From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 2 08:51:14 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 08:51:14 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship Message-ID: <1262447474.4b3f6b72464b2@www.taom.com> 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship Sunday 7 PM Colorado time double round robin ICC eligible - anyone who ever lived in Colorado ---------------------------------------------------------------- This was David King's idea ( PretzelAttack ) We tried to play a match Friday for practice but my provisional rating was too low ( 674 ). There are two forms of bullet - you can press 1 and enter and you will be matched up automatically - my one minute rating is 2007. You can also challenge someone to a bullet game - my bullet rating is 2003. David King had his parameters set to play no one under 2,000 so I endeavored to reach 2,000 in both one minute and bullet. My last game to achieve this feat, as fate would have it, was a Full Metal jacket. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "-"] [White "damm"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1818"] [BlackElo "2003"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "09:34:43"] [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+? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone knows or should know I invented this 6 years ago in Josh Bloomer's basement while he slept peacefully. What they don't know is I have screwed this position up every time I've reached it. The e-pawn is very tempting but 10 ... Bc5!! is best as I must have analyzed many times. 10 .. Bc5!! 11 c4 Q:c4+ 12 Kd2 Qb4+!! 13 Kc2 B:g1!! 14 R:g1 Qc5+ 15 Nc3! and now 15 ... Q:g1? 16 N:d5!! gives good counterplay but 15 Nc3 d4!! paradoxically blocking the g1-c5 diagonal or 15 Nc3 Ne7! are good for me 10 .. Bc5!! 11 c4 Q:c4+ 12 Kd2 Qb4+!! 13 Nc3 d4 followed in most cases by 14 ... dc+! is even better for me 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 de+!!! 12 Ke2 d5!!! with threats like ... Bg4+, ... B:g1, ... Ne7- sample 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 de+!!! 12 Ke2 ( anything else gets mated ) d5!!! 13 a3 Qb6 14 Nd5 Bg4+ 15 Nf3 Qc6!! 16 c4 0-0-0!! 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 Qd4+!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+ 13 Kd3 de+ 14 K:e4? d5+!! mates 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 Qd4+!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+ 13 Kd3 de+ 14 N:e4? Qd4+ mates 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 Qd4+!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+ 13 Kd3 de+ 14 Kc4! d6 or ... d5 is good for me 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Qf3 B:g1!! and if 12 R:g1 Qc4+ wins back the Rook 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Qf2 B:g1!! 12 ed Qd4+ 13 Ke2 Ne7!! 14 Nc3 0-0!! among other is strong Instead of 10 Kd3 Bc5!! I also had 10 Kd3 de+! 11 Ke2 Qb5+ 12 Ke1 Q:e5 which is the line I thought I was entering. In this case my pawn is much stronger on e4 instead of d5 shielding the e-file which makes it harder for White to trade Queens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Kd2! Qxe5 An interesting decision - I can keep checking White around the world for a draw or play 11 ... f6. 12. Qe2 d6 13. Qxe5+? 13 Nf3! is a better way to force a trade 13 ... dxe5! I have a healthy Full Metal Jacket ( original set of pawns ) for my Knight now. 14. Nf3 f6 15. Bb5+ My son likes this pointless check but he's only 10. 15 ... c6! 16. Ba4 Be6 17. c4 dxc4 I have twice as many pawns as White 18. Nc3 O-O-O+ 19. Kc2 b5! Winning my piece back in a bullet game is fine but 19 ... B:f5+!! wins a piece much cleaner 20. Nxb5! cxb5! 21. Bxb5! Ne7 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. Be3 Nc6 23 ... Nd5!!! is more forcing 24. Rac1 Nb4+ 25. Kb1! Nxa6! A piece and two pawns up 26. Rhe1 Bc5! 27. Bxc5 Nxc5! 28. Nd2 Nd3 Adding another exchange but 28 ... R:d2!!! or ... Bf5+!! win a third piece 29. Nxc4 Nxe1!! 30. Rxe1! Bxc4! {White resigns} 0-1 Thus my bullet rating reached 2,000+ and David King can no longer avoid me. Steve Towbin ( 40ish ), Tyler Hughes ( 19 ), Richard Herbst ( 17-18 ish ), Josh Smith ( 30ish )and 10 year old Ryan Swerdlin might join us. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "-"] [White "damm"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1818"] [BlackElo "2003"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "09:34:43"] [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 Qxe5 12. Qe2 d6 13. Qxe5+ dxe5 14. Nf3 f6 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Ba4 Be6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nc3 O-O-O+ 19. Kc2 b5 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Ne7 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. Be3 Nc6 24. Rac1 Nb4+ 25. Kb1 Nxa6 26. Rhe1 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nd2 Nd3 29. Nxc4 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxc4 {White resigns} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for damm On for: 36 Idle: 0 damm is currently involved in a match against tubbie-toetje. rating [need] win loss draw total best Crazyhouse 1492 [6] 1 3 0 4 Bullet 1812 3534 4112 405 8051 2083 (05-Nov-2009) Blitz 1812 189 180 23 392 2009 (13-Sep-2008) Standard 1577 [5] 7 3 1 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for damm On for: 36 Idle: 0 damm is currently involved in a match against tubbie-toetje. rating [need] win loss draw total best Crazyhouse 1492 [6] 1 3 0 4 Bullet 1812 3534 4112 405 8051 2083 (05-Nov-2009) Blitz 1812 189 180 23 392 2009 (13-Sep-2008) Standard 1577 [5] 7 3 1 11 Statistics for B-Wall On for: 2:23 Idle: 0 B-Wall is currently examining game 1334: continuation. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 718 [6] 0 4 0 4 Loser's 812 [4] 0 8 0 8 Crazyhouse 1483 13 16 0 29 1530 (30-Dec-2009) Bullet 2003 87 27 4 118 2012 (02-Jan-2010) Blitz 2042 [6] 824 478 140 1442 2459 (09-Mar-2009) 5-minute 2095 [5] 674 621 168 1463 2369 (01-Sep-2009) 1-minute 2007 2920 2774 256 5950 2136 (26-Dec-2009) 1: Life Master Brian Wall 30 years 2: How to Play Chess Like An Animal - Amazon.com, Borders over 2,000 sold 3: Youtube videos - Fishing Pole First Blood 1,000 views 4: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com free Chess email list ( 650 ) with pictures 5: http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist free email list ( 350 ) 6: http://chessville.com/Wall/index.htm Off the Wall Chess column for www.Chessville.com 7: ICC interview with IM John Watson Feb 3, 2009 archived 8: friends - Checkmates, Karagianis 9: www.BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 2 16:02:19 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:02:19 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Timofeev - Khismatullin Message-ID: <1262473339.4b3fd07be687d@www.taom.com> I analyzed this game in an email and now I see GM Larry Christiansen has done the same for his ICC attacking video of the week plus Karsten Mueller has done the same for Chessbase magazine. All of us Chess writers sift through the top tournaments looking for gems. It makes me feel like Lois Lane or Jimmy Olsen looking for a big scoop. I get tired of covering the same games as the World press so I look for local games or whatever I can find. If I annotate my own games I can throw in personal anecdotes and emotions. Eventually I get bored with those too so I go back to the Super tournmants but I have to hurry - if I spot someone else's analysis a Chess email by Brian seems superfluous. And so it goes, around and around, back and forth between 1400 games and 2800 games. This was the supercool double Rook sac for a pawn wave game. [Event "Russian Superfinal"] [Site "Moscow central Chess Club"] [Date "2009.12.24" ] [Round "5"] [White "GM_Timofeev" ] [Black "GM_Khismatullin" ] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"] [ECO "B52"] [NIC "SI.01"] [Time "06:53:50"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Kf1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rb1 a5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Kd2 Kf7 25. Kc2 g5 26. Nd5 h5 27. Ne3 h4 28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Rbd1 Rdc8 30. Rf1 Rb6 31. Rb1 Rbc6 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Kc3 Nc5 34. Nd5 Ne6 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb6 38. Rfd1 Ra8 39. Rd5 Nc7 40. Rb5 Nxb5+ 41. axb5 Ke8 42. Ra1 e6 43. Ne3 d5 44. exd5 Rd6 45. c5 Rdd8 46. Kd4 Rac8 47. Rxa5 e5+ 48. Kc4 b6 49. b4 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ra8 51. a6 e4 52. fxe4 Kd7 53. Nf5 Re8 54. c6+ Kd8 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kc5 f5 57. exf5 Re2 58. Nb7+ Ke8 59. d6 Rxg2 60. d7+ Ke7 61. f6+ Kxf6 62. c7 {White wins} 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 2 19:52:11 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:52:11 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Full Metal Jacket followup Message-ID: <1262487131.4b40065b7b8bd@www.taom.com> In slow Chess I have waited years for a Full Metal Jacket to appear. In blitz I have to wait months, suffering an endless diet of Badgers and Two Knights Tangos. In bullet I only have to wait weeks or days. Yesterday I did an email on [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.02" ] [Round "-"] [White "damm"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1818"] [BlackElo "2003"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "09:34:43"] [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 Qxe5 12. Qe2 d6 13. Qxe5+ dxe5 14. Nf3 f6 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Ba4 Be6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nc3 O-O-O+ 19. Kc2 b5 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Ne7 22. Ba6+ Kb8 23. Be3 Nc6 24. Rac1 Nb4+ 25. Kb1 Nxa6 26. Rhe1 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nd2 Nd3 29. Nxc4 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxc4 {White resigns} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- with analysis on move 10 as follows ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone knows or should know I invented this 6 years ago in Josh Bloomer's basement while he slept peacefully. What they don't know is I have screwed this position up every time I've reached it. The e-pawn is very tempting but 10 ... Bc5!! is best as I must have analyzed many times. 10 .. Bc5!! 11 c4 Q:c4+ 12 Kd2 Qb4+!! 13 Kc2 B:g1!! 14 R:g1 Qc5+ 15 Nc3! and now 15 ... Q:g1? 16 N:d5!! gives good counterplay but 15 Nc3 d4!! paradoxically blocking the g1-c5 diagonal or 15 Nc3 Ne7! are good for me 10 .. Bc5!! 11 c4 Q:c4+ 12 Kd2 Qb4+!! 13 Nc3 d4 followed in most cases by 14 ... dc+! is even better for me 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 de+!!! 12 Ke2 d5!!! with threats like ... Bg4+, ... B:g1, ... Ne7- sample 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 de+!!! 12 Ke2 ( anything else gets mated ) d5!!! 13 a3 Qb6 14 Nd5 Bg4+ 15 Nf3 Qc6!! 16 c4 0-0-0!! 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 Qd4+!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+ 13 Kd3 de+ 14 K:e4? d5+!! mates 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 Qd4+!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+ 13 Kd3 de+ 14 N:e4? Qd4+ mates 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Nc3 Qd4+!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+ 13 Kd3 de+ 14 Kc4! d6 or ... d5 is good for me 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Qf3 B:g1!! and if 12 R:g1 Qc4+ wins back the Rook 10 .. Bc5!! 11 Qf2 B:g1!! 12 ed Qd4+ 13 Ke2 Ne7!! 14 Nc3 0-0!! among other is strong Instead of 10 Kd3 Bc5!! I also had 10 Kd3 de+! 11 Ke2 Qb5+ 12 Ke1 Q:e5 which is the line I thought I was entering. In this case my pawn is much stronger on e4 instead of d5 shielding the e-file which makes it harder for White to trade Queens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ So today, just 3 games later, which seems like a miracle, I walk right into this analysis again. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Mpiyav"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2092"] [BlackElo "1989"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "18:40:37"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5!! Full Metal Jacket. Ironically I sometimes have White in this position but no one in the world but me plays 4 ... ed!! 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kc3 Qc6+ 8. Kb3? Trying to escape the perpetual leads to loss but a true blitz player would rather lose and learn than end the game quickly. 8 ... Qb6+ 9. Kc3 Qb4+ 10. Kd3 Bc5!! 11. Qg4 11 seconds spent on this move I sat there stunned for 25 seconds before remembering it was a bullet game. I had analyzed 11 Qf3 B:g1!! 12 R:g1 Qc4+! yesterday with the idea of 13 ... Qc5+ or ... Qd4+ next followed by 14 ... Q:g1 but 11 Qg4 ruins that idea - 11 Qg4!? B:g1?? 12 Q:g7?? Qf2+ 13 Kd1 Q:f1+ 14 Kd2 Qf2+ 15 Kd1 de!! 16 Q:h8 Qf1+ 17 Kd2 Q:g2+ 18 Kd1 d5!! is very convincing. If Mpiyav goes up top with 11 Qg4!? B:g1?? 12 Q:g7?? Qf2+ 13 Kd3 Q:f1+ 14 Kc3 d4+! 15 Kb3 d6!! 16 Q:h8 Be6+ mates The reason 11 Qg4!? B:g1?? doesn't work is 12 R:g1!! Qc4+ 13 Kd2 Qd4+ 14 Ke1 Q:g1 15 Q:g7 and White is better. It's better to bail out after 11 Qg4!? B:g1?? 12 R:g1!! Qc4+ 13 Kd2 Qd4+ 14 Ke1 with 14 ... Ne7! Mpiyav can save his Rook with 15 Rh1!! or even chase BOTH my Rooks with 16 Nc3! Q:g1 17 N:d5! N:d5 18 Q:g7 Ne3! ( 18 ... Rf8? 19 Bh6! ) 19 Q:h8+ Ke7 20 Qf6+ Ke8 21 Ke2! Q:f1+ 22 Q:f1 N:f1 23 K:f1 and Mpiyav is a pawn up in a Rook and opposite colored Bishop ending. Essentially all four Rooks in all four corners are threatened in this line. 11 ... B:g1? felt wrong, 11 ... Qd4+!!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+!!! felt right but I didn't see I was getting the f1-Bishop with check or I would have played it. I just saw a perp with 11 ... Qd4+!!! 12 Ke2 Qf2+!!! 13 Kd3 Qd4+ 14 Ke2 Qf2+ I decided to safeguard my Rook and keep all my threats. My time situation made my position hopeless already. I have an amusing retreat to victory variation - 11 ... Qb5+!! or ... Qc4+!! 12 Kd2 Q:f1 13 Q:g7 Bf8!! 14 Q:h8 Bh6+!! 15 Kc3 Qc4 checkmate The switchback. White can play better with ... 11 ... Qc4+!! 12 Kd2 Q:f1 13 ed ... but I still have many wins 13 ed Be3+ or ... Ne7 or ... d6 or ... B:g1 or ... Nh6 to name a few - 11 ... Qc4+ 12 Kd2 Q:f1 13 ed Be3+!! 14 K:e3 Nh6!! followed by 15 ... Q:c1+ or ... Nf5+ 11 ... d6! is possible - 11 ... d6 12 Q:g7? Q:e4+!! 13 Kd2 Qf4+!! and I will pick up that f1-Bishop with check again 11 ... d6! 12 c3! Qc4+! 13 Kc2 Q:f1 14 Q:g7 de!! 15 Q:h8? Qd3+ 16 Kb3 Be6+ 17 Ka4 Qa6 is checkmate so White has to scramble with 11 ... d6 12 c3! Qc4+! 13 Kc2 Q:f1 14 Q:g7 de!! 15 b4 B:g1 16 Q:h8 Q:g2+ and I win again. 11 ... d6! 12 Qf4 Qd4+ 13 Ke2 de 14 Qg3 de, ... Bg4+ or ... Nf6 is no fun for White 11 ... Nh6? works after - 11 ... Nh6! 12 Q:g7? Qd4+ 13 Ke2 Qf2+ 14 Kd1 Q:f1+ 15 Kd2 Rg8! but 11 ... Nh6! 12 Qf4!! g5! 13 c3! Qc4+ 14 Kc2 gf 15 B:c4 dc 16 B:f4 Ng4 looks close to equality 11 ... Ne7! I hated to just move but the cardinal rule of bullet is instantaneous play. To recap 11 ... Qd4+!!!, ... Qc4+!!, ... Qb5+!! and d6! are all stronger. I was afraid of a Kingside wipeout with Q:g7:h8:g8+ but Q:g7 isn't even a threat - if I pass with 11 ... a6 then Mpiyav should play 12 Nd2!! or c3!! 17 seconds down on the clock. Steve Towbin says 3 seconds is HUGE edge in a bullet finale. 12. Be3 8 seconds spent on this move 12 Nd2 d6!!, ... 0-0!, or Ng6!! allows smooth development for me plus the usual safer King, two pawns plus Full Metal Jacket for my missing Knight. 12 c3 Qb5+! or ... Qc4+! regains my piece 12 Nf3, Nd2 or Ke2 d6!! - my position flowers at White's expense 12 Qf3 B:g1!! I am a tempo up on 10 Kd3 Bc5!! 11 Qf3 B:g1!! with extra options like 10 Kd3 Bc5!! 11 Qg4 Ne7! 12 Qf3 Qd4+!! 13 Ke2 de 14 Qf4 Nd5, ... d6, ... d5, ... Ng6 with a great game or 10 Kd3 Bc5!! 11 Qg4 Ne7! 12 Qf3 Qe1!! followed by ... Nc6 or ... de+ The Full Metal Jacket gave me a winning position in 8 moves. Instead of the most incisive 11th move, I developed a piece which still leaves me a winning posiiton. 12 ... Qc4+!! I am swamped with wins: 12 ... d6!!!!, Qb5+!!!, ... B:e3!!!, ... d4!!, ... Qc4+!!, ... b6!!, ... Q:b2! 13. Kd2! Bxe3+! 14. Kxe3! Qxc2! It was my fate in this game to ignore 14 ... Q:f1!! 15. Nc3?? 15 Nd2! is bad but best 15 ... Qxb2! 15 ... d4+!! is better because 16 K:d4 Qd2+ wins the Queen after 17 Kc4 d5+ or 17 Kc5 d6+ or 17 Bd3 Nc6+ 18 Kc4 N:e5+ In this line 15 ... d4+!! 16 K:d4 Qd2+ 17 Bd3 Nc6+ 18 Kc5 or Kd5 Q:d3(+) mates and 15 ... d4+!! 16 K:d4 Qd2+ 17 Bd3 Nc6+ 18 Kc4 Na5+!! mating or ... Qb2 mating are even better than winning the Queen After 15 ... d4+!! 16 Kf3! dc! Mighty Mpiyav would be two pawns down with his house on fire. 16. Nxd5! 6 seconds spent on this move. Mercurial Mpiyav spent 2 seconds or less on his remaining 16 moves. 16 ... Nxd5+! 17. exd5! Qxa1! 18. Qxg7! Rf8! 19. e6?? Hanging his Queen with 18 seconds left but I only have 8 seconds and can't think anymore. 19 ... Qxf1 20. Nf3!! Qxh1?? There's no way to find the only winning move 20 ... Qa6!!! 21. Ne5?? 21 ef+!! is a perpetual 21 ef!! Ke7 22 Qe5+ K:f7 23 Qf5+ Kg7 24 Qg5+ Kh8 25 Qe5+= 21 ... Qc1+!! 22. Ke4 dxe6 23. d6 Qe1+ 24. Kd4 cxd6! 25.Nxf7? Rxf7 25 N:f7? e5+!! mates 25 ... 26. Qg8+! Ke7 25 ... Rf8!! mates 27. Qg5+! Kd7! 28. Qb5+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ Kd7 30. Qb5+ Kc7! Time - Brian - 1 second Mpiyav - 3 seconds 31. Qd7+ Kb8 32. Qxd6+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 Time - Brian - 00:00 Mpiyav - 1.6 seconds This hardly felt like a loss. I appreciate the FMJ practice. So far no one has written me with their own FMJ games. The databases will soon be packed with them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Mpiyav"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2092"] [BlackElo "1989"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "18:40:37"] [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 Bc5 11. Qg4 Ne7 12. Be3 Qc4+ 13. Kd2 Bxe3+ 14. Kxe3 Qxc2 15. Nc3 Qxb2 16. Nxd5 Nxd5+ 17. exd5 Qxa1 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. e6 Qxf1 20. Nf3 Qxh1 21. Ne5 Qc1+ 22. Ke4 dxe6 23. d6 Qe1+ 24. Kd4 cxd6 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kd7 28. Qb5+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ Kd7 30. Qb5+ Kc7 31. Qd7+ Kb8 32. Qxd6+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Mpiyav On for: 4:29 Idle: 0 Mpiyav is currently involved in a match against alexandermott. rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1707 [5] 4 3 2 9 Blitz 1990 18 3 0 21 1990 (02-Jan-2010) 5-minute 2356 147 113 17 277 2356 (02-Jan-2010) 1-minute 2026 511 470 75 1056 2295 (26-Dec-2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 3 21:21:45 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:21:45 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Bullet Championship Message-ID: <1262578905.4b416cd98c426@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Checkmates"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "2324"] [Opening "Sicilian: wing gambit, Marshall variation"] [ECO "B20"] [NIC "SI.48"] [Time "21:43:16"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. axb4 e6 7. c3 Nc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rad8 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Re3 Ng4 21. Rf3 Bd5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Ne5 24. Re3 Nc4 25. Ree1 b5 26. Nc5 Qc7 27. Na6 Qb6 28. Nc5 a5 29. Nb3 axb4 30. cxb4 Rc8 31. Nc5 Rfd8 32. Qf5 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qd5 Rf8 35. Re7 Qf6 36. Qd7 Ne5 37. Qc7 Ng6 38. Re3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qb2 40. Rf3 Qxb4 41. Nd7 Re8 42. Nf6+ gxf6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "TwoKnightsTango"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "White ran out of time and Black has no material to mate"] [WhiteElo "1799"] [BlackElo "1919"] [Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"] [ECO "D00"] [NIC "QP.08"] [Time "21:54:43"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Bd6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. h5 Be4 10. f3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Qg3 Qe7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Kb8 15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. e4 c5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Rd5 21. Ne3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Qf1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Nc4 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qe2 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qe3 Qh4 30. b3 Qh1+ 31. Kb2 Qd5 32. Qd3 f4 33. Nd2 c6 34. Qxd5 cxd5 35. Nf3 Kc7 36. c3 Kc6 37. Kc2 Kb5 38. Kd3 a5 39. a3 a4 40. c4+ dxc4+ 41. bxc4+ Kc6 42. Ke4 Kb6 43. Kxf4 Kc7 44. Ke4 Kd7 45. Ng5 Ke7 46. Nf3 Kd7 47. Ne1 Kc6 48. Nd3 Kb6 49. Ke3 Kc6 50. Kf4 Kb6 51. Kg5 Kc6 52. Kf6 Kd7 53. Nxc5+ Kc6 54. Nxe6 Kb6 55. Nf4 Kc6 56. e6 Kd6 57. Kf7 Kc5 58. e7 Kd4 59. e8=Q Kc3 60. Qxa4 Kd4 61. Qb5 Ke4 62. c5 Kf5 63. c6+ Kg4 {White ran out of time and Black has no material to mate} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "TwoKnightsTango"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1930"] [BlackElo "1788"] [Opening "Blackmar gambit"] [ECO "B01"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "21:57:00"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 Nf6 5. g4 Bg6 6. g5 Nd5 7. Nxe4 e6 8. h4 Nd7 9. c3 c5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Be2 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O Bd6 15. Qe1 h6 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. Bg4 Bg6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qe7 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Kg2 Rg8 22. Kh3 Rg7 23. Bxh6 Be4 24. Rae1 Bxd5 25. Rxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bh5+ Kd7 27. Bg4+ Kc6 28. Bg5 Rde8 29. b4 Be5 30. a4 Bc4 31. b5+ Kc5 32. Rf2 Bxc3 33. Rc2 Re3+ 34. Bxe3+ Rxe3+ 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Rd2 Be5 37. Bf3 Bf4 38. Rc2 Rd3 39. h5 Kd4 40. h6 Bd5 41. Bxd5 Kxd5 42. h7 Ke4 43. Rc7 Rg3+ 44. Kf2 Bxc7 45. Ke2 Bf4 46. Kd1 Rg2 47. Ke1 Kd3 48. Kf1 Re2 49. Kg1 Be3+ 50. Kh1 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "sabaki"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1930"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "22:01:25"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. O-O Qd7 8. Nbd2 Bh5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. e5 Ng4 14. d5 Ncxe5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 Bg6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bf5 Qe7 22. Rde1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Re7 25. g4 Nxd5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Qd3 g6 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. g5 Nxf4 30. Qh6+ Kh8 31. Bxg6+ Kg8 32. Qh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "sabaki"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1930"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "22:01:25"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. O-O Qd7 8. Nbd2 Bh5 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. e5 Ng4 14. d5 Ncxe5 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 Bg6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bd3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bf5 Qe7 22. Rde1 Qxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kf2 Re7 25. g4 Nxd5 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27. Qd3 g6 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. g5 Nxf4 30. Qh6+ Kh8 31. Bxg6+ Kg8 32. Qh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "pretzelattack"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Black ran out of time and White has no material to mate"] [WhiteElo "1997"] [BlackElo "1933"] [Opening "KP: Indian opening"] [ECO "C20"] [NIC "KP.10"] [Time "22:14:55"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 Bc5 4. fxe5 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nxe5 7. Be2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Raf1 O-O-O 14. Kd1 Bxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Rd7 16. Rhf1 Rf8 17. h3 Kd8 18. g4 Ke8 19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. c3 Rxg5 22. Kc2 Bd6 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Rg6 26. Kb3 Re6 27. Kc4 Bc7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rh5 h6 30. Rhf5 Kf7 31. b5 cxb5+ 32. Rxb5 b6 33. Kb3 Rd8 34. d4 Red6 35. Rbf5 Rd5 36. R5f3 b5 37. Rb1 Rc8 38. Rd3 Bd8 39. Rbd1 Ba5 40. R1d2 Rd7 41. Rc2 Rdc7 42. Re3 Bxc3 43. Rexc3 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Ke6 46. Kb4 Kd5 47. h4 Kxd4 48. g5 fxg5 49. h5 g4 50. Kxb5 g3 51. Kc6 g2 52. Kd6 g1=Q 53. Ke7 Qg5+ 54. Kf8 Qxh5 55. Kg8 Qg5 56. Kh8 h5 57. Kh7 h4 58. Kg8 h3 59. Kf7 h2 60. Kg8 h1=Q 61. Kf7 Qe4 62. Kg8 {Black ran out of time and White has no material to mate} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "pretzelattack"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Black ran out of time and White has no material to mate"] [WhiteElo "1997"] [BlackElo "1933"] [Opening "KP: Indian opening"] [ECO "C20"] [NIC "KP.10"] [Time "22:14:55"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. f4 Bc5 4. fxe5 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nxe5 7. Be2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 c6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bd2 Bg4 13. Raf1 O-O-O 14. Kd1 Bxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Rd7 16. Rhf1 Rf8 17. h3 Kd8 18. g4 Ke8 19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. c3 Rxg5 22. Kc2 Bd6 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Rg6 26. Kb3 Re6 27. Kc4 Bc7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rh5 h6 30. Rhf5 Kf7 31. b5 cxb5+ 32. Rxb5 b6 33. Kb3 Rd8 34. d4 Red6 35. Rbf5 Rd5 36. R5f3 b5 37. Rb1 Rc8 38. Rd3 Bd8 39. Rbd1 Ba5 40. R1d2 Rd7 41. Rc2 Rdc7 42. Re3 Bxc3 43. Rexc3 Rxc3+ 44. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Ke6 46. Kb4 Kd5 47. h4 Kxd4 48. g5 fxg5 49. h5 g4 50. Kxb5 g3 51. Kc6 g2 52. Kd6 g1=Q 53. Ke7 Qg5+ 54. Kf8 Qxh5 55. Kg8 Qg5 56. Kh8 h5 57. Kh7 h4 58. Kg8 h3 59. Kf7 h2 60. Kg8 h1=Q 61. Kf7 Qe4 62. Kg8 {Black ran out of time and White has no material to mate} 1/2-1/2 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "QueenFan"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1960"] [Opening "Vienna gambit"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "22:20:42"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Bc5 4. fxe5 d6 5. Nf3 dxe5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Bd4 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. b3 Nh5 14. Nh2 Ng3 15. Kd1 Nxe2 {White resigns} 0-1 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "QueenFan"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1960"] [Opening "Vienna gambit"] [ECO "C25"] [NIC "VG.04"] [Time "22:20:42"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 Bc5 4. fxe5 d6 5. Nf3 dxe5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bd2 Bd4 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. b3 Nh5 14. Nh2 Ng3 15. Kd1 Nxe2 {White resigns} 0-1 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "CrazedManiac001"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2097"] [BlackElo "1986"] [Opening "Two knights defense"] [ECO "C55"] [NIC "IG.01"] [Time "22:38:32"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bb6 7. h3 h6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. d5 Nd8 10. a4 g5 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Nbd2 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. Nh2 f5 15. exf5 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 Bxf5 17. Be2 Nf7 18. Bg4 Qh4+ 19. Bh3 Ng5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 23. gxh3 Ke7 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rhf8 26. Re1+ Kd7 27. Rh4 Rf2+ 28. Kg3 Raf8 29. Rxh6 R8f3+ 30. Kg4 Rf7 31. h4 Rxb2 32. Kg5 Rg2+ 33. Kh5 Rf5# {White checkmated} 0-1 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "CrazedManiac001"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1977"] [BlackElo "2116"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, Mar?czy bind, 6.Be3"] [ECO "B38"] [NIC "SI.33"] [Time "22:40:22"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. f3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Bxf6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfb8 19. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Bxa2 21. Rb7 Kg7 22. Kf2 a5 23. Ke3 a4 24. Kd2 Bb1 25. Kc1 Ba2 26. Kb2 Be6 27. Ka3 Bb3 28. Rc7 Rd8 29. Rxc6 Rd2 30. Bb5 Ra2+ 31. Kb4 Rxg2 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Kxa4 Rxh2 34. c4 h5 35. c5 h4 36. Kb5 h3 37. Ra6 Rc2 38. Ra1 h2 39. Rh1 Kf6 40. c6 Ke6 41. Kb6 Kd6 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. c7 h1=Q 44. Rxh1 Kd7 45. Rd1+ Ke7 46. Kb7 Rb2+ 47. Kc8 Rc2 48. Rd8 Ke6 49. Rd5 g5 50. Kd8 Rxc7 51. Kxc7 g4 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "MeansToAnEnd"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "987"] [BlackElo "1977"] [Opening "Four knights: Italian variation"] [ECO "C47"] [NIC "KP.06"] [Time "22:44:45"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bb5 dxe4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Nxe5 Qg5 9. Nc4 Qxg2 10. Rf1 Bh3 11. Qe2 Qxf1+ 12. Qxf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Bd6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. d4 exd3 16. cxd3 Bxh2 17. d4 Bd6 18. Bd2 c5 19. Rc1 cxd4 20. Nc4 Rab8 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. b3 a5 23. Bxa5 Ra8 24. Bd2 Rxa2 25. Bf4 d5 26. Bd6 Rd8 27. Bb4 Rxf2+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "MeansToAnEnd"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1977"] [BlackElo "987"] [Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"] [ECO "D20"] [NIC "QG.03"] [Time "22:46:44"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bxc4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rxb7 Qf6 12. Rb2 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Rab8 17. Rfb1 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Ra8 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Nxb8 21. h3 a6 22. e4 c6 23. f4 h6 24. Ke2 g6 25. Kd3 f6 26. e5 g5 27. exd6 gxf4 28. Bxf4 h5 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Bxd7 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "MeansToAnEnd"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1977"] [BlackElo "987"] [Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"] [ECO "D20"] [NIC "QG.03"] [Time "22:46:44"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bxc4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rxb7 Qf6 12. Rb2 Qg6 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Rab8 17. Rfb1 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Ra8 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Nxb8 21. h3 a6 22. e4 c6 23. f4 h6 24. Ke2 g6 25. Kd3 f6 26. e5 g5 27. exd6 gxf4 28. Bxf4 h5 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. d7 Nxd7 31. Bxd7 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "littleawesome"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "1614"] [Opening "Caro-Kann defense"] [ECO "B10"] [NIC "CK.01"] [Time "22:53:42"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Qxc3 12. Qb1 cxd4 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Qc5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. a3 Bc3 17. Ra2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 f6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qc7 Rc8 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 Rb6 23. Qa4 Nxe5 24. Qxa7 Nxd3 25. Qxb6 Nxc1 26. Rc2 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 d3 28. Rc7 Nxf4 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. Qd6 Ne7 31. Rb7 Kf7 32. Rxd7 Qe8 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxe7+ Kg6 35. g3 Ne2 36. Qxe6 Rf8 37. Qg4+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. Qf3 Kg6 41. Qxd3+ f5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Qxd5 Kg6 44. Bd4 Rf6 45. Qxf5+ Rxf5 46. Bxg7 Rf6 47. h4 Rf7 48. h5+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0[Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "littleawesome"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "1614"] [Opening "Caro-Kann defense"] [ECO "B10"] [NIC "CK.01"] [Time "22:53:42"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. d4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. Nbd2 Qxc3 12. Qb1 cxd4 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. O-O Qc5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. a3 Bc3 17. Ra2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 f6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qc7 Rc8 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qa6 Rb6 23. Qa4 Nxe5 24. Qxa7 Nxd3 25. Qxb6 Nxc1 26. Rc2 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 d3 28. Rc7 Nxf4 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. Qd6 Ne7 31. Rb7 Kf7 32. Rxd7 Qe8 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxe7+ Kg6 35. g3 Ne2 36. Qxe6 Rf8 37. Qg4+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qg4+ Kf7 40. Qf3 Kg6 41. Qxd3+ f5 42. Kg2 Kf6 43. Qxd5 Kg6 44. Bd4 Rf6 45. Qxf5+ Rxf5 46. Bxg7 Rf6 47. h4 Rf7 48. h5+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Tsov-Noog"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2082"] [BlackElo "1973"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "22:57:27"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. h3 d6 4. b3 e5 5. Bb2 Nge7 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2 Qd7 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. c4 Kb8 12. a3 g5 13. Nc3 Bg7 14. Nd2 Rhf8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Bg4 Qf7 20. Bh5 Qe7 21. O-O Nh4 22. Bg4 Rf4 23. f3 Rdf8 24. Bc1 h5 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Bxh5 Bf6 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Bg4 Rg8 29. Qe1 Qg5 30. Qb4 Nf5 31. Rfc1 Ne3 32. Qc3 Rg7 33. b4 Nxg4 34. fxg4 f3 35. Qxf3 e4 36. Qf8+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "Tsov-Noog"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1994"] [BlackElo "2061"] [Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"] [ECO "B35"] [NIC "SI.33"] [Time "22:59:47"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O Qb4 9. Bb3 O-O 10. a3 Qa5 11. f3 d6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Bf2 Qb6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qxd6 Rad8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Bf8 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. Rxf8 Kxf8 24. Bd5 Ke7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Kf2 c5 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. c3 f5 29. b4 g5 30. exf5+ Kxf5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. a4 g4 33. fxg4+ Kg5 34. a5 Kxg4 35. a6 h5 36. a7 h4 37. a8=Q h3 38. Qe4+ Kh5 39. gxh3 f5 40. Qxf5+ Kh6 41. Rg1 c4 42. Qg6# {Black checkmated} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "YoungGun"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2079"] [BlackElo "1981"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "23:06:26"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Qa4 Qd7 7. d5 Nce7 8. Qb3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Kb8 10. f3 Bh5 11. a4 Nc8 12. Qc2 g5 13. b4 f5 14. Rb1 Nf6 15. c5 dxc5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nb5 Nd6 18. Qxc5 Nxb5 19. axb5 Qd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Bc4 Rc8 22. Ba3 Rhd8 23. O-O Bf7 24. e4 f4 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Bd3 g4 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Rc1+ Kd7 29. Nc4 Ne8 30. Na5 Rb8 31. Bc2 gxf3 32. gxf3 h4 33. Ba4 b6 34. Nc6 Rb7 35. Kf2 Nf6 36. Rg1 Rc7 37. Rg7 Ke8 38. Bb2 Kf8 39. Rg1 Nh5 40. Rg4 Ng3 41. hxg3 Rxc6 42. bxc6 Bxd5 43. exd5 a5 44. gxf4 b5 45. fxe5 {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 3 22:07:25 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 22:07:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship 10 game final match between Tyler Hughes and Richard Herbst Message-ID: <1262581645.4b41778d87797@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "YoungGun"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "2091"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch"] [ECO "C03"] [NIC "FR.07"] [Time "23:08:31"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 h5 15. Ne5 g6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxg6 Qe7 20. Qxh5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 Rae8 24. Qg4 Bf2 25. Re2 Bc5 26. Kb1 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. f5 Be4+ 30. Ka1 Qb7 31. f6 Bh7 32. g6 Bg8 33. f7 Rf8 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qxc5 Bxf7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. gxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rg1+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kh8 40. Qg4 Qf1+ 41. Qd1 Qf6 42. Qb1 Rf7 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. a3 Ke7 46. Ka2 Qf1 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I lost to Younggun - Richard Herbst by 1.4 seconds Tyler Hughes = Checkmates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "YoungGun"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1969"] [BlackElo "2091"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch"] [ECO "C03"] [NIC "FR.07"] [Time "23:08:31"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 h5 15. Ne5 g6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxg6 Qe7 20. Qxh5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 Rae8 24. Qg4 Bf2 25. Re2 Bc5 26. Kb1 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. f5 Be4+ 30. Ka1 Qb7 31. f6 Bh7 32. g6 Bg8 33. f7 Rf8 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qxc5 Bxf7 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. gxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rg1+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kh8 40. Qg4 Qf1+ 41. Qd1 Qf6 42. Qb1 Rf7 43. Rg8+ Kxg8 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. a3 Ke7 46. Ka2 Qf1 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "YoungGun"] [Black "Checkmates"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2080"] [BlackElo "2365"] [Opening "King's Indian: East Indian defense"] [ECO "A48"] [NIC "QP.06"] [Time "23:55:43"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e5 8. Nbd2 e4 9. Ne1 Re8 10. c4 Nf8 11. d5 h5 12. Nc2 Bf5 13. Nd4 N8h7 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Re1 Ng4 16. Nf1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. g3 Ng5 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. h4 gxh3+ 22. Kh2 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 a5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Qg5 26. Qe2 Rh8 27. Kh2 Kf6 28. Rh1 Rag8 29. Rbg1 Qg4 30. Qxg4 fxg4 31. Rd1 b6 32. Rhf1 Kg5 33. a4 f5 34. Rd2 Rc8 35. Re2 c6 36. Rd2 cxd5 37. Rxd5 Rc5 38. Rd2 Rd8 39. Rfd1 Kf6 40. Rc2 Ke6 41. Rcd2 d5 42. cxd5+ Rcxd5 43. Rxd5 Rxd5 44. Rc1 Rc5 45. Rd1 Rc2 46. Re1 Rxf2+ 47. Kh1 Rb2 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Checkmates"] [Black "YoungGun"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2085"] [Opening "Modern defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "23:54:24"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Bxf3 8. dxc6 Bxg2 9. Rg1 Bxe4 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qa5 O-O 14. O-O-O Nf5 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bf3 17. Rde1 Bc6 18. Be3 Nf3 19. Rgf1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Qh3 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Bh6 23. Kb1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qxh2 25. Qxc7 Qxf2 26. Re2 Qg1+ 27. Kc2 Rac8 {White resigns} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "YoungGun"] [Black "Checkmates"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2057"] [BlackElo "2388"] [Opening "King's Indian: East Indian defense"] [ECO "A48"] [NIC "QP.06"] [Time "23:52:04"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qc3 Rad8 15. Be2 a5 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Nxc3 19. Ba3 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Bg4 21. h3 Bf5 22. g4 Be4 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. e4 Bh6 25. Kc2 Rd8 26. f3 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. exf5 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Bxf3 31. Bb2 e4 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. f6 Bg2 34. h4 Bf3 35. a3 Bg2 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 c6 38. c5 Bf3 39. Bd4 Ke6 40. Kf4 Bg2 41. Kg5 Kf7 42. Kf5 Bf3 43. Ke5 Bg2 44. Be3 Bf3 45. Bg5 Kg6 46. Kd6 h6 47. Be3 Kxf6 48. Bxh6 Kg6 49. Be3 Kf7 50. Kc7 Ke6 51. Kxb7 Kd5 52. Kb6 Be2 53. h5 Bxh5 54. b5 cxb5 55. c6 Be8 56. c7 Bd7 57. Kb7 Ke6 58. c8=Q Bxc8+ 59. Kxc8 Kd5 60. Kb7 Kc4 61. Kb6 b4 62. Ka5 b3 63. Bf4 b2 64. Be5 b1=Q 65. Ka6 Qc2 66. Ka7 e3 67. Kb7 e2 68. Bc7 e1=Q 69. Bb6 Kd3 70. Ka6 Qeb1 71. Kb7 Qcb2 72. Kc7 Qxb6+ 73. Kd7 Qc6+ 74. Ke7 Qbc2 75. Kf7 Qb2 76. Ke7 Qbb7+ 77. Kf8 Qcc8# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Checkmates"] [Black "YoungGun"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2061"] [Opening "Old Indian defense"] [ECO "A42"] [NIC "OI.07"] [Time "23:49:39"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 c6 5. e4 Qc7 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 g5 15. Nd2 f4 16. f3 g4 17. dxc6 g3 18. h3 bxc6 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Nb3 Rfd8 21. b5 cxb5 22. cxb5 Bf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Qf7 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Na5 Qxd5 28. exd5 Rc5 29. a4 Bg7 30. Nc6 h5 31. Rb1 e4 32. fxe4 Bc3 33. a5 Bd2 34. b6 Be3+ 35. Kf1 axb6 36. axb6 Rc2 37. b7 Rf2+ 38. Ke1 Rxg2 39. b8=Q+ Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ Kh4 43. Qg6 Rg1+ 44. Ke2 Kxh3 45. Qxh5+ Kg2 46. Qf3+ Kh2 47. Rh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "YoungGun"] [Black "Checkmates"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2065"] [BlackElo "2380"] [Opening "King's Indian: East Indian defense"] [ECO "A48"] [NIC "QP.06"] [Time "23:47:51"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Re8 9. e4 Nh5 10. Ne1 Bf8 11. g3 Ng7 12. Ng2 f5 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. f3 h5 15. Bg5 Be7 16. h4 Nh7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rae1 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Ne2 g5 21. c5 Bh3 22. Rf2 gxh4 23. Nexf4 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Ng5 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Rxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Ng2 h3 28. f4 Qxg2+ 29. Qxg2 hxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxf4 31. e5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Raf8 33. Re2 h4 34. d6 cxd6 35. cxd6 Rd4 36. Bc2 Rxd6 37. Bb3+ Kh7 38. Rc2 Nf5 39. Kh2 Ne3 40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Rc3 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 Rf3+ 43. Kxh4 Rh2# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Checkmates"] [Black "YoungGun"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2375"] [BlackElo "2070"] [Opening "Modern defense: Averbakh system"] [ECO "A42"] [NIC "KF.02"] [Time "23:45:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Be2 Bg7 9. f4 e5 10. O-O Ne7 11. a3 f5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Bd7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. b4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf5 20. bxc5 Nxh6 21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Qe6 23. Bd5 Qe5 24. Qb1 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Qb6 26. Qd3 Rdf8 27. Rd1 Nf5 28. h3 Kc7 29. Qe4 Re8 30. Qf3 Re3 31. Qf4 Rhe8 32. Kh2 Qb2 33. Qf1 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Ng3 35. Qf7+ Re7 36. Qf2 Re2 37. Qxa7+ Kd8 38. Qb8# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "YoungGun"] [Black "Checkmates"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2075"] [BlackElo "2370"] [Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: classical variation"] [ECO "A01"] [NIC "VO.08"] [Time "23:43:39"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O-O Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. Kb1 d4 10. Nb5 e5 11. e3 a6 12. Na3 Nd5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Ne3 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Nc4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nxc4 19. dxc4 d3 20. Nc3 d2 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Kc2 Nd4+ 23. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 24. Kc2 Qf6 25. Bd3 Nd4+ 26. Kb1 Qf2 27. Rhf1 Qxg2 28. Nd5 Ne6 29. Rg1 Qxh2 30. Bf5 Rad8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Rg2+ e5 34. Rxh2 Kg7 35. Rdh1 Rh8 36. Bxe5+ Kg6 37. Bxh8 Rxh8 38. Rg2+ Kf5 39. Rf2+ Ke4 40. Rfh2 h5 41. Rxh5 Rg8 42. R5h4+ Ke5 43. Rh5+ Kd6 44. Nxb4 Rg2 45. Nc2 Kc7 46. Rd5 Kb8 47. Rdd1 Ka7 48. Rc1 Rf2 49. Nb4 Rg2 50. Nc6+ bxc6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Checkmates"] [Black "YoungGun"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2080"] [Opening "QGD: Marshall defense"] [ECO "D06"] [NIC "QP.08"] [Time "23:42:43"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Rc8 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. e4 Bg4 14. e5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Nb6 21. Bxb7 Rc2 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. a4 Rdd2 25. a5 bxa5 26. bxa5 Ra2 27. a6 g6 28. a7 {Black resigns} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.03"] [Round "-"] [White "YoungGun"] [Black "Checkmates"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2085"] [BlackElo "2360"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [ECO "A45"] [NIC "QP.07"] [Time "23:40:50"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Ne2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. c3 Qe7 9. Nd2 c6 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd2 d5 12. c4 h5 13. Nc3 h4 14. Qb3 hxg3 15. hxg3 Nb6 16. a4 Be6 17. a5 Nc8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Na4 a6 20. Nb1 Nd6 21. Na3 Ng4 22. Bd2 Qf6 23. Bh3 Qf5 24. Bxg4 Qxf4 25. exf4 Bxg4 26. Nc5 Nf5 27. Be3 Bf6 28. Rad1 Kg7 29. Rd2 Rh8 30. Nc2 Rh3 31. Kf2 Rxg3 32. Ne1 Rh8 33. Rg1 Rh2+ 34. Ng2 Bf3 35. Ke1 Nh4 36. Nxh4 Bxh4 37. Rxg3 Bxg3+ 38. Bf2 Rh1# {White checkmated} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tyler lost one game in the 24 round tournament to Richard Herbst and lost one game to Richard in the final 10 game match. The Incredible Tyler Hughes does it again. Congratulations. It was a double round robin which went very smoothly. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 4 00:19:04 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:19:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] [CSCN] New chess video and Fw: cscc quarterly schedule and Colorado Springs Open Message-ID: <1262589544.4b41966893822@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 23:38:48 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [CSCN] New chess video and Fw: cscc quarterly schedule and Colorado Springs Open New 40 second video on chess humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy7gwQQ2PC8 ----- Original Message ----- COLORADO SPRINGS CHESS CLUB January - March 2010 The Colorado Springs Chess Club meets Tuesday evenings in the downstairs Game Room of the Acacia Apartments Building at 104 E. Platte, just north of Acacia Park. The building opens about 6:30 PM. Most activities begin registration about 7:30, with play starting at 8:00. On most evenings, club ladder games are also available, including USCF-rated G/90 games. For more information call Buck at 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys.net . Players should arrive no later than 8:00 to get into the building. In addition to Tuesday evenings, club members are gathering for chess at these times: Wednesdays: East Coast Deli, 24 S Tejon. Rated tourney, G/90, 1 game a night., games start 6:00 PM. 3rd Saturday of month (1/16, 2/20, 3/20) Agia Sophia coffee house, 2902 W Colorado, 8:00 PM. ************************************************************************************** January January 2, Manitou Springs Masonic Lodge - Al Ufer Memorial Tournament - Register with Dean 5 Speed Chess 12 Annual Membership Meeting - Please attend! 19 Club Speed Chess Championship tournament - $5 entry fee 26 Speed Championship tournament continues. February 2 Rated quick chess tournament if possible 9 Cabin Fever Reliever - 4-SS, USCF rated, $5 entry fee 16 Cabin Fever Reliever continues. 23 "Ladder Games" March 2 Speed Chess March 6-7, Manitou Springs City Hall: Colorado Springs Open. PLAY IN THIS ONE! Register with Buck. 9 Rated Quick chess tournament if possible 16 Quad tournament - G/30 if rated, G/20 otherwise 23 Players' Choice 30 Rated Quick Chess tournament if possible ************************************************************************************** Club officers: Dean Brown, Richard Buchanan, Renae Delaware Club website: www.springschess.org CSCA website www.colorado-chess.com Paul Anderson's Colorado Springs Chess News website: http://cs.chess.home.att.net UPCOMING! April 3 - Springs Denker-Polgar Fundraiser. See websites for info. Register with Buck. ----- Original Message ----- Here is the announcement for the Colorado Springs Open. Fred, please get this into the current magazine. ***************************************************** Tournament Announcement March 6-7 , Manitou Springs: COLORADO SPRINGS OPEN 5-SS, Rds 1-3 40/90 and G/1; Rds 4-5 40/2 and G/1. Manitou Springs City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave. One open section. EF $30 if rec'd by March 4, $35 at site. $8 EF discount for juniors, seniors, unrated. CSCA required, ($15, jrs & srs 10), OSA. Cash prizes per entries. Registration 8:30 - 9:30, Rds 10, 2:30, 7:00; 9:00 AM, 3:00. Entries to Richard Buchanan, 1 Sutherland Rd., Manitou Springs CO 80829. Phone (719) 685-1984 or e-mail buckpeace at pcisys.net . COLORADO TOUR EVENT. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100104/4dd58f47/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 4 13:15:30 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:15:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 2009/2010 Colorado Bullet Championship results Message-ID: <1262636130.4b424c626e612@www.taom.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/2010 Colorado Bullet Championship Sabaki = Mike Ninomiya, roommate to Robert Ramirez who also played that night. Chris Peterson was visiting newlywed Mike and Roommate Robert. LittleAwesome = 10 year old Ryan Swerdlin in an impressive futuristic performance. David King was my old blitz buddy from college days, C.U. Boulder. This tournament was his idea. Steve "Been" Towed-bin is a 3 time Colorado bullet champ Blitz god from New Jersey Yaacov Norwitz watched the final Tyler Hughes-Richard Herbst match. Albi from ICC said they were inundated with requests to watch the tournament. Mitesh Shridhar was my 2007 Denver Open co-champion. Tyler Hughes and Richard Herbst used to be 10 year old Chess coterie buddies. Josh Smith is a bullet god who was out of practice due to family obligations. Josh can beat anyone except Tyler. Josh and I practiced the night before - he was impressed I broke even with my Badger Opening/Exxon Valdez Opening ( ... Nc6, .. f6, ... d6 and ... e5 or ... Ne5 ) with Black. My son was impressed two football prediction's came true - The Broncos would finish 8 wins - 8 losses ( made before the season ) and they would lose the last game by 20 points. As White Josh's Dragon killed me. After half a century of playing Chess I realized I didn't know how to make pairings. Josh bailed me out with a spread sheet from Utah. Josh posted results, I did half the pairings, then gave up. I gave each player a list of opponents and told them to challenge anyone they hadn't played. It seemed miraculous Josh and I won any games with so much distraction. ICC Albi said next time maybe ICC Kiebitz could help. Two additional glitches - Bill Chandler's rating was too low to challenge David King. Provisional ratings are restricted. Colorado players have channel 311 to themselves but g-group join Colorado Chess requires approval from group leader. Pretzelattack and I also practiced together probably with favorable results for David. Queenfan was a young friend of Ryan Swerdlin. I tried to give Meanstoanend some bullet tips before the tournament - he succeeded in losing every game by 15 seconds instead of 30 seconds. Brian Wall ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Josh Smith --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Josh "JD" Smith wrote: From: Josh "JD" Smith Subject: FW: 2009/2010 Colorado Bullet Championship To: "brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com" Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 8:01 AM It???s weird or perhaps not so weird that the final standings are almost exactly in order of rating. My highest Bullet Rating was 2525 with wins over Smallville, Hawkeye, LarryC, Dreev, etc. I remember playing a expert level bullet player with 11 seconds to his 30 in an opposite colored bishop endgame. He spurned the draw offer and I ended up winning on time 80 moves later. Maybe youth offers the ability to get beyond ???analysis paralysis syndrome???. I can???t put it together like Tyler does anymore. There is something special there. JD From: Josh "JD" Smith Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 2:07 AM To: brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com Cc: robertwramirez at q.com; garrensilverwing at yahoo.com Subject: 2009/2010 Colorado Bullet Championship Former Colorado Bullet Champions Latvia and Tsov-Noog didn???t stand a chance against a new generation of speed demons. CrazedManiac001 and YoungGun were in great form but everyone took a back seat to the Incredible Checkmates won the double round robin with a score of 23/24 and easily dismantled YoungGun with a spectacular 9/10 in the final! This despite YoungGun achieving excellent positions throughout, he just couldn???t put the pieces to the puzzle together fast enough J Place Player Bullet Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total 1 Checkmates (Tyler Hughes) 2370 x 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 23 2 YoungGun (Richard Herbst) 2075 1 x 0 2 1 2 1 1.5 2 2 2 2 2 18.5 3 CrazedManiac001 (Mitesh Shridhar) 2108 0 2 x 1 1 1 1 2 1.5 2 2 2 2 17.5 4 Tsov-Noog (JD Smith) 2062 0 0 1 x 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 15 5 Pretzelattack (David King) 2034 0 1 1 2 x 0.5 1.5 1 0 2 1 2 2 14 6 B-Wall (Brian Wall) 1969 0 0 1 1 1.5 x 1 2 1.5 1 1 2 2 14 7 Latvia (Steve Towbin) 2212 0 1 1 0 0.5 1 x 1 2 1 2 2 2 13.5 8 Queenfan (N/A) 1852 0 0.5 0 1 1 0 1 x 1 2 1 2 2 11.5 9 TwoKnightsTango (Robert Ramirez) 1773 0 0 0.5 0 2 0.5 0 1 x 1 1 2 2 10 10 Sabaki (N/A) 1735 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 x 1.5 2 2 8.5 11 Littleawesome (N/A) 1639 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0.5 x 2 2 8.5 12 MeansToAnEnd (N/A) 987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 2 2 13 Dr-Checkmate (William Chandler) 1303 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 ----------- Josh Smith -------------------------------------------------------------- "Chris Peterson " Information about OrionsKnight(*) (Last disconnected Mon Dec 14 2009 23:09): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1878 [6] 1800 1184 177 3161 2021 (17-Jul-2007) Loser's 1758 [6] 425 399 38 862 1838 (20-Sep-1999) Bughouse 1577 [6] 168 187 0 355 1922 (19-Jul-1998) Crazyhouse 1780 [6] 684 469 5 1158 1833 (26-Jun-2007) Bullet 1886 [8] 1503 847 198 2548 2189 (07-Jul-1997) Blitz 1787 [8] 928 573 116 1617 1901 (16-Apr-1999) Standard 1867 [6] 70 55 20 145 1867 (19-Apr-2003) 5-minute 1444 [8] 2 4 1 7 1-minute 1974 [8] 500 450 87 1037 1979 (03-Jul-2005) 1: I'm an admin and tourney manager here, and always happy to help. Channel 1 is also a valuable server resource; feel free to use it! Email : OrionsKnight at chessclub.com Groups : USA Tomato Colorado NorthCA Administrators Operators --------------- albi(* H) tells you: The command is: g-join Colorado You may also want to message the group operator, OrionsKnight --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Scot L Prince wrote: From: Scot L Prince Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] 2009/2010 Colorado Bullet Championship To: "'Brian Wall'" Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 1:21 PM Was this tournament on ICC?? And how do I join the Colorado Group?? Thanks. Scot -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100104/1494d22e/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 14413 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100104/1494d22e/attachment.jpg From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 4 14:38:02 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:38:02 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Devon checkmates in 8 Message-ID: <1262641082.4b425fba34853@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 7 5"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "libertie"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1154"] [BlackElo "2042"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "16:33:00"] [TimeControl "420+5"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. Ne2 Nd3# {White checkmated} 0-1 libertie says: that was funny libertie says: lol libertie says: thanx /Tell libertie! that was my 10 year old son Devon playing (told libertie) /Tell libertie! you made his day (told libertie) libertie says: i guess ./lol From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 4 14:51:06 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:51:06 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Devon mates with pawn Message-ID: <1262641866.4b4262ca1ee35@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 3 2"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "alsaimer"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "897"] [Opening "KP: Patzer opening"] [ECO "C20"] [NIC "KP.10"] [Time "16:42:21"] [TimeControl "180+2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Qe7 3. d3 Nf6 4. Qf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. Kb1 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Nf3 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Qh2 Nxf3 16. gxf3 h5 17. Qg2 Qf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rg1 Rab8 22. Kc1 e4 23. d4 e3 24. fxe3 fxe3 25. Be2 Rb7 26. b3 Kh7 27. Bd3+ Kh6 28. Qg5+ Qxg5 29. hxg5# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 5 05:16:50 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 05:16:50 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Full Metal Jacket Lite Message-ID: <1262693810.4b432db20fb55@www.taom.com> There is a rare position I keep running into very similar to the Full Metal Jacket ( http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm Parts 1 and 2 ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for TASSOS On for: 2:15 Idle: 0 TASSOS is currently involved in a match against ChessyNessy. rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 1843 1484 2114 128 3726 2071 (28-Mar-2008) Blitz 2347 [8] 1192 1217 126 2535 2403 (12-Dec-2007) 5-minute 2110 [8] 876 832 111 1819 2293 (07-Sep-2009) 1-minute 1667 17225 16736 1055 35016 2153 (05-Mar-2008) 15-minute 1553 [4] 6 5 1 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "TASSOS"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1706"] [BlackElo "1840"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "05:09:31"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5?? A very common error in my games. 5 ... Qh4+!! 6. Kd2! Forced - 6 Ke2?? Q:e4+ or 6 g3?? Q:e4+ ( Trond M Thorgersen - Michiel Domb ICC blitz game or David B - BrianWall Playchess blitz game are examples in my database given below) are wipeouts for White. After 6 g3?? Q:e4+ 7 Qe2 Q:h1 8 Nf3 I win whether I move my g6-Knight or not. 6 g3?? Q:e4+ 7 Qe2 Q:h1 8 Nf3 d6 9 fg hg 10 Be3 e4 wins or 6 g3?? Q:e4+ 7 Qe2 Q:h1 8 Nf3 N6e7 9 Nc3 d6 10 Ne4 N:f5 11 Nf2 ( trapping the Queen but ... ) Nd4!! ( rescue operation ) 12 N:d4 Q:d5 with a Rook and three extra center pawns for a Knight. 6 ... Qxe4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I never know what to do at this point. Bogolubov played my move twice which is very Full Metal Jacketish, saccing a piece for three center pawns. I have the Full Metal Jacket type 6 ... Qh6+ 7 Ke1 Qh4+ drawing mechanism however I seem to be losing the thread after 6 ... Qh6+ 7 Kc3 Nf4 8 b3!! and it looks like my idea backfired. In 2005 Egbert Clevers improved on Bogolubov 68 years later with 6 ... Nf6!! although I feel certain the move was analyzed and discussed decades earlier somewhere. The only move after 6 ... Nf6!! is 7 Qf3!! N:e4+! 8 Ke2 only move Now I like 8 ... Nf6! 9 fg hg where I have the usual safer King, 3 pawns plus Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ) for a knight. 8 Ke2 Nf4+!! 9 B:f4 Q:f4 10 Q:f4 ef may be objectively better where Black is a pawn up but this is less fun. Play might go 11 Kf3 Nf6 12 Nc3 Bb4 13 Re1+ Kf8 14 Bd3 N:d5 and I should win. After 6 ... Nf6!! 7 Qf3!! N:e4+! 8 Ke2 Nf6! 9 fg hg play might go 10 Nc3 Bc5 followed in most cases by 11 ... d6 If 11 g3 Qb4! is active, if 11 a3 d6!! 12 g3 I would be happy to play the Nimzovitchian 12 ... Qh7!! On 6 ... Nf6!! 7 Nc3 Bb4!! 8 fg N:e4+!! 9 Ke2 Qf2+!! 10 Kd3 Qd4+ 11 Ke2 B:c3!! 12 gf+ K:f7 13 Nf3 Q:d1+ 14 K:d1 and I can chase after the Rook in the corner or just keep a pawn with 14 ... Bd4!! I have convincing options for example: 6 ... Nf6!! 7 Nc3 Bb4!! 8 fg N:e4+!! 9 Ke2 Qf2+!! 10 Kd3 Qd4+ 11 Ke2 B:c3!! 12 gf+ K:f7 13 Nf3 and now 13 ... Qb6 14 Qd3 B:b2 15 B:b2 Q:b2 16 Q:e4 Q:a1 17 N:e5+ Q:e5 18 Q:e5 Re8 19 Q:e8+ K:e8 is a fairly straightforward path to a pawn up endgame. 6 ... Nf6!! 7 Nc3 Bb4!! 8 fg N:e4+!! 9 Ke2 Qf2+!! 10 Kd3 f5!! White's King position is a joke The world has not caught up with my genius yet but believe me, future generations will adopt these Full Metal Jacket variations enthusiastically. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. fxg6! Qxd5+! 8. Ke1! Qxd1+! 9. Kxd1! hxg6! 10. Be2 d5! 11. c4 d4! 12. Nd2 f5?? Overenthusiastic - 12 ... Nf6!!, ... Nh6!, ... f6! solid advantage Black 13. g4?? 13 Ngf3!! Bd6 14 c5!! messes up my beautiful pawn center. 13 ... Nf6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Ngf3! Bd6? 15 ... Ng4!! followed by ... c5!! would protect my massive pawn wave. 15 ... d3! is fine as well 16. Rg1? 16 c5! is annoying again 16 ... Kf7?? 16 ... Ng4!! is great again 17. Ng5+?? 17 c5!! is even more irritating this time 17 ... Ke7 18. Ndf3 c5!! Lockdown 19. b4 e4! 20. bxc5! Bxc5! 21. Ne5 Rxh2 22. Rb1 b6 23. Ng6+ Ke8!! 24. Bf4 Rxe2 to make things easier to calculate - 24 ... Rh6!! wins material 25. Kxe2! Ba6!! 26. Ne6 d3+?? 26 ... B:c4+!! wins the Knight on e6 and ends the game 27. Kd2!! Now I have Nc7+ issues. Time : B-Wall 12 seconds Tassos 14 seconds 27 ... Bxg1! 28. Rxg1! Kf7! 29. Ng5+? Kxg6! 30. Nxe4+! Kf7 Missing 30 ... Ng4!! so many times is embarrassing for a Fishing Poler 31. Nd6+!! Ke6 32. Re1+ Ne4+! 33. Nxe4! fxe4! 34. Rxe4+! Kf5! 35. Ke3 Time : B-Wall 6 seconds Tassos 3 seconds so I used typical distracting premove bullet tactics 35 ... Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rh8 37. Re4 Rh3+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1 Time : B-Wall 5.9 seconds Tassos 00:00 seconds The big pawn center was a little unwieldy in a bullet game. The opening was fascinating. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "TASSOS"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1706"] [BlackElo "1840"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "05:09:31"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. fxg6 Qxd5+ 8. Ke1 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 hxg6 10. Be2 d5 11. c4 d4 12. Nd2 f5 13. g4 Nf6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Ngf3 Bd6 16. Rg1 Kf7 17. Ng5+ Ke7 18. Ndf3 c5 19. b4 e4 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Ne5 Rxh2 22. Rb1 b6 23. Ng6+ Ke8 24. Bf4 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 Ba6 26. Ne6 d3+ 27. Kd2 Bxg1 28. Rxg1 Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kxg6 30. Nxe4+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Re1+ Ne4+ 33. Nxe4 fxe4 34. Rxe4+ Kf5 35. Ke3 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rh8 37. Re4 Rh3+ {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Elster"] [Site "Bad Elster"] [Date "1937.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Ullrich, Heinz"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1937.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. Bd3 Qxg2+ 8. Ne2 Qg5+ 9. Kc3 Qh4 10. a3 N6e7 11. Kb3 e4 12. Bxe4 Qxe4 13. Nbc3 Qxf5 14. Nd4 Qg6 15. Ndb5 Kd8 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nxc7 Kxc7 18. Nb5+ Kd8 19. Bxd6 Nf5 20. Bc7+ Kd7 21. Rg1 Ne3 22. Qf3 Qxc2+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ 24. Kb1 Qxb5 25. Qxf7+ Ne7 26. Qe6+ Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Nc6 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Bad Elster"] [Site "Bad Elster"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Weinitschke, Erich"] [Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1938.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. e4 e5 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qxe4 7. fxg6 Qxd5+ 8. Ke1 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 hxg6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nf3 f6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Re1 d5 14. h3 e4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Kf7 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. b3 g5 19. Ke2 Nd6 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Ne2 Bc5 24. Ne4 Bb6 25. c4 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne3+ 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Internet Section 09A g/8'+2""] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "2004.03.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Thorgersen, Trond M"] [Black "Domb, Michiel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2220"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2004.03.09"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.05.04"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. f4 Ng6 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qxe4+ 7. Kf2 Qxf5+ 8. Qf3 Bc5+ 9. Be3 Qxc2+ 10. Nd2 Qxd2+ 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Dieren op mini"] [Site "Dieren"] [Date "2005.07.28"] [Round "4"] [White "De Klerk, Robert"] [Black "Clevers, Egbert2"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2005.07.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. f4 Ng6 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Nf6 7. fxg6 Nxe4+ 8. Ke3 Bc5+ 9. Kf3 Nf2 10. gxf7+ Kxf7 11. h3 Nxd1 12. g3 Qf6+ 13. Ke2 Qf2+ 14. Kxd1 Qxf1+ 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Rated game, 5m + 2s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2009.10.28"] [Round "?"] [White "David b"] [Black "BrianWall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2046"] [BlackElo "2070"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2009.10.28"] [TimeControl "300+2"] 1. d4 {1} Nc6 {1} 2. d5 {2} Ne5 {1} 3. f4 {3} Ng6 {2} 4. e4 {2} e5 {1} 5. f5 {2 } Qh4+ {2} 6. g3 {47} Qxe4+ {2} 7. Kf2 {7} Bc5+ {David b rinde (Lag: Av=0.58s, max=1.2s) 3} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 5 11:48:48 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:48:48 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] IM Dionisio Aldama (2523) Clock Simul Message-ID: <1262717328.4b438990ef34e@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:54:03 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: IM Dionisio Aldama (2523) Clock Simul IM Dionisio Aldama (2523) Clock Simul ======================== Hi All, International Master Dionisio Aldama will be playing a clock simul on Sunday, January 17, 2010, from 2 pm till 8 pm. Dionisio will be playing up to 12 players simultaneously in USCF Rated G/30 games. To help make things fair, the rule that Dionisio has to keep score, will be waived for this special event. As many of you know, the more people that play, the better chance we all will have. So, come on down! Thanks, Joel Details: Where: Valley Chess - Paradise Valley -- Cactus & Tatum When: January 17, 2010 from 2 pm to 8 pm What: G/30, USCF Rated, Clock Simul, maximum 12 games at once, $5 per game. Dionisio does not need to keep score. Dionisio has White in first game against a new opponent, then colors rotate for subsequent games. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100105/74930d7a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 5 13:13:53 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:13:53 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson is a clever programmer Message-ID: <1262722433.4b439d8173fde@www.taom.com> http://denverchess.com/ http://www.denverchess.com/tournaments/results/?id=25741 Look what he did with the 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship on the Denver Chess Club site. If you click on a name it gives their USCF history - if you click on a round it gives the game score. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When Devon and I go sledding I like this ancient wooden sled I picked up in a yard sale in Wyoming. Devon prefers this green plastic circle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 04:01:52 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 04:01:52 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Double Bishop Sacrifice! Lasker - Bauer, 1899, Robert W. Ramirez - Losol Amarbayasgalan 2010 Message-ID: <1262775712.4b446da0a44c2@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbCsVUbdQOE Double Bishop Sacrifice! Lasker - Bauer, 1899 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DxAs30QX_4 www.chessedelic.com presents: Famous Chess Combinations #2: Lasker - Bauer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lasker-Bauer , 1889 (Partidas Inmortales) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XehcZz-Thg just the moves, no talking ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu9yK38NtmY Letsplachess.com presents How to attack (example 5, part 1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.bishop-sacrifice.com/?gclid=CKCRhvy5j58CFQ4MDQodNEtIhg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1238 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.filestube.com/c37b017f037e2b3f03ea,g/chesslecture-com-Bill-Paschall-Double-Bishop-Sacrifice.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasker_-_Bauer,_Amsterdam,_1889 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13658214: LOSOL AMARBAYASGALAN Events 1 thru 50: End Date Event ID Event Name Section ID and Name Reg Rtg Before / After Quick Rtg Before / After 2009-12-31 200912315401 DCC 2009 DECEMBER TUESDAYS (CO) 2: DCC1209TUR 1661 => 1642 2009-12-29 200912295411 DCC DECEMBER 2009 QUADS (CO) 2: DCC1209Q2 1609 => 1661 1459 => 1539 2009-12-13 200912139131 2009 NATIONAL K-12 CHAMPIONSHI (TX) 11: 8 1538 => 1609 2009-11-25 200911255351 2009 DCC NOVEMBER TUESDAYS (CO) 1: DCC1109OP 1592 => 1538 2009-11-21 200911213071 DCSC #2 (CO) 3: RATED 7-12 1596 => 1592 1443 => 1459 2009-10-17 200910171691 DCSC #1 (CO) 3: R7-12 1601 => 1596 1415 => 1443 2009-09-30 200909309451 DCC SEPT 2009 TUESDAYS (CO) 1: DCC0909OP 1604 => 1601 2009-09-29 200909297201 SEPTEMBER 2009 G/29 GRAND PRIX (CO) 1: SEP09G29GP 1445 => 1415 2009-09-06 200909069171 COLORADO OPEN 2009 (CO) 1: OPEN 1599 => 1604 2009-08-31 200908318131 DCC AUG 2009 TUESDAYS (CO) 1: DCC0809TUO 1580 => 1599 2009-07-31 200907312821 DCC JULY 2009 TUESDAYS (CO) 1: DCC0709TOP 1510 => 1580 2009-06-23 200906236021 DCC 2009 JUNE SWOON (CO) 2: SWOONRES09 1513 => 1510 2009-06-20 200906206031 DCC 2009 JUNE TUESDAYS (CO) 2: DCC0609RES 1480 => 1513 2009-05-30 200905304161 DCC MAY 2009 TUESDAYS (CO) 2: DCC0509RES 1472 => 1480 2009-04-30 200904302001 DCC APRIL 2009 TUESDAY NIGHTS (CO) 2: DCCAPR09RS 1503 => 1472 2009-04-11 200904113641 DCSC #7 (CO) 3: RATED 7-12 1385 => 1503 1312 => 1445 2009-03-31 200903310921 MARCH 2009 G/29 GRAND PRIX (CO) 1: MAR09G29GP 1327 => 1312 2009-03-24 200903240461 2009 DCC MARCH TUESDAYS (CO) 2: DCC0309RS 1360 => 1385 2009-03-21 200903216941 DCSC #6 (CO) 3: RATED 7-12 1383 => 1360 1359 => 1327 2009-02-24 200902247941 DCC FEB 2009 TUESDAYS (CO) 2: DCCRES0209 1420 => 1383 2009-02-22 200902227451 2009 CSCA SCHOLASTIC STATE CHA (CO) 3: RATED 7-9 1438 => 1420 2009-02-14 200902147951 2009 DCC VALENTINE'S DAY MASSA (CO) 2: DCCVALRS09 1443 => 1438 1363 => 1359 2009-02-07 200902071831 2009DCSC5 (CO) 3: RATED 7-12 1478 => 1443 1398 => 1363 2009-01-31 200901317961 2009 DCC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP (CO) 1: DCCCLBOP09 1485 => 1478 2009-01-17 200901174771 2009 DCSC #4 (CO) 3: RATED 7-12 1523 => 1485 1434 => 1398 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12776467: ROBERT W RAMIREZ 2009-07-11 200907113551 2009 COLORADO QUICK CHAMPIONSH (CO) 1: CHAMPIONSH 1967 => 1939 2009-06-23 200906236021 DCC 2009 JUNE SWOON (CO) 1: SWOONOP09 2047 => 2023 2009-05-16 200905164171 DCC 2009 MAY FLOWERS (CO) 1: DCC05FLOP 2055 => 2047 1978 => 1967 2009-05-09 200905135061 CU RAPID XI (CO) 1: RAPID 2054 => 2055 1977 => 1978 2009-03-21 200903210471 DCC 2009 MARCH MADNESS (CO) 1: DCC321OP 2081 => 2054 2008 => 1977 2009-01-17 200901173511 DCC 2009 JANUARY SNOWFLAKE (CO) 1: DCCJANSF09 2025 => 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "1"] [White "TwoKnightsTango, ROBERT W RAMIREZ "] [Black "LOSOL AMARBAYASGALAN"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2023"] [BlackElo "1642"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: London system"] [ECO "A45"] [NIC "QP.05"] [Time "20:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O Bc6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rf3 Bh4 17. Qg4+ Bg5 18. fxg5 Rh8 19. Raf1 Qe7 20. Rf6 Kf8 21. Rxe6 Qd8 22. g6 Rh4 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 24. Re8+ Qxe8 25. Qxh4 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Nf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. g7 1-0 Black resigns --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson and I tried to get a site for the Denver Chess Club at the Tivoli Center today, then we started a Youtube Chess video, then we picked up Robert Ramirez and headed to the Denver Chess Club. Daoud Zupa was elected President, Joseph Aragon Secretary, Paul Cullback treasurer. Robert Ramirez pulled the famous Lasker-Bauer two bishop sacrifice on ultra-active Losol Amarbayasgalan. Robert had seen the idea in a David Wallace - GM Sharavdorj Dashzeveg game Wallace should have won in the Izumi Action tournament at the Tabor Center maybe 4 years ago. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "1"] [White "TwoKnightsTango, ROBERT W RAMIREZ "] [Black "LOSOL AMARBAYASGALAN"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2023"] [BlackElo "1642"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: London system"] [ECO "A45"] [NIC "QP.05"] [Time "20:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club Championship Round 1 20 people 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma They need a new site, any student Chessplayers might ask their campus to sponsor a site. Game/85 with 5 second delay London System January 5, 2010 nice weather White - Robert W. Ramirez, 2023 Black - Losol Amarbayasgalan, 1642 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6! 6. c3! Be7! 7. Bd3 O-O! 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O Bc6 12. f4 Robert is too busy to work on his openings now so he just copies Chris Peterson's ideas now. 12 ... Nd7 13. Bxh7+!? Kxh7! 14. Qh5+! Kg8! 15. Bxg7! Robert is too busy to work on his middlegame now so he just copies David Wallace's tactics. I saw a whole book with just examples of the two bishop sacrifice by the same outfit that printed a book of just Mitrogradov's ( sp?) Deflections. It was mostly just a database dump without much analysis but it did bring together all known examples of each. I can't find either on the Internet. The Mitrogradov Deflection is where you give up a piece with check with a hidden purpose. 15 ... Kxg7! The Greek sacrifice ( B:h7+, Ng5+ ) and the double Bishop sacrifice ( B:h7+, Qh5+, B:g7 ) are very common and their soundness depends on extra details. This one is roughly unclear. Rybka suggests 16 Qg4+ Bg5+!! 17 Nf3 as slightly better for Losol but a slightly better choice for Robert. 16 Qg4+ Kh6 17 Rf3 Bg5!!, 16 Qg4+ Kh7 17 Rf3 Bg5!! are not as good for Amarbayasgalan. 16 Qg4 Kh8?? Rf3!! is a disaster for Black. 16. Rf3 Bh4 16 ... Rh8!! 17 Rg3+ Bg5!! 18 R:g5+ Kf6!! - Miracle Rybka defense This reminds me of a game ( given below ) 18 year old Kasparov lost to Petrosian where Tigran walked right into the teeth of Garik's attack with 35 ... Kc6!! ( " which simply staggered me " - Kasparov ) 17. Qg4+ Only move Bg5 Only move 18. fxg5! Rh8 19. Raf1!! Qe7! 20. Rf6!? 20 R:f7+! Q:f7 21 R:f7+ K:f7 22 dc! is best but Robert does not want to cash in yet. 20 ... Kf8?? 20 ... Raf8 21 h4! looks unclear to me but I am prejudiced in favor of pawn waves. Up until now the game has been close to equal, one way or the other. 21. Rxe6!! Robert is too busy to work on his endgames so now he just avoids them. 21 ... Qd8 22. g6 Everything wins, 22 Qf5!!! is the most vicious. 22 ... Rh4! 23. Rxf7+!! Kg8! 24. Re8+ Everything wins, 24 Qf5!!! is the most vicious. 24 ... Qxe8! 25. Qxh4! Qxe3+ 26. Kh1!! Nf8 Only move 27. Rxf8+!! Kxf8 Only move 28. Qf6+!! Ke8! 29. Qf7+!! Kd8! 30. g7! 1-0 Black resigns A flashy game by a flashy guy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Tilburg (07)"] [Site "Tilburg (07)"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Petrosian"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Nc3 a6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bf1 c6 12.Bg2 Qc7 13.O-O Be7 14.f4 Nb6 15.g5 Nfd7 16.Qg4 O-O-O 17.Rb1 Kb8 18.b4 Nd5 19.Na4 f5 20.Qg3 Nxb4 21.Bd2 Nd5 22.Rfc1 Ka7 23.Qe1 Ba3 24.Rc2 Qd6 25.Rb3 Qe7 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.Qd3 Bd6 28.Nb2 Rhc8 29.Nc4 Bc7 30.a4 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Ra2 Kb7 33.Bb4 Qe8 34.Bd6 Ra8 35.Qb1 Kc6 36.Rba3 bxc4 37.Rxa6+ Rxa6 38.Rxa6+ Bb6 39.Bc5 Qd8 40.Qa1 Nxc5 41.dxc5 Kxc5 42.Ra4 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100106/7e9ddc31/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 12:19:16 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:19:16 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Road Warrior Joe Bihlmeyer makes Youtube Scrabble video Message-ID: <1262805556.4b44e234c473b@www.taom.com> Great to hear your frenetic voice again Joe! BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Joe Bihlmeyer ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:52:50 -0800 (PST) From: Joe Bihlmeyer Reply-To: Joe Bihlmeyer Subject: My hair is long now To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, If you want to see what I look like now, check out this corny video: http://www.youtube.com/user/SpiritualMoney#p/a/u/1/5uGVW7AqYUU -Joe From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 13:06:35 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:06:35 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The Boy Jesus in the Temple Message-ID: <1262808395.4b44ed4bd5a7c@www.taom.com> King James Bible The Boy Jesus in the Temple 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Ex. 12.1-27 ? Deut. 16.1-8 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? 50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. 1 Sam. 2.26 ? Prov. 3.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have always loved the King James Bible for it's poetic language. My Uncle Jim is a Deacon in the Catholic Church and informs me that the KJB is not the official Bible of Catholics due to religious disputes. I have also heard that modern scholars consider the Bible riddled with error after study of the Dead Sea scrolls. http://home.earthlink.net/~mothershouse/ God Calls You By Name Joyce Stolberg Two Editons U.S. Catholic Bishops - Office of Catechism My publisher Jackie of Mother's House Publishing is a devout Catholic. Jackie told me of the stringent measures the Catholic Church took before they would sanction her " God Calls You By Name " by Joyce Stolberg. After you publish a Catholic book and submit the manuscript you have ONE phone call to inform the Church and IF they call you back the book is poured over by at least 200 Catholic scholars checking for errors of doctrine. The process takes months if not years. It is quite an honor to get this book published and I would love to buy one for my Uncle Jim. Last I heard this book and How To Play Chess Like An Animal were her two biggest sellers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pete Short is a security officer at Raytheon, busting everyone from slackers taking too long in the ping pong room to industrial spies. He even retrieved Tim Brennan's expensive sunglasses which went missing at a Chess tournament due to some excellent detective work. Let's see if he can crack this security leak. Private sources deep inside Raytheon inform me that Kosher Patzer Shannon Fox played 12 year old co-author Isaac Martinez and was impressed by the boy's progress - it was a tough game. Pete scoffed - " I took every piece that boy had to offer! " referring to a game played when Isaac was 7 years old with a 100 provisional rating. http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201001024891.0 http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/ Therefore all the Raytheon Chessplayers were in sticthes when sceptic Short was schooled by 12 year old Jesus in the temple. This happened at the recent Al Ufer Memorial Reserve section in Manitou Springs, CO where Ginny Gaige cracked 4 digits again. [Event "Al Ufer Memorial Reserve Section"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Pete "Redwood" Short"] [Black "Isaac "12 year old Jesus " Martinez"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1492 - Christopher Columbus rating"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] [ECO "A02"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "06:43:36"] [TimeControl "Game/hour"] 1. f4 Pete played 1 c4 religiously for over a decade and now he tries to confuse the boy with another flank opening. 1 ... Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. fxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng4 I am playing the Fishing Pole, what are you playing? 5. h3?? Bd6!! A one-ply threat to drive the Knight away is met by a two-ply mate threat. Pete has managed to irreparably irrigate his dark squares in 5 moves after 15 years of tournament Chess(don't forget to ask him about his Class C trophy). 6. d4 The only way for Pete to avoid checkmate is to move his e-pawn or d-pawn. 6 ... Bg3+!! 7. Kd2! Only move Nf2!! 8. Qe1? Pete is still living in one-ply CandyLand - examples: I attack isaac's Knight, he must move it. Isaac attacks my Queen, I must move it. Better check that security videotape in the lobby again, Camera 3. It's best to let the Queen sit on her throne than risk more hemorrhaging. 8 ... Nxh1!! Picking up a Rook and coming back for the Queen! 9. Qxg3 Elevating himself from one-ply Candyland to Mousetrap - 9 Qd1 Nf2 10 Qe1 Ne4+ 11 Kd3 B:e1 9 ... Nxg3 0-1 The scoresheet was thrown out in the family tradition so I am not sure if Pete stumbled into double digits a Queen and Rook down. Rumor has it the f1-Bishop was added to the funeral pyre. Top Secret Raytheon interoffice memos are being subpoenaed as we speak to confirm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Al Ufer Memorial Reserve Section"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Pete "Redwood" Short"] [Black "Isaac "12 year old Jesus " Martinez"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1492 - Christopher Columbus rating"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] [ECO "A02"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "06:43:36"] [TimeControl "Game/hour"] 1. f4 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. fxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng4 5. h3 Bd6 6. d4 Bg3+ 7. Kd2 Nf2 8. Qe1 Nxh1 9. Qxg3 Nxg3 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com http://www.denverchess.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100106/017212f7/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 13:53:56 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:53:56 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Reverend Tom Stuart on - The Boy Jesus in the Temple Message-ID: <1262811236.4b44f86402096@www.taom.com> I went to a synogogue recently for the first time in my life. They had a twofold prayer that went something like this - let us pray that all people embrace one religion so there is no more fighting. Let us pray that all people tolerate each other's religion. I don't know if I got it right. I think at one time Christians were not allowed in snyagogues and Jews were not allowed in Churches. Being the product of a mixed marriage, both sides interest me. I agree that the enduring values of the Bible, steeped in eternal truth, is the reason for its lengevity. Brian Wall -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from TomCatRev ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:36:01 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: TomCatRev Reply-To: TomCatRev Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] To: Brian Wall Brian: The Dead sea scrolls have very little to do with the Life of Jesus. They only have one book displayed in the Dead Sea Library in Israel I visited. There are contradictions in the bible , an why would there not be if more than one person wrote their version of what happened. Some people seek to destroy the faith by picking at straws. I say that if you want to believe, now is the time. If not, then that decision could have consequences. If we only live by the two commandments Jesus spoke about. Love God with all your heart and Love everyone else as you would yourself. End of discussion. There would be no wars and only peace and tranquility. Religion serves us all if we follow the goodness it expresses. If not we seek to serve our selves only. This is an unmistakable quagmire and bottomless pit we dig for ourselves. The King James Bible has lasted because it serves us. Thanks for all you messages and hard work and time to do so. Love and Light, Rev. Tom Stuart ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Wall Date: 1/6/2010 3:06:50 PM To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below] King James Bible The Boy Jesus in the Temple 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover Ex. 12.1-27 ? Deut. 16.1-8 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? 50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. 1 Sam. 2.26 ? Prov. 3.4 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- I have always loved the King James Bible for it's poetic language. My Uncle Jim is a Deacon in the Catholic Church and informs me that the KJB is not the official Bible of Catholics due to religious disputes. I have also heard that modern scholars consider the Bible riddled with error after study of the Dead Sea scrolls. http://home.earthlink.net/~mothershouse/ God Calls You By Name Joyce Stolberg Two Editons U.S. Catholic Bishops - Office of Catechism My publisher Jackie of Mother's House Publishing is a devout Catholic. Jackie told me of the stringent measures the Catholic Church took before they would sanction her " God Calls You By Name " by Joyce Stolberg. After you publish a Catholic book and submit the manuscript you have ONE phone call to inform the Church and IF they call you back the book is poured over by at least 200 Catholic scholars checking for errors of doctrine. The process takes months if not years. It is quite an honor to get this book published and I would love to buy one for my Uncle Jim. Last I heard this book and How To Play Chess Like An Animal were her two biggest sellers. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Pete Short is a security officer at Raytheon, busting everyone from slackers taking too long in the ping pong room to industrial spies. He even retrieved Tim Brennan's expensive sunglasses which went missing at a Chess tournament due to some excellent detective work. Let's see if he can crack this security leak. Private sources deep inside Raytheon inform me that Kosher Patzer Shannon Fox played 12 year old co-author Isaac Martinez and was impressed by the boy's progress - it was a tough game. Pete scoffed - " I took every piece that boy had to offer! " referring to a game played when Isaac was 7 years old with a 100 provisional rating. http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201001024891.0 http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/ Therefore all the Raytheon Chessplayers were in sticthes when sceptic Short was schooled by 12 year old Jesus in the temple. This happened at the recent Al Ufer Memorial Reserve section in Manitou Springs, CO where Ginny Gaige cracked 4 digits again. [Event "Al Ufer Memorial Reserve Section"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Pete "Redwood" Short"] [Black "Isaac "12 year old Jesus " Martinez"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1492 - Christopher Columbus rating"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] [ECO "A02"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "06:43:36"] [TimeControl "Game/hour"] 1. f4 Pete played 1 c4 religiously for over a decade and now he tries to confuse the boy with another flank opening. 1 ... Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. fxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng4 I am playing the Fishing Pole, what are you playing? 5. h3?? Bd6!! A one-ply threat to drive the Knight away is met by a two-ply mate threat. Pete has managed to irreparably irrigate his dark squares in 5 moves after 15 years of tournament Chess(don't forget to ask him about his Class C trophy). 6. d4 The only way for Pete to avoid checkmate is to move his e-pawn or d-pawn. 6 ... Bg3+!! 7. Kd2! Only move Nf2!! 8. Qe1? Pete is still living in one-ply CandyLand - examples: I attack isaac's Knight, he must move it. Isaac attacks my Queen, I must move it. Better check that security videotape in the lobby again, Camera 3. It's best to let the Queen sit on her throne than risk more hemorrhaging. 8 ... Nxh1!! Picking up a Rook and coming back for the Queen! 9. Qxg3 Elevating himself from one-ply Candyland to Mousetrap - 9 Qd1 Nf2 10 Qe1 Ne4+ 11 Kd3 B:e1 9 ... Nxg3 0-1 The scoresheet was thrown out in the family tradition so I am not sure if Pete stumbled into double digits a Queen and Rook down. Rumor has it the f1-Bishop was added to the funeral pyre. Top Secret Raytheon interoffice memos are being subpoenaed as we speak to confirm. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Al Ufer Memorial Reserve Section"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Pete "Redwood" Short"] [Black "Isaac "12 year old Jesus " Martinez"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1492 - Christopher Columbus rating"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] [ECO "A02"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "06:43:36"] [TimeControl "Game/hour"] 1. f4 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. fxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng4 5. h3 Bd6 6. d4 Bg3+ 7. Kd2 Nf2 8. Qe1 Nxh1 9. Qxg3 Nxg3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com http://www.denverchess.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100106/71773b9b/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 14:48:07 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:48:07 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Scott L Prince - The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] Message-ID: <1262814487.4b450517aac23@www.taom.com> I took my son to church around Christmas 2009 and he sort of had this attitude and I didn't know how to tell him how much power, purpose, action and direction you lose in life without faith. I told him POWs like Senator John McCain said that's all they had to keep them going in the Hanoi Hilton. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Scot L Prince ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:14:02 -0700 From: Scot L Prince Reply-To: Scot L Prince Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Reverend Tom Stuart on - The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] To: 'Brian Wall' I kill you unless you pray to my god. And this George Carlin ditty sums most religions up as well. http://atheism.about.com/library/quotes/bl_q_GCarlin.htm 1. Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but he can't handle money! Scot L Prince --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com [mailto:BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:54 PM To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWallChess] Reverend Tom Stuart on - The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below] I went to a synogogue recently for the first time in my life. They had a twofold prayer that went something like this - let us pray that all people embrace one religion so there is no more fighting. Let us pray that all people tolerate each other's religion. I don't know if I got it right. I think at one time Christians were not allowed in snyagogues and Jews were not allowed in Churches. Being the product of a mixed marriage, both sides interest me. I agree that the enduring values of the Bible, steeped in eternal truth, is the reason for its lengevity. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from TomCatRev > ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:36:01 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: TomCatRev > Reply-To: TomCatRev > Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] To: Brian Wall > Brian: The Dead sea scrolls have very little to do with the Life of Jesus. They only have one book displayed in the Dead Sea Library in Israel I visited. There are contradictions in the bible , an why would there not be if more than one person wrote their version of what happened. Some people seek to destroy the faith by picking at straws. I say that if you want to believe, now is the time. If not, then that decision could have consequences. If we only live by the two commandments Jesus spoke about. Love God with all your heart and Love everyone else as you would yourself. End of discussion. There would be no wars and only peace and tranquility. Religion serves us all if we follow the goodness it expresses. If not we seek to serve our selves only. This is an unmistakable quagmire and bottomless pit we dig for ourselves. The King James Bible has lasted because it serves us. Thanks for all you messages and hard work and time to do so. Love and Light, Rev. Tom Stuart ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- From: Brian Wall Date: 1/6/2010 3:06:50 PM To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com ; Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com mailto:Chess_Improvement%40Yahoogroups.com> ; UnorthodoxChessOpenings at Yahoogroups.com ; Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWallChess] The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Brian Wall included below] King James Bible The Boy Jesus in the Temple 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover Ex. 12.1-27 . Deut. 16.1-8 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? 50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. 1 Sam. 2.26 . Prov. 3.4 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- I have always loved the King James Bible for it's poetic language. My Uncle Jim is a Deacon in the Catholic Church and informs me that the KJB is not the official Bible of Catholics due to religious disputes. I have also heard that modern scholars consider the Bible riddled with error after study of the Dead Sea scrolls. http://home.earthlink.net/~mothershouse/ God Calls You By Name Joyce Stolberg Two Editons U.S. Catholic Bishops - Office of Catechism My publisher Jackie of Mother's House Publishing is a devout Catholic. Jackie told me of the stringent measures the Catholic Church took before they would sanction her " God Calls You By Name " by Joyce Stolberg. After you publish a Catholic book and submit the manuscript you have ONE phone call to inform the Church and IF they call you back the book is poured over by at least 200 Catholic scholars checking for errors of doctrine. The process takes months if not years. It is quite an honor to get this book published and I would love to buy one for my Uncle Jim. Last I heard this book and How To Play Chess Like An Animal were her two biggest sellers. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Pete Short is a security officer at Raytheon, busting everyone from slackers taking too long in the ping pong room to industrial spies. He even retrieved Tim Brennan's expensive sunglasses which went missing at a Chess tournament due to some excellent detective work. Let's see if he can crack this security leak. Private sources deep inside Raytheon inform me that Kosher Patzer Shannon Fox played 12 year old co-author Isaac Martinez and was impressed by the boy's progress - it was a tough game. Pete scoffed - " I took every piece that boy had to offer! " referring to a game played when Isaac was 7 years old with a 100 provisional rating. http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201001024891.0 http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,181/ Therefore all the Raytheon Chessplayers were in sticthes when sceptic Short was schooled by 12 year old Jesus in the temple. This happened at the recent Al Ufer Memorial Reserve section in Manitou Springs, CO where Ginny Gaige cracked 4 digits again. [Event "Al Ufer Memorial Reserve Section"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Pete "Redwood" Short"] [Black "Isaac "12 year old Jesus " Martinez"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1492 - Christopher Columbus rating"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] [ECO "A02"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "06:43:36"] [TimeControl "Game/hour"] 1. f4 Pete played 1 c4 religiously for over a decade and now he tries to confuse the boy with another flank opening. 1 ... Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. fxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng4 I am playing the Fishing Pole, what are you playing? 5. h3?? Bd6!! A one-ply threat to drive the Knight away is met by a two-ply mate threat. Pete has managed to irreparably irrigate his dark squares in 5 moves after 15 years of tournament Chess(don't forget to ask him about his Class C trophy). 6. d4 The only way for Pete to avoid checkmate is to move his e-pawn or d-pawn. 6 ... Bg3+!! 7. Kd2! Only move Nf2!! 8. Qe1? Pete is still living in one-ply CandyLand - examples: I attack isaac's Knight, he must move it. Isaac attacks my Queen, I must move it. Better check that security videotape in the lobby again, Camera 3. It's best to let the Queen sit on her throne than risk more hemorrhaging. 8 ... Nxh1!! Picking up a Rook and coming back for the Queen! 9. Qxg3 Elevating himself from one-ply Candyland to Mousetrap - 9 Qd1 Nf2 10 Qe1 Ne4+ 11 Kd3 B:e1 9 ... Nxg3 0-1 The scoresheet was thrown out in the family tradition so I am not sure if Pete stumbled into double digits a Queen and Rook down. Rumor has it the f1-Bishop was added to the funeral pyre. Top Secret Raytheon interoffice memos are being subpoenaed as we speak to confirm. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Al Ufer Memorial Reserve Section"] [Site "Manitou Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Pete "Redwood" Short"] [Black "Isaac "12 year old Jesus " Martinez"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1492 - Christopher Columbus rating"] [BlackElo "1340"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] [ECO "A02"] [NIC "VO.07"] [Time "06:43:36"] [TimeControl "Game/hour"] 1. f4 Nc6 2. b3 e5 3. fxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Ng4 5. h3 Bd6 6. d4 Bg3+ 7. Kd2 Nf2 8. Qe1 Nxh1 9. Qxg3 Nxg3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com http://www.denverchess.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100106/0e0d1b65/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 15:17:02 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:17:02 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Faith in God - Scott Prince and Reverend Thomas Stuart carry on the age old debate Message-ID: <1262816222.4b450bded5216@www.taom.com> My Chess analogy is materialism for sceptics and unclear sacrifices for believers. BW ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:08:22 -0700 From: Scot L Prince To: 'Brian Wall' Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Scott L Prince - The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] 2 unnamed text/html 26.35 KB I choose to put my faith into most of my fellow human beings. The invisible sky wizard doesn?t do anything for me. From: Scot L Prince ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from TomCatRev ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:10:08 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: TomCatRev Reply-To: TomCatRev Subject: Faith in God To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Brian: You have done your best to show your son the way, to be his guide. The rest lies on his shoulders. Those who reject faith because of men's actions blame the baby. They cast the baby out with the bath water because they are too lazy to seek the difference. There is more to God than a Bible filled with words, but many conclude by logic that none exist when all of God is before their eyes. It is not seeing to believe, it is believing to see. There are many who have received the aid of God through faith. Then what do they do with the gift? Rev. Tom Stuart ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Those who deny God are fools in wolves clothing leading others away from the fold in their ignorance! This is why Jesus said Father forgive them they know not what they do. Rev. Tom Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall I took my son to church around Christmas 2009 and he sort of had this attitude And I didn't know how to tell him how much power, purpose, action and direction You lose in life without faith. I told him POWs like Senator John McCain said that's all they had to keep them going in the Hanoi Hilton. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Scot L Prince ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:14:02 -0700 From: Scot L Prince Reply-To: Scot L Prince Subject: RE: [BrianWallChess] Reverend Tom Stuart on - The Boy Jesus in the Temple [1 Attachment] To: 'Brian Wall' I kill you unless you pray to my god. And this George Carlin ditty sums most religions up as well. http://atheism.about.com/library/quotes/bl_q_GCarlin.htm 1. Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the Sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you To do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end Of eternity. But he loves you! ...And he needs money! He's all powerful, but He can't handle money! Scot L Prince -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100106/f9fd27af/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 17:23:43 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:23:43 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wall - O' Neil DCC Ch January 5, 2009 Message-ID: <1262823823.4b45298f74b3a@www.taom.com> I seem to beat William O'Neil every time I play a Denver Chess Club tournament. Several of our encounters are annotated at BrianWallChess.net click and move style. Bill is a decent sort of fellow it is impossible to say anything bad about. Every game is tough and I always wonder how I am supposed to beat such a solid player 9.5 times out 10. It seems to me a 1600 who plays slowly and does not blunder would be an obstacle for even a Grandmaster. The game stayed in the Dan Avery range ( +/- 1 ) for a long time. I was getting frustrated waiting for the inevitable error and started playing Hope Chess. " Why is the 1600 seeing all the moves I am missing? What's wrong with me? " I kept asking myself. Reduced to a poker face and Bill's pyschological lag in beating me, the error finally came at the last possible moment with a move that looked crushing. Another narrow escape. I imagine Bill will do a lot of soul searching and improve as a result. Bill employed a cool strategey I admired during the game of creating no pawn weaknesses and developing with maximim pawn efficiency. After the game Robert Ramirez and I went to Perkins ( my wife's maiden name ) restaurant. Some guy named Randal came up and tried to capture us playing bullet Chess on his camera phone. Techno wizard Chris Peterson had the same type of phone and showed him how to work it. [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall 10923344: USCF Life Member thanks to Dr. Jon and Barbara Fortune"] [Black "William O'Neil USCF 12519208"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2210"] [BlackElo "1622"] [Opening "Dutch defense"] [ECO "A81"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "20:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club Championship I shuddered to play in this tournament again - the last time I won I broke up with a girlfriend at the same time which cast a pall on the victory celebration. 1st Presbyterian Church 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO not for long - we need a new site! Game/85 5 second delay January 5, 2009 Dutch defense White - Brian Wall, 2211 Black - William O' Neil, 1622 1. d4 I think we had too many 1 e4 games already. 1 ... f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c3 I was consistently getting less than nothing against the Stonewall Dutch in random blitz games. Tyler's idea ( from GM Petar Kiriakov, his trainer for the last 4 years who took him from 2,000 to 2377 ) is to strengthen d4 to force e4. I didn't understand the Qb3 part of their system so I skipped it. My idea was to play e4 come hell or highwater, even to the extent of ... d5, Nd2, f3, Nh3-f2, e4. For decades I played c4 and wasn't very happy after ... d5 inducing b3 or cd. I liked the idea of dealing with brand new Dutch issues. Tyler Hughes won the final game of the 2008 US Junior Closed with this c3 idea against the Dutch which carried him all the way to the US Adult Closed in 2009. 4 ... Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. e4! This move order seems rare but I like it and would try it again. I didn't have to go the extreme of f3 and Nf2 to play e4! 8 ... fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd8 I must have traumatized Bill earlier by exploiting a weak pawn. 10. Qe2 Nf7 11. Bd2 Flipper moves connect the Rooks without doing much for the Bishop. Rybka likes 11 N:f6+ B:f6 12 Nf4. My f4-Knight looks pretty but what does he accomplish? 11 ... Rb8 Still hiding in his prairie hole complex. Fetch me the dachshunds! 12. a4 Hoping for some .. b6 a5 action to wake me up 12 ... a5 13. f4 Putting a piece there is better but humans are not impressed with random activity, we prefer to suppress pawn breaks. 13 ... b6 14. Nhf2 Bb7 15. Rae1 I have no modern weapons strong enough to drag Osama Bin Laden from his cave. 15 ... Nh6 16. Nxf6+!! Rxf6!! For some reason I kept expecting Bill to miss all my threats and it was depressing when he didn't. It's an interesting question whether equal, winning or lost positions produce the most blunders, a rich field for scientific research. My idea was to swap on f6 and b7, then play d5 but Bill finds the best defense. The f6-Rook reinforces e6 and takes most of the sting out of my plan. Bill took 7 minutes on this. 17. Bxb7! Rxb7! 18. Nd3 I didn't see the point of 18 d5!! anymore after ... Qf7 but Little Fish continues 19 Ne4! Rg6 20 Ng5! I didn't realize I still had pressure with 18 d5!! Rg6 19 Qc4!!. O'Neil's fianchettoed Rook should have been a clue I still had something. I probably would have benefitted from looking his side of the board. Rybla also does crazy talk - 18 g4! Qg6! 19 h4! N:g4! 20 N:g4! h5! 21 f5! Q:g4+ 22 Q:g4 hg 23 Bg5! Rf7 24 fe! but I was playing too fast to look for an edge in there. Chris Peterson had miles to go before he could sleep and I wanted to get out of there fast. I was trying to create an e6-weakness a different way, by inducing d6 with Ne5 18 ... c5 19. Qg2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A favorable wind - Tal 19 d5! was best again Keeping to the main road is easy but people love to be sidetracked - Lao Tze 19 d5! c4 20 Ne5! is a better version of the game --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 ... Rc7 20. d5 Now 20 dc! is a little better 20 ... c4! 21. Ne5! Bc5+ 21 ... Nf5! or ... Nf7! is more urgent I sat in amusement at myself after 21 ... Bc5+. Any computer would give a number to which is better, 22 Be3 or Kh1. I felt helpess. My flipper Bishop isn't doing much on d2 but Chessmasters loathe trading despite the Antaeus Principle. Of course Rybka prefers the move I didn't play. 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Qe4 I thought for 8 minutes so the move Rybka prefers intrigues me in the sense " why didn't they appeal to me? " 23 Be3! makes sense, hitting b6 22 Nf3! uncovers e1-Rook pressure on e8-Queen but retreats uncover feelings of shame and loss in humans. 22 g4! I did consider g4 a few times but never envisioned computer support. Computers don't worry about emotional support from people. 22 de! looks good to me now 22 Re2! is pretty basic. I don't always see or appreciate the good moves but I feel them which makes getting a lost position later all the more upsetting. In retrospect- A - I was rushing because Bill always plays fast B - I have trouble rejoicing in small positional gains without immediate reward. I need more GM patience. C - Luckily the Dutch is so bad and my original setup was so good I still have a micro-edge. D - New systems take getting used to. 23 ... Bxe5! 23 ... Qa8! is also OK but 1600's rarely pass on a trade with me, even if it leads to mate in 2. 24. fxe5 I did see 24 Q:e5 Rc5! 24 ... Rxf1+! 25. Rxf1! Nf5! 25 ... ed!! or ... Nf7! are OK too 26. g4! Bill is light years from his real outposts on b3 or d3. Google Zebra Chess Opening for a further explanation. 26 ... Nh4! 27. d6 I was happy with this move and did eventually convert him into a passed pawn but 27 Be3 or de is slightly better. I don't have much anymore. A fool and his positional advantage are soon parted. 27 ... Rc8 27 ... Rc5, ... Rc6 or ... Ra7 are also OK 28. Bg5!! 28 Be1! Ng6 28 h4! is another way to get a micoedge or the gently probing 28 Be3 28 ... Ng6 29. h4?? Here I swear that I originally intended Rybka-best 29 Be3!! Rc6 30 Bd4!! with a nice defending and attacking Bishop location but I suddenly got delusions of grandeur that I was Alekhine, overwhlming everyone with creative, dynamic attacking play from nowhere. 29 ... Rc5!! I actually do get the advantage with all the lines I looked at - 29 ... h6 or ... Nf8 or ... Rb8 ... b5 or ... Rc6 or ... almost anything 30 h5 but somehow #$&@%&* Bill read my mind and instantly played the refutation like Phil Helmuth holding a straight flush calling an all in bet. It seemed like he made his move before I hit my clock despite us both having 36 minutes. It's always amusing when you look far ahead and miss one-ply. I was shook up now but trying to maintain my composure. If Bill is crashing through the center then h4 just weakened my King for nothing. Gulp. I went into cheapo bluff mode. 30 Bf6!? didn't accomplish much confusion factor. 30. Be7?? Makes things worse but containing bucket loads of poison if O'Neil takes twice on e7. 30 ... Rxe5!! 31. Qxc4 I don't really have a good square to go to so I grab a pawn and set up 31 ... N:e7?? 32 fe de Q:e7?? 33 Qc8+! Rybka prefers 31 Qb7 but it's still bad for me. 31 ... Qa8+!! Why is Bill seeing everything and me nothing? Robert Ramirez said he had a game like that where every line won for him except this miracle Queen check in the corner by his opponent followed by a swooping in to the saving square. In my case I also have a bad game after 31 .. Re3! or ... h6! among others. I suspected the crowd that formed wasn't there to see the 5 pounds I lost. 32. Kh2 Only move Re4!! 33.Qd3! Rxg4! 34. Qf3 Qxf3! 35. Rxf3! I thought all captures lost until I spotted 35 ... R:a4!! 36 h5 Nf4!! Oops. 35 ... h5 36. b3! Semi-reprieve, my game is on probation. I remembered a discussion with the great Chesmaster Joel Johnson 20 years ago. Brian - I offer draws when lost. Joel - I never do. They get even more nervous when winning. It seems true in this game. Bill missed nothing until he was winning. Time: 24 minutes each plus 5 second delay Brian 36 ... Nxh4 Analyzing is painful at this point - 36 ... e5!!, ... N:h4!, ... Re4!, ... Kh7!, ... Ne5!, ... Kh8 or ... Nf4 are all better for Bill but not as good as 35 ... R:a4!! 37. Rf8+! Kh7! 38. Rb8?? Brain dead Brian dead. I assumed Bill would end the game with a perpetual since he has never beaten me. I need my Rook on the f-file for defense. I figured he would surely take the draw and if he didn't I would roll with R:b6 and b4. I thought maybe 38 Rd8 was a better way to induce a draw. Meanwhile back on the reality train 38 B:h4! or Bd8! was the best try for counterplay but I was planning on saccing my Bishop on g5 to break up his two connected passed pawns. 38 ... Nf3+!! The kibitzers liked 38 ... g5! after the game which would force my Rook to return to the f-for-fool-file 39. Kh3 I didn't see much but I did see 39 Kh1?? Rg1 checkmate 39 ... Rg1!!! Everything wins and my friends were watching. Embarrassing. Bill was too busy kicking my ass to notice the perpetual with 39 ... Ng1+ 40 Kh3 Nf3+ Was Bill spitting on my unpsoken draw offer? Wow! I must be in bad shape! Bill didn't see it. 40. Rf8 Anything else gets mated - I felt like a prize jackass on sale at the county fair. Slap that blue ribbon on me. 40 ... g5?? and Scot Prince still doesn't believe in miracles! The move looks crushing. 40 ... Ne5!!! or ... Nd2!! leave me down two pawns for nothing. 41. Rxf3! g4+! 42. Kh2! Attacking the g1-Rook leaves me with a Bishop for two pawns - if Bill trades with 42 ... gf 43 K:g1 my King and Bishop should have no trouble overpowering his pawns and if O'Neil allows my Rook to stay on the board then Rf8-d8:d7-c7 will end it. Game over. 42 ... Rb1 43. Rf8! Rxb3 44. Rd8! Rxc3 45. Rxd7! Kg6 46. Rc7! Rd3! 47. d7! 1-0 Bill resigns I feel bad for Bill but I like this way of fighting the Dutch Defense. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.05"] [Round "1"] [White "B-Wall 10923344: USCF Life Member thanks to Dr. Jon and Barbara Fortune"] [Black "William O'Neil USCF 12519208"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2210"] [BlackElo "1622"] [Opening "Dutch defense"] [ECO "A81"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "20:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd8 10. Qe2 Nf7 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. a4 a5 13. f4 b6 14. Nhf2 Bb7 15. Rae1 Nh6 16. Nxf6+ Rxf6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd3 c5 19. Qg2 Rc7 20. d5 c4 21. Ne5 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Qe4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nf5 26. g4 Nh4 27. d6 Rc8 28. Bg5 Ng6 29. h4 Rc5 30. Be7 Rxe5 31. Qxc4 Qa8+ 32. Kh2 Re4 33. Qd3 Rxg4 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 h5 36. b3 Nxh4 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Nf3+ 39. Kh3 Rg1 40. Rf8 g5 41. Rxf3 g4+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 43. Rf8 Rxb3 44. Rd8 Rxc3 45. Rxd7 Kg6 46. Rc7 Rd3 47. d7 1-0 Bill resigns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I love Tyler dearly but GM Onischuk's comment on 12 B:c6 is one of my alltime favorites. " That move is so bad positionally that my first thought was that I had blundered a piece. " I believe Tyler was envisioning some type of dark square blockade. 9 Nc4! would have been difficult to meet. 15 N:d6 was a further mistake and things went downhill after that. This game feautures Tyler's anti-Dutch setup I was endeavoring to emulate. [Event "US Closed"] [Site "St. Louis, MO"] [Date "2009.05.09" ] [Round "2"] [White "Tyler Hughes"] [Black "GM_Onischuk" ] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2293"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Opening "Dutch defense"] [ECO "A81"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "14:45:55"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nh3 g6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nd2 Bd6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nc4 Ke7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. f4 e4 14. Be3 c5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. c4 h5 17. O-O-O Ng4 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc3 Rhb8 20. b3 a5 21. Rd2 a4 {Black wins} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 17:34:13 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:34:13 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jamesa Reese and Eric Olson on the Bible Message-ID: <1262824453.4b452c057f26f@www.taom.com> Danielle Rice has been instructing me in the Jewish faith and I was surprised to learn they are quite comfortable with - God created the Heaven and Earth in 7 days - not to mean 24 hours. I remember in Waco, Texas someone told me the fossils were planted by the Devil to test man's faith. The Jews seem more flexible in their faith than Baptists but on the other hand they have so many centuries old rituals it drives me half mad. I can't remember them all. My fear is the least flexible faith wins by fanaticism. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:20:35 -0600 From: Jamesa Reese To: Brian Wall Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Faith in God - Scott Prince and ReverendThomas Stuart carry on the age old debate I wish Prince good luck with the "putting faith into most of his fellow humans". That's a big disappointment waiting to happen. Then what? From: Jamesa Reese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Olsen ----- Forwarded message from EOMJ ----- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:24:14 -0700 From: EOMJ Reply-To: EOMJ Subject: Bible To: Brian Wall I was interested to learn over the Holidays, by reading the bible in the little mountain lodge where we were holed up for a few days (got through the whole book of Genesis), that Noah took 7 (not 2) of every "every clean animal" onto the arc. Only "Unclean" animals were taken in 2's. Also there is no mention of an apple in Adam 'n' Eve - only "the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil". Chapter 38 is a dirty little tale, as is the story of Lot and his daughters - naughty girls!! Who said the Bible was boring? The story of Joseph is quite good as well - jealousy, vengeance, a horny, lying "rich bitch", trickery, and of course Justice...it's got it all! I am always surprised at how brief the most famous of the Bible's stories actually are - usually (with the exception of Joseph) half a page or so. I skipped around a lot, but I was surprised to find a passage where God says to someone that there are too many people for him to keep track of everyone's problems (Isaac or Isaiah?) and says that men should handle their own problems as best they can, and only when they can't find their own solution should they ask God for answers. It seemed that God said Himself that he was not all-powerful nor all-knowing, and didn't really wish to be involved in our individual, day-to-day troubles. The text is indeed written in a way that is compelling and believable. On to Exodus... -E- -- Eric Olson, President Eric Olson Master Jeweler, inc. 303-604-0240 http://www.master-jeweler.com Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4:30 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Peterson showed me this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF9Xn5m2OGg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 19:56:37 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 19:56:37 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rare Full Metal Jacket game Message-ID: <1262832997.4b454d65193d7@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "potpie"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "2050"] [BlackElo "1896"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "21:54:07"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qxe4+ 7. Kf2 Bc5+ {White resigns} 0-1 Statistics for potpie On for: 21 Idle: 0 potpie is currently involved in a match against UzbekTiger(IM). rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1669 [6] 49 30 0 79 1786 (12-Apr-2008) Loser's 1358 [6] 1 11 1 13 Crazyhouse 1648 [6] 26 32 0 58 1741 (03-Dec-2004) Bullet 2191 3985 2807 366 7158 2292 (14-Apr-2009) Blitz 2041 1893 1341 200 3434 2292 (14-Mar-2009) Standard 2118 [6] 18 5 3 26 2164 (14-Mar-2006) 5-minute 2067 783 726 109 1618 2313 (16-Mar-2009) 1-minute 2050 12271 11735 1299 25305 2421 (25-Nov-2009) 15-minute 1930 [4] 6 8 1 15 1: I slap three times as hard as the normal human 2: re7 is a beast in this game: "examine potpie %50" Groups : Maryland From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 6 20:10:24 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:10:24 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Please forward to all Aurora Chess Club members you know! Message-ID: <1262833824.4b4550a0a907c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from JEFFERY BAFFO ----- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:03:06 -0700 From: JEFFERY BAFFO Reply-To: JEFFERY BAFFO Subject: FW: Please forward to all Aurora Chess Club members you know! To: anthony cordova , Archie Shipp , Todd Bardwick2 , brianwallchess3 , chess at silverknightschess.com, Corey Kesler , Derek Fish , Don Ogle , edelreichd at hotmail.com, julian.evans at colorado.edu, norbemartinez , pjshort From: Jeffrey.Baffo at sprint.com To: jbaffo2004 at msn.com Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:59:12 -0600 Subject: Please forward to all Aurora Chess Club members you know! As of today, I was advised that the entire meeting service staff for the Aurora Public Library system have been let go and replaced by one person. This person advised me that due to facility closures, staff reductions and general cutbacks, the ACC can no longer reserve a room for an entire year. Now reservations are limited to twice a month by any group and can not be made more than 30 days in advance. I advised her that this would effectively kill our club as it is currently structured and end our 15 + year history at the Aurora Central Library. She apologized but said there was nothing that could be done. I don?t believe it! I want to request that the Aurora Chess club be granted a reservation to any free room at their central location as has been a tradition since at least 1992. I believe this is justified based on the long tenure of our group and the important cultural and educational benefits of our group?s activities. If this can not be resolved in our favor (?Can?t fight City Hall?) I call on all interested chess players to start looking for a new location for the ACC! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100106/29ef4130/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 7 00:38:33 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:38:33 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris Peterson posted all the games from Round 1 of the Denver Chess Club Message-ID: <1262849913.4b458f79886b7@www.taom.com> That's never been done before. http://www.denverchess.com/games/ Chris is singlehandedly dragging Colorado Chess kicking and screaming into the new millenium. I analyzed my game with Bill O'Neil already From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 7 12:37:04 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 12:37:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Please forward to all Aurora Chess Club members you know! Message-ID: <1262893024.4b4637e062779@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Archie Shipp ----- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 07:04:22 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Shipp Reply-To: Archie Shipp Subject: Re: FW: Please forward to all Aurora Chess Club members you know! To: anthony cordova , Todd Bardwick2 , brianwallchess3 , chess at silverknightschess.com, Corey Kesler , Derek Fish , Don Ogle , edelreichd at hotmail.com, julian.evans at colorado.edu, norbemartinez , pjshort , JEFFERY BAFFO Jeff, ? Many times, a declining mall food court, a struggling coffee shop, or restaurant that is not the "in" place to be (Village Inns and IHOPs come to mind) are very willing to accommodate clubs for free with the understanding that most members buy something (even a cup of coffee) while they are there? The tables are usually good size, the hours are usually right, the parking is available, and it allows other people coming by to remember they may have liked the game at one time and get involved again.? It would be worth checking into. Archie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100107/b2f4dd47/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 8 20:15:26 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 20:15:26 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] World Team Championship Message-ID: <1263006926.4b47f4ce8d1d5@www.taom.com> Since Robson beat me in Florida 2007 I have been analyzing his games for their state magazine. I threw in a few Becerra games too. GM Ray Robson is now analyzing games himself. http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10013/571/ US team victory over India ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a short sharp Ray Robson draw with computer-like tactics that I enjoy. [Event "World team Champiosnhip"] [Site "Egypt-1, USA 3"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "4"] [White "*IM_Abdelnabbi"] [Black "*IM_Robson"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Opening "Sicilian: modern Scheveningen"] [ECO "B45"] [NIC "SI.22"] [Time "11:01:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qh4 All book which doesn't necessarily mean they know that. 16 ... f5!! is a positional monstrosity only a computer can love. Next best is Ray's move. Next best is 16 ... Bb7, played once before. 16 ... Bc5 17. f5! 17 Be4! also with a microedge 17 ... exf5! 18. Nd5! Qd6! 18 ... Qd8!! is very anti-human - 18 ... Qd8!! 19 Bf6 N:f6 20 N:f6+ Kg7 21 B:f5 B:f5 22 R:f5 h6 23 Nh5+ Kh7 should hold. 18 ... Qd8!! 19 Nf6+ N:f6 20 B:f6 Qb6! should hold. Scary stuff. 19. Rxf5!! Bxd4! Only move 20. Qxd4! gxf5 IM Abdelnabbi has a small edge after 20 ... f6! 21 Re1 21. Re1! Ne5 Only move 22. Rxe5! Rd8 Only move 23. Qh4?= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IM Abdelnabbi misses a beautiful problem-like resourse after 23 B:f5!! h6 24 Bd7!!! putting a Bishop where he can be captured 3 ways. 23 B:f5!! h6 24 Bd7!! Kh7 25 Re6!! Now the Rook can be captured in two ways and the Bishop in three ways. 23 B:f5!! h6 24 Bd7!! Kh7 25 Re6!! Q:e6! only move 26 B:e6 only move B:e6 only move 27 Qe4+ and Queen, Knight and pawn should be better than Rook, Rook and Bishop but it's still a tough game. 23 B:f5!! B:f5 24 R:f5 h6 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nd7+ ( can be captured two ways ) R:d7 27 Qh8+ Ke7 28 Re5+ Qe6 29 R:e6+ fe 30 Qg7+ Kd8 31 Qf6+ Kc7 32 h4! or h3! and Ray will have trouble holding onto h6 or e6. If I push Ray's e-pawn forward: 32 h4 Re8 33 Q:h6 e5 34 Q:a6 e4 35 Qa5+ ( 35 Q:b5? e3!= reminds me of 63 a4? d2 in my Bloomer game ) Kc6 36 Qc3+ Kb7 37 Qe3 Rc7 38 c3 Rd7 39 g4 Kc6 40 h5 Rd3 41 Qe2 Rd5 42 c4 bc 43 Q:c4+ Kd6 44 h6 e3 45. Qe2 Rd2 46. Qa6+ Ke7 47. Qa7+ Kd6 48. h7 e2 49. Qb6+ Kd7 50. Qb5+ Ke7 51. Qxe8+ Kxe8 52. h8=Q+ Kd7 53. Qg7+ Ke8 54. Qg6+ Kd7 55. Qf5+ Kc6 56. Qc8+ Kb6 57. Qe6+ Kc7 58. Kg1 and wins - It turns out it's not so simple to just push the e-pawn down the board. I found that out the hard way in my first encounter with Josh Bloomer, 3-3-2001 annotated at www.Walverine.com 23 B:f5!! B:f5 24 R:f5 h6 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nd7+ Q:d7 27 Qh8+ Ke7 28 Qf6+ Kf8 29 Q:h6+ Ke7 30 Re5+ Qe6 31 R:e6+ fe 32 h4 is a worse version of the Queen versus two Rooks ending 23 B:f5!! B:f5 24 R:f5 h6 25 h3! is just a bad looking position for Ray in general. He will probably be forced to give up a Rook for the Knight soon and be down a pawn with a more exposed King. It seems Ray dodged a bullet here. I don't know the time situation. IM Abdelnabbi settles for a perpetual. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 ... Qxe5! 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World team Champiosnhip"] [Site "Egypt-1, USA 3"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "4"] [White "*IM_Abdelnabbi"] [Black "*IM_Robson"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Opening "Sicilian: modern Scheveningen"] [ECO "B45"] [NIC "SI.22"] [Time "11:01:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qh4 Bc5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Rxf5 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 gxf5 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Rxe5 Rd8 23. Qh4 Qxe5 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Warsaw-ch"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1998.05.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Maciejewski, Miroslaw"] [Black "Kaczorowski, Piotr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2310"] [BlackElo "2200"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd7 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qh4 Bb7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Rae1 Qc4 20. c3 e5 21. b3 Qc7 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd5 Rde8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Rf1+ Ke6 28. Qf7+ 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://walverine.com/?id=76 www.Walverine.com email Bloomer ( the first one ) Fishing Pole Full Metal Jacket game with Josh Bloomer - 3/3/2001 [Event "2001 Colorado Springs Open"] [Site "Colorado Springs, CO"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "5"] [Board "1"] [White "17 year old Josh Bloomer"] [Black "46 year old brian Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [WhiteElo "2038"] [BlackElo "2220"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb6 7. Na3 Qf6 8. Bg5 Qg6 9. d5 Qxe4 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Qd5 12. Qe2 Qe6 13. h3 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 O-O 16. Re1 f6 17. Bd2 g6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. Qg3 Bb7 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rxe5 Qf6 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Nc2 d6 24. Re6 c5 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kh7 27. Qd3 Kh8 28. Bg5 Qf8 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Ne3 Kxg6 31. Be7+ Kh7 32. Bxf8 Raxf8 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Ng4 Bc8 35. Qh6+ Kf5 36. Qe3 Kg6 37. Qh6+ Kf5 38. Qd2 Ke4 39. Qe2+ Kd5 40. Qd3+ Kc6 41. Qe4+ Kb6 42. Ne3 c6 43. Qd3 d5 44. Qg6 Rd7 45. Ng4 Rfd8 46. Ne5 Rd6 47. Qd3 c4 48. Qe3+ c5 49. Nf7 Re6 50. Qg3 Rde8 51. Qb8+ Bb7 52. Nd8 Rxd8 53. Qxd8+ Kc6 54. h4 Rd6 55. Qe8+ Kc7 56. Qf7+ Kb6 57. Qf4 Rd7 58. Qe5 d4 59. cxd4 cxd4 60. Qe6+ Bc6 61. Qxc4 d3 62. Qb4+ Bb5 63. Qd2 a5 64. h5 Re7 65. h6 Re2 66. Qf4 d2 67. Qd4+ Kb7 68. Kh2 Bc6 69. h7 Rxg2+ 70. Kh3 1-0 I flag in a lost position Josh didn't fall for 63 a4?? d2= tough fight with many phases ending in me trying but failing to promote a d-pawn with Rook and Bishop ( and a-pawn ) versus Queen and a,b,h,g pawns. My d-pawn was pased on move 59 but I couldn't quite make the breakthrough. The key to drawing was difficult - forgetting about pushing the pawn for a while and focus on placing my pieces perfectly. It's hard to do both. Josh had a great coming out party and went 5-0. I have considered him Master strength ever since. My early Walverine emails did not contain pgns so it is tough even for me to play over the games. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Malakhov-Shulman may be the best game of the event, well annotated in Ben Finegold's blog http://saintlouischessclub.org/bens-blog Malakhov employs the Weihmiller French with stunning results. The end of the game was so brutal I went back to find out how Yuri got so utterly crushed. Apparently he is having trouble sleeping and probably thought he would wake up from his nightmare soon. [Event "World team Championship"] [Site "Russia vs America"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Malakhov"] [Black "GM_Shulman"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "FR.16"] [Time "07:46:57"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 c4 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Be1 O-O-O 15. b3 a4 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. f5 g6 ( 19 ... a3 +1.34 for White )20. f6 Ba3 ( 20 ... Bf8 +2 for White ) 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 ( 22 .. Bc6 +2.6 for White )23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rd7 ( 24 ... Kc7 + 3 for White )25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 ( 26 ... N:d4 +4 for White ) Nd8 27. Bxd5 Qa6 ( 27 ... R:d5 + 4.69 for White ) 28. e6 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxe6 ( 29 ... Bd6 +5 for White ) 30. Bg3 Nc7 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. f7 ( 32. ... Bd6 +7 for White ) Bd7 33. Qe5+ ( +12 ) {White wins} 1-0 Once Malakhov started rolling with 19 f5, it just got worse and worse for Yuri. I have been playing and studying the Weihmiller French for 3 years with wild games but great results. Now everyone will want to join the party. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World team Championship"] [Site "Russia vs America"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Malakhov"] [Black "GM_Shulman"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2624"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"] [ECO "C05"] [NIC "FR.16"] [Time "07:46:57"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 c4 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Nf1 Bd7 11. Ne3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Be1 O-O-O 15. b3 a4 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bf2 Na5 19. f5 g6 20. f6 Ba3 21. Ng5 Be8 22. Bg4 Nc6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Rd7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nd8 27. Bxd5 Qa6 28. e6 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Nxe6 30. Bg3 Nc7 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. f7 Bd7 33. Qe5+ {White wins} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 9 02:35:12 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 02:35:12 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mamedyarov - Morozevich 2010 World team Chamionship Message-ID: <1263029712.4b484dd021f12@www.taom.com> This game caught my eye because I just didn't understand what happened.I thought about the position in my head for awhile but nothing was clearing up. It was book up until Mamedyarov's 27 move then Moro disimproved. Both sides whipped out moves instantly until Black's 19th move when Alexander thought for 18 minutes. Shakhriyar thought for 11 minutes on his 21st move. Morozevich thought for another 18 minutes on 22 ... B:c8. GM Mamedyarov thought for 26 minutes on 23 Bc4. Moro thought 11 minutes on 23 ... a5. Mamedyarov thought 6 minutes on 24 Ng5. Moro thought a minute on his novelty 27 ... Kh7. The move order of the original game and this one is 2 moves off because of an extra repetition with Bb5 Qa2 Bc4 Qa4. Morozevich had spent an hour to reach a known position, Mamedyarov had used 43 minutes. Mamedjarov used 17 minutes for 29 Bd3. Mamedjarov turned down a chance to enter a pawn up Rook and two Bishops endgame with the very temporary Queen sac 29 e6!! Nd4 30 e7!! N:e2+ 31 R:e2 Bg4 32 ed(Q) R:d8 33 f3 Bf5 34 B:g5 This line is hard to calculate with many subvariations. Mamedjarov chose to play Chris Peterson style, to keep Queens on at any price especially with 28 minutes left to Moro's 11. 29 Bd3 is not that strong, 29 ... g4!! to keep the White Queen out or even 29 ... Bg4! 30 Q:g4 Q:d3 would have brought some relief. Moro used half of his pitiful 11 minutes to play the inferior 29 ... Bf5? Mamedyarov took 5 minutes for 31 e6 which was the right move two moves ago. 31 Qh5+! Bh6 32 h4! Q:d2 33 Rd1 Q:d1+ 34 Q:d1 N:e5 35 Qd5 should win but again there are many subvariations and time is short. 31 Qh5+! Bh6 32 Bc3! should also win but it's scary being a piece down although pawns on e6-e7 are great comp. Very messy nerve-racking situation in general with the added pressure of team conditions. After 31 e6 Kg6!! Pooro Moro would be alright again but he quickly played 31 ... g4? which was the right move two moves ago. After 31 e6? g4? 32 h3!! started to pry the Kingside open. Russian Grandmaster Morozevich used half of his 5 minutes to analyze some miserable positions. 32 h3!! Qd4! or ... Qd5! would be bad but the best he had. Instead 32 ... Nd4? went from inferior to lost. After 31 e6? g4? 32 h3!! Nd4? 33 Qe3!! the White Queen drifts into the Kingside and leads the attack. Almost numb from the pain now Moro spent 1 of his remaining 3 minutes to employ a Knight fork which drove the dagger deeper into his heart. 31 e6? g4? 32 h3!! Nd4? 33 Qe3!! Nc2? Azerbajain Grandmaster spent all of 20 seconds to play the only winning move 34 Qf4!! Despite his hanging Rook all variations work for Shakhriyar because of mates threats, pawn promotion threats and possible checks. Examples: 34 Qf4!! N:e1 35 Q:f5+ Kh8 36 Qh5+ Bh6 37 Q:h6 checkmate or 34 Q:f4!! Qf6! 35 hg!! N:e1 36 Qh2+!! Bh6 37 gf!!! with a picturesque pawn chain proving stronger than a Rook and Knight. Taking on h6 also works. Somebody said recently that Rooks were just not designed to stop connected passed pawns. To recap, Morozevich got stuck in opening prep and used enormous gobs of time to break out. Just when he needed time the most, Mamedyarov kept things so complicated that it was impossible to figure out what to do with just minutes remaining. Shakhriyar avoided superior endgames to keep the middle game pressure on and Morzevich started cracking. The final position is a disaster as they often are. A great Top 10 battle. [Event "World Team Championship"] [Site "Azerbajain versus Russia"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Mamedyarov"] [Black "GM_Morozevich"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: modern exchange variation"] [ECO "D90"] [NIC "GI.07"] [Time "07:50:57"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Qd1 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rbc1 Qd8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc4 a5 24. Ng5 e6 25. d5 h6 26. dxe6 hxg5 27. exf7+ Kh7? TL Theoretical Lemon by Morozevich 28. e5 Nc6 29. Bd3? Bf5? 30. Bxf5! gxf5! 31. e6 g4 32. h3!! Nd4? 33. Qe3! Nc2? 34. Qf4!! Qd5 35. Qg5!! {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "World Team Championship"] [Site "Azerbajain versus Russia"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Mamedyarov"] [Black "GM_Morozevich"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Opening "Gr?nfeld: modern exchange variation"] [ECO "D90"] [NIC "GI.07"] [Time "07:50:57"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Qd1 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rbc1 Qd8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc4 a5 24. Ng5 e6 25. d5 h6 26. dxe6 hxg5 27. exf7+ Kh7 28. e5 Nc6 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. e6 g4 32. h3 Nd4 33. Qe3 Nc2 34. Qf4 Qd5 35. Qg5 {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Goodricke op 7th"] [Site "Calcutta"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Sherbakov, Ruslan"] [Black "Konguvel, Ponnuswamy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2395"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1996.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.01.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Qc2 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Rbc1 Qd8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Bc4 a5 22. Ng5 e6 23. d5 h6 24. dxe6 hxg5 25. exf7+ Kf8 26. e5 Ra7 27. e6 Nc6 28. Bc1 Bf6 29. Qe4 Ne7 30. Ba3 Kg7 31. Bd3 Qh8 32. Qf3 Kf8 33. Qc6 Kg7 34. Qxb6 Rb7 35. Qxa5 Bxe6 36. Rxe6 Kxf7 37. Bc4 Kg7 38. Rxf6 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com ( almost a third of a million hits ) http://www.denverchess.com/ ( Chris Peterson's exciting new site ) ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 9 09:09:17 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:09:17 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] King's Gambit ( for Jeff Maguire ) Message-ID: <1263053357.4b48aa2daaa4d@www.taom.com> This is what God intended King's Gambits to look like. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.09"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "raller"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1722"] [Opening "KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:55:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 4 Bc4 g4 5 0-0 Muzio Gambit 4 ... g4 5. Bc4! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Ne5! KGA: Sorensen gambit 5 B:f4! KGA: Rosentreter gambit 5. Bc4! KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ... gxf3! 6. Qxf3! Qf6? 7. Nc3 7 e5!! or B:f4! are best 7 ... Bh6? 8. Nd5! TN Wall Another Theoretical Novelty from my grab bag. 8 e5!! is slightly better and has been played at least once. 8 ... Qxd4! 9. Nxc7+! Kd8! 10. Nxa8! Qxc4! 11. Bxf4! Qb4+?? 12. c3!! Qxb2 13. O-O! 13 Bc7+!! Ke8 14 0-0! threatening checkmate is even more vicious 13 ... Bxf4! 14. Qxf4! Nc6? 15. Qc7+! 15 Q:f7!! is even more vicious 15 ... Ke8? 16. Qxc8+! Ke7! 17. Nc7! 17 Rad1!! is even more vicious 17 ... Qxc3? 18. Nd5+! Ke6! 19. Nxc3! h5 20. Qxb7 Nge7 21. Rad1! d6! 22. Nd5!! mating Rd8 23. Nxe7 23 Rf6+, Nc7+, Rf5, Nf4+ or Qc7 mate faster 23 Rf6+ Ke5 24 Qb2+ mates next move 23 ... Nxe7! 24. e5!! mating 24 Qb3+!!! or Qc7! also checkmate 24 ... d5 25. Rf6+!! Kxe5! 26. Qxe7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.09"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "raller"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1722"] [Opening "KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:55:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bc4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Bh6 8. Nd5 Qxd4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxc4 11. Bxf4 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nc6 15. Qc7+ Ke8 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Nc7 Qxc3 18. Nd5+ Ke6 19. Nxc3 h5 20. Qxb7 Nge7 21. Rad1 d6 22. Nd5 Rd8 23. Nxe7 Nxe7 24. e5 d5 25. Rf6+ Kxe5 26. Qxe7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Tastrup op"] [Site "Tastrup"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Theander, Stig"] [Black "Engel, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qf5 8. O-O Bh6 9. Bd3 Qe6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Qe4 c6 14. Rf6 Qe7 15. Qf5 O-O 16. Qg5 Qb4 17. Ne2 d5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Raf1 Qd8 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Nxg6 Nxf6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxf6# 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- London m/7 1842 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "London m/7"] [Site "London m/7"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [EventDate "1842.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "John Cochrane"] [Black "Howard Staunton"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. O-O Bh6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4+ Nf6 12. e5 Rg8 13. Qh4 Ke8 14. Rxf6 Bg4 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rf4 c5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Qh4 Rg6 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5+ Kd7 23. Qxh7+ Kc6 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe7 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- etch 1997 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter-Testa Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "etch"] [Site "(m) Pula (Croatia) (3)"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexei Fedorov"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bc4 Qh4+ 9.Bg3 Qf6 10.Qxf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Rxf6 Be6 13.Bd3 Bg7 14.Rff1 Nc6 15.Nd5 O-O-O 16.c3 h5 17.Bh4 Rde8 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Rf2 Rhg8 20.g3 Rg4 21.Ne3 Rg7 22.Nf5 Rh7 23.a3 a6 24.Rd1 b5 25.Nd4 Na5 26.a4 c5 27.Nf3 Kc7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bd3 Nc4 30.Ra1 Rb8 31.Ra7+ Rb7 32.Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.b3 Na5 34.Nxe5 dxe5 35.Bxb5 Nxb3 36.Bf6 c4 37.Bxe5 h4 38.Be8 h3 39.Rf4 Rh5 40.Bg7 Nc5 41.Bxf7 Rh7 42.Bd4 Rxf7 43.Bxc5 Kc6 44.Rxf7 Bxf7 45.Bd4 Bg6 46.e5 Kd5 47.Kf2 Ke4 48.e6 Kd5 49.e7 Ke6 50.Bc5 Kd5 51.Bb4 Ke4 52.Ba5 Bf7 53.Bc7 Kd3 54.g4 Kxc3 55.Ke3 Kb4 56.Kd4 Kb5 57.Ke5 Kc6 58.Kf6 Be8 59.Be5 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unknown 1869 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter Gambit Bird Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "Unknown"] [Site "Unknown"] [Date "1869.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Henry Edward Bird"] [Black "NN"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "27"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.Qxg4 g2+ 8.Qxh4 gxh1=Q 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qh5 Nc6 11.Nxf7 Nf6 12.Nd6+ Kd8 13.Qe8+ Rxe8 14.Nf7# 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENG 1868 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter Gambit (C37) ? 0-1 [Event "ENG"] [Site "ENG"] [Date "1868.??.??"] [EventDate "1868.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Thompson"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "28"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qf2+ 7. Kc3 Nc6 8. a3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Rf1 Qxd4+ 12. Kxd4 Bg7+ 13. e5 Bxe5+ 14. Ke4 Nf6# 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All that was just a prelude for this game, a 2442 trying the Rosentreter gambit against a 2680 gets my attention. I have been in love with Sargissian's smooth play since I ICC webcasted the 2006 Turin, Italy Olympiad with IM Bill Pachall, IM Cyrus Lakdawala and others. Sargisian impressed me in Round 1 and virtually every game of his I've seen since. Sargissian, Aronian and Varuzhan Akobian studied Chess together as Armenian children in the Petrosian School and now all are strong, solid Grandmasters. They are all playing in the 2010 World Team Championship in Turkey except Varuzhan has been Americanized for quite a while now. Armenia won gold in the last two Olympiads and Varuzhan helped USA get the bronze medal in the last Olympiad. The only difference, as GM Yuri Shulman puts it, is the Armenians were treated as war heroes with a big parade and extra govermental money in their country after the Olympiad and Yuri couldn't even get his results posted in the local paper. Let's see how Aronian's friend, compatriot, personal Chess trainer and openings specialist handles my Dad's favorite opening. [Event "2010 World Team Championship"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "IM_Can_Emre"] [Black "GM_Sargissian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Opening "KGA: Rosentreter gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:46:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. Qf2 The bravest GM Morozevich played the insane 9 e5!? here but no one has tried the obvious 9 h3! stopping 9 ... Bg4 because of 10 hg!! hg 11 R:h8!! gf 12 R:g8!! with full compensation for a Queen. 10 hg!! hg 11 Q:g4! Nf6! is not as good for White although White would almost have full compensation for a Rook after 10 hg!! hg 11 Q:g4! Nf6! 12 Qf3 R:h1 13 d5!! Nd7! 14 dc or 13 d5!! Ne5!! 14 B:e5!! de 15 Bb5+ c6 16 B:c6+ or R:h1 9 h3!! almost gives full compensation for the missing Muzio Knight. GM Gallagher talked about the King's Gambit in a recent ICC interview with old friend IM John Watson. Gallagher beat my Scandinavian in Las Vegas about 8 years ago. Gallagher wrote a book on the King's Gambit about 20 years ago. Joseph said in the old days all we had was a wretched book by Korchnoi and Zak ( Jeff Maguire and I studied this book about 30 years ago. ) Computers make the King's Gambit much more daring nowadays although neither player seem burdened by computer knowledge this game 9 Qf2? seems like a lame, dispirited, thoughtless spur of the moment try. 9 Qe3! seems more active. 9 ... Bg4 10. Rd2! Bh6 11. h3! Bd7! 12. e5!! IM Emre Can is making a fight of it! GM Sargissian is a piece up but has fractured Kingside pawns, 5 pieces on the first rank, one piece on the second rank and only two on the third rank. The Muzio has been confounding humanity for 4 centuries now. This is not strictly a Muzio but very close. 12 ... Bf5 13. Bc4! 13 ed!! cd 14 Nb5!! is difficult to meet. The Rosentreter lives! Emre's move is OK too. Todays GMs are no better than the patzers of yesteryear. 13 ... Nge7 14. exd6?? Oh no! IM Emre Can spoils a golden opportunity. A move ago when 13 ed!! was best and the f5-Bishop was undefended then 13 ed!! B:f4? 14 Q:f4! attacking f5 and c7, is good for White but after 13 Bc4! Nge7 14 ed?? B:f4! 15 Q:f4 Q:d6! gains a critical tempo and offers a trade of Queens. I once thought uncomfortably for half an hour against Mark Sherbring after 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e5 Nh5 5 d4 d6 and made the awful tempo waster 6 ed?. developing Mark's Bishop for him. I lost the game and felt stupid. I made a rule that no matter how much time I've spent on a move I try not to just rush the decision based on that. Later GM Anatoly Lein ( born in 1931 like my father and Korchnoi ) plyed this as Black against me in a blitz session and I adopted it for decades. Meanwhile Emre had great pressure worth at least a piece after 14 Re1!! or B:h6!! or Rf1! or even Rhd1. In a critical position in an intense team situation in a sacred, revered opening IM Emre Can fumbles the ball like Chris Simms. GM Suba says always place your Rooks so they attack King and Queen no matter how many pieces are in between. Instead Emre makes a move not fit to be seen. 14 Re1!! is very aesthetic and romantic, aiming both Rooks at royalty despite being a Knight down. 14 ... Bxf4!! 15. Qxf4! Qxd6!! 16. Qf2 Back to his pysched out post. 16 ... a6!! The final preparation for long castling and making a mockery of the proper 13 ed!! cd! 14 Nb5!! 17. Re1! One time Chris Mink and I were selling door to door together and a lady told us - You're a day late and a dollar short. 17 ... O-O-O!! The only winning move, very smooth. 18. d5 Favorable wind - Tal. Maybe IMs have the same emotional problems beating GMs that class players have beating me. 18 ... Ne5! 19. Rde2? As much as I love Sargissian I love the King's Gambit more and it's sad to see White floundering. 19 Rde2? N:c4!! 20 R:e7 Be6!! wins even more material. The main threat is 21 ... Q:e7! taking the trapped Rook but there is also the invading threat of 21 ... Qb4. I haven't seen a position this bad since GM Yuri Shulman tried to take on GM Malakhov with no sleep. 19 ... f6! 19 ... N5g6! is OK too 20. g4? Pathetic. 20 ... hxg4! 21. hxg4! Bxg4!! 21 ... N:c4!! is also very good, among many others. IM Emre has nothing left for his piece. {Black wins} 0-1 Oh what might have been! Interesting improvements for the future - 9 h3!! 9 Qf2 Bh6! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10 Re1! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10 Rd2 Bg7! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Nge7! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 ed!! cd! 14 Nb5!! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 Bc4 Na5! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 Bc4 Nge7 14 Re1!! The rest was pain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "2010 World Team Championship"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "IM_Can_Emre"] [Black "GM_Sargissian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Opening "KGA: Rosentreter gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:46:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Nge7 14. exd6 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxd6 16. Qf2 a6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. d5 Ne5 19. Rde2 f6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 {Black wins} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "FIDE World Cup-A"] [Site "Shenyang"] [Date "2000.09.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2000.08.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. e5 Bg4 10. Qe4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Rd2 dxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. d5 Nce7 15. Qxe5 Kf8 16. Bd3 Nc8 17. Rf1 Nd6 18. Rdf2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Be8 21. Ne2 b6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Ba6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rf3 Nf6 28. b3 Nfe4 29. Kb2 h4 30. Re1 a5 31. c4 Rh8 32. Nd3 Rh5 33. Rf4 Bf5 34. Ne5 Nc5 35. Ka3 f6 36. Nc6 Be4 37. Re3 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39. Rg4+ Rxg4 40. hxg4 Kg6 41. Nd4 Kg5 42. Rg3 Bg6 43. Rg1 Be8 44. Ne6+ Nxe6 45. dxe6 Bc6 46. Kb2 Bf3 47. c5 bxc5 48. e7 Kg6 49. Rc1 c4 50. e8=Q+ Nxe8 51. Rxc4 Kg5 52. a4 c6 53. Kc3 Bd5 54. Rc5 Kxg4 55. Rxa5 f5 56. Ra8 Nd6 57. Rd8 Ne4+ 58. Kd4 Ng5 59. Re8 f4 60. a5 Ne6+ 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kc3 f3 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 10 15:35:37 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:35:37 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] ANIMAL WHISPERER----AMAZING!! Message-ID: <1263162937.4b4a563945dfb@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Frank Mezek ----- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:36:35 -0800 From: Frank Mezek Reply-To: Frank Mezek Subject: Fw: ANIMAL WHISPERER----AMAZING!! 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King Of Lions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sBQ0QLisI&feature=related Kevin Richardson (White Lion-Home is a Journey).m4v ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bejpQNDVTM4&feature=related Kevin Richardson on Nightly News MSNBC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrVrHTT8dU&feature=related Kevin Richardson (Lion Man) on CNN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 10 20:36:59 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:36:59 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Mamedyarov - Sutovsky 2010 World Team Championship Message-ID: <1263181019.4b4a9cdb05ec4@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-sBQ0QLisI&NR=1 Kevin Richardson (White Lion-Home is a Journey).m4v --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbCpmcbekgc&feature=related Lion & Ziraf Part 7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EYOT7YsrjY&feature=related Lioness tears open Kevin Richardson's shirt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNdi9n_U37Y&feature=related Lioness swiming with Kevin Richardson --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Richadrson is a ranger in South Africa that plays with lions, giraffes, hyenas, etc. in a wildlife enclosure. He started with a baby bird at age 3 and worked his way up to baby lion cubs. This GM Mamedyarov-Sutovsky 2010 World Team Championship game reminded me of Kevin Richardson. Most Chessplayers would be imtimidated by two Queens ( lionesses ) but Mamedyarov goes into the enclosure of the maneaters and casually plays with them for 45 moves! I've never seen anything remotely similar in a lifetime of enjoying Chess. [Event "WTCC"] [Site "Bursa"] [Date "2010.01.10"] [Round "6"] [White "GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2741 "] [Black "GM Sutovsky Emil 2657 (ISR)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. c4 a5 24. Qxb7 Nc5 25. Qxe7 Qxb3 I am not even going to pretend to be interested in the opening and middlegame. Let's get right to the action. GM Emil Sutovsky from Israel provided very informative and amusing commentary with Jennifer Shahade on ICC live coverage of the 2009 US Championship Tyler Hughes was a part of in St. Louis, Missouri. Here Emil just captured on b3 and his passed a-pawn seems destined to Queen. Sutovsky is also threatening to snag a Rook with 26 ... Q:d1+. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbajain must " get something going on the Kingside" in the immortal words of Ann Davies. 26. Rd5! Nd3! 27. Bg3 The game continues on for 40+ moves but this may be Mamedyarov's last chance to get something tangible with 27 Bd6 Qc2 28 R:d3 Q:d3 29 Qc7 Qb1+ 30 Kg2 Qe4 31 B:f8 B:f8 32 Q:a5 Q:c4 Queen, Knight and 4 connected pawns versus Queen, Bishop and 3 connected pawns on the same side would be a hellish position to try to win, probably a theoretical draw in the long run. Sutovsky could move his Rook but then his f-pawn goes and that looks dangerous: 27 Bd6 Qc2 28 R:d3 Q:d3 29 Qc7 Re8 30 Q:f7+! Kg8 31 Bc5!! and Emil has to face worse than a grueling ending. If 27 Bd6 Q:c4 28 Qb7 with the same pressure on f7 and f8 27 Bd6 Q:c4 28 Qb7 Q:c4 29 Qb7 Qc1+ 30 Kg2 Qc2 31 R:d3 Q:d3 32 B:f8 B:f8 looks like an improvement because Sutvosky still has his a-pawn but then 33 Ne5! wins the f-pawn. Bottom line - 27 Bd6! would force Emil to choose between losing the exchange on f8 or the pawn on f7. Giving up the exchange would allow Mamedyarov to torture Sutovsky for 30 moves without any risk with an extra pawn. 27 ... a4! This pawn is screaming down the board now, seemingly much faster than the c4-pawn. 28. Rd8 One of the beautiful things about Chess is when the balance is held through a kaleidoscope of strange possibilities. Good old Shakhriyar can use his Rook to stop the new Queen but it doesn't win - 28 Ra5 Q:c4 29 Ng5 Qc6 30 Qe4 and Black holds with 30 ... Qc1+, ... Qc3 or ... Qe4 - 28 Qd7 Nb4 29 Ra5 a3 30 Bd6 Qd1+ 31 Kg2 a2 32 Qc7 a1(Q) 33 R:a1 Q:a1 33 B:b4 Re8 35 c5 Qa4 Mamedyarov has two pawns for the exchange but Sutovsky is holding confortably. 28 Qd6 Nb2 29 Nd2 Qc2 is even. There are many innocuous but fascinating tries here. 28 Nd2 Qd1+ 29 Nf1 Qc2 30 Qd7 and now ... Ne1, Nb2, Nc1 or even ... a3 31 R:d3 a2 32 Ra3 a1(Q) 33 R:a1 B:a1 should hold. 28 ... h6! 29. Ne5? Maybe a slight error. 29 g5!! is good - 29 g5 hg?? 30 N:g5! winning Q:c4 31 Bd6! mates 29 g5! Qd1+, ... Q:c4, ... h5 or ... R:d8 are fine for Black 29 ... Qb1+! 30. Kg2! Ne1+? Maybe a slight error. I believe the game is dead equal now for the remaining 40 moves. It's strange that Black did not claim a slight endgame edge with 30 ... N:e5! 31 R:d8+ B:f8 32 Q:e5 a3 or 30 ... N:e5! 31 B:e5 Qe4+ 32 Kg1 R:d8 33 Q:d8+ Kh7 and in both cases Mamedyarov is struggling to deal with the a-pawn but it may be tenable. Team and time situations may have played a role. 31. Kh2 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd5!!! This sets the tone for the rest of the game. The Azeri GM will allow the Israeli to Queen but will remove his King protection. 33 ... a3! 34. Nd7!! The obvious 34 Q:f7?? is a huge mistake - 34 Q:f7?? Qe4!! mate threat 35 f3 Qc2+ mating 34 ... a2 34 ... f6 35 Qf7, Be5, Bh4, or c5 are all dead equal 35. Be5!! This is the Kevin Richardson part. Instead of taking the first perpetual at hand in the face of two Queens, Mamedyarov plays with them for 25 moves. Most of us run from lionessses, Kevin embraces them. 35 Q:f7 a1(Q) 36 Nf8+ Kh8 Ng6+= is what a normal person would do. Shakhriyar ignores dozens of perpetuals. 35 ... Bxe5+! 36. Nxe5! Qb8 Pining the White Knight. I am not sure what happens after 36 ... a1(Q) 37 Q:f7+ Kh8 38 N:g6+ (original)Q:g6 39 Q:g6 and Queen, Knight and pawn look difficult to hold against Queen and 5 pawns. Sutovsky tries to avoid this possibility. 37. Qxf7+! Kh8! 38. Qf6+! Kg8 39. Qxg6+! Kh8! 40. Qxh6+! Kg8! GM Mamedyarov has wiped out the Kingside pawn cover and has many perpetuals but he keeps going. His Knight is pinned and he can't stop Emil from Queening so there's not much he can accomplish. 41. Qg6+! Kh8! 42. Qf6+! Kg8! 43. f4 Unpinning his Knight 43 ... Qb7!! Threatening mate in one - 43 ... Qa7! to guard his King and help promote is fine 44. Nc6 Blocking the mate in one and threatening 45 Ne7+ Kh8 46 Qh6 checkmate or 45 Ne7+ Q:e7 46 Q:e7 a1(Q) with a Queen and 5 pawns versus Queen and Knight for Sutovsky. 44 ... Nf3+!! Only move 45. Kg3 Qg7!! Only move Again Mamedyarov has many perpetuals but the show must go on. 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qd5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Ne7 Shakhriyar decides to be a good sport and let Emil Queen 52 ... a1=Q!! Only move 53. Qh5+ Dancing playfully around the two Queens 53 ... Qh6 54. Qf7+ Qhg7 Not 54 ... (new)Qag7?? 55 Qf5+!! Kh8 56 Qc8+!! with the amazing variations 56 Qc8+!! Kh7 57 Nf5 double Queen fork!! 56 Qc8+!! Qf8 57 Q:f8+ Q:f8 58 Ng6+!! King and Queen fork!! 56 Qc8+!! Qg8 57 Q:g8 checkmate 54 ... Qag7?? brings the new Queen hopelessly and dangerously close to her family 55. Qh5+ Qh6 56. Qf7+! Qhg7! 57. Qf5+ Kh8! 58. Qc8+ Kh7! 59. Qf5+ Kh8! 60. Qh5+ Qh7! 61. Qe8+! Kg7! 62. Nf5+! Kf6 There is also a perpetual after 62 ... Q:f5!! 63 gf Qe1+ 64 K:f3 Qf1+ 65 Ke4 Qc4+ It's called a star pattern when you keep trying to skewer King and Queen 66 Ke5 Qc5+ 67 Ke6 Q:e3+ 68 Kd7 Qa7+ 69 Kd8 Qa8+ 70 Ke7 Qe4+ et cetera. This would be a worthy finish. 63. Qf8+ Ke6! 64. Qe8+ Kf6! 65. Qc6+ Kf7! 66. Qd7+ Kg6 67. Ne7+ Kg7 68. Nf5+ Kg6 69. Ne7+ Kg7 70. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2 He ran out of things to try. That was fun. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "WTCC"] [Site "Bursa"] [Date "2010.01.10"] [Round "1"] [White "GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2741 "] [Black "GM Sutovsky Emil 2657 (ISR)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6 21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. c4 a5 24. Qxb7 Nc5 25. Qxe7 Qxb3 26. Rd5 Nd3 27. Bg3 a4 28. Rd8 h6 29. Ne5 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Ne1+ 31. Kh2 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qd5 a3 34. Nd7 a2 35. Be5 Bxe5+ 36. Nxe5 Qb8 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. f4 Qb7 44. Nc6 Nf3+ 45. Kg3 Qg7 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qd5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Ne7 a1=Q 53. Qh5+ Qh6 54. Qf7+ Qhg7 55. Qh5+ Qh6 56. Qf7+ Qhg7 57. Qf5+ Kh8 58. Qc8+ Kh7 59. Qf5+ Kh8 60. Qh5+ Qh7 61. Qe8+ Kg7 62. Nf5+ Kf6 63. Qf8+ Ke6 64. Qe8+ Kf6 65. Qc6+ Kf7 66. Qd7+ Kg6 67. Ne7+ Kg7 68. Nf5+ Kg6 69. Ne7+ Kg7 70. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- other sources of information on 2010 World team Championship in Bursa, Turkey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_turnuva/task,show/dosya,34/Itemid,34/lang,turkish/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICC lib WTC10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6049 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10022/571/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sun Jan 10 21:21:39 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:21:39 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New click and move feature on Chris Peterson's new Denver Chess Club site. Message-ID: <1263183699.4b4aa753deaca@www.taom.com> http://denverchess.com/ http://www.denverchess.com/index.php at the home page go to tournaments and then click on view games http://www.denverchess.com/games/viewer.php?id=2010ClubChampionship Every state deserves one guy like Chris Peterson From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 11 06:18:27 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:18:27 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fred Spell Message-ID: <1263215907.4b4b2523d0868@www.taom.com> Fred Spell is doing a great job as Colorado Informant Editor, our state Chess magazine. I really enjoyed the last issue. Fred also releases monthly bulletins with games from the Colorado Springs East Coast Deli tournaments. In our last game I made a mistake with 10 ... Qh4+ instead of ... Qf6+ - after analyzing that game the difference became clear and I have corrected my mistake at least a dozen times. Original Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation game [Event "Poor Richard's"] [Site "Colorado Springs"] [Date "2009.03.04" ] [Round "1"] [White "Fred Spell"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1484"] [BlackElo "2206"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "18:09:28"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4 12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4 24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3 34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4 36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for Fosca On for: 22 Idle: 0 Fosca is currently involved in a match against the-interpreter. rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1405 [6] 4 46 1 51 1455 (24-Aug-2001) Loser's 1359 [6] 5 26 0 31 1375 (16-Oct-2005) Bughouse 1492 [6] 10 14 0 24 1517 (16-Apr-2009) Crazyhouse 1367 [6] 1 12 0 13 Bullet 1629 [2] 306 645 111 1062 1834 (18-Nov-2003) Blitz 1866 6817 8919 1888 17624 2041 (26-May-2005) Standard 1875 [6] 55 58 23 136 2095 (02-Apr-2002) 5-minute 1932 5480 5261 1246 11987 2106 (12-Nov-2008) 1: Fosca is the main character in Simone DeBeauvoir's "All Men Are Mortal". 2: 2009 grids: #341953, #343876, #345606, #352304, #354098, #355618 Groups : Team4545League ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The idea here is that 10 h3 Qh4+? 11 Kg1 like I played against Fred Spell is harmless whereas against Fosca 10 c3 Qf6+! 11 Kg1? Qb6+ or 11 Qf3? Qb6+ costs a Bishop. Bottom line - White's King is forced to tarry longer in the center against his will. [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Fosca"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1932"] [BlackElo "2104"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "07:56:30"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. c3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qf6+ 11. Qf3 Qb6+ 12. d4 Qxb5 13. d5 O-O 14. Kg1 d6 15. b3 c6 16. c4 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Nc3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Qxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. h3 a6 24. Bf2 b5 25. Be3 c5 26. Ne4 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rb8 28. Nxd6 Rb2 29. a3 Ba4 30. Bxc5 Bb3 31. Bb4 Rc2 32. c5 Bxd5 33. Nf5 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ne3 Rg3 36. Nxd5 Rxh3 37. Nc7 a5 38. Bxa5 Rxa3 39. Bb6 Ra2 40. Nb5 Rc2 41. Na3 Rc3 42. Nb5 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Nc7+ Kd7 45. Nd5 h5 46. Ne3 g5 47. Nd5 h4 48. Ke3 h3 49. Nf6+ Ke6 50. Ng4 Kf5 51. Nh6+ Kg6 52. Ng4 Kh5 53. Nf6+ Kh4 54. Ne4 h2 55. Nf2 g4 56. Bd8+ Kg3 57. Bc7 Rxc5 58. Bd6 Rd5 59. Bb8 Rb5 60. Bc7 Rb3+ 61. Ke2 Rb2+ 62. Ke1 Rxf2 63. Bxe5+ Kg2 64. Bxh2 Kxh2 65. Kxf2 g3+ 66. Kf3 g2 67. Ke4 g1=Q 68. Kd5 Qe3 69. Kd6 Qe4 70. Kc5 Kg3 71. Kd6 Kf4 72. Kc5 Ke5 73. Kb6 Qc4 74. Kb7 Kd6 75. Kb6 Qb4+ 76. Ka7 Kc7 77. Ka8 Qa3# {White checkmated} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 11 07:08:58 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:08:58 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Earl Roberts on my King's Gambit ( for Jeff Maguire ) email Message-ID: <1263218938.4b4b30faf129d@www.taom.com> Who said 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer'? Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. This has often been attributed to Sun Tzu and sometimes to Niccol? Machiavelli or Petrarch, but there are no published sources yet found which predate its use by "Michael Corleone" in The Godfather Part II (1974), written by Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola: My father taught me many things here - he taught me in this room. He taught me - keep your friends close but your enemies closer. i thought it aws a quote by napolean ,it certainly sounds like one of his or maybe he was qouting someone Wiki answers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Wall There are few things more precious to me now than Earl Robert rants, the fuel for thousands of Badger games. Maybe its my age but a fresh rant has a nostalgic value equal to maybe a gold pocket watch or a rare cognac. Many Toxic Badgers ( 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 f6 ) or its offshoot Exxon Valdez ( 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 f6 3 Bf4 d6 ) never get there, they turn into Two Knights Tangos, Nimzovich Defense or as Schiller puts it, Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense. I am talking about ... Nc6-e7-g6, ... Nf6, ...d6 with ... Bc5 or ... Be7 followed by ... h5 or ... 0-0. Common stuff played millions of times. My original idea was to publish one rant per Badger but I am afraid I have far outstripped my invisible opponent - I have precious few tirades to link with an oil glut of Exxon Valdez fiascos. You can only imagine my sheer joy when my inbox screams Earl N. Roberts. There is one big advantage to having a critic rather than a friend - the critic is much more likely to voice an honest opinion. Sadly Earl's rants have lost half their venom - perhaps a woman took pity on him. This diatribe sounds almost frenemy-ish. Even more tragic is the rant frequency seems to be dropping - I so rarely meet anyone who doesn't relish making the same point over and over again for decades. The funny thing is that if you truly love the King's Gambit you are probably much more likely to get one by playing 1 f4 e5 2 e4 and if you truly love the Two Knights Tango you can probaby get more from playing 1 d4 Nc6 2 c4 e5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Superbunny"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1736"] [BlackElo "1728"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "01:18:14"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne1 c6 10. Nd3 Bb6 11. Kh1 cxd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. f3 Kh8 15. Bd2 Nh5 16. Nc3 Ngf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bb3 g5 21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Qxe2 Qf6 23. Rac1 Rg8 24. Rc7 Bb8 25. Rc6 Bd7 26. Rc2 Ba7 27. Rfc1 g4 28. Rc7 gxf3 29. gxf3 Bh3 30. e5 dxe5 31. d6 Bg2+ 32. Qxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Qxf3+ 35. Ke1 Rg1+ 36. Kd2 Qe3+ 37. Kc2 Rxc1# {White checkmated} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about mandragoro(GM) (Last disconnected Mon Dec 28 2009 19:34): rating [need] win loss draw total best Wild 1574 [6] 2 6 0 8 Loser's 1776 [6] 0 2 0 2 Crazyhouse 1839 [6] 38 149 0 187 1859 (15-Sep-2005) Bullet 2323 [8] 174 287 27 488 2468 (21-Mar-2005) Blitz 2793 [8] 1233 1476 305 3014 3111 (31-Oct-2004) Standard 2642 [6] 53 28 18 99 2659 (02-Jun-2007) 5-minute 2533 [8] 6871 3992 1404 12267 2533 (19-Jun-2009) 1-minute 2156 [8] 11324 9219 1255 21798 2408 (23-Oct-2006) 15-minute 2397 [4] 196 13 12 221 2410 (11-May-2009) 1: Account of GM Gerhard Schebler.Greetings from Duisburg Germany to everyone ! 2: No Takebacks please,i will never ask you too. 3: I am a chessteacher now for about 19 years and new students are always wellcome :o) 4: I am still looking for a chessclub in France,Austria and maybe in your country too. 5: Since i saw the film "Money as debt" i got interested in the biggest secret called "capitalism" 6: No mass media is mentioning the biggest problem of our times."exponential growth". 7: "We can change"Obama said but can we change the system without seeing another war? 8: F?r kleinere Einsichten :o)besucht bitte :Liebeangelamerkel de.Es lonht sich. 9: There is much more truth inside of chess than in real life but maybe "we can change" 10: When the nature strikes back we shouldnt ask why.Development doesnt always mean progress !G.S. Name : Gerhard Schebler Email : g_schebler at gmx.de Groups : GMs Vendors --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The codgy old Badger takes out GM Gerhard Schebler [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2009.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "mandragoro"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2334"] [BlackElo "2189"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Badger Defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "02:29:34"] [TimeControl "300+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 fxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. dxe6 d6 8. Bc4 c6 9. a4 Qe7 10. Nd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxe6 14. Qe4 Kc7 15. O-O Rc8 16. a5 Kb8 17. a6 Rc5 18. c4 Bc8 19. f4 bxa6 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Qb7 22. Qxb7+ Kxb7 23. Ra4 d5 24. fxe5 Rxc4 25. Rf7+ Kc6 26. Rxc4+ dxc4 27. Be3 a5 28. Kf2 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Kxc5 30. Ke3 Rb8 31. Rc7+ Kd5 32. e6 Kxe6 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. Rc7 Kf6 35. h4 Rxg2 36. Ra7 Rh2 37. Ra6+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Kf4 Rxh4+ 40. Kf5 Ra4 41. Ke6 h6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from N Earl Roberts ----- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:49:01 +1300 From: N Earl Roberts Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] King's Gambit ( for Jeff Maguire ) To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Howdy Brian Wall - >This is what God intended King's Gambits to look like. ----- Earl - Well if I knew that God 100% existed, I am sure she would not play 4.d4. Often the sole flaw in a King's Gambit game where 4.h4 is not tried in the position in question is that Black so often plays pawn to g4 and is not unsurprisingly royally inserted. I would play 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 religiously if it wasn't for the fact that schemes surrounding not advancing the g pawn without reason and playing d6 and h6 (the Hanstein and Phildor Gambits) provide Black with a superior position. Hey but I do agree it is pretty cool when you do win after you get an opponent who allows the piece sac.... Cheers Earl ----- Forwarded message from N Earl Roberts ----- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Wall [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.09"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "raller"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1722"] [Opening "KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:55:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 4 Bc4 g4 5 0-0 Muzio Gambit 4 ... g4 5. Bc4! ---------------------------------------------------------- 5 Ne5! KGA: Sorensen gambit 5 B:f4! KGA: Rosentreter gambit 5. Bc4! KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit ---------------------------------------------------------- 5 ... gxf3! 6. Qxf3! Qf6? 7. Nc3 7 e5!! or B:f4! are best 7 ... Bh6? 8. Nd5! TN Wall Another Theoretical Novelty from my grab bag. 8 e5!! is slightly better and has been played at least once. 8 ... Qxd4! 9. Nxc7+! Kd8! 10. Nxa8! Qxc4! 11. Bxf4! Qb4+?? 12. c3!! Qxb2 13. O-O! 13 Bc7+!! Ke8 14 0-0! threatening checkmate is even more vicious 13 ... Bxf4! 14. Qxf4! Nc6? 15. Qc7+! 15 Q:f7!! is even more vicious 15 ... Ke8? 16. Qxc8+! Ke7! 17. Nc7! 17 Rad1!! is even more vicious 17 ... Qxc3? 18. Nd5+! Ke6! 19. Nxc3! h5 20. Qxb7 Nge7 21. Rad1! d6! 22. Nd5!! mating Rd8 23. Nxe7 23 Rf6+, Nc7+, Rf5, Nf4+ or Qc7 mate faster 23 Rf6+ Ke5 24 Qb2+ mates next move 23 ... Nxe7! 24. e5!! mating 24 Qb3+!!! or Qc7! also checkmate 24 ... d5 25. Rf6+!! Kxe5! 26. Qxe7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.09"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "raller"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1722"] [Opening "KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:55:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bc4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Bh6 8. Nd5 Qxd4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxc4 11. Bxf4 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nc6 15. Qc7+ Ke8 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Nc7 Qxc3 18. Nd5+ Ke6 19. Nxc3 h5 20. Qxb7 Nge7 21. Rad1 d6 22. Nd5 Rd8 23. Nxe7 Nxe7 24. e5 d5 25. Rf6+ Kxe5 26. Qxe7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Tastrup op"] [Site "Tastrup"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Theander, Stig"] [Black "Engel, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qf5 8. O-O Bh6 9. Bd3 Qe6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Qe4 c6 14. Rf6 Qe7 15. Qf5 O-O 16. Qg5 Qb4 17. Ne2 d5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Raf1 Qd8 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Nxg6 Nxf6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxf6# 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- London m/7 1842 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "London m/7"] [Site "London m/7"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [EventDate "1842.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "John Cochrane"] [Black "Howard Staunton"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. O-O Bh6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4+ Nf6 12. e5 Rg8 13. Qh4 Ke8 14. Rxf6 Bg4 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rf4 c5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Qh4 Rg6 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5+ Kd7 23. Qxh7+ Kc6 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- etch 1997 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter-Testa Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "etch"] [Site "(m) Pula (Croatia) (3)"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexei Fedorov"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bc4 Qh4+ 9.Bg3 Qf6 10.Qxf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Rxf6 Be6 13.Bd3 Bg7 14.Rff1 Nc6 15.Nd5 O-O-O 16.c3 h5 17.Bh4 Rde8 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Rf2 Rhg8 20.g3 Rg4 21.Ne3 Rg7 22.Nf5 Rh7 23.a3 a6 24.Rd1 b5 25.Nd4 Na5 26.a4 c5 27.Nf3 Kc7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bd3 Nc4 30.Ra1 Rb8 31.Ra7+ Rb7 32.Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.b3 Na5 34.Nxe5 dxe5 35.Bxb5 Nxb3 36.Bf6 c4 37.Bxe5 h4 38.Be8 h3 39.Rf4 Rh5 40.Bg7 Nc5 41.Bxf7 Rh7 42.Bd4 Rxf7 43.Bxc5 Kc6 44.Rxf7 Bxf7 45.Bd4 Bg6 46.e5 Kd5 47.Kf2 Ke4 48.e6 Kd5 49.e7 Ke6 50.Bc5 Kd5 51.Bb4 Ke4 52.Ba5 Bf7 53.Bc7 Kd3 54.g4 Kxc3 55.Ke3 Kb4 56.Kd4 Kb5 57.Ke5 Kc6 58.Kf6 Be8 59.Be5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- Unknown 1869 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter Gambit Bird Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "Unknown"] [Site "Unknown"] [Date "1869.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Henry Edward Bird"] [Black "NN"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "27"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.Qxg4 g2+ 8.Qxh4 gxh1=Q 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qh5 Nc6 11.Nxf7 Nf6 12.Nd6+ Kd8 13.Qe8+ Rxe8 14.Nf7# 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- ENG 1868 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter Gambit (C37) ? 0-1 [Event "ENG"] [Site "ENG"] [Date "1868.??.??"] [EventDate "1868.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Thompson"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "28"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qf2+ 7. Kc3 Nc6 8. a3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Rf1 Qxd4+ 12. Kxd4 Bg7+ 13. e5 Bxe5+ 14. Ke4 Nf6# 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- All that was just a prelude for this game, a 2442 trying the Rosentreter gambit against a 2680 gets my attention. I have been in love with Sargissian's smooth play since I ICC webcasted the 2006 Turin, Italy Olympiad with IM Bill Pachall, IM Cyrus Lakdawala and others. Sargisian impressed me in Round 1 and virtually every game of his I've seen since. Sargissian, Aronian and Varuzhan Akobian studied Chess together as Armenian children in the Petrosian School and now all are strong, solid Grandmasters. They are all playing in the 2010 World Team Championship in Turkey except Varuzhan has been Americanized for quite a while now. Armenia won gold in the last two Olympiads and Varuzhan helped USA get the bronze medal in the last Olympiad. The only difference, as GM Yuri Shulman puts it, is the Armenians were treated as war heroes with a big parade and extra govermental money in their country after the Olympiad and Yuri couldn't even get his results posted in the local paper. Let's see how Aronian's friend, compatriot, personal Chess trainer and openings specialist handles my Dad's favorite opening. [Event "2010 World Team Championship"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "IM_Can_Emre"] [Black "GM_Sargissian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Opening "KGA: Rosentreter gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:46:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. Qf2 The bravest GM Morozevich played the insane 9 e5!? here but no one has tried the obvious 9 h3! stopping 9 ... Bg4 because of 10 hg!! hg 11 R:h8!! gf 12 R:g8!! with full compensation for a Queen. 10 hg!! hg 11 Q:g4! Nf6! is not as good for White although White would almost have full compensation for a Rook after 10 hg!! hg 11 Q:g4! Nf6! 12 Qf3 R:h1 13 d5!! Nd7! 14 dc or 13 d5!! Ne5!! 14 B:e5!! de 15 Bb5+ c6 16 B:c6+ or R:h1 9 h3!! almost gives full compensation for the missing Muzio Knight. GM Gallagher talked about the King's Gambit in a recent ICC interview with old friend IM John Watson. Gallagher beat my Scandinavian in Las Vegas about 8 years ago. Gallagher wrote a book on the King's Gambit about 20 years ago. Joseph said in the old days all we had was a wretched book by Korchnoi and Zak ( Jeff Maguire and I studied this book about 30 years ago. ) Computers make the King's Gambit much more daring nowadays although neither player seem burdened by computer knowledge this game 9 Qf2? seems like a lame, dispirited, thoughtless spur of the moment try. 9 Qe3! seems more active. 9 ... Bg4 10. Rd2! Bh6 11. h3! Bd7! 12. e5!! IM Emre Can is making a fight of it! GM Sargissian is a piece up but has fractured Kingside pawns, 5 pieces on the first rank, one piece on the second rank and only two on the third rank. The Muzio has been confounding humanity for 4 centuries now. This is not strictly a Muzio but very close. 12 ... Bf5 13. Bc4! 13 ed!! cd 14 Nb5!! is difficult to meet. The Rosentreter lives! Emre's move is OK too. Todays GMs are no better than the patzers of yesteryear. 13 ... Nge7 14. exd6?? Oh no! IM Emre Can spoils a golden opportunity. A move ago when 13 ed!! was best and the f5-Bishop was undefended then 13 ed!! B:f4? 14 Q:f4! attacking f5 and c7, is good for White but after 13 Bc4! Nge7 14 ed?? B:f4! 15 Q:f4 Q:d6! gains a critical tempo and offers a trade of Queens. I once thought uncomfortably for half an hour against Mark Sherbring after 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e5 Nh5 5 d4 d6 and made the awful tempo waster 6 ed?. developing Mark's Bishop for him. I lost the game and felt stupid. I made a rule that no matter how much time I've spent on a move I try not to just rush the decision based on that. Later GM Anatoly Lein ( born in 1931 like my father and Korchnoi ) plyed this as Black against me in a blitz session and I adopted it for decades. Meanwhile Emre had great pressure worth at least a piece after 14 Re1!! or B:h6!! or Rf1! or even Rhd1. In a critical position in an intense team situation in a sacred, revered opening IM Emre Can fumbles the ball like Chris Simms. GM Suba says always place your Rooks so they attack King and Queen no matter how many pieces are in between. Instead Emre makes a move not fit to be seen. 14 Re1!! is very aesthetic and romantic, aiming both Rooks at royalty despite being a Knight down. 14 ... Bxf4!! 15. Qxf4! Qxd6!! 16. Qf2 Back to his pysched out post. 16 ... a6!! The final preparation for long castling and making a mockery of the proper 13 ed!! cd! 14 Nb5!! 17. Re1! One time Chris Mink and I were selling door to door together and a lady told us - You're a day late and a dollar short. 17 ... O-O-O!! The only winning move, very smooth. 18. d5 Favorable wind - Tal. Maybe IMs have the same emotional problems beating GMs that class players have beating me. 18 ... Ne5! 19. Rde2? As much as I love Sargissian I love the King's Gambit more and it's sad to see White floundering. 19 Rde2? N:c4!! 20 R:e7 Be6!! wins even more material. The main threat is 21 ... Q:e7! taking the trapped Rook but there is also the invading threat of 21 ... Qb4. I haven't seen a position this bad since GM Yuri Shulman tried to take on GM Malakhov with no sleep. 19 ... f6! 19 ... N5g6! is OK too 20. g4? Pathetic. 20 ... hxg4! 21. hxg4! Bxg4!! 21 ... N:c4!! is also very good, among many others. IM Emre has nothing left for his piece. {Black wins} 0-1 Oh what might have been! Interesting improvements for the future - 9 h3!! 9 Qf2 Bh6! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10 Re1! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10 Rd2 Bg7! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Nge7! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 ed!! cd! 14 Nb5!! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 Bc4 Na5! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 Bc4 Nge7 14 Re1!! The rest was pain. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2010 World Team Championship"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "IM_Can_Emre"] [Black "GM_Sargissian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Opening "KGA: Rosentreter gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:46:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Nge7 14. exd6 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxd6 16. Qf2 a6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. d5 Ne5 19. Rde2 f6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 {Black wins} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "FIDE World Cup-A"] [Site "Shenyang"] [Date "2000.09.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2000.08.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. e5 Bg4 10. Qe4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Rd2 dxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. d5 Nce7 15. Qxe5 Kf8 16. Bd3 Nc8 17. Rf1 Nd6 18. Rdf2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Be8 21. Ne2 b6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Ba6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rf3 Nf6 28. b3 Nfe4 29. Kb2 h4 30. Re1 a5 31. c4 Rh8 32. Nd3 Rh5 33. Rf4 Bf5 34. Ne5 Nc5 35. Ka3 f6 36. Nc6 Be4 37. Re3 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39. Rg4+ Rxg4 40. hxg4 Kg6 41. Nd4 Kg5 42. Rg3 Bg6 43. Rg1 Be8 44. Ne6+ Nxe6 45. dxe6 Bc6 46. Kb2 Bf3 47. c5 bxc5 48. e7 Kg6 49. Rc1 c4 50. e8=Q+ Nxe8 51. Rxc4 Kg5 52. a4 c6 53. Kc3 Bd5 54. Rc5 Kxg4 55. Rxa5 f5 56. Ra8 Nd6 57. Rd8 Ne4+ 58. Kd4 Ng5 59. Re8 f4 60. a5 Ne6+ 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kc3 f3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100111/fd8831f9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 11 15:30:04 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:30:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Priceless - Earl Roberts on God! What fun! Message-ID: <1263249004.4b4ba66ca0d59@www.taom.com> I casually mentioned God in an email about Isaac Martinez beating Pete Short in roughly 10 moves. No one mentioned A WORD about Pete or Isaac but I was immediately bombarded with religious themed emails. I started printing them which made it worse - My inbox was crammed with spiritually uplifting messages together with dogmatic aattacks on each other from Muslims, Christians, Jews, men, women and atheists. It was getting ugly really fast so I had to shut the thread down. I should have known better to bring up God again, however casually in an email about the King's Gambit. People love to talk about God! When you're raised Catholic God is part of everything you do, from breakfast to nighttime prayers. It's hard not to mention Him. I had to break my self-imposed moratorium on religious emails when God appeared in the form of a rare gem - another Earl Roberts rant! Jack Young used to poke fun at racist, religious fanatics in his Bozo Chess column in Chess Horizons and anything good enough for Jack Young is good enough for me .. . Brian Wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Without further ado, here is Badger Opening inspirer Earl Roberts. ----- Forwarded message from N Earl Roberts ----- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:49:01 +1300 From: N Earl Roberts Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] King's Gambit ( for Jeff Maguire ) To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Howdy > Brian Wall -This is what God intended King's Gambits to look like.< Well if I knew that God 100% existed, I am sure she would not play 4.d4. Often the sole flaw in a King's Gambit game where 4.h4 is not tried in the position in question is that Black so often plays pawn to g4 and is not unsurprisingly royally inserted. I would play 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 religiously if it wasn't for the fact that schemes surrounding not advancing the g pawn without reason and playing d6 and h6 (the Hanstein and Phildor Gambits) provide Black with a superior position. Hey but I do agree it is pretty cool when you do win after you get an opponent who allows the piece sac.... Cheers Earl ----- Forwarded message from N Earl Roberts ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- from Dave From: chessvariantian Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:46:23 -0000 From: chessvariantian To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Reply-to: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: King's Gambit ( for Jeff Maguire ) Well IF I knew that God 100% existed, I am sure SHE would not play 4.d4 > > > 1. God DOES exist. 2. God is MALE - John 14:9 - - - Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen ME has seen the FATHER". Christ is God, so Christ is male. Yes, this group is Unorthodox chess, and not a bible group, but I just could not let this pass. - Dave From: chessvariantian ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:22:44 +1300 From: N Earl Roberts To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Reply-to: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: King's Gambit (well and truely off topic, this one time only) 2 unnamed text/html 12.04 KB Howdy Dave, I very rarely make direct comments on either politics or religion because there is generally no good out come. But unfortunately, I recognize I have one major character flaw, I do not like to be lectured by zealots be it chess, political,religious or any kind. > Dave - 1. God DOES exist.< Says who?...you?. Whose god? The Christian deity?....and what about the Muslim deity?....or even the Hindu deities?....and this is why discussions on religion in my opinion never get anyone any where. In one word, dogmia. Maybe there is someone or something out there but only ones person faith can answer this and ones personal faith is best left as that; PERSONAL. 2.> Dave -God is MALE - John 14:9 - - - Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen ME has seen the FATHER". Christ is God, so Christ is male.< Again, that is as you see it and I respect your right to believe in such however whether what you are expounding is actually fully right or correct is another question altogether. >Yes, this group is Unorthodox chess, and not a bible group, but I just could not let this pass. - Dave Much like me.....yes you could of but you chose not to and before the moderators blow a blood vessels, this is the only comment I am going to make on this subject and any further comments should go to the apprioate forums. Earl. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.09"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "raller"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1722"] [Opening "KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:55:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 4 Bc4 g4 5 0-0 Muzio Gambit 4 ... g4 5. Bc4! ---------------------------------------------------------- 5 Ne5! KGA: Sorensen gambit 5 B:f4! KGA: Rosentreter gambit 5. Bc4! KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit ---------------------------------------------------------- 5 ... gxf3! 6. Qxf3! Qf6? 7. Nc3 7 e5!! or B:f4! are best 7 ... Bh6? 8. Nd5! TN Wall Another Theoretical Novelty from my grab bag. 8 e5!! is slightly better and has been played at least once. 8 ... Qxd4! 9. Nxc7+! Kd8! 10. Nxa8! Qxc4! 11. Bxf4! Qb4+?? 12. c3!! Qxb2 13. O-O! 13 Bc7+!! Ke8 14 0-0! threatening checkmate is even more vicious 13 ... Bxf4! 14. Qxf4! Nc6? 15. Qc7+! 15 Q:f7!! is even more vicious 15 ... Ke8? 16. Qxc8+! Ke7! 17. Nc7! 17 Rad1!! is even more vicious 17 ... Qxc3? 18. Nd5+! Ke6! 19. Nxc3! h5 20. Qxb7 Nge7 21. Rad1! d6! 22. Nd5!! mating Rd8 23. Nxe7 23 Rf6+, Nc7+, Rf5, Nf4+ or Qc7 mate faster 23 Rf6+ Ke5 24 Qb2+ mates next move 23 ... Nxe7! 24. e5!! mating 24 Qb3+!!! or Qc7! also checkmate 24 ... d5 25. Rf6+!! Kxe5! 26. Qxe7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.09"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "raller"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1722"] [Opening "KGA: Ghulam Kassim gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:55:53"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bc4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Bh6 8. Nd5 Qxd4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxc4 11. Bxf4 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. O-O Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Nc6 15. Qc7+ Ke8 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. Nc7 Qxc3 18. Nd5+ Ke6 19. Nxc3 h5 20. Qxb7 Nge7 21. Rad1 d6 22. Nd5 Rd8 23. Nxe7 Nxe7 24. e5 d5 25. Rf6+ Kxe5 26. Qxe7# {Black checkmated} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Tastrup op"] [Site "Tastrup"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Theander, Stig"] [Black "Engel, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qf5 8. O-O Bh6 9. Bd3 Qe6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Qe4 c6 14. Rf6 Qe7 15. Qf5 O-O 16. Qg5 Qb4 17. Ne2 d5 18. c3 Qb6 19. Raf1 Qd8 20. Nf4 Nd7 21. Nxg6 Nxf6 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxf6# 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- London m/7 1842 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "London m/7"] [Site "London m/7"] [Date "1842.??.??"] [EventDate "1842.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "John Cochrane"] [Black "Howard Staunton"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. O-O Bh6 10. Bxf4 Bxf4 11. Qxf4+ Nf6 12. e5 Rg8 13. Qh4 Ke8 14. Rxf6 Bg4 15. Qf2 Nd7 16. Rf4 c5 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nf6+ Ke7 20. Qh4 Rg6 21. d5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5+ Kd7 23. Qxh7+ Kc6 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- etch 1997 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter-Testa Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "etch"] [Site "(m) Pula (Croatia) (3)"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alexei Fedorov"] [Black "Michael Adams"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bc4 Qh4+ 9.Bg3 Qf6 10.Qxf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Rxf6 Be6 13.Bd3 Bg7 14.Rff1 Nc6 15.Nd5 O-O-O 16.c3 h5 17.Bh4 Rde8 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Rf2 Rhg8 20.g3 Rg4 21.Ne3 Rg7 22.Nf5 Rh7 23.a3 a6 24.Rd1 b5 25.Nd4 Na5 26.a4 c5 27.Nf3 Kc7 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bd3 Nc4 30.Ra1 Rb8 31.Ra7+ Rb7 32.Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.b3 Na5 34.Nxe5 dxe5 35.Bxb5 Nxb3 36.Bf6 c4 37.Bxe5 h4 38.Be8 h3 39.Rf4 Rh5 40.Bg7 Nc5 41.Bxf7 Rh7 42.Bd4 Rxf7 43.Bxc5 Kc6 44.Rxf7 Bxf7 45.Bd4 Bg6 46.e5 Kd5 47.Kf2 Ke4 48.e6 Kd5 49.e7 Ke6 50.Bc5 Kd5 51.Bb4 Ke4 52.Ba5 Bf7 53.Bc7 Kd3 54.g4 Kxc3 55.Ke3 Kb4 56.Kd4 Kb5 57.Ke5 Kc6 58.Kf6 Be8 59.Be5 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- Unknown 1869 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter Gambit Bird Gambit (C37) ? 1-0 [Event "Unknown"] [Site "Unknown"] [Date "1869.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Henry Edward Bird"] [Black "NN"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "27"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.Qxg4 g2+ 8.Qxh4 gxh1=Q 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qh5 Nc6 11.Nxf7 Nf6 12.Nd6+ Kd8 13.Qe8+ Rxe8 14.Nf7# 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------- ENG 1868 ? King's Gambit: Accepted. Rosentreter Gambit (C37) ? 0-1 [Event "ENG"] [Site "ENG"] [Date "1868.??.??"] [EventDate "1868.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Thompson"] [Black "George Henry Mackenzie"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "28"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qf2+ 7. Kc3 Nc6 8. a3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Rf1 Qxd4+ 12. Kxd4 Bg7+ 13. e5 Bxe5+ 14. Ke4 Nf6# 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- All that was just a prelude for this game, a 2442 trying the Rosentreter gambit against a 2680 gets my attention. I have been in love with Sargissian's smooth play since I ICC webcasted the 2006 Turin, Italy Olympiad with IM Bill Pachall, IM Cyrus Lakdawala and others. Sargisian impressed me in Round 1 and virtually every game of his I've seen since. Sargissian, Aronian and Varuzhan Akobian studied Chess together as Armenian children in the Petrosian School and now all are strong, solid Grandmasters. They are all playing in the 2010 World Team Championship in Turkey except Varuzhan has been Americanized for quite a while now. Armenia won gold in the last two Olympiads and Varuzhan helped USA get the bronze medal in the last Olympiad. The only difference, as GM Yuri Shulman puts it, is the Armenians were treated as war heroes with a big parade and extra govermental money in their country after the Olympiad and Yuri couldn't even get his results posted in the local paper. Let's see how Aronian's friend, compatriot, personal Chess trainer and openings specialist handles my Dad's favorite opening. [Event "2010 World Team Championship"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "IM_Can_Emre"] [Black "GM_Sargissian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Opening "KGA: Rosentreter gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:46:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. Qf2 The bravest GM Morozevich played the insane 9 e5!? here but no one has tried the obvious 9 h3! stopping 9 ... Bg4 because of 10 hg!! hg 11 R:h8!! gf 12 R:g8!! with full compensation for a Queen. 10 hg!! hg 11 Q:g4! Nf6! is not as good for White although White would almost have full compensation for a Rook after 10 hg!! hg 11 Q:g4! Nf6! 12 Qf3 R:h1 13 d5!! Nd7! 14 dc or 13 d5!! Ne5!! 14 B:e5!! de 15 Bb5+ c6 16 B:c6+ or R:h1 9 h3!! almost gives full compensation for the missing Muzio Knight. GM Gallagher talked about the King's Gambit in a recent ICC interview with old friend IM John Watson. Gallagher beat my Scandinavian in Las Vegas about 8 years ago. Gallagher wrote a book on the King's Gambit about 20 years ago. Joseph said in the old days all we had was a wretched book by Korchnoi and Zak ( Jeff Maguire and I studied this book about 30 years ago. ) Computers make the King's Gambit much more daring nowadays although neither player seem burdened by computer knowledge this game 9 Qf2? seems like a lame, dispirited, thoughtless spur of the moment try. 9 Qe3! seems more active. 9 ... Bg4 10. Rd2! Bh6 11. h3! Bd7! 12. e5!! IM Emre Can is making a fight of it! GM Sargissian is a piece up but has fractured Kingside pawns, 5 pieces on the first rank, one piece on the second rank and only two on the third rank. The Muzio has been confounding humanity for 4 centuries now. This is not strictly a Muzio but very close. 12 ... Bf5 13. Bc4! 13 ed!! cd 14 Nb5!! is difficult to meet. The Rosentreter lives! Emre's move is OK too. Todays GMs are no better than the patzers of yesteryear. 13 ... Nge7 14. exd6?? Oh no! IM Emre Can spoils a golden opportunity. A move ago when 13 ed!! was best and the f5-Bishop was undefended then 13 ed!! B:f4? 14 Q:f4! attacking f5 and c7, is good for White but after 13 Bc4! Nge7 14 ed?? B:f4! 15 Q:f4 Q:d6! gains a critical tempo and offers a trade of Queens. I once thought uncomfortably for half an hour against Mark Sherbring after 1 e4 e5 2 f4 ef 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e5 Nh5 5 d4 d6 and made the awful tempo waster 6 ed?. developing Mark's Bishop for him. I lost the game and felt stupid. I made a rule that no matter how much time I've spent on a move I try not to just rush the decision based on that. Later GM Anatoly Lein ( born in 1931 like my father and Korchnoi ) plyed this as Black against me in a blitz session and I adopted it for decades. Meanwhile Emre had great pressure worth at least a piece after 14 Re1!! or B:h6!! or Rf1! or even Rhd1. In a critical position in an intense team situation in a sacred, revered opening IM Emre Can fumbles the ball like Chris Simms. GM Suba says always place your Rooks so they attack King and Queen no matter how many pieces are in between. Instead Emre makes a move not fit to be seen. 14 Re1!! is very aesthetic and romantic, aiming both Rooks at royalty despite being a Knight down. 14 ... Bxf4!! 15. Qxf4! Qxd6!! 16. Qf2 Back to his pysched out post. 16 ... a6!! The final preparation for long castling and making a mockery of the proper 13 ed!! cd! 14 Nb5!! 17. Re1! One time Chris Mink and I were selling door to door together and a lady told us - You're a day late and a dollar short. 17 ... O-O-O!! The only winning move, very smooth. 18. d5 Favorable wind - Tal. Maybe IMs have the same emotional problems beating GMs that class players have beating me. 18 ... Ne5! 19. Rde2? As much as I love Sargissian I love the King's Gambit more and it's sad to see White floundering. 19 Rde2? N:c4!! 20 R:e7 Be6!! wins even more material. The main threat is 21 ... Q:e7! taking the trapped Rook but there is also the invading threat of 21 ... Qb4. I haven't seen a position this bad since GM Yuri Shulman tried to take on GM Malakhov with no sleep. 19 ... f6! 19 ... N5g6! is OK too 20. g4? Pathetic. 20 ... hxg4! 21. hxg4! Bxg4!! 21 ... N:c4!! is also very good, among many others. IM Emre has nothing left for his piece. {Black wins} 0-1 Oh what might have been! Interesting improvements for the future - 9 h3!! 9 Qf2 Bh6! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10 Re1! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10 Rd2 Bg7! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Nge7! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 ed!! cd! 14 Nb5!! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 Bc4 Na5! 9 Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5? 13 Bc4 Nge7 14 Re1!! The rest was pain. ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "2010 World Team Championship"] [Site "Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "IM_Can_Emre"] [Black "GM_Sargissian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2442"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Opening "KGA: Rosentreter gambit"] [ECO "C37"] [NIC "KG.01"] [Time "07:46:58"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. Qf2 Bg4 10. Rd2 Bh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. e5 Bf5 13. Bc4 Nge7 14. exd6 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qxd6 16. Qf2 a6 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. d5 Ne5 19. Rde2 f6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 {Black wins} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- [Event "FIDE World Cup-A"] [Site "Shenyang"] [Date "2000.09.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C37"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2591"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2000.08.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O-O h5 9. e5 Bg4 10. Qe4 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Rd2 dxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. d5 Nce7 15. Qxe5 Kf8 16. Bd3 Nc8 17. Rf1 Nd6 18. Rdf2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 Be8 21. Ne2 b6 22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Ba6 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Rf3 Nf6 28. b3 Nfe4 29. Kb2 h4 30. Re1 a5 31. c4 Rh8 32. Nd3 Rh5 33. Rf4 Bf5 34. Ne5 Nc5 35. Ka3 f6 36. Nc6 Be4 37. Re3 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39. Rg4+ Rxg4 40. hxg4 Kg6 41. Nd4 Kg5 42. Rg3 Bg6 43. Rg1 Be8 44. Ne6+ Nxe6 45. dxe6 Bc6 46. Kb2 Bf3 47. c5 bxc5 48. e7 Kg6 49. Rc1 c4 50. e8=Q+ Nxe8 51. Rxc4 Kg5 52. a4 c6 53. Kc3 Bd5 54. Rc5 Kxg4 55. Rxa5 f5 56. Ra8 Nd6 57. Rd8 Ne4+ 58. Kd4 Ng5 59. Re8 f4 60. a5 Ne6+ 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kc3 f3 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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See the website at denverchess.com for more directions. thanks, Daoud ---------------------------------------------------------- Youtube video of Godena-Caruana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gflsOQ1fEzo Godena - Caruana 0-1 Porto Mannu 2007 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100112/4ef57133/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 01:59:17 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:59:17 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shannon Fox -Brian Wall Rd 2, DCC Championship Message-ID: <1263373157.4b4d8b65526bb@www.taom.com> 2010 Denver Chess Club Championship 1st Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO Round 2 Game/85 5 second delay Opening - Czech-Pirc White - Kosher Patzer Shannon Fox, 1774 Black - Brian Wall, 2212 People that showed up - Mark Hilyard(master of trains ), DCC President Daoud Zupa ( Godena -Caruana lecture ), Robert Ramirez ( Portuguese Gambit ), Chris Peterson ( collected scoresheets for DCC website - www.DenverChess.com ), Joe Haines, Paul Cullback, Billy Wilsson ( looks like smiling guy in latest Taco Bell commercial who insists the girl in back who sold him 89 cent burrito wait on him again. Billy and wife disagree ), my brother Louie, DCC club secretary Joseph Aragon, Pete Short ( who confirmed 9 move loss to Isaac Martinez at 2010 Al Ufer Memorial ) and many others. [Event "2010 Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Shannon Fox"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [Weather "Slightly chilly" ] [WhiteElo "1774"] [BlackElo "2212"] [Opening "Pirc: Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"] [ECO "B02"] [NIC "AL.10"] [Time "08:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] I use visualization techniques to endure the boredom of a thousand equal or inferior positions against lower rated players. My mental image this time was a Timber Wolf repeatedly ramming his shoulder against a Raytheon snack machine until the glass broke and I could savage the Snickers bars. 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6!! played 66 times Only two moves and we have already reached a position only Brian would play in Colorado. According to my database the move is as old as me. It seem reasonable. 3 e5 Nd5 is some kind of Alekhine's of course but it also looks like a mirror image Badger ( 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 f6 3 d5 Ne5 ). There are certain systems very popular on ICC that I get nothing with as White so I try them against others as Black. Last time we played Shannon tried 1 e4 e5 and some odd anti-Fishing Pole system in place with an early h3. I wanted to avoid double King-pawn openings this time. 3. d4 d6 Played 9087 times although always in Europe, it seems - not very popular in America. Maybe the name Czech-Pirc has something to do with that. Hundreds of ICC players use this as if it was the most natural system in the world but it looks odd to American eyes. I get absolutely nowhere as White against this and I don't think I play it that badly. 4. Nf3 Qc7 Played 65 times. Again others get away with playing this way against me all the time. 5. Be2 e5 Played 28 times - I felt a little like Alekhine playing Philidor's defense intending ... 0-0, ... Rd8, ... Nf8-e6-d4 and pontificating about the importance of the d-file. 6. dxe5 Trade-trade-lose stuff. Completely unmotivated, freeing my f8-Bishop for no good reason. My Bishop can now choose between e7, c5 or b4. Misplayed this way twice before. 6 ... dxe5! 7. Bg5 TN Fox Theoretical Novelty by Shannon Fox I didn't like this move either. I was afraid to develop my c8-Bishop to g4 or e6 for fear it would be targetted by Knights so why shouldn't the same apply to Shannon's move? 7 ... Nbd7 Rybka prefers 7 ... Be7 or ... Be6 for some reason - my idea was to harass Shannon's minor pieces with .. Nf8-e6-d4 8. Qd2 Be7 8 ... Bb4!! I didn't think I gained anything by provoking a3-b4 8 ... Bb4!! 9 0-0 N:e4 10 Nb5! Qa5 11 Nc7+ Q:a7 12 Q:b4 with maybe some compensation for the pawn. Rybka - 8 ... h6!! makes sense, forcing Fox to give me the two Bishops or lose a tempo 8 ... b5! gaining space on the Queenside - I considered that but didn't know my followup 8 ... Be7 I played that, seemed solid. 8 ... Nc5 I wanted to castle first 8 ... b6 8 ... Bc5 I wanted my Knight there unless Shannon played Be3 9. a3 Boy George Chess. Can't blame him - ... Bb4 looks sacry. 9 ... O-O! 10. O-O! Nc5!! Things are going my way. I tried to think like the IM/GMs that beat me this way as Black. I gain a tempo by attacking e4. 11. Bxf6 I have the two Bishops for nothing. The way to exploit the two Bishops in a middle game often looks odd - I hide them from exchange until more pieces are traded off. 11 ... Bxf6! 12. Rfd1 Ne6!! 13. Qd6?? Taking trade-trade-lose to a whole new level 13 ... Qxd6! 14. Rxd6! Nd4!! Game over already and I haven't done anything yet. Attacking not only f3-e2-c2 but against most moves I can trap the Rook with ... Be7. 15. Nxd4 exd4! Threatening not only 16 ... dc but 16 ... Be5 trapping the Rook 16. Rxf6! gxf6! 17. Nd1 f5! So I am up the exchange for nothing and my brother Louie is waiting for me while his cell phone goes off so I want to get out of there fast. However " apparently I am unable to win a Chess tournament without adventures. - Tal " 18. Bd3 fxe4! 19. Bxe4! Re8! 20. f3! f5! 21. Bd3! Re1+! 22. Kf2! Rh1! 23. h3! f4! 24. Bf1 Invading the first rank and pinning Shannon's Knight seems good but how does my Rook escape? I decided to improve my position to the maximum while examining ... B:h3, ... B:c2 or ... R:f1 shots 24 ... Bf5!! Felt computer best and I was right but ... b6, ... a5, ... Ba6 seemed easier to understand. 25. Rc1! Kf7 26. b3! Kf6 Trying to avoid Nb2, Bc4+, R:h1 shots 27. Nb2! Rd8 The idea is to answer 28 c3?? with dc!! threatening 29 ... Rd2+:b2 28. Ke2 h5 29. Kd2 h4 I wasn't sure what to do with my Queenside pawns but this looked like the right way to fix my Kingside pawns. I was thinking I might have to sac my Bishop on h3 to free my Rook or something like ... Rg8, ... R:f1, ... R:g2+ where it would be helpful to have my h-pawn advanced as far as possible. 30. Nd1?? Shannon Fox was probably lost anyways I am just not sure how. I intended ... c5, ... b6, ... Rg8 and hoped some sac worked. 30 ... Rxf1! 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "2010 Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Shannon Fox"] [Black "Brian Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [Weather "Slightly chilly" ] [WhiteElo "1774"] [BlackElo "2212"] [Opening "Pirc: Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"] [ECO "B02"] [NIC "AL.10"] [Time "07:54:39"] [TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. Be2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rfd1 Ne6 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nd1 f5 18. Bd3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Re8 20. f3 f5 21. Bd3 Re1+ 22. Kf2 Rh1 23. h3 f4 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. b3 Kf6 27. Nb2 Rd8 28. Ke2 h5 29. Kd2 h4 30. Nd1 Rxf1 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Split ol (Women)"] [Site "Split"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Elder, Nancy"] [Black "Brandler, Anneliese"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1963.09.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be2 Qc7 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. a3 h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. O-O O-O 18. Nb3 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Nxd3 a5 22. Nc5 axb4 23. axb4 Nc8 24. Rb1 b6 25. Nd3 Nd6 26. Nb2 b5 27. f3 Nh5 28. Qf2 Nf4 29. Kh2 Qg5 30. g3 Nh5 31. Rd1 Ne8 32. Nd3 Ra3 33. Ne2 Ra2 34. h4 Qe7 35. Rd2 g5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. f4 exf4 38. Nexf4 Nxf4 39. Qxf4 Qh5+ 40. Qh4 Qxh4+ 41. gxh4 Nf6 42. Re2 Nd7 43. Kg3 Ra3 44. Kf4 f6 45. Kf5 Kf7 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Nuremberg-ch op 03rd"] [Site "Nuremberg"] [Date "2003.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Lotz, Marcus"] [Black "Hofmann, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1554"] [BlackElo "1749"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2003.05.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 Qc7 5. Be2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bd3 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. a3 Bc5 11. Ne2 Rd8 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. b4 axb4 15. Bxb4 Ra4 16. c3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qa7 21. Nf5 Ne6 22. Bc2 Rxa3 23. Rxa3 Qxa3 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qa1 Qd6 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 04:43:47 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:43:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] 3 worst movie plots ever Message-ID: <1263383027.4b4db1f356b5d@www.taom.com> #3 Internal affairs Richard Gere, Andy Garcia #2 Rich Man's Wife Halle Berre #1 Reindeer Games Ben Affleck any others? From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 14:42:10 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:42:10 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dan Tanner on Shannon Fox -Brian Wall Rd 2, DCC Championship In-Reply-To: References: <1263373157.4b4d8b65526bb@www.taom.com> Message-ID: <1263418930.4b4e3e322401c@www.taom.com> Lower rated players do a lot well - they can calculate simple tactics, they can plan, they can memorize opening ideas of the Grandmasters. Some of them are even tough enough not to blunder all game. I would say their biggest problem occurs when the game leaves their comfort zone, wild tactics where everything hangs, long strecthes of equality where accuracy is required. Also most GM rules don't make much sense to them - for example, what good are two Bishops if you've never tortured anyone with a Bishop and Knight in an ending? Chess is a long list of very, simple explainable ideas. The more simple ideas you have in your head the worse you drive and the better you can survive complex positions. Chess is just hard. It helps if you refuse to move until you believe your move is best. Chess is competition - you get beat, you learn, you climb the ladder. Nowadays you have great books plus great engines plus great databases. How does anyone not improve in today's world? Chess if friendly country. Chess is just problem solving - you either love that or don't. Staying calm when facing surprises helps too. You can't always predict your opponents good or bad moves - often you look at the position completely differently based on prior experience. You have to adapt. The impossible goal of a Chessmaster is to pretty much figure out any posiiton that comes our way. That's why the more different scenarios I face the better for me. I don't like to limit myself to one set of positions too long. If you solved the problem of getting a good wife in Casper, Wyoming you can solve Rook, BP and RP vs Rook endings. I assume lower rated players can solve anything simple so I try to confuse them from Move 1. Eventually I end up confusing myself and having to win from a lost position. The funny part is all Chessplayers know some things and don't know other thing but the mix is more diverse the higher up you go. If you put together all the good things lower rated players have done to me over the years they would be much better than me. The problem is not one of them has the complete package. I beat lower rated players by respecting what they can do. I often think - I better stay away from that posiiton, he might just be stupid enough to beat me there. Brian Wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Tanner from Wyoming Quoting Dan T : Hi Brian, Dan Tanner here from the boring chess state of Wy. What do you think us lower rated pawn scum are missing the most from our game? Opening knowledge, or tactics or just game experience, what is your opinion? DT Dan Tanner from Wyoming From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 14:45:02 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:45:02 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] FP in the Italian game video Message-ID: <1263419102.4b4e3eded4fb3@www.taom.com> LM Jack Young plays the Fishing Pole as White in the Italian game and calls it the Tombraider. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from David Kane ----- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:16:13 -0500 From: David Kane Reply-To: David Kane Subject: FP in the Italian game video To: Brian Wall http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1508 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 15:33:44 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:33:44 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris, Andy and Scott on 3 worst movie plots ever Message-ID: <1263422024.4b4e4a48e57d5@www.taom.com> My daughter has watched all the Saw movies because his roommate Sara loves them. Saw 4 was the only movie in my life I walked out of ( after 1 or 2 minutes ). I liked The Way We Were and would probably love Avatar. BW ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:50:52 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] 3 worst movie plots ever To: Brian Wall Slipstream was by far the worst movie I have ever seen 10 minutes of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:51:48 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Rea To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] 3 worst movie plots ever 2 unnamed text/html 1.38 KB I nominate Gigli and The Way We Were --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:21:32 -0700 From: Scott Guthrie To: Brian Wall Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] 3 worst movie plots ever 2 unnamed text/html 1.32 KB For the money spent: Avatar and Spiderman 2 and 3 ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 4:43:47 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] 3 worst movie plots ever ? #3 Internal affairs Richard Gere, Andy Garcia #2 Rich Man's Wife Halle Berre #1 Reindeer Games Ben Affleck any others? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100113/cb0d3a5f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 15:57:33 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:57:33 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Jamesa Reese's Pieces on 3 worst movie plots ever Message-ID: <1263423453.4b4e4fdd392e4@www.taom.com> I watched Internal Affairs last night with my brother Louie and the plot looked like Bonnie and Clyde after they were riddled with machine gun bullets. I was howling. I lived in New York City for 11 years and Waco, Texas for 4 years. Tender Mercies probably wouldn't bother me. I heard Gigli was horrible so I never watched it. Same with Heaven's gate, a box office disaster. Waterworld with Kevin Costner wasn't so bad. BW ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Jamesa Reese ----- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:38:47 -0600 From: Jamesa Reese Reply-To: Jamesa Reese Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris,Andy and Scott on 3 worst movie plots ever To: Brian Wall "Tender Mercies", Robert Duvall: SLOW, DULL, a real snoozer. You've heard of action movies on steroids? This one was on valium. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com [mailto:brianwall-chesslist-bounces at lists.taom.com] On Behalf Of Brian Wall Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:34 PM To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Chris,Andy and Scott on 3 worst movie plots ever My daughter has watched all the Saw movies because his roommate Sara loves them. Saw 4 was the only movie in my life I walked out of ( after 1 or 2 minutes ). I liked The Way We Were and would probably love Avatar. BW ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:50:52 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] 3 worst movie plots ever To: Brian Wall Slipstream was by far the worst movie I have ever seen 10 minutes of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:51:48 -0800 (PST) From: Andrew Rea To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] 3 worst movie plots ever 2 unnamed text/html 1.38 KB I nominate Gigli and The Way We Were --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:21:32 -0700 From: Scott Guthrie To: Brian Wall Subject: RE: [BrianWall-ChessList] 3 worst movie plots ever 2 unnamed text/html 1.32 KB For the money spent: Avatar and Spiderman 2 and 3 ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com; Brian Wall Chesslist Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 4:43:47 AM Subject: [BrianWallChess] 3 worst movie plots ever ? #3 Internal affairs Richard Gere, Andy Garcia #2 Rich Man's Wife Halle Berre #1 Reindeer Games Ben Affleck any others? From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 16:50:50 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:50:50 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Denver Chess Club Championship rd 2 posted by Chris Peterson Message-ID: <1263426650.4b4e5c5aad952@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:32:30 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: dcc championship rd 2 To: Brian Wall I have most of the information from round 2 up on the DCC website. There are 6 games missing and some player information. Hoping the people with games not up on the site will send me PGN's. You can send them to garrensilverwing at yahoo.com or admin at denverchess.com http://www.brianwallchess.net, http://www.denverchess.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100113/9df7b964/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 13 19:36:06 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:36:06 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gashimov - Grischuk Round 4 Poisoned Pawn Najdorf 2010 World team Championships Bursa, Turkey Message-ID: <1263436566.4b4e8316a9e8d@www.taom.com> I must say, however, that the best game of the event is from round four, when Russian Champion, Alexander Grischuk played an absolutely amazing game against fellow Super GM Vugar Gashimov. Grischuk's king walk is the stuff dreams are made of. GM Ben Finegold blogs about the World team Championship in Bursa, Turkey http://www.saintlouischessclub.org/bens-blog Such a description would drive a reader mad with curiosity but luckily Super-Brian is ready to come to the rescue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 90 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Gashimov"] [Black "*GM_Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7...Qb6"] [ECO "B97"] [NIC "SI.08"] [Time "12:36:29"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3! TN Gashimov Theoretical Novelty by GM Vulgar Gashimov. 15 e5 was played in Radjabov-Rowson 2007 2004 Calvia Olympiad given below. 2700's playing the Poisoned Pawn Variation is like Bobby coming back to life. Rybka's take on this: Black is better - 15 Qh3!, Bf3, e5, 0-0, h3 15 ... Rh7? Taken by surprise by a 2700 GM and his laptop, it's no wonder Grischuk doesn't make the best move. Grischuk was world blitz Champion last year and Russian Champion this year. His parents are physicists. Grischuk is married and also a poker player. Rybka prefers 15 ... Nc6, ... g5, ... e5, ... Rf8, ... 0-0, ... Nh7, ... Qc5, ... g6, ... Rh7 It's all about what to do against 16 g5 15 ... Nc6! handles it very smoothly with 15 ... Nc6! 16 N:c6 Q:c6 17 g5 N:e4 18 Bf3 d5 19 Qh5+ Kd7 20 B:e4 de 21 Rd1 Kc7 22 Bf4+ Kb6 23 Be3+ Ka5 which looks very scary if you're not ready for it. Grischuk ends up going on a much deeper King march anyway. 16. Rf1? Odd that a 2700 would play 15 Qh3 and then not followup with g5. 16 g5!! hg 17 N:e6 Qb6?? 18 Q:h7!! N:h7 19 Bh5+ Kd7 20 R:b6 16 g5!! hg 17 N:e6 Qb6?? 18 Q:h7!! Q:1+ 19 N:b1 N:h7 20 Nc7+ 16 g5!! hg 17 N:e6 Qa5 18 N:g7+ R:g7 19 Q:c8+ Qd8 20 Q:b7 Nbd7 16 g5!! hg 17 N:e6 Qa5 18 N:g7+ Kd8 19 Ne6+ B:e6 16 g5!! hg 17 N:e6 Qc6 18 Qf5! B:e6 19 Q:e6 Rh4 White would be better after 16 g5 but that's a lot to calculate. Gashimov is just the teensiest bit better after 16 g5!! hg 17 N:e6 Qc6 18 Qf5! B:e6 19 Q:e6 Rh4 20 Bd3, Kd1 or Bf3 16 ... Nc6! 17. Nxc6! Qxc6! 18. e5 Gashimov decides that 18 Bd3 e5 19 Nd5 Be6 is too solid for Grischuk 18 Qd3 Rh8 19 e5 de 20 Bf3 Qd7 21 Qg6+ is another way to take away Alexander's castling priviliges 18 Kd1 e5 19 Qd3 Bd8 20 Nd5 Be6 21 Kc1 b5 is typical strange computer play with Kings in the Midlands. 18 ... dxe5! 19. Bd3! e4 Fearless Rybka plays 19 ... Rh8!! but Grishchuk's human desire to reduce the firepower on his stranded King is logical and practical. 20. Nxe4! Nxe4! 21. Qh5+? Second best doesn't cut it in critical positions. 21 Qe3!! is about equal 21 ... Kd7!! 22. Rd1! Rh8! 23. Bf4?? Up until now the game has remained impossibly murky but roughly in the Dan Avery range ( + or - one ) with the advantage swinging to both sides. 23 Qe5, Qg6, Rf7 or Qf7 would give Vulgar some but not quite full compensation for his missing Knight. The game is over but stay tuned for an aesthetic King march. 23 ... Bb4+!!! 23 ... Nd6!! or ... Qc3+! are good too 24. c3! Nxc3!! 24 ... B:c3!! or ... Q:c3+!! all work 25. Bd2! Qd5! Everything wins: The best 6 moves are 25 ... Qd6, ... Qd5, ... N:d1, ... Kd8, ... Kc7, ... Qb6 26. Rf7+! Kc6! 26 ... Kd6!! and ... Kd8!! are also safe If you don't like playing with your King in the middle, play the exchange Slav - Kasparov's Najdorj DVD presentation 27. Rc1! Kb6! Nothing wrong with 27 ... Q:d3!! 28. Be3+ Ka5!! Wow 29. a3! Ka4!! Wow 29 ... B:a3 30 R:c3 Q:h5 or ... Bb4 also works 30. axb4 if 30 Rf4! Na2+!!, ... Q:h5!! or ... Ne4+! win 30 ... Qxd3!! This move was also best on move 27. Grischuk's King looks ridiculous but he is a Bishop and two pawns up. 31. Qa5+! Kb3! Pete Short told me last night Baltier drove the White King to d6 in Las Vegas and Pete was convulsed on the floor with laughter. You can't catch me, nan nah nah nah boo boo 32. Rxc3+! Qxc3+!! Anything else is checkmate 33. Bd2! b6! 34. Qxb6 Qe5+! It's funny how undeveloped Black is, typical Poisoned Pawn dilemma 35. Kd1 Bb7 Grischuk is ready to give a Bishop back - Rybka won't even do that ( 45 ... Qe4!! intending ... e5!! and c8-Bishop somewhere ) 36. Qxb7! Rhd8!! 37. Rf3+! Ka2! 38. Rf2! Kb1! 39. Qf3! Rac8! 40. Qb3+! Qb2! 41. Qxb2+! Kxb2! {Black wins} 0-1 Magnus Carlsen was recently asked the retarded chestnut about how many moves he saw ahead. Magnus said looking far ahead is only part of the problem, the other half is evaluating the positions. What happened in this game? Gashimov played a reasonable TN, got the edge and then lost it. He sacced a pawn to get the Black king moving, then a piece to drag Grischuk in the wilderness. It wasn't sound but it was good for entertainment value. Gashimov made it easy for Grischuk to lose but Alexander kept his wits about him. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 90 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Gashimov"] [Black "*GM_Grischuk"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2736"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7...Qb6"] [ECO "B97"] [NIC "SI.08"] [Time "12:36:29"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 15. Qh3 Rh7 16. Rf1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bd3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bb4+ 24. c3 Nxc3 25. Bd2 Qd5 26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Rc1 Kb6 28. Be3+ Ka5 29. a3 Ka4 30. axb4 Qxd3 31. Qa5+ Kb3 32. Rxc3+ Qxc3+ 33. Bd2 b6 34. Qxb6 Qe5+ 35. Kd1 Bb7 36. Qxb7 Rhd8 37. Rf3+ Ka2 38. Rf2 Kb1 39. Qf3 Rac8 40. Qb3+ Qb2 41. Qxb2+ Kxb2 {Black wins} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Calvia ol (Men)"] [Site "Mallorca"] [Date "2004.10.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Rowson, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2663"] [BlackElo "2577"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2004.10.15"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.01.27"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "Scotland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "SCO"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. g4 h6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Bf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rg1 Bd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nc6 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Rf1+ Bf6 27. Rxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rb3 Rh7 30. Bh6 Qa5+ 31. Kf1 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congratulations to the American team for the silver medal! No one understands why Azerbajain rested their first two boards the last round. Strange. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 14 05:55:11 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:55:11 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] GM Vitugov - GM Rodshtein last round 2010 World Team Championship Message-ID: <1263473711.4b4f142f4c90b@www.taom.com> Russia ( gold medal ) versus Israel last round IM Gaven Crawley gave some incredibly lame notes to this game in a Chessbase report. http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6052 The Russian deserves better. [Event "World Team Championship"] [Site "Bursa, Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.13"] [Round "last"] [White "GM_Vitiugov"] [Black "GM_Rodshtein"] [White "GM_Vitiugov"] [Black "GM_Rodshtein"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2622"] [Opening "English: Caro-Kann defensive system"] [ECO "A11"] [NIC "EO.64"] [Time "02:53:52"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 Nc6! GM Hua Ni lost to Mighty Kramnik after 14 f3 cb 15 fe 0-0 16 ed! cb 17 Qd4! Nd7 ( 17 ... ba or ... Qg5 also look tenable ) 18 ab 15. fxe4 Nxb4 16. Qxg7 16 minutes spent on his 16th move 16 ... Rf8 19 minutes spent on this move 17. exd5!! TN Vitugov Theortical Novelty by Vitugov as far as I know. Either way it leads to incredible complications. Efstratios Grivas played 17 Kf2 against Nikolai Andrianov in 1993, 17 years ago 17 ... Qh4+ Sample lines: 17 ed!! Nc2+ 18 Kf2 N:a1 19 B:c4 Q:d5 20 Be2 Qe4 21 Qh6 Qg6 22 Qf4 N:a1 23 R:a1 with a pawn for the exchange 17 ed!! Nc2+ 18 Kf2 N:a1 19 B:c4 Nc2 20 Qh6 with three pawns for a Rook 17 ed!! Nc2+ 18 Kf2 Qh4+ 19 g3 Qe4 20 Qh6 or Qf6 and Vitugov doesn't care that both his rooks are hanging because of Qc6+ 17 ed!! cb 18 Kf2! I am glad I am not a Grandmaster so I don't have to figure stuff like this out. 18. Ke2!! 8 minutes spent looks horrible, jamming up the whole Kingside, but his Rooks are intact. 18 ... Qe4 6 minutes spent 18 ... N:d5 19 Kf3, Rc1, Qg4, bc all slightly better for White 19. Kf2 7 minutes spent 19 bc!!, Qf6!! or Qg3! give more advantage 19 bc!! Q:c4+ 20 Kf2 and Vitugov starts unraveling. Very complicated 19 ... Nc2! 7 minutes spent 20. Qh6! Qg6! 21. Qf4! Nxa1! 22. Bxc4! 5 minutes spent 22 ... Nc2! 23 minutes spent 23. d6! 9 minutes spent leaving 22 to reach move 40 - Rodshtein has 33 minutes. 23 ... Rg8! 5 minutes spent GM Vitugov still seems happy with three pawns for a Rook. 24 Qf3!! might be slightly better than 24 g4! 24 Qf3!! Rb8 25 g4 or Rc1 24 Qf3!! Ra7 25 g4, Qc6+, Rc1 or Rf1 24 Qf3!! Rd8 25 g4 or B:a6 24 Qf3!! Rc8 25 g5 et al 24. g4! 7 minutes spent 22 ... Ra7! 7 minutes spent The Israeli GM is hanging in there so far. 25. Rd1!! How is the Russian Grandmaster able to stay down a Rook so long? Rodshtein's pawns are all weak and isolated, his King is in the middle, his Knight looks out of it with no outpost and Vitugov's e5-d6 pawn duo are quite obnoxious. It takes nerves of steel to play this way. 25 ... Qg5 26. Qe4!! No Queen trades until you castle safely. 4 minutes spent leaving 10. last round for the gold- pretty intense. 26 ... Rg6!! 27. Ke2 h5? A mistake in the other guy's time pressure - we all know the tune. Rodshtein finally cracks. 27 ... Rh6! or Kf8! held out hope. 28. Rd5? 2 minutes spent leaving 7 Sloppy time. 28 d7+!!! R:d7 29 B:f7+!! K:f7 30 R:d7+!! Ke8 31 Qb7!! knockout Q:e3+ 32 Kd1 Qd4+ 33 R:d4 28 d7+!!! R:d7 29 B:f7+!! Ke7 30 R:d7+!! K:d7 31 B:g6 28 d7+!!! R:d7 29 B:f7+!! Ke7 30 R:d7+!! Kf8 31 Qa8+ mates 28 d7+!!! K:d8 29 B:f7!! with the threats of capturing a Rook on g6 or pushing e6 28 d7+!! is a killer 28 Qc6+! Kf8 29 Q:c5! 28 Rf1! all better than Vitugov's time pressure stumble. 28 ... Kd8? 11 minutes spent leaving 6 28 ... Qh4! was the best chance now 28 ... Qh4! 29 Q:c2 Q:h3 or 28 ... Qh4! 29 Kd2 Na3 The Russian would still be better but it would be close 29. Qxc2!! 2 minutes spent leaving 5 with three pawns for the exchange and little play for the Israeli. The game is over again. 29 ... hxg4 30. e6!! 1 minute spent leaving 4 30 R:c5!!! the other killer 30 ... Qh6 30 ... Qf6 31 Rf5! is death 31. e7+! 1 minute spent leaving 3 Again 31 R:c5!! mating, is the super-move, opening all highways and bi-ways to the Black King. Vitugov's move is the best of the rest 31 ... Ke8 32. Qf5 1 minute spent leaving 2 The three most vicious moves are 32 Re5!!!!, Qe4!!! and Qf5!! 32 ... Rd7? 2 minutes spent leaving 5. The only way out of checkmate is 32 ... Re6 but then 33 Re5!! or Rd3!! ends it 33. Qxf7+!! ouch - mating 33 R:c5!!! or Re5! also end in mate {White wins} 1-0 33. Qxf7+!! K:f7 34 Rf5+ Kg7 35 Rf7+ Kh8 36 e8(Q)+ Rg8 37 Qe5+ Rg7 38 Rf8+ Kh7 39 Bd3+ mates next move Impressive and romantic play despite a few time pressure inaccuracies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Team Championship"] [Site "Bursa, Turkey"] [Date "2010.01.13"] [Round "last"] [White "GM_Vitiugov"] [Black "GM_Rodshtein"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2622"] [Opening "English: Caro-Kann defensive system"] [ECO "A11"] [NIC "EO.64"] [Time "02:53:52"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 Nc6 15. fxe4 Nxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. exd5 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qe4 19. Kf2 Nc2 20. Qh6 Qg6 21. Qf4 Nxa1 22. Bxc4 Nc2 23. d6 Rg8 24. g4 Ra7 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qe4 Rg6 27. Ke2 h5 28. Rd5 Kd8 29. Qxc2 hxg4 30. e6 Qh6 31. e7+ Ke8 32. Qf5 Rd7 33. Qxf7+ {White wins} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Athens m"] [Site "Athens"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Grivas, Efstratios"] [Black "Andrianov, Nikolai"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2460"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 Nc6 15. fxe4 Nxb4 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qxe4 19. Bg2 Nd3+ 20. Kg1 Qxe3+ 21. Kh2 O-O-O 22. Qg4+ Kc7 23. Rhf1 Nxe5 24. Qh4 Rg8 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Rf5 Rd3 27. g4 Re8 28. Rb1 c3 29. Qf6 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Qe7+ 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "London Classic"] [Site "duh"] [Date "2009.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_Hua_Ni"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Opening "QGD Slav defense"] [ECO "D10"] [NIC "SL.01"] [Time "08:36:03"] [TimeControl "7200+0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e5 9. dxe5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 bxc4 13. Qg4 c5 14. f3 cxb4 15. fxe4 O-O 16. exd5 cxb3 17. Qd4 Nd7 18. axb3 Qg5 19. Qf4 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxa6 Rfc8 22. Kd2 Rc3 23. Rhb1 f5 24. Ra4 Rc5 25. e4 fxe4 26. Ke3 Rc2 27. Bd3 Rxa4 28. Bxc2 Ra2 29. Bxe4 Kf7 30. Rc1 Kf6 31. Rc2 Ra1 32. Kd4 Rd1+ 33. Kc5 h5 34. Rf2+ Ke7 35. Re2 Nd7+ 36. Kc6 Rc1+ 37. Bc2+ Kd8 38. Kd6 Nf6 39. Ke6 h4 40. d6 Rf1 41. Re5 Rf2 42. Bf5 g6 43. Bxg6 Nd7 44. Rg5 Rf6+ 45. Kd5 Nb6+ 46. Kc6 Nc8 47. Kc5 Nxd6 48. Bd3 {White wins} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 14 14:51:10 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:51:10 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Men's rules! These are fundamentally held to be true... Message-ID: <1263505870.4b4f91ce64802@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Jamesa Reese ----- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:44:58 -0600 From: Jamesa Reese Reply-To: Jamesa Reese Subject: Men's rules! These are fundamentally held to be true... To: Brian Wall We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules: Please note... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE! 1. Breasts are for looking at and that is why we do it. Don't try to change that 1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down. 1. Saturday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be 1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way. 1. Crying is blackmail. 1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! JUST SAY IT! 1. ???Yes??? and ???No??? are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question 1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for 1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor 1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days 1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us 1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one 1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done Not both If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself 1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials 1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we 1. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. 1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that. 1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle 1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you don't want to hear 1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine, Really 1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as: Sex, Sport, or Cars 1. You have enough clothes 1. You have too many shoes 1. I am in shape. Round is a shape. 1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don't mind that, it's like camping. Pass this to as many men as you can - to give them a laugh. Pass this to as many women as you can - to give them an education -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: unnamed Url: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100114/e8c5e10a/attachment.pl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100114/e8c5e10a/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dan Tanner on Shannon Fox -Brian Wall Rd 2, DCC Championship Well, chess-wise, life-wise, I'm in the midst of some sort of metamorphosis. I think my outrage at nothingness is bearing fruit, if only because of the rain. But then, if I thought it was only because of the rain, I wouldn't be outraged, would I? ;) ===================================== Milt J Kicklighter National Security Operations Center (NSOC) Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Bldg. 4201 Durham, NC 27709 Phone: 919-767-7322 Email: kicklighter.milton at epa.gov From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 14 14:59:23 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:59:23 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Milton Kicklighter Message-ID: <1263506363.4b4f93bbeb4c8@www.taom.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:02:55 -0500 From: Kicklighter.Milton at epamail.epa.gov To: Brian Wall I met Milton at the Raleigh, North Carolina Chess Club. If you've never been to North Carolina or South Carolina they have giant tress that ice up in the winter and fall on houses and cars. Brian Wall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [BrianWall-ChessList] Dan Tanner on Shannon Fox -Brian Wall Rd 2, DCC Championship Well, chess-wise, life-wise, I'm in the midst of some sort of metamorphosis. I think my outrage at nothingness is bearing fruit, if only because of the rain. But then, if I thought it was only because of the rain, I wouldn't be outraged, would I? ;) ===================================== Milt J Kicklighter National Security Operations Center (NSOC) Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Bldg. 4201 Durham, NC 27709 Phone: 919-767-7322 Email: kicklighter.milton at epa.gov From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 14 17:17:23 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:17:23 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Improved chess site for Casper, Wyoming Message-ID: <1263514643.4b4fb413319bc@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dan T ----- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:47:30 -0700 From: Dan T Reply-To: Dan T Subject: Improved chess site for Casper To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com Hey Brian tell me what you think about the improved site. http://www.casperwyomingchess.com http://www.casperwyomingchess.com/Chess.html this is in case you give up. Dan Tanner, 2009 Wyoming Chess Champion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Impressive Chess site for Wyoming with click and move games. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100114/02bb2964/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 14 17:37:14 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:37:14 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Classic Two Knights Tango Message-ID: <1263515834.4b4fb8ba77c94@www.taom.com> I have a repertoire with 1 ... Nc6 I want to do a video on. This part of the repertoire is old hat but I wanted to demonstrate the standard attack I am after. Bullet allows the quick processing of thousands of openings. I would call this the Nimzovich/Kevitz Defense 1 e4 Nc6 2 d4 e5 - I think today they call it the Two Knights Tango or Mexican Defense with c4 thrown in. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "LaoWa"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1747"] [BlackElo "1956"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "17:55:40"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5! Nce7! 4. g3 Nf6! 5. Bg2 Ng6! 6. Nf3 Bc5! 7. O-O d6 8. a3 TN Theoretical Novelty although a3-b4 is a part of White's plan almost every game with this system 8 ... a5 9. Nbd2 h5! 9 ... e4!!-e3! is a shot 10. b3? h4! 10 ... e4!!-e3! is still a shot 11. Bb2 hxg3!! 12. hxg3 Bh3!! There are other ways to handle this position but I am aiming for a quick knockout with ... Qd7. All my openings aim for a quick knockout. 13. Bxh3! Rxh3! The threat is 14 ... R:g3+ 14 e3 Qd7!! 15 ( Re1 or Kg2 ) 0-0-0!! gives me a nice free attack 14. Kg2! Qd7!! 15. Rh1? 15 e3! 0-0-0!! and 16 ... Rdh8!! is also juicy for me 15 ... Nf4+!! mating 16. Kg1 16 gf Qg4 mates 16 Kf1 R:h1+ mates 16 ... Rxg3+ I might have seen 16 ... R:h1+!! 17 K:h1 Qh3+ 18 Kg1 Qg2 checkmate. The problem is I feel my attacks rather than see them. 17. Kf1! Rh3!! LaoWa's beens busted since 10 b3 18. Rg1! O-O-O Everything wins - the two most vicious are 18 ... Rh2!! 19 e3 Qh3+ 18 ... Rh2!! 19 Nh2 Qh3+ 20 Ke1 Q:h2 21 Nf3 Q:f2+ 22 Kd2 Qe3+ 23 Ke1 e4!! 18 ... Ng4!! 19 Ne4 B:f2!! 20 R:g4 Q:g4 21 N:f2 Qg2+ 22 Ke1 Qg3!! 23 Kf1 e4!! I can't see all that in a bullet game but its fun to go back and look for next time. 19. b4 Ba7! 20. Bc3 Rdh8 looks so natural but 20 ... Rh2!!, ... e4!!, ... Ng4!! or R:f3 are all stronger plus I have countless other wins. 21. c5 Rh1!! 22. e3 N4xd5 looks great but I have death blows with 22 ... Qb5+!!! or ... R:g1+!!! 22 ... Qb5+!!! 23 Nc4 Q:c4+ 24 Ke1 Q:c3+ is about as sick as it gets 22 ... R:g1+!! 23 K:g1 Qb5+! 24 Qe2 N:e2! looks just as bad 23. Qc2 Qh3+ So many wins: 23 ... R:g1+!!!, 23 ... Qb5+!!!, ... ab!!, ... e4!! 23 ... R:g1+!!! 24 N:g1 Qg4!! with two extra pawns and a blistering attack 24. Ke2! Rxg1! Time - B-Wall 26 seconds LaoWa 14 seconds 25. Rxg1! e4!! 26. Nxe4 Ng4??? 26 ... N:e4 wins a piece My blunder allows 27 N:d6+!! 27. cxd6 Nxf2 It's bodyguard destruction time - 27 ... B:e3!! or ... Ng:e3 are better executions of that idea 28. Bxg7? Time - B-Wall 16 seconds LaoWa 5 seconds The end of a bullet game makes little sense - it's all about trying to make your opponent dance to your tune and answer threats to waste time. 28 ... Bxe3? 29. Qxc7+? Nxc7! 30. d7+! Kxd7 31. Ne5+? Ke6! 32. Ng5+ Bxg5! Time - B-Wall 7 seconds LaoWa 2 seconds The pointless checks have gained 6 seconds 33. Rxg5! Ne4 34. Nc6 Kd6 34 ... Qh2 mates {White forfeits on time} 0-1 Despite the ridiculous finish I wanted you to see the effortless attack I am aiming for from Move 1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "LaoWa"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "1747"] [BlackElo "1956"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "17:55:40"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Ng6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. a3 a5 9. Nbd2 h5 10. b3 h4 11. Bb2 hxg3 12. hxg3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Rxh3 14. Kg2 Qd7 15. Rh1 Nf4+ 16. Kg1 Rxg3+ 17. Kf1 Rh3 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. b4 Ba7 20. Bc3 Rdh8 21. c5 Rh1 22. e3 N4xd5 23. Qc2 Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Rxg1 25. Rxg1 e4 26. Nxe4 Ng4 27. cxd6 Nxf2 28. Bxg7 Bxe3 29. Qxc7+ Nxc7 30. d7+ Kxd7 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Ng5+ Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Ne4 34. Nc6 Kd6 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 14 22:12:55 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:12:55 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Pawn Wave guy Message-ID: <1263532375.4b4ff9572a9cd@www.taom.com> Down 2 Rooks but win by checkmate with .01 second left - typical [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "oferassabi"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "1759"] [Opening "Benko's opening: reversed Alekhine"] [ECO "A04"] [NIC "QP.11"] [Time "00:08:28"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. Nf3 e5 2. g3 e4 3. Bg2 exf3 4. exf3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Re1+ Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 d5 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bc2 Bb4 14. Re5 Nd7 15. b3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bc3 17. Be3 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 f4 19. gxf4 Qh4 20. Qc3 Bh3 21. Bc1 Qg4+ 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rae8 24. Be3 Bf5 25. Bd1 Be4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Kf2 Bg6 28. g4 h6 29. f5 Bh7 30. Bf4 b5 31. d5 cxd5 32. cxd5 Rc8 33. Be2 Rc3 34. Bxb5 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxa2 36. d6 Rd8 37. Bc4+ Kh8 38. e6 Bg8 39. e7 Re8 40. Be5 Bxc4 41. bxc4 Ra3+ 42. Kd4 Kh7 43. f4 Ra1 44. c5 Rd1+ 45. Ke4 a5 46. g5 a4 47. f6 gxf6 48. gxf6 a3 49. c6 a2 50. d7 Rxd7 51. cxd7 Rxe7 52. fxe7 Kg6 53. Ba1 Kh5 54. e8=Q+ Kg4 55. d8=Q Kg3 56. Qg6+ Kf2 57. Qh4+ Ke2 58. Qgg3 Kd2 59. Qhh2+ Kc1 60. Qgg1# {Black checkmated} 1-0 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 15 16:21:47 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:21:47 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] E-mail Chess Message-ID: <1263597707.4b50f88bdf416@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:15:13 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Fw: E-mail Chess To: Brian Wall , BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com I use Rybka or Fritz but I think there is scid and many other free game viewers ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: TomCatRev To: Brian Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 10:40:25 AM Subject: E-mail Chess Hi Brian: ?Do you know a link to a e-mail chess program that can be used to play a chess game With anyone via e-mail. I used to have one but lost it. I would like to play my brother in Philadelphia via e-mail. Any suggestions that are safe to download and that are free of charge. Or any of the Chess Master games you know of that have it. I have a few of them but don't recall if they are programmed for it. Thanks. Rev. Tom Stuart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100115/bffa1057/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 15 17:20:22 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:20:22 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] E-mail Chess Message-ID: <1263601222.4b51064695822@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Bruce A Downs ----- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:00:28 -0800 (PST) From: Bruce A Downs Reply-To: Bruce A Downs Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Fw: E-mail Chess To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com I use gameknot.com and would recommend it. It's free with the option to subscribe. The subscription gets you more options with no advertisements. ________________________________ From: Brian Wall To: Brian Wall ; Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 4:15:13 PM Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fw: E-mail Chess I use Rybka or Fritz but I think there is scid and many other free game viewers ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: TomCatRev To: Brian Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 10:40:25 AM Subject: E-mail Chess Hi Brian: Do you know a link to a e-mail chess program that can be used to play a chess game With anyone via e-mail. I used to have one but lost it. I would like to play my brother in Philadelphia via e-mail. Any suggestions that are safe to download and that are free of charge. Or any of the Chess Master games you know of that have it. I have a few of them but don't recall if they are programmed for it. Thanks. Rev. Tom Stuart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100115/81f2da68/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 15 17:24:58 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:24:58 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] God and Chess Message-ID: <1263601498.4b51075a37b7c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Ty Kroll ----- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:18:56 -0600 From: Ty Kroll Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] God and Chess To: unorthodoxchessopenings at yahoogroups.com I'm only chiming in to suggest we stop and laugh for a minute. The title of this exchange reminded me of this bit of chess humor: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2833 Ok Panov Botvinnik Attack is not quite an unorthodox opening although purposefully taking an isolated queen's pawn position could be thought of as anti-position play. It's not the most orthodox way to meet the Caro anyway and the story entertained me at least. (My favorite way to meet the Caro is with f3, btw, which is maybe unorthodox enough to discus in this group.) To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com From: earl.r at xtra.co.nz Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:38:46 +1300 Subject: Re: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] God and Chess The other thing that bothers me next to zealots of any form are Trolls. According to the properties tab of your email, it was dispatched on the 13th. Dave's message on his belief was raised and dealt with as respectfully as my own beliefs allow on the 11th. At which time I said: >Yes, this group is Unorthodox chess, and not a bible group, but I just could not let this pass. - Dave< Much like me.....yes you could of but you chose not to and before the moderators blow a blood vessels, this is the only comment I am going to make on this subject and any further comments should go to the appropriate forums. and yet you pop up two days after the fact when people have moved on to wave your bony finger with indignation at all concerned. I suggest you go back to feeding on goats and let the chess players do their thing Earl ----- Original Message ----- From: jatravartids To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:21 AM Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] God and Chess If I wanted to hear people's religious views I'd join a group for it. Please stop spamming us with yours. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 15 18:35:04 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:35:04 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Wolves in sheeps clothing Message-ID: <1263605704.4b5117c80420b@www.taom.com> Facebook Honesty Box - New word Brian - What is the best thing I ever did for you? - Anonymous answer- Working... Your chess emails. They are instructive, amuzing and inspiring... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timofeev played like the most boring technician on the planet until move 40 with Rb5!! saccing two Rooks for a pawn wave which revealed his true colors. [Event "Russian Superfinal"] [Site "Moscow central Chess Club"] [Date "2009.12.24" ] [Round "5"] [White "GM_Timofeev" ] [Black "GM_Khismatullin" ] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2643"] [Opening "Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"] [ECO "B52"] [NIC "SI.01"] [Time "06:53:50"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Kf1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rb1 a5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Kd2 Kf7 25. Kc2 g5 26. Nd5 h5 27. Ne3 h4 28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Rbd1 Rdc8 30. Rf1 Rb6 31. Rb1 Rbc6 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Kc3 Nc5 34. Nd5 Ne6 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb6 38. Rfd1 Ra8 39. Rd5 Nc7 40. Rb5 Nxb5+ 41. axb5 Ke8 42. Ra1 e6 43. Ne3 d5 44. exd5 Rd6 45. c5 Rdd8 46. Kd4 Rac8 47. Rxa5 e5+ 48. Kc4 b6 49. b4 bxa5 50. bxa5 Ra8 51. a6 e4 52. fxe4 Kd7 53. Nf5 Re8 54. c6+ Kd8 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kc5 f5 57. exf5 Re2 58. Nb7+ Ke8 59. d6 Rxg2 60. d7+ Ke7 61. f6+ Kxf6 62. c7 {White wins} 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GM Lima Bean plays very quietly for 7 moves and then breaks out with courageous, imaginative play. Moral - don't judge a GM by their opening, they are all very capable of breathtaking displays of power. [Event "ICC 90 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.12"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Lima"] [Black "*IM_Esen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2413"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [ECO "B50"] [NIC "SI.01"] [Time "11:21:45"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6! 4. Be2 This is the opening of my favorite loss - at one point I lost all my scoreseehts which is why I compulsively post so many now. My favorite game that went missing was a victory over LM Jack Young which he kindly gave me last year and I posted analysis to www.BrianWallChess.net. I put my Queen on c3 where it could be captured 3 ways. My favorite lost loss was against SM David Neal-Gliksman Lucky. It was a ferocious fight. David promised me the scoresheet in Las Vegas but he is busy renting business booths. David played this opening and we had a battle royal like my first game with Josh Bloomer with many different material imbalances. David finally mated me with Rook, Bishop and Knight versus Queen. I still remember my surprise. In the postmortem and in life he generally calculated farther than me. David played the famous e5-e6 positional pawn sac on me. Greg "Tourney" Steele sent me good analysis on 4 Be2 but I can never remember if I am supposed to post his emails or not. I don't know is this counts as an iregular opening but it's not very common in these here parts. 4 ... Nbd7 4 ... N:e4?? 5 Qa4+ 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O! g6! Played 131 times. 8. d4 Saccing the e-pawn, protecting the e-pawn, saccing the e-pawn - very confusing - reminds me of a Ruy Slowpez. 8 ... cxd4! IM Esen took 15 minutes on this 9. cxd4! Nxe4 My game with Lucky went something like 9 ... Bg7 10 e4-e5-e6. World Champion Emanuel Lasker 10. Nxe4! Bxe4! 11. Ng5! Played 14 times including a very rare Kasparov loss in his prime to Svidler White 1997. 11 Ng5 d5 played 9 times 11 Ng5 Bd5 played 4 times 11 Ng5 Bb7 played once 11 ... Bc6!! TN Theoretical Novelty played instantly by IM Esen. Rybka - 11 ... Bc6, ... Bb7, ... d5 ( Kasparov ), ... Bd5 ( all reasonable ), ... Bf5? ( 12 g4! ) 12. d5! 8 minutes spent Rybka likes 12 Qb3!! e6 13 Bf3 B:f3 14 Q:f3 Nf6 15 Qc6+ Nd7 16 Ne4 best 12 Qd3, Ba6, Qc2, Bc4, Bf3, Bf4 or Be3 also give some comp for the pawn. Whie is ahead in development. 12 ... Bb7! 13. Qd4!! 6 minutes spent 13 ... Rg8! So Black has no development and there's no safe place to castle - this doesn't look good. 14. Ne6!? 35 minutes spent Very creative - not satisfied with normal good moves like 14 Be3, Qf4, Bf4, Re1, Rd1, Qe3, N:h7, Bb5 So far White has a good position and the game can take off in many different directions. Now we have a very concrete path to follow. 14 ... fxe6! 26 minutes spent If Esen moves his Queen 15 N:f8 will follow 15. dxe6! Ne5? Played in less than a minute like most blunders. Esen didn't know that if a GM gives you a piece you better give it back. 15 ... Rc8!!, ... Bc6! or ... a6! were more realistic. Esen probably calculated 15. dxe6! Ne5? 16 Bb5+? Nc6 17 Qf4 Rg7 18 Qf3 Qc8 19 Bh6 a6 as alright for him. But just like my last game with Bill O'Neil, given in click and move form at www.DenverChess.com and like so many billions of Chess games and life decisions, you can calculate far ahead but miss what's under your nose. 16. Qxe5!! That's like being slapped in the face during a cold shower. Of course 16 Q:e5!! de?? 17 Bb5+ is ugly and pretty at the same time like Barbara Streisand. 16 ... Bg7 7 minutes spent 17. Qf4!! Even material but Black's King looks ridiculous 17 ... Bf6! 18. Qa4+ Many good moves - 18 Bf3, Qa4+, Bd2, Qg4, Be3 18 ... Kf8! 19. Bh6+! Rg7 19 ... Bg7?? 20 Qf4+ Ke8 21 Qf7 checkmate. Esen's King position cost him an exchamge. 20. Rac1 d5? 21. Qd7!! makes you want to play this line, doesn't it? This reminds me of a sports science show Devon and I watched where a martial artist was karate chopped in the Adam's apple followed by a kick in the testicles by a linebacker with no ill effect. This takes years of training, don't try it at home. 14 Ne6!? = chop, 21 Qd7!! = kick 21 ... Rb8? Esen is numb. 22. Rc7!! If anyone asks you the difference between a GM and an IM, show him this position. 22 ... Bxb2! 23. Rxb7! Qxd7? 24. Rxb8+!! Qe8! I can't watch anymore, is it over? 25 R:e8+!!! K:e8 26 B:g7!! B:g7 27 Rc1! even wins the Bishop too but GM Lima was moving fast expecting resignation any moment. 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7! 26. Rxe8! Kf6 I'm a late resigner, bitter ender but this is ridiculous. 27. Bf3! {White wins} 1-0 Anyone else want to defend Esen's great TN? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "ICC 90 30 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.12"] [Round "-"] [White "*GM_Lima"] [Black "*IM_Esen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2448"] [BlackElo "2413"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [ECO "B50"] [NIC "SI.01"] [Time "11:21:45"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bc6 12. d5 Bb7 13. Qd4 Rg8 14. Ne6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Ne5 16. Qxe5 Bg7 17. Qf4 Bf6 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Bh6+ Rg7 20. Rac1 d5 21. Qd7 Rb8 22. Rc7 Bxb2 23. Rxb7 Qxd7 24. Rxb8+ Qe8 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe8 Kf6 27. Bf3 {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Same opening for 7 moves like 130 others - I miss Fang, Vigorito and many other New Englanders. I beat Fang in the previous 45th 1995 NH Open - game posted on www.BrianWallChess.net. I generally write for those who remember a younger Brian. [Event "New Hampshire op 46th"] [Site "Salem"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Bryan, Jarod J"] [Black "Fang, Joseph"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2285"] [BlackElo "2375"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1996.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Bf1 Ne5 11. d4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. Qh3 Nd7 14. Nf3 e6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. f4 cxd4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Bd3 e5 21. Qe3 h6 22. Nf3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne6 24. Qg3 Rc7 25. h4 Kh8 26. Rf1 Rce7 27. b4 Ng7 28. d5 Nh5 29. Qh2 Bc8 30. Nd4 b5 31. a5 Rc7 32. Nc6 Qd7 33. Rf3 Bb7 34. Raf1 Rf8 35. Nd4 Ng7 36. h5 Nxh5 37. Ne6 Rcc8 38. g4 fxe6 39. Rxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kg7 41. Rb8 Nf6 42. g5 Nh5 43. dxe6 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Heavyweight Svidler-Kasparov battle same up to 11 Ng5 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1997.09.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2820"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1997.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.23"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 d5 12. Bb5 Bg7 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 h6 15. gxf5 hxg5 16. fxg6 a6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ba4 Rh5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rf2 Rah8 22. Rg2 Rh3 23. Rf1 R8h4 24. Bc2 Nh5 25. Bf5 Nf4 26. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. Rg3 Qf5 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Qh3 31. Rg2 Bf6 32. Qd3 Rxd4 33. Qg6+ Ke6 34. Qe8 Rc4 35. Qd8 Qf5 36. Re1+ Be5 37. Qb8 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 16 17:20:23 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:20:23 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] dcc championship rd 2 Message-ID: <1263687623.4b5257c77cf69@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:47:57 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: Re: dcc championship rd 2 To: Brian Wall oh whoops i forgot i reuploaded all the files gimme a sec it'll be fixed http://www.brianwallchess.net, http://www.denverchess.com You can click and move all games from both rounds of the Denver Chess Club Championship - I've done emails on Robert Ramirez, rd 1, a beautfiful two bishop sac and both of my games - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: Chess Type: image/pjpeg Size: 84503 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100117/082a75df/attachment-0001.bin From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 18 07:46:28 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:46:28 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Winning with Devon's Opening Message-ID: <1263825988.4b54744469a50@www.taom.com> My son invented this at a very young age, so young he would often give up both Knights for center pawns. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.18"] [Round "-"] [White "ChrisP"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1753"] [BlackElo "1985"] [Opening "King's pawn opening, Devon's Opening"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "09:10:37"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bf1 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. a3 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne2 e5 14. c3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. Be2 Rae8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qd7 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Rad1 exd4 22. cxd4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxd4 24. Qd3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Ng5 26. Re3 Qxh3 27. Ne4 Nxf3+ {White resigns} 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:38:03 -0000 From: Erin To: Brian Wall Subject: Re: The Devon Wall Chess Opening --- In BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall BrianWallChess3 at ...> wrote: My 7 year old son Devon invented an opening system that he plays over and over again. Here's a sample. [Event "ICC 0 4 u"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2007.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Devon Wall age 7"] [Black "LBarea"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "610"] [BlackElo "1152"] [Opening "Mieses opening"] [ECO "A00"] [NIC "VO.13"] [Time "14:42:51"] [TimeControl "0+4"] 1. d3 Nf6 2. Bd2 d5 3. e3 e5 4. Be2 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. 3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bb4 Qc7 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rad1 a5 12. h3 Be6 13. g3 h6 14. 4 g5 15. h4 Rad8 16. hxg5 Nxg4 17. gxh6 Nxh6 18. e4 Kh7 19. exd5 Bxd5 0. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ng5+ Kh8 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxh6+ Qxh6 24. Bf3 Rg8+ 25. g2 Rfg7 26. f3 Qg6 27. Kf2 Qg3+ 28. Ke3 Qf4+ 29. Ke2 Rxg2+ 30. Ke1 Re2+ 31. xe2 Rg2+ 32. Ke1 Re2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd4+ 34. Ke1 Qe3# {White checkmated} 0-1 His system is 1 d3 2 Bd2 3 e3 4 Be2 5 Nc3 6 Nf3 7 0-0 often punctuated by some wild central piece "sacs". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm afraid I beat him to it, over a quarter century ago, hen I was his age. :) Must be a aesthetics thing for children to find symmetrical, easily replicated setups. Erin ww.zenpawn.com/fen_reader/form.php From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 18 11:22:52 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:22:52 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Greedy Grandmaster Message-ID: <1263838972.4b54a6fc22bfe@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.18"] [Round "-"] [White "B-Wall"] [Black "berge"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2030"] [BlackElo "2183"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, 5.Nc3"] [ECO "B43"] [NIC "SI.41"] [Time "13:19:17"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qg4 g6 12. f4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. f5 exf5 16. Qh4 O-O 17. Bh6 Re8 18. c4 Nb4 19. Rae1 Re6 20. Qf6 {Black resigns} 1-0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics for berge(GM) On for: 22 Idle: 0 berge is currently involved in a match against MasterSierra(FM). rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 2007 [6] 5186 1548 348 7082 2401 (06-Jun-2004) Blitz 3024 [8] 615 556 96 1267 3036 (30-Apr-2006) Standard 2393 [6] 9 5 3 17 5-minute 2353 2520 1663 579 4762 2595 (14-Jun-2009) 1-minute 2183 12661 10058 1190 23909 2432 (15-Oct-2006) 15-minute 2045 [4] 1 0 0 1 1: Berge ?stenstad, Norway, 15.09.1964 2: FIDE ELO 2482 Name : Berge ?stenstad Groups : Norway GMs -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 19 03:47:09 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:47:09 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Sicilian Sacrifices Video? Message-ID: <1263898029.4b558dadd123b@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele ----- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:27:27 -0500 From: Gregory Steele Reply-To: Gregory Steele Subject: New Sicilian Sacrifices Video? To: Brian Wall Brian, Here's a great Wijk aan Zee game played yesterday in the lowest section featuring your favorite Sicilian sacs in a 6 Bg5 Najdorf sideline that Tal used to maul back in the 1960s. These deviations are still played by strong players looking to avoid the forced draws in the main lines but I don't know if that means the sidelines are completely rehabilitated and viable or not. I see 7 ... Qa5!? played with an attempt to avoid an early ... e6, and Black seems to be more successful against 7 f4 rather than Tal's favored 7 Bc4! There are new ideas now where Black follows up 7 ... Qa5 with ... h6 and ... g5 or even ... h6 followed by ... e5!? In other games Black follows up 6 ... Nbd7 with ... g6, ... Bg7 and a sort of Dragondorf. Fresh territory here. Its great that there are still new ideas to be worked out in old variations, especially before move ten in a Najdorf line! Bobby said before he died that chess is dead. I think he meant that the massive amount of assimilation and memorization required to be successful at the top has changed the nature of the game from his time, when the game was still young and theory was still being mapped out in general terms. I can't believe he meant that everything important to be investigated has now already been discovered. Time to do up a new video? Maybe you can call 70s Najdorf guru Curt Carlson out of retirement for the opening commentary while you focus on the sacs. Here is the game for everybody: Vocaturo, D. (2495) - Van Kampen, R. (2456) B94 *Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED(3)*, 2010.01.18 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 Nbd7 7 Bc4 e6 8 Qe2 b5 9 Bb3 Nc5 10 0-0-0 b4 11 Na4 Nxb3+ 12 ab3 Bd7 13 e5 de5 14 Qxe5 Rc8 15 Rhe1 Be7 16 Nf5 ef5 17 Nb6 Rc7 18 Nd5 Nxd5 19 Qxg7 Rf8 20 Rxd5 f6 21 Bxf6 Rf7 22 Qg8+ Rf8 23 Qg5 1-0 Best, Greg Steele ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY&feature=related Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1 Nd5-Nf5 sacs 1868 views ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100119/b5c8a5f9/attachment.html From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 19 04:10:40 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:10:40 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Dennis Monokroussos site Message-ID: <1263899440.4b559330148f1@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Gregory Steele ----- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:56:21 -0500 From: Gregory Steele Reply-To: Gregory Steele Subject: New Dennis Monokroussos site To: Brian Wall Recently Dennis Monokroussos's webhost Powerblogs.com shut down so he had to find new digs for his site. He can now be accessed at Chessmind.net. Dennis' blog is really first rate and stands out among the various sites online. For myself, every day I read TWIC and ChessBase for the news (in chess), Dennis' take on the news, and Brian's satire on the news. FM Dennis Monokroussos is now a full time chess professional living in South Bend, IN (think Notre Dame) and current Indiana state champion. He is available for serious chess training in person and online. Highly recommended. Greg Steele ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100119/286bb6a4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Tue Jan 19 13:46:30 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:46:30 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Gary Crites on Roger Moore and Frank Mezek Message-ID: <1263933990.4b561a26e93b6@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from gary crites ----- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:37:19 -0700 From: gary crites Reply-To: gary crites Subject: Re: More Denver Tournements To: Brian Wall On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Brian Wall wrote: which guy did you sell your hand controls to? www.Colorado-Chess.com for a list of upcoming tournaments. Quoting gary crites : I knew this guy many years ago before he became famous and I played him chess, but he wasn't that good I think I won Most of the games. Anyway, Brian I used to Drive a car before I started going to the chess house and I sold him my old Hand Controls. I Drove for about 10 or 12 years. I also remember Frank Mezek from the chess house. Brian I'm enjoying your chess e-mails and I was wondering if there could be more weekend slower tournaments here in Denver. Your Pal, Gary Crites This guy's name was Roger Moore or the notorious wheelchair chessy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100119/f1fc34f9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 02:19:40 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:19:40 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] E-mail Chess Message-ID: <1263979180.4b56caac04e0e@www.taom.com> Information about PHILOCHESS (Last disconnected Wed Jan 20 2010 04:15): rating [need] win loss draw total best Bullet 664 [8] 0 1 0 1 Blitz 1258 [8] 0 3 1 4 Standard 1878 40 17 4 61 1906 (18-Jan-2010) 15-minute 1231 [4] 0 1 0 1 1: Full name: Robert Michael Cuadros Valverde 2: Birthday: 27.11.74 3: I'm from: Lima, Per? 4: Preferences: Chess, movies, travel, books, languages 5: Chess training: 30'+30", 45'+45" and 60'+60" games 6: "Analysts think everything is all covered but a good opponent attacks where you feel most secure" Email : philochessworld at gmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Roberto from Lima, Peru is negotiating with my publisher to sell How To Play Chess Like An Animal with his Spanish translation. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Robert Cuadros To: Brian Wall Cc: Melba Aguilar Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 3:33:31 PM Subject: E-mail Chess Dear Tom: I sincerely recommend chesscorner.net. If you need some help don't doubt to ask me. Best wishes Robert ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100120/06ff114a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 02:25:34 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:25:34 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Shirov on Shirov Message-ID: <1263979534.4b56cc0e09199@www.taom.com> http://www.coruschess.com/gameanalysis. ... 010&game=4 Quick notes by Shirov on his 4-0 start at Corus 2010 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 03:33:42 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:33:42 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Joel Johnson on - John Watson Interview Message-ID: <1263983622.4b56dc065775d@www.taom.com> The ICC LM Brian Wall/IM John Watson interview is archived on ICC. The game you mention is in the glossary of HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL which should be all Valley Chess stocks. I know you have at least one copy. It is my favorite variation of the Fishing Pole. I invented the line you mention. I have achieved it a few times in less than a minute. Jesse Cohen, 2005 Colorado Champion, was a witness once. They were usually 5 or 3 minute ICC blitz games. Also many others came very close and didn't make it to the very end. Our mutual friend/roommate just gave me a 15 minute lesson on the Fishing Pole that has stayed with me for 10 years now. I love all of Jack Young's ideas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Forwarded message from Joel Johnson ----- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:16:58 -0700 From: Joel Johnson Reply-To: Joel Johnson Subject: John Watson Interview To: Brian Wall Hi Brian, I just finished listening to your interview with John Watson and I really enjoyed it. Anyways, in the interview, you refer to the following Fishing Pole game: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0?V0 Ng4 5.h3 h5 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Nf5 d6 9.Nxg7+ Kf8 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qh4 12.Qf3 Nd4 13.Qxb7 Re8 14.Bxe8 Ne2+ 15.Kh1 Qxf2 16.Rxf2 Ng3+ 17.Kg1 Bxf2# I would like to get a game like that for my book. Can you email it? Thanks, Joel?@ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100120/13b9d015/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 14:12:22 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:12:22 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Never say die Message-ID: <1264021942.4b5771b6b6f81@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:56:16 -0700 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: Never say die To: BrianWallChess3 at taom.com Daoud Zupa and I share at least one trait - lost positions triple our strength. Daoud is an old friend with a big by Denver standards Chess Library. Daoud beat me twice in 2009 after not winning ever against me. In the 2009 Denver Chess Club Championship Daoud Zupa, me and the Irishman Gerry Morris won all our games except Daoud beat Gerry and I missed a round. This gave Daoud his expert rating back which he had lost 14 years ago in 1996. Daoud is the 2009 DCC Champion and the 2010 Club President. By March 2009 Daoud had shot up to 2097. Tal often compared the young Tal to the old Tal. He believed the old Tal would tear to shreds the young Tal. Whatever Daoud did, became older and wiser or younger and more energetic, he found his old strength again in 2009. I hate certain openings that I feel compelled to enter like the White side of the Dragon and the White side of the Sveshnikov. I lose every game as White against the Dragon and I get nothing out of the opening against the Sveshnikov. Josh Bloomer wins every game on either side of the Dragon. I have no idea what Daoud would play against 1 e4 but he used to love the Pelikan so that was enough to make me play 1 d4. I still check every legal move on move 1 to figure out what I should play. Daoud loves flank openings, staying on the first 3 ranks and enticing his opponents to self- destruct. When he is losing he goes into deep thinks for maximum survival mode. It's very annoying when someone plays 1800 type moves to get a lost position and then plays 2600 moves to stay alive. Like Anthea Martinez, Daoud has beaten almost every Master in Denver. Daoud has beaten SM Renard Anderson, Anthea hasn't, Anthea has beaten NM Josh Bloomer, Daoud hasn't, but except for that I think they have both beaten everyone else in town at some point in their long, active careers. I can't think of any untitled Colorado players that have escaped their wrath. In general deep positional moves come easily to Daoud but tactics come harder. Craig Thomson of NH addicted me to bullet a month ago when Chris Peterson was over at my place and Craig told us how much he loved Peterson's bullet chronicles ( Youtube channel sagacious00004 ). I reached a new bullet high of 2200+ on ICC Monday Martin Luther King Day. My 10 yr old son Devon watched me quite a bit. He got very excited near the end when almost all my opponents were GM/IM strength and every game got down to the final 2 seconds. In one minute Chess you have to play strong at first and then let go and find checks. When I finally achieved a winning position I had 9 minutes plus a 5 second delay left for the game to Daoud's 18 minutes. Things got very sloppy fast. Daoud turned down a draw because I had 21 seconds left to his 3 minutes. At that point I stopped keeping score and made a reasonable attempt to re-create the score after the game, with help from Robert Ramirez and Chris Peterson. ICC bullet is good practice for playing slow games with Daoud. Robert sat next to me and played this way as White against expert David Hartsook [Event "DCC CH"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "David Hartsook"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2102"] [Opening "Dutch, Krejcik gambit"] [ECO "A80"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "19:00:00"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] 1. d4 f5 2. g4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 fxg4 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. e4 h6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nge2 g5 10. d5 Bf7 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. Qa4 Bg7 13. O-O-O Na6 14. e5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. e6 Rff8 18. Qxc4 Rac8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Qxg4 b4 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Rd2 Rf4 23. Bxf4 Qxe4 24. Rg1 Bxd4 25. Be3 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Bxe3 27. fxe3 That's all I can remember - Robert won the ending. Chris will post all the pgns soon as click and move games on www.DenverChess.com his newest website. 1-0 I loved Robert's attitude this game, dynamic square-loving Chess while David gobbled up pawns. Someone tried to console Hartsook after the game - " Don't feel bad, Robert is over 2,000! " " So am I! " - David The trip home was delayed when Chris Peterson made the forced Chessplayer maneuver of locking himself out of his car. That means he is almost expert. To become a Chessmaster you have to lock yourself out of your car while the motor is running like I have. That's not as bad as getting run over with your own car ( 5 days ago in Manchester, England ) http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/15/woman-killed-man-stealing-car We called a locksmith from the Hornet. I will try to give my impressions during the game together with computer analysis. The quicker I write these the more honest they are. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Douglas Wall"] [Black "Daoud G. Zupa"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2005"] [Opening "Queen's Indian: Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"] [ECO "E15"] [NIC "QI.05"] [Time "19:00:00"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] Round 3 Denver Chess Club Champiosnhip White - Brian Wall 2212 - My daughter's apartment number is 2213 so I was hoping for an 1800 so I could win one rating point and match my daughter. Black - Daoud Zupa 2005 slightly cold weather penultimate game at 1st Presbyterian Church before the DCC moves to a Howard Johnson's at 1100 South Colorado Blvd in February. Game 85/ 5 second delay witnesses - Robert Ramirez, Chris Peterson January 19, 2010 Tuesday night, 7 PM Opening - Queen's Indian 4 tempi up 1. d4 Nf6! 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 Played by Nimzovich and also by Bronstein in his World Championship match with Botvinnik. 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3! Played 27 times as compared to 6 Bg2!! c5 7 d5 ed played 84 times. Daoud told me he wanted no part of that d5 pawn sac. I couldn't decide between 6 Bg2!! or Nc3! 6 ... d6 new position - TN Zupa 7. Bg2! I considered 7 e4 and Bd3, forgetting about the fianchetto 7 ... Nbd7 played 9 times with an extra tempo for Black by not playing ... Ba6-b7 8. O-O! g6 played 5 times with an extra tempo for Black by not playing ... Ba6-b7 9. d5 TN Wall 9 ... e5 new position. By my reckoning, Zupa's Bishop belongs on c8 to help out with ... f5, therefore a future ... Bc8 will involve 3 extra tempi - ... Bc8-a6-b7-c8. Also Daoud could have played e5 in one move instead of two. Therefore I have a Queen's Indian 4 tempi up. Daous still wants no part of a d5-pawn sac. 9. d5 ed 10 cd N:d5 11 N:d5 B:d5 12 Qc3 gives massive compensation for the pawn. My impression during the game was that I used the wrong plan. Since my Queen is on c2 instead of d1 I should have focussed on b4 rather than f4. Rybka prefers 10 b4 Bg7 11 b4 or 10 Bd2 Bg7 11 b4. My extra tempi might have meant something with a b4 plan. It is common in the Rat Defense ( ... g6, ... d6, ... e6, ... g6, ... Bb7, ... Nd7, ... Ne7, ... Bg7 ) to wish your Bishop was on c8 after d5 by White 10. e4 Bg7! 11. Ne1 I thought a d3-knight would allow b4 or f4. 11 ... O-O! 12. Nd3 a5 13. f4 Opening the wrong side of the board 13 ... exf4! 14. gxf4 14 Bf4! Ng4 and ... Ne5 was just too easy for Black so I get in deeper trouble 14 ... Ng4!! Great, I'm getting Fishing Poled by Daoud. What next, getting Raccooned by Gerry Morris? 15. e5!! e5 is a focal point for most of Daoud's army and I want a pawn there, not a minor piece. 15 ... dxe5!! Daoud had an 18 minute food break here. 16. f5 Robert knows me well so he knew I was using Hans Kmoch's sealer sweeper. 41 h3 e4 17 B:e4 Ngf6 18 Bg2 isn't great for me but it's better than my plan. 16 f5 increases the scope of all my pieces. The situation was amusing with Robert and I side by side both cavalierly sacrificing pawns against our more solid, materialistic opponents. I was falling into the normal Daoud trap, overaggression against his solid 3 rank defense. 16 ... Qh4!! Great, I'm getting Fishing Poled by Daoud. 17. h3!! I spent some time wondering if 17 Be4! Ndf6 was a better way to stop ... Q:h2 checkmate but it seemed too artificial. Daoud is clearly better but it's complicated. 17 ... e4? Not accepting his clogging sealer sweeper pawn on e5 but simply retreating his knight keeps an extra pawn. Steve Towbin always scoffs at my sealer sweeper moves and calls them " pawn sacrifices ". 18. Nxe4! Bd4+! 19. Kh1! Ne3! 20. Bxe3! Bxe3! 21.Rae1! Bd4! 22. Rf4! Qh6! We've thrown our e-pawns at each other and the posiiton is equal now. I saw what was wrong with my next move and pointed it out to everyone right after the game. I spent 10 minutes calculating 23 Nd6?? Be5!! 24 N:e5 N:e5!! or 23 Nd6?? Be5!! 24 N:b7 B:f4!! and somehow convinced myself I was OK due to powerful wish fulfillment fantasies. I am OK after 23 Nd6?? Be5!! 24 N:e5 Q:f4? 25 N:d7 Q:d6 26 N:f8 R:f8 = or 23 Nd6?? Be5!! 24 N:e5 cd?? 25 N:d7! Q:f4 26 Nf6+! Kh8 27 Qc3! Q:f5 28 Ne8+! f6 29 N:d6 Qd7 30 N:b7 Q:b7 31 d6 winning. I saw what I wanted to see which is why China owns Tibet and America now. 23. Nd6?? cxd6! Daoud is not tactical enough to be a Chessmaster yet and just plays a simple move, oblivious to all that might have occurred. 24. Rxd4! I don't have any advantage but at least I am delivered from that scourge of my Black squares. 24 ... Nf6 All Daoud needs now is ... Rae8 and ... Bc8 and his house will be in order. 25. Qf2!! My first email 10 years ago talked about complementation, Bishop on light squares, Queen on dark squares. My Queen on f2 contains the healing power of aloe. 25 ... Rae8!! 26. Rxe8! Nxe8! 26 ... R:e8 unguards f6 which is awkward after 27 fg! Q:g6 28 Rf4! Q:d3 29 R:f6! 27. Rh4 As opposed to Daoud who is just merrily rolling along making decent moves, my Chessmaster imagination is torturing me trying to rank 27 Re4, fg, Rh4 or Rf4, none of which give me any advantage and which Rybka claims have 12% of a pawn difference between first and last. My attempts to dissect a gnat's wing with a diamond blade cost me half of my 21 minutes. My descent into madness convinces me that whatever I try Daoud can retreat with ... Bc8 hitting f5/h3 and I have nothing. Frustrated that I have ruined another opening advantage, I decide to at least try something where Daoud has a chance to go wrong. 27 ... Qg7? 27 ... Qg5!! headed for d8, guarding b6, left me with nothing. 28. fxg6! hxg6 Towards the center although 28 ... fg! activated his Rook. Daoud called his decision "controversial". 29. Qxb6! So I finally have an advantage in material but I have half of Daoud's 18 minutes. Things get dicy quickly. 29 ... Bc8! The prodigal son returns 30. Qd4 I saw 30 Q:a5? Bf5! was awkward. Rybka prefers 30 Ne1 or Rf4. This is delicate work and I have miles to go before I sleep. 30 ... Nf6! avoiding a Queen trade, good strategy a pawn down in my time pressure. 31. Kg1?? 6 minutes left and floundering. I saw 31 ... g5!! trapping my Rook and held my breath. Daoud continued his uncurious play, responding instantly, over excited about my time pressure. 31 ... Bf5?? 32. Rf4! Re8 33. Rf1 Re2 34. Rf2! Re7 35. Rd2 trying to guard my Queen 35 ... Be4?? We both missed 36 Re2!! in the game and the postmortem. Time - Zupa - 8 minutes Wall - 4 minutes I had been busy calculating that I could play c5 against almost any Daoud move and his move was completely unexpected. 36. c5?? Bxd3?? Daoud can go from worse with 35 ... Be4?? 36 Re2!! to better with 35 ... Be4?? 36 c5?? B:g2!! 37 K:g2 Re4!! seizing the initiative. I saw 37 ... Re4 and would have played 38 Qf2 Qh6!! 39 cd Qg5+!! and Zupa is better two pawns down 40 ( Kf1, Kf3 or Kh1 ) Rh4!! after 36 c5?? B:g2!! 37 K:g2 Re4!! 38 Qf2 Qh6!! 39 cd Qg5+!! 40 Kf1! Rh4!! Daoud is attacking everything in sight with perfect coordination. I can avoid all that with 36 c5?? B:g2!! 37 R:g2!!= but I doubt I would have played that 37. Rxd3 dxc5! 38. Qxc5! Re2 39. Qc3! trying to guard and attack everything at once. I knew 39 d6!! had to be better but I had no time to calculate anything. Time - Zupa - 5 minutes Wall - 2 minutes 39 ... Qh8 40. Bf3 Played instantly to drive the Rook away - meanwhile 40 Rf3!!! forced a desirable Queen trade. I spent the rest of the game wishing I had played the second best 40 Bf1!! 40 ... Re8! I was really frustrated now because I couldn't prevent ... Q:h3 or ... Qh4, freeing his Queen from the trading pin. I enter bullet territory. 41. Kg2 Qh4!! 42. d6! = Finally some progress but 42 ... Qg5+!! Daoud's Queen can harass me into a perpetual but ... 43. Kf1 Qf5! 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 45. Kf2 Qh4+! It doesn't matter where I go I can't escape the giant black mosquito. 46. Kg2 = Nd7?? I don't want a draw because I am higher rated with a pawn up and Daoud doesn't want a draw because I have 21 seconds to his 2 minutes. In the end I had 18 seconds left to Daoud's 10 seconds. I lived off my time delay plus my bullet practice. I stopped keeping score. The rest is a re-creation after the game. 47 Q:a5!! is best 47. Qd4 Qg5+! 48. Qg4 Qb5? 49. Rd2 49 Rb3!! forces a Queen trade, removing the defender theme 49 ... Ne5! 50. Qd4?? Nd7?? 50 ... N:f3!! 51 K:f3! Qf5+=!! 51. Bg4 f5 52. Bf3!! Re5 53. Bd5+ 53 Rc2!! seizes the initiative 53 ... Kf8! 54. Bf3 Qb4! Best because my threats were getting serious but the Queen trade was very welcome a pawn up in serious time pressure. 55. Qxb4! axb4! 56. Rd4! Ra5! 57. Rxb4! Rxa2! 58. Bc6 58 Rb7!! is best following the rule: restrict before checking 58 ... Ne5 59. Rb8+! Kg7! 60. Be8! avoiding 60 d7?? N:f6!! 60 ... Ra7!! Stopping d7 61. b4 f4 Uh oh - I have abandoned my King in my promotion exuberance. 62. b5 Ra2+= The position is equal again. How many times can we screw up one game? 63. Kf1 Only move Kf6 64. Ke1 64 d7 wins but this probably isn't the 100% accurate move order 64 ... Nd3+?? 64 ... Ke6!! or ... Ra1+!! is equal 65. Kd1! Nf2+ 65 ... f3 67 d7! but in the game I remember thinking I was going to play 65 ... f3 67 Bc6 f2 68 Bg2 66. Kc1! Finally winning for good 66 ... Nd3+! 67. Kb1! Rb2+! 68. Ka1! Rb4! 69. d7! Rd4! 70. d8=Q+! Rxd8! 71. Rxd8! Ke5? 72. Rxd3! 1-0 Daoud snapped his finger at his own King, knocking him down. This game was nothing to be proud of. I am surprised how many times the evaluation changed. If I could replay the game I would play for the b4 plan and do it faster. Daoud's best winning chances were 17 ... Nh6!! or ... Ngf6! 23 ... Be5!! 31 ... g5! 37 ... B:g2!! 38 K:g2?? Re4!! My best winning chances were 30 Ne1!, Rf4! 36 Re2!! 39 d6!! 40 Rf3!! 49 Rb3!! 53 Rc2!! 64 d7! In his bloodlust, Daoud missed or refused many draws. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Brian Douglas Wall"] [Black "Daoud G. Zupa"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2005"] [Opening "Queen's Indian: Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"] [ECO "E15"] [NIC "QI.05"] [Time "19:00:00"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O g6 9. d5 e5 10. e4 Bg7 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 a5 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Ng4 15. e5 dxe5 16. f5 Qh4 17. h3 e4 18. Nxe4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Rae1 Bd4 22. Rf4 Qh6 23. Nd6 cxd6 24. Rxd4 Nf6 25. Qf2 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27. Rh4 Qg7 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Qxb6 Bc8 30. Qd4 Nf6 31. Kg1 Bf5 32. Rf4 Re8 33. Rf1 Re2 34. Rf2 Re7 35. Rd2 Be4 36. c5 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 dxc5 38. Qxc5 Re2 39. Qc3 Qh8 40. Bf3 Re8 41. Kg2 Qh4 42. d6 Qg5+ 43. Kf1 Qf5 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Kg2 Nd7 47. Qd4 Qg5+ 48. Qg4 Qb5 49. Rd2 Ne5 50. Qd4 Nd7 51. Bg4 f5 52. Bf3 Re5 53. Bd5+ Kf8 54. Bf3 Qb4 55. Qxb4 axb4 56. Rd4 Ra5 57. Rxb4 Rxa2 58. Bc6 Ne5 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Be8 Ra7 61. b4 f4 62. b5 Ra2+ 63. Kf1 Kf6 64. Ke1 Nd3+ 65. Kd1 Nf2+ 66. Kc1 Nd3+ 67. Kb1 Rb2+ 68. Ka1 Rb4 69. d7 Rd4 70. d8=Q+ Rxd8 71. Rxd8 Ke5 72. Rxd3 1-0 Daoud snapped his finger at his own King ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "London ol (Men)"] [Site "London"] [Date "1927.07.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Ruben, Carl"] [Black "Grob, Henry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E16"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1927.07.18"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [WhiteTeam "Denmark"] [BlackTeam "Switzerland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"] [BlackTeamCountry "SUI"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. Rd1 a6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Nge4 Rd8 14. Qa4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Qxa6 O-O 17. Qa4 Nb6 18. Qc2 Qc6 19. Kg1 Nxc4 20. Bh6 d5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. b3 Ne5 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. exf3 e5 26. a4 Kf7 27. Qc3 e4 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rac1 Qe6 30. Qe3 Qf5 31. f3 Bg5 32. f4 d4 33. Qe2 d3 34. Qe3 Bf6 35. Rxc5 Qg4 36. Rc7+ Kg8 37. Qc1 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qh5+ 40. Kg2 Qf3+ 41. Kh3 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find other games from this tournament at www.DenverChess.com or other Brian Wall games at www.Walverine.com or BrianWallChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 14:13:50 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:13:50 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Round 3, 2010 Club Championship Message-ID: <1264022030.4b57720e27610@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:05:56 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: 2010 Club Championship To: Brian Wall Round 3 of the DCC Club Championship is up on the DCC website. There is a lot of information missing as I only got about half of the games. If you played and do not see your game up on the site please email me the PGN and I can get it up as soon as possible. You can email me at admin at denverchess.com or garrensilverwing at yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100120/25dd372d/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 16:11:51 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:11:51 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Ramirez - David Hartsook Message-ID: <1264029111.4b578db7ab197@www.taom.com> I am very curious to see what was really happening on the board next to me last night. The 2010 Denver Chess Club Championship has one Chessmaster and 3 experts and they all met on Boards 1 and 2 last night - Board 1- Wall- Zupa Board 2- Robert Ramirez - David Hartsook I remembered 27 moves but got the complete scoresheet from www.DenverChess.com [Event "DCC CH"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "David Hartsook"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2102"] [Opening "Dutch, Krejcik gambit"] [ECO "A80"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "19:00:00"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] Denver Chess Club Championship Round 3 White - The Mighty Robert Ramrez, expert Black - The new David Hartsook, expert January 19, 2009 1st Prebyterian Church, Denver, CO Opening - Dutch Defense, Krejcik gambit weather, chilly 1.d4 f5 Perhaps inspired by the Anand-Nakamura draw earlier that day. " We all know Nakamura is a creative Chessplayer and it's been ages since I played a Dutch. It's all been Slav, Slav, Slav. " World Champion Vishy Anand or perhaps David has played this for decades. All I know is he owns this book - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/reviews/FabulousBudapestGambit.htm Chessville review of The Fabulous Budapest Gambit by GM Victor Moskalenko New In Chess, 2007 ISBN: 978-90-5691-224-6 type of cover, 230 pages figurine algebraic notation Reviewed by NM Bill McGeary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.g4 Inspired by a David Wallace - Brian Wall Clarendon Court checkmate in Manitou Springs, Colorado 5 years ago which went something like this - 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. g4 fxg4 4. e3 a6 5. Qxg4 Nf6 6. Qg2 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bg6+ hxg6 9. Qxg6# All I remember is I was distracted by women and I played quickly thinking the g2-Queen was a pawn! A giraffe disguised as a blade of grass! Also not playing 8 Qg6+!!! seems criminal. 2 ... d5 3.c4 fxg4! 4.Nc3 4 ... e6 was played once 4 ... Nf6 5.Bg2 TN Ramirez Theoretical Novelty by Robert Ramirez 5 Bg5 was played once. You have to play rather wild these days to have a new position after 5 moves. 5 ... c6 6.Bg5 dxc4!! Two pawns up with a Full Metal Jacket ( all 8 pawns ). Can Robert justify this insanity? 7.e4 h6 8.Be3! Be6 9.Nge2! g5! 10.d5! Bf7! 11.Nd4!! Qc7 12.Qa4!! Robert is OK now, 12 e5!!! is even better 12 e5!!! B:d5! 13 N:d5 N:d5 14 Q:g4 12 e5!!! B:d5! 13 N:d5 Q:e5 14 N:f6+! ef 15 Qc2, Q:g4, 0-0, Qb1 12 e5!!! N:d5 13 e6!! 12 e5!!! Nh5 13 e6, Qc2, Q:g4, dc, Qb1, Be4, Qa4 12 e5!!! cd?? 13 ef ef 14 Qa4+! Robert is doing well in all lines here. Robert's move hopes for some ... b5 smackdowns. 12 Qa4!! b5?? 13 N:b5!! cb 14 N:b5!! Qd7 15 Nc7+ My son had a similar possibility last month - " Somehow I didn't think he could go there. " - Devon on Nc7+ 12 ... Bg7 13.e5! 13 dc!! ( N:c6! or ... 0-0 ) 14 e5!! is more accurate 13 ... Nxd5! 14.Bxd5! O-O? 14 ... B:d5!! 15 N:d5 Q:e5!! with a Full Metal Jacket for the Knight isn't as bad. Robert is still better after 16 Nb6, Nc3, Ne6 15.Bxf7+! Rxf7! I liked the way Robert completely confused then overtook the expert. 16.e6 Rf8! 17.Qxc4!! Senor Ramirez has better development plus a Knight for two pawns. 17 ... Na6 18.O-O-O!! Rac8 19.Qe2 b5 20.Qxg4!! b4! 21.Ne4 21 h4!! is a better way to attack and 21 Na4!! is a better way to defend 21 ... Qe5!! 22.Rd2!! Rf4? Trying to confuse Roberto but it doesn't work 23.Bxf4! Qxe4! I think they had about 20 minutes left 24.Rg1!! Bxd4! 25.Be3 I saw 25 B:g5!!! during the game and told Robert afterwards. Robert made his pre-planned move. 25 f3!!!!, Qh4!! or Qg3!! are also better than Robert's move, which still wins. 25 ... Qxg4! 26.Rxg4! Bxe3 27.fxe3! Nc5 28.Rxb4! Nxe6 29.Rb7 Re8 30.Rxa7! h5 31.a4 h4 32.Ra5 Kf7 33.Rf2+ Kg6! 34.Re5! Ng7 35.Rg2! Nf5! 36.e4! Ne3 37.Rexg5+! Kf6 38.Rg8!! Robert was proud of this killer 38 ... Nxg2 39.Rxe8!! 1-0 Robert outdoes me with better games each round. We are half a point ahead of Billy Wilson and must meet in the final round for the Championship. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "DCC CH"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "David Hartsook"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2212"] [BlackElo "2102"] [Opening "Dutch, Krejcik gambit"] [ECO "A80"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "19:00:00"] [TimeControl "G/85 5 second delay"] 1.d4 f5 2.g4 d5 3.c4 fxg4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.e4 h6 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nge2 g5 10.d5 Bf7 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.Qa4 Bg7 13.e5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 O-O 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.e6 Rf8 17.Qxc4 Na6 18.O-O-O Rac8 19.Qe2 b5 20.Qxg4 b4 21.Ne4 Qe5 22.Rd2 Rf4 23.Bxf4 Qxe4 24.Rg1 Bxd4 25.Be3 Qxg4 26.Rxg4 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Nc5 28.Rxb4 Nxe6 29.Rb7 Re8 30.Rxa7 h5 31.a4 h4 32.Ra5 Kf7 33.Rf2+ Kg6 34.Re5 Ng7 35.Rg2 Nf5 36.e4 Ne3 37.Rexg5+ Kf6 38.Rg8 Nxg2 39.Rxe8 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus"] [Site "Holland"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "4"] [White "GM_Anand"] [Black "GM_Nakamura"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Opening "Dutch defense"] [ECO "A81"] [NIC "HD.12"] [Time "07:17:39"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 Nc6 7. a3 d5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e3 a5 11. b5 Na7 12. Qe2 a4 13. Rfc1 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nc8 16. Bc3 Ncd6 17. cxd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Rac1 Qxe5 23. Rxc6 Qb2 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. R1c2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nb1 Rd3 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. R2xc3 Rdd8 30. Rb6 Kf7 31. Rb4 Rd2 32. Rcc4 Rd3 33. Rxa4 Rxa3 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Navidad op"] [Site "Barranquilla"] [Date "1999.12.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Cayon, Rafael A"] [Black "Garcia, Jose"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1999.12.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "COL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. d4 f5 2. g4 d5 3. c4 fxg4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. h3 gxh3 10. Nxh3 Nc6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. e3 a5 15. a3 Nd8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Be5 O-O 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rdg1 Qe6 20. Bf1 Bg6 21. Rg2 c6 22. Ng1 b5 23. Kb1 b4 24. a4 c5 25. Ne2 Qd6 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Ng3 Qe5 28. Rgh2 Nf7 29. b3 Rad8 30. Ne2 Rd6 31. Nd4 Rfd8 32. Ka2 Rxd4 33. exd4 Rxd4 34. Qb2 Qd6 35. c5 Qxc5 36. Bc4 Ne5 37. Rxh6 Nxc4 38. bxc4 Qxc4+ 39. Ka1 b3 40. Kb1 e3+ 41. Rxg6+ Kxg6 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Oberliga Sued W 9596"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Liebergesell, Andreas"] [Black "Krieger, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A80"] [BlackElo "2215"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1995.10.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. d4 f5 2. g4 d5 3. c4 fxg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 g3 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Qe1 dxc4 14. Qxg3 Nd5 15. Bf3 Qh6 16. Ng4 Qh4 17. Qg2 Bd6 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Ng5 N7f6 20. Be1 Nxe3 21. Qe2 Qxg5 22. fxg5 Nfxg4 23. hxg4 Nxf1 24. Qxf1 Bd7 25. Kg2 b5 26. Bg3 e5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Bxg4 29. Bxg4 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. e6 a5 32. Bh5 g6 33. Bg4 Re7 34. Rd1 b4 35. Rc1 Kf8 36. Rxc4 Rc7 37. Rc5 a4 38. Ra5 c5 39. Rxa4 Ke7 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Kf4 Kd5 42. Ra6 c4 43. Bf3+ Kc5 44. Ke5 c3 45. bxc3 bxc3 46. Be4 Rc8 47. e7 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BrianWallChess.net ( other Brian Wall games ) wwww.DenverChess.com ( see the rest of the games this tournament here ) www.Walverine.com ( a third of a million hits ) www.Colorado-Chess.com ( see other Colorado Chess here ) From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 20 16:58:21 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:58:21 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] http://www.casperwyomingchess.com/ Message-ID: <1264031901.4b57989d3be93@www.taom.com> http://www.casperwyomingchess.com/games.html http://www.wyomingchess.com/ http://www.casperwyomingchess.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Chess Club in Casper, Wyoming meets in Saint Patrick's Church with a very small but loyal following. Their charming website has some annotated click and move games. My favorites are Bruce Johnson - Mike Wall games where Mike plays the bizarre plan of setting up a pawn chain with ... c6-b5-a4, ... Qa5 and then moving his knight to a6-c7-a8-b6, ... Bb7, .. Ra8-b8-a8, the whole time ignoring his entire Kingside, then having the nerve to claim he played accurately for 30 moves. Defending orginal, bad moves vigorously must be in the Wall genes. Elizabeth Scott is forbidden in the club bylaws to play any first time visitors because newbies leave forever if they lose to a woman their first night at the club. The Casper Chess Club would be twice as big if they had enacted that law earlier. From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 22 05:50:32 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:50:32 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Honing the Full Metal Jacket to a fine edge Message-ID: <1264164632.4b599f1826825@www.taom.com> http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Full Metal Jacket in a slow game may be too much to ask for in my lifetime. The trouble with blitz FMJs is that I mess them up. I think I may have gotten this one right for a change. [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.22"] [Round "-"] [White "AlonzoMosely"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "2063"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "07:09:22"] [TimeControl "60+0"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 Full Metal Jacket, meaning I keep all 8 pawns in most lines 4. f4 exd5!! 5. fxe5 Qh4+!! 6. Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Kc3 Qc6+!! 8. Kd2 Qh6+ 9. Ke2 Qh5+ 10. Ke1 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qh6+ 12. Kc3 Qc6+ 13. Kb3? A blitz player will do anything to avoid a draw 13 ... Qb6+!! 14. Kc3! except get mated with 14 Ka4?? Qb4 checkmate 14 ... Qb4+! 15. Kd3! dxe4+!!! I've played 15 ... Bc5!! before 16. Ke2 Qb5+!! 16 ... d6!! threatening 17 ... Bg4+ is also troublesome for AlonzoMosely 17. Ke1! Qxe5!! I finally remembered the best line, a Full Metal Jacket with White's King in the middle and Queens on the board. Yummy. 17 perfect moves in a FMJ, probably a record for me. I have 38 seconds left, AlonzoMosely has half that. 18. Be3 d5 I would have half his pawns after 18 ... Q:b2!! 19. c3 c5 19 ... Nf6!! would avoid 20 Bb5+! 20. Nd2 f5 20 ... Bd7!! would avoid 21 Bb5+! 21. g3 Nf6!! 22. Ne2 Be7!! 23. Bf4 Qe6!! 24. Qa4+ Bd7!! 25. Qb3! Bc6!! 26. Rd1 O-O 26 ... e3!! wins a piece because 27 ( Nf3 or Nb1 ) Qe4!! threatens 28 ... c4!! trapping AlonzoMosely's Queen 27. Bg2! Rad8 A FMJ dream position 28. Kf2 h6 28 ... e3+!! wins a piece 29. h3 To stop 29 ... e3+ 30 B:e3 Ng4+ 29 ... g5!! The Pawn Wave Guy 30. Be3 Nh5 30 ... f4+!! 31 gf gf 32 N:f4 Nh5! wins a piece but I am avoiding tactics and just methodically rolling my pawns forward without thinking much. 31. Rhf1 f4!! 32. gxf4! gxf4! 33. Kg1 fxe3!! 34. Nxe4! Rxf1+!! 35. Rxf1! c4!! {White forfeits on time} 0-1 I won on time with 9.7 extra seconds. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.22"] [Round "-"] [White "AlonzoMosely"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White forfeits on time"] [WhiteElo "2042"] [BlackElo "2063"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "07:09:22"] [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. Kd2 Qh6+ 9. Ke2 Qh5+ 10. Ke1 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qh6+ 12. Kc3 Qc6+ 13. Kb3 Qb6+ 14. Kc3 Qb4+ 15. Kd3 dxe4+ 16. Ke2 Qb5+ 17. Ke1 Qxe5 18. Be3 d5 19. c3 c5 20. Nd2 f5 21. g3 Nf6 22. Ne2 Be7 23. Bf4 Qe6 24. Qa4+ Bd7 25. Qb3 Bc6 26. Rd1 O-O 27. Bg2 Rad8 28. Kf2 h6 29. h3 g5 30. Be3 Nh5 31. Rhf1 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Kg1 fxe3 34. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 c4 {White forfeits on time} 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessville.com/Wall/FullMetalJacket.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 22 17:14:00 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:14:00 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Bottled Water Message-ID: <1264205640.4b5a3f488fdb4@www.taom.com> As much as I love my hero Shirov's play in Corus 2010 - 5.5/6, clear first and as much as I love local Chess with people I can actually touch and talk to there is something very special about Kramnik's play. Following Tal's Latvian prescription, his young student Shirov takes risks, occasionally allowing lost positions. Kramnik hates that - like Capablanca and Petrosian their goal is to never permit a lost position to touch their board. On the rare occasion they do find themselves lost they fight with all their power to right the imbalance. Shirov aims at confusion at any cost, Kramnik aims to keep the enemy at bay at all costs. As much as I enjoy the risk takers like Topalov and Shirov, I get a warm secure feeling from watching Kramnik who almost never loses. Watching Shirov win Corus is like drinking tap water, with Kramnik it is more like bottled water with the impurities filtered out. Referring to my Antaeous Prnciple, Tyler Hughes said, " I agree, Brian, I try to keep it complicated against strong players and keep it simple against weaker players. " Let's watch the crystal clear way Kramnik handles lower rated players which includes just about everyone. [Event "Corus 2010"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee ( Vike Ahn Zee ), Holland"] [Date "2010.01.21"] [Round "5"] [White "*GM_Smeets"] [Black "*GM_Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Pirc defense"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.07"] [Time "11:26:35"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] White - Kramnik, 2788 Black - Smeets ( Smates ), 2657 Round 5 Corus, Wijk Aan Zee, January 20, 2010 Opening - Tiger Modern Smeets has been losing every game in time pressure. Kramnik joked that Smeets plays the Petroff so well as Black he has probably refuted it as White so he tried a rare opening, the Tiger Modern which won me the 2007 Colorado Closed. Smeets drew Karjakin with the Petroff's in Round 6. Smeets achieved a good position with the Petroff's against Shirov but went astray in time pressure when Alexei sacced a bishop for two bodyguards. That game was analyzed by GM Larry Christiansen on ICC's Game of the Day and also by Shirov himself. I can't really add anything to a first person GM account of a game. http://www.coruschess.com/gameanalysis.php?year=2010&game=4 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 It's refreshing to see Kramnik trying to win again as Black instead of proving the Russian game is a draw. 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 This is a position I experiemented with in my youth from the 1 ... a6 move order. http://www.chessville.com/reviews/TigersModern.htm Kramnik reevaluated his Chess after losing to his World title to Anand and has lots of new ideas to reclaim the throne now. 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 According to GM Tiger Hillarp-Peerson Black shouldn't play ... b5 until Nc3 7. Bh6 TN Smeets Theoretical Novelty by GM Jan Smeets. Jan spent over half of his 80 minutes to choose an inferior move, a sign of really bad from. 7 a3 or f3 have been played 3 times each. Rybka - 7 e5!, Bf3!, a3!, Nf3,0-0-0, Bd3, f3, Rd1, Qd3, Bh6 7 ... O-O! 8. e5? I commented here to the kibitzers watching this game - " After 3 losses Smeets enters an even ending with Kramnik - good plan. " 8 ... dxe5! 9. Bxg7! Kxg7! 10. Bf3! c6! 11. dxe5! Qxd2+! 12. Kxd2! Rd8+ Kramnik is slightly better after 12 ... Ng4!!, ... Rd8+!!, ... Nd5! or ... Nfd7! 13. Ke3! Ng4+! Forking f2-e3-e5 14. Bxg4! Bxg4! 15. h3! Bf5 15 ... Be6! 16 Nf3 Nd7 is very comfortable for Vladimir 16. g4! Bxc2 GM Smeets has 29 mnutes left, Kramnik spent 12 here, leaving himself 64 minutes. 16 ... Be6 is solid but naturally Vlad wants to mix it up in time pressure. 17. Rc1! b4! 18. Rxc2! bxc3! 19. Nf3! Jan spent half of his 24 minutes here. 19 ... cxb2! 20. Rb1! Rd5! 16 minutes spent 21. e6 21 Rb:b2! is pretty safe - Smeets tries to devalue Kramnik's Kingside 21 ... c5! 21 ... fe!! is also OK, half a pawn up. Kramnik prefers to bring his Knight into the game 22. exf7! Young Dutch Grandmaster Jan Smeets ( Smates ) spent half of his 12 minutes here. 22 ... Nc6 22 ... K:f7, ... Nc6 or ... Nd7 all slightly better for VK 23. Rbxb2! Rad8! 7 minutes spent 24. Ke4 Kxf7 10 minutes spent 24 ... Nb4! is also good 24 ... 25. Rc3 Kramnik is ahead one broken, isolated pawn 25 ... Nd4! 6 minutes spent. Kramnik is slowly rationing his extra time, squeezing with everything he's got. Time - Kramnik - 23 minutes Smeets - 5 minutes 26. Ne5+ Ke8 avoiding Rook trades 27. Rb6 Using half of his 5 minutes. His position is not bad. 27 ... Nb5!! 28. Rc2? under a minute now - 28 Re3!! is more active 28 ... R5d6! 29. Nc4! Rd3!! 30. Ne3! Ra3! 30 ... R3d4+!! 31 Kf3 R4d6!! threatening 32 ... Nd4+!! is even better but Kramnik was down to 12 minutes himself. 31. Rb2? c4!! Everything wins now. 31 ... Kf7!!, ... c4!!, ... Ra4+!!, ... Kf8!!, ... Rd4+, ... Rd7!! all convert 32. Ke5 c3!! 33. Rc2 Rd2!! The counterintuitive 33 ... Nd4!! 34 Rc1 Ra4!! going after the White King, is even more deadly. Kramnik was down to 9 minutes and one simple win is enough. 34. Rc1 Rxf2 2 pawns and 7 minutes up 35. Nd5 c2!!! A simple win rather than the complicated win of a piece with 35 ... Re2+!! 36 Kf4 g5+!! 37 K:g5 Re5+! 38 Kh6 R:e5! - the unhealthy alternative is 35 ... Re2+!! 36 Kf4 g5+!! 37 Kf3? Nd4+ mating 38 Kg3 c2+ 39 Rb3 N:b3 36. Nb4 Re3+!! 37. Kd5! Rd2+! 38. Kc6! Rc3+! 39. Kb7! Nd6+! 40. Ka8! a5! {Black wins} 0-1 Smeets made the time control and has enough time to resign now. The c-pawn will cost a Knight. I like Kramnik's play. Uncompromising opening, relentless endgame energy. Accurate control. Not perfect but ultra-solid. No foolish risks. Someone to believe in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus 2010"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee ( Vike Ahn Zee ), Holland"] [Date "2010.01.21"] [Round "5"] [White "*GM_Smeets"] [Black "*GM_Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Pirc defense"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.07"] [Time "11:26:35"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] [White "*GM_Smeets"] [Black "*GM_Kramnik"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Pirc defense"] [ECO "B07"] [NIC "PU.07"] [Time "11:26:35"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bf3 c6 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Ke3 Ng4+ 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 Bf5 16. g4 Bxc2 17. Rc1 b4 18. Rxc2 bxc3 19. Nf3 cxb2 20. Rb1 Rd5 21. e6 c5 22. exf7 Nc6 23. Rbxb2 Rad8 24. Ke4 Kxf7 25. Rc3 Nd4 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rb6 Nb5 28. Rc2 R5d6 29. Nc4 Rd3 30. Ne3 Ra3 31. Rb2 c4 32. Ke5 c3 33. Rc2 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxf2 35. Nd5 c2 36. Nb4 Re3+ 37. Kd5 Rd2+ 38. Kc6 Rc3+ 39. Kb7 Nd6+ 40. Ka8 a5 {Black wins} 0-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 22 20:35:11 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:35:11 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kramnik -Loek Van Wely Corus 2010 Round 6 Message-ID: <1264217711.4b5a6e6fca5c8@www.taom.com> My last email covered Kramnik beating Smeets from an even/slightly better ending. It wasn't flashy but it was practical, workmanlike. One round later he wins an even better ending against his sometimes second GM Loek Van Wely. I ran into Loek at the 2005 HB Minnesota $50,000 first prize tournament with his beautiful wife. Pictures at BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com. That was then. This is now. I ran into Loek again with his beautiful girlfriend at Reno, Nevada 2009. Danielle took some pictures. I never met Kramnik but my only Google alert is " Kramnik interview ". The problem is Google keeps alerting me to the same interview in 2006. [Event "Corus 2010"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee ( Vike Ahn Zee ), Holland"] [Date "2010.01.22" ] [Round "6"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_van_Wely"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2641"] [Opening "King's Indian: Gligoric-Taimanov system"] [ECO "E92"] [NIC "KI.18"] [Time "07:13:44"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. a3 Na6 13. Ne1 Kramnik had used almost no time yet. 13 ... Qe7 Played 3 times by one of my secret heroes Damljanovic. I don't know what to call Yugoslavians anymore. 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Played once before in Markus - Damljanovic 2006 17 ... Rf6 TN Theoretical Novelty by King Loek Van Wely. Damljanovic and Rybka prefer the flipper move 17 ... Bd7. It is easy to imagine the c8-Bishop developing powerfully in one swoop after ... g4 so Loek's move has human appeal. Rybka's second choice is the absurd 17 ... Nf7 18 b4 b6 19 Qa4 Bb7 It's hard to imagine a human putting his Bishop there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flipper move came from http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6811143688094383629# Brazilian Jui Jitsi Master Royce Gracie versus Kevin Shamrock. Royce wraps around his opponents so skillfully all they can manage is pathetic, ineffectual wrists flips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpZNAtEZUuM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY6OYSbGRQQ Royce Gracie tribute ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. b4 Kramnik is unimpressed with Loek's Kingside demonstration and throws everything he's got into his Queenside attack. 18 ... b6! 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1! Nf7 17 minutes on this move 21. Qa4! Nd8 22. Rb2! h5 23. Rfb1! Rg6 24. h3! Time out for defense 24 ... Bf6 25. Kf1 Before the safe falls on the g-file 25 ... Qd7 8 minutes spent - Time - Kramnik - 24 minutes Loek Van Wely - 57 minutes Loek's move is not bad but asking Kramnik to play an endgame is like challenging Royce Gracie to a wrestling match. 26. Bd1 This buried Bishop plays a role on both sides. 26 ... g4 27. fxg4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qxa4! 29. Bxa4! Bxg4! 30. Bb5 Nc7! Both sides have followed the normal King's Indian prescription and Kramnik doesn't have much but Vlad can create something out of nothing. It's scary to watch. 31. Bc6! Rc8! 32. Rb8 Rxb8! 33. Rxb8! Time - Kramnik - 32 minutes Loek Van Wely - 14 minutes 33 ... Kh7! 34. Ba4 Rg7! The game is even 35. Bd1! Na6! 36. Ra8! Bxd1! 37. Nxd1! Rb7! 38. Nc3 Nc7! 39. Rc8! Time - Kramnik - 24 minutes Loek Van Wely - 7 minutes Loek has almost made time control and maybe his sometimes boss would give him a draw after 39 Rc8 Ne8!!= 40 Ra8 Nc7 or 39 Rc8 Ne8!!= 40 Be1 Kg6 or 39 Rc8 Ne8!!= 40 a4 Kg6 or 39 Rc8 Ne8!!= 40 B:c5 dc 41 Nb5 Kg6 42 N:c5 Rh7 or 39 Rc8 Ne8!!= 40 B:c5 dc 41 N:c5 R:g7 but ... 39 ... Nf7?? Uh oh 40. Bxc5!! dxc5! 41. Nxc5!! 6 minutes spent Now this sac is much stronger because Van Wely's Rook is tied to his c7-Knight and he can't run away and attack anything 41 ... Nd6! 42. Nxb7! Nxc8! 43. c5!! Kramnik has two pawns for a piece. The computer evaluation Hans Berliner gave two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank is 7 points. In other words if Kramnik moves those pawns 3 more squares it's like getting a Rook for Christmas. Another way of looking at it is each pawn should cost Loek a piece which will leave Vlad the Impaler up a piece. 43 ... Na6! 44. Ke2!! Beautiful - the King march supports the pawn wave 44 ... Kg6 45. Kd3 45 Nb5!! Nb8 46 N7d6!! is another way to roll the bones 45 ... Be7! 46. Na4!! Kg5 47. Kc4!! Helping out 47 ... Bxc5 6 minutes wasted. Kramnik would be up a pawn with good winning chances after 47 ... N:c5! 48 Na:c5! Kg4 49 a4, Nd3 or Nd7 but now it's just math. 48. Naxc5! Nxc5 49. Kxc5! Kg4! 50. d6!! Nb6!! Costing White more time to win the last piece 51. Kc6!! Kg3! 52. Nc5!! Beautiful. Kramnik has it worked out to the last tempo that his last piece can stop Loek's passed pawn. 52 ... Kxg2! 53. d7! Nxd7! 54. Nxd7! f3! 55. Nxe5! f2! 56. Ng4! {White wins} 1-0 Anyone can understand this position. 56 ... Kf3 57 N:f2 or 56 ... f1(Q) 57 Ne3+ Kf3 58 N:f1 K:e4 59 a4 and Van Wely could draw with 59 ... a5 if Kramnik didn't have an extra Knight to help out. Kramnik doesn't win with hokey sacrifices or strategically unsound play, his wins are elgant, logical, smooth like Capablanca. According to computer analysis, the only person more accurate than Kramnik is Capablanca. Shirov and Topalov are more exciting but we have to give Kramnik his due. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus 2010"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee ( Vike Ahn Zee ), Holland"] [Date "2010.01.22" ] [Round "6"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_van_Wely"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2641"] [Opening "King's Indian: Gligoric-Taimanov system"] [ECO "E92"] [NIC "KI.18"] [Time "07:13:44"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nh6 12. a3 Na6 13. Ne1 Qe7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Rf6 18. b4 b6 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Nf7 21. Qa4 Nd8 22. Rb2 h5 23. Rfb1 Rg6 24. h3 Bf6 25. Kf1 Qd7 26. Bd1 g4 27. fxg4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qxa4 29. Bxa4 Bxg4 30. Bb5 Nc7 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Rxb8 Kh7 34. Ba4 Rg7 35. Bd1 Na6 36. Ra8 Bxd1 37. Nxd1 Rb7 38. Nc3 Nc7 39. Rc8 Nf7 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Nxc5 Nd6 42. Nxb7 Nxc8 43. c5 Na6 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Kd3 Be7 46. Na4 Kg5 47. Kc4 Bxc5 48. Naxc5 Nxc5 49. Kxc5 Kg4 50. d6 Nb6 51. Kc6 Kg3 52. Nc5 Kxg2 53. d7 Nxd7 54. Nxd7 f3 55. Nxe5 f2 56. Ng4 {White wins} 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corus 2010 Shirov - 5.5/6 4/6 Nakamura, Carlsen, Kramnik --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "SCG-ch 2nd"] [Site "Pancevo"] [Date "2006.03.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Antic, Dejan"] [Black "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2006.02.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Qe7 14. f3 Nf7 15. Nd3 Bh6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Kh1 Be3 18. Rb1 b6 19. Qe1 g5 20. Bg3 Rac8 21. Nb5 cxb4 22. axb4 Bxb5 23. cxb5 Nc7 24. Nb2 Bd4 25. Bd3 f5 26. Qe2 f4 27. Bf2 Bxf2 28. Qxf2 Qd7 29. Qe2 Ne8 30. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nf6 32. Nd1 g4 33. Qc2 Ng5 34. Be2 Qg7 35. Qd3 Qh6 36. Bf1 Qh5 37. Rc3 Kh8 38. Qe2 Qh4 39. Qf2 g3 40. Qg1 Nfxe4 41. fxe4 Nxe4 42. Rf3 Nd2 43. h3 Nxf3 44. gxf3 Rc8 45. Qg2 Qh5 46. Qe2 Rc1 47. Kg1 Qg6 48. Qd2 Qc2 49. Qxc2 Rxc2 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Andorra op 24th"] [Site "Andorra"] [Date "2006.07.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Peralta, Fernando"] [Black "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2546"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "2006.07.08"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. f3 Nf7 16. b4 Bh6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bd3 Nd8 19. Qe2 Nb7 20. Ne3 Nc7 21. Kh1 Ne8 22. Bc2 Ng7 23. Ng4 Bg5 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Ba4 Bxa4 26. Nxa4 Rfc8 27. Rfc1 Nh5 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Nf2 Nf4 30. g3 Nh5 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Nc3 Qd8 34. Rb5 Rf7 35. Rcb1 Na5 36. Qd3 a6 37. Rb6 Raa7 38. Ncd1 Rfb7 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Rxb7+ Nxb7 41. Qb3 Na5 42. Qa4 Nf6 43. Ne3 Kf7 44. Nfg4 Ng8 45. Nc2 h5 46. Nf2 Nh6 47. Ne3 Kf8 48. Nd3 Nf7 49. Qc2 Qb6 50. Qc3 Qb3 51. Qxb3 Nxb3 52. Kf2 Ke7 53. Nf1 Kd7 54. Ke3 Kc7 55. f4 Nd4 56. fxe5 Nxe5 57. Nxe5 dxe5 58. Nd2 g4 59. Kd3 Kd6 60. Nf1 Kc7 61. Ne3 Nf3 62. Nf1 Ng5 63. Ne3 Nf3 64. Nf1 Kb6 65. Kc3 Ng5 66. Nd2 Nf7 67. Kd3 Nd6 68. Nb3 Ne8 69. a4 a5 70. Nd2 Nf6 71. Ke3 Nd7 72. Nb3 Nf6 73. Kd3 Nd7 74. Nd2 Ka6 75. Nb3 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Kostic mem 14th"] [Site "Vrsac"] [Date "2006.09.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Markus, Robert"] [Black "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2586"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2006.09.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 Bd7 18. b4 b6 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rb7 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Nb5 Rb7 24. h3 Nf7 25. Qc2 Qf8 26. Rb1 Qb8 27. Rb2 Bd8 28. Be1 Bb6 29. Qb1 Bd8 30. Bd1 h5 31. Kf1 Nc7 32. Ba4 Nxb5 33. Bxb5 Bc8 34. Bc3 Kf8 35. Ke2 Qc7 36. Ba4 Rb6 37. Rxb6 Qxb6 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. cxb5 Ke7 40. Bb3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. a4 gxf3+ 43. gxf3 Kd7 44. Bc4 Kc7 45. Nb2 Kb7 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Nc4 Bc7 48. Be1 Bd8 49. Bc3 1/2-1/2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.DenverChess.com www.BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 22 21:51:25 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:51:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Fishing Pole Problem Message-ID: <1264222285.4b5a804d2ee7c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:28:26 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [BrianWallChess] Fishing Pole Problem To: CS Chess Yahoo Group , BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com I never know what to do with my black bishop when they block the a7-g1 diagonal, but it worked out this time. [Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2010.01.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Black Bishop Blockade"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [PlyCount "30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 h4 12. dxe5 hxg3 13. hxg4 fxe5 14. fxg3 Bc5+ 15. Rf2 Qxd1+ 0-1 find me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Anderson/1156704604 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100122/1dc20a25/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 23 05:00:40 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:00:40 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Karl Schlechter Message-ID: <1264248040.4b5ae4e887aae@www.taom.com> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkogJ2wZ2p8&feature=sub ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/survivor_recounts_five_days_tr.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It may seem like you're alone sometimes like Benito Revolus trapped in Haiti rubble for 5 days but the truth is we are all thinking of how to help each other all the time. Terry Powell contacted me out of the clear blue sky to show me some Chess books. Terry has worked at Tattered Cover for many years now and has access to many books. He lent me a classic book on Karl Schlechter by Warren Goldman 1994. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://shop.chesscafe.com/item.asp?cID=222&PID=101 The book is so good I don't know where to start. http://www.newinchess.com/Schlechter__Carl-p-607.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I did a Lincoln, Nebraska Chess Camp with IM John Watson in Summer 2009, he told me his theory that Maroczy was the most underrated Grandmaster in history. Thanks to almost beating Emanuel Lasker in a world title match, Schlechter does not go down in history as unappreciated. Karl is remembered as one of a small group of Grandmasters like Keres, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Ivanchuk, Leko, Kamsky, the Tantalus Troop, the Billy Conns of Chess, that came within a hair's breadth of being World Champion. A frequent topic of discussion is which player is the strongest never to become World Champion. Aronian is not a bad choice. Let's look at the only Schlechter game you've ever seen, the 10th and final game where he missed wins and draws. Goldman explains that the match was originally much longer but the financiers shortened it. The match was definitely for the World Championship but some claim that the match regulations were never published and that Schlechter had to win by two points, otherwise it is inexplicable how he could not at least draw the final game. I believe the the game was adjourned twice and moved to new German cities, which sounds insane by today's standards. Lasker was also allowed to smoke during the match. I looked at this game many times as a boy but it was too complicated for me to grasp. I am old and fat now and willing to let my latest girlfriend " Little Fish " Rybka do all the work. After the match Lasker declared, " I will never play a match with that man again. " In the last game Karl did not just hit Emmanuel with a new move, he hit lasker with an entirely new system called the Schlechter Variation. I've tried it. Mega-database agrees no one ever played that before. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lasker-Schlechter Game 10 analysis http://www.jlevitt.dircon.co.uk/haffnerg10.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schlechter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schlechter ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1910_(Lasker-Schlechter) Wikipedia on the match - World Championship? The match is generally regarded as a World Championship match, but some sources have doubted this in view of its strange outcome. J.R. Buckley reported in the American Chess Bulletin that the 10-game match was not for the World Championship, and that its result suggested that "a contest on different terms, a match for the World Championship" should be played. But at the foot of this article the editor added that Lasker had told him, "Yes, I placed the title at stake." In the "Encyclopaedia of Chess", Sunnucks describes the match as "a so-called championship match." On the other hand, in its book "Le guide des ?checs" the chess author Nicolas Giffard does not express the slightest doubt that this was a chess championship, but points out that in case Schlechter won, he would still need to win a revenge match before being called the World Champion.[3] Two-point margin? Lasker drew the match by winning the final game. It may be that Schlechter needed to win by a two-point margin in order to win the title, and so had no choice but to play for a win in the final game, in which he missed first a win, then a clear draw, before losing the game. Historians are divided over whether the two-point margin was required. Israel Horowitz, Nicolas Giffard and F. Wilson all write that a two-point margin was required. The chess researcher Graeme Cree writes, There are still some who doubt whether this two-point clause existed, and as far as I know, positive proof does not exist. But the evidence of Schlechter's play in that final game, plus the difficulty of imagining a cagey bird like Lasker risking his title in such a short match without some extra protection seems pretty telling. Not to mention the fact that negotiations for a Lasker-Capablanca match broke down the very next year over that very same 2-point tie clause. However Lasker himself wrote two days before the tenth game, "The match with Schlechter is nearing its end and it appears probable that for the first time in my life I shall be the loser. If that should happen a good man will have won the World Championship," which could imply that it really was a world title match and that there was no secret "two-game lead" clause. Other explanations have been advanced for the development of the last game. A report shortly after the end of the match appears to speculate that Schlechter threw the last game because a narrow victory for him would not have been in the financial interests of either player, as they would have had to play another match if Schlechter won narrowly, but they had not been able to get adequate financial backing for the 1910 match. Journalist Larry Evans writes, The truth is Schlechter probably never saw a clear draw! He missed 35...Rd8! with good winning chances. Later he said he intended 38...Qh4 39 Kg2 Qg4 40 Rg3 Qxc8 overlooking 41 Qg6! Flustered, he then missed a draw -- and the title -- by 39...Qh4! 40 Kd2 Qh2 41 Ke3 Rxf3 42 Kxf3 Qh3 43 Ke2 Qxc8 44 Qxb5, etc. The last hope to hold was 46...Qa2. Lud?k Pachman's explanation on the the outcome of the last game is that "both players were labouring under such nervous stress that their power of judgment was not working as well as it normally did." It has even been suggested that Schlechter played to win the last game because he was too honorable to get the title by a fluke, having won the fifth game by a swindle in a lost position. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1121156 Lasker, Schlechter, Capablanca, Tarrasch, Marco, Herman Helms, Taimanov, Pachman and Huebner have written notes to this game. Oct-27-08 Karpova: Dr. Lasker annotates this game in "Ost und West", Nr.4 from April 1910 on pages 235 and 236. Regarding the annotations - Dr. Lasker doesn't give the moves 32.Rf2 Qh5+ Some remarks from Dr.Lasker reproduced by me (so they are not verbatim!) : Feb-22-09 KingG: Robert Hubner claims that the move order given here(and in chessbase and OMGP I) between the 48th and 50th move is wrong. He gives the correct move order as 48...Qc1+ 49.Kb3 Bg7 50.Ne6 Qb2+. Jose Capablanca's annotations come from Chess Weekly, when he was editor in 1910. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's see what a 3,000 player thinks of their play. [Event "World Championship 10th"] [Site "GER/AUT"] [Date "1910.02.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Black "Schlechter, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1910.01.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 d5! 2. c4 c6 " 2...e6 is the usual move and I believe better than the text move. " - Capablanca Rybka top 3 - 2 ... dc, ... e6, ... c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3! g6 The absolutely new Schlechter Variation, played at least 1560 times since, not counting my games. " With ... Bg4 and ... a6 as recommended by Alapin I would have obtained a very good position. I didn't wish to play for a draw and therefore elected to play a little used continuation leading to interesting complications. " - Schlechter 5. Nc3! Bg7! " The fianchetto strengthens the Kingside while limiting the effects of White's King Bishop. Black also stands secure and firm in the center. Still he will find it difficult to create active counterplay - for which reason Black's development is consider a passive defense system. " - Taimanov 6. Bd3! O-O! A new and original way of playing the defense to the Queen's Gambit so far as I know. - Capablanca 7. Qc2 A surprisingly weak move reflecting the tension of the situation. Superior is 7 0-0 and Black can choose between 7 ... Bg4, ... Bf5, ... e6 and the sharp 7 ... c5, all of which tend to favor White. - Taimanov White wants to play Bd2 followed by 0-0-0 and then either the break-through in the centre with e4 or attack on the wing with h4. - Lasker In other words Lasker is a point behind in the match so he wants to castle on opposite wings and throw his pawns at Schlechter. Rybka - 7 0-0! 7 Qc2 #9 7 ... Na6 The solid 7 ... Nbd7 ( to be folowed by ... Nb6 ) applies pressure to White's c4. And if now 8 b3, Black has enhanced the range of his King's Bishop, while c4-c5 is countered by ... e5. - Tarrasch Rybka - 7 ... c5, ... Be6, ... Bg4, ... Na6 #10 ... Nbd7 8. a3! dxc4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sclechter here goes into a series of moves which finally leave him with a weak isolated c pawn, which cannot possibly be so very good. - Capablanca 8 ... Nc7, ... Nce8, ... Nd6 intending ... Bf4 and ... Ne4 - Tarrasch Alekhine beat Bernstein with 8 ... Nc7 in the Russian Championship, Vilnius 1912 Rybka - 8 ... Bg4, ... dc, ... c5, ... Be6, ... Ne8, ... Qc7, ... Nc7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Bxc4! b5 The counter attack is premature and c6 becomes a weakness. - Lasker Rybka - 9 ... Bf5, ... c5, ... Ne8, ... Nc7, ... b5 10. Bd3! b4! 11. Na4 prevents the c6-pawn from moving and also threatens to move to c5 once the Na6 moves away. - Lasker Rybka - 11 Ne2, B:a6, Ne4, Na4 14 ... bxa3! 12. bxa3 Rybka - 12 Bd2, ba 12 ... Bb7? 12 ... c5! Rybka 13. Rb1!! Qc7 14. Ne5 If Lasker wanted to play a safe game he should have castled and if he intended to make a kingside attack he might have started with 14.h4 before playing Ne5. - Capablanca 14 Qc4!!, 0-0!!, e4!, Qe2!, Ne5! - #10 - h4 Rybka 14 ... Nh5 Not 14 ... Nd7 because of Rxb7. Moving the knight was necessary because of the threat Bxa6 and Qxc6. In case of 14...Rac8 White wins with 15.Bxa6 Bxa6 16.Nc5 . - Lasker 14 ... Rab8!, ... c5!, ... Rad8!, ... Nd5! all better for Lasker #10 - ... Nh5 - Rybka For the first time Rybka gives Lasker more than +1. So far Schlechter has only managed to confuse himself. 15. g4 Lasker was very serious and tense. There was no trace of excitement apparent in his thoughtful face. His eyes seems almost to devour the pieces and his glance shot now and then over the squares of the board in a kind of lurking manner but he smoked quickly and incessantly, in long pulls, without probably being aware of it himself and his small, nervous hands were often passed through his thick hair or stroking his moustache. - The Berliner Lokalanzeiger with so much hanging on the outcome of this game, both players were understandably excited. Their fantasy pushed them into adventures which they probably would have avoided in games played at the beginning of the match. - Lasker Starting an attack on the kingside which is justified in view of the score of the match. Lasker's policy throughout this game is good, but why Schlechter, who only needed a draw, should play such a wild game can only be explained by the fact that perhaps he was not satisfied to win the match by a mere fluke, which proved to be the case in the fifth game. - Capablanca White's king would be as much exposed as his Black counterpart in case of 15.Bxa6 Bxa6 16.Qxc6 Bxe5 17.Qxa6 Bxh2 - Lasker 15 0-0!!, f4!!, Qc4!, f3!, Bd2!, Bb2!, Rb2!, g4! #18 B:a6 15 ... Bxe5! 16. gxh5 Far weaker was 16 de when Black continues with 16 ... Ng7 with a safe position - Schlechter 16 de!!, gh! 16 de!! Ng7! 17 0-0!!, f4!, Be2! and many other moves with a small, comfortable edge for Lasker - Rybka 16 ... Bg7! Lasker has lost some of his advantage, Schlechter's two fianchettoed Bishops will soon rake the board. 17. hxg6!! hxg6! 18. Qc4! Threatening Rxb7 - Lasker 18 ... Bc8 Parrying both threats because 19 B:g6 Be6 20 B:f7+ B:f7 21 Q:a6 Bd5 leaves Black with a strong attack Schlechter Not 18...c5 19.Rg1 Qxh2? 20.Rxg6 Qh1+ 21.Kd2 and White doubles his rooks on the g-file with devastating effect. - Lasker 18 ... c5!!, ... Bc8! 18 ... c5! 19 Rg1! e6! 20 R:b7! Q:b7! 21 Q:a6! Q:a6! 22 B:a6! Schlechter has Rook and pawn versus two pieces - might be a better try - Rybka 19. Rg1 19 f4 or 0-0 -Tarrasch 19 h4!! would be a big improvement using the h2-pawn as a battering ram rather than a target. - Brian 19 h4!!!, B:g6!!, Bd2!, Rg1!, f4!, 0-0!, Be4!, h3!, Bc2! 19 h4!!! c5 20 h5!! 19 h4!!! Qa5+ 20 Bd2!! 19 h4!!! ( Rb8, ... e5, ... Rd8, ... Re8 ) 20 h5!! 19 B:g6!! Be6! 20 Q:a6 fg only move 21 f4 or Nc5 slight edge Lasker 19 B:g6!! Be6! 20 Bh7+ K:h7 21 Q:a6 slight edge for Lasker 19 B:g6!! Be6! 20 B:f7+? B:f7 21 Qa6 Bd5 22 Rf1 micro-edge for Lasker 19 B:g6!! Be6! 20 B:f7+? R:f7! 21 Q:a6 Bd5= 19 B:g6!! Be6! 20 B:f7+? R:f7! 21 Q:e6 Qa5+ slight edge for Schlechter - Rybka 19 ... Qa5+? 19 ... Q:h2!!, ... Kh8!!, ... e6!!, ... Kh7! almost equal for Schechter - Rybka 20. Bd2!! almost connecting his Rooks 20 ... Qd5! 21. Rc1! Bb7 22. Qc2 Lasker doesn't trust his solid endgame advantage after 22 Nc3!! and decides to keep Queens on. Dr. Lasker suggests h4 to open the g-file by h5. Rybka - 22 Nc3!!, h4!, Qc2! 22 ... Qh5 Lasker still has the better chances after 22 ... Qd6, ... e6, ... Qh5, ... Kh8, ... Qf3 - Rybka 23. Bxg6?= That's messed up - Josh Bloomer My 23rd move is refuted by Schlechter in that he surprisingly leaves his Knight standing on a6. I dare not capture at f7. Much simpler and better would be 23 Rb1 when there is no sufficient defense to be seen. Earlier 23 Qb3 was to be considered. Lasker 23.Qb3, I believe, was the right move here. The text move did turn out so well. - Capablanca Neither 23.Rb1 Qxh2 and Qc7 nor 23.Qb3 Rab8 and c5 to follow soon would have overcome Black's resistance. Dr. Lasker suggests Be4 and then Qd1. 23 Qb3!! Rab8 24 R:g6!! Q:h2 25 Qc4!! big edge for Lasker 23 Qb3!!, h4!, Bc4!, h3!, Rb1! 23 Be4?= Rab8!!, ... e6, ... Qh4!, ... Q:h2 about equal - Rybka 23 ... Qxh2!!= Only move Refuting White's last move. - Lasker Equality for the first time in the game. That could mean we have a new World Chess Champion. 24. Rf1!= Only move fxg6! Only move 25. Qb3+! Only move Rf7! Only move 26. Qxb7! Only move Raf8! Only move White can't take the Na6 because of Rxf2 winning at once for Black. 27.f4 would also be a mistake because of 27...e5 28.Qxa6 exf4 29.Qe2 Qh4+ 30.Qf2? Qe7 - even in case of 30.Kd1 Black has sufficient compensation for the piece. - Lasker Now Schlechter's deep conception becomes understandable. If White captures the Knight on a6, he is immediately destroyed by 27 ... R:f2 28 R:f2 R:f2 and White can't avoid mate. - Marco 27 Q:a6?? R:f2!! 28 R:f2 R:f2 29 Qc8+ only move Kf7!! 30 Qg4 only move Bf6!! with a deadly attack a piece down. The threats are 31 ... R:d2! or ... Bh4! - Rybka 27. Qb3! Completely weak and only explainable by the excitement in which the seriously threatened world champion had fallen after the fearsome 26 ... Raf8. 27 f4 is indicated. - Marco 27 f4!! is also about equal 27 f4!! Qg3+!!= or ... Qh4+!!= or ... Nb8! about equal 27 f4!! e5!? 28 Q:a6 ef!, ... ed! or ... Qg3! would give Schlechter enough compensation for the piece to scare any human if not a computer. - Rybka 27 ... Kh8! 27 ... Kh7! is also equal - Rybka 28. f4! Only move g5 Much better than 28...Qg3+ 29.Kd1 Rxf4 30.Rxf4 Rxf4 31.Kc2. - Lasker The pretty 28 ... e5!! is equal. 28 ... e5!! 29 de Rd7!! creates Black Queen check perpetuals, grabs the Chess crown and avoids traveling to two new cities. 28 ... Qg3+ or 28 ... e5!! 29 de Qg3+ is also OK. 28 ... Qg3+ 29 Kd1! c5! 30 N:c5 N:c5 31 dc Qg4+ is almost equal for Karl 28 ... Qg3+ 29 Kd1! R:f4 30 R:f4 R:f4 31 Qc4!! or Kc2! a little better for Lasker - Rybka 29. Qd3 29 R:c6!! would keep some initiative in this insane position. 29 R:c6!! , Kd1!, Qd3!, Qc4 - Rybka 29 ... gxf4!! Only move 30. exf4! An exposed King plus 3 ragged pawns versus an exposed King plus 3 ragged pawns . How can either side win now? 30 ... Qh4+ Micro-edge to Lasker after 30 ... Nc7!! or ... Qh4+! 31. Ke2! 31 Kd1!! is even farther from those angry Schlechter Rooks 31 ... Qh2+ 31 ... Qh5+!!, ... Qg4+! or ... Qh2+! is equal - Rybka 32. Rf2 32 Kd1!! is even farther from those angry Schlechter Rooks 32 ... Qh5+!= Only move 33. Rf3 Here I threaten 34 Rh1 Q:h1 35 Rh3+. This would be advantageous when Schlechter makes the obvious reply 33 ... Nb8. He correctly elects to sacrifice a pawn. -Lasker 33 Rf3, Qf3, Ke1 all = - Rybka 33 ... Nc7! 33 ... Bh6, ... Nc7, .. Rf6 all equal - Rybka 34. Rxc6 34 Rh1, Nc5, Ke1, R:c6, Kf2, Kf1, Rc5 all equal - Rybka 34 ... Nb5!! 34...Nd5 looks a mighty strong move. -Capablanca At this point Lasker's friends gave up hope. The crisis of the game was at hand. The White King was in the midle of the board with the protective pawn center shot full of holes. It did not seem possible to escape. - Dr. Edward Lasker, CHESS SECRETS I remember as a boy this position completely mystified me. I had no clue, no way to follow the variations. Now I look at those isolated pawns and wonder how either side could win without Queens on the board. 34 ... Nb5!! very slightly better for Schlechter 34 ... Nd5, ... R:f4, ... e5, ... e6 very slightly better for Lasker - Rybka 35. Rc4! 35 Ke1!!, Rc4! slightly better for Schlechter - Rybka What we have after 35 Rc4! is a kind of dead position where Lasker's extra pawn compensates for his slightly more exposed King. With pieces all over the board anything can happen but without blunders it's close to equality whatever they do - 35 ... Rd8!!, ... Nd6!, ... Qg4, ... Kg8, ... e5, ... a6, ... Rf5, ... Re8, ... Qh2+, ... Rb8, ... Bf6, ... R:f4, ... e6, the moves that made 1910 contemporaries wring their hands and claim victory for either side range from very slightly better for Black to very slightly better for White. Because the whole world is watching with bated breath, each tiny miscalculation is intensely magnified. 35 ... Rxf4 This combination is false. I reckoned on 35 ... R:f4 36 B:f4 R:f4 37 Rc8+ Bf8 38 Kf2 Qh4+ 39 Kg2 Qg4+ and now saw too late the refutation 40 Rg3 Q:c8 41 Qg6. Decisive was 35 ... Rd8 and if 36 Be3 then ... e5. - Schlechter A bad sacrifice. 35...e5! looks like the right move. It seems as though Black could always draw. - Capablanca At the 35th move, Schlechter spurned an easy draw which he recognized and tried to win with 35 ... R:f4 but the combination was unsound. Dr. Euwe 36. Bxf4! Only move Rxf4! Only move 37. Rc8+! Only move Bf8 Only move 38. Kf2 38 Rd8 slightly better for Lasker 38 Kf2 equal 38 Rc4 slightly better for Schlechter 38 ... Qh2+= Only move In case of 38...Qh4+ 39.Kg2 Qg4+ Black wins the rook but loses the game after 40.Rg3 Qxc8 41.Qg6 - Lasker Schlechter's hallucination was 38 ... Qh4+?? 39 Kg2!! Qg4+ thinking he was picking up a Rook but 40 Rg3!! Q:c8! 41 Qg6!! Qa8+ 42 Kg1 Rf1+! ( only way to avoid mate ) 43 K:f1! Qh1+! 44 Ke2!! Qh7! 45 Q:h7+ K:h7 and Karl is down the exchange in an ending. He still has a draw and the title but the shock of not winning Lasker's Rook shook him up emotionally. 39. Ke1!= Qh1+? I considered the move 39 ... Qh4+ but did not correctly assess its implications and made instead the move 39 ... Qh1+ which I thought slightly better - Schlechter The spectators following the game on a demo board were going wild. Will Schlechter see the forced draw? 39 ... Qh4+!!= 39 ... Qh1+, ... R:f3, ... Qg1+ slightly better for Lasker 39 ... Qh4+!! 40 Kd1? Qh1+!!, ... Qh5! or ... Qg4! wins 39 ... Qh4+!! 40 Ke2? N:d4+!! wins 39 ... Qh4+!! 40 Kf1 Qh3+ 41 Kf2 R:f3+ 42 Q:f3 Q:c8 43 Qh5+ Kg8 44 Q:b5 Schlechter is slightly better 39 ... Qh4+!! 40 Kf1 Qh3+ 41 Kf2 Qh2+ perpetual 39 ... Qh4+!! 40 Kf1 Qh1+ perpetual Marco and Rybka 40. Rf1!! Qh4+! only move 41. Kd2!! Rxf1! only move Both players saw 41 ... R:d4?? 42 Rc:f8+!! mating Kg7 43 R1f7+! Kh6 44 Rh8+ Kg5 45 Rg8+ K-any 46 Rh7 checkmate 42. Qxf1! Qxd4+! only move 43. Qd3! only move Qf2+! Here the game was adjourned and continued the next day. Lasker has Rook for Bishop and e-pawn plus each side has King, Queen, Knight and a-pawn on the board. 44. Kd1! 44 Kc1!! is also good 44 ... Nd6 Useless would be 44...Qg1+ 45.Kc2 Nd4+ 46.Kb2 Qg2+ 47.Ka1 Qh1+ 48.Ka2 Qg2+ 49.Nb2. Against 44...a6 45.Nb6 would have won. - Lasker Lasker is better after 44 ... Qg1+, ... Nd6, ... a6 or ... Qf4 - Rybka 45. Rc5 Many good moves here - 45 Rd8!!, Rb8!, Rc5!, Qc3+!, Qh3+!, Rc2! etc. - Rybka 45 ... Bh6 46. Rd5 46 Rh5!!, Rd5!! - Rybka 46 ... Kg8! 47. Nc5 Lasker had fought his battle and obtained an advantage without moving this knight for thirty-six moves. From the 37th move, on to the finish, Lasker plays with remarkable precision and the fact that Schlechter held on so well shows the sterling qualities of the Austrian master. - Capablanca 47 Nc3, Nc5, Qh3, Rh5, Qg6+ all good for Lasker 47 ... Qg1+ 48. Kc2! Feb-22-09 KingG: Robert Hubner claims that the move order given here (and in chessbase and OMGP I) between the 48th and 50th move is wrong. He gives the correct move order as 48...Qc1+ 49.Kb3 Bg7 50.Ne6 Qb2+. 48 ... Qf2+ 49. Kb3! Bg7! 50. Ne6 Qb2+ 51. Ka4! Kf7 52. Nxg7! Qxg7! 53. Qb3! Lasker forces the exchange of Queens or the win of Black's a-pawn- Pachman, Entscheidung-Spartien 53 ... Ke8! 54. Qb8+! Kf7! only move 55. Qxa7!! Qg4+ 56. Qd4!! Qd7+ 57. Kb3! Qb7+! 58. Ka2! Qc6! 59. Qd3 Ke6! 60. Rg5 Kd7! 61. Re5 Qg2+ 62. Re2! Qg4! 63. Rd2 Qa4 64. Qf5+ Kc7 With the 64th move the Queen takes possession of the e6 square where she stands well both offensively and offensively. In this moment Schlechter saw that further resistance was meaningless. He acquiesced in the exchange of Queens and shortly afterward gave up the hopeless game. - Lasker An oversight, I suppose. Had not Schlechter not allowed Lasker to exchange queens, the doctor would have had a merry time in forcing a win. - Capablanca 65. Qc2+!! Qxc2+! 66. Rxc2+! Kb7 67. Re2! Nc8 68. Kb3! Kc6! 69. Rc2+ Kb7 70. Kb4 Na7 71. Kc5! 1-0 All in all, a great game which will go down in history as a remarkable finish to the greatest struggle for the Chess Championship of the World - Capablanca A remarkable feature of this strengest of strange games is that Black's King's pawn, the sole survivor of the array of eight, is not moved through the length of the eventful struggle. - Herman Helms, American Chess Bulletin March 1910 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "World Championship 10th"] [Site "GER/AUT"] [Date "1910.02.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Black "Schlechter, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1910.01.07"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Na4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nh5 15. g4 Bxe5 16. gxh5 Bg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qc4 Bc8 19. Rg1 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Rc1 Bb7 22. Qc2 Qh5 23. Bxg6 Qxh2 24. Rf1 fxg6 25. Qb3+ Rf7 26. Qxb7 Raf8 27. Qb3 Kh8 28. f4 g5 29. Qd3 gxf4 30. exf4 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32. Rf2 Qh5+ 33. Rf3 Nc7 34. Rxc6 Nb5 35. Rc4 Rxf4 36. Bxf4 Rxf4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Rf1 Qh4+ 41. Kd2 Rxf1 42. Qxf1 Qxd4+ 43. Qd3 Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Nd6 45. Rc5 Bh6 46. Rd5 Kg8 47. Nc5 Qg1+ 48. Kc2 Qf2+ 49. Kb3 Bg7 50. Ne6 Qb2+ 51. Ka4 Kf7 52. Nxg7 Qxg7 53. Qb3 Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qxa7 Qg4+ 56. Qd4 Qd7+ 57. Kb3 Qb7+ 58. Ka2 Qc6 59. Qd3 Ke6 60. Rg5 Kd7 61. Re5 Qg2+ 62. Re2 Qg4 63. Rd2 Qa4 64. Qf5+ Kc7 65. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 66. Rxc2+ Kb7 67. Re2 Nc8 68. Kb3 Kc6 69. Rc2+ Kb7 70. Kb4 Na7 71. Kc5 1-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "RUS-ch"] [Site "Vilnius"] [Date "1912.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bernstein, Ossip"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D94"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1912.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3 Nc7 9. O-O Be6 10. cxd5 Nfxd5 11. h3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rd1 c4 15. Be2 b5 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bf3 Bd5 18. e4 Ba8 19. Nf1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd5 21. Bg5 Nxc3 22. Bxg6 Qd5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. f4 Nxb1 25. Rxb1 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qc3 27. Kh2 Qxc2 28. Bxc2 e5 29. f5 Bf6 30. Bxf6+ Rxf6 31. Ne3 a5 32. Rd1 Rff8 33. Rd6 Rbd8 34. Rh6+ Kg7 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36. Ng4 Rd2 37. Nxe5+ Ke7 38. Bb1 Rb2 39. Re6+ Kd8 40. Rd6+ Kc8 41. h4 Rxb1 42. g4 c3 43. Rd3 b4 44. axb4 axb4 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 25 11:37:35 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:37:35 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Kramnik does it again! Message-ID: <1264444655.4b5de4ef1d581@www.taom.com> Kramnik does it again! I don't mean his win against Nakamura, the whole Chess world will be analyzing that. It's already GOTD on ICC. I mean his draw in a totally, hopelessly lost position against Nigel Short. It's hard to count that many missed wins in one game. Kramnik was way down on time and position but he grimly hung on with every fiber in his being and achieved the impossible. [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "GM_Short"] [Black "GM_Kramnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Petrov: modern attack, Symmetrical variation"] [ECO "C43"] [NIC "RG.02"] [Time "07:14:27"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3! Nf6! 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuzmin: Petroff C43 http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=466&user=&coin= This is the favourite line of Ian Nepomniachtchi. Playing 4.dxe5, White avoids the long theoretical variations and still has propects of a slight opening advantage - you can't ask for more against the Petroff. Kuzmin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know anything about this opening I am just suggesting why Short might play this way. 5 ... Nc5 6. a3 New move as far as I know. 6 Nb3 played 34 times. 6 Bb5 played 3 times. 6 Be2 played twice. 6 ... a5 7. Be2 Be7! 8. O-O! O-O! 9. Re1 Nc6! 10. Nf1! Bf5! 11. Ng3! Bg6! 12. Be3! a4 13. Bb5! Na5 14. Nd4! c6! 15. Bf1! f6 It's been pretty even so far but Kramnik is already down 46 minutes on the clock. 16. exf6! 16 e6!! also looks hard to deal with 16 ... Bxf6! 16 ... R:f6 17 Bg5!, Nh5! or Qg4! are all strong 17. Nxc6! bxc6! 18. Bxc5! Re8! 19. Qd2! Nigel won a pawn but I wasn't worried. Kramnik has the two Bishops plus Queenside pressure. Black does this trick all day long in te Marshall Gambit. 19 ... Rxe1 20. Rxe1! Nc4! 21. Bxc4! dxc4! 22. Qb4! c3 23. bxc3! Qd2! 24. Qc4+! Kh8! GM Short is two pawns up but his Queenside pawns are stupid and Kramnik still has the two Bihops. 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Nf1! Bxc3! Time - Short - 57 minutes Kramnik - 26 minutes 27. h3! Rd8 28. Re3!! Bd2 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qxa4 Bxc2! It's still Two Bishops for Vlad versus extra pawn for Nigel. 31. Qa5! h6 32. Be3! Bxe3? 8 minutes spent leaving 4. Short has 34 minutes. This is when was I became worried about Kramnik right up until the end of the game. Kramnik gives up the two Bishops because he can't work out 32 ... Bf6! 33 B:f6! ( two pawns up ) Kh7!! with sufficent counterplay via ... K:h6, ... Bd3 or ... Rd5- sample - 32 ... Bf6! 33 B:f6! Kh7!! 34 Bd2 Rd5!! 35 Qb4 c5!! 36 Qa5 Bd8!! 37 Qc3 Bf6!!= that's pretty impossible to work out in blitz. 33. Rxe3! Now Kramnik is just down a pawn against a 2700. Sounds hopeless. 33 ... Qd4 34. Rc3 Be4 35. Ne3!! Nigel is awful strong on the dark squares. 35 ... Qd2 36. Qe5 Rf8 37. Kh2! Bd5! Time - Nigel - 27 minutes plus an extra pawn Kramnik - 2 minutes, situation looks bleak. 38. Rc2! Qd3 39. a4! Qg6 40. Rb2 40 a5!!! is a funny move to miss because Kapov would have gone 6-0 versus Kasparov in their first match if he had played a5!!! Nigel's move is also good, trading Rooks. 40 ... Re8 41. Rb8!! So Kramnik used every minute to make time control but Nigel has an extra passed a-pawn plus World Championship level experience. I would feel completely lost in these circumstances. Ivanchuk already scored an earlier draw against Nigel a pawn down in a Rook ending Nigel claimed he could beat 99% of other GMs. He probably feels the same way about this game. 41 .. Rxb8! 42. Qxb8+! Bg8 43. Qe5 Again not playing the Karpov move 43 a5!! Qd3 44 Qb6!! wins or 43 a5!! c5 44 Qb7!! wins 43 ... Qf7! Time - Nigel - 57 minutes plus an extra pawn Kramnik - 44 minutes, situation looks bleak. 44. Nf5!! tethering Kramnik to g7 before pushing hi a-pawn 44 ... Qa7! 45. a5!! but doesn't everything win? 20 minutes spent 45 ... c5! 46. f4 46 Qe7 Q:e7 47 N:e7 Bc4 48 Kf4 surely wins with Nd5 in the works 46 ... Ba2! 47. a6 8 minutes spent 47 Kg3 or Qe7 should win, among others 47 ... Bc4! Only move 48. Nxh6 Qxa6! only move 49. Nf5! Qf6! 50. Qxc5! 3 to 1 Kingside majority now 50 ... Be6! 51. g4! Bxf5! 52. Qxf5! Qb2+! 53. Kg3! Qc3+! 54. Kh4 Queen plus 3 pawns versus Queen plus one pawn on the same side should win but Kramnik finds a miracle. Time - Short - 11 minutes Kramnik - 30 minutes 54 ... Qe1+!! 55. Kh5! Qe8+!! 56. Qg6! Qe3!! Attacking two pawns 57. Kg5 Qe7+!! 58. Kh5 Qe3!! Attacking two pawns 59. Qf7 Qxh3+! 60. Kg5! Qh6+!! 61. Kf5 g6+ Kramnik can play 61 ... Qf4+!! 62 K:f4 g5+ 63 K:e5 stalemate Time - Short - 20 minutes Kramnik - 27 minutes 62. Ke5 I think 62 Ke6 g5+ 63 Ke5 gf should draw 62 ... Qg5+!! Another stalemate trick. 63 Qf5 gf 64 fg fg draws 63. fxg5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 Stalemate. Cool. I am not sure where Short went wrong but he must have missed 2 dozen wins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "GM_Short"] [Black "GM_Kramnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Petrov: modern attack, Symmetrical variation"] [ECO "C43"] [NIC "RG.02"] [Time "07:14:27"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Be3 a4 13. Bb5 Na5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Bf1 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Qd2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qb4 c3 23. bxc3 Qd2 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Nf1 Bxc3 27. h3 Rd8 28. Re3 Bd2 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qxa4 Bxc2 31. Qa5 h6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Qd4 34. Rc3 Be4 35. Ne3 Qd2 36. Qe5 Rf8 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Rc2 Qd3 39. a4 Qg6 40. Rb2 Re8 41. Rb8 Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Bg8 43. Qe5 Qf7 44. Nf5 Qa7 45. a5 c5 46. f4 Ba2 47. a6 Bc4 48. Nxh6 Qxa6 49. Nf5 Qf6 50. Qxc5 Be6 51. g4 Bxf5 52. Qxf5 Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54. Kh4 Qe1+ 55. Kh5 Qe8+ 56. Qg6 Qe3 57. Kg5 Qe7+ 58. Kh5 Qe3 59. Qf7 Qxh3+ 60. Kg5 Qh6+ 61. Kf5 g6+ 62. Ke5 Qg5+ 63. fxg5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.24"] [Round "8"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_Nakamura"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, main variation with c6"] [ECO "A88"] [NIC "HD.07"] [Time "07:15:20"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Rd1 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 15. Nf2 Kh8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 e3 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Bxe3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. R5xd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rg8 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rh4 Rg6 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4+ Kg7 34. Kh2 Re3 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg6+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Rg2 Rxa2 39. Rxh6 Bf7 40. Rh7 Kf6 41. c5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxf4 43. c7 Re8 44. Rxf7+ {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Short"] [Black "GM_Ivanchuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Opening "Sicilian defense"] [ECO "B40"] [NIC "SI.43"] [Time "07:16:08"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3 a5 14. a4 h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. h4 Qc7 23. h5 Bh7 24. Rd2 Qf4 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 Rfd8 27. Kh2 Kf8 28. Kg3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc2 30. Re2 Bb3 31. Red2 Rd6 32. Bd1 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Ke7 34. f3 R8d7 35. R1d2 b6 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kh4 Ke7 38. g5 Rd8 39. Kg4 R8d7 40. f5 hxg5 41. Kxg5 Rd8 42. c4 f6+ 43. Kg6 Rh8 44. Kxg7 Rxh5 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Rg5+ 47. Kh6 Rg4 48. b3 Rg3 49. Rb5 Rg5 50. Rxb6 Rxf5 51. Rb5 Rf3 52. Kh5 f5 53. Kg6 Ke6 54. Kg5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. Rb6+ Kc7 57. Rb5 Kd6 58. Rd5+ Kc6 59. Ke5 Rxb3 60. Rxa5 f4 61. Kd4 Ra3 62. Rf5 Rxa4 63. Rxf4 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 25 16:23:45 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:23:45 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Books on Ruy Lopez and more Message-ID: <1264461825.4b5e2801c5da7@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dale Smith ----- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:58:37 -0600 From: Dale Smith Reply-To: Dale Smith Subject: RE: [Chess Improvement] Books on Ruy Lopez and more To: 'Brian Wall' Partial Chess Book List For Sale First of all, thanks to Brian Wall and anyone else who posts this list around to other forums. These books are all in excellent shape. They may have my embossed stamp on the first page or two of the text. I am listing about 25 items. If it goes well, I have about another fifty texts that I will list later. Here is the procedure for buying one or more items: 1) Email me and tell me which text/s you want; 2) I will get back with you and tell you if the book or item is still available, I will then give you my address and we will determine what shipping and handling will be; 3) send me a check and after it clears, I will send you the texts. My email is xodrules at comcast.net. If you buy more than one text, I will work with you and throw you a discount or something. Thanks for your interest. Also, if you pay using paypal, I will ship faster. --Dale Smith The Immortal Game A History of Chess by David Shenk, HB, $12 King's Gambit, A Son, A Father and the World's Most Dangerous Game, by Paul Hoffman, HB, $12 The Kings of New York, by Michael Weinrab, HB, $12 The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Bronstein and Furstenberg, $10 Botvinnik One Hundred Selected Games translated by Garry, $5 Three Days with Bobby Fischer and other chess essays by Alburt and Lawrence, $12 Technique for the Tournament Player by Dvoretsky and Yusupov, $12 How to Choose a Chess Move by Soltis, $10 Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors by Kasparov (I have volumes three and four, hardbound, $15 a piece) Chess Openings for Black Explained by Alburt et al, $15 Chess Openings for White Explained by Alburt et al, $15 The Pirc in Black and White by James Vigus, $12 The Tao of the Chessboard by Dale Smith, $6 101 Chess Endgame Tips by Steve Giddins, $10 Improve Your Opening Play by Chris Ward, $7 Starting Out: The Ruy Lopez by John Shaw, $8 The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes by Larry Evans, $7 Special Offer: Four Volumes in McKay Chess Library: US Chess Federation Official Rules; Basic Chess Endings by Fine; The Inner Game of Chess by Soltis; The March of Chess Ideas by Saidy. Four volumes for $24. (Or $7 a piece) DVDs (Fritz Trainers) These DVDs work with chessbase on your computer. Most of you are familiar with them already. The following are $10 a piece. Contact me if you want to buy them all and I will give you a discount: 1. The Nimzoindian Defence by Jacob Aagaard; 2. Strategy and Tactics by Peter Wells, 3. The ABC of the Caro-Kann by Andrew Martin, 4. The ABC of the Ruy Lopez by Andrew Martin, 5. Basic Positional Ideas by Jacob Aagaard, 6. Attacking Chess Volume One by Jacob Aagaard. Pro Chess The Video Chess Mentor by Seirawan, (DVD, $5) Thanks for looking. --Dale -----Original Message----- From: Brian Wall [mailto:brianwallchess3 at taom.com] Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 11:08 AM To: xodrules at comcast.net Subject: RE: [Chess Improvement] Books on Ruy Lopez Try Chess_Library at Yahoogroups.com and I will also post it at BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.om Quoting Dale Smith : > Just a question for the group. I have been a member of this group for > awhile and rarely posted. I have a good size library and I am culling out > some of the books. Would it be acceptable for me to send a list of some of > the books with reduced prices on it? Is there another chess forum that I > should use for this purpose? I don't want to go through eBay or Craigslist. > Thanks for the info. My name is Dale Smith, author of The Tao of the > Chessboard. Have a good weekend to all. > > > > > > > > From: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com > [mailto:Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Karan Bhatti > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:33 AM > To: Chess_Improvement at yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Chess Improvement] Books on Ruy Lopez > > > > > > Heya . ! Can u advise me on some good books on Ruy Lopez . > I need the basic ideas and strategies not the exact theory . > i would be glad to get some help . > > Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! > http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ----- End forwarded message ----- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Mon Jan 25 21:12:39 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:12:39 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New chess video and Fwd: 2009 December East Coast Deli Results Message-ID: <1264479159.4b5e6bb7a6053@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:38:10 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [CSCN] New chess video and Fwd: 2009 December East Coast Deli Results The final installment of my Cheers chess trilogy is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv6bzeoS_dk Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy7gwQQ2PC8 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tAluPxCi-U ----- Original Message ----- Subject: 2009 December East Coast Deli Results Hi All, Thought this had already been put up. It's been a rough holiday season for me. I appreciate your patience. Please disseminate via your usual channels, and thank you for your support of Colorado Chess. Event ID Sec State City Dates Plr Event Name 200912304271 1 CO COLORADO SPRING 2009-12-02 - 12-30 9 2009 DECEMBER EAST COAST DELI Prize Schedule: 1st $30.00 Dean Brown U1400 $26.00 Alexander Freeman U1200 $22.00 Kevin Gene Lucas Jerry Maier Mobile: 719.660.5531 Home/FAX: 719.268.6970 E-mail: pmjer77 at aim.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from JEFFERY BAFFO ----- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:57:49 -0700 From: JEFFERY BAFFO Reply-To: JEFFERY BAFFO Subject: Rybka 2.3 for sale To: brianwallchess3 Rybka 2.3 for sale Never was able to figure out how to use it's features, too complicated. Contains HUGEMONGOUS opening DB. Full docs and serial number, etc. In original box (small crack in box) disk itself is pristine. $25.00 or best offer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100125/f9910a57/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 00:19:37 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:19:37 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Loveland Open announcement Message-ID: <1264576777.4b5fe909d5eaa@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from namyzarc ----- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:37:16 -0000 From: namyzarc Reply-To: namyzarc Subject: Loveland Open announcement To: BrianWallChess3 at Taom.com Hey Brian, Can I get an announcement about the Loveland Open on your Yahoo Group? Thanks! Info below: http://www.colorado-chess.com/newtourn.shtml#511 Loveland Open, January 30 - 31, 2010 4 round Swiss system tournament. Time Control: 40/2, G/1 Site: Larimer County Fairgrounds, 1st National Bank Exhibition Hall, 5280 Arena Cir., Loveland, CO, 80538 Directions: I-25 to exit 259, Crossroads Blvd. Go east to Fairground Ave. and turn left. Look on left for the archway and turn left there. Watch for the signs. Open: Open to all Santa Fe: Open to rated under 1610 & unrated. Entry fee: $35 ($30 if received by Jan. 28) Prizes: based on entries Registration: 8-9:30 AM, Rounds: Sat. 10 AM, 4 PM; Sun. 9 AM, 3 PM.. Entries: Randy Reynolds 1839 Thyme Court, Fort Collins, CO 80528 Phone: 970-310-4224 E-mail: randy_teyana at msn.com $7 discount for Junior, Senior, or Unrated. Colorado Tour Event. CSCA membership required. ($15, $10 for jr.,sr.). OSA. Randy Reynolds - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is an article I wrote about Randy Reynolds published in the most recent Colorado Informant with extra pictures. http://brianwallchess.net/emails/emails/antaeusprinciple/ The Antaeus Principle ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 09:47:02 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:47:02 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Robert Ramirez new Denver Chess Club Champion!, defeats overweight know-it-all blowwhard Message-ID: <1264610822.4b606e06e9a01@www.taom.com> I have been listening to classic Celtic music lately because I miss my Irish Da so much. I found these clips particularly moving. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A awesome song by Phil Coulter about his Down's syndrome son that died at age 4. I would send it to Sarah Palin if I knew how. Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sinead O'Connor - Scorn Not His Simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpOprrQfryo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Dad used to sing this song. An Irish cleric wrote a song honoring Irishmen lost in battle against England. Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Dad used to sing this song. Luke Kelly The Foggy Dew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CBWwy98nc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A song about loving with all your heart. Luke Kelly Raglan Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRHeTIcgwH8&feature=related -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sinead O'Connor Raglan Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zqb3gf5aA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dad used to sing this song. An Irishman goes to Australia. Wild Colonial Boy- Mick Jagger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr7bBaC86pY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dad used to sing this song. Mick Jagger Wild Colonial Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeJSyNBW88A more recent, 2007, sung in Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A beautiful song about a young boy missing his Irish Dad forced to pay bills by working on the British railways. Luke Kelly come my little son (Rare) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDNhqzqHkA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- About 15 years ago I visited a Lakewood Chess Club - the same 4-6 guys have been playing Bughouse Chess for over 20 years. Remarkable. Fred Hall 303-426-1585 and Allan Koenig 303-277-0252 ACKoenig at Pol.net stopped by to drum up more interest at the Club. Chris Peterson and I discussed the possibility of holding a Bughouse tournament with them. Young Alex Jensen, Robert Ramirez, myself and a few others played Bughouse with the Lakewood regulars. Next week the DCC meets at an IHOP at I-25 and Colorado Blvd. DCC Club Manager James Dean Garcia Jr., DCC manager 303-500-9744 The Arvada Chess and Bughouse Club meets Thursday Night - Speed Chess until a Bughouse quorum appears Currently 4 members hoping for new blood/fresh meat. meets in basement of first ( far left ) Campbell Cottgaes 10425 West 64th Place Arvada, CO 80004 The other two bughouse players - Phil Reno 303-757-4801 Jack Woehr 303-277-9574 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finished 9/17 twice at two free PlayChess blitz tournaments. They are still going on if you want to join in, next one at Thursday Noon Denver time Jan 28, 2010. I think a half point more would get me some prize plus there are random prizes for completing the 17 round 3 minute 2 second increment tournament. I think the main prize is a free trip to Moscow. I declined a similar offer from Dr. Jon and Barbara Fortune 10 years ago because my son was too young at the time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In trivial news Kramnik beat Magnus Carlsen, Shirov drew Ivanchuk with computer analysis of an earlier Leko- Caruana game and Karajakin beat Nakamura. GM Li Chao beat Corus C leader GM Ray Robson and the beautiful Anna Muzychuk upended Corus B leader GM Anish Giri. Kramnik and Shirov lead Group A, Anish Giri still leads Group B and Li Chao now leads Group . Now on to the real exciting Game of the Day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "Last time at the First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2034"] [BlackElo "2207"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Mar?czy bind (R?ti variation), Hedgehog"] [ECO "B00"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 + 5 second delay"] Final Round 4, Board 1 weather, slightly chilly Denver Chess Club Championship 1st Presbyterian Church Game/ 85 minutes 5 second delay January 26, 2010 7:30 PM White - Robert Ramirez 2034 ( best guess at post-tournament rating ) Black - Brian Wall 2207 ( best guess at post-tournament rating ) The young Colorado players I have spent the most time trying to improve are Robert Ramirez ( countless blitz games and analysis sessions ), Josh Bloomer ( countless blitz games, emails and analysis sessions )Philipp Ponomarev ( countless blitz games ) and Tyler Hughes ( paid lessons, countless emails ) so when they beat me or do well in general there is a feeling of pride involved. The next Colorado generation Chess pond is well stocked. I generally play all out to win no matter who I am playing, friend, foe or stranger. Otherwise what's the point? 1. e4 a6 I had already played Robert 1 million Fishing Pole blitz games going back 10 years, I had beaten him in slow Chess with the Alekhine's, Caro-Kann and Scandinavian as Black and a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit as White, I had lost as White in a Chebanenko Slav . Robert probably remembers more games. I don't particularly like Robert's c3 Sicilian for either side. My goal with the whippersnappers is to throw everything possible at them, give them a complete Chess course so then they are ready to fight anybody any time in any opening. Robert and I have been good friends for 15 years, not even one argument despite being twice his age with teasing back and forth. For some reason my sense of humor clicks with Robert and his sister. " I don't know how anyone can not be laughing with Brian around. " - Robert Ramirez Robert is a thorough analyst, I had messed up every posiiton in every earlier round but I knew Robert was a deep thinker and a quick thinker and I would have to play my best to win. I couldn't afford to be sloppy this game. Robert knows how I think at Chess. He has absorbed some of my ideas and improved the rest. I played 1 ... a6 to feel young again, having championed 1 ... a6 for 35 years. It seemed to me I had tried everything else. 2. d4 e6 I can play 2 ... d6, 3 ... g6, ... Bg7 Tiger Modern but I had already used that opening to win the 2007 Colorado Closed. I experimented with that before it had a name. 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 Robert was afraid I would try some ... b5 gambit on 4 d5. I lost with a kind of Benoni from this move order in a painful late money round loss at the World Open 8 years ago. 4 ... cxd4! I always feel like a naughty kid who got away with something if my 1 ... a6 turns into a Sicilian. 5. Nxd4! Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 Nf6! 9. O-O! O-O! 10. Qd2 Bd7! Played 81 times. I would rather have my Bishop on b7 but that seemed hard to arrange with a loose Knight on c6 11. Rac1 Played 29 times 11 ... Qc7! Played 17 times 12. f4! played 10 times The old Smith-Morra trick 12 Nd5!? ed 13 cd N:e4 14 Qc2 N:d4!! 15 Q:c7 N:e2+ 16 Kh1 Nf6! with 3 pieces for a Queen should be playable for both sides. My intended line of 12 Nd5!? ed 13 cd N:e4 14 Qc2 Nc5? 15 dc! is a little better for Robert 12 ... Rac8! played 8 times I am comfortable as Black like this in a Scheveningen ( c4 pawn back on c2 ). I lost the White side of a Hedgehog against IM John Donaldson maybe 25 years ago and the experience was so painful I have avoided that opening for that long. I felt like I had no clue as to what was going on. 13. b3 played 5 times. 13 Nd5? is just bad now after 13 Nd5? ed 14 cd N:d4!! or ... N:e4! 13 ... Rfd8 TN Wall Theoretical Novelty by me. Kasparov always favored 13 ... Re8!, ... Bf8! in Scheveningen type positions and Rybka likes that best here too. I considered it but decided to stick with my move because A - that's how Robert arranged his Black pieces in our Youtube video encounter B - GM Roman Dzindizchashvili and Robert consider me a Chess practical joker and they are right. C - I used to play the Scheveningen this way 35 years ago which is pretty much the same position if you put the c4-pawn on c2. I beat David Jellison this way as a teenager in a Colorado Junior Open and it was published in the Colorado Informant. D - I consider other piece placements but it was too perfect to feel young again plus mock the way Robert played against me. There's nothing better than beating someone on both sides of the same position to make them feel inferior. Some friend, huh? 14. Bf3! 14 Nd5? cd! 15 cd! N:e4!! or ... N:d4! is a little better for me 14 ... Bf8 We have stopped each other's pawn breaks. My thought was to keep rearranging my pieces until Robert misses one. Maybe not now when he is fresh and has plenty of time but later when he is tired and is running out of time. I am willing to wait until Move 60 if I have to. The Hedgehog is a rope-a-dope defense, hopefully, White will get frustated at my seeiming invulnerability and relax. The nightmare opponent for White is Karpov who never tires of suppressing/oppressing the enemy with prophylactic maneuvers. The nightmare opponent for Black is GM Suba who wrote Dynamic Chess based on the Hedgehog. Only Ian MaCLellan and I have read that book in Colorado as far as I know. I read about a year ago Suba has an updated e-book version now. Adorjan prepared Kasaprov with some high-quality Hedgehog analysis before his first Karpov match. 15. Nde2!! This time Robert would have a slight edge plus poetic justice/revenge after 15 Nd5! ed 16 cd Qb8 or ... h6 Robert's move is even stronger if you discount the irony factor. Rybka likes 15 Nc2!!! best. Rybka is always going to like Hedgehog positions for White. The trick is to keep it managable. 15 ... Be8!! I had only slept one hour in two days so I imagined my pieces were resting comfortably in cozy little beds in charming little adjoining bungalos on the bank rank and I imagined they were black because it was nighttime. 16. g4 Nd7 Rybka likes a move which is against every principle I believe in, namely 16 ... h6!! 17. Ng3 Robert should have watched our Youtube video a few more times, 17 Nd5!! gives him an edge 17 ... Qb8 17 ... Qa5! or ... Nc5! is equal 18. Qe2 The whole thing about winning with the Sicilian is you have to give White opportunities to misplace his pieces. I felt Robert was floundering a bit here. 18 ... Rc7 Now Rybka likes 18 ... Nc5! or ... Qc7! but humans don't move pieces back and forth. I am readying ... b5. 19. Rcd1 more strange Robert floundering moves 19 ... Rdc8!! 20. a4 b6!! played to prevent a5 after .. Na7 Rybka only prefers the inexplicable 20 ... h6!! 21 Rb1 Be7 21. g5! Na7 Rybka prefers 21 ... g6! or ... Nc5! 22. Na2 b5? I finally achieve my break but Robert has a trick I missed. Rybka likes 22 ... Nc6!! best, stopping 23 Nb4 During the game I thought my mistake was not playing 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! a5 24 B:c5 bc 25 Na6 Q:b3 26 N:c7 R:c7 which is good in all lines except that 27 e5!! de 28 Q:e5!! gives Robert some advantage. Rybka suggests 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Rb7 24 f5 Nc6 25 N:c6 B:c6 26 fe fe 27 b4 N:a4 or 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Nc6, ... Re7, ... Rd7, ... a5 all with fascinating complications slightly favorable to Robert. The fact that Rybka likes 22 ... Nc6!! best demonstrates what a patient cat-and-mouse struggle the Hedgehog is. Beng human I like to move forwards not sideways. Robert and I played with 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! a5 24 B:c5 bc 25 Na6 Q:b3 26 N:c7 R:c7 27 Rb1 Q:a4 28 e5! after the game but Rybka points out 27 e5!! de 28 Q:e5 Qb8 or ... Re7, is more promising for Robert. 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Rb7!! 24 B:c5?? bc!! 25 N:a6 Qa8!! ( Reti ) traps the Knight after ... Nc6 During the game we each had about half an hour left and I thought 22 Na2 was a dumb, pointless DCC move. I should have known better. 22 ... b5? took me 3 minutes. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili recommends not moving until you are sure you know why your opponent made his last move. I didn't do that, I just checked the variations I wanted to see. Win, lose or draw I always feel I will know how to handle the situation better next time if I investigate what happened this time. I feel more confident in the Hedgehog already after playing one game with it. The basic idea of ... Na7 and ... b5 is that B:a7 does not ruin the pawn break midway because ... Q:a7 is check. The basic idea of 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Rb7!! is to drive the b4-knight away with ... Nc6! next move. I wondered if Robert should move his King to a White square after 21 ... Na7 but Rybka responds with 21 ... Na7 22 ( Kg2 or Kh1 ) Nc6! no biggie Rybka prefers 21 ... Na7 22 Rb1!, Bg4!, Rde1! or many others with a slight edge. Every Chess opening induces different emotions just like music and the hedgehog emotion is infinite patience, the ability to sit tight until everything is just right. Maybe they should call it the Bullfrog. 23. Nb4! Oops! Now I have to see which exchange sac is best. I looked at 23. Nb4! Qb7 24 e5 d5 25 N:d5 ed 26 cd which looked horrible although Rybka suggests I might barely survive with 26 ... Rc3, ... Rc2 or ... Qb8 23. Nb4! Qb7 24 e5 d5 25 cd!! B:b4 26 ed! Qb8 27 ed looked simple and simply bad for me a pawn down. We examined this after the game. Rybka can even trump that line with 23. Nb4! Qb7 24 ab!!! ab 25 e5!! d5 26 cd!! B:b4 27 de!! etc Rybka also suggests a line I didn't look at - 23 Nb4 ba!! 24 N:a6 Q:b3 25 N:c7 R:c7 and instead of me having an isolated c-pawn target Robert has one. Robert would still be clearly better. 23 ... bxc4 24. Nxa6! Qxb3! 25. Nxc7! 25 Rb1!! first is slightly stronger 25 ... Rxc7 26. Rb1! Qa3!! I am fighting for my life and my goal is to trade c-pawn for a-pawn to reduce the fight to one sector. 27. Rfc1!! c3 28 R:c4 is not a threat due to 28 ... R:c4 29 Q:c4 Q:e3+ and therefor it was better to improve my position somewhere else like 27 ... g6 or ... Nc8. Kasparov talks about quality of position and usually the quality of Sicilian posiitons is high enough to allow exchange sacs. I had 20 minutes to complete the game and my mind was swimming in a troubled sea of inferior variations. 28. Qc2!! Great move - 28 Qc2!! Nc5! 29 Ra1!! wins the c3-pawn 28 ... Nc8! Like Rybka I had to decide between 28 ... Nc5!! or ... Nc8! but they both lose, I am just the exchange down now. I spent 8 of my 20 minutes here leaving me with a miserable position with little time the rest of the game. 29. Rb3 Rybka - 29 Qb3!!!, Ne2!!, Rb3!!, Ra1!! I told Robert I was most afraid of 29 Ra1!! Qb4 30 a5!! during the game 29 ... Qxa4!! 30. Rxc3! Qxc2! 31. R1xc2! Rxc3! 32. Rxc3! Ne7! I thought maybe I could hold this but it's hard to get active or find outposts for my Knights. 33. Ra3! f6! 34. Ra8! Kf7! 35. h4 I told myself that's the move I would play - Rybka thinks it's time for action already with 35 Bd1!!!, f5!!, Be2!! My pieces look like a convenient, chipper, content, convivial, cheerful, correct cluster but the arrangement doesn't quite hold together. 35 ... fxg5 36. hxg5! g6 37. Bg4!! My light squares are collapsing 37 ... e5 38. f5!! My dark squares are collapsing 38 ... Nc5 39. f6 Nc6 40. Bxc5 I am losing a piece, I have 3 minutes left and I don't get any more time after 40 moves. Non bueno. 40 ... dxc5 41. Be2!! Bd6 42. Bc4+! Kf8! 43. f7! Nb8! 44. fxe8=Q+! Kxe8! 45. Ra7! I am a Rook down with 9 seconds left. Non bueno. 1-0 Brian resigns Robert played very well and I learned something. Nothing to complain about here. I hadn't had much sleep but I didn't feel tired and thought as well as usual. No excuses. My hats are off to all the patient Hedgehog players out there and congratulations to DCC Champion Robert Ramirez. I credit my loss to a very shallow investigation of a move Robert took a long time to make. You should have some clue as to what the opponent is considering. Other than that I found the Hedgehog strategy very interesting, so many pawns and pieces still on the board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "Last time at the First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2034"] [BlackElo "2207"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Mar?czy bind (R?ti variation), Hedgehog"] [ECO "B00"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 + 5 second delay"] 1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rac1 Qc7 12. f4 Rac8 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Bf3 Bf8 15. Nde2 Be8 16. g4 Nd7 17. Ng3 Qb8 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. Rcd1 Rdc8 20. a4 b6 21. g5 Na7 22. Na2 b5 23. Nb4 bxc4 24. Nxa6 Qxb3 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Rfc1 c3 28. Qc2 Nc8 29. Rb3 Qxa4 30. Rxc3 Qxc2 31. R1xc2 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Ne7 33. Ra3 f6 34. Ra8 Kf7 35. h4 fxg5 36. hxg5 g6 37. Bg4 e5 38. f5 Nc5 39. f6 Nc6 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Be2 Bd6 42. Bc4+ Kf8 43. f7 Nb8 44. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 45. Ra7 1-0 Brian resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY 1912 views Youtube video of earlier Wall-Ramirez game ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthea Carson examines the Hedgehog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oB8sl-fGec Chess openings: The Hedgehog 1,312 views ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com www.DenverChess.net Facebook MySpace HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL 720-641-9588 what more do you want? Twitter? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 12:43:51 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:43:51 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Elizabeth Scott's club game, Casper brilliancy Message-ID: <1264621431.4b6097772dde3@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Dan T ----- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:55:46 -0700 From: Dan T Reply-To: Dan T Subject: E Scotts game To: brianwallchess3 at taom.com She looks for a swindle all the time. Sac, attack, give up something. Gets the idea from you I think, Brian. No fear. Still cant get her to play speed games ha. [Event "Club Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "?"] [White "J, Fleming"] [Black "E, Scott"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator ",Me"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b3k3/p6p/4pQ2/3q4/3P4/2n5/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "0"] 0-1 [Event "Club Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "?"] [White "J, Fleming"] [Black "E, Scott"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Dan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b3k3/p6p/4pQ2/3q4/3P4/2n5/P4PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "6"] {This will make you give up chess. Least until next club meeting.} 1. Qf3 ({ This works fine.} 1. Qh8+) 1... Ne2+ 2. Kh1 Qxf3 3. gxf3 Bxf3# 0-1 ----- Forwarded message from Dan T ----- Dan Tanner --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BW 1 f3!! or 1 Qg7!! win easily but J Fleming went into trade-trade-lose mode. 1 Qf3?? Ne2+!! mates in 15 but J Fleming sped up the process. Here's a Chess poem I previously published by Elizabeth. http://www.eadon.com/phil/chesspoemreaders.php http://www.goddesschess.com/literaryagora/chess.html You can pop the game into a Chess computer or just set up White, J Fleming - Kg1, Qf6, Ra1, Rf1 pawns: a2, d4, f2, g2, h2 2 exchanges up Black - the beautiful unsinkable Elizabeth Scott Ke8, Qd5, Ba8, Ne2 pawns: a7, e6, h7 1 Qf3 Ne2+!! 2 Kh1 Q:f3 3 gf B:f3 checmate with her last two pieces, The Casper Immortal BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chess Printed with permission from Elizabeth L. Scott Chess What a game. Complicated, intricate, demanding and consuming Sometimes it has been a challenge An escape a distraction mostly a passion. There is beauty in this game. The coordination of pieces Their individual movement and power The sometimes surgical precision of a Checkmate or the fierceness of a long drawn out battle to the very last piece And the people I've played across the board The opponents few were actual enemies The game being the door to many friendships drawn to each other by the basic love of a complicated game. That invokes comraderie, companionship and respect for you learn just as much from your opponent as you do the game. Chess grabs you by the throat forces you to live by that most basic of principles "Thou shalt think" As you play you are always seeking that perfect move that beautiful combination that better position To win in spite of the devious tricks of your opponent Tactics, exchanges, mating attacks, retreats, flanking movements, pins, swindles, trades, sweeping victories, resounding defeats infinite possibilities for both of you The moment you move the first piece Every game like a horse race The dark horse can always win Always a measurement of skill and knowledge But knowledge is never enough A true lesson of life How to utilize knowledge and skill And there is a wicked pleasure in this game to disrupt your opponent's position to steal his pieces to thwart his attacks to snatch victory from his side and make it your own A delicious thrill to outcon the conman to outsteal the thief to trump the gambler to beat the crook at his own trade for Chess has its own world where sportsmanship and basic rules of play provide a wide open field of possibilities where you both can appreciate the beauty of a well played swindle or trick A surprise move a hidden threat the con and the bluff And in Chess There is no room for complacency No resting on your laurels Arrogance will always be humbled Conceit reprimanded and foolishness educated. ? Copyright Elizabeth L. Scott, 2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pli0GyCp0-o The Evergreen Game animated --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100127/45a8d83f/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 14:18:26 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:18:26 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] WGM Soumya Swaminathan vs IM Nils Grandelius, Corus C group Message-ID: <1264627106.4b60ada24bfda@www.taom.com> This is a game with a lot of wow power. A - played today B - the winner is an Indian WGM C - she played g4-g5, a4-a5, Na4 and then 0-0-0! with Queens still on D - she went down a Rook and still won E - her opponent was a class above her I wish I had played this flashy game myself. I'm jealous. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.nowpublic.com/world/soumya-swaminathan-wins-world-junior-chess-championship 20 year old WGM Soumya Swaminathan wins World Junior Girl's Chess Championship ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=95786 58 other games of WGM Soumya Swaminathan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- great smile - http://tamilchess.com/UploadFiles/News/244_ss.gif http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/05/images/2009110555071701.jpg http://www.indianchessfed.org/photos/soumya%20swaminathan3.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I normally won't copy a game one move at a time but I will for Soumya. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=107935 87 games of GM Nils Grandelius ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.365chess.com/players/Nils_Grandelius more Grandelius games ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- great hair http://www.chessdom.com/images/store/grandelius-13876.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- great smile and great hair http://www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/sigeman2009/grandelius.jpg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chessdom.com report of IM Nils Grandelius IM Nils Grandelius Second seed in K41 Scandinavian Open Nils Grandelius (b. 1993) is recognized as one of the greatest talents in the history of Swedish chess. Despite his young age, he already obtained the IM title last year and even scored a GM norm on top of that. After winning the Swedish junior championship in 2007, he finished 7th among the grown-ups the following year. He is one of the leading figures of Lund's team in the best Swedish chess league (along with four of his opponents in Scandinavian Open) and has represented his country in several international youth competitions. His current ELO of 2491 makes him No. 11 on the Swedish ranking list and with the additional rating he gained in the recently finished Reykjavik Open he is very close to crossing the 2500 barrier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- So we have these young, beautiful people create a work of art on the Chessboard. Take a look. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus C"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.27"] [Round "10"] [White "WGM Soumya Swaminathan"] [Black "IM Nils Grandelius"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2323"] [BlackElo "2515"] [Annotator "Brian Wall, Rybka"] [EventType "Closed"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "Holland"] [Source "ICC"] [SourceDate "2010.01.27"] 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 Nb6 played 373 times, the very popular English Attack of the Najdorf 10 a4 Nc4! 11 Bxc4! bxc4! played 38 times 12 a5 Bb7 13 Na4! played 16 times including a Leko-Kasparov draw and a Kasimdzhanov-Anand rapid victory for White 13 ... d5! played 6 times including a Vescovi-Gelfand draw 14 g5 Nd7! 15 0-0-0!! played once before in the obscure 2007 Shandong Zonal tournament draw between Xiaowen Zhang and Wei Chenpeng Emil Hermansson played 15 ed!! against Helgi Dam Ziska in Klasvik 2006 1-0 40 moves It looks totally insane to push your a-pawn twice and then castle long but Nils' pieces are not active yet, 5 pieces on the first rank, two on the second rank. I didn't know such a crazy move was actually theory! 15 ... dxe4!! TN Theoretical Novelty by IM Nils Grandelius Wei Chenpeng dishonored himself and 6 generations with the inferior 15 ... Rc8! although he later saved face with a 78 move draw. These kids are well prepared! 15 ... e5!! is also OK. I am not going to try and figure out the previous theory. Let's just start here with this wild but even position. 16. fxe4! Rb8 The position looks like something out of a sandbox but it's basically even so far after 16 ... Nc5, ... B:e4, ... Rc8, ... Qc7, ... Be7, ... Rb8 or ... Qe7 17. Rhe1!! Ba8?? Uncovering the b-file for attack but Soumya gets there first. Nils thinks only of attack but the rude awakening comes immediately. 17 ... Qc7 18 Nf5!! also works for Swaminathan. 18. Nf5!! Wow, all systems go. Grandelius is caught flatfooted 2 moves after his well prepared novelty. 18 ... Bc6 If 18 Nf5!! ef 19 Bf4!!, ef!, Ba7! or Bb6 win for the young Indian woman. If you don't get your pieces out of the box, there will be a breakthrough sacrifice. 19. Qc3!! Awesome move. Soumya Swaminathan ignores both her hanging Knights and positions her Queen for the kill. Men and women have made huge strides in my lifetime mainly due to increased methods of communication. Taking the f5-knight with 19 Qc3!! ef 20 ef! followed by 21 Be3-to the most vicious discovered check is a complete breakdown so IM Grandelius takes the other knight. Might as well die for something. Only a few moves ago Nils was fine after 15 ... Nc5, ... B:e4, ... Be7 or ... Qc7 but lackadaiscal, inferior moves are punished swiftly in open positions. 19 ... Bxa4! If 19 ... Rg8 to guard g7 then 20 Nb6!! or Nc5!! is a free, brutal attack . A license to kill. 20. Rxd7!! Wow, Swaminathan is not satisfied with 20 N:g7+ and destroys all the guardians of the dark sqaures. She would make a great bughouse player. She acts like she has 32 pieces to attack with. 20 ... Qxd7 20 ... K:d7 21 Rd1+ wins the Queen 20 ... B:d7 21 N:g7+ Ke7 22 Qa3+ mates 20 ... B:d7 21 N:g7+ B:g7 22 Q:g7 Rf8 23 Bc5 wins the Queen. Soumya gets the same kind of dark square attack after 20 ... Q:d7 or ... B:d7 21. Nxg7+! Only move Bxg7 if 21 ... Kd8 22 Nh5 hunts down the h8-Rook if 21 ... Ke7 22 Qf6+ Kd6 23 Rd1+ wins the Queen 22. Qxg7 only move Qe7 22 ... Rf8 23 Bc5 doesn't help, SS will get her Rook back 23. Qxh8+! Qf8! Soumya Swaminathan is up a pawn with an opposite colored Bishop middlegame attack. Rule #1 - Don't trade Queens if your King is safer. 24. Qe5 Qb4! 25. Bd2 Go away, pest! 25 ... Qb5 26. Qh8+ Kd7! 27. Qd4+!! Kc8! 28. Bf4! Rb7 29. Rd1!! Death down the file, death down the diagonal 29 ... Qd7! 30. Qxc4+! Qc6 Only move 31. Rd4!! Nice. Soumya will trade on her terms. 31 Rd4!! Q:c4 32 R:c4+ cost Grandelius a Bishop 31 ... Bb5! Good players sometimes have to make good moves in very bad posiitons 32. Qb4!! Soumya is relentless. 32 ... Qe8! 33. Qc5+ Qc6 Only move 33 ... Bc6 34 Rc4!! wins the house 34. Qf8+ 34 Qe5!!! is murder but her move is good enough 34 ... Qe8 only legal move 35. Rc4+ Kd7 if 35 ... Kd8! ( only move to avoid immediate checkmate ) 36 Qb4! B:c4 37 Q:b7 Qd7 38 Qb8+ should win easily - it might be best to avoid Queen trades for a while. The opposite colored Bishop endgame 2 pawns up looks hard to win. ICC claims Nils had half an hour left so I am not sure why he self-destructed. It looks like time pressure to me or maybe he just got sick of analzying miserable positions. 36. Qd6# 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus C"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.27"] [Round "10"] [White "WGM Soumya Swaminathan"] [Black "IM Nils Grandelius"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2323"] [BlackElo "2515"] [Annotator "Brian Wall, Rybka"] [EventType "Closed"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "Holland"] [Source "ICC"] [SourceDate "2010.01.27"] 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 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 d5 14. g5 Nd7 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. fxe4 Rb8 17. Rhe1 Ba8 18. Nf5 Bc6 19. Qc3 Bxa4 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxg7+ Bxg7 22. Qxg7 Qe7 23. Qxh8+ Qf8 24. Qe5 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qb5 26. Qh8+ Kd7 27. Qd4+ Kc8 28. Bf4 Rb7 29. Rd1 Qd7 30. Qxc4+ Qc6 31. Rd4 Bb5 32. Qb4 Qe8 33. Qc5+ Qc6 34. Qf8+ Qe8 35. Rc4+ Kd7 36. Qd6# 0-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Linares 22nd"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2005.02.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2005.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Qc3 Nd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 Be7 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. axb6 Qd7 23. Rh5 f6 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rh2 O-O 26. Rhd2 1/2-1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 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 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Qc3 Bxe4 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Qb4 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qxg4+ 18. Kc1 e5 19. Nb6 exd4 20. Rg1 Qe6 21. Nxc8 dxe3 22. Qb8 f5 23. Nxd6+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ Kf6 25. Qd8+ Ke5 26. Nxe4 Kxe4 27. Ra4 Qd5 28. Qe8+ Kf4 29. Rf1+ Kg5 30. Qxe3+ Kg6 31. Qb6+ Kh5 32. Qxa6 c3 33. Qe2+ Kg6 34. b3 Bc5 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Qd3 Be7 37. Rc4 Qg2 38. Qxc3 Qxh2 39. Rc6+ Bf6 40. a6 Ra8 41. Rdd6 Qh4 42. b4 f4 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. Qe4 Ra7 45. b5 Qg5 46. Qh1+ Kg6 47. Rd5 Qg4 48. Qe4+ Kh6 49. Qh1+ Kg6 50. Rd1 Qf5 51. Qg1+ Qg5 52. Qxg5+ Kxg5 53. c4 f3 54. Kc2 Be5 55. Rc8 Kg4 56. Re8 Bf4 57. Rg1+ Bg3 58. b6 Rxa6 59. b7 Rb6 60. b8=Q Rxb8 61. Rxb8 f2 62. Rxg3+ Kxg3 63. Rf8 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Bermuda"] [Site "Bermuda"] [Date "2005.02.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2005.01.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BER"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.06.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qxg4 17. Rg1 1/2-1/2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Klaksvik"] [Site "Klaksvik"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Hermansson, Emil"] [Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2454"] [BlackElo "2364"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2006.11.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FAI"] [EventCategory "6"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 d5 14. g5 Nd7 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. O-O Rb8 17. Bf4 Bb4 18. c3 Bxa5 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Rxa5 Qb6 22. Ra2 O-O 23. Qe3 f5 24. Nc2 a5 25. Rfa1 f4 26. Qf2 Qd6 27. Rxa5 Nb3 28. Ra6 Qe5 29. Re1 Qxg5+ 30. Qg2 Qh6 31. Nb4 Nc5 32. Ra7 Nd3 33. Nxd3 cxd3 34. Re5 d2 35. Qxd2 Bxf3 36. Qd4 Qg6+ 37. Kf2 Bh1 38. Rxe6 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 f3 40. Qf2 1-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Shandong zt 3.5"] [Site "Shandong"] [Date "2007.05.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Zhang, Xiaowen"] [Black "Wei Chenpeng"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2203"] [BlackElo "2343"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2007.04.28"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.07.04"] 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 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Na4 d5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Qc3 e5 17. Nf5 g6 18. Nb6 gxf5 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. Qxe5 Qxa5 21. Kb1 Bd6 22. Qxf5+ Kc7 23. Qxf7+ Kb8 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Qxc7+ Bxc7 26. Rd7 Rhf8 27. Rxh7 Rxf3 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ba7+ Kc8 30. g6 Rg8 31. Rf7 Rxf7 32. gxf7 Rf8 33. Rf1 Bd6 34. Bd4 Bxe4 35. Bg7 Rd8 36. f8=Q Bxf8 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 38. Bxf8 Kd7 39. Kc1 Ke6 40. Kd2 Kf5 41. Bd6 Kg4 42. c3 Kh3 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Kd4 Be6 45. Kc5 Kg4 46. Kb6 Bc8 47. Kc7 Bf5 48. Kb7 Bc2 49. Kxa6 Kh3 50. Kb5 Bb3 51. Kc5 Ba2 52. Kd4 Bb3 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Kf2 Kh3 55. Kg1 Ba2 56. Bg3 Bb3 57. Bf4 Ba2 58. Kf2 Bb3 59. Ke3 Kg4 60. Bd6 Kh3 61. Kf3 Ba2 62. Ke2 Bb3 63. Kd2 Kg4 64. Bc7 Kh3 65. Bg3 Kg4 66. h4 Kh5 67. Ke3 Kg4 68. Be1 Kh5 69. Kf4 Bd1 70. Kg3 Ba4 71. Bd2 Bd1 72. Bg5 Ba4 73. Kf4 Bd1 74. Ke5 Ba4 75. Kd4 Bb3 76. Bd8 Kg4 77. Ke3 Kh5 78. Kf4 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 21:17:03 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:17:03 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] dcc club championship rd4 Message-ID: <1264652223.4b610fbfd012c@www.taom.com> Robert Ramirez played better than I did every round and deserved his victory. BW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Chris Peterson ----- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:08:38 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Peterson Reply-To: Chris Peterson Subject: dcc club championship rd4 To: Brian Wall round 4 of the 2010 Championship is up in the game section. I am waiting for the official cross tables from James Garcia to update the tournament page, apparently here is a lot of misinformation there. More games can always be added so if you have games played from the 2010 Denver Chess Club Championship please email me the PGN: garrensilverwing at yahoo.com or admin at denverchess.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100127/3b0d9a05/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 22:30:38 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:30:38 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Karsten Mueller on - Kramnik does it again! Message-ID: <1264656638.4b6120fedc21b@www.taom.com> http://chessbase.com/cbm/cbm133e/cbm133-20/short_kramnik.htm I couldn't tell where Short missed the win against Kramnik but famous German endgame analyst Karsten Mueller provides the answer. I believe there were other forced wins as well. http://chessbase.com/cbm/cbm133e/cbm133-20/short_kramnik.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kramnik does it again! I don't mean his win against Nakamura, the whole Chess world will be analyzing that. It's already GOTD on ICC. I mean his draw in a totally, hopelessly lost position against Nigel Short. It's hard to count that many missed wins in one game. Kramnik was way down on time and position but he grimly hung on with every fiber in his being and achieved the impossible. [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "GM_Short"] [Black "GM_Kramnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Petrov: modern attack, Symmetrical variation"] [ECO "C43"] [NIC "RG.02"] [Time "07:14:27"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3! Nf6! 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kuzmin: Petroff C43 http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=466&user=&coin= This is the favourite line of Ian Nepomniachtchi. Playing 4.dxe5, White avoids the long theoretical variations and still has propects of a slight opening advantage - you can't ask for more against the Petroff. Kuzmin --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know anything about this opening I am just suggesting why Short might play this way. 5 ... Nc5 6. a3 New move as far as I know. 6 Nb3 played 34 times. 6 Bb5 played 3 times. 6 Be2 played twice. 6 ... a5 7. Be2 Be7! 8. O-O! O-O! 9. Re1 Nc6! 10. Nf1! Bf5! 11. Ng3! Bg6! 12. Be3! a4 13. Bb5! Na5 14. Nd4! c6! 15. Bf1! f6 It's been pretty even so far but Kramnik is already down 46 minutes on the clock. 16. exf6! 16 e6!! also looks hard to deal with 16 ... Bxf6! 16 ... R:f6 17 Bg5!, Nh5! or Qg4! are all strong 17. Nxc6! bxc6! 18. Bxc5! Re8! 19. Qd2! Nigel won a pawn but I wasn't worried. Kramnik has the two Bishops plus Queenside pressure. Black does this trick all day long in te Marshall Gambit. 19 ... Rxe1 20. Rxe1! Nc4! 21. Bxc4! dxc4! 22. Qb4! c3 23. bxc3! Qd2! 24. Qc4+! Kh8! GM Short is two pawns up but his Queenside pawns are stupid and Kramnik still has the two Bihops. 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Nf1! Bxc3! Time - Short - 57 minutes Kramnik - 26 minutes 27. h3! Rd8 28. Re3!! Bd2 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qxa4 Bxc2! It's still Two Bishops for Vlad versus extra pawn for Nigel. 31. Qa5! h6 32. Be3! Bxe3? 8 minutes spent leaving 4. Short has 34 minutes. This is when was I became worried about Kramnik right up until the end of the game. Kramnik gives up the two Bishops because he can't work out 32 ... Bf6! 33 B:f6! ( two pawns up ) Kh7!! with sufficent counterplay via ... K:h6, ... Bd3 or ... Rd5- sample - 32 ... Bf6! 33 B:f6! Kh7!! 34 Bd2 Rd5!! 35 Qb4 c5!! 36 Qa5 Bd8!! 37 Qc3 Bf6!!= that's pretty impossible to work out in blitz. 33. Rxe3! Now Kramnik is just down a pawn against a 2700. Sounds hopeless. 33 ... Qd4 34. Rc3 Be4 35. Ne3!! Nigel is awful strong on the dark squares. 35 ... Qd2 36. Qe5 Rf8 37. Kh2! Bd5! Time - Nigel - 27 minutes plus an extra pawn Kramnik - 2 minutes, situation looks bleak. 38. Rc2! Qd3 39. a4! Qg6 40. Rb2 40 a5!!! is a funny move to miss because Kapov would have gone 6-0 versus Kasparov in their first match if he had played a5!!! Nigel's move is also good, trading Rooks. 40 ... Re8 41. Rb8!! So Kramnik used every minute to make time control but Nigel has an extra passed a-pawn plus World Championship level experience. I would feel completely lost in these circumstances. Ivanchuk already scored an earlier draw against Nigel a pawn down in a Rook ending Nigel claimed he could beat 99% of other GMs. He probably feels the same way about this game. 41 .. Rxb8! 42. Qxb8+! Bg8 43. Qe5 Again not playing the Karpov move 43 a5!! Qd3 44 Qb6!! wins or 43 a5!! c5 44 Qb7!! wins 43 ... Qf7! Time - Nigel - 57 minutes plus an extra pawn Kramnik - 44 minutes, situation looks bleak. 44. Nf5!! tethering Kramnik to g7 before pushing hi a-pawn 44 ... Qa7! 45. a5!! but doesn't everything win? 20 minutes spent 45 ... c5! 46. f4 46 Qe7 Q:e7 47 N:e7 Bc4 48 Kf4 surely wins with Nd5 in the works 46 ... Ba2! 47. a6 8 minutes spent 47 Kg3 or Qe7 should win, among others 47 ... Bc4! Only move 48. Nxh6 Qxa6! only move 49. Nf5! Qf6! 50. Qxc5! 3 to 1 Kingside majority now 50 ... Be6! 51. g4! Bxf5! 52. Qxf5! Qb2+! 53. Kg3! Qc3+! 54. Kh4 Queen plus 3 pawns versus Queen plus one pawn on the same side should win but Kramnik finds a miracle. Time - Short - 11 minutes Kramnik - 30 minutes 54 ... Qe1+!! 55. Kh5! Qe8+!! 56. Qg6! Qe3!! Attacking two pawns 57. Kg5 Qe7+!! 58. Kh5 Qe3!! Attacking two pawns 59. Qf7 Qxh3+! 60. Kg5! Qh6+!! 61. Kf5 g6+ Kramnik can play 61 ... Qf4+!! 62 K:f4 g5+ 63 K:e5 stalemate Time - Short - 20 minutes Kramnik - 27 minutes 62. Ke5 I think 62 Ke6 g5+ 63 Ke5 gf should draw 62 ... Qg5+!! Another stalemate trick. 63 Qf5 gf 64 fg fg draws 63. fxg5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 Stalemate. Cool. I am not sure where Short went wrong but he must have missed 2 dozen wins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "GM_Short"] [Black "GM_Kramnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Opening "Petrov: modern attack, Symmetrical variation"] [ECO "C43"] [NIC "RG.02"] [Time "07:14:27"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. a3 a5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Be3 a4 13. Bb5 Na5 14. Nd4 c6 15. Bf1 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. Qd2 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qb4 c3 23. bxc3 Qd2 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re2 Qd1+ 26. Nf1 Bxc3 27. h3 Rd8 28. Re3 Bd2 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qxa4 Bxc2 31. Qa5 h6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Qd4 34. Rc3 Be4 35. Ne3 Qd2 36. Qe5 Rf8 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Rc2 Qd3 39. a4 Qg6 40. Rb2 Re8 41. Rb8 Rxb8 42. Qxb8+ Bg8 43. Qe5 Qf7 44. Nf5 Qa7 45. a5 c5 46. f4 Ba2 47. a6 Bc4 48. Nxh6 Qxa6 49. Nf5 Qf6 50. Qxc5 Be6 51. g4 Bxf5 52. Qxf5 Qb2+ 53. Kg3 Qc3+ 54. Kh4 Qe1+ 55. Kh5 Qe8+ 56. Qg6 Qe3 57. Kg5 Qe7+ 58. Kh5 Qe3 59. Qf7 Qxh3+ 60. Kg5 Qh6+ 61. Kf5 g6+ 62. Ke5 Qg5+ 63. fxg5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.24"] [Round "8"] [White "GM_Kramnik"] [Black "GM_Nakamura"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Opening "Dutch: Leningrad, main variation with c6"] [ECO "A88"] [NIC "HD.07"] [Time "07:15:20"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Rd1 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 15. Nf2 Kh8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 e3 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Bxe3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. R5xd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rg8 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rh4 Rg6 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4+ Kg7 34. Kh2 Re3 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg6+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Rg2 Rxa2 39. Rxh6 Bf7 40. Rh7 Kf6 41. c5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxf4 43. c7 Re8 44. Rxf7+ {White wins} 1-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "GM_Short"] [Black "GM_Ivanchuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2696"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Opening "Sicilian defense"] [ECO "B40"] [NIC "SI.43"] [Time "07:16:08"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3 a5 14. a4 h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nfd4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. h4 Qc7 23. h5 Bh7 24. Rd2 Qf4 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Bxf3 Rfd8 27. Kh2 Kf8 28. Kg3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc2 30. Re2 Bb3 31. Red2 Rd6 32. Bd1 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Ke7 34. f3 R8d7 35. R1d2 b6 36. f4 Kf6 37. Kh4 Ke7 38. g5 Rd8 39. Kg4 R8d7 40. f5 hxg5 41. Kxg5 Rd8 42. c4 f6+ 43. Kg6 Rh8 44. Kxg7 Rxh5 45. Rxd5 Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Rg5+ 47. Kh6 Rg4 48. b3 Rg3 49. Rb5 Rg5 50. Rxb6 Rxf5 51. Rb5 Rf3 52. Kh5 f5 53. Kg6 Ke6 54. Kg5 Kd7 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. Rb6+ Kc7 57. Rb5 Kd6 58. Rd5+ Kc6 59. Ke5 Rxb3 60. Rxa5 f4 61. Kd4 Ra3 62. Rf5 Rxa4 63. Rxf4 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100127/ec994436/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Wed Jan 27 22:37:53 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:37:53 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] picture posted of Robert Ramirez new Denver Chess Club Champion!, defeats overweight know-it-all blowhard Message-ID: <1264657073.4b6122b181f63@www.taom.com> http://www.denverchess.com/ picture posted of final round, Robert Ramirez versus Brian Wall plus 32 other games from the tournament http://www.denverchess.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:47:02 -0700 From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: [BrianWallChess] Robert Ramirez new Denver Chess Club Champion!, defeats overweight know-it-all blowwhard To: BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com, Chess_Improvement at Yahoogroups.com, Brian Wall Chesslist I have been listening to classic Celtic music lately because I miss my Irish Da so much. I found these clips particularly moving. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A awesome song by Phil Coulter about his Down's syndrome son that died at age 4. I would send it to Sarah Palin if I knew how. Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTBC7ckTWpo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sinead O'Connor - Scorn Not His Simplicity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpOprrQfryo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Dad used to sing this song. An Irish cleric wrote a song honoring Irishmen lost in battle against England. Sinead O'Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Dad used to sing this song. Luke Kelly The Foggy Dew http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CBWwy98nc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A song about loving with all your heart. Luke Kelly Raglan Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRHeTIcgwH8&feature=related -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sinead O'Connor Raglan Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zqb3gf5aA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dad used to sing this song. An Irishman goes to Australia. Wild Colonial Boy- Mick Jagger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr7bBaC86pY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Dad used to sing this song. Mick Jagger Wild Colonial Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeJSyNBW88A more recent, 2007, sung in Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A beautiful song about a young boy missing his Irish Dad forced to pay bills by working on the British railways. Luke Kelly come my little son (Rare) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDNhqzqHkA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- About 15 years ago I visited a Lakewood Chess Club - the same 4-6 guys have been playing Bughouse Chess for over 20 years. Remarkable. Fred Hall 303-426-1585 and Allan Koenig 303-277-0252 ACKoenig at Pol.net stopped by to drum up more interest at the Club. Chris Peterson and I discussed the possibility of holding a Bughouse tournament with them. Young Alex Jensen, Robert Ramirez, myself and a few others played Bughouse with the Lakewood regulars. Next week the DCC meets at an IHOP at I-25 and Colorado Blvd. DCC Club Manager James Dean Garcia Jr., DCC manager 303-500-9744 The Arvada Chess and Bughouse Club meets Thursday Night - Speed Chess until a Bughouse quorum appears Currently 4 members hoping for new blood/fresh meat. meets in basement of first ( far left ) Campbell Cottgaes 10425 West 64th Place Arvada, CO 80004 The other two bughouse players - Phil Reno 303-757-4801 Jack Woehr 303-277-9574 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finished 9/17 twice at two free PlayChess blitz tournaments. They are still going on if you want to join in, next one at Thursday Noon Denver time Jan 28, 2010. I think a half point more would get me some prize plus there are random prizes for completing the 17 round 3 minute 2 second increment tournament. I think the main prize is a free trip to Moscow. I declined a similar offer from Dr. Jon and Barbara Fortune 10 years ago because my son was too young at the time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In trivial news Kramnik beat Magnus Carlsen, Shirov drew Ivanchuk with computer analysis of an earlier Leko- Caruana game and Karajakin beat Nakamura. GM Li Chao beat Corus C leader GM Ray Robson and the beautiful Anna Muzychuk upended Corus B leader GM Anish Giri. Kramnik and Shirov lead Group A, Anish Giri still leads Group B and Li Chao now leads Group . Now on to the real exciting Game of the Day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "Last time at the First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2034"] [BlackElo "2207"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Mar?czy bind (R?ti variation), Hedgehog"] [ECO "B00"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 + 5 second delay"] Final Round 4, Board 1 weather, slightly chilly Denver Chess Club Championship 1st Presbyterian Church Game/ 85 minutes 5 second delay January 26, 2010 7:30 PM White - Robert Ramirez 2034 ( best guess at post-tournament rating ) Black - Brian Wall 2207 ( best guess at post-tournament rating ) The young Colorado players I have spent the most time trying to improve are Robert Ramirez ( countless blitz games and analysis sessions ), Josh Bloomer ( countless blitz games, emails and analysis sessions )Philipp Ponomarev ( countless blitz games ) and Tyler Hughes ( paid lessons, countless emails ) so when they beat me or do well in general there is a feeling of pride involved. The next Colorado generation Chess pond is well stocked. I generally play all out to win no matter who I am playing, friend, foe or stranger. Otherwise what's the point? 1. e4 a6 I had already played Robert 1 million Fishing Pole blitz games going back 10 years, I had beaten him in slow Chess with the Alekhine's, Caro-Kann and Scandinavian as Black and a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit as White, I had lost as White in a Chebanenko Slav . Robert probably remembers more games. I don't particularly like Robert's c3 Sicilian for either side. My goal with the whippersnappers is to throw everything possible at them, give them a complete Chess course so then they are ready to fight anybody any time in any opening. Robert and I have been good friends for 15 years, not even one argument despite being twice his age with teasing back and forth. For some reason my sense of humor clicks with Robert and his sister. " I don't know how anyone can not be laughing with Brian around. " - Robert Ramirez Robert is a thorough analyst, I had messed up every posiiton in every earlier round but I knew Robert was a deep thinker and a quick thinker and I would have to play my best to win. I couldn't afford to be sloppy this game. Robert knows how I think at Chess. He has absorbed some of my ideas and improved the rest. I played 1 ... a6 to feel young again, having championed 1 ... a6 for 35 years. It seemed to me I had tried everything else. 2. d4 e6 I can play 2 ... d6, 3 ... g6, ... Bg7 Tiger Modern but I had already used that opening to win the 2007 Colorado Closed. I experimented with that before it had a name. 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 Robert was afraid I would try some ... b5 gambit on 4 d5. I lost with a kind of Benoni from this move order in a painful late money round loss at the World Open 8 years ago. 4 ... cxd4! I always feel like a naughty kid who got away with something if my 1 ... a6 turns into a Sicilian. 5. Nxd4! Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 Nf6! 9. O-O! O-O! 10. Qd2 Bd7! Played 81 times. I would rather have my Bishop on b7 but that seemed hard to arrange with a loose Knight on c6 11. Rac1 Played 29 times 11 ... Qc7! Played 17 times 12. f4! played 10 times The old Smith-Morra trick 12 Nd5!? ed 13 cd N:e4 14 Qc2 N:d4!! 15 Q:c7 N:e2+ 16 Kh1 Nf6! with 3 pieces for a Queen should be playable for both sides. My intended line of 12 Nd5!? ed 13 cd N:e4 14 Qc2 Nc5? 15 dc! is a little better for Robert 12 ... Rac8! played 8 times I am comfortable as Black like this in a Scheveningen ( c4 pawn back on c2 ). I lost the White side of a Hedgehog against IM John Donaldson maybe 25 years ago and the experience was so painful I have avoided that opening for that long. I felt like I had no clue as to what was going on. 13. b3 played 5 times. 13 Nd5? is just bad now after 13 Nd5? ed 14 cd N:d4!! or ... N:e4! 13 ... Rfd8 TN Wall Theoretical Novelty by me. Kasparov always favored 13 ... Re8!, ... Bf8! in Scheveningen type positions and Rybka likes that best here too. I considered it but decided to stick with my move because A - that's how Robert arranged his Black pieces in our Youtube video encounter B - GM Roman Dzindizchashvili and Robert consider me a Chess practical joker and they are right. C - I used to play the Scheveningen this way 35 years ago which is pretty much the same position if you put the c4-pawn on c2. I beat David Jellison this way as a teenager in a Colorado Junior Open and it was published in the Colorado Informant. D - I consider other piece placements but it was too perfect to feel young again plus mock the way Robert played against me. There's nothing better than beating someone on both sides of the same position to make them feel inferior. Some friend, huh? 14. Bf3! 14 Nd5? cd! 15 cd! N:e4!! or ... N:d4! is a little better for me 14 ... Bf8 We have stopped each other's pawn breaks. My thought was to keep rearranging my pieces until Robert misses one. Maybe not now when he is fresh and has plenty of time but later when he is tired and is running out of time. I am willing to wait until Move 60 if I have to. The Hedgehog is a rope-a-dope defense, hopefully, White will get frustated at my seeiming invulnerability and relax. The nightmare opponent for White is Karpov who never tires of suppressing/oppressing the enemy with prophylactic maneuvers. The nightmare opponent for Black is GM Suba who wrote Dynamic Chess based on the Hedgehog. Only Ian MaCLellan and I have read that book in Colorado as far as I know. I read about a year ago Suba has an updated e-book version now. Adorjan prepared Kasaprov with some high-quality Hedgehog analysis before his first Karpov match. 15. Nde2!! This time Robert would have a slight edge plus poetic justice/revenge after 15 Nd5! ed 16 cd Qb8 or ... h6 Robert's move is even stronger if you discount the irony factor. Rybka likes 15 Nc2!!! best. Rybka is always going to like Hedgehog positions for White. The trick is to keep it managable. 15 ... Be8!! I had only slept one hour in two days so I imagined my pieces were resting comfortably in cozy little beds in charming little adjoining bungalos on the bank rank and I imagined they were black because it was nighttime. 16. g4 Nd7 Rybka likes a move which is against every principle I believe in, namely 16 ... h6!! 17. Ng3 Robert should have watched our Youtube video a few more times, 17 Nd5!! gives him an edge 17 ... Qb8 17 ... Qa5! or ... Nc5! is equal 18. Qe2 The whole thing about winning with the Sicilian is you have to give White opportunities to misplace his pieces. I felt Robert was floundering a bit here. 18 ... Rc7 Now Rybka likes 18 ... Nc5! or ... Qc7! but humans don't move pieces back and forth. I am readying ... b5. 19. Rcd1 more strange Robert floundering moves 19 ... Rdc8!! 20. a4 b6!! played to prevent a5 after .. Na7 Rybka only prefers the inexplicable 20 ... h6!! 21 Rb1 Be7 21. g5! Na7 Rybka prefers 21 ... g6! or ... Nc5! 22. Na2 b5? I finally achieve my break but Robert has a trick I missed. Rybka likes 22 ... Nc6!! best, stopping 23 Nb4 During the game I thought my mistake was not playing 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! a5 24 B:c5 bc 25 Na6 Q:b3 26 N:c7 R:c7 which is good in all lines except that 27 e5!! de 28 Q:e5!! gives Robert some advantage. Rybka suggests 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Rb7 24 f5 Nc6 25 N:c6 B:c6 26 fe fe 27 b4 N:a4 or 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Nc6, ... Re7, ... Rd7, ... a5 all with fascinating complications slightly favorable to Robert. The fact that Rybka likes 22 ... Nc6!! best demonstrates what a patient cat-and-mouse struggle the Hedgehog is. Beng human I like to move forwards not sideways. Robert and I played with 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! a5 24 B:c5 bc 25 Na6 Q:b3 26 N:c7 R:c7 27 Rb1 Q:a4 28 e5! after the game but Rybka points out 27 e5!! de 28 Q:e5 Qb8 or ... Re7, is more promising for Robert. 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Rb7!! 24 B:c5?? bc!! 25 N:a6 Qa8!! ( Reti ) traps the Knight after ... Nc6 During the game we each had about half an hour left and I thought 22 Na2 was a dumb, pointless DCC move. I should have known better. 22 ... b5? took me 3 minutes. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili recommends not moving until you are sure you know why your opponent made his last move. I didn't do that, I just checked the variations I wanted to see. Win, lose or draw I always feel I will know how to handle the situation better next time if I investigate what happened this time. I feel more confident in the Hedgehog already after playing one game with it. The basic idea of ... Na7 and ... b5 is that B:a7 does not ruin the pawn break midway because ... Q:a7 is check. The basic idea of 22 ... Nc5! 23 Nb4! Rb7!! is to drive the b4-knight away with ... Nc6! next move. I wondered if Robert should move his King to a White square after 21 ... Na7 but Rybka responds with 21 ... Na7 22 ( Kg2 or Kh1 ) Nc6! no biggie Rybka prefers 21 ... Na7 22 Rb1!, Bg4!, Rde1! or many others with a slight edge. Every Chess opening induces different emotions just like music and the hedgehog emotion is infinite patience, the ability to sit tight until everything is just right. Maybe they should call it the Bullfrog. 23. Nb4! Oops! Now I have to see which exchange sac is best. I looked at 23. Nb4! Qb7 24 e5 d5 25 N:d5 ed 26 cd which looked horrible although Rybka suggests I might barely survive with 26 ... Rc3, ... Rc2 or ... Qb8 23. Nb4! Qb7 24 e5 d5 25 cd!! B:b4 26 ed! Qb8 27 ed looked simple and simply bad for me a pawn down. We examined this after the game. Rybka can even trump that line with 23. Nb4! Qb7 24 ab!!! ab 25 e5!! d5 26 cd!! B:b4 27 de!! etc Rybka also suggests a line I didn't look at - 23 Nb4 ba!! 24 N:a6 Q:b3 25 N:c7 R:c7 and instead of me having an isolated c-pawn target Robert has one. Robert would still be clearly better. 23 ... bxc4 24. Nxa6! Qxb3! 25. Nxc7! 25 Rb1!! first is slightly stronger 25 ... Rxc7 26. Rb1! Qa3!! I am fighting for my life and my goal is to trade c-pawn for a-pawn to reduce the fight to one sector. 27. Rfc1!! c3 28 R:c4 is not a threat due to 28 ... R:c4 29 Q:c4 Q:e3+ and therefor it was better to improve my position somewhere else like 27 ... g6 or ... Nc8. Kasparov talks about quality of position and usually the quality of Sicilian posiitons is high enough to allow exchange sacs. I had 20 minutes to complete the game and my mind was swimming in a troubled sea of inferior variations. 28. Qc2!! Great move - 28 Qc2!! Nc5! 29 Ra1!! wins the c3-pawn 28 ... Nc8! Like Rybka I had to decide between 28 ... Nc5!! or ... Nc8! but they both lose, I am just the exchange down now. I spent 8 of my 20 minutes here leaving me with a miserable position with little time the rest of the game. 29. Rb3 Rybka - 29 Qb3!!!, Ne2!!, Rb3!!, Ra1!! I told Robert I was most afraid of 29 Ra1!! Qb4 30 a5!! during the game 29 ... Qxa4!! 30. Rxc3! Qxc2! 31. R1xc2! Rxc3! 32. Rxc3! Ne7! I thought maybe I could hold this but it's hard to get active or find outposts for my Knights. 33. Ra3! f6! 34. Ra8! Kf7! 35. h4 I told myself that's the move I would play - Rybka thinks it's time for action already with 35 Bd1!!!, f5!!, Be2!! My pieces look like a convenient, chipper, content, convivial, cheerful, correct cluster but the arrangement doesn't quite hold together. 35 ... fxg5 36. hxg5! g6 37. Bg4!! My light squares are collapsing 37 ... e5 38. f5!! My dark squares are collapsing 38 ... Nc5 39. f6 Nc6 40. Bxc5 I am losing a piece, I have 3 minutes left and I don't get any more time after 40 moves. Non bueno. 40 ... dxc5 41. Be2!! Bd6 42. Bc4+! Kf8! 43. f7! Nb8! 44. fxe8=Q+! Kxe8! 45. Ra7! I am a Rook down with 9 seconds left. Non bueno. 1-0 Brian resigns Robert played very well and I learned something. Nothing to complain about here. I hadn't had much sleep but I didn't feel tired and thought as well as usual. No excuses. My hats are off to all the patient Hedgehog players out there and congratulations to DCC Champion Robert Ramirez. I credit my loss to a very shallow investigation of a move Robert took a long time to make. You should have some clue as to what the opponent is considering. Other than that I found the Hedgehog strategy very interesting, so many pawns and pieces still on the board. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship"] [Site "Last time at the First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Robert Ramirez"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "1-0"] [ICCResult "Black resigns"] [WhiteElo "2034"] [BlackElo "2207"] [Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Mar?czy bind (R?ti variation), Hedgehog"] [ECO "B00"] [NIC "VO.17"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 + 5 second delay"] 1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rac1 Qc7 12. f4 Rac8 13. b3 Rfd8 14. Bf3 Bf8 15. Nde2 Be8 16. g4 Nd7 17. Ng3 Qb8 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. Rcd1 Rdc8 20. a4 b6 21. g5 Na7 22. Na2 b5 23. Nb4 bxc4 24. Nxa6 Qxb3 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Rfc1 c3 28. Qc2 Nc8 29. Rb3 Qxa4 30. Rxc3 Qxc2 31. R1xc2 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Ne7 33. Ra3 f6 34. Ra8 Kf7 35. h4 fxg5 36. hxg5 g6 37. Bg4 e5 38. f5 Nc5 39. f6 Nc6 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Be2 Bd6 42. Bc4+ Kf8 43. f7 Nb8 44. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 45. Ra7 1-0 Brian resigns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shattering the Scheveningen pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV3rjuo0UiY 1912 views Youtube video of earlier Wall-Ramirez game ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthea Carson examines the Hedgehog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oB8sl-fGec Chess openings: The Hedgehog 1,312 views ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BrianWallChess.net www.Walverine.com www.DenverChess.net Facebook MySpace HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL 720-641-9588 what more do you want? Twitter? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100127/97204fb9/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 28 05:10:01 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:10:01 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Li Chao vs Ray Robson Corus C group Message-ID: <1264680601.4b617e991554d@www.taom.com> How do I choose a game among many in a tournament to analyze? I pick the one that won't leave me alone, the one that haunts me for answers. This game was half theory. [Event "Corus C"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Li Chao2"] [Black "Robson, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 played 58 times, 3 times back in 1986. A long history. 11 ... h5 is the Soltis Variation of the Dragon. 17 ... Nf6?? TL Robson Theoretical Lemon by GM Ray Robson 17 ... Re8!! played 43 times 17 ... R:d5! played 15 times If you want a novelty here I suggest 17 ... N:f3!? 18 N:f3 R:d5!! 19 d5-capture gf!! with lively play. A Knight and three pawns for a Rook plus a very scary posiiton. 19 B:d5 gf 20 Rdg1!! looks bad for Black. Considering his bad time trouble later perhaps 17 ... Nf6 was improvisation not preparation. 18. Bh6! 18 N:f6+!! is even better because 18 N:f6+!! B:f6?? 19 B:f6! mates so 18 N:f6+!! ef! 19 Bh6 and then Ray has to play 19 ... N:f3, ... Bh8 or ... f5 18 N:f6+!! ef! 19 Bh6 N:f3 20 N:f3 Rh5 21 R:h5!!! ,B:g7!!, Be3! or Q:d6 all favor Li Chao 18 N:f6+!! ef! 19 Bh6 Bh8 20 f4!!, Qh2!!, B:f8!! or fg! all clearly favor Li 18 N:f6+!! ef! 19 Bh6 f5 20 Qh2!!!, Bg5!!, B:g7!!, ef!! or N:f5!! all clearly favor Chao There is no doubt Ray's "Novelty" totally sucks after 18 N:f6+!! 17 ... Nf6?? 18 Bh6! is not as strong as 18 N:f6+!! 17 ... Nf6?? 18 Bh6! Nh5 or ... N:d5 are quasi-playable. 17 ... Nf6?? 18 Bh6! Nh5! 19 Rdg1!! or fg! favors Li Chao and 17 ... Nf6?? 18 Bh6! Bh8? 19 N:f6+!! ef 20 B:f8!! Q:f8 only move 21 Qh2!! Qg7 only move 22 f4!! is lights out due to 23 fe or f5 e,g., 22 f4!! Nf3 23 N:f3!! gf 24 f5!! is Game Over 18 ... Nxd5! 19. Bxg7!! 19 B:d5! or ed! are slightly better for Li Chao 19 ... Kxg7! 20. Qh6+!! Kf6! only move 21. exd5 Li Chao admitted after the game that he did not play the middle game so well. 21 B:d5!! or f4! are stronger 21 ... Nxf3! Somehow after 17 ... Nf6 not best 18 Bh6 not best N:d5! 19 B:g7!! K:g7! 20 Qh6+!! Kf6! 21 ed not best N:f3!! only move the game is even again. 22. Ne2?? very weird, maybe based on Ray's time trouble because GM Li Chao has 14 moves that are more or less equal starting with 22 Rdf1 22 ... e5?= 22 ... Bf5!! 3 pawns up wins the Corus C section at age 14! 22 ... Bf5!! can be followed with consolidaters like 23 ... e5!! or ... Rh8!! 23. dxe6!!= only move Bxe6!! only move 24. Qf4+!!= Rf5!!= 24 ... Kg7!!= also draws 25. Qxg4!!= Kg7! 25 ... Rh8! or ... Ke7! are also OK 26. Bxe6!!= fxe6!= 27. Nd4!= 27 Ng3! is also OK 27 ... Nxd4! 28. Qxd4+! e5! 29. Qxa7+! R8f7 30. Qe3! Ray is up a pawn but his King is exposed and I think he had 2 minutes left. 30 ... Qg5 31. Qd3 Qf6 32. a3 Rf2 33. Qh3! Qf5?? Li Chao is now a little better after 33 ... Kg8! 34 R:d6!! Instead poor Ray falls into a checkmate. 34. Qh8# 1-0 I really learned to like Ray when I met him in Florida 2008 and I hated to see him fall into a one move checkmate for the tournament lead. He lost his next game too. I feel positive he will do nothing but go straight up for many years. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus C"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Li Chao2"] [Black "Robson, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Bh6 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qh6+ Kf6 21. exd5 Nxf3 22. Ne2 e5 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Qf4+ Rf5 25. Qxg4 Kg7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4+ e5 29. Qxa7+ R8f7 30. Qe3 Qg5 31. Qd3 Qf6 32. a3 Rf2 33. Qh3 Qf5 34. Qh8# 1-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 28 07:04:36 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:04:36 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Rare Full Metal Jacket does not work out for RealChamp Message-ID: <1264687476.4b6199745b547@www.taom.com> [Event "ICC 1 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2010.01.28"] [Round "-"] [White "realchamp"] [Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White checkmated"] [WhiteElo "1899"] [BlackElo "1894"] [Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal Jacket"] [ECO "A40"] [NIC "QO.17"] [Time "09:01:23"] [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. Kd2 Qh6+ 9. Ke1 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Qh5+ 11. Kf2 Qxd1 12. Bd2 Qxc2 13. Nf3 Qxb2 14. Bd3 Qxa1 15. Bc3 Qxa2+ 16. Ke3 dxe4 17. Kxe4 d5+ 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Rf1 Nf6+ 20. Kd4 c5+ 21. Ke3 Ng4+ 22. Ke4 f5# {White checkmated} 0-1 From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 28 07:42:58 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:42:58 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Liwen Gu versus Paul Kullback Round 4, Denver Chess Club Championship Message-ID: <1264689778.4b61a27214616@www.taom.com> Right after college I worked as a bartender at Shaner's at 17th and Welton, Denver, CO. I wanted to get over being painfully shy. Whie I was working there I met my future wife somewhere else. My Dad got me a job working in the cage at a brokerage house while he was a stock broker - after that I worked at Amwest Securities. One of the young brokers there was Paul Kullback. We go back 30 years. Paul's son Brendan is a rated Chessplayer as well with the same rating as his father. Paul has too many family responsibilities to study Chess seriously but he became 1300 in 2003 and got stuck there. Everyone reaches a glass ceiling in Chess - having climbed the moutain I know it just takes a minor change of view to reach a higher base camp - that's why I write these emails - maybe some of me will rub off on some of you. I wrote earlier that every Chess Club needs a rose, a female Chessplayer to serve as a flower-filled vase in the middle of the banquet table. To attract more women they basically have to fall in love with Chess. How do you do that for anyone? I usually don't bother, they have to find the Chess passion on their own before I step in. The Rose for the Denver Chess Club is now Giwen Gu, a shy woman of 25, a programmer at the Denver Tech Center. She started playing Chess on a Valentine's Day tournament in 2009 which is off the charts on the cute meter - by Valentine's Day 2010 she will be 300 points higher. Any established player envies these massive 300 point leaps in understanding young players are prone to, it's the most exciting time in Chess. Unrated a year ago, 1600 today, that's very impressive. Liwen Gu is obviously very intelligent as well as pretty. I never heard the last name Gu before but it is very popular somewhere. USCF lists 4078 members with that name. I watched all the games of the DCC Championship briefly. This was an interesting battle between a rock solid 1300 for 7 years Paul Kullback and a young woman rising fast like a rocket. I don't know her study methods but they probably involve computers. My general impression of the game was reasonable play on both sides. Let's take a deeper look. [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship" ] [Site "Last time at the First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.26" ] [Round "4"] [White "Liwen Gu"] [Black "Paul Kullback"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "1654"] [BlackElo "1323"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: old Steinitz defense"] [ECO "C62"] [NIC "RL.02"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 + 5 second delay"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3! Nc6! 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O! Bd7! 5.c3 Nf6! 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4! a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2! Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 played 12 times although 11 times it was Black to move because she didn't waste a tempo with ... Bd7-g4. The one time it was White to move 11 d5 was played to protect the d-pawn. In general they both seem to be playing sound, safe moves with no hint of sacrifices. The opening looks quaint like Steinitz-Lasker World Championship games from the pre-computer dawn of modern Chess. 11.Nbd2? Giwen brings out her knight but forgets about her d-pawn. Score one for the old guy. 11 ... exd4! 12.cxd4 It's better to just forget about the lost pawn and play 12 Qe2 or a4 with almost full compensation due to raw development. Trying to win the pawn back activates Paul's knight and make things a little worse. 12 ... Nxd4! 13.g4 weakening the King makes things a little worse, it's better to close your eyes to the central situation and activate the buried Rook with a4. That's one thing I believe I helped out Craig Thomson of NH with - activating those Rooks 10 moves earlier than he was before. 13 ... Nxc2! 14.Qxc2! Bg6! 15.Nh4 breaking up the two Bishops. I believe Alekhine said something like a4! is always good in the Ruy Lopez. 15 ... Qd7 16.Nxg6 hxg6 The extra pawn is doubled but the h-file could be trouble for Liwen Gu. 17.Qd3 Rd8 18.Nf1 c5 19.b3 Kf8 20.Kg2 Ne8 20 ... d5! starts the pawn wave 21.Bf4 Bf6 22.Rad1! It's not so bad for Liwen Gu now - full development for one measly doubled pawn. 22 ... Bd4 23.Ne3 f6 24.Nc2 Paul seems a little confused about how to proceed and Liwen has equalized. 24 ... Be5! 24 ... g5!! first to create an artificial strongpoint on e5. This position has an Exxon Valdez feeling to it ( 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 f6 3 Bf4 d6 ) 25.Bxe5 fxe5! 26.Qf3+ Qf7! 27.Qc3 - deciding not to trade Queens a pawn down, smart girl. Chris Peterson won't trade Queens even if he is up 5 Rooks. 27 ... Nf6 28.Qa5! Qd7! 29.f3!! solidifying the home front 29 ... Qc8 30.Ne3 Both players are rock solid. Liwen has maneuvered well since her careless pawn drop and has full compensation. Paul's g7-pawn is light years from Queening. 30 ... Kf7 31.Nd5 Nxd5 32.Rxd5! Rd7! Paul is a pawn up but it looks like he is fighting for his life. 33.Red1 Liwen has maximized everything she owns. 31 ... Rhd8! 34.Qb6! Ke6 The King is not too proud to protect his archstone. 35.Rc1 Taking aim at a new target 35 ... Qb7?? Paul cracks from the existential ennui of his pointless position. He couldn't accept mindless wood shifting with 35 ... Ke7! 36.Rxd6+!! Forcing Paul to focus on the ruins of his Doric columns rather than his 30 year mortgage. 36 ... Ke7! Only move 37.Qxb7 Liwen can break out the Kirby vacuum cleaner with 37 R:c5!! Q:b6 38 R:b6 R:a2 39 R:e5+ Kf8 40 Rb7 with an extra pawn and the initiative. 37 ... Rxb7! 38.Rxd8! Kxd8! 39.Rxc5! Rd7 So now Paul is a pawn down. 40.Kg3! Rd2! 41.Rxe5 Rxa2! 42.Rd5+? 42 Re6!! attacks all of Kullback's defenseless pawns. The check just helps Paul - it looks like a time pressure move. 42 h4!! is good too, starting the 4-2 Kingside pawn majority pawn wave. The winning plan for Liwen is to push the White Kingside pawns, capture the Black Kingside pawns and sac her Rook for any Black Queenside pawn Paul decides to promote. It should end up in a massive Kingside pawn wave versus a helpless Black Rook. Each tempo in critical in this backgammon race. 42 ... Ke7! protecting his g-pawns 43.Kf4 Joan of Arc leads the French Army. 43 ... Ra3! 44.b4 Ra4! 45.Rd4 One of the hard lessons from Chess and life that no one talks about is that you cannot defend what is meant to fall. What is against nature soon ceases to exist. It's natural to want to keep it all. In almost every ending you have to let go of the weak side and form a coordinated attack on the strong side. Trying to attack on the Kingside AND defend the Queenside artificially strecthes Gu's forces enough to throw away the win. It took me a long time to create a formula to win these positions which is basically - do what you do best and leave the rest. 45 ... a5 Liwen has made little progress on the Kingside but Paul has made the most of his Queenside counterplay like a drowning man clutching a passing plank. 46.Ke3! axb4! 47.Kd3?? Defending the indefensible instead of munching ripe Kingside fruit ready to fall now leads to a lost posiiton. Once Liwen accepts the inevitability of saccing a Rook for Paul's Queenside passer then she will see she has no choice but to attack the Kingside as vigorously as possible to prepare for that moment as best as possible. Rather than doing one job well she ends up doing two jobs poorly. The attempt to feel 100% secure leads to insecurity. Grasping at two dolls on either side of the room leads to dropping the toy in her hands. There was an abundant number of drawing moves left like 47 Rd5!! or Rd2!. Again this looks like time pressure. 47 ... b3!! Sickening. 48.Rxa4! - otherwise Paul will play ... R:d4 or ... b2 or ... Rb4 all bad things for Liwen Gu. example - 48 Rd5 Rb4! 49 Kc3 49 ... b2! 50 K:b4 b1(Q)+ and the b-pawn will cost Liwen her Rook. 48 .. bxa4! If Liwen allows Paul to play .. a2 then he can bring his King around to help out his passed pawns while she Queens. Example - 49 f4 a3 50 Kc3 a2 51 Kb2 Kd6 52 e5+ Kd5 53 h4 Ke4!! 54 e6 Kd3!! 55 e7 a1(Q)+!! 56 K:a1 Kc2!! 57 e8(Q) b2+ 58 Ka2 b1(Q)+ 59 Ka3 Qb3 checkmate That's the basic winning idea - Paul abandons the Kingside and mates by one tempo on the Queenside. 49.Kc3 Ke6?? - just walking by without stopping 49 ... g5!! seemed automatic to freeze all her pawns and then win on the Queenside with ... Kb4!. That moment is what made me write this email. Example - 49 ... g5!! 50 Kb2 Kd6 51 Kc3 Kc5 52 Kb2 Kb4 ( Paul abandons the Kingside again ) 53 e5 a3+ 54 Kb1 Kc3 55 e6 a2+ 56 Ka1 Kc2! 57 e7 b2+ 58 K:a2 b1(Q)+ 59 Ka3 Qb3 checkmate. The basic winning idea here is that a King cannot stop a King plus two passed pawns so unless her Kingside pawns can help out it's hopeless. 49 ... g5!! eliminates that help. 50.f4!!= Anything that prevents ... g5 draws so 50 f4!!, h4!! or g5!! all draw. Both Kings are now stuck stopping passed pawns. Example: 50 f4!! Kd6 51 h4! Kc5 52 g5! Kd6 53 Kb2!! Kc5 54 Kc3!! Kc6!!= 55 f5! gf 56 ef ( 56 h5 fe! and a Black pawn Queens ) Kd6!! 57 h5 Ke7!! and both Kings are now lowly paid babysitters. The difference is that after 49 ... g5!! Liwen Gu could not make any pawns moves and got easily run out of King tempi but after 49 ... Ke6?? 50 f4!!= she has all kinds of pawn moves until they advance so far Paul doesn't dare leave the area anymore. Give me half an hour and they will both be playing this whole ending like pros. 50 ... Kf6! 51.h4! Ke6! 52.Kb2! Kf6! 53.h5! gxh5! 54.gxh5! Ke6! 55.e5! Kf5! 1/2-1/2 Draw agreed Very instructive endgame. All the mistakes were emotionally plausible but easily correctable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Denver Chess Club Championship" ] [Site "Last time at the First Presbyterian Church, 1st and Acoma, Denver, CO"] [Date "2010.01.26" ] [Round "4"] [White "Liwen Gu"] [Black "Paul Kullback"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ICCResult "Draw agreed"] [WhiteElo "1654"] [BlackElo "1323"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: old Steinitz defense"] [ECO "C62"] [NIC "RL.02"] [Time "19:30:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 + 5 second delay"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.g4 Nxc2 14.Qxc2 Bg6 15.Nh4 Qd7 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Qd3 Rd8 18.Nf1 c5 19.b3 Kf8 20.Kg2 Ne8 21.Bf4 Bf6 22.Rad1 Bd4 23.Ne3 f6 24.Nc2 Be5 25.Bxe5 fxe5 26.Qf3+ Qf7 27.Qc3 Nf6 28.Qa5 Qd7 29.f3 Qc8 30.Ne3 Kf7 31.Nd5 Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Rd7 33.Red1 Rhd8 34.Qb6 Ke6 35.Rc1 Qb7 36.Rxd6+ Ke7 37.Qxb7 Rxb7 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.Rxc5 Rd7 40.Kg3 Rd2 41.Rxe5 Rxa2 42.Rd5+ Ke7 43.Kf4 Ra3 44.b4 Ra4 45.Rd4 a5 46.Ke3 axb4 47.Kd3 b3 48.Rxa4 bxa4 49.Kc3 Ke6 50.f4 Kf6 51.h4 Ke6 52.Kb2 Kf6 53.h5 gxh5 54.gxh5 Ke6 55.e5 Kf5 1/2-1/2 Draw agreed ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.DenverChess.net From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 28 09:32:54 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:32:54 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] The scratch ticket of chess Message-ID: <1264696374.4b61bc362fb0c@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from CS Chess ----- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:48:47 -0700 From: CS Chess Reply-To: CS Chess Subject: [BrianWallChess] The scratch ticket of chess To: CS Chess Yahoo Group , BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com "...that's why I write these emails - maybe some of me will rub off on some of you." ~ Brian Wall Sometimes what is rubbed off strikes gold! Jeff Baffo recently asked me what I study, and I told him I read Brian Wall's emails. They are the top priority on my chess reading. This game rubbed off on me, as I would have never played this way before. But there is a lot of satisfaction in getting a mate down a rook! Thanks Brian, keep up the good fight! [Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2010.01.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Rookgrabber"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C57"] [PlyCount "34"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kf1 Qe7 7. Nxh8 Bb6 8. Bf7+ Kf8 9. Bb3 d5 10. exd5 Na5 11. c3 Qc5 12. Qf3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bg4 14. Qg3 Qxd5 15. h3 Bf5 16. Na3 Bd3+ 17. Ke1 Qe4+ 0-1 Paul Anderson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes by Brian Wall I do not credit Paul's 400 point rise to my emails, I think writing his own reinforces all kinds of Chess ideas. I admire anyone who keeps great stats on their games. [Event "Friendly Game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "http://cs.chess.home.att.net/"] [Date "2010.01.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Rookgrabber"] [Black "Anderson, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C57"] [PlyCount "34"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 My mother was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, I should know this stuff. 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+! 6. Kf1! Qe7! 7. Nxh8! Bb6!! 5 games played. Down a rook - typical Brian Chess. Bravery over brains. Paul must have changed his style because I can distinctly remember his team partner Renae Delaware blasting Paul for being too materialistic. The 3 greatest living authorities on the Wilkes-Barre Variation 1- Steve Sabean, postal master and father 2 - Dan Heisman, Rennaisance Man 3 - Beliavsky 8. Bf7+ Kf8! 8 ... Kd8!! is about the same in Slovakia 9. Bb3 d5 top 5 computer moves: 9 ... Nd4, ... d5, ... d6, .. Qc5, ... Na5 10. exd5 Na5 I thought the point of 9 ... d5 was 10 ... Bg4!! 11 Qe1 Ne4!! 12 Q:e4 Qf6+!! winning the Queen 11. c3 Qc5 11 ... Bg4!! is still right 12. Qf3 Nxb3 12 ... Bg4!! is still right 13. axb3! Bg4! 14. Qg3! After all this insanity it's about even 14 ... Qxd5 15. h3 Bf5! 16. Na3 Bd3+!! And Death Shall Have No Dominion And death shall have no dominion. Dead mean naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. And death shall have no dominion. Under the windings of the sea They lying long shall not die windily; Twisting on racks when sinews give way, Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; Faith in their hands shall snap in two, And the unicorn evils run them through; Split all ends up they shan't crack; And death shall have no dominion. And death shall have no dominion. No more may gulls cry at their ears Or waves break loud on the seashores; Where blew a flower may a flower no more Lift its head to the blows of the rain; Though they be mad and dead as nails, Heads of the characters hammer through daisies; Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion. Dylan Thomas 17. Ke1 Qe4+!! mating 0-1 I never explained my theory of unsound attacks. Just like our legal system would rather 100 men go free than one innocent man jailed so I will play 100 unsound sacs just so I never miss that one, grand, sound brilliancy that might come my way. I don't want my courage to fail me when I am tested. I want to be ready for the big moment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "SVK-chT"] [Site "Slovakia"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Felcir, Jaroslav"] [Black "Blazek, Milos"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C57"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SVK"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kf1 Qe7 7. Nxh8 Bb6 8. Bf7+ Kd8 9. d3 d5 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Qxg4 Nxg4 12. Bxe7+ Kxe7 13. Ke2 Rxh8 14. Bh5 Nd4+ 15. Kd2 Nf2 16. Re1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rd8 18. Kc3 Ba5+ 19. b4 Bxb4+ 20. Kxb4 Nxc2+ 21. Kb3 Nxa1+ 22. Kb2 Nd3+ 0-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100128/76bac35a/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Thu Jan 28 22:01:27 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:01:27 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] : 1. ...a6!!! Sub-standard? Message-ID: <1264741287.4b626ba781755@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Brian Wall ----- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:53:37 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Wall Reply-To: Brian Wall Subject: : 1. ...a6!!! Sub-standard? To: Brian Wall , BrianWallChess at Yahoogroups.com They call? 1 ... a6 , 2 ... b5 after Tony Miles beay Karpov with it but I have been playing it differently all my life- BW ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "Craig.Thomson at bench.com" To: garrensilverwing at yahoo.com; brianwallchess4 at yahoo.com Sent: Thu, January 28, 2010 8:26:31 AM Subject: 1. ...a6!!! Sub-standard? Nonsense, Pakleza uses this strong move with great success lol! ? ? ? [Event "TCh-POL"] [Site "LublinPOL"] [Date "2009.??.??"] [White "Szelag,M"] [Black "Pakleza,Z"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2466"] [BlackElo "2506"] [ECO"B00"] ? 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. a4 b4 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. N2f3 O-O 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Kh1 Qa7 20. Qe3 Rab8 21. f4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 b3 23. f5 Rb4 24. Rf4 exf5 25. Rh4 Rc2 26. Nxc2 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Rxh4 28. Ra3 Rb4 29. Nxd5 Rd4 30. Nc3 Rxd3 31. Rxb3 Rd4 32. Ra3 Rd3 33. Rb3 Re3 34. Kg1 Rxe5 35. Rb8 Kh7 36. Kf2 f4 37. b4 g5 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. Rxa6 Re3 40. Nd5 Bb5 41. Rb6 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Bc4 43. Nc7 Re3+ 44. Kf2 g4 45. Rc6 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rc2+ 47. Ke1 f3 48. gxf3 gxf3 49. Rxc4 Rxc4 50. Na6 Kf6 51. b5 Kf5 52. b6 Ke4 53. Nc7 Rc1+ 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Kf1 Rd2 56. Nb5 Ke3 57. Nc3 Rd3? 0-1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100128/c4e1e569/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 29 01:38:07 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:38:07 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Austin Mais 800 point upset over teenager Losol Amarbayasgalan DCC Championship round 4 Message-ID: <1264754287.4b629e6f9d9a6@www.taom.com> [Event "DCC"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Losol Amarbayasgalan"] [Black "MeansToAnEnd-ICC handle of Mark Austin Mais"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "838"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, Beverwijk variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d3 Ng4 10. Rf1 Ne7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. d4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Ng6 16. e5 h6 17. exf6 hxg5 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 Rh8 20. Qg4 Rh4 21. Qf5 Qf6 22. Qxd7 Qe7 23. Qf5 Rxd4 24. Bd5 Nh4 25. Bxb7 Nxf5 26. Bxa8 Qb4 27. Rab1 Rd2 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 c6 31. Ne3 Qe6 32. Nxf5+ Qxf5 33. Bxc6 Qc2 34. Bf3 Qxb2 35. Rd5 f6 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rd6 a5 38. Rd5 a4 39. Rc5 b4 40. Bd5 b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Rb5 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 b2 1-0 eventually --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Forwarded message from Austin Mais ----- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:06:16 -0700 From: Austin Mais Reply-To: Austin Mais Subject: [BrianWallChess] DCC Championship round 4 [1 Attachment] To: BrianWallChess at yahoogroups.com Hey Brian, This is the known moves. In the next move few moves he trades his B for my Pawn and from there the end game leads to his resigning. Austin Mais ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- notes by Brian Mark Austin Mais was rated 892 in 2006 and now he has climbed to 838. Mark prefers Austin as a first name. Austin is part of a 45 45 ICC league and is known as Jack the Giant Killer for his upset ability. Here he takes out a player twice his rating. I already did an email on Losol Amarbayasgalan's first round loss to Club Champion Robert Ramirez, a classic double Bishop sacrifice. Losol is a teenager and Austin is in his early 20's. Losol is kind of quiet and shy if you don't know him too well. I watched half the 2009 Bronco games at Woody's Pizza with my son. Austin showed up for a 2 hour lesson one Sunday. Paul Anderson and Robert Ramirez also made an appearance. Austin played in the 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship I organized. He has trouble letting go and moving fast. Denver Chess Club, Round 4 where Robert Ramirez beat me for the title belt and Liwen Gu drew Paul Kullback. Game/85 5 second delay January 26, 2010 weather - chilly Club atmosphere - excited about the move to IHOP at I-25 and Colorado Blvd. Hovering Specter/Silent Witness Webmaster Chris Pterson Opening - Ruy Lopez I would normally put a game between an 800 and a 1600 in the category of microbiology but they played well. That makes me feel better because I have trouble beating these guys sometimes. Austin is one of the few humans who bought both of Anthea Carson's books, HOW TO PLAY CHESS LIKE AN ANIMAL and AINSWORTH. [Event "DCC"] [Site "1st Presbyterian Church"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Losol Amarbayasgalan"] [Black "MeansToAnEnd-ICC handle of Mark Austin Mais"] [ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "838"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, Beverwijk variation"] [ECO "C65"] [NIC "RL.07"] [Time "20:00:00"] [TimeControl "Game/85 plus 5 second delay"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3! Nc6! 3. Bb5 Nf6! 4. O-O! Bc5! 5. Re1 O-O! 6. c3! a6? Losol is all prepared for 7 B:c6! dc 8 N:e5! clipping a central pawn with 9 d4 to follow. This was the theme in Paul Kullback-Liwen Gu, same round, same opening 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. d3 7. Ba4? b5! 8. Bb3! Bb7 9. d3 depending on whether White played Ba4-b3-c2 or Ba4-c2 this position was reached 3 times with White to move and 4 times with Black to move. Old friend Mike Archer used to save two tempi with Bf1-d3-c2, calling this the Archer Lopez. I suppose the Kopeck Siiclian uses the same idea. 9 ... Ng4 TN Theoretical Novelty by Austin Mais. Austin initiates Fishing Pole action. 10. Rf1 10 d4 would look like an Archangelsk or a Hyper-Pole where Black castles. 10 ... Ne7 11. h3! Nf6 The Fishing Pole doesn't work too well if Black has castled and capturing on f2 almost always favors White. 12. Bg5? Allergic Amarbayasgalan averts e-pawn again. 12 ... Ng6! 13. Nxe5 Fork trick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oT6QcOHj-M 13 ... Nxe5! 14. d4! Bxd4? Losol twice declined a free e-pawn but here, while Amarbayasgalan is preoccupied with getting his piece back, Mais should focus on winning the Two Bishops or winning the e4-pawn with the Zwischenzug 14 .. h6!! 15 de hg 16 ef Q:f6 Two Bishops or 14 .. h6!! 15 Bh4 Ng6!! 16 B:f6 Q:f6 17 dc B:e4 e-pawn or 14 .. h6!! 15 B:f6 Q:f6 16 f4 Nc4! 17 B:c4 bc 18 dc B:e4 e-pawn or 14 .. h6!! 15 Be3 B:e4 e-pawn So Austin could have snagged a minor edge. If you want to make a principle out of that I would say in chaos go after the biggest piece you can which would be the g5-Bishop in this case. 15. cxd4! Now Amarbayasgalan has the edge. 15 ... Ng6! 16. e5 h6 only move 17. exf6 Amarbayasgalan has a bouquet of flowers here - 17 Bc1 Two Bishops 17 Be3 Two Bishops 17 Qc2 Kh8 18 Be3 Two Bishops 17 B:f6 gf 18 Qd2, Qd3, f4 or Qg4 Attack 17 Bd2 Ne4 18 Qg4 Attack 17 Qd3 Ne4 18 Q:e4! Better Endgame Slight edge for Losol in all lines 17 ... hxg5! 18. fxg7! Kxg7 19. Nc3! Rh8 20. Qg4 Allowing a perpetual with 20 Qg4 B:g2!! 21 Q:g2 Nf4!!-:h3+-f4+ Austin can go for more with 20 Qg4 Nf4 21 f3 Qf6! or 20 Qg4 Rh4! 21 Qf5 Qf6 Instead of 20 Qg4 Amarbayasgalan should put something on d5 to block the b7-Bishop 20 ... Rh4! 21. Qf5! Qf6! 22. Qxd7?? Qe7?? No one has taught Austin how to attack yet. How sad. Amarbayasgalan has abandoned his King - 22 ... B:g2!!, ... Nf4!! and ... Rd8!! 23 Q:c7 B:g2!! all win for Mais. Instead of thinking of his Queenside pawns as bait to mate a King, Austin moves to prevent further loss. He will gain more confidence in the future. 23. Qf5?? Amarbayasgalan is up an h-pawn after 23 Q:e7 N:e7. What does he have against being up a pawn? 23 ... Rxd4! Dead even. Overtime. The comedy continues. 24. Bd5?? Nh4!! wins material. Amarbayasgalan cannot continue protecting the d5-Bishop with his Queen so he must consider various unsound sacrifices. 25. Bxb7! Nxf5! 26. Bxa8! Austin has Queen for Rook and Bishop which should be a slow win, even in Candyland. It doesn't matter much whether Austin plays 4th best moves each turn, he might still win. 26 ... Qb4 27. Rab1 Rd2! 28. Nd5 Qd6 29. Rfd1! Rxd1+! 30. Rxd1! c6 31. Ne3 only move Qe6! 32. Nxf5+! Qxf5! 33. Bxc6 Qc2! 34. Bf3 only move 34 ... Qxb2! 35. Rd5! f6 36. Rd7+! Kh6 37. Rd6 a5 38. Rd5 a4! 39. Rc5 b4 40. Bd5 b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Rb5 Qb1+ 43. Kh2! b2! 1-0 eventually There is a possible Rook versus Queen fortress after a sequence like 44 Bc4 Qe4 45 Bd3 Q:d3 46 R:b2 Qc3 47 Rb5 Kg6 48 g4 Kh6 49 Rf5 and all Losol has to do here is guard his h3-pawn with Kg2-h2-g2-h2. Austin has no constructive winning plan. A Chessmaster might be able to trick an 800-player into entering something like this. However it is easy to avoid this if you want to. For example it is likey Austin will win the f-pawn in the final position and then he doesn't need to win the Bishop immediately, he can use his b-pawn to tie up Losol's pieces and throw his Kingside pawns at Amarbayasgalan's King, further exposing him to double attacks by the Queen. I think Austin should be able to win the f-pawn quickly and then the Bishop and then the Rook slowly. If 44 f3 to protect the f-pawn then ... Qf5! wins a Rook instead. If Austin can trade his b2-pawn for a Bishop plus the f-pawn, Queen and two pawns versus Rook and two pawns should be an easy win. If I had to play the final position, I would try 44 Bc4 and then pray Austin doesn't go after my f-pawn with 44 ... Qc2 or ... Qe1 but play 44 ... Qe4 45 Bd3 Q:d3 46 R:b2 and then I would try to play g4 and Rf5 and if I didn't manage that, I would play f3 and try to hold with Rook and 3 pawns versus Queen and two pawns and if that failed I would offer a draw. In short, we only got to see half a game. What happened? Austin and Losol made reasonable moves, twice missing a hanging e-pawn and once missing a vicious attack after 22 Q:d7?? B:g2!! 23 K:g2 Nf4+!! 24 Kh2 Rah8!! or 22 Q:d7?? Nf4 23 d5 N:g2!! 24 K:g2 Bc8!! which is understandable in a Game/85. Then Austin procured Queen versus Rook and Bishop, after which Losol was unable to put the slightest pressure on Mark and could only watch helplessly as Austin slowly but surely made proggress. Even a bad player can beat you if you have no opportunity whatsoever to challenge him in any way. Austin will be a 4-digit player any year now. When a player is rising he is like a rhino knocking over everything, somebody has to provide the rating points to a future star. Why not you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ www.DenverChess.com includes 32 other games from this tournament in easy, convenient click and move format. No Chessboard required. There is also a camera phone picture of me playing Robert Ramirez this round. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100129/e72a35c7/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 29 07:43:00 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:43:00 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] New Words Message-ID: <1264776180.4b62f3f481d44@www.taom.com> ----- Forwarded message from Niala Brown ----- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:39:40 -0500 From: Niala Brown Reply-To: Niala Brown Subject: New Words To: eriskigal at gmail.com Highly amusing! love to all! - N Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners: 1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. 2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly. 3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period. 6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high. 7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it. 8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late. 9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness. 10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) 11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer. 12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you. 13. Glibido: All talk and no action. 14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.taom.com/pipermail/brianwall-chesslist/attachments/20100129/284adac4/attachment.htm From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Fri Jan 29 13:16:25 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:16:25 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] favorite line of the Fishing Pole executed in 17 seconds Message-ID: <1264796185.4b634219bc7fe@www.taom.com> favorite line of the Fishing Pole 17 moves long executed in 17 seconds [Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "Official A"] [Date "2010.01.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Buho2007"] [Black "BrianWall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2280"] [BlackElo "2099"] [Annotator "abc"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2010.01.29"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. e4 {0} e5 {2} 2. Nf3 {5} Nc6 {1} 3. Bb5 {4} Nf6 {1} 4. O-O {4} Ng4 {1} 5. h3 {4} h5 {2} 6. d4 {11} exd4 {2} 7. Nxd4 {2} Bc5 {0} 8. Nf5 {4} d6 {1} 9. Nxg7+ { 4} Kf8 {0} 10. Nf5 {2} Bxf5 {0} 11. exf5 {1} Qh4 {1} 12. Qf3 {Buho2007 ofrece tablas 37} Nd4 {2} 13. Qxb7 {4} Re8 {1} 14. Bxe8 {2} Ne2+ {3} 15. Kh1 {2} Qxf2 {1} 16. Rxf2 {15} Ng3+ {1} 17. Kg1 {4} Bxf2# {(Lag: Av=1.16s, max=5.3s) 1} 0-1 PlayChess tournament whole game found in glossary of How To Play Chess Like AnAnimal From brianwallchess3 at taom.com Sat Jan 30 15:05:52 2010 From: brianwallchess3 at taom.com (Brian Wall) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:05:52 -0700 Subject: [BrianWall-ChessList] Smeets - Loek Van Wely Round 10, Corus A Message-ID: <1264889152.4b64ad40099da@www.taom.com> GM Loek Van Wely has been a feared well reknowned Najdorf expert for almost all of GM Jan Smeets 24 years on earth. The problem for Loek is back in his day, innovations took forever, studying variations by hand out of periodicals. Nowadays teenagers can use Rybka and Chessbase to run all available games through a 3,000 rated computer at home with no effort and look for gaping tactical holes in your repertoire. In Round 5 Smeets tortured 2712 Dominguez with a Najdorf line prepared at home. Dominguez offered a draw but Smeets declined, forcing Dominguez to use all his time on the clock to find an endless series of only moves, eventually barely making the draw after expending enormous amounts of energy. In Round 11 Smeets tortured Loek Van Wely with another prepared piece of anti-Najdorf theory, this time winning in 23 moves right out of the opening. So Loek doesn't have to prepare for humans anymore, he has to be ready to defend humanity against Rybka. [Event "Corus A"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.30"] [Round "11"] [White "GM_Smeets"] [Black "GM_van_Wely"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2641"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"] [ECO "B96"] [NIC "SI.06"] [Time "07:12:09"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 This move blocks the KB so it will probably never be played in my conservative Focus On The Family state of Colorado. The scheme is a quick Queenside Castling followed by a Kingside fianchetto, Rhe1 and e5. ... b5-b4 will be answered by Nd5. It's a quick kill system, my favorite kind. 8 ... Qc7!! To stop e5 Outside of Colorado, 8 Qe2 Qc7!! has been played at least 99 times going back 44 years by 2600+ white players like Bronstein, Tukmakov, Shamkovich, Yudasin, Shirov, Donner, L 'Ami, Dorfman, Radjabov, etc. 9. O-O-O played 89 times b5 the most popular move by Black 10. g3 played 8 times before 10 B:f6 played once before 10 a3 played 9 times 10 Kb1 10 g3 played 8 times 10 f5 played 11 times 10 Qe1 10 h3 10 Rg1 10 Qe3 10 g4 played 13 times ... 10 h4 tried once 10 e5 tried once 10 Nd5 tried 6 times 10 h4 tried once Instead of an accelerated fianchetto with the hyper-aggressive g4, Jan settles for the modest g3, focussing all his energy on e5. Bronstein tried this in 1969 and 1973, Shirov tried this against Gelfand in 1995, fellow Dutch GM Erwin L'Ami tried this in 2003. 10 ... Be7 After both players raced through the opening, Loek stopped for 8 minutes here. I believe Bronstein was the first GM I remember to advocate delaying ... Be7 in the Najdorf in favor of a quick Queenside strike. 10 ... Bb7!! (played 5 times ) or ... b4! are possibly better. Najdorf hero GM Gelfand defended 10 ... b4 10 Nd5 ed agsinst Yudasin and Shirov. 11. Bg2!! played by Zambrana 1987 and Horvath 1997 There are other possibilities, 11 Bh3, Nd5, B:f6, a3 11 ... Bb7? Benko would play 11 ... Qc4!! and take his chances in an endgame. 11 ... Qc4!! distracts Smeets' Queen from Bg2 which defuses e5. If Jan avoids the trade of Queens with 12 Qe1, Qe3 or Qd2 then ... b4! 13 Nd5 ed 14 ed+ Kd8 and Black is better off than usual because his Queen is not blocking ... Kc7. That's pretty much impossible for a human to see at the rate of 2.5 minutes per move. GM Van Wely made the most natural move on the board. Motoc played 11 ... Rb8 here, at least showing some awareness of the coming storm. Horvath -Motoc 1997 continued 12 Rhe1!! h6 13 B:f6! N:f6 and now 14 e5!! would be an obvious advantage but Horvath went crazy with the ubiquitous 14 Nd5!?, about equal. 12. e5!! dxe5 GM LVW thought for 16 minutes here, once again Smeets has a GM thinking hard against his $50 home computer. 13. fxe5 TN!! Theoretical improvement by Smeets The inferior 13 B:b7! led to a draw in 1987. 23 years ago Zambrana 2425 played 13 B:b7! Q:b7! 14 fe! and now 14 ... b4!! 15 ( Nb1 or Na4 ) Nd5! would save the day. 13 B:b7! Q:b7! 14 fe! b4!! 15 Nb1! Nd5! 16 B:e7! N:e7! 17 Nd2! 0-0! with a micro-edge for Zambrana would represent perfect play after 13 B:b7!. Instead there followed 13 B:b7! Q:b7! 14 fe! Nd5! 15 B:e7!! N:e7! and now 16 Ne4! gave Zambrana an egde, 16 Rhf1! is also good and the clearest is 16 Qg4!! ( threat #1 is Q:g7 ) Ng6 17 N:e6!! ( threat #2 ) Nd:e5! 18 Qe4!! Q:e4! 19 Nc7+! Kf8! 20 N:e4! Ra7! 21 Nd5! and Grover's buried Rook should give Zambrana a clear endgame advantage. No fun for Black at all there. Smeets move is better than all that. 13 ... Nd5! Loek Van Wely cannot play 13 ... B:g2 because his Rook hangs after 14 Q:g2 13 ... B:g2? 14 Q:g2 Nd5? 15 B:e7! K:e7! 16 N:d5+ ed 17 Q:d5 Smeets is up a pawn with a much safer King. After 13 ... B:g2? 14 Q:g2 Loek would have to guard his Rook somehow and let Smeets play 15 ef Instead of dropping a piece Loek can drop back with 13 ... Ng8 14 B:e7 N:e7 but then he gets the typical b5 smackdown - 15 N:b5! ab! 16 N:b5! Qb6! 17 Nd6+! Kf8 18 N:b7 R:a2 19 c3 Nd5 20 B:d5 ed 21 Kb1 and Loek is down a pawn with a buried Rook and 22 Nd6 is coming next. Loek's move is best 14. Bxe7!! Nxc3! 14 ... Ne7 15 N:b5! is the smackdown we just looked at 15. bxc3! Bxg2 15 ... Ke7 is about the same with Loek's King stuck in the center. 15 ... Ke7 16 B:b7! Q:b7! 17 Rhf1! and Loek's King is a target for all kinds of abuse. Smeets can follow up with 18 c4, opening things up or 18 Qg4, probing for more weaknesses or pawn grabs. 16. Qxg2! Kxe7! 17. Nc6+!! Kf8 If 17 ... Ke8 doubling Rooks with 18 Rd6!! Nb6 19 Rhd1!! makes a mockery of King Loek's King and King's Rook. Say that 3 times fast. 18. Rhf1!! This was Smeets' only think of the game, taking direct aim at the ebony monarch. The first 17 moves took him 10 minutes, the remaining 5 moves took him 11 minutes, this move took him 34 minutes. 18 Qf3!! also won and 19 Rd6!!!, intending 20 Rhd1!!! was best of all. " Rooks like to be doubled" - GM Larry Christiansen 18 ... Nb6 It's a miserable chore deciding which depressing move loses the least. 18 ... Nc5 19 Qf3!! with all kinds of vicious followups like Rd6, Nd8, Qh5 or Ne7 if 18 ... Rc8 19 Rd6!! guarding Knight is strong and 19 Qf2!! f5 20 Rd6!! is even more horrible for Van Wely. Poor Loek thought for 40 minutes here on a positon way past salvation. 19. Qf3!! The main threat is 20 Nd8!! - 19 Qf3!! Nd5 is met by 20 R:d5!! ed 21 Q:d5 and Jan's Knight is obviously stronger than Lokek's stoic Rooks. The threat is 22 e6!! against almost anything. 19 ... Re8 17 minutes spent in hell 20. Nd8!! Re7 21. Rd6!! The move has been in the air a while now. Smeets waited until it was devastating. 21 ... Ke8! 22. Rxb6! with the idea of 22 ... Q:b6 23 N:f7!! threatening 24 N:h8 or Qa8+ 22 ... Qxd8 23. Rxa6!! The super killers are 23 Rd1!!!, R:a6!!! or Qc6+!! Loek has 11 minutes left with nothing to fight for. 1-0 Loek Van Wely resigns This is a pretty good system by White, he gets all the normal Sicilian breakthroughs, e5, f5, Nf5, Nd5, N:b5 depending on which blunder Black makes. ------------------------------------------------------------ [Event "Corus A"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.30"] [Round "11"] [White "GM_Smeets"] [Black "GM_van_Wely"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2641"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"] [ECO "B96"] [NIC "SI.06"] [Time "07:12:09"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Kxe7 17. Nc6+ Kf8 18. Rhf1 Nb6 19. Qf3 Re8 20. Nd8 Re7 21. Rd6 Ke8 22. Rxb6 Qxd8 23. Rxa6 1-0 Loek Van Wely resigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Sort op 2nd"] [Site "Sort"] [Date "2006.06.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Zambrana, Oswaldo"] [Black "Grover, Sahaj"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2425"] [BlackElo "1987"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2006.06.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ngf3 Rac8 19. g4 Rc5 20. Nb3 Rd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Rg1 g6 23. Nbd4 Rc8 24. h4 Qc7 25. Kb1 Qc4 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Rd1 b4 28. h5 g5 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Nc5 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Re1 Ke7 33. Nd2 Nd7 34. Re4 a5 35. N4f3 N7b6 36. Rd4 Rc7 37. Ne1 Rc6 38. a3 Nd7 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ndf3 N7b6 41. Nd2 Nd7 42. Nc4 N7b6 43. Nxb6 Rxb6 44. Ka2 Ra6+ 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Nd3 Rd1 47. Re4 Rd2 48. Nxb4 Nxb4 49. Rxb4 Re2 50. Rb5 Re4 51. Rb7+ Ke8 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Rb7+ Ke8 54. c4 Rxg4 55. Kb4 Re4 56. Kc5 g4 57. Rb8+ Ke7 58. Rb7+ Ke8 59. Rb3 Kd7 60. Rb7+ Ke8 61. Rb8+ Ke7 62. Rc8 Rxe5+ 1/2-1/2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "HUN-ROM m"] [Site "Hungary"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Horvath, Raka"] [Black "Motoc, Alina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B98"] [Annotator "Joe Eversole Variation of the English Opening"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g3 b5 11. Bg2 Rb8 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qc5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb3 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. c3 Bg5+ 20. Kc2 O-O 21. h4 Bd8 22. Nb4 Bc7 23. Nc6 Rb6 24. g4 Bg3 25. Re2 Bb7 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Nc6 Bxh4 29. Nd2 Rc7 30. Nxc4 Rxc6 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Rd3 Kh7 33. Rh2 Bg5 34. Rf2 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rd6 Be3 37. Rf3 f4 38. Rxa6 Rd8 39. Ng4 Rd2+ 40. Kb3 Re7 41. Ra5 h5 42. Rh3 g6 43. Rxb5 Rg2 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Nd5 Re6 46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Rf7 g5 48. Rh1 Rg3 49. Rf6+ Rxf6 50. Nxf6 h4 51. Ne4 Rg2 52. Rh3 Kh5 53. Nf6+ Kg6 54. Nd5 Rg3 55. Rh1 Bg1 56. Kc2 f3 57. Kd2 h3 58. Ne3 h2 59. Nf1 Rg2+ 60. Kc1 Re2 61. Kd1 Rxb2 62. a4 Rb1+ 0-1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Event "Corus A"] [Site "Wijk Aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.23"] [Round "5"] [White "GM_Smeets"] [Black "GM_Dominguez"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2712"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"] [ECO "B96"] [NIC "SI.04"] [Time "07:14:27"] [TimeControl "6000+30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Bd3 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxb2 15. c4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Ne3 17. Qc1 Nxg2+ 18. Kd1 Ne3+ 19. Ke1 Ng2+ 20. Kd1 Ne3+ 21. Qxe3 Qxa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxh1 23. Bxd6 Rxh2+ 24. Be2 Qb1 25. Nf6+ Kd8 26. Qd4 c5 27. Bxc5+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kb7 29. Qe7+ Kc6 30. Qd6+ {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2