Game 2/10
[Event "TheKing V Evo Maia L9 Master Book"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MaiaL9"]
[Black "TheKing 30s/move"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 Nf6 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.37/22} ( {Theory prefers} 2...d5 $1 ) ( 2...d5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.03/23} 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qc1 Rc8 9.Be2 h6 10.O-O e6 11.Na4 Qb4 12.b3 g5 13.Be5 Be7 14.a3 Qxb3 15.Nc5 ) 3.g3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.07/22} ( {Theoretical move is} 3.e4 $1 ) ( {Or} 3.d4 $1 ) ( 3.e4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.37/22} 3...d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 exf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ne2 g6 10.Rb1 b6 11.O-O f5 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Qf3 Qh4 14.Rd1 Bc7 15.h3 Be6 16.d5 cxd5 17.cxd5 ) 3...e5 4.Bg2 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 4.Nf3 $1 ) 4...Bb4 $6 ( {Theory prefers} 4...d5 ) 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 e4 8.Ng5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.17/22} ( 8.Nd2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.16/21} 8...d5 9.Qb3 Qa5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa6 12.a4 Re8 13.Re1 Be6 14.Bb2 Nbd7 15.a5 dxc4 16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Nf1 c5 18.Ne3 Bc6 ) 8...d5 9.cxd5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.50/22} ( 9.f3 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.17/21} 9...exf3 10.Nxf3 dxc4 11.a3 Ba5 12.Ne5 Bb6 13.e3 Be6 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.Nxc4 Bc7 16.b3 Ng4 17.d5 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Nde5 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Bb2 Nxc4 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.bxc4 Qf5 23.Nb5 Bb6 24.Bd4 Rd8 25.c5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Qxg4 Qxb5 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 ) 9...cxd5 10.f3 h6 11.fxe4 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.58/23} ( 11.Nh3 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.17/20} 11...exf3 12.exf3 Re8 13.a3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nc6 15.Bf4 Bd7 16.Nf2 Na5 17.Nd3 Rc8 18.Ne5 Nc4 19.Re1 g5 20.Bd2 Qc7 21.Nxc4 Qxc4 22.Bf1 Rxe1 23.Qxe1 ) 11...Bxc3 12.bxc3 hxg5 13.Bxg5 dxe4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Bxe4 Re8 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.39/23} ( 15...Nc6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.53/23} 16.Rf2 Kg7 17.Qd2 Rh8 18.Qf4 Qe7 19.Rb1 Rh6 20.h4 Bh3 21.Kh2 Nd8 22.c4 Bd7 23.c5 Ne6 24.Qg4+ Ng5 25.Rxb7 Bxg4 26.Rxe7 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 f5 28.Ref4 Rd8 29.e3 Rg6 30.e4 fxe4 31.Rxe4 ) 16.Qd3 Nc6 17.Rf4 Ne7 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.82/23} ( 17...Rxe4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.01/21} 18.Qxe4 f5 19.Qd3 Ne7 20.Rf2 Be6 21.c4 b5 22.cxb5 Rc8 23.a4 Nd5 24.Rf3 Qg5 25.Raf1 Rc3 26.Qd1 Ne3 27.Qd2 Ra3 28.b6 axb6 29.Rc1 ) 18.Rxf6 Nd5 19.Rh6 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.82/27} ( 19.Rf2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.80/20} 19...Nxc3 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Qxc3 Kxh7 22.Rxf7+ Kg8 23.Raf1 Qd5 24.Qd3 Qxf7 25.Rxf7 Kxf7 26.Qh7+ Kf8 27.d5 Rxe2 28.d6 Re1+ 29.Kg2 Re8 30.d7 Bxd7 31.Qxd7 Rad8 32.Qxb7 Rd2+ 33.Kf3 Rxh2 34.Qxa7 Rd8 35.g4 Rh3+ 36.Kf4 Rdd3 37.Qc5+ Kg7 ) 19...Qg5 20.Rh4 Nf6 21.Rf1 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Bh3 23.Rff4 Qa5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/23} ( 23...Rac8 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.59/21} 24.c4 Qg6 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Qxg6+ fxg6 27.Kf2 g5 28.Rf3 Re4 29.Rb3 b6 30.c5 Rxd4 31.cxb6 axb6 32.Rxb6 Kf7 33.Ra6 Rd5 34.a4 Re5 35.Rh6 Bg4 36.h4 Rxe2+ 37.Kf1 Ra2 38.hxg5 Be2+ 39.Kg1 ) 24.Kf2 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.30/21} ( 24.g4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/23} 24...Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Qg5 26.Qf5 Qh4 27.Qxf7+ Kh8 28.Qh5+ Qxh5 29.gxh5 Be6 30.a3 Kg7 31.e4 Ba2 32.Kf2 Rc8 33.Rf3 Rh8 34.Rh3 Kh6 35.Rf3 Kg7 ) 24...Bd7 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/26} ( 24...Qh5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.30/21} 25.c4 Bd7 26.h4 Rac8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qf3 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Rc8 30.d5 Rc5 31.g4 Ra5 32.Re4 Kf8 33.Kf4 Rxa2 34.g5 Ra1 35.Ke5 Ke7 36.h5 Rg1 37.d6+ Kd8 38.h6 ) 25.Qf3 b6 26.Rh4 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.57/21} ( 26.Rg4+ {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/26} 26...Bxg4 27.Rxg4+ Kf8 28.Qf6 Qh5 29.Rh4 Qxe2+ 30.Kg1 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Qe2+ 32.Kg1 ) 26...Rac8 $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +6.34/20} ( 26...Rxe4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.57/21} 27.Rxe4 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Bxe8 29.Qe3 Qf5+ 30.Qf4 Qh3 31.Qh4 Qe6 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.h4 Qxa2 34.h5 f6 35.Qxf6+ Qf7 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Ke3 a5 38.Kd3 a4 39.Kc2 Kf6 40.h6 Kg6 41.e4 Kxh6 ) 27.Ref4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +2.99/23} ( 27.Rh5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +6.34/20} 27...f5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qf4 Qa4 30.Qg5+ Kf7 31.Rh6 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Qc2+ 33.Qd2 Bb5+ 34.Ke1 Qb1+ 35.Qd1 Qe4+ 36.Kf2 Kf8 37.Qe1 Qxe1+ 38.Kxe1 Kg8 39.Rd6 Bc4 40.Rd7 a5 41.Rb7 b5 42.Kd2 Kf8 43.Ke3 Ke8 44.Kf4 a4 45.Kxf5 ) 27...Be6 28.Re4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/29} ( 28.c4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +3.16/24} 28...Rxc4 29.Rfg4+ Kf8 30.Rh8+ Ke7 31.Qb7+ Bd7 32.Re4+ Kd6 33.Rhxe8 Rc7 34.Qb8 Bxe8 35.Rxe8 Qf5+ 36.Kg2 Qc2 37.h4 Qxa2 38.Rd8+ Ke6 39.Kf2 Qc2 40.g4 Qc1 41.Re8+ Kd7 42.Re3 Qc6 43.Qe8+ Kd6 44.Qe5+ Kd7 45.h5 Kc8 46.g5 Rd7 ) 28...Qf5 29.Ref4 Qd5 30.Rfg4+ Kf8 31.Qf6 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -1.35/24} ( 31.Re4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/24} 31...f5 32.c4 Rxc4 33.Qa3+ Kg7 34.Re5 Qd8 35.Qxa7+ Qc7 36.Qa3 Rc3 37.Qb2 Rc2 38.Qa3 Rc3 ) 31...Qf5+ 32.Qxf5 Bxf5 33.Rf4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -2.32/23} ( 33.Rg5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -1.07/21} 33...Bd7 34.d5 Ke7 35.Re5+ Kd6 36.Rxe8 Bxe8 37.c4 b5 38.cxb5 Bxb5 39.Rb4 Rc5 40.a4 Bd7 41.e4 f5 42.exf5 Bxf5 43.g4 a5 44.Rf4 Bc2 45.g5 Rxd5 46.h4 Ke5 47.Rf7 Rd2+ 48.Ke3 ) 33...Bb1 34.Rh7 $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -11.32/22} ( 34.a4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -2.04/24} 34...Rxc3 35.a5 bxa5 36.Rh8+ Ke7 37.Rh6 Bg6 38.h4 Rc2 39.Kf3 a4 40.h5 Rc3+ 41.Kf2 Bc2 42.Rhf6 Bb3 43.Ra6 Rc7 44.h6 Rh8 45.Rh4 f6 46.e4 Kf7 47.e5 fxe5 48.dxe5 Bc2 49.Ke3 Rc3+ 50.Kd2 Rc7 51.Rf4+ Ke7 ) 34...Bxh7 35.Rh4 Kg7 36.Rg4+ Bg6 $1 37.h4 Kh6 $1 38.Rf4 Rxc3 39.g4 Rc2 40.h5 Rexe2+ {White loses 0.49 pawn per move (1 blunder, 5 mistakes, 6 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.2 pawn per move (1 blunder, 5 inaccuracies).} 0-1
The English, Bremen System, Keres variation was played with both sides playing some questionable opening moves. Despite that, with the advantage swinging slightly from side to side all was roughly level in the following position where TheKing had just played 18…Nd5:
Here Black has a knight to White’s 3 pawns but material-wise it’s balanced. Maia’s Rook on f6 is under attack from Black’s Knight and Queen so must be moved. Here, Maia played 19.Rh6? which on the face if it looks good considering White’s Bishop and Queen lined up on the a1 to h7 diagonal. However, after 19…Qg5 attacking the Rook again 20.Rh4 Nf6 21.Rf1 Nxe4 and White’s attack is squashed.
Later on in the following position where Maia had just moved 26.Rh4
Here TheKing blunders with 26…Rac8?? Had Maia seen the correct moves TheKing would have been in trouble. Play could have continued 27.Rh5 f5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qf4 Qa4 30.Qg5+ and white has a nice attack on the King:
Alas, this was beyond Maia and also TheKing of course.
In the following position Black has the stronger position with the active Bishop threatening White’s a pawn with white to move:
Here Maia played 34.Rh7?? Why sacrifice the Rook? I thought this kind of blunder had been removed with the addition of the lookahead feature added to the Maia bots. Maybe this is a bug?
Well, the result was inevitable!
In that game Maia made 1 blunder, 5 mistakes and 6 inaccuracies while TheKing managed 1 blunder and 5 inaccuracies. Much better of course but despite Maia’s strange Rook sacrifice it does play positionally well but is unable to make the best of it. TheKing so far is then able to benefit from Maia’s weaker moves.
Current score 2 – 0 to TheKing.