25
June, 2005
It was a terrific day here
in London today on round four of the MAN vs MACHINE tournament.
A tough game for both the Grand Master and Chess Super Computer
but the gates of victory lane only opened for HYDRA.
The game lasted for over four
and a half hours, and a whopping 50 moves. The results and
prize money after this round stands as follows:
Grand
Master Michael Adams, 0.5, US$ 10,000
HYDRA, 3.5, US$ 85,000
Adams
said: “I came to today's match feeling far more confident
than the past week's previous games but I wasn't happy with
my opening moves. Whilst I think the end game should have
been a draw, I have seen that Hydra is far more skillful
than my initial estimations."
The
HYDRA team said “It was a closely fought battle and
Grand Master Adams delivered yet another strong game. But
the fact that once more he was unable to beat HYDRA just
goes to show how powerful a machine it is."
Also earlier I had a chance to talk to Grand
Master Christopher Lutz who gave me his opinion of the tournament.
“So far the games have been going pretty smoothly
for HYDRA. When playing with White in games 1 and 3, HYDRA
could quickly develop an initiative and put Adams under
pressure. This then lead to two clear victories. In game
2, things were a bit different, Adams reached a slight advantage
out of the opening, but HYDRA defended patiently and managed
to get a counter-play. In the end, the game was drawn, as
neither side could do any progress. For the second half
I expect that Adams has learned from his mistakes and will
offer more resistance. I think a score of 4.0:2.0 or 4.5:1.5
in HYDRA’s favour might be the final result.”
The game in Round 4
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6
5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O
10. a4 Qa5 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. exd5
Bf6 15. c3 a5 16. Re1 Rfb8 17. Bf1 b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19.
Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Ra4 Rcc5 22. c4 Rb3 23. Be3 Rc8
24. Bd4 Kg7 25. Kf1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 27. Rxa5 f5 28. Ra7
Kf6 29. g4 Rb4 30. g5+ Kxg5 31. Rxe7 Rcxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4
33. Rxh7 Kf6 34. Rd7 Ke5 35. Rg7 Rg4 36. f3 Rg5 37. Kf2
Kxd5 38. h4 Rh5 39. Kg3 Rh6 40. Re7 Kd4 41. Re1 d5 42. Rd1+
Ke5 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Rd1 Rh5 45. Ra1 Kc5 46. Rc1+ Kb4 47.
Rd1 Kc4 48. Rc1+ Kd3 49. Rc6 Rh6 50. h5 f4+ 0-1
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