Two-knight odds match: human vs engines.

[pepechuy]

Hi to all.

I am beginning a new challenge, taking both knights from the engines (I play black).
Opponents: Crafty, Komodo, Lc0 and Stockfish.

Default settings, except for the following.
All engines: ponder on.
Crafty: resign = 327.67 (it still resigned).
Komodo: contempt = 150

I will play until I win against each engine.

I have just played the first game against Crafty.
A win for me.
I still do not find a way to prevent Crafty from resigning (not even with 327.67, I am somewhat afraid to increase it even more, it might roll over to negative numbers).
I used Crafty under Xboard a long time ago (more than 20 years, perhaps closer to 25 years), and I remember it was possible to disable resignations.
Now, about the game. I just had to play with care.
I must admit that I missed 25. e4, but fortunately for me there were not really bad consequences from this oversight.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty-25.3"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[Time "16:59:38"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "resign"]

1. d4 {-6.80/25 85424 266866269} 1... Nf6 2. Bg5 {-6.89/25 99100 298302065} 2...
d5 3. e3 {-6.86/25 28287 90169277} 3... Bf5 4. c3 {-6.89/24 108993 335553974}
4... c6 5. f3 {-6.98/24 49021 169245739} 5... Nbd7 6. g4 {-6.86/24 30640
99485202} 6... Bg6 7. Bf4 {-6.90/24 23102 24069821} 7... e6 8. h4 {-7.00/25
43971 114273138} 8... h6 9. h5 {-7.03/25 120607 389168696} 9... Bh7 10. Bd3
{-7.03/23 19158 10966022} 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {-7.06/23 17959 57691191} 11...
Nb6 12. Bg3 {-7.10/25 55124 177368923} 12... Bd6 13. Bh4 {-7.10/26 16397
31602635} 13... Qc7 14. O-O-O {-7.11/25 16071 24719745} 14... O-O-O 15. Kb1
{-7.05/24 39915 135925612} 15... Rd7 16. Ka1 {-7.08/23 32914 98959983} 16... Bg3
17. Bxf6 {-7.10/22 14394 44639896} 17... gxf6 18. Rc1 {-7.13/23 68200 256326013}
18... Bd6 19. Rc2 {-7.12/26 12410 41002432} 19... Rdd8 20. Re2 {-7.12/25 27746
92490319} 20... Rdg8 21. Ree1 {-7.34/22 42667 160288800} 21... Rg5 22. Rc1
{-7.36/24 13140 8475616} 22... Rhg8 23. Rce1 {-7.69/23 43980 167794320} 23...
Bf8 24. Qe2 {-7.81/24 39079 145132730} 24... Nc4 25. e4 {-7.66/21 12262
42518007} 25... Nd6 26. exd5 {-7.71/24 17130 39775466} 26... cxd5 27. Reg1
{-8.06/25 35087 86900806} 27... f5 28. Qd1 {-8.44/25 27508 66233429} 28... fxg4
29. Rxg4 {-8.18/23 9839 35826167} 29... Rxg4 30. fxg4 {-8.78/22 11152 37743752}
30... Ne4 31. Qf3 {-8.27/22 19390 63960814} 31... f6 32. Qd1 {-8.84/21 14975
49371164} 32... Bd6 33. Rg1 {-8.79/20 12414 34714308} 33... Bf4 34. a3 {-8.84/19
11016 32652558} 34... Bg5 35. Qa4 {-8.69/22 10730 36434807} 35... Kb8 36. Rg2
{-9.22/22 10351 37414233} 36... Qc6 37. Qd1 {-8.36/21 9958 12204145} 37... Rf8
38. Qd3 {-8.50/21 9979 34245138} 38... f5 39. gxf5 {-8.47/22 8372 18314061}
39... Rxf5 40. Ka2 {-8.61/21 11023 27324703} 40... Qc4+ 41. Qxc4 {-8.71/25 6481
18509493} 41... dxc4 42. Re2 Rf4 43. Rc2 {-9.95/26 11042 32553065} 43... Kc7 44.
Re2 {-10.16/27 10438 33266839} 44... Kd6 45. a4 {-11.15/28 8469 36967098} 45...
Kd5 46. Ka3 {-11.16/25 11265 24519710} 46... a5 47. b3 {-15.17/22 10477
46944248} 47... Nxc3 48. Rg2 {-327.43/27 8956 21967358} 48... Kxd4 49. Rd2+
{-327.45/26 6508 11018974} 49... Kc5 50. Rg2 {-23.13/23 12469 44608389} 50... e5
51. Rc2 {-327.47/27 9359 47872187} 51... Nd5 52. bxc4 {-327.45/24 8250 39765780}
52... Rxc4 53. Kb3 {-327.47/25 7973 49741935} 53... Rxc2 54. Kxc2 {-327.49/25
7217 39567462} 54... Kd4 55. Kd1 {-327.51/25 7050 35220333} 55... Ke3 56. Kc2
{-327.53/27 7283 38376330} 56... e4 57. Kb2 {-327.55/34 7285 28921849} 57... Kd2
58. Kb3 {-327.55/31 7166 32581620} 58... Nb6 59. Kb2 {-327.55/35 7272 27716983}
59... e3 60. Kb3 {-327.57/73 7405 25460001} 60... e2 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Komodo, when I get the chance. Probably during the weekend.

Greetings.

[Chessqueen]

Hi to all.

I am beginning a new challenge, taking both knights from the engines (I play black).
Opponents: Crafty, Komodo, Lc0 and Stockfish.

Default settings, except for the following.
All engines: ponder on.
Crafty: resign = 327.67 (it still resigned).
Komodo: contempt = 150

I will play until I win against each engine.

I have just played the first game against Crafty.
A win for me.
I still do not find a way to prevent Crafty from resigning (not even with 327.67, I am somewhat afraid to increase it even more, it might roll over to negative numbers).
I used Crafty under Xboard a long time ago (more than 20 years, perhaps closer to 25 years), and I remember it was possible to disable resignations.
Now, about the game. I just had to play with care.
I must admit that I missed 25. e4, but fortunately for me there were not really bad consequences from this oversight.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty-25.3"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[Time "16:59:38"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "resign"]

1. d4 {-6.80/25 85424 266866269} 1... Nf6 2. Bg5 {-6.89/25 99100 298302065} 2...
d5 3. e3 {-6.86/25 28287 90169277} 3... Bf5 4. c3 {-6.89/24 108993 335553974}
4... c6 5. f3 {-6.98/24 49021 169245739} 5... Nbd7 6. g4 {-6.86/24 30640
99485202} 6... Bg6 7. Bf4 {-6.90/24 23102 24069821} 7... e6 8. h4 {-7.00/25
43971 114273138} 8... h6 9. h5 {-7.03/25 120607 389168696} 9... Bh7 10. Bd3
{-7.03/23 19158 10966022} 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {-7.06/23 17959 57691191} 11...
Nb6 12. Bg3 {-7.10/25 55124 177368923} 12... Bd6 13. Bh4 {-7.10/26 16397
31602635} 13... Qc7 14. O-O-O {-7.11/25 16071 24719745} 14... O-O-O 15. Kb1
{-7.05/24 39915 135925612} 15... Rd7 16. Ka1 {-7.08/23 32914 98959983} 16... Bg3
17. Bxf6 {-7.10/22 14394 44639896} 17... gxf6 18. Rc1 {-7.13/23 68200 256326013}
18... Bd6 19. Rc2 {-7.12/26 12410 41002432} 19... Rdd8 20. Re2 {-7.12/25 27746
92490319} 20... Rdg8 21. Ree1 {-7.34/22 42667 160288800} 21... Rg5 22. Rc1
{-7.36/24 13140 8475616} 22... Rhg8 23. Rce1 {-7.69/23 43980 167794320} 23...
Bf8 24. Qe2 {-7.81/24 39079 145132730} 24... Nc4 25. e4 {-7.66/21 12262
42518007} 25... Nd6 26. exd5 {-7.71/24 17130 39775466} 26... cxd5 27. Reg1
{-8.06/25 35087 86900806} 27... f5 28. Qd1 {-8.44/25 27508 66233429} 28... fxg4
29. Rxg4 {-8.18/23 9839 35826167} 29... Rxg4 30. fxg4 {-8.78/22 11152 37743752}
30... Ne4 31. Qf3 {-8.27/22 19390 63960814} 31... f6 32. Qd1 {-8.84/21 14975
49371164} 32... Bd6 33. Rg1 {-8.79/20 12414 34714308} 33... Bf4 34. a3 {-8.84/19
11016 32652558} 34... Bg5 35. Qa4 {-8.69/22 10730 36434807} 35... Kb8 36. Rg2
{-9.22/22 10351 37414233} 36... Qc6 37. Qd1 {-8.36/21 9958 12204145} 37... Rf8
38. Qd3 {-8.50/21 9979 34245138} 38... f5 39. gxf5 {-8.47/22 8372 18314061}
39... Rxf5 40. Ka2 {-8.61/21 11023 27324703} 40... Qc4+ 41. Qxc4 {-8.71/25 6481
18509493} 41... dxc4 42. Re2 Rf4 43. Rc2 {-9.95/26 11042 32553065} 43... Kc7 44.
Re2 {-10.16/27 10438 33266839} 44... Kd6 45. a4 {-11.15/28 8469 36967098} 45...
Kd5 46. Ka3 {-11.16/25 11265 24519710} 46... a5 47. b3 {-15.17/22 10477
46944248} 47... Nxc3 48. Rg2 {-327.43/27 8956 21967358} 48... Kxd4 49. Rd2+
{-327.45/26 6508 11018974} 49... Kc5 50. Rg2 {-23.13/23 12469 44608389} 50... e5
51. Rc2 {-327.47/27 9359 47872187} 51... Nd5 52. bxc4 {-327.45/24 8250 39765780}
52... Rxc4 53. Kb3 {-327.47/25 7973 49741935} 53... Rxc2 54. Kxc2 {-327.49/25
7217 39567462} 54... Kd4 55. Kd1 {-327.51/25 7050 35220333} 55... Ke3 56. Kc2
{-327.53/27 7283 38376330} 56... e4 57. Kb2 {-327.55/34 7285 28921849} 57... Kd2
58. Kb3 {-327.55/31 7166 32581620} 58... Nb6 59. Kb2 {-327.55/35 7272 27716983}
59... e3 60. Kb3 {-327.57/73 7405 25460001} 60... e2 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Komodo, when I get the chance. Probably during the weekend.

Greetings.

Why you continue playing with either 2 knights or 2 Bishops odds? You already proved that you can beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook Odds which is more harder than beating Komodo 12.1 with 2 Bishops or 2 Knights. Your next logical challenge should have been to try to beat Komodo 12.1 with a Knight + pawn removed OR with a Bishop + pawn removed

[pepechuy]

Hi.

Now, the game against Komodo.
A draw.
Somehow, I lost a rook for a pawn... during the game I did not know where I went wrong, I simply miscounted.
Still, Komodo gives me a large advantage after that... I thought the game was even.
Fortunately, my remaining pieces were already well posted, and it was enough for a draw.

Oh, I updated Banksia, Komodo and Stockfish.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "*"]
[Date "2022.05.23"]
[Round "*"]
[White "Komodo 13.02 64-bit"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "18:23:35"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "repetition"]

1. d4 {-6.52/26 49443 44756696} 1... Nf6 2. Bf4 {-6.54/26 91819 76776755} 2...
d5 3. e3 {-6.53/25 25076 30789801} 3... Bf5 4. f3 {-6.65/26 81606 64412681} 4...
e6 5. g4 {-6.62/25 82282 62717141} 5... Bg6 6. Qd2 {-6.96/27 109606 85475824}
6... Bd6 7. O-O-O {-7.04/25 30335 29168965} 7... Nbd7 8. h4 {-6.82/26 58064
52285705} 8... h6 9. h5 {-6.44/23 41321 34821997} 9... Bh7 10. Kb1 {-6.72/24
42860 52615254} 10... Nb6 11. Rc1 {-6.40/25 80521 72067661} 11... Qd7 12. Ka1
{-6.87/24 68814 59394507} 12... O-O-O 13. g5 {-7.07/25 37347 33381624} 13...
hxg5 14. Bxg5 {-7.24/25 10 9219822} 14... Bf5 15. h6 {-7.07/23 31886 32193862}
15... Be7 16. Bf4 {-7.22/25 1793 33344340} 16... gxh6 17. c4 {-6.70/24 17748
17966677} 17... dxc4 18. Bxc4 {-7.38/25 16126 12993717} 18... Nxc4 19. Rxc4
{-7.32/26 10 24887224} 19... Bd6 20. e4 {-7.45/25 24580 26063656} 20... Bg6 21.
e5 {-5.32/24 22144 23117650} 21... Bxe5 22. Bxe5 {-4.78/28 23699 26690551} 22...
Nd5 23. Bxh8 {-4.76/28 11142 17158334} 23... Rxh8 24. Rxh6 {-4.90/28 5637
11545637} 24... Rxh6 25. Qxh6 {-4.93/31 10 40886224} 25... Qb5 26. Qf8+
{-4.26/27 17468 20351122} 26... Kd7 27. Qc5 {-4.51/27 18229 27765954} 27... Qxc5
28. dxc5 {-4.77/29 15424 38569330} 28... c6 29. Rh4 {-3.81/29 46572 60362316}
29... Kc7 30. a3 {-2.79/29 20134 22975222} 30... a6 31. b4 {-3.22/31 56425
74659723} 31... a5 32. bxa5 {-2.32/25 6349 7275574} 32... Nf6 33. Ra4 {-2.52/30
39917 46110498} 33... Nd7 34. Rc4 {-2.61/28 7166 16305788} 34... Kb8 35. a6
{-2.48/28 9293 12572404} 35... bxa6 36. f4 {-2.49/29 4097 13193828} 36... Ka7
37. Kb2 {-2.80/29 1326 15453531} 37... a5 38. Kc3 {-2.72/33 18437 26143229}
38... Ka6 39. Kd4 {-2.91/33 12884 24104111} 39... Kb5 40. a4+ {-2.48/33 10147
14238111} 40... Ka6 41. Rc1 {-2.68/33 1860 12364018} 41... Kb7 42. Rh1 {-2.51/31
16978 22412178} 42... Kc7 43. Rh8 {-2.53/33 24053 36557211} 43... Nb8 44. Re8
{-1.53/29 9403 13794615} 44... Bc2 45. Re7+ {-1.65/33 10 39069823} 45... Nd7 46.
Rxf7 {-1.73/29 3466 8531354} 46... Bxa4 47. Rh7 {-1.74/33 13689 24091113} 47...
Bb3 48. Kc3 {-2.38/29 10681 25597086} 48... a4 49. Kb4 {-1.73/28 9763 14691635}
49... Kc8 50. Rh8+ {-1.93/28 16065 22214451} 50... Kc7 51. Rh6 {-2.09/30 11994
18028620} 51... Kb7 52. Rh7 {+0.00/43 10844 17535896} 52... Kc7 53. Rh6
{-2.17/30 10412 18576989} 53... Kb7 54. Rh7 {+0.00/44 10634 15234918} 54... Kc7
55. Rh6 {+0.00/63 10 11145443} 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

The next game, against Lc0, when I get the chance.

Greetings.

[pepechuy]

Why you continue playing with either 2 knights or 2 Bishops odds? You already proved that you can beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook Odds which is more harder than beating Komodo 12.1 with 2 Bishops or 2 Knights. Your next logical challenge should have been to try to beat Komodo 12.1 with a Knight + pawn removed OR with a Bishop + pawn removed

Hi.

¿Why? Because I have already begun. I do not want to interrupt the challenge.

Greetings.

[Chessqueen]

Why you continue playing with either 2 knights or 2 Bishops odds? You already proved that you can beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook Odds which is more harder than beating Komodo 12.1 with 2 Bishops or 2 Knights. Your next logical challenge should have been to try to beat Komodo 12.1 with a Knight + pawn removed OR with a Bishop + pawn removed

Hi.

¿Why? Because I have already begun. I do not want to interrupt the challenge.

Greetings.

When you already beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook Odds = 5 Points, and switching to 2 Bishops , 2 Knights or a Bishop Plus a Knight which all add up to = 6 points, it is NO longer consider a challenge, since you went from 5 points Odds to 6 Points Odds. You are simply wasting space on this forum, and I am the only one who has the cojones to tell you, your match is no longer interesting. Perdimos interés cuando redujiste de 5 puntos a 6 puntos . We lost interest when you reduced from 5 points to 6 points. If you want to keep it interesting go from 5 points to 4 points, from a Rook Odds to a Knight plus pawn or Bishop plus pawn odds
[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 [/fen]

[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPP1PPP/RN1QKBNR w KQkq - 0 1 [/fen]

[pepechuy]

Hi.

Now, the game against Lc0. A win for me.
I took a couple of minutes to play 8... Ng4 (instead of mechanically finishing development with 8... Bd7).
I like the move I made: it allows me to uncrumple my position without creating weaknesses.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "*"]
[Date "2022.05.30"]
[Round "*"]
[White "Lc0 v0.27.0"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "18:25:41"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. e4 {-9.59/5 84967 7673} 1... e5 2. Bc4 {-9.92/5 36792 3395} 2... Nf6 3. d4
{-9.58/5 31519 2775} 3... exd4 4. O-O {-9.19/5 21904 2117} 4... d6 5. Qxd4
{-12.39/4 44753 3722} 5... Nc6 6. Qc3 {-12.52/5 33999 2889} 6... Be7 7. Re1
{-13.98/4 36909 3037} 7... O-O 8. Bf4 {-16.56/4 27830 2335} 8... Ng4 9. Rad1
{-16.00/5 29070 2990} 9... Bf6 10. Qd2 {-16.07/5 15512 1578} 10... Nge5 11. Be2
{-16.76/4 30074 2156} 11... Re8 12. c3 {-17.80/4 25011 2135} 12... Ng6 13. Be3
{-16.54/4 22196 1869} 13... Rxe4 14. Bd3 {-18.44/4 45424 3553} 14... Re7 15. h3
{-19.46/4 30290 2158} 15... Bd7 16. Bf1 {-21.31/4 29695 2483} 16... Qf8 17. Qc1
{-21.11/4 28770 2467} 17... Rae8 18. Qd2 {-16.61/4 22083 1894} 18... Re5 19. f4
{-19.58/4 30596 2577} 19... R5e7 20. Bf2 {-24.40/5 12358 1937} 20... Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 {-28.15/5 15193 1379} 21... Rxe1 22. Bxe1 {-31.46/5 16279 1607} 22... Qe7
23. Bf2 {-32.37/4 23677 1801} 23... Bh4 24. g3 {-26.26/5 15960 1463} 24... Bf6
25. Qe2 {-35.96/4 23672 2583} 25... Qxe2 26. Bxe2 {-42.81/4 12149 914} 26...
Bxh3 27. Be3 {-41.85/4 26867 2249} 27... Be6 28. Kf2 {-49.25/4 64722 4844} 28...
Bxa2 29. Ke1 {-51.17/4 20172 2209} 29... Nge7 30. g4 {-51.30/4 23878 1788} 30...
Nd5 31. Bd2 {-52.00/4 22107 1660} 31... Bh4+ 32. Kf1 {-54.51/5 30345 2363} 32...
Bg3 33. f5 {-59.39/4 20987 1642} 33... Ne5 34. Kg2 {-63.99/5 30387 2538} 34...
Bf4 35. Bxf4 {-65.21/5 14804 1559} 35... Nxf4+ 36. Kf2 {-60.65/5 11736 1649}
36... Nxe2 37. Kxe2 {-71.45/4 18907 1648} 37... Nxg4 38. Kf3 {-69.43/4 23151
2144} 38... Ne5+ 39. Ke3 {-78.26/5 45177 4655} 39... g5 40. fxg6 {-78.44/4 17000
1718} 40... fxg6 41. Ke2 {-80.15/4 31801 2756} 41... Kf7 42. Kf2 {-82.32/4 25621
2756} 42... Ke6 43. Ke2 {-83.65/4 24350 2487} 43... Kf5 44. Ke3 {-86.12/4 18869
2013} 44... h5 45. b3 {-94.30/4 24367 1982} 45... Bxb3 46. c4 {-97.29/5 20473
2086} 46... Bxc4 47. Kd2 {-100.80/5 16975 1907} 47... h4 48. Ke3 {-73.62/4 15808
2263} 48... a5 49. Kd2 {-106.55/5 23236 2567} 49... h3 50. Ke3 {-46.70/5 11217
2047} 50... h2 51. Kd2 {-109.66/1 24 300} 51... h1=Q 52. Kc2 {-40.27/1 55 120}
52... Qe4+ 53. Kb2 {-27.61/4 1903 230} 53... Qe2+ 54. Kb1 {M-2/1 16 44} 54...
Qa2+ 55. Kc1 {M-2/1 22 9} 55... Nd3+ 56. Kd1 {M-1/1 10 3} 56... Qb1+ 57. Kd2
{M-2/1 32 10} 57... Qe1+ 58. Kc2 {M-1/1 10 3} 58... Qc1# 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Stockfish, when I get the chance.
Probably tomorrow, otherwise until the weekend.

Greetings.

[Chessqueen]

Can you play more of those interesting a1 Rook Odds against Komodo 12.1 and do NOT forget to set Contempt to 150

[pepechuy]

Can you play more of those interesting a1 Rook Odds against Komodo 12.1 and do NOT forget to set Contempt to 150

Hi.

I will reboot the rook-odds challenge, but only against Komodo and Stockfish, after I finish this two-knight odds challenge.

Greetings.

[pepechuy]

Hi.

Now, the first game against Stockfish.
A loss for me.

I still do now understand well how I lost.
I felt that I had a good position, even under the pawn storm.
I thought that, if my pieces were well placed in the center, I would be able to reject the attack.
The only thing that worried me was that my rook in a8 was inactive (actually, I did not move the whole game).
Now I see that 22... Nf6 was a blunder. I need to analyze this position.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.06.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockfish 15"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "21:54:20"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. e4 {-10.37/30 45345 20738130} 1... e5 2. d4 {-10.10/26 19563 8682435} 2...
exd4 3. Qxd4 {-9.99/30 116127 51762722} 3... Nc6 4. Qe3 {-10.16/29 5993 4994162}
4... d6 5. Bd2 {-9.51/28 24303 10754855} 5... Nf6 6. O-O-O {-9.44/27 35318
12091820} 6... Be7 7. Bc3 {-9.31/27 8223 14074104} 7... Bd7 8. f4 {-9.24/29
51219 24471692} 8... O-O 9. h3 {-9.23/29 15323 23838789} 9... Re8 10. g4
{-8.78/28 28580 9952264} 10... h6 11. Bd3 {-8.97/30 206406 84484134} 11... Nh7
12. Rhg1 {-8.79/29 102700 47490454} 12... g5 13. e5 {-8.42/25 65610 29205379}
13... gxf4 14. Qe4 {-9.24/30 138383 70452400} 14... Nf8 15. g5 {-8.16/21 16581
7852758} 15... Nxe5 16. gxh6+ {-5.82/22 18949 8245456} 16... Kh8 17. Rg7
{-6.27/31 116850 53116280} 17... f5 18. Qxf4 {-7.03/26 43597 24035232} 18... Bf6
19. Rdg1 {-7.25/23 10 7058594} 19... Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 {-4.93/20 4644 2734124}
20... Nh7 21. Rf7 {-6.55/26 10 48307352} 21... Rf8 22. Rxf6 {-5.15/20 9480
5223449} 22... Nxf6 23. Rg7 {+6.28/29 26001 14164542} 23... Be6 24. Qg5 {M+5/87
5579 8863139} 24... Rf7 25. Rxf7 {M+3/245 286 736776} 25... Bxf7 26. Qg7#
{M+1/245 31 7845} 1-0
[/pgn]

The results after the first round, all from my perspective.
Crafty 1
Komodo 1/2
Lc0 1
Stockfish 0

The next game, against Komodo, when I get the chance. Hopefully soon.

Greetings.

[pepechuy]

Hi.

Now, the second game against Komodo.
A win for me, but a difficult one.

I like my moves 15... e6 and 16... f6, playing without fear against white's pawn avalanche.
I missed 20. Re6, but fortunately I did not lose much material: I was "only" a rook up after that.
The game remained quite complicated. I also like my move 21... Ne5.
I was somewhat worried that Komodo would play 29. Re5 (also Re5 in the next few moves).
I guess it is not very good, since Komodo did not play it.
31... e4 was a good liberating move for me, I began to feel confident about the win after it.
All in all, I think I played well under pressure, in a complex position, and kept the advantage till the end.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "*"]
[Date "2022.06.06"]
[Round "*"]
[White "Komodo 13.02 64-bit"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "18:34:37"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. d4 {-6.52/25 54042 41504601} 1... Nf6 2. g3 {-6.44/25 58981 49935167} 2... c5
3. d5 {-6.59/26 48102 43997746} 3... d6 4. Bg2 {-5.98/26 32326 27564453} 4... g6
5. c4 {-6.02/26 21189 25972958} 5... Bg7 6. O-O {-6.44/25 68773 64126570} 6...
O-O 7. Bd2 {-6.49/24 13965 22642075} 7... Bd7 8. Bc3 {-6.27/26 45093 43096940}
8... Na6 9. b3 {-6.20/26 65496 51686334} 9... Nc7 10. Qd2 {-6.13/28 197598
154692785} 10... a6 11. e4 {-5.61/25 25509 21322499} 11... b5 12. f4 {-5.73/23
42585 39588037} 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 {-5.69/23 14033 10824049} 13... Rb8 14. e5
{-5.75/24 19682 12574402} 14... Nfe8 15. Rfe1 {-5.75/25 31731 37570921} 15... e6
16. a4 {-6.00/25 54719 51104294} 16... f6 17. dxe6 {-5.91/26 81390 80157552}
17... Bxe6 18. exd6 {-6.38/24 7026 30368099} 18... Nxd6 19. Qf2 {-6.79/26 42269
123314155} 19... Nxc4 20. Rxe6 {-6.60/26 58742 60748571} 20... Nxe6 21. Qe2
{-7.77/25 7608 17199438} 21... Ne5 22. fxe5 {-6.91/22 20771 21933748} 22... fxe5
23. Qxa6 {-7.21/23 10298 14935522} 23... Nd4 24. Rd1 {-7.75/24 11878 26015651}
24... Qb6 25. Qxb6 {-6.88/23 15344 16352625} 25... Rxb6 26. Bd5+ {-7.35/25 23047
30672836} 26... Kh8 27. Re1 {-7.38/24 9948 20055758} 27... Ra6 28. a5 {-6.90/25
9746 12470699} 28... Nc2 29. Re2 {-7.14/27 74280 69290623} 29... Nb4 30. Bc4
{-6.97/24 5131 9911343} 30... Rxa5 31. Kg2 {-7.22/25 8561 11713656} 31... e4 32.
Bxg7+ {-6.81/22 12612 13222485} 32... Kxg7 33. Rxe4 {-6.94/22 387 4215612} 33...
Ra7 34. h4 {-7.04/22 13348 13533077} 34... Rc7 35. h5 {-7.23/23 14701 16094123}
35... gxh5 36. Re5 {-7.74/26 10 75898245} 36... h4 37. Re3 {-6.99/23 12637
16485066} 37... hxg3 38. Rxg3+ {-7.51/21 15471 20340975} 38... Kf6 39. Rf3+
{-7.55/23 12840 19204996} 39... Ke7 40. Re3+ {-7.71/23 15581 23954708} 40... Kd6
41. Re6+ {-8.22/24 16511 22608361} 41... Kd7 42. Rb6 {-8.32/24 4034 8102024}
42... Nc6 43. Rb3 {-8.73/24 21013 28583308} 43... Ne5 44. Be2 {-9.56/24 10
22897476} 44... c4 45. Rg3 {-11.33/24 20031 33210676} 45... c3 46. Rg7+ {M-25/19
10398 18309266} 46... Kd6 47. Rxc7 {M-26/19 2453 4342498} 47... Kxc7 48. Bd1
{M-25/20 227 2832336} 48... Nd3 49. Kh2 {M-12/22 10 32161241} 49... Nb4 50. Kg2
{M-18/18 2510 4448462} 50... c2 51. Bxc2 {M-14/23 2120 2987370} 51... Nxc2 52.
Kg3 {M-10/23 220 1902449} 52... Kd6 53. Kg4 {M-6/30 1157 2100132} 53... Ke5 54.
Kg3 {M-5/43 10 3034628} 54... Rf4 55. Kg2 {M-5/45 1200 3044759} 55... Kf5 56.
Kh3 {M-5/55 1305 3549003} 56... Rg4 57. Kh2 {-6.98/5 10 390} 57... Kf4 58. Kh3
{M-3/99 49 38958} 58... Kf3 59. Kh2 {M-3/5 10 241} 59... Kf2 60. Kh3 {M-2/99 38
5612} 60... Rf4 61. Kh2 {M-1/5 10 10} 61... Rh4# 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Stockfish, when I get the chance.

Greetings.