Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess
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Bill WallQuick Italian Lessons
Bongiorno. Here
are some quick lessons in the Italian Opening.
David Thompson -
Bill Wall, Okinawa 1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.d3 (6.h3) Nd4 7.Be3 Nxf3+
8.gxf3 Bh3 9.Re1? (9.f4) Bxe3 10.fxe3 Qg5+ 11.Kh1 Qg2 mate 0-1
Morphy - Schulten,
New York 1857
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O f5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Re1+
Nge7 9.Ng5 Ne5? (9...Nd8) 10.Bf4 N7g6 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf7 (and 13.Rxe5) 1-0
Estrin - Klaman,
Leningrad 1957
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Be3 Qe7
(7...Ne6) 8.Bxd4 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 c5 10.Qc3 Nxe4 11.Qe3 Qxe5 12.Nc3 (12...Re8
13.Rfe1) 1-0
Kustner -
Brinckmann, Hamburg 1955
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 d5 8.Bxd5
Nxd5 9.Bxb4 Ndxb4 10.d5 Bg4 11.Na3 (11.dxc6) Ne5 12.Qa4+ Bd7 (13.Qb3 Nd3+)
0-1
Burke - Roland,
Atlanta 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Qg6 7.cxd4 Qe4+ 8.Kf1
Bxd4 9.Bxf7+ Kd8 10.Bg5+ Nge7 11.Nc3 Qf5 12.Nxd4 Qxg5?? (12...Qxf7) 13.Ne6
mate 1-0
D. Mitchell -
Wall, North Carolina 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Ng5 Nc3 6.Nxf7 Rxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7
8.Bg5 d6 9.Nc3 Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2 Ng4+ 11.Kg1 Qxg5 12.h3 (12.Qf3+) Qe3+ 13.Kf1
Qf2 mate 0-1
Brychta - Botur,
Prague 1952
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.O-O d6 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.Be3 O-O
9.f4 exd4 10.cxd4 Ng4 11.f5 Nxe3 12.Qh6 h6 13.f6 Bg4?? (13...Nxc4) 14.Qg6
1-0
Schachter -
Miskowski, Arizona 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Nd5 Na5 8.Nxf6+
gxf6 9.Bh6 Re8 10.Bb5 c6 11.Ba4 Qb6 12.O-O Qxb2 13.Nh4 Qb6? (13...Kh8 14.Qf3
f5) 14.Qf3 1-0
Horwitz - Bledow,
Berlin 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.d5 Nb8 7.Be2 d6 8.h3 f5
9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nh4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4! 13.Bxe7 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Ng3
mate 0-1
Knorre - Chigorin,
St. Petersburg 1874
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 h5
9.Nxg5 h4 10.Nxf7 hxg3 11.Nxd8 Bg4 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Nc3 Nf3+ 14.gxf3 Bxf3
(threatening 15...gxh2 mate) 0-1
NN - Blackburne,
London 1880
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6
8.Qxh8 Qh4 9.O-O Nf6 10.c3? (10.Qd8) Ng4 11.h3 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Qxa8
Qxh3+ 14.gxh3 Bxe4 mate 0-1
Kahn - NN, Moscow
1914
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O dxc3 7.Nxc3 d6 8.Nd5
Qd8 9.b4 Bb6 10.Bb2 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Ng5 O-O? (12...d5) 13.Nxh7 Kxh7
14.Qh5+ Kg7 15.Qg5+ (and 16.Bxf6) 1-0
Germann -
Wagenheim, Riga 1897
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.h4 hxg5 8.hxg5 Ng4
9.g6 Nxf2? (9...exd4) 10.Nxe5 Nxd1 11.gxf7+ Kxf7 12.Bxf7 Kf8 13.Rh8+ Ke7
14.Nd5+ Kd6 15.Nc4 mate 1-0
Wall - E.
Williams, Thailand 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O
Bxc3 9.d5 Ne7 10.bxc3 Nxc3 11.Qd4 Na4 (11...b5) 12.Qxg7 Rg8 13.Qxh7 d6
14.Re1 Kf8 15.Bh6+ 1-0
Wall - D. Hayes,
Dayton 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3
Qe7 9.h3 h6 10.a3 Be6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Na5 (13...Nd8) 14.Bxd7
Qxd7 15.b4 1-0
Harrwitz -
Staunton, London 1846
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4 Bb6 6.b5 Na5 7.Bd3 d5 8.Qe2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd1 Nf4 12.Qc2? (12.Bc2) f5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.exf5 Qg5
15.g4 Qh4 0-1
Stenzel -
MacIntyre, Hawaii 1998
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.O-O d6 7.Re1 Nf6 8.h3 O-O
9.Na3 Kh8 10.Nc2 Bd7 11.b4 exd4 12.Nfxd4 Nxe4 13.f3? (13.Qf3) Nxc3 14.Qd3
Bxd4+ 15.Kh1 Qf6 16.Bb2 Bf5 0-1
Liubarski -
Soultanbeiff, Liege 1928
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.O-O Nf6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Be3 d6
9.h3 h6 10.Qe2 g5 11.Nh2 g4 12.hxg4 Rg8 13.Bxh6 Nxg4 14.Be3? (14.Nxg4) Nxh2
15.Kxh2 Qh4+ 16.Kg1 Qh3 0-1
Estrin - Bikovsky,
USSR 1967
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d3 Nf6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.Qxb7 Qd7
9.gxf3 Rb8 10.Qa6 Rb6 11.Qa4 Qh3 12.Nd2 (12.Bd5) h5 13.Rd1 Rh6 14.Nf1 Rg6+
15.Ng3 Rxg3+ 16.hxg3 Qxg3+ 0-1
Corte - Bolbochan,
Mar del Plata 1946
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Ba3 d5 11.Bb5 Bxa1 12.Re1+ Be6 13.Qa4 Rb8 14.Ne5 Qc8?
(14...Qh4) 15.Bxc6+ bxc6 16.Qxc6+ Kd8 17.Nxf7+ Bxf7 18.Be7 mate 1-0
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