A group of angry Rodents

[BrendanJNorman]

I think for some people here, it's well known that I'm a huge fan of Pawel's Rodent engine - so here I am to share some lovely games by the GM personalities I've created.

Pawel, I promise I'll email you tonight with all the settings.

Hakkapelitta 3.0 vs Rodent III Tal

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hakkapeliitta 3.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. f3 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Qe3 Re8
15. h3 c5 16. Qc1 d4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Qxa3 22. Qg3 Rd8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Qf4 Qb4 26. Qxf7 Qxc4 27. Nf6
gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qxd8 Rxb3+ 30. cxb3 Qxb3+ 31. Kc1 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Qb4+ 33.
Kc1 Bb7 34. Qe8 Bd5 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qd3 h5 37. Qd2 Qa4 38. Qb2 c4 39. Qxd4 Bb4
40. Rd2 c3 41. Qxb4 Qxb4 0-1[/pgn]

Or how's this for Rodent II Karpov, taking all of the sting out of Thinker's attack with patient positional play (look at those knights!)

Rodent II Karpov vs Thinker 5.4 d Passive

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodent III Karpov"]
[Black "Thinker 5.4d Passive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 e5 9. Bb5 Qxc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Re1 e4 12. Nd4 Qd5 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nb5
Qc6 15. c4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Nf1 Bg6 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qc1 f6 21.
Bf4 Rd4 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. h3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nfe3 Bh4 26. Qc3 Rf8 27. Re2
Qa6 28. b3 Bh5 29. Rc2 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rf7 31. a3 Qf8 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. b4 cxb4 34.
axb4 Qc8 35. c5 Bd8 36. Qb5 Rf8 37. c6 Bf7 38. c7 Bg5 39. Qc5 Be6 40. Ra1 Qe8
41. Rxa7 Bc8 42. Qc4 Qf7 43. b5 Bh4 44. Qa2 Kh8 45. b6 h6 46. b7 Bxb7 47. Rxb7
Qg8 48. Qb2 Rxd5 49. Nxd5 e3 50. Nxe3 Rc8 51. Rb8 Kh7 52. Rxc8 Qf7 53. Qb8 Kg6
54. Rf8 Qf4 55. Qe8+ Kg5 56. Rxf4 Bxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Kxf4 58. Qg6 h5 59. Qf5# 1-0[/pgn]

The mighty Komodo 4 is downed by Rodent III Alekhine's dynamic play.

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komodo 4"]
[Black "Rodent III Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a3 d5 8. e5 Ne8
9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. exf6 exf6 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. b3 Nd6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Qd3
f5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. a5 a6 20. h4 Be7 21. h5 Bb4 22. Nxe4
fxe4 23. Nd2 Nf8 24. c4 Bxa5 25. g3 Ne6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bf1 Ng7 28. Bc3 Bb6
29. c5 Bc7 30. Bg2 Nf5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Bxe4 Bd7 33. Qd3 dxe4 34. Nxe4 Qf7 35.
d5 Bd8 36. d6 Be6 37. Kg2 Ng7 38. f3 g5 39. g4 Bd5 40. Qd4 Rf8 41. Rf1 Qg6 42.
Rh1 Kf7 43. Qb4 Ra7 44. Rae1 Ne6 45. Qa4 a5 46. Be5 Ke8 47. Re2 b5 48. cxb6
Bxb6 49. Rd1 Kf7 50. Rc1 Kg8 51. Rxc6 Bxc6 52. Qxc6 Bd8 53. Qc3 Raf7 54. Qc4
Qh6 55. Bg3 Bb6 56. Nd2 Re8 57. Qb5 Nf4+ 58. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 59. Qxe2 gxf4 60. Qe8+
Rf8 61. Qb5 Bd8 62. Ne4 Qg7 63. Qe2 Qe5 64. b4 Kg7 65. bxa5 Bxa5 66. Qf2 Rc8
67. Kh3 Kg6 68. Qa2 Rb8 69. Nf2 Bb6 70. Qb1+ Kg7 71. Ne4 Rh8+ 72. Kg2 Qd4 73.
Qc1 Re8 74. Qe1 Qb2+ 75. Qd2 Qxd2+ 76. Nxd2 0-1[/pgn]

Rodent II Shirov sets the board on fire against an old legend of dynamic chess.

Deep Junior 2010 vs Rodent II Shirov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deep Junior 2010"]
[Black "Rodent III Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd4 14. cxb5 f5
15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Bxa8 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bh6+ 19. Kd3 O-O 20. Bc6
axb5 21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. Ba4 Rxb2 23. Nc2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 e4+ 25. Kc3 Rxb5 26. Rab1
Rc5+ 27. Kb2 d5 28. Rhd1 Bg7+ 29. Kc1 d4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Kb1 d3
33. Nb4 Bc4 34. h4 Bd4 35. f3 Bc3 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39.
Rb7+ Kg6 40. g4 d2 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kh8 43. Rb8+ Bg8 44. Nc2 Be5 45. Rb4
Bc4 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47. Ne3 Rc5 48. a4 Bd4 49. Ng2 0-1[/pgn]

What about this effort by Rodent III Topalov vs Komodo 1!

Komodo 1 vs Rodent III Topalov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komodo 1.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Topalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

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 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. g4 a5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Ncxb5 a4 16. Bxa4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Nxd6 Qxa4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. b3 Qb4 21. c3
Na3+ 22. Kb2 Qa5 23. c4 Be6 24. Qd2 Qa7 25. Qf2 Bxc4 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Rhd1 Nf4
28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 0-1[/pgn]

Absolutely beautiful games.

Now that Rodent is 2900+ we have plenty of Elo points to spare in the search for style. Thanks Pawel, the new version of Rodent should have all of these personalities as standard (as well the the GMs repertoire books).

Brendan

[Graham Banks]

Nice job, Brendan.

[BrendanJNorman]

I think for some people here, it's well known that I'm a huge fan of Pawel's Rodent engine - so here I am to share some lovely games by the GM personalities I've created.

Pawel, I promise I'll email you tonight with all the settings.

Hakkapelitta 3.0 vs Rodent III Tal

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hakkapeliitta 3.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. f3 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Qe3 Re8
15. h3 c5 16. Qc1 d4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Qxa3 22. Qg3 Rd8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Qf4 Qb4 26. Qxf7 Qxc4 27. Nf6
gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qxd8 Rxb3+ 30. cxb3 Qxb3+ 31. Kc1 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Qb4+ 33.
Kc1 Bb7 34. Qe8 Bd5 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qd3 h5 37. Qd2 Qa4 38. Qb2 c4 39. Qxd4 Bb4
40. Rd2 c3 41. Qxb4 Qxb4 0-1[/pgn]

Or how's this for Rodent II Karpov, taking all of the sting out of Thinker's attack with patient positional play (look at those knights!)

Rodent II Karpov vs Thinker 5.4 d Passive

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodent III Karpov"]
[Black "Thinker 5.4d Passive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 e5 9. Bb5 Qxc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Re1 e4 12. Nd4 Qd5 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nb5
Qc6 15. c4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Nf1 Bg6 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qc1 f6 21.
Bf4 Rd4 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. h3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nfe3 Bh4 26. Qc3 Rf8 27. Re2
Qa6 28. b3 Bh5 29. Rc2 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rf7 31. a3 Qf8 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. b4 cxb4 34.
axb4 Qc8 35. c5 Bd8 36. Qb5 Rf8 37. c6 Bf7 38. c7 Bg5 39. Qc5 Be6 40. Ra1 Qe8
41. Rxa7 Bc8 42. Qc4 Qf7 43. b5 Bh4 44. Qa2 Kh8 45. b6 h6 46. b7 Bxb7 47. Rxb7
Qg8 48. Qb2 Rxd5 49. Nxd5 e3 50. Nxe3 Rc8 51. Rb8 Kh7 52. Rxc8 Qf7 53. Qb8 Kg6
54. Rf8 Qf4 55. Qe8+ Kg5 56. Rxf4 Bxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Kxf4 58. Qg6 h5 59. Qf5# 1-0[/pgn]

The mighty Komodo 4 is downed by Rodent III Alekhine's dynamic play.

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komodo 4"]
[Black "Rodent III Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a3 d5 8. e5 Ne8
9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. exf6 exf6 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. b3 Nd6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Qd3
f5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. a5 a6 20. h4 Be7 21. h5 Bb4 22. Nxe4
fxe4 23. Nd2 Nf8 24. c4 Bxa5 25. g3 Ne6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bf1 Ng7 28. Bc3 Bb6
29. c5 Bc7 30. Bg2 Nf5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Bxe4 Bd7 33. Qd3 dxe4 34. Nxe4 Qf7 35.
d5 Bd8 36. d6 Be6 37. Kg2 Ng7 38. f3 g5 39. g4 Bd5 40. Qd4 Rf8 41. Rf1 Qg6 42.
Rh1 Kf7 43. Qb4 Ra7 44. Rae1 Ne6 45. Qa4 a5 46. Be5 Ke8 47. Re2 b5 48. cxb6
Bxb6 49. Rd1 Kf7 50. Rc1 Kg8 51. Rxc6 Bxc6 52. Qxc6 Bd8 53. Qc3 Raf7 54. Qc4
Qh6 55. Bg3 Bb6 56. Nd2 Re8 57. Qb5 Nf4+ 58. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 59. Qxe2 gxf4 60. Qe8+
Rf8 61. Qb5 Bd8 62. Ne4 Qg7 63. Qe2 Qe5 64. b4 Kg7 65. bxa5 Bxa5 66. Qf2 Rc8
67. Kh3 Kg6 68. Qa2 Rb8 69. Nf2 Bb6 70. Qb1+ Kg7 71. Ne4 Rh8+ 72. Kg2 Qd4 73.
Qc1 Re8 74. Qe1 Qb2+ 75. Qd2 Qxd2+ 76. Nxd2 0-1[/pgn]

Rodent II Shirov sets the board on fire against an old legend of dynamic chess.

Deep Junior 2010 vs Rodent II Shirov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deep Junior 2010"]
[Black "Rodent III Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd4 14. cxb5 f5
15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Bxa8 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bh6+ 19. Kd3 O-O 20. Bc6
axb5 21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. Ba4 Rxb2 23. Nc2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 e4+ 25. Kc3 Rxb5 26. Rab1
Rc5+ 27. Kb2 d5 28. Rhd1 Bg7+ 29. Kc1 d4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Kb1 d3
33. Nb4 Bc4 34. h4 Bd4 35. f3 Bc3 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39.
Rb7+ Kg6 40. g4 d2 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kh8 43. Rb8+ Bg8 44. Nc2 Be5 45. Rb4
Bc4 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47. Ne3 Rc5 48. a4 Bd4 49. Ng2 0-1[/pgn]

What about this effort by Rodent III Topalov vs Komodo 1!

Komodo 1 vs Rodent III Topalov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komodo 1.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Topalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

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 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. g4 a5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Ncxb5 a4 16. Bxa4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Nxd6 Qxa4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. b3 Qb4 21. c3
Na3+ 22. Kb2 Qa5 23. c4 Be6 24. Qd2 Qa7 25. Qf2 Bxc4 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Rhd1 Nf4
28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 0-1[/pgn]

Absolutely beautiful games.

Now that Rodent is 2900+ we have plenty of Elo points to spare in the search for style. Thanks Pawel, the new version of Rodent should have all of these personalities as standard (as well the the GMs repertoire books).

Brendan

Oh! And I forgot this game, against another LEGEND in terms of style/strength combo.

Rodent III Tal vs Glaurung 2.1

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodent III Tal"]
[Black "Glaurung 2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. f4 Re8 15. Rac1
Bb4 16. Na4 Re7 17. c5 bxc5 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bc7 21. c6 Bb6+
22. Kh1 Ba8 23. Qxa6 Ra7 24. Qb5 Ne8 25. f5 Nd6 26. Qd3 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 exf5 28.
b4 d4 29. b5 g6 30. a4 Rb8 31. Qd1 Re7 32. Nc4 Bc5 33. Qd2 Re6 34. Qf4 Re2 35.
Rd1 Qe8 36. Bxd4 Rd8 37. Bf3 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rxd1 39. Bxc5 Ra1 40. Ne3 Rd2+ 41.
Kh3 Raa2 42. Bg2 h5 43. Nd5 Qe2 44. Ne3 Rd8 45. Qe5 Rad2 46. Kh4 R2d3 47. Bh3
Kh7 48. Kg5 Qd2 49. Qe7 Rg8 50. Bf1 Rxe3 51. Bxe3 Qd5 52. Bf4 Bxc6 53. bxc6
Qxc6 54. Bb5 Qd5 55. Be8 Rf8 56. Bc6 1-0[/pgn]

Now that's style!

[BrendanJNorman]

Nice job, Brendan.

Inspired by your ancient ChessMaster addiction

[Graham Banks]

Nice job, Brendan.

Inspired by your ancient ChessMaster addiction

[PK]

This looks great, I especially like that king march in Rodent Tal - Glaurung game and comfortable win exchange down as Shirov I will upload these personalities to Rodent's web page as soon as I get them. They alone would be enough for the official release of the new version, but I still have some tests to run and some documentation to update. In short, expect a new Rodent package before Christmas.

[BrendanJNorman]

This looks great, I especially like that king march in Rodent Tal - Glaurung game and comfortable win exchange down as Shirov I will upload these personalities to Rodent's web page as soon as I get them. They alone would be enough for the official release of the new version, but I still have some tests to run and some documentation to update. In short, expect a new Rodent package before Christmas.

Great news Pawel,

In case you missed this in the Senpai thread:

Senpai 2.0 vs Rodent III Shirov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Senpai 2.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4 Nc6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Qg3 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Kh1 Bxf2 14. Nf1 Nxf3
15. Nxg3 Nxe1 16. e5 Nxd3 17. exf6 Bxg3 18. Qxd3 Be5 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Qg3 Kh8
21. Be3 e5 22. Qh4 Bc6 23. Bc5 Rg8 24. Qh5 d4 25. Qxf7 d3 26. Kg1 Rgd8 27. Rf1
e4 28. Qf4 Rd5 29. Bxa7 Rf8 30. Qc7 d2 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Bc5 Re8 33. Kf2 e3+ 34.
Ke2 Rxc3 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. bxc3 Bxc3 37. Bb6 Bb4 38. a4 c5 39. Rb1 Re6 40. Bc7
Bc3 41. a5 c4 42. Bb6 Bf6 43. Bxe3 Bd4 44. Kxd2 Rxe3 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kf6
0-1[/pgn]

Stunning play.

Emailing you all the personalities now.

[carldaman]

Oh! And I forgot this game, against another LEGEND in terms of style/strength combo.

Rodent III Tal vs Glaurung 2.1

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodent III Tal"]
[Black "Glaurung 2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. e3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. f4 Re8 15. Rac1
Bb4 16. Na4 Re7 17. c5 bxc5 18. a3 Ba5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bc7 21. c6 Bb6+
22. Kh1 Ba8 23. Qxa6 Ra7 24. Qb5 Ne8 25. f5 Nd6 26. Qd3 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 exf5 28.
b4 d4 29. b5 g6 30. a4 Rb8 31. Qd1 Re7 32. Nc4 Bc5 33. Qd2 Re6 34. Qf4 Re2 35.
Rd1 Qe8 36. Bxd4 Rd8 37. Bf3 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Rxd1 39. Bxc5 Ra1 40. Ne3 Rd2+ 41.
Kh3 Raa2 42. Bg2 h5 43. Nd5 Qe2 44. Ne3 Rd8 45. Qe5 Rad2 46. Kh4 R2d3 47. Bh3
Kh7 48. Kg5 Qd2 49. Qe7 Rg8 50. Bf1 Rxe3 51. Bxe3 Qd5 52. Bf4 Bxc6 53. bxc6
Qxc6 54. Bb5 Qd5 55. Be8 Rf8 56. Bc6 1-0[/pgn]

Now that's style!

Wow, what a game, good to the last drop! I did a double take at the end -White couldn't just play QxRf8, because Qd8 wins for Black, so Bc6 was a fantastic intermezzo, ending the game. Loved that white King on g5.

Thanks a lot Brendan! Your work these engines is totally amazing.

Cheers,
CL

[BrendanJNorman]

Wow, what a game, good to the last drop! I did a double take at the end -White couldn't just play QxRf8, because Qd8 wins for Black, so Bc6 was a fantastic intermezzo, ending the game. Loved that white King on g5.

Thanks a lot Brendan! Your work these engines is totally amazing.

Cheers,
CL

I had to do a double take to see Qxf8 Qd8+ too. Then when I fully understood the "point" of Bc6 I couldn't stop smiling for some time.

Checking these games when I wake up, feels like Christmas morning for me, such beauty cannot be replaced by Elo alone (IMO).

I am motivated to get back into tournament chess, just to prepare and analyze with these personalities!

BTW, all of this is Pawel's hundreds of hours of work, it takes me no time to create the personalities, given the dozens of useful options he gives us (and my study of the World Champions over the last 18 years).

BTW... Petrosian personality complete, sending all to Pawel today and they'll be in the December release of a new Rodent.

Rodent III Petrosian vs Wasp 1.02

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodent III Petrosian"]
[Black "Wasp 1.02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Na6 8. Bxa6
bxa6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Qd3 Qb6 11. Be3 d5 12. e5 Bf5 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. Nb3 f6 17. g4 Bc8 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. f4 Rf8 20. Nc5 Qa5 21. a3 Qc7
22. Kh1 a5 23. Qe2 Bh6 24. Qh2 Rf7 25. Bd2 Bg7 26. c3 Bf8 27. Qe2 Bh6 28. Qe3
Bg7 29. b3 Qd8 30. Rf2 Qd6 31. a4 Bf8 32. Rf3 Bg7 33. Be1 Qf6 34. Bg3 Rb6 35.
Rg1 e6 36. Qe1 Rf8 37. Re3 Qd8 38. Rg2 Bf6 39. Rb2 Be7 40. Rxe6 Bxe6 41. Nxe6
Qd7 42. Nxf8 Bxf8 43. Kh2 c5 44. dxc5 Bxc5 45. Qd1 Re6 46. Rd2 Qe7 47. Qf3 Kg7
48. Qxd5 Re2+ 49. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 50. Qg2 Qe3 51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Qc8+ Kf7 53. Qd7+ Kf8
54. Qd1 Qxc3 55. Qd8+ Kf7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Bf2 Bd4 58. Qxc3 Bxc3 59. Bxa7 Kd7
60. Kg3 Kd6 61. Kf3 Kd5 62. h4 Be1 63. h5 Bd2 64. hxg6 hxg6 65. Bb6 Bb4 66. f5
gxf5 67. gxf5 Ke5 68. Kg4 Kf6 69. Bd4+ 1-0[/pgn]

BTW....look at the Petrosian-like way he sucks life from the position, until the only thing obvious is blacks pawn weaknesses.

He still has weaknesses (i.e positional prejudices that aren't 100% correct in the face of "master" Stockfish), but this is the point - that's what being human-like is all about.

[MikeB]

I think for some people here, it's well known that I'm a huge fan of Pawel's Rodent engine - so here I am to share some lovely games by the GM personalities I've created.

Pawel, I promise I'll email you tonight with all the settings.

Hakkapelitta 3.0 vs Rodent III Tal

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hakkapeliitta 3.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Kb1 Bb4 12. f3 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Qe3 Re8
15. h3 c5 16. Qc1 d4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bc4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Qxa3 22. Qg3 Rd8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nh5 Bf8 25. Qf4 Qb4 26. Qxf7 Qxc4 27. Nf6
gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qxd8 Rxb3+ 30. cxb3 Qxb3+ 31. Kc1 Qc3+ 32. Kb1 Qb4+ 33.
Kc1 Bb7 34. Qe8 Bd5 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qd3 h5 37. Qd2 Qa4 38. Qb2 c4 39. Qxd4 Bb4
40. Rd2 c3 41. Qxb4 Qxb4 0-1[/pgn]

Or how's this for Rodent II Karpov, taking all of the sting out of Thinker's attack with patient positional play (look at those knights!)

Rodent II Karpov vs Thinker 5.4 d Passive

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodent III Karpov"]
[Black "Thinker 5.4d Passive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 e5 9. Bb5 Qxc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Re1 e4 12. Nd4 Qd5 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nb5
Qc6 15. c4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Nf1 Bg6 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qc1 f6 21.
Bf4 Rd4 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. h3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nfe3 Bh4 26. Qc3 Rf8 27. Re2
Qa6 28. b3 Bh5 29. Rc2 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rf7 31. a3 Qf8 32. Rf1 Rd3 33. b4 cxb4 34.
axb4 Qc8 35. c5 Bd8 36. Qb5 Rf8 37. c6 Bf7 38. c7 Bg5 39. Qc5 Be6 40. Ra1 Qe8
41. Rxa7 Bc8 42. Qc4 Qf7 43. b5 Bh4 44. Qa2 Kh8 45. b6 h6 46. b7 Bxb7 47. Rxb7
Qg8 48. Qb2 Rxd5 49. Nxd5 e3 50. Nxe3 Rc8 51. Rb8 Kh7 52. Rxc8 Qf7 53. Qb8 Kg6
54. Rf8 Qf4 55. Qe8+ Kg5 56. Rxf4 Bxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Kxf4 58. Qg6 h5 59. Qf5# 1-0[/pgn]

The mighty Komodo 4 is downed by Rodent III Alekhine's dynamic play.

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komodo 4"]
[Black "Rodent III Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a3 d5 8. e5 Ne8
9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. exf6 exf6 12. Rfe1 Nb6 13. b3 Nd6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Qd3
f5 16. Bc1 Nd7 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. a5 a6 20. h4 Be7 21. h5 Bb4 22. Nxe4
fxe4 23. Nd2 Nf8 24. c4 Bxa5 25. g3 Ne6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bf1 Ng7 28. Bc3 Bb6
29. c5 Bc7 30. Bg2 Nf5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Bxe4 Bd7 33. Qd3 dxe4 34. Nxe4 Qf7 35.
d5 Bd8 36. d6 Be6 37. Kg2 Ng7 38. f3 g5 39. g4 Bd5 40. Qd4 Rf8 41. Rf1 Qg6 42.
Rh1 Kf7 43. Qb4 Ra7 44. Rae1 Ne6 45. Qa4 a5 46. Be5 Ke8 47. Re2 b5 48. cxb6
Bxb6 49. Rd1 Kf7 50. Rc1 Kg8 51. Rxc6 Bxc6 52. Qxc6 Bd8 53. Qc3 Raf7 54. Qc4
Qh6 55. Bg3 Bb6 56. Nd2 Re8 57. Qb5 Nf4+ 58. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 59. Qxe2 gxf4 60. Qe8+
Rf8 61. Qb5 Bd8 62. Ne4 Qg7 63. Qe2 Qe5 64. b4 Kg7 65. bxa5 Bxa5 66. Qf2 Rc8
67. Kh3 Kg6 68. Qa2 Rb8 69. Nf2 Bb6 70. Qb1+ Kg7 71. Ne4 Rh8+ 72. Kg2 Qd4 73.
Qc1 Re8 74. Qe1 Qb2+ 75. Qd2 Qxd2+ 76. Nxd2 0-1[/pgn]

Rodent II Shirov sets the board on fire against an old legend of dynamic chess.

Deep Junior 2010 vs Rodent II Shirov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deep Junior 2010"]
[Black "Rodent III Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd4 14. cxb5 f5
15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Bxa8 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bh6+ 19. Kd3 O-O 20. Bc6
axb5 21. Bxb5 Rb8 22. Ba4 Rxb2 23. Nc2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 e4+ 25. Kc3 Rxb5 26. Rab1
Rc5+ 27. Kb2 d5 28. Rhd1 Bg7+ 29. Kc1 d4 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. Kb1 d3
33. Nb4 Bc4 34. h4 Bd4 35. f3 Bc3 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39.
Rb7+ Kg6 40. g4 d2 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rb7+ Kh8 43. Rb8+ Bg8 44. Nc2 Be5 45. Rb4
Bc4 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47. Ne3 Rc5 48. a4 Bd4 49. Ng2 0-1[/pgn]

What about this effort by Rodent III Topalov vs Komodo 1!

Komodo 1 vs Rodent III Topalov

[pgn][Event "GrandMasters Blitz (SlverSuite)"]
[Site "BRENDANNORMD8A2"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Komodo 1.0"]
[Black "Rodent III Topalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

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 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. g4 a5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Ncxb5 a4 16. Bxa4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Nxd6 Qxa4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. b3 Qb4 21. c3
Na3+ 22. Kb2 Qa5 23. c4 Be6 24. Qd2 Qa7 25. Qf2 Bxc4 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Rhd1 Nf4
28. e5 Bxe5 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 0-1[/pgn]

Absolutely beautiful games.

Now that Rodent is 2900+ we have plenty of Elo points to spare in the search for style. Thanks Pawel, the new version of Rodent should have all of these personalities as standard (as well the the GMs repertoire books).

Brendan

+1 for subject , very nice! 👊