Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 05:29:58 05/20/02
Odyssey tournament analysed by IM Kenneth Frey
Because many user of this forum can't read the .cbv format (and rebel product
can't neither, stange), I've port it in pgn...
http://web.wanadoo.be/vincentlejeune/odyssey2001revised.zip (213 658 Bytes)
Example of highly criticized game :
What engine find "15..Bxf3!" ?
[d]r2q1rk1/p4ppp/1p1p1bn1/2p1P3/2BP2b1/4BN2/PPQ2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 15
[Event "Odyssey 2001"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Crafty 18.12"]
[Black "Fritz7a"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Kenneth Frey"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd5 Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bf6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bc4 b6 12. d4 exd4 {
Only 12...Bg4 was tried in a game Yagupov - Shariyazdanov, Rusia 1999.} 13.
cxd4 Ng6 14. Qc2 $2 {Can only be explained as a miss-mouse. White practically
loses in one move. Very simple and straightforward is 14.Bd5 Rb8 15.h3.} 14...
Bg4 15. e5 {15.Be2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 cxd4 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Be2 d5, is also dreadful.}
15... dxe5 $2 {Quite amazing that any engine would miss 15...Bxf3 16.exf6 Qxf6
17.gxf3 cxd4 recovering the piece as 18.Bd2 Rac8 19.Qb3 Nh4 wins.} 16. dxc5
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bg5 $6 {Why allow a monster pawn on c6? Instead, 17...Qc8 18.Qe4
bxc5 or 17...bxc5 leaves white handicapped on the kingside with no
compensation. Still, the decision is a close one, as now black enjoys a
dangerous pressure against the king.} 18. c6 Rc8 19. Qe4 Bf4 20. Kh1 Qh4 21.
Bxf4 Nxf4 22. b4 {
From this point forward, white plays a perfect game that requires no comments.}
22... Rfd8 23. b5 Qh3 24. Rg1 Rd6 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Re1 Rd4 27. Qc2 Rcd8 $6 {
Black should slowly improve his kingside playing 27...g6, then ...Kg7, ...Qf5
and ...h5. As usual, the strategy indicates to move the pawns on the same
square as the ennemy's bishop. One reason being to give the king room on the
other color.} 28. Bb3 Kh8 29. a4 {Ready for the a5 break whenever possible.}
29... R4d6 30. Rg4 Rh6 $6 {Shunning the draw that produces, among other moves,
30...f5 31.Rxe5 Qh3 32.Rg3 Qf1+ 33.Rg1 Qh3 34.Rg3 Qf1+. I stopped worrying
after the first rounds about how the engines tossed half points all over the
board, taking reckless risks, but this constitutes a blatant case.} 31. h4 Rhd6
32. Kh2 f6 $4 {Opening the road for the bishop, who now acquieres a frightful
force. In view of his opponent's destroyed king side, black should be able to
keep the balance. Let's look at some illustrative variations : 32...Rc8 33.c7
Ne6 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.Kg2 Qf7 36.Rc4 Rd4. Both e-pawns will fall, but in
exchange of the c-pawn. So white does best leaving his passed pawn on c6 : 32..
.Rc8 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Qxd1 Qf5 but how can he progress?} 33. c7 Rc8 34. Rd1 Rxd1
35. Qxd1 Qe8 36. Qd6 h5 37. Rxf4 exf4 38. Kh3 {Or 38.Bd5.} 38... Qe1 39. Kg2
Qe5 {If 39...Qe8 40.Bd5 Qg6+ 41.Kh2 wins.} 40. Qd8+ Qe8 41. Qxe8+ Rxe8 42. Be6
g5 43. c8=Q Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Kg7 45. Kf1 Kg6 46. Ke2 gxh4 47. Kf1 h3 48. Kg1 Kg5
49. Kh2 Kh4 50. Bd7 f5 51. Bxf5 1-0
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