Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 01:05:06 11/12/05
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On November 12, 2005 at 03:59:54, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >In the running Open Dutch Computerchess Championship >it was the program "Usurpator" to choose with White >twice the queen move Qh5 in the second move. Of course, >both games endet with a disaster. What the hell is the >idea of the programmer to choose such a bad opening line? >Kurt > >[D]rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p2Q/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR b KQkq - 0 2 > >[Event "DCCC 25th rapid 90 min"] >[Site "Leiden"] >[Date "2005.11.11"] >[Round "2"] >[White "Usurpator"] >[Black "Neurosis"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "C20"] >[PlyCount "50"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qe2 Nd4 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. b4 >d5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Be6 11. h3 Bxd5 12. Qc2 e4 13. Ng1 Qg5 14. g4 e3 15. >Rh2 Qf4 16. Rg2 Bxg2 17. dxe3 Qh2 18. Ne2 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 O-O-O+ 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. >Qa4 Nc4+ 22. Kc2 Be4+ 23. Kb3 Qd1+ 24. Kxc4 Bd3+ 25. Kc5 Bf8# 0-1 > >[Event "DCCC 25th rapid 90 min"] >[Site "Leiden"] >[Date "2005.11.11"] >[Round "3"] >[White "Usurpator"] >[Black "IsiChess"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "C20"] >[PlyCount "52"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qe2 Nd4 5. Qd3 Nf6 6. c3 Ne6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. >Nf3 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Qe3 Bd6 11. d3 Bxe5 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. exd5 >exd5 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Bxa7 Bg3 18. hxg3 Rxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Qa6+ 20. c4 >dxc4 21. Ke1 Qxa7 22. Rf1 Qd4 23. Rb1 Bg4 24. f3 Re8+ 25. Kd1 Rd8 26. fxg4 >Qxd2# 0-1 Perhaps the programmer was influenced by USA Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, who has played this opening a few times recently. Mark
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