Olympiads game : Tao vs Francesca .. Did Tao missed a draw ?

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 07 May 2004 10:42:05:

hello ,
here is a commented game concerning tao and francesca ... i guess that tao miss a draw with in 81th move...

[Event "Zonal5: western Europe"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tao 5.6"]
[Black "Francesca mad 0.9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[Time "16:24:28"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation"]
[TimeControl "40/600:40/600:40/600"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "328"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6
8. a3 Nc6
{
First move out of book for francesca.
}
9. axb4
{
and now Tao began to think ....
}
9... Nxb4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nc3
{
the opening is over... White have a good center of pawn wich can become a target for black.
}
11... Qc7
{
the queen aims the white castle and protect b7.
}
12. Qb3 a5
{
12.....Nc6 is not really active... because of 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 and the knigth is
chase away from c6 and the d5 pawn remain isolated.
The knigth has a strong square in b4
}
13. e4 Rfc8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nd2
{
if 15.exd5 ?! Nxd5 16.c5 and the pawn d4 is isolated.
}
15... dxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Nf3 Rab8
{
17......Bxf3 18.Bxf3 will gain a pawn with 18....Qxc4 or 18....Qxe5.but black will lose activity.
}
18. Nb5
{
avoiding 18....b5
}
18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qb6 20. Qa4
{
tao wants to protect his pawn , but white lacks mobility.
}
20... Ra8 21. Rad1
{
white could figth for the control over the c-column by Rac1!?
}
21... Rc2 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qa1 Qc7
{
and now the c-column is under black control.
}
25. Nd4 Rc5
{
white pawn structure is qite weack , and now the pawn become targets ...
}
26. Nb3 Rxe5 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Nc5 Qxb5 29. Bf1 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5
{
francesca trade a queen for a rook and a Knigth...
}
31. b3 b6 32. Kg2 e5
{
now every pawn are on dark square and black pieces are all protected.
}
33. Qd1 Nd5 34. Qe2 Ndc7
{
This move enables black to control a6 and b5 and avoids a white queen activation!
}
35. Qg4 b5 36. Qe4 Rd5 37. Qe3 Rd4 38. Qxe5 Rb4 39. Qc3 Ne6 40. Be2 h6 41.
Bd1 Rd4 42. Bc2 Rb4 43. Qc6 Kf8 44. Qb6 Nd4 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Bd1 Ne6 47.
Qb6 Rd4 48. Be2 Nd6 49. Bxb5 Nxb5 50. Qxb5 Rb4 51. Qd5 Nf8 52. f4 a4 53.
bxa4 Rxa4 54. f5 Ra7 55. Kf3 Nd7 56. h3 Kh7 57. Qb3 Ne5+ 58. Ke4 f6 59. h4
Ra1 60. Qc3 Ra2 61. Qe1 Ra4+ 62. Kd5 Ra3 63. h5 Kh8 64. Qg1 Ra5+ 65. Ke6
Ra6+ 66. Ke7 Ra7+ 67. Kd6 Ra6+ 68. Kc7 Ra2 69. Kb6 Rc2 70. Kb5 Rb2+ 71. Kc5
Rf2 72. Qh1 Rd2 73. Qh3 Nd3+ 74. Kb5 Ne5 75. Kb4 Nf7 76. Kc3 Rf2 77. Kd4
Nd6 78. g4 Rf4+ 79. Kd5 Nc4 80. Qb3 Rxg4 81. Qb1
{
81.Qxc4 Rxc4 82.Kxc4 Kg8 83.Kd5 could probably give a draw...
}
81... Ne5 82. Ke6 Rg5 83. Qh1 Rg4 84. Kd5 Rf4 85. Qc1 Rh4 86. Qd1 Kh7 87.
Qe2 Rf4 88. Qe1 Nf7 89. Qd2 Rh4 90. Qe2 Ng5 91. Kc6 Rb4 92. Qe8 Re4 93.
Qg6+ Kh8 94. Kd6 Re5 95. Kd7 Ne4 96. Kc6 Nc3 97. Qg1 Nd5 98. Qg4 Ne7+ 99.
Kd7 Nxf5 100. Qh3 Nd4 101. Qc3 Ne6 102. Ke7 Kh7 103. Qd3+ Kg8 104. Qb3 Re1
105. Kd6 Re4 106. Qb7 Ng5 107. Qc8+ Kf7 108. Qb7+ Kf8 109. Kc5 Re5+ 110.
Kb4 Ne6 111. Qa8+ Kf7 112. Qa7+ Kg8 113. Qa8+ Kh7 114. Qf3 f5 115. Kc3 Rc5+
116. Kb4 Rb5+ 117. Kc4 Rc5+ 118. Kb4 Nd4 119. Qg2 Re5 120. Qg6+ Kg8 121.
Qd6 Nf3 122. Kc4 Kh7 123. Qg6+ Kh8 124. Qc6 Ng5 125. Qc7 Re8 126. Qd7 Rf8
127. Qd6 Rf6 128. Qf4 Kh7 129. Kd5 Ne6 130. Qf3 f4 131. Ke5 Kh8 132. Qa8+
Nf8 133. Qf3 Nh7 134. Qa8+ Rf8 135. Qf3 Ng5 136. Qa3 Rf7 137. Qa8+ Kh7 138.
Qc6 f3 139. Qc2+ Kg8 140. Qc8+ Rf8 141. Qc4+ Kh8 142. Qc5 Re8+ 143. Kd5 Ne4
144. Qg1 f2 145. Qf1 Nf6+ 146. Kd4 Ng4 147. Qg2 Rf8 148. Qf1 Rf4+ 149. Kc5
Nh2 150. Qb1 f1=Q 151. Qb8+ Kh7 152. Qb3 Qc1+ 153. Kb5 Rf5+ 154. Kb6 Rf6+
155. Kb5 Rf8 156. Qd3+ Kh8 157. Qd6 Qb1+ 158. Kc6 Rc8+ 159. Kd7 Qb7+ 160.
Ke6 Re8+ 161. Qe7 Rxe7+ 162. Kd6 Nf3 163. Kc5 Rc7+ 164. Kd6 Qc6#
0-1

[Will Singleton]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Will Singleton at 07 May 2004 19:08:03:
Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Olympiads game : Tao vs Francesca .. Did Tao missed a draw ??? geschrieben von:/posted by: Nicolas Normand at 07 May 2004 10:42:05:

hello ,
here is a commented game concerning tao and francesca ... i guess that tao miss a draw with in 81th move...

Yes, but I think most engines wouldn't take the draw, thinking they are ahead. Even so, white probably could have had a draw later on with 93.Qa8.
Will