Chess Theoretical Novelties
In a recent Reddit article on measuring chess novelties (called the Agadmator Index), it mentioned that I probably played more novelties than anyone in chess. I was ranked as the top player with the most chess novelties per move, and the first among players with at least 1,000 total chess games (I have played and recorded over 62,500 chess games from 1969 to 2022) in the Caissabase database to compare with. (source; Measuring novelties: the Agadmator index : chess (reddit.com))
Here are some of my early chess novelties.
Bosse – Bill Wall, Tacoma Chess Club 1969
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 (5.exd6) 5…g6 (5…Nc6) 6.Nc3 (6.exd6) 6…Bg7 7.Bf4 (7.exd6) 7…O-O 8.Be2 (8.Bd3) 8…dxe5 (TN). This is new, a theoretical novelty. Previously played were …Nc6, …Bg4, …N8d7, …Be6, and …Na6. I repeated this novelty in Nineball – Wall, Internet 1999 and won in 14 moves. Bosse played 9.Bxe5 (9.dxe5 Nc6 or 9…Bg4) 9…Bxe5 10.Nxe5 Bf5 and Black won in 26 moves.
Carl Johnson – Wall, Tacoma Chess Club 1969
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe7 3.Bc4 (3.Nc3) 3…h6 (3…d6) 4.O-O g5 This was new in 1969. Other moves are 4…d6 and 4…Nf6. White played 5.c3 (5.d4 has since been played) 5…g4 6.Ne1 d6 7.Nc2 Nf6 8.d3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 and Black won in 28 moves.
Wall – Chance, Tacoma Chess Club 1969
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 (6…h5) 7.Qxf3 Ne7 (7…Qd7) 8.d3 (8.Qb3) 8…Ng6 9.Be3 (9.Nc3; 9.Nd2) 9…Be7 10.Na3 (TN). This is new. 10.Nd2 and 10.Qg3 have been played. After 10.Na3, Black played 10…O-O, but could have played 10…Bxa3 11.bxa3 O-O. White should now play 11.Nc4, but played 11.c4? Black now played 11…Qxd3? Instead of 11…Bxa3 12.bxa3 Qxd3 13.c5 Qxa3. After 11…Qxd3? 12.Rad1 traps the queen. White won in 18 moves.
Wall – Bauer, Internet 1998
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nge7 (6…c4) 7.dxc5 (7.b4) 7…Qxc5 (7…Qc7) 8.Be3 (8.Bd3 or 8.b4) 8…Qa5 9.Bd3 (9.Bf4) 9…Qc7 10.Bf4 Ng6 11.Bxg6 (TN). A new move. Previously played was 11.Bg3. The game continued 11…hxg6 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nb3 Be7 14.O-O and White won in 26 moves.
Ward – Wall, Tacoma Chess Club 1969
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e4 c5 4.Nf3 c4 (a new move in the chessgames.com database, but not in others) 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 6…Bb4 (TN). A new move at the time. Other moves have been 6…a6, 6…Qb6, and 6…f6. The game continued 7.O-O Nge7 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ng5 Qc7, and the game was drawn in 53 moves.
L. Johnston – Wall, Tacoma Chess Club 1969
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 (4…c5) 5.e5 (5.Qe2) 5…Nd5 (5…Ne4; 5…Ng8) 6.Be4 (6.O-O; 6.a3; 6.c3) 6…Ba6 (TN). A new move at the time. Other moves have been c6, Qc8, Nc6, f5, Bc6, Ne3, and Na6. The game continued 7.a3 Nc6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 d6 10.O-O dxe5 11.dxe5 Qd7 12.Rd1 and White won in 35 moves.
Holmes – Wall, Tacoma Chess Club 1969
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be6 (3…Nc6) 4.Bxe6 fxe6 5.Nc3 (5.d4; 5.c3) 5…Nc6 (5…h6) 6.d3 h6 7.O-O Qe7 (TN). A new move. 7…Qd7 and 7…g5 have been played. The game continued 8.Be3 O-O-O 9.a3 g5 10.h3 Nf6 11.Nh2 and White won in 59 moves.
Tauber – Wall, Inglewood 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (3.Nf3) 3…Nf6 (3…e6) 4.Nge2 (4.Nf3; 4.d3; 4.f4) 4…d6 (TN). A new move. Previously played have been a6, e5, e6, Ne5, and g6. The game continued 5.O-O e6 6.d4 Be7 7.d5 Ne5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Bf4 O-O and Black won in 34 moves.
Wall – Downing, Inglewood 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 (7…O-O) 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 (9.Bb3) 9…Qb4 (d6 or Rd8) 10.Bb3 Nxe4 (10…Nxd4) 11.Nxe4 (11.Nd5) 11…Nxd4 12.c3 Ne2+ 13.Qxe2 Qxe4 14.Rae1 (TN). A new move. Other moves have been Rad1, Rfd1, Rfe1, and Qd2. The game continued 14…b6 15.f3 Qc6 16.Bd4 e5 17.Bf2 d5 18.Bg3 Bb7 19.Rd1 Rad8 and Black won in 64 moves.
Wall – T. Harris, Inglewood 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 (6.Be2) 6…Be7 (6…a6) 7.Be2 (7.Be3) 7…O-O (a6 or Nc6) 8.O-O (8.Be3) 8…Qc7 (8…a6) 9.Nb3 (TN). A new move. Other choices that have been played are 9.Kh1 and 9.Be3. The game continued 9…Bd7 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.e5 and White won in 17 moves.
Wall – Robinson, Inglewood 1969
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 (6…bxc6) 7.Bg5 (Nc3, c4, O-O) 7…Qa5+ (This is a new move in chessgames.com database. Previously played have been Nf6, f6, h6, Qc7, f5, and e5) 8.Nc3 e5 9.Qc4 (TN). A new move. 9.Qd2 and 9.Qd3 have been played. The game continued 9…Rc8 10.O-O-O Bd7 11.Qb3 b5? 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Rxd7 Kxd7 14.Qxf7+ and White won in 28 moves.
Wall – Edelstein, Santa Monica (American Open) 1969
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e5 (5.Be2) 5…Nfd7 (A new move in chessgames.com. 5…dxe5 is the main line) 6.exd6 cxd6 7.Bd3. I may have been the first to play this line, which has since been played. 7…O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Bd2? (TN). 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Rb1 c5 has been played. After 9.Bd2 Black played 9…Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Bxg6 Bxc3 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.bxc3 Ne5 and Black won in 38 moves.
Wall – D. Fuller, Tacoma Chess Club 1970
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 (6.Be3) 6…Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Ng4 9.Bb5+ Bd7 (Kf8 or Nc6) 10.Qxg4 Bxb5 11.Ncxb5 (11.Ndxb5) 11…a6 12.Nc3 Bxe5 13.Nce2 (TN). Other previous moves have been Be3, Nb3, and Nf3. After 13.Nce2, the game continued 13…O-O 14.O-O Qb6 15.Rb1 e6 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Qh4 and White won in 26 moves.
J. Griffin – Wall, North Augusta 1970
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 (2…Nf6) 3.d4 (3.g3) 3…exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 (Nc6 or d6) 5.Qe5+ (Nd5, Bg5, or Nf3) 5…Be7 6.Qxf5 d5 (6…O-O 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Nf3 d6 9.g3 has been played) 7.Qd3 d4 8.Nb5 (8.Ne4 has been played) 8…c5 (TN). I may have first to play this line. The game continued 9.Bf4 Na6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Ng5 (11.a3 b6 12.g3 Bb7 13.Bh3 has been played) 11…h6 12.Nf3 Ng4 13.Qe4 Nb4 and Black won in 17 moves.
W. Green – Wall, San Antonio 1970
1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 (2.e4) 2…d6 (2…Nf6) 3.b3 (3.d4 is the main line) Nd7 4.Bb2 Ngf6 5.c4 e6 (TN). A new move. Other moves have been 5…b6 and 5…g6. The game continued 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Qa5+ 8.Bc3 Qh5 9.Be2 Qg6 10.O-O Ne4 and Black won in 23 moves.
Wall – R. Hopkins, San Antonio 1970
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 (4…Nf6) 5.Nc3 e5 (5…Nf6) 6.Nf3 Be6 (main line is 6…Nf6) 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Be2 (TN). Always played has been 8.Nxe6 fxe6 9.Bc4. The game continued 8…b5 9.O-O b4 (9…Be7 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Qd3 O-O 11.Qd3 1-0 in 35 moves, Short-Taylor 2006) 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Bg4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 and White won in 20 moves.
M. Torre – Wall, San Antonio 1970
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 (3.c3) 3…Nc6 (d6 or Nf6) 4.Qd3 (4.Qd1) 4…Nf6 5.Bg5 (other moves are Nc3, c4, f3, and Nf3). 5...e5 (TN). 5…Qa5 has been played. The game continued 6.c3 Bc5 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Qb6 9.O-O Ng4 and Black won in 22 moves.
W. Jackson – Wall, Wichita Falls 1970
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 (3.Nc3) 3…dxe4 (3…Nf6) 4.Bxe4 f5 (TN). This is new. Other moves have been Nf6, e6, and Bf5. The game continued 5.Bf3 Nf6 6.Ne2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nbc3 O-O and Black won in 25 moves.
Wall – Means, Wichita Falls 1970
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 (3…g6) 4.O-O a6 5.Bxc6 Qxc6 (5…dxc6) 6.Nc3 (d4 or Re1) 6…d6 7.Re1 (TN) A new move. 7.d4 and 7.h3 have been played. The game continued 7…Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qd7 10.Qe2 e6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Rad1 and White won in 17 moves.
Wall – Bechstein, Wichita Falls 1970
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 (3.dxe5) 3…d6 (exd4, Nc6, Bb4+ e4) 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.e4 (TN). A new move. Main line is 7.O-O. After 7.e4, the game continued 7…O-O 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Qa5 10.O-O Nc5 11.Bc2 and White won in 25 moves.
Wall - Don Smith, Yuba City (Beale AFB) 1971
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 g6 (3…d6) 4.Nf3 (c4 or Ne2) 4…Bg7 (d6) 5.Bc4 e6 6.Bg5 (TN). I may have been the first to play this variation. Previously played have been O-O, Nc3, and Bxd5. After 6.Bg5 the game continued 6…f6 (6…Ne7 7.Qd2 has been played) 7.exf6 Nxf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Nbd2 d5 10.Bd3 Qe8 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.O-O-O and White won in 28 moves.
Mandap – Wall, Yuba City 1971
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 Nf6 (3…cxd4 or 3…Bb7) 4.e5 Ne4 (TN). 4…Ng4 and 4…Ng8 have been previously played. The game continued 5.d5 Bb7 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 d6 and Black won in 22 moves.
S. Williams – Wall, Yuba City 1971
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 (7…Be7) 8.Nb3 (8.Qd2) 8…Be7 9.e5 (Qf3, Be2, Qe2, Qd2, Qd4, or Bd3) 9…dxe5 (TN). A new move. Previously played has been 9…Qe3+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 dxe5. The game continued 10.fxe5 Nfd7 11.Qg4 Bxg5 12.Qxg5 O-O 13.O-O-O h6 and Black won in 26 moves.
Giertych – Wall, Yuba City 1971
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 (3…c5) 4.e5 Nfd7 (Ne4 or Ng8) 5.Bd3 Nb6 (TN). A new move. More common are c5 or b6 or Be7 or a6 or Nc6. The game continued 6.c3 c5 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.Ngf3 Nb4 and Black won in 49 moves.
Wall – Wick, Honolulu 1971
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 (3…g5) 4.exd5 Nf6 5.c4 (5.Bb5+) c6 6.Nc3 (d4 or dxc6) 6…Bg4 (cxd5, Bb4, Be7) 7.Qe2+ (TN). A new move. 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O has been played. The game continued 7…Be7 8.d4 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qb5+ Nc6 11.Nxd5 and White won in 23 moves.
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 (4.Bg5, 4.g4) 4…exf3 (4…d5) 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bd3 (6.Bg5) 6…Be7 (6…Bb4, 6…c5) 7.O-O (7.Qe2) 7…O-O (7…d6) 8.Ng5 (TN). I may have been first to play this variation. Other moves have been Bg5, Ne4, Qe1, and Qe2. The game continued 8…b6? (8…Qe8 has been played). 9.Rxf6 Bxf6 10.Bxh7+ and White won in 19 moves.
Wall – Nit, Thailand 1971
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qg4 (This is a new move in the chessgames.com database. 3.Nc3 is book) 3…g6 4.Qf3 (TN). 4. Qg3 and 4.Nf3 have been previously played. The game continued 4…Nf6 5.h3 O-O 6.Nc3 Re8 7.Nb5 and White won in 19 moves.
Rives – Wall, Okinawa 1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bd7 (This is a new move in the chessgames.com database. 6…e5 is the main line.) 7.O-O e5 (TN). I may have been the first to play this line, but it transposed into other popular lines. 7…c5 or 7…Nc6 or 7…a6 have all been played. The game continued with 8.d5 Na6 (TN). This is new. Previously played have been 8…a5 and 8…h6. The game continued with 9.Ne1 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.a3 a4 and Black won.
Kaheaku – Wall, Yuba City 1972
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.c4 (6.O-O) 6…dxc4 7.Bxc4 b6 (TN). A new move. Qe7+, O-O, and Bb4+ have been played in the past. The game continued 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1+ Be7 10.Qb3 O-O 11.Bg5 Nbd7 and Black won in 23 moves.
Wall – Metcho, Berkeley (Central California Grand Prix) 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O (7…d6) 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 (11…c6) 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Be3 (15.Qf3; 15.hxg4? 16.Qh2+ 16.Kf1 Qh1+ 17.Ke2 Bxg4+) 15…Re8? (15…Bh2+; 15…Nxe3) 16.Bxf7+ (TN). A weak but new move. The winning move is 16.Qf3, which has been played in the past. The game continued 16…Kxf7 17.Qf3+ Kg6 18.Qxa8?? (18.Nd2 was better) 18…Rxe3! And Black won in 29 moves (missing a mate in 6 moves).
Don Matthews – Wall, Berkeley (Central California Grand Prix) 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 (5.Bd3) 5…Bd6 6.Nc3 (6.O-O) 6…c6 (6…O-O; 6…Be6) 7.Bd2 (This is a new move in chessgames.com. Previously played have been 7.O-O and 7.h3) 7…O-O 8.O-O Re8 (TN). A new move. 8…Bf5 has been played previously. The game continued 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.b3 Qc7 11.g3 Ne4 and Black won in 26 moves.
Wall – Lawless, Berkeley (Central California Grand Prix) 1973
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 (6…Nc6) 7.O-O O-O (7…Nc6) 8.Re1 (8.c4) 8…Bf5 9.c4 c6 (9…Nc6) 10.Bf4 (A new move in chessgames.com. Other moves are 10.Nc3 and 10.Qb3) 10…Nd7 11.Qb3 (TN). A new move. 11.cxd5 has been played. The game continued 11…g5 12.cxd5 Ndc5 13.Qc2 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bb4 15.Rxe4 cxd5 and White resigned as he loses his rook. But White could have continued 16.Nxg5 dxe4 (16…Bxd4 17.Qg3 Bg6 18.h4) 17.Qg3 Bf6 18.Nc3 with a good game.
Wall – Rice, Berkeley (Central California Grand Prix) 1973
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 (5…Bc5) 6.Nxc6 bxc6 (6…dxc6) 7.O-O (7.Nc3) 7…d5 8.Nc3 Qc7 (8…Nf6) 9.Ne2 (TN). A new move. Other choices are Qe2, Re1, f4, exd5, etc. The game continued 9…Bd6 10.Ng3 Ne7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Ng6 13.Re1 and White won in 20 moves.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.Nf3 (6.e3) 6…O-O (6…d5) 7.Qc2 (7.e3) 7…d6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.e4 (9.e3; 9.g3) 9…Qc7 10.Bd3 Re8 (TN). Previously played has been 10…e5. The game continued 11.d5? (11.O-O) 11…e5? (Black missed 11…exd5 12.cxd5 c4 13.Be2 Nxe4, winning a pawn) 12.O-O h6 13.Bd2 Nf8 14.Ne1 Ng6 15.g3 and White won in 25 moves.
Friedman – Wall, New York (World Open) 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 (8…f6) 9.Nf3 Bb4+ (9…f6) 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 O-O (11…Qb4) 12.O-O a5. I may have been the first to play this variation. 12…f6 is the main line. 12…Qb4 has also been played. The game continued 13.h4 (13.Rac1 has been played) 13…Nb4 14.Bb1 Nb8 15.h5 h6 16.a3 N4c6 17.Qc2 and White won in 24 moves.
Stanford – Wall, New York (World Open) 1973
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 (4…Nf6) 5.Bd3 Nc6 (5…Nf6) 6.O-O (6.c3) 6…Bg4 (6…Nge7) 7.Re1+ (7.c3) 7…Nge7 8.c3 Qd7 9.Nbd2 O-O-O 10.Qc2 (10.b4) 10…h6 (TN). I may have been the first to play this line. 10…f6 and 10…Kb8 have been played in the past. The game continued 11.b4 (11.a4 and 11.Ne5 have been played) 11…Rdf8 (TN) A new move. Previously played are 11…Rde8 and 11…Bf5. The game continued 12.a4 Nd8 13.a5 c6 14.Ba3 Bf5? (14…Bxf3) 15.Rxe7 Qxe7 16.Bxf5+ Kb8 17.Bd3 g5 and Black won in 31 moves.
Wall – Barouty, New York (World Open) 1973
1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bb5 (4.Nc3) 4…a6 (4…Nge7) 5.Bxc6 (This is a new move in the chessgames.com database. 5.Nc3 is the main line) 5…bxc6 6.O-O d5 7.d3 Ne7 8.Kh1 (TN) A new move. 8.Nc3 and 8.c4 have been played. The game continued 8…a5 9.Be3 d4 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Bg3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Ba6 13.b3 and White won in 32 moves.
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