Good morning,
Now the Consolation cup final match is ready to be played: Saitek Turbo King II vs Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265. Theoretical odds are 71 to 29 in favor of the Spracklen program.
To my opinion, the first game with the Designer Mach III playing the dark side is the "game of the cup"! What an attacker the Mach III can be! It gets out of the opening phase with the Bishops pair, whilst the Turbo King will play with a pair of Knights. Moreover, check the position after move #22: all Mach III long range guns (Queen, both Rooks and both Bishops) are firing at White's position!
The Turbo King curls up for defense, but cannot stand such a wild pressure for long. The final mate sequence is worth seeing: the Designer Mach III sacrifices its two Bishops in a row, to get the ennemy King stark naked in the middle of nowhere!
The revenge game is not that enthusiasming. It has been globally balanced, with a long boring endgame with one Pawn advantage for the Turbo King. I forced myself to keep on the game playing; according to my analysis engine there were some opportunities for the Turbo King to break through, but both devices were unable to spot these, and the game ends in a deserved draw. 1.5 to 0.5 is therefore the final score, close to the theoretically expected one.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "Cons_final"]
[White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.d4 {Out of book} 8...exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.c3 Nd3 {Out of book} 11.Qe3 Nxc1 12.Qxc1 O-O 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.Nf3 Bg5 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.h3 Bh5 18.Re1 Bf4 19.Rf1 Qf6 20.g3 Bh6 21.g4 Bg6 22.Rfd1 Rfe8 {all Black long range guns are firing at White's position!} 23.Re1 Bf4 24.Rad1 c5 25.Qb3 Qc6 26.c4 Rd6 27.a3 b6 28.Re2 $6 {this Knight is under pressure, twice attacked, and supports the e4 Pawn as well. That's why the Rook moves to provide additional support, but this is miscalculated. Removing this Knight to f1 was safer, at the cost of the e4 Pawn.} 28...Qd7 $1 {Now a third attacker threatens the poor Knight, and the position crumbles.} 29.e5 Rd3 30.Qc2 Qc6 31.Qc1 Rxf3 32.h4 Qe6 33.Kf1 Bd3 34.Qa1 Qxe5 35.Nxf3 Bxe2+ 36.Kg2 Bxf3+ 37.Kh3 {Mach III announces mate in 6} 37...Bxg4+ 38.Kxg4 Qe2+ 39.Kf5 g6+ 40.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 41.Kg4 Re4+ 42.Kg5 Qxh4# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "Cons_final"]
[White "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"]
[Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "170"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Qe2 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nb3 Bxe3+ {Out of book} 13.Qxe3 O-O 14.Rae1 Bd7 15.e5 {Out of book} 15...dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Nc5 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Be6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Nxe6 Rxe6 22.Re3 Rae8 23.Rc3 Qd7 24.Rf3 R8e7 25.Qd4 Qc7 26.Qxd5 Rxe5 27.Qd3 Qb6+ 28.Kh2 Qxb2 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Rxf7 Re2 32.Qh4+ Kg8 33.Qf4 Kh7 34.Rf8 Qb5 35.Qb8 Qe5+ 36.Qxe5 Rxe5 37.c4 Re2 38.a3 Ra2 39.Rb8 Rb2 40.a4 Rc2 41.Rxb7 Rxc4 42.a5 Rc5 43.g4 Rxa5 44.Ra7 Ra2+ 45.Kg3 g5 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.Ke4 Ra4+ 48.Kd5 Ra3 49.Ke5 Ra5+ 50.Ke6 Ra2 51.Kd5 Kf6 52.Rb7 Ra5+ 53.Kd4 Ra4+ 54.Kd5 Ra5+ 55.Kd4 Ra3 56.Rb6+ Ke7 57.Ke5 Kf7 58.Rb7+ Kg6 59.Ra7 Ra1 60.Kd5 Kf6 61.Rb7 Rd1+ 62.Kc4 Rh1 63.Rb3 Ke5 64.Ra3 Kf4 65.Kc5 Rh2 66.Kb6 g6 67.Kxa6 Rg2 68.Kb5 Rg3 69.Ra4+ Kf3 70.Kc5 Rxh3 71.Kd5 Rh4 72.Ke5 Kg3 73.Kf6 Rxg4 74.Ra1 Kh3 75.Rh1+ Kg2 76.Rh6 Kf3 77.Kxg6 Rg2 78.Rh3+ Kf4 79.Rb3 g4 80.Rb4+ Kf3 81.Kf5 g3 82.Rb3+ Ke2 83.Kg4 Kf2 84.Rf3+ Ke1 85.Rxg3 Re2 1/2-1/2
The Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 wins the Consolation cup!
MfG,
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