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Subject: Re: Rebel 10 - Anand, draw in the first slow game!!!

Author: Mark Young

Date: 09:41:29 07/22/98

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On July 22, 1998 at 12:36:04, Amir Ban wrote:

>On July 22, 1998 at 12:19:13, Mark Young wrote:
>
>>On July 22, 1998 at 12:06:18, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>On July 22, 1998 at 11:47:36, Mark Young wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 22, 1998 at 11:42:42, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>An extraordinary acievement by Rebel!
>>>>>
>>>>>This is the score:
>>>>>
>>>>>[Event "8 games match"]
>>>>>[Site "Ischia, Italy"]
>>>>>[Date "1998.07.22"]
>>>>>[Round "?"]
>>>>>[White "Anand, V"]
>>>>>[Black "REBEL 10.0"]
>>>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>>>[WhiteElo "?"]
>>>>>[BlackElo "?"]
>>>>>[ECO "D07"]
>>>>>
>>>>>1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Qb3 Bxf3
>>>>>8. gxf3 Rb8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Be2
>>>>>Re8 14. h4 c5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 b5 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Bc1 dxe3 19. fxe3 c4
>>>>>20. Qc2 Nc5 21. h5 Nd3 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rec8 24. Bd2 b4 25. Be4 Qh6
>>>>>26. Bg2 Rc7 27. Rf1 b3 28. e4 bxa2+ 29. Ka1 Rcb7 30. Bc1 Bc5 31. e5 Rb3
>>>>>32. Qc2 Bd4 33. d6 Bxb2+ 34. Bxb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Kxb2 g5 37. Bf3
>>>>>gxf4 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. d7 Qxe5+ 40. Kxa2 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2
>>>>>
>>>>>Enrique
>>>>
>>>>A great game by Rebel 10. I liked what I seen.
>>>
>>>
>>>I don't understand what I seen. What was Anand trying to do with 28.e4 and
>>>29.Ka1 ? The bishop maneuver Bd6-c5-d4 is simple, so he must have invited it.
>>>Maybe he thought that d6 is good enough to win ? Anand must have kicked himself
>>>for not playing the simple Kxa2.
>>>
>>>Amir
>>
>>I am still looking at the game. It is very deep and I may not understand it
>>until I see more lines by other that I can't see. But the program showed some
>>fight and thats what I was looking for. A draw with black vs a near 2800 player
>>and a very good anti-computer gm to boot. Yes I liked what I seen.
>
>
>Yes of course, I did not mean to deprecate.
>
>I mean that this is the sort of game where the human (Anand) was hyperactive. He
>castled long, he saced the exchange, setup passed pawns, this and that, all of
>which didn't amount to much except to him barely getting away with a draw. You
>can almost see Rebel10 shrugging his shoulders and taking whatever it's offered.
>
>Impossible to understand this game without an understanding of what Anand was
>thinking and where he went wrong. Morally he's the clear loser in this game.
>
>Amir

I agree.



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