.."Rasputin's opponent shows some good ideas; by first {move} copying, then diverging, from the 'machine-like' sense of his opponent; I suppose that taking an early "draw-by-repetition," would've made that much more sense, had this particular game, been part of a hypothetical 'high-
$takes' series of games; where the 'black' player, would employ the 'tried & true' strategy, of.. "draw" with 'black,' and attempting to "win," as 'white'! {This was played, at the 15/30 T/c; or, time-control}