Cursed win at TCEC

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Ozymandias
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by Ozymandias »

syzygy wrote:
basil00 wrote:Syzygy tablebase adjudication has been merged into cutechess: https://github.com/cutechess/cutechess/pull/183

This allows for up to 6 piece adjudication and proper handling of the 50-move rule.
Problem solved :D
Binaries would solve the problem, for a broader user base.
Norm Pollock
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by Norm Pollock »

Wouldn't justice require the game to re-adjudicated to a draw?
syzygy
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by syzygy »

Norm Pollock wrote:Wouldn't justice require the game to re-adjudicated to a draw?
Yes. Fortunately it is easy to correct it ourselves to 54-46.
jhellis3
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by jhellis3 »

Well, I certainly won't be following or supporting the event in the future.
bnemias
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by bnemias »

jhellis3 wrote:Well, I certainly won't be following or supporting the event in the future.
That seems a little harsh, but I understand.

I think failing to amend the result to a draw is wrong. But it's just irritating, not really a reason to avoid TCEC. Other concerns like chat are likely to keep me away though. Having had enough, I finally just turned off the chat for the last 50 games of the superfinal.
Lyudmil Tsvetkov
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by Lyudmil Tsvetkov »

only thing I am really so soryy about is that TCEC did not end with a score 50-50 or 49.5-50.5 in favour of SF, before a final decision should have been taken. :) ...
whereagles
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by whereagles »

(non) adjudication errors don't bother me.. what does bother me is having to guess what's going on
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by Norm Pollock »

And now to start some forensic analysis to see if the "cursed win" happened in other tcec-9 games. I have extracted the 21 games with TB adjudications resulting in a win. 126 of the 804 games had TB adjudications, and 21 of the 126 ended in a win.

The infamous superfinal game 17 is the last game of this listing. I also listed the ending positions of each game in epd format. I would have preferred "fen" positions because they have the number of moves towards the 50-move draw.

I hope someone volunteers to analyze these games/positions to see if any other win overrode an impending 50-move draw.

First the ending epd positions, then the games with comments deleted.

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8/8/8/2KQ4/2P4k/1q6/8/8 b - - c0 Komodo 9.42-Laser 1.1 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.05.04;
6k1/6N1/8/3p1K2/8/8/P7/8 b - - c0 Laser 1.1-Fridolin 2 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.05.08;
b1r5/8/1K6/4B3/k7/8/8/8 w - - c0 Gull 3-Houdini 4 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.05.10;
8/1Q6/p1r5/2k5/8/3K4/8/8 b - - c0 Texel 1.06a45-Laser 1.1 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.05.17;
8/7p/4n3/7P/2k3K1/8/8/8 w - - c0 Firefly 2.7.0-Critter 1.6a TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.05.26;
8/7p/6p1/1R6/5k2/8/8/1K6 w - - c0 Fire 5-Jellyfish 1.1 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.05.30;
8/kB6/b7/8/1K6/2P5/8/8 w - - c0 Naum 4.6-Vajolet2 2.2.15 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.06.05;
8/8/4RK2/8/6p1/4kp2/8/8 b - - c0 Jellyfish 1.1-Arasan 19.0.1 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.06.10;
8/7k/3R4/2K5/7q/8/7P/8 w - - c0 Chiron 3.01-Raptor 2.3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.06.22;
8/6k1/1r5p/8/K7/8/8/7R b - - c0 Raptor 2.3-Houdini 4 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.06.28;
q7/8/2P5/3KQ3/6k1/8/8/8 w - - c0 Fire 5-Vajolet2 2.2.15 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.07.12;
8/8/3k1r2/2R5/2K5/1P6/8/8 w - - c0 Houdini 4-Vajolet2 2.2.15 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.07.14;
8/8/1p4k1/1P6/3P4/8/4K3/8 w - - c0 Naum 4.6-Vajolet2 2.2.15 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.07.17;
8/8/8/7p/3k3P/5PK1/8/8 b - - c0 Houdini 200716-Gull 3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.07.26;
8/4Q3/7k/8/5K2/8/5P2/3q4 w - - c0 Stockfish 160716-Gull 3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.07.28;
5k2/8/6P1/5K2/3b4/7R/8/8 b - - c0 Jonny 8-Gull 3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.08.05;
8/8/3K4/6p1/8/7k/6R1/5r2 b - - c0 Gull 3-Stockfish 160716 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.08.15;
8/3k4/3R2K1/5p2/8/8/5P2/8 b - - c0 Komodo 10.1-Gull 3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.08.15;
8/8/R7/5k2/2KP4/8/7r/8 w - - c0 Houdini 200716-Gull 3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.08.19;
8/8/2r3k1/8/8/2P1RK2/8/8 w - - c0 Houdini 200716-Gull 3 TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3 http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.08.30;
K5Q1/8/8/8/5bb1/6k1/8/8 b - - c0 Stockfish 8-Houdini 5 TCEC Season 9 - Superfinal http://tcec.chessdom.com 2016.11.15;

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[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komodo 9.42"]
[Black "Laser 1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "B50"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[GameDuration "04:59:41"]
[Opening "Sicilian: 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3"]
[PlyCount "247"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3225"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Re1 Nc6
8. a4 a6 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. h3 Re8 11. Nh2 Na5 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Ne3 Be6
14. Ba2 Rb8 15. Rf1 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nc6 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. f4 Bd8 19. fxe5 dxe5
20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bc7 24. b3 Ng6
25. Nf5 Rbd8 26. c4 Nf4 27. Ng3 Nxd3 28. Ne4 a5 29. g5 Nf4 30. Kf2 b6
31. Rh1 Ng6 32. Rh5 Nf8 33. Rf1 Ng6 34. g3 Rd7 35. Ke3 Nf8 36. Bc3 Ng6
37. Kd3 Nf8 38. Kc2 Ng6 39. Rfh1 Nf8 40. Rf1 Ng6 41. Rfh1 Nf8 42. R5h2 Rdd8
43. Bd2 Bd6 44. Rf2 Ng6 45. Bc3 Bc7 46. Rfh2 Nf8 47. Rh3 Bd6 48. Rf1 Ng6
49. Rhh1 Nf8 50. Kd3 Ng6 51. Rf2 Nf8 52. Rhf1 Re7 53. g4 Bb8 54. Rh2 Ne6
55. Ke3 Nf8 56. Ng3 Bd6 57. Ke4 Red7 58. Nf5 Bb8 59. Rhh1 Ng6 60. Rh2 Nf8
61. Rh3 Ng6 62. Rfh1 Nf8 63. Bd2 Re8 64. Re3 Ng6 65. Re2 Nf8 66. Be3 Bd6
67. Rg2 Ng6 68. Bc1 Nf8 69. Rf2 Ng6 70. Rfh2 Nf8 71. Bd2 Bc7 72. Bc1 Kh8
73. Rh3 Bd6 74. R3h2 Bb8 75. Rf1 Ng6 76. Bd2 Nf8 77. Bc3 Ba7 78. Rh3 Bb8
79. Rf2 Ng6 80. Rfh2 Nf8 81. Bb2 Bc7 82. Bc1 Bd6 83. Bd2 Bc7 84. Rh1 Kg8
85. Be3 Rdd8 86. R3h2 Rd7 87. Rf2 Bd6 88. Rh3 Ng6 89. Rfh2 Nf8 90. Rf3 Ng6
91. Bd2 Bb8 92. Be3 Nf4 93. Nh4 g6 94. Rff2 Rf8 95. Rf1 f6 96. gxf6 Rxf6
97. Nf3 Bd6 98. Rfh1 Rff7 99. Ng5 Rfe7 100. Bd2 Bc7 101. Bc3 Bd8
102. Ba1 Bc7 103. Nxh7 Rxh7 104. Rxh7 Rxh7 105. Rxh7 Kxh7 106. Bxe5 Bxe5
107. Kxe5 Nd3+ 108. Ke6 Kh6 109. d6 Nb4 110. Kd7 Nd3 111. Kc8 Ne5
112. d7 Nf7 113. d8=Q Nxd8 114. Kxd8 Kg5 115. Kc7 Kxg4 116. Kxb6 g5
117. Kxa5 Kh4 118. Kb5 g4 119. a5 g3 120. a6 g2 121. a7 g1=Q 122. a8=Q Qe3
123. Qd5 Qxb3+ 124. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laser 1.1"]
[Black "Fridolin 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[GameDuration "03:58:31"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Classical, Chigorin, 8...Bf5"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qb5 Bf6
14. c3 Rab8 15. Re2 a6 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2 Rbe8 18. Rae1 Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc4
20. h4 Nd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. h5 Qb6 23. h6 gxh6 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Qh5 Bg7
26. Nd3 Qg6 27. Qh3 Rd8 28. Re3 c6 29. Nf4 Qd6 30. Nh5 Kh8 31. Rg3 Bf6
32. Qf5 Bg5 33. f4 Qg6 34. Qh3 Re8 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Qg4 h6 37. Rf3 Re6
38. Rf1 Kg8 39. Qh3 Kh8 40. g4 b5 41. Qg3 Qg8 42. Qc7 Qe8 43. Qxf7 Qxf7
44. Rxf7 Kg8 45. Rf6 Re4 46. Rxc6 Rxg4+ 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Rxa6 Rh4
49. Rxh6 Rh2+ 50. Kg3 Rxb2 51. Rb6 Rc2 52. Kg4 Rxc3 53. Kxg5 Rc4
54. Rxb5 Rxd4 55. Rb7+ Kf8 56. Kf6 Kg8 57. Kg6 Rg4+ 58. Kf5 Rg2
59. Rg7+ Rxg7 60. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gull 3"]
[Black "Houdini 4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "3180"]
[ECO "B74"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[GameDuration "03:55:19"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Dragon, Classical, 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3124"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O
8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 a6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. a3 Na5 13. Bd4 Nc4
14. f5 Bd7 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Qe2 b5
20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Qa7 22. Rd4 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. R1d2 Re8
25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rd1 Ba8 27. Rf1 Red8 28. Kg1 Bh6 29. Kh1 Nh5
30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Qf2 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Rc8 33. Bd4 f5 34. Kg1 e5 35. Bxe5 Be3
36. g3 Kf7 37. Bd4 Bxf2+ 38. Bxf2 f4 39. gxf4 Nxf4 40. Kf1 Ne6 41. Bh4 g5
42. Bg3 Nf4 43. Ke1 Kg6 44. Nd4 Rd8 45. Bf2 Kh5 46. Nd1 Bb7 47. Bg1 Kh4
48. Kf1 Bd5 49. b3 Bg2+ 50. Ke1 Be4 51. Nc3 Ba8 52. Kf1 Kh3 53. Nd1 Bg2+
54. Ke1 Be4 55. Nc3 Kg2 56. Be3 Ba8 57. Kd2 Ne6 58. Ne2 Nxd4 59. Nxd4 Kxh2
60. c4 bxc4 61. bxc4 g4 62. Bf4+ g3 63. Kc3 Kh3 64. Ne2 g2 65. Bc7 Rd1
66. Nf4+ Kg3 67. Nxg2+ Kxg2 68. c5 Kf3 69. Kb4 Rb1+ 70. Ka5 Rb5+
71. Kxa6 Rxc5 72. Bd8 Ke4 73. Kb6 Rc8 74. Bh4 Kd4 75. a4 Kc4 76. Bg3 Kb4
77. Be5 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1a"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Texel 1.06a45"]
[Black "Laser 1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[ECO "C08"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[GameDuration "04:22:31"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6, Main Line, 10.Nb3"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "2979"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. c3 O-O 12. Nbd4 Re8
13. Re1 Bd6 14. Nf5 Ng4 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Be3 Re6 17. Qd4 a6 18. Rad1 Nxe3
19. Rxe3 Rd8 20. h3 Qb8 21. c4 Nf6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. a3 Nd7
25. Ng4 Nb6 26. b3 Re8 27. a4 dxc4 28. a5 Nd5 29. bxc4 Nf4 30. Qb6 Qe7
31. c5 h5 32. Ne3 Rc8 33. Rd6 Kh8 34. Kh2 Ne2 35. Kh1 e5 36. Nc4 Nd4
37. Qb4 Nc6 38. Qd2 Rf8 39. Rd7 Qh4 40. Nd6 Rxf2 41. Qe1 Qf4 42. Rf7 Qxf7
43. Nxf7+ Rxf7 44. Qh4 Kg8 45. Qxh5 Re7 46. Qe2 e4 47. Kg1 e3 48. Kf1 Kf8
49. Qd3 Ke8 50. Qc3 e2+ 51. Ke1 Kd7 52. g4 Kc7 53. Qg3+ Kd7 54. h4 Nxa5
55. Qd6+ Ke8 56. Qg6+ Rf7 57. Qe6+ Re7 58. Qc8+ Kf7 59. Qf5+ Ke8 60. g5 Nc6
61. h5 Ne5 62. Qc8+ Kf7 63. g6+ Kf6 64. Qf8+ Ke6 65. h6 Nxg6 66. hxg7 Nxf8
67. gxf8=Q Kd7 68. Qb8 Ke6 69. Kxe2 Kd5+ 70. Kd3 Kxc5 71. Qd8 Re6
72. Qc7+ Rc6 73. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Firefly 2.7.0"]
[Black "Critter 1.6a"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "3078"]
[ECO "A07"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[GameDuration "03:25:42"]
[Opening "Reti: KIA"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Nb3 Nbd7
8. Nh4 Be6 9. Qd3 a5 10. a4 Qb6 11. Ra3 O-O 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Bg5 Qd8
14. Qd2 Nd6 15. Qc1 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qb6 19. Rb1 c5
20. e3 c4 21. Nd2 f6 22. Nxg6 Nf5 23. Nxe7+ Nxe7 24. c3 Nf5 25. Qf4 Qd6
26. Qxd6 Nxd6 27. Re1 Rae8 28. e4 dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. fxe4 Nb6
31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Bf3 Re7 33. h4 Bd7 34. b3 cxb3 35. Rxb3 Nxa4 36. Rxb7 Nxc3
37. Re3 Nb5 38. Bg4 Rd8 39. e5 f5 40. Bxf5 Nxd4 41. Rxd7 Rexd7
42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. e6 Re7 44. Re4 Nb3 45. g4 Kf6 46. Kg3 Nc5 47. g5+ Kf5
48. Rc4 Nxe6 49. Ra4 Ra7 50. Kf3 Nc5 51. Rc4 Rc7 52. Kg2 a4 53. Kh3 Ke5
54. h5 Kd5 55. Rc3 Ne6 56. Ra3 Nxg5+ 57. Kg4 Ne6 58. Rxa4 Rc4+
59. Rxc4 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fire 5"]
[Black "Jellyfish 1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[GameDuration "03:55:57"]
[Opening "Neo-King's Indian: Torre Attack"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3085"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Be6 7. Bh4 c5
8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxc5 10. Nd4 Rc8 11. a4 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4
13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Bf6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qd4 Nc5 17. Ra3 e5 18. Qb4 Rf7
19. a5 Rd7 20. Raa1 a6 21. Rad1 f5 22. c4 d4 23. exd4 exd4 24. Rfe1 Qf8
25. Bf1 Qf6 26. g3 Ne4 27. f3 Ng5 28. Bg2 f4 29. h4 Ne6 30. Bh3 Rc6
31. Re4 fxg3 32. Rde1 Re7 33. Qd2 Nf4 34. Rxe7 Nxh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+
36. Kxg3 Nh5+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kf1 Ne6 39. Rxb7 Qxh4 40. Qf2 Qh1+
41. Ke2 Qh3 42. Kd1 Qf5 43. Qe2 Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Qa2 45. Qe4 Qxc4 46. Rb6 Rxb6
47. axb6 Qb4+ 48. Kc1 Qc5+ 49. Kb1 Qxb6 50. Qxe6+ Qxe6 51. Rxe6 a5
52. b4 axb4 53. Rd6 Kf7 54. Rxd4 Kg7 55. Rxb4 Kf6 56. f4 Kf5 57. Rb5+ Kxf4
1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naum 4.6"]
[Black "Vajolet2 2.2.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2920"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[GameDuration "04:39:22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5...a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3052"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Qc7
8. Qe2 Bb7 9. O-O d5 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Qe3 Be7 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 Kf8
14. Bf4 c5 15. h3 c4 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Qe3 h6 19. Nd4 Ne4
20. f3 Nc5 21. Rab1 Nd7 22. Red1 Nb8 23. b3 Nc6 24. c3 Na5 25. Qe1 Ba8
26. Qg3 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Be3 g6 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Rb6 Qa4
31. Rdd6 Bxd6 32. exd6 Kg7 33. h4 f6 34. h5 g5 35. Bd4 Rhf8 36. f4 Kg8
37. fxg5 hxg5 38. Rb4 Qd1 39. d7 Rcd8 40. Qd6 e5 41. Bc5 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 Bd5
43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. Rxa6 Rxd7 46. Kf2 Rb7 47. h6 Rb2+ 48. Be2 Kf7
49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. g4 Be6 51. Ke3 Rc2 52. Ra6 Kf7 53. Bf3 f5 54. h7 Rh2
55. Ra8 Rxh7 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Rxh7 Kxh7 58. gxf5 Bd7 59. Bg4 Bc6 60. a4 Kg7
61. a5 Bb7 62. Kf2 Kf6 63. Kg3 Ba6 64. Bh3 Bb7 65. Kh2 Ba6 66. Kg1 Bc8
67. Kf2 Ba6 68. Kg2 Bc8 69. Bg4 Bb7+ 70. Kh2 Bc8 71. Kg1 Ba6 72. Kf1 Bc8
73. Bh3 Bb7 74. Ke1 Ba6 75. Kf2 Bc8 76. Kg2 Ba6 77. Kh2 Bc8 78. Kg1 Ba6
79. Bg4 Bc8 80. Kf1 Kf7 81. Ke2 Bb7 82. Bf3 Ba6 83. Bh5+ Kf6 84. Bg4 Ke7
85. Kf3 Bb7+ 86. Kg3 Kf7 87. Be2 Ba6 88. Bf3 Kf6 89. Kg4 Bc8 90. Be4 Ba6
91. Bg2 Bc8 92. Bh3 Bb7 93. Kg3 Ba6 94. Kf3 Bb7+ 95. Ke3 Kf7 96. Bf1 Ba6
97. Be2 Kg7 98. Kd2 g4 99. Bxg4 Kf6 100. Ke3 Bc8 101. Bh3 Bb7 102. Kf2 Ba6
103. Kf3 Bb7+ 104. Kg4 Bc8 105. Bf1 Bxf5+ 106. Kf3 Bc8 107. Bxc4 Ke7
108. a6 Kd6 109. Bd3 e4+ 110. Kxe4 Kc7 111. Bc4 Kb6 112. Ke5 Ka7
113. Kd5 Bg4 114. Kd6 Bh5 115. Kc5 Be8 116. Bb5 Bh5 117. Kb4 Bg4
118. Ka5 Bf5 119. Bc6 Bd3 120. Bb7 Be2 121. Kb4 Bxa6 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 1b"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jellyfish 1.1"]
[Black "Arasan 19.0.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[GameDuration "04:04:49"]
[Opening "Grünfeld: Slav/Schlecter, 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5
8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. cxd5 Bf5 11. Qb3 Ncxd5 12. Qxb7 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4
14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Qb2 Rab8 16. Qc1 c5 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4
19. exd4 Rfc8 20. g4 Bd7 21. Be1 Ba4 22. Rd3 Bb5 23. Re3 Bxe2 24. Rxe4 Bf3
25. Re3 Qf6 26. Re5 Bxg4 27. Rxa5 Bf3 28. Qe3 Rb2 29. Re5 Re2 30. Qg5 Rxe5
31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. dxe5 Rc5 33. Bd2 Rxe5 34. h3 Bc6 35. Kh2 Rb5 36. Be3 f5
37. c4 Rb2 38. a4 f4 39. Bd4 Rb4 40. a5 Rxc4 41. Be5 Kf7 42. a6 g5
43. a7 Ba8 44. Rg1 Kg6 45. h4 h6 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Rb1 Rc2 48. Kg1 Kf5
49. Bb8 Rc5 50. Kf1 Ra5 51. Rc1 e5 52. Rc8 Ra1+ 53. Ke2 Kg4 54. Bxe5 Rxa7
55. Kd3 Ra2 56. Rg8 Bd5 57. Rd8 Be6 58. Bd4 Kf3 59. Bb6 Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Kxf2
61. Ke5+ Re3+ 62. Kf6 g4 63. Rf8 f3 64. Re8 Ke2 65. Bxe3 Kxe3 66. Rxe6+ 0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chiron 3.01"]
[Black "Raptor 2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2903"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.14"]
[GameDuration "03:55:27"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen, Fianchetto Variation"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3015"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7
8. O-O Bd7 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 Be7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bb6 Qb8
14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Re2 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Be8
20. Re1 h5 21. Qb4 e5 22. Nd1 Rc5 23. Ne3 Qc7 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. f3 Bd7
26. c4 h4 27. b3 Be6 28. Bf1 Nh5 29. Kf2 g6 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Bd3 Qg5
32. Rg1 Rcc8 33. Qb4 Rd7 34. Rdd1 Rc6 35. Qd2 Kh7 36. Be2 Qd8 37. b4 Rc8
38. Bd3 Kg7 39. Rb1 Nf6 40. Kg2 Qh8 41. b5 axb5 42. Rxb5 Qh6 43. Kf2 Kg8
44. Bf1 Nh7 45. Bg2 f5 46. exf5 gxf5 47. f4 Nf6 48. Ke1 Qg7 49. Qb2 Re8
50. fxe5 Ng4 51. Nxg4 fxg4 52. gxh4 Rc7 53. Bxb7 Bxc4 54. Bd5+ Bxd5
55. Rxd5 Qg6 56. Rd4 Qf5 57. Rgxg4+ Kh7 58. Rgf4 Qxe5+ 59. Rfe4 Qxa5+
60. Qb4 Qa1+ 61. Rd1 Qa8 62. Rd4 Rce7 63. Rxe7+ Rxe7+ 64. Kd1 Qf3+
65. Kc2 Qf2+ 66. Kb3 Re3+ 67. Ka4 Qc2+ 68. Kb5 Rb3 69. Rxd6 Qf5+
70. Ka4 Rxb4+ 71. Kxb4 Qf4+ 72. Kc5 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.06.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Raptor 2.3"]
[Black "Houdini 4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "3181"]
[ECO "B80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.14"]
[GameDuration "04:07:24"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Scheveningen, English Attack"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "2903"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7
8. g4 Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 O-O 11. a3 Nde5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qd2 b5
14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Na2 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bb7 17. Nc3 Rfc8 18. Be2 Ne5
19. Bf4 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. f4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 exf4 23. Bf3 e5 24. c4 bxc4
25. c3 Rb8 26. Kc2 Bc6 27. Rb1 Ba4+ 28. Kc1 Bb3 29. Rd5 g6 30. Ra5 Rb6
31. Kd2 Kf8 32. Bd1 Bd8 33. Rd5 Ke7 34. Ke1 Bc7 35. Ke2 Kd7 36. Rd2 Ke6
37. Bxb3 cxb3 38. a4 Rc6 39. Rxb3 Rc4 40. Kd3 d5 41. Rb7 Rc6 42. Re2 dxe4+
43. Rxe4 Rd6+ 44. Ke2 Rc6 45. Rbb4 Kd5 46. Kd3 Bb6 47. Rb3 f3 48. Rg4 Rd6
49. Rb1 Ba7 50. a5 Rd7 51. Rgb4 Bc5 52. Rc4 Re7 53. Re4 Re8 54. h5 Re7
55. h6 Rf7 56. Rh4 Be7 57. Rg4 Ke6 58. Rf1 Bc5 59. Ra4 Rf5 60. Rg4 Kd5
61. Rd1 Rf7 62. Ra4 Rf8 63. Rf1 Rf5 64. Rg4 Rf7 65. Ra4 Be7 66. Rg4 Rf8
67. Ra4 Bxg5 68. c4+ Kd6 69. Rb4 Rf4 70. Rb6+ Kc5 71. Re6 Rd4+
72. Kc2 Rxc4+ 73. Kb3 e4 74. Re5+ Kd4 75. Rxg5 Rc3+ 76. Kb4 Rc7
77. Rg4 Rb7+ 78. Ka4 Rf7 79. Re1 f2 80. Rgxe4+ Kd5 81. Kb3 g5
82. Kc3 fxe1=Q+ 83. Rxe1 Rf6 84. Rg1 Rg6 85. Kd3 g4 86. Ke3 Kc4 87. Kf2 Kb4
88. Rh1 g3+ 89. Kg2 Kxa5 90. Rb1 Rxh6 91. Kxg3 Rg6+ 92. Kf3 h6 93. Rh1 Kb6
94. Ke4 a5 95. Kd4 a4 96. Kc4 Kb7 97. Kb4 Ra6 98. Ka3 Kc7 99. Rh5 Kd7
100. Re5 Kd6 101. Rh5 Ke7 102. Rh1 Kf7 103. Rf1+ Kg7 104. Rh1 Rb6 105. Kxa4
0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Fire 5"]
[Black "Vajolet2 2.2.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2978"]
[ECO "B68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.14"]
[GameDuration "04:07:44"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, 7...a6, 9.f4 Be7 10.Be2"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3082"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6
8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. f5 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxc3
14. Qxc3 Qxe7 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. fxe6 Qxe6 17. Rhe1 Qxa2 18. Qc3 Qa1+
19. Kd2 Qa4 20. g3 Kb8 21. Ra1 Qe4 22. Bxa6 Qd5+ 23. Bd3 Qg5+ 24. Re3 Rhe8
25. Re1 Qh6 26. h4 Re5 27. Qb4 Rde8 28. Qf4 Qg7 29. b4 h5 30. b5 Bg2
31. b6 Bc6 32. Bc4 f6 33. Ra1 Kc8 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qf5+ Kd6
37. Rxe8 Bxe8 38. Qe6+ Kc5 39. Qxe8 Kxc4 40. Qxh5 Kc5 41. Qf3 Kxb6
42. h5 Kc7 43. Qe3 Kd7 44. h6 Qf8 45. h7 Ke8 46. Qe4 Kf7 47. Qxb7+ Kg6
48. c4 Qh6+ 49. Kd3 Qh3 50. Qe4+ Kg7 51. c5 Qf1+ 52. Kc3 Qa1+ 53. Kb3 Qd1+
54. Kb4 Qd2+ 55. Kb5 Qb2+ 56. Qb4 Qe2+ 57. Qc4 Qb2+ 58. Kc6 Kxh7
59. Qf7+ Kh6 60. Qxf6+ Kh5 61. Qh4+ Kg6 62. Kd5 Qb5 63. Qe4+ Kg5
64. Qxe5+ Kg4 65. Qf4+ Kh5 66. Qf5+ Kh6 67. Qe5 Kg6 68. Qd6+ Kh5
69. Kd4 Qb2+ 70. Ke4 Qe2+ 71. Kf5 Qg4+ 72. Kf6 Qg6+ 73. Ke7 Qh7+
74. Kd8 Qg8+ 75. Kd7 Qg7+ 76. Kc6 Qa1 77. Qd5+ Kg4 78. Kd6 Qa3 79. Ke6 Kh3
80. g4 Qe3+ 81. Qe5 Qb3+ 82. Kd6 Qb8+ 83. Kd5 Qa8+ 84. c6 Kxg4 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Houdini 4"]
[Black "Vajolet2 2.2.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2978"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "2016.06.14"]
[GameDuration "02:09:13"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav: 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3181"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4
8. Rg1 f5 9. h3 Ngf6 10. Rxg7 Ne4 11. Bd2 Rf8 12. Be2 Qf6 13. Rg2 Qh6
14. O-O-O Nxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. a4 Bd7 18. a5 Nd5
19. Bxc4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 O-O-O 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. f4 Kb8 23. Rdg1 Qxh3
24. Ne2 Qf3 25. Nd4 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 Qe4+ 27. Ka2 Rfd8 28. Rg7 Bb5 29. Rxh7 Rh8
30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. b3 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Nxe6 b6 34. axb6 axb6
35. Rg7 Rh3 36. Nc7 Rxe3 37. Nxd5 Re4 38. Ka3 b5 39. Rd7 Bf1 40. Rd6 Kb7
41. e6 Bg2 42. e7 b4+ 43. Ka4 Re2 44. Kxb4 Bxd5 45. Rxd5 Rxe7 46. Rxf5 Kc6
47. Rc5+ Kd6 48. f5 Re3 49. f6 Rf3 50. Kc4 Rxf6 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 2"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Naum 4.6"]
[Black "Vajolet2 2.2.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2978"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventDate "2016.06.14"]
[GameDuration "04:08:51"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 g6"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "7200+15"]
[WhiteElo "3048"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6
8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qb3 Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Na3 e6
14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Qd1 a6 16. Na3 Rac8 17. Nc2 Qc7 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. g3 Rfc8
20. Nb4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Qe7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nf6 24. Rec1 Rxa1
25. Rxa1 Ne4 26. Ne5 Nd6 27. Ra7 Qe8 28. Ng4 Ra8 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Rxa8 Bxa8
31. b3 Bb7 32. Qb2 f6 33. Qa3 Nc8 34. h4 Bf8 35. Qc1 Qe7 36. Bf4 Bxh6
37. Bxh6 Kg8 38. h5 g5 39. f4 gxf4 40. Qxf4 Nd6 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Bc1 Ne8
43. h6 Bc8 44. Kg2 Bd7 45. Qe2 Qb4 46. Qb2 Kg8 47. Bd2 Qe7 48. Bc3 Qf8
49. Qa1 Qd6 50. Qa4 Bc8 51. Qa2 Bd7 52. Qb1 Qe7 53. Qc2 Kh8 54. Qa2 Kg8
55. Qa8 Qd6 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Bd2 Qc7 58. Kg2 Kg8 59. Bb4 Bc8 60. Qa2 Kh8
61. Qb2 Bd7 62. Qa3 Bc8 63. Qa1 Kg8 64. Qg1 Bd7 65. Qe3 Qa7 66. Qe2 Qc7
67. Qg4+ Kh8 68. Qh5 Kg8 69. Bd2 Qd8 70. Qg4+ Kh8 71. Qd1 Kg8 72. Bb4 f5
73. Qc1 Kf7 74. Qf4 Nf6 75. Be2 Ne4 76. Bh5+ Kg8 77. Kh3 Ng5+ 78. Kh2 Ne4
79. Kg2 Qc8 80. Bd2 Qf8 81. Qc7 Nxd2 82. Qxd7 Qxh6 83. Bf7+ Kh8
84. Bxe6 Qf6 85. Bxf5 Kg8 86. g4 h5 87. Qxd5+ Kg7 88. gxh5 Qg5+
89. Kf2 Qf4+ 90. Ke2 Nxb3 91. Qxb3 Qxf5 92. Qg3+ Kh6 93. Qg6+ Qxg6
94. hxg6 Kxg6 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Houdini 200716"]
[Black "Gull 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[ECO "B90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "04:34:52"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.f3"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3176"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6
8. f3 b5 9. Nd5 e5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. Nc3 Bb4
14. Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 b4 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Bc4 a5
20. O-O Rfc8 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. a3 bxa3 24. Rfc1 Qb4 25. c4 Nc5
26. Rcb1 f5 27. Qxb4 axb4 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Re1 a2 30. Rxe5 Ra3
31. Re2 Rxb3 32. Raxa2 Rxc4 33. Ra8+ Kf7 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. Re6+ Kg5
36. Kf2 Kh4 37. Re2 Rbc3 38. Rxg7 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Ke3 Re7+
41. Kd3 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Kg5 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Kc4 Ke5 45. Kxb4 Kxd5 46. Kc3 Kc5
47. h3 f4 48. h4 h5 49. Kd2 Kd4 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. g4 fxg3+
53. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stockfish 160716"]
[Black "Gull 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "04:51:49"]
[Opening "QGA: Classical, 6...a6 7.Bb3"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3224"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6
8. Bb3 Nbd7 9. e4 b5 10. e5 c4 11. exf6 cxb3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Bg5 Qb6
14. axb3 Bb7 15. Re1 h6 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 e5 19. Bd2 Re8
20. d5 Bxd5 21. Ng3 Qc6 22. Nh4 Kh7 23. Rc1 Qe6 24. Nhf5 Bf8 25. Rc3 Rac8
26. Bxh6 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Bxb3 28. Qd2 Bxh6 29. Nxh6 Qxh6 30. Qxd7 Qe6
31. Qd3+ Qg6 32. Ne4 Kg8 33. Re3 Qb6 34. h4 Rd8 35. Qe2 Qh6 36. Nc5 Be6
37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Rxe5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6 40. g3 Rd5 41. Qg4+ Kf8
42. Rxd5 Qxd5 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qxa6 Qc5 45. Kg1 Qc4 46. Qb6 Qxc3
47. Qxb5 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. Qf5 Qb6 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. h5 f5 52. g4 fxg4
53. Kg3 Kh7 54. Qxg4 Qe5+ 55. Qf4 Qg7+ 56. Kh2 Qb2 57. Qf5+ Kg7 58. Kg3 Qa1
59. Qg6+ Kh8 60. Qe8+ Kg7 61. Qe3 Qg1+ 62. Kf4 Qd1 63. h6+ Kh7
64. Qe7+ Kxh6 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Jonny 8"]
[Black "Gull 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[ECO "B27"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "05:17:48"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Hungarian, 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3018"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4
8. O-O Nh6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 f6 13. Bf4 Nf7
14. e6 Ng5 15. Nxg5 fxg5 16. Bxg5 Rf5 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Rae1 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5
20. g4 Rff8 21. Re2 Qd6 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Qb5 Rfd8 24. Bh4 d4 25. Rd1 Rc5
26. Qb7 Rc7 27. Qe4 Rc5 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Qb7 Rc7 30. Qe4 Rc4 31. Rdd2 Rc5
32. Bg3 Qa6 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. h4 Rfc8 35. Rd3 Rb5 36. a3 Qc6 37. Qxc6 Rxc6
38. g5 Bg7 39. f4 h5 40. Bf2 a6 41. Kf3 Rd5 42. a4 Rb6 43. Be1 a5
44. b3 Kf8 45. Bd2 Ra6 46. Re1 Rc5 47. b4 axb4 48. Bxb4 Rc4 49. Rb1 Rxe6
50. a5 Ra6 51. Rdd1 Kf7 52. Rdc1 Rxb4 53. Rxb4 Rxa5 54. Rb3 Ra7 55. Re1 Rc7
56. Ke4 Rd7 57. Re2 Bh8 58. Rf2 Rd6 59. Rb7 d3 60. Rd2 Rd4+ 61. Ke3 Rc4
62. Rxd3 Ra4 63. Rb6 Ra5 64. Kf3 Bg7 65. Rb7 Ra1 66. Re3 Bf8 67. Kg2 Ra2+
68. Kg3 Ra5 69. Rc7 Rb5 70. Ra7 Rb1 71. f5 gxf5 72. Re5 Rb3+ 73. Kg2 Rb8
74. Rxf5+ Kg6 75. Rf2 Kh7 76. Kf3 Rb4 77. Ke3 Rb3+ 78. Ke4 Rb8 79. Ra6 Rb4+
80. Kd5 Bg7 81. Rf7 Rd4+ 82. Ke6 Rxh4 83. Rxe7 Re4+ 84. Kd7 Rb4
85. Rh6+ Kg8 86. Rg6 Rb7+ 87. Kd8 Rxe7 88. Kxe7 h4 89. Rc6 Bb2 90. Ke6 h3
91. Rc2 Ba1 92. g6 Kg7 93. Kf5 Bd4 94. Rh2 Kf8 95. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Gull 3"]
[Black "Stockfish 160716"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "3224"]
[ECO "A90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "05:42:16"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O Bd6"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3123"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O
8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 Bc7 11. b3 Nd6 12. Na4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5
14. c5 Nf7 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Bd4 Be6 18. f4 Ng4 19. Qb2 Nd8
20. Nc2 h5 21. Bf3 h4 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Ne3 Bc8 24. Nc4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Rf5
26. Nd6 Rh5 27. Rd3 b5 28. Nc3 Bxd6 29. cxd6 Qf7 30. Re3 Ne6 31. Ne4 Rh6
32. Be5 Bd7 33. a4 Rf8 34. Kf2 bxa4 35. Qb7 Rh5 36. Nd2 a5 37. Ke1 c5
38. Rc3 Rc8 39. Nc4 Nd8 40. Qe4 Rb8 41. Ne3 Rb5 42. Qa8 Qe8 43. Rd3 Bc6
44. d7 Qe7 45. Qc8 a3 46. Rxa3 Kh7 47. Rd3 c4 48. Nxc4 Rb1+ 49. Rd1 Bxd7
50. Qc7 Rxd1+ 51. Kxd1 Nc6 52. Qb6 Qf7 53. Qc5 Qe6 54. Kd2 Be8 55. Rc1 Qd7+
56. Nd6 Nxe5 57. fxe5 Bg6 58. Ra1 a4 59. Kc3 Qe6 60. Kd4 Qb3 61. Qc3 Qb6+
62. Kc4 Qc6+ 63. Kd4 Qa6 64. Kd5 Rh6 65. Kc5 Rh2 66. Qb2 Rh5 67. Nc4 Qa8
68. Qc3 Bf7 69. Nd6 Qd5+ 70. Kb4 Bg6 71. Nc4 Rf5 72. Qe1 Qb7+ 73. Kc5 Rh5
74. Qd1 Qc7+ 75. Kb4 Rh3 76. Qd6 Qb7+ 77. Qb6 Qg2 78. Kxa4 Qxg3 79. Kb5 Bf7
80. e3 Bxc4+ 81. Kxc4 Qxe5 82. Qd4 Qxe3 83. Qxe3 Rxe3 84. Rg1 g5 85. Ra1 g3
86. Kd4 Rb3 87. Rg1 Kg6 88. Kc4 Rf3 89. Kd5 Kf5 90. Kd6 Kg4 91. Kd5 Rf2
92. Ke6 g2 93. Ke5 Kh3 94. Kd6 Rf1 95. Rxg2 0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.08.15"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Komodo 10.1"]
[Black "Gull 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[ECO "E63"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "04:29:31"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Fianchetto, Panno Variation"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3230"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6
8. Qd3 Nd7 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rac1 b5
14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Re8
19. Rc2 Re6 20. Rfc1 c5 21. Nf4 Re5 22. Rd2 Qb8 23. h4 Ra7 24. Rcd1 Ra6
25. a3 Qc7 26. Nd5 Qb8 27. h5 gxh5 28. b4 c4 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qc2 a3
31. Qxc4 Ra7 32. Qd4 Ra6 33. Rc2 Qb7 34. e4 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. exd5 Ra4
37. Rc6 Rxb4 38. Rxd6 Nb6 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. d6 Ra4 42. Rb8 Nd7
43. Rbb1 Ke6 44. Rd3 h4 45. gxh4 Rxh4 46. Re1+ Kf6 47. Ra1 Ra4
48. Raxa3 Rxa3 49. Rxa3 Ke6 50. Kf3 Kxd6 51. Kf4 Ke7 52. Rh3 Ke6
53. Rxh7 Ne5 54. Rh3 Nc4 55. Rc3 Nd6 56. Ra3 Ke7 57. Ra6 f6 58. Kg4 Ke6
59. Kh5 Kd7 60. Kg6 f5 61. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.08.19"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Houdini 200716"]
[Black "Gull 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[ECO "A85"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "04:29:53"]
[Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3176"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 Bd6 7. f3 O-O
8. O-O Nbd7 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 b6 11. a4 bxc5 12. dxc5 a6 13. Nd4 Ne5
14. Bb2 Qe7 15. f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. b5 Rfb8 18. bxc6 Rxb2
19. cxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 Qe8 21. Nd1 Rbb8 22. Nf2 Rc8 23. g4 fxg4
24. Nxg4 Qe7 25. c6 Nc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Nxe6 Qc4 28. Qf5 Qe4
29. Nxg7 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Nd4+ Ke7 33. Kf3 Rf8 34. Nh6 Kf6
35. Rg1 Bb6 36. Nhf5 Rh8 37. Rc1 Rac8 38. a5 Bc7 39. Rc5 Rhd8 40. Nh6 Rb8
41. Rc2 Rbc8 42. Ng4+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Bxa5 44. c7 Rxc7 45. Ra2 Bc3
46. Nec6+ Kd7 47. Nxd8 Bxd4 48. exd4 Kxd8 49. Rxa6 Ke7 50. f5 Rc2
51. Rh6 Kf7 52. Rxh7+ Kf6 53. Rd7 Rxh2 54. Rxd5 Rh4 55. Ke3 Rh3+
56. Ke4 Rh4+ 57. Kd3 Rh3+ 58. Kc4 Rh8 59. Ra5 Rh2 60. Ra6+ Kxf5 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Stage 3"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.08.30"]
[Round "46"]
[White "Houdini 200716"]
[Black "Gull 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[ECO "B46"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[GameDuration "05:20:27"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Taimanov, 5...a6 6.g3 Nge7"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "9000+15"]
[WhiteElo "3176"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Nb3 d6
8. Bg2 Bd7 9. f4 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qe2 b5
14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Qc7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Rad1 Na5 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Rc1 Bc6
20. Rfe1 Qb7 21. Rcd1 Re8 22. Bf2 Bd7 23. Nf1 Bc6 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Qh5 g6
26. Qg4 Bc8 27. h4 Rb8 28. Ne3 Qc7 29. h5 Nc6 30. Rd2 Rd8 31. Qh3 a5
32. Red1 Rf8 33. Qh2 Kg7 34. Bf1 Rg8 35. Bb5 Na7 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Ng4 Rh8
38. Bd4+ f6 39. Nxf6 Rxh2 40. Nd5+ Kf8 41. Rxh2 Nxb5 42. Rh8+ Kf7
43. Nxc7 Nxc7 44. Rd2 e5 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. exd6 Bxd6 47. Rg8 Be7
48. Rxg6+ Kf7 49. Rg7+ Ke8 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Rh8 Ne6 52. Rf2+ Kg6
53. Be5 Ra8 54. Rg8+ Kh7 55. Rxc8 Rxc8 56. Rf7+ Kg6 57. Rxe7 Ng5
58. Rc7 Re8 59. Rc6+ Kh7 60. Bf4 Nxe4 61. Kg2 Nc3 62. Kf3 Ra8 63. Rc5 Kg8
64. Bc7 Rc8 65. Bb6 Ra8 66. Bxa5 Rb8 67. Bxb4 Rxb4 68. Rxc3 Rb8 69. b4 Rxb4
70. a5 Ra4 71. a6 Rxa6 72. g4 Kf7 73. g5 Ke6 74. g6 Kf6 75. Re3 Rc6
76. c3 Kxg6 1-0

[Event "TCEC Season 9 - Superfinal"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Stockfish 8"]
[Black "Houdini 5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3182"]
[ECO "B78"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[GameDuration "06:09:04"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Dragon, Yugoslav, Main Line, 12.h4 Nc4: 14.h5"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TerminationDetails "TB position"]
[TimeControl "10800+15"]
[WhiteElo "3228"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 Re8 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 e5
20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qh2 Qf6 22. a4 b6 23. Qxh7+ Kf7 24. g5 Qe5 25. Rh6 Qxe3
26. Rxg6 Rg8 27. f4 d5 28. f5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Qxb3+ 30. cxb3 Bxf5+
31. Ka2 Rc2+ 32. Ka3 Bxg6 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qxg8 Bb2+ 35. Kb4 Bc3+
36. Kb5 Bd3+ 37. Kc6 Be5+ 38. Kb7 Rc7+ 39. Ka8 Bxf1 40. Qxd5 Bg7
41. Kb8 Rd7 42. Qe4+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Rf7 44. Qc8+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Ke6
46. Qc6+ Kf5 47. Qd5+ Be5+ 48. Ka8 Rf8+ 49. Kxa7 Be2 50. b4 Bh5
51. Kxb6 Bf7 52. Qf3+ Bf4 53. Qc6 Rb8+ 54. Ka7 Kxg5 55. Qd7 Bh5 56. b5 Re8
57. b6 Be3 58. Qd5+ Kh4 59. a5 Re7+ 60. Ka8 Re8+ 61. Kb7 Re7+ 62. Kc8 Bg4+
63. Kb8 Bf4+ 64. Ka8 Kg3 65. Qg8 Re5 66. a6 Re6 67. Kb7 Be3 68. a7 Rxb6+
69. Kc7 Ra6 70. a8=Q Bf4+ 71. Kb7 Rxa8 72. Kxa8 1-0


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Guenther
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by Guenther »

Norm Pollock wrote: I hope someone volunteers to analyze these games/positions to see if any other win overrode an impending 50-move draw.
I would say the final eval eval simply should be enough, because all programs of course played according to the 50 moves draw rule.
So you just need to look if the last eval gives a draw score by both.

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syzygy
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Re: Cursed win at TCEC

Post by syzygy »

Norm Pollock wrote:And now to start some forensic analysis to see if the "cursed win" happened in other tcec-9 games.
The only other game where it happened was game 312 of the rapid tournament (Arasan - Protector, Arasan drew but unfairly was awarded a loss).