Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:20:02 05/29/04
A couple of caveats. No takebacks. I had full access to Chess informant
ECO/MCO. Crafty's book was set to "0" book random with a width of 3. Repeat
games are very likely in that scenario. I allowed myself to repeat the same
opening. In addition, I was priviliged to see Crafty's thinking (that's a huge
plus for the human). On my 5th attempt with the same color, I was able to win.
Game was 30 minutes per side.
It was fun playing Crafty in this way ,although it was certainly not a level
playing field. It's was also a a good way to learn a opening line quite deep --
not that I'm expert - but at least have the main line of Najdort memorize to a
reasonable depth. You can also see why this line had fallen out of favor, none
of the top players play this line any longer.
The game below my game seems to be the game that caused this line to fall out of
favor with black.
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "MICHAEL_007"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Michael Byrne"]
[Black "Crafty-19.13 SE [Standard]"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99/16"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf (7...Be7) Main Line"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[Comment "Black resigns"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7
9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8
16.Rg1 Bd7 17.Rg7 Bxg7 18.fxg7 Rg8 19.e5 O-O-O 20.exd6 Qb6 21.Ne4 Bc6 22.Nxc6
Qxc6 23.Qc3 Qxe4 24.Qxc5+ Kb7 25.Qc7+ Ka8 26.Qxf7 Qg4 27.Qc7 Qxg7 28.d7 Qg1
29.a4 Qe3+ 30.Kb1 Qf3 31.Qd6 Qb7 32.Bh3 bxa4 33.Bxe6 Rg6 34.Rd4 h5 35.Ka2 Rxe6
36.Qxe6 Ka7 37.Qe7 Qc7 38.c4 Qa5 39.Qd6 Qb6 40.c5 Qb3+ 41.Kb1 a3 42.Rd2 Qb8
43.Qd4 Qc7 44.c6+ Kb8 45.Qd5 Qb6 46.Rc2 h4 47.Ka2 Qc7 48.Rc4 {Black resigns}
1-0
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[Event "La Habana (m/2) 49/(302)"]
[White "Herrera,I"]
[Black "Castillo,T"]
[Date "1990"]
[Annotator "Herrera,I"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B 99"]
[Result "*"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bf6 Nf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6
gf6 15. gf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Rg7 Bg7 18. fg7 Rg8 19. e5 O-O-O 20. ed6
Qb6 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Nc6 Qc6 23. Qc3 $1 {N} 23... Qe4 24. Qc5 Kb7 25. Qc7
Ka8 {*} 26. Qf7 ( 26. d7 $1 26... Qb7 27. Qg3 Rd7 ( 27... Ka7 28. Bg2 Qb6
29. Be4 f5 30. Rd6 $18 ) 28. Bg2 Rd5 29. Rd5 ed5 30. Qd6 Ka7 31. Bd5 Qb6
32. Qe7 Kb8 33. Qf8 $18 ) 26... Qb7 27. d7 Qb6 28. Bg2 Ka7 29. Qe7 Qe3 30.
Kb1 Qe5 31. a3 $18
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