Patzer vs Nigel Short - Can he hold?
3 January 2010
I*ve been messing around with an old copy of Chessmaster 10 recently. Very strange engine. Anyway you can choose multiple personalities which the engine replicates and I chose Short for a blitz game. I lost on time in lost position in the end - thats the problem with engines they don*t feel time pressure like humans, but I just wondered - should white have been able to hold after blacks 25th move? Rook vs bishop in this ending seems difficult - your thoughts appreciated?
white to move.

[Event "Chessmaster 10th Edition Rated Game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round ""]
[White "julian"]
[Black "Short"]
[TimeControl "300"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nb3 O-O 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Qe2
Nb4 14.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 15.Bxc1 Qc7 16.a3 Qc2 17.Qxc2 Nxc2 18.Rb1 f6 19.Bd2 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxd4 21.Nxd7 Nxb3 22.Nxf8 Nxd2 23.Rd1 Nf3+
24.gxf3 Kxf8 25.Kg2 Bd6 26.Rc1 Ke7 27.h3 Kf6 28.Rc8 a5 29.Rh8 h6 30.Rd8 Be5 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 b5 33.Rd7 Bc3 34.Rb7 Bxb4 35.Rxb5
Bc3 36.Rc5 Bd4 37.Rc7 Be5 38.Rc2 Bf4 39.Re2 d4 40.Re4 e5 41.Re1 d3 42.Rb1 d2 43.Kf1 Kg5 44.Ke2 Kh4 45.Rh1 h5 46.Kd1 Bg5 47.Rh2
Bh6 48.Rh1 Bf4 49.Rg1 Bg5 50.Rh1 g6 51.Rg1 Bf4 52.Rh1 Bh6 53.Rh2 Bg5 54.Rh1 Bf4 55.Rg1 Kxh3 56.Rxg6 Kh2 57.Rg8 h4 58.Rh8 Kg2
59.Rxh4 Kxf2 60.Rh3 Ke3 61.Rh1 Kxf3 62.Rf1+ Ke3 63.Rh1 Kf2 64.Rh2+ Bxh2 0-1