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In case you missed it - here is a link to
Part One of the
Full Metal Jacket
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 While I was writing this article I tested the FMJ on a
1500 Chicago player. It seemed to discombobulate him and he went
down a pawn almost whatever he tried. I mention that because maybe
you may notice the same effect or run into the same moves.
I read a Science-Fiction chess story one time in Chess
Life where a human played a computer until one of his moves short
circuited the computer. He was smugly satisfied until the operator
explained that the machine shut down because it had never played against a
mistake before.
In a similar vein, I hadn't considered most of these
continuations...
We started here:
1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5
       
 
 
       
A. 5.g3 Ng6 7.e5 c6 8.Nf3 d6
Extra pawn.
B. 5.Q:d5 Nc6! (5 ... Ng4) 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qd1 Bb4 8.Bd3
Qe7 9.Qe2 0-0 (9...Nd4!) 10.Nf3 Re8 11.e5 Bxc7+ 12.bc Qc5
13.Bd2 d6 14.Rb1 de 15.Rb5 Qe7 16.fe a6 and I win a pawn.
C. 5.Nf3 N:f3+ 6.Q:f3 de 7.Q:e4 Be7 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Qe2
0-0 10.d5 A solid pawn up.
D. 5.ed Ng6 6.Bd3 Bc5 (6...Bd6, ...Bb4+)
7.Ne2 Nf6 8.c4 0-0 9.h3 b5 10.Nd2 bc 11.B:c4 Nh4 12.Kf1 Qe7 (12 ... Re8)
13.Nb3 Qe4 14.Rh2 Q:c4 Up a piece.
The point is that your opponents, whatever their rating,
may be equally uncomfortable fighting the FMJ.
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The Full Metal Jacket was quietly invented by me in 2003;
by 2004 I had some blitz games with it plus I was trying to get it in slow
rated games. I told a few friends. I announced it to the world
September 1, 2006.
ICC blitz game
Full Metal Jacket
Jan 4, 2005
Historic first Full Metal Jacket, as far as I know.
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Information about aspirant(IM) (Last disconnected Tue Mar
06 2007 11:48):
rating [need] win loss draw total best
Bullet 2167 [8] 3 10 1 14
Blitz 2400 [8] 795 967 194 1956 2619 (10-Sep-2004)
Standard 2090 [6] 13 19 4 36 2117 (03-Feb-2006)
5-minute 2000 [8] 70 70 17 157 2009 (04-Nov-2005)
1: IM Vaszilij Sikula
Name : Sikula Vasilij
Groups : IMs
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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.01.04" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "aspirant"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal
Jacket"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "18:12:29"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5!!
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1987 Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket
| Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
Do you think I'm
cute, Private Pyle? Do you think I'm funny? Private Gomer
Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio): Sir, no, sir!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Then wipe that disgusting grin
off your face.
Private Gomer Pyle: Sir, yes, sir. |
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5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qf4+
Options: 6...Qh6+, ... Qg5+, ... Q:e4
7.Kc3 Qxe5+!! 8.Kb3
Option: 8 Qd4
8...dxe4!!
9.a3!
IM Vaszilij Sikulais is playing very well in our first
Full Metal Jacket. He has grabbed the knight and is now making a run
for it.
9...d5!
If I can't nab the King maybe I can nab the center.
Other possibilities: 9 ... Bc5!, ... Nf6!, ...Be7, ...
Qc5, ... d6, ... Ne7.
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|
1987 Stanley Kubrick's
Full Metal Jacket
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training,
you will be a weapon.
|
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10.Ka2?
Vaszilij is hiding in his foxhole but now I can riddle the
center with bullets. Sikulais should grab his one chance to develop
with 10 Nf3!! ef?? 11 Bb5+ c6 12 Re1 but I would still have good
chances after moving my Queen to 10 Nf3 ... Qd6!!, ... Qe7!!, .... Qh5!,
... Qf6, ... Qe6 or ... Qf5
10...Be6!!!
Supporting my Full Metal Jacket pawn center and loading
the artillery against Aspirant's King. 10...d4!! is similar.
11.b3
Four king moves and two pawn moves to take my knight and
two pawn moves to create a cardboard box around the King naturally leaves
me well placed in the rest of the Chessboard.
11 ... f5??
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Always deploy so that the right oblique can be readily
established in case the objective plane remains open or becomes
permanently located on the centre or on the King's wing, or that the
crochet aligned may readily be established if the objective plane becomes
permanently located otherwise than at the extremity of the strategic
front.
-- Franklin K. Young explains
again
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Dec-25-06: Phony Benoni: Chernev and Reinfeld made what was probably
the best comment on Franklin K. Young in their Fireside Book of Chess:
"Most players talk a better game of chess than they play. In
Young's case the opposite was true!"
Take a look at
H Daly vs F Young, 1911. Incredible game.
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Dec-25-06: Calli: Best sly comment was by E. Winter
in CN 4437: "Tartakower is one of the most difficult chess
writers to translate into English (among others are A. Nimzowitsch and F.K.
Young)."
:-)
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Sep-05-08: Calli: And who can forget endgame rules
like:
Whenever a pawn altitude is intersected by the periphery
of an adverse Knight's octagon, then, if the pawn has not crossed the
point intersection, the adverse Knight wins the given pawn.
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In order to select the decisive movement in a given
situation it is necessary first to determine both the object and the
objective, not merely of the required movement, but also of that series of
movements, which collectively constitute the projected line of movement;
together with the object and the objective of every movement contained
therein.
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Every opening is a fight for one central square -
IM Joseph Fang: 11...d4!!! is critical or
11...0-0-0!! 12.c3 c5!!
Conquer the d4-square and the game plays itself!
Sikula would be smothered!
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12.Bb2!!
Darn!!
12...Qd6 13.c4??
Vasilij could only handle the tension of a good position
for one move. Remember, the FMJ drags the bit players into a
nightmare they never dreamed existed.
13...dxc4!! 14.Nd2 cxb3+
Sigh - the magnetic attraction of the mighty check-capture. Bringing
a rook to the d-file wins a piece.
15. Nxb3! Forced. 15...a5?
I have a vicious pin plus four pawns for a piece with
multiple wins every move. 15 ... Nf6!!, ... 0-0-0!!, ... Q:d1!!, ...
Qb6!!
16.Qxd6!! cxd6!!
16...B:d6? 17.B:g7!
17. Bb5+!! Kf7!
I have lost the greater part of my advantage.
18.a4!! Forced. 18...Nf6?
There goes the last shred of decency. 18 ... Be7!,
... Ne7!, ... Rc8, ... Nh6, ... Bb3+, ... Rd8
19.Ne2!
19 Nh3!!
19...Nd5!! 20.Ned4!! Nb4+!! 21.Ka3 d5!! 22.Nxe6!! Kxe6
It's about even either way.
22...Nc2+ 23.Ka2 N:a1 24.R:a1 K:e6 gives Vaszilij
two very active minor pieces and a blockade versus my Rook and 3 pawns.
There is a good lesson here for FMJ fans, try to keep your pawns as mobile
as possible.
23.Nd4+!! Forced.
23...Kf7! 24.Kb3!! Be7!!
Sometimes you have to just let it go.
25. Nxf5! Bf6! 26.Rhf1!
26 Nd6+!!
26 ... Rhd8??
Drat. 26 ... B:b2!! was forced with maybe a slight
edge to Aspirant.
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|
1987 Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman to Private Gomer Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio):
What is your major malfunction, numb-nuts? Didn't Mommy and
Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?
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27.Nxg7!!
Game Over.
27...d4? 28.Nh5!! Rd6 29.Nxf6!! Rxf6!! 30.Bc4+ Kg6!
31.Rxf6+! Kxf6! 32.Bxd4+! Kg5 33.Rf1! Re8 34.Bf6+
34.Be3+!! Kg6! (anything else gets mated) 35.Bf7+! leaves
me with only a knight left.
34...Kg6! 35.Bc3! Re7! 36.Rf6+ Kg5! 37.Rb6 Re8 38.Rxb7
e3 39.Rg7+ Kf4 40.Rxh7! e2 41.Rf7+ Kg4 42.Bxe2+ Rxe2! 43.Bxb4!
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|
1987 Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket
Private Cowboy:
You know there's not a single horse in the entire country of
Vietnam? There's definitely something wrong with that.
|
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43...axb4! 44.Kxb4 Kh5! 45.Rg7 Kh6 46.Rg4 {Black
resigns} 1-0
I lost the game but the opening was a huge success.
Very encouraging.
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ICC blitz game
Full Metal Jacket
Jan 4, 2004
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.01.04" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "aspirant"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense, Full Metal
Jacket"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "18:12:29"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Qf4+ 7. Kc3
Qxe5+ 8. Kb3 dxe4 9. a3 d5 10. Ka2 Be6 11. b3 f5 12. Bb2 Qd6 13. c4 dxc4
14.Nd2 cxb3+ 15. Nxb3 a5 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Bb5+ Kf7 18. a4 Nf6 19. Ne2 Nd5
20.Ned4 Nb4+ 21. Ka3 d5 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Nd4+ Kf7 24. Kb3 Be7 25. Nxf5
Bf6 26.Rhf1 Rhd8 27. Nxg7 d4 28. Nh5 Rd6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Bc4+ Kg6 31.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. Bxd4+ Kg5 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Bf6+ Kg6 35. Bc3 Re7 36. Rf6+ Kg5
37. Rb6 Re8 38. Rxb7 e3 39. Rg7+ Kf4 40. Rxh7 e2 41. Rf7+ Kg4 42. Bxe2+
Rxe2 43. Bxb4 axb4 44. Kxb4 Kh5 45. Rg7 Kh6 46. Rg4 {Black resigns} 1-0
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Information about Machinegun(IM) (Last disconnected Wed
May 06 2009 10:09):
rating [need] win loss draw total best
Wild 1524 [6] 4 8 1 13
Loser's 1413 [6] 1 11 0 12
Bughouse 1324 [6] 0 2 0 2
Crazyhouse 1714 [6] 25 26 0 51 1763 (24-May-2005)
Bullet 2199 [8] 4144 2947 381 7472 2503 (08-Jan-2004)
Blitz 2649 9832 9297 1625 20754 3002 (17-Dec-2003)
Standard 2526 [6] 1 1 1 3
5-minute 2410 [8] 604 411 103 1118 2439 (16-May-2008)
1-minute 2193 18816 17852 1081 37749 2320 (09-Apr-2009)
15-minute 1623 [4] 0 0 1 1
1: IM Alfonso Almeida
2: Disponible para Clases,Simultaneas y Juegos de Blitz y 10min.
3: Available for lessons, Simo, Blitz and 10min. game.
4: Currently living in Texas.
5: imalmeida@yahoo.com and
almeidachess@hotmail.com
6: Oct 30 2005 , 20000 games played on ICC
Name : Almeida Alfonso IM
Groups : Mexico IMs DosHermanas
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Chess Player Profile:
2020360 Wall, Brian D
Federation United States of America
FIDE title
Rating: 2193
B-Year 1955
Sex Male
World Rank
World (all players): 22167
World (active players): 11612
National Rank USA
National (all players): 947
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Rating Chart
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Machinegun"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:14:48"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6.
Kd2 Qh6+
I was very excited, IM Alfonso Almeida goes right into my
opening.
7. Ke2 Qh5+ 8. Kd2 Qh6+ 9. Ke2 Qh5+
The Full Metal Jacket works better against higher rated
players because a draw in six moves would drive them loopy.
10. Nf3??
Death before draws!
10...dxe4!! 11. Bf4 exf3+! 12. gxf3! Ne7 13. Qd4
Nc6! 14. Qe4! Bc5! 15. Nc3 O-O!!
Extra pawn, safer king.
Alfonso had no idea how many insufferably boring QP games
I had endured to get to this point. In a slow rated game I tried the
Full Metal Jacket against IM Dean Ippolito and ended up drawing a Chigorin
Defense: 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5
16. Rd1 f6??
16 ... d6!! 17 ed Bf5!! was the right way to open up
the center.
17. Qc4+!
17.Qd5+!! was better to answer 17...Rf7? with 18.e6!!
I would still be better after 17.Qd5+!! Kh8 18.Qxc5 d6!!
utilizing the pin or 17.Qd5+!! Kh8 18.e6!! Qxd5! or ...Ne5!
I messed up but I haven't lost all my advantage.
17...Kh8 18. Qxc5! d6!
I lost a piece but I still have all my other Full Metal
Jacket weapons.
19. Qe3??
19 Qg1!! is almost OK.
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1987 Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket
Private Joker:
Are those... live rounds?
Private Gomer Pyle (Vincent D'Onofrio who also plays Detective
Goren on Law and Order, Criminal Intent):
Seven-six-two millimeter. Full. Metal.
Jacket.
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19 ... fxe5!! 20. Bg3 Rxf3!!
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1987 Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
The deadliest weapon in the world is a marine and his
rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you
expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is
a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and
strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill.
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20 ... Nd4+!!
21. Qxf3! Bg4!! 22. Bg2 Rf8
22 ... Nd4+!!
23. Rhf1 Nd4+!! 24. Rxd4! exd4!! 25. Ne4 h6
Typical blitz move to avoid bank rank fiascos.
26.h3
Was Almeida worried about his bank rank too?
26 ... Qb5+ 27. Kd2 Bxf3! 28. Rxf3! Rxf3!! 29.
Bxf3! Qxb2!
Three pieces are no match for a Queen and an almost Full
Metal Jacket.
30. Bf2 a5
It's hard for Machinegun to fight my seven marching bullets.
31. Kd3 d5!! 32. Bxd4! Qb5+!! 33. Ke3 dxe4!!
Now it is two Bishops versus Queen and 2 pawns.
{White resigns} 0-1
|
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Notice how all my opponents felt uncomfortable,
disoriented, humbled, distracted and very far from their laptop
databases. Even the perpetual check threat can be used as a
weapon. After six years of looking at it, many lines still confuse
me. The late, great GM Tony Miles used to play 1.d4 Nc6;
maybe he intended a Full Metal Jacket and like me, had a hard time
finding a willing customer. |
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Machinegun"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defense"]
[ECO "A40"]
[NIC "QO.17"]
[Time "00:14:48"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. f4 exd5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6.
Kd2 Qh6+ 7. Ke2 Qh5+ 8. Kd2 Qh6+ 9. Ke2 Qh5+ 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Bf4 exf3+
12. gxf3 Ne7 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Qe4 Bc5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rd1 f6 17. Qc4+ Kh8
18. Qxc5 d6 19. Qe3 fxe5 20. Bg3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Bg4 22. Bg2 Rf8 23. Rhf1
Nd4+ 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Ne4 h6 26.h3 Qb5+ 27. Kd2 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29.
Bxf3 Qxb2 30. Bf2 a5 31. Kd3 d5 32. Bxd4 Qb5+ 33. Ke3 dxe4 {White resigns}
0-1
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Rechecking the databases for this article I did find one
fairly recent game that wasn't there before. Let's see the Full
Metal Jacket finally in action:
[Event "SH-2003-0-00010 email"]
[Site "Chessfriend.com"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Kopasov,Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Black "Smyth,Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A40"]
1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5 5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Kd2
Qxe4
Postal player Peter Smyth avoids the perpetual check and
goes for the win. I suspect there are more games out there and
possibly even articles on the subject. It was three years later that
I went public so Peter Smyth or his computer found the idea elsewhere.
7.Nf3
7 Qe2 is another way to fight for that e5-pawn
7 ... Bc5!! 8.Bd3!!
In a postal game the FMJ loses a lot of its shock effect.
8 ... Qf4+
An honest postal game; 8...Qg4 is a smidgen better.
9.Ke1 Qg4
This is not a very good form of the FMJ, only two pawns
for the piece and behind in development.
10.Qe2 Ne7! 11.Nc3 c6! 12.h3 Qg3+! 13.Kf1 d6! 14.Be3
Bf5! 15.exd6! Bxd3! 16.Qxd3 Bxe3?
16 ... B:d6 is better but not good enough.
17.Qxe3! Qxd6! 18.Re1! f6! 19.g3 Kf7! 20.Kg2!
Evgeny's King is finally safe, not an easy chore in the
FMJ.
20...Rhe8! 21.Qd3! Ng6 22.Rhf1 Kg8!
Peter's King is finally safe now too.
23.Qd4
The vital square in the FMJ.
23 ... Ne5 24.Nh4 Qc7! 25.Nf5! b6 26.Qf4 Rad8! 27.g4
Qf7! 28.g5!! Qg6! 29.h4 a6! 30.Na4 b5 31.Nc5! a5 32.Kh1 a4 33.Rg1 Kh8!
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A mass of troops or of chessmen does not achieve victory
merely because it numerically is superior to the opponent. The
winning is effected in each and every case by operating against a vital
point a "force," i.e., a power to destroy greater than the power to defend
which at the given time and place is operated by the enemy. Says
Napoleon: "It is only the force brought into action which avails in
battles and campaigns; the rest does not count."
-- Franklin K. Young
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34.Nxg7!! 1-0
Don't feel bad, Peter. I lost my first outing too.
It seems Peter did not really study this as a system, it
seems more like he just stumbled onto an acorn like a blind pig.
Perhaps he read it somewhere; postal players are notoriously avid readers.
It seems we discovered the opening at roughly the same
time, like Leibnitz and Sir Isaac Newton discovering calculus, like Graham
Burgess and his Nescafe Frappe Attack while across the Atlantic Ed Boudrot
and IM Joe Fang were inventing the Fang-Boudrot Gambit.
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[Event "SH-2003-0-00010 email"]
[Site "Chessfriend.com"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Kopasov,Evgeny Aleksandrovi"]
[Black "Smyth,Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A40"]
1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5 5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qxe4 7.Nf3 Bc5 8.Bd3
Qf4+ 9.Ke1 Qg4 10.Qe2 Ne7 11.Nc3 c6 12.h3 Qg3+ 13.Kf1 d6 14.Be3 Bf5
15.exd6 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qxd6 18.Re1 f6 19.g3 Kf7 20.Kg2 Rhe8
21.Qd3 Ng6 22.Rhf1 Kg8 23.Qd4 Ne5 24.Nh4 Qc7 25.Nf5 b6 26.Qf4 Rad8 27.g4
Qf7 28.g5 Qg6 29.h4 a6 30.Na4 b5 31.Nc5 a5 32.Kh1 a4 33.Rg1 Kh8 34.Nxg7
1-0
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From examining the Full Metal Jacket I began to notice and
play other games from other openings where one side kept all or almost all
of his pawns for a very long time. The pawns can be used as a potent
flotilla if pushed prudently.
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Full Metal Jacket situation:
Van Wely-Kramnik, Nice 2008
position after 13.b5
[Event "2008 Melody Amber"]
[Site "Nice, France"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Van_Wely"]
[Black "GM_Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Opening "Réti: advance variation"]
[ECO "A09"]
[NIC "RE.17"]
[Time "08:55:52"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Nxe5 fxe5 7. Qh5+ Kd7 8.
Qf5+ Ke8 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Qf5+ Ke7 11. Qxe5+ Be6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. b5 c6 14.
Na3 Nf6 15. Bb2 Kf7 16. Bxd4 cxb5 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kxe6 19. Nxb5
Na6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. d4 b6 22. cxb6 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rxb6 24. a4 Kd7
25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Kf3 Bb8 27. h4 Nc7 28. Nc3 f5 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. d5 Nd8 31.
Nd4 Nf7 32. Rb1 Ne5+ 33. Ke2 Rb4 34. Nxf5 Rc8 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Nd4 Ba7
37. Rb1 Rc4 38. Nf3 Nxf3 39. gxf3 Kd6 40. e4 Bc5 41. Rb3 Ke5 42. h5 Rc2+
43. Kd3 Rxf2 44. Kc4 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 Bd6 46. a5 Rc3 47. Ka4 Kd4 48. a6 Bc5
49. d6 Bxd6 50. Rxc3 bxc3 51. a7 c2 52. a8=Q c1=Q 53. Qd5+ Ke3 54. Qxd6
Kxf3 55. e5 Qf4+ 56. Kb5 Ke4 57. Qc6+ Kxe5 58. Qc7+ Ke4 59. Qxh7+ Qf5+ 60.
Qxf5+ Kxf5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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Full Metal Jacket situation:
Gulko-Benjamin, USA ch 1996
position after 7...Qg6
Joel analyzed this game for Chess Life. 4...N:e4 has
been played at least a dozen times.
[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gulko,Boris F"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joel"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "B07"]
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Nxe4 5.fxe4 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qxe4 7.Qf3 Qg6 8.Qg3
Be7 9.Nc3 f5 10.Qxg6+ hxg6 11.Nh3 Nd7 12.Ke1 c6 13.a4 Nb6 14.dxc6 bxc6
15.a5 Nd7 16.b4 a6 17.Na4 d5 18.c3 Rb8 19.Be3 d4 20.cxd4 Bxb4+ 21.Bd2 Rh4
22.dxe5 Re4+ 23.Be2 Bxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Rbb4 25.Nc3 Rb2+ 26.Kc1 Rexe2 27.Nxe2
Rxe2 28.Nf4 Rxe5 29.Nxg6 Rc5+ 30.Kd2 Kf7 31.Nf4 g5 32.Nd3 Rd5 33.Rhc1 Ne5
34.Ra3 Nxd3 35.Rxd3 Rxa5 36.Rxc6 Ra2+ 37.Rc2 Rxc2+ 38.Kxc2 Ke6 39.Rb3 Ke5
40.Rb6 f4 41.Kd2 Ke4 42.Rc6 Bb7 43.Rc5 Bd5 44.Ra5 Kd4 45.Ke2 g4 46.Kf2 Be6
47.Rxa6 Ke5 48.Ra5+ Kf6 49.Ke2 Bf5 50.Rc5 Kg6 51.Rc4 Kg5 52.g3 f3+ 53.Ke3
Bd7 54.Rc5+ Kg6
55.Ra5 Kf6 56.Rh5 Kg6 57.Rc5 Kf6 58.h3 Kg6 59.Rc7 Bf5 60.Rc6+ Kg5 61.h4+
Kh5 62.Rf6 Bc2 63.Kd4 Bg6 64.Rf4 Be8 65.Ke5 Bb5 66.Rf5+ Kg6 67.Rf6+ Kg7
68.Rf4 Kh6 69.Kf5 Bd7+ 70.Kf6 Bb5 71.Kf7 Kh7 72.Ke6 Bd3 73.Rf6 Bc4+ 74.Ke5
Bb5 75.h5 Kg7 76.h6+ Kh7 77.Ke4 Bc4 78.Ke3 Be2 79.Rf4 Kxh6 80.Rxg4 Bd1
81.Rd4 Be2 82.Rd5 Kg6 83.Kf2 Kf6 84.g4 Kg6 85.Rd6+ Kg5 86.Rd4 Kh4 87.Re4
Kg5 88.Kg3 f2 89.Re5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2
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Other Full Metal Jacket Openings
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Halloween Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4
With a Full Metal Jacket (all eight pawns) one pawn for a
piece but many possible tempi on the black knights.
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Casper the Friendly Ghost Opening by Steven Stepak
( less scary than the Halloween Gambit )
aka The Chicago Opening, The Irish Gambit, the Octopus.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4
with a Full Metal Jacket (all eight pawns)
one pawn for a piece and one less knight to abuse.
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The Immortal Full Jacket Game
I actually achieved Full Metal Jacket nirvana which is a game where I kept
ALL
my pawns ALL game. It wasn't any quick checkmate either. It was positional
domination. I locked up the kingside and threatened to break on the
queenside.
At some point I realized that it was taking Bill much longer to figure out
my
threats and defend against them than it was for me to make them. I never
did
figure out how to make my pawn break work. I am not sure there is a way.
In the
end Bill blundered with almost no time left, exhausted from a grueling
defense.
I had a huge time advantage and a Full Metal Jacket (all eight pawns) when
he
resigned.
[Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.11" ]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Sämisch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.51"]
[Time "23:59:02"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15.
h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3
Ne7
22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8
28.
Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34.
Kd2
Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3
Kf7
41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5
1-0
Final Position
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The Immortal Full Jacket Weihmiller game precedent
I freely admit I copied my Weihmiller game strategy from my beloved
Petrosian:
position after 25.Rab2
[Event "Bled"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1961.??.??" ]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Mario Bertok"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. g4 c5 10. h4 Nd7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bd3
a6 13. h5 Nf8 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. a4 Nc8 16. Kf2 f6 17. a5 Re7
18. Rhb1 Be8 19. h6 Bh8 20. Na4 Rc7 21. b4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nd7
23. b5 Nf8 24. Ra2 Rf7 25. Rab2 axb5 26. Rxb5 b6 27. axb6 Rb7
28. Bf1 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Nxb6 30. Qb2 Na4 31. Qc1 Nd7 32. Ra1
Nab6 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qc2 Kf7 35. Ne2 Qa4 36. Qxa4 Nxa4
37. Ng3 Ndb6 38. Bc1 Nc3 39. Ke1 Ke7 40. Kd2 Nca4 41. Kc2 Nc8
42. Kb3 Nab6 43. Bh3 Kd7 44. Bd2 Ne7 45. g5+ Ke8 46. Ba5 Nec8
47. Nh1 fxg5 48. Nf2 Bf6 49. Bg4 Bd8 50. Nh3 Bf6 51. Bd2 Ne7
52. Nxg5 Bxg5 53. Bxg5 Kf7 54. Bd2 Nec8 55. Bxc8 Nxc8 56. Bg5
Nb6 57. Bd8 Nc8 58. Ka4 Ke8 59. Bg5 Kd7 60. Kb5 Kc7 61. Ka6
Nb6 62. Bd8+
1-0
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The Immortal Full Jacket Weihmiller game precedent
It was said Petrosian looked bored while playing this game.
[Event "Nica"]
[Site "Nica"]
[Date "1974.??.??" ]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Helder Camara"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "165"]
1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5
8. d5 a6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. g4 Ng8 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Ng3 b6
14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. h4 a5 17. h5 g5 18. b3 f6 19. Qe2 Nc8
20. a3 Qe7 21. Kd2 Na7 22. Ra1 Rfb8 23. b4 Nb7 24. Rhb1 Bf8 25. Ke1 Qe8
26. Bd3 Nc8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28. Qd1 axb4 29. axb4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Ra8
31. Qc1 Qb8 32. Ra3 Nc8 33. Qa1 Rxa3 34. Qxa3 Kg7 35. Bc2 Kf7 36. Kd2 Ke8
37. Ba4 Qa7 38. Kc2 Kd8 39. Kb3 Bxa4+ 40. Qxa4 Qxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Na7
42. Nb5 Nc8 43. Ne2 Kd7 44. Nc1 Be7 45. Nd3 Bf8 46. Nc3 Na7 47. Kb3 Nc8
48. Na4 Be7 49. c5 bxc5 50. bxc5 dxc5 51. Naxc5+ Nxc5+ 52. Nxc5+ Kd6
53. Na6 c6 54. Kc4 cxd5+ 55. exd5 Kd7 56. Nb8+ Kc7 57. Nc6 Bd6 58. Kd3 Kd7
59. Ke4 Ke8 60. Na5 Kf7 61. Nc4 Bb4 62. Bb6 Bf8 63. Bd8 Bc5 64. Kf5 Be7
65. Bc7 Na7 66. Nd6+ Bxd6 67. Bxd6 Nb5 68. Bb4 Nd4+ 69. Ke4 Nb5
70. Be1 Ke7 71. Bd2 Nd4 72. Bb4+ Kf7 73. Bc5 Nb3 74. Bf2 Ke7
75. Kf5 Kf7 76. Be3 Na1 77. Ke4 Nb3 78. Kd3 Na5 79. Bd2 Nb3
80. Be3 Na5 81. Bb6 Nb7 82. Kc4 Ke7 83. Bc5+
1-0
position after 26...Nc8
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The second Immortal Full Metal Jacket game
Brian Wall (2272) - Joel Johnson (2213) [B04]
Wang Championship G/30 Wang Towers, Lowell, Mass, 20.02.1988
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Like Sam Sloan I have lost so many score-sheets I like to send my games
into the
ethernet so I can't lose them. I sent out a call for any Brian Wall games
before 1995 and Joel Johnson sent in this near perfect Full Metal Jacket
victory. Not only did Joel beat the inventor of the Chess term, Full Metal
Jacket but he also kept all 8 pawns until move 41. I was completely lost
by
then and should have resigned on move 40 to make this the ultimate FMJ
victory.
I am trying to post all my games annotated
in Chessbase style
here at my new website.
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The Immortal Penguin Full Metal Jacket game
This game features the Penguin or Der Ampel (German for Stoplight)
Opening. I kept all my pawns for 32 moves and Gerry resigned on move 36,
overrun by my seven advancing pawns.
Brian Wall,P (2200) - Gerald Sunderland (1400) [A05]
Poor Richard's Bookstore, CO Springs, CO G/85 5s-delay (1),
02.07.2008
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Take care of your pawns and they will take care of you.
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2008 US Junior Champion Tyler Hughes said he was trying to
Full Metal Jacket the Grandmaster and almost succeeded.
I showed Tyler a thing or two when he was nine years old.
Hughes,T (2272) - Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Be2
Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nxc7+ [diagram] Qxc7 14.Bxd6 Qd8 15.Nd2 Nhf6
16.e4
Bf8 17.Nc4 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.0-0 Ne8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Qb2 Rg8
23.Rac1
bxc5 24.bxc5 Rb8 25.Qa3 Kg7 26.Ne3 Ndf6 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.e5 g4 29.Be2 Ne4
30.Nxg4
f5 31.exf6 N8xf6 32.Ne5 Qg7 33.g3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.c6 Bc8 36.Qe3 Nf6
37.Bf3
Rb5 38.Rb1 Rf5 39.Rb8 Qg5 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Be2 Rd5 42.f4 g4 43.f5 Kg7
44.fxe6
Rxd4 45.c7 Rd6 46.e7 Re8 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Bxg4 Re6 49.Bxe6 Kxe6 50.Rb2 Kxe7
51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3 a5 54.a3 Bc6 55.g4 Kxc7 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5
58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+ 60.Ke2 a4 61.Ra5 Rf4 62.Kd2 Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3
Kd6
65.Ra6+ Bc6 66.Ra5 Rh3+ 67.Kb2 Rb3+ 68.Ka2 Bd5 69.Ka1 Rxa3+ 70.Kb2 Rb3+
71.Kc2
Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1
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The Immortal Fishing Pole Full Metal Jacket game
I advanced a Full Metal Jacket of all eight pawns like black army ants.
I had all eight pawns on move 34, seven pawns on move 37, and Fred resigned
to my six remaining pawns on move 45. Like the Full Metal Jacket opening, I
gave up a piece for three pawns on move 11.
Fred Spell,I (1484) - Brian Wall,F (2206) [C65]
Poor Richard's Bookstore, CO Springs,CO 324 N Tejon G/85 5sdelay (1),
04.03.2009
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The Immortal Fishing Pole Full Metal Jacket precedent
This game makes a nice precedent to my Fred Spell game. Constant Fishing Pole (g4) sacrifices, Petrosian advanced his
Full Metal Jacket (all eight pawns) until move 30; by move 37 he
still had seven pawns and when Spassky resigned, Iron Tigran still
had six pawns.
One of my favorite games. This victory followed six draws, and was said to break Spassky's spirit for this match.
[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "m"]
[Date "1966.01.08" ]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
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The Immortal Alekhine's Defense Full Metal Jacket game
By move 25 I had a Full Metal Jacket (all eight pawns)
and a completely crushing game.
When Joe resigned on move 31 I still had seven pawns.
Brian Wall,M (2200) - Joe Fromme,C (1691) [B05]
2008 Pikes Peak Open 40/85 G/1 5sdelay Manitou Springs (2),
02.08.2008
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I think you get the idea. Studying one opening idea
deeply can lead to improving your play in all openings.
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