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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad

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Spacious_Mind wrote:
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! :P

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?
i think Shredder and Comet will be undefeated and win every game..with all of the other games going to team Fidelity

so i guess thats an 8-4 Romp for Fidelity

personally i think the 6100 Phantom was at a disadvantage in negotiating the above mentioned events

no voice and not even an Eyeball
had the 6124 Phantom (Chesster) or the 6126 Phantom(Eyeball -Chesster) been the Captain instead..Team Fidelity could have negotiated a far better arrangement

Speechless and Sightless Regards
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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad

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Steve B wrote: personally i think the 6100 Phantom was at a disadvantage in negotiating the above mentioned events

no voice and not even an Eyeball
:P Good one!

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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad

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Here is a report on the results of the 1st Match in Round 1 of Group C:

Group C Round 1 Match 1



Match between TEAM: 4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur and TEAM: 6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK


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I was really looking forward to this match. Both Teams seem be extremely strong on paper and I was therefore anticipating a great match! :P Is the DOS Team good enough to make it out of this Group? I couldn't wait to find out!


GAME 1: Sloppy 2.2 vs Zarkov 2.5

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sloppy_022_ja, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Zarkov 2.5, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.03.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 f6 {Sloppy_022_ja out of book} 5. Qg4 {Zarkov 2.5 out of book} Qe7 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f5 8. Qg3 a6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Qf7 11. Ng5 Qg6 12. c4 Nxd4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Qh4 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 h6 17. Bd8 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Bd2 O-O 21. Rab1 b5 22. a4 Ng6 23. Qb4 c6 24. Qd6 Qe8 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. Qc5 d4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra6 Bd5 29. e6 Rf6 30. e7 Rb8 31. Ra7 Nh4 32. Qxd4 Nxg2 33. Re5 Rg6 34. Kf1 Rg4

[d]1r2q1k1/R3P1p1/2p4p/1p1bRp2/3Q2r1/3B4/2PB1PnP/5K2 w - - 0 35

Zarkov 2.5 is in trouble. Sloppy 2.2 played a really good game up to this point and is ahead. But in this interesting position only sacrificing the Queen would actually win this game and provide a clear winning advantage with 35. Rxd5! Rxd5 36. Rxd4. Sloppy 2.2 however did not see it this way and continued as follows:

35. Qc5 Nh4 36. Rxd5 cxd5 37. Bxf5 Nxf5 38. Qxd5+ Kh8 39. Qxf5 Ra4 40. Rb7 Raa8 41. Rxb8 Rxb8
42. Bb4 Rc8 43. Qf8+ Kh7

[d]2r1qQ2/4P1pk/7p/1p6/1B6/8/2P2P1P/5K2 w - - 0 44

Now, nine moves later the position for Sloppy 2.2 is no longer good. Sloppy 2.2 should still draw with moves like 44. Qf5+ or 44. f4. But, Sloppy 2.2 instead decides that the best plan of action is to exchange the Queens with the rather SLOPPY 44. Qex8? move ..... and.... promptly loses the game! :roll:

44. Qxe8? Rxe8 45. Ke2 Kg6 46. Kd3 Kf7 47. Kd4 Ra8 48. Kd3 Ra1 49. h3 Rh1 50. Ke4 Rxh3 51. Kd5 Rh2 52. Bc5 Rh5+ 53. Kc6 Rxc5+ 54. Kxc5 Kxe7 55. Kd5 h5 56. Ke5 g6 57. Kf4 Kf6 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. Kh4 Kf4 60. c3 Ke4 61. Kg5 Kd3 62. f4 Kxc3 63. Kxg6 b4 64. f5 b3 65. f6 b2 66. Kxh5 b1=Q 67. Kg5 Qh7 68. Kf4 Kd4 69. Kg4 Qg6+ 70. Kf4 Qxf6+ 71. Kg4 Ke4 {Sloppy_022_ja resigns} 0-1

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 1
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 0

TEAM DOS/WINDOWS DRAWS FIRST BLOOD


ZARKOV 2.5

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Written by John Stanbeck in 1991, Zarkov 2.5 is a great DOS program and a lot of fun to play.



GAME 2: Zarkov 2.5 vs Sloppy 2.2

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zarkov 2.5, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Sloppy_022_ja, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.03.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 {Zarkov 2.5 out of book} 10. Qc5 {Sloppy_022_ja out of book} N8d7 11. Qg5 Be6 12. d5 f6 13. Qg3 Bf7 14. Bd3 Kh8 15. Bf4 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Kb1 e5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. h4 h5 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Bc1 Qb4 22. Ka1 Nc5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rab8 25. Rdd1 a5 26. f4 Bh6 27. a3 Qb6 28. Ne2 Qb5 29. Nc3 Nb3+ 30. Kb1 Qb7 31. Bxb3 Qxb3 32. Ka1 exf4 33. Qf2 a4 34. Rd6 Bc4

[d]1r3r1k/8/2pR1ppb/7p/p1b1Pp1P/PqN5/1P3QP1/K1B4R w - - 0 35

Sloppy 2.2 has white's King under a lot pressure but Zarkov 2.5 still has chances in this position since black's King is poorly protected. The best move here would be to get the white Rook into play with 35. Rhd1 or even 35. Rhe1. There is everything still to play for in this position. It seems tempting to take the pawn on c5, but as it turns out in this game, this was a bad move.....

35. Rxc6? Rfd8 36. Qc5 Bf7 37. Rxf6 Rd2 38. Qe5 Bg7 39. Nd5 Rxd5 40. exd5 Bxd5 41. Qxb8+ Qxb8 42. Rxf4 Qb3 43. Kb1 Qd3+ 44. Ka1 Qxa3+ 45. Kb1 Qd3+ 46. Ka1 a3 47. Rf8+ Bxf8 48. Re1 Qb3 49. Kb1 axb2 50. Bxb2+ Bg7 51. Re8+ Kh7 52. Rh8+ Bxh8 53. Kc1 Qxb2+ 54. Kd1 Bc3 55. g3 Bb3# 0-1

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 1
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 1

MODERN ENGINES BOUNCE BACK!



GAME 3: Chess Tiger vs Brutus 8.05

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chess Tiger, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Brutus-805-32-ja, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 {
Chess Tiger out of book} 7. Nf3 {Brutus-805-32-ja out of book} e6 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne5 Qd5 11. c3 a6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. a4 Qh5 17. h3 Rg8 18. Kh1

[d]r3k1r1/1b3p1p/p2bpp2/1p5q/P2P4/3B1N1P/1P3PP1/R2Q1R1K b q - 0 18

Brutus 805 has a great opportunity here to win the game with a nice Rook sacrifice 18. ... Rxg2! ..... but misses it and instead only gets a draw.

Kf8? 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Ra7 Rc7 22. Rfa1 f5 23. Bxb5 Kg7 24. b3 Be4 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Ra7 Bb6 27. Rd7 Ra8 28. Kh2 Ra7 29. Rxa7 Bxa7 30. Qe3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 f4 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. dxe5 Bb8 34. b4 Bxe5 35. Bd3 Bd4 36. Kg2 f5 37. b5 Kf6 38. Bc4 Ke5 39. Kf1 Kd6 40. Ke2 h5 41. Bb3 h4 42. Ba2 Bb6 43. Bc4 Ke5 44. Bb3 Kd6 45. Ba2 Kd7 46. Bc4 Kd6 47. Kf1 Ke5 48. Bb3 Kd6 49. Ba2 Ke5 50. Bc4 Kd6 51. Bb3 Bd4 52. Ke1 Bc3+ 53. Kd1 Bd4 54. Ke2 Bb6 55. Ke1 Ba5+ 56. Ke2 Bb6 {Draw by 3-Fold Repetition} 1/2-1/2

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 1.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 1.5

BRUTUS 805 MISSES THE WIN!



GAME 4: Brutus 8.05 vs Chess Tiger

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Brutus-805-32-ja, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Chess Tiger, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 {Chess Tiger out of book} Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 Nge7 {
Brutus-805-32-ja out of book} 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. d4 Bb4 9. d5 e4 10. Ng5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qxg5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bxe4 d5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. O-O Ne5 17. Nxd5 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qh6 19. h4

[d]1r3rk1/ppp3pp/4p2q/3N4/1b5P/3BPnP1/PP1B1P2/R2Q1R1K b - h3 0 19

I think this was the critical position in this game where Chess Tiger should have played 19. ... Nxd2 instead of the move played. After this move Brutus 805 begins to take a commanding lead.

Bxd2? 20. Nf4 g5 21. Qxf3 gxf4 22. exf4 Qg7 23. Qe4 Qd7 24. Rad1 Ba5 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Bxe6+ Kg7 27. Rd5 Bb6 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. f5 Rd8 30. h5 Rxd5 31. h6+ Kf8 32. Qxf6+ Ke8 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qf8+ Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Kxe8 36. Bxd5 Bd4 37. b3 Ke7 38. Bg8 Kf6 39. f4 Kxf5 40. Rd1 c5 41. Bxh7+ Kf6 42. Kg2 b6 43. Re1 Bc3 44. Re8 Bd4 45. Ra8 c4 46. bxc4 b5 47. cxb5 Ke6 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Rd8 Bc5 50. Bf5 Ba3 51. h7 Bb2 52. a4 Ke7 53. Ra8 Kd6 54. h8=Q Bxh8 55. Rxh8 Kc5 56. Rh7 Kb6 57. Bd3 Kc5 58. Rxa7 Kd6 59. Kf3 Ke6 60. Ke4 Kd6 61. f5 Kc5 62. f6 Kb6 63. Ra6+ Kb7 64. f7 Kc7 65. Bc4 Kb7 66. f8=Q Kc7 67. Ra7+ Kb6 68. Qf2# 1-0

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 1.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 2.5

MODERN ENGINES AHEAD!



GAME 5: Umko 0.8 vs Chess Genius 7.2

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Umko 0.8, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Chess Genius 7.2, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. O-O a6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 {Umko 0.8 out of book} 12. Qd2 {Chess Genius 7.2 out of book} Rad8

[d]3r1rk1/1pp1qppp/p1nbpn2/7b/3P4/1PN1PN1P/PB1QBPP1/R4RK1 w - - 0 13

This position is shortly after the opening. You should replay this game to see how Richard Lang's Genius 7.2 slowly with each move increases its advantage and slowly squeezes the life out of the opponent. As in Group A where the Lang's Dedicated Mephisto Computers performed so well, here again a Lang engine shows it's great skill and ability in these low search 5 Ply games.

13. Rfc1 e5 14. d5 Bb4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bc4 Be4 17. Ng5 Nxd5 18. Ngxe4 Nxc3 19. Qc2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd2 21. Rc2 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qf6 23. Rf1 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Rd2 25. Qb1 Qf3 26. Bc1 Rd7 27. a3 Bd6 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. gxf5 Na5 30. Rd1 g6 31. Bb2 e4 32. Bd5 c6 33. b4 cxd5 34. bxa5 gxf5 35. Kf1 Bc7 36. Ke2 f4 37. Rg1+ Kf8 38. Bc3 Bd6 39. Rg5 Bxa3 40. Bg7+ Ke7 41. Re5+ Kd8 42. Rh5 Bb4 43. Bf6+ Kc8 44. Rxh7 f3+ 45. Kd1 Bxa5 46. Rh8+ Kc7 47. Be5+ Kc6 48. Rc8+ Kb5 49. h4 Rd8 50. Rxd8 Bxd8 51. h5 Bg5 52. Bg7 d4 53. Bxd4 f6 54. Kc1 a5 55. Kd2 a4 56. Bb2 Kc4 57. Ba3 Kb3 58. Bf8 a3 59. Bc5 Kb2 60. Bd4+ Kb1 61. Kc3 Bxe3 62. Bxf6 a2 63. Kb3 Bh6 64. Kc4 e3 65. Bd4 e2 66. Bc3 Kc2 67. Bd4 e1=Q 68. Kd5 Qe8 69. Ba1 Bf8 70. Bg7 Kd3 71. Bxf8 a1=Q 72. Ba3 Qee5# 0-1

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 2.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 2.5

PURE GENIUS! ... MATCH IS TIED



GAME 6: Chess Genius 7.2 vs Umko 0.8

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Chess Genius 7.2, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Umko 0.8, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bc5 {Chess Genius 7.2 out of book} 8. Nb3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O f5 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf3 {Umko 0.8 out of book} Qe5 17. Bc3 Qf4 18. Bxc6 bxc6

[d]r3r1k1/p3bppp/2p5/5b2/5q2/PNB5/1P3PPP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 19

This is a repeat of the previous game. The above position again shortly after the opening looks tied. Yet once again Genius 7.2 slowly beats down it's opponent.

19. Re1 Bh4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. g3 Qg5 22. Qd4 Re4 23. Qxa7 Re8 24. Qa4 Be4 25. Nd2 f5 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Kf1 Qg6 28. f3 Qh6 29. fxe4 Bg5 30. Qe2 fxe4 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rf1 Bxd2 33. Bxd2 Qe6 34. Qe3 Qd5 35. Bc3 c5 36. Qh6 Qb7 37. Qe6 e3+ 38. Kg1 c4 39. Qxc4 Qc8 40. Qf7 Rg8 41. Qe7 Qg4 42.
Bxg7+ Rxg7 43. Rf8+ Rg8 44. Qf6+ Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Rxg8+ Kxg8 47. a4 e2 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. a5 Ke8 50. a6 Kd7 51. a7 Kc7 52. a8=Q e1=Q+ 53. Kxe1 Kb6 54. Qh8 Kc5 55. Qxh7 Kc4 56. g4 Kd4 57. g5 Kd5 58. Qc7 Ke6 59. g6 Kd5 60. g7 Ke4 61. g8=Q Kf5 62. Qcc4 Ke5 63. Qge6# 1-0

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 3.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 2.5

TEAM DOS/WINDOWS RE-TAKE THE LEAD!



GAME 7: Rex 230 vs Mystery Engine A

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rex 230, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Mystery Engine A, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 {Rex 230 out of book} 9. Bg5 Bd6 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bh2+ 12. Kh1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be5 14. Qd3 b5 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bb4 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qc4 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Bb7 20. Rfe1 Rbd8 21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Red1 f5 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. exf5 exf5 25. Rf4 Re5 26. Kh2 Rde8 27. Rfd4 Kf7 28. Kg3 R5e6 29. f3 h6 30. h4 Kf6 31. Nd5+ Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Re2 33. R1d2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Rc8 35. c3 Ke6 36. Re2+ Kf6 37. h5 a5 38. f4 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. Rd2 Ra8 41. b3 Ke6 42. Re2+ Kf6 43. Rc2 Ra6 44. Kf3
Rd6 45. Ke3 Re6+ 46. Kd3 Rd6+ 47. Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. g3 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Rc3 51. Re2 d5 52. Rd2 Ke6 53. Re2+ Kd6 54. Rd2 Ke6 55. Re2+ Kd6 56. Rd2 Kc5 57. Re2 d4 58. Re7 Rc2+ 59. Kf3 Rxa2 60. Rc7+ Kb5 61. Rb7+ Kc5 62. Rc7+ Kb6

[d]8/2R3p1/1k5p/5p1P/1p1p1P2/1P3KP1/r7/8 w - - 0 63

For the last thirty or so moves, the position seemed to be a dead draw. I kept crossing my fingers and hoping that Rex 230 would also see it this way and just accept a draw. Instead Rex 230 has tried to force the issue and allowed black's Rook to get behind its defense. Still, in this position 63. Rc4 would be a dead certain draw. But Rex 230 refuses to accept a draw and instead becomes greedy and loses the game to the consternation of the DOS/WINDOWS entourage who were closely watching the game and hoping for a more favorable outcome.

63. Rxg7 Ra3 64. Rg6+ Kc5 65. Rxh6 Rxb3+ 66. Kf2 Rb2+ 67. Kg1 d3 68. Rh8 d2 69. Rd8 Rb1+ 70. Kf2 d1=Q 71. Rxd1 Rxd1 72. Ke2 Rh1 73. Kd3 Rxh5 74. Kd2 Rh3 75. Ke2 Rxg3 76. Ke1 Rd3 77. Ke2 Kd4 78. Kf2 b3 79. Kf1 b2 80. Kf2 b1=Q 81. Ke2 Qd1+ 82. Kf2 Qc2+ 83. Ke1 Rd1# 0-1

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 3.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 3.5

ALL TIED AT THE WESTERN FRONT



GAME 8: Mystery Engine A vs Rex 230

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mystery Engine A, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Rex 230, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 {Rex 230 out of book} Be6 {Mystery Engine A out of book} 7. O-O Bc5 8. Ne4 Bb6 9. Nfg5 Bf5 10. e3 h6 11. Qh5 Bg6 12. Qh4 f5 13. Qh3 Ke7 14. Ne6 Kxe6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Kf7 17. d4 e4 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 Kg8 20. Rxf5

[d]r2q2kr/ppp3p1/1bn3bp/5R2/3P4/2P1P1PQ/P5BP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 20

Rex 230 is piece up and should now play 20. ... Qc8! Forcing the exchange of Queens and making it an easy endgame. But, noooooooo this is so frustrating! :P 20. ... Bxf5 is BAD! And loses the game. :shock:

Bxf5?? 21. Qxf5 Qf6 22. Bd5+ Kf8 23. Qd7 Rd8 24. Ba3+ Nb4 25. Bxb4+ c5 26. Qxb7 Rxd5 27. Qxd5 cxb4 28. Rf1 bxc3 29. Rxf6+ gxf6 30. Qc4 f5 31. Qxc3 Kf7 32. Qc6 Rd8 33. Qxh6 Rc8 34. Qg5 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Rf2 39. d5 Bc5 40. a4 Be7 41. Qh6 a5 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. d6 Bd8 44. d7 Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Qb8 Bf6 47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Qxd8 Kg6 49. Qxa5 Rc2 50. Qb6+ Kg5 51. a5 Rc8 52. a6 Rh8+ 53. Kg2 Rg8 54. a7 Rf8 55. h4+ Kh5 56. g4+ fxg4 57. Qc5+ Kxh4 58. Qxf8 Kg5 59. a8=Q Kg6 60. Qe4+ Kg5 61. Qef5+ Kh4 62. Q8f6# 1-0

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 3.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 4.5

MODERN ENGINES RE-TAKE THE LEAD AGAIN



GAME 9: Bison 9.11 vs Sargon 5

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bison 9.11, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Sargon 5, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 cxd4 {Sargon 5 out of book} 5. exd4 {
Bison 9.11 out of book} d5 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qf4 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Re4 b6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rg4 Qf8 18. Qe3 Ne7 19. Nh4 Rac8 20. Qf4 h5 21. Rg5 Nd5

[d]2rr1qk1/pb3pp1/1p2p3/3n2Rp/2BP1Q1N/8/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 22

Sargon 5 has advantage and with the move from Bison 9.11, Sargon 5 gets an even bigger advantage. 22. Bxd5 seems to be the best White’s move options in this position. Sargon 5 nicely wins this game.

22. Qd2 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Ng6 Re8 25. Nf4 Nxa2 26. Rc2 Be4 27. Nxh5 Bxc2 28. Bxa2 Bb3 29. h4 Bxa2 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Rg3 a5 33. b3 Rd8 34. Rd3 Rd5 35. Rc3 Rxd4 36. h5 Rb4 37. g3 Bxb3 38. f4 Bd1 39. h6 gxh6 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Ke3 Rd5 42. Ra3 a4 43. Ra2 b5 44. Rh2 h5 45. f5 Rxf5 46. Kd2 Bg4 47. Kc3 Rf3+ 48. Kb4 Rb3+
49. Kc5 e5 50. Rd2 e4 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Rd4 Bf3 53. Rd2 e3 54. Ra2 Rb1 55. Ra3 e2 56. Re3+ Kf8 57. Kd4 e1=Q 58. Rxe1 Rxe1 59. Kc3 Re3+ 60. Kb2 a3+ 61. Ka1 Bd5 62. Kb1 Rc3 63. g4 hxg4 64. Ka1 Rc1# 0-1

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 4.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 4.5

WHAT! TIED AGAIN?




GAME 10: Sargon 5 vs Bison 9.11

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sargon 5, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Bison 9.11, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.03.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. c4 Nc3 15. Rfe1 dxc4 16. Bd2 Nb5 17. c3 Na3 18. Rad1 Kd7 19. Bc1 Nb5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. f3 Rhd8 22. a4 Na3 23. Bf4 Rb3 24. Rc1 c5 25. dxc5 Kc6 26. Bd6 Rb2 27. Kf1 h5 28. Re2 Rb1 29. Rxb1 Nxb1 30. Rc2 h4 31. Ke2 Rd7 32. Ke3 f6

[d]8/p2r2p1/2kBpp2/2P5/P1p4p/2P1KP1P/2R3P1/1n6 w - - 0 33

This is the critical moment in this match. The position is level and neither player can afford to lose with the match tied at 4.5 - 4,5. But, here it is Sargon 5's turn to make the mistake allowing black's Rook to get behind White's defense.

33. Rc1 Rb7 34. Bf8 e5 35. a5 Rb3 36. Bxg7 Rxc3+ 37. Rxc3 Nxc3 38. Bf8 Kb5 39. a6 Kxa6 40. Bd6 Kb5 41. Kd2 Nd5 42. Bf8 a5 43. Kc1 a4 44. Kb2 Nf4 45. Bg7 Nxg2 46. Bxf6 Kxc5 47. Bxe5 Ne1 48. f4 Nd3+ 49. Kc3 Nxe5 50. fxe5 a3 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. Kb1 c3
53. e6 Kxe6 54. Kc2 a2 55. Kxc3 a1=Q+ 56. Kd3 Qf1+ 57. Ke3 Qxh3+ 58. Kf2 Qg3+ 59. Ke2 h3 60. Kd2 h2 61. Kc2 h1=Q 62. Kd2 Qhe1+ 63. Kc2 Qgc3# 0-1

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 4.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 5.5

MODERN ENGINES LEAD ONCE MORE!


GAME 11: WChess 1.05 vs Boot 4.15.0

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "WChess 1.05, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Booot 4.15.0, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2010.03.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 {Booot 4.15.0 out of book} Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 Bf5 5. Be2 Qd7 {WChess 1.05 out of book} 6. Nc3 h5 7. O-O O-O-O 8. d4 e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. c4 h4 12. a3 Be7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 f6 15. Bd2 Nd6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qa6 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. b4 h3 20. g3 Bd3 21. Rf2 Nxa3 22. Ra1

[d]2kr3r/ppp1b1p1/q4p2/3p4/1P1P1P2/n1NbPNPp/3B1R1P/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 22

White has Black's Knight pinned and the only reasonable move here is 22. ... Bxb4. For some reason Boot 4.15.0 does not want to play this move and plays a move that ensures that White will win a piece and the game.

Be4? 23. Qc1 Bxb4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bxb4 exf3 26. Rxf3 Qe2 27. Rf2 Qb5 28. Qxa3 Rhe8 29. Rc2 c6 30. Rb2 Qa6 31. Qxa6 bxa6 32. Kf2 Rd5 33. Bc5 a5 34. Rxa5 Rd7 35. Rxa7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Kc7 37. f5 Ra8 38. Bc5 Ra1 39. e4 Rh1 40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Re2 Rb1 42. Bf8 Kd7 43. Bxg7 Ke7 44. Rc2 Rb3+ 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Bh8 Rb6 47. g4 Ra6 48. Rc3 Rb6 49. Rxh3 Rb1 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rh6 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Rf4 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Kd2 Rf4 57. Ke3 Rxg4 58. Bxf6 Kf7 59. Be5 Rg1 60. Rxc6 Re1+ 61. Kd3 Rd1+ 62. Ke2 Ra1 63. Rc7+ Kf8 64. Bd6+ Ke8 65. f6 Kd8 66. Rg7 Ra2+ 67. Ke3 Ra1 68. f7 Rf1 69. Rg8+ Kd7 70. Bf4 Re1+ 71. Kf2 Rb1 72. f8=Q Rb2+ 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Kg4 Rg3+ 75. hxg3 Kc6 76. Qb4 Kd7 77. Qd6# 1-0

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 5.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 5.5

MATCH IS TIED WITH ONE GAME TO GO!




GAME 12: Boot 4.15.0 vs WChess 1.05

The match tied at 5.5 - 5.5 after 11 games in this monumental encounter.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Booot 4.15.0, 5 Ply"]
[Black "WChess 1.05, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2010.03.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 e6 {Booot 4.15.0 out of book} 6. Bxf5 {WChess 1.05 out of book} exf5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Qc2 g6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bd6 12. Ba3 b4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Nc4 Ne4 15. Nfe5 f6 16. Nd3 Be7 17. f3 Ng5 18. Ra4 c5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Rd1 Qc7

[d]r4rk1/p1q1b2p/2n2pp1/2P2pn1/RpN5/1P1NPP2/1BQ3PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 21

Boot 4.15.0 has a good advantage in this position. But the pressure of the occasion gets to Boot and instead of playing 21. Nf4, or 21. Nd6, which are both good, Boot, plays 21. Qf2. This lets WChess off the hook.

21. Qf2 Rfd8 22. Qh4 Rac8 23. Bd4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Qg3 e4 26. fxe4 Qxg3 27. hxg3

[d]2rr2k1/p3b2p/6p1/2P2pn1/RpN1P3/1P1NP1P1/6P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 27

Now WChess 1.05 has the better position and a slight lead. Here WChess takes the pawn on e4 with the wrong piece. 27. ... Nxe4! Would have been so much nicer because of the threats the Knight poses to g3 and c5. Also White's pawns are all broken whereas the 3 joined Black pawns on the Kingside would have been really dangerous in an endgame.

fxe4 28. Ndb2 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Bxc5 30. Nf2 Kg7 31. Nh3 Kf6 32. Nf4 Kf5 33. Nd5 Kg4 34. Kh2

[d]2r5/p6p/6p1/2bN2n1/RpN1p1k1/1P2P1P1/6PK/8 b - - 0 34

WChess still has a slight advantage but should now play 34. ... Rd8. 34. ... Rf8? turns the game back in favor of Boot 4.15.0 and this time there is no turning back.........

Rf8 35. Ra5 Ne6 36. Nf4 Nxf4 37. exf4 Rf5 38. Ne5+ Rxe5 39. fxe5 Bf2 40. e6 e3 41. e7 e2 42. Ra1 Bxg3+ 43. Kg1 e1=R+ 44. Rxe1 Bxe1 45. e8=Q Bc3 46. Qd7+ Kg5 47. Qxh7 Bd4+ 48. Kf1 Bc5 49. Qd7 Bb6 50. Ke2 Bg1 51. Qb5+ Kf6 52. Qxb4 Ke6 53. Qe4+ Kf6 54. Qf4+ Ke6 55. Qc4+ Kf6 56. g4 Bb6 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kh7 59. Qe7+ Kg8 60. Qf6 g5 61. Qxg5+ Kf7 62. Qf5+ Ke7 63. g5 Kd6 64. Qf6+ Kd5 65. g6 Bd4 66. Qd8+ Ke4 67. Qe7+ Kf5 68. Qf7+ Kg5 69. Kd3 Bf6 70. g7 Bxg7 71. Qxg7+ Kf5 72. Qxa7 Ke6 73. b4 Kd6 74. b5 Ke6 75. b6 Kf6 76. b7 Ke5 77. b8=Q+ Ke6 78. Ke4 Kf6 79. Qe5+ Kg6 80. Qag7# 1-0

Boot wins the last game!

SCORE
6. Team DOS/Windows - 1 USA/FRANCE/UK: 5.5
4. Modern Engine - 4 Amateur: 6.5

MODERN ENGINES WIN THE MATCH IN A CLIFFHANGER ENDING




Well that was tough on Team DOS/Windows. Team Modern Engine - 4 Amateur is tough but Team DOS/Windows is no less tough. Both should be feared in this Group C!


Final Results of Match 1 of Round 1 in Group C:

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A report on Match 2 will be coming soon......................

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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad

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Here is a report on the results of the 2nd Match in Round 1 of Group C:

Group C Round 1 Match 2




Match between TEAM: 5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5 and TEAM: 1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA

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This is about as strong a Team possible for the Commodore 64 Home Computer. Clearly the underdog in everyone’s eyes. TEAM: 5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5 is another strong Neo Classic team. Neo Classic has been doing very well in this Tournament so far. Finishing second in Group A and first in Group B.



GAME 1: Anmon 575 versus C64 - Chessmaster 2100

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anmon 575, 5 Ply"]
[Black "C64 - Chessmaster 2100, 40/9000S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.03.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 {C64 - Chessmaster 2100 out of book} exd4 5.
Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3+ Be7 {Anmon 575 out of book} 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nb8 9. Qh6 Na6
10. a3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nb3 12. Rd1 c6 13. d6 Bf8 14. Qf4 Qa5+ 15. Qb4 Qxb4+ 16.
axb4 Bg7 17. Rd3 Na1 18. Kd1 Bxb2 19. Bc1 Bg7 20. Re3+ Kf8 21. Ra3

[d] r1b2k1r/pp1p1pbp/2pP2p1/8/1P6/R5P1/4PP1P/n1BK1BNR b - - 0 21

Chessmaster 2100 is in a pickle. Cannot castle and the Knight is trapped on a1.

Kg8 22. Nf3 b6 23. e4 c5 24. bxc5 Bb7 25. Nd2 bxc5 26. Bc4 h6 27. Bb5 Rh7 28. h4 a6 29. Bd3
f5 30. h5 g5 31. Re1 fxe4 32. Nxe4 Bd4 33. Bc4+ Kf8 34. Rf3+ Kg7 35. Rf5 Bxe4
36. Rxe4 Rb8 37. Re7+ Kh8 38. f3 Rg7 39. Bxa6 Ra8 40. Bc4 Rb8 41. Rxg7 Kxg7 42.
Rf7+ Kh8 43. Rxd7 Bf2 44. Re7 Nb3 45. d7 Nd4 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Rxb8 Nc6 48. Bd5
Nxb8 49. d8=Q Nc6 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Qe6+ Kg7 52. Qg6+ Kf8 53. Qf7# 1-0


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 1
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 0


TEAM NEO CLASSIC ENGINE OFF TO A GOOD START


GAME 2: C64 - Chessmaster 2100 versus Anmon 575

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "C64 - Chessmaster 2100, 40/9000S."]
[Black "Anmon 575, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.03.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 {C64 - Chessmaster 2100 out of book}
5. Nc3 {Anmon 575 out of book} Nc6 6. Qc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rb1
Bg4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qb3 b5 14. f4 Nd7

[d] r3kb1r/3npp1p/p2p1p2/qp1N4/4PP2/1QP5/PP3P1P/1R2KB1R w Kkq - 0 15

No errors in this game from either program in this Sicilian Opening. Chessmaster 2100 played well here to hold its own against Anmon 575.


15. Nb4 Rc8 16. Bg2 Rc4 17. Rc1 Bh6 18. Nd3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qc2 Bxf4 21. b4 Qa3 22. bxc5
Bxc1 23. cxd6 Bb2 24. dxe7 Bxc3+ 25. Ke2 Kxe7 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Qd3 Qc4 28. Qxc4
bxc4 29. Rc1 Be5 30. Rxc4 Bxh2 31. Ra4 Ra8 32. e5 Ra7 33. exf6+ Kxf6 34. Rh4
Re7+ 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. Rh6+ Ke5 37. Rxh7 a5 38. Rh5+ f5 39. Bh3 Rf7 40. Rg5 Bc5
41. Rg1 Rd7 42. Rg5 Rf7 43. a4 Rf8 44. Rh5 Bd4 45. Bf1 Rf6 46. Bg2 Bc5 47. Rh1
Rb6 48. Re1+ Kf6 49. Bf1 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 Rb2 51. Re2 Rb4 52. Rc2 Rg4+ 53. Kf3 Bd4
54. Bg2 Kg5 55. Bf1 Rf4+ 56. Kg3 Be5 57. Rc5 Rxf2+ 58. Rxe5 Rxf1 59. Rxa5 Ra1
60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Ke2 Kg4 62. Kd2 f4 63. Ra8 f3 64. a5 f2 65. Ke2 Ra2+ 66. Kf1
Kg3 67. Rg8+ Kf3 68. Rf8+ Ke3 69. Kg2 Rxa5 70. Re8+ Kd2 71. Rf8 Ke1 72. Re8+
Kd1 1/2-1/2


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 1.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 0.5


GAME 2 IS DRAWN



GAME 3: C64 - Final Chesscard versus Chiron 0.8.3 Beta 2

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "C64 - Final Chesscard, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Chiron 0.8.3 Beta 2, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.03.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 {Chiron 0.8.3 Beta 2 out of book} O-O {
C64 - Final Chesscard out of book} 5. e4 Nc6 6. e5 h6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. exf6 Qxf6
9. a3 Be7 10. Nf3 Qf4 11. Be2 Bf6 12. g3 Qg4 13. Nb5 Rb8 14. h3 Qe4 15. Kf1 Qg6
16. Nxc7 Qg7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qd2 b5 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22.
bxc3 Bb7 23. Rg1 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rfc8 25. Be2 Bd5 26. Bxa6 Rxc3 27. a4 Rcb3 28.
Bb5 d6 29. Qf4 Bf3 30. Qxd6 R8xb5 31. axb5 Qc3 32. Rg2 Rxb5 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34.
Kg1 Qc6 35. Rh2

[d] 3Q4/5pk1/2q1p2p/1r6/8/5bPP/5P1R/3R2K1 b - - 0 35

The Final Chesscard has played itself into a horrible bind with a Rook trapped on h2. Chiron has several ways to win this game easily from this position. 35. Rd5 wins immediately, but unfortunately for Chiron it did not see any of the winning moves and generously allows the Final Chesscard to draw this game.

Bxd1? 36. Qxd1 Rc5 37. Qg4+ Rg5 38. Qh4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 e5 40. Rh1
Qc6+ 41. Kh2 Qf3 42. Rf1 Kh7 43. Kg1 e4 44. Re1 f5 45. Ra1 Rg7 46. Ra6 Qd1+ 47.
Kh2 Qd2 48. Kg2 Rc7 49. Rf6 Qg5 50. Qxg5 hxg5 51. Rxf5 Kg6 52. Re5 Rc4 53. g4
Kf6 54. Rd5 Rb4 55. Rc5 Rd4 56. Rb5 Rd1 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Re5 Re1 59. Kh2 Kf6
60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Rd5 Kf6 62. Rd6+ Ke7 63. Rd4 Ke6 64. Rb4 Kf6 65. Rb6+ Ke7 66.
Rb5 Kf6 67. Rc5 Rf1 68. Rf5+ Kg6 69. Rf8 e3 70. Re8 Rxf2+ 71. Kg3 Re2 72. Re4
Kf6 73. Kf3 Rh2 74. Kxe3 Rxh3+ 75. Kd4 Rh1 76. Kd5 Rd1+ 77. Kc4 Ra1 1/2-1/2


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 2.0
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 1.0


CHIRON 0.8.3 BETA 2 FEELS GENEROUS!





GAME 4: Chiron 0.8.3 Beta 2 versus C64 - Final Chesscard

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Chiron 0.8.3 Beta 2, 5 Ply"]
[Black "C64 - Final Chesscard, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.03.12"]
[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 Ngf6 {Chiron 0.8.3 Beta 2 out of book} 12.
O-O {C64 - Final Chesscard out of book} e6 13. Ne4 Nxh5 14. Rfe1 Be7 15. Qc4
O-O 16. g3 Nb6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bb4 Rfe8 21. Rad1
Nd5 22. Ba3 b5 23. Bc5 a5 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. Qe4 Red8 26. g4 Nb4 27. Bxb4 axb4 28.
c3 Qd6 29. Rh3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. f4 c5 33. Rd1 Ra8 34. Rd2
cxd4 35. cxd4 g5 36. Rxh6 Bg7 37. Rh3 gxf4 38. Nc6 Rg5 39. Rg2 Ra6 40. Rc3 Ra4
41. Ne5 Rxd4 42. Rc8+ Bf8 43. Nf3 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Rgd5 45. Rg1 R1d3 46. Kg2 Ra3
47. Rc2 e5 48. Re1 f6 49. g5 Rdd3 50. gxf6 Rxf3 51. Rxe5 Rg3+ 52. Kf1 Kf7 53.
Rxb5 Kxf6 54. Rc6+ Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kg8 56. Rf6 Rxa2?

[d] 5bk1/1R6/5R2/8/5p2/6r1/r7/5K2 w - - 0 57

The Final Chesscard had a pawn advantage, which it gained shortly after the opening. It kept this advantage throughout the game and finally on move #56, we have the above position. The Final Chesscard has just played a greedy move by taking the pawn on a2. This gave Chiron one final chance to rescue the game with 57. Rb8! Chiron, however must have thought the pawn on f4 was more important in this position and also makes the same greedy mistake of grabbing a pawn and consequently loses the game.


57. Rxf4?? Bc5 58. Rd4 Bxd4 59.
Rb8+ Kf7 60. Rb7+ Ke6 61. Re7+ Kxe7 62. Ke1 Rg1# 0-1


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 2.0
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 2.0


THE FINAL CHESSCARD WINS GAME 4 – MATCH NOW TIED AT 2-2




GAME 5: Jonny 2.83 versus C64 - Colossus 4.0

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jonny 2.83, 5 Ply"]
[Black "C64 - Colossus 4.0, 40/9000S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 {C64 - Colossus 4.0 out of book}
Bb4 {Jonny 2.83 out of book} 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nce2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nb6 9. O-O-O Nc4
10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Nc3 Ndb6 12. b3 Na3 13. Kb2 Qe7 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Bd3 f6 16. Qh4

[d] r4rk1/pppbq1pp/1n2pp2/3pP3/3P1P1Q/nPNB1N2/PKP3PP/3R3R b - - 0 16

Jonny 2.83 has a slight advantage in this position. Colossus 4.0 needs to play 16. … h6 to remain competitive. The move that Colossus 4.0 played 16. … g6? Was not good since it weakens the King’s defense.


g6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Qf8 19. Ne2 Na4+ 20. bxa4 Bxa4 21. Ng4 Qb4+ 22. Kc1
Qb1+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+ 24. Nc3 Rff8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxh7 Rfe8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28.
Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Nf6 Nc4+ 30. Ke2 Re7 31. Qh6+ Rh7 32. Qxh7# 1-0


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 3.0
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 2.0


JONNY 2.83 WINS AND TEAM NEO CLASSIC ENGINE REGAIN THE LEAD




GAME 6: Colossus 4.0 versus C64 - Jonny 2.83

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "C64 - Colossus 4.0, 40/9000S."]
[Black "Jonny 2.83, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 {C64 - Colossus 4.0 out of book} 5.
e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Bxf6 {Jonny 2.83 out of book} Nxf6 9. dxc5 Qa5
10. c6 bxc6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Rb1 e5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 e4 16. Be2
Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nd7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Kh1 Nc5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Rg1 Kh7 22. Rb3 d4 23.
Nd1 Rfd8 24. Qe1 dxe3 25. fxe3 c5 26. b5 Ng5 27. Nf2 Nf3 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Rf1
c4 30. Rb4 Rd5 31. a4 Rbd8 32. e4 Re5 33. Qe3 fxe4 34. Nxe4?

[d] 3r4/p1q3bk/6pp/1P2r3/PRp1N3/4Qp1P/2P4P/5R1K b - - 0 34

Colossus 4.0 has struggled in this game and just played 34. Nxe4? Jonny 2.83 should now play 34. … Rxe4! And win. Jonny 2.83 missed this move and Colossus 4.0 survives.

Rde8 35. Qf4 Qe7 36. Rxc4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Qxe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxf3 Rxa4 40. Rf7 Kg8 41. Rc7 Ra2
42. Kg2 Be5 43. Rc5 Bf4 44. Rc4 Bg5 45. Kf3 Ra1 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke6 48.
Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Kf6 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. Rc7+ Kf8 52. Ke4 Bd8 53. Rc6 Re1+ 54.
Kd5 Rd1+ 55. Ke5 Kf7 56. Rc4 Rb1 57. Rc5 Rb2 58. c4 Rxh2 59. Rd5 Bc7+ 60. Ke4
Ke6 61. Rc5 Bd6 62. Rc6

[d] 8/p7/2Rbk1pp/1P6/2P1K3/7P/7r/8 b - - 0 62

Jonny 2.83 leads by a Bishop in what looks to be a simple winning endgame. But Jonny 2.83 messes up in this position and allows a fortunate Colossus 4.0 to draw this game.

Rxh3? 63. c5 Rh4+ 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. cxd6 Rh3+ 66. Ke2 Rh2+
67. Ke3 Ke6 68. d7+ Kxd7 69. Rxg6 Kc7 70. Rc6+ Kb7 71. Re6 h5 72. Kf4 h4 73.
Kf3 Rc2 74. Kg4 Rc4+ 75. Kh3 Rb4 76. Rf6 Ka8 77. Rf8+ Kb7 78. Rf6 Rxb5 79. Rf7+
Kb6 80. Rf6+ Kc5 81. Kxh4 a5 82. Kg4 a4 83. Rf5+ Kb4 84. Rf4+ Kb3 85. Rf3+ Ka2
86. Kf4 a3 87. Ke4 Kb2 88. Rf2+ Ka1 89. Kd3 a2 90. Kc3 Rb1 91. Rd2 Rb8 92. Rd1+
Rb1 93. Rd2 Re1 94. Kb3 Re3+ 95. Kc2 Re1 96. Kb3 Rb1+ 97. Kc3 1/2-1/2


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 3.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 2.5


GAME 6 IS DRAWN, NEO CLASSIC CONTINUE TO LEAD BY A POINT





GAME 7: C64 - Sargon III - Pseudo 0.7c

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "C64 - Sargon III, 40/7200S."]
[Black "Pseudo 0.7c, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 {
C64 - Sargon III out of book} 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O {
Pseudo 0.7c out of book} b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Na4

[d] r2qkb1r/p4ppp/2pp1n2/8/Np1nP1b1/1B3N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 10

This position arises shortly after the opening books were completed. Pseudo 0.7c with the next move loses a piece and gets beaten quickly.

Nxe4? 11. Re1 d5 12. d3 Nxb3 13. axb3 f5 14. dxe4 fxe4 15. Qd4 Qf6 16. Qe5+ Be6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nd4 Bf7 19. f3
Bg6 20. Nxc6 Kd7 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. c3 Bd6 23. Nb5 exf3 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 25. Bf4+ Kd7
26. Rad1 Bf7 27. gxf3 Rhe8 28. cxb4 Kc6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rc1+ Kb5 31. Rc7 Be6
32. Rb7+ Kc6 33. Rxa7 Bg8 34. Ra6+ Kd7 35. Rxf6 Ke7 36. Bg5 1-0


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 3.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 3.5


SARGON III WINS GAME 7 – MATCH TIED AT 3.5 – 3.5




GAME 8: Pseudo 0.7c - C64 - Sargon III

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pseudo 0.7c, 5 Ply"]
[Black "C64 - Sargon III, 40/7200S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Ne7 {Pseudo 0.7c out of book} 6. Nf3
Ng6 7. Bc4 {C64 - Sargon III out of book} Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a5 Nd7 10. Be3 Nf6
11. h3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Rfd1 Nhf4 14. Qe1 Rc8 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Kh8 17.
Qc3 Qd7 18. Raa1 Rg8 19. Qb3 Rcf8 20. c3 Bf6 21. Qa4 Qc8 22. Qc2 Re8 23. b4
cxb4 24. cxb4 Qd7 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. Rc3 Rge8 27. Qb2 Qc7 28. Kf1 Ne7 29. Bb6 Qb8
30. Kg1 Rg8 31. Kh2 Rgf8 32. g3 Nfg6 33. Be3 Qc7 34. b5 Qxa5 35. Ra1

[d] 2r2r1k/1p2nppp/p2p1bn1/qP1Pp3/2B1P3/2R1BNPP/1Q3P1K/R7 b - - 0 35

Sargon 3 in this position sacrifices its Queen for a Rook and a Bishop but this leads to a good advantage for Pseudo 0.7c.

Qxc3 36. Qxc3 axb5 37. Nd2 bxc4 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. Nxc4 Nc8 40. Na5 b6 41. h4 Rg8 42. Qc7
Ra8 43. Nc6 Ra2 44. Qxf7 Rf8 45. Qb7 Ra4 46. Rb4 Ra2 47. Bxb6 Nxh4 48. gxh4
Nxb6 49. Rxb6 Bxh4 50. Qb8 Raxf2+ 51. Kh3 R2f3+ 52. Kxh4 g5+ 53. Kg4 R3f4+ 54.
Kxg5 Rxb8 55. Nxb8 Rxe4 56. Rxd6 Rc4 57. Rc6 Rf4 58. Nd7 Rf2 59. Nxe5 Rd2 60.
d6 Rg2+ 61. Kh4 Kg7 62. d7 Rd2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kf4 Rd2 65. Rc8 h5 66. d8=Q
Rxd8 67. Rxd8 Kf6 68. Re8 h4 69. Kg4 h3 70. Kf4 Kg7 71. Ng4 Kf7 72. Re3 h2 73.
Nxh2 Kf6 74. Nf3 Kg6 75. Re6+ Kg7 76. Ne5 Kf8 77. Ke4 Kg7 78. Kf5 Kh7 79. Re7+
Kg8 80. Nd7 Kh8 81. Kg6 Kg8 82. Re8# 1-0


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 4.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 3.5


PSEUDO 0.7C REGAINS LEAD FOR TEAM NEO CLASSIC





GAME 9: Rodin 2.3a - C64 - Mychess II

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rodin 2.3a, 5 Ply"]
[Black "C64 - Mychess II, 40/12600S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 {C64 - Mychess II out of book} Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3
O-O {Rodin 2.3a out of book} 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. c3
Bg4 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. b5 Ne7 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qb3
Qc7 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Rbe1 Qc5 20. g5 Bh5 21. Re3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 d5 23. exd5
hxg5 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Bxg6 Rxf3 28. Kxf3 Qxg6 29. Qc2
Qf5+ 30. Kg2 g4 31. hxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kh1 Rd8

[d] 3r3k/1p4p1/1p6/pP2p3/P5q1/2PP4/2Q2P2/5R1K w - - 0 33

Rodin 2.32 is in a lot of trouble here but does not seem to recognize the dangers. 33. Rd1? Is a horrible move that loses straight away.


33. Rd1? Rd6 34. f3 Rh6+ 35. Qh2
Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxd1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Rxh2 39. d4 Qg2# 0-1


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 4.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 4.5


MYCHESS II TIES THE MATCH – NOW 4.5 – 4.5




COMMODORE 64 MYCHESS II - DISC VERSION

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Mychess II came out in 1984 for the Commodore 64. David Kittinger and Walter Hochbrueckner wrote the Software. It was one of the best programs available for the C64. Hard to say which was stronger, Mychess II, Chessmaster 2100 or Colossus 4.0, which were all closely followed by Sargon III, Cyrus II and Chessmaster 2000.


COMMODORE 64 MYCHESS II - SCREENSHOTS

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The 2-D Graphic Chessboard is nice and easy to use. The 3-D Graphic Chessboard is harder to play and more of a nuisance. The evaluations for Ply Depth in Mychess II are depicted in letters rather than numbers. I.E. A = 1 Ply, B = 2 Ply etc. In the photo above you can see the Letter C in the bottom right hand corner. This means that Mychess II is currently searching 3 Ply deep.


COMMODORE 64 MYCHESS II – TAPE VERSION

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Mychess II was available on Cassette Tape and also on Disk. The above photo shows the front and the back of the Tape Version Box. Often for the C64 it was harder to fit programs onto tape and programs were modified because of this. It is possible that the Tape version plays differently to the Disk but I have not tested this yet. The Disk version is used for this Tournament.




GAME 10: C64 - Mychess II - Rodin 2.3a

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "C64 - Mychess II, 40/12600S."]
[Black "Rodin 2.3a, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {C64 - Mychess II out of book} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nf4 11. Qe4 Nxe5 12. d4
Bb7 13. Qxf4 Ng6 14. Qg4 Bd6 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Qxh4 Nxh4 17. f3 Nf5 18. Bf2 Rae8
19. Bc2 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Bd1 c5 22. Nd2 Rd3 23. Nb3 cxd4 24. Bc2 Re3 25.
Nxd4 Bf4 26. Rfe1 Rfe8 27. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Nf5

[d] 6k1/1b3ppp/p7/1p2rN2/8/2P1bP2/PPB3PP/R4K2 b - - 0 29

Mychess II leads by a pawn. Rodin 2.3a now plays 29. … Bf4? Which was not a good move. Mychess II knows this and takes full advantage of the mistake to win again.

Bf4 30. g3 Bc8 31. gxf4 Rxf5 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rxc8 Rxf4 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc7+ Ke8 37.
Rc6 Rf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Kg3 Kd7 40. f4 Ke6 41. Bd1 h4+ 42. Kxh4 Kd6 43. Kg4
Kd7 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. h4 a5 46. a4 b4 47. cxb4 axb4 48. h5 Kd6 49. h6 Kd7 50. h7
Kd6 51. h8=Q Kc6 52. Qxf6+ Kc5 53. Ke5 b3 54. Qd6+ Kc4 55. Be2# 1-0


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 4.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 5.5


MYCHESS II RULES!!! – TEAM C64 TAKES THE LEAD!





GAME 11: C64 - Cyrus II - Ufim 802

Well, everybody loves underdogs. In these final two games I was crossing my fingers, hoping that Cyrus II would at least get a draw to tie the match at 6 – 6, or even a win!

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "C64 - Cyrus II, LV 9."]
[Black "Ufim 802, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 {C64 - Cyrus II out of book} 4. d3 {
Ufim 802 out of book} Nc6 5. Bf4 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. Be2 d4 8. Nb5 O-O 9. O-O Bd7
10. Bc7 Qc8 11. Bf4 a6 12. Na3 h6 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Nc2 b5 15. Be5 bxc4 16. dxc4
Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Rdb1 Rfd8 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. b3 Qc7 22. a3 Ne5
23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. g3 Bf6 25. Rb2 e5 26. Rbb1 Bg5 27. Qe2 Bh3 28. Kh1 Qc8 29. b4
Bg4 30. f3 Be6 31. Rb2 Rb6 32. Rbb1 Rbd6 33. a4 Qc7 34. b5 Qa5 35. Ra3 Rb8 36.
h4 Bd2 37. h5 Bc3 38. Rbb3 Rdd8 39. Rb1 Rb7 40. Rbb3 Rbd7 41. Rb1 Qb6 42. Qh2
Kf8 43. Qh4 Kg8 44. Qh2 Kf8 45. Qh4 Rd6 46. f4 exf4 47. Qxf4 Kg8 48. e5 R6d7
49. Qf3 Qb8 50. Qe4 Qb7 51. Qxb7 Rxb7

[d] 3r2k1/1r3pp1/p3b2p/1Pp1P2P/P1Pp4/R1bB2P1/2N5/1R5K w - - 0 52

Fifty-one moves played and Cyrus still has a chance here for a draw. Ufim 802 had the initiative right from the beginning of this game but Cyrus II continued to hang in there. From this position however Cyrus II needed to get its King into play with 52. Kg2 but never seemed to want to. It missed playing this move several times over the next few moves and in the end the pressure on White’s position was too strong and the defense collapsed.

52. Be4 Rbb8 53. Bd3 Ba5 54. Rab3 Rb6 55.
Rf1 Bg4 56. Be4 Be2 57. Rf2 Bxc4 58. Rb1 axb5 59. axb5 Rxb5 60. Rxb5 Bxb5 61.
Na3 Ba6 62. Nc2 d3 63. Ne3 d2 64. Nd1 c4 65. Bc6 c3 66. Ba4 Bb6 67. Rf4 Rc8 68.
Bc2 Bb5 69. Kh2 Be2 70. e6 fxe6 71. Rb4 Bxd1 72. Bxd1 c2 73. Bg4 d1=Q 74. Bxd1
cxd1=Q 75. Rh4 Rc2+ 76. Kh3 Qf1+ 77. Kg4 Rc4# 0-1


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 5.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 5.5


UFIM 802 TIES IT WITH ONE GAME TO GO!





GAME 12: Ufim 802 - C64 - Cyrus II

One last chance for Team C64 and Cyrus II.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ufim 802, 5 Ply"]
[Black "C64 - Cyrus II, LV 9."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 {C64 - Cyrus II out of book} Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 dxc4 {
Ufim 802 out of book} 5. Qa4 Be6 6. Ng5 Qd6 7. Nc3 Kd8 8. Bh3 Ne5 9. Nxe6+ fxe6
10. f4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Nb5 Qd5 13. Qxd5+ Nxd5 14. fxe5 a6 15. Bg2 Ndb4 16.
Na3 e6 17. d4 Be7 18. O-O h5 19. Bd2 g5 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Nc2 Be7 22. Bxc6 bxc6
23. Rf7 Rb8 24. b3 c5 25. e4 cxd4 26. Rc1 c5 27. Ne1 Ke8 28. Rf1 h4 29. Nd3 Rb5
30. g4 Kd7 31. h3 Rhb8 32. Rf7 Ke8 33. Rcf1 Rc8 34. Rh7 Rc7 35. Rh6 Rc6 36.
Rh8+ Kd7 37. Rc1 Rc7 38. Kf2 c4 39. bxc4 Ra5 40. Rc2 Ra3 41. Ke2 Ra4 42. c5 Ra5
43. Rh7 Kc6 44. Rh6 Bxc5 45. Rg6 Kb7 46. Rxe6 Ba3 47. Rxc7+ Kxc7 48. Kf3 Bf8
49. a4 Rxa4 50. Rf6 Ra3 51. Ke2 Be7 52. Rf7 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Kd7 54. Rh7 Ra3 55.
Ke2

[d] 8/3kb2R/p7/4P1p1/3pP1Pp/r2N3P/4K3/8 b - - 0 55

This game was another monumental struggle between these two opponents. Ufim 802 had the early advantage but Cyrus II clawed its way back into the game. In this position I was hoping that Cyrus II would advance the pawn to a5. This surely would have won the game with white’s Rook so poorly placed on h7. But after all the hard work to get to this position, Cyrus II refuses to advance the pawn. This was so sad because in the end Cyrus II allows Ufim 802 back into the game and ends up losing again, to the great disappointment of the C64 Team.


Ra2+ 56. Kd1 Ke6 57. Rh6+ Kd7 58. Rb6 a5 59. e6+ Kc7 60. Rb5 Ra3 61. Kc2
Kd6 62. Rb6+ Kc7 63. Rb5 Rc3+ 64. Kd2 Kd6 65. Rxa5 Kxe6 66. Ra6+ Kd7 67. Ra4
Bf6 68. e5 Rxd3+ 69. Kxd3 Bxe5 70. Ke4 Bf6 71. Kf5 Be7 72. Rxd4+ Ke8 73. Re4
Kd7 74. Rxe7+ Kxe7 75. Kg6 Ke6 76. Kxg5 Ke5 77. Kxh4 Kf4 78. g5 Kf5 79. Kh5 Ke6
80. Kg6 Ke7 81. Kh7 Ke6 82. g6 Ke5 83. h4 Kf5 84. h5 Kg5 85. h6 Kf5 86. g7 Kf6
87. g8=Q Kf5 88. Qd5+ Kf4 89. Kg6 Ke3 90. h7 Kf4 91. Qd3 Ke5 92. h8=Q+ Kf4 93.
Qhd4# 1-0


SCORE
5. Team Neo Classic Engine - 5: 6.5
1. Team C64 - 8 Bit 6510 - 1982 1.023 MHz - USA: 5.5


UFIM 802 CLINCHES IT! TEAM NEO CLASSIC ENGINES WIN THE MATCH



So sad for the C64 Team. To get so close only to lose in the end. But I think both Teams have shown that they are good and this Group C is no pushover.





Final Results of Match 2 of Round 1 in Group C:

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COMING SOON ………………. MATCH 3 OF ROUND 1 IN GROUP C……………



Best regards


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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2

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:shock:
Oh no ... My MaxRubin is total pasquil. I am no programmer, experiment only, base by Minimax and QBasic version.
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Idiot is better czech DOS program, than my MaxRubin
Idiot 1.2
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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2

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Rubinus wrote:Idiot is better czech DOS program, than my MaxRubin
Idiot 1.2
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Hi Pavel,

Unfortunately Idiot does not play ply games. This is why I did not include it into the tournament. There are some other ones missing like CS-Tal for the same reasons :(

But thanks for the download!

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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2

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Here is a report on the results of the 3rd Match in Round 1 of Group C:

Group C Round 1 Match 3




Match between TEAM: 5. Team Fidelity - Spracklen – USA and TEAM: 1. Team Classic Engine - 3

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This should be an interesting Match. The Fidelity – Spracklen Team is on average the oldest Dedicated Team playing in the Dedicated Section. Steve B. thinks this Team will not make it out of this hard Group. The Classic Engine Team has some real Classic Engines playing. So far in this Tournament the Classic Engines teams have played quite well and proved to be difficult opponents.



GAME 1: Fidelity Designer 2325 Master versus C64 - Shredder 3

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2325 Master, 60/720S."]
[Black "Shredder 3, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 {
Designer 2325 Master out of book} 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 {
Shredder 3 out of book} Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. a4 Bb7 13. a5 Bc5
14. b4 Ba7 15. Nd2 Ke7 16. Bb2 Rhd8 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxe5 Kf8 20.
Rae1 Bd5 21. Rc1 f6 22. c4 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Rab8 24. Ba3 Kg8 25. Rfe1 c6 26. Re7
Bxc4 27. Rxa7 Rd3 28. Ra1 c5 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxc5 b4 31. a6 Bd5

[d]1r4k1/R5pp/P4p2/2Bb4/1p6/3r4/5PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 32

Shredder had the early advantage, which didn’t pan out to much. In this position the advanced a-pawn looks very dangerous for White. Good moves here would be either play 32. Rd7 to pin black’s Rook or to advance the f or h-pawn that would avoid white’s King from being defended. Fidelity Designer 2325 Master’s move 32. Rc7 is not so good and this brief advantage slips away.

32. Rc7 b3 33. a7 Re8 34. Rd7 b2 35. Rb1 Ba2 36. Rxd3 Bxb1 37. Rd1 Bc2 38. Rf1 b1=Q 39. Rxb1 Bxb1

[d]4r1k1/P5pp/5p2/2B5/8/8/5PPP/1b4K1 w - - 0 40

Fidelity Designer 2325 Master’s just lost its Rook. Amazingly Shredder 3 does not capitalize and Designer 3235 Master manages to draw from this position with some good defense and bad play by Shredder 3.

40. f3 Kf7 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke2 Kd5+ 43. Be3 Kc4 44. Kf1 Bd3+ 45. Kf2 h6
46. h4 g5 47. hxg5 fxg5 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. Kg4 Kc6 50. Bd4 Kb7 51. Kh5 Re6 52. Bg7
Re2 53. Bxh6 Rxg2 54. Bxg5 Kxa7 55. f4 Kb6 56. Kh6 Kc5 57. Kg7 Rf2 58. Kf6 Kd5
59. Kf7 Bf5 60. Kf6 Ke4 61. Kg7 Rd2 62. Kf6 Rd6+ 63. Kf7 Rd7+ 64. Ke8 Bg4 65.
Kf8 Bh5 66. Kg8 Rf7 67. Bh6 Re7 68. Bg5 Rd7 69. Kf8 Rf7+ 70. Kg8 Rc7 71. Kf8
Bg6 72. Kg8 Bf5 73. Kh8 Rh7+ 74. Kg8 Rd7 75. Kf8 Bg6 76. Kg8 Rc7 1/2-1/2


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 0.5
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 0.5


AMAZINGLY LUCKY DRAW FOR TEAM FIDELITY


GAME 2: Shredder 3 versus Fidelity Designer 2325 Master

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shredder 3, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2325 Master, 60/720S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 {
Designer 2325 Master out of book} Bg4 {Shredder 3 out of book} 7. Qb3 b6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. cxd5 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 exd5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qc2 Re8 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qg5 Be7 21.
Nf3 Qd6 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qf4 Nh5 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. g4 Ng7 26. Kg2 f6 27. Rfe1
Ne6 28. Red1 Rc7 29. b3 Nd8 30. Rf1 Rce7 31. Rfe1 Bb4 32. Red1 Ba3 33. Rc2 Bd6
34. Rdc1 Kh8 35. a4 a5 36. Rxc6!

[d]3nr2k/4r2p/1pRb1pp1/p2p4/P2P2P1/1P2PN1P/4NPK1/2R5 b - - 0 36

Shredder 3 just played an interesting move sacrificing its Rook for a Knight and some pawns. In the moves that follow Shredder 3 nicely shows how 2 Knights with some pawns are better than a Rook and Bishop.

Nxc6 37. Rxc6 Rd8 38. Rxb6 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40.
Rb5 Bb4 41. Nf4 Rg7+ 42. Kf1 Rc7 43. Nxd5 Rc1+ 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Rdc8 46.
Rb8 Rxb8 47. Kxc2 Rc8+ 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Nd2 Bf8 50. Nc4 Rd8 51. Nf4 Bb4 52. f3
Be1 53. e4 fxe4+ 54. fxe4 Rb8 55. Kc2 Bg3 56. Ne6 Be1 57. d5 Kg8 58. e5 h6 59.
Nd4 Kf8 60. Nc6 Ra8 61. e6 Kg7 62. d6 Bh4 63. d7 Rf8 64. N4xa5 Rf2+ 65. Kd1 Rf3
66. Nc4 Rxb3 67. Kc2 Rf3 68. e7 Bxe7 69. Nxe7 Rf2+ 70. Kd3 Rf8 71. Nc6 Kf6 72.
a5 Ke6 73. d8=Q Rxd8+ 74. Nxd8+ Kd7 75. a6 Kxd8 76. a7 Ke7 77. a8=Q Kf7 78.
Qf3+ Ke6 79. h4 Ke7 80. Qe3+ Kf7 81. Qxh6 Ke7 82. Ne5 Kd8 83. Qd6+ Kc8 84. Qd7+
Kb8 85. Nc6+ Ka8 86. Qc8# 1-0


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 0.5
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 1.5


SHREDDER 3 WINS GAME 2!



GAME 3: Diablo 0.51 versus Fidelity Avant Garde 2100

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Diablo 0.51, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Fidelity Avant Garde 2100, 40/1800S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 {Fidelity Avant Garde 2100 out of book} Qxd5 4. e3
e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 exd4 {Diablo 0.51 out of book} 8. cxd4 Nf6 9.
Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Be6 11. Nh3 Ne4 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Ng5
h6 16. Ne4 b6 17. Rhc1 Rae8 18. Ra6 f5 19. Nc3 Na5 20. Bc4+ Be6 21. d5 Bf7 22.
Rxa7 c6 23. Rd7 cxd5 24. Nxd5 b5 25. Ra1 Nxc4+ 26. bxc4 Be6

[d] 4rrk1/p1p3p1/Rp2b2p/n4p2/2BP4/1PN1P3/3K1PPP/2R5 w - - 0 21

Diablo 0.51 has positional advantage but fails to do anything with it and the game ends in a draw.

27. Rd6 bxc4 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. Nc7 Rc8 30. Rxe6 Rcxc7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Kc3 h5 33. e4 f4 34. Rd6
Kf7 35. Rd4 Kf6 36. Rxc4 Rd7 37. f3 h4 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. Rb6 Rc7+ 40. Kd3 Ra7
41. Rc6 Ra2 42. Rc2 Ra3+ 43. Rc3 Ra2 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Rc2 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 g5 47.
Rc6+ Ke7 48. Rc7+ Ke6 49. Rc1 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Ke5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Rf5+ Kg6 53.
Rd5 h3 54. gxh3 Rxh2 55. Rd6+ Kg7 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. Kg1 Rxh3 58. Kf2 g4 59. fxg4
Re3 60. Rd5 Rxe4 61. Kf3 Rc4 62. Rf5 Rb4 63. Rxf4 Rb3+ 64. Kf2 Kg5 65. Re4 Rc3
66. Rd4 Rb3 67. Rc4 Kh4 68. Re4 Kg5 69. Kg2 Kh4 70. Kf1 Rg3 71. Kf2 Rxg4
1/2-1/2


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 1
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 2


TEAM CLASSIC ENGINE HOLDS ON TO A 2 – 1 LEAD!





GAME 4: Fidelity Avant Garde 2100 versus Diablo 0.51

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fidelity Avant Garde 2100, 40/1800S."]
[Black "Diablo 0.51, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 {Diablo 0.51 out of book} cxd4 {
Fidelity Avant Garde 2100 out of book} 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Be2 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qb6 9. Qb3
Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. O-O e6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. b4 a6
16. Nb3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Rhd8 20. b3 Rd6 21. Rd2 Nd7 22.
Rad1 Nf6 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. Bxd5

[d] 1r3k2/1p3ppp/p2r1n2/2NB1b2/1P6/1PP5/3R1PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 24

Avant Garde 2100 leads by a pawn. Diablo makes a mistake here with 24. … Rbd8? This move helps Avant Garde to increase its lead.

Rbd8? 25. Nxb7 Ne4 26. Nxd6 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd6 28.
Rd4 Be6 29. c4 Bxd5 30. f4 Ke7 31. cxd5 Rd7 32. g4 Kd6 33. Kf2 Rc7 34. Ke3 Rc3+
35. Ke4 Rxb3 36. Rc4 Kd7 37. h4 Rg3 38. g5 Rg2 39. Rc6 Rb2 40. Rxa6 Rxb4+ 41.
Ke5 Rb7 42. f5 Rb2 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. h5 Re2+ 45. Kd6 Kf8 46. Ra8+ Re8 47. Rxe8+
Kxe8 48. Kc7 f6 49. g6 hxg6 50. hxg6 Kf8 51. d6 Kg8 52. d7 Kf8 53. d8=Q# 1-0

SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 2
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 2


AVANT GARDE WINS GAME 4 – MATCH NOW TIED AT 2-2




GAME 5: Fidelity Designer 2100 Display versus Nejmet 3.07

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2100 Display, 30S."]
[Black "Nejmet 3.07, 5 Ply"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.03.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 {Designer 2100 Display out of book} 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5.
cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {Nejmet 3.07 out of book} Bb4 7. Qb3 a5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6

[d] r1bqk2r/1p1n1ppp/2p2n2/p2p4/3P1B2/P1Q2N2/1P2PPPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 0 10

Designer 2100 Display plays a pointless move with 10. Ng5. This changes the game for White from a slightly better position to a slightly worse position. Nejmet 3.07 quickly takes advantage and overpowers Designer 2100 Display.

10. Ng5 O-O 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Qd3 Qb6 13. Qc3 h6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Bc5 Qc7 16. Qc2
b6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. e3 Rb8 19. Rb1 Ba6 20. b4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qa6 22. Nd2 Nxd2
23. Qxd2 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. Rb1 Nf6 27. Qc2 Ra4 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29.
bxc5 Rxd4 30. Rb6 Rc4 31. Rxc6 Ne4 32. Kd1 Ra8 33. Rb6 Ra1+ 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35.
Kf3 Nd2+ 36. Kg3 Nxf1+ 37. Kf3 Nxh2+ 38. Kg3 Nf1+ 39. Kf3 Nd2+ 40. Kg3 Ne4+ 41.
Kh2 Nxf2 42. c6 Ng4+ 43. Kh3 Nxe3 44. Kg3 Rxg2+ 45. Kf3 d4 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Rd8
Rg6 48. c7 Rgc6 49. Ke4 Nc2 50. c8=Q Rxc8 51. Rxc8 Rxc8 52. Kd3 Rc3+ 53. Kd2 g5
54. Ke2 d3+ 55. Kd2 Rb3 56. Kd1 f5 57. Kd2 f4 58. Kc1 f3 59. Kd1 f2 60. Kd2 h5
61. Kc1 f1=Q+ 62. Kd2 Qe1# 0-1

SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 2
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 3


NEJMET 3.07 WINS – CLASSIC ENGINES REGAIN THE LEAD!




GAME 6: Nejmet 3.07 versus Fidelity Designer 2100 Display

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nejmet 3.07, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2100 Display, 30S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.03.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 {Designer 2100 Display out of book} Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 {
Nejmet 3.07 out of book} 12. a4 Qb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Qb7 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Nd4 Qxd5

[d]2r3k1/4bppp/3p1n2/1p1q4/3N4/5Q2/1PP3PP/2B2R1K w - - 0 21

Designer 2100 Display has just won a pawn. After exchanging Queens, Designer 2100 Display manages to improve upon its advantage and wins the game.

21. Qxd5 Nxd5
22. c3 b4 23. Rf5 Nf6 24. Rf3 Ne4 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Re3 d5 27. Ng3 bxc3 28. Nxe4
dxe4 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Bc5 31. Bb2 e3 32. c4 Bb4 33. Be5 e2 34. Bg3 Kf8
35. Bf2 Ke7 36. c5 f5 37. Kg1 Ke6 38. c6 Bc5 39. Kh1 Bxf2 40. g4 e1=Q+ 41. Kg2
fxg4 42. c7 Qg1# 0-1


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 3
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 3


DESIGNER 2100 DISPLAY WINS GAME 6 – MATCH TIED AT 3 -3





GAME 7: Dragon v4.4.3 - Fidelity Phantom 6100

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dragon v4.4.3, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Fidelity Phantom 6100, 60S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.03.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Be6 {Dragon v4.4.3 out of book} 16. Bb5 {
Fidelity Phantom 6100 out of book} Red8 17. Bd2 c4 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. Bc1 Qc5 20. Qe2 Bf5!

[d]r2r2k1/pp3ppp/5n2/1Bq2b2/2p5/P1P1PP2/4Q1PP/1RB2RK1 w - - 0 21

Dragon v4.4.3 has not played this opening so well. Captain Phantom’s last move 20. … Bf5! Is nice. This causes White to lose a Rook. The combination that follows is nice.

21. Bd2 Bd3 22. Qf2 a6 23. e4 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxb1 25. Bxc4 Bxe4 26.
fxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Rf4 Nf6 29. Bg6 hxg6 30. Rd4 Kf7 31. Bf4 Rdc8 32.
c4 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rd3 Rc4 35. g3 Rca4 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. g4 Ke6 38. g5 Ne4
39. Rb3 Nxd6 40. h3 Rda8 41. Re3+ Kf5 42. Rd3 R8a6 43. Rd5+ Kf4 44. Kh2 Rxa3
45. h4 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 Ra1+ 47. Kh2 R6a2+ 48. Rd2 Rxd2+ 49. Kh3 Ra3# 0-1


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 4
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 3


CAP’T PHANTOM WINS! – TEAM FIDELITY TAKES THE LEAD FOR THE FIRST TIME!




CAPTAIN PHANTOM

Image

The Fidelity Phantom model 6100 came out in 1988. It is a robotic computer in which the pieces automatically slide across the playing surface. Per manufacturer it is rated at USCF 2100. Fidelity bought the patent from Milton Bradley who had previously launched their Robot, the MB Grandmaster in 1983. The MB Grandmaster was not as strong, but otherwise the playing features are the same. I was surprised in this tournament at the high nps that the Phantom reaches. Up to 1900 nps! This I think is quite high for a 5 MHz program. In the earlier round Staitek Travel Champion 2080 running at 7 MHz only reached about 1000 nps.





GAME 8: Fidelity Phantom 6100 - Dragon v4.4.3

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fidelity Phantom 6100, 60S."]
[Black "Dragon v4.4.3, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.03.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. exf5 gxf5 {Fidelity Phantom 6100 out of book} 11. Bd3 Nc5 12.
Bc2 Qh4 13. b3 Ng3 14. Qf2 Bh6 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 f4 17. Nge2 Nxe2+ 18.
Qxe2 Bd7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Rdd1 Rf7 21. Rdg1 Rg7 22. g3 Qf6 23. Rc1 Rf8 24. g4 b6
25. h4 Re8 26. Qd2 e4 27. g5 e3 28. gxf6 exd2 29. fxg7 dxc1=B 30. Rxc1 Kxg7 31.
Rg1+ Kh6 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Re7 34. Rg5 Rg7 35. Bf5 Be8 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37.
Kc2 Bg6 38. Bxg6?

[d]8/2p3kp/1p1p2B1/p2P4/2P2p1P/1P3P2/P1K5/8 b - - 0 38

Captain Phantom just made a mistake with 38. Bxg6? Dragon v4.4.3 has to take the Bishop with the King in order to win this game. If Dragon takes with the pawn then Dragon loses the game. This game came down to this one decision for Dragon v4.4.3. Win with 37. Kxg6! Or lose with 37. hxg6? Well Dragon v4.4.3 made a choice and it was the wrong one! Captain Phantom leads Team Fidelity to a 2 point lead in this match. :!:

hxg6? 39. Kd3 g5 40. hxg5 Kg6 41. Ke4 Kxg5 42. a4 Kg6 43. Kxf4
Kf7 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Kg6 Ke8 46. Kg7 Ke7 47. f4 Kd7 48. f5 b5 49. axb5 Kc8 50.
f6 a4 51. bxa4 Kb7 52. f7 Kb6 53. f8=Q Kc5 54. Qc8 Kxc4 55. b6 c5 56. dxc6 Kb3
57. Qe6+ Kxa4 58. b7 Ka5 59. b8=Q d5 60. Qxd5+ Ka4 61. Qbb3# 1-0


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 5
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 3


CAPTAIN PHANTOM DOES IT AGAIN!





GAME 9: Fidelity Designer 2100 - Greenlight Chess 2.18

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2100, 60S."]
[Black "Greenlight Chess 2.18, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 {
Greenlight Chess 2.18 out of book} Bg4 {Fidelity Designer 2100 out of book} 6.
dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. b4 Qd6 11. Qd4 Kb8 12. Nbd2
Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4
Rxc3 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Rd8+ Rc8 21. Rfd1 f6 22. R8d7 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Bg3
Bxb4 25. Rxg7 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Kxc7 27. Bh4 Be7 28. f4 Rd8 29. Rc1+ Kd6 30. Rd1+
Ke6 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. fxe5 Kxe5 33. Bg3+ Ke4 34. Kf2 b5 35. Bf4 h5 36. Ke2 a5
37. Kd2 b4 38. g3 f5 39. Bh6 a4 40. Bf4 Bf6 41. Kc2 Kd5 42. Bb8 Kc4 43. Kb1

[d]1B6/8/5b2/5p1p/ppk5/4P1PP/P7/1K6 b - - 0 43

Greenlight Chess 2.18 is ahead. With a little patience this position should be won for Black. But, Greenlight Chess 2.18 decides to advance the pawn to b3 which only draws.

b3? 44. Bd6 h4 45. gxh4 Bxh4 46. axb3+ Kxb3 47. Be5 a3 48. Bg7 Bf2 49. Bh6 Bh4 50.
Bg7 Bf2 51. Bh6 Bh4 52. Bg7 {Draw by 3-Fold Repetition} 1/2-1/2


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 5.5
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 3.5



GAME 9 IS DRAWN – TEAM FIDELITY LEADS 5.5 –3.5





GAME 10: Greenlight Chess 2.18 - Fidelity Designer 2100

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Greenlight Chess 2.18, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2100, 60S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2010.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. cxd5 {Fidelity Designer 2100 out of book} cxd5
5. Qb3 Qd7 {Greenlight Chess 2.18 out of book} 6. Bb5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Qc7
9. Nc3 a6 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 f6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxc6 e6 14. Qf3 Bd6 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. d5 Rae8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. g4 Bg6 19. b3 Ba3 20. Rc3 Bd6 21. h3 Be5
22. Rc1 Bb2 23. Rc5 exd5 24. Qxd5+ Bf7 25. Qg2 Ba3 26. Ra5 Bd6 27. O-O Qb6 28.
Rd1 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Rf5 Rfc8 31. g5 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. gxf6

[d]6k1/5bpp/pqrb1P2/5R2/8/1P2P2P/P2B1PQ1/6K1 b - - 0 33

Fidelity Designer 2100 missed an opportunity here. The correct move is 33. … g6! With the played move 33. … Bg6? The advantage slowly slips away and the game ends in a draw.

Bg6? 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. fxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rg5 Rc2 37. Ba5 Qb8 38. Qd4+ Kf7 39. a4 Be7 40.
Qd5+ Kg7 41. Rg4 Bd6 42. Qd3 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Qb7+ 44. e4 Be5 45. f4 Bf6 46. f5 Rc5
47. fxg6 Rxa5 48. gxh7+ Kxh7 49. Qf3 Qe7 50. Qf1 Rg5 51. Qd3 Qe5 52. Rxg5 Qxg5+
53. Kf3 Qh5+ 54. Kg2 Qg6+ 55. Kf3 Be5 56. Qd7+ Kh6 57. b4 Qg3+ 58. Ke2 Qg2+ 59.
Ke3 Qg1+ 60. Ke2 Qh2+ 61. Kd3 Qb2 62. Qe6+ Kg7 63. Qe7+ Kg6 64. Qe6+ Bf6 65.
Qf5+ Kg7 66. Qg4+ Kf7 67. Qd7+ Be7 68. Qf5+ Kg7 69. Qg4+ Kh8 70. Qc8+ Kh7 71.
Qf5+ Kg8 72. Qe6+ Kf8 73. Qh6+ Ke8 74. Qc6+ Kd8 75. Qa8+ Kc7 76. Qa7+ Kd8 77.
Qa8+ Kd7 78. Qa7+ Ke8 79. Qa8+ Kf7 80. Qxa6 Qa3+ 81. Kd4 Qa1+ 82. Ke3 Qg1+ 83.
Ke2 Qg2+ 84. Ke3 Bg5+ 85. Kd4 Qb2+ 86. Kd5 Qxb4 87. Qe6+ Kg7 88. Qd7+ Be7 89.
e5 Qb3+ 90. Ke4 Qc4+ 91. Ke3 Qc1+ 92. Kf3 Qf1+ 93. Ke3 Qe1+ 94. Kf4 Qf2+ 95.
Ke4 Qe2+ 96. Kf4 Qh2+ 97. Ke4 Qg2+ 98. Ke3 Qg3+ 99. Ke4 Qg2+ 100. Ke3 Qg5+ 101.
Ke4 Qg2+ {Draw by 3-Fold Repetition} 1/2-1/2


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 6
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 4


ANOTHER DRAW – TEAM FIDELITY LEADS 6 - 4





GAME 11: Comet B54 - Fidelity Designer 2265 Master

Comet B54 must win both games to tie the match at 6 – 6.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Comet B54, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer 2265 Master, 15S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 {
Fidelity Designer 2265 Master out of book} Qa5+ {Comet B54 out of book} 6. Nc3
Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Qb3 e6 9. a3 g5 10. Nxg5 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Nxc3 12. Qxd4 Nb5+ 13.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. e3 Nxa3

[d]r1b1kb1r/pp5p/4pp2/3p2N1/5B2/n3P3/1P1K1PPP/2R2B1R w kq - 0 16

Comet B54 never really got going in this game. This position is the only position in the game where 16. bxa3! Would have given White a slight advantage. Designer 2265 had little trouble winning the game.

16. Nf3? Bb4+ 17. Kd1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19.
Rxc4 a5 20. Rc7 e5 21. Bg3 Bd6 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Rd3 Bb4 24. Bh4 e4 25. Rxd7 Kxd7
26. Nd4 Rhg8 27. g3 Rac8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Rf1 Bc5 30. Nb5 Ke6 31. f3 exf3+ 32.
Rxf3 Be7 33. Nd4+ Kf7 34. Rf4 Rgd8 35. Kf3 Rc1 36. h3 Rf1+ 37. Ke2 Rh1 38. Kf3
Rh2 39. b3 Rf8 40. e4 Rh1 41. e5 Re1 42. Bxf6 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Rxf4 44. Bxe7 Rxd4
45. Bxf8 Rd5 46. Bd6 Ke6 47. h4 b6 48. Ke4 h5 49. g4 hxg4 50. Bc7 Rb5 51. Kf4
Rb4+ 52. Kg3 Kf5 53. Kf2 Rxb3 54. h5 Kg5 55. e6 Kf6 56. h6 a4 57. h7 Rf3+ 58.
Kg2 Rh3 59. Be5+ Kxe6 60. h8=Q Rxh8 61. Bxh8 b5 62. Bc3 a3 63. Kh2 a2 64. Kg3
b4 65. Bb2 Kf5 66. Bd4 Ke4 67. Bf6 Kd3 68. Kh2 Kc2 69. Kg3 b3 70. Kf4 b2 {
Comet B54 resigns} 0-1


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 7
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 4


DESGINER 2265 MASER WINS – TEAM FIDELITY LEADS 7 – 4





GAME 12: Fidelity Designer 2265 Master - Comet B54

One last chance for Team C64 and Cyrus II.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group C"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fidelity Designer 2265 Master, 15S."]
[Black "Comet B54, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 {Fidelity Designer 2265 Master out of book} 3. Nc3 Nf6 {
Fidelity Designer 2265 Master back in book} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7.
a4 Nbd7 {Fidelity Designer 2265 Master out of book} 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 {
Comet B54 out of book} d5 10. Ng5 Nxe4 11. Ncxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+
exf6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. c3 Re8 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Bh6 Rad8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qf4

[d] 3rr3/pp3pkp/2p1bpp1/3q4/P2P1Q2/2PB4/1P3PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 20

Neither Comet B54 nor Designer 2265 Master wanted to take any chances in this game. The game ended in a draw by 3-Fold Repetition.

Qb3 21. Re2 Bd5 22. Qd2 h5 23. Ra3 Qb6 24. a5 Qc7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26.
Qxe1 Qd7 27. a6 Re8 28. Qd2 b5 29. h3 f5 30. Ra1 Qe7 31. Qf4 f6 32. Qg3 Qd7 33.
Rf1 Kf7 34. Rd1 Re7 35. Qf4 Bb3 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Qd2 Qc8 38. Ra1 Qe8 39. Qf4 Qd8
40. f3 Qd5 41. Bf1 Bc2 42. Qd2 Bb3 43. Re1 Re6 44. Rxe6 Qxe6 45. Qf2 Bd5 46.
Qe2 Qf7 47. Qe3 Qc7 48. f4 Be4 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Qb6 51. gxf5 gxf5 52. Qg3+
Kf7 53. Qh2 Qxa6 54. Qh7+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qg7+ Ke6 57. Qg8+ Kd6 58. Qd8+
Ke6 59. Qg8+ Ke7 60. Qg7+ Ke6 61. Qg8+ {Draw by 3-Fold Repetition} 1/2-1/2


SCORE
7. Team Fidelity - Spracklen - USA: 7.5
3. Team Classic Engine - 3: 4.5


LAST GAME IS DRAWN – TEAM FIDELITY WINS MATCH 7.5 – 4.5




Final Results of Match 3 of Round 1 in Group C:

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After a difficult start, Team Fidelity ended up winning the match quite comfortably. Sorry Steve you missed predicting the correct score by ½ Point! But you still get 10 Points for predicting the win! :P




Table after Round 1 in Group C:

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This is close only 3 points between Top and Last place!


Best regards



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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2

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Spacious_Mind wrote:
After a difficult start, Team Fidelity ended up winning the match quite comfortably. Sorry Steve you missed predicting the correct score by ½ Point! But you still get 10 Points for predicting the win! :P

Table after Round 1 in Group C:

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Yes i was close in the score but not in the way it came about
:P
anyway..
thanks to the Efforts of Captain Phantastic Fidelity won the match and is actually leading the C section
i fear however the lead will be short lived and things will go way down hill from here
as a result Team Fidelity would like to request a short postponement of the match in order that they might appear on Larry King Live to give an account of their startling victory
if that all goes well.. a brief .. whistle-stop tour of the US is planned throughout the Spring-Summer .. giving guest lectures and Simuls(no one rated over 1500 allowed)
things should be back to normal late Fall..where the team can resume its participation in the completion of the C Section
thanks for your understanding in this matter

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Re: Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2

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Steve B wrote:
Yes i was close in the score but not in the way it came about
:P
anyway..
thanks to the Efforts of Captain Phantastic Fidelity won the match and is actually leading the C section
i fear however the lead will be short lived and things will go way down hill from here
as a result Team Fidelity would like to request a short postponement of the match in order that they might appear on Larry King Live to give an account of their startling victory
if that all goes well.. a brief .. whistle-stop tour of the US is planned throughout the Spring-Summer .. giving guest lectures and Simuls(no one rated over 1500 allowed)
things should be back to normal late Fall..where the team can resume its participation in the completion of the C Section
thanks for your understanding in this matter

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Steve
I wish you would not put ideas into the heads of Team Fidelity! Let me tell you that it was hard enough to get this Team playing together in the first place. With hindsight, it really would have been better to invite Chesster to play for this Team instead of the Captain, but his incessant babble is annoying to Teammates. Chesster just cannot stop talking. The Team agreed that it was better for everyone’s health if Chesster played with the real Old Timers. "Half of them are deaf anyway" was what they said

Well, the problem with keeping this Team together actually is CAPTAIN PHANTOM! believe it or not, a total surprise to you I am sure. Being the great Superhero that he is!

It turns out that old Phantom never did feel comfortable being around Avant Gardes and Designers! :shock: "Bunch of friggin hairdressers" is what he keeps calling them under his breath! Also, to be asked to call a couple of them "Masters" :roll: Well I am sure that you can imagine that this just makes him choke and go blue in the face.

It was only the fact that they made him Team Captain that placated Cap'n Phantom and he grudgingly agreed to play. I thought that was a really nice gesture from Avant Garde who really is the most senior member of the Team and should by rights have been Team Captain.

Captain Phantom tries hard to control his temper and refrains from making comments as much he can. But he struggles with this. Particularly the one Designer without Display seems to always get him going. I don't know if that is some kind of Superhero snobbery or a bad childhood experience. But, you can hear him say things to the poor Designer like "go borrow a display from AG over there, he got a spare one". Stuff like that. He doesn't like saying the word Avant Garde for some reason and therefore shortens it to AG, to the annoyance of Avant Garde who is, as you know of noble background.

In the last match it was particularly bad when the poor Designer missed a winning opportunity and Captain Phantom mumbled too loudly for everyone’s comfort "Blind as a bat he is..."

So as you can see Steve keeping this Team under control is not easy and tempting them with Larry King Live would surely only end up being a disaster.

Best to get all the Team Fidelity games behind us as quickly as possible. That would surely be safest for everyone! :P



Here is the Schedule for Round 2 of Group C:

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Concerned Organizer regards


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