Excalibur Match

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 Round 1

I bought the Excalibur King Master computer the other day at the Ark store; it says on the box that it plays at a 1600 level, but I was eager to try it out.  There are 72 levels, but I played this first game on level 30, with the Black pieces.

I was moving quickly through the opening, but then slowed down, as if I were playing a real tournament game, which is something difficult to do online, because of the quicker time-controls.  From a chess point of view, it was more satisfying to try my best at calculating, rather than using the clock as a weapon, which I feel that online quick-chess does rather splendidly.

[Event "First match"]
[Site "Home"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Excalibur"]
[Black "Brian Rountree"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[WhiteElo "30"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. h3 Be7 6. g4 Bg6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
a6 9. g5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Qd2 f6 12. gxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb4 b6 14. Qc3 c5 15.
Rae1 O-O 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. c3 Qe7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rc1 e5 20. Be3 d4 21. cxd4
cxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bg5 Rc2 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qg5 Rc5 26. b4 h6 27. Qg3 Rd5
28. Nd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qxb4 30. Qd3 Qb5 31. Qxb5 Rxb5 32. f4 Nd5 33. fxe5 Ne3+
34. Kf3 Nxf1 35. Nxf1 Rxe5 36. e4 dxe3 37. Nxe3 Ra5 38. a3 Rxa3 39. h4 Rxe3+
40. Kxe3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kd4 a5 43. Ke4 a4 44. Kf5 a3 45. Kxg5 a2 46. Kf4
a1=Q  0-1

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