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Subject: Re: Me vs. Crafty again

Author: Frank E. Oldham

Date: 17:39:02 07/27/04

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On July 27, 2004 at 16:22:22, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>[Event "30'+5"]
>[Site "Celeron 1.7 GHz"]
>[Date "2004.7.27"]
>[Round ""]
>[White "Szalai M"]
>[Black "Crafty 19.15"]
>[TimeControl "1800+5"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Qb3 Bg7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3 Qa5 8.Rc1 Nbd7 9.h3
>h6 10.a3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bc7 Ne8 13.Be5 Nxc4
>14.Qxc4 Nd6 15.Qe2 f6 16.Bh2 Be6 17.Nd2 Qb6 18.b4 a5 19.Bxd6 exd6 20.b5 Qc7
>21.O-O Rfc8 22.Rb1 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Qc6 24.Rfc1 Qxc1+
>25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kh2 Rc6 27.Qd3 Bf7 28.e4 Rac8 29.Qg3 Bf8 30.d5 Rc2 31.Nf3 Ra2
>32.Nxd6 Bxd6 33.Qxd6 Rxf2 34.Qxf6 Rcc2 35.Kg3
>Rxg2+ 36.Kf4 Rgf2 37.d6 Rcd2 38.Ke5 Rd3 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Nd4 Rfd2 41.Qe7 Rxd4
>42.Qxf7+ Kh8 43.Qe8+ Kg7 44.Qd7+ Kf8 45.Qc8+ Kf7
>46.Qxb7+ Kg8 47.Qa8+ Kf7 48.Qa7+ Kf8 49.Qxd4 Rxd4 50.Kxd4 Ke8 51.Kd5 Kd7 52.e5
>g5 53.e6+ Kd8 54.Kc6 h5 55.e7+ 1-0
>
>Position after 24.Rfc1:
>
>[D]r1r3k1/1p4b1/2qpbppp/pN6/3P4/P3P2P/3NQPP1/1RR3K1 b - - 0 24
>
>Here Crafty traded it's queen for two rooks. The thin edge of the wedge IMO.
>
>24...Qxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kh2 Rc6
>
>[D]r5k1/1p4b1/2rpbppp/pN6/3P4/P3P2P/3NQPPK/8 w - - 0 27
>
>27.Qd3! Here is the initiative. 27...Bf7 28.e4 Rac8
>
>[D]2r3k1/1p3bb1/2rp1ppp/pN6/3PP3/P2Q3P/3N1PPK/8 w - - 0 29
>
>29.Qg3! The bishop pair stuck. 29...Bf8 30.d5
>
>[D]2r2bk1/1p3b2/2rp1ppp/pN1P4/4P3/P5QP/3N1PPK/8 b - - 0 30
>
>30...Rc2? The losing move IMO. 30...Ra6! and black can fight on.
>
>Position after 36.Rgf2:
>
>[D]6k1/1p3b2/5Qpp/p2P4/4PK2/P4N1P/2r2r2/8 w - - 0 37
>
>37.d6! and no more defense.
>
>I enjoyed this game as a player, it's always a pleasure to beat a strong
>engine.
>
>Mihaly

well-played :-)
with a little more time, it looks like crafty will shift from 30...Rc2 to Rb6
(Rc2 gets worse with each ply)
               11->   1.72  -0.82   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf1 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Rcc2
                                    4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. Ne3 Rxf2 6. Qc7+ Kg8
                                    7. Qxa5 Bd6+ 8. Kg1
               12     3.49  -0.66   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf1 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Bxd6
                                    4. Qxd6 Rxf2 5. Ne3 Kg7 6. Nf5+ gxf5
                                    7. Qg3+ Bg6 8. Qxf2 fxe4
               12->   3.78  -0.66   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf1 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Bxd6
                                    4. Qxd6 Rxf2 5. Ne3 Kg7 6. Nf5+ gxf5
                                    7. Qg3+ Bg6 8. Qxf2 fxe4
               13     5.74  -0.58   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf1 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Rcc2
                                    4. Ne3 Bxd6 5. Qxd6 Rxf2 6. Qd8+ Kg7
                                    7. Qxa5 b6 8. Qc3 Rbd2
               13->   6.49  -0.58   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf1 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Rcc2
                                    4. Ne3 Bxd6 5. Qxd6 Rxf2 6. Qd8+ Kg7
                                    7. Qxa5 b6 8. Qc3 Rbd2
               14    21.53  -0.32   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf3 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Bxd6
                                    4. Qxd6 Rxf2 5. Qxf6 Rcc2 6. Qd8+ Kg7
                                    7. Ne1 Rce2 8. Qxa5 Rxe4 9. d6
               14->  34.89  -0.32   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf3 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Bxd6
                                    4. Qxd6 Rxf2 5. Qxf6 Rcc2 6. Qd8+ Kg7
                                    7. Ne1 Rce2 8. Qxa5 Rxe4 9. d6
               15    51.70  -0.01   1. ... Rc2 2. Nf3 Rb2 3. Nxd6 Bxd6
                                    4. Qxd6 Rxf2 5. Qe7 Rcc2 6. d6 Rxg2+
                                    7. Kh1 Rg3 8. d7 Rxh3+ 9. Kg1 Rg3+
                                    10. Kh1 Rh3+
               15     2:20  -0.09   1. ... Rb6 2. a4 Be8 3. Qe3 Rc5 4.
                                    Nb3 Rcxb5 5. axb5 Rxb5 6. Nd4 Rb2 7.
                                    Qf4 Be7 8. Qxh6 Rxf2
               15->   2:59  -0.09   1. ... Rb6 2. a4 Be8 3. Qe3 Rc5 4.
                                    Nb3 Rcxb5 5. axb5 Rxb5 6. Nd4 Rb2 7.
                                    Qf4 Be7 8. Qxh6 Rxf2 (s=2)
               16     3:32  -0.01   1. ... Rb6 2. a4 Be8 3. Qg4 Rc2 4.
                                    Nf3 Bf7 5. Qf4 Kg7 6. Qe3 Ra6 7. Nfd4
                                    Rc8 8. Kg1 Kg8 9. Ne6
               16->   6:00  -0.01   1. ... Rb6 2. a4 Be8 3. Qg4 Rc2 4.
                                    Nf3 Bf7 5. Qf4 Kg7 6. Qe3 Ra6 7. Nfd4
                                    Rc8 8. Kg1 Kg8 9. Ne6 (s=4)
Frank



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