Christopher-Wagner 1988

 

1. So where’s the mate? The game is only half finished.

   Posted by Drew458       04/11/2012  at  08:04 PM  



2. And since this is obviously your blog, does that mean you’ll be spending your posting time there now? We’ll have to stop by for our twice weekly chess thingy?

   Posted by Drew458       04/11/2012  at  08:08 PM  



3. Where’s the mate?

   Did you play through that? I beat off a very, very, strong attack and ended with a three-way Knight fork (King, Queen, Rook). Not only that, my King is safe behind Black’s own pawns, while Black’s King is wide open. It was so bad that the tournament director had assumed I lost and was busy figuring prize money based on that assumption. He had to start over: I tied for first in the under-2000 class. Wasn’t much money, but slightly more than my entry fee.

   No Drew, it means I don’t know any other way to post animated games. It’s like you told me recently about posting images in the comments. Host them on my blog and link to them. I’m just using my blog to host stuff that I’ve no idea of how to post on BMEWS. If you check my blog, you’ll notice that this isn’t even linked to. I can’t figure out how to get this to show up on my own blog. How do you post an HTML page on a blog? I’m just using my blog to host it. I haven’t even posted on my blog since February.

   I’m gonna post more chess problems on BMEWS. I’ve just been threatening to post my most interesting games and I’ve found a few. Unfortunately, have yet to find the ones from this century. Call this a ‘test market’ chess post.

   Posted by Christopher       04/11/2012  at  08:33 PM  



4. I played it through on Rykba and Chris you were never behind.  There were some ups and downs but mostly Arena had you better than a pawn ahead.  I was surprised at how good the moves and level of play on both sides were.

   Getting near the end, in fact just before white plays to move 30 there is a White to Play and Win! moment. You didn’t need the last mistake by black.  Do you see it? Did you see it later when the game was over?

   Posted by Wes       04/14/2012  at  12:26 PM  



5. Guess I still don’t see it Wes. But I’m not Rybka.

   I knew I was winning at that point. His biggest mistake was 26… g4 instead of 26… Bg4. I’d have probably resigned if he’d played that. 26… g4 allowed 27. h4! and the follow-up to stop his attack.

   Question: do you enjoy games posted like this? The next one I was going to post was a win against a higher-rated player, not a ‘save’ against a lower-rated player. I was actually down a Bishop and two pawns, and won the game. Interested? I’m interested in what Rybka would say. Don’t suppose Rybka can export results in pgn or rtf?

   Posted by Christopher       04/14/2012  at  02:22 PM  



6. Actually Arena is the name of the program and Rybka is the chess solving engine I am using.  I think it is the strongest of the ones that came with the package.  And yes, it will export PGN or text notation.  For those wondering PGN is Portable Graphics Notation, it is used in chess and some other games in non graphic form over the internet.

   I am at least somewhat interested in seeing more games like this but Drew may be right thinking not many would, in seeing more of these games.  I have a time problem now that should get better in a couple of weeks so spending a few hours per game is fun but I could be doing something else.

   As to 26… g4 being a bad move, well you are correct in 26… Bg4 being better but white is still almost a pawn up and the threat is not as great as it seems. According to Rybka it loses a little over half a pawn from your current advantage.  Rybka evaluates positions on a scale where one pawn equals 100 point. Up a pawn and a half is +1.5.  After 26 ... Bg4 27. Qd3 should hold the position.

   With the game as played at move 30. ??? I let the program spin its wheels for a while and in about fifteen minutes Rybka put up its next move and announced mate in 15. You and I could do that too if we could see 100,000,000 board positions into the future.  Take another look at move 30 and if you like I will email you the PGN tomorrow.  In return you can mail me the PGN of the game you just mentioned and I will let Arena and Rykba have at it.

   Post some of the Mate in two and three from Polgars book.  Drew will like them cause they have definite solutions.

   Posted by Wes       04/14/2012  at  03:48 PM  

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