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UON 29 September2011Contents1. Durkin’s Attack: An Investigation by N Earl Roberts 12. Basman’s Chess Inheritance by Davide Rozzoni 93. Fishing Poles by Brian Wall 114. Damiano’s Defence f6 as Black! by Domingos Sávio Perego 175. Inter-Service Chess by Sgt. Nicholas Wolff 196. Zilbermints by Lev Zilbermints 217. Two Albin Counter Gambit Games by Quentin Mason 25About UON - UON 29 (c) September 2011. All articles are property of their respective authors and are only to be used withtheir permission. Some images used are clipart. Clipart images are the property of Microsoft Corporation and cannot be usedfor profit. Chess material for future UONs can be sent to the editor at penswift@yahoo.com ; the subject line should stateUON submission.About the UON 29 Cover - The cover is a computer-altered photograph. The original source photo was taken byRosa M. Gifford. Image is a 1947 Florentine Chess Rook (owned by editor). The original rook is resting on green beach glass.The computer program Corel® Painter TM Essentials 4.0 was used to transform the image to its current state.

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011Durkin’s Attack: An Investigation.By N Earl RobertsXABCDEFGHY8rsnlwqkvlntr(7zppzppzppzpp'6-+-+-+-+&5+-+-+-+-%4-+-+-+-+$3sN-+-+-+-#2PzPPzPPzPPzP"1tR-vLQmKLsNR!xabcdefghyI have always wanted to write an article about an opening but I have always had thisdoubt about it. Not any kind of self doubt mind you but whether any sort of article wouldbe worth the time and effort.You certain do have to wonder what sort of angst authors of opening treatises go throughto see their labour of love dissected and ultimately pronounced as a load of old crap bycertain people largely on the back of running such binary demons as Fritz (insert yournumber here) and Rybka (whatever) over night. Chess Publishing.com is a good exampleof this.The other thing also is, what to write about? Not only does one have pseudo grandmasterswith their pet binary demons to plague ones thoughts, there are people out there whoactually 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 somaybe its best I pick something that is consider to be crap to begin with and see what Ican do (or find out).Who’s Attack ?So much is said about how an opening is named or what it should called. My ownpersonal philosophy is that it doesn‟t really matter what an opening is named or called, aslong as it is not backed up by clearly outrageous comments (such as calming to haveinvented something that already exists).So just who is or was Durkin? The 1996 edition of „The Oxford Companion to Chess” 1Durkin is identified through the opening that bears his name as one Robert Durkin ofNew Jersey. It does seem though that Robert Durkin is or was a bit of an enigma assubsequent 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 9 th of May1923 in Milwaukee Wisconsin 2 , which is on the west shore of Lake Michigan.Page 1

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011A blog I found “Tartajubow On Chess II 3 , reports that Robert Durkin began his foray intochess at one of Milwaukee play grounds and at the age of 12 attending a class conductedby Arpad Elo 4 who was Milwaukee State Chess Champion at the time. Durkin was tomove from this to the Lapham Park Chess Club under the guidance of one Bruno Esbjornwhere he apparently was to make his biggest advancement. The blog further states that inthe following year, 1936, Durkin aged 13 took part in his first tournament where hescored +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) citychampionship.Of course like everything you find on the internet, you have to take it with the metaphoricgrain of salt. However, the one piece of information stemming from this blog which isindependently mentioned else where, is that sometime in his adult life time RobertDurkin moved to Ventnor (just south of Atlantic City), New Jersey where he was tobecome a long time member of the Ventnor Chess Club 5 and apparently, one of their bestplayers. An article by Fide master Alex Dunne for the United States Chess Federationwebsite about Robert Durkin 6 mentions that it „was the New Jersey of the Fifties andSixties‟ that was to be Durkin‟s stomping grounds which it should be noted was also thedomain of such players as Weaver Adams 7 and Tony Santasiere, famous players for thetime. Where it can be presumed as Alex Dunne notes that, at one stage ,Durkin‟s ratingcrossed the master threshold of 2200 Elo.As for the man himself and his opening 1.Na3, according to Alex Dunne‟s article, Durkindid not want his name linked to such a 1 st move, he repudiated it and even stoppedplaying it but took it up again when his results started to suffer. By all accounts, AlexDunne 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 arenot 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‟sarticle was written either late 2008 or early 2009 and in it he states that Durkin had diedsometime twenty years ago placing the time of his passing around 1986 at which timeAlex 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 gamebetween Robert Durkin and a Miss Nancy Schaef gives a score of a game he playedagainst Durkin as Black in the Hamilton Quad in December of 1987 at which timeDurkin would have been 64 years old but the Alex Dunne article is compelling in onerespect that it states that he (Alex Dunne) received a phone call from an acquaintance ofDurkin sometime after Durkin‟s apparent death wanting to know if he would beinterested 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 grainof salt but if Robert T Durkin is still a live today he would be 87 and if he is not, like allgood chess warriors that have gone before him at least his games are his legacy and atmost the opening that grew out of protest at over booked up opponents 9 …1.Na3! – The mighty mighty Durkin‟s AttackPage 2

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011So what does it mean?Simply put, when it comes to the theory on Durkin‟s Attack, there is not a lot of it. Atbest, you are only likely to find the odd foot note containing less than inspiringcomments.The 1983 single volume openings reference book „Batsford Chess Openings‟ apparentlyby 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 ownbook „Knightmare – A New Chess Opening‟ is anything to go by, is not altogetheraccurate. There the formation of Na3 and c4 appears in only 11 of the 50 gamesapparently given and only in 1 game in its pure form. This perhaps is not the perfectindicator but it is a good starting point. Not unsurprisingly then, any reference toDurkin‟s Attack was gone by the time 1989 “Batsford Chess Openings 2” hit thebookshelves.From all the games played by humans that I have gone through featuring Durkin‟sAttack, 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 theSicilian Defence and even left handed Alekhine Defence like manoeuvres. So on theevidence it would appear there is a lot flexibility that can a company 1.Na3 so notunsurprising so few have been willing or dared to tie their name and efforts to somethinglike 1.Na3That’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 objectcertainty, after it is a first move that this is all about and it is the subsequent deploymentof ones pieces and what attack that can be achieved which will provide the winning of theattack 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, againstwho 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) - 12.04.2010I had been playing Durkin‟s attack in off-hand and net blitz for some time so I decided itwas time to put it to the test in a longer form of our great game1.Na3Page 3

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011The little played "Durkin's Attack" has its own mysterious air so lets see what we cando....1... e5!?XABCDEFGHY8rsnlwqkvlntr(7zppzpp+pzpp'6-+-+-+-+&5+-+-zp-+-%4-+-+-+-+$3sN-+-+-+-#2PzPPzPPzPPzP"1tR-vLQmKLsNR!xabcdefghyand here in is the argument, what is best in reply? I am not sure presenting White with achance of a tempo to improve the position of his errant Knight is altogether a warrantedapproach2.Nc4 Nc63.e4 Bc5!?Shying away from the Eric Schiller recommendation of 3..f5 !? from the 1987 Batsfordbook, Unorthodox Openings. I think 3…e4 !? is a more testing choice although the text isnot exactly bad, it does present White with a timely choice not mentioned by Durkin inhis pamphlet slash book, Knightmare – A New Chess Opening‟.4.Nxe5!?XABCDEFGHY8r+lwqk+ntr(7zppzpp+pzpp'6-+n+-+-+&5+-vl-sN-+-%4-+-+P+-+$3+-+-+-+-#2PzPPzP-zPPzP"1tR-vLQmKLsNR!xabcdefghyPage 4

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011Of course intending d4 after Nxe5. Other moves used by Robert Durkin have been: 4.Nf3d6 5.c3 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nxb6 axb6 9.b5 Nce7 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.Bb2 c6 12.Qe2d5 13.Bb3 e4 14.Nd4 Bd7µ 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.c4 c5 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.cxb5 0–0 19.0–0Kh8 20.Bc2 Ng6 21.f4 Qd6 22.g3 Rae8 23.a4 d4 24.Bb3 e3 25.d3 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd527.a5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Qb3 29.Rfa1µ c4? 30.R5a3± Qxb5 31.Bxd4 Re6 32.dxc4 Nxf433.Qg4 Qb7 34.Qxf4 Ree8 35.Rxe3 1–0 Durkin,R-Mc Cormick,E/Semi-Finals 1948 and4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qf3 Bxe3 8.Nxe3 Qa5+ 9.c3 0–0 10.Be2 Nd4 11.Qg3Nb3 12.Nc4 Qa6 13.Rd1 Qxa2 14.Nf3 b5 15.Ncd2µ Qxb2?? 16.Rb1 Qxc3 17.Rxb3Qc1+ 18.Bd1 a5± 1–0 Durkin,R-Hornby,G/Correspondence (Chess Review) 19564….. Bxf2+?!A natural reply but not the best but I believe much better is 4...Qh4! leading to a similarposition to the Vienna reversed. 5.Nd3 Bb6 6.Qe2 Nd4 7.Nf3 Nxe2 8.Nxh4 Nd4 9.Nb4a5 10.c3 axb4 11.cxd4 Bxd4 12.Nf3 Bb6 13.d4²5.Kxf2 Nxe56.Nf3!XABCDEFGHY8r+lwqk+ntr(7zppzpp+pzpp'6-+-+-+-+&5+-+-sn-+-%4-+-+P+-+$3+-+-+N+-#2PzPPzP-mKPzP"1tR-vLQ+L+R!xabcdefghyStopping any nonsense stemming from Qh4ch6….. d67.d4And with this White achieves an advantage but depending on what is to follow, just howmuch of an advantage will be clear7….. Ng6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Rf1 0–0 10.Kg1 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.c3 Bg414.Qc2!?A more positional placement of the Queen would be14.Qb314..... Nf4Page 5

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 201115.Ne1Rxe4??XABCDEFGHY8r+-+-+k+(7zppzp-+pzp-'6-+-zp-wq-zp&5+-+-+-+-%4-+-zPrsnl+$3+-zPL+-+-#2PzPQ+-+PzP"1tR-+-sNRmK-!xabcdefghyA flawed combination which turns a roughly equal position into a lost one. Black looksto deflect the e3 bishop away from the e2 square so he can produce a discovered attackon 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 gxf6XABCDEFGHY8r+-+-+k+(7zppzp-+p+-'6-+-zp-zp-zp&5+-+-+-+-%4-+-zPL+-+$3+-zP-+-+-#2PzP-+l+PzP"1tR-+-sN-mK-!xabcdefghyVery much a case of, not what you play but how you play it.17…. 1–0Page 6

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 2011As always with any article I write, any mistakes are my own and if you have anythingsensible to say please email me at earl5500@yahoo.comAny crap on how 1.Na3 is or should be named or anything banal of that nature will beignored.My thanks to all of those people in the world that provided information as a course oftheir labours all to which I have referenced below. The internet is such a great resourcetoolThe usual dedication: To Mum and DadN Earl Roberts 28/01/2011Page 7

Durkin’s Attack – An Investigation UON 29 Sept. 20111 The Oxford Companion to Chess (Second Edition) 1996 Page 1172 The source for this date is according to a one Quale, a submitter to Wikipedia talk, comes from the notedAmerican chess player Bill Wall. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ADurkin_Opening)3 http://tartajubow.blogsopt.com/2010/03/robert-t-n-qr3-durkin.html4 Arpad Emrick Elo ( August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was the creator of the Elo rating systemwhich is widely used in chess competitions. He was born in Egyházaskesző, Hungary but moved to theUnited States with his parents as a child in 1913. Elo was a professor of physics at Marquette University inMilwaukee, Wisconsin and was also a chess master. By the 1930s he was the strongest chess player inMilwaukee, one of the nation's leading chess cities. Elo won the Wisconsin State Championship eighttimes. (Reference Wikipeadia )5 The Tartajubow Blog draws attention to this but I also found that a Mr. Micheal Amper who reports viaWiki 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 greatestcompetitive 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.html9 Reference; „Where do Chessplayers go when they die?”Page 8

Basman’s Chess Inheritanceby Davide RozzoniUON 29 Sept 2011Some months ago GM Simon Williams played 1.g4 in a team tournament. What lead him to choosesuch a weird opening for a GM is explained at Williams’ blog athttp://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 MichaelBasman. After popularizing 1.g4 in the book “The killer Grob”, Basman devoted his time to anotherUCO system involving an early h6 & a6 which he called the “Global Opening”. It seemed that thisopening system felt into oblivion after Basman gave up active play a few years ago. But somethingmeaningful happened in July 2010 when another Englishman, a strong GM coming back to activeplay after a long inactivity, chose to play the Global Opening to demolish an IM opponent in 22moves. Here is what happened:Van Oosterom,C (2381) - Sadler,M (2590) [B00]ROC Nova College Toernooi (2), 03.07.20101.e4 a6 2.d4 h6!? see diagram3.¥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+ ¥xd612.¥xd6 b6 13.cxb6 £xb6 14.e5 ¤d5 15.¤d2 ¥b7 16.0–0 ¤f4 17.¥e4 g518.£f3 ¥c6 19.g3 ¤g6 20.a3 ¦c8 21.axb4 ¤xb4 22.¦ab1 £d4 23.¦xb4 £xd224.¥xc6 dxc6 25.¦b8 1–0Page 9

Adams,M-Basman,M/Islington ENG 1992 (25)) 7...¤c6 8.£a4 ¤f6 9.¤e2 g510.¤a3 ¤g4 11.¥d2 £b8 12.¤b5 b6 13.¤g3 bxc5 14.¥e2 ¥a6 15.c4 h516.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 0–1Buckley,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 ¥c719.a4 ¤g3!? see diagram20.fxg3 £xg2 21.¦f1 ¤d3+ 22.¥xd3 ¦xd3 0–1If you are interested to learn more about the Global Opening, please refer to Basman’s booklet andtape :http://audiochess.com/chess/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=22http://audiochess.com/chess/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=85At last I want to thank IM Gerard Welling for showing me Sadler’s game and for sharing theseinteresting links as well as Simon Williams’ above mentioned:http://weblogs.nrc.nl/schaken/2010/07/07/de-laatste/#more-773http://schaaksite.nl/page.php?id=920http://schaaksite.nl/page.php?id=923http://schaaksite.nl/page.php?id=934These articles by GM Hans Ree and IM Hermann Grooten are in dutch language but I couldunderstand the most of them using google translator and by the way there are great pictures ofBasman in action.Page 10

Fishing Poles UON 29 Sept 2011Fishing Polesfrom Brian Wall's #135 (June 4, 2011)BrianWallChess@Yahoogroups.comI like this one because I got in trouble earlyand 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 Pole6. h3 h5!!Fishing Rod7. hxg4?? hxg4!!Opening the Gates of Hell- Vance Aandahl8. 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 Zion123Theoretical Novelty by Zion1239 c3? played twice against me9 B:c6? played once against me9 Be3?? played once against me9 ... g3!! 10. Bxf7+! Kf8!! 11. Bd5? gxf2+! 12. Rxf2+! Bxf2+!There is a cute line here12 ... 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:f7and I come out alright13. Kxf2! Qf6+!!Right moves, wrong order, typical Chess14. Nf3 Bg4!! 15. Bxc6 bxc6! 16. Nc3??looks like an automatic, innocent developing move anyone would make in a blitzPage 11

Fishing Poles UON 29 Sept 2011game but Be3 and Nbd2 lends the f3-Knight more protection. The c3-Knight isgoing exactly nowhere.16 ... Kg8!!already deadly17. Be3 Rf8!! 18. d4??Clueless. Every piece is attacking his King.18 ... Rh2!!!!18 ... B:f3!!!! is the other Super-Killer19. 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 mates21 ... Qh4!! also mates22. Rxd1 exd422 ... Qg6+!!! mates22 ... Qf3!!! mates22 ... Qh4!! mates23. Bxd4? Qg5+!! mating 24. Kh2!{White resigns} 0-124 ... Rf4, ... Rf3, ... Qh4+, ... Qh5+ or ... Qf4+all mate“Chess is a constant reconfiguration of coordinatingand harmonizing what's left on the board.”Page 12

Fishing Poles UON 29 Sept 2011[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} 0-1You 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 Qg528. 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 Rxh515. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Be3 hxg2 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Kxg2 Kd7 19. Nd2 Rah8 20. Rh1 Rxh121. Rxh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 d5 23. f3 Be6 24. a4 g6 25. Kg2 f5 26. Kg3 f4+ 27. Bxf4exf4+ 28. Kxf4 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Bb3 30. a5 Bd5 31. Kg5 Ke6 32. Kxg6 Ke5 33. Nd2Kf4 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. Kxc7Bxa6 {Game drawn because neither player has mating material} 1/2-1/2Page 13

Fishing Poles UON 29 Sept 201111. Qc4 fxg5!! Irish Pawn Chain12. Qxc6+ Bd7!! 13. Qd5! Be7 14. Nc3 c6 15. Qc4 Qa5It's hard to get my Queen back on track.15 ... Bf6-e5!! and ... Qf6-h6!!is a good plan. It seemed slow to me16. Be3? Qe5!! 17. g3?? Qf6!!I installed a GPS tracking device on White's King 11 years ago18. 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 hxg48. Ng5 d6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4 f6 11. Qc4 fxg5 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qd5 Be714. 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. Nf3O-O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 Rh5 18. f3 c5 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. c3 Bc621. Kf2 Re8 22. Nf4 Rg5 23. Qh3+ Kb7 24. Rad1 Qxf4{White resigns} 0-1Page 15

Damiano’s Defence UON 29 Sept 2011Damiano’s Defence1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 as Black!by Domingos Sávio Perego,from BrasilA 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 adraw! Given the questionable, negative view of this defense, most of uslikely never even consider giving it a try. Most commentary runs somethinglike what I see at Wikibooks, where we can read the following(blue-boxed text below) that after 2...f6?...Do not forget…1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5Qe7 4. Qh5+? g6 5. Ng6Qe4+ and 6. … Qg6gaining a piece. —DSP“White may take the pawn with 3.Nxe5 because retaking with 3...fxe5 would result in eitherthe loss of a rook after 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8 or an irresistible attack after4...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+ Kg68.Bxb7! again winning a rook because if 8...Bxb7 then 9.Qf5+, with a similar line as toabove.The only chance for Black after 3.Nxe5 that does not lose immediately is 3...Qe7, but Whitehas 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. h3O-O 11. c4 Rb8 12. b3 Qe8 13. Nc3 Qg6 14. Kh2 Be715. a4 Rf7 16. a5 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Rbf8 18. Rg1 Qh519. 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. Bxf5Be7 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 a519. cxd5 cxd5 20. Re1 Ba6 21. Qc2 Qf5 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Bh6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rfe8 26. a4Rxe1+ 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 1/2-1/2Page 17

Damiano’s Defence UON 29 Sept 2011[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. a4bxa4 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. Kf4Bc4 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. Bxg5Qe7 11. Nc3 Qh7 12. h3 Be7 13. f4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. Kh2 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Qf3d6 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 Rae818. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 fxe5 21. c4 Qd4 22. Qe2 h6 23. Rb5 e4 24. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qxa226. 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 Rb350. Kf1 Rb1+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kf3 a2 53. Kg4 Rxg2+ 54. Kh5 Kd7 55. c8=Q+ Kxc8 56. Ra5 Kb7 57. Ra3Kb6 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 Kb718. 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 Bxe327. Kxe3 c5 28. Rg3 Rhg8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Nc1 Kc6 31. Ne2 Rd7 32. Kd2 Nd6 33. Kc1 Re734. Rh6 Reg7 35. Kc2 Kb7 36. Rgh3 c4 37. Nd4 cxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Kb6 39. Rh1 Re7 40. Rh7 Ree8 41. Re1g5 42. f5 Nc4 43. Rh6 Ne5+ 44. Kc2 Ng4 45. Rh7 Rh8 46. Rf7 b4 47. cxb4 Rc8+ 48. Kb1 Rc4 49. Ne6 Rhc850. b5 Rc2 51. Rd1 Rxg2 52. Rd6+ Ka5 53. Ra7+ Kb4 54. Rc6 Rb8 55. Nc7 Ne5 56. Rc1 1-0Best regards from Brasil !!Page 18

Playing in the 2011 U.S. Inter-Service Chess Championship UON 29 Sept 2011Playing in the2011 U. S. Inter-service ChessChampionshipThree Games from Marine Sergeant Nicholas WolffFrom the editor — Long distance chess variants opponent and friend, Nick Wolff, sent a few ofhis 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 aprevious feature on the Military.com website:Nick wrote:Two Soldiers Qualify for NATO Chess ChampionshipsArmy News Service | Tim Hipps | June 29, 2006Jacksonville, FL. - Two Soldiers earned berths in the NATO Chess Championships byvirtue of their top-six finishes in the 2006 Inter-Service Chess Championships June12-15 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 fifthrespectively. They qualified to compete in the 17th annual NATO ChessChampionships scheduled Aug. 20-26 at Wellington College in Crowthorne,England.Source — http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,103609,00.html“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 Nc511.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.e4Nfxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qe1 Nf6 23.Ne3 cxd5 24.g4 Bg6 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Nh5 27.Qh4 Rfe8 28.Nxd5Qc5 29.Rd1 Rac8 30.Rd4 Ng3 31.Kg1 Qxd4 32.Qxd4 Ne2 33.Kf2 Nxd4 34.Rb1 Bxb1 0-1Page 19

Playing in the 2011 U.S. Inter-Service Chess Championship UON 29 Sept 2011[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 fxe411.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Ndxe4 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.Kb1 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Rxd3 c6 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.Rhd1Qxe4 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 c512.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 Rh521.Bd2 Ke7 22.Bxe4 Bxe4 23.Rxe4 Qd5 24.Re2 Rg8 25.Ne3 Nxe3 26.Bxe3 Bh6 27.Rf1 f6 28.exf6 Kxf629.Bd2 a5 30.a3 a4 31.Re5 Qc6 32.Rxh5 gxh5 33.Qxh4 Kg6 34.Qf2 Kh7 35.Qf3 Qd5 36.Qxd5 exd5 37.Kf2Re8 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.h4Bg7 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.h6Kg6 56.Kg4 Bf6 57.h7 Bh8 58.Bh4 Bg7 59.Bd8 Kxh7 60.Kf5 Bxd4 61.cxd4 b4 62.Ba5 c3 63.bxc3 b3 0-1Thanks 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 sowell. On a distant, somewhat relatednote, I played in the 5 th Naval DistrictChampionship in Norfolk, Virginia way backaround 1978. I did not fare so well in that.I remember losing to a King’s IndianDefense. I remember beating a guy ontime because he slept through a largeportion of the game… only to run out of aroom, yell at his friend for not waking him,then proceed to use the short amount oftime left on his clock. I don’t recall muchelse, but I do know that I did not advance toa higher tournament.— gkgPage 20

ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT GAMES BY CC EMAIL, 2011 UON 29 Sept 2011The following Zilbermints Gambit games were played by correspondence on the chess.com server.Basically, it is email correspondence. — LevZILBERMINTS GAMBIT GAMES BY CORRESPONDENCECHESS.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.Nxd4Qxd4 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.Nxd4Qxd4 1-0Event "BDG:Euwe Defense:Zilbermints Gambit"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.04.03"][WhiteZilbermints"][Black "dantevs"][Result "1/2-1/2"][WhiteElo "1742"][BlackElo "1557"][TimeControl "1 in 2days"][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 Nxf311.Qxf3 O-O 12.Rad1 Nd5 13.Ne2 Bg5 14.Bc5 Be7 15.Bf2 Bd7 16.c4 Bc6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Be4 c619.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nd4 Bf6 21.Be3 Bg5 22.Nf5 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Re8 24.Qg3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.Rfe1 g627.Nd6 Red8 28.Nxb7 Rdb8 29.Re7 a6 30.Rf1 Ra7 31.Rfxf7 c5 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.Rh7+ Kg8 34.Reg7+ Kf835.Rh8+ Kxg7 36.Rxb8 c4 37.Nc5 Kf6 38.Rb6+ Ke5 39.Re6+ Kd4 40.Nxa6 Kd3 41.Kg1 1/2-1/2Page 21

ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT GAMES BY CC EMAIL, 2011 UON 29 Sept 2011[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 Nd611.Rd1 c6 12.Qh4 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6 Bf8 16.Qh4 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qd4 O-O19.Rde1 f6 20.Qxd5 exd5 21.Rxe7 Bf5 22.Nd4 Bxd3 23.cxd3 Rae8 24.Rd7 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxf6 Rf81/2-1/2[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.Bxe7Nxf3 11.Bxd8 Kxd8 12.Qxf3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Rf8 14.Rad1 Ke7 15.Bxh7 a5 16.Bg6 f6 17.Be4 Ra7 18.c4 b619.Bc6 a4 20.Rfe1 Rh8 21.Qg4 Kf7 22.Bd7 c5 23.Qxe6+ 1-0Event "BDG:Euwe:Zilbermints"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2011.03.31"][White "Zilbermints"][BlackFM_Eric_Schiller"][Result "1-0"][WhiteElo "1711"][BlackElo "2184"][TimeControl "1 in 3days"][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 Nc611.Qe1 O-O 12.Rd1 Bd6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Bh7+ Nxh7 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Qxe5 c6 18.Rd1Rxd1+ 19.Nxd1 Nf6 20.Qc7 Ne4 21.Ne3 f6 22.Nc4 e5 23.Na5 Bf5 24.Nxb7 Rc8 25.Qa5 Kh7 26.h3 h527.Kh2 Re8 28.Qxa7 Re7 29.Qb8 Rd7 30.Qe8 Kh6 31.Nd8 Nd6 32.Qg8 h4 33.Nxc6 Nf7 34.Nb4 Ng535.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 c511.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Qf3 f5 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bc6 Rxb2 17.Ba4 Bb7 18.Qg3 Bg519.Qa3 Rb6 20.Rad1 Bxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Bxd2 22.Qd3 Be3 23.Bb3 Qa8+ 24.Kh3 g5 25.Rxf5 Rxb3 26.Qxb3 Rxf527.Qxe6+ Rf7 28.Rf1 Bf4 29.Qg6+ Rg7 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Rf2 g4+ 32.Kh4 Qd8+ 0-1Page 22

ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT GAMES BY CC EMAIL, 2011 UON 29 Sept 2011[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 3days"][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.Qxf3O-O 11.Qh3 h6 12.Bxh6 e5 13.Qh4 Ng4 14.Bg5 Nh6 15.Bxe7 Qd4 16.Qxd4 exd4 17.Bxf8 dxc3 18.Ba3 cxb219.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 e328.Rf3 e2 29.Rf2 Re3 30.Rfxe2 Rxa3 31.Re8+ Kf7 32.R8e7+ Kf6 33.Rxc7 b5 34.h3 b4 35.Kh2 b3 36.cxb3Rxb3 37.Rxa7 Kf5 38.Ra5+ Kf4 39.Ra4+ Kf5 40.Rc1 Rb5 41.Rcc4 Ke5 42.Rh4 Kf5 43.Rh5+ Kg6 44.Rxb5 Kf745.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 3days"][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.Bxe7Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxe7 12.cxd4 c6 13.Ne5 O-O 14.Qe2 f6 15.Nf3 e5 16.dxe5 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Rae8 18.e6 g619.Bd3 Qxe6 20.Bc4 Qf7 21.Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.Ng5+ Kg8 23.Qc4+ 1-0Event "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 byresignation"]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 h611.Bf4 O-O 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Nd4 Re8 15.Nxf5 Bd6 16.Nxh6+ gxh6 17.Qg3+ Ng4 18.Bxd6 cxd619.h3 Re3 20.Qf4 Qh4 21.Kg1 Rae8 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 23.Qxd7 R3e7 24.Qxg4 Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rg8 26.Rxd6Rxg4 27.Rxh6+ Kg7 28.Rh3 Rb4 29.b3 b5 30.Nd5 Ree4 1-0Page 23

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Two Albin Counter Gambit Games UON 29 Sept 2011Two Albin Counter Gambit GamesBy Quentin MasonI 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, someinteresting 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 oftheory we have now.The internet and strong computer engines have helped build good responses to it.1991 World Open=======================================White- Yoko Matsui 1760Black- Quentin Mason 1895 - Round 1,U2000 sectionThis was the accelerated section where you play G/45for 3 games and then merge to the regular 40/2.1.) d4 d52.) c4 e53.) e3 exd4.) exd Nc65.) Nf3 Bg46.) Be3 Nf67.) Nc3 dxc8.) Bxc4 a69.) Be2 Bd610.) O-O O-O11.) a3 Re812.) Qc2 Qd713.) Rfd1 Rad814.) h3 Bxh315.) gxh3 Qxh316.) Rd2 Ng417.) Qf5 Bh2+0-1Black resigns as she cannot escape mate.Here's one more-.Page 25

Two Albin Counter Gambit Games UON 29 Sept 2011White - Robert Hansteen 1983Black - Quentin Mason 18951991 World Open, Round 3, U2000 section1.) d4 d52.) c4 e53.) cxd Qxd4.) dxe Qxd1+5.) Kxd1 Nc66.) f4 Bf57.) Nc3 Nd48.) e4 Bg4+9.) Be2 Nxe210.) Ngxe2 O-O-O+11.) Bd2 Bc512.) Kc2 f613.) exf Nxf614.) h3 Bxe215.) Nxe2 Nxe416.) Be1 Rhe817.) Rd1 Nf218.) Rxd8+ Kxd8 0-1White 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.Page 26