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