You can watch via the web Rybka vs Zappa here ...

[AdminX]

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[mclane]

thanks

[mclane]

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zappa"]
[Black "Rybka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Felix Kling (Rybka webmaster)"]
[PlyCount "114"]

{Source: http://www.chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm. Time control is
60 minutes + 20 seconds increment.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4
h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 Rxe1+
19. Qxe1 bxa4 $6 {looks strange.} (19... Bxd5 {would be normal.} 20. Ne4 Bf7
21. f6 g6 22. Nh4 d5 23. Rg3 Qe8 24. Nxg6 Bxg6 25. f7+ Qxf7 26. Nd6) 20. f6
Nxf6 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Nh4 g5 23. Ng6+ (23. Ndf3 $1 {
A suggestion by George Tsavdaris.} gxh4 24. Nxh4 Bxd5 25. Ng6+ Kg7 26. Qf5 Kf7
(26... Kg8 27. Rg3 Bg7 28. Nh4 Ra7 29. Bxh6 Qf8 30. Ng6 Qd8 31. Nf4 Rf7 32.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 33. Ba2 Qe7 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Bxd5+ {white is winning.}) 27. Nf4 Bg7
28. Nxd5 (28. Rg3 Bh8 29. Nxd5 Nbxd5 30. Ba2 c4 31. Bxc4 Qc8 32. Bxd5+ Ke7 33.
Re3+ Kd8) 28... Nbxd5 29. Ba2 c4 30. Bxc4 Qc8 31. Bxd5+ Ke7 32. Re3+ Kd8 33.
Qb1 Nxd5 34. Rg3 Qd7 35. Bxh6 Bxh6 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. Rxa8 Kb6) 23... Kg7 24. h4
Qd7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rg3 Nbxd5 {
White's attack is very strong, the question is if Rybka can survive this.} 27.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. Rxg5 {This is one of the cases where 3 pieces are no mate, but
it's very dangerous for black.} N5b6 {This is a sign that black is in trouble.
The Knight on b6 can't defend the black king on g7 and normally you don't want
to remove a defensive piece in such a position.} 29. Ne4 {Brining more pieces
into the attack. Without the queens, black may be able to defend.} Bxe4 {
Logical. The Bishop was no defending piece and the knight was to dangerous I
guess.} 30. Bxe4 {Of course black want's to exchange pieces to survive.} Re8 {
If I compare this position with the position 5 moves ago, I would think black
can be happy with this position.} 31. Ne5+ {White's problem piece is the
bishop on c1, if it would be also active, black would lose, but let's look to
what kind of position the tactics lead.} Kf6 {Only move.} (31... Kh8 32. Nf7#)
(31... Kh6 32. Rg3+ Kh5 33. Rh3#) 32. Ng4+ Ke7 {Such king walks are very
thematic when your king is getting in trouble on the kingside. I think
Nimzowitsch explained it in "My System".} 33. Bg6 Rc8 {Rybka managed to
survive the attack, but white still has the bishop pair and more active pieces.
But a pawn is a pawn, as Karpov said, and it's about equal now.} 34. Bf5 Re8 (
34... Re8 35. Bg6 Rc8 {is what I don't want to see }) 35. Bg6 Rc8 {but we see
it... I hope it's just to gain time, as they play with an increment.} 36.
Ne3 {ah, that's what the fans are looking for . Rybka 2.3.2z3: +0.20 . Both
sides have about 40 minutes on the clock according to the tournament website.
Let's look at the position: Black has a doubled pawn on the a file and the
bishop on f8 looks passive. The d-pawn is a passed pawn. White has 2 passed
pawns (g- and f-pawn) and the bishop pair, but the bishop on c1 looks as
passive as the bishop on f8. Black is a pawn up.} c4 {
I think this is a move to activate the rook via c5.} 37. Rh5 {
brining the rook on the 7th rank (Rh7).} c3 38. bxc3 $6 {This is a bit
inaccurate I think, since white want's to play Bb2 anyway, I would have waited
for cxb to save one tempo.} Rxc3 39. Bb2 Rb3 40. Bd4 Rb5 41. Rh7+ Kd8 42. Bd3
Rb4 {Black can now try to look for more than a draw.} 43. Nc2 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 {
White still has some compensation (bishop pair, black's a pawn is doubled) for
the pawn.} d5 45. Bf5 Bd6+ 46. g3 Rd1 47. Bc3 Bc5 48. Ba5 {
now the Nd7 is in danger. Ke8 is expected.} Ke8 49. Bg6+ Kf8 50. Ne3 {
Objectively, this should be a draw I think.} Bxe3 51. fxe3 Ne5 52. Bxb6 Nxg6 {
Now white gets the pawn back with Ra7.} 53. Ra7 Rc1 54. Rxa6 Rc4 55. Bd4 Ne7 {
Now Rybka displays 0.00.} 56. Kh3 Nc6 57. Bh8 Kf7 {It looks like they already
made the draw and forgot to place their kings on e4/e5 (or d4/d5) } (57...
Kf7 58. g4 d4 59. exd4 Nxd4 60. Bxd4 Rxd4 61. Kh4 Rd8 62. Rxa4 Kg8 {would be on
e way to the draw . With a knight- or rook-pawn the so called "passive
defense" works, but of course the drawing idea of Philidor also works.} (62...
Rd5 {Philidor's idea.} 63. Ra6 Kg7 {The fact that the king is on the 7th rank
and the rook is on the 5th rank doesn't change the method, Philidor's idea
also works.} 64. g5 Rd1 65. Kh5 Rh1+ 66. Kg4 Rg1+ 67. Kh4 Rh1+)) 1/2-1/2

[geots]

http://chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm

Thanks Ted. I didnt see your post in time to catch the game live, but could you please tell me something here. When is the next game, United States Central Time, and will i be able to watch it live on your link here.

Many thanks

George

[AdminX]

http://chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm

Thanks Ted. I didnt see your post in time to catch the game live, but could you please tell me something here. When is the next game, United States Central Time, and will i be able to watch it live on your link here.

Many thanks

George

Hi George,

Tomorrow 2 games 1st at 1030 Mexico time 1630 Uk and 1730 europe.

Round 3 after a short 15 minute break.

Which means it will start at 11:30 EST (New York). Hope that helps for your Time zone.

[geots]

http://chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm

Thanks Ted. I didnt see your post in time to catch the game live, but could you please tell me something here. When is the next game, United States Central Time, and will i be able to watch it live on your link here.

Many thanks

George

Hi George,

Tomorrow 2 games 1st at 1030 Mexico time 1630 Uk and 1730 europe.

Round 3 after a short 15 minute break.

Which means it will start at 11:30 EST (New York). Hope that helps for your Time zone.

That tells me exactly what i need to know. Many thanks, Ted

[geots]

http://chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm

Thanks Ted. I didnt see your post in time to catch the game live, but could you please tell me something here. When is the next game, United States Central Time, and will i be able to watch it live on your link here.

Many thanks

George

Hi George,

Tomorrow 2 games 1st at 1030 Mexico time 1630 Uk and 1730 europe.

Round 3 after a short 15 minute break.

Which means it will start at 11:30 EST (New York). Hope that helps for your Time zone.

As far as you know, Ted, will this site give us all the games live?!

Many thanks- George

[AdminX]

That's correct as far as I know.

[Jaimes Conda]

http://chessmexico.com.mx/challenge/chesspub.htm

Ted,
A big thank you.........Jaimes

[geots]

That's correct as far as I know.

Thanks and double thanks.