New kid on the block from Holland

[Ton van Bladel]

Hi there,
Here are some of my Colle games:
[Event "DSGA Interne"]
[Site "SGA"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Arjan Tissink"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[Annotator "Ton van Bladel"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. b3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Nh6 $6 6. Be2 $1 O-O 7. O-O cxd4
8. exd4 d6 9. c4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Bc3 $14 Nf5 14. h3
(14. d5 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne5 16. Re1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b5 19. Bg4 bxc4
20. Bxf5 gxf5) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 e5 16. d5 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4
19. Bd3 {R} 19... Qh4 20. Qg4 Qd8 21. Qd1 f5 22. Rc2 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2
Re5 25. Rb1 Rce8 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. b4 Bd8 28. c5 Kf8 {R} 29. Bc4 $2 (29. Bb5 $14
R8e7 30. cxd6 Rf7 31. Rxd4 Bb6 32. Rd3 $18) 29... axb4 30. axb4 dxc5 31. bxc5
Ba5 32. Re2 d3 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. c6 $2 (34. f4 Re3 35. Kf2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rc2 37.
Bxd3 Rxc5 38. d6 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rxd6 40. Rxb7) 34... bxc6 35. dxc6 d2 36. Be2 Ke7
37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Rxh7 d1=Q+ {0-1.} 0-1

[Event "DSGA Interne"]
[Site "SGA"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Ton Schuit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[Annotator "Ton van Bladel"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.03.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 (2... Bf5) 3. Bd3 c6 {
I was prepared for Black showing more guts, but ala......} 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 {
a tempo} 5... e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e4 $1 {
Using momentum.The battle was is White earlier on e4 than Black on e5? White
wins this first blow.} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 $2 {
Making e6 very weak but also starts to weaken the kingside} 13. Bc2 {
I became a little satisfied with my position here.} 13... Qf6 14. Qd3 Rad8 {
This is a critical situation. Black has already centralized his rooks, White
cannot wait any longer and play very active or Black will cross the border
from initiative to attack, pushing his e-pawn.} 15. h3 {to drive Bg4 away from
defending f5 and so preventing the advantage e6-e5 and provoking a further
weakening of the kingside!} 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 g6 {Indeed Black can only find
one way to continue: advancing e6-e5. But to do so a further weakening of the
kingside, especially on the dark squares is not favourable for his position.} (
16... g5) 17. Rab1 {
Announcing a counter threat over the long darksquared diagonal} 17... Qh4 18.
c5 $1 {opening a second front on the queenside, aiming also to open a new
diagonal a2-g8} 18... Bc7 19. b4 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Re7 {Black's strategy is clear
putting his knight on the strong square d5, and doubling rooks on the e-file
with still the continuation of e6-e5 in mind. The White strategy is also clear
with a safer kingposition, the bishop-pair and a second front attack he will
strike when the iron is hot!} 21. a4 $1 Nd5 22. b5 Rde8 23. Bb3 Kf8 24. b6 $6 {
Hans van Doorn looked at the board. "How could you play such a loosing move?"}
24... axb6 25. cxb6 Bxb6 26. Ba3 {"That's why Hans!" A possible passed pawn,
far away from the Black king, with a lot of chances after several forced
continuations and 20 more minutes for me on the ticking clock and only 5 left
for Schuit.} 26... Bxd4 27. Bxe7+ Rxe7 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qf4 Be5
31. Qb4 Bd6 32. Qxb7 Qe5 33. a5 $1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2 36. Rb3 $3
Qe4+ (36... Bc5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+) 37. Re3 Qc2+ {
Missing the draw under time pression} (37... Qc4+ 38. Kf3 f4 39. Qd7 fxe3 40.
Qxd6+ Ke8 41. Qb8+ Kd7 42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Qb8+ Kc5 44. Qb6+ Kd6 45. Qb8+ Ke6 $11)
38. Kf1 Qc4+ 39. Kg2 Qc5 40. a6 d4 41. a7 $1 1-0

[Event "DSGA5 - Ons Genoegen2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Ary Rijke "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[Annotator "Ton van Bladel"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.06.06"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 $2 $146 9. a3 (9. Re1) 9... Bf6 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Rc1 Nb6 (12... e5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bxd4 Nxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rfd1 $14) 13. Ne5 $14 Ne7 14. c5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc6
16. Bxh7+ $16 {BOINKKKKK!!! } 16... Kf8 (16... Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxf7+ Kh8
19. Rf3 Bh4 (19... Ndxe5 20. fxe5 (20. Rh3+ Bh4 21. fxe5) 20... Qe7 21. Rh3+
Bh4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxh4+ $16) 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Rh3 $18) 17.
Qh5 Re7 (17... g6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxg6+ Kf7 20. Ne5+ (20. Qh7+
Bg7 21. Ne5+ Ndxe5 22. fxe5+ Ke7 23. Qxg7#) 20... Ke7 (20... Kf8 21. Qf7#) (
20... Kg7 21. Qf7+ Kh8 (21... Kh6 22. Qg6#) 22. Ng6#) (20... Kg8 21. Qf7+ Kh8
22. Ng6#) 21. Qf7#) (17... Ndxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 (18... g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rxf6+
Ke7 (20... Kg7 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Rf7 $18) 21. Qh7#) 19. Qxf7#) 18. Bg6 (18. Bg6 Ke8 (18... Ncxe5 19. Qh8#) 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7#)
1-0

[Event "SGA6 Oud Zuylen5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.01.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Jacques van Dam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.12.05"]
[Source "Ton van Bladel"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 b6
9. Ne5 Nxe5 $4 10. dxe5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Qf3 Qe7
15. c4 c6 16. Qh3 g6 17. f4 Bc8 18. Qh6 Qf6 19. Nf3 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Ne5
c5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. e4 Be6 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Bc8 26. f6+ Kh8 27. Nc6 Be6
28. Ne7 Rad8 29. Rf4 d4 30. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Interne SGA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Willem Hamels"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]

1. d4 g6 2. b3 Bg7 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Qc7 14. Qc2 a6 15.
Ng5 Rad8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Ngxf3 e5 18. e4 Re6 $2 19. Nb1 Nh5 $2 20. Nc3 Ndf6
21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 $1 Ree8 23. bxc5 Bh6 24. d6 $1 Qc6 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5
Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Re8 28. cxb6 $1 Qxb6 29. d7 Rxe5 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. d8=Q
31... Rxe4 32. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "SGA 8 - NSV 2"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Arjen Anema"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "Ton van Bladel"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[Source "Ton van Bladel"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 a6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. f4 g6 13. Rc1 Nh5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Be2 Ng7 16. b4 $2 Nf5 17. Rf3 Ncxd4 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 d4 21.
Bb2 Rc8 22. Qd3 Bf6 $2 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. c4 Qc7 25. g3 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Kf2
Ne3 28. c5 Nf5 29. g4 Bg7 30. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 31. cxd6 Qd7 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Qd7 35. h3 h6 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. Qf6 1-0

Hoping for response!

[Rudel]

(12-31-2009 08:27 AM)Ton van Bladel Wrote:  Hi there,
Here are some of my Colle games:

...

Hoping for response!

Welcome to the forum!
I've put these games up here, here, here, here, and here.

I noticed a willingness to go in for Q-side play in your games. I think that is something a lot of players either are timid about or have poor timing-sense on.

I was happy to see a Greek Gift [and happy to see it fell into one of the three general classes of N/e5 sacs I outline in TMoZ and Bxh7.

I'll try to comment on a couple of these games later but was hoping some other members would throw in their two cents after viewing them.

[Ton van Bladel]

Had a lot of fun yesterday:
[Event "Interne SGA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Henry van de Bor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "Ton van Bladel"]
[PlyCount "?"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 $2 6. O-O Na6 $2 7. a3 c5
8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. c4 Nc7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f5 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 (16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. dxc5 Qe7) 16... Qe7
17. Rf4 (17. Rf2 Bh4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 b5)
17... Bc8 18. Qg3 e5 $2 19. dxe5 Bg7 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Ne4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Bc4) 21... Qe7 22. Nf3 (22. cxd5 Nxd5 23.
Ne4 Bd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Bc4 Bc6 26. e4 Qxg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bxd5+ Bxd5 29.
exd5 Rf8 30. d6 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Kf8) 22... Be6 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Nxh7 (24. Qh4 h6)
24... Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qh3 Kg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Qf7 29. Rxf5 Ne6 30.
cxd5 Nf8 31. e4 (31. Rg5+ Qg6) 31... Nh7 32. Qg3+ 1-0

[Tumshie]

Hello Ton, welcome to the Forum- you will like it here I am sure.
I have just started to play through your games and I would like to ask a question.

Ahhh, actually I don't need to ask the question as I worked out the answer while checking I had asked the question properly!
Anyway, thanks for the games and for making me think a bit. I haven't been able to play much this year so I needed the exercise. (That is probably clear from the rambling nature of this message!)
Welcome once again and don't worry, most of the contributions will make more sense than this one....

[Ton van Bladel]

My latest fun......

[Event "?"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Harald Waxon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bb4 13. Rf3 b6 14. Rh3 h6 15.
g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Qxc2 19. gxh6 g6 20. Nxg6 e3 $4 (20...
Kh7 21. Nxf8+ (21. Ne7 {??} 21... Rg8 22. Nxg8 Rxg8) 21... Bxf8 22. Qf2 Rc8 23.
Rf1 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxh6 25. Rg3 Re8 26. h4 Bg7 $16) 21. Ne7+ {Waxon resigns}
1-0

[Rudel]

WOOHOO the not-quite-sound-but-still-fun attack I proposed in the first edition!

Now, in the new edition, I call this the "Blitzkrieg" option.

[Rudel]

(05-16-2010 12:47 AM)Ton van Bladel Wrote:  Had a lot of fun yesterday:
[Event "Interne SGA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Henry van de Bor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "Ton van Bladel"]
[PlyCount "?"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 $2 6. O-O Na6 $2 7. a3 c5
8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. c4 Nc7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f5 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 (16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. dxc5 Qe7) 16... Qe7
17. Rf4 (17. Rf2 Bh4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 b5)
17... Bc8 18. Qg3 e5 $2 19. dxe5 Bg7 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Ne4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Bc4) 21... Qe7 22. Nf3 (22. cxd5 Nxd5 23.
Ne4 Bd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Bc4 Bc6 26. e4 Qxg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bxd5+ Bxd5 29.
exd5 Rf8 30. d6 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Kf8) 22... Be6 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Nxh7 (24. Qh4 h6)
24... Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qh3 Kg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Qf7 29. Rxf5 Ne6 30.
cxd5 Nf8 31. e4 (31. Rg5+ Qg6) 31... Nh7 32. Qg3+ 1-0

This game is here. The position after move 28 is a good example of the kind of nightmare we like to see Black Players live through...or...rather... not live through.

[Rudel]

(05-28-2010 03:27 AM)Ton van Bladel Wrote:  My latest fun......

[Event "?"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.05.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ton van Bladel"]
[Black "Harald Waxon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bb4 13. Rf3 b6 14. Rh3 h6 15.
g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Qxc2 19. gxh6 g6 20. Nxg6 e3 $4 (20...
Kh7 21. Nxf8+ (21. Ne7 {??} 21... Rg8 22. Nxg8 Rxg8) 21... Bxf8 22. Qf2 Rc8 23.
Rf1 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxh6 25. Rg3 Re8 26. h4 Bg7 $16) 21. Ne7+ {Waxon resigns}
1-0

And the Blitzkrieg attack game is viewable here.