Author: Martin Slowik
Date: 02:30:42 03/23/05
Hello,
since the games against the dedicated computers perhaps are good advertising for
our ole' beeping friends, I thought adding another example would do no harm...
:)
First the complete game. Against the computers it's actually my favourite one I
ever played. Time 10 min/game, ponder on.
[Event "Blitz:10'"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin"]
[Black "Elite Avantgarde 68030 (v9)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. d4
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Re1 g6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 c5 15.
Rh4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd8 17. Rxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 Nf6 20. Nf5 Bxh2+ 21.
Kh1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Be5 23. Bxe5 Qd5+ 24. cxd5 Rfd8 25. Bxf6 fxg6 26. Qh8+ Kf7
27. Nh6# 1-0
Now let's perhaps have a closer look, so you see why I love it... :)
[d] r2q1rk1/pb1n1ppp/1ppbpn2/3p4/2PP4/1P2PN2/PB1NBPPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 10
I like openings like that against computers, since they often underestimate the
attacking chances for white, which almost always arise due to the two powerful
bishops. At the moment there are many pieces in between on the diagonals but
this is nothing one couldn't change...
(On the other hand he smells something, see 11.g6 later on)
Now I played 10.Bd3 -- maybe d4 earlier and omitting the intermediate Be2 would
have been better. However some of the computers in that case start to open the
position and didn't want that until my king was in safety...
Which is the stronger recapture in the following position, what do you think?
[d] r4rk1/pbqn1p1p/1ppbp1p1/8/2PPn3/1P1B1N2/PB3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 14
I played 14.Rxe4!
Well, to be honest I'm not sure if this is objectively better than Bxe4. However
I'd certainly play this move in this position again, even though Shredder 7.04
or Hiarcs 9 don't like the rook on e4 at a first glance (I didn't let them
analyse longer). I'd not bet even my Mephisto III that the king safety
algorithms of even those two are good enough yet to give a reliable answer here.
[d] r2q1rk1/pb1n1p1p/1p1bp1p1/8/2PN3R/1P1B4/PB3PPP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 17
The move here of course is a typical idea. Needless to say I didn't see all the
consequences but if you already said A (14.Rxe4) you now simply have also to say
B (17.Rxh7!). Even Shredder needs a few seconds to see that move (okay, he
really checks the consequences, granted...). For me it was enough to see that
after Qh5+ and Bxg6 I at least have a perpetual.
So would you play 20.Qg5 and draw in the following position or is there anything
better? :)
[d] r2q1rk1/pb3p2/1p1bpnB1/7Q/2PN4/1P6/PB3PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 20
Of course there is! The A/G can only take one piece per move so: 20.Nf5!! This
places the third piece en prise and offers the queen.
I didn't announce the mate in eight [(c) Hiarcs] to the Avantgarde now -- I'm
usually a polite guy ;) (who sometimes sees a mate in three but never in eight,
okay, okay...). The rest is quite straight forward: you don't need to calculate
more than two moves in advance (the only important thought is that your king is
safer on white squares, since the black queen cannot give dangerous checks
there). Used time: white 6:52, black 4:30.
Now you may say I was quite lucky that Rxe4 and Rxh7 did work out -- and you're
right. You even already gathered that most of the games I play certainly have
the opposite result -- and you're right again. But I think if you want to play
an occasional nice game, you have bite into the lemon and lose some other nice
games too. A typical example is the next one.
[Event "Blitz:10'"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin"]
[Black "Elite Avantgarde 68030 (v9)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 f6 6. O-O fxe5 7. dxe5 e6 8. Bf4
Bc5 9. Nd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxc2 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Bf3 Ne7 14. g4 Bc2
15. Rac1 Rf8 16. Rxc2 g5 17. Bxg5 Rxf3 18. Kg2 Rf7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Qd2 O-O-O 21.
Qe2 Rg8 22. h4 Kb8 23. f5 Qb4 24. fxe6 Rxf1 25. a3 Qc5 26. Kxf1 Rxg5 27. hxg5
Nf8 28. Ne4 Qd4 29. Nc5 Nfg6 30. Nd7+ Ka8 31. Rd2 Qf4+ 32. Qf2 Qc4+ 33. Ke1
Qxg4 34. Qf7 b6 35. Qe8+ Kb7 36. Qb8+ Ka6 {Time} 0-1
Since I don't want you to waste too much time with this one ;), I'd like to
point out only two positions.
[d] r2qkr2/pp1nn2p/2p1p1p1/3pP3/3Q1BP1/2N2B2/PPb2P1P/2R2RK1 w q - 0 16
White to move: 16. Rxc2 g5 (playing 14.g4 and trapping the bishop I didn't see
this counter attack). 17. Bxg5 Rxf3...
[d] 1k4r1/pp1nnr1p/2p1P3/3pP1B1/1q4PP/2N5/PPR1Q1K1/5R2 b - - 0 24
Here after 24...Rxf1 a3 25.Qc5 Kxf1 the threats b2-b4 together with the attack
on Ne7, the hanging Nd7 anyway and sometimes even simply the move Ne4
(undiscovered attack of Rc2) are nice. However the position was simply too
complex for me later on...
Whatever the result: games against the Avantgarde are always a lot of fun.
Wood Pusher Regards,
Martin
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