[BrianWall-ChessList] Jackson Chen

Sun Nov 1 02:01:39 MST 2009

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.
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[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

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