Author: Flavio Quintiliano
Date: 20:52:35 06/22/05
[Event "Man-Machine"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2005.06.21"] [Round "1"] [White "HYDRA"] [Black "Adams,Mi"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2737"] [EventDate "2005.06.21"] [ECO "C42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Bd6 15. h3 Bh5 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne5 c5 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Rc7 24. Bxf5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf5 26. Qxe4 Bg6 27. Rb6 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rcf7 29. Rd6 Qa5 30. e6 Re7 31. Ba3 Rfe8 32. Bxc5 Qxa2 33. Rd2 1-0 I'm sorry , I don't agree that 17.c4 in the first game Hydra-Adams was a "killer shot". Adams continued 17...dxc4 and was able to equalize on move 23: [d]2rq1r1k/6pp/p2bB3/2p1Np1b/3Pn3/7P/P1Q2PP1/1RB1R1K1 b - - 0 23 Everyone agrees that strategical knowledge is the main weakness of computer programs. But now comes the human weakness: cowardice ;) Humans tend to think that computers are simply "unbeatable". So, Adams drove his rook from attack with 23...Rc7? and lost the game. However, he could have boldly sacrificed the exchange with 23...cxd4! The passed d-pawn is more than good compensation for the exchange. Most engines will recognize this at once and will evaluate the position as "0.00". After natural moves like 24.Bxc8 Qxc8 25.Qxc8 Rxc8 26.Bf4 g5 27.Bh2 Rc2, we reach this position: [d]7k/7p/p2b4/4Nppb/3pn3/7P/P1r2PPB/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 28 In my opinion, the best continuation for Hydra would be 28.f3 (but not 28.Rb6, attacking Black's a-pawn, which in my opinion is a losing plan) d3 29.fxe4 d2 30.exf5 dxe1Q+ 31.Rxe1 Kg8, with complete equality. "Analyze this" (like in the movie) with ur favorite engine ;)
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