Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:28:11 06/21/05
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On June 21, 2005 at 16:44:21, Torstein Hall wrote: >On June 21, 2005 at 15:30:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 21, 2005 at 14:19:44, Robin Smith wrote: >> >>>On June 21, 2005 at 14:11:23, Mark Young wrote: >>> >>>>On June 21, 2005 at 14:04:37, Ted Summers wrote: >>>> >>>>>To sum it up " He played a drawish opening in a tactic way. " Not a good idea >>>>>when computers are able to hang with the best and proving themself as better >>>>>than humans in open tactical positions. However I still think GM Adams can pull >>>>>it together and Win or Draw this match. >>>>> >>>>>[D] r2q1rk1/1pp3pp/p2b4/nP1p1p1b/2PPn3/3B1N1P/P1QN1PP1/1RB1R1K1 b - - 0 17 >>>>> >>>>>Having reached this position, we seemed to be watching the beginning of the end >>>>>for Adams in the first game but hopefully not the match. >>>> >>>>C4! was a killer positional shot. >>> >>>c4 was a good move, but hardly a "killer". >>> >>>>It seems clear GM Adams missed this move when he played Na5. >>> >>>Perhaps Adams miissed it, but it hardly seems "clear", since Black is still OK >>>afterwards. His loss happened later. >>> >>>-Robin >>The problem here is that the kingside is already a bit open. One does _not_, as >>a human, allow the computer to open _both_ sides of the board in the same game. >>It invites a debacle such as this. Of course, he made a couple of tactical >>errors around the point where the rook on C8 was hanging, but he was already in >>the wrong kind of position... >> >>All the comps were suggesting the same moves as played by Hydra, so there was no >>real surprises from the white side, just black making an error here, an error >>there, before long he fell off the rim of the canyon. > >This is in my view far to general. Black was at least = uptil move 23.Be6 >[D]2rq1r1k/6pp/p2bB3/2p1Np1b/3Pn3/7P/P1Q2PP1/1RB1R1K1 b - - 0 23 >Adams played 23...Rc7 while 23...cxd4 looks like it holds everything nicely >together. One line could be 23...cxd4 24.Qxc8 Qf6 25.Qc4 Qxe5 26.Qa5 and black >looks OK to me. > >Torstein CM9_R1 does not like 25.Qc4, and 26.Qa5 is not legal after 25.Qc4 (did you mean 26.Qa4 or 26.f4 Qa5?). Here's its analysis on an AMD 2500: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:03 1/8 0.54 701693 25.Ng6+ Bxg6 26.Qc4 Re8 27.Bd7 Bf7 28.Qc2 Rd8 29.Rb7 Nc5 0:04 1/8 0.97 1079116 25.Qd7 Bxe5 26.f4 Bd6 27.Rxe4 Rd8 28.Qxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rxd4 Bc5 0:08 1/9 0.49 2091978 25.Qd7 Qxe5 26.f4 Qc5 27.Rb7 d3+ 28.Be3 Qc3 29.Rc1 d2 30.Rxc3 d1=Q+ 31.Kh2 Bxf4+ 32.Bxf4 Qxd7 33.Rxd7 Nxc3 0:20 1/10 0.08 5420025 25.Qd7 Qxe5 26.f4 Qc5 27.Rb7 d3+ 28.Kh1 Qd4 29.Rxe4 d2 30.Bxd2 fxe4 31.Be3 Qa1+ 32.Kh2 Bxf4+ 33.Bxf4 Rxf4 0:26 1/10 0.11 7008793 25.Ng6+ Bxg6 26.Qc4 Re8 27.Bd7 Bf7 28.Qc6 Rd8 29.Rb6 Qe5 30.g3 1:12 1/11 -0.04 19377933 25.Ng6+ hxg6 26.Qc4 Qe5 27.g3 d3 28.Bf4 Qc5 29.Be3 Qxc4 30.Bxc4 d2 31.Rf1 f4 32.gxf4 Bxf4 1:35 1/11 0.93 25572248 25.Qd7 Qxe5 26.f4 Qf6 27.Bxf5 Nc5 28.Qc6 Bf7 29.Ba3 Bxa2 30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.Qxc5 Qxf5 32.Qxf5 Rxf5 2:23 1/12 0.87 39606521 25.Qd7 Qxe5 26.f4 Qf6 27.Bxf5 Nc5 28.Qc6 Bf7 29.Ba3 Bxa2 30.Rbc1 Qxf5 31.Qxd6 6:02 1/13 0.00 102930214 25.Qd7 Bxe5 26.f4 Qh4 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.fxe5 e3 29.Ba3 e2 30.Bxf8 e1=Q+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Qxe5+ 33.Kg1 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 20:15 2/14 0.00 340928962 25.Qd7 Bxe5 26.f4 Qh4 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.fxe5 e3 29.Ba3 e2 30.Bxf8 e1=Q+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Qxe5+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 23:11 2/14 0.16 393365143 25.Qxf8+ Qxf8 26.Nd3 Bf7 27.Bxf7 Qxf7 28.f3 Nf6 29.Bf4 Bxf4 30.Nxf4 Ng8 31.Rb4 Qxa2 32.Rxd4 Qb2 33.Rd7 a5 37:48 3/15 0.14 662542010 25.Qxf8+ Qxf8 26.Nd3 Bf7 27.Bxf7 Qxf7 28.f3 Nf6 29.Bf4 Bxf4 30.Nxf4 h6 31.Rb8+ Kh7 32.Ne6 d3 33.Rd8 Nd7 34.Kf2 d2 1:33:07 4/16 0.16 1717902720 25.Qxf8+ Qxf8 26.Nd3 Be8 27.Bc4 Bf7 28.Bxf7 Qxf7 29.f3 Nf6 30.Bf4 Bxf4 31.Nxf4 Ng8 32.Rb3 a5 33.g3 a4 34.Rb2 Qc7 jm
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