CC-GM Har Even, Abir - Blass, Uri
(Various computer programs playing black.)

Israeli CC Final, 2001

Notes by Uri Blass/Junior Tay


A03. 1.g3 d5 2.f4 Anti-computer strategy? h5!? Hyper-agressive! 3.Nf3
[3.Bg2 h4 4.Nc3
(4.c4 d4 (4...c6 5.e3 Nf6 6.d4 Bf5 7.Qb3 Be4 8.Bxe4 Nxe4 9.g4 Qc8 10.h3 g5 11.cxd5 gxf4 12.Nc3 cxd5 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.exf4 Bg7 15.Ne2 O-O 16.Be3 Rd8 17.O-O Nc6 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.Rfd1 e6 20.Bf2 Qe7 21.Qe3 f5 22.gxf5 exf5 23.d5 Nb4 24.d6 Qe6 25.Nd4 Qxd6 26.Qb3+ Kh7 27.Ne6 Nd3 28.Ng5+ Kg6 29.Qf7+ Kh6 30.Qxb7 Rd7 31.Rxd3 exd3 32.Qxa8 d2 33.Rd1 Qd3 34.Qc6+ Kh5 35.Qf3+ Qxf3 36.Nxf3 Rd3 37.Kg2 Bh6 38.Bxa7 1-0 Galinsky,T-Fedorchuk,S/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (38)) 5.b4 e5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.g4 c5 10.Qa6 Rh6 11.Qa5 Bc6 12.Nf3 d3 13.b5 Bb7 14.a4 dxe2 15.Qc3 Qd7 16.Rg1 O-O-O 17.Qe3 Re6 18.Ra3 f6 19.Nc3 Bd6 20.Ne4 Bxe5 21.Nxc5 Bg3+ 22.hxg3 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 Qxg4 24.gxh4 Qxc4 25.Nxb7 Kxb7 26.Ba3 Rd3 27.Rg4 Qxg4 28.Rxd3 Qg2 0-1 Buecker,S-Keitlinghaus,L/Muenster 1990/EXT 97 (28))
(4.d3 Nc6 (4...Qd6 5.gxh4 Rxh4 6.Nf3 Rh8 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Bh3 10.Bxh3 Rxh3 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.Be3 Nh6 13.Ng5 Rh5 14.Kf3 e5 15.c3 O-O-O 16.h4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Bd6 18.Bxd6 Rxd6 19.Ke2 f6 20.Nf3 g5 21.Na3 g4 22.Nd2 Re6 23.Raf1 Ne5 24.Nc2 Ng6 25.Nd4 Ra6 26.Nf5 Nxf5 27.Rxf5 Rxh4 28.Rxh4 Nxh4 29.Rh5 Ng6 30.Rh6 Ne5 31.a3 Rb6 32.b4 Rc6 33.c4 Nxc4 34.Nxc4 Rxc4 35.Kd3 Rc1 36.Rxf6 Ra1 37.e5 Kd7 38.Kd4 g3 39.Rg6 Rxa3 40.Kd5 c6+ 41.Ke4 Rb3 42.Kf5 Rxb4 43.Rxg3 Ke7 44.Rh3 a5 45.Rh7+ Kf8 46.Kf6 Rf4+ 47.Kg5 Rf7 48.Rh6 Ke7 49.e6 Rf1 0-1 Lahti,J-Hermlin,A/Kuopio 1991/EXT 97 (49)) 5.d4 Bf5 6.c3 e6 7.Nh3 Qf6 8.Nd2 hxg3 9.hxg3 Qg6 10.Nf1 Nf6 11.Nf2 Rxh1 12.Bxh1 O-O-O 13.Bf3 Be7 14.e3 Rh8 15.g4 Bc2 16.Qe2 Be4 17.g5 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Ne8 19.e4 Nd6 20.e5 Nf5 21.Be3 Nh4 22.Qe2 Ng2+ 23.Kd2 Rh4 24.Qf3 Nxf4 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1 Knezevic,B-Miladinovic,I/Cetinje 1991/EXT 98 (25))
(4.d4 Nc6 5.c4 e6 6.c5 Nf6 7.Nc3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6 9.Nf3 hxg3 10.hxg3 Rxh1+ 11.Bxh1 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ne5 Bb4+ 14.Kf2 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bb7 16.Be3 Bd5 17.a3 Bf8 18.Bg2 f5 19.Qh1 Qd7 20.Qh5+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Rc1 c6 23.Bd2 Be7 24.e3 g5 25.Rh1 Kg6 26.Bf1 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.Rg1 Bb3 29.Bb5 Rd8 30.Ke2 Rh8 31.Be1 Rh2+ 32.Bf2 Kf7 33.Kf1 Bf8 34.Rg2 Rh1+ 35.Bg1 Bg7 36.Rd2 Bxe5 37.Kg2 Rh8 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.Rb7 Bxb2 40.Rxb6 Bxa3 41.g4 Bd5 42.gxf5 Bc5 43.Ra6 Rb8 44.Bd7 Rb2+ 45.Kg3 Kxf5 46.Ra1 Bd6+ 47.Kh3 Bc4 48.Be8 Be2 49.Ra5+ Be5 50.Bg6+ Kxg6 0-1 Minasian,A-Yegiazarian,A/Yerevan ARM 1999 (50))
4...c6 5.d3 hxg3 6.hxg3 Rxh1 7.Bxh1 Qb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Na4 Qa5+ 10.c3 Nd7 11.Be3 Nh6 12.b4 Qc7 13.Nc5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nf6 15.Qa4 Nf5 16.Bf2 e5 17.g4 Bxc5 18.bxc5 Ne7 19.fxe5 Qxe5 20.Qd4 Ng6 21.Rb1 Qxd4 22.Bxd4 O-O-O 23.Kd2 Nd7 24.Bxg7 Nxc5 25.Rh1 Nd7 26.Rh5 Re8 27.Bd4 Kc7 28.Rf5 Re7 29.Bf2 Nde5 30.g5 Nxf3+ 31.exf3 Rd7 32.Rf6 Nf8 33.f4 b6 34.Bd4 c5 35.Be5+ Kd8 36.f5 Ke8 37.Rh6 Rd8 38.Rh8 f6 39.Bxf6 Rd6 40.Bg7 1-0 Chiburdanidze,M-Alexandria,N/Borzhomi 1981/EXT 97-B (40)]
[3.h3 e5 4.d3 h4 5.g4 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bd6 7.Qd2 d4 8.Na3 Ne7 9.Nb5 Nbc6 10.Bxd6 cxd6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qb6 14.c3 Nc6 15.Nf3 a5 16.Nxh4 a4 17.Bg2 Ra5 18.Be4 Rb5 19.Rb1 Re8 20.Rf1 Qd8 21.Nf3 d5 22.Bf5 Bxf5 23.gxf5 d4 24.Nxd4 Qh4+ 25.Kd1 Nxd4 26.cxd4 Qxh3 27.Qf4 a3 28.b3 Rd5 29.Kd2 Rxf5 30.Qxf5 Qe3+ 31.Kc3 Re7 32.Qc8+ Re8 33.Qxb7 Re7 34.Qc8+ Re8 35.Qc7 Re7 36.Qf4 Qxe2 37.Rfe1 1-0 Joksic,S-Kogan,A/Biel 1994/TD (37)]
3...h4 4.Nxh4
[4.gxh4 Nc6 5.Bg2 Bg4 6.c4 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 e6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 Qxh4+ 10.Kd1 Nf6 11.Nc3 O-O-O 12.d3 Bc5 13.Bd2 Bb6 14.Rc1 Kb8 15.Be1 Qh3 0-1 Komljenovic,D-Campora,D/Andorra la Vella AND 1999 (15)]
4...e5! The conditional moves
[4...Rxh4 5.gxh4 e5 6.d3 Qxh4+
(6...Bc5 7.c3 Qxh4+ 8.Kd2 exf4 9.Kc2 Nf6 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Bd2 Bf5 12.Qf1 g5 13.Be1 Qh6 14.Bd2 Bd6 15.a4 O-O-O 16.Na3 a6 17.b4 Ne7 18.Kc1 Ng6 19.Nc2 Nh4 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Qg1 Re8 22.Bf1 Ng4 23.Bh3 Qh5 24.b5 a5 25.b6 c6 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.b7+ Kd8 0-1 Ragozin,E-Sveshnikov,E/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (27))
7.Kd2 Qxf4+ 8.e3 Qh6 were offered to Blass by Har-Even]
5.Ng2 Nf6 6.e3 Nc6 7.d3 Bg4 8.Be2 Qd7 9.Nd2 O-O-O 10.Nf1 Bd6 #For Black's pawn, he gets perfect development. Can White unravel in time? 11.Bd2 exf4 Opening up lines of attack. 12.gxf4 Rh3 13.c3 g5!! # What a shot!.. which blows open White's Kingside. 14.fxg5 Ne5! #Threatening Nxd3! 15.Nf4 Nf3+ 16.Kf2 Bxf4 17.exf4 Nxd2 18.Ng3
[18.Nxd2 Re8!]
[18.Qxd2 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Re8 20.Qd1 Qf5!]
18...Bxe2 19.Qxd2 Ng4+ 20.Kxe2 # d4! 21.Rag1 Nxh2 22.Kf2 Qg4 #Converging for the kill! 23.Ne4 Qh4+ 24.Ng3 Re8 25.cxd4 f5! 26.gxf6 Ng4+ 27.Kf1 Ne3+ #and since White must give up Queen for Knight or get checkmated...

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