sovaz1997 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:49 pm
Hello! No, there is no new version in the plans
Promises, promises ...
I just noticed that Zevra has a style. And what a style! Something right up my alley. Here is a game between the new version and v1.8.6 r672.
[pgn][Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zevra 1.8.6 r672 64-bit"]
[Black "Zevra 2.1 r210 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[GameDuration "00:08:40"]
[GameEndTime "2018-11-14T17:36:43.877 Eastern Standard Time"]
[GameStartTime "2018-11-14T17:28:03.066 Eastern Standard Time"]
[Opening "Benoni defense"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[TimeControl "40/120"]
1. d4 {book} Nf6 {book} 2. c4 {book} c5 {book} 3. Nf3 {book} cxd4 {book}
4. Nxd4 {book} Nc6 {book} 5. g3 {book} e6 {book} 6. Bg2 {book} Bc5 {book}
7. Nb3 {book} Be7 {book} 8. O-O {book} d6 {book} 9. e4 {+0.08/14 3.5s}
O-O {0.00/18 3.6s} 10. Nc3 {+0.23/14 3.6s} Ne5 {0.00/20 3.6s}
11. Qd4 {+0.19/14 3.6s} Nc6 {0.00/20 3.6s} 12. Qd3 {+0.22/13 3.6s}
Ne5 {0.00/20 3.6s} 13. Qd4 {+0.22/15 3.6s} Nc6 {0.00/22 3.6s}
14. Qd1 {+0.20/14 1.9s} Ne5 {0.00/23 3.6s} 15. Qe2 {+0.27/14 3.7s}
Qc7 {-0.23/16 3.6s} 16. c5 {+0.18/15 2.6s} dxc5 {-0.02/19 3.6s}
17. f4 {+0.23/15 3.7s} Nc6 {-0.01/19 3.6s} 18. e5 {+0.22/15 1.9s}
Nd7 {+0.03/19 3.6s} 19. Nb5 {+0.44/12 3.8s} Qb6 {+0.12/18 3.6s}
20. Be3 {+0.23/13 2.0s} f6 {+0.17/18 3.6s} 21. Qc4 {+0.19/13 3.4s}
Ncxe5 {+0.15/19 3.6s} 22. fxe5 {+0.36/13 2.1s} Nxe5 {+0.17/20 3.6s}
23. Qe2 {+0.27/14 3.6s} Bd7 {+0.15/20 3.6s} 24. Na3 {+0.44/13 2.4s}
Rac8 {+0.17/19 3.6s} 25. Rac1 {+0.56/11 2.6s} Bc6 {+0.02/18 3.6s}
26. Bxc6 {+0.46/13 2.3s} Rxc6 {0.00/18 3.6s} 27. Rf2 {+0.49/13 2.4s}
Rd8 {+0.17/19 3.6s} 28. Nc4 {+0.52/15 2.8s} Nxc4 {+0.30/19 3.6s}
29. Qxc4 {+0.44/15 3.3s} Rd5 {+0.30/19 3.6s} 30. Rd2 {+0.48/15 3.1s}
Rxd2 {+0.36/19 3.6s} 31. Bxd2 {+0.36/14 4.9s} Qd8 {+0.34/19 3.6s}
32. Re1 {+0.16/13 4.9s} Qd7 {+0.41/16 3.6s} 33. Bf4 {+0.38/11 3.7s}
Kh8 {+0.58/17 3.6s} 34. g4 {+0.13/12 4.0s} e5 {+0.64/18 3.6s}
35. Bg3 {+0.05/12 5.3s} h6 {+0.84/15 3.6s} 36. h3 {+0.11/12 4.7s}
Rc8 {+0.78/18 3.6s} 37. a4 {-0.07/12 3.1s} b6 {+0.88/17 3.6s}
38. Re2 {-0.18/12 3.4s} Qd1+ {+0.81/20 3.6s} 39. Be1 {-0.15/15 5.7s}
Rd8 {+1.00/17 3.6s} 40. Re3 {-0.23/14 7.4s} Qd5 {+0.95/18 3.6s}
41. Nd2 {-0.12/14 2.2s} Qxc4 {+0.84/20 3.0s} 42. Nxc4 {-0.08/16 1.7s}
Rd4 {+0.85/19 3.0s} 43. b3 {-0.01/16 3.0s} Rd1 {+0.83/18 3.0s}
44. Kf1 {+0.14/16 1.9s} Rd7 {+0.51/19 3.0s} 45. Ke2 {+0.27/17 2.2s}
Bd8 {+0.44/21 3.0s} 46. Rd3 {+0.36/18 2.4s} Rd4 {+0.08/22 3.0s}
47. Bc3 {+0.38/17 2.8s} Rxd3 {-0.72/23 3.0s} 48. Kxd3 {+0.40/17 1.9s}
Bc7 {-0.81/23 3.0s} 49. b4 {+0.42/18 1.8s} cxb4 {-0.76/23 3.0s}
50. Bxb4 {+0.63/18 2.2s} Bd8 {-0.90/24 3.0s} 51. Bd6 {+1.00/19 2.7s}
Kg8 {-0.90/23 3.0s} 52. Bb8 {+1.61/19 1.9s} a6 {-0.86/24 3.0s}
53. Ba7 {+1.68/19 3.4s} Kf7 {-0.87/21 3.0s} 54. Nxb6 {+1.82/18 2.1s}
Be7 {-1.08/21 3.0s} 55. Nd5 {+2.10/18 2.6s} Bd6 {-1.08/24 3.0s}
56. Bb6 {+2.02/19 3.0s} Kg6 {-1.24/22 3.0s} 57. Nc7 {+2.06/19 2.4s}
Bxc7 {-0.88/26 3.0s} 58. Bxc7 {+2.25/20 2.5s} Kg5 {-0.92/26 3.0s}
59. Bd6 {+2.14/22 3.6s} Kh4 {-1.16/26 3.0s} 60. Bf8 {+2.02/22 2.0s}
g6 {-1.35/26 3.0s} 61. Bxh6 {+2.34/23 2.1s} Kxh3 {-1.25/28 3.0s}
62. Bg7 {+2.64/23 2.7s} Kxg4 {-1.43/24 3.0s} 63. Bxf6 {+3.27/24 2.3s}
Kf5 {-2.30/25 3.0s} 64. Bd8 {+4.15/24 2.6s} Kf4 {-3.00/22 3.0s}
65. Ba5 {+4.23/25 3.7s} e4+ {-3.15/24 3.0s} 66. Ke2 {+4.46/27 2.9s}
Ke5 {-3.43/25 3.0s} 67. Ke3 {+4.59/25 2.3s} Kd5 {-3.85/26 3.0s}
68. Bc7 {+4.80/26 3.2s} Kc6 {-4.09/26 3.0s} 69. Bg3 {+5.07/26 3.5s}
Kc5 {-4.16/27 3.0s} 70. a5 {+5.21/26 2.3s} Kd5 {-4.27/27 3.0s}
71. Bf4 {+5.42/27 3.0s} Kc6 {-4.27/28 3.0s} 72. Kxe4 {+5.55/28 3.2s}
Kb5 {-4.28/30 3.0s} 73. Bd2 {+5.68/29 4.2s} Kc5 {-4.28/25 3.0s}
74. Ke5 {+5.68/29 3.0s} Kc4 {-4.29/23 3.0s} 75. Kf6 {+5.68/30 2.8s}
Kd3 {-4.32/27 3.0s} 76. Bg5 {+5.70/31 5.1s} Kc4 {-4.32/27 3.0s}
77. Kxg6 {+6.00/30 4.8s} Kb5 {-4.45/28 3.0s} 78. Bd2 {+6.98/30 3.2s}
Kc4 {-4.97/28 3.0s} 79. Be1 {+6.98/32 3.8s} Kc5 {-5.24/24 3.0s}
80. Kg5 {+7.28/32 8.1s} Kd5 {-5.41/24 3.0s} 81. Kf5 {+7.58/31 3.2s}
Kd6 {-5.74/23 3.0s} 82. Ke4 {+8.13/30 2.2s} Kc5 {-6.32/27 3.0s}
83. Ke5 {+8.13/21 3.2s} Kc6 {-6.45/22 3.0s} 84. Kd4 {+8.13/20 3.2s}
Kd7 {-6.60/22 3.0s} 85. Kd5 {+8.13/17 3.2s} Ke7 {-6.67/17 3.0s}
86. Kc6 {+18.77/26 1.7s} Ke8 {-7.63/17 3.0s} 87. Bh4 {+18.82/27 2.4s}
Kf7 {-15.34/27 3.0s} 88. Kb7 {+18.85/27 1.8s} Kg6 {-16.23/27 3.0s}
89. Be1 {+19.14/28 3.3s} Kh5 {-16.49/25 3.0s, White wins by adjudication} 1-0
[/pgn]
As I was watching the opening I was nodding in approval at White's moves -- that's me right there playing bullet online, giving up a pawn right out of the opening for next to nothing, just to mix things up. And look at that
pas-de-deux on moves 11-15! You could swear it's two humans playing. White sacs a pawn a couple of moves out of the book, just to avoid draw; soon Black, not to be outdone, gives up a piece. The older version (White) eventually prevailed -- there's a Spanish saying to the effect that "devil's wisdom comes from his age, not his devilishness" -- but what a game. That's not something you would know by merely perusing a rating list.
Here's to hoping that as Zevra rises through the ranks she doesn't lose her fighting spirit and inventiveness.