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ANNOTATED GAME
Playing the Silican Beast a Benoni
ChessKnave (1543) vs. Mephisto Master Chess Program (0000)
Annotated by: chessknave (1560)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack
ChessKnave (1543) vs. Mephisto Master Chess Program (0000)
Annotated by: chessknave (1560)
Chess opening: Queen's pawn (A46), Torre attack
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28... Kh5 29. d7 |
There are a few ideas at work on this move, ie, 30.Qe8 Rh8xe8 31.Rxe8 Ra8xe8 32.dxe8 promotes to queen, with check if the black king remains on h5. Another idea is to cover e8 from the move Ra8-e8 which would otherwise cause white to spend time on the rooks and not the king. And also it provides a waiting move for the king to walk into mate. However there was a better line found by Fritz, seen below. I learned something from Fritz. Fritz:: 29. Qf7 Kh4 30. Qf5 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Rad8 32. Qg4# | |||||
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29... Kh4 |
Fritz:: 29... Ne3 [doesn't improve anything] 30. Bg3 Rhf8 31. Qg7 Rf6 32. Qxf6 Rd8 33. Qxh6# | |||||
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30. Qf7 |
The king is lured to take h3, in my mind, but MC decides that another move will prevail. Fritz:: 30. Qf6 h5 31. Qf3 g4 32. Bg3 Kxh3 33. Qh1# | |||||
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30... g4 |
Fritz:: 30... Nd6 [is not much help] 31. Qf3 Rad8 32. Qg4# | |||||
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31. Bg3+ |
Providing some impetus for Kxh3. | |||||
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31... Kxh3 32. Qh5+ |
The moves are fairly forced from here with a decision branch available after the next black move. | |||||
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32... Kg2 33. Qh2+ Kf3 34. Qh1# |
The other choice of Kf1 results in mate also. Some kind words about my opponent, the Saitek Maestro Master Chess Computer is really nice and plays a strong game even at the lowest of settings, level 3 this time. I have just discovered the settings to make it play stronger at this level, computer thinking on all my time, and will try my next games using it. I will post my wins back here, and maybe some losses as well. I will also try the fixed depth levels for calculation training. I chose this computer for an opponent instead of Fritz, Shredder, etc, because I can tune it down and give myself a chance to win. What I like is that it doesn't play badly even at lower levels to the extent that some software opponents do. | |||||
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