Heretic 0.2 - Gothic Vortex 2.2.5. Gothic Chess.

[George Tsavdaris]

I decided to play some games with some participants of Battle of the Goths tournament against Gothic Vortex to see how the fare against it.

Since the games are played manually(Gothic Vortex can only be used from its own GUI) progression and the number of games will be low.

First 2 games had Vortex win easily the first with white, but in the second Heretic had a completely won position. For about 20 moves it was winning big. But it never managed to convert. Vortex found a repetition draw and of course it took the chance.

So it's Heretic 0.2 - G.Vortex 0.5-1.5 until now.

The games:

[Event "Computer Chess Game"]
[Site "??"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Gothic Vortex 2.2.5"]
[Black "Heretic 0.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/420"]
[Variant "capablanca"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNBQCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

{--------------
r n b q c k a b n r
p p p p p p p p p p
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
P P P P P P P P P P
R N B Q C K A B N R
white to play
--------------}
1. d4 Cf6 {-0.08/9 15} 2. Nh3 d5 {-0.04/9 14} 3. Nc3 h6 {-0.06/8 0.8} 4.
Af3 Bg4 {+0.10/9 15} 5. Ae5 Nc6 {+0.05/9 0.9} 6. Axf6 Axf6 {+0.10/9 0.9} 7.
g3 Qd7 {+0.24/9 1.1} 8. Bg2 Nxd4 {+0.17/9 5} 9. O-O c6 {+0.85/9 1.8} 10.
Be3 Ne6 {+0.91/8 2.4} 11. f3 Bf5 {+1.11/9 0.8} 12. Bf2 Qc7 {+1.09/9 17} 13.
g4 Bg6 {+1.04/9 1.6} 14. j3 d4 {+1.28/10 1.9} 15. Ne4 Bxe4 {+1.22/11 1.7}
16. fxe4 Rd8 {+1.22/10 0.8} 17. Bf3 Nc5 {+1.12/11 1.6} 18. e5 Ah7
{+1.16/10 1.8} 19. Bg3 g5 {+1.18/10 37} 20. e6 Be5 {+1.20/10 1.3} 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 {+1.03/11 1.2} 22. exf7 Kxf7 {+1.01/9 1.8} 23. e3 d3 {+1.07/9 1.8} 24.
b4 d2 {+0.97/9 0.8} 25. Cf1 Ne6 {+0.12/9 1.7} 26. Bg2+ Kg7 {+2.12/8 0.7}
27. Nf2 Qc3 {+0.20/8 1.5} 28. Nd3 Nj6 {+0.16/9 1.5} 29. Cxd2 Qa3
{-0.38/9 1.6} 30. Cc4 Qa6 {-0.41/10 1.8} 31. Ce5 Ag8 {-0.53/9 1.8} 32. Be4
Nf8 {-1.62/9 14} 33. Cf5+ Kh8 {-3.67/12 13} 34. Ne5 Rxd1 {-5.81/11 14} 35.
Nf7+ Axf7 {-15.55/14 2.1} 36. Cxf7+ Kg8 {-16.61/15 8} 37. Cxi7+ Kh8
{-9.50/14 9} 38. Cf7+ Kg8 {-10.27/14 10} 39. Cxe7+ Kh8 {-10.40/14 13} 40.
Rhxd1 Njh7 {-12.19/13 10} 41. Rd8 Ki7 {-12.19/11 7} 42. Rxf8 Rxf8
{-327.55/11 5} 43. Cxh7+ Ki6 {-327.57/14 8} 44. Cg7+ Kj6 {-327.59/59 7} 45.
Ch5+ Ki6 {-327.61/59 5} 46. Ci3+ Kj6 {-327.63/59 4} 47. Ci4+ Kj5
{-327.65/59 5} 48. Bh7#
{Xboard adjudication: Checkmate} 1-0

[Event "Computer Chess Game"]
[Site "??"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heretic 0.2"]
[Black "Gothic Vortex 2.2.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "40/420"]
[Variant "capablanca"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNBQCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

{--------------
r n b q c k a b n r
p p p p p p p p p p
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
P P P P P P P P P P
R N B Q C K A B N R
white to play
--------------}
1. d4 {+0.08/10 4} g6 2. Cd3 {+0.04/9 30} Nc6 3. d5 {+0.04/10 32} Ne5 4.
Cg3 {+0.06/9 14} Nh6 5. Nc3 {+0.06/9 16} Af6 6. Bxh6+ {+0.11/9 14} ixh6 7.
Nj3 {+0.07/9 15} Nc4 8. Qc1 {+0.06/10 14} Bg7 9. Ni5 {+0.00/8 14} c6 10.
Ci4 {+0.10/8 16} Nxb2 11. Ne4 {+0.00/10 16} Ag8 12. Cj6 {+0.06/10 15} Rh8
13. Nxj7 {-0.03/10 16} Rj8 14. Ah3 {+0.30/8 16} e6 15. Aj5 {+0.99/9 19}
exd5 16. Axh7+ {+1.09/10 26} Axh7 17. Cxh7+ {+0.99/11 1.0} Ke7 18. Nxh6
{+0.99/10 25} Bxh6 19. Ng5 {+3.32/10 30} Kd6 20. Cxh6 {+3.75/10 1:19} Kc7
21. Cxf7 {+3.68/10 0.4} Nc4 22. Rb1 {+3.66/10 0.5} Kb8 23. Cxd8
{+3.65/10 0.5} Cxd8 24. Nh3 {+3.61/8 0.4} Ci8 25. Ni5 {+3.61/10 0.5} Rj6
26. h4 {+3.51/9 0.4} d6 27. Rb3 {+3.31/9 0.4} Ch6 28. Nj3 {+3.27/8 0.4} Bf5
29. Ri1 {+3.52/9 0.3} Ci6 30. i4 {+3.63/9 0.3} Rj4 31. h5 {+3.75/9 0.3}
gxh5 32. ixh5 {+3.97/9 0.3} Ce6 33. Ri7 {+4.08/8 0.4} b6 34. Rg3
{+4.15/8 0.4} Rj8 35. Rf7 {+4.17/9 0.4} Rf8 36. Rxf8+ {+4.19/10 0.5} Cxf8
37. h6 {+4.19/9 0.4} a6 38. Nh4 {+4.15/10 17} Bh7 39. Rf3 {+4.17/10 16} Cj8
40. Rj3 {+4.14/10 23} Ci8 41. Ri3 {+4.17/11 14} Ce8 42. Bj3 {+4.19/11 17}
Ce4 43. Nf3 {+3.87/11 23} Ra7 44. Rh3 {+3.81/10 21} Re7 45. Qe1
{+3.29/12 17} Na3 46. Rh4 {+3.20/12 17} Cc5 47. Qb4 {+3.15/12 24} Nxc2 48.
Qxb6+ {+2.45/12 29} Rb7 49. Qd8+ {+2.86/11 4} Ka7 50. g3 {+2.51/11 19} Ne3+
51. fxe3 {+0.00/13 13} Cc1+ 52. Kf2 {+0.00/14 24} Cd1+ 53. Kg2
{+0.00/14 1.2} Ci1+ 54. Kf2 {+0.00/15 22} Cd1+ 55. Kg2 {+0.00/59 1.4} Ci1+
56. Kf2 {+0.00/13 22} Cd1+
{XBoard adjudication: repetition draw} 1/2-1/2

[mar]

Thanks George. Why not try 0.3?