[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin GM, Ilya"]
[Black "Deep Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. d3 c5 10. O-O h6 11. h3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 Qc7
16. Ng3 Na5 17. h4 Nh7 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Qb7 20. Be3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Qh5 bxc4 23. f6 Rfc8 24. fxg7 Bg4 1-0

anti-computer crush, people think} 16. Ng3 {"Smirin is going for
mate!" (EJ) - "Don't count Shredder out, counterplay can come in many ways"
(Hytnen)} Na5 17. h4 Nh7 {"Smirin fumbles and drops Pocket Fritz on the floor"
(Longshanks) - Time 48:22 - 48:40} 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 {
"Hallali, oooohhhh" -- Hiarcs 8: +1.55} Qb7 {
Fritz wants Qh5 at 11 ply. Hiarcs 8 agrees, with +2.59} 20. Be3 {
Time 44:19 - 44:45 Geordi: "Shredder's radar seems to be busted!"} b5 {
Tiger: 1.66 Sleepy: Smirin is kicking himself for not playing Qh5 right away.}
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qh5 {Siam: "Boooommm" Fritz 1.78, Hiarcs 8: 2.47} bxc4 23. f6
{Is Shredder playing badly or Smirin brilliantly? Boris: Shredder must keep
its cool now. Hiarcs: +3.30! Time: 42:56 - 41:25 "Poor Shreddy" (Ognaramr)
Jeremia: "Go, Smirin, go, go, go!" Knallo: Think of it as a win for humanity!
Smirin has left the board. Black is down ot 33 minutes.} Rfc8 24. fxg7 {
Karabella: Hunting Red October! Woodcrusher: Hasta la vista, Shredder! Hiarcs:
+6.38! Henni: Shredder overlooked king safety badly. "Smirin is in the butt
kickin business" (NYTed)} Bg4 {Fly: Call Shredder's mom and tell her he's not
coming home. Times: 40:35 - 20:10. LeMagician: "I want to see MATE!" Hiarcs: 9.
27 for White. Krennwurzn: "Shredder to God: please let him blunder!"  SHREDDER
RESIGNED  Tomorrow same time: Hiarcs 8 vs Smirin.} 1-0

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hiarcs 8"]
[Black "Smirin GM, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Bd7
15. Nd2 bxa4 16. Bxa4 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Nc4 Bb4+
21. Ke2 Rec8 22. b3 Rab8 23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxb3 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. d6 Rb7 27.
Rc1 Rxc1 28. Ra8+ Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Bxc1 Ke8 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Ba3 f5 33. g3
g5 34. h3 h5 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. f3 Nf6 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 1/2-1/2

warz nicht so schlecht aus. Curious: Black has overextended his pawns
on the Queenside.} bxa4 16. Bxa4 cxd5 {
Jeremaia: Smirin ist supercool! b2 wird bald total schwach!} 17. exd5 {
DE: Sd2 war gut, halt alles zusammen} Bxa4 18. Rxa4 {
Schmico: weiss steht auf gewinn. Time: 53:48} Nd7 {Zook: All you need to do is
make some comment on the game and whoop; your name is mentioned in the
analysis...here comes my comment: Hiarcs will sacrifice his AI and beat up
Smirin} 19. Be3 {Curious: Nc4 will be the killer.} Bf8 {
Avrukh: cool move! RJ: Smirin wants to exchange to make an easy draw.} 20. Nc4
{Reno: wenn hiarcs ohne rochade gewinnt tut das smirin sicher weh. Time : 51:39
} Bb4+ 21. Ke2 {MH: my patzeristic brain evaluates this to 0.00} Rec8 {
Radost: Problem ist die schwarze Bauernmajoritat am Konigsflugel} 22. b3 {
Eule: Smirin task in this game will be to hold a draw - more is unrealistic.
FA: Unless Hiarcs screw up...Smirin loses this game. Zook: weiss sollte ALLE
stucken abtauchen (pardon my silly German). Mutzel: der Freibauer ist aber
auch als Isolani ein gutes Angriffsziel, oder? FA: Computer revenge? Hiarcs 8
is defending Shredder'shonor!} Rab8 {
Qualm: Hiarcs is my favorite again!!! Time: 48-34} 23. Nxa5 {Curious: Why go
for the xchange now?! Bad decision. Zook: black should watch his weak black
squares around his king...wouldn't be surprised if there are some little
tricks on the back rank.} Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxb3 {Twinzen: 24 moves have passed
and Smirin hasn't won!? The machines... they are now ready to conquer the
earth!} 25. Rd1 Kf8 {Time: 46:00-30:55} 26. d6 {
Zook: knight is good defender.....unfortunately a bishop is a better attacker.}
Rb7 {FA: Smirin retreats and fears the pawn...Human capitulation :) Time: 44:29
} 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Ra8+ Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Bxc1 {Time: 41 min - 27 min} Ke8
31. Kd3 Kd7 {Brainia: looks like the Shredder will have to wait for another
avenger of honor. Time: 37:27} 32. Ba3 f5 33. g3 {Time: 33:25} g5 34. h3 {
Joergandrea: Smirn mach diesen blechhaufen ab} h5 35. Kc4 Kc6 {Shay says Hiarcs
is about to play 36.f3 with -0.36. Time: 17:24. Ardee: Hiarcs is not thinking,
it's sinking.} 36. Kd3 {
Ardee: Finally GMs are learning how to play computers! Time: 16:22} Nd7 {
Bruno Schulz: Nb8-d7-f6-e4(e8)xd6 -+} 37. f3 {
Misha: sie wollen eine studie komponieren} Nf6 38. g4 {
Hiarcs' evaluation on the tournament machine: -0.91. Time: 15:20} fxg4 39. fxg4
hxg4 40. hxg4 {Novalis: smirin hat mist gebaut
GAME OVER - DRAW AGREED!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smirin GM, Ilya"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O d4 8. d3 O-O
9. e3 e5 10. e4 h6 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nc2 a5 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Nb5 Bh3 15. Nh4 Bg4
16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bg2 Rfc8 18. Bc1 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bg4 22.
Nf3 Bh3 23. a3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qh3 26. Ra2 Na7 27. a4 Nxb5 28. axb5
Rf8 29. Rg2 Kh8 30. f5 Qh5 31. Rfg1 Rae8 32. Bf4 Rg8 33. Rg3 g6 34. e5 Qxf5 35.
exf6 Qxf4 36. fxe7 Rxe7 37. Nd2 Qe5 38. Qf3 Kh7 39. Qg2 b6 40. Ne4 Re6 41. Rh3
Kg7 42. Rg3 Kh7 43. h4 f5 44. Nd2 Qf6 45. Nf3 Re3 46. Qh3 Qe6 47. Nd2 Rg7 48.
Rf3 Re7 49. Nf1 Re5 50. Ng3 h5 51. Nf1 Re2 52. Rfg3 f4 53. Qxe6 R7xe6 54. Rf3
Rb2 55. Rxf4 Rxb3 56. Rf3 Re4 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Rf6 Rxh4+ 59. Nh2 Rxd3 60.
Rgxg6+ Kh7 61. Kg1 Rd1+ 62. Nf1 d3 63. Rg2 Re1 64. Rf7+ Kh8 65. Rf8+ Kh7 66.
Rf7+ Kh8 67. Rf8+ Kh7 68. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chess Tiger"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. O-O-O Na6 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4
Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. e6 Rxe6 17. b5 Re8 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rd6 Ne5 20. c5 Be6
21. Bd1 Rab8 22. Ba4 Rb4 23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. Bd5 Rxc5 25. Kc2 Nc4 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27.
Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rd7+ Kh6 29. Re1 Rb2+ 30. Kd1 Rxg2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 a5 33.
Nf4 Re5 34. Rd4 Ne3+ 35. Ke2 Nf5 36. Ra4 Nd6 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Nd3 Rh5 39. Nf4
Rxh2 40. Nxe6+ Kf6 41. Nc5 g5 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rd1 44. Kc2 Rh1 45. Rxa5 g4
46. Ra6 Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra6 1/2-1/2

he is still in "The
Butt Kickin Business". FA: Am I the only one who actually prefers White's
position? Time: 57:53} 16. e6 {FA: watch...a CT pawn sac for a few tempi :)
Time: 55:52 Shredder: 0.73, Fritz7 0.44} Rxe6 17. b5 Re8 {Veresov: Looks like
white is going to an inferior ending when the dust settles. Ferdinan: white is
pushing, not winning.} 18. bxc6 bxc6 {Dreamer: this should be an easy endgame
win for black. Knallo: Smirin can be very happy to have a slight advantage
this early. Time: 52:50} 19. Rd6 Ne5 {Murugan: Black has a comfotrtable
position. Jeremaia: Smirin is well prepared. OMG: impossible for smirin to
lose this.} 20. c5 {Time: 50:49. MWorrior: Der Tiger fahrt wohl gerade die
Krallen aus... Woodcrusher: aber bei der Stellung kann Tiger nur zum
Vegetarier werden. Alterman: White has no active moves} Be6 21. Bd1 {Murugan: I
change my mind. Black is going to win. Alterman: Strange play! Time: 49:47.}
Rab8 {SH: Smirin is the predator here! Curious: Blacks breakout move could be
the f5 pawn break. Murugan: I think Tiger is suffering from a virus. DE: Der
versuchte Bauernsturm von Tiger verflacht.} 22. Ba4 {Time: 48:46 Curious: Now
White has a slight advantage. MWorrior: Why is white going for a pawn? Mate
ends the game!} Rb4 {
Murugan: Go Smirin! Mendi: Smirin is playing like Junior 7. Time: 47:45} 23.
Bxc6 {Draco: ok folks, that's it. Black will win! MWarrior: Na los, Ilya,
schmier ihn!!} Rc8 {Miepy: This not a Tiger, it looks more like a mouse! Fritz:
-0.91 NYTed: It's all about the Tablebases BABY! Deep Shredder Paderborn 3100
mhz 24.Bd5 -1.06} 24. Bd5 Rxc5 {MWarrior: Good knight, CT!! Junior: -1.08
Ardee: Tactical position, so the best Smirin can get is a draw. Too open for
human to defeat computer. Deep Shredder Paderborn 3100 mhz 25.Kc2 -1.30. Shay:
Tiger is using a special book sent by Christophe Theron for the event. Time:
37:44} 25. Kc2 Nc4 {Time: 36:43} 26. Rd8+ Kg7 {
NYTed: One Two Three Four Smirin's up by 2 in Four! Time: 34:43} 27. Bxe6 fxe6
28. Rd7+ Kh6 29. Re1 {Ardee: ...Rb2+ with advantage but winnable?? Time: 32:41}
Rb2+ 30. Kd1 Rxg2 31. Re2 {Pickle: Looks winning for Smirin. NYTed: Tiger has
been declawed. Constrictor: Tiger, tiger burning bright.} Rxe2 {Time: 32:37}
32. Nxe2 a5 {Menno: Draw chances!! Nf4! Time: 24:37 Judge: Smirin, hasn't
unleashed the dogs...} 33. Nf4 {Time: 23:37} Re5 34. Rd4 Ne3+ {
Murugan: Smirin will have to work hard to produce a win. Time: 22:35} 35. Ke2 {
Time: 21:34 Sarek: la guagua satanica habia predicho esto!!!} Nf5 36. Ra4 {
Time: 21:32} Nd6 37. Ke3 {
Constrictor: The tiger is still burning. Murugan: Play Kg5!} Kg7 38. Nd3 {21:28
} Rh5 39. Nf4 Rxh2 {Time: 20:27} 40. Nxe6+ {Ardee: Black may yet win!} Kf6 {
Bigben: tiptoe down the h file with the pawn maybe?} 41. Nc5 {Miepy: Against
those two pawns even a Tiger is helpless. Time: 19:27. Shay says Gambit Tiger
is expecting 41...h5. Fritz prefers 41...Rc2} g5 42. Kd4 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rd1 44.
Kc2 {Time: 18:20} Rh1 {Constrictor: these endgames are so darn tricky. Miepy:
This is certainly worth the a-pawn.} 45. Rxa5 {Time: 15:19} g4 {
Frodo: Kasparov is right, you can't compare these programss with Deep Blue.}
46. Ra6 {Time: 15:17} Ke7 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. Ra7+ Kf6 {
Epanek: how embarrassing for Smirnin!} 50. Ra6 {
Telmo: Congratulations Christophe, Tiger has defended well. Time: 14:56-15:39.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O Ng6 9. Qc3 Bd4 10. Qb4 Ne5 11. Nd2 c5 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qxb7
c4 15. Nf3 Bb6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc6 Rad8 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rd4 20. Qc3
Qxe4 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rfd8 24. Be3 R4d6 25. Re2 h6 26. c4 Bd4
27. Rae1 Kh7 28. c5 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rd5 31. b4 a5 32. a3 Rd3 33. Ra2
Rb3 34. bxa5 Rc6 35. a6 Rxc5 36. Ke2 Ra5 37. a4 Rxa6 38. Rc1 Re6 39. e4 Rf6 40.
Rf1 c5 41. a5 Ra6 42. Rc1 Rb5 43. Rca1 Rb3 44. Ra3 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 Rxh2 46. Rc3
Rb2 47. Rxc5 Rb3+ 48. Rc3 Rb5 49. Rca3 h5 50. Kc4 Re5 51. Kd4 Rb5 52. f4 Rb4+
53. Ke3 Re6 54. e5 g5 55. Ra4 gxf4+ 56. Kf3 Rb7 57. Kxf4 Ra6 58. Rh1 Rb5 59.
Rxh5+ Kg7 60. Rg5+ Kf8 61. e6 Rxg5 62. Kxg5 fxe6 63. Kf4 Ke7 64. Ke5 1/2-1/2

5 and he was better. this is very messy, but I guess both
smirin and the computer are happy! Black may well have enough compensation,
but gee, against a computer why work so hard?} c4 {Time: 54:44} 15. Nf3 {
TheVish: Nxf3 and Be5 first perhaps} Bb6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc6 Rad8 {
TheVish: Looks nice for White now! Time: 53:40} 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 {
Time: 52:38. TheVish: Clear pawn up, technical difficulties.} Rd4 20. Qc3 Qxe4
21. Re1 Qd5 22. Qf3 {
Alfons: Smirin is a pawn behind in a open position, o dear.} Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rfd8
{Ardee: Now White's 3-2 Q-side majority should win.} 24. Be3 {Murugan: I still
dont get why shredder played Qf3. TheVish: Rd7, take back with the c-pawn and
then try and bring the king to f6 or f5.} R4d6 25. Re2 {TheVish: h5} h6 26. c4
Bd4 27. Rae1 Kh7 {49:29} 28. c5 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rd5 {Time: 48:28.
Ulises: An endgame against a machine,...forget it man. TheVish: He should draw
this. Fair, after the machines' escapes against him!} 31. b4 {Time: 46:28} a5
32. a3 Rd3 {TheVish: Draw!} 33. Ra2 Rb3 {time: 44:27} 34. bxa5 Rc6 35. a6 Rxc5
36. Ke2 Ra5 37. a4 Rxa6 {Time: 44:24} 38. Rc1 {TheVish: maybe Re6} Re6 39. e4
Rf6 40. Rf1 c5 {Time: 40:22} 41. a5 Ra6 42. Rc1 Rb5 43. Rca1 {Time: 39:20} Rb3
44. Ra3 Rb2+ 45. Kd3 Rxh2 {Time: 38:18. Ardee: Smirin is a fighter!} 46. Rc3
Rb2 47. Rxc5 {Time: 37:17} Rb3+ 48. Rc3 Rb5 49. Rca3 h5 {Time: 35:17} 50. Kc4
Re5 51. Kd4 Rb5 {Time: 34:16} 52. f4 Rb4+ 53. Ke3 Re6 {
Alterman: White has no plan to improve his position.} 54. e5 g5 {Murugan: Huh?}
55. Ra4 gxf4+ {Time: 32:14} 56. Kf3 Rb7 57. Kxf4 Ra6 58. Rh1 {Murugan: Looks
like it's going to go all the way. I think Smirin's is losing his
concentration. Time: 32:12} Rb5 59. Rxh5+ Kg7 60. Rg5+ {Time: 31:11} Kf8 61. e6
Rxg5 62. Kxg5 fxe6 63. Kf4 Ke7 {
Time: 30:11. Reno: Schuttelt euch die Maus. Remis!} 64. Ke5 {
DRAW AGREED. MCF: saludos a todos, interesante partida, hasta la proxima.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Hiarcs 8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8.
Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 e5 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Ke1 Be7 14. f4
exf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. Kf2 Be6 18. Rhd1 Rd7 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. a3 Ne7
21. Be4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Rd4 a6 24. Na4 Be7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nc3 Bh4+ 27.
Kg1 f5 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. e3 h6 32. Ne2 g5 33. Kf2 Bc7
34. Bc3 Be4 35. Kg3 g4 36. Bd4 Kg6 37. Kf2 h5 38. Bc3 Bd8 39. Bd4 a5 40. Bc3 a4
41. Nd4 Bh4+ 42. Kg1 Be7 43. Kf2 Bd5 44. Kg3 h4+ 45. Kf2 Be4 46. Kg1 g3 47. h3
Bc5 48. Bb4 Bxb4 49. axb4 Kf7 50. Nb5 Ke6 51. Nc3 Bc2 52. Kg2 Kd6 53. Kg1 Kc6
54. Kg2 b5 55. Kg1 Bd3 56. Kg2 Be4+ 57. Kg1 Bc2 58. Kg2 Bd3 59. Kg1 Be4 60. Kf1
1/2-1/2

} 12. Rc1 Rd8 {Mig: Since computers can't plan as such, they
often wander into trouble when they can't find a clearly superior line of
analysis. But this position may be too simple for that to happen. Time: 54:1.
01} 13. Ke1 {Ardee: The most boring game of the series by far. Mig: Other ways
computers can lose these positions include getting overextended pawns. For
example, f5-e4 or something, then the pawns could be lost in an endgame. And
we all know how HUMANs can lose these positions to computers. Fine, good, okay,
fine, OOPS, MY ROOK! White's bishops create a lot of pressure on the black
queenside. The black rook might have been better left ona8 in the long run.}
Be7 14. f4 {Mig: f3 would just lock up the g2 bishop, but the white king needs
to make way for the h1 rook. So f4, which also challenges black in the center.
Time: 53:55} exf4 15. gxf4 {Twinzen: Why not Bxf4? Mig: It's not so much why
not Bxf4, but why. It wouldn't do much at all, and would leave an isolated e2
pawn.} O-O 16. Nd5 {Mecking: Mecking says Bd6 also.} Bd6 17. Kf2 {Mig: Note tha
t gxf4 created a potential passed e-pawn. Far, far away, but it's an imbalance
that a human understands, while the comp can't imagine that e2 pawn becoming a
queen on move 48.} Be6 18. Rhd1 {Mig: White would like to 'encourage' black to
give up the bishop pair. Then the black a and b pawns will be hard to defend
in the long run.} Rd7 {Time: 45:50. Ardee: Nc3 followed by Rg1 for White? Mig:
HIARCS tries to set up some tactical tricks on the d-file. I like the plan.
White must either double on the d-file himself or leave it to black. b4 looks
risky for a human!} 19. Nc3 {Mig: Protecting d1 with the knight, but
losingtime. Any advantage white had is gone now.} Rfd8 {
GM Mecking: I agree with you Mit. Black is ok in this position.} 20. a3 Ne7 {
Mig: White still has queenside pressure with his bishops and isn't panicking
here. But black is headed for f5. Bxa7 Bxf4 doesn't look like much fun for
white, but at least the pressure on the d-file would be broken and Smirin
could probably draw that ending. 21.Rd3 would also block the black pressure on
the d-file somewhat, but doesn't do much about ...Ng6, hittingthe f-pawn.
Playing the king up is another try.  Mecking: I have to go. I enjoyed my first
visit to the Fritz server. Time: 41:47} (20... Ne7 21. Rxd6 {Mig: That's an
interesting exchange sac, but I think it's a bit early to panic. The two
bishops would provide some compensation, but white has a few 'normal' tries
first.}) 21. Be4 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 {
Mig: It was either give up the bishops or give up a pawn. Time: 32:45} 23. Rd4
a6 {Mig: Now White has the goal of winning a bishop for his knight, even if it
costs a pawn. If he can get rid of the black dark-squared bishop then he will
have very good drawing chances thanks to the opposite colored bishops. We'll
see if HIARCS knows to avoid this. In general the computer will try to keep
the bishops anyway. The rooks are destined to be swapped thanks to their
placement on the d-file. He played Rd4 to play Ne4, and a pair of rooks will
go after Be7 Rxd7.} 24. Na4 {Mig: Hmm, what about Bxa3?} Be7 {
Mig: avoids back-rank mate tricks.} (24... Bxa3 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. bxa3 Bxa4 {
is quite playable. Hard to win, however.}) 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nc3 {Mig: HIARCS
didn't take the bait! I asked earlierif it would understand the opposite
colored bishops drawing potential. It just might!} Bh4+ {Mig: Always attacking
chances with the bishops on theopen board. And excellent endgame winning
chances because pawns on both sides of the board.} 27. Kg1 {Time: 25:42} f5 {
Mig: Black has two pawn islands versus white's three, Black has the two
bishops in an open positions with pawns on both sides of the board. That's two
small advantages that are pretty big when combined.} 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8
{Mig: The remaining question is if HIARCS has the technique to win this
without a Smirin blunder. Human praxis says black should keep the rooks on the
board and make sure the white knight has no advanced posts.} 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. e3
{I thought black had a serious advantage a few moves ago, but it's going to be
harder to win this in my opinion. TheVish: h6 and g5, Black should be much
better. Time: 23:40} h6 32. Ne2 {Mig: Black has to find an entry point for his
king and then give up one of the bishops at the key moment to penetrate. It
will be interesting to see if HIARCS can do something so far-sighted. So far
black is 'planning' well. Kingside pawn-push coming.} g5 {
TheVish: fxg5 is forced, otherwise g4 must be seriously good for black.} 33.
Kf2 Bc7 {TheVish: Why not g4? Why would a computer not play g4, Fred?} 34. Bc3
{Time: 19:39} Be4 35. Kg3 {Mig: Another chance to play ..g4. I don't see how
black can hope to win without playing that eventually.} g4 36. Bd4 {Mig: Smirin
is saying, "Nyah nyah, stupid computer can't figure out a winning plan if I
play prophylaxis."} Kg6 {Time: 19:35} 37. Kf2 {TheVish: ...h5} h5 {
Sith: Oh the Humanity!!} 38. Bc3 {
TheVish: Smirin wants to just wait eternally after h4} Bd8 {Mig: So here we
arrive at one of the traditionallly weakest areas in computer play. Endgame
planning. If the computer can't find a solid eval gain down one line it will
just maintain the status quo.} 39. Bd4 {TheVish: Bd4 and Nc3 is a fortress.
Maybe black can play h4-h3, force the knight to g3 and then take the king to
d3} a5 40. Bc3 a4 {Shay says Simirn is gazing at the monitor. Mig: At least
black can never lose with the white king stuck defending the kingside.
Otherwise I'd be worried black might lose with all these pawn pushes..} 41. Nd4
{TheVish: Bh4+!} Bh4+ 42. Kg1 {Time: 16:30} Be7 {
TheVish: This could go on for ever!} 43. Kf2 Bd5 44. Kg3 h4+ 45. Kf2 Be4 46.
Kg1 g3 {Time: 14:19. TheVish: It's still a long way to resign.} 47. h3 {
TheVish: Black has to play Bc5, then White can play Bb4, followed by Ne2-c3
and it's a fortress. Bc5 Bb4 is adraw} Bc5 {time: 11:28} 48. Bb4 {Mig: Smirin
has avoided the blockade before. He seems to be daring the computer to find a
win. Of course if the pieces come off the pawn endgame is completely lost for
white.} Bxb4 49. axb4 {
TheVish: if Bd3 then Nf3, otherwise Ne2-c3 and Black's king can never enter}
Kf7 {Mig: This is why I always say comp evals in endgames are worthless. They
should be binary. WIN or DRAW. None of this -2.39 junk in an endgame. TheVish:
It's over!} 50. Nb5 {TheVish: well, ok all roads lead to c3} Ke6 51. Nc3 {
TheVish: phew! Mig: That's what always drove me nuts commentating when people
in the audience are saying, "but ChessSpank 9001 says it's +2.31!" in an
endgame that was a book draw.} Bc2 52. Kg2 {Time: 11:25} Kd6 53. Kg1 Kc6 54.
Kg2 {Mig: Hmm, a variation of the dreaded Kh1-Kg1 attack: The Kg1-Kg2 Attack!}
b5 55. Kg1 Bd3 56. Kg2 {Time: 11:22} Be4+ 57. Kg1 Bc2 58. Kg2 Bd3 59. Kg1 {
Mig: Hmm, this position looks like lunch to me.} Be4 60. Kf1 {DRAW AGREED.
Alpha: Bravo Smirin. Mig: Next time someone starts talking like their computer
eval is God Jr., show them a game like this one :-)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deep Junior"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C56"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Prekinuta partija"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. c4 O-O 12. c5 Be5 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1
Nxe5 15. Rxd4 Nc6 16. Ra4 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. Re3 b5 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Nc3 Be6
21. Nb5 Bd7 22. h4 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Na5 24. Rb4 Nc6 25. Re4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
f3 f6 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. g4 Kf7 30. Kg3 Be6 31. b3 Ke7 32. Bc1 Kf7 33. Nd6+ Kg8
34. Bd2 Kf8 35. Bc3 Ke7 36. Nb5 Kd7 37. h5 Ke7 38. Kf4 h6 39. Bb2 Kf7 40. Nd6+
Kg8 41. Bc3 Kf8 42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Bd2 Kf8 45. Bf4 Kf7 46. Bd6 Kg8
47. f4 Kf7 48. Ba3 Kg8 49. Ne3 Kh8 50. f5 Bf7 51. Bd6 a5 52. Nd5 b5 53. Nc7 a4
54. Ne6 axb3 55. axb3 Kg8 56. b4 Kh8 57. Kd5 Nd8 58. Bf4 Kg8 59. Kd6 Nxe6 60.
fxe6 Be8 61. Ke7 Bc6 62. Kd8 Kf8 63. Be3 Kg8 64. Kc7 Be8 65. Bc1 Kf8 66. Kd6
Kg8 *


 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. Nc3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 Rd8 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23.
f3 f5 24. Rc4 Rd6 25. Bf4 Re6 26. h3 Kf7 $11) 18... b5 19. cxb6 {
TheVish: this game is pretty boring. The computer's tired?} 19... cxb6 20. Nc3
Be6 21. Nb5 {TheVish: There are only so many ways to describe this game. But
wait, it's getting mildly interesting.} 21... Bd7 {Time: 54:31} 22. h4 {
Shay: Basically Simirin's strategy so far was to simplify. TheVish: Na5 should
draw. Smirin: At this stage it was completely equal and I lost interest in the
game. You sawtheresult!} 22... Rxe3 {Time: 52:28} 23. Bxe3 {
TheVish: Is Nd4 possible?} 23... Na5 24. Rb4 Nc6 {
TheVish: These things don't allow this stuff.} 25. Re4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.
f3 {Time: 47:27} 27... f6 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. g4 {Time: 45:26} 29... Kf7 {
Curious: The programmers have to figure out a way to let the computers play
for wins at all cost and avoid the draws.} 30. Kg3 Be6 {Curious: Smirin never
had any intention to beating the computers. This is proof. He didn't avoid
queen exchanges.} 31. b3 Ke7 (31... Nb4 {and this is an immediate draw (Smirin)
}) 32. Bc1 Kf7 33. Nd6+ Kg8 {time: 37:25} 34. Bd2 {Smirin: It's still an easy
draw, but somehow I didn't want to think. Junior carried out a simple and
correct plan to gain spach on the board.} 34... Kf8 (34... a5 35. Be3 Nb4 {
Smirin: This is a simple plan, you don't need to be a GM to see it. I think
this is an elementary draw.}) 35. Bc3 Ke7 {Curious: I'm betting that the
computer engines aren't pruning the drawing lines. This means that if there is
a drawish line...the computer will calculate that line and even use it as part
of it's arsenal.} 36. Nb5 Kd7 {Time: 33:24} ({Smirin: Here I should have played
} 36... g6 {Although it is slightly worse it is still a draw.}) 37. h5 Ke7 38.
Kf4 h6 39. Bb2 Kf7 40. Nd6+ Kg8 41. Bc3 Kf8 (41... a5 {may be the right idea.})
42. Ke4 Ke7 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Bd2 Kf8 {Time: 22:22} (44... a5 {
should still draw. The idea is to play ...a4 (Smirin)}) 45. Bf4 {
Smirin: Now I have real problems, caused by playing senseless moves.} 45... Kf7
46. Bd6 Kg8 47. f4 Kf7 (47... a5 {should still be a draw (Smirin)}) 48. Ba3 Kg8
49. Ne3 Kh8 50. f5 Bf7 51. Bd6 {Smirin: Now White has real winning chances.}
51... a5 52. Nd5 b5 53. Nc7 a4 54. Ne6 axb3 55. axb3 Kg8 56. b4 {
Smirin: I didn't see this strong move!} 56... Kh8 57. Kd5 Nd8 58. Bf4 Kg8 59.
Kd6 Nxe6 60. fxe6 Be8 61. Ke7 Bc6 62. Kd8 Kf8 63. Be3 Kg8 64. Kc7 ({
Smirin: After} 64. Bc5 {I would have resigned because of th Zugzwang. But
White can return to the position again. Amir Ban: My guess is that Junior was
looking at} 64... g6 65. hxg6 Kg7 66. e7 Kxg6 67. e8=Q+ Bxe8 68. Kxe8 Kg5 {
and evaluating it as less than +3 at a distance (though this is an easy win up
close), hence the fudging.}) 64... Be8 65. Bc1 Kf8 {Time: 15:8} 66. Kd6 Kg8 {
Smirin: Here the game was aborted [apparently due to a technical problem]. Of
course I am lost and I even offered my resignation to Shay. He offered to
count this as a draw. I refused because I was lost, and so we decided to
replay. Of course I could have resigned. -- [Game aborted by mutual agreement.
It will be repeated from scratch on a different day.]} *

[Event "Man-machine match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bc8 10. Re1 d4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 Be6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Qc2 f6 15. Rec1
Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4 Qd7 19. b5 Na5 20. Bxa5 Rfc8 21. Qd2
Rxa5 22. h4 Kf8 23. h5 Rca8 24. h6 g6 25. Qc2 Bb4 26. Qc7 Bc3 27. Qxb6 Qe7 28.
Kh2 g5 29. Nd2 Bxa1 30. Rc7 Qd8 31. Bh3 g4 32. Bxg4 Bxg4 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Rxh7
Rc8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxc5 37. h7 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. h8=Q 1-0

 it is probably not what
Smirin was hoping for} 12. a4 {
Black plan: Rab8, b6, then a6 and b6-b5 with good play on the queenside} Be6
13. Bd2 Nd7 {Time: 52:53. GMR: I don't like the bishop on e6.} 14. Qc2 {
Christophe Theron: Last time the antihuman setting was ON, and it was a 
mistake. This time Shay has set it correctly (I hope). Anti-human is not what
people believe it is. It has been designed to avoid human players that try  to
get a draw by closing the position and then moving a piece back  and forth
(happens a lot on chess servers).} f6 15. Rec1 Nb6 {GMR: Not good. Now for
example 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.c3-c4 is possible. After that White can turn his
attention to the kingside.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4 {
GMR: The isolated double pawn on the b-file is not so bad at this moment.} Qd7
{Mikhalevski: Did Ilya miss this double attack? Probably not.} 19. b5 Na5 20.
Bxa5 {GMR: I'm not too happy about the passive bishop on g2. How is it going
to come into play?} Rfc8 {GMR: Pretty "zwischenzug" (yes, it IS an English
word).   CT: My laptop crashed, it is 31 degrees here in Guadaloupe and it
overheats. I'm back online now. I'm happy with how the game is going so far. I
think that the antihuman setting would have hurt the program's play in this
game. Tiger would have tried too hard to open the game, and too early.} 21. Qd2
{Time: 40:46} Rxa5 {GMR: Interesting... Pressure on a4. Black is clearly
better, Nf3 and Bg2 are not in play.  CT: I think I would have preferred bxa5
and then a bishop  on b4, bt I'm not a strong player. It seems that Tiger
wants to pressure the weak a  pawn. Is it THAT important?} 22. h4 Kf8 {
GMR: Really??  CT: Huh... I have no idea why it played Kf8. Maybe some  strong
player will find a reason for it? :-(  HDX: Sometimes computers make moves
that seem odd and then when evaluated later serve a great tactical purpose.}
23. h5 Rca8 {Time: 35:44. CT: Looks like Tiger's bishop is going for b4 and c3
after all.  Mikhalevski: maybe Qd1, Bb4, Rc4, trying to block the position.
Then Bg2-f1-d3.  CT: Smirin is going into time trouble. That is is much more a
problem for a human player than for a computer.} 24. h6 g6 {
Tiger was expecting the last move.} 25. Qc2 {Time: 24:44} Bb4 {
GMR: The pawn on h6 is going to become very weak at some stage.} 26. Qc7 {
GMR: One could almost say Smirin has been positionally outplayed.} Bc3 {
Tiger is playing exactly like Christophe predicted.} 27. Qxb6 Qe7 {V. Mikhalevs
ki: The f6 pawn has become a target, Black has to defend it.  CT: Now that
white's queen is in black's side I'm not sure anymore about what can happen...}
28. Kh2 {CT: One thing I am sure here, the game is MUCH more  interesting than
the previous one!} g5 {GMR: Cruel! But Black also has to watch out. What about
29.Rxc3  dxc3 Rc1, Rxc3 and Rc7?  CT: I think Rxc3 can get white out of
trouble...  Unfortunately.  Time: 20:40} 29. Nd2 {
GMR: Smirin is looking for tactical counterplay. The motif is always Rc7} Bxa1
{Draco: ??} 30. Rc7 Qd8 {
CT: This does not look good for Gambit anymore...
Time: 15:37} 31. Bh3 {
GMR: Smirin is tactically quite brilliant. The kingside attack after 31...g4
32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Qc5 looks deadly.} g4 {GMR: Smirin has dug a deep tactical pit,
and I think maybe he has caught a Tiger in it.} 32. Bxg4 {Mathias: NOW I
understand the combination! Stefsias: Smirin has got real guts! Deep Fritz:
White has won this game! Wilfred: Smirin for President!  Time: 13:30} Bxg4 33.
Qc5+ {Frodo: Smirin has tamed the Tiger! Mathias: Chapeau for Smirin!  GMR: A
typical game against a computer: they are positionally superior to us humans,
but we still have a tactical edge.  CT: OK, so it seems that Bxa1 was a
blunder.} Ke8 34. Rxh7 {Time: 13:24  GMR: The pawn on h6 would have been very
weak in the endgame, but Tiger didn't make it so far. Now it is very strong.}
Rc8 35. Rh8+ {Time: 13:17} Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxc5 37. h7 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. h8=Q
{Chuenthe: On behalf of humanity, thank you Smirin! Mendi: From Israel "Kol
Akavod Smirin!!" Christophe Theron: Frankly, I liked this game more than the
last game  Tiger played against Smirin. At least the GM could feel some real
pressure this  time.  GAME OVER, Tiger resigned.} 1-0

[Event "A match in KasparovChess Playing Zone"]
[Site "www.KasparovChess.com"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeepJunior"]
[Black "Smirin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bg5 a5 11. Qc2 b6 12. Nxe5 Qe8 13. Nc6 Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxe4
15. O-O-O Qxc2+ 16. Kxc2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rde1 Nf2 19. Rhf1 Bf5+ 20. Kd2
Ne4+ 21. Kc1 Nd6 22. g4 Bd7 23. Kc2 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Be5 25. Bd3 Bxf4 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. Rxf4 Re5 28. a3 Rc5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rxc6 31. Be2 Ne8 32. Bf3 Rf6
33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. c5 bxc5+ 37. bxc5 h5 38. g5 Nd7 39.
h4 Nf8 40. Ke5 Ne6 41. c6 Nc5 42. Be2 Ne6 43. Bb5 Ng7 44. Bd3 Ne8 45. Kd5 {
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2