Chess Improvement

1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5!!

Full Metal Jacket Opening invented by Brian Wall in Josh Bloomer’s basement.

5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qxe5 9.Nf3 Qxe3+ 10.Qxe3+ Bxe3 11.Kxe3 d6

Notice in the Full Metal Jacket
(movie by Stanley Kubrick)

I have all 8 pawns (bullets) left

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Mongolian Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg took clear first in the 2009 Colorado Closed, the Incredible Tyler Hughes took clear second.
This is their story. Tyler told me he tried to Full Metal Jacket the Grandmaster, meaning a giant pawn wave. At the end Tyler was surviving mostly on his 5 second delay.

Hughes,T (2272) – Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009
2009 Colorado Closed
Round 1 Friday Night
March 27, 2009
40/2, Game/1 hour
5 second delay
Tivoli Center,
Denver, Colorado

White – The Incredible Tyler Hughes
Black – Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5
Tyler said he had good results with this in blitz.

5 … h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7
Played 10 times by GMs Radjabov (twice), Bologan, Socko et. al.

11.Nb5!! TN Hughes
Theoretical Novelty b7 Tyler Hughes.
Sharavdorj looked concerned.

11 0-0-0 played twice
11 Qb3 never played
11 c5 played once
11 Nd2 played 7 times
11 Qa4 never played
11 Rc1 never played
11 Ne4 never played
11 Bd3 Bd3 was played on move 9 by Moiseenko so he gets to also play 11 0-0-0 here
11 Rd1 played once

11 … Qd8!?
Very risky and provocative. SD can stop the potential sacs with
11 … N:g3 12 hg Qd8 but maybe he was trying to start a fight.
11 … Ndf6 is also possible.

12.c5
Tyler can simply play 12 0-0-0!! with a good lead in development. I would have played 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Kf8 14 0-0 in a New York minute with a Full Metal Jacket, two pawns for a piece, a safer King and many ways to strengthen my attack.

After 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Ke7 14 c5!!
The Mongolian’s King can be assailed in various ways. I can’t wait to crush Radjabov with this the next time he dares to play me in blitz.
Tyler manages to get an even better position after another GM mistake.

12 … a6!?
Must have been a pyromaniac like me as a kid, the GM is really playing with fire. Perhaps he is provoking an imbalance for winning chances.

The Grandmaster avoided … N:g3! twice on moves 11 and 12, maybe he didn’t like trading against a lower rated player, maybe he doesn’t believe in murky sacrifices, maybe he didn’t want to open up the h-file before Tyler 0-0ed.

13.Nxc7+!! Qxc7!! 14.Bxd6!!
Tyler ends up with a Bishop on d6 instead of a Knight. I bet Dashzeveg wishes he had traded that bishop off now.

14 … Qd8
Fritz 9 likes the more active 14 … Qc6 better but to any human that just begs for 0-0, b4, a4, b5 losing time

15.Nd2!! Nhf6! 16.e4
To establish a central baseball diamond with e5. It might be better and more flexible to just relax and 16 0-0

16 … Bf8 17.Nc4!! Bxd6 18.Nxd6+!!
Fishing Jacket, Bishing Jacket, Fishing Jacket, it’s all good.

18 … Kf8
To hide at g7

19.0-0!!!
It’s getting embarrassing, will Tyler knock out the GM in Round 1?

19 0-0-0!!, h4!!, b4!!, e5!! et. al. are all great options. It’s hard to know what good move to play first.

19 … Ne8! 20.Nc4!!
Avoid enemy trades in cramped positions although Watson attacks this as another myth in Secrets Of Modern Chess Strategy. I hate to retreat so I would have settled for the pawn wedge from hell with
20 e5 N:d6 21 cd followed by f4.

Taking on e8 or c8 are pretty strong too. The GM has a Bloomer position, meaning Josh likes his opponents to relax on comfy couches on the first two ranks while he does all the work. Tyler has a Brian position with a Full Metal Jacket (all 8 pawns) pawn wave about to flower.

20 … Qc7 21.b4!!!
How do you even pick a move in a position this good? I like to advance my pawns together like an army – Hold the line. Sherlock Holmes could deduce that Tyler’s middle name is Brian from this move alone.

21 … b6! 22.Qb2
Tyler’s idea is to sneak in d5 hitting the h8-rook and also to get off the c-file for his rook.

My idea is I want to shave wood between my rook and his King while I control the center so I like some combination of f4 and e5. Fritzy’s idea is to keep Tyler’s Queen super-active with Qc3.

Another idea is to play 22 Rac1 first and then see where you want to go with your Queen later.

22 … Rg8!
Catching Tyler’s sneaky 23 d5 plan

23.Rac1!!
Place the Rook against the King or Queen, no many how many pieces intervene. – GM Suba

23 … bxc5!
Sharavdorj breaks up Tyler’s Full Metal Jacket, only 7 pawns left.

24.bxc5
Both recaptures are strong. The idea of 24 dc is e5 followed by Nd6.
The idea of 24 bc is maybe e5 and Nd6 or maybe Rfd1, d5-d6. I like keeping my pawns in one bunch of bananas but now with an open b-file 22 Qb2 is exposed as a mistake.

24 … Rb8
Thanx for the free tempo, I needed that.

25.Qa3!! Kg7! 26.Ne3!!
Which pawn will Tyler push, c,d,e or the Aigner?

26 … Ndf6!
Josh doesn’t normally allow his opponents to cross beyond the second rank. He rapidly punishes such anomalies. The Asian mastermind is trying to slow down Tyler’s central steamroller by attacking the e-pawn. How will Tyler react?

27.Bf3!!
It takes a while for Fritz 9 to fully accept Tyler’s genius but he comes around like everyone else. 27 f3! is a solid gold option to set up Rfd1 and d5. 27 e5! looks like fun too.

27 … Kh8!
The Grandmaster finally has his King safe but Tyler still has his street sweepers heading downtown.

28.e5
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Fritz is patient – 28 g3!! g4 29 Bg2 plan – Rfd1, d5
no hurry, what can Black do?

Another cute idea is 28 h3! h5 29 e5 g4 30 hg hg 31 B:g4 N:g4 32 N:g4 R:g4? 33 Qh3+
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28 … g4!!
Checkmates tells you: I was impressed with his 28…g4!! move, he quickly realized that 28…Nd7 29.Ng4 was bad
28 … Nd7 29 Ng4, c6, Rfe1, Rfd1, Bh5, Nc4 are all good.
28 … Nh7 29 Rfe1, h3, Qd3, Rfd1 are the strongest of the many.

29.Be2!! Ne4 29 … Nd5! is a sturdier outpost

30.Nxg4!
Tyler wins by moving slowly and conscientiously. The Grandmaster makes sharp, snappy decisions pausing at critical moments to see if his house is in order.

Tyler has three pawns for a knight but his pawn wave looks a little stymied for the moment.

30 … f5! 30 … Rg6 31 Qe3 30 … Ng5 31 f4 30 … Bb7 31 f3

31.exf6 31 N:h6!! splat Rg6 32 Ng4!! fg 33 Bd3!! N8f6 34 c6!! or Rfe1! work out for Tyler but pretty messy scary stuff against a GM. After 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Qd8 33 c6!!, Ne3!!, Qd3!, Qh3+! are all good. 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Bb7 33 Ne3!!, f3! or c6! are good. 31 f3 instead of N:h6 or ef is also sweet pumpkin pie.

31 … N8xf6!!

32.Ne5!! 32 f3 is also winning. The GM’s pawns are isolated and weak but Tyler’s are not advancing for the moment.

32 … Qg7!

33.g3! Nd7

34.Nxd7 34 c6!! N:e5 35 fe Q:e5? 36 Qe3! wins

34 … Bxd7!

35.c6! 35 Qe3!! Nf6 36 B:a6! with 4 pawns for a knight.

35 … Bc8!

36.Qe3 36 Rc2, c7, Rfd1 keep a smidgin’ of advantage left

36 … Nf6 36 … Nd6!

37.Bf3?
Still some chances aftr 37 Qe5!!, Bc4!, Rfe1! and others.

37 … Rb5!

38.Rb1 Rf5!
The Mongolian has fully coordinated every piece and stands about even now, maybe slightly better.

39.Rb8 39 Bg2 is fine.

39 … Qg5? 39 … Nd5!! is a good middlegame but Dashzeveg thrives in the endgame.

40.Qxg5 hxg5!
First time control. Tyler has three pawns for a piece. Are they strong or weak?

41.Be2

41 Bg2!! is cozy but Tyler is targetting a6

41 … Rd5!! 3D Attacking d4

42.f4 g4

43.f5 43 Rb4, Rc1, Ra8, Rd1 should be Ok for Tyler. Every pawn trade gets Tyler closer to a draw. The GM said he missed 43 f5.

43 … Kg7 43 f5 ef? 4 Bc4 wins a exchange
43 f5 R:f5? 44 R:f5 ef 45 Bc4 Re8 46 Bf7 also wins an exchange.
43 f5 R:d4! 44 fe Kg7 transposes to the game, about equal

44.fxe6!
The GM is running out of pawns.

44 … Rxd4 45.c7
The position is tricky if Tyler can get a rook to d7 or d8. After all this endless complexity either side can win.

45 … Rd6!!

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Philipp Ponomarev had beaten me and we were analyzing Tyler’s game in another room with his doctor father Mikhail, 82 years old.
45 … Rd6!! 46 Rf4 is roughly equal, trying to eliminate g4.

I was proud of finding 45 c7 Nd5 46 Rf7+ Kh6 47 Rd7!! (47 e7!!)
We were starting to get excited about Tyler’s possibilities.

45 … B:e6?? 46 R:f6!!
Game Over
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46.e7 Re8
We didn’t like this move, Philipp found 46 e7 Rc6!! 45 B:g4 R:c7 ending all the tricks.
46 e7 Re8 47 Rf4 or R:f6 are about equal but Tyler missed a chance to disturb the balance with 47 Bd1!! Be6 48 Re1! wins
47 Bd1!! Rg8 48 Ba4! or Bb3! win
47 Bd1!! Rh8 48 Ba4! wins
47 Bd1!! Re6 48 Ba4! wins
47 Bd1!! Nd5 we have a switchback with 48 B:g4!! wins
Sharavdorj can improve with 47 Bd1!! R:e7 48 R:c8 Rc6! and Tyler will be up one pawn with reduced material – looks tough to win to me.
47 Bd1!! Re4 48 Rb6 R8:e7 49 Rf:f6 Re1+ 50 Kg2 R1e2+ 51 Rf2 R:f2+ 52 K:f2 R:c7 again with Tyler one very hard to convert pawn up 47 Bd1!! Rd7 48 Ba4 R:c7 49 B:e8 N:e8 followed by 50 .. Bd7 looks tough to call
47 Bd1!! Rc6 48 B:e8 or R:f6 gives Tyler the better of a possible draw again.

It would have been the Grandmaster sweating after 47 Bd1!!. The move reminds me of the ending two bishops versus a knight. No human could make sense of it. Finally a computer figured out the winning idea, place your bishops on d1 and e1 and then see which way the knight goes.

47.Rxf6! Kxf6!
Tyler should draw after 47 … R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Rook to (a, g or h)8 50 c8(Q) R:c8 51 B:c8 Ke7 and two connected pawns and a bishop should hold against a rook. Watch out for
47 … R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Re8??? 50 Bd7!! is amusing as one bishop humiliates two rooks. 47 … R:f6 48 B:g4 R:e7 49 R:c8 Rc6 and again two connected passed pawns and a bishop should hold up against a rook.

48.Bxg4!! Re6!!
Now the problem is how is Tyler supposed to get rid of that stupid wrong colored rook pawn? It’s sick to lose to such a pawn but as long as Dashzeveg keeps a rook on the board it’s a definite winning possibility. I saw GM Woitkiewicz do something similar, he had Rook and Knight versus Rook and four pawns.

He ate all the pawns then won the Rook and Knight versus Rook ending. Tyler’s clock ran down to 2 seconds plus 5 second delay and we all watched helplessly as the GM slowly picked off all of Tyler’s pawns and came in for the kill with Rook, opposite colored rook pawn and bishop against rook.

It was tough to watch.

49.Bxe6 Kxe6! 50.Rb2 Kxe7 One pawn down, 4 to go.

51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3! a5 54.a3 Bc6! 55.g4! Kxc7!
Two pawns down, three to go

56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5! 58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+!

60.Ke2 a4! 61.Ra5! Rf4! 62.Kd2??
Missing his last chance to draw with 62 h5!! R:g4 63 h6!! Rh4 64 h7!! R:h7 65 R:a4! removing the last pawn with a theoretical draw but I doubt Tyler could hold Rook + 2 seconds plus a five second delay versus Rook and Bishop and Grandmaster.

Kamsky lost that ending this morning against Akobian at Nalchik. I lose all those endings – I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight against IM Dionisio Aldama in Florida 2008.

I think I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight versus Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev in a Colorado Closed.

I lost Knight versus Rook against Philipp Ponomarev and Robert Ramirez. I think some guy was drawing Tyler with Bishop versus Tyler’s rook as I was losing to Robert Ramirez in Boulder with Knight versus Rook.

All those endings are bad memories for me except teaching Jolina Rice how to draw with Knight versus Rook.

I saw 62 h5! from the sidelines and got excited but could say nothing. I thought it was clever how the a5-rook paralyzed all of the Grandmaster’s pieces. With a little move time Tyler would have seen that in a flash.

In Round 4 I put my rook on a5 to draw Mulyar.

62 … Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6!65.Ra6+ Bc6! 66.Ra5! Rh3+!

67.Kb2 Rb3+! 68.Ka2 Bd5! 69.Ka1! Rxa3+!
Three pawns down, one to go

70.Kb2! Rb3+! 71.Kc2! Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6

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Tyler resigned as his flag and position were falling about 10 moves later. I don’t have all the moves but I remember Sharavdorj’s King swooped in for the kill on the Queenside, pushing Tyler’s King back. Tyler said … Bb3 was the final winning move.

The peak age for a Chessplayer is said to be 35 years old. Tyler is 18. I am sure he will beat many GMs in the future, maybe even starting May 7th at the U.S. Closed.

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hughes-sharavdorj.pgn

Hughes,T (2272) – Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7

10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.Bxd6 Qd8 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.e4 Bf8

17.Nc4 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.O-O Ne8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Qb2 Rg8 23.Rac1 bxc5

24.bxc5 Rb8 25.Qa3 Kg7 26.Ne3 Ndf6 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.e5 g4 29.Be2 Ne4 30.Nxg4 f5

31.exf6 N8xf6 32.Ne5 Qg7 33.g3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.c6 Bc8 36.Qe3 Nf6 37. Bf3 Rb5

38.Rb1 Rf5 39.Rb8 Qg5 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Be2 Rd5 42.f4 g4 43.f5 Kg7 44.fxe6 Rxd4

45.c7 Rd6 46.e7 Re8 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Bxg4 Re6 49.Bxe6 Kxe6 50.Rb2 Kxe7 51.Kf2 Kd6

52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3 a5 54.a3 Bc6 55.g4 Kxc7 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5
58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+ 60.Ke2 a4 61.Ra5 Rf4 62.Kd2 Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6

65.Ra6+ Bc6 66.Ra5 Rh3+ 67.Kb2 Rb3+ 68.Ka2 Bd5 69.Ka1 Rxa3+ 70.Kb2 Rb3+ 71. Kc2

Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1

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Full Metal jacket games that may have inspired Tyler Hughes.

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Third Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "m"]
[Date "1966.01.08" ]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7
12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O
17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8
22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6
27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4
32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3
37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4
42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1

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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

Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form
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Second Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "Danielle"]
[Black "DocOcc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1374"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[Opening "Trompowsky attack (Ruth, Opocensk=FD opening)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Time "23:30:45"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Qb1 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Bg7
13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Nh7+ Ke7 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh2 Nc6 22. g5 Be7
23. f4 Kf7 24. h5 Nb4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Rg1 Nd5 27. g6+ Kf6 28. h6 Bxf4
29. h7 Bxh2 30. g7
{Black resigns} 1-0

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Bill Weihmiller shouldn’t feel bad about how he lost to me in March. I’ve used that Petrosian tricks hundreds of times.

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.17" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Allmeiddah" ]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S=E4misch variation"]
[ECO "E80"]
[NIC "KI.54"]
[Time "02:07:04"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 h6
8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 Ne8 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. h5 g5
14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. b3 b6 18. a3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4
20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ra7 Qd8 22. Rba1 Qc8 23. R1a3 Ne8 24. Qa2 Bf6
25. Kg2 Ng7 26. Nh1 Bd8 27. Nf2 Be7 28. Nd3 Ne8 29. c5 bxc5
30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Qc4 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rd4 34. Qc2 Nf6
35. Na4 Nxg4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. fxg4 Bxg4 38. e5+ Kh8 39. d6 cxd6
40. Rxe7 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 f5 42. Bxg4 dxe5 43. Bxf5 c4 44. Nb6 Qd6
45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qxc4+ Rf7 47. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

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The Ultimate Full Metal Jacket game, all 8 pawns on the board when Bill resigns on move 45.

[Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.11" ]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S=E4misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.51"]
[Time "23:59:02"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15.h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8 28.Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2 Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3 Kf7 41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5
1-0

Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form
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[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Labuckas,Aidas"]
[Black "Bologan,Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5
8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Qc2 e6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.0-0-0 a6
14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf3 Bb7 16.Kb1 0-0-0 17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 f5 19.axb6 g4
20.Be2 c5 21.Na5 Nxb6 22.f3 Ba8 23.Qb3 Kc7 24.Qa3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Nd7
26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Na4 cxd4 28.exd4 Kb8 29.Na5 Rc8 30.Qb4 Rc7 31.Qxb7+ Rxb7 32.Nc6+ Kc7 33.Nxe7 Rb4 34.Nc3 Rhb8 35.Ned5+ exd5 36.Nxd5+ Kd8 37.Nxb4 Rxb4 38.Kc2 a5 39.Rh5 Nb6 40.Rxf5 Nxc4
41.Bxc4 Rxc4+ 42.Kb3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 1-0

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[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dancevski,Orce"]
[Black "Socko,Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Be2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 f5 13.Bh5+ Kf8 14.Be2 Nf6
15.0-0-0 Bd7 16.f4 Kg8 17.e4 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rf8 20.Rhf1 Bc6 21.Kb1 Qe8 22.g4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Ba4 24.b3 Bd7 25.g5 Qe7 26.Qd3 hxg5 27.fxg5 Rh4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qg3 Rh8 30.Nf6 Bxf6 31.gxf6 Qf7 32.Qg5 Be8 33.Bd3 Qg8 34.Qf4 Bg6 35.Kb2 Rh3 36.Bxg6 Qxg6 37.c5 Qh5 38.Rd2 Qh6 39.Qxh6+ Rxh6 40.cxd6 cxd6 41.Rc2 Rxf6 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 d5 44.Re8 Kg6 45.Re7 Kf5 46.Rxb7 Ke4 47.Rxa7 Kxd4 48.a4 e5 49.Re7 e4 50.a5 e3 51.b4 Rf2+
52.Kb3 e2 53.a6 Rf3+ 54.Kc2 Re3 55.Rxe3 Kxe3 56.a7 d4 57.a8=3DQ d3+
58.Kb3 e1=3DQ 59.Qa7+ Kd2 60.Qa2+ Ke3 61.Qa7+ Ke2 62.Qe7+ Kd1 63.Qc5 Qg3 64.Qh5+ Ke1 65.Qe8+ Kd2 66.b5 Qe1 67.Qg6 Qb1+ 68.Kc4 Qc2+ 69.Kd4 Qc3+ 70.Kd5 Kc1 71.Qg1+ Kc2 72.Qg6 Kb2
0-1

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[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,Murtas"]
[Black "Radjabov,Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5
8.e3 e6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.g4 a6 14.Nde4 d5
15.Ng3 Nf6 16.0-0-0 b5 17.c5 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nd7 20.f3 exd4
21.exd4 Nf8 22.Rhe1 Ne6 23.Bf1 0-0-0 24.Kb1 Qd7 25.Ne2 Rde8 26.Qd3 Qc7
27.Rc1 Re7 28.Red1 Rhe8 29.Qd2 Nd8 30.Rc3 Ne6 31.Rd3 Nf4 32.Nxf4 gxf4
33.a4 Re3 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qc3 Bf6 36.Kc2 Qa7 37.Qa3 Qxa3 38.Rxa3 Rxa3
39.bxa3 Kc7 40.Bd3 Ra8 41.Rh1 Bg5 42.Re1 Kd8 43.Rd1 Rxa3 44.Kb2 b4 45.Bc2 Rc3 46.Rd2 Bf6 47.Bb3 Rxc5 48.Ka2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Ke7 50.Re1+ Re3 51.Rc1 Re2+ 0-1

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[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko,Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov,Teimour"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5
7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6
12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2

1/2

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[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko,Alexander"]
[Black "Amonatov,Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5
15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nde4 Bc6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be4 0-0 19.Rd2 Rfd8
20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qd8 24.g4 Qd7 25.f3 Qd6
26.Qe2 f5 27.Nf2 Qh2 28.Nd3 Bf8 29.a3 Qd6 30.Ka2 Bg7 31.Qc2 Kh8
32.Ka1 Kg8 33.Kb1 Kh8 34.Qe2 Kg8 35.Kc2 Kh8 36.f4 gxf4 37.exf4 Kh7
38.gxf5 exf5 39.Qe8 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Nxc5 Kh5 42.Ne6 Bf6 43.b4 a6
44.a4 Kg4 45.c5 Be7 46.Kd3 Kg3 47.Nd4 Kxg2 48.Nxf5 h5 49.Nxe7 h4 50.Nf5 h3 51.Ne3+ Kf3 52.Nf1 Kf2 53.Nh2 Kg3 54.Ke2 Kxh2 55.Kf2 Kh1 56.a5 Kh2 57.f5 1-0

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Does anyone know of the theory on the following very brief opening moves?

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4

Doesn’t Bf4 in the “London System” occur after White plays Nf3? IMHO,
White’s not obligated to play Nf3 right off the bat. For example, why couldn’t White opt for 1.d4 2. Bf4 3.Nc3 and perhaps 4.Qd2, with a view toward 5. 0-0-0 or even 5.Bh6, in the event of a Kingside fianchetto by Black?
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Hi, I have played this once, I think it were against d5 instead, but the
2. Bf4 is I think called “the London system” because the idea is to play c3, e3, Nbd2, Ngf3, Bd3 and I think Qc2 and white is very solid. Drawish. Anyway I do not know much theory except maybe that …Qb6 is good at some time. But I do not know the theory.
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Yes, this normally heads toward a London System. The point of 2.Bf4 (vs 2.Nf3/3.Bf4) is that after say 3.e3, Black cannot play 3…Nh5 without possibly dropping the knight to 4.Qxh5. After White plays h3 or after Black has played …e6, then White can play Nf3 and save the Bf4 from the Nh5 via Bh2 or Bg5 attacking the Qd8. It is a very solid opening that works well vs players with Black who are not strong in the endgame.

Such players are likely to play strategically weak moves in the middlegame and wander into inferior endgames where White has good chances to win with few chances to lose. Hopefully Black will get bored and lose even quicker. I have enjoyed many such wins.

Any opening can become wild and tactical. There are a few such lines after 2.Bf4, but mostly White gets to choose them. There are a number of shorter kingside attacking wins for White. A key point is the control of e5 by the pawn, bishop and knight. The thematic weak point for White is b2, which the Bf4 abandoned.

Black usually does well to play …Qb6 at some point.
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The London system isn’t based on the knight going to f3. it’s based on the bishop going to f4 and the pawns landing on d4 e3 and c3. if you place the knight on c3 then your going into another formation.
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Thanks for your interpretation. So what I hear you saying is it’s the “pawn triangle” which characterizes the London system, along with the Bishop being developed ‘outside’ the triangle, specifically on f4, right? This “pawn triangle” also subsequently occurs in the Colle (1.d4 d4 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3) and Torre Attack (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5), if I’m not mistaken. But, this begs a question. Where does White typically develop his Kingside Knight? Isn’t it usually on f3. In both of these other systems I mentioned, it usually goes there (f3). In fact, in the words of 2 authors of a book on the London system, they do seem to indicate that the King Knight’s placement on f3, early on, is a component of the London setup.

A Chessville review by Rick Kennedy of Sverre Johnsen and Vlatko Kovacevicâ’s “Win with the London System”
http://chessville.com/reviews/WinWithLondonSystem.htm states “Basically the London is a set of solid lines where after 1.d4 White quickly develops his dark-squared bishop to f4 and normally bolsters his center with c3 and e3 rather than expanding. Although it has the potential for a quick kingside attack, the White forces are generally flexible enough to engage in a battle anywhere on the board. Historically it developed into a system mainly from three variations 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 or 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 or 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4″

I mention this discussion of the King Knight’s placement (and, for that matter) the Queen Knight’s role because in my original query on this subject, I was interested in whether anyone was familiar with a White opening sequence involving 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4!? AND further, if anyone knew of the theory on a White setup (not necessarily called the London system) involving 3.Nc3 / 4.Qd2 and perhaps 5.0-0-0 or even 5.Bh6, where Black had fianchettoed on the Kingside, as in the KID or Pirc.

Yes, your observation is correct. This is, indeed “another formation” and it is this ‘other’ formation that I was also originally inquisitive about and am still waiting to hear about. Exactly what should Black be doing against such a plan/formation?

For example, if he steers the game into King’s Indian Defense channels, how does he avoid an early exchange of his ‘Indian’ Bishop save for playing …h6 ? (e.g 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Qd2 0-0 [here 4...h6 would stymie White's plan of Bh6] 5.Bh6 followed by 6.Bxg7.)

These are just a few thoughts I have on this matter and anything anyone could add to the discussion would be greatly appreciated.
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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 was used by Scottish GM Jonathan Rowson to win the 2004 British Championship.

See “dealing with d4 deviations” by FM Jon Cox, Everyman Chess, 2005 for much good stuff about the Colle, London, Stonewall and other such stuff.

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This is my other favorite game of the April Colorado Informant, Volume 36, #2. David Meliti won clear first in the 2008 December Winter Springs Open with 3.5/4, cracking 1900. It was the endgame that caught my eye. So many people trade bishops for knights without a second thought.

In a very reduced ending with just Bishop and two pawns versus Knight and two pawns David fashioned a win against Markus Petters. Let this ending be a warning to all who disrespect the mighty bishops.

[Event "2008 Winter Springs Open"]
[Site "Manitou Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Meliti"]
[Black "Markus Petters"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C03"]
[NIC "FR.14"]
[Time "02:42:12"]
[TimeControl "40/2 G/1"]

2008 Winter Springs Open
December 6, 2008
Weather – cool
Round 2
40/2, G/1
French Defense, Tarrasch Variation
White – David Meliti, tournament winner 1935
Black – Markus Petters, 2025

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O
8. Ne4 Nd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd5
14. Qe4 f5 15. Qc4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. c4 Na6
20. Be3 Nb4 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Be2 Ba4 24. Rd6 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nc6
26. b4 Rd8 27. Rad1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. c5 Kf7 31. g4 g6
32. Bc4+ Kf6 33. gxf5 Kxf5 34. f3 e4 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. fxe4 Kxe4 37. Bg8 h6
38. Bh7 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kd4 40. Bxg6 Kxc5 41. Kg3 Ne6 42. Kg4 Ng7

43. Kf4 The game has been remarkably unremarkable, staying pretty close to even the whole way. There is almost nothing left, symmetrical h-pawns, symmetrical b-pawns, one bishop, one knight. I felt sure this was a dead draw playing over it. Knights like outposts but they are hard to come by with just two pawns to provide them. If Markus had activated his sidelined knight with 43 … Ne6+ 44 Ke5 Nd4 that would have been OK. Petters can also join forces with his King, Knight and h6 pawn to create a barrier covering almost the entire 5th rank with 43 … Kd6!. Instead Markus moved his King to his designated Knight Square.

43 … Kd4???? 44. Bf7!!!!
Bam! Just like that it’s over. The Knight can’t move and David’s plan is to move his King in and remove the knight from the freezer. Meliti doesn’t care if Markus runs around and wins his b-pawn, after winning the knight David will Queen his h-pawn while his long-range bishop will stop the black b-pawn from Queening. David just taps his feet until Petters moves his King and then swoops into Ke5-f6:g7. David moves his pawns one square at a time even though they can legally move two sqaures. After a while Markus has to give way with his horrified King. Very simple and elegant after you see David’s Master plan but until then, it looks like magic.

44 … b5 45. h3!!

45 b4!! wins just fine, the idea is to stop Petters’ pawns any way you can and not worry about losing your b-pawn. On principle, David avoids wasting any pawn tempi until Markus gives up and moves his King.

45 … b4 46. b3!!
b-pawn stopped, what about the h-pawn? 46 h4!! also works

46 … h5 47. h4!!
Both pawns stopped. Move your King, Markus! 47 Kg5 Ke5 48 B:h5?? N:h5 49 K:h5 Kd4 is an immediate draw. 47 Kg5 Ke5 48 B:h5?? Ne6+! 49 Kg4 Kf6!! is another easy draw. The Black King heads for h8 to stop the wrong-colored rookpawn from Queening and the Black Knight sacs itself for the b-pawn with Ne6-d4:b3 dead draw. Meliti could continue the torture by not grabbing the h5-pawn – 47 Kg5 Ke5 48 h4!! would keep the game going. David’s move is much simpler than all this. No Black pawn moves = a Black King move = dead Black Knight = free White h-pawn = new White Queen = 1-0

47 … Kd3 48. Ke5! Ke3 49. Kf6! Kf4 50. Kxg7! Kg4 51. Kh6!!
I’m the kind of jerk that would play 51 B:h5+!! for one last chance to sacrifice.

51 … Kxh4 52. Bxh5! Kg3 53. Kg5! Kf2 54. Kf4
1-0 Markus moves away.
I’m sorry but the rest of the game didn’t do anything for me.

Meliti-Petters2009.pgn
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[Event "2008 Winter Springs Open"]
[Site "Manitou Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Meliti"]
[Black "Markus Petters"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C03"]
[NIC "FR.14"]
[Time "02:42:12"]
[TimeControl "40/2 G/1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O
8. Ne4 Nd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nd5
14. Qe4 f5 15. Qc4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. c4 Na6 20.
Be3 Nb4 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rfd1 e5 23. Be2 Ba4 24. Rd6 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nc6 26.
b4 Rd8 27. Rad1 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. c5 Kf7 31. g4 g6 32.
Bc4+ Kf6 33. gxf5 Kxf5 34. f3 e4 35. Kf2 Kf4 36. fxe4 Kxe4 37. Bg8 h6 38.
Bh7 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kd4 40. Bxg6 Kxc5 41. Kg3 Ne6 42. Kg4 Ng7 43. Kf4 Kd4 44.
Bf7 b5 45. h3 b4 46. b3 h5 47. h4 Kd3 48. Ke5 Ke3 49. Kf6 Kf4 50. Kxg7 Kg4
51. Kh6 Kxh4 52. Bxh5 Kg3 53. Kg5 Kf2 54. Kf4
1-0 Petters pushes off
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Brian Wall once wrote:

I went a spell of several years without winning a game from Philipp Ponomarev. I asked myself – Is this it? Time to hang up my pawns?

When I analyzed our games I noticed a distinct pattern. I played the beginning of the game slowly and patiently, using the ” mine field sweep ” approach advocated by Petrosian. I secured an advantage but somehow, imperceptibly, step by step, Philipp hung in there grimly and turned the game around.

Each time. 5 games in a row.

Philipp plays the first part quickly, impatient for victory like a wolf gulping down raw chicken, bones and all. Roughly 2100 strength. When his game becomes lost, he becomes a different player, a 2450.

His opponent, pleasantly surprised by his weak beginning, is unprepared for the massive change in persona. He believes so fiercely in ultimate victory he will play out the most drawish positions, winning Queen and Pawn versus Queen and Pawn against both Buck Buchanan and Renard Anderson ( the very next round ). It’s no wonder – considering the positions he starts from, an equal position is a minor miracle.

After this round I went drinking with Renae Delaware, Josh Bloomer, Pete Karagianis, Martin (pronounced Marteen – Spanish parent) Abresch and a real live Latvian nicknamed Kasp. Pete (karagianis@…) is a fellow Chesswriter, en route to the National Open from Iowa (born in Illinois).

There are two ways to describe Pete physically – one is a young Greek God – there was a crazy lady at the bar, a Germanic Blonde-Blue eyed nurse named Debbie, dressed in some wild Native American outfit with “spirit journey” tattoos. She took a drunken interest in the Chessplayers, swaying to the bughouse for hours but left in frustation when her “Chess choice”, Pete, brutally rejected her.

The other way to describe Pete physically, esp with uncombed hair, is Coco, the bird-plant-airplane from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends a favorite cartoon of Isaac Martinez and myself.
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Coco is an insane, bird-plant-airplane, imaginary friend who can only speak or write the word “coco” at various speeds and with different emphasis.

The other characters understand her without any apparent difficulty. The characters often repeat what she says, or close to it, so the conversation is understood. Coco also loves to drink cocoa, which does sometimes create confusion.

She can also lay plastic eggs that will have virtually any item inside them; however, she won’t always lay an egg carrying something that the others need. Coco sometimes suggests criminal offenses to solve problems, though her manner of speech leaves the exact details unclear. One instance even seems to have her suggesting murder.

This ties in with her already insane nature.
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After some casual blitz to test each other out, we ascended to Bughouse teams, Josh/Renae versus Pete and I switching our partners. I am part Latvian so I very much enjoyed talking to Kasp about the old country .

Pete was fairly harsh with his partner Martin (pronounced Marteeen – Spanish parent ) so I told Abresch that Pete only broke him down so I could build him back up again, like good cop, bad cop or any decent drill sargeant.

That promise didn’t last long – I physically turned his head so he would look at my board once in a while and encouraged by beer, competitiveness, the late hour and our nurse mascot just off a 12 hour shift, screamed – Brian to Marteen – Act like you know wtf is going on!

The trash talking that night was on a 2850 level all around.

Later I got 2 hours sleep and walked 10 miles, 3 hours to the tournament hall, dozing off numerous times during the day. My bar buddies seemed aghast at my plan – Josh Bloomer, laughing – You won’t make it.

One man understood, Paul Anderson, whose grandfather fought for General Patton. My comparison example I always use when something tough comes up is Patton’s 2-day march in winter with no sleep, some soldiers with no shoes, fighting Nazis along the way to a big battle at the end to rescue an American unit.

Paul and I laughed the next day comparing my 10 mile saunter through safe territory with a balmy morning breeze to that Patton march. Paul watches the George C. Scott movie Patton once a year to honor his grandfather.

When I compared sleep notes with Philipp Sunday he said – “Sounds like me – I ended up running 10 miles from a party a few night ago
at 4:30 in the morning. I’ve had about 8 hours sleep the last 4 days.”

Even exhausted, Philipp beat the other 2 masters, tying for second with me after I drew Karagianis and Tyler. Tyler Hughes also played 3 Chessmasters, beating Renard Anderson and Pete Karagianis and drawing me. Tyler took clear first. Congrats! It was a tough tournament.

I was well rested and on fire Saturday, Sunday I was a zombie. Philipp was exhausted the whole tournament, even hanging his last piece, his Queen, against Renard in their psycho, increment only, time scramble. Renard missed picking up the Queen, too intent on meaningless checks and later lost absurdly.

Frustrated and outraged that anyone would beat him like that, Renard swept the pieces off the board, Pandolfini style and crumpled up his scoresheet, Brian style (I only do that when I lose to Smith-Morra gambits, which I consider obviously unsound), then looked at me and smiled ruefully/wryly.

Philipp and I mused that we had never seen Renard lose his cool like
that before, possibly a preemptive strike.

[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]
[Site "Masonic Lodge, Manitou Springs, CO"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Philipp Ponomarev"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White Resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Opening "KP: Nimzovich defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "17:57:10"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 plus 5 second delay"]

2006 Southern Colorado Open
Round 3
Board 1
June 10, 2006
Game/90 plus
5 second delay
Saturday
White – Philipp Ponomarev, exhausted 2357
Black – Brian Wall, well rested 2212
Opening – Full Metal Jacket

1. d4 Nc6
Opening – Full Metal Jacket – to be explained later

2. e4 e5
Nimzovitch Defense
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Predator movie -

Dutch: You can’t win this Dillon.
Dillon: Maybe I can get even.
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3. dxe5 Nxe5!
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Predator movie -

Dillon: [after a trap seemingly fails to attract the predator]
So, what are you gonna try next? Cheese?
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4. f4 Ng6

Fritz 8 prefers 4 … Nc6 which is like retreating, something I just don’t do. I didn’t even know the move was legal.
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Predator movie -

Blain: You lose it here and you’re in a world of hurt.
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5. Bc4
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Predator movie -

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): He’s killing us one at a time.
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5 … c6!!

Fritz 8 recommends 5 … Qh4+ 6 g3 Qe7, like the Schiller defense to the King’s Gambit – 1 e4 e5 2 f4 Qh4+ 3 g3 Qe7

It’s evaluations like this that makes me want to scrap my bucket of bolts for a real computer like Rybka.

Eventually the threat of unplugging makes my German friend put down his musical beer stein and agree my move is best. That’s better.
5 minutes spent on the move.
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Predator movie -

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): If it bleeds, we can kill it.

Quoted to me the round before by Mickey Wentz during a woodsy walk-talk, trying to psych himself up while playing ex-2400 Renard Anderson.
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6. Qd4

Usually Colorado players trot out very stale systems but Philipp and I play original openings against each other. Moving out a knight seems normal – Philipp’s move is good but it shocked me – what’s it doing out there? Well, for one thing, my … c6-knight is offsides so the Queen has no natural enemy. 6 Qe2 is OK too.

6 … d5!? TN
Theoretical Novelty by Wall, my 7,234,564,885th
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Predator movie -

Poncho: You’re bleeding, man.
Blain: I ain’t got time to bleed.
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I didn’t want to give up the center so I decided to fight back. 5 minutes spent.
Fritz is back on his 6 … Qh4+ 7 g3 Qe7 slant -
I gotta oil that thing. 6 … Nf6 might be OK.

7. Bb3?
Another shocker – I didn’t really have a great answer to 7 ed so I knew this was pure loss of tempo. Phillip descends from up half a pawn to down half a pawn. 7 minutes spent. I was intending 7 ed Nf6 8 Qe3+ Be7 9 dc bc 10 Nf3 0-0 11 0-0 Ng4!! Fishing Pole with very active play for the pawn plus Philipp’s f4-pawn looks as retarded as it does in the Falkbeer Counter Gambit to the King’s Gambit.

On 7 ed Nf6 8 Nc3 I was intending the very dicy 8 Nc3 Bb4!? 9 Qe3+ Kf8!?
8 … b5!? is better than 8 … Bb4?! after 7 ed Nf6 8 Nc3

I have other bewildering moves after 6 Qd4 d5 7 ed like
7 … Be6, … N8e7, … Nh4, … cd, … Qh4+,
… b5, … Be7, … Qe7+ and … Bf5.

I knew I had gotten away with murder, a clear tempo gain, which means Black has become White.
I just developed a piece -

Fritz – 7 … Qh4+!!, …Qe7!!, … Qf6!, … Nf6!, … Qa5+! and … Nh4
all give me an advantage.
Watson latest Benoni book recommends a … Qh4+, … Qe7 approach.

7 … Nf6
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Predator movie -

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ):
Come on… Come on! Do it! Do it! Come on. Come on!
Kill me! I’m here! Kill me! I’m here! Kill me! Come on!
Kill me! I’m here! Come on! Do it now! Kill me!
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8. e5??
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6 minutes.

Philipp offered this move as the best proof of his exhausted state
after the game – he hallucinated that he was driving my knight backwards.

Philipp – I was space-happy!

8 ed is best, despite the clearly wasted 7 Bb3?
8 f5 might survive but I am better after 8 … Nh4!!, … Ne7!! or … c5!

8 … N:d5!! or … Be6! are good answers to 8 ed!
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8 … Ne4!!
Starting a run of 7 best moves in a critical situation.
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Predator movie -

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): What the hell ARE you?
The Predator: What the hell are YOU?
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It’s over after 8 moves.

Philipp – Nothing I could do after 8 … Ne4!!

8 … Nd7, … Ng4 ( Fishing Pole ), … Qe7, … Ng8 and … Nh5
all give me an edge but nothing like my move.

The main idea is 9 … Bc5 with an f2 invasion, the ancient weakness.
… Nh4 ideas, hitting g2 are strong too.
6 Qd4 was reasonable but 7 Bb3? and 8 e5?? leave the Queen flat-footed.

Fritz already puts me at + 2.5, meaning he sees no way to save the exchange.
Since 9 Nh3? is met by 9 … B:h3!!!!! or … Bc5!!!! or … Qh4+!!!!
or many other wins I was curious to see what Philipp would do here.
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9. Be3
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The most crushing are 9 … Bc5, … Nh4, … Qh4+,
… Bf5 ( Tom Bourie’s postmortem suggestion ),
… a5, … Qa5+,… N:f4 and … f6

You might have to go back a decade for Philipp to have a worse tournament position after 9 moves.

9. … Bc5!!!
4 minutes.

Another approach is 9 … Nh4!! 10 Kf1 Nf5 11 Qd3 N:e3 12 Q:e3 Bc5!
If 9 … Nh4 10 g3 Bc5!!

9 … Nh4!! 10 Kf1 Ng3+ 11 hg Nf5 12 Qd2 N:g3+ 13 Ke1 N:h1 14 Nf3 Bg4 should win – My h1-knight should escape.

9 .. Nh4!! demonstrates how fragile Philipp’s position has become.
A simple attack on g2 cannot be met.

I looked for clean kills.

9 … Qh4+!! is murderous -

9 … Qh4+!! 10 Bf2 Qg4!!!!, … Qh6!!!, … Q:f4!!!, … Qh5!!!,
… Bb4!!, … Q:f2+!!, … N:f2!, … Qe7! and … Bc5
all win.

9 … Qh4+!! 10 g3 N:g3
11 hg Q:h1

9 … Qh4+!! 10 g3 N:g3
11 Nf3 Qh3!!!, … Qh5!!!, … Qh6!!, … Qg4!! and … Nf5!

9 … Qh4+!! 10 g3 N:g3 11 Bf2 N:f4!!! or … Nf5!!
all win

Tom Bourie’s 9 … Bf5! is a solid move which leaves Philipp with no good defense to 10 … Qh4+ or … Bc5. Josh Bloomer insisted that 9 … Bc5!!! had to be sharper and better and his master instincts were correct.

What is the root cause of Philipp’s difficulties?
The Bc4-b3 and Qd4-any dilemma after 8 … Ne4!! has in effect cost the Siberian two tempi in an open game. 7 ed! would have allowed Philipp to maintain active d4-Queen and c4-bishop posts while bringing out the rest of his men.
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Predator movie -

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ):
My men are not expendable. And I don’t do this kind of work.
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10. Qd3!!

Only move – anything else clearly worse.

10 … Qb6!!!!!
11 minutes.
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Predator movie -

Blain: Son of a bitch is dug in like an Alabama tick.
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My pre-game strategy was to -
A – get my usual winning position with slow opening play versus Philipp’s jackrabbit opening speed.

B – make an extra effort to pour it on after I get a good position,
something which has been lacking in my efforts with Phil for years.

I did my usual fat, lazy, old analysis -
A – 10 … Qh4+ was “too messy”
B – My hand reached out to make the positional 7 … f6 and …
Suddenly I said “No!!” to myself, which you can tell just by looking at me is not the usual tone of voice I would use on me. Startled, I listened to what I had to say.

Brian to Brian, Twilight Zone -
Brian, you always do this, get a great position, get careless and fritter it away. This time I want you to add 200 points to your rating, play like a 2400, it should be easy, you analyze 2600-2800 moves on ICC all day long for an international audience. Surely some of that must of rubbed off of you by now.

Brian to Deerhunter – OK… ok… ok…

So I looked deeper and found a great move, the best move – it didn’t seem possible to me that there would be a better move than 10 … Qh4+ or 10 … f6. My move doesn’t even look logical – why ignore
piece development to pile onto a diagonal behind a bishop? I found the best by a combination of an every-legal-move search and the scorching memory of a very long non-winning streak with this young firebrand.

I didn’t know I was playing a much weakened Philipp, I only knew I couldn’t bear losing one more winning position in a time scramble.

10 … Qb6!!!, … Qh4+!!!,
… Bg4!!, … Bf5!!, … a5!!, … Qa5+!!, … N:f4!!
are the best of the 30 wins.

Let’s examine 10 … Qh4+!!! 11 g3!! N:g3!! 12 Nf3!! Qh5!!!

I got this far in my mind and wasn’t sure what was happening. I didn’t like the fact that the e3-bishop was protected and the f3-knight developed with tempo. The reality is I have a massive advantage here – I am threatening the f3-knight, the h1-rook, Philipp’s h2-pawn is pinned and I can even develop with tempo with … Bf5.
On the move I feared, 13 B:c5 I have 13 … N:f4!!! 14 Qd2 Q:f3
13 … N:f4!!! 14 Qd1 N:h1
13 … N:f4!!! 14 Rg1 N:d3+
13 … N:f4!!! 14 Qc3 Ne4
13 … N:f4!!! 14 Qf1 N:f1

and I also have 13 B:c5 N:h1!! 14 Qf1 Bg4
or even
13 B:c5 Ne4! 14 Bd4 N:f4!

After 10 … Qh4+ 11 g3 N:g3
12 Nf3 Qh6!!, … Qh3!!, … Qg4!!, … Bb4+!! and … N:f4!
are also all much better for me.

After 10 … Qh4+ 11 g3 N:g3 12 Nf3 Qh5

13 hg Q:h1+ 14 Ng1 B:e3 15 Q:e3 h5
13 Rg1 Bf5 14 Qd2 Ne4
13 Nbd2 B:e3 14 Q:e3 N:h1

are all very convincing wins for me but my move is just simple and unanswerable with no messy complications.
10 … Qh4+ reminded me of Steve Towbin, a random tactics generator.

11. Ke2

11 B:c5 Q:c5 12 Qf1 ( to stop an f2-invasion ) Qe3+
13 Ne2 Bg4 14 g3 with a multitude of wins for me like
14 … h5!!!, … Ne7!!!, … 0-0-0!!!,
… Rd8!!, … 0-0!!, … Bf3!!, … Nf8!!
and many others.

If 11 Bd2 B:g1 or … Bf2+ or … Bd4 or … Nf2 or … Bb4
or anything – In English no decent defense to all the pain on the g1-a7 diagonal.

11 … Nxf4+!!!!!!
4 minutes.

The best of my 29 wins, along with 11 … Bf5 !!!!!
Next tier is 11 … Bg4+!!! and … Nh4!!!
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Predator movie -

Poncho: Major, you’d better take a look at this.
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): Did you find Hawkins?
Poncho: I… I can’t tell.
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12. Bxf4!! Bxg1!!!!!!

12 … Bg4+!!!, … Nf2!!!, … a5!, … Bf5!, … g6! and … f6!
all work but again my move is best.
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Predator movie -

Billy: I’m scared Poncho.
Poncho: Bullshit. You ain’t afraid of no man.
Billy: There’s something out there waiting for us, and it ain’t no man.
We’re all gonna die.
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I gazed in wonder how difficult it was to guard f2 after 12 … B:g1.
12 Be3 Bg4+ and no way to guard e3.
I was hoping for 12 Qf3 Bg4!!! 13 Q:g4 Qf2+ 14 Kd3 Nc5+ 15 Kc3 Qd4 checkmate 12 Nh3 doesn’t help because I already removed the g1-knight.

13. Bg3 Bg4+!!!!!!

13 … Nf2!!!!!! 14 Qf3 N:h1 is equally convincing -

Pete Karagianis suggested the half as good move third best
13 … Bf2!!! after the game which I assured him “lost “.
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Predator movie -

Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ):[examining Blain's body]
No powder burns. No shrapnel.
Dillon: The wound’s all fused, cauterized.
What the hell could have done this to a man?
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14. Kf1
I don’t know what’s worse

14 Ke1 Bf2+!!! 15 B:f2 Q:f2 checkmate or
14 Ke1 Bf2+!!! 15 Kf1 B:g3 threatening checkmate

14 … Nf2!!!!!!
7 minutes. Last real think.
The remaining 14 moves were played in 9 minutes for me, 16 for Philipp.

Another killer best move twice as good as any competitor – I thought even Philipp might resign here because he just loses a rook with zero compensation.
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Predator movie -
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): Bleed, bastard.
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15. Rxg1
I thought he might try this Queen sac but …

15 … Nxd3!
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Predator movie -
Billy: [looking at Pancho after being hit by a log]
He’s busted up pretty bad, Major.
Poncho: [in pain] I can make it! I can make it.
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16. cxd3! Be2+
It’s stronger to keep attacking with
16 … Qe3, … Qd4, … Qb5 or … Qa6
but Grandmaster Dzindzichashvilli once told me -
When you are winning all trades are good.
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Predator movie -
Dillon: Look, we’ve been looking for this place for months. My men were in that chopper when it got hit! Hopper’s orders were to go in and get my men and he disappeared.
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ):
He didn’t disappear. He was skinned alive!
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17. Kxe2! Qxg1! 18. Kd2! Qxg2+! 19. Kc1! h5!
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Predator movie -
Blain: Payback time.
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20. Nd2 h4! 21. Be1! Qxh2! 22. Bd1! h3! 23. Kc2 Qxe5

Josh Bloomer classic -
Half of Brian’s wins involve a pawn wave.
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Predator movie -
Anna: When I was little, we found a man. He looked like – like, butchered.
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24. Bf3! O-O-O
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Predator movie -
[after Dutch has nailed a guy to the wall with his knife]
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): Stick around.
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25. Bf2! Rde8
So I wouldn’t have to retreat after Re1
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Predator movie -
Anna: We begin finding our men. We found them sometimes without their skins… and sometimes much, much worse. “El cazador trofeo de los hombres” means the demon who makes trophies of men.
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26. Rh1 f5 27. Bd1 g5
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Predator movie -
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ): [directing his team into the jungle]
We move, five meter spread, no sound.
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28. Nf1 Qe2+
Grandmaster Dzindzichashvilli once told me -
When you are winning all trades are good.
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Predator movie -
Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger ):
We’re a rescue team. Not assassins.
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0-1

Basically what happened was Philipp was pushing me around in the
center so I fought back but Philipp was so tired he got overrun.
Philipp laughed off the game due to the price of exhausion and won
every other game. He even won rating points this tournament.
Heart of a champion.
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pponomarev-brianwall.pgn
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[Event "Southern Colorado Open"]
[Site "Masonic Lodge, Manitou Springs, CO"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Philipp Ponomarev"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White Resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[Opening "KP: Nimzovich defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "17:57:10"]
[TimeControl "Game/90 plus 5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Ng6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Qd4 d5 7. Bb3 Nf6 8.
e5 Ne4 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. Ke2 Nxf4+ 12. Bxf4 Bxg1 13. Bg3 Bg4+ 14.
Kf1 Nf2 15. Rxg1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Be2+ 17. Kxe2 Qxg1 18. Kd2 Qxg2+ 19. Kc1 h5
20. Nd2 h4 21. Be1 Qxh2 22. Bd1 h3 23. Kc2 Qxe5 24. Bf3 O-O-O 25. Bf2 Rde8
26. Rh1 f5 27. Bd1 g5 28. Nf1 Qe2+ 0-1
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[Event "URS-ch21 (Rozinov mem) corr9802"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Timko,Viktor"]
[Black "Malinin,Vasily Borisovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B00"]
1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.f4 Ng6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Be3 Qf6 7.Ne2 Qxb2 8.0-0 Nf6
9.Qd3 Qb4 10.e5 d5 11.exd6 b5 12.Bb3 Qxd6 13.Nd4 Be7 14.a4 Ng4 15.Nc3 0-0 16.Ne4
Qd7 17.h3 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nf6 19.Ra5 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Bd8 21.f5 Re8
22.Qg4 Rxe3 23.fxg6 Qxg4 24.hxg4 Bxa5 25.Rxf7 Rxb3 26.Rf8+ Kxf8 27.gxh7 Rb1+
28.Kh2 Bc7+ 29.g3 Bf5 30.h8=Q+ Kf7 31.Qh5+ Bg6 32.Qg5 Be4

0-1
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[Event "DESC F0010 email"]
[Site "DESC email"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Binder,Klaus"]
[Black "Leisebein,Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B00"]

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.e4 Nxe5 4.f4 Ng6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.Nf3 b5 8.Be2 Qb6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.e5 Nd5 11.f5 Ngf4 12.Bf1 d6 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.c3 0-0
16.Kf2 Rfe8 17.g3 Nh5 18.Bd3 Nhf6 19.Kg2 b4 20.c4 Ne3+ 21.Bxe3 Rxe3

0-1
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[Event "BCF-ch 88th"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2001.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rudd,Jack"]
[Black "Adams,David M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B00"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 Nc6 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.f4 Ng6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nc3 d6
9.Bd2 b5 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.f5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.Bf4 Qf6
16.g4 Ne5 17.Qg3 Qe7 18.g5 f6 19.Bxb5 cxb5 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.gxf6 Rxf6 22.Bg5 Kf7
23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.b4 Bb6 25.Nxb6 axb6 26.Rhg1 Ke7 27.Qg7+ Nf7 28.e5 fxe5
29.f6+ Ke6 30.Qg4+ Kxf6 31.Rdf1+ Ke7 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.Rf1+ Ke8 34.Qg8+ Kd7
35.Rf7+ Qe7 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7 37.Qxh7+ Kd8 38.Kb2 Rb8 39.h4 Be6 40.Qa7 Rc8
41.Qxb6+ Ke7 42.Qxb5 d5 43.a4 e4 44.Qb6 Rc4 45.c3 Rc8 46.a5 Rg8 47.a6 Rg2+
48.Kc1 Ra2
49.a7

1-0

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Here is an old game of Brian Walls defeating an IM from Columbia.

1: Jose Alejandro Acosta Amaya
2: Maestro Internacional de la FIDE
3: Lugar de nacimiento : Bogotá, Colombia
4: My name is Alejandro Acosta
5: I am an International Master
6: I am from Colombia

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1: Brian Wall
2: FIDE 2250
3: born New York, New York
4: I live in Colorado, USA
5: My name is Brian Wall
6: I am a Life Master
7: I play the Fishing Pole
8: I eat IMs for breakfast
Name : Brian Wall
Groups : Colorado
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[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jacosta"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "12:14:27"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4!!
Fishing Pole, invented by LM Jack Young

5. c3 a6!! 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7
Hyper Pole, so that d5 can be met by … b5 -
for this my bishop must be on … a7, not … b6.

8. h3 h5!! 9. Bg5 f6!!
Very typical – they think this blocks out my Queen but that
fatal attraction bitch always finds a new way to kill the rabbit.

10. Bc1 d6 11. hxg4
gulping the worm

11 … hxg4!
hooking the fish

12. Nfd2 exd4
Even better is 12 … f5!!!, one of my favorite Fishing Pole moves,
as you will see later. The idea is … Qh4!!.
12 … b5!! is another plan.

13. cxd4 Bxd4
even better is 13 … b5!! followed by 14 … N:d4!

14. Bxc6+
The usual desperate attempt to eliminate my attackers

14 … bxc6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bf4 f5!! 17. g3 g5!!
The Hyper-Pole is a little dicy but the game is turning in my favor now.

18. Be3 Qf6
18 … Qe7!!! is better than 18 … Qf6!!

19. Kg2 f4!
Crushing

20. Rh1 fxe3!
Devastating

{White resigns} 0-1

Jacosta complimented me on a nice game.

jacosta-brianwall.pgn
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[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jacosta"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "12:14:27"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7 8.
h3 h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 d6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nfd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bf4 f5 17. g3 g5 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Kg2 f4 20. Rh1
fxe3 {White resigns} 0-1

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