Durkin's Opening (1.Na3) by Bill Wall

The opening 1.Na3 is known as the Durkin Opening, or sometimes called the Sodium Attack (Na is the symbol for Sodium). Here are a few of my recent games with this opening.

1. Wall Bill - BoyWizard, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 Na6 2.Nc4 Nc5 [2...d5] 3.d4 Ne6 [3...Ne4] 4.Nf3 a6 [4...d5] 5.e4 h5?! [5...b5] 6.Ng5 Rh6?? [6...Nf6] 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Ne5+ Ke8 9.Bxh6 [threatening 10.Qxh5 and mate] 1-0
   
   
2. Wall Bill - JoshuaT, Internet 1999
   1.Na3 c5 2.Nc4 d5 3.Ne5 f6 4.Nef3 Qd6 [4...e5] 5.e3 Bg4 [5...Nc6] 6.h3 Be6 [6...Bh5] 7.Ne2 Nh6?! [7...Nc6] 8.Nf4 Nc6 9.Nxe6 Qxe6 10.Bb5 a6 11.Be2 Nf5 [11...Qd7] 12.d3 c4 [12...Qd7] 13.dxc4 dxc4 14.O-O h5? [14...Rd8] 15.Nd2 g5?? 16.Bxh5+ and White wins 1-0
   
   
3. Wall - Barry, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 c5 2.e4 e6 [2...Nc6] 3.Nf3 d5 [3...Nc6] 4.Bb5+ Ke7?! [4...Nc6] 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 b6? [6...a6] 7.Bg5+ Nf6? [7...f6] 8.Qe2+ Kd6?? [8...Be6] 9.Bf4 mate 1-0
   
   
4. Wall Bill - Acusum, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 d5 2.b3 [2.Rb1] e5 3.Bb2 Nc6 4.c4 d4 5.Nc2 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bc5 [6...Be7] 7.b4 Nxb4 [7...Bd6] 8.Nxb4 Bxb4?? [8...e4] 9.Qa4+ [winning the Bishop] 1-0
   
   
5. Wall Bill - Pride C, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 d5 2.c3 e5 3.Nc2 Bd6 [3...Nc6] 4.d4 e4 5.e3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.c4 c6 8.Bd2 Bf5 [8...Be6] 9.Bb4 Re8 [9...b6] 10.Rc1 Na6 [10...Bc7] 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.c5 Qd8 [12...Qc7] 13.b4 Nc7 14.h3 b5 [14...Qe7] 15.f4 g6 [15...exf3] 16.h4 h5 [16...Qd7] 17.Nh3 a5 [17...Ng4] 18.Ng5 axb4 19.Nxb4 Qd7 20.O-O Ra4 21.Rb1 Rea8 22.Qe1 R4a7 23.Qg3 Ng4 24.Nh3 Na6 25.Nc2 Rb8 26.Nf2 Nf6 27.Qg5 Qe6 28.Bxh5 Nxh5 29.g4 f6 30.gxf5 fxg5 31.fxe6 gxh4 32.Ng4 Ng3 33.Rf2 Rf8 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Nxc6 Rc7 36.Ne5 b4 37.Nxb4 Nxb4 38.Rxb4 Nf5 39.c6 Ne7 40.Rb7 Rxb7 41.cxb7 Rb8 42.Rb2 1-0
   
   
6. Wall Bill - Pla1qk, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 d5 2.c4 [2.d3; 2.d4; 2.Nf3; 2.f4] Nf6 [2...e6] 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nc2 e6 [4...e5] 5.d4 c5 [5...Nb4] 6.e4 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bc4 f6?! [9...b5] 10.O-O fxe5?! [10...Be7] 11.dxe5 Be7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rd1 Rf5? [13...Kh8] 14.Ne3 and White wins 1-0
   
   
7. Wall Bill - RonnieCorny, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 e5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6 [3...d5 or 3...Bc5] 4.Nc4 d6 [4...e4] 5.Nf3 e4 [5...Be7] 6.Nd4 Nxd4 7.Bxd4 d5 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Bxe5 [10...Qe7 or 10...c6] 11.Bxe5 Re8 12.Bb2 c6 [12...Bd7 or 12...Bf5] 13.O-O Qd6 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Ng4 [15...Ne4] 16.Rg3 Ne5 [16...f5] 17.Qf1 f6 [17...Ng6] 18.Qf4 Rf8 19.Rf1 Bd7? [19...Qe7] 20.d4 g5?? [20...Nf7] 21.dxe5 1-0
   
   
8. Wall Bill - KGard, Internet 1999
   1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 Nc6 3.b3 Nf6 [3...d5] 4.Bb2 d5? [4...e4] 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.Bxe5 Bd6 [6...Bg4] 7.Nf3 O-O 8.e3 Qe7 [8...Bg4] 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.Bd3 Ne4 [10...Bg4] 11.O-O Qf6 [11...Bg4] 12.Nd4 Bd7? [12...c5] 13.Qh5 Qg6? [13...c6] 14.Qxd5 Bh3 15.Qxe4! 1-0
   
   
9. Wall Bill - Barzia, Internet 1998
   1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6 [3...Bc5; 3...d5; 3...f5] 4.d3 d5 [4...a6; 4...Bc5] 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Bd6 [6.Bb4+; 6...Bg4] 7.Be2 Bf5 [7...O-O] 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Qe7 10.Bf1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bg2 Bb4?! [13...Rad8] 14.c3 Ba5?? [14...Bd6] 15.Nfxe5 1-0
   
   
10. Wall Bill - Ganef_Manx, Internet 1998
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 [3...e4] 4.e4 Bg4 [4...Nf6] 5.Ne3 Bxf3?! [5...Bh5] 6.Qxf3 Nd4 7.Qd1 Qd7 [7...Nf6] 8.c3 Nb5? [8...Ne6] 9.a4 and White wins 1-0
    
    
11. Wall Bill - Memard, Internet 1999
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 d5? 3.Nxe5 Nc6? [3...Nd7] 4.Nxc6 bxc6 5.Nf3 Bf5 [5...Nf6] 6.e3 Nf6 [6...Bd6] 7.Ne5 Bc5? [7...Bd6] 8.d4 [or 8.Nxc6] Bb4+? [8...Bd6] 9.c3 Bd6 10.Nxc6 Qd7 11.Bb5 O-O? [11...a6] 12.Nxa7 1-0
    
    
12. Wall Bill - Ponzol, Internet 1999
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 d6 3.b3 Na6?! [3...Nc6] 4.Bb2 f6 [4...Nb4] 5.Nf3 Ne7 [5...d5] 6.e3 Bf5 [6...Nec6] 7.d3 g5?! [7...d5] 8.e4 Bg4 9.Ne3 Bxf3?! [9...Bd7] 10.Qxf3 h5? [10...Ng6] 11.Qxf6 Rh6 12.Qxg5 Nb4 [12...Ng6] 13.Be2 a5?? [13...Ng6] 14.a3 and White wins 1-0
    
    
13. Wall Bill - SJ_Genius, Internet 1998
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 d6 3.d3 [3.e4] Be6 [3...Be7] 4.Nf3 Bxc4 [4...Nc6] 5.dxc4 Nf6 6.Bg5 h6 [6...Be7] 7.Bh4 g5 [7...Be7 or 7...Nc6] 8.Bg3 h5? [8...Bg7] 9.Nxg5 Ng4? [9...Be7] 10.Qd5 c6?? [10...Nh6] 11.Qxf7 mate 1-0
    
    
14. Wall Bill - Winxs, Internet 1999
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 [4...Bg4] 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Bg4 [6...O-O] 7.Be2 Nd5 [7...h6] 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 [8...N6xe7] 9.Nfxe5!? Bxe2 10.Nxc6 Bxd1 [10...Qg5] 11.Nxe7 Kxe7 12.Kxd1 Kd8?! [12...Rae8] 13.e4 Re8?? 14.exd5 1-0
    
    
15. Wall Bill - Sixpack, Internet 1999
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 Qe7 3.b3 Nf6 [3...d5] 4.Bb2 Ne4? [4...Nc6] 5.Nxe5 d6 [5...Nc6] 6.Nef3 f6?! [6...d5] 7.d3 Nc5 8.e3 Nc6 [8...Bg4] 9.d4 Ne4 10.d5 Ne5 11.Bb5+ c6? [11...Bd7] 12.dxc6 bxc6?? [12...Nxc6] 13.Nxe5! fxe5 [13...cxb5 14.Qh5+] 14.Bxc6+ 1-0
    
    
16. Wall Bill - Soltz B, San Antonio 1994
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nc4 f6 3.e4 Bc5 4.d3 d5 [or 4...Ne7] 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Ne3 Qc6 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.a4 [8.b3] Bxe3 9.Bxe3 Qxb2 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be2 Bxf3? [11...Qc3+] 12.Bxf3 Nc6 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Rxb7 Qc3+? [14...Qxa4] 15.Bd2 Qc5 16.Rxc7 and White won 1-0
    
    
17. Wall Bill - Bizca, Internet 1999
    1.Na3 e5 [1...Nf6; 1...e6; 1...g6] 2.Nc4 [2.e4; 2.g3; 2.Nh3] f6 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 a6 [4...d5] 5.Nh4 Nc6? [5...Ne7] 6.Qh5+ g6?? [6...Kf8] 7.Nxg6 1-0
    
    
18. Wall - Shutup, Internet 1999
    1.Na3 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc4 f6 4.e4 b6 5.Nh4 g5? 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Ng6+ 1-0