42nd Amateur Series Division 2

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lucasart
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Re: Standings after Round 42 of 44

Post by lucasart »

This is a beautiful game, that caught my attention:
* opposite side castling
* exchange sac Rxc3 to loosen up the long castled white king
* one side having two queens on the board for quite a few moves (rare)
* material imbalance
* very technical endgame manouvering (see how long it took to finally push the pawns)
[pgn]
[Event "42nd Amateur D2"]
[Site "ChessGUI3"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "DiscoCheck 4.3 64-bit"]
[Black "MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[TimeControl "40/1500:40/1500:40/1500"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[PlyCount "278"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8.
g4 h6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Rxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14.
exd5 Bxd5 15. Bc1 Be7 16. h4 Qa5 17. Bb2 Qa4 18. Nb3 Qf4 19. Rh3 Nb6 20.
Rd4 Qc7 21. f4 Bc4 22. Qf3 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Nfd5 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Nc4 26.
Qe1 Nf4 27. Rf3 e5 28. Re4 Ng2 29. Qf2 Qb7 30. Rg4 Nf4 31. Bc1 Qc8 32. Rgg3
O-O 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rg1 Nxa3+ 35. Ka2 a5 36. Qe2 Bd6 37. g6 Nc4 38. Rg5
fxg6 39. Qe4 Rf5 40. Rxg6 Qf8 41. Rg5 Re5 42. Rxe5 Bxe5 43. Qd5+ Kh7 44.
Nc5 Kh6 45. Rd3 Qf5 46. Nd7 g6 47. Qxb5 f3 48. Qxc4 f2 49. Nxe5 f1=Q 50.
Ng4+ Kh5 51. Ne3 Q1f4 52. Qc6 Q5e4 53. Qb6 Kh6 54. c4 Qe8 55. Qxa5 Kh7 56.
Qa7+ Qff7 57. Qxf7+ Qxf7 58. Nd5 Kg7 59. Kb3 Qf2 60. Nb4 Kf7 61. Rc3 Qc5
62. Rf3+ Ke6 63. Rg3 Qh5 64. Rg5 Qxh4 65. Rxg6+ Kf7 66. Rc6 Qg3+ 67. Ka4
Qg4 68. Rc5 Qe4 69. Kb3 Qe3+ 70. Nd3 Qg1 71. Rd5 Qb1+ 72. Nb2 Qf1 73. Ra5
Ke6 74. Nd3 Kd7 75. Nb4 Qb1+ 76. Ka4 Qa1+ 77. Kb5 Qf1 78. Ra3 Kc7 79. Nd5+
Kb7 80. Re3 Qf5 81. Re7+ Kc8 82. Re8+ Kd7 83. Re2 Kd6 84. Kb4 Qf7 85. Nc3
Kc6 86. Re5 Qf8+ 87. Kb3 Qb8+ 88. Rb5 Qg3 89. Rd5 Qe3 90. Ra5 Kb7 91. Ra1
Qb6+ 92. Nb5 Qc6 93. Re1 Qc5 94. c3 Ka6 95. Rf1 Qe7 96. Nd4 Qb7+ 97. Ka3
Qe7+ 98. Ka4 Qe5 99. Kb4 Qa5+ 100. Kb3 Qb6+ 101. Nb5 Qd8 102. Ra1+ Kb6 103.
Nd4 Qb8 104. Nc2 Qb7 105. Re1 Qb8 106. Re6+ Kc7+ 107. Nb4 Kd7 108. Re1 Qg8
109. Rd1+ Kc8 110. Nc6 Qg3 111. Nd4 Qd6 112. Ra1 Kb7 113. Ra7+ Kb6 114. Rg7
Qb8 115. Rg5 Kc7+ 116. Rb5 Qg8 117. Rc5+ Kd7 118. Nb5 Qg1 119. Rc7+ Ke6
120. Kb4 Qa1 121. Kc5 Qa8 122. Kb6 Qb8+ 123. Ka5 Qa8+ 124. Ra7 Qf8 125.
Ra6+ Ke5 126. Rd6 Qa8+ 127. Kb4 Qe4 128. Rd4 Qb1+ 129. Ka5 Qh1 130. c5 Qa8+
131. Kb4 Qh1 132. Rd8 Qe4+ 133. c4 Qe1+ 134. Nc3 Qa1 135. Kb3 Qg1 136. Rd5+
Ke6 137. c6 Qg3 138. Kb4 Ke7 139. Rd7+ Ke8 1-0
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Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
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Graham Banks
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Re: Standings after Round 42 of 44

Post by Graham Banks »

lucasart wrote:This is a beautiful game, that caught my attention:
* opposite side castling
* exchange sac Rxc3 to loosen up the long castled white king
* one side having two queens on the board for quite a few moves (rare)
* material imbalance
* very technical endgame manouvering (see how long it took to finally push the pawns)
[pgn]
[Event "42nd Amateur D2"]
[Site "ChessGUI3"]
[Date "2013.07.28"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "DiscoCheck 4.3 64-bit"]
[Black "MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[TimeControl "40/1500:40/1500:40/1500"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[PlyCount "278"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8.
g4 h6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 Rxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14.
exd5 Bxd5 15. Bc1 Be7 16. h4 Qa5 17. Bb2 Qa4 18. Nb3 Qf4 19. Rh3 Nb6 20.
Rd4 Qc7 21. f4 Bc4 22. Qf3 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Nfd5 24. g5 hxg5 25. fxg5 Nc4 26.
Qe1 Nf4 27. Rf3 e5 28. Re4 Ng2 29. Qf2 Qb7 30. Rg4 Nf4 31. Bc1 Qc8 32. Rgg3
O-O 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rg1 Nxa3+ 35. Ka2 a5 36. Qe2 Bd6 37. g6 Nc4 38. Rg5
fxg6 39. Qe4 Rf5 40. Rxg6 Qf8 41. Rg5 Re5 42. Rxe5 Bxe5 43. Qd5+ Kh7 44.
Nc5 Kh6 45. Rd3 Qf5 46. Nd7 g6 47. Qxb5 f3 48. Qxc4 f2 49. Nxe5 f1=Q 50.
Ng4+ Kh5 51. Ne3 Q1f4 52. Qc6 Q5e4 53. Qb6 Kh6 54. c4 Qe8 55. Qxa5 Kh7 56.
Qa7+ Qff7 57. Qxf7+ Qxf7 58. Nd5 Kg7 59. Kb3 Qf2 60. Nb4 Kf7 61. Rc3 Qc5
62. Rf3+ Ke6 63. Rg3 Qh5 64. Rg5 Qxh4 65. Rxg6+ Kf7 66. Rc6 Qg3+ 67. Ka4
Qg4 68. Rc5 Qe4 69. Kb3 Qe3+ 70. Nd3 Qg1 71. Rd5 Qb1+ 72. Nb2 Qf1 73. Ra5
Ke6 74. Nd3 Kd7 75. Nb4 Qb1+ 76. Ka4 Qa1+ 77. Kb5 Qf1 78. Ra3 Kc7 79. Nd5+
Kb7 80. Re3 Qf5 81. Re7+ Kc8 82. Re8+ Kd7 83. Re2 Kd6 84. Kb4 Qf7 85. Nc3
Kc6 86. Re5 Qf8+ 87. Kb3 Qb8+ 88. Rb5 Qg3 89. Rd5 Qe3 90. Ra5 Kb7 91. Ra1
Qb6+ 92. Nb5 Qc6 93. Re1 Qc5 94. c3 Ka6 95. Rf1 Qe7 96. Nd4 Qb7+ 97. Ka3
Qe7+ 98. Ka4 Qe5 99. Kb4 Qa5+ 100. Kb3 Qb6+ 101. Nb5 Qd8 102. Ra1+ Kb6 103.
Nd4 Qb8 104. Nc2 Qb7 105. Re1 Qb8 106. Re6+ Kc7+ 107. Nb4 Kd7 108. Re1 Qg8
109. Rd1+ Kc8 110. Nc6 Qg3 111. Nd4 Qd6 112. Ra1 Kb7 113. Ra7+ Kb6 114. Rg7
Qb8 115. Rg5 Kc7+ 116. Rb5 Qg8 117. Rc5+ Kd7 118. Nb5 Qg1 119. Rc7+ Ke6
120. Kb4 Qa1 121. Kc5 Qa8 122. Kb6 Qb8+ 123. Ka5 Qa8+ 124. Ra7 Qf8 125.
Ra6+ Ke5 126. Rd6 Qa8+ 127. Kb4 Qe4 128. Rd4 Qb1+ 129. Ka5 Qh1 130. c5 Qa8+
131. Kb4 Qh1 132. Rd8 Qe4+ 133. c4 Qe1+ 134. Nc3 Qa1 135. Kb3 Qg1 136. Rd5+
Ke6 137. c6 Qg3 138. Kb4 Ke7 139. Rd7+ Ke8 1-0
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It must give an engine author a lot of pleasure to see their engine play such a game. :)
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Lyudmil Tsvetkov
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Re: Standings after Round 42 of 44

Post by Lyudmil Tsvetkov »

Certainly a thriller.
I am sure the play could have been improved many times for both sides along the way, but still a thriller.
I would even buy myself a ticket for such a performance.
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Graham Banks
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Final Standings

Post by Graham Banks »

42ND AMATEUR SERIES (Division 2)

Intel i5 Quad
ChessGUI
256mb hash each where possible
3-4-5 piece tablebases
Ponder off
IECGMasters.cgb book
40 moves in 25 minutes repeating (adapted for the CCRL)
4 cycles 44 rounds
All engines 64-bit 1CPU where available
The top engine will gain automatic promotion and the bottom engine will gain automatic relegation. Any other changes of division will be at my discretion and may not necessarily involve playoff matches.
Final Standings

32.5 - Hannibal 1.3 64-bit
24.5 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
24.5 - Quazar 0.4 64-bit
24.5 - Texel 1.02 64-bit
24.0 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
22.5 - Toga II 3.0
22.5 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
21.0 - Scorpio 2.7.6 64-bit
17.5 - Frenzee 3.5.19 64-bit
17.0 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
17.0 - DiscoCheck 4.3 64-bit
16.5 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=30031
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lucasart
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Re: Final Standings

Post by lucasart »

Graham Banks wrote: Final Standings

32.5 - Hannibal 1.3 64-bit
24.5 - Nemo 1.0.1 64-bit
24.5 - Quazar 0.4 64-bit
24.5 - Texel 1.02 64-bit
24.0 - Tornado 4.88 64-bit
22.5 - Toga II 3.0
22.5 - MinkoChess 1.3 64-bit
21.0 - Scorpio 2.7.6 64-bit
17.5 - Frenzee 3.5.19 64-bit
17.0 - Dirty 20Apr2013 64-bit
17.0 - DiscoCheck 4.3 64-bit
16.5 - Gaviota 0.86 64-bit


The complete tournament pgn (zipped) can be downloaded here:
http://kirill-kryukov.com/chess/discuss ... p?id=30031
I told you:
lucasart wrote:DiscoCheck is a slow starter. But don't worry: it will creep up to the penultimate position just before the finishing line.
DiscoCheck pulled a Dirty on Gaviota, just before the finishing line :lol:
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
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Desperado
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Re: Final Standings

Post by Desperado »

Thx Graham.

I am really suprised seeing Nemo playing at that level after such a long time.

regards
Michael
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