Round 2:

[Event "Schachcomputer G60"]
[Site "TKP"]
[Date "2005.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "Mephisto Lyon 68000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 Bc5 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Bxc4 0-0 11.Kf2 Nb6 12.Bb3 Re8 13.Rad1 Bd7 14.Rd3 a5 15.a4 h6 16.Rhd1 Re5 17.Bf4 Rh5? 18.g4! Nxg4+ 19.fxg4 Bxg4 20.Kg3 Bxd1 21.Bxd1 Bxd4 22.Bxh5 Bxc3 23.bxc3?! Nxa4 24.Be3 Re8 25.Kf4 c5?! 26.c4 Nb6 27.Bxc5 Nxc4 28.Rd7 g6 29.Be2 g5+ 30.Kg3 b5 31.Bh5 Rxe4? 32.Bxf7+ Kh8 33.Bd5 Rf4?! 34.Be6 h5 35.Bd4+ Rxd4 36.Rxd4 h4+? 37.Kg4 Ne5+ 38.Kf5 Nf3 39.Rd7 b4 40.Kf6 Nd4 41.Rxd4 Kh7 42.Bf5+ Kh6 43.Rd7 a4 44.Rh7#

Chuck,

thank you very much for providing your games. Once again a good demonstration of the SDs capabilities I guess.

best regards
Stefan

Third game of four in the match. In this game, the Star Diamond takes over the board with a pawn wave and then breaks through on f2. Makes the Star Diamond look impressive, though neither side played perfectly. This is 3 wins in a row for the SD.

[Event "Schachcomputer G60"]
[Site "TKP"]
[Date "2005.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mephisto Lyon 68000"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 a5 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.b3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 d5 12.e3 g5 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bb4 15.Nb1 c6 16.Qd4?! b6 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.a3 Bc5 19.Qc3 Rf5 20.Ra2 Rxe5 21.Rad2 Rf5 22.Bh3 Rf8 23.Bg2 Qg7 24.Rc1 Qxc3 25.Rxc3 Ba6 26.Bh3 Rf6 27.Rc1 Raf8 28.Bg4 Kh8 29.Kg2 e5 30.Kg1 dxc4 31.bxc4 Rxf2?! 32.Rxf2 Bxe3 33.Rcc2 Bxc4 34.Rxc4? Rxf2 35.Nc3 Rc2+ 36.Kf1 Bd4 37.Rxc6 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 Bxc3 39.a4 Kg7 40.Bf5 e3 41.Ke2 Bd4 42.g4 b5 43.axb5 a4 44.Be4? a3 45.Bd5 Kf6 46.Ba2 Ke7 47.Bd5 Kd6 48.Bc4 Kc5 49.Be6 Kxb5 50.h3 Kc5 51.Ba2 e4 52.Kd1 Bc3 53.Ke2 Kd4 54.Bb3 Bd2 55.Be6 Ke5 56.Ba2 Kf4 57.Bg8 Kg3 58.Be6 Kxh3 59.Kf1 h6 60.Ke2 Kg3 61.Bd5 Kxg4 62.Ba2 Kf4 63.Be6 g4 64.Bc4 0-1

Cheers,

Chuck

Final round of the 4 game match here. The SD comes in with a 3-0 lead.

This game turns into a good basic endgame study for those below 1800. After a few mistakes by both sides, the game stands pretty even until the Lyon essays 40...b5. After that the game is all over. Ke7 is the only move here that doesn't lose. The Lyon 68000 couldn't find it at game in 60.

Turning Point:
8/3k1p2/1pp4p/p3PP1P/P4K2/1P6/8/8 b - - 0 40 bm Ke7

[Event "Schachcomputer G60"]
[Site "TKP"]
[Date "2005.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "Mephisto Lyon 68000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4
Nc6 8. O-O Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Qb3 Nge7 11. Rfe1 Rb8 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. Ndf3 Qh5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Kf8 22. f4 Rbd8 23. Red1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Ke7 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Kf3 Kd7 28. Ke4 a5 29. a4 c6 30. f5 g6 31. g4 gxf5+ 32. gxf5 Ke7 33. h4 h6 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. h5 b6 36. Kc4 Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd7 38. b3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. Kf4 b5?? 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Kd4 bxa4 43. bxa4 f6 44.e6 Kd8 45. Kc4 Kc8 46. e7 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kxe7 48. Kxc6 Ke8 49. Kd6 Kf7 50. Kd7 Kf8 51. Ke6 Kg7 52. Ke7 Kg8 1-0

For this 4 game match, the SD scores an impressive victory. Shows how lopsided a short match between 2 chess computers can be.

Novag Star Diamond 4 - Mephisto Lyon 0

Cheers,

Chuck