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
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,
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