Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 10:06:18 04/24/04
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On April 24, 2004 at 12:17:11, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>ChessTiger did not succeed in obtaining advantage. And for a long
>time IsiChess played very well. At the end the rook ending was
>drawn but then IsiChess allowed White to misplace the rook of
>IsiChess and this was the beginning of the end.
>
>[D]7R/p6p/2k3p1/1p1p4/1P4Pr/P6P/5P1K/8 b - g3 0 42
>ChessTiger vs IsiChess
>White has just played 42.g4 +-
>
>[Event "CSVN 4th"]
>[Site "Leiden NED"]
>[Date "2004.04.23"]
>[Round "3"]
>[White "Chess Tiger"]
>[Black "IsiChess"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "A45"]
>[Annotator "Utzinger,K"]
>[PlyCount "115"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 d6 6. c3 Nxd2 (6... Nf6 7. e4
>g6 8. Ngf3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Na6 11. O-O b5 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bh2 c4 14. Bc2
>Nc5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Ra8 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. c4 b4 20. Bd4 Re8 21.
>Ne5 Nfd7 22. f4 Qc7 23. Qe3 a5 24. Ndf3 Bb7 25. f5 e6 26. Nxd7 Bxd4 27. Qxd4
>Nxd7 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. fxg6 h6 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Qh4 {
>1-0 Hodgson,J-Morrison,G/Edinburgh 1989/EXT 89op2 (31)}) 7. Qxd2 e5 8. dxe6
>Bxe6 9. Nh3 {I could barely trust my eyes when I saw this strange move. Of
>course it does not make any difference from where the knight is going to jump
>to g5 but what if Black prevents Ng5 by h6? In that case White remains with a
>badly placed knight - Ich konnte meinen Augen fast nicht trauen, als ich
>diesen komische Springerzug sah. Natuerlich spielt es keine Rolle, ob der
>Springer von f3 oder h3 nach g5 huepft. Doch falls Schwarz das mit h6
>unterbindet, verbleibt Weiss mit einem miserabel stehenden Springer am
>Brettrand} (9. Bxd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Nc6 11. Nf3 Rd8 {would be too dangerous for
>White in view of Black's advance in development - waere fuer Weiss wegen des
>schwarzen Entwicklungsvorsprungs zu gefaehrlich}) 9... Nc6 {
>?! Misses the chance 9...h6 - Verpasst die Chance 9...h6} 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Nxe6
>fxe6 12. e4 Qa4 {Against Bc4 - Gegen Lc4 gerichtet} 13. Bd3 Rf8 {More logical
>for me looks 13...0-0 as White will hardly be able to castle longside - Fuer
>mich schaut 13...0-0 logischer aus, denn Weiss wird kaum in der Lage sein, auf
>die lange Seite zu rochieren} 14. O-O O-O-O 15. b3 Qa5 16. Bc4 {Unexpected and
>provoking d5 exd5 to get control over the diagonal h3-c8 for the bishop -
>Unerwartet, provoziert d5 exd5, um die Kontrolle ueber die Diagonale h3-c8
>fuer den Laeufer zu erhalten} 16... d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Bg5 Ne7
>20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. Qe3 Kb8 (21... Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Bd6 23. Bg4+ Kb8 24. Bxe7 {
>and White wins}) 22. Bh5 Rf5 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxh5 25. h3 Rf5 {
>The position is equal - Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen} 26. Re2 Kc8 {
>Why not the simple 26...Rf7 - Weshalb nicht das einfache 26...Tf7} 27. Qh4 Re5
>28. Rae1 Rde8 29. Qh5 Rxh5 30. Rxe8+ Qd8 31. R1e7 Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kd7 33. Rb8
>Kc6 34. Rc8+ Kd6 35. Rg8 g6 36. Rd8+ Kc7 37. Rh8 b5 38. b4 {
>The game should still be a draw - Die Partie sollte noch immer Remis enden}
>38... cxb4 {?! Much stronger was 38...Rh4 39.a3 Kd6 and so on. Black should
>leave White's pawn on c3 where it can be attacked by the rook - Bedeutend
>staerker war 38...Th4 39.a3 Kd6. Schwarz sollte den weissen Bauern auf c3
>lassen, um diesen bald angreifen zu koennen} 39. cxb4 Rh4 40. a3 Kb6 41. Kh2
>Kc6 42. g4 {And suddenly black's rook is placed very passively. This is, as
>often in rook end games, decisive - Und ploetzlich ist der schwarze Turm in
>seiner Aktivitaet sehr stark eingeschraenkt, und das ist, wie so oft in
>Turmendspielen, entscheidend} 42... Rh6 43. f4 Kc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 Kc6 46.
>g5 Rh5 47. Kg3 {White has already here a won end game - Und schon hier hat
>Weiss ein gewonnenes Endspiel} 47... Kc7 48. Rxd5 h6 49. Rc5+ Kb6 50. Kg4 hxg5
>51. f5 Rh4+ 52. Kxg5 Rxh3 53. fxg6 Rxa3 54. Kf6 Rd3 55. Rg5 Rf3+ 56. Rf5 Rd3
>57. g7 Rd8 58. Ke7 1-0
Tiger played just like a human. Exploited the immobility of the opponent's rook
with uncanny, almost human, understanding... I like Tiger a lot.
Djordje
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