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[Event "Blitz:10'"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "Deep Fritz 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 a6 5. Ba4 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Rac8
15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qg4 Qe7 21.
Kg2 Nh7 22. Rh1 d5 23. cxd5 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. Rh5 f6 26. d6+ Rf7 27. Rah1
1-0

What are the ratings of the white and black player?

I guessed around 1700-1800 OTB for both players.

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Originally posted by RahimK
[Event "Blitz:10'"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "Deep Fritz 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 a6 5. Ba4 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Rac8
15. g4 h6 16. h4 Nh7 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg5 1 ...[text shortened]... the white and black player?

I guessed around 1700-1800 OTB for both players.
I'm not sure, but IMO, blacks mistakes were not obvious.

so....roughly work out what 1700 rhp is otb, add 60 pts, and thats my guess.

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White 2100
Black 2200

San Francissco 1998

I was shocked when I saw the ratings.

Quite a few tactics/traps in that game.

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My hope is that I will rememeber what move to play in my OTB games by using db's here. After a few games of playing the same move, it sticks in.

I guess my move first and then check in a db instead of blindly following the db.

Plus the db move is usually the best move in the position and that's what you are striving for, the best move in the position. As long as you understand why the move was played, it's okay.

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I would have guessed about 1700.

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Can you clarify why you would rate either player at 1700-ish? I was rather impressed with white's pawn sac 17.g5 and I don't find many moves that strike me as a very weak ( or perhaps 21..... Nh7?).

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well white could have been anything (1800-2200 i would say) but blacks play was rather poor. in example, 12...e5 is kind of semi-weak move I would not expect 2100 to make. and surely he had better ways to defend and not to lose so quickly

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
Can you clarify why you would rate either player at 1700-ish? I was rather impressed with white's pawn sac 17.g5 and I don't find many moves that strike me as a very weak ( or perhaps 21..... Nh7?).
For me it was,

3.Bb5+ followed by 4.c4

11...Nb6 Silman calls that an odd move. I didn't pick up on that.

12...e5

Also the Nf5 seemed strange to me. I haven't seen it to much and I know one book I read said that the Knight should not go there. Perhaps they were just talking about the opening.

When black plays e5, The knight goes to b3 or Nb5.

It was probably just for that opening. Something like:

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5



The g5 was nice. Very bold moves at the end and interesting game.