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Subject: Another position of the game:

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 09:00:14 07/09/04

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Finally, I think the critical moment of the game was:

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49. Ng2? The problems of Diep in the endgame began. Now, it was correct 49. Nd3!
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[d]4q1k1/2pb2r1/1pnr4/3p1p2/P2P2p1/2R1P1P1/5P2/1BR1N1KQ w - f6 0 49
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On July 09, 2004 at 11:23:36, Arturo Ochoa wrote:

>On July 09, 2004 at 11:19:36, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>
>>On July 09, 2004 at 10:27:41, Tord Romstad wrote:
>>
>>>I haven't studied the Diep-Crafty game very closely, but didn't Diep have a
>>>clear advantage out of the opening?
>>>
>>>Tord
>>
>>
>>
>>[Event "WCCC 2004'"]
>>[Site "Bar-Ilan Uni. (Israel)"]
>>[Date "09.07.2004"]
>>[Round "7"]
>>[White "Diep"]
>>[Black "Crafty 19.15"]
>>[Result "0-1"]
>>
>>1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2
>>O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
>>12. Nge2 Nb6 13. Nf4 Rac8 14. O-O Qg5 15. g3 Bg4 16. h3 Bd7
>>17. h4 Qd8 18. b4 Bg4 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Qxa4 g5 21. Ng2 a6
>>22. Qc2 Qf6 23. Rfc1 Rfd8 24. b5 axb5 25. Qc5 Rd6 26. Qxb5
>>b6 27. Ra2 Nd8 28. a4 Nc6 29. Rac2 Bd7 30. Qb2 Re8 31. Rc3
>>Ree6 32. Bb5 Qf5 33. Bd3 Qf6 34. Qb1 Qe7 35. Qc2 Nb4
>>36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Qb2 Nc6 38. Bb1 Rf6 39. Qd2 Qe6 40. Qd3
>>Rg6 41. Qd1 Rg7 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Bd3 Nb4 44. Bb1 Nc6
>>45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Ne1 g4 47. Qg2 Qe8 48. Qh1 f5 49. Ng2 Rh7
>>50. Nh4 Rhh6 51. Rd3 Qa8 52. Ba2 Be6 53. Bb3 Qd8 54. Bd1
>>Na5 55. Bc2 Rc6 56. Rdd1 Qd7 57. Kg2 Nc4 58. Bb3 Na5
>>59. Rxc6 Qxc6 60. Rc1 Qd7 61. Bc2 Nc4 62. Qe1 Rf6 63. Qb4
>>Qg7 64. Bd3 Qh7 65. Qb5 Qf7 66. Qc6 Kh7 67. Qa8 Qf8 68. Qb7
>>Qd6 69. Rh1 Kg7 70. Rh2 Bd7 71. Bc2 Rf8 72. a5 Nxa5 73. Qa6
>>Nc6 74. Bb1 Na5 75. Bc2 Nc4 76. Qa7 Qc6 77. Qa2 Nd6 78. Bd3
>>Ra8 79. Qb1 Ne4 80. Rh1 Ra3 81. Rc1 Rc3 82. Rh1 Qa4 83. Qf1
>>Qa2 84. Bb1 Qd2 85. Qe1 Kf6 86. Qxd2 Nxd2 87. Rd1 Nc4
>>88. Kh2 Rb3 89. Ng2 Rb2 90. Kg1 Rd2 91. Rxd2 Nxd2 92. Ba2
>>c6 93. Nf4 Be6 94. Nd3 Ke7 95. Nc1 c5 96. dxc5 bxc5 97. Bb3
>>d4 98. Bd1 Bc4 99. exd4 cxd4 100. Be2 Ke6 101. Bxc4+ Nxc4
>>102. Kf1 Kd5 103. Nd3 Ne5 104. Nf4+ Ke4 105. Ke2 d3+
>>106. Kd2 Nc4+ 107. Kd1 Kd4 108. Ke1 Nd6 109. Ng2 Ne4
>>110. Nf4 Kc3 111. Nd5+ Kb2 112. Nb4 d2+ 113. Ke2 Kb3
>>114. Nd5 Nc3+ 115. Kxd2 Nxd5 0-1
>>
>>--------------------
>>Move 15. g3?: Diep is afraid of a king attack. However, if Diep had already
>>played Nf4, the idea was to eliminate the bishop in e6. Removing this bishop,
>>Diep could have begun a minority attack in the queen side or the modern way with
>>f3. Thefore, the correct move was 15. Nxe6! After this move, it would have been
>>more difficult for the black side to find anything else in the king side.
>>
>>[d]2r2rk1/ppp2pp1/1nn1b2p/3p2q1/3P1N2/P1NBP3/1PQ2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 15
>>
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>>Move 19. Na4?!: This is a common mistake in computer chess. This knight cannot
>>exchanged. The minority attack was the correct way to go, despite the weaknesses
>>in the king side (now, the black bishop is the clue). 19. Rfc1 wouhe have
>>directed the plan in the queen side. However, with the black bishop on the
>>board, I dont see a clear consecution of the minority plan.
>
>[d]2rq1rk1/ppp2pp1/1nn4p/3p4/1P1P1NbP/P1NBP1P1/2Q2P2/R4RK1 w - - 0 19



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