Author: Tanya Deborah
Date: 00:33:09 04/06/02
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On April 06, 2002 at 03:23:37, Sune Larsson wrote:
>On April 06, 2002 at 02:15:06, Tanya Deborah wrote:
>
>>On April 05, 2002 at 13:55:43, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>Hi Sune!!
>>
>>Great games! Thank you very much.
>>
>>Could you please tell me how many games they will play??? And what is the
>>hardware that u are using in this match?
>
>
> Hi Tanya,
>
> The hardware is about the same as Tiger had in the Argentine -
> PIII 800 - 256 Mb hash. Right now we are talking about something
> like 8 games - then we'll see. Emanuel is rather free from tournament
> play 1-2 months now. Next weekend he's going to play in the Bundesliga
> but that's just 2 games.
>
>
>>
>>Do you think that Fritz 7 is the best chess program????
>
>
> I'm not sure. Best on the SSDF list - and creating most problems
> for humans, are two different things. But it looks like Franz Morsch
> has done a great job with Fritz 7.006. We chose Fritz this time because
> Emanuel has already played 4 games vs Tiger (2.5-1.5 for E), and there
> was no interest from Christoph in trying out the new Tiger against him ;-)
> So we turned to Fritz because of the good results seen in the SSDF, Utzinger
> tournament etc. Also we looked at it as an interesting sort of pre-match
> before Kramnik-Fritz. These games are thought as training for Emanuel.
> He's playing his ordinary game and might try some experiments in the
> openings. Just like in the 1st game, which provided good material for
> further analysis how to handle the black side. I think we will see much
> more of anti-computer chess in Smirin-computers and Kramnik-Fritz.
> Btw, we are starting the 3rd game Berg - Fritz7 in 40 minutes ;-)
>
> Sune
Thanks again for the info Sune.
Good luck in the 3rd game, and please post the game here when it finish. ;-)
Cheers,
Tanya,Deborah.
>>Thanks in advance Sune!
>>
>>Best Regards!
>>Tanya Deborah.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>The second game was a Petroff. Actually the first time Emanuel faced this
>>>opening in a tournament level game. (Except for one game played in a small
>>>tournament several years ago, when E chose 3.Nc3). Making it into one of
>>>the side lines, E sacrificed a pawn - actually played once by Arakhamia Grant
>>>in 1994. Fritz saw nothing better than returning the pawn, resulting in an
>>>ending RRB vs RRN. Black slowly got worse and drifted into an almost zugzwang
>>>position. Emanuel probably missed the win somewhere, maybe in move 46 and the
>>>result was a draw.
>>>
>>>During this game we had some syncronizing problems, due to having some coffee
>>>and not hearing the moves played by Fritz...;-) But we followed the ordinary
>>>clock beside the board. Here's the game which surely will inspire E to
>>>prepare something for the Petroff...
>>>
>>>
>>>[Event "Emanuel 120'"]
>>>[Site "Kil"]
>>>[Date "2002.04.05"]
>>>[Round "2"]
>>>[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
>>>[Black "Fritz 7"]
>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>[ECO "C42"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2500"]
>>>[PlyCount "131"]
>>>[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
>>>
>>>{256MB, Fritz7.ctg, PIII 800} 1. e4 {0} 1... e5 {0} 2. Nf3 {21} 2... Nf6 {
>>>0 First time Petroff for Emanuel...} 3. Nxe5 {85} 3... d6 {0} 4. Nf3 {14} 4...
>>>Nxe4 {0} 5. d4 {13} 5... d5 {0} 6. Bd3 {22} 6... Be7 {0} 7. O-O {34} 7... Nc6 {
>>>0} 8. c4 {(Te1) 42} 8... Nb4 {0} 9. Be2 {15} 9... O-O {0} 10. Nc3 {119} 10...
>>>Be6 {0} 11. Bf4 {(Le3) 224} 11... c5 {0} 12. dxc5 {171} 12... Bxc5 {0} 13. Na4
>>>$5 {(Sxc3) 416 A pawn sacrifice - actually played before by Arakhamia Grant vs
>>>Polgar 1/2-1/2 1994.} 13... dxc4 {-0.31/13 285 Polgar played 13.-Be7} 14. Nxc5
>>>{33} 14... Qxd1 {-0.47/13 47} 15. Rfxd1 {39} 15... Nxc5 {-0.31/14 78} 16. Bd6 {
>>>79} 16... Rfc8 {-0.31/14 74} 17. Nd4 {601} 17... Nbd3 {
>>>-0.16/15 0 Black finds nothing better than to return the pawn} 18. Nxe6 {
>>>(b3) 127 18.b3 was an alternative} 18... Nxe6 {-0.28/15 105} 19. Bxd3 {106}
>>>19... cxd3 {-0.25/16 0} 20. Rxd3 {12} 20... Rc2 {-0.16/16 369} 21. Be5 {(b4) 86
>>>} 21... f6 {-0.38/15 256 Fritz thinks he's better here, but Emanuel was
>>>optimistic and saw some options with bishop vs knight and pawns on both flanks.
>>>First white has to solve some minor problems though.} 22. Bc3 {44} 22... Rc8 {
>>>-0.28/15 249} 23. Rad1 {(Kf1) 168} 23... Nc5 {-0.22/14 200} 24. Rd4 {(Td2) 461}
>>>24... b5 {-0.19/15 264} 25. h4 $1 {(h3) 814} 25... a6 {-0.16/14 173} 26. Bb4 {
>>>(T1d2) 902} 26... Ne6 {-0.19/14 272} 27. Re4 {(Td6) 170} 27... Rc1 $1 {
>>>-0.47/14 122} 28. Ree1 {(Te1) 60} 28... Rxd1 {-0.25/15 102} 29. Rxd1 {51} 29...
>>>Rc4 {-0.22/15 45} 30. a3 {61} 30... Rd4 {-0.25/15 35} 31. Re1 {(Txd4) 260}
>>>31... Kf7 {-0.28/16 196} 32. g3 {(h5) 9} 32... g6 {-0.22/15 239} 33. Kg2 {
>>>(Td3) 35} 33... h6 {-0.22/15 102} 34. Rc1 {(Te3) 163} 34... Rc4 {-0.09/16 102
>>>White will now get his bishop vs knight ending, but it's a long way to go...}
>>>35. Rxc4 {(Td1) 209} 35... bxc4 {-0.41/16 31} 36. Kf3 {6} 36... f5 {
>>>-0.16/17 138} 37. Ke3 {88} 37... Kf6 {-0.19/17 58} 38. Bd6 {594} 38... g5 {
>>>0.19/18 0 Emanuel: "Black is defending well. The ending is not clear."} 39. h5
>>>$1 {(a4) 413} 39... Kf7 {0.09/17 98} 40. f3 {(Le5) 230} 40... Kf6 {-0.03/16 71}
>>>41. g4 {(g4) 73 Black is slowly approaching a sort of zugzwang position.} 41...
>>>a5 {0.00/17 78} 42. a4 {(Sd4) 30} 42... Kf7 {1.06/18 71} 43. gxf5 {
>>>60 White now has clear winning chances.} 43... Ng7 {1.19/19 0} 44. Bc7 {30}
>>>44... Nxh5 {1.19/18 0} 45. Bxa5 {32} 45... Ng3 {1.28/18 104} 46. Bc7 $6 {
>>>(Kd4) 106 46.Kd4 looks better.} 46... Nxf5+ {1.00/17 59} 47. Ke4 {(Ke6) 59}
>>>47... Ke6 {1.16/19 0} 48. Bb8 {(Lh2) 103} 48... Ne7 {0.56/18 102} 49. f4 {
>>>(a5) 108} 49... gxf4 {0.44/17 85} 50. Bxf4 {12} 50... c3 $1 {
>>>0.34/20 0 Black manages to save the draw} 51. b3 {(bxc3) 133} 51... h5 {
>>>0.00/19 74} 52. a5 {(Kd3) 78} 52... c2 {-0.56/17 55} 53. a6 {45} 53... Nc6 {
>>>-0.44/17 60} 54. b4 {(Kd6) 46} 54... h4 {-0.50/16 61} 55. b5 {(Le3) 18} 55...
>>>h3 {-0.53/17 118} 56. Kf3 {20} 56... Nd4+ {-0.63/16 61} 57. Kf2 {6} 57... Nxb5
>>>{-0.34/16 65} 58. Kg3 {4} 58... Kf5 {-0.16/17 39} 59. Bc1 {4} 59... Ke4 {
>>>-0.03/20 82} 60. Kxh3 {17} 60... Kf3 {-0.16/20 46} 61. Kh4 {28} 61... Na7 {
>>>0.00/19 29} 62. Kg5 {18} 62... Ke4 {0.00/18 16} 63. Kg4 {(Kf6) 8} 63... Kd4 {
>>>0.00/19 33} 64. Kf3 {(Kf4) 6} 64... Kd3 {0.00/20 63} 65. Kf2 {8} 65... Kc4 {
>>>0.00/21 35} 66. Ke2 {(Ke3) 5} 1/2-1/2
>>>
>>>Sune
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