Olympiads 2004 : France 5 - Italy 2

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 23 September 2004 11:13:22:

Hello ,
France defeats Italy ( 5 - 2 ) and germany- Swiss match is on going ....( only Cilian- Yace games missing )
Muse create a surprise and defeat SoS in the fisrt game .
here is the game :
[Event "Olympiades 2004"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muse 0.8.98"]
[Black "SOS.4 for Arena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Time "17:50:17"]
[Variation "Stonewall (with Nc3)"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3
{
muse is quickly out of book .
}
5... O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nc3 c6
{
the stonewall defense , now Black chance are Kingside and white's ones are Queenside.
}
8. Qb3 Ne4 9. Bf4 g5
{
SoS launch his attack , based on g5, quickly .
}
10. Bc1 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Be3 a5
{
i prefer f4 to open th egame Kingside
}
13. Rad1 Ra6 14. Na4
{
control b6
}
14... Qe8
{
good ! SoS finally send his Queen toward the ennemy King.
}
15. Bc1 Qh5 16. Nc3 Rc6 17. Nb5 b6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc4 20. Qf3 Qh6
{
SoS must keep his queen alive to support his attacks.
}
21. Qd3 Bc5?!
{
A new pieces is aimed toward the black king but the rook in c4 have no more space
}
22. b3 f4 23. gxf4 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qxh2 27. Rh1
Qxf4+ 28. Bf3 Qf7 29. Nd6
{
a powefull knigth for Muse. ... the black attack is over and SOS give a piece for 2 pawns...
}
29... Qg7 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Bg4 Re8 32. Qh3 Qg6 33. Qh6 Qxh6 34. Rxh6
{
the queen exchange favor muse . now muse threats : 34...Kf7 35.Rf6+ Kg8 36.Rxe6
}
34... Kg7 35. Rxe6
{
create a passed pawn and attacks another one, the rook exchange is nearly forced.
}
35... Rxe6 36. Bxe6 d4 37. Bg4 h6 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. e6
{
the black king lose mobility , now he cannot be too far from this powerfull passed pawn..
}
39... Kf6 40. Ke4 d3 41. exd3 h5 42. Bf5 g4 43. Kf4 b5 44. d4 g3 45. Kxg3
{
the bishop cannot be taken , because if 45...Kxf5?? 46.e7
}
45... a4 46. bxa4 bxa4 47. Kf4 h4 48. d5 h3
{
SoS resigns , this is a surprise for me !
}
{Black resigns} 1-0

the others games are available at my homepage !
regards
Nicolas

[Lyapko George]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Lyapko George at 23 September 2004 15:11:57:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Olympiads 2004 : France 5 - Italy 2 geschrieben von:/posted by: Nicolas Normand at 23 September 2004 11:13:22:

Be warned: in first round Muse played for 2 teams already:
1)on 4th board for CentralEurope vs.Ufim(CIS)
2)on 1st board for Swiss vs. SOS(Germany)
Best regards,
George

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 24 September 2004 10:11:06:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Muse geschrieben von:/posted by: Lyapko George at 23 September 2004 15:11:57:

Be warned: in first round Muse played for 2 teams already:
1)on 4th board for CentralEurope vs.Ufim(CIS)
2)on 1st board for Swiss vs. SOS(Germany)
Best regards,
George

Not really !
The match vs Ufim was aborted ( i leaves it in the PGN ) and Ufim plaid two games vs Gringo...

Regards
Nicolas