Sunday, February 24, 2008

Cohen - Hariton...the verdict from Fritz 11

Here is the game analysis in a quick run that I made through the Fritz 11 engine.

[Event "West Orange CC Championship"]
[Site "West Orange, NJ, USA"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bryan Cohen"]
[Black "Leon Hariton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008"]

{B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 {last book move} 8. f3 {
Consolidates g4} O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. O-O +/=) 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bh6 (
11. g4 Nb6 +/-) 11... Nb6 (11... Bxh6 !? {looks like a viable alternative} 12.
Qxh6 b5 =) 12. h4 Bd7 (12... d5 13. Nxd5 Nbxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. h5 +/=) 13. h5 Nc4 (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rfc8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. f4 +/-) 14.
Bxc4 +/- Qxc4 15. g4 Rfc8 ?? {shortens the misery for Black} (15... Kh8 +/-) 16. Bxg7 (16. hxg6 {might be the shorter path} fxg6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+
Kf7 +/-) 16... Kxg7 17. hxg6 fxg6 (17... h5 {doesn't do any good} 18. gxh5 fxg6
19. Qg5 +/-) 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. g5 e5 (19... Ng8 {praying for a miracle} 20.
Qxh7+ Ke8 +/-) 20. gxf6 exd4 21. Qg7+ (21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Qe7#) 1-0

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