Nine Mad and One Genie (2900-3200 ELO Tournament)

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A time is coming when men will go mad, and when nine mad see one who is not mad,
they will attack him, saying, '''You are mad; you are not like us''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------- (St. Anthony the Great)

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Intel i7-8750H-Quad; Windows 10
Arena 3.5.1; TC 40/2
Book: libra8.abk; Ponder off
Hash: 256 MB each engine
TB: 5 man Syzygy
2 cycles, 58 rounds
All MP engines use 4 CPU.

Standings after Round 15:



Tournament pgn: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0seye36d ... e.zip/file

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Standings after the 1-st Cycle (Round 29):



Tournament pgn: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0seye36d ... e.zip/file

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A superb counterattack by Bit-Genie starting with 34. Bxg6 bishop sacrifice!

[pgn][Event "Nine Mad and One Genie"]
[Date "2022.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bit-Genie 9"]
[Black "Counter 3.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "3000"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Time "17:00:38"]
[Variation "3.cxd5"]
[WhiteElo "2950"]
[TimeControl "40/120:40/120:40/120"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qc2 Bg4 8.
Ne5 Bh5 9. O-O {-0.28/22 3} Nbd7 {-0.01/21 3} 10. f4 {-0.30/24 3} Bg6
{+0.11/22 3} 11. Nxg6 {-0.32/24 3} hxg6 {+0.16/21 2} 12. Nc3 {-0.24/24 3}
O-O {+0.19/20 3} 13. Bd2 {-0.21/23 3} Re8 {+0.32/20 4} 14. Rae1 {-0.02/20
3} Rc8 {+0.41/19 2} 15. f5 {-0.27/19 3} g5 {+0.58/19 3} 16. g3 {-0.19/20 3}
c5 {+0.81/21 5} 17. Qb1 {-0.36/21 3} g4 {+0.89/20 2} 18. Nb5 {-0.48/20 3}
Bb8 {+1.20/21 3} 19. dxc5 {-0.61/23 3} Nxc5 {+1.28/20 3} 20. Bc3 {-0.68/23
3} a6 {+1.12/22 5} 21. Bxf6 {-0.90/24 3} Qxf6 {+1.33/22 3} 22. Nc3
{-0.79/24 3} Rcd8 {+1.51/22 4} 23. Nd1 {-0.91/24 3} Nd7 {+1.67/22 2} 24.
Kg2 {-1.13/25 3} Ne5 {+1.68/21 2} 25. Nf2 {-1.13/24 3} Nf3 {+1.48/20 3} 26.
Nxg4 {-0.70/28 3} Nxe1+ {+1.47/24 6} 27. Rxe1 {-0.70/29 3} Qg5 {+1.45/23 3}
28. Qd1 {-0.67/30 3} Be5 {+1.26/22 8} 29. f6 {-0.76/24 3} g6 {+1.46/22 2}
30. Qf3 {-0.93/23 3} b5 {+1.36/22 6} 31. h4 {-0.61/22 3} Qh5 {+1.49/23 2}
32. b4 {-0.65/22 3} Rc8 {+1.80/20 3} 33. Rd1 {-0.55/24 3} Bd6 {+1.38/21 6}
34. Bxg6 {-0.19/25 3} Qxg6 {+0.77/23 3} 35. Rxd5 {0.00/27 3} Qc2+ {+0.50/22
5} 36. Kh3 {+0.74/27 3} Re6 {0.00/21 1} 37. Rg5+ {+0.95/27 3} Kf8 {-0.43/23
2} 38. Nh6 {+0.86/26 3} Ke8 {-0.63/22 2} 39. Nxf7 {+1.11/23 3} Qc4
{-1.02/19 1} 40. Qf5 {+1.63/23 3} Bf8 {-1.07/20 1} 41. Ne5 {+1.77/22 2}
Rxe5 {-1.37/21 3} 42. Qg6+ {+1.84/22 2} Kd7 {-1.27/21 5} 43. Rxe5 {+1.75/23
2} Qf1+ {-1.40/21 5} 44. Kg4 {+1.79/22 2} Qc4+ {-1.24/21 2} 45. Re4
{+1.73/20 2} Qe2+ {-1.13/21 4} 46. Kg5 {+2.01/21 2} Qxa2 {-1.86/21 5} 47.
h5 {+2.11/21 2} Kc7 {-1.17/21 3} 48. g4 {+2.32/21 2} Bd6 {-1.61/20 3} 49.
f7 {+3.13/20 2} Rf8 {-2.69/18 5} 50. Kf6 {+3.41/19 2} a5 {-2.43/17 7} 51.
bxa5 {+3.55/22 2} Qxa5 {-3.36/20 2} 52. Kg7 {+3.36/22 2} b4 {-3.77/21 4}
53. Qf6 {+3.06/21 2} Rb8 {-4.86/22 2} 54. Re8 {+4.49/24 2} Qb6 {-6.43/23 3}
55. g5 {+4.99/26 2} b3 {-11.26/20 4} 56. h6 {+5.38/27 2} b2 {-12.17/19 3}
57. h7 {+5.42/27 2} b1=Q {-14.25/23 3 Black resigns} 1-0
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Standings after Round 44:



Tournament pgn: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0seye36d ... e.zip/file

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Final Standings (58 rounds):



Tournament pgn: https://www.mediafire.com/file/0seye36d ... e.zip/file