Author: Alois Ganter
Date: 06:20:27 12/20/98
Rapid chess tournament with the five best engines. Everybody plays five games
against everybody.
The Big Five 1998 (25min PII/450, 64MB)
1 2 3 4 5
1 Fritz 5.32 ***** 10110 110½1 1½010 ½½1½½ 12.0/20
2 Junior 5.0 01001 ***** 1½00½ 0½111 ½1½11 11.5/20
3 Nimzo '99 001½0 0½11½ ***** 0½1½1 1½01½ 10.5/20
4 Hiarcs 6.0 0½101 1½000 1½0½0 ***** ½011½ 9.0/20
5 Crafty 16.1 ½½0½½ ½0½00 0½10½ ½100½ ***** 7.0/20
Quiz: What famous historic grandmaster tournament was played with five players
in the same scheme?
Best kings attack:
[White "Nimzo '99"]
[Black "Hiarcs 6.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. g4 Nc4 14. Bc1 e5 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. exf5 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Qc8 20. g6 Nf6 21. b3 Na5 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qd5+ Kf8 25. Ba3 Qc6 26. Bxd6+ 1-0
Most forceful positional play:
[White "Crafty 16.1"]
[Black "Hiarcs 6.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Rxb7 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qa3 18. Bg5 Qxf3 19. gxf3 e6 20. d6
f6 21. Be3 a5 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rcc7 Be5 24. f4 Bh8 25. e5 a4 26. Ra7 Rab8 27.
Rxh7 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Re7 Rb8 30. Bc5 1-0
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