Author: Will Singleton
Date: 08:50:15 03/30/99
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On March 30, 1999 at 07:01:59, Dan Homan wrote: >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 That's pretty cool, Dan. Like the others, it takes 10-11 ply to see the proper continuation, but you like it earlier, for positional reasons. What do you attribute that to? Will
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