Author: Harald Faber
Date: 03:16:56 12/05/99
Hi all,
As promised, some interesting games below. They were played as correspondence
games, that means that CM and MCP ran for at least 2h (average certainly above
10h) per move, MCP in correspondence mode. As I haven't asked the humans if they
agree to publish their names, the names are anonymized. For the programs I chose
the opening. Further comments see below.
[Event "Test"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "M-CHESS 8.0"]
[Black "Mr. X"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Rxe6 Bd6 13. Bg5 Rdf8 14.
Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Qe4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rd1
g4 21. Ne1 Kd7 22. Re4 h5 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8 Kxe8 25. f3 Rf5 26. Re1+ Kd7 27.
Kf2 a6 28. Re4 Rg5 29. a3 Kd6 30. Re8 a5 31. f4 (31. Rh8 {+0.34/12 271s} 31...
Kd7 32. Rh7+ Kd6 33. Ke2 a4 34. Rh8 gxf3+ 35. gxf3 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 37. Kd3
Re3+ 38. Kxd4 Rxf3 39. Rxh5 Kc6) 31... Rf5 32. Ke2 a4 33. Kd2 Rb5 34. Kc1 (34.
Rh8 {+0.51/12 351s} 34... b6 35. Kc1 Ke7 36. Nf2 Nd8 37. Ne4 c6 38. Ng5 Rd5 39.
Rxh5) 34... Rf5 35. Ra8 {Hiarcs 7.32 (300s): Weiss ergreift die Initiative}
35... b5 36. Rh8 Na5 37. Rh6+ $1 {Hiarcs 7.32 (300s): ein laestiges Schach}
37... Kd5 38. Nb4+ Kc4 39. Ra6 $1 {Hiarcs 7.32 (300s): entscheidend} 39... Nb7
40. Rc6+ Rc5 41. Rf6 Nd6 42. Re6 Rf5 43. Na6 $1 {
Hiarcs 7.32 (300s): nun ist alles klar} 43... Rf7 44. Nxc7 $6 $14 {
Hiarcs 7.32 (300s).} (44. Kd2 $5 44... Kd5 45. Re5+ Kc6 46. Rxh5 Nc4+ 47. Kc1
$16) 44... Rxc7 45. Rxd6 Re7 46. Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rh6 Re2 48. Rxh5+ Kc4 49. Rh4 $11
{Hiarcs 7.32 (300s).} (49. Rg5 $5 {Hiarcs 7.32 (300s)} 49... Rxg2 50. Rxg4 Rg1+
51. Kd2 Rg2+ 52. Kd1 $16) 49... b4 50. axb4 a3 51. bxa3 Kc3 52. Kd1 Rd2+ 53.
Ke1 Rxc2 54. Rxg4 d3 55. Rg8 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 d2 57. Rd8 d1=Q 58. Rxd1 Rxd1 59. f5
$4 $17 {Hiarcs 7.32 (300s): danach wendet sich das Blatt -1.19/16 250s} (59. g4
$142 {(Hiarcs 7.32 (300s)) sieht noch spielbar aus} 59... Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Rd3+ 61.
Ke4 $14) 59... Kd4 60. f6 $19 {Hiarcs 7.32 (300s).} (60. Ke2 $5 {
Hiarcs 7.32 (300s)} 60... Ra1 $17) 60... Ke5 61. f7 (61. Ke2 {
Hiarcs 7.32 (300s)} 61... Rd8 $19) 61... Rd8 62. Ke3 Rf8 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. g4
Rxf7 65. Ke3 Ra7 66. Kf4 Ke6 67. g5 0-1
I hoped to see 4...Nxe4...
Seems to be 2 mistakes: 49.Rh4 and 59.f5
[Event "nur so"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M-CHESS 8.0"]
[Black "Mr. X"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qb3 Na6
15. Bb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 b6 17. Rfe1 Nc7 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Qb5 Kf8 20. b3 Rad8 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rd1 Bd6 23. Qc6 g6 24. h3 Re2 25. Qa8+ Kg7 26. Qxa7 b5 27. Rf1
b4 28. Qa8 Rb2 29. Qa4 Qf4 30. Qa6 Rd2 31. Re1 Rxd5 32. Qe2 Qf5 33. Qb2+ Kh7
34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Qe4 Bc7 36. Qe2 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "nur so"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M-CHESS 8.0"]
[Black "Mr. Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "54"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 c5 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Qe3 Nd5 11. Qxe4 f5 12. Qe1 f4 13. Qe4 Ne3 14. Re1 Qd5
15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Ne2 Bf5 17. Nxf4 cxd4 18. Nd3 dxc3 19. Rxe3 cxb2+ 20. Kxb2
Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nf4 Re5 23. g4 Bd7 24. Bd3 Re3 25. Nxd5 Rxf3 26. Re1 h6
27. Bg6 Rf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "nur so"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M-CHESS 8.0"]
[Black "Mr. Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 c5 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 exf3 11. Nxf3 Nxg4 12. Rg1 f5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Qg2
Qe7 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Ba2 c4 19. Ne5 b5 20. Qf3 Nf6 21.
Rg2 Rfc8 22. Reg1 Ne8 23. Re2 Bc6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rge1 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Nd8 27.
d5 Nf6 28. Bc1 Qh4 29. dxe6 Ne4 30. Kb2 g6 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Rg4 Qe7 33. Rgxe4
fxe4 34. Qxe4 Kg8 35. h4 Rab8 36. Bg5 Qe8 37. e7 Nf7 38. Bf4 Rb6 39. h5 Rcc6
40. hxg6 Rxg6 41. Qd5 Rbc6 42. Bh2 a6 43. a4 Rcf6 44. Bc7 Kg7 45. Qd4 h5 46.
Re6 h4 47. Rxa6 1-0
[Event "nur so"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M-CHESS 8.0"]
[Black "Mr. Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 c5 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Qe3 Nd5 11. Qxe4 f5 12. Qe1 f4 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. g3 Ne3
15. Rd2 e5 16. Bd3 Qxc5 17. Qf2 Bf5 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Qf5 21.
Re1 Ne5 22. Nxf4 N3c4 23. dxc4 Qxf4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. cxd4 Nxf3 26. Ree2 Nxd2
27. Kxd2 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. d5 b6 30. Bc3 Re4 31. Kd3 Rh4 32. Be5 Rh3+ 33.
Bg3 h5 34. Ke4 h4 35. Bb8 Rxa3 36. d6 Ra1 37. Bc7 Rd1 38. Ke3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Internet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mr. Z"]
[Black "Chessmaster 6555, K6-200."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. g4 f5 12. Bh6 fxg4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxe5 g3 15.
f4 15... g5 {Bis hierhin waehlte ich die Eroeffnung fuer Schwarz} 16. Ne2 gxf4
17. Nxf4 Ng6 18. Nexg6 hxg6 19. O-O-O Qf6 20. Ng2 c6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qc3+ Rf6
23. b3 Bf5 24. Rg1 Qe4 25. Kb2 Bxh3 26. Re1 Qf3 27. Ne3 g2 28. Bxg2 Bxg2 29.
Rxg2 Raf8 30. Rf1 Qc6 31. Rgf2 Qe6 32. Ng4 Nd7 33. Nxf6 Nxf6 34. Rg1 Qe4 35.
Rfg2 Rd8 36. Qg3 Kf7 37. Qxg6+ 1-0
For me the whole Scandinavian Defence with 2...Nf6 is doubtful, having this game
in mind. Up to move no.11 it is theory. Question: where can black improve?
[Event "Internet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chessmaster 6555, K6-200."]
[Black "Mr. Z"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Ba6 11. Qxd5 Bxf1 12. Qxe4 Bb5 13. Nc3 Bxc6 14.
Qxc6 Bd4 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Qa4 18. Be3 Qxa2 19. b3 Qa6 20. f4
Qb5 21. f5 Rfe8 22. Bf2 h6 23. f6 gxf6 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Qxf6 Qe6
27. Qf3 Red8 28. Bh4 Rg8 29. Bf6 Rae8 30. Rd1 Rg6 31. Rd4 Qb6 32. Qd5 Kg8 33.
g3 a5 34. Kg2 Qa6 35. Rc4 Qc8 36. h3 Qb8 37. h4 h5 38. Qd1 Qb7+ 39. Kh2 Qb6 40.
Qf3 Rb8 41. Rf4 *
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