Author: Francis Monkman
Date: 14:48:14 05/06/99
An *absolute classic* win for LDD 2.0, with the exception of two moves, and a little help forcing mate. 60 secs/move, which I guess equates to 30 with two programs running. 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Qb5 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 c3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qd3 Nd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Up till here, Genius6 has played from book, but LGG2.0 has played this standard opening without a book, and usually choosing the best move first. This next move takes Genius6 out of book 13...Bd7 14. a3! Qe7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Rc5 b6 17. Rcc1 a5 18. e4 Nf6 19. e5?! played almost immediately. I thought White was trying to get his knight there ..Nd5 20. Ne4 h6! (two can play at that game) 21. Rc2 Na7 22. Rb1 Nc8! one step ahead 23. Qb3 Qe8! 24. Rcc1 Bc6 25. Qc4 Nce7 26. Nfd2 Rd7 27. Rb2 Qa8 28. Rbc2 Bb7 29. Qa4 Rfd8 30. Qb5 Nf5 31. Qb2 Nf4!! This was where FM intervened, for the sake of the game. LGG2.0 would have played (note this is 30 secs/move) 31...Qb8, but meanwhile Genius6 had spotted this fine combination. In post-game analysis, LGG2.0 actually found this on exactly 59 seconds! It's also fair to point out the significant advantage that Black has already gained by now. 32. gxf4 Nxd4 33. f3 Ne2+! 34. Kf2 Nxc1 35. Qxc1 Qb8 36. Nf1 Bxe4 37. fxe4 b5 38. Qe3 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Qc5 b3 41. Rb2 Qa8 42. Kg1 Rd3 43. Qb4 Qa7+ 44. Kh1 c5 45. Qb5 Qa3 46. Re2 c4! The second move where LGG2.0 needed help (playing 46...Qa1, on this move post-game analysis took several minutes to find 46...c4!) 47. Qxc4 b2 48. Qc2 Rb3 49. Qb1 Rc8 50. Rxb2 Rxb2 and really White should resign here 51. Qd1 Rcc2 52. Qf3 Qxf3 53. Bxf3 Rf2 54. Bg2 Rxg2 55. f5 Rgc2! (LGG2.0 misses this clever Mate in 6, right until the last two moves -- curious) 56. Kg1 Rb1 57. h3 h5 58. h4 Re1 59. fxe6 fxe6 60. Kh1 Rxf1# A really good game, with clear cut motives (eg White's pressure on c7, and Black's clever re-deployment of his queen's knight). All the way (with the exception of the lapses noted) LGG2.0 looked sharper, which, taken with its handling of the opening, surely shows it's going to be a powerful contender in the field.
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