Author: Peter Berger
Date: 15:50:00 12/16/03
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A major C92 mainline this time, involving a pawn sac by Junior's opening book.
Junior 8.0.0.2 - Crafty 19.4
[D]r3rbk1/6p1/3p1q1p/1ppb1P2/1n6/R4N1P/1P1B1PP1/1B1QR1K1 b - - 0 1
Crafty's novelty: 22. ...Qxb2 - isn't that clearly the most obvious move anyway?
NCO and ECO only have this line with 22. ...Rxa3 and judge unclear and/or equal,
and the MegaDatabase quotes the same source, some Finnish game Rantanen-Ojanen
from 1990.
At least 22. ..Qxb2 is worth a comment and some explanations IMO.
The Fritz book has some more but it is not conclusive.
As it is Crafty seemed to reach equality and maybe more, but Junior managed to
save itself. I am positive we will see this line again in later games, so maybe
we will learn more.
Unfortunately Junior crashed after displaying its draw claim at move 103
("unexpected exit by ChessProgram8.exe"), so this time there is only the raw PGN
with the moves. As both programs showed the draw result on their boards, there
was no reason for a referee to get involved.
(all comments without any warranty at all of course)
Standing: Junior 3 - Crafty 4 ( 7 draws)
Peter
[Event "Blitz:120'+10""]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Junior 8.0.0.2"]
[Black "Crafty 19.4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "P233-PIV2.0GHz"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[TimeControl "7200+10"]
{16MB, junior8.ctg, P233MMX} 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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6
13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Ne4
Bxd5 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bd2 Qxb2 23. Bxb4 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxb4 25.
Be4 Kh8 26. Rfe3 Rad8 27. f6 Qd4 28. fxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qg4 Qf6 30. Bb1 Rxe3 31.
Rxe3 Qf7 32. Re6 d5 33. Bg6 Qc7 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Qxd5 Bd4 36. Re2 b4 37. Bh5 Qf4
38. Bf3 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qg5 40. Qe6 Qf6 41. Qd5 Kg7 42. Kh1 Qg5 43. Qe6 Rf6 44.
Qe8 Rf7 45. Re4 h5 46. h4 Qf5 47. Re6 Bf6 48. Re3 Bxh4 49. Re5 Rf8 50. Rxf5
Rxe8 51. Rxc5 Bxf2 52. Rb5 h4 53. Rxb4 Bg3 54. Rb7+ Kf6 55. Rb1 Re6 56. Kg1 Ra6
57. Be2 Ra2 58. Bc4 Rd2 59. Kf1 Kg5 60. Be2 Kf4 61. Rb4+ Kg5 62. Rb1 Kf5 63.
Rb5+ Kg6 64. Rb6+ Kg7 65. Ra6 Rd5 66. Bf3 Re5 67. Ra1 Kf6 68. Ra6+ Kg5 69. Ra1
Kf5 70. Be2 Kf4 71. Ra8 Re3 72. Rf8+ Kg5 73. Rg8+ Kh6 74. Rc8 Kg5 75. Rg8+ Kh6
76. Rc8 Kg6 77. Rc4 Kg5 78. Rc8 Re7 79. Rg8+ Kf6 80. Ra8 Rb7 81. Bf3 Rb2 82.
Rf8+ Kg5 83. Rg8+ Kf5 84. Rf8+ Kg6 85. Rg8+ Kh7 86. Rg4 Kh6 87. Rg8 Rf2+ 88.
Kg1 Rd2 89. Kf1 Kh7 90. Rg5 Kh8 91. Be2 Rd7 92. Rg4 Re7 93. Rg6 Kh7 94. Ra6 Kg7
95. Ra5 Re3 96. Ra6 Re7 97. Ra5 Re8 98. Ra7+ Kh6 99. Ra6+ Kg5 100. Ra5+ Kf4
101. Ra4+ Kg5 102. Ra5+ Be5 103. Ba6 1/2-1/2
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