Arasan-Crafty, CCT10 (round 4)

[jdart]

It looked like Arasan had a superior position early in this game. I haven't done a deep analysis, but at move 30:

[d] 3rr1k1/Q4ppp/2R2n2/p6q/4p3/1P4PP/P4PB1/2R3K1 w - - 0 28

Shredder & Fritz prefer Bf1, followed by .. Rxc2 31. Bxe2 Rxc1+, heading into an endgame with QB vs RRN.

Later on, Shredder seems to think Arasan had drawing chances at move 37:

[d] 1QR1n1k1/5p2/7p/p5p1/8/PP2r1PP/6BK/4q3 w - g6 0 37

with b4 or Rc5 .. Arasan played Rd8 here.

--Jon

[Event "CCT10"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 10.2"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[TimeControl "3000+3"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 e5 10. Nb3 d4 11. Qa5 Qe8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qc7 Qe6 14. Nc5 Qxc4
15. Nxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 e4 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. Rfd1 d3 20. Bxe5 dxe2
21. Re1 Qxe5 22. Rxe2 Qe6 23. Rec2 a5 24. Rc6 Qd5 25. b3 Rad8 26. Qa7 Qh5 27.
h3 Rfe8 28. R6c5 (28. Qe3) 28... Qe2 29. R5c2 Rd2 30. Rxd2 (30. Bf1 Rxc2 31.
Bxe2 Rxc1+ 32. Kg2 e3 (32... Rc2 33. Bc4) 33. fxe3) 30... Qxd2 31. Rc7 e3 32.
fxe3 Rxe3 33. Kh2 h6 34. Qb8+ Ne8 35. Rc8 Qe1 36. a3 g5 37. Rd8 (37. Rc5) (37.
b4) 37... Kg7 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Nf6 40. b5 Qf2 41. Rd1 Re2 42. Rg1 Nd7 43.
Qa8 Ne5 44. Qa1 g4 45. hxg4 0-1

[jdart]

correction - move 30 position is :

[d] 4r1k1/Q4ppp/5n2/p7/4p3/1P4PP/P1RrqPB1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1

[Eelco de Groot]

Hello Jon,

I think that looking a bit deeper it would not have made much difference if Arasan had chosen 30. Bf1

Shredder 11 thinks both moves are about equal after a while. At 14 ply 30. Bf1 is +0.79 but after that it is falling towards zero:


[d]4r1k1/Q4ppp/5n2/p7/4p3/1P4PP/P1RrqPB1/2R3K1 w - -

Engine: Shredder 11 UCI (256 MB)
by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

23 49:55 +0.03 30.Bf1 Rxc2 31.Bxe2 Rxc1+ 32.Kg2 e3
33.fxe3 Rc2 34.Kf3 Ne4 35.Qxa5 g6
36.h4 Nd2+ 37.Kg4 h5+ 38.Kh3 Rxe3 (1.810.911.198) 604
SB:251.788

23 75:16 -0.01 30.Rxd2 Qxd2 31.Rc7 e3 32.fxe3 Qe1+
33.Kh2 Nh5 34.Rxf7 Qxg3+ 35.Kh1 Qe1+
36.Kh2 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 Qg3+ (2.684.001.768) 594
SB:651.128

best move: Bg2-f1 time: 81:42.578 min n/s: 595.735 CPU 97.4% n/s(1CPU): 611.637 nodes: 2.920.627.837 SB: 652.753

Tomorrow Arasan plays Berta by Felix Schmenger in Round 5 I see, that is a totally new name for me!

Eelco

[jdart]

Tomorrow Arasan plays Berta by Felix Schmenger in Round 5 I see, that is a totally new name for me!

Berta has been active on ICC for quite some time.

--Jon