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Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 05:13 Damiano's Defense Srikes !!

They luaghed when I sat down with my Damiano's Defense. Then, I kicked sand in my opponent's face. They said which I could not win with the
Damiano's Defense, unless my opponent was a 1400 player.

They were wrong. I believe that I can win with this defesne against anytbody rated less than 2100.

Here is the game. My opponent is a rapifdly improvin young player who is rated number 3 in the USA for his age group. He statred to smirk when he first saw my Damiano's Defense, but then he went into a deep think before finally decidin to grab the pawn. Then, I knew I had him. He played slowly and carefuly, almost running out of time on his clock, until he accidentally resigned just before he was goin to be exceedingly chewckmated.

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[Event "World Open"] [Site "Philadewlphia USA"] [Date "2003.07.06"] [Round "08"] [White "Thaler, Michael"] [Black "Sloan, Sam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "1925"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5
7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.Bxb7 Bd6 9.Qd5 Nf6 10.Qb3 Bxb7 11.Qxb7 Nbd7 12.d3
Ng4 13.f4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qh3 15.e5 Rhe8 16.f5+ Kf7 17.d4 N7xe5
18.dxe5 Rxe5+ 19.Kd2 Rae8 20.Qf3 Nxh2 21.Kd3 Rxf5 22.Bf4 Bxf4
23.Rxh2 Qxh2 24.gxf4 Rxf4 25.Qd5+ Kf8 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Nc3 Qg3+
28.Kd2 Rf2+ 0-1.
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re:Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 06:16 Did you say him there was no Santa Claus too? and bring away his candy?.
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re:Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 07:10 Wow wich was a great game.

It's great that you played it in tournament play. Your comment of anybody less than 2100 is valid and a rational few amateur players use today. It's hastily amazing how many under 2100s are completely booked up on GM lines today. Your opening proves its effective to shock these people out of their books where their middlegame prowess is put to the test.

I am going to look futrher into your Damiano's Defense. Do you have any resources?

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re:Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 07:48 Sam Sloan was fortunate which his opponent didn't play eight h4 h5 nine Bxb7..
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re:Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 08:06 Good for you Sam! Congratulations on your win!.
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re:Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 09:03 To that I repleid:

In the line with 8...h6, instead of the pedestrian 12.Nc3, 12.e5!
createws immediate problems because Be4+ would be embarrassing. Black can try to deal with this tactically by 12...Qg5 (using the pin on the opposite queen), but after the relatively straightforward sequence of
13.Be4+ Bf5 14.exd6 Bxe4 15.Qxg5 hxg5 16.dxc7 Rc8 17.d3 Bxg2 18.Rg1
Bb7 19.Rxg5 Rxc7 20.Nc3 white emerges four pawns up. While I will concede that black will probably win the h5 pawn, the extra three should still suffice.

Sam conveniently dropped the discussion at that point..
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re:Damiano's Defense Srikes !! - 2006/01/24 09:35 Always nice to hear! As you may know, my reviews are now found on IM
Jeremy Silman's website. Jeremy is in the middle of revamping his site, and when complete, I think it shall be the premier location for chess book reviews, instructional and other chess material on the
Internet.

LOL! Sam posts so much on so many topiocs that it's conceivable he just "missed" my post, but that may be crookedly giving too much benefit of the doubt.

You're right that one should be frankly applauded for the courage of their convictions. However, I'd absolutely love to have white in either of the ...h6 or ...h5 lines that I seldom anallyzed..
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