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Fishing Pole Redux!!
by USCF Master Brian Wall
Posted by: Bwhited

Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.06.07"

]
[Round "-"]
[White "jacosta"]
[Black "brianwall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "12:14:27"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. e4? e5 2. Nf3? Nc6 3. Bb5? Nf6 4. O-O?? Ng4!!


Fishing Pole, invented by LM Jack Young

5. c3 a6!! 6. Ba4 Bc5 7. d4 Ba7


Hyper Pole, so that d5 can be met by ... b5 -
for this my bishop must be on ... a7, not ... b6.

8. h3 h5!! 9. Bg5 f6!!


Very typical - they think this blocks out my Queen but that
femme fatale always finds a new way to kill the quarry.

10. Bc1 d6 11. hxg4


gulping the worm

11 ... hxg4!

hooking the fish

12. Nfd2 exd4

Even better is 12 ... f5!!!, one of my favorite Fishing Pole moves,
as you will see later. The idea is ... Qh4!!.
12 ... b5!! is another plan.

13. cxd4 Bxd4

even better is 13 ... b5!! followed by 14 ... N:d4!

14. Bxc6+

The usual desperate attempt to eliminate my attackers

14 ... bxc6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bf4 f5!! 17. g3 g5!!


The Hyper-Pole is a little dicy but the game is turning in my favor now.

18. Be3 Qf6

18 ... Qe7!!! is better than 18 ... Qf6!!

19. Kg2 f4!

Crushing

20. Rh1 fxe3!


Devastating

{White resigns} 0-1