Chess Computer Cup 2009: Final event - Man vs Machine match

[Cantor]

At the end of Computer Chess Cup 2009 hosted by "Scaccomatto 2008", the international chess week in Turin:
two handicap matches between first and second classified at Chess Computer Cup 2009 and two human players:

Delfi by Fabio Cavicchio vs Milan Mrdja
Leila by Carmelo Calzerano vs Ljubomir Ljubisalievic

Time Control:
100' + 30" (human)
10'+3" (chess engine)

You can follow the games on this website: http://www.scacchisticatorinese.it/nuov ... /index.php

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Associazione per l'informatica e il Calcolo Automatico - Milano
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella - Torino

[AdminX]

Thanks,

Go Delfi Go!

[George Tsavdaris]

At the end of Computer Chess Cup 2009 hosted by "Scaccomatto 2008", the international chess week in Turin:
two handicap matches between first and second classified at Chess Computer Cup 2009 and two human players:

Delfi by Fabio Cavicchio vs Milan Mrdja
Leila by Carmelo Calzerano vs Ljubomir Ljubisalievic

Time Control:
100' + 30" (human)
10'+3" (chess engine)

Will the computers use pondering(ON of course)?
What will be the hardware for them?

Without pondering i think a time handicap of 1:10 is too much for these relatively(in comparison with top programs like, Hiarcs,Naum, etc) weak programs.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

At the end of Computer Chess Cup 2009 hosted by "Scaccomatto 2008", the international chess week in Turin:
two handicap matches between first and second classified at Chess Computer Cup 2009 and two human players:

Delfi by Fabio Cavicchio vs Milan Mrdja
Leila by Carmelo Calzerano vs Ljubomir Ljubisalievic

Time Control:
100' + 30" (human)
10'+3" (chess engine)

Will the computers use pondering(ON of course)?
What will be the hardware for them?

Without pondering i think a time handicap of 1:10 is too much for these relatively(in comparison with top programs like, Hiarcs,Naum, etc) weak programs.

I share the same opinion George

[CRoberson]

Not only that, but will they be so drole as to use a human to make
moves on a normal board for the computer? Such human interfacing
can cost any program an easy 30 secs per move. A DGT board would
help.

[AdminX]

Not only that, but will they be so drole as to use a human to make
moves on a normal board for the computer? Such human interfacing
can cost any program an easy 30 secs per move. A DGT board would
help.

So very True Charles!

[vigo64]

Will the computers use pondering(ON of course)?

no, the ponder is OFF

What will be the hardware for them?

Delfi run on my laptop Intel Core2Duo T7700@2.4 GHz, 2 threads;
Leila run on a Intel Core2 6600 @ 2.4 GHz;



[Event "match Uomo-Macchina"]
[Site "Torino"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"]
[Black "LEILA 0.5.3H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.07"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nf3 e6 7. e3 c6 8. Nbd2
g5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. c4 Bg7 14. h4 O-O 15.
h5 Bf7 16. h6 Bh8 17. cxd5 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. e4 cxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rbc8 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Rad1 Kg6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. g4 b5 29. Ne3 Rd6 30. Nf5 Ra6 31. Rd1 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Ra6 33. Ke4 Rb6
34. Rd7 a5 35. Ra7 a4 36. bxa4 b4 37. a5 b3{Ljubisavljevic resign, but maybe the game is draw} 0-1


[Event "match Uomo-Macchina"]
[Site "Torino"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "DELFI 5.4 MP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.12.07"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 Nb4 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rde1 Re8 14. Bd1 c5
15. Bf4 Be6 16. a3 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bh2 b5 19. Nd2 a5 20. Bf3 Ra6 21. Re2
Nf6 22. Rhe1 a4 23. Ne4 b4 24. c4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rb8 26. Bd5 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rab6
28. Kd2 Bg5+ 29. f4 Bh4 30. g3 Bxd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. gxh4 Bxc4
34. dxc4 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. Rd1 Rxh3+ 37. Ke4 Rxa3 38. Rxd6 Rc3 39. Ra6
Rxc4+ 40. Ke5 f6+ 0-1




Greetings, Ciro

[George Tsavdaris]

[Event "match Uomo-Macchina"]
[Site "Torino"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"]
[Black "LEILA 0.5.3H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.07"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nf3 e6 7. e3 c6 8. Nbd2
g5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. c4 Bg7 14. h4 O-O 15.
h5 Bf7 16. h6 Bh8 17. cxd5 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. e4 cxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rbc8 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Rad1 Kg6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. g4 b5 29. Ne3 Rd6 30. Nf5 Ra6 31. Rd1 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Ra6 33. Ke4 Rb6
34. Rd7 a5 35. Ra7 a4 36. bxa4 b4 37. a5 b3{Ljubisavljevic resign, but maybe the game is draw} 0-1

Yes it's a draw. And in fact it's very easy to see it and i wonder how the player with 2248 ELO missed it. Perhaps time trouble?

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Will the computers use pondering(ON of course)?

no, the ponder is OFF

What will be the hardware for them?

Delfi run on my laptop Intel Core2Duo T7700@2.4 GHz, 2 threads;
Leila run on a Intel Core2 6600 @ 2.4 GHz;



[Event "match Uomo-Macchina"]
[Site "Torino"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"]
[Black "LEILA 0.5.3H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.07"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. Qb3 b6 6. Nf3 e6 7. e3 c6 8. Nbd2
g5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. c4 Bg7 14. h4 O-O 15.
h5 Bf7 16. h6 Bh8 17. cxd5 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. e4 cxd5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rbc8 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Rad1 Kg6 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. g4 b5 29. Ne3 Rd6 30. Nf5 Ra6 31. Rd1 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Ra6 33. Ke4 Rb6
34. Rd7 a5 35. Ra7 a4 36. bxa4 b4 37. a5 b3{Ljubisavljevic resign, but maybe the game is draw} 0-1


[Event "match Uomo-Macchina"]
[Site "Torino"]
[Date "2008.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Black "DELFI 5.4 MP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.12.07"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. h3 Nb4 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rde1 Re8 14. Bd1 c5
15. Bf4 Be6 16. a3 Nfd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bh2 b5 19. Nd2 a5 20. Bf3 Ra6 21. Re2
Nf6 22. Rhe1 a4 23. Ne4 b4 24. c4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Rb8 26. Bd5 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rab6
28. Kd2 Bg5+ 29. f4 Bh4 30. g3 Bxd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. gxh4 Bxc4
34. dxc4 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. Rd1 Rxh3+ 37. Ke4 Rxa3 38. Rxd6 Rc3 39. Ra6
Rxc4+ 40. Ke5 f6+ 0-1




Greetings, Ciro

Hehe,two programs from the average spectrum of the computer chess universe smashed the poor humans,one of the 2 programs hasn't even been updated since my grandmather's wedding day

[AdminX]

I needed only to look at the following positon:

[d]4r1k1/4bpp1/r2pbn1p/2p5/pp2N3/P2P1B1P/1PP1RPPB/2K1R3 w - - 0 24

From the Delfi game to see that white was not having a good day in the petroff today. Black's queenside attack is clearly well on it's way. But by the time they reached this:

[d]8/5ppk/3p3p/2p5/p1P2P1P/P3K2P/7r/4R3 w - - 0 36
It was pretty clear it was over with best play.