Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 08:48:14 07/28/03
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On July 28, 2003 at 11:42:35, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>On July 28, 2003 at 11:05:37, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On July 28, 2003 at 07:30:18, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>English
>>>The first game vs Crafty 19.03 ended with a rather easy draw. The games are
>>>ready for replay and download at our Homepage "Kurt & Rolf Chess":
>>>http://www.utzingerkurt.com under sections "Special" and then "Man vs Machine".
>>>
>>>
>>>Deutsch
>>>Die erste Partie gegen Crafty 19.03 ended mit einem relativ leichten Remis. Die
>>>Partien stehen zum Nachspielen und Download bereit bei <a
>>>href="http://www.utzingerkurt.com" target=_top>Kurt & Rolf Chess</a>
>>>
>>>My results (120'/40) so far:
>>>Meine bisherigen Resultate (120'/40) sind wie folgt:
>>>
>>>- vs ChessTiger (1/2, 1/2)
>>>- vs Crafty 19.03 (1/2)
>>>- vs Junior8 (1/2, 1/2, 0)
>>>- vs Rebel 12 DOS final release (0)
>>>- vs Shredder 7.04 (1, 1/2)
>>>
>>>Total 9 games / 4.0 points = 44,44 %
>>>Total 9 Partien/4.0 Punkte = 44,44 %
>>>
>>>[Event "Match 120'/40"]
>>>[Site "SWZ"]
>>>[Date "2003.07.27"]
>>>[Round "1"]
>>>[White "Utzinger, K."]
>>>[Black "Crafty 19.03"]
>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>[ECO "A06"]
>>>[WhiteElo "1978"]
>>>[BlackElo "2500"]
>>>[PlyCount "126"]
>>>
>>>1. Nf3 {Switzerland 27th July 2003; Comments: Kurt Utzinger} 1... d5 {
>>>Crafty 19.03 CB native, 54MB hash, general.ctg, P3 650/128, ponder=on} 2. e3
>>>Nf6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 g6 {Black last book move} 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Ne5 a6 7. Bxd7+
>>>Bxd7 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. O-O Bh6 {A strange looking move instead of the natural 9..
>>>.Bg7 / Ein etwas seltsam anzusehender Zug statt des normalen 9...Lg7} 10. d3 {
>>>The continuation 10.Bxf6 exf6 11.d4 would have been more consequent / Die
>>>Fortsetzung 10.Lxf6 exf6 11.d4 waere konsequentergewesen} 10... O-O 11. Nd2 {
>>>I wanted to do something for my development, but another and perhaps better
>>>option was 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.Qf3 f5 13.Nc3 / Damit wollte ich etwas fuer die
>>>Entwicklung tun, doch war 11.Lxf6 exf6 12.Df3 f5 13.Sc3 vermutlichbesser} 11...
>>>b5 12. Bxf6 {This exchange is perhaps not necessary but I wanted to avoid
>>>d5-d4 / Dieser Abtausch ist nicht zwingend erforderlich, ich wollte d5-d4 mit
>>>eingeschlossenem Laeufer nicht zulassen} 12... exf6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. d4 {
>>>This is rather careless giving Black the slightly better position. A more
>>>sound continuation was to prepare the textmove with 14.c3 / Ziemlichnachlaessig
>>>und zu leichtem Vorteil fuer Schwarz fuehrend. Besser war es, den Textzug mit
>>>14.c3 vorzubereiten.} 14... c4 {To fix and close the pawn structure lies not
>>>in the interest of the computer program. I had therefore expected 14...cxd4 /
>>>Die Stellung zu schliessen, sollte nicht im Interesse des Computers liegen.
>>>Ich hatte eher 14...cxd4 erwartet} 15. bxc4 bxc4 {15...dxc4 would have lead to
>>>an equal but more dynamic and thus less comfortable situation for the human
>>>player / 15...dxc4 haette zu einer ausgeglichenen aber mehr dynamischen und
>>>fuer den menschlichen Spieler unangenehmeren Stellung gefuehrt} 16. c3 Rab8 17.
>>>Qc2 Rfe8 {And now it's easy to get the desired draw / Nun ist es fuer Weiss
>>>einfach, das gewuenschte Remis zu erzielen} 18. Rab1 Qe7 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rb1
>>>Rb5 21. Rxb5 axb5 22. Qb2 Qe8 23. Ne1 {This knight belongs to b4 where it
>>>attacks the d5-pawn / Der Springer gehoert nach b4, um den d5-Bauern
>>>anzugreifen} 23... Bf8 24. Nc2 Qa8 25. g3 Qa4 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Kf3 f5 28. Ke2
>>>Bd6 29. Kd2 Kf6 30. a3 Ke6 31. Nb4 f6 32. Nc2 Kd7 33. Nb4 Ke6 34. Nc2 Kd7 35.
>>>Nb4 Qa8 36. Nc2 Qa5 37. Nb4 Ke6 38. Nc2 Bc7 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40. Nxb4 {I have achie
>>>ved what I wanted, the draw is now clear / Ich habe erreicht, was ich wollte,
>>>das Remis ist bereits klar} 40... Kd6 41. Ke2 Bd8 42. Kf3 Ba5 43. Kf4 Ke6 44.
>>>Kf3 Bc7 45. Na6 Bb6 46. Nb4 Ba5 47. Kf4 Bc7+ 48. Kf3 h5 49. Nc6 Bb6 50. Nb4 Kd6
>>>51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Na6 Ba5 53. Nb4 Bc7+ 54. Kf3 Bd6 55. Nc2 Bc7 56. Nb4 Kd6 57.
>>>Nc2 Bb6 58. Nb4 Ba5 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Na2 Bc7+ 61. Kf3 Kd6 62. Nb4 Bd8 63. Kf4
>>>Be7 1/2-1/2
>>>
>>>Utzinger-Crafty 19.03 (final position)
>>>[D]8/4b3/3k1pp1/1p1p1p1p/1NpP1K2/P1P1P1P1/5P1P/8 w - - 0 64
>>
>>Hi Kurt, nice game !.
>>
>>Have you considered playing Crafty at ICC which would maybe keep the skeptics
>>quiet or at least stop the questions on the subject.
>>
>>You can easily log on as a guest and many here have programs which you could
>>demonstrate on?.
>>
>>Sarah.
>
> Hi Sarah
> No, I haven't considered playing Crafty at ICC as I do not like to play
> on chess servers. I can live with the few sceptical people. They should
> bear in mind that my lost games are published too ... and even if I would
> play at ICC: how can anyone be sure that no computer is assisting me at
> work?
> Kurt
Have you put yourself on crafty's "blocker list"? Crafty will play differently
against GMs and known "blockers", i.e. people who like pawn blockades.
MH
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