Bryon Nickoloff Annotations

[Hans Jung]

Ive always taken that as one of my best compliments. My interpretation is that I made the position so complex that the final mistake was bound to happen. Nick was always very witty.

[Brad Thomson]

A few memories of things Nick said:

He stated that 1.d4 is winning while 1.e4 is a draw.
He believed that the "antidote" to 1.d4 is the Grunfeld (though he did not play this defense himself).
He claimed to be better at poker than he was at chess.
He believed that the entire world should be one country.
He said that cats are the most beautiful creatures in existence (I agree).
He said that he liked hockey, and he also liked boxing.

And a few things I have mentioned on other threads in the past. Nick had a great sense of humour:

Chess is completely corrupt because if they can't take you off over the board they will try to do so off of the board.
Tom O'Donnell is the toughest Canadian chess player to beat, he is also the toughest to lose to.
Hans Jung won the Ontario Closed by always making the second-last mistake.

[Brad Thomson]

Thanks Sam, two more NIck beauties. Ever patient and lethal.

[Hans Jung]

Well thank you Sam! (for supplying correct link)

[Sam Sharpe]

The opponent is Carlos Jauregui and the opponent the post before was Leon Piasetski

Thanks, Hans!

https://www.365chess.com/players/Bry...?p=1&start=400 Very creative play by Black. I like the play by the two knights but white took matters into his own hands with Nxe6.

The Piasetiski game: https://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=2485527

https://www.365chess.com/players/Bry...?p=1&start=400 This game starts out closed and white looks better. However Nick calculates precisely with the pawn break 27...b5 and then keeps up the pressure to the end.

The Jauregui Andrade game https://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=2485543

[Hans Jung]

The opponent is Carlos Jauregui and the opponent the post before was Leon Piasetski

[Brad Thomson]

Hans, these links just give us the list, we need the name of the opponent, thanks!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.365chess.com/players/Bry...?p=1&start=400 This game starts out closed and white looks better. However Nick calculates precisely with the pawn break 27...b5 and then keeps up the pressure to the end.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.365chess.com/players/Bry...?p=1&start=400 Very creative play by Black. I like the play by the two knights but white took matters into his own hands with Nxe6.

[Brad Thomson]

Yes, this is a fantastic Nick game. He is in a different league.

[Hans Jung]

Yes, the rook as bait to take away the dark squared bishop but the move that strikes the most is Rg1 later! I agree,only a genius could play like this.

[Patrick Kirby]

Wow. this game against Lipnowski is really something https://www.365chess.com/tournaments...zt_1978/24524#. 18.Bh3, then Rc2-f2, then 27.Qh3 just allowing the pin on his rook. Only a genius could play like this.

[Emil Smilovici]

Thanks Emil. I will definitely have a look.

Just found all the games from the 1978 Canadian Zonal here:

https://www.365chess.com/tournaments..._zt_1978/24524

Three of these games are analyzed in IM Day's book "Nick's Best"

[Hans Jung]

Chess Tempo has 13 games (out of 15) from his participation at the CAN-Ch 1978:

https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/player/243627

Thanks Emil. I will definitely have a look.

[Hans Jung]

Chessgames.com has 17 or 18 of his games from 1978. Maybe some of those are zonal games.

Thanks Peter. Chessgames has very few of the good ones. I did find this one: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1296579