Revised chess.com handicap match

[lkaufman]

Two blunders: Seventh move threw away all advantage, eighth move lost the game. Up to move seven, opening play was excellent by White. This handicap is almost unplayable against well-prepared opponent.

[Event "Rapid 45m + 30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. Nc3 {0} e6 {0.01/1 0} 2. Bd3 {33} Nc6 {
0.01/1 0} 3. e5 {267} d5 {1.21/31 95} 4. Qh5+ {81} Kd7 {1.25/34 0} 5. Nxd5 {502
} exd5 {1.48/39 0} 6. Bf5+ {16 (Qg4+)} Ke7 {1.54/5 0} 7. Qh4+ {153 (Bg5+)} Kf7
{-1.83/32 60} 8. Qh5+ {217 (Qf4)} g6 {-3.96/33 51} 9. Bxg6+ {18} hxg6 {-4.01/
35 29} 10. Qxh8 {18} Bg7 {-3.89/33 39} 11. Qh7 {27} Nxd4 {-3.96/33 33} 0-1

[JJJ]

Two blunders: Seventh move threw away all advantage, eighth move lost the game. Up to move seven, opening play was excellent by White. This handicap is almost unplayable against well-prepared opponent.

[Event "Rapid 45m + 30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. Nc3 {0} e6 {0.01/1 0} 2. Bd3 {33} Nc6 {
0.01/1 0} 3. e5 {267} d5 {1.21/31 95} 4. Qh5+ {81} Kd7 {1.25/34 0} 5. Nxd5 {502
} exd5 {1.48/39 0} 6. Bf5+ {16 (Qg4+)} Ke7 {1.54/5 0} 7. Qh4+ {153 (Bg5+)} Kf7
{-1.83/32 60} 8. Qh5+ {217 (Qf4)} g6 {-3.96/33 51} 9. Bxg6+ {18} hxg6 {-4.01/
35 29} 10. Qxh8 {18} Bg7 {-3.89/33 39} 11. Qh7 {27} Nxd4 {-3.96/33 33} 0-1

First blunder made the game equal, he would have loose even without the second one.

Also so far, in positionnal advantage, no GM was well prepared enough to win any single game. But I guess in this one, they could win some games.

[simon]

Posting the moves in the PGN viewer
[pgn][Event "Rapid 45m + 30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. Nc3 {0} e6 {0.01/1 0} 2. Bd3 {33} Nc6 {
0.01/1 0} 3. e5 {267} d5 {1.21/31 95} 4. Qh5+ {81} Kd7 {1.25/34 0} 5. Nxd5 {502
} exd5 {1.48/39 0} 6. Bf5+ {16 (Qg4+)} Ke7 {1.54/5 0} 7. Qh4+ {153 (Bg5+)} Kf7
{-1.83/32 60} 8. Qh5+ {217 (Qf4)} g6 {-3.96/33 51} 9. Bxg6+ {18} hxg6 {-4.01/
35 29} 10. Qxh8 {18} Bg7 {-3.89/33 39} 11. Qh7 {27} Nxd4 {-3.96/33 33} 0-1[/pgn]

[JJJ]

Danny is gonna loose the last game, I was right again

[lkaufman]

Another quick loss, although this time his mistakes weren't as obvious as in the previous game. It seems these handicaps are GM-level handicaps; for a typical IM like Danny we probably should try knight for pawn.



[Event "Rapid 45m+30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/p2ppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. d4 {0} Bb7 {0.01/1 0} 2. c4 {32} e5 {0.76/30
177} 3. Nf3 {224 (dxe5)} exd4 {0.76/30 123} 4. Nxd4 {55} Bc5 {0.77/31 91} 5.
Nc3 {300 (Nb3)} Nf6 {0.76/32 116} 6. Nb3 {85 (Bf4)} Bb4 {0.34/28 62} 7. Bd2 {31
} O-O {0.47/31 122} 8. a3 {192 (f3)} Bd6 {0.37/30 118} 9. Nd4 {527 (Nb5)} Nc6 {
-0.16/32 180} 10. Nxc6 {313 (Bg5)} Bxc6 {0.00/31 172} 11. e3 {31 (Be3)} Rb8 {
-0.59/30 99} 12. Qc2 {86 (Nd5)} Re8 {-0.59/30 105} 13. Nb5 {233 (b4)} Be5 {
-0.65/30 53} 14. Bc3 {40} Ng4 {-0.55/30 21} 15. Bxe5 {276 (0-0-0)} Rxe5 {
-1.04/30 42} 16. Nd4 {229 (h4)} Qh4 {-2.23/34 52} 17. g3 {124 (0-0-0)} Nxe3 {
-8.78/33 25} 18. fxe3 {255 (gxh4)} Qxd4 {-12.88/32 254} 0-1

[simon]

[pgn][Event "Rapid 45m+30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/p2ppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. d4 {0} Bb7 {0.01/1 0} 2. c4 {32} e5 {0.76/30
177} 3. Nf3 {224 (dxe5)} exd4 {0.76/30 123} 4. Nxd4 {55} Bc5 {0.77/31 91} 5.
Nc3 {300 (Nb3)} Nf6 {0.76/32 116} 6. Nb3 {85 (Bf4)} Bb4 {0.34/28 62} 7. Bd2 {31
} O-O {0.47/31 122} 8. a3 {192 (f3)} Bd6 {0.37/30 118} 9. Nd4 {527 (Nb5)} Nc6 {
-0.16/32 180} 10. Nxc6 {313 (Bg5)} Bxc6 {0.00/31 172} 11. e3 {31 (Be3)} Rb8 {
-0.59/30 99} 12. Qc2 {86 (Nd5)} Re8 {-0.59/30 105} 13. Nb5 {233 (b4)} Be5 {
-0.65/30 53} 14. Bc3 {40} Ng4 {-0.55/30 21} 15. Bxe5 {276 (0-0-0)} Rxe5 {
-1.04/30 42} 16. Nd4 {229 (h4)} Qh4 {-2.23/34 52} 17. g3 {124 (0-0-0)} Nxe3 {
-8.78/33 25} 18. fxe3 {255 (gxh4)} Qxd4 {-12.88/32 254} 0-1[/pgn]

[Teemu Pudas]

Another quick loss, although this time his mistakes weren't as obvious as in the previous game.

3. d5 would have shut out black's entire queenside long enough for white to consolidate.

The whole Nf3-d4-b3-d4-c6 maneuver just made Black's light-squared bishop extremely powerful while neglecting development - the position after 11...Rb8 looks like it came from some weird gambit where Black has sacrificed two pawns for all these tempi.

I'd like to play 9. f3 followed by 10. e4 (what White should have been strategically aiming for), but the tactics are admittedly too scary-looking (9. Qc2 looks good instead). 6. f3 would have been the safe time to play it. White gets a Maroczy bind (or at least a solid center if 6...d5) and Black lacks the pawns to contest it.

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

Posting the moves in the PGN viewer
[pgn][Event "Rapid 45m + 30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. Nc3 {0} e6 {0.01/1 0} 2. Bd3 {33} Nc6 {
0.01/1 0} 3. e5 {267} d5 {1.21/31 95} 4. Qh5+ {81} Kd7 {1.25/34 0} 5. Nxd5 {502
} exd5 {1.48/39 0} 6. Bf5+ {16 (Qg4+)} Ke7 {1.54/5 0} 7. Qh4+ {153 (Bg5+)} Kf7
{-1.83/32 60} 8. Qh5+ {217 (Qf4)} g6 {-3.96/33 51} 9. Bxg6+ {18} hxg6 {-4.01/
35 29} 10. Qxh8 {18} Bg7 {-3.89/33 39} 11. Qh7 {27} Nxd4 {-3.96/33 33} 0-1[/pgn]

good game.

I thought I was the person on the planet making the most mistakes against engines, but it is difficult or impossible to rival Rensch.

he will write a good article for chess.com, though.

PS. see how in all computer-human games, the human starts playing considerably worse and less energetic with each subsequent game.

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

Another quick loss, although this time his mistakes weren't as obvious as in the previous game. It seems these handicaps are GM-level handicaps; for a typical IM like Danny we probably should try knight for pawn.



[Event "Rapid 45m+30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/p2ppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. d4 {0} Bb7 {0.01/1 0} 2. c4 {32} e5 {0.76/30
177} 3. Nf3 {224 (dxe5)} exd4 {0.76/30 123} 4. Nxd4 {55} Bc5 {0.77/31 91} 5.
Nc3 {300 (Nb3)} Nf6 {0.76/32 116} 6. Nb3 {85 (Bf4)} Bb4 {0.34/28 62} 7. Bd2 {31
} O-O {0.47/31 122} 8. a3 {192 (f3)} Bd6 {0.37/30 118} 9. Nd4 {527 (Nb5)} Nc6 {
-0.16/32 180} 10. Nxc6 {313 (Bg5)} Bxc6 {0.00/31 172} 11. e3 {31 (Be3)} Rb8 {
-0.59/30 99} 12. Qc2 {86 (Nd5)} Re8 {-0.59/30 105} 13. Nb5 {233 (b4)} Be5 {
-0.65/30 53} 14. Bc3 {40} Ng4 {-0.55/30 21} 15. Bxe5 {276 (0-0-0)} Rxe5 {
-1.04/30 42} 16. Nd4 {229 (h4)} Qh4 {-2.23/34 52} 17. g3 {124 (0-0-0)} Nxe3 {
-8.78/33 25} 18. fxe3 {255 (gxh4)} Qxd4 {-12.88/32 254} 0-1

that is already hilarious.

he will certainly write a good article.

one can not play chess, when one comments online at the same time, that is more than clear.

I guess, if he was entirely concentrated on the game, he would play much better.

some people use just 1% of their concentration on the board, I use 100%.

Fischer

[lkaufman]

Another quick loss, although this time his mistakes weren't as obvious as in the previous game. It seems these handicaps are GM-level handicaps; for a typical IM like Danny we probably should try knight for pawn.



[Event "Rapid 45m+30s"]
[Site "chess.com"]
[Date "2017.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rensch, Danny"]
[Black "Komodo 1918.00 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/p2ppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[TimeControl "2700+30"]

{6144MB, Book2016.ctg, 24core} 1. d4 {0} Bb7 {0.01/1 0} 2. c4 {32} e5 {0.76/30
177} 3. Nf3 {224 (dxe5)} exd4 {0.76/30 123} 4. Nxd4 {55} Bc5 {0.77/31 91} 5.
Nc3 {300 (Nb3)} Nf6 {0.76/32 116} 6. Nb3 {85 (Bf4)} Bb4 {0.34/28 62} 7. Bd2 {31
} O-O {0.47/31 122} 8. a3 {192 (f3)} Bd6 {0.37/30 118} 9. Nd4 {527 (Nb5)} Nc6 {
-0.16/32 180} 10. Nxc6 {313 (Bg5)} Bxc6 {0.00/31 172} 11. e3 {31 (Be3)} Rb8 {
-0.59/30 99} 12. Qc2 {86 (Nd5)} Re8 {-0.59/30 105} 13. Nb5 {233 (b4)} Be5 {
-0.65/30 53} 14. Bc3 {40} Ng4 {-0.55/30 21} 15. Bxe5 {276 (0-0-0)} Rxe5 {
-1.04/30 42} 16. Nd4 {229 (h4)} Qh4 {-2.23/34 52} 17. g3 {124 (0-0-0)} Nxe3 {
-8.78/33 25} 18. fxe3 {255 (gxh4)} Qxd4 {-12.88/32 254} 0-1

that is already hilarious.

he will certainly write a good article.

one can not play chess, when one comments online at the same time, that is more than clear.

I guess, if he was entirely concentrated on the game, he would play much better.

some people use just 1% of their concentration on the board, I use 100%.

Fischer

Some of the best results by GMs vs Komodo (drawn matches by Hess and Williams) have been self-commented, so I don't think we can make a general statement that they play worse with the extra 15" per move when self-commenting. But I agree that this was the case this time.