Author: chandler yergin
Date: 05:01:19 07/29/04
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On July 28, 2004 at 19:56:03, Robin Smith wrote: >Intersting position and mis-evaluation by Fritz. Fritz has trouble with many >rook pawn and wrong color bishop positions. Can you please give how the game >ended? After a5 it should still be a draw, but White can't wait too much longer >to get to the h1 square. > >Robin Thank you, in reviewing the game, I spotted the obvious errors, which is why I do not rely on Engines, they are great as far as they go, but I have seen too many positions that they don't understand. Here is the game. Griffith,D - Burkett,M [C55] WC-2003-F-00004 IECG (1), 20.12.2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.f3 Ng5 11.f4 Ne4 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qe7 15.c4 0-0 16.Qd3 f6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Rad1 fxe5 20.fxe5 Rf7 21.Nd4 Raf8 22.Nxe6 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Qxe6 25.Bf4 c6 26.Bg3 g6 27.h3 Kf7 28.Ke1 Qf5 29.Kd2 Qe4 30.Qf3+ Qxf3 31.gxf3 Ke6 32.f4 Bc5 33.Kd3 Be7 34.a4 g5 35.fxg5 Bxg5 36.Kd4 Be7 37.c4 Bd8 38.Kc5 Be7+ 39.Kd4 Ba3 40.cxd5+ cxd5 41.Kc3 Bc5 42.Kd3 Bg1 43.Kc3 [43.Bf4 Bf2 44.Bh2 a6 = stem] 43...Bb6 44.Kd3 [44.Kb4?! Bd4 45.Kb5 Bxe5 46.Bf2 a6+ 47.Kb4 Kf5 48.Kc5 Ke4-+] 44...a6 45.Kc3 [45.Bh2 Bf2!µ = stem] 45...Bc7 46.Kd4 Bb8 47.Bh2 [47.Kc5 Bxe5 48.Be1 Bb2 49.Bd2 Ke5 50.Kb6 d4 51.Bh6 d3 52.Kxa6 Kd5 53.a5 Bc3 54.Kb6 d2 55.Bxd2 Bxd2 56.a6 Be3+ 57.Kc7 h5-+; 47.Bf4 Ba7+ A) 48.Kd3 Bf2 49.Kc3 Kf5 50.Bh2 Ke4 51.e6 (51.Kb4 Bh4 52.e6 Be7+ 53.Kc3 Kf5 54.Kd4 Kxe6 55.Bc7 Bh4 56.Kc5 Bf2+-+) 51...Bc5 = stem; B) 48.Kc3 48...Bf2 49.Kd3 Kf5 50.Bh2 h5! B1) 51.e6 Kxe6 52.Bc7 Kf5 53.Bd6 (53.a5 Ke6! 54.Bf4 Kd7-+) 53...Kg5 54.Ke2 Bg1 55.Kf1 (55.Kf3 Kf5 56.Bc7 Bc5-+) 55...Bb6 56.Kg2 Kf5 57.Kf3 d4 58.Bb8 Bc5 59.Bf4 Be7 60.Bg3 Bg5 61.Bc7 d3-+; B2) 51.Ke2 51...Bd4 52.Kd3 Bxe5 53.Bg1 Kg5 54.Bf2 Kf4-+] 47...Ba7+ 48.Kc3?! [48.Kd3!? Bf2 49.Kc3 (49.Ke2 Bd4µ) 49...Kf5 A) 50.Kb4 Bh4 51.Kc5 Ke6 (51...Ke4 52.e6 d4 53.Bg3! Bg5 54.Be1=) A1) 52.Bg1 Kxe5-+; A2) 52.Kb4 Be1+ 53.Kc5 Bc3 54.Bg3 (54.Bf4 Bxe5-+) 54...Bxe5 55.Bf2 Bb2! = stem; A3) 52.Kd4 52...Be1 53.Bg1 Bg3 54.Kc5 Bxe5 55.Bf2 Bb2 zugzwang 56.Bg3 (56.Be1 Ke5 57.Kb6 Ke4 58.Kxa6 d4 59.Kb5 d3 60.a5 Ke3 61.Kc4 Bd4 62.a6 Bb6 63.Kb5 Ba7-+; 56.h4 Bc3 57.Bg3 h5 58.Bc7 Be1 59.Bd8 Bf2+ 60.Kb4 Bd4 61.Ka5 Bc3+-+) 56...Bc3 A3a) 57.Bh2 Be1 58.Kd4 Bf2+ 59.Kd3 Kf5 60.Bc7 (60.Bd6 Kg5 61.Ke2 Bb6 62.Bg3 Bd4 63.Kd3 Bf6 64.Ke3 Kf5-+) 60...Kg5 61.Ke2 Bc5 62.Kf3 (62.Bg3 Bd4 63.Kd3 Bf6 64.Ke3 Kf5 65.Kd3 Be5-+) 62...Kf5 63.Bg3 (63.a5 Ke6 64.Ke2 Kd7-+) 63...d4! 64.Bc7 (64.Bf2 Ke5 65.Bg3+ Kd5 66.Be1 d3-+; =64.Bh2 d3 65.Bc7 Bb4-+) 64...Bb4 65.Bf4 d3 66.Bc7 d2 67.Ke2 Ke4 68.h4 h5 69.Bd8 Kd4 70.Bg5 Kc4-+; A3b) 57.Bc7 57...Be5 58.Bd8 (58.Bb6 Bb2 59.Bc7 Bc3 60.a5 Be1 61.Kd4 Bf2+ 62.Kd3 Kd7-+) 58...Bg3 59.Ba5 Bf2+ 60.Kc6 d4 61.Kb7 Kd5 62.Kxa6 Kc6 63.Bd8 d3 64.Bg5 Be1-+; B) 50.Kd3! forcing Black's King to wander 50...Kg6! B1) 51.Kc3 Kg5 52.Kb4 Kf5 53.Kc3 Ke4 54.Kb4 Bh4 55.e6 Kf5! 56.Ka5 Kxe6 57.Bg1 (57.Kxa6 d4 58.Bf4 Bf2-+) 57...Bf6 58.Kxa6 d4 59.Kb5 d3 60.Be3 Bc3 61.a5 d2-+; B2) 51.Ke2 51...Bd4 52.Kd3 Ba1 B2a) 53.e6 Kf6 54.e7 Kxe7 55.Bg3 Ke6 56.Bc7 Be5 57.Bb6 Kf5 58.Ke3 Bf6 59.Ba5 (59.Bc5 Kg5 60.Kf3 Kh4 61.Kg2 d4-+) 59...d4+ 60.Kd3 Kf4 61.Be1 Kf3-+; B2b) 53.Bf4! 53...Kf5 54.Bh6 Bxe5 55.Bd2 (55.Be3 Bb2!-+) 55...Bg7 56.Bc1™ (56.Be3 Bb2!-+) 56...Kg6 57.Be3 (57.Bd2 Kh5 58.Be1 Bf6 59.Bg3 = branch) 57...Kh5 58.Bf2 Bf6 59.Bg3 (59.Be1 Be5 60.Bf2 Kg5 61.Ke3 Bc7 62.Be1 Bb6+ 63.Kd3 Kf4 64.a5 Bg1 65.Bh4 h5!-+; 59.Ke3 Bh4! 60.Bg1 Bd8 61.Kd3 Kh4 62.Bc5 Bf6-+) 59...Bh4! 60.Be5 Bf2 61.Bf6 Kg6 62.Bd8 Kf5 63.Bc7 Kg5 64.Ke2 Bc5 65.Kf3 Bd4 (65...Kf5 66.a5 d4 67.Bb6 Bb4 68.Bxd4 Bxa5 69.Bc5 Bd8 70.Ke2 Ke4 71.Kd2 Kf3-+) 66.Bg3 (66.a5 Bc3 67.Bd8+ Bf6 68.Bc7 d4 69.Ke4 Kh4-+) 66...Kf5 67.Be1 (67.Bc7 Be5 68.Bb6 d4-+) 67...Bc5 68.Bg3 d4 69.Bc7 Bb4-+] 48...Bf2 49.Kd3 [49.Bf4 Kf5 50.e6 (50.Bh6 Kxe5 51.Kd3 Bb6 52.Bd2 Kf5 53.Be1 Kf4 54.a5 Bg1 55.Bh4 h5 56.Ke2 Ke4 57.Bd8 d4-+) 50...Kxe6 51.Bh6 Ke5 52.Kd3 Kf5 53.Bc1 Kg6 54.Ke2 (54.Bf4 Kh5 55.Ke2 Bb6 56.Kf3 Kh4 57.Kg2 d4!-+) 54...Bc5 55.Kf3 Kf5 56.Bh6 d4-+] 49...Kf5 50.Kc3 [50.Ke2 Bd4 51.Kd3 Bxe5 52.Bg1 Kg5 53.Bf2 Kf4-+] 50...Ke4 51.Kb4? [51.e6! Bc5 52.Bg3 (52.Bg1 Be7 53.Bb6 Kf5 54.Kd3 Kxe6 55.Ke3 Bg5+ 56.Kd4 Bf6+ 57.Kd3 Ke5 58.Bc7+ Kf5 59.Bd6 Be5-+) 52...Be7 A) 53.Bf2 Ke5 54.Kd3 Kxe6 A1) 55.Bb6 Bf6 56.Bc7 Be5 57.Bb6 Kf5 58.Be3 (58.Ke3 Kg5+-) 58...Kg6 59.Bc5 Kg5 60.Bf2 Kf4-+; A2) 55.Kd4 55...Bd8 56.Kd3 Kf5 57.Be3 Bg5 58.Bb6 Bf6 59.Be3 Be5 60.Bh6 Kg6 61.Be3 Kh5 62.Bf2 Kg5 63.Ke3 Bc7 64.Be1 (64.Kf3 Kf5 65.Bc5 Be5 66.Ke3 Kg5-+) 64...Bb6+ 65.Kd3 Kf4 66.a5 Bc5 67.Bh4 Kf3 68.Bd8 h5!-+; B) 53.Kd2! 53...Kf5 54.Kd3 Kxe6 55.Kd4 Bf6+ 56.Kd3 Kf5 57.Ke3 Kg5! (57...d4+? 58.Kd3 Be5 59.Bf2=) 58.Kd3 h6! 1st pawn tempo 59.Ke3 Kf5 60.Bd6 (60.Bc7 Be5 61.Bd8 d4+ 62.Kd3 Kf4 63.Bb6 Kg3-+; 60.Be1 Be5 61.Bh4 d4+ 62.Kd3 Kf4 63.Bd8 Kf3 64.Bb6 Kg3-+) 60...Be5 B1) 61.Bf8 Kg5 62.Kf3 (62.h4+ Kg6-+) 62...h5 2nd pawn tempo 63.Be7+ Bf6 64.Bb4 d4 65.Ba5 Kf5 66.Bc7 Bg5 67.Bd6 d3 68.Bb4 Ke5-+; B2) 61.Bb4 61...Kg5 62.Be1 h5! 2nd pawn tempo 63.Bf2 Bc7 64.Be1 Bb6+ 65.Kf3 Kf5 66.Bh4 Bc5 67.Be1 Ke5-+; 51.Kb3 Bh4! 52.Kb4 Be7+ 53.Ka5 (53.Kc3 Bg5 54.Kb4 d4 55.e6 d3-+) 53...d4 54.Bg3 d3 55.Be1 Bg5 56.e6 d2 57.Bxd2 Bxd2+ 58.Kxa6 Bg5 59.a5 Kd5 60.Kb7 Kxe6-+] 51...Bh4 52.e6 [52.Ka5 d4-+] 52...Be7+ 53.Ka5 [53.Kc3 Kf5 54.Kd3 (54.Bb8 Kxe6 55.Bc7 Bc5 56.Kd3 Kf5 57.Bd8 Kf4 58.Bc7+ Kf3 59.Be5 h5 60.Bf6 Bf2-+) 54...Kxe6 55.Bg3 (55.Ke3 Bd6-+) 55...Bf6 56.Bf2 Kf5 57.Bg3 Be5-+] 53...d4 54.Bg3 d3 55.Be1 Kd5 56.Kxa6 Kxe6 57.Kb5 Bg5 58.a5 d2 59.Bxd2 Bxd2 60.a6 Be3 61.Kc4 Ke5 0-1 My Point Robin, was that at move 58.a5 was a Blunder, when Kc4 Draws! At move 60.a6 was another Blunder, when again Kc4 Draws. Fritz missed it, as did both players. Thanks for confirming this. Chan
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