Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:00:14 04/26/98
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On April 26, 1998 at 13:38:42, blass uri wrote:
>
>On April 26, 1998 at 11:21:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>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...
>>
>all my programs evaluate the position after 18.g5 as a clear adventage
>for white(fritz5 evaluated it as something like 2 pawns adventage for
>white)
>and when I give it to play itself the evaluation increase for white.
>probably Qxa2 is not best for black but he has no good alternative
>so I believe that 18.g5 win for white.
>black can get away from the check on the hfile
>but he can be attacked by other ideas(I remember my computer suggested
>moves like f5 and Bxf5)
>
>white is an experienced GM but he has not enough time to calculate.
>I believe that if he had 40 moves per 2 Hours he would play g5
>>
>>
there you could be right... I was speaking "in the context of the
match" which means you have to commit to a plan, and you have to do
it with a fixed 10 second/move limit, plus however much of your 10
minute "cushion" you are willing to invest *right now* as opposed to
*later*...
Of course, at 40/2, both sides would have played differently, which
means that trying to second-guess either side (given a longer time
control)
would be hopeless...
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