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AW: The 64-cup
Hello, good afternoon to all,
7th match in this 1/8th final is an easy one for the Mephisto Berlin, facing the venerable, 10+ years older, Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger: two wins in a row. None of these games reach 40 moves. Nevertheless, respect for the Champion Sensory, which found its way to the 1/8th final, amongst sixteen out of sixty four chess computers. Kudos! :respekt:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.21"] [Round "8th_final"] [White "Mephisto Berlin (lv N3)"] [Black "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2181"] [BlackElo "1569"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Nc6 {Out of book} 4.cxd5 {Out of book} 4...Nxd5 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.d5 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Ne5 9.Qf5 Ned7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Bg5 g6 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Ne5 16.Qh3 Nc4 17.b3 Nd6 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Qd7 20.Rd3 Qg4 $6 {vulnerable to both Rh3 or Rg3} 21.Rh3 Qxh3 22.Qxh3 Rad8 23.Rc1 Kg7 24.f3 c6 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.Na4 Nb5 27.Qg3 Rd2 28.Qe5+ f6 29.Qxe7+ Rf7 30.Qb4 Rxa2 31.Nc5 Kg8 32.Ne6 a5 33.Qxb5 Rd7 34.Qb8+ {Berlin announces mate in 4} 34...Rd8 35.Qxd8+ Kf7 36.Qd7+ Kg8 37.Qe8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.21"] [Round "8th_final"] [White "Fidelity Champion Sensory Chess Challenger (lv E 40/10 20/5)"] [Black "Mephisto Berlin (lv N3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "2181"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nd2 {Out of book} 3...Nf6 {Out of book} 4.Ngf3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Bxc6 9.Qb3 O-O 10.Bb4 Re8 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Qh3 $6 {e3 to support the center was a better choice} 12...a5 13.Bc5 dxc4 14.Rxc4 Nxc5 15.dxc5 Qf6 16.Qc3 Qg6 17.Qd3 Qg5 18.Qg3 Qf5 19.e4 Bxe4 20.Qxc7 Bd5 21.Rd4 $6 Qb1+ 22.Ke2 Rad8 23.Qxa5 Bc4+ 24.Ke3 Rxd4 25.Kxd4 Bxf1 26.Qb5 e5+ 27.Kc3 Qe1+ 28.Kb3 Qd1+ 29.Kb4 Qd4+ 30.Ka5 Ra8+ {Berlin announces mate in 4} 31.Kb6 Qd8+ 32.Kxb7 Bxb5 33.a3 Qb8# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning,
last match from 1/8th final is Yeno 532XL against Millenium Chess Genius Pro (the 2016 elder). With 460+ CElo leap, odds are roughly 14/1 in favor of the CGP. In the first game, despite playing as Black, it is on the attacking side: constantly pushing back the Rathman's program, compelled to play within its own half-board. During the second game, the Yeno resists fourty moves or so before collapsing and leaving the competition.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.21"] [Round "8th_final"] [White "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "2303"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 {Out of book} 3...Bg7 4.e4 Nc6 {Out of book} 5.Qc2 Nf6 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nh5 9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 g4 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Qd1 h5 14.Bf1 Bd7 15.Nb3 Bc6 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Be2 e6 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rf1 O-O-O 20.Rc1 Be5 21.Rh1 h4 22.Bxg4 hxg3 23.Rxh8 Rxh8 24.Nd1 Rh1+ 25.Ke2 Bxb2 26.Rc2 Ba4 27.f3 Bxc2 28.Qxc2 Ba3 29.Ne3 Bb4 30.Qd2 Qb2 31.Nf1 {Genius Pro announces mate in 4} 31...Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Qxd2 33.Bxe6+ fxe6 34.d4 Qe1# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.21"] [Round "8th_final"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Yeno 532XL (lv ti3)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "1840"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "111"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qc2 Nc6 {Out of book} 9.a3 {Out of book} 9...Na5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nd2 Bg4 12.Bd3 Re8 13.O-O Be6 14.b4 Nc6 15.Nb3 b6 16.Rfc1 Ne7 17.Ne2 c6 18.Nf4 Bg4 19.h3 Bd7 20.Nd2 g6 21.Rab1 a5 22.b5 Bg5 23.bxc6 Bxc6 24.Nf3 Bxf4 25.exf4 Rc8 26.Qb3 Qd6 27.Ne5 Ba8 28.Rxc8 Nxc8 29.f5 g5 30.a4 Bb7 31.Qb5 Re7 32.Kh1 Qf6 33.Rc1 Na7 34.Qb2 Qd6 35.Rb1 Nc8 36.Qb3 Qf6 37.Qc2 Re8 38.Qc7 Ba8 39.Ng4 Qg7 40.Rc1 h5 41.Qxc8 Rxc8 42.Rxc8+ Qf8 43.Nh6+ Kg7 44.f6+ Kxf6 45.Rxf8 Bc6 46.Rxf7+ Ke6 47.Bf5+ Kd6 48.Bc8 Bxa4 49.Nf5+ Kc6 50.Bd7+ Kc7 51.Bxa4+ Kb8 52.Bc6 {Genius Pro announces mate in 5} 52...g4 53.Rb7+ Ka8 54.Ne7 gxh3 55.Rxb6+ Ka7 56.Nc8# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hi,
the quarter-final phase is now ready to play: Code:
DGT Centaur (2919)I am afraid the two other ones are much predictable... We shall see that soon. MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good afternoon,
Quarter-final starts with the match DGT Centaur vs Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz. A good first game as Black for the Saitek/Mephisto Morsch, it can sustain a balanced game for 30 moves or so. Then, all the Centaur pieces are dedicated to attacking whilst all the Chess Challenger ones are committed to defend. Of course, based on such an Elo difference, this could not last long and the Centaur prevails. The second game is rather a miniature one, as the Chess Challenger blunders on move #11 - I myself immediately felt the high danger it put itself into. Lack of depth search? I would rather say a lack of skills... It deservedly quits the competition.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.22"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Black "Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz (lv A6)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2919"] [BlackElo "2032"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 e6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 a6 {Out of book} 12.O-O b5 13.Bb3 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Nd7 15.a4 Qf6 16.Rac1 Rfc8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Qa5 Rb8 20.Qxb5 Qe7 21.Qd3 Nf6 22.Nd2 Ra8 23.Rb1 Qd7 24.e5 Nd5 25.Bc2 f5 26.exf6 Nxf6 27.Bb3 Bd5 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Nxc4 Rd8 30.Ne5 Qd5 31.Qa6 Kf8 32.Nc6 Rd6 33.Rc1 Kf7 34.Qb7+ Rd7 35.Qc8 Rd6 36.Ne5+ Ke7 37.Rc5 Rd8 38.Nc6+ Ke8 39.Nxd8 Qd7 40.Qb8 Qxd8 41.Rc8 Qxc8 42.Qxc8+ Ke7 43.Qc5+ Kf7 44.Qa7+ Kf8 45.Qc7 g6 46.Qa7 h6 47.Qb8+ Kf7 48.Qc7+ Kf8 49.Qa7 h5 50.g3 h4 51.gxh4 Ne8 52.Qh7 Nd6 53.Qxg6 Ke7 54.h5 Nf7 55.Qg7 {Centaur announces mate in 10} 55...e5 56.dxe5 Ke6 57.Qf6+ Kd5 58.Qxf7+ Kxe5 59.h6 Kd4 60.h7 Kd3 61.h8=Q Kc2 62.Qc4+ Kd1 63.Qa1+ Kd2 64.Qac1# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.22"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz (lv A6)"] [Black "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2032"] [BlackElo "2919"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A41"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 {Out of book} 2...Bg4 3.e4 Nd7 4.h3 Bh5 5.c3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nh5 10.Qxb7 Bg5 11.Bxg5 $2 {a call for concerns, gathering ennemy Queen + Knight in front of the exposed King... Better was:} ( 11.Qxa8 Qxa8 12.Bxg5 ) 11...Qxg5+ {of course!} 12.Kh2 Rb8 13.Qxc7 Rxb2 14.Qc8+ Ke7 15.Qxh8 Qg3+ {Centaur announces mate in 5} 16.Kh1 Qxf3+ 17.Kg1 Ng3 18.Qf8+ Nxf8 19.Kh2 Rxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Qxf2# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good night all,
the Chinese bomber L6 v2 teaches the CT800 what chess is all about :p 60 moves are enough to crush it twice!! In the first game playing White, the L6-v2 shows how to dominate the center, gain space, open lines and coordinate attacking pieces, all aimed at the ennemy King's corner. A real show of force! I knew it plays very strong chess, but up to spank the CT800 in such a way, I didn't guess it. Much impressive! The second game starts balanced for the CT800 now playing as White, on par for roughly 20 to 25 moves. Then the L6 plays a Pawn move that looks rather minor but actually enables a thundering threat onto the poor CT800 King, unsufficiently sheltered. The CT800 fails to immediately provide additional support, and collapses. :dead: A couple of facts to be reminded, about the L6-v2: - it is a dedicated chess computer, not to be confused with some boards requiring a remote engine on a powerful smartphone or PC; - each and every move is played instantly :bigeyes:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.22"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "CT800 1.42 (lv GMI 5m+10s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "2291"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B06"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nd7 5.O-O e5 {Out of book} 6.c3 Bg7 7.Be3 Ngf6 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 exd4 10.cxd4 Nb6 11.h3 Be6 12.a4 a5 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Ngf3 Nh5 16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.Ng5 Re7 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nc8 20.Bc4 Bxe5 21.Nxf7 Bg7 22.Bc5 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Nf6 24.Ne5+ Kh8 25.Qg3 Qb8 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Qh4 h5 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Ng5+ Kh8 30.Qxe4 Ne7 31.Qxe7 Qf4 32.b3 Rf8 33.Rd1 Bg4 34.Bd4 {CT800 resigns} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.22"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "CT800 1.42 (lv GMI 5m+10s)"] [Black "Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2291"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B27"] [PlyCount "52"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.Nf3 {Out of book} 3...Bg7 4.d4 {Back in book} 4...cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.Bb5+ {Out of book} 6...Nd7 7.e5 a6 8.Bd3 e6 9.O-O Ne7 10.h4 f6 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Nc3 Qc7 14.Bg5 Ng4 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.g3 Nxf2 18.Rxf2 Qxg3+ 19.Rg2 Qxd3 20.Rd1 Qf3 21.Bxe7 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Rf3 23.Rh2 Qf4 24.Bc5 $6 {Rg2 was fine} 24...b5 25.Qb4 d4 $3 {frees d5 for Bb7 threat} 26.Rg2 $2 {Qxd4 was required to be able to defend the King's corner, e.g.:} ( 26.Qxd4 Rf1+ 27.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 28.Qg1 Bb7+ 29.Rg2 Bxg2+ 30.Kh2 Qxg1+ 31.Kxg1 Rc8 {and the game is as well lost, though after some resistance.} ) 26...Rh3+ {CT800 resigns} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
Re: The 64-cup
Vonset L6 v2 all 32 levels are instant play. Not even 1 second thinking. Imagine what that machine can do if it had normal time controls.
I am guessing they have at least 3 engines running. Engine 1 for levels 1 to 10 - ply limited accordingly Engine 2 for levels 11 to 20 - ply limited accordingly Engine 3 for levels 21 to 31 - ply limited accordingly Strongest engine for Level 32 with unlocked ply This is my theory. I can't see any other way to have increasing strength curve from L1 to L32 and instant play all the time. |
AW: The 64-cup
Hi,
next match features Systema Challenge vs Millenium The King Performance. If the Challenge looks rather good when playing opponents from the same or so strength, it provides evidences of obvious weaknesses playing the King Performance. Saying obvious, I mean mistakes I could immediately spot as a mediocre chess player. I let you check the games.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.23"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "Systema Challenge (Tibono setting lv 50)"] [Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1802"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C40"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Ng1 {Out of book} 4...Qg5 5.g4 h5 {Out of book} 6.d3 Qxg4 7.Qxg4 hxg4 8.dxe4 d5 9.exd5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 Na6 12.Bd2 Nc5 13.Ke2 Nf6 14.Be3 Nxd5 15.Nc3 Nxc3+ 16.bxc3 O-O-O 17.Rd1 Na4 18.Rc1 Ba3 19.Rc2 Rh5 20.Bxa7 $2 {a beginner's mistake!} 20...b6 21.d4 Rdh8 22.Kd3 Kb7 23.Bxb6 Nxb6 24.f3 g3 25.h3 Nd5 26.Kd2 Rf5 27.Kd3 Re8 28.h4 Nf4+ 29.Kd2 Rb5 30.h5 Rb1 31.Rh4 Ree1 32.Rb2+ Rxb2+ 33.Kxe1 Ng2+ 34.Kd1 Nxh4 35.h6 gxh6 36.f4 Rb1+ 37.Ke2 Rxg1 38.Kd3 Rd1+ {King Performance announces mate in 11} 39.Ke4 g2 40.Ke5 Re1+ 41.Kd5 g1=Q 42.Kc4 Qf1+ 43.Kb3 Rb1+ 44.Kxa3 Qa6# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.23"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Black "Systema Challenge (Tibono setting lv 50)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "1802"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D10"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 {Out of book} 3.d4 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.f3 b3 8.Nc3 {Out of book} 8...Ba6 9.Bf4 e6 10.g4 Bb4 11.Ne2 O-O 12.g5 Nh5 13.Be3 Be7 14.f4 Qc7 15.Bg2 Nd7 16.O-O g6 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Bb7 19.Nd4 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Nb5 Qc8 22.Qxd5 Nb6 23.Qe5 Re8 24.a5 Nd7 25.Qd5 Rb8 26.Nxa7 Qc7 27.Nc6 Rbc8 28.Qxc4 Bxg5 $6 {I can only assume this move aimed at removing the f4 Pawn from e5 square control; maybe considering the c6 Knight would be pinned. But this doesn't work, probably a horizon effect.} 29.fxg5 Ne5 30.Nxe5 Qxc4 31.Nxc4 Rxc4 32.a6 Rc2 33.Bd5 Rxe3 34.a7 Rc7 35.a8=Q+ {King Performance announces mate in 10} 35...Kg7 36.Bxf7 Rxf7 37.Ra7 Nf4 38.Rxf4 Re1+ 39.Kf2 Ree7 40.Rxe7 Rxe7 41.Qf8# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hello, good morning to all,
last match from quarter-final phase is a Lang family affair: smart vs fast, Mephisto Berlin vs Millenium Chess Genius Pro. In the first game as White, the Berlin can only play two moves out of its openings library before being forced to computing by the CGP (for information, I let the default setting, thus book 2 which is the big modern "HIARCS" book). Surprisingly enough, I was able to instantly spot a positional mistake from the Berlin, on move #39. I am not used to positional mistakes performed by this Lang program (a Vancouver in disguise), and further more not used to be able to see these by myself. Maybe I am not so bad at chess? :raffnix: ok, dream off :ignore:. Anyway, the rest of the game provides later evidence this positional error was a bad mistake: the involved Knight won't anymore be any useful to the Berlin, compelled to resignation. The revenge game is balanced, with a center kept closed for a while; once some pieces exchanges are performed the position is slightly in favor of the CGP. Thus, the Berlin plays for a draw and achieves a 3-fold repetition. The outcome is 1.5 to 0.5 in favor of the fast Chess Genius Pro.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "Mephisto Berlin (lv N3)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2181"] [BlackElo "2303"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A04"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...Bb7 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bf4 Ne7 {Out of book} 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 Ng6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.O-O f5 12.Re1 f4 13.Bxg6 fxg3 14.Be4 gxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Qf6 17.Kg1 Nc6 18.Qe2 Rf7 19.Rh4 Qf5 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Ng3 Qg6 22.Rh3 Raf8 23.Rd1 Rf4 24.b3 Bb4 25.Kh1 Bc3 26.d5 Nd4 27.Qd3 Qxd3 28.Rxd3 Nxf3 29.gxf3 Rxf3 30.Ne4 Rxh3 31.Rxh3 Bd4 32.dxe6 dxe6 33.Rd3 e5 34.Rd1 Rf4 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Kg2 Ke6 37.a4 g6 38.Ng5+ Kf5 39.Nxh7 $6 {this Knight was to be committed to preventing the ennemy passed Pawn threat. Moving away from the central area is a positional mistake: Nf3 was called for.} 39...e4 40.Rf1 g5 41.a5 Bg7 42.axb6 axb6 43.Rd1 e3 44.Re1 Rf2+ $1 45.Kg1 Bd4 46.Nf8 e2 47.h3 Rf1+ 48.Kg2 Rxe1 49.Kf3 Bc5 50.Nd7 Rd1 51.Kxe2 Rxd7 52.Kf1 Rd3 53.Kg2 Rxb3 54.Kh2 Rb2+ {Berlin resigns} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "quarter_final"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Mephisto Berlin (lv N3)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "2181"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D12"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 {Out of book} 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qb3 b6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bd3 {Out of book} 9...Bd6 10.Nf3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O 12.Rg1 Nbd7 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.e4 dxe4 16.fxe4 e5 17.d5 Kh8 18.Be3 Rac8 19.Rd1 Bb4 20.Ba6 Rc7 21.Kf1 Nb8 22.Bb5 Rd8 23.Qd3 Rcc8 24.Bd2 Qc5 25.Na4 Qd6 26.Bg5 h6 27.Be3 Qc7 28.Rc1 Qe7 29.Kg2 Nbd7 30.Rgd1 Bd6 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Nc3 Rc7 33.Bc6 Nc5 34.Bxc5 bxc5 35.Nb5 Rc8 36.Qc4 Nh5 37.Nxd6 Qxd6 38.Bb5 Qg6+ 39.Kh2 Qf6 40.Qc2 Qf4+ 41.Kg2 Qg5+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg2 Qg5+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hi,
as the quarter-final phase is now completed, here are the semifinal matches to be soon played: Code:
DGT Centaur (2919)MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good evening to all,
In the first semifinal match, the first two games are a near miss for the Centaur: the L6-v2 has been very close to an unexpected win! :vampir: As I am fully overwhelmed with the chess playing level, I shall provide insights from an engine analysis (Deep HIARCS 15.2, 4 threads, 5 secs/move). After fifteen moves in the first game, despite playing as Black, the L6 already has an edge; and on move #16 the Centaur commits a mistake, soon followed by another one on move #17 with still an inaccuracy to come next move. That's more than enough for the L6 to dominate the rest of the game, and score one point. Next game, the Centaur plays strongly as Black and gets an edge, but a small mistake on move #39 lets the game return to a balanced situation. There is a smell of a draw game for close to 40 additional moves; the Centaur has no more control onto the outcome of this match: a draw would have meant a 1.5 to 0.5 victory for the L6!! Of course I let both devices play to the bitter end; and bitter it will be: the L6 blunders, no half-decent human player would have committed such an obviously losing move! :eek: One point each, so we are to play at least two more games; in the first one as White the Centaur plays very strong chess whilst the L6 commits a bunch of mistakes and never stands a foot on the ground. The fourth and last game is slightly less strong from the Centaur playing with the dark pieces; but strong enough to achieve the final win, and 3 to 1 score. Therefore, the Centaur is happy (and somewhat lucky) to reach the final "boss" level.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "semifinal"] [White "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Black "Vonset \ Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2919"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A01"] [PlyCount "128"] 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5 4.d3 e5 5.Bxe5 Nc6 6.Bb2 d4 7.Nd2 Qd5 8.c3 dxc3 9.Bxc3 O-O-O 10.Qb1 Bb4 11.Qc1 Nf6 12.a3 $1 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Rhe8 14.e3 Qe6 $1 15.Rc1 Nd5 16.Qc4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -3.08\19} ( 16.Qc5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -1.50\19} 16...Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Qd5 18.Ne4 f5 19.f3 Qxb3 20.Kf2 Qxa3 21.Ne2 fxe4 22.dxe4 Qb2 23.Qc3 Rd2 24.Ke3 Red8 25.Qxb2 Rxb2 26.Nc3 Bf7 27.f4 Nd4 28.Be2 Nxe2 29.Nxe2 Rbd2 ) 16...Qh6 $1 17.e4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -4.67\24} ( 17.Ndf3 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -2.05\18} 17...Nxe3 18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Be2 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rd7 21.Kf1 Nd4 22.Rh2 Re6 23.Re1 Nf5 24.Rg2 Qe5 25.Kf2 Kb8 26.Qb4 f6 27.Qf8+ Re8 28.Qb4 Ne3 ) 17...f5 18.Ngf3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -6.13\25} ( 18.Qc2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -4.67\20} ) 18...fxe4 19.dxe4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nf4 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -4.49\24} ( 20...Re7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -5.88\21} ) 21.Qc3 Re7 22.Rc2 Ne5 $1 23.a4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -7.81\27} ( 23.Rg1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -4.20\19} 23...Nfd3+ 24.Bxd3 Rxd3 25.Qc5 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Nxf3+ 27.Ke2 Nxg1+ 28.Kf1 Qxd2 29.Qxe7 Qd1+ 30.Kg2 Ne2 31.Qf8+ Kd7 32.Qxg7+ Kc6 33.Qh6+ Kb5 34.Qe3 c5 35.f4 Nd4 36.Kf2 Nxb3 37.Kg2 Qd2+ 38.Qxd2 Nxd2 39.e5 Nc4 40.Kf3 Nxa3 ) 23...Ned3+ $1 24.Bxd3 Rxd3 25.Qa1 $1 Qg6 26.Qa3 Rd6 $1 27.Kd1 Qg2 28.Re1 Kb8 29.b4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -9.61\27} ( 29.Qc5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -5.64\21} 29...Nd3 30.Qe3 Nxf2+ 31.Kc1 Nd3+ 32.Kb1 Nxe1 33.Qxe1 Red7 34.Kc1 Qg5 35.e5 Re6 36.Kb2 Qxe5+ 37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Nc4 Rh5 39.Rh2 c6 40.Nd2 Kc7 41.Kc2 Re7 42.Nc4 Rf5 43.Rf2 b5 44.Nd2 Re3 45.Kb2 Kd7 46.axb5 cxb5 ) 29...Nd3 $1 30.Qb3 Rd8 31.Rf1 Red7 32.Ke2 Nf4+ 33.Ke1 Qxh3 34.Rg1 Qh2 35.Rf1 Nd3+ 36.Ke2 Qg2 37.Qc4 h5 $1 38.a5 a6 $1 39.Qb3 h4 $1 40.b5 Nf4+ 41.Ke1 Qg5 42.Kd1 axb5 43.a6 Rd3 $1 44.Qf7 Qe5 45.Qa2 b4 $1 46.axb7 Kxb7 47.Kc1 Ra8 $1 48.Qc4 Ra1+ 49.Nb1 b3 $1 50.Qb4+ Ka7 $1 51.Qc4 bxc2 52.Kxc2 Qa5 53.Nc3 {Centaur acknowledges -mate in 10} 53...Rxc3+ $1 54.Qxc3 Qa2+ 55.Qb2 Qc4+ 56.Qc3 Qe2+ $1 57.Kb3 Qa2+ 58.Kb4 Qa5+ 59.Kc4 Ra4+ 60.Kb3 Qb5+ 61.Qb4 Qxb4+ 62.Kc2 Ra2+ 63.Kc1 Nd3+ 64.Kd1 Qa4# {White loses 0.22 pawn per move (4 mistakes, 5 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.06 pawn per move (3 inaccuracies).} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "semifinal"] [White "Vonset \ Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "2919"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "168"] 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Nd7 6.c4 Ngf6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bf4 Bc5 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Qb3 g5 11.Be5 O-O 12.Bc3 b6 13.Rae1 Bh5 14.e4 Be7 15.Qa4 Nc5 16.Qd4 Rc8 17.Qe3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Nd3 19.Rd1 Nxf2 $1 20.Rxf2 Bc5 21.Qe2 Ng4 22.Rf1 Nxf2 23.Rxf2 a5 $1 24.Nf1 Bxf2+ 25.Qxf2 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 b5 27.Bh5 f5 28.Qa7 Qc7 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.Bxa5 Ra7 31.Bb4 Rxa2 32.Bxf8 Kxf8 33.exf5 exf5 34.b3 f4 35.Bf3 Rb2 36.Bd5 Kg7 $1 37.gxf4 gxf4 38.h4 h5 39.Nh2 b4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.11\34} ( 39...Kf6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -1.68\23} 40.Nf3 Kf5 41.Kf1 Kg4 42.Ke1 Kg3 43.Nd4 Kxh4 44.Bf3 Kg5 45.Nxb5 h4 46.Nd4 h3 47.Be2 Kf6 48.Nf3 Rxb3 49.Kf1 Rc3 50.Kf2 Rc2 51.Nh2 Rb2 ) 40.Nf3 Kf6 41.Bc4 Kf5 42.Be2 Ke4 43.Kf2 Kd5 44.Ne1 Kd4 $1 45.Nd3 Rxb3 46.Nxf4 Rb1 47.Bxh5 Rh1 48.Kg3 b3 49.Bg6 Rg1+ 50.Ng2 Ke5 51.Kh2 Ra1 52.h5 b2 53.h6 Kf6 54.Nf4 Rf1 55.h7 Kg7 56.Ng2 Kxg6 57.h8=Q b1=Q 58.Qg8+ Kh5 59.Qh8+ Kg6 60.Qg8+ Kf6 61.Qf8+ Kg5 62.Qg7+ Qg6 63.Qxg6+ Kxg6 64.Nh4+ Kg5 65.Kg3 Ra1 66.Nf3+ Kf5 67.Kf2 Ke4 68.Nd2+ Kd3 69.Nf3 Ra8 70.Kg3 Ke4 71.Ng5+ Kf5 72.Nh3 Ra5 73.Ng1 Ra3+ 74.Kf2 Ke4 75.Kg2 Ke3 76.Kg3 Ra6 77.Nh3 Rg6+ 78.Kh4 Ke4 79.Ng1 $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: #-7\67} ( 79.Ng5+ {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.42\31} 79...Kf5 80.Nh3 Rg2 81.Kh5 Rg7 82.Kh4 Rg4+ 83.Kh5 Rg2 84.Kh4 Rg6 85.Nf2 Rg1 86.Kh5 Rg7 87.Kh4 Kf4 88.Nh3+ Ke4 89.Ng5+ Ke5 90.Nh3 Rg2 91.Ng5 Kf4 92.Nh3+ Ke4 93.Ng5+ Ke5 94.Nh3 Rg7 95.Nf2 Rg1 96.Nh3 Rg8 97.Nf2 Kf4 98.Nd3+ Ke3 ) 79...Rxg1 {Centaur announces mate in 6} 80.Kh5 Kf4 81.Kh6 Kf5 82.Kh7 Kf6 83.Kh8 Kf7 84.Kh7 Rh1# {White loses 0.19 pawn per move (1 blunder, 7 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.12 pawn per move (1 mistake, 3 inaccuracies).} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "semifinal"] [White "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Black "Vonset \ Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2919"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A04"] [PlyCount "135"] 1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Be2 $1 Bb4 5.e5 Ne7 6.a4 O-O 7.Na2 c5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.09\22} ( 7...Nec6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +0.69\19} 8.Nxb4 Nxb4 9.O-O d6 10.d4 dxe5 11.Nxe5 N8c6 12.c3 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 c5 15.a5 f5 16.axb6 axb6 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.Bf3 Ba6 ) 8.c3 Ba5 9.b4 cxb4 10.cxb4 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Na6 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +3.94\24} ( 12...Nbc6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.72\21} ) 13.bxa5 bxa5 14.Nc3 Rfd8 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.Bb2 Rd5 17.Qb3 Nc5 18.Qc4 $1 a6 19.Nc3 Rh5 20.h3 Nc8 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +7.70\19} ( 20...Ng6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.38\18} 21.Rab1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Ne5 23.Qe2 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Rf5 25.Qe3 Qf4 26.g4 Qxe3 27.fxe3 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rb8 29.d4 Nd7 30.Ke2 Rb3 31.Kd3 Nb6 32.Kc2 Rb4 33.Bc1 Rxb1 34.Kxb1 f6 35.e4 Kf7 ) 21.Nd1 Qd6 $1 22.Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 23.Qg4+ Kh6 24.Ne3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.39\26} ( 24.Nh2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +6.08\19} 24...Rg5 25.Qh4+ Kg6 26.Ne3 h5 27.f4 Rf5 28.Nxf5 exf5 29.Qg5+ Kh7 30.Qxf5+ Kg7 31.Bxh5 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nd6 33.Qg5+ Kh7 34.Nf3 Qd5 35.Qxd5 Bxd5 36.Bg4 Bxf3 37.Bxf3 ) 24...f5 25.Qg8 Bxf3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.50\25} ( 25...Ne7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +3.40\20} 26.Qf7 Ng6 27.d4 Rf8 28.dxc5 Qc6 29.Ne5 Rxf7 30.Nxf7+ Kg7 31.Nd8 Qc8 32.Nxb7 Rh4 33.Rab1 Rb4 34.Nxa5 Qxc5 35.Nb7 Qe7 36.Rxb4 Qxb4 37.Nd8 Nf8 38.Rd1 Qxa4 39.Rd6 Qa1+ 40.Bf1 a5 41.Nxe6+ Nxe6 42.Rxe6 f4 43.Re7+ Kf6 ) 26.Bxf3 Rg5 27.Qh8 Rb8 28.Nc4 Qe7 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +6.98\20} ( 28...Qc7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.17\20} ) 29.Rae1 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.90\19} ( 29.Rfb1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +6.98\20} 29...Rxb1+ 30.Rxb1 Nd6 31.Nxd6 Qxd6 32.Qf6+ Rg6 33.Qh4+ Kg7 34.d4 Nd7 35.Rb7 Rf6 36.Qg5+ Kf7 37.Bh5+ Ke7 38.Qg7+ Kd8 39.Rxd7+ Qxd7 40.Qxf6+ Kc7 41.Bf3 Qxa4 42.Qe5+ Kd8 43.d5 exd5 44.Bxd5 Qb4 45.g3 Qc5 46.Qf6+ Kc7 47.Qf7+ Kd8 48.Be6 Qd6 49.Qg8+ Kc7 50.Bxf5 ) 29...Rb4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.78\25} ( 29...Rb3 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.90\19} 30.Qxc8 Rxf3 31.Ne3 Ne4 32.Ng4+ fxg4 33.Rxe4 Rf8 34.Qc3 Rg6 35.hxg4 Qg5 36.g3 Qf6 37.Qxa5 e5 38.Qxe5 Qxe5 39.Rxe5 Rxg4 40.Re6+ Rg6 41.Rxg6+ Kxg6 42.Kg2 ) 30.Nxa5 $1 Na7 31.Qc3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +3.06\22} ( 31.d4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.78\21} 31...Nd3 32.Re3 Nf4 33.Qe5 Ng6 34.Qxe6 Qxe6 35.Rxe6 Rxa4 36.h4 Rh5 37.Bxh5 Kxh5 38.Rxa6 Nb5 39.Rc1 Nf4 40.Rcc6 Nxd4 41.Rh6+ Kg4 42.Nc6 Nfe2+ 43.Kh2 Rxa6 44.Ne5+ Kf4 45.Nd3+ Kg4 46.Rxa6 Kh5 47.Ra7 Kxh4 48.Rxh7+ Kg5 49.Nc5 Kf6 ) 31...Rxa4 32.Nb3 Ne4 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +5.16\25} ( 32...Nd7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.58\19} 33.Bc6 Nb5 34.Qe3 Nf8 35.d4 Kg7 36.Ra1 Rb4 37.Rxa6 f4 38.Qd3 Kg8 39.d5 Qd8 40.Ra8 Qd6 41.Bxb5 Rxd5 42.Qe2 Rdxb5 43.Nd4 f3 44.Nxf3 Rb1 45.Qd2 Qxd2 ) 33.Qe3 Kg7 34.Ra1 $1 Rxa1 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +5.88\25} ( 34...Rb4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.52\19} 35.Nd4 e5 36.Qxg5+ Qxg5 37.Ne6+ Kg6 38.Nxg5 Kxg5 39.Rxa6 Nxd2 40.Rxa7 Nxf1 41.Rd7 Rb1 42.Bd1 f4 43.Kxf1 f3 44.g3 e4 45.Rd8 e3 46.fxe3 Rxd1+ 47.Rxd1 Kf5 48.Kf2 Ke5 49.Kxf3 h6 50.g4 ) 35.Rxa1 Nb5 36.h4 $1 Rg6 37.h5 Rg5 38.Rxa6 Kf7 39.Rb6 Na3 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +11.02\27} ( 39...Ned6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.96\21} ) 40.d3 Nc2 41.Qc1 Qa7 42.dxe4 Qxb6 43.Qxg5 Ne1 44.Be2 $1 Nd3 45.Bxd3 Qxb3 46.Bf1 fxe4 47.Qf4+ Kg8 48.Qg4+ Kf7 49.h6 Qb2 50.Qxe4 Qh8 51.Bd3 Qg8 52.Qf4+ $1 Ke7 53.Bxh7 Qf7 54.Qc7+ Kf6 55.Qd8+ $1 Qe7 56.Qh8+ {Centaur announces mate in 22} 56...Kf7 57.Qg7+ Ke8 58.Bg6+ Kd7 59.Bd3 $1 e5 60.Qxe7+ Kxe7 61.h7 Ke6 62.h8=Q Kd6 63.Qg8 $1 Kc5 64.Be4 $1 Kb4 65.Qd5 Ka3 66.Qb5 $1 Ka2 67.Qb4 $1 Ka1 68.Qb1# {White loses 0.07 pawn per move (4 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.27 pawn per move (5 mistakes, 5 inaccuracies).} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.24"] [Round "semifinal"] [White "Vonset \ Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "2919"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C01"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.e3 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.exd4 d5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd6 $1 6.O-O Ne7 7.c4 dxc4 8.d5 Nxd5 $1 9.Bxc4 Nde7 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Re1 O-O-O $1 13.Nb3 Bg6 $1 14.Nbd4 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -2.17\17} ( 14.Be3 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.88\19} 14...Kb8 15.Rac1 Bh5 16.Bb5 Bb4 17.Nc5 Qd5 18.Red1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qxf3 20.gxf3 Ne5 21.f4 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Nh4+ 23.Kh3 Bxc5 24.Bxc5 Nhg6 25.Kg3 Nf5+ 26.Kg4 Nd6 27.Bxd6 cxd6 28.Kf3 d5 29.a3 Nh4+ 30.Kg3 ) 14...Rhe8 15.Be3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Nf5 17.Nxf5 Qxf5 18.Rad1 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -3.92\19} ( 18.Qf1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.99\20} ) 18...Kb8 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.63\18} ( 18...Bh5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -3.92\19} 19.Bd3 Qe5 20.f3 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Kb8 22.Bf5 Bg6 23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Qf2 b6 25.Bd4 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Qh1+ 27.Bg1 Rf8 28.b4 Qh5 29.Be3 Qh1+ 30.Kf2 ) 19.g3 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -2.05\21} ( 19.Rd5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.63\18} 19...Qe4 20.g3 f5 21.Rdd1 Bb4 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rd1 Be7 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.f3 Qe8 26.Bd4 Qxe2 27.Bxe2 Bf7 28.b3 Bf6 29.Bxf6 gxf6 ) 19...Bh5 20.Qd3 Qxd3 21.Rxd3 f6 22.Kg2 a6 23.a3 g5 24.Rd2 Bg6 25.b4 Be5 26.Red1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Bc3 28.Rd7 Bf5 29.Rg7 h6 30.Bf7 Rd8 31.Bg6 Bd7 32.Rh7 Bb2 33.Rxh6 Bxa3 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -1.16\19} 34.Bh5 Bxb4 35.Rxf6 g4 36.Bxg4 $1 a5 37.Bxd7 Rxd7 38.h4 b5 $6 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.44\25} ( 38...a4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -1.62\21} 39.Rf4 c5 40.Bxc5 Bxc5 41.Rxa4 Kc7 42.h5 b5 43.Ra1 Rd2 44.Rf1 b4 45.h6 b3 46.g4 b2 47.Rb1 Bxf2 48.Kf3 Bd4 49.g5 Rh2 50.Ke4 Rh4+ 51.Kd3 Kc6 52.g6 Kd5 53.g7 Rg4 54.Kc2 Rg2+ 55.Kb3 ) 39.Rf5 $1 c6 40.g4 a4 41.h5 a3 42.Bf4+ $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -2.84\27} ( 42.Bc1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.88\19} 42...a2 43.Bb2 Ba3 44.Ba1 Rh7 45.Re5 b4 46.g5 Rxh5 47.g6 Rh8 48.Re2 Rg8 49.Rxa2 Rxg6+ 50.Kf3 c5 51.Ke4 c4 52.Kd5 c3 53.Bxc3 bxc3 54.Rxa3 Rg5+ 55.Kc4 ) 42...Bd6 43.Bxd6+ $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -9.82\33} ( 43.Bc1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -2.29\21} 43...b4 44.Ra5 Ra7 45.h6 Rxa5 46.h7 Be5 47.Bf4 Kb7 48.Bxe5 Ra8 49.g5 b3 50.g6 b2 51.Bxb2 axb2 52.g7 b1=Q 53.g8=Q Qe4+ 54.f3 Qe5 55.Qb3+ Kc7 56.Qf7+ Kd6 57.Qg6+ Kd5 58.Qd3+ Ke6 59.Qc4+ Kf5 60.Qc2+ Kf4 ) 43...Rxd6 44.Rf8+ Kb7 45.Rf7+ Ka6 46.Rf8 Ka7 47.Rf7+ Kb6 48.Rf8 Rd4 $1 49.g5 a2 50.Ra8 Rg4+ $1 51.Kf3 Ra4 52.Rxa4 bxa4 53.h6 a1=Q 54.Kg2 a3 {Centaur announces mate in 9} 55.g6 Qd4 56.g7 Qg4+ 57.Kh2 a2 58.g8=R Qxg8 59.h7 Qxh7+ 60.Kg3 a1=Q 61.f4 Qg1+ 62.Kf3 Qd3# {White loses 0.28 pawn per move (1 blunder, 2 mistakes, 4 inaccuracies), Black loses 0.09 pawn per move (1 mistake, 3 inaccuracies).} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hello,
second half of the semifinal features two Millenium devices, The King Performance and the Chess Genius Pro (first generation). A word about books settings: with the new generation CGP arrival, several test games were played in this forum; and from the discussions it appeared as a consensus the classic (London) book fits better this device, assuming playing strength is expected more than variety. Well, I shall not turn a deaf ear to this argument; I used the modern HIARCS book so far in this 64-cup, but for the serious games to come I'll switch to book 1 setting (classic, London book). By the way, the setting for The King Performance in this cup is/was/will stay as Aegon'94 as first book, plus Master as secondary one; thus with both priority to classical openings and ability to answer correctly modern ones, should the opponent play these. And yes, ECO mode is off for the CGP (means pondering is on). In the first game, CGP playing Black side commits a (small) mistake on move #8, that's enough for the KP to rule the rest of the game and score a first point as White. In the second game, the KP playing with the dark pieces has an edge over the CGP during around 60 moves, then the edge vanishes and the 100+ moves game finally ends in a long expected draw. Well done from the CGP, but of course not sufficient to reach the final.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.25"] [Round "semifinal"] [White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2303"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D12"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Ne5 Bd6 {Out of book} 8.g4 {Out of book} 8...Bg6 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +1.57\19} ( 8...Bxe5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +0.04\19} 9.gxf5 Bc7 10.fxe6 fxe6 11.Qb3 Bb6 12.Bh3 Qd7 13.O-O O-O 14.f3 Nc6 15.Na4 Qf7 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Qxb6 e5 18.Bf5 Ra6 19.Qc5 Ra5 20.Qd6 exd4 21.Qe6 ) 9.h4 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.f3 f6 12.Qa4+ Kf8 13.fxe4 fxe5 14.exd5 exd4 15.Bg2 Kg8 $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +8.35\24} ( 15...Bg3+ {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +2.44\18} 16.Kd1 Qd7 17.Rf1+ Ke8 18.Qxd7+ Nxd7 19.dxe6 Nc5 20.exd4 Nxe6 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Bc6+ Ke7 23.d5 Nd4 24.Bg5+ Kd6 25.Rf7 Nxc6 26.dxc6 Kxc6 27.Rxg7 Rxb2 28.Rc1+ Kd6 29.Rxa7 Rf2 30.Be7+ Kd5 ) 16.dxe6 Bg3+ 17.Ke2 d3+ 18.Kd1 d2 19.Qc4 dxc1=R+ 20.Kxc1 Qe7 21.Qc8+ Qf8 22.Qxb7 $1 Na6 23.Qxa8 Qxa8 24.Bxa8 Nc7 25.Rd1 Nxe6 26.Rd7 Kf8 27.Bd5 Nc7 28.Bc6 g5 29.Kd2 $1 h5 30.Rf1+ Kg8 31.Ba4 $1 Rh6 32.Bb3+ Re6 33.gxh5 a5 34.hxg5 $1 Bd6 35.Rf6 {King Performance announces mate in 8} 35...Bb4+ 36.Ke2 Kh8 37.Rxe6 $1 Nxe6 38.Bxe6 Bf8 39.g6 Be7 40.Rxe7 a4 41.Rh7# {White loses 0.08 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.38 pawn per move (1 blunder, 1 mistake).} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.25"] [Round "semifinal"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "2527"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D02"] [PlyCount "206"] 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Bg4 4.cxd5 {Out of book} 4...Bxf3 5.dxc6 Bxc6 6.Bf4 e6 {Out of book} 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.e3 Nf6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.f3 Rad8 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Bd3 e5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.e4 $1 Rfe8 $1 17.Bc4 Nxe4 $1 18.fxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxf7+ Kf8 20.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21.Qxe4 Rxe4+ 22.Kf2 Kxf7 23.Rhd1 Rf8 24.Rac1 Kg8+ 25.Kg1 Re7 26.g3 Rfe8 27.Rc2 Kf7 28.Rd4 Kf8 29.Kf2 c5 30.Rd5 b6 31.Rcd2 Rf7+ 32.Kg2 Rf6 33.g4 Rfe6 34.Rf2+ Kg8 35.Rd7 Rg6 36.Kh3 a5 37.Kg3 h5 $1 38.h3 Kh7 39.Kh4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Re4 41.Rg2 Ra4 42.a3 Rf4 43.Kh5 Rh6+ 44.Kg5 Rf1 45.Rb7 Rf3 46.Rd7 c4 47.Rc7 Rg6+ 48.Kh4 Rf4 49.Kh5 Rh6+ 50.Kg5 Rd4 51.Rb7 Rd5+ 52.Kf4 Re6 53.Rc7 b5 54.a4 bxa4 55.Rh2+ Kg8 56.g5 Rd4+ 57.Kf5 Re8 58.Rc5 Rf8+ 59.Kg6 a3 60.bxa3 a4 61.Rc2 $1 Rd6+ 62.Kh5 g6+ 63.Kh6 Rf3 64.Rc8+ Kf7 65.Rc7+ Kf8 66.Rc8+ Ke7 67.R2xc4 Rxa3 68.Ra8 Rh3+ 69.Kg7 a3 70.Rca4 Rg3 71.R8a5 Rdd3 72.Kxg6 Rc3 73.Ra7+ Kd6 74.Kh6 Rce3 75.R4a6+ Kd5 76.g6 Re6 77.Rxe6 Kxe6 78.g7 Rh3+ 79.Kg6 Rg3+ 80.Kh7 Rh3+ 81.Kg8 Rc3 82.Ra6+ Kf5 83.Ra4 Kf6 84.Ra5 Ke6 $4 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +6.92\21} ( 84...Ke7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: 0.00\28} 85.Ra7+ Kd6 86.Ra6+ Kc5 87.Kf7 Rf3+ 88.Ke7 Rg3 89.Kf6 Kb4 90.Ra8 Kb3 91.Rb8+ Kc3 92.Ra8 Kb2 93.Rb8+ Kc3 ) 85.Rh5 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: 0.00\29} ( 85.Rg5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +6.92\21} 85...a2 86.Kh7 Kf6 87.Rg6+ Ke7 88.Re6+ Kd7 89.Ra6 Rh3+ 90.Kg6 Rg3+ 91.Kf6 Rf3+ 92.Ke5 Rg3 93.Rxa2 Ke7 94.Ra7+ Ke8 95.Kf6 Rf3+ 96.Kg6 Rg3+ 97.Kh7 Rh3+ 98.Kg8 Rh2 99.Ra4 Ke7 100.Ra6 Rh5 101.Ra2 Rh4 102.Re2+ Kd7 103.Kf7 Rf4+ 104.Kg6 Rg4+ 105.Kf6 Rf4+ 106.Kg5 Rf1 107.Re4 ) 85...a2 86.Kh7 Rg3 87.Ra5 Rh3+ 88.Kg8 Rh2 89.Kf8 Rf2+ 90.Ke8 Rg2 91.Ra6+ Kd5 92.Kf7 Rf2+ 93.Kg6 Rg2+ 94.Kf6 Rf2+ 95.Ke7 Re2+ 96.Kf8 Rf2+ 97.Kg8 Kc4 98.Kh7 Rh2+ 99.Kg6 Rg2+ 100.Kf7 Kb3 101.g8=R Rxg8 102.Kxg8 Kb2 103.Rxa2+ $1 Kxa2 {White loses 0.12 pawn per move (1 mistake), Black loses 0.09 pawn per move (1 blunder).} 1\2-1\2 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good evening,
now we reach the trophies phase; starting with the secondary final that should grant the bronze cup to the third place. Contenders are Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 and Millenium Chess Genius Pro. L6 plays first, and is definitely on fire! :maul: It simply teaches the CGP how strong storming Pawns can be!! :bigeyes: As soon as opposite castlings happens, it launchs its King'side Pawns forward and sounds the charge. At move #18, all CGP pieces huddle together on the Queen'side, whilst the L6 threat on King'side is patent, not only due to the advancing Pawns but as well due to the several pieces able to threaten the CGP King shelter. According to HIARCS analysis, the L6 moves are very accurate, and the CGP quickly loses. The second game with CGP now playing as White lasts somewhat longer; nevertheless the L6 quickly cancels White's advantage and gets an edge. Again it plays much accurately, reaches the endgame two Pawns up, then soon a third Pawn up, and game soon over for the CGP. Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 wins 2-0 and is granted the bronze cup! :eclipseeb
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.25"] [Round "sec_final"] [White "Vonset \ Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Black "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2496"] [BlackElo "2303"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B21"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qd8 $1 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.d4 e6 {Out of book} 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg1 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nf6 10.Qf3 a6 11.O-O-O Bd6 12.Be3 O-O 13.g4 $1 Re8 14.Bg2 $1 Qe7 15.g5 Nfd7 16.h4 $1 Nc5 17.h5 Rd8 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +6.72\20} ( 17...Bd7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +3.27\20} ) 18.Kb1 Qc7 $2 {Check this position: all Black pieces are in the Queen'side corner! Deep HIARCS 15.2: +8.43\28} ( 18...Bc7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +5.09\18} ) 19.h6 $1 g6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Nxf5 Bf8 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.Ng3 Ncd7 24.Rf1 Ne5 25.Qf4 Qc7 26.Nh5 Nbd7 27.Ne4 f5 28.gxf6 Qc4 29.f7+ Kh8 30.Nhf6 Ng6 31.Qf2 Nde5 32.Nh5 Nd7 33.Bg5 Nf4 34.Qxf4 Qd4 35.Qf3 b5 {CGP acknowledges -mate in 6} 36.Be3 Qxb2+ 37.Kxb2 Ba3+ 38.Kxa3 b4+ 39.Kb3 Bb7 40.f8=R+ Rxf8 41.Qxf8+ $1 Nxf8 42.Rxf8# {White loses 0.04 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.26 pawn per move (2 mistakes).} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.25"] [Round "sec_final"] [White "Millenium Chess Genius Pro (lv 15s)"] [Black "Vonset \ Femuey L6-v2 (lv 22)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "2496"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B06"] [PlyCount "118"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 {Out of book} 4...Bg7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.Bh4 Nh5 9.Bc4 g5 10.Bg3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 c5 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Bd5 e6 15.Bb3 Bd7 16.N2f3 Qc7 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.Nc2 Bb5 19.Re1 Rad8 20.Qf3 Rd2 21.Qe3 Rfd8 22.Nd4 exd4 23.Qxd2 dxc3 24.Qe3 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -3.53\26} ( 24.Qc1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -1.86\22} 24...Rc8 25.bxc3 Bxc3 26.Rb1 Bxe1 27.Qxe1 Qe5 28.Kh2 a6 29.Rc1 Rxc1 30.Qxc1 Bc6 31.f3 h5 32.Qe1 b5 33.Bc2 Qd4 34.Qe2 h4 35.gxh4 gxh4 ) 24...Bd4 25.Qf3 cxb2 26.Rab1 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -5.80\26} ( 26.Rad1 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -3.42\20} 26...Kg7 27.a4 Bc6 28.Qe2 Qa5 29.Kh2 Be5 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Rd1 Qa5 32.f4 gxf4 33.Qg4+ Kf8 34.gxf4 Bxe4 35.fxe5 Qxe5+ 36.Kh1 b1=Q 37.Rxb1 Bxb1 38.Qb4+ Kg7 39.Bxe6 Be4 40.Bb3 Qh5+ 41.Kg1 Qg6 42.Qd2 Qf6 43.Qe2 Qd4+ 44.Kh2 Bc6 ) 26...Qc3 27.Red1 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Be2 29.Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 30.Rxb2 Bxf3 31.e5 Re4 32.Kf1 Kg7 33.Rc2 Rxe5 34.Rc7 a5 35.Ba4 b5 36.Bb3 a4 37.Bc2 Bd5 38.a3 Bc4+ 39.Kg2 Re1 40.Rc8 Rc1 41.Rxc4 bxc4 42.Bxa4 Ra1 43.Bc2 g4 $1 44.a4 Kf6 $1 45.a5 Rxa5 46.Kf1 Ra2 47.Bd1 c3 48.Bb3 Rb2 49.Bd1 c2 50.Bxc2 Rxc2 51.Kg2 Kf5 52.Kg1 Ke4 53.Kf1 Kf3 54.Ke1 {CGP acknowledges -mate in 6} 54...Rxf2 55.Kd1 Kxg3 56.Ke1 Kf3 57.Kd1 g3 58.Kc1 g2 59.Kd1 g1=Q# {White loses 0.24 pawn per move (2 mistakes), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (no errors).} 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
good evening,
now time's up for the final match! It is of course DGT Centaur vs Millenium The King Performance. Theoretical odds are about 10 to 1 in favor of the Centaur... and indeed the King Performance can't do much, and loses. It plays rather solid chess in both games, offering constant resistance, nevertheless slowly but surely losing some ground along with the accurate moves of the Centaur. I can't spot any brilliant attack: just cold, patient and safe Centaur moves, "à la Lang"...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.26"] [Round "final"] [White "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Black "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2919"] [BlackElo "2529"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "111"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.Rc1 Bb6 13.Na4 Ba5 {Out of book} 14.Nc5 Qe7 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nxb7 Bc3 17.Qxd5 Nb4 18.Qc4 Bxf3 19.Qxc3 Qxc3 20.Rxc3 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Rxe2 22.a3 Nc2 23.Nd6 Rf8 24.Rc1 Nxa3 25.b4 Ra2 26.b5 h6 27.Rc7 Rb2 28.Rxa7 Rd8 29.Nxf7 Rf8 30.b6 $1 Nc2 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +4.95\31} ( 30...Kh7 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: +3.05\23} ) 31.Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 32.b7 Nd4 33.Rc8 Ne6 34.Kh3 Ng5+ 35.Kg4 Ne6 $1 36.f4 $1 Rb4 37.Kh4 $1 Rb2 38.h3 Rb4 39.g4 Rb3 40.f5 Ng5 41.Kh5 Nh7 42.h4 Nf6+ 43.Kxh6 Nd7 44.g5 Nb8 45.g6 $1 Rb4 46.h5 Rb6 47.f6 $1 Rxf6 {Centaur announces mate in 10} 48.Ra8 Nd7 {King Performance acknowledges -mate in 10} 49.Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 50.Rc8 $1 Nb8 51.g7 Kf7 52.gxf8=Q+ Ke6 53.Rxb8 Ke5 54.Rd8 Ke4 55.b8=Q Ke3 56.Qe5# {White loses 0.02 pawn per move (no errors), Black loses 0.18 pawn per move (1 mistake).} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.26"] [Round "final"] [White "Millenium The King Performance (lv N-5)"] [Black "DGT Centaur (Expert mode)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2529"] [BlackElo "2919"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E79"] [PlyCount "158"] 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.Be2 $1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 h5 10.Nxc6 {Out of book} 10...bxc6 11.O-O Rb8 $1 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Bxa7 $1 Rb7 14.Bxg4 hxg4 15.Be3 f5 16.Rad1 fxe4 17.b3 Qa5 18.Nxe4 Bf5 19.Rfe1 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -2.98\26} ( 19.Bf2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -0.73\19} 19...d5 20.Qd2 Qxd2 21.Nxd2 Ra8 22.a4 Bc3 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Nb1 Bf6 25.Rxd5 Rxb3 26.Nd2 Rb4 27.a5 Be6 28.Rc5 Rd8 29.Be3 Kf7 30.Re1 Ra4 31.Nf1 Rd3 32.Re2 Rda3 33.Kf2 ) 19...d5 $1 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Qd2 Qxd2 22.Nxd2 Bc3 23.Rc1 d4 24.Red1 dxe3 25.Rxc3 exd2 26.Rxd2 Rfb8 27.Kf2 Ra8 28.Re3 Ra3 29.Rb2 Rba7 30.Ree2 Kf7 31.Red2 Bd7 32.Ke3 Rb7 $1 33.Rd5 Kf6 34.Rc5 Bf5 35.Rd5 Ra4 36.g3 Ra3 37.Rd8 Rba7 38.Rdd2 Bd7 39.Ke4 Rb7 40.Ke3 Ra8 41.Rd5 Be6 42.Rc5 Ra3 43.Rc6 Rba7 44.Rcc2 Bf5 45.Rd2 Rc7 46.Rd8 Rc1 47.Rf8+ Ke6 48.Rd8 Re1+ 49.Kf2 Rh1 50.Ke3 Kf6 51.Rf8+ Kg7 52.Rd8 Ra6 53.Re8 $2 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -8.47\31} ( 53.Rd5 {Deep HIARCS 15.2: -4.47\23} 53...Re6+ 54.Re5 Rd6 55.Rd2 Kf7 56.b4 Re1+ 57.Kf2 Rxd2+ 58.Kxe1 Rxa2 59.Re2 Ra1+ 60.Kd2 Ra3 61.Re3 Ra2+ 62.Kc3 Rxh2 63.b5 Rg2 64.b6 Bc8 65.Kb4 Bb7 66.Kc3 Bf3 67.Kb4 Ke8 68.Rb3 Rg1 69.Kc5 Rc1+ 70.Kb5 ) 53...Rd6 $1 54.Rd2 $1 Rxd2 55.Kxd2 Rxh2+ 56.Kc3 Kf7 57.Ra8 Rh3 $1 58.Kd2 Rxg3 59.Ke1 Rf3 60.Ke2 Bd3+ 61.Kd2 g3 62.Ra5 Bf5 63.Ke2 g2 64.Kxf3 g1=Q 65.Re5 Qg4+ {Centaur announces mate in 30} 66.Ke3 Qg3+ 67.Kd4 Qxf4+ 68.Kd5 Qd2+ 69.Kc4 Qf4+ 70.Kd5 Qd2+ 71.Kc4 Qd3+ 72.Kc5 Bd7 73.Re4 Qxe4 $1 74.a4 {King Performance acknowledges -mate in 5} 74...Qc2+ 75.Kd4 Qd2+ 76.Kc5 Qc3+ 77.Kb6 Qc6+ 78.Ka7 Bc8 79.a5 Qb7# {White loses 0.15 pawn per move (2 mistakes), Black loses 0.05 pawn per move (no errors).} 0-1 Millenium The King Performance is therefore granted the silver cup :eclipsee_ and the DGT Centaur wins the competition and deserves the gold cup! :goldcup: Hey, stay tuned, the consolation tournament will soon follow... ;) MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning,
the Consolation tournament :headpat: has already been designed, step by step, including the chess computers that, time ago, reached third place of each selection group. But after the climax of previous semifinal and final games, maybe worth reminding who the contenders are (grouped by match to play): :box2: Code:
Novag Beluga (1701)MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Hi, good evening,
here is the first match of the Consolation cup, direct quarter-final stage: Novag Beluga vs Mephisto Rebell 5. It has been a tight match, as no less than three rounds, thus six games, were required to name a winner. Both two first games were draw ones by referee assesment. In the first game, Rebell 5 as Black player is up a Pawn in the late endgame, but its Pawn is on the a-file with the Beluga's King on its path. Other pieces are a Bishop for the Beluga and a Knight for the Rebell. Should the Rebell's Pawn threaten a promotion, the Bishop would be sacrificed, and the game would end in a draw due to unsufficient material. No way for a win... In the second game, Rebell 5 playing White reaches a winning endgame position, leveraging a nice chain of three advanced Pawns. But the position is closed, and the plan to unlock the win is way out of reach from the Rebell :nene:. Therefore, only pieces shuffling happens until referee decision for a drawn game. Third game, Rebell Black commits an early mistake on move #10, and the smart Beluga finds the strong counter-move :idee!!!: . The Rebell will never recover: the Beluga plays accurate enough to home the first win. Fourth game, with White pieces Rebell is committed for a win, otherwise leave the consolation cup. Maybe motivation rules, as it dominates the whole game and scores the required point to stay alive. Fifth game could have been close to a win for the Beluga playing as White, yet it doesn't spot the winning move and, being a Pawn down, choses to repeat position. It is now vulnerable to a potential win from the Rebell 5, that will play as White next game... And Rebell 5 shows a good finish, never letting the Beluga playing Black really stand a safe foot on the ground, thanks to both a better structure of Pawns and more active long range guns (pair of Bishops and Rooks). Match score is therefore 3.5 to 2.5 in favor of the Rebell 5.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Novag Beluga (lv 12)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1701"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A09"] [PlyCount "120"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 {Out of book} 3.e3 b5 4.Nc3 {Out of book} 4...Bd7 5.Ne5 c6 6.Qf3 Be6 7.d3 cxd3 8.Bxd3 Qd6 9.Bxb5 cxb5 10.Nxf7 Bxf7 11.Qxa8 a6 12.O-O Qd8 13.a4 b4 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Rxd5 Nf6 17.Re5 $6 {Rd1 would have kept better control on central files} 17...e6 18.Rg5 Rg8 19.Bd2 Be7 20.e4 h6 21.Rg3 Qc7 22.Rc1 Qd8 23.Bf4 Kf7 24.Rf3 Qb6 25.e5 Nbd7 26.Qc6 Qxc6 27.Rxc6 Rd8 28.exf6 Ne5 29.Kf1 Nxc6 30.fxe7 Kxe7 31.Be3 e5 32.Rg3 Kf6 33.f4 e4 34.Ke1 Rd3 35.Bf2 Rxg3 36.Bxg3 Ne7 $6 {Kf5 looked better to go more central and avoid light squares under ennemy Bishop control.} 37.Bh4+ g5 38.fxg5+ hxg5 39.Bf2 Nd5 40.h4 gxh4 41.Bxh4+ Ke5 42.g3 Kf5 43.Kd2 Kg4 44.Ke2 b3 45.a5 Nc3+ 46.Ke3 Nd1+ 47.Kxe4 Nxb2 48.Kd4 Nc4 49.Kc3 Nxa5 50.Be7 Kxg3 51.Bc5 Kf3 52.Ba3 Ke4 53.Kb4 Nb7 54.Kxb3 Kd5 55.Bb2 Nd6 56.Kb4 Kc6 57.Bd4 Nb7 58.Bf2 Kd5 59.Bg1 Kd6 60.Be3 Kc6 {draw by referee decision} 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Beluga (lv 12)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1701"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D27"] [PlyCount "140"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 {Out of book} 8.Nc3 {Out of book} 8...Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.e4 O-O 12.Bg5 Nc6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Rfd1 Ne5 15.Be2 Ng4 16.Rf1 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.Nb3 Ba7 20.Na5 Bc8 21.h3 f5 22.exf5 b6 23.Nc4 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 exf5 25.Nd5 Kg7 26.Ne7 Bd7 27.Bxa6 Bxa4 28.Nxf5+ Kf6 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Ne3 Rd2 31.Nc4 Rc2 32.b4 Bc6 33.Rd1 Ke7 34.Nd6 Bd7 35.Bd3 Rb2 36.Bxh7 Rxb4 37.Nf5+ Ke8 38.g3 Rb2 39.Ra1 Bb8 40.h4 Kd8 41.h5 Bc6 42.Rd1+ Kc7 43.Rc1 Kd7 44.Nd4 Bd5 45.Bf5+ Ke7 46.h6 Be5 47.Nc6+ Bxc6 48.Rxc6 Bd4 49.Rc2 $6 {h7 push was best} 49...Kf6 50.Rxb2 Bxb2 51.Bd3 Bc1 52.f4 Be3+ 53.Kg2 Bd2 54.Kf3 Bc3 55.g4 Ke7 56.g5 Kf8 57.Bc4 Bb2 58.f5 Bc1 59.Kg4 f6 60.h7 Kg7 61.g6 Be3 62.Kh5 Bd4 63.Bd3 Bc3 64.Bb5 Bb2 65.Ba4 Bc3 66.Be8 Bb2 67.Bc6 Bd4 68.Bb5 Bb2 69.Be8 Bc3 70.Ba4 Bb2 {draw by referee decision. To win, White must reroute its King from h5 to f7, a long journey around the current King'side pieces, and sacrifice its h7 Pawn to remove the ennemy King from supporting f7 square. Far too deep a plan for the Rebell 5, despite not that complex from a human player standpoint.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Novag Beluga (lv 12)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1701"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B22"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 {Out of book} 5...Bd6 {Out of book} 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Qh5 9.O-O Bd7 10.Ne5 Nc6 $6 {leaves the King unsheltered and the Queen under pressure. Best was:} ( 10...Qxd1 11.Rxd1 O-O ) 11.Ne4 $1 {threatens Nxf6+ and the Queen is lost} 11...Ke7 12.Qxh5 Nxh5 13.Nxd6 Kxd6 14.Nxf7+ Kd5 15.Nxh8 Rxh8 16.Be2 Nf6 17.Bf3+ Kd6 18.Bf4+ Ke7 19.Be5 Rf8 20.Rac1 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rc7 Rb8 24.f4 Kd8 25.Rfc1 d4 26.R7c4 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Rc4 d3 29.Rd4+ Ke7 30.Rxd3 Be6 31.Kf2 Bxa2 32.Ra3 Bd5 33.Rxa7 Ke6 34.Ra5 g5 35.g3 h6 36.h3 Bc6 37.Ke3 Bg2 38.fxg5 hxg5 39.h4 b6 40.Rb5 gxh4 41.gxh4 Bf1 42.Rxb6+ Kxe5 43.h5 Bc4 44.h6 Bg8 45.Rb8 Bh7 46.Rb7 Bb1 47.h7 Bxh7 48.Rxh7 Kd5 49.Rb7 Kc6 50.Rb8 Kc7 51.Rb4 Kd6 52.b3 Kc5 53.Rb8 Kd6 54.Ke4 Kc7 55.Rb4 Kc6 56.Kd4 Kd7 57.Kd5 Kc7 58.Rb5 Kd8 59.Kd6 {Beluga announces mate in 2 and Rebell 5 resigns} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Beluga (lv 12)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1701"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B15"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 {Out of book} 4.e5 {Out of book} 4...Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Be3 Nd7 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Nd5 9.Bd2 Bf5 10.Ne2 Bg6 11.c4 Nc7 12.O-O Ne6 13.d5 Nc5 14.Nf4 Bf5 15.Bc2 cxd5 16.cxd5 Nd7 $6 17.e6 $1 fxe6 18.dxe6 Ne5 19.Bc3 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Nc6 21.Rd5 Bg6 22.Rg5 $6 {loses momentum. Rfd1 was stronger.} 22...e3 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Rd1 exf2+ 25.Kxf2 Rh6 26.Bxg6+ Rxg6 27.Rxg6 Rd8 28.Ke2 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 Nd8 30.a4 a6 31.h4 b6 32.g4 Nb7 33.b4 Nd8 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 Nb7 36.Bxg7 Bxg7 37.Rxg7 Kd8 38.h5 {Beluga resigns} 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Novag Beluga (lv 12)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1701"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C43"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Bxe4 {Out of book} 5...Bb4+ {Out of book} 6.c3 dxe4 7.Nxe5 Bd6 8.Qe2 Bxe5 9.Qxe4 Nd7 10.Bf4 f6 11.dxe5 Nc5 12.Qe3 Nd3+ 13.Ke2 Nxf4+ 14.Qxf4 Qe7 15.Nd2 fxe5 16.Qc4 Bf5 17.Ne4 O-O-O 18.Rad1 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Be6 20.Qa4 a6 21.Kf1 Rf8 22.h3 Rf4 23.Re1 Bd5 24.g3 Bc6 25.Qc2 Rf8 26.c4 Bd7 27.Kg2 h6 28.f3 Qe6 29.Rh1 Qf5 30.Qb3 g5 31.Qe3 Be6 32.b3 Bd7 33.b4 Be6 34.Qe2 h5 35.b5 axb5 36.cxb5 h4 37.b6 hxg3 38.bxc7 Kxc7 39.Qd3 Bd7 40.Qd6+ Kc8 41.Rc1+ Kd8 42.Qc7+ $6 {Nxg5! was safe, as the ennemy Queen is committed to support the f8 Rook; and it would have threatened Nf6+} ( 42.Nxg5 -- 43.Ne6+ Qxe6 {as if:} ( 43...Ke8 44.Ng7+ ) 44.Qxf8+ ) 42...Ke7 43.Qc5+ Kd8 44.Qc7+ {despite having a better position, Beluga is a Pawn down, can't spot a better continuation and aims at a 3-fold draw.} 44...Ke7 45.Qc5+ Kd8 46.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Novag Beluga (lv 12)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1701"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...e5 {Out of book} 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.Bc4 h6 6.O-O d6 7.d3 Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Nd5 Bd7 10.Qh5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Qf6 12.Bxb7 Rb8 13.Bd5 Rc8 14.f4 Qg6 15.Qxg6 fxg6 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Rf2 g5 18.Bf7+ Ke7 19.Bd2 Rb8 $6 {Be6 was stronger} 20.Bb3 Ke8 21.Raf1 Be7 22.Bf7+ Kd8 23.Ba5+ Kc8 24.Bb3 Bf6 25.c4 Rf8 26.Bd2 Rb6 27.c5 Rb5 28.Rc1 Bg4 29.h3 Bh5 30.Be6+ Kc7 31.b4 Be7 32.Rxf8 Bxf8 33.g4 Be8 34.Kg2 Rb8 35.a4 a6 36.Rf1 Be7 37.Bc4 Kb7 38.Rf5 Bf6 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 Bg6 41.Rf1 Be7 42.Bf7 Bh7 43.Bd5+ Kc8 44.b6 Bg6 45.Ba5 Bd8 46.Rf8 h5 47.c6 Rxb6 48.Bxb6 {Rebell 5 announces mate in 3} 48...Be8 49.Rxe8 hxg4 50.Rxd8# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good evening,
next match is Saitek Turbo King II vs Tiger Grenadier. In the first game, the Grenadier with Black pieces gets a strong lead after 30 moves or so, thanks to a mighty attack on the d file, with three big guns aligned (Queen plus two Rooks). Then the Turbo King restores an equal score, also playing as Black, but I must admit this game has been very deceptive from the Kaplan program, unable to decently wrap-up a much simple endgame: advanced Pawn+King vs King. The Pawn is out of reach from the Grenadier, but instead of pushing it to promotion, the Turbo King shuffles its own King aimlessly :vogel: . Only under the threat of a position repetition will it condescend to move the Pawn a step forward: very frustrating :wall: . I noticed the winning score it displayed (using the info function) was better with the Pawn still to be promoted, than after the actual promotion. This is an explanation, not an excuse for an obvious flaw. At last the point is scored, triggering another couple of games. Third game the Turbo King plays White and rules all game long, the Grenadier suffuring from an initial lack of development, then from a bad Pawns structure. Nice and clear win this time, from the Kaplan program. Fourth game is kept uncertain for 50 moves or so, then the Turbo King plays smartly in the endgame, and prevails. Overall score is 3 to 1 for the Turbo King; the Grenadier leaves the competition for good.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.28"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1855"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B81"] [PlyCount "160"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 {Out of book} 7...Nd7 8.Bg2 Be7 {Out of book} 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Nf3 Nc4 12.Qd3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.a4 Qc7 16.Qd4 e5 17.Qb4 a5 18.Qb3 Qc5 19.Nd5 Rae8 20.Bh3 Nb8 21.Bf5 g6 22.Bg4 Bc6 23.c3 Bd8 24.Rac1 Na6 25.Rb1 Nc7 26.Nxc7 Bxc7 27.Nd2 d5 28.Bf3 Rd8 29.Bg2 Rd6 30.Ra1 Rfd8 31.exd5 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.Qc2 Qd3 $1 34.Qxd3 Rxd3 35.Kf1 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Rxd2 37.Rb1 e4 38.h4 Be5 39.Ke1 e3 40.fxe3 Rh2 41.Kd1 Rxh4 42.Ke2 Rg4 43.Rd1 Rxg5 44.Kf3 Rg3+ 45.Kf2 Rg4 46.Rd5 f6 47.Rd8+ Kg7 48.Rd7+ Kh6 49.Rb7 Rxa4 50.Rxb6 Re4 51.Kf3 f5 52.Rb5 a4 53.Rd5 a3 54.bxa3 Bxc3 55.Rd3 Bg7 56.Rd2 Bf8 57.Ra2 g5 58.a4 Bc5 59.Rc2 g4+ 60.Kg2 Bxe3 61.Ra2 f4 62.a5 Rd4 63.a6 Rd1 64.a7 f3+ 65.Kg3 Rg1+ 66.Kh2 f2 67.Rxf2 g3+ 68.Kxg1 gxf2+ 69.Kg2 Bxa7 70.Kf1 Kh5 71.Ke2 Kh4 72.Kf1 Kg3 73.Ke2 h5 74.Kf1 h4 75.Ke2 h3 76.Kf1 h2 {Grenadier announces mate in 5} 77.Ke2 h1=Q 78.Kd2 Qc6 79.Ke2 Qc3 80.Kd1 f1=Q# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.28"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "204"] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 {Out of book} 2...Nf6 3.Nc3 {Back in book} 3...e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 {Out of book} 6.exd5 {Out of book} 6...exd5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Qb5 a6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Qe4 Be6 13.d3 Re8 14.Be3 Bf6 $1 15.Bxc5 Bd7 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Qd5 Be6 18.Na4 Qxb2 $1 19.Qe4 Qa3 20.Nb6 Bxa2 21.Nxa8 Rxe4 22.dxe4 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 Qb2 24.Re1 Qb4 25.Bf1 Nd4 26.Rd1 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Kf8 28.Rd7 Be6 29.Rd8+ Ke7 30.Rb8 a5 31.Nc7 Qb3 32.Nxe6 Kxe6 33.Bh3+ Kd6 34.Bf5 g6 35.Bc8 b6 36.Kg2 Kc5 37.h3 Qb5 38.Bb7 Kb4 39.Bd5 f5 40.h4 a4 41.Rb7 h5 42.Rg7 Qe8 43.Rg8 Qe5 44.Rxg6 fxe4 45.fxe4 b5 46.Rg5 Qe8 47.e5 a3 48.Kg3 Kc3 49.f4 b4 50.Rg8 Qd7 51.Ba2 Qd3+ 52.Kh2 Qd2+ 53.Rg2 Qxf4+ 54.Rg3+ Kb2 55.Bg8 Qxh4+ 56.Kg2 Qe4+ 57.Kf2 Qxe5 58.Rg2 Qc3 59.Kf1+ Kb1 60.Rf2 b3 61.Bxb3 Qxb3 62.Rd2 Qc4+ 63.Kg2 Qg4+ 64.Kf2 Qf4+ 65.Ke2 Qh2+ 66.Kd3 Qd6+ 67.Ke3 Qxd2+ 68.Kxd2 Kb2 69.Ke3 h4 70.Kf3 Ka1 $6 71.Kg4 h3 72.Kxh3 Kb2 73.Kh4 Ka1 $2 {What a procrastinator!} 74.Kh3 Ka2 75.Kh4 Kb2 76.Kh3 Ka1 77.Kh2 Ka2 78.Kg3 Kb3 79.Kf4 Kb2 80.Kg3 Kc2 81.Kf4 Kc1 82.Ke3 Kb1 83.Kd4 Kb2 84.Ke4 Kc3 85.Ke3 Kc4 86.Kf2 Kb3 87.Ke3 Ka2 88.Kd4 Kb2 89.Ke4 {Grenadier score gets back to zero, as position already happened - smell of potential repetition. But the Turbo King is aware, so, at last, moves its Pawn towards promotion.} 89...a2 90.Kf3 Kc1 91.Ke4 a1=Q 92.Kd5 Kd2 93.Kc6 Qe5 94.Kb7 Qd6 95.Ka7 Qc6 96.Kb8 Kc3 97.Ka7 Kb4 98.Kb8 Kb5 99.Ka7 Ka5 100.Kb8 Qd7 {Turbo King announces mate in 3} 101.Ka8 Ka6 102.Kb8 Qb7# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.28"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1855"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B18"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Qxd4 {Out of book} 6.Nf3 Qd5 7.Nc3 {Out of book} 7...Qe6+ 8.Be3 Bxd3 9.cxd3 Nh6 10.O-O Ng4 11.Bd4 Nf6 12.Qa4 Qg4 13.Qb3 b5 14.a4 Nbd7 15.axb5 c5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Rd8 18.Bc3 Rg8 19.Qc6 g5 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Nc6 Ra8 23.Rfe1 Kf7 24.Nxa7 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Rxg7 26.Kf1 e5 27.Nc6 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Ke6 29.Ra7 Nb6 30.Ra6 Nc8 31.b6 Nxb6 32.Rxb6 Kd5 33.b4 e6 34.b5 Rf7 35.Nd8 Re7 36.Rb7 Rxb7 37.Nxb7 c4 38.dxc4+ Kxc4 39.Nd6+ Kc5 40.Ne4+ Kxb5 41.Nxg5 h6 42.Nf7 Kc4 43.Nxh6 Kc5 44.h4 Kd4 45.g4 e4 46.Ke2 e3 47.fxe3+ Ke4 48.g5 Kd5 49.g6 Kd6 50.g7 e5 51.g8=Q e4 52.Qe8 Kd5 53.h5 Kc5 54.Qxe4 Kb6 55.Qc4 Kb7 56.Qc5 Ka8 57.Qb5 Ka7 58.e4 Ka8 59.e5 Ka7 60.e6 Ka8 61.Kd3 Ka7 62.e7 {Turbo King announces mate in 3} 62...Ka8 63.e8=Q+ Ka7 64.Qeb8# 1-0 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.28"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A13"] [PlyCount "162"] 1.c4 e6 2.e3 {Out of book} 2...Bb4 {Out of book} 3.a3 Be7 4.Qg4 d5 5.Qxg7 Bf6 6.Qg3 Bh4 7.Qf4 Bg5 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nc3 d4 11.h4 Be7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Be2 d3 15.Bf1 e5 16.Rb1 Be6 17.b3 Qd7 18.Qf3 Bg7 19.Qg3 Rg8 20.Bb2 f5 21.Nf3 e4 22.Bxg7 exf3 23.Qg6+ Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Bxf7 25.gxf3 Rxg7 26.Bxd3 Be6 27.Bc2 O-O-O 28.d4 Na5 29.d5 Bd7 30.Bd3 Rdg8 $6 {b-Pawn push was required to enable an exit for the Knight} 31.b4 Rg1+ 32.Ke2 Rxh1 33.Rxh1 Nb3 34.Rb1 Ba4 35.Bxf5+ Kd8 36.c5 b6 37.Bd3 Re8 38.cxb6 axb6 39.Be4 Rg8 40.Kd3 Rg2 41.Kc3 Rxf2 42.Rxb3 Bxb3 43.Kxb3 Re2 44.Kc4 Rxe3 45.a4 Re2 46.Kb5 Rh2 47.a5 bxa5 48.bxa5 Rxh4 49.a6 Rh2 50.f4 Rb2+ 51.Kc5 h5 52.f5 Ra2 53.Bd3 $6 {Kb5 was much better} 53...Kc8 54.Bc4 Rf2 55.Bd3 h4 56.Kc6 Rb2 $1 {enables moving the Rook behind the passed Pawn with tempo} 57.Bf1 Rb6+ 58.Kc5 Rh6 59.Bc4 h3 60.a7 Kb7 61.a8=R Kxa8 62.d6 cxd6+ 63.Kb5 Kb7 64.Bd5+ Kc7 65.Kc4 Rh5 66.Kd3 Rxf5 67.Bh1 Rf1 68.Be4 h2 69.Ke2 h1=Q 70.Bxh1 Rxh1 71.Ke3 d5 72.Kd4 Kd6 73.Kd3 Ke5 74.Ke2 Ke4 75.Kf2 d4 76.Ke2 Rh2+ 77.Kd1 Ke3 78.Kc1 {Grenadier acknowledges -mate in 4} 78...d3 {Turbo King announces mate in 4} 79.Kb1 Rc2 80.Ka1 d2 81.Kb1 d1=Q# 0-1 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good evening to all,
next match is Mephisto Maestro Travel (the small handheld) vs CXG Super Enterprise. Theoretical odds are 1/3 to 2/3, in favor of the K. Danielsen 16K program (recently emulated, a big thank to all contributors :top: - but here I use my physical device). In the first game as Black, once out of book, the CXG gets a clear edge during fifteen moves or so before commiting a small mistake that enabled a potential drawn game for the Maestro Travel. The Maestro then follows a path to a draw for half a dozen moves but fails on ist turn, letting the Super Enterprise score the first point. The second game is easier and shorter for the CXG playing White; on move #15 the Maestro Travel goes a wrong way letting the CXG dominate, yet only with a small advance. The CXG ends the match thru 3-fold repetition, with 1.5 to 0.5 points.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.29"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Mephisto Maestro Travel (lv 15s)"] [Black "CXG Super Enterprise (lv A5+H2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1684"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C12"] [PlyCount "104"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 {Out of book} 8...g6 9.Bc1 c5 {Out of book} 10.Bd3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nxc3 12.Kf1 cxd4 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.Qg3 Nxe2 15.Bxe2 Qa4 16.Bd3 Nb4 17.Bxd4 Nxc2 18.Bxc2 Qxd4 19.Re1 Qc4+ 20.Bd3 Qxa2 21.Bb5+ Bd7 22.Bxd7+ Kxd7 23.Re3 Rhc8 24.Qf3 Qa6+ 25.Rd3 Rc1+ 26.Ke2 Rxh1 $6 {Rc2+ was stronger} ( 26...Rc2+ 27.Kd1 Rxf2 28.Qxf2 Qxd3+ 29.Ke1 Qc3+ 30.Kf1 Qxe5 ) 27.Qxf7+ Kc6 28.Qxe6+ Kc7 29.Qe7+ Kb6 30.Qd6+ Ka5 31.Qxd5+ Qb5 32.h3 $6 {draw by 3-fold rep. was still possible} ( 32.Qa2+ Kb6 33.Qe6+ Ka5 34.Qa2+ ) 32...Qxd5 33.Rxd5+ b5 34.Rd7 Rh2 35.Kf3 b4 36.Kg3 Rh1 37.Rd5+ Ka4 38.Rd6 b3 39.Ra6+ Kb5 40.Ra3 Kb4 41.Rxb3+ Kxb3 42.Kg4 Re1 43.f4 a5 44.Kg3 a4 45.e6 a3 46.Kf2 a2 47.Kxe1 a1=Q+ 48.Ke2 Qa6+ 49.Kf2 Qd3 50.Kg1 Qg3 51.Kf1 Ra2 {Super Enterprise announces mate in 1} 52.h4 Qf2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.29"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "CXG Super Enterprise (lv A5+H2)"] [Black "Mephisto Maestro Travel (lv 15s)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1684"] [BlackElo "1561"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B10"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 g6 {Out of book} 3.d4 {Out of book} 3...d5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.f3 Bg7 6.Nge2 Qb6 7.b3 O-O 8.a3 Nbd7 9.b4 a5 10.Na4 Qa7 11.e5 axb4 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.axb4 b5 14.Bh6 Rd8 15.Nb6 Bh4+ $6 ( 15...Qxa1 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 {and Black is better} ) 16.g3 Bxg3+ 17.hxg3 Qxa1 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Bh3 Qa4 20.Qb1 Nb6 21.Bxc8 Rxc8 22.O-O Ra8 23.Re1 Nc4 24.c3 Ra7 25.Nf4 Na3 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Rxd1 Nc2 28.Rc1 Ra2 29.Nd3 f6 30.Ne1 Na3 31.Bf4 e6 32.Nd3 Nc4 33.Re1 g5 34.Bc7 Nd2 35.Rxe6 Nxf3+ 36.Kf1 Nh2+ 37.Ke1 Nf3+ 38.Kf1 Nh2+ 39.Ke1 Nf3+ 40.Kf1 1/2-1/2 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning,
to complete the quarter-final matches, the unexpected weakest participant in the Consolation tournament now has to face the strongest: Mephisto II vs Fidelity Designer Mach III. With more than 600 CElo discrepancy, the outcome was quite predictable: 2-0 for the Spracklen program. Utter domination in each game...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.30"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Mephisto II (lv A3)"] [Black "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1466"] [BlackElo "2044"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "D87"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O {Out of book} 9...Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Na5 {Out of book} 12.Qd3 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Bd7 14.Qd5 e5 15.Nb5 Bc6 16.Qc4 a6 17.Na7 Be8 18.Bc5 Qb8 19.f4 Rxa7 20.Bxf8 Bb5 21.Qc5 Bxf8 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.fxe5 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 b5 25.Rd1 Rc7 26.Rd3 Rc5 27.e6 fxe6 28.Kf2 Rc7 29.Kg3 Bg7 30.Kf4 Rxc3 31.Rxc3 Bxc3 32.e5 Kg7 33.Ke4 Kh6 34.g4 Kg5 35.h3 Kh4 36.Kf4 Kxh3 37.a3 Bb2 38.g5 Kg2 39.Ke4 Bxa3 40.Kf4 Bc1+ 41.Ke4 Bxg5 42.Kd4 Be7 43.Ke4 h5 44.Kd3 h4 45.Ke3 h3 46.Kd3 Kf3 47.Kc3 h2 48.Kd3 g5 49.Kd2 g4 50.Kc3 g3 51.Kd4 h1=Q 52.Kc3 {Mach III announces mate in 3} 52...Qc1+ 53.Kb3 Ba3 54.Ka2 Qb2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.30"] [Round "Cons_quarter"] [White "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"] [Black "Mephisto II (lv A3)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "1466"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C07"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Re1 {Out of book} 9...Nc6 {Out of book} 10.Nbxd4 O-O 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Ne5 Qb6 13.c3 Rd8 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bf4 Bc6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rad1 Nd5 18.Bg3 a5 19.Bd3 g6 20.Qe2 a4 21.Be4 a3 22.c4 axb2 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Bb1 Bd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Qe5 Rb8 27.Rd3 Qc5 28.Rc3 f6 29.Qxf6 Qa7 30.Qe5 Rdb6 31.Rc7 Qxc7 32.Qxc7 R8b7 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Rxe6 d4 35.Rxb6 Rxb6 36.Qc7+ Kf6 37.Qxb6+ Ke5 38.a4 Kd5 39.Ba2+ Ke4 40.Qc6+ Kd3 41.Bb1+ Kd2 42.Qc2+ Ke1 43.Qe4+ Kd2 {Mach III announces mate in 5} 44.Qxd4+ Ke2 45.Bd3+ Kd2 46.Be4+ Kc1 47.Qc3+ Kd1 48.Bf3# 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good afternoon,
semifinal of the consolation cup starts with Mephisto Rebell 5 vs Saitek Turbo King II. In the first game as White, the Rebell 5 gets its Queen out a bit early and unprudently, and fails to secure an exit path for it. The Queen will escape the Turbo King attack, but at the cost of a Knight for a Pawn. The game lasts but the Rebell can't recover, 0-1 for the Turbo King. The next game is rather surprising: the Turbo King sets a trap from its openings library; the Rebell was already out of its book since several moves and can't resist the poisoned offer. The line is included in the Turbo King's book with still three moves available. Yet, the overall gain from this combination is only one point from a material standpoint, thus the Rebell keeps good chances, and later applies pressure leveraging a passed Pawn, and prevails. Score is now 1-1, both wins as Black player. Here we go for two additional games, and again the Turbo King manages to win as Black, thanks to better handling of Pawns. In the final game as White, it also manages to get threatening passed Pawns, and wins. Final score: 3-1 for the Kaplan/Barnes program, and an invitation card for the final match.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.30"] [Round "Cons_semi"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "A34"] [PlyCount "130"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 {Out of book} 3...d6 {Out of book} 4.Be2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.Qa4 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 O-O 10.Re1 Nd4 11.Bd1 a6 12.Bb3 $6 {Be2 would have opened a retreat path to d1 for the nearly trapped Queen} 12...b5 13.Qa3 b4 14.Qa4 bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qb6 17.d3 Rfb8 18.Ra3 Rb7 19.Bf4 Nh5 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Rea1 Nf6 22.R3a2 Rab8 23.Rb2 Rb6 24.Bf4 Nh5 25.Bd2 Qb7 26.b4 Nf6 27.Rba2 cxb4 28.cxb4 e5 29.Bc3 Rc6 30.Qb3 Rbc8 31.b5 axb5 32.Ra7 Qb6 33.Rxe7 bxc4 34.Qxb6 Rxb6 35.Rc7 Rbb8 36.Rxc8+ Rxc8 37.dxc4 Nxe4 38.Be1 Kf8 39.f3 Nf6 40.Bb4 Ke7 41.Ra7+ Nd7 42.Ra6 Nc5 43.Ra3 Ke6 44.Kf2 Rb8 45.Bd2 $6 {BxN was safer} 45...Rb2 46.Ke3 Rc2 47.Rc3 Ra2 48.g3 h6 49.Ke2 e4 50.h4 Ke5 51.h5 Kd4 52.Kd1 Nd3 53.Rc2 Rxc2 54.Kxc2 exf3 55.Kd1 Kxc4 56.Be3 d5 57.Ba7 d4 58.Bb8 Nf2+ 59.Ke1 Ng4 60.Bd6 Kd3 61.Bc7 Nf6 62.Be5 Nxh5 63.g4 Nf6 64.Bxf6 gxf6 65.Kf2 Ke4 {Rebell 5 resigns} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.30"] [Round "Cons_semi"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C85"] [PlyCount "144"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 {Out of book} 7.Qe1 Be6 8.b3 Bg4 9.Nxe5 Qd4 10.Nc4 Qxa1 $6 {Rebell 5 falls in the opening trap hidden in the Turbo King's book} 11.Bb2 Qxa2 12.Nc3 Qxb2 13.Nxb2 O-O-O 14.e5 {Out of book} 14...Nd5 15.Nxd5 Rxd5 16.Qe4 h5 17.h3 Be6 18.d4 Rhd8 19.c3 Rb5 20.b4 a5 21.Ra1 axb4 22.c4 Rb6 23.Ra8+ Kd7 24.Ra7 Kc8 25.f3 h4 26.Ra8+ Kd7 27.Ra7 Kc8 28.Ra4 g5 29.Ra8+ Kd7 30.Ra7 Kc8 31.Ra4 Kb8 32.Ra1 c5 33.d5 Bc8 34.Na4 Ra6 35.Qh7 Bd7 36.Qxf7 Bf8 37.e6 Rxa4 38.Re1 Bc8 39.e7 Bxe7 40.Qxe7 Rd6 41.Qxg5 b3 42.Qc1 Rg6 43.Qb1 Rb6 44.Re4 b2 45.Re1 Ra1 46.Qxa1 bxa1=N 47.Rxa1 Rb4 48.Rc1 b6 49.Kf2 Ba6 50.g4 hxg3+ 51.Kxg3 Rxc4 52.Rd1 Rd4 53.Rxd4 cxd4 54.Kf4 Bc4 55.d6 c5 56.h4 Kc8 57.h5 Kd7 58.h6 Bd3 59.Kg4 c4 60.f4 Kxd6 61.f5 Ke5 62.Kf3 Bxf5 63.Ke2 c3 64.Ke1 d3 65.h7 Bxh7 66.Kd1 Kd4 67.Kc1 Be4 68.Kb1 d2+ {Rebell 5 announces mate in 5} 69.Ka2 d1=Q 70.Ka3 Qc1+ 71.Kb4 Qb2+ 72.Ka4 Bc2# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.12.01"] [Round "Cons_semi"] [White "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B40"] [PlyCount "142"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 {Out of book} 5...Qa5+ {Out of book} 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 d5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Qc5 Nc6 13.exd5 Qe5+ 14.Be2 Nxd5 15.N1d2 Rd8 16.Nc4 Qc3+ 17.Kd1 Rb8 18.Nd6+ Kf8 19.Nxb7+ Kg8 20.Ba6 Bc8 21.Qxc3 Nxc3+ 22.Kd2 Ne4+ 23.Ke3 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Bxb7 25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Rhd1 h6 27.Rd6 Ne7 28.c4 Kh7 29.Rad1 Rc8 30.Rd7 Rcc7 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.c5 Nd5 33.Kf3 Kg6 34.Rc1 f5 35.Re1 Kf6 36.Rd1 Nc3 37.Rd2 Ke5 38.Rc2 Ne4 39.Rc1 Kd5 40.Rd1+ Kc4 41.Rc1+ Kb4 42.c6 e5 43.Rc2 Kb5 44.g4 g6 45.Ke3 Rxc6 46.a4+ Kb6 47.a5+ Kc7 48.Rxc6+ Kxc6 49.gxf5 gxf5 50.Ke2 Kb5 51.h4 Kb4 52.Na1 Kxa5 53.Nc2 Nd6 54.Ne1 Nc4 55.Kf3 Ka4 56.Ng2 a5 57.h5 Nd2+ 58.Ke2 Nb3 59.Nh4 Nd4+ 60.Kd2 f4 61.Kd3 f3 62.Ke3 e4 63.Kf2 Kb3 64.Ke3 a4 65.Kxd4 f2 66.Kxe4 a3 67.Nf3 a2 68.Nd2+ Kc2 69.Nf1 a1=Q 70.Ng3 Qg1 71.Kf4 Qg2 {Rebell 5 resigns} 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.12.01"] [Round "Cons_semi"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Mephisto Rebell 5 (lv 2)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1816"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B18"] [PlyCount "131"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qd5 {Out of book} 7.Nc3 {Out of book} 7...Qe6+ 8.Be3 Bxd3 9.cxd3 {same position already happened (after a couple of moves in different order) playing the Tiger Grenadier, third game of the quarter-final. The Grenadier played Nh6.} 9...Nf6 10.O-O b6 11.Qa4 b5 12.Qa5 h6 13.a4 bxa4 14.Bxa7 Qd7 15.Qxa4 e6 16.Ne5 Qb7 17.Nc4 Nbd7 18.d4 Be7 19.b3 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Ne3 O-O 22.Nf5 Bb4 23.Qa6 Qc7 24.Rfc1 Rfc8 25.Ra4 Bf8 26.Raa1 $6 {Rca1 was better, in order to release the Queen from supporting the a7 Bishop} 26...g6 27.Ne3 Bd6 28.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 29.Kh1 Qd6 30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.Qxc6 Qxc6 32.Ne7+ Kg7 33.Nxc6 Bd6 34.d5 Re8 35.Be3 Re4 36.Ra7 Nf6 37.Ra5 Rh4+ 38.Kg1 Rh5 39.Bd4 Bh2+ 40.Kf1 Bc7 41.Ra7 Rh1+ 42.Ke2 Bb6 43.Bxb6 Rh4 44.d6 Re4+ 45.Kf1 Re6 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.Nd8+ Ke8 48.Nxe6 Ne4 49.Nf8 Nxd6 50.Nxg6 Kf7 51.Ne5+ Ke6 52.Nc4 Ne4 53.Ke2 Nc3+ 54.Kf3 h5 55.Kf4 Nd5+ 56.Kg5 Nf6 57.Be3 Kf7 58.Bd4 Nd5 59.g3 Ne7 60.Bc5 Ke6 61.Bxe7 Kxe7 62.f4 Kf7 63.f5 Kf8 64.f6 Ke8 65.b4 h4 66.gxh4 {Rebell 5 resigns} 1-0 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning all, wish you a happy weekend! ;)
Second semifinal match is CXG Super Enterprise vs Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265. Theoretical odds are 89 % in favor of the Spracklen program, leveraging a rather fast 68000 16-biter at 16Mhz, versus a rather modest 6301Y running at 2Mhz. The first game with the Danielsen's 16K program playing as White turns into a one-way fight starting from move #24, when the Super Entreprise badly neglects its own King safety. The revenge game is surprisingly a draw :bigeyes:, both devices agreeing a 3-fold position repetition as soon as move #19. Maybe the Mach III was aware a draw was enough to enter the final? Well, we all know it cannot be so, therefore it is a bit deceptive from the Designer Mach III. On another hand, it is an achievement from the Super Enterprise: it will gain some CElo points in my private ranking... :top:
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.12.02"] [Round "Cons_semi"] [White "CXG Super Enterprise (lv A5+H2)"] [Black "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1684"] [BlackElo "2044"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "E35"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 {Out of book} 7...O-O {Out of book} 8.Nf3 Na6 9.e3 Nh5 10.Bxa6 Nxf4 11.exf4 bxa6 12.O-O Qd6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.f5 Bxf5 15.Nxd5 Rab8 16.Nxb4 Rxb4 17.Qc3 Rfb8 18.Rfc1 Rxb2 19.Qxc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7 Rxa2 21.Rcc1 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Rb2 23.Ne1 Be6 24.Ra4 $2 {Fatal error. The Rook was committed to the first row defense. Opening an exit for the King in the corridor was urgent.} 24...Rb1 25.Kf1 Bd7 26.Ra5 Bb5+ 27.Rxb5 axb5 28.Ke2 Rb2+ 29.Ke3 a5 30.d5 a4 31.d6 Kf8 32.Nd3 a3 33.d7 Ke7 34.d8=R Kxd8 35.Nc1 Rc2 36.Nb3 Rc3+ 37.Kd2 Rxb3 38.Kc2 Rb4 39.Kc3 Rb1 40.Kd4 a2 41.Ke4 b4 42.f4 b3 43.f5 a1=Q 44.f6 Re1+ 45.Kd5 {Mach III announces mate in 3} 45...Qc3 46.g3 Re5+ 47.Kd6 Qc5# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.12.02"] [Round "Cons_semi"] [White "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"] [Black "CXG Super Enterprise (lv A5+H2)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "1684"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C06"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 {Out of book} 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.Nb5 {Out of book} 14...Ne4 15.a4 Bf4 16.Rb1 Qa2 17.Ra1 Qb2 18.Rb1 Qa2 19.Ra1 Qb2 1/2-1/2 MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
Good morning,
Now the Consolation cup final match is ready to be played: Saitek Turbo King II vs Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265. Theoretical odds are 71 to 29 in favor of the Spracklen program. To my opinion, the first game with the Designer Mach III playing the dark side is the "game of the cup"! What an attacker the Mach III can be! It gets out of the opening phase with the Bishops pair, whilst the Turbo King will play with a pair of Knights. Moreover, check the position after move #22: all Mach III long range guns (Queen, both Rooks and both Bishops) are firing at White's position! The Turbo King curls up for defense, but cannot stand such a wild pressure for long. The final mate sequence is worth seeing: the Designer Mach III sacrifices its two Bishops in a row, to get the ennemy King stark naked in the middle of nowhere! The revenge game is not that enthusiasming. It has been globally balanced, with a long boring endgame with one Pawn advantage for the Turbo King. I forced myself to keep on the game playing; according to my analysis engine there were some opportunities for the Turbo King to break through, but both devices were unable to spot these, and the game ends in a deserved draw. 1.5 to 0.5 is therefore the final score, close to the theoretically expected one.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"] [Date "2023.12.02"] [Round "Cons_final"] [White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Black "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "2044"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "C85"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Qe1 Nd7 8.d4 {Out of book} 8...exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.c3 Nd3 {Out of book} 11.Qe3 Nxc1 12.Qxc1 O-O 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.Nf3 Bg5 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Nbd2 Rad8 17.h3 Bh5 18.Re1 Bf4 19.Rf1 Qf6 20.g3 Bh6 21.g4 Bg6 22.Rfd1 Rfe8 {all Black long range guns are firing at White's position!} 23.Re1 Bf4 24.Rad1 c5 25.Qb3 Qc6 26.c4 Rd6 27.a3 b6 28.Re2 $6 {this Knight is under pressure, twice attacked, and supports the e4 Pawn as well. That's why the Rook moves to provide additional support, but this is miscalculated. Removing this Knight to f1 was safer, at the cost of the e4 Pawn.} 28...Qd7 $1 {Now a third attacker threatens the poor Knight, and the position crumbles.} 29.e5 Rd3 30.Qc2 Qc6 31.Qc1 Rxf3 32.h4 Qe6 33.Kf1 Bd3 34.Qa1 Qxe5 35.Nxf3 Bxe2+ 36.Kg2 Bxf3+ 37.Kh3 {Mach III announces mate in 6} 37...Bxg4+ 38.Kxg4 Qe2+ 39.Kf5 g6+ 40.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 41.Kg4 Re4+ 42.Kg5 Qxh4# 0-1 [Event "The 64-cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.12.02"] [Round "Cons_final"] [White "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"] [Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "1888"] [EventDate "2023.09.26"] [ECO "B48"] [PlyCount "170"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Qe2 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Nb3 Bxe3+ {Out of book} 13.Qxe3 O-O 14.Rae1 Bd7 15.e5 {Out of book} 15...dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Nc5 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Be6 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Nxe6 Rxe6 22.Re3 Rae8 23.Rc3 Qd7 24.Rf3 R8e7 25.Qd4 Qc7 26.Qxd5 Rxe5 27.Qd3 Qb6+ 28.Kh2 Qxb2 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Rxf7 Re2 32.Qh4+ Kg8 33.Qf4 Kh7 34.Rf8 Qb5 35.Qb8 Qe5+ 36.Qxe5 Rxe5 37.c4 Re2 38.a3 Ra2 39.Rb8 Rb2 40.a4 Rc2 41.Rxb7 Rxc4 42.a5 Rc5 43.g4 Rxa5 44.Ra7 Ra2+ 45.Kg3 g5 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.Ke4 Ra4+ 48.Kd5 Ra3 49.Ke5 Ra5+ 50.Ke6 Ra2 51.Kd5 Kf6 52.Rb7 Ra5+ 53.Kd4 Ra4+ 54.Kd5 Ra5+ 55.Kd4 Ra3 56.Rb6+ Ke7 57.Ke5 Kf7 58.Rb7+ Kg6 59.Ra7 Ra1 60.Kd5 Kf6 61.Rb7 Rd1+ 62.Kc4 Rh1 63.Rb3 Ke5 64.Ra3 Kf4 65.Kc5 Rh2 66.Kb6 g6 67.Kxa6 Rg2 68.Kb5 Rg3 69.Ra4+ Kf3 70.Kc5 Rxh3 71.Kd5 Rh4 72.Ke5 Kg3 73.Kf6 Rxg4 74.Ra1 Kh3 75.Rh1+ Kg2 76.Rh6 Kf3 77.Kxg6 Rg2 78.Rh3+ Kf4 79.Rb3 g4 80.Rb4+ Kf3 81.Kf5 g3 82.Rb3+ Ke2 83.Kg4 Kf2 84.Rf3+ Ke1 85.Rxg3 Re2 1/2-1/2 The Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 wins the Consolation cup! :goldcup: MfG, Tibono |
AW: The 64-cup
To conclude the 64-cup, main insights are:
- 250 games, played over 68 days (average 3.7 games per day) - 109 White wins, 30 draws, 111 Black wins - most played opening: Queen's gambit, 39 games Podium (main cup): :goldcup: DGT Centaur :eclipsee_ Millenium The King Performance :eclipseeb Vonset / Femuey L6-v2 Consolation cup: :goldcup: Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 Remarkably high performances(*): Code:
program CELO % opp. Perf. GapParticularly deceptive performances(*): Code:
program CELO % opp. Perf. GapSignificant means the opponent CElo is within +/- 400 points range (unless exceptional result). MfG, Tibono |
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