26
June, 2005
Today was the fifth day and
round five of the MAN vs MACHINE tournament … all
the way from London, England. We will be updating you on
the past four days and also bringing you the latest day’s
results.
The last four games have not
gone so well for the Grand Master, with 4 losses and 1 draw
racked up against him. Today seem no better than any other
day for him either.
Game
One: Faced with a topical position in Petroff’s
Defence, HYDRA played the new move 14.Rb1. In the ensuing
tactical complications Adams went wrong with 23…Rc7?
(instead of the better 23….cxd4) and HYDRA managed
to win a mighty pawn. After 33 moves HYDRA scored its first
victory.
Game
Two: Adams managed to get a slight advantage from
the opening, probably 10…e5 was an inaccuracy by HYDRA.
However, after HYDRA managed to get its knight to d4, chances
were balanced again. Adams had a strong grip on the king’s
side, but HYDRA had counterplay on the other wing. In the
end, Adams managed to setup a fortress which lead to a draw.
Game
Three: Playing with White, HYDRA went for a closed
Ruy Lopez. Between moves 16 and 18, Adams played a few slightly
odd moves. After 26.Ra6!, all of HYDRA’s pieces were
coordinated beautifully, and after the final blow 28.Bxh6!
Black had to resign.
Game
Four: Even though he was playing White, Adams was
playing rather passively and after 15 moves, HYDRA had already
a slightly better endgame. Most probably Adams should have
managed to draw that position, but it seems to me that the
preceding games had already taken a lot of energy from him.
HYDRA showed some very fine play to convert its advantage
to a win.
Game Five: After the conclusion
of todays game, I had a chance to sit down with GM Adams
and Chrilly Donninger.
“I’m not upset with how I’ve played, I
don’t think I’ve played too badly. Obviously
this is an incredibly strong opponent so to win would be
an incredible achievement, but let’s see how I go
tomorrow,” Adams said.
Hydra
Chief Programmer Chrilly Donninger said: “In our quest
to prove the power of Hydra we could not have hoped for
a better outcome. This is a far more difficult opponent
than Kasparov and Adams has played extremely well, so we
are very pleased with the performance of our machine"
The
game lasted for three hours and 41 minutes, and a whopping
41 moves. Results and prize money after round five are as
follows:
Grand
Master Michael Adams, 0.5, US$ 10,000
HYDRA, 4.5, US$ 110,000
The game in Round 5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Bg5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qg4 Bxe3 14. Rxe3
Rb8 15. b3 Nc5 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne6 18. Qf2 Rb5 19.
Rf1 Rg5 20. d4 Rg6 21. a4 Rf6 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg5
24. Nc4 Qg6 25. h4 f6 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Nf5 h5 28. b4 Kh7
29. Ng3 c5 30. d5 Nd8 31. Rb1 Nf7 32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rb7
Rc8 34. Ra7 Nd6 35. Rxa6 Re8 36. Rc6 Nxe4 37. Qxh5+ Qxh5
38. Nxh5 Kh6 39. Re6 Rd8 40. Rxe4 Kxh5 41. a5 1-0c3 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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