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Subject: Re: Van der Doel-Fritz SSS 0-1

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 08:19:57 05/09/00

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On May 09, 2000 at 11:08:09, Jeroen Noomen wrote:

>On May 09, 2000 at 09:04:56, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>Hi Enrique and al other computer fans,
>
>One more game to show how silly this tournament is...
>I think Van der Doel will absolutely not care losing this
>one so fast. Although he had more reasons to resign than
>Bosboom had. Van der Doel was also supposed to be an
>opponent of the computer participation. He lost in a more
>'nice way' then Bosboom did.
>
>It is sad. Sad for the Dutch national championship, sad for
>computer chess, sad for the fans and sad for Frans Morsch.
>But I sincerely hope that organizers and sponsors will learn
>a BIG lesson from this.
>
>As for me: I have lost all interest in this championship. It is
>soap, not chess.
>
>Regards, Jeroen
>
>
>
>
>>[Event "Dutch championship"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "2000.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Van der Doel"]
>>[Black "Fritz SSS"]
>>[Result "0-1"]
>>[ECO "A22"]
>>[WhiteElo "2537"]
>>[PlyCount "30"]
>>
>>1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Bc5 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Ng4 8. O-O
>>f5 9. Na4 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 f4 12. gxf4 exf4 13. Ng1 Qh4+ 14. Kf1 f3
>>15. Nxf3 Qxh2 0-1
>>
>>Enrique


Dear Jeroen,

Could you please point at some obvious mistakes in this game?  Could you also
tell me whether you had anticipated Black's 11...f4?  I am pretty sure that Van
der Doel was going for a kill against the 'stupid' comp by giving up on the f2
pawn and getting two pieces for the Rook which he could have been activating
later on in the game.  However Fritzy opened up the g-file, not the f-file! What
a laugh... I think, as some other people here, that Van der Doel was nicely
outsmarted...  Similar to the way that Garry was outsmarted in game 6 of his
match vs DB.

***  Djordje


PS:  I would have rooted for Rebel as well had it been in the Champs too.  I
love watching top programs playing strong human players :-)





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