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Date: 13:37:05 04/28/02
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[Event "Internet challenge II"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Frederic"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 {GMR: Smirin ist once again trying for a reversed King's Indian. He
hopes that Tiger will close the center with d5-d4. Of course first the bishop
on g4 has a decision to make.} Bc8 {
Time: 58:56. Menno: There are only five games in the online database.} 10. Re1
{GMR: Smirin is still hoping for d5-d4, which would be the correct move here.}
d4 11. Nc4 Qc7 {GMR: a2-a4 wwould be normal here, but it is probably not what
Smirin was hoping for} 12. a4 {
Black plan: Rab8, b6, then a6 and b6-b5 with good play on the queenside} Be6
13. Bd2 Nd7 {Time: 52:53. GMR: I don't like the bishop on e6.} 14. Qc2 {
Christophe Theron: Last time the antihuman setting was ON, and it was a
mistake. This time Shay has set it correctly (I hope). Anti-human is not what
people believe it is. It has been designed to avoid human players that try to
get a draw by closing the position and then moving a piece back and forth
(happens a lot on chess servers).} f6 15. Rec1 Nb6 {GMR: Not good. Now for
example 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.c3-c4 is possible. After that White can turn his
attention to the kingside.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4 {
GMR: The isolated double pawn on the b-file is not so bad at this moment.} Qd7
{Mikhalevski: Did Ilya miss this double attack? Probably not.} 19. b5 Na5 20.
Bxa5 {GMR: I'm not too happy about the passive bishop on g2. How is it going
to come into play?} Rfc8 {GMR: Pretty "zwischenzug" (yes, it IS an English
word). CT: My laptop crashed, it is 31 degrees here in Guadaloupe and it
overheats. I'm back online now. I'm happy with how the game is going so far. I
think that the antihuman setting would have hurt the program's play in this
game. Tiger would have tried too hard to open the game, and too early.} 21. Qd2
{Time: 40:46} Rxa5 {GMR: Interesting... Pressure on a4. Black is clearly
better, Nf3 and Bg2 are not in play. CT: I think I would have preferred bxa5
and then a bishop on b4, bt I'm not a strong player. It seems that Tiger
wants to pressure the weak a pawn. Is it THAT important?} 22. h4 Kf8 {
GMR: Really?? CT: Huh... I have no idea why it played Kf8. Maybe some strong
player will find a reason for it? :-( HDX: Sometimes computers make moves
that seem odd and then when evaluated later serve a great tactical purpose.}
23. h5 Rca8 {Time: 35:44. CT: Looks like Tiger's bishop is going for b4 and c3
after all. Mikhalevski: maybe Qd1, Bb4, Rc4, trying to block the position.
Then Bg2-f1-d3. CT: Smirin is going into time trouble. That is is much more a
problem for a human player than for a computer.} 24. h6 g6 {
Tiger was expecting the last move.} 25. Qc2 {Time: 24:44} Bb4 {
GMR: The pawn on h6 is going to become very weak at some stage.} 26. Qc7 {
GMR: One could almost say Smirin has been positionally outplayed.} Bc3 {
Tiger is playing exactly like Christophe predicted.} 27. Qxb6 Qe7 {V. Mikhalevs
ki: The f6 pawn has become a target, Black has to defend it. CT: Now that
white's queen is in black's side I'm not sure anymore about what can happen...}
28. Kh2 {CT: One thing I am sure here, the game is MUCH more interesting than
the previous one!} g5 {GMR: Cruel! But Black also has to watch out. What about
29.Rxc3 dxc3 Rc1, Rxc3 and Rc7? CT: I think Rxc3 can get white out of
trouble... Unfortunately. Time: 20:40} 29. Nd2 {
GMR: Smirin is looking for tactical counterplay. The motif is always Rc7} Bxa1
{Draco: ??} 30. Rc7 Qd8 {
CT: This does not look good for Gambit anymore...
Time: 15:37} 31. Bh3 {
GMR: Smirin is tactically quite brilliant. The kingside attack after 31...g4
32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Qc5 looks deadly.} g4 {GMR: Smirin has dug a deep tactical pit,
and I think maybe he has caught a Tiger in it.} 32. Bxg4 {Mathias: NOW I
understand the combination! Stefsias: Smirin has got real guts! Deep Fritz:
White has won this game!} *
[Event "Internet challenge II"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Frederic"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 {GMR: Smirin ist once again trying for a reversed King's Indian. He
hopes that Tiger will close the center with d5-d4. Of course first the bishop
on g4 has a decision to make.} Bc8 {
Time: 58:56. Menno: There are only five games in the online database.} 10. Re1
{GMR: Smirin is still hoping for d5-d4, which would be the correct move here.}
d4 11. Nc4 Qc7 {GMR: a2-a4 wwould be normal here, but it is probably not what
Smirin was hoping for} 12. a4 {
Black plan: Rab8, b6, then a6 and b6-b5 with good play on the queenside} Be6
13. Bd2 Nd7 {Time: 52:53. GMR: I don't like the bishop on e6.} 14. Qc2 {
Christophe Theron: Last time the antihuman setting was ON, and it was a
mistake. This time Shay has set it correctly (I hope). Anti-human is not what
people believe it is. It has been designed to avoid human players that try to
get a draw by closing the position and then moving a piece back and forth
(happens a lot on chess servers).} f6 15. Rec1 Nb6 {GMR: Not good. Now for
example 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.c3-c4 is possible. After that White can turn his
attention to the kingside.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4 {
GMR: The isolated double pawn on the b-file is not so bad at this moment.} Qd7
{Mikhalevski: Did Ilya miss this double attack? Probably not.} 19. b5 Na5 20.
Bxa5 {GMR: I'm not too happy about the passive bishop on g2. How is it going
to come into play?} Rfc8 {GMR: Pretty "zwischenzug" (yes, it IS an English
word). CT: My laptop crashed, it is 31 degrees here in Guadaloupe and it
overheats. I'm back online now. I'm happy with how the game is going so far. I
think that the antihuman setting would have hurt the program's play in this
game. Tiger would have tried too hard to open the game, and too early.} 21. Qd2
{Time: 40:46} Rxa5 {GMR: Interesting... Pressure on a4. Black is clearly
better, Nf3 and Bg2 are not in play. CT: I think I would have preferred bxa5
and then a bishop on b4, bt I'm not a strong player. It seems that Tiger
wants to pressure the weak a pawn. Is it THAT important?} 22. h4 Kf8 {
GMR: Really?? CT: Huh... I have no idea why it played Kf8. Maybe some strong
player will find a reason for it? :-( HDX: Sometimes computers make moves
that seem odd and then when evaluated later serve a great tactical purpose.}
23. h5 Rca8 {Time: 35:44. CT: Looks like Tiger's bishop is going for b4 and c3
after all. Mikhalevski: maybe Qd1, Bb4, Rc4, trying to block the position.
Then Bg2-f1-d3. CT: Smirin is going into time trouble. That is is much more a
problem for a human player than for a computer.} 24. h6 g6 {
Tiger was expecting the last move.} 25. Qc2 {Time: 24:44} Bb4 {
GMR: The pawn on h6 is going to become very weak at some stage.} 26. Qc7 {
GMR: One could almost say Smirin has been positionally outplayed.} Bc3 {
Tiger is playing exactly like Christophe predicted.} 27. Qxb6 Qe7 {V. Mikhalevs
ki: The f6 pawn has become a target, Black has to defend it. CT: Now that
white's queen is in black's side I'm not sure anymore about what can happen...}
28. Kh2 {CT: One thing I am sure here, the game is MUCH more interesting than
the previous one!} g5 {GMR: Cruel! But Black also has to watch out. What about
29.Rxc3 dxc3 Rc1, Rxc3 and Rc7? CT: I think Rxc3 can get white out of
trouble... Unfortunately. Time: 20:40} 29. Nd2 {
GMR: Smirin is looking for tactical counterplay. The motif is always Rc7} Bxa1
{Draco: ??} 30. Rc7 Qd8 {
CT: This does not look good for Gambit anymore...
Time: 15:37} 31. Bh3 {
GMR: Smirin is tactically quite brilliant. The kingside attack after 31...g4
32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Qc5 looks deadly.} g4 {GMR: Smirin has dug a deep tactical pit,
and I think maybe he has caught a Tiger in it.} 32. Bxg4 {Mathias: NOW I
understand the combination! Stefsias: Smirin has got real guts! Deep Fritz:
White has won this game! Wilfred: Smirin for President! Time: 13:30} Bxg4 33.
Qc5+ {Frodo: Smirin has tamed the Tiger! Mathias: Chapeau for Smirin!} *
[Event "Internet challenge II"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Frederic"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 {GMR: Smirin ist once again trying for a reversed King's Indian. He
hopes that Tiger will close the center with d5-d4. Of course first the bishop
on g4 has a decision to make.} Bc8 {
Time: 58:56. Menno: There are only five games in the online database.} 10. Re1
{GMR: Smirin is still hoping for d5-d4, which would be the correct move here.}
d4 11. Nc4 Qc7 {GMR: a2-a4 wwould be normal here, but it is probably not what
Smirin was hoping for} 12. a4 {
Black plan: Rab8, b6, then a6 and b6-b5 with good play on the queenside} Be6
13. Bd2 Nd7 {Time: 52:53. GMR: I don't like the bishop on e6.} 14. Qc2 {
Christophe Theron: Last time the antihuman setting was ON, and it was a
mistake. This time Shay has set it correctly (I hope). Anti-human is not what
people believe it is. It has been designed to avoid human players that try to
get a draw by closing the position and then moving a piece back and forth
(happens a lot on chess servers).} f6 15. Rec1 Nb6 {GMR: Not good. Now for
example 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.c3-c4 is possible. After that White can turn his
attention to the kingside.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4 {
GMR: The isolated double pawn on the b-file is not so bad at this moment.} Qd7
{Mikhalevski: Did Ilya miss this double attack? Probably not.} 19. b5 Na5 20.
Bxa5 {GMR: I'm not too happy about the passive bishop on g2. How is it going
to come into play?} Rfc8 {GMR: Pretty "zwischenzug" (yes, it IS an English
word). CT: My laptop crashed, it is 31 degrees here in Guadaloupe and it
overheats. I'm back online now. I'm happy with how the game is going so far. I
think that the antihuman setting would have hurt the program's play in this
game. Tiger would have tried too hard to open the game, and too early.} 21. Qd2
{Time: 40:46} Rxa5 {GMR: Interesting... Pressure on a4. Black is clearly
better, Nf3 and Bg2 are not in play. CT: I think I would have preferred bxa5
and then a bishop on b4, bt I'm not a strong player. It seems that Tiger
wants to pressure the weak a pawn. Is it THAT important?} 22. h4 Kf8 {
GMR: Really?? CT: Huh... I have no idea why it played Kf8. Maybe some strong
player will find a reason for it? :-( HDX: Sometimes computers make moves
that seem odd and then when evaluated later serve a great tactical purpose.}
23. h5 Rca8 {Time: 35:44. CT: Looks like Tiger's bishop is going for b4 and c3
after all. Mikhalevski: maybe Qd1, Bb4, Rc4, trying to block the position.
Then Bg2-f1-d3. CT: Smirin is going into time trouble. That is is much more a
problem for a human player than for a computer.} 24. h6 g6 {
Tiger was expecting the last move.} 25. Qc2 {Time: 24:44} Bb4 {
GMR: The pawn on h6 is going to become very weak at some stage.} 26. Qc7 {
GMR: One could almost say Smirin has been positionally outplayed.} Bc3 {
Tiger is playing exactly like Christophe predicted.} 27. Qxb6 Qe7 {V. Mikhalevs
ki: The f6 pawn has become a target, Black has to defend it. CT: Now that
white's queen is in black's side I'm not sure anymore about what can happen...}
28. Kh2 {CT: One thing I am sure here, the game is MUCH more interesting than
the previous one!} g5 {GMR: Cruel! But Black also has to watch out. What about
29.Rxc3 dxc3 Rc1, Rxc3 and Rc7? CT: I think Rxc3 can get white out of
trouble... Unfortunately. Time: 20:40} 29. Nd2 {
GMR: Smirin is looking for tactical counterplay. The motif is always Rc7} Bxa1
{Draco: ??} 30. Rc7 Qd8 {
CT: This does not look good for Gambit anymore...
Time: 15:37} 31. Bh3 {
GMR: Smirin is tactically quite brilliant. The kingside attack after 31...g4
32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Qc5 looks deadly.} g4 {GMR: Smirin has dug a deep tactical pit,
and I think maybe he has caught a Tiger in it.} 32. Bxg4 {Mathias: NOW I
understand the combination! Stefsias: Smirin has got real guts! Deep Fritz:
White has won this game! Wilfred: Smirin for President! Time: 13:30} Bxg4 33.
Qc5+ {Frodo: Smirin has tamed the Tiger! Mathias: Chapeau for Smirin! GMR: A
typical game against a computer: they are positionally superior to us humans,
but we still have a tactical edge. CT: OK, so it seems that Bxa1 was a
blunder.} Ke8 34. Rxh7 {Time: 13:24} *
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