[Event "E10 SM5"]
[Site "GINGELOM"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mephisto, Super Mondial"]
[Black "Mephisto, Europa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[Annotator "Me,IBM_USER"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[TimeControl "120+12"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 {
In support of e5} 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Nf3 Na5 $6 {if you play dxc4, of course Na5
is logical, but black is negligating its own development and the Super Mondial
is going to demonstrate this !} 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Be2 Bf5 $2 {
A mistake...but white doesn't take advantage out of it.} 9. Bf4 (9. Qa4+ $16
Bd7 10. Nxd7 {10... Qxd7 ?? 11. Qxa5} Nxd7 11. O-O e6 12. d5 $1 $16) 9... Rc8 {
Black consequently holds on to the pawn...} 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O
e6 (12... Nc6 13. Bg4 $16) 13. Rad1 (13. d5 $1 a6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 $18 {
black is already in an awfull lot of trouble}) 13... Be7 14. d5 $1 exd5 (14...
e5 $2 15. Bg4 $3 exf4 16. d6 $18 Bf6 17. Rfe1+ Kf8 18. Bxd7) 15. Rxd5 Rc5 (
15... b6 $4 16. Bg4 $18) 16. Rfd1 Rxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc6 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Bg4 Ncb8
20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 {Ouch !!!} Qc8 22. Qd1 g5 23. Rxe7 gxf4 (23... Kxe7 24.
Qd6#) 24. Re8+ (24. Qd6 Kg7 25. Ne6+) 24... Qxe8 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 26. Qd4 1-0

[Event "U1950 TURNIER"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mephisto, Europa"]
[Black "Mephisto, Super Mondial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6
6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 O-O 12. a4
bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qb8 17. b4 d5 {
This move equalizes} 18. Bc5 dxe4 19. dxe4 (19. Bxf8 exf3 20. g4 Kxf8 (20...
Nd5 21. Qxf3 Nxc3 22. Ra6 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxf8 $14) 21. gxh5 e4 22. dxe4 Qf4 23.
Kh1 {other moves fail} Nxe4 24. Rxa7 {Position not clear}) 19... Rd8 20. Qe2
Bg6 21. Be7 Nxe4 22. Bxd8 Nxc3 23. Qxe5 $1 $11 Nxa4 (23... Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxa4
25. Ba5 $11) 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Qxc6 Qxd8 26. Qxa4 Be4 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Qd7 Qxd7
29. Rxd7 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Kg6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rd6+ f6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34. Rd4 a6 $11
35. Kg3 Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf7 38. Rd4 g6 39. Kf4 Ke6
40. Re4+ Kd6 41. Rd4+ $15 Kc6 42. Re4 Kb5 43. Ke3 f5 44. Re6 $2 $19 Rb6 45.
Rxb6+ Kxb6 46. Kf4 $4 (46. Kd4 Kb5 47. Kc3 $17) 46... Kb5 47. Kg5 Kxb4 48. Kxg6
0-1

[Event "U1950 11/12 2010"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefan"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5
6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Qe2 $1 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 $14) (9.
Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 $14) 9... Qb6 10. Ne5 Rd8 (
10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4) 11. Rd1 (11. a5 $1 Bxa5 12. Rxa5 Qxa5 13. Qxb7
Nbd7 14. Nxc6 $16) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. a5 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 a6 (14... e5 15.
a6 b5 $15) 15. f3 e5 16. d5 $4 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. e4 Bd7 18. dxe5 Bxe5 $14)
16... Bxd3 (16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Kf1 $11) 17. Rxd3 Nc5 18.
Bc4 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 cxd5 $19 20. Ra4 Rac8 21. Bd2 h6 22. Bf5 Rc7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24.
g3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Rc5 26. Nd1 d4 27. exd4 exd4 28. Bd3 (28. Rxd4 $4 Rxf5) 28...
Rh5 29. Rxd4 Rxh2+ 30. Ke3 (30. Kf1 $4 Rxd2) (30. Nf2 Bxg3 31. Bb4+ Ke8 32.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Bc5 $19) 30... Bc5 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "P106 POKAL U 1950"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mephisto, Explorer"]
[Black "Constellation, 7."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {The Conny already ran out of opening moves but played one nevertheless} 4. d3
Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 {an very clever move, as any bishop retreat goes at the expense of a tempoloss}
6. Bb5 $2 (6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf4 8. O-O O-O $14) 6... Bg4 $15 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bxf3 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxc6 (10. exd5 Qxd5 $17) 10... Nf4 $1
11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. Nxg4 Nxg2+ 13. Kd1 Qxg4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 bxc6 $19) 10.
Nxf6+ (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. gxf3 Qxf3 13. Rg1 $15) 10... Qxf6 11.
Bxc6 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Qxc6 13. Rxg2 f5 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. f3 (15. exf5 $2 Qxc2) 15...
fxe4 16. fxe4 Raf8 17. O-O-O Qd6 18. Rgg1 g6 $11 19. h4 Rf2 20. h5 {
Going for the win, but neglecting its own defense} Qc6 {
Compared to Qc5, Rd2 is now a good defense !} (20... Qc5 $3 21. c3 (21. Rd2
Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rf2+ $17) 21... Qb6 22. b4 (22. b3 Qa5 $19) 22... Rxa2 $19) 21.
Rd2 Rf1+ {[%emt 0:02:39]} 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rd1 Rf2 24. c3 Qb6 25. b4 Rxa2 $4
{Black had a win a few moves before, and now faces a risk to loose the game ,
admittedly, this is very hard to calculate, I wonder how much ELO you need to
win this, surely 2000+} 26. Qd8+ {To give you an idea, the Mephisto Explorer
played this winning move with a score of +0.0 !!! He has no clue either.} Kg7 {
Much better was Kf7 again hard to see if you don't see h6+ coming !} (26... Kf7
27. Rf1+ Rf2 28. Rxf2+ Qxf2 29. Qxc7+ Kf6 30. Qxh7 $16) 27. h6+ $1 {The Explore
r plays h6 with an score of +0.3, so again he plays this natural move, without
having the mate or win in his horizon. Pretty cool if you play the right moves
beyond your horizon just based on some aritmetic calculation} (27. Qe7+ $1 Kg8
28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. h6+ Kxh6 30. Rh1+ Kg5 31. Qe7+ Kg4 32. Qh4+ Kf3 33. Rh3+ Ke2
34. Qg4+ Ke1 35. Qd1+ Kf2 36. Qf3+ Ke1 37. Rh1+ Qg1 38. Rxg1#) 27... Kf7 $18 (
27... Kxh6 {Now there is a mate in 8 !!} 28. Rh1+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qxh7+
Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Qxg6#) 28. Rf1+ {And now the
score from the Explorer moves up to +1.1 which is still way to low to assess
the position, but at least he goes for the win.} Rf2 $18 29. Rxf2+ Qxf2 30.
Qxc7+ Ke6 (30... Kf6 31. Qxh7 $18) 31. Qxh7 Qe3+ 32. Kc2 {Score moves up to +2.
0 whereas any GM level Engine now sees the score is +9 as the pawn on h6 is
going for the win} Qe2+ 33. Kb3 Qh5 (33... Qd1+ 34. Kc4 b5+ 35. Kc5 Qxd3 36.
Qxg6+ Ke7 37. Qg5+ Ke6 (37... Kf7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41.
Qxe5+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ $18) 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Qxe5+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ $18) 34. Qg8+ {
Mephistos scores finally moved up to +7.8} Kf6 (34... Kd6 35. h7 Qd1+ (35... b5
36. Qd5+ Ke7 37. Qxb5 $18) 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kxb5 Qxd3+ 38. c4 $18) 35. h7 Kg5 (
35... Qd1+ 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kc5) (35... Ke7 36. h8=Q) 36. h8=Q Qd1+ 37. Kc4 b5+
38. Kc5 Qg1+ 39. Kd5 {End of Story !} (39. Kxb5 Qb6+ 40. Kc4) (39. d4 exd4 40.
Qe5+ Kh4 {Mate in 5}) 39... Qg3
1-0

[Event "P104 R7"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Constellation"]
[Black "Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[PlyCount "132"]
1. f4 e5 2. e4 {Oops the Kingsgambit instead of the
Bird-from Gambit. I know very little about the Kingsgambit.} (2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4.
Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4) 2... exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ {I decided to make use
of common sense, and apparently this has been played before.} (3... Nf6 4. Nc3
c6 5. d4 Bb4 6. e5 $15) 4. Kf1 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. Qe2 {Out of book} g5 (6... Be7
7. d4 g5 $15) (6... Nc6 7. d4 g5 8. d5 Na5 9. Bd3 $17) 7. d4 Be7 {
Moves like d6 fail on e5 as the king is still on the e-file} 8. Kg1 {
White clearly wants to play h3, Kh2 to get the rook back into play.} c6 $11 (
8... Nc6 9. h3 Qg6 10. Nc3 Nh5 $15) 9. Nc3 b5 $2 {o-o or d6 were required} 10.
e5 $1 Ng4 11. Bd3 $16 O-O $4 12. h3 $4 (12. h4 $1 gxh4 13. Bxf4 $18 {
And blacks position is total loss... lucky me it was against the Conny}) 12...
Nh6 13. Nxb5 {Black can't take as of Qe4} Na6 14. Qe4 Qg6 $16 {Just-In-Time}
15. Nd6 Nb4 $1 16. Qxg6+ hxg6 (16... fxg6 17. Bc4+ $11) 17. Nxc8 {
A good Knight for a lousy bishop... I don't complain} Raxc8 18. Be4 Nf5 {
Threatens Ng3 with attack on the Rook and bishop at the same time prevents h4}
19. a3 Nd5 {Inviting him to concede his bishop pair.} 20. Kh2 $15 (20. Bxf5
gxf5 21. c4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 fxe3 $15) 20... Nde3 {
c5 would have been a nice move, but the Nd5 is no longer defended} (20... c5 $4
21. Bxd5) 21. Bxf5 gxf5 {
The aim was to combine the pawns in to a chain of a freepawn.} 22. Bxe3 fxe3
23. g3 {Still in a messed up situation. Question to answer, are the pawns
going to remain in place ?} (23. Rae1 f4 24. g3 f6 $17) 23... c5 24. d5 {
well played I must say} g4 {well played from myself} (24... d6 25. Rae1 f4 26.
gxf4 gxf4 27. Rhg1+ Kh7 28. Rg4 {
And white is coping with it ! White is slightly better.}) 25. Ng1 d6 $2 $11 {
Doesn't increase piece activity compared to c4} (25... c4 $1 26. Ne2 gxh3 27.
Kxh3 Rc5 $15) (25... f6 26. d6 Bd8 27. Re1 fxe5 28. Rxe3 f4 $17) (25... Rb8 26.
b3 Rfe8 $1 27. Re1 Bg5 $17) 26. Re1 $11 dxe5 27. Rxe3 Bd6 (27... f6 28. hxg4
fxg4 29. Re4 $14) (27... Bf6 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Re4 Rfd8 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. c4
Rb8 $15) 28. Kg2 (28. Ne2) 28... c4 29. Ne2 Rc5 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Rb1 gxh3+ 32.
Kxh3 $11 f6 $2 {f5 is a gift then} (32... Kg7 33. Rf3 Kg6 $11) 33. g4 (33. Rf3
Kg7 34. Rxf5 $16) 33... Rc7 $2 (33... f4 $1 {Would have equalized}) 34. gxf5
$16 Rh7+ 35. Kg2 Rg7+ 36. Kf3 Be7 $2 37. Re4 $16 {Much better was Ne4 !} (37.
Ne4 Rd8 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. d6 Bf8 40. Rc3 $18) 37... Rg5 38. Rg4 Rxg4 39. Kxg4 Kf7
40. Kf3 Bc5 41. Ke2 $2 (41. Ne4 Bxa3 42. Rh1 Rxb2 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. Nxf6+ Kd8
45. d6 $18) (41. Ne4 Bf8 42. d6 Rd8 43. Rd1 $18) 41... Bd4 $16 42. Ne4 Ke7 (
42... Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Bxb2 44. Nd6+ $18) 43. d6+ Kd7 44. b4 $4 (44. Rh1 Rxb2 45.
Rh7+ Kc8 46. Nxf6 Rxc2+ $18) 44... Rh8 45. c3 Rh2+ 46. Kd1 Be3 $14 (46... Rh1+
{Here Black could have easily reached a draw by repitition of moves.} 47. Kc2
Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Rh1+ 49. Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kd1) 47. Nxf6+ Kxd6 48. Ng4 $14 Rd2+ 49. Ke1
Rd3 50. Rd1 Bg5 51. Rxd3+ (51. f6 e4 52. f7 Ke7 53. Ne5 $16) 51... cxd3 52. f6
e4 $15 (52... Ke6 53. f7 Be7 (53... Kxf7 $4 54. Nxe5+ $18) 54. Nf2 Kxf7 $18)
53. Nf2 (53. f7 Ke7 $15) 53... Ke5 (53... Bh4 $1 54. Kf1 Bxf2 55. Kxf2 Ke6 56.
c4 d2 57. Ke2 e3 58. c5 Kxf6 59. b5 $19) 54. f7 Be7 55. Kd1 (55. Ng4+ Kf4 56.
Nf6 Kf3 57. Nh7 e3 $19) 55... Kf4 $4 56. c4 Kf3 57. Nh3 $4 {Not surprisingly
the wrong move, its to many moves ahead for the Conny as for humans possibly
too} (57. Nxd3 exd3 58. c5 $18) 57... Kg4 $4 {Decided to remain in the
'kwadrant' of the c pawn but is based on a wrong judgement} (57... e3 58. c5
e2+ 59. Kd2 (59. Ke1 Ke3 {Mate in 1}) 59... Bf8 60. Ng5+ (60. c6 $4 Bh6+ $19)
60... Kf2 61. Ne4+ Kf3 62. Ng5+ Kg2 63. Ne4 $11) 58. Nf2+ (58. c5 Kf5 59. c6
Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kd6 61. Ng6 $18) 58... Kf3 59. f8=Q+ $4 {
This isn't helping a lot, the Conny surely has a program bug here....} (59.
Nxd3 exd3 60. c5 $18 {The bishop surely can't be at 2 sides the same time, and
the King is already out of sight}) 59... Bxf8 60. Nxd3 exd3 61. c5 Ke4 62. c6
Bd6 63. b5 Bc7 64. Kd2 Ba5+ 65. Kd1 Ke3 66. a4 d2 {What a terrible match from
both sides... lots of endgame major blunders, but then again only when the GM
himself, my chessengine is showing us....} 0-1

[Event "U1950"]
[Date "2010.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mephisto, Europa"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3
Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O h6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Be5
a6 13. d5 $5 {Audacious move for a device that only calculates 7 Ply on average
} Nxe5 (13... b5 14. d6 $1 $14) 14. Nxe5 Nf6 $16 15. Nc6 {
Goes for the bishop pair, there where a few moves ago, he gave the pair} (15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 {Was better}) 15... Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. d6
$1 Qd7 18. e4 Bb7 19. e5 Qc6 20. f3 $14 Nd7 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nxb5 $1 {Another aud
acious move from the Europa, sometimes I'm really surprised he only has "1700"
ELO. To me he shows flashes of 1900+ in many games before. TheSaitek Turbo is
only holding his position....up till now} Nxe5 {Interesting Idea, he must have
thought ok the Knight on d7 in the previous variation was sitting along... to
why not sacrifice it back ? Very unhuman thnking (except for Human Masters of
course)} (22... axb5 23. Bxb5 Qb6 $1 24. Bxd7 Ba6 $17) 23. Qxe5 (23. Nc7 Nxc4
24. Rxc4 (24. Nxa8 $4 Nxd6 $19 {
Now black has 2 pieces for a rook and 6 pawns against 5.}) 24... Rad8 $17)
23... axb5 24. Be2 c4 25. b3 Qd5 $2 {This move compared to Rxa2 turns the
balance from a better up to winning position to equal.} (25... Rxa2 26. bxc4
bxc4 27. Rxc4 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 $17) 26. Qxd5 exd5 {
Reinforces the ackward pawn structure.} 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxc4 a3 29. cxd5 $2 $15
{The Europa played to well, and now he lets it all slip away so easily...} (29.
c5 {A move I myself would have played but was not played by the Europa ... I
think now that there are less pieces, the RISC processor of the Saitek is on
the upperhand....} a2 30. Bb5 $15) 29... Rfd8 30. Rc7 Bxd5 $19 31. d7 Kf8 32.
Ra1 Be6 33. Bb5 a2 34. Bc6 Rab8 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. Rc8 Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Rxa2
Bxa2 39. Ke3 0-1

[Event "U1950 "]
[Date "2010.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mephisto, Super Mondial"]
[Black "Mephisto, Explorer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 {
SuMo out of book} Bg7 {Explorer out of book} 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. O-O {Quite boring game ahead... but its their chocie} Ba6 9. Qc2 O-O
10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Qf5 12. Na3 Rfb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Rac1 Qh5 17. Bf3 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. f3 Qe6 $17 {
Black has the pair of bishops and a good centre} 20. Bc5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 22.
Rfd1 Rc7 23. Be3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd7 25. Bc5 Rc7 26. b4 f5 27. b5 $15 Bc8 28. Rc2
Qd7 29. b6 $2 $17 {The black bishop on c8 was made passive, and with a move
like b6 will regain his squares... not really smart move} axb6 30. Bxb6 Rxc2
31. Qxc2 Bb7 32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Nc2 Ba6 34. Bc5 Kf7 (34... Bxe2 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36.
Qc7+ Kg8 (36... Ke8 $4 37. Qxg7) 37. Qb8+ {Draw by repetition of moves}) 35. e3
Qc6 36. Qb4 Qb5 37. Qxb5 Bxb5 $15 38. Kg2 h6 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. h4 d4 41. exd4 Ba4
42. Nb4 exd4 43. Nd3 Bb5 44. Nf4+ Kf7 45. h5 {
White is increasing the number of blacks pawn chains (isolanis)} gxh5 46. Bd6
Bf6 47. Nxh5 d3 48. Bb4 Bg5 49. Nf4 $11 {
The game is slowing down and a clear winning plan is out of sight} Bxf4 50.
gxf4 {Now this looks really drawish to me ....and my chess engine confirms
this after 30 ply deep ! However there is always the chance that one oldie
blunders when the consequences of its move is out of its own horizon. With
simple 8 to 10 ply calculations you might play an very unfortunate endgame
error.} h5 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kh2 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Kh3 Kg6 55. Kh4 Kh6 56. Bf8+
Kh7 57. Bb4 Kg6 58. Kh3 Bc6 59. Kg3 Ba4 60. Kh4 Be8 61. Kh3 Bd7 62. Kh4 Ba4 63.
Kg3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mephisto Explorer"]
[Black "Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {The Taimanov, my type of
Sicilian Play} 6. Ndb5 {The Explorer already runs out of opening book options.
This variation is not in particular good and allows black to equalize rapidly.}
Qb8 (6... Qb6 $4 7. Bf4) (6... Qe5 7. f4 $16) 7. Bc4 {This move also will
sooner or later come at a loss of tempo.} a6 8. Nd4 b5 9. Bb3 {Aimed against
blacks potential d5} Nf6 {Threatens b4 & Nxe4} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12.
Qe2 {Compared to Qf3, this move prepares for the e5 advance.} (12. Qf3 a5 13.
a3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Na4 $15) 12... O-O $6 {The move is
dubious, I overlooked the Bishop recapture in my calculations... but I managed
well with the bishop pair afterwards. So yes it might have been bad , but no
its not a real error neither.} (12... c5 13. a3 c4 14. Ba2 Bb7 $11) 13. e5 Nd5
14. Bxd5 $1 (14. Nxd5 Bxg5 15. h4 Bd8 $19) (14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. O-O $11) 14...
Bxg5 15. Bxc6 Ra7 $14 {Bf4 is a constant threat to regain the pawn} 16. O-O {
This move allows Re1 ! but also is quite handy for playing f4 !} Rc7 17. Be4 (
17. Ne4 Bf4 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qg4+ Bg5 20. exf6 h6 21. h4 $17) 17... b4 $1 (
17... Rc5 18. f4 $16) (17... Bf4 18. Bxh7+ (18. g3 Bxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxe5
$14) 18... Kxh7 19. Qe4+ Kg8 20. Qxf4 Rc4 $18) 18. Nd1 Rd8 19. f4 Be7 (19...
Bh6 20. Ne3 (20. Qh5 Bb7 $1) 20... Rcd7 $16) 20. Ne3 (20. Qh5 h6 21. g4 $6 Bb7
$15) 20... Qb6 (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rad1 (22. f5 Qe4 $15) 22... Rcd7
23. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11) 21. Rad1 (21. Rad1) (21. f5 exf5 (21... Qd4 $1 $19 22. Bd3 (
22. f6 $2 Bc5 $19) 22... Bc5 23. Rae1 $17) 22. Bxf5 Bc5 23. Rae1 Bxf5 24. Rxf5
Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxc2 $17) 21... Rcd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rd1 Bc5
24. Rd3 $4 {I couldn't believe my eyes, I even replaced the batteries and took
the moves back, the Explorer kept on playing this move.} (24. Kf2 Bb5 25. Bd3
$11) 24... Bb5 $19 25. Kf2 (25. Qg4) (25. Rxd8+ $2 Qxd8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. cxd3
Qd4 28. Kf2 Qxf4+ 29. Qf3 Bxe3+ 30. Ke2 $19) 25... Bxd3 26. cxd3 (26. Bxd3 Bd4
27. c3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxc3 $19) 26... Rc8 27. Kf3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3
Rc2 30. a3 Rxb2 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. f5 a5 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. d4 a4 35. d5 Rxe4+
36. Kxe4 a3 37. d6 Kf7 38. Kd3

[Event "P107 U1950 09-12/2010"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mephisto, Europa"]
[Black "Constellation, 7."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1709"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[PlyCount "107"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2
O-O 6. d3 (6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4
Bb6 12. Bb2 $15) 6... d5 $5 {Conny played this move but it was clear that it
was based on his strong feeling of centreplay} 7. cxd5 Qxd5 {Better was Nxd5}
8. Bd2 Qc5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Rc1 e4 $5 $11 {It is clear
that black has free play and white must ******* with its strong harvest} 13.
dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nh4 Nxf2 {I can't say its excellent (!) nor say its bad (?) but
its a typical move you'll see with the Dave Kittinger machines... also very
SuperConny alike... lets face it it opens the game, and in particular facing
humans this is not a bad idea at all !} 15. Nxf5 (15. Kxf2 $4 Qxe3+ 16. Ke1
Bxc2 17. Rxc2) (15. Qxf5 {Probably the best and refutation of the sacrifice}
Qxf5 (15... Qxe3 16. O-O (16. Qxf2 $4 Qxc1#) 16... Ne4+ 17. Kh1 Nd6 $16) 16.
Nxf5 Nxh1 17. Bf3 $14) 15... Nxh1 {Now the only remaining question is , wil
the Horse on h1 be able to evacuate in time ?} 16. Bxg7 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Ne7 18.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bd4 b6 {The idea is that whenever the King goes down the first
line, c5 comes, e3 falls and pressure will be put on the e-file} 20. Rc6 (20.
b4 Rae8 $16) 20... Kf8 (20... Re6 21. Rxc7 Rh6 22. Be5 Re8 23. Bf4 $18 {
and black didn't succeed in freeing up the N on h1}) 21. Rh6 Kg8 22. Rc6 Kf8
23. Rh6 f5 $2 {The conny being in kind of bad position refuses to play 3 fold
repetition of moves. Stuborn as he is ! Lets see how he handles all this
lateron.} (23... c5 $4 24. Bf6 Re6 25. Rxh7 Rxf6 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Rxa8 $16) 24.
Rh5 f4 25. Rf5+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bc4+ Kg6 28. exf4 c5 29. Be5 Rd8 $18 {
Black faces Be2, g3 & Bf3 what is going to stop the Europa from doing ?} 30. g3
h5 31. Be2 c4 (31... h4 {Too late for help....} 32. gxh4 (32. Bf3 $2 Nxg3 33.
hxg3 hxg3 $11) 32... Kf5 33. Bf3 Rg8 34. Kf1 $18) 32. Bf3 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Rd7 34.
Bc6 {With the idea Bb5and approaching with the King} Rd8 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. Ba6
Rc6 37. Kf2 (37. Kd2 Kf5 38. Kc3 Rc5 39. Kd4 {Loosing the c-pawn}) 37... Kh7
38. Kf3 Kg6 39. g4 $5 {At first I thought the Europa was centralising his king,
but no, he played the king to move g4 all along. However the idea is not so
bad as it seems. As the g pawn was subject to an rook attack and/or black King
approachso get rid of it and push the free f-pawn thereafter to spread the
battlefield a bit.} hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Kf7 41. Kf5 Rc5 42. Ke4 c3 {
The hope for this pawn is lost.} 43. Bxc3 Rh5 44. f5 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Ke7 46. f6+
Kf8 47. Ke6 Rf4 48. Be5 Re4 49. Bc4 a5 50. f7 Re3 51. b3 {The Europa surely
doesn't know whats going on here.... he has no plan in his near futur to
promote the pawn to whatever expense. He might need to drop his score to win
much easier.. will he go for the underneath listed variation ?} (51. Kd6 Rf3
52. Kd7 b5 53. Bd6+ Kg7 54. f8=Q+ Rxf8 55. Bxf8+ Kxf8 56. Bxb5 {1-0}) 51... b5
$2 (51... Re1 $4 52. Kf6 {and now Rf1+ can't be played)}) 52. Bxb5 Re1 53. Bc4
Re3 54. b4 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mephisto, Super Mondial B"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 {
Turbo out of Book} O-O 6. e3 h6 {After e3, Turbi back in Book ? Transposition ?
} 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O {
Sumo & Turbo out of book} c5 13. Ne5 Nd7 {
And here the theory recommends Nd3 or even f4} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Re1 Rac8 16.
Ba6 Rc7 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bb5 Qd6 21. Qa4 Rfc8 22. Ba6 Rd8
23. Qa3 Re8 24. Bb5 Rec8 25. Be2 Bh7 26. Ba6 Re8 27. Qa4 $15 {
White Avoids the draw and now is somehow in a less position.} Re6 28. Bb5 cxd4
$6 {Now black opens the game without a rook on the 8th Rank} 29. Qxd4 Rc5 30.
b4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bg6 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Bd3 Qd7 34. Bxg6+ Kxg6 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36.
Qf5+ g6 37. Rd8 Qc7 38. Qf4 (38. Qxd5 Qc1+ 39. Qd1 (39. Kf2 Qxe3+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+
41. Kh3 $15) 39... Qxe3+ 40. Kf1 $15) 38... Qxf4 39. exf4 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1 41.
a3 Rxa3 42. Rxd5 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 a5 44. Rd7 Kg7 45. Ra7 a4 46. f5 gxf5 47. Rb7 Re2
48. Ra7 (48. Rxb6 Rb2 49. b5 f4+ 50. Kh3 a3 $11) 48... b5 49. Ra5 f4+ 50. Kxf4
Rxg2 $15 {Here the first time in the game there is some sort of an
'unbalanced' position.The Super Mondial gives itself -1.98 after 8 Ply,
though any free chessengine does not go beyond -0.5} 51. Rxb5 Rxh2 52. Ra5 $4 {
Gives away a clear pawn and likely also the game WHY ???? Schon nach dem 50.
Rxg2 gab er sichselbe - 2.25 aber nicht zurecht!} (52. Kg3 Rb2 53. Rb8 {
& black can't get through on h-file}) 52... Rh4+ 53. Ke5 Rxb4 54. Kf5 h5 55. f4
$19 h4 56. Kg4 h3 57. Kxh3 Rxf4 58. Kg3 Rc4 59. Ra6 f5 60. Kf2 f4 61. Ke2 Rb4
62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Kg4 {
The king has to move to b7 only then can a pawn be pushed forward.} Ke7 64.
Kh4 f3+ $2 65. Kg3 Rf4 66. Kf2 Kd7 67. Rg6 {Black has the problem that the
SuMo will not allow the King to pass the 6th row, so how will black play for
the win ? To me the potential of a draw is imminent.} Ke8 68. Rg7 Kf8 69. Rd7
Rf7 70. Rd4 Ra7 71. Rd2 $2 {Another odd move from the SuMo now that the draw
was a fact, doesn't seem to like any draw games at all....} (71. Kxf3 a3 72.
Rd1 Ke7 73. Ke3 Ke6 74. Ke4 $11) 71... a3 $1 72. Ra2 Kf7 $2 {The Saitek can't
calculate what an 32 bit engine can, and plays a very natural, but then again
drawish move.} (72... Ke7 73. Kxf3 Kd6 74. Ke2 Kc5 75. Kd1 Kb4 76. Kc1 Rh7 77.
Kb1 Rh1+ 78. Kc2 Rg1 $3 {and black wins, hwover black has to paly 72... Ke7
for the shortest path to the white rook ! Not that hard for a human , but 78...
Rg1 !!! is a hard to see move.} 79. Kd3 Kb3) 73. Kxf3 {The only way to go for
a draw, as not only it removes a pawn but can make an King opposition when
blacks monarch decides to enter the field.} Ke6 74. Ke3 (74. Kf4 $4 Kd5 75. Ke3
Kc4 76. Kd2 Kb3 77. Ra1 a2 $19) 74... Ke5 75. Kd3 Kd5 76. Kc3 Ra8 77. Kb4
1/2-1/2