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Re: The 64-cup
Guten Morgen Alle,
the last match from group 3 swiss tournament is complete. It sets the mighty Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 against the strong Saitek Turbo King II. :box2: Well, I wouldn't have thought I would ever see the Turbo King receive such a spank from another chess computer. That was the first game, it was the Black player. The L6 playing White pieces puts such a pressure onto the opponent King corner, the Turbo King never could grasp a breathing. :dead: The only weakness the Vonset let appear, during this first game and still more in the second one, is an inclination to procrastinate the win. Instead of going for the kill in a straightforward manner, it manages to increase its material advantage and bothers to defend not anymore useful chessmen.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B21"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 {Out of book} 6.c4 Qa5 7.Nc3 Nb6 8.b3 O-O-O 9.Bb2 e6 10.dxe6 Re8 11.Nf3 Rxe6+ 12.Ne5 Bd6 13.O-O Re7 14.Nb5 Rd8 15.Qf3 Kb8 16.Bc3 Qa6 17.Rfe1 h6 18.Nxd6 Rxd6 19.Nc6+ Rxc6 20.Rxe7 Nfd7 21.Qd3 Rc7 22.a4 f5 23.a5 Nc8 24.Rxd7 Rc6 25.Be5+ Ka8 26.Rd8 b6 27.Qd5 bxa5 28.Rxa5 Qb7 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Qxc5 Qb6 31.Qxb6 axb6 32.Rxc8+ Kb7 33.Rc7+ Ka6 34.d4 g6 35.d5 b5 36.c5 Ka5 37.d6 Kb4 38.d7 Kxb3 39.Rb7 h5 40.c6 b4 41.Kf2 Kc2 42.Rxb4 h4 43.c7 h3 44.c8=Q+ Kd3 45.Qc3# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [Round "3-3"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E21"] [PlyCount "142"] 1.Nf3 b6 2.d4 {Out of book} 2...Nf6 3.c4 {Back in book} 3...e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Bb7 7.g3 h6 8.Bg2 {Out of book} 8...O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.b4 Ne4 12.Qd3 c5 13.Ng5 hxg5 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxe4 Qe7 16.Qg4 f6 17.d5 Ne5 18.Qxe6+ Qxe6 19.dxe6 Nxc4 20.Be1 Rfe8 21.Rc1 b5 22.a4 a6 23.bxc5 dxc5 24.Ra1 Rab8 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ra6 b4 27.Rc6 Rb5 28.h3 Kh7 29.Kg2 Kg6 30.e4 b3 31.Bc3 b2 32.Rb1 Rb3 33.Bd4 cxd4 34.Rxc4 d3 35.Rc6 Rd8 36.e7 Re8 37.Rc7 Kf7 38.Kf3 Ra8 39.e8=Q+ Kxe8 40.Ke3 Ra1 41.Rc8+ Kd7 42.Rxb2 Re1+ 43.Kd4 Rxb2 44.Rc5 d2 45.Rd5+ Ke6 46.Kc3 Re2 47.f3 Ra2 48.h4 Re3+ 49.Kb4 Rb2+ 50.Kc4 Rc2+ 51.Kb4 Rxf3 52.hxg5 fxg5 53.Rd8 Rxg3 54.Rd5 Re3 55.Rd8 g4 56.e5 Kxe5 57.Re8+ Kf4 58.Rd8 g3 59.Rf8+ Kg4 60.Rf7 g6 61.Rf1 Re1 62.Rf6 Rb1+ 63.Ka3 g5 64.Rd6 d1=Q 65.Rd4+ Kf3 66.Rxd1 Rxd1 67.Kb3 g2 68.Kxc2 g1=Q 69.Kb3 Ke4 70.Kc4 Rb1 71.Kc3 Qc1# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
as a consequence, here is the group 3 crosstable: Code:
1. Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22) 6 pointsLet me introduce group 4; where the Millenium Chess Genius Pro will fight as the seeded player: - Mephisto Milano v2.00 - Mephisto I-X - VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 - Mephisto Europa A - Millenium Chess Genius Pro - Tiger Grenadier - Novag Carnelian II - Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor The Chess-Master Diamond is the weakest in this group, but I hope for an interesting match with the I-X "brikett". They should theoretically meet in round 2. MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi, good evening,
group 4 round 1 starts with the match Mephisto Milano v2.00 (Nigel Short program inside) against Mephisto 1X. The 1X plays fairly well in both games, but only for twenty moves or so; which is already a nice achievement. Then things inexorably go wrong: two points for the Schröder 8-biter.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Mephisto Milano v2.00/N. Short (lv T40/10)"] [Black "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [BlackElo "1345"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C17"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 {Out of book} 8...O-O {Out of book} 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Bc5 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Be2 b6 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.O-O Qc7 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Bb7 17.Rc1 Qf4 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qxf3 $2 {e6 square weakness needed to be taken care of.} 20.Bxe6+ Kh8 21.Qxf3 Rxf3 22.Rc7 Ng6 23.Bd5 Rff8 24.Bxa8 Rxa8 25.Rxa7 Rxa7 $4 {with a corridor mate threat, this Rook should have stayed on the 8th rank.} 26.Re8+ Nf8 27.Rxf8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"] [Black "Mephisto Milano v2.00/N. Short (lv T40/10)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "2008"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D58"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 {Out of book} 8...Bb7 9.cxd5 Nxd5 {Out of book} 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.O-O f5 13.Qe2 Nd7 14.e4 fxe4 15.Bxe4 Rae8 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Qa6 Ra8 18.Rfe1 Qd6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qe6 21.Qb7 c5 22.Rad1 d4 23.a3 Rae8 24.Qxa7 Rf7 25.Qa6 Rf5 26.b4 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.bxc5 bxc5 29.Qd3 Qe2 30.Qxe2 Rxe2 31.g3 Ra2 32.Rd3 Kf7 33.h3 Ke6 34.Kg2 Kd5 35.Rf3 c4 36.Rf5+ Kc6 37.Rf4 Kc5 38.Rf5+ Kd6 39.Rf4 Ke5 40.Rf7 g5 41.Ra7 d3 42.Rc7 d2 43.Rd7 c3 44.Rd8 Ra1 45.Re8+ Kf6 46.Rd8 d1=Q 47.Rxd1 Rxd1 48.f4 c2 49.fxg5+ Kxg5 50.Kf3 c1=Q 51.h4+ Kf5 52.g4+ Ke5 {Milano v2 announces mate in 4} 53.g5 Qf4+ 54.Kg2 Rd2+ 55.Kh3 Qf3# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Good morning all,
Now the large wooden Chess-Master Diamond with PM11 module bravely meets the small, nevertheless strong, Mephisto Europa A. As I don't own the opening module (PM10), for variety sake I shall let the CMD play without 'best' mode for its very first moves (6 as White, 5 as Black); then I shall restore the 'best' selection for the rest of the game. With close to 400 CElo points margin, the Morsch program should easily prevail. This did not happen in the first game, a long and boring one you can exempt yourself from watching: the middlegame is kept closed for about fifteen moves where pieces go back and forth with high odds for a draw per repetition. The Europa A program has nothing to prevent that, it would have been a nice achievement from the CMD to get half a point from this match. Unfortunately, it is happy with a slightly positive score, and denies the draw twice. Once the game opens, the Europa A sets a strong pressure onto the White king corner, the Diamond commits a positional error weakening a key square, and due to the famous horizon effect commits a tactical mistake in addition. Game over. The second game is much shorter, with a Diamond blunder :bigeyes: as soon as the eighth move. A piece of cake for the Europa A.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [Round "4-1"] [White "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"] [Black "Mephisto Europa A (lv a3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1304"] [BlackElo "1702"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "92"] 1.d4 {No book} 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bd2 Nc6 {Out of book} 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Qe2 Nc4 9.c3 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Qc2 Nd6 12.Bd3 Re8 13.O-O Nfe4 14.b4 Bb6 15.Re1 Qh4 16.Rf1 Rad8 17.Be1 Qf6 18.Qb3 c6 19.Qc2 Nb5 20.Qb3 Nbd6 21.Qa4 Qe7 22.Qb3 Qf6 23.Qa4 Qe7 24.Qc2 Qf6 25.Qb3 {Qa4 would have drawned} 25...Nb5 26.Qc2 Nbd6 27.Qb3 {Qa4 would have drawned} 27...Nb5 28.Qb2 a6 29.Qb3 h6 30.Qb2 Nbd6 31.Qb3 Nb5 32.Qb2 Nbd6 33.Qc1 Rd7 34.Na3 Rde7 35.Rb1 Qg6 36.f3 $2 {weakens e3 square, threatened by the b6 Bishop with a potential royal fork.} 36...Nf5 $1 37.Nc4 $2 {wrong tentative to defend e3 and threaten b6 in the same move. Most probably, the outcome of captures is beyond CMD's horizon.} 37...dxc4 38.Bxe4 Rxe4 39.Bf2 Nxe3 $1 40.g3 Nxf1 41.Kxf1 Bxf2 42.fxe4 Bxg3 43.a4 Qf6+ 44.Qf4 Qxf4+ 45.Kg2 Qf2+ 46.Kh1 Qh2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.19"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Mephisto Europa A (lv a3)"] [Black "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1304"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A53"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.c4 d6 {No book} 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...c5 4.dxc5 dxc5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Rd1+ Nd4 $4 {ouch, that hurts! Pins itself...} 9.e3 {of course} 9...Bc2 10.Rd2 e5 11.Nxe5 Bg6 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Rxd4+ Kc8 14.g3 Bc5 15.Bh3+ Ng4 16.Bxg4+ f5 17.Rd5 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 fxg4 19.Rhd1 b6 20.Rd7 Bc2 21.Nc6 Bxd1 22.Rc7# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello, wish you all a nice afternoon,
If one of the matches the seeded player will have to play can provide an unexpected result, it definitely is the one with the Tiger Grenadier, which can play odd chess :verrückt: and achieve either the best or the worst. In the first game as Black, it is a bit unwise, sending a Knight deep into the Chess Genius Pro position; four moves later the bold Knight is lost, just able to remove an ennemi Pawn, to avoid dying alone. The meticulous Lang program needed nothing more to ensure the win. The second game: Grenadier now plays White and resists 25 moves or so, before (again!) wrongly moving a Knight, outside the area it was needed in for defense sake. Two points for the Chess Genius Pro.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.20"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "1855"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B53"] [PlyCount "147"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Qd3 Rc8 {Out of book} 7.c3 {Out of book} 7...a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 Na5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Re1 Nxb3 12.axb3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qc6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bg5 h6 16.Nd4 Qb7 17.Bh4 Nf4 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 g5 20.Bg3 Nd3 21.Re3 Nxb2 $6 {this Knight is far advanced in foe land, without support.} 22.exd6 Rc6 23.Ra2 Nd1 24.Rd3 Nxf2 25.Rxf2 exd6 26.Nd4 Rc5 27.Re3+ Kd8 28.Rxf7 Rd5 29.Ref3 Be7 30.Rf1 Be8 31.Rg7 Bd7 32.Rff7 Re8 33.Rh7 b4 34.Bf2 Re5 35.Rxh6 bxc3 36.Nxc3 Rf8 37.Rxf8+ Bxf8 38.Rh8 Ke7 39.Bg3 Rc5 40.Rh7+ Kd8 41.Ne4 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Rd1 43.Nf6 Rxd4 44.Rxd7+ Kc8 45.Rf7 Bh6 46.Ng8 Rd2+ 47.Kf1 Rc2 48.Nxh6 d5 49.Rg7 Rc1+ 50.Be1 g4 51.Nxg4 d4 52.Rg6 Ra1 53.Rd6 Rd1 54.Rxa6 Kb7 55.Ra4 Rb1 56.Rxd4 Rxb3 57.Rb4+ Rxb4 58.Bxb4 Kc6 59.Nf6 Kb5 60.h4 Kxb4 61.h5 Kc3 62.h6 Kd4 63.h7 Ke5 64.h8=Q Kd6 65.Qe8 Kc5 66.g4 Kd6 67.Qd7+ Ke5 68.g5 Kf4 69.Qd2+ {CGP announces mate in 7} 69...Kf5 70.Qd5+ Kf4 {Grenadier acknowledges mate in 4} 71.g6 Ke3 72.g7 Kf4 73.g8=Q Ke3 74.Qg3# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.20"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "2302"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.b4 Nf6 2.Nf3 {Out of book} 2...d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.Be2 {Out of book} 4...e6 5.Ba3 a5 6.b5 Bxa3 7.Nxa3 O-O 8.O-O Qd6 9.Qc1 Nbd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.d4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd4 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Qb4 15.Rb1 Qc5 16.Qb2 Rfe8 17.Qc3 Qxc3 18.Nxc3 Ned7 19.Ne2 Re5 20.c4 Ne4 21.Rbd1 Ndf6 22.f4 Rh5 23.cxd5 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Nxd5 25.Nc4 Nec3 26.Nxc3 Nxc3 27.a4 $6 Nxa4 28.Rc1 b6 29.f5 Nc5 30.Rd1 a4 31.Rd5 Kf8 32.Ne5 $2 {staying Queen side to control the a file was mandatory (Na3 for instance)} 32...a3 33.Rxc5 bxc5 34.Nd7+ Kg8 35.Nxc5 Ra5 36.Nb3 Rxb5 37.Nd4 Rb2 $1 {the White Knight is now powerless} 38.Kh2 a2 39.Nc6 a1=Q 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Nd5 Qe1 42.f6 g5 {CGP announces mate in 5} 43.Nxc7 {Grenadier acknowledges mate in 3} 43...Qd2 44.Ne6+ fxe6 45.Kg3 Qxg2# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Guten Abend Alle,
let's step forward with next match, a balanced one: Novag Carnelian II vs Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor. According to my private CElo ranking, over 100 games, the Carnelian II is expected to win 57 points and the Maestro should score the rest, therefore 43 points. Very close, isn't it? Well, the expectation is fulfilled: 1 point each from this match, a slightly deceptive result as it is the outcome of two draws after rather shy chess played by both. Both chess computers play pretty restrained and miss several opportunities for more interesting fights.:doh:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.20"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"] [Black "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "1388"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B17"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 {Out of book} 7.Nf3 {Out of book} 7...Bg4 8.Ne5 $6 ( 8.Bxf7+ {would have uncastled the Black King and left an isolated central Pawn} 8...Kxf7 9.Ne5+ Kg8 10.Nxg4 Nxg4 11.Qxg4 ) 8...Be6 9.Qd3 $6 {Bxe6 would have damaged the Black Pawns structure} 9...Bxc4 10.Qxc4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qd5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Bc3 Kc8 16.Rae1 Rb8 17.Re3 e6 18.Rf3 f6 19.Re3 Kd7 20.Ra1 Rc8 21.Rae1 Rc6 22.Rg3 Kc8 23.Rge3 Kd7 24.Rg3 Kc8 25.Rge3 Kd7 {both devices announce 3-rep. draw (Maestro says: 'Remis')} 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.20"] [Round "4-1"] [White "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"] [Black "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1388"] [BlackElo "1437"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.e4 {Out of book} 5...Bb4 {Out of book} 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.e5 h6 8.exf6 hxg5 9.fxg7 Rg8 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qa4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Bd7 14.Nf3 Rxg7 15.Ne5 f6 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.O-O Rh7 18.Rfe1 Qd6 19.h3 Re7 20.Rab1 Rd8 21.Rb2 Qc7 22.Reb1 Red7 23.a3 Re7 24.Rb3 Qd6 25.R1b2 e5 26.Rb7 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Rd7 28.Rxa7 Rxa7 29.Qxa7 f5 $2 {enables dxe5 Qxe5 Qe3 and White has a passed Pawn Queen side plus a majority King side. e4 would have secured the center.} 30.Qg7 $6 {dxe5 was much stronger, as stated above.} 30...exd4 31.cxd4 Qf4 $2 {enables Qe5+ Qxe5 dxe5 and White has two passed Pawns, a & e files.} 32.Kf1 $2 {missed above opportunity} 32...Qc1+ 33.Ke2 Qc2+ 34.Ke1 Qc3+ 35.Ke2 Qb2+ 36.Ke1 Qa1+ 37.Kd2 Qa2+ 38.Ke1 Qa1+ 39.Ke2 Qa2+ 40.Ke1 Qb1+ 41.Kd2 Qb2+ 42.Ke1 Qc3+ 43.Kd1 Qd3+ 44.Ke1 Qc3+ {Carnelian II announces 3-rep. draw} 1/2-1/2 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
round 2 for group 4 starts with VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 versus Hegener & Glaser Mephisto I-X. Again a balanced match, in the same area as the previous one, as far as probabilities are concerned: theoretically 56 points out of 100 in favor of the brikett. The first game with Diamond playing White is thoroughly balanced from a material standpoint; the Diamond offered twice a nice opportunity for the 1X which failed to spot it. The game ends in a draw. I am happy with the second game, where the Chess-Master achieves a win: it is such a nice device! Of course, both computers miss some opportunities across the whole game, but the Diamond finds the killer move 27 ... Bxf3! and the 1X will never recover from that :dead:. At some point it could have drawn per repetition, but failed to play it.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.21"] [Round "4-2"] [White "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"] [Black "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1304"] [BlackElo "1345"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "178"] 1.d4 {No book} 1...d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 {Out of book} 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne5 Qb8 8.Qc1 Qb7 9.O-O e6 10.Nf3 $6 {this Knight looked fine at this advanced post} 10...Rb8 11.Ne5 Bd6 12.c4 O-O 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.b3 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Bd3 16.Rd1 Bxb1 17.Rxb1 Ne8 18.Bf4 Nd6 19.Rf1 Qb6 20.Ra1 f5 21.Rb1 a5 22.Qc3 Rfc8 23.Rbc1 Nb5 24.Qd3 Nd6 25.Qc3 Qa6 26.Rb1 Qb6 27.Qc5 Qxc5 28.dxc5 Ne4 29.Rbc1 Rb4 30.Rfe1 a4 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.Re2 Rc4 33.Rxc4 dxc4 34.c6 c3 35.Re1 $2 {enables c2 threat, followed by Rc1 Rd8-d1} 35...Kf8 $2 {missed opportunity: see above} 36.Be5 $2 {enables again c2 threat} 36...Ra8 $2 {again, missed opportunity} 37.f3 Nd6 38.Bxc3 Ra6 39.Be5 Ne8 40.Rc1 Rxa2 41.Bc3 Re2 42.Re1 Rc2 43.Bb4+ Kf7 44.Rd1 Nf6 45.Rd4 Kg6 46.Rd1 Nd5 47.Rd4 Rc1+ $2 48.Kf2 Rxc6 49.Bd2 Rb6 50.Ba5 Rb3 51.Bd2 Nc3 52.Rc4 Rb2 53.Rxc3 Rxd2+ 54.Kg3 Rd7 55.Kf4 Kf6 56.Kg3 g5 57.h4 gxh4+ 58.Kxh4 h5 59.g3 Rd1 60.Kh3 Re1 61.e4 fxe4 62.fxe4 Rxe4 63.Rc6 Kf5 64.Rc3 c5 65.Rxc5+ e5 66.Rc3 Rd4 67.Rc5 Rd1 68.Rc3 e4 69.Rc5+ Kg6 70.Rc3 $6 {Re5 was natural} 70...Rd6 71.Rc5 e3 72.Re5 Rd3 73.Kg2 Rd2+ 74.Kf3 e2 75.Re4 Rd3+ 76.Kf2 h4 77.gxh4 Rd5 78.Re6+ Kh7 79.Re7+ Kg6 80.Re6+ Kh7 81.Re4 Kg6 82.Rg4+ Kf5 83.Rg5+ Ke4 84.Rxd5 e1=Q+ 85.Kxe1 Kxd5 86.h5 Ke5 87.Ke2 Kf6 88.h6 Kg6 89.Kd3 Kxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.21"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"] [Black "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1304"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "164"] 1.d4 Nf6 {No book} 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 {Out of book} 4...Qa5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qc2 e6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be5 Nf6 $6 {enables damaging the Pawns structure & King safety} 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.e5 Be7 15.b3 $6 {Ne4 would have kept on pressure} 15...Bb7 16.Rac1 Qb6 $2 17.Qd3 $2 ( 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4 Kg7 19.Nxf6 Kxf6 20.Qxh7 {and the Black King is much exposed} ) 17...Qb4 18.Ne4 f5 19.Nf6+ {nice outpost!} 19...Kg7 20.Rc4 Qa5 21.Ra4 Qb5 22.Nh5+ $6 {Qe3 or Qd2 to add pressure to the ennemy King position was far better than moving this outposted Knight} 22...Kg6 23.Nf4+ Kh6 24.Rc1 Qxd3 25.Nxd3 Rg8 26.Nb4 $6 {Nc5 looked more promising} 26...c5 27.dxc5 $2 {Looks like the losing move. Ne1 was required} 27...Bxf3 $1 28.g3 a5 29.Nd3 Rgd8 30.Ne1 Be4 31.c6 Rd5 32.f4 Rc5 33.Rac4 Rd5 34.Ra4 Rc5 35.Rac4 Rb5 36.g4 Rd8 37.gxf5 Bxf5 38.Nf3 Rg8+ 39.Kh1 Rd5 40.Rg1 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Bc5+ 42.Kg2 Bd3 43.Ra4 Be7 $6 {Bb4 would have locked the White Rook} 44.Rd4 Bc5 45.Ra4 Be3 $6 {Bb4 again was better} 46.Ng5 Bg6 47.Kf3 Bg1 48.Kg2 Be3 49.Kf3 Bd4 50.Kg4 Bh5+ 51.Kh4 Bf2+ 52.Kh3 Bd4 53.Kh4 Bg1 54.Kg3 Bd4 $2 {offers a draw opportunity if Kh4} 55.Kh3 $2 {fails to draw} 55...Bxe5 56.Nxf7+ Bxf7 57.fxe5 Rxe5 58.Kg3 Rc5 59.Rc4 Rxc4 60.bxc4 e5 61.Kf3 Bxc4 62.Ke4 Bxa2 63.Kxe5 a4 64.Kd4 Bd5 $1 65.Kxd5 a3 66.Ke6 a2 67.Kd7 a1=Q 68.Kxc7 Qe5+ 69.Kd7 Qf5+ 70.Kd6 Qf4+ 71.Kd5 Qxh2 72.Ke6 Qc7 73.Kd5 Kg6 74.Kc5 h5 75.Kb5 Qa7 76.Kc4 h4 77.Kd5 h3 78.Ke6 h2 79.Kd6 h1=Q 80.c7 Qd4+ 81.Ke7 Qhe4+ 82.Kf8 Qg7# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
as the Tiger Grenadier scored zero points after meeting the Chess Genius Pro, it now has more than a chance to come back, facing the modest Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor. As I use specific settings for the Grenadier evaluation, maybe worth mentioning these: Shield (King safety) raised from 20 to 25%, and Eval Pawn from 0 to 2%. Of course they should not much influence the result of this unbalanced match; nevertheless the Stadlbauer Maestro has been a rather fine trainer as it did not commit blatant blunders; just being slowly overwhelmed. Both games in 49 moves; funny isn't it?
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.21"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"] [Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1388"] [BlackElo "1855"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A51"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 {Out of book} 4...Nc6 5.e3 Bb4+ {Out of book} 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Nbxd2 O-O 8.a3 Be7 9.e4 Re8 10.Bd3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Qb1 Rd8 13.Bf1 Be6 14.b4 Qf4 15.Bd3 Bf6 16.Ra2 a5 17.b5 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.O-O {Black Queen intrusion on c3 square was to be prevented: Qc2 was best} 19...Qc3 $1 20.e5 Rxd3 21.exf6 Rxd2 22.Qe1 Rd3 23.Qxc3 Rxc3 24.Re1 Bxc4 25.Rd2 Bxb5 26.fxg7 Kxg7 27.Rb2 Re8 28.Rd1 c6 29.Ra2 Re2 30.Rxe2 Bxe2 31.Rb1 Rxa3 32.f3 b5 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.Kg3 Re3 35.Kf4 Re2 36.Rg1 Rf2 37.h4 Rf1 38.Rxf1 Bxf1 39.Ke3 Bxg2 40.f4 Kh6 41.f5 c5 42.Kd3 a4 43.Kc3 b4+ 44.Kd2 a3 45.Kc1 b3 46.f6 b2+ 47.Kb1 Be4+ {Grenadier annouces mate in 4} 48.Ka2 b1=Q+ 49.Kxa3 {Maestro resigns} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.21"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Black "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "1388"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 {Out of book} 2...e5 3.d4 exd4 {Out of book} 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Qf4 Nh5 8.Qf3 Bxg5 9.Qxh5 Nb4 10.Rd1 Nxc2+ 11.Kf1 d4 12.Be4 g6 13.Qf3 Nb4 14.Bxb7 Bxb7 15.Qxb7 c5 16.Qb5+ Qd7 17.Qxc5 Qe7 $6 {Be7 offered more resistance} ( 17...Be7 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 O-O ) 18.Qb5+ Kf8 19.Rxd4 a5 20.Re4 Qf6 21.a3 Nc6 22.Nf3 Bc1 23.Qc5+ Kg7 24.Nd5 Qf5 25.Rc4 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Bxb2 27.Rc2 Rhb8 28.Rxb2 Qe6 29.Qc3+ f6 30.Nc7 Qc8 31.Nxa8 Rxb2 32.Qxb2 Qxa8 33.e4 Kf7 34.e5 fxe5 35.Nxe5+ Ke6 36.Nc4 Qd8 37.Qe2+ Kd5 38.Ne3+ Kc5 39.Qc4+ Kd6 40.Qd3+ Kc5 41.Qc3+ Kd6 42.Kg2 Qc7 43.Rd1+ Ke6 44.Qc4+ Ke7 45.Nd5+ Kd7 46.Qg4+ Kd8 47.Nxc7+ Kxc7 48.Qd7+ {Grenadier announces mate in 5} 48...Kb6 49.Rd6 {Maestro resigns} 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
now the Mephisto Milano v2.00 (a standard Milano equipped with a Nigel Short ROM) meets the Novag Carnelian II. Odds are over 96% in favor of the Schröder program... In the first game, the Carnelian II playing with the dark pieces loses too much material far too early, starting with move 12. Then the game just looks like a mouse trapped under the paws of a big cat. :yummy: Playing with the light pieces in the second game, the Carnelian II fares much better, pretty on par with the Milano v2 during 25 moves or so. It then tries to gain some material, capturing a supported Pawn with its Bishop, simultaneously unveiling a threat on the ennemy Bishop. :idee!!!: Unfortunately, the threatened Bishop can escape with tempo... Wrong calculation, little Carnelian...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.22"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Mephisto Milano v2.00/N. Short (lv T40/10)"] [Black "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [BlackElo "1437"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B92"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Nfd7 {Out of book} 9.Be3 {Out of book} 9...O-O 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Bb6 Qe8 $2 {Qd7 would have avoided the fork to come} 13.Nc7 Nxe4 14.Qe3 Bg5 $2 {useless threat on the ennemy Queen, loses the e4 Knight in addition to the forked Rook.} 15.Qxe4 d5 16.Qa4 Qd7 17.Nc5 Qf5 18.Nxa8 Nd4 19.Bd3 Qf4 20.Nc7 Rd8 21.N7xa6 Rf8 22.Nb4 Be6 23.c3 Nc6 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Be3 Qg4 26.Bxg5 Qxg5 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Qxc6 Qe7 29.f3 Qe8 30.Qxe8 Rxe8 31.Rfe1 h5 32.Rxe5 h4 33.Rae1 Kf7 34.Bf5 Rb8 35.Bxe6+ Kf6 36.R1e2 Re8 37.Rf5+ Kg6 38.Rxd5 Kf6 39.Rf5+ Kg6 40.Rf4 Kg5 41.g3 hxg3 42.hxg3 Re7 43.Rf5+ Kg6 44.Rf8 Rxe6 45.Rxe6+ Kg5 46.a4 Kh5 47.Rf5+ {Milano v2 announces mate in 3} 47...g5 48.Rff6 g4 49.Re5# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.22"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"] [Black "Mephisto Milano v2.00/N. Short (lv T40/10)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "2008"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D04"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4 {Out of book} 4.c4 e6 5.Qa4+ {Out of book} 5...Qd7 6.Qxd7+ Nbxd7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 c5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.exd4 Rc8 14.Bh3 Rc4 15.O-O Rxd4 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Bxd7+ Kxd7 18.Be3 Rb4 19.Rad1 Rxb2 20.Rxd5+ Kc6 21.Ra5 Rc2 22.Rxa7 Bd6 23.h4 Bb8 24.Ra3 Rd8 25.Kg2 Be5 26.Bxh6 $2 {Carnelian II didn't calculate deep enough. Nevertheless, a bold initiative.} 26...Bd6 {of course!} 27.Bg5 f6 28.Rc1 Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Bxa3 30.Bxa3 Ra8 31.Bb4 Rxa2 32.h5 Ra8 33.Kg3 Rd8 34.f4 Kb5 35.Be7 Rd7 36.Bf8 Kc4 37.f5 b5 38.f4 b4 39.Kf3 Kc3 40.Ke4 b3 41.Bxg7 Rxg7 42.h6 Rh7 43.Kd5 b2 44.Ke6 b1=Q {Milano v2 announces mate in 7} 45.Kxf6 Qb6+ 46.Ke5 Re7+ 47.Kd5 Qb5+ 48.Kd6 Rd7+ 49.Ke6 Qc6+ 50.Ke5 Re7# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
last match for round 2 faces the Millenium Chess Genius Pro and the Mephisto Europa A. With roughly 600 CElo more, the CGP has nothing to worry about. The first game is just a steady glide down for the Morsch program; while a clear error during the second one throws it down as soon as move 19.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.22"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Mephisto Europa A (lv a3)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "1702"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C28"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Ne2 d5 {Out of book} 6.exd5 {Out of book} 6...Nxd5 7.a3 Nxc3 8.Nxc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Bf5 10.Rb1 Na5 11.Ba2 a6 12.O-O O-O 13.Qf3 Qd7 14.Bd5 Bg4 15.Qe4 c6 16.Ba2 Be6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Rb6 Rad8 19.Qb4 Rd5 20.c4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Qe7 22.a4 Rfd8 23.Be3 f5 24.Rfb1 Rd7 25.Qb3 f4 26.Bd2 f3 27.gxf3 Qf6 28.Rxb7 Qg6+ 29.Kf1 Rxb7 30.Qxb7 Qf6 31.Qxa6 Rd7 32.Qc4+ Rd5 33.Rb6 Kf8 34.Rxc6 Qxf3 35.Bb4+ Kf7 36.Rd6 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qg2 38.Qc7+ {CGP announces mate in 4} 38...Kf8 39.Rd8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.22"] [Round "4-2"] [White "Mephisto Europa A (lv a3)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "2303"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E11"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bxb4 {Out of book} 5...axb4 {Out of book} 6.Nbd2 d6 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.Nxd4 Nxe4 13.O-O O-O 14.f3 Nf6 15.Qb3 c5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Rfe1 Qa7 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Rd3 $2 {loses the Knight: can't evade c5 ennemy threat (Nc2 would lock the White Queen vulnerable to Ba4; and Nb5 would enable c4+ fork after BxN cxN)} 19...c5 20.a3 cxd4 21.Qxb4 Bf5 22.Qxd6 Rfd8 23.Qg3 Qb6 24.c5 Qxc5 25.Qg5 h6 26.b4 hxg5 27.bxc5 Bxd3 28.Bxd3 Rxa3 29.Bf1 Rc3 30.Kf2 Rc2+ 31.Kg3 d3 32.Re5 Nh5+ 33.Kg4 Nf4 34.Re1 d2 35.Rd1 Rc1 36.c6 Rxd1 37.c7 Rc8 38.Bc4 Rb1 39.Kxg5 Rxc7 40.Ba2 Rb4 41.Kh4 Ne2+ 42.f4 Nxf4 43.g3 d1=Q 44.Kg5 Qh5# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Good morning all,
round 3 for group 4 starts with Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor vs H&G Mephisto 1-X. The first game is definitely balanced, a short one as the position after move 19 is repeated three times (announced by the brikett with a dot in the middle position in the display, whilst the Schachprofessor didn't announce it). The second game is much more interesting, the 1X playing as White commits a positional blunder that switches the game to the bad side for it.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.23"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"] [Black "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1388"] [BlackElo "1345"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bb5+ {Out of book} 8...Nd7 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.cxd4 Rc8 12.Rb1 Nf5 13.O-O Ba4 14.Ne1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 O-O 16.Rf2 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Qg4+ Kf7 20.Qh5+ Kg7 21.Qg4+ Kf7 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Qg4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.23"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Mephisto I-X (lv a3)"] [Black "Stadlbauer Maestro Schachprofessor (lv h4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1388"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C42"] [PlyCount "128"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nc3 Nxc3 {Out of book} 7.dxc3 Bg4 8.Be3 {Out of book} 8...Be6 9.a4 Qd7 10.b3 d5 11.Ne5 Qc8 12.Qd2 Bd6 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.O-O Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Qb4 c6 21.c4 a5 22.Qc5 d4 23.b4 axb4 24.Qxb4 Qe7 25.Rab1 Qxb4 26.Rxb4 Re7 27.c5 Rd8 28.Re4 Red7 29.Rh4 f5 30.Rh5 Rf8 31.a5 Rff7 32.Rh4 Rd5 33.Bc4 Re5 34.Rxd4 Bxc4 35.Rbxc4 Rfe7 36.Rd1 Re2 37.c3 Kf7 38.Rh4 h6 39.Rdd4 Ke6 40.Rhf4 Ra2 41.Ra4 Rc2 42.c4 $4 {disconnects the Rooks and loses control on the d file, which is the invasion road for the second Black Rook.} 42...Rd7 43.Ra1 g5 44.Re1+ Kf6 45.Rxf5+ Kxf5 46.Rf1 Rxc4 47.Kf2 Rd2+ 48.Kg3 Rcc2 49.Rg1 Ra2 50.h4 gxh4+ 51.Kxh4 Rxg2 52.Rxg2 Rxg2 53.Kh3 Rc2 54.Kh4 Rxc5 55.a6 bxa6 56.Kh5 Kf4+ 57.Kxh6 Rg5 58.Kh7 a5 59.Kh6 c5 60.Kh7 c4 61.Kh6 c3 62.Kh7 c2 63.Kh8 c1=Q 64.Kh7 Qh1# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Guten Abend Alle,
Odds are roughly 2/3 to 1/3 for the next clash, Novag Carnelian II vs VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11. With 1.5 points to 0.5, the match outcome is 3/4 to 1/4, therefore a rather good score for the Carnelian II. But zooming into the games, the Carnelian II cannot much boast about this performance: - indeed it won as Black in the first game, but very early the Diamond clumsily tried to avoid an expected capture, sacrificying a Bishop for nothing; - and in the second game as White, after another mistake from the Diamond (and a very early one) it outrageously dominates the game, with a Rook and a Pawn material advantage roughly for 20 moves or so, just to deceptively draw the game with a three-rep.! And cherry on the cake, it announced it, therefore the program should have been aware before playing the drawing move...:confused:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.24"] [Round "4-3"] [White "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1304"] [BlackElo "1437"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A43"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.d4 {No book} 1...c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.Be3 Nc6 {Out of book} 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bxc5 6.Bxc5 Qxc5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bb5 Qb4 9.Qc1 Ne4 10.a3 Qa5 11.b4 Nxb4 12.axb4 Qxb4 13.Bxd7+ $2 {just pushing back the capture of the c3 Knight; loosing additional material} 13...Bxd7 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Qa3 Qxa3 16.Rxa3 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 O-O 18.Rfa1 Rac8 19.Rxa7 Rxc2 20.Rxb7 Bc6 21.Rba7 Bd5 22.R7a3 h5 23.Ra7 f5 24.Ne5 g5 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Nf7 Rdc8 27.Nxg5 Rc1 28.Nf3 Bxf3 29.Ra1 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 Bd5 31.Re1 Kf7 32.Ra1 f4 33.Re1 f3 34.g3 e5 35.Ra1 e4 36.Re1 Rc2 37.Ra1 Ke6 38.Re1 Nc1 39.Rf1 Bc4 40.Re1 Nd3 41.Ra1 Nxf2+ 42.Kg1 Nh3+ 43.Kh1 Rg2 44.Ra6+ Bxa6 45.g4 Rg1# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.24"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"] [Black "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "1304"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D06"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.d4 Nf6 {No book} 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 {Out of book} 3...Bf5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 e6 $2 {Qc8 was much better} 6.Qxb7 Na6 7.dxe6 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxe6 9.Qxa6 c5 10.Nf3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Nxa8 Rxa8 17.Bf4 Rxa2 18.Rxa2 Bxa2 19.h4 Nd5 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.f3 Nd5 22.e4 Nf6 23.Be3 Nd7 24.Bd3 Nc5 25.Kd2 Nxd3 26.Kxd3 b5 27.Bc5+ Kf6 28.g4 Bc4+ 29.Kd4 Ba2 30.g5+ Kg6 31.f4 Kh5 32.f5 Bc4 33.e5 Kg4 34.Ke4 h5 35.Rh2 Bb3 36.Bd4 Bc4 37.Rh1 Bb3 38.Rh2 Bc4 39.Rh1 Bb3 40.Rh2 {Carnelian II announces 3-rep} 1/2-1/2 MfG, Tibono |
AW: Re: The 64-cup
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I noticed too this type of unnecessary drawing with the Carnelian II. The only explanation I can think of, is that the 3-time repetition detection routine stands loose from the position evaluation routine, so has no effect on the evaluation value?! Regards, Paul . |
Re: AW: Re: The 64-cup
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Cheers, Eric |
Re: The 64-cup
hello all,
next match has been a rather exciting one; with the Mephisto Europa A giving sort of a lesson to the Tiger Grenadier, which can feel very lucky with a shared score. As far as hardware is concerned, it is a very modest 6301Y with 2 actual Mhz facing a powerful SH7034 @20Mhz (that's 13.7 times faster according to my estimation!) As often, the Grenadier chooses rather unusal openings, but funny enough is out of its book sooner than the Europa - and this is true in both games! :confused: During the first game as White, the small Morsch program plays better chess than the Donninger's one. I am not a strong player but I could immediately spot some odd moves from the Grenadier - no need for any deep analysis to tag them as questionable. The Grenadier only saves itself :schwitzer: thanks to a hasty Pawn promotion, the materialist Europa A allowed itself to be tempted with, neglecting a corridor mate threat. In the second game with opposite castlings, both devices prepare attacking the opponent King's corner, the Grenadier can push forward three linked Pawns whilst the Europa A is faster with one single storming Pawn the Grenadier failed to consider dangerous enough. As soon as move 34 the King of the Grenadier is disloged from its corner and threatened by no less than two Rooks, a Queen and two Bishops... that could have mate in 4. That's a bit deep for the Europa, so the fight will last much longer, nevertheless ending in a win for the small device. :respekt:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.25"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Mephisto Europa A (lv a3)"] [Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1855"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A81"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 e6 {Out of book} 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 {Out of book} 4...Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Qd2 Ne4 9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Rf5 13.Qc3 c5 14.f4 Bd7 15.Qb3 b5 16.Rad1 Raf8 17.Rd2 a5 18.Rfd1 a4 19.Qc3 b4 20.Qe3 Bb5 21.a3 Bc4 $6 {obviously an odd move from a human POV!} 22.axb4 cxb4 23.b3 axb3 24.cxb3 Bb5 25.Qb6 e3 26.Ra2 Bd7 27.Qxe3 R5f7 28.Ra7 Kh8 29.Qd4 Qe8 30.e4 Bb5 31.exd5 Rxa7 32.Qxa7 Qh5 $6 {again a strange choice. Why move this Queen away from the fight on Queen side?} 33.Rc1 Be2 34.dxe6 Qg6 35.e7 Rg8 36.Qb7 $6 {Bd5 would have increased pressure} 36...Qd3 37.Qc6 Bd1 38.e8=Q $4 {ignores the corridor mate threat. h3 or h4 would have unlocked the King; or RxB simplification was another way to prevent the mate.} 38...Qe3+ $1 {Grenadier announces mate in 4!} 39.Kh1 ( 39.Kf1 Be2+ 40.Ke1 Bc4+ 41.Kd1 Qe2# ) 39...Qe1+ 40.Bf1 Qxf1# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.25"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Black "Mephisto Europa A (lv a3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "1702"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "140"] 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Nd2 {Out of book} 3...Nc6 4.Ngf3 Ne4 5.c3 Nxg5 {Out of book} 6.Nxg5 e5 7.Ngf3 e4 8.Ng1 Bg4 9.Qa4 Be7 10.h3 Bd7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Qb3 Bc8 13.e3 Re8 14.Kb1 Qd7 15.g4 Bh4 16.Rh2 Bf6 17.Rg2 Na5 18.Qc2 Bg5 19.Be2 Qc6 20.Nb3 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 Bd7 22.f4 Be7 23.f5 a5 24.Rf1 a4 25.Qc2 a3 26.Qb3 $2 {b3 or b4 was much more secure} 26...axb2 27.Qxb2 Ra3 28.Rc1 Rea8 29.c4 $2 {Bd1 would have enabled additional support from the g2 Rook} 29...Rxa2 30.Qb3 R2a4 31.c5 Ra3 32.Qd1 $6 {even if the game is already lost, again an odd move (moves the Queen too far away from the immediate fight).} 32...Ra1+ 33.Kb2 R8a2+ 34.Kc3 {Grenadier announces: Black can mate in 4} 34...Qa4 $6 {Bxc5! was the correct move} ( 34...Bxc5 35.Bc4 Bb4+ 36.Kxb4 Qb6+ 37.Kc3 Qa5+ 38.Kb3 Ba4# ) 35.Qxa4 Rxc1+ 36.Kb3 Rxa4 37.h4 Rca1 38.g5 Bxf5 39.Kb2 R4a2+ 40.Kb3 Rxg1 41.Rxg1 Rxe2 42.Rg3 Rh2 43.Kc3 Rxh4 44.Rg1 Bc8 45.Ra1 Bf8 46.Ra8 Bg4 47.Rb8 Rh3 48.Kd2 Rh2+ 49.Kc1 Ra2 50.Rxb7 c6 51.Rc7 Re2 52.Rxc6 Rxe3 53.Rc7 Rd3 54.Kb1 Rxd4 55.g6 hxg6 56.Kb2 Rc4 57.Rb7 g5 58.Rb8 Rxc5 59.Re8 f5 60.Rb8 d4 61.Rd8 d3 62.Rd4 Rc2+ 63.Kb3 Bd1 64.Rd8 Rc8+ $1 65.Ka2 Rxd8 66.Kb2 d2 67.Ka2 {Grenadier announces: Black can mate in 4} 67...Rb8 68.Ka1 Be2 69.Ka2 Bc4+ 70.Ka1 d1=Q# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
to complete group 4 matches, Millenium Chess Genius Pro plays with Mephisto Milano v2.00. With close to 300 CElo points in favor of the CGP, the Milano doesn't stand much chance and loses both games. At least, it is able to resign, so there is no need to play to the bitter end.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.25"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Mephisto Milano v2.00/N. Short (lv T40/10)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "2008"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C26"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Rb1 {Out of book} 7...c6 {Out of book} 8.Ne2 b6 9.d3 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.c4 Bb7 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Qh5 Qe8 14.Qxe8 Raxe8 15.Re1 Bc5 16.Na4 Be7 17.Bb2 Bb4 18.Re2 a5 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.Nxc3 Ba8 21.a3 g5 22.Ree1 Kg7 23.Re3 Bb7 $6 {too passive} 24.Na4 Rd8 25.Nxb6 Kf6 26.Ree1 g4 27.c5 e4 28.dxe4 fxe4 29.Rxe4 Kg5 30.Nc4 Nxc5 31.Re5+ Rf5 32.Re7 Kf6 33.Rxh7 Ba6 34.Ne3 Rg5 35.Rb6 Kg6 36.Ra7 Bc8 37.Ra8 Nb7 38.Rxc6+ {Milano v2/N. Short resigns (displays: Ich gebe auf !)} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.25"] [Round "4-3"] [White "Mephisto Milano v2.00/N. Short (lv T40/10)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2008"] [BlackElo "2303"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B06"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 {Out of book} 4...b5 5.Bb3 b4 6.Nce2 d5 {Out of book} 7.Bd2 dxe4 8.Bxb4 Na6 9.Ba3 Nf6 10.Ba4 Nb8 11.c4 O-O 12.Bc5 Nfd7 13.Bb4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Na6 15.Ba3 Bf5 16.Rc1 Re8 17.Qd2 e5 18.d5 cxd5 19.cxd5 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Qe3 Nc7 22.Nc3 Qb7 23.d6 Ncd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Qg3 $2 {Enabling castling was the urgency:} ( 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Ne2 -- 27.O-O ) 25...Nf4 26.Ba4 Rc8 27.b3 Rc2 28.b4 Nd3+ 29.Kd1 Rxa2 30.Qg5 Rxa3 31.d7 Ra1+ {CGP sees mate in 5} 32.Kd2 Qxb4+ {Milano v2/N. Short resigns} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
we now can have a look to the group 4 tournament table: Code:
1. Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s) 6 pointsAnd now let me introduce group 5, where the CT800 v1.42 is the seeded player: - Mephisto Solar King - Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000 - Novag Chess Champion MK1 - Mephisto Maestro Travel - Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 - Novag Constellation 3,6/Quattro - CT800 1.42 - Yeno 532XL As far as the average CElo is concerned, that's the weakest group in this competition... I already fear handling the MK1, I shall need to focus a lot! Stay tuned, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Good morning all,
first match in group 5 is expected to provide weak chess games: Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000 vs Mephisto Solar King. The CP2000 is a bit of a hassle to handle it: tough contacts, need to keyin twice on captures, need to confirm moves with the Enter key. Furthermore, you must not use this Enter key after keying in the computer moves, otherwise it changes color, and moves. In a nutshell, a pain in the neck... About the Solar King: I use the "turbo" mode which means powered with batteries rather than light. Light works, of course, but in this mode the device is intolerably slow and weak (the clock pace is dramatically slowed down to save energy). In the first game (CP2000 plays as White) the lead switches several times from one computer to the other, along with the most significant mistakes :D. As often, the last one (on move 56) establishes the winner, the Solar King. In the revenge game, 16 moves are enough to toggle the game in favor of the CP2000. Shared score, one point each.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.25"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000 (lv 2)"] [Black "Mephisto Solar King (lv Turbo A8)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1102"] [BlackElo "988"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B02"] [PlyCount "138"] 1.e4 Nf6 {No book} 2.Nc3 {Out of book} 2...d5 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Bd3 e5 5.Nf3 Ng4 6.exd5 cxd5 7.h3 Nh6 8.Nxe5 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Rb8 11.Qe1+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Bxe7 13.Re1 Rb4 14.a3 Rf4 15.g3 Rd4 16.Ne2 Ra4 17.Nf4 Bf5 18.Re5 Bxd3 19.cxd3 Kd7 20.Kh2 Rb8 21.Kh1 Bc5 22.Kg1 Be7 23.f3 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 a6 25.Rg5 $6 {this is just moving into a trap!} 25...g6 26.Ra2 Nf5 27.Ng2 Re8 28.b3 Rd4 29.b4 Bd6 30.g4 Ng3+ $1 31.Kg1 Rxd3 32.Kf2 c5 $2 {Re2+!} 33.bxc5 Be5 $2 34.Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 35.Kxg3 d4 36.Nf4 Rb3 37.Bb2 Re4 38.d3 Re1 39.Bxd4 g5 40.Kf2 Rbb1 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Nxe2 Rb3 43.Nc3 Rxa3 44.Ke3 Rb3 45.Ne4 h6 46.Bg7 Rb1 47.Bxh6 Re1+ 48.Kd2 Rf1 49.Ke2 Rh1 50.Nxg5 f6 51.c6+ $6 Kxc6 52.Nf7 Kd5 53.g5 Rh2+ 54.Ke1 Rxh3 55.gxf6 Rxf3 56.d4 $2 Rxf6 $1 57.Bg7 Rxf7 58.Be5 Rf3 59.Ke2 Rc3 60.Kd2 Rf3 61.Ke2 Rh3 62.Kf2 Rc3 63.Kg2 a5 64.Bf6 a4 65.Bg7 Rc2+ 66.Kf3 a3 67.Bf6 a2 68.Ke3 a1=Q 69.Kd3 Qc3# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Mephisto Solar King (lv Turbo A8)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000 (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "988"] [BlackElo "1102"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "128"] 1.Nf3 {No book} 1...Nf6 {Out of book} 2.d4 d5 3.Ne5 Nc6 4.Qd3 Nxe5 5.dxe5 Ne4 6.a4 $6 Nc5 7.Qd4 Ne6 8.Qd3 Nc5 9.Qb5+ Nd7 10.Qxd5 e6 11.Qd4 Bc5 12.Qe4 O-O 13.b4 Bb6 $6 14.a5 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 f6 16.exf6 $2 Qxf6+ $1 {good choice} 17.Bf4 Qxf4+ $2 {QxR was stronger} 18.Qxf4 Rxf4+ 19.Kg3 Rxb4 20.Nc3 Rc4 21.Ra3 Nc5 22.e3 $2 Ne4+ $2 ( 22...Rxc3 23.Rxc3 Ne4+ ) 23.Kf4 $4 {NxN, of course} 23...Rxc3 24.Ra4 Nc5 25.Rc4 Rxc4+ 26.Bxc4 Kf7 27.Rd1 Kf6 28.Rd8 e5+ 29.Kf3 Bg4+ $1 30.Kxg4 Rxd8 31.c3 Ne4 32.a6 bxa6 33.Bxa6 Nxc3 34.Bc4 c6 35.Ba6 c5 36.Bc4 a5 37.g3 a4 38.Kh5 a3 39.g4 a2 40.Bxa2 Nxa2 41.g5+ Ke7 42.g6 hxg6+ 43.Kxg6 Kf8 44.Kf5 Rd5 45.e4 g6+ 46.Kxg6 Rd4 47.Kf5 Nc3 48.Kxe5 Nxe4 49.Ke6 c4 50.Ke5 Rd2 51.Kxe4 Rxh2 52.Kd4 Rc2 53.Kc5 Kf7 54.Kd6 c3 55.Kd7 Kf6 56.Kc8 Kg6 57.Kd7 Rd2+ 58.Kc6 c2 59.Kc5 c1=Q+ 60.Kb5 Rd6 61.Kb4 Kf6 62.Kb5 Qc3 63.Ka4 Qc4+ 64.Ka5 Ra6# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hello,
A bit of a surprise playing the second match in group 5, round 1: Novag Chess Champion MK1 vs Mephisto Maestro Travel. Of course the surprise is not blowing in the score: two points for the Maestro Travel, no worries. Who would have thought the MK1 would grasp any semipoint or more? No, the surprise is the MK1 could proudly stand 28 moves on par with the Maestro Travel, in its first game as White. Even then, the mistake it commits is a positional one, quite obvious for a human player, not so much for a weak program. And the Maestro Travel will still need 10 moves or so to get a strong material advantage... Good job, little MK1! On another hand, if playing with the CP2000 is a pain in the neck, doing so with the MK1 as White is a pain in the a$$ :headache: The second game is much much comfortable: at first, playing the MK1 as Black is straightforward, you just need to focus on the input to avoid potential mess, as there is no control. And the second reason is the game only lasted 16 moves, the MK1 being thoroughly overwhelmed by an early attack from the Maestro Travel.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Novag Chess Champion MK1 (lv 2)"] [Black "Mephisto Maestro Travel (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "735"] [BlackElo "1561"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.Nc3 {No book} 1...d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 {Out of book} 4.b3 Bb4 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nbd4 Qd7 7.g3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bd7 11.Ne5 Qd6 12.a3 Bc5 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.g4 e5 16.g5 Qe6 17.h4 Nb8 18.h5 h6 19.gxh6 gxh6 20.Be2 Rd6 21.b4 Ba7 22.a4 Nc6 23.Bg4 f5 24.Bh3 Nxb4 25.Ba3 Bc5 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.Rg6 Qd7 28.Rxd6 Bxd6 29.c3 $2 {weakens d3 square, a strong outpost for the Black Knight} 29...Nd3+ 30.Ke2 Bxa3 31.Rxa3 e4 32.f4 c5 33.Ra2 Rg8 34.a5 Qb5 35.Bxf5 Nb2+ 36.c4 Qxc4+ 37.d3 exd3+ 38.Bxd3 Rg2+ 39.Kf1 Rf2+ 40.Kxf2 Nxd1+ 41.Ke2 Nc3+ 42.Kd2 Qxa2+ 43.Kxc3 Qxa5+ 44.Kb3 Qd2 45.Bf1 Qxe3+ 46.Kc2 Qf2+ 47.Kd1 Qxf1+ 48.Kd2 b5 49.Ke3 a5 50.f5 Qxf5 51.Ke2 b4 52.Kd2 b3 53.Kc3 Qc2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Mephisto Maestro Travel (lv 15s)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion MK1 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "735"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C20"] [PlyCount "31"] 1.e4 e5 {No book} 2.d4 Bb4+ 3.c3 {Out of book} 3...Ba5 4.dxe5 Nc6 5.b4 Bb6 6.Qg4 Nxe5 7.Qxg7 Ng6 8.Nf3 a6 9.Bg5 Bxf2+ $2 {of course useless and due to the horizon effect. f6 was correct.} 10.Kxf2 Nf6 $6 11.Bxf6 Rg8 $6 12.Qxg8+ Nf8 13.Bxd8 c5 14.Ng5 cxb4 15.Bf6 {Mastro Travel announces mate in 2} 15...h6 16.Qxf7# 1-0 100 games played so far in this 64-cup :) MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Hi,
as the meteo is not great around Paris, France, I could play more games than usual. Here are the next ones: Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 vs Novag Constellation 3,6/Quattro. The later means my device is equiped with a Quattro ROM, which appears to be one of the configurations built and sold by Novag, most probably close to the end of life of the Constellation 3,6 device. Unfortunately, the combination results in a shifted clock/levels managements; level 2 is close to 20-25 secs/move therefore too slow for my standard pace (15 secs/m); and the 3,6 Quattro must climb down to level 1 which is significantly faster. At least it can ponder and use more time awaiting its opponent... According to relative strengths, the Sargon 2.5 could hope for half a point from this match, but it didn't happen. In the first game as White, Sargon 2.5 can't do much, a short game already pretty decided around move number 15. In the second game, Sargon 2.5 blunders as soon as move number 10; but the Constellation 3,6/Quattro needed many moves to achieve this win.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Constellation 3.6/Quattro (lv 1)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1442"] [BlackElo "1659"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D23"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Na3 {Out of book} 4...Nc6 {Out of book} 5.e3 e5 6.dxe5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Ng4 {Sargon displays: "good but not great"} 8.Rg1 Bxa3 9.bxa3 Nxf2+ 10.Ke1 Nd3+ 11.Bxd3 cxd3 12.Rb1 b6 {Sargon displays: "very interesting"} 13.Rb2 Bg4 14.Rb5 O-O {Sargon displays: "maybe so"} 15.Bd2 f6 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Ne5 $6 {this is an exposed position!} 17...Rf5 {Sargon displays: "give me more time"} 18.Bc3 Re8 19.Rxb6 $6 Nxe5 20.Rb7 Nc4 21.Bd2 Nxa3 22.Bc3 Nc4 {Sargon displays: "I need help"} 23.Bd2 c5 24.Rxa7 Rb8 25.Bc1 d2+ {Constellation announces mate in 3} 26.Bxd2 Rb1+ 27.Bc1 Rxc1# {Sargon displays: "congratulations"} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Novag Constellation 3.6/Quattro (lv 1)"] [Black "Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1659"] [BlackElo "1442"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "111"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 {Out of book} 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 e6 5.c4 {Out of book} 5...Nb4 6.a3 N4c6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Qa5+ 9.b4 {Sargon displays: "are you another computer?"} 9...Qc7 10.Nc3 Nxe5 $2 {this Knight is now lost, the Queen won't support it. NxB was much better.} 11.Nb5 $1 Qc6 12.Bxe5 {Sargon displays: "but of course"} 12...Qe4+ 13.Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.Bxe2 Na6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.Bxd6 g5 17.Nf3 g4 18.Ne5 h5 19.O-O {Sargon displays: "good but not great"} 19...b6 20.Rad1 Bb7 21.b5 Nb8 22.Bxb8 Rxb8 23.Nxd7 Rd8 24.Nf6+ Ke7 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.f3 gxf3 27.Bxf3 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Ke7 29.Kf2 Rc8 30.Rf4 Rc5 31.Ng8+ {Sargon displays: "spot me a Queen"} 31...Kf8 32.Nf6 Ke7 33.Ne4 Rxc4 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Nd6+ Kf6 36.Nxc4 Kf5 37.Nd6+ Kf4 38.Nc8 e5 39.Nxa7 e4 40.a4 e3+ 41.Ke2 {Sargon displays: "should we switch sides?"} 41...Ke4 42.a5 {Sargon displays: "ready for this?"} 42...bxa5 43.b6 h4 {Sargon displays: "dazzling"} 44.b7 h3 {Sargon displays: "I need help"} 45.gxh3 a4 46.b8=Q a3 47.Qb4+ Kd5 48.Qxa3 {Sargon displays: "may I cheat?"} 48...Kd4 49.Qxe3+ Kd5 50.Nc8 {Sargon displays: "usually I play better"} 50...Kc6 51.Qb6+ Kd5 52.Qd6+ Ke4 53.h4 {Sargon displays: "should we switch sides?"} 53...Kf5 54.Ne7+ {Constellation announces mate in 3} 54...Ke4 55.Qd5+ Kf4 56.Qf5# {Sargon displays: "congratulations"} 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Guten Tag Alle,
the top match in this group occurs as soon as round 1 (the initial matches are defined randomly; next rounds are of course organized according to the scores, as the selection phase uses a Swiss tournament mode). That is CT800 1.42 vs Yeno 532XL. OK, the Yeno is the second best in this group, but roughly 450 CElo less is an overwhelming disadvantage. Despite being a rather strong fighter, the 532XL didn't stand a foot on the ground. :headpat: Some additional information about the CT800 settings: - speed is 100% (default, no overclocking) - level 15 secs/move is not available with the 1.42 version I own; therefore I use the GMI mode (game in) with 5 minutes for the game plus 10 secs per move. That's 300+600 = 900 secs for 60 moves = 15 secs/move granted for the first batch of 60 moves. Should the game last longer, the average time/move of course decreases but no less than 10 secs per move.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "CT800 1.42 (lv GMI 5m+10s)"] [Black "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "1840"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A29"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 {Out of book} 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 O-O 7.O-O Ng4 8.Ne4 Bb6 9.h3 f5 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Nc3 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13.Kxf2 f4 14.Nd5 fxg3+ 15.Kxg3 Rf7 16.Bd2 Be6 17.Ng5 Rd7 18.Nxc7 Rxc7 19.Nxe6 Qg6+ 20.Ng5 h6 21.Be4 Qf6 22.Bd5+ Kh8 23.Ne4 Qe7 24.Kh2 Rf8 25.Qa4 Nd4 26.Bb4 Rd8 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 a6 29.Rf1 Rc5 30.Rf7 Ra5 31.Qb4 Qd8 32.Nxb7 Nc2 33.Qxa5 Qxa5 34.Nxa5 Kh7 35.Nc6 Nd4 36.Nxd4 exd4 37.c5 a5 38.Be4+ {CT800 announces mate} 38...Kg8 39.Bg6 a4 40.c6 a3 41.c7 axb2 42.c8=Q# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.26"] [Round "5-1"] [White "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"] [Black "CT800 1.42 (lv GMI 5m+10s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "2291"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.cxd5 {Out of book} 5...exd5 6.Qd3 O-O {Out of book} 7.Bf4 Ne4 8.Nd2 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 c6 10.a3 Bd6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.f4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Re8 17.Qf5 g6 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Qf3 Qb6 20.Bg2 Qxd4 21.Kb1 Nd5 22.f5 Be5 23.Bc1 Qb6 24.Rd2 Rad8 25.fxg6 fxg6 26.Qh3 $6 Nf4 $1 {threatens the Queen, the Bishop and unveils an attack on the Rook} 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Qf3 Rd2 29.b4 Rxg2 30.Qb3+ Nd5 31.Qc4 Qd4 32.Qxd4 Bxd4 33.Bh6 Bb2 34.Rc1 Bxc1 35.Kxc1 Rxg4 36.Kc2 Rc4+ 37.Kd3 Rc3+ 38.Kd4 Rxa3 39.b5 Rh3 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.Bg5 Rxh2 42.Kc5 Rc2+ 43.Kd6 h5 44.Bh6 a5 45.Ke5 a4 46.Be3 Nxe3 47.Ke4 Ng2 48.Ke5 Rc4 49.Kf6 Nh4 50.Ke6 a3 51.Kd7 a2 52.Ke7 a1=Q {CT800 announces mate} 53.Kd8 Qa7 54.Kc8 Rf4 55.Kd8 Rf8# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning all,
round 2 for group 5 starts with Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 mistreating the poor Novag Chess Champion MK1. The first game is lost for the "Chess Champion" :lol: as soon as its third move. In the second one, playing as White :schwitzer: the same occurs much later :rolleyes:, at move number seven. Even Sargon 2.5 is surprised, it says: "so soon?". What follows is just a massacre :maul:, as Sargon played in a very materialistic way: at the move mate, the lead is a Rook, two Bishops, a Knight and four Pawns for Sargon. That's a spank!
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.27"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion MK1 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1442"] [BlackElo "735"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C40"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 {No book} 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...Bb4 $2 4.Nd5 {of course} 4...Qd6 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.Bf4 $1 Qc6 {Sargon displays: "ready for this?"} 8.Nxc7+ Kf8 {Sargon displays: "materialist"} 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6+ Qxd6 {Sargon displays: "unleashing the attack"} 11.Nxa8 dxc3 12.bxc3 a5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Qd3 Nf6 15.O-O-O Nxe4 $6 16.Qxe4 Qc5 17.Qd4 Qa3+ {Sargon displays: "all played out?"} 18.Kb1 b5 19.Nb6 Bb7 20.Qe5 d6 21.Rxd6 Bxf3 $4 {f6 would have postponed the end} 22.Rd8# {Sargon displays: "checkmate"} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.28"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Novag Chess Champion MK1 (lv 2)"] [Black "Applied Concept Sargon 2.5 (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "735"] [BlackElo "1442"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A45"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.d4 {No book} 1...Nf6 2.Bg5 Nc6 {Out of book} 3.d5 Ne5 4.f4 Nc4 5.e3 Nxe3 6.Qe2 Nfxd5 7.Bxe7 $2 {Sargon displays: "so soon?"} 7...Qxe7 8.f5 Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 {Sargon displays: "now the outcome is obvious"} 9...Nde3+ 10.Kc1 {Sargon displays: "ready to resign?"} 10...Nxa1 11.g3 Nxf5 12.Qd1 Qe3+ 13.Qd2 Bc5 14.Qxe3+ Bxe3+ 15.Kd1 {Sargon displays: "now the outcome is obvious"} 15...O-O 16.Bg2 Bd4 17.g4 {Sargon displays: "ready for this?"} 17...Ne3+ 18.Kc1 {Sargon displays: "unleashing the attack"} 18...Nxg2 19.Ne2 Bb6 20.Rf1 Re8 21.Nbc3 Ne3 22.Rf4 d6 23.Kb1 g5 24.Rb4 Nac2 25.Rb3 Bxg4 26.Ng3 Nd4 27.Rb4 Nec2 28.Ra4 $2 {Sargon displays: "mate in one"} 28...Re1+ 29.Nd1 Rxd1# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good evening chaps,
another unbalanced match: Mephisto Solar King vs Yeno 532XL, with roughly 850 CElo points discrepancy, according to my rating list. So, two points scored by Ulf Rathsman' program. Each time the Solar King is in trouble with threatened pieces, it can play senseless moves just to try avoiding the unavoidable.:o
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.28"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Mephisto Solar King (lv Turbo A8)"] [Black "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "988"] [BlackElo "1840"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.Nf3 {No book} 1...d5 2.d4 e6 3.Ne5 Nf6 {Out of book} 4.Nc3 Bd6 5.Nd3 Nc6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.g3 Nxe3 8.fxe3 O-O 9.Nb5 e5 10.Qd2 e4 11.Nf2 Bb4 12.c3 Ba5 13.Qc2 a6 14.Na3 Qg5 15.Qd2 b5 16.b4 Bb6 17.Bg2 Qe7 18.O-O Bb7 19.Ng4 a5 20.Rab1 axb4 21.Nxb5 Ra5 22.Rxb4 $2 {looses more material} 22...Nxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb5 24.a3 Ra8 25.Qc3 Qe6 26.Ne5 $6 {Bh3 or Nf2 were better moves} 26...f6 27.a4 $2 Rxa4 28.Nd3 $2 exd3 29.Qxd3 Raxb4 30.Qc3 Rb3 31.Qc2 Qxe3+ 32.Kh1 Rb2 33.Qd3 Bxd4 34.Re1 Qf2 35.Qd1 Bc3 36.Rf1 Qxe2 37.Rg1 Be5 38.Qa4 Qxg2+ $3 {532XL announces mate in 4} 39.Rxg2 Rb1+ 40.Rg1 d4# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.28"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"] [Black "Mephisto Solar King (lv Turbo A8)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "988"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.Nc3 d5 {No book} 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 {Out of book} 3...Bf5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.Ng6 Bxg6 $6 {Qb4 or e5 would have saved some material} 7.Bxd6 cxd6 8.Rc1 Bf5 9.e3 a6 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxd5 Bc5 13.Nc7+ Ke7 14.Nxa8 Rxa8 15.O-O Rd8 16.Qe1 Bb4 17.c3 Bc5 18.b4 Bb6 19.Bc4 Ne4 20.Qe2 a5 21.b5 Na7 22.Qf3 g6 $2 23.g4 Rg8 $6 24.gxf5 gxf5+ 25.Kh1 Kf6 26.Qh5 Rg7 27.Rcd1 Nxc3 28.Qh4+ Kg6 $6 {the alternative Rg5 (only two moves!) would have postponed the end:} ( 28...Rg5 29.Rg1 Ne4 30.Rxg5 Nxg5 31.Qh6+ Ke7 32.Qxg5+ {and the end comes soon} ) 29.Rg1# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning,
the weather is rainy over Paris, so I had to shorten my usual bike ride... This match is Mephisto (by Saitek) Maestro Travel vs Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000. With more than 450 CElo points in favor of the Maestro Travel, it was expected to be an easy walk for it. Things went in a different way. Not during the first game, where the CP2000 as Black played like a beginner, moving its Queen out very early, letting the Maestro develop itself with tempi. Few moves later, the Maestro pins the poor Queen and the game is soon over. The second game deserves watching it. It is the shortest so far in this competition, and the CP2000 was on the verge of a win! As soon as its third move out of book, the Maestro Travel blunders, unaware of the trap it left its Queen in. And CP2000 played the correct refutation move! Was it by chance or complete calculation? I suspect the CP2000 at least smelled the hit...:juchu: Too bad for the suspense, shortly later it failed to survive a fork and the lucky Maestro Travel could save the game.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.29"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Mephisto Maestro Travel (lv 15s)"] [Black "Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1102"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A10"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.c4 d5 {Out of book} 2.cxd5 {Out of book} 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5 $6 {CP2000 should step back its Queen to a less exposed position} 4.Nf3 Qc5 5.d4 Qb6 6.e4 e6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qc2 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Be3 Qd6 $2 {again too vulnerable} 11.Rd1 Qc6 $4 {what an alignment!} 12.Bb5 Qd7 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Bf4 O-O-O 15.Bxc7 Kxc7 16.Nd5+ {Maestro Travel announces mate in 4} 16...Kb8 17.Qc7+ Ka8 18.Qxd8+ Bc8 19.Qxc8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.29"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Novag Chess Champion Chess Partner 2000 (lv 2)"] [Black "Mephisto Maestro Travel (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1102"] [BlackElo "1561"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C10"] [PlyCount "30"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 {Out of book} 2...e6 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Be3 Nd7 {Out of book} 7.Bd3 Nb6 8.Nf3 Bd6 $4 {Queen should have moved away from the trap (Qe7 or Qd8) or Black should have opened a door for it (g6 or g5). h6 to prevent next move was as well an alternative.} 9.Bg5 $1 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 Qxf3+ 11.gxf3 O-O 12.a3 Bd6 13.Ke3 h6 14.Bf4 $6 {Bh4 was much better} 14...Nd5+ $1 15.Ke4 $4 {wrong way. CP2000 should have accepted the loss of this forked Bishop.} 15...f5# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hallo Alle,
the Chess Terminator offers no chance to the Constellation 3,6/Quattro. The Novag forfeits no estime, to my opinion it did not commit any blatant mistake nor blunder: just going under the wheels of the much stronger CT800. The first game with CT800 playing as White is rather short with less than 30 moves; whilst in the second game the "3,6" achieves a worthy of respect resistance.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.29"] [Round "5-2"] [White "CT800 1.42 (lv GMI 5m+10s)"] [Black "Novag Constellation 3.6/Quattro (lv 1)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "1652"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C47"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 {Out of book} 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 {Out of book} 9...f5 10.Qe2 Qd6 11.Re1 f4 12.d4 exd4 13.Bxf4 Rxf4 14.gxf4 Bg4 15.Qc4+ Kh8 16.Ng5 Qxf4 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nd8+ Kh8 19.Re8+ Bf8 20.Nf7+ Qxf7 21.Qxf7 Rxe8 22.Bd5 Be6 23.Bxe6 {CT800 announces mate} 23...Ne7 24.Qxe8 h6 25.Qxf8+ Kh7 26.Qxe7 h5 27.f4 dxc3 28.Bf5+ Kg8 29.Qe8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.10.29"] [Round "5-2"] [White "Novag Constellation 3.6/Quattro (lv 1)"] [Black "CT800 1.42 (lv GMI 5m+10s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "2291"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "154"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 {Out of book} 5...Nc6 {Out of book} 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qf5 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.Nh4 Qf6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qf5 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Bd3 Qa5 15.bxc3 Qxc3 16.Rc1 Qa3 17.Qc2 h6 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Bh7+ Kh8 20.Be4 Bd7 21.Qb2 Rab8 22.Rfe1 Qd6 23.Rc4 b6 24.Ne5 Na5 25.Rcc1 Rbd8 26.Bf3 Kg8 27.Qc3 Rc8 28.Qb2 Rfd8 29.Bh5 Be8 30.Red1 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 f6 32.Nc4 Nxc4 33.Bxe8 Nb2 34.Qxb2 Rxe8 35.Qb3 Kf7 36.Qc4 Rd8 37.Re1 Qd5 38.Qa6 Rd7 39.Qe2 Ke7 40.Qg4 g5 41.Qe2 h5 42.h3 h4 43.a3 Rc7 44.Qb2 Rc4 45.Qb1 Kd6 46.Qh7 Qa5 47.Rxe6+ $6 Kxe6 48.Qg8+ Kd6 49.Qxc4 Qxa3 50.Kh2 Qb2 51.Kg1 $6 a5 52.g3 Qb1+ 53.Kg2 Qe4+ 54.f3 $6 Qe1 55.gxh4 gxh4 56.Qd3 Qg3+ 57.Kf1 Qxh3+ 58.Ke1 Qg3+ 59.Kf1 h3 60.Qa3+ Kd7 61.Qa4+ Kd8 62.Qc6 Qg2+ 63.Ke1 Qg1+ 64.Ke2 Qxd4 65.Qa8+ Ke7 66.Qb7+ Qd7 67.Qxb6 Qe6+ 68.Qxe6+ Kxe6 69.Kf2 a4 70.Kg3 a3 71.Kxh3 a2 72.Kg2 a1=Q 73.Kf2 f5 74.Kg2 f4 75.Kh3 Qg1 {CT800 announces mate} 76.Kh4 Kf5 77.Kh5 Qg5# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
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