Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Games Are Strange - Colorado Springs Chess News

Games Are Strange - Colorado Springs Chess News


Game Of The Week

Anyway, despite the closer proximity and continued activity of Tim and I, it still took a year and a half to finally meet. Tim is fond of irregular openings, and this game was no different. I have only played against 5 irregular openings in my USCF career, but I have won them all (5-0 vs. g3, d3, b4, h4, and g4) even though I can't remember the opponents' names. "When you're strange- no one remembers your name" (Densmore-Krieger-Manzarek-Morrison). Tim likes the grob (http://cschess.webs.com/apps/blog/show/2929363-tiny-tim). His motto is "Remember, you can't stop the grob. You can only hope to contain it!" However, this grob was so irregular that Fritz had no lines to offer until the end of the game. I thought the analysis was so strange that I ran it again. The second results were still strange but so similar that I figured Fritz was running correctly. Here is a comparison of the analysis and the game:

First Analysis

3.c4 last book move

4.h3 Covers g4

6.Qb3 c6 Prevents intrusion on d5

13.a3 Controls b4

18.Nf3 The knight blocks f4

25.c5 White gets more space

29.Kf1 [>= 29.Rbc1+/= and White hangs on]

30. nothing

33.Rc1 g5 [33...g5 34.h4 h6-+ ]

Second Analysis

3.c4 last book move

4.h3 Consolidates g4

6.Qb3 c6 Consolidates d5

13.a3 Secures b4

18.Nf3 Blocks the pawn on f4

25.c5 White gains space

29.Kf1 [>=29.Nh4!?= and White is still in the game]

30.Bxf3 [>=30.exf3!? Red7 31.Kg1-/+ ]

33.Rc1 g5 [33...g5 34.h4 h6-+ ]


Games Are Strange

(127) Brennan,Tim (1687) - Anderson,Paul (1931) [A00]

July Quad Colorado Springs (3.2), 15.07.2008

[Fritz 8 (60s)]

A00: Irregular Openings

1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 last book move 3...d4 4.h3 Consolidates g4 4...Bc5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Qb3 c6 Consolidates d5 7.Nd2 Qa5 8.Ngf3 Ng6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.Qc2 a5 13.a3 Secures b4 13...a4 14.Kh1 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxd4 Qe5 18.Nf3 Blocks the pawn on f4 18...Qf6 19.Qc3 Qe7 20.Rae1 Re8 21.Qd2 Qd6 22.Qb4 Be6 23.d4 Ne4 24.Qxd6 Nxd6 25.c5 White gains space 25...Nc4 26.Rb1 Bd5 27.Rfe1 Rad8 28.Kg1 Re7 29.Kf1 [>=29.Nh4!?= and White is still in the game] 29...Bxf3-/+ 30.Bxf3 [>=30.exf3!? Red7 31.Kg1-/+ ] 30...Nd2+-+ 31.Kg1 Nxb1 32.Rxb1 Rxd4 33.Rc1 g5 [33...g5 34.h4 h6-+ ] 0-1


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