On-line engine blitz tourney June

[nionita]

I tried to participate but apparently it didn't work.

Do you have an account from HGM?

[D Sceviour]

Congratulations to Arasan for the first place victory. A critical game in the 6th round shows Black brushing off White's mating threats to come out with a material advantage enough to extract a win for Black!

[pgn] [Event "ICS rated blitz match"] [Site "winboard.nl"] [Date "2019.06.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Schooner"] [Black "ArasanX"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1928"] [BlackElo "2042"] [TimeControl "300+1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Ne5 Rad8 11. a3 Bd6 12. b4 c5 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. b5 a6 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. bxa6 Nxa6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. a5 Rb4 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Ne3 Qb5 25. Bc3 Rb3 26. Rfd1 Rb8 27. Nf1 Qc4 28. Rac1 Ra3 29. Qd2 Qa4 30. Ra1 h6 31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Ra1 Qb3 33. Rc1 Qa4 34. Ne3 Rb3 35. h3 Ra3 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Ng4 Kf8 38. Qxh6+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kd7 40. Nf6+ Ke7 41. Ng8+ Kd6 42. Nh6 Kd7 43. Qg8 Kc6 44. Nxf7 Kb5 45. Qe8+ Kxa5 46. Qxa4+ Rxa4 47. h4 Rg4 48. Kg2 Rg6 49. Ng5 Kb5 50. Ne4 Rg8 51. h5 c4 52. Nd2 Rg5 53. Rh1 Rd5 54. Nb1 Be5 55. h6 Bh8 56. f4 Rd4 57. Kf3 Kb4 58. g4 Nc7 59. g5 Nd5 60. e4 Ne7 61. Re1 Kc5 62. Kg4 Ng6 63. Nc3 Rd2 64. e5 Rg2+ 65. Kf3 Nh4+ 66. Ke4 Rc2 67. Rh1 Nf5 68. Na4+ Kb4 69. Ra1 Rd2 70. Kf3 Rd4 71. h7 Nh4+ 72. Ke3 Rd3+ 73. Kf2 Rf3+ 74. Ke2 Rxf4 75. Nb6 Re4+ 76. Kd1 Nf3 77. Rb1+ Ka5 78. Nxc4+ Rxc4 79. Rb8 Bxe5 80. g6 Rg4 81. Rg8 Rg2 82. h8=Q Bxh8 83. Rxh8 Rxg6 84. Ra8+ Kb6 85. Rb8+ Kc5 86. Rc8+ Kd4 87. Rc6 Kd3 88. Rd6+ Kc4 89. Rc6+ Kb3 90. Rb6+ Kc4 91. Rc6+ Kd3 92. Rd6+ Nd4 93. Kc1 Rg1+ 94. Kb2 e5 95. Ka2 e4 96. Kb2 e3 97. Ka2 e2 98. Kb2 e1=Q 99. Ka3 Qa5+ 100. Kb2 Qa1# {Schooner checkmated} 0-1 [/pgn]

[Roland Chastain]

Well, for one you would need a registered account to participate. Guests can play, but not in an automated tourney, as the tournament manager wants to check their rating, which guests do not have.

Then, even when you are logged on as a registered user, you would have to type a command to join the tourney when it announces itself.

Only after that everything would be automatic (if there are no disconnects).

OK, thank you. I will retry next time.

Do you have an account from HGM?

No, I don't. I didn't know that an account was required.

[flok]

Code: Select all

: 34 +Micah             [1326]  6.5  [1285] [  70] -26b +35w =31b -17w +37w -22b -25w +39b +40b 

Not too bad!

[zenpawn]

What's BelFish? Some version of SF? As an unrated engine, it went 9-0 in the lower half of the tournament. Will be interesting to see it compete next month with a saner initial score.

[Daniel Anulliero]

What's BelFish? Some version of SF? As an unrated engine, it went 9-0 in the lower half of the tournament. Will be interesting to see it compete next month with a saner initial score.

Agree.
Sure It was a sf " thing" .We've asked 3-4 time "what is belfish" , no answer so far... better saying It is a sf dérivative or not, just To have his real starting rank...
Another thing : bravo To Henk To leave the tournament before the end ..

[hgm]

Well, the tourney ran way over time, due to various persistent problems. If we count 15 min per round it would nominally finish 23:15, but even withou problems and starting at 21:00 sharp we hardly ever make that. Usually it finishes closer to 23:30. But this time it was 23:45.

[Henk]

What's BelFish? Some version of SF? As an unrated engine, it went 9-0 in the lower half of the tournament. Will be interesting to see it compete next month with a saner initial score.

Agree.
Sure It was a sf " thing" .We've asked 3-4 time "what is belfish" , no answer so far... better saying It is a sf dérivative or not, just To have his real starting rank...
Another thing : bravo To Henk To leave the tournament before the end ..

Yes I thought last round had been played. By the way I don't want to play after 23:30. After 23:15 I already get nervous. Starting half an hour earlier would be nice.

Or another solution. Make it possible to leave after 23:00. So one can choose to play less games then nine.
Or play with 3 seconds | 2 seconds increment