Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 16:38:59 05/07/02
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On May 07, 2002 at 19:16:35, Sune Larsson wrote:
>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
Hi Sune
Not a bad idea of which I have never though about. On the other hand it looks
like anti-computerchess strategy I want to avoid when fighting against computer
programs. My only aim is to play as if my opponent is a very strong human
player. Such a behaviour is - that's my opinion - better for chess training and
improving my chess.
Regards
Kurt
>
>>
>>[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
>>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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