My Selected Games of Chess (1969-2004) by Bill Wall (6/5/05)
My first recorded chess games were from high school tournaments in
Tacoma, Washington. I played on the chess team at Clover Park
High School and Lakes High School in 1968 and 1969.
Wall Bill - White Jim, Tacoma, WA 1969
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Bc4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Nd5+ Kd6 10.Qd3 Rb8 11.Nf6+ Ke7 12.Qc4 Qd6 13.Nxg8+ Kd8
14.Qh4+ Be7 15.Nxe7 Nxe7 16.d3 1-0
Wall Bill - Weaver Larry, Lakewood, WA 1969
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ g6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxh8 Nf6 7.d3 d5
8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nc3 c6 10.h4 d4 11.Nd1 Qb4+ 12.Bd2 Qd6 13.Be2 h5 14.a3 c5
15.Bh6 b6 16.f4 Qe6 17.O-O Bb7 18.f5 gxf5 19.Rxf5 O-O-O 20.Bg5 Be7
21.Qh6 Rf8 22.Bxh5 1-0
Smith Alan - Wall Bill, Lakewood, WA 1969
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4
8.Qxd4 c5 9.Qd5 Be6 10.Qc6+ Bd7 11.Qd5 c4 12.Bxc4 bxc4 13.Qxc4 h6
14.O-O Bb5 0-1
During the summer of 1969, I joined the Tacoma Chess Club and played
three days a week from May until September.
Rasmussen Ernest - Wall Bill, Tacoma Chess Club, 1969
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Re1 Rc8 12.h3 g6 13.Be3 Bg7
14.f4 O-O 15.Rac1 Qh4 16.Bf2 Qe7 17.b3 f6 18.Na4 fxe5 19.fxe5 Bxa4
20.Qxa4 Rxf2 21.Kxf2 Qc5+ 22.Kg3 Bxe5+ 23.Rxe5 Qc3+ 24.Kf2 Qxe5 25.Qa3
d4 26.Kg1 d3 27.Rf1 dxc2 28.Qc1 Rc3 29.Kh1 Qe2 30.Rg1 Rd3 31.Qf4 Qd1
0-1
Bosse Ed - Wall Bill, Tacoma Chess Club, 1969
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qa5 8.Bd2
Nbc6 9.Qh5 Bd7 10.Nf3 h6 11.g4 Rf8 12.g5 g6 13.Qxh6 Nf5 14.Qh7 O-O-O
15.h4 Rh8 16.Qxf7 Rdf8 17.Qxg6 Nce7 0-1
Wall Bill - Chance John, Tacoma Chess Club, 1969
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.d4 Qxb3 7.axb3 e6
8.O-O Nbd7 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne5 h6 12.e4 Nxe5 13.exf5 Nd3
14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Bh3 Nxf4 16.gxf4 Kf7 17.Rfe1 Nh5 18.Bxe6+ Ke8 19.f5
Nf4 20.cxd5 Nd3 21.Re3 Nxb2 22.Ra2 Bg5 23.Rxb2 Bxe3 24.fxe3 1-0
Wall Bill - Beardsley John, Tacoma Chess Club, 1969
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Be7 8.h3
Ba6 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.c4 Ndb4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxa8
Rxa8 0-1
Ward John - Wall Bill, Tacoma Chess Club, 1969
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 c4 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O Nge7 8.a3
Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ng5 Qc7 11.f4 f5 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Qe1 Nf5 14.Bg4 Qd6
15.Bxf5 exf5 16.g3 Bd7 17.a4 Re8 18.Qd1 b5 19.Qh5 h6 20.Nf3 Qf8 21.Ne5
Nxe5 22.fxe5 Qf7 23.Qxf7+ Rxf7 24.axb5 Bxb5 25.h4 h5 26.Bf4 Re6
27.Rfb1 Rb7 28.Kf2 Kf7 29.Ra5 a6 30.Ke3 Kg6 31.Bg5 Kf7 32.Rf1 g6
33.Kd2 Re8 34.Rb1 Re6 35.Rf1 Re8 1/2-1/2
In September 1969, I started college at Northrop Institute of
Technology (NIT) in Inglewood, California. I won the NIT chess
championship in October, 1969.
Downing Richard - Wall Bill, NIT Ch, Inglewood, CA 1969
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qxh7
cxd4 9.b4 dxc3 10.bxa5 Nbc6 11.f4 Qxa5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Ng5 Rxg5 14.fxg5
O-O-O 15.Qxf7 Qc5 16.Bf4 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qe3+ 18.Be2 Qxe5 19.Qxe7 Bb5
20.Qc5+ Bc6 21.h4 1-0
Wall Bill - Hoyle Randy, NIT Ch, Inglewood, CA 1969
1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qc7 5.e3 Qxc5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O Nc6 9.Nb5 Ne5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Qc2 a6 12.Nd4 d5 13.f4 Qc7 14.b3
e6 15.Bb2 b5 16.cxb5 Qxc2 17.Nxc2 axb5 18.Bxb5 Ne4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Bd3
Ba6 21.Rfd1 Nc3 22.Rd2 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Nxa2 24.Kf1 Rfc8 25.Nd4 Rc1+
26.Rxc1 Nxc1 27.Rc3 Ra1 28.Nc2 Ra2 29.b4 Rb2 30.Rc7 Nd3 31.Nd4 Rb1+
32.Ke2 Nc1+ 33.Kf3 Kf6 34.b5 Nd3 35.g4 h6 36.h4 Ne1+ 37.Kg3 Nd3 38.g5+
hxg5 39.hxg5+ Kg7 40.Nxe6+ Kg8 41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Rc7 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 Re1
44.Rxf7+ Kg8 45.Rg7+ Kh8 46.Rxg6 Rxe3 47.b6 Re2+ 48.Kg3 Re3+ 49.Kh4
Re4 50.Rf6 1-0
Tauber Andre - Wall Bill, NIT Ch, Inglewood, CA 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nge2 d6 5.O-O e6 6.d4 Be7 7.d5 Ne5
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd7
Nxd7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Nb5 Nb6 16.a3 a6 17.Nc7 Rf6 18.Nc3 Rc8 19.N7d5
exd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Re6 22.Rd7 b6 23.Rfd1 Rcc6 24.Ra7 a5 25.Ra8+
Kf7 26.c3 Rcd6 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.h3 Rd2 29.b4 cxb4 30.cxb4 axb4 31.axb4
Bxb4 32.Rb8 Bc5 33.Rb7+ Kf6 0-1
Wall Bill - Robison Robert, NIT Ch, Inglewood, CA 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5 Qa5+
8.Nc3 e5 9.Qc4 Rc8 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Qb3 b5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Rxd7 Kxd7
14.Qxf7+ Kc6 15.Qd5+ Kc7 16.Nxb5+ Kb8 17.Qxe5+ Ka8 18.Qd5+ Kb8 19.Bf4+
1-0
Wall Bill - Harris Tom, NIT Ch, Inglewood, CA 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Be7 7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O Qc7 9.Nb3 Bd7 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qf5
14.Bd6 Qg5 15.Bxe7 Bc6 16.Bf3 1-0
In November 1969, I played in my first rated tournament, the 4th annual
American Open in Santa Monica. My first USCF rating was 1522.
The event was won by Ray Martin. William Bragg directed.
Adams Jim - Wall Bill, American Open Santa Monica, CA 1969
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Bc4 e6 5.Qf3 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.a3 Nd4
8.Qd3 Nxb3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.cxb3 Be7 11.Nf3 a5 12.O-O Bd7 13.Ne5 Ke8
14.d4 f6 15.Nc4 Ra6 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Kf7 18.Bxa5 b5 19.Bd2 bxc4
20.bxc4 Nb6 21.Rfc1 Bc6 22.Ng3 Rd8 23.Ne2 Ra4 24.b4 Rda8 25.Bf4 Bxb4
26.Bxc7 Ba5 27.Bxb6 Bxb6 28.Rc3 Ba5 29.Rcc1 Bb4 30.d5 Bd7 31.Rcb1 exd5
32.cxd5 Rxa3 33.Rxa3 Rxa3 34.g3 Bc5 35.Rb7 Ke7 36.Nf4 Kd6 37.Ne6 Bxe6
38.dxe6 Kxe6 39.Rxg7 Ra7 40.Rxa7 Bxa7 41.Kg2 Ke5 42.Kf3 f5 43.h3 Bd4
44.g4 fxg4+ 45.hxg4 Bc5 46.Kg3 Ke4 47.f3+ Ke3 48.g5 Bd6+ 49.Kg4 Be5
50.Kh5 Bg7 51.g6 h6 52.Kg4 Kd4 53.Kf4 Kd5 54.Kf5 Kd6 55.f4 Ke7 56.Kg4
Ke6 57.f5+ Ke5 58.Kh5 Kxf5 59.Kh4 Kxg6 60.Kg3 Kg5 61.Kg2 h5 62.Kg3 h4+
63.Kh3 Be5 64.Kg2 Kg4 65.Kg1 h3 66.Kh1 Kf3 67.Kg1 Kg3 68.Kh1 Kg4
69.Kg1 Kh4 70.Kh1 Kg3 71.Kg1 Bd4+ 72.Kh1 Bc3 73.Kg1 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Levi Ariel (1900), American Open Santa Monica, CA 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O d5
8.e5 Nd7 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.b3 Qd4 11.c3 Qxf4 0-1
Davidson Charles - Wall Bill, American Open Santa Monica, CA 1969
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.exd6 cxd6 7.Bd3 O-O
8.O-O Nc6 9.Bd2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Bxg6 Bxc3 13.Bxf7+
Kxf7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.bxc3 Ne5 16.Rae1 Ng6 17.Qb5 Qd7 18.Qb3+ e6 19.f4
Qc6 20.f5 Ne5 21.Re3 Kh8 22.Rg3 Re7 23.Qb4 Qb6+ 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.fxe6
Ng6 26.Rxg6 hxg6 27.Rf8+ Kh7 28.Rf7+ Kxh6 29.Rxe7 Kg5 30.Re8 Kf6 31.h4
b5 32.g4 b6 33.g5+ Ke5 34.a3 Bb7 35.Rxa8 Bxa8 36.e7 Bc6 37.Kf2 Ke6
38.Ke3 Kxe7 39.Kd4 Ke6 40.c4 bxc4 41.Kxc4 Kf5 42.a4 Kg4 43.Kb4 Bxa4
44.Kxa4 Kxh4 45.Kb5 Kxg5 46.Kxb6 Kf5 47.Kb5 g5 48.Kc4 Ke4 49.Kc3 Ke3
50.Kc4 g4 0-1
I moved back to Tacoma, Washington in 1970 and continued to play
at the Tacoma Chess Club.
Lowry Bill - Wall Bill, Tacoma Chess Club 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Bxd8 7.Nc3 Nf6
8.Bg5 O-O 9.O-O-O Bg4 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.Be3 Nxf3 13.gxf3 c6
14.Rhg1 g6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Ba5 17.f3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rfe8 19.Rd6 Re6
20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Be3 Kf7 22.Rd1 Ke7 23.Bc5+ Kf7 24.e5 b6 25.exf6 bxc5
26.Rd7+ Kxf6 27.Rxh7 a5 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Fuller Doug, Tacoma Chess Club 1970
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.e5 dxe5
8.fxe5 Ng4 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Qxg4 Bxb5 11.Ncxb5 a6 12.Nc3 Bxe5 13.Nce2 O-O
14.O-O Qb6 15.Rb1 e6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qh4 Nd7 18.c3 Rac8 19.Rbd1 Rfe8
20.Nf3 Bg7 21.Ng5 Nf6 22.Rxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Nxf7 Qxf7 25.Bh6+
Ke7 26.Rd7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Rasmussen Ernst, Tacoma Chess Club 1970
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Qd3 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Qf6 7.Qg3 Nd7
8.Bg5 Qf5 9.Bd3 1-0
Wall Bill - Chance John, Tacoma Chess Club 1970
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
d6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.e4 Ng4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.h3 Nh6 14.Ng5 Rc8
15.h4 e5 16.f5 gxf5 17.exf5 Kh8 18.Qh5 Qf6 19.Nde4 Qg7 20.Nxd6 Nf6
21.Qxh6 Qxh6 22.Ngxf7+ Kg7 23.Nxh6 Rcd8 24.Nhf7 Rxf7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7
26.Rae1 1-0
Wall Bill - Johnson Robert, Tacoma Chess Club 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 cxd4
8.exd4 d5 9.c5 h6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 a6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bc2 Re8
15.b4 Bc8 16.Qd3 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.f4 Bf5 20.Qd4 Re4
21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.Qe5 Qxe5 24.fxe5 1-0
In April 1970, I moved to North Augusta, South Carolina.
Wall Bill - Holzworth, North Augusta, SC 1970
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.fxe5 Nxe5 5.Nc3 Nfg4 6.d4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qf6
8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Nd5 Qxd4 10.Nxc7+ Kd8 11.Qxd4 Nxd4 12.O-O-O Nf2 13.Nxa8
Nxh1 14.Rxd4 1-0
Wall Bill - Russell Charles, North Augusta, SC 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6
8.Nc4 Ng6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 1-0
Griffin Jim - Wall Bill, North Augusta, SC 1970
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Qe5+ Be7 6.Qxf5 d5 7.Qd3 d4
8.Nb5 c5 9.Bf4 Na6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nf3 Ng4 13.Qe4 Nb4 14.Nbxd4
cxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 Nc2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Griffin Kevin, North Augusta, SC 1970
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nd5 Nxe4
8.d3 Nf6 9.Ng5 Nxd5 10.Nxf7 Rxf7 11.Bxd5 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Nb4 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7
14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Qxc5 Nc6 16.Bxf4 d6 17.Qd5+ Kh8 18.Qf7 Bg4 19.Bg5 Qc8
20.Bf6 Qg8 21.Bc3 Rc8 22.Rae1 h6 23.Qg6 Bd7 24.Rf7 Ne5 25.Rxe5 dxe5
26.Bxe5 Be8 27.Qxh6+ Qh7 28.Rf8# 1-0
Wall Bill - Yost Ken, North Augusta, SC 1970
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.d5 Ne5
8.Nxe5 Bxd1 9.Bb5+ c6 10.dxc6 a6 11.c7+ axb5 12.cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 13.Nxd1
1-0
Wall Bill - Garris John, Augusta, GA 1970
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O h6
8.Bf4 a6 9.Ne5 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Qd3 Nbd7 12.Qg3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Kf8
14.Rf2 c6 15.Ne4 a5 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Bxd6+ Kg8 18.Be5 Kh7 19.Raf1 a4
20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Rxf6 1-0
Wall Bill - Garris John, Augusta, GA 1970
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5
8.O-O c4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Ne5 b6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6
14.Rf3 Rac8 15.Rh3 Qa4 16.Bd3 Rfe8 17.Rxh7 Kf8 18.Qh5 Rc7 19.Bg6 1-0
Garris John - Wall Bill, Augusta, GA 1970
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 5.Bf3 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Bxd4 Nc6
8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qf3 Qxd4 10.Qxc6+ Kd8 11.Qxa8 Qxb2 12.Qxa7 Qxa1 13.Qb6+
Kd7 0-1
In September 1970, I joined the Air Force and while in Basic
Training, won the Lackland AFB Chess Championship in San Antonio, Texas.
Wall Bill - Powers John, Lackland AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1970
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 d4 6.Bg5 Be7 7.c3 h6 8.Bd2
O-O 9.cxd4 exd4 10.a3 Bc5 11.Qc1 Qd6 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Bxc7 Bxa3 14.Nxa3
Qxc7 15.Nxd4 Bd7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Rac1 Rac8
20.Rc2 Nd5 21.Rfc1 Ne7 22.b4 a6 23.Nc4 f6 24.Na5 Rb8 25.Nxc6 Nxc6
26.Rxc6 Rxb4 27.Rxa6 Rb2 28.e3 Rd8 29.d4 1-0
Snyder John - Wall Bill, Lackland AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bc4 d6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6
8.d4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nge7 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh3 e5 13.Qd3 h6 14.Nf3
O-O-O 15.Rb1 g5 16.Qb5 b6 17.Rb3 Na5 18.Qa6+ Nb7 19.Qxa7 Nc6 20.Qa8+
Nb8 21.dxe5 Na5 22.exd6 Nxb3 23.Ne5 Qxd6 24.Nf7 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Nxc1
26.Rxc1 Qe3 27.Rg1 f3 28.Nxd8 Rxd8 0-1
Wall Bill - Adkins Jerry, Lackland AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+
8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.a3 Ba5 14.Bg5
Qd6 15.e5 Qg6 16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.Qg5 1-0
Stewart Ron - Wall Bill, Lackland AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1970
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Bf5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nf3
Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rc1 a6 11.a3 Be7 12.b4 Bh4+ 13.g3 Be7 14.h3 Nc6
15.Bf4 g5 16.Be3 f6 17.c5 Nd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.g4 Be4 20.Bg2 fxe5
21.O-O exd4 22.Bd2 Ne5 23.Ne1 Bxg2 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Nxg2 Nf3+ 26.Kh1
Qe5 0-1
In November 1970, I was assigned to Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, TX and
won its base chess championship.
Wall Bill - Bishop Steve, Sheppard AFB Ch, Wichita Falls, TX 1970
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.d3 e6 8.Nbd2
Bd6 9.a3 O-O 10.c4 d4 11.exd4 cxd4 12.Nb3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qb6 14.Qc2 Bc5
15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.b4 Qf5 17.b5 Nd8 18.a4 Rb8 19.g4 Qg6 20.Be4 Nxe4
21.dxe4 Qh6 22.Kg2 a6 23.Qd3 axb5 24.cxb5 f5 25.g5 Qg6 26.exf5 exf5
27.Qxd4 Ne6 28.Qf2 Rfd8 29.Be3 h6 30.h4 hxg5 31.hxg5 Qh5 32.Rh1 Qg4+
33.Qg3 Qe2+ 34.Qf2 Qg4+ 35.Qg3 Qe2+ 36.Qf2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Bechstein Henry, Sheppard AFB Ch, Wichita Falls, TX 1970
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7
8.Qe2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.Bxe5 dxe5 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.Bb5+ axb5
14.Nxb5 Nf6 15.Nc7+ Kf8 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Qc4 Bd7 18.Rxd7 Nxd7 19.Qc8+
Qxc8 20.Rxc8+ 1-0
Walker Charles - Wall Bill, Sheppard AFB Ch, Wichita Falls, TX 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 d6
8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qe2 a5 10.a3 Ba6 11.Qe3 Bc5 12.Qg5 O-O 13.Qh4 Ne8
14.Bg5 Qb8 15.O-O-O Qb7 16.Be7 Rf4 17.Qh5 Rb8 18.Na4 Be2 19.Rde1 Bxf3
20.gxf3 Bxf2 21.Bg5 Bxe1 22.Bxf4 Bc3 23.Nxc3 Qxb2+ 24.Kd2 Nf6 25.Qg5
Rb3 26.Ne2 exf4 27.Qxf4 Rxa3 28.Qf5 Qb4+ 29.c3 Qb2+ 30.Ke3 Qb6+ 31.Kf4
Ra4 32.Qc8+ Kf7 33.Nd4 Rxd4 34.cxd4 d5 35.Ke5 c5 36.dxc5 Qb2+ 37.Kf4
Nh5+ 38.Kg4 Qg2+ 39.Kxh5 Qxf3+ 40.Kh4 Qxe4+ 41.Kg3 Qxh1 42.Qxc7+ Kg6
43.Qd6+ Kh5 44.Qe5+ g5 45.Qe2+ Kh6 46.Qe6+ Kh5 47.Qe2+ 1/2-1/2
Butler Larry - Wall Bill, Sheppard AFB Ch, Wichita Falls, TX 1970
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.b3 Bg4 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.h3 Bh5 8.d3
Nf6 9.c3 O-O 10.d4 Re8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nd2 Bxc3 14.Bxc3
Bxe2 15.Qc2 Bxf1 16.Kxf1 d4 17.Bxb7 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Rb8 19.Bg2 Nd5 20.Qb2
Nb4 21.Nc4 Qd3+ 22.Kg1 Re2 23.Qb1 Qd4 24.Qf1 Rxf2 25.Qxf2 Qxa1+ 26.Kh2
Qxa2 0-1
Wall Bill - Hogan Alan, Sheppard AFB Ch, Wichita Falls, TX 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Re1 Be7
8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 Qd7 13.Nf1 d5 14.g4
Nxg4 15.hxg4 Qxg4+ 16.Ng3 Qxf3 17.Nxh5 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 dxe4 19.Bf4 Bd6
20.Rac1 g6 21.Bxd6 cxd6 22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.Nxe4 d5 24.Nd6 Rfd8 25.Rxc6
Rab8 26.Rd2 a5 27.Rdc2 Rd7 28.a4 Rb4 29.Ne8+ Kh6 30.f4 Kh5 31.Nf6+
1-0
Jackson Willie - Wall Bill, Sheppard AFB Ch, Wichita Falls, TX 1970
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 f5 5.Bf3 Nf6 6.Ne2 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Nbc3 O-O 9.d5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5+ Kh8 12.Nf4 e5 13.Ne6 Bxe6
14.Bxb7 Nd7 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 16.Qd6 Bd5 17.f3 Nb6 18.c3 Nc4 19.Qe7 e4
20.fxe4 Bxe4 21.g3 Bd3 22.Rd1 Re8 23.Qh4 Qf3 24.Bf4 Nxb2 25.Re1 Be4
0-1
In 1971 I was assigned to Beale AFB near Yuba City, CA and took 2nd
place in the base championship in June, losing to John Manson.
Williams Stewart - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch, Yuba City, CA 1971
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3
Be7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nfd7 11.Qg4 Bxg5 12.Qxg5 O-O 13.O-O-O h6 14.Qg3
Nc5 15.Nd4 Nc6 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Qf4 b5 18.g4 b4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Bb7
21.Qf4 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Bxh1 23.Rd7 Qc5 24.Nxf7 Ra7 25.Rxa7 Qxa7 0-1
Wall Bill - Murtaugh Henry, Beale AFB Ch, Yuba City, CA 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nxe4 Qe6
8.Qe2 d5 9.Ned6+ Kd7 10.Nf7 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nf6 13.Nxh8 b5
14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Bf5+ Ke8 17.Bxb8 Rxb8 18.Bxh7 1-0
Knapp Larry - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch, Yuba City, CA 1971
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qb6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne2 Ne7
8.O-O Nf5 9.b3 a5 10.g4 Nh4 11.Ng3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6 13.Re1 Qxd4
14.Qxd4 Nf3+ 15.Kg2 Nxd4 0-1
Rives Joe - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch, Yuba City, CA 1971
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 e6 6.e3 a6 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2
Bb7 9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Be7 11.b4 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 13.a3 h6 14.Bxf6
Bxf6 15.Rd7 Bxc3 16.Rxb7 Bb2 17.Rb6 Rfc8 18.Rd1 Bxa3 19.Rd7 Bxb4
20.Nh4 Ne5 21.Rd1 Bxc5 22.Rb7 b4 23.Ra1 a5 24.Rb5 a4 25.Bd1 a3 26.Bb3
Be7 27.Nf3 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Rc3 29.Ba2 Rac8 0-1
Wall Bill - Kaheaku Rudy, Beale AFB Ch, Yuba City, CA 1971
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 e5 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 d6 6.e3 g6 7.Ne2 Bg7 8.O-O
O-O 9.Nbc3 Be6 10.d3 Qd7 11.Nd5 Rad8 12.Rc1 Nb4 13.Nxb4 cxb4 14.c5 d5
15.d4 e4 16.a3 Nc6 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.Ba3 Nc6 19.b4 Ne7 20.Nc3 Rc8 21.b5
b6 22.c6 Qc7 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.d5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Qe5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nxc8
Rxc8 28.Qa4 Rc7 29.Rfd1 Bd5 30.Rd4 h6 31.Qd1 1-0
Manson John - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch, Yuba City, CA 1971
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6 Qxb2 8.Bc1
Qxa1 9.Qc2 cxd4 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nfd2 Na5 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 dxc3
14.Nxc3 d4 15.Nb5 1-0
In July 1971, I won the Beale AFB Summer Open.
Manson John - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Summer Open 1971
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Qb6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne2 Ne7
8.O-O Nf5 9.b3 a5 10.g4 Nh4 11.Ng3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ba6 13.Re1 Bb4 14.Re3
c5 15.Nh5 cxd4 16.Nxg7+ Kd7 17.Rh3 Ng6 18.Nh5 Be7 19.Bb2 d3 20.Nc3
Rhg8 21.Na4 Qa7 22.Rc1 Rac8 23.Rf3 Rgf8 24.Qd2 Bb5 25.h3 d4 26.Nf6+
Kd8 27.Rxd3 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 Nxe5 0-1
Wall Bill - Monahan Richard, Beale AFB Summer Open 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.Nxd4 Ne5 6.Qe2 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 Nf6
8.Nc3 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Qb5+ c6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxd5 O-O
14.O-O Rc8 15.c3 h6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qd4 a6 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Qb6 1-0
Torre Manuel - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Summer Open 1971
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O d5 6.Bb3 Bc5+ 7.Kh1 Bg4
8.Nc3 dxe4 9.fxe5 exf3 10.gxf3 Bh3 11.exf6 Bxf1 12.fxg7 Rg8 13.Qxf1
Rxg7 14.Qe1+ Kf8 15.d3 Qf6 16.Bd5 Rg1+ 17.Qxg1 Bxg1 18.Kxg1 Nb4 0-1
Wall Bill - Dimick Wayne, Beale AFB Summer Open 1971
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6
8.Nf3 Qf6 9.Nxe5 Bxe5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qxe5+ Qxe5 12.Bxe5 1-0
Wall Bill - Thompson David, Beale AFB Summer Open 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Bxc6 dxc6
8.Nxe5 Qd4 9.Nf3 Qxe4 10.Qxe4 Nxe4 11.Re1 f5 12.d3 Bb4 13.c3 Nc5
14.Ne5 Ba5 15.b4 Nxd3 16.Nxd3 Bb6 17.Be3 1-0
In December 1971, I was assigned to U Tapao, Thailand and won the
Thailand USO Championship.
Wall Bill - Nit P, USO Ch, U Tapao, Thailand 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nde2 Ne5 10.Bxd7 Qxd7 11.Ng3 Rfe8 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.f4 Ng6
14.Qd3 Nxe4 15.Rxe4 Qxf5 16.Rxe8 Qxd3 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.cxd3 Re8 19.Bd2
1-0
Wall Bill - Wilson Robert, USO Ch, U Tapao, Thailand 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxe4
8.Qg4 Bxf2+ 9.Ke2 Qh4 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.Nd2 Qh5+ 12.Nf3 Bb6 13.a4 a6
14.a5 axb5 15.axb6 Rxa1 16.Bh6 Qxh6 17.Qxh6 Rxh1 18.bxc7 Nc5 19.Ng5
Rh8 20.Qf6 Rf8 21.Qd8# 1-0
In 1972 I was assigned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa and won the
Kadena Air Base Chess Championship.
Wall Bill - Beech Ed, Kadena AB Ch 1972
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qf7 6.b5 Nh6 7.Nge2 Be7
8.Ne4 O-O 9.f4 exf4 10.Nxf4 Re8 11.Be2 Bb4 12.Ng3 Qc4 13.O-O Rxe2
14.Qxe2 Qxc2 15.Qe8+ Bf8 16.Qxc8 Qxb2 17.Qxb7 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Ng4 19.Nh3
1-0
Williams Stewart - Wall Bill, Kadena AB Ch 1972
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.h3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Ne8 8.Qd2
f6 9.Bc4+ e6 10.d5 fxg5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Nxg5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 d5 14.f5
gxf5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Nf3 Rxf3 17.gxf3 Qh4+ 18.Kd1 Qxc4 19.Rg1+ Ng7
20.Kc1 e5 21.Qg5 Qf4+ 0-1
Rives Joe - Wall Bill, Kadena AB Ch 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.d5
Bd7 9.Ne1 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.a3 a4 13.Nd3 Nb3 14.Rb1 Nh5
15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nb5 c5 18.g4 Nf6 19.Qg3 Bxb5 20.cxb5 Nxd5
21.exd5 Qxe2 22.Rfd1 c4 23.Nf2 Rfe8 24.Ne4 Be5 25.Qh3 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 d3
27.Re1 Qf4 28.Qg2 Rac8 29.h4 f5 30.gxf5 Qxf5 31.Ng5 Bg7 0-1
Wall Bill - Martinez Louie, Kadena AB Ch 1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 Ng4 7.Bf4 d3
8.Qxd3 Nb4 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qc4+ Ke8 11.Qxc5 Nc6 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.h3 Nh6
14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qxc7 1-0
Wall Bill - Jenkins Tony, Kadena AB Ch 1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5.d5 Bc5 6.dxc6 Bxf2+ 7.Ke2 bxc6
8.Nbd2 Ba6+ 9.c4 d5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8+ Rxd8 12.Nxe5 Bb6 13.Nxc6
Bxc4+ 14.Ke1 Bxf1 15.Rxf1 Rd6 16.Ne5 O-O 17.Bf4 Rd5 18.Nc6 Re8 19.Rd1
Rc5 20.Rc1 Rd5 21.Ke2 a5 22.Rfd1 Rb5 23.Rc2 f5 24.Rd7 1-0
Martinez Louie - Wall Bill, Kadena AB Ch 1972
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6
8.Bd3 Qxd4 9.N1f3 Qd5 10.Ne5 Qxg2 11.Nexf7 Qxh1+ 12.Kd2 Rg8 13.Nxe6
Bb4+ 14.c3 Kxf7 15.Ng5+ Kf8 16.cxb4 Qxh2 17.Kc2 Nbd5 18.a3 Bg4 19.Qf1
h6 0-1
In June 1972, I took 2nd place in the Beale AFB Championship. The
event was won by Lt Col Henry Giertych (2025).
Easton Dean - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch 1972
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 Qh4+ 4.g3 fxg3 5.hxg3 Qd8 6.d4 Nc6 7.c3 d6
8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nd2 a6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 h6 14.O-O-O
O-O 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Rxh6 Kg7 17.Qf4 Rg8 18.Rh7+ Nxh7 19.Qxf7+ Kh8
20.Rh1 Rg7 0-1
Tharp Robert - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch 1972
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.O-O Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Ng4 8.h3
Nh6 9.Nbd2 f5 10.c4 c6 11.c5 Bc7 12.b4 g5 13.Nb3 g4 14.Nfd2 gxh3
15.gxh3 Qg5+ 16.Kh1 Qh4 17.Rg1+ Kh8 18.Qf1 Ng4 19.Rg2 Qxh3+ 20.Kg1
Bh2+ 21.Kh1 Bf4+ 22.Kg1 Nxe3 0-1
Wall Bill - Olson Roy, Beale AFB Ch 1972
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3
b5 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Kb1 Bb7 11.Bd3 O-O-O 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qh3 b4 14.Nd5
Qa5 15.Nb3 Qa4 16.Nb6+ 1-0
McCoy Tom - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch 1972
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.Qe2 Nxe4
8.Bxe4 Bxe4 9.Qxe4 Nf6 10.Qd3 g6 11.Bg5 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1 e6
14.Qb3 Qa5 15.Qxb7 Rab8 16.Qxc6 Rxb2 17.Ne5 Rxa2 18.Rac1 Nd5 19.Nd7
Nb4 20.Qc4 Rxc2 21.Ra1 Qxa1 22.Qxb4 Qxd4 23.Qxd4 Bxd4 24.Rf1 Rfc8
25.h3 a5 0-1
Kelly Calvin - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch 1972
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf5 d5 7.Ng3 d4
8.Nce2 Bc5 9.Bg5 Qb6 10.b3 Ng4 11.h3 d3 12.hxg4 Bxf2+ 13.Kd2 dxe2
14.Nxe2 f6 0-1
Wall Bill - Manson John, Beale AFB Ch 1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.Re1
Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 h6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.N1h2 Na5 14.Bc2 Ba7
15.Be3 c5 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Kh1 Ng8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nh4 c4 20.Nf5 Bxe3
21.Rxe3 d5 22.d4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Rad8 24.Rd1 exd4 25.Qxd4 Qxd4 26.Rxd4
Nf6 27.Nf3 Nxe4 28.Rdxe4 Bxf5 29.gxf5 Rd1+ 30.Re1 Rfd8 31.Kg2 Rxe1
32.Rxe1 Nc6 33.Kg3 Kg8 34.Re4 Kf8 35.Nd4 Nxd4 36.Rxd4 Rxd4 37.cxd4 Ke7
38.Kf3 Kd7 39.Ke4 h5 40.h4 a5 41.Kd5 1/2-1/2
In August 1972, I took 2nd in the Beale AFB Summer Open.
Wall Bill - Tharp Robert, Beale AFB Summer Open 1972
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Ne2 Ng4 8.O-O
Nb4 9.d4 exd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Nxd4 d6 12.a3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxc6
Rb8 15.b4 Qf6 16.Ra2 Be6 17.Bd5 Bf5 18.Qd4 Bxb1 19.Qxf6 Nxf6 20.Rxb1
Nxd5 21.cxd5 Rb5 22.e4 Re8 23.f3 a5 24.Rab2 Rc8 25.Kf2 a4 26.Rc2 Kg7
27.Rc6 Kf6 28.Ra6 Ke5 29.Ke3 f5 30.Rxa4 fxe4 31.fxe4 1-0
Wall Bill - Knapp Robert, Beale AFB Summer Open 1972
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4
8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Nf3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.h4 Nb4
14.Bb1 Nb8 15.h5 h6 16.a3 N4c6 17.Qc2 Rd8 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ Ke7
20.Qxg7 Qxb2 21.Qf6+ Kf8 22.Bg6 Rd7 23.Ng5 hxg5 24.h6 1-0
Kaheaku Rudy - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Summer Open 1972
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ndf3 dxe4 5.Ne5 exd3 6.Bxd3 Nbd7 7.Qe2
Nxe5 8.Qxe5 Qd6 9.Bf4 Nd7 10.Qe3 Qb4+ 11.Qd2 Qxb2 12.Qd1 Bb4+ 13.Ke2
Qc3 14.Nf3 b6 15.Bd2 Qc5 16.Re1 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Bb7 18.Qf4 Bxf3+ 19.Qxf3
O-O 20.Kf1 Nf6 21.Qg3 Qd6 22.Qf3 Qc5 23.Re3 Qh5 24.Qg3 g6 25.Re5 Qg4
26.Qe3 Qb4 27.Qf3 Nd7 28.Rb5 Qd6 29.Rd1 Qxh2 30.Be4 Rad8 31.Qc3 Nc5
32.Rxd8 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Rxd8 0-1
Giertych Henry - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Summer Open 1972
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.g3 Bd6 5.f4 e5 6.Nb5 Qe7 7.d3 Nc6 8.Nf3 a6
9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Bf4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qe6 13.h3 d5 14.e5 d4
15.Kf2 Nd7 16.Re1 O-O 17.h4 Re8 18.Bh3 Qb6 19.Re2 Nf8 20.Bg2 Ne6 21.h5
h6 22.Rf1 Nxf4 23.Qxf4 Be6 24.Kg1 Re7 25.g4 Rae8 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qxg5
Bc8 28.Bd5 Qh6 29.Qh4 Be6 30.Rfe1 Qh7 31.Rd1 Qf5 32.Rg2 Qh7 33.h6 g6
34.Re1 Qh8 35.Rf2 Kh7 36.Qg5 Bf5 37.Rxf5 gxf5 38.Qxf5+ Kxh6 39.Re2
Qg7+ 40.Rg2 Qxe5 41.Rh2+ Kg7 42.Rh7+ Kg8 43.Qg6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Kramer Cyril, Beale AFB Summer Open 1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Be7 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Bb5 d5 7.e5 Nfd7
8.Nf3 c6 9.Bd3 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe1 a5 12.Qg3 Re8 13.Bh6 g6 14.e6 fxe6
15.Bxg6 1-0
In February 1973, I took 2nd place in the under 1800 section of the
Central California Grand Prix in Berkeley, directed by Martin Morrison.
My USCF rating was 1580.
Wall Bill - Metcho Mark, CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973 C89
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 (Marshall variation) 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6
12.d4 (12.Re1 Bd6 13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Capablanca-Marshall, NY 1918)
Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Be3 (15.Qf3)
Re8? (15...Bh2+; 15...Nh2; 15...Bd7; 15...Nxe3)
16.Bxf7+? (16.Qf3!) Kxf7 17.Qf3+ Kg6
18.Qxa8? (18.hxg4) Rxe3! 19.Rf1 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2
Re1+ 21.Rf1 Bh2+ 0-1
Lewis Mike - Wall Bill, CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O c5
7.Nc3 (7.c3; 7.Nbd2) Bg4 (7...b6; 7...Nc6; 7...cxd4) 8.dxc5
Qa5 9.h3 Bd7 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.Ne5 a6 12.Qf3 Rd8 (12...e6)
13.Rab1 (13.f5) e6 14.b4 (14.Be1) Qe7 (14...Qb6)
15.g4 (15.e4) Be8 (15...Nc6) 16.Be1 (16.e4) Nfd7 17.Nxd7 Nxd7
18.Ne2 Rac8 19.c3 e5 20.Qxd5?? (20.e4) Nc5 (21.Qg2 Nxd3) 0-1
Matthews Don - Wall Bill, CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.Nc3 c6
7.Bd2 (7.O-O; 7.Bg5) O-O 8.O-O (8.h3) Re8 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.b3 Qc7
11.g3 Ne4 (11...Nf8) 12.Nxe4 (12.Ng5) dxe4 13.Bd3? (13.Ng5; 13.Nh4) Nf6
14.Bg5 exd3 15.Bxf6 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 gxf6 17.Qe8+ Kg7 18.cxd3 Qa5 0-1
Wall Bill - Smith JB, CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973 C14
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7
7.Qg4 (Pollock variation) O-O 8.Bd3 (8.f4; 8.Nf3; 8.h4)
f5 9.Qh3 (9.Qg3; 9.exf6) Qb4 (9...Nb6; 9...c5)
10.Ne2 c5 (10...Qxb2 11.O-O) 11.Bb5? (11.O-O Qxb2 12.Nb5 c4
13.Rfb1; 11.O-O c4 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Nxd5 Qxb2 14.Ne7+ Kh8 15.Nf4)
cxd4 12.Bxd7? (12.Qh4; 12.a3) Bxd7 13.a3 Qxb2 14.Ra2 Qb6
15.Nd1 Nc6 16.f4 Rac8 17.Ng3? (17.Qd3) Qa5+ 18.Ke2 Nb4 0-1
Williams Carl - Wall Bill, CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973 D24
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 (Showalter variation)
Bg4 5.e3 (5.Ne5; 5.Bg5; 5.e4; 5.Qa4+) e6 (5...Nbd7; 5...Be6; 5...Nc6)
6.Bxc4 c5 (6...Nbd7; 6...Nc6; a6) 7.b3 (7.Qa4+; 7.d5) Nc6
8.Bb2? (8.d5 exd5 9.Nxd5) Be7? (8...cxd4 9.exd4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nxd4)
9.Rc1 (9.d5) O-O (9...cxd4) 10.O-O a6 11.a3 Qc7 12.Be2 Rfd8
13.Qc2? (13.Na4) h6? (13...cxd4 14.exd4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nxd4; 13...cxd4
14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Bf5) 14.Nd2? (14.dxc5 Bxc5? 15.Nb5 axb5 16.Qxc5)
cxd4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 (threatening 16...Qxh2 mate) 16.g3 dxc3 17.Qxc3 Bf6 0-1
Wall Bill - Lawless Kerry (2100), CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973 C42
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7
7.O-O O-O (Mason variation) 8.Re1 (8.c4; 8.Nbd2)
Bf5 (8...Nd6; 8...Nf6; 8...f5) 9.c4 (9.Nbd2; 9.Bf4)
c6 (9...Nc6; 9...Bb4) 10.Bf4 (10.Qb3; 10.Nc3; 10.Qc2; 10.cxd5)
Nd7 (10...Bb4) 11.Qb3 (11.Nc3) g5!? (11...Ndc5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bxf5
Nxb3 14.axb3) 12.cxd5 (12.Bg3) Ndc5 13.Qc2? (13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Qa3 Nxd3 15.Rxe7) Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bb4 (14...gxf4) 15.Rxe4 cxd5 (16.Nxg5! dxe4
17.Nxe4 Qh4 18.Qg3) 0-1 (did I resign in a drawn position?)
Wall Bill - Rice David, CCCA Grand Prix, Berkeley, CA 1973 B46
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 (Paulsen variation)
5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O d5 (7...Qc7; 7...d6)
8.Nc3 (8.exd5; 8.Nd2; 8.Qe2; 8.c4) Qc7 (8...Nf6; 8...Bd6; 8...g6)
9.Ne2 (9.exd5; 9.f4; 9.Re1; 9.Qe2; 9.Bg5; 9.Kh1; 9.Be3)
Bd6 10.Ng3 Ne7 (10...Nf6) 11.b3 (11.Be3) O-O (11...dxe4)
12.Bb2 Ng6 13.Re1 Nf4 14.Qg4 g6? (14...f6) 15.e5 Nxd3?
(15...Bb4 16.Qxf4 Bxe1 17.Rxa1) 16.exd6 Qxd6 17.cxd3 e5
18.Qe2 f6 19.Rac1 1-0
In 1973 I took 2nd place in the Beale AFB Championship. The event was
won by Lt Col Henry Giertych.
Wall Bill - Morin Al, Beale AFB Ch 1973
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 f3 7.g3 Qh3+
8.Kf2 Qg2+ 9.Ke3 Bh6+ 10.Kd3 Na6 11.Nxf7 Bg7 12.Nxh8 Nc5+ 13.Ke3 Bh6+
14.Kd4 Qf2+ 15.Kc3 Nxe4+ 16.Kd3 Nc5+ 17.Kc3 Ne4+ 0-1
Monahan Richard - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch 1973
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.c4 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3
a6 9.Rc1 b6 10.d4 Bb7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ba3 cxd4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxd4
Nxd4 15.Qxd4 b5 16.Bf3 Rfd8 17.Rc2 Ne4 18.Rfc1 h6 19.Ne2 Qh4 20.Bxe4
dxe4 21.Qb6 Rac8 22.Nd4 Rxc2 23.Rxc2 Bc8 24.Rc7 Qg4 25.Rc1 Qg5 26.Qc6
Bh3 27.Qxe4 Rxd4 28.Qa8+ Rd8 29.Qf3 Be6 0-1
Castle Lewis - Wall Bill, Beale AFB Ch 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7
8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 a6
14.Rb1 Na5 15.h4 Nf5 16.Rh3 O-O-O 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Nd4 Qa5+ 19.Kf2 Qc5
20.c3 Bb5 21.Qf3 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Qxd4+ 23.Be3 Qc3 24.Rd1 Qb2+ 25.Kg1 Nxe3
26.Qxe3 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Qxg2+ 28.Ke1 d4 29.Rc1+ Kb8 30.Qd3 Rc8 31.Rxc8+
Rxc8 32.Kd1 Rc3 0-1
Wall Bill - Giertych Henry, Beale AFB Ch 1973
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.a3 Nf6
8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O d6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 O-O 12.Kh1 Bb7 13.Qf3 c5 14.b3
d5 15.Bf2 d4 16.Ne2 Qc6 17.Ng3 g6 18.Be1 h5 19.h4 Ng4 20.Ne2 Ne3
21.Rg1 Kh7 22.Bf2 Ng4 23.Rgf1 f5 24.Qh3 fxe4 25.Bc4 e5 26.Be1 Ne3
27.Rf2 Nxc4 28.bxc4 Bc8 29.Qg3 e3 30.Rf1 Bg4 31.Nc1 exf4 32.Rxf4 Bd6
0-1
Wall Bill - Aparisi Fabian, Beale AFB Ch 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7
8.Nxe4 Nf6 9.Bg5 Nxd4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Bxd7+ 1-0
In June 1973, I took 1st place in the North Augusta, South Carolina
10-seconds-a-move championship.
Wall Bill - Braun Charles, North Augusta Blitz Ch 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5
8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Bg4 12.Qc2 bxc3 13.Nxe4 dxe4
14.Qxe4 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxe5 16.Qxc3 Bf6 17.Bf4 Nd7 18.Rfe1+ Kf8 19.Qc4
Ne5 20.Bxe5 1-0
Holley - Wall Bill, North Augusta Blitz Ch 1973
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Nh4 Nbd7
8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.b3 Nd5 11.Bc1 e5 12.Bb2 Bb4+ 13.Ke2 Bc3
14.Qc1 Nf4+ 15.Kf3 Qxd4 16.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Bd3 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qxd3+ 19.Qe3
Qd5+ 20.Qe4 Nc5 21.Qxd5 cxd5 22.Rac1 b6 23.h3 Rd8 24.Rhd1 d4 25.b4 Ne6
26.Ke4 f6 27.Rc6 Kf7 28.a4 Rh4+ 29.Kf3 d3 30.Rc3 Rxb4 31.Rdxd3 Rxd3+
32.Rxd3 Nd4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Holzworth, North Augusta Blitz Ch 1973
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Qe7+
8.Be3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Kd7 11.Qf5+ Kd8 12.O-O-O Ne5 13.Rhe1 a6
14.Bg5 f6 15.Rxe5 1-0
Wall Bill - Wall Steve, North Augusta Blitz Ch 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Ne7 7.Nf3 O-O
8.Bxh7+ Kxh7 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.Qh5 Re8 11.Qxf7+ Kh8 12.Qh5+ Kg8 13.Ba3 Nd7
14.Qh7+ Kf8 15.Qh8# 1-0
In July 1973 I played in the first World Open in New York. My USCF rating
was 1597. The tournament was held at the McAlpin Hotel and
directed by Bill Goichberg.
Trow Mike (1782) - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1973 E24
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 (Advanced Saemisch variation) c5 6.Nf3 O-O (6...Qa5; 6...Qc7; 6...b6)
7.Qc2 (7.Bg5; 7.e3; 7.g3) d6 (7...d5; 7...Qa5; 7...Nc6; 7...h6; 7...b6)
8.Bg5 (8.e4; 8.e3) Nbd7 (8...Re8; 8...Nc6) 9.e4 (9.e3) Qc7 (9...h6)
10.Bd3 Re8 (10...e5; 10...h6) 11.d5 (11.O-O) e5 (11...exd5 12.cxd5 c4
13.Be2 Nxe4) 12.O-O h6 13.Bd2 (13.Bh4) Nf8 14.Ne1 Ng6 15.g3 Bh3
16.Ng2 Nh5 17.Rae1 Qa5 18.a4 Nf6 19.Re2 Nd7 20.f4 Nb6 (20...exf4)
21.f5 Nh8 (21...Nf8) 22.Qc1 Qxa4 (22...f6; 22...Bg4; 22...Kh7)
23.Bxh6 (23.Qb1) gxh6? (23...f6) 24.Qxh6 Bxg2?? (24...f6 25.Qxh3 Nxc4)
25.f6 1-0
Friedman Bernard - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2
cxd4 (7...Qb6; 7...Be7; 7...f6) 8.cxd4 Qb6 (8...Bb4; 8...f6; 8...Nb6)
9.Nf3 Bb4+ (9...f6) 10.Bd2 (10...Kf1) Bxd2+ (10...f6; 10...Nf8)
11.Qxd2 O-O (11...Qb4) 12.O-O a5 (12...f6; 12...Nb4; 12...Qb4)
13.h4 Nb4 (13...f6) 14.Bb1 (14.Ng5) Nb8 (14...f6) 15.h5 (15.a3)
h6? (15...f6) 16.a3 N4c6 17.Qc2 Rd8 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ Ke7
20.Qxg7 Qxb2? (20...Nd7; 20.Ke8) 21.Qf6+ (21.Bd3) Kf8??
(21...Ke8) 22.Bg6 (threatening 23.Qxf7 mate) Rd7 23.Ng5! hxg5 24.h6 1-0
Wall Bill - Goodridge Steve, World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 e6 2.Ne2 d5 (2...d6; 2...c5) 3.exd5 (3.Ng3; 3.e5)
exd5 4.Ng3 (4.d4) Nf6 (4...Qh4; 4...g6; 4...Bd6)
5.d4 Bd6 (5...Bg4; 5...h6) 6.Bd3 (6.Be2) Nc6 (6...O-O; 6...Bg4)
7.c3 (7.Qe2+; 7.Be2) Bxg3 (8...Bg4) 8.fxg3 (8.hxg3) Bg4
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 (10...Qd6; 10...Qe7) 11.Qf4 (11.Qf2) Bh5 (11...Be2)
12.Na3 b6 13.Nc2 (13.Nb5 Rc8 14.Be3) Ne7 (13...Bg6; 13...Qd7) 14.Ne3
Bg6 15.Be2 Ne4 (15...Nc6) 16.Ng4 f6 (16...Qd6) 17.Nf2 (17.Bb5)
Nc8 (17...Nd6) 18.Nxe4 Rxe4 19.Qf2 (19.Qf3) Re7 20.h4 (20.Bb5)
Nd6 (20...Qe8) 21.Bf4 (21.Qf3) Ne4 (21...Qd7; 21...Qe8)
22.Qf3 h6 (22...c5) 23.Rae1 (23.Bd3; 23.Bb5) c6 (23...Qd7) 24.Qg4
Qe8 (24...Bh7) 25.h5 Bh7 26.Bd3 f5 (26...Qc8) 27.Qd1 (27.Qh4)
Rd8 (27...Qd7) 28.Re3 (28.g4) Nf6 (28...c5) 29.Rfe1 (29.Rxe7)
Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Qxh5 31.Qxh5 Nxh5 32.Re5? (32.Re7 Nxf4 33.gxf4 a5)
Nxf4? (32...g5 33.Bc1 Nxg3) 33.gxf4 g6 (33...a5) 34.Re7 a5 35.Rc7 Rd6
36.Rc8+ (36.Rb7) Kg7 37.Rc7+ Kg8 (38.Rb7; 38.a4) 1/2-1/2
Stanford David (1685) - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 (4...Nf6)
5.Bd3 (5.c4; 5.Nc3) Nc6 (5...Nf6; 5...Be6; 5...Bg4; 5...Qe7)
6.O-O (6.c3; 6.Nc3; 6.Bg5; 6.Be3) Bg4 (6...Be6; 6...Nge7)
7.Re1+ (7.c3; 7.c4) Nge7 8.c3 (8.Be3) Qd7 (8...Bh5)
9.Nbd2 (9.Bg5; 9.Be3; 9.h3; 9.b4) O-O-O (9...f6; 9...O-O)
10.Qc2 (10.Nf1; 10.b4; 10.Qa4; 10.a4) h6 (10...f6; 10...Rde8; 10...Bf5;
10...Ng6) 11.b4 Rdf8 (11...Bf5) 12.a4 Nd8 (12...Bf5)
13.a5 (13.Ne5) c6?! (13...g5; 13...a6) 14.Ba3 (14.a6)
Bf5? (14...f5) 15.Rxe7 Qxe7 16.Bxf5+ Kb8 17.Bd3 (17.Re1; 17.a6) g5
18.Re1 Qc7 19.h3 f6 20.c4 h5 21.c5 Bf4 22.Bf5 g4 (22...Rfg8)
23.hxg4 hxg4 24.Bxg4 Rfg8 25.Bf5? (25.Qf5 Qg7?? 26.Qc8 mate) Qg7
26.g4 (26.g3 Bxg3 27.gxf3?? [27.Kf1 Rh1+] Qxg3+ 28.Kf1 Qg2 mate)
Qh6 (threatening 27...Qh1 mate) 27.Kf1 Qh3+ 28.Ke2
Bxd2 (28...Re8+ 29.Kd1 Rxe1+ 30.Nxe1 Qxa3)
29.g5? (29.Qxd2 Re8+ 30.Kd3 Qxd3+ 31.Re3 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 Qxe3+
33.Kxe3 Rh3+ 34.f3) Re8+ 30.Ne5?? (30.Kxd2 Qxf3 31.Rxe8 Rxe8
32.Bd3 fxg5) Qxa3 31.Qxd2 fxe5 0-1
Wall Bill - Braun Robert, World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7
6.Bxc6 (Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez Deferred) dxc6
7.Qe1 (7.d3; 7.Nc3; 7.Re1; 7.Qe2) Bd6 (7...c5; 7...Nd7; 7...Be6; 7...Qd6)
8.d4 (8.d3) Qe7 (8...Nd7) 9.h3 (9.dxe5) O-O (9...Nd7)
10.dxe5 (10.Bg5; 10.c4) Bxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Nc3 Re8 (12...Rd8)
13.f3 Be6 14.b3 (14.Qf2) Rad8 15.Bb2 (15.Be3)
Qc5+ (15...Qg5) 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Rd7 18.Na4 (18.Rd1)
b6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Nb2 Rd4 (20...c5; 20...Red8) 21.Kf1 (21.c3)
Red8 (21...c5) 22.Nd3 c5 23.g4 (23.Re1) Kg7 24.Nf4 Rd2
25.Re1 (25.c4) c4 26.b4 (26.Rxd2) Rxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Rd2+ 28.Re2 Rd1
29.Re1 (29.Kg3; 29.Nh5+) Rd2+ 30.Re2 Rd1 (31.Kg3) 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Haman Mike, World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Be7 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.Re1 d6 8.c3
O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 (10.a4; 10.d3) Bb7 (10...exd4; 10...Nh7; 10...Re8)
11.d5 (11.Nbd2; 11.a4; 11.Bc2) Nb8 12.Nbd2 (12.a4) Nbd7
13.Nf1 Ne8 (13...Nc5) 14.Bc2 Bc8 (14...c5) 15.a4 bxa4 (15...Bb7)
16.Bxa4 Nb6 (16...Nc5) 17.Bc2 (17.Bc6) Bd7 18.b3 Nf6 (18...Qc8)
19.Ng3 Qc8 20.Kh2 (20.Ba3) a5 (20...c6) 21.Nh4?! (21.Ba3)
Nfxd5? (21...Ng4+ 22.hxg4 Bxh4) 22.exd5? (22.Nf5) Bxh4 23.Qd3
Bxg3+ (23...f5) 24.Qxg3 Bf5? (24...Kh8) 25.Bxh6 g6? (25...Bg6) 26.Bxf5
Qxf5 27.Bxf8 Kxf8 28.c4 Qf6 (28...a4) 29.Qe3 (29.Re3)
Ke7 (29...a4) 30.Re2 (30.f4) Kd7 (30...a4) 31.Rea2 (31.Qb3) a4 32.Qe4
Qf4+ (32...Rh8) 33.Qxf4 exf4 34.Re1 (34.bxa4) axb3 35.Rxa8 Nxa8
36.Rb1 Nb6 37.Rxb3 Nxc4 38.Rb4 Ne5? (38...Nb6 39.Rxf4 Nxd5)
39.Rxf4 Ke7 (39...f5) 40.Kg3 Nd3 (40...c6; 40...c5)
41.Rc4 Kd7 42.Kh4 Nxf2? (42...Ne5; 42...f6)
43.Rf4 Nd3 44.Rxf7+ Kc8 45.Kg5 Ne5 46.Rg7 Kb7 47.h4 Kb6 48.Rxg6! 1-0
Wall Bill - Barouty Dan (1782), World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bb5 (4.c3; 4.Bc4; 4.c4; 4.Be2)
a6 (4...Nce7; 4...Qb6; 4...g6; 4...Nge7; 4...Qc7; 4...d5)
5.Bxc6 bxc6 (5...dxc6) 6.O-O (6.c4; 6.d3; 6.e5)
d5 (6...g6; 6...Nf6) 7.d3 Ne7 (7...Nf6; 7...Be7) 8.Kh1 (8.Nc3)
a5 (8...Ng6) 9.Be3 d4 10.Bf2 Qc7 (10...Ng6) 11.Bg3 Qb6 12.Qc1 (12.b3)
Ba6 (12...c4) 13.b3 (13.Nbd2) g6 14.a4 (14.Nbd2) h5 (14...Bg7)
15.Na3 (15.Nbd2) Rb8 (15...Bg7) 16.f5 Bh6 17.Qd1 (17.Qe1) Rb7 (17...gxf5)
18.fxe6 f6 19.Nd2 O-O (19...Bxd2) 20.Nac4 Qd8? (20...Qb4) 21.Nd6 Ra7
22.Nf7 Rxf7 23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.Bh4 Bg7 25.Qf3 Qh8? (25...Qd6)
26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.e5 Nf5 28.exf6 h4 29.Ne4 1-0
Franklin William (1770) - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Ne7 (5...Nc6; 5...Nf6; 6...Be6)
6.Nf3 (6.Qf3; 6.Bd3; 6.g3; 6.Nce2; 6.a3; 6.Qh5)
O-O (6...Nbc6; 6...Bg4) 7.Bd3 Bg4?! (7...b6; 7...Bf5)
8.Bxh7+ Kh8 9.Bd3 Nbc6 (9...Nec6) 10.a3 (10.h3) Ba5 11.Be2?! (11.h3) Bxf3
12.Bxf3 Nxd4 13.Be3 (13.O-O) Bxc3+ (13...Nxf3+)
14.bxc3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Qd6 16.h4 (16.O-O) Qg6 (16...Qe5)
17.h5? (17.O-O-O) Qxc2 18.O-O? (18.Rc1) Qxc3 19.h6 (19.Rfc1)
Qf6 (19...Kg8) 20.hxg7+ Qxg7 21.Qh5+ (21.Qh3+) Qh7 (21...Kg8)
22.Bh6? (22.Qe5+ f6 23.Qxc7) Rfe8? (22...Nf5)
23.Qe5+ Kg8 24.Bf4 Ng6 25.Qg5 c6 26.g3 (26.Bg3) Re4 27.Kg2 (27.Rae1)
Rae8 28.Kf3 Kf8 29.Bd6+ Ne7 30.Rh1? (30.Rae1) Qg7 31.Qf5 Kg8
32.Qd7 (32.Bxe7) Ng6 33.Qxb7? (33.Kg2) Qf6+ 34.Kg2 Qxd6 0-1
Wall Bill - Boyce James, World Open, New York 1973
1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 (6.c4; 6.Nc3; 6.Bg5)
O-O 7.c4 (7.e4; 7.c3; 7.Re1) b6 (7...d4; 7...Rb8; 7...Bg4; 7...a5)
8.Re1 (8.cxd5) Bb7 (8...Be6) 9.h3 h6 (9...Bb4) 10.b3 Re8 (10...Bc5)
11.Bb2 Bf8 (12...Bc5) 12.Rc1 (12.cxd5) Qd7 (12...d4)
13.Kh2 Rad8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 (15.a3) Bc5? (15...f6)
16.Ncxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxf2 19.Qd2?
(19.e4 Bxe1 20.exd5 and 21.Rxc7) Bxe1 20.Qxe1
c5 21.Qf2 Re8 22.Ba1 Ne3 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qd5 25.Qf2? (25.Qxd5)
Qh5 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.exf3 Rd8 28.Rc3 (28.Kg1) Nd1 29.Rc1 Rxd3
30.g4 (30...Nf2) 1/2-1/2
In October 1973, I was assigned to U Tapao Air Base, Thailand and won the
U Tapao Chess Championship.
Clay Kevin - Wall Bill, U Tapao, Thailand Ch 1973
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.h3
Bh5 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bh2 Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Qc7+ 12.Kh1 O-O-O 13.Be2 Ne4
14.Nbd2 f5 15.Ng1 Bf7 16.Rc1 Kb8 17.Qe1 g5 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qd2 Rhg8
20.f3 exf3 21.Rxf3 h5 22.Rd3 g4 23.Rd1 Ne7 24.Rf1 Nd5 25.c4 Nf6 26.Qf4
Qxf4 27.Rxf4 Ne4 28.g3 gxh3 29.Kh2 Rg7 30.Bf3 Nxg3 31.Bxb7 e5 32.Rxg3
Rxg3 33.Rxf5 Rg7 34.Bf3 Rxd4 35.Rxe5 Bxc4 36.Rxh5 Rd2+ 37.Kh1 Rxb2
38.Nxh3 Rxa2 39.Rh8+ Kc7 40.Rh4 Rc2 41.Be4 Rd2 42.Rh6 Rd6 43.Rh5 Rd1+
44.Kh2 Rd2+ 45.Kh1 Bd3 46.Bf3 Rg3 47.Ng1 Rc2 48.Ra5 a6 49.Ra3 Bb5
50.Ra1 Rg6 51.Nh3 Rh6 52.Bg2 Bc6 53.Bxc6 Rxh3+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Steward Doug, U Tapao, Thailand Ch 1973
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Nf6 7.a4 a6 8.Bxc6
Bxc6 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Rb8 12.f5 d4 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.exd4
cxd4 15.Qe2 Kf7 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qe5 c5 18.d3 Bd6 19.Rxf6+ Qxf6 20.Qxd6
Qg5 21.Qc7+ Kf6 22.Nc3 Qe3+ 23.Kh1 dxc3 24.Rf1+ Kg5 25.Bc1 1-0
Bauman Judson - Wall Bill, U Tapao, Thailand Ch 1973
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e4
Nxg3 9.fxg3 Bh7 10.Be2 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd2 e6 13.d5 Nc5 14.Qe3 a5
15.Nd2 Bg6 16.dxe6 Nxe6 17.Kh1 Nd4 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.a3 Bd4 20.Qe2 Bxc3
21.bxc3 Ne5 22.Nf3 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Qe7 24.Nd4 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Bxe4 26.Rae1
Bd3 27.Rf3 Rae8 28.Rfe3 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Bxc4 30.Re7 Rc8 31.Nf5 Kf8 32.Re3
h5 33.Kg1 Be6 34.Nd4 Re8 35.Nb5 Re7 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Nd4 Kf6 38.Rf3+ Kg6
39.h4 Bg4 40.Rd3 Kf6 41.Rd2 Re4 42.Nb5 Rc4 43.Rd3 Bd7 44.Nd4 Ra4
45.Nc2 Bf5 0-1
Wall Bill - Pindej, U Tapao, Thailand Ch 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 d5 5.d3 f6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
8.Qxh8 Nc5 9.d4 Qe7+ 10.Be3 Ne4 11.c3 Bf5 12.Qg8 c6 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Bg4
O-O-O 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.O-O Bg7 17.Qh7 Nd6 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Qxe7 Bxe7
20.Re1 Re8 21.Nd2 1-0
Wall Bill - Petit Jack, U Tapao, Thailand Ch 1973
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nf6 3.fxe5 Nxe4 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 O-O 7.Bd3 b6
8.O-O Bb7 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Bxg5 11.Qh5+ Bh6 12.Rf6 Kg8 13.Rxh6
gxh6 14.Bxh6 Be4 15.e6 dxe6 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qxe4 Kf7 18.Bxf8 Qd5 19.Qxd5
exd5 20.Bh6 Kg6 21.Bf4 c6 22.Re1 Nd7 23.Re7 Nc5 24.Be3 Ne4 25.Rc7 c5
26.Rd7 1-0
In 1973 I won a postal match with a player in California.
Wall Bill - McCarty Ken, Postal 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4
8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.Nce4 O-O-O 12.g4 Qe5 13.Nxe6 fxe6
14.fxg7 Rhg8 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Bh6 e5 17.a3 Rd6 18.g5 Rg6 19.Qg4+ Kb8
20.Qf5 Qe7 21.f4 d3 22.Qe4 d2 23.Re2 Rd6 24.Rd1 Rd4 25.Qxh7 Qf7 26.g6
Qe6 27.Rdxd2 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 exf4 29.Bxf4 Ne7 30.Be5 a6 31.Re2 Qg4+
32.Kf1 Qf5+ 33.Ke1 Qxg6 34.Qxg6 Nxg6 35.Bc3 Nh4 36.Rf2 Ng6 37.h4 Re8+
38.Kd2 Rd8+ 39.Kc1 b5 40.h5 1-0
McCarty Ken - Wall Bill, Postal 1973
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.c5 b6 8.b4
a5 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Ba6 12.Bxa6 Rxa6 13.a3 axb4 14.axb4 b5
15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ne8 17.Re1 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Rxa4 19.Qxa4 Nc7 20.f4 Qe8
21.Qa7 Qc6 0-1
Wall Bill - McCarty Ken, Postal 1973
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2
Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 c4 12.e4 Nb6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Qc2 Rfb8
15.e5 Nfxd5 16.a5 Nc8 17.Nxd5 Qd7 18.exd6 Qxd6 19.Nd2 1-0
Wall Bill - McCarty Ken, Postal 1973
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O
8.O-O d6 9.Bg5 e5 10.Nh4 Re8 11.e4 Re6 12.Qf3 Kg7 13.Rab1 Qa5 14.Bh3
Qd8 15.Bxe6 Bxe6 16.Rxb7 h6 17.Bxf6+ Qxf6 18.Rfb1 g5 19.Qxf6+ Kxf6
20.Ng2 Rc8 21.Ne3 Kg6 22.Nf5 Kh5 23.Ng7+ Kg6 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Rd7 1-0
McCarty Ken - Wall Bill, Postal 1973
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bxc4 Nd7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.O-O
Nb6 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.Nh4 O-O-O 11.Ne2 Kb8 12.Nxf5 Nxf5 13.Qc2 Nxd4 14.Nxd4
Qxd4 15.Rd1 Qh4 16.Be3 Nd5 17.Rd4 Qe7 18.Rad1 g6 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Qa4
a6 21.Qa5 Bg7 22.Rb4 Bxe5 23.Qb6 Kc8 24.Rc1 Qc7 25.h3 Qxb6 26.Bxb6 Rd7
27.Re1 f6 0-1
In 1973 I won a postal game from a player in Iceland.
Wall Bill - Lauseng Darrell, Postal (1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Bg4
8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Nxg4 10.hxg4 Bxg4 11.Kg2 Qd7 12.Rh1 Bh5 13.Nxe5 Bxd1
14.Nxd7 Bxc2 15.Ne5 f6 16.Ng6 Rg8 17.Nxe7 Kxe7 18.Rxh7 Bxd3 19.Nc3 b5
20.Be3 Rad8 21.Rah1 Kf7 22.Bc5 1-0
In 1974 I won the USO Championship in Thailand.
Wall Bill - Havelange Ken, USO Thailand Ch 1974
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nge7 5.O-O d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nxc3
8.bxc3 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qa5 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Nb3 Qa4
14.h4 h6 15.Qe2 b6 16.Qg4 Kf8 17.Qe4 Bb7 18.Qh7 Bf6 19.d5 exd5 20.Nc5
bxc5 21.Bxc5+ Ke8 22.Bh3 1-0
Wall Bill - Lum Dale, USO Thailand Ch 1974
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O b6 7.b4 Bb7 8.c5 O-O
9.Ba3 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 a5 12.bxa5 bxc5 13.Bxc5 Re8 14.Nb3 Nd7
15.Rb1 Nxc5 16.Nxc5 Bc6 17.a6 Ra7 18.Qc2 Qd6 19.Rfc1 e5 20.Nb7 Bxb7
21.axb7 Rb8 22.Qxc7 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 Bf8 24.dxe5 Kg7 25.e6 Kf6 26.e7 Bxe7
27.Rb6+ Kg7 28.Rxe7 1-0
Clay C - Wall Bill, USO Thailand Ch 1974
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Be3 e5 5.c4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Ne2 exd4
8.Bxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Nf4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxa2 13.Bd3
Qa3+ 14.Kc2 Bd7 15.Rde1 Ba4+ 16.Kb1 Rfd8 17.Nd5 Qb3+ 18.Kc1 Nxd5
19.cxd5 Rxd5 0-1
Wall Bill - Hansen Robert, USO Thailand Ch 1974
1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Qe2+ Be6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 c6
8.Nh3 Nbd7 9.Ng5 Qe7 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Qxe6+ fxe6 12.Bh3 e5 13.O-O Bd6
14.Re1 O-O 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.Ba3 Rf6 17.Bxd6 Rxd6 18.Nc3 Rf8 19.Re2 Rf3
20.Kg2 Rdf6 21.Rae1 b5 22.Nd1 d4 23.h4 c5 24.Rxe5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 R3f5
26.Re8+ Kf7 27.Rc8 b4 28.g4 Re5 29.Nb2 Re2 30.Nd3 Rxd2 31.Rxc5 Re6
32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.Rc8+ Ke7 34.Rc4 a5 35.Rc5 Ree2 36.Rxa5 Rxc2 37.Ra7+ Kf6
38.g5+ Kf5 39.Rxg7 Rxa2 40.Rxh7 Rad2 41.Rf7+ Ke6 42.Rf6+ Ke7 43.Nxb4
Rb2 44.Nd5+ Ke8 45.g6 Re4 46.Kf3 Rxh4 47.g7 Rxb3+ 48.Ne3 1-0
In February 1974, I was assigned to Guam and won the Anderson Air
Base, Guam chess championship.
Claus Don - Wall Bill, Anderson AB, Guam Ch 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bg5 h6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qd8 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Qd1 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 0-1
Wall Bill - Louie Tom, Anderson AB, Guam Ch 1974
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Nf3 f6 6.c4 Ne7 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Ba6 11.Re1 Re8 12.dxe5 fxe5 13.a3 Rb8
14.Nc3 e4 15.Nd4 Rb6 16.Nxc6 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Qa8 18.Qd5+ Kh8 19.Qf7 Rg8
20.Nb4 Bb7 21.Red1 a5 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Rxb3 24.Rh5 Rxc3 25.Rxh7+
Kxh7 26.Qh5# 1-0
Hatfield Bill - Wall Bill, Anderson AB, Guam Ch 1974
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qf3 d6
8.O-O-O Bg4 9.Qg3 Bxd1 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.Nxd1 Nxe4 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Qxh7 d5
14.Bb5 Qd6 15.Nd4 Ba3 16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Nb3 Bxb2+ 18.Nxb2 Qf6 19.f3 Rh8
0-1
Wall Bill - Van Guilder Larry, Anderson AB, Guam Ch 1974
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O
8.Re1 Re8 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bb7 11.Qf3 c5 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.Nh6+ gxh6
14.Bxf6 1-0
Murrell - Wall Bill, Anderson AB, Guam Ch 1974
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.Bd2
Qh5 9.Qa4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 b6 12.Rad1 e4 13.Nd4 Ng4 14.h4 Nxe3
15.fxe3 Qh6 16.Nc2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qh5 18.Rf2 Qg4 19.Kh2 c5 20.Rd5 Bd7
21.Qb3 Qe6 22.Na3 Bc6 23.Rd2 Nd7 24.Nb5 Ne5 25.Nc7 Ng4+ 26.Kg1 Qe5
27.Rf4 Nxe3 28.Nxa8 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 e3+ 30.Rd5 Rxa8 31.Kh2 Bxd5 32.cxd5
Rd8 33.c4 Re8 34.Qa3 Re7 35.Qa6 Qd6 36.Qc8+ Kg7 37.a4 f5 38.Qa6 Qd7
39.Rf1 Re4 40.Rc1 f4 41.Rg1 fxg3+ 42.Rxg3 Rxh4+ 43.Kg2 Rg4 44.a5 Rxg3+
45.Kxg3 bxa5 46.Qxa5 Qe7 47.Kf3 h5 48.Qa3 g5 49.Qd3 Qf6+ 50.Kg2 Qf2+
51.Kh1 Qe1+ 52.Kg2 Qd2 0-1
In May 1974, I won the Guam Spring Open.
Van Guilder Larry - Wall Bill, Guam Spring Open 1974
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Bg7 6.Nxg4 d5 7.exd5 Qe7+
8.Kf2 Bd4+ 9.Kf3 Bxg4+ 10.Kxg4 Nf6+ 11.Kxf4 Qe5+ 12.Kf3 Qf5+ 13.Ke2
Qe4# 0-1
Calvo Lou - Wall Bill, Guam Spring Open 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.Qxf3 Bg4 12.Qe3 Re8 13.d4 Bd6 14.Qd2 Bf4
15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Qd3 Qe1+ 17.Qf1 Bxh2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Chapman Walter, Guam Spring Open 1974
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Bg7 6.Qe5+ Qe7 7.Qxe7+ Kxe7
8.Nd5+ Nxd5 9.exd5 c6 10.dxc6 dxc6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.h3 Be6
14.O-O Nb6 15.Re1 Kd7 16.c5 Na4 17.Bf4 Rad8 18.Rad1+ Kc8 19.b4 Rxd1
20.Rxd1 Bxa2 21.Ng5 f6 22.Bg4+ f5 23.Bf3 h6 24.Ne4 fxe4 25.Bg4+ 1-0
Cruz John - Wall Bill, Guam Spring Open 1974
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.e3 Qa5 7.b3 Nf6
8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Ne5 dxc4 13.Nxd7 Nbxd7
14.bxc4 Rfc8 15.Rb1 a5 16.O-O e5 17.Rfe1 h6 18.h3 Rc6 19.Qb3 exd4
20.exd4 Qd6 21.Ne4 Qxd4 22.Rbd1 Nc5 23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.a3 Rb6 25.Rb1 a4
26.axb4 axb3 27.bxc5 Rb4 28.Re7 Kf8 29.Re3 Nd7 30.c6 bxc6 31.Be4 Rxc4
32.Rbxb3 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Nc5 34.Reb4 Nxb3 35.Rxb3 c5 36.Rc3 Rc8 37.Kf1 f5
38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.Rg3 g5 42.h4 f4 43.Rg4 Rg8 44.hxg5
hxg5 45.g3 fxg3 46.Rxg3 Rg6 47.Ra3 Rd6 48.Ra6+ Kd7 49.Ra7+ Ke6 50.Rg7
Rd4+ 51.Kxc5 Rd5+ 52.Kc4 Rf5 53.Kd4 Kf6 54.Rg8 Kf7 55.Rb8 Rxf2 56.Ke3
Rf6 57.Rb7+ Kg6 58.Rb2 Kh5 59.Rh2+ Kg4 60.Rg2+ Kh4 61.Ke2 g4 62.Rh2+
Kg3 63.Rh8 Kg2 64.Rg8 Re6+ 65.Kd2 g3 66.Kd3 Kf2 67.Rf8+ Kg1 68.Rg8 g2
69.Kd2 Rh6 70.Ke2 Kh2 0-1
Wall Bill - Hatfield Bill, Guam Spring Open 1974
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.Ng3 Nbc6 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg8 11.Qh5 Re8 12.Qxf7+ Kh8 13.Nh5 Nf5
14.Qg6 Kg8 15.Nxg7 Nxg7 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qxg7+ Kd6 19.Nf7+
1-0
In July 1974, I won a match against Haskell Sikes (1900) at U Tapao, Thailand.
Sikes Haskell - Wall Bill, U Tapao, Thailand 1974
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7
8.Bh6 e5 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.h4 Nh5 11.g4 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.dxe5 Nxe2+
14.Nxe2 Bxg4 15.exd6 Qf6 16.Nfd4 c5 17.Rhg1 Bh5 18.Nf5+ Kh8 19.Nfg3
Nc4 20.Qc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 Bg4 22.f4 f6 23.Rd3 Rad8 24.Rgd1 Rf7 25.a4 Bd7
26.h5 Bxa4 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rh1+ Kg7 29.Nf5+ Kg8 30.Nh6+ Kg7 31.Nxf7
Kxf7 32.Rh7+ Kg8 33.Rxb7 1-0
Wall Bill - Sikes Haskell, U Tapao, Thailand 1974
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Be2 e6
8.O-O Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ne5 N8d7 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.a4
a5 15.Qb3 c5 16.Qxe6+ Rf7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 cxd4 19.Bc4 Bf6 20.Qxf7+
Kh8 21.Bf4 1-0
Sikes Haskell - Wall Bill, U Tapao, Thailand 1974
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nf3 a6 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 Qb6 8.Kh1
Be7 9.d3 Bb7 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Bc2 Ng4 12.Bg1 d5 13.Ng5 h5 14.exd5 exd5
15.d4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qc7 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Nh7 Ne4 20.Nxf8 Nb4
21.Qh3 Qxc2 22.Qd7 Nd3 23.Nc3 Bxf8 24.Qxb7 Re8 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Qd7 Re6
27.f5 Rd6 28.Qe8 Qxb2 29.Qxe4 Qc2 30.Rae1 Nxe1 31.Rxe1 Qxa2 32.Qa8 f6
33.Re8 Qf7 34.d5 Rxd5 35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Qxd5+ Kh7 37.Bc5 Qc8 38.h3 Qc7
39.Bd6 Qd7 40.Qe6 Qc6 41.Bf4 Qb7 42.Qe8 b4 43.Qxh5+ Kg8 44.Qe8+ Kh7
45.h4 Qd5 46.Qg6+ Kh8 47.Qh5+ Kg8 48.Qg6 Kh8 49.h5 Qc4 50.Qe8+
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Sikes Haskell, U Tapao, Thailand 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.Re1 Na7 8.h3
c5 9.c3 Be7 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.d5 O-O 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.Ng3 c4
15.Bc2 Bd7 16.Be3 Qc8 17.Kh2 h6 18.Qd2 Nh7 19.a4 g5 20.Nf5 Bxf5
21.exf5 Bf6 22.Bxa7 Rxa7 23.axb5 Qb7 24.Rxa6 Rxa6 25.bxa6 Qxa6 26.Rb1
Re8 27.Qe2 Qb6 28.Ba4 Rc8 29.Bc6 Rxc6 30.dxc6 Qxc6 31.Nd2 d5 32.Nf1
Nf8 33.Ne3 Nd7 34.Ng4 Bg7 35.Rd1 f6 36.Qd2 Nb6 37.Ne3 Kh7 38.Nxd5 Nxd5
39.Qxd5 Qb6 40.Qf7 e4 41.Rd7 Qb8+ 42.Rc7 1-0
Sikes Haskell - Wall Bill, U Tapao, Thailand 1974
1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Na3 a6 5.Nc2 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qa5+
8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Bc3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nf3 d6 12.a4 a5 13.d5 Ng4 14.Qd2
Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd8 16.Ncd4 e5 17.Rb1 Qc5 18.Rb5 Qc7 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.O-O
Nxd3 21.Qh6 b6 22.Ng5 f6 23.Rfb1 fxg5 24.Rxb6 Qxc3 0-1
In September 1974, I won a match against Bob Brooks in Anchorage, Alaska.
Wall Bill - Brooks Bob, Anchorage, Alaska 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxe5 Qf6 6.f4 c6 7.Bd3 fxe4
8.Nxe4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qe7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Nxg6 Nf6 12.Nxe7+ Nxh5 13.Nxc8 Rxc8
14.c3 Ne6 15.Be2 Nhg7 16.O-O d5 17.Nf6+ Kf7 18.Nd7 Bd6 19.f5 Ng5 20.f6
N7e6 21.Bh5+ Kg8 22.d4 Ne4 23.Bh6 1-0
Brooks Robert - Wall Bill, Anchorage, Alaska 1974
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 g5 5.e4 g4 6.e5 gxf3 7.exd6 Qh4+
8.g3 Qe4+ 9.Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Brooks Bob, Anchorage, Alaska 1974
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O h6 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Kh1
Nbc6 9.a3 Na5 10.Ba2 Be6 11.d5 Bd7 12.Qe1 b6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5
15.Qxe5 Rf8 16.Ne4 Qb8 17.d6 cxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kd8 19.Nxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qh8+
Kc7 21.Qc3+ Nac6 22.Bxf7 1-0
In February 1975, I took 5th place in the U.S. Booster Chess Championship
in Los Angeles, California. My USCF rating was 1610.
Walsh Peter (1745) - Wall Bill, US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ (8.Nf3; 8.Bd3; 8.e5) Bd7 (8...Nfd7) 9.e5 (9.Be2; 9.a4; 9.Qe2;
9.Bxd7; 9.Bd3) Nh5 (9...Qe7; 9...Bxb5; 9...dxe5; 9...Ng8)
10.g4? (10.Nf3; 10.Bxd7+) Qh4+ 11.Kf1 Ng3+ 12.hxg3 Qxh1 13.exd6
Bd4 14.Qe2+ Kf8 15.Be3 Bxg4 16.Qxg4? (16.Qd2; 16.Qd3) Bxe3 17.Ke2 Bxg1
18.Qc8+ Kg7 19.Qxb7 Qg2+ 20.Kd3 c4+ 21.Kxc4 a6 22.Qxa8 axb5+ 23.Kb3
Nd7 24.Qc6 Nc5+ 25.Ka3 b4+ 26.Kxb4 Qxb2+ 27.Kc4 Qxa1 28.d7 Qf1+
29.Kb4 Rb8+ 30.Ka5 Qc4 0-1
Wall Bill - Wittenburg Dane (1780), US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 (5.Nge2; 5.Nh3; 5.Nf3; 5.f4)
Bg7 6.Nge2 (6.Nf3; 6.Be3; 6.f4) Nh6 (6...Nf6; 6...h5; 6...Bd7; 6...Nd4)
7.O-O (7.Bd2; 7.Bg5; 7.h3; 7.h4) O-O 8.a3 (8.h3; 8.f4; 8.Bd2; 8.Bg5)
Rb8 9.Rb1 (9.h3) b5 10.Bd2 a5 11.Qc1 (11.h3; 11.Bg5) Ng4
12.Nd5 (12.h3) e6 13.Ne3 Nxe3 14.Bxe3 b4 15.f4 (15.Bh6) Nd4
16.Nxd4 (16.Bxd4) cxd4 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.a4?! (18.axb4) Bd7 (18...Bb7)
19.b3 Rfc8 20.Rb2 Qc5 (20...Qb6) 21.Qe1 (21.Qd1) Rc7 22.Qe2 (22.Qf2) Rbc8 23.Rc1 (23.Qf3) Qb6 24.Be1 (24.Ra2) Rc5 (24...e5) 25.Bf2 R8c7
26.Ra2 (26.Ra1) Qb8 (26...e5) 27.g4 (27.Re1) Bc8 28.Bg3 (28.f5) Ba6
29.Be1 (29.Rf1; 29.f5) Qc8 30.Bd2? (30.Qd2; 30.h3) Rxc2 31.Raxc2
Rxc2 32.Re1 (32.Rd1) Ra2 (32...Rb2) 33.f5 (33.Qd1) Qc2 0-1
Weissbein Tom (1700) - Wall Bill, US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nc6
7.a3 (7.d3; 7.d4; 7.b3; 7.Rb1) a5 (7...d5; 7...a6; 7...d6) 8.d3 (8.d4)
e6 (8...b6; 8...d5; 8...d6) 9.Bf4 (9.Bg5) d6 10.Qd2 Re8 (10...e5)
11.Nb5 (11.b3) e5 12.Bh6 (12.Bg5) Na7?! (12...Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Ng4)
13.Nc3 (13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nxa7 Rxa7 15.Ng5) Rb8 (13...Bxh6) 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.Ng5 (15.b4) b5 (15...h6) 16.cxb5 (16.Nd5) h6 17.Nge4 Nxe4
18.Bxe4 Bh3 19.Rfd1 (19.Rfc1) Nxb5? (19...a4) 20.Nxb5 d5
(20...Rxb5 21.Bc6) 21.Nc7 Qxc7 22.Bxd5 Qb6 (22...Qd7)
23.Rab1 (23.b3) Red8 24.e4 (24.Bf3) Qf6 25.f4 (25.Qe3) exf4
26.Qxf4 Qd4+ (26...Qxf4) 27.Qf2 Rxd5? (27...Rd6) 28.exd5 Qxd5
29.Rd2 (29.Rbc1) Rb6 (29...Bd7) 30.Qf4 (30.d4) Rf6 31.Qe4 Qg5
32.Rf2 Re6 (32...Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Qd2+) 33.Qf4 (33.Qb7) Qe7 (33...Qxf4)
34.Rc1? (34.Qd2 Qd8 35.Rc1) g5? (34...Re1+ 35.Rxe1 Qxe1 36.Rf1 Bxf1
37.Qxf1 Qe2=) 35.Qd2 Qc7? (35...a4) 36.Qc3+ (36.b4!; 36.d4) Kg6
37.Qxc5?? (37.d4; 37.b4) Qxc5 38.Rxc5 Re1+ 39.Rf1 Rxf1 mate 0-1
Wall Bill - Ortega Gary, US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 (5.h3; 5.Nge2)
a6 (5...h5; 5...Bg4; 5...g6; 5...Rb8; 5...e5)
6.f4 (6.Nge2; 6.h3; 6.Be3; 6.Bg5) g6 (6...Bg4; 6...Qc7)
7.Nh3 (7.Nf3; 7...e5) Bg7 (7...Bg4) 8.O-O (8.Nf2)
Bg4 9.Qd2 (9.Qe1) O-O 10.Nf2 (10.Ng5) Bd7 (10...Be6)
11.h3 (11.b3) Bh6 (11...Qb6; 11...Nh5) 12.g4 (12.Qd1) Bg7 (12...Ne8)
13.f5 (13.Nfd1) Rb8 (13...Nd4) 14.Ne2 b5 15.c3 (15.fxg6; 15.Ng3)
Ne5 16.b3 Bc6 17.Qc2 (17.d4) Rc8 18.Bf4 (18.g5) Ne8
19.Qd2 (19.d4) Nc7 (19...Qa5) 20.Bh6 d5? (20...Bxh6) 21.d4
dxe4? (21...Bxh6 22.Qxh6 cxd4 23.cxd4 Nd7) 22.dxe5 Qxd2
23.Bxd2 Bxe5 (23...e3) 24.Bh6 (24.Nxe4) Rfd8 25.fxg6 hxg6
26.Nxe4 Bxe4 (26...Ne6) 27.Bxe4 Bg7 (27...Nd5) 28.Bg5 Nd5 (28...Rd6)
29.Bxd5 (29.Rac1) Rxd5 30.Bxe7? (30.h4) Re8? (30...Re5)
31.Nf4 Rd7 (31...Rd2) 32.Bxc5 Bxc3 33.Rad1 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Bg7 35.Bb6 Bf6
36.Nd5 Bg7 37.Nb4 Rc8 38.Nxa6 Ra8 39.Rd8+ Rxd8 40.Bxd8 1-0
Robinson Richard (1784) - Wall Bill, US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 (3...Nf6; 3...d4; 3...Ne7; 3...c5)
4.Nxe4 Nf6 (4...Nd7; 4...Be7; 4...c5; 4...b6) 5.Ng3 (5.Nxf6+; 5.d3;
5.Neg5) b6 (5...Nbd7; 5...Nd5) 6.d4 Be7 7.Bd3 Bb7 (7...O-O)
8.c3 (8.O-O) a5 (8...O-O) 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 (11.Bd2)
Nxf6 (11...Bxf6) 12.Re1 O-O 13.Rc1 c5 14.Qe2 (14.Bc4)
Rc8 (14...cxd4) 15.Red1 (15.Ba6) Qc7 16.Bb1 Rfd8 (16...Bd6)
17.dxc5 (17.Bd3) Bxc5 (17...Qxc5) 18.Ne5 Bd6 (18...Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bd6)
19.Ng4 Nd5 (19...Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Kf8) 20.Qc2 (20.Qd3)
Bxg3?! (20...f5!) 21.Qh7+ Kf8 22.hxg3 Qc6? (22...f5) 23.Ne5
Qa4 (23...Qe8) 24.Qh8+ Ke7
25.Qxg7 Qe8 26.f4 Nf6?? (26...Qg8) 27.Ng6# 1-0
Wall Bill - Matinga Robert, US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 Rb8 (5...d6; 5...e6; 5...Nf6)
6.f4 (6.Be3; 6.Nge2; 6.Nh3; 6.h4) b5 (6...d6; 6...e6) 7.a3 (7.Nge2;
7.Nf3; 7.Nh3; 7.e5; 7.Rb1) a5 (7...d6; 7...e6) 8.Nf3 b4
(8...d6) 9.axb4 axb4 10.Ne2 (10.Na4) d6 (10...e6; 10...Bb7)
11.O-O e6 (11...Nh6; 11...Nd4; 11...Nf6) 12.Rb1 (12.g4; 12.c3;
12.d4; 12.Kh1; 12.Nh4) Nge7 (12...Ra8) 13.Be3 (13.b3)
f5 (13...O-O) 14.Qd2 O-O 15.Nh4 (15.e5) Nd4 (15...Bb7)
16.Nxd4 (16.Bxd4) cxd4 17.Bf2 Bd7 (17...fxe4) 18.exf5 (18.Nf3) Nxf5
19.Nxf5 Rxf5 20.Rfe1 (20.Ra1) Qc8 (20...b3) 21.Qe2 b3 (21...Rc5)
22.Rbc1 bxc2? (22...Rc5) 23.Rxc2 Rc5 24.Rec1 (24.Rxc5)
Qa6 (24...Rxc2) 25.Bh3 Rxc2 (25...Qc8) 26.Bxe6+ (26.Rxc2) Kh8 (26...Kf8)
27.Rxc2 Re8 (27...Qa1+) 28.f5 (28.Bxd7) gxf5 (28...Bb5) 29.Bxd7 Rxe2
30.Rxe2 Be5 31.Bxf5 Qa1+ (31...Qa4) 32.Be1 (32.Kg2)
Qd1 (32...Kg7) 33.Kf1 (33.Kf2) Qb3 34.Rf2 (34.g4) Kg7
35.g4 (35.Bg2) Qd5 (35...h6) 36.Be4 (36.Kg1) Qe6 (36...Qb3)
37.h3 (37.Rc2) Bg3 (37...Qb3) 38.Rf5 (38.Re2) Bxe1
39.Kxe1 (39.Rg5+) Qa2?! (39...Qh6) 40.Rg5+ (40.Rb5) Kf6
41.Rb5 Qb1+ (41...h6) 42.Kd2 Qg1 43.Rf5+ (43.g5+) Ke6 (43...Ke7)
44.Rh5 (44.Bd5+) Qe3+ 45.Kc2 Qe2+ (45...h6) 46.Kb3 Qd1+
47.Kc4 Qa4+? (47...Qc2+ 48.Kxd4 Qxb2+ 49.Ke3 Qc1+ draws) 48.b4 1-0
Wall Bill - Owens John (1791), US Booster Ch, Los Angeles 1975
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Be6 (3...Nf6; 3...Nd7; 3...g6; 3...Nh6; 3...Nc6)
4.Nf3 (4.Na3; 4.d4; 4.c4; 4.Be2) c5 (4...c6; 4...Nc6)
5.d3 (5.Bb5+) Nf6 6.g3 (6.Be2) Nc6 7.Bg2 Qd7 (7...Be7) 8.O-O
Be7 9.Ng5 (9.Nc3) h6 (9...Bg4) 10.Nxe6 fxe6 (10...Qxe6)
11.Nd2 (11.c4) O-O-O (11...O-O) 12.a4 (12.a3) a5 (12...g5)
13.Nc4 Kc7 (13...Qc7) 14.Qe1 (14.Bxc6 and 15.Nxa5)
b6 (14...Ra8) 15.Rc1 (15.Na3) Nd5 (15...g5) 16.Na3 Na7 (16...g5)
17.c4 Nb4 18.Qe2 Rhf8 19.Nb1 (19.f4) Nac6 (19...g5) 20.Nc3 Na7
21.Ba3 (21.Rfd1) Rb8 (21...g5) 22.Bxb4 (22.Rfd1) axb4
23.Nb5+ Nxb5 24.axb5 d5 25.Ra1 (25.Qg4) Ra8 26.Qb2 Bf6
27.Qc2 (27.e4) e4? (27...g5) 28.d4?! (28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.dxe4 dxe4 30.Qxe4)
Kd6 (28...Qd6) 29.Ra6 (29.dxc5+) Rxa6 (29...cxd4)
30.bxa6 (30.dxc5+) Ra8 31.Ra1 (31.dxc5+) cxd4 (31...Qf7) 32.exd4
Bxd4 (32...Qc8) 33.Ra4?! (33.Rd1) Bc3 (33...b5) 34.Qd1 (34.Qe2) Ke7
35.Qg4 (35.Bf1) Ra7 (35...b5) 36.Qh4+ (36.cxd5) Kf7 (36...Bf6)
37.Qf4+ Ke7 (37...Bf6) 38.Ra2? (38.Qh4+) dxc4
39.Qh4+ Bf6 (39...g5!) 40.Qxe4 Qd1+ (40...Qd4) 41.Bf1 cxb3
42.Qxb4+ Kf7 (42...Ke8) 43.Rd2 Qc1 44.Kg2? (44.Qxb6) b2
45.Bd3 Rxa6 (45...b5) 46.Re2?? (46.Rxb2 Bxb2 47.Bxa6)
Ra1 47.Qxb6 (47.Qe4) Qf1+ 48.Kf3 Qh1+ 49.Kg4 (49.Ke3) Ra4+ 50.f4 h5+
51.Kh3 Qf1+ 52.Rg2 Qxd3 0-1
In March 1975, I played in the Hickory, NC Open.
Wall Bill - Bawgus Gary (1705), Hickory, NC Open 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1
8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nf6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Nc4 Ne8
14.Rad1 Rxf3 15.Bg5 Rxd3 16.Rxd3 h6 17.Bh4 b5 18.Na5 c5 19.Bg3 Nf6
20.f3 c4 21.Rd1 Kf7 22.Nb7 Ke6 23.Bf2 Nd7 24.Kg2 Rb8 25.Nxd6 cxd6
26.Rg1 Nc5 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Rd1 Rb7 29.Kg3 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Kxd7 31.Kg4 g6
32.f4 Ke6 33.h4 exf4 34.Kxf4 g5+ 35.hxg5 hxg5+ 36.Kxg5 Ke5 0-1
Wall Bill - Lipkin Alan (1600), Hickory, NC Open 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.Ne2 fxe4 7.Nxd4 Nf6
8.O-O c6 9.Be2 Bc5 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Ne3 d5 12.d4 exd3 13.Qxd3 Ne4 14.Nd1
Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Bd4 Bg4 18.Bxg4 Qxg4 19.f3 Qh3 20.fxe4
1-0
Hall Greg - Wall Bill, NC Hickory, NC Open 1975
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 Re8 7.O-O e5 8.d5
c5 9.e4 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.b3 f5 12.Nh4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 h6 14.Bc1 Kh7
15.Nf3 Bf5 16.Nh4 Bc8 17.Nf3 Bf5 18.Nh4 1/2-1/2
In March 1975, I played in the Dogwood Open in Statesville, NC
Post Alfred (1631) - Wall Bill, Dogwood Open, Statesville, NC 1975
1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nh3
d6 9.Rd1 Na6 10.O-O Qe8 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Bf5
15.Qd4 Qc8 16.Ng5 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Bf6 18.Qe3 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Cooley Alan (1793), Dogwood Open, Statesville, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.Re1 Nge7 7.Na3 O-O
8.Nc2 a6 9.Be2 f5 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Ne3 Nxe3 12.dxe3 e4 13.Qd5+ Kh8
14.Qxe4 d5 15.Qh4 Bf6 16.Qg3 Ne7 17.Bd3 Bf5 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4
20.Rxe4 Nf5 21.Qg4 Qd5 22.c4 Qd1+ 23.Re1 Qc2 24.Qe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 Nd6
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Brown Grady (1833), Dogwood Open, Statesville, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.b3 g6 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Bg7 8.d3
d6 9.Bd2 e5 10.Rc1 Nf6 11.h3 O-O 12.Rc2 Ne8 13.c5 dxc5 14.Rxc5 Nd6
15.Qc1 Re8 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Bd2 Nb5 18.Rc2 Be6 19.Bb4 Rac8 20.Ng3 Rxc2
21.Qxc2 Rc8 22.Qb2 Nc3 23.Bxc3 dxc3 24.Qc2 Bh6 25.Be2 Bd2+ 26.Kf1 a5
27.Kg1 a4 28.Bd1 axb3 29.axb3 Ra8 30.Nf1 Qb4 31.Kh2 Bh6 32.Ne3 Bxe3
33.fxe3 Ra3 34.Qf2 Bxb3 35.Rf1 Be6 36.Bg4 Ra2 37.Qf6 Qb2 38.Qd8+ Kg7
39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2
In April 1975, I played in the Statesville, NC Open.
Montakhab Frank (1895) - Wall Bill, Statesville, NC Open 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Na6
8.a3 Be7 9.Qc2 h6 10.e4 d6 11.b4 c5 12.b5 Nc7 13.Bb2 d5 14.dxc5 Bxc5
15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.a4 Qe7 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.exd5 Ncxd5 19.Qb3 Nb4 20.Ndf3 Be4
21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Bc2 23.Qa3 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Nc6 25.Qxe7 Nxe7 26.Rd2
Ne8 27.Bb7 Rc7 28.Bc6 f6 29.a5 fxe5 30.Bxb6 Rxd2 31.Bxc7 Nxc6 0-1
Wall Bill - Pennell Gary, Statesville, NC Open 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6
8.Qd2 Bb7 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Ke7 12.Nxd5+ Qxd5 13.Qxd5
Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Ke6 15.Rd2 Ne4 16.Bd7# 1-0
Tabor Bill - Wall Bill, Statesville, NC Open 1975
1.c4 g6 2.e3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.O-O Nb4 7.d4 d6 8.a3
Nc6 9.Nbc3 Bd7 10.b4 Qc8 11.Bb2 Bh3 12.Nf4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 e5 14.dxe5
Nxe5 15.Ncd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bh6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Ne2 f5 19.Rc1 Qd8 20.Qb3
Kh8 21.Rfd1 f4 22.exf4 exf4 23.Nxf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Rxf4 25.Qc3+ Kg8
26.Qe3 Qg5+ 27.Kh1 Qg4 28.h3 Qf3+ 29.Qxf3 Rxf3 30.Rxc7 Rxh3+ 31.Kg2
Rxa3 32.Rxb7 Rd8 33.d6 h5 34.d7 Kf7 35.Re1 Rd3 36.Rxa7 R8xd7 37.Rxd7+
Rxd7 38.b5 Rb7 39.Re5 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Post Alfred (1631), Statesville, NC Open 1975
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Ne5 Qc7
8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.O-O g6 10.a4 Bg7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.f4 Rfd8
14.Qb5 a6 15.Qxc6 Rxc6 16.a5 d4 17.Na3 dxe3 18.dxe3 Rcd6 19.Rxd6 Rxd6
20.Nc4 Rd7 21.Ba3 Ne4 22.Rf1 Bc3 23.Bc1 Kg7 24.Nb6 Rd8 25.Nc4 Rd7
26.Nb6 Rd8 27.Nc4 1/2-1/2
Brown Grady (1833) - Wall Bill, Statesville, NC Open 1975
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 d5 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nh3 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.O-O
Bd7 9.f3 dxc4 10.bxc4 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 Bd6 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Rb1 Nh5
15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.e4 Qh6 17.f4 fxe4 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Ncxe4 Ng4 20.Nf3 Ne3
21.Qb3 Nxf1 22.Bxf1 b6 23.Neg5 Be8 24.Bd3 Nd7 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Ne6 Bf7
27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.Ng5 Bxd5 29.Qb5 Rc8 30.Bf5 Bc6 31.Qc4 Bd5 32.Qd3 c4
33.Qd4 Rc5 34.Ne6+ Bxe6 35.Qd6+ 1-0
In April 1975, I played in the Wake Forest Open in Winston-Salem, NC.
Wall Bill - Dalley David (1620), Winston-Salem (1975.04.26) 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 a6 5.Bxd7+ Nxd7 6.O-O Ngf6 7.Nc3 g6
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.f4 Qc7 13.Nf3 Rfe8
14.Ra3 Nb6 15.Rb3 e5 16.Be3 Nc4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Nxe3 19.Rbxe3 exf4
20.R3e2 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Qc3 22.Ng5 Qf6 23.Rxb2 Re5 24.Qxb7 Rce8 25.Nf3
R5e7 26.Qb4 Rxe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Rb8+ Kg7 29.Rxe4 Qa1+ 30.Ng1 Qc1
31.Rc8 Qd2 32.Rc7 g5 33.Nf3 Qc1+ 34.Re1 1-0
McCann Mike (2029) - Wall Bill, Winston-Salem (1975.04.26) 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Be3 O-O
8.Qd2 c5 9.Ndb5 a6 10.Nxd6 Qc7 11.Nxc8 Qxc8 12.O-O Rd8 13.Qc1 b5
14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Ra7 16.Bh6 Be5 17.c3 Qc7 18.f4 Bd6 19.Qe3 c4
20.Qh3 Nd7? (20...Nc6) 21.Bg5 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Re8 23.Bxf7+! Kxf7
24.Qxh7+ Ke6 25.Qxg6+ Nf6 26.Bxf6 1-0
Wall Bill - Demers Rex (1800), Winston-Salem (1975.04.26) 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O Nge7 8.f4
O-O 9.a4 Nd4 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.Rf2 Rf7
15.Raf1 Bh3 16.b3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rd8 18.Nc1 Qe6 19.N3e2 Nec6 20.Nxd4
cxd4 21.Bh6 Qd6 22.Ne2 Qb4 23.Qc1 Qc5 24.Ng1 Nb4 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nf3
h6 27.Qd1 Rc8 28.Ne1 Qc6 29.h4 h5 30.Nf3? (30.g4) Nxc2 31.Nxe5 Ne3+
32.Kg1 Nxd1 33.Nxc6 Nxf2 0-1
In May 1975, I played in the Morganton, NC Open.
Wall Bill - Tabor Bill, Morganton, NC Open 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.Bf3 e5 11.Nf5 Nc5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.f5 b5 14.b4 Ncd7
15.Qe1 Bb7 16.Qg3 Rfc8 17.Bh6 Qf8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Rxc2 20.a4 Rb8
21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra7 Rc3 23.Qe1 Rc4 24.Bg5 Re8 25.h4 e4 26.Be2 Rd4
27.Bxb5 Rd8 28.Bxd7 Rxd7 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Rxd7 1-0
Johnson Donald - Wall Bill, Morganton, NC Open 1975
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh4
e6 9.Nhf3 Nc6 10.c3 Ng4 11.Nc4 d5 12.Ne3 Nxe3 13.Bxe3 d4 14.Bd2 Qc7
15.e5 dxc3 16.Bxc3 Rd8 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Qa4 Nxe5 19.Qe4 Bb7 20.Nxe5 Bxe4
21.Nxd7 Bxg2 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.Bxf6 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Rd7 25.Rc4 a5 26.Ke1
Raa7 27.Kd2 Rd5 28.Be5 b5 29.Rc1 c4 30.a3 g5 31.Rg1 h6 32.h4 Kh7
33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rxg5 f6 35.Bxf6 Rxg5 36.Bxg5 Rd7 37.Kc3 cxd3 38.Bxd3+
Kg7 39.Bxb5 Rc7+ 40.Bc4 Rc8 41.Kd4 Rb8 42.b3 1-0
Hardy Jim - Wall Bill, Morganton, NC Open 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 Ne7
8.Bd2 Qe5+ 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nf3 Qf5 11.O-O Qxd3 12.Bxd3 c6 13.a3 Ba5
14.Rfe1 Ng6 15.Rad1 Bg4 16.Be2 Nd7 17.h3 Bf5 18.Nd4 Bxc3 19.Bxc3 Be4
20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Rfd8 22.Rd2 Nb6 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Ba5 f6 25.Bxb6
axb6 26.Kh2 Kf7 27.Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2
In May 1975, I played in the Dogwood Festival Open in Statesville, NC.
Wall Bill - Montakhab Frank (1895), Dogwood Festival, Statesville, NC 1975
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.O-O Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nb6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Ne5 Nd5
14.Qd2 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Bd6 16.Qe4 Qc7 17.Nf3 Qc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Rab1
Rab8 20.Rb3 a5 21.Rfb1 f6 22.Kf1 Kf7 23.Nd2 a4 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Rxb8
Bxb8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.h4 e5 28.Nc4 exd4 29.cxd4 1/2-1/2
Hull Don (1600) - Wall Bill, Dogwood Festival, Statesville, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.cxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bb4
8.Bd2 Qa5 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.O-O Nxc4 12.Qxc4 b6 13.a3 Ba6
14.axb4 Qxa1 15.Rxa1 Bxc4 16.b5 Na5 17.Ra4 Rfc8 18.b4 Nb3 19.Be3 Bd3
20.Na2 Bxb5 21.Ra3 Bc4 22.Nc3 a5 23.bxa5 Rxa5 24.Rxa5 bxa5 25.Ne4 Bd5
26.Nd6 Rb8 27.Ne1 a4 28.Nd3 a3 0-1
Wall Bill - Parrish Bill, Dogwood Festival, Statesville, NC 1975
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.b3 d4 4.Bb2 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.a3
O-O 9.Qc2 Qc7 10.Ng5 g6 11.Ne4 Bf5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.d3 Bg7 14.Nd2 Rfe8
15.Ne4 b6 16.Ng5 Be6 17.Bc1 Rad8 18.Bd2 Nb8 19.Qc1 Bc8 20.Bd5 Rd7
21.Ne4 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Bh6 Qc6 24.h4 f5 25.Bxg7 Rxg7 26.Ng5 Nd7
27.b4 Nf6 28.bxc5 Qxc5 29.Rb1 e4 30.Rb5 Qd6 31.c5 bxc5 32.Qc4+ Qd5
33.Rxc5 Qxc4 34.dxc4 Rd7 35.Rc6 Ng4 36.Re1 Ne5 37.Rc5 d3 38.Kh1 Kg7
39.a4 Kg8 40.a5 Kg7 41.a6 h6 42.Nh3 Re6 43.Nf4 Re8 44.exd3 Nxd3
45.Nxd3 Rxd3 46.Rc7+ Kf6 47.Rxa7 Ra3 48.Rb1 Re6 49.c5 Ke5 50.Rb6 Rxb6
51.cxb6 Kd6 52.Ra8 Kc6 53.b7 1-0
Cooley Alan (1739) - Wall Bill, Dogwood Festival, Statesville, NC 1975
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.Qe2 Bg4
8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Ng5 Qd7 12.Be3 O-O-O 13.Nxf7 1-0
From May 17 to May 25, 1975, I played in the World Class Championship
in Vancouver, British Columbia. I took 5th in the world under 1600.
The tournament was later named the Keres Memorial. Paul Keres won the
Open section, then died a few days later on his way back to Estonia.
The tournament was directed by Jonathan Berry.
Wall Bill - Sorg Carl, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 (4.c4; 4.Bd3)
Bg4 (4...e6; 4...c6; 4...g6) 5.Be2 (5.c4; 5.Bd3; 5.Bb5+; 5.c3)
Nc6 (5...e6; 5...c6; 5...Nd7) 6.O-O (6.c3; 6.h3; 6.c4)
e6 (6...g6; 6...Qd6) 7.c3 (7.c4; 7.Nc3; 7.Re1; 7.h3)
Bd6 (7...Be7; 7...Qd7) 8.Nbd2 (8.Ne5; 8.Bg5; 8.g3; 8.c4; 8.Re1)
Nf6 (8...Nf4; 8...O-O; 8...a6) 9.Re1 (9.Nc4) O-O 10.h3 Bh5 (10...Bf5)
11.Nf1 (11.Bd3) h6 (11...Qe7) 12.a4 a5 (12...Nd5) 13.Ne3
e5?! (13...Bg6) 14.Nf5 (14.Nxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxc6) exd4 15.Nxd6 (15.N3xd4)
Qxd6 16.Nxd4 Rfe8 (16...Bxe2) 17.Be3 (17.Bxh5) Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Qxd1
(18...Nd5) 19.Raxd1 Re4 (19...Rad8) 20.Ra1 (20.b3) Rae8 21.Ng3
(21.Red1) R4e6 (21...R4e5) 22.Red1 (22.Rad1) Ne5 (22...b6)
23.Kf1 (23.b3) b6 (23...Nc4) 24.Rab1 g6? (24...Nc4) 25.Bxh6 c6
26.b3 (26.Ne2) Nd5 27.Rbc1 Nd7 (27...Nf6) 28.c4 N5f6 29.Be3 c5
30.Bg5 (30.Rc2) Kg7 (30...Ne5) 31.Re1 Ne5 (31...Rxe1+)
32.Rcd1 Nfd7? (32...Nc6) 33.f4 Nc6 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Rxd7 Re3
36.Kf2 Rxb3 37.Rd6 Nb4 38.Bf6+ Kh7 39.Rd8 1-0
Coughlin Sinclair - Wall Bill, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 (2...d5; 2...e6; 2...d6; 2...b6; 2...c5)
3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 (5...c5; 5...d6; 5...a5)
6.O-O (6.c4; 6.d3; 6.d4) d5 (6...a5; 6...d6; 6...b6)
7.d3 (7.c4) Re8 (7...Nbd7; 7...a5; 7...Bg4; 7...Na6; 7...Bf5)
8.Nbd2 (8.c4) Nbd7 (8...Bg4) 9.c4 (9.Rb1; 9.Re1; 9.e4; 9.d4; 9.Ne5)
e6 (9...e5; 9...b6) 10.Rc1 (10.d4; 10.Qc2; 10.e4)
b6 (10...e5; 10...Qb6; 10...Qa5) 11.cxd5 (11.Qc2) cxd5
12.Ne5 (12.b4) Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Ba6 14.Bc7 (14.Nf3) Qd7
15.Rc2 (15.Qc2) Rec8 (15...Rac8) 16.Qc1 Ne8 17.Bf4 Rxc2 18.Qxc2 Rc8
19.Qb1 h6 (19...e5) 20.Nf3 Qb7 (20...g5) 21.Rc1 Kh7 (21...Nf6)
22.Rc2 (22.Be5) g5 (22...Rxc2) 23.Rxc8 (23.Be5) Qxc8 24.d4+? (24.Bd2)
f5? (24...Kg8) 25.Be5 Bxe2 26.Bxg7 Bxf3 (26...Kxg7)
27.Be5 (27.Bxf3) Bxg2 (27...Be2) 28.Kxg2 Qc3 29.Qf1 Qc8 (29...Qa5)
30.g4 Kg6 (30...Ng7) 31.gxf5+ exf5 32.Qb5 Qe6
33.Qa6 f4 (33...Qd7) 34.h3 (34.f3) g4 (34...Kh5)
35.h4 Qf5 (35...Kh5 36.Qxa7 Kxh4) 36.Qxa7 Qe4+ 37.Kh2 Qf3
(37...g3+ 38.fxg3 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Kg2=)
38.Qxb6+? (38.h5+ Kxh5 39.Qf7+ Kg5 40.Qe7+ Kf5 41.Qd7+ Kg5=)
Kh5 (38...Kf5) 39.Kg1 g3 40.fxg3 fxg3 (40...Qxg3+)
41.Bxg3 Qxg3+ 42.Kf1 Qf4+ 43.Ke2 Nf6 44.a4 Ne4
45.a5?? (45.Qb4) Qf2+ 46.Kd1 Qd2# 0-1
Wall Bill - Whittlesey John, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Bxf3 5.Bxf3 Nbd7 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 Bd6
8.d3 O-O 9.Nd2 Qe7 10.Qc1 c6 11.c4 Rfd8 12.Rd1 e5 13.Nf1 Qe6 14.Qc2
Rac8 15.Rac1 Rc7 16.Bg2 d4 17.Rb1 Rf8 18.Bc1 h6 19.Bd2 Nh7 20.Qc1 f5
21.b4 Be7 22.b5 c5?? (22...Nhf6) 23.Bd5 1-0
Litten Tim - Wall Bill, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 a6 4.a4 e6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 g6 8.O-O Bg7
9.h3 O-O 10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Ng4 12.hxg4 Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bg7 14.g5 Ne7
15.Kf2 Qc7 16.Rh1 d4 17.e4 Qxf4 18.Nc4 b5 19.Rh4 Qc7 20.Nb2 Be5 21.Rh3
Kg7 22.Qh1 Rh8 23.g3 Nc6 24.Rg1 Nb8 25.Rg2 Nd7 26.Nh2 Bb7 27.Ng4 Nf8
28.Ke1 Rd8 29.Qf1 Bc6 30.Kd2 Bxe4 31.dxe4 d3 32.Nxd3 c4 33.axb5 cxd3
34.Bxd3 axb5 35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Qf4 Qa1 37.Qf6+ Qxf6 38.gxf6+ Kxf6 39.c4
bxc4 40.bxc4 Nd7 41.Kc3 h5 42.Rgh2 Ne5 43.Be2 Kg7 44.c5 Ra8 45.g4 Ra3+
46.Kd4 Rxh3 47.Rxh3 Nc6+ 48.Ke3 Rb8 49.gxh5 Rb3+ 50.Bd3 g5 51.Kd2 Kh6
52.Rh1 Rb8 53.Rf1 Ne5 54.Be2 Rb2+ 55.Ke3 Rc2 56.Kd4 Nc6+ 57.Kd3 Rxc5
58.Ke3 (58.Rxf7) Ne5 59.Ra1 Rc7 60.Ra5 (60.Rf1) Nd7 (60...Nc4)
61.Kf2? Nf6 62.e5 Nxh5 63.Ra8? Nf4 0-1
Wall Bill - Szarka Frank, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 d6 7.e3 Re8 8.Nge2
Nbd7 9.O-O Rb8 10.Rc1 a6 11.Qc2 g6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Bg2 Bf5
15.d3 Rc8 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.h3 h5 18.Kh2 Nh7 19.Ng1 Qb8 20.Rc2 Rcd8 21.Bc1
d5 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Re1 h4 24.Bxd5? (24.Bb2) e4 25.Qa5 (25.dxe4) b6 26.Bxf7+
Kxf7 27.Qxa6 hxg3+ 28.fxg3 exd3 29.Qc4+ Kf8 30.Rf2 (30.e4) Bd6 31.Rg2 Re4
32.Qc3 Kg8 33.Nf3 Bb4 0-1
MacKay Terry - Wall Bill, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.d3 Re8 7.O-O d6 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bd2 Kh7 10.Ne1 e5 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Qb6+ 13.Kh1 Qxb2 14.Bd2 Qb6
15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Qc1 Na6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc5 19.Bf3 Bd4 20.Bxh6 Bh3
21.Ng2 Rh8 22.Be3 Ne6 23.Rxb7? (23.Bxd4) Qxb7 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Qf4
Nxf3 26.Rxf3 Bxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Kg8 28.Qxd6 Qb2 29.Qxc6 Qxe2+
30.Rf2 Rxh2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Hooper Mike, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bd7
8.Re1 Qc8 9.Nf1 Bh3 10.c3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 e5 12.e4 Re8 13.Bd2 Nd8 14.Qc1
Ne6 15.h4 Nc5 16.Qc2 Qe6 17.c4 Qd7 18.Be3 Ne6 19.N1h2 h5 20.Rad1 c5
21.b4 b6 22.b5 a5 23.a4 Nf8 24.Qc1 Ng4 25.Nxg4 Qxg4 26.Nh2 Qd7 27.Rf1
Ne6 28.Nf3 Kh7 29.Ng1 Rf8 30.f3 f6 31.Rf2 Rf7 32.Rdf1 Raf8 33.Nh3 Qe7
34.Qd2 Qd7 35.f4 exf4 36.Nxf4 Nxf4+ 37.Bxf4 f5 38.exf5 Rxf5 39.Bg5
Qb7+ 40.Kh2 Rxf2+ 41.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 42.Qxf2 Qd7 43.Qf3 Bh6 44.Kg2 Bxg5
45.hxg5 Qe7 46.Qd5 Qe2+ 47.Kh3 Qg4+ 48.Kg2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Dieke Ron, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.e4 e6 2.Ne2 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Ng3 Bd6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.f3 Be6
8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nc3 h6 10.Bd2 Bxg3+ 11.hxg3 c6 12.Qe2 h5 13.O-O-O Qb6
14.f4 g6 15.f5 gxf5 16.Bxf5 O-O-O 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qd3 Rde8 19.Bf4 Ng4
20.Qe2 Qd8 21.Kb1 Qf6 22.Rhf1 Qg7 23.Bd6 e5 24.Rde1 Qg6 25.dxe5 Ndxe5
26.Bb4? (26.Bxe5) Nc4 27.Qd3? (27.Qxe8+ Qxe8 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Rf8)
Qxd3 28.cxd3 Nd2+ 0-1
This next game appeared in Chess Informant 19 and Chess Life magazine.
Robinson Gary - Wall Bill, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 5.d5 d6 6.Nf3 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Nd7 8.Nd3
e6 9.dxe6 Nxe6 10.g3 Be7 11.Bg2 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 O-O 13.O-O Bf6 14.Nd5 Qd8
15.Bd2 Rb8 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Nf4 Qb6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Qc2 Qa6 20.b3 b6
21.Bc3 Nd7 22.Be4 f5 23.Bg2 Rbd8? (23...Rbe8) 24.Rfe1 Rfe8 25.Qb2 Re7
26.Rxe6 Rxe6 27.Bd5 Nf8 28.Bxg7 Rxd5 29.cxd5 Re7? (29...Re8)
30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.Qf6+ Ke8 32.d6 Re2 33.d7+ Kxd7 34.Rd1+ Kc7
35.Qd8+ Kb7 36.Rd7+ Kc6 37.a4?? (37.Rc7+ Kb5 38.Qd3+) Re1+ 38.Kg2
Qf1+ 39.Kf3 Qh1+ 40.Kf4 Qe4+ 41.Kg5 Qg4+ 42.Kf6 Qg6# 0-1
Rose Robert - Wall Bill, World Class Ch, Vancouver, BC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.Qd2
a6 9.O-O b6 10.Rae1 h5 11.h3 d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bg5 f6
15.Bxd5 Ne5 16.Bxa8 Bxh3 17.Bg2 fxg5 18.Nc3 O-O 19.f3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 h4
1/2-1/2
In June 1975, I took 1st place in the Tarhill Classic under 1800 in
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Wall Bill - Simpson G, Tarhill Classic, Raleigh 1975
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Qb6 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 Bd7 8.Nbd2
Nge7 9.Bxc4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.Nd6+ Kd8 12.Nxf7+ Ke8 13.Nxh8 g6
14.Ng5 1-0
Wall Bill - Ostrow David, Tarhill Classic, Raleigh 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb5 a6
8.Ba4 Ne7 9.O-O h6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nb6 Qd8
14.Nxa8 g6 15.Nc7+ Qxc7 16.Qxd4 Rh7 17.Bf4 Qxc2 18.Rac1 Qf5 19.Rc7 b5
20.Ra7 1-0
Abrams Harry - Wall Bill, Tarhill Classic, Raleigh 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3
Nbd7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Be2 b5 11.e5 Bb7 12.Qg3 dxe5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.Bf4
Qc5 15.Bxb5 axb5 16.Ndxb5 O-O 17.Bh6 Nh5 18.Qg4 Ndf6 19.Qe2 gxh6 0-1
Wall Bill - Bolch Mike, Tarhill Classic, Raleigh 1975
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Ne2 Ngf6 7.O-O a5 8.a4
O-O 9.f4 Re8 10.Kh1 Bf8 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Na3 b6 13.c4 Bb7 14.cxd5 Nxd5
15.Nf4 Nb4 16.d4 Nd7 17.Bc1 Nf6 18.Nc2 Ne4 19.Nh5 Qc7 20.Nxb4 axb4
21.Qg4 Qe7 22.Kg1 g6 23.Bxe4 f5 24.Bxf5 1-0
Casper Tim - Wall Bill, Tarhill Classic, Raleigh 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O Bb7
8.Nf3 g6 9.Ne2 Bg7 10.c3 Ne7 11.Bg5 d6 12.Nh4 Nbc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.g3
O-O 15.f4 Rac8 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Qe3+ 18.Rf2 Ne5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Bxa6
Bxa6 21.Nd5 Qc5 22.b4 Qb5 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.f6 Bf8 26.Nf5
Bb7 27.Nxd6 Bxd6 28.Qxd6 Nf3+ 29.Rxf3 Bxf3 30.Re1 h6 31.Re7 Qc4
32.Qxb6 Qxa2 33.Qf2 Qa1+ 34.Re1 Qxc3 35.Re3 Qa1+ 36.Re1 Qxf6 37.b5 Rc3
0-1
Wall Bill - Walker Mark, Tarhill Classic, Raleigh 1975
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.d4 Bb6 6.e3 Nc6 7.c4 Ba5+
8.Nbd2 O-O 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qd6 11.O-O Bg4 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nc5 Rab8
14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Nh4 b6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Na6 Rbd8 19.Qf3 Nb4
20.Nxb4 Bxb4 21.Qb7 a6 22.Rac1 Bd6 23.Qf3 Rc8 24.e4 Rfe8 25.Bd5 Bb4
26.Rc6 Red8 27.Rfc1 Bd6 28.e5 fxe5 29.dxe5 Bxe5 30.Re1 Rd6 31.Rc2 Rcd8
32.Bxf7+ Qxf7 33.Qxf7+ Kxf7 34.Rxe5 c5 35.Rce2 R8d7 1/2-1/2
In July 1975, I played in the 3rd World Open in New York.
Wall Bill - Rowswell Jerry, World Open, New York 1975
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e6 8.d4
b5 9.Bb3 Na6 10.Nf3 Nc7 11.O-O Nd5 12.Bd2 Ba6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Qc1 h6
15.Bxd5 exd5 16.h3 Qc7 17.Bf4 O-O-O? (17...Qd8) 18.e6 d6 19.Qa3 Kb7
20.exf7 Rhf8 21.cxd6 Rxd6 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.Bxd6 1-0
Wall Bill - Felle Tom, World Open, New York 1975
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.g3 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.Nh4 Nf6
8.Nxf5 exf5 9.Bg2 g6 10.Na3 a6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Nc2 h5 13.h4 f4 14.Bh3+
Kb8 15.Kg2 (15.Bg2) fxg3 16.fxg3 Ne4 17.Qe1 f6 18.b4? (18.Ne3) g5
19.Bf5 gxh4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.gxh4 Rhg8+ 22.Kh1?? (22.Kh3) Qe6 (22...Rg3!)
23.Qf2 (23.Kh2) Qh3+ 24.Qh2 Qxc3 25.e3 Rg6 26.Rac1 Rdg8
27.d5 (27.a3) Rg2 28.Qxg2 Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Ne5 30.Nd4 Qd2+ 31.Kh1 Ng4
32.Rc2 Qxe3 0-1
Fiacco Lee - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Ndb5 a6
8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Qe2 Ne5 13.O-O-O Qc7
14.f4 Nxd3+ 15.Rxd3 b5 16.a3 a5 17.Rg3 Rc8 18.f5 b4 19.Nb1 e5 20.Qd2
a4 21.Na1 b3 22.Rc3 Qb7 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Nc3 O-O 25.Re1 Kh8 26.Re3 Rg8
27.Rh3 Bf8 28.Nd5 Bg7 29.Nxf6? (29.cxb3) Bxf6 30.Qh6?? Bg5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Tate Jeff, World Open, New York 1975
1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 Qc7 7.Nbc3 a6 8.b3
Nc6 9.a3 Rb8 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 e6 12.Bb2 d6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Ncb5 axb5
15.cxb5 d5 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Qd4+ f6 20.b4 Bc8
21.Rc2 Ba6 22.Rfc1 Bb5 23.Qb2 e5 24.Ne1 f5 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Rc5 Qe7
27.R5c2 h5 28.Ng2 g5 29.Qa2 Ra8 30.Qb2 Rf6 31.Ra1 Qe6 32.Rd2 h4
33.gxh4 (33.Qc3) gxh4 34.Kh1 h3 35.Ne1 Kf7 36.a4 Rg6
37.f4? (37.f3) Qg4 0-1
Wall Bill - Dunleavy John (1786), World Open, New York 1975
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6
8.b3 Nc6 9.Bb2 Bf6 10.c5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd5 12.Na3 O-O 13.Nb5 a6 14.Bxd5
exd5 15.Na3 Re8 16.Nc2 Re4 17.Qd3 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Rxe4 dxe4 20.Qh3
Rd8 21.Rd1? (21.Re1) Qxc5 22.Rc1 (22.Bc3) Qb6 23.g3 (23.Qf5) Qa5
24.d5? (24.Qg4) Bxb2 25.dxc6 Bxc1 26.cxb7 f5 27.Qf1 Bh6 28.Qc4+ Kh8
29.Qe6 Qb5 30.Qc8 Qe8 31.Qxc7 e3 32.f3 e2 33.Ne1 Bd2 0-1
Keemer Ken - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Bd3
O-O 9.N2f3 Qc7 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.O-O b5 12.h3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Bb7 14.Nh4 Qd8
15.f4 Qb6 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.f5 Rac8 18.Kh1 Ne5 19.Bb1 Nc4 20.Qe2 Ne5
21.Bc2 Nc6 22.Ndf3 b4 23.Bb3 Na5 24.fxg6 Nxb3 25.gxh7+ Kh8 26.Ng5 Bf6
27.Nxf7+ Rxf7 28.Ng6+ Kxh7 29.Qh5+ Kg7 30.axb3 Bxe4
31.Nf4 Kf8 32.Ne6+ Ke8? (32...Kg8) 33.Ng7+ Bxg7 34.Qxf7+ 1-0
Romagosa Rene - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O
e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Nc5 11.Re1 b6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Rc1 Ba6
15.Na4? (15.Re3) Nd3 16.Bf1 Nxe1 17.Bxa6? (17.Nxe1) Nxf3+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Rodriguez Fidel, World Open, New York 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 f6
8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 Qd7 10.O-O Bd6 11.c3 O-O-O 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.b4 g5 14.Nc4
Ng6 15.Rd1 Qe6 16.Nxd6+ cxd6 17.a4 b6 18.c4 Rdg8 19.b5 a5 20.bxc6 h5
21.Qb2 Kc7 22.Be3 Rb8 23.Rab1 g4 24.Qb5 Kd8 25.c7+ Kxc7 26.Bxb6+ Kc8
27.Qc6# 1-0
Castaldo Sam - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O Be7
8.Be3 Bd7 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 Nf6 12.Kh1 O-O-O 13.Bd3 d5
14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Qf2 Rd7 17.Rfd1 Bd6 18.h3 Bg3 19.Qg1 h5
20.Bb6 Qc6 21.Qc5 Qxc5 22.Bxc5 g5 23.Bd4 Rg8 24.Bh7 Re8
25.Rd3? (25.Bf6) Bc4 26.Rdd1? (26.Rc3) Red8 27.c3 e5 28.Bf5 Be6 0-1
In July 1975, I won the Bluegrass Classic Under 1800 with a perfect 5-0
in Lexington, Kentucky.
Ryan Randy - Wall Bill, Bluegrass Classic, Lexington, KY 1975
1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.Nf3 Qxf4 6.O-O Qc7 7.Ng5 Nh6
8.Qf3 d6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d3 f6 11.Nxe6 Bxe6 12.Bxh6 Qb7 13.Bc1 Be7
14.b3 O-O 15.Bf4 Rfd8 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Rae1 a5 18.Re2 Qb4 19.Nb1 a4 20.c3
Qb7 21.Rb2 a3 22.Re2 Bxb3 23.Nxa3 Rxa3 24.axb3 Rxb3 25.c4 Qa7 26.h4
Qa3 27.Re3 Qb2 28.Kh2 g5 29.hxg5 fxg5 30.Bxg5 Bxg5 31.Qxg5 Rg8 32.Qf6+
Rg7 33.Qxb2 Rxb2 34.Rf8+ Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.e5 d5 37.Kg3 d4 38.Re1
Rd2 39.e6 Rxd3+ 40.Kf4 Kf8 41.e7+ Ke8 42.Rh1 Re3 43.Rxh7 Rxe7
44.Rh3 Re2 45.g4 Rc2 46.Ke4 Rxc4 47.g5 Rc1 48.Rg3 Re1+ 49.Kd3 Rf1
50.g6 Kf8 51.Rg5 Rc152.Kd2 Rc3 53.g7+ Kg8 54.Rg4 Ra3 55.Rg6 c4 56.Rxc6
Ra2+ 57.Kc1 c3 58.Rd6 Rd2 59.Rg6 Re2 60.Rd6 Re4 61.Rd7 Rg4 62.Kc2
Rg2+ 63.Kd1 Rd2+ 64.Ke1?? (64.Kc1) d3 65.Rc7 Re2+ 66.Kd1 c2+
67.Kc1 Re1+ 68.Kd2 Rd1+ 69.Ke3 c1=Q+ 0-1
House Guy - Wall Bill, Bluegrass Classic, Lexington, KY 1975
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Nbd2 c5 8.e4
d6 9.c4 bxc4 10.Nxc4 Nfd7 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Bc3 e5 13.Ne3 Nd4 14.b4 Rc8
15.bxc5 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Nxc5 17.Nf5 Nxe4? (17...Bf6) 18.Ba5 Qxa5
19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Nxc8? (20.Bxe4) Nc3 21.Qd2 Bxf3 22.Nxd6 Ne2+?
23.Kf1?? (23.Rxe2) Qxd2 0-1
Wall Bill - Williams Steve, Bluegrass Classic, Lexington, KY 1975
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.O-O Be7
8.c3 Ngf6 9.Neg5 h6 10.Nh3 Bd6 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 c6 13.Nf4 Nf8 14.a4
Qd7 15.d5 Nxd5? (15...Bxf4) 16.Nxd5 cxd5?? (16...O-O-O) 17.Bb5 1-0
Wall Bill - Dudley Bill, Bluegrass Classic, Lexington, KY 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 Be7 7.g5 Nfd7 8.f4
Qb6 9.h4 Nc6 10.Ndb5 Nb4 11.a3 Na6 12.Rh3 Ndb8 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Nxa7 Bd7
15.Nab5 Bc6 16.Bd4 O-O 17.Rg3 f6? (17...Re8) 18.gxf6 (18.Bc4)
Bxf6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxd6 Qxh4? (20...Qxf4) 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Qg4 Qe7
23.O-O-O Nd7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qf6 26.Kb1 Rac8?? (26...Rf7)
27.Qxd7 1-0
Wall Bill - Clark Thomas, Bluegrass Classic, Lexington, KY 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bd6 6.Be3 Be6 7.Nbd2 Qd7
8.Ng5 Nf6 9.Nxe6 Qxe6 10.Nc4 O-O 11.h3 Rad8 12.O-O Be7 13.a4 Nxe4
14.Qh5 f6 15.Nxe5 Rd5 16.dxe4 Rxe5 17.Qf3 Rxe4 18.Rfd1 Bd6 19.c3 Re8
20.Rd3 Qb3 21.Qd1 Qxb2 22.Rb1 Qa2 23.Rxb7 Qxa4 24.Qb1
Kf7? (24...c5) 25.Rxd6 R8e7 26.Rd8 c5 27.Qb3+ (27.Rc8) Qc4
28.Rc8 (28.Bxc5) Kg6 29.Qxc4 (29.Qb1) Rxc4 30.Rcxc7 Rxc7 31.Rxc7
Rxc3 32.Rc6 h5 33.Rxa6 Kf5 34.Ra5 g5 35.Rxc5+ 1-0
In July 1975, I played in the Lawrence Pfefferkorn Open (LPO) in
Winston-Salem, NC.
Spencer Steve (2264) - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.e5 Qd8 8.Bd3
d5 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Nf4 O-O 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Re1 Bxc5
15.Nh5 Qb6 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.b4 Bf8 18.a3 Qc7 19.g4 Kh8 20.g5 g6 21.Nf6 h5
22.Qf4 Qe7 23.Nd2 Bg7 24.Nf1 Bd7 25.Ng3 Bxf6 26.gxf6 Qf8 27.Qg5 Qg8
28.Re3 d4? (28...Qh7) 29.Re4 Nxe5 30.Qxe5 dxc3 31.Rh4 Qf8
32.Nxh5 Kg8 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.f7+ Qxf7 35.Nf6+ Kf8 36.Nxd7+ Rxd7
37.Rh8+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Gardner Nathan, LPO, Winston-Salem 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O
8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Kb1 a6 11.h4 h5 12.Rg1 b5 13.Nce2 b4 14.Nxc6
Bxc6 15.Qxb4 Qd7 16.Qd2 Rfb8 17.b3 a5 18.Bh6 a4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qc3
axb3 21.cxb3 Qa7 22.Rd2 Bb5 23.Nd4 Rc8 24.Qb2 e5? (24...Bd7)
25.Bxb5 exd4 26.Qxd4 Qxd4? (26...Qa5) 27.Rxd4 Rab8 28.Be2 Rd8 29.Rgd1 Ne8
30.e5 Rb6 31.exd6 Nxd6 32.Kb2 Kf8 33.a4 Rdb8? 34.Rxd6 1-0
Calloway Paul - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1975
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.d3 c6 7.Nge2 b5 8.Bb3
Qb6 9.a4 Ng4 10.O-O Bh4 11.g3 Bg5 12.a5 Qd8 13.f4 Ne3 14.Qd2? (14.Qc1
Nxf1 15.fxg5) Nxf1 15.Rxf1 Bh6 16.Qe1 Bh3 17.Rf2 Nd7 18.Nd1 g6
19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 (20.d4) dxe5 21.Nb2? (21.Kh1) Be3 0-1
Garcia S - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nde2 Nc6
8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg3 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.f4 f5 14.fxe5
Qb6+ 15.Kh1 dxe5 16.Bh4 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Na4 Qc7 19.exf5 Nxf5
20.Qd3 a5 21.c4 Bb7 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.Qc3 Qe7 24.Ne4 Rf7 25.Rae1 c5
26.N4g3 Nd4 27.Nf4 Bb7 28.Nd3 Rxf1+ 29.Nxf1 Qg5 30.Ng3 Rf8 31.Nxc5 Bc6
32.Nd3 Qf6 33.Kg1 Nf3+? (33...e4) 34.gxf3 Qxf3 35.Re2 h5 36.Nxe5 1-0
Wall Bill - Myers Dan (1804), LPO, Winston-Salem 1975
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O d5 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3
Bd7 9.Ne5 Re8 10.Na3 Na6 11.c4 Rc8 12.Nc2 Nc7 13.Nd4 Ne4 14.Ndf3 e6
15.Bd4 c5 16.Nxd7 cxd4 17.Nde5 dxe3 18.dxe3 Qd6 19.Qd4 Nc5 20.Qf4 f6
21.Nxg6 e5 22.Qg4 hxg6 23.Qxg6 Qe6 24.cxd5 (24.Nh4) Nxd5 25.Nh4 Ne7
26.Qh5 Qf7 27.Qe2 b6 28.Kh2 f5 29.Rad1 Rc7 30.Bf3 Qe6 31.Bh5 Rf8
32.Bf3 (32.Qc2) e4 33.Bh5 (33.Bf1) Bf6 34.Rg1? (34.Ng2) Bxh4
35.gxh4+ Kh8 36.Qb2+ Qf6? (36...Rf6) 37.Qxf6+? (37.Rd6!) Rxf6
38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.Be8 Rc8 40.Rxc8 Nxc8 41.h5 a5 42.h4 (42.Rg6) Nd3
43.Rg2 Ne5 44.Kg3 Rf8 45.Kf4?? (45.Bg6+) Nd3+ 0-1
In August 1975, I played in the North Carolina Championship in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Gray Ron - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill 1975
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.e4 Bb7 8.e5
Ne8 9.O-O e6 10.Re1 c5 11.Nf1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Bd2 Nc7 14.b4 Re8
15.h4 f6 16.h5 fxe5 17.dxe5 h6? (17...Rf8) 18.Bxg6 Rf8 19.a3
Rxf3? (19...Ne7) 20.Qxf3 Qh4?? (20...Kh8) 21.Qf7+ Kh8 22.Bxh6 1-0
Wall Bill - Abdel_Ghany Mohamed, NC Ch, Chapel Hill 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Bxf6 Qxf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.e4 cxd4 6.e5 Qd8 7.Qxd4 Nc6
8.Qf4 h6 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.b3 Qb4+ 11.Qxb4 Nxb4 12.Be4 d5 13.exd6 Bxd6
14.a3 Na6 15.b4 f5 16.Bd3 b6 17.Nbd2 O-O 18.O-O Nb8 19.Rfe1 Rf6 20.Bc4
Kh8 (20...Nc6) 21.Nd4 e5? (21...a5) 22.Bd5 Nc6 23.Bxc6 1-0
Noblin Stewart - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.Be3 O-O 9.h3 b5 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Bxb6 Qxb6
14.g4 h6 15.Rhg1? (15.Qe3) Nxe4 16.Bxe4?? (16.Nxe4) Bg5 0-1
Wall Bill - Burgin Robert, NC Ch, Chapel Hill 1975
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3
b5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Re1 Re8 11.b3 Qc7 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bg5 Be7
15.Qc2 h6 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Nh4 a5 19.Ne3 Ne7 20.c4 g5 21.Nf3
d4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Bxa8 dxe3 24.Bg2 exf2+ 25.Qxf2 Kg7 26.Rad1 Ng4
27.Qb2+ Kg6 28.Be4+ f5 29.Bf3 Qb6+ 30.d4 bxc4 31.Bxg4 fxg4 32.Qc2+ Nf5
33.Rxe8 Bxe8 34.Qxc4 Bf7 35.Qc5 Qxc5 36.dxc5 Be8 37.Rd8 Kf7 38.Ra8 a4
39.b4 Nd4 40.Ra6 Bc6 41.Kf2 Ke6? (41.h5) 42.b5 Kd5 43.bxc6 Nxc6 44.Rxa4
Kxc5 45.Rxg4 Nd4 46.h4 1-0
Wall Bill - Caldwell Tom, NC Ch, Chapel Hill 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.O-O e5
8.Qe3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O? (10...Qb6) 11.Nxe5 Qc7 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.h3 Nd7 14.b3 Bf6 15.Ba3 Qa5 16.Bb2 d5? (16...Be7) 17.exd5 Rfe8
18.Qd2 Nb6 19.Ne4 Qxd5 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Bxf6 Qh5 22.Qg5+ Qxg5
23.Bxg5 Re2 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Bxd2 Re8 26.Re1 Rd8 27.Be3 Re8 28.Kf1
Nd5 (28...Rd8) 29.Bxa7 Ra8 30.Bd4 Rxa2?? (30...Nb4) 31.Re8# 1-0
Wall Bill - Dotson Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill 1975
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d5 4.e5 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
Nd7 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Qc2 Ne7 11.O-O Nf5 12.Bf4 h5 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.a4 Bh6
15.Bxh6 Rxh6 16.a5 Qc7 17.b4 a6 18.Rfe1 g5 19.b5 Nh4? (19...cxb5)
20.bxa6 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 bxa6 22.Nxg5 Nf8? (22...Nb8) 23.Reb1 (23.Qd3!)
f6 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Rb6 Nd7 26.Rxa6 Qf4?? (26...Nb8) 27.Rxc6+ 1-0
In September 1975, I played in the Dixie Open in Greenville, SC.
Wall Bill - Matthews Spencer (1918), Dixie Open, Greenville, SC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Ng4
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 O-O 13.f3 Ne5 14.Bb3
Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.O-O-O Rb8 17.b3 Nc4 18.bxc4? (18.Qd3) Qa5
19.Rdf1 Bxc3 20.Qxh6?? (20.Qd3) Rb1+?? (20...Bd2) 21.Kxb1 Qb4+?
(21...Qa3!) 22.Kc1 Qb2+ 23.Kd1 Qb1+ 24.Qc1 Qxa2 25.Bxe7 Rf7
26.Bh4 Rb7 27.Ke2 Qxc4+ 28.Kf2 Rb2 29.Qg5 Rxc2+ 30.Kg3 Kh7
31.Rb1 Bb2 32.Qe7+ Kh6 33.Bg5+ Kh5 34.Qh7+ Kxg5 35.Qh4# 1-0
Hunt Steven (1877) - Wall Bill, Dixie Open, Greenville, SC 1975
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.O-O
c6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.h3 Re8 11.Qd2 a5 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Rac1 c5 14.Kh1 Nf8
15.Ne1 Bd7 16.f4 Qc8 17.e5 dxe5? (17...Nh5) 18.fxe5 Nh5 19.Bxh5 gxh5
20.Bh6 Bxh3? (20...Bxe5) 21.Bxg7 Bg4? (21...Kxg7) 22.Bxf8 Bxd1
23.Rxd1 Rxf8 24.Qg5+ Kh8 25.Qxe7 Qg4 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Rd3 Ra6 28.Qf1
Rg6 29.Rf3 Qh4+ 30.Rh3 Qg5 31.Nf3 Qf5 32.Qe2 Qg4 33.Nd2 f5 34.Rxh5
Rf7 35.Qxg4 fxg4 36.Nde4 h6 37.Ne2 Rf1+ 38.Ng1 Kh8 39.Nf6 1-0
Lamb Phillip (1966) - Wall Bill, Dixie Open, Greenville, SC 1975
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.d3
Ne8 9.h3 f5 10.f4 fxe4 11.dxe4 Bd7 12.Rb1 a5 13.Be3 Qc8 14.Kh2 Be6
15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Nd8 17.Qd2 b5 18.Rfc1 e5 19.Rf1 Nf7 20.f5 gxf5
21.Rxf5 Kh8 22.Rbf1 Ra7 23.g4 Qd8 24.Ng3 Qe7 25.Nh5 b4 26.Nxg7 Nxg7
27.Rf6 Ne8 28.Bg5 Qd7 29.Re6 Qc8 30.Re7 Rc7 31.Qf2 Kg8 32.Rxc7 Qxc7
33.Bh6 Ng7 34.Qf6 Ne8 35.Qe6 Ng7 36.Bxg7 Kxg7 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Rf5 c4
39.Qe6 Qd8 40.Rh5 Qc8?? (40...c3) 41.Rg5+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Todd John (1700), Dixie Open, Greenville, SC 1975
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.Qb3
Qxb3 9.axb3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.h4 f6 13.Re1 Nb4
14.Bxh7+? (14.exf6) Kxh7 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Rxe6 Nc6 17.Ng5+ Bxg5
18.hxg5 Nxd4 19.g6+ Kg8 20.Rd6 Nf6 0-1
In November 1975, I played in the Tarhill Classic II in Raleigh, NC.
Fuerstman Leland (1800) - Wall Bill, Tarheel II, Raleigh, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Be7
8.g4 d6 9.f4 Nd7 10.g5 h6 11.h4 hxg5 12.fxg5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qa4
Rb8 15.O-O-O b5 16.Qb3 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Rxb6 18.Rdf1 Be6 19.Nd5 Rxh4 20.g6
Rc6 (20...Rxh1 21.Rxh1 Bf8) 21.gxf7+ Kf8? (21...Bxf7) 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Rxh4 1-0
Wall Bill - Sims Joe (1737), Tarheel II, Raleigh, NC 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.O-O Bd6
8.c4 O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c5 Be7 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Re1 Nc6 13.Qb3 Bf6 14.Nxe4
fxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Kh8 17.Be3 Bxd4 18.Qxb7 Bxe3 19.Qxc6 Rf6
20.Qb5 Rb8 21.Qa5 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rxb2+ 23.Kg1 Rxf3 24.Qxc7 Rf8 25.Re7
Qxc7 26.Rxc7 Rc2 27.Rxa7 Rxc5 28.a4 Rd8 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Belk Billy (1690), Tarheel II, Raleigh, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 e6 4.c3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.dxc5 Bxc5
8.Bxc5 bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.h3 Nh5 13.Nb3 Ne7
14.Be2 Nf4 15.Rfd1 f5 16.e5 Neg6 17.Re1 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Nh4+
19.Kg3? (19.Kg1) f4+ 20.Kxh4?? (20.Kh2 Bxf3 21.Nd2) Bxf3 21.Bxf3
Qd8+ (22.Kh5 Qg5 mate) 0-1
Wilson Fred (1623) - Wall Bill, Tarheel II, Raleigh, NC 1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1
f5 9.d4 fxe4 10.Rxe4 Bf5 11.Re1 b5 12.Bc2 Bxc2 13.Qxc2 Ng6 14.d5 Na5
15.Qf5 Qf6 16.Qg4 Be7 17.Bg5 Qf7 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ng5 Qf5 20.Qxf5 Nxf5
21.Ne6 Kd7 22.g4 Nh4 23.Nd2 Nc4 24.Nxc4 Nf3+ 25.Kf1 Nxe1 26.Nxe5+ dxe5
27.Rxe1 g6 28.Rxe5 Kd6 29.f4 Rhe8 1/2-1/2
Schmidt Bernard (1970) - Wall Bill, Tarheel II, Raleigh, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7
8.Nd2 O-O 9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bg1 g6 14.Qe2
Rd8 15.c3 c5 16.c4 Nb4 17.Bb1 Nc6 18.Ne4 Nd4 19.Qg4 Qa5 20.Nf6+ Kg7
21.Be4 Rb8 22.Qh4 Rh8 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.f5 exf5 25.Bxf5 Bxf5 26.Rxf5
gxf5?? (26...Qd2; 26...Qb6) 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qh6# 1-0
On December 2, 1975, I played current U.S. Champion Walter Browne in a
35-board simul in Henderson, NC and lost. The next day I played him in a
tennis match and won.
Browne Walter (2547) - Wall Bill (1700), Henderson, NC 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6
8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 b5 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Be7 13.Nf3 Nb8 14.e5
Ng4 15.exd6 Bxd6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Nc6 19.Nd6+ Bxd6
20.exd6 Qa5 21.c3 b4? (21...Ne5) 22.cxb4 Qxb4 (22...Qa4) 23.Bxa6
Ra8 (23...Rb8) 24.Qxb4 Nxb4 25.Bb7 Rxa2 (25...Rb8) 26.Rd4 Ra4
(26...Ra1+ 27.Kxa1 Nc2+ 28.Kb1 Nxe3) 27.b3 e5 (27...Ra1+)
28.bxa4 (28.Re4) exd4 29.Bxd4 O-O 30.Ba7 Bxa4 31.Rc1 Bd7
32.Rc7 Bf5+ (32...Rd8) 33.Kb2 Rd8 34.Kb3 Nd3 35.Rc6 Be4?
(35...Ne5 36.Rb6 Be6+ 37.Kb4 Nc4) 36.Rc8 Rxc8 37.Bxc8 Kf8??
(37...Ne5 38.d7 Nxd7 39.Bxd7 Bxg2) 38.d7 Ke7 39.Bb6 1-0
In January 1976, I won the Wilkes County Chess Championship in
North Wilkesboro, NC.
Wall Bill - Miller Archie, Wilkes County Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.b3 f5 2.e3 g6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.O-O Bg7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nh3
O-O 9.Nf4 g5 10.Ng6 Rf7 11.f4 Ne4 12.Bxg7 Rxg7 13.Bh5 Nf6 14.fxg5 Nxh5
15.Qxh5 Rh7 16.Rxf5 1-0
Wall Bill - Hamilton Howard, Wilkes County Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.dxe5 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Bxd5 Qxd5 10.Nf6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Goforth Bob, Wilkes County Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Nxe5 Bxe5
8.Bxe5 O-O 9.Qf3 Qe7 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.h4 d4 13.exd4 Re8+
14.Kf1 Ba6+ 15.c4 c5 16.d5 Re4 17.Nc3 Rd4 18.Rd1 Re8 19.Na4 Bc8
20.Nxc5 1-0
Tucker Janice - Wall Bill,Wilkes County Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Nc3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.d4 b5 7.Be2 c4 8.Bf4 Bb7
9.d5 e5 10.Bg3 Nf6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.b3 cxb3 14.cxb3 O-O
15.Rc1 Nd7 16.b4 Qb6 17.a3 Be7 18.a4 Nf6 19.a5 Qa7 20.Nh4 Nxd5 21.Nxd5
Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Bxh4 23.g3 Be7 24.Rc6 Rac8 25.Rfc1 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 Qa8
27.Bh5 Qa7 28.Kg2 Kh7 29.Bxf7 Bg5 30.Rxd6 Rxf7 31.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 32.Kh3
Qf1+ 33.Kg4 Rf2 0-1
In February 1976, I won the Wilkes Community College (WCC) Championship in
North Wilkesboro, NC.
Wall Bill - Adams Roy, WCC Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Ng4 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6
8.b4 Bxf2+ 9.Rxf2 Nxf2 10.Kxf2 O-O 11.Bg5 Qd6 12.Na3 b5 13.Qd2 Bg4
14.Be3 Qf6 15.Rf1 Rad8 16.Bg5 Qe6 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Kg1 1-0
Davidson Dennis - Wall Bill, WCC Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.d4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Bg5 d6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Ng4 Bxg4
8.Qxg4 Nc6 9.Qxe4+ Be7 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Nc3 Rae8
14.Bd3 Nf5 15.Rae1 c6 16.Re2 d5 17.Qe6 Nd4 18.Qxf6 Nxe2+ 19.Nxe2 Rxf6
20.Ng3 Bc5 0-1
Wall Bill - Absher Rick, WCC Ch, North Wilkesboro, NC 1976
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Nbd7 6.c4 a6 7.Bxd7+ Bxd7
8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.d4 Bf5 11.h3 Re8 12.Qb3 b6 13.Bd2 Ne4 14.Nxe4
Bxe4 15.Rae1 f5 16.Kh1 Qf6 17.c5 Bxf3 18.cxd6 Qxd4 19.gxf3 Qxd2
20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.dxc7 b5 22.d6+ Kf8 23.Qd1 1-0
In February 1976, I played in the Durham Open in Durham, NC.
Esing Jeff - Wall Bill, Durham Open, Durham, NC 1976
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.Qe2 d5
8.Nd6+ Kd7 9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.Nf5 Re8 11.O-O-O Bf8 12.Nf3 g6 13.Ng3 Kc7
14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Rde1 Nd7 16.Nd2 a5 17.f3 Be6 18.c3 Bh6 19.Kc2 b5 20.a3
Rab8 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Ra8 23.Ra1 Nb6 24.Nb3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Nc5
Bd5 27.Rhe1 Rxe1 28.Rxa8 Rc1+ 29.Kb2 Rg1 30.Ra7+ Kb8 31.Rxh7 Rxg2+
32.Kb1 Rg1+ 33.Kc2 Rg2+ 34.Kb1 Rxh2 35.Nd7+ Kc8 36.Nb6+?! (36.Ne4)
Kd8 37.Rh8+ Kc7 38.Nxd5+ cxd5 39.f4 Kd7 40.f5 g5 41.Rh7+ Ke8
42.Rb7? (42.Rh8+) Rh3 43.Rxb5 Rxg3 44.Rxd5 Rxc3 45.b5 g4 46.Rc5 g3
47.Rc8+ Kf7 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Rc8+ Bf8 50.Re8 g2 51.Re1 Rf3 0-1
Wall Bill - Caudell Gene, Durham Open, Durham, NC 1976
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O d6 6.b3 Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.c4
a5 9.h3 h6 10.Qc2 Be6 11.c5 Qd7 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Re1 O-O 14.Bd2 Nh5
15.Qc1 Kh7 16.Nh2 Rg8 17.Na3 g5 18.g4 Nf4 19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.Nc4
Rxg4+? (20...Qa7) 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Nxg4? (22.Nb6) Qxg4+ 23.Kf1 f3
24.Rd1? (24.Re3) Qg2+ 25.Ke1 Bg5 26.Ne3 Qg1+ 27.Kd2 Qxf2+
28.Kc3 Bxe3 29.Rf1 Bd4+ 30.Kc4 Qg2 0-1
Barnes Richard - Wall Bill, Durham Open, Durham, NC 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5? Qa5+ 7.Bd2
Qxe5+ 8.Be2 Qxb2 9.Bc3 Qb6 10.Nd2 Nd5 11.Rb1 Nxc3 12.Rxb6 Nxd1 13.Rb3
Nxf2 14.Kxf2 e6 15.Rf1 Bc5+ 16.Ke1 O-O 17.Bd3 a5 18.Rf3 Ba6 19.Bxh7+
Kxh7 20.Rh3+ Kg8 21.Rh5 Bb4 22.Rbh3 Bxd2+ 23.Kxd2 f5 0-1
Wall Bill - Watson Charles (1780), Durham Open, Durham, NC 1976
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4
b6 9.d4 Bb7 10.Na3 d5 11.Nc2 Qc7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Rc1 Rfd8
15.h3 Ne4 16.Nce1 Qb6 17.a3 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qc2 Rac8 20.Nd3 c4
21.bxc4 dxc4 22.Qxc4 Ne5 23.Qa2? (23.Qb4) Nxd3 0-1
In March 1976, I played in the Southern Chess Congress in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Stanfield Freeman - Wall Bill, Southern Congress, Atlanta, 1976
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3
Rb8 9.a4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Be3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Qc8 14.Qd3 Nf6
15.d5 a5 16.Rac1 Qe8 17.Ra1 Ba6 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.Bd4 Bd7 20.Qc2 Qc8
21.Kh2 e5 22.Be3 Nh5 23.Ne4 f5 24.Nd2? (24.Ng5) f4 25.gxf4 Nxf4
26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Nf3? (27.Ne4) Rxc4 28.e4 Qe8 29.Nd2 Rxa4 30.Qd3 Rxa1
31.Rxa1 Qf7 32.Qc4 Rc8 0-1
Wall Bill - Rickman Joe (1749), Southern Congress, Atlanta, 1976
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3
Be7 9.Qc1 O-O 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Rc8 12.c4 Be2 13.Re1 Bxd3 14.cxd5
exd5 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.Nc3 Be6 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nxd5 Bxd5
20.Qxd5 Qxd5 21.Rxd5 c4 22.bxc4 Rxc4 23.Rd7 b5 24.Bd5 Rc5 25.Rd1
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Isbill Walter (1801), Southern Congress, Atlanta, 1976
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Qc2
a5 9.b3 Nc5 10.Bb2 c6 11.Nd2 Nfd7 12.Nce4 Qc7 13.Rac1 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 f5
15.Nd2 Nc5 16.e3 Ne6 17.f4 Bd7 18.Qb1 Qb6 19.c5 Nxc5 20.Nc4 Qc7
21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Ba3 b6? (22...Ne6) 23.Nxb6 Ne6 24.Nxd7? Qxd7
25.Bxc6 Qa7 26.Bxf8 Qxe3+ 27.Kh1 Rxf8 28.Bd5 Re8 29.Rc8 Rxc8
30.Bxe6+ Kf8 31.Bxc8 1-0
Cork Charles (1766) - Wall Bill, Southern Congress, Atlanta, 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1
Qc7 9.Nf1 a6 10.b3 b5 11.a4 Bb7 12.Bb2 h6 13.Ne3 Rfc8 14.Bh3 Rd8
15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bxg4 e5 17.h4 Rf8 18.Bc1 Qd8 19.Nh2 Nd4 20.c3 Ne6
21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Qg4 Rf6 23.Qh3 Qd7 24.Ng4 Rff8 25.h5 Kh7 26.f4 exf4
27.Bxf4 bxa4 28.bxa4 Bc8 29.e5 d5 30.d4 Rb8 31.Qg2 Qa7 32.Red1 Qd7
33.Qc2+ Kh8 34.Nf6 gxf6 35.exf6? (35.Qg6) Bd6 36.Bxd6? (36.Rf1) Qxd6
37.Qg6 Rb7 38.Rab1? (38.Kg2) Rg8 39.Qxh6+ Rh7 40.Qd2 Qxg3+
41.Kf1 c4 0-1
Wall Bill - Wartell Ben (1792), Southern Congress, Atlanta, 1976
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.d3 c6 8.Qc2
Nc5 9.b4 Ne6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.a3 Ne8 12.Rac1 f5 13.e3 Nf6 14.Ne2 Nd7
15.Qb1 Rb8 16.Qa2 Kh8 17.Qa1 b6 18.d4 e4 19.Nd2 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Rc2
Ba6 22.Nb3 Qe7 23.Rfc1 Bxe2 24.Rxe2 Rfc8 25.Rec2 Qd8 26.Bf1 Rxc2
27.Rxc2 Nf6 28.Qc1 h5 29.h4 Bf8 30.Rc6 Bd6 31.Be2 Ne8 32.Nd2 Kh7
33.Qd1 Nf6 34.Nb1 Rc8 35.Qc2 Rxc6 36.Qxc6 g5 37.Nc3 Qc7 38.Qxc7+ Bxc7
39.hxg5 Nxg5 40.Bb5 Nf3+ 41.Kg2 h4 42.gxh4 Nxh4+ 43.Kf1 Ng6 44.Bc6 Ne7
45.Bb7 Kg6 46.a4 Bd6 47.Ba3 Kf7 48.Nb5 Bb8 49.a5 Ke6 50.Nc3 Nd7 51.b5
Bd6 52.Bb2? (52.Bxd6 Kxd6 53.a6) bxa5 53.Ne2? (53.Na4) Nb6 54.Nc1 a4
55.Ke2 Nc4 56.Bc3 Ba3 57.Na2 Nd6 58.Ba6 Kd7 59.Ba5 Nc4
60.b6? (60.Be1) axb6 61.Bxc4? (61.Bb5+ Ke6 62.Be1) dxc4 62.Bxb6 Nd5
63.Ba5 Kc6 64.Kd1 f4 65.Ke2 Be7 66.exf4 a3 67.f5? (67.Bd2) Bf6
68.Nb4+? (68.Bb4) Kb5! 69.Nxd5 Kxa5 70.Nxf6 a2 0-1
In April 1976, I played in the Dogwood Open in Statesville, NC.
Montakhab Frank (1861) - Wall Bill, Dogwood Open, Statesville, NC 1976
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 Qa5+ 4.Nc3 Qxc5 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Bd7 7.Nf3 g6
8.O-O Bg7 9.Be3 Qc8 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bg3 h5 14.h4 Rg8
15.hxg5 Be6 16.Nd5 Nc6 17.c5 fxg5 18.cxd6 h4 19.Nc7+ Kf8 20.dxe7+ Nxe7
21.Bd6 Bh6 22.Nxa8 Qxa8 23.Qb4 Rg7 24.Rac1 Ke8 25.Bxe7 Rxe7 26.Bb5+
Kf7 27.Bc4 Qb8 28.Bxe6+ Rxe6 29.Rfd1 Nxf2 30.Rd7+ Kg6 31.Rc2 Nxe4
32.Qxb7 Qf8 33.Rc6 Qf6 34.Rxe6 Qxe6 35.Re7 Qd6 36.Qxe4+ Kh5 37.Qe2
Qb6+ 38.Kh1 1-0
Wall Bill - Willis Jim, Dogwood Open, Statesville, NC 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O
Nd7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 e5 11.Nb5 Nf6 12.Ba3 Ne8 13.c4 a6 14.N5c3 Be6
15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nd4 17.Bb2 Bf6 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Nd2 Qb6 20.Ne4 Be5
21.Kh1 f5 22.f4 Bf6 23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Qd3 Ng4 25.Bf3 Ne3 26.Rf2 Rae8
27.Rd2 g6 28.Rb1 Re7 29.Qxd4 Qxd4 30.Rxd4 Rfe8 31.Rd2 h5 32.h3 Kf7
33.Kg1 Kf6 34.Kf2 g5 35.Bxh5 Rh8 36.fxg5+ Kxg5 37.Re1 Rxh5 38.h4+ Kg4
39.Rd4+ Re4 40.Rxe4+ fxe4 41.Rxe3 Rf5+ 42.Ke2 Re5 43.a4 b6 44.Kd2 b5
45.axb5 axb5 46.Kc3 bxc4 47.bxc4 Re8 48.Kd4 Kf5 49.g4+ Kf4 50.g5 Kf5
51.Re2 Re5 52.Ke3 Kg4 53.g6 Kxh4 54.Rg2 Re8 55.g7 Rg8 56.Kxe4 1-0
In July 1976, I played in the World Open in New York.
Wall Bill - Uy Rolando (1729), World Open, New York 1976
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 Bg4 7.Qc1 Qd7 8.Bg2
Nb4 9.Bf1? (9.Qb1) Bf5 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 Qe6+ 12.Kd2 Ne4+
13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.f3 Bg5+ 15.f4 Bxh1 0-1
Kopelow Mark - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1976
1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 g6 7.Nc3 Bg7
8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.h3 Rb8 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Qd2 b5 13.Rac1 Qa5 14.b3
Rfc8 15.Rc2 Qd8 16.f4 e6 17.a3 Na5 18.Rb1 Nc6 19.e5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Ne8
21.Rd1 Rc7 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Qxd7 Qxd7 24.Rxd7 b4 25.axb4 Rxb4 26.Rb2 f6
27.exf6 Bxf6 28.Bd4 Bxd4+ 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Nxd4 Rxc3 31.Nxe6 Rxg3+
32.Kh2 Rf3 33.Kg2 Re3 34.Nc5 Nc7 35.b4 Ne6 36.Nxe6 Rxe6 1/2-1/2
Reissig Dennis - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1976
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Qc2 O-O 6.a3 c6 7.e4 fxe4 8.Nxe4
Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qf5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Nf3 b6 12.Bd3 h6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Bc3 Bd6
15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Bd3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Bf4 18.Qe2 Na6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 d6
21.Qe4 g5 22.Rae1 Rae8 23.f4 d5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Qe5+ Qg7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7
27.fxg5 hxg5 28.Rxf8 Rxf8 29.Rf1 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Kf6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Di Bisceglie Vincent, World Open, New York 1976
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.a3 Nf6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2
O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Rb1 Qc7 11.h3 Rad8 12.Re1 d5 13.Qc2 d4 14.exd4 cxd4
15.Nd1 Qf4 16.d3 Bd6 17.Bc1 Qf5 18.Nh4 Qe5 19.Nf3 Qf5 20.Nh4 Qe5
21.Nf3 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Hensley Harvey, World Open, New York 1976
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.Bb5 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.Bf1
Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d3 Nd7 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Qc1 d5 13.Be2 e4 14.Nd4 Bxe2
15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Rxe2 f4 17.dxe4 fxe3 18.Rxe3 Bc5 19.Re2 Qh4 20.Nf3
Rxf3 21.gxf3 Rf8 22.Qf1 Rxf3 23.Kh2 Bxf2 24.Qg2 Rg3 25.Rxf2 Rxg2+
26.Rxg2 g6 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Rf1 Qe7 29.Rgf2 Qd6+ 30.Kg2 d4 31.Rf7 Qd5+
32.Kg3 Qg5+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.Kg2 Qg5+ 35.Kh2 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Kornreich Paul, World Open, New York 1976
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Bxe5 Nf6 7.h3 Bd6
8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O c5 11.d3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qd7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.c4
Kh8 15.cxd5 Rg8 16.Kh1 Bxd5 17.e4 Be6 18.Ng1 Rg6 19.f4 f5 20.e5 Qc6
21.Ndf3 Be7 22.Qe2 Rag8 23.Rf2 Bd5 24.Rc1 c4 25.d4 c3 26.Qc2 Bb4
27.Qxf5 R8g7 28.Qd3 Rg3 29.Kh2 (29.a3!) Qh6 30.Ne2 R3g6
31.Neg1 (31.Rc2!) Rg3 32.Ne2 R3g6 33.Neg1 1/2-1/2
Cadorniga Ed - Wall Bill, World Open, New York 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3
h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Bd3 b5 12.Rhe1 Bb7 13.Qh3 g5?!
(13...b4) 14.Bxg5 h5? (14...b4) 15.e5 Ng4 16.Bxe7 (16.Nxe6 fxe6
17.Bg6+) dxe5 17.fxe5 (17.Nxe6!) Kxe7 18.Be4 (18.Qh4 Kf8 19.Nxe6+)
Rag8 (18...Ndxe5) 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nf3 (20.Qh4+) Ke8 (20...h4) 21.Ne4 Qb6
22.Qh4 Ne3 23.Nd6+ Kf8 24.Nc8 (24.Qf4) Qc5 25.Qd8+ Kg7 26.Qg5+ Kf8
27.Qxe3 Qxc8 28.Nh4 Rg4 29.g3 Nc5 (29...Ke7) 30.Qf2
b4?? (30...Ke8) 31.Qf6 Rh7 32.Rd8+ 1-0
In August 1976, I played in the Lawrence Pfefferkorn Open in
Winston-Salem, NC.
Wall Bill - Buchanan Richard (1795), LPO, Winston-Salem 1976
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 c6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4? (6.Bxf6) Qa5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Mahaffey Marion, Winston-Salem (1976.07.31) 1976
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Be7 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3
Na5 9.c3 Nc4 10.Nxc4 bxc4 11.Bc2 c6 12.Ne5 Nf6 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Qg4 g6
15.e5 O-O 16.Re1 Re8 17.Re3 Bg5 18.Rh3 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Nf8 20.f4 Qe7
21.f5 exf5 22.Bxf5 Rab8 23.Rb1 c5 24.Bc2 cxd4 25.cxd4 c3 26.Rxc3
Rec8?? (26...Qa7) 27.Rxc8 1-0
Archer Bill - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1976
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.dxc6 bxc6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.d4 O-O
8.O-O Qc7 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Nc4 Be7 12.Be3 Nd5 13.Bg5 Nf4 14.Qd2
Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Ba6 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nfd2 Rd8 18.Qe3 Nd7 19.Rfe1 Rab8
20.b3 Rb5 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rbd5 23.Nf3 c5 24.Ng5 h6 25.Nf3 c4
26.Nh2 Rd2 27.Rac1 cxb3 28.axb3 Qc7 29.Nf3 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Qxc2 31.Qxa7
Bd3 32.b4 Qb3 33.Qc7 Rd5 34.Qe7 Bb5 35.Rc1 Rd7 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Qf8 Qb1+
38.Kh2 Qe4 39.Qc5 Qf4+ 40.g3?? (40.Kh1) Qxf3 41.Qc2+ Bd3 42.Qd2 Be4 0-1
Mullins Jeff - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1976
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 Na6 8.Nge2
Nc7 9.Ng3 Rb8 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 b5 12.cxb5 Nxb5 13.Nxb5 cxb5 14.O-O a6
15.Rac1 Bb7 16.Rc2 Qd7 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.d5 Kh7 19.Qa5 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rc8
21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Qc3 Nxd5 23.Qxc8 Bxc8 24.exd5 Bxb2 25.Ne4 Bb7 26.Bd1
Bxd5 27.Bb3 Bc4 28.Bd2 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 d5 30.Nc3 e6 31.Nd1 Bf6 32.g3 Bd8
33.Be3 a5 34.Nc3 Bf6 35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Nb5 a4 37.f4 Bb2 38.Kg2 Kg7
1/2-1/2
In September 1976, I played in the North Carolina Championship in
Winston-Salem, NC.
Harris Neal - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Winston-Salem 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Be3 Bb4
8.Bd2 Qc7 9.f4 Ne7 10.Qg4 O-O 11.Bd3 f5 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.O-O Bc5 14.Ne2
Nbc6 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Bc3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Kxh7 18.Kh1 Rg6 19.Qh5+ Rh6
20.Qg5 Rg6 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.f5 Rh6 23.Qe8+ Kh7 24.Nf3 Qg3?
(24...Qf4 25.Bd2 Rxh2+ 26.Nxh2 Qxd2) 25.Bd2 Rxh2+ 26.Nxh2 Nxf5
27.Qh5+ (27.Rxf5! exf5 28.Nf3) Kg8 28.Qe8+ Kh7 29.Rf3 Qh4? (29...Bd6!)
30.Rh3 Ng3+ 31.Rxg3 Qxg3 32.Qh5+ Kg8 33.Qxc5 1-0
Buntin Steve (1720) - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Winston-Salem 1976
1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.b4 Bb7 8.Nd2
Nc6 9.d5 Nxb4 10.Qe2? (10.Rb1) Nfxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bxd5 0-1
Wall Bill - Hardy Jim, NC Ch, Winston-Salem 1976
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 c5 5.e3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 Qc7
8.O-O Bd7 9.d4 e5 10.Rb1 Bc6 11.d5 Bd7 12.f4 e4 13.Qc2 Bf5 14.Qb3 b6
15.h3 h5 16.Kf2 h4 17.g4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 h3 19.Bh1 Nxg4+ 20.Ke1 Nh2
21.Rg1 Nf3+ 22.Bxf3 exf3 23.Ng3 h2 24.Rh1 Qc8 25.Qa4+ Kd8 26.Qd1 Qg4
27.Kf2 Rh3 28.Qxf3 Qh4 29.e4 Nd7 30.e5 dxe5 31.d6 e4 32.Qxe4 Qxg3+
33.Ke2 Rb8 34.Qe7+ Kc8 35.Qe8+ Kb7 36.Qxd7+ Ka6 37.Rb3??
(37.Qb5+ Kb7 38.Qd7+ draws) Qf3+ 38.Kd2 Qg2+ 39.Kd1 Qxh1+ 40.Kc2
Qxc1+! 41.Kxc1 h1=Q+ 42.Kb2 Rh2+ 43.Ka3 Qc1+ 0-1
In November 1976, I won the South Carolina Amateur Championship in
Columbia, SC with 4 wins and 1 draw.
Wall Bill - Franklin Troy, SC Ch, Columbia, SC 1976
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Ng4 8.Nge2
O-O 9.O-O Nxe3 10.Qxe3 e6 11.a3 f5 12.exf5 exf5 13.Rae1 Nd4 14.Qc1 Rb8
15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Nb5 a6? (16...Be5) 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Bd5+ Kg7 19.Qf4
Qf6 20.Re2 g5 21.Qf3 f4 22.Rfe1 fxg3 23.Re7+ Kh8 24.Qxf6+ Rxf6 25.hxg3
Bg4 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Rxe8+ Kg7 28.Bxb7 Rf7? (28...Bd1) 29.Bxa6 Rc7
30.Bc4 Bd1 31.Rg8+ Kh6? (31...Kf6) 32.Rd8 Rc6 33.Bb3 Bxc2 34.Bxc2
Rxc2 35.Rxd6+ Kg7 36.Rb6 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rd1 38.Rb3 Rd2 39.a4 Rd1
40.a5 Ra1 41.Ra3 1-0
Pietras Jon (1700) - Wall Bill, SC Ch, Columbia, SC 1976
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 Re8 8.O-O-O
a6 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd2+ 11.Rxd2 Nfd7 12.e6 fxe6 13.Ne4 b5 14.h4 Nf6
15.Ng5 Nh5 16.Ne2 bxc4 17.g4 Nf6 18.Nf4 Bh6 19.Bxc4 Nd5 20.Ng2 Nxe3
21.Nxe3 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Kg7 23.Rdh2 Rh8 24.f4 c5 25.Bd3 Bb7 26.Rf1 Nd7
27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5 Raf8 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Rxh8 Rxh8 31.Ng4 Rh5 32.Bc4
Rxg5 33.Rf7+ Kh8 34.Be6 Ne5 35.Rxe7 Nxg4 36.Rxb7 Ne5 37.Rb6 Rg1+
38.Kd2 Rg2+ 39.Ke3 Kg7 40.Ke4? (40.Bd5) Re2+ 41.Kd5 Nd3
42.Rxa6?? (42.Bc8) Nb4+ 0-1
Tinkler Paul (1716) - Wall Bill, SC Ch, Columbia, SC 1976
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O
8.e3 a6 9.Be2 Qc7 10.O-O Rd8 11.Qc2 b6 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.Bf3 Bb7 14.Rfd1
c5 15.Qe2 h6 16.e4 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rd8 18.g3 Nh7 19.Rxd8+ Qxd8 20.Qd1
Ng5 21.Qxd8+ Bxd8 22.Bg2 Bc7 23.f3 Nh7 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Ke3 Ke7 26.Ne2 g6
27.Bf1 h5 28.Nf4 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Schlich Ernest, SC Ch, Columbia, SC 1976
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nf6
8.d3 h6 9.b3 Bc5 10.Bb2 Qd6 11.Nd2 O-O-O? (11.Qe7) 12.Nc4 Qe6 13.Bxe5
b5 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Nd2 Rhg8 17.Nf3 Rg7 18.Rfc1 Rdg8
19.Ne1 Rg3 20.Kf1 R3g5 21.c3 f5 22.e5 b4? (22...Ba3) 23.cxb4 Bd4
24.Rab1 Kb7? (24...Bxe5) 25.Nf3 Bxe5 26.Nxg5 hxg5 27.Rc5 f6 28.Rbc1
Rd8 29.Rxc6 Rxd3 30.Ke2 Rd4 31.R6c4 Rd5 32.Rd1 Rd6 33.Rxd6 cxd6 34.h4
Kb6 35.h5 1-0
Wall Bill - Sox Dan, Columbia, SC Ch, Columbia, SC 1976
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d4 8.Nc4
Qc7 9.Nxd6 Qxd6 10.h3 c5 11.a4 Nc6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.b3 a6 14.Nc4 Bxc4
15.bxc4 Nb4 16.Bd2 a5 17.c3 dxc3 18.Bxc3 Nd7 19.Qd2 f6 20.Rf1 Nb6
21.f4 exf4 22.Rxf4 Rad8 23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Qe3 Qd4 25.Qxd4 Rxd4 26.Kf2
Ra8 27.a5 Nd7 28.Ke3 Ne5 29.Ra4 Rad8 30.a6 bxa6 31.Rxa6 Rb8 32.Rf1 Rb7
33.Ra8+ Kf7 34.Rfa1 Rdd7 35.R8a5 Rdc7 36.Bh5+ g6 37.Be2 Nc6? (37...h6)
38.Rxc5 Ne5 39.Rxc7+ Rxc7 40.Rb1 Rb7 41.d4 Nc6 42.c5 b3? (42...Ke7)
43.Bc4+ 1-0
In March 1977, I played in the Southern Chess Congress in Atlanta.
Pressley James - Wall Bill, Southern Congress, Atlanta 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Be2
O-O 9.Qd2 Nbc6 10.Nc2 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.O-O Qc7 13.f4 Na5 14.Ne3 b6
15.Rad1 Nb7 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Bg7?? (17...Qd8) 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.f6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Henderson Sam, Southern Congress, Atlanta 1977
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 Be6 6.bxc6 Nxc6 7.Nf3 Nf6
8.Qa4 Qd7 9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Qxc4 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Nc3 Rfc8
14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Ne5 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Rxa3
Qxe5 20.Qc2 Rc7 21.Rd4 Qc5 22.Rb3 a5 23.Qd3 g6 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Qxd8+
Kg7 26.Rb8 Qxc3 27.Qf8+ Kf6 28.Qh8+ Kf5 29.Rb5+ Rc5?? (29...Ke4)
30.Qxc3 1-0
Wall Bill - Overton George, Southern Congress, Atlanta 1977
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 f6 10.b3 Qd4 11.Qxd4 exd4 12.Ba3 b6 13.f4 c5
14.Rab1 Rb8 15.b4 cxb4 16.Bxb4 c5? (16...Kf7) 17.Bxc5 b5 18.Bxd4 Ne7
19.Rf3 Nc6 20.Bc5 Na5? (20...Kf7) 21.Ra3 Nc4 22.Rxa6 Nxd2
23.Re6+ Kf7 24.Re7+ Kg8 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Kh1 1-0
Wall Bill - Koch Charles, Southern Congress, Atlanta 1977
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5
8.Bxf4 Nd4 9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.c3 Ne6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qb3 c6 13.Ng5 e5
14.Be3 h6 15.Ngf3 Be7 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Bf7 18.Qa4 O-O 19.Qc2 Rae8
20.d5 cxd5 21.Bxa7 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Bf6 24.Qb4 Ra8 25.Bd4 Ra4
26.Qc3 Rc8 27.Qd2 Bxd4+ 28.Nxd4 Qc7 29.b4 Qc3 30.Qxc3 Rxc3 31.Nb5 Rd3
32.a3 Ra8 33.Rf2 Bc4 34.Rf5 Rd8 35.Na7 d5 36.b5 Rb3 37.a4 d4 38.Rc5
Be2 39.Kf2 d3 40.Rc8 Rxc8 41.Nxc8 Rb2 42.Ke1 Bh5 43.g4 Bf7 44.Nd6 d2+
45.Ke2 Bb3 46.Rd1 Bxd1+ 47.Kxd1 Ra2 48.Nxb7 Rxa4 49.Kxd2 Rd4+ 50.Kc3
Rd1 51.Nc5 Rb1 52.Kc4 Kf7 53.Nb3 Ke7 54.Nd4 g6 55.Kc5 Kd7 56.Nc6 Rc1+
57.Kb6? (57.Kd5) g5 58.Nd4? (58.Ne5+) Rc3 59.Nf5? (59.Kb7 Rxh3 60.b6)
Rxh3 60.Ka7 Rf3 61.b6?? (61.Nxh6) h5 62.b7 Ra3+ 63.Kb6 Rb3+
64.Ka6 h4 0-1
Barrentine Barry - Wall Bill, Southern Congress, Atlanta 1977
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Qc7 7.Nbd2 cxd4
8.exd4 Be7 9.O-O Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qe2 d5 12.b3 O-O 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.Bb2
Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Rac1 Qb8 17.f4 Nc5 18.Bb1 Rd8 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.b4
Qb7 21.bxc5 Bxc5+ 22.Kh2 Bxg2 23.Rfd1 Bd5 24.Ne4 Be7 25.Nf6+
Bxf6? 26.Bxh7+ Kf8? (26...Kxh7 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.exf6 Be4) 27.exf6 g6
28.a4 Bc6 29.Ba3+ Ke8 30.Bxg6 1-0
In April 1977, I played Frank Montakhab (1890) in a match in
Mooresville, NC and won.
Wall Bill - Montakhab Frank, Mooresville, NC 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nb3 Nf6
8.O-O d6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Rc1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qd2 h6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.f4 g5
15.Qe2 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Kh1 Rdg8 18.Nd1 Nc4 19.Nd2 h5 20.Nxc4 bxc4
21.Bxc4 Rxg2 22.Kxg2 Nxe4 23.Bxa6 Rg8+ 24.Kh3 e5 25.Qb5 Bxa6 26.Qxa6+
Kb8 27.Qb5+ Kc8 28.Be3 1-0
Montakhab Frank - Wall Bill, Mooresville, NC 1977
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nbd7 8.h3
b6 9.Re1 e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.d5 Nc5 14.Bxc5 bxc5
15.Rad1 Ng8 16.Kh2 Bc8 17.g4 f5 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.Bd3 f4 20.Rg1 Qe8
21.Qe2 Bf6 22.Rg2 Bxh3 23.Ng5+ Bxg5 24.Rxg5 hxg5 25.Kxh3 f3 0-1
Wall Bill - Montakhab Frank, Mooresville, NC 1977
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qc7
8.Bd3 Bd7 9.O-O c4 10.Be2 Ba4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nf5 13.Bg3 Qe7 14.Qd2
Nd7 15.Rfb1 Nb6 16.Rb2 O-O 17.h3 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Bc6 19.g4 Na4 20.Rb4 g5
21.Rbb1 Kg7 22.Rf1 Kg6 23.Nh4+ Kg7 24.Rf6 Rh8 25.Raf1 gxh4 26.Rxf7+
Qxf7 27.Rxf7+ Kxf7 28.Qf4+ Ke7 29.Qf6+ Kd7 30.Qg7+ 1-0
Montakhab Frank - Wall Bill, Mooresville, NC 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7
8.O-O-O Qc7 9.f4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nf3 b4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.e5
Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 Nd5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Ne4 dxe5 18.Qa3+ Kd8 19.Nxe5 f6
20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Rhe1 fxe5 22.Rxd5+ exd5 23.Rxe5 Bd7 24.Rxd5 Qxf4+ 25.Kb1
Qf1+ 26.Ka2 Qc4+ 27.Qb3 Qxb3+ 28.Kxb3 Ra7 0-1
Wall Bill - Montakhab Frank, Mooresville, NC 1977
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bxd3
8.Qxd3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.c4 O-O 12.Qb3 Qc8 13.Rfe1 Re8
14.Rac1 c5 15.d5 exd5 16.cxd5 b6 17.d6 Bf8 18.Ng5 h6 19.Qxf7+ Kh8
20.Ne6 Qc6 21.Nf5 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 Qd5 23.Ne7 Bxe7 24.dxe7 Re8 25.Rce1 Qd4
26.Bc1 Qd5 27.b3 Qd4 28.h3 0-1
In May 1977, I won a chess tournament on a Caribbean cruise.
Wall Bill - Trexler David, Nassau, Bahamas 1977
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e6 3.dxe6 Bxe6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 O-O
8.O-O Qc7 9.d4 Rd8 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.h3 Nb6 12.Bg5 Nxa4 13.Nxa4 Be7
14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nc5 Bd5 16.c3 b6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Qd3 h6 19.Ne5 Bxa2
20.Rxa2 Qxe5 21.Qa6 Qe6 22.Raa1 Qb3 23.Re2 c5 24.Qb7 Qe6 25.Ng3 Qd7
26.Rxe7 0-1
Wall Bill - Reece, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1977
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.Nxd5 Nxe5 5.Ne3 c5 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Nc4 Bg4
8.Ncxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxd1 10.Bb5+ Qd7 11.Bxd7+ Kd8 12.Kxd1 0-1
Wall Bill - Bennett Mike, Virgin Islands 1977
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6 4.e4 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 Bxe4 7.Bxc4 Qd6
8.Nc3 Qb4 9.Ra4 1-0
In June 1977, I won a match against David Isenhower in
Barium Springs, NC.
Isenhower David - Wall Bill, Barium Springs, NC 1977
1.b4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.c5 Qc7 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Qc2 g6 8.O-O-O
Bg7 9.e3 b6 10.d4 bxc5 11.dxc5 a5 12.Na2 axb4 13.Nxb4 Qa7 14.Nd3 Ba6
15.Nf3 Bxd3 16.Rxd3 Nxc5 17.Rc3 Nfe4 0-1
Isenhower David - Wall Bill, Barium Springs, NC 1977
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 c6 8.Ng5
h6 9.Nge4 Kh7 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Ne4 Qe6 12.b3 f5 13.Nc3 e4 14.Bb2 Nd7
15.Na4 Bxb2 16.Nxb2 Ne5 17.Rc1 f4 18.Bxe4 fxg3 19.fxg3 Bd7 20.Qd2 Ng4
21.Rf4 Nxh2 22.Rh4 Ng4 23.Bf3 Qe3+ 24.Qxe3 Nxe3 25.Nd1 Nf5 26.Re4 Nxg3
27.Re7+ Kg8 28.Rxd7 Rxf3 29.exf3 Ne2+ 30.Kf2 Nxc1 31.d4 Nxa2 32.Rxd6
Nc1 33.Rxg6+ Kh7 34.Rf6 Nxb3 35.Rf7+ Kg6 36.Rxb7 Nxd4 37.Rd7 c5 38.Ke3
a5 39.Rd6+ Kh7 40.Rd7+ Kh8 41.Rd5 Re8+ 42.Kd3 Nb3 43.Rd6 Kg7 44.Rd7+
Kf6 45.Rb7 Rd8+ 46.Kc3 a4 47.Rb6+ Ke5 48.Kc2 Rd2+ 49.Kc3 Rxd1 50.Rxh6
Rf1 0-1
Wall Bill - Isenhower David, Barium Springs, NC 1977
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 a6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 b5 6.c4 Bb7 7.Bxe5 Nxe5
8.Bxb7 Rb8 9.Bxa6 Nd3+ 10.Ke2 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb2 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Qc2
1-0
Wall Bill - Isenhower David, Barium Springs, NC 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 g6 7.Nd6+ Bxd6
8.Qxd6 Qe7 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.Bg5 Ke6 11.Bc4+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Isenhower David, Barium Springs, NC 1977
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O
O-O-O 9.Bg5 f6 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Bh4 Bg7 12.Na3 Nge7 13.Rc1 Rhe8 14.Nb5
Qb8 15.Bg3 e5 16.dxe5 fxe5 17.Nfd4 a6 18.a4 axb5 19.axb5 Qa7 20.bxc6
Nxc6 21.Nb5 Qa2 22.Ra1 Qxb2 23.Qxd5 Qxe2 24.Qd6 1-0
In June 1977, I played in the Carolinas Open in Greensboro, NC.
Page Gary - Wall Bill, Carolinas Open, Greensboro, NC 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O e6
8.Kh1 Be7 9.f4 Qc7 10.Be3 O-O 11.f5 e5 12.Nf3 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5
Nd8 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.Ne4 Rc8 17.f6 Bxf6 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bg4 Qxc2 20.Bxc8
Qxc8 21.Bh6 Re8 22.Qf3 Qc2 23.Rac1 Qg6 24.Qxf6 Bxd5 25.Qxg6+ hxg6
26.Rc8 Bb7 27.Rb8 Bc6 28.Rc1 Bd7 29.Rc7 Be6?? (29...Ne6) 30.Bg5 1-0
Wall Bill - Harwell George, Carolinas Open, Greensboro, NC 1977
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nxe4
8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Qd3 Qb4+ 11.Nd2 Qxb2 12.O-O Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qb6
14.Rfb1 Qc6 15.Rb5 b6 16.Rg5 Bb7 17.Re1 O-O-O 18.Rxg7 f5 19.Nf6
Ndf8? (19...h6) 20.d5 Qa4 21.Rxe6 (21.Qc3!) Qxa2 22.Qc3 Rxf6?? (22...c5)
23.Qxc7# 1-0
Burke Charles - Wall Bill, Carolinas Open, Greensboro, NC 1977
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.Qb3? (5.exd5) dxe4
6.Ng5? (6.Nxd4) Qe7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.O-O? (8.Bb5+) Nxc4 9.Qxc4 h6
10.Qxd4? (10.Nh3) hxg5 11.Re1 f5 0-1
Wall Bill - Dunn Robert (1754), Carolinas Open, Greensboro, NC 1977
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.Na4 Bxb2 7.Nxb2 O-O
8.h4 e5 9.h5 Nc6 10.Qf3 Ng5 11.Qg3 Nd4 12.O-O-O Qf6 13.hxg6 Qxg6
14.Bd3 e4 15.f4 exd3 16.fxg5 Ne2+ 17.Nxe2 dxe2 18.Rde1 Re8 19.Rh6 Qg7
20.Qd3 Bg4 21.Rh4 Bd7 22.Rxe2 Rxe2 23.Qxe2 Qxg5 24.Qf2? (24.Qe4)
Re8 25.Rh1 a6 26.Rf1 Qg6 27.Qf4 (27.Bd3) Re4 28.Qf2 Rg4 29.Qa7 Rxg2
30.Qb8+ (30.Qxb7) Kg7 31.Qxb7 Qg5 32.Qb4 (32.Rd1) Bg4 33.Qc3+ (33.Re1)
Qe5 34.Qc2 h5 35.Rh1 (35.b4) h4 36.Nd3 Qa1+ 37.Qb1 Qxb1+
38.Kxb1 Rxd2 39.Nb2 h3 40.Kc1 Rg2 0-1
In July 1977, I played in the Lawrence Pfefferkorn Open (LPO) in
Winston-Salem, NC.
Esing Jeff - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1977
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5
8.Bg2 Nc6 9.e3 Bg4 10.O-O Qh5 11.h3 Bxh3 12.Nh2 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bxg2
14.Kxg2 Rad8 15.Bd2 Rd7 16.Nf3 Rfd8 17.b4 a6 18.a4 Na7 19.Ra2 Nc8
20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Nd6 22.Rb1 Ne4 23.Ra7 Nxd2 24.Nxd2 e5 25.Rxb7 exd4
26.e4 d3 27.b6? (27.Rc1) cxb6 28.Rxd7? (28.R7xb6) Rxd7 29.Rxb6? (29.Rb3)
Bc3 30.Rb8+ Kg7 31.Nb1 Ba5 32.Rb5 d2 33.Nxd2 Bxd2 0-1
Wall Bill - Brass Ed, LPO, Winston-Salem 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 e6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 h5 8.h4
Nh6 9.Bxh6 Rxh6 10.c4 g5 11.hxg5 Bxg5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Nf3
Be7 15.Nc3 Nd4 16.Qc1 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Rh7 18.Qe3 O-O-O 19.a4 h4 20.Nb5
Qb8 21.gxh4 Rxh4 22.Kf1 Bxb5 23.axb5 Rhd4 24.Ra3 Qd6? (24...R4d7)
25.Rxa7 Rxd3 26.Qe4 Qb6?? (26...Kd7) 27.Rxb7 f5 28.Qxd3 (28.Qc6+!)
Rxd3 29.Rxb6 Rxf3 30.Rbxe6 Bh4 31.R1e2
1-0
O'Bryant David (1825) - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1977
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 a6
8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 Re8? (10...b5) 11.Nb5 axb5?? (11...e5)
12.Bc7 1-0
Wall Bill - Estenger Otto, LPO, Winston-Salem 1977
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4
8.Be3 e6 9.a3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qd7 11.d5 exd5 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.cxd5 Nxe5
14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Kf2 Qc5+ 16.Kg3 Qxd5 17.Nc3 Qe6 18.Re1 Bd6 19.f4
Ng6? (19...Qg6+) 20.Qb5+ c6? (20...Kd8) 21.Rxe6+ fxe6 22.Qxb6 1-0
Couch Robert - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O 8.Qd2
a6 9.Bh6 Nd4 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Nce2 Nc6 12.f4 e5 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.c3 c4
15.O-O-O Qa5 16.Kb1 cxd3 17.Qxd3 Nxe4 18.Qe3 Bf5 19.Ka1 Be6 20.a3 Qa4
21.Nd2 Nxd2 22.Rxd2 Qc4 23.Nc1 Na5? (23...exf4) 24.Qd3
Qa2+?? (24...exf4) 25.Nxa2 Nb3+ 26.Kb1 Bf5 27.Rdd1 1-0
In August 1977, I played in the U.S. Open in Columbus, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Acosta Mariano (2076), US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7
8.Bf4 Ng6 9.Bg3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.f4 O-O 12.N1d2 Re8 13.c4 c5 14.Qc2
b6 15.Rad1 Bb7 16.Nc1 Qe7 17.Rde1 Qd7 18.Ne2 Rad8 19.Rd1 Qg4 20.Rf2
Qc8 21.Nc3 Rd7 22.Re1 Qd8 23.Ree2 c6 24.a4 Qb8 25.Qd3 Bc8 26.Qf3 Rde7
27.h3 Qc7 28.Rf1 Rf7 29.Re3 Nf8 30.Ne2 Ne6 31.Rd3 Nd4 32.Nxd4 (32.Qf2)
cxd4 33.Kh1? (33.f5) c5 34.b3? (34.f5) Bb7 35.Qe2 Rfe7 36.e5? (36.Qh5)
fxe5 37.Bh4 Rf7 38.fxe5 Rxe5 39.Qg4? (39.Qd1) Rxf1+ 40.Nxf1 Re4
41.Qh5 g6 42.Qh6 Bf8 43.Qg5 Be7 44.Bg3 Bxg5 45.Bxc7 Re1 0-1
Schroeder E - Wall Bill, US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.b3 Bb7 4.d3 d6 5.g3 Nd7 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Ngf6 8.c4 a6
9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Nh4 h6 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4? (12.gxf4) g5 13.e5 dxe5
14.Bxb7 gxh4 15.Qf3 exf4 16.Rae1+ Be7 17.Bc6 hxg3 18.hxg3 Qc7
19.Re2 Rg8 20.Ne4 Qxc6 0-1
Wall Bill - Milton John (2091), US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.Re1 Nge7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2
d5 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne4 b6 12.Qf3 Bf5 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.c4 Bxe4
15.Qxe4 f5 16.Qh4 Qd6 17.d4 g5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Qg3 Rad8 20.Na3 Nc6
21.Nb5 Qd7 22.Ba3 e4 23.Rab1 a6 24.Bxc5 axb5 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.cxb5 Nb4
27.a4 Nd3 28.Re2 Qa7 29.h4 Nf4 30.Rc2 Rd3 31.Qh2 Be5 32.Kh1 Ng6
33.g3? (33.Qg1) Nxh4 34.Qh3 Qd4 35.Qf1? (35.Rf1) e3 36.f3 Bxg3
37.Rc4 Qd5 38.Rc5 Qxc5 39.Qxd3 Nxf3 40.Rd1 Nd4 41.Qxe3 Qd5+ 42.Kg1
Nf3+ 43.Kg2 Nh4+ 0-1
Reisinger Sam - Wall Bill, US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 d6 7.Be2 a6
8.O-O b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 Nd4 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Ne2
Ne6 15.Kh1 Rc7 16.c3 Nc5 17.Qc2 Qa8 18.f3 Nfxe4 19.Bxe7 Nxd2 20.Bxd6
Nxf1 21.Bxc7? (21.Rxf1) Bxf3 22.Rxf1? (22.Nc1) Bxg2+ 23.Kg1 Bxf1
24.Kxf1 Qf3+ 25.Ke1 Qxd3 26.Qxd3 Nxd3+ 27.Kf1 Kd7 28.Ba5 Nxb2
29.Kf2 Rc8 30.Kf3 f5 31.Ng3 g6 32.h4 Rc4 33.h5 g5 0-1
Gersho Jack (1935) - Wall Bill, US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c6 8.Bd3
e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.exd5 Ne8 11.h4 a6 12.h5 Nc5 13.Bc2 Qc7 14.g4 e4 15.b4
Nd7 16.Rc1 exf3 17.Nxf3 Qxc4 18.Ne4 Ndf6 19.hxg6 Nxe4 20.gxh7+ Kh8
21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Kf2 Bxg4 23.Nd4 Qxd5 24.Rh4 Nf6 25.Kg1 Ne4 26.Qd3 Bf5
27.Qd1 Bxh7 28.Rc2 Bf6 29.Rh3 Rg8+ 30.Kf1 Ng3+ 31.Kf2 Ne4+
32.Ke1? (32.Kf1) Rae8 33.Rch2 Ng5 34.Qd3 Nxh3 35.Rxh3 Rg7
36.Kd2 Qg2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Kras Tim (1915), US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O
Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Bd3 d5 12.a3 Bd7 13.Bf4 Rb8 14.h4 Na5
15.Ng5 g6 16.Qg4 h5 17.Qg3 Be8 18.Be2 Kh8 19.Bxh5 gxh5 20.Qf3 Kg7
21.Qg3 Kh8 22.Qd3 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 f6 24.exf6 Qd7 25.Qg3 Rc8 26.Rae1 Qf7
27.Bh6 Rg8 28.Bg7+ Rxg7 29.fxg7+ Qxg7 30.Rxe6 Bf7 31.Re7 Rg8 32.Qxg7+
Rxg7 33.b4 Nc6 34.Rxb7 Nxd4 35.Kh2 Nf5 36.g3 d4 37.Ne4 Bc4 38.Rxg7
Kxg7 39.Rc1 Ne7 (39...Kg6) 40.Nd2 (40.Nd6) Be2 (40...Bd5) 41.Rc7
Kf6? (41.Nbc8) 42.Rxa7 Nc6 43.Rb7 Nd5 44.b5 Na5 45.Ra7 Nc4 46.Nxc4
Bxc4 47.Ra4 Bxb5 48.Rxd4 Ke5 49.Rd2 Ke4 50.f3+ Ke5 51.g4 hxg4
52.fxg4 (52.Rxd5+) Ne3 53.Rb2? (53.Kh3) Nxg4+ 54.Kg3 Bd7 55.Rb7 Nf6
56.Rb1 Ne4+ 57.Kh2 Kf4 58.Rb7 Be8 59.Re7 Bc6 60.h5 Ng5? (60.Nf6)
61.h6 Be4 62.a4 Nh7?? (62.Bd3) 63.a5 Bd3 64.Rxh7 1-0
Martin Andy (1985) - Wall Bill, US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Be3
e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 Qc7 11.Nc4 Rd8 12.Qd6 Ne8 13.Qxc7 Nxc7 14.Rad1
b6 15.Rd6 Nb5 16.Rd2 Rf8? (16...c5) 17.a4 Nc7 18.Rfd1 Nf6? (18...Nb8)
19.Nxe5 Nxe4? (19...Bb7) 20.Bxe4 Bxe5 21.Bxc6 Rb8 22.Bh6 Bg7
23.Bf4 Bxh3 24.Bxc7 Rbc8 25.Bd7 Rxc7 26.Bxh3 Bxb2 27.Nf4 Rc4
28.Bd7 Bg7 29.Bb5 Rc5 30.c4 Bh6 31.Rd4 Rf5 32.Nd5 Rf3 33.Ne7+ Kh8
34.Rd7 1-0
Wall Bill - Hough Randy (1884), US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Qb6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Re1 g6
8.Qe2 e5 9.h3 Bg7 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nf3 Nh5 12.d3 O-O-O 13.Na3 Nf4 14.Qc2
g5 15.Nb5 Ne7 16.Na3 Bxa4 17.Qxa4 Kb8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.Qc2 Neg6 20.Rb1
Bf6 21.b4 h5 22.Na5 g4 23.Nd2 Rdg8 24.Nxb7 Kxb7 25.bxc5+ Ka8 26.cxd6
Qd7 27.Nc4 gxh3 28.g3 h2+ 29.Kh1 Rb8 30.Be3 Qh3 31.gxf4 Nxf4 32.Bxf4
exf4 33.f3 Qxf3+ 34.Qg2 Qxd3 35.e5+ f3 36.Qf2?? (36.Rxb8+ Rxb8
37.Qf1) Rxb1 37.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 38.Kxh2 Qe4 39.exf6 Qe2 0-1
Wintering Mark - Wall Bill, US Open, Columbus, OH 1977
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4
8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.d5 Rb8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Na5
14.Qb5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 c6 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7? (16...Kh8) 17.Qxa5 Bxb2
18.Rd1 Qf6 19.Ke2 Qe6 20.Qd2 Bf6 21.h4 h5 22.Qc2 Rfc8 23.Bc4 Qe7
24.Bf4 Ra8 25.Bd6 Qe8 26.Rhg1 Kh7 27.Qb3 Kg7 28.Qxb7 1-0
In September 1977, I played in the North Carolina Championship.
Brooks John - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1977
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bc4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.a4 Nf6 8.f3
Bb4 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Qd2? (10.Be3) O-O? (10...Nxf4 11.Qxf4 Qc8) 11.O-O-O
Nxf4 12.Qxf4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc8 14.Bb3 Qxc3 15.Qd6 b5 16.Kb1 bxa4
17.Bxa4 Nc6 18.Rd3 Qa5 19.Bb3? (19.Bxc6) Rab8 20.Kb2 Ne5 21.Rc3 Nc6
22.Ra1 Qg5 23.g4? (23.Qxd7) Qd2 24.Ra4 Rfc8 25.Rd3 Qg5 26.Rc4 h6
27.Rdc3 Rd8 28.Rc5 Qf6 29.Ne2 a5 30.Rb5 Ba6 31.Rxb8? (31.e5) Rxb8
32.Ka2 Bxe2 (32...Rxb3! 33.Rxb3 Bxe2) 33.Rxc6 Rd8 34.Rc7 Bxf3
35.e5 Qh4 36.Rxd7 Rxd7 37.Qxd7 Bxg4 38.Bc4? (38.Qd2) Bf5 39.Qe8+ Kh7
40.Kb3 Bxc2+ 41.Kxc2 Qxc4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Cornwell Mark, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1977
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Bd3 d5 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.h4
Nd7 9.h5 g5 10.h6 c5 11.c3 b6 12.f4 Bb7 13.Nf3 f5 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Nxg5
Bxg5 16.fxg5 Rg8 17.Rf1 Qxg5 18.Qxg5 Rxg5 19.Nd2 Rxg2 20.O-O-O Ke7
21.Nf3 Rag8 22.Nh4 R2g5 23.Nxf5+ exf5 24.Bxf5 Nf8 25.e6 Bc8 26.Bxh7
Nxe6 27.Bxg8 Rxg8 28.dxc5 Nxc5 29.Rxd5 Be6 30.Re1 Rh8 31.b4
Rxh6? (31...Na4) 32.bxc5 Kf7 33.Rf1+ Rf6 34.Rxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rd6 bxc5
36.Ra6 Ke5 37.Rxa7 Kd5 38.Kb2 Kc4 39.Rb7 Bc8 40.Rb8 Bg4 41.a4 1-0
Wall Bill - Cooley Alan (1776), NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1977
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d4 Qc7 8.b3
Bg4 9.Bb2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.e4 Bg4 13.Rfe1 Na6 14.a3 Rfd8
15.Rad1 Nc5 16.b4 Ne6 17.Ne2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 a5 19.c5 axb4 20.axb4 h5
21.h4 Nh7 22.Bg2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Bh3 Nc7 26.Kh2 Nb5
27.Bf1 Nf6 28.Bh3 Ne8 29.Bc1 b6 30.Qd2 Qxd2 31.Bxd2 bxc5 32.bxc5 Nf6
33.f3 Bf8 34.Bg5 Bg7 35.Bxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2
Hardy Jim (1702) - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4 Qc7 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.O-O h6 7.Rd1 e5 8.c3
Bc5 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qc2 Qc5 12.Rxd4 Qxd4 13.Be3 Qd6 14.Nc3
Nf6 15.Rd1 Qc6 16.Qb3 O-O 17.Rc1 d6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qb5 20.Qd1 Qd7
21.Bb6 Qb5 22.Be3 Bd7 23.Qh5 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Bxh6 Qa5 26.g3 Qd8
27.Bg5 Qd7 28.f4? (28.Bf6) Qh3 (28...Qc7) 29.Qf3? (29.Qe2) Be6
30.b3 (30.fxe5) Rc8 31.Bxb7?? (31.Qf1) Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Qxh2+ 33.Ke3
Rc3# 0-1
Wall Bill - O'Bryant David (1789), NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1977
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O a6 8.a4
Bg4 9.d3 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rad8 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd7 14.Nxc6
Qxc6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rf3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rg3 f5 19.Qh5 Qf6 20.Nf3
Kh8 21.Qh6 Qg7 22.Qh4 Qf6 23.Ng5 h5 24.Rh3 Kg7 25.Qg3 Rh8 26.Qe1 e5
27.Qa5 Rhe8 28.Qxb5? (28.Nf3) exf4 29.exf4? (29.Nf3) Qd4+
30.Kh1 Qxf4 0-1
In January 1978, I won the Wake Forest Open in Winston-Salem, NC.
Wall Bill - Pierce Tom, Winston-Salem, NC 1978
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 d6 8.h3
d5 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxe5 Qd6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.e5 f6 14.exf6
Bxf6 15.Qa4 d4 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.c4 Bh4 18.Bh2 Qe7 19.Qd1 Qg5 20.Qd2 Qg6
21.Kh1 c5 22.Bxc7 Bb7 23.f3 Bg5 24.Qd1 Qh5? (24.Rae8) 25.Nd2 Rae8
26.Ne4 Bxe4? (26...Be7) 27.fxe4 Qxd1? (27...Rxf1+) 28.Raxd1 h6
29.Bd6 Rf6 30.Bxc5 1-0
Wooten John - Wall Bill, Winston-Salem, NC 1978
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O cxb5
8.Bxb5 Qb6 9.a4 a6 10.Bd4 Qc7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.d4 Bd6 14.Nbd2
Ng4 15.h3 Nf6 16.c4 b6 17.Bd3 h6 18.Qe2 Nb4 19.cxd5 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd5
21.Rfc1 Qb7 22.Nc4 Be7 23.Qb3 Nb4 24.Nfe5 Bc8 25.a5 Qd5 26.axb6 Bb7
27.Nf3 Qf5 28.Ra5 Bd5 29.Rc5? (29.Nfe5) Qg6 (29...Bxc5)
30.Rc7? (30.e4) Bxf3 31.g3 Bd5 32.Rxe7 Qe4 33.f3 Qxf3 0-1
Wall Bill - Fowler Brad, Winston-Salem, NC 1978
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.d4 c5 5.Nxd5 e6 6.Bg5 f6? (6...Qa5+)
7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Qh5+ Ke7 10.Bxf6+ Kxf6 11.Qh4+ 1-0
In February 1978, I won the Lenoir-Rhyne College Championship in
Hickory, NC.
Wall Bill - Keller Darrell, Lenoir-Rhyne Ch, Hickory, NC 1978
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qe7 7.Nf3 exf4
8.Bxg7 fxg3 9.hxg3 1-0
Wall Bill - Gantt Bob, Lenoir-Rhyne Ch, Hickory, NC 1978
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.c3 Qc7 7.Bb5 d5
8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bf4 e6 12.Nbd2 Na4 13.Nb3 Bxf3
14.Qxf3 Nxb2 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.dxc5 Nc4 17.O-O g5 18.Bxg5 Nxe5 19.Qf4
Rc8 20.Bf6 Ng6 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Bxh8 Nxh8 23.Rab1 Ng6 24.Rb8+ Ke7
25.Rfb1 Nf4 26.R1b7 Kd7 27.Rxc7+ Kxc7 28.Rf8 f5 29.Rf7+ Kb8 30.Rxh7
Ne2+ 31.Kf1 Nxc3 32.Re7 Nxa2 33.Rxe6 Nb4 34.h4 a5 35.h5 a4 36.h6 1-0
Bowers Randy - Wall Bill, Lenoir-Rhyne Ch, Hickory, NC 1978
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O g6
8.e4 Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.d3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd4 13.Qd1 Nd7 14.Be3
a6 15.Na4 b5 16.e5 Nxe5 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Bxa8 Qxa8 19.Nc5 Nf3+ 20.Kf1
Nxe1 21.Qxe1 Qh1+ 22.Ke2 Qxh3 23.Nxa6 Qe6+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Davidson Dennis, Lenoir-Rhyne Ch, Hickory, NC 1978
1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Be4 5.f3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Bb5 Qd7 8.Nc3 e6
9.Be3 Bb4 10.Qd2 Nge7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.g5 h5 14.Nh3 Bxd3
15.Qxd3 Nf5 16.g6 Nxh4 17.gxf7+ Rxf7 18.Ng5 Nf5 19.Nxf7 Qxf7 20.Rh3
Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Kf8 23.Rdh1 Ke7 24.Rxh5 Rf8 25.Rh7 Qf4
26.Rxg7+ Ke8 27.Qxf4 Rxf4 28.Rh8+ Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Rxc7 Na5 31.f4
1-0
In September 1978, I played in the North Carolina Championship in
Chapel Hill, NC.
Wall Bill - Harwell George, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1978
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.c3 O-O 7.Nbd2 b6 8.e4
dxe4 9.Nxe4 a5 10.Neg5 Nbc6 11.Ne1 Rb8 12.f4 Bb7 13.Ngf3 e4 14.Ng5
exd3 15.Nxd3 Nf5 16.Qc2 Nce7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rd1 Qc8 19.Qb3 c5 20.Nf2
Qc6 21.Re1 Nd6 22.Bd2 Rd7 23.Rad1 c4 24.Qc2 Rfd8 25.Be3 Nef5 26.Bc1
Nb7 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qe2 Nc5 (28...Qa4) 29.Qxc4 Bf8 30.Rd1 Nd6
31.Qf1 Qc8 32.b3 Ne6 33.Nge4 Nxe4 34.Nxe4 Bc5+ 35.Kg2 Rxd1 36.Qxd1
Qc6 37.Qf3 Qc8 38.Bb2 Be7 39.c4 Kf8 40.Qc3 Ke8 41.Qh8+ Nf8
42.Qe5 Qd8?? (42...Qc6) 43.Nf6# 1-0
Roberts B - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1978
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.O-O e6 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Be7
8.d3 Nf6 9.Qe1 a6 10.b3 b5 11.Qg3 Nh5 12.Qg4 g6 13.Bb2 f5 14.exf5 exf5
15.Qh3 Nxf4 16.Qh6 Nh5? (16...g5) 17.Nd5 Bf6? (17...Bxd5 18.Bxh8
Kd7) 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Qg7 Rf8 20.Rae1+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Brooks John, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1978
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nge2 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O
8.b3 Bf5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Bb2 e4 11.Nf4 Qd7 12.Qh5 d4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4
14.Qxc5 Rc8? (14...Nc6) 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Bxd4 Rxc2 17.Rfe1
Bc6? (17...Nc6) 18.Bc3 Nd7 19.Ne2 Re8 20.Nd4 Ne5 21.Rxe5 Rxe5
22.Nxc2 1-0
Klintworth Gordon - Wall Bill, NC Ch, Chapel Hill, NC 1978
1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Be3 g6
8.Qd2 Bg7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Nf3 b5 11.h4 h5 12.Qd6 Qa5 13.Nd4 b4 14.Nb3
Qd8 15.Na4 Rb8 16.Be2 f5 17.Bf3 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf5 19.Bxf5
Rxf5? (19...gxf5) 20.Qxc6 1-0
In February 1979, I took 2nd in the Hickory Open.
Thigpen Bill - Wall Bill, Hickory Open, Hickory, NC 1979
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 c5 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.c4 Qa5+
8.Bd2 Bb4 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bxb4 Nxb4 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Rc1 Kb8
14.a3 Nc6 15.Ng5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Rd7 17.Rfd1 h6 18.Nf3 Rhd8 19.Qb5 a6
20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.b4 Nc4 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Rxc4 Nxe3 24.Rxd7 Rxd7 25.Rd4
Rxd4 26.Nxd4 b5 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Wall Jerry, Hickory Open, Hickory, NC 1979
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 Nf6 7.h4 h6
8.h5 Bh7 9.c3 e6 10.Qb3 b5 11.Nf4 Bd6 12.a4 Qa5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qxe6+
Be7 15.Qc8+ Bd8 16.Nf5 O-O 17.Qe6+ Kh8 18.Be2 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nfd7 20.Qg6
bxa4 21.Bxh6 Bf6 22.Bd3 Kg8 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Bg6+ Ke7 25.Bxg7 Bxg7 26.h6
1-0
Davidson Dennis - Wall Bill, Hickory Open, Hickory, NC 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 g6
8.O-O Bg7 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Bd4 Rb8
14.Qe2 Qh4 15.c3 a5 16.b3 f5 17.f4 Qe7 18.Qe3 Rf7 19.a4 d6 20.Rab1
dxe5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Rb6 23.Bb5 Qc5+ 24.Qd4 Qxd4+ 25.cxd4 Bd7
26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.Rfc1 Rdb7 28.Rc8+ Kg7 29.Ra8 Rxb3 30.Rd1 Rb1 31.Rxb1
Rxb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb4 33.Rxa5 Rxd4 34.Ke3 Re4+ 35.Kf3 Kh6 36.Ra8 g5
37.fxg5+ Kxg5 38.a5 Kf6 39.a6 Ke5 40.Rh8 Ra4 41.Rxh7 Rxa6 42.h4 Ra3+
43.Ke2 Ke4 44.h5 Ra2+ 45.Kf1 Ra1+ 46.Ke2 e5 47.h6 Rh1 48.Rh8 f4 49.h7
Rh2 50.Kf1 d4 51.Kg1 Rh6 52.Kf2 d3 53.Ke1 Ke3 0-1
Wall Bill - Pennell Gary, Hickory Open, Hickory, NC 1979
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5
8.Re1 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 Nc5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Qc6 13.Nxf6+ exf6
14.f3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Kh1 Nxb3 17.cxb3 Rac8 18.Bc4 Rfd8 19.Bd5 Qd7
20.Qd4 b6 21.Re2 Re8 22.Rd2 Be6 23.h3 Bxd5 24.Qxd5 Red8 25.Rad1 Qe7
26.b4 Rc7 27.Qb3 Qe5 28.Qd5 Qxd5 29.Rxd5 Rcd7 1/2-1/2
On March 21, 1979, I played Viktor Korchnoi in a 50-board simul in
Charlotte, NC.
Korchnoi Viktor (2760) - Wall Bill (1750), Charlotte, NC 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c3 Qc7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 a6
8.Be2 e6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nc3 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Bxc3? (11...Be5)
12.d6 Qc4 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.Rb1 Qa5 (14...e5) 15.Bb2 f6 16.e5
f5? (16...fxe5) 17.Qc1 Qd8 (17...Qb6) 18.Bd4 Qh4 19.Be3 h6 20.Qc7
Qd8 21.Rfc1 h5 22.Qxd8+ Kxd8 23.Bxb7 Bxb7 24.Rxb7 Ke8 25.Rcc7 Rh7
26.a4 Rf7 27.g3 h4 28.a5 h3 29.Kf1 Rg7 30.Bg5 Rh7 31.Ke2 Rf7 32.Kd3
Rh7 33.Kd4 Rf7 34.Kc5 Rh7 35.Kb6 Rf7 36.Ra7 Rb8+ 37.Kxa6 1-0
In April 1979, I played in the ICI Classic in Atlanta, Georgia.
Algeo Tom (2175) - Wall Bill, ICI Classic, Atlanta 1979
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 a6 8.Rb1
Bg4 9.Bd2 Qc8 10.Re1 h6 11.b4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Na4 Nd7 14.Qc2 Rb8
15.Rbc1 Re8 16.c5 dxc5 17.bxc5 Ne5 18.Rb1 Bf6 19.Nb2 Ng6 20.Ba5 h5
21.Nc4 h4 22.e4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 Rh5 25.Rb2 Be7 26.e5 hxg3
27.hxg3 Bh3 28.Bf3 Bg4 29.Bg2 Bh3 30.Reb1 c6 31.Bb6 Qg4 32.Qe2 Qg6
33.Bc7 Rf8 34.Bd6 Bg4 35.Qf1 Bxd6 36.cxd6 Bf5 37.Qf3 Bxd3 (37...b5)
38.Rd1 Bb5 39.Rxd4 a5? (39...c5) 40.a4 (40.Qc3) Ba6 (40...c5)
41.Qf2 Qf5 (41...Rd8) 42.Qf3 Rh6 (42...Qg6) 43.Rbd2 Rg6 (43...c5)
44.Kf2 Qb1 (44...Qd7) 45.f5 Rh6 46.g4 Rh2 (46...c5) 47.Kg3 Rh8 (47...Qg1)
48.Qe3 Rd8?? (48...c5) 49.e6 (49...fxe6 50.Qxe6+ Kh7 51.Qg6+ Kg8
52.Bd5+ cxd5 53.Qe6+ Kf8 54.Qe7+ Kg8 55.Qxd8+) 1-0
Whiteman Steve (1828) - Wall Bill, ICI Classic, Atlanta 1979
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.O-O Bb4
8.Qe2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nge7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Rac1 Rd8 13.e5 Ng6
14.Bg3 h6 15.Bd3 Nf8 16.Qe4 Qa3 17.Qg4 Ne7 18.Bh4 Re8 19.Bf6 Neg6
20.Nh4 Kh7 21.Nxg6 fxg6 22.h4? (22.Bh4) gxf6 23.exf6 Qa5 24.Be4 Qe5
25.Qf3 d5 26.Bb1 b5 27.Re1 Qd6 28.h5 e5 29.Bxg6+? (29.Rcd1) Nxg6
30.hxg6+ Kxg6 31.f7 Rf8 32.Qg3+ Kxf7 33.Rxe5 Qf6 34.Rce1 Ra7
35.Qd3 Kg7 36.Qd4 Raf7 37.Rxd5 Qxd4 38.Rxd4 Rxf2 39.Re7+ R2f7 0-1
Wall Bill - Sherman Stan (1883), ICI Classic, Atlanta 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.g5 hxg5
8.Bxg5 Be7 9.f4 a6 10.Bg2 Ng8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nf3 Nh6 13.Qe2 Nc6
14.O-O-O O-O 15.h4 Qf6 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Kb1 Rb8 18.Rdg1 b5 19.Bf1 b4
20.Nd1 Bb7 21.Rh3 Kh8 22.Rhg3 Rg8 23.Rg5 Ne7 24.Bd3 Ng6 25.e5 Qxf4
26.Bxg6 Qxf3? (26...Qxd2) 27.Rh5 Rgd8 (27...fxg6 28.Rxh6+ gxh6
29.Qxh6 mate) 28.Rxh6+! Kg8 29.Bh5 Qc6 30.Rxg7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Likens Rick (1822), ICI Classic, Atlanta 1979
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 d4 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O f6 8.Nh4
Be6 9.a4 g5 10.Nf5 h5 11.f4 gxf4 12.gxf4 Nge7 13.Nh4 Qd7 14.f5 Bf7
15.Ndf3 O-O-O 16.Bd2 Ng8 17.Rb1 Nh6 18.h3 c4 19.Qe1 a6 20.b4 c3
21.Bxh6 Bxh6 22.b5 Nb8 23.Ng6 Rhg8 24.Nfh4 a5 25.Kh1 Bg5
26.Bf3?? (26.Qe2) Bxg6 27.Nxg6 Rxg6 (28.fxg6 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Be3+) 0-1
In August 1979, I won the OTS Championship at Lackland AFB in
San Antonio, Texas.
Wall Bill - Reid, OTS Ch, San Antonio, TX 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 e6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d3 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Bg5 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Ng5 Ne7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.b3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5
14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Rae1 a5 16.c4 Bb7 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Qh3 h5 19.g4 Bb7
20.gxh5 Qc6 21.f3 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 Kg7 23.hxg6 Rh8 24.Qg3 f6 25.Nxe6+ Kg8
26.g7 Rh7 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Re7 0-1
Thornton Mike - Wall Bill, OTS Ch, San Antonio, TX 1979
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f4 Bxc5 6.c3 Nge7 7.b4 Bb6 8.Nf3
O-O 9.b5 Na5 10.Na3 Nf5 11.g3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Ne3 13.Qd3 Ng4 14.Nd4 f6
15.h3 Nh6 16.f5 Qxe5+ 17.Ne2 Nxf5 18.Bc1 Qd6 19.Nc2 Nc4 20.Ncd4 Nxd4
21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Qb4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Crowter Dennis, OTS Ch, San Antonio, TX 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Ng4 4.h3 Nxe5 5.Nxe5 d6 6.Bb5+ 1-0
In September 1979, I was assigned to Wright-Patterson AFB in
Dayton, Ohio and won the Wright Patterson AFB Open.
Wall Bill - Mast Harold, WPAFB Open, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb5+ c6
8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Qe2 a6 13.O-O Bb7 14.c3
Nb6 15.Bc2 Bd6 16.Ne5 Qf6 17.Nxf7 Qxf4 18.Qxe6+ Kf8 19.Nxd6 Bc6 20.Bf5
Ra7 21.Rae1 h5 22.Qe8+ Bxe8 23.Rxe8# 1-0
Wall Bill - Howard Leslie, WPAFB Open, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.h3 O-O 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.O-O Be6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd7 10.Nxe5 Qd6 11.Bf4 Rfe8 12.a3 Nd7 13.Ng6 Qc5
14.Nxe7+ Rxe7 15.Bxc7 Qg5 16.f4 Qc5+ 17.d4 Qc4 18.f5 1-0
Wall Bill - Trogdon Tim, WPAFB Open, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxc6 dxc6
8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.O-O-O Ba5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne2 Bd7 12.Ng3 h5 13.h4 Bc7
14.Rd3 O-O-O 15.Be2 Rdg8 16.Rhd1 Bxg3 17.fxg3 Rd8 18.Rf1 Rh6 19.Rdf3
Rg8 20.Rxf6 Rxf6 21.Rxf6 Rxg3 22.Rxf7 Rxg2 23.Bxh5 Rh2 24.Rf8+ Kc7
25.Be8 Bxe8 26.Rxe8 Kd7 27.Rh8 Re2 28.Rh7+ Kc8 29.Rh8+ Kc7 30.h5 Rxe4
31.h6 Rh4 32.h7 Kd7 33.Kd2 Ke7 34.Rb8 1-0
Driver Dan - Wall Bill, WPAFB Open, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3
8.gxf3 Re8 9.O-O-O c6 10.h4 h5 11.Be2 b5 12.f4 b4
13.Bxf6? (13.Nb1) bxc3 14.Qxc3 exf6 15.Bxh5? gxh5 16.Qf3 Qa5
17.Rhg1 Kf8 18.Kb1 Bh8 19.e5 Ke7 20.Qxh5
fxe5 21.dxe5 d5 22.Qg5+ Kd7 23.Qf5+ Kd8 24.Qxf7 Qc7 25.Rxd5+ cxd5
26.Qxd5+ Ke7 27.f5 Qxe5 28.Qb7+ Nd7 29.Rd1 Qxb2+ 30.Qxb2 Bxb2 31.Kxb2
Rab8+ 32.Kc1 Rh8 33.Rd4 Rh5 34.Kd2 Rxf5 0-1
In October through November 1979, I played in the Dayton Chess Club
Championship and took 4th place.
Delgado Max - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6
8.Nc3 Ne7 9.d4 exd4 10.Nb5 Bb6 11.e5 Qc6 12.b3 Nf5 13.Qd3 d5 14.Nfxd4
dxc4 0-1
Wolford Dave (1775) - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4
8.f3 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Na4 Bd7 12.c3 Bd6 13.g3 Bxg3
14.hxg3 Qxg3+ 15.Kh1 Qh3+ 16.Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Vider Bob, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Na4 Bd6 6.Ne2 b5 7.Nac3 Ba6
8.O-O Rb8 9.Re1 O-O 10.d4 Ne7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Nd5
Ng6 15.Ne3 Rh8 16.Nf5 Qf8 17.a3 c5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Qxd7 Bxb2 20.Ra2
Be5 21.Qxa7 Bc8 22.f4 Be6 23.fxe5 Bxa2 24.exf6 Be6 25.Ne7 Nxe7 26.fxe7
Qe8 27.Nf4 c4 28.Nh5 Kg6 29.Qc5 Qd7 30.Rf1 Rhe8 31.Rf6+ Kh7 32.Rxf7+
Bxf7 33.Nf6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Trogdon Tim, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.dxc5 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.Qd2 Nc6 9.a3 Qc7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Ne5 12.b4 g5 13.h4 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3
Kh7 15.Rae1 Rg8 16.Qd3 Be5 17.Bh5 Rg7 18.Re3 Qd8 19.Rfe1 gxh4 20.Nd5
Qg5 21.Bf3 h3 22.g3 Kh8 23.Bh1 h5 24.Nb6 h4 25.Nxa8 Qh5 26.Kf1 h2
27.Qd1 Qg5 28.f4 1-0
Beard Brian (1904) - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Be3
b6 9.Qd2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bh6 Bb7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Qg5 h6
15.Qg3 Re8 16.Nh4 Nd4 17.Bf1 Kh7 18.exd5 (18.Nf3)
Nxd5 19.Ne4 Re6 20.Nf3 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Nf6 22.Bh3? (22.Qf4) Nh5
23.Qg4? (23.Qg2) f5 24.Qg2 Nf4 25.Qf1 Qh4 0-1
Wall Bill - Burk Vernon Dale (2058), Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O e5 8.b3
c6 9.Bb2 Na6 10.a3 Nc7 11.Qc2 Qe8 12.h3 Qh5 13.f4 e4 14.Qd1 d5 15.cxd5
Ncxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rc1 Rd8 18.Qe1 Qf7 19.b4 (19.Nd4) Nb6 20.Rc2
Nc4 21.Qc1 Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Bf6 23.Qb1 Be6 24.Nc1 Rd6 25.Rf2 Rad8
26.b5 cxb5 27.Qxb5 Rb6 28.Qa5 Ra6 29.Qb4 Qe7 30.Qxe7 Bxe7 31.Rc7 Rd7
32.Rc8+ (32.Rxd7) Kf7 33.g4 g6 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Bf1 Rxa3 36.Bb5 Rd8
37.Rc7 Rc8 38.Rxc8 Bxc8 39.Ne2 Bf6 40.Kh2 (40.Rf1) Be6
41.Rf1?? (41.Ng3) a6 0-1
Goodman Tom - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bc4 Nbd7
8.O-O Qc7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bh4 Nc5 12.Bf1 Nfxe4 13.Bxe7 Nxc3
14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Qg4 O-O 17.Qf3 Bd7 18.Nb3 Bc6 19.Qe3 Ne4
20.f3 Ng5 21.Rab1 Rac8 22.c4 Rfe8 23.Red1 Rcd8 24.Rd4 e5 25.Rd2 Rxd2
26.Nxd2 Rd8 27.Bd3 Qa5 28.Ra1 Qc3 29.Nb3 Kh8 30.Re1 f6 31.h4 Ne6
32.Qd2 Qxd2 33.Nxd2 Rd4 34.g3 Nc5 35.Re3 Ba4 36.Nb3 Bxb3 37.axb3 a5
38.Kf2 Kg8 39.Ke2 Kf8 40.c3 Rd8 41.Bc2 Ne6 42.Rd3 Ke7 43.Rxd8 Nxd8
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Pierce Dan, Dayton CC Ch, Dayton, OH 1979
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nh3 d6 6.O-O e6 7.f4 Nge7 8.d3
O-O 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Ne2 Nec6 13.c3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 a5
15.f5 exf5 16.exf5 Re8 17.Bxc6 1-0
In January 1980, I won the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
championship.
Wall Bill - Lovegren Bob, AFIT Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Bxe5 d5 7.Qf3 Bg4
8.Qf4 Bd6 9.Bxd6 cxd6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.h3 Re4 13.Qh2 Bxf3
14.gxf3 Re7 15.Kh1 d4 16.Rg1 g6 17.exd4 d5 18.Qf4 Nh5 19.Qh4 Qe8
20.Qxh5 1-0
Wall Bill - Barsalou Norm, AFIT Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.O-O-O Bg7
8.Bb5 O-O 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Rxe7 Nh5 13.Na4 Qxd4
14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Bd6 Rd8 16.Bc7 Rd7 17.Re8+ Kg7 18.Be5+ Bxe5 19.Rxe5
Ba6 20.Nc5 f6 21.Re1 1-0
Hatherill Chuck - Wall Bill, AFIT Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 O-O 6.c3 Nxe4 7.Bd5 Nc5
8.Qe2 d6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.d4 Ba6 11.Qe3 Nd3 12.Rd1 Nxc1 13.Rxc1 exd4
14.cxd4 Re8 15.Rxc6 Bb7 16.Rc2 Bg5 17.Qc3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bf4 19.Na3 Qh4
20.Kf1 Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Qxh2+ 22.Kf1 Qh1# 0-1
Hayes Dan - Wall Bill, AFIT Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Bf5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Be3
Nc6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.Rc1 c5 11.a3 Na6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Be7 14.d5 exd5
15.cxd5 c4 16.Qd2 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Rc2 Nd3+ 19.Ke2 Nxd5 20.Nxd5
Qxd5 21.b3 Qe4+ 22.Kd1 Rd8 23.Rxc4 Nb2+ 0-1
In January 1980, I took 3rd in the Dayton Chess Club Gambit Championship.
Ruden Bill - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Ng1 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe5 6.d3 exd3+ 7.Be3 dxc2
8.Qxc2 Bb4 9.Nf3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.O-O Be6 13.Rfe1 Nbd7
14.Bd4 O-O 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Re5 Qb6 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Rae1 Ng4
20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.R5e2 Nxf2 22.Rxf2 Rxf2 23.Qxf2 Kxh7 24.Qxb6 axb6
25.Rxe6 Rxa2 26.Re7 c5 27.Rxb7 Rb2 28.Kf1 Rb3 29.Ke2 Rxc3 30.Rxb6 Rc2+
31.Kf3 c4 32.Rc6 c3 33.g3 Rxh2 34.Rxc3 g5 35.Rc7+ Kg6 36.Rc6+ Kf5
37.g4+ Ke5 38.Rc5+ Kd4 39.Rc6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Ruden Doug, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Bd6 4.d3 Nf6 5.c4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.h3 Bh5
8.Be2 Bg6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nb3 Re8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Re1 e4
14.dxe4 Bxe4 15.Nfd2 Bh7 16.Bf3 Qd7 17.c5 Bf8 18.c6 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 bxc6
20.dxc6 Qd6 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.Qf1 Rd8 23.Qa6 Ra8 24.Qb7 Qd8 25.Ne4 Qb8
26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Rd7 Bd6 28.Rxd6 cxd6 29.c7 1-0
Wall Bill - Burk Dale (2058), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 c6 6.Be3 Bg4 7.Qg3 e6
8.h3 Bh5 9.Bd3 Bg6 10.O-O-O Bd6 11.Qf2 Qa5 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.Rhf1 O-O-O
14.Kb1 Rhe8 15.g4 Bxd3 16.Rxd3 h6 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.g5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 e5
20.d5 Nc5 21.Rdd1 Be7 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Qf5+ Kb8 25.Ng3 Ne6
26.h4 Nd4 27.Qf2 Ne6 28.Qf5 Nd4 29.Qf2 1/2-1/2
Burk Dale (2058) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.O-O h6 9.Bh4 c6 10.Ne2 Re8 11.c3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bg3 a5 14.a3 Bb7
15.Rae1 Qb6 16.Kh1 b4 17.axb4 axb4 18.Ne5 c5 19.h3 Ra2 (19...Nxe5
20.dxe5 Nh5) 20.Bb1 bxc3 21.Qxc3 cxd4 (21...Ra6) 22.Nxd7
Qxb2? (22...dxc3 23.Nxb6 Rxb2) 23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Bxa2 Qxa2
25.Nf4 Nxg3+ (25...Qa6) 26.Qxg3 Rd8 (26...Qd2) 27.Ne5 1-0
Wall Bill - Walsh Leonard, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Bc4+ d5
8.Bxd5+ Be6 9.Qxg4 Qd6 10.Bxe6+ Qxe6 11.Qxf4+ Nf6 12.Qxc7+ Be7 13.d3
Nxe4 14.O-O+ Kg6 15.dxe4 Bxh4 16.Qxb7 1-0
Goodman Tom - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Bd6
8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Bc7 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Qe1 a5 12.a3 bxa3 13.Rxa3 b5 14.Ne3
Qd6 15.Ra1 Nxd4 16.g3 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Bb7 18.Rfd1 Qc6 19.Kg2 Rfd8 20.h3
Ne4 21.Nf1 Bb6 22.Be1 Ng5 23.Nh2 b4 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.h4 Nxf3 26.Nxf3
Rc8 27.Ra2 Qe4 28.Qxe4 Bxe4 0-1
Wall Bill - Goodman Tom, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.d4 e6 4.Bb2 d5 5.e5 b6 6.Nf3 Ba6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O
Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nc6 10.a3 a5 11.Qb5 Qc7 12.axb4 Bxb4 13.c3 Be7 14.Ba3 Bxa3
15.Nxa3 Ne7 16.Qd3 O-O 17.Ng5 g6 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Qh3 h5 20.Nd6 Nc8
21.Nxc8 Qxc8 22.Rfb1 Rb8 23.Qf3 Qd8 24.Qf4 Qe7 25.Nf3 f6 26.exf6 Rxf6
27.Qg3 Kg7 28.h3 Qf7 29.Ng5 Qe7 30.Nf3 Qf7 31.Ng5 Qe7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Meidinger Charles (1825), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.g3 Bd6 8.Bg2
O-O 9.O-O Bb7 10.b3 Qe8 11.a4 Qh5 12.h3 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Rae8 14.Qc2 Re7
15.Bf3 Qe8 16.Bb2 e5 17.Bg2 h6 18.Nf3 g5 19.Nh2 e4 20.e3 Ne5 21.Bxe5
Bxe5 22.Ra2 Bd6 23.Rd1 Qh5 24.Qe2 Qf7 25.Nc3 Nd7? (25...Be5)
26.Ng4 Kh7 27.Rad2 h5 28.Nh2? (28.Nxd5) Re5? (28...Nf6) 29.Nxe4 dxe4
30.Rxd6 Rf5?? (30...Nb6) 31.Rxd7 1-0
Meidinger Charles (1825) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Bf4 Be7 8.e3
O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Nc3 Nh5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nf6 14.Qc2
Rc8 15.Rad1 Qe8 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.Ng4 Qe7 18.Qd2 Rcd8 19.Nxf6+ Rxf6 20.Bf3
Bc7 21.Ne2 Qe8 22.a4 a6 23.Qc2 Bb6 24.bxa6 Bxa6 25.Rfe1 Ba5 26.Nc3 d4
27.exd4 cxd4 28.Ne4 Rh6 29.Nc5 Bxe1 30.Nxa6 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Rc8 32.Qb3
Qd8 33.Bb7 Qf6+ 34.Qf3 Rc2+ 35.Kg1 Qg5 36.Qf4 Qxf4?
(36...Rh1+ 37.Kxh1 Qh5+) 37.gxf4 Rxb2 38.Bc6 e5 (38...Rf6)
39.Bf3 Rxa6 40.fxe5 Rb4 (40...Rxa4) 41.e6 Rxe6? (41.Kf8) 42.Bd5 Kf7
43.Re1 Rb7 (43...Rxa4) 44.Kf2 Ke7 (44...Ra7) 45.Rxe6+ 1-0
In February 1980, I took 3rd in the Dayton CC 30/30 Championship.
Shirley Rick - Wall Bill, Dayton DCC 30/30 Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Ng5 O-O 6.Nc3 a6 7.Nd5 Nxd5
8.Bxd5 Qf6 9.O-O h6 10.Nf3 Nb4 11.a3 Nxd5 12.exd5 d6 13.d4 exd4 14.c3
dxc3 15.bxc3 Qxc3 16.Bd2 Qf6 17.g3 Bg4 18.Kg2 Qf5 0-1
Wall Bill - Trogdon Tim, Dayton DCC 30/30 Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.c3 Qd7
8.Qc2 Bh3 9.e4 h5 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 h4 12.Qb3 d4 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qa6
Nh5 15.Ngf3 Rb6 16.Qa4 Qg4 17.Nxe5 Nf4+ 18.Kh1 Qh5 19.gxf4 1-0
Meidinger Charles (1825) - Wall Bill, Dayton DCC 30/30 Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.f4 c6 7.Nf3 Na6 8.O-O
Nc7 9.e5 Nfe8 10.Rb1 a5 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 f5 13.Na4 b5? (13...Ne6) 14.cxb6
Ne6 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.Nc5 Qc8 17.Rbc1 Bh6? (17...Nxc5) 18.g3 (18.Nxb7
Qxb7 19.Qxc6) Kh8 19.b3 Rg8 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Qxc6 Qxc6 22.Rxc6 Nd8
23.Rc5 e6 24.Rfc1 Nb7 25.Rc8 Ng7 26.R8c7 Rgb8 27.Bb5 Nd8 28.b7 Rxb7
29.Rxb7 Nxb7 30.Bc6 1-0
Wall Bill - Mantia Tony (1900), Dayton DCC 30/30 Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d4
Bf8 9.h3 h6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bf5 14.Nc3
Bb4 15.Rac1 Rd2 16.Bf3 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Rxa2 18.Bxb7 Rb8 19.Bf3 Ra3 20.Nc6
Rbxb3? (20...Re8) 21.Rxb3 Rxb3 22.Ne7+ Kh7 23.Nxf5 1-0
Wall Bill - Beard Brian (1908), Dayton DCC 30/30 Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Nbd7
8.Re1 e5 9.Bf1 h6 10.Be3 Ne8 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.Ne2 d5 13.exd5 e4 14.Ne5
cxd5 15.f4 Nb6 16.h3 h5 17.a4 a5 18.c4 Be6 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Ng3 Nd6
21.Qd1 Qh4 22.Nh1 Qe7 23.Ng3 Qh4 24.Nh1 Qe7 25.Ng3 1/2-1/2
Mindock John - Wall Bill, Dayton DCC 30/30 Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 O-O 8.e5
Nd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.c4 Qc7 11.Re1 Nb4 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.a3 Nc6 14.cxd5 exd5
15.Bf4 Qd8 16.Ne3 g5 17.Nxg5 Bxg5 18.Qg4 Ncxe5 19.Qxg5+ Qxg5 20.Bxg5
d4 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Rac8 23.b3 Kg7 24.Be4 Nf6 25.Bb7 Rce8 26.Rad1
Re7 27.Bg2 Rfe8 28.Kf1 h6 29.Bh4 Neg4 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Kg1 Re2 32.Rf1
Rd2 33.Re1 Rxd3 34.h3 Rxb3 35.a4 c4 36.hxg4 c3 37.Bf1 c2 38.Rc1 d3
39.Bxf6+ Kxf6 40.Bxd3 Rxd3 41.Rxc2 Rd4 42.Rc6+ Kg5 43.a5 bxa5 44.Rc7
Kxg4 45.Rxf7 a4 46.Rxa7 Kf3 47.Rf7+ Kg4 48.Ra7 Kf3 49.Rf7+ Kg4
1/2-1/2
In February 1980, I played in the Midwest Open Ches Festival (MOTCF) in
Columbus, Ohio.
Lance Mike - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1980
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Qe1
Ne4 9.Kh1 Qa5 10.Rg1 Rd8 11.g4 d4 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Qh4 Nb4 14.exd4 Nxd3
15.cxd3 cxd4 16.g5 Ne8 17.Rg3 e5 18.Nxe5 f6 19.g6 Qd5+ 20.Kg1
h5? (20...h6) 21.Nf7 Rd7?? (21...Be6) 22.Rg5 (22...fxg5 23.Qxh5) 1-0
Wall Bill - Sponsler Mike, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Be7 5.Bc4 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O
8.Re1 Qd6 9.Na3 a6 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.Nc4 Qc5 12.Ncxe5 Nxe5 13.Rxe5 Qb6
14.Rxe7 1-0
Unruh Charles (2140) - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1980
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.a4 d6 11.Be3 b6 12.g4 Nb4 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rf2 Re8
15.Nd4 Bb7 16.f5 Nxd3 17.cxd3 e5 18.Nc2 Qd8 19.h4 Nf8 (19...Nc5) 20.Nb4
f6 (20...Nd7) 21.Rg2 fxg5 (21...Nd7) 22.hxg5 Kh8 23.Ncd5 Bxd5 (23...a5)
24.Nxd5 Nd7 25.Qh5 Nf8 26.f6 1-0
Kohn Harold - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1980
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O e6 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qc1 a6 12.Bxh6 Qc7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rd1
Rh8 15.g3 Bd7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Reardon Kevin, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Na5 7.Bb3 O-O
8.Bg5 c6 9.a3 Nxb3 10.cxb3 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.b4 Bb6 13.b5 h6 14.Bd2 Qc7
15.bxc6 bxc6 16.Qc1 Kh7 17.b4 Rfd8 18.Qb2 d5 19.Rac1 Qd6 20.Na4 Nxe4
21.dxe4 dxe4 22.Qc2 f5 23.Rfd1 exf3 24.Bg5 Bd4 25.Bxd8 Rxd8
26.g4? (26.Nc5) e4 27.Rxd4 Qxd4 28.Qxc6?? (28.Nc5) Rc8 0-1
On February 26, 1980, I played Larry Christiansen in a 20-board simul at
the Dayton Chess Club. Christiansen was sponsored by Church's
Fried Chicken.
Christiansen Larry (2500) - Wall Bill (1750), Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 e6 5.Bd3 (5.Nf3)
c5 (5...Nc6) 6.h4 Nc6 7.Qe2 Qc7
8.Nf3 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O
14.f4 e5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Kb1 (16.Nf2) c4 17.Bf4 cxd3 18.cxd3 Bg4 19.Qe3 Bxd1
20.Qxa7 Be2 21.Qa8+ Kd7 22.Qa4+ Qc6 23.Qd4+ Ke8 24.Qxe5 Bxd3+ 25.Ka1
Qxe4 (25...Bxe4) 26.Qxg7 Rh7 27.Qg3 Ra8 (27...Bc4) 28.Qg8+ Bf8 29.Bd6
Kd7 (29...Rxa2! 30.Kxa2 Qe6+) 30.Bxf8 Qa4 (30...Bc4) 31.a3
Re8 (31...Bf5) 32.Qg3 Qe4 (32...Be4) 33.Rd1 Rxf8 34.Rxd3+ Kc8 35.Rd4 Qe6
36.Ra4 Rhh8 37.Ra8+ Kd7 38.Ra7 Qe4 39.Qf2 Qd5 (39...Rhg8) 40.c4 Qe4
41.Ra5 Rhg8? (41...Qxc5) 42.Rd5+ Ke8?? (42...Ke7) 43.Qb6
Qe1+ 44.Ka2 f6 45.Qb5+ Kf7 46.Rd7+ 1-0
On February 27, 1980, I played Larry Christiansen in a 10-board
blindfold simultaneous exhibition.
Christiansen Larry (blindfold) - Wall Bill, Dayton, OH 1980
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e5 (5.Nf3; 5.Qf3; 5.Qd2;
5.Bd3) Nd5 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nxd5 exd5
8.Qd2 d6 9.f4 f6 10.O-O-O dxe5 11.dxe5 c6 12.Nf3 fxe5 13.Nxe5 Qf6
14.g3 Bf5 15.Bg2 Nd7 (15...Kh8) 16.Rhe1 (16.Bxd5) Rae8 17.Nxd7 Bxd7
18.h4 Rd8 19.Re5 Rfe8 20.Rde1 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Bxe8
23.Qe3 Qg6 24.g4 a6 25.f5 Qf7 26.g5 d4 (26...Bd7) 27.Qe5 Qd7 28.Be4
Bf7 29.Qb8+ Qe8 30.Qxe8+ Bxe8 31.Kd2 b6 32.Kd3 c5 33.Bd5+ Kf8 34.Ke4 Bb5
35.Ke5 d3 36.cxd3 Bxd3 37.f6 g6? (37...gxf6 38.gxf6 b5) 38.Kd6 c4
39.Kc6 b5 40.a3 a5 41.Kc5 a4 42.Bc6 1-0
In May 1980, I won the Bauer Memorial at the Dayton Chess Club.
Wall Bill - Delgado Max, Bauer Memorial, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.h3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
a6 9.d4 Qc7 10.d5 Nd8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 f5 14.Ng5 e5
15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Qd5 Qe7 17.exf5 Qxg5 18.fxe6 Qe3+ 19.Kh2 Bxe6 20.Qxd6
Be5 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Qg4 1-0
Wall Bill - Shirley Richard, Bauer Memorial, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Bc5+
8.d4 Ne3 9.Bxe3 fxe3 10.dxc5 1-0
Foley Dave - Wall Bill, Bauer Memorial, Dayton, OH 1980
1.f4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nf3 exf4 4.Bxf4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Ba5 7.b4 Bb6
8.b5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Qd2 O-O 11.e3 Re8 12.O-O-O Bb6 13.e4 Qe7 14.a4
Qa3+ 15.Kb1 Bd4 0-1
Mantia Anthony (2100) - Wall Bill, Bauer Memorial, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 Na6 8.h4
h5 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 Rd8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.f3 Be6 14.d5 Bxc3
15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 f6 17.Be3 Bf7 18.Ne2 c5 19.Rhg1 Kh7 20.Rg2 Nb8
21.Rdg1 Rg8 22.Kc2 Nd7 23.f4 Rab8 24.Rb1 b6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Botha Colin, Dayton, OH Bauer Memorial, Dayton, OH 1980
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 b5 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nf3 a6 6.c4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 d5 8.Bb3
a5 9.bxa5 Rxa5 10.O-O c5 11.Ba4+ Bc6 12.Bxc6+ Nxc6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5
Bd6 15.Bc3 Ra8 16.Qf3 d4 17.Qc6+ Ke7 18.exd4 cxd4 19.Qb7+ Bc7 20.Bb4+
Kd7 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.Qc6+ Kc8 23.d3 Qd7 24.Qa6+ Kd8 25.Rxc7 Kxc7 26.Ba5+
1-0
In July 1980, I played in the Wright-Patterson AFB Championship in
Dayton, Ohio. I took 2nd-3rd place.
Wall Bill - Meidinger Charles (1865), WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2
Qc7 9.c4 d4 10.a3 a5 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 f5 14.Nd2 Be6
15.e3 dxe3 16.fxe3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Qd6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Nf3? (19.Rf2)
Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Nxe5 Rxb3 22.Nxc6 Bg5 23.Bc1 Bf6 24.Nxa5 Rb6
25.Ra2 (25.Bd2) Ra8 (25...Bc3) 26.Bd2 Rba6 27.Rc2 Rxa5 28.Bxa5 Rxa5
29.Rb1 Rxa3 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Kf2 Rc3 32.Rxc3 Bxc3 33.Rf8 Kg6 34.e4 fxe4
35.Ke3 Bf5 36.g4 Bxg4 37.Kxe4 Be6 38.Rf3 Bd4 39.Rg3+ Kh5 40.Kd3 Bf5+
41.Ke2 Kh4 42.Ra3 Be6 43.Kd3 Kh3 44.Ra2 Bf5+ 0-1
Hatherill Chuck - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 d5 3.Nc3 d4 4.e5 dxc3 5.exf6 cxb2 6.Bxb2 exf6 7.c4 Bb4+
8.Ke2 Qe7+ 9.Kf3 O-O 10.a3 Bd6 11.d4 f5 12.c5 Qe4# 0-1
Ling Richard (1749) - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Na3 a6
8.Nc2 Bg4 9.Ne3 Bh5 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Be2 Bd6 13.h3 h6 14.c4
Bb4 15.Bd2 Bg6 16.Bxb4 Nxb4 17.cxd5 Nfxd5 18.Rc1 Nc6 19.Qa4 Nb6 20.Qa3
Kb8 21.Ne5 Be4 22.f3 f6 23.fxe4 fxe5 24.dxe5 Qe7 25.Qb3 Ka7 26.Nc4
Qc5+ 27.Ne3 Qxe5 28.Kh1 Nd4 29.Qa3 Qg5 30.Rc3 Nxe2 31.Rxe2 Rc8 32.Rb3
Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Qf4+ 34.g3 Qf3 35.Rg2 Qxe4 36.Rxb6? (36.Qd6)
Qb1 (36...Kxb6) 37.g4 (37.Rxb7+) Rh1+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Rf2 Kxb6 0-1
Wall Bill - Winslow Dan (1734), WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nge2 Be6 6.O-O Qd7 7.f4 Bh3 8.d3
Be7 9.a3 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 h5 11.Nd5 h4 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.f5 d5 14.c3 O-O-O
15.Be3 Be7 16.Qa4 d4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxa7 c6 20.Bf4 Bd6
21.Qxd4 hxg3 22.hxg3 Bxf4 23.Qxd7+ Rxd7 24.Rxf4 Rxd3 25.Rg4 g6 26.b4
gxf5 27.exf5 Rh5 28.Rg8+ Kc7 29.g4 Rhh3 30.a4 Rdg3+ 31.Kf2 Rf3+ 32.Kg2
1/2-1/2
In November 1980, I played in the Region V Championship in Dayton, Ohio.
Lee Keevin (1790) - Wall Bill, Region V Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 a6 6.O-O e6 7.c4 h6 8.Nc3
Bd7 9.f4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 e5 14.fxe5
dxe5 15.Bf4 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.b4 O-O-O 18.Bd2 e4 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4
Bxh2 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 Kb8 23.c5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Qxf4 25.Rb1 Re8 26.b5
axb5 27.c6 Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Qe1+
32.Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Meidinger Charles (1950), Region V Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O
8.O-O Nc6 9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 Bd7 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.Nh4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qc5 14.h3 e5
15.f5 Ne7 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bd2 g5 18.Nf3 b5 19.b4 Qb6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Be1
Rxc3 22.Bxc3 Nxe4 23.Be1? (23.Bxe5) Nxf5 24.Rg1 Nf2+ 25.Bxf2 Qxf2
26.Qe1 Qxe2 0-1
Wehener Joe (1784) - Wall Bill, Region V Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5
Ne7 9.e4 Ne8 10.Ne1 f5 11.f4 a6 12.Nd3 Rb8 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.a4 c6
15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 Nd6 17.b3 cxd5 18.cxd5 f4 19.Bd2 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 g5
21.gxf4 exf4 22.e5 Ndf5 23.d6 Ng6 24.Be4 Be6 25.Nd5? (25.Qh5) Qd4!
26.Ne7+ Nfxe7 27.dxe7 Qxe4+ 28.Qf3 Qxf3+ 29.Rxf3 Nxe7 30.Bb4 Bd5
31.Rf1 g4 0-1
Wall Bill - Dykes Ben, Region V Ch, Dayton, OH 1980
1.b4 e6 2.b5 b6 3.Bb2 Bb7 4.c4 c5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.d4 g5 8.Nc3 d6
9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Qa4 Nfd7 11.Ne2 Rh7 12.Qc2 f5 13.Rd1 d5? (13...a6)
14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 exd5 16.Qxf5 Re7 17.Qxd5 Qa5+ 18.Nc3 Nb6 19.Qd2
c4 20.Be2 Rd7 21.Qc2 a6 22.Ne5 Rd5 23.Nxc4 Nxc4 24.Qe4+ Re5 25.Qxa8 1-0
In December 1980, I played in an Army vs. Air Force match at
Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indinapolis, Indiana. Air Force won.
Charles Meidinger (1950) played board 1 and I played board 2.
Ashworth John - Wall Bill, Indianapolis, IN 1980
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.b3 Bg4 6.e3 e6 7.Bd3 Bb4 0-1
Wall Bill - Still George, Indianapolis, IN 1980
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nc3 e5
8.Re1 d5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Bb7 11.Qa4+ Kf8 12.Qc4 Rc8 13.d3 h6 14.b4
Nf6 15.Nxf6 Bxf6 16.bxc5 Be7 17.Nxe5 Rh7 18.Bxh6+ Kg8 19.Be3 Bd6 20.f4
Qh4 21.Nf3 Qg4 22.Rab1 Rc7 23.Rxb7 Rxb7 24.cxd6 Rb2 25.Bf2 1-0
In January 1981, I took 3rd in the Dayton Chess Club Gambit
Championship.
Gilmore Don - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.g3 g6 8.Bg2
Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Rb8 12.e4 Nb6 13.b3 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bxc3
15.Rb1 Bb7 16.Ng5 Bxd5 17.Rh4 Bf6 18.Qg4 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qd7
21.h3 Qxg4 22.hxg4 f6 23.Bh6 Rf7 24.Be3 Nc4 25.Re1 Ne5 26.f4 Nd3
27.Re2 Nb4 28.Rh1 Ra8 29.Ra1 Rff8 30.a3 Rfb8 31.Bd2 Nc2 32.Rb1 Nxa3
33.Rb2 Nc4 34.Rb1 Ra2 0-1
Cross Jim - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Bg5 O-O
8.O-O Be7 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.Rfe1 Ng4
14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Ne5 Ndxe5 16.dxe5 Qh4 17.h3 Qxh3+ 18.Kg1 Qh2+ 19.Kf1
Qh1# 0-1
Bullock Randy (1700) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.O-O gxh2+ 7.Kh1 d6
8.Nxh4 Qxh4 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.d4 Nh6 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.Qf3 Rf8 13.Nc3 Be6
14.Nd5+ Kd8 15.Qf6+ Qxf6 16.Rxf6 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ke7 18.Raf1 Nd7 19.Re6+
Kd8 20.Rxh6 Nb6 21.b3 Nxd5 22.Rxh7 Nb4 23.Rxh2 a5 24.a3 Nc6 25.d5 Ne5
26.Rhf2 Ke7 27.Be6 Rh8+ 28.Rh2 Rxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Rh8+ 30.Kg3 c6 31.c4 Rh7
32.Rf2 Rg7+ 33.Kh3 Nd3 34.Rf3 Rh7+ 35.Kg2? (35.Kg3)
Ne1+ 36.Kf2 Nxf3 37.Kxf3 Rh2 0-1
Wall Bill - Bullock Randy (1700), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.O-O gxh2+ 7.Kh1 d5
8.Bxd5 Nh6 9.d4 Be6 10.Bxb7 1-0
Wall Bill - Wolford Dave (1763), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 h5 7.d4 dxe4 8.Bxf4
Bg7 9.c3 Nf6 10.Qb3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.Rae1 b5 14.a4 a6
15.Bd1 Bf5 16.Bxb8 Raxb8 17.Rxf5 1-0
Wolford Dave (1763) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Bc4+ Ke8
8.Qxg4 Nf6 9.Qg6+ Ke7 10.e5 1-0
Mantia Tony (1900) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.O-O-O c6 7.f3 exf3
8.Nxf3 h6 9.Bd3 Nb6 10.Bg6+ Kd7 11.Ne5+ Kc7 12.Nf7 1-0
Wall Bill - Mantia Tony (1900), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7
8.a4 O-O 9.Ng5 b6 10.Be3 Qe8 11.Nb5 Bd8 12.Bf4 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5
14.Bxc7 Bxg5 0-1
Wall Bill - Hatherill Chuck, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Nc3 e5 6.d3 Be7 7.h3 O-O
8.Nf3 Bc5 9.a3 a5 10.Be2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.O-O b6 13.Nb5 Bc5 14.Bg5
Bd7 15.Nc3 Bd4 16.Ne4 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bxa3 18.Bf3 Bb4 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bh6
Re8 21.Bc6 e4 22.Bxa8 exd3 23.Qxd3 Qc7 24.Bd5 1-0
Hatherill Chuck - DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.d4 O-O
8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Nb4 10.Bc4 Bf5 11.h3 Nc2+ 12.Ke2 Nxa1 0-1
In February 1981, I played in the MOTCF tournament in
Columbus, Ohio. I was rated 1810.
Wall Bill - Hoefflin Jim (1784), MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1981
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.Ne5 Be7 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.O-O a6
8.Be2 Qc7 9.f4 O-O 10.c4 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Qe1 Be7 13.cxd5 exd5
14.Nc3 Nf6 15.Qg3 Be6 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Na4 b6 18.Be5 Qb7 19.d4 Bd7
20.dxc5 Bxa4 21.bxa4 bxc5 22.Rb1 Qd7 23.Rb6 Qf5 24.Bd3 Qxd3 25.Bxf6
Bxf6 26.Rxf6 Re8 27.Rd6 Rxe3 28.Qg5 Qd4 29.Rxd5 Re5+ 30.Rxd4 Rxg5
31.Rd7 Rf5 32.g4 Rf6 33.Rc7 g6 34.Rxc5 Rb8 35.g5 Rd6 36.Rfc1 Rb2
37.Rc8+ Kg7 38.R8c6 Rdd2 39.Rxa6 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rxh2+ 41.Kg1 Rxa2 42.a5
h6 43.gxh6+ Kxh6 44.Ra8 Kg7 45.a6 Rhf2 46.Ra1 1/2-1/2
Wheeler Dwight - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1981
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 a6 4.g3 e6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg2 Ne4 8.Qd3
Bd7 9.Qe3 f6 10.O-O? (10.b4) Bxc3 11.bxc3 g5 12.Nd2? (12.Bxg5) gxf4
13.Qxf4 Nxc3 0-1
Panzel Ken (2033) - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 a6 6.Nd2 Bc5 7.N2b3 Ba7
8.c3 d6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.Bb1 Qc7 13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4
e5 15.Bxa7 Rxa7 16.g5 Ne8 17.h4 Qc8 18.Qe3 Ra8 19.f4 Bg4 20.Rd2 Bh5
21.Rg1 a5 22.fxe5 a4 23.Nd4 dxe5 24.Nf5 Qe6 25.Qc5 g6 26.Ne7+ Kg7
27.a3 b6 28.Qc6 Qh3 29.Qxb6 Qxh4+ 30.Rf2 Qh3 31.Qc5 Rd8 32.Qxe5+ f6
33.gxf6+ Rxf6? (33...Nxf6) 34.Nd5 Kh6?? (34...Qh4) 35.Qg5+ Kg7
36.Rxf6 Rxd5 37.Rxg6+ hxg6 38.exd5 1-0
Cox Rick (1782) - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1981
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O
8.O-O a6 9.Bg5 Qa5 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Nb3 Qc7 (11...Qb4) 12.Be7 Re8 13.Bd6 Bxc3
14.Bxc7 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Nc6 16.Ne4 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Nc3 Be6 19.Rfd1
Rac8 20.Bb6 Nf6 21.e3 Nd7 22.Bd4 Nb4 23.a3 Nc2 24.Rac1 Nxd4 25.Rxd4
Rc4 26.Rcd1 Bg4 27.Bxd5 Rxc3 28.Rxg4 Rc7 29.Rc4 Rxc4 30.Bxc4 Ne5
31.Bd5 Rd8 32.f4 Nc6 33.e4 Kg7 34.Rc1 Kf6 35.Kf2 h5 (35...Ke7)
36.b4 g5 (36...Ke7) 37.Bxc6 Rc8 38.Rc5 1-0
Wall Bill - Friscoe Lou (1748), MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1981
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Ne5 Qc7 7.O-O Bd6 8.f4
O-O 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxf6 cxb5 11.Qg4 g6 12.Qh3 Be7 13.Be5 Qd8 14.Nc3 f6
15.Nxb5 fxe5 16.fxe5 Rf5 17.d4 Ba6 18.a4 cxd4 19.Rxf5 exf5 20.exd4 Qb6
21.Qd3 Rc8 22.c4 Rd8 23.c5 Bxb5 24.Qxb5 Qc7 25.c6 Rb8 26.Qxd5+ Kg7
27.Rc1 Bg5 28.Rc3 Rd8 29.Qc5 Be7 30.Qc4 Qb6 31.Rd3 Rxd4? (31...Rc8)
32.Rxd4 Bc5 33.Kf1 Bxd4 34.c7 1-0
In March 1981, I played in the Gem City Open in Dayton, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Glower Jake, Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 Nc6 8.c3
d5 9.Re1 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Be6 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.a4 Rfd8 14.Bg5 f6
15.Be3 Na5 16.b4 Nc4 17.Bc5 Qe8 18.Rad1 Qxa4 19.Ra1 Qb3 20.Bxa7 Qxc3
21.b5 Qd3 22.Qa2 Bf7 23.Bf1 Nd2 24.Nxd2 Qxd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.Be3 Rxa1
27.Rxa1 Rc2?? (27...Rd8) 28.Ra8+ Bf8 29.Bh6 1-0
Chou Tien (1950) - Wall Bill, Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Qf3 Ng6 12.c3 Be6 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.h3
h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nc2 Nf4 17.Nb4 Bc4 (17...Qb6) 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.g3
a5 20.Nc2 Ne6 21.Qe2 Ng5 22.f3 Qa8 23.O-O-O Qc6 24.Ne3 Ra4 (24...Rc5)
25.Kb1 O-O 26.h4 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Rxe4 (27...Qxe4+) 28.Qd2 (28.Qf3) b4
29.Nd5 Kg7 30.Qf2 Qc4 31.Qxf6+ Kh7 32.Qxd6 1-0
Wall Bill - Reilly Chris, Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O dxe4
8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Na6 11.c3 Nc5 12.Nd4 e5 13.Nc2 f5
14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ne3 Rae8 16.Nxf5 Rxf5 17.Be3 Bf8 18.b4 Na4 19.Rac1 a6
20.Rd7 Rf7 21.Rd2 Bg7 22.Bf1 Kf8 23.Bc4 Rc7 24.Bb3 b5 25.Bxa4 bxa4
26.Rd6 Kf7 27.Bb6 Rcc8 28.Rcd1 e4 29.Rd7+ Kg8 30.c4 Bc3 31.a3 Bb2
32.Ra7 Ra8 33.Rc7 Rac8 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bc5 Bxa3 (35...Rb8)
36.Ra1 Bb2 37.Rxa4 Ra8 38.b5 cxb5 (38...b5) 39.cxb5 Be5 (39...Kf7)
40.bxa6 Kf7 41.Rxe4 Bc3 42.a7 Kf6 43.Re3 Be5 44.f4 Bc7 45.Kg2 1-0
Ling Richard (1890) - Wall Bill, Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5
8.O-O a6 9.e5 Ne8 10.Be4 Nc7 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Be3 Ne6 13.Rad1 Rxd1
14.Rxd1 Nc6 15.Na4 Ned4 16.c3 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Be6 18.Nxc5 Bxa2 19.Rd7
Bh6 20.Kf2 g5 21.g3 gxf4 22.gxf4 Rc8 23.Rxb7 Nxe5 24.Be2 Ng6 25.Nxa6
Bxf4 26.Bg4 e6 27.Nb4 Bb1 28.Bxf4 Nxf4 29.Rb6 Rd8 30.Ke3 Ng6 31.c4 Ne5
32.Be2 Bf5 33.c5 Bg4 34.c6 Rc8 35.Kf4 Bxe2 36.Kxe5 Kf8 37.Rb7 Ke8
38.Kd6 Rd8+ 39.Kc7 Rd4 40.Rb8+ Ke7 41.Rb7 Ke8 42.Rb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
In May 1981, I played board 5 for Dayton in the Dayton vs
Cincinnati match.
Thiemann Paul - Wall Bill, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Qe2 e5 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Qf2 Ng4
14.Qe2 (14.Qe1) Bc4 15.Qd2 (15.Nd5) Bxf1 (15...d5!) 16.Rxf1? (16.Nd5)
Nxe3 17.Qxe3 d5 18.Qe2 exf4 19.Nxd5 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 fxg3 21.Ne5 f6
22.Qh5 (22.b4) Rf8 (22...fxe5 23.Qf7+ Kh8) 23.Bh3? (23.b4)
g2+ (23...fxe5) 24.Kxg2 Qxc2+?? (24...fxe5) 25.Kg3 Bd6 26.Bf5??
(26.Ne7+ Bxe7 27.Be6+) Bxe5+ 27.Kf3 Qd3+ (27...g6) 28.Kg2 Qd2+
29.Kh1 (29.Rf2) Qxh2+ 30.Qxh2 Bxh2 31.Kxh2 Nc6 0-1
In May, I played in the Buckeye Open in Dayton, Ohio.
Mengelis A (1921) - Wall Bill, Buckeye Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 e6 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.h3 Nbd7 10.a3 Bb7 11.Re1 a6 12.Bf1 Qc7 13.g3 e5 14.Bg2 e4 15.Bf4
Bd6 16.Nh2 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Rae8 18.Kh1 h6 19.Rg1 Re7 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4
f5 22.Qh4 Qd6 23.Bf1 Qf6 24.Qh5 Kh7 25.Rg3 g6 26.Qe2 Qh4 27.b3 b5
28.bxc4 dxc4 29.a4 b4 30.Rb1 a5 31.Qxc4 Rc8 32.Qb5 Rxc3 33.Qxb7 Rxc2
34.Qa6 Rg7 35.Kg2 Nf6 36.Be2 Nd5 37.Qxa5 Nc3 38.Bd1 Nxd1 39.Rxd1 b3
40.Qb6 Qh5 41.Re1 b2 42.Kh2? (42.Kf1) Rxf2+ 43.Rg2?? (43.Kh1) Rf3
44.Kg1 Rxh3 45.Kf2 Qh4+ 46.Ke2 Rxe3+ 47.Kxe3 Qxe1+ 48.Re2 Qg1+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Jennings Doug (2074), Buckeye Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3
Be7 9.Kf2 O-O 10.Kg2 f6 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Bb1 fxe5 14.fxe5
Rf7 15.a3 Nc6 16.b4 a6 17.h4 h6 18.Ne2 Nf8 19.Nf4 Bd7 20.Be3 Rc8
21.Ng6 Be8? (21...Nxg6) 22.Nxf8 Bxf8 23.Qd3 Rfc7 24.Qh7+ Kf7
25.Bxh6 Nxd4?? (25...Ke7) 26.Nxd4 Qxd4 27.Bg5 1-0
Andreas Dave - Wall Bill, Buckeye Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Nb3
a5 9.a4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 O-O 12.h4 f6 13.Be3? (13.exf6) fxe5
14.dxe5 Qc7 15.Qc1 Ndxe5 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Nbd4 (17.Nxe5) Nxf3 18.Bxd6 Qxd6
19.Nb5 Nh2+ 20.Kg1 Qe5 21.Qd2 Qf6 22.f3 Nxf3+ 23.Bxf3 Ne5 24.Rf1 Nc4
25.Qc1 Qxb2 26.Nc7 Qb6+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Sharp Dale (1981), Buckeye Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bd3
b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Nb5 Nh5 11.Bxc7 Qc8 12.Be5 Nhf6 13.cxd5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5
Nxd5 15.Rc1 Qd8 16.Qg4 a6 17.Nc3 Nf6 18.Qe2 b5 19.Rc2 Rc8 20.Rfc1 Bb4
21.Ne4 Rxc2 22.Nxf6+? (22.Qxc2) gxf6 23.Qg4+ Kh8 24.Rxc2 (24.Ng6+)
fxe5 25.Qh5 Qg5 26.Qxg5 hxg5 27.dxe5 Rd8 28.Bf1 Be4 29.Rc1 Bd2
30.Rc7 Ba5 31.Rc1 Rd2 0-1
Mazuchowski Tom (2170) - Wall Bill, Buckeye Open, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bb2 b5 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nge7
9.Qe2 Qb6 10.c3 Rc8 11.d3 h6 12.Qf2 Ng6 13.O-O Be7 14.b4 O-O 15.Nbd2
f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.bxc5 Qc7 18.Qe2 Nd8 (18...e5) 19.d4 Ne7 20.Rfe1
Nec6 21.Nb3 a5? (21...Qd7) 22.Qxb5 Rb8 23.Qe2 Bc8 24.Nc1 a4 25.Ba3
Qa5 26.Qd2 Rf7 27.Kh1 Qc7 28.Bb4 Nxb4 (28...Ba6) 29.cxb4 Nc6 30.a3 Qd8
31.Qe3 Ne7 32.Nd3 Nf5 33.Qf2 1-0
In July 1981, I took 2nd in the Wright-Patterson AFB Chess
Championship in Dayton, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Ling Richard (1950), WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bf4 e6
8.O-O b6 9.Re1 h6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.Rad1 g5 12.Bg3 g4 13.Nh4 Qd8 14.Bb5
Nb8 (14...Bb7) 15.Nf5 a6 16.Nxe7 axb5? (16...Qxe7) 17.Bh4 Qc7
18.Bf6 Rh7 19.Qd3 1-0
Thomson Kurt - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Ndb5 Be5
8.Be3 Qe7 9.g3 a6 10.Nd4 Qb4 11.Qd3 Na5 (11...b5) 12.Bb3 Nxb3 13.Nxb3
Nf6 14.Bc5? (14.O-O-O) Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qxe4+ 16.Qxe4 Nxe4 17.Bd4 O-O
18.O-O b5 19.Rfe1 (19.f3 Nd6 20.Bc5) Ng5 20.Nd2 Bb7 21.h4 Nf3+
22.Nxf3 Bxf3 23.a4 Rfc8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Rb1 Be2
27.f4 Ra2 28.Rc1 Kf8 29.Kf2 Bd3 30.Ke3 Bxc2 31.Bc5+ Kg7 32.Kd4 Bb3
33.Rb1 Bc4 34.Rg1 Kf6 35.g4 Rd2+ 36.Ke4 d5+ 37.Ke3 Rd3+
38.Kf2 Kg7 39.Rh1 (39.Bd4+) f6 40.Bd4? (40.Ra1) b4 41.Rc1 Kf7 0-1
Wall Bill - Chalk Leonard, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4
8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Ng5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nxe6 Qh4 12.Bg5 Qxe4 13.Re1 1-0
Wall Bill - Burk Dale (2060), WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Qe8 7.d4 d6 8.Qc2
Nc6 9.a3 Qh5 10.b4 Ng4 11.h3 Nf6 12.Rd1 h6 13.e3 g5 14.Ne1 Nd8 15.Qe2
Bd7 16.b5 Qxe2 17.Nxe2 a6 18.Nc3 Rb8 19.a4 Nf7 20.Nd3 c6 21.b6 h5
22.Ba3 Rbe8 23.a5 h4 24.gxh4 gxh4 25.Nf4 Kh7 26.Kh2 Rg8 27.Rg1 e5
28.Nd3 exd4 29.exd4 Ng5 30.Rae1 Bf8 31.Bc1 Bh6 32.Bf4 Nge4 33.Nxe4
fxe4 34.Bxh6 Kxh6 35.Nf4 Bf5 36.Re3 d5 37.c5 Re7 38.Nd3 Reg7 39.Ne5
Rg5 40.Nf7+ Kh5 41.Nxg5 Rxg5 42.Bf1 Nd7 43.Be2+ Kg6 44.f4 Rxg1 45.Kxg1
Nf6 46.Rb3 Nd7 47.Kg2 Kf6 48.Bh5 Bg6 49.Bg4 Bf5 50.Kf2 Ke6 51.Be2 Kf6
52.Bf1 Be6 53.Ke3 Bf5 54.Rb2 Kf7 55.Rg2 Bxh3 56.Rg1 Bxf1 57.Rxf1 Nf8
58.Rh1 Ng6 59.f5 Ne7 60.Kf4 Kf6 61.Rxh4 Nxf5 62.Rh7 e3 63.Kf3 Nxd4+
64.Kxe3 Nf5+ 65.Kd3 Ng7 66.Rh8 Ne6 67.Rh6+ Kf5 68.Rh5+ Kg6 69.Rh8 Kf5
70.Rh5+ Kg6 71.Rh8 1/2-1/2
In August 1981, I played in the 8th Lawrence Pfefferkorn Open (LPO) in
Winston-Salem, NC. I was rated 1814.
Wall Bill - Wright Al (1777), LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1981
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e3
c6 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 e4 11.Nd2 d5 12.Rc1 a6 13.Ne2 Nf8 14.h3 Ne6 15.Kh2
h5 16.Nf4 Bd7 17.Rc2 Bh6 18.Re1 Nxf4 19.gxf4 Bf5 20.Nf1 h4 21.Bc1 g5
22.fxg5 Bxg5 23.Nd2 Bh6 24.Rg1 Kh8 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Bf1? (26.Ba3)
Qd6+ 27.Kh1 Rg8 28.Rxg8+ Rxg8 29.Nb1 (29.Bg2) Qd7 30.Kh2 Bg6 31.Ba3
Bh5 32.Be2 Qf5 33.Bxh5 Nxh5 34.Nc3 Nf4 35.Qf1 Ne6 36.Ne2 Bxe3
37.Ng1 Bxd4 0-1
Fox Dan - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1981
1.e4 c5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.c3 g6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.cxd4 Bg7
8.Nc3 a6 9.e5 h6 10.Bf4 Ne7 11.Bd3 Nbc6 12.a3 g5 13.Be3 f5 14.g3 b5
15.O-O Bb7 16.Nd2 f4 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Bxf4 Nxd4 19.Be3 (19.Bg3)
Rg8 (19...Bxe5) 20.Bg6+? (20.Bh7) Nxg6 21.Bxd4 Bxe5 0-1
Tobias Ed - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1981
1.Nf3 c5 2.d3 d5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.c3
Bg4 9.Qc2 Rc8 10.a4 d4 11.Nb1 Qd7 12.Bd2 (12.c4)
Rfd8 (12...dxc3 13.Bxc3 Rfd8) 13.Ne1? (13.c4) Bh3 (13...Be2)
14.Qc1 (14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Bg5) Bxg2 15.Nxg2 dxc3 16.Nxc3 (16.Bxc3)
Qxd3 17.Re1?? (17.Bh6) Qxd2 0-1
Cohen Steve (1766) - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Na6 8.a3
Nc7 9.e4 Bg4 10.Be3 Qc8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Ne1 Bh3 13.f3 Kh7 14.Bxh3 Qxh3
15.Qg2 Qe6 16.Qe2 d5 17.Bf4 Nfe8 18.Rd1 dxc4 19.Bxc7 Nxc7
20.d5? (20.f4) cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Qb6+ 23.Qf2 Qxb2 24.Qxb2
Bxb2 25.Nc2 Rad8 26.Rfd1 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 e5 28.Kf1 Kg7 29.Rb5 c3
30.Rxb7 (30.Rxe5) Rd8 31.Rc7 Rd2 (31...Rd1+ 32.Ne1 Bxa3)
32.Ne3 Rxh2 33.Ke1 (33.a4) Bxa3 0-1
Wall Bill - Schmid Herman, LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Qe7+
8.Ne2 Bg4 9.O-O Qd7 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nf4 Nd4 12.Be3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Bxf3
14.Qxf3 O-O 15.h4 Qf5 16.Kg2 Rad8 17.Bd4 Rd7 18.Re5 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Nxg4
20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Bxc5 Rc7 22.Bxf8 Rxc2 23.Ba3 Rxf2+ 24.Kh3 f5 25.Ng2
Rd2 26.Bc5 Rxd3 27.Bxa7 Rd2 28.Rc1 h6 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Rc7 h5 31.Rxb7
f4? (31...d4 32.Re7 f4 33.Bxd4 f3) 32.Rb3 fxg3 33.Kxg3 1-0
In August 1981, I played in the Insanity Open in Cincinnati.
Hill Curtis - Wall Bill, Insanity Open, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 c6 8.h3
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qb6 10.Bb3 Ne8 11.Rfd1 Nd7 12.d5 c5 13.Ba4 Ne5 14.Qe2 Qd8
15.f4 Nd7 16.e5 a6 17.f5 b5 18.e6 Nb6 19.Qg4 Nf6 20.Qg3 bxa4 21.exf7+
Kxf7 22.fxg6+ hxg6 23.Rf1 Qe8 24.Ne4 Kg8 25.Ng5 Nh5 26.Qg4 Bh6 27.Qe6+
Kg7 28.Rxf8 Qxf8 29.Rf1 Nf6 30.h4 Nbxd5 31.Qh3 Bxg5 32.hxg5 Qh8
33.gxf6+ Nxf6 34.Qe6 Qd8 35.Rf3 Qc7 36.Bg5 Rf8 37.Rh3
Rf7? (37...Ng8) 38.Bh6+ Kg8 39.Bg5? (39.Rg3) c4 (39...Qd7)
40.Rh8+? (40.Bxf6) Kxh8 41.Qxf7 Qc5+ 42.Kh1 Qxg5 0-1
Wall Bill - Dorff Stephen (2083), Insanity Open, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne4
8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 f5 10.h4 d6 11.a4 Nd7 12.Bxe4 fxe4 13.Ng5 Qf6 14.f4
Qf5 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Rg1 Ng4 17.Rb1 h6 18.Nh3 Bc6 19.Ra1 a5 20.Nf2 Nxf2
21.Qxf2 e5 22.g4 Qd7 23.f5 h5 24.dxe5 (24.d5) dxe5 25.Ba3 Rf6
26.Qg3 (26.Rd1) hxg4 27.Qxg4 Rd8 28.Ra2 (28.Rg2) Bxa4 29.Qxe4
Rxf5 30.Bd6 (30.Qd5+)Bc6 0-1
Wall Bill - Smyth Gordon (1700), Insanity Open, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.c3 d4 8.cxd4
Nxd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Qa4 Qc7 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Qd1
Bd4 15.Qg4 Nd5 16.Nf6+ Nxf6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Be2 e5 19.Qg3 Qe7 20.O-O
b6 21.Bf3 Bh4 22.Qxh4 Qxh4 23.Bxa8 Bf5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.dxe4 exf4
26.Bxf4 h6 27.Rf2 Qd8 28.Rd2 Qc8 29.Rf2 Re8 30.Rc1 Qe6 31.Rc7 Re7
32.Rxe7 Qxe7 33.e5 g5 34.Bg3 Qc5 35.h4 gxh4 36.Bxh4 Qxe5 37.Bf6 Qe1+
38.Rf1 Qe3+ 39.Kh2 Qe6 40.a3 a6 41.Rf3 b5 42.Bc3 Kf8 43.Rf6 Qe4
44.Rxa6 f5 45.Rf6+ Ke7 46.Kh1 h5 47.Rb6 Qb1+ 48.Kh2 Qf1 49.Rb7+ Ke6
50.Rh7 Qf4+ 51.Kg1 h4 52.Rb7 Qc1+ 53.Kh2 Qf1 54.Rh7 Qf4+ 55.Kg1 Qe3+
56.Kf1 1/2-1/2
Fields Paul (1914) - Wall Bill, Insanity Open, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bf4
Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qe8 10.Rac1 Ne4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Ne5 Nf6 13.c5 Nh5 14.Be3 g6
15.Bh6 Ng7 16.a4 Bf6 17.f4 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rf7 19.g4 Qd8 20.h3 b6 21.Kh2
Rb8 22.Rb1 bxc5 23.Qxc5 Rb3 24.Qxc6 Bd7 25.Qd6 Qh4 26.Bg5 Qg3+ 27.Kh1
h5 28.gxh5 Nxh5 29.Qc7 Qe3 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Rfc1 Rxb2 32.Bf6 Nxf6
33.exf6 e5 34.Qc7 Qxe2 35.Rxb2 Qxb2 36.fxe5 Be6 37.Qc3 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 d4
39.Rc6 1/2-1/2
Multhopp Hans (2058) - Wall Bill, Insanity Open, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d5 Bb7 4.Nc3 c5 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O
O-O 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 a6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Bh6 e6 13.Nh4 exd5 14.exd5 Rfe8
15.Bd3 Re7 (15...Bxh6) 16.Nf5 gxf5? (16...Bxh6 17.Nxe7+ Kg7)
17.Qg5 (17...Nh5 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Qxe7 Re8 20.Qg5) 1-0
Wall Bill - Michels Earl (1725), Insanity Open, Cincinnati, OH 1981
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 b6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Ba6 5.c4 e6 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.g3 Nbd7 8.Bg2
Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Na3 Bb7 12.Nb5 Bb8 13.a4 e5 14.cxd5 Nxd5
15.Qf5 g6 16.Qb1 Nb4 17.Nxe5 Bxg2 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.Kxg2 Qd5+ 20.f3 a6
21.Na3 Qxb3 22.Bf6 Qxb1 23.Raxb1 Rc6 24.Bg5 Re8 25.e4 f5 26.Rdc1 a5
27.exf5 gxf5 28.Re1 Rce6 29.Re3 h6 30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Be3 Nd3 32.Nc4 f4
33.Bg1 Re2+ 34.Kh3 Nf2+? (34...Bc7) 35.Bxf2 Rxf2 36.Rb3? (36.Rxb6)
fxg3 37.hxg3 Bc7 38.Re3 Kf7 39.Rd3 Rf1?? (39.Ke6) 40.Rd7+ 1-0
In September 1981, I played in the Ohio Chess Congress (OCC) in
Columbus, Ohio. I was rated 1819.
Nesham Tim - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Qc7
8.Nb3 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bd3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Qc1 Ng4 13.Bf4 Bxc3 14.bxc3
e5 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.Re1 Nbd7 17.a4 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.axb5 Ng4 20.Re2
axb5 21.Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.h3 Nf6 23.Qb2 O-O 24.Qb4 Rc8 25.Bg5 Kg7 26.Bxf6+
Kxf6 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.Bxb5 Rxc3 29.f3 d5 30.exd5 Bxd5 31.Bd3 Bc4 32.Rd2
h5 33.g3 h4 34.gxh4 Bxd3 35.cxd3 Kf5 36.Kf2 Kf4 37.h5 gxh5 38.h4 f6
39.Ke2 f5 40.Kf2 Rc6 41.Rb2 Ra6 42.Rc2 Ra3 43.Rd2 Rc3 44.Ke2 Kg3
45.Ke3 Ra3 46.Re2 Ra4 47.Re1 f4+ 48.Kd2 Ra5 49.Rg1+ Kxf3 50.Rg5 Rd5
51.Rxh5 Kg3 52.Rg5+? (52.Ke2) Kxh4 53.Rg8 e4 54.Ke2 Rxd3 0-1
Wall Bill - Vasser John, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4
8.Be3 e6 9.a3 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O f6 12.Qe1 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 fxe5 14.Rh3
Nxd4 15.Bd3 Nf5 16.Bxb6 axb6 17.Qxe5 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Qe7 19.Qe4 Rad8 20.g4
Rd4 21.Qg2 Nh4 22.Qc2 g6 23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Nc3 Rd8 25.Ne4 Qc6 26.Rxh4 Rxd3
27.g5 Re3 28.Qg2 Be7 29.Rf1 Rd4?? (29...e5) 30.Nf6+?? (30.Qf2)
Bxf6 0-1
Rupp Randy - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d5 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.e4 e6 8.Re1
O-O 9.c3 b6 10.e5 Nd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb7 13.h4 Rc8 14.Nf1 Nb4
15.Ne3 Qc7 16.Qa4 Nd3 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Qb3 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Bh6 20.Rc2 Qb7
21.Ng4 Bg7 22.Qe3 Ba4 23.Rxc8 Bxd1 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Nh6+ Bxh6 26.Qxh6
Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Qa6 28.Qg5 Qxa2 29.h5 (29.Qe7) Qxb2 30.Qd8+ Nf8 31.Qg5
Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Qf5 33.Qh6 a5 34.g4 Qc2 35.Qg5 Qc8 36.h6 Nd7 37.Be2 Qf8
38.Bb5 f6 39.Qe3 Qe7 40.exf6 Nxf6 41.g5? (41.Qg5) Ne4 42.f3
(42.f4 Qb4) Qxg5+ 0-1
Dardinger Dave - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.b3 c5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O
Nh5 9.cxd5 cxd4 10.dxc6 dxe3 11.cxb7 Bxb7 12.Nbc3 Nxf4 13.Nxf4 Bxc3
14.Rc1 exf2+ 15.Kxf2?? (15.Kh1) Qd4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Nearon Mike, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c3
O-O 9.d3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Na5 11.Nbd2 Nxb3 12.Nxb3 c5 13.Nbd2 Re8 14.Nf1 Bf8
15.Ng3 g6 16.Bg5 Bg7 17.Qd2 d5 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.Re1 dxe4 20.dxe4 Rad8
21.h4 h6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.h5 g5 1/2-1/2
Petrovich Gerald - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O
e5 9.d5 Nb6 10.b3 Bg4 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nh5 13.Qd2 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Bxa1
15.Rxa1 Nxf4 16.Nxf4 cxd5 17.cxd5 Rc8 18.Nh3 Kg7 19.Rf1 Qc7 20.Qd4+
Kg8 21.Qf6 Qd8 22.Qd4 Qe7 (22...Rc2) 23.Nf2 Qc7 (23...f5) 24.Ng4 f6
25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.Qxf6 Nd7? (26...Qd7) 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.Bh3 Rd8
29.Rf2 Ne5 30.Qf6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Badaway Aly, OCC, Columbus, OH 1981
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 d6 8.a3
a5 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Qc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 dxe5
15.Qd2 b6 16.Rfc1 Bh3 17.Bh1 Rd8 18.Rc4 e6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.Rh4 Bxb3
21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Qh6 Bg7 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Rxb3 Qe6 25.Rb1 Qxe2 26.Be4
Rd6 27.Rf4 f5 28.g4 Rf6 29.g5 Rd6 30.Bxf5 Qd2 31.Qh4 Be5 32.Rf3 gxf5
33.Rxf5+ Ke7?? (33...Kg8 34.Rxe5 Rf8) 34.Qh7+ Ke8 35.Rxe5+
(35...Kd8 36.Qe7+ Kc8 37.Qxd6) 1-0
In October 1981, I played board 5 for the Dayton Chess Club in a Dayton
vs. Cincinnati match.
Wall Bill - Gabriel Robert, Dayton, OH (1981.10.04) 1981
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 Bd7 4.e3 c6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 cxb5 7.Bb3 Nf6
8.Nf3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bc2 Bc6 11.Ng5 Nbd7 12.f4 h6 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Kh1
Rad8 15.Nc3 a5 16.Qe1 Bb8 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Qg3 Rfe8 19.Nxc6 Rxd2 20.Nd5
exd5 21.Bxf6 g6 22.Bxg6 Ne6 23.Nxb8 Rxb8 24.f5 1-0
In October 1981, I took 3rd place in the Dayton Chess Club Championhip
Kerney Ed - Wall Bill, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bc4 e6 6.Bb2 a6 7.a4 Ne7 8.Qc1
Nbc6 9.Ne2 e5 10.Nf4 O-O 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bg4 13.Qd1 Qf6 14.h3 Bxf3
15.Qxf3 Qxf3 16.gxf3 Nb4 17.O-O-O Nxd5 18.exd5 Rfc8 19.c4 b5 20.axb5
axb5 21.d3 b4 22.Kc2 Bf6 23.f4 Ra2 24.Ra1 Rxb2+ 25.Kxb2 exf4+ 26.Kc2
Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Kg7 28.Rg1 Kf6 29.Rg2 Ra8 30.Kb2 Re8 31.h4 Re2+ 32.Kc1 f3
33.Rh2 h5 34.d4 cxd4 35.Rh1 Rxf2 36.Rd1 Re2 37.Rxd4 f2 0-1
Wall Bill - Shoenberger Glenn, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Nbd7 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.b4
Bd6 9.e4 d4 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Nfxe5 Nxc4 12.Nxc4 dxc3 13.e5 Bxb4 14.exf6
Qxf6 15.Qb3 Bc5 16.Bf4 Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 c2 18.Rc1 Qd4 19.Be5 1-0
Cottrell Charles - Wall Bill, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 Qb6 6.a3 Nf6 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.Bc4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.O-O Bg4 12.Nh4 Rd8 13.Bh6 Bxd4
14.Qf4 Bxc3 15.Qxf7+ Kh8 16.Rfe1 Qh5 17.Bf8 e6 18.Be7 Nd7 19.Bxd8 Rxd8
20.g3 Qc5 21.Bxe6 Rf8 22.Qxd7 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Bxe1 0-1
Wall Bill - Bullock Randy, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Bc5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxe5 Nc6 5.Bb2 d5 6.Qf3 d4 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.a3
O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Ne5 11.Qd1 Bc6 12.Bf1 dxe3 13.dxe3 Qxd1+ 14.Kxd1
Ne4 15.Ne2 Nxf2+ 0-1
Burk Dale - Wall Bill, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bf4
Nh5 9.Bg3 Na6 10.O-O-O Nb4 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.Bd3 d5 13.a3 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4
15.Ne1 Na6 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 Qc8 18.e4 Rd8 19.Qf2 c5 20.Ne5 Rf8 21.d5
exd5 22.exd5 Bg5+ 23.Kb1 Qd8 24.Rhf1 Bf6 25.Rde1 Nb8 26.Ne4 Bxe5
27.Bxe5 Nd7 28.Bd6 Ba6 29.Bxf8 Qxf8 30.Qf5 Bxc4 31.Qxd7 Bxf1 32.Rxf1
Rd8 33.Qg4 Kh8 34.d6 Qe8 35.Qf5 Qb5 36.Nf6 g6 37.Qf4 Qd3+ 38.Ka1 g5
39.Qf5 Qxf5 40.Rxf5 Rxd6 41.Rf2 Rd1+ 42.Ka2 Kg7 43.Ne8+ Kf8 44.Nc7 Ke7
45.Nb5 Rd7 46.a4 Ke6 47.Kb3 a6 48.Nc3 f5 49.Re2+ Kf6 50.Kc2 Rd4 51.Rd2
Ke5 52.Rxd4 Kxd4 53.Ne2+ Ke3 54.Nc3 Kd4 55.Ne2+ Ke3 1/2-1/2
Fenic Steve - Wall Bill, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 Nge7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O
a6 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.Rb1 b5 11.h3 Nd4 12.Ne2 Nec6 13.c3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 d5
15.Qc2 Bb7 16.Kh2 Qd7 17.Be3 d4 18.Bf2 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 e5 20.Rd2 h5
21.Rg1 Bc8 22.Bg2 Bh6 23.Rdd1 Qd6 24.fxe5 Qxe5 25.Nf4 h4 26.Qd2 Be6
27.Be1 Kh7 28.Rf1 c4 29.Qf2 hxg3+ 30.Qxg3 Bxf4 31.Qxf4 Qh5 32.Bh4 Rg8
33.e5 Nxe5 34.cxd4 Ng4+ 35.hxg4 Qxh4+ 36.Kg1 Qxg4 37.Qxg4 Bxg4
38.Rxf7+ Kh6 39.Rd2 Kg5 40.Be4 Rbf8 41.Rdf2 Rxf7 42.Rxf7 Be6 43.Ra7
Bc8 44.Ra8 Kf4 45.Bb7 cxd3 46.Kf2 Bg4 0-1
In October 1981, I took 3rd in AFIT X, at Wright-Patterson AFB in
Dayton, Ohio. I was rated 1841.
Wall Bill - South Betty, AFIT X, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bg6 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3
Nd7 9.h4 Be7 10.Nbd2 c5 11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4 13.f5 exf5 14.gxf5 Qe7
15.Rg1 f6 16.e6 O-O-O 17.a3 Ba5 18.Qb5 Bb6 19.Nb3 Nb8 20.Bf4 Bc7
21.Rc1 Nc6 22.Rxc6 bxc6 23.Qa6+ Kb8 24.Na5 Bxf4 25.Nxc6+ Ka8 26.Nxe7
Nxe7 27.Rxg7 1-0
Meidinger Charles - Wall Bill, AFIT X, Dayton, OH 1981
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd6 Nxd6 (6...Bf5)
7.e3 O-O (7...Bf5) 8.Bd3 f5?! (8...Qg5) 9.Ne2 Be6 10.O-O Nxc4
(10...Bxc3) 11.Qb3 Bxc3?? (11...Qxd3 12.Rd1 Qxd1+) 12.Bxc4 1-0
Perks Grant - Wall Bill, AFIT X, Dayton, OH 1981
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O a6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.f3 Ng8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.g4 e6
15.Nc3 Qh4 16.Bf2 Qe7 17.Nb3 f5 18.exf5 exf5 19.Nd5 Qd8 20.Bb6 Qh4
21.Nc7 fxg4 22.Qxd6 Nc6 23.Bf2 Qh5 24.fxg4 Bxg4 25.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 26.Qg3
Qxg3+ 27.Bxg3 Rac8 28.Rxf8 Rxf8 29.Ne6 Re8 30.Nxg7 Kxg7 31.Rd1 Nf6
32.Nc5 Re2 33.Nxb7 Rxb2 34.Nd8 Nxd8 35.Rxd8 Rxa2 36.Be5 Kf7 37.Ra8 Ra5
38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.Rc7 Rg5+ 41.Kf2 a5 42.Rc6+ Ke5 43.Ke3 Rh5
44.Rxg6 Rxh2 45.Ra6 Rh3+ 46.Ke2 Kd4 47.Rxa5 Kxc4 48.Kf2 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Trogdon Tim, AFIT X, Dayton, OH 1981
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Ne4 6.c4 Be7 7.Nbd2 f5 8.e3
O-O 9.b3 d6 10.Bb2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Nd7 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxb7 Rb8 14.Bg2 Nf6
15.Qc2 Nd7 16.a4 Bf6 17.a5 b5 18.cxb5 Rxb5 19.Qc4 Rb8 20.Qxe6+ Kh8
21.Bc6 Nc5 22.dxc5 Bxb2 23.Rab1 Ba3 24.cxd6 Bxd6 25.Rfd1 Rf6 26.Qc4
Rb4 27.Qxb4 1-0
In January 1982, I took 3rd in the Dayton Chess Club Gambit Championship.
Burk Dale - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Bxf3+
8.Kxf3 Nf6 9.g3 Qg4+ 10.Kg2 O-O-O 11.Be2 Qg6 12.Bf3 h5 13.h4 Be7 14.b4
Kb8 (14...Nxb4) 15.b5 Na5 16.Qd3 Ng4? (16...Rhe8) 17.Nd5 Rhe8??
(17...Rd7) 18.Qc3 1-0
Burk Dale - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 g5 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Nd5 Kd8
8.Qd3 Bg7 9.c3 d6 10.Kf2 Nh6 11.Be2 Re8 12.Bd2 Qg6 13.e5 Bf5 14.Qb5
Rb8 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Rae1 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 h6 18.h3 Ne3 19.Bxe3 fxe3 20.Bc4
g4 21.Nf4 gxf3 22.Nxg6 f2+ 23.Kh2 fxe1=Q 24.Rxe1 fxg6 25.Qd5 Kc7
26.Qf3 Be4 27.Qxe3 Bd5 0-1
Wolford Dave - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kf1 Qe7 7.d3 Rf8
8.Bg5 Bb6 9.c3 Rxf7 10.Bxf7+ Qxf7 11.Qf3 d6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ke1 Bd7
14.Rf1 O-O-O 15.Qxf6 Qh5 16.h3 a6 17.Nd2 Be3 18.Nf3 Rg8 19.Ke2 Bg5
0-1
Wall Bill - Wolford Dave, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kf1 d5 7.Nxd8
1-0
Wall Bill - Shirley Richard, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nc3 Qh4+ 5.Ke2 Bg4+ 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Qe1
Bxf3+ 8.gxf3 Qxe1+ 9.Kxe1 O-O-O 10.d4 Bd6 11.Nb5 g5 12.Nxa7+ Kb8
13.Nb5 Ngf6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.c4 Rhe8+ 16.Kf2 b5 17.b3 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rc8
19.Ba3 Kc7 20.Bh3 h5 21.Bf5 Ra8 22.Bb2 Nb6 23.Rhb1 Nxc4 24.Rc1 Kb6
25.Rxc4 1-0
Faber Rick - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.Nc3 Bb4
8.Qe2+ Qe7 9.O-O O-O 10.d4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxe2 12.Bxe2 Bf5 13.Bxf4 Bxc2
14.Rac1 Be4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Nd5 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Rac8 19.c4 b5
20.c5 Nb4 21.a3 Nc6 22.Re3 f6 23.Bd6 Rfd8 24.d5 Na5 25.Rb1 Nc4 26.Re6
Nxa3 27.Rb3 Nc4 28.Rxb5 Nxd6 29.cxd6 Kf8 30.Rb7 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 a5 32.d7
Rc2+ 33.Kf3 Rc3+ 34.Ke4 a4 35.Ra7 a3? (35...Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc5) 36.Rc6
Rb3 37.Rc8 (37...Rb4+ 38.Kd3 Rb8) 1-0
Wall Bill - Faber Rick, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.d4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bxf4 Qe4+
8.Qe2 O-O 9.Bxc7 Qc6 10.Bxb8? (10.Qc4) Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qxc3+ 12.Kf2
Qxa1 13.Bf4 Qxa2 0-1
Wall Bill - Gilmore Don, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 g5 4.d4 d6 5.Bc4 h6 6.Qb3 Qe7 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nd5
Qd7 9.Nf3 g4 10.O-O gxf3 11.Rxf3 Bxd4+ 12.Kh1 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6
14.Rxf4 Qe7 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Raf1 Nd4 17.Qd3 Be6 18.Rxf6 Nc6 19.Bxe6 fxe6
20.Qh3 Nd4 21.Bc3 e5 22.Bxd4 1-0
Gilmore Don - Wall Bill, Dayton CC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Ne2 Nc6 6.c3 Ne5 7.Bxf7+ Nxf7
8.d4 d6 9.O-O h5 10.h3 Qe7 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.b3 O-O-O 13.Ba3 Bc6 14.d5 Ne5
15.Qf2 Bb5 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.bxc4 Nxc4 18.Qxa7 Qxe4 0-1
In February 1982, I started and won a match with Clif Rowan (1894).
Rowan Clifton (1894) - Wall Bill (1829), Match, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Ne2 e6 6.Bg5 Bd6 7.Nbc3 a6
8.Qd2 b5 9.a4 b4 10.Na2 Nc6 11.O-O h6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Qxf4 Qb6 14.Nac1
O-O 15.Nb3 Nd7 16.Qd6 Nxd4 17.Qe7 Nxb3 18.cxb3 Qc5 19.Qh4 a5 20.Rac1
Qd6 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.Bb1 Ba6 23.Rfe1 Rac8 24.Rcd1 Rc7 25.Re3 Qd8 26.Qg4
Qf6 27.h4 Rfc8 28.Rf3 Qe7 29.Rg3 f5 30.Qh5 Kh8 31.Re1 Ne4 32.Bxe4 Rc1
33.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34.Kh2 dxe4 35.Rg6 Qd6+ 36.Kh3 Rh1# 0-1
Wall Bill - Rowan Clif, Match, Dayton, OH 1982
1.d4 b5 2.a4 b4 3.c3 e6 4.a5 a6 5.Qa4 bxc3 6.bxc3 Bb7 7.Ba3 Be7 8.Qb3
Qc8 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Qc2 f5 11.g3 Nf6 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Rb8 14.Nbd2 Qe8
15.Rfb1 Qh5 16.Rb2 Ng4 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.Rab1 Be4 19.Nxe4 Rxb2 20.Rxb2
fxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxa5 22.Qc2 Nd5 23.h3 Ngf6 24.c4 Nc3 25.Ne5 Nfe4 26.Nxd7
Qa1+ 27.Kh2 Rxf2 28.Rb8+ Kf7 29.Rf8+ Ke7 30.Rxf2 Nxf2 31.Qxh7 Nxe2
32.Qxg7+ Kd8 33.Qf8+ Kxd7 34.Qf7+ Kd8 35.Qf6+ Kd7 36.Bc6+ Kd6 37.c5+
Kxc6 38.d5+ 1-0
Rowan Clif - Wall Bill, Match, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 a6 7.a3 b5 8.g4 Bb7
9.f3 Nbd7 10.h4 h5 11.Bh6 hxg4 12.h5 gxf3 13.O-O-O Bxe4 14.Rh4 f2
15.Nge2 Bf3 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qh6+ Kf7 19.Nf4 Rg8 20.Bd3
Nf8 21.Rd2 f1=Q+ 22.Bxf1 Qc8 23.Bh3 Qb7 24.Qg5 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.d5
Ne4 27.Nxe4 Qxe4 28.Ne2 Qe5 29.Rf4+ Ke8 30.Qxe5 dxe5 31.Rxf3 Nh7
32.Be6 Ng5 33.Rb3 Rf8 34.Ng3 Nf3 35.Rf2 Nd4 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Re3 Kg7
38.Ne2 c5 39.c3 Nb3+ 40.Kc2 c4 41.Rxe5 Rb8 42.Bg4 Rb7 43.Nc1 Nc5
44.Be2 Kf6 45.Re3 Na4 46.b3 cxb3+ 47.Nxb3 Rb6 48.Re4 1-0
Wall Bill - Rowan Clifton, Match, Dayton, OH 1982
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.Nd2
Bf5 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Nc5 b6 11.Nd3 dxc4 12.Ne5 b5 13.Bf3 Nd5 14.Nxb5 Qa5
15.Na3 Nb4 16.Bd2 Bxe5 17.Nxc4 Qc7 18.Nxe5 N8a6 19.e4 Be6 20.a3 Na2
21.Nxc6 Bc4 22.Re1 Qxc6 23.b3 Rab8 24.bxc4 Qxc4 25.Be2 Qxd4 26.Bxa6
Rb2 27.Be3 Qxe4 28.Bc1 1-0
Rowan Clifton - Wall Bill, Dayton, OH (1982.09.11) 1982
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bb5 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bg5 Qa5
8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Qc1 Nd4 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Ne2 O-O 12.c3 Qb6 13.Ba4 Qa6
14.Bc2 Nc6 15.f4 f5 16.e5 dxc3 17.bxc3 d6 18.exd6 Rd8 19.Re1 Rxd6
20.d4 Bd7 21.a4 Rc8 22.Qb1 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Rxd4 24.Bc3 Rxc3 25.Nxc3 Rd2
26.Ra3 Bc6 27.Ne2 Rxe2 28.Bd3 Bd4+ 29.Kf1 Rf2+ 30.Kg1 Rxg2+ 31.Kf1
Rf2+ 32.Kg1 Rxf4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Rowan Clif, Dayton, OH (1982.09.18) 1982
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.c4 Nf6 4.d4 Be4 5.e3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2
d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.h3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Bf3 c6
15.b4 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Rc1 Ba6 18.Re1 b5 19.e4 Nb6 20.exd5 exd5
21.Nb3 Nc4 22.Bc3 Bc8 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxe7 Qg5 25.Re4 Bxh3 26.Qf3 f5
27.Ree1 Bg4 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Nc5 Qh6 30.Ne6 Rfe8 31.Nc7 Red8 32.Nxa8
1-0
Rowan Clif - Wall Bill, Dayton, OH (1982.10.02) 1982
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Be2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 Qe8 7.Bf4 Nd5
8.a3 Be7 9.Bg3 f4 10.exf4 Nxf4 11.Bxf4 Rxf4 12.g3 Rf8 13.Bf1 b6 14.Bg2
Bb7 15.O-O c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Ne5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 d5 19.Qg4 Nd7 20.Rae1
Nf6 21.Qe2 Qa4 22.b3 Qe8 23.Nd3 Bxa3 24.Nb1 Bc5 25.Nxc5 bxc5 26.Qxe6+
Kh8 27.Qd6 Qg6 28.Na3 Rac8 29.Re6 Qg4 30.f3 Qg5 31.Re5 Qd2+ 32.Rf2 Qb4
33.Nb1 Rcd8 34.Qa6 Qd4 35.Rfe2 Qb2 36.Na3 Ne4 37.Nc4 dxc4 38.R5xe4
cxb3 39.cxb3 Qxb3 40.Qxa7 Qxf3+ 41.Kh3 Qf5+ 42.g4 Qf3+ 43.Kh4 Rd6
44.Qe7 Rh6+ 45.Kg5 Rf5+ 46.gxf5 Rh5# 0-1
Wall Bill - Rowan Clif, Dayton, OH (1982.10.09) 1982
1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 c5 6.Nc3 Nh6 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.a3
Nd4 9.e3 Ne6 10.d3 Nf5 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.Qa4 Bc6 13.Qc2 h5 14.Nb5 a6
15.Na7 Bxf3 16.Nxc8 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 h4 18.g4 h3+ 19.Kg1 Nh6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6
21.f3 O-O 22.Bc3 f5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+ Kh7 25.Qe5 f4 26.b4 Nf7
27.Qd5 cxb4 28.d4 b3 29.c5 Qb5 30.Qxb3 Qe2 31.Rb2 Qxe3+ 32.Qxe3 fxe3
33.Re2 Nxd4 34.Rxe3 Ne6 35.c6 Rd8 36.cxd7 Nc5 37.Rxe7 Rxd7 38.Rxd7
Nxd7 39.Re1 Nde5 40.Re3 Kh6 41.Kf2 a5 42.Kg3 g5 43.Kxh3 Kg6 44.Kg3 Kf6
45.Rc3 Ke6 46.Rc5 a4 47.Ra5 Nd6 48.Rxa4 Nec4 49.h4 gxh4+ 50.Kxh4 Nd2
51.Rf4 Ke5 52.Rf8 Ke6 53.a4 N2c4 54.f4 Ke7 55.Ra8 Nb6 56.Ra6 Nd7 57.g5
Nf5+ 58.Kg4 Ne3+ 59.Kh5 Nf5 60.Kg6 Nd6 61.Rxd6 Kxd6 62.Kf7 1-0
Rowan Clifton - Wall Bill, Dayton, OH (1982.10.09) 1982
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8
8.Ne2 e6 9.Ng3 Nh5 10.Be3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g6 12.Rh4 Bf5 13.Bxf5 gxf5
14.Nd2 h6 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qf1 Ra7 17.Qe2 Ne7 18.Bg5 Ng6 19.Rh2 Bg7
20.Bxh6 Bxh6 0-1
In February 1982, I played in MOTCF in Columbus, Ohio and our team
took 1st place in the class A section. I was Board 2, rated 1830.
Wall Bill - Adams Scot, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1982
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Be6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.h3 O-O 7.g4 Ne8 8.Qc2
f5 9.Bg2 Nd7 10.c5 (10.d4) a5 11.c6 bxc6 12.Qxc6 Rb8 13.gxf5 Bxf5
14.Qd5+ Kh8 15.Qxa5 Be4 16.Nxe5? (16.Ke2) Bxg2 17.Nc6 Bxc6 0-1
Jennings Doug (2067) - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1982
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 e6 5.Bf4 c5 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Nf3 a6
8.Nd2 b5 9.Ne4 Qc7 (9...Bb7) 10.Qg3 Qb7 11.f3 b4? (11...d5) 12.Nd6+ Bxd6
13.Qxg7 Rf8 14.exd6 1-0
Wall Bill - Baldino Kathy, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1982
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 Qd7 5.cxd5 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.dxe6 fxe6
8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nf6 10.a3 Na6 11.Bg4 Nc5 12.Qf3? (12.Qd1)
O-O-O? (12...h5) 13.b4 Nce4
14.Qe3 Kb8 15.d3 h5 16.Bf3 Nd6 17.Qd4 Nf5 18.Qxd7 Rxd7 19.Bb2 c5
20.Be5+ Ka8 21.Nc3 Nd4 22.Bxd4 Rxd4 23.Nb5 Rd7 24.Rc1 Be7 25.bxc5 Rc8
26.c6 bxc6 27.Bxc6+ Kb8 28.Kd2 Rdd8 29.Rhg1 a6 30.Rxg7 Ng8 31.Rb1 axb5
32.Rxb5+ Kc7 33.Bf3 Rb8 34.Rxh5 Rb2+ 35.Ke3 Kc8 (35...Kd6)
36.Bg4 Bc5+?? (36.Rb6) 37.Rxc5+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Harris Mike, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1982
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Nf3 f6 6.Nh4 g6 7.O-O Ne7 8.f4
a6 9.fxe5 fxe5 10.Bd3 Be6 11.c4 Qd7 12.Qc1 O-O-O 13.c5 Rhg8 14.cxd6
Qxd6 15.Ba3 Qd7 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Bxa6 bxa6? (17...Bd7) 18.Qxc6 Rd6
19.Qa4 1-0
Otto Bob - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1982
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qc2
Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxb2 11.Rb1 Qa3 12.Rxb7 Ne4 13.Rb3 Qc1+ 14.Nd1
d5 15.O-O Qxc4 16.Qb1 Nd7 17.Nb2 Qa6 18.Nd3 c5 19.Rb7? (19.dxc5)
Nc3 20.Qb2 Ne2+ (20...Qxd3 21.Rxd7 Ne2+ 22.Kh2 Nxf4)
21.Kh2? (21.Qxe2) Nxf4 22.Rxd7 Nxd3 23.Qe2 Qc6 24.Qxd3 Qxd7 (24...c4)
25.dxc5 Qc7+ 0-1
In February 1982, I took 2nd in the Wright State University (WSU) Open
in Fairborn, Ohio.
Whitt Jeff (1750) - Wall Bill, WSU Open, Fairborn, OH 1982
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Ne5 Nd7 7.Ndf3 Bd6
8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.e3 O-O 10.a3 c5 11.c3 f4 12.exf4 Qxf4 13.dxc5 Bxc5
14.Qc1 Qe4+ 15.Be2 Bb5 16.Qd2 Rac8 17.Rc1 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qxe2+ 19.Kxe2
e5 20.Rhd1 e4 21.Nd4 Rf6 22.Rc2 Rcf8 23.Ke1 e3 (23...Bd6)
24.fxe3 Rf1+ 25.Kd2 R8f2+ 26.Kc1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Rf1+ 28.Ke2 Rg1 29.Kf2
Rd1 30.Ke2 Rg1 31.Kf2 Rd1 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Nickila Jim, WSU Open, Fairborn, OH 1982
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6
8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Bg5 e6 11.a3 Qc7 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.Nb4 Na5?
(13...Nd4) 14.Be7 Re8 15.Bxd6 Qd8 16.c5 Ne5 17.b3 Bd7 18.f4 Nec6
19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Na4 Nb7 21.Nb6 Ra7 22.e5 Nxd6 23.exd6 e5 24.fxe5 Rxe5
25.Bc4 Rf5 26.Qd3 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Bf5 28.Rxf5 (28.Qe3) gxf5 29.d7 f4
30.b4 a5 31.Qf5 Qf6 (31...Bf6) 32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.Qh5+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Ruppert Tom (1950), WSU Open, Fairborn, OH 1982
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.a3
d6 9.Rb1 f5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nd5 Rb8 12.b4 cxb4 13.Nxe7+ Nxe7 14.Rxb4 d5
15.e3 dxc4 16.Nxc4 Nd5 17.Rb3 b5 18.Nd2 b4 19.Bb2 Nc3 20.Bxc3 bxc3
21.Rxc3 e4 22.d4 Rc8 23.Qc2 Qa5 24.Rc1 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 Rc8
27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Nc4 (28.g4) Be6 29.Nd6 Bf8 30.Nb5 a5 31.Bf1 Kf7
32.Be2 Bd5 1/2-1/2
Morgan Gilbert - Wall Bill, WSU Open, Fairborn, OH 1982
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.e3 Bb7
8.Be2 a6 9.a4 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.b4 Rc8 12.Rfc1 h6 13.Qc2 Nh7 14.Kh1 f5
15.Qa2 Ng5 16.Ne1 Ne4 17.Kg1 Qh4 18.Nd3 Ndf6 19.h3 Qg5 20.Nf4 Nxc3
21.Rxc3 e5 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Nd5 Kh8 24.f4 Qg3 25.e4 Qh4 26.exf5 Ne4
27.Rf3 Rxf5 28.Bd3 Nc3 29.Nxc3 Bxf3 30.Bxf5 Rf8 31.Qc2 Qxf4 32.gxf3
Rxf5 33.Rf1 Rg5+ 34.Kh1 Qxc4 35.Rb1 Rh5 36.Kh2?? (36.Qg6 Rxh3+ 37.Kg2)
Qf4+ 37.Kg2 Rg5+ 38.Kf1 Qxf3+ 0-1
In March 1982, I played in the Gem City Open in Dayton.
Perugini Jerry - Wall Bill, Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.d3 d6 8.Na3
e6 9.Nc4 Ne7 10.c3 O-O 11.Be3 a5 12.Qb3 Ba6 13.a3 Rb8 14.Qc2 d5
15.Nce5 dxe4 16.Bxc5? (16.dxe4) exf3 17.Bxe7 Qxe7
18.Nxc6?? (18.Rxf3) Qc5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Dorff Stephen (2120), Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1982
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.e4 d6 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.O-O
Qd7 9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qb3 O-O 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Nd1 Rab8 14.a4
Bh3 15.f4 c6 16.Bxh3 Qxh3 17.Nf2 Qd7 18.Rfc1 b6 19.Qd1 a5 20.Qf3 Ne8
21.Rc2 Nc7 22.Re2 Na6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxe5 Rfe8 25.Rae1 Nc5 26.Qe2 Kf8
27.Qh5 h6 28.Qd1 Rxe5 29.Rxe5 Re8 30.Rh5 (30.Rxe8+) f6 31.f5 Qe7
32.Qg4? (32.Rh4) Qe3 (32...Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Nxd3) 33.Kg2? (33.Qd1) Nxd3
34.Nxd3 Qxd3 35.Qf4 Qe2+ 0-1
Howell Rodney (2065) - Wall Bill, Gem City Open, Dayton, OH 1982
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 e5 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 d6 7.Be2 Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a6 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.d5 Nb8 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 h6 14.Rfe1
Re8 15.Re3 Bf8 16.Rae1 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Nbd7 18.Nd2 Qb6 19.Qd3
Nh5 (19...Ne5) 20.Bh2 Ne5 (20...Qxb2) 21.Bxe5 Re8 22.b3
Nf4? (22...dxe5) 23.Bxf4 Rxe1+ 24.Kh2 Re8
25.Qg3 Kh7 26.Nde4 Rd8 27.Qh4 Qc7 28.Ng3 Qe7 29.Qxe7 Bxe7 30.Nf5 Bf6
31.Ne4 Be5 32.Bxe5 dxe5 33.Nxc5 1-0
In April 1982, I won the Billy Watt Memorial in Statesville, NC.
I was rated 1899.
Wall Bill - Adams Will (1982), Watt Memorial, Statesville, NC 1982
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 bxc4 7.bxc4 O-O 8.Bg2
d6 9.Nf3 Ba6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.O-O Rb8 12.Nbd2 Nb6 13.e4 Re8 14.e5 Ng4
15.e6 Bxb2 16.exf7+ Kxf7 17.Ng5+ Kg8 18.Ne6 Qd7 19.Qxb2 Nf6 20.Qc1 Na8
21.Ne4 Nc7 22.Bh3 Kh8 23.Qh6 Nxe6 24.Ng5 Qb7? (24...Nxg5 25.Bxd7 Nf3+
26.Kg2 Nxd7) 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Bxe6 Qb2 27.Ne5+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Hill Jimmy (2011), Watt Memorial, Statesville, NC 1982
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.d3 Bb4 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5
8.Qc2 d6 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Ne2 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.h3 Nh7 13.Bd2 Ndf6 14.d4
Qc7 15.Kh2 Qf7 16.c5 Qh5 17.cxd6 Qxe2 18.dxe5 Ne4 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.Be1
Nhg5 21.Qd1 Qxd1 22.Rxd1 Be6 23.f4 Nh7 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Rd4 Rad8
26.Rxe4 Bxh3? (26...b5) 27.Kxh3 Ng5+ 28.fxg5 Rxf1 29.e6 Rff8
30.e7 Rfe8 31.exd8=Q Rxd8 32.Re6 1-0
In July 1982, I played in the 9th Lawrence Pfefferkorn Open (LPO)
in Winston-Salem, NC.
Wall Bill - Adams William (1980), LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1982
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nf3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.a3
O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Kh7 11.Rc1 g5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Ne7 14.Bxg5 hxg5
15.Nxg5+ Kg6 16.Nf3 Rh8 17.Qc2 c5 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.Nh4+ Rxh4 20.gxh4
Nd4 21.h5+ Kh7 22.Qc7 Qg5 23.Kh1 Nxe2 24.Bf3 Nxc1 25.Rg1
Qh6? (25...Qf6 26.Rxc1 Qe6) 26.Rg6
Nxd3 27.Rxh6+ Kxh6 28.Qxd6+ Kh7 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.h6 1-0
Wall Bill - Erb Dave (1990), LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1982
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Qc2 Bb4 8.Nd2
O-O 9.Bd3? (9.a3) dxc4 10.Bxf6 cxd3 11.Qxd3 Nxf6 0-1
Demers Rex (2090) - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1982
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5
Ne8 9.Qe2 e6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Be4 Qa5 12.O-O Rb8 13.a4 Qb4 14.Ra3 Qa5
15.Rd1 a6 16.Nd2 Qc7 17.Bf3 b6 18.Nde4 Bh8 19.Nd6 Nxd6 20.Rxd6 Nxe5
21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Rd1 (22.Rc6) Bxh2+ 23.Kh1 Be5 24.Bh6 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Ne4
Qe5 27.Rb3 Bb7 28.Nd6 Qxe2 29.Bxe2 Bd5 30.Re3 Rfd8 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4
Rxd1+ 33.Bxd1 Rd8 34.Be2 a5 35.Bd3 Rd6 36.Kg1 (36.Bc4) Rd4 (36...f5)
37.Rxd4 cxd4 38.Kf2 e5 39.c3 dxc3 40.bxc3 f5 41.Ke3 Kf6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Scannell Steve (2111), LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1982
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.a3 e5 8.d3
a5 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.e3 Ne7 13.e4 c6 14.c5 Bg4 15.Na4
Bxf3 16.Bxf3 dxc5 17.Nxc5 Qc7 18.Qc1 Kh7 19.Be2 Nd7 20.Na4 Qd6 21.Be3
f5 22.Nc5 Nxc5 23.Bxc5 Qe6 24.Qd2 Red8 25.Bb6 Rd7 26.Qc3 Nc8 27.Be3 f4
28.Bd2 Nd6 29.a4 Rf8 30.Kg2 Rdf7 31.f3 fxg3 32.hxg3 h5 33.Rh1 Qd7
34.Qc1 Ne8 35.Bg5 Bf6 36.Bd2 Bg7 37.Bxa5 Nf6 38.Bb4 Qe6 39.Bc5 Rd8
40.d4 exd4 41.Bc4 Qd7 42.Bxf7 Qxf7 43.Qd2 d3 44.Bb6 Rd7 45.Ra3 Qc4
46.Rc1 Qa6 47.Be3 Ne8 48.Bf4 Bxb2 49.Qxb2 d2 50.Bxd2?
(50.Rh1 d1=Q 51.Rxd1 Rxd1 52.Qf2) Qe2+ 51.Kh3 Rxd2 52.Qxb7+ Kh6 0-1
Kidd Jeff (1880) - Wall Bill, LPO, Winston-Salem, NC 1982
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O g6 6.c3 Bg7 7.Re1 e6
8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Be3 O-O 12.Qd2 b5 13.a3 Nb6 14.b3
Rc8 15.Rac1 d5 16.e5 Nf5 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Ne2 h6 19.Be3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nxe3
21.Qxe3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Nc3 1/2-1/2
In October through November, I played in the Dayton Chess Club
Championship and took 4th.
Shirley Dick - Wall Bill, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qd3 c6 8.d5
b5 9.Bb3 b4 10.Ne2 cxd5 11.exd5 Ba6 12.Bc4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Nxd5 14.Rd1
Qc8 15.Qd3 Qa6 16.Qe4 Nd7 17.Ned4 Ne5 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Qe1 Qc4 20.Ndxe6
fxe6 21.Rxd6 Nfg4 22.Rxe6 Rxf2 23.h3 Qxc2 0-1
Trogdon Tim - Wall Bill, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 g6 2.c3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1
O-O 9.Nbd2 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nd5 12.Nb3 Na6 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Bd2 Nb6
15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Qxe7 Qc8 17.Qe2 Na4 18.Bf4 Nc7 19.Qc2 Ne6 20.Be5 Nb6
21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qe2 Nd5 23.Qe5+ Kg8 24.g3 Re8 25.f4 Nec7 26.Qg5 Qxh3
27.Be2 Re3 28.Kf2 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Rxg3 0-1
Wall Bill - Pelan Darrell, DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Bd6 7.Qg4 Be5
8.f4 Nh6 9.Qh5 Bf6 10.d3 O-O 11.f5 b5 12.Bb3 a5 13.Bxh6 a4 14.Rf3 axb3
15.cxb3 gxh6 16.Qxh6 Bg7 17.Rg3 1-0
Wall Bill - Meidinger Charles (2000), DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.g3 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.Nc3
Nc7 9.e4 a6 10.a4 Rb8 11.Rb1 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.b3? (13.cxb5) b4 14.e5
bxc3 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Ne1 Bf5 18.Nd3 Na6 19.g4? (19.Rc1) c2 0-1
Wall Bill - Burk Dale (2050), DCC Ch, Dayton, OH 1982
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Bc5 4.e3 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bf5 8.a3
a5 9.Nge2 e4 10.O-O Ne5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxe5 Qxe5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.d4
Bb6 15.Nc3 Qe6 16.Qc2 d5 17.Na4 O-O 18.Rfc1 Rfc8 19.Qe2 Qd6
20.Qb5? (20.Qh5) Bd7 21.Qe2 c5 22.Nxb6 Qxb6 23.Qh5 Be6 24.Bh3?
(24.dxc5) cxd4 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.exd4 Qxd4 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.Qe2 Rc3
29.Qb5 Rc2 0-1
In November 1982, I took 2nd at the Bonebrake Open in Dayton, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Britt Tom (2104), Bonebrake, Dayton, OH 1982
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 c6 8.Qc2
Qe7 9.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bf5 11.e4 Be6 12.Kh2 Ne8 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.f4 Na6
15.a3 Nc5 16.Be3 Nc7 17.Rad1 N7e6 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Ne2 c5 20.Qd2 Rab8
21.f5 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qa5 Bc6 24.Nf4 Be5 25.Qd2 b5 26.Nd5 Qh4
27.Qf2 bxc4 28.dxc4 Rb3 29.Nf4? (29.Bf3) Rxg3 30.Rf1 Rxg2+ 31.Kxg2
Bxe4+ 32.Kg1 (32.Kh2) Qg5+ 33.Ng2 d3 34.Kh1 Bd4 35.Qd2 Be3
(or 35...Qg3) 0-1
Snyder Bill - Wall Bill, Bonebrake, Dayton, OH 1982
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3
g6 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd2 Bg7 11.Bb4 a5 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.b4 Re8
15.O-O Nf6 16.f3 Rxe3 17.Qc2 Qe8 18.Rfe1 axb4 19.Bxb4 c5 20.Bd2 Re6
21.Nc3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qc8 23.Bb5 cxd4 0-1
Wall Bill - Davison Matt, Bonebrake, Dayton, OH 1982
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Bd3 d5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qg4 g6
8.c3 c5 9.a3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Nf3 a6 12.O-O O-O 13.Nc3 b5 14.Ne2
Bb7 15.h4 f6 16.Rac1 fxe5 17.Bxg6 Kh8 18.Bxh7 Qxh7 19.Qxe6 Rg8 20.Rxc6
Bxc6 21.Qxc6 e4 22.Ng5 Qxh4 23.Nf7+ Kh7 24.Qxd7 Rg7 25.Qxd5 1-0
Friel Ed - Wall Bill, Bonebrake, Dayton, OH 1982
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nxd4 Bd7 7.Nc3 a6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Re1 b5 11.Bd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Bf6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6
14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Bc1 Rfe8 16.f3 Bd7 17.Qd2 h5 18.Qg5 Qd4+ 19.Qe3 Qc4
20.Qe2 Qc6 21.Qd2 h4 22.b3 h3 23.Bb2 Re6 24.Re2 Rg6 25.Rf1 Qc5+ 26.Bd4
Qh5 27.Kh1 hxg2+ 28.Rxg2 Bh3 29.Rxg6 fxg6 30.Rf2 Rf8 31.Qd3 Qg5 32.Qe3
Qh4 33.f4 g5 34.Qg3 Rxf4 35.Rxf4 Qxf4 36.Qxf4 gxf4 37.Kg1 c5 38.Bb2
Kf7 39.Kf2 g5 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.c4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Bf1 43.Kg4 Be2+ 44.Kh3
Bxc4 45.Kg4 Be2+ 46.Kh3 g4+ 47.Kg2 Bf3+ 48.Kf2 Bxe4 49.Bc1 Kf5 0-1
In January 1983, I won the Wright-Patterson AFB Championship in
Dayton, Ohio with a 5-0 score.
McClendon Joe - Wall Bill, WPAFB, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.Bc2 Nh6 8.O-O
cxd4 9.cxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Nb4 11.Bb3 Nf5 12.Na4 Qa6 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.dxc5
Rxc5 15.a3 Nd3 16.Bc2 Nxc1 17.Rxc1 O-O 18.Bxf5 Rxc1 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Qxc1 Rh8 21.Qf4 Kg8 22.Ng5 Be8 23.h4 Qc4 24.Qxc4 dxc4 25.Rc1 Rxh4
26.Rc3 Bc6 27.b3 Rg4 28.Nf3 b5 29.Kh2 Bxf3 30.Rxf3 Re4 31.bxc4 Rxc4
32.Re3 a5 33.g3 Kf8 34.f4 Ke7 35.Rd3 f6 36.exf6+ gxf6 37.Kg2 b4
38.axb4 axb4 39.Rb3 Kd6 40.Kf2 Kc5 41.Rb2 Kd4 42.Rd2+ Kc3 43.Rd6 b3
44.Rxe6 b2 45.Rb6 Rb4 46.Rc6+ Kb3 0-1
Wall Bill - Koretsky David, WPAFB, Dayton, OH 1983
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.b5 Nb4 4.Bxe5 d6 5.Bb2 Bf5 6.d3 Qd7 7.e4 Bg6 8.a3
Nxc2+ 9.Qxc2 Qxb5 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Qa4+ Qxa4 12.Nxa4 Nf6 13.Be2 O-O-O
14.f4 c6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.f5 1-0
Gwin Willie - Wall Bill, WPAFB, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.a3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 O-O
8.Be2 c5 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 Rxe2 0-1
Wall Bill - Meidinger Charles (2180), WPAFB, Dayton, OH 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.d5
exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Bd6 17.Qh5 Bb4 18.Re4 g6? (18...Rae8) 19.Qf3
Bd6 20.Bh6 Bf5 (20...Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Be5) 21.Rc4 Qb6?? (21...Bxh2+ 22.Kh1
Qe5) 22.Qc3 1-0
Stauffer Andy - Wall Bill, WPAFB, Dayton, OH 1983
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.b3 Ng4 8.Rb1
Nb4 9.Bb2 d4 10.Ra1 O-O 11.a3 Nd5 12.Ne4 b6 13.h3 Ngf6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6
15.Re1 Be6 16.e3 dxe3 17.Bxf6 exf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nxf6 19.Kf1 Nh5 20.Kf2 Qd7
21.Rh1 Qd6 22.g4 Qg3+ 23.Kf1 Nf4 24.Qd2 Bd5 25.Rg1 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Qxf3+
0-1
In January 1983, I took 2nd the Dayton Chess Club Gambit Championship.
Wall Bill - Beard Brian (2050), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O
8.Bf4 c6 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 Nd5 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.c3
c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Bg5 Qb6 18.Ne5 Ne4? (18...Ba4) 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nxd7
1-0
Harmon Bill - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Bf4 Qe7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bc4 Qb4+ 7.Nbd2 Qxb2
8.Rb1 Qc3 9.O-O Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Bxe5 11.Rb3 Qa5 12.Rb5 Bxh2+ 13.Nxh2 Qa4
14.Qf3 Nh6 15.Qf6 O-O 16.Qf4 Qxc2 17.Ne4 Kg7 18.Qf6+ Kg8 19.Ng5 Qxc4
20.Re5 Qxa2 0-1
Wall Bill - Harmon Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Bf4 Qe7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.e4 Nge7
8.e6 Nxd5 9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Qxd5+ Kf8 11.Bc4 Qf6 12.Bxc7 Qe6 13.Qc5+ Qe7
14.Bd6 1-0
Bullock Randy (1750) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7
8.Qxg4 Ne5 9.Qxf4+ Qf6 10.Qg3 Ne7 11.d4 N5c6 12.Bc4+ Ke8 13.e5 Qg6
14.Qf2 d5 15.Nxd5 Qe4+ 16.Ne3 Nxd4 17.Qf7+ Kd8 18.O-O Rg8? (18...Qxe5)
19.Rd1 Bh3? (19...Bg7) 20.Bf1 (20.Qf2) Kc8?? (20...Bd7) 21.Qe8# 1-0
Wall Bill - Bullock Randy (1750), DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nxf7 Kxf7
8.Qxg4 d6 9.Bc4+ Ke8 10.Qg6+ Kd7 11.Qe6# 1-0
Hoog Dave - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4
8.O-O d5 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bd2 Bxa1
14.Qxa1 Bg4 15.Ne5 Bd7 16.Rc1 Re8 17.Nxc6 Bxc6 18.Rxc6 a5 19.Be3 Rb8
20.Qc1 Rb7 21.Qc3 Rb1+ 22.Bc1 Qxd4 23.h3 Qxc3 24.Rxc3 Re1+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Hoog Dave, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4
8.O-O Nxc3 9.Re1+ Be7 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bd3 g6 12.d5 Na5 13.Bf4 d6 14.Bb5
Bd7 15.Bf1 Bf6 16.Qc2 Bf5 17.Bd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Qd7 19.h4 Qf5 20.Qxf5
gxf5 21.Rab1 b6 22.Bg5 Bxg5 23.Nxg5 Rfe8 24.Nf3 Re4 25.Nd4 Rae8
26.Rxe4 fxe4 27.Nb5 a6 28.Nxc7 Rc8 29.Nxa6 Rxc3 30.Rxb6 Rc1+ 31.Kh2
Rc2 32.Kg3 Rxa2 33.Rxd6 Rd2 34.Nc5 Rd4 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Rd7 Kf6 37.Kf4
Nc4 38.Nxe4+ Kg6 39.h5+ Kxh5 40.Rxf7 Nd2 41.Kf5 Kh6 42.Nf6 1-0
Driver Dan (1950) - Wall Bill, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Qe7
8.Nc3 Ngxe5 9.Nd5 Qd6 10.Ng5 Nb4 11.Ne4 Qc6 12.a3 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Qb6
14.b4 Be7 15.Bb2 Qg6? (15...f5) 16.Bxe5 Qxe4 17.Bxc7 d6 18.Bf3 Qg6
19.e4 f5 20.e5 Bd7 21.e6 Bb5 22.Be2 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Rac8 24.Rac1 f4
25.f3 Rf5 26.Qb5 Rg5 27.Rf2 b6? (27...Qxe6) 28.Qd7 Re8 29.Bxd6 Rxd5
30.Bxe7 1-0
Wall Bill - Driver Dan, DCC Gambit Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.h3 Ngxe5 7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O d6 9.Nc3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Ne5 11.Be2 Qg5 12.f4 Qg6 13.fxe5 Bxh3
14.Kh2?? (14.Qd5) Qxg2# 0-1
In February 1983, I played in the Dayton Qualifier.
Wall Bill - Johnson Martin, Dayton Qualifier, Dayton, OH 1983
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.c4 Be7 6.Nf3 b6 7.d4 O-O 8.Bd3
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng5 Nd5 12.Nh3 Bd6 13.e4 Ne7 14.e5 Bc7
15.Qh5 Nf5 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxe6+ Kh7 19.Bxf5+ Kg8 20.Qg6 Qe7
21.Qh7+ Kf7 22.e6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - McIntire Tom, Dayton Qualifier, Dayton, OH 1983
1.b4 f5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.b5 Be7 5.c4 c5 6.Ne2 O-O 7.d4 d5 8.Nf4 g5
9.Nd3 Nbd7 10.Ne5 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne4 12.Bd3 Bb4+ 13.Kf1 Nxe5 14.Bxe5
dxc4 15.Be2 Qxd1+ 16.Bxd1 Bd7 17.a4 Rac8 18.f3 Nd2+ 19.Nxd2 Bxd2
20.Ke2 c3 21.Bc2 Be8 22.h4 g4 23.fxg4 fxg4 24.h5 Rf5 25.Bxf5 exf5
26.Bxc3? (26.Rhf1) Bxc3 27.Rac1 Bd7 28.Rhd1 Be6 29.Kd3 Be5
30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.h6 Be6 32.Rc1 Kf7 33.Rc5 Kf6 34.a5 Ba2 35.Rc8 Bb1+
36.Ke2 Be4 37.Ra8 Kg6 38.Re8 Bg3 39.Ra8 Bxg2 40.Rxa7 Kxh6 41.a6 bxa6
42.b6 (42.bxa6) Bf3+ 43.Kd2 Kg6 44.b7 h5 45.Rxa6+ Kg5 46.Rb6 h4
47.b8=Q Bxb8 48.Rxb8 h3 49.Rg8+ Kh4 0-1
Britt Paul - Wall Bill, Dayton Qualifier, Dayton, OH 1983
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.c3 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf4
Nbd7 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc2 Be7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Ne4 13.Nd2 Ndf6 14.f3 Nd6
15.b3 Nf5 16.Rc1 Rc8 17.Nb1 Nh5 18.Bd2 Nhxg3 19.hxg3 Nxg3 20.Rf2 Bh4
21.e3 Nf5 22.Re2 Bg3 23.Be1 Qh4 24.Bxg3 Qxg3 25.Nd2 Nh4 26.Rf2 h5
27.Nf1 Qg6 28.Nb4 O-O 29.Rfc2 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 a5 31.Nd3 Nxf3+
(31...Rc8) 32.Kh1 Ng5 (32...Nh4) 33.Nf4 Qh7 34.Rc7 Ba6 (34...Ba8)
35.Ra7 Ne4 36.Qe1 (36.Qxh5) Bc8 37.Ng3 a4 38.bxa4 bxa4
39.Rxa4 Bd7 40.Ra7 Bb5 41.a4 Bc4 42.Kg1 Nf6 43.Nge2 Rb8 44.Bf3 g5
45.Qg3 Qb1+ 46.Kg2 Kh8 47.Nxh5 g4 48.Bxg4 Nxh5 49.Qe5+ Ng7 50.Rxf7
Qe4+ 51.Qxe4 dxe4 52.Ra7 Rb2 53.Kf2 Nf5 54.Rc7 Bd3 55.Rc6 Ng7
56.Ke1 (56.Rc8+) Nf5 57.Kf2 Ng7 58.Ke1? (58.Rc8+ Kh7 59.Ke1) Nf5 1/2-1/2
Tagg Eric - Wall Bill, Dayton Qualifier, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Qc2 d5 7.O-O-O c6 8.h4
Ne4 9.e3 Qa5 10.Kb1 Nxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5
a5 15.c5 a4 16.a3 Bd8 17.Bd3 b6 18.cxb6 Bxb6 19.Kc2 Bd8 20.c4 Bf6
(20...Kf7) 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.c5 e5? (22...f4) 23.dxe5 Rg6 24.g3
(24.Rh2) Ra5 25.Kd2 Rxc5 26.Rb1 Kf7 27.Rb8 Bd7 28.Rb7 (28.Rhb1; 28.h5)
Ke6 29.Rxd7 (29.Rhb1) Kxd7 30.Bxf5+ Re6 31.Bxe6+? (31.Rb1) Kxe6
32.f4 Rb5 33.Rc1 c5 34.g4 g6 35.e4 Rb2+ 36.Ke1 c4 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Blossom Don (1733), Dayton Qualifier, Dayton, OH 1983
1.b4 a5 2.b5 c6 3.a4 d5 4.e3 Bd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 e5 7.Bb2 d4 8.exd4
exd4 9.Qe2+ Be6 10.Ne4 d3 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Qxd3 Nd7 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Bd4
c5 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Qe4 b6 18.Ng5 f5 19.Qa8+ Nb8 20.Bxh8
1-0
In February 1983, I took 1st place under 2000 at the John Carroll
Swiss in Cleveland. I was rated 1842.
Wall Bill - Vaks Igor, John Carroll Swiss, Cleveland, OH 1983
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4
O-O 9.d4 Nc6 10.Nbd2 Rc8 11.Rc1 Bg6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.f4 Nb8
15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Bf3 Qd7 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Qe1 Na6 19.Rd1 Qc7 20.Qc3 Nb4
21.Nd6 Nxa2 22.Qc4 Bxd6 23.exd6 Qb6 24.Be5 Nb4 25.d7 Ra8 26.Rd6 Nc6
27.Qc3 Qc7?? (27...f6) 28.Rxc6 1-0
Glinski Mark (1704) - Wall Bill, John Carroll Swiss, Cleveland, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6
8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Re1 Re8 10.a3 Nf8 11.Qd3 Ne4 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Be3 Nd6 14.Nf3
Nc4 15.Bc1 Nh4 16.Nxh4 Bxh4 17.b3 Nd6 18.Be3 Nf5 19.Bg4 Nxe3 20.Bxc8
Nxc2 21.Qxc2 Rxc8 22.g3 Bf6 23.Ne2 c5 24.Qd2 Re4 25.Nc3 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1
c4 27.b4 g6 28.Qf4 Bg5 29.Qf3 Bd2 30.Re5 Bxc3 31.Rxd5 Qe8 32.Qxc3 Qe2
33.Re5 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 Qd3 35.Re3 Qxc3 36.Rxc3 b5 37.Kf3 f5 38.Kf4 Re8
39.d5 Re4+ 40.Kg5 Kg7 41.f4 Re2 42.h3 Rd2 43.Re3 h6+ 44.Kh4 Rxd5? (44...Kf7)
45.Re7+ Kf6 46.Rxa7 Rd3 47.Rc7 Rd6 48.a4 bxa4 49.Rxc4
Ra6 (49...a3) 50.b5 Ra8
51.b6 Rb8 52.Rxa4 Rxb6 53.g4 fxg4 54.hxg4 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Yunik Jan, John Carroll Swiss, Cleveland, OH 1983
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.c4 Be7 8.d4
O-O 9.Nc3 c5 10.Rc1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb8 12.dxc5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Bxf3
14.gxf3 Bxc5 15.Nb5 Nbd7 16.Nc7 Rac8? (16...Rad8) 17.Nxe6
Rfe8 (17...fxe6 18.Bxe6+ Kh8 19.Bxd7) 18.Ng5 (18.Nxg7) Re7
19.Bxf7+ (19.b4) Rxf7 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.b4 h6 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Rd6
(23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Rc4) Nb6 24.a4 Ne8 25.Rd2
Nxa4 26.Bd4 Rd8 27.Ra2 cxd4 28.Rxa4 dxe3 29.Rxa7+ Kg6 30.fxe3 Rd3
31.Rc6+ Nf6 32.Kf2 Rd2+ 33.Kg3 h5 34.h4 Kh7 35.Rxf6 1-0
Birkmeier Steve (1924) - Wall Bill, John Carroll Swiss, Cleveland, OH 1983
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4
e5 9.Nf5 O-O 10.Be2 Bc5 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Nd5 Bxf2+? (12...Nd4)
13.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 14.Qxe4 Qxg5 15.Rad1 g6 16.Nd6 f5 17.Qf3 Nd4
18.Rxd4 exd4 19.Nxb7 Rae8 20.Rd1 Re4 21.Nd6 Re6 22.Nb5 Rfe8
23.Nxd4 Re4 24.Qg3 Qd8 25.Bf3 Rh4 26.Nxf5 1-0
Wall Bill - Holmgren Bob (1706), John Carroll Swiss, Cleveland, OH 1983
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Bd7 6.d4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2
Nxc3 9.Bxc3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.O-O Ne7 13.Ne5 Be8
14.Rac1 c6 15.e4 Rc8 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Qh3 c5 18.Nf3 cxd4 19.Ng5 h6
20.Nxe6 Bd7? (20...Qd7) 21.Nxc7 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Nc6 23.Nb5 1-0
In February 1983, I played at MOTCF in Columbus, Ohio.
La Rocca Eric (2047) - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Bg2 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 Nb6
8.d4 O-O 9.b3 Bf6 10.e3 g6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Qe2 a6 14.Rfd1 Ne7
15.Ne5 Bg7 16.f4 Nbd5 17.e4 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 c6 19.Nc4 b6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Nd6
Re7 22.Bb2 Rc7 23.Rc2 Bf8 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.Qf3 Qf5 27.Rdc1
Rbc8 28.g4 Qd7 29.h4 c5 30.Kg2 cxd4 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Bxd4
Qc2+ 34.Kg3 Bc5 35.Qc3 Qxc3+ (35...Qxa2) 36.Bxc3 d4 37.Bd2 h5
38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Kf3 b5 40.Ke4 d3 41.Kxd3 Bf2 42.f5 Bxh4 43.Bb4 Kg7
44.Bc5 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Friel Ed, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bxc5 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.a3 b6 12.b4 Bd6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nxd6 Qxd6
15.Bb2 Qe7 16.Qc2 h6 17.Bb5 Nb8 18.Rfd1 Ba6 19.Ba4 b5 20.Bb3 Bb7
21.Be5 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Rd1 Qe7? (24...Qe8)
25.Qc8+ Kh7 26.Bc2+ g6 27.Rd8 1-0
Wall Bill - Martin Chuck, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7
8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Nd2 f5 10.c5 b6 11.b4 Bb7 12.Qc2 Bd5 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Be2
Nf6 15.O-O Kh8 16.Nb1 e5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.h3 f4 19.exf4 Qxf4 20.Nc3
Rad8 21.Nxd5 Rxd5 22.cxb6 cxb6 23.Qc7 Qxc7 24.Rxc7 a5 25.Rfc1 axb4
26.Rc8 Rdd8 27.R8c6 Rd2 28.Bc4 b5 29.Bb3 Rb8 30.Rc7 Rd7 31.R7c2 Rdd8
32.Be6 Nd5 33.Rb1 g6 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Rxb4 Re5? (35...Re8)
36.Rcb2 (36.a4) e3? (36...Ra8; 36...Rc8) 37.fxe3 Rxe3 (37...Ra8)
38.a4 Rf8 (38...Ra3) 39.axb5 Re1+ (39...Re7) 40.Kh2 Rb8
41.b6 Re7 (41...Rb7) 42.b7 Kg8 43.Kg3 Kf8 44.Kf4 Ke8 45.Re4 Rxe4+
46.Kxe4 Kd7 47.Kd5 Kc7 48.Ke6 Kc6 49.Kf6 1-0
Latour Randy (1768) - Wall Bill, MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qa5 8.Bd2
Nbc6 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.Be2 O-O 11.h4 Rac8 12.g4 f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 14.g5 Rf7
15.h5 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qb6 17.a5 Qc7 18.g6 Rxf3 19.gxh7+ Kh8 20.Bxf3 Nxd4
21.Rc1 Qe5+ 22.Be3 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 d4 24.Qf4 Qxa5+ 25.Bd2 Qd5 26.O-O Bc6
27.f3 Qxh5 28.Kf2 (28.c3) e5 29.Qg3 Rf8 30.Kg2 Nf5 (30...Rxf3 31.Rxf3
Nf5) 31.Qh3 Qxh3+ (31...Nh4+) 32.Kxh3 Ne3 (32...Kxh7)
33.Bxe3 dxe3 34.Rce1 e2 35.Rxe2 Bb5 36.Ref2 Bxf1+ 37.Rxf1 Kxh7 38.Kg3
Kg6 39.Rd1 Rf7 40.Rd6+ Kf5 41.c3 Rc7 42.Rd3 g5 43.Kf2 Kf4 44.Rd6 e4
45.Rf6+ Ke5 46.Rf8 Rxc3 47.Re8+ Kf5 48.Rf8+ Ke6 49.fxe4 Ke5 50.Re8+
Kf4 51.Re7 Rb3 52.e5 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Kf5 0-1
Wall Bill - Tannehill John (1997), MOTCF, Columbus, OH 1983
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d5 7.Nbd2 d4 8.Nb3
Nfd7 9.e3 Nc6 10.exd4 cxd4 11.Re1 e5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ne4 Nf6 14.Bd2 Nxe4
15.Bxe4 Qd6 16.a3 Re8 17.f4 Bh3 18.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 f5 20.Qf3 Rad8
21.Na5 Nxa5 22.Bxa5 Rd7 23.Bd2 Kh7 24.b4 b6 25.Re2 e4 26.dxe4 d3 27.e5
Qd4 28.Ree1 Qxc4 29.Rec1 Qb3 30.Qc6 Rdd8 31.Qc4 Qb2 32.Qc3 Qxc3
33.Bxc3 d2 34.Rd1 Rd3 35.Bxd2 Red8 36.Ra2 g5 37.Kf2 gxf4 38.gxf4 Rh3
39.Kg2 Rdd3 40.Re1 Bf8 41.Rc2 Rh4 42.Rc7+ Kg6 43.Bc1 Rdh3 44.Rh1 a5
45.Rc6+ Kf7 46.Rxb6 axb4 47.a4 Rc3 48.Rf6+ Ke8 49.Rxf5? (49.h3)
Rg4+ 50.Kf2 Bc5+ 51.Ke2 Rg2+ 52.Kd1 Rd3+ 53.Ke1 Rc2 0-1
In March 1983, I played in the Dayton 40/40 Championship.
Davison Matt - Wall Bill, Dayton 40/40 Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.c4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.a3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.Nbd2
a5 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Bg4 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nb3 Nd7
15.Bb2 Qe7 16.f3 Qe3+ 17.Kh1 Bf5 18.Qd2 Rfe8 19.Qxe3 dxe3 20.Bxg7 Kxg7
21.Ra1 Ra8 22.Nd4 Kf6 23.Nc2 Nc5 24.f4 Bxd3? (24...Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Nxd3)
25.exd3 (25.Rxa8) e2 26.Rfe1 Nxd3? (26...Rxa1) 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Rxe2
Nc5 29.Kg1 Ra4 30.Ne3 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Nd3+ 32.Kf3 g5
33.Nd5+ Kg7 34.Nxc7 1-0
Meidinger Charles - Wall Bill, Dayton 40/40 Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.Nf3 Qd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Ba6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5
bxc5 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nc7 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Rb8 13.b3 Be7 14.c4 O-O
15.Nc3 d4 16.Ne4 Na6 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.h4 Bd8 19.Nd6 Qc6 20.h5 Ne7
21.Rab1 Bc7 22.Nb5 Rb7 23.a3 Nb8 24.b4 a6 25.Nxc7 Rxc7 26.bxc5 Qxc5
27.Rxd4 Nf5 28.Rg4 Qxa3 29.Qb2 Qc5 30.Qb6 Nxg3 31.Rxg3 Qxc4 32.h6 g6
33.Qe3 Qc5 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.Ng5 Nd7 36.Ne4 Rc4 37.Nf6+ Nxf6 38.Qxc4 Nh5
39.Rh3 Qg5 40.Qxa6 Nf4 41.Rh2 Qxe5 42.Qa1 Ne2+ 43.Kf1 Nd4 (43...Qxa1)
44.Rd1 (44.Rh4) Nc6? (44...Qxh2 45.Qxd4 Qxh6) 45.Qxe5 Nxe5 46.Rh4
f5 (46...Re8) 47.Re1 Nd3 48.Rxe6 Ra8 49.Re3 Ra1+ 50.Ke2 Nc5
51.Rc4 Nd7 52.Re7 Ra2+ 53.Kf3 Ra3+ 54.Kf4 Nb6 55.Rg7+ Kh8 56.Rb7 Nd5+
57.Ke5 1-0
Wall Bill - Rowan Clif, Dayton 40/40 Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.O-O Nh6 6.Nbd2 b6 7.c3 Rb8 8.e4
Ba6 9.Qc2 Ng4 10.Rd1 b5 11.Nf1 b4 12.h3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5
15.Bf4 O-O 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rc8 18.Qa4 Bxf1 19.dxe5 Rc4 20.Qxd7 Qxd7
21.Rxd7 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Ra4 23.Rxe7 Rc8 24.Rd1 Bf8 25.Rb7 Rxa2 26.Rdd7
Bc5 27.Kf3 Rxf2+ 28.Kg4 h5+ 29.Kh4 Rf8 30.e6 Re2 31.e7 Re8 32.Rb8
Bxe7+ 33.Rxe7 Rxb8 34.Bxb8 a5 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.Kg5 a4 37.Be5 1-0
Espedal Bruce - Wall Bill, Dayton 40/40 Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a3
Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.d5 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Nd8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nf3 Ng4
15.Qc2 Bb7 16.dxe6 Nxe6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rac8 19.Qe2 Nc5 20.Bxb5
Qxb5 0-1
In March 1983, I played in Granny's Tornado in Xenia, Ohio.
Davison Matt - Wall Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d5 7.Nbd2 c5 8.a3
b5 9.cxb5 a6 10.bxa6 Bxa6 11.Rb1 Nc6 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.Be3 d4 14.Bf4
Ne8 (14...Nd7)15.Qc2 e5? (15...c4) 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 f6 18.Bf4 g5
19.Bd2 Rc8 20.Qxc5 Qxb3 21.Bd5+ 1-0
Lilly Bill (1700) - Wall Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Qb6 7.Be3 Qxb5
8.dxc5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nge7 10.a4 Qa5 11.O-O Qxc3 12.Re1 Nxe5 0-1
Wall Bill - Harmon Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5
8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.e4 h6 12.Ne2 c5 13.e5 Nd5 14.a3 Bb7
15.Be4 Rc8 16.Qb1 cxd4 17.Nexd4 Qc7 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Re1 Bc5
20.b4? (20.Nb3) Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Nxe5 22.Bb2 Ng4 23.g3 Ngf6 24.Bd3 Qb8
25.Bf1 Nc3 26.Bxc3 Rxc3 27.Bg2 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Rd8 29.Nxe6? (29.Rd1)
fxe6 30.Rxe6 Qb7+ 31.Kg1 Rc6 32.Re2 Rcd6 33.Qe1 Qd5 34.Re5 Qd1
35.Rxd1 Rxd1 36.Kf1 Rxe1+ 37.Kxe1 Rd3 38.a4 (38.Re3) bxa4 39.Ra5 a3
40.Rxa6 Rb3 0-1
In April 1983, I played in the Billy Watt Memorial in Statesville, NC.
Bowman Mickey - Wall Bill, Watt Memorial, Statesville, NC 1983
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.g3 h6 8.Bxf6
Bxf6 9.Bg2 Na6 10.O-O c5 11.Qb3 Rc8 12.Nb5 cxd4 13.Nfxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2
Nc5 15.Qd1 d5 16.Nxa7 Ra8 17.Ndc6 Qc7 18.cxd5 Rxa7 19.Nxa7 Qxa7
20.dxe6 fxe6 21.Qc2 Qb7+ 22.Kg1 Ne4 23.f4 Nd6 24.Qb3 Qe4 25.Rac1 b5
26.Rfd1 Nc4 27.Qd3 Qa8 28.Qb3 Qf3 29.Rf1 Qxe3+ 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Rfe1
Bxb2 32.Rb1 Bd4 33.Kh1 Rc8 34.Rxb5 Rc2 35.h3 Nf5 36.Rb3 Bc3
37.Rxe6? (37.Rg1) Nxg3+ 38.Kg1 Bd4+ 39.Rbe3 Rxa2 0-1
Zachary Joe (1900) - Wall Bill, Watt Memorial, Statesville, NC 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Bd3 c4 8.Be2
Qa5 9.Bd2 Nbc6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nf3 O-O-O 12.O-O Rdf8 13.Qb1 f6 14.Qb2
fxe5 15.Rfb1 Qc7 16.fxe5 h6 17.a4 g5 18.Qa2 Nf5 19.Bc1 g4 20.Nd2 Nxe5
21.a5 Nh4 22.Ba3 Nef3+ 23.gxf3 gxf3 24.Bxf8 Rg8+ (24...Qf4) 25.Kh1
Rg2 26.Nxf3 Rxe2 27.Ne5 Be8?? (27...Qxe5! 28.dxe5 Nf2 and 29...Rxh2 mate)
28.Re1 Rf2? (28...Rxe5 29.dxe5 Qf7) 29.Rf1 Re2 30.a6 1-0
Wall Bill - Hall Greg, Watt Memorial, Statesville, NC 1983
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.c4 e5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O
Re8 9.d3 b6 10.Nxe5 Rxe5 11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.Nb5 Rh5 13.Bf3
Ng4? (13...Rh6) 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Nxa7 Bd7 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Nc6 Qc8
18.Nxb8 Bf3 19.exf3 Qh3 20.Re1 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Qh1+ 22.Ke2 Qg2
23.Rf1 Rh2 24.Ke1 1-0
In April 1983, I played in Granny's Tornado in Xenia, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Foley Dave, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Bg7 8.Nb5
Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd7 10.Nxa8 Qb4+ 11.Qd2 Qxc4 12.e3 1-0
Davison Matt - Wall Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bf4 Nh5 8.Bc1
f5 9.Nbd2 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Rb1 Rc8 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 d5 14.Bb2 dxc4
15.Bxg7 Nxg7 16.dxc4 Qc7 17.Qa4 Rfd8 18.Rfd1 Nd4 19.Kf1 e5 20.Qxa7
Bxf3 21.Qxc7 Bxe2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Britt Tom (2056), Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.d3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Bg4 8.h3
Bf5 9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.Kh2 d4 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.a4 O-O
15.Nh4 Be6 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qd7 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.Bd2 f5
20.Nce5 (20.Rf1) Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qc7 22.Rc1? (22.e4 dxe3 23.Bxd5 Bxd5
24.Rxe3) Qxe5 0-1
Hoog Dave - Wall Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.a3 Qa5 7.b4 Bxb4 8.axb4
Qxb4 9.Qd2 dxc4 10.Rb1 Qa5 11.Bxc4 Qxg5 12.Kf1 Nb6 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.Qc2
Nbd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.Bd3 Rc8 18.Qe2 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4
20.Qg4 Qd2 21.Ne2 O-O 22.g3 Rc7 23.Qf4 e5 24.Qxe5 Bh3+ 25.Kg1 Qxe2
0-1
In May 1983, I played Board 2 for Wright-Patterson AFB in a match
with Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Wright-Patterson AFB won. Board 1 was
Charles Meidinger (2050).
Willhite Derwood - Wall Bill, Fort Knox, KY 1983
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 d4 4.Nb5 c5 5.Bc4 a6 6.Na3 b5 7.Be2 Bb7 8.d3
Nd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bf4 c4 12.Nxc4 bxc4 13.dxc4 Nxe4 14.Nxd4
Qf6 15.Be3 Rd8 16.Bd3 Rxd4 17.f3 Nc5 18.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Kh1 Qf4 0-1
Wall Bill - Evans Jim, Fort Knox, KY 1983
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7
8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.O-O a6 10.Bd3 c4 11.Be2 Rg8 12.Bf3 Bd6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.g3
f5 15.c3 f4 16.exf4 Bxf4 17.Re1 O-O-O 18.Qc2 h5 19.Bxh5 Rg5 20.Be2 Rh8
21.Nf3 Rg6 22.b3 f5 23.bxc4 Qg7 24.cxd5 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Rxg3+ 26.Kh1 exd5
27.Qxf5+ Qd7 28.Qxd7+ Kxd7 29.Rg1 1-0
Razavi Massih - Wall Bill, Fort Knox, KY 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Bxc3 5.Bxc3 dxe4 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.d5 exd5
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bxd5 O-O 10.Ne2 Rd8 11.Nc3 c6 12.Nxe4 Qe7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7
14.Qf3+ Kg8 15.O-O Rf8 16.Qd3 Be6 17.Rfe1 Qf7 18.b3 Nd7 19.Re2 h6
20.Rae1 Ne5 21.Qg3 Ng6 22.Nf6+ gxf6 23.Rxe6 Kh8 24.f4 Rg8 25.Qh3 Qg7
26.Rxf6 Nh4 27.Ree6 Qxg2+ 28.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 Kg7 30.Rxh6 Rg4 31.h3
Rxf4 32.Kg1 Raf8 0-1
McKercher Robert - Wall Bill, Fort Knox, KY 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 c4 8.Nc3
Bb4 9.Bg5 Be6 10.e4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 dxe4 12.Nd2 Qa5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nxe4
O-O-O 15.Nxf6 Qf5 16.Ne4 Ne5 17.Nc5 Bd5 18.Bxd5 Rxd5 19.f4 Ng4 20.Qd2
Rxc5 21.dxc5 Rd8 22.Qe2 Qxc5+ 23.Rf2 Nxf2 24.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rd2+
26.Kg1 Rc2 27.a4 Rxc3 28.Kg2 Rc2+ 29.Kh3 c3 30.Ra3 Rc1 31.Kg4 Kd7
32.Kf5 Ke7 33.a5 b5 34.axb6 axb6 35.Rb3 c2 36.Rc3 b5 37.Rc7+ Kd6
38.Rxf7 Re1 39.Rf6+ Kd7 40.Rf7+ Re7 0-1
In May 1983, I played in the Buckeye Open in Lima, Ohio.
Multhopp Hans (2170) - Wall Bill, Buckeye Open, Lima, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.c3 Qd7 5.a4 Bb7 6.h4 c5 7.h5 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Ne7
9.Qf4 h6 10.Na3 a6 11.Rh3 Nec6 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Be3 Nd7 14.Bd4 Nxd4
15.cxd4 Bb4+ 16.Kd1 Rc8 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Nc2 Ne4 19.Nxb4 Nxf2+ 20.Ke2
Nxh3 21.gxh3 a5 22.Bb5+ Kf8 23.Nd3 Qe7 24.Rg1 Rc2+ (24...Bc6)
25.Kd1 Rc7 26.Nh4 Kg8 27.Qf6 Rh7 28.Nf4 Qxf6 (28...Qf8) 29.exf6
Bc6 (29...Kh8) 30.Bd3 Bxa4+ 31.Kd2 g6 32.hxg6 1-0
Wall Bill - Howell Rodney (2065), Buckeye Open, Lima, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd3 Qc7
8.O-O Nc6 9.Nf3 b6 10.Re1 d6 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Rb1 h6 14.Be3
O-O 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.Bc2 h5 17.Red1 Na5 18.Qe2 Bb7 19.Ng5 g6 20.f3 Nd7
21.Bb3 Rac8 22.Qd2 Ne5 23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Naxc4 25.Bxc4 Nxc4 26.Rd3
Nxe3 27.Rxe3 b5 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Linn Peter (2121), Buckeye Open, Lima, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd7
8.Bd3 Ba4 9.O-O Nd7 10.Ne1 Qc7 11.Bd2 O-O-O 12.c4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 cxd4
14.Bb3 Bb5 15.Nd3 Nb6 16.Bb4 Nf5 17.g4?! (17.Ba5) Nh4 18.Bd6 Rxd6
19.exd6 Qxd6 20.f3 h5 21.Qe1 hxg4 22.Qe5 (22.fxg4) Qxe5 23.Nxe5
Bxf1 24.Nxf7 Nxf3+ 25.Kxf1 Rxh2 26.Bxe6+ Kc7 27.Bxg4 Rh1+ 28.Ke2
Rxa1 29.Bxf3 Rxa3 0-1
Boyer Ken - Wall Bill, Buckeye Open, Lima, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 O-O
8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O Be6 10.a3 Qe7 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.Rc1 Ng4 14.Qe2
Nge5 (14...h6) 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Qh5 Bg4 18.Nxd5 Bxh5
19.Nxe7 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Ng4 21.Bb1 Nxe3 22.Rc8 Rxc8 23.Nxc8 Nc4
24.Nxb6 Nxb2 25.Nc8 a5 26.Nd6 axb4 27.axb4 b6 28.f3 f6? (28...g5)
29.g4 1-0
Wall Bill - Whitacre Fred (1811), Buckeye Open, Lima, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Bxf6 Nxf6
8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Ne4 10.Rc1 Bb4 11.Qc2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.O-O O-O
14.Bd3 h6 15.Ne5 Rd8 16.f4 Bd7 17.Rf3 c5 18.Rg3 cxd4 19.Bh7+
Kh8?? (19...Kf8) 20.Nxf7# 1-0
Wheeler Joe - Wall Bill, Buckeye Open, Lima, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.O-O Be6 7.Bg5 Nc6
8.c3 h6 9.Be3 Qd7 10.h3 O-O-O 11.Nbd2 g5 12.c4 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Qxh3 14.c5
Bf4 15.Bxf4?? (15.Re1) gxf4 16.Nh2 Rdg8+ 0-1
In June 1983, I played in Granny's Tornado IV in Xenia, Ohio
Davison Matt - Wall Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.c4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nb3
b6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Rc2 Qe7 14.Nh4 Qc7
15.Qc1 Kh7 16.Nf5 Rg8 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Rd1 Nb4 20.Rcd2 Nh5
21.a3 Na6 22.Rc2 g5 23.Be3 d4 24.Bxb7 Qxb7 25.Bd2 Qd5 26.e3 Qxb3
27.exd4 cxd4 28.Rc4 Rxc4 29.dxc4 Rc8 30.Re1 Rxc4 31.Qb1+ Qc2 0-1
Wall Bill - Rowan Clif (1711), Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 b6 4.c4 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2
Nxc3 9.bxc3 d6 10.e4 Nd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 c5 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.d5 Qe8
15.Bh3 Rc7 16.Qc1 Ba6 17.Bxh6 Bxc4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rfe1 Rh8 20.Bf1
Bxf1 21.Rxf1 Rh5 22.Nh4 c4 23.f4 Nc5 24.Qe3 Nd3 25.Nf3 Qh8 26.Rd2 b5
27.e5 Rc5 28.exd6 exd6 29.Qe7 Qa8 30.Ng5 Qxd5 31.Re2 b4 32.Ne6+ Kg8
33.Qf8+ 1-0
Winslow Dan (2031) - Wall Bill, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7
8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Ng3 Na5
14.Rb1 a6 15.Be3 Bb5 16.Qd4 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Nc4 18.Qxc3 Rc8 19.Rf2 Nxe3
20.Qxe3 Qa5+ 21.Kf1 Rc3 22.Qa7 Qxa3 23.Qxb7 Rg4 (23...Qa4)
24.Kg1 Qc5 25.Qxa6 Nc6 26.Qb6 Rxc2 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Nf1 d4 29.g3 Kf8
30.Nd2 Rc2 31.Ne4 d3 32.Nf6 Rg6 33.Rd1 Nb4 34.Rdd2 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rc4
36.Kf3 Rh6 37.h4 Rh8 38.h5 Kg7 39.Rh2 Rd8 (39...Nc2) 40.Rh4 (40.h6+)
Rc2? (40...Rcd4) 41.h6+ Kh8 42.Rg4 Rcc8 43.Rg7 1-0
Wall Bill - Hoog Dave, Granny's Tornado, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3 cxd4
8.exd4 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.a3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bb1 a6 14.Qd3
g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.h3 Bf8 17.Bg5 Bg7 18.Ne5 Ne7 19.Qf3 Ned5 20.Nxd5 exd5
21.Nxd7 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Qa5 23.Nxf6+ 1-0
In June 1983, I won the Roosevelt Open in Dayton, Ohio with a 5-0 score.
Johnson John - Wall Bill, Roosevelt Open, Dayton, OH 1983
1.c4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4 4.Bxe4 Qd4 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxe4 7.dxe4 Qxc4
8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Qd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 O-O 12.O-O Rd8 13.Bf4 Na6
14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Ba4 16.Rd3 c5 0-1
Wall Bill - Robin Jackie, Roosevelt Open, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bg5 b6
8.Qd2 Bb7 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Rad1 Ndxe5 12.Qxd8 Rfxd8 13.Bxe7
Rxd1 14.Rxd1 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Nh6 18.Rd7 c5
19.Bf6 Nf5 20.Kg2 h5 21.f4 a6 22.Kf3 c4 23.Ke4 b5 24.Kd5 Ng7 25.Kc6
Ne6 26.Kb6 Nxf4 27.Rd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxd8 Nd5+ 29.Kxa6 Nxc3 30.a3 f5 31.Bf6
b4 32.Bxc3 bxc3 33.Kb7 1-0
Wood Jon - Wall Bill, Dayton, OH Roosevelt Open, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Nf3 Ba6 6.Bxa6 Nxa6 7.Bg5 Ne7
8.O-O O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Rb1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nf5 14.Re1
Nxg3 15.hxg3 f5 16.a4 Qe8 17.Ra1 f4 18.gxf4 Rxf4 19.a5 Qf8 20.dxc5
Nxc5 21.Re3 Ne4 22.g3 Rg4 23.a6 Qc5 24.Qe1 Rf8 25.c4 Nxg3 26.fxg3 Rxf3
0-1
Wall Bill - Findley Cartrie, Roosevelt Open, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bb4
8.Qb3 a5 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.a3 Be7 12.Rae1 b5 13.e4 a4 14.Qc2 b4
15.e5 Nh5 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Ne2 b3 18.Qd3 Ba6 19.Qd2 Nxf4 20.Qxf4 Kxh7
21.Qxf7 Rh8 22.e6 Nf6 23.Ng5+ Kh6 24.Ng3 Kxg5 25.Re5+ Kh6 26.Rh5+ Nxh5
27.Qxh5# 1-0
Wall Bill - Robin Jackie, Roosevelt Open, Dayton, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O b6 8.Bg5
Bb7 9.Rc1 a5 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qd2 e5 12.Bh6 Bh8 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg5 Qc8
15.Nd5 Ne4 16.Qc2 f5 17.Ne7+ Rxe7 18.Bxe7 Qe8 19.Ba3 c5 20.b3 Bc6
21.Nd2 Ndf6 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rcd1 Qe6 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Qd2 Bf6 26.Qd6
Re8 27.Qxe6+ Rxe6 28.f3 Bc6 29.Bb2 Kf7 30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf6 fxg3 32.Bd8
gxh2+ 33.Kxh2 h6 34.Bxb6 a4 35.Bxc5 axb3 36.axb3 g5 37.Rd6 1-0
In July 1983, I won Granny's Tornado V in Xenia, Ohio. I was rated 1901.
Atkins Chris (1873) - Wall Bill, Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 c6
8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.Qa4 h6 12.Ba3 a5 13.Rab1 b5 14.Qc2
Bc4 15.d4 Bxf1 16.Rxf1 Nd7 17.Rd1 Qb6 18.Bxe7 Rfe8 19.Ba3 c5 20.e5
Rac8 21.Qd3 b4 22.cxb4 axb4 23.Bb2 c4 24.Qc2 b3 25.axb3 cxb3 26.Qd3
Rc2 27.Rb1? (27.Rd2) Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Rxe5 29.Rf1 (29.Ba1) Ree2 30.Ba3 b2
31.Bf3 Rxf2 32.Bc5 Qb8 0-1
Wall Bill - Trogdon Tim (1700), Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Ne4 5.Qc2 f5 6.e3 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 Bxf3
8.gxf3 e6 9.Bd2 Qh4 10.d5 Na6 11.a3 O-O-O 12.b4 Be7 13.c5 Nb8 14.cxb6
axb6 15.Rc1 Bd6 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.Qa4 Kb7 18.f4 exd5 19.Bg2 Bxf4 20.b5 Bd6
21.Bxd5+ c6 22.bxc6+ dxc6 23.Rxc6 1-0
Wall Bill - Long Parley (1990), Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nbd2 O-O
8.h3 Bh5 9.a3 Nbd7 10.b4 Nb6 11.Bd3 Nbd5 12.Bb2 c6 13.Rc1 Bd6 14.Qc2
a5 15.e4 Nf4 16.e5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Bg6 18.Qe2 Nd5 19.exd6 axb4 20.axb4
Nxb4 21.Ne5 Bc2? (21...Qxd6) 22.Qc4 (22.Bc3) Qxd6 23.Rxc2 Nxc2 24.Qxc2
Ra2 25.Qb3 Rfa8 26.Qxb7 R2a7 27.Qxc6 Qxc6 28.Nxc6 Rc7 29.Rc1 h6 30.Nb4
Rb7 31.Nd3 Rd8 32.Rc3 Kh7 33.Nb3 Rdb8 34.Ndc5 Ra7 35.Rg3 Ra2
36.Bc3 g6 37.Rf3 Kg8 38.Bd2 h5 39.Nd7 Rb7 40.Nf6+ Kg7 41.Bg5 Rb2
42.Nc5 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 R7b4 44.Ne8+ Kf8 45.Nd6 Kg8 46.Nxf7 1-0
In August 1983, I took 3rd in the Wright-Patterson AFB Championship.
Ehrenfried Dan - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.O-O-O c6 7.h3 b5 8.f3
Qa5 9.d5 b4 10.Nb1 Qxa2 11.Qxb4 cxd5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Qa3 Qxa3 14.Nxa3
Nxe3 0-1
Wall Bill - Janney John, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 Qb6 8.Na4
Qc7 9.Nxc5 dxc5 10.Qc2 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 fxg6 13.f4 Nbd7 14.fxe5
Nxe5 15.Bf4 Qe7 16.Qb3 h6 17.Qc2 Neg4 18.e4 g5 19.Bd2 Ne5 20.Bc3 Nfg4
21.Qe2 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rd8 23.h3 Nf6 24.Rd1 b6 25.a3 Qd6 26.d4 cxd4
27.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rxd4 29.b3 c5 30.a4 a5 31.Qf2 Nfd7 32.Qf5 Rd3
33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.h4 Rxg3 35.h5 Rxb3 36.Bh3 g4 37.Bf1 Re3 38.Kg2 Rf3
39.Be2 Rf6 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Bxg4 Nxg4 42.Qxd7 Ne3+ 43.Kg3 Nxc4 44.Qd5
Ne3 45.Qd3 Nf1+ 46.Kg2 c4 47.Qd4 Rf4 48.Qxb6 c3 49.e5 c2 50.Qg6+ Kg8
51.Qe6+ Kh7 52.Qg6+ Kg8 53.Qe6+ 1/2-1/2
Morrison Carlos - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 d6 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.O-O d5 5.Bd3 Nc5 6.Ne5 Nxd3 7.Nxd3 e6
8.Ne5 Nd7 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.d4 O-O 11.Bf4 a5 12.g4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Be7 14.c3
b6 15.Nd2 Ba6 16.c4 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Qd4 18.Rac1 Qxf4 0-1
Wall Bill - Giannotta Sal, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.b3 Rb8
8.Bb2 a6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.d4 c5 11.d5 Nf8 12.e4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5
15.dxe6 Nxe6 16.Ne2 Ng5 17.Bg2 Ngxe4 18.h4 d5 19.cxd5 Nd6 20.Nf4 b6
21.Rad1 Re7 22.Nd3 Qd7 23.Ne5 Qe8 24.Nc6 Re2 25.Qc1 Ra8 26.Bf3 Rxb2
27.Qxb2 Qd7 28.Qe2 Re8 29.Qxa6 Qh3 30.Rfe1 Nde4 31.Qf1 Qxf1+ 32.Kxf1
Nc3 33.Rxe8+ Nxe8 34.d6 Nf6 35.d7 Nxd7 36.Rxd7 1-0
Meidinger Charles - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1983
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.e5
Nfd7 9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qe2 a6 12.Be4 Qb4 13.Rab1 Rb8 14.Rfd1 Re8
15.a3 Qa5 16.Qf2 e6 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Nc4 Ncxe5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 f6
21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Bg5 b5 23.Qd2 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Ne2 Qc5+ 26.Qe3 Qb5
27.Bd3 Qc6 28.Qe4 Qc7 29.Qc4 Qb6+ 30.Kh1 Bb7 31.Qh4 Rf8 (31...Qc6)
32.Ng3 Rf2 (32...Rf7) 33.Ne4 Bxe4 (33...Rf5) 34.Qxe4
Rbf8?? (34...Qb7) 35.Be3 1-0
In September 1983, I played in the Ohio Chess Congress in
Columbus, Ohio.
Shearer Michael - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 b5 8.O-O-O
b4 9.Ne2 Nxe4 10.Qe1 a5 11.Nd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Re8 13.g4 Bb7 14.Bg2 Qc7
15.Ng3 Nd7 16.h4 Nb6 17.b3 a4 18.Qxb4 c5 19.dxc5 dxc5 20.Bxc5 axb3
21.Qxb3 Bxg2 22.Bxb6 Qc6 23.Be3 Rab8 24.Qd3 Bb2+ 25.Kb1 Bc3+ 26.Kc1
Rb1+ 27.Kxb1 Qb7+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Shellenberger Dick, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 Re8 7.d4 exd4
8.exd4 Bb4 9.O-O h6 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bc7 12.Bb2 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qc2
Nc6 15.b5 Ne7 16.a4 Bf5 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.Ba3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Rac1 Bb6
21.Bc5 Nd5 22.Bxb6 Nxb6 23.Rc5 Rac8 24.Rfc1 Rxc5 25.dxc5 Nc8 26.Nf4
Qd4 27.c6 (27.Qd5) bxc6 28.bxc6? (28.Qe3) e3 29.fxe3?? (29.Rd1)
Rxe3 30.Qd5 Re1# 0-1
Wall Bill - Dowd Joe, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 a5 8.Rb1
Na6 9.a3 c6 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Nc7 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Qd2 d5 14.cxd5 Nfxd5
15.Ne4 Ne6 16.Nd6 Qd7 17.Nxc8 Nxg5 18.Qxg5 h6 19.Qd2 Rfxc8 20.Rfc1 Qe7
21.Bh3 Re8 22.e4 Nc7 23.Qc2 Nb5 24.Qc5 Rad8 25.Bf1 Bf8 26.Qe3 Kh7
27.h4 Nd4 28.Nxd4 Rxd4 29.b5 cxb5 30.Rxb5 Red8 31.Qf3 R8d7 32.h5 Bg7
33.Rcb1 Rc7 34.Qd1 Rd8 35.Qb3 Rb8 36.Rb6 gxh5 37.Qd5 (37.Qb4) h4
38.Bh3 (38.R1b2) hxg3 39.Bf5+ Kh8 40.fxg3 Rd8 41.Qb3 (41.Qa5) Qg5
42.Kg2 (42.Kh1 Qxg3 43.Qa2) Qd2+ 43.Kh3 Rxd3 44.Qb5 Rxg3+ 45.Kxg3
Rc3+ 0-1
Friscoe Lou - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f4 b5 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5
Nd5 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Bh6 Bxh6 11.Qxh6 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Bd3 Nd7 14.Ne2
Nb6 15.h4 Qa3+ 16.Kd2 O-O-O 17.Qg5 Nd5 18.Ra1 h5 19.Rhb1 Nb6 20.Nc1
Nc4+ 21.Bxc4 Bxc4 22.Nb3 a5 23.e6 Bxe6 24.Nc5 f6 25.Qe3 Qxc5 26.Qxe6+
Kb8 27.Ke2 Qxc3 28.Rd1 Qxc2+ 29.Rd2 Qc4+ 30.Qxc4 bxc4 31.Rc1 g5
32.hxg5 fxg5 33.Rxc4 Rd6 34.Rc5 Rhd8 35.Ke3 Re6+ 36.Kd3 Rd5 37.Rxd5
cxd5 38.Rb2+ Kc7 39.Rb5 Kc6 40.Rxa5 Re4 41.Rc5+ Kd6 42.a4 Rxd4+
43.Kxd4 e5+ 0-1
Adams Michelle - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.a4 e6 8.Bf4
Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Bd3 c5 14.c3
cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Be2 Bd7 17.Qd2 Rac8 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.h4 Nb4 20.Qh6
Bxa4 21.Rd2 Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Ng5 Bd7 24.Bg4 Rf6 25.Re1 Re8 26.Rde2
Nd3 27.Rd1 h6 28.Rxd3 hxg5 29.hxg5 Rf4 30.Rg3 Rxd4 31.Bh3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2
d4 33.Bg4 Rh8+ 34.Rh3 Rxh3+ 35.gxh3 Rd3 36.Bxe6 Bxe6 37.Rxe6 Rf3
38.Re7+ Rf7 39.Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.Kg1 Ke6 41.Kf1 Kf5 42.h4 Kg4 43.Ke2 Kxh4
44.Kd3 Kxg5 45.Ke4 Kg4 46.b4 d3 47.Kxd3 Kf3 48.Kc4 g5 0-1
Wall Bill - Linn David, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 Nbd7 8.b3
Qa5 9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Rc1 Rb8 11.d5 a6 12.a4 Ne8 13.Ng5 Ndf6 14.Nge4 Bd7
15.Nxf6+ Nxf6 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 f5 18.Bg2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.e4 b4
21.h4 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bf5 23.Bg2 Qd7 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.Kh2 Rbf8 26.f3 h5
27.Bg5 Kh7 28.Rfe1 Re8 29.Qd2 Bc3 30.Rxc3 bxc3 31.Qxc3 e5 32.dxe6 Rxe6
33.Ra1 Re8 34.Bc1 Qe7 35.Ra2 Qe5 36.Qd2 Qg7 37.Bb2 Qf8 38.Ra6 Rd7
39.f4 Be4 40.Bh3 Bf5 41.Bxf5? (41.Bg2) Qxf5 42.Qc3?? (42.Bc3) Re2+
43.Kg1 Qb1+ 44.Bc1 Rc2 (44...Qe4!) 45.Ra1 Rxc3 46.Rxb1 Re7
47.Kf2 Rc2+ 48.Kf3 Ree2?? (48...Re1) 49.Ra1? (49.Be3) Ra2 (50.Rxa2
Rxa2 51.Ke4) 0-1
Sulzmann Rich - Wall Bill, OCC, Columbus, OH 1983
1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Nh4
Bg4 9.f3 Bd7 10.f4 Qc8 11.f5 gxf5 12.Nxf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nd4 14.g4 Kh8
15.g5 Ng8 16.Be4 f6 17.g6 h6 18.Ne2 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 e6 20.fxe6 Qxe6
21.Qh5 Qe5 22.Rf5 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 c4 24.c3 Qb6 25.d4 Rae8 26.Bd5 Re1+
27.Kg2 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Qxb2+ 29.Rf2 Qxc1 0-1
In September 1983, I played in Granny's Tornado VII in Xenia, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Manski David, Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bc5 7.Qa4+ c6
8.Nf3 Qf6 9.O-O O-O 10.d3 Be6 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.Ng5 Bb6 13.Be4 h6 14.Nxe6
Qxe6 15.Be3 f5 16.Bg2 Bc7 17.Rab1 b6 18.Bd2 Nd7 19.Bh3 Qf6 20.Qb3+ Kh8
21.e4 Nc5 22.Qc2 fxe4 23.dxe4 Nxe4 24.Be3 Ng5 25.Bg2 Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Re8
27.Qe4 Ng5 28.Qxc6 Qxc6 29.Bxc6 Ne6 30.Bxa8 Rxa8 31.Rbd1 Rf8 32.Rd7
Bb8 33.Re7 Nd8 34.Rd1 Nc6 35.Red7 Kh7 36.c4 Nd4 37.Bxd4 exd4 38.f4 Re8
39.R7xd4 1-0
Eberly Bill - Wall Bill, Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nbd2 b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O
Nh5 9.Bg3 f5 10.e4 Nxg3 11.fxg3 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Na6 13.Qe2 Nc7 14.Nc5 Bc8
15.a4 d6 16.Ne4 Bg4 17.axb5 cxb5 18.Bxb5 Nxb5 19.Qxb5 Rb8? (19...d5)
20.Qd5+ e6 (20...Kh8) 21.Qxd6 Rxb2 22.Rxa7 Re2 (22...Qxd6) 23.Qc6 (23.Rd7)
Qb8 (23...Bxf3 24.Rxf3 Bxd4+) 24.Rb7 Qa8?? (24...Qd8) 25.Qc7 1-0
Wehener Joe (1830) - Wall Bill, Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.d4 d6 8.Bg5
Qe8 9.Bf4 Qh5 10.h4 Ne4 11.Nh2 g5 12.Bf3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 g4 14.Bg2 Qf7
15.e4 h5 16.e5 d5 17.c5 b6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qb3 Nd7 20.f3 Ba6 21.Rf2
Bc4 22.Qc2 c5 23.Bf1 b5 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Be3 Qh5 27.Nf1
Rf7 28.Qd2 Kh7 29.Bg5 Bxg5 30.hxg5 Kg6 31.dxc5 Nxe5 32.Qe3 Nf3+
33.Rxf3 gxf3 34.Qxe6+ Kxg5 35.Qxd5 Rh8 36.Kf2 Rb8 (36...Re8) 37.Qd2+
Kg4?? (37...f4) 38.Qf4+ Kh3 39.Nd2 (39...Kh3 40.Rh1 mate) 1-0
In November 1983, I played in Granny's Tornado IX in Xenia, Ohio.
Harmon Bill (1700) - Wall Bill, Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.c5 Be7 7.Nf3 a6 8.Be2
O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qd8 13.b4 Nc6 14.a3 Nxe5
15.dxe5 Qc7 16.f4 Bxc5+ 17.bxc5 Qxc5+ 18.Kh1 Qxc3 19.Rf3 Qa5 20.Rc1
Bd7 21.Rfc3 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc1 Bd7 25.Bd3 Bc6
26.h3 d4 27.Kg1 Qc3 28.Qxc3 dxc3 29.Bc2 b5 30.Kf2 a5 31.g3 b4 32.axb4
axb4 33.Ke2 Bd5 34.Kd3 b3 35.Bxb3 Bxb3 36.Kxc3 Bd5 0-1
Wall Bill - Davis Dave (1950), Granny's, Xenia, OH 1983
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O
8.Be3 c5 9.Rb1 Qa5 10.Qd2 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Be2 Rd8
13.d5?? (13.Qxa5) Bc3 0-1
In January 1984, I played in Chu's Swiss in Springfield, Ohio.
Fitzgerald John - Wall Bill,Chu's, Springfield, OH 1984
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.d4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd2 c5 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.b3 Nc6
9.Na4 Qc7 10.Nxc5 Bxc5 11.dxc5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Qxc5 14.Bd3
Qc3+ 15.Bd2?? (15.Ke2) Qxa1+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Wikle Earl (1833), Chu's, Springfield, OH 1984
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4
Nbd7 9.d4 Qc8 10.Nc3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Rc1 Qb7 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2
Bf6 15.Rc2 a5 16.Nf4 g6 17.Nd3 c5 18.Qa1 Qe4 19.Rd2 Rab8 20.Rfd1 b5
21.dxc5 Bxb2 22.Nxb2 Ne5 23.Rxd6 Nf3+ 24.Kf1 Nxh2+ 25.Ke2 Qf3+ 26.Kd3
Ng4 27.Rd2 Nxf2+ 28.Kc2 Ne4 29.Qd1 Qxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Nxd6 31.cxd6 bxc4
32.bxc4 Rfd8 33.c5 Rbc8 34.Na4 Kf8 35.Kc3 f5 (35...Rc6) 36.Kc4
Kf7 (36...Rb8) 37.Nb6 (37.Kb5) Rb8 38.Kb5 e5 39.c6 Ke6 40.c7 1-0
Wall Bill - Bainter Bob (1781), Chu's, Springfield, OH 1984
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb3 g6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg7
8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nh5 10.Bxh5 gxh5 11.Qxh5 d6 12.Ne4 Qd7 13.c3 Kh8
14.Rad1 Qf5 15.Ng3 Qxh5 16.Nxh5 Bg4 17.Rd5 e5 18.Nxg7 Kxg7 19.Bg3
Be6? (19...Rad8) 20.Rxd6 Bxb3 21.axb3 e4 (21...Rad8)
22.Rfd1 Na5 (22...Rfd8) 23.R1d5 Nxb3 24.Rg5+ Kh8 25.Be5+
f6 26.Rxf6 1-0
Daughty Greg (1950) - Wall Bill, Chu's, Springfield, OH 1984
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.f3 Nc6 7.g4 e5 8.d5
Ne7 9.h4 h5 10.gxh5 Nxh5 11.Nge2 f5 12.Rg1 Kh7 13.Ng3 f4 14.Nxh5 gxh5
15.Qh2 Bf6 16.Bh3 Ng6 17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.O-O-O c6 19.Qh3 Rc7 20.dxc6 bxc6
21.Qe6 Rd7 22.Rd2 Nxh4?? (22...Qe7) 23.Bxh4 Bxh4 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Rxd6 1-0
In September 1984, I won the Squadron Officer School (SOS)
Championship at Gunter AFB in Montgomery, Alabama.
Wall Bill - Bush Mark, SOS Ch, Montgomery, AL 1984
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 d6 6.O-O Bd7 7.d4 Nxd4
8.Nxd4 exd4 9.c3 dxc3 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qd5 Be6 12.Qc6+ Bd7 13.Qxc3 Nf6
14.e5 dxe5 15.Qxe5+ Be7 16.Re1 Kf8 17.Bh6+ Kg8 18.Qxe7 1-0
Patterson Dave - Wall Bill, SOS Ch, Montgomery, AL 1984
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 a6 7.d4 Nc6
8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qxd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Bf2+ 0-1
In November 1984, I took 2nd place in the Wright-Patterson AFB
Chess Championship in Dayton, Ohio.
Wall Bill - Meidinger Charles (2201), WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1984
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qe7 6.Nf3 f6 7.fxe5 fxe5
8.O-O Nf6 9.c4 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.c5 Bxc5 12.Nxe5 O-O 13.Nxc6 Qd6
14.d4 Qxc6 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Ba3 Qxe3+ 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.Qc2 Ne4 19.Bxf8
Rxf8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.h3 Qe1+ 22.Kh2 Qg3+ 23.Kg1 Qe3+ 24.Kh2 Qg3+
25.Kg1 Qe5 26.Nc3 Qd4+ 27.Kh2 Qe5+ 28.Kg1 Qd4+ 29.Kh2 Qxc3 30.Rf1+ Ke7
31.Qxc3 Nxc3 32.hxg4 d4 33.Rf4 c5 34.Rf2 Ke6 35.Kg1 Ne4 36.Rf3 (36.Rf8) g6
37.Rd3 (37.Rh3) Kd5 38.Kf1 Nc3 39.Rh3 (39.a3 Nb1 40.a4) Nxa2
40.Rxh7? (40.Ke1) Nc1 41.Rd7+ (41.Rb7) Ke4 42.Rd6 g5
43.Rxa6 Nxb3 44.Rf6? (44.Ke2) c4 45.Ke2? (45.Ke1) d3+ 46.Kd1 c3 0-1
Miller Robert - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1984
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O Bd6 7.c4 O-O
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 c6 10.Re1 h6 11.Bf1 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g3 Ne5 14.Be2
Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nd3 16.Rf1 Qd7 17.Bg2 Nxb2 18.Qc2 d4 19.Nb1 dxe3 20.fxe3
Be5 21.d4 Bxd4 22.exd4 Qxd4+ 23.Kh2 Nd3 24.Qc3 Rad8 25.Qxd4 Rxd4
26.Nc3 Re8 27.Rad1 Rd7 28.Rd2 Ree7 29.Rfd1 Re3 30.Bf1 Ne5 31.Rxd7
Nfxd7 32.Nb1 Nf6 33.Rd8+ Kh7 34.Ra8 Rf3 35.Bg2 Rf2 36.Rxa7 Nf3+ 37.Kh1
Ne1 38.Rxb7 Nxg2 39.a4 Ne3 40.Nc3 Rc2 0-1
Wall Bill - Vitko Greg (2204), WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1984
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 c5 3.Nf3 e5 4.d3 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O Nge7 8.e3
O-O 9.Nbd2 h6 10.a3 Be6 11.c4 Qd7 12.Rb1 f5 13.b4 g5 14.bxc5 dxc5
15.Nb3 b6 16.Qe2 Rae8 17.Rfd1 Ng6 18.d4 g4 19.d5 gxf3 20.Bxf3 e4
21.dxe6 Qxe6 22.Bh5 Rd8 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qb2+ Qf6 25.Qc2 Nge5 26.Be2
Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rd8 28.Rd5 Rxd5 29.cxd5 Ne7 30.Nxc5 bxc5 31.Qxc5 Nf7
32.Qxa7 Nxd5 33.a4 Qb6 34.Qd7 Qb2?? (34...Qb1+ 35.Bf1 Nb6)
35.Bh5 Qa1+ 36.Kg2 Qf6 37.Qxd5 Ne5
38.Qb7+ Kh8 39.a5 Nd3 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qd7+ Kh8 42.Qd4 1-0
Franklin Bill - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1984
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.a3 Nf6 4.f3 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nh3 d6 7.d3 e5 8.g4 h6
9.Bd2 Nd4 10.Nf2 b5 11.Be3 Bb7 12.b3 Be7 13.Bg2 Qa5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4
Qxb4 16.Bd2 Qb3 17.Rb1 Qxd1+ 18.Ncxd1 O-O 19.O-O Bd8 20.Re1 Bb6 21.Be3
Nc2 22.Re2 Nxe3 23.Nxe3 Bc6 24.Ned1 Nd7 25.Nc3 Nc5 26.Rd2 Ba5 27.Nfd1
Na4 28.Rc2 Nc5 29.Bf1 Rfb8 30.Rcb2 b4 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.exd5 b3 33.Ne3
Bb6 34.Kg2 a5 35.Nf5 a4 36.Nxd6 a3 37.Rd2 a2 38.Ra1 Ba5 39.Rb2 Bc3
0-1
Wall Bill - Duncan Venton, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1984
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e5 5.Na3 Bxa3 6.bxa3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O
8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Qb6 10.Ba1 Re8 11.Rxc4 Nc5 12.d4 exd4 13.Bxd4 Qa5+
14.Kf1 Nce4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Rc2 Rad8 18.Qb1 Qa6+ 19.Kg2 Bd5
20.Kh2 b5 21.Qb2 Nf6 22.Bxf6 Bxf3 23.Bxg7 Bxh1 24.Bh8 f6 25.Qxf6 Qb7
26.Kxh1 c5+ 27.Kh2 Qc7+ 28.Kg2 Qb7+ 29.Kh2 Qc7+ 30.Kg2 1/2-1/2
Tietz George - Wall Bill, WPAFB Ch, Dayton, OH 1984
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.a3 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg5 Be6
8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.b4 Bd4 11.Nxd4 Qxf2# 0-1
In July 1985, I played in the Santa Clara Open in California.
Wall Bill - Breedlove Jason, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bg5 e5
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nd5 Re8 10.Qe2 c6 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Rd2 Be6
14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Rfd1 Ree8 16.Rd6 Rad8 17.Rxf6 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Bxf6
19.Bxf6 Re6 20.Bh4 Rd6 21.Qe2 Qd7 22.h3 f6 23.Qc4+ Kg7 24.Bg3 h5
25.Kh2 Qe7 26.Qc5 b6 27.Qc3 Kh6 28.Nd2 g5 29.Nc4 Rd4 30.Ne3 Kg6 31.Nf5
Qc5 32.Nxd4 Qxc3 33.bxc3 exd4 34.cxd4 Kf7 35.d5 1-0
Davis Bill (2185) - Wall Bill, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Na6 8.Bf4
Nh5 9.Bd2 f5 10.e3 Nf6 11.Qe2 c5 12.Rfd1 Nc7 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.a3 d5
15.Ne5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Bc3 Qe8 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bh3 Rd8 20.Bg2 Nb5
21.f4 cxd4 22.exd4 Bd6 23.Qe3 Rc8 24.Qd2 Qh5 25.Bb4 Bxb4 26.Qxb4
Qe2 (26...Nc7) 27.Qe7 Rc2?? (27...Rc7) 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg8
30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Qg8+ Rxg8 32.Nf7# 1-0
Wall Bill - Whitworth Jon, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.e4 e6 2.d3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.Nbd2 c5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3
Qb6 9.Kh1 Bd7 10.Nb3 d4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Nc5
Rcd8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nf3 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Nxb7 Rb8 19.Qc2 Bc8 20.Rb3
Qa6 21.Nc5 Nb4 22.Nxa6 Nxc2 23.Nxb8 1-0
Menas Borel (2140) - Wall Bill, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 cxb4 4.d4 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.Qe2
e6 9.d5 Na7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 e5 12.O-O Ne7 13.Nh2 Ng6 14.g3 Qd7
15.Kg2 Be7 16.Qh5 Nc8 17.f4 Nb6 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 O-O
21.Ng4 Nc4 22.Qh5 Qd8 23.Rf3 g6 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Nf5+ gxf5
26.exf5? (26.Qxf5) Bf6 27.Rf4 Qxd5+ 28.Kh2 Ne3 29.Rg1
Rad8 (29...Rfe8) 30.Rh4 Bxh4 31.gxh4+ Kh8 32.Qh6
Qd6+ 0-1
Vancura Alex (1985) - Wall Bill, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4
Qc7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.a4 Na5 12.f5 Nxb3 13.Nxb3 Bc6 14.Qd3 Ng4
15.fxe6 fxe6 16.a5 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 e5 20.Nd2 O-O
21.Ne4 Bh4 22.Qh3 Qe7 23.c4 Rf4 24.Rxf4 exf4 25.Qe6+ Qxe6 26.dxe6 Re8
27.Nxd6 Rxe6 28.Nxb7 Bf6 29.Rb1 Rc6 30.b3 Bd4+ 31.Kf1 Bc3 32.Kf2 Kf8
33.Rd1 Ke7 34.Rd5 Bb4 35.Kf3 Rc7 36.Nd8 g5? (36...Rc8) 37.Kg4
h6? (37...Rc8) 38.Kf5 Rc5? (38...Rc8) 39.Rxc5 Bxc5 40.Ne6 Bd6 41.c5
Bb8 42.Nd4 Kd7 43.b4 Bc7? (43...Kc8) 44.b5 axb5
45.a6 Bb8 46.Nxb5 Kc6 47.a7 Bxa7 48.Nxa7+ Kxc5 49.h4 1-0
Wall Bill - Norris Kermit (2115), Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.b3 f5 2.Bb2 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c4 O-O 8.d3
Nc6 9.a3 d6 10.Qc2 e5 11.Nc3 Qe8 12.b4 Nd8 13.Ng5 h6
14.Nb5?? (14.Nf3) hxg5 15.Nxc7 Qc6 0-1
Lawless Kerry (2196) - Wall Bill, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bd3 a6
8.O-O Qc7 9.d5 Ne5? (9...Bxc3) 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qa4+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Garcia Caesar, Santa Clara Open, Santa Clara, CA 1985
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.e3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nc3
Rb8 9.Nb5 Ra8 10.Qc2 a6 11.Nc3 c6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.O-O Rb8 14.d4 exd4
15.Nxd4 Nf8 16.Bxc6 Re7 17.Bg2 Ng4 18.Nd5 Re8 19.Rad1 Ne6 20.Nxe6 fxe6
21.Bxg7 exd5 22.Bd4 dxc4 23.Bd5+ Be6 24.Bxe6+ Rxe6 25.Qxc4 d5 26.Qb4
Qg5 27.Ba7 Qh5 28.h4 Rbe8 29.Qxb7 Re5 30.Bd4 R5e7 31.Qxa6 1-0
In July 1985, I took 2nd in the Moffett Field Ch in Mountain View,
California.
Wall Bill - Hargis Greg, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1985
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 gxf6
8.exf5 d5 9.Nh4 d4 10.Qh5+ Kd7 11.Nd5 Kd6 12.O-O-O Kxd5 13.Qf7+ Kd6
14.Bc4 Ne7 15.Qxf6+ Kd7 16.Ng6 1-0
Weston Larry (1849) - Wall Bill, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1985
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6
8.Be2 O-O 9.a3 Be7 10.O-O d5 11.Ne5 c5 12.f4 cxd4 13.exd4 dxc4 14.Bxc4
Nc6 15.Ne4 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.Nf2 1-0
Wall Bill - Reyes R, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1985
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Be3 Qh4+ 7.g3 Nxg3
8.Nf3 Qe7 9.hxg3 Qxe3+ 10.Qe2 Bc5 11.Qxe3+ Bxe3 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Bxc2
14.Rh2 Bg6 15.Nxg6 fxg6 16.Re2 1-0
Wall Bill - McClane, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1985
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bg5 Ne7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.Nf6+ gxf6 9.Bxf6 Qd5 10.Bxe7 Qxg2 11.Qf3 Qxf3 12.Nxf3 Re8 13.Rg1+
Kh8 14.Bf6# 1-0
In August 1985, I took 3rd place at the Central Pacific Armed
Forces Championship in Concord, California.
Heim Ruy (2023) - Wall Bill, Concord, CA 1985
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O
8.O-O a6 9.e4 Qc7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qe2 d6 12.h3 Be6 13.Be3 Rab8 14.Rac1
Nd7 15.f4 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.g4 Be6 18.Kh1 Bf7 19.b3 e5 20.f5 Nf6
21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 gxf5 23.gxf5 Be8 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.Rg1 Rb7 26.Rcf1 Qf7
27.Bg5 Bf6 28.Rf2 Bxg5 29.Qxg5 Rg8 30.Qh6 Rxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Qg7+ 32.Qxg7+
Rxg7+ 33.Rg2 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Kg7 35.b4 Kf6 36.a4 Bf7 37.b5 cxb5 38.axb5
axb5 39.cxb5 Ke7 40.Bc6 d5 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Ke3 Kc5 43.h4 h6 44.Bd7 Kd6
45.Bc6 Kc5 46.Bd7 d4+ 47.Ke4 Kd6 48.Bc8 Bd5+ 49.Kd3 Bf7 50.b6 Be8
51.b7 Kc7? (51...Bb5+ 52.Kc2 Kc7) 52.Ke4 Bc6+ 53.Kxe5 d3 54.f6
Bf3? (54...Be8) 55.Bg4 1-0
Wall Bill - Hayes Minton, Concord, CA 1985
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.Qb3 c6
8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Bxf7+ Kf8 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Bxf6 Nxf6
14.Rd3 Bc5 15.Be6 Re8 16.Rf3 Ke7 17.Bf5 Kd8 18.Rd1+ Nd7 19.Rxd7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Helmuth Kevin (1731), Concord, CA 1985
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4
Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Rc1 Bf6 13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Nb1
Rfe8 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.g4 Bg6 17.Nc3 Qa5 18.Bb2 d4 19.exd4 cxd4 20.Ne4
Qxd2 21.Nfxd2 e5 22.f4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Be5 24.Rf2 c5 25.Ba3 Rac8 26.Rcf1
Nf6 27.Re2 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4 Bd6 30.Rfe1 Kf8 31.Kf2 Rxe4
32.Rxe4 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.Kf3 Kd7 1/2-1/2
Banez Constante (1785) - Wall Bill, Concord, CA 1985
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e6 4.Bxc4 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O b6
8.Na4 Ng6 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 c6 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Qb3 h6 14.Rfd1
Qc7 15.Ne2 Nf6 16.Ng3 a5 17.Bd3 axb4 18.axb4 Ng4 19.e5 Nxe3 20.fxe3
Nh4 21.Nh5 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 c5 23.Kf2 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 cxb4 25.Rg1 g6 26.Bxg6
Bh4+ 27.Ke2 Bxf3+ 28.Kxf3 fxg6+ 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Qxe6 Bxf6 31.Ke4 Qc2+
32.Kf4 Bg5+ 33.Kg3 Qf2+ 34.Kh3 Qh4+ 35.Kg2 Rf2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Gonzales Ramon (1985), Concord, CA 1985
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6
8.Nf3 Ba6 9.d3 Qe7 10.Nxe5 O-O-O 11.Nxc6 Qxe3+ 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Kxe2
Re8+ 14.Kd1 Nf6 15.h3 Kb7 16.Nd4 Be5 17.b4 Bb5 18.a4 Bd7 19.Nd2 a5
20.b5 Nh5 21.N2b3 Ng3 22.Rg1 Rhf8 23.Nxa5+ Kb6 24.Nac6 Bxc6 25.bxc6
Rf2 26.a5+ Ka6 27.Rb1 Ne2 28.Nxe2 Bxb2 29.Ng3 Bc3 30.Rb3 Rxg2 31.Rf1
Bxa5 32.d4 Rf2 33.c3 Rg2 34.Rf3 g6 35.Kc1 Re1# 0-1
In September 1985, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale, California.
My rating was 1878.
Wall Bill - Gallegos Paul (1977), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 h6 8.c4
Na6 9.a3 Rb8 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nb5 c6 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.Bxe5 Qe7 14.Bxb8
Nxb8 15.Rc1 Nh5 16.Qa4 b6 17.e3 f5 18.Nh4 Kh7 19.Bxc6 Nxc6 20.Qxc6
f4 (20...Rc8) 21.exf4 Nxf4 (21...Bb2) 22.gxf4 Rc8 23.Qe4 Qxh4
24.Qxe6 Re8 25.Qd5 Qxf4 26.Rce1 Rd8 27.Qe4 Qg5+ 28.Kh1 Rd4 29.Qb7 Rh4
30.Rg1 Qf4 31.Qg2 g5 32.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.dxe4 1-0
Wall Bill - Saguisag Precioso (1977), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.c4 Bc7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.d4 cxd4 13.exd4 Nf6 14.a3 Bg6
15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.f4 Bf5 19.Qe1 Bb6+ 20.Kh2 Nc5
21.Qg3 Ne6 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rc8 24.Rcd1 Nc5 25.Qg3 Qe7 26.b4 Na4
27.Ba1 Rfd8 28.Qb3 Qe8 29.Nf3 Qb5 30.Nh4 Nc5 31.Qf3 Ne4 32.Nf5 Qe8
33.Nxg7? (33.Rfe1) Kxg7 34.e6+ (34.Qg4+) f6 35.f5 Qe7 36.Qg4+ Kh8
37.Qh4 Qd6+ 38.Rf4 Qxf4+ 39.Qxf4 Bc7 0-1
Glasscoe Alan (1975) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.Nc3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5 Qxf2+ 6.Kd1 Kf8 7.Nh3 Qd4
8.d3 Nf6 9.Qf3 Nxd5? (9...Be7) 10.c3 1-0
Tiffin Don (1849) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Bb5 exf4 6.Nf3 Be7 7.d4 Bh4+
8.Kf1 Bg4 9.Bxf4 Ne7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bd3 Nd5 12.Bg3 Ne3+ 0-1
In November 1985, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale.
Wall Bill - Glasscoe Alan (1975), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.b3 Nc6 2.Bb2 e5 3.c4 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb4+ 6.Nd2 d6 7.Be2 O-O 8.dxe5
dxe5 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.a3 Bc3 11.Qc2 Bxb2 12.Qxb2 Nxd2 13.Nxd2 f4 14.e4 Nd4
15.Bf3 a5 16.O-O Ra6 17.g3? (17.Qc3) Bh3 18.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qg5
20.f3 (20.Rg1) fxg3 21.f4 Qg4 22.hxg3 exf4 23.Qc3 Rh6 24.Rh1 Qe2+
25.Kg1 f3 0-1
McDaniel Dan (1845) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 Be7 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.Re1
Nf6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Ng4 12.Qe4 g6 13.Qxg4 Qxd3 14.Ne4 Nd8
15.Bh6 Bxe4 16.Bxf8 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bxf8 18.Rad1 Qb5 19.Rd2 Bh6 20.f4 Qc4
21.Red1 Nc6 22.Rd6 Nxe5 23.Qg2 Rf8 24.fxe5 Qxa2 25.f3 Bf4 26.Qe2 f6
27.Rd7 Bxe5 28.Qg2 Qa4?? (28...Qc4) 29.Qh3 1-0
Wall Bill - Ayres Timothy (1854), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Be7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.d4 Rc8 11.a3 a6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ng5 Ne7 14.Nxe6
fxe6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Bh3 Nf5 17.Na4 Ba7 18.g4 b5 19.gxf5 bxa4 20.fxe6
Qe7 21.bxa4? (21.Bg2) Ne4 22.Qxa6 (22.Bg2) Rxc2 23.Be5 Nxf2 24.Rxf2 Rfxf2
25.Kh1 Qc5 26.Rd1 Qe3 0-1
Caruso Annette - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Be2
d5 9.Ng5 Qc8 10.O-O c5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Bd6 Re8 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4
15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Qd2 Bf6 17.Rfd1 Qc6 18.Bg3 f4? (18...Red8)
19.Bxf4 Rad8 (19...Red8) 20.Qa5 Rxd1+ (20...e5) 21.Rxd1 Be7 22.Nxa7 1-0
Gobets Roy (1971) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.exd4 cxd4 5.d3 Nc6 6.g3 e5 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O
Bd6 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc2 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Rb1 Bg4 13.b4 e4 14.dxe4 Nxe4
15.Bd2 d3 16.Ne3 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nd4 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Bd5 Bxb4
21.Rxb4 Rxb4? (21...Qxd5 22.cxd5 Nf3+ 23.Kg2 Nxd2) 22.Qxb4 Nc2
23.Nxc2 dxc2 24.Rc1 1-0
Syty George (1926) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1985
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bb4 4.O-O Nge7 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 d5
8.e5 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.Nh4 Bb6 13.Bf4 Nxd4 14.Bxh6
Nxb5 15.Bxf8 Qxf8 16.Nc3 (16.a4) Nxc3 17.bxc3 Qh6 18.g3 Be6 19.Qd3
c5 20.Rab1 Rd8 21.Rfd1 c4 22.Qd2 Qg7 23.Qe2 Nc6 24.Re1 d4
25.Rxb6 axb6 26.cxd4 Nxd4 27.Qb2 Nf3+ 28.Nxf3 gxf3 29.Qxb6 Rd7
30.Qe3 Qg4 31.Qh6 Qh3 32.Qxh3 Bxh3 33.Rc1 c3 0-1
In March 1986, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale. My rating was 1891.
Wall Bill - Jones Leo (1944), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O d6 6.Nxd4 Ne5 7.Be2 Nf6
8.Nd2 O-O 9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Re8 11.h3 Bf8 12.c4 Ng6 13.Qc2 Nf4 14.Bf3 Nd7
15.Nf5 Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Rad1 Re6 18.Bg4 Rg6 19.Nf3 Qf6 20.Qb2 (20.g3) h5
21.N3h4 (21.Qxe5) hxg4 22.Nxg6 fxg6 23.Ne3 gxh3 24.g3 Ne6 25.Rd5 Ng5
26.f4 exf4 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Rxf4 Be6 29.Rd3 Kg7 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5
Bd6 32.Rg4 Re8 33.c5 Bf8 34.Rd7+ Re7 35.Rxe7+ Bxe7 36.b4 b6 37.cxb6
cxb6 38.a3 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.a4 Bc5+ 41.Kh2 Be3 0-1
Betanco David (1952) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.c3 O-O 9.O-O Ne5 10.Be2 Re8 11.Nd2 c6 12.Qc2 Ng6 13.Rae1 Nf4 14.Bd3
Bxd4 15.cxd4 Qg5 16.g3 Bh3 17.Re3 Bxf1 18.Bxf1 Ne6 19.Nf3 Qa5 20.Bc4
Ng5 21.e5 Nxf3+ 22.Rxf3 Qe1+ 23.Kg2 d5 24.Bd3 g6 25.h4 Qb4 26.h5 Re6
27.Rf6 (27.Rf4; 27.Qf3) Rxf6 28.exf6 Qxd4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Bxg6 Qxf6
31.Bd3 Kg7 32.Qe2 Qe6 33.Qh5 Rh8 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Bf5 Qh6 36.Qxh6+ Rxh6
37.g4 Ke7 38.f4 c5 39.g5 Ra6 40.Bb1 c4 41.b3 c3 42.a4 d4 43.Kf2 Re6 0-1
Wall Bill - Hamaker Frank (1881), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
Nf6 9.d3 Nd7 10.O-O Nde5 11.Bg2 Nd4 12.f4 Nec6 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nxd4 Bxd4+
15.Kh2 b5 16.e5 Rc8 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Qb3 Qb6 19.exd6 exd6 20.Re1+ Kf8
21.Bd5 Na5 22.Qd1 c4 23.f5 c3? (23...Bxb2) 24.Qg4 (24.Qf3)
Qc5? (24...h5) 25.Bh6+ Bg7 26.Bxg7+ Kxg7
27.f6+ Kf8 28.Qd7 (24.d4) Qc7 29.Re8+ 1-0
Cardillo Mike (1955) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.Nge2
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nbd7 11.f4 a6 12.a4 Rc8 13.Ng3 c4 14.Bc2 Re8
15.Be3 Bf8 16.Qf3 Nc5 17.Bd4 Rc7 18.Rfe1 Nb3 19.Bxb6 Nxa1 20.Rxa1 Qc8
21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.Qf2 Qa5 23.Rd1 Be7 24.Nf5 Bd8 25.Kh1 Qb4 26.Bb1 Bc8
27.g4 Bb6 28.Qg2 Bxf5 29.gxf5 Nh5 30.Rf1 Be3 31.Qf3 Bxf4 32.Qxh5 Qxb2
33.Rxf4? (33.Ne2) Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Qxf4 35.Qf3? (35.Qe2) Qd2+ 36.Kg3 Rb8
37.Ba2 Rb2 38.Bxc4 Qh2+ (38...Qe1+!) 39.Kh4 Rf2 40.Qg3 Rf4+ 0-1
In March 1986, I played in the Monterey Open in Monterey, California.
Aguilar Rumolo (1783) - Wall Bill, Monterey Open, Monterey, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.d4
d5 9.Bb5 Nxe4 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxe5 Bh4 12.Nxc6 Bxf2+ 13.Kh1 bxc6
14.Rxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 Qh4 16.Nd2 Bg3 17.Qxe4 Rae8 18.Qf3 Re1+ 19.Nf1
Rfe8 0-1
Akamine Nathan (1877) - Wall Bill, Monterey Open, Monterey, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.d5 Nb8 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Be3
c6 9.Qd2 b5 10.Bd3 b4 11.Ne2 Qa5 12.c4 cxd5 13.cxd5 Nbd7 14.Nh4 Bxe2
15.Kxe2 g6 16.a3 Rb8 17.Rhc1 Be7 18.Rc6 Nxd5 19.Ra6 Qd8 20.exd5 Bxh4
21.Rxd6 bxa3 22.bxa3 Be7 23.Rc6 Nb6 24.d6 Bf6 25.Rac1 O-O 26.Ba6 e4
27.Bxb6 Rxb6 28.d7 Rb2 29.R1c2 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Qb6 31.Bc4 Bd4 32.Qf4
Kg7 (32...Qd8) 33.Qxe4 Bxf2 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.Bxf7+ Rxf7? (35...Kxf7)
36.Rc8+ Rf8 37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.d8=Q 1-0
Wall Bill - Vining David (1834), Monterey Open, Monterey, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d3 d6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg3 Nxg3
8.hxg3 Bg7 9.a3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Be2 f5 12.Qd2 e6 13.Qh6 Qf6 14.Nb5
Bxb2 15.Rb1 Kd7 16.f4 Bc3+ 17.Kf1 Bd2 18.Nxd6 e5 19.Nxb7 Qe7 20.Nxc5+
Kc6 21.exf5 (21.Nb3) Bxf5 22.Bf3+? (22.Nb3) Kxc5 23.Rb5+ Kd4
24.Rxe5? (24.Bxa8) Bxd3+ 25.Kg1 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Bxh6 27.Bxa8 Be3+ 0-1
In May 1986, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale, California.
Wall Bill - Caruso Annette (1767), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 Nf6 4.Qb3 e6 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.dxe6
Bxe6 8.Bxb7 Rb8 9.Bc6 O-O 10.d4 Nb6 11.Qxa7 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Qxd4 13.Bxb4
Qxb4+ 14.Nd2 Nc4 15.Nf3 Qxb2 16.Rd1 Rfd8 17.O-O Qc2 18.e4? (18.Ne4)
Nxd2 19.Rxd2 Qxc6 0-1
Hampton John (1810) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 f5 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c3 fxe4 7.fxe4 e6 8.Nf3
Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.e5 Ne8 11.Nbd2 g6 (11...a6) 12.Ne4 Ng7 13.Bh6 d5
(13...Rc8) 14.exd6 cxd6 15.Neg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Re8 17.Bxg7 Qxg5
18.Bf6 Qd5 19.Qg4 Ne7 20.c4 h5 21.Qg3 Qa5 22.Bxg6 1-0
Wall Bill - Sierra Francisco (1805), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 g6 7.Nge2 Bg7 8.O-O
Nfd7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 e6 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.d4 a6 13.Nbc3 Ne7 14.Qd2 f5
15.Rad1 Nf6 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.e5 Ng4 18.Qd7+ Kf7 19.Nd5 Re8 20.Nxb6 Ra7
21.Qd2 Bxg2 22.Nd7 Rxd7 23.Qxd7 Nxe3 24.Rd6 Qc8 25.Rc1 Bc6 26.Qxc8
Rxc8 27.h3 Bf3 28.Kf2 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 Bd5 30.Ra4 Rc6 31.Nc3 Rxd6 32.exd6
Bxc3 33.bxc3 Nc6 34.Rxa6 Ke8 35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.Rh8 Kxd6 37.Rxh7 e5 38.a4
exf4 39.gxf4 Ne7 40.a5 Bb7 41.h4 Ba6? (41...Kd7) 42.Rh6 (42.h5!)
Bc4 (42...Ke6) 43.h5 Bf7? (43.Ke6) 44.a6 Kc7? (44...Bd5) 45.Rh7 1-0
Maglalang Raymond (1832) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nf3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.O-O d6
8.Qe2 Nd7 9.Re1 O-O 10.c4 Ng6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.a4 h6 13.Be3 Nf6 14.d5 e5
15.Qd2 Ng4 16.c3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qe7 18.Qc2 Rfc8 19.Rf1 Nf8 20.Nd2 Nd7
21.Nb3 Nf6 22.Qe2 c6 23.Rac1 cxd5 24.cxd5 Rc7 25.Nd2 Rac8 26.c4 Qd7
27.h3 Ba6 28.Kh2 Qe7 29.Rf5 Nd7 30.Rcf1 Nc5 31.Rxf7 Qxf7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7
33.Bc2 Rcf8 34.Nf3 Bc8 35.Kg3 Bd7 36.Qd1 Rf6 37.Qa1 Rg6+ 38.Kf2 Rgf6
39.Kg3 Rg6+ 40.Kf2 1/2-1/2
Hepner William (1746) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.f3 e6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nh3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 d6 8.Qe2
O-O 9.O-O c5 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.cxd4
Nh5 15.g4 Bg5 16.f4 Nxf4 17.Nxf4 e5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nd3 Bxd2
20.Nxe5? (20.Nf2) Qd4+ 21.Rf2 Be3 22.Nd3 Qxe4 (22...Rad8)
23.h3 Rfd8 24.Ne1 Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rd2+ 26.Kg1 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Qxh3+
28.Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Watt Mike (1795), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Nc3 e4
8.Ng1 Bf5 9.Nge2 d4 10.Ng3? (10.Nb1) dxc3 11.Nxf5 Qf6 12.Ng3 cxb2
13.Bxb2 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qe5 15.Rxb7 Bd6 16.O-O Rhe8 17.Kh1 Kg8 18.Qg4 Qf4
19.Qd7 Ne5 20.Qa4 Ng4 21.Rxa7 Rad8 22.Kg1 Qxd2 0-1
I took 1st place in the Moffett Field Championship in Mt View.
Wall Bill - De Guzman Goodwin, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Qf6 5.Nxc3 Bc5 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bg5 Qg6
8.O-O Nbc6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.Re1+ Kf8 12.Nxd4 Qxg5 13.Qe2 g6
14.Nf3 Qf6 15.Qd2 Kg7 16.Ng5 Bxf2+ 17.Qxf2 Qxg5 18.d6 cxd6 19.Qxf7+
Kh6 20.Re7 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qd4 22.Rae1 b5 23.R7e4 Qd2 24.Rh4+ Kg5 25.Qe7+
Kf5 26.g4+ Kf4 27.Qf6# 1-0
Rubiolo Greg - Wall Bill, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1986
1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nd2 a6 4.b4 e6 5.a3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4 d6 8.Ngf3 c5
9.dxc5 dxc5 10.c4 bxc4 11.Nxc4 Nc3 12.Bd2 cxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Qxg7
Rf8 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.Nd4 Bb4 17.Nc2 Nc6 18.Nxb4 Nxb4 19.Bxc3 Nc2+
20.Ke2 Nxa1 21.Bb4 Kd7 22.f3 Rc8 23.Qxh7 Rc2+ 24.Ke3 Qb6+ 25.Kf4 Qxb4+
0-1
Wall Bill - Young Curt (1750), Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O
Nd7 9.a3 Nde5 10.f4 Ng4 11.h3 Nf6 12.Kh2 Re8 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Be3 a6
15.b4 Nd7 16.bxc5 dxc5 17.Na4 Nd4 18.e5 Nxe2 19.Qxe2 Rb8 20.Qf2 b6
21.Rb3 Bb7 22.Rfb1 Bxg2 23.Qxg2 Rb7 24.Nxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Reb8 26.Be3
b5 27.cxb5 Rxb5 28.Rxb5 axb5 29.Rc1 Qd7 30.Qc2 e6 31.Qc7 Qe8 32.Ba7
Ra8 33.Qb7 Bf8 34.Rc7 Bxa3 35.Rxf7 Qxf7 36.Qxa8+ Kg7 37.Bb8 Bb2 38.Bd6
Bc3 39.Qb8 g5 40.Qxb5 gxf4 41.g4 f3 42.Kg1 Qa7+ 43.Bc5 Qa1+ 44.Kf2
Be1+ 45.Kxf3 Qd1+ 46.Ke4 Qe2+ 47.Be3 Qg2+ 48.Kd4 Qf3 49.Qd7+ Qf7
50.Bh6+ Kg6 51.Qxf7+ Kxf7 52.Kc5 Bh4 53.Kd6 Be7+ 54.Kd7 Bh4 55.Bf4 Be7
56.Bg3 Bg5 57.h4 Be3 58.g5 Bd2 59.d4 Be3 60.d5 1-0
Seawell Mark (2002) - Wall Bill, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1986
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3
Be7 9.d3 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.d4 Bd6 13.b4 Ne7 14.Bb2 h6
15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Ng6 17.e6 Nh4 18.Be5 Qg5 19.Bg3 fxe6 20.Qxc7 Rf7
21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Bxe5 d4 23.g3 d3 24.Bg4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Bxf3 26.Bc3 Rc7
27.Bd2 Rc2 0-1
Wong John - Wall Bill, Moffett Ch, Mt View, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.a3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nf6 7.c3 Be7
8.Qe3 O-O 9.O-O Na5 10.Ba2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Rc8 13.d5 Nc4 14.Qe2
Qc7 15.Bg5 Nb6 16.Nc3 a6 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Be3 Na4 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 20.Bg5 h6
21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rc4 Qd7 23.Rfc1 Bg5 24.R1c2 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Rc8 26.Qc2
Rxc4 27.Qxc4 Kf8 28.a4 Ke7 29.Qb4 Qc7 30.Qc4 Qxc4 31.Bxc4 1/2-1/2
In July 1986, I played in the Kolty Chess Club Championship in Campbell,
California.
Wall Bill - Kirby Jon, Kolty CC Ch, Campbell, CA 1986
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.e3 Be6 6.b3 Nf6 7.Nge2 d5 8.d4
Bb4 9.O-O exd4 10.exd4 h6 11.a3 Be7 12.Nf4 Bg4 13.f3 Be6 14.Nxe6 fxe6
15.Re1 dxc4 16.bxc4 Qxd4+ 17.Qxd4 Nxd4 18.Rb1 b6 19.f4 Rd8 20.Nb5 Nxb5
21.Bc6+ Kf7 22.cxb5 Nd5 23.Bb2 Bc5+ 24.Kg2 Ne3+ 25.Kf3 Nc2 26.Red1 Bd4
27.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 28.Ke4 Nxc6 29.bxc6 Ke7 30.Ke5 Rhf8 31.g4 Rd6 32.Rxd6
cxd6+ 33.Ke4 Rc8 34.Rc1 Rc7 35.f5 Kf6 36.h4 (36.Kd4) b5 (36...g5)
37.g5+ (37.Kd4!) hxg5 38.hxg5+ Ke7 39.Kf4? (39.fxe6 Kxe6 40.Kd4)
a6 40.Ke4 Rc8 41.c7? (41.fxe6 Kxe6 42.Kd4) a5 (41...exf5+)
42.f6+? (42.fxe6 Kxe6 43.Rc6) gxf6 43.Rh1? (43.gxf6+ Kxf6 44.Kd4)
fxg5 44.Rh7+ Kf6 45.Rh6+ Ke7 46.Rh7+ Ke8 47.Rh6 Rxc7 0-1
Wall Bill - Huynh Chau, Kolty CC Ch, Campbell, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qf6
8.Qg3 Nge7 9.h4 h6 10.a3 Nd4 11.Bb3 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Qg6 13.Qh3 f5 14.Nb5
O-O-O 15.Bd2 c6 16.b4 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 cxb5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Rxa4 a6
20.Qe3 (20.b5) Kd7 (20...fxe4) 21.Qb6 (21.b5) fxe4 (21...Rb8)
22.Qxb7+ Ke6 23.dxe4? (23.Qxe4) Rb8 24.Qxa6 Qxe4 25.b5 (25.Qe2)
Rhf8+ (25...Qc2) 26.Kg1 Qb1+? (26...Qe2) 27.Kh2 Qxb2 28.Bb4 Nf5
29.Rd1 Rfd8 30.Rd2? (30.Ba5) Qb3 31.Re2 Ra8 32.Qb6 Qxa4 33.Re4 Qb3
34.Rg4 Kf6 (34...Qd1) 35.h5 g5 36.hxg6 Qe3 (36...h5) 37.Qc7 Qa7
38.Qc6 Qd7 39.Qf3 Rg8 40.Rc4 Kxg6 (40...Qxb5) 41.g4 Ra2+
42.Kh3 Kg5? (42...Nd4) 43.gxf5 Kf6 44.Bxd6 Qxf5+ 45.Qxf5+ Kxf5
46.Rb4 Ra1 (46...Rd8) 47.Kh2 Ke6 (47...Rd8) 48.Bc7 Ra2+ 49.Kh3
Ra3+ 50.Kh2 Rf3 (50...Rgg3) 51.b6 Rf5 (51...Rf2+) 52.Rh4 Kd7 53.Rxh6
Kc8 (53...e4) 54.Rh7 e4 (54...Kb7) 55.Bg3 Rb5 56.Rc7+ Kd8 57.Bh4+ Ke8
58.b7 Kf8 59.Bg3 Rb2+ 60.Kh3 Rb3 61.Rc8+ Kf7 62.Rxg8 Rxb7
63.Rh8 1/2-1/2
Jammal Antone - Wall Bill, Kolty CC Ch, Campbell, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.c4 Qd8 7.b3 Nc6
8.Bb2 Bg4 9.Be2 Qc7 10.O-O e6 11.a3 Bd6 12.g3 O-O 13.Re1 f5 14.Ng5 Qe7
15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.Bxg4 Qg6 17.Bh3 Qh6 18.Bg2 Rae8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Rxe8
Rxe8 21.d4 f4 22.Bc1 Qg6 23.Kf1? (23.dxc5) fxg3 24.hxg3
cxd4 (24...Bxg3) 25.Bf4 (25.Kg2) Bxf4 26.gxf4
Qe4 27.Qh5 d3 (27...Re6) 28.Kg1 Re6 29.Kf1 Rh6 30.Re1 Qh1+
31.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 0-1
Peterson Robert - Wall Bill, Kolty CC Ch, Campbell, CA 1986
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nf3 d4 7.Nbd2 e5 8.O-O
Qd7 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.dxe4 O-O 12.a3 f5 13.exf5 Qxf5 14.Rf1 Qh5
15.Bc1 e4 16.Ng5 Bxe2 0-1
In July I won the Central Pacific Armed Forces Championship in
Concord, California.
Wall Bill - Salazar, Concord, CA 1986
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 Bxb1 5.Rxb1 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 Qxa2 7.Bc3 Qa6
8.cxd5 Qa2 9.b3 cxd5 10.Ra1 1-0
Wall Bill - Detellis Peter (1795), Concord, CA 1986
1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 e6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.b5 c5 5.e3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.bxa6
bxa6 9.Ne5 Qb6 10.Ba3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Rb1
Bc6 15.d4 Qa5 16.Bb2 c4 17.Qe1 Rab8 18.Nxd5 Qxe1 19.Nxe7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Helmuth Kevin (1760), Concord, CA 1986
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Nf3 c5
8.O-O Nc6 9.d3 O-O 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Qb3 Be6 12.c4 e4 13.dxe4 Na5 14.Qc3
Nxc4 15.Rab1 f6 16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rad8 18.Qb2 b6 19.Rfd1 Be7 20.a3
Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Qc2 (23.Qb1) b5 24.e5 fxe5
25.Nxe5 (25.Qb1) c4 (25...Qd4 26.Nf3 Qa1+) 26.Nc6
Qd7 27.Nxe7+ Qxe7 28.Qe4 c3 29.Qa8+ Kf7 30.Qf3+ Qf6 31.Qb7+ Qe7
32.Qf3+ Qf6 33.Qb7+ Qe7 1/2-1/2
Young Curt (1750) - Wall Bill, Concord, CA 1986
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bf4
Nh5 9.O-O Nxf4 10.exf4 d5 11.Ne5 Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Re1 c5 14.Qg4 Nf6
15.Qd1 cxd4 16.Ne2 Bb4 17.Rf1 Bc5 18.Bb5 Ne4 19.Nxd4 Qf6 20.Ne2 Qh4
21.Nd3 d4 22.Ng3 Nd6 23.Ba4 Ba6 24.Re1 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Qxf4 26.Bc2 g6
27.Bb3 Qf6 28.Bc2 Qf4 29.Bb3 Qf6 30.Bc2 Qf4 1/2-1/2
In September 1986, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale.
Bishop Alan (1951) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 a6 8.Rg1
Qa5 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.g5 hxg5 11.hxg5 Nfd7 12.Be3 Nc6 13.f4 g6 14.Qd2
Bg7 (14...b5) 15.O-O-O Ke7 (15...Na5) 16.f5 gxf5 17.exf5 exf5??
(17...Be5) 18.Nd5+ 1-0
Glascoe Alan (1961) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 g6 6.Bc4 e6 7.d3 Bg7 8.O-O
Nge7 9.Qe1 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Nd1 Rb8 13.f5 Nc6 14.fxe6
Bxe6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qg3 Nd4 17.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18.Kh1 Qe7 19.c3 Bf6 20.Ne3
O-O 21.Qg4 Bg7 22.Qe2 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Rf1 Rxf1+
26.Qxf1 Qf6 27.Qxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2
Cardillo Mike (1877) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nf3 Ne4
8.Qb3 Nc6 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bf4 b6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 c6
14.e4 Bb7 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Rfe1 Rc8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Rc2 Rfe8
20.Rce2 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 h6 22.Bd2 Ba6 23.Re1 Bc4 24.Qb2 Qa4 25.a3 Re8
26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qc1 Qe6 28.Bf1 Be7 29.Bxc4 dxc4 30.a4 Qc6 31.Qd1 b5
32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Qf3 a5 34.Qg4 Qa6 (34...a4 35.Bxh6 Bf8))
35.Qd7 a4? (35...Qe6) 36.Qxe7 a3 37.Qe1 Qb5
38.Kg2 a2 39.Bxh6 Qb7+ (39...gxh6) 40.f3 Qb2+ (40...gxh6)
41.Kh3 a1=Q? (41...Qb6) 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Bxg7 Qf1+
44.Kg4 f5+ 45.Kg5 Qbc1+? (45...Qfc1+ 46.f4 Kxg7; 45...Kxg7)
46.f4 Kxg7 47.Qe5+ (47.Qd7+) Kg8?? (47...Kf7) 48.Qe6+ Kg7
49.Qf6+ Kg8 50.Kg6 1-0
Wall Bill - Watt Mike (1822), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e5 d5 6.exf6 dxc4 7.Qe2+ Be6
8.fxg7 Bxg7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ne4 Bg4 12.Qxc4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ne5
14.Qb4 a5 15.Qd6 Qh4 16.d3 Rad8 17.Qc7 b6 18.Kh1 Kh8 19.Bd2 Rg8 20.Bc3
Rd5 21.Rf2 Nxf3? (21...Qd8) 22.Bxg7+ (22.Rxf3) Rxg7 23.Rxf3
Rh5 (23...f5) 24.Qxf4 1-0
In November 1986, I played in LERA in Sunnyale.
Hampton John (1786) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Qe2 c5 5.c3 Qc7 6.Be3 f5 7.f3 fxe4 8.fxe4
Nf6 9.Nd2 Nc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Bxg6+? (12.Qg5)
hxg6 13.Qxh8 Nxe3 14.Ke2 Nxg2 (14...cxd4) 15.Rf1 O-O-O 16.Qh3 cxd4
17.Qxg2 Nxe5 18.Ngf3 Ba6+ 19.Kd1 Bxf1
20.Rxf1 Nxf3 21.Qxf3 Qc6 22.cxd4 Bg7 23.Nb3 a5 24.Qd3 Rh8
25.Qxg6? (25.h3; 25.Rf2) Rxh2 0-1
Wall Bill - Raymond Anthony (1805), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.d3 d5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3
Bf5 9.Nc3 d4 10.Nb5 Bc5 11.Kh2 Qe7 12.a4 a6 13.Na3 Rad8 14.Nc4 Rfe8
15.e4 dxe3 16.Nxe3 Bc8 17.Re1 e4 18.Ng5 exd3 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qh5 Qg6
21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Bd5 Rf8 23.cxd3 Bxe3 24.Bxf7+ Rxf7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7
26.Rxe3 Be6 27.Rae1 Nd4 28.Rc1 c6 29.b4 Bd5 30.g4 Re8 31.Rxe8 Kxe8
32.Re1+ (32.f4) Kd7 33.Kg3 a5 34.bxa5 Bb3 35.Rb1 (35.Re5) Kc7
36.Kf4 (36.Re1) Bxa4 37.Kg5? (37.Rb4) Bc2 38.Rb4 (38.Rb6) c5
39.Rc4 Ne6+ 40.Kh4 Bxd3 41.Rc3 (41.Ra4) c4 42.Kg3 Kc6 43.Kf3 Kc5
44.Ra3 Kb4 45.a6 Kxa3 46.axb7 Nd4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - McDaniel Dan (1824), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.g4 c6 2.Bg2 d6 3.h3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.d4 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.Nxd4
Ne5 9.b3 Nh6 10.Bb2 O-O 11.e4 Qe7 12.Qd2 f6 13.O-O-O Nhf7 14.Kb1 Rb8
15.f4 Nd7 16.h4 Nc5 17.g5 fxg5 18.hxg5 Bg4 19.Rde1 Rbe8 20.Bf3 Bxf3
21.Nxf3 Nd8 22.f5 Be5 23.Nxe5 dxe5 24.f6 Qc7 25.Ba3 Nde6 26.Na4 Rd8
27.Qh2 b6 28.Qg1 Rd4 29.Nxc5 bxc5 30.Bb2 Rd3 31.Qh2 Nd4 32.Bxd4 cxd4
33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 c5 35.Qh3 Qc8 36.f7+ Kh8 37.Qf3 Qe6 38.Rf1 Kg7
39.Qf6+ Qxf6 40.Rxf6 Rxf7 41.Rc6 (41.Re6) h5 42.gxh6+ Kxh6
43.Rxc5 Re7 44.Rc6 (44.Kc2) Kh5 45.Rf6? (45.Kc2) g5 46.Kc1 g4
47.Kd2 g3 48.Ke1 (48.Rf8) Kg4 49.Kf1 (49.Ke2; 49.c5)
Rd7 50.Kg2? (50.c5) d3 51.Rf1 d2 52.Rd1 Kf4 53.c5 Ke3 54.c6 Rc7 0-1
Alexander Peter (1900) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.Nf3 b5 2.e3 a6 3.c4 b4 4.a3 e6 5.d4 Bb7 6.Bd2 bxa3 7.Nxa3 Nf6 8.Be2
Ne4 9.O-O f5 10.Ne5 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Qg5 12.Bf3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Qf6 14.Nb5
Qd8 15.d5 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Qe7 19.Rfd1 Qxd6
20.Rxd6 Ke7 21.Rd3 Rhb8 22.Rad1 Ra7 23.b3 e5 24.Rd5 Rxb3 25.Nxe5 Nxe5
26.Rxe5+ Kf6 27.f4 g6 28.Rd6+ Kf7 29.Kf2 a5 30.Ke2 a4
31.Rb5 (31.Rd2) Rc3 32.Rb4 a3 33.Rd1 Rc2+ 34.Kf3 a2 35.Ra1
Ra3 (35...Ke7) 36.g4? (36.h3) Rxh2? (36...fxg4+ 37.Kxg4 Rxe3) 37.gxf5 gxf5
38.Rb5 Ke6 39.Rb6+ Ke7 40.Rb5 Rh3+ 41.Kf2 Rhxe3 42.Rxa2 Rf3+ 43.Kg2
Rg3+ 44.Kh2 Rh3+ 45.Kg2 Rag3+ 46.Kf2 Rc3 47.Re5+ Kd8 48.Ra8+ Kc7
49.Rxf5 Rc2+ 50.Kg1 Rd3 51.Rc5+ Kd6 52.Rd5+ Rxd5 53.Ra6+ Kc5
54.Ra5+?? (54.cxd5) Kxc4 0-1
Ashcraft James (1800) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 b6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d4 g5 6.h4 g4 7.Ne5 h5 8.Bxf4
d6 9.Nd3 Bg7 10.Nb4 Qf6 11.Nbd5 Qd8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4 Ne7 14.Ne3 Nd7
15.Bc4 a6 16.Qd2 b5 17.Bb3 b4 18.Ncd5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rb8
21.a3 bxa3 22.Rxa3 Rxb2 23.O-O Rb6 24.Rfa1 f5 (24...Nb8)
25.e5 (25.exf5) dxe5 26.dxe5 Qxh4 (26...c6; 26...Nc5)
27.Bg5 Bh6 28.Bf7+ Kf8 29.Bxh6+ Rhxh6 30.Qxd7 Qe7 31.Qxe7+ Kxe7 32.e6
Rc6 33.R1a2 h4 34.Rxa6 Rxa6 35.Rxa6 Rh8 36.Rc6 Rc8 37.Kf2 f4
38.Bh5 (38.Rc4) h3 39.gxh3 gxh3 40.Bg4 (40.Kg1)
h2 41.Kg2 (41.Bf3) Rg8 42.Rxc7+ Kd8 43.Rd7+ Ke8 44.Kxh2
Rxg4 45.Rf7 Rg6 46.Rxf4 Rxe6 47.Kg3 Rc6 48.Rf2 Rc4 49.Kf3 Kd7 50.Ke3
Kc6 51.Kd3 Rh4 52.Re2 Kd5 53.Kc3 Rc4+ 54.Kb3 Rh4 55.c3 Rg4 56.Rd2+ Kc5
57.Ra2 Kb5 58.Rh2 Rf4 59.Rh5+ Kc6 60.c4 Kb6 61.Kb4 Rf6 62.Rb5+ Kc6
63.Rg5 Rd6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Patel Kash (1897), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1986
1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ng3
a6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Nd2 h5 12.h3 O-O-O 13.a4 h4 14.Ne2 Rhg8
15.Nc4 Nd7 16.Qe1 d5 17.Be5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bf6 19.Nxc6 Bxa1 20.Nxd8 Bf6
21.Nxf7 Qxf7 22.e5 Bd8 23.Qc3 Qc7 24.d4 Be7
25.Rf3 (25.Qd3) Rf8 1/2-1/2
In March 1987, I played in the National Open in Las Vegas. I took
4th place in Class A.
Davis Carl - Wall Bill, National Open, Las Vegas, NV 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.Qd3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+
8.Qxc3 Ne4 9.Qd3 f5 10.e3 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 d6 13.Be2 Qf6 14.Rb1
Qf7 15.O-O Bxd5 16.b3 Kh8 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxd6 Bxb1 20.Rxb1
Nd7 21.Bc4 Qe8 22.Bb5 Qe4 23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Bxd7? (24.h3)
Rf7 25.Qc7 (25.h4) Qe8 26.Qe5 (26.Kf1)
Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Rfxd7 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.h4 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Rd3 0-1
Wall Bill - Fecho Ray, National Open, Las Vegas, NV 1987
1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 c6 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Ng5 Nh6
8.Nc3 Na6 9.h3 Rc8 10.a3 Be7 11.Nf3 Be6 12.Qe4 Bd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5
14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.d4 e4 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nd7+ Kf7 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.O-O Rcd8
20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Rac1 Qd6 23.Qb3 Qb6 24.Qa2 Rhe8 25.b4 Bf8
26.Rc3 Kg7 27.Rfc1 Bd6 28.Kf1 Be5 29.Rc5 Bd4 30.Rc7+ Kg8 31.Qd2 Be5
32.R7c5 Qd6 33.Qxh6? (33.Rd1) Bf4 34.Qh5 Bxc1 35.Rxc1 Rc8
36.Rd1 Qe5 37.Qh4? (37.Qxe5 fxe5 38.g5) Qg5 (37...Rc3)
38.Qg3?? (38.Qxg5+ fxg5 39.f3) Rc1 (38...Qd2) 39.Qb3 Qd2 0-1
Mattoon Rick - Wall Bill, National Open, Las Vegas, NV 1987
1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 d6 5.c3 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2
Nbc6 9.Ng5 Na5 10.Bb3 Qb6 11.Bc2 Qc7 12.Ndf3 h6 13.Nh3 b5 14.d4 cxd4
15.Nxd4 e5 16.Ne2 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Nc4 19.Rf3 Qc6 20.Ng3 Rad8
21.h4 Qc5 22.f5 gxf5 23.exf5 f6 24.Nh5 Qd5 25.Qe2 Kh7 26.b3 Nb6 27.Be3
Rg8 28.Rg1 Bh8 29.Rg3 Qf7 30.Rf2 Nbd5 31.c4? (31.Bd2) Nxe3
32.Rxe3 bxc4 33.bxc4 Nc6 34.Bd1? (34.Ng3) Nd4 35.Qd3 Qb7+
36.Re4 Rb8 (36...d5 37.cxd5 Rxd5) 37.h3 Qb1 38.Rxd4 exd4 39.Qxd4
Qb6 (39...Rge8) 40.Qd2? (40.Qxb6) Qc5 41.Bb3 Rbe8 0-1
Wall Bill - Defoe Earl, National Open, Las Vegas, NV 1987
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.b5 Na5 5.e3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4
c6 9.d4 Nc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.bxc6 Qb6 12.cxb7 Bxb7 13.Ba3 Rfe8 14.Nc3
Rad8 15.Bc5 Qa5 16.Rb1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Qxc3 18.Bb4 Nd5 19.Bxc3 Nxc3
20.Qd2 Nxb1 21.Rxb1 e5 22.d5 e4 23.f4 c3 24.Qd1 Rd6
25.Rb5 g5? (25...a6) 26.fxg5 h6 27.h4 (27.gxh6) f6? (27...hxg5)
28.gxh6 Bxh6 29.Qh5 Red8 30.Rb7 1-0
Wall Bill - Stehr John, National Open, Las Vegas, NV 1987
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Na4 Bxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Ng4+
8.Ke1 Qf6 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.h3 Nh6 12.g4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 Bxg4
14.d3 O-O-O 15.Bh3 h5 16.Qd2 Rde8 17.Kd1 Bxh3 18.Rxh3 Re3 19.c3 Rhe8
20.Rh2 b5 21.Nxd4 bxa4 22.bxa4 Qf1+ 23.Qe1 Qxe1+ 24.Kxe1 Rxd3 25.Rxh5
Rxc3 26.Nb5 Rce3 27.Rc1 R8e7 28.Rh2 Kb7 29.Rb1 Ka6 30.Kf2 Rxe2+ 31.Kg3
Rxh2 32.Kxh2 Rd7 33.Kg3 c6 34.Nd4 Rc7 35.Kf3 c5 36.Nf5 Ka5 37.Nxd6
Kxa4 38.Nb5 Rd7 (38...Rc6) 39.Nc3+ Ka5 40.Rb5+ Ka6
41.Rxc5 Kb6 42.Rc4 Kb7 43.Ke4 f6 (43...Kb6)
44.Na4 (44.Nd5) Rc7? (44...Rd2) 45.Nc5+ Kc8 46.Kd5 f5 (46...g5)
47.Rh4 Rf7 (47...Re7) 48.Ke6 (48.Rh8+ Kc7 40.Ra8) Rf6+ 49.Ke5 Rf7
50.Rh8+ (50.Ne6) Kc7 51.Ne6+ Kd7?? (51...Kb6) 52.Ra8 1-0
In March 1987, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale and took 1st place in
the Class A section. My rating was 1960.
Wall Bill - Padilla Gilbert (1999), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Re1
e5 9.e4 Re8 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4 b5 12.Ne3 Be6 13.Nf1 Rc8 14.Ng5 Bf5
15.Qb3 Nce7 16.Qxb5 h6 17.Ne4 Bd7 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Qa3
Qb6 (19...Qc7) 20.Nfd2 f5 (20...Nb4) 21.Nc4 Qc7 22.Ned6 Rf8
23.Nxc8 Qxc8 24.Qxa7 f4 25.Nxe5 (25.gxf4) Bxe5 26.Rxe5
Nc6 27.Bxd5 Bxd5 28.Qxc5 Bf3 29.Qc4+ Kh7 30.Re6 Qd7
31.Rxc6 (31.Bxf4) Bxc6 32.Bxf4 Bf3 33.Qc7 Qxc7 34.Bxc7 Re8 35.a4 Re2
36.Rb1 (36.b4) h5 37.Kf1?! (37.a5; 37.Bf4) Re7 38.Bf4 Be2+ 39.Kg2
Bxd3 40.Rd1 (40.Ra1) Be4+ 41.Kh3 (41.Kf1) Bc2 42.Rd4 (42.Ra1) Ra7
43.Rc4 (43.b4) Ra6 44.Rc7+ Kg8 45.Kh4 (45.b4) Rxa4
46.Kg5 (46.b4) Ra5+ 47.Kh6 Kf8 48.b4 Ra6 49.Be3 (49.b5) Bd3
50.c4 Ra4 51.Ra7? (51.Bc5+) Rxa7 52.Bxa7 Kf7 53.c5 Bb5 54.Kg5 Bc6
55.Bb8 (55.h3) Bb5 56.Kf4 (56.h3) Ke6 57.Ke4 (57.f3) Bc6+
58.Kd4 Bb5 59.f4 Kd7 60.Kd5 Ba4 61.Be5 (61.h3) Bb3+
62.Kd4 (62.Ke4) Kc6 63.Ke3 (63.Bd6) Kd5 64.Bc3 (64.Kd3) Ba4 65.f5 gxf5
66.Kf4 Ke6 67.Kg5 Be8 68.Bf6 (68.h3) Bb5 69.Bh8 (69.Bb2) Be2
70.Bb2 Kd5 71.Kxf5 Bg4+ 72.Kf4 (72.Kg5) Kc4 73.Ba3 (73.Bc3) Kb5
74.Ke4 (74.Kg5) Ka4 75.c6 (75.Bb2; 75.Kd5) Kb5 76.c7 Kc6
77.Kd4 (77.b5+ Kxb5 78.Kd5) Kxc7 78.Kc5 Kb7 79.Bb2 Bh3 80.b5
Bd7 81.b6 Bh3 82.Bd4 Bg2 83.Kd6 Kc8 84.Ke5 Kd7 85.Kf4 Ke6
86.h3 (86.h4!) Bb7 87.Kg5 (88.g4 hxg4 89.hxg4) Bf3
88.b7 (88.g4 hxg4 89.hxg4) Bxb7
89.Kxh5 Bf3+ 90.Kg6 (90.g4) Bg2 91.h4 Be4+ 92.Kg5 Kf7
93.g4 Kg8 94.Kf4? (94.Kh6! Bd3 95.h5) Bb1 95.g5 Bg6 96.Kg4 Kh7
97.Be5 (97.h5) Bf7 98.h5 Be6+ 99.Kf4
Bf7 100.h6 Kg6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Cardillo Mike (1936), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 d4 5.exd4 cxd4 6.d3 e5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be2
Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nbd2 a5 11.Re1 b6 12.Bf1 Rb8 13.g3 Re8 14.Bg2 Bf5
15.Nh4 Bd7 16.Ne4 Bc7 17.Bc1 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Ne7 19.Bg5 f6 20.Bc1 f5
21.Bg2 g6 22.Bg5 Be6 23.Qc1 Bd6 24.Bf6 Qc7? (24...Kf7) 25.Qh6 Nc8
26.Nxg6 Qf7 27.Nxe5 (27.Nh8!) Qc7 28.Nc6 Rb7 29.Ne7+ Rxe7
30.Bxe7 Qxe7 31.Bxb7 Qxb7 32.Qxe6+ 1-0
Juan John (1909) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 c5 5.e4 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Rb1
O-O 9.Nh4 e5 10.Nc4 b5 11.Ne3 Nc6 12.b3 Qc7 13.c4 Nd4 14.Kh1 Rab8
15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Qe7 17.Nf3 Nxe4 18.dxe4 Bxe4 19.Nxd4 Bxg2+ 20.Nxg2
Bxd4 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 bxc4 23.Re2 Qd7 24.bxc4 Rb4 25.Qd5 Rfb8 26.f5
Rb1 27.Ne1 Qb7 28.fxg6 Qxd5+ 29.cxd5 fxg6 30.Rf6 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8
32.Kg2 Rd1 33.Kf3 Rxd5 34.Nc2 Rf5+ 35.Ke3 Re5+ 36.Kd3 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Ke7
38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Kd3 (39.a4; 39.Na3) d5 40.Ne3 (40.Kc3) h5
41.Ng2 (41.h4) g5 42.Ke3 (42.Ne1) Ke5 43.Ne1 d4+ 44.Kd3
Kd5 45.Nf3 c4+ 46.Kd2 g4 47.Nh4 Ke4 48.Ke2 (48.Kd1; 48.a4)
c3 49.Ng2 (49.Kd1) d3+ 50.Kd1 a5 (50...g3 51.hxg3 Kf3)
51.a4 (51.Nh4) Kd4 (51...c2+ 52.Kd2 c1=Q+ 53.Kxc1 Kf3)
52.Ke1 Kc4 53.Kd1 Kb3 (53...h4 54.Nxh4 Kb3) 54.Nf4 d2 55.Nd3
Kxa4 (55...h4 56.Nf4 g3 57.hxg3 hxg3 58.Ng2 c2+ 59.Kxd2 Kb2)
56.Kc2 Kb5 (56...h4) 57.Nf2 Kc4 58.Nd1 Kd4 (58...a4; 58...h4)
59.Nxc3 Ke3 60.Kd1 (60.Nd5+) h4 61.Ne2 a4 (61...g3 62.hxg3 h2)
62.Nc3 g3 63.Nd5+ Kd4 (63...Kf3) 64.hxg3 Kxd5 65.gxh4 a3 0-1
Bell Steve (1887) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.d3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.a4
O-O 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Ne1 Rc8 11.f4 Qc7 12.Qe2 e6 13.Ndf3 a6 14.h3 b5 15.g4
e5 16.f5 c4 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 c3 19.bxc3 Qxc3
20.Ra3?? (20.Bb2) Qxc1 0-1
In March 1987, I played in a Monterey Quad and won my quad. My
rating was 1997.
Wall Bill - Chinchiolu John, Monterey, CA (1987.03.28) 1987
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 b6 3.d3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.a3 Bxc3
8.Bxc3 d6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Be2 O-O-O 11.b4 Qd7 12.O-O h5 13.a4 h4
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Vining David (1881), Monterey, CA (1987.03.28) 1987
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 e5 6.d3 Bg4 7.Bg2 d5 8.O-O
Bd6 9.Qc1 Qd7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.c4 d4 12.exd4 exd4 13.Na3 Qf5 14.Ng5 Qg6
15.Ne4 Nb4 16.Nxd6+ Rxd6 17.Nb5 Rd7 18.Qf4 Nxd3?? (18...b6)
19.Nxa7+ Kd8 20.Qb8# 1-0
Mager Hans - Wall Bill, Monterey, CA (1987.03.28) 1987
1.e4 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.d3
d6 9.Nbc3 a6 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.h4 Na5 12.Qc2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4
15.axb4 Nac6 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Na2 Bb7 18.Bb2 e5 19.Nac3 Nxb4 20.Qd2 Ba6
21.Nd5? (21.Rfc1) Nbxd5 22.exd5 b4 23.Rbc1 Qb6 24.Kh2 (24.Rfe1)
Bb7 (24...Qb5) 25.f4 Nxd5 26.fxe5 (26.d4) Ne3
27.Bxb7 Nxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rxb7 29.Bd4 Qb5 30.exd6 Bxd4 31.Nxd4 Qd5 32.Qf4
Ra7 33.Rf2 Ra1 34.Nf3 b3 35.d7 Qxd7 36.Ne5 Qd5 37.Nf3 Ra2 38.Rxa2 bxa2
0-1
In April 1987, I played in the San Jose Open. I took 1st place
under 2000. My rating went to 2032 after the event.
Lico Mike - Wall Bill, San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.e4 c5 2.f4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5
Nd5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Nd6 Nxe5 14.Nxb7
Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Qxb7 16.Rg1 Qe7 17.O-O-O Qf6 18.Rg3 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Nxf4
20.Re1 Rad8 21.Re4 Rd4 22.Bh3 Rxe4 23.dxe4 Ne2+ 24.Kd2 Nxg3 25.hxg3
Rd8+ 26.Ke3 Rd1 0-1
Wall Bill - Regan Neil (2042), San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.g3 h5 2.Bg2 h4 3.gxh4 Rxh4 4.Nf3 Rh8 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Bh4 c6
8.Qd3 d5 9.Bg3 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Nbd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Rxh1+ 13.Bxh1 Nd7
14.Nh4 Bh7 15.f4 e6 16.e4 Nf6 17.e5 Nd7 18.O-O-O c5 19.Ndf3 c4 20.Qe3
c3 21.b3 Bb4 22.Ng5 Bg8 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.e6 fxe6 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qxe6+
Kd8 27.Re1? (27.Qxd5) Nf6 28.Qf7 Qd7 29.Qg6 Ne4 30.Nf3 Ba3+
31.Kd1 Qb5 (31...Kc7) 32.Re2 Qd7 33.Rh2 (33.Re1) Kc7
34.Ne5 Qe7 35.Rh7 Rg8 36.Nd3 Qf6 (36...Nf6) 37.Qh5 Rd8 (37...Nxg3)
38.Qe5+ Kc8 39.Rxg7 Qxe5 40.dxe5 Rh8 41.e6 Rh1+
42.Ke2 Rh2+ 43.Kf3? (43.Ke3) Rxc2 44.b4 Rd2
45.Rg8+ Kc7 46.e7 Rxd3+ 47.Ke2 Rd2+ 48.Ke3 Nd6 0-1
Wall Bill - Bulash John (1957), San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qc7
8.O-O Bd6 9.e4 O-O 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Re8 12.Qc2 Na6 13.a3 Bg4 14.e5
Bf8 15.Ng5 g6 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.Qd2 Rad8 19.Bg5 Bxe5? (19...Qxd4)
20.dxe5 Qxd2 21.Bxd2 1-0
Aldi David (1914) - Wall Bill, San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.Bd2
d5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.cxd5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.c4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.cxd5
Bxd5 15.Bc1 Nc3 16.Qc2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qd5+ 18.Kg1 Qxe5 19.e3 Ne2+
20.Qxe2 Qxa1 21.Ba3 Qc3 22.Bb2? (22.Bxf8) Qb4 23.Rc1 Rad8
24.Bc3 Qe4 25.Qb2 f6
26.Qe2 Rd5 27.Ba1 Rfd8 28.h4 Rd2 29.Qe1 Rxa2 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Qxd1 Qc2
32.Qe1 c5 0-1
Manhart Wallace - Wall Bill, San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c5 8.Bf4
d6 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.Rfd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2
Simpson John (1934) - Wall Bill, San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.Qc2 Bb4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4
8.Qc2 c5 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.b4 Na6 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Qa5+ 14.Bd2
Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Rab8 18.Rxb8 Rxb8 19.Rb1 cxd4
20.Rxb8+ Nxb8 21.exd4 Nc6 22.d5 Ne5 23.dxe6 dxe6 24.Be2 Kf7 25.Kc3 f4
26.Kd4 Nd7 27.c5 Ke7 28.c6 Nb6 29.Ke5 g5 30.Bb5 Nd5 31.a4 a5 32.Bc4
Nb4 33.Bb5 Nd5 34.Bd3 h6 35.Be4 Nb6 36.Bc2 Nc4+ (36...Nc8)
37.Kd4 Nd2 (37...Nb6) 38.Bd1? (38.Kc5) Kd6 39.c7 Kxc7 40.Kc5 (40.Ke5)
h5 (40...Nf1 41.h3 Ng3) 41.Kb5 (41...Nf1!) h4 42.Kxa5 e5 (42...Nf1)
43.Kb5? (43.Be2) e4 44.Kc5? (44.fxe4 Nxe4) e3? (44...exf3!) 45.fxe3
fxe3 46.Be2? (46.Kd4) Nb3+ 47.Kd5 Nc1 48.Kd4 Nxe2+
49.Kxe3 Ng1 50.f4 g4 51.f5 Nf3 52.f6 Ne5 53.Kf4? (53.a5) g3
54.hxg3 h3 55.Kxe5 Kd7 56.g4 h2 57.g5 h1=Q
58.g6 Qh5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Neely Liz (2166), San Jose Open, San Jose, CA 1987
1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.e6 Bxe6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 c6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3
a5 9.a4 Na6 10.Bb2 Nc5 11.e3 Qd7 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Rc1 Nfe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4
15.d3 Ng5 16.Nxg5 Bxg5 17.Qf3 Bg4 18.Qf2 Rae8 19.Rce1 Bh3 20.e4 Bxg2
21.Kxg2 d5 22.exd5 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Qxd5+ 24.Qf3 Qc5 25.Re2 Rd8 26.Rf2 f6
27.Re2 1/2-1/2
In April 1987, I took 3rd in the Fremont Open. My rating was 2050.
Day McKinley (1970) - Wall Bill, Fremont Open, Fremont, CA 1987
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3 c5 8.d5
exd5 9.cxd5 d6 10.e4 b5 11.Nh4 b4 12.Nb1 Bc8 13.e5 Ne8 14.Nf3 dxe5
15.Nxe5 Nd6 16.Nc6 Nxc6 17.dxc6 Qc7 18.Qa4 a5 19.Bf4 Ba6 20.Rd1 Rac8
21.Nd2 Bb5 22.Qc2 Bxc6 23.Qxc5 Bxg2 24.Qxc7 Rxc7 25.Kxg2 Rc2 26.Nf3
Ne4 27.Be3? (27.Nd2) Rxb2 28.Nd4 Bc5 29.Kf3 Nc3
30.Re1 (30.Rdc1) Rxa2 0-1
Wall Bill - Palmeri Ralph (1893), Fremont Open, Fremont, CA 1987
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e4
d6 9.b3 Nc6 10.a3 Qc7 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Rad1 a6 13.Ne2 e5 14.Bh3 Rb8
15.Nc3 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bf5 Bf3
20.Bxh7+ (20.Rc1) Kh8 21.Qf5? (21.Bd3) Bxd1 22.Qh3 Bg4 23.Qxg4 Kxh7 0-1
Foster Ursula (1740) - Wall Bill, Fremont Open, Fremont, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 O-O
8.Bg5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Ne2 Na6 13.O-O Nc5
14.Ng3 a5 15.f4 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Ba6 17.c4 c6 18.e5 Qe7 19.d6 Qe6 20.Rfc1
c5 21.Rab1 Rab8 22.a4 f6 23.Nf5 fxe5 24.Ne7+ Rxe7 25.dxe7 Bb7 26.fxe5
Qxe7 27.Rxb6 Qg5 28.Rc2 Qxe5 29.Rcb2 Rf8 30.h3 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Rf1 32.Qxf1
Qxf1 33.Rxb7 Qxc4 34.Rxd7 Qf4+ (34...Qxa4) 35.g3 Qxa4
36.Rd8+ (36.Rd3; 36.Rdd2) Kh7 37.Rdd2 c4
38.Ra2 (38.Rdc2) Qb4 39.Rdb2 Qc5 40.Kg2? (40.Rc2) c3 41.Rc2 a4
42.Rf2 (42.Kh2) a3 43.Rfc2 Kg6 44.h4
Kf5 45.Rf2+ Ke4 46.Rf4+ Kd3 47.Rf3+ Kc4 48.Kf1 Kb3 49.Rff2 c2 0-1
Raccine Mark (1855) - Wall Bill, Fremont Open, Fremont, CA 1987
1.e4 c5 2.b4 e6 3.bxc5 Bxc5 4.d4 Bb6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Qg4 Qf6 7.e5 Nxe5
8.Qg3 Ng6 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bd3 N8e7 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nc4 Nd5 13.Nxb6 axb6
14.Bd2 Ndf4 15.Bb5 Ra5 16.a4 Re8 17.O-O? (17.Ne5) Rxb5 18.axb5 Ne2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Aldi David (1946), Fremont Open, Fremont, CA 1987
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.b3 Qc7 5.g3 f6 6.Bb2 Bg4 7.Bg2 O-O-O 8.O-O
e5 9.fxe5 fxe5 10.Qc1 e4 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Na3 a6 13.Rxf6 gxf6 14.Bxf6 Rg8
15.Bxd8 Qxd8 16.Nh3 Bd6 17.Nf4 Ne5 18.c4 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bxf3 20.cxd5 Kb8
21.Nc4 Bxf4 22.exf4 Qxd5 23.Qc3 Qd4+? (23...Rd8) 24.Qxd4 cxd4
25.Ne5 Be2 26.Rc1 Rc8?? (26...e3) 27.Nd7+ 1-0
In May 1987, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale.
Cardillo Mike (1999) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3
Qa5 9.Be3 a6 10.a3 Qc7 11.b4 e5 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Nf6
15.Nd2 b5 16.Rc1 Qb7 17.Rc6 Ne8 18.Qc2 f5 19.f3 fxe4 20.fxe4 Rxf1+
21.Kxf1 Qf7+ 22.Kg1 Bb7 23.Rc3 Bf6 24.a4 Bh4? (24...bxa4)
25.Kh2 (25.axb5) Bd8? (25...bxa4) 26.axb5 axb5
27.Bxb5 Nc7 28.Bc6 Na6? (28...Bxc6) 29.b5 Nb4 30.Qb3 Ba5
31.Rc4 Nxc6 32.dxc6 Bc8
33.Ra4 d5 34.exd5 e4 35.d6 1-0
Wall Bill - Schabacker Glen (1964), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.d4 O-O 7.Bg2 Ne4 8.O-O
c5 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.e3 Nc6 11.a3 a6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.d5 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Na5
15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Rb8 17.Bf1 b6 18.b4 Nb7 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Qd4 Bd7
21.Rdb1 b5 22.Qh4 Qa5 23.Nf3 Rf7 24.cxb5 Bxb5? (24...axb5)
25.Ng5 (25.a4) Rg7 26.a4 h6
27.Ne6 Nxe6 28.dxe6 Bxf1 29.Rxb8+ Kh7 30.Rxf1 1-0
Wall Bill - Jones Michael (1850), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.d4 b6 2.b3 Bb7 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.a3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nc3 c5 11.Nb5 Ne8 12.Qc2 a6 13.Nc3 cxd4 14.Ne4 e5 15.Bc1
Nc5 16.Nfg5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 d5 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.a4 Nf6 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Nd6
Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Re6 23.Ne4 Rc8 24.Qd3 Qd5 25.f3 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Qb7 27.Rf3
Rec6 28.Raf1 f6 29.Bb4 b5 30.axb5 Qxb5 31.Qxb5 axb5 32.Ra1 Bf8 33.Bxf8
Rxf8 34.Ra7 Rf7 35.Ra8+ Kg7 36.Rb8 Rc3? (36...Rc2)
37.Rxb5 Rfc7 38.b4 Rxf3 39.exf3
Rc2+ 40.Kh3 g5 41.Rb7+ Kg6 42.b5 Rb2 1/2-1/2
Wolitzer Don (1889) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 a5 8.h3
Nbd7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qd2 e5 11.Rad1 exd4 12.Bxd4 Re8 13.Bd3 Ne5 14.Nxe5
dxe5 15.Be3 Be6 16.Qe2 Rad8 17.Bc4 Nh5 18.Bxe6 Rxe6 19.g3 Red6 20.Rxd6
Rxd6 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Qc8 23.Kg2 Bf8 24.Qd3 Bb4 25.Nb1 Nf6 26.Nd2
b5? (26...Nd7) 27.c3 Be7 28.axb5 c5 (28...Qa8; 28...Qb7) 29.Nc4
Qa8 (29...Qc7) 30.f3 a4 (30...Qb8) 31.Nxe5 a3 32.bxa3 Qxa3
33.Nc6 Bf8 34.e5 Qb2+ 35.Qd2 Qxb5 36.Nd8 Nh5 37.e6 f6 38.e7 1-0
Wall Bill - Hamaker Frank (1848), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.h3 Bc5 4.e3 c6 5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.b3
Be6 9.Bb2 f6 10.O-O Nd7 11.c4 Qc7 12.Nd4 Bf7 13.Nf5 g6 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6
15.cxd5 Bxd5? (15...cxd5) 16.e4 1-0
Elevans Arthur (1879) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 d5 5.f3 h6 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.fxe4 Qe7
8.Qh5+ Qf7 9.Qxd5 Bb4 10.Qb5+ Nc6 11.Bc4 Qg6 12.Bd5 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 f5
14.e5 a6 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Bf3 Qb6 17.Nh3 Qb2 18.O-O Qxc3 19.Rfd1 g5
20.Bh5+ Kf8 21.e6 (21.Rab1) f4 22.Rd3?? (22.Qe5) Qxa1+ 0-1
In June 1987, I won the Moffett Field Championship.
Wall Bill - Messer Tom, Moffett Field Ch, Mountain View, CA 1987
1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 d4 4.Qb3 c6 5.d3 Nh6 6.Bxh6 gxh6 7.Nd2 Bxg4
8.Qxb7 Nd7 9.Bxc6 Rb8 10.Qxa7 h5 11.Ngf3 f6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Nc5 O-O
14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Bxd7 Rf7 16.Be6 1-0
Flores Tom - Wall Bill, Moffett Field Ch, Mountain View, CA 1987
1.b3 b5 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 a6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O e6 8.Ne5
Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nc6 11.Bb2 Nh6 12.Qf3 Nb4 13.Na3 Nf5 14.Qb7
Nc6 15.Rad1 Rb8 16.Qxa6 Rb6 17.Qxb5 Rxb5 18.Nxb5 Nb4 0-1
Wall Bill - Millimaci Sam, Moffett Field Ch, Mountain View, CA 1987
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Nf3 Bg4
8.O-O Nf6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Ne4
14.Rxf8+ Qxf8 15.Bxc7 Qf6 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.dxc3 Rf8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Qxe4
Qxc3 20.Qc4+ Qxc4 21.bxc4 Be2 22.c5 a6 23.Re1 Bc4 24.a3 h6 25.Re7 Rf1+
26.Kh2 Rf5 27.Be5 Kf8 28.Bd6 Kg8 29.Rc7 Bd5 30.c4 Bxc4 31.Rxc6 g5
32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.c6 1-0
Brustol John - Wall Bill, Moffett Field Ch, Mountain View, CA 1987
1.e4 a6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 e6 5.Ne2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.e5 Qc7 8.Nbc3
Nxe5 9.Bxb7 Qxb7 10.Nf4 Nf3+ 11.Kg2 Nd2+ 12.Kh3 Nxf1 13.Qxf1 Nf6 0-1
In August 1987, I won the Central Pacific Armed Forces Championship
at Mare Island, California.
Cooley Robert - Wall Bill, Mare Island, CA 1987
1.e4 a6 2.Nf3 b5 3.d4 e6 4.Be2 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.b3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5
8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Bf3 Qb6 10.c3 e5 11.b4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1
Re8 15.e5 Nd5 16.Nf1 Nc3 17.Qd3 Bxf3 18.Bxc3 Bxg2 19.Bxd4 Qb7 20.Ng3
Bh3 21.f3 Nc6 22.Qe4 d5 23.Qh4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Rac8 25.a3 Rc2 26.Ne2 Qe7
27.Rac1 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Qg5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Hubble Mike, Mare Island, CA 1987
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O e6 6.b3 d4 7.e4 Bg4 8.h3
Bh5 9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.a3 Qe7 11.b4 Bd6 12.b5 Ne5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nxe5 Bxe5
15.f4 Bxf4 16.Rxf4 e5 17.Rf2 O-O 18.a4 Nd7 19.Nc4 f6 20.Na5 Rab8
21.Nb3 b6 22.Ba3 Nc5 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.c3 Rfd8 25.cxd4 Rxd4 26.Qc2 Qd7
27.Bf1 a6 28.Bxc5 1-0
Ciezki Dale - Wall Bill, Mare Island, CA 1987
1.Nf3 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.c4 Nf6 4.d5 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Qc2 e6 7.e4 exd5 8.exd5
O-O 9.Bd3 Re8+ 10.Be3 Ng4 11.O-O Nxe3 12.fxe3 Rxe3 13.Rae1 Rxe1
14.Rxe1 Na6 15.Qe2 Nb4 16.Bb1 Ba6 17.a3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Nxd5 19.Be4 Nxc3
20.Qc2 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 d5 22.cxd5 Bb7 23.Qe7 Bxd5 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.Ne5
Re8 26.Kf2 c5 0-1
Wall Bill - Deleon Jun, Mare Island, CA 1987
1.b3 e5 2.g3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Nbd2 h6 8.O-O
Bf5 9.Nh4 Be6 10.c4 c6 11.Nhf3 Nbd7 12.Rc1 d4 13.a3 a5 14.Ne1 Rb8
15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.dxe4 Nf6 17.Nd3 b6 18.Ra1 c5 19.Bc1 Qd7 20.f4 exf4
21.e5 fxg3 22.exd6 gxh2+ 23.Kh1 Nh5 24.Qe1 g5 25.Bf3 Bg4 26.Bd2 Bxf3+
27.Rxf3 Qxd6 28.Qf2 Re7 29.Rf1 Rbe8 30.Nc1 Qg6 31.Rh3 Ng7 32.Rxh2 f5
33.Rg1 Qc6+ 34.Rhg2 Re4 35.Kh2 R8e7 36.Rh1 g4 37.Kg1 h5 38.Qh4 Qg6
39.Bg5 R7e6 40.Bd8 Qe8 41.Bc7 Rg6 42.Qd8 Qxd8 43.Bxd8 Rge6 44.Kf1 Kf7
45.Nd3 Kg6 46.Bc7 Kg5 47.Bd8+ Kg6 48.Bc7 Kf7 49.Nf4 Rh6 50.Nd5 Ree6
51.Rgh2 Rc6 52.Bf4 Rh7 53.Be5 Rch6 54.Bxg7 Kxg7 55.Nf4 h4 56.Ng2 h3
57.Nf4 Kf6 58.Kf2 Ke5 (58...Kg5!) 59.Kg3 Ke4 60.Nd5 b5
61.Rf1 bxc4 (61...a4) 62.bxc4 Rb7 63.Nf4 Rb3+ 64.Nd3 Rf6? (64...Rh5)
65.Kh4 (65.Rf4+ Ke3 66.Ne5) Rxd3 66.exd3+ Kxd3 67.Kg5 Rf8
68.Rc1 (68.Rxf5) Ke3
69.Re1+ Kd3 70.Rc1 Ke3 71.Re1+ Kf3 72.Rhh1 d3 73.Rhf1+ Kg2 74.Rg1+ Kf3
75.Rgf1+ Kg2 1/2-1/2
In September 1987, I played at LERA in Sunnyvale.
Nelson Terry (2132) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e6 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4
cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nc2 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Bh3 Qa5
15.Ne3 g6 (15...Qa6) 16.Kh1 (16.Qb3) Qb5 17.Qb3 a5 18.Bd2 Bd8 (18...Qd3)
19.Nc4 Qc5 20.Rac1 Qd4 21.Rc3 (21.Bh6) Qa7 (21...b5) 22.Nxd6 Be7
23.Nc8 Raxc8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bxc8 Qa6 26.Bh3
Nd7 27.a3 Nc5 28.Qc3 Nbd3 29.Bh6 (29.b4) g5 30.b4 Qxh6
31.bxc5 Qxh3 32.Qxd3 Bxc5 33.Rc1 Bd6 34.Qd2 Qh5 35.Kg2 g4
36.fxg4 Qxg4 37.Qe3 Be7 38.Rf1 (38.Rc7) Qc8 39.Qf3 (39.d6) f6
40.d6 Bd8 41.Qh5 Qc2+ 42.Kh3 Qc6 43.Qg4+ Kf7 44.Qh5+ Kg7
45.Qg4+ Kf7 46.Rd1 b5 47.Qe2 Qd7+ 48.Kg2 Bb6 49.Rd5 b4 50.axb4 a4
51.Qa2 Kg7 52.b5 Qg4 53.Qc2 a3 54.h3 Qg6 55.Rd1 Qe8 56.Qc6 Qb8
57.Ra1 (57.Qd7+) Qa7 58.d7 Qa5 59.Qd5 Qb4 60.h4?? (60.Rd1) Qb2+
61.Kh3 Qxa1 62.d8=Q Qh1+ 63.Kg4 Bxd8 64.Kh5 (64.Qd7+) Qf3+?
(64...Be7! 65.Qd7 Kf8)
65.g4 Be7 66.Qd7 Kf7 67.Qd5+ Kg7 68.Qd7 Kf7 69.Qd5+
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Pohl Ira (2182), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.h3 Be6 12.a3 a6 13.b4 Bd6 14.Bb2 Rc8
15.Rad1 Bb8 16.Bb1 Qc7 17.Na4 Ne4 18.Rc1 Qd6 19.Rfd1 Ng5 20.Kf1 Nxf3
21.Qxf3 Ne5 (21...Qh2) 22.Qh5 Ng6? (22...g6) 23.Nc5 Rxc5 (23...Qe7)
24.Rxc5 Qh2 25.f4 Ba7 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.Qe5 Rf6 28.Rcxd5 Bxd5
29.Qxd5+ Rf7 30.Qd8+ (30.Rc1) Rf8 31.Qe7 Qh1+ 32.Kf2
Rxf4+ 33.Kg3 Rf3+ 34.gxf3 1-0
Arnold Robert (2021) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Bd3 Bc6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6
8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.Ne5 Bxe4 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 c6 13.Bf4 Nf6
14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Nc4 Qa6 16.Rd2 Rad8 17.a3 Nd5 18.Be5 Bg5 19.Ne3 Qxe2
20.Rxe2 Nf4 21.Rd2 Ng6 22.Bg3 Rd7 23.h3 Rfd8 24.Rad1 f5 25.Bh2 f4
26.Nc4 f3 27.Ne3 fxg2 28.Kxg2 Nh4+ 29.Kh1 Nf3 30.Rd3 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 Rxd4
32.Rxd4 Nxd4 33.f4 Bh4 34.Kg2 Kf7 35.Bg1 Ne2 36.Bh2 Bf6 37.Kf3 Nc1
38.Nc4 Bd4 39.c3 Bc5 40.Na5 Ke7 41.b4 Bb6 42.Nxb7 Nd3 43.Bg3 Kd7
44.Ke4 Nf2+ 45.Bxf2 Bxf2 46.Na5 Be1 47.Kd4 Bd2 48.Ke4 Bxc3 49.Nc4
g6 (49...Bf6) 50.Ne3 a5 (50...Bg7) 51.bxa5 Bxa5 52.a4 Bc7 53.Nc4 c5
54.a5 Kc6 55.a6 Bb8 56.Na5+ Kb5 (56...Kb6! 57.Nb7 c4) 57.Nb7 c4
58.Nd8 Kxa6 59.Nxe6 Ka5 (59...Kb5) 60.Nd4 Bc7 (60...Ka4)
61.f5 gxf5+ 62.Nxf5
Kb4 63.Ne3 Kb3 64.Nxc4 Kxc4 65.Kf3 h6 66.Kg2 Kd3 67.Kh1 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Barnett David (2175), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.b3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bb2 a6 13.Rc1 Ba7 14.Re1 d4
15.exd4 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nxd4 18.Be2 (18.Be4) Qe7 19.Qf1
Re8 20.Bd1 Qe5 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxd4? (22.fxe4) Qg5+ 0-1
In November 1987, I played in LERA in Sunnyvle.
Powell Robert - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Bg5 Qa5+
8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Bf4 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nxf4 11.Qxf4 f6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxc6 bxc6
14.O-O c5 15.Rac1 Rb8 16.b3 Be7 17.Rfd1 O-O 18.Qh4 Rf7
19.c4? (19.Qg3) dxc3 (19...fxe5)
20.Rxc3 fxe5 21.Qh3 Rbf8 22.Rf1 e4 23.Nd4 Qf4 0-1
Wall Bill - Howard Dean (2168), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5
6.Nc3 (6.a3) Ndb4 7.d4 exd4
8.Nb5 dxe3 9.Bxe3 Bf5 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Nd4 Qd5
12.f3 (12.Ngf3) O-O-O 13.Qa4 Bc5
14.Nge2 Nd3+ 15.Kf1 Qxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Bh3+ 0-1
Sferra Robert(2212) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.Bb5 d6 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6
8.d3 g6 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.f4 Nd5 12.Nc4 exf4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nxf4
Qg5 15.Qf3 Nb4? (15...Nxf4) 16.c3 Nd5 17.Nxd6 Be6? (17...Qe7) 18.Ne4 Qe7
19.c4 Nc7 20.Qg3 Bf5
21.Nh5+ Kh8 22.Rxf5 gxh5 23.Nf6 1-0
Wall Bill - Powell Charles, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nd7 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Bd6 5.O-O Ne7 6.e4 d4 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Nc4
b5 9.Nxd6 cxd6 10.Ne1 Bb7 11.f4 f5 12.Qe2 Rc8 13.Bd2 Qb6 14.Kh1 fxe4
15.dxe4 b4 16.Rc1 Ba6 17.Nd3 Nc5 18.Qg4 Bxd3 19.cxd3 Kh8 20.Rf3 Qb5
21.Bh3 exf4 22.Bxf4 Qa6 23.Qg5 Rce8 24.Rxc5 (24.Qh5; 24.Be5)
dxc5 25.Bd7 Qxa2 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.Bc1 (27.Qe5) Qe6
28.Qh5? (28.Qxc5) Rc8 29.Rf7 c4 30.Bg5 Ng6
31.Rxa7 cxd3 32.Qf3 Ne5 33.Qf4 h6 34.Re7 hxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxe7 36.Qxe7 d2 0-1
Smith Gary (2067) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2
Nxg3 9.hxg3 d6 10.Nf3 e5 11.Qe4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qf6 13.Qb1 b6 14.e3 Bf5
15.Bd3 e4 16.Bxe4 Qxc3+ 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.Qc1 Qe5 19.Rb1 Na6 20.Qb2 Qxb2
21.Rxb2 Bd7 22.Bf3 f5 23.e4 Kf7 24.exf5 Rae8+ 25.Ne4 g4 26.Re2 gxf3
27.Nxd6+ Kf8 28.Nxe8 Bxe8? (28...fxe2) 29.gxf3 Bd7 30.f6 Nc7 31.Re7 1-0
Wall Bill - Spearman Craig (1721), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1987
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e4 d6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1
Qc7 9.a3 b5 10.Rb1 a5 11.e5 Ne8 12.exd6 Nxd6 13.Nb3 c4 14.Nbd4 cxd3
15.Qxd3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Bg5 e5 19.Ne6 fxe6 20.Qxd6
Qd5 21.Qb6 e4 22.Qe3 Bd4 23.Qxe4 Bxf2+ 24.Kg2 Bxe1 25.Qxd5 exd5
26.Rxe1 Rac8 27.Re2 (27.c3) Rf7 28.Rd2 Rfc7 29.c3 b4
30.Rxd5 bxa3 31.bxa3 Rxc3 32.Rxa5 R3c5 33.Rxc5 Rxc5 34.Be7 (34.h4)
Rc2+ 35.Kh3 Kf7 36.Bb4 h5 37.Bd6 Ra2 38.g4 (38.Bb4) Rd2
39.Bb4 hxg4+ 40.Kxg4? (40.Kg3) Rxh2 41.Kf3 (41.Bd6) Ke6
42.Ke4 (42.Kg4) Rh4+ 43.Kd3 Kd5 44.Be7 (44.Ke3) Rh3+ 45.Kc2? (45.Ke2)
Re3 46.Bb4 Kc4 (46...g5) 47.Bd6 (47.Kd2) g5 48.a4 g4 0-1
In 1988, I won a match against Sergei Levitin in Menlo Park, California.
Wall Bill - Levitin Sergei, Match, Menlo Park, CA 1988
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Bd3
Nbd7 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Qb6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nb3 Rg8 13.Kh1 f5 14.Nd5 Bxd5
15.exd5 e6 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5+ Kd8 18.Qf7 Rg7 19.Qxe6 f4 20.Qxh6 f3
21.g3 Rg4 22.Qe6 Rg7 23.Qe4 Rc8 24.Qxf3 1-0
Levitin Sergei - Wall Bill, Match, Menlo Park, CA 1988
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.d3 e6
8.O-O Be7 9.a3 O-O 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.e3 Rb8 13.d4 Qa5 14.Ne4 Be7
15.Bc3 Qd8 16.Ne5 Ndxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.f4 Rd8 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh6 f5
21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.exd6 Qf7 23.Rad1 Bd7 24.Rf2 b5 25.b4 cxb4 26.axb4 a5
27.bxa5 b4 28.Bb2 Nxa5 29.Bf1 Nb3 30.Bc4 Nc5 31.g4 Bb5 32.gxf5 Bxc4
33.fxg6 1-0
Wall Bill - Levitin Sergei, Match, Menlo Park, CA 1988
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Bd2 N7f6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rc1 Bd6 13.Ne5 Nd7
14.f4 f6 15.Nxd7 Nxc3 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Rxc3 Bb4 18.Rc4 Ba5 19.Kh1 Bc7
20.f5 Rxf5 21.Rxf5 exf5 22.Qf3 b5 23.Rxc7 1-0
Levitin Sergei - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.e3 Bb7
8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 c5 11.e4 Qc7 12.Qc2 g6 13.Rb1 Nh5 14.g4 Ng7
15.Qe2 Rae8 16.Bh6 f5 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Ng5 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Nf6 20.d5 Bc8
21.f3 Bf5 22.Qg2 Re5 23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Re3 Re8 25.Rbe1 Rfe5 26.Rxe5 dxe5
27.Bxg7 Qxg7 28.Ne6 Qh6 29.Rxe5 Qc1+ 30.Qf1 Qxc3 31.f4 Ng4 32.Rg5 Qe3+
33.Kg2 Qxe6 34.dxe6 Ne3+ 35.Kf2 Nxf1 36.Kxf1 Rxe6 37.Kf2 Re4 38.Kf3
Rxc4 0-1
Wall Bill - Levitin Sergei, Palo Alto, CA 1988
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nge2 e6 7.f4 Nge7 8.O-O
Qa5 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qc1 b5 11.Bxd4 cxd4 12.Nd1 Ba6 13.e5 d5 14.Nxd4 Qb6
15.Qe3 Rc8 16.Kh1 O-O 17.Bh3 b4 18.Nxe6 d4 19.Qxd4 Bb7+ 20.Kg1 Qxd4+
21.Nxd4 Rcd8 22.Nb5 g5 23.Nxa7 1-0
Wall Bill - Levitin Sergei, Menlo Park, CA (1988.11.19) 1988
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Bd6
8.O-O O-O 9.Ne2 Bg4 10.Ng3 f5 11.d3 Qb6 12.dxe4 fxe4 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Qd2
Qxa4 15.b3 Qa3 16.Nd4 Nd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Nc2 c3 19.Qxc3 Qa6 20.Nxe4 Be5
21.Bd4 Rae8 22.Nb4 Qe2 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Ng3 Qb5 25.f3 Be6 26.Rfe1 Rc5
27.Qd4 Bd5 28.Re7 Nf6 29.Nf5 Bf7 30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Qxc5 Bd5 32.Ne7+ Kf7
33.Nbxc6 Bxc6 34.Nxc6 Rc8 35.Qc4+ Kf8 36.Rc1 Qb6+ 37.Qc5+ Qxc5+
38.Rxc5 Nd7 39.Rf5+ Ke8 40.Nxa7 Rc1+ 41.Kf2 Rc2+ 42.Kg3 Rxa2 43.Nc6
Ra6 44.Ne5 Nf6 45.Ng4 Nxg4 46.fxg4 Rb6 47.Rf3 g5 48.Re3+ Kf7 49.Kf3
Rb4 50.h3 Kf6 51.g3 h6 52.Rc3 Ke5 53.Rc5+ Kd6 54.Rc3 Kd5 55.Ke3 Re4+
56.Kf3 Rb4 57.Rd3+ Ke5 58.Ke3 Re4+ 59.Kd2 Rb4 60.Kc3 Rb6 61.Re3+ Kd5
62.b4 Rc6+ 63.Kb3 Kd4 64.Rf3 Rc1 65.h4 gxh4 66.gxh4 Rb1+ 67.Ka4 Ra1+
68.Ra3 Rg1 69.b5 Rxg4 70.Ka5 Kc5 71.Rc3+ Kd4 72.Rb3 Kc5 73.b6 Rg2
74.Rc3+ Kd6 75.b7 Rb2 76.Ka6 Ra2+ 77.Kb6 Rb2+ 78.Ka7 Ra2+ 79.Kb8 Kd7
80.Rc7+ Kd8 81.Rc6 Kd7 82.Rxh6 Ra4 83.h5 Ra5 84.Rb6 Rxh5 85.Ka7 Ra5+
86.Ra6 1-0
In February 1988, I played at LERA in Sunnyvale, California.
McCann Bill (1934) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Be6 7.Nf3 a6
8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.O-O h6 10.Ne5 Qd6 11.f4 Ne7 12.Na3 a5 13.Rae1 a4 14.Nd3
d4 15.f5 Bd5 16.c4 dxc3 17.dxc3 axb3 18.c4 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 bxa2 20.Be5
Qd7 21.Qxa2 Qxd3 22.Rf3 Qd7 23.Qe2 f6 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Bd6 Kf7
26.Bxc5? (26.Bxe7) Nxf5 27.Qe4? (27.Bxf8) Bxc5 28.Rxf5 Bxa3 0-1
Wall Bill - Humecky Jim (1970), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 e5 4.d3 Be7 5.g3 Bd7 6.Bg2 Bc6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7
8.c4 O-O 9.O-O Ne8 10.Qc2 f5 11.b4 a6 12.b5 axb5 13.cxb5
Bxb5? (13...Bd5) 14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.Qxb5 c6 16.Qb3 Nc5 17.Qc2 f4
18.d4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Ne6 20.Rab1 1-0
Flores Hermoge (2001) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.Bg5 Qa5+
8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Neg5 Bd6 12.Rae1 Nb6 13.c4 Bf4 (13...Be7)
14.Nxh7 Nxh7 15.Qe4 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 f5 17.Qh4 Nf6 18.Re5 Qf7 19.Rfe1 Bd7
20.Nf3 Qh5 21.Qxh5 Nxh5 22.Ng5 Rad8 23.c5 Nd5 24.Bc4 Kh8 25.g3 Nhf6
26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Rxe6 Nc7 28.Rd6 Ne4 29.Kg2 Nd5 (29...Rxd6 30.cxd6 Nd5)
30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Bf4 Re8 (32...Kg8) 33.f3 Nf6 34.Rxe8+ Nxe8
35.Be5 Kh7 (35...Kg8) 36.b4 a6? (36...Kg8) 37.a4 g5 38.b5 axb5
39.axb5 1-0
Wall Bill - Fuentes Virgil (1977), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.a3 c5 5.bxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.d4 Bd6 8.c4
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd7 10.Nbd2 Bc6 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.e4 Be7 13.Ng5 h6 14.h4 g6
15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.e5 Kg7 17.exf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxe6? (18.h5 gxh5 19.Rxh5)
Qe7 19.Qb3 Rad8 20.d5 Bxd5 21.Bxf6+ Qxf6 22.Qxd5 Qxa1+ 0-1
In 1988, I played a few postal games.
Wall Bill - Nadworny Joe, Postal 1988
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 a6 3.e3 b6 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3
Nbd7 9.g4 Nxg4 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Ng5+ Kg6 12.Qc2+ Kh5 13.Nf7 Nxh2
14.Qf5+ 1-0
Vaughan Stan (2200) - Wall Bill, Postal 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Bd3 e5
8.Ne2 e4 9.Bb1 b6 10.Ng3 Ba6 11.f3 Bxc4 12.Nf5 O-O 13.Nd6 Na5 14.Bxe4
Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nb3 16.Rb1 Nxc1 17.Qxc1 Bd3 18.dxc5 Bxb1 19.Qxb1 f5
20.Nd6 Qe7 21.Nxf5 Qe6 22.Nd4 Qxe3+ 23.Ne2 Rae8 24.Qc2 Rf5 25.c6 dxc6
0-1
Lewis Walter - Wall Bill, Postal 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.a3 Bxc5 5.b4 Be7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.e3 a5 8.b5
d6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Be2 Nc5 11.O-O e5 12.a4 Qc7 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.cxd5 Bf5 16.Rc1 b6 17.Nd2 Qb7 18.Nc4 Be4 19.Bf3 Bd3 20.Re1 e4
21.Be2 Qxd5 22.Nxb6 Qa2 23.Bd4 Nb3 24.Rc7 Bd8 25.Nxa8 Bxc7 26.Nxc7 Bc2
27.Qa1 Nxa1 28.Rxa1 Qb3 29.b6 Bd3 30.Bf1 Qc4 31.Nb5 Bxf1 32.Rxf1 Qxa4
33.Rb1 Qc2 0-1
In May 1988, I played in LERA in Sunnyvale.
Marothy Marion (1910) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.c3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd2 Rc8
14.Be4 Ba6 15.Re1 Qd7 16.Qf3 c5 17.d5 exd5 18.Bf5 Qd6 19.Bxc8 Rxc8
20.Rad1 Be5? (20...Bb7) 21.Qh5 Bf4 22.Ne4 Qc6 (22...Bxh2+ 23.Qxh2
Qxh2+ 24.Kxh2 dxe4) 23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 1-0
Wall Bill - Chappell Alan (1929), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.b4 e5 2.a3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Qe7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rc1
Be6 9.Bxe6 Qxe6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O e4 12.Nd4 Qe5 13.f4 exf3 14.Nxf3 Qh5
15.Ne2 Nbd7 16.Rc4 Ng4 17.Nf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 f5 19.h3 Nh6 20.Qb3+ Qf7
21.Qc3 Nf6 22.Rh4 Ne4 23.Qe5 Qf6 24.Qxf6 Nxf6 25.Nd4 Rae8 26.Nxf5 Nxf5
27.Rxf5 Re6 28.Bxf6 Rfxf6 29.Rxf6 gxf6 30.Rd4 Re7 31.Kf2 Kf8 32.Kf3
Rg7 33.Rd8+ Ke7 34.Rd4 (34.Ra8 a6 35.g4) Ke6 35.g4 f5
36.d3 (36.gxf5+ Kxf5 37.Rg4) fxg4+ 37.Rxg4 Rf7+ 38.Ke4 (38.Ke2)
Kd6 39.Kd4 Ke6 40.Rh4 Kd6 41.Rh6+ Kd7 42.e4 Re7 43.e5 Rg7
44.Ke4 (44.b5 cxb5 45.Kc5) Ke7 45.d4 (45.b5 cxb5 46.d4)
Kd7 46.b5 Kc7 47.bxc6 bxc6 48.e6? (48.h4; 48.Kd3) Kd6 49.e7+ Kxe7
50.Rxc6 Rg3 51.Rc7+ Kd6 52.Rxh7 Rxa3 53.Rh6+ Ke7 54.d5 (54.h4) Kd7
55.h4 a5 56.Kd4 (56.h5) Ra1 57.Kc5? (57.h5) Rc1+ 58.Kb5 Rd1
59.Kc4 (59.Rh7) Rc1+ 60.Kd4 Ra1 61.Ke5 (61.h5) Re1+ 62.Kf5 Rd1
63.Ke5 Re1+ 64.Kf5 Rd1 1/2-1/2
Lico Mike - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qb3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Rc1
a5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qd7 11.Nh4 a4 12.Qd1 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6
15.Nxg6 fxg6 16.h4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Nd5 18.Bd2 Na5 19.Ba2 Nb3 20.Bxb3 axb3
21.e4 Nf4 22.Qxb3 Qxd4 23.Bxf4 Rxf4 24.Qxe6+ Kh8
25.Rxc7? (25.Rc3) Qe3+ 26.Kd1 Qxf3+ (or 26...Rd8+) 0-1
Wall Bill - Christopher Robert (1893), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Nf6 8.h3
Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.a3 O-O 11.Bd3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.O-O
Bd7 15.Qb3 Bc6 16.Ne2 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Rfd1 h5 19.Rd4 g5 20.Rad1 h4
21.Rd6 Rac8 22.Nc3 Kg7 23.R1d4 Rfe8 24.Qd1 Rh8 25.Qg4 Rce8 26.Ne2 Rh6
27.Rxh6 Kxh6 28.Nc3 Kg6 29.Qd1 Re6 30.Rd8 Kg7 31.Qd2 Rg6 32.Rd4 g4
33.hxg4 Rxg4 34.f4 Qf5 35.Kh2 Qg6 36.Rd6 f6 37.Qe2 Rg3 38.Nd5 Bxd5
39.Rxd5 Qf7 (39...Kh6) 40.Rh5 Qb3 (40...Rxe3) 41.Qd2 (41.Rxh4)
Qd3 42.Qa5? (42.Qb4) Qd7?? (42...Qc2) 43.Rxh4
Rg6? (43...Rg4) 44.Qh5 Kf7 45.f5 Qd6+ 46.Rf4 1-0
Wall Bill - Del Rosario Frisco (2003), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 c6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 a5 8.Rb1 Na6
9.a3 Qc7 10.Na4 Nf6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Qc1 O-O 13.Bh6 Ndc5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Ne6 18.h4 f4 19.Qb2 fxg3 20.fxg3 Qb6+
21.c5 dxc5 22.Qxe5+ Kg8 23.bxc5 Qxc5+ 24.Qxc5 Nxc5 25.Ng5 Re8 26.d4
Ne6 27.Nxe6 Rxe6 28.d5 Rxe2 29.dxc6 bxc6 30.Bxc6 Ra7 31.Rb8 Rc7 32.Bb5
Re3 1/2-1/2
Alioto John (1837) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 Nc6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.a3 a5 5.f4 Bc5 6.fxe5 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Nxe5
8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Ng8 10.g3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Qe2+ N8e7 13.Be3 O-O
14.O-O-O Re8 15.Nb5 Qd7 16.Qd2 c6 17.Nc3 Nf5 18.Bf2 Qc7 19.Bd3 Be6
20.Ne2 b5 21.c5 Rad8 22.Rgf1 Nfe7 23.Nc3 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Ne4 Qa5
26.Nd6? (26.Bb1) Qa1+ (26...Rxd6 27.cxd6 Qa1+ 28.Bb1 Bf5)
27.Bb1 Rxd6 28.cxd6 (28.Qxb4) Bf5 29.Qe3 Qxb1+ 30.Kd2 Qxb2+
31.Ke1 Bd7 0-1
In July 1988, I took 3rd place at the Central Pacific Armed Forces
Championship at Skaggs Island, California.
Wall Bill - Ferguson Dennis, Skaggs Island, CA 1988
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Qd6 3.c5 Qe6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Nb5 Na6 7.Bf4 Qd7 8.e3
c6 9.Ne5 Qd8 10.Nc3 e6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qd2 b6 13.Nxc6 Qd7 14.Bb5 Bb7
15.Nxa7 Bc6 16.Bxc6 1-0
Wall Bill - De Leon Jun, Skaggs Island, CA 1988
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 h6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2
a6 9.e3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.d4 Be6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxc6 bxc6
15.Qxd4 Qd7 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Na4 Rb8 18.Nc5 Qc8 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Qa4
Rec8 21.Qxa6 Ra8 22.Qf1 Rxa2 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Bxd5 c5 25.Ra1 Rb2
26.Rdb1 Rd2 27.Bc4 Rcd8 28.Rd1 Qf3 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Re1 h5 31.Qg2 Qf6
32.Qa8+ Bf8 (32...Rd8) 33.Re2 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 g5 35.Qf3 Qg6
36.Ra2 Rd6 37.Ra7 Rf6 38.Qd5 Rf5 (38...h4) 39.Qd7 Qf6 40.Qd2 (40.Qe8)
Qc6+ 41.Kg1 Bd6? (41...Qe4) 42.Ra6 Qe4 43.Qxd6 (43.Rxd6) Qb1+
44.Bf1 Qc2 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.f4 Qxb3 47.Qd3 Qe6 48.Ra6 Qc8 49.Rf6 1-0
Barcena Orlando - Wall Bill, Skaggs Island, CA 1988
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4
Nxd4 9.Nc3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Bc6 11.Qe2 a6 12.a3 Ne7 13.b4 Ng6 14.Bb2 Nf4
15.Qd2 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 d4 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.Qe4 d3 19.Bd4 Qc6 20.Qxc6+ Bxc6
21.Nc3 Rd8 22.Be3 Be7 23.Rfd1 f6 24.f4 fxe5 25.fxe5 O-O 26.Rf1 Rf5
27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Kf2 f4 29.Bxf4 Rf8 30.Ke3 a5 31.g3? (31.Rb1; 31.Bg3)
g5 32.Bxg5 Bxg5+ (32...Rf3+ 33.Kd4 Bxg5) 33.Kxd3 Rf3+ 34.Kc4 Bd2
35.Nd5 Bxd5+ 36.Kxd5 a4 (36...axb4 37.axb4 Rd3+) 37.b5 (37.e6)
Re3? (37...Rd3+ 38.Ke6 Bc3) 38.e6 Kf8 (38...Rd3+)
39.Rf1+ Ke8 40.Rf7 Rd3+ 41.Ke4 Rxa3 42.Rxb7 Re3+ 43.Kd5 h6 44.Ra7 Rd3+
45.Ke4 Ra3 (45...Rb3) 46.b6 Re3+ 47.Kd5 (47.Kf5) Rd3+ 48.Ke4 Re3+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Anchondo Francisco (1914), Skaggs Island, CA 1988
1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Qc2 e5 11.d3 Be6 12.Nd2 Bd5 13.e4 Be6 14.Nc4
Qd7 15.Ne3 Nd8 16.Rd1 Bh3 17.Nd5 Bxg2 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Kxg2 Ne6 20.Qa4
Qf6 21.Qxa7 Ra8 22.Qxb7 Rxa2 23.Rb2 Rxb2 24.Qxb2 Qg6 25.Be3 f5 26.exf5
Qh5 27.Re1 Qxf5 28.Qe2 Rd8 29.Rd1 c5 30.Qf3 Qg6 31.Rd2 h5 32.Qe4 Qxe4+
33.dxe4 Rxd2 34.Bxd2 g5 35.h3 (35.c4) Kf7 36.Kf3
(36.f4 gxf4 37.exf4 38.Kf3) Ke7 37.Ke2 c4 38.Kd1 Kd6
39.Kc2 g4 40.h4? (40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Be3) Nc5 41.Be3 Nxe4
42.Kb2 Kd5 43.Kc2 Nd6 44.Kb2?? (44.Kd2 Ke4 45.Ke2) Ke4
45.Ka3 Kd3 46.Kb4 Ne4 47.Kb5 Nxc3+ 48.Kc6 Nd1 49.Bc5 c3 50.Kd5 e4
51.Ke5 c2 52.Ba3 Nxf2 0-1
Wall Bill - McEldowney Grant, Skaggs Island, CA 1988
1.b4 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.c4 Nc6 4.a3 d6 5.Nf3 e5 6.d3 Nh6 7.Nc3 g6 8.Nd5
Bg7 9.Rb1 O-O 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.g3 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Qd7 14.Bg2
Qf5 15.Qf4 Qxf4 16.gxf4 Rad8 17.Rc1 Rc8 18.O-O a5 19.Rc2 axb4 20.axb4
Rfe8 21.Rfc1 Re7 22.Rc6 Ng4 23.Bh3 Rxe2?? (23...h5) 24.Bxg4 1-0
In September 1988, I played in LERA at Sunnyvale.
Wall Bill - Brooke John (1989), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.b5 Na5 4.e3 Nc4 5.Bxc4 dxc4 6.Nf3 a6 7.Na3 axb5
8.Nxb5 c6 9.Nbd4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nf5 f6 12.O-O e6 13.Ng3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3
Qxd2 15.Rfd1 Qxc2 16.Bd4 Be7 17.Qg4 Kf7 18.Rdc1 Qd3 19.Ne4 h5 20.Qf3
f5 21.Ng3 Nf6 22.Rc3 Qd2 23.Rxc4 Rxa2 24.Rd1 Qa5 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Nxh5
Ra1 27.Nf4 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 e5 29.Ne2 Rd8 30.Qb3 Qe1+ 31.Kh2 Kf8 32.Rh4
Qxe2?? (32...Qd1) 33.Rh7 Rd5 34.Qxb7 1-0
Shepherd Patrick (1908) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.a4 a6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf4
Bd6 9.Qc1 c5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5
O-O 15.Qa1 Qb6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.e4 d4 18.Ne2 Nd7 19.Qc1 Kh7 20.Qf4 Rg8
21.Bh3 Qb8 22.Ra1 Qxf4 23.Nxf4 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Bxa8 25.Ne2 Ne5 26.f4 Nc6
27.c3 c4 28.cxd4 cxd3 29.Nc3 Nxd4 30.Kf2 b4 31.Nd1 Nc2 32.Bg2 Kg7
33.b3 f5 34.exf5 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 exf5 36.Nb2?! (36.Kf2)
d2 37.Kf2 Nd4 38.Ke3 Nxb3 39.Kd3 Kf6 40.Kc4? (40.Nd1)
Nc1 41.Kxb4? (41.Kd4) Nd3+ 42.Kc3 Nxb2 43.Kxd2 Nc4+ 44.Kd3 Nd6
45.Ke3 h5 46.Kf3 Nc4 47.Ke2 Ke6 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.Ke2 Ke4 50.h4 f6 51.Kf2
Ne3 52.Ke2 Ng4 0-1
Wall Bill - Kiger Rick (1916), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Qc2 d5
8.cxd5 exd5 9.g3 Re8 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Rfe1 Qe7
14.e3 Rac8 15.Rac1 Bd6 16.Ne2 Ne4 17.Nd4 Nxd2 18.Nf5 Qf6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6
20.Qxd2 1/2-1/2
Vining David (1899) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Bg7 11.Nbd2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5
14.c3 Bxg3 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.Nxg5 Rg8 17.Nf3 Rxg2 18.Rxh6 Bg4 19.Bf1 Bf8
20.Bxg2 Bxh6 21.Qc2 O-O-O 22.Ne5 Be6 23.Nxf7? (23.Nf3)
Bxf7 24.Qf5+ Kb8 25.Qxf7 Qxb2 26.Rd1 Rf8 27.Rd2 Qc1+ 0-1
In October 1988, I played in a Quad in San Jose. I was rated 2050.
Flores Hermoge (2056) - Wall Bill, Quad, San Jose, CA 1988
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Ne2 Qc7
8.Bd2 O-O 9.h3 Re8 10.O-O Bf5 11.c3 Nd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd3 14.Rf2
Bxe2 15.Rxe2 Bxf4 16.Bxf4 Qxf4 17.Qe1 Kf8 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Rxe2+
20.Kxe2 Re8+ 21.Kd3 a5 22.c4 Nd7 23.c5 Re7 24.Bc4 f5 25.a3 f4 26.b4
Re3+ 27.Kc2 b5 28.Bd3 a4 29.Kd2 Nf6 30.Re1 Rg3 31.Re2 Nd5 32.h4 g6
33.Rf2 f5 34.Re2? (34.Ke2) Ne3 (34...f3 35.gxf3 Rxf3)
35.Bb1? (35.Rf2) Nc4+ 36.Ke1 Nxa3 (36...f3 37.gxf3 Rg1+)
37.Ba2 Nc4 (37...Re3) 38.Bxc4 bxc4
39.d5?? (39.b5) Re3 40.dxc6 Ke7 41.b5 a3 42.b6 a2 43.Kd2 c3+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Urquhart Don (2210), Quad, San Jose, CA 1988
1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Re1
e5 9.c3 d4 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.Nc4 Re8 12.a4 b6 13.b3 Bf8 14.Ncxe5 Nxe5
15.Nxe5 Rxe5 16.f4 Re8 17.e5 Nd5 18.Qf3 Bb7 19.f5 Rb8 20.Qg4 Ne3
21.Bxe3 dxe3 22.Bxb7 Rxb7 23.d4 Qd5 24.Rxe3 Rc7 25.Rae1 Rec8 26.e6
fxe6 27.fxg6 h5 28.Qxe6+ Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Rc1 30.Kg2 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Kg7
32.Re6 (32.Kf3 Kxg6 33.Re6+) Rd8 (32...Rc3) 33.Rc6? (33.Re4 Kxg6 34.Kf3)
Bd6 (33...Rxd4) 34.Kf3 Kxg6 35.Ke4 Kf6 36.a5 b5 37.Ra6 Rd7
38.Kd5 Ke7 39.Kc6? (39.Ke4) b4 40.d5 Rc7+ 41.Kb5 Kd7 (41...Rc5+)
42.Rc6? (42.Ka4) Rxc6 43.dxc6+ Kc7 44.a6 Be7 45.h3 Bd6 46.g4 hxg4
47.hxg4 Be7 48.g5? (48.Kc4) Bxg5 49.Kxb4 Kxc6
50.Kc4 Kb6 51.Kd5 Kxa6 52.Kc5 Be7+ 53.Kc4 Ka5 54.Kc3 Kb5 55.Kc2 Bf6
56.Kb1 a5 57.Ka2 Kb4 0-1
Sheffield Ed (1986) - Wall Bill, Quad, San Jose, CA 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.f4 Bb7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 d5 7.Nbd2 Bd6 8.O-O
O-O 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Qf3 a6 11.a4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4
Nf6 15.Qc2 h6 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Be1 Nd5 18.Rf3 cxd4 19.exd4 Rac8 20.Qd3 f6
21.Ng6 Nxf4 22.Nxf4 Bxf4 23.g3 Bd6 24.Qxa6 Qc6 25.Rf2 Ra8 26.Qe2 e5
27.b3 Rfe8 28.dxe5 Bc5 29.Qc4+ Kh8 30.exf6 gxf6 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.Rd1 Ra7
33.Bd2 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Rae7 35.Bf4 Qc5+ 36.Kf1 Qc6 37.Kf2 Qc5+ 38.Kf1
Qc6 1/2-1/2
In November 1988, I played at LERA in Sunnyvale. I was rated 2070.
Wall Bill - Casey Diarmuid (2044), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.exd5 exd5
8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.h3 O-O 12.c3 h6 13.Be3 a6 14.Bd3 Bd7
15.Qd2 Nf5 16.Bxf5 Bxf5 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qh5 Ne5 19.Nfd4 Rfe8 20.Nxe6
Rxe6 21.Nd4 Rg6 22.Nf5 Qc6 23.f3 Nc4 24.Rad1 Bf8 25.Bc1 Re8 26.Kh1 Re2
27.Rg1 Bc5 28.Nd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Qe6 30.Qc5?? (30.f4; 30.b3) Rgxg2 0-1
Menas Borel (2111) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Be2 d4 6.Nb1 e5 7.Nbd2 b5 8.a4
Qa5 9.O-O Be6 10.Ng5 Be7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Nb3 Qb6 13.axb5 Qxb5 14.Bg4
Nd8 15.Na5 O-O 16.Nc4 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Qb8 18.f4 Bd6 19.f5 exf5 20.Rxf5
Nf7 21.Bd2 Qc7 22.Raf1 Qd7? (22...Qe7) 23.Bh6 g6 24.Bxf8 Rxf8
25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Rf6 Qe7 27.b3 1-0
Lankford Dave - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.c4 Nf6 6.Be3 e6 7.Be2 Bb4+
8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bf5 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.O-O O-O
14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.c5 Nxc5 16.Qc2 Nd7 17.Rad1 Nf6 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6
20.Ne5 c6 21.f4 Qc7 22.Qb3 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Rad8 24.Rf1 c5
25.a4 (25.Rf4) Rd5 26.c4 (26.Rf4) Rxd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.Re1 Rd8
29.Qd3 Qc6 (29...Qa5) 30.Ra1 Qc5 31.Rd1 Qxe5 32.Kh1
Qh5 33.h3 e5 0-1
Wall Bill - Samo Romeo (2056), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Bb5+ Bd7
8.O-O g6 9.Re1 Nbxd5? (9...Bxb5) 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Ne5 Qe6 12.Nxg6 1-0
Wall Bill - Leffingwell Fred (1865), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.h3 h6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bh2 Na6 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Bb1 b5 12.g4 Nf6 13.a3 Na6 14.cxb5 Nc7 15.e5
dxe5 16.Nxe5 Nfxd5 17.Nxf7 Rxf7 18.Bxc7 Qxc7 19.Nxd5 Qe5+ 20.Qe2 Qxe2+
21.Kxe2 Be6 22.Nc7 Bc4+ 23.Bd3 Bxd3+ 24.Kxd3 Rd8+ 25.Ke2 Bxb2 26.Rad1
Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Bxa3 28.Rd8+ Rf8 29.Rd7 c4 30.Nd5 Bc5 31.Nxe7+ Bxe7
32.Rxe7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Ke3 c3 (34...Ke6) 35.Kd3 c2 36.Kxc2 g5
37.Kd3 Ke6 38.Kc4 (38.Ke4) Kd6? (38...Ke5) 39.Kd4 Kc7
40.Kc5 (40.Ke4) Kb7 41.Kc4 (41.f4) Kb6 42.Kb4 (42.f4) Kc7
43.Ka5 (43.f4; 43.f3) Kb7? (43...Kd6) 44.f3 Kb8 45.b6 (45.Ka6 Ka8
46.b6) Kb7 46.bxa7 Kxa7 47.Kb5 Kb7 48.Kc5 Kc7 49.Kd5 Kd7
50.Ke5 Ke7 51.f4 gxf4 52.Kxf4 Kf6? (52...Ke6) 53.h4 Ke6
54.Ke4 Kf6 55.Kd5 Kg6
56.Ke6 Kg7 57.h5 Kh8 58.Kf6 Kh7 59.Kf7 Kh8 60.Kg6 1-0
Frenkel Vera (2023) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1988
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Nc3 Na5 8.Bb3
Nxb3 9.axb3 c6 10.Be3 b6 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.Nd2 g6 14.f4 Bg7
15.Qf3 Qc7 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Bg5 Re6 18.Nc4 a5 19.b4 Ba6 20.bxa5 Bxc4
21.axb6 Qxb6+ 22.Be3 Qb7 23.Rxa8+ Qxa8 24.dxc4 Qa2 25.b3 Qxc2 26.Qd1
Qc3 27.Rf3 Qa5 28.Bf2 c5 29.Rd3 Re8 30.Kh2 Qa8 (30...Qc7)
31.Bxc5 Nxe4? (31...h5) 32.Nxe4 Qxe4 33.Rd8 Qc6 34.Qd5 1-0
On February 15, 1989, I drew with Eduard Gufeld (2500) in a 25-board simul
in Palo Alto, California.
Gufeld Edward - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA 1989
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6
8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Nxd7 Nbxd7 13.Nf3 O-O
14.O-O Qc7 15.Bd2 Rac8 16.c3 Bb6 17.Nd4 Rfd8 18.Rfe1 Nf8 19.Be3 a6
20.Nc2 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Qf4 22.Rad1 b5 23.Bc2 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qc7 25.a4
1/2-1/2
In March 1989, I played in LERA at Sunnyvale.
Fuentes Romulo (2158) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1989
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 e6 6.Qe2 Nb6 7.Bb3 Nf6
8.d4 Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Bc2 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Nxe4 13.Nxd7 Bxd7
14.Qxe4 f5 15.Qe2 Qe8 16.Bb3 Qg6 17.Re1 Rf6 18.Bf4 Re8 19.Qf3 Kh8
20.Re3 Rf7 21.Rae1 Bg5 22.c4 Rfe7 23.g3 c5 24.Bxg5 Qxg5 25.dxc5 Bc6
26.Qf4 Qh5 27.Bd1 Qh3 28.f3 g5 (28...Rd8) 29.Qe5+
Rg7 (29...Kg8) 30.Qf6 Bd7 31.Rd3 Kh7? (31...Ree7)
32.Bc2 (32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Ba4) g4? (32...Qh5) 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Bxf5+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Barnett David (2167), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1989
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O g6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.Re1
e5 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Qe2 a5 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Bg5 Ne8
15.Rad1 f6 16.Bc1 Qf7 17.b3 Qe6 18.Bf1 Rd8 19.Qa2 Qg4 20.Be2 Rxd1
21.Bxd1 Qe6 22.Nxb6 Ne7 23.Nc4 Bxc4 24.bxc4 f5 25.Ng5 Qf6 26.exf5 gxf5
27.Qe2 h6 28.Nf3 e4 29.Nh4 Qxc3 30.Bd2 Qd4 31.Bxa5 Nd6 32.Bb3 Nc6
33.Bc7 Qf6 34.Qh5 Ne5 35.Rd1 Ndf7 36.Nxf5 Ng5 37.g4 Nxg4 38.Qxg4 Qxf5
39.Qxf5 Rxf5 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.a5 Bd4 42.Bg3 Nh3+? (42...Bxf2+ 43.Bxf2
Nh3+) 43.Kg2 Nf4+? (43...Rf3) 44.Bxf4? (44.Kh1)
Rxf4 45.a6 Rxf2+ 46.Kg3 Rf3+ 47.Kg4 Rxb3 48.a7 Ra3 49.a8=Q Rxa8
50.Rxa8 Ke7? (50...e3) 51.Ra6 h5+ 52.Kxh5 e3
53.Ra2 Bc3 (53...Ke6) 54.Re2 Bd2 55.Kg5 Ke6
56.Kf4 Kf6 57.Rxe3! Kg6 58.Ke4 Bxe3 59.Kxe3 Kf5 60.h4 1-0
Janniro Mike (2197) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1989
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bd7 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.c3 e6 7.Ne2 c5 8.b3 Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Rc8 12.a3 Be7 13.b4 Bh4 14.Nd2 Nge7
15.Nf3 Ng6 16.Kg2 Be7 17.h4 Qd8 18.Kg3 f6 19.Bxg6+ hxg6 20.Qd3 O-O
21.h5 fxe5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qe8 (23...Qc7) 24.Nd4 (24.Qxg6)
Rc4 (24...g5) 25.Qxg6 Qxg6? (25...Rf7) 26.hxg6
Rfc8 27.f4 (27.Rh7) Rc3 28.Kf2 Be8 29.f5 exf5 30.gxf5 R8c4 31.Rh5 1-0
Wall Bill - Regan Neil (2104), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1989
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 d6
8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Qe8 10.e3 Qh5 11.Nh4 Qh6 12.e4 fxe4 13.Bd2 Qh5 14.Qxh5
Nxh5 15.Bxe4 Nf6 16.Bg2 Nd4 17.h3 Nh5 18.Bd5+ Kh8 19.Kh2 c6 20.Bh1 Be6
21.Be3 Nc2 22.Rac1 Nb4 23.a3 Nxd3 24.Rcd1? (24.Rc2)
Bxc4 25.b3 Bxb3 26.Rb1? (26.Rxd3 Bc4 27.Rfd1 Bxd3 28.Rxd3) Bc4
27.Rxb7 Nc5 28.Bxc5 Bxf1 29.Bxd6 Rxf2+ 30.Kg1 Rd2 31.Bxe5 Bxh3 32.Bxc6
Rc8 33.Bg2 Bxg2 34.Nxg2 a6 35.Rb6 Rd5 36.Bd6 a5 37.Ne3 Rd3 38.Nf5 Nf6
39.Ne7 Re8 40.Nf5 g6 41.Ne7 Nd7 42.Rc6 Rxd6 43.Rxd6 Rxe7 44.Rd5 a4
45.Rd4 Nc5 46.Rc4 Re5 47.Kf2 h5 48.Kf3 g5 0-1
On April 4, 1989 I played Eugenio Torre in a 20 board simul in
Palo Alto, California.
Torre Eugenio (2611) - Wall Bill (2070), Simul, Palo Alto, CA 1989
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Na6 8.Bg5
Nc7 9.Qd2 Rb8 (9...d5) 10.a3 a6 (10...d5) 11.Rad1 Bg4 (11...d5) 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Bxf3 e5 (13...b5) 14.Be3 Nd7 (14...Ne6) 15.Be2 Nf6 (15...Qe7)
16.f4 exf4 (16...exd4) 17.Bxf4 Re8? (17...Qe7; 17...Ne6; 17...b5)
18.Bf3 Ne6 19.Be3 Qa5? (19...c5)
20.b4 Qxa3 21.Ra1 Qb3 (21...Qxb4 22.Rfb1 Qxc4) 22.Rfb1 Qxc4
(22...Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Nxd4) 23.Be2 Nxe4 (23...Qxc3 24.Qxc3 Nxe4)
24.Nxe4 Qd5 25.Bf3 Kh8 (25...Qb5) 26.Nf6 Qf5
27.Nxe8 Rxe8 28.Rf1 Qb5 29.Rae1 Qc4 (29...d5)
30.Kh1 Kg8 31.d5 Bc3 32.Qc2 Nc7? (32...cxd5; 32...Nd4)
33.Bd2 1-0
On June 6, 1989, I beat John Donaldson in a 20-board simul in
Palo Alto, California.
Donaldson John (2570) - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA (1989.06.06) 1989
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.Nf3 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Qb3
a5 9.Bxb4 axb4 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.Rfc1 Kh8 12.a3 Na6? (12...bxa3)
13.c5 bxa3 14.Rxa3 Ne4 (14...Ra7; 14...Qe8) 15.e3 g5
(15...Bc8; 15...Ra7; 15...Nxd2) 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Ne5 Bc6? (17...Kg7)
18.Bf1 (18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qc3) Qf6 19.Qc2 Nb4 20.Qd2 Ba4? (20...Nd3)
21.Qxb4 Qxf2+ 22.Kh1 Bc2 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.c6 (24.Qxb7)
b6 25.Qe7 Rf8 26.Bh3 (26.Be2) Bd3 27.Qxg5 (27.Nd7) Be2
28.Ng6+ (28.Bg2) hxg6 29.Qh6+ Kg8 30.Bxe6+ (30.Qxg6+)
Rf7 31.Qxg6+?? (31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Qf4+) Kh8 32.Bg4
Bf3+ 33.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kg1 Qxe3+ 35.Kg2 Qd2+ 36.Kh3 Rh7+
38.Kg4 Rg7 0-1
In March 1990, I played in LERA at Sunnyvale. My rating was 2102 and
my performace rating was 2215.
Wall Bill - Watson Mark (2128), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O Rb8 8.a3
a6 9.Qc2 d6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Rab1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.b4 cxb4
15.axb4 d5 16.Qc1 Kh7 17.Nxd5 Bg4 18.Ne3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Qa3 Qd7
21.Rfe1 Nxf3+ 22.exf3 Rfd8 23.Rb3 Qb7 24.Kg2 Nc6 25.Nc2 Rd5 26.Re4 f5
27.Rh4 Qe7 28.Qa6 Rd6 29.Qa2 f4 30.Rh3 g5 31.Qb1 Kh8 32.Qe1 Qe6 33.Ra3
Rbd8 34.Qe4 Nd4 35.Nxd4 Rxd4 36.Qb7 Rxd3 37.Rxd3 Rxd3 38.Qa8+ Kh7
39.Qe4+ Qg6 40.Qe2 Qd6 41.Qe4+ Qg6 42.Qe2 Rd5 43.Be1 Kh8
44.Qa2? (44.g4) Qd3 (44...Rd1) 45.Qa6 Rd6 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qg4? (47...g4)
Qb1 48.Qxg5 Qxe1 49.Qf5+ Rg6 50.Rh4 Qxb4 51.Rg4 Qd6 52.gxf4 (52.h4)
exf4 53.Qxb5 Qe6 54.Qb1 h5 55.Rg5 Kh6 56.Rxg6+
Qxg6+ 57.Qxg6+ Kxg6 58.Kf1 Kf5 0-1
Neely Liz (2177) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2 d6
8.Bc4 Qc7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bb3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd7
14.h3 Bh5 15.Rfd1 Nc5 16.Bd5 Ne6 17.Be3 Ne7 18.Rab1 Nxd5 19.Rxd5 Rfd8
20.Bb6 Qxc3 21.Bxd8 Nf4 22.Qd2 Nxd5 23.Qxd5 Rxd8 24.Rxb7 h6 25.Ra7 Qa3
26.Kh2 Qc1 27.Qd2 Qa3 28.Qd5 Rf8 29.Nd2 Kh7 30.Qc4 Qc1 31.Qd3 Qe1
32.Qxd6 Qxf2 33.Qxf8 Qxa7 34.Qc8 Bg6 35.Qg4 Qf2 36.Nc4 Qxc2 37.Nxe5
Qc7 38.Qf4 Qd6 39.Nxg6 Qxg6 40.Qf5 h5 41.g3 Kh6 42.Qf4+ Qg5 43.h4 Qxf4
44.gxf4 Kg6 45.Kg3 Kf6 46.Kf3 Ke6 47.Ke3 Kd6 48.Kd4 g6 49.Kc4 Kc6 (49...a5)
50.a3 (50.e5) a5 (50...Kd6) 51.a4 f6 (51...Kd6)
52.e5 fxe5 53.fxe5 Kd7 54.Kd5 Ke7
55.Ke4 Ke6 56.Kf4
Kd5 57.Kg5 Kxe5 58.Kxg6 Kf4 59.Kxh5 Kf5 60.Kh6 Kf6 61.h5 Kf7 62.Kg5
Kg7 63.Kf5 Kh6 64.Ke5 Kxh5 65.Kd5 Kg6 66.Kc4 Kf6 67.Kb5 Ke6 68.Kxa5
Kd7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Lieberman Don (1991), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 O-O
8.d4 d5 9.Ne5 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Ba3 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7
14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Rd4 Ne6 17.Rh4 h6 18.Rd1 Rac8 19.Bc1 Qc7
20.Bxh6 Qxc3 21.Qf5 Qc2 22.Rd3 Rc4 23.Bf4 g6?? (23.Nxf4) 24.Qf6 1-0
Burkhard Dan (2161) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng5 e6 6.Bc4 h6 7.N5f3 Nbd7
8.Qe2 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Ngf3 a5 12.c3 Nbd5 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd2
b6 15.Rfe1 Ba6 16.c4 Bb4 17.Rac1 Bxd2 18.Qxd2 Ne7 19.g4 Nd7 20.Qf4
Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Rac8 22.Rc3 c5 23.Rh3 f6 24.Nd3 Qxf4 25.Nxf4 e5 26.dxe5
fxe5 27.Ne6 Rfe8 28.Rxe5 Ng6 29.Re1 Bb7 30.Rhe3 Nh4 31.Bd1 Ng2 32.f4
Nxe1 33.Rxe1 Kf7 34.f5 Bc6 35.b3 Bd7 36.Bf3 Bxe6 37.fxe6+ Ke7 38.Kg2
Rf8 39.Kg3 Rf6 40.Bd5 Rcf8 41.Re3 Rf1 42.Kh4 (42.h4) R1f2 43.h3 Rxa2 44.Kh5
Rf6 45.Re5 Rh2 (45...Ra3) 46.g5 (46.Re3) hxg5 47.Rxg5
g6+ (47...Rxh3+) 48.Kg4 (48.Kh4) Rhf2 (48...Rb2)
49.Re5 (49.h4) R2f4+ (49...Rf1) 50.Kg3 (50.Kg5)
R4f5 (50...Rd4) 51.Re3 (51.Re2) Rg5+ 52.Kh4 Rg1 0-1
In 1990 I won the Central Pacific Armed Forces Championship at
Mare Island, California.
Wall Bill - Cuddy Roger, Mare Island NAS, CA (1990.08.04) 1990
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.g3 c5 8.Bg2
Nc6 9.O-O Be6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.e3 a6
15.Nc3 Rab8 16.Qc2 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Rac1 d5 19.Ne2 d4 20.Qxc5 Na5
21.Qb4 Nc4 22.dxc4 d3 23.Rfd1 1-0
Remick Richard - Wall Bill, Mare Island, CA (1990.08.04) 1990
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 d6 7.Bd2 g6 8.a4
Bd7 9.b4 Bg7 10.Nce2 Ne7 11.c4 O-O 12.O-O Nbc6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Rb1 Ne5
15.Qc2 Bxa4 16.Qxa4 Nxd3 17.Qb3 Ne5 18.Rfc1 Ng4 19.Qg3 Nf6 20.c5 Nxe4
21.cxd6 Nxg3 22.Rxc7 Nxe2+ 23.Kf1 Nd4 24.Bc3 Nb5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rd7
Rad8 27.Rxb7 Rxd6 28.Rc1 Rfd8 29.Ra1 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Ke2 Nc3+
32.Ke3 Nd5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Dietz Cleveland, Mare Island NAS, CA (1990.08.04) 1990
1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 c5 3.c4 e5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.d3 Na6 7.Nf3 Nc7 8.Nc3
Rb8 9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Ne6 11.e3 Ng4 12.Nd5 f5 13.a3 Ng5 14.b4 cxb4
15.axb4 a6 16.Rac1 b5 17.cxb5 Rxb5 18.Qxc8 1-0
In November 1990, I played in LERA at Sunnyvale.
Davis William (2178) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Nf3 d5 5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Be7
8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bf6 13.Rfd1 c6
14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Ne1 c5 16.Bb5 Rd8 17.Bxd7 Rxd7 18.dxc5 Rxd1 19.Rxd1
Bxb2 20.Qxb2 bxc5 21.f3 Bg6 22.Qc3 Qb6 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Nd3 Bxd3 25.Qxd3
g6 26.Qe2 Rd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 c4 29.bxc4 Qxe3+ 30.Kf1 Qc3 31.Qa4
Qd3+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Janz Jose (1839), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 d4 5.exd4 cxd4 6.d3 e5 7.Nf3 Bb4+
8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.Be2 e4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 O-O 12.O-O Bc5 13.Nb5 exd3
14.Qf3 Nc6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qxf6 gxf6 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxf6+
Kg7 20.Nd5 Rae8? (20...Ne2+) 21.Rad1 Re2 22.Rxd3 Nc6
23.a3 f5 (23...Ra2) 24.Nf4 Ra2?? (24...Re4) 25.Ne6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Schabacker Glen (2031), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.b3 f5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 e5 8.d3 Qe8
9.O-O h6 10.Nc3 g5 11.Nd2 f4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5+ Kh8 14.exf4 gxf4
15.Kh1 c6 16.Be4 Bh3 17.Rg1 Nd7 18.Qf3 Be6 19.gxf4 Rxf4?? (19...Qe7)
20.Qxf4 exf4 21.Bxg7+ Kg8 22.Bxh6+ Kh8 23.Bg7+ Kg8 24.Be5+ 1-0
Blackmer Roy (2123) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Ba6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Qe2 Bxc3+
8.bxc3 d6 9.O-O h6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.f4 e5 12.Nf3 Nbd7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.d5
Qe7 15.Bd2 Ng4 16.Rae1 Ba6 17.h3 Ngf6 18.Kh2 Nc5 19.Bc2 Qd6 20.Nh4 Bc8
21.Rf2 Qe7 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 Rad8 24.Ref1 Rd6 25.Qf3 Nfd7 26.Be1 Rg6
27.Qe3 Nb7 28.Bd3 Nd6 29.g4 Nxf5 30.exf5 Rd6 31.Bg3 Qg5 32.Qe1 Qe7
33.Bh4 f6 34.Be4 Nc5 35.Bc2 c6 36.Bf2 cxd5 37.Bxc5 bxc5 38.cxd5 Kh8
39.c4 Ra6 40.Bb3 e4 41.Rf4 Re8 42.Qe3 Qe5 43.Kg2 Qb2+ (43...Ra3)
44.Kg3 Qe5 (44...Qd4) 45.Kf2 Qd4 (45...Ra5) 46.Ke2 Rb6? (46...Qb2+)
47.Qxd4 cxd4 48.c5 Rb5 (48...Rb4; 48...d3+) 49.c6 Rc5 (49...d3+)
50.d6 d3+ 51.Ke3 Rxc6 52.d7 Rd8 53.Rxe4 Rxd7 54.Re8+ Kh7
55.Bg8+ Kh8 56.Bf7+ Kh7
57.Bg6# 1-0
Regan Neal (2119) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 e6
8.O-O Nf6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.d4 h6 11.Rd1 O-O 12.c3 Qc7 13.Ne5 c5 14.Bf4
cxd4 15.cxd4 Nd5 16.Bg3 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Qe7 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.Bd3 Bc6 20.Bb1
Rad8 21.Qd3 f5 22.Re1 Qg5 23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.hxg3 Kf7 25.a3 g5 26.Bd3 f4
27.b4 fxg3 28.fxg3 Ke7 29.b5 Be8 30.Bg7 Rg8 31.Bxh6 Nf6 32.Re5 Rxd4
33.Bf5 Bd7 34.Bb1 Rd5 35.Rxd5 Nxd5 36.a4 Ne3 37.Rc5 Nd5 38.Rc1 b6
39.Bh7 Rh8 40.Bxg5+ Kd6 41.Be4 Rg8 42.Bh4 Rg4 43.Rc4 Ne3 44.Rd4+ Ke5
45.Rxd7 Rxe4 46.Rxa7 Ng4 47.Kf1 Rb4 48.Bd8 Ne3+ 49.Ke2 Nc4
50.Kd3 Kd5 (50...Rxa4+ 51.Rxa4 Nb2+)
51.Rd7+ (51.Kc3) Nd6 (51...Ke5) 52.Be7 Rd4+ 53.Kc3 Kc5 54.Rxd6 1-0
Wall Bill - Brauer Sam (2005), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA 1990
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Bd6 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 d4 8.Nc4
Re8 9.c3 c5 10.Qa4 a6 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Rac1 Bd7
15.Qd1 h6 16.Bd2 Bg4 17.h3 Be6 18.a3 Rac8 19.Kh2 Nd7 20.Ne1 Nc5 21.f4
f6 22.f5 Bb3 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Qg6 Ne7 25.Qh5 Ng8 26.Bb4 b6 27.Nf3 Qd7
28.Bxc5 bxc5 29.Nd2 Bf7 30.Qe2 Qb5 31.Nc4 Bxc4 32.Rxc4 Rb8 33.b4 cxb4
34.Rxb4 Qc5 35.Rfb1 Rxb4 36.Rxb4 Ne7 37.Qh5 Rf8 38.Qd1 a5 39.Rb3 Nc6
40.Qb1 Rc8 41.Bf3 a4 42.Rb6 Qxa3 43.h4 Na5 44.Rb8 Qf8 45.Rxc8 Qxc8
46.Qb5 Qc2+ 47.Kh3 Nc6 48.Bd1 Qxd1 49.Qxc6 Qb3 50.Qe8+ Qg8 51.Qxa4 g5
52.h5? (52.fxg6) g4+ 53.Kg2 Qf7 54.Qa3 Kg7 55.Kg1 Qxh5 56.Qc1 Qf7
57.Qd1 (57.Qc5) h5 58.Qe2 (58.Qc2) Qc7 59.Qd2 (59.Qd1) Qc3
60.Qe2 Qb4 (60...Qc1+) 61.Qa2 (61.Kh2) Qe1+ 62.Kh2 h4 (62...Qd1)
63.gxh4 Qxh4+ 64.Kg1 Qg3+ 65.Kh1 Qf3+ 66.Kg1 g3?? (66...Qxd3)
67.Qg8+ 1/2-1/2
In 1991 I coached and trained Jordy Mont-Reynaud, who later became
America's youngest master at 10. In 1991 he was rated around 1700.
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.e3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Nf3 Re8 9.Be2 Bf5 10.O-O Qe7 11.Re1 Rad8 12.a3 Ba5 13.Qa4 a6 14.Bxa6
Nb6 15.Qf4 Bxb1 16.Bxb7 Be4 17.Qg4 f6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.Nf5
Qd7 21.Bxf6 Rb8 22.Bxg7 Kf7 23.Nh6+ Ke7 24.Qg5+ Kd6 25.Rec1 c5 26.d4
1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 Ne3 6.Bxe3 fxe3 7.Bc4 Nc6
8.O-O d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Ne5+ Ke8 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6 Rg8
14.Ne5+ 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 e6 3.Nf3 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.d4 d5 7.Bf4 a6 8.e3
Nh5 9.Be5 f6 10.Bf4 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nd7 12.Re1 Nb6 13.Bh3 Re8 14.Re2 Nc4
15.Qe1 e5 16.Bxc8 Qxc8 17.dxe5 Qg4 18.exf6 Rxe2 19.Qxe2 Bxf6 20.Nxd5
Bxb2 21.Rb1 b5 22.Rxb2 Nxb2 23.Nf6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7
8.Qe2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Rac1 Bg4 13.Nd5 Nxd5
14.exd5 e4 15.dxc6 exf3 16.gxf3 Bh3 17.cxb7 Qxb7 18.Bd5 Qb8 19.Bxa8
Qxa8 20.Rc7 Qd8 21.Bb6 Bc8 22.Ra7 1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd5+ Kg7
8.Qxe4 Bf5 9.Qxb7 Nc6 10.Qxc6 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3
15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Qxd5 Rae8 18.Bd2 Re6 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Qg2
Qh5 21.Na3 Qe2 22.f4 Qd3 23.Re1 b4 24.Nb1 bxc3 25.Bxc3 Rb8 26.a3 Qc4
27.Nd2 Qc8 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Bxa3 30.bxa3 Qxc3 31.Qxe6+ Kf8 32.Qd6+
Kf7 33.Re7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4
Rc8 9.Be3 Nge7 10.Bd3 Ng6 11.O-O Be7 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Nb3 Rfd8 14.Nc5
Bxc5 15.bxc5 Qc7 16.Ng5 Nce7 17.Qh5 h6 18.f4 hxg5 19.fxg5 Nf5 20.Bxf5
exf5 21.Rf3 Kf8 22.Raf1 Ke7 23.Qh7 Rg8 24.Bf4 Nxf4 25.Rxf4 Kf8 26.Rh4
Be8 27.Rf3 Qa5 28.Qxf5 Qe1+ 29.Rf1 Qxh4 30.Qxc8 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 Qxe5
0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nbd2
Nf5 9.Bf4 cxd4 10.Rc1 dxc3 11.Rxc3 Bb4 12.Qxb4 Nxb4 13.Rxc7 Nxa2
14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Bxf5 exf5 16.O-O Nd3 17.Be3 Nxb2 18.Rfc1 O-O 19.R1c2 Na4
20.Ra2 b5 21.Rxa7 Rxa7 22.Bxa7 Bd7 23.Nb3 Rc8 24.Nfd4 Nc3 25.Rc2 f4
26.Bc5 Ne4 27.f3 Ng5 28.h4 Ne6 29.Kf2 g6 30.Nxe6 fxe6 31.Nd4 Kg7
32.Bb4 Rc4 33.Rxc4 bxc4 34.Ke2 Kh6 35.Be7 Kh5 36.Kd2 h6 37.Kc3 g5
38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Kd2 g4 40.Ke2 g3 41.Bb4 Kg6 42.Bd2 Kg5 43.Kd1 Ba4+
44.Kc1 Bd7 45.Ne2 Bb5 46.Bxf4+ Kh5 47.Bxg3 Kg5 48.Bf4+ Kg6 49.Nd4 Bd7
50.Kc2 Kf7 51.g4 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4
8.Nbd2 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nxg5 hxg5
14.Qxh5 f5 15.Qxg5+ Kh8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.c3 Rf6 18.Qg3 f4 19.Qf3 Rg8
20.Nb3 Rh6 21.Kh1 Bg4 0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 c5 4.c4 Nb4 5.d5 d6 6.a3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Bf5 8.Bc3
Qa6 9.Bxb4 cxb4 10.Nf3 h6 11.Nd4 Bh7 12.Be2 dxe5 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Nbd2
bxa3 15.Rxa3 Qb6 16.Rb3 Qc7 17.O-O g5 18.Qa1 Bg7 19.h3 O-O 20.Qa3 e4
21.Nh2 Qf4 22.Nb1 Be5 23.g3 Qf6 24.Rxb7 Bd6 25.Qa2 Ne5 26.Nd2 Nd3
27.b3 Nxf2 28.Rxf2 Bc5 29.Ng4 Bxf2+ 30.Nxf2 e3 31.Nfe4 Qd4 32.Nf3 Qxe4
33.Rxa7 Rxa7 34.Qxa7 Qb1+ 35.Kg2 Qb2 36.Qxe3 Ra8 37.g4 Ra1 38.Kg3 Ra2
39.Kf2 Ra3 40.Nd4 Bb1 41.c5 Ba2 42.c6 Bxb3 43.c7 Ra8 44.Nxb3 Rc8
45.Qxe7 Kg7 46.Qd8 Qf6+ 47.Qxf6+ Kxf6 48.d6 Ke6 49.Ba6 1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nf3 O-O 6.d3 Nc6 7.O-O d6
8.Bxf4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 Na5 11.Bb3 Re8 12.g4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 Bxg4
14.Qg3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bh5 16.e5 Bxf3 17.Bh6 g6 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Qxf3+
Kg8 20.Qf7+ 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qd5
8.c4 Qd6 9.Nxa7+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nb5 Nf6 12.O-O c6 13.Nc3 Bc5
14.Re1 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Ng4+ 16.Kg3 h5 17.h4 Qd6+ 18.Kh3 Nf2# 0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.O-O c6 8.e5
Ng4 9.exd6 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Qxd6 11.Kh1 Nd7 12.Ne4 Qc7 13.Qd3 b5 14.Bb3 a5
15.a3 c5 16.c4 Bb7 17.dxc5 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 O-O 19.cxb5 Nxc5 20.Qc2 Rfc8
21.Rac1 Qe7 22.Bc4 g4 23.Nd4 Qh4 24.Qf2 Qxf2 25.Rxf2 Nd3 26.Rfc2 Nxc1
27.Rxc1 Bxd4 28.exd4 Rd8 29.d5 exd5 30.Bd3 Rac8 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.h3 g3
33.Bf1 Rc1 34.Kg1 Rb1 0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.d3 e6 8.Be3
Nge7 9.O-O d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Ba2 d4 0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qd5
8.c4 Qd6 9.Nxa7+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nb5 Nf6 12.O-O c6 13.Nc3 Bc5
14.d4 exd3 15.Re1+ Kf7 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Rad8 18.Qd2 Rhe8 19.Rae1
Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Qd4 21.Rf3 Qxc4 22.Rf4 Qe6 23.h3 Kg8 24.a3 Qb3 25.Ne2 Qc2
26.Qxc2 dxc2 27.Kh2 Rd2 28.Nc1 Rd1 29.Nb3 b5 0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bb5+ Nd7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Nxe5 Bg7
8.Qxd6 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Re1 f5
8.d3 Nf6 9.Nxe5 Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nc3 Qd4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rxe7 Ng4
14.Qe2 Qd6 15.g3 f4 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.gxf4 Qxf4 18.Re8+ Kf7 19.Qe7+ Kg6
20.Qe4+ Qxe4 21.dxe4 1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4
Rc8 9.Be3 Nge7 10.Bd3 Nf5 11.O-O Nce7 12.Nbd2 Bb5 13.Qe2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3
Ng6 15.g4 Nfh4 16.Rac1 Rc6 17.b5 Rc7 18.a4 a5 19.bxa6 bxa6 20.Rxc7
Qxc7 21.Qxa6 h5 22.Qa8+ Kd7 23.gxh5 Rxh5 24.Rb1 Bb4 25.Rxb4 Qc1+
26.Nf1 Nxf3+ 27.Kg2 Ngh4+ 28.Kg3 Rg5+ 29.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 30.Kh3 Ng1# 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Mt View, CA 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 O-O
8.Qb5 d6 9.h3 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Bg3 Nd4 12.Qxe5 Qxe5 13.Bxe5 Nc2+
0-1
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O Bf5
8.Ne5 Qc7 9.f4 e6 10.g4 Bg6 11.d3 Bd6 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Nxd7
Qxd7 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bf6 Be7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Kh1 Qh4 19.Qe2 f5 20.Rg1
fxg4 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Bh5 23.Nxc5 g3 24.Qxe6+ Kf8 25.Qf5+ Ke8
26.Rae1+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Be3 Bb6 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Bg4
8.h3 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 O-O 10.g4 Qd7 11.g5 Ne8 12.Qh5 Bd4 13.g6 hxg6 14.Qxg6
Qxh3 15.Ne2 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Qxe3+ 17.Rf2 a6 18.Bxf7+ Rxf7 19.Qxf7+ Kh8
20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Rh2+ Nh7 22.Rg1 Rg8 23.Qg6 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O
O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.h3 d5 14.hxg4
dxc4 15.Bxh6 Bxg4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ f6 18.Qxc4 Rh8 19.g3 Bf3 0-1
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nc4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6
8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Be6 10.f5 Bd5 11.Qh5 h6 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.f6 Ne5 14.Qxh6
1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3
15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Bf5 17.Qxd5 Rae8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Bd2 Be4 0-1
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3
Bd7 9.Qd2 Qc8 10.Kh2 a6 11.Bh6 b5 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rfe1 Nxb3
15.axb3 h5 16.Qe3 Rh8 17.Rad1 c5 18.Kg1 Qc7 19.Rd2 b4 20.Ne2 d5 21.Nf4
d4 22.Nxh5+ Nxh5 23.Qg5 Nf4 24.Qg3 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Rxh3 26.Qg4 Rah8
27.Kf1 Rh1+ 28.Ng1 R8h2 29.Ree2 Rg2 0-1
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nge2 a6
8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 e6 10.O-O Bb4 11.Bg5 O-O 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6
14.Rxf6 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rad8 16.Raf1 Ne7 17.R1f3 Bc6 18.Rg3+ Kh8 19.Nf4
Nf5 20.Rh3 a5 21.Bxe6 Rg8 22.Bxf5 1-0
Mont-Reynaud Jordy - Wall Bill, Palo Alto, CA 1991
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.Ne2 Nxe4 7.Nxd4
Qf6 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.Qe2 f5 10.O-O Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 d5 13.Bd4 c5 14.Be5
Be6 15.Rad1 Rac8 16.d4 Nc3 17.Qd3 Nxb5 0-1
Wall Bill - Mont-Reynaud Jordy, Mt View, CA 1991
1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 d4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Qxb6 axb6 7.Na3 Na6 8.Nf3
Bd6 9.Nb5 Bb8 10.a3 Bd7 11.Nfxd4 exd4 12.Bxb7 Bxb5 13.cxb5 Ra7 14.bxa6
Ne7 15.b4 Be5 16.d3 O-O 17.Bd2 Re8 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Ba5 Nc8 20.O-O Bd6
21.e3 g6 22.exd4 cxd4 23.Rac1 Bxa3 24.Rxc8 1-0
In March 1991, I played in LERA at Sunnyvale.
Wall Bill - Schabacker Glen (2037), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA (1991.03.02) 1991
1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.Qb3
e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Qc2 h6 13.Bc1 Nc5 14.Nd2 g5
15.b4 Na6 16.Ba3 Nc7 17.b5 Rf7 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Bd6 Na6 20.c5 e4
21.Ndxe4 fxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Nb4 24.Qc4 Nxa2 25.Bg6 Be6 26.Qd3
Qc8 27.Bxf7+ Bxf7 28.Qf3 (28.f4; 28.e4) Nc3 29.Rd2 Bd5 30.Qe3 Qe8
31.Qd3 Qe6 32.f3? (32.Re1) Bc4 33.Qc2 Nxe2+ 0-1
Frenkel Vera (2035) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA (1991.03.02) 1991
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d3
Nf6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Bd2 O-O-O 13.Rb1 d5 14.Ne5 Be8
15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Rxd5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Rxb4 g5 20.Rc4
Rc5 21.Qc3 Rxc4 22.Nxc4 Rg8 23.Nd6+ Kb8 24.Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.Nxe8+ Rxe8
26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Rxf7+ Kb6 28.Rg7 Rc8 29.Rxg5 Rxc2 30.h4 Rc1+ (30...Rxa2)
31.Kh2 Rd1 (31...Rc3) 32.Re5 (32.Rg3) Rxd3 33.Rxe6+ Kc5
34.Rg6 Kd5? (34...Rd4) 35.Rb6 (35.h5) Rd4 36.Kh3 Rd3+ 37.g3
Ra3? (37...Rd2 38.h5 Rxa2) 38.h5 Rxa2 39.h6 Ra1 40.Kg4 Ke5?
(40...Rh1 41.Kg5 Rh3 42.g5 a5)
41.Kg5 Rf1 42.Rxb7 Rf5+ 43.Kg6 Rf6+ 44.Kg7 Kf5 45.Rf7 1-0
Marthinson Art (2051) - Wall Bill, LERA, Sunnyvale, CA (1991.03.02) 1991
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 e5 7.c4 d6 8.d3
Ne7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rb1 f5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 fxe4 14.dxe4 cxb4
15.Rxb4 d5 16.Ra4 d4 17.Nb1 Bg4 18.Nbd2 Kh7 19.h3 Bd7 20.Ra5 g5 21.Nh2
Qb4 22.Ra4 Qd6 23.Ndf1 Qe6 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.Ng3 Bf8 26.Nf5 Qg6 27.g4 a5
28.Rb1 Bd6 29.Nf3 Bxf5 30.exf5 Qf6 31.Qe4 Bc7 32.Ne1 h5 33.Nd3 hxg4
34.hxg4 Kh8 35.Kg2 Rh7 36.Rh1 Rxh1 37.Kxh1 Kg7 38.Nc5 Rh8+ 39.Kg1 Qh6
40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.Nxc7 d3 42.Rxa5 Qh2+ 43.Kf1 Qh1+ 44.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 45.Kg2
d2 46.Ra8+ Kf7 47.Rd8 d1=Q 48.Rxd1 Rxd1 49.c5 Rd4 50.f3 Rd2+ 51.Kg3
Rxa2 52.Ne6 Kf6 53.Nf8 Ra7 54.Ne6 Ra3 55.Nf8 Ra7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Simpson John (2037), LERA, Sunnyvale, CA (1991.03.02) 1991
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 Bd7
8.Nxd7 Qxd7 9.f4 a6 10.Be2 e5 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.d4 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd6
14.c4 O-O 15.Nc3 Bc7 16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Nxd5 Qd6 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 19.Bd3 Ne7
20.Qf3 Kg7? (20...f5) 21.Rf1 Qb6? (21...f5) 22.Kh1 (22.c5) Ng6
23.d5 (23.c5) Rae8 24.c5 Qxc5 25.Qxf6+ Kh6
26.Bxg6 Qe7 27.Bc1+ 1-0
In June 1991, I took 7th in the U.S. Air Force Championship at
Andrews AFB, Maryland. I was rated 2055.
Wall Bill - Barcarola Lou (2160), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be6 5.e3 Qd7 6.Ne2 f6 7.d4 O-O-O 8.a3
h5 9.h4 Nh6 10.b4 Nf7 11.Nd2 g6 12.Nb3 b6 13.Qd3 Bf5 14.Qa6+ Kb8 15.c4
Bd3 16.Bxd5 Qxd5 17.cxd5 Bxa6 18.dxc6 Bb5 19.Rc1 Rd6 20.d5 Rxd5 21.Nc3
Bxc6 22.Ne4 Kb7 23.O-O Rd3 24.Nc3 Bf3 25.Rc2 Be7 26.e4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4
Rxb3 28.Rfc1 Rc8 29.Kf1 Rd3 30.Ke2 Rd7 31.Rc6 Nd6 32.Nd2 Nf5 33.Nb3
Bd6 34.a4 g5 35.hxg5 fxg5 36.b5 h4 37.gxh4 gxh4 38.a5 h3
39.Rh1 (39.a6+ Kb8 40.Rh1) Rh7 40.a6+ Kb8 41.Nd2 Ne7
42.Rc3? (42.Rc2; 42.Rc4) Nd5 43.Rc4 (43.Rg3) Nf4+ 44.Kf1 Nd3
45.Bc3 (45.Ba1) Rf8 46.Ne4 h2 47.Be1 (47.Ke2) Nc5 48.Nxd6? (48.Kg2) cxd6
49.Rg4 Nd3 50.Rg2 Rfh8 51.Bd2 Rh5
52.Rg7 Rf5 53.Rg2 Rhf8 0-1
Hampel Richard (2134) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 c6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.Bh6
Nbd7 9.h4 e5 10.d5 Nc5 11.h5 Nxh5 12.Rxh5 gxh5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qg5+
Kh8 15.Qf6+ Kg8 16.Ng5 Re8 17.Bc4 Qe7? (17...b5) 18.Qh6 f6
19.dxc6+ Be6 20.Bxe6+
Nxe6 21.Nd5 Qg7 22.Nxf6+ Kh8 23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Nxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nxe6+ Rxe6
26.c7 Re8 27.O-O-O Rc8 28.Rxd6 Rxc7 29.Re6 Rc5 30.Re7+ 1-0
Richey Chester (2113) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.e5 e6 4.d4 Nc6 5.f4 Qb6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.g3 Be7 8.Bh3 Rc8
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qd3 Bf2+ 11.Kf1 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bb5 13.c4? (13.Qxb5) Rxc4
14.Kg2 Rxc115.Qb3? (15.Qd2) Be1 (15...Bg1 16.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 16.Kf3 Re1)
16.Bg4 Qf2+ (16...h5) 17.Kh3 Bf1+ 18.Kh4 Qxf4 19.Rxf1 Qxf1 (19...g5+)
20.Nd3 g5+ 21.Kh5 Qf6 (21...Nf6+ 22.Kh6 Nxg4+)
22.Be2 Qg6+ 23.Kg4 Qf5+ 24.Kh5 Nf6+ (25.Kh6 Qg6 mate) 0-1
Wall Bill - Waldowski Paul (2179), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 Re8
8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Rac1 Na6 14.a3
Rad8 15.Rfe1 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bf1 Be7 18.Ng2 Bf6 19.e3 Nb8 20.Nf4
g5 21.Ne2 Bf5 22.Bg2 Bg7 23.Nc3 h5 24.Qc2 Qe6 25.Qd1 Qg6 26.Qa4 a6
27.Qb3 Bc8 28.Na4 Nd7 29.Ba5 b6 30.Bxb6 Nxb6 31.Qxb6 Rd6 32.Nc5 f5
33.Qb3+ Kh8 34.Qc2 h4 35.Qe2 f4 36.Bxe4 Rxe4 37.Nxe4 Qxe4 38.exf4 Qxe2
39.Rxe2 Bh3 40.fxg5 hxg3 41.hxg3 Bxd4 42.Re4 (42.b4)
Bf5 43.Rxd4? (43.Rh4+; 43.Re8+) Rxd4 44.Rxc6
Rd1+ 45.Kh2 Be4 46.Rh6+ Kg7 47.g4 Rd2 (47...Rh1+)
48.Kg3? (48.Rxa6 Rxf2+ 49.Kg3 Rxb2 50.Kf4) Rxb2 (48...Rd3+)
49.Rxa6 Rb3+ 50.Kf4 Bb7 51.Rd6 Rf3+ 52.Ke5 Rxf2 53.Rd7+ Rf7
54.Rxf7+ Kxf7 55.Kf5 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Smith Brian (1813), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O e5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3
Bf5 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.h3 Be6 11.e4 Qd7 12.Kh2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Rad8 14.Qf3 c4
15.Nf1 Bc5 16.Bg5 Bg4 17.hxg4 Nxg4+ 18.Kg1 Bxf2+ 19.Kh1 Bxe1 20.Bxd8
Bxg3 21.Qxg3 Rxd8 22.Nf5 h5 23.Bf3 Qd3 24.N1e3 g6 25.Rd1 Nxe3 26.Rxd3
Rxd3 27.Nxe3 Rxe3 28.Qf2 Rd3 29.Be2 Rd2 30.Qf1 Rxb2 (30...b5)
31.Bxc4 Nd8 32.Qf6 Rd2 33.Qxg6+ 1-0
Langreck Ted (1989) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.e3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5
8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6
14.Bd3 Qd5 15.Be3 Rad8 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Bc4 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qh5 19.Ne5 Bxe5
20.Qxh5? (20.dxe5) Nxh5 21.dxe5 Rxd3 0-1
Wall Bill - McCalmont John (2140), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Bf5 7.d4 h6
8.Nc3 e6 9.a3 Rc8 10.Be3 Bd6 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.f4 Ne7 14.Qd2
Qd7 15.Nf3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Ne5 Qb5 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Ng4 h5 20.Nf2
f5 21.Nh3 Nd5 22.Ng5 Qd7 23.Bf2 g6 24.e3 Kg7 25.Kg2 Kf6 26.h3 Rxc1
27.Rxc1 Rc8 28.g4 Rxc1 29.Qxc1 Qc7 30.Qxc7 Nxc7 31.Bh4 Kg7 32.Kf2 Kf8
33.Nh7+ Kg7 34.Ng5 hxg4 35.hxg4 Kf8 36.Nh7+ Kg7 37.Ng5 Kf8 38.Nh7+
1/2-1/2
Lankey Brian (2189)- Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.O-O d6 7.c3 Be7 8.Qe2
O-O 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.e4 Nbd7 11.e5 Ne8 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.Bf4 f5
14.exf6 gxf6?! (14...Bxf6; 14...Nexf6)
15.Rad1 Qc8 16.Bc4 e5 (16...Ng7) 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Nh4 Nb8
19.Ng3 Ba6? (19...Rg8) 20.Bxg7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Moore Bobby (2272), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 e5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.O-O f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 O-O 11.Rb1 Ne7 12.Nxf6+ Rxf6 13.b4 g5 14.Qb3 Ng6
15.Nd2 h5 16.c5+ Kg7 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Rfc1 h4 19.Qd5 hxg3 20.hxg3 Ne7
21.Qa5 b6 22.Qa3 d5 23.Nc4 e4 24.dxe4 fxe4 25.Qe3 dxc4 26.Qxg5+ Ng6
27.Bxe4 Be6 28.Rd1 Qh8 29.Bxg6? (29.Bxa8 Qxa8 30.Rd4)
Rxg6 30.Qe7+ Bf7 31.Qe5+ (31.Rd7) Kg8 32.Qc7? (32.Qxh8+ Kxh8 33.e4) Qh5
33.Rd8+ Rxd8 34.Qxd8+ Kh7 35.Qe7 Rh6 36.Qe4+ Kg8 37.Qa8+ Kg7 38.Rb2
Qe5 0-1
Echure Sam (1998) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.d3 Nf6 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.Nf1 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Qb6 12.h3 Na5 13.Bc2 Bc6 14.Be3 Qc7
15.Rc1 c4 16.b4 cxd3 17.Bxd3 Nc4 18.Bg5 Nb2 19.Qc2 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qb7
21.Ng3 Rac8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Qf3 h6 24.Bd2 Rc7 25.e5 dxe5 26.Qxb7 Rxb7
27.Rxe5 e6 28.Ree1 Nd5 29.Nb3 Rc7 30.Nc5 Bc8 31.Nge4 Rd8 32.Rcd1 f5
33.Ng3 Nxc3 34.Bxc3 Rxd1 35.Rxd1 Bxc3 36.a3 a5 37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.Nd3 a4
39.Ne2 Bf6 40.Rd6 Rc2 41.Nd4 Ra2 42.Nxb5 Ra1+ 43.Kh2 e5 44.Nc5 e4
45.Rd2 Be5+ 46.g3 f4 47.Nxe4 fxg3+ 48.fxg3 Ke7 49.Nc5 h5 50.Re2 Kf6
51.Kg2 Bf5 52.Nxa4 Bd3 53.Rf2+ Kg7 54.Nac3 Bxc3 55.Nxc3 Rxa3 56.Nd1
Be4+ 57.Kh2 Rd3 (57...Bf3) 58.Rf4 Rd2+ 59.Nf2 Bc6 (59...g5; 59...Bb7)
60.h4 g5 (60...Rc2; 60...Re2) 61.hxg5 Kg6 62.Kh3 (62.Rf6+)
Kxg5 63.Ne4+ Bxe4 64.Rxe4 Rd5 (64...Kf6) 65.Rc4 Rd1
66.Rc5+ Kg6 67.b5 Rb1 68.Rc6+ (68...Rd5) Kf5 69.b6 Rh1+ (69...Kg5)
70.Kg2 Rb1 71.Kf3 Rb3+ 72.Kg2 Rb2+ 73.Kf1 Kg4 74.Rg6+
Kf5 75.Rd6 Kg4 1/2-1/2
Viray Pedro (1828) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1991
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7
8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Rb8 10.Rb1 b6 11.e4 Ndb4 12.Re1 Nd3 13.Re3 Nxb2 14.Rxb2
Nd4 15.h4 Ba6 16.d3 Qc7 17.Ne1 Rfd8 18.Qh5 Bf6 19.Rd2 Nxb3 20.Rc2 g6
21.Qh6 Bd4 22.axb3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Qe5 24.Ne2 Bb5 1/2-1/2
In July 1991, I took 2nd at the Central Pacific Armed Forces
Chess Championship at Skaggs Island, California.
Wall Bill - Greene Roy, Skaggs Island, CA (1991.07.27) 1991
1.Nf3 Nc6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.c3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Ng4 8.b4
d4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.b5 Ne7 11.Ne4 Nf5 12.a4 b6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.h3 Nge3
15.fxe3 Nxe3 16.Bxe3 dxe3 17.Nd4 Rb8 18.Nc6 1-0
Barcena Orlando - Wall Bill, Skaggs Island, CA (1991.07.27) 1991
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nxe5
8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.O-O Ngf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Ne5 O-O
14.Qd3 Rc8 15.Rac1 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.f4 Qb4 19.b3 Rc6
20.Ne2 Rfc8 21.g3 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23.Nxc1 Qc5+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Anchondo Francisco (2080), Skaggs Island, CA (1991.07.27) 1991
1.c4 e5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Nb4 8.d4
exd4 9.exd4 Bxd4 10.a3 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 Ng4+ 12.Ke1 Re8+
13.Nce2? (13.Nge2 Ne3 14.Qd2 Nbc2+ 15.Kf2) Ne3
14.Qd2 Nbc2+ 15.Kf2 Ng4+ 16.Kf1 Nce3+ 17.Ke1 Nxg2+ 0-1
In October, 1991 I was assigned to Kelly AFB in San Antonio. I played
in the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Championship.
McClean Robert - Wall Bill, UTSA Ch, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.d4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2
Qa5 9.Bd2 Qh5 10.Rfe1 Nb6 11.b3 Bg4 12.Bg5 Bf5 13.e4 Bg4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6
15.e5 Bg7 16.Qe4 f5 17.Qd3 f4 18.Nd2 dxe5 19.dxe5 f3 20.Bh1 Rad8
21.Qc2 Bxe5 22.Rad1 Bd4 23.Rxe7 Qc5 24.Rxb7 Bxf2+ 25.Kf1 Bh3+ 0-1
Smith Raymond (1864) - Wall Bill, UTSA Ch, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Na6 7.a3 c6 8.e4
Nc7 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Bf4 Ne6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Rad8 14.b4 Qc7
15.Rb1 a6 16.d5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bxc3 18.dxe6 Bxe1 19.Bh6 fxe6 20.Bxf8
Rxf8 21.Rb3 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 e5 23.Kg2 d5 24.Rc3 Qb6 25.Bxd5+ cxd5
26.Qxd5+ e6 27.Qc5 Qd8 28.Rd3 Qf6 29.Qg1 e4 30.Re3 Rd8 31.Qe1 Qb2
32.Qe2 Qc1 33.Qc4 Qxe3 34.Qxe6+ Kg7 35.Qe7+ Kg8 (35...Kh6)
36.Qxd8+ Kf7 37.Qd5+ Kg7 (37...Kf6) 38.Qe5+ Kh6 39.Qf4+ (39.Qf6)
Qxf4 40.gxf4 Kh5? (40...Kg7) 41.c4! Kh4 (41...g5) 42.b5 axb5 43.cxb5
e3 44.a4 e2 45.Kf2 Kxh3 46.a5 1-0
Wall Bill - Wilson Marvin (1864), UTSA Ch, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 Qe7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.O-O O-O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.Qf5+ Nd7 13.Nc3 f6
14.Qg4 Bd6 15.Ne2 Kb7 16.c4 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rac1 Rhe8
20.Qa4 h5 21.Rc6 h4 22.Rf4 Qa1+ 23.Rf1 Qe5 24.Qa6+ Kb8 25.Qb5+ Ka8
26.Qa4 Rb8 27.Ra6 Rb7 28.Rf4 g5 29.Rg4 Rg8 30.Qc6 Kb8 31.Rga4 Qh2+
32.Kf2 Bg3+ 33.Kf3 f5 34.Qxd5 g4+ 35.hxg4 fxg4+ 36.Rxg4 Rf8+ 37.Nf4
Bxf4? (37...Qg1) 38.exf4? (38.Rf6!) Qh1 39.Rf6 (39.Ke2) Qf1+
40.Ke4 Rb4+ (40...Qe2+) 41.Kf5 Rxf6+ (41...Rc8) 42.Kxf6 Rxf4+
43.Kg5 Rxg4+ 44.Kxg4 Qf2 45.d4 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - LaCava Frank (1812), UTSA Ch, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Nf3 Bg4
8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Bc4 Rf8 10.Nxh7 Re8 11.h3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Rxe6 13.Ng5 Rd6
14.Nf3 exf4 15.Bxf4 Rd7 16.Nd5 Ng8 17.O-O-O Na6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5
Ke8 20.Nf6+ Nxf6 21.Bxf6 Nc5 22.Rd5 Rxd5 23.exd5 Nd7 24.Re1+ Kf8
25.Be7+ Kg7 26.c4 Re8 27.Kd2 f6 28.Re3 Ne5 29.Rxe5 fxe5 30.Bh4 Rf8
31.c5? (31.Kd3) Rf4 32.Bg3 Rd4+ 33.Ke3 Rxd5
34.b4? (34.Ke4 Rxc5 35.Bxe5+) Kf6 35.Bh4+ g5 36.Bf2 (36.Be1) c6
37.Be1? (37.Ke2) Rd1 38.Bc3 Rc1 39.Kd3 Rg1 0-1
Irvin Jimmy - Wall Bill, UTSA Ch, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bd3
Nc6 9.Be3 Nb4 10.c5 dxc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.O-O Nc4 13.Bc1 cxd4 14.Ne4 d3
15.Bb3 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Qd4+ 17.Nf2 Rad8 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Bd2 Nc2 20.b3 Qa6
21.Rc1 Qxa2 22.Nxd3? (22.Rxd3) Nd4 23.Rf2 Qxb3 24.Bc3 (24.Qf1) Qxd1+
25.Rxd1 Nf5 26.Nb2
Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Rd8 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Bxd2 e6 0-1
In November 1991, I played in the San Antonio Fall Open and won top
expert and took 2nd-4th place. My performace rating was over 2200.
Wilson Marvin (1872) - Wall Bill, San Antonio Open, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.O-O b5 7.Bd3 O-O 8.a3
Qc7 9.Bg5 e5 10.d5 a6 11.dxc6 Qxc6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bd8 14.Qd2 Be6
15.Qh6 Bxd5 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Rfe1 Ra7 18.Rad1 Qc5 19.h4 f5 20.b4 Qc3
21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5 e4 23.Bf1 Rd7 24.Qf4 d5 25.h5 Qf6 26.hxg6 hxg6
27.f3 g5 28.Qg3 Rh7 29.Rxd5 Qb6+ 30.Rc5 Qh6 31.fxe4 Qh1+ 32.Kf2 fxe4+
33.Ke3 Qg1+ 34.Ke2 Nd7 35.Rxg5+ Kh8 36.Rg4 Qd4 37.Rh4 Qc4+
38.Kd2? (38.Kd1) e3+ 39.Rxe3 Qxh4 40.Bd3 Qxg3 41.Rxg3 Rh2 0-1
Smith Andrew (2159) - Wall Bill, San Antonio Open, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.e4 d6 2.f4 g6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bb3 b4 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.d3
Qb6 9.Ng3 O-O 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Ng5 Nc5 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.e5
dxe5 15.h3 Qe3 16.hxg4 (16.N3e4) Qxg3+ 17.Qf2 Qxf2+ 18.Kxf2 h6
19.Nxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.fxe5 Bxg4 (21...Bxe5)
22.Rae1 Ke6 23.Re4 Rf8+ 24.Ke3 h5 25.Rc4
Kxe5 26.d4+ Kd5 27.Rxb4 Bh6+ 28.Kd3 Rf2 29.c4+ Kd6 30.Rb7 a5 31.Kc3
Rxg2 32.b3 0-1
Wall Bill - Anderson Selby (2230), San Antonio Open, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 Nd7 4.g3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3
f5 9.e3 c6 10.Rc1 Nf6 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 a6 13.b4 Be6 14.h3 Kh8 15.Qe2 b5
16.Rfd1 d5 17.cxd5 Nexd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.a3 a5 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Nb1 Bb3
22.Rxc6 Bxd1 23.Qxd1 b4 24.Rc5 Qb6 25.a4 (25.Qb3) Rfc8 26.Rb5 Qd6
27.Qb3 Rab8 28.Bf1 (28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Nd2) Rxb5 29.Bxb5 Nd5 30.Kg2 h5
31.Bc4 Ne7 32.Nd2 Nc6 33.Ba6? (33.d5) Na5 0-1
Wall Bill - Wren Greg (1831), San Antonio Open, San Antonio, TX 1991
1.Nf3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nbd2 Nc6 4.c4 d4 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3
a5 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Qb3 Bd6 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.Nge4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.f4 Bg4
15.Qc2 f5 16.Ng5 Qd6 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Nf7+ Rxf7 19.Bxf7 Qf6 20.Bd5 h5
21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.fxe5 Bh3 23.Rf2 g5 24.Qd2 f4 25.Qxa5 fxg3 26.hxg3 b5
27.Kh2 Bd7 28.Qd2 bxc4 29.dxc4 Qxc4 30.Qd3 Qe6 31.Qf3 g4? (31...Kg7)
32.Qf7 Qxe5? (32...h4) 33.Bf4 Qf5 34.Qxe7 Qxb1 35.Be5+ 1-0
In March 1992, I played in the Gannon Memorial in San Antonio and took
7th place.
Wall Bill - Trogdon Tim (1887), Gannon Memorial, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.f4 b5 2.e4 a6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Bc2 e6 8.Qe1
Qc7 9.d3 Nf6 10.Qg3 Ne7 11.a4 c4 12.e5 Nf5 13.Qe1 Nd5 14.axb5 dxe5
15.fxe5 cxd3 16.Bxd3 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Nfe3 18.Bxe3 Nxe3 19.Rf2 Rd8 20.Rd2
Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qxe5 (21...a5) 22.bxa6 Qg5? (22...Qf6)
23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.hxg3 Ke7 25.Be4 Ba7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Na3 f5 28.Bb7 Rd2
29.Nb5 Bb8 30.f4 Rxb2 31.a7 (31.Nd4) Bxa7
32.Rxa7 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 Rb2+ 34.Kg1 Kf6 35.Nd4 g5? (35...Rb1+)
36.fxg5+ Kxg5 37.Bf3 Rb1+ 38.Kf2 Ng4+ 39.Bxg4 fxg4 40.Nxe6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Noland Shawn (1718), Gannon Memorial, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nbd7 8.d4
Re8 9.Nc3 Bf8 10.Qc2 g6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Bg7 14.Ngxe4
Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.d5 Bxb2 18.d6 Qd8 19.Qxb2 Bd7 20.Qd2
h5 21.c5 b6 22.b4 e5 23.Rfe1 f5 24.Qh6 Qf6 25.b5 e4 26.bxc6 Bxc6 27.d7
Re6 28.Bf1 b5 29.Qf4 Rd8 30.Qc7 Qe7 31.Qxa7 Rxd7 32.Qb8+ Qf8 33.Qb6
Rb7 34.Qd8 Qxd8 35.Rxd8+ Kg7 36.Rc1 g5 37.Be2 h4 38.Bd1 Rd7 39.Rxd7+
Bxd7 40.Bb3 Rf6 41.Rd1 Be6 42.Kf1 hxg3 43.hxg3 Bxb3 44.axb3
f4 (44...Ra6) 45.gxf4 gxf4 46.Rd7+ Kf8 (46...Kg6)
47.Rb7 (47.Rd4 Re6 48.f3) f3 (47...Ra6) 48.Rxb5 Ra6
49.Kg1? (49.Ke1) Rg6+? (49...Ra1+ 50.Kh2 e3) 50.Kf1 Ra6 51.Ke1
Ra2 52.c6 (52.Rb4) Rc2? (52...Re2+ 53.Kd1 Ke7) 53.Rf5+ (53.Re5)
Kg7 54.Rf4 Rxc6 55.Rxe4 Rc1+? (55...Kg6; 55...Kh6) 56.Kd2 Rb1 57.Rb4
Rh1 (57...Kf6) 58.Rf4 1-0
Irvin Jimmy (1588) - Wall Bill, Gannon Memorial, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6
8.f3 O-O 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.h4 b5 11.Bh6 Qa5 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7
14.Be2 d6 15.h5 Be6 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Qh6+ Kg8 18.Nd4 Bf7 19.Nd5 Bxd5
20.exd5 Rfc8 21.Rd2 Nf7 22.Ne6 Nxh6 23.Nxc7 Rxc7 24.Rxh6 Rc5 25.c4 (25.f4)
Rac8 (25...bxc4) 26.Kb1? (26.b4) bxc4 27.Rc2 (27.Rh4)
Nh5 (27...Nxd5) 28.g4? (28.Rd2) Kg7 29.g5? (29.Rxh5) Rxd5 30.f4 Nxf4 31.Rh4
Nxe2 32.Rxe2 Rc7 33.Reh2 Rxg5 34.Rxh7+ Kf6 35.Rf2+ Rf5 36.Re2 Rb7
0-1
Wall Bill - Cummins Thomas (1823), Gannon Memorial, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 d5 2.b4 e6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Bb2 c5 5.bxc5 Bxc5 6.e3 Nc6 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bd3
O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.O-O Bc7 11.c4 e5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb5 e4 14.Ne5 Nxe5
15.Bxe8 Nd3 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Nxe4 Nxb2 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Rab1 Nc4 20.Rb5
Nf6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Rc5 Nd2 23.Rxc7 Nxf1 24.Kxf1 Qa6+ 25.Kg1 Be6
26.Qg5 Bf7 27.Qe7 Rf8 28.Rxb7 Qd3 29.h3 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 a6 31.Rd7 Qa4
32.e4 Qb5 33.d5 Qb8+? (33...Qb6) 34.e5 h6 35.f4 Qe8? (35...Qb2)
36.e6 Qxe7 37.Rxe7 Bg6 38.d6 Rxf4? (38...Rd8) 39.d7 Rf8 40.Rxg7+ Kxg7
41.e7 Rf6 42.e8=Q Bxe8 43.dxe8=Q 1-0
Coburn Don (1982) - Wall Bill, Gannon Memorial, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.f4 b5 2.e3 Bb7 3.Nf3 a6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3
c5 9.Ne5 Nd5 10.Qc1 f5 11.e4 fxe4 12.dxe4 Nf6 13.Nd2 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4
15.Bg4 Bf5 16.Bf3 Ra7 17.Qe3 Kh8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Nxg6+ hxg6 20.Qxe7
Bxb2 21.Qxf8+ Kh7 22.Rfe1 Be6 23.f5 gxf5 24.Bd5 Bg7 25.Qe7 Nc6 26.Qh4+
Kg8 27.Bxe6+ dxe6 28.Rxe6 Qc8? (28...Ra8) 29.Rde1 Bd4+ (29...Kf8)
30.Kh1 Ra8? (30...Ne5) 31.Qg5+ Bg7 32.Qg6 1-0
In April 1992, I played in the UTSA Open in San Antonio and took
4th place. My rating was 2031. I had a 2200 performace rating.
Wall Bill - Curtin Eugene (2409), UTSA Open, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Bc5 7.e3 d5
8.Bg2 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Na4 Be7 13.Qd2 Ba6
14.Rfe1 Bb5 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.exd4 Bxc3 19.bxc3
Rab8 20.Rb1 Ba4 21.Rec1 Rxb1 22.Rxb1 Bxc2 23.Rb7 a5 24.f4 Rc8 25.Bf1
c5 26.Rb2 Ba4 27.Ba6 Ra8 28.Bd3 cxd4 29.cxd4 g6 30.h4 Bd1 31.Kf2 Kg7
32.Ke1 Bg4 33.Kd2 Kf6 34.Rb7 Bf5 35.Be2 h5 36.Bd1 (36.a4) Be4
37.Ba4 (37.Rb5) Rc8 38.Rb5? (38.Bb3) Rc4 39.Rxa5 Rxd4+
40.Ke2 (40.Kc1) Rd3 41.Be8 Rxg3 42.Ra7 Kf5 43.Rxf7+
Kg4 44.Rf6 Bf5 45.Bxg6 Kxf4 46.Bxh5 Rg2+ 47.Ke1 Rxa2 48.Be2 Ke3 0-1
Naiser David (2151) - Wall Bill, UTSA Open, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c6 7.O-O b5 8.e5
Ne8 9.Qe1 e6 10.Be3 Na6 11.Bf2 Nb4 12.Rd1 Nxd3 13.Rxd3 b4 14.Ne4 Ba6
15.Bh4 Qc7 16.Nf6+? (16.Qxb4) Bxf6 17.exf6 Bxd3
18.cxd3 h6 (18...Qa5) 19.Bg5? (19.Qxb4) hxg5 20.fxg5 c5 (20...Qa5)
21.Qh4 cxd4 (21...Qa5) 22.Ne1 Qc5 23.Qh6? (23.g4) Qc1 24.Nf3 Qe3+
25.Kh1 Rc8 (25...Qxd3) 26.h3 Rc2 (or 26...Nxf6) 0-1
Wall Bill - Root Alexey (2214), UTSA Open, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O
Bd6 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.e3 Be8 12.a3 Bh5 13.Qa4 Ne4 14.Rc2 g5
15.Qb5 a6 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qa2 Nc4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Ne1 Be2 20.Ba5 Nxa5
21.Rxe2 g4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe6+ Kh8 24.Qxe4 Qg5 25.Rc2 Nc6 26.Nd3
Rae8 27.Qg2 Qf5 28.Rc3 Nd8 29.Nc5 Re7 30.e4 Qh5
31.e5? (31.Nb3) Bxc5 32.Rxc5 Ne6 33.Rd5 Ng5 34.Rc5? (34.Rd6; 34.Kh1)
Nf3+ 35.Kh1 Nxd4 36.f4 (36.Qe4) gxf3 37.Qf2 Ne6 (37...Ne2)
38.Rc3 Qxe5 39.Re1? (39.Re3) Qh5 (39...Qd5) 40.Rce3 Rf6 41.Re5 Qh3
42.R5e3 Ref7 43.Re4 Qg2+ (43...Nc5) 44.Qxg2
fxg2+ 45.Kxg2 Rf2+ 46.Kg1 Ng5 47.Re8+ (47.R4e2) Kg7 0-1
Leinbach David (2030) - Wall Bill, UTSA Open, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.cxd4 Bb4+
8.Bd2 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Bxb4 Ncxb4 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 d6 13.Rc1 Nce7
14.Ne4 dxe5 15.dxe5 Nf5 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Qe7 18.Nd6 Rb8 19.Rc2 Qg5
20.f4 Qh6 21.Bc4 Ne7 22.Rf3 Nf5 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.Rh3 Qg6 25.Rg3 Qh6
26.Be2 g6 27.Rh3 Qg7 28.Rc7 Be6 29.Rxa7 Rfd8 30.Qb4 Rdc8 31.Rc3 Rxc3
32.Qxc3 Qh6 33.Qf3 Qf8 34.Qe3 Qd8 35.Bf3 Bd5
36.Bxd5 (36.h3) Qxd5 37.Rc7? (37.h3) Qd1+
38.Kf2 Rd8 39.Rc3?? (39.Qe1) Rd2+ 40.Kg3 Qg4# 0-1
In June 1992, I won the Kelly AFB Championship in San Antonio.
Rubio Rudy - Wall Bill, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e3
b6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.e4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 e5 12.d5 Nc5 13.O-O g5 14.Bxg5 hxg5
15.Nxg5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Qxg5 17.g3 Kg7 18.f4 Qh6 19.fxe5 Qe3+ 20.Qf2
Qxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Nxd3 0-1
Wall Bill - Mesante, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 d5 3.Bb2 Nbd7 4.e3 e6 5.a3 Nb6 6.d3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.O-O
O-O 9.Nbd2 Na4 10.Be5 Nh5 11.Bxg7 Nxg7 12.c4 Nc3 13.Qe1 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2
d4 15.Nxd4 e5 16.N4f3 Qd6 17.Ne4 Qe6 18.Qb2 f6 19.h3 b6 20.c5 Bb7
21.Ned2 Rad8 22.d4 Nf5 23.dxe5 Rxd2 24.Qxd2 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qxe5 26.Rad1
Nh4 27.Qd5+ Kg7 28.Qxe5 fxe5 29.Rd7+ Kh6 30.Rxc7 Rxf3 31.c6 Rxh3
32.Rf7 Nf5 33.Rxf5 gxf5 34.c7 1-0
Wall Bill - Eberhard Bruce, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 e6 3.a3 c5 4.b5 b6 5.c4 d5 6.e3 Bb7 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.Be2
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.Nc3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.O-O O-O 13.h3 Nd5 14.Qc2
Qh4 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Qf5 Rfe8 17.Rab1 Re6 18.Ne2 Bxb2 19.Rxb2 d4 20.Nf4
Rf6 21.Qd7 Be4 22.d3 Bf5 23.Qd5 Re8 24.Qf3 Bxd3 25.Rd1 Be4 26.Qe2 d3
27.Nxd3 Bf3 28.gxf3 Qxh3 29.Nf4 Qh4 30.Qf1 Rh6 31.Qg2 Qf6 32.Rbd2 Rh4
33.Rd6 Qb2 34.Rd8 Rf8 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Qg5 1-0
Fragoszo - Wall Bill, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nd5 Nxd5
8.exd5 Nd4 9.Bxd4 Bxd4 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Rb1 O-O 12.a3 a5 13.h3 Bd7 14.g4
e6 15.h4 exd5 16.h5 Re8+ 17.Be2 Bxg4 18.hxg6 Bxf3 19.gxh7+ Kh8 20.Kf1
Bxh1 0-1
In July 1992, I took 8th in the US Air Force Championship at
Andrews AFB, Maryland.
Wall Bill - Barcarola Lou (2124), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 b6 7.c4 e6 8.Qc2
c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.a3 a5 12.Re1 Bb7 13.b3 Re8 14.Bb2 Rc8
15.Bh3 Rc7 16.Rbc1 Rce7 17.e3 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qb2+ Kg8 20.d4 cxd4
21.Nxd4 Nce5 22.Bf1 Nc5 23.Qb1 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.Bb5 Nd3 26.Bxd3
exd3 27.Qxd3 Qd5 28.f3 1/2-1/2
Wilson Marvin (1878) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Qb8 7.Bd3 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd2 Qe5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.c3 Bb7 14.O-O
O-O 15.Nc2 Qc5 16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Ncd4 Ng4 18.h3 Ne5 19.Bc2 Nc4 20.Qc1 Nd6
21.f3 Qh5 22.Bd3 Rac8 23.Qe3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Rad1 d5
26.Nf4? (26.exd5) Qg5 27.b3 Rcc8 28.Nde2 dxe4 29.fxe4 Qe5
30.Qg3 Bxe4 31.Nh5? (31.Rd4) Qxh5 32.Rxf6 Qxe2 0-1
Wall Bill - McCalmont John (2188), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bg5 Qb6 8.Qb3
Qxb3 9.axb3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Bd7 12.Rc1 Bc6 13.Nc3 a6 14.Na4
h6 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Bc7 Bb4 17.e3 Rc8 18.Bb6 Ke7 19.Bc5+ Nxc5 20.Nxc5 Kd6
21.Nd3 a5 22.Bf1 f6 23.Be2 Ra8 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.Bg4 h5 26.Be2 Bd6 27.h4
b6 28.Rc2 g5 29.Rac1 Rac8 30.Ne1 Bb7 31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.Bb5+ Kd8 33.Rc6
Bc7 34.Rc2 Bd7 35.Bd3 Bd6 36.Nf3 g4 37.Nd2 Ke7 38.Nb1 Rg8 39.Na3 f5
40.Nb5 Bb8 41.Ke2 Rc8 42.Nc3 (42.Rc3) Bd6 43.Bxf5? (43.Kd2; 43.Na4)
exf5 44.Nxd5+ Ke6 45.Rxc8
Bxc8 46.Nxb6 Ba6+ 47.Kd1 Bb4 48.Nc4 Kd5 49.Ne5 Ke4 50.Nc6 Kf3 0-1
Waldowski Paul (2137) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O Be7
8.Bc4 O-O 9.a3 a6 10.b4 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Re1
g6 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.f3 Nd7 17.Nd1 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Qf6 19.c3 Ne5 20.Be2 Rad8
21.f4 Nd7 22.Bf3 Qh4 23.g3 Qh6 24.Rac1 Ne5 25.Bd1 d5 26.Qe3 Nc4
27.Nxc4 Rxe4 28.Qf2 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 dxc4 30.Bg4 Qf8 31.Rd1 Re8 32.Qd2
Qe7 33.Bh3 Bf3 (33...Qe4) 34.Rf1 Rd8 35.Qc1 Qe2 (35...Rd3)
36.Re1 Qa2 37.Qe3 Bc6 38.Qc5 Qd2 39.Rf1 Rd6 40.f5 Qe2 (40...Qxc3)
41.fxg6 Qe4? (41...hxg6) 42.gxf7+ Kf8 43.Qg5 Qh1+ 44.Kf2 Qf3+
45.Kg1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2
Echure Sam (2116) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O e6
8.Be3 Nf6 9.Rc1 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.f4 b5 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.a3 Rac8 14.Qe1
Rfe8 15.Qg3 Bf8 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Nd8 20.Ne4
Bxe4 21.Bxe4 g6 22.Rcd1 Qc7 23.Bd3 Bg7 24.Rde1 Nc6 25.a4 bxa4 26.Nd2
Bxe5 27.Bxa6 Bxf4 28.Rxf4 Rb8 29.Ne4 Qa5 (29...Rxb2) 30.Bd3 Nce5
31.Ref1 Re7 (31...Rxb2) 32.Ng5 Rf8? (32...Rxb2 33.Nxh7 Nxd3 or
33...a3) 33.Nxh7 Nxd3 34.cxd3 Kxh7? (34...Rfe8)
35.Qh4+ Kg8 36.Qxe7 Ne5 37.Rh4 (37.Qg5!) Nxd3? (37...Qd8) 38.Qf6 1-0
Wall Bill - Moore Bobby (2232), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bh4 g5 4.f3 gxh4 5.fxe4 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Rg8
8.e5 Nc6 9.Qe4 Qa5 10.Nf3 Qb4 11.Qxb4 Nxb4 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Nd5 Kd8
14.Kb1 Bg7 15.e6 fxe6 16.Nf4 Kc7 17.Nxh4 b6 18.g3 Bb7 19.Bg2 Be5 20.e3
Raf8 21.a3 Bd6 22.Rd2 Ne5 23.Bxb7 Kxb7 24.Rhd1 Ng4 25.Re2 e5 26.Nd5
Nf2 27.Rdd2 Ne4 28.Rd1 (28.Nxe7 Nxd2+ 29.Rxd2 Bxe7 30/Rxd7+)
Kc6 29.Rd3 Rf1+ 30.Ka2 Rgf8 31.Nc3 Nc5 32.Rdd2
a5 33.e4 b5 34.Nd5 (34.Rd1; 34.Nf5) e6 35.Ne3 Rh1
36.Ng4?? (36.Rd1) Rff1 0-1
Wall Bill - Smith Brian, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.e3 Bg4 6.h3 Be6 7.Bd3 Nd7
8.Nbd2 c5 9.c3 c4 10.Bc2 f5 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 b5 13.a4 a6 14.axb5 axb5
15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.b3 Nf6 19.Qb1 Qa5 20.b4 Qa3
21.Qa1 Ra8 22.Qxa3 Rxa3 23.Nb1 Ra2 24.Rc1 Nd7 25.f3 Nb6
26.e4? (26.f4) Bf4 0-1
Garcia Mac (1983) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 b6 8.O-O
Bb7 9.Qc2 d5 10.Rac1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Be5 g4 14.Ne1 Nxe5
15.dxe5 Nc5 16.Be2 Qe8 17.b4 Nd7 18.f4 gxf3 19.Ndxf3 c5 20.Qd2 Kh7
21.Bb5 Rd8 22.Nd3 Qf7 23.Nf4 Rg8 24.Bd3 Nf8 25.b5 Rg7
26.Qe2 Nd7? (26...Ng6) 27.Nd4 cxd4 28.Nxe6 Rxg2+? (28...Qxe6)
29.Kxg2 Rg8+ 30.Kh1 dxe3 31.Nd4 (31.Rxf5) Nxe5 32.Rxf5 1-0
Wilson Elvin (2216) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1992
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Nf3 Bd6
8.O-O-O Nd7 9.Bxf6+ gxf6 10.a3 Rg8 11.g3 Bc5 12.Rd2 Ke8 13.Nd5 Rc8
14.b4 Bg4 15.Bg2 c6 16.Nc3 Bb6 17.h3 Be6 1/2-1/2
In September 1992, I played in the Southwest Open (SWO) in San Antonio.
Garcia Gabriel - Wall Bill, SWO, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.d4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Qxd4 7.g3 Nd7
8.c3 Qb6 9.Bg2 Ne5 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.O-O Nd3 12.b3 Nxc1 13.Rfxc1 e6
14.Ng5 Qc7 15.Qf3 Nf6 16.Re1 h6 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Rad1 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Rxd1+
20.Qxd1 Bf6 21.c4 Rd8 22.Qh5 Rd2 23.a3 Bd4 24.Rxd4? (24.Rf4)
Rxd4 25.Qf3 Qd7 26.c5 Rd1+ 27.Bf1 Ra1 28.b4 Qd1 29.Qxd1 Rxd1
30.Kg2 Ra1 0-1
Wall Bill - Gallagher Jim (2275), SWO, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O e4
8.Bxg7 exf3 9.Bxf8 fxg2 10.Kxg2 Qxf8 11.d3 d5 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Nc3 Rd8
14.Qf4 Qg7 15.Rfc1 g5 16.Qd2 Qg6 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Ne4 Nf4+ 19.gxf4
gxf4+ 20.Kh1 (20.Ng3) Qxe4+ 21.f3 Qd4 22.Rg1+ Kf8 23.Rac1 Rd7 24.Qe1 Qf6
25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Qb4+ Rd6 27.Qb8+ Qd8 28.Qxa7 Rd5 29.Qa3+ c5
30.Qb2 (30.Qa6) Qh4 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qb8 Rh5 33.Qxc7+ Bd7 34.Rg2 Qe1+
35.Rg1 Qxe2 36.Qxf4 Qe5 37.Qd2? (37.Qg3) Bc6 38.Re1 Rxh2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Dimazana Eric (2135), SWO, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Bd6 8.a3
O-O 9.b4 Nbd7 10.Rb1 Qe7 11.b5 e5 12.c4 e4 13.dxe4 d4 14.Nh4 g6 15.f3
Nh5 16.Qe1 f5 17.exf5 g5 18.f4 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 gxf4 20.g4 Nhf6
21.Qh4 (21.g5) Qxe2 22.g5 Ne4 23.Re1 (23.g6; 23.Qh6)
Nxd2 24.Bxd2? (24.Rxe2 Nf3+ 25.Kf1 Nxh4 26.Nch4)
Qxd2 25.g6 Nf6 26.Re6 f3 27.Ne1 f2+
28.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 29.Kxf2 hxg6 0-1
Silva Jose (2104) - Wall Bill, SWO, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O a6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.c4
Nh6 9.Qb3 Rb8 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Re1 O-O 12.Nf1 Bg6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Ne3
f6 15.Ng4 h5 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 (16...Nxf6) 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Rac1 Qf4
19.g3 Qd6 20.Nh4 Nf6 21.Bf3 Rfc8 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.Qxb7
Rb8? (23...Rc6) 24.Rxe6 1-0
Wall Bill - Fernandez Alexander, SWO, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 c5 7.Nb5 f6 8.exf6
Nxf6 9.Bf4 Na6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Nd6+ Bxd6 12.Bxd6 Qb6 13.Bxa6 Qxd6 14.Be2
Ne4 15.Ne5 Rf8 16.O-O O-O-O 17.Nxd7 Rxd7 18.Bf3 Qf4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.g3
Qf5 21.c3 g5 22.hxg5 Qxg5 23.Qe1 Qg4 24.dxc5 Rf5 25.Rd1 Rh5 26.Rxd7
Qf3 27.Rd8+ Kxd8 28.Qd1+ Ke7 29.Qxf3 exf3 30.b4 Rd5 31.Re1 Rd2
32.a4 (32.Re3 Rxa2 33.Rxf3) a5 33.b5 (33.bxa5) Ra2 34.Re4 Ra1+
35.Kh2 Rf1 36.c6? (36.Rh4) bxc6 (36...Rxf2+) 37.bxc6 Rxf2+ 38.Kg1
Rc2 (38...Rg2+) 39.Re3 (39.Rc4) f2+ (39...Rg2+)
40.Kf1 Ra2 (40...Kd6) 41.Rd3 (41.c7) Rxa4 42.Rd7+ Ke8 43.Rxh7 Rc4
44.Rh8+ (44.Ra7) Ke7 45.Rh7+ Kd6 46.Rh5? (46.Ra7)
Rxc3? (46...e5) 47.Kxf2? (47.Rxa5) a4? (47...e5)
48.Ra5 a3 49.Ra6 Rc2+ 50.Kf3 a2 51.g4 Rb2 1/2-1/2
Dunlap Hudnall (1902) - Wall Bill, SWO, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bg7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.Ne5 e6 10.O-O a6? (10...h6) 11.Ne4 b5 12.Qf3 bxc4 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6
14.Bxf6 Qb6 15.Qf4 1-0
In December 1992, I took 2nd place in the Texas Military Championship
in San Antonio.
Zintgraff Gary (1825) - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 e3 5.Bxe3 d5 6.g4 c6 7.Qd2 e6 8.Nge2
Bb4 9.a3 Ba5 10.g5 Nh5 11.O-O-O b5 12.Ng3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 b4 14.axb4 Bxb4
15.Bd3 Qa5 16.Kb1 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Qd3 Rb8 19.Na2 Ba3 20.b3 Nb4
21.Nxb4 Bxb4 22.Bc1 Rb6 23.Bb2 Ra6 24.Qe3 Kd7 25.g4 Qa2+ 26.Kc1 Qa5
27.g6 h6 28.Rh5 Qd8 29.g5 hxg5 30.Rh7 Rg8 31.Qe5 Qf8 32.Rdh1 Bd6
33.Qe2 Bf4+ 34.Kb1 Rb6 35.Re1? (35.Qd3) Qf5 36.Qd3 Qxd3
37.cxd3 Rxb3 (37...Ke7) 38.Kc2 Rb7
39.Reh1? (39.Ba3) Ke7 40.Rh8 Rxh8 41.Rxh8 Rb8 42.Ba3+ Kf6
43.Rxb8 Bxb8 44.Bc5 Kxg6 45.Kd2 Kf5 46.Bf8 g6 0-1
Wall Bill - Spencer Joe (1959), TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 Nxd4 5.Bxd4 c5 6.Bb2 d5 7.e3 Nf6
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Be2 f5 11.d4 Bg7 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Qg5
14.g3 Rc8 15.Qd2 O-O 16.O-O Be6 17.Nc3 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Bf8 19.Rcd1 Bd6
20.Nb5 Bb8 21.Rc1 h5 22.h4 Qg6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Qd1 a6 25.Bxh5 Qg7
26.Na3 Bxg3 27.Kh1 Bxh4 28.Rg1 Bg5 29.Rg2 f6 30.Nc2 Qc7 31.f4 exf3
32.Qxf3 (32.Bxf3) Kg7 33.Nb4 (33.Kg1) Rh8 34.Rc2 (34.Rh2)
Qd6 (34...Qe7) 35.Nd3 (35.a3) Bf7 36.Rh2 Qxh2+ 37.Kxh2 Bxh5
38.Qg3 Be2+ 39.Kg2 Bxd3 40.Qc7+ Kg6 41.Kf2 Re8 42.Qxb7 Bxe3+ 43.Kg3
f4+ 44.Kg2 Bxd4 45.Qd7 Re2+ 46.Kf3 Rf2+ 47.Kg4 0-1
Medina Guillermo - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.Nf3 b5 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.e4 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.Rb1 Nbd7 10.a3 a5 11.h4 Qb6 12.Nf1 Rac8 13.N3h2 b4 14.Ne3 bxa3
15.b3? (15.Nc4) Nxe4 16.dxe4 a2 0-1
Wall Bill - Wren Greg (1825), TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.h3 b6 6.Be2 Ba6 7.O-O Bxe2
8.Qxe2 Nbd7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.a4 a6 11.Rfb1 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.a5 Qc8
14.Bh2 Ne8 15.e4 d4 16.Nd1 Nd6 17.c3 Nb5 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4
20.Rc1 Qe8 21.Rc7 Nc5 22.Qc4 Rc8 23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Rc1 Qd7 25.f3 Rd8
26.b4 Na4 27.Qxa6 Bxb4 28.Rc7 Qe8 29.Qa7 e5 30.a6 Ra8 31.Qb7 Bc5
32.Bxe5 d3+ 33.Kh1 Rd8 34.Bh2 Bd4 35.a7 Nc5 36.Qb1 Ne6 37.Rb7 Qc6
38.Rb8 Bxa7 39.Rxd8+ Nxd8 40.Qxd3 Qb6 41.Qd7 g6 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qe5+
Kg8 44.Qd5 Ne6 45.Qa8+ Kg7 46.Qd5 Qb4 47.Be5+ Kh6 48.Bc3 Qb6 49.Qd2+
g5 50.Qe1 Nf4 51.Bd2 Ne2? (51...Kg6) 52.Qh4+ (52.Ne3) Kg7
53.Qxg5+ Kf8 54.Qh6+ Kg8 (54...Ke7) 55.Qxb6
Bxb6 56.Be1 (56.g4) Kg7 57.Nc3 Nc1 58.Nd5 Bc5
59.Bc3+ (59.g4) Kf8 (59...Kg6) 60.Bb4 (60.Nf6) Nd3 61.Bxc5+
Nxc5 62.Kh2 Kg7 63.Kg3 Nd3 64.f4 f6 65.Ne7 Kf7 66.Nc6 Nc5 67.Kf3 Ne6
68.g4 h6 69.e5 fxe5 70.Nxe5+ Kf6 71.h4 Nf8 72.Ke4 Ke6 73.f5+ Kf6
74.Kd5 h5 75.Ke4 hxg4 76.Nxg4+ Kg7 77.Ke5 Nd7+ 78.Ke6 Nc5+ 79.Ke7 Ne4
80.f6+ Nxf6 81.Nxf6 Kg6 82.Ke6 Kh6 83.Kf5 Kg7 84.Kg5 Kh8 85.Ne8 Kh7
86.h5 Kh8 87.Kg6 Kg8 88.Nd6 Kh8 89.h6 Kg8 90.h7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Medina Guillermo, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Bc4 d6 7.O-O dxe5
8.Nxe5 Bxc3 9.Bxf7+ Kf8 10.dxc3 Qxe5 11.Qd8+ Kxf7 12.Qxh8 Bf5 13.Bxf4
Qc5+ 14.Kh1 Qf8 15.Qxf8+ Kxf8 16.Bh6 gxh6 17.Rxf5 Nd7 18.Rd1 Kg7 19.g3
Re8 20.Kg2 Nb6 21.Rd4 Kg6 22.Rf2 c5 23.Rd6 Nd5 24.Kf3 Re3+ 25.Kg2 Re8
26.Kf3 Re3+ 27.Kg2 1/2-1/2
In February 1993, I played in the Texas Team Championship in
San Antonio.
Wall Bill - Naiser David (2134), Texas Team Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Qe7 8.e4
c6 9.b4 d5 10.cxd5 Qxb4 11.Bd2 Qe7 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.a3 Be6 14.Ng5 Bg4
15.Qb1 Nd4 16.h3 Bd7 17.Qxb7 Rfb8 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 h6 20.Bb4 Qe8
21.Nf3 Be6 22.Qd6 Nxf3+ 23.Bxf3 a5 24.Be1 Bxh3 25.Bg2 Bg4 26.f3 Be6
27.Qc5 Bf8 28.Qe3 Rb3 29.f4 Qb5 30.a4 Qxd3 31.Qxd3 Rxd3 32.f5 Bc5+
33.Kh1 Bb3 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Rf6 Kg7 36.Rc6? (36.Rf3)
Bd4 37.Rc7+ (37.Rd6) Kf6 38.Rac1 (38.Ra3; 38.Rc6+) Bxa4
39.g4 Kg5 40.Bf1 Rd1 41.Be2 Rxc1 42.Rxc1 Kf6 43.Rc7 Bb3 44.Bh4+ g5
45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Rc7+ Bf7 47.Bc4 Ra7 48.Rxa7 Bxa7 49.Bxf7 Kxf7 50.Be1 a4
0-1
Area Del - Wall Bill, Texas Team Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O c6
8.Re1 Qc7 9.c3 b5 10.Qc2 Nb6 11.b3 a5 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Rac1 Bh6 14.Qd3 a4
15.c4 b4 16.Rc2 Qb7 17.h3 Bd7 18.Nh2 d5 19.f3 dxc4 20.bxc4 b3 21.axb3
a3 22.Bc3 a2 23.Ra1 Qa6 24.f4 Bg7 25.Rcxa2 Qxa2 26.Rxa2 Rxa2 27.e5 Ne8
28.Bb4 Ra1+ 29.Nhf1 Nc8 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Dimazana Eric (2188), Texas Team Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.c3 e5 8.Qa4
Bd6 9.e4 O-O 10.Re1 d4 11.Nc4 Ne8 12.Qb3 h6 13.Nh4 Ba6 14.Ng6 fxg6
15.Nxe5+ Kh7 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.e5 Rc8 18.exd6 Bxd3 19.cxd4 c4 20.Qd1
Qxd6 21.Qg4 Nf6 22.Qh4 Rce8 23.Bd2 Kg8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1+
26.Bxe1 g5 (26...Qe7) 27.Qh3 g4 28.Qh4 Kh7 (28...Qe7)
29.Bd2 Bf5 (29...Qxd4) 30.Be3 Qe6
31.a3?? (31.Bf1) g5 (32.Bxg5 Qe1+ 33.Bf1 Bd3) 0-1
Mindo Aaron - Wall Bill, Texas Team Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Bxd1 Ng4
8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Ng5 Ngxe5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.O-O O-O-O 13.Bg3 a6
14.Re1 Nc4 15.Rb1 Nxb2 16.Ne4 Nxd1 17.Rbxd1 Nd4 18.Ng5 Ne2+ 19.Kf1
Nxg3+ 20.hxg3 Bc3 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rxe6 h6 (22...Rd1+)
23.Ne4 Bb4 (23...Bf6) 24.Rxg6 Rd4 25.f3 Rd1+ (25...Rc4)
26.Kf2 Rc1 27.Rxh6 (27.c3) Rxc2+ 28.Kg1 Rxa2 29.g4 Kd7 30.g5 Ke8
31.g6 Ra1+ 32.Kf2 Ra2+ 33.Kg3 Kf8 34.Rh7 Re2
35.g7+? (35.Ng5) Kg8 36.Ng5 (36.Rh5) Be1+
37.Kh3 Bd2 38.Rh5 Kxg7 (38...Re5!) 39.Ne4 Bb4 40.Rd5 a5
41.Rd7 Rc2 42.f4 (42.Rd5) Rc4 (42...a4)
43.Ng5 Bd6 44.Ne6+ Kf6 45.Nd8 a4 46.Nxb7 a3 47.Na5 Rc3+ 48.Kh4 a2
0-1
In May 1993, I won the Kelly AFB Chess Championship.
Eberhard Bruce - Wall Bill, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Bxb4 Nxb4
8.Qb3 c5 9.a3 Be6 10.Qd1 Nd5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Qxd5
14.Nf3 Nd4 15.e4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qb3 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.Rd1 Rd4 19.f4 Rfd8
20.O-O c4 21.fxe5 cxd3 22.Qf3 Qc4 23.Rc1 Qe6 24.Rc7 R4d7 25.Rc5 d2
26.Rd1 Qb6 27.Qc3 Rd3 28.Qc2 Qa6 29.Rxd2 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Qb6 31.Qc1 h6
32.Kg2 Qe6 33.Kf3 h5 34.Rc7 h4 35.g4 Qa6 36.Qc4 Qxc4 37.Rxc4 Rd2
38.Rc7 (38.Rc8+) Kh7? (38...Rxb2) 39.Kf4? (39.Rxf7)
Rxh2 40.Kg5 h3 41.Kh4 Rxb2 42.Kxh3 Kg6 (42...Rb3+) 43.Kg3 Rb3+
44.Kf4 a5 45.Rd7 b5 46.Rd6+ Kh7 47.Rb6 a4 48.Rb7 Rxa3 49.Rxb5 Ra1
50.Ra5 a3 51.Kg5 a2 52.Ra7 Kg8 53.Ra8+ Kh7 54.Ra7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Solley Duane, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.c3 Na6 8.Re1
Qc7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Bg4 11.Bf4 e5 12.Bg5 Nxe4 13.dxe4 f6 14.Be3 Rad8
15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.Bxa7 Rd7 17.Bb6 Qc8 18.Rad1 Rff7 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 f5
21.exf5 gxf5 22.Qe6 Nc7 23.Qc4 e4 24.Bh5 Rfe7 25.Bc5 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd7
27.Bd4 Nd5 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qd4+ Nf6 30.Qe5 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1
Qe8? (31...Qd7) 32.Qxf5 e3 (32...Qg6) 33.Qg5+ Kf7
34.Bb3+ Nd5 35.Bxd5+ cxd5 36.Qxd5+ (36.Qh5+) Kf8 37.Qc5+ Qe7
38.Qxe7+ Kxe7 39.fxe3 1-0
Reyes Julio - Wall Bill, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 b5 5.Bb3 Bb7 6.Bc2 Nf6 7.d3 Nc6 8.d4
cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Nc3 Nxc2+ 12.Qxc2 Nxe4 13.O-O-O Rc8
14.Rd3 b4 15.Bd2 Nxf2 0-1
Wall Bill - Aguilar George, Kelly AFB Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.e4 Bg6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nbd2
O-O 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 Ng4 13.d4 Nxe3 14.fxe3 d5
15.Nf4 Bg5 16.c4 Bxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxe4 Bxf4 19.Rxf4 e5 20.dxe5 Nc5
21.Qc3 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Rfe8 23.Rf1 Rad8 24.Rd4 c5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.e6 fxe6
1/2-1/2
In September 1993, I took 7th in the USAF Chess Championship at
Andrews AFB, Maryland.
Wilson Elvin (2214) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Rc1 a6 8.Bd3
Nf6 9.a3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Nf3 Ng4 13.Qe2 f5 14.Ne5 Ncxe5
15.fxe5 Qe7 16.O-O O-O 17.h3 Nh6 18.Rc2 Nf7 19.Qd2 Ng5 20.Qc1 Ne4
21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Bf1 Qg5 24.Rc7 Bc6 25.Bxa6 Qd8 26.Rxc6
bxc6 27.Qxc6 Qg5 28.Qc1 h5 29.a4 Qg3 30.Qd2 Rf3 31.a5 Rxe3
32.Bf1 (32.Be2) Re1 33.Qf2 h4 34.Qxg3 hxg3 35.a6 e3 36.a7
Ra1 (or 36...e2) 37.b4 Rxa7 0-1
Wall Bill - Garcia Mac (1970), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.e4 d6 8.d4
Bg4 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd4 12.Bg2 e5 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.Rad1
Rfd8 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Be3 a6 17.Nd5 Ng4 18.Qa5 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 b5 20.Rc1 Nc6
21.Qb6 Nd4 22.Qxd6 Rxd6 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Nd5 Kg8 25.Ne7+ Kf8 26.Nd5
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Echure Sam (2013), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5
Ne7 9.Nd2 Ng4 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Kh2 Nh5 13.b4 f5 14.Nb3 h6 15.c5
e4 16.Bb2 Be5 17.e3 Nf6 18.Rad1 h5 19.f4 exf3 20.Bxf3 h4 21.Ne2 Bxb2
22.Qxb2 hxg3+ 23.Nxg3 Ba4 24.Rd2 Qd7 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Rc1 Rac8 27.Rxc8
Qxc8 1/2-1/2
Lankey Brian (2167) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 c5 8.c3
Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.g4 g6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nxd7 Kxd7
15.e4 f6 16.exd5 exd5 (16...Bxd5) 17.Qg4+ Kc6 (17...Kd8)
18.b3 Bc8 (18...Qd7) 19.Qf3 Kb6 (19...fxg5) 20.bxc4 dxc4
21.Qxa8 Bh3 22.Qf3 1-0
Barcarola Lou (2142) - Wall Bill, USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.c3 Nb6
8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 Qc7 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Ngf3 c5 12.O-O cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd6
14.Qe2 Nb6 15.Bd2 O-O 16.Rac1 Qe7 17.h3 Bd7 18.Nxd7 Nfxd7 19.Ne5 Qf6
20.Nxd7 Nxd7 21.Qe4 Rfb8 22.Rc3 a5 23.Bc2 Nf8 24.Qg4 Kh8 25.Rf3 Qe7
26.Qh5 f5 27.Re1 Qd7 28.g4 Qc6 (28...Bb4) 29.Rc3 Qd5 (29...Qe8)
30.gxf5 Qxd4? (30...exf5) 31.Rd3 Qc5 32.Bc3 Bf4? (32...Kg8)
33.Rf3 (33.Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.f6+) e5 34.Rxf4 exf4 35.Qf7 1-0
Wall Bill - Moore Bobby (2214), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bf4 d6 5.Qd2 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 O-O
8.O-O b5 9.h3 a5 10.Ng5 b4 11.Nce4 h6 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Qc1
c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.Rb1 Be6 18.c4 Bf5 19.Ra1 a4 20.Nd4 Bd7
21.Bf3 e5 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.Bh2 exd4 24.exd4 Ne6 25.d5 Nc5 26.Qf4 a3
27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Bxd6 axb2 29.Rab1 b3 30.axb3 Nxb3 31.g4 Ra1 32.Bf4 Nc1
33.Rdxc1 bxc1=Q+ 34.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35.Bxc1 Ba4 (35...f5)
36.d6 (36.c5) Kf8 37.Kf1 (37.Be3) Ke8 38.Ke2
Kd7 39.Bf4? (39.Ba3) g5 40.Bg3 Bf8 41.c5 (41.Be5) Kc6 42.f4 Kxc5
43.fxg5 hxg5 44.h4 gxh4
45.Bxh4 Bxd6 46.Ke3 Bc6 47.Bf6 Kd5 48.g5 Ke6 49.Kd4 Kf5 0-1
Wall Bill - Waldowski Paul (2068), USAF Ch, Andrews AFB, MD 1993
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 e5 8.Re1
Bd6 9.e4 Be6 10.exd5 cxd5 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 Rc8 13.Nb3 Bb8 14.Be3 Ng4
15.Qe2 d4 16.Nbxd4 exd4 17.Bxd4? (17.Nxd4) Re8 18.Nh4 (18.b4) Qc7
19.Qf3 (19.Qe4) Nge5 20.Qd1? (20.Qxb7) Nc6
21.Qa4 (21.a6) Nxd4 22.Qxd4 (22.cxd4) Rcd8 23.Qb4 (23.Qe3) b6
24.axb6 (24.d4) Nxb6 25.d4 Bd5 26.Rxe8+ (26.Bxd5)
Rxe8 27.Qb5 (27.Bxd5) Qd8 28.Nf3 (28.Bxd5) Bc4 29.Qf5 Qc8
30.Qh5? (30.Qxc8 Rxc8 31.Nd2) Nd7 (30...Re2)
31.h4? (31.Nd2) Nf6 (31...Re2) 32.Qa5 (32...Qc5) Qd8
33.Qb4? (33.Qxd8) Bd5 34.Rd1? (34.Qb5) Bd6 35.Qb5 Qa8 36.Qd3 Be4
37.Qe2 Qb7 38.c4 Qb3 39.Ne5 Bxg2 40.Kxg2 Bxe5 41.dxe5 Qb8 42.f4 Qb7+
43.Kh2? (43.Kg1) h5 44.Qc2? (44.Rc1 Ng4+ 45.Kg1) Ng4+ 0-1
In October 1993, I won the Texas military championship in
San Antonio, Texas.
Reyes Julio - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Nc6 7.e3 e5 8.d5
Ne7 9.e4 a6 10.b3 h6 11.Be3 c6 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Bd3 cxd5 14.cxd5 Re8
15.O-O Bd7 16.Rac1 Qa5 17.Nh2 Rac8 18.Rc2 Nh5 19.g4 Nf4 20.h4 Nxd3
21.Qxd3 b5 22.Bd2 b4 23.Ne2 Bb5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qe3 Qxa2 26.Rc1 Rc2
27.Rxc2 Qxc2 28.Ng3 a5 29.Nf3 Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Nc8 31.h5 g5 32.Nf5 Bf1+
33.Kg3 Be2 34.Nh2 Qg1+ 35.Kh3 Bd1 36.Nf3 Qh1+ 37.Kg3 Bf6 38.Qd3 Bd8
39.Qe3 Bb6 40.Qd3 f6 41.Nh2 Bxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Medina Guillermo, TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.b3 c6 2.Bb2 d5 3.c4 Bf5 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.d3 e6 7.Be2 Bb4+
8.Nbd2 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Nd4 Bg6 11.f4 e5 12.fxe5 Bxe5 13.N2f3 Qe7
14.Qd2 c5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Rxf5 Neg4 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.cxd5
g6 20.Rf3 Nxd5 21.e4 Nc7 22.Raf1 Ne6 23.Rf6 b6 24.Qh6 Rad8 25.R1f3 Ng7
26.Rh3 Nh5 27.Rf1 Qe5 28.Bxh5 Rfe8 29.Be2 Qg7 30.Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.Rhf3
1-0
Wall Bill - Studsdahl Steve, TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d4 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.c4 b6 6.Nf3 Ne6 7.d4 c5 8.d5
Nf4 9.g3 Nh5 10.Ne5 e6 11.Qxh5 1-0
McVicker Bob - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch, San Antonio, TX 1993
1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.d5 Na5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.Be2
Bb7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qd2 b4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Na4 Nf6 13.Ng5 O-O 14.f3 d5
15.exd5 exd5 16.O-O-O h6 17.Nh3 d4 18.Nf4 Qf7 19.b3 Nd7 20.Rhe1 Qxf4
0-1
In June 1994, I played in the Texas Military Championship at
Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX.
Cain Jim (1604) - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch. San Antonio, TX 1994
1.d4 c6 2.c4 b5 3.c5 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Nbd2 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.cxd6
exd6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qc2 Qb6 11.Nb3 Re8 12.Bd3 a5 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Rac1
Nxe3 15.fxe3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bb7 17.b3 Nf6 18.bxa4 Ng4 19.Rfe1 Bh6 20.Nf1
Rxa4 21.Qb3 Qa5 22.Bb1 Ra3 23.Qb2 Nxe3 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.N1xd2 Ng4 26.h3
Nf6 27.Rc2 Be3+ 28.Kh2 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Rxe4 30.Rce2 Bf4+ 31.Kg1 Rxe2
32.Rxe2 Be3+ 33.Kh2 Rc3 34.Be4 f5 35.Bc2 b4 36.Bb3+ Kf8 37.Kg3 Bxd4
38.Kf4 c5 39.Ng5 Be5+ 40.Rxe5 dxe5+ 41.Kxe5 c4 0-1
Wall Bill - Solley Duane (1709), TX Military Ch. San Antonio, TX 1994
1.c4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.d3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3
Nd4 9.O-O Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.Kh1 f5 13.exf5 Nxf5 14.Bf2 Bh4
15.Qe1 Bxf2 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 17.Rxf2 Qh4 18.Kg1 Nb6 19.g3 Nxg3 20.hxg3
Qxg3+ 21.Bg2 Rf6 22.Qh3 Qg6 23.Ne4 Rf5 24.Ng3 Rf7 25.Be4 Qh6 26.Qxh6
gxh6 27.Nf5 Rf6 28.Rh2 Rg8+ 29.Kh1 d5 30.cxd5 Nxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxf5
32.Bxg8 Kxg8 33.Rg1+ Kh8 34.Re2 1-0
Silva Jose (2101) - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch. San Antonio, TX 1994
1.d4 f5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 Bb7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.d5
Ne7 (8...Na5) 9.dxe6 dxe6? (9...Bxc3) 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Ne5 Bxc3
12.Bxc6+ Kf8 13.bxc3 1-0
Flournoy Don (2085) - Wall Bill, TX Military Ch. San Antonio, TX 1994
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 dxc3 7.Nxc3 h6 8.Qe2
Nc6 9.a4 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bf4 Qb8 12.Rac1 e5 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Nh4 Ng4
15.Qf3 Nf6 (15...Nxe3) 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Nd8? (17...Bf6) 18.Nf5 Bxf5
19.Qxf5 g6 20.Qh3 h5
21.Rd3 O-O 22.g4 h4 23.g5 Kg7? (23...Nc6) 24.Qd7 Nc6 25.Bxc6 bxc6
26.Qxe7 Qxb2 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Rxd6 1-0
In July 1994, I played in the San Antonio Championship and took
6th place.
Hendrick John - Wall Bill, San Antonio Ch, San Antonio, TX 1994
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e3 d5 8.a3
Be7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 h6 11.Rc1 a6 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.Ne2 Bd6
15.Be1 c5 16.Ng3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Rc8 18.Qe2 c4 19.Bb1 Ne4 20.Bxe4 Rxe4
21.Bc3 Re6 22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Nd2 Ng4 24.Qf5 Rg6 25.Nf3 Rc7 26.Be1 Bc8
27.Qc2 Qe8 28.b3 Rgc6 29.bxc4 Rxc4 30.Qb2 b5 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Bb4 Bf5
33.Rc1 Nxe3? (33...Bd3) 34.Re1 Rc2 35.Qb3 Qc6 36.Qxe3 Be4? (36...Qc8)
37.Nd2 Bf5 38.Qe5 Be6
39.Nb3 Bd7 40.Nc5 Rc4 41.Nxd7 Qxd7 42.Bd6 Qc6 43.Bc5 f6 44.Qf5 1-0
Wall Bill - Scott Chris, San Antonio Ch, San Antonio, TX 1994
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Bc5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bf5 8.a3
a6 9.d3 Bg6 10.Nge2 Qe7 11.O-O Ba7 12.b4 Nd8 13.a4 e4 14.Nf4 Bf5
15.Ncd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Qe6? (16...Qd7) 17.Nxc7 Qc8 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.dxe4 1-0
La Belle Mike - Wall Bill, San Antonio Ch, San Antonio, TX 1994
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e6 4.Bxc4 c5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Nc3 Nb6 7.Bb5+ Bd7
8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.O-O Rd8 10.Be3 Nc4 11.Qe2 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Nh6 13.Ne5 Qc7
14.Qb5+ Ke7 15.Qxc5+ Qxc5 16.dxc5 f6 17.Nc4 Kf7 18.b4 Ng4 19.Rad1 Be7
20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rb8 (21...Rxd1+) 22.a4 (22.h3) Ke8
23.h3 (23.Nb5) Nh6 24.a5 (24.Nb5) Nf7 25.Nd6+? (25.Nb5) Bxd6
26.cxd6 Kd7 27.Kf2 Rc8 28.Rd3? (28.Nb5) Ne5 29.Ke2 Nxd3
30.Kxd3 a6? (30...Kxd6) 31.e5 Rxc3+? (31...fxe5)
32.Kxc3 fxe5 33.e4 Kxd6 34.g4 g5 35.Kc4 Kc6 36.Kb3 Kb5 37.Kc3 b6
38.axb6 Kxb6 39.Kc4 Kc6 40.Kc3 Kb5 41.Kb3 a5 42.bxa5 Kxa5 43.Kc4 Kb6
44.Kb4 Kc6 45.Kc4 Kd6 46.Kb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Solley Duane (1716), San Antonio Ch, San Antonio, TX 1994
1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 d5 4.Nd2 Na6 5.Ngf3 Bg4 6.O-O g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2
O-O 9.a3 Nc7 10.c4 Re8 11.Rb1 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Ne6 13.e3 Qa5 14.b4 Qc7
15.c5 b5 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Rfc1 e6 20.Nd4 c5
21.Nb5 Qe5 22.d4 c4 23.dxe5 cxb3 24.Nc7 Rxa3 25.Nxe8 Nxe8 26.f4 f6
27.Rc3 fxe5 28.Rcxb3 Ra2 29.Bf1 Nef6 30.Bb5 exf4 31.exf4 Nf8 32.R3b2
Ra7 33.Rc1 Ne4 34.Bd3 Kf7? (34...Nf6) 35.Bxe4 dxe4
36.Re1 (36.Re2) Kf6 37.Rxe4 Kf5 38.Re5+
Kf6 39.Rbe2 Ra1+ 40.Kg2 Rb1 41.R5e4 Rb3 (41...Rd1)
42.Rc2 Rd3 (42...Kf5) 43.Rc6 Rb3 44.Rxb6
Kf5 45.Re5+ Kf6 46.Rb7 h6 47.Ra5 Rd3 48.Raa7 Kf5 49.Rf7+ Kg4 50.h3+
Kh5 51.Rxf8 1-0
Smith Ray (1824) - Wall Bill, San Antonio Ch, San Antonio, TX 1994
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 c6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 O-O
8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd7 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Bd3 h6 13.Be4 Bb7
14.a4 a6 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.axb5 axb5 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bd3 Nd5 19.Ne5 Qc7
20.Be4 Nf6 21.Bf3 Nd7 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.c4 Rfc8 24.Rfc1 g5 25.Qb3 Rcb8
26.Rcb1 Qe8 27.Rxa8 Bxa8 28.Qb4 e5 29.Qd6 exd4 30.exd4 Kg7 31.Kf1 Rd8
32.Qc5 bxc4 33.Qxc4 Rd6 34.Qc5 Re6 35.Qc3 Kg8 36.Bg4 Re7 37.Qb4 Bb7
38.Qd6 Ba6+ 39.Kg1 Re1+ 40.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 41.Kh2 Qxf2 42.Bf3 Qe3 43.Bxc6
Bc4 44.Bf3 Kg7 45.Qe5+ Qxe5+ 46.dxe5 f6 47.exf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2
In 1995 I played postal or internet chess with IRCC and IECG.
Hebert Andre - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1995.01.14) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O
8.O-O Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd3 dxe4 12.Bxe4 Ba6 13.Bxc6 Rc8
14.Bd7 Rc7 15.Ba4 Bxf1 16.Qxf1 Bxb2 17.Rd1 Qc8 18.Qd3 Bg7 19.Bb3 e6
20.c4 Qb7 21.c5 Rfc8 22.Bc4 Qb2 23.Ba6 Rf8 24.Qc4 Qc3 25.Qxc3 Bxc3
26.Rc1 Be5 27.f4 Bf6 28.c6 Rd8 29.g3 Bd4 30.Kf2 Bxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Kf8
32.a4 Rd6 33.Bb7 Rd5 34.g4 g5 35.fxg5 Rxg5 36.Kf4 Ra5 37.Rc5 h5
38.Rxa5 1-0
Attig Doug - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1995.01.24) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.dxc5 Qa5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Bxc5
8.e4 Bb4 9.Bc4 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12.bxc3 b6 13.O-O Bb7
14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Nd2 Nc6 16.Re3 Ne5 17.Be2 Rc7 18.Rd1 Rac8 19.Nb1 Kf8
20.f4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Rxd7 Rxe4 23.Rxe4 Bxe4 24.Nd2 Bxc2 25.Rxa7
Rxc3 26.Nf3 Be4 0-1
Schoor Hans - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1995.01.24) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.f5 Nge7 7.fxe6 fxe6
8.d3 d5 9.Bb3 b5 10.a3 c4 11.Ba2 O-O 12.O-O h6 13.Qe2 g5 14.Nd1 Qd6
15.Nf2 Ng6 16.c3 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.exd5 exd5 19.dxc4 dxc4 20.a4 Na5
21.axb5 Bb7 22.Nd4 Bd5 23.Ng4 Bxd4+ 24.cxd4 Qxd4+ 25.Kh1 Rae8 26.Rxf8+
Rxf8 27.Nxh6+ Kh8 28.Ng4 Nb3 29.Rd1 Qf4 30.Ne3 Bf7 31.Rf1 Qe4 32.Qf2
Qe6 33.Nxc4 Qxc4 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qxg5+ Kh8 36.Rf3 1-0
Wall Bill - Attig Doug, IECC Postal (1995.01.24) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6
8.e5 Nd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.Bc4 e6 12.Qc5 Rxb2 13.Bb3 d6
14.Qc3 Bxe5 15.Bd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Qa5+ 17.Kd1 Qe5 18.Qxe5 dxe5 19.Kc1
Rxb3 20.axb3 a6 21.Ra5 Bb7 22.Rd1 Bxg2 23.Rxa6 Ke7 24.Ra7+ Kf6 25.Rdd7
Rf8 26.c4 h6 27.b4 Bc6 28.Rdc7 Bf3 29.b5 Be4 30.b6 1-0
Lamar Frank - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.02.09) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Nf6
8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 e5 10.h3 O-O 11.Be3 Be6 12.Rac1 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Rc8
14.Qb5 Qd7 15.b4 a6 16.Qa4 h6 17.b5 Nb8 18.Nxe5 Qe6 19.Nf3 axb5
20.Qxb5 Nxe4 21.Nd5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Nc6 23.Qxb7 Qxd5 24.Rxc6 Bf6 25.a4
Qd1+ 26.Kh2 Qxa4 27.Rb6 Qa8 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Lamar Frank, IECC Postal (1995.02.09) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7
8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qb8 12.e5 Ra5 13.exf6 gxf6
14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Nxd6+ Ke7 16.Kb1 Rd8 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qd4 Ba6 19.Rhe1 Nf6
20.Re5 Rxd6 21.Qxd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Kxd6 23.Rxa5 Bb7 24.g3 Ng4 25.h4 Kc7
26.a4 1/2-1/2
Duncan Jack - Wall Bill, Internet (1995.02.23) 1995
1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.d4 e4 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.h3 Nc6 8.Bf4
Nge7 9.e3 Ng6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.Ne2 Be6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.O-O Rac8 14.f3 exf3
15.Bxf3 Rfd8 16.Rac1 h5 17.Bg2 Nge7 18.gxh5 Bxh3 19.e4 Bxc3 20.Rxc3
Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qg4 22.Rcf3 Qxe4 23.Nc3 Nxd4 24.Nxe4 Nxb3 25.Rxf7 dxe4
26.Rxe7 Nc5 27.Be5 Rd7 28.Rff7 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Nd3 30.Rxg7+ Kf8 31.Rc7
Rxc7 32.Bxc7 Nxb2 33.Bb8 a5 34.Ba7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Duncan Jack, Internet (1995.02.23) 1995
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 f5 5.g5 Bc5 6.Nf3 e4 7.dxe4 fxe4 8.Nd4
Qb6 9.e3 Ne7 10.Nb3 Nd7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Nxc5 Qxc5 13.Bc3 Nf5 14.Qh5 g6
15.Qe2 a5 16.Nd2 b6 17.O-O-O Ba6 18.Qg4 Qe7 19.h4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 Qxe5
21.h5 Ra7 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Rdxf1 a4 25.a3 1/2-1/2
Klausner Sherman - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.04.01) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O h6 6.c3 d6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.d4
Nd7 9.Na3 Nb6 10.Bd2 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 Nf6 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nb5 c6 14.Nxd6+
Nxd6 15.exd6 Qxd6 16.Qb3 O-O 17.Rae1 Be6 18.Qxb7 Rfb8 19.Qa6 Rxb2
20.Rf2 Qd5 21.a4 c5 22.dxc5 g4 23.c4 Qxc5 24.Qa5 Qxa5 25.Bxa5 gxf3
26.Rxb2 Bxb2 0-1
Wall Bill - Klausner Sherman, Postal, IECC (1995.04.01) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O dxe5 7.Nxe5 Qd4+
8.Kh1 Nf6 9.Nd3 g5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Bf3 c6 12.Re1+ Be7 13.Qe2 Qd6 14.Nb5
cxb5 15.Bxb7 Be4 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Nc6 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 Rxb5 20.b3
Qd7 21.Ba3 Kf8 22.Bxe7+ Nxe7 23.Ne5 Qb7 24.Qd4 Rd5 25.Rxa7 Rxd4
26.Rxb7 Rd5 27.Rb8+ Kg7 28.Rxh8 Kxh8 29.Nxf7+ 1-0
Fogarasi Norbert - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.05.27) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d6
8.Nc3 e6 9.d3 Ne7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qh4 Nc6 12.Qf2 b6 13.g4 d5 14.e5 Ba6
15.g5 Ne7 16.h3 d4 17.Ne4 Qd5 18.Kh2 Bb7 19.Rg1 Rad8 20.Bd2 Nf5 21.Nh4
Nxh4 22.Qxh4 Rd7 23.Raf1 Qxa2 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.gxf6 Kh8 26.Qh6 Rg8
27.Rg4 1-0
Smith Chuck - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.06.25) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bb4+
8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Qc4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qe2+ Qxe2+ 12.Kxe2 Ne7 13.Kd3
O-O-O 14.Kc4 a5 15.a3 Bd6 16.b3 Rhe8 17.Bg5 f6 1/2-1/2
Bye David - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1995.07.15) 1995
1.e4 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.Re1
Be7 9.e5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxg2 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Kxg2 Rf8 13.Qe2 e5 14.Bg5
Kg8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5 Qd7 17.Qe4 Rad8 18.a4 Bg5 19.Re2 Qf7 20.c4 Rd7
21.b3 Qh5 22.a5 Bd8 23.axb6 axb6 24.Ra6 Rb7 25.Rea2 Qf7 26.b4 Qd7
27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Nc3 Rb6 29.Ra7 Qe6 30.Nd5 Rb3 31.Nc7 Bxc7 32.Rxc7 Qf6
33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Rc6 e4 35.Qxe4 Rb2 36.Rxb2 Qxb2 37.Qf5 Qb8 38.Qd5 Rd8
39.Ra6 Qc7 40.Qc6 Qe7 41.Rb6 h6 42.Rb7 Qf6 43.Qf3 Qxf3+ 44.Kxf3 Rf8+
45.Kg2 g5 46.Re7 Rf6 47.Re4 Kg7 48.f4 gxf4 49.Rxf4 Re6 50.Re4 Rg6
51.g4 Kf6 52.h4 Rg8 53.Kg3 Rg7 54.Rf4+ Ke5 55.Rf5+ Ke6 56.Rh5 Rg6
57.Kf4 Rf6+ 58.Rf5 Rg6 59.g5 hxg5+ 60.Rxg5 Rf6+ 61.Ke4 Rh6 62.h5 Kd7
63.Kf5 Ke7 64.Rg7+ Kf8 65.Rg5 Ke7 66.Ke4 Kd7 67.Kf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Bye David, Postal, IECC (1995.07.15) 1995
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.f4 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4
Qc7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Qc2 a6 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7
14.Rac1 Rac8 15.Nxd5 1-0
Wall Bill - Clark Brian, Postal, IECC (1995.07.20) 1995
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.Be2 Bg4
8.O-O Re8 9.d3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Bd6 12.d4 Na5 13.Qd3 Nc4
14.Qb3 Nxb2 15.Qxb2 c6 16.c4 dxc4 17.Bxc4 b5 18.Bd3 a6 19.a4 b4
20.Rfc1 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Qc2 Bd6 23.Qb3 a5 24.Rc6 Rec8 25.Rac1 Rxc6
26.Rxc6 Qd7 27.Qc4 b3 28.Rb6 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Bxb8 30.Qxb3 Qc7 31.g3 h6
32.Bg6 1-0
Blair Charles - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.08.06) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Bf5
8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Be3 Nxc3 10.Bxc5 Nxe2 11.Bxe7 Nxf4 12.Ba3 Nxd5 13.O-O-O
Be6 14.Bc4 c6 15.Rhe1 h6 16.Nd4 Kd7 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rf1 g6 19.Rf7+ Kc8
20.Re1 Re8 21.Rg7 g5 22.Rg6 e5 23.Rxh6 b5 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Rg6 Nd7
26.Rxg5 a5 27.b3 Kc7 28.h4 a4 29.Kb2 Rh8 30.h5 Rag8 31.Rxg8 Rxg8
32.Rh1 Rxg2 33.h6 Rg8 34.h7 Rh8 35.Be7 axb3 36.Kxb3 d4 37.Rh6 e4
38.Kb2 Kb7 39.Kc1 Kc8 40.Kd2 Kb7 41.Ke1 Kc8 42.a3 Kb7 43.Kf1 Nf8
44.Bxf8 Rxf8+ 45.Kg2 Rh8 46.Kg3 Kc8 47.Kf4 e3 48.Kf3 Kd7 49.c3 dxc3
50.Kxe3 Ke7 51.Kd3 Kf8 52.Kxc3 Kg7 53.Rh1 Rc8+ 54.Kb4 Kh8 55.Kxb5 Rb8+
56.Ka4 Rb7 57.Rh3 Rb2 58.Ka5 Rg2 59.Rh5 Rg7 60.a4 Rg2 61.Rh6 1-0
Rauch Juergen - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.08.06) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bf4
g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.d6
exd6 15.Bxd6+ Kg8 16.Nf3 Qc6 17.Bf4 Nbd7 18.Qc4 Nd5 19.Bc1 N7b6 20.Qb5
Qe6+ 21.Qe2 Qf5 22.g4 Qd7 23.Qd1 Re8+ 24.Be2 Na4 25.Kf1 Nxb2 26.Bxb2
Bxb2 27.Rb1 Bd4 28.Nxd4 Nc3 29.Bb5 Qd5 30.Qf3 Qxf3 31.Nxf3 Nxb5 32.Rc1
Nc3 33.a3 Kg7 34.axb4 cxb4 35.Rc2 Re4 36.h3 Rhe8 37.Kg2 Ne2 38.Rd1
Nf4+ 39.Kg3 Ne2+ 40.Kg2 Nf4+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Blair Charles, Postal, IECC (1995.08.06) 1995
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6
8.Qd2 Nd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Qb4 12.Qe1 O-O 13.c3 Qa5
14.Kb1 Ne7 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh4+ Kg8 17.Qxe7 b5 18.Qh4 f6 19.Qe4 Rb8
20.a3 Qb6 21.Qg6 Bb7 22.h4 Qc6 23.Rde1 Qe8 24.Qg3 Rf7 25.h5 Re7 26.Ka1
Bxf3 27.gxf3 e5 28.dxe5 fxe5 29.h6 g6 30.Qg5 Rb6 31.f4 e4 32.f5 Re5
33.Rd1 Kh7 34.Rd8 Qe7 35.fxg6+ Rxg6 36.Rh8+ Kxh8 37.Qxg6 Rg5 38.Qa6
Kh7 39.Qxa7 e3 40.Re1 Re5 41.Qd4 e2 42.Qd2 c6 43.Qd3+ Kh8 44.c4 bxc4
45.Qxc4 Qd6 46.Qf4 Qd1+ 47.Ka2 Qd5+ 48.b3 Qd6 49.Qc1 Qd3 50.a4 Kh7
51.Qb2 Qe3 52.Qc2+ Kxh6 53.Qxc6+ Kg5 54.Qc2 Kf4 55.Ka3 Kf3 56.Qg6 Qc3
57.Qf6+ Ke3 58.Qh6+ Kd3 59.Qd6+ Kc2 60.Qg6+ Kd2 61.Qb1 Re7 62.Ka2 Re3
0-1
Wall Bill - Rauch Juergen, Postal, IECC (1995.08.06) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2
Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 h5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Kh1 h4 14.h3 Be7
15.Rad1 b6 16.Qe3 Bb7 17.f5 Rc8 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Bg4 Nc5 20.Nd5 Bxd5
21.exd5 f5 22.Bf3 e5 23.Qe2 Kd7 24.Nxc5+ Rxc5 25.c4 Qa4 26.Rb1 Rb8
27.Rfc1 Bg5 28.Rc2 b5 29.Rb3 Bf4 30.Bh5 Kc7 31.cxb5 Rxb5 32.Qf2 Be3
33.Rxc5+ Bxc5 34.Qc2 Qd4 35.Qd1 Ra5 36.Qb1 Qxd5 37.Qxf5 Qxb3 0-1
Wall Bill - Wright Barry, Postal, IECC (1995.08.07) 1995
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Na6 8.b3
c6 9.Ba3 Re8 10.Qd2 Nc7 11.Rad1 Be6 12.e3 Bf7 13.Ng5 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5
15.Qe2 Qc8 16.e4 Ne6 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.exf5 Nd4 19.fxg6+ hxg6 20.Qd3 Rh8
21.f4 Nf5 22.fxe5 Ng4 23.Be4 Nxe5 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Rxf5+ Kg8 26.Qe4 Qc7
27.Bd6 1-0
Wright Barry - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.08.08) 1995
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3
Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Qb8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bc2 O-O 13.b3 Bd6 14.h3 b4
15.Na4 Rc8 16.Bd3 a5 17.Nb2 Nc5 18.Bc4 Nfe4 19.Re1 Nc3 20.Qc2 Rd8
21.Bd2 Be4 22.Qc1 Qb7 23.Bxc3 bxc3 24.Qxc3 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qxf3 26.Qc2
Ne4 27.Bf1 Bh2+ 28.Kxh2 Rd2 29.Qxd2 Nxd2 30.Nd3 Nxf1+ 31.Rxf1 Rd8
32.Rac1 Qe2 33.Ne5 Qxa2 34.Nc4 g6 35.Rb1 Qc2 36.Nxa5 Qc7+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Jakob Steffen, IECC Postal (1995.08.10) 1995
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5
8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.Bc2 exd5 12.e5 Qe7 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5
Rb8 15.Be4 Bb7 16.Qd4 Nc5 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Be3 Nd3+ 20.Ke2
Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5+ fxe5 23.Rhd1 Be7 24.Rd5 Kf7 25.Rad1 Rc8
26.Kf3 b4 27.Ra5 Rc6 28.Rc1 Ke6 29.Ke4 Rb5 30.Ra4 c3 31.bxc3 bxc3
32.Rc2 Rb2 33.Kd3 Rb4 34.Rxb4 Bxb4 35.f3 Rd6+ 36.Ke2 Kd5 37.a3 Ba5
38.Kd3 e4+ 39.fxe4+ Ke5+ 40.Ke2 Kxe4 41.h3 Rd5 42.a4 Rd7 43.h4 Rb7
44.Bc1 Rb1 45.Kd1 Ra1 46.Rf2 h5 47.Rf7 Kd3 48.Rd7+ Kc4 49.Rxg7 Kb3
0-1
Wall Bill - English Kieran, Postal, IECC (1995.08.20) 1995
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.b3 Ne4 11.Qxe4 Bxc3 12.Bh6 Bxa1 13.Bxf8 Bf6
14.Bh6 Qa5 15.Qc2 1-0
Wall Bill - Rauch Juergen, Postal IECC (1995.08.21) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Bd3 f5
8.exf6 Bxf6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bxe4 Nxd4 12.c3 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3
Qxd1 14.Rxd1 c6 15.a4 Bf5 16.a5 a6 17.Bf4 Rad8 18.Bc7 Rde8 19.Bb6 Bh4
20.Bc5 Rf7 21.h3 Bxh3 22.Ra4 Bg5 23.Bh5 g6 24.Bxg6 hxg6 25.gxh3 Re5
26.Bb6 Bf4 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.Bd4 Rg5+ 29.Kh1 Be5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Rd2 Kh6
32.Kg2 Kh5 33.b3 Rb5 34.b4 Rg5+ 35.Kh2 Rf3 36.Rd7 Rf2+ 37.Kh1 Kh4
38.c4 Kxh3 39.Ra3+ Rg3 40.Rh7+ Kg4 41.Ra1 Rh3+ 42.Rxh3 Kxh3 43.Rb1 g5
44.Rb3+ Kh4 45.Kg1 Rc2 46.c5 g4 47.Kf1 g3 48.Kg1 Kh3 49.Rb1 Rc3 50.Kh1
g2+ 51.Kg1 Kg3 52.Re1 Rf3 53.Rb1 Rf1+ 0-1
Brouwer Huub - Wall Bill, Postal IECC (1995.08.23) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.b4 Be7 9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 a5 11.b5 Nb8 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.O-O Nc5 14.Rad1
Qc7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nge4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Rd8 18.a4 b6 19.Ba3 Ne8 20.Nd2 Bb7
21.e4 Bf6 22.f4 Rac8 23.Rc1 d5 24.exd5 Bxc3 25.Qxc3 Rxd5 0-1
Clark Brian - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.09.29) 1995
1.Nf3 b5 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.e4 dxe4 7.Ng5 c5 8.Nc3
a6 9.Ngxe4 Nc6 10.Be3 b4 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe5 13.f4 Qxb2 14.Nxc5
Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Qc3 16.d4 Rd8 17.Rf3 Qc4 18.Rd3 Na5 19.a3 Bxg2 20.Kxg2
bxa3 21.Raxa3 Nb7 22.Rac3 Qd5+ 23.Qf3 Qxf3+ 24.Kxf3 Rc8 25.Ba3 Kd7
26.Rb3 Na5 27.Rb6 Rxc2 28.Rxa6 Nb7 29.d5 exd5 30.Rxd5+ Kc7 31.Bd6+
Nxd6 32.Raxd6 Rxh2 33.Rd7+ Kc6 34.R7d6+ Kc7 35.Rd7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2
Lowrance Marc - Wall Bill, Postal IECC (1995.10.28) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.e3 a6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 e6 6.O-O c5 7.c3 cxd4
8.exd4 Be7 9.Re1 d6 10.Nf1 Nbd7 11.Ng3 O-O 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nb6
14.Nd2 Nbd5 15.Nde4 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Nd5 17.Qe2 f5 18.Nd2 Nf4 19.Qd1 Nxd3
20.Rxe6 Bd5 21.Rxe7 Qxe7 22.Nf3 Nxb2 23.Qc2 Bxf3 24.Qxb2 Bd5 25.Qd2 f4
26.Ne2 Bxg2 27.Re1 Qg5 0-1
Wall Bill - Lowrance Marc, Postal, IECC (1995.10.28) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.f4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 d6 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Qe1
Bd7 9.Be3 Rc8 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.a4 Na5 12.Qh4 Nec6 13.Qf2 b6 14.d4 cxd4
15.Nxd4 Nb7 16.Ba6 Rc7 17.Nb5 Nc5 18.Nxc7 Qxc7 19.Bb5 a6 20.Bxc5 dxc5
21.Bxa6 Nb4 22.Bc4 Nc2 23.Rac1 Nd4 24.e5 Nf5 25.a5 b5 26.Bd3 f6
27.exf6 Bxf6 28.a6 Qa7 29.Ra1 Rc8 30.Ne4 Bh4 31.g3 Bd8 32.b4 Kg7
33.bxc5 Bc6 34.Rfe1 Bxe4 35.Bxe4 Rxc5 36.Kh1 Bb6 37.Bxf5 exf5 38.Qf3
Rc7 39.Re8 Rd7 40.Ra8 Qc7 41.a7 Qc5 42.Rc8 Rc7 43.Rxc7+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Woschkat Karl, Postal, IECC (1995.10.28) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bd6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 exf4 5.O-O Nge7 6.d4 Ng6 7.Nc3 O-O
8.e5 Be7 9.Nd5 d6 10.Nxf4 dxe5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qxd1
14.Rxd1 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Bg4 16.Rd5 b6 17.Bb3 c6 18.Rd3 Bf5 19.Rd1 Rfe8
20.Bf4 Kf8 21.c3 a6 22.Rd2 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Re1 b5 25.h3 a5 26.g4
a4 27.Bxf7 Kxf7 28.gxf5 gxf5 1/2-1/2
Woschkat Karl - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.10.28) 1995
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.f4 d6 6.f5 Nge7 7.a3 Bc5 8.Qh5+
g6 9.fxg6 Nxg6 10.Nf3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.h3 Kd8 13.g4 Qc6 14.Bb3 Bb6
15.Kd1 Bd7 16.Qh6 Ba5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qb6 19.Rb1 Qf2 20.Ne1 Re8
21.Bc1 Nf4 22.Qxf6+ Re7 23.Qh8+ Be8 24.Bc4 b6 25.Qg8 a6 26.Rb3 b5
27.Rf3 Qd4 28.Bd5 Nxd5 29.exd5 e4 30.Re3 Bb6 31.Nf3 Qf6 32.Qg5 Qf7
33.Bb2 Bxe3 0-1
Mason Don - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.11.15) 1995
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5 7.Nc3 Bb4
8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qd6 10.Rb1 b6 11.Bb5 Ne7 12.Qa4 O-O 13.Ke2 a6 14.Bd3
Rfe8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Be4 Rad8 17.Rbd1 f5 18.Bc2 Kh8 19.Bc1 Nd5 20.Bb2
b5 21.Qb3 Qc6 22.e4 Nf4+ 23.Kf1 fxe4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.fxe4 Qg6 26.Rg1
Qh5 27.c4 Qe2# 0-1
Wall Bill - Flygare Marcel, Postal, IECG (1995.10.28) 1995
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nxe5 Nxe4 7.Re1 Qd4
8.d3 Qxf2+ 9.Kh1 Nf6 10.Ng4+ 1-0
Hvarre Kim - Wall Bill, IECG Postal (1995.10.31) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.c4 f5
14.O-O O-O 15.Re1 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Rb8 17.Qd3 f5 18.Bd5+ Kh8 19.cxb5 e4
20.Qb3 Bd4 21.Re2 Qg7 22.Rd1 Bc5 23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.hxg3 axb5 25.Nc2 f4
26.Nd4 fxg3 27.Bxe4 gxf2+ 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Bg4 30.Bf3 Rg8 31.a3 d5
32.b4 Bb6 33.Ke2 Bxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Rg5 36.Rg4 Re5 37.Kf4 Re1
38.Rg5 Rd1 39.Rg3 Rd2 40.Ke3 Rd1 41.Rg5 h6 42.Rg6 Kh7 43.Rb6 Ra1
44.Rxb5 Rxa3+ 45.Kd4 Rg3 46.Rxd5 Rxg2 47.b5 Rb2 48.Kc5 Kg6 49.b6 h5
50.Rd4 Kg5 51.Rb4 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Hvarre Kim, Postal, IECG (1995.10.31) 1995
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4
Bg7 9.e4 O-O 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Re8 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Qc2 Nbd7
15.a5 Rab8 16.Na4 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Nb6 Nd7 19.Nc4 Re7 20.g3 Ne5
21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.Bg2 Bd4 23.Rec1 b5 24.Qd2 b4 25.Ra4 Qd7 26.b3 Re5
27.Kh1 f5 28.f4 Re7 29.Qd3 Qb5 30.Qxb5 axb5 31.Ra2 fxe4 32.a6 c4
33.Rb1 c3 34.Rd1 Bc5 35.Re1 e3 36.Bf1 Ra7 37.Bd3 Rb6 38.Rea1 Bd4
39.Kg2 c2 40.Rc1 Rbxa6 41.Rxa6 Rxa6 42.Rxc2 Ra3 43.Rc8+ Kg7 44.Rc7+
Kf8 45.Rc8+ Ke7 46.Bxb5 Rxb3 47.Rc7+ Kd8 48.Rd7+ Kc8 49.Rxh7 Ra3
50.Re7 b3 51.Bd3 Ra2+ 52.Kh3 Rd2 53.Bxg6 e2 54.Bf5+ Kb8 55.Re8+ Kc7
56.Kg4 Bf2 0-1
Chevalier Philippe - Wall Bill, Postal, IECG (1995.11.09) 1995
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nge2 Ne7
8.O-O Nf5 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Nd1 O-O 11.Ne3 Nxe3 12.Bxe3 c5 13.c3 Nc6 14.b3
cxd4 15.cxd4 Rac8 16.Ng3 f6 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rad1 Nb4 19.Qe2 Rc2 20.Rd2
Rfc8 21.Nh5 Rxd2 22.Bxd2 Nc2 23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bh6 Kf7 25.Qh5+ Ke7
26.Qg4 Qxd4 27.Qg7+ Kd6 28.Qxh7 b5 29.Qf7 Rc7 30.Bf8+ Kc6 31.Qxe6+ Kb7
32.Bd6 Rg7 33.Be7 Qb6 34.Qxd5+ Ka6 35.Bc5 1-0
Dickson Pat - Wall Bill, Postal, IECG (1995.11.09) 1995
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O
8.Kh1 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Nb5 e6 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Nf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 1-0
Wall Bill - Huizer Mark, Postal, IECG (1995.11.09) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O d6
8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.c3 O-O 10.b4 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nc4 Ra8 13.Qd2 e5 14.a4
Re8 15.Ne3 Kh7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rfb1 c6 18.Ne3 Nf8 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Nc4
Qc7 21.Nb6 Ra5 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Bc4 Rca8 24.Qb2 Rxa4 25.Rxa4 Rxa4
26.Qb3 b5 27.Bxf7 Rxe4 28.Bg8+ Kh8 29.Qc2 Rf4 30.Ba2 Bf6 31.Qb3 Qg7
32.Rd1 e4 33.Nd4 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Kh7 35.Rc1 Rf6 36.Re1 Rf4 37.Rc1 Rf6
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Shepherd Mike, Postal, IECG (1995.11.09) 1995
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5
Ne7 9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.Nc4 g5 14.a4 Ng6 15.Ba3
Rf7 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Rc1 h5 18.b5 Bf8 19.Qb3 g4 20.b6 a6 21.a5 g3
22.Bd3 gxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Ng4+ 24.fxg4 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 hxg4 26.Ne2 Rh7 27.Nd2
g3 0-1
Whitehead Dale - Wall Bill, Postal, IECG (1995.11.10) 1995
1.d4 f5 2.g4 fxg4 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.h3 d5 5.Nc3 Bf5 6.hxg4 Nxg4 7.Bh3 Qd7
8.f3 Nh6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxh6 Bxh3 11.Nxh3 gxh6 12.fxe4 Bg7 13.Qh5+ Kd8
14.O-O-O Kc8 15.e5 Nc6 16.Qf7 e6 17.Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.Ne4 Ke7 19.c3 Rhf8
20.Nhf2 Rf4 21.Rdg1 Kf7 22.Rg4 Rxg4 23.Nxg4 Kg6 24.Ngf6 Bxf6 25.Nxf6
Ne7 26.Rg1+ Kf7 27.Nxh7 Rh8 28.Nf6 h5 29.Ne4 Nf5 30.Ng5+ Ke7 31.Nh3 h4
32.Rg6 a5 33.a4 c6 34.Kc2 b6 35.Kd3 b5 36.axb5 cxb5 37.Ke4 Ng3+ 38.Kf3
Nf5 39.Kf4 Kd7 40.d5 Ne7 41.dxe6+ Ke8 42.Rg2 Rh6 43.Ng5 b4 44.cxb4
Nd5+ 45.Ke4 Nxb4 46.Rd2 Nc6 47.Rc2 Rh5 48.Kf4 Nd4 49.Rc8+ Ke7 50.Kg4
Rh6 51.Rc7+ Ke8 52.Nf7 Rg6+ 53.Kxh4 Nf3+ 54.Kh3 Ng1+ 1/2-1/2
Paetzold Ortwin - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.12.09) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Qb3 Bxd5 8.Qa3
Qxa3 9.bxa3 Bb7 10.a4 g6 11.f3 Bg7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Bd3 d5 14.Nge2 c4
15.Bc2 e6 16.Kd2 Nbd7 17.Ng3 Rfc8 18.Nce2 axb5 19.axb5 Ne4+ 20.Nxe4
Bxb2 21.Nd6 Rc7 22.Rab1 Rxa2 23.Nc3 Bxc3+ 24.Kxc3 Nb6 25.Rhc1 Rd7
26.Nxb7 Rxb7 27.e4 Kg7 28.exd5 exd5 29.Kd4 Rc7 30.Ke5 Re7+ 31.Kd6 Re6+
32.Kc5 Ra7 33.Ra1 Rb7 34.Kd4 Re2 35.Kc5 Rb8 36.Kc6 d4 37.Be4 f5 38.Kc7
Rc8+ 39.Kxb6 fxe4 40.Ka7 d3 41.b6 d2 42.Rh1 c3 43.b7 Rc7 0-1
Wall Bill - Galvin John, Postal, IECC (1995.12.09) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bxf1
8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 O-O 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.Rb1 Qb6 13.Qc2 e6 14.Rd1
exd5 15.exd5 Rfe8 16.h3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.Bf4 Ree8 19.Re1 h6 20.g4
Rad8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qd3 Ra8 23.Re1 g5 24.Bc1 Nd7 25.f4 gxf4 26.Qc2
Be5 27.Rf1 Qb7 28.Rd1 Nf6 29.Qd2 Qa6 30.a3 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Ne4 32.Qc2 Qc4
33.Rd3 Ng5 34.Rd1 f3+ 35.Kf2 Re8 36.Qd3 Re2+ 37.Kf1 Ne4 0-1
Wall Bill - Paetzold Ortwin, Postal, IECC (1995.12.09) 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 e6 6.dxe6 fxe6 7.e4 axb5
8.Bxb5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Kxe7
14.Ne2 Ne3 15.Qd2 Nb4 16.Kf2 Nf5 17.g4 Nh6 18.Qd6+ Ke8 19.Rhd1 Rd8
20.Ne4 Rf8 21.Qd2 Nxg4+ 22.Kg2 1-0
Wall Bill - Owens Johnny, IECG Postal (1995.09.11) 1996
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6
8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Bd7 12.c3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6
14.h3 O-O-O 15.Bd2 e5 16.Nc2 Bf5 17.Ne3 Bg6 18.Nd5 Qc6 19.Nb4 Qc5
20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Qxa6+ Kd7 22.Be3 Qc8 23.Qb5+ Ke6 24.Nc6 Rde8 25.Nxe5
Be4 26.Nc4 Bb8 27.Bd4 Qc7 28.Be5 Qa7 29.g4 Qb7 30.Qxb7 Bxb7 31.Bxb8+
Kd5 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Ne3+ Kc6 34.Ba7 Nd5 35.Nf5 1-0
Galvin Johm - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1995.12.09) 1996
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Nc3 axb5 7.d6 Qa5 8.e3
exd6 9.Bxb5 Ne4 10.Bd2 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Qxb5 12.Bxh8 Ba6 13.Ng5 Bb7
14.Nxh7 Bxg2 15.Rg1 Qc6 16.Bf6 Bf3 17.Qd3 d5 18.Rg5 d6 19.Nxf8 Kxf8
20.Rg3 Bh5 21.f3 Nd7 22.Bc3 Ne5 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.e4 d4 25.b3 Qb6 26.Kf2
Qb4 27.Qc2 Ra3 28.h3 Kg7 29.h4 Qa5 30.Rg5 c4 31.Qxc4 Rxa2+ 32.Rxa2
Qxa2+ 33.Qe2 Qxb3 34.Rxe5 d3 35.Qd2 Qb6+ 36.Kg3 Qg1+ 37.Kf4 Qh1 38.Ke3
Qxf3+ 39.Kd4 Qf6 1/2-1/2
In 1996, I continued postal games with IECC and IECG.
De Souza Antonio - Wall Bill, Postal, IECG (1996.01.05) 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O Nxb3 7.axb3 d6
8.c4 Nf6 9.d3 Bg4 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qc2 Bxf3 12.gxf3 c5 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Ra2
Qc8 15.Rfa1 Qc6 16.b4 cxb4 17.Qb3 bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rfb8 19.Rc1 Qb5 20.Ra5
Qd7 21.Nb6 Qd8 22.Rc6 Nd7 23.Qd5 Nxb6 24.Bxb6 Qd7 25.Be3 Qh3 26.Rc7
Kf8 27.Bg5 f6 28.Bd2 b3 29.Bb4 Rc8 30.Ra1 Rxc7 31.Qxa8+ Kf7 32.Qb8 Qc8
33.Qxc8 Rxc8 34.Rxa6 Rc1+ 35.Kg2 Rd1 36.Rb6 Rxd3 37.h3 g6 38.Bc3 d5
39.exd5 Rxd5 40.Rxb3 Rd7 0-1
Patterson Stephen - Wall Bill, Postal, IECG (1996.01.05) 1996
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6 4.b3 Ne4 5.Be3 Qf6 6.Nd2 Nc3 7.Qc1 d6
8.Ngf3 h6 9.b4 Nxd5 10.b5 Qc3 11.a4 Nb4 12.Kd1 Nxc2 13.Qxc2 Qxa1+
14.Nb1 Nd7 15.Bd2 Nb6 16.a5 Na4 17.e4 Bg4 18.Be2 g6 19.h3 Be6 20.a6
bxa6 21.e5 Bf5 22.Bd3 Bxd3 0-1
Rush Bradley - Wall Bill, Postal, IECG (1996.01.05) 1996
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.c5 Be7 6.h3 O-O 7.d3 a5 8.a3 h6
9.Nf3 axb4 10.axb4 Nc6 11.Qb3 b6 12.Qc3 Rxa1 13.Bxa1 Qa8 14.Na3 Nxb4
15.Be2 Qxa3 16.Qxa3 Nc2+ 17.Kd2 Nxa3 18.cxb6 cxb6 19.g4 Bb4+ 20.Kd1
Bg6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Ne1 Rc8 23.h4 Nb1 24.Bf3 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Bxd3 26.e4
dxe4 27.Bg2 Rc2 28.Re3 Rxf2 29.Bh3 Rh2 30.Kc1 Nc3 31.g5 Rc2# 0-1
Wall Bill - Arnold Jens, Postal, IECG (1996.01.05) 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6
8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Nd4 Qc7 12.h4 Rfd8 13.Ndb5 Bxb5
14.Nxb5 Qc6 15.f3 a6 16.Nc3 h6 17.Be3 b5 18.Kb1 b4 19.Ne2 d5 20.Nd4
Qc7 21.e5 Nd7 22.f4 a5 23.g4 Rdb8 24.g5 Bc5 25.gxh6 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 g6
27.h5 Kh7 28.hxg6+ fxg6 29.Qh3 Nf8 30.Qh4 Rb7 31.Qf6 Rc8 32.Rd2 Qf7
33.Qg5 Nd7 34.Rg2 Rg8 35.Rh3 Qf8 36.Qg4 Rc7 37.Qxe6 Qxf4 38.Rh1 Nf8
39.Qxd5 Rd7 40.Rf2 Rxd5 41.Rxf4 Ne6 42.Rf7+ Kh8 43.c3 Nxd4 44.cxd4
Rxd4 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Brunette Jim, Postal, IECG (1996.01.05) 1996
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O
8.d3 Re8 9.Nc3 h6 10.a3 Bf5 11.Bf4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qd2 Bxc3
14.bxc3 Rxe2 15.Qxe2 Bxd3 16.Qf3 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 c6 18.Be5 Nd7 19.Rd1 f6
20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Rxd7 Qe6 22.Qd1 Qxc4 23.Rxb7 Qxc3 24.h4 Re8 25.Qd7
Re1+ 26.Kh2 Qf6 27.Rb8+ Kh7 28.Qd3+ g6 29.Qg3 Re7 30.h5 g5 31.Rc8 Rf7
32.Qd3+ Kg7 33.f3 Qe5+ 34.g3 Qb2+ 35.Kh3 Qf6 36.Qe4 Qf5+ 37.Qxf5 Rxf5
38.Kg4 Rf7 39.Rxc6 Kh7 40.f4 gxf4 41.gxf4 Kg7 42.f5 Rd7 43.Rg6+ Kh7
44.f6 a5 45.Kf5 Rb7 46.a4 Rb2 47.f7 1-0
Wall Bill - Purdy Warren, Postal, IECG (1996.01.05) 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O
8.h3 Ne5 9.Bb3 a6 10.Be3 c5 11.Nf3 c4 12.Nxe5 cxb3 13.Nc4 bxc2 14.Qxc2
b5 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Ncd5 Bb7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.f3 Rfe8 19.Rfd1 d5 20.Bf4
Rbd8 21.Bc7 Rc8 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.e5 Ne8 24.Bd6 Qg5 25.Qf2 Qg6 26.Bc5
Nc7 27.f4 Qf5 28.Rac1 Ne6 29.Be3 Rd8 30.Qf3 Ba8 31.g4 Ng5 32.Qg3 Ne4
33.Qg2 Qe6 34.Qxe4 g5 35.Qd4 gxf4 36.Qxf4 Re8 37.Rc7 f6 38.Qh6 Re7
39.Bc5 Rf7 40.Rf1 1-0
Bealieu Donald - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1996.01.08) 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+
8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qe2+ Be6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxd5 Qxd5 13.Nb3 Bg4
14.Rfd1 Rfe8 15.Qd3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Re2 18.Rab1 Rae8 19.a3
Rc2 20.d5 Ne7 21.d6 cxd6 22.Rxd6 Nc6 23.h3 g6 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Bealieu Donald, Postal, IECC (1996.01.08) 1996
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.Bxe5 Bd6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 Be5 12.c3 Rb8 13.b4 O-O
14.bxc5 Rfd8 15.e4 b6 16.d4 Bc7 17.c6 Bd6 18.O-O Rbc8 19.e5 Bxe5
20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.c4 b5 22.Qf3 Rc7 23.Rfe1 Qf6 24.cxb5 1-0
Brophy Craig - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1996.01.15) 1996
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O
Nge7 9.e4 O-O 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Ne5
Be4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Bxe4 Qxe4 17.Qa4 Bd6 18.Qxc4+ Kh8 19.Rac1 Qf5
20.Rfe1 h6 21.Qb3 b6 22.Bd2 Rad8 23.Bc3 Qg5 24.Rc2 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8
26.Qa4 Qg6 27.Rc1 Re7 28.Qc6 Bf4 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Kh7 31.Qc3 Bd6
32.a3 Qb1 33.f3 f5 34.Kg2 Qa2 35.Qc2 Qd5 36.Bf2 b5 37.Qc8 a5 38.Qd7 b4
39.axb4 axb4 40.Be3 Qb3 41.Qxf5+ Kg8 42.Qc8+ Kh7 43.Qc1 g5 44.Qd2
1-0
Wall Bill - Hughes Roy, Postal, IECC (1996.01.22) 1996
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nh3 Bc5 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 Kh8 8.Bg5
h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.e3 d6 12.Qh5 a5 13.a3 Be6 14.Rac1 Bf7
15.Qe2 Re8 16.Kh1 a4 17.Nc3 Qd7 18.Qd1 Nd8 19.Ng1 Ra5 20.Nge2 e4
21.Nd4 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Qc2 Qa6 24.d4 Bb6 25.Ne2 c6 26.Nf4 Bd8
27.Rfd1 Bf6 28.Bf1 Qb6 29.Be2 Qc7 30.Qd2 Bg5 31.Qb4 Rea8 32.Kg2 Bf6
33.Rc2 b6 34.Qd2 R5a7 35.Rdc1 c5 36.dxc5 bxc5 37.Nd5 Bxd5 38.Qxd5 Be5
39.Rd2 Rb7 40.Rcc2 Qd7 41.Bh5 Kh7 42.f3 g6 43.f4 Bg7 44.Be2 Ra6 45.h4
h5 46.Rc1 Rab6 47.Rcd1 Qc8 48.Bf1 Bxb2 49.Kf2 Qe8 50.Bh3 Bxa3 51.Bxf5
gxf5 52.Qxf5+ Qg6 53.Qxg6+ Kxg6 54.Rxd6+ Rxd6 55.Rxd6+ Kf7 56.Rh6 Rb2+
0-1
Koch Martin - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1996.01.23) 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O
8.Be3 Nc6 9.h3 e5 10.Nf3 a6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Qd2 b6 13.Nh2 Nb4 14.Ng4 Nxg4
15.Bxg4 Bxg4 16.hxg4 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Qc6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Qc4 20.f3
Rab8 21.b3 Qc7 22.c4 Bh4 23.Kh2 h6 24.g3 Qd7 25.gxh4 1-0
Koch Martin - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1996.01.27) 1996
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 e6 7.c3 Bd6
8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.Ne5 Nd7
14.Bxe7 Nxe5 15.Qf3 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Qxe7 0-1
Wall Bill - Grabove Matthew, Postal, IECC (1996.01.27) 1996
1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bf4
d5 9.Rc1 b6 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Qd2 Re8 13.a3 Na5 14.Qc2 c4
15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 Qe7 17.dxc4 dxc4 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Bd5+ Kh8 20.e4 Bh3
21.Bxa8 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Rxa8 23.Nxc4 1-0
Wall Bill - Ribeiro Vitor, Postal, IECC (1996.01.27) 1996
1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 c6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.d3 Bxf3
8.Bxf3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.c4 Rc8 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.a3 Qc7 14.cxd5
exd5 15.b4 a5 16.b5 c5 17.Qb3 Qd6 18.Rc2 Rfd8 19.Qc3 a4 20.Rb1 b6
21.Nf1 Ne8 22.Ng3 Bf6 23.d4 Nc7 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Qb4 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Rd7
27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Bg4 N7e6 29.Qe5 Nd3 30.Rxc8+ 1-0
Widegren Johnny - Wall Bill, Postal, IECC (1996.01.27) 1996
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bf3 Nbd7 7.Ne2 Be7
8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qa4 e5 12.Bg3 Re8 13.Nd2 Qb6
14.Rfe1 Nf8 15.Qc2 Ng6 16.b4 Bf8 17.Rad1 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 Be6
20.Ne4 Be7 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qe4 Re7 23.Bh5 Bb3 24.Ra1 Rd8 25.Ra5 Nf4
26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Qb1 Qe6 28.Rc1 Be5 29.h3 Bc4 30.Rd1 Qb6 31.Qc2 Rde8
32.Nd4 Bd6 33.Nf5 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Rxd1 35.Qxd1 Bf8 36.Qd2 g6 37.Qxf4 Bd3
38.Nh6+ Bxh6 39.Qxh6 Qc7+ 40.g3 gxh5 41.Rc5 Qe7 42.Qxh5 Qe2 43.Qg5+
Bg6 44.Qf6 Qd2 45.Rc7 b5 46.Rc5 Qd3 47.h4 h5 48.Rc6 Qe2 49.Rd6 Rc8
50.Rd8+ Rxd8 51.Qxd8+ Kh7 52.Qd4 Qf3 53.Qe3 Qxe3 54.fxe3 Be4 55.Kg1
Kg6 56.Kf1 Kf5 57.Ke2 Kg4 58.c4 bxc4 0-1
Wall Bill - Wepener Pieta, IECC Postal (1996.06.11) 1996
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 O-O
8.e4 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.e5 Ng4 11.Bxb5 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxb5 13.Ndxb5 a6
14.Na3 Qd4 15.Qc2 Nc6 16.Qe2 Qxe5 17.Qxe5 Ngxe5 18.O-O Nd3 19.Rd1 Rfd8
20.Rb1 Rab8 21.h3 h5 22.f3 Nxc1 23.Rdxc1 Nb4 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Re2 Rbc8
26.Kf1 Nd3 0-1
Wepener Pieta - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1996.06.11) 1996
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5
Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Qe2
Be7 15.Ne5 c5 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.dxc5 Qc6 18.Bc3 Qxg2 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Ne4
f5 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.cxd6 O-O-O 23.Rhg1 Qc6 24.Qe5 Kb8 25.Rg7 Rd7
26.Rxf7 Rc8 27.c3 Rcd8 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.Qf6 1-0
Fielding Gerald - Wall Bill, IECC (1996.06.13) (1996.10.01) 1996
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Nc3
O-O 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Be1 Qe7 12.Nh4 Ndf6 13.f3 Ng5 14.Bc3 Nh3+
15.Kh1 g5 16.g4 Nf4 17.e3 Nxg2 18.Nxg2 b6 19.e4 Bb7 20.Ne3 Qe6 21.Qd2
h6 22.d5 Qd7 23.Nf5 Kh7 24.h4 Rg8 25.Kg2 Rg6 26.Rh1 gxh4 27.Rxh4 h5
28.Rah1 Kg8 29.Kf2 Ne8 30.Rxh5 1-0
Wall Bill - Sanchiz Josep, IECC (1996.06.13) (1996.10.27) 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxe4
8.d5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Re1 Nd6 11.Rxe5 g6 12.Re1 Bg7 13.Be3 b6 14.Na3
O-O 15.Qd3 Rfe8 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Bf4 Nf5 18.Nb5 e5 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.c4 a6
21.Nc3 h6 22.Bd2 Nd4 23.b3 Qg4 24.Ne4 f5 25.Ng3 Rc7 26.f3 Qh4 27.b4
Rf7 28.bxc5 e4 29.Qa3 Ref8 30.cxb6 Nc2 31.Qxa6 Bd4+ 32.Kh1 Bf2 33.Rxe4
fxe4 34.Nxe4 Rxf3 35.gxf3 Qh3 0-1
De Schepper Bart - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1996.06.13) 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qb6
8.Nb3 e6 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.g4 b5 12.Bg2 Bb7 13.Qe2 b4 14.Nb1
Rc8 15.Rd2 a5 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 a4 19.Nd4 a3 20.bxa3 bxa3
21.Nb5 Qc5 22.N5xa3 O-O 23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Rh3 Bc6 25.Qe2 Rb8 26.f5 Qa5
27.Qc4 Nc5 28.Qc3 Qb6 0-1
Sciarretta Dominic - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1996.06.13) 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Qh4
8.c4 O-O-O 9.c5 g5 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.g3 Qh3 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bb5
14.Bxg5 Rxd4 15.Qb3 Rxe4 16.Qxb5 h6 17.Be3 Rh4 18.Rfd1 Qxh2+ 19.Kf1
Qh3+ 20.Ke1 Re4 21.c6 Rxe3+ 22.fxe3 Qxg3+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Ralls Nelson, IECC Postal (1996.06.13) 1996
1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.dxe6
Bxe6 9.Bd3 Nfd7 10.Nge2 Ne5 11.b3 Qh4+ 12.Bf2 Qg5 13.Rg1 Qh5 14.Bg3
Nbc6 15.Rc1 Rad8 16.Bb1 a6 17.a3 Ne7 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Rd1 f5 20.Rxd6 fxe4
21.Nxe4 Nf5 22.Rb6 Ne3 23.Qc1 Nxg2+ 24.Rxg2 Nxf3+ 25.Kf1 Nxh2+ 26.Kg1
Nf3+ 27.Kf2 Nh4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Fielding Gerald, IECC Postal (1996.06.13) to 1996.11.05 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2 Be6 8.f4
Nge7 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.O-O O-O 11.Rae1 Rb8 12.Ng5 Bd7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qf2
f6 15.Nf3 Be6 16.a3 Qc7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf5 19.b4 b6 20.Nh4 Bd7
21.c4 Rbe8 22.Qd2 Rf7 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Rxb8+ Qxb8 26.Qa2 Ba4
27.Nf3 Rb7 28.Nxd4 cxd4 29.Bc1 Rb3 30.c5 Rc3 31.d6+ Kh8 32.Qf7 Rxc5
33.Qe7 Rc8 34.Bd2 Re8 35.Qc7 Rc8 36.Qe7 Re8 37.Qc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2
Hassim Unes - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1996.06.15) 1996
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 d5 5.Nd2 Bb4 6.Qa4 a5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nf3
Nd7 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.b3 Nc5 13.Bb2 f6 14.d4 exd4
15.Nxd4 Rd8 16.e3 Bg4 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.e4 Nb6 20.Nxa5 Rxa5
21.b4 Raa8 22.h3 Bc8 23.bxc5 Na4 24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Rfd1 Bxc5 26.Ba1 Qe7
27.Rc4 Nb6 28.Nxc6 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 bxc6 30.Rxc5 Bxh3 31.Qc2 Bd7 32.e5
fxe5 33.Rxe5 Qxa3 34.Bd4 Ra5 35.Qe4 Qc1+ 36.Bf1 Rxe5 37.Qxe5 1-0
Wall Bill - Hassim Unes, IECG Postal (1996.06.15) 1996
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Na3 Bd6 8.Nc2
O-O 9.O-O Bg6 10.d4 Re8 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Ne3 Qb6 14.Qc1 a5
15.Rd1 a4 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bd4 Qb5 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qb2 Rec8 20.Rac1
axb3 21.axb3 Rc6 22.Ra1 Rac8 23.b4 Bc2 24.Re1 Ba4 25.Ra2 Ra6 26.Rea1
Nb8 27.Bc5 Qc6 28.Qd4 Nd7 29.Be7 Rca8 30.Qb2 Nb6 31.f4 Bb5 32.Rxa6
Rxa6 33.Rc1 Qe8 34.Rc7 Qa8 35.Rc2 Nc4 36.Nxc4 Bxc4 37.Qd4 Ra2 38.Rxa2
Qxa2 39.Qc5 h5 40.Qe3 Bxe2 41.h3 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 d4 0-1
Lewis Scott - Wall Bill, IECC (1996.07.01) (1996.10.27) 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 Nc6
8.Be3 Bxe3 9.Qxe3 d6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.f4 Qc7 13.Rhg1 b5
14.g4 b4 15.g5 Nd7 16.Ne2 a5 17.Nbd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qc5 19.Rg3 a4 20.e5
Bb7 21.Rh3 g6 22.exd6 a3 23.Nb3 axb2+ 24.Kb1 Qc6 25.Qd4 Rfd8 26.Qxb4
Ra4 27.Qb5 Rda8 28.Qxc6 Bxc6 29.c4 e5 30.fxe5 Rxa2 31.Rd2 Nxe5 32.Rxb2
R2a3 33.Be2 Rb8 34.Rc3 Be4+ 35.Kc1 Nd7 36.c5 Bc6 37.Bd1 Rba8 38.Re2 f6
39.Re7 fxg5 40.Bg4 Nf6 41.Be6+ Kh8 42.Rf7 Nd5 43.Rh3 h5 44.Rg3 Nf4
45.Bc4 R3a4 46.Nd2 Ra1+ 47.Kb2 Rd1 48.Kc2 Ba4+ 49.Bb3 Ra1 50.Re7 Ra2+
51.Kc1 Ra1+ 52.Nb1 Bb5 53.Bc2 g4 54.Rb3 Ba4 55.Rb2 Bxc2 56.Kxc2 R1a5
57.Re5 Kg7 58.Nc3 Kf6 59.Re4 Ne6 60.c6 R5a6 61.Nd5+ Kf5 62.Rc4 Ke5
63.Nb6 Kxd6 64.Nxa8 Rxa8 65.Kc3 Ra3+ 66.Kb4 Rd3 67.Rf2 Rf3 68.Rd2+ Kc7
69.Rd7+ Kc8 70.Re4 Nc7 71.Ree7 Rf4+ 72.Kb3 1-0
Lewis Scott - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1996.07.03) 1996
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 a6 7.Ng5 O-O 8.f5
h6 9.h4 b5 10.Bb3 b4 11.Na4 Ba7 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.g4 Qh8
15.g5 hxg5 16.Bxg5 Bb7 17.c3 Qh5 18.Qxh5+ Nxh5 19.Rf1 Rh8 20.cxb4 Nxb4
21.Kd2 c5 22.b3 Nf6 23.Nb2 d5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Nc4 Bxc4 26.dxc4 Ne4+
27.Kc1 Nxg5 28.hxg5 Rh2 29.Rd1 e4 30.Rd7+ Ke8 31.Rd2 Rh1+ 32.Rd1 Rh5
0-1
Fielding Gerald - Wall Bill, IECC Postal (1996.06.13-1996.11.17) 1996
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O
Nge7 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.a4 Bf5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Re1 Qa5
15.Qc1 Rad8 16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxc4 Qc7 18.Qc2 Nf8 19.Rac1 Nb8 20.Ne3 Bg6
21.Qb3 b6 22.a5 bxa5 23.Nd5 Qd7 24.Nf4 Bf5 25.Re3 Ne6 26.Rce1 Nxf4
27.gxf4 Be6 28.Qd1 f5 29.f3 exf3 30.Qxf3 Bc4 31.Re5 Re6 32.Qb7 Qxb7
33.Bxb7 Rde8 34.d5 Rxe5 35.fxe5 Nd7 36.e6 Nf6 37.Bc6 Bxd5 38.Bxe8 Nxe8
39.Re5 Be4 40.Rc5 Bd3 41.c4 f4 42.Rc8 Bg6 43.c5 1-0
In November 1996, I won the St Mary's University Championship in
San Antonio.
Katsampas Tom - Wall Bill, St Mary's Ch, San Antonio 1996
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Bb6
8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Nfd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qh4 13.Nf3 Qxf2+
14.Kh1 Qg1+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Hanna Art, St Mary's Ch, San Antonio 1996
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bb5 Ne7 7.Nf3 a6
8.Be2 Bg4 9.O-O Qd7 10.Ne4 O-O-O 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nf5
14.d3 Be7 15.Rae1 Rhe8 16.Qd2 Nd6 17.Nc5 Qc6 18.b4 b6 19.Nxa6 b5
20.Nc5 Nb7 21.Nxb7 Kxb7 22.Qf4 Bd6 23.Bxd6 cxd6 24.Qxf7+ Kc8 25.Rxe8
Rxe8 26.Qf5+ Qd7 27.Qf3 Kc7 28.c4 bxc4 29.dxc4 Kb6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Qh5
Qc7 32.Qb5+ Ka7 33.a4 Qb7 34.Qa5+ 1-0
Chandra Glasgow - Wall Bill, St Mary's Ch, San Antonio 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d4 b5 7.d5 Na5 8.Be2 Nf6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 b4 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 bxc3 14.Bxc3 exd5
15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qxd5 Bb7 17.Qd3 Rd8 18.Qe3+ Be7 19.O-O O-O 20.a3 Rfe8
21.Bd3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 c4 24.Be4 Bf6 25.c3 Nb3 26.Ra2 Nd2
27.Rd1 Nxf3+ 28.Bxf3 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Re1+ 30.Kg2 Rxd1 31.a4 Rd2 32.Kf3
Bxc3 0-1
Wall Bill - Minatsu Matsuda, St Mary's Ch, San Antonio 1996
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e5 3.c4 Bf5 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Ng6 6.d3 Na6 7.Be3 b6
8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qxa6 1-0
Zalewski Joel - Wall Bill, St Mary's Ch, San Antonio 1996
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Bh3 Nf6 8.O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nd4 10.Qd2 b5 11.Qg2 Bb7 12.g4 b4 13.f5 bxc3 14.bxc3 Nb5
15.Rb1 Bc6 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Qe7 18.g5 Nh5 19.Bb2 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Re8
21.Qg4 Bd7 0-1
In 1997, I played over 1000 games on the Internet at Microsoft's Gaming Zone.
In 1998 I moved to Palm Bay, Florida, near Melbourne, Florida.
I was active in the Melbourne Chess Club.
Everly Bill - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Na3 Nc6 5.Nc4 d5 6.Nce5 Bd6 7.Nxc6 bxc6
8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qa4 Bb7 11.O-O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxf2 13.Nxc6
Qf5 14.c4 Bf4+ 0-1
Goodman Dan - Wall Bill,Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 a6 8.O-O
Be7 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.Re1 Bc7 13.Bf4 b5 14.Bd3
Bb7 15.h3 Nb4 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Nxf2 18.Rxb4 Nd3 19.Re4 Nxb2 20.a3
O-O 21.Bg5 Bb6+ 22.Kf1 Rfc8 23.Ne2 Rc2 24.Be7 Rac8 25.Rb1 Nd3 26.a4
Ra2 27.axb5 axb5 28.Ned4 b4 29.Bxb4 Ra4 30.Bd6 Bd8 31.Rb8 Ra1+ 32.Ne1
Rxb8 33.Bxb8 Ba5 34.Nf3 g5 35.Re3 Nb4 36.Nd4 Bb6 37.Re4 Nd3 38.Nf3 Nf2
39.Re2 Nh1 0-1
Wall Bill - Owens Willa, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.Kf1 c6 6.d4 d5 7.exd5 cxd5
8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qe2+ Kf8 10.Bxf4 Bg4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nbd2 Qf6 13.Be5 Qe7
14.Qa6 Rc8 15.Nxh4 Qxh4 16.Bd6+ Ne7 17.Qa3 Qf6+ 18.Nf3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 g6
20.Be5 1-0
Owens Willa - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Be3 c5 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bb5+ Nd7 7.O-O Nf6
8.exd5 exd5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Ne5 d4 11.Bxd4 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Be7 13.Nxd7
Nxd7 14.Rfe1 O-O 15.Qxd7 Qxd7 16.Bxd7 1-0
Wall Bill - Mitchell A, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bg4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Qd7 9.d5 1-0
Mitchell A - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e6 7.Nxc6 bxc6
8.Bd3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qf3 Qa5 11.Qg3 Nh5 12.Qg4 Qxg5 0-1
Jerri - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bg7 7.h4 Nf6 8.Na3
O-O 9.Nb5 a6 10.Nc3 Qa5 11.Kd2 Bh6+ 12.Ke1 Bxc1 13.Qxc1 Nb4 14.a3 Bxf3
15.Bxf3 Nxd3+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Daveid, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Bc8 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Bd6
8.O-O-O Nf6 9.Nge2 O-O 10.Rhf1 c6 11.g4 Nbd7 12.g5 Nd5 13.Ne4 N7b6
14.Bd3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nd5 16.Qh3 Nf4 17.Nf6+ 1-0
Daveid - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.d3 Nc6 4.e4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 d4 7.Nb1 b5 8.O-O
Be7 9.Bd2 O-O 10.c3 dxc3 11.Bxc3 Ng4 12.Bd2 Nd4 13.h3 Nxf3+ 14.Rxf3
Qd4+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Daveid, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be6 7.Ng5 Qd7 8.Nxe6
fxe6 9.O-O d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a3 Be7 12.Bg5 d4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne4 Be7
15.Rc1 b6 16.Qa4 Rc8 17.f4 Rc7 18.Qc4 exf4 19.Rxf4 Ne5 20.Qa2 c4
21.dxc4 d3 22.exd3 Qxd3 23.Nf2 Qe2 24.Qb3 Ng6 25.Qb5+ Rd7 26.Rd1 1-0
Wall Bill - Dancala, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4 4.Bd2 c6 5.Nf3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 e4 7.dxe4 Nxe4
8.Bxg7 Rg8 9.Bc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qf6 11.Qd4 Qe6 12.Qe5 Qxe5 13.Nxe5 d5
14.cxd5 cxd5 15.O-O-O Be6 16.g3 Nc6 17.Nd3 d4 18.Nc5 dxc3 19.Nxb7 Bxa2
20.Bg2 Rg6 21.Nd6+ Kf8 22.Bxc6 Rd8 23.Nf5 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 1-0
Dancala - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 e6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d5 exd5
8.exd5 Ne7 9.Bg5 Ng6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qe2+ Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Bxd7 Qxd7
14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rfe1 Nf4 16.Qb5 Qg4 17.g3 Qxf3 18.gxf4 Qxf4 19.Ne2
Qg4+ 20.Ng3 h5 21.Re4 Qg6 22.h4 Be5 23.Qd3 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Be5 25.Rxb7
Rfc8 26.Rb3 Rc1+ 27.Kg2 Rac8 28.Re3 Qg4 29.Qe4 Qd1 30.Rbd3 Qg1+ 31.Kf3
Bxg3 32.fxg3 Qf1# 0-1
Wall Bill - Dancala, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 c6 4.Bc4 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Qe2+ Be6 7.Bb5+ Nc6
8.Nd4 Ne7 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Qxe6 Qb6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Nxd5 Qd8 13.Bxc6+ bxc6
14.Nxf4 1-0
Knouse John - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bc5 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3
Nf6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Ne2 Ng4 11.Nc4 Nf2+ 12.Ke1 Nxh1 0-1
Latino Carl - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nc6
8.Kh1 Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.f5 e5 11.Nf3 b5 12.Bg5 b4 13.Bxf6 bxc3 14.Bxe7
Qxe7 15.bxc3 Bb7 16.Qe1 Na5 17.Bd3 Rfc8 18.f6 Qxf6 19.Nd4 Qd8 20.Nf5
Qf8 21.Qh4 Nc6 22.Rf3 Rc7 23.Rh3 h6 24.Rg3 f6 25.Nxh6+ 1-0
Blue Wayne - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 O-O 8.c3
Nc6 9.O-O Ne5 10.Be2 a6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Na3 b5 13.Bh6 Bb7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.Rac1 Nc4 16.Nxc4 bxc4 17.b4 cxb3 18.axb3 Qb6 19.Kh1 e5 20.Nc2 Qxb3
21.Qxd6 Qxc3 22.Qb4 Qxb4 23.Nxb4 a5 24.Nc6 a4 25.Nxe5 a3 26.Ra1 Rfc8
27.Bc4 Rc7 28.Rfc1 Nh5 29.Nxf7 Nf4 30.Ne5 Rc5 31.g3 Rxe5 32.gxf4 Rc5
33.Bd5 Rxc1+ 34.Rxc1 Bxd5 35.exd5 a2 36.Ra1 Kf6 37.Kg2 Ke7 38.Kg3 Kd6
39.Kg4 Kxd5 40.f5 gxf5+ 41.Kxf5 Kc4 0-1
Wall Bill - Adams Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 f6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Nc6 5.O-O Be6 6.e3 e4 7.dxe4 dxe4 8.Nd4
Nxd4 9.exd4 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.Bxe4 Qa5 12.Bxb7 Rd8 13.Bc6+ Ke7 14.Re1
Qb6 15.d5 1-0
Adams Bill - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.d5 exd5 7.exd5 Nce7
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O g6 11.Qd4 f6 12.Ng5 Nf5 13.Re1+ Nge7
14.Qxf6 O-O-O 15.Qxh8 Bg7 16.Qxh7 Rh8 17.Qxh8+ Bxh8 18.Nf7 Bf6 19.Na3
Nxd5 20.Bg5 Qxf7 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rad1 Qxa2 0-1
Adams Bill - Wall Bill, Melbourne CC, Melbourne,FL 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Nxe4 7.d4 d5 8.Ne5
Nxe5 9.dxe5 Qh4 10.g3 Qh3 11.Bb5+ Ke7 12.Rxe4 a6 13.Rh4 Qf5 14.Rh5 Qg6
15.Bd3 f5 16.Rg5 Qf7 17.Rh5 h6 18.a3 g6 19.Bg5+ Ke8 20.Qa4+ Bd7 21.Bb5
Bxb5 0-1
In 1998 I played a match against Leo Lacrimosa (1700) in Melbourne and
Palm Bay.
Wall Bill - Lacrimosa Leo, Melbourne 1998
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nd2 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 dxc6
8.O-O Nf6 9.f4 Bc5+ 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Nf3 Rd8 12.Qe1 b5 13.Qh4 Be7 14.Ng5
e5 15.fxe5 Qxe5 16.Rxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 18.Qh8# 1-0
Lacrimosa Leo - Wall Bill, Melbourne 1998
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qc2 Nxf3+
8.gxf3 b5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nc3 g6 11.Rd1 Bg7 12.e5 Nh5 13.e6 Bc8 14.exf7+
Kxf7 15.Nxb5 a6 16.Nc3 Bf5 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.fxe4 Qd6 19.Qxc4 Rhd8 20.Bc5
Qd7 21.h4 Nf4 22.Bd3 Kf8 23.Bc2 Qg4 24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Qxc7+ Kf8 26.Qc5+
Kg8 27.Qc4 Rac8 0-1
Wall Bill - Lacrimosa Leo, Melbourne 1998
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.Re1 O-O
8.c3 Rb8 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 b5 11.e5 Ng4 12.a4 Qc7 13.axb5 Ngxe5
14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qa4 Nd3 16.Re3 Nxc1 17.Rxc1 Bd7 18.c4 Rfd8 19.Nf3 Bf6
20.b3 Bd4 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Rd3 Qc5 23.b4 Qb6 24.Qd1 e5 25.Qh5 Qd6 26.c5
Qf6 27.c6 Bf5 28.Rf3 g6 29.Rxf5 Qxf5 30.Qxf5 gxf5 31.c7 1-0
Lacrimosa Leo - Wall Bill, Melbourne, FL Melbourne 1998
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5
Ne7 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.dxe6 fxe4 14.Nd5
Nfxd5 15.cxd5 Nf5 16.Bg4 Qf6 17.Bxf5 gxf5 18.Qc2 f4 19.Bc1 f3 20.g3
Qf5 21.Kh1 Qh3 22.Rg1 Rf5 23.Qxe4 Rh5 24.Qh4 Rxh4 25.gxh4 Qxh4 26.Rg3
Kh8 27.Bg5 Qd4 28.Rag1 Rg8 29.Bf6 h5 30.Bxg7+ Kh7 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxg8
h4 33.R8g7+ Qxg7 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Kg1 Kf6 36.Kf1 c6 37.dxc6 bxc6 38.a3
a5 39.Ke1 Kxe6 40.Kd2 Kf5 41.Ke3 Kg4 0-1
In April 1999, I played in the 6th Space Coast Open at
Satellite Beach, Florida.
Cunningham Walter (2221) - Wall Bill, Space Coast Open, Satellite Beach, FL 1999
1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.d4 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Qc2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.exd5
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Ng3 Ne5 13.Nf5 Nxd3 14.Qxd3
Bc8 15.Bg5 Re8 16.Rae1 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Qd7 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Be7 Ne5
20.Bxd6 Nxc4 21.Bc7 Kf8 22.b3 Rec8 23.Bf4 Nb2? (23.Na3)
24.Bd6+ (24.Re3) Kg8 25.Re3 c4 26.Be5? (26.Ba3) Nd3 27.bxc4 Nxe5
28.Rxe5 Rxc4 29.Rfe1 Kf8 30.Re7 Rd8 31.Rxa7
Rd4 32.g3 R4xd5 33.Ree7 Rf5 34.Reb7 g6 35.Rd7 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Ra5 37.Rd2
1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Andrews Steven (2229), Space Coast Open, Satellite Beach, FL 1999
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.d4
Nbd7 9.Nc3 c5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Rc1 Bf6 14.Ba3
Qe7 15.Bxc5 bxc5 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.Ne1 h6 19.Bd3 Qb6 20.Qe2
g6 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qg3 Kg7 23.e4 Bb7 24.e5 Be7 25.Be2 h4 26.Qf4 Rcd8
27.Bd3 Rd4 28.Qe3 Rfd8 29.Nf3 R4d7 30.h3 Qa5 31.a4 Qb4 32.Be2 Bd5
33.Bb5 Rb7 34.Bc4 Rbd7 35.Bb5 Bc6 36.Rxd7 Bxd7 37.Rc4 Qa3 38.Nxh4 Bxb5
39.axb5 Rd1+ 40.Kh2 Rb1 41.Rg4 Rxb3 42.Qe4 Bxh4
43.Rxh4?? (43.Rxg6+! fxg6 44.Qxh4) Rb4 0-1
Gray Don (2140) - Wall Bill, Space Coast Open, Satellite Beach, FL 1999
1.c3 c5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 d5 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.b3 Bd7 8.O-O
Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe2 Rfe8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Be7 14.c4
Bc6 15.Rad1 Qa5 16.Bb1 Rad8 17.Bb2 dxc4 18.Nxc4 Qg5 19.f3 Bb5 20.Bd4
Nd5 21.a4 Ba6 22.f4 Qh6 23.Rf3 g6 24.Rh3 Qf8 25.Rxh7 Kxh7 26.Rf1 Bxc4
27.bxc4 Nf6 28.Rf3 Kg7 29.g4 Bc5 30.Ba1 Qd6 31.g5 Qd1+ 32.Qf1 Qxf1+
33.Kxf1 Rd1+ 34.Ke2 Red8 35.Bxf6+ Kf8 36.Bxd8 Rxb1 37.Rh3 Ke8 38.Rh8+
Kd7 39.Bf6 Rb3 40.Rd8+ Kc7 41.Rd3 Rb4 42.Be5+ Kc6 43.Rd8 Rxc4 44.Rc8+
Kd5?? (44...Kb6) 45.Kd3 Rxa4 46.e4+ Rxe4 47.Rd8+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Lehto Mike (1868), Space Coast Open, Satellite Beach, FL 1999
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 e6 7.d3 Be7
8.Nbd2 O-O 9.c4 a5 10.a3 Qb6 11.Qc2 Rfd8 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Rfe1 Bh5
14.Ndf3 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 dxc4 16.dxc4 Nc5 17.Rab1 Nd3 18.Re2 Nxb2 19.Qxb2
c5 20.Rbe1 Rd6 21.Nh4 g6 22.Bh3 Rad8 23.f4 Nh5 24.Nf3 Rd1 25.Qc2 Rxe1+
26.Rxe1 Qd6 27.Bf1 Bf6 28.Be2 Bd4+ 29.Kf1 (29.Nxd4) Qc6
30.Rd1 Nf6 31.Qd2? (31.h3) Ng4
32.Rb1 Nxh2+ 33.Kg2 Ng4 34.Qxa5 b6 35.Qe1 Qe4 36.Kh3 h5 37.Nxd4 Rxd4
38.Bxg4 hxg4+ 39.Kxg4 Qf5+ 40.Kf3 g5 41.Rb2 gxf4 42.g4 Rd3+ 43.Kf2
Qxg4 44.Qh1 Qg3+ 0-1
Goldstein Brian - Wall Bill, Space Coast Open, Satellite Beach, FL 1999
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Nbd2 Qb6 6.Nb3 dxe4 7.Ne5 Nxe5
8.dxe5 Bd7 9.Be2 Ba4 10.c4 Ne7 11.Qc2 Bc6 12.Be3 Nf5 13.O-O Nd4
14.Bxd4 cxd4 15.Qd1 d3 16.Bg4 Rd8 17.Rc1 Qc7 18.Qd2 Qxe5 19.Rfe1 Be7
20.f3 Bg5 21.Qd1 Bxc1 22.Qxc1 d2 23.Nxd2 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Qxd2 0-1
In April 2000, I played in the 7th Space Coast Open in Melbourne Beach,
Florida.
Wall Bill - Legvold Doug (1888), Space Coast Open, Melbourne Beach, FL 2000
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.g3 e5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Bg2
Nc6 9.O-O Ngxe5 10.Nc3 Rb8 11.a3 a5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nd5
Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Nxc7 Bg4 17.Rae1 a4 18.h3 Bf5 19.b4 Bc2 20.Nd5 d3
21.exd3 Bxd3 22.Re7 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 Bb2 24.Re3 Re8 25.Rd3 Rbd8 26.h4 Kf8
27.Bf3 f5 28.Bd1 Re4 29.c5 Rd4 30.Rxd4 Bxd4 31.Nc7 Ke7 32.Bxa4 Bb2
33.Nb5 Bxa3 34.Nd6? (34.Nxa3 Ra8 35.Bb3 Rxa3 36.Bd5)
Ra8 35.Bb3 Bxb4 36.Nxb7 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Rc1 38.Bg8 h6
39.h5 g5 (39...gxh5) 40.Bh7 Kf6 41.Nd6 Rxc5? (41...f4)
42.Bg6? (42.g4) Rd5 43.Nf7 Bf8 44.Kf3 Rd7 45.g4
fxg4+ 46.Kxg4 Rxf7 47.Bxf7 Kxf7 0-1
Wall Bill - Tannenbaum Mike (1911), Space Coast Open, Melbourne Beach, FL 2000
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bxc6 (6.Ne2)
dxc6 7.Bxe5? (7.Nc3) Qd5 8.Nf3 Bg4 0-1
Kanner Richard - Wall Bill, Space Coast Open, Melbourne Beach, FL 2000
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nf6 5.d4 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.O-O Qd7 8.Bb5
c6 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Be2 Ng6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Bg5 Rb8 13.b3 h6 14.Be3 O-O
15.Rd1 Qb7 16.Nd2 Qb4 17.Ndb1 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxe4
20.g3? (20.f3) d5 21.Nc3 (21.c3) Qb4 22.Bxa7? (22.Na4) Ra8
23.Qe3 d4 (23...Rxa7; 23...Rfd8) 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Rxd4 Qb7
26.h4?? (26.Re4) Bc5 0-1
Tomaino Paul (1900) - Wall Bill, Melbourne, FL (2000.04.30) 2000
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Qc7 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Be3 Nf6
8.Be2 Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.Qd2 Ne5 11.a3 Be7 12.Rc1 d6 13.O-O Bd7 14.h3
Rac8 15.f4 Nc6 16.b4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc6 18.e5 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.exd6
Bxd6 21.c5 Be7 22.Qe3 Bd5 23.Be5 Qc6 24.Qg3 g6 25.Bb2 Rcd8 26.Qc3 f6
27.Bf3 Rd7 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Qd4 Rfd8 30.Rce1 Kf7 31.Re2 Bf8 32.Rfe1 Bg7
33.g4 Rg8 34.Qe3 Rgd8 35.Qd4 Kf8 36.f5 Qc7 37.Kg2 gxf5 38.Re6 Rf7
39.Qe3 Qd7 40.gxf5 Kg8 41.Bd4 Kh8 42.Rd6 Qc8 43.Rxd8+ Qxd8 44.Qe6 Rf8
45.Kf3 Qc7 46.Qd6 Qf7 47.Qf4 Qd7 48.Re6 Qa4 49.Qe3 Qd1+ 50.Kg2 Qc2+
51.Qf2 Qc1 52.Re3 Qb1 53.Qf1 Qc2+ 54.Qf2 Qc4 55.Re6 Qc1 56.a4 Rg8
57.Kh2 Rf8 58.b5 axb5 59.axb5 Qb1 60.b6 Ra8 61.Re2 Qb5 62.Rb2 Qe8
63.Ra2 Rb8 64.Re2 Qh5? (64...Qd7) 65.Re6 (65.Re7) Rf8 (65...Qf7)
66.c6 bxc6 (66...Qf7) 67.Rxc6 Qe8 68.Rc7 Qb8 (68...Rf7)
69.Kh1 (69.Qg3) Qe8 70.Qe3 Qh5 71.Qd3 Re8 72.Rc2 Re1+
73.Kh2 Qg5 74.Rc8+ 1-0
In 2001 I played over 1,000 games on the Internet.
In 2002 I played over 1,000 games on the Internet.
In 2003 I played over 1,000 games on the Internet.
In 2004 I gave chess lessons at Palm Bay schools.
Wall Bill - Laprade Tyler, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.08) 2004
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Qg5 4.Nf3 Qg4 5.h3 Qg6 6.Bxc7 Bd6 7.Bxd6
Qxd6 8.e3 Nf6 9.Nc3 b6 10.Nb5 Qc6 11.Ne5 Qc5 12.d4 Qb4+ 13.c3 Qa5
14.Nc4 1-0
Wall Bill - Laprade Rudy, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.08) 2004
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bh6 5.e3 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.b5
Ne7 9.O-O Nf5 10.Nc3 Ng7 11.d4 c5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.exd6 Nf6 14.Nd5 Ne4
15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.Nxc8 Rxc8 17.d7 Rc7 18.Qd5 Nf6 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Ne5 Ne6
21.Ng4 Qg7 22.Nxh6 Qxh6 23.Bg4 Qg7 24.Qd6 f5 25.Qxe6 fxg4 26.Rad1 Rd8
27.Qe8+ 1-0
Laprade Rudy - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.08) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 d6 8.O-O
Bg4 9.a3 Nd4 10.b4 Bb6 11.Nb5 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 13.Re1 Nh5 14.f4 Qh4
15.Be3 exf4 0-1
Wall Bill - Chapman Joshua, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.08) 2004
1.b4 b5 2.Bb2 a6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.e3 Nc6 5.a3 e6 6.c4 bxc4 7.Bxc4 a5 8.b5
Nb8 9.O-O c6 10.Nc3 f5 11.g3 d5 12.Bb3 Qb6 13.Ne5 cxb5 14.Qh5+ g6
15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Qxh8 Kf7 17.Qh7+ Bg7 18.Nxd5 exd5 19.Qxg7+ 1-0
Chapman Joshua - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.08) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 Nf6 5.f3 Bc5 6.Ne2 O-O 7.Bd2 d6
8.Bc3 Re8 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.c3 Ne5 11.h4 Qxf3 12.gxf3 Nxf3# 0-1
Wall Bill - Laprade Maria, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.08) 2004
1.b4 e5 2.a3 e4 3.Bb2 f6 4.e3 h5 5.Bc4 d6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.O-O
Qd7 9.Nxe4 O-O-O 10.b5 Nce7 11.f3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.c4 f5
15.Ng5 Qe8 16.Nde6 Rd7 17.Qa4 Kb8 18.b6 axb6 19.Nxf8 Qxf8 20.Qxd7
1-0
Wall Bill - Laprade Tyler, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.Qe2 d5 5.d3 Nc5 6.Nc6+ 1-0
Laprade Tyler - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Bb4+ 3.c3 Bc5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nxe5 6.Bb3 d5 7.Qxd5 Nd3+
8.Kf1 Qxd5 9.Bxd5 Nxc1 0-1
Wall Bill - Laprade Tyler, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Nc3 Nxe4 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 d5
8.Bd3 e5 9.Nd2 d4 10.O-O dxc3 11.Bxc3 h5 12.Re1 Bg4 13.f3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3
Qf6 15.Bxe5 Qxf3 16.Nxf3 1-0
Laprade Rudy - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d5 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 d4 8.Nb5
a6 9.Na3 Nc6 10.Bg5 b5 11.c4 bxc4 12.Nxc4 Bg4 13.a4 Nb4 14.e5 Nfd5
15.Qe2 h6 16.Bd2 Rb8 17.Qe4 Bf5 18.Qh4 Nxd3 19.Rab1 Nxf2 20.Rxf2 Bxb1
21.Qg4 Bf5 22.Qh4 e6 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Nd6 Rxb2 25.Bf1 Rb1 0-1
Wall Bill - Laprade Rudy, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe5 6.d4 Qf6 7.e4 g6 8.Nf3
Bh6 9.Bc4 Bf4 10.O-O g5 11.Nd5 Qc6 12.Nxf4 gxf4 13.d5 Qg6 14.Bxh8 Qxe4
15.Re1 1-0
Laprade Maria - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.a4 Be7
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qc7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Qb6
14.Qd4 Rfd8 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.b3 Rd7 17.Rae1 Rad8 18.Ng5 Ba6 19.Ne2 Rd2
20.c4 Nd7 21.Bc3 Bxg5 22.Bxd2 Bxd2 23.Ng3 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 Nc5 25.Re3 Nxb3
26.Rxb3 Rd1+ 27.Nf1 Bxc4 0-1
Laprade Maria - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.01.15) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bc4 d6 7.d3 Bg4
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Bd5 Nd4 11.h3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bxf3 13.Qd2 Qg6+
0-1
Wall Bill - Laprade Tyler, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.05) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 d5 6.d3 Bb4 7.c3 Bc5
8.dxe4 O-O 9.exd5 Ne7 10.Bc4 1-0
Wall Bill - Laprade Tyler, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.05) 2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5
Ng4 9.Qc2 Nd7 10.Bxh7+ Kh8 11.Bf5 Ndxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Bxc8 Qxc8
14.a3 Bc5 15.cxd5 a5 16.Ne4 Be7 17.d6 Bh4 18.Qc3 Qf5 19.Ng3 Bxg3
20.fxg3 Qh5 21.Rf4 Ng4 22.h3 Nh6 23.Qd3 1-0
Laprade Rudy - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.05) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Nh4
h6 9.Bf4 Nxe4 10.Nf3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Bxd6 Be7 14.Bg3
Qa5 15.d4 cxd4 16.Qd3 Qxc3 17.Qd1 Qxc4 0-1
Laprade Maria - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.05) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.O-O a6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bf4 Be7 8.a4
O-O 9.Ra3 Bd7 10.Rb3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Nb4 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5
15.Bxe5 Qc6 16.Qe3 Ng4 17.Qf4 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Bf6 19.Qg3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3
Qxa4 21.b3 Qc6 22.Qe5 b5 0-1
Laprade Maria - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.05) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Bb4 5.Ne2 Nxe4 6.c3 Bc5 7.O-O O-O
8.d3 Nf6 9.Rb1 d6 10.b4 Bb6 11.Bg5 Bg4 12.Qd2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nb8 14.f4
Nbd7 15.d4 Ne4 16.Bxd8 Nxd2 17.Be7 Rfe8 0-1
Wall Bill - Chapman Joshua, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.05) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nxe5 Nf6 7.Nxf7+
1-0
Laprade Maria - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.26) 2004
1.e4 e6 2.Bc4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O
8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nh5 11.Bf5 Qg5+ 12.Bg4 Qf4 0-1
Laprade Maria - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.26) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.d4
cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 b4 13.Ne2 Nxe4 14.Bf4 a5
15.Qd3 d5 16.Rad1 a4 17.Ned4 axb3 18.Nxb3 Rxa2 0-1
Laprade Tyler - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.26) 2004
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Ng4 7.e3 f6 8.d4
Bb4 9.dxe5 fxe5 10.Qd5+ Kh8 11.e4 d6 12.Ng5 a5 13.Nf7+ Rxf7 14.Qxf7
Nd4 15.h4 Be6 16.Qh5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Nxf2+ 19.Kh2 Ng4+ 20.Kh3
Nf6+ 0-1
Wall Bill - Laprade Tyler, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.26) 2004
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Be2 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 b6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Bxc4
Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Qc2 Bxd2 14.Nxd2
c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Nc4 Qd3 17.Qxd3 Nxd3 18.b3 Rac8 19.Nd6 Rc2 20.Rad1
Nb4 21.Rf2 Rxf2 22.Kxf2 Rd8 23.a3 Nc6 24.b4 a6 25.Ke2 f6 26.Ne4 Rxd1
27.Kxd1 e5 28.Nd6 exf4 29.exf4 a5 30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Kd2 Kf8 32.a4 Ke7
33.Nf5+ Kf7 34.Nd6+ Ke7 35.Nf5+ Kf7 36.Nd6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
Laprade Rudy - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.26) 2004
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 O-O
8.Qe2 Ng4 9.O-O-O Nxf2 10.Rd2 Nxh1 11.g3 Nf2 12.exd5 exd5 13.Na4 Ne4
0-1
Wall Bill - Laprade Rudy, Palm Bay, FL (2004.02.26) 2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O g6 7.Nc3 Bh6
8.Qb3 O-O 9.Qxb7 Na5 10.Qb4 Nc6 11.Qc5 Nb8 12.Ne5 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7
14.Nb5 c6 15.Nc3 Bf5 16.e4 Bxe4 17.Bxh6 1-0
Wiggins John - Wall Bill, Palm Bay, FL (2004.04.08) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e6 5.Bc4 a6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O h6 8.b3
Qc7 9.Bb2 d6 10.Rc1 Nf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Re3 Bd7 14.Nxc6 bxc6
15.Rg3 e5 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Re1 Nh5 18.Rf3 Nf4 19.g3 Ne6 20.Rd3 Nd4 21.f4
Bg4 22.Rf1 Qa7 23.fxe5 Nf3+ 0-1
In 2004, I played in several IECG internet events.
Wall Bill - Blakmoor Ben, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.07) 2004
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g4 Bg7 4.g5 Nh5 5.Bxg7 Nxg7 6.Bg2 e5 7.h4 h6 8.d4
hxg5 9.dxe5 Qe7 10.Nd2 gxh4 11.Ngf3 Nc6 12.Nc4 g5 13.e3 b5 14.Nb2 Bb7
15.Nd3 O-O-O 16.Nd4 Nxe5 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.Nxb5 g4 19.Nd4 c5 20.Ne2 d5
21.Rb1 Ka8 22.Kf1 Nf5 23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.Qd3 h3 25.Qb5 Qf6 26.Ke1 d4
27.e4 Ne3 28.Rc1 Nxc2+ 29.Rxc2 d3 30.Rc3 dxe2 31.e5 Qg6 0-1
Turbin Yaroslav - Wall Bill, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.21) 2004
1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.f3 a6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nd2 e6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2
d6 9.a4 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.f4 Nxa4 14.e5 Nd5
15.f5 dxe5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Nf6 19.Rxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxh7+
Kf8 21.Nde4 Qf7 22.Nd6 Qg8 23.Qg6 exd4 24.Nge4 Be5 25.cxd4 Bxd6
26.Nxd6 Nxb2 27.Bg5 c5 28.Be4 Nc4 29.Nxb7 Qf7 30.Qh7 g6 31.Qh8+ Qg8
32.Qh4 Rc8 33.Bh6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Turbin Yaroslav, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.21) 2004
1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qg4+ Kh8 13.Rad1 a6
14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Qh5 Qb6 16.Nb3 Ne5 17.Rd4 Nc6 18.Rd2 Ne5 19.Rfd1 Nc4
20.Rd4 Rac8 21.Rb1 Nxb2 22.Nd5 exd5 23.Rxb2 f5 24.Rxd5 fxe4 25.Bxe4 f5
26.Bg2 Bf6 27.Rb1 Rxc2 28.Rd2 Rc7 29.Qh6 Rcc8 30.Re1 Qb4 31.Nc1 Bc6
32.Nd3 Qg4 33.Nf4 Qg5 34.Qxg5 Bxg5 35.Rd4 Bxf4 36.Rxf4 1/2-1/2
Turbin Yaroslav - Wall Bill, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.21) 2004
1.d4 b5 2.e4 Bb7 3.f3 a6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nd2 e6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2
d6 9.a4 c6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ng3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nb6 13.f4 Nxa4 14.e5 Nd5
15.f5 dxe5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Nf6 19.Rxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxh7+
Kf8 21.Nde4 Qf7 22.Nd6 Qg8 23.Qg6 exd4 24.Nge4 Be5 25.cxd4 Bxd6
26.Nxd6 Nxb2 27.Bg5 c5 28.Be4 Nc4 29.Nxb7 Qf7 30.Qh7 g6 31.Qh8+ Qg8
32.Qh4 Rc8 33.Bh6+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Turbin Yaroslav, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.21) 2004
1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.Nge2 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qg4+ Kh8 13.Rad1 a6
14.Nd4 Qc7 15.Qh5 Qb6 16.Nb3 Ne5 17.Rd4 Nc6 18.Rd2 Ne5 19.Rfd1 Nc4
20.Rd4 Rac8 21.Rb1 Nxb2 22.Nd5 exd5 23.Rxb2 f5 24.Rxd5 fxe4 25.Bxe4 f5
26.Bg2 Bf6 27.Rb1 Rxc2 28.Rd2 Rc7 29.Qh6 Rcc8 30.Re1 Qb4 31.Nc1 Bc6
32.Nd3 Qg4 33.Nf4 Qg5 34.Qxg5 Bxg5 35.Rd4 Bxf4 36.Rxf4 1/2-1/2
Fages Jorge - Wall Bill, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.07) 2004
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3
O-O 9.c5 Be7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Qe2 Rd8 14.Re1 Nd5
15.Ne5 Bf6 16.Qc2 g6 17.Bh6 Qe7 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Qc1 b6 20.Ng4 Bh8 21.a3
Rac8 22.b4 Be8 23.Bf3 bxc5 24.dxc5 Qc7 25.Bg5 Rd7 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5
cxd5 28.Nf6+ Kf8 29.Bh6+ Bg7 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qc3 d4 32.Qxd4 e5
33.Rxe5 1-0
Wall Bill - Hebrard Jean, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.07) 2004
1.Nf3 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 Bf5 4.Nh4 Bd7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.g3 Bc6
8.Bh3 h6 9.Bc1 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ng2 O-O 12.c4 Nd7 13.b3 Nf6 14.Bb2 a5
15.e3 a4 16.Nf4 a3 17.Bc3 b5 18.Qd2 Nh7 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Ng5 21.Bg2
Bb7 22.Nh5 f6 23.Rad1 1/2-1/2
Bourgoin Claude - Wall Bill, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.21) 2004
1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Be2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Ne5 d6 7.Nd3 Be7 8.Bf3
Nc6 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 a6 11.d5 exd5 12.cxd5 Nb8 13.Nf4 Bc8 14.Nce2 g5
15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 d5 17.Ng3 g4 18.Be2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qb3 c5
21.Rd1 Qc7 22.Bd2 b5 23.a4 b4 24.Be1 Qe5 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Kg7
27.Bc4 Nc6 28.Rd7 Rfe8 29.Bd5 Rac8 30.Rd1 Kf6 31.f3 exf3 32.gxf3 gxf3
33.b3 Rg8+ 34.Kh1 Rge8 35.Bg3 a5 36.Rf1 Kg6 37.Rxf3 Bg5 38.h4 Bf6
39.h5+ Kxh5 40.Bf4 Ne7 41.Rh3+ Kg6 42.Rg3+ 1-0
Wall Bill - Bourgoin Claude, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.21) 2004
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.a3 Nf6 4.b4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bb2 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 a6
8.g3 Qd5 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Bg2 e4 11.Nh4 Be5 12.Qc2 f5 13.d3 O-O 14.f4
Bxc3+ 15.Qxc3 Rd8 16.dxe4 fxe4 17.O-O a5 18.e3 axb4 19.axb4 Rxa1
20.Rxa1 Qd3 21.Qc5 Bg4 22.h3 Be2 23.Nf5 Kf7 24.g4 Rd5 25.Qc1 g6
26.Nh6+ Kg7 27.g5 Qb3 28.Kh2 Rd1 29.Ra3 Rxc1 30.Rxb3 Rc2 31.Kg3 Bd3
32.b5 Ne7 33.Rb4 Nf5+ 34.Nxf5+ gxf5 35.b6 c5 36.Ra4 Re2 37.Ra5 Rxe3+
38.Kh2 Re2 39.Rxc5 Rb2 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.h4 Rxb6 42.Rc7 h6 43.h5+ Kxh5
44.Rh7 Ra6 45.Bh3 e3 46.Bg2 Kg6 47.Rxh6+ Kg7 48.Rh1 b5 49.Rc1 Bc4
50.Bf3 Re6 51.Bb7 Re7 52.Bf3 Bd3 53.Bd5 b4 54.Kf3 e2 55.Re1 Bc2 56.Kf2
Bd1 57.Bc4 Re4 58.Bxe2 Bxe2 59.Rxe2 b3 60.Rb2 Rxf4+ 61.Ke2 Rb4 62.Kd2
Kg6 63.Kc3 Rb7 64.Kd3 Kxg5 65.Rg2+ Kf4 0-1
Wall Bill - Peinador Dan, IECG Correspondence (2004.08.15) 2004
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Bd7 8.O-O
a6 9.bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne5 Nb4 11.a3 Nc6 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.d3 Ra5 14.Nd2 Rfa8
15.c4 d4 16.e4 e5 17.Qe1 Bd6 18.f5 b5 19.Qg3 b4 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.Rab1
Nc2 22.Nb3 Ra2 23.Bc1 Na3 24.Rb2 Rxb2 25.Bxb2 Qb7 26.Bd1 Nb1 27.Bc1
Ne8 28.h4 Nc3 29.Nd2 Na2 30.Bb3 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 Qb4 32.Qf2 Ra3 33.Bc2 Qb2
34.Qe1 Ra2 35.Nb3 Nf6 36.Qd1 h5 37.Nd2 Ng4 38.Nf1 Bc7 39.Qd2 Ba5
40.Qd1 Bb4 41.g3 Ba3 0-1
Beroldi Fabio - Wall Bill, IECG Correspondence (2004.03.07) 2004
1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.g4 Bg6 7.Bg2 e6 8.d3
Nf6 9.Nbd2 Bd6 10.a3 O-O 11.Nh4 Nd7 12.Nxg6 fxg6 13.Qe2 a5 14.O-O a4
15.f4 axb3 16.Nxb3 Qh4 17.c4 Nb6 18.Nd2 Qg3 19.Rab1 Rf7 20.Nf3 Na4
21.Ng5 Re7 22.Ba1 h6 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.Nxf3 dxc4 25.dxc4 Rf7 26.Rfd1 Bc7
27.Rxb7 Bxf4 28.Rxf7 Bxe3+ 29.Kf1 Kxf7 30.Rd6 Rb8 31.Rxc6 Rb1+ 32.Ke2
Rxa1 33.Kxe3 Rxa3+ 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.h4 Ra2+ 36.Kg3 g5 37.hxg5+ hxg5
38.Ra6 g6 39.Bf1 Nc3 40.Rxa2 Nxa2 41.Nd2 Nc3 42.Nb3 Na4 43.Kf3 Ke5
44.Ke3 Kd6 45.Nd2 Nc3 46.Ne4+ Nxe4 47.Kxe4 e5 48.Bd3 1-0
In 2004, I played in several IECC Internet events.
Dunn Carl - Wall Bill, IECC Correspondence (2004.04.18) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.a4 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.e5
Nd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Re1+ Be7 13.Qe2 Be6 14.d4
Qc7 15.Kh1 c4 16.b3 cxb3 17.cxb3 a6 18.f5 Bxf5 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.Ne5 Qb7
21.Nxc6 Be4 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Bc1 Qf6 24.Ba3 h6 25.Rac1 Rb8 26.Rc7 Qg6
27.Rec1 Rh7 28.R1c6 f6 29.Rxa6 Kd8 30.Raa7 1-0
Wall Bill - Silva Avelino, IECC Correspondence (2004.04.10) 2004
1.f4 c5 2.e4 e6 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.e5 Nc6
8.Nf3 Nh6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.d4 cxd4 12.Ne2 Bc5 13.Kh1 f6 14.exf6
Rxf6 15.Nexd4 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Hasidume Shuji, IECC Correspondence (2004.07.29) 2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Qe2 Qf6 6.h3 Qg6 7.Rh2 f6
8.Qc4 Bd7 9.Nc3 O-O-O 10.d3 b5 11.Qb3 Qe8 12.Ne2 Be6 13.Qc3 b4 14.Qd2
c5 15.a3 b3 16.Kf1 c4 17.d4 exd4 18.Qa5 Qb5 19.Qxb5 axb5 20.Nexd4 Bd7
21.cxb3 c5 22.Ne2 cxb3 23.Be3 c4 24.Nc3 Bd6 25.g3 Ne7 26.Rd1 Bc6
27.Nd4 Be5 28.f3 f5 29.Rhd2 fxe4 30.Nxe4 Bxd4 31.Bxd4 Rhf8 32.Kg2 Rxd4
33.Rxd4 Nf5 34.g4 Nxd4 35.Rxd4 Rd8 36.Rxd8+ Kxd8 37.Nc3 Kc7 38.Kf2 Kb6
39.f4 Kc5 40.Ke3 Bg2 41.h4 Bh3 42.Kf3 b4 43.axb4+ Kxb4 44.h5 Kc5 45.h6
gxh6 46.Kg3 Bf1 47.f5 Kd6 48.Kf4 Bg2 49.Nb5+ 1/2-1/2
Wall Bill - Price Derek, IECC Correspondence (2004.04.18) 2004
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4
8.exd4 d5 9.b3 O-O 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.Bb1 Rc8 12.a3 Na5 13.Qd3 g6 14.Ba2
Ne4 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Ne5 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Ba6 18.Ng4 Bg5 19.Rfe1 Bxh6
20.Nxh6+ Kg7 21.Ng4 Qh4 22.Ne5 Red8 23.c5 Nc6 24.Nf3 Qf4 25.b4 bxc5
26.bxc5 Rd7 27.g3 Qf5 28.Re3 Rb7 29.Rae1 Rcb8 30.Ne5 Nxe5 31.Rxe5 Qd3
32.R5e3 Qxc3 33.Rxc3 Rb2 34.Ra1 Rd2 35.Bb3 Rxd4 36.c6 Rc8 37.Rc5 Rc7
38.Kg2 Kf6 39.Rac1 Rd3 40.Ra5 Rxb3 41.Rxa6 Ke5 42.Rc5 h5 43.Rca5 f6
44.a4 Rb6 45.Rxb6 axb6 46.Ra6 Kd6 47.Rxb6 Rxc6 48.Rb3 Ra6 49.Ra3 Kc5
50.Rc3+ Kd4 51.Ra3 Kc4 52.Ra1 e5 53.Kf3 Kb3 54.a5 Kb4 55.Rb1+ Kxa5
56.Rb7 Rd6 57.Ke2 Rb6 58.Rg7 g5 59.Rh7 Rb2+ 60.Ke1 Kb4 61.Rxh5 Kc4
62.Rh6 Kd3 63.Kf1 Rb6 64.h4 gxh4 65.gxh4 d4 66.Rg6 Kc2 67.Rg8 Rb1+
68.Kg2 d3 69.Rc8+ Kd1 70.h5 d2 0-1
Stoever Ralph - Wall Bill, IECC Correspondence (2004.04.10) 2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Nf6
8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.f3 Nc6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.O-O Rac8 13.Rfd1 a6 14.Nd4
Qc7 15.Rac1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Rfe8 17.b4 Be6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Bxd4+
20.Kf1 Bc3 21.Qe3 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 Bd4 24.Qd2 Qb6 25.Rxc8 Rxc8
26.Qxd4 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 Bd7 28.Rc4 Kg7 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.f4 Kf6 31.Kf2 g5
32.g3 Bh3 33.Ke3 h6 34.Kd4 Bg2 35.Bd3 Bf3 36.Kc4 e5 37.dxe6 fxe6
38.Kd4 b6 39.e5+ dxe5+ 40.fxe5+ Ke7 41.Ke3 Bd5 1/2-1/2
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