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Subject: Re: A fun game between Searcher and PostModernist

Author: Frank Phillips

Date: 11:57:55 07/15/01

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On July 15, 2001 at 12:24:25, Peter Berger wrote:

>On July 15, 2001 at 07:28:46, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>>Fascinating blitz game and good comeback by PM out of a bad position . 32.
>>>...Qc8 looks bad and should have been avoided . I checked and Tiger plays that,
>>>too at low depths.
>>>
>4kr2/1b2rp2/2qp3Q/4p2B/Np1bP3/1P3RP1/2PR3P/2K5 b - - am Qc8
>>
>>
>>Yes. PM only briefly likes it at depth 9, but as luck would have it,
>>that's what it came up with in the time available. While watching, I
>>was suspicious of this move, because it seems to be at odds to what
>>PM was doing in the previous moves. A long think gives 32...Ba6, with a
>>score somewhere around -0.6:
>>
>>12=   -52   287  38588438   1... Ba6 2. Kd1 Bb5 3. Qf6 Kd7 4. Qg7 Ke8
>>                            5. Bg6 Rc7 6. Ke1 d5
>>
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Andrew
>
>I don't like your line very much ; I think 1. ...Bc8 would be a better move but
>this is a matter of opinion or would require deeper analysis .
>
>More interesting is what Searcher missed to finish off PM after the Qc8 mistake,
>namely a nice shot at move 36 :
>
>[D]2q1kr2/3brp2/3R3Q/4p3/Np1b4/1P4P1/2PRB2P/2K5 w - - 0 1
>
>Here 36. R2xd4 ed 37. Nb6 + - is a pretty and logical finisher .
>
>This one _should_ be solvable for some of the better engines even at Blitz time
>controls and looks like a good tactical test.
>
>Cheers.
>
>pete

It is sweet to contemplate from the shore the perils of the sailor struggling
with death - A famous quote from Horace that always comes to mind when humans
are talking about the mistakes of other humans.

Harsh words, but well spotted.  Just a few more seconds may have been enough.

 1/ 5     30    0.7        21	 1. Rd5
 1/ 5    130    0.7       102	 1. h4
 2/ 6    119    0.7       454	 1. Nb6 Qc7
 3/ 7    119    0.7      2006	 1. Nb6 Bxb6 2. Rxb6 Qc5
 4/10    105    0.8     14408	 1. Bf3 Bb5 2. Be4 Ra7
 5/12    116    0.9     68645	 1. Bc4 Bxa4 2. Ba6 Qf5 3. bxa4
 6/14    102    1.2    191210	 1. Ba6 Qc7 2. R6xd4 exd4 3. Rxd4 Qa5
 7/16    102    2.3    705392	 1. Ba6 Qc7 2. Nb6 Re6 3. Rxe6+ Bxe6 4. Bb5+ Ke7
5. Qg5+ f6
 8/19    105    4.0   1552377	 1. Rxd7 Re6 2. Qxe6+ fxe6 3. Nb6 Qxd7 4. Nxd7
Kxd7 5. h3
 9/19    135    4.9   2038800	 1. Ba6
 9/19    165    5.7   2415944	 1. Ba6 Qc7 2. Rxd7 Rxd7 3. Bb5 Ke7 4. Bxd7 Qxd7
5. Qh4+ Ke8 6. Qe4
10/21    152    8.4   3851780	 1. Rxd7 Re6 2. Qg5 Kxd7 3. Nb6+ Rxb6 4. Qxe5 Qc7
5. Bg4+ Kc6 6. Bf3+ Kd7 7. Rxd4+ Kc8
11/23    182   13.0   6202790	 1. R2xd4
11/23    241   15.0   7339544	 1. R2xd4 exd4 2. Nb6 Qc3 3. Nd5 Qa1+ 4. Kd2 Rxe2+
5. Kxe2 d3+ 6. Kxd3 Qd1+ 7. Ke3 Qc1+ 8. Kf3 Qxh6 9. Rxh6
12/26    241   23.0  11351493	 1. R2xd4
12/26    206   27.4  13898215	 1. R2xd4 exd4 2. Nb6 Qc3 3. Nxd7 Qa1+ 4. Kd2 Qc3+
5. Kd1 Qa1+ 6. Qc1 Qxc1+ 7. Kxc1 Rxe2 8. Nxf8 Kxf8 9. Rxd4
13/26    182   38.0  19614379	 1. R2xd4 exd4 2. Nb6 Qc3 3. Nxd7 Qa1+ 4. Kd2 Qc3+
5. Kd1 Qa1+ 6. Qc1 Qxc1+ 7. Kxc1 Rxe2 8. Nxf8 Kxf8 9. Rxd4 Ke7





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