Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:33:52 03/23/05
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On March 23, 2005 at 05:30:42, Martin Slowik wrote:
>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
Awesome games Martin, thanks for sharing!
Best,
Michael
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