Author: James Robertson
Date: 13:19:30 06/14/99
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On June 14, 1999 at 16:17:28, James Robertson wrote: >On June 14, 1999 at 15:53:24, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On June 14, 1999 at 15:42:26, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On June 14, 1999 at 15:01:09, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>On June 14, 1999 at 14:22:25, James Robertson wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 14, 1999 at 12:18:31, jose hernandez wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>[Event "WCCC99"] >>>>>>[Site "Paderborn"] >>>>>>[Date "1999.06.14"] >>>>>>[Round "1"] >>>>>>[White "Hiarcs"] >>>>>>[Black "ChessTiger"] >>>>>>[Result "1-0"] >>>>>> >>>>>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 >>>>>>Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Qxb7 Rf6 13. Qb3 Rg6 14. Qc2 a6 15. b4 >>>>>>Bd6 16. g3 Bh5 17. Be2 Rf6 18. Bb2 Qe8 19. a3 Re6 20. c4 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Re4 22. >>>>>>cxd5 Ne7 23. Ne5 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Nxd5 26. Re1 f4 27. Bc1 fxg3 28. >>>>>>fxg3 Kg8 29. Bd2 Nb6 30. Qg4 Qc8 31. Qg5 Qb7 32. Ng4 Qf3 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Nf5 >>>>>>Bf8 35. Bf4 Nc4 36. Re7 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 h6 38. Qg6 Nd2 39. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 40. Kh3 Qg5 >>>>>>41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Rxc7 g6 43. Ne7 Kg7 44. Nd5+ Kh8 45. Kg4 Bg7 46. Kxg5 Bxd4 47. >>>>>>Nf6 Bxf6+ 48. Kxf6 Rd8 49. Kxg6 Rd6+ 50. Kf7 Kh7 51. g4 Rg6 52. Rc5 Rg7+ 53. Kf6 >>>>>>Rg6+ 54. Kf5 Rh6 55. h4 Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. h5 Rd6 1-0 >>>>> >>>>>This is really an impressive game. Hiarcs got the gambit pawn _and_ the kingside >>>>>attack. :) >>>>> >>>>>James >>>> >>>>How many times have I seen this happen in a gambit variation between two >>>>computers? As soon as the one down the pawn goes out of book, it doesn't know >>>>what to do. No doubt there was not a preprogrammed response to 14.Qc2. Black >>>>should play 14...Bd6 so that the kingside attack is on. Maybe CT was scared off >>>>by 15.g3 or something. >>>> >>>>Dave >>> >>>I know.... CT had a lot of potential early on, but when Hiarcs forced it to >>>trade everything on e2, CT was _way_ more than a pawn down. >>> >>>14. ... a6 just seems to make a very nice target for white. >>> >>>James >> >>Yeah, a null-move would have been better than ...a6. :-) >> >>In case it wasn't clear from my above commentary, 15.g3 would be the kind of >>move that Black wants to provoke. (In other words, I'm not sure if my sarcasm >>showed through or not. ;-) >> >>Dave > >With computers you never can tell. For all CT knew, Hiarcs would be >discombobulated by 14. ... a6. :) > >James Let me add to my thought; had CT succeeded, 14 ... a6! it would have been called "Positional Genius!!" :) James
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