Round 2
ZoG - SM1.17 = 1-0
SM0.59 - G.V = will follow tomorrow along with 3 round........
Me bye....

ZoG - SM1.17 = 1-0
This game came as a surprise to me partly because although at one moment Smirf 1.17 seemed it will take the win, it finally lost, but mainly because i had highly overestimated its strength and this game showed to me that Smirf has a long way to travel before it can become the way i have imagined it was..........

3 VERY IMPORTANT things:

1)Smirf once again (like in its game on the GC forum with Gothic Vortex) gave one of its major pieces for a combination of 2 minor pieces. Specifically it gave its Chancellor for a Rook and a Bishop. As Ed Trice said and i completely agree, this exchange is completely wrong if there are no immediate advantages. I definitely advice Reinhard to give a penalty for such an exchange, if there is no tactical trick in the horizon that gains immediate advantage.......

2)Smirf even after having 2 Rooks against a Rook and a Chancellor of ZoG, it evaluated the position as unclear or even at some moments as its advantage!!!!!!!!Not a really trustworthy evaluation......

3)The time control can be characterized as a rather rapid game or even blitz game, so as Reinhard has already said about Smirf, having problems with non-slow controls, this is definite "excuse"
for Smirf for answering the bad play after one point. But it's definitely no excuse for the above
2 things i mentioned........Slow or blitz, even thinking to give a C for a R+B without an immediate gain, but for stretegical reasons, is completely wrong.....And having an drawing evaluation in a game you have 2R versus R+C is again completely wrong.......

Table after the half 2 round:

PLAYER |POINTS/GAMES

Me          | 1.0/1.0

G.Vortex | 1.0/1.0

ZoG        | 1.0/2.0

Smirf1.17| 0.0/2.0

Smirf0.59| 0.0/0.0


Tha only game played:

[Event "Gothic Chess"]
[Site "CHESSBOX"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Time "22:37:36"]
[Round "User Game ?"]
[White "ZoG"]
[Black "SM1.17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

{The time limit has been passed.} 1. Af3 Nc6 {(11.00) +0.020} 2. Nc3 Nh6
{(11.07) +0.180} 3. Nh3 g6 {(10.14) +0.248} 4. d3 Bf6 {(10.04=) +0.323} 5. Nd5
d6 {(10.01) +0.068} 6. Nxf6 Axf6 {(11.01=) +0.049} 7. Ag5 Ag4 {(10.26) +0.188}
8. Bf4 O-O {(11.01) +0.438} 9. f3 Ai6 {(10.47=) +0.417} 10. d4 Axg5 {(12.01)
+0.776} 11. Bxg5 Ni4 {(11.25) +0.895} 12. Bi3 h5 {(11.23) +0.909} 13. j3 h4
{(11.02=) +0.645} 14. jxi4 hxi3 {(11.06) +0.645} 15. hxi3 e5 {(10.31) +0.526}
16. d5 Nd4 {(11.01) +0.799} 17. e3 Nf5 {(12.38) +0.901} 18. Ce2 Qxi3 {(10.25)
+2.036} 19. i5 Bd7 {(10.02=) +2.207} 20. Kf2 Qf6 {(09.01) +2.426} 21. Qd3 a6
{(09.01) +2.563} 22. Qe4 Qi3 {(09.01) +2.465} 23. Rj3 Qh4+ {(12.00) +2.305} 24.
g3 Qxe4 {(12.00) +1.982} 25. fxe4 Ng7 {(13.00) +1.620} 26. Bf3 Cf6 {(11.19)
+1.347} 27. Kg2 Nh5 {(12.01) +1.485} 28. i4 Ni3+ {(13.14) +2.030} 29. Rxi3 Rxh3
{(15.00) +2.082} 30. Cf2 Cxf3 {(14.00-) +2.253} 31. Cxf3 Rxi3 {(16.17) +0.000}
32. Cxf7 Ri2+ {(15.29) +0.000} 33. Kf3 Bh3 {(16.01) +0.000} 34. Cg7+ Kj8
{(19.01) +0.000} 35. Ch7+ Ki8 {(18.00?) +0.000} 36. Cxh3 Rf8+ {(16.03) +1.241}
37. Kg4 Rxi4+ {(14.25) +0.628} 38. Kg5 Rxe4 {(14.16) +0.763} 39. g4 Rc4
{(13.00-) +0.576} 40. Ch2 Rg8 {(13.15) +0.000} 41. b3 Rc3 {(14.22) +0.249} 42.
Ce2 Rc5 {(16.00) -0.797} 43. Rd1 Kj8 {(13.01) -0.038} 44. e4 Ki8 {(13.01)
+0.078} 45. Kf6 g5 {(12.23) -0.644} 46. Rh1 c6 {(14.04) -0.912} 47. Ke6 cxd5
{(14.10) -1.059} 48. Kxd6 Rc6+ {(15.01) -1.443} 49. Kxd5 Rgc8 {(14.08) -1.961}
50. c4 Rc5+ {(14.01) -2.115} 51. Ke6 b5 {(13.11) -2.203} 52. Cd2 bxc4 {(15.01=)
-1.715} 53. bxc4 Rxc4 {(14.06) -1.891} 54. Kxe5 Re8+ {(14.20) -1.883} 55. Kf5
Rc5+ {(16.01) -2.111} 56. Kg6 Rce5 {(14.16) -1.828} 57. Rf1 Rg8+ {(15.01)
-2.354} 58. Kf6 Ree8 {(16.00) -2.020} 59. e5 Ref8+ {(15.15) -2.020} 60. Ke6 Rd8
{(15.02) -2.128} 61. Cb1 Rde8+ {(13.18) -2.104} 62. Kf5 Ref8+ {(14.05=) -2.603}
63. Ke4 Rb8 {(14.01) -2.811} 64. Cc3 Rb4+ {(13.01=) -2.522} 65. Kf5 Rf8+
{(12.16) -2.629} 66. Kg6 Rg8+ {(15.16) -2.802} 67. Kf7 Rbb8 {(15.00) -2.962}
68. Rf6 a5 {(14.00) -3.012} 69. e6 Rbf8+ {(15.01=) -3.733} 70. Ke7 Rd8 {(14.15)
-4.354} 71. Rf5 Rde8+ {(13.01) -4.199} 72. Kf6 Ref8+ {(14.11) -5.020} 73. Ke5
Rb8 {(15.02=) -6.872} 74. e7 j6 {(13.22) -5.497} 75. ixj6 ixj6 {(13.00-)
-9.127} 76. Ci3+ Kj8 {(14.03) -46.37} 77. Ci6+ Kj7 {(13.00?) -18.19} 78. Cd6
Rb5+ {(16.25) -37.10} 1-0

I should note that the above PGN to be pasted into Smirf it has to be "fixed" first, as the Brainking posts-system breaks the line with the FEN......