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AW: The 64-cup
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You are right. You shouldn't have to press the mark key button so much. :) :) Kind regards Kurt |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
the second match is with Ron Nelson's Excalibur Ivan (the Terrible) and the puny Novag Octo, which cannot stand a chance - two points for Ivan (who often said 'I will crush you, I will destroy you' ...). In the first game, Octo playing black cherished illusions until its decisive blunder move #31. In the second game, Octo as white can only play 8 moves before a first error, then things get worse as soon as move #11. Very few resistance offered!
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.06"] [Round "2-1"] [White "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv48)"] [Black "Novag Octo (lv 4)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1851"] [BlackElo "1204"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.d4 e6 {No book} 2.Bf4 {Out of book} 2...d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Bd7 8.Ne5 b6 9.Nxd7 Nxd7 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.Bxd6 cxd6 12.Bd3 Rc8 13.Nb5 e5 14.Nxd6 Rc6 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.Nd4 Rh6 18.c3 Re8 19.Bb5 N7c6 20.f4 a6 21.Bxa6 Ra8 $4 {the Octo creates a threat (RxB) to balance his hanging piece (Knight on e5 square). But after White move Bb5, not only the Bishop escapes the threat, but also it doubles the attacks on c6, pinned in front of the black Queen. Moving the attacked Knight elsewhere was required (Ng4 or Nc4, either immediately or after Nxd4 exd4 )} 22.Bb5 Nc4 23.Nxc6 Rxc6 24.Bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qe2 Nd6 26.Rfd1 Qc5 27.Qd3 h6 28.b4 Qc4 29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Rxd5 Rd8 31.Rad1 g6 32.Rxd6 Re8 33.Kf2 b5 34.R1d5 Rc8 35.Rd8+ Rxd8 36.Rxd8+ Kg7 37.Rd5 Kf6 38.Rxb5 Ke6 39.a4 Kf6 40.Rb6+ Kf5 41.Kf3 {Ivan announces mate in 1} 41...h5 42.e4# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.06"] [Round "2-1"] [White "Novag Octo (lv 4)"] [Black "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv48)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1204"] [BlackElo "1851"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B21"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...c5 2.d4 cxd4 {Out of book} 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd5 Nf6 5.Qd3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.Nf3 e5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Be3 $2 {Bd2 was much better} 9...Nxc3 10.bxc3 Qxd3 11.cxd3 $4 {blunders the Rook due to next fork. BxQ was required.} 11...Bxc3+ 12.Ke2 Bxa1 13.Bc5 Be6 14.a3 b6 15.Bd6 Rd8 16.Bc7 $2 {the Bishop has no escape there. Bc5 was way better.} 16...Rd7 17.Nxe5 Nd4+ 18.Ke1 Rxc7 19.f3 Nc2+ 20.Kf2 Bxe5 21.a4 Bd4+ 22.Kg3 Bd7 23.Be2 Bxa4 24.Rc1 Be3 25.Rb1 O-O 26.f4 Rd8 27.f5 Rc5 28.Kg4 Bd7 29.Rf1 Nd4 30.Re1 Rxf5 31.Kh3 Rf3+ 32.Kh4 Nf5+ {Ivan announces mate in 3} 33.Kg4 Rf4+ 34.Kh3 Rh4# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
next match is again very unbalanced ... The Millenium King Performance runs over the Fidelity Chess Challenger 7; in no more than 20 moves with the light pieces; and 30 moves with the dark ones. At least, this gave me the opportunity to clean my CC7 from some dust that covered it :eek:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.07"] [Round "2-1"] [White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Black "Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "1276"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A10"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.c4 d5 {Out of book} 2.cxd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5 4.d4 {Out of book} 4...Qa5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Bd2 Qb4 $4 7.Nb5 Qxb2 8.Bc3 Qxa1 9.Qxa1 Kd8 10.d5 Nb8 11.Bxg7 Nf6 12.Bxh8 Nbd7 13.Qc3 Nxe4 14.Qxc7+ Ke8 15.Qf4 e5 16.dxe6 Bb4+ 17.Kd1 Nxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nb6 19.Qxf7+ {King Performance announces mate in 3} 19...Kd8 20.Bf6+ {Chess Challenger 7 resigns} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.07"] [Round "2-1"] [White "Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 (lv 2)"] [Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D08"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Qa4+ {Out of book} 3...Bd7 {Out of book} 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 exd4 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nbxd2 dxe3 10.fxe3 Qe7 11.Qe4 O-O-O 12.Bd3 Qd6 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Nxf7 Nxe4 15.Nxd6+ Nxd6 16.O-O Ne5 17.Be2 Rhe8 18.Rac1 Bb5 19.Bxb5 Nxb5 20.Rc2 Ng4 21.e4 Nd4 22.Rfc1 $2 Ne2+ 23.Kf1 {of course not Kh1 (Nf2#)} 23...Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Rxd2 25.h3 Ne3+ 26.Kg1 Rxb2 27.g4 Rf8 {King Performance announces mate in 5} 28.a3 Rg2+ 29.Kh1 Rff2 30.a4 Rh2+ {Chess Challenger 7 resigns} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
round 1 for group 2 is now completed, with a kind of surprise: a fairly balanced match :box2: with the Novag Constellation Expert featuring some 100 CElo or so advantage, compared to its opponent the Mephisto Rebell 5. This should theorically lead to 64 to 36 points over 100 games; nevertheless the Rebell 5 won both games! :victoria: As soon as move #14, the Constellation Expert attacks the Black King and gathers three pieces in the area. Unfortunately, few moves later, with a choice between two light pieces to attack further on (a Knight and a Bishop, with support from the Queen), the Expert chose the wrong one (used them in the wrong sequence) and the attack hanged fire with some material loss. It is then a long way for the Rebell to achieve the win as Black. In the second game, none of both computers seems to be aware of the rule about a passed Pawn file; where Rooks belong to, behind the Pawn (whatever for support or defense). Only once the Pawn reached the seventh rank did the Expert realize its Rook was required there; thus postponing the promotion. But few moves later it blundered badly, letting the Rebell move its own Rook behind its passed Pawn, game over...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.08"] [Round "2-1"] [White "Novag Constellation Expert (lv 10)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1916"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C54"] [PlyCount "150"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.O-O O-O {Out of book} 11.Ne5 Nxd4 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Bxd5 Nxa1 14.Bxf7+ {Out of book} 14...Kh8 15.Qh5 g5 16.Qh6 $1 Bf5 $6 {Rg8 seemed better:} ( 16...Rg8 17.Bxg8 Kxg8 18.Rxa1 ) 17.Ng6+ $2 {looked interesting, but correct move was Bg6:} ( 17.Bg6 Bxg6 18.Nxg6+ Kg8 19.Nxf8 Qxf8 20.Qxg5+ {with a better position for White.} ) 17...Bxg6 18.Bxg6 Qd7 19.Be4 Rad8 20.Qxg5 Qd4 21.Qh4 Rd7 22.b3 Re8 23.Qh6 Qxe4 24.h3 Rg7 25.g3 Nc2 26.Qf6 Ne1 27.f3 Qe6 28.Qxe6 Rxe6 29.g4 Nd3 30.f4 Re3 31.Kg2 Rf7 32.f5 Re2+ 33.Kf3 Rfe7 34.Kg3 R7e3+ 35.Kh4 Rxa2 36.Rh1 Rb2 37.Ra1 a6 38.Rf1 Nf2 39.Rc1 Rbxb3 40.Rxc7 Rxh3+ 41.Kg5 h6+ 42.Kg6 Rbc3 43.Rxb7 Rb3 44.Rc7 Rb8 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.f6 Rhb3 47.Rg7+ Kf8 48.Kxh6 R8b7 49.Rg5 Kf7 50.Rg7+ Kxf6 51.Rg6+ Ke5 52.Rxa6 Nxg4+ 53.Kg5 Ne3 54.Ra1 Rb2 55.Ra5+ Kd4 56.Ra4+ Kd5 57.Kf4 Nc4 58.Ra8 Rf7+ 59.Kg3 Rff2 60.Kh4 Rh2+ 61.Kg5 Rbg2+ 62.Kf4 Rf2+ 63.Kg5 Ke4 64.Ra4 Rhg2+ 65.Kh4 Kd5 66.Ra8 Re2 67.Kh3 Rh2+ 68.Kg4 Ne5+ 69.Kg5 Rhg2+ 70.Kh5 Nd3 71.Rd8+ Kc4 72.Kh6 Rg1 73.Rc8+ Nc5 {Rebell 5 announces mate in 3} 74.Rxc5+ Kxc5 75.Kh5 Rh2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.08"] [Round "2-1"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (2)"] [Black "Novag Constellation Expert (lv 10)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1916"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E12"] [PlyCount "135"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.Bd3 {Out of book} 7...O-O 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 {Out of book} 9...d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nf5 Nbd7 12.Rc1 h6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bf4 Qb4 15.Qe2 d4 16.a3 Qc5 17.b4 Qc6 18.Ne4 Qd5 19.f3 g5 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.e4 Qd8 22.Bc7 Qe7 23.Bg3 Rac8 24.Qb2 Rfd8 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Rc1 Bb7 $6 {Ne8 to prevent Rc7 was more sure} 27.Bf2 $2 {Rc7 was much more dynamic} 27...Nh5 28.Bxd4 $6 {weakens the d file} 28...Qd7 29.Rc4 $2 {questionable defense. Securing Be2 or Bf1 was a better choice.} 29...b5 30.Rc1 Qxd4+ 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.Bxb5 a6 33.Be8 Nf6 34.Bc6 Bc8 35.b5 axb5 36.Bxb5 Be6 37.a4 Rd2 38.a5 Kf8 $6 {the a4 passed pawn deserves the Black Rook control behind it, Ra2 was a better choice.} 39.a6 Ke7 $6 {again, Ra2 is to be played} 40.Rc7+ $6 {same inaccuracy from the Rebell: Ra1 was needed to support the passed Pawn.} 40...Nd7 41.a7 Ra2 42.h3 f6 43.Kh2 h5 44.Kg1 h4 45.Kh2 Ra1 46.Rb7 Kd6 47.g4 Ra5 48.Kg1 Ra2 49.Kf1 Ne5 $4 {the losing blunder: lets the White Rook gain access to the a file and support the passed Pawn.} 50.Rb6+ $1 Kc7 51.Ra6 {game over.} 51...Rxa6 52.Bxa6 Bc4+ 53.Kg2 Bxa6 54.a8=Q Be2 55.Qa7+ Kc6 56.Qe7 Nd7 57.Kf2 Bb5 58.e5 fxe5 59.Qxg5 Kd5 60.Qxh4 Nc5 61.Qd8+ Kc4 62.h4 Bc6 63.h5 Ne6 64.Qf6 Kd5 65.g5 Nf4 66.h6 Nd3+ 67.Ke3 Nf4 68.h7 {Constellation Expert resigns} 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
a match of weak ones now: Novag Octo vs Novag "Chess Champion" :lol: Delta-1. Just a reminder: the Delta-1 code is a messed-up copy of the Boris, dating from Novag's early pirate era. Did I mention it likes to push its Pawns? Yes, I did... and the first game provides an evidence: it IS a bloody pawn-pusher... Only on move #10 does it finally agree to move anything else... under the pressure from a check. The Octo is a bit lucky, as the Delta-1 was unable to spot several opportunities for a mate in 2. The second game is a massacre for material: the Octo achieves mate with a Queen, 2 Rooks, 1 Bishop and 1 Knight advantage (and a Pawn more, too, but this gets marginal :)).
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.09"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Novag Octo (lv 4)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Delta-1 (lv 15s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1204"] [BlackElo "938"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...e6 {No book} 2.d4 a5 3.Nf3 f6 4.Bb5 c6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bd3 g5 7.O-O g4 8.Nfd2 f5 9.exf5 exf5 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bxf5 h5 12.Nc3 b4 13.Nce4 d5 14.Nd6+ Qxd6 15.Bxc8 Qf6 16.Bb7 Ra7 17.Bc8 Rc7 18.Be6 g3 19.Bxg8 $4 gxf2+ $1 20.Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 21.Qxe1 b3 $6 {why not RxB?} 22.Qg3 $6 {Be6 was better} 22...bxc2 23.Qxc7 Na6 $2 {RxB} 24.Qc8+ Bd8 25.Be6 Nc7 26.Qd7+ Kf8 27.Qd6+ Kg7 28.Qd7+ Kg6 29.Bh3 a4 30.a3 Re8 $1 31.b3 $4 {enables mate in 2: Re1+ Nf1 RxN#} 31...Qxd4 $2 {fails to see the above attack, and short mate} 32.Qxc6+ Kg7 33.Ra2 {again, enables the same mate in 2} 33...axb3 $6 34.Qd7+ Re7 $1 35.Qxd8 bxa2 $4 {the mate pattern was still there... not for long, now.} 36.Qxe7+ {of course} 36...Kg6 37.Qd6+ Qf6 38.Qg3+ Kh6 39.Ne4+ $1 Qf4 40.Bxf4+ Kh7 41.Ng5+ Kg7 42.Be5+ Kg6 43.Qf4 Nb5 44.Qf6# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.09"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Delta-1 (lv 15s)"] [Black "Novag Octo (lv 4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "938"] [BlackElo "1204"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...e6 {No book} 2.h4 d5 3.f3 Ne7 4.Nc3 Nbc6 5.Nb5 dxe4 6.fxe4 e5 7.c3 Be6 8.b4 Qd7 9.Ba3 $2 {blocks the a3 retreat square for the advanced Knight} 9...O-O-O 10.g3 a6 11.Qc1 Kb8 12.Qd1 $6 f6 13.Nxc7 Qxc7 14.b5 Qa5 15.bxc6 Qxa3 16.Rb1 b5 17.Bxb5 axb5 18.Rxb5+ Kc8 19.Rb6 Qd6 20.Qc2 h5 21.Ke2 Qc5 22.Qb2 Bc4+ 23.d3 Bxd3+ 24.Ke1 Nxc6 25.Rb7 Bxe4 26.Nf3 Qe3+ 27.Kf1 Qxf3+ 28.Kg1 Qxg3+ $6 {several shorter ways to win (Rd1+ or Bc5+ or Qd1+...)} 29.Kf1 Bd3+ 30.Qe2 Kxb7 31.Rg1 Bxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Qxg1 33.a3 Qg2+ 34.Ke3 Bc5# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi, good evening all,
with zero points from the first round, the Novag Constellation Expert badly needs to recover. It is an easy match for him, as once Octo and Delta-1 fought together, the only opponent left as well with no points is... the Fidelity Chess Challenger 7. A piece of cake for the Expert... In the first game, The Expert with light pieces commits a mistake on move 16, but the CC7 is (of course) overwhelmed by the position and commits a much more bad error in return. The rest of the game is a health walk for the Expert. Second game: a very usual error from the CC7, often occuring from weak chess computers: after a piece capture that should have been treated in a simple way as an exchange thru an immediate re-capture, the CC7 instead threats another piece. Well, two opponent's pieces hanging should do the trick? No, no...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.09"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Novag Constellation Expert (lv 10)"] [Black "Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1916"] [BlackElo "1276"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A03"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.f4 d5 {Out of book} 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 Nc6 4.d4 {Out of book} 4...Bf5 5.Nd2 Ng4 6.Ndf3 Qd7 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bd3 Qe6 9.Ne2 h5 10.Bxf5 Qxf5 11.c4 b5 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.O-O e6 14.Nc3 Qf5 15.Ne5 Bb4 16.Nxb5 $2 {why not Ne2?} 16...Ncxe5 $4 {better was:} ( 16...axb5 17.Nxc6 ) 17.Nxc7+ Ke7 18.fxe5 Qe4 19.Nxa8 Rxa8 20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Nh6 22.Bb2 Rc8 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Nf5 25.Kf2 h4 26.Rc7+ Kf8 27.Bc3 Bxc3 28.Rxc3 h3 29.Rc8+ Ke7 30.Ra8 a5 31.Rxa5 g5 32.a4 Ng7 33.b4 Nf5 34.Ra7+ Kf8 35.b5 Ne7 36.a5 Ke8 37.Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 38.a6 g4 39.a7 g3+ 40.Kxg3 f6 41.a8=Q Kf7 42.b6 fxe5 43.dxe5 Ke7 44.Qa7+ {expert announces mate in 3} 44...Ke8 45.Qc7 Kf8 46.b7 {CC7 resigns} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.09"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Constellation Expert (lv 10)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1916"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C02"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nc3 {Out of book} 4...Nc6 {Out of book} 5.dxc5 Nxe5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Be3 Bxb5 8.Qd4 $4 {the usual error... both black pieces Bishop and Knight are now hanging, worth a piece gain for White... or not! The Knight can escape the threat with a tempo gain, the Bishop is saved...} 8...Nc6 9.Qf4 Bc4 10.b3 d4 11.bxc4 dxc3 12.Ne2 Nb4 $6 13.Qe4 Nf6 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qxb8 $6 Nxc2+ 16.Kf1 Nxe3+ 17.fxe3 Qxb8 18.Nxc3 Qb2 19.Rd1 Qxc3 20.c6 Qxc4+ 21.Kg1 Qc2 22.Ra1 Ng4 {Expert announces mate in 3} 23.Rf1 Bc5 24.Rf3 Qb1+ {CC7 resigns} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
third match in round 2 for group 2 is: Excalibur Ivan The Terrible against Scisys Chess Companion III. According to the current ranking of both computers in my private list, the odds are 6.6 to 1 in favor of Ivan, featuring a fast H8@12Mhz versus the weaker Companion III with a rather limited 6301Y@2Mhz. But it runs a Kaplan/Barnes program I am found of... And :respekt: the small Scisys gets a full point from the match and, cherry on the cake, gets this win with dark pieces!! This was the first game, in which Ivan slowly built an expected win, until a first noticeable mistake on move 49. It was during the endgame phase, known to be a weakness from Nelson's program, and the position required positional awareness rather than material calculation. Ivan missed the opportunity to achieve the win; nevertheless a draw was still possible. But a similar positional choice occured few moves later, same mistake repeated from Ivan and the game is now lost. On the revenge game, no such a chance for the Chess Companion III: a mistake in the early endgame leaves it with some material disadvantage Ivan could easily turn into a win.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.10"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv 48)"] [Black "Scisys Chess Companion III (lv 3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1851"] [BlackElo "1523"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "144"] 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 {Out of book} 2...d5 {Out of book} 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.axb3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.c4 Bg4 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bb5 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 e4 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne5 c5 19.Rfc1 Rfe8 20.Nc6 Rec8 21.Rxc5 Kf8 22.Rac1 Ne7 23.Nxe7 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Kxe7 25.Re5+ Kd6 26.Rxe4 Rc8 27.Rc4 Rc5 28.Kf1 Kd5 29.e4+ Kc6 30.Ke2 Kb5 31.Rxc5+ Kxc5 32.Kd3 Kb4 33.Kc2 h5 34.h4 a5 35.f3 Kb5 36.Kc3 Kc5 37.f4 Kb5 38.f5 Kc5 39.g3 Kd6 40.Kd4 f6 41.Kc4 Ke5 42.Kd3 Kd6 43.Kd4 Kc6 44.Kc4 Kd6 45.Kd3 Ke5 46.Ke3 Kd6 47.Ke2 Kc5 48.b4+ Kxb4 49.Kd2 $2 {With the Black King far enough on Queen side, time was up for Ivan to push its King side Pawns:} ( 49.e5 fxe5 50.g4 hxg4 51.h5 g3 52.f6 {and either f or h White Pawn will be promoted.} ) 49...Kc4 50.Ke3 Kb3 51.Kd4 $2 {again, White's counter-play was on King side, leveraging the majority of Pawns. But Ivan has lost tempi, the Chess Companion's King is now in for a fast enough a-file promotion.} 51...a4 52.e5 fxe5+ 53.Kd5 {Ivan says: I didn't see that one coming...} 53...Kxb2 54.Kxe5 a3 55.Kf4 a2 56.Kg5 a1=Q 57.Kxh5 Kb3 58.Kg5 Qf6+ 59.Kg4 Qe5 60.Kf3 Qxf5+ 61.Kg2 Kc4 62.Kg1 Qc2 63.Kf1 Qh2 64.h5 Qxg3 65.Ke2 Qe5+ 66.Kf3 Qxh5+ 67.Ke4 Qg5 68.Kf3 Kd3 69.Kf2 Qh4+ 70.Kg2 Ke2 71.Kg1 Kf3 72.Kf1 Qf2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.10"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Scisys Chess Companion III (lv 3)"] [Black "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv 48)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1851"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E21"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 {Out of book} 4...c5 5.Be3 Bxc3+ {Out of book} 6.bxc3 cxd4 7.cxd4 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e4 d6 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 $6 {PxP was safer, as now d4 Pawn will be hardly defended.} 12...Rd8 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.O-O Rxd4 16.Qa4 e5 17.Rab1 Rd2 18.Bf3 Bf5 19.Qxc6 Qxc6 20.Bxc6 Rc8 21.Bb7 Rxc4 22.Rb5 $2 {vulnerable to an X-Ray attack from Ivan's Bishop if it moves to d3, also threatening the f1 Rook.} 22...Bd3 $1 23.Rd5 Rb4 24.Rd8+ Kh7 25.Bf3 e4 26.Bh5 g6 27.Bg4 Rbb2 28.Rxd3 {otherwise, BxR} 28...Rxd3 29.a4 Kg7 30.Re1 f5 31.Bh3 Ra2 32.Rb1 Kf6 33.Rc1 Rxa4 34.Kf1 Ra2 35.Ke1 Rdd2 36.Rc6+ Ke5 37.Rxg6 Rdb2 38.Bg4 fxg4 {Ivan says: you must be terrified of me...} 39.f4+ gxf3 40.Re6+ Kxe6 {Ivan announces mate in 1} 41.gxf3 Rb1# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hi Tibono,
Thanx for this match! Interesting to know that my very first chess computer, the Tandy 1850, could be able to beat such a computer once in a while! ;) Regards, Paul |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
good afternoon all, round 2 for group 2 is now completed, with two wins for the King Performance facing Rebell 5. Not an unexpected result, with 700+ CElo for the de Koning mighty device! Nevertheless a good game as White for the Schröder bomber from 1986; with a rather balanced game until move 40 or so. Actually, move 40 is the first clear mistake from Rebell 5: good job, Ed! Unfortunately, the second game is far from the above: a miniature one, completed in less then 20 moves. Already three to four moves after leaving its opening book, the Rebell is in bad shape, lacking King safety. And the King program can be merciless...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.11"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Bxe4 {Out of book} 9...dxe4 {Out of book} 10.Ne5 O-O 11.a3 f6 12.axb4 fxe5 13.dxe5 Be6 14.c5 Qd3 15.Bd2 Bc4 16.Re1 Qd4 17.Be3 Qxe5 18.Bd4 Qf5 19.Nd2 Bd3 20.Qb3+ Kh8 21.f3 Qd7 22.Bf2 e3 23.Rxe3 Bf5 24.Ree1 Rfe8 25.Rad1 Qc6 26.b5 Qg6 27.Qb4 Rad8 28.Ne4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 b6 30.Qa4 Bxc5 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.Qxa7 Bxe4 33.fxe4 Qxe4 34.Qxc5 h6 35.Rc1 Re5 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Kh1 Rf5 38.Qc8 Qc2 $1 {of course, RxQ is forbidden by corridor mate threat.} 39.Re1 Re5 40.Rf1 $2 {Rg1 or Ra1 was required} 40...Qf2 $1 41.Rg1 Re1 42.Qf5+ Qxf5 43.Rxe1 Qxb5 44.Rb1 Qd3 45.Ra1 Qc2 46.b4 Qb2 47.Rd1 Qxb4 48.Rc1 Qd2 49.Rf1 c5 50.h4 c4 51.g4 c3 52.g5 h5 53.g6+ Kxg6 54.Rg1+ Kf5 {King Performance announces mate in 9} 55.Rf1+ Kg4 {KP announces mate in 5; Rebell 5 resigns.} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.11"] [Round "2-2"] [White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C47"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 {Out of book} 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 {Out of book} 7...Nb4 8.O-O Qe4 $2 {Keeping Q & K aligned on an opened file is not a good idea!} 9.Re1 Kd8 $2 {Be7 to keep castling short enabled offered more resistance, but the game is already lost.} 10.Ng5 Qxd5 11.Bf3 Qf5 12.Nxf7+ $1 Qxf7 13.Bg5+ $1 {leaves only 3 legal moves, all losers.} 13...Qf6 14.Bxf6+ gxf6 15.Qxd4 Be7 16.Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 17.Re1+ {King Performance announces mate in 6} 17...Kf7 18.Bh5+ Kg7 19.Re7+ {Rebell 5 acknowledges mate in 3 and resigns.} 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
third round starts with Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 facing the Novag Chess Champion Delta-1. Both belong to the same era, and it was fun to watch their very similar red displays side to side. Similarity stops there, the Delta-1 is no fierce opposition to the CC7 :nene:. Two points for Ron's best seller.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.11"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Delta-1 (lv 15s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "938"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.e4 e6 {No book} 2.d4 a6 3.Nf3 {Out of book} 3...b5 4.Nc3 b4 5.Bg5 Nf6 6.Na4 b3 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.axb3 f5 9.exf5 exf5 10.Nc5 d6 11.Qe2+ Be7 12.Nd3 c6 13.Qe3 a5 14.Nf4 h6 15.Bc4 d5 16.Be2 O-O 17.O-O Bb4 18.c3 Be7 19.Qe5 Bd6 20.Qe3 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Kg7 22.Bd3 Kg6 23.Ne5+ Kh5 24.Be2# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.11"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Delta-1 (lv 15s)"] [Black "Fidelity Chess Challenger 7 (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "938"] [BlackElo "1276"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e3 {No book} 1...d5 {Out of book} 2.Bd3 Nf6 3.Qf3 Bg4 4.Qg3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d4 6.O-O e6 7.exd4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nxd4 9.c3 Nf5 10.Bxf5 exf5 11.Qe5+ Be7 12.Na3 Qd3 13.Kg2 c6 14.Re1 Qd7 15.d4 Kf8 16.Kg3 $2 Bd6 17.Qxd6+ Qxd6+ 18.Bf4 Nh5+ 19.Kh4 Nxf4 20.Nc4 Qd5 21.Ne5 Ng2+ 22.Kg5 Nxe1 23.Rxe1 f6+ 24.Kxf5 fxe5 25.Rg1 exd4+ 26.Kg4 h5+ 27.Kg3 Qg5+ 28.Kh3 Qxg1 29.cxd4 Qxf2 30.d5 cxd5 31.a4 Qxf3+ 32.Kh4 Qg4# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Good evening guys,
next match is an easy one for the Novag Constellation Expert: the Novag Octo. The only fear I have is: these two points gained won't weigh much in the S/B calculation that I expect will be important for the final ranking of group 2 participants. I want to play more with the wonderful Constellation Expert! :bitte:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.11"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Novag Constellation Expert (lv 10)"] [Black "Novag Octo (lv 4)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1916"] [BlackElo "1204"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C25"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 {No book} 2.Nc3 Ne7 3.Nf3 {Out of book} 3...Nbc6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Ng5 f6 6.Bf7+ Kd7 7.Ne6 Nd4 8.Nxd8 Kxd8 9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 Nxe6 11.d3 Nc5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Be3 Be7 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.fxe5 fxe5 16.Rf7 g5 17.Qd2 Nd4 18.Nd5 Bd6 19.Qxg5+ Ke8 20.Nxc7+ Kxf7 21.Rf1+ {Expert announces mate in 1} 21...Nf3+ 22.Rxf3# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.11"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Novag Octo (lv 4)"] [Black "Novag Constellation Expert (lv 10)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1204"] [BlackElo "1916"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B40"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...c5 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Qd2 Nc6 {Out of book} 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bc4 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Qe5+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Bd3 Be6 13.O-O O-O 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Bf4 d4 17.a3 dxc3 18.axb4 Nd5 19.Be5 cxb2 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Be4 Bg4 22.f3 Rxe5 23.Bxd5 Rdxd5 24.fxg4 Rd2 25.c3 Ree2 $6 {Rxe1 was better} 26.Rxd2 Rxe1+ 27.Kf2 Rf1+ 28.Kxf1 b1=Q+ 29.Kf2 g6 30.Kg3 Qe1+ 31.Rf2 Qxc3+ 32.Kh4 g5+ 33.Kh5 Qg7 {Expert announces mate in 2} 34.Rc2 Qg6# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello, good morning,
I have good news to share; I trust they will please Paul in addition to all lovers of the Constellation Expert and PSH (including myself). The fact is the small Kaplan program powering the Companion III (and the Tandy 1850 ;)) managed to get half a point from its match against the Rebell 5, that's an achievement! Even more impressive, it had an edge since late middlegame, was one Pawn up in the endgame, but the position was still risky with both Queens still on board; thus I consider smart it repeated moves for a draw (maybe not that knowingly, though :gruebel:). As a consequence, the Rebell with 3.5 points stands now behind the Expert (4 points) and I trust Ivan will not be able to increase the 3 points it owns so far, as the last match for group 2 will be against the King Performance... Therefore, you may consider the Expert is qualified for the main competition. :juchu: The second game is interesting as well; the Companion III playing as Black resists fiercely during 45 moves before commiting a deadly blunder :dead:.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.12"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Scisys Chess Companion III (lv 3)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A65"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Be7 {Out of book} 7.Bb5+ {Out of book} 7...Bd7 8.Bc4 b5 9.Nxb5 Nxe4 10.Nf3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Qb6 13.Qe2 O-O 14.O-O Re8 15.Rae1 f5 16.Nc3 Bf6 17.Qd2 Na6 18.Re2 Rxe2 19.Bxe2 Re8 20.Re1 Nc7 21.h3 Qb4 22.Bd3 Rxe1+ 23.Nxe1 Nxd5 24.Bxf5 Nb6 $2 ( 24...Nxc3 25.Bxd7 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Ne2+ 27.Kf1 Nxf4 {and the game is balanced} ) 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.Qxd6 $6 ( 26.Qd5+ Kh8 27.Qf7 h6 28.Qxd7 {and white is a piece up} ) 26...Bxc3 27.Qxd7 Qe4 28.Nd3 Bd4 29.Qb5 Kf7 30.Kh2 Qe2 $1 31.Qd7+ Kf6 32.Qd6+ Kf7 33.Qc7+ Kf6 34.Qd8+ Kf7 35.Qd7+ Kf6 36.Qd6+ Kf7 37.Qc7+ Kf6 38.Qd8+ Kf7 39.Qd7+ {Rebell 5 announces "rE 3".} 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.12"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Scisys Chess Companion III (lv 3)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1523"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B18"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 Nf6 {Out of book} 7.Nf3 {Out of book} 7...e6 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Rb1 f5 15.Ng3 Nd7 16.Re1 Bb4 17.c3 Bd6 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.b4 Nd5 20.b5 Nf4 21.Qf3 c5 22.dxc5 Qxc5 23.Rb4 $6 Qb6 24.Ra4 Rfd8 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Bxe2 f6 $6 27.Qh3 Bc5 28.Qg3 Kg7 29.Bh5 $6 Bxf2+ $6 30.Qxf2 gxh5 31.Qxb6 axb6 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Rxe6 Rxa2 34.Rxb6 Ra7 35.Kf2 Kg6 36.c4 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Ra3+ 38.Kf4 Ra7 39.g3 Ra4 40.Rxb7 Rxc4+ 41.Ke3 h4 42.Rb8 Rb4 43.b6 Rb3+ 44.Kd4 hxg3 45.hxg3 Kf7 46.b7 Ke7 $4 {loser move: Kg7 was required to prevent Rg8 or Rh8} 47.Rh8 $1 {White advanced Pawn cannot be captured, as Rh7 would remove the Black Rook.} 47...f4 48.gxf4 Kd6 49.b8=Q+ Rxb8 50.Rxb8 Ke6 51.Rb5 Kd7 52.Rb6 Ke7 53.Ke4 Kf7 54.Kf5 Ke7 55.Rxf6 Kd7 56.Re6 Kc7 57.Ke5 Kd7 58.f5 Kc8 59.Re7 {Rebell 5 announces mate in 4} 59...Kd8 60.f6 Kc8 61.f7 Kd8 62.f8=Q# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
group 2 games are now completed. As forecasted, the Tsar (despite being terrible) has been no match to the King.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.12"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Black "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv 48)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "1851"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qb3 d6 {Out of book} 6.Be2 {Out of book} 6...O-O 7.d3 Nd7 8.Qc2 Qf6 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nc5 11.e4 Bg4 12.Bg5 Qg6 13.Be3 b6 14.Nh4 Qf6 15.Bxg4 Qxh4 16.f3 a5 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Nb4 19.Qb1 Ne6 20.a3 Na6 21.Qb5 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 Qf6 23.Rac1 Kh8 24.Rc2 Kg8 25.Bf5 g6 26.Bh3 Kh8 27.d5 Ng5 $2 {Ng7 would have offered better safety for the King (aligned with the Queen on the main diagonal!)} 28.Bc8 Rexc8 29.Bd4 $1 {Black Queen is lost...} 29...Qxd4+ 30.Rxd4 f6 31.f4 Nf7 32.Qd7 Kg7 33.Re2 Re8 34.Rd1 Rac8 35.Qh3 Nc5 36.Rde1 a4 37.Qc3 Rb8 38.Qc2 b5 39.cxb5 Rxb5 40.Re3 Rb3 41.Rc3 Reb8 42.Qd2 Rb1 43.Qe3 R1b2 44.e5 fxe5 45.fxe5 Nh6 46.exd6 cxd6 47.Qe7+ Kg8 48.Qxd6 Rb1 49.Rcc1 Nf5 50.Qxc5 R1b6 51.d6 Rxd6 52.Re7 Rbd8 53.Qc4+ Kh8 54.Ra7 Rd1+ 55.Rxd1 {King Performance announces mate in 10} 55...Rxd1+ 56.Kf2 Rd2+ 57.Ke1 Rd1+ 58.Ke2 Rd8 59.Qf7 Ne7 60.Rxe7 Rd2+ 61.Kxd2 h6 62.Re8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.12"] [Round "2-3"] [White "Excalibur Ivan the Terrible (lv 48)"] [Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1851"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A50"] [PlyCount "104"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...d6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bf4 g5 {Out of book} 7.Bg3 Nh5 {Back in book} 8.e3 Bg7 9.Bd3 c5 {Out of book} 10.O-O Nxg3 11.hxg3 cxd4 12.exd4 g4 13.Nh4 Bxd4 14.Re1 Ne5 15.Nf5 Bxc3 16.bxc3 e6 17.Nd4 a6 18.a4 h5 19.Rb1 h4 20.Re3 hxg3 21.Rxg3 $6 Qh4 22.Kf1 Qxg3 $1 23.fxg3 Rh1+ 24.Ke2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Ke7 26.Rb1 Nxd3 27.Kxd3 e5 28.Re1 Bd7 29.Nc2 Bxa4 30.Ne3 Bc6 31.Nd5+ Kf8 32.Rh1 Kg7 33.Rh5 f6 34.Rh4 f5 35.Rh5 Rf8 36.Ke2 a5 37.Ne7 Be4 38.Ke3 a4 39.Kf2 Re8 40.Nd5 Bxd5 41.cxd5 Rh8 $1 {to get rid of the last defender} 42.Rxf5 Kg6 43.Rxe5 dxe5 44.c4 a3 45.Ke3 a2 46.d6 a1=Q {King Performance announces mate in 6} 47.Ke2 Qd4 48.d7 Rf8 49.d8=Q Rf2+ 50.Ke1 Qe3+ 51.Kd1 Qe2+ 52.Kc1 Qc2# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
...and here is the resulting tournament table for group 2:
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1. Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5) 6 pointsNow, let's introduce group 3, where the Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 is the seeded player: - Saitek Calculator Chess - Saitek Turbo King II - Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 - Yeno 320XT - Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger - Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b - Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC - Novag Chess Champion Super System III Well, I guess the L6-v2 and Turbo King II should qualify, and I am keen of watching how both Champion Sensory and Sensory 9b will fare... Who will deserve entering the consolation cup? Let's figure it out... MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello all,
first match is unbalanced, with close to 800 CElo points difference between the minuscule Calculator Chess and the Turbo King II (D+ program). At least they share the same brand, Saitek... Surprisingly, the Calculator Chess plays relatively smart as White for 20-25 moves, despite not featuring any opening book and moving rather fast (higher levels can drift away from acceptable thinking time). Of course the Turbo King II is a bit passive, particularly playing as Black, and it needs 50+ moves to wrap the win - but anyway a good performance from the tiny Craig Barnes program. :top: The revenge is much different: the Calculator Chess never stands a firm foot on the ground, and the Turbo King II with light pieces destroys it in just 16 moves. :maul:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.13"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1097"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B44"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 d5 {Out of book} 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 bxc6 9.Qf3 Qf6 10.Bc5 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Nf6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bd6 Bb7 14.Rb1 O-O-O 15.Rg1 Rhg8 16.Rg4 Nb6 17.Be7 Rde8 18.Bc5 Nd7 19.Bd6 f6 20.exf6 $6 {Ra4!} 20...gxf6 21.Rxg8 $2 {abandons the control on g file} 21...Rxg8 22.Kd2 Ne5 23.Be2 Rg2 24.f4 Nd7 25.Ke3 Rxh2 26.f5 Rh3+ 27.Kf4 $2 {f3 was better, to avoid opening the game for the Turbo King's Rook} 27...e5+ 28.Kg4 Rxc3 29.Bd3 Nc5 $6 {c5 would have trapped the Bishop for a while} 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Rh1 e4 32.Be2 Rxc2 33.Bf1 Rxf2 34.a3 Kd8 35.Rxh7 Bc8 36.Rh8+ Kc7 37.Rh7+ Kd6 38.Rh8 Bxf5+ 39.Kg3 Rxf1 40.Rb8 Rf3+ 41.Kg2 d4 42.a4 Kc5 43.a5 d3 44.a6 Bh3+ 45.Kh2 e3 46.Rb7 e2 47.Re7 d2 48.Re5+ fxe5 {Turbo King announces mate in 4} 49.Kg1 e1=Q+ 50.Kh2 Qg3+ 51.Kh1 d1=R# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1097"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "31"] 1.e4 d5 {No book} 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...Qd4 4.Nf3 Qd6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 $2 {a6 or c6 to prevent Nb5 threating both Calculator Chess Queen and c7 weak square.} 7.Nb5 Qd8 8.Bf4 Nd5 9.Bxd5 Qxd5 10.Nxc7+ Kd8 11.Nxd5 Bf5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rc8 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nf6+ {Turbo King announces mate in 2} 15...Bd7 16.Qxd7# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
if previous match was unbalanced, what about this one? Nearly 1200 CElo points separate the Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 from the Yeno 320XT... And as far as processor speed is concerned, the L6-v2 is roughly ten thousands times faster... So even spending 0 (yes, zero!!) seconds on the clock for the whole game, whilst the Yeno used 15 secs. average per move, the Vonset just CRUSHED the Yeno. Indeed, this is unfair. But fun!:klatsch: And I am pretty sure some of you will appreciate watching some games from the fairly unknown Chinese bomber. And of course stronger opponents will be thrown in front of it :box2: during the next stages of the competition... Meanwhile, please be aware the first game is a gem, to my opinion: make sure you watch the final mate, leveraging two sacs in a row: a Rook then a Bishop... While entering the moves across both computers, I input them on my favorite GUI (to get the PGN tracked) and sometimes activating HIARCS 15.2 live analysis, with four PVs displayed, to better check moves quality (as the standard was far too high for me, Vonset side of course). I noticed most if not all moves from the L6-v2 were always first choice... Therefore once the game completed, I ran a post-mortem analysis for the Vonset/Femuey moves only, using Deep HIARCS 15.2 with 2 threads (of Intel Core-i5 CPU) and 5 secs./move. According to my estimation, the laptop using two threads is about ten times faster than the Vonset; and the analysis engine is over 3.200Elo in CCRL 40/15 list, so fairly able to provide a trusted outcome. Result is included in the PGN data... Chess speaks for itself, as a famous chess player stated :bigeyes:... Therefore I launched the same post-mortem analysis after the second game; to be honest it does not deserve as much interest as the first one; nevertheless the outcome of the analysis is amazing (for a chess computer, I mean).
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.13"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "Yeno 320XT (lv an5)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "1300"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C24"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 {Out of book} 2...Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Bf5 $12 7.Re1 $12 Bb4 $12 8.c3 Bc5 9.Nxe5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.00/19} ( 9.Qb3 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +3.51/16} 9...Be6 10.Qxb7 Nde7 11.Qb5 Bb6 12.Nxe5 Qd6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Bf4 Qd7 16.Bg3 O-O-O 17.Nd2 Na5 18.Qa6+ Kb8 ) 9...O-O 10.d4 Be7 11.Bxd5 Qxd5 12.Nxc6 Bd6 13.Ne7+ Bxe7 14.Rxe7 Qd6 15.Re5 $12 Qf6 $12 16.Be3 a5 17.Nd2 Qg6 18.Qf3 Bc8 19.Rg5 Qd6 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.d5 $1 Qxb2 22.Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 {Sure, the Yeno did not calculate that, but if Rook sacrifice is declined:} ( 22...Kh8 23.Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 {(if Kg8 then Nf6#)} 24.Qh5+ Kg8 ( 24...Kg7 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Nf6# ) 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Qh6# ) 23.Bh6+ $3 Kxh6 24.Qf6+ Kh5 25.Qg5# {White loses 0.05 pawn per move (1 inaccuracy).} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.13"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Yeno 320XT (lv an5)"] [Black "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1300"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A52"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 {Out of book} 3...Ng4 4.Qd4 d6 $12 5.exd6 $12 Bxd6 6.Qxg7 $2 {Yeno's position is lacking development} 6...Be5 7.Qg5 Qxg5 8.Bxg5 Bxb2 9.h3 Ne5 $1 10.Bf6 Rg8 $1 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.Nf3 $12 Bxa1 $12 13.Nbd2 $12 Na6 $1 14.e4 Bc3 15.e5 Be6 16.g4 O-O-O 17.Be2 Nc5 18.Kd1 Bxd2 19.Nxd2 Ne4 20.Kc1 Rxd2 21.Bf3 Rd4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4 23.f3 Rxc4+ 24.Kb1 Ra4 25.Rh2 Rd8 26.Rb2 Rd3 27.Kc1 Rxf3 28.Kd1 Rxh3 29.g5 Rh1+ 30.Kd2 Rh2+ 31.Kc1 Rc4+ 32.Kd1 Rxb2 33.a3 Bg4+ 34.Ke1 Rc1# {Black loses 0.02 pawn per move (no errors).} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi, good morning,
next match is rather classical, between two more or less closely related Fidelity Electronics devices: Champion Sensory Chess Challenger vs Sensory Chess Challenger 9b. Both are powered by a 6502 close to 2Mhz, the 9b born two years later has a slight theoretical edge program-wise. Nevertheless, the Champion deserves its name and is very successful: 2 points! The first game is rather tactically complex to my eyes; the Champion gets an advantage smartly coordinating two pieces (N+B) while the 9b struggled to defend with its single Rook. In the second game with opposite castlings, the 9b fails to take enough care of a pending strong attack from the Champion; its own attack it tried to develop on the other side of the board hanged fire. :headpat:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.13"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Black "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1630"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C97"] [PlyCount "129"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bb7 {Out of book} 13.Bb3 {Out of book} 13...Rac8 14.d5 c4 15.Bc2 Qb6 16.Re3 b4 17.cxb4 Qxb4 18.Rb1 Bd8 19.Nf1 Bb6 20.Ra3 Kh8 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Nxe3 c3 23.Ra4 Qb5 24.bxc3 Qc5 25.Rxa5 Qxa5 26.Rxb7 Qxc3 27.Qf1 a5 28.Bd3 Rb8 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Nf5 Qc7 31.Qe2 Qc5 32.Qe3 Qxe3 33.Nxe3 Rc8 34.Kf1 Rc1+ 35.Ne1 g6 36.a4 Nh5 37.Nc4 Nf4 38.Bc2 Nxg2 39.Kxg2 Rxe1 40.Nxd6 Rc1 41.Bd3 f6 42.Nb7 Rd1 43.Bc4 Rd4 44.Nxa5 {this Knight has just removed both blockers for White's now passed Pawns.} 44...Rxe4 45.Bb3 Rd4 46.Nc6 Rd2 47.a5 e4 48.Kf1 Rb2 49.Ba4 Rd2 50.a6 Ra2 51.Bb5 Kg7 52.a7 g5 53.d6 Ra1+ 54.Kg2 e3 55.d7 exf2 56.d8=Q f1=R 57.Bxf1 g4 58.a8=Q Rxa8 59.Qxa8 h5 60.hxg4 hxg4 61.Bd3 Kf7 62.Bf5 Kg7 63.Qe8 {Champion Sensory announces mate in 2} 63...g3 64.Kxg3 Kh6 65.Qg6# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.13"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b (lv 2)"] [Black "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [BlackElo "1569"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B99"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.Qh5 {Out of book} 13...O-O 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.f5 $6 {Black threatens a strong attack on c file with b4! therefore a3 was best defense} 15...e5 $6 ( 15...b4 16.Nce2 Rac8 17.Kb1 exf5 18.Nxf5 Qxc2+ ) 16.Nf3 Rfc8 17.g6 fxg6 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Qxg6 $2 {while a strong attack is threatening on c file, the Queen should rather step back to h3 in order to enable support on third rank.} 19...b4 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Bh3 $6 {Rhf1!} 21...bxc3 22.Qxd7 $6 {b3 or b4 would have better interfere with the c-file attack} 22...cxb2+ 23.Kd2 Qxc2+ 24.Ke1 Qxe4+ 25.Kf1 Qxf3+ 26.Ke1 Qxd1+ 27.Kxd1 b1=Q+ 28.Kd2 Qb2+ {Champion Sensory announces mate in 1} 29.Kd3 Rc3# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
last game from round 1, group 3 is Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger with CAC module (Challenger Advanced Chess) vs Novag Chess Champion Super System III. In the first game, the Novag is far from brilliant, with a very early offer for a fork the little Fidelity device failed to play. The game is then rather balanced (with some edge for the Mini Sensory, though) until an obvious positional blunder from the SSIII, moving its threatened King outside any safety. The Mini Sensory fails to spot a mate in 2 but remains easily winning; unfortunately no code inside prevents repetition and it messes up the full point for a draw. The second game is not high quality, each device going back and forth according to several mistakes or missed opportunities. In the end a SSIII passed Pawn prevailed; it could have been blocked but the calculation was too much for the puny Mini Sensory. Therefore, the SSIII scores 1.5 points vs the Mini Sensory 0.5.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.14"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Super System III (lv 15s)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1142"] [BlackElo "1276"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D20"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.d4 d5 {No book} 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 {Out of book} 3...Nf6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.O-O Be6 $4 7.Bxe6 $2 {d5!} 7...fxe6 8.Bf4 h5 9.Na3 $6 a5 10.Be3 Qd5 11.Qc1 Rd8 12.Nc4 Qf5 13.Rb1 Rd5 14.Nce5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 c5 16.Rd1 Rxd1+ 17.Qxd1 g5 18.Qa4+ b5 19.Qxb5+ Kd8 $4 {wrong way!} 20.Rd1+ $1 {of course!} 20...Kc7 21.Qxa5+ $6 {mate in 2 with Rd7+ instead:} ( 21.Rd7+ Kc8 22.Qb7# ) 21...Kc6 22.Qa4+ Kb6 23.Qb4+ Kc6 24.Qa4+ Kb6 25.Qb4+ Kc6 26.Qa4+ {Super System III displays: = 3 Too bad for the Mini Sensory :-(} 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.14"] [Round "3-1"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Super System III (lv 15s)"] [Black "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1142"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A45"] [PlyCount "111"] 1.d4 {No book} 1...Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 {Out of book} 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.Nb5 Kd7 $6 5.Nxc7 Rb8 6.Qd3 e6 7.O-O-O Be7 8.Nf3 Ne4 9.Qe3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 $2 {taking back the Knight to b5 was required first} 10...Nxd6 11.Nxe6 {the b5 square is no more a valid exit} 11...fxe6 12.Ne5+ Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nb5 14.a4 Nc7 15.Qxa7 Ra8 16.Qd4 Qf8 17.Rd3 Rg8 18.Rf3 Qe8 19.h4 Ra6 20.Kb1 $6 {e4 was interesting} 20...Rf8 21.Rxf8 Qxf8 22.Rh3 Rc6 23.Rf3 Qc5 24.Rf7+ Kd8 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxg7 Bd7 27.a5 Rxa5 28.Rxh7 d4 29.f4 Bc6 30.g4 Nd5 31.f5 exf5 32.gxf5 Ne3 33.Rh8+ Be8 $2 34.Bh3 $6 {f6!} 34...Rxe5 35.f6 Rh5 $2 36.Rxh5 Bxh5 37.f7 $6 Bxf7 38.c3 dxc3 39.bxc3 Bc4 40.h5 Bxe2 41.h6 Nd5 $6 42.Kc2 Nf4 43.Bf5 Ke7 $2 {the King cannot prevent the promotion. Correct defense was:} ( 43...Bh5 44.h7 Ng6 {Knight defends h8 square; and if BxN, BxB+ with a tempo gain and the Pawn is captured.} ) 44.h7 Ng6 45.Bxg6 Bd1+ {just postponing...} 46.Kxd1 Kf6 47.h8=Q+ Kxg6 48.Qb8 b6 49.Qxb6+ Kf5 50.c4 Ke5 51.c5 Kd5 52.c6 Ke5 53.c7 Kd5 54.c8=Q Ke5 55.Qg4 Kd5 56.Qgd4# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello, Schönen Nachmittag Alle,
let's launch round 2 for group 3, starting with two devices currently lacking any point: the Yeno 320XT and the Saitek Calculator Chess. The Yeno is not a strong one, nevertheless its Danielsen's 4K program easily overwhelms the microscopic Calculator Chess: two points for the cheap, low-end Yeno (playing with "normal" style).
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.15"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Yeno 320XT (lv an5)"] [Black "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1300"] [BlackElo "1097"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 d5 {No book} 2.Nc3 {Out of book} 2...Nf6 3.e5 Ng4 4.d4 Nc6 5.f3 Nh6 6.Be3 Nf5 7.Qd2 e6 8.Bg5 f6 9.exf6 Ncxd4 $4 {gxf6 was required} 10.f7+ $1 {check + uncovers attack on the Queen, the game is already decided.} 10...Kd7 11.Bxd8 Kxd8 12.g4 e5 13.gxf5 c6 14.Qg5+ Kc7 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.f6 gxf6 17.Qxf6 Bd6 18.f4 c5 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxd5+ Kb8 21.Qxe5+ Kc8 22.Qc7# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.15"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"] [Black "Yeno 320XT (lv an5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1097"] [BlackElo "1300"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B15"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 {Out of book} 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 Qd6 7.Bg5 Bf5 8.Bxf6 exf6 9.Rb1 $6 Qb4+ 10.Ke2 Nd7 11.Ke3 $6 Bd6 12.Ba6 O-O $1 13.Nf3 $2 {disables exiting the King from e to f file. Pawn f to f3 or f4 was better.} 13...Rfe8+ 14.Ne5 {only move} 14...fxe5 15.d5 Qe4+ 16.Kd2 Bb4+ 17.Kc1 Qf4+ 18.Nd2 cxd5 19.f3 Bc5 20.Qe2 Qa4 21.b4 $4 {Bd3 was required, to support c2 square} 21...Qxc2# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi, good morning all,
next match is again Fidelity Electronics centric: Mini Sensory Chess Challenger (+ CAC module) and Sensory Chess Challenger 9b. An easy walk for the Sensory 9 and two points, as expected. Just wait for mistakes ...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.15"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"] [Black "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1142"] [BlackElo "1630"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E90"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 {Out of book} 5...O-O 6.Bf4 Nbd7 {Out of book} 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Rb1 Bf5 14.Bf3 $6 {f3 was better} 14...Rd4 $1 15.Rd1 Bxe4 16.Rxd4 Bxf3 17.Rd3 Bxg2 18.Rg1 Bc6 19.c5 Bxh2 20.Rg4 Be5 21.Rb3 Re8 22.Kd2 h5 23.Rg1 Bd4 24.Ra3 Bxc5 25.Rd3 Bxf2 26.Rf1 Bb6 27.Rc3 $2 {aligns Rook & King on a threatened diagonal} 27...Ba5 {of course} 28.b4 $6 Bxb4 29.Rc1 Bxc3+ 30.Rxc3 f5 31.a3 f4 32.Rc1 f3 33.a4 Re2+ 34.Kd3 Kg7 35.a5 g5 36.Kd4 Kg6 37.a6 f2 38.axb7 Bxb7 39.Rxc7 Bg2 40.Rc6+ Bxc6 41.Kc5 Rc2+ 42.Kd4 {Sensory 9b announces mate in 3} 42...f1=Q 43.Ke3 Qf4+ 44.Kd3 Qe4# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.15"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b (lv 2)"] [Black "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [BlackElo "1142"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C69"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 O-O-O {Out of book} 11.Nc3 {Out of book} 11...Bb4 12.Bg5 Ne7 $2 13.Rf7 $1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ng6 15.Bxd8 Rxd8 16.Rxg7 Nf8 17.Re7 Rd2 18.Re8+ Rd8 19.Rxe5 Ng6 20.Rh5 Rd2 21.Rxh7 Rxc2 22.Rg7 Nf4 23.Rd1 Ne2+ 24.Kf1 b6 25.Rdd7 Nxc3 26.Rxc7+ Kd8 27.g4 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Nxe4 29.Ra7 a5 $4 {Nd6 was mandatory. Anyway, the game is of course lost for Black.} 30.Rg8# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
this match provides an evidence: the Chess Champion Super System III is a smart teacher! :top: Actually, it teaches you what you should NOT do. :vogel: First game as Black facing the Turbo King II, it teaches you the power of Knight's forks. And as repeating is teaching, it loses its two Rooks the very same way! Second game as White, it engages a nice (not so much) Queen journey to teach you what under-development can be. Cherry on the cake, it enables another Knight fork, a royal one. Did I mention repeating is teaching?
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.16"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Super System III (lv 15s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1276"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 d5 {No book} 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 dxc4 4.d5 Nb4 $2 5.Qa4+ {Out of book} 5...b5 6.Qxb4 Qxd5 $6 7.Nc3 $1 a5 8.Nxd5 axb4 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 Bf5 11.Ne5 Be4 12.Nxf7+ Ke8 13.Nxh8 {funny position, isn't it?} 13...Bxa8 14.a4 Bc6 15.axb5 Be4 16.e3 Nf6 17.f3 Bd5 18.e4 Nxe4 19.Bxc4 Ng3 20.hxg3 Bxc4 21.Ra8+ Kd7 22.Rxh7 Bd3 23.Rh5 g6 24.Rd5+ Kc7 25.Bf4+ Kb6 26.Rb8+ Ka5 27.Rxd3 Bg7 28.Bc7+ Ka4 29.b6 g5 30.Ra8+ Kb5 31.b7 Bc3+ 32.bxc3 Kc4 33.b8=Q Kxd3 34.Qxb4 {Turbo King announces mate in 4} 34...e6 35.Rd8+ Kc2 36.Rd2+ Kc1 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.16"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Super System III (lv 15s)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B21"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 {Out of book} 4.Qd5 $6 Nf6 5.Qf5 $2 d5 6.Qf4 $6 e5 $1 {White gets heavily under-developed} 7.Qe3 Nxe4 8.Nf3 Bc5 $1 9.Qd3 Bxf2+ 10.Kd1 Bd4 11.Nxd4 Nf2+ {that's a royal fork!} 12.Kd2 Nxd3 13.Nxc6 Qg5+ 14.Kxd3 Qxc1 15.Na5 Qe1 16.Nc3 $4 Bf5+ {Turbo King announces mate in 2} 17.Ne4 Bxe4# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Guten Abend Alle,
the last match from round 2 (still group 3) sends the Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger under the wheels of the Vonset / Femuey L6-v2. There is no :respekt: for old champions. :p I just cannot understand some hard-to-justify moves from the early Spracklen's Fidelity program (1981): I suspect under tough pressure it can lose good sense (maybe the horizon effect...)
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.16"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Black "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A52"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 {Out of book} 6...Qe7 7.Bg5 Qc5 8.e3 Ngxe5 9.Bf4 Nxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxc4 11.Bxc7 d5 12.Be5 O-O 13.Bd6 Re8 14.a3 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Bg4 16.Ng5 $6 {Knight position lacks support and weakens d4 square. Maybe to enable Pawn to f3?} 16...d4 17.e4 h6 18.Rc1 Qd5 19.h3 Bh5 20.Rxc6 $6 {why?} 20...Qxc6 21.Bg3 Qc4 22.Nf3 Rxe4+ 23.Kd1 Rc8 24.Bc7 Rxc7 25.Qe3 Qc2+ 26.Ke1 Qc1+ 27.Ke2 d3+ 28.Kxd3 Qc2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.16"] [Round "3-2"] [White "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "1569"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A09"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Nc6 {Out of book} 6.axb4 Nxb4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Ne5 Qd6 9.Bg2 Qxe5 10.Bxc6+ Kd8 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.d3 Bg4 13.O-O Bxe2 $6 14.Re1 Qh5 $2 {The threat on the Queen side needed taking care of it} 15.Bxb7 $1 Rb8 $6 {anyway the position is lost for Black} 16.Qxa7 Rxb7 17.Qxb7 Qxh2+ {just postponing the end} 18.Kxh2 Ng4+ 19.Kg1 Bxd3 20.Ra8# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
next match is somewhat balanced: Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC vs Saitek Calculator Chess, with only 45 CElo points in favor of the Mini Sensory. First game as White, the Mini Sensory keeps an edge for twenty moves or so; even with a couple of opportunities to get significantly better. But it failed twice to find the good move, and soon performed a mistake. Anyway a nice performance from the tiny Calculator Chess, winner as Black despite its Elo handicap. In the second game, the Calculator Chess as White cannot renew this performance, with less than a dozen moves keeping the game approximately balanced. It is then a long journey for the Mini Sensory to achieve the win. 1 point each!
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.17"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"] [Black "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1142"] [BlackElo "1097"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 e6 {No book} 2.d4 {Out of book} 2...Nc6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxe4 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nxe4 Qd8 8.Bc4 Bd6 9.O-O Nb4 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Nxd6+ Qxd6 12.Bc4 Qf4 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Rae1 Bd7 15.Qe5 Qg4 $6 {Exchanging the Queens was a better choice} 16.Rc1 $6 {Qd6 forks N+B} 16...f6 $2 17.Qe3 $6 {same missed opportunity} 17...Kh8 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Bb3 a5 20.Rcd1 a4 21.h3 Qf5 22.Nh4 $2 Qh5 {easy counter-play} 23.Bxa4 Qxh4 24.a3 Rxa4 25.axb4 Rxb4 26.Qc3 Ra4 27.Re3 Qf4 28.Qd3 Ra5 29.Rde1 Rf8 30.Rf3 Qg5 31.Re5 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Rd8 33.exf6 gxf6 34.Re3 Qf4 35.Rxe6 Bxe6 36.Qxd8+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Bf7 38.Qxb7 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qxc2 40.Qb6 Bd5 41.Kg3 $4 {enables mate in 2} 41...Qg6+ 42.Kf4 Qg5# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.17"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"] [Black "Fidelity Mini Sensory Chess Challenger + CAC (lv 1)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1097"] [BlackElo "1142"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C50"] [PlyCount "136"] 1.e4 {No book} 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 {Out of book} 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O Bb4 6.Ng5 Bxc3 $6 {because of: Nxf7} 7.dxc3 O-O 8.Be3 d6 9.a4 Ng4 10.Qd5 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qxg5 12.Rf3 $2 Be6 $1 13.Qb5 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Rae8 15.Rd1 Qg4 16.Qd5 Re7 17.Rf5 Qe2 18.Qd3 Qxd3 19.cxd3 Rfe8 20.b4 Re6 21.b5 Ne7 22.Rf2 Rd8 23.a5 d5 24.c4 $6 dxc4 25.d4 exd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.exd4 Rxe4 28.a6 bxa6 29.Ra2 Re1+ 30.Kf2 Rd1 31.Rxa6 Nc8 32.Ke3 Re1+ 33.Kd2 Rf1 34.Kc3 Rc1+ 35.Kb4 c3 36.Rc6 c2 37.Kc3 Nd6 38.Kd2 Rd1+ 39.Kxc2 Rxd4 40.Rc5 $6 Kf8 $6 {Rc4+ was an opportunity to step forward} 41.Kc3 Rh4 42.Kd3 Rxh2 43.Rxc7 Rxg2 44.Rxa7 Nxb5 45.Rd7 Ke8 46.Rd5 Nc7 47.Rh5 h6 48.Kd4 Rg4+ 49.Kc5 Ne6+ 50.Kd6 Rd4+ 51.Rd5 Rxd5+ 52.Kxd5 Kd7 53.Ke4 Nc5+ 54.Kd5 Nd3 55.Kd4 Ne1 56.Kd5 h5 57.Kc5 Ke6 58.Kc6 Nd3 59.Kc7 Kd5 60.Kd7 h4 61.Kc7 Ne5 62.Kd8 h3 63.Ke7 h2 64.Kf8 h1=Q 65.Kxg7 Ke6 66.Kg8 Qg2+ 67.Kf8 Nd3 68.Ke8 Qg8# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
another easy match for the Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b, facing now the Novag Chess Champion Super System III. Easy? Not so much, in the first game playing with light pieces, the Sensory 9b can only nibble at small advantages along the game, before promoting a Pawn on move 55. The CCSS III has been a good sparring partner, playing with dark pieces! In the second game, on another hand, the CCSS III only resists 25 moves before inexplicably blundering. Indeed an easy win in 33 moves for the Sensory 9.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.18"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Super System III (lv 15s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1630"] [BlackElo "1276"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A09"] [PlyCount "125"] 1.Nf3 d5 {No book} 2.c4 dxc4 3.Na3 Be6 4.e3 {Out of book} 4...Nc6 5.Qa4 Qd6 6.Bxc4 Bxc4 7.Qxc4 Nf6 8.O-O h5 9.b3 Qd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.Bb2 e5 12.Rac1 O-O-O 13.Nb5 f6 14.e4 Nf4 15.Rc4 Be7 16.Rb1 Rd3 17.Re1 Rhd8 18.Rcc1 Bb4 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.dxc3 Kb8 21.a4 g5 22.Kf1 Ne6 23.Re2 Rd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Kxe1 a5 27.Ke2 g4 28.Nd2 h4 29.f3 gxf3+ 30.Kxf3 b6 31.Ke3 Nc5 32.Na3 Ne6 33.Nac4 Nc5 34.Kf3 Nd3 35.Kg4 Nf4 36.Kf5 Nxg2 37.Kxf6 h3 38.Nxe5 Nxe5 39.Kxe5 c6 40.Kd6 c5 41.Kc6 Ka7 42.Nc4 Nf4 43.Nxb6 Ne2 44.Nd5 Nc1 45.Kxc5 Nxb3+ 46.Kd6 Nd2 47.Ke5 $6 {e5 was more straightforward} 47...Nf3+ 48.Kf4 Nxh2 49.Ne3 $1 {locks the Black Knight, and Pawn as a consequence} 49...Ka6 50.e5 Ka7 51.e6 Ng4 52.Nxg4 h2 53.Nxh2 Kb7 54.e7 Kb8 55.e8=Q+ Kb7 56.Qb5+ Kc7 57.c4 Kd6 58.c5+ Ke6 59.Qe8+ Kf6 60.c6 Kg7 61.Kg5 Kh7 {Sensory 9b announces mate in 2} 62.Kf6 Kh6 63.Qg6# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.18"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Super System III (lv 15s)"] [Black "Fidelity Sensory Chess Challenger 9b (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1630"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A48"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.d4 {No book} 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 {Out of book} 4.Bf4 O-O 5.e4 Nh5 6.Be5 f6 7.Bc4+ e6 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 b6 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.O-O-O d5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bb5 c6 14.Bd3 Re8 15.Qf4 Nd7 16.Rde1 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Qf8 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.g4 b5 20.Ka1 b4 21.Na4 Ra8 22.Re6 Re8 23.Rxe8 Qxe8 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.dxc5 a5 26.Ne5 $2 {Can't guess any reason for this sacrifice} 26...fxe5 27.Qe3 e4 28.Be2 Qe5 29.Qb3 Qd4 30.g5 Qd2 31.Qe3 {to support the Bishop, but Sensory 9b announces mate in 3} 31...Qe1+ 32.Bd1 Qxd1+ 33.Qc1 Qxc1# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Good evening all,
now the Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger encounters the Yeno 320XT. I trust the first game is a nice demonstration of the horizon effect: after a balanced series of moves, the Yeno performs a mistake that should cost it a Knight (3 points, so). Well, instead of acknowledging that, it sacrifices a Rook for a Bishop. I strongly suspect the 2 points loss from this operation were considered a better option, assuming the 3 points loss has been pushed beyond the calculation horizon. And the next move is again a sacrifice, a Bishop for a Pawn. Again a 2 points loss "avoiding" the pending loss of 3 points. Unfortunately, that only postponed the unavoidable initial loss of a piece; therefore a total material loss of 2+2+3=7 points!! Then, of course, the Champion knows how to win. The next game with Yeno as White is quickly decided, the Yeno blundered as soon as move 18, enabling an easy mate in 2. Two points for the Champion.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.18"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Black "Yeno 320XT (lv an5)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1300"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D26"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O Nc6 {Out of book} 7.Nc3 {Out of book} 7...cxd4 8.exd4 Bd6 9.d5 exd5 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Bxd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 O-O 13.Qb5 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Be3 Bc7 17.Nb5 Bb8 18.Nc3 b5 19.Red1 b4 20.Ne4 Bxa2 21.Nc5 b6 22.Nd7 Re8 23.Nxb6 Ra5 24.Rac1 Bb3 $2 {moving the c6 Knight elsewhere was required} 25.Rd3 Rxe3 $2 {with two pieces threatened (b3 Bishop and c6 Knight) the Yeno chooses to lose quality; but this only postpones the loss of a piece...} 26.fxe3 Bxh2+ $2 {same wrong calculation} 27.Nxh2 Be6 {one piece is saved, but not the second one...} 28.Rxc6 b3 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Nf3 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Kg6 32.Nd4 Kf6 33.Re8 Kg5 34.Nxe6+ fxe6 35.e4 Rb1 36.Nc4 Rd1 37.Rexe6 Kf4 38.Rc7 g6 39.g3+ Kg5 40.Rc5+ Kg4 41.Ne3+ Kf3 42.Nxd1 g5 43.Nc3 Ke3 44.e5 h5 45.Rd6 g4 46.e6 h4 47.Re5+ Kf2 48.Re2+ {Champion announces mate in 1} 48...Kf3 49.Rd3# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.18"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Yeno 320XT (lv an5)"] [Black "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1300"] [BlackElo "1569"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E46"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.c5 {Out of book} 5...b6 6.cxb6 axb6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.Nf3 Bd5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.O-O Ne4 12.c4 Nc3 13.Qd2 Bxf3 14.Qxc3 Qg5 15.g3 e5 16.d5 Ne7 17.e4 Qh5 18.Be3 $4 {enables mate in 2. A way to defend was: Re1 followed by Bf1 to control the g2 square.} 18...Qh3 $1 19.d6 Qg2# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
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