Olympiads 2004 : Poland-Hungary Match

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 17 September 2004 14:35:27:

Hello,
Things seems to degrade for hungary !
Bestia was defeated by Tytan in their match , and Armageddon defeat crux !
Hungary 2 - Poland 4
last chance for Hungary the match Matacz - Merlin !
here are bestia-tytan games :
[Event "Olympiads 2004 : USA-Balkan Match"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty 19.17 SE"]
[Black "Naum 1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97/11"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Time "09:58:11"]
[Variation "Russian, Prins Variation"]
[TimeControl "3600+6"]
[Comment " white engine resigns for black (illegal)"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6
8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 Ne4
{
naum is out of book.
}
14. Be3
{
and crafty too.
}
14... Bxc3
{
Naum give his bishop to weacken the white pawn structure
}
15. bxc3 Rb8 16. d7 Bxd7 17. Bf4 b5 18. Qd3 Qf6
{
if 18.....Rb7 19.Ne5! and the bishop is attacked one more time , and the Knigth in e4 is no more under protection.
}
19. Bxb8 Nxb8
{
Crafty has a quality for a pawn , but his pawn are weack queenside , and Naum can try to convert his pawn majority.
}
20. Rac1 a5 21. Re1 Bc6 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Qg5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 b4
{
after some exchange , Naum can try to create an passe dapwn. The white pawn structure is disrupted.
}
27. Bb5
{
Avoiding 28.a4
}
27... bxc3
{
Not so effective, now the black pawns are isolated.
}
28. Qe3 Qd2
{
Naum proposed the queen exchange but the endgame will be higthly favorable to white.
}
29. Qxd2 cxd2 30. Rd1 Nbd7
{
the only way to activate the Knigth ... the active bishop in b5 controls every square
}
31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd2 Nf8 33. Rd8 Kg7 34. Ra8 Ne6 35. Rxa5 Kf8 36. a4 Ke7
37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxf7 c4 39. Kf1
{
the rook cannot come to the rescue , so now it is to the King to stop this pawn.
}
39... Ng5 40. Rf6+ Ke5 41. Rb6 c3 42. Rc6 Ne6 43. Rxc3
{
(43. Rxc3 Kd6 44. a5 Nc5 45. f4 Kd5 46. f5 gxf5 47.
Rh3 h6 48. Rxh6 Nd3 49. a6) 5.33/13 42
}
43... Kd6 44. a5 Nc5 45. f4 Kd5 46. Rh3 Kc6 47. Rxh7 Kb5 48. h4 Nd3 49. f5
gxf5 50. Rf7 Kxa5 51. Rxf5+ Kb4 52. h5
{
nobody can stop this pawn now!
}
52... Nc1 53. h6 Nb3 54. h7 Nd4 55. Rf4
{
and carfty can exchange the Knigth vs the Rook.
}
55... Kc5 56. h8=Q Nc6 57. Qc3+ Kb6 58. Rf6 Kb5 59. Rxc6 Ka4
{
trying a pat?
}
60. Rc4+ Kb5 61. Rb4+ Ka5 62. Qa3#
{Mate} 1-0
[Event "Engine - engine match"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tytan 3.93"]
[Black "Bestia 0.88"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni Defence"]
[Time "17:51:23"]
[Variation "Classical"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
{
Bestia is out of book.
}
7. e4
{
and tytan too .
the opening choice by bestia may be considered strange . d6 can becomes a weackness .
}
7... Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7
{
10...g6 followed by 11.Bg7 can probably be played too.
}
11. Re1
{
the rook prepares to support the e-pawn
}
11... O-O 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rac8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nb5
{
attacks the queen in c7 and the pawn in a7 . This move is used to control d6 !
}
15... Qd7 16. d6 Qxb5 17. dxe7 Rfe8 18. Rxe5
{
Of course Tytan gives his pawn in b2 ( if Bestia wants to take it ) to protect his powerfull pawn in e7
}
18... Qxb2 19. Re2 Qb5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Nh4 Nd5 23. Qe1 Rc7
24. Nf5 Qd7 25. g4 Nf4 26. Re3 Qd5 27. Qf1 Rd7 28. Rbe1 b5
{
bestia is rigth . Now she uses his pawn to create a diversion and to wash from e7
}
29. Re4 Nd3 30. R1e2 c4 31. Qa1 Ne5
{
to cover f6 and enable Qd1 . otherwhile Qc6 is passive.
}
32. f4 Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 Nc6 35. a4 a6 36. axb5 axb5
{
bestia gains to doubeld passed pawn now. but one one his rook is blocked in e8 to avoid a promotion!
}
37. Ra2
{
now tytan can use the a-column ( free of any pawn ) to invades black territory!
}
37... h5 38. Ra6 Nb4 39. Rd6
{
with this nice maneuver Ra3-a6-d6 tytan gain the control of d8
}
39... Rd5
{
a strong defense , of ciourse bestia cannot exchange the rook.
But now his mobility is really reduces , and his pieces are overloaded
}
40. gxh5 c3 41. Rxb4 c2 42. Rxd5 c1=Q 43. Rd8 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qc3+ 45. Kg4 Kh7
46. Rxe8 Qxh3+
{
a nice queen sacrifice to save the game!
}
47. Kxh3
{Stalemate} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P00536"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bestia 0.88"]
[Black "Tytan 3.93"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "3600"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2
{
a strange variation in bestia's book.
}
4... Bc5 5. d3 O-O
{
Tytan gives a centered pawn. but he opens the two central column too
}
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8 8. Nf3 h6 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Nxc3 12.
Bxc3 Be6 13. d4 Bf5 14. e5 Be7 15. a3 a5 16. O-O Qd5 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Red1
Qe6 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Kh1 Rd5 21. b4 axb4 22. Bxb4 c5 23. c4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4
cxd4 25. Rb2 d3 26. Qd2 c5
{
bestia have a quality adantage but lack of space , and faces a powerfull pawn attack queenside.
}
27. Bc3 Bd8 28. a4 Qxc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rb8
{
the immediate 30.Bxa4 Bg5 enable black to advance thier pawn.
}
30... Kh7 31. Qb2 a4 32. Ra3 Bd7 33. Qa2 Qxa2 34. Rxa2 Bc7 35. Rb7 Rc8 36.
Ba5
{
probably Bestia main fault.
}
36... Be6
{
probably a surprise for bestia! The bishop evades and threat the second rook.
}
37. Ra3 Bxa5 38. Rxd3
{
now the two bishop , supported by two passed pawn outclasse the white rook.
}
38... c4 39. Rd6 c3 40. Rb1 Bb4 41. Rd4 c2 42. Rc1 Ba3 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44.
Rxa4 Bb2 45. Kg1 Bxe5 46. f3
{
to avoid a checkmate
}
46... Kg6 47. f4 Bd6 48. Kf1 Bb3 49. Rd4 Bc5 50. Re4 Kf5 51. Re5+ Kxf4 52.
Rxc5 Rxc5 53. Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Kd3 Rxg2 55. Kd4 Rh2
0-1

Regards
Nicolas
ps : my home page is not yet updated.

[Peter Fendrich]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Peter Fendrich at 17 September 2004 14:52:14:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Olympiads 2004 : Poland-Hungary Match geschrieben von:/posted by: Nicolas Normand at 17 September 2004 14:35:27:

Hi,
I'm glad to see that some people still care to comment games.
Keep up your good work!
/Peter

Hello,
Things seems to degrade for hungary !
Bestia was defeated by Tytan in their match , and Armageddon defeat crux !
Hungary 2 - Poland 4
last chance for Hungary the match Matacz - Merlin !
here are bestia-tytan games :
[Event "Olympiads 2004 : USA-Balkan Match"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty 19.17 SE"]
[Black "Naum 1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97/11"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Time "09:58:11"]
[Variation "Russian, Prins Variation"]
[TimeControl "3600+6"]
[Comment " white engine resigns for black (illegal)"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6
8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 Ne4
{
naum is out of book.
}
14. Be3
{
and crafty too.
}
14... Bxc3
{
Naum give his bishop to weacken the white pawn structure
}
15. bxc3 Rb8 16. d7 Bxd7 17. Bf4 b5 18. Qd3 Qf6
{
if 18.....Rb7 19.Ne5! and the bishop is attacked one more time , and the Knigth in e4 is no more under protection.
}
19. Bxb8 Nxb8
{
Crafty has a quality for a pawn , but his pawn are weack queenside , and Naum can try to convert his pawn majority.
}
20. Rac1 a5 21. Re1 Bc6 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Qg5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 b4
{
after some exchange , Naum can try to create an passe dapwn. The white pawn structure is disrupted.
}
27. Bb5
{
Avoiding 28.a4
}
27... bxc3
{
Not so effective, now the black pawns are isolated.
}
28. Qe3 Qd2
{
Naum proposed the queen exchange but the endgame will be higthly favorable to white.
}
29. Qxd2 cxd2 30. Rd1 Nbd7
{
the only way to activate the Knigth ... the active bishop in b5 controls every square
}
31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd2 Nf8 33. Rd8 Kg7 34. Ra8 Ne6 35. Rxa5 Kf8 36. a4 Ke7
37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxf7 c4 39. Kf1
{
the rook cannot come to the rescue , so now it is to the King to stop this pawn.
}
39... Ng5 40. Rf6+ Ke5 41. Rb6 c3 42. Rc6 Ne6 43. Rxc3
{
(43. Rxc3 Kd6 44. a5 Nc5 45. f4 Kd5 46. f5 gxf5 47.
Rh3 h6 48. Rxh6 Nd3 49. a6) 5.33/13 42
}
43... Kd6 44. a5 Nc5 45. f4 Kd5 46. Rh3 Kc6 47. Rxh7 Kb5 48. h4 Nd3 49. f5
gxf5 50. Rf7 Kxa5 51. Rxf5+ Kb4 52. h5
{
nobody can stop this pawn now!
}
52... Nc1 53. h6 Nb3 54. h7 Nd4 55. Rf4
{
and carfty can exchange the Knigth vs the Rook.
}
55... Kc5 56. h8=Q Nc6 57. Qc3+ Kb6 58. Rf6 Kb5 59. Rxc6 Ka4
{
trying a pat?
}
60. Rc4+ Kb5 61. Rb4+ Ka5 62. Qa3#
{Mate} 1-0
[Event "Engine - engine match"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tytan 3.93"]
[Black "Bestia 0.88"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni Defence"]
[Time "17:51:23"]
[Variation "Classical"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
{
Bestia is out of book.
}
7. e4
{
and tytan too .
the opening choice by bestia may be considered strange . d6 can becomes a weackness .
}
7... Nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Be7
{
10...g6 followed by 11.Bg7 can probably be played too.
}
11. Re1
{
the rook prepares to support the e-pawn
}
11... O-O 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bg5 Rac8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nb5
{
attacks the queen in c7 and the pawn in a7 . This move is used to control d6 !
}
15... Qd7 16. d6 Qxb5 17. dxe7 Rfe8 18. Rxe5
{
Of course Tytan gives his pawn in b2 ( if Bestia wants to take it ) to protect his powerfull pawn in e7
}
18... Qxb2 19. Re2 Qb5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Nh4 Nd5 23. Qe1 Rc7
24. Nf5 Qd7 25. g4 Nf4 26. Re3 Qd5 27. Qf1 Rd7 28. Rbe1 b5
{
bestia is rigth . Now she uses his pawn to create a diversion and to wash from e7
}
29. Re4 Nd3 30. R1e2 c4 31. Qa1 Ne5
{
to cover f6 and enable Qd1 . otherwhile Qc6 is passive.
}
32. f4 Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 Nc6 35. a4 a6 36. axb5 axb5
{
bestia gains to doubeld passed pawn now. but one one his rook is blocked in e8 to avoid a promotion!
}
37. Ra2
{
now tytan can use the a-column ( free of any pawn ) to invades black territory!
}
37... h5 38. Ra6 Nb4 39. Rd6
{
with this nice maneuver Ra3-a6-d6 tytan gain the control of d8
}
39... Rd5
{
a strong defense , of ciourse bestia cannot exchange the rook.
But now his mobility is really reduces , and his pieces are overloaded
}
40. gxh5 c3 41. Rxb4 c2 42. Rxd5 c1=Q 43. Rd8 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 Qc3+ 45. Kg4 Kh7
46. Rxe8 Qxh3+
{
a nice queen sacrifice to save the game!
}
47. Kxh3
{Stalemate} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P00536"]
[Date "2004.09.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bestia 0.88"]
[Black "Tytan 3.93"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "3600"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2
{
a strange variation in bestia's book.
}
4... Bc5 5. d3 O-O
{
Tytan gives a centered pawn. but he opens the two central column too
}
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Re8 8. Nf3 h6 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Nxc3 12.
Bxc3 Be6 13. d4 Bf5 14. e5 Be7 15. a3 a5 16. O-O Qd5 17. Rfe1 b6 18. Red1
Qe6 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Kh1 Rd5 21. b4 axb4 22. Bxb4 c5 23. c4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4
cxd4 25. Rb2 d3 26. Qd2 c5
{
bestia have a quality adantage but lack of space , and faces a powerfull pawn attack queenside.
}
27. Bc3 Bd8 28. a4 Qxc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rb8
{
the immediate 30.Bxa4 Bg5 enable black to advance thier pawn.
}
30... Kh7 31. Qb2 a4 32. Ra3 Bd7 33. Qa2 Qxa2 34. Rxa2 Bc7 35. Rb7 Rc8 36.
Ba5
{
probably Bestia main fault.
}
36... Be6
{
probably a surprise for bestia! The bishop evades and threat the second rook.
}
37. Ra3 Bxa5 38. Rxd3
{
now the two bishop , supported by two passed pawn outclasse the white rook.
}
38... c4 39. Rd6 c3 40. Rb1 Bb4 41. Rd4 c2 42. Rc1 Ba3 43. Rxc2 Rxc2 44.
Rxa4 Bb2 45. Kg1 Bxe5 46. f3
{
to avoid a checkmate
}
46... Kg6 47. f4 Bd6 48. Kf1 Bb3 49. Rd4 Bc5 50. Re4 Kf5 51. Re5+ Kxf4 52.
Rxc5 Rxc5 53. Ke2 Rc2+ 54. Kd3 Rxg2 55. Kd4 Rh2
0-1
Regards
Nicolas
ps : my home page is not yet updated.

Terra

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 17 September 2004 15:43:17:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Olympiads 2004 : Poland-Hungary Match geschrieben von:/posted by: Peter Fendrich at 17 September 2004 14:52:14:

Hi,
I'm glad to see that some people still care to comment games.
Keep up your good work!
/Peter

Thanks !
i am happy that you appreciate my commetd games ! My comments are not so good (probably a better player can produce better commments !) but it is a training and a pleasure for me ( even if it is a hard job) !

regards
Nicolas