Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:31:53 04/25/98
I posted this on r.g.c.c, and thought I'd also put it here for
reference.
Late this week, Roman called and asked if I'd be willing to let my
"four-processor monster" (his words) play in a tournament on chess.net
with him, GM Larry Christiansen and GM Yasser Sierawan. The time
control was a "Fischer-like" 10 10 (10 minutes on the clock, 10
seconds added after each move.)
We played 4 games today, the intent being that this ends up as a
double-round-robin. In rounds 1/2 Crafty played Roman, starting
with white in round 1, which it won after playing a really nice
endgame that a couple of IM's declared drawn even though Crafty
was up material. In round two, Roman tried his favorite computer-
busting "London system" but things got *real* interesting. He
castled long (as white) after crafty castled king-side, and he
unleashed the usual pawn-storm. But rather than defending, Crafty
chose to counter-attack on the queenside, and forced a perpetual as
white had to accept or get mated... after two games, 1.5/2.0 for
Crafty. Roman was obviously .5/2.0, Yasser was 1.5/2.0 vs Larry and
Larry was tied with Roman at .5/2.0 of course.
In rounds three and four, Crafty was paired against Larry. As white,
it attacked right from the get-go and basically beheaded him in nice
style in a *really* unusual position (white castled long, black short,
both started pawn-storming. Crafty's storm had bigger clouds. :))
In round 4 Crafty was black, and won material but ended in a drawn
position.
After 4 rounds, Crafty has 3.0/4.0, Yasser has 3.0/4.0, Larry and
Roman both have 1.0/4.0... So either Crafty or Yasser will win the
tournament, and the worst that could happen would be that one wins
both games, and in the other match one of those wins both games,
meaning either crafty or yasser will win, or do no worse than tied for
second...
Before you start the "but you said no computers could play GM-class
chess"... just remember that this is 10 10, which is something like
game/30 except there is no sudden death to avoid...
Here's the pgn for the games...
[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Time "14:58:58"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty"]
[Black "Roman"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bd3
Qb6
14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Ne2 Kb8 16. Nc1 Rc8 17. Nb3 Rc7 18. Rhg1 a5 19. Be2 b4
20. Qd3 a4 21. Nbd2 Na5 22. Qa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 Ka7 24. Bd3 Rhc8 25. Nd4
Kb6 26. Ka1 Bf8 27. Rgf1 Bg7 28. f5 e5 29. Ne2 Bf8 30. c3 b3 31. Nc1 a3
32. bxa3 b2+ 33. Kxb2 Rxc3 34. Nb1 R3c7 35. Ne2 Ba4 36. Nec3 Bxd1 37.
Nd5+ Ka7 38. Nxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxd1 d5 40. exd5 Bc5 41. Nd2 Bd4+ 42. Kb1
Rb7+
43. Kc1 Rc7+ 44. Bc2 Nc4 45. Nxc4 Rxc4 46. Kb1 Kb6 47. Bb3 Rc3 48. a4
Kc5
49. Re1 Re3 50. Rc1+ Rc3 51. Rd1 Re3 52. g3 Rc3 53. g4 Re3 54. a5 Rc3
55.
a6 Kb6 56. d6 Rc6 57. a7 Kxa7 58. d7 Rd6 59. Ba4 e4 60. Bb5 e3 61. a4
Kb6 62. Ka2 Kc7 63. Rc1+ Kb7 64. a5 e2 65. Re1 Bc3 66. a6+ Kb6 67. Rxe2
{Black resigned} 1-0
[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Time "15:40:39"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Roman"]
[Black "crafty"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3
Bb7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd6 11. O-O-O Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13.
Qh3 h6 14. f4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Rhg1 Qc8 17. g4 Qa6 18. Kb1 Ba4 19.
Nb3
Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. g5 Bxb3 22. axb3 hxg5 23. Rxg5 Rfd8 24. Rdg1 Qd3+
25. Kc1 Qd2+ 26. Kb1 Kf8 27. Rxg7 Qd3+ 28. Kc1 Qd2+ 29. Kb1 Qd3+ 30. Kc1
Qd2+ 31. Kb1 Qd3+
{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2
[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Time "16:16:33"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty"]
[Black "Christiansen"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h6 5. g4 Bh7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nf3 Nd7
8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. Bxh7 Nxh7 10. Qe2 Kf7 11. Bd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Rhe1
Nhf8 14. Bf4 Rh7 15. Kb1 Kg8 16. Qe3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Qb6
20. Qd3 Rc8 21. g5 h5 22. Nh4 e5 23. dxe5 Nc5 24. Qh3 Qb7 25. Be3 Qd7
26.
Qxd7 Ncxd7 27. e6 Ne5 28. Nf4 Nc4 29. Bc1 Be5 30. Nhxg6 Nxg6 31. Nxg6
Bd6
32. f4 Rg7 33. f5 Rxg6 34. fxg6 Kg7 35. Rf1 Kxg6 36. h4 Bg3 37. Rf3 Be5
38. Rdf1 Nd6 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Rxf4 Kg7 41. Kc1 c5 42. R1f3 c4 43. Re3 d4
44. Re5 d3 45. Rxa5 d2+ 46. Kxd2 c3+ 47. Kc1 cxb2+ 48. Kb1
{Black resigned} 1-0
[Event "mmeics rated standard game"]
[Site "mmeics, Boston, MA USA"]
[Date "1998.04.25"]
[Time "16:48:16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Christiansen"]
[Black "crafty"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. a3 Nf6 3. b4 a5 4. b5 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. d4 c6
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qb6 11. a4 Rc8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rc1 cxb5
14. Bxb5 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 Qd8 16. Qa1 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nc4
Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd5 21. Qc1 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Nc7 23. Ne5 Be4 24. Qe2 Qg5 25.
f3
Nxb5 26. axb5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Qd3 a4 29. b6 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Bxd2 31. Nd3
Ba5 32. Nc5 Bxb6 33. Nxb3 axb3 34. Kf1 Ba5 35. Ke2 Bb4 36. Kd3 b5 37. g4
g5 38. e5 h6 39. d5 exd5 40. Kd4 Bd2 41. Kxd5 Kf8 42. Kc5 b4 43. Kc4 Ke7
44. Kxb3 Ke6 45. Bd4 Be1 46. Kc4 Bc3 47. Bf2 Kxe5 48. Bg3+ Ke6 49. f4 f5
50. fxg5 hxg5 51. gxf5+ Kxf5 52. Bd6 Be1 53. Bc7 Kg6 54. Bd8 Bc3 55. Be7
Kh6 56. Kd3 Kh5 57. Kc4 Kh4 58. Kd3 Be1 59. Kc4 Bd2 60. Kd3 Bc3 61. Kc4
Be1 62. Kd3 b3 63. Bf6 Ba5 64. Be7 b2 65. Kc2 Bc3 66. Bd8 Be5 67. Be7
Bh8
68. Bd8 Bd4 69. Be7 Kh5 70. Bd8 Kg6 71. Ba5 Kf5 72. Bd2 Be5 73. Bb4 Bg7
74. Bd2 Bd4 75. Kb1 Kf6 76. Kc2 Be5 77. Ba5 Kg6 78. Bd8 Bf6 79. Bb6 Kh5
80. Bf2 Bg7 81. Kb1 Bc3 82. Kc2 Be5 83. Kb1 Bh8 84. Kc2 Bc3 85. Kb1 Kh6
86. Kc2 Kg6 87. Bb6 Kf6 88. Be3 Kf5 89. Kb1 Be5 90. Kc2
{Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
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