Author: Edward Seid
Date: 22:29:23 06/19/01
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 !? This is also known as the Schultze-Muller Gambit in the Four Knights Game. My comp HiddenDragon(C) [Gambit Tiger 2.0, 1 GHz AMD Athlon, 192 MB hashtable, 3/4/5-piece EGTBs] was the first man or machine to beat yaceCOMP's Halloween Attack on USCL. From yaceCOMP's website http://chessmonk.fateback.com I reprint the game score. yaceCOMP (2480) -- HiddenDragon (2575) ICS unrated 45 12 standard match (-) server.uschesslive.org 2001.06.14 0-1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Ng6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bxd5 c6 9.Bf3 Nh4! ? This was out of Yace's opening book. 10.Be4 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxh4 Nxe4 14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Nxe4 Bxh4 16.O-O-O Be6 17.Rhe1 Bf7 18.Qf5 Qd5 19.Qh3 Be7 20.Nc3 Qg5+ 21.Kb1 Rd8 22.Re5 Qf4 23.g3 Qf6 24.f4 Qd6 25.Ne4 Qb4 26.Rd2 Qa4 27.b3 Qa3 28.Nc5 Bf6 29.Nxb7 Rb8 30.Ree2 Kg8 White is still down a minor piece, but Black's rook is locked in on h8. The two bishops for black could prove to be nasty. 31.Qd7 Qf8 32.Qxc6 h6 33.Nc5 Rc8 34.Qb7 Rxc5 35.dxc5 Qxc5 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Qd6 Qa5 38.a3 Rb8 39.Qxb8 Qc3 40.Re5 The threat of mate forces Yace to give material. Yace will have extra pawns, but they aren't far enough advanced to compensate for being down a minor piece. 40...Qxd2 41.Qxa7 Bxe5 42.fxe5 Qe1+ 43.Ka2 Bg6 44.Qc7 Qc1 45.Qc3 Bxc2 46.Qb2 Qd2 47.a4 Kg8 48.h4 Qd3 49.g4 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5 51.a5 Kf7 52.Qa3 Bd1 53.Qa4 Qe2+ 54.Kb1 Qxg4 55.Qxg4 Bxg4 56.a6 Ke6 57.Kc2 Kxe5 58.Kd2 Bc8 59.a7 Bb7 60.Ke3 g4 61.Kf2 yaceCOMP resigns 0-1 HiddenDragon attempted to hold onto the sacrificed material and won the game but with much difficulty. TheSentinel returned the sacrificed material immediately and had a much freer game. The Halloween Attack has a mighty sting if one tries to hold onto the material. It's interesting to compare and contrast the different ways that HiddenDragon and TheSentinel approach the HA. I'm not sure which way is correct. ed seid operator of HiddenDragon(C) on USCL
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