Author: Juan Pablo Naar C.
Date: 19:14:05 07/24/05
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On July 24, 2005 at 21:10:22, Rick Hagen wrote: >Despite it's weird Blunder at this tournaments 3rd round (giving away a piece), >it leads the tourney with 7.5/9 (It has won the tournament with one round to >spare). > >Playing through its games, I came upon this one: > >[Event "Mercosur Cup"] >[Site "Vicente Lopez ARG"] >[Date "2005.07.17"] >[Round "4"] >[White "SHREDDER"] >[Black "Garcia Palermo, C."] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "B06"] >[BlackElo "2467"] >[PlyCount "129"] >[EventDate "2005.07.14"] > >1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1 Bb7 >9. d5 e5 10. Qd2 h6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. b4 Bc8 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. Nf3 Nh7 >16. Nd2 f5 17. f3 f4 18. Qd3 g5 19. Bb2 h5 20. b5 a5 21. Kf2 g4 22. Rh1 Ng6 23. >Raf1 Bf6 24. Ke1 Kg7 25. Kd1 Ng5 26. Kc1 Qe7 27. Nd1 Bd7 28. Rhg1 Rf7 29. Nf2 >g3 30. hxg3 fxg3 31. Nd1 Nf4 32. Qe3 h4 33. Re1 h3 34. Bf1 h2 35. Rh1 Nh7 36. >Qc3 Rc8 37. Ne3 Bg5 38. Bc4 Ng6 39. Ndf1 Bf4 40. Kb1 Nh4 41. Bc1 Qg5 42. Rd1 >Rcf8 43. Be2 Bc8 44. Ng4 Bxc1 45. Rxc1 Nxf3 46. gxf3 g2 47. Nfxh2 gxh1=Q 48. >Rxh1 Rh8 49. f4 Qxf4 50. Rf1 Qg5 51. Rxf7+ Kxf7 52. Qxc7+ Qe7 53. Nh6+ Kf6 54. >N2g4+ Bxg4 55. Nxg4+ Kf7 56. Nh6+ Kf6 57. Qc6 Rd8 58. Nf5 Qd7 59. Qxb6 Ng5 60. >Bd3 Nh3 61. c4 Nf4 62. c5 Nxd3 63. c6 Qe8 64. c7 Ra8 65. Qxd6+ 1-0 > >The "critical" position seems to be: > >[D]r1bq1rk1/2p1n1bn/1p1p4/pP1Pp1pp/P1B1Pp2/2NQ1P2/1BPN2PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 21 > >It actually looks Shredder plays with a plan here. >Bringing it's King to the Q-side, and counter-attacking on the K-side. > >I tried only few engines in this pos. but most seem to opt for 21.h3, after >black (If he desired to do so...) could close the position with 21...,h4 >Or -more ambitious- play Kh8 and put a rook on the g-file, to push for g4. > >But atleast I can confirm Shredder goes for Kf2 in this position, unlike that >mentioned game where it gave a piece away. > > >In one round, a player actually tried to play anti-chess, and came close to >succeed... but not quite ;) > >[Event "Mercosur Cup"] >[Site "Vicente Lopez ARG"] >[Date "2005.07.18"] >[Round "5"] >[White "Alonso, S."] >[Black "SHREDDER"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "D00"] >[WhiteElo "2457"] >[PlyCount "86"] >[EventDate "2005.07.14"] > >1. e3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nbd7 6. f4 Bd6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. >cxd4 Nb8 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 b6 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nc3 Bb4 >15. Nb5 Nc7 16. a3 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Bd6 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. Bd2 Rac8 >21. Rfc1 a4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 b5 25. Bd2 Ne4 26. Ba5 h5 27. >h3 Kh7 28. Kf1 Kh6 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 g5 31. fxg5+ Nxg5 32. Kg2 Ne4 33. Nd2 >Kg5 34. Kf3 b4 35. Nb1 b3 36. Bd8+ f6 37. Ba5 Kh4 38. Be1+ Kh3 39. Nc3 Bg3 40. >Bxg3 Nxc3 41. Be5 Nd1 42. Bxf6 Nxb2 43. g5 Nc4 0-1 > > >RickH That position lets me think that Argentina knows how to play Anti-Chess :-)
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