Author: Will Singleton
Date: 19:34:30 11/22/03
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On November 22, 2003 at 18:51:15, Amir Ban wrote: >On November 22, 2003 at 15:12:18, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>[Event "WCCC"] >>[Site "Graz"] >>[Date "2003.11.22"] >>[Round "1"] >>[White "Deep Junior"] >>[Black "Ruy Lopez"] >>[Result "0-1"] >>[ECO "C96"] >>[PlyCount "124"] >> >>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 >>O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 >>15. b4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nf3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. a3 a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21. axb4 >>Qb6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Qd4 Ra3 24. Ra1 Rea8 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Qb2 Ra6 27. Rc1 h6 >>28. Qb3 Qb7 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. f3 Ng5 31. Qd3 Bxb4 32. h4 Ra3 33. Nb3 Ne6 34. Qh7+ >>Kf8 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Bxd4 Qc7 37. e6 Bxe6 38. Bxg7+ Ke7 39. Bxh6 Bc5+ 40. Kh1 >>Be3 41. Re1 Bxh6 42. Qxh6 Qg3 43. Qd2 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Ra2 45. Rc1 Qc4 46. Kh1 Kd7 >>47. f4 Bg4 48. f5 Be2 49. f6 Kd6 50. Kh2 Kc7 51. Kg3 Kb7 52. Qg5 Qc3+ 53. Kh2 >>Qc7+ 54. Kh1 Rxc2 55. Qxd5+ Kb6 56. Qd4+ Rc5 57. Re1 Bc4 58. Kg1 Bd5 59. Rc1 >>Qd6 60. Qe3 Bb7 61. Rf1 Qd5 62. Qf2 b4 0-1 >> > >The losing move is 31. Qd3? White has a big advantage and engages in unnecessary >speculation that the queen penetration through h7 will be lethal. In fact it was >not, as the black king finds safety at e7, and then the bishop at c2 gets >exposed to nasty pins. > >Correct was 31. h4 Ne6 32. Nf5 Bf8 and black is in trouble. > >We did not find how to improve white's play after move 31. Ruy Lopez showed very >good technique and did not err in this part of the game. > >Amir After reviewing the game with my own program, I think Ruy just got lucky. Junior admittedly played some poor moves, but not 31.Qd3, which was too difficult to avoid. 41.Re1 was bad. Amateur would have been able to defeat Junior this game. Just happens sometimes. Will
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