Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:25:28 09/21/04
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On September 20, 2004 at 20:27:47, John Merlino wrote:
>On September 20, 2004 at 17:13:22, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
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>>In unregelmässiger Folge zeige ich hier spannende/besondere/kuriose
>>Partien aus dem laufenden <a href="http://www.utzingerk.com/at_2004.htm"
>>target=_top>AT 2004 (90m+30s) Turnier</a>. Dieses Mal bringe
>>ich eine Partie zwischen Gothmog 1.0 Beta 10 und Crafty 19.15 WB aus der
>>Runde 5.5, wo das norwegische Programm dank eines spekulativen Feuer-
>>werke eine sehr hübsche Angriffspartie zum Gewinn führt.
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>>This time I show/comment a most interesting game of our
>>AT 2004 (90m+30s) tournament http://www.utzingerk.com/at_2004.htm
>>where Tord Romstad's engine Gothmog won a very beautiful game
>>Gothmog 1.0 beta 10 vs Crafty 19.15 WB
>>Position before 11.Qh5!?
>>[D]rnbqr1k1/ppp1b1pp/5p2/3nN3/4NP2/3B4/PPP1Q1PP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 11
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>>[Event "AT 2004 Ath 1.3/64 90m+30s"]
>>[Site "Zurich"]
>>[Date "2004.08.13"]
>>[Round "5.5"]
>>[White "Gothmog 1.0 beta 10"]
>>[Black "Crafty-19.15"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "C32"]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "rnbqr1k1/ppp1b1pp/5p2/3nN3/4NP2/3B4/PPP1Q1PP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 11"]
>>[PlyCount "46"]
>>[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
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>>11. Qh5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxh7+ Kf7 14. fxg5 Ke7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Qxg7+ Kd6
>>17. c5+ Kc6 18. Be4+ Kxc5 19. Be3+ Kb5 20. O-O N8c6 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23.
>>Bd3+ Ka5 24. b4+ Ka4 25. Bc2+ Kb5 26. a4+ Kxb4 27. Rab1+ Kc3 28. Bf2 Nf4 29.
>>Be1+ Kc4 30. Bb3+ Kc5 31. Bf2+ Qd4 32. Bxe6 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Rxe6 1-0
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>>*****The complete game / Die komplette Partie*****
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>>[Event "AT 2004 Ath 1.3/64 90m+30s"]
>>[Site "Zurich"]
>>[Date "2004.08.13"]
>>[Round "5.5"]
>>[White "Gothmog 1.0 beta 10"]
>>[Black "Crafty-19.15"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "C32"]
>>[Annotator "Utzinger,K"]
>>[PlyCount "66"]
>>[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
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>>1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nd2 exd3 6. Bxd3 Nxd5 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
>>Ne4 O-O 9. Nf3 {Both last book move; Beide letzter Buchzug} Re8 10. Ne5 {
>>This comes somewhat unexpected instead of 10.0-0 in order to bring white's
>>king out of the open e-file; Das kam unerwartet statt 10.0-0 was den weissen
>>Koenig aus der offenen e-Linie gebrachthaette} f6 11. Qh5 {A further surprising
>>, speculative move and played by Gothmog despite a still negative assessment;
>>Erneut ein ueberraschender, spekulativer Zug, den Gothmog trotz einer
>>negativen Bewertung ausspielt} fxe5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 (12... h6 {
>>is met by; trifft auf die Erwiderung} 13. Qf7+ Kh8 14. Qg6 {
>>and White wins; und Weiss gewinnt}) 13. Qxh7+ {1.03/12 211 The first time in
>>the game that Gothmog shows a positive evaluation; Das erste Mal in der Partie,
>>dass Gothmog sich positiv bewertet} Kf7 14. fxg5 {White has only one pawn for
>>the piece but Black's king stands rather uncomfortable in the open air; Weiss
>>hat nur einen Bauern fuer die Figur, doch steht der schwarze Koenig recht
>>ungemuetlich an der frischen Luft} Ke7 (14... Rg8 15. g6+ Ke6 16. Bg5 Qe8 17.
>>c4 Nb4 18. O-O-O {and White has a very strong position with excellent
>>attacking chances; ueberlaesst Weiss eine sehr starke Stellung mit guten
>>Angriffschancen}) 15. c4 Nb4 16. Qxg7+ Kd6 {This is forced; Das ist erzwungen}
>>(16... Ke6 17. Qg6+ Ke7 18. Qf6+ Kd7 19. Bf5+ Re6 20. Qxe6#) 17. c5+ Kc6 (17...
>>Kxc5 {loses after; verliert nach} 18. Be3+ Kd6 19. O-O-O Nd5 20. Qh6+ Be6 21.
>>Bc4 c6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5+ Kxd5 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxe6+) 18.
>>Be4+ Kxc5 {The only try was 18...Nd5 although it's doubtful that this can save
>>the game; Der einzige Versuch war 18...Sd5, obwohl es fraglich ist, ob damit
>>die Partie zu retten war} (18... Nd5 19. Qg6+ Re6 20. Qf7 Qd7 21. Qf3 Na6 22.
>>Be3 {+-}) 19. Be3+ {2.28/11 178} Kb5 20. O-O N8c6 {There is no longer a
>>defence against the many white threats; Gegen die verschiedenen Drohungen von
>>Weiss gibt es keine Verteidigung mehr} 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Bd3+ Ka5 24.
>>b4+ Ka4 25. Bc2+ Kb5 26. a4+ Kxb4 27. Rab1+ Kc3 28. Bf2 Nf4 (28... Kxc2 29.
>>Qh7+ Kc3 30. Qd3#) 29. Be1+ Kc4 30. Bb3+ Kc5 31. Bf2+ Qd4 32. Bxe6 Ne2+ 33. Kh1
>>Rxe6 {Tord Romstad will be proud about this game of Gothmog; Ueber diese
>>Partie von Gothmog wird sich Tord Romstad freuen} 1-0
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>Regarding your comment about 18...Nd5 being "the only try", CM9_SKR thinks that
>18...Kb5 is the best move (this is on a moderately busy AMD 2500), and may even
>lead to a draw:
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>Time Depth Score Positions Moves
>0:00 1/3 0.88 1401 18...Nd5 19.O-O Kxc5 20.Bd2
>0:00 1/3 0.00 3510 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Be6 20.Qf3
>0:00 1/4 0.02 8590 18...Kb5 19.a4+ Ka5 20.Bd2 Nc6
> 21.Qf7
>0:00 1/5 -0.17 29003 18...Kb5 19.a4+ Ka5 20.Bd2 Na6
> 21.Bg6
>0:00 1/6 0.34 111195 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Rf8 20.a4+ Ka5
> 21.Qc4 Qd7 22.Be3
>0:01 1/7 0.14 291845 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 N8c6 20.a4+ Ka5
> 21.Qc4 a6 22.Bd2 Qd4
>0:03 1/8 0.47 836577 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Bg4 20.a4+ Ka5
> 21.Bd2 Be6 22.Qf1 Qd7 23.Bxb7
>0:09 1/9 0.45 1999798 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Bg4 20.a4+ Ka5
> 21.Bd2 Be6 22.Qf1 c6 23.Qe2 Qd4
>0:27 1/10 1.00 5765986 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 N8c6 20.Qf1+ Kxc5
> 21.Be3+ Nd4 22.Rc1+ Kb6 23.Qc4
> Qd6 24.a3 Be6 25.Qxb4+ Qxb4+ 26.axb4
> Rad8
>1:01 1/10 0.71 13714772 18...Nd5 19.O-O Be6 20.Qxe5 Nd7
> 21.Qd4 Nxc5 22.Bd2 Nxe4 23.Qxe4
> b5 24.Rae1
>2:00 1/11 1.30 28310667 18...Nd5 19.O-O Be6 20.Be3 b6 21.Rad1
> Kb7 22.Rf6 Nc6 23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.Bxd5
>2:39 1/11 0.90 38377427 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Qd4 20.Qxe8+ N8c6
> 21.a4+ Ka6 22.Bf3 Nd3+ 23.Ke2 Qf2+
> 24.Kd1 Nxb2+ 25.Bxb2 Qxb2 26.Rc1
> Qd4+ 27.Ke1
>5:51 1/12 0.50 88240474 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Qd4 20.Qxe8+ N8c6
> 21.Qg6 Bg4 22.Rf1 Rd8 23.a4+ Ka5
> 24.Ra3 Ne7 25.Qh7 Qd1+ 26.Kf2
>23:45 1/13 0.00 363464901 18...Kb5 19.Qf7 Qd4 20.Qxe8+ N8c6
> 21.Qg6 Bg4 22.a4+ Ka5 23.Bxc6 Rf8
> 24.Bf3 Rxf3 25.gxf3 Bxf3 26.Qf5
> Qd1+ 27.Kf2 Qe2+ 28.Kg3 Qg2+ 29.Kh4
> Qf2+ 30.Kh3 Qg2+ 31.Kh4
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>jm
Here's the position, if anybody else wants to throw a few CPU cycles at it:
[D]rnbqr3/ppp3Q1/2k5/2P1p1P1/1n2B3/8/PP4PP/R1B1K2R b KQ - 0 18
jm
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