Author: Robin Smith
Date: 13:53:44 05/10/00
Here is a very strange game from the ongoing 13th US correspondence chess
championship. My opponent was so embarrased, out of respect for his wishes I am
posting it without his name. In the final position, my opponent has THREE
pieces permanently locked behind his pawns. I case you are wondering why a post
to a computer-chess page; ALL of my opponents moves after leaving book at move 9
are what Hiarcs7.32 plays at long (overnight) time controls. Here is the final
position:
[D] rbbk3r/1p1p4/1P1p1p2/p2Pp1p1/P1B2P1p/B7/2P2P1P/3RR1K1 b - -
And here is the game:
[Event "US13F"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Smith"]
[PlyCount "41"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nd4 9. d6 Qf6 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 a5 13. b5 cxd6 14. Bb2
14... g5 {Black is preventing the opening of lines that would occur if white
played f4. But whites plan is d4, and if black doesn't open lines with ed,
then an eventual d5, hemming in the c8 bishop forever.} 15. d4 f6 16. Rfe1 h5
17. Rad1 {White has such a huge lead in development that computers are (not
too surprisingly) so hell bent on keeping the position closed that most want
to play as in the game} 17... h4 18. Ba3 Bc7 19. b6 Bb8 (19... Bxb6 20. Bxd6 {
is also probably lost, but at least it isn't so obviously ridiculous.}) 20. d5
20... Kd8 {In this position, where black has 3!! pieces permanently out of the
action, computers think black is fully equal. In fact Hiarcs, even after a
long think, thinks black is slightly better here.} 21. f4 1-0
Robin Smith
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