Game 9/10
[Event "TheKing V Evo Maia L9 Master Book"]
[Round "9"]
[White "TheKing 30s/move"]
[Black "MaiaL9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.35/21} ( {Theory prefers} 2...e5 $1 ) ( 2...e5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.01/23} 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Be3 Be7 6.a3 Nd4 7.Nge2 c5 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 O-O 10.c3 Ne6 11.O-O Qb6 12.b4 Bd7 13.bxc5 ) 3.Nf3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/23} ( 3.d4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.35/21} 3...e6 4.a3 d6 5.Be2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Qd3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 Bd7 11.Bd3 a5 12.Bd2 h6 13.Rae1 b6 14.h3 a4 ) 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bb5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.02/24} ( 5.d4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.30/23} 5...Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.c3 O-O 10.Re1 a6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Be3 b5 13.h3 Bf5 14.c4 bxc4 15.Qa4 Qe4 16.Bxc4 ) 5...Nxc3 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.bxc3 Bg4 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Bh5 $1 10.d3 Bd6 $1 11.Be3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.35/24} ( 11.Rb1 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: +0.11/22} 11...Qc8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Re1 f6 14.c4 O-O 15.Bd2 c5 16.Qe2 Re8 17.Rb3 Qa6 18.a3 Bf7 19.g5 Qc6 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.Rxe4 e5 22.Rh4 Be6 23.gxf6 ) 11...O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.Rb1 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.63/22} ( 13.c4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.21/24} 13...c5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.Qe2 Qe8 17.a4 Qc6 18.Bc3 Bf4 19.Nh4 Bf7 20.Ng2 Bd6 21.f4 Rfe8 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.Rxf3 e5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 ) 13...f5 14.Qe2 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.59/21} ( 14.c4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.33/22} 14...e5 15.c5 f4 16.cxd6 fxe3 17.fxe3 cxd6 18.Qd2 e4 19.Nd4 Qd7 20.Rf4 Rae8 21.Rbf1 Rxf4 22.Rxf4 exd3 23.cxd3 d5 24.Rf3 c5 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Rxf5 Qe6 27.e4 dxe4 28.dxe4 c4 29.e5 Qc6 30.Qf2 c3 ) 14...fxg4 15.Nd4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -3.00/23} ( 15.hxg4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.41/21} 15...Qf6 16.Nd2 Qxc3 17.Nc4 a6 18.Rb3 Qf6 19.f4 Rab8 20.Qg2 Rb5 21.d4 h5 22.Ne5 hxg4 23.Nd7 Qh4 24.Bf2 Qh6 25.Nxf8 Kxf8 26.Bg3 Qh3 27.Qxh3 ) 15...gxh3 16.Nxe6 Qh4 17.Nxf8 Bh5 $1 18.Ng6 $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -12.58/26} ( 18.f3 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -2.42/21} 18...Rxf8 19.Bxa7 Qa4 20.Bd4 h2+ 21.Kg2 c5 22.Be5 Bxe5 23.Qxe5 Qxc2+ 24.Kg3 h1=Q 25.Rxh1 Rxf3+ 26.Kh4 Qf2+ 27.Kxh5 Rf5+ 28.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 29.Kh4 Qxd3 30.Rbc1 Qc4+ 31.Kg3 Qxa2 32.Rcf1 Qe6 33.Rf3 g5 34.Kf2 Qe5 35.Re1 Qh2+ 36.Kf1 h5 37.Re8+ Kg7 ) 18...hxg6 19.f3 Qg3+ 20.Kh1 Rf8 21.Bxa7 Bxf3+ $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -4.17/25} ( 21...Kh7 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -14.33/24} 22.Be3 Rxf3 23.Rg1 Rxe3 24.Rxg3 Rxg3 25.Qe4 Bf3+ 26.Qxf3 Rxf3 27.c4 Rf2 28.c5 Bf4 29.c3 Rh2+ 30.Kg1 Rxa2 31.Rf1 g5 32.Kh1 Rh2+ 33.Kg1 Rg2+ 34.Kh1 Ra2 35.d4 Rh2+ 36.Kg1 Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Ra2 38.d5 cxd5 39.c6 Kg6 40.Kg1 Ra3 41.Kh1 Rxc3 42.Kg1 Kf5 43.Ra1 g4 44.Kh1 Rxc6 45.Rg1 g3 46.Re1 ) 22.Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 23.Rg1 Qf4 24.Qe8+ Qf8 25.Qxf8+ Kxf8 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -1.17/22} ( 25...Rxf8 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -3.89/21} 26.a4 c5 27.d4 Rf2 28.Re1 Bg3 29.Rb1 Rh2+ 30.Kg1 Rg2+ 31.Kh1 g5 32.Bxc5 Rh2+ 33.Kg1 Rxc2 34.a5 Ra2 35.Bb4 g4 36.Rf1 g5 37.Kh1 Bf4 38.Kg1 ) 26.a4 c5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.52/23} ( 26...g5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -1.27/23} 27.a5 g4 28.Rxg4 h2 29.Rh4 Rf1+ 30.Kg2 Ra1 31.Be3 Kf7 32.Bf4 g5 33.Bxd6 gxh4 34.Bxh2 Rxa5 35.Bxc7 Ra2 36.Kh3 Ke6 37.Kxh4 Rxc2 38.Ba5 Kd5 39.d4 Kc4 40.Kh3 Rc1 41.Bb4 Rg1 42.Kh4 ) 27.a5 Rf2 28.Ra1 $1 Rxc2 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: 0.00/29} ( 28...g5 {Deep HIARCS 15.3: -0.44/20} 29.Bb8 g4 30.a6 g3 31.Bxc7 Bxc7 32.a7 g2+ 33.Kg1 Re2 34.a8=Q+ Ke7 35.Qh8 h2+ 36.Qxh2 Bxh2+ 37.Kxh2 Rxc2 38.c4 Kd6 39.Ra7 Ke5 40.Rxg7 Kf4 41.Rg6 Rd2 42.Rg8 Rxd3 43.Kxg2 Rc3 44.Kf2 Rxc4 45.Ke2 Rd4 46.Rc8 ) 29.a6 Rh2+ 30.Kg1 Rg2+ 31.Kh1 Rh2+ 32.Kg1 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rh2+ {White loses 0.3 pawn per move (1 blunder, 1 mistake, 5 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.21 pawn per move (2 mistakes, 3 inaccuracies).} 1/2-1/2
Here we are at the penultimate game with TheKing playing with the white pieces. The King Pawn Nimzowitsch Defence was played.
In the following position Maia had just taken White’s pawn on g4 with 14…fxg4:
TheKing is not in a very good position, his King is somewhat exposed and under threat of more exposure! His pieces are not very active which seems unlike his normal style of play! However, he seems unperturbed by Maia’s attack and shows little concern for the Black Pawn on g4 and played 15.Nd4? Why not take the Pawn!? Meanwhile, Maia carried on with the attack 15…gxh3 and now White is in real trouble! Play continued 16.Nxe6:
So this is why TheKing did not worry about taking the pawn before, but I think this is a case of too much pruning in the search tree as we shall see from the moves that followed. 16…Qh4 17.Nxf8 wins the Rook but this is not looking good for White. 17…Bh5! Very good, attacking White’s Queen but also adding another piece to the King onslaught:
18.Ng6?? TheKing blunders a piece!? What was it thinking or not thinking? 18…hxg6 Maia seizes the gift. 19.f3 which is what TheKing should have played instead of blundering the Knight. 19…Qg3+ How can White escape this? 20.Kh1 the only sensible option. 21…Rf8 another of Maia’s pieces swings into action:
This is looking good for Maia but it’s not simple, requiring a deep search to find the winning path, something beyond the limited search of these machines and myself come to that! In the end the best Maia could achieve was a draw. DH15 has TheKing making 1 blunder, 1 mistake and 5 inaccuracies while Maia had just 2 mistakes and 3 inaccuracies. An interesting and curious game that I thought Maia was going to win. On the other hand, I think TheKing played very badly and deserved to lose but still managed to survive with a three-fold draw. Maia’s inability to win the game is easily explained by the fact that a much deeper search was required to understand the nuisances of the position.
Current Score 7 ½ - 1 ½ to TheKing