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UON 29 September 2011

Contents

1. Durkin’s Attack: An Investigation by N Earl Roberts 1

2. Basman’s Chess Inheritance by Davide Rozzoni 9

3. Fishing Poles by Brian Wall 11

4. Damiano’s Defence f6 as Black! by Domingos Sávio Perego 17

5. Inter-Service Chess by Sgt. Nicholas Wolff 19

6. Zilbermints by Lev Zilbermints 21

7. Two Albin Counter Gambit Games by Quentin Mason 25

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Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011

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Durkin’s Attack: An Investigation.

By N Earl Roberts

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I have always wanted to write an article about an opening but I have always had this

doubt about it. Not any kind of self doubt mind you but whether any sort of article would

be worth the time and effort.

You certain do have to wonder what sort of angst authors of opening treatises go through

to see their labour of love dissected and ultimately pronounced as a load of old crap by

certain people largely on the back of running such binary demons as Fritz (insert your

number here) and Rybka (whatever) over night. Chess Publishing.com is a good example

of this.

The other thing also is, what to write about? Not only does one have pseudo grandmasters

with their pet binary demons to plague ones thoughts, there are people out there who

actually do know their stuff and have written bucket loads on a great deal of this and that.

Making any sort of sensible pronouncing on an opening is not without its dangers so

maybe its best I pick something that is consider to be crap to begin with and see what I

can do (or find out).

Who’s Attack ?

So much is said about how an opening is named or what it should called. My own

personal philosophy is that it doesn‟t really matter what an opening is named or called, as

long as it is not backed up by clearly outrageous comments (such as calming to have

invented something that already exists).

So just who is or was Durkin? The 1996 edition of „The Oxford Companion to Chess”1

Durkin is identified through the opening that bears his name as one Robert Durkin of

New Jersey. It does seem though that Robert Durkin is or was a bit of an enigma as

subsequent searches of the public domain (the internet and one‟s local chess sources)

have only turned up little snippets on the man and his chess.

To begin with it is widely reproduced that Robert Durkin was born on the 9th

of May

1923 in Milwaukee Wisconsin2, which is on the west shore of Lake Michigan.


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A blog I found “Tartajubow On Chess II3, reports that Robert Durkin began his foray into

chess at one of Milwaukee play grounds and at the age of 12 attending a class conducted

by Arpad Elo4 who was Milwaukee State Chess Champion at the time. Durkin was to

move from this to the Lapham Park Chess Club under the guidance of one Bruno Esbjorn

where he apparently was to make his biggest advancement. The blog further states that in

the following year, 1936, Durkin aged 13 took part in his first tournament where he

scored +9 -3 =3 and by 1939, aged 16, he tied for first in a local master‟s tournament,

second in the county championship and third in the (presumably Milwaukee) city

championship.

Of course like everything you find on the internet, you have to take it with the metaphoric

grain of salt. However, the one piece of information stemming from this blog which is

independently mentioned else where, is that sometime in his adult life time Robert

Durkin moved to Ventnor (just south of Atlantic City), New Jersey where he was to

become a long time member of the Ventnor Chess Club5 and apparently, one of their best

players. An article by Fide master Alex Dunne for the United States Chess Federation

website about Robert Durkin6 mentions that it „was the New Jersey of the Fifties and

Sixties‟ that was to be Durkin‟s stomping grounds which it should be noted was also the

domain of such players as Weaver Adams7 and Tony Santasiere, famous players for the

time. Where it can be presumed as Alex Dunne notes that, at one stage ,Durkin‟s rating

crossed the master threshold of 2200 Elo.

As for the man himself and his opening 1.Na3, according to Alex Dunne‟s article, Durkin

did not want his name linked to such a 1st move, he repudiated it and even stopped

playing it but took it up again when his results started to suffer. By all accounts, Alex

Dunne is quite correct where he states that Durkin was quite fearless in his use of 1.Na3,

in 1959 hand typed pamphlet (book?) „Knightmare – A New Chess Opening‟ there are

not 1 but 3 examples of Durkin defeating Weaver Adams with his opening!

The one last question that remains is, what happen to Robert T Durkin? Alex Dunne‟s

article was written either late 2008 or early 2009 and in it he states that Durkin had died

sometime twenty years ago placing the time of his passing around 1986 at which time

Alex Dunne notes that Durkin disappeared from the January rating list of that year.

However though, JimWest in his blog, „Jim West on Chess‟8, in his annotation of a game

between Robert Durkin and a Miss Nancy Schaef gives a score of a game he played

against Durkin as Black in the Hamilton Quad in December of 1987 at which time

Durkin would have been 64 years old but the Alex Dunne article is compelling in one

respect that it states that he (Alex Dunne) received a phone call from an acquaintance of

Durkin sometime after Durkin‟s apparent death wanting to know if he would be

interested in his (Durkin) memorabilia which Alex Dunne notes he duly received.

Like I have said, you have take things you find on the internet with the metaphoric grain

of salt but if Robert T Durkin is still a live today he would be 87 and if he is not, like all

good chess warriors that have gone before him at least his games are his legacy and at

most the opening that grew out of protest at over booked up opponents9…

1.Na3! – The mighty mighty Durkin‟s Attack


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So what does it mean?

Simply put, when it comes to the theory on Durkin‟s Attack, there is not a lot of it. At

best, you are only likely to find the odd foot note containing less than inspiring

comments.

The 1983 single volume openings reference book „Batsford Chess Openings‟ apparently

by Gary Kasparov and Raymond Keene refers in a footnote to „1.Na3 (Durkin Attack)

generally intends the follow up c4. All sensible replies equalise.‟. This, if Durkin‟s own

book „Knightmare – A New Chess Opening‟ is anything to go by, is not altogether

accurate. There the formation of Na3 and c4 appears in only 11 of the 50 games

apparently given and only in 1 game in its pure form. This perhaps is not the perfect

indicator but it is a good starting point. Not unsurprisingly then, any reference to

Durkin‟s Attack was gone by the time 1989 “Batsford Chess Openings 2” hit the

bookshelves.

From all the games played by humans that I have gone through featuring Durkin‟s

Attack, there have been many plans and ideas used in the set up of the White pieces:

Dutch Defences in reverse, forms of the King‟s Indian Attack, Zvjaginsev attack of the

Sicilian Defence and even left handed Alekhine Defence like manoeuvres. So on the

evidence it would appear there is a lot flexibility that can a company 1.Na3 so not

unsurprising so few have been willing or dared to tie their name and efforts to something

like 1.Na3

That’s all well said and done but does it work?

Oddly enough, that is a question that can not be answered with any sort of object

certainty, after it is a first move that this is all about and it is the subsequent deployment

of ones pieces and what attack that can be achieved which will provide the winning of the

attack and I have intimated above there are quite few paths that can be followed.

The only answer I can give, it is not what opening you play but how you play it, against

who you play it and in what circumstances you play it…

Then again, there is also the age old adage: Best by test.

Earl Roberts (NZ) (2207) - JeanBart (Brazil) (2061) [A00]

Queen Alice.com – Durkin‟s Attack (7 days per move) - 12.04.2010

I had been playing Durkin‟s attack in off-hand and net blitz for some time so I decided it

was time to put it to the test in a longer form of our great game

1.Na3


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The little played "Durkin's Attack" has its own mysterious air so lets see what we can

do....

1... e5!?

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and here in is the argument, what is best in reply? I am not sure presenting White with a

chance of a tempo to improve the position of his errant Knight is altogether a warranted

approach

2.Nc4 Nc6

3.e4 Bc5!?

Shying away from the Eric Schiller recommendation of 3..f5 !? from the 1987 Batsford

book, Unorthodox Openings. I think 3…e4 !? is a more testing choice although the text is

not exactly bad, it does present White with a timely choice not mentioned by Durkin in

his pamphlet slash book, Knightmare – A New Chess Opening‟.

4.Nxe5!?

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Of course intending d4 after Nxe5. Other moves used by Robert Durkin have been: 4.Nf3

d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.b5 Nce7 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.Bb2 c6 12.Qe2

d5 13.Bb3 e4 14.Nd4 Bd7µ 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.c4 c5 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.cxb5 0–0 19.0–0

Kh8 20.Bc2 Ng6 21.f4 Qd6 22.g3 Rae8 23.a4 d4 24.Bb3 e3 25.d3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5

27.a5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Qb3 29.Rfa1µ c4? 30.R5a3± Qxb5 31.Bxd4 Re6 32.dxc4 Nxf4

33.Qg4 Qb7 34.Qxf4 Ree8 35.Rxe3 1–0 Durkin,R-Mc Cormick,E/Semi-Finals 1948 and

4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qf3 Bxe3 8.Nxe3 Qa5+ 9.c3 0–0 10.Be2 Nd4 11.Qg3

Nb3 12.Nc4 Qa6 13.Rd1 Qxa2 14.Nf3 b5 15.Ncd2µ Qxb2?? 16.Rb1 Qxc3 17.Rxb3

Qc1+ 18.Bd1 a5± 1–0 Durkin,R-Hornby,G/Correspondence (Chess Review) 1956

4….. Bxf2+?!

A natural reply but not the best but I believe much better is 4...Qh4! leading to a similar

position to the Vienna reversed. 5.Nd3 Bb6 6.Qe2 Nd4 7.Nf3 Nxe2 8.Nxh4 Nd4 9.Nb4

a5 10.c3 axb4 11.cxd4 Bxd4 12.Nf3 Bb6 13.d4²

5.Kxf2 Nxe5

6.Nf3!

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Stopping any nonsense stemming from Qh4ch

6….. d6

7.d4

And with this White achieves an advantage but depending on what is to follow, just how

much of an advantage will be clear

7….. Ng6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Rf1 0–0 10.Kg1 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.c3 Bg4

14.Qc2!?

A more positional placement of the Queen would be14.Qb3

14..... Nf4


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15.Ne1 Rxe4??

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A flawed combination which turns a roughly equal position into a lost one. Black looks

to deflect the e3 bishop away from the e2 square so he can produce a discovered attack

on the f1 rook. The problem being that after..

16.Bxe4!

The obvious..

16... Ne2+

….. is meet by..

17.Qxe2 which cost Black a piece with 17.Qxe2 being dealt with by Bxe2 18.Rxf6 gxf6

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Very much a case of, not what you play but how you play it.

17…. 1–0


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As always with any article I write, any mistakes are my own and if you have anything

sensible to say please email me at [email protected]

Any crap on how 1.Na3 is or should be named or anything banal of that nature will be

ignored.

My thanks to all of those people in the world that provided information as a course of

their labours all to which I have referenced below. The internet is such a great resource

tool

The usual dedication: To Mum and Dad

N Earl Roberts 28/01/2011

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1 The Oxford Companion to Chess (Second Edition) 1996 Page 117

2 The source for this date is according to a one Quale, a submitter to Wikipedia talk, comes from the noted

American chess player Bill Wall. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ADurkin_Opening) 3 http://tartajubow.blogsopt.com/2010/03/robert-t-n-qr3-durkin.html

4 Arpad Emrick Elo ( August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was the creator of the Elo rating system

which is widely used in chess competitions. He was born in Egyházaskesző, Hungary but moved to the

United States with his parents as a child in 1913. Elo was a professor of physics at Marquette University in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was also a chess master. By the 1930s he was the strongest chess player in

Milwaukee, one of the nation's leading chess cities. Elo won the Wisconsin State Championship eight

times. (Reference Wikipeadia ) 5 The Tartajubow Blog draws attention to this but I also found that a Mr. Micheal Amper who reports via

Wiki talk that he has a copy of a Ventnor Chess Club photograph taken when he was a child with himself,

his father (Mr. Rodolfo Y Amper MD) and Robert Durkin taken apparently sometime in the seventies. 6 Specifically „Where do Chessplayers go when they die?”

7 Weaver Warren Adams (April 28, 1901 in Dedham, Massachusetts – January 6, 1963 in Cedar Grove,

New Jersey) was an American chess master, author and chess opening theoretician. His greatest

competitive achievement was winning the U.S. Open Chess Championship in 1948. He played in the U.S.

Chess Championship five times. (Source:Wikipedia) 8 http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/2007/04/durkin-attack-etc.html

9 Reference; „Where do Chessplayers go when they die?”

Basman’s Chess Inheritance by Davide Rozzoni

Some months ago GM Simon Williams played 1.g4 in a team tournament. What lead him to choose

such a weird opening for a GM is explained at Williams’ blog at

http://www.gingergm.com/2010/05/07/wacky-openings-are-they-insulting/

Uco players know that 1.g4 is a favourite opening of England’s original player IM Michael

Basman. After popularizing 1.g4 in the book “The killer Grob”, Basman devoted his time to another

UCO system involving an early h6 & a6 which he called the “Global Opening”. It seemed that this

opening system felt into oblivion after Basman gave up active play a few years ago. But something

meaningful happened in July 2010 when another Englishman, a strong GM coming back to active

play after a long inactivity, chose to play the Global Opening to demolish an IM opponent in 22

moves. Here is what happened:

Van Oosterom,C (2381) - Sadler,M (2590) [B00]

ROC Nova College Toernooi (2), 03.07.2010

1.e4 a6 2.d4 h6!? see diagram

3.¥d3 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.¥e3 £c7 6.b4 ¤c6 N

[6...a5 7.c3 (7.¤c3 axb4 8.¤b5 £d8 9.¤f3 ¤f6 10.¥f4 ¤a6 11.¤d6+ ¥xd6

12.¥xd6 b6 13.cxb6 £xb6 14.e5 ¤d5 15.¤d2 ¥b7 16.0–0 ¤f4 17.¥e4 g5

18.£f3 ¥c6 19.g3 ¤g6 20.a3 ¦c8 21.axb4 ¤xb4 22.¦ab1 £d4 23.¦xb4 £xd2

24.¥xc6 dxc6 25.¦b8 1–0

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http://www.gingergm.com/2010/05/07/wacky-openings-are-they-insulting/

Adams,M-Basman,M/Islington ENG 1992 (25)) 7...¤c6 8.£a4 ¤f6 9.¤e2 g5

10.¤a3 ¤g4 11.¥d2 £b8 12.¤b5 b6 13.¤g3 bxc5 14.¥e2 ¥a6 15.c4 h5

16.bxa5 h4 17.¤f1 ¤ge5 18.¥xg5 ¤d4 19.¤xd4 cxd4 20.¤d2 d3 21.¥d1

¦g8 22.¦b1 £c7 23.¥xh4 ¥h6 24.¥b3 £c5 25.¥g3 ¦c8 26.¦d1 ¦xg3 27.hxg3

¤g4 28.¦f1 ¥e3 29.¤f3 ¤xf2 30.a3 ¤xd1 31.¥xd1 ¥xc4 32.£b4 d2+

33.¤xd2 £xb4 34.axb4 ¥xd2+ 35.¢xd2 ¥xf1 36.¥a4 ¦b8 37.¢c3 ¢d8 0–1

Buckley,G-Basman,M/Eastbourne 1990 (37)]

7.c3 d6!? 8.cxd6 ¥xd6 9.¤f3 ¤f6 10.h3 g5 11.a3 g4 12.¤d4 ¤e5 13.¥e2

¤xe4 14.hxg4 ¥d7 15.g5 0–0–0 16.gxh6 ¥c6 17.¤xc6 £xc6 18.£b3 ¥c7

19.a4 ¤g3!? see diagram

20.fxg3 £xg2 21.¦f1 ¤d3+ 22.¥xd3 ¦xd3 0–1

If you are interested to learn more about the Global Opening, please refer to Basman’s booklet and

tape :

http://audiochess.com/chess/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=22


At last I want to thank IM Gerard Welling for showing me Sadler’s game and for sharing these

interesting links as well as Simon Williams’ above mentioned:

http://weblogs.nrc.nl/schaken/2010/07/07/de-laatste/#more-773

http://schaaksite.nl/page.php?id=920



These articles by GM Hans Ree and IM Hermann Grooten are in dutch language but I could

understand the most of them using google translator and by the way there are great pictures of

Basman in action.



http://weblogs.nrc.nl/schaken/2010/07/07/de-laatste/#more-773




Fishing Poles UON 29 Sept 2011

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Fishing Poles from Brian Wall's #135 (June 4, 2011) [email protected] I like this one because I got in trouble early and slowly turned it around with best moves. [Event "ICC 3 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.06.04"][Round "-"][White "zion123"] [Black "B-Wall"][Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"][WhiteElo "1822"][BlackElo "1969"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"][NIC "RL.07"][Time "19:23:31"][TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Ng4!! Fishing Pole 6. h3 h5!! Fishing Rod 7. hxg4?? hxg4!! Opening the Gates of Hell - Vance Aandahl 8. Ng5 d6!? …played 5 times although 8 ... g3!!, ... f6!! or ... Qf6! are better. I just like to play ... d6 before f6 when I have a choice. 9. Bc4 TN Zion123 Theoretical Novelty by Zion123 9 c3? played twice against me 9 B:c6? played once against me 9 Be3?? played once against me 9 ... g3!! 10. Bxf7+! Kf8!! 11. Bd5? gxf2+! 12. Rxf2+! Bxf2+! There is a cute line here 12 ... Qf6!! 13 Qf3? ( the move I was afraid of ) B:f2+!!= 14 K:f2 Nd4!! 15 Q:f6 gf 16 Nf7 Rh7 17 Na3 R:f7 18 B:f7 K:f7 and I come out alright 13. Kxf2! Qf6+!! Right moves, wrong order, typical Chess 14. Nf3 Bg4!! 15. Bxc6 bxc6! 16. Nc3?? looks like an automatic, innocent developing move anyone would make in a blitz


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game but Be3 and Nbd2 lends the f3-Knight more protection. The c3-Knight is going exactly nowhere. 16 ... Kg8!! already deadly 17. Be3 Rf8!! 18. d4?? Clueless. Every piece is attacking his King. 18 ... Rh2!!!! 18 ... B:f3!!!! is the other Super-Killer 19. Kg1?? Clueless. Every piece is attacking his King. 19 ... Rxg2+!! 20. Kxg2! Bxf3+!! 21. Kg1?? Bxd1! 21 ... Qg6+!!! 22 Kf2 Qg2+ 23 Ke1 B:d1 mates 21 ... Qh4!! also mates 22. Rxd1 exd4 22 ... Qg6+!!! mates 22 ... Qf3!!! mates 22 ... Qh4!! mates 23. Bxd4? Qg5+!! mating 24. Kh2! {White resigns} 0-1 24 ... Rf4, ... Rf3, ... Qh4+, ... Qh5+ or ... Qf4+ all mate

“Chess is a constant reconfiguration of coordinating and harmonizing what's left on the board.”


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[Event "ICC 3 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2011.06.04"][Round "-"] [White "zion123"][Black "B-Wall"][Result "0-1"][ICCResult "White resigns"] [WhiteElo "1822"][BlackElo "1969"][Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"][NIC "RL.07"][Time "19:23:31"][TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Ng4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. Bc4 g3 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Bd5 gxf2+ 12. Rxf2+ Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qf6+ 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Kg8 17. Be3 Rf8 18. d4 Rh2 (diagram) 19. Kg1 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 21. Kg1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 exd4 23. Bxd4 Qg5+ 24. Kh2 {White resigns} 0-1 You can watch the entire game here with click and move: http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=45518 [Event "ICC 1 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2010.04.10"][Round "?"] [White "Infinity"][Black "B-Wall"][Result "1-0"][ECO "C65"][WhiteElo "2199"] [BlackElo "2052"][PlyCount "67"][EventDate "2010.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. d4 f6 11. d5 a6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Ne6 Qe7 14. Qxg4 Bxe6 15. dxe6 O-O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 g6 18. Nc4 Ba7 19. Be3 Kb8 20. Bxa7+ Kxa7 21. b4 Rh5 22. Na5 Kb6 23. c4 Rdh8 24. f3 f5 25. Qxg6 d5 26. c5+ Kb5 27. Qf7 Qg5 28. a4+ Kxb4 29. Rfb1+ Kxc5 30. Nb3+ Kc4 31. Rc1+ Kxb3 32. Rab1+ Ka2 33. Ra1+ Kb2 34. Rab1+ {Black forfeits on time} 1-0 [Event "ICC 1 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2010.04.19"][Round "?"] [White "moshemo"][Black "B-Wall"][Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"][WhiteElo "2086"][BlackElo "1987"] [PlyCount "90"][EventDate "2010.??.??"][TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Ng4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. c3 Qf6 10. d4 Qh6 11. Nh3 Qh4 12. Bg5 Qh5 13. dxc5 gxh3 14. Qxh5 Rxh5 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Be3 hxg2 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Kxg2 Kd7 19. Nd2 Rah8 20. Rh1 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 d5 23. f3 Be6 24. a4 g6 25. Kg2 f5 26. Kg3 f4+ 27. Bxf4 exf4+ 28. Kxf4 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Bb3 30. a5 Bd5 31. Kg5 Ke6 32. Kxg6 Ke5 33. Nd2 Kf4 34. Kf6 Ke3 35. Nb1 Bxf3 36. Ke7 Kd3 37. Kd7 Kc2 38. Na3+ Kxb2 39. Nc4+ Kxc3 40. Ne5 Kd4 41. Nxc6+ Kxc5 42. Nxa7 Kb4 43. a6 Be2 44. Nb5 Bxb5+ 45. Kxc7 Bxa6 {Game drawn because neither player has mating material} 1/2-1/2


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[Event "ICC 5 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2001.08.21"] [Round "?"][White "dragon-70"][Black "brianwall"][Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"][WhiteElo "2098"][BlackElo "1975"][PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. c3 f6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Qa4 fxg5 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qd5 Kf8 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Rh5 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Nxg5 Qe8 21. Ne6+ Ke7 22. Qxg7+ Kxe6 23. Re1+ Kd5 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Qxg4 Bxd4 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rd1+ Kc6 28. fxe3 Rhb5 29. b3 Kb7 30. Qc4 Bc6 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. a4 a5 33. Qc5 Rg8 34. Rc2 Rg6 35. Qxa5 Rxb3 36. Qe5 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb4 38. a5 Rh4+ 39. Kg1 Rhg4 40. a6+ Kb6 41. Qb2+ Bb5 42. a7 Rg8 43. Rc1 c6 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Qd4+ Rxd4 46. exd4 Rxa7 47. Rxa7 Kxa7 48. Kf2 Kb7 49. Ke3 Kc7 50. Kf4 Kd6 51. g4 Kd5 52. Ke3 Bc4 53. g5 Ba6 54. g6 Bc8 55. g7 Be6 56. Kd3 Bg8 57. Kc3 Bh7 58. Kb3 Kxd4 59. Kb4 c5+ 60. Ka4 c4 61. Ka3 c3 62. Kb4 c2 63. Kb5 Kd3 64. Kb6 Kd2 65. g8=Q Bxg8 66. Kb5 c1=Q 67. Kb6 Qc4 68. Kb7 Kc3 69. Ka7 Kd4 70. Kb8 Kc5 71. Ka7 Qb3 72. Ka8 Bd5+ 73. Ka7 Qb7# {White checkmated} 0-1 [Event "ICC 3 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2003.05.31"][Round "?"] [White "Imaster"][Black "brianwall"][Result "0-1"][ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2558"][BlackElo "2476"][PlyCount "110"][EventDate "2003.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d3 Bc5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qxg5 11. Qe1 g3 12. Rf3 Rh1+ 13. Kxh1 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qh2+ 15. Kf1 Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Qxg2+ 17. Kd1 Qxf3+ 18. Kd2 f5 19. Nc3 f4 20. Nd5 Kd8 21. Qg1 Bg4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nc3 g2 24. Re1 Kd7 25. Re2 fxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qf1 27. Re1 Qf4+ 28. Qe3 Bf3 29. Rg1 g5 30. Ne2 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 g4 32. Ng3 Rb8 33. b3 d5 34. Nf5 dxe4 35. dxe4 Ke6 36. Nh4 Rf8 37. Nxg2 Bxg2 38. Rxg2 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 Rf4 40. Ke3 c5 41. Rh2 Kf6 42. Rh6+ Kg5 43. Rh8 g3 44. Rg8+ Kh4 45. Rg7 Kh3 46. Rxc7 g2 47. Rh7+ Kg3 48. Rg7+ Kh2 49. Rh7+ Kg1 50. Ke2 Rxe4+ 51. Kf3 Rf4+ 52. Ke2 e4 53. Rg7 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Rxc2 55. Rxg2+ Rxg2 0-1

The Following Fishing Poles are from Brian Wall's #149 (July 6, 2011) [Event "ICC 3 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2011.07.06"] [Round "-"][White "MartindelCampo"][Black "B-Wall"][Result "0-1"] [ICCResult "White resigns"][WhiteElo "2111"][BlackElo "2121"][Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, Fishing Pole"][ECO "C65"][NIC "RL.07"][Time "22:26:28"][TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 I faced this 8 times already 8 ... d6!? played twice before 8 ... f6!! played 5 times including one game against IM Roberto Martin del Campo 8 ... Bd6!? played once 9. Bxc6+ TN Campo — Theoretical Fishing Pole Novelty by IM Martin del Campo 9 Q:d4 played twice 9 ... bxc6! 10. Qxd4 f6!! Common Fishing Pole theme, trapping the ambitious Knight


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11. Qc4 fxg5!! Irish Pawn Chain 12. Qxc6+ Bd7!! 13. Qd5! Be7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Qc4 Qa5 It's hard to get my Queen back on track.15 ... Bf6-e5!! and ... Qf6-h6!! is a good plan. It seemed slow to me 16. Be3? Qe5!! 17. g3?? Qf6!! I installed a GPS tracking device on White's King 11 years ago 18. Kg2?? Qf3+!! {White resigns} 0-1 Mate on h1 next [Event "ICC 3 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2011.07.06"] [Round "-"][White "MartindelCampo"][Black "B-Wall"] [Result "0-1"][ICCResult "White resigns"][WhiteElo "2111"] [BlackElo "2121"][Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, Fishing Pole"] [ECO "C65"][NIC "RL.07"][Time "22:26:28"][TimeControl "180+0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4 f6 11. Qc4 fxg5 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qd5 Be7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Qc4 Qa5 16. Be3 Qe5 17. g3 ….. (diagram) 17… Qf6 18. Kg2 Qf3+ {White resigns} 0-1 You can watch the game here: http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=46872 [Event "ICC 3 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2011.04.11"] [Round "?"][White "MartindelCampo"][Black "B-Wall"][Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"][WhiteElo "1999"][BlackElo "2027"][Annotator ",abc"] [PlyCount "48"][EventDate "2011.??.??"][TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 f6 9. Qxg4 fxg5 10. Bxg5 d6 11. Qg3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rh5 18. f3 c5 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. c3 Bc6 21. Kf2 Re8 22. Nf4 Rg5 23. Qh3+ Kb7 24. Rad1 Qxf4 {White resigns} 0-1


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[Event "ICC 1 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2010.01.28"][Round "?"] [White "garparov1"][Black "B-Wall"][Result "0-1"][ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1975"][BlackElo "1908"][PlyCount "64"][EventDate "2010.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. d4 exd4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. Qxd4 f6 10. Qd5 fxg5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. b3 Be6 17. Rad1 Rh5 18. f4 Rbh8 19. Kf2 Rh2 20. Kg3 Bd7 21. Ne2 g5 22. f5 Kf6 23. c4 Ke5 24. Nc3 Rxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rh3 26. Rh1 Rxc3 27. Rh6 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 Rxa2 29. Kxg4 Re2 30. Kxg5 Rxe4 31. f6 Rg4+ 32. Kh5 Kf5 { White forfeits on time} 0-1 [Event "ICC 4 0"][Site "Internet Chess Club"][Date "2001.03.18"][Round "?"] [White "Ramiro"][Black "brianwall"][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2421"][BlackElo "2397"][PlyCount "98"][EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. h3 h5 6. d4 exd4 7. hxg4 hxg4 8. Ng5 d6 9. Qxd4 f6 10. Qd5 fxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qd5 Rb8 16. Qg5+ Kf7 17. Qf4+ Qf6 18. Qxf6+ gxf6 19. Nc3 Rxb2 20. Rfc1 Be6 21. Rab1 Rhb8 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. a3 c6 24. Kf1 Bc4+ 25. Ke1 Ke6 26. Kd2 Ke5 27. Rh1 Bb3 28. Rb1 Rxc2+ 29. Kd3 Rxf2 30. Rxb3 Rxg2 31. Ne2 f5 32. exf5 Kxf5 33. Rb7 a5 34. Rf7+ Ke6 35. Nf4+ Kxf7 36. Nxg2 Ke6 37. Ke4 g3 38. Nf4+ Kd7 39. Kf3 d5 40. Kxg3 Kd6 41. Nd3 c5 42. Kf3 c4 43. Nc1 Kc5 44. Ke3 Kb5 45. Kd4 Ka4 46. Kxd5 c3 47. Kc4 c2 48. Kc3 Kxa3 49. Kxc2 Kb4 1/2-1/2

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Do not forget…

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5

Qe7 4. Qh5+? g6 5. Ng6

Qe4+ and 6. … Qg6

gaining a piece. —DSP

Damiano’s Defence

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 as Black! by Domingos Sávio Perego, from Brasil

A note from the editor —Domingo, playing under the name “gbsalvio,” won all but two games from the black side… and one of those non-wins was a draw! Given the questionable, negative view of this defense, most of us likely never even consider giving it a try. Most commentary runs something like what I see at Wikibooks, where we can read the following (blue-boxed text below) that after 2...f6?...

“White may take the pawn with 3.Nxe5 because retaking with 3...fxe5 would result in either the loss of a rook after 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8 or an irresistible attack after 4...Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ (the rest of White's pieces come out with gain of time) d5! (best. If simply 6...Kg6 7.Qf5+ Kh6 8.d4+ g5 9.h4 Black is getting mated) 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.Bxb7! again winning a rook because if 8...Bxb7 then 9.Qf5+, with a similar line as to above.

The only chance for Black after 3.Nxe5 that does not lose immediately is 3...Qe7, but White has a large advantage after 4.Nf3 Qxe4+ 5.Be2 because of his large lead in development.”

Source -- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory/1._e4/1...e5/2._Nf3/2...f6

[Event "Casual Game"][Site "http://www.itsyourturn.com "] [Date "2005.11.14"][Round "?"][White "Kryckan"][Black "gbsalvio"] [Result "0-1"][ECO "C63"][PlyCount "52"][EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d6 8.Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h3 O-O 11. c4 Rb8 12. b3 Qe8 13. Nc3 Qg6 14. Kh2 Be715. a4 Rf7 16. a5 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Rbf8 18. Rg1 Qh5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 20. Kh1 Rxf2 21. Rg2 Rxg2 22. Kxg2 Qxc3 23. a6 Bh4 24. Rc1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Bf2# 0-1 [Event "Friendly Game"][Site "chesshere.com"][Date "2005.11.16"][Round "?"] [White "Mario Cruz"][Black "gbsalvio"][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "1882"][BlackElo "1975"][PlyCount "81"][EventDate "2005.??.??"] [EventType "schev"][EventRounds "5"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nc4 Qxe4+ 5. Ne3 c6 6. d4 Qh4 7. h3 Nh6 8. Bd3 f5 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bxf5 Be7 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Be3 d5 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2 Na6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. O-O Rb8 18. c4 a5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Re1 Ba6 21. Qc2 Qf5 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Bh6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rfe8 26. a4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8+ 30. Bf4 Qd8 31. Qe3 Qd7 32. Qe5 Qf5 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qe6+ Qf7 35. Qc8+ Qf8 36. Qc7 Qf7 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qg5 Qf5 39. Qg3 Qf8 40. Be3 Bb3 41. Qc7 1/2-1/2

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[Event "Casual Game"][Site "BrainKing.com (Prague, Czech "][Date "2006.08.29"] [Round "?"][White "latmartins"][Black "gbsalvio"][Result "0-1"] [ECO "C40"][PlyCount "78"][EventDate "2006.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nc4 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Ne3 Be6 8.Qd3 Nb4 9. Qb5+ c6 10. Qa4 Qd8 11. c3 b5 12. Qd1 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 Qxd3 14. Qc2 Bc4 15. Qxd3 Bxd3 16. f3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Na3 Kf7 20. Kf2 f4 21. Nec2 Re8 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. Re1 Nh6 24. b4 axb3 25. Bb2 Nf5 26. g4 fxg3+ 27. hxg3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Re5 Bxa3 30. Bxa3 Nxd4 31. cxd4 b2 32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. Ke3 Rb3 34. Kf4 Bc4 35. Rh5 Kg6 36. Ra5 Bd5 37. Rxa7 Rxf3+ 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kh4 Rd3 0-1 [Event "GoldToken.com Friendly Game"][Site "http://www.goldtoken.com/game "][Date "2006.08.02"][Round "?"][White "gibbon"][Black "gbsalvio"][Result "0-1"][ECO "C44"][PlyCount "46"][EventDate "2006.??.??"][EventType "schev"][EventRounds "28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Qe7 11. Nc3 Qh7 12. h3 Be7 13. f4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. Kh2 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Qf3 d6 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Bf5 Rg8 21. g4 Rh8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qc4 Qd2+ 0-1 [Event "GoldToken.com Friendly Game"][Site "http://www.goldtoken.com/game "][Date "2006.09.02"][Round "?"][White "walid"][Black "gbsalvio"][Result "0-1"][ECO "C40"][PlyCount "138"][EventDate "2006.??.??"][EventType "schev"][EventRounds "28"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxe4+ 7. Be3 Bf5 8.Bd3 Qd5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Ne7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Rxe7 Nc6 17. Re2 Rae8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 fxe5 21. c4 Qd4 22. Qe2 h6 23. Rb5 e4 24. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qxa2 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qg6 Qf2 28. Rd5 a5 29. Rd7 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Kg8 36. Rb7 Rd8 37. Rxb6 Rxd3+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Ra6 a3 40. c5 Kf7 41. c6 Ke6 42. c7+ Kd7 43. Ra7 g5 44. Ke2 Rb3 45. Kd2 Rg3 46. Kc1 h5 47. Kd1 Kc8 48. Ke1 h4 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Kf1 Rb1+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 a2 53. Kg4 Rxg2+ 54. Kh5 Kd7 55. c8=Q+ Kxc8 56. Ra5 Kb7 57. Ra3 Kb6 58. Ra4 Kb559. Ra8 g4 60. Kxh4 gxh3 61. Kxh3 Rb2 62. Kg3 Kc4 63. Kf3 Kd3 64. Rd8+ Kc2 65. Ra8 Kb1 66. Ke3 Rb4 67. Kd3 a1=Q 68. Rxa1+ Kxa1 69. Kc3 Rg4 0-1 [Event "Open invite"][Site "http://www.timeforchess.com "][Date "2006.08.31"][Round "?"][White "Narragansett"][Black "gbsalvio"][Result "1-0"][ECO "C40"][PlyCount "111"][EventDate "2006.??.??"][EventType "schev"][EventRounds "25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nc4 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Ne3 Be6 8.Qd3 Nb4 9. Qc3 Nxa2 10. Qa5 Nxc1 11. Nc3 c6 12. Rxc1 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Bxb4 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 b5 16. Ne3 O-O-O 17. Ra1 Kb7 18. Ke2 Nh6 19. f4 Rhe8 20. d3 a5 21. h4 a4 22. h5 Rh8 23. Na2 Bd6 24. Raf1 Bc5 25. Rf3 Nf7 26. c3 Bxe3 27. Kxe3 c5 28. Rg3 Rhg8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nc1 Kc6 31. Ne2 Rd7 32. Kd2 Nd6 33. Kc1 Re7 34. Rh6 Reg7 35. Kc2 Kb7 36. Rgh3 c4 37. Nd4 cxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Kb6 39. Rh1 Re7 40. Rh7 Ree8 41. Re1 g5 42. f5 Nc4 43. Rh6 Ne5+ 44. Kc2 Ng4 45. Rh7 Rh8 46. Rf7 b4 47. cxb4 Rc8+ 48. Kb1 Rc4 49. Ne6 Rhc8 50. b5 Rc2 51. Rd1 Rxg2 52. Rd6+ Ka5 53. Ra7+ Kb4 54. Rc6 Rb8 55. Nc7 Ne5 56. Rc1 1-0

Best regards from Brasil !!

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Playing in the 2011 U. S. Inter-service Chess Championship Three Games from Marine Sergeant Nicholas Wolff

From the editor — Long distance chess variants opponent and friend, Nick Wolff, sent a few of his games to me from his participation in the 2011 U.S. Inter-Service Chess Championship. Curious as to who won the event I did some internet surfing and discovered the following as a previous feature on the Military.com website:

Two Soldiers Qualify for NATO Chess Championships Army News Service | Tim Hipps | June 29, 2006 Jacksonville, FL. - Two Soldiers earned berths in the NATO Chess Championships by virtue of their top-six finishes in the 2006 Inter-Service Chess Championships June 12-15 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Reigning All-Army chess champion 2nd Lt. Arthur Macaspac of Fort Hood, Texas, and Lt. Col. David Hater of Fort McPherson, Ga., placed fourth and fifth respectively. They qualified to compete in the 17th annual NATO Chess Championships scheduled Aug. 20-26 at Wellington College in Crowthorne, England.

Source — http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,103609,00.html

Nick wrote: “HEY GARY! HERE ARE THE THREE GAMES THAT I WON. THE FIRST ONE WAS THE POLISH (I WAS BLACK), THE SECOND WAS THE LATVIAN GAMBIT, AND THE THIRD WAS THE HIPPO. I BARELY SQUEAKED BY ON THE HIPPO, THOUGH. HOPE YOU ENJOY!” [Event "2011 U. S. Interservice Chess Championship"][Site "San Diego"] [Date "2011.06.13"][Round "2"][White "Rodriguez, Christian"][Black "Wolff, Nicholas"] [Result "0-1"][WhiteELO "1682"][WhiteTitle ""][BlackELO "1414"][BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4 d6 5.Bc3 a5 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Nxc3 O-O 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Nd4 Nbd7 10.g3 Nc5 11.Bg2 Nd3 12.Kf1 Nc5 13.f3 Bh5 14.h4 Ne6 15.Nf5 c6 16.Ne3 h6 17.d4 Qb6 18.Nc2 Qc7 19.d5 Nc5 20.e4 Nfxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qe1 Nf6 23.Ne3 cxd5 24.g4 Bg6 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Nh5 27.Qh4 Rfe8 28.Nxd5 Qc5 29.Rd1 Rac8 30.Rd4 Ng3 31.Kg1 Qxd4 32.Qxd4 Ne2 33.Kf2 Nxd4 34.Rb1 Bxb1 0-1

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[Event "2011 U. S. Interservice Chess Championship"][Site "San Diego"][Date "2011.06.14"] [Round "3"][White "Paradela, Andre"][Black "Wolff, Nicholas"][Result "0-1"] [WhiteELO "1871"][WhiteTitle ""][BlackELO "1414"][BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.d3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.O-O-O Be6 9.f3 Nd4 10.Qf2 fxe4 11.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Ndxe4 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.Kb1 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Rxd3 c6 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.Rhd1 Qxe4 19.R1d2 Qg6 20.Kc1 d5 21.Qh4 Nf5 22.Qb4 Rf7 23.Qc5 Nd4 24.c3 b6 25.Qa3 Ne2 26.Kd1 Nf4 0-1 [Event "2011 U. S. Interservice Chess Championship"][Site "San Diego"][Date "2011.06.16"] [Round "7"][White "Cox, Larry"][Black "Wolff, Nicholas"][Result "0-1"][WhiteELO "1726"] [WhiteTitle ""][BlackELO "1414"][BlackTitle ""] [Source "MonRoi"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 b6 4.Be3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d6 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.O-O Ne7 9.h3 a6 10.Nh2 b5 11.f4 c5 12.Ndf3 c4 13.Bc2 Nf6 14.Nd2 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Qf3 Nf5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qf2 h5 19.Rfe1 h4 20.Nf1 Rh5 21.Bd2 Ke7 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Qd5 24.Re2 Rg8 25.Ne3 Nxe3 26.Bxe3 Bh6 27.Rf1 f6 28.exf6 Kxf6 29.Bd2 a5 30.a3 a4 31.Re5 Qc6 32.Rxh5 gxh5 33.Qxh4 Kg6 34.Qf2 Kh7 35.Qf3 Qd5 36.Qxd5 exd5 37.Kf2 Re8 38.Re1 Rxe1 39.Kxe1 Kg6 40.Kf2 Kf5 41.Kf3 h4 42.Be3 Bf8 43.Bf2 Be7 44.g4 hxg3 45.Bxg3 Bf6 46.h4 Bg7 47.h5 Bh6 48.Bh2 Bg7 49.Bg1 Bh6 50.Be3 Bg7 51.Bc1 Bh6 52.Bd2 Bg7 53.Be1 Bf6 54.Bg3 Be7 55.h6 Kg6 56.Kg4 Bf6 57.h7 Bh8 58.Bh4 Bg7 59.Bd8 Kxh7 60.Kf5 Bxd4 61.cxd4 b4 62.Ba5 c3 63.bxc3 b3 0-1 Thanks Nick! And if you play next year, maybe you can make it to the NATO play-offs. I looked that up, had to see how the U.S. did and find out won overall. Turkey! Wow! I did not expect that. Congratulations to Turkey!

Looks like North America did not fare so

well. On a distant, somewhat related

note, I played in the 5th Naval District

Championship in Norfolk, Virginia way back

around 1978. I did not fare so well in that.

I remember losing to a King’s Indian

Defense. I remember beating a guy on

time because he slept through a large

portion of the game… only to run out of a

room, yell at his friend for not waking him,

then proceed to use the short amount of

time left on his clock. I don’t recall much

else, but I do know that I did not advance to

a higher tournament.

— gkg

ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT GAMES BY CC EMAIL, 2011 UON 29 Sept 2011

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The following Zilbermints Gambit games were played by correspondence on the chess.com server. Basically, it is email correspondence. — Lev

ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT GAMES BY CORRESPONDENCE

CHESS.COM EMAIL, 2011

[Event "ZGED"] [Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.04.28"][White "Zilbermints"][Black "CCannon007"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1747"][BlackElo "1545"][TimeControl "1 in 1 day"] [Termination "Zilbermints won by checkmate"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 c6 10.Nxd4

Qxd4 11.Qe1 O-O 12.Rf4 Qd8 13.Qh4 h5 14.Raf1 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qxh5 g5 17.Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Let's Play!"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.04.27"][White "Zilbermints"][Black "robimagine"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1760"][BlackElo "1585"][TimeControl "1 in 1 day"]

[Termination "Zilbermints won by resignation"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 O-O 10.Nxd4

Qxd4 1-0

Event "BDG:Euwe Defense:Zilbermints Gambit"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.04.03"][White

Zilbermints"][Black "dantevs"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "1742"][BlackElo "1557"][TimeControl "1 in 2

days"][Termination "Game drawn by agreement"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 h6 10.Be3 Nxf3

11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Rad1 Nd5 13.Ne2 Bg5 14.Bc5 Be7 15.Bf2 Bd7 16.c4 Bc6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Be4 c6

19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nd4 Bf6 21.Be3 Bg5 22.Nf5 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Re8 24.Qg3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.Rfe1 g6

27.Nd6 Red8 28.Nxb7 Rdb8 29.Re7 a6 30.Rf1 Ra7 31.Rfxf7 c5 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Rh7+ Kg8 34.Reg7+ Kf8

35.Rh8+ Kxg7 36.Rxb8 c4 37.Nc5 Kf6 38.Rb6+ Ke5 39.Re6+ Kd4 40.Nxa6 Kd3 41.Kg1 1/2-1/2


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[Event "Let's Play!"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.04.17"][White "ammora2008"][Black

"Zilbermints"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "1572"][BlackElo "1731"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]

[Termination "Game drawn by agreement"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 Nf5 10.Qe1 Nd6

11.Rd1 c6 12.Qh4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 Bf8 16.Qh4 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qd4 O-O

19.Rde1 f6 20.Qxd5 exd5 21.Rxe7 Bf5 22.Nd4 Bxd3 23.cxd3 Rae8 24.Rd7 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxf6 Rf8

1/2-1/2

[Event "Let's Play!"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.04.03"][White "Zilbermints"][Black

"ammora2008"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1714"][BlackElo 1494"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"][Termination

"Zilbermints won by resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 Nd5 10.Bxe7

Nxf3 11.Bxd8 Kxd8 12.Qxf3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Rf8 14.Rad1 Ke7 15.Bxh7 a5 16.Bg6 f6 17.Be4 Ra7 18.c4 b6

19.Bc6 a4 20.Rfe1 Rh8 21.Qg4 Kf7 22.Bd7 c5 23.Qxe6+ 1-0

Event "BDG:Euwe:Zilbermints"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.03.31"][White "Zilbermints"][Black FM_Eric_Schiller"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1711"][BlackElo "2184"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"][Termination "Zilbermints won by resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 h6 10.Bf4 Nc6

11.Qe1 O-O 12.Rd1 Bd6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Bh7+ Nxh7 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Qxe5 c6 18.Rd1

Rxd1+ 19.Nxd1 Nf6 20.Qc7 Ne4 21.Ne3 f6 22.Nc4 e5 23.Na5 Bf5 24.Nxb7 Rc8 25.Qa5 Kh7 26.h3 h5

27.Kh2 Re8 28.Qxa7 Re7 29.Qb8 Rd7 30.Qe8 Kh6 31.Nd8 Nd6 32.Qg8 h4 33.Nxc6 Nf7 34.Nb4 Ng5

35.Qb3 Rd2 36.Qe3 Rd1 37.c4 Rd4 38.b3 Kg6 39.a4 Ne4 40.Nd5 Ng3 41.Qe1 Bc2 42.a5 1-0

[Event "BDG:Euwe:Zilbermints Gambit"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.03.19"][White "Zilbermints"][Black "FM_Eric_Schiller"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "1607"][BlackElo "2212"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"][Termination "FM_Eric_Schiller won by white’s resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 h6 10.Bd2 c5

11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Qf3 f5 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bc6 Rxb2 17.Ba4 Bb7 18.Qg3 Bg5

19.Qa3 Rb6 20.Rad1 Bxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Bxd2 22.Qd3 Be3 23.Bb3 Qa8+ 24.Kh3 g5 25.Rxf5 Rxb3 26.Qxb3 Rxf5

27.Qxe6+ Rf7 28.Rf1 Bf4 29.Qg6+ Rg7 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Rf2 g4+ 32.Kh4 Qd8+ 0-1


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[Event "BDG:Euwe Defense: Zilbermints Gambit"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.03.18"][White "Zilbermints"][Black "AndreiRO"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1597"][BlackElo "1572"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"][Termination "Zilbermints won by checkmate"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 Nxf3 10.Qxf3

O-O 11.Qh3 h6 12.Bxh6 e5 13.Qh4 Ng4 14.Bg5 Nh6 15.Bxe7 Qd4 16.Qxd4 exd4 17.Bxf8 dxc3 18.Ba3 cxb2

19.Bxb2 Be6 20.a3 Ng4 21.Rae1 Re8 22.Bf5 Nf6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Rxf6 e5 26.Rf5 e4 27.Rf4 e3

28.Rf3 e2 29.Rf2 Re3 30.Rfxe2 Rxa3 31.Re8+ Kf7 32.R8e7+ Kf6 33.Rxc7 b5 34.h3 b4 35.Kh2 b3 36.cxb3

Rxb3 37.Rxa7 Kf5 38.Ra5+ Kf4 39.Ra4+ Kf5 40.Rc1 Rb5 41.Rcc4 Ke5 42.Rh4 Kf5 43.Rh5+ Kg6 44.Rxb5 Kf7

45.Rb6 Kg8 46.Rb7 Kf8 47.Ra8# 1-0

[Event "BDG: Euwe Defense, Zilbermints Gambit"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.03.10"][White "Zilbermints"][Black "rkl1234"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1349"][BlackElo "1179"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"][Termination "Zilbermints won by black’s resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 Nd5 10.Bxe7

Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxe7 12.cxd4 c6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Qe2 f6 15.Nf3 e5 16.dxe5 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Rae8 18.e6 g6

19.Bd3 Qxe6 20.Bc4 Qf7 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Ng5+ Kg8 23.Qc4+ 1-0

Event "Let's Play!"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.03.05"][White "Zilbermints"][Black "64sqars"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1265"][BlackElo "1519"][TimeControl "1 in 3 days"][Termination "Zilbermints won by resignation"]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 Nf5 10.Qe1 h6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Nd4 Re8 15.Nxf5 Bd6 16.Nxh6+ gxh6 17.Qg3+ Ng4 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.h3 Re3 20.Qf4 Qh4 21.Kg1 Rae8 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 23.Qxd7 R3e7 24.Qxg4 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rg8 26.Rxd6 Rxg4 27.Rxh6+ Kg7 28.Rh3 Rb4 29.b3 b5 30.Nd5 Ree4 1-0


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Two Albin Counter Gambit Games UON 29 Sept 2011

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Two Albin Counter Gambit Games By Quentin Mason I have an article that was written by Joe Shipman in the 1989 May-June issue of Chess Horizons. Shipman showed some very good analysis and overturned some of Lamford's ideas. Either way, some interesting play comes out of the opening. I played the Albin Counter Gambit three times in the 1991 World Open in Philadelphia and won all three. It wasn't as popular then, as it is now; there weren’t as many games, and there wasn’t the amount of theory we have now. The internet and strong computer engines have helped build good responses to it. 1991 World Open ======================================= White- Yoko Matsui 1760 Black- Quentin Mason 1895 - Round 1, U2000 section This was the accelerated section where you play G/45 for 3 games and then merge to the regular 40/2. Black resigns as she cannot escape mate. Here's one more-.

1.) d4 d5 2.) c4 e5 3.) e3 exd 4.) exd Nc6 5.) Nf3 Bg4 6.) Be3 Nf6 7.) Nc3 dxc 8.) Bxc4 a6 9.) Be2 Bd6

10.) O-O O-O 11.) a3 Re8 12.) Qc2 Qd7 13.) Rfd1 Rad8 14.) h3 Bxh3 15.) gxh3 Qxh3 16.) Rd2 Ng4 17.) Qf5 Bh2+ 0-1

Two Albin Counter Gambit Games UON 29 Sept 2011

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White - Robert Hansteen 1983 Black - Quentin Mason 1895 1991 World Open, Round 3, U2000 section White resigns as he is going to lose a piece. If he moves the knight, then black captures the rook at h1. If he moves the rook, then black captures the knight at e2 and again white loses a piece. I hope you enjoyed my games.

1.) d4 d5 2.) c4 e5 3.) cxd Qxd 4.) dxe Qxd1+ 5.) Kxd1 Nc6 6.) f4 Bf5 7.) Nc3 Nd4 8.) e4 Bg4+

9.) Be2 Nxe2

10.) Ngxe2 O-O-O+ 11.) Bd2 Bc5 12.) Kc2 f6 13.) exf Nxf6 14.) h3 Bxe2 15.) Nxe2 Nxe4 16.) Be1 Rhe8 17.) Rd1 Nf2 18.) Rxd8+ Kxd8 0-1

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