Novag Diamond II vs Mephisto Berlin 68000 10 games

[Kasparov111]

Berlin 68000 wins an excellent endgame, it held the pressure applied by Diamond II nicely and took its chance with the passed pawns, very strong endgame play in a very instructive game..

54. b4 g3 55. Re3 f4 56. Rd3 Bxe7 57. Nd4 Kg4 58. Nf3 Ra8 59. Ne5+ Kf5 60. Rd1 Ra2 61. Kg1 Kxe5 0-1

Berlin Leads the match: 3-1

Game Replay: https://lichess.org/UgNSFZh2

[Kasparov111]

Game 5 is a Ruy Lopez: Open Bernstein Variation with Berlin 68000 as white...

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2

[Kasparov111]

21 moves in and Berlin 68000 has the advantage it has the black kingside to attack with a nice strategic advantage and the centre is blocked for black to make any progress, Diamond II will have to try and just push those g and h pawns forward to generate some threats...

Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nd3 18. Re2 Kb8 19. a4 b4 20. Rd2 Nf4 21. Ng3 Qe6

[Kasparov111]

Diamond II is getting outplayed again with its king in serious trouble, this position will be very hard for black to hold....

22. Rc2 g5 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Nh5 Qf5 25. Rc6 Rhg8 26. Rxa6 Rg6 27. Rxg6 fxg6 28. Nf6 Bxf6 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. Rc1 Ka7 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Qc1 Kb7 34. Qe1 c6 35. Qxb4+ Kc7

[Kasparov111]

With black's kingside being so open the position just fell apart and it was another impressive win from Berlin 68000, even with this slower 68000 hardware it's still a formidable opponent running Genius....

36. Qa5+ Kb7 37. Qc3 Kc7 38. b4 Kd7 39. b5 cxb5 40. axb5 Re8 41. Rc6 Qb8 42. Qc5 Re1+ 43. Kh2 f3+ 44. g3 Re2 45. h4 g5 46. Qxd5+ Ke7 47. Qxg5+ Kd7 48. Qf5+ Kd8 49. Qxf3 Re1 50. Qd5+ Ke7 51. b6 1-0

Berlin 68000 Leads the Match: 4-1

Game Replay: https://lichess.org/ZQ99Zffh#0

[Kasparov111]

Game 6 is a rare Nimzo Larsen Attack: Modern Variation with Diamond II as white..

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 Bg4 9. Be2

[Kasparov111]

A few pieces have been exchanged and the position looks very drawish...

Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. dxe4 c5 12. Be5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. O-O Qd5 15. Bc3 Qe6 16. Qb5 b6 17. Rad1 Rfd8

[Kasparov111]

Rooks have been traded and it's just a drawn endgame....will Diamond II get a win?

18. Qa6 Bd6 19. Kh1 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Bf8 22. Qe2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bd6 25. Kg1 Bc7 1/2-1/2

Berlin 68000 Leads the Match: 4.5-1.5

Game Replay: https://lichess.org/BruUERnT

[Kasparov111]

Game 7 is a Slav Defense: Czech Variation: Dutch Variation with Berlin 68000 as white...

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Qb3 a5

[Kasparov111]

Diamond II spots some nice tactics with 15.bxh2! followed by 16.qxh4!, still a fairly even game...

11. Na2 Bd6 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxh2+

[Kasparov111]

We have reached an endgame where Berlin 68000 has a strong passed A pawn that will be hard to stop, once again Berlin 68000 shows excellent overall play..

16. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 17. Kg1 cxd5 18. Qxa5 O-O 19. Qc7 Nb6 20. a5 Rfc8 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 Nc4 23. a6 Rb6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxb2 26. a7

[Kasparov111]

Berlin 68000 finding a way through with excellent endgame play, marching it's king all the way to b7 to give support....Berlin is winning..

Ra8 27. g4 Bg6 28. Nc5 Nd3 29. Bf4 Nxf4 30. Rxf4 Rb5 31. Rf2 h6 32. Re2 Rb4 33. Rd2 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Ra6+ Kd5 37. Ra5 Kc6 38. Rda2 Rb1 39. g3 Kc7 40. Ra6 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Rd2 Rc1 43. Rb2 Rc2+ 44. Rxc2 Bxc2 45. Ke2 Bg6 46. Kd2 Bh7 47. Kc3 Bb1 48. Ra1 Bh7 49. Kc4 Bc2 50. Kb5 Kd6 51. Kb6 e5 52. dxe5+ Kxe5 53. Kb7

[Kasparov111]

An excellent game by Berlin 68000, showing powerful balanced play, not afraid to face tactics and always somehow comes out a step ahead. With this win it wins the match and demonstrates the gap between the two computers..I will play the remaining 3 games..

Rh8 54. Rc1 Bh7 55. Re1+ Kd4 56. Na6 Be4+ 57. Rxe4+ Kxe4 58. Nb8 Kf3 59. a8=Q Kxg3 60. Qa2 h5 61. gxh5 f5 62. Qf7 Kh4 63. Qxf5 Rxh5 64. Qf4+ 1-0

Berlin 68000 Wins and Leads the Match: 5.5-1.5

Game Replay: https://lichess.org/gjOWqJCG

[Kasparov111]

Game 8 is a Russian Game: Cozio Attack with Diamond II as white...

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O-O Na6 11. Rhe1

[Kasparov111]

Berlin 68000 plays the Fischer bishop attack on h2 but on a2! this time, trapping the bishop but gaining a whole bunch of pawns, very brave play...

Nc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Ke7 15. f4 Ne6 16. Nh3 Nc5 17. Nf2 Rd8 18. Bf3 Be6 19. f5 Bxa2