Showing posts with label Tony7. Show all posts
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Exploratory Weapon


With almost 300 games in The Database, Bill Wall does two things very well: experiment and win. The following strange game has only 50% of that, however.

It contains enough excitement for a half-dozen games. It is well worth close examination.


Wall, Bill - Vilmos

PlayChess.com, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 




4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qf5+




So many of Bill's games include moves that prompt the response "He can't do that, can he?". Here Bill plays with the "nudge" in this line, which usually appears as 7.Qd5+ (or doesn't appear at all, as in 7.Qxc5).


Anyone wishing to follow in Bill's footsteps will need to study this game closely.


7...Qf6


Offering to exchange Queens is natural, but, as White's plans to move on, 7... Nf6 might be a bit stronger.


8.Qxc5 d6


Not surprisingly, Bill has been this way before:


8...Nf4 was seen in Wall,B - Tony7, PlayChess.com, 2011(1-0, 48);


8...N8e7 was seen in Wall,B - Doantaung, Chess.com, 2010 (1-0, 18); and 


8...c6 9.O-O Nh6 10.d4 d6 11.Qc4+ Be6 12.Qb4 Qe7 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.f4 Nf8 15.f5 Bc8 16.Nd2 b5 17.Qb3+ Ke8 18.Qc3 Bb7 19.f6 Qf7 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Ne6 22.Ne4 Kd7 23.Nd6 Black resigned, Wall,B - Smith,R, Chess.com, 2010.


9.Qxc7+ N8e7 10.O-O Rd8 




This offer of a Rook is a very, very strange move. I hope Bill appreciated it. (I hope it was not simply a "blunder" by Black.)


Previously Bill had met 10...Be6 in Wall,B - Guest2900292, PlayChess.com, 2012 (1-0, 24).


The move 10...Nf4!? leads to crazy complications, but is the way to go if Black wants to try to win. A sample: 11.d3 Nxg2 12.e5 (12.Kxg2 Bh3+ 13.Kg3 [13.Kxh3? Qf3+ mates] 13...Rhc8 14.Qa5 Rc5 15.Qxc5 dxc5 Black is winning) 12...dxe5 13.Nc3 Nh4 14.Ne4 Qc6 15.Qxc6 Nxc6 16.f4 Kg6 17.fxe5 Bg4 18.Bd2 Nxe5 when Black has a piece for a pawn, and White's compensation is lacking. 


11. Qxd8 Nh4


Shades of Blackburne's double Rook sacrifice, Black also had 11...Bh3!? 12.Qxa8 Nh4 13.Qxb7 Nf3+ 14.Kh1 Bxg2+ 15.Kxg2 Nh4+ 16.Kg3 Qf3+ 17.Kxh4 Qf4+ 18.Kh3 Qf3+ although it only leads to a draw.


The move in the game should lead to the same result.


12.f3


Stockfish 6 recommends, instead, 12.f4, leading eventually to a draw, but the analysis can go on for a long time, and the position is tactically rich. Here is a sampling:


12.f4 Qg6 (12...Bh3 13.Qa5 [13.Qxa8? Qg6 mates] 13...Bxg2 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qe2 Bxf1 16.Qxf1 Qd4+ 17.Qf2 d5 White has an edge) 13.Rf2 Nxg2 (13...Bh3 14.Qa5 [14.Qxa8? allows mate after 14...Nxg2] 14...Nf3+ 15.Kf1 Nxh2+ 16.Kg1 Nf3+ 17.Kf1 Nh2+ draw) 14.f5 Bxf5 15.Rxg2 (15.exf5 Qg4 16.h3 [16.Qxa8? Ne3+ mates] 16...Qg3 17.Qxe7+ [17.Qxa8 Ne3+ 18.Kh1 Qxh3+ mates] 17...Kxe7 18.Rxg2 Qe1+ 19.Kh2 Qxc1 20.Rxg7+ Kf8 21.Rg1 Qxc2 Black is better; or 15.Rxf5+ Ke6 16.Qxa8 Nh4+ 17.Kf1 Qg2+ 18.Ke1 Qxe4+ 19.Kd1 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Nhxf5 21.c3 Nh4 22.Qf8 Qxc1 Black is better) 15...Qxg2+ 16.Kxg2 Bxe4+ 17.Kf2 Rxd8 18.d3 Bc6 even game. 


12...Bh3 13.Qa5


The strongest move. White does not wish to be "Blackburned."


13...Bxg2


Black slips, or perhaps his heart has had enough excitement and he is looking for the draw. After 13...Qg6!? 14.g3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nxf3 16.Kf2 Nd4 Black has enough threats to not only balance his 2-pawn deficit, he holds an advantage. Crazy!


14.Rf2 Qg6 15.d3 d5 16.Nd2 Bh3+ 17.Kh1 Bg2+ 18.Kg1 Bh3+ Draw


Monday, December 3, 2012

He can't do that, can he?


Another Bill Wall game, a win with the Jerome Gambit, which leaves observers fuming, "He can't do that, can he?"

Wall,B - Guest2900292

Playchess.com, 19.11.2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 


7.Qf5+


A different kind of "nudge" than the usual 7.Qd5+. The reason will be apparent in a couple of moves.


7...Qf6 8.Qxc5 d6


or 8...Nf4, Wall, Bill - Tony7, Playchess.com, 2011 (1-0, 48);

or 8...c6, Wall, B - Smith, R., Chess.com, 2010 (1-0, 23); 
or 8...N8e7 Wall, B - Doantaung, Chess.com 2010 (1-0, 18) 

9.Qxc7+ N8e7 


10.0-0 Be6 11.Nc3 Rac8 12.Qxd6 




Not only is White attacking with his Queen, he's gobbling pawns. He can't do that, can he?


12...Qe5 13.Qa3 Rhf8 14.Qxa7 Bc4 15.d3 Be6 16.f4 Qc5+




That's one way to stop White's Queen.


17.Qxc5 Rxc5 18.f5 Nxf5 19.exf5 Rxf5 20.Rxf5+ Bxf5 




The smoke has cleared, and White is up three pawns.


21.Be3 Ne5 22.Rf1 Kg8 23.Bc5 Rf7 24.Re1 Black resigned




Thursday, December 15, 2011

Then You Win

Here is the latest Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) from Bill Wall, who comments modestly

I played a tough one here.  It was a 10-minute game for each side and he messed up in the end in time pressure.  He let me in the game after 38...c6 and I think he panicked on the 40th move with Nxf6 instead of Ndb6.   Up until then, I think he was winning

With all do respect to Mohandas Gandhi, who, as far as I know, never played the Jerome Gambit, the following game reminds me of something he spoke about: First they ignore... Then they laugh... Then they fight... Then you win ...

Wall,B - Tony7
blitz 10 0, Playchess.com, 2011
notes by Bill Wall [and Rick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+


4...Kx7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6


7.Qf5+ Qf6

[An unusual move there are only 5 examples in The Database. But, guess what? One of them is a Bill Wall game. Figures.]

8.Qxc5 Nf4

[An improvement over 8...N8e7 from Wall,B - Doantaung, Chess.com, 2010:  9.Qxc7 Rf8 10.d3 Kg8 11.0-0 Kh8 12.Nc3 Nh4 13.f4 Qd4+ 14.Rf2 d6 15.Qxe7 Ng6 16.Qg5 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Raf1 Black resigned]

9.0-0 Ne6 10.Qc4 Ne7 11.Nc3 Rf8 12.d3 Kg8 13.Be3 a6 14.f4 b5 15.Qb3 Qf7

16.f5 Nd8 17.Qb4 Ndc6 18.Qb3 d6 19.g4 Ne5 20.g5 Qxb3 21.axb3 Bb7

22.f6 gxf6 23.gxf6 N7g6 24.Bh6 Rf7 25.Bg7 Nd7 26.Rf2 Ndf8 27.b4 Ne6

28.Bh6 Kh8 29.Raf1 Rg8 30.Rg2 Ne5 31.h3 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Nd7 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Nef8 35.Bg7+ Kg8


36.h4 Ng6 37.h5 Nge5 38.Kh3 c6? 39.d4 Nc4 40.dxc6 Nxf6 41.Bxf6 Ne3

If 41...Nxb2 42.Rg1+ and 43.d5

42.Re1 Rxf6

Not 42...Nxc2?? 43.Re8+ Rf8 44.Rxf8+ Kxf8 45.c7 wins

43.Rxe3 Rf7 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Rd8 Rf5 46.c7 Rxh5+ 47.Kg4 Rh1 48.c8Q Black resigned