Hello,
good afternoon all,
round 2 for group 2 is now completed, with two wins for the King Performance facing Rebell 5. Not an unexpected result, with 700+ CElo for the de Koning mighty device!
Nevertheless a good game as White for the Schröder bomber from 1986; with a rather balanced game until move 40 or so. Actually, move 40 is the first clear mistake from Rebell 5: good job, Ed!
Unfortunately, the second game is far from the above: a miniature one, completed in less then 20 moves. Already three to four moves after leaving its opening book, the Rebell is in bad shape, lacking King safety. And the King program can be merciless...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "2-2"]
[White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"]
[Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Bxe4 {Out of book} 9...dxe4 {Out of book} 10.Ne5 O-O 11.a3 f6 12.axb4 fxe5 13.dxe5 Be6 14.c5 Qd3 15.Bd2 Bc4 16.Re1 Qd4 17.Be3 Qxe5 18.Bd4 Qf5 19.Nd2 Bd3 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.f3 Qd7 22.Bf2 e3 23.Rxe3 Bf5 24.Ree1 Rfe8 25.Rad1 Qc6 26.b5 Qg6 27.Qb4 Rad8 28.Ne4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 b6 30.Qa4 Bxc5 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Qxa7 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Qxe4 34.Qxc5 h6 35.Rc1 Re5 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Kh1 Rf5 38.Qc8 Qc2 $1 {of course, RxQ is forbidden by corridor mate threat.} 39.Re1 Re5 40.Rf1 $2 {Rg1 or Ra1 was required} 40...Qf2 $1 41.Rg1 Re1 42.Qf5+ Qxf5 43.Rxe1 Qxb5 44.Rb1 Qd3 45.Ra1 Qc2 46.b4 Qb2 47.Rd1 Qxb4 48.Rc1 Qd2 49.Rf1 c5 50.h4 c4 51.g4 c3 52.g5 h5 53.g6+ Kxg6 54.Rg1+ Kf5 {King Performance announces mate in 9} 55.Rf1+ Kg4 {KP announces mate in 5; Rebell 5 resigns.} 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "2-2"]
[White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"]
[Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 {Out of book} 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 {Out of book} 7...Nb4 8.O-O Qe4 $2 {Keeping Q & K aligned on an opened file is not a good idea!} 9.Re1 Kd8 $2 {Be7 to keep castling short enabled offered more resistance, but the game is already lost.} 10.Ng5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qf5 12.Nxf7+ $1 Qxf7 13.Bg5+ $1 {leaves only 3 legal moves, all losers.} 13...Qf6 14.Bxf6+ gxf6 15.Qxd4 Be7 16.Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 17.Re1+ {King Performance announces mate in 6} 17...Kf7 18.Bh5+ Kg7 19.Re7+ {Rebell 5 acknowledges mate in 3 and resigns.} 1-0
MfG,
Tibono