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

Author: James Robertson

Date: 13:37:31 06/14/99

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On June 14, 1999 at 16:29:39, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On June 14, 1999 at 16:17:28, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On June 14, 1999 at 15:53:24, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>
>>With computers you never can tell. For all CT knew, Hiarcs would be
>>discombobulated by 14. ... a6. :)
>
><grin>  I can tell, even if the computers can't!
>
>>James
>
>Dave

Just think! If Black had won, 14. ... a6!! would be called "Positional Genius!!"

:)
James



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