[BrianWall-ChessList] 10 move Fishing Pole by my biggest opening fan, Craig Thomson of NH
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Thu Nov 19 13:07:10 MST 2009
[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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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[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
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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)
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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.
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[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
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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)
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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.
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[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
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