Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:01:51 10/19/05
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On October 19, 2005 at 18:10:03, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>On October 18, 2005 at 20:26:00, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On October 18, 2005 at 18:41:11, Thomas Logan wrote:
>>
>>>[Event "THOMAS-KBZT8WLT, 120'/40+60'/20+30'"]
>>>[Site "THOMAS-KBZT8WLT"]
>>>[Date "2005.10.18"]
>>>[Round "1"]
>>>[White "Shredder 9"]
>>>[Black "Fruit 2.2"]
>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>>[ECO "E00"]
>>>[Annotator "0.29;-0.08"]
>>>[PlyCount "108"]
>>>[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:1800"]
>>>
>>>{W=22.8 ply; 667kN/s; 427,698 TBAs B=22.2 ply; 1,102kN/s} 1. d4 {
>>>Black last book move 0} Nf6 {-0.01/1 0} 2. c4 {0} e6 {-0.01/1 0} 3. Bg5 {0} h6
>>>{-0.01/1 0} 4. Bh4 {0} Bb4+ {-0.01/1 0} 5. Nd2 {0} c5 {-0.01/1 0} 6. dxc5 {
>>>White last book move 0} Nc6 {-0.01/1 0} 7. Ngf3 {0.29/18 237} g5 {
>>>(d6) -0.08/17 282} 8. Bg3 {0.28/17 38} g4 {-0.01/17 294} 9. a3 {0.38/20 241}
>>>Bxc5 {0.10/18 225} 10. Ne5 {0.38/20 397} h5 {0.13/17 316} 11. Nxc6 {0.50/19 476
>>>} bxc6 {(dxc6) 0.13/16 117} 12. Bh4 {(h4) 0.55/19 521} Bd4 {-0.08/16 172} 13.
>>>Rb1 {(Ra2) 0.63/18 271} Qa5 {(d5) 0.00/17 212} 14. e3 {1.18/18 203} Be5 {
>>>0.31/17 105} 15. Bd3 {1.18/18 337} Rb8 {(Rg8) 0.34/16 122} 16. f4 {
>>>(Qc2) 0.98/17 273} gxf3 {0.33/17 174} 17. Qxf3 {0.98/17 23} Ng4 {0.66/17 188}
>>>18. h3 {1.42/18 335} f5 {0.65/16 357} 19. e4 {(hxg4) 1.39/18 321} Rxb2 {
>>>0.65/15 181} 20. Rxb2 {1.14/18 177} Bxb2 {0.61/14 57} 21. hxg4 {1.14/19 305}
>>>hxg4 {0.69/15 148} 22. Qe3 {(Qf2) 1.31/18 215} Qe5 {(Bf6) 0.54/16 524} 23. Kd1
>>>{(Qxa7) 1.72/17 156} f4 {0.57/17 224} 24. Qxa7 {0.08/19 808} Bd4 {0.00/18 222}
>>>25. c5 {(Qa8) 0.12/18 225} Bf2 {0.00/17 188} 26. Qa8 {0.12/18 193} Kf7 {
>>>0.00/17 146} 27. Bxf2 {0.12/17 106} Rxh1+ {0.00/17 138} 28. Kc2 {0.12/18 78}
>>>Qa1 {0.00/17 203} 29. Nb3 {0.12/18 75} Qa2+ {0.00/18 209} 30. Kc3 {0.07/10 0}
>>>Qxf2 {0.00/19 443} 31. Qxc8 {0.09/16 39} Ke7 {0.00/18 284} 32. Qg8 {0.04/17 85}
>>>f3 {0.00/17 121} 33. Qg5+ {(Qg7+) 0.44/16 237} Ke8 {(Kf7) 0.00/18 138} 34. gxf3
>>>{(Qg8+) 0.99/16 111} gxf3 {0.00/16 187} 35. e5 {(Qg8+) 0.76/18 115} Qh4 {
>>>0.00/17 154} 36. Qxh4 {(Qg8+) 1.14/18 90} Rxh4 {0.00/24 167} 37. Nd2 {
>>>(Kd2) 1.27/25 88} f2 {0.14/24 153} 38. Bf1 {1.29/25 67} Rh5 {0.40/24 165} 39.
>>>Kd4 {1.21/25 83} Ke7 {(Kd8) 0.41/25 332} 40. a4 {1.32/24 134} Rh4+ {0.41/26 157
>>>} 41. Ke3 {1.38/26 41} Rxa4 {0.41/27 109} 42. Ne4 {1.40/26 67} Ra3+ {
>>>0.41/27 179} 43. Kxf2 {1.36/27 122} Rb3 {(Kf7) 0.41/28 216} 44. Be2 {
>>>(Ke2) 1.31/30 191} Ra3 {0.41/29 175} 45. Bf3 {1.31/29 75} Rd3 {
>>>(Kd8) 0.41/28 116} 46. Kg3 {1.18/29 187} Rb3 {(Rd5) 0.41/29 116} 47. Kf4 {
>>>1.15/32 322} Rd3 {0.41/30 163} 48. Bg4 {(Be2) 1.12/31 231} Rd4 {
>>>(Kd8) 0.41/29 133} 49. Bf3 {(Be2) 1.16/33 179} Rd3 {(Rd5) 0.00/33 183} 50. Be2
>>>{1.16/30 169} Rd4 {0.38/27 120} 51. Bf1 {1.20/32 142} Kd8 {(Rd1) 0.39/27 138}
>>>52. Ba6 {1.18/31 314} Kc7 {(Ke7) 0.31/27 138} 53. Bf1 {(Be2) 1.18/31 289} Kd8 {
>>>0.00/33 154} 54. Ba6 {1.17/29 43} Kc7 {(Ke7) adjud. Draw accepted 0.00/34 194}
>>>1/2-1/2
>>>
>>>Tom
>>
>>The Chessmaster 9000 database shows 6 games that go through 5...c5. Two of those
>>games followed with 6.dxc5 (as in your game above), but both of them were games
>>with two IMs (one ended up a win for White, the other a win for Black).
>>
>>The other four of those games followed with 6.a3, and all of those four ended up
>>a draw. Only three of those were between two GMs, and here they are.
>>
>>The first one is interesting because both Kings are in the middle of the board
>>by move 18! The second one could have been won by Andersson, but he appeared to
>>blunder at the end with 52...Rc1 instead of 52...Rxd4.
>
>I think the endgame after 52...Rxd4 is a clear draw.
Ok, I'll buy that.
>>[Event "34th Olympiad"]
>>[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
>>[Date "2000.11.06"]
>>[Round "9"]
>>[White "Avrukh, B"]
>>[Black "Gulko, B"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[WhiteElo "2625"]
>>[BlackElo "2643"]
>>[ECO "E00"]
>>
>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 g5 8.
>>Bg3 Ne4 9. Qe3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qa5+ 11. Kd1 d6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. d5 Na6 14. Nxg5
>>Nc7 15. Rc1 Rg8 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Nf6 Ba4+ 18. b3 Rg6 19. Nh5 Bd7 20. Nf4
>>Rf6 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 b5 24. e3 bxc4 25. bxc4 e5 26. Nd3
>>Bc6 27. Rh2 Ne6 28. Ke1 Kc7 29. Rb3 Ng5 30. Be2 Rdf8 31. f4 Ne4 32. fxe5
>>dxe5 33. Nxe5 Ba4 34. Rb2 Re6 35. Nd3 Nxg3 36. Nf4 Ra6 37. Nd5+ Kc8 38. Bg4+
>>Bd7 39. Bxd7+ Kxd7 40. Rb7+ Kc8 41. Rb3 Rf1+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Rh4 R6xa3 44.
>>Rxa3 Rxa3 45. Rxh6 Ne4+ 46. Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Kf3 Nd2+ 48. Kf4 Nxc4 49. g4 Kd7
>>50. Nf6+ Ke7 51. Nd5+ Kd7 52. Nf6+ Ke7 53. Ne4 Re2 54. Nxc5 Rxe3 55. Rh7+
>>Ke8 56. Ne4 Re1 57. Kf5 Ra1 58. g5 Ra5+ 59. Kf6 Ra6+ 60. Kg7 Ne3 61. Kh8 Nf5
>>62. Rb7 Kf8 63. Nf6 Ne7 64. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2
>
>In the third one, Avrukh
>>played 17.Nf6?? instead of 17.Nxd6+, yet another example of a GM making a big
>>blunder (unless somebody can correct The King's analysis).
>
>Strange game, maybe a wrong game score. Some of the blunders you can find in
>databases never have been played at all.
>
>Michael
I agree with your statement that there are many errors in databases, but I doubt
that this case is such an error, since the game goes so long after the move in
question.
jm
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