Hi fiends,
This is a 7 candidate competition
40 moves in 2 hours
Roude 1.2
Bookendmoves e5 h3
[Event "Boris U2200 40 2h"]
[Site "Würzburg"]
[Date "2020-04-28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Millennium ChessGenius"]
[Black "Mephisto Milano Pro"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. h3 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Qh4 Bf5 15. Qg5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd4 Qe5 18. Nf5 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Ne8 20. e4 Bc7 21. Be3 f6 22. Qg4 Nc4 23. b3 Nxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Be5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Ncxd1 Nd6 28. Nc4 h6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. a4 Qe5 33. Qxe5 fxe5 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Nb2 b5 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kg4 a6 38. h4 c5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nd1 c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Ne3 Bc5 43. Kf3 Bxe3 44. Kxe3 Ke6 45. Kd2 Kd6 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. h5 Kb5 48. g3 Kc5 49. f4 exf4 50. gxf4 Kb5 51. e5 Kc5 52. f5 Kd5 53. e6 Kc6 54. Kxc4 Kd6 55. Kd4 Kc6 56. Ke5 Kc7 57. f6 gxf6+ 58. Kxf6 Kc6 1-0
38. h4 seems like a strategic good move. After 47. h5 the game has a winner. Zugzwang. Very late at move 48. .. Kc5 the milano pro recognice that the situation is more then -1.
I thought the milano pro could have the possibility to "give up", so to find out i played some more moves, but he doesn´t, so I breaked the game myself