Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 14:03:09 04/21/02
[Event "Internet Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chess Tiger"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Frederic"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 {Why do computers/programmers keep avoiding 1.e4 agains
Smirin? (Evan Katz. This is going to be a draw. (Murugan)} 9... c6 10. Nxe5 Re8
11. O-O-O Na6 12. f4 {Time: 1h:01-0h:59} 12... Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Time: 60:56}
14. b4 {Curious: Tiger wants to crush Smirin. FA: Tiger has his pawns on
parade. NYTed: If Smirin had white he would lose the white side here. Steff:
Black is okay. Murugan: Smirin getting a taste of his own medicine.} 14... Bxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 {Spielhase: vernuenftige Entscheidung. NYTed: Let's see if he is
still in "The Butt Kickin Business". FA: Am I the only one who actually
prefers White's position? Time: 57:53} 16. e6 {FA: watch...a CT pawn sac for a
few tempi :) Time: 55:52 Shredder: 0.73, Fritz7 0.44} 16... Rxe6 17. b5 Re8 {
Veresov: Looks like white is going to an inferior ending when the dust settles.
Ferdinan: white is pushing, not winning.} 18. bxc6 bxc6 {Dreamer: this should
be an easy endgame win for black. Knallo: Smirin can be very happy to have a
slight advantage this early. Time: 52:50} 19. Rd6 Ne5 {Murugan: Black has a
comfotrtable position. Jeremaia: Smirin is well prepared. OMG: impossible for
smirin to lose this.} 20. c5 {Time: 50:49. MWorrior: Der Tiger faehrt wohl
gerade die Krallen aus... Woodcrusher: aber bei der Stellung kann Tiger nur
zum Vegetarier werden. Alterman: White has no active moves} 20... Be6 21. Bd1 {
Murugan: I change my mind. Black is going to win. Alterman: Strange play! Time:
49:47.} 21... Rab8 {SH: Smirin is the predator here! Curious: Blacks breakout
move could be the f5 pawn break. Murugan: I think Tiger is suffering from a
virus. DE: Der versuchte Bauernsturm von Tiger verflacht.} 22. Ba4 {Time: 48:46
Curious: Now White has a slight advantage. MWorrior: Why is white going for a
pawn? Mate ends the game!} 22... Rb4 {
Murugan: Go Smirin! Mendi: Smirin is playing like Junior 7. Time: 47:45} 23.
Bxc6 {Draco: ok folks, that's it. Black will win! MWarrior: Na los, Ilya,
schmier ihn!!} 23... Rc8 {Miepy: This not a Tiger, it looks more like a mouse!
Fritz: -0.91 NYTed: It's all about the Tablebases BABY! Deep Shredder
Paderborn 3100 mhz 24.Bd5 -1.06} 24. Bd5 Rxc5 {MWarrior: Good knight, CT!!
Junior: -1.08 Ardee: Tactical position, so the best Smirin can get is a draw.
Too open for human to defeat computer. Deep Shredder Paderborn 3100 mhz 25.Kc2
-1.30. Shay: Tiger is using a special book sent by Christophe Theron for the
event. Time: 37:44} 25. Kc2 Nc4 {Time: 36:43} 26. Rd8+ Kg7 {
NYTed: One Two Three Four Smirin's up by 2 in Four! Time: 34:43} 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Rd7+ Kh6 29. Re1 {Ardee: ...Rb2+ with advantage but winnable?? Time: 32:41}
29... Rb2+ 30. Kd1 Rxg2 31. Re2 {Pickle: Looks winning for Smirin. NYTed:
Tiger has been declawed. Constrictor: Tiger, tiger burning bright.} 31... Rxe2
{Time: 32:37} 32. Nxe2 a5 {Menno: Draw chances!! Nf4! Time: 24:37 Judge:
Smirin, hasn't unleashed the dogs...} 33. Nf4 {Time: 23:37} 33... Re5 34. Rd4
Ne3+ {Murugan: Smirin will have to work hard to produce a win. Time: 22:35} 35.
Ke2 {Time: 21:34 Sarek: la guagua satanica habia predicho esto!!!} 35... Nf5
36. Ra4 {Time: 21:32} 36... Nd6 37. Ke3 {
Constrictor: The tiger is still burning. Murugan: Play Kg5!} 37... Kg7 38. Nd3
{21:28} 38... Rh5 39. Nf4 Rxh2 {Time: 20:27} 40. Nxe6+ {
Ardee: Black may yet win!} 40... Kf6 {
Bigben: tiptoe down the h file with the pawn maybe?} 41. Nc5 {Miepy: Against
those two pawns even a Tiger is helpless. Time: 19:27. Shay says Gambit Tiger
is expecting 41...h5. Fritz prefers 41...Rc2} 41... g5 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rd1
44. Kc2 {Time: 18:20} 44... Rh1 {Constrictor: these endgames are so darn
tricky. Miepy: This is certainly worth the a-pawn.} 45. Rxa5 {Time: 15:19}
45... g4 {
Frodo: Kasparov is right, you can't compare these programss with Deep Blue.}
46. Ra6 {Time: 15:17} 46... Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf6 {
Epanek: how embarrassing for Smirnin!} 50. Ra6 {
Telmo: Congratulations Christophe, Tiger has defended well. Time: 14:56-15:39.}
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