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name perc. pnt games Buchh S-B
1. Joker80 n 92% 62.5 / 68 (1941.0, 1724.0)
2. Smirf 1.75t 71% 47.0 / 66 (2004.0, 1162.3)
3. TJchess10x8 0.121 71% 48.0 / 68 (2108.0, 1153.5)
4. TSCP Gothic 55% 36.0 / 66 (2151.0, 810.5)
5. Fairy-Max 4.8 v 46% 30.5 / 66 (2246.0, 624.0)
6. ChessV 0.94 40% 26.5 / 66 (2307.0, 475.0)
7. ArcBishop80 1.00 12% 8.0 / 66 (2512.0, 186.3)
8. BigLion80 2.23x 11% 7.5 / 66 (2508.0, 173.5)
Since Joker80 n is about to win the tournament i decided to have a match with it. I was winning last year against it(meaning i had a >50% score) at the Gothic Chess game at short time controls, and i wanted to play against it in all variants your tournament is running.
Bird, Capablanca, Gothic, Carrera and Embassy.
But the problem is:
•1)I don't know how to make Joker80 play all these variants. OK for Gothic Chess i use for example
joker80 /boardWidth=10 /variant="gothic"
But what i should use for Carrera? Also how do i force Winboard (i use version 4.3.15k for some small graphical issues i have with the latest 4.4) to recognize the Carrera variant? Should i put a FEN="...." with the Carrera setup before i open it?
•2)Does Joker80 i have form last year recognize castling in all these 5 variants? I know that for Capablanca and Gothic it does, but what about for others? What should i do to make it recognize it? Start it with Capablanca setup (
joker80 /boardWidth=10 /variant="capablanca") and setup a FEN with the position?
But how i do that and setup the right FEN? Just pasting the right FEN and start playing seems fine, but what about a more elegant way?
•3)How do you make the tournament to run by setting the different variants? I mean how do you load each game with the different variant? What parameters are you using?
Also how do you handle the situation that most of the engines(especially TSCP) does not know any other variant and for example don't recognize the castle in all variants except Gothic Chess and Capablanca?
•4)And finally what Chess variants does Joker recognizes with their names? "gothic" and "capablanca" are supported but what others?
Until i find a way to play the other 4 variants here are my 2 games(black/white) against the tournament winner Joker80 in Gothic Chess. Time control was 40/10.
I won the first game with the classic style i used to beat Gothic Vortex, that is in a wonderful style(keep the branching factor huge, keep as many pieces as possible in the board and create a hidden attack) and i lost the second.
[Event "Computer Chess Game"]
[Site "????"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsavdaris"]
[Black "Joker80"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "gothic"]
[TimeControl "40/600"]
[Annotator "1... +0.06"]
1. f4 d5 {+0.06/10} 2. d4 Nc6 {+0.12/10} 3. c3 g6 {+0.02/10} 4. h3 f5
{+0.13/10} 5. Be3 Bf6 {+0.18/10} 6. i3 Nh6 {+0.30/9} 7. g3 Cd6 {+0.72/11}
8. b3 Af7 {+0.91/11} 9. Bf3 g5 {+0.91/11} 10. Ah2 g4 {+1.48/11} 11. Bg2 O-O
{+1.38/10} 12. h4 Qe8 {+1.45/10} 13. j3 Bd7 {+1.43/10} 14. i4 Qf8
{+1.36/10} 15. i5 Ng8 {+1.20/11} 16. j4 Ae8 {+1.18/9} 17. Kf2 Ah5 {+1.56/9}
18. Ch1 e6 {+1.53/9} 19. Nd2 Cb5 {+1.62/9} 20. Rc1 Ca3 {+1.50/9} 21. Bi4
Ag7 {+1.34/11} 22. Cj2 Cxa2 {+2.21/11} 23. j5 Qa3 {+2.21/10} 24. Ng2 Qb2
{+2.21/10} 25. i6 hxi6 {+1.51/11 31} 26. Bg6+ Kj8 {-1.10/12 1:44} 27. jxi6
j6 {-1.10/9 33} 28. Cxj6+ ixj6 {-100.06/12 12} 29. Rxj6+ Ki7
{-100.05/10 0.1} 30. Rj7+ Kh6 {-100.04/8 0.1} 31. Ai4+ Kxi6 {-100.03/6 0.1}
32. Qi1 Ai5 {-100.04/8 2.5} 33. Bh5+ Rxh5 {-100.03/6 0.1} 34. Axh5+ Kxh5
{-100.02/4 0.1} 35. Qxi5+ Kg6 {-100.01/2 0.1} 36. h5#
{White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer Chess Game"]
[Site "????"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Joker80"]
[Black "Tsavdaris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Variant "gothic"]
[TimeControl "40/600"]
[Annotator "1. +0.07"]
1. g4 {+0.07/10} g6 2. h3 {+0.02/10} d5 3. d4 {+0.00/9} c6 4. Bg2 {+0.15/9}
f6 5. Bf4 {+0.26/9} Na6 6. Bg3 {+0.30/9} h6 7. Ah2 {+0.49/9} Ah7 8. Nd2
{+0.37/10} Nc7 9. Nj3 {+0.52/10} Bg7 10. c4 {+0.49/10} e6 11. cxd5
{+0.72/8} cxd5 12. Qc2 {+0.91/10} Na6 13. Nh4 {+0.91/10} f5 14. Qa4
{+0.86/9} Bd7 15. Qb3 {+1.31/9} Nj6 16. Qxb7 {+1.77/8} O-O 17. gxf5
{+1.84/9} gxf5 18. Qxa6 {+1.88/9} f4 19. Bxf4 {+1.84/11} Qxh4 20. Nf3
{+1.80/10} Qe7 21. O-O {+1.89/10} Bf6 22. h4 {+1.96/9} Nh5 23. Bi4
{+2.14/10} Aj6 24. Rc1 {+2.25/9} Cg7 25. Bd6 {+3.09/10} Qe8 26. Rc7
{+3.29/9} Ci6 27. Bj5 {+3.63/10} Cj4 28. Axj4 {+3.85/10} Nxj4 29. Rxa7
{+3.92/10} Rxa7 30. Qxa7 {+3.75/10} e5 31. dxe5 {+3.99/10} Bxi2 32. exf6
{+3.62/12 1:27} Bxh1 33. f7 {+3.51/12 1:25} Qe6 34. Cg1 {+3.13/11 37} Qxd6+
35. Kxh1 {+4.17/12 31} Qf8 36. Cg8 {+5.17/12 31} i6 37. Cxf8 {+4.21/13 31}
Rxf8 38. Qe7 {+4.71/13 31} Ah7 39. Bi4 {+4.94/13 1:09} Rh8 40. Ne5
{+8.14/13 25} h5 41. Bg2 {+8.58/13 19}
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