Ratinglist and review Chess
programs for Pocket PC and Palm devices.
Last updated 18. September 2005
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PocketGrandmaster v2.1 |
K. Skibbe & F. Schneider |
Pocket PC |
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This version of PocketGrandmaster
is certainly the best chess program currently available for the Pocket PC. The
variety of features makes this program ideal for the advanced chess player
who really wants to work with this program. For example, it has an analyzing
feature and a training mode, that you can use for
solving test problems and positions. PGM includes four very good chess
engines: Gromit, SOS, Ruffian and Fruit. The very strong engine Fruit can’t
be found on the main download page, but is available under: http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/FruitPGM.zip Each available engines has it's own character. The open source Fruit-engine of Fabian
Letouze is strong overall and probably the
strongest chess playing engine next to Hiarcs, Thinker, Toga (CEBoard) and
Shredder (Pocket Fritz 2) available for handhelds. Gromit plays usually solid
and rather passive, but is the weakest of the four engines. On the other
hand, SOS plays a very aggressive style, while Ruffian plays more ‘human’ and
very positional chess. A drawback in PGM is the missing ELO handicapping,
which makes it difficult to adjust the strength according to the players strength. Yet, the playing strength can be
adjusted by changing hash size, pondering mode and time control. The
estimated strength on a 400 Mhz device is approx.
2280 Elo for Gromit, 2540 Elo for Ruffian, 2430 Elo for SOS and 2600 for
Fruit. A nice feature is the book control option that allows you to chose
between different available opening books and you can set the book moves the
program plays. As the only program, PGM offers also voice announcements of
the moves on the board which have to be downloaded and are available for
English, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. One feature that is very good to
have is the new training mode. A training database is included which can be
enhanced on your own. PGM also includes several very good piece sets. For
professional use, I recommend the maple board in combination with the piece-set
‘Cases’. In summary, this program is highly recommended. You will not be
disappointed by it. It has more functions than any other chess program and is
cheaper than it’s closest rivals Pocket Fritz 2 and
Hiarcs. Here a 10 min Blitz game, ponder on against Fruit 2.1 which was
somewhat disappointing for Fruit, despite it’s overall strength: Dr. Axel Schumacher - Fruit 2.1 [B90] B90: Sicilian Najdorf:
Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1–f3 d7-d6
3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Ng8-f6 5.Nb1–c3 a7-a6 6.Rh1–g1 e7-e5 7.Nd4-b3 Nb8-c6 0.17/9
8.g2-g4 0.16/9 Bc8-e6 0.16/10
9.g4-g5 0.16/10 Nf6-d7 0.16/9
10.Bc1–e3 0.16/8 Ra8-c8 0.33/9
11.h2-h4 0.18/8 Nd7-b6 11...Bf8-e7 0.18
0.69/10 12.Qd1–d2 0.73/8
Nb6-c4 0.74/11 13.Bf1xc4 0.80/10
Be6xc4 0.80/9 14.0–0–0 Exerts pressure on the backward
pawn 0.74/8 14...Nc6-b4 0.74/10
15.Kc1–b1 0.74/8 Bf8-e7 15...d6-d5 0.74
1.29/11 [15...d6-d5 16.e4xd5
Bc4xb3 17.a2xb3±] 16.a2-a3 1.29/9
Bc4xb3 1.60/10 17.c2xb3 1.60/11
Nb4-c6 1.60/11 18.Nc3-d5 1.60/9
b7-b5 1.60/9 19.Kb1–a2 1.40/9
0–0?? 19...b5-b4 1.40. amazingly
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game? X3DFritz recommends
b5-b4. Fruit itself switches to Rg8 after Here a 5 min Blitz game, ponder on
against Gromit: Gromit 3.10.16 - Dr. Axel Schumacher
[B94] B94: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 Nbd7 1.e2-e4 c7-c5
2.Ng1–f3 d7-d6 3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Ng8-f6 5.Nb1–c3 a7-a6 6.Bc1–g5 Nb8-d7
7.Bf1–c4 e7-e6 8.0–0 Qd8-a5 9.Qd1–d2 Bf8-e7 10.Ra1–d1 h7-h6 11.Bg5-h4 Nd7-e5 12.Bc4-e2 0.50/9
Qa5-b6 0.50/8 13.Bh4xf6 0.14/11
Be7xf6 0.14/9 14.Nc3-a4 0.14/10
Qb6-a7 0.11/8 15.Qd2-b4 -0.22/11
[15.Qd2-a5 Bc8-d7=] 15...b7-b5 -0.22/9
16.Na4-c3 -0.22/10 0–0 -0.24/8
17.a2-a4 -0.24/10 a6-a5 -0.24/11
18.Qb4-b3 -0.24/10 b5-b4 -0.24/11
19.Nc3-b5 Menacing -0.24/11
19...Qa7-c5 -0.07/9 20.c2-c3 -0.19/8
Bc8-b7 0.10/9 21.c3xb4 0.10/10
a5xb4 0.10/10 22.Rd1–c1 0.10/11
Qc5-b6 0.09/9 23.Qb3xb4 0.09/8
Bb7xe4 0.33/9 24.Nd4xe6 0.33/9
Be4xg2 0.33/9 25.Ne6xf8 0.33/8
Bg2xf1 0.33/10 26.Rc1xf1 0.45/8
Kg8xf8 0.45/10 27.b2-b3 Secures
c4 0.39/9 [Inferior is
27.Qb4xd6+ Qb6xd6 28.Nb5xd6 Ra8xa4³] 27...Ra8-d8 0.63/10
28.Rf1–d1 The pressure
on the isolated pawn grows 0.25/10
28...Qb6-c5 0.25/8 29.Qb4-d2 0.18/9
d6-d5 0.18/9 30.Rd1–c1 0.08/10
Qc5-b6 0.21/8 31.Qd2-c2 0.00/9
d5-d4 0.00/9 32.Rc1–d1 0.00/9
Bf6-h4 0.00/8 33.Qc2-e4 Increasing
the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4
0.00/9 33...Qb6-f6 33...d4-d3 0.00
0.44/9 34.f2-f3 -1.73/10
[¹34.f2-f4 saving the
game 34...d4-d3 35.Be2-h5² a) 35.Qe4xe5?? White
should leave the knight well alone 35...Qf6xe5 36.f4xe5 d3xe2 37.Rd1xd8+ Kf8-e7–+; b)
35.Be2xd3 Ne5xd3 (‹35...Rd8xd3 36.Rd1xd3 Ne5xd3 37.Qe4xd3²) 36.Rd1xd3
Rd8-e8 37.Qe4-b4+ Kf8-g8–+; ] 34...d4-d3 -2.47/9
35.Be2-f1 -1.73/10 Ne5xf3+ -1.73/10
36.Kg1–h1 -1.59/8 Nf3-g5 36...Nf3-e1 –1.59
-0.98/8 37.Qe4-g2 -1.76/9
d3-d2 -1.48/8 38.Bf1–e2 -2.53/10
[38.a4-a5!?–+] 38...Qf6-e6 -2.23/8
39.Be2-c4?? shortens the misery for White -6.14/11
[39.Nb5-c3–+] 39...Qe6-e1+ -6.14/11
40.Qg2-f1 -6.19/10 Rd8-e8 -6.19/11
41.Nb5-c3 -6.19/10 Re8-e3 -6.19/9
42.Nc3-d5 -6.66/10 0–1 Here a game against SOS: SOS 1.0 - Dr. Axel Schumacher [B96] B96: Sicilian Najdorf:
6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7 1.e2-e4 c7-c5 2.Ng1–f3 d7-d6
3.d2-d4 c5xd4 4.Nf3xd4 Ng8-f6 5.Nb1–c3 a7-a6 6.Bc1–g5 e7-e6 7.f2-f4 Nb8-d7 8.Bf1–c4
Qd8-b6 9.Bc4-b3 Bf8-e7 10.f4-f5 e6-e5 0.25/10
11.Nd4-f3 0.18/8 h7-h6 0.27/10
12.Bg5xf6 0.27/10 Nd7xf6 0.27/9
13.Qd1–e2 0.07/9 Bc8-d7 0.07/10
14.0–0–0 0.07/10 0–0 0.07/9
15.Nc3-d5 0.07/11 Nf6xd5 0.07/9
16.Bb3xd5 White can be proud of that piece 0.07/10
16...Ra8-c8 0.07/8 17.Kc1–b1 0.07/8
a6-a5 0.39/8 [17...Rc8-c3 18.Nf3-d2 Rf8-c8 19.Nd2-c4=] 18.Nf3-d2
-0.04/10 a5-a4 -0.04/8
19.Qe2-d3 -0.11/9 Rc8-c7 0.03/8
20.Nd2-c4 0.01/9 Qb6-b4 0.25/8
21.c2-c3 0.09/11 Qb4-c5 0.10/9
22.Nc4-a3 0.09/9 b7-b5 0.09/10
23.Na3-c2 0.09/9 Qc5-b6 23...b5-b4 0.09
0.73/9 [23...b5-b4 24.Nc2xb4
Bd7-b5 25.c3-c4 Qc5xb4 26.c4xb5=] 24.Qd3-e2 -0.23/10
[24.Qd3-g3 Rf8-c8 25.Rh1–f1 Be7-f6²] 24...Be7-f6 24...a4-a3 –0.23
0.42/9 [24...a4-a3 25.Nc2xa3
b5-b4 26.c3xb4 Qb6xb4 27.Rd1–c1=] 25.h2-h4 -0.08/10
[¹25.a2-a3²] 25...Qb6-a7?? 25...a4-a3 –0.08. here
I ran into trouble, thereby handing over the advantage to SOS 2.68/10
[25...a4-a3 26.g2-g4 b5-b4±] 26.g2-g4+- 2.11/8
Qa7-c5?? 26...Bf6-e7 2.11. the
pressure SOS exerts is simply too much and my positions breaks down..nice play by SOS
3.25/8 [26...Bf6-e7 27.g4-g5
b5-b4 28.Nc2xb4+-] 27.Nc2-b4 2.64/8
[27.g4-g5 Bf6-d8 28.g5xh6 g7-g5 29.f5xg6 Bd7-e6 30.Bd5xe6 f7xe6+-] 27...Rc7-c8
27...Qc5-b6 2.64 4.37/8
28.Qe2-d2 1.86/9 [28.g4-g5 Bf6-d8 29.g5xh6 g7xh6 30.Rh1–g1+
Kg8-h8+-] 28...Bf6-e7 28...a4-a3
1.86 3.25/10 [28...a4-a3 29.g4-g5 Kg8-h7 30.g5xf6 a3xb2
31.f6xg7 Kh7xg7 32.Rh1–g1+ Kg7-h7+-] 29.g4-g5 2.73/8
Kg8-h7 3.25/9 30.Bd5xf7! SOS demolishes my pawn
structure 3.25/8 30...Bd7-e8 3.96/8
[30...Rf8xf7 Decoy to f7 31.g5-g6 A double attack] 31.Bf7-e6 3.96/8
Be8-h5 3.96/8 32.Rd1–f1 3.96/8
Rc8-e8 4.23/8 33.Nb4-d5 4.23/8
Be7-d8 4.23/7 34.g5xh6 3.78/10
[34.Be6-d7!? makes it even easier for White 34...Qc5-c4 35.Qd2-g2
Qc4-d3+ 36.Qg2-c2 Bh5-e2+-] 34...g7xh6 3.78/9
35.Be6-d7 3.78/9 Qc5-c4 3.78/7
36.Qd2-e3 3.00/9 [36.Qd2-c2 keeps an even firmer grip
36...Re8-e7 37.Nd5xe7 Bd8xe7+-] 36...Re8-e7 3.71/10
[36...Bh5-e2 37.Rf1–e1 Qc4-d3+ 38.Qe3xd3 Be2xd3+ 39.Kb1–c1+-] 37.Nd5xe7
3.71/10 Bd8xe7 3.71/10
38.Bd7-e6 3.71/10 Qc4-c5 4.03/10
[38...Qc4-e2 is not the saving move 39.Qe3-a7 a4-a3 40.b2xa3+- (40.Qa7xe7+
is not possible 40...Rf8-f7 41.Qe7xf7+ Bh5xf7 42.b2xa3 Qe2xe4+
43.Kb1–b2 Kh7-g7µ) ] 39.Qe3-d2 4.03/9
Be7-d8 4.49/10 40.Rf1–g1 4.49/8
Bd8-f6 4.50/9 41.Rg1–g3 4.49/8
Bh5-f7 41...b5-b4
4.49 8.84/10 [41...b5-b4+- is the last straw] 42.Be6xf7
8.84/11 Rf8xf7 8.84/11
43.Rg3-g6 8.84/11 Bf6-g7 8.84/8
44.Qd2xd6 6.08/10 [¹44.Rh1–g1 secures victory 44...Qc5-a7
45.Qd2-g2 h6-h5+-] 44...Qc5-e3 6.08/9
45.Rg6-g4 5.44/10 [45.Qd6-d5 seems even better 45...Rf7-d7
46.Rh1–g1 Qe3xg1+ 47.Rg6xg1 Rd7xd5 48.e4xd5 Bg7-f6+-] 45...Bg7-f6 6.73/9
[45...h6-h5 doesn't get the bull off the ice 46.Qd6-g6+ Kh7-g8
47.Qg6xh5 Qe3-d3+ 48.Kb1–a1+-] 46.Qd6-d5 6.73/10
Rf7-g7 6.83/9 47.Rg4xg7+ 6.83/9 [47.Rg4xg7+ Bf6xg7 48.Qd5-c6+-] 1–0
Great game by SOS! Unbelievable. SOS was the only program that could
win against me. I couldn’t let that happen, so I needed a rematch: Dr. Axel Schumacher - SOS 1.0 [E61] E61: King's Indian: Early
deviations for White, including Smyslov System 1.Ng1–f3 Ng8-f6 2.c2-c4 g7-g6
3.Nb1–c3 Bf8-g7 4.d2-d4 0–0 5.Bc1–g5 c7-c5 6.e2-e3 Qd8-a5 0.25/9
7.Bf1–d3 0.10/9 d7-d6 Prevents intrusion on e5 0.35/10
8.0–0 0.35/9 c5xd4 0.35/10
9.e3xd4 0.35/9 Bc8-g4 0.54/9
10.Bg5-e3 0.22/8 Qa5-b6 0.60/9
11.Ra1–b1 0.53/8 Qb6-c6 0.68/10
12.d4-d5 0.68/10 Qc6-c8 0.68/10
13.Rf1–e1 0.68/8 Nb8-d7 0.68/9
14.Be3-d4 0.42/10 e7-e5 0.42/11
15.d5xe6 0.42/10 f7xe6 0.48/8
16.Bd3-e2 0.32/8 Bg4-f5 0.46/10
17.Rb1–a1 0.46/9 Qc8-c6 0.46/9
18.Nf3-h4 0.46/9 e6-e5 0.46/10
19.Nh4xf5 0.46/11 g6xf5 0.46/10
20.Bd4-e3 0.46/9 f5-f4 Black gets more space 0.49/10
21.Be3-c1 0.49/9 Nd7-c5 0.54/10
22.b2-b4 0.40/10 Nc5-e6 0.40/9
23.Bc1–b2 0.18/9 Ne6-d4 0.18/9
24.Be2-d3 0.17/9 f4-f3 0.17/9
25.Nc3-b5 0.16/9 f3xg2? 25...Nd4xb5 0.16
1.24/10 [¹25...Nd4xb5!? would
allow Black to play on 26.c4xb5 Qc6-d7 27.Bd3-c4+ d6-d5=] 26.Nb5xd4 1.24/10
e5xd4 1.24/9 27.Bb2xd4 1.24/8
Rf8-f7 1.44/8 28.Re1–e3 1.41/8
d6-d5 1.44/8 29.Ra1–c1 1.44/7
Ra8-d8 1.51/8 30.Re3-g3 1.51/8
Qc6-d6 1.70/8 31.c4xd5 1.91/7
Qd6xd5?? 31...Qd6-f4 1.91. Huh, that’s a big blunder, how
could SOS miss that? Black crumbles in face of a dire situation. . 9.62/8
[¹31...Kg8-h8+-] 32.Bd4xf6 8.89/6
Kg8-h8 21.45/10 33.Rg3xg7 21.45/11
Rf7xg7 21.45/9 34.Bf6xg7+ 21.45/11
Kh8xg7 21.48/9 1–0 Here a 5 min Blitz game, ponder on,
against Ruffian: Ruffian 1.04 - Dr. Axel Schumacher [C12] C12: French: Classical System:
McCutcheon Variation 1.e2-e4 e7-e6 2.d2-d4 d7-d5
3.Nb1–c3 Ng8-f6 4.Bc1–g5 Bf8-b4 5.e4xd5 Qd8xd5 6.Ng1–f3 Nf6-e4 -0.07/10
7.Bg5-d2 -0.17/8 Bb4xc3 -0.07/9
8.b2xc3 -0.07/7 c7-c5 -0.07/8
9.Bf1–d3 -0.07/10 Ne4xd2 0.25/9
10.Qd1xd2 0.25/11 c5-c4 0.25/11
11.Bd3-e2 0.25/12 0–0 0.25/11
12.0–0 0.39/11 Nb8-d7 0.39/10
13.Qd2-f4 0.16/11 Nd7-b6 0.16/9
14.Rf1–e1 -0.04/11 Qd5-a5 -0.07/9
15.Qf4-d2 -0.46/11 f7-f6 -0.41/9
16.Nf3-h4 -0.98/12 [16.Qd2-e3!?³ deserves consideration] 16...g7-g5
-0.98/11 17.Nh4-f3 -0.98/13
g5-g4 -0.98/11 18.Nf3-e5 -0.98/12
f6xe5 -0.98/10 19.Qd2-g5+ -0.98/12
Kg8-h8 -0.98/9 20.Be2xg4 -0.98/10
Bc8-d7 -1.19/8 21.Qg5-h5 -1.58/9
Rf8-f4 -1.71/7 22.g2-g3 -1.95/11
Rf4-f6 -1.95/9 23.d4xe5 -2.12/10
[23.Qh5xe5 Nb6-d5 24.Bg4-f3 Ra8-f8–+] 23...Rf6-g6 -2.12/10
24.Bg4-f3 -2.12/11 Nb6-d5 -2.12/7
25.Bf3-e4 -2.31/11 [25.Qh5-h4 Ra8-f8 26.Bf3-g2 Bd7-c6
27.Qh4xc4 Rf8-f7–+] 25...Nd5-f6 -2.42/9
26.Qh5-d1 -2.50/11 [26.Qh5-e2 Nf6xe4 27.Qe2xe4 Bd7-c6
28.Qe4xc4 Bc6-d5–+] 26...Nf6xe4 -2.50/10
27.Qd1xd7 -2.50/11 Qa5xe5 -2.50/9
28.Qd7xb7 -2.50/12 Qe5-d5 -2.62/10
29.Ra1–b1 -3.05/11 Ne4-d2 -3.05/11
30.Re1–d1 -2.99/9 Ra8-d8 -2.97/7
31.Qb7xd5 -3.30/11 Rd8xd5 -3.30/11
32.Rb1–b8+ -3.56/13 Rg6-g8 -3.56/12
33.Rb8xg8+ -3.40/9 Kh8xg8 -3.40/10
34.Kg1–g2 -3.56/13 Nd2-e4 -3.48/11
35.Rd1–e1 -3.56/13 Ne4xc3 -3.48/11 36.Re1xe6 -3.56/11
Rd5-d2 -3.56/10 37.Re6-e8+ -3.56/11
Kg8-f7 -3.56/9 38.Re8-a8 -3.74/11
Rd2xc2 -3.74/11 39.Ra8xa7+ -3.74/11
Kf7-g6 -3.74/9 40.a2-a4 -3.74/11
Nc3-d1 -3.74/9 41.Ra7-a6+ -3.74/10
Kg6-g5 -3.56/10 42.h2-h4+ -4.45/12
[42.Ra6-a5+ doesn't improve anything 42...Kg5-f6 43.Ra5-a6+ Kf6-f5–+] 42...Kg5-g4
-4.45/12 43.Ra6-f6 -4.45/12
c4-c3 -4.50/12 44.Rf6-f4+ -4.50/10
Kg4-h5 -4.50/8 45.Rf4-f5+ -4.50/11
Kh5-h6 -4.50/10 46.Kg2-f1 -4.77/11
Nd1xf2 -4.77/9 47.Rf5-f3 -4.77/11
Kh6-g6 -5.08/9 48.Kf1–e1 -5.61/11
Nf2-e4 -5.61/10 49.Rf3-f4 -5.61/10
[49.h4-h5+ doesn't do any good 49...Kg6-g5 50.Rf3-e3 Kg5-f5–+] 49...Ne4-c5
-5.63/9 50.Rf4-c4 -8.23/11
[50.h4-h5+ does not improve anything 50...Kg6-h6 51.Rf4-d4 Rc2-a2
52.Rd4-d6+ Kh6-g7 53.h5-h6+ Kg7-f7–+] 50...Nc5-d3+ -8.23/13
51.Ke1–f1 -7.00/11 Rc2-f2+ -7.20/11
52.Kf1–g1 -7.20/10 c3-c2 -7.20/9 0–1 |
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CE Board v2.1.589.1 |
A. Zanchetta |
Pocket PC |
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Additional to it’s
chess playing engines, CEBoard is an application made to enter and view chess
games on a Pocket PC. It can be downloaded for free at http://www.zanchetta.net/CEBoard/ .It saves and loads files using
the PGN standard which allows to review in software
like Chessbase games entered on Pocket PC, and to
review on a PPC games published on the Internet. It allows the entering of
variations, comments and setup of positions. The best function in my opinion
is the support of text annotation in PGN-files. Unfortunately, CEBoard does
not have sound support and the design is not as good as it’s
commercial competitors, but it is still good enough that you do not get a
headache using it. CEBoard comes with currently three engines (more probably
to come). The main chess engine is Crafty Classic 2004, developed by Michael
Byrne which is a special version of Robert Hyatt's famous Crafty. It has many
different personalities against which you can play such as Beginner, Novice,
Expert, Anand, Botwinnik,
Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov, Lasker,
Steinitz and many others. Additionally, the probably
two strongest chess engines Fruit and Toga (based on Fruit) are downloadable
(and another chess engine, Homer, will follow soon). Windows CE is not as
powerful as Windows XP and does not include a task manager able to kill a
process without user interface. Therefore, the engines are integrated into CEBoard's process as DLLs. For the Crafty engine, many
opening books are available, however the cab-file does
not include any opening books. You have to download them and then copy them
into you device and change the registry (this part is explained at the
homepage). Crafty Classic 2004 is the only Pocket PC engine that supports
endgame-tablebases (entire 4 -man EGTB takes up only about 30 MB). In order
to support endgame-tablebases, you have to specify their path in the Pocket
PC's registry. For that, you have to use a tool such as PHM Registry Editor.
Other valuable features are a logfile function and
landscape mode, among others. Unfortunately, CEBoard has neither a Hint
button, nor does it have a coach watching feature, which is standard in most
other programs. Missing is also an help-file, which
may be helpful in figuring out the many features of this program. A nice and
unique function of CEBoard is it’s dynamic level
adjustment, which adjusts it’s playing strength to the user. In general,
CEBoard offers many different playing levels and time control options (incl.
Fischer time control), although the time/move feature and predefined time
controls are missing. The move entry can also be improved; sliding of the
pieces is not supported. Overall, I think that it can be the best chess
software for Pocket PC in the near future – and that for free. Therefore, I
recommend to everybody to support this software by testing it. I’m sure the
programmer Alain Zanchetta will acknowledge any
feedback. From my experience, the programmer is very nice guy and he is active
in several computer chess forums. Here a game against Crafty Classic
2004 (5 min Blitz): Dr. Axel Schumacher - Crafty Classic 2004 [E10] E10: Blumenfeld
Gambit 1.Ng1–f3 Ng8-f6 2.d2-d4 e7-e6 3.c2-c4 Bf8-e7 0.13/11
4.Nb1–c3 0.13/10 0–0 0.28/10
5.e2-e3 0.13/10 Nb8-c6 0.25/11
6.a2-a3 0.22/11 d7-d5 0.15/9
7.Bf1–d3 0.12/11 d5xc4 0.12/11
8.Bd3xc4 0.12/9 e6-e5 8...Be7-d6 0.12
0.57/11 9.Nf3xe5 0.57/11
Nc6xe5 0.57/12 10.d4xe5 0.57/11
Qd8xd1+ 0.57/13 11.Nc3xd1 0.57/12
Nf6-g4 0.57/11 12.f2-f4 0.58/9
Bc8-e6 12...Rf8-d8
0.58 1.46/13 [¹12...Rf8-d8!?² has some apparent merit] 13.Bc4xe6
1.46/12 f7xe6 1.46/11
14.Nd1–c3 1.22/9 Be7-c5 14...Ra8-d8 1.22
1.74/12 15.Ke1–e2 1.67/10
Ra8-d8 1.74/11 16.Nc3-e4 1.70/11
Bc5-e7 1.94/11 17.Bc1–d2 1.94/9
a7-a6 2.22/12 18.Bd2-b4 2.22/11
Be7xb4 2.22/11 19.a3xb4 2.22/10
Rf8-e8 2.82/12 20.h2-h3 2.82/14
Ng4-h6 2.82/12 21.Rh1–d1 2.63/10
Rd8xd1 3.01/12 22.Ra1xd1 3.01/11
Re8-e7 3.88/11 23.Ne4-c5 3.88/11
c7-c6 4.15/13 24.Rd1–d8+ 4.15/13
Kg8-f7 4.15/11 25.Rd8-b8 4.15/11
Nh6-f5 25...g7-g5
4.15 5.50/11 [25...g7-g5 is not much help 26.Nc5xb7
g5xf4 27.e3xf4+-] 26.g2-g4 5.50/12
Nf5-h4 5.88/11 27.Nc5xb7 5.88/11
Kf7-g6 6.27/11 28.Nb7-d8 6.27/11
h7-h5 7.14/11 29.Nd8xc6 7.14/11
Re7-c7 7.14/10 30.Rb8-b6 7.14/10 1–0 Here a game against Fruit 2.1 (10 min Blitz): Dr. Axel Schumacher - Fruit 2.1 [A04] A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack 1.Ng1–f3 c7-c5 2.g2-g3 g7-g6 3.Bf1–g2 Bf8-g7 4.c2-c3 Nb8-c6 5.0–0 Qd8-b6 0.20/9 6.Nb1–a3 -0.02/11 d7-d5 -0.02/9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
