Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 06:33:39 06/04/01
[D]2br3r/1pN1pk2/p1np1pq1/6p1/2P1P1p1/1P2Q1B1/P4PPP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 22
This is the position from the CCT3 tournament game Insomniac-Shredder.
After recieving some mails requesting for comments to my game vs Deep Fritz,
I post this follow up. It focuses on the subjects "doing nothing" vs
"doing something", how good are top programs in detecting attacks?,
how intense and strong is their play when examined under a microscope?
Kramnik is just around the corner...and what could we really expect from
those coming games?
In this special game, white has just played 22.Rfe1. Shredder didn't like
the position (some people claimed it was almost lost), and chose "doing
nothing" with 22.-Rhf8. White then won. But what would happen if we tried
a more aggressive attacking plan for black? I wanted to know and that's the
reason for the following game vs Deep Fritz.
I refrain from more conclusions than those embedded in the pgn.game comments.
[Event "Nivå=120'/40+60'/20+30'. "]
[Site "KIL"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deep Fritz"]
[Black "Larsson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2br3r/1pN1pk2/p1np1pq1/6p1/2P1P1p1/1P2Q1B1/P4PPP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
{128MB, PowerBig.ctg. PIII 800 In this position Shredder chose a standstill
and with 22.-Rhf8 intended to do nothing. White eventually broke through with
c5 and won the game. Black's major problem is his king, but if white is not
active enough, black can create dangerous counterplay on the kingside. The
vulnarable squares around white's king are h2 and f3, so a setup with Ne5, Qh5
(to support a possible Nf3+) and doubling the rooks on the h-file, looks
promising.} 22... Qh5 {0 Gambit Tiger chooses 22.-e5 with the plan of planting
the knight on d4. But white gets a dangerous attack after 23.Qb6 Nd4 24.Rxd4
and later breaking in the center. After some moves GT showed an eval of more
than -2.00. In this variation black's king is too naked. Instead 22.-Qh5 focus
on both h2 and f3, and if white is passive, he can easily get in danger.} 23.
a3 {1.44/14 196 White is doing nothing. This move simply wastes a tempo and
has no purpose at all. Much better was f.e.23.c5} 23... Rh6 {54 Preparing to
double the rooks on the h-file, and at the same time setting a little trap for
white, who now can go pawnhunting.} 24. Qb6 {1.97/14 93 Yes, white sees the
option of getting some on the Q-side. Much more direct was again 24.c5} 24...
Ne5 {56 And now black has reached his ideal attacking setup. White has to be
very careful about the option Nf3+, since there are loads of mate patterns
with a black pawn on f3.} 25. Nxa6 {2.09/13 75 White takes the pawn and feels
happy with +2.09. Again white could play 25.c5 and keep the squares d5 and e3
for the knight to protect g2. At the same time white would get counterplay vs
the black king.} 25... Nf3+ {6 After this check white begins to realize that
something is happenning. The eval drops from +2.09 to +0.78. But it's getting
too late. There is fire on the kingside and two of white's major's are
somewhat occupied on the queenside...} 26. gxf3 {0.78/13 66} 26... gxf3 {
7 The threat is Qh3 with mate.} 27. Re3 {0.72/14 205 Okey, white still sees no
greater problems. He prevents 27.-Qh3 due to the option 28.Rxf3 and at the
same time prepares to sneak out with the king via f1 and e1.} 27... Rdh8 {
63 The point. If the white knight moves, then 28.-Qg4!, followed by intrusion
on h2.} 28. Kf1 {0.56/13 61 Running time is here. White has nothing better.}
28... bxa6 {44 Restores the material balance. Now white has no coordination of
the pieces and is simply facing the threat 29.-Qg4} 29. Ke1 {
0.47/13 193 White is running and still thinks he's gonna make it - +0.47} 29...
Qg4 {138 Very strong. Black continues with his plan of breaking in on h2. Then
the f2-pawn would be supper and the white king without shelter.} 30. Qc7 {
0.50/14 0 White has no good options and goes for counterattack. In the
original position black had a shaky king position, whereas white faced no
direct threats. Now it's the other way around. White still sees +0.50} 30... Bd7
{76 No point in allowing 31.Rxd6, which also gives the white king better
escaping possibilities.} 31. e5 {0.03/13 136 Hm, realizing that things aren't
exactly what they looked like... Now the evals dropped to +0.03 and white
tries to open up the position for his pieces.} 31... Rxh2 {68 Consistent and
direct. The threat is 32.-Rh1+ 33.Kd2 Qd4+ and this is killing.} 32. e6+ {
-0.22/14 211 The first minus score is here for white and he tries a little
desperado. But black has the real threats and can afford to show some elegance
here.} 32... Kg6 {104} 33. Rdd3 {
-0.34/14 85 Due to the killing threat of 33.-Rh1+ followed by 34.-Qd4+} 33...
Bxe6 {261} 34. Bxh2 {-0.84/15 0 After 34.Rxf3 R2h7 followed by Bf5, black is a
pawn up and still has a dangerous attack against the white king. It's much too
late now.} 34... Rxh2 {12} 35. Kd2 {-1.47/14 143 After 35.Rxf3 Qg1+ white has
the bad choices between 36.Ke2 Bg4 and 36.Kd2 - which means the end of the
f-pawn. White is down to -1.47.} 35... Rxf2+ {25} 36. Kc3 {-0.78/15 345} 36...
Qg1 {394 Very strong. With this move black goes after the white king - and at
the same time prevents 37.Rxe6 due to 37.-Re2!. The white rook on e6 cannot
be protected because of 38.-Qe1+ - and he cannot take on e2 as this pawn will
queen.} 37. Qxe7 {
-1.34/15 0 Now white shows -1.34 which is way too modest in this position.}
37... a5 {34 With the simple but strong threat of 38.Qa1 mate.} 38. Qe8+ {
-2.59/14 128 Now the evals start climbing. The bishop was taboo.} 38... Bf7 {
161} 39. Qe4+ {
-0.72/14 150 Seeing some hopes again?! But the eval of -0.72 is nonsense.}
39... Kg7 {17 Finally black has solved the problem of his shaky king, which he
has carried all the way from the original position.} 40. Re1 {-2.31/14 210 40.
Kd4 was no real alternative. The king is too loose and black has 3 passers on
the kingside. 40.-Rh2! would be a simple reply.} 40... Qh2 {46} 41. Kd4 {
-2.78/13 150 After 41.Rxf3 Ra2 black again goes for the king. This time
combined with eating some pawns on the queenside.} 41... a4 {
300 Creating another weakness in the white camp
on c4.} 42. Rdd1 {
-3.44/14 0 Taking the pawn on f3 loses a rook after 42.Rxf3 Rxf3 43.Qxf3 Qd2+.}
42... axb3 {78} 43. Rh1 {-3.16/15 359 White's evals are still very modest -3.
16. The ending is very easy won for black and the rest needs no comments.}
43... Qe5+ {12} 44. Qxe5 {-3.56/15 626} 44... dxe5+ {113} 45. Kc3 {-3.81/16 170
} 45... Rc2+ {10} 46. Kxb3 {-4.25/17 207} 46... Rxc4 {9} 47. Kb2 {-4.56/16 321}
47... e4 {9} 48. Rde1 {-4.75/15 146} 48... g4 {28} 49. Rhg1 {-5.41/15 122}
49... f5 {10} 50. Rg3 {-6.28/15 463} 50... Kf6 {11} 51. Kb1 {-8.37/16 269}
51... Ke5 {11} 52. Kb2 {-8.16/15 146} 52... Kf4 {9 Nice king position...} 0-1
Sune
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