Chess Improvement

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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