Author: Kurt Widmann
Date: 14:19:15 12/26/00
I just looked at 2 games posted here today.
Crafty and Nimzo were given credit for a win each, as follows:
Nimzo 8 (2600) - Crafty 17.14 (2590) [D85]
K6-2 500 , 120'/40+60'/20+30' Engines Match (1), 25.12.2000
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 b6 13.Rc1 Bb7 14.d5 Na6 15.Bg5 Rfc8
16.0-0
[16.Rxc8+ Rxc8 17.Bxe7 Rc1+ 18.Bd1 Bc3+ 19.Ke2 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Ba6+ 21.Ke3 Bxb4]
This is Crafty without book.(may be lost)
16...Kf8 17.e5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nc5 21.d6 Rd8
22.h4
exd6 23.exd6 Ne4 24.Rc7 Bd5 25.Be5 Bxa2 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Rxa7
Nc3 29.Bf1 Rxd6 30.Ra3 Rc6 0-1
This is crafty guided by a good book.(outplays nimzo)
In the next game, nimzo plays black.(outplays crafty in same position)
22.h4
g4 23.Nd2 h5 24.Re1 Bh6 25.Rd1 Bc6 26.f3 Ba4 27.Nb3 Nxb3 28.axb3 Bxb3
29.Ra1 Be3+ 30.Kh2 a5 31.fxg4 exd6 32.exd6 Bc5 33.gxh5 Bxd6 0-1
This is crafty with a lack in knowledge.
Examples: 22...g4/h5 nimzo secures space and removes perceived weakness.
22...exd6 creates isolated pawn and rates it as weakness/and plays
to create outsite pawn. (winnig strategy - super knowledge base).
So what happen to crafty after nimzo played 22...g4?
It seems a lack of instructions to assess his own strength and weaknesses.
For the defence of crafty, I must say, that it would never reach this position
without nimzo,s book.
Could we get a proper position evaluation here?
After 22..g4 : please lets here it!
Greetings,kurt
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