Author: Slater Wold
Date: 17:31:29 12/15/03
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Did you think you'd be playing this many games?! ;)
I am sooo tempted to do my 'own' version of the Berger challenge!!
On December 15, 2003 at 20:12:03, Peter Berger wrote:
>For information about setup and rules:
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?336001
>
>A drawish mainline of the Nimzo-Indian soon led to a rather dull position and
>game.
>
>To at least have a little content:
>
>Crafty 19.4 - Junior 8.0.0.2
>[D]6k1/p2b4/1p6/2p1p1p1/P1P1P3/5P2/6P1/3B2K1 w - - 0 1
>
>This position at move 33 is mildy interesting. Of course it is a dead draw.
>But it is slightly interesting when it is about the "bad bishop". Some engines
>will punish white quite a lot here.
>Crafty has very low punishment for this theme in general.
>
>But there is another one here. If one side is to make *any* progress it has to
>get a free pawn.
>So pawn levers are important (Hebel is the German term). White has to play f4,
>black b5. As f4 is easier to enforce, this factor slightly favors white I think.
>Crafty seems to know about this motive while Junior would have been quite happy
>to play ..a5 more than once.
>
>(all comments without any warranty at all of course)
>
>Standing: Junior 3 - Crafty 4 ( 6 draws)
>
>Peter
>
>[Date "2003.12.15"]
>[Round "13"]
>[White "Crafty 19.4"]
>[Black "Junior 8.0.0.2"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[ECO "E59"]
>[Annotator "P233-PIV2.0GHz"]
>[PlyCount "206"]
>[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
>[TimeControl "7200+10"]
>
>{16MB, Junior8.ctg, P233MMX} 1. d4 {0} Nf6 {1} 2. c4 {3} e6 {0} 3. Nc3 {3} Bb4
>{0} 4. e3 {(f3) 4} O-O {0} 5. Bd3 {4} d5 {0} 6. Nf3 {4} c5 {0} 7. O-O {5} Nc6 {
>0} 8. a3 {4} Bxc3 {0} 9. bxc3 {3} dxc4 {0} 10. Bxc4 {3} Qc7 {0} 11. Bd3 {4} e5
>{0} 12. Qc2 {3} Re8 {0} 13. Nxe5 {4} Nxe5 {0} 14. dxe5 {3} Qxe5 {0} 15. f3 {4}
>Bd7 {0} 16. a4 {4} Rad8 {0} 17. e4 {(Te1) 4} Bc6 {0} 18. Bc4 {(Te1) 4} Rd7 {0}
>19. Bb2 {(g3) 276} Red8 {-0.08/14 153} 20. Rfd1 {(Tad1) 103} h6 {-0.10/15 334}
>21. Rxd7 {237} Nxd7 {-0.05/16 0} 22. Rd1 {213} Qe7 {-0.01/16 47} 23. Bb3 {
>(Lf1) 227} Ne5 {-0.08/16 225} 24. c4 {6} f6 {-0.09/15 226} 25. Rxd8+ {(a5) 4}
>Qxd8 {-0.28/14 42} 26. Bc3 {153} b6 {-0.27/16 144} 27. Ba1 {(Kf2) 179} Qd6 {
>-0.48/17 415} 28. Qd1 {190} Qxd1+ {-0.48/18 0} 29. Bxd1 {58} Bd7 {-0.43/19 162}
>30. Bxe5 {185} fxe5 {-0.33/22 0} 31. h4 {(Kf2) 173} g5 {-0.32/21 135} 32. hxg5
>{(g3) 174} hxg5 {-0.19/21 66} 33. Kf2 {98} Be6 {-0.23/22 40} 34. Be2 {168} Bf7
>{-0.23/24 0} 35. Ke3 {163} Be8 {-0.24/23 86} 36. Bd1 {159} Kg7 {-0.25/23 126}
>37. g3 {154} a6 {-0.28/22 116} 38. f4 {(Lc2) 150} Kf6 {-0.28/21 153} 39. f5 {
>147} Bc6 {-0.28/24 0} 40. Kd3 {(Lb3) 142} Kg7 {-0.26/24 131} 41. Bb3 {(g4) 144}
>Kf7 {-0.26/25 146} 42. Ke3 {(Lc2) 135} Ke7 {-0.26/26 213} 43. Bc2 {145} Kf6 {
>-0.26/25 7} 44. Kd3 {(g4) 130} Be8 {-0.26/23 129} 45. g4 {(Ld1) 126} Kg7 {
>-0.26/25 102} 46. Ke3 {(Kc3) 122} Bc6 {-0.26/25 122} 47. Bb3 {(Kd3) 119} Kf7 {
>-0.26/25 83} 48. Kf3 {(Ld1) 30} Ke7 {-0.26/25 86} 49. Bc2 {(Ke3) 134} Ba8 {
>-0.26/24 84} 50. Ke3 {(Ke2) 115} Kf6 {-0.25/27 112} 51. Ke2 {(Kd2) 110} Bb7 {
>-0.25/28 147} 52. Kd3 {(Lb1) 5} Ke7 {-0.25/27 77} 53. Kd2 {107} Kf6 {-0.25/28 0
>} 54. Kd3 {(Lb1) 99} Kg7 {-0.25/28 107} 55. Ke3 {(Ke2) 102} a5 {-0.17/25 101}
>56. Ke2 {(Kf2) 102} Ba6 {-0.18/25 83} 57. Kd3 {97} Kf7 {-0.18/28 0} 58. Bb3 {
>(Ld1) 95} Bb7 {-0.18/28 116} 59. Ke3 {(Lc2) 93} Ke8 {-0.18/27 98} 60. Bc2 {
>(Ld1) 90} Kf8 {-0.18/27 87} 61. Kf2 {(Kd3) 93} Ba6 {-0.18/26 69} 62. Bd3 {87}
>Kg7 {-0.18/28 0} 63. Ke2 {(Kf3) 85} Kf7 {-0.18/28 90} 64. Ke3 {(Kf2) 83} Bb7 {
>-0.18/28 71} 65. Be2 {(Lc2) 8} Bc6 {0.00/26 69} 66. Bd1 {82} Kg8 {0.08/26 0}
>67. Bc2 {81} Kf8 {-0.01/27 0} 68. Kf2 {(Kd3) 76} Kf7 {0.09/25 115} 69. Kg3 {
>(Ke3) 4} Bb7 {0.11/25 70} 70. Kh3 {(Kf2) 5} Ba6 {0.06/25 59} 71. Bd3 {75} Kf6 {
>0.04/28 1} 72. Kh2 {(Kg3) 73} Bb7 {0.12/27 62} 73. Kh1 {(Lc2) 78} Bc6 {
>0.17/27 62} 74. Bc2 {4} Bb7 {0.20/26 53} 75. Kg2 {14} Bc8 {0.00/27 55} 76. Kf3
>{15} Ba6 {0.04/26 40} 77. Bd3 {(Lb3) 25} Bb7 {0.09/27 90} 78. Ke3 {76} Ba8 {
>0.11/28 20} 79. Bc2 {68} Bc6 {0.10/28 0} 80. Kd2 {(Kf3) 61} Be8 {0.00/26 49}
>81. Ke3 {(Kd3) 70} Bd7 {0.11/25 63} 82. Kd2 {(Ke2) 65} Bc8 {0.00/26 58} 83. Ke3
>{(Ke2) 64} Ba6 {0.07/26 49} 84. Kd3 {(Ld3) 63} Bb7 {0.09/27 63} 85. Ke3 {
>(Ke2) 61} Ke7 {0.14/27 63} 86. Kd2 {(Kf2) 60} Ba6 {0.10/24 63} 87. Bd3 {(Lb3) 6
>} Kf6 {0.07/26 59} 88. Ke3 {5} Kf7 {0.09/26 38} 89. Be2 {(Ke2) 60} Bc8 {
>0.06/25 48} 90. Kd2 {(Ld1) 59} Kf8 {0.06/25 55} 91. Bd1 {(Ld3) 57} Bb7 {
>0.07/25 62} 92. Kd3 {(Lc2) 5} Bc6 {0.09/25 51} 93. Bc2 {56} Ba8 {0.10/25 0} 94.
>Ke3 {53} Ke8 {0.08/26 4} 95. Kd2 {(Ld1) 53} Kf7 {0.11/25 46} 96. Kc3 {5} Bc6 {
>0.09/25 40} 97. Kd3 {(Kd2) 53} Bd7 {0.11/24 45} 98. Ke3 {51} Kg7 {0.12/25 0}
>99. Kf2 {50} Kf8 {0.11/24 4} 100. Ke2 {(Kf3) 51} Bc8 {0.10/24 41} 101. Ke3 {
>(Kd3) 48} Kg8 {0.00/25 51} 102. Bd1 {(Kd3) 47} Kf7 {0.00/26 49} 103. Ke2 {
>(Lb3) 6} Bd7 {0.00/25 56} 1/2-1/2
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