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Subject: Re: Open Dutch CC Final results

Author: allan johnson

Date: 21:04:38 10/23/00

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On October 23, 2000 at 15:41:18, John Merlino wrote:

>On October 22, 2000 at 13:43:09, Theo van der Storm wrote:
>
>>Chess Tiger has won the title "Open Dutch Computer-Chess Champion" unbeaten.
>>Congratulations to Christophe Théron and Jeroen Noomen!
>>
>>  # Name           1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11 Score  BU
>> SB  G
>>  1 Chess Tiger  13b1  4w1  3b= 10w1  8b1  2w1  5b=  7w1  6w1  9b1 12w1 10.0
>>63.0  55.5 11
>>  2 The King      7b1  9w= 10b=  4w1  3b=  1b0  8w1  5w1 12b1 13b1 11w1  8.5
>>61.0  42.2 11
>>  3 Quest         8w1  6b1  1w=  5b1  2w=  9b1 10w1  4b0  7b0 12w1 14w1  8.0
>>63.5  41.2 11
>>  4 Nimzo 8      11w1  1b0  8w=  2b0 14b1  6w= 13b1  3w1  9b1  7w1  5b0  7.0
>>63.0  31.5 11
>>  5 Patzer       10b= 12w1  9b1  3w0  6w=  7b=  1w=  2b0 14b1 11w1  4w1  7.0
>>62.0  32.0 11
>>  6 KallistoII-X 12w1  3w0  7b=  9w=  5b=  4b= 11w= 13w1  1b0 14b1  8w1  6.5
>>57.5  25.5 11
>>  7 Tao           2w0 11b1  6w=  8b0 13w1  5w= 14b1  1b0  3w1  4b0 10w1  6.0
>>63.5  25.8 11
>>  8 Ant           3b0 13w1  4b=  7w1  1w0 12b=  2b0 14w1 11b= 10w1  6b0  5.5
>>59.5  20.2 11
>>  9 Diep         14w1  2b=  5w0  6b= 10b=  3w0 12w1 11b1  4w0  1w0 13b=  5.0
>>60.5  17.5 11
>> 10 XiniX         5w= 14b1  2w=  1b0  9w= 11w1  3b0 12b0 13w1  8b0  7b0  4.5
>>59.0  16.8 11
>> 11 Mctobber 00   4b0  7w0 13b= 14w= 12w1 10b0  6b=  9w0  8w=  5b0  2b0  3.0
>>56.0  10.2 11
>> 12 Duck 1992     6b0  5b0 14w1 13w0 11b0  8w=  9b0 10w1  2w0  3b0  1b0  2.5
>>61.5   8.2 11
>> 13 Goldbar 2000  1w0  8b0 11w= 12b1  7b0 14w=  4w0  6b0 10b0  2w0  9w=  2.5
>>59.5   7.0 11
>> 14 Morphy 3.2    9b0 10w0 12b0 11b=  4w0 13b=  7w0  8b0  5w0  6w0  3b0  1.0
>>57.5   2.8 11
>>
>>
>>    Name                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011121314  Score BU    SB    G
>>
>>  1 Chess Tiger           X 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1   1 1    10.0  63.0  55.5 11
>>  2 The King              0 X = 1 1   1 1 = = 1 1 1     8.5  61.0  42.2 11
>>  3 Quest                 = = X 0 1 1 0 1 1 1   1   1   8.0  63.5  41.2 11
>>  4 Nimzo 8               0 0 1 X 0 = 1 = 1   1   1 1   7.0  63.0  31.5 11
>>  5 Patzer                = 0 0 1 X = =   1 = 1 1   1   7.0  62.0  32.0 11
>>  6 Kallisto II-X         0   0 = = X = 1 =   = 1 1 1   6.5  57.5  25.5 11
>>  7 Tao                   0 0 1 0 = = X 0   1 1   1 1   6.0  63.5  25.8 11
>>  8 Ant                   0 0 0 =   0 1 X   1 = = 1 1   5.5  59.5  20.2 11
>>  9 Diep                  0 = 0 0 0 =     X = 1 1 = 1   5.0  60.5  17.5 11
>> 10 XiniX                 0 = 0   =   0 0 = X 1 0 1 1   4.5  59.0  16.8 11
>> 11 Mctobber 00             0   0 0 = 0 = 0 0 X 1 = =   3.0  56.0  10.2 11
>> 12 Duck 1992             0 0 0   0 0   = 0 1 0 X 0 1   2.5  61.5   8.2 11
>> 13 Goldbar 2000          0 0   0   0 0 0 = 0 = 1 X =   2.5  59.5   7.0 11
>> 14 Morphy 3.2                0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = X   1.0  57.5   2.8 11
>>
>>Theo van der Storm
>>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thstorm/stormy.html
>
>And all this time I'm going to be wondering if the final result would have been
>any different if The King had not pulled 3...Bxb2 out of its opening book in its
>game against Chess Tiger. Even a draw in that game would have made the final day
>much more exciting, but that move made it very difficult.... <sigh>
>
>jm
>
>p.s. Congratulations to Chess Tiger, AND to The King who heartily proved
>himself.
>
>p.p.s. For the curious, CM8000's opening book will NOT make that fateful move.
>It will choose 3...c6 about 45% of the time, 3...dxc4 about 45% of the time, and
>3...e6 about 10% of the time.

 Which begs the question John why did it choose Bxb2?If it is an inferior line
 surely it can be eliminated.
 Allan



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