Paris 09 Dedicated Chess Computer Tournament

[Steve B]

Just as i was preparing to put the Mobile Master up for auction on Ebay(due to its lackluster performance in these matches) it strikes back with a smashing win as Black
Interestingly the player of the Black pieces has won 3/4 games in these matches

perhaps even more enjoyable was the fact that the Nigel Short chose to open with an English which was covered in the module already in the MM!
this spared me the trials and tribulations of module Removal-Insertion

Game 4...

[Date "2009.4.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mephisto Nigel Short"]
[Black "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O
Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Ne1 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bc3 Bf5 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rd1 a5
15.Nc2 Qd6 16.Qa3 Qxa3 17.Nxa3 Bd7 18.d6 cxd6 19.Rxd6 Bc6 20.Rfd1 Rfc8
21.b3 a4 22.b4 Nf5 23.R6d2 Bf8 24.Nb1 f6 25.h3 Bh6 26.Kh2 Bg7 27.Na3 Bf8
28.g3 Kg7 29.Nb1 Be7 30.g4 Nh4 31.Kg3 Nf3 32.Bxf3 exf3 33.h4 a3 34.b5
Be8 35.Kxf3 Rxc4 36.Rd5 Rc5 37.g5 Bxb5 38.gxf6+ Bxf6 39.Rxc5 bxc5 40.e4
h5 41.Rd5 Bc4 42.Rd2 Kf7 43.Ba1 Ke6 44.Kg3 g5 45.f3 gxh4+ 46.Kg2 Bg5
47.Rc2 Ra4 48.Nc3 Rb4 49.Nd1 Bf4 50.Nf2 Rb1 51.Rxc4 Rxa1 52.Rc2 Be3
53.Kh3 Bxf2 54.Rxf2 Rh1+ 55.Kg2 Rb1 56.Kh3 Rb2 57.Rf1 Rxa2 58.Kxh4 Rh2+
59.Kg3 Rb2 60.Kh4 a2 61.Ra1 Rh2+ 62.Kg3 Rd2 63.Kh4 c4 64.Kxh5 c3 65.Kg5
c2 *0-1

FINAL POSITION
[d] 8/8/4k3/4p1K1/4P3/5P2/p1pr4/R7 w - - 0 66
Nigel Resigns here
the MM will only resign when it is faced with a forced mate

to break the tie of the second match i will play a tie-breaker with the MM playing White

1-1(Second Match) Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

The Tie Breaker...

The Mobile Master has white and after Sir Nigel's first reply i get the call to change to module "E"
This time i get the hang of it and power down the EAG...remove and insert..very seamlessly..no pieces wind up on the carpet

GAME 5..
[Date "2009.4.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Black "Mephisto Nigel Short"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1/2-1/2*"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2
O-O 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Bxb5 11.Qxb5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4
Rad8 15.Rfd1 b6 16.Qe2 Nxe5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Bxe5 Qb7 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1
Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qe4 22.Bc3 h6 23.Qd8+ Kh7 24.Qd3 Qxd3 25.cxd3

[d] 8/p4ppk/1p2p2p/2b5/8/2BP4/PP3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 25
After only 25 moves and we are already in a drawn endgame
if i was playing in the actual tournament i would make the 25th move and then offer a draw here .
with four other games going the Tournament organizer is happy to get games over as quickly as possible so the next round can begin
in addition i will be the only competitor playing via the Internet and this is a bit of an imposition on the other players as they are required to input the moves via the computer as well
whether or not the operator of the NS would accept would depend of course on the effect a draw would have on his current standing
as this is not the actual tournament i decided to play on to move 50 to see if any computer manages to blunder and lose this


25..b5 26.Kf1 b4
27.Bd2 a5 28.Be3 Bd6 29.h4 Kg6 30.Ke2 Kf5 31.b3 Bc7 32.g3 g5 33.Kf3 gxh4
34.gxh4 h5 35.Bd4 Bd8 36.Kg3 e5 37.Be3 Ke6 38.f4 Kd5 39.fxe5 Kxe5 40.Bf2
f5 41.Be3 Kd5 42.Bg1 Bc7+ 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Be3 Bd8 45.Kg3 Ke5 46.Bg5 Bb6
47.Kf3 Kd5 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Be3 *

Final Position

[d] 8/8/1b6/p3kp1p/1p5P/1P1PBK2/P7/8 b - - 0 50

i decided to offer the NS a Draw here and i also accepted for it
the MM was actually showing an Eval of +0.00 while Sir Nigel was showing +.23

Conclusion...
clearly the use of the Fide ECO modules raises the strength of the Mobile to equalize with Sir Nigel
now i realize that only 5 games is a very small sample ..still..
from an 0-2 score without them to 1.5-1.5 with them
the Nigel Short has an opening book of 20,000+ moves and the MM with only a 3000 move book needed the extra book modules to equalize .
not even the 27000+ book of the CB 16 Module could foot the bill ..but with the Fide book...the MM is good to go

On To Certain Glory At Paris Regards
Steve

Full PGN:
[Date "2009.4.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Black "Mephisto Nigel Short"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1/2-1/2*"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2
O-O 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Bxb5 11.Qxb5 Ng4 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4
Rad8 15.Rfd1 b6 16.Qe2 Nxe5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Bxe5 Qb7 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1
Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 Qe4 22.Bc3 h6 23.Qd8+ Kh7 24.Qd3 Qxd3 25.cxd3 b5 26.Kf1 b4
27.Bd2 a5 28.Be3 Bd6 29.h4 Kg6 30.Ke2 Kf5 31.b3 Bc7 32.g3 g5 33.Kf3 gxh4
34.gxh4 h5 35.Bd4 Bd8 36.Kg3 e5 37.Be3 Ke6 38.f4 Kd5 39.fxe5 Kxe5 40.Bf2
f5 41.Be3 Kd5 42.Bg1 Bc7+ 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Be3 Bd8 45.Kg3 Ke5 46.Bg5 Bb6
47.Kf3 Kd5 48.Kf4 Ke6 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Be3 *1/2-1/2

[Steve B]

Having established equality with the strongest Engine entered in the Tournament.. The Mobile Master sets its sights on the 2-3 strongest engines in attendance at Paris

seeded third at 1988 is the Saitek Bravo programmed by Morsch(of Fritz Fame)
while i don't own the Bravo i do own the Mephisto Miami ..which is exactly the same computer except sold under the Mephisto label ..instead of the Saitek label
Catching the Red Eye Flight from NYC to the Sunshine State (Florida) i settled in for a two game match

the previously played games have seen Black winning far more then white
i wonder why that is?
perhaps because at this short TC White who has the first move..is the first to blunder?
anyway...the trend has reversed itself with these two games each won by white

GAME 1..

[Date "2009.4.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mephisto Miami"]
[Black "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.O-O e5 8.h3
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.Rfd1 Kh8 14.a3
Rg8 15.Ne2 b6 16.Ng3 Rad8 17.Nf5 Rd7 18.c3 Bc7 19.Kf1 h5 20.Ng3 h4
21.Nf5 Rgd8 22.Ke2 c4 23.dxc4 Bd6 24.Nxh4 b5 25.Nf5 bxc4 26.h4 Bc5
27.Rxd7 Rxd7 28.h5 Kh7 29.g4 Rb7 30.Ra2 Rd7 31.f3 Rd8 32.a4 a5 33.Ne3
Bxe3 34.Kxe3 Rd1 35.b4 cxb3ep 36.Rb2 Re1+ 37.Kf2 Ra1 38.Rxb3 Ra2+ 39.Ke3
Rxa4 40.Rb6 Rc4 41.Kd3 Rc5 42.Rb7 Kg7 43.c4 Kf8 44.Rc7 Kg7 45.Rd7 Kg8
46.Kc3 Kf8 47.h6 Kg8 48.Rd6 f5 49.exf5 Kh8 50.g5 Kh7 51.Rd7 e4 52.Rxf7+
Kg8 53.g6 *

FINAL POSITION
[d] 6k1/5R2/2p3PP/p1r2P2/2P1p3/2K2P2/8/8 b - - 0 53
I Resigned for the Master From Mobile
its hopeless..

Game two
The Mobile strikes back with a startling Queen Sac at move 19 which ends the game abruptly ..

[Date "2009.4.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Black "Mephisto Miami"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Nc3 Qf5
8.d5 Bxf3 9.gxf3 O-O-O 10.Bd3 Qe5+ 11.Be3 Nb4 12.f4 Qb8 13.Bc4 e6 14.Rc1
exd5 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Nb5 a5 18.Bxc6 Bb4+

[d]1qkr2nr/1p3ppp/2B5/pN6/Qb3P2/4B3/PP3P1P/2R1K2R w K - 0 19
19.Qxb4!
Black is Busted..capturing the Q leaves White up two pieces..
(19..axb4 20.Be8+ Qc7 21.Rc7+ Kb8 )
however the text move only prolongs the agony of defeat for a few more moves..
19.. bxc6 20.Rxc6+
Kd7 21.Qc5 Nf6 22.Rc7+ Qxc7 23.Qxc7+ Ke8 24.Bc5 Nd5
[d]3rk2r/2Q2ppp/8/pNBn4/5P2/8/PP3P1P/4K2R w K - 0 25
The Master annouces a mate in 4 here
25.Qe5+ Kd7 26.Qxd5+
Kc8 27.Qc6+ Kb8 28.Ba7# 1-0

Final Position
[d] 1k1r3r/B4ppp/2Q5/pN6/5P2/8/PP3P1P/4K2R b K - 0 28

The Second seed at Paris will be the Mephisto Mondial XL..AKA.. the Mephisto Dallas..Winner of the 1986 World MicroComputer Chess Championship



Catching a Flight To Texas Regards
Steve

FULL PGN..
[Date "2009.4.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Black "Mephisto Miami"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Nc3 Qf5
8.d5 Bxf3 9.gxf3 O-O-O 10.Bd3 Qe5+ 11.Be3 Nb4 12.f4 Qb8 13.Bc4 e6 14.Rc1
exd5 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Nb5 a5 18.Bxc6 Bb4+ 19.Qxb4 bxc6 20.Rxc6+
Kd7 21.Qc5 Nf6 22.Rc7+ Qxc7 23.Qxc7+ Ke8 24.Bc5 Nd5 25.Qe5+ Kd7 26.Qxd5+
Kc8 27.Qc6+ Kb8 28.Ba7# 1-0

[mhull]

Thanks for sharing the test games. Looks like the EAG-MM/ECO will be able to give a good account of itself in the contest. Should be a treat to watch.

[mephisto]

Hi Steve
I have read before that you don't own the Saitek Bravo?
Why is this as you appear to own nearly every other chess computer on the planet.
Regards
Bryan

[Steve B]

Well even earlier in the thread i also mentioned i don't own any of the Dual Processor EAG's either..so we can see that the gaps in the collection proper are wide indeed
as to the Bravo/Miami .they are identical in terms of engine ,Hardware and Cosmetics..so i never really cared to acquire the Bravo
however i do reserve the right to pick it up in the future

Hedging My Bet Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

Arriving in Dallas the Mobile Master is a bit tired from his whirlwind worldwide training tour in preparation for Paris

arriving at the playing hall..we are greeted by Richard Lang himself who will operate the Mondial XL sporting his 1986 World Champion program
the MXL is the second seed at Paris and boasts a 1994 Active Elo rating
a 35,000+ ply opening book completes the package

Game one has the MXL playing White..

[[Date "2009.4.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mephisto Mondial XL"]
[Black "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg.]
[Result "1-0*"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6
9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.Rb1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Bg5 Bd7 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Nc2
Be6 16.Ne3 Nfxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxh3 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Qf3 Ne6 21.Ne4
Nd4 22.Qh1 Nxc2 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Nxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nxc2 Bf5
26.Rec1 Rd8 27.Ra1 Qxb2 28.Ne3 Bd3 29.Ng4 e4 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Qg5 Rd4
32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Qe5 Bxc4 34.Nxe4+ Kg8 35.Qb8+ Kg7 36.Rab1 *

FINAL POSITION
[d] 1Q6/1p3pkp/2p3p1/p7/2brN3/6P1/Pq3P2/1RR3K1 b - - 0 36

I Resigned for the Master Here
Black will lose even more material
MXL was showing an Eval of +8.4 while the Master -6.49
i blame myself for this poor showing by the Mobile
it was exhausted from all of the flying and i should have requested a delay of the match on account of sickness

Game Two began later that evening..after a little R&R

Game Two..
A hush came over the crowd when The Master opened with the Bizarre 1.b3
everyone in attendance was thinking that this would end in another loss ,however the game soon settled down to an even position with chances on both sides


[[Date "2009.4.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Black "Mephisto Mondial XL"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Bxc6+
bxc6 8.Be5 Qa7 9.O-O Bg4 10.Nc3 Rd8 11.d4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Qb7 13.Na4 Ne4
14.Qd3 e6 15.Bb6 Rb8 16.Ne5 Bh5 17.c4 Bd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rac1 Rc8
20.Bd4 O-O 21.Nb6 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Bg4 24.a3 Re8 25.Qf1 Rb8
26.Qd3 Rf8 27.Qf1 Re8 28.b4 Rd8 29.a4 Rf8 30.a5 Bf5 31.Qe2 Rd8 32.Qh5
Qe7 33.Bc5 Qc7 34.Qh4 Rb8 35.Qf4 Qc6 36.Qf1 h6 37.Bd6 Rxb6 38.axb6 Qxb6
39.Bc5 Nxc5 40.bxc5 Qb3 41.Qe2 Bd3 42.Qd2 Bc4 43.Qc3 Qb8 44.e4 Qb5 45.Qd4 a5 46.exd5 exd5 47.Qe3 Kh7 48.Qf2 Kg8 49.Rd1 a4 50.Ra1
a3 51.c6 a2 52.Rc1 Qb1 53.Qe1 Qb6+ 54.Qf2 Qc7 55.Qb2 h5 56.Qa1 Qb6+
57.Kh1 Kh7 58.g3 g6 59.h3 Qxc6 60.Qxa2 Qe6 61.Qg2 Qxe5 62.Qf2 f5 63.Qa7+ Kh6 64.Qf2 Kg7 65.Re1 Qc3 66.Re7+ Kf6 67.Re3 Bd3 68.Qf4
Qa1+ 69.Kh2 Qb2+ 70.Kg1 Qc1+ 71.Kh2 Qd2+ 72.Kg1 Qd1+ 73.Kh2 Qc2+ 74.Kg1 Be4 75.Qd6+ Kf7 76.Qd7+ Kf8
77.Qd6+ Kg7 78.Qe7+ Kg8 79.Qe8+ Kg7 80.Qe7+ Kh8 81.Qf6+ Kh7
82.Qe7+ Kh6 83.Qf8+ Kh7 84.Qe7+ Kh6 85.Qf8+ Kh7 86.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

FINAL POSITION
[d] 8/4Q2k/6p1/3p1p1p/4b3/4R1PP/2q5/6K1 b - - 0 86

Not a great result for the match..a draw and a loss against the 3rd seed
The Master couldnt stay on to play a few more games( and what would amount to certain victory)
A match has already been arranged with Dave Kittinger who heard about the worldwide training tour
the plane to Hong Kong(and the fifth seeded Novag Ruby) leaves soon
we will have to wait for the tournamant itself to even things up with the MXL

One Night Stand Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

The Mobile arrives in Hong Kong to take on the Novag Ruby
Kittinger will have two chess computers represented in Paris
the Super Expert C6 and the Ruby
the SE has an active Elo of 1971 only 11 Elo higher then the Ruby
i elected to play the Ruby instead of the SE because it is a small hand held portable while the SE is a large wooden auto-sensory which will take up too much room on my desk considering that the Mobile Master is also a large computer

Ruby has an opening book of 12000+ moves and in the first game was in book until move 11

GAME 1

[Date "2009.4.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Novag Ruby"]
[Black "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.Qd5 Nc5 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.exd6 Bxd6
8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Nb5 Ne7 11.Qc4 b6 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.Qf4 Nf5 14.g4
f6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.h4 fxg5 17.hxg5 b5 18.Bd5 Bb7 19.gxf5 Qxf5 20.Qxf5
Rxf5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.Rd3 Nc5 23.Re3 Raf8 24.Rh3 d5 25.Ne5 Kg8 26.g6 h6
27.Nc6 Rxf2 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nxd5 R2f5 30.Nc7 Rf1+ 31.Kd2
Rd8+ 32.Kc3 Rf4 33.Nxb5 a6

[d] 3r3k/6p1/p5Pp/1Nn5/5r2/2K1R2R/PPP5/8 w - - 0 34

putting the question to the N
does the Ruby a P ahead try to hold onto it or does it allow the draw by perpetual??

34.Nd6 Na4+ 35.Kb3 Nc5+ 36.Kc3 Na4+ 37.Kb3 Nc5+ 38.Kc3 1/2-1/2

FINAL POSITION
[d] 3r3k/6p1/p2N2Pp/2n5/5r2/2K1R2R/PPP5/8 b - - 0 38



Game 2

An Easy win for the Master From Mobile
The Little Ruby was Out Of Book at Move 8

[Date "2009.4.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Black "Novag Ruby"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "1-0*"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O Nge7 7.a3 O-O 8.d3 f5
9.Bg5 d6 10.Qb3 h6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4
15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qxa7 Ra8 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qa6 Rxb2 19.Bb4 Rxe2 20.Qxd6 Rf6
21.Qc5 Bf8 22.d6 Be8 23.Bf3 Rb2 24.Qxe5 Bg7 25.Qxd4 Re6 26.Qc4 Bf7
27.Bd5 Qd7 28.Bxe6 Bxe6 29.Qc7 Qe8 30.Bc3 Bxc3 31.Qxc3 Rb3 32.Qd4 Qb5
33.Rfd1 Qb6 34.Qe5 Bf7 35.Rac1 Qb8 36.a4 Rb4 37.a5 Rb7 38.Rc7 Rxc7
39.dxc7 *0-1

FINAL POSITION
[d] 1q4k1/2P2b2/6pp/P3Qp2/8/3P2P1/5P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 39
Ruby Resigns here showing an Eval of -.9.29
The Master was sporting an Eval of +10.51 and was signing autographs for an adoring crowd

1.5-.5 ..a nice decisive result
hopefully the Master will meet Ruby in the first round in Paris

Having dispatched the Ruby so effortlessly and quickly ..we still had some free time on our hands so we contacted Chrilly Donninger who agreed to pit his Tiger Grenadier(seeded 8th at 1895 )against the Traveling Mobile Master
this should be a piece of cake

Off To The Persian Gulf Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

The Grenadier is perhaps the most interesting computer competing at Paris..although not exactly considered rare..it contains the only program Christian Donninger(Of Hydra Fame) ever produced for a dedicated chess computer
rated 1895 (Active Elo) it contains a 20,000+ book

The Masters larger book was worthless in the first game because both computers were out of book by move 3...

GAME 1

[Date "2009.4.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiger Grenadier"]
[Black "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[Time Control "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Bg5 Qb6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.Nd5 Qc6 6.c4 cxd4 7.Rc1 Qc5
8.Qd2 Na6 9.a3 Qd6 10.Nf3 Nc7 11.Qxd4 Qc6 12.Qe4+ Ne6 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.b4
f5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe5 d6 17.bxc5 dxe5 18.Nc7+
[d] r1b1kb1r/ppN3pp/4p3/2P1pp2/2P5/P7/4PPPP/2R1KB1R b Kkq - 0 18

I couldn't believe my own Eyes
only 18 moves and the Grenadier has won a Rook!

i checked all of the Mobiles settings and even the level
everything was in order..except for the actual position on the board!
i was certain this would be a walk-over for the Mobile
i was about to resign in disgust and if this were the actual tournament..i would have resigned
however..i let play continue...
18.. Kf7 19.Nxa8 Bxc5 20.Rd1
Bxa3 21.e3 a5 22.Be2 Bb4+ 23.Kf1 a4 24.Nb6 a3 25.Kg1 Kg6 26.g4 Bc5
27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Kg2 a2 29.Rd7 Ra8 30.gxf5+ exf5 31.Ra1 f4 32.Kf3 fxe3 33.Ke4 exf2 34.Rd2 Bd4 35.Raxa2 Rf8
36.Bf1 Rf4+ 37.Kd5 Kg5 38.Ra3 g6 39.Rda2 b6 40.Ra8 Kh4 41.R2a7 h5 42.h3
Rf3 43.Ra2 g5 44.R8a4 Rxh3 45.c5 bxc5

[d] 8/8/8/2pKp1pp/R2b3k/7r/R4p2/5B2 w - - 0 46
White has blundered the win away
in fact the Grenadier blundered so often that i just decided to post the position where the game is now hopeless
46.Be2 Rh1
47.R2a3 f1=Q 48.Bxf1 Rxf1 49.Ra2 Kg3 50.Ra8 g4 51.R2a3+ Rf3 52.R3a6 h4
53.Rb8 Kh3 54.Rab6 Rf4 55.R6b7 g3 56.Rb1 g2 57.R8b3+ Kh2 58.Rb7 g1=Q
59.Rxg1 Kxg1 *0-1
FINAL POSITION
[d] 8/1R6/8/2pKp3/3b1r1p/8/8/6k1 w - - 0 60
I Resigned for the Grenadier here

Phew..That Was Close Regards
Steve

FULL PGN:

[Date "2009.4.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiger Grenadier"]
[Black "Fidelity Mobile Master(CE)"]
[TimeControl "30 Sec./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Bg5 Qb6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.Nd5 Qc6 6.c4 cxd4 7.Rc1 Qc5
8.Qd2 Na6 9.a3 Qd6 10.Nf3 Nc7 11.Qxd4 Qc6 12.Qe4+ Ne6 13.Nd4 Qc5 14.b4
f5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe5 d6 17.bxc5 dxe5 18.Nc7+ Kf7 19.Nxa8 Bxc5 20.Rd1
Bxa3 21.e3 a5 22.Be2 Bb4+ 23.Kf1 a4 24.Nb6 a3 25.Kg1 Kg6 26.g4 Bc5
27.Nxc8 Rxc8 28.Kg2 a2 29.Rd7 Ra8 30.gxf5+ exf5 31.Ra1 f4 32.Kf3 fxe3 33.Ke4 exf2 34.Rd2 Bd4 35.Raxa2 Rf8
36.Bf1 Rf4+ 37.Kd5 Kg5 38.Ra3 g6 39.Rda2 b6 40.Ra8 Kh4 41.R2a7 h5 42.h3
Rf3 43.Ra2 g5 44.R8a4 Rxh3 45.c5 bxc5 46.Be2 Rh1
47.R2a3 f1=Q 48.Bxf1 Rxf1 49.Ra2 Kg3 50.Ra8 g4 51.R2a3+ Rf3 52.R3a6 h4
53.Rb8 Kh3 54.Rab6 Rf4 55.R6b7 g3 56.Rb1 g2 57.R8b3+ Kh2 58.Rb7 g1=Q
59.Rxg1 Kxg1 *0-1

[CRoberson]

i was about to resign in disgust and if this were the actual tournament..i would have resigned
however..i let play continue...
..
White has blundered the win away
in fact the Grenadier blundered so often that i just decided to post the position where the game is now hopeless

Many of us authors turn the resign/draw options off during tournaments.
I haven't even coded in resign and draw options (except for the
regulation ones).

The reason: it is a programming contest. There is plenty of
room in a chess program for coding and design errors. Resigning
is just giving up on your work and assuming that the opponent
doesn't have any bugs to reveal. As you've seen here, resigning
can give your opponent a lucky break.