Author: Kai Lübke
Date: 02:57:43 10/26/98
Hi all,
a beautiful and hard-fought endgame between the two programs (which are both
rivals for the title of "best endgame player").
Two thumbs up for the EOC this time:
24...Qc5 was played on suggestion from the database, otherwise both would have
settled for a +0,00 score three times in a row and thus had a draw.
Current Shep Championship standings:
1. Chess Tiger 11.5 4,5*
2. Nimzo 98 Pad. 4,0
3. Rebel 10.0 EOC 3,5*
Junior 5.0 3,5
MChess Pro 8.0 3,5
Chessmaster 5555 3,5
7. Fritz 5.01 2,5
8. Virtual Chess II 1,5
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Hiarcs 7.0 0,0
TBD 0,0
*CT vs. Rebel is still left (will be played today).
Here's the game (2x PII-400, 128 MB, 40/120):
[Event "WC 98 III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Junior 5.0"]
[Black "Rebel 10.0 EOC"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Shep"]
[PlyCount "142"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Bg3 {
Junior out of book at +0,02} 14... Be5 15. Qd2 $146 (15. O-O-O Bxg3 (15... O-O
16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhe1 d6 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b5 20. Bh4 Ne8 21. Qb3 bxc4 22.
Bxc4 Qc7 23. Bd3 Rab8 24. Rc1 Bc6 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Rxc3 Bxe4 28.
Rec1 Bxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 {
Gurevich,M-Vaganian,R/URS-ch55 Moscow 1988/0-1 (44)}) 16. hxg3 Bc6 17. Qe2 d6
18. g4 Rg8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5+ Ke7 22. f3 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Rgd8 24.
Qa6 Qc7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nb5 Qd7 27. Qxa7 Qxa7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Nc8+ 29... Kd8
{Lputian,S-Zarnicki,P/Biel izt 1993/1-0 (61)}) 15... d6 16. Bxe5 16... dxe5 {
Rebel out of book at +0,04} 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. O-O Qc7 20. Rd2 Ba6 21.
Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rac8 23. Rfd1 Rd4 24. Qe1 24... Qc5 {suggested by EOC as
winning; up to here, both showed +0,00 and were going for a draw} 25. Bf1 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Rc7 27. h3 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qb1 Qd4 30. b4 Nf6 31. Bd3 g5 32. Bc2
Kh7 33. a4 Qd2 34. g3 Qe2 35. Bd3 Qf3 36. Bc2 Kg7 37. Qe1 Kf8 38. Kh2 Ke8 39.
Kg1 Ke7 40. Qb1 h5 41. Qe1 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Kh2 Ke8 44. a5 Ke7 45. Qe3 Qxe3
46. fxe3 Nh7 47. Bd3 Ng5 48. Kg2 Kd7 49. Bb1 Kd6 50. Bc2 f6 51. Bb1 Kd7 52. Bc2
Ke7 53. Bb1 Kf7 54. Bd3 Kg6 55. Bb1 f5 56. exf5+ exf5 57. Bd3 Kf6 58. Be2 e4
59. Bc4 Ke5 60. Bf1 f4 61. Kf2 f3 62. Ke1 Nf7 63. axb6 axb6 64. Bc4 Nd6 65. Bb3
Nxb5 66. Kd2 Nd6 67. Ke1 b5 68. Kf1 Nc4 69. Kf2 Nb2 70. Kf1 Nd3 71. Bf7 Nxb4
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