Christian und ich haben unsere Runde 1 in Gruppe A spiele beendet und ich wollte hier ein bischen ueber die ersten Spiele berichten. Ich habe das meiste dieses mal auf English geschrieben weil auf Deutsch war es ein bischen zu schwierig fuer mich. Ich hoffe das es auch fuer alle lesbar ist.
| GAMES Group A --- SPIELE Gruppe A |
| WHITE | ROUND 1 | BLACK | RESULT |
| Resurrection Ruffian 2.1 | - | Mephisto Lyon 68020 22Mhz | 0-1 |
| Mephisto Portorose 68020 | - | Tasc CM32 512K Gideon 3.0 | 0-1 |
| Mephisto Risc II 1MB | - | Novag Star Diamond | 0-1 |
| Saitek Cosmos 24MhZ | - | Mephisto Magellan | 0-1 |
| Fidelity Elite V10 68040 | - | Novag Sapphire | 1-0 |
| RadioShack 2250 XL | - | Mephisto Milano Pro | 0-1 |
| TABLE Group A Round 1 --- TABELLE Gruppe A Runde 1 |
| POS/PLATZ | CHESS COMPUTER/SCHACHGERAET | START ELO/ANFANGS ELO | POINTS/PUNKTE |
| 1 | Mephisto Lyon 68020 22Mhz | 2275 | 1.0/1 |
| 2 | Tasc CM32 512K Gideon 3.0 | 2270 | 1.0/1 |
| 3 | Mephisto Magellan | 2249 | 1.0/1 |
| 4 | Novag Star Diamond | 2162 | 1.0/1 |
| 5 | Fidelity Elite V10 68040 | 2168 | 1.0/1 |
| 6 | Mephisto Milano Pro | 2158 | 1.0/1 |
| 7 | Resurrection Ruffian 2.1 | 2359 | 0.0/1 |
| 8 | Novag Sapphire | 2191 | 0.0/1 |
| 9 | Mephisto Risc II 1MB | 2231 | 0.0/1 |
| 10 | Mephisto Portorose 68020 | 2153 | 0.0/1 |
| 11 | RadioShack 2250 XL | 2117 | 0.0/1 |
| 12 | Saitek Cosmos 24Mhz | 2105 | 0.0/1 |
Group A Round 1 Match of the Day
(1) Resurrection Ruffian 2.1 (2359) - Mephisto Lyon 68020 22Mhz (2275) [C48]
ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A Hoover, Alabama, 30sec/move (1), 20.08.2007
There can hardly be a better way to wet your appetite for the start of a new Tournament when you have the 2006 World Champion meet a narrowly losing quarter-finalist of 2006 and 2007.
These machines looked as if they knew whom they were up against with Lyon choosing a defensive looking Four Knights opening against the former World Champion. Neither side made any errors nor looked towards making any threats against the other opponent. In fact by move 16 the Endgame phase was already approached after some quick piece exchanges culminating with both Queens leaving the board. A draw seemed certain at this point. Computer analysis at a depth of 20 half moves showed =(-0.13).
[CENTER]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.g3 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Bd3 d6 13.Bf4 Qe6 14.b4 Bb6 15.Re1 Qxe1+ 16.Qxe1
From this point onwards both machines started to play some interesting cat and mouse play searching for optimal placement of their pieces while testing the opponent’s defense for any weakness.
[CENTER][I]Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Be6 18.c4 a5 19.b5 g6 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.Rxe3 Kg7 22.f4 Kf6 23.Kf2 h6 24.c3 Re8 25.a3 b6 26.Re2 g5 27.fxg5+ hxg5 28.h4 Rh8 29.Re4 Rh6 30.Ke3 Bf5 31.Rd4 Bc8 32.Be2 gxh4 33.gxh4
By move 33 Ruffian who was trying to force the play, had maneuvered his kingside pawns into a position to make some exchanges, which resulted in a passed h-pawn. This however did not pose much of a threat to Lyon since both his King and Rook were well positioned to defend the h-file. In fact this later proved to be the decisive turning point of the game with Lyon using his Rook to quickly take control of the open g-file which seemed to unsettle Ruffian enough to allow Lyon to get behind Ruffian’s defense with his Rook.
[CENTER][I]Be6 34.Rf4+ Ke5 35.Re4+ Kf5 36.Kd4 Rg6 37.h5 Rg2
Seizing his opportunity for the kill Lyon with some skillful positional moves behind the enemy lines pressured Ruffian into defensive moves and errors and by move 48 after the exchange of Rooks the game was lost.
38.a4?! Kg5 39.Ke3 Rg1 40.Kd2 Ra1 41.Bd1 Ra2+ 42.Ke3 Rb2 43.Rf4 Rb1 44.Rd4 Ra1 45.Rd2 Bxc4 46.Kd4 Be6 47.Ke3 Ra2 48.Rxa2 Bxa2 49.Be2 Bb3 50.c4 Bxa4 51.Kd4 c6 52.Kc3 f5 53.Bd3 cxb5 54.cxb5 f4 55.Be2 f3 56.Bxf3 Bxb5 57.h6 Kxh6 58.Bd5 Bd7 59.Bb7 b5 60.Be4 Kg5 61.Bd3 Kf4 62.Kd4 a4 63.Kc3 Ke3 64.Bc2 d5 65.Kb4 d4 66.Bg6 d3 67.Bh5 Bc6 68.Ka3 d2 69.Bd1 Bf3 70.Bc2 Ke2 71.Kb4 Ke1 72.Kxb5 a3 73.Bb3 d1Q 74.Bxd1 Kxd1 75.Kc5 a2 76.Kd6 a1Q 77.Ke6 Kd2 78.Kf5 Qg7 79.Ke6 Ke3 80.Kd6 Kd4 81.Ke6 Bg4+ 82.Kd6 Qd7# 0–1
A fantastic performance by Lyon who is not normally known for his endgame to so convincingly out-smart the former World Champion.
Summary of other Group A Round 1 Games
(2) Mephisto Portorose 68020 (2153) - Tasc CM32 512K Gideon 3.0 (2270) [B53]
ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A Chessgate,Internet, 30sec/mov (1), 04.08.2007
[I]1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.Rhe1 0–0 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qh4 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Rfd8 14.Ng4 Nxg4 15.Bxe7 Qf4+ 16.Kb1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Qf5 18.h3 Ne5 19.Qd4 f6 20.g4 Qf3 21.g5 Qxh3 22.gxf6 Nf3 23.Qd6 Rc8 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Qf4 Qf5 26.Qxf5
exf5 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Bxd8 h5 29.Ne2 h4 30.Nf4 Bb5 31.b3 Bf1 32.Ne6+ Kh6 33.Bc7 h3 34.Nd8 Ba6 35.Nf7+ Kg7 36.Nd6 f4 37.Ne8+ Kf8 38.Bxf4 Kxe8 39.c4 h2 0–1
Mephisto Portorose had the better position after this Sicilian Opening but after the bad decision to exchange Queens on move 26 and allow the Chessmachine a strong passed h-pawn; the game was lost a few moves later.
(3) Mephisto Risc II 1MB (2231) - Novag Star Diamond (2162) [A18]
ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A Chessgate,Internet, 30sec/mov (1), 25.08.2007
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4 e6 4.e4 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 0–0 9.Nf3 d6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Be2 Qg6 12.0–0
Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qf4 14.Re1 e5 15.d5 Ne7 16.Nd4 Bg4 17.g3 Qg5 18.h4 Qh5 19.Qa4 a6 20.Qa5 Rfc8 21.Nc2 Bf5 22.Bxf5 Nxf5 23.Rb2 Qg4 24.Ne3 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 Qxc4 26.Rb4 Qa2 27.c4 Qa1+ 28.Kg2 Qd1 29.Reb3 Qe1 30.Rb1 Qe4+ 31.Kg1 Qc2 32.h5 f5 33.R4b2 Qxc4 34.Rxb7 Rxb7 35.Rxb7 0–1
A short game and some very strange play by Mephisto Risc II. As you can see from the above diagram he gave up a pawn quickly after the opening. He also lost another a few moves later. Christian and I had Chessgate problems when we played so we had to adjourn the game. However, we both agreed that the game was lost for Risc II. Analysis by Fritz 8 at 14/43:
3: Mephisto Risc II 1MB - Novag Star Diamond, ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A 2007
Analysis by Fritz 8:
1. -+ (-3.13): 35...f4 36.gxf4 Qxf4 37.Rb3 Rf8 38.Qe1 Qd4 39.Qe2 Qxd5 40.Rc3
(4) Saitek Cosmos 24MhZ (2105) - Mephisto Magellan (2249) [C54]
ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A Chessgate,Internet, 30sec/mov (1), 04.08.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3
Nxe4 8.0–0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11.Rxe4 d6 12.Qa4+ Bd7 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Rf4 c5 16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.Bxd7+ Qxd7 18.Ra4 b5 19.Re1 0–0 20.Ra5 Rfe8 21.Ra3 Qb7 22.Rd1 c4 23.Qc2 Nxd5 24.Bxa7 Ra8 25.Bd4 Rxa3 26.bxa3 Qa6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Nd4 Re5 29.Qc1 Rc5 30.Re1 Kf8 31.Qf4 Rd5 32.Nc2 Qa4 33.Qe3 Re5 34.Qb6 Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 Qxa3 36.Qb8+ Ne8 37.Qxb5 Qxa2 38.Kf1 h6 39.Qc6 Qb3 40.Qd5 Qb4 41.Ke2 Qb2+ 42.Kf3 c3 43.Qd4 Qd2 44.Qe3 Nf6 45.h3 d5 46.Nd3 Qd1+ 47.Kf4 Kg8 48.g4 c2 49.Nc1 d4 50.Qa3 Qe1 51.Qa8+ Ne8 52.Nd3 c1Q+ 53.Nxc1 0–1
Poor Cosmos 24Mhz lost a pawn after 7 moves in this variation of the Giuoco Piano. After this he tried hard to stay in the game but Magellan kept the pressure on throughout the game and finally completely broke down Cosmos defenses.
(5) Fidelity Elite V10 68040 (2168) - Novag Sapphire (2191) [D25]
ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A Muenchen, Germany, 30sec/move (1), 28.06.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5 8.0–0 Bd6 9.e4 e5 10.Be2 0–0 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Ng6 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Bg5 Be5 16.Nf3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qe6 18.e5 Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Re1 h6 21.exf6 Qxe2 22.Rxe2 hxg5 23.fxg7 Kxg7 24.Nxg5 Nf4 25.Re4 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Nd3 27.Nf3 Rc1 28.Re7 Rxc3 29.Re3 c5 30.Ne5 c4 31.Nxc4 Rxc4 32.Rxd3 Rc2 33.Ra3
a6 34.Kg3 Rd2 35.Rb3 Rxa2 36.Rxb7 a5 37.f4 Ra1 38.Ra7 a4 39.Kf3 a3 40.Ke4 a2 41.Kf5 Kf8 42.Kf6 Ke8 43.f5 Kd8 44.g4 Kc8 45.Kxf7 Rh1 46.Rxa2 Rxh3 47.g5 Rh5 48.Kf6 Kc7 49.g6 1–0
This is one of the games Christian played by himself at home. I know he enjoyed this game very much and was very pleased with the way that Elite V10 played this Queens Gambit Accepted. V10 worked itself nicely into a positional advantage, which it kept throughout the game. Sapphire had to work hard to stay in touch and may have salvaged a draw in the end. The diagram above shows what I believe to be the critical position where Sapphire should have taken the pawn on f2. Interesting game.
(6) RadioShack 2250 XL (2117) - Mephisto Milano Pro (2158) [A43]
ICMCCC - 2007 - Group A Hoover, Alabama, 30sec/move (1), 24.08.2007
1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Qa5+ 3.Nd2 g6 4.c3 Qxc5 5.Nb3 Qc7 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Nf3 0–0 9.0–0 d6 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nfd4 Nc6 13.e4 Rfd8 14.f4 e5 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.f5 Nxe4 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.fxg6 fxg6 19.Qg4 Qc8
20.Qxc8?! [20.Na5!] 20...Rxc8 21.Kh2 d5 22.Rae1 Nd6 23.Na5 e4 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.g4 c5 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rfe1 Be5+ 28.Kg1 Kf7 29.Kf2 Ke6 30.Rd1 Rf8+ 31.Kg1 h6 32.Rf1 Re8 33.h4 Bg3 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 Ke5 36.Rd1 Bf4 37.Rde1 a6 38.b4 cxb4 39.cxb4 Rg8 40.a4 Rg5 41.a5 Rxh5 42.Kf2 Rg5 43.Rd1 d4 44.Rd3 Rg7 45.Rb3 Bd2 46.Kg1 Bc3 47.b5 d3 48.Rxc3 dxe2 49.Re3 axb5 50.Rxe2 Ra7 51.Ra2 Nb7 52.Re2 Nc5 53.Rc2 Kd4 54.Rd2+ Nd3 55.Ra2 b4 56.Ra4 Kc3 57.Ra1 e3 58.Bf1 Nf4 59.Bb5 b3 60.a6 b2 61.Re1 e2 62.Kf2 Nd3+ 63.Bxd3 Kxd3 64.Rh1 0–1
In this Schmid Benoni opening there was an interesting exchange on move 16 of a white Bishop and Pawn again Milano Pro’s black Rook giving RS 2250XL the better position after the opening. The diagram shows the critical turning point of the game. RS 2250XL chose to exchange Queens probably thinking that a simplified position would be better later for its two Rooks. This turned out to be a mistake especially since 20.Na5 looked very promising. Milano Pro skillfully took advantage of his pawn majority in the center to win the game.
Viele gruesse and alle
Nick