Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2010

[Spacious_Mind]

I have made some changes to the Home Computer Section. I have taken out the second C64 Team and also removed the Apple II Team. The reasons for this are because Apple II at 1.02 MHz is almost the same speed as C64 and therefore it would most likely only duplicate the results of C64. I have also reduced C64 to one Team. This has made some room for some more Classic Dedicated Computers and the Home Computer Section now has two Dedicated Guest Teams:



I think this make should the Tournament even more interesting because of the addition of some nice OLDIE Dedicated Chess Computers. It will be interesting to see how they get on once they get to play their matches in later Groups.

Group C has also started and the Teams are as follows:



I am really excited about this Group! I think the Teams look great and it should be interesting to see how they progress.

Since I moved some of the Fidelity machines to the Home Computer Section as OLDIE stocking fillers. The Fidelity Team has now changed a little. The Phantom Robot has been added as well as Designer 2100. There are two versions of the Designer 2100. One has an LCD Display and runs at 6 MHz, has more levels and a larger opening book. The Designer 2100 without Display runs at 5 MHz. Therefore, these two should behave differently and should be of different play strength. We are about to find out! Also the Avantgarde 2100 now gets a chance to play as well.

As previously, I have to make some adjustments up and down to suit nearest play levels for both the Dedicated Chess Computers and also the Commodore 64 Programs. The base calculation for this 5 Ply Tournament is 1 MHz = 225 seconds per move. All the contestants not playing 5 Ply are adjusted accordingly.

Group C Round 1 Schedule is as follows:



As I stated previously, I am really excited about playing Group C and crossing fingers, hoping for great chess with lots of surprises! I think the 3 Engine Teams as well as the DOS/Window Team look great too!

MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN!!!!!

Best regards

Nick

[michiguel]

Round 5 - The final round of matches in Group B are complete:



Match between TEAM: Classic Engine - 2 and TEAM: Dos/Windows - 2 - Germany/Austria



Wow! What a match! A brilliant performance by TEAM: Dos/Windows - 2 to get a draw out of this encounter. And it was no fluke! Here are some games:

Match 1: The Crazy Bishop v0052 vs. Wilhelm 1.49

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wilhelm 1.49, 5 Ply"]
[Black "The Crazy Bishop v0052, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 c6 {Wilhelm 1.49 out of book} 2. d3 {The Crazy Bishop v0052 out of book} d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Rc1 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Rc8 11. Rxc8+ Qxc8 12. Bxf6 Qc1+ 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 gxf6 15. e3 Bd6 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Bg6 18. h4 h5 19. Bd3 a6 20. Ke2 Be5 21. Nf3 Bf4 22. g3 Bh6

[d]4k2r/1p3p2/p3ppbb/7p/4P2P/3B1NP1/PP2KP2/7R w k - 0 23

Wilhelm 1.49 has played pretty well in this Tournament. Here in this position, the game looks drawish. The Crazy Bishop however makes a few slightly weaker moves in this endgame and Wilhelm 1.49 takes full advantage.

23. e5 Bg7 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Ke3 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Ba3 29. Rxb7+ Kc6 30. Rg7 Bc5+ 31. Ke2 Rb8 32. Ne5+ Kd5 33. Nd3 Bd6 34. Rxg6 Rf8 35. Rg5+ Rf5 36. Rg8 Kd4 37. Rd8 Rd5 38. Rc8 e5 39. Nc1 Ke4 40. Rh8 Rc5 41. f3+ Kd5 42. Kd2 Rc7 43. Rxh5 Bb4+ 44. Kd1 Rc3 45. f4 Rxg3 46. Rxe5+ Kc6
47. Ne2 Rd3+ 48. Kc2 Rd2+ 49. Kb3 Bd6 50. Re6 Kd5 51. Re3 Bc5 52. Re8 Bd4 53. Rd8+ Ke4 54. Rxd4+ Rxd4 55. Nxd4 Kxf4 56. Kb4 Kg4 57. Ka5 Kxh4 58. a4 Kg4 59. Kxa6 Kf4 60. Kb6 Ke4 61. Kc5 Ke5 62. a5 Ke4 63. a6 Ke5 64. a7 Kf4 65. a8=Q Ke5 66. Qf8 Ke4 67. Qf3+ Ke5 68. Qf5# 1-0

The Crazy Bishop v0052 won the first game, therefore this encounter ended as a 1-1 Tie.


Wilhelm 1.49



Wilhelm 1.49 was written by Rafael B. Andrist (Germany) in 2005. It is a Windows chess program and it has quite a few interesting configurable options. The FEN Generator is also quite nice.

Match 2: Crafty 18.12 vs. Comet B62 DOS

Playing White pieces, Comet B62 won the first game, taking full advantage of the two pawns it had gained in the middlegame.

In the second game it is Crafty's turn to take advantage of some wrong pawn advance choices made by Comet B62:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Crafty 18.12, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Comet B62 DOS, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.03.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O e6 {Crafty 18.12 out of book} 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 15. c3

[d]r3k2r/p2bbpp1/2ppp3/q5Pp/N3PBn1/2PB4/PP3P1P/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 15

Comet B62's position here looks quite solid. But, Comet now advances the wrong pawn. 15. ... c5! would have been a much better move. Comet continues to advance Black's pawns throughout the game and Crafty takes full advantage of the weakened pawn structure.


e5? 16. Bd2 c5 17. Bc2 Qa6 18. f3 Bb5 19. Re1 Bd7 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Qc1 Bh3 22. Be3 Qc8 23. Qd1 h4 24. Qf3 Qe6 25. b4 Rc8 26. Bb3 c4 27. Bd1 Qd7 28. Nb2 O-O 29. Qh5 a5 30. Ba4 Qe6 31. bxa5 Rb8 32. Rab1 Ra8 33. Bb5 d5 34. a6 Rfb8 35. a4 dxe4 36. Qxh4 Rd8 37. Nxc4 Qf5 38. a7 Qf3 39. Qg3 Qxg3+ 40. hxg3 Bd7 41. Nxe5 Bxb5 42. axb5 Bd6 43. Nc6 Rd7 44. Kf2 f5 45. b6 f4
46. gxf4 Rb7 47. Red1 Be7 48. Nxe7+ Rxe7 49. b7 Rxb7 50. Rxb7 Kh7 51. f5 Re8 52. Rb8 Re6 53. Rh1+ Rh6 54. g6# 1-0

This match also ended in a 1-1 tie.

Match 3: Pepito 1.59 vs. Bringer 1.9

Pepito 1.59 won both games very easily and gives TEAM: Classic Engine - 2 a 4 : 2 lead. I thought at this stage that Classic Engine - 2 might now get going and win the match comfortably.

Match 4: Yace 099.56 vs. Nova Chess 1.12

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nova Chess 1.12, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Yace 099.56, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {Nova Chess 1.12 out of book} 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 {Yace 099.56 out of book} O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Qf6 11. Bc1 d6 12. Ne1 Qf5 13. f3 Nf6 14. e4 Qh5 15. Be3 e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bg5 Rfc8?

[d]r1r3k1/pbp1nppp/1p1p1n2/3Pp1B1/2P1P3/5PPq/PP2B2P/R2QNRK1 w - - 0 20

Yace 099.56 made a mistake here. This allows Nova Chess 1.12 to open up the f-column and puts lots of pressure on Black's King.


20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qd7 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Rf8 24. Nd3 Ng6 25. Bg4 Qe7 26. Qf3 Rae8 27. Re1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. b3 a5 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Be6 Qd4 32. Rf1 Kh8 33. Rf4 Bc8 34. Bxf7 Qg7 35. Qh5 Qe5 36. Qh4 Bb7 37. a3 Bc8 38. Bg6 Rg8 39. Bf5 Rge8 40. Qh3 Bxf5 41. exf5 Qf6 42. R4f3 Re2 43. g4 Rg8 44. Qh5 Qe5 45. Rg3 Qe4+ 46. Kg1 a4 47. bxa4 Qxc4 48. Qf7 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Rg7 50. Qf8+ Rg8 51. Qf7 Rg7 52. Qf8+ Rg8 53. Qh6 Qxd5+ 54. Rff3 Qd4 55. Qf4 Re1+ 56. Kg2 Re4 57. Qc1 Rgxg4 58. Kh1 Qxa4 59. f6 Rc4??

[d]7k/2p4p/1p1p1P2/8/q1r3r1/P4RR1/7P/2Q4K w - - 0 60

Yace 099.56 managed to get back into the game and for a few moves it seemed that a draw was still possible. But after 59. ... Rc4?? Nova Chess 1.12 gratefully takes advantage of this last mistake!


60. Qa1! Rc1+ 61. Qxc1 Rc4 62. Qg1 Rg4 63. f7 h6 64. f8=Q+ Kh7 65. Rf7+ Kg6 66. Rxg4+ Kh5 67. Rf5# 1-0

Yace 099.56 has been playing pretty well in this tournament; therefore this defeat was quite a surprise!

Yace 099.56 played the next game much better and tied the encounter 1-1. The match score is now 5 : 3 in favor of TEAM: Classic Engine - 2.


Match 5: Alex 201 vs. Chess Fiz 016

In the first game Chess Fiz 016 makes mistakes shortly after the opening book finished in a Sicilian Najdorf and gets checkmated in 39 moves giving TEAM: Classic Engine - 2 a 6 : 3 lead. In the next game it is the turn of Alex 201 to make lots of mistakes and to lose the game.

Match 6: Gromit 3.1 vs. Ychess 1.09

With a 6 - 4 lead and the way Gromit 3.1 has been playing, I would have bet my house on TEAM: Classic Engine - 2 finishing with a score of 8 : 4. But chess can be unpredictable sometimes and in these two games Ychess totally outplays Gromit 3.1:


[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ychess 1.09, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Gromit 3.1, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 b6 {
Ychess 1.09 out of book} 7. O-O Ba6 8. Bd2 {Gromit 3.1 out of book} cxd4 9. exd4 Bd6 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. g3 Nb4 12. Be4 Rd8 13. b3

[d]3rk2r/p1qp1ppp/bp1bpn2/8/QnPPB3/1PN3P1/P2BNP1P/R4RK1 b k - 0 13

Already after 13 moves the position for Ychess 1.09 looks quite good. But, the next move from Gromit 3,1 is really bad since it loses a piece. 13. ... Qc8 might have been better to protect the black Bishop on a6.

O-O? 14. a3! Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc2 16. Ra2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Be5 18. Nxe6 dxe6 19. Qxa6 Rd3 20. Qa4 f5 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. h4 a5 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Kg2 f4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxe6 Qc7 27. gxf4 Qxf4 28. Re4 Qf5 29. c5 Qxc5 30. Re8 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qe4 Qd5 33. Qxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rc2 Rd8 35. Rc7 Re8 36. Kf3 b5 37. Rb7 h6 38. Ne4 Re5 39. Nc3 Rf5+ 40. Ke3 Rc5 41. Nxb5 Rh5 42. Nd4 Kh8 43. f4 Rxh4 44. Rb5 Rh3+ 45. Nf3 a4 46. bxa4 Rh1 47. a5 Rc1 48. Rb3 Rc5 49. a6 Ra5 50. Rb6 Rxa3+ 51. Ke4 Ra5 52. Rg6 h5 53. Rb6 Kg8 54. Ne5 Ra3 55. Kf5 h4 56. Kg6 Rg3+ 57. Kh5 h3 58. a7 Ra3 59. Kg6 Kf8 60. Rb8+ Ke7 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Rxa8 {Gromit 3.1 resigns} 1-0

The next game was also not much better for poor Gromit 3.1. Watch the nice but risky Knight sacrifice from Ychess 1.09:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gromit 3.1, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Ychess 1.09, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 {Ychess 1.09 out of book} Nh6 {Gromit 3.1 out of book} 6. d3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. f5 Ng4 9. h3 Nge5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bh6 Re8 12. O-O a6 13. Ba4 Qa5 14. Bb3 Qxc3 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 e6 18. Rc1 d6 19. g4 b5 20. Qe1 Bb7 21. Be3

[d]r3r1k1/1b3p2/p2pp1p1/1pp1n3/3qP1P1/1B1PB2P/P1P5/2R1QR1K b - - 0 21

The position looks like a draw. 21. ... Qb4 seems to be the best move here and I expected Ychess 1.09 to play this. But, 21. ... Nxd3!? really confused Gromit 3.1

Nxd3!? 22. cxd3 Qxd3

[d]r3r1k1/1b3p2/p2pp1p1/1pp5/4P1P1/1B1qB2P/P7/2R1QR1K w - - 0 23

Here perhaps 23. Bc2 is better then the move that Gromit 3.1 played. Ychess 1.09 now gets lots of pawns as compensation for the piece. Ychess beautifully takes utilizes all the pawns to negate the piece deficit to win this game,

23. Kh2?! Qxe4 24. Qf2 f5 25. Bf4 c4 26. Bc2 Qc6 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. gxf5 exf5 29. h4 Re6 30. Rce1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Re8 32. Qd2 Qd5 33. Qf2 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Re2+ 35. Kg3 dxc5 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. Bg5 Bd5 38. Kf4 a5 39. Kg3 a4 40. Kf4 Be4 41. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 42. Kf3
Kd5 43. Bf4 Kc6 44. Rd1 Re6 45. Rc1 Kb7 46. Rc3 Re1 47. a3 Rh1 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Kc6 50. Rd3 Rf1+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Rc3 Rg1+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke3 Kd5 55. Rc2 Ra1 56. Rd2+ Ke6 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Kd2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rxa3 60. Rd7+ Ke8 61. Rc7 Rh3 62. Bg5 a3 63. Re7+ Kf8 64. Ra7 Kg8 65. Ra6 Kf7 66. Ra7+ Ke6 67. Ra6+ Kd5 68. Kc2 b4 69. Kd2 a2 70. Kc1 c3 71. Kc2 Kc4 72. Kd1 b3 {Gromit 3.1 resigns} 73. Ke2 b2 74. Ra4+ Kd5 75. Rxa2 b1=Q 76. Rd2+ cxd2 77. Kxd2 Qb2+ 78. Ke1 Rh1# 0-1

Final score of the Match between TEAM: Classic Engine - 2 and TEAM: Dos/Windows - 2 - Germany/Austria 6 : 6 !!!!



Match between TEAM: Atari ST - 16 Bit and TEAM: Neo Classic Engine - 1



9.1/2 - 2.1/2 is the big win that TEAM: Neo Classic Engine - 1 needed in order to give the team a good chance of winning Group B. However sometimes the final scores do not show or give justice to the hard fought encounters. Team: Atari ST should have played the match a lot closer as the following examples will show:


Match 1: Gnuchess 3.1 vs. BBChess 1.3b


Gnuchess 3.1 won both games against BBChess 1.3b giving Team: Atari ST a great start to this match. Both games were completely dominated by Gnuchess 3.1. Here is one of the games:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Atari ST - Gnuchess 3.1, 5 Ply"]
[Black "BBChess 1.3b, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c3 {
BBChess 1.3b out of book} Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nc5 {Atari ST - Gnuchess 3.1 out of book} 10. e5 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. d4 Nd7 13. Re1
a5 14. Bf1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. c4 c6 17. b3 Nf5 18. a3 a4 19. bxa4 Re8 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. g4 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Nf3 Ra8?

[d]r2qr1k1/3n1ppp/1p2p3/3pP3/P2P2Pb/P4N1P/2Q2P2/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 24

Here, 23. ... Ra8? was a really bad move since this traps the Bishop on h4. I don't know how BBChess 3.1 could not have seen this. Retreating the Bishop e7 to would have been much wiser.

24. g5 Rc8 25. Qb2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qe7 27. Bd2 Rc4 28. Bb4 Qd8 29. Kg2 Qa8 30. Nd2 Rc6 31. Qb3 Qa6 32. Rf1 Qe2+ 33. Rf2 Qh5 34. Nf3 Rec8 35. Kh2 h6 36. Rg1 Rc1 37. Rxc1 Rxc1 38. Qe3 Rc7 39. gxh6 Qxh6 40. Qxh6 gxh6 41. a5 bxa5 42. Bxa5 Rc8 43. Bd2 Kh7 44. Nh4 Kg7 45. Kg1 f5 46. Rg2+ Kh7 47. Rg6 Rg8 48. Rxg8 Kxg8 49. Bxh6 Nb6 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Kf3 Nc4 52. a4 Ke7 53. Bg5+ Kf7 54. Kf4 Kf8 55. Nf3 Kf7 56. Bd8 Ke8 57. Bf6 Nb2
58. a5 Nd3+ 59. Ke3 Nb4 60. h4 Kf8 61. Kf4 Nc6 62. a6 Ke8 63. h5 Kf7 64. Ng5+ Kf8 65. a7 Nxa7 66. h6 Ke8 67. h7 Kd7 68. h8=Q Kc6 69. Nxe6 Kb5 70. Qb8+ Kc4 71. Qxa7 Kb3 72. Nc5+ Kb2 73. e6 Kb1 74. e7 Kc2 75. e8=Q Kc1 76. Qe3+ Kb1 77. Qb8+ Ka2 78. Qbb3+ Ka1 79. Qg1# 1-0

Match 2: Psion Chess 2.01 vs. The Baron 2.23

With 5 points from the first 8 games, I did expect Psion Chess to at least get something from this match. In the first game The Baron 2.23 completely outplayed it's opponent. The second game was a lot closer:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Atari ST - Psion Chess 2.01, 30S."]
[Black "The Baron 2.23, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ {Atari ST - Psion Chess 2.01 out of book} 6. c3 Be7 7. Be2 {The Baron 2.23 out of book} Nf6 8. Bf3 O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Na3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bxc7 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Bh3 16. Rfe1 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Nd5
18. Be5 f6 19. Bd4 Rfc8 20. Rac1 b6 21. c4 Nf4 22. Re4 Ne6 23. a4 Ng5 24. Re3 Re8 25. f4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Ne4 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxc5 Kf7 29. a5 Kg6 30. Bd4 a6 31. Rc6 Bf5 32. Rb6 h6

[d]r7/6p1/pR3pkp/P4b2/3BnP2/1N2P3/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 33

The position looks good for at least a draw for Psion Chess. Leading by a pawn. But the position is complicated and Psion Chess starts to lose ideas and slowly allows The Baron 2.23 to take over.

33. Rc6 h5 34. h4 Bd7 35. Rc7 Rd8 36. Kg2 Be6 37. Re7 Bd5 38. Kh3 Rc8 39. f5+ Kxf5 40. Rxg7 Rc2 41. Bb6 Nf2+ 42. Kg3 Nh1+ 43. Kh3 Rxa2 44. Nc5 Nf2+ 45. Kg3 Ng4 46. e4+ Bxe4 47. Nxe4 Kxe4 48. Rh7 f5 49. Rxh5 Nh2 50. Kh3 Nf1 51. Bc7 Ra3+ 52. Kg2 Ne3+ 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kg1 f4 55. Rh7 Ra1+ 56. Kf2 Rf1+ 57. Ke2 f3+ 58. Kd2 Rd1+ 59. Kc3 Nd5+ 60. Kb2 f2 61. Rf7 f1=Q 62. Rxf1 Rxf1 63. Bd8 Rf5 64. Ka3 Ne3 65. Ka4 Rb5 66. Bf6 Nc4 67. Bd8 Kd3 68. Bf6 Rxa5+
69. Kb4 Rf5 70. Be7 Rb5+ 71. Ka4 Kc2 72. Bd8 Nb2+ 73. Ka3 Rb3+ 74. Ka2 Nd3 75. h5 Nb4+ 76. Ka1 Rb1# 0-1

The Match is now tied at 2 - 2


Match 3: Chess Player 2150 vs. Bruja 1.9


It has been quite frustrating following the games of Chess Player 2150. It plays ok up to the point when the endgame is near and then it just falls apart. In both the games against Bruja 1.9, Chess Player 2150 had good leads only to self-destruct:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bruja 1.9, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Atari ST - Player 2150, 30S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 {Atari ST - Player 2150 out of book} d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 {Bruja 1.9 out of book} 7. f3 Bd7 8. e4 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Qc8 13. f4 Bd8 14. Qe2 Ba5 15. e5 Bc7 16. Nf3 Bxh3 17. O-O-O dxe5 18. fxe5 Bg4 19. Qe3 Nbd7 20. e6
fxe6 21. dxe6 Nb6 22. Be2 Bxg3 23. Ng5 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Bb8 25. Qb3 Qc6 26. a5 Nbd5 27. Qc2

[d]rb2r1k1/1p4pp/p1q1Pn2/P1pn2N1/8/8/1PQBN3/2KR3R b - - 0 27

27. ... Nb4! looks very good for Chess Player 2150. But it does not see the move and instead plays 27. ... h6?? turning the game completely upside down.

Following 27. ... h6??, Bruja 1.9 next move 28. Rxh6! is nice!


h6? 28. Rxh6! Qb5 29. Qg6 Re7 30. Qf7+ Rxf7 31. exf7+ Kf8 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. f8=Q+ Kd7 34. Qc8+ Kd6 35. Bf4+ Ke7 36. Qe6# 1-0


Match 3: Chess Simulator vs. Pupsi 2

Pupsi 2 should have won the first game as well but instead draws by 3-fold repetition.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pupsi 2, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Atari ST - Chess Simulator, 30S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 c5 {Pupsi 2 out of book} 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ne5 Qd6 8. Qa4+ Ke7 9. cxd5 {Atari ST - Chess Simulator out of book} exd5 10. Ndf3 Nfd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe6 13. e4 b5 14. exd5 Qxe5+ 15. dxe5 bxa4 16. d6+ Ke6 17. Bxa8 Nd7 18. O-O-O Bc4 19. Bg2 Nxe5 20. d7 Be7 21. Rhe1 f6 22. Re4 Bxa2 23. Rxa4 Bb3 24. Ra6+ Kf7 25. Bd5+ Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Ng4 27. Rxa7 Ke6 28. Rd2 Bd8 29. f3 Ne5 30. Bxe5 fxe5

[d]3b3r/R2P2pp/4k3/2p1p3/8/5PP1/1P1R3P/2K5 w - - 0 31

This position must have been more complicated then it looks for an Engine playing at 5 Ply. Pupsi 2 had no idea on how to win this game and settles for a draw.

31. Ra6+ Ke7 32. Rc6 Rf8 33. Rxc5 Ke6 34. Rc8 Ke7 35. Rd3 Rf6 36. Kc2 Ra6 37. Rc5 Ke6 38. Rc8 Ke7 39. Rc5 Ke6 40. Rc8 Ke7 {
Draw by 3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2

Pupsi wins the second game but with some help from Chess Simulator:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Atari ST - Chess Simulator, 30S."]
[Black "Pupsi 2, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 {Pupsi 2 out of book} exd5 {Atari ST - Chess Simulator out of book} 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 g5 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g4 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. b3 Bf5 13. e3 Qa3 14.
Be2 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd6 18. Qa6 c5 19. Qxa7 cxd4 20. Qxd4 c5 21. Qd3 Ra8 22. Rfd1 Re5 23. Qc4 Rb8 24. Na4 Ne4 25. Qe2 h5 26. f3 gxf3 27. Qxf3 Rbe8 28. Rf1 Qg6 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Qc2 d4 31. exd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 Rd5

[d]4r1k1/5p2/8/2pr3p/N2qn3/1P6/P1Q3PP/2R2R1K w - - 0 33

Here is another example where the Atari Program has the better position and has played quite well up to this point. But once again when the position becomes critical the program misses the best and obvious (for humans) move. In this position 33. Nb6 or 33. Nc3 would have been good with advantage for White. 33. Rce1? loses the game. At 30 seconds most of the programs do not get to search the full 5 ply and therefore seem to miss some critical continuations.

33. Rce1? Nf2+ 34. Qxf2 Qxf2 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Ree1 Re5 37. Rc1 Qxa2 38. Rxc5 Qe2 39. Rcc1 Rg5 40. Rg1 h4 41. Rc5 Rg4 42. Rc3 Rd4 43. Rc7 Rd1 44. Rc1 Rd2 45. Rc4 h3 46. gxh3+ Kf8 47. Rg8+ Kxg8 48. Rc8+ Kg7 49. Rg8+ Kxg8 50. Nc3 Qxh2# 0-1

Atari ST Chess Simulator


BOX



GAME SCREENSHOTS



Chess Simulator was marketed by French Software Company "INFOGRAMMES". The program was written by Chris Whittington and came out in 1990. Christ Whittington wrote several programs for the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. Beginning with Chess Player 2150, followed by Chess Simulator, Chess Champion 2175, Check Mate and The Complete Chess System.

Match 4: Chess Champion 2175 vs. Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41

Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 had no problems winning both games against Chess Champion 2175.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Atari ST - Chess Champion 2175, 30S."]
[Black "Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 {Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 out of book} d4 {Atari ST - Chess Champion 2175 out of book} 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Nd7 10. Qd1 Ngf6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. f4?

[d]r3kb1r/pp3ppp/1qp1pn2/4n3/4PP2/2NP3P/PP2B1P1/R1BQK2R b KQkq f3 0 12

I did not like this move. It leaves white's King stranded in the middle. Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 ends up destroying White's position.

Ng6 13. e5 Nd7 14. d4 Nh4 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Rb1 Nb8 17. Qc2 Rxd4 18. Bd1 Ng6 19. Rf1 Bb4 20. a3 Be7 21. b4 Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Bg3 23. f5 Nf4+ 24. Kf3 Rd3+ 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Kxg3 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Qe3+ 28. Bf3 Qxe5+ 29. Kh4 h5 30. Be4 f6 31. gxh5 g6 32. Bb1 Rxh5+ 33. Kg4 Rg5+ 34. Kf3 Rg3+ 35. Kf2 Qe3# 0-1

Match 5: Check Mate vs. Hermann 2.5

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hermann 2.5, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Atari ST - Check Mate, 30S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 {Atari ST - Check Mate out of book} d6 {Hermann 2.5 out of book} 3. f4 Nc6 4. d5 Nb4 5. c3 Na6 6. Bxa6 bxa6 7. b4 Rb8 8. bxc5 dxc5 9. e4 Nf6 10. f5 e6 11. Qe2 exd5 12. exd5+ Qe7 13. c4 Bxf5 14. Na3 Bg4 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 O-O 18. Bf4 Rb4 19. d6 Bd8 20. O-O-O Nd7 21. Bd2 Rb6 22. Ba5 Rb7 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Rhe1 Rdb8 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Rde1 Nf6 27. R1e5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Re7 Rd8 30. Re3 Nb6 31. Rd3 Nc8 32. Rd5 Nxd6 33. Rxc5 Ne8 34. Ra5 Rd6 35. Nc2 Rh6 36. Kd1 Rxh2 37. Rxa6 Rh4 38. Ne3 Rd4+ 39. Ke2 Rd7 40. Nd5 Nd6 41. Kd3
Nf5 42. Ke4 Ne7 43. f4 Rb7 44. a4 h5 45. Rd6 Ke8 46. c5 Nxd5 47. Kxd5??

[d]4k3/pr3pp1/3R4/2PK3p/P4P2/8/8/8 b - - 0 47

Hermann 2.5 just made horrible mistake with 47. Kxd5? He should have taken with the Rook which although should still lose, it would at least make it a lot harder for the opponent. But, typically for Atari ST Check Mate misses the most obvious move 47. ... Rd7!! which would have easily won the game and instead plays 47. ... Rb4 and ends up losing. Incredible!!

Rb4? 48. c6 Rxa4 49. c7 Ra5+ 50. Kc4 Ke7 51. c8=Q Ra4+ 52. Kd5 Rd4+ 53. Kxd4 Kxd6 54. Qf8+ Ke6 55. Qxg7 f6 56. Qg6 h4 57. f5+ Ke7 58. Qg7+ Ke8 59. Kd5 h3 60. Ke6 h2 61. Qh8# 1-0

Well, the Atari ST throw points away Saga continues with the next and final game of this match as well:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Atari ST - Check Mate, 30S."]
[Black "Hermann 2.5, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rhe1 {Hermann 2.5 out of book} h6 {Atari ST - Check Mate out of book} 13. Bb5 c6 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bd3 Qb8 16. Ne5 f5 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Qg3 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Kb1 Rbd8 22. Nf3 Bf4 23. c4 Ba6 24. g3 bxc4 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. gxf4 h5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Ne5 Bb5 29. d5 Ba4 30. Rd4 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra8 32. Ra5 Bd1 33. Nxc4 Be2

[d]r5k1/p5p1/8/R4p1p/2N2P2/8/PP2bP1P/1K6 w - - 0 34

Check Mate again has a lead. 34. Ne5 looks good here. Check Mate however plays 34. Nd6 which is still ok, but Check Mate starts to lose the initiative.

34. Nd6 g6 35. Re5 Bd3+ 36. Ka1 a6 37. Re3 Bb5 38. Re6 Kg7 39. h4 Rd8 40. Kb1 Bd7 41. Nb7 Bxe6 42. Nxd8 Bd5 43. Kc2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Kd4 Be4 46. Ke5 Kxd8 47. Kf6 Bd5 48. Kxg6 Bxa2

[d]3k4/8/p5K1/5p1p/5P1P/8/bP3P2/8 w - - 0 49

Here is an interesting position. Check Mate has slowly thrown away this game but perhaps still has one final chance for a draw. It needs to play 49. Kxh5! instead of the played move 49. Kxf5? I am not sure if Kxh5! draws, but I think it does.

49. Kxf5? Ke7 50. Kg5 Bf7 51. f5 a5 52. f3 a4 53. f6+ Ke6 54. f4 Be8 55. f5+ Ke5 56. f7 Bxf7 57. f6 Be8 58. f7 Bxf7 59. Kh6 Kf5 60. Kg7 Bd5 61. Kh7 Kg4 62. Kh6 Kxh4 63. Kg6 Bb3 64. Kf5 Kg3 65. Kg5 h4 66. Kf5 h3 67. Ke4 h2 68. Ke3 h1=Q 69. Kd4 Qd5+ 70. Kc3 Qc4+ 71. Kd2 Kf3 72. Ke1 Qc1# 0-1

I have shown more games then I really intended, but I think these examples will show that TEAM Atari St was not bad in this Tournament. It just lacked some depth in critical postions.


Match between TEAM: Modern Engine - 5 Amateur and TEAM: Saitek/SciSys - Switzerland




In order to become Group B Champions, TEAM: Saitek/SciSys - Switzerland needed to get 8 points from this match.

But unfortunately they could not get the necessary amount of points needed. The encounters against TEAM: Modern Engine - 5 Amateur were extremely competitive and the result could have gone in favor of either Team. The Final Score of 6 : 6 was a fair result for both Teams. Both played some great games.


SciSys Turbostar 432




SciSys Turbostar 432 was another dedicated computer whose program was written by Julio Kaplan and came out in 1984. Running at just 4 MHz, the Turbostar 432 is another fine example of what a good program was capable of achieving at low speed.

The Turbostar had a pretty good tournament, but it met its match in this encounter against Scorpio 2.3. Scorpio 2.3 won both games, but they were quite entertaining. Here is one of the games:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Scorpio 2.3, 5 Ply"]
[Black "SciSys Turbostar 432, 60S(B6)."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 {Scorpio 2.3 out of book } 13. Rde1 {SciSys Turbostar 432 out of book} O-O-O 14. Kb1 Bd6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Kb8 17. Rg4 Rhg8 18. Re1 e5 19. Qf5 Nf6 20. dxe5 Nxg4 21. exd6 Qd7 22. Nd4 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Nf6 24. Bc3 Nxh5 25. g4 Nf4 26. Bxg7 h5 27. Re7 hxg4 28. Bh6 Nh3 29. Be3 Rge8 30. Bd4 Rxe7 31. dxe7 Re8 32. Kc1 Ng5 33. Be5+ Ka8 34. Kd1

[d]k3r3/pp2Pp2/2p5/4BNn1/6p1/8/PPP2P2/3K4 b - - 0 34

In this interesting position, Turbostar 432 has the better pieces, but the black King is trapped and the Rook can't do much other than hold White's advanced Pawn on E7. Scorpio 2.3 has a stranglehold on Black's position and leisurely wins the game.

b6 35. Ke2 Nh3 36. Ke3 Ng5 37. Kf4 Nh3+ 38. Kg3 a6 39. Bd4 c5 40. Be3 Ng1 41. Kxg4 f6 42. Bh6 c4 43. Be3 b5 44. Bd4 Rg8+ 45. Kh5 Ne2 46. Bxf6 Nf4+ 47. Kh6 Nd5 48. Bg5 Kb8 49. Ne3 Nb4 50. f4 c3 51. bxc3 Nxa2 52. Bf6 Kc7 53. f5 Kd7 54. c4 b4 55. Kh7 Rg3 56. Nd5 a5 57. c5 Rh3+ 58. Kg6 Nc3 59. c6+ Kd6 60. e8=Q Nxd5 61. Qd7+ Kc5 62. c7 Nxc7 63. Qxc7+ Kb5 64. Qd7+ Kc5 65. Bd4+ Kc4 66. Qd6 Rg3+ 67. Kf7 Kb5 68. Qxg3 Ka4 69. Qd3 b3 70. Qxb3# 1-0

Trailing the by 4.1/2 - 5.1/2 Saitek Travel Champion 2080 needs to win this next game against Mystery Engine B:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Saitek Travel Champion 2080, 30S."]
[Black "Mystery Engine B, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.03.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 {Saitek Travel Champion 2080 out of book} 5. dxe5 {Mystery Engine B out of book} Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg5 c6 9. Bc4 Ke8 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Rg8 16. Rd3 Rg4?

[d]3rkb2/p2b1p1p/2p2p2/4p3/Bp2P1r1/3R4/PPP1NPPP/R5K1 w - - 0 17

Mystery Engine B just made a mistake with 16. ... Rg4? 17. Rad1 is now very good for White but Saitek Travel Champion 2080 misses this first opportunity!


17. f3? Bc5+ 18. Kf1
Rh4 19. h3 Ke7 20. Rad1 Bb6 21. Ng3 Rf4?

[d]3r4/p2bkp1p/1bp2p2/4p3/Bp2Pr2/3R1PNP/PPP3P1/3R1K2 w - - 0 22

After 21. ... Rf4? Saitek Travel Champion 2080 gets another opportunity to win this game and this time makes sure......

22. Nh5! Rh4 23. Nxf6 Bd4 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. c3 bxc3 26. bxc3 f5 27. cxd4 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rf8+ 29. Kg1 Rxe4 30. dxe5+ Ke6 31. Bxc6 Re2 32. Rd7 Rxa2 33. R7d6+ Kxe5 34. R6d5+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36. Rxf8 a5 37. Rh5 Kd6 38. Rh6+ Ke5 39. Re8+ Kd4 40. Rxh7 Kc5 41. Rc8 Kd6 42. g4 a4 43. Rh6+ Ke5 44. Re8+ Kf4 45. Re4+ Kg3 46. Rxa4 Re2 47. Ra3+ Kf4 48. Rh5 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Re2+ 50. Kh1 Re1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ 52. Kf2 Rf1+ 53. Ke2 Re1+ 54. Kd2 Rd1+ 55. Kc3 Rd6 56. Rf5+ Ke3 57. Kc2+ Ke2 58. Bb5+ Rd3 59. Bxd3+ Ke3 60. g5 Kd4 61.
Ra4+ Ke3 62. Re4# 1-0

This win tied the Match at 5.1/2 : 5.1/2. The Final game was also a draw so the Match ended at 6 : 6! This meant that the Final Table looked as follows:

Group B Final Table






C H A M P I O N S ... O F ... G R O U P ... B

• TEAM: Neo Classic Engine - 1

This final round of matches was a tough round of matches. TEAM: Neo Classic Engine - 1 won all their encounters and therefore deservedly are the Champions of this Group!


Here re are the final Team Performances in Group b:



I think each Team had some good performers!



And finally, here are the Individual Performances in Group B:



The Top 4 spots are taken by contestants from the Group B Champions Team!. Congratulations to Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 who is Individual Champion of Group B!

Best Regards


Nick

HOORAY!!!!

Miguel

[Spacious_Mind]

HOORAY!!!!

Miguel

Wow! You could have made your HOORAY!!!! quote a little smaller !!

You have a nice engine Miguel!

Best regards

Nick

[Steve B]

Interesting C group

i was hoping to see the overclocked Destiny\Applied Concepts computers take the field .. wearing the "Dedicated" team uniforms for group C
..no telling how they would perform

as to team Fidelity...
i would be happy with a 2-3 place
for some reason the Fidelity's never seem to preform so well in head to head competition
especially at fast (or low search depth) Time Controls

last year in the Paris 2009 Tournament my Fidelity Mobile Master(rated the same strength as all of the other participants) finished a sterling 0-5

it should be a nice break for you to operate the Phantom
you only have to make the opponents moves


ill predict that this section is going to be a bad hair day for the Dedicated's probably taking 3rd or 4th place

Humid Regards
Steve

[Spacious_Mind]

Interesting C group

i was hoping to see the overclocked Destiny\Applied Concepts computers take the field .. wearing the "Dedicated" team uniforms for group C
..no telling how they would perform

as to team Fidelity...
i would be happy with a 2-3 place
for some reason the Fidelity's never seem to preform so well in head to head competition
especially at fast (or low search depth) Time Controls

last year in the Paris 2009 Tournament my Fidelity Mobile Master(rated the same strength as all of the other participants) finished a sterling 0-5

it should be a nice break for you to operate the Phantom
you only have to make the opponents moves


ill predict that this section is going to be a bad hair day for the Dedicated's probably taking 3rd or 4th place

Humid Regards
Steve

Hi Steve,

Actually, I might swap the C64 Team in this Group for the other Fidelity Team so that all the Spracklens' Dedicates get to play in this Group. Kind of how you might have seen it before editing and proof reading your Post

What do you think? Would that make sense to have them all playing in Group C? Especially since Sargon 4 and 5 are also playing for the DOS Team?

I am hoping that they will perform creditably and not let down the Dedicates attempt for World domination in this Tournament!

I have a Mobile Master it is very nice... Unfortunately just like most of them the sensors on Rank e do not register. I would need to get it repaired sometime.

You got caught ! regards

Nick

[Steve B]

Interesting C group

i was hoping to see the overclocked Destiny\Applied Concepts computers take the field .. wearing the "Dedicated" team uniforms for group C
..no telling how they would perform

as to team Fidelity...
i would be happy with a 2-3 place
for some reason the Fidelity's never seem to preform so well in head to head competition
especially at fast (or low search depth) Time Controls

last year in the Paris 2009 Tournament my Fidelity Mobile Master(rated the same strength as all of the other participants) finished a sterling 0-5

it should be a nice break for you to operate the Phantom
you only have to make the opponents moves


ill predict that this section is going to be a bad hair day for the Dedicated probably taking 3rd or 4th place

Humid Regards
Steve

Hi Steve,

Actually, I might swap the C64 Team in this Group for the other Fidelity Team so that all the Spracklens' Dedicates get to play in this Group. Kind of how you might have seen it before editing and proof reading your Post

What do you think? Would that make sense to have them all playing in Group C? Especially since Sargon 4 and 5 are also playing for the DOS Team?

I am hoping that they will perform creditably and not let down the Dedicates attempt for World domination in this Tournament!

I have a Mobile Master it is very nice... Unfortunately just like most of them the sensors on Rank e do not register. I would need to get it repaired sometime.

You got caught ! regards

Nick

LOL
i didnt even think you were online this AM when i got confused and thought that this group would have two teams of dedicated's

i knew i was racing against the edit clock to get that post right

anyway...personally i would not want to see two dedicated teams go head to head against each other as i would then be emotionally torn as to whom to root for
the later day Spracklen engines would eat the Sargon Spracklen engines for lunch i think..even if overclocked to 4 Mhz

but its your tournament and your decision
either way i will follow it with great interest

Edit until i drop Regards
Steve

[Spacious_Mind]

Interesting C group

i was hoping to see the overclocked Destiny\Applied Concepts computers take the field .. wearing the "Dedicated" team uniforms for group C
..no telling how they would perform

as to team Fidelity...
i would be happy with a 2-3 place
for some reason the Fidelity's never seem to preform so well in head to head competition
especially at fast (or low search depth) Time Controls

last year in the Paris 2009 Tournament my Fidelity Mobile Master(rated the same strength as all of the other participants) finished a sterling 0-5

it should be a nice break for you to operate the Phantom
you only have to make the opponents moves


ill predict that this section is going to be a bad hair day for the Dedicated probably taking 3rd or 4th place

Humid Regards
Steve

Hi Steve,

Actually, I might swap the C64 Team in this Group for the other Fidelity Team so that all the Spracklens' Dedicates get to play in this Group. Kind of how you might have seen it before editing and proof reading your Post

What do you think? Would that make sense to have them all playing in Group C? Especially since Sargon 4 and 5 are also playing for the DOS Team?

I am hoping that they will perform creditably and not let down the Dedicates attempt for World domination in this Tournament!

I have a Mobile Master it is very nice... Unfortunately just like most of them the sensors on Rank e do not register. I would need to get it repaired sometime.

You got caught ! regards

Nick

LOL
i didnt even think you were online this AM when i got confused and thought that this group would have two teams of dedicated's

i knew i was racing against the edit clock to get that post right

anyway...personally i would not want to see two dedicated teams go head to head against each other as i would then be emotionally torn as to whom to root for
the later day Spracklen engines would eat the Sargon Spracklen engines for lunch i think..even if overclocked to 4 Mhz

but its your tournament and your decision
either way i will follow it with great interest

Edit until i drop Regards
Steve

Ok I will keep it as it is. The other Fidelity Team will have to play in Group F against 4. Team Mephisto - 8 Bit Super > 5 Schroeder - Germany

It was a fluke this morning, I just happened to look in while getting ready for work

Also wet and nasty here regards

Nick

[Spacious_Mind]

I have had to make some changes in Group C.

6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK

Sargon III was not very good at 5 Ply therefore I have replaced it with Chess Genius 7.2 from Richard Lang. Also, David Kittinger's Majestic/WChess 1.6 program is replaced with WChess 1.5. Majestic Chess does not really have a Ply Level setting but you can create new characters in the program that you can limit in strength by reducing the plies. I was not too satisfied with this arrangement and felt it was fairer to replace it with he DOS program Wchess 1.5, an earlier version from Kittinger which does play Ply correctly. These changes should hopefully strengthen the DOS Team!

3. Team Classic Engine - 3

I also had to replace 2 engines in the Classic Engine Team because of inability to play Ply games. Amateur 2.8 is replaced by Diablo 0.51 and Pharaon 2.62 is replaced by Greenlight Chess 2.18.

Group C Teams now look as follows:



Revised Round 1 Schedule:

Interesting C group

i was hoping to see the overclocked Destiny\Applied Concepts computers take the field .. wearing the "Dedicated" team uniforms for group C
..no telling how they would perform

as to team Fidelity...
i would be happy with a 2-3 place
for some reason the Fidelity's never seem to preform so well in head to head competition
especially at fast (or low search depth) Time Controls

last year in the Paris 2009 Tournament my Fidelity Mobile Master(rated the same strength as all of the other participants) finished a sterling 0-5

it should be a nice break for you to operate the Phantom
you only have to make the opponents moves


ill predict that this section is going to be a bad hair day for the Dedicated's probably taking 3rd or 4th place

Humid Regards
Steve

I shall be reporting on the Round 1 Results soon. Would you like to make a prediction on the score in the Team Fidelity match before I post the results?

Anyone else who might be reading this post, also please feel free to post your predictions on the final scores of the above 3 matches!

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10 Points to predict the Winner of each match
50 Points to predict Winner plus correct score of each match (ie. 12-0 or 6-6)
Double points if you predict winner + score correctly in 2 matches!
Triple points if you predict winner + score correctly in all 3 matches!

Best regards

Nick

[Steve B]

Well ...
on behalf of Team Fidelity i would like to register a formal complaint
in accordance with Fide International rules..
no last minute team changes will be permitted until such time that a bribe is offered and received by the Fidelity team Captain

after conferring with the Phantom(Team Captain) i am informed no such bribe was offered (unless he is holding out one me which wouldn't be the first time)

as a result team Dos and Team Classic will both be disqualified (but only if they finish ahead of Team Fidelity)

i am clueless as to the strength of any of the Engines except for the dedicateds but i wont let that stop me from at least predicting the Fidelity score for round one against Team Classic

early pre-game wagering has even money on a win for Team Fidelity 4-2
with the only losses against Comet and Shredder

Regards From Las Vegas
Steve

[Spacious_Mind]

Well ...
on behalf of Team Fidelity i would like to register a formal complaint
in accordance with Fide International rules..
no last minute team changes will be permitted until such time that a bribe is offered and received by the Fidelity team Captain

after conferring with the Phantom(Team Captain) i am informed no such bribe was offered (unless he is holding out one me which wouldn't be the first time)

as a result team Dos and Team Classic will both be disqualified (but only if they finish ahead of Team Fidelity)

i am clueless as to the strength of any of the Engines except for the dedicateds but i wont let that stop me from at least predicting the Fidelity score for round one against Team Classic

early pre-game wagering has even money on a win for Team Fidelity 4-2
with the only losses against Comet and Shredder

Regards From Las Vegas
Steve

Team Fidelity did file a complaint and a conference was held with all the other Dedicated Teams at the Hilton Paris in Fidelitephia. You could have heard a pin drop at the stunned silence from the audience while hearing the case presented by Team Fidelity's spokesman Captain Phantom. But then the room exploded into an almost full-scale riot when after I think it was someone from the Mephisto entourage had made a very rude sound. Soon everyone was in outrage shouting words like "CHEATS", "YOUNG WHIPPERSNAPPERS", "WHAT'S THIS WORLD COMING TO" and "YOUNGONS GOT NO CONTROL". Feet were stomped, chairs were turned over, and full glasses of Kool-Aid were slammed on tables. The place was in uproar!

This went on for a few minutes, Security was called and the Conference was on the verge of disbanding when suddenly this very loud and annoying rapping sound of a walking cane being repeatedly slammed on to a table stopped everyone in their tracks.

All eyes turned to the direction of the sound and everyone saw himself staring at the stern face of Chafitz's own Superhero Mr. Destiny Mega-4. Mr. Destiny almost missed attending this conference because of a recent internal organ operation and fresh bandages were barely covered by his Superhero outfit.

Mr. Destiny continued to rap the cane annoyingly on the table for a few more seconds ensuring full attention before standing up to face the audience.

"Gentlemen" he shouted. "We have come here to play chess! And WE WILL PLAY CHESS! For too many years now we have had to put up with jeers from all the young pretenders to OUR THRONE as they called us names like 'has beens', 'fit for a museum' and "put 'em out to pasture'. Bah! NO MORE! We have come here to play and to represent all the Dedicated Machines in this World. We are going to rekindle the spark. Let them bring the Kitchen Sink to play against us if they want to, WE WILL TAKE THEM ALL ON!"

And there you have it Steve. Not only did all the Dedicated Teams unanimously vote to continue but they were also willing to play against a Kitchen Sink!

ps.. I am assuming from your 4-2 prediction that you are only counting the wins? There are 12 games in each match therefore does that mean that you are predicting 7-5 or 8-4?

Best regards

Nick