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Subject: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....)

Author: James Robertson

Date: 11:27:24 02/22/99

Wow! Today I started testing a new version of my program on FICS. It played it's
first sacrifice! It was only to save a bad position, but still.... I am really
happy. 42. ... Bxe3! Here is the game, played on FICS:

[Event "ICS rated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "SapphireII"]
[Black "JRCP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[TimeControl "120+12"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8.
b3 Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd4 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 a5 15. Qa7 b6 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Rd4 Bd8 20.
Qa6 Be7 21. Qc4 Qg6 22. a4 Kh8 23. Ba1 Qf7 24. Kh1 Bd8 25. Rf1 Qg6 26. Nc3
Bf6 27. Rdd1 Bc2 28. Rd2 Bf5 29. Rdd1 Bc2 30. Rd2 Bg5 31. e3 Qf5 32. Kg1
Qg6 33. Nb5 Bf5 34. Rc1 Rf7 35. Qc6 Kg8 36. Qb7 Bd8 37. Qa6 Qh6 38. Nd4 Bd7
39. Qb7 Qg5 40. Bb2 Qh6 41. Nc6 Bg5 42. Rdc2 Bxe3 43. fxe3 Qxe3+ 44. Kh1
Qe4+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2

James

• Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) Robert Hyatt 12:06:49 02/22/99
  • Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) James Robertson 12:24:38 02/22/99
    • Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) Robert Hyatt 13:27:37 02/22/99
      • Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) Dann Corbit 15:06:15 02/22/99
        • Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) Bruce Moreland 22:56:35 02/22/99
        • Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) James Robertson 18:06:51 02/22/99
• Re: First Sacrifice! (only for a draw, but still.....) Robert Hyatt 12:05:41 02/22/99

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