Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:04:13 07/08/04
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On July 08, 2004 at 22:01:58, Dann Corbit wrote: >From this position: >[D]r2qkbnr/pp1npppb/2p4p/7P/3P4/5NN1/PPP2PP1/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - >All the top competitors (human or machine) tend to chose Bd3. For example, in >my opening book database, it is the only choice made in all 177 games. > >Shredder 7.04 after 8 hours of soul searching on 2.4 GHz AMD 64 bit with 400 >megs hash comes up with Bf4 instead of Bd3: > >r2qkbnr/pp1npppb/2p4p/7P/3P4/5NN1/PPP2PP1/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - acd 22; acs 28800; >bm Bd3; ce 20; id "Opening:013"; pm Bf4; pv Bf4 Ngf6 Bc4 Nd5 Bxd5 cxd5 O-O Qb6 >b3 e6 c4 dxc4 d5 Bc5 dxe6 fxe6 Ne2 Rd8 Bxh6; > >My question is this: >Is there some well known theory about why Bd3 is better than Bf4? I am curious >as to why Bd3 is universally chosen over Bf4 by the strongest engines/humans. These are the only games I could find that made Shredder's choice: [Event "It"] [Site "Mar del Plata ARG"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Black "Luckis, Marcos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qa5+ 10.c3 Ngf6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 e6 13.Bd2 O-O-O 14.Qe2 Qc7 15. O-O-O c5 16.Kb1 Bd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qe2 Kb8 20.c4 a6 21.Bc3 Ka8 22.Ne5 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Qc6 25.g3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rc8 27.b3 Nxh5 28.Rd6 Qh1+ 29.Kb2 f6 30.Bd4 e5 31.Qg4 Rb8 32.Be3 f5 33.Qxf5 Nf6 34.Qe6 b6 35.Bxb6 1-0 [Event "Europe Tournament (corr.)"] [Site "corr."] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ritter K"] [Black "Semirentschow II"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Bb3 e6 12.a4 Nd5 13.a5 Qa6 14.Qd2 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Bb4+ 16.Kd1 O-O 17.Ne4 c5 18.g4 cxd4 19.g5 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nc5 21.Qg4 Nd3 22. Qg2 Nf4 0-1 [Event "It (cat.11)"] [Site "Ljubljana SLO"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"] [Black "Lobron, Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2555"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] [Remark "VI"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Ne5 Qe4 18.Qd2 Nd5 19.Bg3 Rfd8 20.Rde1 Qf5 21.Nd3 Rac8 22.Be5 c5 23.dxc5 f6 24.g4 Qf3 25.Bd4 Qxg4 26.Be3 Qf5 27.Bxh6 gxh6 28.Qxh6 Kf7 29.Qc1 Bxc5 30.Reg1 Bd6 31.h6 Rg8 32.Qd1 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 Rg8 34. Rh1 Rh8 35.Rh5 Qe4 36.a3 Bf8 37.Qd2 b6 38.f3 Qg6 39.Qh2 Rxh6 40.Rxh6 Qxh6 41.Qb8 Qh1+ 42.Ka2 Qxf3 43.Qxa7+ Be7 44.Qa4 Ne3 45.Qh4 Nxc2 46.Nf4 Nd4 0-1 [Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Novi Sad YUG"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mujica Luisana (VEN)"] [Black "Santos Isabel (POR)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] [Remark "XI-XII"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qa5+ 10.c3 Ngf6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 e6 13.Nd2 Nd5 14.Ne2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Nf6 16.Qe3 O-O-O 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Bd6 19.Rh3 Rhg8 20.Nd3 Rd7 21.b4 Qa3 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.bxc5 Qb2 24.Qb1 Qxb1+ 25.Rxb1 Rd5 26.g4 e5 27.Rd3 exd4 28.cxd4 Rgd8 29.Rbd1 Kc7 30.Ke2 b6 31.cxb6+ axb6 32.Ke3 Re8+ 33.Kd2 Re4 34.f3 Rexd4 35.Kc3 Rxd3+ 36.Rxd3 Rxd3+ 37.Kxd3 Kd6 38.f4 f6 39.a4 Kd5 40. Ke3 Kc4 41.Ke4 Kb4 42.Kf5 c5 43.Kg6 c4 44.Kxg7 c3 45.Kxf6 c2 46.Kg6 c1=Q 47.Kxh6 Qxf4+ 48.g5 Kxa4 49.Kg6 b5 50.h6 Qd4 51.h7 Qh8 52.Kh6 Qf8+ 53.Kg6 b4 0-1 [Event "It (b)"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Klichev Mikhail (RUS)"] [Black "Tenikashvili, Georgij"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2170"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] [Remark "V"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Qc1 Ngf6 11.c4 e6 12.c5 Qd8 13.Bc4 Ne4 14.Qe3 Qa5+ 15.Kf1 Nxg3+ 16.Bxg3 Be7 17.Re1 Qd8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 O-O 20.Rh3 Bf6 21.Rf3 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Kh8 23.Ree3 Qe7 24.Rf4 Rad8 25.Rg3 Rg8 26.Rfg4 Qf8 27.Qc7 Bf5 28.Rf4 Rb8 29.Ra3 Rc8 30.Qe5 Qd8 31.g4 f6 32.Qd6 b5 33.Bb3 Bd3+ 34.Kg1 Re8 35.Rxa7 Qxd6 36.cxd6 Rcd8 37.d7 Re7 38.Kg2 Rexd7 39.Rxd7 Rxd7 40.Bxe6 Re7 41.d5 Bc4 42.b3 Bxd5+ 43.Bxd5 cxd5 44.Rb4 Kg8 45.Rxb5 Rd7 46.Kf3 Kf7 47. Ke3 g6 48.a4 f5 49.f3 gxh5 50.gxh5 Kf6 51.Kf4 d4 52.Rb6+ Kg7 53.Rg6+ Kf8 54.Rg1 Kf7 55.Kxf5 Rb7 56.Rb1 d3 57.Ke4 d2 58.Rd1 Rb4+ 59.Ke3 Rxb3+ 60. Kxd2 Rxf3 61.Ke2 Rf5 62.Rf1 Rxf1 63.Kxf1 Ke6 64.Kf2 Kd5 65.Kf3 1-0 [Event "It (cat.10)"] [Site "Pavlograd UKR"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"] [Black "Kasparov, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2465"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] [Remark "IX"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qa5+ 10.c3 e6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nf6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15. Bxh7 Rxh7 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nd2 Rg7 18.Qf3 Qd5 19.g3 c5 20.Qxd5 Rxd5 21.Nf3 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Rg4 23.Ne2 Bc5 24.Rc1 Bb6 25.Rc2 Kd8 26.a3 Ke7 27.c4 Rd3 28. c5 Bc7 29.f4 e5 30.c6 bxc6 31.Rxc6 Ba5+ 32.b4 Bb6 33.Rxh6 Rxa3 34.Kd2 exf4 35.Nc3 Rxg3 36.Re1+ Kf8 37.Rc6 Rg2+ 38.Kd3 Be3 39.h6 Kg8 40.Rh1 Kh7 41.Rd1 Rg6 42.b5 Bb6 43.Kc4 Rg3 44.Kb4 Raxc3 45.Rxc3 Ba5+ 46.Kxa5 Rxc3 47.Kb4 Rc7 48.Rd6 f3 49.Rf6 f2 50.Rxf5 Kxh6 51.Rxf2 Kg5 52.Rg2+ Kf5 53.Ka5 Rc1 54.Ra2 Ke4 55.Ka6 Rc7 56.Re2+ Kd3 57.Rf2 Re7 58.Rf1 Ke2 59.Rf5 Ke3 60.Rf1 Rc7 61. Re1+ Kd3 62.Rf1 Kc2 63.Rf6 Kb3 64.Rf3+ Kb4 65.Rf1 Re7 66.Rb1+ Kc3 67.Rc1+ Kd4 68.Rd1+ Kc3 69.Rc1+ Kd2 70.Rf1 Kd3 71.Rd1+ Kc4 72.Rc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "3. Mario Covas"] [Site "Santos BRA"] [Date "2003.04.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Rodriguez, Andres"] [Black "Leitao, Rafael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2533"] [ECO "B19h"] [EventDate "2003.04.22"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 e6 10.Be2 Ngf6 11.c4 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Be7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Kg1 Rfe8 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Be3 Rad8 20.b4 Qc7 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Be7 23.Qb3 Nf6 24.Ne2 b5 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.a3 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Qb5 28.Nf4 Rc8 29.Rh3 Bd6 30.Nd3 Red8 31.Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "SKQ, PB=Off, ~32 HT"] [Site "Germany, 40/40"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "LambChop 8.2"] [Black "Bionic Impakt 4.01"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bc4 Qb6 11.b3 e6 12.O-O O-O-O 13.c3 Ba3 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Rfe1 Nf6 17.Ne5 Rhf8 18.Qf3 Bb2 19.Rad1 Qa5 20.Bxh6 Ne8 21.Bg5 f6 22.Qg4+ Kc7 23.Ng6 Bxg6 24.Bf4+ Kb6 25.Qxg6 Bxc3 26.Re2 Ka6 27.Qd3+ b5 28. Rc1 Bb4 29.Rxc6+ Kb7 30.Ree6 Rf7 31.a4 Re7 32.Ra6 Rxe6 33.Rxa5 Bxa5 34. Qxb5+ Bb6 35.a5 Re7 36.Nf5 Re6 37.axb6 axb6 38.f3 Ka7 39.Ne3 Rxe3 40.Bxe3 Kb7 41.Bf4 Nc7 42.Qb4 Rd7 43.Qf8 Kc6 44.h6 gxh6 45.Qxf6+ Kb7 46.Qxh6 b5 47.Qf8 Kc6 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "Omaha"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Bisguier, Arthur B"] [Black "Santasiere, Anthony"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.O-O-O e6 12.Bc4 Bb4 13.c3 Nxc3 14.Qe3 Nxd1 15. Rxd1 Nb6 16.Bd3 Nd5 17.Qe5 Qf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Ne2 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 O-O-O 22.Rd1 Bd6 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Kc2 Rhd8 25.Re1 Bf8 26.Re3 b6 27.b4 Rc7 28.Kc3 c5 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.b5 c4 31.Nb2 Rd5 32.a4 Rxh5 33.Nxc4 Rh1 34. Re1 Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bc5 36.Nd3 Bb6 37.f3 Kb7 38.Kb3 Rd7 39.Kc3 a6 40.bxa6+ Kxa6 41.Nb4+ Kb7 42.a5 Bc7 43.Kb3 Rd1 44.Ka4 Bd6 45.Nxd6+ Rxd6 46.Kb5 Rd2 47.a6+ Ka7 48.Nc6+ Ka8 49.g4 Rf2 50.Nd8 Rxf3 51.Nxf7 Rh3 52.Kc5 Rh4 53.Kd6 e5 54.Ke6 e4 55.Nd6 e3 0-1 [Event "US Open"] [Site "Omaha, Nebraska"] [Date "1949.07.??"] [Round "?"] [White "A.Bisguier, NY"] [Black "E.McCormick, NJ"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.O-O-O e6 12.Bc4 Bb4 13.c3 Nxc3 14.Qe3 Nxd1 15. Rxd1 Nb6 16.Bd3 Nd5 17.Qe5 Qf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Ne2 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 O-O-O 22.Rd1 Bd6 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Kc2 Rhd8 25.Re1 Bf8 26.Re3 b6 27.b4 Rc7 28.Kc3 c5 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.b5 c4 31.Nb2 Rd5 32.a4 Rxh5 33.Nxc4 Rh1 34. Re1 Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bc5 36.Nd3 Bb6 37.f3 Kb7 38.Kb3 Rd7 39.Kc3 a6 40.bxa6+ Kxa6 41.Nb4+ Kb7 42.a5 Bc7 43.Kb3 Rd1 44.Ka4 Bd6 45.Nxd6+ Rxd6 46.Kb5 Rd2 47.a6+ Ka7 48.Nc6+ Ka8 49.g4 Rf2 50.Nd8 Rxf3 51.Nxf7 Rh3 52.Kc6 Rh4 53.Kd6 e5 54.Ke6 e4 55.Nd6 e3 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schlosser, W"] [Black "Baluew, A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.c4 e6 11.a3 Be7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qa5+ 14.Nd2 O-O 15.O-O-O b5 16.Nge4 b4 17.c5 Nd5 18.Bh2 bxa3 19.bxa3 N7b6 20.cxb6 Bxa3+ 21.Kb1 f5 22.Bd6 Bxd6 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lemachko, Tatiana"] [Black "Hartston, Jana"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Bf4 Qa5+ 10.c3 Ngf6 11.Bc4 Nd5 12.Qd2 e6 13.Ne5 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 O-O-O 18.a4 f6 19.f4 fxe5 20.Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 22.fxe5 Bg5 23.Bf7 Rd2 24.O-O Rhd8 25.b3 Re2 26.Rae1 Rb2 27. Rf2 Rdd2 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.Bc4 Rc2 30.e6 Be7 31.Re3 Kc7 32.Kh2 Rc1 33.Kg3 Rh1 34.Kg4 Rg1 35.g3 Rd1 36.Kf5 Kd8 37.Kg6 Bf6 38.Kf7 Rd2 39.Rf3 Be7 40. Kxg7 Bg5 41.Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "Buenos Aires ARG"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Mahia, Gustavo"] [Black "Fernandez Murga, Roberto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Nd5 11.Bc1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 e6 13.c4 N5f6 14.Bd2 Qc7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16.Bc3 Bd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qe2 Rhe8 20.Kb1 Qe7 21. a3 Kb8 22.Ka2 Bc7 23.Ne5 Nd7 24.Nd3 f6 25.Rhe1 Qf7 26.b3 Kc8 27.f4 Qg8 28. g4 Qf8 29.Qf3 Qf7 30.Rd2 Rg8 31.Rde2 Rde8 32.Bb4 g6 33.hxg6 Qxg6 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Rxe6 a5 36.Bc3 Qxg4 37.Re8+ Bd8 38.Qxg4 Rxg4 39.Bxa5 b6 40.Bb4 Rg2+ 41.Kb1 Kc7 42.a4 Nb8 43.Rh8 Rh2 44.a5 Kd7 45.axb6 Bxb6 46.Rxb8 Bxd4 47.f5 Kc7 48.Rh8 h5 49.Nf4 Rb2+ 50.Kc1 Rxb3 51.Ne6+ Kb6 52.Rb8+ 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Loschi, E"] [Black "La Spina, M"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 e6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qa5+ 14.c3 O-O-O 15. O-O Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.b4 Qg5 18.Qf3 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Nxg4 20.Rfe1 Rd5 21.a4 Nf6 22.b5 Nxh5 23.c4 Rg5 24.Ne4 Rg4 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Nxf7 Rf8 27.Ne5 Rxd4 28.c5 Rd5 29.Rac1 Rf5 30.b6+ axb6 31.cxb6+ Kxb6 32.Nc4+ Kc7 33.Ne3 Rf7 34. Nxd5+ exd5 35.Re5 Nf4 36.Rce1 Kd6 37.g3 Nh3+ 38.Kg2 Nxf2 39.Re8 Ne4 40.Rb1 Nc3 41.Ra1 Kc5 42.a5 d4 43.a6 bxa6 44.Rxa6 d3 45.Rd8 Nd5 46.Ra2 Kc4 47.Rb8 Nb4 48.Rb2 c5 49.Rd8 Kc3 50.Rb1 Kc2 51.Rg1 d2 52.Rd6 Nd3 53.Ra6 d1=Q 54. Ra2+ Nb2 55.Rxd1 Kxd1 56.Rxb2 c4 57.Rb1+ Kc2 58.Ra1 Kb2 59.Re1 c3 60.Kg1 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "Alkmaar"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kamps, R"] [Black "Rietveld, G"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.c4 e6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Nc5 15. Qc3 Ncd7 16.O-O-O b5 17.c5 Nd5 18.Qb3 O-O 19.Nde4 a5 20.a3 a4 21.Qf3 Rb8 22.Nc3 N7f6 23.Nge4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Qa5 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Qe5 Qd8 27.f4 Qe7 28. Rde1 Rfe8 29.Rh3 Qf6 30.g4 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 b4 32.g5 Rb7 33.gxh6 gxh6 34.f5 Kf8 35.f6 bxa3 36.Rxa3 Rb4 37.Rd3 Reb8 38.Re2 Rc4+ 39.Rc2 Rcb4 40.c6 Rc8 41.Ra3 Rxd4 42.c7 Rc4 43.Rxc4 dxc4 44.Rxa4 Ke8 45.Rxc4 Kd7 46.Kd2 Kd6 47. b4 Rxc7 48.Rxc7 Kxc7 49.Kd3 Kc6 50.Ke4 e5 51.b5+ Kd6 52.b6 Kc6 53.b7 Kxb7 54.Kd5 e4 55.Kxe4 Kc6 56.Ke5 Kc5 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "Misison San Jose, Fremont, CA: February 16th"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fisher-Kirshner Micah"] [Black "Fisher-Kirshner Micah"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.b3 g5 11.Be3 Bg7 12.Bc4 Ngf6 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Rad1 g4 18.Nh2 Qa5 19.Nf5 g3 20.Nxg3 e6 21.Nf3 a6 22. c4 b6 23.Bd2 Qa3 24.Be3 Qa5 25.Bd2 Qa3 26.Bf4 c5 27.d5 exd5 28.cxd5 Qxa2 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.d6 Re6 31.Re1 Rxe1+ 32.Nxe1 Nf8 33.Nf3 Ne6 34.Be5 Ng4 35. d7 Qxf2+ 36.Kh1 Nxe5 37.d8=Q+ Nxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7 39.Nxe5 Bxe5 40.Qd3+ Kh8 41.Kh2 Qf4 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qd3 Qh4+ 44.Kg1 Bxg3 45.Qc3+ Kf8 46.Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qc3 Qh2+ 48.Kf1 Qh1+ 49.Ke2 Qxh5+ 50.Kd2 Qd5+ 51.Ke2 Qxg2+ 52.Ke3 Bf2+ 53. Kd3 Qg3+ 54.Kd2 Be1+ 55.Kc2 Qxc3+ 56.Kb1 Qxb3+ 57.Kc1 Qa2 58.Kd1 Qd2# 0-1 [Event "CAN ch jr"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Wilson, John"] [Black "Sadoway, Steven"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.c4 e6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rfe1 Nb6 15.Rad1 c5 16.b3 Rc8 17.Kf1 a6 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Bd6 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.Ne5 Rfc8 23.Rd6 Nbd7 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Red1 Rxd6 26.Rxd6 Kf8 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Rd4 Rc5 29.Rh4 Ra5 30.a4 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 32.Kd3 Nd5 33.Kc2 f5 34.Ne2 e5 35.Nc3 Nxc3 36.Kxc3 bxa4 37.bxa4 e4 38.Kb4 Rd5 39.Rf4 Kd6 40.g4 fxg4 41. Rxe4 Rxh5 42.Rxg4 g5 43.Kb5 Rh4 44.f3 Rh1 45.a5 Rf1 46.Ra4 Rxf3 47.a6 Rf8 48.a7 Ra8 49.Kb6 Ke5 50.Kb7 Rxa7+ 51.Rxa7 h5 52.Kc6 h4 53.Re7+ Kf4 54.Kd5 h3 55.Rf7+ Ke3 56.Rg7 Kf4 57.Rf7+ Kg3 58.Ke4 g4 59.Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "HPPAV2"] [Date "2001.06.17"] [Round "1"] [White "skaki"] [Black "Bionic4_01"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 Nd5 12.Bc1 e6 13.a3 Be7 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.O-O Rd8 17.Be3 O-O 18.Rfc1 Bd6 19.Ne4 N7f6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.b3 Nxh5 22.Re1 Nf4 23.Red1 b5 24.b4 Kh7 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Rdb1 g5 27.g4 f5 28. gxf5 g4 29.fxe6 gxf3 30.Kf1 Rg8 31.e7 Rd5 32.e8=Q Rxe8 33.Re1 Rh5 34.Re7+ Rxe7 35.Kg1 Rg7+ 36.Kf1 Rh1# 0-1 [Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "HPPAV2"] [Date "2001.06.18"] [Round "1"] [White "skaki"] [Black "Gandalf4_32h"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bd3 Ngf6 11.Qb1 Bxd3 12.cxd3 e6 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Ne4 Bc7 15.Be3 Qb5 16.a4 Qf5 17.b4 O-O 18.a5 Nxh5 19.Nh4 Qd5 20.Nc3 Qd6 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Bd2 Nf4 23.g3 Nd5 24.a6 Rfb8 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 bxa6 27.Qd1 Be5 28.Rxa6 Nxb4 29.Bxb4 Rxb4 30.Rxc6 Rab8 31.O-O Rxh4 32.gxh4 Qxh4 33.Kg2 Qh2+ 34.Kf3 Rb2 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Rh8+ Kxh8 37.Qd2 Rxd2 38.c6 Qh3+ 39.Ke4 Re2# 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2555"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 e6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16.Qe2 Qd5 17.Ne5 Qe4 18.Qd2 Nd5 19.Bg3 Rfd8 20.Rde1 Qf5 21.Nd3 Rac8 22.Be5 c5 23.dxc5 f6 24.g4 Qf3 25.Bd4 Qxg4 26.Be3 Qf5 27.Bxh6 gxh6 28.Qxh6 Kf7 29.Qc1 Bxc5 30.Reg1 Bd6 31.h6 Rg8 32.Qd1 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 Rg8 34. Rh1 Rh8 35.Rh5 Qe4 36.a3 Bf8 37.Qd2 b6 38.f3 Qg6 39.Qh2 Rxh6 40.Rxh6 Qxh6 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2472"] [BlackElo "2464"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qa5+ 10.c3 e6 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Nf6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15. Bxh7 Rxh7 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nd2 Rg7 18.Qf3 Qd5 19.g3 c5 20.Qxd5 Rxd5 21.Nf3 cxd4 22.Nxd4 Rg4 23.Ne2 Bc5 24.Rc1 Bb6 25.Rc2 Kd8 26.a3 Ke7 27.c4 Rd3 28. c5 Bc7 29.f4 e5 30.c6 bxc6 31.Rxc6 Ba5+ 32.b4 Bb6 33.Rxh6 Rxa3 34.Kd2 exf4 35.Nc3 Rxg3 36.Re1+ Kf8 37.Rc6 Rg2+ 38.Kd3 Be3 39.h6 Kg8 40.Rh1 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corr EU/M/GT"] [Site ""] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "-64"] [White "Ritter K"] [Black "Semirentschow II"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19h"] [Source "5 chess-international.de"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Bb3 e6 12.a4 Nd5 13.a5 Qa6 14.Qd2 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Bb4+ 16.Kd1 O-O 17.Ne4 c5 18.g4 cxd4 19.g5 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nc5 21.Qg4 Nd3 22. Qg2 Nf4 0-1 [Event "It (cat.12)"] [Site "Santos BRA"] [Date "2003.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Rodriguez, Andres"] [Black "Leitao, Rafael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2479"] [BlackElo "2526"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] [Remark "IV"] [ID ""] [FileName ""] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 e6 10.Be2 Ngf6 11.c4 Bb4+ 12.Kf1 Be7 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Kg1 Rfe8 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Bf6 19.Be3 Rad8 20.b4 Qc7 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Be7 23.Qb3 Nf6 24.Ne2 b5 25.Rc1 Qb7 26.a3 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Qb5 28.Nf4 Rc8 29.Rh3 Bd6 30.Nd3 Red8 31.Nc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr EU/M/GT"] [Site ""] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "-64"] [White "Ritter K"] [Black "Semirentschow II"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [Source "5 chess-international.de"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bc4 Qb6 11.Bb3 e6 12.a4 Nd5 13.a5 Qa6 14.Qd2 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Bb4+ 16.Kd1 O-O 17.Ne4 c5 18.g4 cxd4 19.g5 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nc5 21.Qg4 Nd3 22. Qg2 Nf4 0-1 [Event "Infinite Loop-5, Blitz, 1st-2nd Ten/c"] [Site "PII 567MHz 128MB"] [Date "2003.10.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Crafty 17.9"] [Black "Delfi 3.5"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bd3 Qxb2 11.O-O Qa3 12.Bxh7 Rxh7 13.d5 Qa6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15. Qd3 Ngf6 16.Rfd1 Qa4 17.Be5 e6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Rab1 b6 20.c4 Be7 21.Qe2 Kf8 22.Ne5 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Re1 Be7 25.Nf5 Bb4 26.Rd1 Qe8 27.Nd6 Bxd6 28.Rxd6 Rh8 29.Qd3 1-0 [Event "Infinite Loop-4, Rapid, 1st-2nd Ten/e"] [Site "PII 567MHz 128MB"] [Date "2003.09.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Crafty 17.9"] [Black "Delfi 4.1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Bd3 Qxb2 11.Bxh7 Rxh7 12.O-O Qa3 13.d5 Qa4 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15. Qd3 Ngf6 16.Nd4 Qa4 17.Rfd1 Rc8 18.Rab1 b6 19.Ne4 Qc4 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qf3 Nd5 22.Rb3 e6 23.Be5 Bc5 24.c3 a5 25.Qe4 f5 26.Qf3 a4 27.Nxe6 axb3 28.Qxf5 bxa2 29.Qxh7 Qe2 30.Nxg7+ Ke7 31.Nf5+ Ke6 32.Nd4+ Bxd4 33.Qxh6+ Ke7 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35.Qg6+ Kf8 36.Qg7+ Ke8 37.Qg6+ Kd8 38.Qd6+ Ke8 39.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Infinite Loop-4, Rapid, 1st Ten/d"] [Site "PII 567MHz 128MB"] [Date "2003.08.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Crafty 17.9"] [Black "Crafty 18.12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19h"] [Variation "Caro-Kann: Classical, Spassky Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Bd3 Nd5 11.Bc1 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 e6 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nc3 N7f6 18.Rde1 Nxc3+ 19.Bxc3 Ne4 20.Re2 Qb6 21.Rd1 Be7 22.Bd2 Bd6 23.g4 Rhf8 24.g5 Rfe8 25.gxh6 gxh6 26.Bxh6 e5 27.Bg5 Be7 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.Ka1 exd4 30.Nd2 Rh7 31.Rh1 Qa5 32.Nxe4 fxe4 33.Rxe4 Rxh5 34.Rd1 c5 35.Re7 Qa6 36.Qf3 Rhh8 37.Rde1 Qc6 38.Qe2 Rh1 39.b3 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 c4 41.Qe5+ Ka8 42.bxc4 Qxc4 43.Rc7 Qf1+ 44.Kb2 Qxf2 45.Qe4 Rb8 46.Rd7 a6 47.a4 d3 48.Rxd3 Rc8 49.Rd6 Kb8 50.Qd3 Qc5 51.c3 Rc6 52.Rxc6 Qxc6 53. Qd8+ Ka7 54.Qd4+ Qb6+ 55.Kc2 a5 56.Kd3 Ka6 57.Qc4+ Ka7 58.Qd4 Ka6 59.Qc4+ Ka7 60.Qd4 1/2-1/2
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