I just came upon one of my last OTB games as a club player, that I played in 2000. My opponent wasn't that strong (it was a 4th national division game), but I still feel quite proud of this game because after while I let Fritz 5.32 analyze it during a whole night and it only (wrongly) disagreed with me on a single move... Wrongly because it suggested to grab a pawn, a move I of course saw during the game but discarded because it didn't fit my plan, that was increasing my advantage and go for the checkmate.
This game is interesting because I remember I decided to play a bit like a computer. My goal throughout the game was to increase the mobility delta between me and my opponent, and as you'll see I succeeded. Mostly by playing moves that made my opponent lose some tempi. Of course it is far from a perfect game, and today's engines will probably find it to be flawed, but still I believe it is quite enjoyable to watch.
Here is the game, with my 2000's naive comments, just translated from french to english.
[Event "NIV, Nantes-Gétigné"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marcel, Julien"]
[Black "B, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Marcel,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. O-O e5 7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2+ Kf8 {Black are yet quite bad:
white won several tempi.} 12. Kg2 Nbd7 {This knight would have been more
useful on c6, preventing white's next prophylactic move.} 13. d4 Re8 14. Qf3 {
g5 menace, capturing the knight or checkmating on f7 is decisive.} Nb6 15.
Bb3 Re7 16. Bd2 {White don't lose time capturing pawns and further increase
their development by menacing the black queen.} Bb4 17. Rae1 Rd7 18. Re5
Qa6 19. g5 {All the remaning moves being forced, Black could yet abandon,
being anable to prevent the checkmate other while than by giving abundant
material.} Ne8 20. Rfe1 Nd6 { The game reaches its apex: white has no less
than 60 possible légal moves when black has only 37, many leading to
checkmate. } 21. Ne4 {This is the end.} Bxd2 22. Nxd6 Kg8 23. Bxf7+ Kh7
24. Bxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qf5+ Kh5 26. g6+ Kh6 27. Qh5# 1-0
After White's 14. Qf3 (could black save this position?):
[d]4rk1r/pppn1pp1/3b1np1/q7/2BP2P1/2N2Q1P/PPP2PK1/R1B2R2 b - - 2 14
That's where Fritz, back in 2000, suggested to capture the b7 pawn. Instead I played 16. Bd2 to further increase my development delta:
[d]5k1r/ppp1rpp1/1n1b1np1/q7/3P2P1/1BN2Q1P/PPP2PK1/R1B2R2 w - - 5 16
In this position, I played 19. g5 : can black prevent the checkmate?
[d]5k1r/pppr1pp1/qn3np1/4R3/1b1P2P1/1BN2Q1P/PPPB1PK1/5R2 w - - 11 19
After black's 20. ..., Nd6. The pinnacle of the strategy I planed when I sat at the board. This position has the biggest mobility delta of the game (I answered with 21. Ne4):
[d]5k1r/pppr1pp1/qn1n2p1/4R1P1/1b1P4/1BN2Q1P/PPPB1PK1/4R3 w - - 3 21
All in all, a funny game where I purposefully decided to play like a program. Did you experience, in your own practice, such games where your style was directly influenced by your practice of computer chess?
When computer chess influences your style
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Re: When computer chess influences your style
Kasparov's games were influenced by the mid nineties and onward by programs.
It really showed up about a dozen years ago until he retired from professional chess in Mar., 05.
It really showed up about a dozen years ago until he retired from professional chess in Mar., 05.
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Re: When computer chess influences your style
Well, my friend, I have been heavily influenced by chess programs....pitiably only by CC7 class of them...
4 ply at most regards
Fern
4 ply at most regards
Fern
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Re: When computer chess influences your style
fern wrote:Well, my friend, I have been heavily influenced by chess programs....pitiably only by CC7 class of them...
4 ply at most regards
Fern
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Re: When computer chess influences your style
You're lucky it is CC7, Fern... If you were playing according to CC1's style you'd have to accept to let me play 1. a2xd8=Q+fern wrote:Well, my friend, I have been heavily influenced by chess programs....pitiably only by CC7 class of them...
4 ply at most regards
Fern
(I could play xe8, but then you'll just keep playing and I couldn't checkmate you )
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