For those that think Komodo is boring.

[Graham Banks]

Just look at the way that Komodo won this game.

[pgn][Event "Top Four Matchplay"]
[Site "ChessGUI3"]
[Date "2015.05.11"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Komodo 9 64-bit"]
[Black "Stockfish 6 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Time "10:02:09 a.m."]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "D30"]
[TimeControl "40/1500:40/1500:40/1500"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[Number "18"]
[Termination "GUI adjudication"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
[Variant "normal"]

{ i5 Quad }
1.d4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} d5 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
2.c4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} e6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
3.Nf3 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} dxc4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
4.e4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} b5 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
5.a4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} c6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
6.Bg5 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} Nf6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
7.Be2 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} Qb6 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
8.Nc3 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]} Bb4 {[%eval 0,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
9.Bxf6 {[%eval 22,20] [%emt 00:01:03]} gxf6 {(gxf6) [%eval 0,22] [%emt 00:00:29]}
10.Qd2 {(O-O) [%eval -2,21] [%emt 00:01:15]} Nd7 {(Bb7) [%eval -1,25] [%emt 00:00:37]}
11.O-O {(O-O) [%eval -4,21] [%emt 00:00:51]} Bb7 {(Bb7) [%eval 0,25] [%emt 00:00:37]}
12.Rfd1 {(Qh6) [%eval -1,20] [%emt 00:01:24]} a6 {(a6) [%eval -10,24] [%emt 00:01:01]}
13.Qh6 {(Qh6) [%eval -17,22] [%emt 00:03:43]} O-O-O {(O-O-O) [%eval 1,23] [%emt 00:00:36]}
14.Ne1 {(Qh5) [%eval -13,21] [%emt 00:01:31]} Bd6 {(Kb8) [%eval 19,22] [%emt 00:00:31]}
15.Qh5 {(Qh5) [%eval -13,19] [%emt 00:00:30]} Qc7 {(Rhf8) [%eval 18,23] [%emt 00:00:46]}
16.Qxf7 {(axb5) [%eval -13,20] [%emt 00:00:32]} Bxh2 {(Bxh2) [%eval 0,22] [%emt 00:00:50]}
17.Kf1 {(Kf1) [%eval -13,20] [%emt 00:00:44]} Rde8 {(Rde8) [%eval 17,24] [%emt 00:00:34]}
18.Nc2 {(Nc2) [%eval -13,19] [%emt 00:00:14]} h5 {(Bd6) [%eval 22,24] [%emt 00:00:50]}
19.d5 {(d5) [%eval -13,21] [%emt 00:00:28]} Be5 {(Nc5) [%eval 55,24] [%emt 00:00:33]}
20.dxc6 {(dxc6) [%eval -20,23] [%emt 00:01:45]} Bxc6 {[%eval 50,27] [%emt 00:00:53]}
21.Nb4 {(axb5) [%eval -41,23] [%emt 00:01:07]} Rhf8 {(Bxc3) [%eval 83,25] [%emt 00:00:40]}
22.Qh7 {(Qh7) [%eval -31,23] [%emt 00:00:36]} Bxc3 {(Bxc3) [%eval 40,26] [%emt 00:00:33]}
23.Nxc6 {(Nxc6) [%eval -12,22] [%emt 00:00:19]} Rh8 {(Bxb2) [%eval 44,28] [%emt 00:00:36]}
24.Qg7 {(Qf7) [%eval -12,23] [%emt 00:00:29]} Bxb2 {(Bxb2) [%eval 22,28] [%emt 00:00:48]}
25.axb5 {(Ra2) [%eval -12,24] [%emt 00:00:27]} Bxa1 {(Bxa1) [%eval 45,26] [%emt 00:00:51]}
26.Rxa1 {(Rxa1) [%eval -11,20] [%emt 00:00:08]} Nc5 {(axb5) [%eval 0,25] [%emt 00:00:42]}
27.Qxf6 {(Qxf6) [%eval -10,20] [%emt 00:00:17]} Ref8 {(Rhf8) [%eval 0,26] [%emt 00:00:26]}
28.Qb2 {(Qb2) [%eval -10,21] [%emt 00:00:22]} Nxe4 {(h4) [%eval 0,29] [%emt 00:01:20]}
29.Bf3 {(Rxa6) [%eval 187,21] [%emt 00:00:49]} c3 {(c3) [%eval 0,29] [%emt 00:00:40]}
30.Qb4 {(Qa2) [%eval 211,20] [%emt 00:00:22]} Nd2 {(Nd2) [%eval -222,25] [%emt 00:00:59]}
31.Ke2 {(Ke2) [%eval 217,20] [%emt 00:00:10]} Qf4 {(Qf4) [%eval -206,29] [%emt 00:00:44]}
32.Qxc3 {(Qxc3) [%eval 219,21] [%emt 00:00:21]} Ne4 {(Ne4) [%eval -232,28] [%emt 00:00:51]}
33.Bxe4 {(Qd3) [%eval 209,21] [%emt 00:00:39]} Qxe4 {(Qxe4) [%eval -294,28] [%emt 00:01:07]}
34.Kf1 {(Kf1) [%eval 257,21] [%emt 00:00:15]} Rhg8 {(Rhg8) [%eval -316,30] [%emt 00:00:53]}
35.f3 {(f3) [%eval 255,21] [%emt 00:00:19]} Qh4 {(Qh4) [%eval -330,31] [%emt 00:00:57]}
36.Ne5 {(Ne5) [%eval 271,23] [%emt 00:01:03]} Kd8 {(Kd8) [%eval -341,30] [%emt 00:00:34]}
37.Rd1 {(Rd1) [%eval 272,23] [%emt 00:00:29]} Ke8 {(Ke8) [%eval -356,31] [%emt 00:00:39]}
38.Qc6 {(Qc8) [%eval 270,23] [%emt 00:01:01]} Ke7 {(Ke7) [%eval -356,1] [%emt 00:00:00]}
39.Qc7 {(Qc7) [%eval 263,24] [%emt 00:00:45]} Kf6 {(Kf6) [%eval -395,32] [%emt 00:01:49]}
40.Nd7 {(Nd7) [%eval 286,23] [%emt 00:00:18]} Kg6 {(Kg6) [%eval -413,32] [%emt 00:01:05]}
41.Nxf8 {(Nxf8) [%eval 300,23] [%emt 00:00:23]} Rxf8 {(Rxf8) [%eval -421,30] [%emt 00:00:59]}
42.Rd7 {(Rd7) [%eval 310,24] [%emt 00:00:52]} Qh1 {(Rg8) [%eval -428,30] [%emt 00:00:40]}
43.Kf2 {(Kf2) [%eval 284,23] [%emt 00:00:56]} Qh4 {(Qh4) [%eval -447,30] [%emt 00:01:10]}
44.Ke2 {(Ke2) [%eval 290,23] [%emt 00:00:38]} Rg8 {(Rg8) [%eval -459,30] [%emt 00:00:52]}
45.bxa6 {(bxa6) [%eval 275,23] [%emt 00:00:56]} Qg5 {(Qg5) [%eval -468,32] [%emt 00:00:36]}
46.Qc2 {(Kf1) [%eval 292,26] [%emt 00:02:23]} Kf6 {(Kf6) [%eval -323,34] [%emt 00:00:48]}
47.Qb2 {(Qc3) [%eval 307,27] [%emt 00:00:54]} Qe5 {(Qe5) [%eval -363,35] [%emt 00:00:51]}
48.Qxe5 {(Qxe5) [%eval 391,28] [%emt 00:00:32]} Kxe5 {(Kxe5) [%eval -506,35] [%emt 00:00:46]}
49.Kf2 {(Kf2) [%eval 399,33] [%emt 00:00:36]} Rc8 {(Rc8) [%eval -619,35] [%emt 00:01:50]}
50.a7 {(a7) [%eval 500,32] [%emt 00:01:53]} h4 {(Rc2) [%eval -892,34] [%emt 00:02:39]}
51.Ke3 {(Ke3) [%eval 547,32] [%emt 00:00:36]} Rc3 {(Rc3) [%eval -945,29] [%emt 00:00:26]}
52.Rd3 {(Rd3) [%eval 674,34] [%emt 00:00:36]} Rc8 {(Rc8) [%eval -1026,29] [%emt 00:00:40]}
53.f4 {(Kd2) [%eval 838,30] [%emt 00:00:27]}
1-0[/pgn]

[zd3nik]

I'm not that great of a chess player, but I would call that queen tour in the middle game rather insane!

Definitely not boring. Weird, but not boring.

Thanks!
STC

[Gusev]

An awesome tour de force by Komodo 9!

[AdminX]

Nice! Note it can still squeeze the last drop of juice from a lemon as it did versus Hiarcs in a drawish looking opposite colored bishop endgame played on Playchess with a 3 hour time control. The critical moment is on move 108.

[pgn]

[Event "Rated game, 180 min"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2015.05.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Whiteknight, Deep Hiarcs 13.2"]
[Black "NYTed, Komodo 9.01 64-bit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[Annotator "0.12;0.02"]
[PlyCount "252"]
[EventDate "2015.05.10"]
[TimeControl "10800"]

{Deep Hiarcs 13.2 (8 threads): 30.4 plies; 3,659kN/s Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU
960 @ 3.20GHz 3207MHz, (4 cores, 8 threads). Komodo 9.01 64-bit (4 cores)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz 2693MHz, (4 cores, 8 threads),
Hiarcs14mBook.ctg, 4096 MB Hash} 1. d4 {B 0} c6 {B 0} 2. e4 {B 0} d5 {B 1} 3.
Nc3 {B 0} dxe4 {B 0} 4. Nxe4 {B 0} Nd7 {B 0} 5. Ng5 {B 0} Ngf6 {B 0} 6. Bd3 {
B 0} e6 {B 0} 7. N1f3 {B 0} Bd6 {B 0} 8. Qe2 {B 0} h6 {B 0} 9. Ne4 {B 0} Nxe4 {
B 0} 10. Qxe4 {B 0} Nf6 {B 0} 11. Qe2 {B 0} Qc7 {B 0} 12. Bd2 {B 0} b6 {B 0}
13. O-O-O {B 0} Bb7 {B 0} 14. h4 {B 0} c5 {B 0} 15. dxc5 {0.12/20 592} bxc5 {
0.02/25 120 (Bxc5)} 16. Bc3 {0.16/21 273 (Rhe1)} Rb8 {0.06/27 283 (0-0)} 17.
Rhe1 {0.03/21 558 (b3)} O-O {-0.12/26 130} 18. Bxf6 {-0.05/21 274} gxf6 {-0.13/
28 62} 19. Nd2 {-0.07/22 292} Rfd8 {-0.11/29 305} 20. c3 {-0.12/21 80} Bd5 {-0.
19/29 607} 21. Bc4 {-0.15/22 95} Bc6 {-0.24/27 158} 22. g3 {-0.17/21 177} f5 {
-0.16/28 10} 23. Rg1 {-0.15/21 585 (Bd3)} Kh7 {-0.15/27 174 (Qb7)} 24. Bd3 {-0.
16/21 320 (Qe3)} Be5 {-0.19/28 276} 25. Nb3 {-0.20/21 36 (Nc4)} Bg7 {-0.41/28
559 (a5)} 26. Bc4 {-0.20/21 538} a5 {-0.55/31 187 (Re8)} 27. Nxc5 {-0.13/22 265
} Bd5 {-0.65/31 135} 28. Bxd5 {-0.42/23 159} Bxc3 {-0.61/31 36} 29. Bb3 {-0.43/
22 137} Bd4 {-0.71/33 128} 30. Qc2 {-0.35/22 28} Qxc5 {-0.67/31 118 (Bxc5)} 31.
Qxc5 {-0.25/22 62} Bxc5 {-0.65/30 23} 32. Rxd8 {-0.34/23 226 (Rgf1)} Rxd8 {-0.
73/28 116} 33. Rg2 {-0.42/26 418} Kg6 {-0.75/32 12} 34. Bc4 {-0.44/24 272 (a3)}
e5 {-0.82/28 168} 35. f3 {-0.46/25 41} e4 {-0.88/28 101 (Kf6)} 36. fxe4 {-0.47/
24 208} fxe4 {-0.89/31 14} 37. g4 {-0.49/24 126} Be7 {-0.92/31 25 (Rd4)} 38.
Rd2 {-0.45/24 150 (Rh2)} Bxh4 {-0.78/35 180} 39. Rxd8 {-0.44/28 8} Bxd8 {-0.76/
36 65} 40. Kd2 {-0.46/27 91} Bg5+ {-0.78/40 76 (f5)} 41. Ke2 {-0.42/29 185
(Kd1)} Bc1 {-0.79/43 118 (f5)} 42. b3 {-0.41/30 178} f5 {-0.82/46 281} 43.
gxf5+ {-0.42/32 0} Kxf5 {-0.82/46 209} 44. Bf7 {-0.41/32 0} Kf4 {-0.84/53 373
(Kg5)} 45. Kf2 {-0.41/33 171 (Bg6)} Ba3 {-0.72/51 381 (Be3+)} 46. Ke2 {-0.41/
33 145} Bf8 {-0.82/49 11 (Kf5)} 47. Kf1 {-0.41/33 148 (Be8)} Ke3 {-0.94/45 104
(Bc5)} 48. Bg6 {-0.41/35 153} Bb4 {-0.97/46 44 (Bc5)} 49. Kg2 {-0.41/35 132
(Kg1)} Be7 {-0.94/46 221 (Bd2)} 50. Kg3 {-0.41/33 95 (Kf1)} Bc5 {-0.95/45 154
(h5)} 51. Kg2 {-0.41/34 138} Bb6 {-1.00/47 33 (h5)} 52. Kg3 {-0.41/33 110 (Kf1)
} Ba7 {-0.97/45 140 (Kd3)} 53. Kg2 {-0.41/33 113} Bd4 {-1.00/45 77 (Bc5)} 54.
Kg3 {-0.41/33 79 (Kf1)} Bb2 {-1.00/43 143 (Bc3)} 55. Kg2 {-0.41/33 83} Be5 {-0.
91/47 269 (h5)} 56. Kf1 {-0.41/34 118} Bd6 {-0.90/46 181 (Kd3)} 57. Kg2 {-0.41/
35 106 (Ke1)} Bc7 {-0.92/45 154 (h5)} 58. Kf1 {-0.41/33 109} Bg3 {-0.92/45 23
(Be5)} 59. Kg2 {-0.41/33 71} Bf4 {-0.92/44 26 (Bd6)} 60. Kf1 {-0.41/34 102} Kd3
{-0.92/44 22 (Be5)} 61. Kg2 {-0.41/34 98 (Kf2)} Bg5 {-0.93/43 74 (Bd6)} 62. Kf1
{-0.41/33 95 (Kf2)} Bf6 {-0.92/45 142 (Bh4)} 63. Kg2 {-0.41/30 62 (Ke1)} Be5 {
-0.97/45 81 (h5)} 64. Kf2 {-0.41/33 78 (Kf1)} Bc3 {-0.98/44 117 (h5)} 65. Kg2 {
-0.41/32 86 (Kf1)} Bd4 {-0.95/44 168 (h5)} 66. Kf1 {-0.41/33 60} Bb2 {-0.97/48
39 (h5)} 67. Kg1 {-0.41/33 73 (Kf2)} Bc1 {-0.97/43 81 (h5)} 68. Kf1 {-0.41/33
77} Be3 {-0.94/46 125 (Ba3)} 69. Ke1 {-0.41/32 58 (Be8)} Bb6 {-0.94/44 70
(Bd2+)} 70. Bh5 {-0.41/32 56 (Kd1)} Bd4 {-0.95/43 88 (Ke3)} 71. Bg6 {-0.41/33
62 (Kd1)} Ke3 {-0.92/44 69} 72. Kf1 {-0.41/34 0 (Kd1)} Be5 {-0.91/45 114 (h5)}
73. Kg1 {-0.41/33 63 (Ke1)} Bf6 {-0.89/44 67 (Bc3)} 74. Kg2 {-0.41/33 65 (Kf1)}
Bd8 {-0.89/44 141 (h5)} 75. Kg1 {-0.41/31 46 (Kf1)} Kd4 {-0.89/43 137 (h5)} 76.
Kf2 {-0.41/31 47 (Kf1)} Kd3 {-0.87/45 113} 77. Kg2 {-0.41/33 0 (Ke1)} Bf6 {-0.
81/39 52 (Be7)} 78. Kf2 {-0.41/31 48} Bh4+ {-0.86/43 21 (Be7)} 79. Kf1 {-0.41/
34 40} Ke3 {-0.82/46 91 (Kd4)} 80. Bf5 {-0.41/30 44 (Kg1)} Bf6 {-0.59/40 135
(h5)} 81. Bg6 {-0.41/32 54} Be7 {-0.54/42 27 (Bc3)} 82. Kg2 {-0.41/32 40 (Kg1)}
Bc5 {-0.55/42 37} 83. Kf1 {-0.41/32 12} Bf8 {-0.54/40 30 (h5)} 84. Kg1 {-0.41/
34 50 (Kg2)} h5 {-0.53/47 53 (Kd3)} 85. Bxh5 {-0.41/34 48} Kd2 {-0.47/50 22}
86. Kf2 {-0.41/35 22} e3+ {-0.49/52 14 (Bd6)} 87. Kf1 {-0.41/36 45} Bc5 {-0.50/
58 14} 88. Be2 {-0.41/30 16} Bd4 {-0.11/57 186} 89. a3 {-0.41/37 0 (Bf3)} Be5 {
-0.56/54 95 (Bc5)} 90. Bc4 {-0.41/32 35 (a4)} Bf6 {-0.55/54 28 (Bd6)} 91. Be2 {
-0.41/32 36 (a4)} Bd4 {-0.56/58 56} 92. Bf3 {-0.41/33 0 (a4)} Ba7 {-0.58/57 56
(Bc5)} 93. Be2 {-0.41/34 30 (a4)} Bb6 {-0.56/55 23 (Bc5)} 94. Bb5 {-0.41/34 39
(a4)} Bc7 {-0.53/53 16 (Bc5)} 95. Be2 {-0.41/33 37 (a4)} Bd6 {-0.53/53 35 (Bf4)
} 96. Bf3 {-0.41/35 31 (a4)} Bxa3 {-0.96/48 18} 97. Bg4 {-0.41/35 16} Bc5 {-0.
96/51 93} 98. Bf3 {-0.41/39 0} Kc2 {-0.93/49 32 (Bb4)} 99. Bd5 {-0.41/34 25}
Kd1 {-0.92/52 97 (Kd3)} 100. Bc4 {-0.41/34 22 (Bf3+)} Kd2 {-1.06/51 34} 101.
Bb5 {-0.41/35 0} Ba7 {-1.02/49 79 (Bd6)} 102. Bc4 {-0.41/31 23 (Be2)} Bb6 {-1.
01/48 22} 103. Bb5 {-0.41/30 2 (Be2)} Bc5 {-1.04/53 72} 104. Bc4 {-0.41/31 0}
Bb4 {-0.97/55 17 (Bd6)} 105. Bb5 {-0.41/36 31} Bf8 {-0.99/54 14 (Bc3)} 106. Bc4
{-0.41/31 22} Bg7 {-0.98/54 5 (Bd6)} 107. Bb5 {-0.41/33 20} Bb2 {-0.97/54 26
(Bd4)} 108. Be2 {-0.41/36 28 (Bc4)} Kc3 {-250.00/50 26 (Bc3)} 109. Bd1 {-0.41/
30 24} Ba3 {-250.00/53 4 (Kd3)} 110. Ke2 {-0.41/32 20} Bc5 {-250.00/54 13} 111.
Kf3 {-0.41/34 9 (Ke1)} Kb2 {-250.00/52 25 (Bd4)} 112. Kf4 {-1.66/29 121 (Ke4)}
Kc1 {-250.00/47 32} 113. Be2 {-1.66/29 0 (Bh5)} Kc2 {-250.00/52 22} 114. Ke4 {
-1.66/28 0 (Bc4)} Kxb3 {-250.00/58 30} 115. Kd3 {-1.66/34 0} a4 {-#1000/33 8
(Kb4)} 116. Bd1+ {-1.66/34 21} Kb4 {-#1000/35 1} 117. Bf3 {-1.66/34 15} a3 {
-#1000/39 43} 118. Bd5 {-1.66/37 0} Ka5 {-#1000/34 53 (Bd4)} 119. Bc4 {-1.91/
31 38} Kb6 {-#34/23 1} 120. Bb3 {-1.91/31 2 (Ba2)} Kc6 {-#33/24 3 (Kc7)} 121.
Ke2 {-1.91/26 18 (Bf7)} Kd6 {-#30/23 2 (Bb6)} 122. Bc4 {-2.14/24 29} Ke5 {-#29/
26 25} 123. Kd3 {-2.62/24 1} Kf4 {-#28/24 2} 124. Bd5 {-24.59/27 141 (Ke2)} Bb6
{-#26/22 2} 125. Ke2 {-24.59/23 35 (Kc2)} Ke5 {-#25/23 2 (Bd4)} 126. Ba2 {-24.
61/22 9} Kd4 {-#23/25 1 Whiteknight,Deep Hiarcs 13.2 resigns} 0-1

[/pgn]

[reflectionofpower]

Notice 14) Ne1 and this knight makes a royal tour of the board to really pester black's king and to help in the win of material & the game.

[mohanjay]

The position after 96....Bxa3 is a Lomonosov Table base draw.

[AdminX]

The position after 96....Bxa3 is a Lomonosov Table base draw.

If white had played 108. Bc4 it would have still been a Lomonosov Tablebase draw.

[d]8/8/8/p7/2B5/1P2p3/1b1k4/5K2 b - -

After 108. Be2?? Lomonosov Tablebases show a win in 41 moves.