[BrianWall-ChessList] 2009 Colorado Bullet Championship

Brian Wall brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Sat Jan 2 08:51:14 MST 2010


2009 Colorado Bullet Championship

Sunday

7 PM Colorado time

double round robin

ICC

eligible -
anyone who ever lived in Colorado
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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+?
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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.

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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.
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[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
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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
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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)

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