Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:52:38 12/14/99
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On December 14, 1999 at 11:44:17, blass uri wrote: >On December 14, 1999 at 09:34:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 14, 1999 at 06:03:57, Ed Schröder wrote: >> >>>>Posted by Robert Hyatt on December 13, 1999 at 22:32:01: >>>> >>> >>>>Here is one game I had an opportunity to watch this afternoon. What stands >>>>out is white playing Nxg6, opening the h-file, then following that with o-o >>>>and castling into a bristling attack. And then making it easy for black to >>>>fully open the h-file a couple of moves later. This was a slowish game (2 >>>>minutes on the clock, 12 second increment, played on FICS). I think you will >>>>agree that we don't normally see 2000 players take on a computer like this and >>>>have the computer 'self-attack'. >>>> >>>>There are other things that also need attention, but since I am not getting >>>>paid, this will be my sole voluntary contribution to the "tiger development >>>>effort." :) >>> >>>Thanks, hope you make that a habit :-) >>> >>> >>>>Bob >>>> >>>>[Event "FICS 2 12 game"] >>>>[Site "?"] >>>>[Date "1999.12.13"] >>>>[Round "?"] >>>>[White "chesspartner"] >>>>[WhiteElo "2295"] >>>>[Black "ceb"] >>>>[BlackElo "1922"] >>>>[Result "0-1"] >>>> >>>>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 >>>>e6 7. N1e2 Nd7 8. Nf4 Ngf6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 >>>>12. O-O O-O-O 13. Qf3 Rh7 14. Bg5 Rdh8 15. h3 Qa5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 >>>>17. Qxf4 g5 18. Qf3 g4 19. hxg4 Qg5 20. Rfb1 Nxg4 21. Bxe6 fxe6 >>>>22. Qf7 Qh6 23. Kf1 g6 24. Qxh7 Qxh7 25. b3 Qf7 26. Rb2 Ne3+ >>>>27. Ke2 Nxg2 28. Rf1 Nf4+ 29. Kd1 Nd5 30. c4 Nc3+ 31. Kd2 Qf3 >>>>32. Rc2 Ne4+ 33. Nxe4 Qxe4 34. Kc1 Qxd4 35. Rd1 Qa1+ 36. Kd2 >>>>Qd4+ 37. Kc1 Qf4+ 38. Kb1 Rh2 39. Rcd2 Ne5 40. Rc2 Qe4 41. Rf1 >>>>Rh1 42. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 43. Kb2 Nd3+ 44. Kc3 Qf3 45. b4 Ne1+ 46. Kb2 >>>>Nxc2 47. Kxc2 Qxf2+ 48. Kc3 c5 49. bxc5 Qxc5 50. Kd3 Kd7 51. Kc3 >>>>Kd6 52. Kd3 b5 53. cxb5 Qxb5+ 54. Ke3 Qc4 55. a3 Ke5 56. Kf3 >>>>Qd4 57. a4 Qxa4 58. Ke3 Qa3+ 59. Kf2 Qd3 60. Ke1 Qc2 61. Kf1 >>>>Kf4 62. Ke1 Kf3 63. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1 >>>> >>>>I didn't look at the eentire game, but Crafty strongly disagrees with Nxg6 >>>>and then after that, even more strongly disagrees with O-O. >>> >>>Rebel-Tiger changes after 7 seconds to the better 12.Qf3. I also think >>>that 15.h4 is a much better way to defend as it will be hard for black >>>to open the h-file then. >>> >>>Those blitz games :-) >>> >>>Ed >> >>I have said this _many_ times in the past. A chess server is a very _hostile_ >>place to play chess. If you can survive there, you have a pretty well-debugged >>program. >> >>In the case of move 12, I would be concerned that my program would castle >>kingside at _any_ shallow depth... because players like dlugy, Roman, Kaidanov, >>etc will roll you into a small ball at 1 0 or 2 0 if they catch you doing that. > >I do not think that 12.0-0 is the only problem in the game. >I think that tiger did some tactical mistakes after it. >I do not see how dlugy and Roman can win with black in 1 0 or 2 0 after 16.Qe3 >and I think that tiger continued to do tactical mistakes after 16.Bf4 > >Uri As I said, I didn't analyze the entire game. Nxg6 hxg6 caught my eye, because when I see that kind of move from crafty, I always see a O-O-O in the PV as it knows that to castle kingside is inviting problems down the h-file. I think the mistakes were more positional than tactical however. IE allowing the complete opening of the h-file with both rooks ready to occupy that file was just playing with fire in a giant pond filled with gasoline...
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