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Subject: Re: Two interesting Rebel blunders

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 03:30:05 08/19/99

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>Posted by Shep on August 17, 1999 at 05:35:08:
>
>Check out 50.Qc6? and 61.Bxf3?? in this game (30/game, 2xPIII-550):

>[Event "Eclipse '99"]

:-)

>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1999.08.11"]
>[Round "3"]
>[White "Rebel 10.0 EOC Anti-GM off"]
>[Black "Chessmaster 6666"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[WhiteElo "2675"]
>[BlackElo "2700"]
>[ECO "D20"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Nxd4
>Nf6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. f3 Be6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qd4 Nc6 12. Qxc4 Qe7 13. Rd1
>O-O 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O Ne5 16. Qa4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 c6 18. f4 Ng6 19. g3
>Qb6 20. Qc2 Rab8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rc1 Ne7 24. Bd3 Rbc8 25.
>Qd2 a6 26. Rfd1 Rf8 27. b4 Rfd8 28. a3 h5 29. f5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qd4 31.
>f6 Ng6 32. fxg7 Qg4 33. e6 fxe6 34. Rc7 Ne5 35. Qf2 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 Qb1 37.
>h3 Qe4+ 38. Bg2 Qg6 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40. Rc7 Qe8 41. Rxc8 Qxc8 42. Qf6 Nf7
>43. Kh2 Nd6 44. Qh6 Nf7 45. Qxh5 Qc2 46. Qg4 e5 47. Qe6 d4 48. Qxa6 Kxg7

>{I think any GM would resign this game even against a club player.
>Two pairs of connected passed pawns should easily win this, but watch what
>happens...}

I am not so sure about that. I think you underestimate the power of the 2
connected black passed pawns, nota bene supported by the black queen.

>49. b5 d3 50. Qc6 $2 {Here, CM's eval jumped from -2 to drawish.}
>Qe2 51. Qf3 Ng5 52. Qf1 e4 53. Kh1 Qe3 54. Qa1+ Kf7 55.
>Qe5 Nf3 56. Qf5+ Ke7 57. Qh7+ Kd8 58. Qh8+ Kc7 59. Qc3+ Kb8 60. Qh8+ Kb7

>61. Bxf3 $4 {What??? Rebel played this after 10 seconds with -1,6 eval.
>CM's eval jumped to +4 even at the root of the search!}

But isn't the game lost anyway?

Rebel Century doesn't play Bxf3 at all but IMO it doesn't matter as every
move is losing.

Ed Schroder


>Qxf3+ 62. Kh2 Qf2+ 63. Kh1 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 Qe3+ 66.
>Kh2 d2 67. Qg7+ Kb6 68. Qg6+ Kc5 69. Qf5+ Kd4 70. Qd7+ Kc4 71. Qf7+ Kd3
>72. Qd5+ Ke2 73. h4 Kf2 74. Qd6 d1=Q 75. Qf6+ Qef3 76. Qb2+ Qde2 77. >Qxe2+ Qxe2 78. Kh3 Qf3 79. b6 Qxg3# 0-1




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