Thursday, October 16, 2008

Recent Elephant Gambit game

I ran the engine match below for my upcoming submission to the UON.  I believe this game shows how tactical the opening can get in the elephant gambit.  White wins here and it was beautifully done.  Basically, what NOT to do with Black.

(1) Fritz 11 - Strelka 2.0 B [C40]

 Elephant Gambit Bd6b Baltimore (1.1), 15.10.2008
[1.26;0.92]

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz 3192 MHz W=14.7 ply; 937kN/s; 3 TBAs B=12. 9 ply; 837kN/s 4.Nc3   1.26/14 10 4...Nf6   0.92/13 11 5.Bc4   1.14/14 8 5...c6 (0-0)   0.81/12 6 6.0-0 (Qe2)   0.84/14 9 6...b5 (0-0)   0.46/13 5 7.Bb3 (Be2)   0.23/14 8 7...b4   0.76/12 6 8.d4   0.83/14 14 8...e4   0.87/13 12 9.Nxe4   0.67/16 12 9...Nxe4   0.65/13 5 10.Re1   0.89/15 6 10...cxd5   0.97/13 6 11.Bxd5   0.89/14 4 11...Bxh2+   0.85/14 8 12.Kxh2   0.42/16 10 12...Qxd5   0.86/14 8 13.Ng5   0.72/15 5 13...f5   0.63/13 5 14.Qh5+   0.41/14 4 14...g6   0.67/14 8 15.Nxe4   0.61/15 7 15...0-0   0.71/13 5 16.Qg5   0.44/15 5 16...Nd7 (Qxd4)   0.88/13 9 17.Nc5   0.97/14 9 17...Nxc5   0.88/12 1 18.dxc5   0.96/14 3 18...Bb7   1.07/13 11 19.Be3   1.11/14 6 19...Rae8   1.39/12 17 20.f3   1.08/13 5 20...Bc6 (Qc4)   1.40/12 5 21.Rad1 (Qf4)   1.06/14 6 21...Qe5+   1.34/12 4 22.f4   1.07/16 5 22...Qe7 (Qf6)   1.46/13 6 23.Qg3 (Rd6)   1.12/13 5 23...Qf7 (Qc7)   1.06/12 3 24.b3 (Rd6)   1.14/14 7 24...Qc7 (Re6)   1.07/12 6 25.Rd6   1.46/16 6 25...Rd8   1.06/13 4 26.Bd4   1.19/15 3 26...Rxd6   1.15/14 4 27.Be5   1.49/14 3 27...Qd7   1.56/13 16 28.cxd6   1.57/13 1 28...Rc8 (Be4)   1.59/12 3 29.Qh4 (Rc1)   1.74/14 4 29...Rf8 (Qf7)   1.88/13 11 30.Re3 (c4)   1.95/14 4 30...Qd8   1.88/13 10 31.Qh6 (Qf2)   2.30/15 4 31...Rf7   1.99/12 2 32.c4   2.48/16 9 32...bxc3 (Rd7)   2.11/12 2 33.Rxc3   2.54/16 4 33...Qc8   2.14/12 3 34.Qh3 (Qh4)   2.67/16 4 34...Qb7 (Qe8)   2.36/12 3 35.Rc5 (Qd3)   2.99/15 3 35...Qb6   2.52/11 2 36.Qc3 (b4)   3.08/14 1 36...Bd7   3.14/13 6 37.Rc7   3.68/15 5 37...Qb8 (Be6)   3.32/13 3 38.Qc4   3.61/14 1 38...Qe8   3.41/13 3 39.Bc3   3.79/15 2 39...h6   3.56/12 3 40.Rxa7   3.81/15 2 40...g5   3.93/12 4 41.a4   3.84/15 3 41...Qe6   4.29/12 2 42.Ra8+   4.11/15 3 42...Kh7   3.98/12 2 43.a5 (Qd4)   4.60/15 3 43...Qxc4   4.31/13 2 44.bxc4   4.36/15 0 44...Bc6   5.48/16 23 45.Ra6   5.67/15 2 45...Bd7   5.62/15 1 46.c5   6.22/16 2 46...gxf4 (Kg6)   5.80/14 2 47.Rb6 (c6)   6.72/14 1 47...f3   8.76/16 13 48.gxf3   7.83/15 1 48...Kg6   12.06/18 12 49.c6 (a6)   10.00/15 1 49...Bxc6   7.46/12 0 50.Rxc6   11.12/15 0 50...Kg5   12.75/13 1 51.a6   11.21/14 1 51...h5 (Rd7)   15.99/15 6 52.Rc7   14.69/12 0 52...Rf8   18.36/13 1 53.a7 (d7)   17.51/13 0 53...h4 (Rd8)   18.36/12 1 54.d7   21.94/14 1 54...Rd8   #9/12 2 55.Rc8   #12/13 0 55...Rxd7   0.01/5 0 56.a8Q   #11/9 0 56...Rd8 (Re7)   #5/6 0 57.Rxd8   #4/7 0 57...Kh5 (Kf4)   0.01/4 0 58.Qc6   #3/7 0 58...Kg5 (h3)   0.01/2 0 59.Bd2+   #2/7 0 59...Kh5   0.01/1 0 60.Rh8#   #1/7 0 1-0

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Current Project...

I  haven't posted in a while and wanted to post this to get me back in the habit.  So much has been going on with my life and chess.  I'm currently working on a big project that I hope will be accepted into the Unorthodox Opening Newsletter.  It revolves around the elephant gambit and its variations.  I'm having a lot of fun analyzing this gambit with Fritz 11.  Thought I'd take a break from all the different UCOs and focus on just one at a time.  To be honest it is more fun than a learning experience... I still can't play the gambit right!  I guess its because I'm not used to holding onto the initiative.  Maybe this will teach me?  Anyways.. I'll post more later.  I plan on finishing the project by the end of next week.