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Subject: Re: Ktulu 4.2 defeated Ruffian 2.0.0 in 20 moves ( 40 moves in 60 minute

Author: Eduard Nemeth

Date: 11:11:41 01/02/04

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On January 02, 2004 at 02:14:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 01, 2004 at 20:48:58, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>
>>Hi Christian,
>>
>>thanks for the game.  Very reminiscent of the XiniX game in Leiden when Ruffian
>>was completely unaware of the goings-on on the king's side.  Again the same
>>pattern of being oblivious of king safety.  Something that Per-Ola has already
>>been working on.  Bxg3 is simply a suicidal move, opening up the h-file for the
>>rook and queen, not to mention the very dangerous g3 mobile pawn.
>
>I am not sure what is the losing move.
>As a human I also do not like Bxg3 but it is about tactics and the question is
>if black has a better defence later.
>
>After 12...Qb6 yace can learn a big advantage for white.
>
>I think that 12...Qb6 is bad also for positional reasons(black should do
>something to protect the king and not to try to capture pawns in the queen side.
>
>Uri

I belive that 9...e5!? was very stronger than 0-0.

here:

[Event "40/60"]
[Site "privat"]
[Date "2004.01.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ktulu 4.2"]
[Black "Ruffian 2.0.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Nemeth,Eduard"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6.
Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bxg3 9. hxg3 O-O (9... e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Qb6
12. Nb3 O-O) 10. Bd3 a5 11. g4 g6 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxg4 15.
Qxg4 Qxb2 16. Qh4 h5 17. Qg5 Qxc3 18. Bxg6 f6 19. Bh7+ Kf7 20. Qxf6+ 1-0

A possible variation:

9... e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Nb3 O-O +=

Eduard



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