Author: Will Singleton
Date: 17:08:26 03/29/99
Under 2600 Club Mar 29 1999 Program ICC Blitz Change Games Platform Author Hossa 2613 +262 359 P/350 Steffen Jakob PostModernist 2607 +47 20 K6/300 Andrew Williams ZChess 2591 +15 1 K6/266 Franck Zibi Rajah 2544 +13 109 P/166 V. Manohararajah Rookie 2525 +11 109 P/360 Marcel van Kervinck Stobor 2519 -15 2 K6/350 Tom Kerrigan EXchess 2495 +49 10 Cel/400 Dan Homan TDChess 2491 -188 384 P/400 Jon Baxter LambChop 2453 P/133 Pete McKenzie Grok 2390 +37 8 K6/300 Peter Kappler Amateur 2375 -75 43 Mac/300 Will Singleton InmiChess 2292 Cyrix/233 Werner Inmann ICC account names that differ from the program name: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blik (Rookie), zchess1 (Zchess), Kerrigan (Stobor), XXXX-2 (XXXXII). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notable We saw some large ratings variations this week, with Hossa taking the top spot away from TDchess. In fact, two programs have broken the 2600 barrier, Hossa and PostModernist. Congrats to Steffen and Andrew! New highs were reached by Hossa (2638), PostModernist (2607), and TDchess (2775). TDchess lost almost 300 points from it's high on March 25, but was also the games-played leader with 384. There does seem to be some correlation between games_played and rating swings, though some programs are more susceptible to this than others. Changes Stobor rejoins the active list, BugChess and Pedestrian go inactive. u2600 Position of the Week This comes from a 30 0 game played on ICC this week between GM Wilder and Ferret. Wilder, playing white, has given up the forced draw to try for a win, which he apparently sensed was there. It looks like he was right, but he did not find the move, which was 45. Rh8+! 1rk5/7R/p2rb1R1/2p2p1P/4p3/1P2P1P1/P1K2P2/8 w - - Amateur 0.95, g3/300 ply score time nodes n/s pv 2 -149 0.01 831 49860 3 -105 0.02 1440 43200 Rg7 Rb5 h6 4 -117 0.06 4594 45900 Rg7 Bd7 h6 Bc6 5 -130 0.14 10939 46860 Rg7 Rd7 h6 Rb7 Rh8 Kc7 6 -132 0.36 30172 50280 Rg7 Rd7 h6 c4 Pxc4 Rxg7 Pxg7 Bxc4 6 -118 1.07 60819 54420 Re7 Rb6 Rg7 Rd7 Re8 Rd8 Re7 7 -62 3.06 161330 52020 Re7 Rb6 h6 c4 Pxc4 8 -68 6.12 345462 55680 Re7 Rb6 h6 Bxb3 Pxb3 Rxg6 h7 Kd8 Re8 Kxe8 Qh8 Kd7 9 -40 19.02 1106827 58140 Re7 Rb6 h6 Bxb3 Pxb3 Rxg6 h7 Rh6 Re8 Kc7 Qh8 Rxh8 Rxh8 10 -40 63.47 3761689 58920 Re7 Rb6 h6 Bxb3 Pxb3 Rxg6 h7 Rh6 Re8 Kc7 Qh8 Rxh8 Rxh8 11 -35 271.35 16472404 60600 Re7 Rb6 h6 Bxb3 Pxb3 Rxg6 h7 Rh6 Re8 Kd7 Qh8 11 72 493.49 31288461 63360 Rh8 Kc7 Rxb8 Kxb8 Kc1 c4 h6 Pxb3 h7 Rc6 Kd1 Rd6 Ke1
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