Author: Telmo C. Escobar
Date: 20:59:50 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 Hi, Peter. You seem to have played a fairly good game (congratulations for your trainer CM 10k), yet in the final position you still are suffering of the main disease White faces in this opening: your poor light squared bishop. White has to work during some time in order to bring it to d5, yet even in that position your bishop would be not as strong as the Black wonderful one. Your only apparent counterplay seem to be against f7, but Black will play f7-f6 when necessary- thus being able to use both his rooks in the queenside. In the long run (that terrible square b6!) you will be forced to play a4-a5 in order to deprive Black rooks of that square, after which you will become terminally passive. Then -I guess- Black would maneouvre their pieces preparing for the advance d6-d5. Maybe you eventually would have to -resignedly- play c3-c4 in order to prevent that advance, thus allowing the Black king to invade through e5 and d4 in the long run. To be sure, my observations are pure speculation. I'm too rusty to think about chess, a bit ill, and so lazy that even the idea of let a chess engine analyse the position and watch the variations/evaluations looks like a formidable mental effort to my deteriorating mind. So, it could be that Black's game is not as winning as it looks. But, playing against a -human- grandmaster, I'd feel lost as White... T
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