Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 14:55:00 01/29/01
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On January 28, 2001 at 11:54:52, Alain Lyrette wrote:
>i was wondering if you could share with us THE game that your program played of
>which you are the proudest and the most heart-crushing defeat too.Thanks.
Here a few games I still remember and probably will never forget.
Game-1: first 40/2h game against Anand, Rebel should have won but
was too greedy (33..Bxb2+) collecting the material giving Anand a
beautiful and seldom escape. After that game I learned you never
have won from such a top-gun before they actually have resigned.
Remember that Rebel had a +3.xx score and I already wondered why
Anand continued the game :)
[Event "m"]
[Site "Ischia"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Comp Rebel 10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "D07"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 { I chose this opening because I wanted an unbalanced
game for Rebel, relying on the surprise value. Playing a Queen's Indian
or a Queen's gambit instead, was probably exactly Anand was hoping for.
He knows too much about t } 3. e3 { A small success: Anand avoids the main
theoretical lines, starting with 3 cxd5, 3 Nc3 or 3 Nf3. } 3... e5 4. Nf3
Bg4 5. Nc3 { Rebel had 5 Qb3 and 5 dxe5 in its book. Now it had to think
for the first time. } 5... exd4 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Rb8 { White
has the two bishops and is probably better here, but I liked the course
of the game sofar. It's no quiet position, in which the number 2 in the
world can play positionally. } 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O { I was very satisfied
with the outcome of the opening: Rebel has a solid position, with no weaknesses
and a clear aim: Attack the White king. } 11. Kb1 { The tournament bulletin
condemns this move, claiming it's a routine move. They propose 11 e4 instead.
} 11... Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 { Nicely played by Rebel. Of course 13 exd4
wins a pawn, but after 13 ... Ng6 Black controls f4 and the White pawns
are very weak. } 13. Be2 Re8 14. h4 { To push the pawn to h5, after which
exd4 becomes a threat (the Black knight cannot go to g6 anymore). } 14...
c5 { Starting the counterattack and defending the pawn on d4. } 15. f4
Nd7 16. Bf3 { Supporting the advance e3-e4. White's plan is to get the
pawns e4, f4 and d5 rolling. Black attacks on the queen's side. } 16...
b5 { There we go. I began to like the Black position more and more. I guess
Vishy wanted to have a much more quiet game today! } 17. Qd3 Qf6 { A nice
place for the queen, also stopping the advance e3-e4 because of the pressure
on f4. } 18. Bc1 dxe3 19. fxe3 c4 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. h5 Nd3 { For the second
time this match Rebel gets an octopus on d3. See also game 2. } 22. Rxd3
{ Rebel didn't expect this exchange sac, but I was sure Anand would play
this. It almost came without thinking. In return White gets two bishops
and a pawn. For a moment Black's attack is gone and he has to concentrate
on t } 22... cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rec8 { Well played. Rebel finds a way to bring
new life into the Black attack. } 24. Bd2 b4 { Keeping the bishop away
from c3. } 25. Be4 Qh6 { The only good move. 25 . .. h6 was my first impression,
but then 26 Bf5 rook moves 27 e4 comes and the pawns go forward. White
is better in that case. } 26. Bg2 { Criticised by Anand after the match.
He underestimated Black's 27th. On the other hand it is difficult for White
to find a proper plan. His pawns are still not able to move. } 26... Rc7
27. Rf1 b3 { Here it is. Now Anand was visibly getting nervous, as Black's
attack suddenly is very strong. The natural 28 a3 would allow the black
rook to come to c2, and also sacrifices like Bxa3 are hanging in the air.
} 28. e4 { There is no way back! Now we get a very, very interesting game.
} 28... bxa2+ 29. Ka1 { Of course any computer would play 29 Kxa2 here,
which is very bad. The White king uses the black a2-pawn as a shelter.
After Kxa2 the a-file would be wide open to the black attack. } 29... Rcb7
30. Bc1 Bc5 { A crushing move. The idea is ... Rb3, ... Qb6 and ... Bd4
and White is going to get crushed on b2. Rebel's evaluation now showed
a big advantage to Black. } 31. e5 { Trying to shut the door to b6 by means
of d5-d6. } 31... Rb3 32. Qc2 Bd4 { If 32 ... Qb6, then White has the defence
33 d6 Bd4 34 d7! } 33. d6 Bxb2+ { Too early! After the game we found out
that Rebel could have won with the brilliant 33 ... Qe6! 34 Bc6 Rc3!! 35
bxc3 Qc4! On my Pentium 200 Mhz MMX Rebel 9 needs around 11 minutes to
find this move. } 34. Bxb2 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Kxb2 g5 { A very surprising
move, but Rebel saw that after the normal 36 ... Qxh5 White has 37 Rc1,
with back rank problems. Analysis after the game confirmed that there is
no win for Black. } 37. Bf3 { Well played. Anand finds the line that secures
a draw. } 37... gxf4 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. d7 { The point. Anand's passed d7-pawn
is a monster, killing all Black's hopes. } 39... Qxe5+ 40. Kxa2 Qa5+ {
As I saw absolutely no way to make progress (Anand looked convinced, too),
I offered a draw. Anand accepted and said after the last game the position
is drawn. A very exciting game, one to be very proud of. } 1/2-1/2
Game-2: from the famous Aegon cycle. The GM attacking on the king-side, the
computer on the queen-side. Normally the GM wins, but not this time.
[Event "AEGON I"]
[Site "The Haque"]
[Date "1996.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Rebel 8.0"]
[Black "GM Christiansen, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "A56"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Be3 a6 8.
f3 O-O 9. b3 Nh5 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. a4 g6 12. Bh3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nge2
Kh8 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. O-O Qg8 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Bd2 Ndf6 19. a5 Ng7 20. Na4
Qh5 21. Bg2 Bd7 22. Nb6 Be8 23. Rfe1 Nd7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxb6 26.
axb6 Rc8 27. Qb3 Qg6 28. Kh1 Bd7 29. f4 e4 30. Rac1 h5 31. Qa3 Kh7 32.
Bh3 Rg8 33. Nc3 Be8 34. Rg1 Rf6 35. Ne2 Qf7 36. Nd4 Rg6 37. Nb3 h4 38.
gxh4 Nh5 39. Rxg6 Rxg6 40. Na5 Bxh4 41. Bxd6 Bf2 42. Nxb7 Ng3+ 43. hxg3
Rxg3 44. Qxg3 Bxg3 45. Rg1 Bh4 46. Nc5 Qh5 47. Rg2 e3 48. b7 e2 49. Nd3
1-0
Game-3: from the GM challenge series, the world upside down, the computer
wins by a very good king attack.
[Event "Monthly GM Challenge"]
[Site "Internet (ICC)"]
[Date "1999.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Comp Rebel Century"]
[Black "Scherbakov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[ECO "B33"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qb6
14. Qe2 Qc7 15. f5 h6 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. fxe6 Qc7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5
Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Qd6 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. h4 b5 23. hxg5 bxc4 24. gxh6 Qxd5 25.
hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kf6 27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Rf5 Qe6 29. Qh4+ Kd7 30. Qd4+
Kc7 31. Qc5+ Kb7 32. Qb4+ Kc7 33. Rc5+ Qc6 34. Qxc4 Qxc5 35. Qxc5+ Kd7
36. c4 Ke6 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Qb7 Kg7 39. c5 Rad8 40. Qxa7 Rxf7 41. Qa4 Rd2
42. Qg4+ Kf8 43. a4 Rff2 44. Qb4 Ke8 45. g4 Rd1+ 46. Ka2 Rff1 47. c6 Ra1+
48. Kb3 Rf3+ 49. Kc2 Rf2+ 50. Kd3 1-0
Game-4: again from Aegon. Rebel wins beautifully in a perfect ending.
[Event "AEGON"]
[Site "The Haque"]
[Date "1997.04.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Timoshchenco, G."]
[Black "Comp Rebel 9.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "D02"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e3 Bxc5 5. a3 Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. b4 Bb6
8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Ne8 14.
a4 Nd6 15. Qc3 f6 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20.
Rc3 Nf5 21. Rfc1 Nxa4 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Ra1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4
Nc3 26. Bd3 b6 27. Kf1 g6 28. Ke1 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Nf1
Nxb5 32. Rb1 Rc5 33. Ng3 f4 34. Nh5 fxe3 35. fxe3 Kf7 36. Nf4 a4 37. Nd3
Rc3 38. Rxb5 Rxd3 39. Rxb6 Rxe3+ 40. Kf2 Rd3 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Ke2 Rb3 43.
Rd7 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rb5 45. Ra7 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 a3 47. Ra5 d4 48. Ra4 d3 49.
Ke3 h5 50. g3 Kf5 51. Ra6 Kg5 52. Ra4 f5 53. h4+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Ke5 55. Ra5+
Ke6 56. Kd2 Kf6 57. Ke3 d2+ 58. Kxd2 Rxg3 59. Ra6+ Ke5 60. Ra5+ Ke4 61.
Ra4+ Kd5 62. Ra5+ Kc4 63. Kc2 Rf3 64. Ra8 Rc3+ 65. Kb1 f4 66. Rh8 f3 67.
Rxh5 Kd3 68. Rf5 Ke2 69. h5 f2 0-1
Game-5: a comp-comp game from London 2000, a typical positional Rebel
game. If the opponent does nothing Rebel slowly will strangle you.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "Nimzo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "D15"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. a3 e5 11. h3 Bb8 12. Ba2 h6 13. Nh4 Rd8 14.
Nf5 Qe8 15. Ne2 Nf8 16. dxe5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qxe5 18. Ng3 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Ne6
20. b4 Be5 21. Rb1 Ne4 22. Bb2 Bc3 23. f3 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nd6 25. g4 Nxf5
26. gxf5 Nc7 27. Bc4 Nb5 28. Ra1 Nd6 29. Bd3 Rd7 30. Kf2 Rad8 31. Rc1 Kf8
32. Ke2 Ne8 33. Rb3 Kg8 34. e4 Nd6 35. e5 Ne8 36. Bc4 Nc7 37. Ke3 Re8 38.
Ke4 Rd2 39. Bf1 Nd5 40. b5 Nf6+ 41. Ke3 Rd7 42. f4 Nd5+ 43. Ke4 Rc7 44.
bxc6 bxc6 45. Rg3 Kf8 46. Bc4 Nf6+ 47. Kf3 Nd7 48. Rcg1 f6 49. Be6 c5 50.
Kf2 g5 51. h4 fxe5 52. fxg5 hxg5 53. hxg5 c4 54. Re1 Kg7 55. Rc3 Nc5 56.
Bxc4 e4 57. Kg3 Na4 58. Rc2 Rec8 59. Rec1 Nb6 60. Bb3 Rxc2 61. Rxc2 Rxc2
62. Bxc2 e3 63. Kf3 e2 64. Kxe2 Kf7 65. Bb3+ Kg7 66. Be6 Na8 67. Kf3 1-0
Game-6: the decisive game in the last round of the WMCCC Madrid 1992.
Rebel (then the ChessMachine) had to win the game to become the new
world champion all classes. The "Saitek Sparc" was the favorite as it
only needed a draw for the title. After a tricky opening Rebel won in
the ending, me leaving behind in astonishment.
[Event "WMCCC-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saitek Sparc"]
[Black "Ch. M. Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "C43"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5
8. dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4
Bxg4 14. Bf4 Nxa1 15. Rc1 c6 16. Be4 f6 17. Nc3 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Rad8 19.
Rxa1 Rd2 20. b3 Rfxf2 21. Bg3 Rf7 22. Rf1 g6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Bf4 Rd7
25. Kf2 Bf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Na4 b6 28. Nb2 c5 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. Nc4 Ke6
31. Na3 a6 32. Nc4 Rd3+ 33. Ke2 Rd4 34. Ke3 b5 35. Nb2 Kd5 36. Nd3 a5 37.
Bg3 Re4+ 38. Kd2 Re8 39. Bc7 a4 40. Kc3 b4+ 41. Kd2 axb3 42. axb3 c4 43.
Nxb4+ Kc5 44. Kc3 Re3+ 45. Kd2 Rf3 46. Nc2 cxb3 47. Na3 Kd5 48. Bb6 f4
49. Ba7 Ke4 50. Kc1 Rh3 51. Nb1 Kd3 52. Kb2 Rxh2+ 53. Kxb3 f3 54. Na3 f2
55. Bxf2 Rxf2 0-1
Game-7: from the same tournament in Madrid 1992. The most crazy ending
Rebel ever played in an important tournament. It is full of errors from
both sides. Let's say the most lucky one won the game as both Rebel and
Genius did not deserve to win.
[Event "WMCCC-ch"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Genius"]
[Black "Ch. M. Gideon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "A45"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6
8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14.
Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. e3 Qe8 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nh4 Nc4 19. Bc3 g5 20. Nf3
b4 21. Be1 N4a5 22. Nbd2 g4 23. Nh4 f5 24. a3 Kh8 25. Nf1 Ne7 26. Bxb4
Bxb4 27. axb4 Nac6 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Rfb8 31. Rxa8 Bxa8
32. Qa4 Ne5 33. Qa7 N5c6 34. Qa3 Bb7 35. Rc1 Ra8 36. Qc5 Ra5 37. Qc4 Nd5
38. Nd2 Ncb4 39. Nb3 Ba6 40. Nc5 Bxc4 41. Nxd7 Ba6 42. Bxd5 Nxd5 43. Nc5
Bc8 44. Nd3 Ba6 45. Nf4 Nxf4 46. gxf4 Bb7 47. f3 gxf3 48. Rxc7 Be4 49.
Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rb8 Ra1+ 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Nxf3 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Bd5 54. Rb6 h6
55. h4 Re2 56. Ne5 h5 57. e4 fxe4 58. f5 exf5 59. Rg6+ Kh7 60. Rg5 Be6
61. Rxh5+ Kg7 62. Rg5+ Kf6 63. b4 Re3+ 64. Kf4 Rh3 65. Rg6+ Ke7 66. Rh6
e3 67. Nc6+ Kd7 68. Ne5+ Ke7 69. Ng6+ Kd8 70. Rh8+ Kc7 71. Re8 Kd6 72.
Ra8 Bc4 73. Ne5 Bb5 74. Nf7+ Ke7 75. Nh6 Rxh4+ 76. Kg5 Rxh6 77. Kxh6 e2
78. Ra5 e1=Q 79. Rxb5 0-1
Have fun replaying them.
Ed
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