Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 13:12:58 04/22/01
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On April 22, 2001 at 15:55:21, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>One of my hobbies is to play against strong computer programs without using any
>anti computer strategy. And here is a game with my comments against the new
>Chess Tiger 14. I am somewhat proud with the draw ... should I not?
I share exactly this hobby with you Kurt! In this game you showed a very
solid play with good judgments. Displaying clear master class standard!
Nice to see and of course something to be proud of.
Sune
>
>Regards
>Kurt
>
>[Event "Human vs Computer 40/40"]
>[Site "Wetzikon"]
>[Date "2001.04.22"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
>[Black "Kurt Utzinger"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ECO "A88"]
>[WhiteElo "2500"]
>[BlackElo "1993"]
>[Annotator "2001-04-22"]
>[PlyCount "85"]
>[EventDate "2001.04.22"]
>
>{White: Chess Tiger 14.0 P_III 800/128, 48 MB hash 4-men TB's, cache size 16
>MB, depth 4 Book: User Engine book ct.tbk Anti human play: not activated
> Style: normal Time control: 40/40 + 40/40 } 1. d4 f5 {
>My favourite defence against humans and computers.} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3
>Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 {I was somewhat
>relieved because 10.b3 leads too a more complicated game with better chances
>for a computer program.} 10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. b3 Ne4 {The usual reply in
>this situation and automatically played. I became angry as the prepared move
>was the seldom choosen continuation 12...d5.} 13. Nd4 {White last book move}
>13... Nxc3 14. Nxe6 Qe7 15. Bd2 {
>Being out of book, Chess Tiger 14 finds the best move.} 15... Qxe6 16. Bxc3
>Bxc3 {
>According to my analysis the exchange of bishops is better than 16...Rae8.} (
>16... Rae8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 Rf6 19. Rad1 Qe5 20. Rd2 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22.
>Qc2 Ne4 23. Rd4 Ng5 24. Qd2 Nf7 25. b4 Qe7 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Qa3 a6 28. b5 axb5
>29. cxb5 d5 30. Qb3 Nd6 31. a4 Nc4 32. Ra1 Qd8 33. Qc3 Na5 34. Rb1 Rd6 35. bxc6
>bxc6 36. Qc5 Rd7 37. Rdb4 Qa8 38. h4 Rc8 39. h5 Nc4 40. h6 Rdc7 41. Rxc4 dxc4
>42. Bf1 Rd7 43. Bxc4+ Rd5 44. Qe7 {1-0 Uhlmann,W-Zwaig,A/Halle 1967/EXT 99 (44)
>}) 17. Qxc3 d5 {
>For my the logical answer. The game belos with 17...Nd7 was unknown to me.} (
>17... Nd7 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. e3 Qe5 20. Qc2 a5 21. Rd4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rf6 23. Qd2
>Na6 24. e4 Rdf8 25. Rxd6 fxe4 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Re1 Nc5 28. f4 Qd6 29. Rd1 Qxd2
>30. Rxd2 e3 31. Rd1 Re6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Kf1 e2+ 34. Ke1 Re3 35. Rd2 Nd3+ 36.
>Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Kxe2 Rd4 38. Bf3 Kf6 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. h4 h5 41. a3 c5 42. a4 Rd6
>43. Be2 Kf5 44. Bf3 Rb6 45. Bd1 Re6+ 46. Kf2 Rd6 47. Bc2+ Kg4 48. Be4 Rd2+ 49.
>Ke3 Rb2 50. Bxg6 Rxb3+ 51. Ke4 Rxg3 52. Bf7 Kxh4 53. Kf5 Rf3 54. Bd5 Rf2 55.
>Bxb7 Kg3 56. Ke5 Rxf4 57. Bd5 h4 58. Kd6 h3 59. Kxc5 h2 60. Kb6 Rxc4 {
>0-1 Meduna,E-Palatnik,S/Trnava 1987/TD (60)}) 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc4 {White has
>of course a small advantage because the B is stronger than the N but it is a
>hard task to demonstrate a win for White. Black has counterchances on the open
>e-file and a possible break with f5-f4. And if White decides to exchange the
>opposite N Black will remain with an isolated pawn. Having already made some
>experience with this type of position, I am convinced that Black has enough
>compensation for this weakness due to the pressure along the open c- and
>e-files.} 19... Rfe8 20. Rfd1 Nb6 (20... Nc7 {is bad on account of} 21. Rd7
>Rac8 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. e3 {with a clear advantage for White}) 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6
>22. Rd2 Rae8 {More than six minutes had I investigated the more or less forced
>variation starting with 22...Ree8 before I decided to play anoter move.} (22...
>Ree8 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. e3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Rad8 26. Ke2 Rxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rd8 28. Rxd8
>Kxd8 {and the BvsN ending is rather difficult for Black.}) 23. Kf1 R6e7 24.
>Rad1 Kf7 25. h3 {
>The move I had expected was 25.Bh3 with the aim of opening the diagonal h3-c8.}
>25... Rc8 {Intends to exchange the rooks on d7.} 26. Ke1 {
>More worried was I about 26.a4} 26... Rcc7 27. a4 a5 28. Rc2 {This came as a
>real surprise to me and fortunately Black has still a sufficient defence.}
>28... Re8 29. g4 {Again an unexpected but not bad move.} 29... fxg4 30. hxg4
>Rd7 31. Rc5 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Ra8 {I began to feel uncomfortable, my pieces
>stands rather passive and I thought that 33.g5 would be a rather strong
>continuation for White to improve his position.} 33. e4 {After some minutes of
>thought I came to the conclusion that this pawn maneouvre was a wrong decision.
>Now I felt that I should be able to hold the position and to get a draw
>against Chess Tiger 14.0 because Black can construct a blockade with N and the
>g6-pawn.} 33... Nd7 34. Rc3 g5 {That's the point, Black prevents f2-f4 and is
>planning to put his N to the strong central square e5.} 35. Ke2 Ne5 36. f3 Kf6
>{The last precise move that protects the knight in order to be able to play
>Ra8-d8.} 37. Rc5 b6 {No weakness in this position.} 38. Rc1 Rd8 {
>And here Black has at least obtained equality.} 39. Rc3 {
>Chess Tiger 14.0 does not like to make experiments.} (39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rd1 Rxd1
>41. Kxd1 Kf6 42. Ke2 Nd7 {and the advantage lies on Black's side.}) 39... Rd4
>40. Ke3 Rd8 {Very fast played with the intention to study the position more
>deeply the next move.} 41. Ke2 Rd4 42. Ke3 Rd8 {At first I wanted to place my
>rook on b4 but then reminded me that one should not bring the own pieces to
>worse places ... especially not if you play against a computer.} 43. Ke2
>1/2-1/2
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