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Subject: Re: Hydra crushes Vladmirov 3-0 (PGNs)

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 21:53:24 08/19/04

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On August 19, 2004 at 18:20:45, George Sobala wrote:

>It seems Hydra played a four match series today against Evgeny Vladimirov (KAZ
>2628). It looks as if games may have been 60 minutes + 20 second increment.
>Hydra won 3-0 and the fourth game was not played.
>
>PGNs (taken from ICC):
>
>[Event "ICS Rated Standard match"]
>[Site "204.178.125.65"]
>[Date "2004.08.19"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "*Hydra"]
>[Black "*Vladimirov"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "0"]
>[BlackElo "0"]
>[TimeControl "3600+20"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
>O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
>Qd7 15. h3 Bf5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Na5 19. Nh4 Bh7 20. Bc2
>Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nc4 22. Rd3 f6 23. f4 fxe5 24. fxe5 c5 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Rf3
>Rxf3 27. Nxf3 cxd4 28. cxd4 b4 29. Nh4 a5 30. Qd3 a4 31. Ng6 Qc6 32. Rb1
>Qb7 33. h4 Na5 34. Rf1 Qd7 35. Qf3 Nc6 36. Nf8 Nxd4 37. Nxd7 Nxf3+ 38. Rxf3
>Re7 39. Rf8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Kg6 41. e6 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Rb8 Kf5 44. Nf8 d4
>45. Rxb3 Ke4 46. Rf3 d3 47. Kf2
>1-0
>
>[Event "ICS Rated Standard match"]
>[Site "204.178.125.65"]
>[Date "2004.08.19"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "*Vladimirov"]
>[Black "*Hydra"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[WhiteElo "0"]
>[BlackElo "0"]
>[TimeControl "3600+20"]
>
>1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4
>8. dxe4 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qe1 Bc5 13. Nc4 b5 14. Na5
>Qc7 15. a4 Bb6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. c4 b4 18. Qxb4 Rab8 19. Qe1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
>Bxa5 21. Rxa5 Rxb3 22. Rb5 Rxf3 23. Qe2 a6
>0-1
>
>[Event "ICS Unrated Standard match"]
>[Site "204.178.125.65"]
>[Date "2004.08.19"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "*Hydra(C)"]
>[Black "*Vladimirov(GM)"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "0"]
>[BlackElo "0"]
>[TimeControl "3600+20"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Be3 Ne7
>8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qc4 h6 13. Ne1 Bg5
>14. Kb1 Rf8 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Rf1 Nf4 17. Nd3 Qb8 18. h4 Qb6 19. hxg5 Rb8
>20. b3 Ne6 21. f4 exf4 22. e5 d5 23. Qa4 c5 24. Qa3 Bc6 25. Ne2 Bb5 26.
>Nexf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxd3 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxd3 Qc6 30. Rc3 Rb5 31. Qc1
>Ke7 32. Qf4 Qe6 33. g6 d4 34. Rf3 Qxg6 35. Qf8+ Ke6 36. Qc8+ Kxe5 37. Qxc7+
>1-0

How much money did he get for this miserable performance?
He shouldn´t get a single penny.

In case he didn´t throw the games intentionally:

You don´t play 1...e5,2...Nc6 against the computer.
That´s just stupid!

Michael



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