe2 Nh6 Time - Tyler Hughes - 9 seconds, living off the 5 second increment Toth - 2:26 41. Qf3 Nf7 42. Rf2 Nf4 43. Rh2 Rg6 44. Kf2 Ng5 45. Qh1 Nxd3+ 46. Ke3 Ne1 47. Nd2 Nc2+ 48. Kd3 Nd4 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Nf3 Qa5 50 ... Nf7 or ... d5 win Time - Tyler Hughes - 9 seconds, living off the 5 second increment Toth - 48 seconds 51. Nxg5! Qc3+?= 51 ... Q:a3 would have been handy in the endgame 52. Ke2! Qc2+!= 53. Kf3! Qd3+!= 54. Kf2?? Worst legal move 54 ... Qe3+ 54 ... Rf6+!! engages the Rook's services 55. Kg2! Qe2+! 56. Kg1! Qe1+! 57. Kg2! Qxh1+? Tyler enters an even ending rather than a pawn up in a wild middlegame with 57 ... Qd2+ and 58 ... Q:g5 58. Rxh1! Rxg5! 59. Rb1!! Kf6! 60. Rxb7! Rg4! 61. Kf3! Rg8! 62. Rb3 Rc8! 62 ... Ra8!! is good too 63. Rb4 Rh8 63 ... Ra8!! Time - Tyler Hughes - 22 seconds, living off the 5 second increment Toth - 20 seconds 64. Rb6 Ra8!! 65. Rxd6! Rxa3+! 66. Kf2! Rc3! 67. Rc6! Re3! 68. c5! Rxe4! 69. Rd6 Re3!! 70. c6! Rc3! 71. g4! Kg5! 72. Rxe6! Kf4! 73. g5! Rc2+ 74. Ke1 e4? 74 ... K:f5!! wins a critical pawn 75. g6!! Ke3! An amazing run of mostly best computer moves with less than 30 seconds for each player between moves 58-75 Time - Tyler Hughes - 15 seconds, living off the 5 second increment Toth - 22 seconds 76. Kd1?? 76 Kf1!!= d3 77 g7= d2 78 Rd6= with cool draws after 78 ... Rc1+ 79 Kg2 Rc2 80 Kg1 Rc1+ or 78 ... Kf3 79 Rf6+ Ke3 80 Rd6 much too complex for bullet 76 ... d3!! 77. g7 Rg2!! Only winning move 78. Rxe4+ Kxe4! mating 79. c7 Ke3! mating 80. Kc1 d2+! 81. Kc2! Rg1! 82. Kb2 d1=Q! 83. c8=Q Qd4+ 83 ... Qa1+ mates in 2 but Tyler wants that g7-pawn in time pressure 84. Kc2 Rxg7 Tyler has three mates in 3 but he wants that pawn 85. Qh3+ Ke4 86. Qh4+ Kd5! 87. Qd8+! Kc4!! 88. Qc8+ Qc5 Discovered check time 89. Qa6+ Kd4+ Mate in 5, an easy King hunt with zero distractions {White resigns} 0-1 That's how the Incredible Tyler " The Iceman" Hughes won the match and became an international hero. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 40 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.06"] [Round "1"] [White "*Toth-UB"] [Black "*Hughes-UTD"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2303 FIDE"] [BlackElo "2375 USCF"] [Opening "Sicilian defense"] [ECO "B40"] [NIC "SI.43"] [Time "14:01:12"] [TimeControl "2400+5"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 e5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 h6 11. b5 Nb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nbc6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Bc3 g4 19. Nd2 h5 20. f3 gxf3 21. Bxf3 h4 22. Nf1 Bh6 23. Bg4 Kh7 24. Bf5 Ne7 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. Bd2 Rh8 27. Qg4 Qd7 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Re2 Raf8 30. Ra2 Ng8 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Nf6 33. Rf2 Rh5 34. Qc1 Rfh8 35. Qd1 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rg5 37. Rh2 Rxh2 38. Rxh2 Ng4 39. Rg2 Qd8 40. Qe2 Nh6 41. Qf3 Nf7 42. Rf2 Nf4 43. Rh2 Rg6 44. Kf2 Ng5 45. Qh1 Nxd3+ 46. Ke3 Ne1 47. Nd2 Nc2+ 48. Kd3 Nd4 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Nf3 Qa5 51. Nxg5 Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qc2+ 53. Kf3 Qd3+ 54. Kf2 Qe3+ 55. Kg2 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qe1+ 57. Kg2 Qxh1+ 58. Rxh1 Rxg5 59. Rb1 Kf6 60. Rxb7 Rg4 61. Kf3 Rg8 62. Rb3 Rc8 63. Rb4 Rh8 64. Rb6 Ra8 65. Rxd6 Rxa3+ 66. Kf2 Rc3 67. Rc6 Re3 68. c5 Rxe4 69. Rd6 Re3 70. c6 Rc3 71. g4 Kg5 72. Rxe6 Kf4 73. g5 Rc2+ 74. Ke1 e4 75. g6 Ke3 76. Kd1 d3 77. g7 Rg2 78. Rxe4+ Kxe4 79. c7 Ke3 80. Kc1 d2+ 81. Kc2 Rg1 82. Kb2 d1=Q 83. c8=Q Qd4+ 84. Kc2 Rxg7 85. Qh3+ Ke4 86. Qh4+ Kd5 87. Qd8+ Kc4 88. Qc8+ Qc5 89. Qa6+ Kd4+ {White resigns} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Nov 11 11:32:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:32:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] IM David Pruess Message-ID: <1257964345.4afb033985f08@www.taom.com> Statistics for dpruess(IM) On for: 21 Idle: 0 dpruess is currently involved in a match against JenniferAniston. dpruess is observing game 2. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1879 [6] 32 13 6 51 2001 (09-Jul-2007) Bughouse 2013 [6] 12 12 0 24 2050 (22-Aug-2009) Blitz 2405 [6] 24 12 1 37 2405 (04-Nov-2009) 5-minute 2276 437 348 66 851 2414 (30-Jul-2009) 1: Ping time to dpruess: 149381 milliseconds 2: www.chess.com Name : David Pruess Groups : NorthCA IMs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been studying/playing Dana MacKensie's Queen sac against David Pruess. Since his ICC handle said IM I wondered how an IM would handle a Lemmiwinks Opening. I'm afraid he wasn't much help and went down in 22. I think David is part of that California Grandmaster House which includes Josh Freidel, Jesse Krai and Sam Shankland. Josh and Sam were the only people west of the Mississippi in the 2009 US Championship besides the Incredible Tyler Hughes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "dpruess"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2252"] [BlackElo "2276"] [Opening "Two knights defense (Modern bishop's opening, Lemmiwinks Attack)"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "12:46:38"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 I fight this from the black side 99.9999% of the time, I was curious to see how a strong, current player handles this, my approach is rather reckless. 4 ... Be7 5. c3 O-O! 6. Bb3 d5!! For some reason I am reluctant to play this move when Black 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nbd2 Bc5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. h3 h6 Creating a "hook" and waving a red flag to a bull 11. g4 The advantage of not castling is I can rip open lines 11 ... Na5! 12. g5!? This is how I usually attack Lemmiwinks with Black. 12 ... hxg5 13. Bxg5!! Nxb3! 14. axb3! dxe4 15. dxe4! Bxb3! Greed is good - Gordon Gecko 16. Ne3 a5 Interesting move to activate the QR 17. Nf5!! Bf8 18. Rg1! The Al Skarie Attack 18 Nh2!! is even stronger 18 ... Ra6! Both sides add Rooks to offense and defense 19. N3h4 The best way is 19 Nh6+ Kh8 20 Ng4 Be7 21 Ng:e5 19 ... a4? The only good move 19 ... g6!! 20. Qf3? A standard way of adding pressure in a Ruy but the only good move is 20 Nh6+!! Kh7 21 Ng4!! again 20 ... Qd7?? I increased the pressure on f6 and David released it - disaster follows. His eagerness to break the pin without the to and fro motion of Bf8-e7-c5-e7 is understandable. 20 ... g6!! was the only good move again 21. Nxg7!! +5 simple formula for me- any bodygard ( pawn near the King ) is worth a piece 21 ... Nxe4 22. Nxe8!! +7 {Black resigns} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "dpruess"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2252"] [BlackElo "2276"] [Opening "Two knights defense (Modern bishop's opening), Lemmiwinks Attack"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "12:46:38"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nbd2 Bc5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. h3 h6 11. g4 Na5 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nxb3 14. axb3 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxb3 16. Ne3 a5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Rg1 Ra6 19. N3h4 a4 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Nxg7 Nxe4 22. Nxe8 {Black resigns} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Nov 11 15:16:24 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:16:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Trans-Atlantic Suspense Ends in Win for Chess Team Message-ID: <1257977784.4afb37b8b96ed@www.taom.com> http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/09-002.php More international attention for national hero Tyler Hughes From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Nov 11 21:57:38 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:57:38 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Craig Thomson, Fishing Pole Master Message-ID: <1258001858.4afb95c2298e8@www.taom.com> I have been teaching Craig Thomson, Goyathlay, all my openings. His faith in the Fishing Pole is touching. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "StevieRayPawn"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White disconnected and forfeits"] [WhiteElo "1025"] [BlackElo "1109"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:28:08"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 h5 Blind faith. 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. c3 a5 11. Bc2 a4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne3 O-O-O? Suicidal. Craig is frustrated StevieRayPawn won't castle into his Fishing Pole attack. 14 d4!! is positionally crushing now. 14. Nd5? Bxd5 14 ... N:d5!! 15 ed B:d5 16 B:d8 K:d8! is a great exchange sac, saving the situation. 15. exd5! Ne7 A Knight on d5 isn't as strong as a Bishop 16. c4!! Safer King for StevieRayPawn 16 ... bxc4 17. dxc4! Winning 17 ... Bb4+ 18. Nd2! Rdg8 Craig keeps praying for a Fishing Pole attack but StevieRayPawn refuses to castle. Meanwhile Gotathlay is falling apart Queenside. 19. Bxa4 Qf5! 20. Be3! Ne4! Only 20 ... Qe4!! is better 21. O-O!! g5 Totally losing by now but Goyathlay has been preparing and waiting for this forever. 22. Nxe4 Qxe4! 23. Bd7+?? Trading combo 23 ... Kxd7! 24. Qa4+! Kd8 24 ... Kc8 is equal because of 25 Q:b4 N:d5 25. Qxb4! g4 25 ... N:d5! 26 Qb8+ Ke7 is OK for Craig but he smells blood now. 26. h4 Fritz prefers 26 Qb8+ Kd7 27 Qb5+ first 26 ... g3! 26 ... N:d5!! is OK for Craig but he smells blood now. 27. Bg5! Rxg5 Finely honed Fishing Pole instincts 28. hxg5 again Fritz prefers 28 Qb8+ before moving the h-pawn 28 ... h4! Again 28 ... N:d5!! is best 29. f3?? Qe3+!! 29 ... Qd4+!! also mates 30. Kh1! h3!! Son of Pawn Wave Guy 31. Qb8+! Nc8! 32. Qb3 hxg2+!!! 31 ... Qd2!!! or ... Qe2!!! also mate in 2, 31 ... Qd4!! or ... Qf4! take longer 33. Kxg2! Qe2+ 33 ... Rh2+ 34 Kg3 Qf4 is checkmate 33 ... Qd2+ or ... Qe2+ mate in 2 33 ... Qd4 takes a lot longer 34. Kxg3! Qh2+!! 35. Kg4 Rh4+ with two mates in one on f4 to follow - 35 ... Qf4 checkmate or Qh3 checkmate are also good {White disconnected and forfeits} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "StevieRayPawn"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White disconnected and forfeits"] [WhiteElo "1025"] [BlackElo "1109"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:28:08"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 h5 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. c3 a5 11. Bc2 a4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 bxc4 17. dxc4 Bb4+ 18. Nd2 Rdg8 19. Bxa4 Qf5 20. Be3 Ne4 21. O-O g5 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Bd7+ Kxd7 24. Qa4+ Kd8 25. Qxb4 g4 26. h4 g3 27. Bg5 Rxg5 28. hxg5 h4 29. f3 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 h3 31. Qb8+ Nc8 32. Qb3 hxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qe2+ 34. Kxg3 Qh2+ 35. Kg4 Rh4+ {White disconnected and forfeits} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Goyathlay tells you: I don't know what to say. it's like you read my thoughts exacly as I was playing, right up the the frustration and everything! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.Walverine.com BrianWallChess.net Off the Wall column, Chessville.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 12 18:06:44 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:06:44 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] US Champion Nakamura loses to GM Julio Becerra in 12 moves Message-ID: <1258074404.4afcb124b026e@www.taom.com> US Champion Nakamura loses to GM Julio Becerra in 12 moves reported by ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://vbhat.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/me-win-pretty-one-day/ Vinay Bhat's blog ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/a-bad-day-at-the-board/ New York Times Chess Blog By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://seattlesluggers.blogspot.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.hikarunakamura.com/main/Blog/tabid/57/EntryId/95/US-Chess-League-Weeks-8-9.aspx Hikaru's blog - can't wait to see what he says. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 12 22:29:37 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:29:37 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 1st editions Message-ID: <1258090177.4afceec1271ea@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Laurence Coker ----- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:33:51 -0600 From: Laurence Coker Reply-To: Laurence Coker Subject: 1st editions To: Brian Wall Dear Brian, Anyone want a first edition of j. Du Monts' The Basis of Chess Combination (1938) or a first edition of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky's How to play Chess Endings (1940)? check out laurence0224 on eBay. Sincerely, Laurence Coker Overland Park, KS ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091112/9847559f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Nov 13 13:03:32 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:03:32 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The most impressive wins at the 2009 Tal Memorial Message-ID: <1258142612.4afdbb94e2084@www.taom.com> US Champion Hikaru Nakamura was online at ICC and said that 15 ... Qb6 was a terrible move and that Pono would play 16 ... Qc5 and get crushed quickly and that's what happened. Carlsen's Najdorf understanding is Kasparov fortified now. [Event "ICC 120 0 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.13"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Carlsen"] [Black "*GM_Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"] [ECO "B90"] [NIC "SI.14"] [Time "10:17:14"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. h4 b4 13. Nce2 Nc4 14. Nf4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Bc4 Qc5 17. Qb3 d5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. Nfxe6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Be7 21. Qd3 O-O 22. Bb3 Rd8 23. g5 Nh7 24. gxh6 Qh5 25. Qe4 Qxh6+ 26. Kb1 Ra7 27. Nf5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qf6 29. Rd7 Bxd7 30. exd7+ Kf8 31. Qd5 {White wins} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kramnik's endgame technique is always staggering [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_Ponomariov"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"] [ECO "D38"] [NIC "NI.27"] [Time "06:37:35"] [TimeControl "7200+30"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Qxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ke2 b5 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qf5 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. c7 Qxa2+ 20. Nd2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Kf3 Bb7+ 23. Kg3 h5 24. h3 Qa5 25. f4 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qa6 27. Ne5 Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Bc3 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Nc5 Rxc7 31. Na4 Be4 32. Rd6 Kh7 33. Ra6 h4+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Rxa5 Bd2 37. Rc4 f5 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Kg8 43. g4 Re8 44. Re5 Rb8 45. g5 Kh7 46. Re7 Bxe3 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6 Bd4 49. Rge6 Kh7 50. f5 Bc5 51. Re8 Rxe8 52. Rxe8 b3 53. Kg2 Be3 54. Rxe4 Bxg5 55. Rb4 g6 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. fxg6 Kxg6 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Kg4 Be1 60. Rxb3 Bg3 61. Rf3 Be1 62. Re3 Bf2 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Re4 Bf2 66. Kg5 Bg3 67. Re2 Kg7 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Kf6 Bf2 70. Re6 Bg3 71. Kg6 Bh2 72. Re4 Bg3 73. Kf6 Bf2 74. Kg6 Bg3 75. Re2 Bd6 76. Kg5 Bg3 77. Kf6 Bf4 78. Re4 Bd6 79. Rd4 Bc7 80. Kg6 Bg3 81. Re4 {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anand was 50 minutes ahead at the end in this blazing hot theoretical line. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.10"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Anand"] [Black "GM_Leko"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Opening "QGD semi-Slav"] [ECO "D43"] [NIC "SL.03"] [Time "06:39:56"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qd5 axb5 30. h3 Kh8 31. Qxb5 Rf8 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Rd6 d3 34. Qb6 Qe5 35. Bg6 d2 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qxd2 Rf7 39. f3 h5 40. Rd5 Qg6 41. Qa5 Rg7 42. h4 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. Qxg5 {White wins} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kramnik is +3 with one round to go in clear first. This game show's Vlad's awesome form, new opening ideas plus his usual endgame prowess. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.08"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_Svidler"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Opening "Grnfeld: exchange variation"] [ECO "D85"] [NIC "GI.04"] [Time "06:39:20"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Na6 12. h4 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. h5 Rad8 15. hxg6 Bxg6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Rf6 18. Ne5 Qa4 19. Qe3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg5 Re4+ 24. Be2 Kf6 25. Rh5 Kg6 26. g4 Rf8 27. Rd1 Rf6 28. Rh8 Kg7 29. Rd8 Rb6 30. f3 Re3 31. Rd3 Re5 32. Kf2 Rh6 33. Bf1 Rh2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. d6 exd6 36. R3xd6 Re7 37. R6d7 {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The best game of the tournament, jaw-dropping victory by Vlad the Impaler. Changing diapers has done wonders for Kramnik's play. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.07"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Morozevich"] [Black "GM_Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: classical variation"] [ECO "E32"] [NIC "NI.20"] [Time "06:40:02"] [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. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 c5 13. Bd6 Re8 14. e5 Nd5 15. h4 cxd4 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qc4 Qc8 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Nb3 20. Qd3 Nc1 21. Qb5 Qc2 22. Rxd5 a6 23. Qxb6 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 exd5 25. g3 h6 26. Nf3 f4 27. g4 Qe4 28. Kg2 Nd3 29. Qb3 Qc4 30. Qb7 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kf2 Qxh1 34. e6 Rac8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Bc5 Qc1 37. b4 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qe2 39. Nd4 Qxg4+ 40. Kf2 Qxh4+ 41. Ke2 f3+ 42. Kxf3 Rf8 43. Bxf8 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Rc1+ {Black wins} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Nov 13 13:05:30 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:05:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Utah Tournament for over 1800, Nov. 20-21 in Salt Lake City Message-ID: <1258142730.4afdbc0acb51f@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from chess at krusemer.com ----- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:19 -0800 (PST) From: chess at krusemer.com Reply-To: chess at krusemer.com Subject: Tournament for over 1800, Nov. 20-21 in Salt Lake City To: Brian Wall Hi Brian.?? Would you please announced the Utah Closed tournament to your mailing list.? It is "closed" to players rated under 1800 in the November USCF list, but "open" to players from nearby states.?? It is my favorite Utah tournament of the year because of the high level of play and the camaraderie in the small group of tough players (usually 12-16 compete).? It would be great to see some Colorado faces.?? I will be directing and former Colorado residents JD Smith and Michael Munafo might also play. ? Thanks Brian. Tournament flyer:? http://www.utahchess.com/Event_Flyers/Closed09.doc -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091113/b2b53693/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 14 11:08:24 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:08:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Magnus #1 Message-ID: <1258222104.4afef2183c2aa@www.taom.com> Last round wins 2009 Tal Memorial Magnus Carlsen #1 live rating with this game [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Leko"] [Black "GM_Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"] [ECO "B90"] [NIC "SI.14"] [Time "06:39:01"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Qc5 15. Rhe1 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 O-O 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 f5 26. Rb4 b5 27. a4 Rfc8 28. c3 Rc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Rg4 33. Bb8 Rxg2 34. Rxe7 Kg6 35. Bg3 h5 36. Kd1 Bf6 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Re3 h4 39. Bc7 Rxf2 40. b3 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Bb8 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Kg6 46. Re2 Rc8 47. Bd6 Rc6 48. Be7 Bxe7 49. Rxe7 Rc2 50. Re3 Kg5 51. Kg1 Kg4 52. Ra3 f4 53. Ra8 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg3 55. Rg7+ Kf3 56. Ra7 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ke2 58. Kh3 f3 59. Ra2+ Rd2 {Black wins} 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Leko"] [Black "GM_Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2801"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"] [ECO "B90"] [NIC "SI.14"] [Time "06:39:01"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Qc5 15. Rhe1 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 O-O 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 f5 26. Rb4 b5 27. a4 Rfc8 28. c3 Rc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Rg4 33. Bb8 Rxg2 34. Rxe7 Kg6 35. Bg3 h5 36. Kd1 Bf6 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Re3 h4 39. Bc7 Rxf2 40. b3 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Bb8 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Kg6 46. Re2 Rc8 47. Bd6 Rc6 48. Be7 Bxe7 49. Rxe7 Rc2 50. Re3 Kg5 51. Kg1 Kg4 52. Ra3 f4 53. Ra8 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg3 55. Rg7+ Kf3 56. Ra7 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ke2 58. Kh3 f3 59. Ra2+ Rd2 {Black wins} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Anand"] [Black "GM_Aronian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Opening "QGD Slav: 4.Nc3"] [ECO "D15"] [NIC "SL.03"] [Time "06:38:28"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. b3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 14. g3 Qf6 15. Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. a3 Re8 18. Rc1 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4 22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 {Black wins} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Woody's Woodfired Pizza View all 2 Woody's Woodfired Pizza locations (303) 757-4200 Southeast Denver 7095 E Evans Ave Denver, CO 80224 http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/17/216377/restaurant/Southeast-Denver/Woodys-Woodfired-Pizza-Denver I will be at Woody's Pizza 1-6 with my son Devon and Austin Mais playing Chess and watching the Broncos Sunday November 16, 2009 Game at 3 PM Denver time, 1 PM EST From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 14 23:36:35 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:36:35 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anybody over 1799 want to drive from Colorado to Utah next weekend? Utah Tournament for over 1800, Nov. 20-21 in Salt Lake City Message-ID: <1258266995.4affa173c6141@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from chess at krusemer.com ----- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:19 -0800 (PST) From: chess at krusemer.com Reply-To: chess at krusemer.com Subject: Tournament for over 1800, Nov. 20-21 in Salt Lake City To: Brian Wall Hi Brian.?? Would you please announced the Utah Closed tournament to your mailing list.? It is "closed" to players rated under 1800 in the November USCF list, but "open" to players from nearby states.?? It is my favorite Utah tournament of the year because of the high level of play and the camaraderie in the small group of tough players (usually 12-16 compete).? It would be great to see some Colorado faces.?? I will be directing and former Colorado residents JD Smith and Michael Munafo might also play. ? Thanks Brian. 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Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091114/fbbacaef/attachment.pl From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 15 08:15:56 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:15:56 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Broncos only lose when Devon and I don't watch them at Woody's PIzza Message-ID: <1258298156.4b001b2c0b9fe@www.taom.com> so I am leaving in a blizzard now for Quebec and Evans From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 15 17:27:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:27:16 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Utah hospitality for Colorado players from Josh Smith? Message-ID: <1258331236.4b009c64823ae@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" ----- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:47:06 -0700 From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Subject: RE: Hospitality for Colorado players? To: "d_nash at krusemer.com" Chue and I would be happy to open our home to our Colorado friends. We have pretty busy schedules but Friday and Saturday would be fine. Certainly house rules would be in full force though: * No shoes. * Mandatory showers. * Clean up after yourself. * Absolutely NO sitting on pillows..... (Brian) * No pooping on the shower curtains..... (wait, that was Larry :)) * Enjoy time with old friends. JD From: d_nash at krusemer.com [mailto:d_nash at krusemer.com] Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:34 PM To: Josh "JD" Smith Subject: Hospitality for Colorado players? How would it work for you to host a couple of Colorado players during the Utah Closed (nights of 11/20 and 11/21). Brian Wall and Richard Herbst are thinking about playing. Damian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091115/c58bd825/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 15 17:29:36 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:29:36 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Andy Rea on The Broncos only lose when Devon and I don't watch them at Woody's PIzza Message-ID: <1258331376.4b009cf070574@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Andrew Rea ----- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:58:41 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Rea Reply-To: Andrew Rea Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Broncos only lose when Devon and I don't watch them at Woody's PIzza To: Brian Wall ?? I have Beltwayville covered????? after cheering against them Monday Night vs the Steelers? I am back to cheering for Denver as they play teams other than Pittsburgh! --- On Sun, 11/15/09, Brian Wall wrote: From: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Broncos only lose when Devon and I don't watch them at Woody's PIzza To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wall Chesslist" Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 10:15 AM so I am leaving in a blizzard now for Quebec and Evans -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091115/4a6c9b2e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 16 09:15:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:15:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chess Nightmare Message-ID: <1258388125.4b017a9d69efc@www.taom.com> I dreamt last night that my alarm clock was set to Morphy-Allies and unless you sacced your Queen on b8 and mated with Rd8 the alarm would go off every 10 minutes even if you unplugged and smashed the alarm clock. It is said that Shakespeare invented over 10,000 words. My son invented/misspelled the word wheather as in " I don't know wheather or not it will snow tonight. " From BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 16 19:40:55 2009 From: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:40:55 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Haines on IM David Pruess Message-ID: <1258425655.4b020d3711973@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Robert Haines ----- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:21:33 -0700 From: Robert Haines Reply-To: Robert Haines Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] IM David Pruess To: Brian Wall Recently you sent out a spam showing a fast game where you defeated IM Pruess. Here's a little game he just played against a very strong GM. This is why one need not venture into menagerie openings in order to be creative. The notes are by Pruess. [Event "Rohde Op"] [Site "Sautron"] [Date "2009.10.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Pruess"] [Black "Lalic"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.07.20"] [SourceDate "2009.10.30"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 { i was told in conversation after this game by a 2600+ fide gm that you can't think of chess in the following way, but nevertheless, it's how i often think so i'll share it with you: what does white have for the sacrificed knight? 1 center pawn, 2. 5 tempi of development, and a pretty good advantage in central control. i make these little inventories and add them up in order to evaluate positions. here my math adds up to -.1. the gm just laughed after i told him that and justified myself, and said ok, that's how i play, and i can do it if i want. } 6...d6 7.Nc3 { i don't want to say too much about specific moves and move orders in this opening. in the past i've played 7.Bc4 in at least one tournament game, and i believe it's the more common move. i had not prepared this line for the game, and thought my opponent might have guessed the opening, so i thought i'd try out Nc3, which also seemed interesting. compare the moves bc4 and nc3 for yourself for a moment, and see what are their relative advantages; and which would you prefer? bc4 gives white some more tactical threats against f7, and a greater likelihood of castling kingside which will also create more threats on f7. these threats can be used to generate an attack or just to hamper black's development options. nc3 on the other hand, defends e4 again and intends to cover the d4 square with rd1, thus developing with all desirable moves, but keeping both central squares well defended. this will delay attacking for 5 moves compared to bc4, but also not tend to give black any counterplay chances against white's center. } ( 7.Bc4 ) 7...Qh4+ { this move wins a tempo of development for black, so white's advantage in time is down to 1.5 tempi. however, the e3 square tends to be the best square for the queen, so the tempo is not entirely squandered. why is the e3 square so good? 3 reasons! viz: - if the black king wants to castle qside, white will often have d5 and qa7, denying him shelter. - the queen is off the f-file, allowing a white rook on f1 to lead with threats against f7. - the queen is on the e-file with the black king, improving all central pawn tension for white. } 8.g3 Bg4 9.Qe3 Qh5 10.Bc4 { this move was the subject of a long reflection, 26 min. to understand the reasoning for it, look at my comment on Bg2 } ( 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bxe5 Bh6 12.Qe4 ( 12.Bf4+ Kf8 ) 13...Bf3 ) ( 10.Bg2 { this looks l: white has weak lightsquares on the kingside that he might like to cover especially if he castles kingside, and also the qside lightsquares look a little vulnerable for black. but after } 11...c6 { already the bishop doesn't seem to have as many possibilities along the diagonal. } 11.O-O { here it's not so easy for white to start mounting threats as e5 will be answered by d5 now. of course, it's also not a bad position for white. their center is unchallenged, and they have nice space and mobility. however, since i thought this was black's best set up, a pawn on c6 and then nd7 and bh6 maybe, that white would prefer to have a bishop on c4 to begin making some threats along the f-file. } 12...Bh6 ( 11...Nd7 ) ) ( 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bg2 { i also looked at this idea a bit, but it's really pushing things, which is not quite the right style. by exploding the center too early, white gives the black pieces the chance to reach more effective squares in one move each. generally in this line, white should be a bit more circumspect unless truly provoked, bc one of his advantages is that his developing moves tend to be to better squares than black's. so why would you start fighting before making all your developing moves, each of which improves your position relative to black's a little bit? } 12...Nc6 12.d5 ( 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Bxc6 exf4 ) 13...Nd4 ) 10...Nd7 { black's most challenging move. c6 stopping nb5/nd5 is part of black's plan, but this move hopes to castle as quickly as possible, putting a dent in white's chances, since the black king would find it's safest possible home. also, nb6 with a tempo against the bc4 is a good resource. } 11.Nb5! { my opponent called this very precise. i call it necessary. white can't let black castle in peace, even though as you see, i had to stop playing natural moves at this point; the rest of the game is concrete attacking moves, and i never achieved the picture perfect coordination characteristic of this line. } 11...O-O-O ( 11...Kd8 { my opponent was reluctant to concede kd8, bc it gives white a certain long term comp for the black king to be in the center } 12.O-O ( 12.Qb3 { was also an interesting option, targeting b7/f7 } ) ( 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Bc5 { however did not appeal to me: that's an example of letting the black pieces out by pushing too hard toosoon } ) 12...a6 { here i had started calculating, and was hoping to be able to play } 13.Bxf7 ( 13.Nc3 { if it did not work out, white could always just bring the knight back, and i understand that my opponent has no reason to be thrilled about this position for black } ) ( { or } 13.Nxc7 { of course, with key tactical moves like nc7 and bf7, i almost always remember to consider them in both orders. } 14...Kxc7 14.Bxf7 Qa5 ( 14...Qb5 { in this move order, i had seen qb5 } 15.c4 { and this should be good for white } ) 15.c4 Kb8 16.c5 Ka7 17.cxd6 { i thought w hite had good compensation for two pieces here; it's hard to imagine how black's minors will move around the white central pawns } ) ( 13.Bg5+ f6 { i considered an instant and utter failure } ) 13...Qxf7 ( 13...Qxb5 { now i see t he whole line is refuted rather simply by qb5, which i was aware of in about ten other lines. don't worry, i would have seen this before playing bf7 ;-) } ) 14.Nxc7 Rc8 15.Bg5+ Ngf6 16.Nd5 Be7 17.Nxf6 Nxf6 18.e5 { obviously this is not a variation that it is good to spend one's time on before playing 11.nb5, and i didn't, only spending 4-5 minutes on that move. it's the kind of thing i look at while it's my opponent's turn. he thought 40 min on o-o-o, so i looked at all kinds of random things like this. whether they work or don't work, they help to form one's evaluation and instinctive sense of the current balance of forces in the position, which can inform your later thought processes. and by the way, i was right to see this as fairly promising for white, though it's refuted in view of 13...qb5. } ) ( 11...Rc8 { now } 12.e5 { is a little more tempting } ( { not } 12.Nxa7? Qa5+ ) ( 12.O-O { of course this is a fine move too } 13...Nb6 13.Bd3 a6 14.Nc3 { white has a continuing compensation and decent position, since the black king can't easily evacuate queenside } ( 14.Na3 { i also considered, to play c4, c5 } ) ( 14.e5 Nd5 15.Qe4 Be6 { i was a bit dubious about, so i was feeling that e5 was prob not a good idea here } ) ) ( 12.Qc3 { threatening na7, and eyeing c7 and h8 as well } ) ) ( 11...Nb6 12.Nxc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Qa5+ ( { black has to throw that check in, bc } 13...Nxc4 14.Qc3 { with the f4-c7 diagonal probably opening up now, white holds a slight material advantage and the black king is still poorly placed, so i did not think this was realistic for black } 14...Qa5 { else qc7+ } 15.b4 Qa6 { black seems to be on his last legs, tactically, with the queen and knight precariously placed and the c3-h8 diagonal weak, the f4-c7 diagonal, etc etc. } ) 14.Kf2 ( 14.b4 { i wanted to use this move, but } 15...Qxb4+ 15.c3 Qb2 { and black escapes death } ) 14...Nxc4 15.Qb3 { here i was not totally confident in this variation, but now that i play it out, i am very confident; this would have been good for white. however in the game i was definitely hesitating and might have played the simpler Bd3 had he gone Nb6. My opponent however, said that this was why he rejected Nb6, and he was right. } ) 12.Qc3 ( { this was my second long think of the game, 30 min. the obvious } 12.Nxa7+ { was not bad, but not obviously great, so i also considered the text move, and eventually decided it wasstronger } 13...Kb8 13.Nb5 Nb6 14.Bd3 { black's king reaches the qside, but white has regained one pawn, and maintains a solid center. they can easily create play later with a4-a5-a6 or c4-c5. } ( 14.Qc3 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 c6 16.Nc3 { black is doing fine } ) 15...c6 { this was the one move i calculated most concretely } ( 14...Bh6 15.O-O { white's position seemed decent to me } ) 15.d5 cxb5 ( 15...Nc8! { and black can resist for quite a while. knights on f8 or c8 are super defenders. but i still like white, they have two pawns, development, and the black king has a long term lack of cover. } ) 16.Qxb6 Be7 17.a4 b4 18.a5 { and it felt like white was about to win, black does not yet have any traction for counterplay, nor does he have any pieces near his king } ) ( 12.Qb3 { this move was possible as well, but } ) 12...Kb8 { forced i think } ( 12...c6 13.Bd5 Kb8 14.Qa5 ( 14.Nxd6 Bxd6 15.Bxd6+ Ka8 16.Qxc6 Rb8 { unfortunately this beautiful way allows black to keep playing a bit, whereas qa5 wins instantly } ) ) 13.Qa5 ( { it occured to me that on } 13.Nxc7 Rc8 14.Nb5 { black could try } 15...Qxb5 ( 14...Nb6 15.Qa5 ) 15.Bxb5 Rxc3 16.bxc3 { i was not sur e this was the best i could get. also it leaves the white pieces out of position for a bit after nc7-b5, and i thought black might have some other option. indeed, now i see 15... qg6 is possible as well } ) ( 13.d5 { a useful mov e, but black also gets a useful move in that will help with counterplay against e4: } 14...Ngf6 14.Qa5 Nb6 { now black seems very likely to get counterplay } 15.Qxa7+ Kc8 16.Bd3 Bf3 17.O-O Bxe4 ) ( 13.Bd5 Rc8 14.Qa5 a6 { and black holds white of successfully } ) 13...Nb6 14.Qxa7+ Kc8 15.Bd3 Bh3 { this was a bit of a surprise } ( 15...Bf3 { this was the most obvious move to me, targetting the e4 point. as you can see from the following mass of variations, it was a lot more complicated than what happened in the game, so i think this would definitely have been an improvement over Bh3. } 16.O-O ( 16.a4 { i considered this } 17...Bxh1 17.a5 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qxb5 19.Qxb7+ Kd7 20.axb6 Qxb6 21.Qxb6 cxb6 22.Ra7+ Ke6 { and white just barely fails } ) 16...Nf6 { was the ma in play i considered for black; i had not yet figured out exactly how to proceed for white, one thought was a4, which does not work, another was c4, another was rae1 to just defend the central point for now } 17.a4 ( 17.Rae1 { black still needs to find his counterplay } 18...Ng4 ( 17...Rg8 { i'm just analyzing this now, since ng4 did not seem to help yet on the previous move } 18.a4 ( 18.c4 Bh6 19.Bxh6 Rxg3+ { finally, a good example of black's possible counterattack! } ) 18...Bh6 { again with a strong counter-attack } 19.Rxf3 Qxf3 20.Rf1 Qh5 21.a5 Ng4 22.h4 Bxf4 23.Rxf4 Ne3 { this looks wildly complicated as both sides kings have almost no defense } 24.Kf2 { i have no idea what's going on } ) 18.h4 Rg8 19.Nxc7 Kxc7 20.Ba6 ( 20.Rxf3 Ra8 ) 21...Rb8 21.Rxf3 { looks crushing } ) 17...Ng4 ( 17...Bxe4 18.a5 Bxd3 19.axb6 Bxb5 { and white falls short } ) 18.h4 { was my intention here, and i didn't see any threats for black that were going to arrive in time to distract white from pushing the a pawn } ( 18.Rxf3 Qxh2+ 19.Kf1 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Qg2+ ) ) ( 15...Ne7 16.d5 { to stop nc6, but now black can bail out with nxd5 sacrifices potentially, and they should have some chances } ) 16.a4 { now it seem s white is rolling, neither player spent much time on the remaining moves. for my part, it followed obvious lines i'd predicted, and my opponent appeared to be playing fast bc he thought his position was hopeless and just hoped i'd mess up by playing quickly. actually, the position is still much more tense than either of us realized. } 16...Bh6 ( 16...Qf3 17.Kd2 ( 17.a5 Qxh1+ 18.Kd2 Qxa1 19.axb6 Qxa7 20.bxa7 Kd7 { fails, that's one thing i noticed during the game } ) 17...Qf2+ 18.Kc3 { and here it's lucky that the knight defends d4, bc otherwise bg7 or c5 would be good counterplay. as it is, the white king is snug for the moment, and black will be soon destroyed } 18...Ne7 { seems the only possible defense, and already a5 might work. but after looking at this for a few minutes now, it does not looks so obviously easy for white as i thought everything was during the game. } 19.a5 Nc6 20.axb6 Nxa7 21.bxa7 Kd7 22.a8=Q Rxa8 23.Rxa8 Bg7 24.Ra7 Rb8 25.Rha1 { and the position remains complicated } 25...c5 26.R1a4 ( 26.R1a6 ) ) 17.a5 Bxf4 18.gxf4 Qf3 19.Kd2 Nf6 ( 19...Na4 20.Rxa4 Qxh1 21.a6 { after the game, sam told me that rc4 would be faster, but in either case, this is an obvious win for white } ) 20.axb6 Nxe4+ 21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.bxc7 Qg2+ 23.Kc3 Qc6+ 24.Kb4 { the white king is in no danger here having finally reached the part of the board where most of white's pieces are! } 24...Rde8 ( 24...Rd7 25.Qb8# ) 25.c4 { a pretty simple move, strengthening white's position on the qside and control over the lightsquares. i could eventually push d5 as a way of breaking through. the other move that occured to me was rhe1, though i only really considered c4. } 25...Bg2 { black has no moves, i really thought he would just resign } 26.Rhe1 { more than happy to play re1 now. white threatens re8 re8 qb8 kd7 qe8 with the promotion combination that happened in the game. i only checked on one defense for black } 26...d5 ( 26...Kd7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Qb8 Rxb8 ( 28...Bh3 { trying to prevent the qe8 followed by c8 threat } 29.Ra8 { and around here i cut off my line } ) 29.cxb8=N+ ) 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qb8+ Kd7 29.Qxe8+ Kxe8 30.c8=Q+ Qxc8 31.Nd6+ 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 17 10:51:08 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:51:08 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] All of John Watson's books and articles refuted- Tchigorin Defense, Quigley Gambit Message-ID: <1258480268.4b02e28c3ca0a@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from John Watson ----- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:33:56 -0600 From: John Watson Reply-To: John Watson Subject: Re: All of John Watson's books and articles refuted- Tchigorin Defense, Quigley Gambit To: Brian Wall It's funny, because 5 e3 is Rybka's instant first suggestion with my processor, although in the end it likes 5 cxd5 almost exactly as much (both slightly better for White). The position after 7 h4 reminds me of some Trompowsky lines, and of course the Gruenfeld with 4 Bg5 Ne4 5 cxd5 Nxg5 6 h4. Instead of 5....Nxg5?!, Black might play 5...f6 (although 5....h6 6 Bf4 e6 isn't so terrible (maybe even 6...e5!? and 7 dxe5 Bb4, intending 8 Rc1 g5 9 Bg3 Be6, or 7 Bxe5 Bb4 8 Ne2 Bg4!?). After 6...e6, White has a small edge in lines like 7 Bd3 Nxc3 8 bxc3 dxc4 - maybe 8...Bd6 first - 9 Bxc4 Bd6; 5...Bf5 looks stupid, but Rybka ends in a playable +=) 6 Bh4 (6 Bf4 e5! 7 dxe5 Bb4) 6...Nxc3 7 bxc3 Bf5 8 Nf3 (8 Bg3! is probably more accurate, when 8...Qd7!? 9 cd Qxd5 with the idea ...0-0-0 and ...e5 looks interesting; probably favours White somewhat), and Rybka has the interesting fantasy 8...Na5 (also 8...Qd7, but that looks weird) 9 cxd5 Qxd5, which looks playable in view of 10 Qa4+ Bd7 11 Qc2 Bf5 or 10 Nd2 e5. This is all done way too fast, with the help of the analysis engine, and some of these lines are doubtless improvable; but it may be approximately correct as far as the overall assessment goes. It looks like 5 e3 gives White something, but is not earth-shaking; White is a little better after 4...Ne4 anyway. I do think that 4..dxc4 is safest, and most analysts seem to agree. John ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Wall To: jlwatson at neb.rr.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:10 AM Subject: All of John Watson's books and articles refuted- Tchigorin Defense, Quigley Gambit ----- Forwarded message from danquigley64 ----- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:05:57 -0000 From: danquigley64 Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Tchigorin Defense, Quigley Gambit To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com I have developed a gambit for White to use against the Tchigorin Defense involving a sham piece sacrifice that I believe gives White a preferable game. I am posting it here to request feedback on the value of my gambit. If you sign your name to your contribution, I will give you credit in the article I am working up. - Daniel J. Quigley D07 - Tchigorin Defense, Quigley Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Ne4 4.dxc4 also has a good reputation for Black and is therefore a reply White needs to prepare for (James Lank). 4.e6 also seems to be fully playable here too, although it does not enjoy as good a reputation as either the text (4.Ne4) or 4.dxc4. 5.e3!? TN The key move. As far as I know, it is my novelty, unveiled now. 5.Nxg5 Black can consider not accepting the piece, but it is hard to imagine him not doing so. One alternative for Black, for example, is Lank's suggestion of 5...f6. Then, 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 equals (Lank). However, after 6.Bh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bf5 8.Nf3 Na5 9.Nd2 instead, White enjoys a very small edge based on his greater space and having more pawns in the center. 6.cxd5 Black has an awkward game. White can get up from the table and stroll around the tournament site now because Black won't be figuring this mess out any time soon. 6.Nb4 Over the board I think Black will most likely select 6...Nb8, but then 7.h4! is strong. Is there any other position like this in the opening in chess? 6...Nb4, as played, is no better than 6...Nb8 really. So, what is Black to do? 6...Na5 still runs into 7.h4. Just accepting the piece loss and trying to gain some activity for it with 6...e5 (a Rybka suggestion) might be best for Black. White can choose either of two lines then: 7.cxb7 Bxb7 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Qxd7+ Kxd7 10.0-0-0 +/= or 7.dxc6 exd4 8.Bb5 b6 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.exd4 +/= White is a pawn up in this second line, but it may be challenging to convert into a win. My personal style preference leans to the first line. 7.Qa4+ c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.d5 Bd7 10.dxc6 bxc6 After 10...Bxc6 11.Bb5 +/= 11.h4 Ne6 12.0-0-0 Quigley-Winterlude +/= www.chess-mail.com The game continues, but I think White has the much better placed pieces. So, probably Black will have to try 10...bxc6 and I will have a strong bind, e.g. 11.h4 Ne6 12.0-0-0 +/= That's the Quigley Gambit so far as it has been developed. Posted feedback is welcome. Happy piece sacrificing, everyone! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091117/d8375574/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 17 17:43:16 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:43:16 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [CSCN] Seinfeld On Chess and Fw: fundraiser tournament announcement Message-ID: <1258504996.4b03432420279@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:28:18 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [CSCN] Seinfeld On Chess and Fw: fundraiser tournament announcement New chess video uploaded, Seinfeld On Chess: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhx1DdDSak4 ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Buchanan Subject: fundraiser tournament announcement Tournament Announcement April 3, Colorado Springs: SPRINGS FUNDRAISER 4-SS, G/30. Grace Place Church, 2403 Templeton Gap Rd, Colorado Springs. EF $20 ($15 for juniors, seniors, unrated), $2 off if rec'd by April 1. CSCA membership required ($15, $10 jrs, srs) OSA. Registration 8:30 - 9:30, 1st rd. 10:00. Played in sections if entries warrant. Modest cash prizes per entries. Most of tournament income will go to help Colorado State Scholastic Champions attend the Denker and Polgar tournaments. Entries to Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd, Manitou Springs CO 80829. Phone (719) 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys.net .Held in conjunction with Series Finale Scholastic Tournament. Colorado Tour Event. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091117/685235cd/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Nov 18 07:50:53 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:50:53 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] World Blitz? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1258555853.4b0409cd4d032@www.taom.com> Quoting bukowskigambit : Hi, Anybody find any unorthodox openings so far in the World Blitz Championship? A short game: Dominguez-Morozevich (round 2) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Rb8 13. e5 d5 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- link for all the 2009 Tal Memorial blitz games can be found at Chess.com http://www.chess.com/news/world-blitz-championship-day2-9946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 19 13:07:10 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:07:10 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 10 move Fishing Pole by my biggest opening fan, Craig Thomson of NH Message-ID: <1258661230.4b05a56ed8f86@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Joereal"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1177"] [BlackElo "1195"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:43:42"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. Re1 Bc5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Qh4 10. Kf1 Qxf2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information about Goyathlay (Last disconnected Thu Nov 19 2009 00:56): rating [need] win loss draw total best Crazyhouse 1479 [6] 1 1 0 2 Blitz 1151 [8] 253 226 27 506 1168 (14-Sep-2008) Standard 1487 [6] 9 11 1 21 1501 (25-Sep-2009) 5-minute 1166 752 780 72 1604 1311 (30-Aug-2009) 1-minute 788 [8] 3 7 0 10 15-minute 1598 [4] 4 5 1 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about Joereal (Last disconnected Thu Nov 19 2009 12:05): rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1550 [8] 0 1 0 1 Blitz 1329 16 12 4 32 1362 (15-Nov-2009) Standard 1540 [6] 54 39 13 106 1757 (08-Jul-2009) 5-minute 1207 273 295 14 582 1433 (01-Jun-2009) 1-minute 1012 [8] 34 35 1 70 1069 (06-Aug-2009) 15-minute 1540 44 49 5 98 1613 (07-Sep-2009) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about freemymind2day (Last disconnected Thu Nov 19 2009 03:21): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 931 [6] 0 2 0 2 Crazyhouse 1232 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 1113 [8] 19 47 2 68 1184 (14-Apr-2009) Blitz 1254 [2] 93 160 12 265 1283 (23-Mar-2009) Standard 1458 [6] 1 1 0 2 5-minute 1078 1850 1994 209 4053 1396 (04-Jul-2009) 1-minute 635 [8] 22 33 0 55 729 (12-Apr-2009) 15-minute 1836 [4] 1 1 0 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is another Craig Thomson Fishing Pole [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "-"] [White "freemymind2day"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1103"] [BlackElo "1142"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "22:24:41"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Rg8?? Very painful. I explain my favorite Fishing Pole variation in the glossary of How To Play Chess Like An Animal 10 Nf5 B:f5!! 11 ef Qh4!! 12 Qf3 Nd4!! 13 Q:b7 Re8!! 14 B:e8 Ne2+!! 15 Kh1 Q:f2!! 16 R:f2 Ng3+ 17 Kg1 B:f2 checkmate 11. hxg4 Bxf5 12. Bh6+! Ke8! 13. exf5! Qh4 The Fishing Pole teaches resilience in tough circumstances. Having botched my favorite line, Craig keeps trying for a knockout. 14. Qe2+ Kd7 15. g5! Freemymind2day is playing well but Craig keeps throwing bricks 15 ... Rae8 16. Qf3 Kc8 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Qg3?? The point of the Fishing Pole is that fish can't defend. 18 ... Qxg3!! The free Queen improves Craig's chances 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 19 ... Nf3+!! 20 Kh1 Qh2 checkmate cannot deflect an 1100 from an automatic capture. Freemymind2day's King is in a coffin and cannot escape anyway. 20. Ne4 Nf3+!! There is nothing left to take, might as well mate. 21. Kh1 Qh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "-"] [White "freemymind2day"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1103"] [BlackElo "1142"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "22:24:41"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Rg8 11. hxg4 Bxf5 12. Bh6+ Ke8 13. exf5 Qh4 14. Qe2+ Kd7 15. g5 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kc8 17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne4 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Qh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information about malachi (Last disconnected Thu Nov 19 2009 02:05): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1265 [6] 3 5 0 8 Bullet 1000 [6] 7 12 0 19 Blitz 1112 [8] 6 4 0 10 Standard 1137 [5] 0 1 1 2 5-minute 1010 979 1054 61 2094 1291 (26-Sep-2009) 1-minute 954 561 697 18 1276 1097 (04-Jun-2009) 15-minute 1575 80 89 11 180 1711 (08-May-2009) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bishing Pole by Craig [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Goyathlay"] [Black "malachi"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1157"] [BlackElo "1114"] [Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5 Be7"] [ECO "D53"] [NIC "QO.13"] [Time "18:49:11"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5!! Possibly a improvement on how I play it. Dzindi told me the idea is to play e4 in one move but I often get in trouble after ... dc, holding onto the pawn 7 ... exd5! 8. e3!! O-O 9. O-O-O h6 10. h4!! Bishing Pole with none of the problems I experience. I'm jealous. 10 ... b6 11. Kb1!! Another good move. " Don't let your King get in the way. " - Dvoretsky When I started coaching Chris he would dawdle terribly in the opening, a real Rook hater. All his moves here seem very purposeful. 11 ... c5 12. Ne5! After a decade, I still love to study these Fishing/Bishing Pole attacks to see the most vicious way to dismantle a castled King. Here 12 g4!!! is a key Fishing Pole attacking concept. The idea is B:f6 and g5, ripping a hole in the pirate ship hull with a cannon. 12 g4!! N:g4 ( unguards d5 ) 13 N:d5!! Ndf6 14 N:f6+ N:f6 15 dc! Bf5 16 Bd3 B:d3 17 R:d3 Qc7 18 c6 skillfully combining wing and central play. Craig's move is good, second best. 12 ... cxd4 13. exd4 13 Nc6!! is better first, 13 Nc6 Qe8 14 ed or 13 Nc6 Qe8 14 N:e7+ Q:e7 15 N:d5 3 ... Bb7 14. Bb5 14 Ba6!! B:a6 15 Nc6!! Qe8 Rhde1!! is a cute trick 14 ... a6 15. Bc6!! Rb8 16. Bxb7!! Rxb7! 17. Nc6!! Qe8! 18. Nxe7+? Either Rook to King's Square one wins 18 Rhe1 Nb8 19 B:f6 Q:c6 20 B:e7 18 Rhe1 Nb8 19 B:f6 N:c6 20 N:d5 Kh8 21 Rd3!! gf 22 Qc1!! complicated stuff 18 ... Qxe7! 19. Rhe1 19 N:d5! is nice. Blitz opens our eyes to typical attacking ideas in our chosen systems. 19 ... Qb4 20. a3 Here too the core Bishing Pole concept, 20 g4!! is best 20 ... Qc4 21. Bf4 b5! 22. Bd6! a5? 23. Bxf8! Kxf8 24. Rd2 b4 25. Na2 Nice bank rank action after 25 N:d5!! 25 ... b3 25 ... Q:c2 26 R:c2! b3 27 Rc8+ mates 26. Qxc4! dxc4! 27. Nc3! Nb6 28. d5 Nbxd5? 29. Nxd5! Rd7 30. Red1 More bank rank action after 30 N:f6!! R:d5 31 Re8 checkmate 30 ... Nxd5 31. Rxd5! Re7 32. Rd8+! Re8! 33. Rxe8+! Kxe8! 34. Kc1 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 There are always mistakes in blitz but I learned maybe I should trade on d5 before employing the Bishing Pole and how powerful g4 is. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Goyathlay"] [Black "malachi"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1157"] [BlackElo "1114"] [Opening "QGD: 4.Bg5 Be7"] [ECO "D53"] [NIC "QO.13"] [Time "18:49:11"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O-O h6 10. h4 b6 11. Kb1 c5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rhe1 Qb4 20. a3 Qc4 21. Bf4 b5 22. Bd6 a5 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rd2 b4 25. Na2 b3 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Nc3 Nb6 28. d5 Nbxd5 29. Nxd5 Rd7 30. Red1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Re7 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Kc1 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about mks (Last disconnected Thu Nov 19 2009 10:47): rating [need] win loss draw total best Blitz 795 [8] 0 1 0 1 Standard 1051 [6] 1 3 0 4 5-minute 1089 [4] 18 22 0 40 1164 (01-Oct-2009) 15-minute 1054 17 41 3 61 1054 (19-Nov-2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You wouldn't believe how aimless Craig used to play the opening if you saw this 15 move crush in the Tyler Hughes Variation. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.15"] [Round "-"] [White "mks"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1111"] [BlackElo "1172"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C57"] [NIC "KP.01"] [Time "18:58:23"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4!! The Tyler Hughes Variation; World Champion Wilheim Steinitz played both sides of this forgotten variation back in the day. 5. Nxe4 d5!! 6. Bxd5 Qxd5!! 7. Ng5 Qxg2!! 8. Rf1! Qxg5! 8 ... Nd4!! with innumerable threats is even stronger 9. d4 Qf6 10. d5 Nd4!! 11. Nc3 Nf3+ White has a very sad position, 11 ... Bf5!! is best 12. Ke2! Bg4! Only 12 ... Nd4+!! is stronger 13. Kd3 Qa6+!! Mating 14. Ke3 Bc5+!! 15. Ke4 f5# {White checkmated} 0-1 I believe pawn checkmates in the middle of the board are the most humiliating. Very powerfully played by Craig. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.15"] [Round "-"] [White "mks"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1111"] [BlackElo "1172"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C57"] [NIC "KP.01"] [Time "18:58:23"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Ng5 Qxg2 8. Rf1 Qxg5 9. d4 Qf6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nc3 Nf3+ 12. Ke2 Bg4 13. Kd3 Qa6+ 14. Ke3 Bc5+ 15. Ke4 f5# {White checkmated} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 19 13:42:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:42:42 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rest in Peace, Andrew Wall Message-ID: <1258663362.4b05adc28a337@www.taom.com> My nephew died last night. In order to honor Andrew's passing in one of our favorite places we will have the funeral mass on Saturday November 21, 2009 9AM St. Mary's Church 113 Duke of Gloucester Annapolis, Maryland Burial will be immediately following services at St. Mary's Cemetary Spa Rd. Annapolis, Maryland -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 19 20:32:12 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:32:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Impressive games from the 2009 Tal Memorial blitz tournament Message-ID: <1258687932.4b060dbce34f5@www.taom.com> http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-is-world-blitz-champion-8928 link to all the 2009 Tal Memorial World Championship blitz tournament games ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fritz 11 struggles mightily to accept the power of 12 Nd5!! GM Ruslan Ponomariev finds the variations much faster than the computer. Rybka 3 also calculates these lines much faster than Fritz 11. [Event "World Blitz Campionship 2009"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "17.5"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. d4 Nf6! 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 The beautiful Mom and Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk shocked the World #1 Magnus Carlsen in Round 1 by beating him. That must have been just the bitch slap he needed because Magnus went on to take clear first. Alexandra also beat Anand, the World Men's Champion and Judith Polgar, considered the strongest woman who ever lived as well as Alexander Morozevich (2750), Alexander Grischuk (2736), Vladislav Tkachiev (2642) and Levon Aronian (2786), I think Alexandra finished in last place but I doubt I could even get a half point in such illustrious company. You can see a Youtube video of Alexandra beating Magnus on her site. http://www.kosteniuk.com/ As far as I know Alexandra's move is new, only 10 ... Nbd7!!!, ... Nc6! or ... Be7? have been played before. Rybka scores the top moves as 11 .. Nbd7!!!, ... h5!! ( Fishing Pole ), ... Bd6, ... Bc5, ... Nc6 and ... Qc7 Kosteniuk has a solid game but watch what Ruslan does to her. 11. Be3! Qe7? 11 ... Bb6! is correct. Ponomariev now stuns with a Tal-like sacrifice. If Ruslan had waited for computer approval he would have lost on time. 12. Nd5!!! 12 e5! Nfd7 13 Qg4 B:d4 14 B:d4 ( 0-0 or Nc6 ) 15 Ne4 would be a normal man's continuation Somehow Ruslan felt what computers could not calculate. They eventually come around, some faster than others. A line that Fritz 11 struggles with - 12 Nd5 ed 13 Nf5 Qc7 14 B:c5 Q:c5 15 e5 Ne4 16 Rc1 Qb6 17 B:d5 which it finally figures out is good for White 12 ... exd5! 13. Nf5!!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1 My youtube video on the theme of Nd5-Nf5 in the Sicilian 1623 views ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 ... Qxe4! Second best. No one could tell what the best move is here in a blitz game. The best try is 13 ... Qe5!! but 14 B:c5!!, B:d5! or N:g7+! are all good for the ex FIDE World Men's Champion. 12 Nd5!! refutes 11 ... Qe7? 14. Bc2!! 14 N:g7+!! also works 14 ... Qc4! 15. Bd3!! Qg4! Alexandra cannot hang onto her baby on c5 after 15 ... Qb4 16 a3 16. Bxc5!! Qxd1! 17. Raxd1 17 Rf:d1, N:g7+ or Nd6+ also work 17 ... Kd7! 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Nxf7! Material is even but Alexandra's King was centralized too early 19 ... Re8! 20. Nd6! Rd8 21. Rfe1!! Tal preferred a development edge to a material edge 21 ... Kc7 She can run ... 22. Nf5 Nbd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Nxg7! Rg8 25. Nf5 Rook moves are stronger but more complicated - 25 Re6!!, Rc1!!, Re7!! The idea is to disconnect Alexanda's Knights so they don't protect one another. 25 ... Rg5 26. h4 Rg4 27. f3!! Rgg8 28. Rc1!! ... but she can't hide. The threats of 29 Ne7 or Re6 are too strong. 28 ... Nb6 29. Bxf6 1-0 Alexandra played at a reasonable level of high class moves but Ponomariev played like a god. When Ponomariev beat Ivanchuk for the FIDE World Championship Chucky mused - " After I beat Anand I felt like I was already World Champion. Where did this pixie come from? " That how Ruslan played this game, like a pixie loaded with fairy dust. A magical game worthy of Tal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Blitz Campionship 2009"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "17.5"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nf5 Qxe4 14. Bc2 Qc4 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Bxc5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kd7 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Nxf7 Re8 20. Nd6 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Kc7 22. Nf5 Nbd7 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Nxg7 Rg8 25. Nf5 Rg5 26. h4 Rg4 27. f3 Rgg8 28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Bxf6 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weak players in general hate saccing pieces. They can't see the comp. I have a class of moves I call "Punch-in-the-face" moves which means strong players don't like to get pushed around in the center by pawn chains and prefer to sac pieces to dismantle the chain fence. In this game Mamedjarov sacs a piece for two center pawns and 4-time Russian Champion Petar Svidler just completely falls apart. [Event "World Blitz Campionship 2009"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "22.10"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 b5 11. Ncxe5!? TN 11 Ne3 has been played 3 times and Na5 once but in a blitz game Mamedyarov goes for broke. 11 ... fxe5! 12. Nxe5! with full compensation for a piece 12 ... Qe7! 13. d4!! g6 14. a4!! The Pawn Wave Guy 14 ... b4 15. d5!! Pawns as weapons, pawns as pieces 15 ... Bd7! 16. Nxd7 Qxd7! 17. e5!! Mamedyarov is still playing with a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) after 17 moves. 17 ... Qf5! 18. cxb4!! Bg7 Svidler was tired of zero development after 18 moves 19. g4 19 bc!!! was best, maintaining the FMJ 19 ... Qf7 Giving the piece back with 19 ... Q:e5!! 20 Q:e5 B:e5! 21 Re1 cb 22 R:e5+ Kd7 was the best try 20. bxc5!! h5!! A pitiful stab at counterplay 21. e6 Qf6! 22. d6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ March of the Toy Soldiers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0WjJ2CY7Q Cloud198422's Favorite Scene in Babes in Toyland (1961) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDdhg8CyeUo&NR=1 March of the Wooden Soldiers (20) (End) Laurel and Hardy -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 ... hxg4 23. Qe4!! The Toy Soldiers sweep away everything in their path and the Royal Queen picks up the pieces. 23 ... Rd8! 24. Qc6+ Kf8! 25. Qxc7!! Re8 26. d7!! Rd8! 27. Bf4!! Bh6 28. Bd6+!! Kg7! 29. Be5!! 1-0 Mamedyarov still has 7 pawns left in this brutal game. What a total wipeout. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Blitz Campionship 2009"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "22.10"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 b5 11. Ncxe5 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. d4 g6 14. a4 b4 15. d5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e5 Qf5 18. cxb4 Bg7 19. g4 Qf7 20. bxc5 h5 21. e6 Qf6 22. d6 hxg4 23. Qe4 Rd8 24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. Qxc7 Re8 26. d7 Rd8 27. Bf4 Bh6 28. Bd6+ Kg7 29. Be5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Of course there were many wonderful games played in this tournmaent but these two really stood out to me after I had played over all of them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adianto did not sac with 11 Nc:e5 against Karpov [Event "Jakarta m 25' blindfold"] [Site "Jakarta"] [Date "1997.11.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Adianto, Utut"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Brian Wall"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1997.11.20"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "INA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Nc4 Qd7 9. c3 c5 10. Rd1 b5 11. Ne3 c4 12. a4 Rd8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne1 Qc6 15. d3 cxd3 16. Rxd3 Bd6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qf3 f5 19. exf5 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 gxf5 21. Ng5 Bd7 22. Rd1 Ne7 23. b3 h6 24. Nf3 Be6 25. c4 f4 26. Nd5 bxc4 27. bxc4 Nxd5 28. cxd5 Bg4 29. Re1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Kf7 31. Bb2 Kf6 32. Re4 Kf5 33. Rae1 Rhe8 34. Kf1 Rb8 35. Bc1 Rg8 36. Ra4 Rb5 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Ra2 Rdb8 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Rc2 R8b4 41. Bd2 Rd4 42. Bc3 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 e4 44. fxe4+ Kxe4 45. Bd2 Kxd5 46. Ra2 Ke4 47. Ke2 f3+ 48. Kd1 Kd3 49. Bc1 h5 50. Rd2+ Kc4 51. Re2 fxe2+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Nikitovich student Giovanni Vescovi did not sac with 11 Nc:e5 against Estrada [Event "Bled ol (Men)"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "2002.11.08"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"] [Black "Estrada Nieto, Julian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2345"] [Annotator "Brian Wall"] [PlyCount "238"] [EventDate "2002.10.26"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SLO"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8. Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 b5 11. Na5 c4 12. d4 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Bd6 14. b3 Ne7 15. Nb7 Qc6 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Nc8 19. Qd2 Qxe4 20. Bxd6 Bf5 21. Re3 Qc2 22. Nxe5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 fxe5 24. Rxe5+ Be6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 26. Re4 Rxd6 27. Rf4+ Ke7 28. Re2+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. a4 Rd8 31. Kf1 Rd3 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rb4 Nd6 34. c4 Rd4 35. Ke2 Ke5 36. Kf3 bxc4 37. bxc4 Rxc4 38. Rb3 g5 39. h3 h5 40. Ra3 Ne4 41. Ra2 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 Rc5 43. Ke3 Nc3 44. Ra1 Nd5+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Kf1 Rc2 49. Ra5+ Kd4 50. Kg1 Rc5 51. Ra8 h4 52. Rg8 Ke4 53. Ra8 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Nd3 55. Ra4+ Kf5 56. Ra5+ Rc5 57. Ra2 Rc1 58. Ra3 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Ke5 60. Ra5+ Nc5 61. g3 Kd4 62. Kg2 hxg3 63. Kxg3 Ne4+ 64. Kf3 Rc3+ 65. Kg4 Nxf2+ 66. Kxg5 Nxh3+ 67. Kf5 Nf2 68. Ra4+ Ke3 69. Ra5 Nd3 70. Rb5 Rc1 71. Ra5 Kd4 72. Ra4+ Kd5 73. Ra5+ Nc5 74. Kf4 Kd4 75. Kf5 Rf1+ 76. Kg5 Ne4+ 77. Kg4 Rg1+ 78. Kf4 Rf1+ 79. Kg4 Nf6+ 80. Kg5 Nd5 81. Kg4 Ne3+ 82. Kg5 Ke4 83. Ra4+ Ke5 84. Ra5+ Nd5 85. Kg4 Rf4+ 86. Kg5 Rb4 87. Kh5 Rd4 88. Kg5 Rb4 89. Kh5 Ke6 90. Kg5 Rc4 91. Ra6+ Ke5 92. Ra5 Ke4 93. Ra1 Ne3 94. Re1 Rc6 95. Ra1 Rc5+ 96. Kf6 Nd5+ 97. Ke6 Rc6+ 98. Kd7 Rh6 99. Re1+ Kf5 100. Rf1+ Nf4 101. Rd1 Ke5 102. Re1+ Kd4 103. Rd1+ Nd3 104. Ke7 Ke4 105. Kd7 Ne5+ 106. Ke7 Rh7+ 107. Ke6 Rh6+ 108. Ke7 Rh7+ 109. Ke6 Rh6+ 110. Ke7 Nc6+ 111. Kd7 Nd4 112. Ra1 Rh7+ 113. Kd6 Nb5+ 114. Kc6 Nd4+ 115. Kd6 Nf5+ 116. Kc6 Rh6+ 117. Kc5 Rh2 118. Re1+ Ne3 119. Kd6 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 19 21:06:45 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:06:45 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kosteniuk.com Message-ID: <1258690005.4b0615d5a0486@www.taom.com> Kosteniuk.com Youtube Channel ChessQueen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyeNPHY_1vU&feature=PlayList&p=F8FF3F0DE54BD1B0&index=0 Huss - Kosteniuk, Commented Chess Game A beautiful victory where GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and her GM trainer totally outprepared IM Andreas Huss. She sacced two Knights leaving Huss in a sick Zugswang. Quite impressive. Highly recommended. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 21 15:51:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:51:17 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bullet Chess Message-ID: <1258843877.4b086ee50213e@www.taom.com> http://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Chess-One-Minute-Mate/dp/1888690674 Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate (Paperback) ~ Hikaru Nakamura (Author), Bruce Harper (Author) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson came over and showed me some bullet tricks. Basically at some point you have to let go and just move anything anywhere. The game is a sick interruption of Chess at the end where both sides are trying to check each other to prevent premoving. Chris and I got my bullet rating up from 1400 to 1900. Here is a funny game where I was getting crushed but RookMNM couldn't find a way out of stalemate after 39 h7+!!!!!!!!!!. It took RookMNM all his time to figure out the only way was 39 h7+ Kf8 40 h8(Q)+ Ke7 41 Q:c3 with an even posiiton but then he only had 1 second to my 8 so he grabbed the stalemate. He had 14 seconds when I first desperadoed him. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.21"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "rookmnm"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "White stalemated"] [WhiteElo "1785"] [BlackElo "1845"] [Opening "King's pawn game"] [ECO "C21"] [NIC "KP.10"] [Time "17:14:16"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nf6 3. dxe5 Nxe4 4. Bc4 d5 5. exd6 Nxd6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bf4 h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bg7 17. Qf4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. h4 Ne7 22. h5 Be4 23. Ng5 Bxd5 24. f4 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nd5 26. Kf2 Nxf4 27. Ne4 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. c3 Rd8 30. Kf3 Ne6 31. Rxa7 b6 32. Rb7 Rd2 33. b4 Rxb2 34. g5 Nxg5+ 35. Kg4 Ne6 36. Kf5 Bxc3 37. h6 Rxb4 38. Rxb6 cxb6 39. h7+ Kf8 40. h8=Q+ Bxh8 {White stalemated} 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weihmiller French - Quick checkmates are common in bullet [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.21"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "MrHustler"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1771"] [BlackElo "1874"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "FR.16"] [Time "16:48:05"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a6 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Kh1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. f5 exf5 15. Bxf5 Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nxe5 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Re1 f6 20. Qxd5 Qc5 21. Qf7+ Kd8 22. Ne6# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for BERTA(GM) On for: 1:18 Idle: 0 BERTA is currently involved in a match against bored. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1921 [6] 0 1 0 1 Loser's 1327 [6] 0 1 0 1 Bullet 2344 12062 8854 2012 22928 2677 (22-Nov-2002) Blitz 2655 14466 10591 4902 29959 3199 (27-Jan-2003) 5-minute 2506 [7] 240 105 102 447 2607 (05-Aug-2004) 1-minute 2112 42104 38651 6582 87337 2391 (26-May-2005) 15-minute 1328 [4] 2 3 0 5 1: Ulf Andersson Groups : GMs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anybody can beat anybody in bullet. I beat Ulf Anderson, former World #3, several times. Sometimes he plays around like 1 f3 or he will drop a piece early, othertimes he plays seriously. It's pretty intimidating going into an ending with Ulf, even if he only has 15 seconds left. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is a huge gulf in bullet ratings. Usually around 1700-1900 you get people who can play very well fast. 1400-1600 bullet players can play well or fast but not both. Almost all 1700+ types have learned to premove psychotically in the last 5 seconds. Many bullet games get down to the last 3 seconds for both sides. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've watched about 10 Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk Youtube videos. They are very nicely done. There is a camera going over her games and then she comments as she is playing. She announces every move in case you're blind. You can watch the camera action or listen to her analysis, often both with a split screen. I am very impressed with her play. She explains everything very simply so anyone can learn from them. Here is a recent game where she beat Anand a few days ago at the 2009 World Blitz Championship in Moscow. Anand - Kosteniuk, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmk2XbLaKM You can also buy her books and DVDs at Kosteniuk.com. Very professional and very interesting, Chess from the perspective of a top woman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 21 20:30:48 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:30:48 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Anand - Kosteniuk, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009 Message-ID: <1258860648.4b08b06874723@www.taom.com> Anand - Kosteniuk, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmk2XbLaKM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- recreated from the video. [Event "2009 World Champion blitz, Moscow"] [Site "World Computer Champion Rybka "] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Men's World Champion Anand"] [Black "Women's World Champion Kosteniuk"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "82"] [TimeControl "300"] {400MB, Fritz11.ctg, 123-CW3EF3TDYD5} 1. d4 {0} Nf6 {0} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Ka1 Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3 Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- copied from Chess.com report on the World Blitz Campionship 2009 http://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-is-world-blitz-champion-8928 [Event "World Blitz Campionship 2009"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "26.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Ka1 Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3 Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Times added from Youtube Kosteniuk video [Event "World Blitz Campionship 2009"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "26.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "82"] World Chess Champion GM Vishy Anand versus Women's World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk analyzed by Computer World Champion Rybka 3 November 17, 2009 Moscow 2009 World Blitz Championship Game/ 3 minutes 2 second increment per move Kosteniuk got down to 6 seconds but because of her increment her flag never fell. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 Nisipeannu sacced his Queen against Ivanchuk in 2007 with 10. Ne4 Nxe4!? 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxd4 Bd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nxd2 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qa3 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 but lost in 39 moves, game below 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 They both had used about 10 seconds so far but spent about a minute on their next move. 13 ... a6 13 ... Rc8! and ... 0-0! have also been played before 14. Qb3!! TN A powerful Theoretical Novelty by Vishy Anand, great blitz instincts!! 14 Qc2! was played the the 2007 Estonian Championship playoff Meelis Kanep vs Kaido Kulaots, game below 14 Bd3 is also OK 14 ... Na5? Alexandra should just castle but she decides to get cute and get her piece back. Anand can respond to 14 ... 0-0 with 15 Kb1 allowing 15 .. Na5 16 Qd3 N:c4 17 Q:c4 or avoid the trade with 14 ... 0-0 15 Nfd2 when 15 ... Na5 is pointless due to 16 Qg3+ 15. Bxf7+? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The critical moment. Anand suffers all game after this. Played instantly but missing the odd combination 15 N:f6+!!! which apparently no one in the world can see in 3 minutes. Neither player gave the right move any thought at all, I know I didn't when I watched the video. Check captures are the most powerful magnets in Chess. I think it was De Groot who studied the differences in Master and Amateur combinations and he found the amateur often had the right idea, the right captures, pins and forks but in the wrong order. Super expert/ex Master Dana Mackensie says if Move A followed by Move B has a glitch somewhere then try Move B followed by Move A. Let's work through the combination that 2/3 World Champions missed. The main idea of 15 N:f6+!! is to distract the Bishop from e7 so that Q/a3+/b4+ can win the a5-Knight 15 N:f6+!!! Kf8! 16 N:d7+! Q:d7 Only move 17 B:e7+! Q:e7 only move 16 Qa4! Qc5! 17 N:e5! Q:e5! Only move 18 Bd3! with an extra pawn, safer King and Bishop versus Knight ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 N:f6+!!! B:f6 16 B:f7+ ( only move ) Kf8 17 Qa3+ only move Be7 18 B:e7+! Q:e7 only move 19 N:e5!! or 19 Q:a5! with an extra pawn ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 N:f6+!!! B:f6 16 B:f7+ ( only move ) Kf8 17 Qa3+ only move Kg7 18 B:f6+ only move Q:f6! 19 Q:a5 only move Bf5! leads to a complex position where Anand's extra piece should slightly outweigh his King stuck in the center. This would be very tough to play in a 3 minute game. Sample line: 20 Bb3! Rac8+! 21 Kd2 only move e4! 22 N:d4! ( Anand can bail out into an ending with 22 Qe5 if he likes ) 22 ... Rhd8! 23 Ke1 Only move R:d4 only move 24 R:d4! Q:d4 only move 25 Qd2 only move Qf6! 26 g4!!! Rybka is happy with the extra pawn but White's King and Rook position would make any human blanch. White's saving grace is that Alexandra's King is not very safe either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 ... Kf8! 16. Qd3! Anand also has a bad game after 16 Qd5 Bc6 17 Q:d8+ R:d8 18 B:f6 B:f6 19 N:f6 B:f3 20 gf K:f7 or 16 Qd5 Rc8+ 17 Kd2 Bc6! 18 Q:d8+! ( 18 Qe6 B:e4 ) R:d8 19 B:f6! B:f6 20 Bg6! or N:f6! 16 ... Bb5!! 17. Qd2! Kxf7! 18. Qh6? Trying to stir up trouble but this makes things worse. Vishy should just play 18 Kb1 and accept the fact that Alexandra has the two Bishops and an extra pawn. 18 ... Qc8+!! Very impressive to find this in a blitz game. This cost her 25 seconds, from 68 seconds to 43 seconds. Time - Anand - 1:47 Kosteniuk - 42 seconds 19. Kb1! Qf5!! The Queen belongs near the King - Kasparov 20. Rhe1! 26 seconds spent on this move 20 ... Bc6! 21. Ka1? 18 seconds spent on this move Time - Anand - 57 seconds Kosteniuk - 33 seconds Anand must not have liked 21 Nfd2 Qg6!! forcing the Queens off 21 ... Bxe4! Anand has sunk from a pawn down to a piece down. 22. Nxd4 Vishy throws another piece in the mix to confuse Alexandra. 22 ... exd4! 23. Rxd4?? They both miss a quick checkmate with 23 ... Nb3+!!! 24 ab Qa5+ 25 Ra4 Q:e1+ 26 Qc1 Q:c1+ 27 Ka2 Qb1 checkmate It's Bullet Chess now. 23 ... Rad8! Second best, working on the back rank 24. Ra4 Nc6 Time - Anand - 43 seconds Kosteniuk - 11 seconds plus 2 second increment per move Rybka likes 24 ... Rd4!!! daring Anand to get mated again after 25 R:d4? Nb3+!! 25. g4 More desperate bullet nonsense 25 ... Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6! 26 ... Q:f3!! threatens 27 ... Rd1+! but can blame the Chess Queen for wanting to simplify? 27. Qf4 Bc2 Time - Anand - 43 seconds Kosteniuk - 8 seconds plus 2 second increment per move Huge crowd watching 28. Rc4! Bd3 Half-ply mode 29. Rcc1! Anand toyed with 29 R:c6 but changed his mind. 29 ... Rhe8 30. Qc7! Pitifully trying to muddy the waters 30 ... Ne5 Time - Anand - 40 seconds Kosteniuk - 6 seconds plus 2 second increment per move That's as close as Kosteniuk came to flagging. 31. Qxb7! Rd7 32. Qb3+! Kf8! 33. Bg3 Qf7 Still aiming for an endgame 34. Qa4 Bb5! 35. Qe4 Nd3! Fork 36. Rg1 Bc5 Attacking all the majors. Rybka likes attacking the King with 36 ... Ba3!!, ... Nb4!! or ... N:c1!! 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1! Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+! Kg8! 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1 Anand bows to the Chess Queen a Rook and a Knight down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY7Hh5PzELo Annie Get Your Gun - Anything You Can Do ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Vladimir op"] [Site "Vladimir"] [Date "2002.08.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Atalik, Suat"] [Black "Zakharevich, Igor"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2551"] [BlackElo "2466"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2001.08.16"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Bxa4 18. Bxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxe5 Be8 20. Rhd1 Kg7 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. Nxd4 Be4+ 23. Ka1 b5 24. a3 Nc2+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "GBR-ch 93rd"] [Site "Swansea"] [Date "2006.08.17"] [Round "11"] [White "Lalic, Bogdan"] [Black "Pert, Richard G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2488"] [BlackElo "2445"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2006.08.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "WLS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 1/2-1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "EST-ch playoff"] [Site "Tallinn"] [Date "2007.01.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Kanep, Meelis"] [Black "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2504"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.01.27"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "EST"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qc2 Na5 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd8 Nxc4 19. Bf6 Na3+ 20. bxa3 Rxc2 21. Kxc2 Rg8 22. Rde1 Rxg2 23. Bxe5 Rxf2+ 24. Kd3 Be7 25. Rhg1 Be6 26. Kxd4 Rxa2 27. Ke4 Rxa3 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kb6 31. Bc7+ Ka7 32. Bb8+ Kb6 33. Bc7+ Ka7 34. Bb8+ 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Mainz Ordix op 14th"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Horvath, Adam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2491"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2007.08.18"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.09.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Kb1 a6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Rde1 Be6 17. Rc1 b5 18. Qxa6 Ra8 19. Qxc6 Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 Rc8 21. Kd1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Be6 23. Ned2 f5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nxe5 Bd5 26. Re1 Bxc6 27. Nxc6 Qc5 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxf5 Rc8 30. Nb3 Qb4 31. Nfxd4 Rd8 32. Re4 f5 33. Rf4 Re8 34. Be2 Rd8 35. Bd3 Qa4 36. Kc1 Qb4 37. Kd1 Qa4 38. Ke2 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Qa8+ 40. Kg3 Rg8+ 41. Kh4 Qxg2 42. Nf3 Rg4+ 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Foros Aerosvit"] [Site "Foros"] [Date "2007.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2693"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.06.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.01.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxd4 Bd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nxd2 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qa3 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Rd3 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qxc4 Rd5 19. Rd1 O-O 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Qa4 Bxg2 22. Qxa5 Bd5 23. f4 f6 24. f5 fxe5 25. fxe6 Bxe6 26. b3 e4 27. Qb5 Bf7 28. Qxb7 e3 29. Qb5 h6 30. Kd1 g5 31. Qe2 Rd8+ 32. Ke1 Rd2 33. Qxe3 Rxa2 34. b4 Rxh2 35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 g4 37. Qxh6 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Qc6 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It takes some extra work but Chris Peterson managed to post my last email in a click and move format. Much easier to go through the game, including variations. http://brianwallchess.net/emails/emails/110921thesiberianteam/ Brian Wall versus SibTeam BrianWallChess.net --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 21 22:30:42 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:42 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Full Metal Jacket bullets aren't the same Message-ID: <1258867842.4b08cc82218da@www.taom.com> A true Full Metal Jacket is very rare. No one I know has adopted it. I am the world's only living practitioner as far as I know. This is just a one minute game but let's examine the opening. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "A-1"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:03:14"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket2.htm Full Metal Jacket Part 2 by NM Brian Wall http://www.chessville.com/Wall/index.htm Full Metal Jacket, Part 1 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kd3 dxe4+ I can keep checking with 7 ... Qa6 or play 7 .. Qg6 depending on my needs of the moment. 8. Kxe4! d6 8 ... Qe6, ... Qc6+, ... d5! or Qg6+ are better options. 9. Bxh6! Ouch. Don't misspell embarrassing. His King is still in the center and multiple possible checks are a nightmare in Bullet Chess. I tried the Steinitz Gambit in bullet and the result was very ugly. 9 ... Nxh6! 10. Nf3 Bf5+! 11. Ke3 O-O-O! No Queen but safer King. I felt good about this move. 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Qe1 Bc5+! 14. Ke2 Only move Ng4!! 15. Qg3 h5!! Everything is a Fishing Pole if you think about it. 16. h3 Ne3 17. Qxg7 Nxc2 18. Rc1 20 seconds to my 35 18 ... Bd3+ 19. Kd2! Bg6+ 20. Ke2 e4 21. Ne5 Nd4+! 22. Ke1! e3 23. Nxg6! fxg6 24. Qxg6 Bb6 25. Be2 Rhf8 26. Rf1! Good but 3 seconds to my 22 26 ... Rf2 Boo! 27. Rxf2! exf2+! 28. Kf1! Nxe2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 It's hard to remember lines with no one to practice with. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "A-1"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:03:14"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kd3 dxe4+ 8. Kxe4 d6 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Nf3 Bf5+ 11. Ke3 O-O-O 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. Qe1 Bc5+ 14. Ke2 Ng4 15. Qg3 h5 16. h3 Ne3 17. Qxg7 Nxc2 18. Rc1 Bd3+ 19. Kd2 Bg6+ 20. Ke2 e4 21. Ne5 Nd4+ 22. Ke1 e3 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Bb6 25. Be2 Rhf8 26. Rf1 Rf2 27. Rxf2 exf2+ 28. Kf1 Nxe2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 22 10:02:47 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:02:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curt Carlson on Anand - Kosteniuk, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009 Message-ID: <1258909367.4b096eb70bac2@www.taom.com> Yeah I pretend at Chess sometimes, pretend I want to trade or pretend I want a draw or pretend I want to attack. Chess is misdirection. Jeff Lawson told me he was marrying some overseas woman and the next thing I heard he was dead. I felt guilty for pounding him so bad in Chess. I would play him 5-1 for a buck, then play the next game on the time remaining. IM John Watson said Lawson lived at his Chess house for a while. Robert Stevens at the mall insists on me giving him 5/45 seconds, Queen odds. Most Chessplayers beg me for trades, the ones who avoid trades are usually higher rated killers. Brian Wall ----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson ----- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:34:31 -0800 From: Curt Carlson Reply-To: Curt Carlson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Anand - Kosteniuk, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009 To: Brian Wall In 1974 or so you had a game vs. Greenwalt at the chess house where you both had a queen, a rook, and about five pawns. You made it look like you wanted to trade queens and bluffed him into an lost position, instead of simply trading into a drawn rook ending. It was great. I remember also how you tormented Jeff Lawson by playing 5-1 queen odds and won most of them. It was funny to watch. No wonder the poor guy jumped off a bridge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wall" To: "Curt Carlson" Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:12 PM Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Anand - Kosteniuk, World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow, 17 November 2009 I don't remember that game Quoting Curt Carlson : Good video. Anand looks more like a normal guy than I realized. Maybe they should make a video of you playing me! I want you to call me Doug Greenwalt and give me Queen odds. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 22 20:10:25 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:10:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Results of the Utah Closed Message-ID: <1258945825.4b09fd216e7fa@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from "Josh \"JD\" Smith" ----- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:03:39 -0700 From: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Reply-To: "Josh \"JD\" Smith" Subject: FW: Results of the Utah Closed To: Brian Wall From: chess at krusemer.com [mailto:chess at krusemer.com] Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:01 AM Subject: Results of the Utah Closed The results of the Utah Closed are online at : http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200911212721 Here are some of the dramatic highlights from the tournament. Kayden Troff, who was seeded #1 and favored to win the tournament, dropped a queen in an inferior position to JD Smith and lost in round 2. JD was playing very strong in the event and probably should have won his last game against Vinh Tran on board 1, but blundered in an endgame where he was up a pawn and had about 6 minutes to Vinh's 40 seconds. In round 3 Vinh received the biggest miracle of the tournament. He was completely lost. Down 2 pawns in a Q + R endgame against Tony Chen, who had 48 minutes on his clock. Vinh had one second left (plus a 5 second delay). Tony decided to try to blitz Vinh into losing on time, and hung his queen. With the 5-second delay, Vinh was able to win the game. So Ivan Martynenko and Vinh Tran are the new state champions. Ivan played very well, completely crushing last year's state champion, Vanel Sanchez, in the final round. Prizes: 1st-2nd tie: Ivan Martynenko and Vinh Tran, $150 and huge trophies u2200: Kayden Troff, $75, and big trophy u2000: JD Smith (trophy), Scott Treiman, Hans Morrow and John Coffey, $20 each Brilliancy prize: Scott Treiman for defeating Will Barefield in a swashbuckling attack Chess puzzle competition prize: Kayden Troff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091122/b815170e/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 23 05:40:24 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:40:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] new videos from BrianWallChess.net webmaster Chris Peterson Message-ID: <1258980024.4b0a82b808a79@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:05:07 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: new videos To: Brian Wall i uploaded some new youtube videos, the quality is really good on them so i'm happy haha...i did a whole series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkoZf-vWdM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gsBf83ELXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fnTv1e8wk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDrmrEEOqcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYToXMvmHo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13pcaaAw9c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pe7Jm_rc5U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeylDc8E9Pw http://www.brianwallchess.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091123/dd41dc1d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 23 12:22:51 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:22:51 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Facebook comments by the 12th Women's World Champion about beating Anand and my email about same. Message-ID: <1259004171.4b0ae10bd52c4@www.taom.com> Alexandra Kosteniuk He he, not only playing with Anand, I also beat him, with the black pieces too! That was a great feeling, the woman world champion beating the men world champion! ;-) Yesterday at 3:50pm Alexandra Kosteniuk Yes I won against Anand: [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "0-1"]... Read More 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Ka1 Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3 Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1 Yesterday at 4:27pm Alexandra Kosteniuk I think Vishy is great! Of course if I play him 10 times he will win 9 of them, but it's great I beat him in this one :-) Vishy is the world champion and he plays wonderfully. I love his style! 2 hours ago Brian Douglas Wall I analyzed the Anand-Kosteniuk game where Alexandra won and sent out a cHess email to 5,000 people. The most interesting line I found was - 15 N:f6+!!! B:f6 16 B:f7+ ( only move ) Kf8 17 Qa3+ only move Kg7 18 B:f6+ only move Q:f6! 19 Q:a5 only move Bf5! would be very hard to play for Anand, despite his piece up. [Event "2009 World Champion blitz, Moscow"] [Site "World Computer Champion Rybka "] [Date "????.??.??" ]... Read More [Round "?"] [White "Men's World Champion Anand"] [Black "Women's World Champion Kosteniuk"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "82"] [TimeControl "300"] {400MB, Fritz11.ctg, 123-CW3EF3TDYD5} 1. d4 {0} Nf6 {0} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Ka1 Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3 Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1 http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QWmk2XbLaKM I put all the times into the scoresheet from the video - I also watched and enjoyed about 10 other Kosteniuk Chess videos. Very impressive games, very impressive presentation, very impressive analysis, very pleasant voice. Also Alexandra is very well mannered and does not gloat when she wins like I would. All that and so pretty Bobby Fischer picked Alexandra as his cellmate of choice. What more could a Chessplayer ask for? about an hour ago ? Delete Alexandra Kosteniuk Yes Brian you're absolutely right 15.Nxf6+ was necessary, I had seen that idea, but Anand did not ;-) Thanks for your very kind comments, I sincerely appreciate them! I am preparing a new DVD with 15 games of that world championship, including games which I drew and also games which I lost, some are very instructive. about an hour ago Brian Douglas Wall I can send you the email if you like. Everything you do is high quality. I loved you dancing in the streets after becoming the 12th Women's World Champion.That was magical. 11 minutes ago ? DeleteBrian Douglas WallI thought you were just as pretty as the Russian dancers in the opening ceremony so that's why I was happy when you got to dance too. 5 minutes ago ? Delete Here's the video of Alexandra Kosteniuk dancing in the streets in costume very happily after winning the World's Championship. Very entertaining. Kosteniuk.com Kosteniuk World Chess Champion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSbW2OEBoLw From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 23 13:05:03 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:05:03 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] http://www.chesspics.com/index.php?e=126 Message-ID: <1259006703.4b0aeaefadab7@www.taom.com> http://www.chesspics.com/index.php?e=126 awesome Chess photographs of the 2009 World Blitz Championshipin Moscow You can buy them as souveneirs From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 24 12:01:17 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:01:17 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson's biggest fan on -new videos from BrianWallChess.net webmaster Chris Peterson Message-ID: <1259089277.4b0c2d7df04eb@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from mystknin ----- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:44:15 -0000 From: mystknin Reply-To: mystknin Subject: Re: new videos from BrianWallChess.net webmaster Chris Peterson To: Brian Wall Those videos are awesome! The quality is very good and the commentary is very instructive. After watching Chris play five-minute it's obvious to me that the game is much slower to him than it is to me. My thought process during five-minute is much more chaotic and not as efficient. I'm starting to learn to slow down even during 5 0 games and these videos are very helpful. Thanks, Chris! Craig Thomson New Hampshire --- In BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall wrote: ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson garrensilverwing at ... ----- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:05:07 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson garrensilverwing at ... Reply-To: Chris Peterson garrensilverwing at ... Subject: new videos To: Brian Wall brianwallchess3 at ... i uploaded some new youtube videos, the quality is really good on them so i'm happy haha...i did a whole series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkoZf-vWdM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gsBf83ELXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fnTv1e8wk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDrmrEEOqcY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYToXMvmHo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13pcaaAw9c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pe7Jm_rc5U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeylDc8E9Pw http://www.brianwallchess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Nov 24 23:45:23 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:45:23 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] How is Tyler Hughes doing at UTD Dallas? Message-ID: <1259131523.4b0cd2837a47c@www.taom.com> http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9886/562 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Nov 26 19:15:21 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:15:21 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Curt Carlson on The Late Jeff Lawson-----Rest in Peace Message-ID: <1259288121.4b0f363908873@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson ----- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:38:36 -0800 From: Curt Carlson Reply-To: Curt Carlson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] The Late Jeff Lawson-----Rest in Peace To: Kenomaster Martin I don't remember getting burned by Jeff. For that matter, I don't even remember him smoking. Chris H. was who told me he died, in 1977, I think. Too bad about him. I heard about an incident where he was working at a restaurant when a gay male couple came in and put on a disgusting display of affection. He told them the next time they wanted to put on a show to go to the Broadmore (sp?) or something like that. They complained to the manager and he was fired! Not sure if any of this was true, but it's what I heard. How do you know he shot himself? There's no record of his death I can find at http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi. It's amazing how memories of chess can last for decades! Curt Carlson Internet chess A player and Comcast Installer ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenomaster Martin To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Late Jeff Lawson-----Rest in Peace I felt so sorry for the Late Jeff Lawson. You know the old saying, "If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!" That was the unlucky Jeff Lawson. He begged me to buy him a large cup of coffee at the old Denver Chess Club at the Downtown Ramada Inn, because he had no money at all---I did. I was Secretary of the old Denver Chess Club at the Ramada Inn when we sent a "Sorry and Regret" letter to Jeff's parents. He died of a shotgun wound by himself, not a bridge jump. Jeff's close friend, Harold "Queen" Linde tried to revive Jeff's weak career by getting him restaurant jobs and construction-assistant jobs without much success. That didn't work out too well, despite Linde's good-hearted efforts in Jeff's behalf. Poor Jeff had a lack of staying power. At the Chess House, near Denver Health, Jeff insisted on even 5 minute vs. 5 minute time settings against difficult opponents, so he could "think on his opponent's time!" Strange logic or illogic! At John Watson's Chess House, Jeff Lawson could be a dangerous opponent! A constant smoker, he burned Curtis' hand during a clocked game, and Curtis kept yelling, "Ouch! Ouch!" Remember?! Jeff Lawson----Requiem in Pacem. Martin Deschner, Internet Chess Expert -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below] ----- Forwarded message from Curt Carlson ----- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:38:36 -0800 From: Curt Carlson Reply-To: Curt Carlson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] The Late Jeff Lawson-----Rest in Peace To: Kenomaster Martin I don't remember getting burned by Jeff. For that matter, I don't even remember him smoking. Chris H. was who told me he died, in 1977, I think. Too bad about him. I heard about an incident where he was working at a restaurant when a gay male couple came in and put on a disgusting display of affection. He told them the next time they wanted to put on a show to go to the Broadmore (sp?) or something like that. They complained to the manager and he was fired! Not sure if any of this was true, but it's what I heard. How do you know he shot himself? There's no record of his death I can find at http://ssdi. rootsweb. ancestry. com/cgi-bin/ ssdi.cgi. It's amazing how memories of chess can last for decades! Curt Carlson Internet chess A player and Comcast Installer ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenomaster Martin To: BrianWallChess@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Late Jeff Lawson-----Rest in Peace I felt so sorry for the Late Jeff Lawson. You know the old saying, "If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all!" That was the unlucky Jeff Lawson. He begged me to buy him a large cup of coffee at the old Denver Chess Club at the Downtown Ramada Inn, because he had no money at all---I did. I was Secretary of the old Denver Chess Club at the Ramada Inn when we sent a "Sorry and Regret" letter to Jeff's parents. He died of a shotgun wound by himself, not a bridge jump. Jeff's close friend, Harold "Queen" Linde tried to revive Jeff's weak career by getting him restaurant jobs and construction- assistant jobs without much success. That didn't work out too well, despite Linde's good-hearted efforts in Jeff's behalf. Poor Jeff had a lack of staying power. At the Chess House, near Denver Health, Jeff insisted on even 5 minute vs. 5 minute time settings against difficult opponents, so he could "think on his opponent's time!" Strange logic or illogic! At John Watson's Chess House, Jeff Lawson could be a dangerous opponent! A constant smoker, he burned Curtis' hand during a clocked game, and Curtis kept yelling, "Ouch! Ouch!" Remember?! Jeff Lawson----Requiem in Pacem. Martin Deschner, Internet Chess Expert -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The videos were shown to me by Laurie Davies, Ann's collge age daughter From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Nov 27 23:41:47 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:41:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Goyathlay tries again to play my favorite variation Message-ID: <1259390507.4b10c62b7fba6@www.taom.com> Craig Thomson of NH has adopted my opening repertoire which is a big thrill for me. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.28"] [Round "-"] [White "kopaka"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1126"] [BlackElo "1079"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:22:24"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4? e5 2. Nf3? Nc6 3. Bb5? Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole, pure suicide for White if they know my name 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4 Craig gets closer to my favorite Fishing Pole line, given in Anthea's book, How To Play Chess Like An Animal 12. Qf3 Nd4 13. Qxb7 Re8 14. Bxe8 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Qxf2 16. Rxf2 Ng3+ 17. Kg1 Bxf2# 12. Bxc6 Nxf2!! It took me years when I started the Fishing Pole to prefer 12 ... Qg3!!!!! ( 13 Q:g4 hg! 14 Nc3 R:h3! ) in many variations over 12 ... N:f2!! or ... B:f2!! which also win. 13. Qf3 Nxh3+!! {White resigns} 0-1 4 different knight checks win the white Queen ------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.11.28"] [Round "-"] [White "kopaka"] [Black "Goyathlay"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1126"] [BlackElo "1079"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "01:22:24"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf5 d6 9. Nxg7+ Kf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qh4 12. Bxc6 Nxf2 13. Qf3 Nxh3+ {White resigns} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Nov 28 10:18:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:18:13 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Only 6 days left to bid on brand new Anthea Carson Mikhail Tal Painting!! Message-ID: <1259428693.4b115b550927a@www.taom.com> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230405006576&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123 --- On Sat, 11/28/09, anthea wrote: From: anthea Subject: [BrianWallChess] Mikhail Tal Painting To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 9:13 AM I have a new oil painting that I did of Mikhail Tal this week. It's a 16" by 20" oil. People can bid for it on this site http://cgi.ebay. com/ws/eBayISAPI .dll?ViewItem& item=23040500657 6&ssPageName= ADME:L:LCA: US:1123 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091128/3986c745/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 29 10:31:22 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:31:22 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] dana blogs chess Message-ID: <1259515882.4b12afea76d2b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from dana blogs chess ----- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:07:47 +0000 From: dana blogs chess Reply-To: dana blogs chess Subject: dana blogs chess To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com dana blogs chess /////////////////////////////////////////// Blogger vs. Blogger Posted: 28 Nov 2009 09:50 AM PST http://www.danamackenzie.com/blog/?p=736&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email Back in the old days of the Cold War, Mad magazine use to have a great cartoon called Spy vs. Spy. (Maybe they still do I havent looked at Mad for about 30 years.) The cartoon chronicled the never-ending escapades of two spies, the White Spy and the Black Spy, as each one would try to outwit the other. The great thing about it was that neither spy was right or wrong, and you couldnt really even tell what they were fighting for. They were just perfect mirror images. Unlike??Sylvester??vs. Tweety Bird, or Wile E. Coyote??vs. the Roadrunner, neither spy ever seemed to gain the advantage over the other. So, in that spirit, I would like to present to you Blogger vs. Blogger. Michael White Spy Aigner versus Dana Black Spy Mackenzie. Except there is one problem. In this rivalry, so far, I have been much more Sylvester and he has been much more Tweety Bird.?? (Fabric courtesy of my wife, Kay Mackenzie.) The first time I played Michael was in the Calchess Labor Day tournament in 1997, and I won. I remember thinking at the time, Wow, he was pretty good and hed probably be even better if he stopped playing 1. f4. Well, truer words were never spoken (or thought). Since then I dont think he has ever played 1. f4 against me, and he has never lost going into yesterday, he had beaten me six times and I had only managed one measly draw. He has beaten me every way possible. Hes beaten me in 19 moves, and hes beaten me in 90 moves. He has beaten me on time (twice!). Hes beaten me from positions where he was better, and beaten me from positions where he was worse. Doesnt matter! Yesterday I thought I might break my hex, but in the end it was the same story. After an opening that would be best not repeated, we got to the position below, where I came up with a bolt-from-the-blue shot: White to move. Up to this point Michael had been kind of pushing me around, and I think he got a little bit careless, thinking that White had no threats. But I surprised him with 17. Nxc4!, after which Black is lucky not to be losing. The game continued 17. bc (with e5 hanging, nothing else is any better) 18. Ba4+ Kf8 19. Rd8+ Kg7 20. f6+! (a key deflection) Kxf6 21. Rxh8 and White has won the exchange. Black can easily get it back with 21. Bg4+ 22. Kxg4 Rxh8, but I felt pretty good about this position because White has eliminated Blacks two bishops and I can continue with 23. Bd7 followed by 24. Rf1+. However, Michael played a really excellent move, 21. h5! Position after 21. h5! Black is willing to play an exchange down, because he anticipates having terrific piece play. One possible line for White is 22. Kg3, but now the computer says that Black is very close to equal after 22. Kg7! (I was actually worried about 22. h4+ because I thought my rook might be misplaced after 23. Rxh4, but Fritz says White has a big advantage here. The rook defends e4, which is important, and even if the rook gets chased to g4 and taken by Blacks bishop, White is still a pawn up.) A very unusual line is 22. Bd7 Bxd7! 23. Rxa8 Bg4+ 24. Kg3 Bxe2 25. Rxa6+ Kg7 (see diagram). Position after 25. Kg7 (analysis). This is a material balance I dont think Ive ever seen before two rooks and a pawn against three minor pieces! I felt that this position was far too risky for me. Three pieces are mating material, and Whites pawn on e4 looks weak. Fritz assesses the position as slightly better for White, which doesnt surprise me. It also doesnt surprise me that after 26. a4?, the move I would probably have played, its assessment switches to a big (0.8 pawn)??advantage for Black. That just shows how dangerous the position is. So, in the end, I decided to play 22. Rxc8 in the second diagrammed position, giving back the exchange to reach what I thought was a position where I had a slight advantage and no real chances to lose. The good news is, I think that all three aspects of this decision were correct that White probably didnt have anything better than 22. Rxc8 (except for the very risky line we just looked at), that 22. Rxc8 is risk-free and that it offers a very slight edge to White. The bad news is, I contrived to lose the game anyway. Thats how it??goes in Sylvester vs. Tweety Bird! So my lifetime record against Michael now goes to 1 win, 7 losses, and 1 draw. At least he is a gentleman you dont feel bad when you lose to him. Now I shall put this episode behind me, because I have four more games to play in the CalChess State Championship, and every opportunity still to have a good tournament. Share This -- You are subscribed to email updates from "dana blogs chess." To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=vjsOe_-uSg3AyoS2TdNYy-nDraY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091129/425ae7ff/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Nov 29 16:08:46 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:08:46 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole...again! Message-ID: <1259536126.4b12fefe47c2f@www.taom.com> Don't thank me, thank Al Gore BW ----- Forwarded message from Antonio Addivinola ----- Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:24:00 +0100 From: Antonio Addivinola Reply-To: Antonio Addivinola Subject: Fishing Pole...again! To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com It's not the usual order of moves, but the result is the same... Thanks Mr. Wall for your suggestions! Best regards Antonio Addivinola [Event "ChessCube Game"] [Site "www.chesscube.com"] [Date "2009.11.29"] [Round "-"] [White "dodana at chesscube.com"] [Black "xaddi at chesscube.com"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1742"] [BlackElo "1708"] [Time "20:00"] [TimeControl "20 min"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Ng4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Nh2 Qh4 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091129/ce583f3e/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 30 18:39:09 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:39:09 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] DC Gentle on Dana MacKensie's Queen sac Message-ID: <1259631549.4b1473bd279a4@www.taom.com> I mentioned Dana Mackensie's Queen sac at Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com and DC Gentle, a frequent contributor/refuter, did some heavyeight analysis with computers and a friend - You can pop the whole thing into an engine which is what Chris Peterson keeps asking me to do. BW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Dc Gentle ----- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:07:07 +0100 From: Dc Gentle Reply-To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Chess Improvement] Re: Dana MacKensie's Queen sac To: Cimp On Dana's website, that is http://www.danamackenzie.com/game1.htm you can find the commented version of the following game: [Event "Western States Open"] [Site "*"] [Date "2006.08.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Mackenzie, Dana"] [Black "Pruess, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B21"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Qxg4 Nxg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6+ Kc6 9. Bxg4 e6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Ncxe4 Qe7 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. d3 Raf8 16. Bf3+ Kd7 17. c3 Nd5 18. g3 h6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 b6 22. Bd2 Rf7 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bc3 Ke7 25. Be5 Qd7 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. d4 Kg6 29. g4 Rc8 30. c5 Qb5 31. Rxa7 Qd3 32. h4 h5 33. g5 Ne8 34. Kg2 b5 35. Re1 Kf5 36. Be4+ Qxe4+ 37. Rxe4 Kxe4 38. Ra5 Nc7 39. Bxg7 Kxf4 40. Be5+ Kg4 41. g6 Kxh4 42. g7 Rg8 43. Ra7 Nd5 44. Rf7 Ne3+ 45. Kf3 Ng4 46. c6 1-0 Dana comments on the queen sac at move 6 (quotation): "I first started playing this queen sacrifice in 2004, as a crazy experiment against Fritz, the computer chess program. After playing perhaps a hundred games with it over two years against the computer, I believe that the queen sacrifice is completely sound. It is far too complex, however, for an exhaustive analysis, which makes it an ideal weapon to play against the computer. This game proves that it works pretty well against humans, too!" Well, I can only say that a sacrifice of a queen at such an early stage of the game is most likely not sound in any way because I learned the hard way that even sacrificing a simple pawn in any gambit opening has only a chance of success if this sac is followed by a sustainable initiative. Dana however tries a positional game (11. a3) against the versatile queen, which may only deliver some chances if the opponent doesn't really know what to do. And if Dana thinks a hundred games against a computer will prove anything, she is wrong, because computers don't understand this opening, as you'll notice later. I showed the above game to Peter, my friend, who already helped me analysing the King's Gambit earlier this year. I claimed that Black will win but he said, ok, but only with a fight, and we started to send variants to each other. Both of us used computers and so we noticed where these engines went wrong. The reasons for the chess engines' failures are manifold: Because material balance is already gone at move 6, they have to find compensation by try and error during their search, and often they can't get deep enough to find anything, and then they don't really know how important either the initiative or the center is during the opening phase of the game. Many members of this group believe that the play of computers is almost perfect, but the following analysis will prove otherwise. All subvariants will start with inferior computer moves which are just blunders sometimes. As always with my analysis, you can copy and paste it into a PGN-Reader like Chessbase (light) or Fritz. __________________________ [Event "Analysis of the Budapest Gambit with reversed colors"] [Site "Chess Improvement"] [Date "2009.11.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Peter"] [Black "Dc Gentle"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [Annotator "Gentle,DC"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Qxg4 {This queen sacrifice is questionable if Black knows how to deal with it.} 6... Nxg4 7. Bxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6+ Kc6 9. Bxg4 {Black's next move is already decisive, because White has achieved a superior development, but only for the time being.} 9... e5 {! Usually Black plays 9... e6 here, but I felt this move is inferior. The text move attacks f4 and strengthens Black's influence over the center. Now White has to fight for a draw already.} 10. Nf7 Qe8 {Engines want to play 10... Nxh8.} 11. Nxe5+ {Because White is striving for the better development, it's not good to take rook h8, awkwardly placing the knight in the corner. Much better is it trying to keep the initiave by delivering check and maintaining the knight in the center.} (11. Nxh8 {is the move that most engines would play, not realizing that Black will get an easy game after this mistake.} 11... exf4 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Be2 {White has to retreat already.} 14... a6 15. d3 f3 16. gxf3 exd3 17. Bxd3 Qh5 {The strength of the black queen and the sorry state of the white kingsite will decide the outcome here.} 18. Be2 Bd6 19. f4 Qe8 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Bf3+ Kc7 22. Rad1 Rxh8 23. Be1 Qf5 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Rxd6 Qxc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27. Rg2 g6 28. Rg5 Qh3 29. Rg3 {White cannot annoy the agile queen.} 29... Qd7 30. Bf2 Qf5 31. Rg5 Qxf4 32. Rg3 Nh5 33. Be3 Qc4 34. Rgf3 Re8 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Re5 38. h3 Qe6 39. Bc1 Rf5 40. Kh2 Qc6 41. Rxf5 gxf5 42. Ne2 Qe4 43. Rf2 Qc2 44. Be3 Qxb2 45. Nd4 Qa3 46. Nxf5 c4 47. Kg2 Ng7 48. Bh6 Nxf5 49. Rxf5 Qxa2+ 50. Kf3 c3 51. Be3 c2 52. Rc5 Qb1 53. h4 a5 54. Rxa5 Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 c1=Q 57. Bxc1 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 Qc7+ 59. Kg4 Qxa5 {and Black will deliver checkmate in 12 moves. Did you see the queen hastening to and fro collecting white material?}) 11... Kc7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. O-O h5 {is the only move that prevents White from maintaining the initiative.} (13... Bxe5 {will be played by most engines. They underestimate the white chances in the center.} 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. d4 cxd4 {The black center pawns are weak and will soon fall.} 16. Nb5+ Kb6 17. Nd6 Qd8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Kc7 20. Rxd4 Raf8 21. Rxe4 {White now rules the center and has got no problems to improve his position.} 21... Kb8 22. Be3 Qe6 23. c4 Rd8 24. Re1 Ka8 25. Bf2 Rhf8 26. Rd4 Rd7 27. Rd5 Re7 28. b3 Rd7 29. a4 h5 30. Red1 Rfd8 31. a5 Kb8 {Black can only wait for the things to come.} 32. Rf1 Rg8 33. h3 a6 34. Bc5 Ka8 35. b4 Rdd8 36. b5 axb5 37. Nxb5 Rc8 38. Nd6 Rc6 39. Bd4 h4 40. Rf3 Rb8 41. Be3 Rd8 42. Rf1 Rh8 43. Rfd1 Rf8 44. Nb5 Qe7 45. Bb6 Kb8 46. e6 Rcc8 47. Na7 Rce8 48. Rd6 Qf6 49. Bd4 Qxd4+ 50. R1xd4 Kxa7 51. Rxh4 Re7 52. Rd7 Rfe8 53. Rxe7 Rxe7 54. Kf2 Re8 55. Rf4 {and Black can resign.}) 14. Bf5 Rf8 15. Bg6 Qe6 16. Nb5+ Kd8 (16... Kc8 {would be preferred by most engines, but is also a blunder because of} 17. Nf7 Qxg6 18. Nbxd6+ Kc7 19. f5 Qf6 20. d3 Kc6 21. Bg5 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 exd3 23. Rad1 Qxb2 24. Rxd3 Nd7 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. c4 b5 27. Rd2 Qb3 28. h3 bxc4 29. Re6 c3 30. Nc4+ Kb5 31. Rxd7 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Kxc4 33. Nd6+ Kb3 34. Rb7+ Ka2 35. Rxb1 Kxb1 36. Re3 {and draw.}) 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Nc6 20. c3 h4 21. d3 exd3 {Pawn d3 is White's worry already.} 22. f5 Qf6 23. Be6 Kc7 24. Bf4+ Kb6 {The black king has found a safe haven here and rook h8 is the last piece to be developed. White has lost any initiave by now.} 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. h3 g6 27. Rf2 {in order to double rooks on the d- or f-file.} 27... Ne5 28. Be3 gxf5 29. Bxf5 Nc4 30. Bf4 Qxf5 {! This move is not easy to find, but it's the only way to prevent a white fortress, as you can see from the variant starting with 30... d2 below. Of course White has got a discovered check now.} (30... d2 {preferred by most engines, this move tries to keep the biggest material advantage and doesn't realize the consequences.} 31. Bg4 Qe7 32. b3 Ne3 33. Re2 Rd3 34. c4 Ka5 35. Bf3 Rc3 36. Bxe3 Rxe3 37. Rdxd2 Kb4 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kh1 Rxe2 40. Rxe2 {By all these exchanges Black has lost any chance to win already.} 40... b6 41. Kg1 Qg7 42. Kh2 Ka3 43. Bd5 a5 44. Bf3 Qf6 45. Kh1 Kb4 46. Rc2 a4 47. bxa4 Qd4 48. Kh2 Ka3 49. Bd5 Kxa4 50. Re2 b5 51. Re4 Qd3 52. cxb5+ Ka3 53. Bc6 c4 54. Rxh4 c3 55. Be4 Qd6+ 56. g3 c2 57. Bxc2 Qd2+ 58. Kg1 Qc1+ 59. Bd1 Qxd1+ 60. Kf2 Qc2+ 61. Kf3 Qd3+ 62. Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Kf3 Qd5+ 64. Kf2 Qxa2+ 65. Kf3 Qb3+ 66. Kf2 Qb2+ 67. Kf3 Qc3+ 68. Kg2 Qd2+ 69. Kf3 Qd3+ 70. Kf2 Qf5+ {A lone queen, only miserably supported by the own king, cannot do much in this position.} 71. Kg2 Qd5+ 72. Kf2 Qxb5 {and draw according to the endgame tablebases.}) 31. Bc7+ {winning Black's queen, but not without conceding own material.} 31... Kxc7 32. Rxf5 Ne3 {A nice fork winning a rook.} 33. Rxc5+ {White will sacrifice a rook in order to get pawn d3 and to get further chances to build a fortress.} (33. Rf7+ {is the move that would be played by most engines ending the game rather quickly:} 33... Kc8 34. Rd2 Nc4 35. Rd1 Nxb2 36. Rd2 Nc4 37. Rd1 d2 38. Rf2 b5 39. Kf1 Ne3+ 40. Ke2 Nxd1 41. Kxd1 Rd3 42. Rf4 Rxc3 43. Rxh4 Rd3 44. Rf4 c4 45. h4 c3 46. Rf8+ Kd7 47. Rf1 b4 48. Kc2 Rd5 49. Rh1 Re5 50. Rd1 Re1 51. h5 Rxd1 52. Kxd1 Ke6 53. h6 Kf7 54. Kc2 Kg6 55. h7 Kxh7 56. g4 a5 {and the strong pawn phalanx will win the game for Black.}) 33... Kb6 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxd3 Nf5 36. Kf2 Rf8 37. Rf3 Kc5 38. Rf4 b6 {Advancing the queensite pawns is Black's key idea to win this ending.} (38... Kd5 {The following engine variant displays the inability of even top engines to realize the conditions that Black has to avoid if he wants to win:} 39. Kf3 b6 40. Ra4 Rf7 41. Re4 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nc2+ 43. Kd3 Rf2 44. c4+ Kd6 45. Kc3 Rxg2 46. b4 Na3 47. Rxh4 Rg3+ 48. Kd2 a5 49. Rh6+ Kc7 50. Rh7+ Kc8 51. Rh8+ Kd7 52. Rh7+ Kd8 53. Rh8+ Ke7 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. c5 {Black must prevent the white queensite pawns from marching but engines don't see this.} 55... Nc4+ 56. Kc2 axb4 57. cxb6 {Now the black pawn b4 is weak.} 57... Rc3+ 58. Kb1 Nxb6 59. Rb7 Rc6 60. h4 Kf8 61. Rb8+ Ke7 62. h5 Kd7 63. Rg8 Rc4 64. Rg3 Rh4 65. a3 bxa3 66. Rxa3 Rxh5 {and draw according to the EGTBs.}) 39. Kf3 Rf7 40. Ke4 Nd6+ 41. Kf3 Rh7 42. Rd4 a5 {This move is also missed by most engines.} 43. Rg4 Kd5 44. Rg5+ Ke6 45. Rg6+ Ke5 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Rg4 Rf7 48. Ke2 Nf5 {Black only waits fo the chance to invade the white camp.} 49. Kf3 Rf8 50. Rc4 b5 51. Rg4 Ke5 (51... Rd8 {would be wrong:} 52. a4 {It's Black who should advance to a4, not White.} 52... Rd2 53. b4 Rd3+ 54. Ke2 Re3+ 55. Kf2 axb4 56. Rxb4 bxa4 57. Rxa4 {Again all black queenside pawns have vanished and White will survive:} 57... Rxc3 58. Rf4 Rb3 59. Re4 Ra3 60. Rf4 Ke5 61. Rc4 Nd4 62. Rc7 Kf4 63. Rc4 Ra2+ 64. Kg1 Ke4 65. Rc8 Rb2 66. Re8+ Kf4 67. Rc8 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke5 69. Kh2 Ra2 70. Re8+ {Although Black has got a knight against White's surplus pawn, it's a draw because the white fortress will hold. If one side has less material, often the only way to defend a draw is to set up a fortress, although current engines don't "know" what a fortress is after all.}) 52. Re4+ Kd5 53. Rg4 a4 54. Rf4 Rf7 55. Rb4 Nd6+ 56. Ke2 Rg7 57. Kf2 Rh7 58. Rg4 Ne4+ {Finally the time is ripe to invade.} 59. Kf3 Rf7+ 60. Ke3 Re7 61. Kf3 a3 {The white queensite pawns are doomed.} 62. bxa3 Nxc3 63. Rxh4 Ra7 64. g4 Rxa3 65. Rh8 Nxa2+ 66. Kf4 b4 {The b-pawn will decide the day.} 67. g5 b3 68. g6 Ra7 69. Rb8 Kc4 70. Kf5 Ra8 71. Rb7 Nb4 72. Rc7+ Kd4 73. Rc1 b2 74. Rb1 Kc3 75. g7 Nd5 76. h4 Ne7+ 77. Ke6 Ng8 78. Kf7 Kc2 79. Re1 b1=Q 80. Rxb1 Kxb1 {and Black will win in 15 moves according to the EGTBs:} 81. Kg6 Kc2 82. Kg5 Kc3 83. Kf5 Kd4 84. Kg4 Ra7 85. Kg5 Rxg7+ 86. Kf5 Rg1 87. Kf4 Rf1+ 88. Kg3 Nf6 89. Kg2 Rf4 90. Kg1 Ke4 91. Kg2 Nh5 92. Kg1 Ke3 93. Kh2 Kf2 94. Kh3 Kf1 95. Kh2 Rxh4# 0-1 ____________________ Have fun, DC From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 30 19:50:13 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:50:13 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wow! Message-ID: <1259635813.4b1484657a964@www.taom.com> World Cup, Round 5 Everyone knows I have been a huge Shirov fan for 10 years. After the opening Shirov and Svidler surprised me with one wow move after another. Somehow Svidler survive the onslaught and maintained all his positional trumps. Each move was a surprise. [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.11.30"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Shirov,A"] [Black "Svidler,P"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2754"] [ChessCat "CHESSCAT 1.0"] [ECO "D86"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [PlyCount "72"] [WhiteElo "2719"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Be5! 13.Bg3 26 minutes spent by my hero Shirov Played once before, 13 B:e5!!! played 5 times starting 30 years ago No one has tried Rybka's 13 Qd2!! B:f4 14 N:f4! or 14 g3! 13 ... Bxg3!! TN Svidler An improvement over 13 ... cd 14 cd! played once 15 years ago 14.hxg3 Rybka thinks 14 fg, N:g3 or hg are roughly equivalent with an equal game 14 ... e5 23 minutes spent by 4 time Russian champ Svidler 15 d5!! looks natural to me but Shirov doesn't do that 15.Bd5! Be6 15 ... Ne7 or ... Bg4 are also equal They have used about half an hour each so far. 16.dxe5 16 B:e6 fe is also about equal 16 ... Bxd5 16 ... N:e5! is good 17.exd5! Nxe5! 18.c4! a6! 19.Re1! 18 minutes spent by Shirov 19 a4!! is natural 19 ... b5!! 14 minutes spent by Svidler 20.cxb5! axb5! 21.Nc3! The game has stayed even so far but now things get wild. 21 ... c4!? 22.Qd4!? 20 minutes spent by Tal's young pupil Shirov Shirov didn't think he could convert his microedge pawn after 22 N:b5! Qc5 ( or ... Qa5, ... Qb6, ... Qd7 or ... Qd7 ) 23 R:e5 Q:b5 24 Qe2 Rac8 25 Qf3 Qc5 27 ... Nd3!! 23.Ne4! Of course Shirov is not going to play 23 N:b5!! with compensation for the exchange when he rejected that one move ago in better circumstances. 23 ... Qa7!! rejecting a draw with 23 ... N:e1! 24 Nf6+ Kf8 25 N:h7+ Kg8 26 Nf6+ 24.Nf6+! --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Qc3! gave more comp for the inevitable exchange loss. The position lends itself to Wow! potential because there are so many options before Svidler just takes a Rook. 24 Qc3 Qa3 25 Qd4 Qf8 26 g4 N:c1 27 R:c1 and Shirov is still throwing punches after 27 ... R:a2 28 Nf6+ Kh8 29 g5 or 27 ... Ra6 28 a4! ------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Qc3 f5 25 Nf6+ only move Kf7! 26 N:h7 only move Q:f2+ 27 Kh2 Qb2!! 28 Ng5+ Kg8 forces a favorable ending for Petar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 ... Kh8! 25.Qh4 only move Kg7! 26.Re3 14 minutes spent by Shirov, leaving 7 for move 40 26 Nh5+ Kf8!! 27 Re3! N:c1? 28 Qf6! draws but 26 Nh5+ Kf8!! 27 Re3! Rd6!! preventing Qf6 wins 26 ... Rd6!! Only winning move 10 minutes spent by Svidler, leaving 19 for move 40 27.Rf3! h6! It's hard to follow all this - material is now even but Svidler is winning on coodination - ... Ne5 is one threat, overloading the Rook on f3 28.Ne4 Rxd5 28 ... g5!! or ... Ra6! also work 29.Qf6+! Kg8! Time until move 40 Shirov - 4 minutes Svidler - 18 minutes GM Svidler is a pawn up, good harmony, weak a-pawn, nice d3-Knight, possibly two connected passed pawns, more time. 30.Rc3? Ne5!! 31.Rf4! Qxa2! 32.Kh2! Qe2 33.Qh4 Ra6! 34.g4? g5!! 35.Nxg5 hxg5! 36.Qxg5+! Rg6! 0-1 What happened this game? Rather than accept the better of a draw Shirov went for complications, as is his nature. It seems that while Shirov was whipping up a batch of confusion stew for 20 minutes, Svidler was on the same page, defending quickly and well. Svidler ignored the hanging Rooks and focussed on activating and centralizing his pieces. Eventually Shirov's attack ran out of gas, leaving Svidler with the powerful formation - b5-c4-Nd3. There was no time or tricks left for Alexei and his position collapsed. For me each move was an unexpected shock. Exciting to watch. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2009.11.30"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Shirov,A"] [Black "Svidler,P"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2754"] [ChessCat "CHESSCAT 1.0"] [ECO "D86"] [EventDate "2009.11.21"] [PlyCount "72"] [WhiteElo "2719"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.Bf4 Be5 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 e5 15.Bd5 Be6 16.dxe5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nxe5 18.c4 a6 19.Re1 b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nc3 c4 22.Qd4 Nd3 23.Ne4 Qa7 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Qh4 Kg7 26.Re3 Rd6 27.Rf3 h6 28.Ne4 Rxd5 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Rc3 Ne5 31.Rf4 Qxa2 32.Kh2 Qe2 33.Qh4 Ra6 34.g4 g5 35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Qxg5+ Rg6 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The only other game with 13 Bg3 [Event "Oberliga Nord O 9394"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Albrecht, Rainer"] [Black "Trenner, Rolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2285"] [BlackElo "2285"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1993.10.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Rbc1 Qd6 20. Qb5 Bxg3 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. Qg8+ Kh6 23. Qf8+ Kg5 24. fxg3 e5 25. h4+ Kh5 26. Bd5 Qb6 27. Kh2 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 30 21:34:36 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:34:36 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Laznicka-Mamedyarov World Cup, Round 5 Message-ID: <1259642076.4b149cdc05e22@www.taom.com> I chose this game because of the amusing finish Game/90 30 second increment World Cup Round 5 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.30"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Laznicka"] [Black "GM_Mamedyarov"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"] [ECO "D38"] [NIC "NI.27"] [Time "04:56:07"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3! TN Laznicka Theoretical Novelty by GM Laznicka. 10 Bd3!!, Rd1 or 0-0-0!? have been played before. 10 Be2! or b4! are decent untried moves. 10 ... h6! 11. cxd5 Maintaining the tension with 11 Bd3 or Be2 is better 11 ... exd5 12. Bd3! Bd7! 13. b4 Na7 It's amusing that Nc6, blocking the c-pawn, is often followed up by moving the Knight later, leaving me wondering why they went there in the first place. Another plan is connecting the Rooks with 13 ... Be6 14 0-0 Qd7 making me wonder why Black played ... Bd7 14. Na4 b6 Freeing the bad Bishop with 14 ... B:a4 or ... Bb5 is logical 15. Nc3 Nb5! Freeing the bad Knight instead 16. Ne2! Ne4! 17. a4! Na7! 18. O-O! Nc6! 19. b5! axb5! 20. axb5! Nxd2! 21. Qxd2! Nb4! 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3! Be6 Mamedyarov has two Bishops against two Knights 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6! Knights gravitate towards their only outpost - Azerbajain GM Mamedyarov works around it 25 ... Qd7! 26. f3 Qf7 27. f4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1! Bd7 Looks even to me - the minor pieces don't have much scope yet Time remaining Mamedyarov - 20 minutes Laznicka - 10 minutes plus 30 second increment 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4!! This move becomes very important later 31. Kg1! g6! 32. Re2 Kg7 Cozy 33. Qb1! Bf5! 34. Qd1! Qe6! 35. Qd2! Mamedyarov has a slight advantage in position and time. Time - Mamedyarov - 12 minutes Laznicka - 3 minutes plus 30 second increment "A child comes to me with a spark of interest. I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze." - Cus D'Amato, legendary boxing trainer of Floyd Patterson and Mike Tyson 35 ... Ra8 36. Re1! Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39. Ra2! Bb1 Creeping in 40. Nxb1 Rxb1+! Winning 41. Kh2! Bc1!! The rest of the game is crashing through on the bank rank plus e3-f4 42. Qe1! Qe4!!! 42 ... Q:e3!! also works but the Azeri wants a middle game victory 43. Ra7! Qxf4+!! 44 ef B:f4+! 45 g3 hg+! simultaneously attacks and guards everything 46 Q:g3 Rb2+ 47 Kg2 B:g3 winning ending two pawns up Time - Mamedyarov - 18 minutes Laznicka - 8 minutes plus 30 second increment 44. Kh1? Qf2 Cute. 44 ... Qe4!! is the most deadly 45. Rxc7+? Even GMs can't resist losing check-captures 45 Q:f2 B:e3+! 46 Qg1 R:g1+ 47 Kh2 Kh6 48 Ra2 is just a lost ending 45 ... Kh6!! Now 46 Q:f2 B:e3+ 47 Qg1 R:g1+ 48 Kh2 Rb1! Laznicka loses his c7-Rook due to mate threats combined with ... Bf4+ 46. Qd1 Qe2 Mamedyarov again chooses the cutest move over the most deadly - 46 ... Qb2!!!!, ... Rb2!!!, ... Qa2!! 47. Qg1! ( only move to avoid immediate checkmate ) Qxe3!! The posiiton is full of fun since 41 ... Bc1!!, Laznicka won't sleep tonight. The idea is 48 Q:e3? B:e3+ 49 Kh2 Bg1+ 50 Kh1 Bf2+ 51 Kh2 Bg3 checkmate 48. Qf1 gets mated but 48 Qd1 Qe2 49 Qg1 Qb2 50 Re7 Bd2 is lights out with many other wins possible 48 ... Qf4 48 ... Qe4!! mates 49. Qd3 49 Qd1 allows the mundane 49 ... Q:c7!!! mating or the fun 49 ... Qh2+! 50 K:h2 Bf4+ 51 g3 hg+ 52 Kg2 Rb2+!!! and Laznicka has to give up Queen and Rook to avoid checkmate Only the hopeless and depressing Rook down 49 Qg1 Q:c7 avoids immediate checkmate 49 ... Ra1 49 ... Qg3!!! or ... Qd2!! mate {Black wins} 0-1 Again the only way to avoid checkmate is the hopeless 50 Qd1 Q:c7 winning a Rook so Laznicka resigns. The last 10 moves were pure torture. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.11.30"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Laznicka"] [Black "GM_Mamedyarov"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Opening "QGD: Ragozin variation"] [ECO "D38"] [NIC "NI.27"] [Time "04:56:07"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. b4 Na7 14. Na4 b6 15. Nc3 Nb5 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. a4 Na7 18. O-O Nc6 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Nb4 22. Nc3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Be6 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Qd7 26. f3 Qf7 27. f4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd7 29. Ra2 h5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Kg1 g6 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Qb1 Bf5 34. Qd1 Qe6 35. Qd2 Ra8 36. Re1 Ra3 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Ra1 Ba3 39. Ra2 Bb1 40. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Kh2 Bc1 42. Qe1 Qe4 43. Ra7 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Rxc7+ Kh6 46. Qd1 Qe2 47. Qg1 Qxe3 48. Qf1 Qf4 49. Qd3 Ra1 {Black wins} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- American GMs often give each other money draws in later rounds or courtesy draws in earlier rounds. [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Seattle"] [Date "2003.01.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"] [Black "Goldin, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2621"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2003.01.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.04.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 1/2-1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Sitges op 29th"] [Site "Sitges"] [Date "2003.07.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Borges Mateos, Juan"] [Black "Mitkov, Nikola"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2441"] [BlackElo "2552"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2003.07.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.09.04"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 Re8 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qc2 a6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. h3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. e4 Ng6 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Qd1 Nhf4 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. Be3 Nf8 20. Kh2 g5 21. g3 N4g6 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Be2 Qg6 24. Bg4 Bc8 25. Rc1 Nh7 26. Na4 Nf6 27. Bxc8 Rexc8 28. Qf3 Nd7 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 f5 31. exf5 Nxf5 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. Ne4 Rf7 34. h4 Raf8 35. hxg5 Bxc5 36. Rxc5 Nd4 37. Kg2 h5 38. Qd1 Nf3 39. Nf6+ Rxf6 40. gxf6 Nxe1+ 41. Qxe1 Qxf6 42. Rxc7 Qd6 43. Qc1 Qxd5+ 44. Kg1 Rf5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Zwesten op 8th"] [Site "Bad Zwesten"] [Date "2004.01.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Donchenko, Anatoly G"] [Black "Luther, Thomas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2580"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2004.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.03.10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bf5 17. Bd3 b5 18. c5 b4 19. Nd2 Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 bxa3 22. cxd6 Ne5 23. Qd5 Qd7 24. b3 Rb8 25. Ka2 Rb5 26. Bc5 Nc6 27. Kxa3 Re5 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. d7 Qxc5+ 30. Ka2 Ra5+ 31. Kb1 Ra1+ 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20091130/6518ca44/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Nov 30 23:14:34 2009 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:14:34 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Another Full Metal Jacket, Game/one minute Message-ID: <1259648074.4b14b44ae99ae@www.taom.com> The faster the time control the shorter I have to wait for a Full Metal Jacket. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.12.01"] [Round "-"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1842"] [BlackElo "1834"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:38:56"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kc3 Qc6+ 8. Kb3? I've been waiting for this mistake for years 8 ... Qb6+!! 9. Kc3 forced to avoid checkmate Qb4+! 10. Kd3! Qxe4+?= 10 ... de+!! or ... Bc5! are strong 10 ... de+ 11 Ke2 Qb5+ 12 Ke1 Q:e5 with a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) and a safer King for the Knight 11. Kd2 Bc5 I can go back to checking ChristosP all over the world again with 11 ... Qf4+! - 11 ... f6! is also OK 12. Qe2 Qd4+ 13. Ke1! Nh6 14. Nf3! Qb4+ 15. c3 Qb6! I've messed this up but it's a bullet game and I have a 5 second advantage. 16. b4! Be7! 17. Be3! Qg6 18. Nh4! Hanging a piece 18 ... Qe6? 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nbd2 d6 21. Bxh6 Qxh6! Still with a Full metal jacket and safer King for the Knight, more than enough compensation 22. Kf2 dxe5 Activating a Rook with 22 ... a5!! or ... Re8! is best 23. Qxe5! Bf6! 24. Qxd5 Bxc3 25. Ne4 Qb6+!! with 15 seconds to his 10 26. Kg3 Bxa1! 27. Bd3 Be6 28. Nf6+? ChristosP starts to throw away pieces to win on time 28 ... Bxf6! 29. Qh5 Qd6+!! 30. Kf2! g6 I could just take the Bishop 31. Qxh7+? Kxh7! 32. Ng5+? Kg7 I could just take the Knight Time - Brian - 7 seconds ChristosP - 4 seconds 33. h4 Bxg5! 33 ... Qd4+!! or ... Qf4+!! or ... Q:d3! also mate 34. hxg5 Qxd3 34 ... Qf4+!! mates 35. Rh7+? Brian - 6 seconds ChristosP - 3 seconds 35 ... Kxh7! mates 36. g3 Kg7 There are 9 faster mates 37. Kg2! Bd5+! 38. Kf2! Rae8!! 39. Kg1! Re2!! 40. g4 Qg3+ There are two faster checkmates. I had 1.9 seconds left. {White forfeits on time} 0-1 Maybe I will remember what to do after 8 Kb3? next time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.12.01"] [Round "-"] [White "christosP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1842"] [BlackElo "1834"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "00:38:56"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kc3 Qc6+ 8. Kb3 Qb6+ 9. Kc3 Qb4+ 10. Kd3 Qxe4+ 11. Kd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qd4+ 13. Ke1 Nh6 14. Nf3 Qb4+ 15. c3 Qb6 16. b4 Be7 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nbd2 d6 21. Bxh6 Qxh6 22. Kf2 dxe5 23. Qxe5 Bf6 24. Qxd5 Bxc3 25. Ne4 Qb6+ 26. Kg3 Bxa1 27. Bd3 Be6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qh5 Qd6+ 30. Kf2 g6 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Ng5+ Kg7 33. h4 Bxg5 34. hxg5 Qxd3 35. Rh7+ Kxh7 36. g3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Bd5+ 38. Kf2 Rae8 39. Kg1 Re2 40. g4 Qg3+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------