Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 10:43:22 04/23/05
Round 10 and 11 were played with the Ruy Lopez, Noomen position 02 and 03 from
Noomen.pgn
Black wins twice in the Open Spanish:
[Event "Test T8"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Black "Pro Deo 1.1 - Betazoid T8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:20/4500"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4
6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ne7
11.a4 c5 12.Ba2 h6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Bd2 Ra4 15.Qb1 Qd7
16.Qb2 Nc8 17.Rfb1 Na7 18.Bb3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Nc8 20.Be3 Be7
21.Nd2 O-O 22.f4 Nb6 23.Ra5 Re8 24.Qa1 Bd8 25.Ra7 Qc6
26.Nf3 Bg4 27.Qa6 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Qg6+ 29.Kf2 c4 30.Qxb5 Re6
31.Ba4 Qh5 32.Qc5 Qxh2+ 33.Kf1 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 Qg2+ 35.Ke1 Qxf3
36.Kd2 Qf1 37.Ra8 Nxa8 38.Qc8 Rg6 {Score threshold reached} 0-1
The final position deserves a diagram:
[D]n1Qb2k1/5pp1/6rp/3pP3/B1p2P2/2P1B3/2PK4/5q2 w - -
The White Queen has to sacrifice herself against a Bishop, pawn and Rook in
order for the King not to get mated immediately 39.Qxd8+ Kh7 40.Qxd5 Rg2+
41.Qxg2 Qxg2+
Chess Tiger takes revenge in the second game:
[Event "Test T8"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Pro Deo 1.1 - Betazoid T8"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:20/4500"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4
6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O
11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 Bd7 14.Qh5 Qe7 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.Nd4 Bd7 17.f3 c5 18.Nb3 c4+ 19.Nd4 g6 20.Qh6 Nc5
21.Re1 Ne6 22.Be3 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24.cxd4 Rfe8 25.Re2 Rac8
26.Rae1 Qb4 27.Rd1 a5 28.Rb1 Qf8 29.Qh4 b4 30.f4 a4
31.f5 b3 32.fxg6 hxg6 33.axb3 axb3 34.Bd1 Bf5 35.Ra1 Qb4
36.g4 Be4 37.Qf2 c3 38.Qe3 c2 39.Rf2 Rc4 40.Be2 Rxd4
41.Rff1 Rd2 42.Rfe1 Rxe5 43.Ra8+ Kg7 44.Rd8 Re6 45.Re8 Rxe8 {Score threshold
reached} 0-1
Final position:
[D]4r3/5pk1/6p1/3p4/1q2b1P1/1p2Q3/1PprB2P/4R1K1 w - -
Rebel Q5T in ECTool, the score is crushing for Betazoid:
16:25 12.00 -23.27 46.Rf1 Rxe2 47.Qxe2 Qc5+ 48.Qf2 c1=Q 49.Rxc1
Two more games with the Spanish in Round 11, this time not with the Open Ruy
Lopez but the Exchange variation, both ended in a draw. Chess Tiger could make
use of its new table base access in the first game.
[Event "Test T8"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Black "Pro Deo 1.1 - Betazoid T8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:20/4500"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4
6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bg5 Bc5 10.Bxf6 gxf6
11.Nb3 Ba7 12.Nc3 Rg8 13.g3 Bh3 14.O-O-O Bg2 15.Rhe1 Bxf3
16.Rd3 Bg4 17.e5 Ke7 18.exf6+ Kxf6 19.Ne4+ Kg7 20.Nec5 Rae8
21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Nxb7 Bf2 23.N7c5 Be3+ 24.Rxe3 Rxe3 25.Nxa6 Re1+
26.Kd2 Re2+ 27.Kc1 Rxh2 28.a4 Rg2 29.a5 Rxg3 30.Nxc7 Rg1+
31.Kd2 Rd1+ 32.Ke3 Rd7 33.Na6 Rb7 34.Nac5 Ra7 35.a6 Bc8
36.Na5 Bxa6 37.b4 Bb5 38.c4 Rxa5 39.bxa5 Bxc4 40.a6 Bxa6
41.Nxa6 h5 42.Kf4 f6 43.Nc5 Kf7 44.Kf5 Ke7 45.Nb7 Kd7
46.Kf4 Ke6 47.Nc5+ Ke7 48.Nb7 Kd7 49.Nc5+ Ke8 50.Ne6 h4
51.Kg4 Ke7 52.Nd4 Kd6 53.Nf5+ Ke5 54.Nxh4 Ke4 55.Nf5 c5
56.Nd6+ Kd5 57.Nf5 Ke5 58.Ne3 Ke4 59.Nf5 Kd5 60.Kf3 Ke5
61.Ne3 Kd4 62.Nf5+ Kc3 63.Nd6 Kd3 64.Kf4 f5 65.Kxf5 Kc2
66.Ke5 c4 67.Nxc4 {Draw ! Insufficient material.} 1/2-1/2
Final position:
[D]8/8/8/4K3/2N5/8/2k5/8 b - -
[Event "Test T8"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Pro Deo 1.1 - Betazoid T8"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:20/4500"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4
6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 c5 9.Ne2 Bd7 10.Nbc3 O-O-O
11.O-O h6 12.Be3 g5 13.Rad1 b6 14.a3 Bd6 15.b4 cxb4
16.Rxd6 cxd6 17.axb4 Rhg8 18.Bxb6 Rde8 19.Rd1 Re6 20.Bd4 g4
21.Nf4 gxf3 22.Nxe6 Rxg2+ 23.Kh1 Ng4 24.Nf4 Rxh2+ 25.Kg1 Bc6
26.Rf1 Rd2 27.Bf2 Rxc2 28.Nfd5 Kd7 29.Bb6 Rg2+ 30.Kh1 Bxd5
31.Nxd5 Rh2+ 32.Kg1 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rh2+ 34.Kg1 Rg2+ 35.Kh1 Rh2+
{Draw by 3 times repetition.} 1/2-1/2
Final position:
[D]8/3k1p2/pB1p3p/3N4/1P2P1n1/5p2/7r/5R1K w - -
The score between these two rivals is now:
Chess Tiger 14.0 - Pro Deo 1.1 Betazoid T8 11½ - 10½
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