Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:23:34 03/15/05
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On March 15, 2005 at 14:17:42, Peter Skinner wrote: >Today just for kicks I thought I would try my luck at a very long game (well >long vs my normal time controls) vs Fritz 8. > >I have been practicing quite a bit with ChessMaster 10K over the last while, >learning more openings, and improving my middlegame play. The absolutely >humbling part was Fritz almost correctly pondered each of my moves, still having >over 90 minutes on the clock when I lost. I was doing absolutely fantastic until >of all things, I lost on time :( (lol!) > >Here is a diagram of the final position: > >[d]2r2k2/1p2rp1p/p2p2p1/4b3/P3P1R1/2PB4/1P4PP/5R1K - w > >I was thinking of moving Rh4, or Rc1 when my flag fell. This was a Sicilian >Defencse that I have practiced quite a bit recently, as most players online tend >to play Sicilian and Ruy Lopez systems. > >The engine analysis window was turned off so I couldn't see the Fritz's >pondering/score. I think Fritz was slightly ahead here, but certainly not by >much. I had excellent draw chances. > >Which move do you think would have been best? Rh4? Rc1? > >Here is the whole game: (I cleaned the pgn up with SCID) > >[Event "Gettingbuttkicked2005"] >[Site "Home"] >[Date "2005.03.15"] >[Round "1"] >[White "Peter"] >[Black "Fritz 8"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "B85"] >[TimeControl "7200+30"] > >1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 >7. Be3 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 >13. Be3 exf4 14. Rxf4 Be6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. Bd3 Qa5 18. Kh1 Rac8 >19. Ne2 Rfe8 20. Bc3 Qd8 21. Nd4 Bg5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Rf5 Bf6 24. Raf1 g6 >25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qg4 Re7 27. c3 Qd7 28. Bc2 Kh8 29. Rg5 Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Kg7 >31. Bd3 Kf8 0-1 > >Peter Your game matches (with a few transpositions) a drawn GM game (Larsen v Andersson, 1974), up until your 22.Nxe6. [Site "Manila PHI"] [Date "1974.10.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteELO "2630"] [BlackELO "2580"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.f4 Qc7 8.O-O Be7 9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 exf4 14.Rxf4 Be6 15.Qg3 Nd7 16.Bd4 Ne5 17.Bd3 Qa5 18.Kh1 Rac8 19.Ne2 Rfe8 20.Bc3 Qd8 21.Nd4 Bg5 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 Bh4 24.Qh3 g6 25.Rf4 Bg5 26.Rf2 Qb6 27.Raf1 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Qc5 29.Qg3 Bd8 30.Rb1 Re7 31.Rb3 Qc6 32.Rf1 Bb6 33.h3 Bc5 34.Ra1 Kg7 35.Qh4 Re6 36.Rf1 Qd7 37.Be2 Qc6 38.Qf4 Qc7 39.h4 h6 40.a5 Qe7 41.g3 h5 42.Kg2 Nc6 43.Bc4 Nxa5 44.Bxe6 Qxe6 45.Rbb1 Nc4 46.Rfe1 b6 47.Qg5 Ne5 48.Qd2 a5 49.Qd5 Qg4 50.Qd1 Qd7 1/2-1/2 So, I guess you WERE studying your openings! Glad Chessmaster helped! In the final position, CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 says Rh4, with a very slight advantage for Black: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 -0.19 1110 32.a5 Kg8 33.Rd1 h6 0:00 1/4 -0.19 2248 32.a5 Rc5 33.Rh4 h5 0:00 1/4 -0.11 2796 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.a5 Bg7 0:00 1/5 -0.13 9194 32.Rh4 h5 33.Rh3 Rc5 34.Rhf3 Rcc7 0:00 1/6 -0.09 32063 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Rh3 Rc5 34.Rhf3 Bg7 0:00 1/7 -0.13 50991 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Rh3 Rc5 34.Rhf3 Bg7 35.Kg1 0:00 1/8 -0.07 110689 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Bc2 Rc6 34.Rh3 Rb6 35.b4 Rc6 0:01 1/9 -0.11 312482 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Rh3 Rc5 34.Rhf3 Bg7 35.Kg1 d5 36.Rf4 d4 0:03 1/10 -0.10 762123 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Bc2 Rc6 34.Rf2 Bg7 35.Bb3 Rb6 36.Ba2 d5 37.Bxd5 Bxc3 0:07 1/11 -0.14 1831439 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Bc2 Rc6 34.Rh3 Rb6 35.Rb1 Rc7 36.Rf3 Rc5 37.Bd3 0:20 2/12 -0.10 5399493 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Rh3 Rc5 34.Bc2 d5 35.exd5 Rxd5 36.Rd3 Rxd3 37.Bxd3 Rd7 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.a5 1:13 3/13 -0.09 19790342 32.Rh4 Kg8 33.Rh3 Rc5 34.Rd1 d5 35.exd5 Rxd5 36.Re1 Bf6 37.Rxe7 Bxe7 38.Rf3 Bg5 39.b4 Rd7 40.a5 2:56 4/14 -0.09 49316048 32.Rh4 f6 33.Rd1 Rc5 34.g3 d5 35.Bb1 d4 36.cxd4 Bxd4 37.Ba2 Bxb2 38.Rd8+ Re8 39.Rxe8+ Kxe8 40.Rxh7 Rc1+ 41.Kg2 jm
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