Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 16:21:46 08/06/04
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On August 06, 2004 at 16:01:02, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >Exhibitions > >Man vs machine >The Baron vs Aronjan >Man vs. Machine Chess960 Match > >Two draws, two happy players >Eric van Reem > >The first-ever man vs. machine Chess960 match between (GM) Levon Aronian and the >Dutch program The Baron, a creation of Richard Pijl, ended 1-1. Both games ended >in a draw. Pijl was pleased with the result, but Aronian was also happy not to >have lost against the computer. “It is always very tricky to play against >computers, and I did not want to risk too much”. > > >The games > >Levon Aronian (ARM) – The Baron (NL) Game 1 [D]nnrkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRQBB w - - 0 1 >A position with the knights on a1 and b1, the bishops are on g1 and h1! > >1.Nb3 g6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g4 Nb6 4.f4 f5 5.gxf5 Qxf5 6.0-0-0 ?! Interesting move, >however, Levon Aronian had a black-out and forgot the castling rules! He wanted >to put his King on b1, but his opponent showed him patiently how to castle >“a-side”: put the King on c1 and take your rook from c1 to d1. 6...Rf8 7.Bxb6 >cxb6 8.Bxc6 Rxc6 Aronian prefers to play with knights rather than bishops. 9.e3 >Bc4 10.Qg2 Kc8 11.Nd4 Bxd4 12.exd4 e6 13.d3 Bd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Kb1 Re6 16.a4 >Qxf4 17.Ref1 Qd6 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qxd5 Qb4 20.b3 Kc7 21.Rf1 Qc3 22.Qc4+ Qxc4 >23.bxc4 Without Queens it has become very difficult for both players to win the >game 23...Re2 24.h4 Rg2 25.Rf7 h5 26.d5 Rg4 27.Rg7 Rxh4 28.Rxg6 Rh2 29.Rh6 h4 >30.Kb2 h3 31.Kc3 Rh1 32.Kd4 h2 33.Kc3 Kd8 34.Rh8+ Ke7 35.Rh7+ Kf6 36.Rh8 Kg7 >37.Rh5 d6 38.Rh3 Kg6 39.Rg3+ Kh5 40.Rh3+ Kg4 41.Rh8 Kg3 42.Rg8+ Kh3 ½–½ Although >The Baron showed a plus score of 0.79, it is impossible to win with black. > > > >The Baron (NL) – Levon Aronian (ARM) Game 2 > > >Probably a difficult position, even for the computer. The Baron thought about 3 >minutes and then played 1.d4 ...and Levon Aronian invested 5 minutes for his >crucial first move.1... c5 2.dxc5 Qxc5 3.a3 b5 4.b4 Qc8 5.e4 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.c4 >bxc4 8.Qxc4?! Hmmm. We don´t like this move. Programmers should have learned one >lesson from several man vs. machine matches: keep the Queens on the board! “I >could have implemented this strategy in my program, but it is impossible to keep >an eye on every aspect of the game. I am happy that my Chess960 Baron is running >so well”, Pijl replied. This is also important in Chess960. Now it is easy for >Aronian to equalise. 8... Qxc4 9.Bxc4 Ng6 10.Bd4 h5 11.Nfd2 h4 12.0-0 Bxf6 >13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Re3 Kg7 15.Nb3 Rc8 16.N1d2 Rhd8 17.g3 d5! This is a good move >that frees black position and leads to an easy draw for black. 18.exd5 Bxd5 >19.Nc5 a5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Ndb3 axb4 22.axb4 Nc6 23.Rc1 Nge7 [ 23...Nxb4? >24.Nxe6+!±] 24.h3 Nxb4 25.Re4 Nd3 26.Rg4+ Kf8 ½–½
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