Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 10:04:28 04/06/02
In a wellknown French Emanuel made a mistake in move 18, which was followed
by an even bigger one in the next move. Still there was possibility to make
a real fight of it, when Fritz surprised by avoiding a double rook ending two
pawns ahead. 28.Qb3! presented black with too many unsolvable problems.
P III 800 256 Mb hash, F7 book-tournament, 2 hours per player/game
We will give us a break now and resume the match (at least 8 games) 18th of
April. Standings after 3 games: IM Berg - Fritz 7.006 0.5-2.5
[Event "Emanuel 120'"]
[Site "Kil"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fritz 7"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{256MB, Fritz7.ctg, PIII 800
} 1. e4 {0} 1... e6 {24} 2. d4 {0} 2... d5 {5} 3.
Nd2 {0} 3... Nf6 {(c5) 13} 4. Bd3 {0} 4... c5 {16} 5. e5 {0} 5... Nfd7 {8} 6.
c3 {0} 6... Nc6 {8} 7. Ne2 {0} 7... cxd4 {10} 8. cxd4 {0} 8... f6 {9} 9. exf6 {
0} 9... Nxf6 {8} 10. Nf3 {0} 10... Bd6 {(Dc7) 11} 11. O-O {0} 11... Qc7 {11}
12. Nc3 {0} 12... a6 {9} 13. Bg5 {0} 13... O-O {32} 14. Bh4 {0} 14... Bd7 {
(Sh5) 567} 15. Re1 {0} 15... Rae8 {(Tc1) 80} 16. Rc1 {0} 16... Qb8 {(Tc2) 1227}
17. Bb1 {0} 17... Kh8 {(Tc2) 369} 18. a3 {White chooses a simple and good
setup with rooks on the open files and strong pressure on the diagonal b1-h7.
0} 18... Re7 $2 {
(Lg3) Intending to defend h7 by taking back on f6 with the pawn. 198} 19. Qd3 {
Just about here white realized that his planned 19.-Be8 didn't work due to 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rxe6 Bg6 22.Qe2 0.63/13208} 19... Bf4 $4 {(Tfe8) After this move
we went for some coffee, talked some about Myst III, when Emanuel suddenly
froze and said: " I think I just made a terrible blunder." 878} 20. Bxf6 $1 {
1.25/14 197} 20... gxf6 {54} 21. Nxd5 {1.25/15 159} 21... Rg7 {92} 22. Nxf4 {
1.31/14 173} 22... Qxf4 {15} 23. g3 {1.25/13 277} 23... Qd6 {Luckily black
isn't completely dead. He can still put up a fight by putting pressure on the
isolated d-pawn. 195} 24. Qc3 {1.25/13 0} 24... Rd8 {(Sd8) 81} 25. Be4 {
1.38/14 195} 25... Be8 {136} 26. Qe3 {A surprise. Emanuel calculated to the
double rook ending in the line further down, and saw good chances for a draw.
1.41/13 16} 26... Nxd4 {(Kg8) 539} 27. Nxd4 {1.16/14 316} 27... Qxd4 {28} 28.
Qb3 $1 {A new surprise. There will be no double rook ending. This move from
Fritz is extremly strong. The immediate threat is 29.Rcd1 1.16/13 119} (28.
Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Rc8 Re7 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. R8xe6 Rxb2 33. Rxa6 Rdd2
34. Rf1 Ra2 $14) 28... Ba4 {(Ted1) 1291} 29. Qxe6 {1.53/14 123} 29... Qxb2 {
(Ld7) 18} 30. Rc8 {"All my pieces are very loose" - Emanuel 1.72/13 110} 30...
Qd4 {(Dd2) 863} (30... Qd2 31. Bxb7 $16) 31. Bd5 $1 {2.66/13 55} 31... Qxd5 {48
} 32. Qxd5 {2.94/15 0} 32... Rxc8 {5} 33. Qd4 {2.97/16 174} 33... Bb3 {163} 34.
Qxf6 {3.22/15 0} 34... Kg8 {51} 35. Re7 {3.47/15 171} 35... Rg6 {(Txe7) 455}
36. Qf3 {4.22/14 194} 36... Be6 {(La2) 208} 37. Qxb7 {4.78/13 75} 37... Rd8 {
(Kf8) 55} 38. f4 {5.00/13 90} 38... Bd5 {(h6) 57} 39. Qc7 {7.13/13 24} 39...
Rf8 {174} 40. f5 {10.13/16 0} 40... Rg5 {(h4) 89} 41. h4 {13.63/15 0} 41... Rg4
{(Tfxf5) 26} 42. f6 {19.50/14 27} 1-0
Sune
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