Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 16:15:30 08/13/02
In a 40/240 (yes - 40 moves in 240 minutes), it looked early that CM8K was
going to clean Crafty's clock early in the game. (modified version 17.16 SE
available free via email to mfbyrne_pa@msn.com) Getting two pawns up early -
here's the position 14.Bxd5.
[D] r1b2r1k/pp1nb1pp/1qn5/3BP3/3P4/5NP1/PP2N2P/R1BQK2R b KQ - 0 1
14. ... Nxe5!! holy cow - what a shot! ina few more moves the game is over. By
tehttime Crafty played 24.... Qg7, the game is over.
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let me check the log - Crafty fails high with this move @96 seconds and never
looks back
(4) 5-> 0.20 -2.53 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qd8
(3) 6 0.23 -2.46 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nb6 4.
Bf7 Bf5
(4) 6-> 0.42 -2.46 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Nb6 4.
Bf7 Bf5
(3) 7 0.53 -2.33 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Be4 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qxc3+ 5. Bd2 Qc4 6. Bg5
7 1.44 -2.32 1. ... Bb4+ 2. Bd2 Rxf3 3. Bxf3 Nxd4
4. Nxd4 Qxd4 5. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+
7. Kxd2 Nxe5
7-> 1.76 -2.32 1. ... Bb4+ 2. Bd2 Rxf3 3. Bxf3 Nxd4
4. Nxd4 Qxd4 5. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+
7. Kxd2 Nxe5
8 2.44 -2.26 1. ... Bb4+ 2. Bd2 Ncxe5 3. dxe5 Nxe5
4. Nc3 Nd3+ 5. Ke2 Bf5 6. Qg1 Qc7
8 3.70 -1.98 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Be4 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qxc3+ 5. Bd2 Qc4 6. Rc1 Qxa2
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Rxc6
(3) 8-> 4.45 -1.98 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Be4 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qxc3+ 5. Bd2 Qc4 6. Rc1 Qxa2
7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Rxc6
(2) 9 4.97 -2.03 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Be4 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qxc3+ 5. Bd2 Qc4 6. Bxc6 bxc6
7. Bg5
(4) 9-> 15.55 -2.03 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Be4 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qxc3+ 5. Bd2 Qc4 6. Bxc6 bxc6
7. Bg5
(3) 10 17.53 -1.95 1. ... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Bxc6 Bxc3+
4. bxc3 Qxc3+ 5. Bd2 Qxc6 6. O-O Qd5
7. Bb4 Rf5
10 54.16 -1.91 1. ... Ndxe5 2. dxe5 Nxe5 3. Nf4 Bg4
4. Bd2 Rad8 <HT>
10 1:06 -1.89 1. ... Bb4+ 2. Nc3 Rxf3 3. Qxf3 Qxd4
4. Bxc6 Nxe5 5. Qe3 bxc6 6. Qxd4 Nf3+
7. Ke2 Nxd4+ 8. Ke3
(3) 10-> 1:12 -1.89 1. ... Bb4+ 2. Nc3 Rxf3 3. Qxf3 Qxd4
4. Bxc6 Nxe5 5. Qe3 bxc6 6. Qxd4 Nf3+
7. Ke2 Nxd4+ 8. Ke3
(2) 11 1:22 -1.89 1. ... Bb4+ 2. Nc3 Rxf3 3. Qxf3 Qxd4
4. Bxc6 Nxe5 5. Qe3 Qxe3+ 6. Bxe3 Nxc6
7. O-O-O Bf5
11 1:36 ++ 1. ... Ndxe5!!
11 3:04 -0.99 1. ... Ndxe5 2. dxe5 Bg4 3. Nf4 Nxe5
4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 g5 6. a3 gxf4 7.
gxf4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3
11-> 3:24 -0.99 1. ... Ndxe5 2. dxe5 Bg4 3. Nf4 Nxe5
4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 g5 6. a3 gxf4 7.
gxf4 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3
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Complete PGN score
[Event "Tournament 8-12-2001 40-240.CMT"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2001.8.12"]
[Round "1, Game 1"]
[White "Chessmaster 128"]
[Black "Crafty 17.16 SE"]
[TimeControl "40/14400"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6
8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Ne2 f6 11. Bh3 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Bxe6+
Kh8 14. Bxd5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 g5 19.
Qe2 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Rac8 22. Kf1 Qxb2 23. Re1 Bd6 24. Re2
Qg7 25. Re1 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qd4 27. f5 Qc5 28. Rh2 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 30.
Kg1 Qa5 31. Rf1 Rg8+ 32. Rg2 Qxa2 33. Rxg8+ Qxg8+ 34. Kf2 b5 35. Re1 b4
36. Re2 b3 37. Rd2 Qf8+ 38. Ke2 Qe7+ 39. Kd3 b2 40. Rxb2 Qa3+ 41. Kc2
Qxb2+ 42. Kxb2 Kg7 43. Kc3 Kf6 44. Kd4 Kg5 45. Ke5 Kh4 46. Kd4 Kxh3 47.
Kc5 h5 48. Kb5 Kg3 49. Ka6 h4 50. Kxa7 h3 51. Kb6 h2 52. Kc5 Kf4 53. Kc4
Ke4 54. Kc5 h1=Q 55. Kd6 Qc1 56. Ke6 Qc6+ 57. Ke7 Kf5 58. Kf7 Qd7+ 59.
Kg8 Kf6 60. Kh8 Qg7# 0-1
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