Author: Harald Faber
Date: 01:33:41 07/13/99
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On July 13, 1999 at 00:23:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>Earlier tonite, Crafty was involved in a match with GM Loek van Wely on
>ICC. 5 3 time control, and crafty was winning about its normal percentage
>against him (about 80%, match was 9 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw at the point
>where the following game was played). In this game, Crafty was
>in book until move 23. As we passed move 20, I was counting pawns
>and pieces and concluded white was probably lost. At move 23,
>Crafty's first search said -4.00, and I thought aha, book learning
>to the rescue as this is dead lost. But without spoiling anything,
>this was the result. :)
Here you see again that search depth and eval of king safety suffer.
Counting material is not always the key for winning...
The line looks forced until move #31 and instantly black blundered with
31...gxh3. However, this position is hard to play with black...
>[Event "ICC 5 3"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "1999.07.13"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "crafty"]
>[Black "KingLoek"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "3118"]
>[BlackElo "2956"]
>[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation"]
>[ECO "B97"]
>[NIC "SI.08"]
>[Time "00:00:49"]
>[TimeControl "300+3"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
>Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14.
>Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Bh4+ 20.
>g3 Be7 21. O-O h4 22. Bd3 Rg8 23. Qf2 Rg7 24. Bg6+ Rxg6 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26.
>Rd1+ Bd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rd3+ Kc7 29. Qxe7+ Kb6 30. Rb3+ Qxb3 31. axb3
>hxg3 32. c5+ Kb5 33. Qb7+ Kxc5 34. Qxa8 gxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rg4 36. Qxa6 Rb4 37.
>Qa5+ Rb5 38. b4+ Kc4 39. Qc7 c5 40. bxc5 Rxc5 41. Qd6 e4 42. Qxe6+ Kd4 43.
>Qf6+ Kd5 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Qd8+ Ke5 46. Qh8+ Kd5 47. Qh5+ Kc4 48. Kf4
>{Black resigns}
>1-0
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