He who blunders last,he loses....

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Hi,
an interesting game played yesterday against Adam 3.2....
The engine started the opening phase by exposing his king via a bad opening line and was punished....never the less,this happened mainly because of a heavy blunder in the endgame....I was this close to draw the game or even lose it but things worked out for me....

[Event "Zzzz_0_2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adam 3.2 "]
[Black "Dr.Deeb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz 11 (20m)"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]

{A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3
c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nh4 Bg4 (6... Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. c4 dxc4 9. dxc4
e6 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Qc2 a5 12. e3 a4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Nf3 Qf5 15. Nd4 Qxc2 16.
Nxc2 Bd6 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Ke7 19. Bb2 {
1/2-1/2 Horvath,C (2515)-Almasi,Z (2470)/Hungary 1992/CBM 034}) 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. g5 $146 {White threatens to win material: g5xf6} (9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bf4
e5 11. Bg3 Bc5 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 Qe7 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Qc2 a6 16. a3 O-O 17.
Rad1 Rfe8 18. b4 Ba7 19. c5 Nf8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Bb8 22. Bh4 Ne6 23. e3
Nc7 {Djingarova,E (2281)-Astengo,C (2110)/Lugano 2007/CBM 118 ext/1-0 (58)}) (
9. f4 e6 10. Qe1 (10. e3 Bc5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Nd2 Ng8 14. Ndf3 f6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. d4 Bb6 17. c4 f5 18. g5 Qd8 19. Bd2 a4 20. Bb4 Ne7 21. Rfb1 Bc7
22. b3 b6 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. cxd5 cxd5 {
Fischer,M (2170)-Meister,T (2025)/Bayern 1998/EXT 2000/1-0}) 10... d4 11. Nd2
Nb6 12. Ndf3 c5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. a4 Bd6 15. a5 Nbd5 16. Qg3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7
18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 g6 22. f6 h5 23. c3 dxc3 {
Karnaukh,A (2275)-Mezheritsky,Y (2090)/Kiev 1998/EXT 2000/0-1 (46)}) 9... Nh5
10. f4 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 g6 $15) 10... Ng3 {
Black threatens to win material: Ng3xf1} 11. Re1 e6 {Controls f5} 12. Kh2 Nf5 (
12... Nh5 13. e3 Bd6 14. Kh1 $17) 13. Nxg6 (13. Nxf5 $142 $5 {
and White can hope to live} exf5 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 $11) 13... hxg6 $17 (
13... fxg6 $6 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 $14) 14. e4 Nh4 15. a4 (15. exd5 Nxg2 16.
Kxg2 cxd5 $15) 15... Nxg2 (15... Qb6 16. Qe2 $17) 16. Kxg2 Qc7 17. e5 {
This push gains space} O-O-O 18. c3 Kb8 (18... Rh4 19. Be3 $17) 19. Be3 Be7 20.
Nd2 Bc5 (20... f6 21. gxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4 $15) 21. d4 {
White threatens to win material: d4xc5} Be7 22. Rc1 (22. a5 a6 $15) 22... Ka8
23. b3 Rh5 24. c4 Bb4 25. cxd5 exd5 26. f5 $2 (26. Rh1 $142 $5 $17) 26... Rdh8
$19 27. fxg6 fxg6 (27... Rxh3 28. gxf7 Rh2+ 29. Kg1 $19) 28. Rh1 (28. Qe2 Qd8
29. h4 Rxh4 $17) 28... Nf8 (28... Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Nf1 $19) 29. Nf3 (29.
Qf3 Kb8 $17) 29... Ne6 (29... Qc8 $5 30. Ng1 $19) 30. h4 Rf8 31. Rf1 Rhh8 32.
Qd3 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Qxg6 (34. Rc2 Qd7 35. Kh2 Ba5 $19) 34... Qc8 $19 35.
e6 (35. Qxg7 {is refuted by the following interesting mate} Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Rxh4+
37. Nh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg2 Rg4+ 40. Kf3 Qg3+ 41. Ke2 Re4+ 42. Kd1 Qd3#
) 35... Qc7 36. Rf2 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 Re4 (37... Qg3 38. e7 (38. Qxg7 $4 {
taking the pawn is naive} Re8 39. Qf7 Rf8 $19) 38... Re4 39. Qf5 (39. Qxg7 {
succumbs to an attractive mate} Qh3+ 40. Rg2 Qxf3+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Rf2 Rg4+
43. Kf1 Qxc1+ 44. Ke2 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Qe4#) 39... Bxe7 40. Rg2 $19) 38. Ne5 $2 (
38. Qf5 $142 Qg3 39. Rg2 $19) 38... Rxd4 $19 39. Nf3 Re4 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (39... Rf4 $142 {secures the win} 40.
Rcc2 Rhf8 $19) 40. Rc4 $17 Rxc4 41. bxc4 Bc5 42. cxd5 $2 (42. Qf7 Qg3 43. Re2
Qh3+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kd2 Bb4+ 46. Kc2 $19) 42... Qg3 $19 43. Qc2

[d]k6r/pp4p1/2p1P3/2bP2P1/P6P/5Nq1/2Q2R2/5K2 b - - 2 43

Here I missed the much better 43....Qh3+ and grounded the position to an eventual draw after achieving a clear dominancy over the white army....

43....Qxf2+ (43...Qh3+ $142 {with excellent chances for Black} 44. Ke1 Bxf2+ 45. Kxf2 cxd5 $19)
44. Qxf2 $15 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 cxd5 {Black wins the exchange.} 46. Ke3 Re8 {
Black threatens to win material: Re8xe6} (46... Kb8 $5 {is worth consideration}
47. Kd4 Kc7 48. Kxd5 Rd8+ 49. Ke5 Rd3 $11) 47. Nd4 $11 {
The knight feels good on d4} Kb8 48. Kf4 Kc7 49. h5 a6 {Consolidates b5} 50.
Ke5 {White threatens to win material: Ke5xd5} Rh8 (50... Rg8 $14) 51. e7 (51.
h6 gxh6 52. g6 $18) 51... Kd7 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Kd7xe7} 52.
Nf5 b5 (52... Rxh5 53. e8=Q+ Kxe8 54. Nxg7+ Kf7 55. Nxh5 $18) 53. axb5 axb5 (
53... Rxh5 54. Nxg7 Kxe7 55. Nxh5 d4 56. Kxd4 a5 57. b6 a4 58. b7 a3 59. b8=Q
Ke6 60. Qb7 Kf5 61. Qe4+ Kxg5 62. Ke5 a2 63. Qg2+ Kh6 64. Kf5 a1=Q 65. Qg6#)
54. Nxg7 Kxe7 55. g6 {Pushes the passed pawn} Kd7 56. Nf5 Rxh5 57. g7 Rg5 58.
Kf6 {White threatens to win material: Kf6xg5} Rg2 59. Nd4 b4

[d]8/3k2P1/5K2/3p4/1p1N4/8/6r1/8 w - - 0 60

Adam 3.2 makes his last fatal blunder after which the 0-1 is secured....

60. Kf7 $4 (60.Ke5 $142 $11 {would hold out}) 60... Kd6 $19 61. Nb3 (61. Kf6 Rxg7 $1 {
the best thing is for Black to hand back some material} 62. Kf5 Rf7+ 63. Kg6 b3
64. Kxf7 b2 65. Nb5+ Kc5 66. Nc3 Kd4 67. Nb1 Ke3 68. Ke6 d4 69. Kd5 d3 70. Nc3
Kf3 71. Kd4 d2 72. Kc4 Kf4 73. Kd3 d1=Q+ 74. Nxd1 b1=Q+ 75. Kd2 Qe4 76. Nc3
Qe3+ 77. Kc2 Ke5 78. Kb2 Qd3 79. Na4 Qb5+ 80. Ka3 Kd4 81. Nb2 Kc3 82. Nd1+ Kd2
83. Ne3 Kxe3 84. Ka2 Kd2 85. Ka1 Kc1 86. Ka2 Qa4#) 61... Ke5 62. g8=Q Rxg8 63.
Kxg8 d4 64. Kf7 d3 (64... d3 65. Ke7 Kd5 66. Nd2 Kd4 67. Kd6 Kc3 68. Ne4+ Kc2
69. Kc5 b3 70. Kb4 b2 71. Nc3 d2 72. Kc4 b1=Q 73. Nxb1 Kxb1 74. Kd4 Kc2 75. Ke5
d1=Q 76. Ke6 Kc3 77. Ke5 Kc4 78. Kf4 Kd5 79. Kg5 Ke5 80. Kg6 Qd7 81. Kh5 Qg7
82. Kh4 Kf4 83. Kh3 Qg3#) 0-1

[d]8/5K2/8/4k3/1p1p4/1N6/8/8 b - - 1 64

The rest is easy....game over....
Dr.D

P.S.I forgot to mention that the game is annotated by Deep Fritz 11....

[kingliveson]

Interesting game!

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Interesting game!

Thanks Franklin,I enjoy much playing against the chess engines even more than testing them....since the year 2002 I've played exactly 868 games at long tme controls and my rating in my rating list was anything between 1700-1800....now it's 2095 but the improvements are getting slower and harder and my dream is to break the 2400 barrier....
Cheers,
Dr.D

P.S.Is it just me or do you sometimes play like a GM and sometimes or shall I say most of the time you're a total patzer playing around 1400 Elo
I guess I am not the only one....

[kingliveson]

Interesting game!

Thanks Franklin,I enjoy much playing against the chess engines even more than testing them....since the year 2002 I've played exactly 868 games at long tme controls and my rating in my rating list was anything between 1700-1800....now it's 2095 but the improvements are getting slower and harder and my dream is to break the 2400 barrier....
Cheers,
Dr.D

P.S.Is it just me or do you sometimes play like a GM and sometimes or shall I say most of the time you're a total patzer playing around 1400 Elo
I guess I am not the only one....

You notice the better you get the more patience you have...