Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 16:16:35 05/07/02
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On May 07, 2002 at 18:53:04, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>Below my first game played vs Hiarcs8 without anti-computerchess strategy.
Gee...You are really solid with your Caro Kann! No winning chances
whatsoever for Hiarcs in this game. You seem to know this system
very well. Maybe an idea would be to play it also with colors reversed?!
1.c3!? I think you would score well this way vs the top programs.
Best regards
Sune
>
>[Event "Hiarcs 8 60m+10s"]
>[Site "Switzerland"]
>[Date "2002.05.07"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Hiarcs 8"]
>[Black "Utzinger, Kurt"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ECO "B18"]
>[WhiteElo "1984"]
>[BlackElo "2700"]
>[PlyCount "129"]
>[EventDate "2002.05.07"]
>
>{64MB, Hiarcs8.ctg. AMD Ath TB 1.4 GHz/256
>} 1. d4 {1} 1... d5 {6} 2. Nc3 {0}
>2... c6 {I don't like the Blackmar gambit by 2...Nf6 3.e4 and at the same time
>wanted to avoid the continuation 2...Nf6 3.Bg5. So, it was natural to choose
>my beloved Caro Kann Defence. 6} 3. e4 {0} 3... dxe4 {2} 4. Nxe4 {0} 4... Bf5 {
>The Capablanca system is a very solid variation against strong human players
>and therefore the same thing should apply to computer programs. During the
>last few years I have lost not a single game played either over the board or
>by correspondence with this line.3} 5. Nc5 {The first time that an opponent of
>mine plays this seldom choosen move. I could only vaguely remember the main
>line. On the other hand, the position is not difficult to handle and therefore
>I 'found' some theoretical moves. 0} 5... b6 {7} 6. Nb3 {0} 6... Nf6 {14} 7.
>Nf3 {0} 7... Nbd7 {To prevent the maneouvre Nf3-e5 17} 8. Ba6 {This came as a
>surprise to me. White threatens Ba6-b7, winning a pawn, hence my answer is
>more or less forced. Nevertheless, I could not understand the sense behind
>White's text move. 0} 8... Qc7 {5} 9. O-O {0} 9... e6 {5} 10. Re1 {0} 10... Bd6
>{Here I also thought about 10...Be7 and even 10...b5 but eventually decided
>for the normal development move. 69} 11. Bf1 {I could barely trust my eyes and
>was happy that White had in my opinion choosen an opening line that should not
>give him any advantage. 0} 11... O-O {6} 12. Bg5 {White last book move 0} 12...
>h6 {A not at all necessary move, but I had no better idea. 81} (12... Rad8 13.
>Qe2 Be7 14. g3 h6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {was the book line of Hiarcs8}) 13.
>Bxf6 {My expectation was 13.Bh4 followed by 14.Bg3 in order to exchange
>Black's strong bishop. 128} 13... Nxf6 {An interesting idea was 13...gxf6 to
>protect the centre square e5 and to open the g-file. I had of course not the
>courage to play such an unclear line. 19} 14. Bd3 {52} 14... Bg4 {This was a
>ry difficult decision for which I would have used much more time to be sure
>which of the moves Bxd3 or Bg4 is stronger. I trusted on my feeling that said
>to me that it is more important to exchange the knight on f3 instaed of the
>light squared bishops. Still not having analysed this game more deeply, I
>would like to receive a comment on this by a real strong player. 165} 15. h3 {
>101} 15... Bxf3 {21} 16. Qxf3 {18} 16... Rac8 {
>To protect my c6-pawn and preparing c6-c5 if necessary. 75} 17. c3 {138} 17...
>Bh2+ {A move based on a wrong idea. After a king move I wanted to continue
>with 18...Qf4 and noticed too late that after 19.Qe2 Qc7 20.g3 the sacrifice
>20...Bxg3 does not work. In my imagination White's king stood still on g1. 179}
>18. Kf1 {118} 18... Bd6 {32} 19. Nd2 {79} 19... Rfd8 {174} 20. Ne4 {130} 20...
>Be7 {Of course much better than 20...Nxe4 21.Qxe4 with advantage for White. 27}
>21. Nxf6+ {81} 21... Bxf6 {6} 22. Rad1 {100} 22... Rd6 {A more logical try was
>22...c5 but I did not want to open the game too fast. 173} 23. Bc2 {155} 23...
>Rcd8 {25} 24. Qe4 {76} 24... g6 {Perhaps not best and of course not forced,
>but I could no longer resist to close the important diagonal b1-h7 for White's
>pieces. I had the feeling that the weakness of Black's king position would not
>allow Hiarcs8 to start a severe attack. 260} 25. Qe3 {I was just about to
>investigate 25.h4 when Hiarcs8 realeased me from further investigating that
>move. 126} 25... Kg7 {
>My thought switched between 25...Bg7 and the text move. 126} 26. g3 {118} 26...
>c5 {Just in time since Black has put enough pressure on the d-line. 36} 27.
>dxc5 {9} 27... Rxd1 {20} 28. Rxd1 {75} 28... Rxd1+ {3} 29. Bxd1 {40} 29... bxc5
>{Played after more than four minutes. The reason was that I had intended to
>play 29...Qxc5 and suddenly feared that the end game could be worse for Black.
>And since there is nothing wrong with keeping the queens on board, I changed
>my mind. 271} 30. Qe4 {80} 30... Qd7 {35} 31. Bb3 {77} 31... Qd2 {I was quite
>satisfied with my position and could barely imagine that Hiarcs8 should be
>able to obtain more than a draw in this game. 45} 32. Qe2 {26} 32... Qd6 {
>Repeating the policy to not exchange queens. 54} 33. Kg2 {80} 33... Bd8 {
>Bringing my bishop to c7 or b6 where it can put pressure against White's king
>position. 95} 34. Bc4 {103} 34... Bc7 {63} 35. Qe3 {78} 35... h5 {
>Threatening h5-h4 39} 36. h4 {109} 36... Bb6 {Prevents White's b2-b4 104} 37.
>a3 {69} 37... Qc6+ {84} 38. Kh2 {59} 38... Qd6 {40} 39. Kg1 {74} 39... Qd1+ {9}
>40. Kg2 {34} 40... Qd6 {15} 41. Qe2 {77} 41... Qc6+ {14} 42. Kg1 {69} 42... Qd6
>{Never give up the possibility to bring the own pieces to places where they
>stand active. 9} 43. Qc2 {50} 43... a5 {60} 44. Qe4 {57} 44... Qd1+ {13} 45.
>Kg2 {44} 45... Qd6 {9} 46. Qe2 {33} 46... Qc6+ {16} 47. f3 {81} 47... Qd6 {9}
>48. f4 {58} 48... Bc7 {And here I was sure that White has not advantage at all.
>The enemy pawn structure gives Black more than enough counterchances. 48} 49.
>Qf2 {27} 49... Qc6+ {27} 50. Kg1 {65} 50... Qd6 {7} 51. Kh2 {41} 51... f6 {
>I had rather followed my waiting policy with 51...Bb6 or 51...Bb8, because
>when I decided for the text move, I was unable to say for sure what will
>happen. On the other hand, I again trusted my feeling.127} 52. Qe3 {91} 52...
>e5 {56} 53. Kg2 {A nice trap. 0} 53... Qc6+ {12} ({And of course not} 53...
>exf4 54. gxf4 Qxf4 55. Qe7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qg8+ {checkmate}) 54. Kf2 {50}
>54... e4 {This passed pawn was my guarantee for at least a drawn game. 63} 55.
>b3 {56} 55... f5 {15} 56. Qd2 {12} 56... Qd6 {
>And here the exchange of queens is allowed. 30} 57. Qxd6 {41} 57... Bxd6 {5}
>58. Ke3 {36} 58... Kf6 {33} 59. Bb5 {39} 59... Bc7 {38} 60. Bc4 {38} 60... Bb6
>{5} 61. Kd2 {30} 61... Ke7 {6} 62. Ke2 {37} 62... Kf6 {4} 63. Kd2 {36} 63...
>Ke7 {3} 64. Ke2 {35} 64... Kf6 {3} 65. Kd2 {draw, 3x repetition of moves 34}
>1/2-1/2
>
>Hiarcs8 vs Utzinger,K [final position]
>[D]8/8/1b3kp1/p1p2p1p/2B1pP1P/PPP3P1/3K4/8 b - - 0 65
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