Author: Graham Laight
Date: 07:07:36 04/28/00
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On April 28, 2000 at 09:59:23, blass uri wrote:
>Rebel century lost against boris malisov(2350 rating)
>I resigned at move 21 and did not play the last move of the game.
>
>I do not understand the reason for the move 12...gxf5
>I thought during the game that maybe I put
>Rebel at a low level or maybe I had the wrong personality or maybe it is a bug
>in Rebel Century but I found that Rebel1.2a also does the same blunder.
>
>I found also that many top programs including Crafty17.10 do the same
>blunder(Crafty may avoid it at tournament time control but I expected computers
>to avoid it from the first second and not to need some minutes to find a better
>move).
>I do not understand what push computers to sacrifice their king safety for no
>compensation that I can see(Rebel even does not get a pawn for the move gxf5
>exf5 and I think that this line is also not good for black)
>
>People told me after the game that Rebel Century played like 1700 player.
>
>The relevant position:
[D] r2q1rk1/p3ppbp/2bp1np1/2p2P2/1p2P2Q/3P1N2/PPP1N1PP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 1
>
>
>Here is the game:
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "??.??.????"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Player"]
>[Black "CENTURY "]
>[Result "*"]
>[WhiteElo "?"]
>[BlackElo "?"]
>[ECO "B23"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 { 00:00:37
>10.00 0.03 Bxc6 d4 Bg7 d5 Bd7 O-O Bxc3 bxc3 Nf6 e5 Ne4 Bb2 (c) } 7.
>d3 Bg7 { 00:04:20 11.00 0.21 Bg7 O-O Nh6 Nd5 Ng4 h3 Nf6 Nc3 b5 (c) }
>8. O-O Nf6 { 00:01:13 10.00 0.27 Nf6 e5 Nd5 Ne4 O-O c4 Nb6 (c) } 9.
>Qe1 O-O { 00:03:45 10.00 0.31 O-O a4 Rc8 Bd2 c4 Be3 cxd3 cxd3 a6 Rc1
> (c) } 10. f5 b5 { 00:01:24 9.00 0.31 b5 a3 a5 Bg5 b4 Ne2 bxa3 Rxa3
>gxf5 exf5 (c) } 11. Qh4 b4 { 00:00:44 9.00 0.27 b4 Nd1 gxf5 exf5 Qd7
>Ne3 Rad8 Bd2 Bxf3 Rxf3 (c) } 12. Ne2 gxf5 { 00:01:27 9.00 0.22 gxf5
>exf5 Ba4 c4 Qc8 Ng3 Bd7 Nd2 d5 cxd5 Nxd5 (c) } 13. Ng3 fxe4 { 00:01:14
> 9.00 0.20 fxe4 Ng5 h6 Nf5 c4 Nxe4 Bxe4 dxe4 h5 Nxg7 Qb6+ Kh1 (c) }
>14. Ng5 h6 { 00:00:00 12.00 -0.16 h6 Nf5 h5 Nxe4 Bxe4 dxe4 Kh7 Ng3 Rh8
>Nxh5 Kg8 Nxf6+ (c) } 15. Nf5 h5 { 00:01:36 10.00 -1.05 h5 Nxe4 Bxe4
>dxe4 Kh8 Nxg7 Kxg7 Qg5+ Kh8 Rxf6 exf6 Qxh5+ Kg8 Bh6 Qd7 Bxf8 (c) } 16.
>Nxe4 Bxe4 { 00:00:00 9.26 -1.80 Bxe4 dxe4 Bh8 Bh6 Kh7 Bxf8 Qxf8 Rad1
>Bg7 Ng3 Kh6 (c) } 17. dxe4 Bh8 { 00:02:23 11.00 -1.99 Bh8 Bh6 Kh7 Rad1
>Rg8 Bg5 Rxg5 Qxg5 Qf8 h3 Bg7 Nxg7 (c) } 18. Bg5 c4 { 00:02:09 10.01 -4.27
> c4 Rf3 Bg7 Nxe7+ Qxe7 Bxf6 Qe6 Rg3 Rfe8 (c) } 19. Rf3 e6 { 00:13:00 10.18
> -7.68 e6 Rg3 Ng4 Bxd8 exf5 Qg5+ Kh7 Qxh5+ Nh6 Be7 (c) } 20. Nh6+ Kh7
>{ 00:01:08 10.00 -7.36 Kh7 Bxf6 Bxf6 Qxh5 Bg7 Nxf7+ Kg8 Nxd8 Rxf3 gxf3
>Rxd8 (c) } 21. Ng4 Nxg4 { 00:01:30 10.00 -6.69 Nxg4 Qxh5+ Kg8 Bxd8 Bd4+
>Kh1 Nf2+ Rxf2 Raxd8 Qg5+ Bg7 Raf1 Rc8 Rf3 Bxb2 (c) } *
>
>Uri
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