Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 12:33:33 04/24/02
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Hiarcs 8"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Frederic"]
[PlyCount "38"]
{The game begins at 19:00 h GMT. Mig: Punctual as always. I get here on time
today and this is what happens? I need food, dammit. Please everbody, not too
much trivial chat today Let some of the experts help me comment on the moves
} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4
8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 {Evan: Eureka, open game!! Mig: Not a bad idea
against a comp. Get the queens off the board and you almost never get mated!}
10. Nc3 Bd7 {Mig: Symmetrical pawn structure, equal material... Are they just
going to agree to the draw now? :-)} 11. Be3 e5 {Mig: White has chances to do
something with his minimally better development, but I'm not sure he will. A
weak pawn on c6 is one thing, but giving the computer the advantage of the
bishop pair would not be good. The bishop pair in an open position is worth as
much as an isolated pawn or two. Smirin has to count on HIARCS making mistakes
in this simple position.} 12. Rc1 Rd8 {Mig: Since computers can't plan as such,
they often wander into trouble when they can't find a clearly superior line of
analysis. But this position may be too simple for that to happen. Time: 54:1.
01} 13. Ke1 {Ardee: The most boring game of the series by far. Mig: Other ways
computers can lose these positions include getting overextended pawns. For
example, f5-e4 or something, then the pawns could be lost in an endgame. And
we all know how HUMANs can lose these positions to computers. Fine, good, okay,
fine, OOPS, MY ROOK! White's bishops create a lot of pressure on the black
queenside. The black rook might have been better left ona8 in the long run.}
13... Be7 14. f4 {Mig: f3 would just lock up the g2 bishop, but the white king
needs to make way for the h1 rook. So f4, which also challenges black in the
center. Time: 53:55} 14... exf4 15. gxf4 {Twinzen: Why not Bxf4? Mig: It's not
so much why not Bxf4, but why. It wouldn't do much at all, and would leave an
isolated e2 pawn.} 15... O-O 16. Nd5 {Mecking: Mecking says Bd6 also.} 16...
Bd6 17. Kf2 {Mig: Note that gxf4 created a potential passed e-pawn. Far, far
away, but it's an imbalance that a human understands, while the comp can't
imagine that e2 pawn becoming a queen on move 48.} 17... Be6 18. Rhd1 {
Mig: White would like to 'encourage' black to give up the bishop pair. Then
the black a and b pawns will be hard to defend in the long run.} 18... Rd7 {
Time: 45:50. Ardee: Nc3 followed by Rg1 for White? Mig: HIARCS tries to set up
some tactical tricks on the d-file. I like the plan. White must either double
on the d-file himself or leave it to black. b4 looks risky for ahuman!} 19. Nc3
Rfd8 *
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