Crafty (Computer) vs Hikaru Nakamura (2007) "Horsing Around"

Crafty (Computer) vs Hikaru Nakamura
"Horsing Around" (game of the day Dec-23-07)
ICC blitz 2007 · Van Geet Opening: General (A00) · 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Crafty (Computer)"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "310"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O
7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 e5 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 f4
13. Bf2 g5 14. Nd3 h5 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Re2 Bh6 17. Ne1 g4
18. Qd3 a6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. b4 Rf7 22. Rg1 g3
23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Bxg3 h4 25. Bxh4 Nxh4 26. g3 Ng6 27. Rh2 Kg7
28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Nd1 Rh8 30. Rgh1 Bg5 31. Rxh8 Nxh8 32. Nf2 Ng6
33. c3 Qe8 34. b5 a5 35. Nc2 Ne7 36. Nh3 Bxh3+ 37. Rxh3 Qg6
38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Kxh8 40. Ba2 Nd7 41. Ne1 Nc5 42. Qc2 Qh6
43. Ng2 Ng6 44. Bc4 Qh2 45. Bf1 Kg7 46. Qa2 Nf8 47. Bc4 Nh7
48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qc1 50. Be2 Nf6 51. Qc4 Bd2 52. g4 Qxc3
53. Qxc3 Bxc3 54. Bd1 Bd2 55. Nh4 Ng8 56. Ke2 Bg5 57. Nf5+ Kf7
58. Bc2 Ne7 59. Ng3 Nd7 60. Kd3 Ng6 61. Nf5 Kf6 62. Kc3 Nh4
63. Nxh4 Bxh4 64. Kd2 Kg5 65. Bd1 Kf4 66. Ke2 Nf6 67. Kf1 Nh7
68. Kg2 Be1 69. Kf1 Bg3 70. Be2 Ng5 71. Kg1 Nxf3+ 72. Kg2 Ne1+
73. Kf1 Nc2 74. Kg2 Ne3+ 75. Kh3 Be1 76. g5 Kxg5 77. Kh2 Kf4
78. Bd3 Ng4+ 79. Kg2 Nf2 80. Bc2 Nxe4 81. Bb3 Nc5 82. Kf1 Nxb3
83. Kxe1 Nc5 84. Ke2 Nxa4 85. Ke1 Nc5 86. Kf2 Ke4 87. Kg2 Kxd5
88. Kg3 Kc4 89. Kg4 Kxb5 90. Kg3 a4 91. Kf3 a3 92. Ke3 a2
93. Kf2 a1=N 94. Ke3 Kc6 95. Kf3 Nab3 96. Kg4 Nd4 97. Kg5
Nde6+ 98. Kf5 Kd7 99. Kg4 b5 100. Kf3 b4 101. Kg3 b3 102. Kf3
b2 103. Kg4 b1=N 104. Kf5 Na3 105. Kg4 Nb7 106. Kf5 Nf8
107. Ke4 Nd8 108. Kd3 Nb5 109. Kc4 Na7 110. Kd3 Nc8 111. Ke4
Ke6 112. Ke3 d5 113. Kd2 c5 114. Kd1 e4 115. Kc2 d4 116. Kb2
Kd5 117. Kc1 c4 118. Kd2 e3+ 119. Ke1 Ke4 120. Kf1 d3 121. Ke1
c3 122. Kd1 c2+ 123. Kc1 e2 124. Kd2 Kd4 125. Ke1 c1=N
126. Kd2 Nb3+ 127. Ke1 Kc3 128. Kf2 Nc5 129. Ke1 Nce6 130. Kf2
Nc7 131. Kf3 e1=N+ 132. Kf2 Nc2 133. Kf1 Ne8 134. Kg2 Nfe6
135. Kf2 Nf6 136. Kf3 Nd6 137. Kg3 Nc6 138. Kg2 N2d4 139. Kh3
N4f5 140. Kg2 Nfe7 141. Kf2 Ng6 142. Ke1 Kc2 143. Kf2 d2
144. Kg2 d1=N 145. Kf1 Nc3 146. Kf2 Ncd5 147. Kg2 Nce5
148. Kg1 Nde4 149. Kg2 Nd4 150. Kg1 Ngf4 151. Kh1 Nfg4
152. Kg1 Nde3 153. Kh1 Ndf5 154. Kg1 Nf3+ 155. Kh1 Nfg3# 0-1

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Feb-27-09		WhiteRook48: not a crafty guy

Mar-06-09		WhiteRook48: why not 25 Bf2?

Apr-22-09		dovif: Bf2 Nf4 N+P for a R Computer prefer 2P for a B

May-29-09		champsylove: Such high praise for Nakamura. Where would I start on my journey to chess renaissance creativity?

Jun-11-09		heizfeld: Nakamura is very creative A rough slap into the face of the pathetic "A.I."

Jul-22-09		Dredge Rivers: A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! :)

Oct-26-09		ongyj: Why didn't Crafty resign?

Oct-28-09		CeeFoR: Computers don't resign unless their masters do it for them.

Oct-28-09		computer chess guy: <Computers don't resign unless their masters do it for them.> Not so .. Crafty will resign when its evaluation gets too low (it is configurable).

Oct-28-09		alexmagnus: The NN vs Bacrot game looks like the copy of it... Is it for real? If yes, Nakamura played probably the longest copied game ever:)

Oct-28-09		alexmagnus: In case of the Bacrot game, the exact date is on the scorsheet. Is it possible to trace the date of submission?

Dec-08-09		vonKrolock: Funny, what was this - a bet?! ... For a more sophisticated idea with <10 s>, have a look at this online article by Tim Krabb� <"The Horse Concoction"> http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/tour/ho...

May-22-10		tentsewang: Nakamura is an enigmatic star of our day today.

May-26-10		jrlepage: What a clown.

Sep-05-10		kungfufighter888: why crafty dont resigned earlier on lol

Feb-14-11		kevins55555: Here we go again, Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008

Feb-19-11		kevin86: She'll be riding six BLACK horses when she comes,when she comes...

Feb-19-11		LoveThatJoker: Amazing! LTJ

Jun-07-11		DummyPawn: Starting around move 147 it looks like Nakamura is playing a variant of Conway's Game of Life with his knights.

Jun-21-11		IRONCASTLEVINAY: I was thinking about Robert Hyat

Jun-21-11		IRONCASTLEVINAY: CRAFTY ENGINE crushed by Naka's 6 horsepower Engine.

Mar-14-12		soberknight: a truly unique mate position

Apr-03-12		FromMuToYou: Naka played this perfectly. Computers sometimes don't realize how much more valuable knights are in positions like that.

Mar-04-13		Garech: Very aesthetic how the knights move together as a phalanx! -Garech

Apr-12-13		kingscrusher: I have video annotated this game here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd46...

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