Hydra-Adams Game 1

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Greetings,

[Event "Man-Machine"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "HYDRA"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1
Bd6 15. h3 Bh5 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. bxa6
bxa6 21. Ne5 c5 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Rc7 24. Bxf5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf5 26.
Qxe4 Bg6 27. Rb6 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rcf7 29. Rd6 Qa5 30. e6 Re7 31. Ba3 Rfe8 32.
Bxc5 Qxa2 33. Rd2 1-0

I haven't had an opportunity to play through it yet, but from what I
hear, Adams was eaten alive.


Condemned to the Games,
Scott
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"Fate has brought it about that America is at the center, no longer
on the edges, of Western civilization....We can deny the fact
and refuse our destiny. If we do, Western civilization, which is the
glory of the world, will become a disorganized and decaying fringe...."
---Walter Lippmann

 

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I just played through the game, thanks for posting it.

Adams was not eaten alive, he blundered a rook and resigned.

Wargamer Scott wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> [Event "Man-Machine"]
> [Site "London ENG"]
> [Date "2005.06.21"]
> [Round "1"]
> [White "HYDRA"]
> [Black "Adams,Mi"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [BlackElo "2737"]
> [EventDate "2005.06.21"]
> [ECO "C42"]
>
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
> 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1
> Bd6 15. h3 Bh5 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. bxa6
> bxa6 21. Ne5 c5 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Rc7 24. Bxf5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf5 26.
> Qxe4 Bg6 27. Rb6 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rcf7 29. Rd6 Qa5 30. e6 Re7 31. Ba3 Rfe8 32.
> Bxc5 Qxa2 33. Rd2 1-0
>
> I haven't had an opportunity to play through it yet, but from what I
> hear, Adams was eaten alive.
>
>
> Condemned to the Games,
> Scott
> =======================================================
> "Fate has brought it about that America is at the center, no longer
> on the edges, of Western civilization....We can deny the fact
> and refuse our destiny. If we do, Western civilization, which is the
> glory of the world, will become a disorganized and decaying fringe...."
> ---Walter Lippmann
>
>

 

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Wargamer Scott wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> [Event "Man-Machine"]
>
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
> 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1
> Bd6 15. h3 Bh5 16. b5 Na5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 20. bxa6
> bxa6 21. Ne5 c5 22. Bd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Rc7 24. Bxf5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxf5 26.
> Qxe4 Bg6 27. Rb6 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rcf7 29. Rd6 Qa5 30. e6 Re7 31. Ba3 Rfe8 32.
> Bxc5 Qxa2 33. Rd2 1-0
>
> I haven't had an opportunity to play through it yet, but from what I
> hear, Adams was eaten alive.

Seems only to go downhill after 23. ... Rc7
23. ... cxd4 may even have held chances for black.

Perhaps I am missing something?

Regards,
Martin Brown

 

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Martin Brown wrote:
> Seems only to go downhill after 23. ... Rc7
> 23. ... cxd4 may even have held chances for black.

Yes, this seems to be were Adams position got bad.

After 23...cxd4 24. Qxc8 Qxc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 Black has compensation in
his passed pawn and very active pieces.

After 23...cxd4 24. Bxc8 Bxe5 things get very turbulent, for example 25.
Bxf5 d3 26. Qc6 d2 27. Bxd2 (27. Qxe4 dxe1Q+ 28. Qxe1 Rxf5 with black
advantage) 27...Nxd2 28. Rxe5 Nxb1 29. Bxb1 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb1 31. Rxh5
Qb8+ 32. f4 (32. Kg1?? Rc8 -+) 32...Qxf4+ =

Claus-Juergen

 

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Claus-Juergen Heigl <unea@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> Martin Brown wrote:
>> Seems only to go downhill after 23. ... Rc7
>> 23. ... cxd4 may even have held chances for black.
>
> Yes, this seems to be were Adams position got bad.
>
> After 23...cxd4 [...]

At http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/event/adahyd05/r1.html , IM Malcolm Pein
says

``The last thing a human player ever wants to do against a computer is
sacrifice material but: 23...cxd4 looks like a chance. 24.Bxc8
(24.Qxc8 Qxc8 (24...Bxe5 25.Bxf5 d3 26.Qc6 d2 27.Bxd2 Nxd2 28.Rxe5
Nxb1 29.Bxb1 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qxb1 31.Qd6 Ra8 32.Rxh5 Qxa2=) 25.Bxc8 Rxc8
26.f4 is equal, Black's active pieces and strong passed pawn balance
the slight material deficit. (26.Nd3 Bf7!) ).''

It's disappointing that there's no coverage of this match at Chessbase and
TWIC hasn't said anything since game 1. In game 2, Adams did make a
Petrosian-like exchange sacrifice and held the draw.


Dave.

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