Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 12:45:58 05/22/04
Sometimes even top programs do underestimate the disadvantes
of being unable to castle or the lack of development. And so
it was no surprise that Aristarch 4.41 could win a nice game
even with Black vs Fritz8. Below the commented game.
Kurt
Fritz8 vs Aristarch 4.41
Position after 15.Kf1?! and before 15...b5!
[D]r1bqr2k/1pp2pp1/3p1b2/p2P4/1nP5/1Q3N2/PP3PPP/RBB2K1R b - - 0 15
[Event "RK 2004 Ath 1.3/64 90m+30s"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2004.02.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Fritz 8"]
[Black "Aristarch 4.41"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "Utzinger,K"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 {Black last book move} 4. d4 d6 5. e4 {
White last book move} exd4 {Unusual instead of the normal development moves 5..
.Nf6 or 5...Nc6 - Ueblich sind hier die Zeuge 5...Sf6 oder 5...Sc6} 6. Qxd4 Nf6
7. Nf3 {One would rather expect 7.Nxe7 in order to get the strong bishop pair
in this half-open position - Eher wuerde man 7.Sxe7 erwarten, um in dieser
halb-offenen Stellung das starke Laeuferpaar zu behalten} O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qc3
Nxd5 10. exd5 {The alternative 10.cxd5 is more aggressive - Die Alternative 10.
cxd5 ist aggressiver} Bf6 {After 10...Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bf6 12.Qc2 it is White to
have a clear advantage - Nach 10...Se5 11.Sxe5 Lf6 12.Dc2 ist fuer Weiss
vorteilhaft} 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Qb3 {It's not easy for Black now to
decide for a move but it's even more difficult to correctly evaluate the
possible moves - Es ist nicht leicht fuer Schwarz hier, sich fuer einen Zug zu
entscheiden. Aber noch schwieriger ist es, die verschiedenen Zuege richtig zu
bewerten} a5 (13... Re8+ 14. Be3 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Kxh7 16. O-O Bg4 {
unclear - unklar}) (13... Kxh7 14. Qxb4 Bg4 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 17. O-O-O
{unclear - unklar}) (13... Nxa2 14. Rxa2 Re8+ 15. Be3 Kxh7 16. O-O Kg8 {
unclear - unklar}) (13... c5 14. Bb1 Re8+ 15. Be3 b5 {unclear - unklar}) 14.
Bb1 Re8+ 15. Kf1 {A concession: White gives up the right of castling - Eine
Konzession: Weiss gibt das Rochaderecht auf} b5 {
A most intersting idea - Eine sehr interessante Idee} 16. cxb5 Qe7 17. Qd1 Qd7
18. Bd3 a4 19. Be3 a3 20. Nd4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 axb2 22. Rb1 Rxa2 {Black has regain
ed the material and has most probably a won position - Schwarz hat das
Material zurueckerobert und steht vermutlich bereits auf Gewinn} 23. Qb3 Bxd4
24. Bxd4 {Forced - Erzwungen} (24. Qxa2 Qxb5+ 25. Kg1 Rxe3 {-+}) 24... Qg4 25.
Be3 {And not 25.Qxa2?? Qe2 and Black can mate - Und nicht 25.Dxa2? De2 und
Schwarz kann Matt setzen} Qa4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Ke2 Rb4 28. b6 Rxb6 29. Kd2 Rb4
30. Kc3 Ree4 {White is absolutely helpless against Black's attack - Weiss ist
absolut hilflos gegen den schwarzen Angriff} 31. Bc1 bxc1=Q+ 32. Rhxc1 Rbc4+
33. Kb3 Ba6 34. h3 Rb4+ 35. Kc3 Rec4+ 36. Kd2 Rd4+ 37. Kc3 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 Rxd5 {
The game is over - Die Partie ist vorbei} 39. Ra1 Rc5+ 40. Kd2 Bb7 41. g4 Rb5
42. f4 c5 43. Kc3 Rb4 44. f5 d5 45. Ra7 Kg8 0-1
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