The Tasc plays the Modern Defence in reply to e4. I have always found that computers always seem to struggle to get a good game with the Modern. The Tasc is no exception and the Amsterdam builds on this to get a good win.
[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Black "Tasc R30 2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "108"]
{[%evp 14,108,60,39,56,20,18,0,1,3,10,9,63,19,23,20,49,48,77,40,50,23,154,155,154,143,235,235,235,223,200,219,347,342,324,300,315,290,284,286,358,345,351,338,334,294,387,269,386,381,501,491,481,478,484,483,460,435,492,474,515,512,538,535,591,590,583,584,576,572,599,563,703,636,608,571,770,756,761,662,688,684,670,672,666,664,769,759,862,848,892,878,29986,29987,29987,29988,29988]} 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 {Amsterdam out of book.} 8. Bf4 {Tasc out of book.} Bg4 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 {The position is equal.} 11. Bxf3 e5 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. Bxd4 ({Don't play} 14. Qxd4 {[#]} Ng4 $1 15. Qd2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 a5 $15) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 Re8 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd4 ({Inferior is} 17. Bxa7 b6 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qxd6 Qxa7 $17) 17... c5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Bg5 {Hoping for Bxf6.} Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. c3 Qh4 23. Bf3 Re6 24. Bd5 Bh6 25. Qc2 Rf6 26. a5 {Threatens to win with a6.} a6 27. Ra4 {[%cal Ba1a4,Ba4e4,Be4e8][%mdl 32]} Qh5 28. Bxc6 ({Weaker is} 28. Re4 Nxa5 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 c4 $18) 28... bxc6 29. Re4 Bf8 30. Rde1 Qf5 31. Qd2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 cxd5 $18 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} 33. Re8 d4 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Ra8 d3 36. Rxa6 Rf4 37. Rd1 Rd4 38. Ra8 Rb4 39. Rxd3 Kg7 40. b3 Rb5 41. Ra7 Kg8 42. a6 Rb6 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. Rd1 d5 45. Ra1 Bc5 46. a7 Rf6 {[#]} 47. Rg8+ $3 {[%mdl 512]} Kxg8 48. a8=Q+ Kg7 49. Ra2 d4 50. g4 Re6 51. Qd5 Bb6 52. Ra6 {[%cal Oa6b6] Rxb6! is the strong threat.} h6 {[#]} 53. Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 54. Qxd4+ f6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.15 (very precise) /Black=0.41 Tasc resigns.} 1-0