Author: Uri Blass
Date: 21:21:01 02/22/01
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On February 22, 2001 at 22:52:05, Marcus Ray wrote: > >The recent discussion reg. CM8000's Lacey inspired me to play some blitz with >her. A really volatile game.... I managed to get her within 3 mins - my clock >read 2:59 at the end > >My playing style is generally very conservative - initially I play a really >closed game and wait for tiny slip-ups after which I raise the tempo and >exchange furiously to transpose ASAP to the end game. >However, the smell of blood in this game was too strong for me to settle for >anything less than an all out slaughter :) > >(9 mins/game) >[White] Me >[Black] Lacey [CM8000 Rating 1308 on my PIII-500] > >1.e3 e5 >2.d4 d6 >3.c3 Nf6 >4.f3 Be6 >5.e4 Nc6 --------- In keeping with her limited vision. >6.d5 Nxd5 ---------How is that OK even at a 2 ply depth? >7.exd5 Qh4+ >8.g3 Qf6 >9.dxc6 bxc6 >10.b3 0-0-0 -------Castling to her shattered Qside (esp. when she has an intact >Kside), was perhaps not as obvious as her other errors but the biggest in my >opinion! >11.Be3 Kb8 >12.Qd2 Be7 >13.Ba6 d5 >14.c4 dxc4 >15.Qa5 cxb3 >16.axb3 Bxb3 -------- moves into mate! >17.Bxa7+ Ka8 >18.Qxc7 Bb4+ >19.Kf2 Rb8 >20.Bxb8 Bc5+ >21.Kg2 Qxf3+ >22.Kxf3 Bd5+ >23.Ke2 Bf3+ >24.Kxf3 e4+ >25.Kxe4 Re8+ >26.Kf4 Be3+ >27.Kf3 Rxb8 >28.Bb7# ------ She managed to give me ***eight*** suicidal checks to prolong the >game! > - her fate was sealed right after 16...Bxb3 I find that she managed to give a lot of checks only because you made a lot of moves to delay the mate. You had a mate in 2 with 22.Nxf3 24.Nxf3 and 25.Kg2 and you also had a mate in 4 by 18.Bb7+. These mates should be easy also for humans and not only for computers. It seems that you did not use enough time(you used only 2:59 out of 9 minutes) I guess that you could find the faster mate by using more time when you see that the mate is close. Uri
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