Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:21:12 04/26/98
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On April 26, 1998 at 04:18:54, blass uri wrote:
>
>On April 25, 1998 at 22:31:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>I posted this on r.g.c.c, and thought I'd also put it here for
>>reference.
>>
>>Late this week, Roman called and asked if I'd be willing to let my
>>"four-processor monster" (his words) play in a tournament on chess.net
>>with him, GM Larry Christiansen and GM Yasser Sierawan. The time
>>control was a "Fischer-like" 10 10 (10 minutes on the clock, 10
>>seconds added after each move.)
>>
>>We played 4 games today, the intent being that this ends up as a
>>double-round-robin. In rounds 1/2 Crafty played Roman, starting
>>with white in round 1, which it won after playing a really nice
>>endgame that a couple of IM's declared drawn even though Crafty
>>was up material. In round two, Roman tried his favorite computer-
>>busting "London system" but things got *real* interesting. He
>>castled long (as white) after crafty castled king-side, and he
>>unleashed the usual pawn-storm. But rather than defending, Crafty
>>chose to counter-attack on the queenside, and forced a perpetual as
>>white had to accept or get mated... after two games, 1.5/2.0 for
>>Crafty. Roman was obviously .5/2.0, Yasser was 1.5/2.0 vs Larry and
>>Larry was tied with Roman at .5/2.0 of course.
>>
>>In rounds three and four, Crafty was paired against Larry. As white,
>>it attacked right from the get-go and basically beheaded him in nice
>>style in a *really* unusual position (white castled long, black short,
>>both started pawn-storming. Crafty's storm had bigger clouds. :))
>>In round 4 Crafty was black, and won material but ended in a drawn
>>position.
>>
>>After 4 rounds, Crafty has 3.0/4.0, Yasser has 3.0/4.0, Larry and
>>Roman both have 1.0/4.0... So either Crafty or Yasser will win the
>>tournament, and the worst that could happen would be that one wins
>>both games, and in the other match one of those wins both games,
>>meaning either crafty or yasser will win, or do no worse than tied for
>>second...
>>
>>Before you start the "but you said no computers could play GM-class
>>chess"... just remember that this is 10 10, which is something like
>>game/30 except there is no sudden death to avoid...
>>
>>Here's the pgn for the games...
>>[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
>>[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
>>[Date "1998.04.25"]
>>[Time "14:58:58"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White "crafty"]
>>[Black "Roman"]
>>[WhiteElo "2380"]
>>[BlackElo "2581"]
>>[TimeControl "600+10"]
>>[Mode "ICS"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>
>>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 a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bd3
>>Qb6
>>14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Ne2 Kb8 16. Nc1 Rc8 17. Nb3 Rc7 18. Rhg1 a5 19. Be2 b4
>>20. Qd3 a4 21. Nbd2 Na5 22. Qa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 Ka7 24. Bd3 Rhc8 25. Nd4
>>Kb6 26. Ka1 Bf8 27. Rgf1 Bg7 28. f5 e5 29. Ne2 Bf8 30. c3 b3 31. Nc1 a3
>>32. bxa3 b2+ 33. Kxb2 Rxc3 34. Nb1 R3c7 35. Ne2 Ba4 36. Nec3 Bxd1 37.
>>Nd5+ Ka7 38. Nxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxd1 d5 40. exd5 Bc5 41. Nd2 Bd4+ 42. Kb1
>>Rb7+
>>43. Kc1 Rc7+ 44. Bc2 Nc4 45. Nxc4 Rxc4 46. Kb1 Kb6 47. Bb3 Rc3 48. a4
>>Kc5
>>49. Re1 Re3 50. Rc1+ Rc3 51. Rd1 Re3 52. g3 Rc3 53. g4 Re3 54. a5 Rc3
>>55.
>>a6 Kb6 56. d6 Rc6 57. a7 Kxa7 58. d7 Rd6 59. Ba4 e4 60. Bb5 e3 61. a4
>>Kb6 62. Ka2 Kc7 63. Rc1+ Kb7 64. a5 e2 65. Re1 Bc3 66. a6+ Kb6 67. Rxe2
>>{Black resigned} 1-0
>>
>>[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
>>[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
>>[Date "1998.04.25"]
>>[Time "15:40:39"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White "Roman"]
>>[Black "crafty"]
>>[WhiteElo "2531"]
>>[BlackElo "2398"]
>>[TimeControl "600+10"]
>>[Mode "ICS"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>
>>1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3
>>Bb7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
>>Qh3 h6 14. f4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Rhg1 Qc8 17. g4 Qa6 18. Kb1 Ba4 19.
>>Nb3
>>Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. g5 Bxb3 22. axb3 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Rfd8 24. Rdg1 Qd3+
>>25. Kc1 Qd2+ 26. Kb1 Kf8 27. Rxg7 Qd3+ 28. Kc1 Qd2+ 29. Kb1 Qd3+ 30. Kc1
>>Qd2+ 31. Kb1 Qd3+
>>{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2
>
>white could win this game by 18.g5 when if Qxa2 19.g5xh6 g6 20.Qh4
>with a decisive attack.
>
that's not clear at all. First, here, Crafty isn't "slow" and second,
remember that white is an experienced GM. White has problems here too
as the queenside is wide-open for black, and that's where white's king
is.
Black's king can get away from the check on the hfile if necessary, as
crafty saw...
>>
>>[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
>>[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
>>[Date "1998.04.25"]
>>[Time "16:16:33"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White "crafty"]
>>[Black "Christiansen"]
>>[WhiteElo "2402"]
>>[BlackElo "2592"]
>>[TimeControl "600+10"]
>>[Mode "ICS"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>
>>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. g4 Bh7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nf3 Nd7
>>8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. Bxh7 Nxh7 10. Qe2 Kf7 11. Bd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Rhe1
>>Nhf8 14. Bf4 Rh7 15. Kb1 Kg8 16. Qe3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Qb6
>>20. Qd3 Rc8 21. g5 h5 22. Nh4 e5 23. dxe5 Nc5 24. Qh3 Qb7 25. Be3 Qd7
>>26.
>>Qxd7 Ncxd7 27. e6 Ne5 28. Nf4 Nc4 29. Bc1 Be5 30. Nhxg6 Nxg6 31. Nxg6
>>Bd6
>>32. f4 Rg7 33. f5 Rxg6 34. fxg6 Kg7 35. Rf1 Kxg6 36. h4 Bg3 37. Rf3 Be5
>>38. Rdf1 Nd6 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Rxf4 Kg7 41. Kc1 c5 42. R1f3 c4 43. Re3 d4
>>44. Re5 d3 45. Rxa5 d2+ 46. Kxd2 c3+ 47. Kc1 cxb2+ 48. Kb1
>>{Black resigned} 1-0
>>
>>[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
>>[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
>>[Date "1998.04.25"]
>>[Time "16:48:16"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White "Christiansen"]
>>[Black "crafty"]
>>[WhiteElo "2581"]
>>[BlackElo "2413"]
>>[TimeControl "600+10"]
>>[Mode "ICS"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>
>>1. Nf3 d5 2. a3 Nf6 3. b4 a5 4. b5 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. d4 c6
>>8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb6 11. a4 Rc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rc1 cxb5
>>14. Bxb5 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Qd8 16. Qa1 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nc4
>>Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd5 21. Qc1 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Nc7 23. Ne5 Be4 24. Qe2 Qg5 25.
>>f3
>>Nxb5 26. axb5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Qd3 a4 29. b6 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Bxd2 31. Nd3
>>Ba5 32. Nc5 Bxb6 33. Nxb3 axb3 34. Kf1 Ba5 35. Ke2 Bb4 36. Kd3 b5 37. g4
>>g5 38. e5 h6 39. d5 exd5 40. Kd4 Bd2 41. Kxd5 Kf8 42. Kc5 b4 43. Kc4 Ke7
>>44. Kxb3 Ke6 45. Bd4 Be1 46. Kc4 Bc3 47. Bf2 Kxe5 48. Bg3+ Ke6 49. f4 f5
>>50. fxg5 hxg5 51. gxf5+ Kxf5 52. Bd6 Be1 53. Bc7 Kg6 54. Bd8 Bc3 55. Be7
>>Kh6 56. Kd3 Kh5 57. Kc4 Kh4 58. Kd3 Be1 59. Kc4 Bd2 60. Kd3 Bc3 61. Kc4
>>Be1 62. Kd3 b3 63. Bf6 Ba5 64. Be7 b2 65. Kc2 Bc3 66. Bd8 Be5 67. Be7
>>Bh8
>>68. Bd8 Bd4 69. Be7 Kh5 70. Bd8 Kg6 71. Ba5 Kf5 72. Bd2 Be5 73. Bb4 Bg7
>>74. Bd2 Bd4 75. Kb1 Kf6 76. Kc2 Be5 77. Ba5 Kg6 78. Bd8 Bf6 79. Bb6 Kh5
>>80. Bf2 Bg7 81. Kb1 Bc3 82. Kc2 Be5 83. Kb1 Bh8 84. Kc2 Bc3 85. Kb1 Kh6
>>86. Kc2 Kg6 87. Bb6 Kf6 88. Be3 Kf5 89. Kb1 Be5 90. Kc2
>>{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
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