Hi Brian, My book now is number 20 among the top 100 bestsellers in the chess category. Please pass this excerpt to your Yahoo group. Best regards, Andy On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Brian Wall wrote: > > > > Statistics for Troparion On for: 21 Idle: 2 > > rating [need] win loss draw total best > Wild 1326 [6] 2 1 0 3 > Crazyhouse 1396 [6] 1 3 0 4 > Bullet 1330 754 394 37 1185 1577 (03-Jul-2009) > Blitz 1432 2930 1583 150 4663 1832 (30-Oct-2009) > Standard 1764 12 7 1 20 1764 (26-Jan-2010) > 5-minute 1389 1160 1135 96 2391 1704 (02-Feb-2010) > 1-minute 1251 766 808 37 1611 1589 (31-Jul-2009) > 15-minute 1794 7 7 0 14 > Correspondence 1419 1 5 0 6 > > 1: I'm from Louisiana and I've prayed at Paul Morphy's grave. Now living in > Colorado. > 2: Ph.D., Cognitive Science, 2007. > 3: Tomato blitz on 8 October 2008--Tomato You won!!! Congratulations! This > is > your 1 1st place finish > 4: I bought a Drueke pocket set which quickly fell apart. They wouldn't > replace it. Don't buy anything from them. > 5: My wife and I are in the background of this video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpdvk5VYxE . We had a great time there. > Viva the St. Louis Chess Club! > 6: WHO DAT, BABY! BLACK AND GOLD SUPERBOWL! GEAUX NEW ORLEANS SAINTS! > 7: I neither give nor ask for takebacks, and you shouldn't either. Go whine > to someone else. We all lose. I lose from mouseslips all the time. Grow > up! > 8: My one-minute masterpiece: 'examine Troparion %18' . B-Wall sent this > game > to over 3,000 subscribers of his listserv! 'finger B-Wall' > 9: Comments after my wins: Rangifer (00:27 17-Nov-08 EST): you have no > honor > you should have resigned . sicilian77 says: lol, merry xmas I missed that, > you are lamer than myself > 10: Need an emetic? 'finger Whiskers57' and read his notes. I must say > though, that I beat him last time.... > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Troparion tells you: Just played my first Fishin Pole! > Troparion tells you: I won, but it was a very poor game on both sides. > Troparion tells you: I tried it just for fun. > I always play the Chigorin Defense defense to the Lopez. > > [Event "ICC 5 0"] > [Site "Internet Chess Club"] > [Date "2010.02.04"] > [Round "-"] > [White "motivmotion"] > [Black "Troparion"] > [Result "0-1"] > [ICCResult "White checkmated"] > [WhiteElo "1368"] > [BlackElo "1389"] > [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"] > [ECO "C65"] > [NIC "RL.07"] > [Time "15:39:35"] > [TimeControl "300+0"] > > 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!! 5. h3 h5!! > 6. hxg4 hxg4!! 7. g3? gxf3!! 8. Qxf3 Nd4!! 9. Qd3 Bc5 > > So far Troparion is playing the Fishing Pole like a pro. > 9 ... Bc5 is very natural but Motivmotion's King and Bishops > are so weakly placed that 9 ... Qg5!!! or ... Qf6!! > win massive material already. > > 10. c3 Ne6 > > same idea - > 10 ... N:b5!! 11 Q:b5 Qg5!!! or ... Qf6!! > attack plus two Bishops > > 11. Qe2 Qg5?? > > Bad timing, 11 ... Qf6!! is very strong, among others > > 12. d4!! > > double trouble for Troparion- > c5-Bishop in under attack and all the > h-file squares are covered for his Queen. > Motivmotion is back in the game. > > 12 ... Nf4! > > 12 ... Qg6!! also saves the situation > > 13. Bxf4! exf4! 14. dxc5? fxg3!! > > Winning again > > 15. fxg3! c6??= > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Missing a great combo with > 15 ... Q:g3+!! 16 Qg2 Qe3+ 17 Qf2 Qg5+ > 18 Qg2 Q:c5+!! 19 Qf2 Qg5+ 12 Qg2 Q:b5 > > Why did Motivmotion have to allow the perpetual motion checks > to pick two pawns a Bishop for free? The problem is if White > lines up his King and Queen on the g-file for long Troparion > introduces his Rook into the attack. > 15 ... Q:g3+!! 16 Qg2 Qe3+ 17 Rf2 Rh3-g3!! will win the Queen > 15 ... Q:g3+!! 16 Qg2 Qe3+ 17 Qf2 Qg5+ 18 Qg2 Q:c5+!! > 19 Rf2 Rh6!!! or ... Rh5!! or ... Q:b5! all win > > That's hard to see. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > 16. Bc4 Qxg3+!= 17. Qg2! Qe3+! 18. Qf2 Qg5+! 19. Qg2! Qe3+!= > > 19 ... Q:c5+! 20 Rf2 Q:c4 21 Q:g7 > is also dead equal > > 20. Rf2?? d5?? > > 20 ... Rg3!! > wins the Queen > > 21. cxd6??= > > 21 Q:g7!! wins > > 21 ... Be6?? > > 21 ... Rh3!!= or ... Bh3!!= draw > > 22. d7+ Kxd7! 23. Bxe6+! Kxe6! 24. Qg4+ Ke7! 25. Na3?? Rad8?? > > 25 ... Rh3!! is better for Troparion again. > I know, it's hard not to develop. > > 26. Rf1!! Rd6?? 27. Qxg7??? > > 27 Nc4!! ends it > > 27 ... Rg6+!! > > Finally winning the Queen > > 28. Qxg6! fxg6! 29. Kg2?? > > Allowing mate in 2 > > 29 ... Qxe4+ 30. Kg3?? > > Allowing mate again > > 30 ... Rh5 31. Rf7+! Kd6! 32. R1f6+ Kc5!! > > Safe > > 33. b4+! Kb6! 34. Nc4+! Qxc4! 35. Rxg6 Qxc3+ > 36. Kg4! Rh1 37. Rgf6 Rg1+!! > > quickest mate > > 38. Kh4 Qg3+!! 39. Kh5! Qg5# > > {White checkmated} 0-1 > > Typical Fishing Pole, a non stop ride on the > tactics train plunging White into complete chaos. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Statistics for motivmotion On for: 3:10 Idle: 0 > motivmotion is currently involved in a match against Kartal. > > rating [need] win loss draw total best > Blitz 1345 [1] 3 4 0 7 > 5-minute 1399 46 42 2 90 1440 (04-Feb-2010) > ---------------------------------------------------------- > www.DenverChess.com > www.Walverine.com > www.BrianWallChess.net > www.Colorado-Chess.com > www.Chessville.com Off the Wall > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | > Reply to group > Messages in this topic( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > - New Photos > 7 > > Visit Your Group Start > a New Topic > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > Switch to: Text-Only, > Daily Digest• > Unsubscribe• Terms > of Use > . > > __,_._,___ > -- Very Respectfully, Andres D. Hortillosa, MBA, MS, FACHE Author: Improve Your Chess at Any Age Publisher: Everyman Chess