Author: Dan Homan
Date: 04:01:59 03/30/99
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On March 29, 1999 at 20:08:26, Will Singleton wrote: >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 EXchess wants to play this move after just a couple of seconds.... 6. -0.31 1 83157 1. Rgg7 Bd7 2. h6 Rb5 3. Kb1 Rd2 6. -0.31 1 94108 1. Rgg7 Bd7 2. h6 Rb5 3. Kb1 Rd2 7. -0.16 2 131487 1. Rgg7 Bd7 2. h6 Kc7 3. Kc1 Rd3 4. Kb1 7. ++ 2 176580 1. Rh8+ 7. -- 7. 0.00 3 236701 1. Rh8+ Kb7 2. Rg7+ Ka8 3. Rhh7 Rbb6 4. Rh8+ Rb8 7. 0.00 3 268556 1. Rh8+ Kb7 2. Rg7+ Ka8 3. Rhh7 Rbb6 4. Rh8+ Rb8 8. 0.00 4 450392 1. Rh8+ Kb7 2. Rg7+ Ka8 3. Rhh7 Rbb6 4. Rh8+ Rb8 8. 0.00 6 605807 1. Rh8+ Kb7 2. Rg7+ Ka8 3. Rhh7 Rbb6 4. Rh8+ Rb8 9. ++ 8 795537 1. Rh8+ 9. -- 9. 0.30 12 1329524 1. Rh8+ Kb7 2. Rg7+ Ka8 3. Rxb8+ Kxb8 4. h6 Rd8 5. h7 c4 6. Rg6 cxb3+ 7. axb3 Bc8 8. Rc6 9. 0.30 15 1680651 1. Rh8+ Kb7 2. Rg7+ Ka8 3. Rxb8+ Kxb8 4. h6 Rd8 5. h7 c4 6. Rg6 cxb3+ 7. axb3 Bc8 8. Rc6 10. ++ 26 2974960 1. Rh8+ 10. -- 10. 0.82 37 4257394 1. Rh8+ Kc7 2. Rxb8 Kxb8 3. Kb2 Rd2+ 4. Kc1 Rxf2 5. Rxe6 Rxa2 6. h6 Ra1+ 7. Kc2 Ra2+ 8. Kd1 10. 0.82 41 4698644 1. Rh8+ Kc7 2. Rxb8 Kxb8 3. Kb2 Rd2+ 4. Kc1 Rxf2 5. Rxe6 Rxa2 6. h6 Ra1+ 7. Kc2 Ra2+ 8. Kd1 11. ++ 46 5333035 1. Rh8+ 11. 1.19 70 8207374 1. Rh8+ Kc7 2. Rxb8 Kxb8 3. Kc1 Kc7 4. h6 Bg8 5. Rxg8 Rxh6 6. Rg5 Rf6 7. a3 Kb8
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