Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 15:40:22 11/07/01
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On November 07, 2001 at 17:05:44, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>I have just finished the following game and obtained an easy draw (2004 ELO)
>against Junior7 (2679 ELO), played on an Athlon 1400/256, 92 MB hash, ponder=on
>Regards
>Kurt
>
>[Event "Human vs Computer 40'/40"]
>[Site "Switzerland"]
>[Date "2001.11.07"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Utzinger, K."]
>[Black "Junior 7"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ECO "A06"]
>[WhiteElo "2004"]
>[BlackElo "2679"]
>[PlyCount "106"]
>[EventDate "2001.11.07"]
>
>{64 MB hash, j7book.ctg, Ath 1400/256
>} 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2
>Nbd7 {Black last book move} 5. c4 e5 {This pawn sacrifice is not justified.} 6.
>Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bxe5 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. d4 O-O 11. Be2 {Against a com
>puter program the pawn advance c4-c5 would have been a better choice. The way
>White is playing, Black get the chance to open the centre and/or to bring his
>pieces to active places.} 11... dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. d5 {Here, 13.0-0 with
>development was perhaps more accurate. But I could not jump over my shadow in
>creating a passed pawn.} 13... Qe5 14. Rc1 h6 15. O-O Rfe8 {It is true: Black
>is a pawn down but his active placed pieces gives White a hard task to get the
>advantage.} 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd3 b5 {
>I must admit that I had overseen this logical pawn thrust.} 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20.
>cxb5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 Ree5 {Again an unexpected move for me.} 22. Qxe4 {Seizing the
>opportunity to exchange queens, but Chess Tiger's proposal 11.Qc4 was more
>precise.} ({Chess Tiger 14.0:} 22. Qc4 Qf5 23. Rfd1 Qd7 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. a4
>Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. g3 Qd2 29. Kg2 Qb4 30. Qf4 Qxf4 {1.20/16})
>22... Rxe4 23. Rb1 Kf8 24. Rfc1 Ra4 25. Rc2 c4 {The expected reply was 25...Ke7
>} 26. b6 {The rook ending is - if at all - very difficult to win for White.}
>26... axb6 27. Rxb6 Rc5 28. Rb7 h5 29. h4 c3 30. g3 Ra3 31. Rb3 (31. Kf1 g6 32.
>Ke2 Rca5 33. Rc7 Rxa2 34. R7xc3 {
>does not change my feeling that the game is probably draw.}) 31... Ra7 32.
>Rbxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxa2 34. Rc7 g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Rc5 Ke6 38. e4
>f6 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. f3 Ke6 41. Kf4 Rf2 42. Ra5 {
>I saw no win after 42.Rc7 g5 43.hxg5 fxg5 44.Kxg5 Rxf3} 42... Kf7 43. e5 fxe5+
>44. Rxe5 Kg7 45. g4 hxg4 46. Kxg4 Rg2+ {
>Now, Black has reached a clearly drawn rook ending.} 47. Kf4 Rh2 48. Kg3 Rh1
>49. Rg5 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rxg5 51. hxg5 Kf7 52. Kg3 Ke6 53. Kf4 Kd5 1/2-1/2
For stronger players, drawing a computer seems relatively easy, what i don't see
are players actually beating comps without anticomp strategies in 40/120
games, when someone starts posting these games i will be impressed (not to take
anything away from your fine draw).
Regards
Jonas
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