[Event "11. Lippstaedter Grossmeisterturnier"]
[Site "Lippstadt GER"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Brutus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Qd3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rac1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 cxd4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bc5 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Qd1 Qd6 21.
Nb3 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nfg4+ 23. Kg1 Qh6 24. Rc3 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 h5 26. Qd4 h4 27.
gxh4 Qxh4 28. Rh3 Nh2+ 29. Kg1 Nhf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxh3 31. Nd2 0-1

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2004.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Andre Schulz"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. b3
Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. Be3 Nh7 18. a3 18... a5 {
Florian Jenni is keen on closing the position against the computer.} 19. a4 b4
20. cxb4 axb4 21. Nd2 Ng6 22. Bd3 Be7 23. Bb5 $1 {
Brutus wants the f5 square for its knight.} 23... Bxb5 24. axb5 Qb6 25. Qe2 Nf6
(25... Rab8 26. Nf5 Qxb5 (26... Nh4 27. Nc4 Qxb5 28. Nfxd6 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Qxe2
30. Rxe2) 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 Rd8 29. Ra6 {are both good for White}) 26. Nf5
Bf8 27. Nc4 Qxb5 28. Qf3 {With the queen off the f1a6 diagonal the threat of
Nxd5 Bxd5 Nxd5 emerges. And even more dangerously: White is treatening Nxh6+
gxh6 Qxf6.} 28... Ra6 29. Nxh6+ {The second threat still works.} 29... gxh6 30.
Rxa6 Qxa6 31. Qxf6 {This is exactly the kind of position (and game) that
Brutus strives for. The kingside attack cannot be parried by a human opponent.}
31... Ra8 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Qa2 ({Probably Jenni should have tried} 33... Be7
34. Qf5 Qa2) 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Qxd6 Qxb3 36. Qf6 {And Black resigned because
the threat 37.Bh6 and 38.Qg7# cannot be reasonably met.} 1-0

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 h6 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Ngf3 Qb6 10. Rb1 g5 11. g3 gxf4 12. gxf4 Rg8 13. Rg1 Rxg1+ 14. Nxg1 Bd7
15. Ngf3 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Rg8 17. Kf2 c4 18. Be2 Qa6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bh5 f5 21.
a3 Kb8 22. Qc2 Bh4+ 23. Kf1 Nf6 24. Bf3 h5 25. Ke2 Ng4 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Rg1
Rh8 28. h3 gxh3 29. Rh1 Bf6 30. Nf3 Qc6 31. Kf1 Qd7 32. Ng1 Qg7 33. Rxh3 Rxh3
34. Nxh3 Qg3 35. Qg2 Qxe3 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Nf2 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Kd7 0-1

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Black "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Re2 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ba6 14. c4 Nf6 15.
Ba3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rcd8 18. Bb4 Bc8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Rae1 h6 21. Rd1
Bf6 22. Qe3 Rfe8 23. Rde1 Bg6 24. Ra2 Qb8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Rae2 Qc7 27. Kh2 Kg8
28. Kg1 Kh8 29. Rd1 Kg8 30. Ba3 Qb8 31. Rde1 Qc7 32. Ra2 Qb8 33. Nd2 Bg5 34.
Qg3 a6 35. Bb4 Qb7 36. h4 Bf4 37. Qf3 h5 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 g6 40. Rae2 Bh6
41. Qd3 a5 42. Ba3 Qd7 43. g3 f5 44. f3 Kh7 45. Qc2 Rf8 46. Rg2 Rde8 47. Qd3
Rd8 48. Qb1 Rf7 49. Qc2 Rff8 50. Qd3 Rf7 51. Kh1 Rff8 52. Qc2 Rf7 53. Qf2 Qc7
54. Qe2 Qd7 55. Kg1 Rff8 56. Qf2 Qc7 57. Qa2 Rf7 58. Qe2 Qd7 59. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21.
exd8=Q+ Kxd8 22. Nd5 c3+ 23. Kg1 Qe6 24. Nf4 Qxa2 25. bxc3 Rxf6 26. cxb4 Rd6
27. Qxd6 Qxb1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kf1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[Annotator "Andre Schulz"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O Qd8 8. a4 $5
8... Bb4 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Nh4 {Brutus is chasing after the pair of bishops,
which is not worth much in a closed position. But the exchange on f5 degrades
the black pawn structure, because Black cannot recapture with the knight.}
10... h6 11. Nxf5 exf5 (11... hxg5 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Nh5 $18) 12. Be3 12... Nf8
{wants to blocade on e6} 13. Nb1 {
Brutus wants to mobilise its pawns on the queenside.} 13... Ne6 14. c3 Ba5 15.
Bd3 Bc7 16. Qf3 g6 17. Nd2 17... h5 {g2-g4 soll verhindert werden.} 18. b4 {
The ex world women's champion is overrolled on the queenside in a shockingly
simple fashion. Black's problem is that she has no counterplay.} 18... Kf8 19.
Nb3 b6 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. b5 Qd7 (21... cxb5 22. axb5 {
and the a7 pawn becomes a problem.}) 22. Rac1 Rhd8 23. Qg3 {
Threatens bxc6 and maybe Bxf5.} 23... a6 (23... f6 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Bb5 Qb7
26. Qh4 Ng8 27. c4 a6 28. exf6+ Nxf6 29. Bh6+ Kxh6 30. Rxe6 $18) 24. bxa6 Rdb8
25. Ra1 Bd8 26. Bd2 Qe8 27. Reb1 27... Nc7 {
The black bishop suffers a dreadful fate, locked in now by two knights.} 28. e6
$1 {Danach bricht die schwarze Stellung zusammen.} 28... Nxe6 29. Nc5 $1 29...
Nc7 30. Nb7 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 33. Qg5 1-0

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Black "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Andre Schulz"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 {To take Brutus out of its openings book right from the start.
But this is generally not a sound idea, since for a computer every opening is
basically a mystery, whereas humans play better in positions they know and
understand.} 2... g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 c5 8.
Ngf3 Qb6 9. Rb1 cxd4 10. exd4 10... Nh5 {And the first problems arise} 11. g3
f6 12. Bh4 12... e5 {A completely open position with the king in the middle is
certainly not what White was striving for. The Bh4 is out of play and will not
find its way back into the game very easily.} 13. Bc2 {Avoiding the fork on e4.
If White takes on e5 the f-file or the b6-g1 diagonal are opened, or both.}
13... Qa6 {Prevents Whit e from castling and attacks the pawn on a2. This is
not defended by White, but Brutus doesn't take it, even though in many places
this would have been fine. Interesting...} 14. Kf2 Kh8 15. Re1 e4 16. Ng1 Nb6
17. Nf1 Bh6 18. Ne3 18... Be6 {
White is in trouble on both wings and in the middle, and he has no counterplay.
} 19. Kg2 Ng7 20. Nh3 (20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Qxa2 22. Ne2 Nf5 23. Nc1 23... Qc4
$19) 20... Bxh3+ 21. Kxh3 g5 22. Ng4 gxh4 23. Nxh6 f5 24. g4 fxg4+ 25. Qxg4 Nc4
26. Qxh4 Nd2 27. Ng4 Rxf4 28. Kg2 Raf8 29. h3 Qd6 (29... Qd6 {
White resigned because of} 30. -- Nf3 31. -- Rxg4+ 32. Qxg4 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Nd2#)
0-1

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h5 5. Be2 e6 6. Be3 h4 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nf3 Ng6
9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. b4 b5 14. a4 Nb6 15. Rb2 Qd7
16. a5 Na8 17. Bg5 Nc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bd3 Kd7 20. Ne2 Rcg8 21. Nc1 Kc8 22.
Nb3 Rh5 23. Nc5 Kb8 24. Be2 Ka7 25. Ra2 Rc8 26. Rea1 Ka8 27. Qe3 Qd8 28. c3 Qe7
29. Nd2 Rhh8 30. Re1 Rcg8 31. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Black "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Andre Schulz"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e3 d5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15.
Bf2 Ba6 16. O-O Rab8 17. Rab1 Qc6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Rb6 20. Qa5 $6 {
In order the advance the b-pawn even more forcefully. But the queen is exposed
on a5.} (20. b4 $5 {with the idea} 20... cxb4 21. axb4 dxc4 22. e4 22... Rbb8 {
+/-}) 20... Ne8 21. b4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 $2 {White miscalculates} (22. Nxc4 Bxc4
23. Bxc4 Nd6 24. Be2 c4 25. Qh5 $11) 22... Nd6 23. e4 $2 (23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. b5
Rxa5 25. bxc6 25... Rxc6 {wins a pawn for Black}) ({Necessary was} 23. Bg3
23... e5 24. b5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Qxb5 27. Qxb5 Nxb5 28. Nc4 f6 29.
a4 29... Nc7 $15 {and White must fight for a draw.}) 23... Nxc4 24. Nxc4 ({or} 
24. Rxc4 24... Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rb5 26. Qa4 Rxb4 27. Qc2 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 28... Nb6
$19) 24... Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rb5 (25... Rb5 26. Qa4 26... Nb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Black "Brenke, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Andre Schulz"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 3... Nf6 {Black wants to play the Berlin, which has
in the past been good against computers, since they do not understand the
strategic necessities of this opening. However one of the Brutus team members
was part of the Fritz match against Vladimir Kramnik in October 2002. There
the computer showed that today's programs can effortly draw and even get close
to winning in the Berlin.} 4. d3 $5 {Brutus does not allow it} ({
The infamous Berlin goes:} 4. O-O 4... Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ 8... Kxd8 {etc.}) 4... d6 ({A funny idea is} 4... Ne7 {and now} 5.
Nxe5 {would be completely wrong:} 5... c6 6. Nc4 $5 {a little counter-trap} (6.
Bc4 Qa5+) (6. Ba4 Qa5+) 6... Ng6 (6... cxb5 7. Nd6#) 7. Ba4 7... b5 $19) 5. c3
g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ng3 Bd7 9. O-O 9... Ne7 $6 {A novelty, but
probably not a good one. Exchanging the light-squared bishop is good for White.
} 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3 h6 (11... f5 $5 {leads to complications you don't want
to have when you are playing against a machine.} 12. exf5 (12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5
f4 14. Ne6 Qc8 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. Qe6 fxe3 17. fxe3 Ng8 18. b4 18... Nb6 $11)
12... gxf5 13. Ng5 f4 14. Ne6 Qc8 15. Qg4 Rf7 16. Nh5 Nf5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+
(18. Qxf5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 19... Qxe6 $15) 18... Rxf6 19. Nxg7 19... Nxg7 $11) 12.
Re1 12... f5 {This looks logical in the position, but Black goes down in the
coming maelstrom. On the other hand if he does nothing Black is going to play
d3-d4, which lead to other kinds of problems for Black.} (12... c6 13. d4 exd4
14. cxd4 {with attack}) 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qb3+ Kh7 15. Nh5 b6 ({or} 15... f4
16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd2 b6 18. d4) 16. d4 f4 17. Qc2+ Kg8 18. Bd2 (18. Bd2 {
with the intention} 18... -- 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5) 18... Bh8
19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rad1 {The position is quite complicated. Black has some
problems because of the impressive rook battery.} 20... Rf5 $2 ({Better was} 
20... Qe8 {z.B.:} 21. Qb3+ Kh7 22. Bxf4 Nc5 (22... Qxh5 23. Rxd7 $19) 23. Qc2+
Kg8 24. Bxe5 Rxf3 25. Bxh8 Kxh8 26. b4 (26. gxf3 Qxh5 27. Qe2 Rg8+ 28. Kh1
28... Nd5 $15) 26... Nb7 (26... Rf8 27. bxc5 $18) 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. gxf3 Rg8+
29. Ng3 {and White is better}) 21. Bxf4 exf4 ({Black could have tried} 21...
Rxh5 22. Qb3+ Kf8 23. Qe6 Qe8 24. Rxd7 Ng6 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bg3 Re7 27. Rd8+
Re8 28. Rd2 {but the computer would have felt just great in this position.})
22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxf5 (23. Qxf5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Bg7
27. Nxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "11th GM"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Black "BrutusP-I.XII"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2003.08.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bf4 Qxb3 14. axb3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 a6 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. Bd6 Nd5 18. c4 Red8 19. Bc5 Nc7 20. Bb6 Rd7
21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxc7 Rxc7 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Kf8 25. Red1 Ra7 26. R1d2 Be7
27. Rd7 b5 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Kg2 g6 30. Be4 f5 31. Bf3 Kf7 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Re2
Bf8 34. h3 h5 35. Be6 Bb4 36. Bd5 a5 37. Bf3 Rc1 38. Bb7 Kf6 39. Bd5 Rc5 40.
Be6 Rc7 41. Bd5 Rc1 42. Be6 Rd1 43. Bc8 Bd6 44. Ba6 Rd5 45. Bc8 Rd3 46. Re6+
Kf7 47. Re2 f4 48. gxf4 Bxf4 49. Re4 Bc7 50. Re3 Rd2 51. Ba6 Rd5 52. Re2 Bd6
53. Re3 Kf6 54. Re2 Rg5+ 55. Kh1 Rf5 56. Kg2 Bb4 57. Bc8 Rc5 58. Bd7 Rd5 59.
Bc6 Rg5+ 60. Kh1 Bd6 61. Be8 Rf5 62. Kg2 b4 63. Bd7 Rd5 64. Be6 Rd1 65. Bc4 Be5
66. Bb5 h4 67. Bc4 Rd4 68. Ba6 Rd6 69. Bb5 Rd5 70. Bc4 Rd1 71. Rc2 Kf5 72. Re2
Rd4 73. Ba6 Bf6 74. Rc2 Rd5 75. Be2 Be5 76. Bg4+ Kf4 77. Be2 Kg5 78. Kf1 Kh6
79. Kg2 Kg7 1/2-1/2