Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:36:25 04/02/00
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On April 02, 2000 at 13:17:53, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>Here's a game Crafty (playing as Scrappy) lost last night on ICC to a human. Can
>anyone say where Crafty went wrong?
>
>I thought the game looked drawish when the pieces were cleared off the board by
>move 23, and each side was left 6 pawns.
>
>[Event "ICC 5 3"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "2000.04.01"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "scrappy"]
>[Black "Mearduo"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
>[WhiteElo "3083"]
>[BlackElo "2952"]
>[Opening "Bogo-Indian defense, Gr\\\"unfeld variation"]
>[ECO "E11"]
>[NIC "QI.01"]
>[Time "23:29:52"]
>[TimeControl "300+3"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7
>Qxd7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O-O 10. f3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 e5 13. dxe5
>Nxe5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 16. Rd1 Rhd8 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. h3 Nd3+ 19.
>Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Rd6 21. g4 Kd7 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 c5 24. Kd2 b5 25. Kc3
>Kd6 26. b3 g5 27. Kd3 Ke5 28. a3 a6 29. Kd2 Kd5 30. Kc2 c4 31. b4 Ke5 32.
>Kc3 Kf6 33. a4 Kg6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kd2 h5 36. Kc3 f5 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38.
>Kd4 Ke6 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Kd4 Kf5 41. e4+ Kf4 42. e5 c3 43. Kxc3 Kxe5 44. Kd3
>Kf4 45. Ke2 Kg3 46. Ke3 Kxh3 47. Kd2 Kg3 48. Ke3 h4 49. Ke4 h3 50. Kd3 Kxf3
>51. Kd2 h2 52. Kd3 h1=Q 53. Kd4 Qc1 54. Kd5 g4 55. Kd6 g3 56. Ke7 g2 57. Kd6
>g1=Q 58. Kd7 Qg6 59. Kd8 Qh7 60. Ke8 Qc8# {White checkmated} 0-1
That happens. this guy is a GM I know very well. He is a problem for
computers, without a doubt. :)
But he doesn't win near as many of those endings as he loses. :)
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