Alan Lasser’s Game of the Week… July 19, 2009

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It appears there will be no meeting of the Orange Chess and Bughouse Club on Saturday, July 25, too many of us will be playing in the Bradley Open. We'll all be back at the club for that first Saturday of August. See you then.

I play a lot of strange openings of my own devise. Many of them have appeared in this newsletter, so I suppose nothing I play should startle you now. The only time I essayed these particular moves in a rated tournament game, I easily defeated a shocked expert. The night before the battle, the general raises his glass with a toast for his troops, "Confusion to the enemy!" Last thursday night at the Milford Chess Club, it was Morgan's turn to scratch his head and wonder.

White Alan Lasser

Black George Morgan

Event skittles

Site Milford Chesss Club

Date 2009.07.16

Round

Result 1-0

ECO A00

1 Nc3 c5

2 Ne4 e5

Back in 1992, Lasser-Cole continued 2...e6 3.g4 d5 4.Ng3 Nc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.Nb3 Ng6 8.0-0 0-0 9.e4 d4 10.f4 Qc7 11.e5 Be7 12.g5 Bd7 13.Ne4 Rfd8 14.Qh5 Bf8 15.Nhf2 Be7 16.Ng4 Be8 17.Rf3 f5 18.gf Nge5 19.Rg3 Ng4 20.Qg4 Bf8 21.fg Be7 22.Qe6 Bf7 23.Qh6 1-0

3 c4 f5

4 Ng3 d6

5 d3 f4

6 Ne4 Nf6

7 g3 Nxe4

8 dxe4 g5

(-0.20) +0.01 8... fxg3 9. hxg3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bc3 Qc8 13. Bh3 Bxh3 14. Nxh3 Qg4 15. Qd5 O-O-O

9 h4 . . .

(-0.42) +0.20 9. gxf4 gxf4 10. e3 fxe3 11. Qh5 Kd7 12. Bxe3 Kc7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qe2 Qh4 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. f4

9 . . . Be7

(-0.05) +0.42 9... fxg3 10. fxg3 g4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Nd5 Kb8 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. Bg2

10 hxg5 Bxg5?

(-1.11) -0.25 10... fxg3 11. fxg3 Bxg5 12. Qd5 Qe7 13. Bh3 Bxc1 14. Bxc8 Nc6 15. Rxc1 Rxc8 16. Rd1 Nd4 17. Nf3 Kd8 18. Nxd4

11 gxf4 Bxf4

12 e3 . . .

(+0.96) +1.16 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Bh3 Nc6 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qd5 Kd7 16. O-O-O Kc7 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Rh6 Nb4

12 . . . Bg5

13 Qh5+ Kf8

(-1.25) -0.82 13... Kd7 14. Bh3 Kc7 15. Bxc8 Kxc8 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Ne2 Kc7 18. Nc3 Nb6 19. O-O-O Qe7 20. f4

14 f4 Bf6

15 Nf3 Be6

16 fxe5 Bg7??

(-3.96) -1.10 16... dxe5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. O- O-O Qe8 19. Qh6 Ke7 20. Bh3 Qf8 21. Bxe6 Qxh6 22. Rxh6 Kxe6 23. Ng5 Ke7 24. Nxh7 Bg7 25. Rhh1 Rad8 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. Rdg1 Bf6

17 Ng5 Qd7

18 Nxe6+ Qxe6

19 Bh3 Qxe5??

(-6.07) -4.28 19... Qg6 20. Bc8 a5 21. exd6 Bf6 22. Bd2

20 Rf1+ Ke7??

(-15.31) -6.32 20... Bf6 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rxf6 Kg7 23. Rd6 Rf8 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. O- O-O Rad8 26. Rd5 h5 27. Bc3

21 Rf7+ Kd8??

(-mate 13) -18.62 21... Ke8 22. Rf5

22 Qh4+?? . . .

(+6.13) +mate 13 22. Qg4 Ke8 23. Rxg7 Kf8 24. Rxb7 Nd7 25. Qxd7 Qf6 26. e5 dxe5 27. e4 h6 28. Be3 Rh7 29. Qxh7

22 . . . Ke8

23 Rxb7? . . .

(+5.50) +6.76 23. Rf5 Qe7 24. Qh5 Kd8 25. e5 Bf6 26. exf6 Qe8 27. Qxe8 Kxe8 28. f7 Ke7 29. e4 h6 30. Bxh6 Nd7 31. Bg5 Kf8 32. Bf1 Rh7 33. O-O-O

23 . . . Nc6??

(-10.77) -5.50 23... Bf6 24. Qg4 Kf8 25. Bd2 Rg8 26. Qc8

24 Bd7+ Kf8

25 Bxc6 Qf6

26 Qf4?? . . .

(+9.71) +18.55 26. Qh3 Qh6 27. Qd7 Qf6 28. Qc7

26 . . . Qxf4

27 exf4 h5??

(-10.98) -9.00 27... Rc8 28. Bd5

28 Rxg7?? . . .

(+8.52) +10.98 28. e5 Rc8 29. Bd5 Re8 30. Rf7 Kg8 31. Rxa7 Kf8 32. Rf7 Kg8 33. Rf6 Kh7 34. Rxd6 Bf8 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rd8 Bh6 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Be3 Rg7 39. Ke2 Rg4 40. e6 Bf8 41. f5 Be7 42. Rf1

28 . . . Kxg7

29 Bxa8 h4??

(-11.96) -8.60 29... Rxa8 30. Ke2 Rb8 31. f5 Rb6 32. b3 Kf7 33. Kf3 a5 34. Bf4 a4 35. bxa4

30 Bd5 h3

31 Bd2? . . .

(+11.44) +12.42 31. e5 h2 32. Bh1 Re8 33. b3 dxe5 34. Bb2 Kf8 35. Bxe5 Re6 36. O- O-O

31 . . . h2

32 Bc3+ . . .

(+11.70) +11.92 32. Kf2 h1=Q 33. Rxh1 Rxh1 34. Bc3 Kf8 35. e5 Rh6 36. e6 Ke7 37. f5

32 . . . Kg6??

(-13.58) -11.70 32... Kf8 33. Kf2

33 Kf2 h1=Q

34 Rxh1?? . . .

(+15.96) +21.37 34. f5 Kg5 35. Rxh1 Rxh1 36. f6 Rh2 37. Kg3

34 . . . Rxh1

35 Kg2?? . . .

(+12.26) +16.45 35. e5

35 . . . Rh4??

(-15.58) -12.26 35... Rh7 36. f5 Kh6 37. Bd2 Kg7 38. Bf4 Kf6 39. Bxd6 a5 40. Kg3 Rd7 41. Kf4 Rxd6 42. e5 Ke7 43. exd6 Kxd6 44. f6

36 Kg3 Rh1??

(-20.67) -13.39 36... Rh7 37. f5 Kh6 38. Kg4 a5 39. f6 Kg6 40. f7 Rxf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Bxa5 Kf6 43. Bc7 Ke5 44. a4 Kxe4 45. a5 Kd3 46. a6

37 f5+?? . . .

(+14.86) +20.67 37. e5

37 . . . Kg5

38 Bd2+ Kf6

Forced, because if 38...Kh5, then checkmate is 39.Bf7

39 e5+ dxe5

40 Bxh1

Alan Lasser

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