Romi-Carlsen vs Romi-Caruana for entertainment only

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Romi-Carlsen vs Romi-Caruana for entertainment only

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i7 3.8 GHz 40 moves in 150 minutes. The long time limit is to hopefully gain a bit more quality. Of course Romi is only 2422 CCRL so neither player will receive justice. For those not familiar with RomiChess, Romi has two types of learning, reinforcement learning and monkey see monkey do learning. And Romi can do this learning from a pgn file. RomiCarlsen's learn file was merged with Carlsen.pgn and RomiCaruana with Caruana.pgn. I do not know how many games I'll have played. Let's see how it goes.

Game 1
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.21"] [Round "1"] [White "RomiCarlsen"] [Black "RomiCaruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "B50"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Time "13:20:28"] [Variation "2.Nf3 d6 3.c3, Torre Variation"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "117"] [WhiteType "program"] [BlackType "program"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qc1 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Bd2 Be6 14. O-O Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Rb1 Nd4 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. a3 h5 24. Be3 O-O 25. Qd2 Rfe8 26. Kh1 Ng4 27. Kg1 f5 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Bh6 30. Ne4 Qd8 31. Nf2 Qb6 32. c4 e4 33. Kg2 Nb3 34. Bxb3 Qxb3 35. Rc3 Qa4 36. Rec1 Bg7 37. R3c2 Be5 38. Nh3 Qb3 39. Nf4 Kh7 40. Ne6 Kh6 41. Kh2 Re7 42. Kg2 Rf7 43. Kh3 Re8 44. Nd4 Qa4 45. Ne6 b6 46. Nd4 Bf6 47. Nc6 a5 48. Nd4 Be5 49. Nb5 Qb3 50. Rc3 Qa2 51. Nd4 Rg8 52. Qd1 g5 53. R1c2 gxh4 54. b4 Rxg3+ 55. Kxh4 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Rg3+ 57. Kh4 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 2 Score 1 - 1
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.21"] [Round "2"] [White "RomiCaruana"] [Black "RomiCarlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "E05"] [Opening "Catalan"] [Time "21:03:13"] [Variation "Open, Classical, 7.Ne5 Nc6 8.Nxc6"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "101"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 Nd5 8. Nf3 b6 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Nc6 14. h4 Bd6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nf3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qc7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc3 Rcc8 21. Rac1 Nb4 22. a3 Na2 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Kf1 Nc1 26. Ke1 Ba6 27. Ne5 Nb3 28. e3 Bb5 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Na5 32. b4 Nb7 33. g4 f6 34. Nc6 a5 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. Nxa5 bxa5 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Kb3 Kc7 40. Ka4 Kb6 41. g5 f5 42. f3 Ka6 43. f4 Kb6 44. Kb3 Kc6 45. a4 Kd6 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Kc3 Kd7 50. Kd3 Ke7 51. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 3 Score 1.5 - 1.5
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.22"] [Round "3"] [White "RomiCarlsen"] [Black "RomiCaruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "C07"] [Opening "French"] [Time "03:09:15"] [Variation "Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5 Qxd5, Main Line, 10.Nxd4 a6"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "84"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nfxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nb5 Qe5 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Bd4 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Ne4 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd4 Bc6 19. f3 e5 20. Rd2 Na4 21. c4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Kf8 24. Bd1 a6 25. Bxa4 axb5 26. Bb3 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Ke7 28. Kf2 Ra5 29. Re2 Kf6 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. Bb3 Rc1 32. Kg3 Rb1 33. Bc4 Rc1 34. Bb3 Re1 35. Rd8 Re2 36. Rf8 Rxb2 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Re7 Kf6 39. Re6+ Kf5 40. Re7 Kf6 41. Re6+ Kf5 42. Re7 Kf6 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 4 Score 2 - 2
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.22"] [Round "4"] [White "RomiCaruana"] [Black "RomiCarlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "B51"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Time "08:02:01"] [Variation "3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "99"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. h3 Be7 6. d3 d6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. Bd5 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bd2 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be6 14. O-O Bxd5 15. exd5 Qd7 16. b3 b5 17. c3 a5 18. a3 f5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Re2 Rac8 21. Ree1 f4 22. Re4 Ra8 23. Re2 Bg5 24. Re4 Qb7 25. Ree1 Qc8 26. Re4 Bf6 27. Re2 Bd8 28. Re4 Bb6 29. Re2 Rb8 30. Re4 Qd7 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 a4 33. Ree1 Rbc8 34. Rbc1 Qf7 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. dxc6 Qa2 37. Re2 Rf7 38. Kh2 Qb3 39. h4 Bd4 40. c7 Rxc7 41. Qa8+ Kf7 42. Bxf4 Qxd3 43. Qd5+ Ke8 44. Re4 Qc4 45. Qxd6 Rd7 46. Qb8+ Rd8 47. Qb7 Rd7 48. Qb8+ Rd8 49. Qb7 Rd7 50. Qb8+ {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 5 Score 2.5 - 2.5

Not a very exciting match so far. However, it may be predictive of the upcoming world championship match in two respects, opening selection and results as it would make sense for both contestants to not go all out for a win right from the start.
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.22"] [Round "5"] [White "RomiCarlsen"] [Black "RomiCaruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "B47"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Time "13:59:48"] [Variation "Taimanov, 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Kh1 Nxd4"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "106"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. c3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qc2 h6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Bd6 23. Bf3 Bf4 24. Ne2 Bg5 25. Be4 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Nd4 Qc4 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 b6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Kg1 Kh7 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Nd4 h5 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. Rd1 Rd5 36. a4 e5 37. Nf3 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bh6 39. Nd2 Bxd2 40. Kxd2 h4 41. Kd3 Kf5 42. g4+ hxg3 43. fxg3 Ke6 44. g4 g5 45. Ke4 Kd6 46. Kf5 f6 47. Ke4 Kc6 48. b3 a5 49. Ke3 Kc5 50. Ke4 Kc6 51. Ke3 Kc5 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. Ke3 Kc5 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 6 Score 3 - 3

Yes, another draw and game 7 also was a draw. Seems that RomiCarlsen and RomiCaruana are very closely matched, lol.
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.22"] [Round "6"] [White "RomiCaruana"] [Black "RomiCarlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "C67"] [Opening "Spanish"] [Time "20:21:45"] [Variation "Open Berlin, 5.d4 Nd6 Queenswap, 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 a5"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "123"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Re1 h6 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Nd4 Nf5 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Bxh6+ Be6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 Kd7 19. Rad1 Bd5 20. Nxd6 Kxd6 21. c4 Rhe8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Kf1 Rh8 24. h3 Rh5 25. Rd3 a5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Ke2 Rxd3 28. Kxd3 Ke5 29. g3 f6 30. h4 a4 31. f3 b5 32. Ke3 c5 33. g4 g6 34. f4+ Ke6 35. Kd3 f5 36. g5 Kd6 37. a3 Kd7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. b3 axb3+ 40. Kxb3 Kd5 41. Kc2 Kd6 42. Kb2 Kd5 43. Kb3 Kd6 44. a4 bxa4+ 45. Kxa4 Ke6 46. Kb3 Ke7 47. Kc4 Kd6 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Kd2 Ke8 50. Kc3 Kd7 51. Kb2 Ke8 52. Kb1 Kd7 53. Kc2 Kd8 54. Kd1 Ke7 55. Kc1 Kd7 56. Kb1 Ke7 57. Ka1 Kf7 58. Ka2 Kf8 59. Ka3 Kf7 60. Ka2 Kf8 61. Ka3 Kf7 62. Ka2 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

Game 7 Score 3.5 - 3.5
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.23"] [Round "7"] [White "RomiCarlsen"] [Black "RomiCaruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti Opening"] [Time "03:52:47"] [Variation "1...c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.e4"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "84"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qa4 O-O 9. Na3 Bd7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bf4 f6 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Rfc1 b6 15. Nd2 Qd6 16. Qd1 Rad8 17. h4 Bc6 18. f4 e5 19. Qe2 d4 20. cxd4 exd4 21. Bf2 Rfe8 22. Bh3 f5 23. Nac4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qc7 25. e5 Nd5 26. Bg2 Nb4 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Be1 Nd5 29. Rc2 Qe6 30. Bd2 h5 31. Qf3 Bf8 32. Re1 Be7 33. Rcc1 Rb8 34. Red1 Rbd8 35. Re1 Ra8 36. Rc2 a6 37. Ra1 Ra7 38. Rac1 Rc8 39. Kh2 Bf8 40. Kg1 Be7 41. Kh2 Bf8 42. Kg1 Be7 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 8 Score 4 - 4

Another draw. Though in game 9 which is underway RomiCaruana played the Petroff. Romi's learning algorithm slightly penalizes all moves of drawn games. That is why various openings are being tried. If by some chance RomiCaruana should win game 9 then that opening should become fixed for a while. That is until RomiCarlsen decides from learning not to allow it. Unfortunately this game also looks drawish. But it is only move 20 so we may yet see some blood. Right now the only interesting thing is the openings played. For that reason I'll keep the match going. However, the views are slowing down and unless someone shows an interest in the match I'll probably end the match at game 12.
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.23"] [Round "8"] [White "RomiCaruana"] [Black "RomiCarlsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "C88"] [Opening "Spanish"] [Time "08:44:14"] [Variation "Closed, 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "116"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Rb8 10. h3 Na5 11. Ba2 c6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Rab1 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Qd1 Qd8 22. Re1 d5 23. Qh5 Re8 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Ra1 Re6 26. Qg4 f6 27. b3 Rf7 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd6 30. a4 Rd4 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Ra8+ Rf8 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke1 Rc7 37. b4 Kg6 38. Ra1 Rxc2 39. Ra5 Kf5 40. Rxb5 h5 41. h4 Rc7 42. Kd2 Kg4 43. Rc5 Rb7 44. b5 Kxh4 45. Kc2 Kg4 46. Kb3 h4 47. Kb4 h3 48. gxh3+ Kf3 49. Rc2 e4 50. dxe4 Kxe4 51. Re2+ Kd5 52. Rc2 g5 53. Rc8 d3 54. Rd8+ Ke4 55. Re8+ Kd4 56. Rd8+ Ke4 57. Re8+ Kf4 58. Rd8 Ke4 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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Game 9 Score 4.5 - 4.5
[pgn][Event "Carlsen vs Caruana"] [Site "MASTER"] [Date "2018.09.23"] [Round "9"] [White "RomiCarlsen"] [Black "RomiCaruana"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "C43"] [Opening "Russian Game"] [Time "15:49:00"] [Variation "Modern Attack, 3...Nxe4, Main Line, 7...Bd6"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [TimeControl "40/9000:40/9000:40/9000"] [Termination "normal"] [PlyCount "65"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf4 Qb6 17. a4 a5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. b3 Qb4 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. Rab1 Re7 22. h3 Qc3 23. Ne2 Qb4 24. c3 Qb6 25. Ng3 Rce8 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. Rfc1 Nf8 28. Nh5 Ng6 29. Qg3 Re6 30. Bf5 R6e7 31. Bd3 Kh8 32. Kh1 Kg8 33. Kg1 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]
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All games are threefold :)
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All games are threefold :)
Yes, I don't understand what is happening. I'm starting to suspect a conspiracy! :lol: Maybe it has something to do with the slow time limit. I've never tested Romi on such a slow time limit before. I'm guessing that Romi searching 10 to 13 ply deeper is eliminating most of the terrible moves she normally makes at faster time limits.
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