[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nimzo"]
[Black "Hossa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2194"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

{So here it is! The first official game from Hossa in a computer chess
tournament! Not that I had an easy opponent ;-) I was happy that Hossa's first
opponent was Nimzo because I have a friendly relationship to the Nimzo-team
(or in person: Alex Kure and Chrilly Donninger). My only hope was that Hossa
wouldn't get slaughtered already in the opening. To my very surprise Hossa
mangaged to get a very good (maybe even won) position. But then an ugly
permanent brain bug made Hossa play a very bad move. This blunder gave away
the advantage and lost the game. Before the game I would have been happy with
an honorable loss but  the chance to win against one of the strongest programs
on earth in the first round won't come back soon again. Therefore I am a bit
disappointed about the result. Nevertheless I learned my lesson and was able
to fix this serious bug after the first round.} 1. d4 1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Bb5 8... Qa5 {
This was the first move out of book. Yes, Hossa is still alive!} 9. O-O Bxc3
10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Re1 12... O-O $146 ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Ne5 O-O
14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qd2 Qa3 16. e4 f6 17. Re3 {
- Karkanaque,I-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (17)}) 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Ne5 Rfb8
15. Qxb8+ Rxb8 16. Nxc6 16... Qb6 {
Rdavis101 kibitzes: Hossa Hossa, here we go! Prove to us you're not too slow!}
17. Nxb8 17... Bd3 $1 18. Nd7 Qb2 19. Ne5 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Qd2 21. Nxd3 Qxd3 22.
Rab1 22... g5 {This was the first move where Hossa stopped the search
prematurely. Here he was lucky that the move was good.} 23. Bb8 a5 24. h4 gxh4
25. Be5 f6 26. Bf4 Qd2 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Rg1 Qxa2 29. Rgb1 Kg6 30. Kh2 Nxc3 31.
Rg8+ { } 31... Kf7 $4 {Here the permanent brain bug occured for the 2nd time
and ruined Hossa's position.} (31... Kf5 $142 32. Rf1 32... Ke4 $19) 32. Rbb8
Ne4 33. Rbf8+ Ke7 34. Ra8 e5 35. dxe5 fxe5 36. Bxe5 Ke6 37. Rae8+ Kd7 38. Ra8
Kc6 39. Rgc8+ Kd7 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rg7+ Kh5 44. Rxh7+
Kg4 45. Rf7 Kh5 46. Rg8 Ng5 47. Rf5 Kh6 48. Rfxg5 d4 49. R8g6+ Kh7 50. Rg7+ Kh6
51. Bf4 Qe6 52. R5g6+ Kh5 53. Rxe6 d3 54. Rh6# {Hossa checkmated} 1-0

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "PostModernist"]
[Black "Hossa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 {Oh, no! Hossa doesn't know about transpositions in
the opening book (yes, it's on my todo list). I knew already what would follow.
Hossa grabs the c4 pawn and tries to defend it.} 3... dxc4 4. e3 4... b5 $4 5.
Nc3 $146 ({RR} 5. b3 5... Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qd6 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bxb4 cxb4 9. c5 Qa6 10.
a4 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Qb7 12. axb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Qxb5 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Nc6 16.
Nc4 Nge7 17. Nd6+ Kd7 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 19. N7e5+ 19... Kc7 {
Alekhine,A-NN/Paris 1925/EXT 99/1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 5. a4 5... b4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bd2 Qb8
14. a5 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Bd3 c5 17. Ng3 Nf8 18. Nh5 Ng6 19. dxc5 19... Rxc5 {
Murugan,K-Rahman,Z/Calcutta 1998/EXT 99/0-1 (48)}) 5... Ba6 6. Ne5 Nd7 7. Nc6
Qf6 8. a4 b4 9. Nb5 Bxb5 10. axb5 Nb6 11. Be2 b3 12. Bf3 Qh4 13. Nxa7 Bb4+ 14.
Kf1 Nd5 15. g3 Qe7 16. e4 Nb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Nc6 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Be7
21. Qc1 Bd8 22. Qxc4 Nge7 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Qxb3 O-O 25. Ke2 Qc8 26. Bxd5 Nxd5
27. Qc4 f6 28. Qc6 fxe5 29. dxe5 Nb4 30. Qc4 Nd5 31. Bc5 Rf5 32. f4 Qe8 33. h4
Qh5+ 34. Kd2 Qf3 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. Qa4 Nf6 37. Kc1 Qd5 38. Ba7 Nh5 39. Rd1 Qf3
40. b6 Qe3+ 41. Kb1 cxb6 42. g4 Qxf4 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Rc1 Qxc1+ 45. Kxc1 {
Hossa resigns} 1-0

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hossa"]
[Black "EXchess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 7... Bd7
$146 ({RR} 7... b5 8. Bc2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 Ne7 13.
Ne1 Ng6 14. Nd3 Bg5 15. Kh2 Rf8 16. g3 Qd7 17. Qh5 Bh4 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. hxg4
Be7 20. Bd1 Bd7 21. f4 Rfe8 22. f5 {
Vicol,D-Barashianth,G/Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT 97/0-1 (53)}) 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. d5
Nb8 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. b3 Re8 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16.
Rfe1 Nb8 17. Rac1 Na6 18. Bd1 18... Nb4 {Already the 8th move with this knight!
} 19. Qd2 Bh5 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. Rcd1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Nh3 Bh4
25. Qe2 Be7 26. Bh5 26... Nc2 $6 {Now Hossa gives the exchange... and is very
happy with the result because the pawn shield of black's king gets destroyed.}
27. Bxg6 Nxe1 28. Bh5 g6 29. Bg4 h5 30. Bxh5 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Ra6
33. Kh1 Rg6 34. Rf1 Bf6 35. f4 $4 35... Qe7 $4 (35... exf4) 36. f5 Rg7 37. Nb5
Rh7 38. Rg1+ Kh8 39. Qg4 Qd7 40. Nf2 c6 41. Nc3 b6 42. Qf3 Bh4 43. f6 Bxf2 44.
Qxf2 Rc8 45. Rg3 Rf8 46. dxc6 Qxc6 47. Nd5 {Many patterns which Hossa knows
about can be seen in this position. E.g.:    1) blacks king is trapped in the
corner and white controls the g file.  2) there are two pawns on f6 and f7
which makes it very difficult for black to defend his king.  3) the protected
white Nd5 can stay at the great square d5 for eternity because black has no
less/equal valuable pieces which could attack him.    Hossa was very happy now.
} 47... Qd7 48. Qg1 Rd8 49. Ne7 Qe8 50. Rg5 Qf8 51. Qg4 Re8 52. Rxe5 b5 53. Rh5
Rxe7 54. Rxh7+ Kxh7 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Kh7 57. fxe7 Qe8 58. axb5 a4 59. bxa4
Kh8 60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. Qd6 f6 62. Qxf6 Qf7 63. Qxf7+ Kxf7 64. b6 Kxe7 65. b7 Ke8
66. b8=Q+ Kd7 67. Kg2 Ke6 68. Qe8+ Kf6 69. e5+ Kg7 70. Kf3 Kh7 71. Kf4 Kg7 72.
Kg5 Kh7 73. Kf6 Kh6 74. Qh8# {EXchess checkmated} 1-0

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hossa"]
[Black "Tinker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Nxe4 ({RR} 5... Qxe4+ 6. Qe2
Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. c4 Bf8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13.
h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bf1 15... c6 {
-  Ivanovic,B-Ghinda,M/Naleczow 1979/MCD (15)}) 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O 7... Nc6 $146
({RR} 7... Be6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Re1 Qf6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Ne5
Bd6 14. f4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 16. Rf1 Nd7 17. Qf3 b5 18. Rb3 Nb6 19. Ba3 Qd7 20.
Qg3 g5 21. Qf3 O-O-O 22. Bd6 {
Guerrero,M-Hadziotis,C/Tel Aviv 1964/EXT 99/ -  (35)}) ({RR} 7... g6 8. Re1 Bg7
9. c4 Be6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ng5 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Rc6 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. Qb3 Re8 21.
Ba3 {1-0 Mottas,C-Walser,H/Pizol 1998/CBM 64 ext (21)}) ({RR} 7... Qd8 8. Re1
Be7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. c3 h6 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Nbd2 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Nb3 Qf4 18. Nc5 Bxh3 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Bc8 22. Nf3 {Majetic,R-Rehurek,L/CZE-chJM U14 1993/EXT 97/0-1 (36)}) 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 {Black has a very difficult
position. His king is still in the middle and even worse: his queen can be
attacked, too. Tinker decides to escape with O-O-O but here the king wasn't
safe either because of the half open b file.} 11... O-O-O 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Rb1
a6 14. Bf4 f6 15. Qc2 g5 16. Bc1 g4 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Qb2 Na5 19. Nb3 Rhe8 20.
Be3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Qc6 22. c4 Bf8 23. Rec1 Re7 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Qb6 $1 25...
Bh6 26. Rc5 (26. Bxh6 $4 26... Re1+ 27. Rxe1 cxb6) 26... Bxe3 27. fxe3 h5 28.
Qa7 Qe6 29. Qxb7+ Kd7 30. Rxc7+ Ke8 31. Rxe7+ Qxe7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rb7+ Rd7
34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Kf2 Kc6 36. Kg3 a5 37. a4 Kd5 38. Kh4 Kc6 39. e4 g3 40. hxg3
Kd6 41. e5+ fxe5 42. dxe5+ {Tinker resigns} 1-0

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "Hossa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

{When the pairing for the 5th round was made, Hossa was paired against Shrike.
I didn't know anything about this program but hoped that I could get at least
a draw. Then Amir Ban decided to confuse the tournament by refusing to play
Crafty because of some personal differences with Bob Hyatt. It was voted if
the 5th round should be re-paired or not. I think I was the only one who voted
for not to re-pair. So Hossa's new opponent became Ferret. Ferret had played a
very bad tournament so far. Normally there wouldn't hardly be a chance that
Hossa would have been paired with Shredder in round 5. I had made some opening
preparations for the match with Shrike which was all useless now. Thanx Amir!} 
1. e4 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d5 ({RR} 5... O-O 6. a4 d6
({RR} 6... d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Nxc4 12.
Nxc4 Re8 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. c3 a5 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Qe2 Re6 18. Qc2 Qd5
19. f3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rd8 23. g4 Ree8 24. Re4 f6 25.
Ke2 b6 26. Kd2 Nb8 27. Kc2 Na6 28. d4 exd4 29. Rdxd4 Kf7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd2
Nc5 32. Rc4 Rd7 33. h4 Nd3 34. b4 Ne1+ 35. Kc1 Nd3+ 36. Kc2 Ne1+ 37. Kc1 {
-  Malaniuk,V-Pavasovic,D/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (37)}) 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Re1 Bxc4
9. dxc4 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne3 Qe6 14. a5 Ne7 15. Ra3
g6 16. h4 Bg7 17. h5 Rad8 18. a6 b6 19. Nd5 Rd7 20. hxg6 {
Adams,M-Onischuk,A/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61/1-0 (31)}) 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bb5 7... Bg4
$4 $146 ({RR} 7... Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12.
Bd2 Bc5 13. c3 Qf6 14. d4 Bd6 15. Qg4 Bf4 16. g3 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Qg6 18. Qf3 c6
19. Re2 Rae8 20. Rae1 f5 21. Qg2 f4 22. Nf3 {
Vojir,V-Oskrobany,E/Plzen 1997/EXT 98/0-1 (48)}) 8. Bxc6+ 8... bxc6 {
The rest was played in a very convincing way by Ferret. Hossa had no chance.}
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Qd1 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. a3 Nd5 15. Qf3
Qd7 16. Re1 f6 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Na5 Nd5 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Ne7 21. g5 Bd4 22.
Nc4 Rad8 23. a4 a6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 Rg8 27. g3 Ke6 28. Rh1 Rg7
29. Rh5 Nd5 30. c3 Bb6 31. Rah1 Rh8 32. b3 f5 33. Rh6+ Nf6 34. f4 exf4 35. Bxf4
Re8 36. Ne5 c5 37. Kd2 Rgg8 38. Re1 Ke7 39. a5 Bxa5 40. Nc6+ Kf7 41. Nxa5 Rxe1
42. Kxe1 Kg7 43. Nb7 c4 44. dxc4 Re8+ 45. Kf1 Re4 46. Rh2 Re7 47. Nc5 Ne4 48.
Nxa6 c6 49. Nb4 Re6 50. Nc2 Kg8 51. Nd4 Rf6 52. b4 Rg6 53. Nxf5 Rf6 54. g4 Rf8
55. Re2 Nxc3 56. Re7 Nb1 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rg5 Rxf5 59. gxf5 59... h6 {
Hossa resigns} 1-0

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hossa"]
[Black "Grok"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4
8. d3 $146 ({RR} 8. Qe2 8... Nc5 9. Re1 Ne6 10. c3 O-O 11. d4 c5 12. d5 Ng5 13.
h4 f6 14. Nc4 Nh3+ 15. gxh3 Bxh3 16. Qxe7 Qxd5 17. Qe4 Qh5 18. Ne3 Rae8 19. Qf4
g5 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. Bd2 Kh8 22. hxg5 22... Re4 {
Fischer,G-Sand,P/Mittelfranken 1991/EXT 99/1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 8. Re1 8... Nf6 9.
Qe2 Be6 10. d3 ({RR} 10. Nc3 10... O-O 11. Nxf7 Bxf7 12. Qxe7 Qd4 13. d3 Nd5
14. Be3 Qg4 15. Qe4 Qh5 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Qd4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 c5 19. Qf4 Bb3 20.
Ng3 Qd5 21. c4 Qxd3 22. Qxc7 Bxc4 23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qd4 Qc2 25. Red1 Qf2+ 26.
Kh1 b5 27. Ne4 Qe2 28. Re1 Qh5 29. Ng3 Qg5 30. b3 30... Bd5 {
-  Gufeld,E-Chukaev,E/Tbilisi 1956/EXT 99 (30)}) 10... Nd7 ({RR} 10... O-O 11.
Nxf7 Bxf7 12. Qxe7 Qd4 13. Qxc7 Rae8 14. Be3 Qxb2 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Qg3 Nxe3 17.
fxe3 Qxc2 18. Ne4 Qxd3 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Rad1 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6
23. Rd7 Bxa2 24. Rxb7 Bc4 25. e4 {Zhugder-Maher,V/Moscow 1956/MCD/1-0 (40)})
11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 O-O 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Rfe8
17. Re3 Bd5 18. Rae1 b6 19. Qc3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 f6 21. h3 Kf7 22. b3 {
-  Lombardy,W-Van der Sterren,P/Amsterdam 1985/MCD (22)}) ({RR} 8. d4 8... O-O
9. Re1 Nd6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Ndf3 f6 12. Nd3 Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bf7 15. c3 b6
16. Nb4 Qd7 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Nh2 a5 19. Nc2 Qe4 20. Bg3 Re8 21. Ne3 h5 22. Nf3
22... g5 {Bekiarisova,A-Drtina,M/SVK-chT2 9697 1997/EXT 98/0-1 (56)}) 8... Nd6
9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Qh5 Nb5 13. Nxb5 $2 $17 (13. Ne4) 13...
axb5 14. a3 Qd4 15. Bc1 Bd6 16. c3 Qd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Qd4 19. Nf3 Bxc4
20. Qa5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qf6 22. Qe3 Bd5 23. Ne1 Be6 24. Nf3 Bg4 25. Ng5 Rd8 26.
f3 b6 27. Qe2 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Qe5 29. Qf1 Bf5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Bd6 32. Qg1
Rd7 33. a4 Bc5 34. Qe1 Rd4 35. Bd2 Rxe4 36. Qg3 Qxg3 37. hxg3 Re5 38. g4 Re4
39. Re1 Rxa4 40. Re8+ Bf8 41. Rc8 Rxg4 42. Bc3 b5 43. Kg1 Rc4 44. Be5 f6 45.
Bxc7 Kf7 46. Bg3 Rc2 47. b3 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Rc3 49. Be1 Bd6+ 50. g3 Rxb3 51. Rxc6
Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Bb4 53. Bxb4 Rxb4 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Rb7 Rb1 56. Kg4 h5+ 57. Kf3 b4
58. Kf4 b3 59. Kf3 b2 60. Kg2 Kh7 61. Rb8 g5 62. Rb7+ Kh6 63. Rb6 Kg6 64. Kh2
h4 65. g4 Kf7 66. Rb3 f5 67. gxf5 Kf6 68. Rb6+ Kxf5 69. Kg2 h3+ 70. Kh2 g4 71.
Rb5+ Kf4 72. Rb4+ Kf3 73. Rf4+ Ke3 74. Ra4 g3+ 75. Kxh3 g2 76. Ra3+ Kd2 77. Ra8
Rh1+ 78. Kxg2 78... Rh4 {You may ask why I didn't resign. Well, Grok has
tablebase support which I have, too. There can be problems when you don't have
all tablebases...} 79. Rd8+ Kc2 80. Rb8 Kc3 81. Rc8+ Kb3 82. Re8 Rb4 83. Kf3
Ka2 84. Re2 Ka1 85. Re3 Ra4 86. Kg3 Ka2 87. Re2 Ka1 88. Re3 Kb1 89. Kf3 Ka2 90.
Re2 Ka1 91. Re1+ Ka2 92. Re2 Ka3 93. Re3+ Kb4 94. Re1 Kb3 95. Re3+ Kc4 96. Re1
Ra1 97. Re4+ Kd5 98. Rb4 Rf1+ 99. Ke3 Re1+ 100. Kd2 {Finally Hossa forces
black to promote! Otherwise they would have continued to shuffle the pieces
until the 50 moves rule forced Grok to promote.} 100... b1=Q 101. Rxb1 Rxb1
102. Kd3 Rb3+ 103. Kc2 Ra3 104. Kd2 Ke4 105. Kc2 Rd3 106. Kb2 Kd4 107. Kc2 Kc4
108. Kb2 Rd2+ 109. Kc1 Kc3 110. Kb1 Rd3 111. Kc1 Kb3 112. Kb1 112... Rd1# {
Hossa checkmated} 0-1

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.02.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "TSCP"]
[Black "Hossa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Ne7 (
{RR} 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 ({RR} 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qe3 Bc5 11. Qg3 Qf6 12.
c3 Nf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qxg7 Qxf2+ 15. Kd1 O-O-O 16. Qxe5 Rhe8 17. Qh5 Be3 18.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxd2+ 20. Kf2 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Rd2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. Rhe1 {
Rusnak,J-Necas,M/Svetla nad Sazavou 1998/EXT 99/ -  (49)}) 9. c3 Bd6 10. Qb3
Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Na5 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Bf3 Bg6 16. Ne4 Be7 17.
Be3 b5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Rac1 c4 21. d4 f5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bd5+ Bf7
24. dxc5 f4 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bd2 Nb7 27. b4 cxb3 28. axb3 Nxc5 29. c4 bxc4
30. bxc4 e4 31. Bb4 f3 32. g3 Qe6 33. Kh2 Rfe8 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36.
cxd5 Qxd5 37. Qc4 Qxc4 38. Rxc4 a5 39. Rc5 Ra8 40. Re5 a4 41. Rxe4 a3 42. Re1
a2 43. Ra1 43... Kf7 {
0-1 Etchegaray,P-Mikhalchishin,A/Cappelle la Grande 1991/TD (43)}) 8. d4 $4 $19
{I played some test games between TSCP and Hossa before this round and TSCP
played exactly the same moves. I didn't know how deep TSCP would think during
the tournamen but I decided to add this line to Hossa's opening book. Finally
a good position/win out of the book.} ({RR} 8. O-O 8... f5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bc4
Nc6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh6 Be6 15. Bb3 Bg5 16. Qg7 Bf6 17.
Qh6 Qe7 18. d3 O-O-O 19. Qd2 Kb8 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qe3 Bg5 22. f4 22... exf3 {
Kusterle,F-Brecevic,V/Portoroz 1997/EXT 99/0-1 (36)}) 8... f5 9. Bxb7 Bxb7 10.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. Re1 O-O-O+ 14. Bd2 Rd5 15. f4 Bb4
16. c3 Rhd8 17. Re2 17... Nd4 $1 18. Re3 Ne6 19. Ke1 Rxd2 20. cxb4 Nxf4 21. Rf3
g5 22. h4 Ng2+ 23. Kf1 Nxh4 24. Rb3 R8d4 25. Re1 Rf4 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rxe1+
28. Kxe1 Rf3 29. Kf1 Rxb3 30. axb3 Kd7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Ke3 Kxe5 33. Kd3 g4 34.
Ke2 h5 35. b5 f4 36. Kd3 Ng6 37. Ke2 f3+ 38. Kf1 h4 39. b4 g3 40. fxg3 hxg3 41.
b6 cxb6 42. b5 Nf4 43. Ke1 f2+ 44. Kd2 f1=Q 45. Kc3 Qd3+ 46. Kb4 Ne2 47. Ka4
Nd4 48. Kb4 48... Qb3# {TSCP checkmated} 0-1

[Event "ICC CCT-1"]
[Site "204.178.125.65"]
[Date "2000.02.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hossa"]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "steffen"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. Ng5 9... O-O-O 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Nc4 Kb8
13. Bd2 f6 14. a4 Nb6 15. Ne3 Bc5 16. Rfb1 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Nc8 18. b4 b6 19. Ra3
Rd7 20. c4 Rhd8 21. c5 b5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rba1 Kb7 24. Rxa6 Qxa6 25. Rxa6
Kxa6 26. c6 {1-0 Xie Jun-Liang Chong/Beijing 1998/CBM 66 (26)}) 9... O-O-O $146
({RR} 9... b5 10. d4 Nd7 11. c3 O-O 12. b3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. Qe3
Rfe8 16. a4 Bf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ba3 Qe6 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd4 Qg6 21. f4 Bxd4
22. cxd4 f5 23. e5 Nb6 24. Bc5 {
Ulibin,M-Sokolov,I/Leeuwarden 1994/EXT 97/0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. Nc4
Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qe6 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. a4 12... Nf8 13. b3 Ng6 14. Ne1 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Rd1 g5 17. Nf3 c5 18. Rd5 f6 19. Ne1 O-O 20. Nd3 Rfe8 21. Re1
Rad8 22. g3 Bd6 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Qf3 Rd7 25. Nxf4 Rg7+ 26. Kh1 26... Qg4 {
Ulibin,M-Kruppa,Y/Minsk 1990/CBM 17/1-0 (41)}) 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. b3
14... b6 { -  Tal,M-Karpov,A/Brussels 1988/CBM 07 (14)}) 10. b3 Nh5 11. Nc4
Bxc4 12. bxc4 {Again the open b file! The game against Tinker showed that
Hossa knows how to handle this kind of positions.} 12... Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14.
Rab1 h5 15. Rb3 g5 16. Rfb1 16... g4 {
Amateur starts a very dangerous pawn storm.} 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kh1 {
Argggnnn... that's a typical move for Hossa.} 18... Qe5 19. a3 Bd6 20. f3 g3
21. c3 Qa5 { } 22. c5 $1 {My favourite move from Hossa in this tournament.}
22... Qxc5 23. d4 Qg5 24. Qxa6+ Kd7 25. e5 Be7 26. Ne4 Qg6 27. h3 {Puuuhh!!! Ho
ssa wanted to play hxg3 and changed his mind about 2 seconds before the time
elapsed.} 27... Ra8 28. Qd3 Kc8 29. Kg1 Qe6 30. Qd2 Qf5 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. Qc1 Qf5
33. Qd1 Ra5 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Qd2 Qf5 36. Ra1 Rd8 37. Qb2 Qe6 38. Rb1 c5 39. Qc2
h4 40. Kh1 Kb7 41. Qb2 Rda8 42. Qc1 c4 43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. Rxb5 Rxa3 45. Rb1 Qf5
46. Qc2 Ka8 47. Qb2 Ra5 48. Kg1 Kb8 49. Qe2 Ra4 50. Re1 Qe6 51. Qd2 Qf5 52. Qb2
Ra5 53. Kh1 Qg6 54. Rb1 Qe6 55. Qd2 Qf5 56. Qe2 Ra4 57. Kg1 Qg6 58. Rd1 Qe6 59.
Qd2 Qf5 60. Qb2 Ra5 61. Qe2 Qe6 62. Qd2 Qh6 63. Rb1 Kc8 64. Qe2 Ra4 65. d5 Ba3
66. Qd2 Ra5 67. Kh1 Qh7 68. d6 Qf5 69. dxc7 Be7 70. Qd4 Qxe5 71. Qxb6 Qxc7 72.
Qd4 Re5 73. Ra1 Ra5 74. Qh8+ $4 74... Bd8 75. Rd1 75... Qd7 $1 76. Rg1 f5 77.
Nf6 Qa7 78. Rd1 Qe7 79. Ng8 Qd7 80. Rg1 Qe6 81. Qh7 Re5 82. Nh6 Be7 83. Qg7 Bc5
84. Nf7 Re1 85. Nd6+ Bxd6 86. Qa7 Bb8 87. Qd4 Kb7 88. Qd2 Rxg1+ 89. Kxg1 Qe3+
90. Qxe3 fxe3 91. Kf1 Be5 92. Ke2 f4 93. Ke1 Bxc3+ 94. Ke2 Bb4 95. Kd1 c3 96.
Ke2 c2 97. Kd3 c1=Q 98. Ke4 e2 99. Ke5 e1=Q+ 100. Kf5 Qc5+ 101. Kxf4 Qee3+ 102.
Kg4 102... Qeg5# {Hossa checkmated} 0-1

