Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 15:40:38 04/28/01
In my first game (40/40) on P_III 800/128 against Gambit Tiger 2.0 the strong
chess programm got never a chance to launch on of its attack.
[Event "Gambit Tiger 2 40/40"]
[Site "Wetzikon"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gambit Tiger 2.0"]
[Black "Utzinger, Kurt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "2001-04-28"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
{White: Gambit Tiger 2.0 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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {
White last book move} 3... g6 {
Unexpected for me, Gambit Tiger 2 was already out of book.} 4. Nf3 Bg4 {
If Black plays this move he must be ready to give up the bishop pair.} 5. h3
Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 {Looks dangerous in view of the weakness on the dark squares
in Black's camp. But sooner or later Black cannot avoid e7-e6. The idea is to
poste my Bf8 on e7 instead of at g7. I had made the experience in this kind
of position that Black - after Bf8-g7 - is later often forced to bring his B
back to e7. So why not at once? All this may be become more clear in the
ensuing comments of the game.} 7. Nd2 h5 {In my opinion no waste of time.
Black intends to prevent g2-g4 and is planning h5-h4 at the right moment in
order to let follow the maneouvre Ng8-h6-f5 or Ng8-e7-f5.} 8. Nb3 Nd7 {
With pressure on e5 thus not allowing the enemy knight to go to c5.} 9. c3 {
Instantly played.} 9... Be7 10. Be3 Nh6 11. Bd3 {Gambit Tiger 2 played this
and the following three moves instantly. I didn't like that.} 11... Nf5 {
A good place for the knight.} 12. O-O Bg5 {
Due to a lack of other ideas I decided to exchange bishops.} 13. Rad1 {
Having already used 20 minutes on the clock I became nervous and again "lost"
four minutes to find a suitable plan.} 13... Bxe3 {Another trial was the
waiting move 13...Qe7 that, fairly spoken, did not come to my mind.} 14. fxe3
Qg5 15. e4 Qe3+ {Exchanging Q is not a bad policy against a dangerous attacker
like Gambit Tiger 2.} 16. Kh2 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 {
Forced. If 17.gxf3 Black replies 17...Ne3 and Gambit Tiger 2 looses material.}
17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 O-O-O {
Doing something for the development and defending the pawns on the queen wing.}
19. Rc1 Kb8 {I was not unhappy with the situation: the Nf5 has a strong
position and White's king side is more or less blocked whereas on the other
wing it should be possible to build up a sufficient defence.} 20. Rf2 h4 {
Preventing g2-g4 for ever. On the other hand the advanced pawn may become weak
should White succeed in placing the rook on f4 and the his knight to f3.
Nevertheless played I this move automatically as it seemed to be the "correct"
one.} 21. Na5 {Is 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Nxc6 Kc7 24.Nxd8 a threat? I had no time to
investigate and so I took the rook to defend c6. It was of course also
possible to reply with 21...Kc7, but I feared that White could break up the
c-file.} 21... Rc8 22. Rb1 Rc7 {Passive defence instead the active
continuation 22...f6, a move for which I had not thought a moment.} 23. b4 Rhc8
{Again played very fast in order not to loose the game on time. White's clock:
21:03, Black's clock: 30:28} 24. Nb3 {Is this really the best move? I was just
thinking about how to answer 24.Nc4 when White relieved me.} 24... Rh8 25. Nc5
Nxc5 {After short reflection and in view of my feeling that the half open
b-line will not become dangerous, I decided to exchange the knights.} 26. bxc5
Ka8 {Maybe it is necessary to have the square b8 free for a rook.} 27. a4 Ng3
28. Bd3 Nf5 29. a5 a6 30. Rf3 Ka7 {And now I leant back since I could not
imagine how White should be able to make further progress. Important is only
that Black is doing nothing.} 31. Kg1 Rh5 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Bc4 Rd8 34. Rf4 Rh8
35. Rb6 Rh5 36. Rf3 Rh8 37. Ke2 Rh5 38. Bd3 Rh8 39. Bc2 Rh5 40. Kf2 Rh8 41. Bb1
Rh5 42. Ba2 Rh8 43. Ke2 Rh5 44. Bc4 Rh8 45. Kd3 Rh5 46. Rb2 Rh8 47. Ke4 Rd7 48.
Ba2 {adjusted} 1/2-1/2
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