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Subject: Re: WCCC 99 Hiarcs - Chess Tiger "1 - 0" Round 1 Look!!!

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 12:53:24 06/14/99

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On June 14, 1999 at 15:42:26, James Robertson wrote:

>On June 14, 1999 at 15:01:09, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On June 14, 1999 at 14:22:25, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>On June 14, 1999 at 12:18:31, jose hernandez wrote:
>>>
>>>>[Event "WCCC99"]
>>>>[Site "Paderborn"]
>>>>[Date "1999.06.14"]
>>>>[Round "1"]
>>>>[White "Hiarcs"]
>>>>[Black "ChessTiger"]
>>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>>
>>>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
>>>>Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Qb3 Rg6 14. Qc2 a6 15. b4
>>>>Bd6 16. g3 Bh5 17. Be2 Rf6 18. Bb2 Qe8 19. a3 Re6 20. c4 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Re4 22.
>>>>cxd5 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Nxd5 26. Re1 f4 27. Bc1 fxg3 28.
>>>>fxg3 Kg8 29. Bd2 Nb6 30. Qg4 Qc8 31. Qg5 Qb7 32. Ng4 Qf3 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf5
>>>>Bf8 35. Bf4 Nc4 36. Re7 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 h6 38. Qg6 Nd2 39. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 40. Kh3 Qg5
>>>>41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Rxc7 g6 43. Ne7 Kg7 44. Nd5+ Kh8 45. Kg4 Bg7 46. Kxg5 Bxd4 47.
>>>>Nf6 Bxf6+ 48. Kxf6 Rd8 49. Kxg6 Rd6+ 50. Kf7 Kh7 51. g4 Rg6 52. Rc5 Rg7+ 53. Kf6
>>>>Rg6+ 54. Kf5 Rh6 55. h4 Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. h5 Rd6 1-0
>>>
>>>This is really an impressive game. Hiarcs got the gambit pawn _and_ the kingside
>>>attack. :)
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>How many times have I seen this happen in a gambit variation between two
>>computers?  As soon as the one down the pawn goes out of book, it doesn't know
>>what to do.  No doubt there was not a preprogrammed response to 14.Qc2.  Black
>>should play 14...Bd6 so that the kingside attack is on.  Maybe CT was scared off
>>by 15.g3 or something.
>>
>>Dave
>
>I know.... CT had a lot of potential early on, but when Hiarcs forced it to
>trade everything on e2, CT was _way_ more than a pawn down.
>
>14. ... a6 just seems to make a very nice target for white.
>
>James

Yeah, a null-move would have been better than ...a6. :-)

In case it wasn't clear from my above commentary, 15.g3 would be the kind of
move that Black wants to provoke.  (In other words, I'm not sure if my sarcasm
showed through or not. ;-)

Dave



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