Author: Peter Berger
Date: 08:10:14 10/26/03
Maybe I should have posted this in WinBoard forum, but the diagram feature is so
much nicer here :)
This is the first match in (planned at least ;) ) a little series between modern
middle-class amateur engines and old professionals.
Genius 2 played on a PIV2.2GHz, 32MB Hash, tournament.bok used.
Movei (17.10.03) played on a PIV1.8GHz, 16MB Hash. It used the book of the
public version and the s parameter.
Time control was game in half an hour.
It was a surprisingly one-sided match where Movei was without any real chances.
A few comments:
Genius 2 was the first chessprogram I bought. At this time I had a mighty
386SX20, and its play impressed me much, kind of a first love.
I just loved its passive and accurate play, and the endgame looked very strong
to me.
a.) While later Genius version were stronger in the past I am not sure if this
will also turn out to be the truth on current hardware.
The branching factor of Genius 2 looks much better than what I am used to with
later versions (untested impression). It was only mildly outsearched by
movei (1-2 ply), in the endgame it actually searched deeper than its opponent
most of the time.
b.) Movei suffered some in the opening. The opening book used for it wasn't too
impressive. Still its one victory was clearly a book win in fact :), when Genius
couldn't find the right moves in time to justify the good opening line it had
chosen ( Round 6).
c.) Movei's time management is unconventional. While it plays a little too fast
in general, it doesn't seem to have an upper limit (or it is very high) for the
time to finish a ply.
This made it think on 14. O-O in game 6 for _several_ minutes for example,
because it was so eager to finish ply 12. Maybe this could be improved.
d.) Only time to look at one game? I loved round 5, a game that looks like a
typical man-machine game to me. It's impressive how Genius knows about the good
squares for its pieces.
e.) Movei has some way to go in the endgame still.
Genius 2 - testmovei, Round 7
[D]8/p7/1p5R/8/r5k1/8/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
This game was won by white, with a lot of help of its opponent ..
testmovei - Genius 2, Round 8
[D]8/2R2pp1/6k1/2NK3p/6r1/P7/8/8 b - - 0 1
And this one was won by black ..
f.) You think movei won't do good in these matches anyway? I am not so sure :)
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "testmovei"]
[Black "MCP 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8.
Bc2 Nb4 9. O-O Nxc2 10. Qxc2 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. g4 Ne7 14. a3
h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ng6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qd2 a6 20. Rdc1
Ke8 21. Ne2 Rc4 22. Rc3 Bb5 23. b3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Bc6 25. b4 Qd8 26. Qe3 b6
27. Re1 Qe7 28. Ne2 Bb5 29. Ng3 Nh4 30. Nd2 Qd8 31. Ra1 Ng6 32. a4 Bc6 33.
Nf3 Rh7 34. Qd3 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Nh5 Nf8 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Re1 Ng6 39.
Rb1 Nf8 40. Qc1 Bxa4 41. Rb7 Rxh5 42. gxh5 Qa8 43. Qc7 Nd7 44. Ra7 Qd8 45.
Qb7 Bd1 46. Kg2 Bxf3+ 47. Kxf3 f6 48. Ra8
{Black resigns} 1-0
Cheers,
Peter
following the games:
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Genius 2"]
[Black "testmovei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 f5
8. c4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qxd5 13. Bc3 Qc5
14. a3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Qc2
c6 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 b6 22. f4 Qc4 23. Qd2 Qc5+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3
Rd8 26. Kf2 Rd4 27. g3 c5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. Rd3 Ke6 30. Ke3 Rxd3+ 31. Kxd3
Kd5 32. a4 a6 33. Kc3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. h3 b4+ 36. Kb3 g5 37. fxg5 Kxe5
38. Kc4 f4 39. gxf4+ Kxf4 40. Kxc5 b3 41. Kc4 Kxg5 42. Kxb3 Kf6 43. Ka4 Ke6
44. b4 Kd6 45. Ka5 Kc7 46. Ka6 Kb8 47. Kb6 h6 48. b5 h5 49. h4 Kc8 50. Ka7
Kd7 51. b6 Ke6 52. b7 Kf6 53. b8=Q Kf5 54. Kb6 Kf6 55. Kc6 Kg6 56. Kd5 Kf5
57. Qe5+ Kg4 58. Ke4 Kxh4 59. Kf3 Kh3 60. Qxh5#
{Movei->White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "testmovei"]
[Black "Genius 2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Qe2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe8 10. Nd3 Qxe4 11. Qxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13. b3 Re8+
14. Kf2 d6 15. Re1 Rxe1 16. Nxe1 Rb8 17. Be3 c5 18. b4 Nd5 19. bxc5 Nxe3
20. Kxe3 dxc5 21. Nd3 Bf5 22. Nxc5 Rb2 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rc1 Ra2 25. Rb1 Rxa3
26. Kd2 c6 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Nd7 h5 29. g5 Bf5 30. Nf8+ Kg8 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32.
Ne7 Bg6 33. Nxc6 Ra1 34. Ke3 Rh1 35. h3 Rxh3 36. Ra8 Rg3 37. Kf4 Rg1 38.
Rxa7 h4 39. Ne5 h3 40. Nd7 h2 41. Nf8+ Kg8 42. Ra8 f6 43. Nxg6+ Kf7 44. Rh8
h1=Q 45. Rxh1 Rxh1 46. Kf5 Rh3 47. Kg4 Rh2 48. Nf4 Rxc2 49. g6+ Kf8 50.
Ne6+ Kg8 51. f4 Rxc3 52. f5 Re3 53. Kf4 Re5 54. Nd8 Kf8 55. Nc6 Re1 56. Nd4
Ke7 57. Nb5 Re5 58. Nc3 Kd6 59. Ne4+ Rxe4+ 60. Kxe4 Kc5 61. Kf3 Kd5 62. Kf4
Kd4 63. Kg3 Ke5 64. Kg4 Ke4 65. Kh4 Kxf5 66. Kg3 Ke4 67. Kf2 f5 68. Ke2 Kf4
69. Kf2 Kg5 70. Ke2 Kg4 71. Ke3 Kg3 72. Kd4 f4 73. Kd3 f3 74. Ke3 f2 75.
Ke2 Kg2 76. Ke3 f1=Q 77. Ke4 Qb5 78. Kd4 Kf3 79. Kc3 Ke3 80. Kc2 Qb4 81.
Kc1 Kd3 82. Kd1 Qb1#
{Movei->Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Genius 2"]
[Black "testmovei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 Nd7 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qxc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Bd7 12. e3 O-O 13. Rc1 a5 14. a3
a4 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rc3 Rae8 20. Rac1
h6 21. R1c2 Ra8 22. Bf1 g5 23. Bg2 Ra6 24. Bh3 Rb6 25. Ne1 Nf6 26. Rc5 Nb3
27. Nxb3 Rxb3 28. Bg2 Ne4 29. Ra5 g4 30. Bf1 Ng5 31. Ra7 Rb8 32. Bg2 Ne4
33. h3 h5 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Bf1 Nd6 36. Nd3 Be4 37. Rc3 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Nb5
39. Rxa4 Nxc3 40. Rc4 Bxd3 41. Bxd3 Nd5 42. Rc5 c6 43. Ra5 Kf7 44. Ra7 Kf6
45. Bc4 Nc3 46. Ra5 b5 47. Bf1 Rc8 48. Ra6 c5 49. dxc5 Rxc5 50. Bd3 Rd5 51.
Bc2 Ke7 52. Ra7+ Rd7 53. Rxd7+ Kxd7 54. Kf1 Kd6 55. Ke1 Kc5 56. Bb3 Nd5 57.
Kd2 e5 58. a4 bxa4 59. Bxa4 e4 60. Bb3 Kd6 61. Ba2 Nf6 62. Bc4 Nh7 63. Be2
Ng5 64. Bc4 Kd7 65. Ke2 Ke7 66. Bb3 Nh3 67. Kf1 Kd6 68. Bc4 Ng5 69. Ke2 Kd7
70. Bg8 Nf3 71. Bh7 Ke6 72. Bg8+ Ke7 73. Bc4 Ne5 74. Bb3 Nd7 75. Bd5 Nc5
76. Bc4 Kd6 77. Kd2 Nd7 78. Ke2 Nf8 79. Kd2 Ng6 80. Ke2 Kc6 81. Kd1 Kd7 82.
Ke2 Ne5 83. Bd5 Nd3 84. Bc4 Nb4 85. Kd2 Nc6 86. Bd5 Ne7 87. Bb3 Ng6 88.
Ba4+ Kd8 89. Bb5 Ne5 90. Ke2 Ke7 91. Ba4 Nf7 92. Bb3 Nd8 93. Kd2 Kf6 94.
Bd5 Ke5 95. Ba2 Kd6 96. Bc4 Nc6 97. Ke2 Ke7 98. Bd5 Nb4 99. Bc4 Kf6 100.
Kd2 Nc6 101. Bd5 Ne5 102. Ke2 Kg5 103. Bb3 Nf3 104. Be6 Kg6 105. Bc4 Kg7
106. Be6 Kf6 107. Bd5 Ng5 108. Bb3 Ke7 109. Bc4 Ne6
{Movei-> Draw by fifty move rule} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "testmovei"]
[Black "Genius 2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Be2 Ne4 9. Nxd5 Bxb2 10. Rb1 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bf6 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Bc4 Ndxc5 14.
Rb5 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Nd4 b6 17. Bc7 Re8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rb4
Ba6 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Bg7 23. Rb1 Red8 24. Qe1 e6 25. Nb4 Na4 26. Nd3
Nc3 27. Rb2 Qc6 28. Bb3 Bf8 29. Kg1 Ba3 30. Rb1 Nxb1 31. Qxb1 a5 32. c4 a4
33. Bd1 Qxc4 34. Be2 Rac8 35. Kf2 Qc2 36. Rd1 Qxb1 37. Rxb1 Rc3 38. Rxb6
Rdxd3 39. Bxd3 Rxd3 40. Ke2 Rxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Bc5+ 42. Kd3 Bxb6 43. Kc4 Kg7
44. Kb4 Kf6 45. Kxa4 Kf5 46. Kb5 Be3 47. Kc4 Kf4 48. Kd3 Bc5 49. Kc4 Bf2
50. Kd3 Kg3 51. a4 Kxg2 52. Ke4 Kxh3 53. Ke5 Kg3 54. Kf6 h5 55. Kxf7 h4 56.
Kxe6 h3 57. Kf6 h2 58. Kxg6 h1=Q 59. Kf5 Qxf3+ 60. Ke5 Qc6 61. a5 Kg4 62.
a6 Bc5 63. a7 Qf3 64. a8=Q Qf5#
{Movei->Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Genius 2"]
[Black "testmovei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. c4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 exd5 14.
c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rd6 17. Rc3 Rb8 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Qe2 a6 20.
Rc5 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qe6 22. Qf3 Ne7 23. Rxc7 Rbd8 24. h3 g5 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26.
Nf5 Qf6 27. Nxd6 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Rxd6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc7 Rb6 31. Ra7 Rd6 32.
Kg3 Rf6 33. d5 h5 34. Ra8 Kg6 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. e4 h4+ 37. Kg2 Rg6 38. Rc8
Kh7 39. Rc6 a5 40. d6 Rg8 41. Rb6 Kg6 42. d7+ f6 43. e5 Kf7 44. e6+ Ke7 45.
f4 gxf4+ 46. Kf3 b4 47. axb4 axb4 48. Ke4 b3 49. Kd5 Rd8 50. Rxb3 Rh8 51.
Rc3 Rh5+ 52. Kd4 Rh8 53. Rc8 Kxe6 54. Rxh8 Kxd7 55. Rxh4 Ke6 56. Rg4 f3 57.
h4 Kf5 58. Rg7 Kf4 59. h5 f5 60. Rd7 Kg4 61. h6 f4 62. Ke5 Kh3 63. Rg7 Kh4
64. h7 Kh5 65. h8=Q#
{Movei->White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "testmovei"]
[Black "Genius 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nxf7 d5
8. Nxh8 dxc4 9. d3 Qf8 10. Be3 Qxh8 11. dxc4 Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 Nfd7
14. O-O Ne6 15. f4 Qf8 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxh7 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ndf8 19. Qh8 Bd7
20. Ne4 Qa5 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Rad1 Qa4 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. g4
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Genius 2"]
[Black "testmovei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5
8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Qd6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Qh4
h6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. Nxg3 Rac8 17. e4 cxd4 18. cxd4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nxd4 20.
Bb2 Ne6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nh5 Red8 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rb3 Nd4
26. Ba6 Nxb3 27. Bxc8 Rd4 28. Bb7 Nc5 29. Bd5 Nxe4 30. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Bb3
Nd2 32. Be6 Rd6 33. Rd7 Rxe6 34. Rxd2 Re3 35. Rd6+ Kg5 36. Rd5+ Kf4 37. a4
Ra3 38. Rh5 Kg4 39. Rxh6 Rxa4 40. h3+ Kg5 41. Rd6 Kf4 42. Rf6+ Ke5 43. Rh6
Ra2 44. Rh5+ Kf4 45. Rb5 Rc2 46. Kh2 Rc6 47. g3+ Ke4 48. h4 a6 49. Rb4+ Ke5
50. Kh3 b5 51. h5 Kf6 52. Rg4 Kf5 53. Rg8 b4 54. g4+ Ke5 55. Rb8 a5 56. Kh4
Kf4 57. Rb5 Ra6 58. g5 Ra7 59. h6 Re7 60. Kh5 Re8 61. g6 Ke3 62. g7 Rg8 63.
Rg5 a4 64. h7 Rxg7 65. Rxg7 Kd4 66. h8=Q Kc3 67. Rd7+ Kb3 68. Qc8 a3 69.
Rd2 a2 70. Qc2+ Ka3 71. Qxa2#
{Movei->White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "testmovei"]
[Black "Genius 2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Qe2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe8 10. Nd3 Qxe4 11. Qxe4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13. b3 Re8+
14. Kf2 d6 15. Re1 Rxe1 16. Nxe1 Rb8 17. Be3 c5 18. b4 Nd5 19. bxc5 Nxe3
20. Kxe3 dxc5 21. Nd3 Bf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Nxc5 Rb2 24. Rd1 Rxc2 25. Rd8+ Kh7
26. f4 Rxc3+ 27. Kd4 Rc2 28. f5 Rxh2 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Ra8 Rh4 31. Kd5
Rxg4 32. Rxa7 h5 33. Rxc7 h4 34. Nd7 f6 35. Nf8+ Kf5 36. Ne6 g5 37. Nd4+
Kg6 38. Rc3 Rf4 39. Rh3 Kh5 40. a4 g4 41. Rh1 h3 42. a5 Rf2 43. Kc4 Ra2 44.
Nc6 Kh4 45. Rc1 g3 46. Kb3 g2 47. Kxa2 h2 48. Nd4 h1=Q 49. Nf3+ Kg3 50. Rc3
Kf4 51. Kb2 Qf1 52. Kb3 Qxf3 53. Rxf3+ Kxf3 54. Ka4 Ke4 55. Kb4 g1=Q 56.
Kc4 Qd4+ 57. Kb5 Kd5 58. Ka6 Qb4 59. Ka7 Kc6 60. a6 Kc7 61. Ka8 Qb8#
{Movei->Black mates} 0-1
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