Komodo vs. Larry K on chess.com

[Paloma]

If we don't see a live broadcast, it's no use to us.

[lkaufman]

go to chess.com/live, look for games of playkomodo. First game drawn, I pressed for over a hundred moves, trying to win endgame up bishop for two pawns, couldn't find a way.

[Paloma]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - Odds Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2019.08.28"] [Round "?"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "hissha"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnqbknbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1QBKNBR w KQkq -"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2960"] [BlackElo "2294"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [EndTime "15:05:07 PDT"] [Termination "Game drawn by repetition"] 1. d4 f6 2. f3 d5 3. c3 Bf7 4. Qd2 e6 5. Ng3 c6 6. e4 Bc7 7. Be3 Ng6 8. Bc2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. b3 b5 11. f4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ne7 13. a4 a6 14. Qe2 h6 15. Nf2 Nd5 16. Bd2 f5 17. Nd3 N5f6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qe8 20. Qe1 Kh8 21. Bc1 Bd6 22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 N5f6 24. Be3 a5 25. h3 Bc7 26. Kh2 Rb8 27. Kh1 Bg8 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Bc1 Qh5 30. Ba3 Rfe8 31. Rd1 Bf7 32. Rc1 g5 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. fxe5 g4 35. Bxe4 gxf3 36. Bxf3 Qg5 37. Ra1 Red8 38. Bc5 Be8 39. Qc3 Qg7 40. Qa3 Bb6 41. Be7 Kh7 42. Bxd8 Rxd8 43. c5 Bc7 44. Rd1 Rb8 45. g4 Qg5 46. Qd3 Kh8 47. gxf5 Qxf5 48. Be4 Qh5 49. Qf1 Qf7 50. Qxf7 Bxf7 51. Bxc6 Rd8 52. Rb1 Rb8 53. Rxb8+ Bxb8 54. Kg2 Kg7 55. Bb5 Kf8 56. Kg3 Bc7 57. Bc4 Bd8 58. h4 Ke7 59. Bb3 Kd7 60. Bc4 Be7 61. Be2 Kc7 62. Bf3 Be8 63. Bd1 Bc6 64. Kg4 Bd5 65. Kg3 Kc6 66. Kg4 Kc7 67. Kg3 Bc4 68. Kg4 Kc6 69. Bf3+ Kc7 70. Bd1 Ba2 71. Bc2 Bd5 72. Bd1 Kd7 73. Kg3 Ke8 74. h5 Kd8 75. Kf2 Bg5 76. Ke2 Kc7 77. Kd3 Bc6 78. Kc3 Be8 79. Kd3 Bh4 80. Kc4 Bf2 81. Kc3 Bc6 82. Kc4 Bd5+ 83. Kc3 Kc6 84. Be2 Kc7 85. Bd1 Be1+ 86. Kb2 Bb4 87. Bg4 Kc6 88. Be2 Kc7 89. Bd1 Be1 90. Bg4 Kc6 91. Be2 Bf2 92. Kc3 Be1+ 93. Kb2 Be4 94. Bb5+ Kc7 95. Be2 Bb4 96. Bg4 Bd5 97. Bd1 Bc6 98. Kb3 Be4 99. Be2 Bd5+ 100. Kb2 Be1 101. Bg4 Bg3 102. Kc3 Kc6 103. Kb2 Bf2 104. Kc3 Bg1 105. Be2 Be3 106. Kd3 Bf2 107. Kc3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Marcus9]

I remember that IM daniel rensch won easily vs Komodo with knight odd in a 3'+2" game few years ago (I don't think it run on a fast computer). I bet it won't be that easy now, I'd like to see a rematch, but at least 4 games against IM daniel rensch with this odd, maybe in a live on twich. After all they are fast games, you can contact them for a man vs machine like a few years ago?

[lkaufman]

I remember that IM daniel rensch won easily vs Komodo with knight odd in a 3'+2" game few years ago (I don't think it run on a fast computer). I bet it won't be that easy now, I'd like to see a rematch, but at least 4 games against IM daniel rensch with this odd, maybe in a live on twich. After all they are fast games, you can contact them for a man vs machine like a few years ago?

2nd game also drawn. I lost the Exchange quite early, and with just two knights for a rook and no particular plan for my side I settled for repetition. Remember that it's much harder for the human with knight odds in 960 than in normal chess. I think Komodo had a plus score overall vs. Danny in knight odds blitz games, and he often took White (so knight and move) and used much slower hardware. We've shown that Komodo is about even at 3' + 2" at knight odds with two reaonably good GMs, Lenderman and Mikhalevski, and that was some years ago.

[lkaufman]

3rd game also drawn! This time I came under heavy attack, Komodo sacrificed the exchange for what looked like a winning attack, but apparently it was only enough for perpetual check. Lucky me!

[lkaufman]

Fourth game I got into trouble in the opening, and never recovered. A rather crushing defeat. Well, 1.5 out of 4 isn't so bad for 960 knight odds. Probably Komodo would lose a match with these conditions to a GM with a current FIDE rating over 2500. Anyway it shows that knight odds works well with 960, it's just less than normal knight odds.

[lkaufman]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - 960 knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Aug 28, 2019"] [Round "2"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "hissha (GM Larry Kaufman)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbnkbqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BNKBQR w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. f4 f5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g4 fxg4 5. Bg2 Bxg2 6. Qxg2 Nbc6 7. Ne3 e6 8. Nxg4 Nf7 9. Rg1 Be7 10. Nf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxf6 g6 12. c3 Qf8 13. Bxh8 Qxh8 14. h4 O-O-O 15. h5 Rg8 16. O-O-O Qf6 17. hxg6 Rxg6 18. Qh2 Rh6 19. Qg2 Rg6 20. Qh1 Rh6 21. Qg2 Rg6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

In this game Komodo got a strong attack and played an exchange sacrifice (which I expected), which looked likely to win but turned out only to force perpetual check.

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - 960 knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Aug 28, 2019"] [Round "3"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "hissha (GM Larry Kaufman)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbbknqr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BBKNQR w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c3 f5 3. h4 Qf7 4. Bc2 Nfd7 5. f3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Ne3 e6 8. O-O-O b6 9. g4 fxg4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. fxg4 Be7 12. Rf1 Qe8 13. Qg2 Rxf1+ 14. Rxf1 c6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Kb1 Ba6 17. Qg4 Bd6 18. h5 Kh8 19. g6 h6 20. Qg2 Rd8 21. Rf7 Nf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. g7+ Kg8 24. Ng4 Kxg7 25. Ne5+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. Ne5+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kg7 29. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

I got crushed!
[pgn][Event "Live Chess - 960 knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Aug 28, 2019"] [Round "4"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "hissha (GM Larry Kaufman"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnqnkbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1QNKBBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. d4 f5 2. Qd2 g6 3. f3 d5 4. e4 dxe4 5. fxe4 fxe4 6. d5 Bg7 7. Bd4 Bf6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Nxe4 Bf7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bg4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e6 13. O-O c6 14. Rxf7 Nxf7 15. dxe6 Nfe5 16. exd7 Qc7 17. Be6+ Kg7 18. Nc5 Rf6 19. Re1 b6 20. Na6 Qb7 21. Rxe5 Qxa6 22. Bc4 1-0[/pgn]