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Subject: Re: Fritz wipes out IGM Ivan Sokolov (ELO 2620) in 22 moves

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 16:19:39 06/20/99

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On June 20, 1999 at 16:30:21, Brett Clark wrote:

>Very impressive day for the programs.  1 win, 1 loss and 3 draws.
>
>[Event "WCCC99"][Site "Paderborn"][Date "1999.06.20"][Round "?"][White "Fritz"]
>[Black "IGM Ivan Sokolov"][Result "1-0"]
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6
>6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1
>a5 11. h3 Bc5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. Bh6 f5 15. exf6
>gxh6 16. Re1 Ng6 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Nf7 Bc5 19. Rad1+ Bd6
>20. Nxh8 Nxh8 21. Re7+ Kd8 22. Ne5 1-0

It looks like 16. ...Ng6 was the real blunder here.  It looks like 16. ...Nd5 at
least doesn't lose immediately.  I'll be searching this further.

Jeremiah



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