Testing Selective Search - Computer Chess Fun Olympiad 2010

[Spacious_Mind]

Hi Nick

no updates on Group B?
only 5 more moves and the MDC (and you)take over the Forum game
depending on the next few moves i think you couldnt ask for a better position for the MDC
nice and open...lots of tactical possibilities

Steve

Hi Steve,

Back at work from Christmas break, therefore things are a little slower I am starting the Dedicated Matches today, hopefully by end of next week I will be able to report on Round 2.

Best regards

Nick

[Spacious_Mind]

Hi Nick

only 5 more moves and the MDC (and you)take over the Forum game
depending on the next few moves i think you couldnt ask for a better position for the MDC
nice and open...lots of tactical possibilities

Steve

On that topic, let me ask you some questions because of your past experience in running the game.

How much time should the MDC get? The options available to me are. I take the Forum move at around 5pm Central time and let MDC run until 11-12 pm which would be around 6/7 hours.

If the MDC gets a full day for a move then I could do daily say 5/6 PM Central to 5/6 PM Central?

Not sure how you did this since people who play are from all over the world

I agree the position gives the MDC some hope not to be hammered in the first few moves of being taken over

But, the players are really good! So I am nervous for the poor MDC

Worried for MDC regards

Nick

[Steve B]

Hi Nick

only 5 more moves and the MDC (and you)take over the Forum game
depending on the next few moves i think you couldnt ask for a better position for the MDC
nice and open...lots of tactical possibilities

Steve

On that topic, let me ask you some questions because of your past experience in running the game.

How much time should the MDC get? The options available to me are. I take the Forum move at around 5pm Central time and let MDC run until 11-12 pm which would be around 6/7 hours.

If the MDC gets a full day for a move then I could do daily say 5/6 PM Central to 5/6 PM Central?

Not sure how you did this since people who play are from all over the world

I agree the position gives the MDC some hope not to be hammered in the first few moves of being taken over

But, the players are really good! So I am nervous for the poor MDC

Worried for MDC regards

Nick

well the time frame has to be around your Schedule
post the moves for the MDC when most convenient for you
you can then wait a full 24 Hrs to let players from all times zones have a chance to vote
however if you see 5-6 votes all for the same move you can probably end the vote early as a lead like that would probably never be reversed


as to the thinking time for the MDC...

technically the computer also has a full 24 hrs to move but rarely did i ever let it ponder for more then 6-8 Hrs
sometimes it ran longer but this was mainly because i forgot to turn it off!

i found that the chances of a move change after 6-8 Hrs was fairly remote and i think you will also find that you get through a full 9-10 ply search within that time frame but the jump to a full 11 ply search just takes too long..depending on the position of course

also you can let the MDC ponder during the forums 24 hrs but i never wanted to do that because i did not want the computer to run continuously
Remember the first game i was operating the Tasc R30 and the third game the London 030 ..both very expensive dedicated computers

finally ..as you know these are friendly games and the TC is more of a guide then a steadfast rule
several times the players did not have a clear move within the 24 HRS and so you should wait until their is one
i found that a simple post that the TC had been reached with no clear move...usually generated a reply from one of the players who then changed a vote to keep the game going
Gerold in particular is great in this way
he always does whats necessary to keep the game going even if it means voting for a move he would rather not play..a true sportsman(as all of the players are )


Steve

[Spacious_Mind]

In Group B I have had to replace a couple of engines because they were in the end really not suitable for 5 Ply Matches.

Anechka008 is replaced by Alex 201 in Team Classic Engine - 2. Anechka008 is not very well configured for ply games and only searched up to 2 or 3 ply which made it very weak and it would have been unfair for the rest of the Team.

I had exactly the same problem with Matacz102_RAM76 who is replaced by Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 in Team Neo Classic Engine - 1.

Well these changes also had an effect in the games of Round 1. Round 1 results now are now as follows:



Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 really turned the match against the Dedicated Computers from Saitek/SciSys around with a great win and a draw against Saitek Brute Force.

The revised Standings after Round 1 are now as follows:



This is the first time so far in this Tournament that a Dedicated Team has been beaten in a Match

Still shaken and feeling a little ashamed, Saitek Brute Force really did not feel like posing in front of the Camera. But finaly after some stern words and a promise of an easier opponent in the next Round Brute Force did finally decide show up for the Photo Session.

Here is SAITEK BRUTE FORCE



Saitek Brute Force as the name suggests actually has two Game Play Settings. Brute Force and Selective. It is hard to say which setting is actually better. I think marignally Selective may be stronger, but there really is not much in it in the Elo Rating Lists.

The board is a Renaissance Board. Saitek for their Modular System made 3 full size wooden boards. "Leornardo", "Galileo" and "Renaissance". The "Renaissance" is the only one that also has the built in LCD Chessboard Display as you can see from the photo above. There are several Modules available for these boards. The strongest is the "Sparc" Module which is quite rare and quite sought after. "Brute Force" is the second strongest of the range. The chess software for "Brute Force" is from Frans Morsch.

The two games against Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 were really long and hard, but in the end Gaviota really should have won both games. Here is the game that was drawn:

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Saitek Brute Force, 15S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 {Saitek Brute Force out of book} Qa5?!

[d]r1b1kb1r/pp1p1ppp/2n1pn2/qN6/4P3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 7

Immediately out of the Opening Book, Brute Force makes a doubtful move which gives Gaviota an advantage. Brute Force did manage to stay in the game, but it was a long hard struggle. Gaviota at times missed opportunities to finish the match sooner.

{Gaviota-win32-v0.74.41 out of book} 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 f5 13. O-O-O Rg8 14. Nd5 Rg6 15. Nf6+ Rxf6 16. Qxf6 Qxa2 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. exf5 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 20. f6+ Ke6 21. Be2 Qb4+ 22. c3 Qf4+ 23. Ke1 d5 24. g3 Qe4 25. Kd2 Qf5 26. Ke1 Qe4 27. Kd2 Qf5 28. Kc1 Rb8 29. Rhf1 e4 30. Qg7 Ne5 31. Qf8 Qxf6 32. Qc5 Qg5+ 33. Rd2 Nd7 34. Qxa7 Qe5 35. Qa3 Qc7 36. Kb1 Nb6 37. Rb2 Ra8 38. Qf8 Na4 39. Bg4+ Kf6 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Rb3 Nxc3+ 42. Qxc3 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Bxg4 44. Rfc1 Rd8
45. Rc7 b5 46. Rb7 Bd7 47. Rc5 Be8 48. h4 Kf6 49. Kb2 Ke5 50. Kc3 Bd7 51. Kb4 h5 52. Rc3 Be8 53. Rc5 f6 54. Ra7 Kd4 55. Ra5 f5 56. Ra2 Ke5 57. Rd2 Ke6 58. Ra2 Ke5 59. Rd2 Ke6 60. Kc3 Rd6 61. Kd4 Bc6 62. Ra2 Bd7 63. Ra7 Rc6 64. Rxc6+ Bxc6 65. Rh7 Be8 66. Rh6+ Kf7 67. Rxh5 Kg6 68. g4 fxg4 69. Rxd5 Kf6 70. Re5 Bc6 71. Rc5 Be8 72. Rg5 Bd7 73. Rd5 Be8 74. Re5 Bc6 75. Rc5 Be8 76. Kxe4 b4 77. Kf4 b3 78. Rf5+ Kg6 79. Re5 b2 80. Re1 Kh5 81. Rb1 Bg6 82. Rxb2 Kxh4 83. f3 g3 84. Rg2 Bf7 85. Rxg3 Bd5 86. Rg6 Kh3 87. Rh6+ Kg2 88. Ke3 Bb3 89. f4 Bc2 90. Rh5
Bd1 91. Rg5+ Kh3 92. f5 Kh4 93. Rg7 Kh5 94. f6 Kh6 95. Kd4 Bh5 96. Rc7 Bg6 97. Ke5 Bb1

[d]8/2R5/5P1k/4K3/8/8/8/1b6 w - - 0 98

Gaviota occasionally selectively searches 10-12 deep therefore in this position I was really very surprised when it played 98. f7?. This leads to a draw. Almost any other move would have been ok except for that one .. so after this move Brute Force got away with a lucky draw.

98. f7? Kg7 99. Ra7 Bd3 100. Kd5 Be2 101. Rb7 Bd3 102. Rc7 Bb1 103. Ra7 Bc2 104. Rb7 Bd3 105. Rc7 Bb1 106. Ra7 Bc2 107. Kd6 Bb3 108. Ke5 Bc4 109. Rd7 Bxf7 110. Kf5 Kg8 111. Ke5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Here is the revised Schedule for Round 2:



Hopefully there will not be too many other fallouts in the other Groups. Fortunately there are enough engines to always quickly find a replacement

hmmmmmmm I wonder if the Dedicates manage to recover from this SHOCKING DEFEAT !!!!!!!

Reports on Round 2 ................ C O M I N G S O O N .....................

Best regards

[Steve B]

The revised Standings after Round 1 are now as follows:



This is the first time so far in this Tournament that a Dedicated Team has been beaten in a Match

Still shaken and feeling a little ashamed, Saitek Brute Force really did not feel like posing in front of the Camera. But finaly after some stern words and a promise of an easier opponent in the next Round Brute Force did finally decide show up for the Photo Session.

Hey
if i looked as good as a Saitek Renaissance Board i would be doing photo shoots all the live long day even if i never won another chess game in my life


i still have faith that the Saiteks will come in at least in second place and still have a shot at first place

May The Force Be With Them Regards


Steve

[Spacious_Mind]

The revised Standings after Round 1 are now as follows:



This is the first time so far in this Tournament that a Dedicated Team has been beaten in a Match

Still shaken and feeling a little ashamed, Saitek Brute Force really did not feel like posing in front of the Camera. But finaly after some stern words and a promise of an easier opponent in the next Round Brute Force did finally decide show up for the Photo Session.

Hey
if i looked as good as a Saitek Renaissance Board i would be doing photo shoots all the live long day even if i never won another chess game in my life


i still have faith that the Saiteks will come in at least in second place and still have a shot at first place

May The Force Be With Them Regards


Steve

Great photos Steve. I knew you had the Sparc. Do you also have any of the Analysts or Maestros? The only other one that I have is the 4 MHz Maestro Module. As for boards I also have the Galileo. Missing the Leonardo. But these are huge boards and boxes which makes them soooooooo hard to store properly.

Also admiring your Courier IV and V. Very rare indeed.

Regards

Nick

[Steve B]

The revised Standings after Round 1 are now as follows:



This is the first time so far in this Tournament that a Dedicated Team has been beaten in a Match

Still shaken and feeling a little ashamed, Saitek Brute Force really did not feel like posing in front of the Camera. But finaly after some stern words and a promise of an easier opponent in the next Round Brute Force did finally decide show up for the Photo Session.

Hey
if i looked as good as a Saitek Renaissance Board i would be doing photo shoots all the live long day even if i never won another chess game in my life


i still have faith that the Saiteks will come in at least in second place and still have a shot at first place

May The Force Be With Them Regards


Steve

Great photos Steve. I knew you had the Sparc. Do you also have any of the Analysts or Maestros? The only other one that I have is the 4 MHz Maestro Module. As for boards I also have the Galileo. Missing the Leonardo. But these are huge boards and boxes which makes them soooooooo hard to store properly.

Also admiring your Courier IV and V. Very rare indeed.

Regards

Nick

Thanks Nick
yes i have a few Analyst and Meastro modules
you can see my entire Scisys/Saitek collection here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N ... 922172552/

i do have the Galileo and Leonardo boards as well
the Leonardo although a nice large board only has 16 leds as does the Galileo but as you know the Galileo does have the so called "Blitz Board technology"..so i am not a very big fan of the Leonardo board really

the Leonardo i have was actually enteted into a small tournament in Alabama back in 1988 and won the tournament and this plaque
it was locked and loaded with the Analyst D8 module


Steve

[NATIONAL12]

lovely to read this sort of stuff,guess you have more fun than me.

best Paul.

[Spacious_Mind]

Thanks Nick
yes i have a few Analyst and Meastro modules
you can see my entire Scisys/Saitek collection here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N ... 922172552/

i do have the Galileo and Leonardo boards as well
the Leonardo although a nice large board only has 16 leds as does the Galileo but as you know the Galileo does have the so called "Blitz Board technology"..so i am not a very big fan of the Leonardo board really

the Leonardo i have was actually enteted into a small tournament in Alabama back in 1988 and won the tournament and this plaque
it was locked and loaded with the Analyst D8 module


Steve

Ok now I see them. I didn't spot a page 2 and page 3 earlier.

Well, your Leonardo is a keeper just for that plaque alone

In some ways ways I am still irritated with my Risc 2500. When I bought it from Germany, the person who shipped it, really packaged it very badly all loose inside a big box with just rumpled newspaper as very loose protection. Well needless to say after US Customs messed with it the box bottom was all opened and the computer looked all scratched and half the chess pieces where missing and the user manual.

Anyway, I contacted Saitek and they were actually nice enough to send me a new set of pieces. Fortunately the computer still worked good and other than looking scratchy there is nothing broken. But everytime I look at it I get that annoyed feeling about how you can ship something so priceless in such a poor way. So other then not liking their clone policy, I really have nothing bad to say about Saitek.

Anyway I decided to keep it because it's better to have one then not having one although the person I bought it from did offer to take it back. And.... besides that it plays good.... no grumbles there.

regards

Nick

[Spacious_Mind]

Round 2 of Group B is also now complete:



Originally I wanted to do a tournament between dedicated chess computers and Chess Engines. I am now so pleased that I also in the end decided to include old DOS/Windows programs and Home Computer programs. I am having a lot of fun getting the old Dos programs to work again. It is also fun to play with my Atari 1040STF's again. It's like being a teenager again trying to rememer all the different commands of the old Home PC's.

In case anyone wonders, I should mention that all the software in this tournament are played on original Home PC's. The only exception to this is Atari Gnuchess 3.1 for which I am using Steem as an Emulator. Although this tournament could be just as easily recreated with emulators, I really do have more fun using the original machines. The reason for deciding to play Gnuchess on an Emulator is because it really does not have a normal 5 Ply setting. What you have to do is set it to "Infinite" then set the depth to 5 Ply. I also set the hash to 12 in this program. I wanted to do this instead of using a level setting because generally this Tournament is for 5 ply or its equivalent and in this case I want to see Gnuchess perform at 5 Ply. Gnuchess however may be the only only program in this Tournament that actually plays 5 Ply Brute Force. Hence rather then waiting for a very long time for the moves, I decided to use an emulator instead, so that I can speed it up. Since Ponder is turned off this does not alter the way it would play on an ST. Later when Commodore Amiga gets to play I might do the same thing with Gnuchess or use the Amiga 1200 which at 15.88 MHz is twice as fast then the 8 Mhz that a normal ST or Amiga uses.

Here is a picture of Psion Chess 2.01 for the Atari ST:



Psion Chess written by Richard Lang first came out for the Sinclair QL on Microdrives. For a while Sinclair QL users in England were quite proud of themselves for at that time possibly having the strongest Home PC chess program. A little later the program also came out for the Atari ST and later still for the PC. It was never sold for the Commodore Amiga.

The program graphics look like this on the Atari ST:



It plays a good game of chess at around 2000 ELO. It's opponent Chess Fiz 016 (Andreas Hermann) looks like this:



The design of the game is very similar (but has an earlier feel to it) to the DOS Program Siberian, but the play style seems different.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Atari ST - Psion Chess 2.01, 30S."]
[Black "Chess Fiz 016, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.01.09"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 {Chess Fiz 016 out of book} Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 O-O {Atari ST - Psion Chess 2.01 out of book} 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qc3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nxc5 15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Rac1 b5 19. Na5 a6 20. Nc6 Re8 21. Nb4 Bb7 22. Qh6 d4 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 Rac8 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7

[d]6k1/1b2rp1p/p5p1/1p2P3/1N1p4/5P2/PP4PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 28

Psion won both these games in the endgame where it gradually wore out the opponent. As you can see from the above position the game is even. Psion just seems to have the better endgame techniques.

28. Rc5 Rd7 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Rc2 h5 32. Kg3 Bd5 33. b3 Be6 34. Nb4 d3 35. Rd2 h4+ 36. Kf2 Bf5 37. f4 a5 38. Nc6+ Ke8 39. Nxa5 Rd4 40. g3 hxg3+
41. hxg3 Rd5 42. Ke3 g5 43. Nc6 gxf4+ 44. gxf4 Rc5 45. Nb4 Kd7 46. Nxd3 Rc3 47. Kd4 Rxd3+ 48. Rxd3 Bxd3 49. Kxd3 Kc6 50. Kd4 Kb7 51. Kc5 Ka6 52. f5 Ka5 53. e6 fxe6 54. fxe6 Ka6 55. e7 b4 56. Kc6 Ka5 57. e8=Q Ka6 58. Qa8# 1-0



What a surprise!

Team Neo Classic Engine - 1 hammers Modern Engine - 5 Amateur. I really did not expect this result because on paper overall in normal games Modern Engines should all be stronger for the most part. It looks like this Neo Classic team will also be one to watch out for as this tournament progresses. It looks like a well balanced team!

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "BBChess 1.3b, 5 Ply"]
[Black "Mystery Engine B, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 {BBChess 1.3b out of book} 5. d4 {BBChess 1.3b out of book} exd4 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bxc6 Nxc6 8. Nb3 Qe7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nfxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 Qe5 16. c3 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. f4 Qe7 19. b4 Ba7 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qf7 22. Bxf6 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bg4 24. Qc2 Qg6 25. Qd2 Qe4 26. Rf4 Qd5 27. c4 Qxc4 28. Rc1 Qf7 29. e6 Qh7 30. Qe1 c6 31. Rc3 Bb8 32. Rf1 Bd6 33. a3 Rf8 34. Qc1 Be7?

[d]r3kr2/1p2b2q/p1p1PB2/7p/1P1N2b1/P1R5/6P1/2Q2R1K w q - 0 35

BBChess from the start completely outplayed Mystery Engine B. Here after 34. ... Be7? picks up the tempo and finishes off the Mystery Engine.

35. Rxc6 Rd8 36. Rc7 Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Rxd4 38. Rf7 Qxf7 39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Qe3+ Kd7 42.
Qxd4+ Kc6 43. Qc5+ Kd7 44. Kg1 Kd8 45. Kf2 Kd7 46. Ke3 Kd8 47. Qd6+ Kc8 48. g3 Bh3 49. Qc5+ Kd7 50. Qxh5 Be6 51. g4 b6 52. g5 Ke7 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. g6 Bg8 55. Qb7 Ba2 56. Qxa6 Kg7 57. Qxb6 Bb1 58. Qb7+ Kxg6 59. Qg2+ Kf5 60. Qf1+ Ke5 61. Qxb1 Ke6 62. b5 Kd7 63. b6 Ke6 64. b7 Kf7 65. b8=Q Kg7 66. Qf5 Kh6 67. Qbf8#1-0

Mystery Engine B is one of today's hot topic discussion engines. BBChess however in this game really shows what the heart and soul of chess is all about. Which in my mind is not all about maximum depth and speed but CHESS, the name of game!



The Dedicates after their defeat by Team Neo Classics in the previous round really needed to bounce back in this match. And they did! ... with Team Classic Engine 2 feeling the wrath. At first it looked as if this match might end up a whitewash. The Dedicates won the eight games consecutively. Gromit 3.1 and Yave 099.56 saved Team Classic from total embarassment.

Saitek Travel Champion 2080



I haven't looked closely but I think this might be the smallest dedicated computer playing in this tournament. It is a travel chess computer that measures 4.1/2 Inches (114,3 mm) wide and 7.1/2 inches (190.5 mm)tall and 1" (25.4 mm) deep (without the protective lid). It first came out in 1992. It may have been the strongest portable computer at that time. It's active chess rating (30 secs per move) is about ELO 1939. The only other portable which may be stronger at that time was the Mephisto Chess Module Roma II (1989) ELO 1973 if you consider placing Roma II into the Modular "Mobil" portable chess board unit. The "Mobil" unit first came out in 1985. But I would not bet against the Travel Chess 2080 because the Frans Morsch program inside this travel computer is notorious for it's successes against stronger dedicated opponents. The Desktop version which also came out in 1992 was the GK2000. The difference between the Travel and the Desktop was speed. GK2000 has 10MHz and TC2080 has 7 MHz.

[Event "Chess Computer Olympiad 2010 - Group B"]
[Site "Hoover, Alabama, USA"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Saitek Travel Champion 2080, 30S."]
[Black "Alex 201, 5 Ply"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[Annotator "Mind,Spacious"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 {Saitek Travel Champion 2080 out of book} 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 {Alex 201 out of book}

[d]rnbqkb1r/pp2pppp/5n2/2p5/2P5/5N2/PP2PPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 5

Alex 201 unfortunately did not have a good opening in this game and gets punished.

dxc5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bf4 Ke8 7. Nc3 Be6 8. e3 Na6 9. Rd1 Rd8 10. Rxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxc7+ Kxc7 14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Bg6 e5 16. Kd2 a6 17. Rd1 b6 18. h3 h5 19. b3 Rh6 20. Bf7 g5 21. a3 Rh7 22. Nd5+ Kc6 23. Be6 Rh6 24. Kd3 Ne8 25. Bc8 a5 26. Ba6 Nc7 27. Nxc7 Kxc7 28. Ke4 Rf6 29. Rd2 Rd6 30. Rxd6 exd6 31. Kf5 Be7 32. Ke6 Kd8 33. Bb5 Bf8 34. g3 h4 35. g4 Be7 36. Kf7 e4 37. Bc6 Kc7 38. Bxe4 Bd8 39. Ke6 Kb8 40. f4 Kc7 41. f5 a4 42. bxa4 d5 43. Bxd5 Kc8 44. f6 Bxf6 45. Kxf6 Kc7 46. e4 Kd7 47. e5 Kc7 48. e6 Kd6 49. e7 Kd7 50. Be6+ Kc7 51. e8=Q Kb7 52. Qc8+ Ka7 53. Qc7+ Ka6 54. Bc8+ Ka5 55. Qa7# 1-0

Table after 2 Rounds in Group B:



It looks like there is going to be quite a fight for 1st Place between Team Neo Classic and the Dedicateds

The Individual Performances after 4 games are as follows:



Well it's a good start. At least everyone has some points already!!

Here is the Schedule for Round 3:



Best regards

Nick