Author: Steve B
Date: 15:55:32 01/10/05
Knowing the weakness of your opponent,whether it be a dedicated computer or an over the board human player can oft times make the difference between the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat.. In this game i played the Fidelity RCS Granit "S" A "German only "Fidelity SC 12 with a clock speed of 9 Mhz the normal clock speed for the SC 12 was 4 Mhz and it was rated about 1750 the Granit "S" was never rated (to my knowledge)but i would guesstimate it at perhaps 1850 due to the doubling of the clock speed: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=ff8e.jpg&.src=ph http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=3353&.dnm=8a6c.jpg&.src=ph typically the Granit can reach 5-6 ply within 30-45 seconds of computing time. this fact as we shall see later played a crucial factor in the game i set the computer for the rough equivalent of game/30..(level 6) [Date -1-10-2005] [White- Steve B] [Black -Fidelity RCS Granite "S"] [Time Control-Game /30] [ECO-D12] [Result -1-0] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Na6 8. cxd5 Nb4 9. Qd1 Nbxd5 10. O-O Bd6 so far the game has proceeded rather normally for a Queen's Gambit,however here i unleased a real clunker.. i would love to say i sacked the e pawn in Morphy like fashion,but sadly i simply blundered 11. e4 ?? [D] r2qk2r/pp3ppp/2pbpn2/3n4/3PP3/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1 ..11Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13. Qd3 f5 14. Nd2 Qh4 ?? here the RCS blunders back the pawn, threatening mate on h2..which is easily parried.. [D] r3k2r/pp4pp/2pbp3/5p2/3Pn2q/2PQ4/P2N1PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 1 15. g3 Qh3 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 material equality has been restored..blunders on both sides leaves the game equal with chances on both sides [D] r3k2r/pp4pp/2pbp3/8/3PQ3/2P3Pq/P4P1P/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 1 play continued.. ..17 O-O 18. f4 a5 19. Be3 a4 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Raf1 Rce8 22. Qg2 Qf5 23. g4 Qd3 attacking my pawn on C3 my next move was an intentional sac of the pawn as i was starting to like the idea of a King side pawn storm ,and with Black's Queen on C3 it would be out of play [D] 4rrk1/1p4pp/2pbp3/8/p2P1PP1/2PqB3/P4RQP/5RK1 w - - 0 1 24. Rf3 Qxc3 25. g5 Qd3 26. h4 Ra8 27. h5 b6 28. h6 g6 this was my goal with the pawn on h6 White can threaten mate with the Queen on g7 in the future is my position worth the pawn.??.probably not i am sure Fritz and Shredder and Cmaster all would have me down at least two pawns(-2.00) if not a forced mate against me in 17 but i am not playing those Silicon monsters ,i am playing the RCS Granite "S"!! [D] r4rk1/7p/1ppbp1pP/6P1/p2P1P2/3qBR2/P5Q1/5RK1 w - - 0 1 29. Qb2 attacking the b6 pawn,but more importantly putting my Queen on the long diagonal to threaten mate on g7 this Queen on the long diagonal ,will be the theme for the balance of the game [D] r4rk1/7p/1ppbp1pP/6P1/p2P1P2/3qBR2/PQ6/5RK1 w - - 0 1 29... b5 30. d5 e5 31. fxe5 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Bc5 33. Qf2 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 Qxd5 36. e6 Re8 and here i knew i would win the Granite thinks it will win another pawn but in fact loses the game after my next move the Granite simply cannot see deep enough to realize that there will be a mate on g7 my King will be subject to several useless checks by the Black Queen ,all of which will push the ply count well outside of the computers 5-6 ply horizon.. 37. Qc3! back on the long diagonal ,this time with devastating effect [D] 4r1k1/7p/2p1P1pP/1p1q2P1/p7/4QR2/P6K/8 w - - 0 1 ..37Qd6+ 38. Kh1 Qd1+ the game is probably a win for white in all variations (for example..37Qd6+ 38Kg2 Qe7 39Qe5 Rd8 40.Rf7) 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Re7 42. Qf6 [D] 6k1/4r2p/2p1PQpP/1p4P1/p7/5K2/P7/8 w - - 0 1 its mate no matter where the rook moves.. (R-c7 or B7,its mate on D7) (R-e8 its mate on G7) the point of this game was getting the pawn to h7..i knew that due to its limited search capability in a 30 minute game,the RCS would be prone to go astray.. Best Steve PS..there is a nice Fidelity SC 12 up on Ebay ..even as we speak: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5947943373
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