Author: Sergei Smith
Date: 01:08:40 11/27/01
CM8000 vs Deep Shredder (Millenium with adapter): 9-1 on the same PC.
Full analysis in Fritz 7 by Fritz 5.32 reveals that CM8000 _does_ hog the CPU.
On separate PC's the result may be the opposite.
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "Deep Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{D48: Semi-Slav: Meran System: 7...b5 8 Bd3 a6
} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4.
Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6
cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Qxd3 Bxd5 17.
exd5 O-O 18. O-O Bxb2 19. Rad1 {White prepares d6} 19... Bf6 20. d6 {
last book move} 20... Rfe8 21. Nd2 Qe6 22. d7 Red8 23. Nb3 Ra7 24. Nc5 Qxa2 25.
Rfe1 Raa8 26. Nb7 Rf8 27. d8=Q (27. d8=B Qb2 $18) 27... Bxd8 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (27... Rfxd8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+
Bxd8 30. Re8#) 28. Nxd8 $18 Rc8 29. Qe3 a5 (29... Rfxd8 $4 {
is not directly advisable because of the following mate in 3} 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8
31. Qe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8#) (29... Rcxd8 30. Rxd8 g6 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Qc3+ Kh6
33. Qh3+ Kg7 34. Rh8 Kxh8 35. Qc3+ f6 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. Re8#) 30. Nb7 Rc2 31.
Rd8 Qe6 32. Rxf8+ (32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nxa5 Ke7 $18) 32... Kxf8
33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Nxa5 Ke7 35. Nb3 Rc4 36. Kf1 b4 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Rb5 Rc2 (
38... h6 $142 $18) 39. Rxb4 Rb2 40. Rb5 Rc2 41. Rb6+ Kd7 42. Rb7+ Kc6 (42...
Kd6 {does not improve anything} 43. Rxg7 h5 44. Rg6 $18) 43. Rxg7 Rb2 44. Na5+
Kd5 45. Rd7+ Ke4 46. Nc4 ({Less advisable is} 46. Rxh7 Rb1+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48.
Ke1 Rb1+ 49. Kd2 Rb2+ 50. Kc3 Rxf2 51. Rh4+ Kf5 $18) 46... Rc2 47. f3+ Kf4 48.
Rxh7 Kg5 49. h4+ Kg6 50. Rc7 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Rh1 (51... Rc2+ {is not much help}
52. Kg3 Kh6 53. Kh3 $18) 52. g4 Rxh4 (52... Kh6 {cannot change destiny} 53. f4
Rc1 54. Ke3 $18) 53. Kg3 (53. Ne5+ Kf6 54. f4 Rh2+ 55. Ke3 Re2+ 56. Kd4 Re4+
57. Kd3 Rxf4 $18) 53... Rh8 (53... Rh7 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 54.
Ne5+ Kf6 55. Rxh7 Kxe5 56. Rh5+ Kf6 57. Kf4 $18) 54. Ne5+ Kh6 55. Kh4 Rg8 56.
g5+ $1 {surprise!} 56... Rxg5 {Decoy to g5} 57. Nf7+ {Theme: Double Attack}
57... Kg6 58. Nxg5 Kh6 (58... Kf5 $18 {the last chance for counterplay}) 59. f4
Kg6 60. Kg4 Kh6 61. f5 exf5+ 62. Kxf5 Kh5 63. Rh7# 1-0
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{A28: English Opening: Four Knights Variation
} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6
4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a6 11.
Ne4 f5 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 e4 14. Nd2 {last book move} 14... exd3 15. Bxd3
Nf4 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4+ (17. Nxc4 $4 Nd3 18. Qxf8+ Qxf8 $19) 17... Nd5 18.
Rd1 Ne5 19. Qb3 c6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Qxb7 Nb6 22. Nf1 Qxd1 23. Qxb6 Nd3
24. Qxc6 Qe1 $19) 21... Qc7 22. Bg5 Rae8 23. Rac1 Qf7 24. f3 {Controls g4}
24... b5 25. Nd6 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Re6 27. Re1 Rxd6 28. Rxe5 Qf2 29. Rce1 Rg6 (29...
a5 $5 $14) 30. R5e2 $16 Qa7 31. Bd2 a5 32. a4 b4 {Black gains space} 33. Qc4
Qd7 34. Re7 Qf5 35. b3 (35. Qb3 $5 $16) 35... Rxg2 $11 36. Kxg2 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1
Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qf2+ (39... Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qxd2 $15) 0-1
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "Deep Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack
} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5.
Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O Bg4 11. a3 Nc6 12.
Kh1 Nd7 13. Qe1 Nc5 14. b4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qh5 16. b5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxb5 {
last book move} 18. Rab1 Qa6 19. f5 {White wins space} 19... Bxf3 20. Bh6 Ne5
21. Rxf3 Rfc8 22. Qb2 Rc7 23. Rg3 Rac8 24. h3 Rc3 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 (25... Qxa3 26.
d4 Rd8 27. Qxe7 $18 (27. dxe5 $6 {is easily refuted} 27... Rxg3 28. Qxe7 Rxh3+
29. gxh3 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ $11)) 26.
Rxb7 Rxa3 27. Kh2 a5 28. d4 Rxg3 29. Kxg3 Nc6 30. d5 Ne5 31. Rxe7 Ra8 32. Bf4
f6 (32... a4 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Rxe5 $11) 33. Bxe5 (33. fxg6 $5 hxg6 34. Re6 $16
) 33... fxe5 $11 34. f6 a4 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Re7 Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Re7 (38.
Re7 h6 39. f7 $11) 1-0
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{D27: Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical main line: 7 e4!? and 7 a4
} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Qe2 Bxc5 9.
e4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ng4 11. g3 Bd6 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ng5 Nf6
16. Nf3 {last book move} 16... b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Be1
Be7 21. a3 Qb5 22. axb4 Rac8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 ({Inferior is
} 25. Rxd1 Bxc5 26. Qd3 Qb6 $15) 25... Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qb5 27. Be2 Qb1 28. Rc1 Qb2
29. Bc3 Qa3 30. Bd2 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 a5 32. Nd2 {The knight intends Nf3-d2-c4-d6}
32... Bf6 (32... Kf8 33. Nc4 $15) 33. Nc4 $11 Bd4 34. Nd6 {
The white knight is well posted.} 34... Rc7 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Bd1 Bc6 37. Rb1 (
37. f4 f6 $11) 37... Kf8 38. f4 Bd7 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ke3 Nc2+ (40... Rxc5 $2 {
doesn't lead to the expected results} 41. Kxd4 Kxd6 42. e5+ Kc6 43. Ba4+ Kc7
44. Kxc5 Bxa4 45. Ra1 $18) 41. Bxc2 Rxc5 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Bd3 a4 44. Rb7 Ke8
45. e5 h6 46. Ra7 g5 47. Kd4 Rd5+ 48. Kc3 gxf4 49. gxf4 Rc5+ 50. Kd4 Rd5+ 51.
Ke3 Rc5 52. Be4 Rc3+ 53. Kd4 Rh3 54. Ra8+ Ke7 55. Ra7 Ke8 56. Bg6+ (56. Ra8+ $5
{must be considered} 56... Ke7 57. Ra7 $11) 56... Kd8 $15 57. Ra8+ Ke7 58. Ra7
Rh4 (58... Rf3 59. Bd3 Rxf4+ 60. Kc5 $17) 59. Be4 Ke8 60. Ra8+ Kf7 61. Ra7 Ke8
62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. Ra7 Ke8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "Deep Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3
} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6.
Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13.
b4 Qd8 14. Qb3 Bg6 {Begins the manoeuvre Bh5-g6-e4-d5. last book move} 15. Rad1
Ne4 (15... Rc8 16. Ne5 $11) 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Be4 18. f3 Bd5 {
The bishop is not easily driven from d5} 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qb2 Bg5 (20... Qd6 21.
Rc1 $15) 21. f4 $11 Bf6 22. Qb1 (22. f5 Qd6 23. fxe6 Bxe6 (23... Bxe5 $143 24.
dxe5 Nxe5 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 (26. Bxa7 $2 {doesn't solve anything} 26...
Nxd3 27. Qd4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rc2 $19) 26... Nxf7 27. Bxa7 $16) (23... fxe6 $143
24. Qb1 Kh8 25. Bxh7 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxa7 $14) (23... Qxe6 $143 24. Bf5
Qe7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Ng4 $18) 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 $14) 22... g6 {Secures f5} 23. Rc1
Qd6 24. b5 Na5 (24... Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. fxe5 $6 Qxa3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. exf6
Ba2 $18) 25... Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxa7 $18) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27.
Rc3 Be7 28. Qc2 a6 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Bf2 f6 (30... Nb7 $5 $11) 31. Bxg6 $16
fxe5 (31... hxg6 $4 {is refuted decisively by mate in 2} 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Nf7#
) 32. Bxh7+ Kh8 33. dxe5 Qb8 34. Qg6 Rd7 35. Qh5 Bg5 $2 (35... Bf8 36. Bc2+ Kg8
37. Rg3+ Bg7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Bc5+ Qd6 40. Bxd6+ Rxd6 41. Rxg7 Bxg2 42. Qg8#)
36. Bc2+ (36. fxg5 Rxh7 37. Qe2 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41.
Qxe4+ Bxe4 42. Rxh7 Kxh7 $15) (36. Qxg5 $6 Rxh7 37. Qf6+ Rg7 $16) 36... Kg8 37.
Rg3 (37. Qxg5+ $6 Rg7 38. Qh4 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rg7 $18) 37... Qd8 (37... Rg7 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} 38. Rxg5 Be4 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qg5+
Kh8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qxe6+ Kg7 43. Bxe4 Qc7 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kh7 $18) 38.
Rxg5+ Qxg5 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qxd7+ Kg8 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Bc5+ Ke8 43. Bg6+ Kd8
44. Bb6+ Kc8 45. Qc7# 1-0
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3
} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6.
Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Nbxd4 Be7 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O
13. O-O Qb6 {last book move} 14. Be3 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Ndf3
Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rad8 19. Kf2 Nc5 20. Rd4 (20. Ke2 Na4 $15) 20... h6 $17 21. b4
Na4 (21... Bxg5 $6 22. Nxg5 f6 23. Ke2 $11) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne4 f5 24. Ned2
Nxc3 25. a3 Rd3 26. Ra1 Bf6 27. Re1 Ne4+ 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Nd4 Rxa3 30. Rc1
Ra2+ 31. Rc2 Rxc2+ 32. Nxc2 Kf7 33. Ke2 Bc3 34. g4 Ke7 35. h4 Kd6 36. g5 Kc6
37. g6 h5 38. Nd4+ (38. Kd1 $19 {is one last hope}) 38... Bxd4 39. exd4 (39.
Kd1 {does not solve anything} 39... Bxe3 40. Kc2 Kb5 $19) 39... Kd5 40. Ke3 b5
41. Ke2 Kxd4 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. Ke2 e5 44. Ke1 Kd3 45. Kd1 e2+ 46. Ke1 e4 47. Kf2
e3+ (47... Kd2 $142 {might be the shorter path} 48. Kg3 $19) 48. Kf3 (48. Ke1 {
there is nothing else anyway} 48... Kc3 49. Kxe2 Kxb4 50. Kxe3 $19) 48... e1=Q
{Black intends e2} 49. Kf4 Qxh4+ 50. Ke5 Qf6+ 51. Kd5 a6 52. Kc5 e2 53. Kd5
e1=Q 54. Kc5 Qee5# 0-1
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "Deep Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3
} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2
O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 b6 9. b3 c5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rc1
dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ng4 {last book move} 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Rad8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18.
Qc2 Rfe8 19. Rfd1 Ngf6 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Be5 a6 22. b4 cxb4 $2 (22... Qc6 23.
bxc5 bxc5 24. Bf4 $14) 23. axb4 (23. Rc7 Qb8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 $18 (25.
Bxb8 $6 {is no comparison} 25... Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxb8 $11)) 23... Re7 (23... Rc8
24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxg7 (25. Qxd7 $4 {
capturing the knight would seal White's fate} 25... Qxd7 26. Ra1 Qb5 $19) 25...
Kxg7 26. b5 $19 (26. Qxd7 {again too greedy} 26... Qxd7 27. Nd4 Qa4 $19)) 24.
Rc4 f5 25. Rc7 Qa8 26. Bf4 a5 27. Nd4 Rf7 (27... Rde8 28. Qc4+ (28. Nxf5 $143
Rf7 $18) 28... Kh8 29. Nxf5 $18) 28. Ne6 axb4 (28... g5 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 30. Nxd8
Qxd8 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 a4 $18) 29. Nxd8 Qxd8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7
31. Qxd7 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Nc5 33. Rd8+ (33. Rd6 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip}
33... g5 34. Bxg5 Ne4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 $18) 33... Kf7 34. Rd6 b3 (34... g5 {
does not win a prize} 35. Bg3 Ne6 36. Rxb6 $18) 35. Rxb6 g6 36. h4 Nd7 37. Rxb3
Nc5 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. Rc6 Nb3 (39... Nd3 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Bg5+ Ke5 42.
Rxh7 $18) 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Bh6+ Ke8 42. Rxh7 Nd2 43. Rg7 Ne4 44. g3 Nd2 45. Kg2
Ne4 46. Kf3 Kf8 (46... Nf6 {doesn't improve anything} 47. Rxg6 Kf7 48. Rg7+ Ke6
49. Bg5 $18) 47. g4 Ke8 48. Rxg6 Nd2+ 49. Ke2 Nb3 50. gxf5 Nc1+ 51. Kd2 Nb3+
52. Kd3 Ke7 53. e4 Nc5+ 54. Kd4 Nd7 55. e5 Ke8 56. Rg8+ Kf7 57. e6+ Kxg8 58.
exd7 Kf7 59. Bg5 Kg7 60. d8=Q Kf7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. f6 Kh8 63. Qg7# 1-0
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3
} 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 Re8 10.
Ne3 d6 11. b3 Be6 12. Nd5 a5 13. Bf4 a4 14. Qd2 Ra5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rfd1 Bg4
{last book move} 17. Rac1 axb3 18. axb3 Qe6 19. Ra1 Bh3 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Qd5
Bxg2 (21... Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxg2 23. Rxa5 $14) 22. Qxa5 $11 Qh3 23. Qxc7 $4 (23.
Qd5 g5 24. Be3 $19) 23... Bf3 $1 {the end of the story} 24. exf3 (24. Qxf7+ {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 24... Kxf7 25. exf3 exf3 26. Bxd6 Qg2#)
24... exf3 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd6 (26. Bxd6 {is no salvation} 26... Qg2#)
26... Qg2# (26... Re1#) 0-1
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "Deep Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6
} 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4
5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. cxb3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4
Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Qe7 {last book move} 14. Qe3 Qe6 15. Nd2 c6 16. Rae1 d5
(16... g5 $5 $11 {is worth looking at}) 17. Bxf6 $16 Qxf6 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Ne4
Qg6 20. d6 Red8 (20... f5 $5 21. Nc5 b6 $14) 21. f4 f5 (21... exf4 $142 $5 22.
Qxf4 Re8 $16) 22. Ng3 (22. fxe5 $6 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd7 $14) 22...
Rxd6 23. Nxf5 $1 {the end, the rest is history} (23. Nxh5 e4 24. Qe2 Rxd3 $14)
23... Rd7 (23... Qxf5 {Decoy theme: f5} 24. fxe5 {Discovered attack}) 24. fxe5
Qe6 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. e6 Rd5 27. e7 Rd7 (27... Re8 $18) 28. Qe5 Re8 (28... Rd6 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 29. Ne6 Rxe6 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6
$18) 29. Rf8+ $1 {A double attack} 29... Kh7 (29... Rxf8 30. exf8=Q+) 30. Rxe8
Qxe8 31. Nf5 Qg6 (31... Qh8 {does not save the day} 32. Nh4 Qe8 33. Qf5+ Kg8
34. Qxh5 Qxh5 35. e8=Q+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kf7 37. Re3 $18) 32. Nxg7 $1 {
Demolition of pawn structure} 32... Rxe7 (32... Qxg7 {A deflection} 33. Qf5+ {
A double attack}) 33. Qxe7 (33. Nxh5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Qxd3 35. Re7+ Kg8 $15) 33...
Qxg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rxb7 Bg6 37. d4 a5 38. Ra7 a4 39. Rxa4 Ke6
40. Ra5 Kd6 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. d5+ (42. Ke3 {and White can already relax} 42...
Kd6 $18) 42... Kd6 43. dxc6 Bb1 44. Rh5 Kxc6 45. Rxh6+ Kc7 46. a3 Ba2 47. b4
Bb3 48. Ke3 Bd5 49. g4 Kd7 50. Kd4 Bb3 51. c4 Ba4 52. Rh7+ Kc8 53. h4 Bc2 54.
Rf7 Kd8 55. h5 Ke8 56. Rf5 Bd1 57. h6 Bxg4 58. Rf4 Be6 59. h7 Kd7 60. h8=Q Kc7
61. Qe5+ Kc8 (61... Kd7 {does not help much} 62. Qg7+ Kc6 63. b5+ Kb6 64. Rf6
Ka5 65. Qa7#) 62. Qxe6+ Kd8 63. Rf8+ Kc7 64. Rf7+ Kb8 65. Qe8# 1-0
[Event "Tournament 5-30-2001.CMT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (360s)"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3
} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 6.
Nf3 d6 7. Bd3 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nb4 9. Be4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bc5 11. Rf1 N8c6 12. Nc3
O-O 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bd2 {last book move} 14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. f4 Rd8 17.
Kc2 (17. Ke1 $5 $15) 17... Bd7 $17 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. Kb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 ({
Worse is} 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bb5 $15) 20... Bb5 21. cxd4 (21. Rf3 $142 {
and White has air to breath} 21... Bc4+ 22. Kc2 $15) 21... Bxf1 22. Rc1 Rxc1
23. Bxc1 Rc8 24. Be3 Bc4+ 25. Kb2 Bd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. f5 Rc4 28. Bf2 Kf8 29.
g4 b5 30. h3 Ke7 31. Be3 a6 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Be3 a5 {Black plans b4} 34. h4 a4
35. h5 b4 36. axb4 Rxb4+ 37. Ka2 Rb3 38. Bc1 Rh3 39. Ba3 Rg3 40. f6 (40. Bf8 g6
$19) 40... gxf6 41. exf6 Rg2+ (41... Ke6 {seems even better} 42. Be7 $19) 42.
Bb2 Ke6 43. Ka3 Rxb2 (43... Kxf6 $142 {might be the shorter path} 44. Bc1 Rg1
$19) 44. Kxb2 Kxf6 45. Ka3 Kg5 46. Kb4 (46. Kxa4 Kxg4 47. Kb4 Kxh5 $19) 46...
Kxg4 47. Kxa4 (47. h6 {hardly improves anything} 47... f5 48. Kxa4 f4 $19)
47... f5 (47... Kxh5 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 48. Kb4 f5 49. Kc5
$19) 48. Kb4 Kf3 49. Kc3 Ke3 50. Kc2 f4 51. Kd1 f3 52. Ke1 f2+ 53. Kf1 h6 54.
Kg2 Ke2 55. Kg3 f1=Q 56. Kg4 Qf3+ 57. Kh4 Qd3 58. Kg4 Kf2 59. Kh4 (59. Kf4 {
is not the saving move} 59... Qe4#) 59... Qg3# 0-1
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