With Good Opening Books, it is so hard to get Wins..............

[Chessqueen]

When good Opening chess books are used it is very hard for top engines to get too many wins as Mr. Larry Kaufmam mentioned here before. I used one of the best Opening Book, but Limited to only 8 moves https://fauziakram.gumroad.com/l/fzabk

Berserk-Pext Contempt = 16
Rank Engine Score Dr St Be S-B
1 Dragon-2.6.1-64bit-avx2 79.0/150 · ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· =================1=======1===1============================================= ====1========1=1===1======================================================1 5764.00
2 Stockfish_13_win_x64_avx2 76.0/150 =================0=======0===0============================================= · ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ===========10==================1======11=====1===========================1= 5644.00
3 Berserk-9-x64-avx2-pext 70.0/150 ====0========0=0===0======================================================0 ===========01==================0======00=====0===========================0= · ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· 5425.00


225 games played / Tournament is finished
Tournament start: 2022.07.18, 06:32:50
Latest update: 2022.07.19, 19:44:22
Site/ Country: DESKTOP-OFQ3C0P, United States
Level: Blitz 3/2
Hardware: intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 16.0 GB Memory
Operating system: Windows 10 Home Home Edition (Build 9200) 64 bit
Table created with: Arena 3.5.1



[pgn][Event "Berserk-Pext = 16"]
[Site "DESKTOP-OFQ3C0P"]
[Date "2022.07.19"]
[Round "75"]
[White "Stockfish_13_win_x64_avx2"]
[Black "Dragon-2.6.1-64bit-avx2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "3560"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav"]
[Time "19:25:08"]
[Variation "Moscow, 7.e3"]
[WhiteElo "3550"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "361"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nce4 Qd8 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Nxc4
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. f4 Rd8 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Qc5
Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Be8 22. Nb3 Ra8 23. Nc5 Rab8 24. b3 Bf8 25. Kf2 Be7 26. Nd3
Rbc8 27. g3 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Rc3 Ra8 30. Rdc1 Rac8 31. Nc5 Rc7 32. Nd3 Ba3
33. Ra1 Be7 34. Rb1 Kf8 35. Rbc1 Rcc8 36. Rc4 Ba3 37. R1c2 Be7 38. Bg2 Rb8
39. Ke2 Kg8 40. Nc5 Kf8 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Rc1 Bd6 44. R4c3 Be7
45. Nd3 Rbc8 46. Rb1 Kg7 47. Ke2 Rb8 48. Rbc1 Kf8 49. Bg2 Kg7 50. Ne5 Bb4
51. R3c2 Kf8 52. Bf3 Be7 53. Kf2 Rbc8 54. Nd3 Ba3 55. Rd1 Be7 56. Rdc1 Ba3
57. Ra1 Be7 58. Rc4 Ra8 59. Rac1 Rab8 60. Ne5 Bb4 61. Nd3 Ba3 62. R1c2 Be7
63. Ke2 Rd7 64. Kd1 Kg7 65. R4c3 Rdd8 66. Ke2 Rbc8 67. Rc1 Kf8 68. R3c2 Rb8
69. Rc3 Rbc8 70. Ra1 Rb8 71. Kf2 Kg7 72. Ke2 Kf8 73. Rh1 Rbc8 74. Nc5 Rb8
75. Kf2 b6 76. Na6 Rbc8 77. Rhc1 Rd6 78. Be2 Kg7 79. R1c2 Bf6 80. Rc1 Be7
81. R1c2 Bd7 82. b4 axb4 83. Nxb4 c5 84. Bb5 Ra8 85. dxc5 bxc5 86. Nd3 Bxb5
87. axb5 Rb6 88. Rb3 Ra5 89. Nxc5 Raxb5 90. Rxb5 Rxb5 91. Ne4 Rb7 92. Kf3
Ra7 93. Rb2 Bd8 94. Nd6 Rd7 95. Nc4 Bf6 96. Rb8 Be7 97. Rb3 Bc5 98. Ne5 Ra7
99. Rb5 Be7 100. Rb6 Rc7 101. Rb5 Bf6 102. Nd3 Ra7 103. Nc5 e5 104. Ne4
exf4 105. Kxf4 Ba1 106. Nd6 Rd7 107. Ne4 Re7 108. Ra5 Bb2 109. Rb5 Bf6 110.
Kf3 Ba1 111. Nd2 Rd7 112. Ne4 Kh6 113. Ra5 Bh8 114. Rb5 Bg7 115. Ng5 Rc7
116. Ne4 Ra7 117. Ng5 Ba1 118. Nh3 Bh8 119. Nf4 Bf6 120. Rb3 Bg7 121. Rb5
Bh8 122. e4 Bc3 123. e5 Ra3 124. Ke2 Kg7 125. Rd5 Ba1 126. Nd3 Kf8 127. Ke3
Bc3 128. Ke4 Ra1 129. Rb5 Ra4+ 130. Kf3 Bd4 131. Nf4 Ra3+ 132. Kg2 Re3 133.
e6 Be5 134. Rb7 Bxf4 135. Rxf7+ Ke8 136. gxf4 Rxe6 137. Rh7 Rf6 138. Kg3
Kf8 139. Ra7 Rb6 140. f5 gxf5 141. Rh7 Rg6+ 142. Kf3 Rg4 143. Rxh5 Ke7 144.
Rh6 Kf7 145. h5 Kg7 146. Rb6 Kh7 147. Rb7+ Kh6 148. Rf7 Kg5 149. Rg7+ Kxh5
150. Rxg4 fxg4+ 151. Kg2 Kh4 152. Kh2 Kg5 153. Kg1 Kf6 154. Kg2 Kg6 155.
Kf1 Kh6 156. Kf2 Kg5 157. Kg2 Kf6 158. Kf1 Kg6 159. Ke1 Kh5 160. Kf2 Kh4
161. Kg2 Kg5 162. Kg3 Kh5 163. Kg2 Kh4 164. Kh2 Kg5 165. Kg1 Kg6 166. Kg2
Kf6 167. Kg3 Kf5 168. Kf2 Kf4 169. Kg2 g3 170. Kg1 Kf3 171. Kh1 Kg4 172.
Kg1 Kh5 173. Kf1 Kg5 174. Kg1 Kg4 175. Kg2 Kf4 176. Kg1 Kf3 177. Kf1 Kg4
178. Kg1 Kh5 179. Kf1 Kg5 180. Kg2 Kg4 181. Kg1 {3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Graham Banks]

For me, longer time controls give you a chance to watch and enjoy the chess.

Certainly a high percentage of draws with a 'balanced' opening book, but that is less of an issue with engines outside the top bracket.