Author: Alan Grotier
Date: 12:35:41 12/29/04
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On December 29, 2004 at 14:28:33, Keith Boone wrote:
>On December 29, 2004 at 12:52:03, Alan Grotier wrote:
>>
>>
>> Keith,
>> >You make an interesting point about ChessMaster 9K. I also have ChessMaster 9K,
>as well as Fritz 8 and Chess Tiger for the Palm. As a computer SysAdmin I spend
>far too many hours in front of a monitor, so I was really looking for a table
>top machine to play against. I have now returned the Mephisto, and bought an
>Excalibur Grandmaster, which is a weaker program, but has a full size
>auto-sensory board to play on. See:
>http://www.chesshouse.com/shopexd.asp?id=3225
>
>-Keith
I have the Ex.GM. and just love it for it's full
size board.Chess programs rate me between 1300&1400
so this unit is right for me.It also won a game against my
Mephisto Vancouver.See below.
[Event "Blitz:20 min's analyse"]
[Site "Lorraine"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grandmaster"]
[Black "Vancouver best set. cont +.25, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Fritz 8 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "169"]
{C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 {last book move} Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3
Rd8 10. Nc2 c5 11. a4 (11. Rd1 c4 $11) 11... Nf6 (11... c4 $142 $5 $11 {
should be investigated more closely}) 12. axb5 axb5 13. Re1 (13. d4 $142 $5 $14
{should be considered}) 13... c4 $15 {Black gets more space} 14. Nb4 c5 15. Ra6
Qc7 (15... Qd7 $142 $5 {deserves consideration} 16. Nc2 Be7 $15) 16. Nd5 $14
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 {In the style of Nimzovich} 18. d3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 c4 {
Black gains space} 20. Qe3 O-O 21. Ra7 (21. Qb6 $142 $5 {is worth looking at}
Qxb6 22. Rxb6 $11) 21... Qc5 $15 22. Rd1 Ra8 (22... Qc8 23. Qf3 $11) 23. Rb7
Qxe3 24. Bxe3 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Ra1 e4 27. Ra6 Be5 (27... Bf8 $142 $5 $11
{must definitely be considered}) 28. d6 $16 Kf8 (28... f6 $5 29. d7 Kf7 $16)
29. Bc5 $18 Ke8 (29... f5 $142 30. Ra7 Rd8 31. d7+ Kf7 $18) 30. Ra7 Bxd6 (30...
f6 31. Re7+ Kd8 32. Rxg7 $18) 31. Bxd6 Rb6 32. Re7+ Kd8 33. Bc5 Rc6 34. Bb4 Rc7
35. Rxe4 Rb7 36. Rh4 h6 37. Rd4+ Ke8 38. Rd5 f6 39. f4 Kf7 40. f5 h5 (40... Ke8
{does not win a prize} 41. Kf2 $18) 41. Kf2 g5 (41... g6 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kg3 $18) 42. Ke3 Ke8 (
42... g4 {does not save the day} 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Kf4 $18) 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Kc5
g4 (44... Re7 {does not help much} 45. Kxb5 Re2 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. Be7 $18) 45.
Kc6 Rb8 46. Rd7+ Kg8 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Rd4 (48. Be7 {might be the shorter path}
Ra8 49. Rd8+ Rxd8 50. Bxd8 Kf8 $18) 48... g3 (48... Re8 {
hardly improves anything} 49. Rxg4+ Kf7 50. Kxb5 Re5+ 51. Kxc4 Rxf5 52. Bc5 $18
) 49. Bd6 Re8 50. Kxb5 Re2 51. Rg4+ Kf7 52. Bc5 Rxg2 53. Kxc4 Rxb2 54. Kd3 (54.
Rxg3 {seems even better} Rh2 55. Kd3 Rh4 $18) 54... Rh2 (54... Rg2 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 55. Bd4 $18) 55. Rxg3 Rh5 56. Rf3 Rh1 57. Re3
Rd1+ 58. Ke4 Rc1 59. Kd5 Rd1+ 60. Bd4 Rf1 61. Ke4 Rh1 62. Rf3 Re1+ 63. Be3 (63.
Kd5 {makes it even easier for White} Rh1 $18) 63... Ra1 64. Rh3 Ra4+ (64... Re1
{doesn't improve anything} 65. c4 $18) 65. Bd4 Kg7 66. Rh2 (66. Rg3+ $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Kh6 67. Rg6+ Kh5 $18) 66... Ra6 67. Rb2 Kf7 68. Rb7+
Ke8 69. Kd5 Kd8 70. Rf7 Ra5+ 71. Ke4 Ra4 72. Rxf6 Ke7 73. Rb6 Ke8 74. f6 Ra5
75. Rb7 Rh5 76. f7+ (76. Be5 Rh6 77. Kf5 Rh5+ 78. Kg6 Rxe5 79. f7+ Kf8 80. Rb8+
Ke7 81. f8=Q+ Ke6 82. Qf7+ Kd6 83. Rb6+ Kc5 84. Qc7+ Kd5 85. Qc6#) 76... Kf8
$18 77. Be5 (77. Be3 Kg7 78. Bf4 Rb5 79. Bd6 Kh7 80. f8=Q+ Rxb7 81. Qf5+ Kg7
82. Be5+ Kg8 83. Qc8+ Kf7 84. Qxb7+ Ke6 85. Qc8+ Ke7 86. c4 Kf7 87. Qd7+ Kg6
88. Qg7+ Kh5 89. Kf5 Kh4 90. Qg4#) 77... Rh4+ 78. Bf4 Kg7 79. Kf5 Rxf4+ (79...
Rh5+ {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 80. Kg4 Rh4+ 81. Kxh4
Kg6 82. Kg4 Kg7 83. Kf5 Kf8 84. Bh6#) 80. Kxf4 Kf8 81. Ke5 Kg7 82. Ke6 Kg6 (
82... Kf8 {does not solve anything} 83. Rb8+ Kg7 84. f8=Q+ Kg6 85. Qf5+ Kg7 86.
Qf6+ Kh7 87. Rh8#) 83. f8=Q Kg5 84. Rg7+ Kh6 (84... Kh5 {
does not improve anything} 85. Qh8#) 85. Qh8# 1-0
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