Author: Alan Grotier
Date: 15:35:52 09/16/04
I purchased GK 2100 in Montréal in 1998 for $336.00 cdn.
Processor speed 10 MHz.Rom 32.7 K bytes.Ram 1K byte.
Purchased Excalibur Grandmaster on E-Bay April-04 for $255.0 cdn landed
cost.These may be some GM spec's but not sure.
H8 processor at 12 Mhz. Program by Ron Nelson.
I played this game just for fun.Analysis - F8.0.0.23
The play level was 5 ply.Manual input by myself into the Exc.GM board.
Exc.GM no options to choose.
GK2100=Selective search.Easy mode off.Full book.Random play off.
[Event "Play level- 5 ply ( F8 analysis)"]
[Site "Lorraine"]
[Date "2004.09.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Excalibur Grandmaster"]
[Black "GK 2100 , Sel. Full book"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Fritz 8 (20s)"]
[PlyCount "109"]
{C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 {last book move} 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 O-O 8.
Bd3 Bf6 9. O-O Re8 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. c4 c6 14. Bf4 d5 15.
c5 b6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 {Attacks the pawn chain} bxc5 18. bxc6 Nf8 19. c7 Qd7 {
Black intends a4} 20. Rb1 (20. dxc5 $6 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Bf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 $15)
20... c4 21. Bc2 a4 22. Rb7 (22. Rb4 Ng6 23. Bg3 Qe7 $18) 22... Qc6 23. Rb8 Rc8
(23... a3 24. Qd2 $16) 24. Qb1 (24. Bxa4 $142 $5 Qa6 25. Bb5 $18) 24... Ng6 25.
Bxg6 hxg6 26. Qb7 Bd7 $4 (26... Qxb7 27. Rxb7 Kf8 28. Rb8 $14) 27. Ne5 (27.
Qxc6 $142 {secures the point} Bxc6 28. Reb1 $18) 27... Bxe5 $2 (27... Qxb7 $142
{and Black can hope to survive} 28. Rxb7 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Ra6 $14) 28. Qxc6 $18 (
28. dxe5 $6 {is clearly worse} Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Bc6 $11) (28. Rxe5 $6 {
is no comparison} Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Bc6 $15) (28. Bxe5 $6 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Ra6 $14)
28... Bxc6 29. Rxa8 (29. Bxe5 $142 $5 f6 30. Bd6 $18) 29... Bxa8 30. Rxe5 Kh7
31. Re7 f6 32. Bd2 g5 33. g3 Kg6 34. Kg2 f5 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Bb7 37. Kf3
Ba8 $2 (37... Rh8 $142 $18) 38. Bf4 Kf6 39. Rd7 Kg6 (39... Ke6 40. Rxg7 c3 41.
Ke3 $18) 40. Be5 (40. Rd8 $5 {seems even better} Bb7 41. Rd6+ Kf7 $18) 40...
Kh5 41. Rxg7 c3 (41... Bb7 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 42. Rg5+ Kh6
43. Rxf5 $18) 42. Rg5+ (42. Bf4 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Bb7
43. Rh7+ Kg6 44. Rh6+ Kf7 $18) 42... Kh6 43. Ke3 c2 44. Kd2 Kh7 (44... Bb7 {
does not improve anything} 45. Rxf5 c1=Q+ 46. Kxc1 $18) 45. h5 Rf8 46. Rxf5 $3
{a decisive sacrifice} Rc8 (46... Rxf5 {Deflection from c8} 47. c8=Q {
A double attack}) 47. Kxc2 (47. Rf6 $142 $18 {and White can already relax})
47... Kh6 (47... Bb7 $18 {there is nothing better in the position}) 48. Bf4+
Kg7 49. h6+ Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kf6 51. Be5+ (51. h7 Bb7 52. Rg8 Ke7 53. h8=Q Rxg8 54.
Qh7+ Ke6 55. Qxg8+ Kf5 56. Qg5+ Ke6 57. Qg6+ Ke7 58. Qd6+ Kf7 59. Qd7+ Kf6 60.
Be5+ Kg5 61. Qg7+ Kf5 62. Qf6+ Kg4 63. Qf4+ Kh5 64. Qf5+ Kh6 65. f4 a3 66. Qf6+
Kh7 67. Qg7#) 51... Kxg5 $18 52. h7 Rh8 (52... Bc6 $18) 53. Bxh8 Bb7 (53... Kg4
{doesn't get the cat off the tree} 54. c8=Q+ Kf3 55. Bf6 Bb7 56. Qh3+ Kxf2 57.
Bh4+ Kg1 58. Qg4+ Kh1 59. h8=Q a3 60. Bf2#) 54. Be5 Kg4 55. h8=Q (55. h8=Q Kf3
56. Qh1+ Kxf2 57. Qh2+ Ke3 58. Kd1 Ba6 59. Qh3+ Ke4 60. Kd2 Be2 61. Qg2+ Bf3
62. Qg6#) 1-0
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