Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 10:40:21 07/07/05
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On July 06, 2005 at 19:10:14, Zappa wrote: >I feel Ehlvest played an extremely good game, and personally I was very >impressed by how accurately he handled himself after Nxb5. He could have made >any number of errors, but instead he played very calmly and reached an ending >where he had good drawing chances - perhaps even a theoretical draw. > >However, I do think that a piece down ending is very tough to hold against the >computer, and engines that have a very-close-to-draw score are probably wrong. >Zappa's score never went below 0.7 during the ending. I really don't think you >can say that Ehlvest blundered in an absolute sense during the ending, I just >don't think he played actively enough. He took a long time around move 45 or >so; that was when he realized he was losing a pawn. His only real tactical >mistake was missing Qd8, and Zappa was getting pretty optimistic at that point >already. Qc7 was clearly a weak move (just loses a tempo) in a position wich is better for white but OTOH not an easy win. So saying he has blundered is not too far-fetched IMO. >1. Nc4-d6 Qe7-d8 2. Nd6xf7 Qd8xd1 3. Kh1-h2 Qd1-d7 4. Nf7-e5 Qd7-e8 5. Qc5-c7 Kh >7-h6 6. Kh2-g1 Qe8-f8 7. Ne5-f7 Kh6-h5 8. Qc7-d7 Qf8-c5 9. Kg1-h2 Qc5-c1 10. Qd7 >xe6 g6-g5 > = (1.23) Depth: 16/38 00:02:02.93 460889kN (3749 KN/s, 11710 split >s, 1360 aborts) > >The best part about this match as far as I am concerned is that Ehlvest is here >to win. As soon as he played h5-h4 I knew he was going to try to win every >game. h5-h4 is a common maneuver in the Sicilian and especially in this line. I don´t think it shows that he was going to try to win. [Event "Reykjavik op 21st"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2004.03.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Korneev, Oleg"] [Black "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nd4 Ngf6 15. h3 h4 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. a4 Kf8 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qe3 Nxf3 21. Qxf3 Qc5 22. Qg4 Rag8 23. Qe2 Nf4 24. Qe3 g5 25. f3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rhd8 28. Kg1 d5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Politiken Cup 24th"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "2002.07.23"] [Round "8"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 h5 14. Kh1 Ngf6 15. Bg5 h4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nf3 Nxf3 20. Qxf3 g5 21. Nd1 f5 22. Ne3 Raf8 23. Qd1 f4 24. Ng4 e5 25. Be2 Ng7 26. Bf3 Bc8 27. Re2 Ne6 28. Rd2 Nc5 29. Nh2 Bb7 30. c4 a5 31. Re1 Rd8 32. b3 Bc6 33. Qb1 Qb7 34. Rde2 Rdg8 35. Bg4 Rf8 36. f3 Rd8 37. Bf5 Be8 38. Ng4 Bf7 39. Rd2 Qc7 40. Red1 Rhf8 41. Nf2 Be8 42. Qb2 Nb7 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2 Michael His rating may only be 2615, but he is a Soviet trained GM who plays in a >lot of open tournaments - not a good way to win rating points. He is not >playing anti-computer chess, simply strong moves at every point. Which is why I >am also pretty happy about winning, because Ehlvest didn't hold anything back >that game :) On the other hand, I'm pretty nervous about the next game. > >Well, at any rate I'm enjoying the match thoroughly :) I'm always one for new >life experiences. > >anthony
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