Bestia_090 - Ufim 3.02
Match 120'/40 (SWZ), 2003
Round 1 [Utzinger,K]
1.e4 Comments: Kurt Utzinger, Switzerland,
played on 3rd March 2003, engine/ engine match under Winboard 4.2.5, ponder=off, both engines with owns
books, played on P3 650/32 MB hash at time control 120'/40
1...e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
g6 4.
6.Ba4 White
last book move
6...Nf6 The
most common moves here are 6...d6 or 6...b5
7.d4
Nxe4 8.dxe5 Nxe5 (?)
A wrong decision. Ufim 3.02 has probably not looked deep enough in this position and was therefore not
aware of the danger on the half-open e-file.
9.Qe2 The
alternative 9.Re2 seems to be even somewhat stronger.
9...f5 Maybe
the best chance. After 9...Nxf3 10.gxf3 black loses a piece.
10.Nxe5
Bxe5 11.f3 b5
12.Bc2 d5 13.fxe4
fxe4 A bit more resistance was possible
by 13...dxe4
14.Bxe4 Bxh2+
15.Kxh2 Qh4+ 16.Kg1
Qxe4 After the 14th move, Ufim 3.02 has
done his best, but this is not sufficient to save the game.
17.Qxe4+ (?!)
Since black's king position is rather weak, it was much more promising to keep the queens on the board
and to go for a deadly attack with 17.Qf2. Bestia 0.90 has surely calculated that it can also win black's
centre pawn and may for this reason have preferred the exchange of queens. It was hard to already see
here that black will entry on the first rank with his rook when white's pieces like the bishop c1 and
the rook a1 are rather paralyzed.
17...dxe4 18.Nd2
Bb7 19.Nxe4 (?)
As the ot run away, white should rather have done something for his development by 19. Nb3 or 19.a4
19...Bxe4
20.Re1
23...Re1
24.Rd2 And again was 24.Bh6 the better
solution.
24...Rff1 At once,
the situation is no longer so clear and white is damned for the defence.
25.Rc2
g5 26.c4 b4 Just
right, black should try to keep the position closed.
27.c5
c6 28.a3 b3 And
again the correct move. White's advantage has gone to the wind.
29.Rc3
Rh1+ 30.Kg3 h5
31.Rxb3 If white wants to win, this is
the only try.
31...Rxc1 32.Rxc1
Rxc1 33.Rb6 Rxc5
34.Rxa6 Kb7 And
now, we have an equal rook ending on the board. Both programs play the following phase rather well and
the game ends with a draw.
35.Ra4 Rb5
36.b4 c5 37.bxc5
Rxc5 38.Rb4+ Ka6
39.Rb8 Ka5 40.Rh8
Rc3+ 41.Kf2 h4
42.Rg8 Rg3 43.Rf8
Kb5 44.Rf3 Rg4 (!)
Of course not 44...Rxf3 45.Kxf3 +-
45.Rf5+ Ka6
46.Rf6+ Ka7 47.Rc6
Ra4 48.Rc3 g4
49.Ke1 Kb6 50.Ke2
Kb5 51.Rb3+
Kc6 52.Rb4
Rxa3 53.Rxg4
h3 54.gxh3
Rxh3 55.Rg5
Kd6 56.Rg6+
Ke5 57.Rg7
Rb3 58.Rg8
Ra3 59.Rf8
Ke4 60.Re8+
Kd4 61.Rd8+
Ke5
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