Author: Larry S. Tamarkin
Date: 02:52:52 10/15/98
Hey, I know Jon Schroer! Here are some notes on his style and play as I remember it. Jon once told me he did not believe in chess style, only in good moves... 1. Plays predominately 1.d4 with white. I remember he knew a lot about the Samisch and Gruenfeld. Plays the King's Indian as Black. 2. Has a very well founded positional 'style' - builds up his positional dominance very throughly before going in for the kill. Often manages to exploite 'holes' on f5 and plant a Knight there. 3. Writes his moves on the scoresheet with tremendous princision & neatness (although he doesn't draw little pictures of the pieces), unlike one of his early trainer's, Anotoly Lein. 4. Can play blindfold chess, but ocassionally misses a piece here or there. (I caught him out once in a 24 hour diner - I had sight of the board & was totally busted when he left his K hanging!) 5. Likes the Doors, Led Zepelon, and Pink Floyed, if I remember correctly. Also used to like to drink large quantities of Brew, so his musical taste may well have changed, especially as he is married now and lives in North Carolina. 6. Player comrades, included (in 1980's), Tony Renna, Charles Hertan & John (Metalhead) Kennedy. Below is a couple of example games of Jon's strong chess play... (195616) Schroer,J (2325) - Sahu,S (2320) [A61] NY Barclay New York (1), 1984 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.e4 Bg7 10.Nc4 Nb6 11.Ne3 0–0 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Ne2 g5 14.Ng3 Nf4 15.0–0 Nd7 16.Nef5 Ne5 17.Bc2 Neg6 18.Nh5 Be5 19.g3 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 Bf6 21.Ra3 c4 22.g4 Bxf5 23.exf5 Nh4 24.Rh3 Re8 25.Rxh4 gxh4 26.g5 Kh8 27.gxf6 Rg8+ 28.Bg5 Qxf6 29.f4 Qd4+ 30.Kh1 f6 31.Qd1 Qxb2 32.Qc1 Qc3 33.Bb1 Qd4 34.Rd1 Qf2 35.Bxf6+ Rg7 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.Rg1+ Kf7 38.Qd1 Qxf4 39.Qh5+ Kf6 40.Re1 Rf8 41.Re6+ Kg7 42.f6+ Rxf6 43.Qxh7+ Kf8 44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Bh7+ 1–0 (795) Schroer (2450) - Tamarkin (2220) [D20]MCC Insanity, Rd, 1993 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 e6 [5...Nb6! 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.Nbc3 e6 9.Be3²] 6.Nf3 Bb4+ [6...Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Nbd2 (8.Nc3 b6 9.Qe2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bb7 11.Rd1 c5!?÷) 8...b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Bd3] 7.Bd2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nc3 b6?! [9...c5 10.dxc5 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxc5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rfd1 Nd7 14.Rac1 Rd8=] 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Ba6 [11...c5 12.Qc2 h6 13.Rfe1±] 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qa4 Qc8 14.Qc6 Rd8 15.Rac1 Rb8 16.Rfe1 Nb4? [16...Rb7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Qxe6+ Qxe6 19.Rxe6 c5 20.h3 Bf6 21.Bc3 Kf7 22.Rce1 h6 23.dxc5 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Nxc5 25.R6e3=] 17.Qxc7 Qe6 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Red1 Rbc8 20.Qb7 Rb8 21.Qc6 Qf5 22.a3 Bf8 23.Qc2 Qh5 24.Qc7 Ra8 25.h3 g5 26.Rd3 g4 27.hxg4 Qxg4 28.Qc2 Bh6 29.Rcd1 Rac8 30.Qa4 Rc7 31.Nh2 Qf5 32.Qb3 Rc4 33.Rh3 Rc2 34.Rf1 Bg5 35.Rd3 Rc4 36.Rh3 Bd2 37.Nf3 Bf4 38.Nh4 Qe4 39.Nf3 Kh8 40.g3 Rg8 41.Kg2 Qf5 42.Rfh1 Rg7 43.R1h2 f6?! 44.Qb5 Qe6? [44...fxe5 45.Qe8+ Rg8 46.Qe7+- (46.Rxh7+ Qxh7 47.Rxh7+ Kxh7 48.Qf7+ Rg7 49.Qxd5+-) ] 45.exf6 1–0 Jon won this 13 round marathon. I finnished clear 2nd. I used to be a reasonably strong master. As can be seen, Schroer dominated most of these games. I would certainly be willing to put $10 dollars into the pot to see such a match take place. A player like Jon Schroer is extremely unlikely to use 'Anti Computer' play, at least at the biginning of the game(s). Its almost cetain that with his training and 'style', he would try to play what he thought were the 'objectively' best moves against the program, as he has in the past indicated to me that this was the way to achieve the best results in one's games against anyone. (or anything?). I think that Jon also wants to see how strong these programs are against him, with him trying his best, especially as he is involved with chess on the Internet chess club and a company called, CHECK MATE SOFTWARE. Can Steve & ICD set up a way for us to donate electronically to see such matches come about. Not necessarily against just one player, but possibly other's too? mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict!
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