Rh3 17.Rh1 Qh8 18.Qf1 Rf8
19.Rxh3 {White resigns} 0-1
The Immortal Irish Pawn Chain
Fishing Pole game.
------------------------------------------------TheGenius - B-Wall
Internet Chess Club 2010
[ECO "C65"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
Ng4 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Bc5 7.d4 Ba7
8.h3 h5 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.hxg4 hxg4
11.Ng5 f6 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1
fxg5 14.Bxg5 Be6 15.Nd2 g3
16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Rh4 18.Nf1
Rxe4 19.Rd4 Rxe5 20.Rad1 Ke7
21.e4 c5 22.R4d3 Rxe4 23.Nxg3
Re5 24.Kf2 Rf8+ 25.Rf3 Rxf3+
26.gxf3 Bxa2 27.Rg1 Bd5 28.Ne2
g5 29.f4 gxf4 30.Nxf4 Rf5 31.Ke3
Bf7 32.Rg7 Kf6 33.Rh7 b5 34.Ke4
Re5+ 35.Kf3 b4 36.Rh6+ Ke7
37.Rxa6 bxc3 38.bxc3 Be8 39.Ra7
Kd6 40.Ra6+ Bc6+ 41.Kg4 c4
42.Ng6 Re3 43.Kf5 Rxc3 44.Nf4
Kd7 45.Ke5 Rc1 46.Ng6 Bb5
47.Ra7 c3 48.Nf8+ Kc6 49.Ne6
Re1+ 50.Kf6 Kd6 51.Rxc7 Rxe6+
{White forfeits on time} 0-1
Both sides obliterate each other's
Irish pawn chains.
------------------------------------------------I went through thousands of 2010
Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad games
and found a dozen Fishing Pole
attacks at the highest level. Here is
one by the 6th man to cross the 2800
barrier.
Aronian, Levon (2783) - Zhao,
Zong-Yuan (2583) [A14]
39th Olympiad Men Khanty-Mansiysk
RUS,.2010
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2
Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6
8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 a5
11.Nc3 Na6 12.Ne5 Bxg2 13.Kxg2
Nd5 14.Rad1 c6 15.Bc1 Nab4 16.e4
Nb6 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.Nf3 Re8 19.h4
Qb6 20.Ng5 h6 21.Rh1 Bf8 22.e5 f5
23.Qh5 Re7 24.Qg6 hxg5 25.hxg5
16 | P a g e
c5 26.Nb5 Qc6+ 27.f3 cxd4
28.Qh7+ 1–0
------------------------------------------------A Fishing Pole Attack ruins the
tournament for a 3 time World
Champion. Kramnik claimed he knew
Karjakin had a strong Kingside attack
but his poor tournament position
forced Vlad to play risky Chess.
Karjakin – Kramnik
Tal Memorial, Moscow 2010 (8).
Petrov: Nimzovich attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3
Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4
c6 11.c4 Be6 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.Kb1
Re8 14.f3 h6 15.Be2 d5 16.g4 Bg6
17.f4 dxc4 18.Qc3 Nd3 19.f5 Bxg5
20.fxg6 Rxe3 21.gxf7+ Kf8 22.Qxc4
Rxe2 23.hxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxd3 Qe3
25.Qh7 Qe4 26.Qg8+ Ke7 27.Qxg7
Qxc2+ 28.Ka1 Rf8 29.Rhf1 Rd2
30.Rfe1+ Re2 31.Qc3 Kxf7 32.Qf3+
{White wins} 1-0
------------------------------------------------The Fishing Pole is an ancient
weapon u sed by amateurs and
Grandmaster alike.
------------------------------------------------Here is the second oldest Fishing
Pole game I can find. I would like to
take a deeper look. I've done
extensive computer analysis but I will
just give you the highlights here.
London match 5, 1834 (4)
McDonnell, A –
De Labourdonnais, L
[ECO "B21"]
1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.c3 d5
5.e5 f6 6.Bd3
No one repeated this tabiya that they
repeated 4 times.
6...Nh6 7.Bc2 Bd7 8.O-O Qb6 9.d4
O-O-O 10.Kh1 Ng4
The Fishing Pole Knight assumes his
post.
11.a3 Kb8 12.b4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be7
14.Nc3 Rdf8 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Nc5
Bxc5 17.bxc5 g5 18.h3 h5!!
Rybka-best. The bait and Fishing
Rod are in place.
Alexander would still have the
advantage after 19.Ba4!! intending
B:c6 with control of e5.
19.Kg1 gxf4 20.hxg4?? hxg4!!
!
Denver, Colorado Open Champion
Vance Aandahl described this
exchange as "Opening the Gates of
Hell" when it occurred in our slow
rated game.
21.Ne1 fxe5!!
It looks like a Bejeweled game my
kids like with pawns falling down the
board on McDonnell. One variation is
too pretty to leave in my voluminous
computer notes. 21.Nh2 g3! 22.Ng4
fe! 23.N:e5 N:e5! 24.R:f4 Qc8!!
25.Qe1? Rh1+!! 26.K:h1 Rh8+
27.Kg1 Rh1+!! 28.K:h1 Qh8+ 29.Kg1
Qh2+ 30.Kf1 Bb5+ 31.Qe2 Qh1
checkmate. Alexander can give away
more pieces if he wants to last
longer.
22.Bb2 g3!!
Black often gets confused in the
Fishing Pole by the glut of wins. 22
...f3!!!, ...Rh4!!, ...N:d4!!, ...e4!, ...ed!,
...Rfg8!, ...Bc8! all win.
23.dxe5 Nxe5 (+3)
23...Qa5!! is +7 There is also 23
...Rh6(+3), ...Be8(+3), ... Qd8(+3),
...Na5 (+2).
24.Nf3(-4)
24Qd4 Nc4!!(+3) is a mild
improvement.
24...Nxf3+!(+4)
24...Rh6!!(+6),...Rf6!(+4)
25.Rxf3!
25.gf?Rh2!!(+10) 25.Q:f3?? Q:c5+
mates.
25…Rh4!(+3)
25...Rh2!!(+4), ...Rh5!(+3)
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