[BrianWall-ChessList] World Team Championship
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Fri Jan 8 20:15:26 MST 2010
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
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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?=
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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.
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23 ... Qxe5! 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Qg5+
{Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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[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
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[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
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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.
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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.
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[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
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