A Draw Versus CM 7000 Yesterday

Yesterday, in remembrance of the date of Paul Morphy's birth (that is,
June 22, 1837), I spent most of my free time chessing around against
old Chessmaster 7000 (rated 2711 on the computer I use for Chess and
other games). As one might expect, most of my contests were veritable
disasters. I was playing 10 minute games, by the way. Yet, there were a
few notable exceptions--for example, I did hold my own, twice, into
very complicated end games while utilizing the Zaitsev Ruy. Also as
black, I concocted a pretty nice positional formulation versus a
Karo-Cann advance, then another promising middle game with a couple of
Nimzo-Indians. Playing with the white pieces, I managed to fall prey
to--count 'em up--three beautiful sacrificial lines that "appeared out
of nowhere." I couldn't believe the sensational positions I was
allowing Chessmaster to manufacture from the French, for example--also,
his Center Counters and Petrovs were patently unbeatable. A genuine
learning experience, to be certain.

Fortunately, all was not lost. I did manage one draw during our Game/10
minute encounters. And so I produce it here for all to see. I offered
the draw with but a minute and a half remaining on my clock--and, to my
surprise, Chessmaster 7000 accepted. I just couldn't figure out how to
drive the point home with so little time left on the clock. Probably
the game was a dead-draw, anyway. My fevered mind couldn't at that
point attempt to conjure a brilliant conclusion with the paucity of
time I had remaining, so I took the chance that CM 7000 just might
agree to the drawing "handshake."

"The Acoustic Guitar Solitaire Of Inyo"
I play 28 solo, acoutic, instrumental 6-string guitar versions of some
of my favorite songs (including tunes by Dylan, John Lennon, George
Harrison, The Byrds, The Moody Blues, Neil Diamond, Don Mclean, and
Simon And Garfunkel, among others)
http://members.aol.com/Waucoba6/music/inyocybercd.html

Anyhow, here's the game in which I managed the draw. It was a 10 minute
game. I was playing Black.

White: Chessmaster 7000--Black: Inyo

Vienna Game

1)e4 e5
2)Nc3 Nf6
3)Bc4 Nc6
4)d3 Bb4
5)Nf3 0-0
6)0-0 Bc3
7)bc3 d6
8)Qe2 Na5
9)Bb3 Nxb3
10)axb3 b6
11)Bg5 Bb7
12)Nd2 h6
13)Bh4 g5
14)Bg3 Qd7
15)h4 Qg4
16)Qxg4 Nxg4
17)hxg5 hxg5
1R(f)e1 f6
19)f3 Nh6
20)d4 Nf7
21)Nf1 Kg7
22)Ne3 Nh6
23)Ra4 a5
24)R(a)a1 Rh8
25)R(e)d1 Nf7
26)d5 Rh7 (huh?)
27)c4 R(h)h8
28)c3 Bc8
29)Rd2 Bd7
30)R(d)a2 Ra7
31)Re2 R(h)a8
32)Kf2 a4
33)bxa4 Rxa4
34)Rxa4 Rxa4
35)Ke1 Ra3
36)Kd2 Ra2+
37)Kd3 Rxe2
38)Kxe2 Draw