Author: Uri Blass
Date: 04:13:39 11/16/03
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On November 16, 2003 at 06:44:03, Darren Rushton wrote:
>Check out these games.
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "SOS_Arena"]
>[Black "Ruffian"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[BlackElo "2538"]
>[ECO "B07/42"]
>[Opening "Pirc"]
>[Time "09:26:41"]
>[Variation "150 Attack"]
>[WhiteElo "2547"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "adjudication"]
>[PlyCount "222"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6123/10147 (Zhang Pengxiang-Gagunashvili,
>M., Bled SLO, 2002.10.31, 0-1)} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Bg7
>6.Qd2
>O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.O-O Re8 10.Rfe1 Qc7 11.Rad1 b5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
>dxe5
>14.f3 Be6 15.Qf2 Red8 16.Qh4 Nh5 17.a4 b4 18.Ne2 Rd7 19.Rd2 c5 20.b3 Bf6 21.Qf2
>Nf4
>22.Bxc5 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.cxd3 Bxb3 25.Bxb4 a5 26.Bd2 Bxa4 27.f4 Qd8 28.Rf1
>Qxd3
>29.fxe5 Qxd2 30.exf6 Rd8 31.Qb6 Rc8 32.Nf4 Bc2 33.Rf2 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Bxe4 35.Re2
>Bf5
>36.Qxa5 h6 37.Qe5 Qf1 38.Nd5 Rf8 39.Rb2 Qc1 40.Ne7+ Kh7 41.Nxf5 Qg5 42.Rf2 gxf5
>43.Rxf5
>Qg8 44.Rf3 Re8 45.Qd4 Qf8 46.Rg3 Kh8 47.Qf4 Re6 48.h4 Rb6 49.Qf5 Qb8 50.Qg4 Qf8
>51.Rc3 Rb8 52.Kh3 Qg8 53.Qf4 Qf8 54.Rg3 Rb7 55.Qf5 Qe8 56.Rg7 Qd7 57.Rh7+ Kg8
>58.Qxd7
>Rxd7 59.Rxh6 Rd1 60.g4 Rd3+ 61.Kg2 Rb3 62.g5 Rb4 63.Kg3 Rb3+ 64.Kf4 Rb4+ 65.Ke3
>Rb3+
>66.Ke4 Rb4+ 67.Kf5 Rb5+ 68.Kg4 Rb4+ 69.Kf3 Rb3+ 70.Ke2 Rg3 71.Kd2 Ra3 72.Kc2 Rg3
>73.Rh5 Ra3 74.Kd2 Rb3 75.Ke2 Rc3 76.Kf2 Rb3 77.Rh6 Rb2+ 78.Kf1 Rb1+ 79.Ke2 Rb3
>80.Kd1
>Rb2 81.Rh5 Ra2 82.Ke1 Rb2 83.Kf1 Rc2 84.Kg1 Rb2 85.Kh1 Rc2 86.Rh6 Rb2 87.h5 Rb5
>88.g6 Rf5 89.gxf7+ Kxf7 90.Kg2 Rxf6 91.Rh8 Kg7 92.Re8 Kh7 93.Kg3 Rd6 94.Re4 Rc6
>95.Kg4 Kh8 96.Re5 Kh7 97.Kg5 Rc4 98.h6 Rc6 99.Re7+ Kh8 100.Rd7 Rc8 101.Kh5 Rf8
>102.Rc7
>Re8 103.Kg6 Rf8 104.Rh7+ Kg8 105.Re7 Kh8 106.Rc7 Rg8+ 107.Rg7 Rf8 108.Re7 Rg8+
>109.Kh5 Rf8 110.Rd7 Rg8 111.Rd5 {½-½ User Adjudication} 1/2-1/2
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Ruffian"]
>[Black "SOS_Arena"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[BlackElo "2538"]
>[ECO "B07/42"]
>[Opening "Pirc"]
>[Time "10:11:01"]
>[Variation "150 Attack"]
>[WhiteElo "2547"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "160"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6123/10147 (Zhang Pengxiang-Gagunashvili,
>M., Bled SLO, 2002.10.31, 0-1)} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Bg7
>6.Qd2
>O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.O-O Re8 10.Rfe1 Qc7 11.Rad1 b5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
>dxe5
>14.Bh6 Be6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.a4 b4 17.Ne2 c5 18.c4 Qc6 19.b3 Rad8 20.Qg5 Rd6
>21.Rd2 Nd7
>22.Red1 f6 23.Qh4 h6 24.Ng3 Rd8 25.Nf1 Rd4 26.Ne3 Nf8 27.Qg3 g5 28.Nd5 Ng6
>29.Qf3 Nf4
>30.Bb1 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Qe8 32.Bc2 Qf8 33.Bd1 Bf7 34.Qe3 Ne6 35.h4 Nd4 36.Rd3 Kh8
>37.hxg5
>fxg5 38.Bg4 Qd6 39.Qe1 Qg6 40.Rh3 Qg7 41.Qd1 Be8 42.Bf5 Rd6 43.Qd3 Bc6 44.Bg4
>Bb7
>45.Kh1 Kg8 46.Bh5 Qh7 47.Kg1 Kh8 48.Qe3 Bc8 49.Rh2 Qg7 50.Kh1 Kh7 51.Qd3 g4
>52.Qe3 Be6
>53.Kg1 Rd8 54.Rh1 Rg8 55.a5 Qg5 56.Nc7 Bd7 57.Nd5 Kg7 58.g3 Rf8 59.Kf1 Nxb3
>60.Qxb3
>Qc1+ 61.Kg2 Rxf2+ 62.Kxf2 Qxh1 63.Qe3 Qxh5 64.Kg1 Qg5 65.Qxc5 Qc1+ 66.Kf2 Qd2+
>67.Kg1 Qe1+ 68.Kh2 Qe2+ 69.Kg1 Qd1+ 70.Kh2 Qc2+ 71.Kg1 Qb1+ 72.Kh2 Qb2+ 73.Kh1
>Qc1+
>74.Kh2 Qc2+ 75.Kg1 Kg8 76.Qxa7 Qd1+ 77.Kh2 Qe2+ 78.Kg1 Qd1+ 79.Kh2 Qe2+ 80.Kg1
>Qd1+
>{3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "3"]
>[White "SOS_Arena"]
>[Black "Ruffian"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[BlackElo "2531"]
>[ECO "B91/04"]
>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>[Time "10:48:37"]
>[Variation "Najdorf, Fianchetto, with 6...e5"]
>[WhiteElo "2658"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "90"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 9381/10147 (Zhang Zhong-Wu Shaobin,
>Tianjing, 2003.09.07, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
>e5 7.Nde2
>Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5 9.h3 Bb7 10.g4 Nc5 11.Ng3 g6 12.O-O Be7 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nd5 O-O
>15.Bh6
>Re8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.a4 Nf4 18.g5 Nd7 19.Qd2 bxa4 20.Rfd1 d5 21.exd5 Nxg2
>22.Kxg2
>Nb6 23.c4 Rec8 24.Ne4 Rxc4 25.Qe2 Rxb4 26.f3 Rc8 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Kg1 Rb3 29.h4
>Rd8
>30.Rac1 a3 31.Rc2 a5 32.h5 Rd6 33.hxg6 Rxf6 34.gxf6 Qxf6 35.gxf7 Nd7 36.Qc4 Qb6+
>37.Qc5
>Qxc5+ 38.Rxc5 Rxf3 39.Rc7 Rxf7 40.Rxb7 Rf6 41.Rxd7 Rxh6 42.d6 Rg6+ 43.Kf2 Rf6+
>44.Ke3
>a2 45.Rd8+ Kg7 {Black resigns} 1-0
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "4"]
>[White "Ruffian"]
>[Black "SOS_Arena"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[BlackElo "2531"]
>[ECO "B91/04"]
>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>[Time "11:17:50"]
>[Variation "Najdorf, Fianchetto, with 6...e5"]
>[WhiteElo "2658"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "121"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 9381/10147 (Zhang Zhong-Wu Shaobin,
>Tianjing, 2003.09.07, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
>e5 7.Nde2
>Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5 9.h3 Bb7 10.g4 Nc5 11.Ng3 g6 12.O-O Be7 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Qd2 Bxh6
>15.Qxh6
>Ne6 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Rac1 Nf4 18.g5 b4 19.gxf6 bxc3 20.Qg7 Rf8 21.Rcb1 Qd7 22.Qxh7
>Nxg2 23.Kxg2 Qe6 24.bxc3 Bc6 25.Qh4 Kd7 26.Qg5 Rfh8 27.h4 Kc7 28.Rb3 Rcb8 29.Kg1
>Ba4
>30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.f4 exf4 32.Qxf4 Rb2 33.a3 Rxc2 34.Rd4 Bc6 35.Rd3 Bb5 36.Rf3 Qa2
>37.Rf2
>Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Rxc3 39.Rd2 Qxa3 40.e5 Bc6+ 41.Kh2 dxe5 42.Qxe5+ Kb7 43.Re2 a5 44.h5
>gxh5 45.Qe7+ Kb6 46.Qxa3 Rxa3 47.Nxh5 a4 48.Rb2+ Rb3 49.Ra2 Rf3 50.Rb2+ Bb5
>51.Ra2
>Ka5 52.Kg1 Kb4 53.Kg2 Bc6 54.Kh2 Kb3 55.Ra1 Rf5 56.Ng3 Rf2+ 57.Kh3 a3 58.Nh5 Kb2
>59.Re1 a2 60.Kg3 Rf5 61.Kg4 {White resigns} 0-1
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "5"]
>[White "SOS_Arena"]
>[Black "Ruffian"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[BlackElo "2653"]
>[ECO "B31/03"]
>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>[Time "11:50:29"]
>[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (4.Bxc6)"]
>[WhiteElo "2613"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "84"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6488/10147 (Nisipeanu, LD.-Kasimdzhanov,
>R., Kreuzberg GER, 2002.11.16, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3
>Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O-O a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
>13.Qg5
>Re8 14.g4 a4 15.Qh4 Kh8 16.Ng5 Kg8 17.a3 b5 18.Rhf1 b4 19.Nb1 Rb8 20.Rd2 Rd8
>21.f4
>bxa3 22.Nxa3 exf4 23.Nc4 a3 24.Nxd6 a2 25.Kd1 a1=Q+ 26.Ke2 Qxb2 27.Ngxf7 Rf8
>28.Rxf4
>Be6 29.c4 Qd4 30.Qxf6 Qxf6 31.Rxf6 Bxf7 32.Nxf7 Rxf7 33.Rxc6 Rb1 34.Rxc5 Rh1
>35.Rd5
>Rxh3 36.c5 Ra7 37.c6 Rc7 38.Rc5 h5 39.d4 hxg4 40.d5 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Rh5 42.d6 Rxc5
>{Black resigns} 1-0
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "6"]
>[White "Ruffian"]
>[Black "SOS_Arena"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[BlackElo "2653"]
>[ECO "B31/03"]
>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>[Time "12:15:59"]
>[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (4.Bxc6)"]
>[WhiteElo "2613"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "91"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6488/10147 (Nisipeanu, LD.-Kasimdzhanov,
>R., Kreuzberg GER, 2002.11.16, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3
>Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O-O a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
>13.Qg5
>Re8 14.Nd2 h6 15.Nc4 Qe6 16.Qe3 Rb8 17.g4 b5 18.Nxa5 b4 19.Nb1 Qxa2 20.Nb3 Be6
>21.Nxc5 b3 22.c3 Rb5 23.g5 hxg5 24.Nxe6+ Rxe6 25.Qxg5 Ra5 26.Rdg1 c5 27.Rge1
>Rea6
>28.Kd2 Qxb2+ 29.Ke3 R5a2 30.Rhf1 Qc2 31.Kf3 Qxd3+ 32.Qe3 Qd7 33.Kg2 Nh5 34.Red1
>Qc6
>35.Kh2 Nf4 36.c4 b2 37.Rfg1 Qe6 38.Rg5 Kf6 39.Rg4 Qxc4 40.Kh1 Kg7 41.Rg3 R2a1
>42.Qe1
>Qe2 43.Qxe2 Nxe2 44.Rb3 R6a2 45.Rb8 c4 46.Re1 {White resigns} 0-1
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "7"]
>[White "SOS_Arena"]
>[Black "Ruffian"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[BlackElo "2568"]
>[ECO "B81/32"]
>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>[Time "12:45:24"]
>[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres Attack"]
>[WhiteElo "2605"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "66"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 765/10147 (Palac, M.-Sokolov, And, Metz
>FRA, 2001.04.14, 0-1)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6
>7.Bg2
>Nc6 8.h3 Be7 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.f4 Bc6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Rhf1 O-O 14.g5
>hxg5
>15.fxg5 Nd7 16.h4 b5 17.a3 Rfb8 18.Na2 Rbc8 19.h5 Qa4 20.Qxa4 bxa4 21.Nc3 Nb6
>22.Rd4
>Be8 23.g6 Nc4 24.Bd2 Rab8 25.h6 gxh6 26.Bxh6 Nxb2 27.e5 fxg6 28.exd6 Bxd6
>29.Rxd6
>Rxc3 30.Rxe6 Bf7 31.Re7 Bb3 32.Be4 Nd3+ 33.Bxd3 Rbc8 {Black resigns} 1-0
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "8"]
>[White "Ruffian"]
>[Black "SOS_Arena"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[BlackElo "2568"]
>[ECO "B81/32"]
>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>[Time "13:09:49"]
>[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres Attack"]
>[WhiteElo "2605"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "90"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 765/10147 (Palac, M.-Sokolov, And, Metz
>FRA, 2001.04.14, 0-1)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6
>7.Bg2
>Nc6 8.h3 Be7 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.f4 Bc6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.g5 hxg5 14.fxg5
>Nh5
>15.h4 Qe5 16.Qd2 b6 17.Bf3 Rd8 18.Rhg1 Rc8 19.Kb1 Qa5 20.Qf2 g6 21.Rgf1 Rf8
>22.Bxh5
>gxh5 23.Qf3 Bb5 24.Nxb5 Qxb5 25.Qxh5 Qc4 26.Rf2 Qxe4 27.Re2 Qf5 28.b3 e5 29.Rf2
>Qe4
>30.Rd3 d5 31.Re2 d4 32.Bf2 Qd5 33.Qh7 Rc5 34.Qg7 Qd6 35.h5 f6 36.g6 Qd5 37.h6
>Qh1+
>38.Re1 Qh2 39.Rd2 Rc7 40.Qh7 Qf4 41.g7 Qxd2 42.gxf8=R+ Kxf8 43.Rg1 Ke8 44.Qg6+
>Kd7
>45.Qf5+ Kc6 {Black resigns} 1-0
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "9"]
>[White "SOS_Arena"]
>[Black "Ruffian"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[BlackElo "2707"]
>[ECO "C02/19"]
>[Opening "French"]
>[Time "13:40:09"]
>[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (6.a3)"]
>[WhiteElo "2717"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "74"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 3834/10147 (Ivanchuk, V.-Bareev, E., Dubai
>UAE, 2002.04.03, ½-½)} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4
>cxd4
>8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.h4 Nc4
>15.Nxc4
>dxc4 16.Ne4 Bb5 17.h5 Nf4 18.h6 gxh6 19.Nf6+ Kd8 20.d5 Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 cxd3 22.d6
>Bg7
>23.Nh5 Bf8 24.Rh3 a5 25.Rf3 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 axb4 27.axb4 Bc6 28.Rxd3 Qxb4+ 29.Bc3
>Qe4+
>30.Kd2 Qa4 31.Bd4 Qb4+ 32.Ke2 Qb5 33.Qa3 Bg7 34.Kd2 Kd7 35.Nxg7 Rg8 36.Nh5 Rg6
>37.Qa8
>Qb4+ {Black resigns} 1-0
>
>[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
>[Site "Walsall"]
>[Date "2003.11.15"]
>[Round "10"]
>[White "Ruffian"]
>[Black "SOS_Arena"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[BlackElo "2707"]
>[ECO "C02/19"]
>[Opening "French"]
>[Time "14:04:40"]
>[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (6.a3)"]
>[WhiteElo "2717"]
>[TimeControl "900+0"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "94"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 3834/10147 (Ivanchuk, V.-Bareev, E., Dubai
>UAE, 2002.04.03, ½-½)} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4
>cxd4
>8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2 Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Na4 Qc6 14.b5 Qc2
>15.Qxc2
>Rxc2 16.Bd3 Rc7 17.Nc5 Ng6 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.Rc1 Nf4 20.Rxc7+ Kxc7 21.Bf1 Kb6
>22.Bc1
>Ng6 23.h4 h5 24.g5 Be7 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Kd1 Nf4 27.Bf1 Rc3 28.Bb2 Rc7 29.Bc1 Ng6
>30.Be2 Nc4 31.Nxc4+ dxc4 32.Kc2 Kxb5 33.Bxh5 Rd7 34.Kc3 Bd8 35.Be3 Ba5+ 36.Kc2
>Ka4
>37.Be2 Ne7 38.h5 b5 39.h6 Rd8 40.hxg7 Rg8 41.Bd1 c3 42.Kd3+ Kxa3 43.Bh5 Rxg7
>44.Ra1+
>Kb4 45.Bd1 Nc6 46.Bc1 Nxe5+ 47.dxe5 Kc5 {Black resigns} 1-0
>
>Not enough games for any statistical significance but 5-2-2 looks pretty
>impressive.
>
>Any comments?
>
>Regards,
>
>Daz
Yes
The programs do not use their original books based on the pgn.
Uri
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