Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 23:04:34 03/11/02
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Below a hopefully somewhat better translation of my game comments [I had forgotten to delete my German comments that I usually post in www.computerschach.de/forum and in other sites]: On March 11, 2002 at 16:41:37, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >Tournament T2002 by chessfriend Rolf Bühler, Zurich >***************Played 98 of 100 rounds************* > >3 x Athlon 1.3/256 >Engine-Matches [normally=1 round per day] >Fritz6-GUI >64 MB hashtables >ponder=off >4 men TBS >Each program with its own opening book >TheKing312X with Nz7book.ctg >Book Options: Use Book, Tournament book, Minimum games=2, Optimize >40/120' + 20/60' + 30' for rounds 1-10 >40/80' + 20/40' + 30' for rounds 11-25 >60/120' + 30/60' + 30' for rounds 26-100 > > >***Results round 98*** > >98.1) 1-0 ChessTiger14 vs TheKing312X >98.2) 1/2 Shredder6 vs Junior7 >98.3) 0-1 Hiarcs732 vs Fritz7002 With his first move after leaving the opening book, TheKing312X played g7-g5 and forced his opponent bishop to go to the edge of the board. Two moves later - when ChessTiger14 had already pushed his a-pawn to a5 and attacked Black's pawn skeleton [a7/b6/c7] - the Dutch program castled queenside. Soon later, with Black's pawns standing on g5/h5, ChessTiger14 castled kingside. Such uncommon and positionally very doubful maneouvres have I seldom seen before. Due to the circumstances both programs had no other choice than to start their attacks against the enemy king. It was then ChessTiger14 to seize the initiative and to defeat TheKing312X in a very nice manner. This was a painful loss for TheKing312X as Fritz7002 won his game and now ties first place with the Dutch program. Already at move 22, there was a balanced end game on the board between Shredder6 and Junior7. And this time, the Israel program 'refused' to make the sometimes seen small inaccuracies in this phase of the game, and therefore draw was the logical result. The English program Hiarcs732 had so far few luck against Fritz7002. The same thing happened in this game. Hiarcs732 sacrificed courageously a minor piece for three pawns. But Fritz7002 could blockade White's pawn structure, make it imobile and eventually won a pawn. This was the beginning of the end. Fritz7002 demonstrated good technic and left his opponent no chance for a draw. This was a very important victory because Fritz7002 and TheKing312X now have - after 98 rounds - the same total score. Who will be the winner of this great tournament? Tomorrow, the match TheKing312X vs Fritz7002 will probably be decisive. If I had the time, I would visit my chessfriend at Zurich in order to follow this game with my own eyes. > >***Standing after 98 rounds*** > ><pre> > Program Score % Av.Op. Elo + - >Draws > > 1 Fritz 7002 : 56.5/ 98 57.7 2391 2444 64 47 >43.9 % > 2 TheKing 3.12 X : 56.5/ 98 57.7 2391 2444 64 50 >39.8 % > 3 Chess Tiger 14.0 : 47.0/ 98 48.0 2403 2388 47 69 >40.8 % > 4 Shredder 6 : 46.5/ 98 47.4 2403 2386 48 69 >39.8 % > 5 Junior 7 : 46.0/ 98 46.9 2403 2382 50 68 >36.7 % > 6 Hiarcs 7.32 : 41.5/ 98 42.3 2409 2355 54 64 >33.7 %</pre> > >Generated with Frank Schubert's Elostat v1.1 [Start ELO = 2400] > >***Games round 98*** > >[Event "T2002 Ath 1.3/64"] >[Site "Zurich"] >[Date "2002.03.11"] >[Round "98.1"] >[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"] >[Black "TheKing 3.12 X"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "E13"] >[PlyCount "82"] >[Time Control "60 moves/120 minutes"] > >1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. >bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. a4 g5 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. a5 O-O-O 13. f3 e5 14. Bf2 e4 15. >axb6 axb6 16. Be2 h5 17. O-O h4 18. h3 Rde8 19. Ra7 Rhg8 20. Qc2 exf3 21. Bxf3 >Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qe6 23. Kh2 d5 24. Rg1 Qd6+ 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Rga1 Nb8 27. Qa2 Qe6 >28. c5 bxc5 29. Ra8 Nfd7 30. Nb3 cxd4 31. cxd4 g4 32. hxg4 Qc6 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. >Bxh4 Rxe3 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Rxc5 Qb6 37. Qxd5 Rb3 38. Rxc7+ Qxc7 39. Qxb3 Rg6 >40. Bg3 Rb6 41. Qa4 Rd6 1-0 > >[Event "T2002 Ath 1.3/64"] >[Site "Zurich"] >[Date "2002.03.11"] >[Round "98.2"] >[White "Shredder 6"] >[Black "Junior 7"] >[Result "1/2-1/2"] >[ECO "E09"] >[PlyCount "132"] >[Time Control "60 moves/120 minutes"] > >1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 >b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. b3 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qf5 dxc4 15. >Nxc4 Be4 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Nce5 Bd6 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. >dxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxg2 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 >27. Kxg2 f6 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Ke4 Ke6 30. h3 g6 31. Be3 h5 32. Bd4 Nb8 33. Bc3 >Nc6 34. a4 a6 35. f3 Ne7 36. Bd2 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. g4 f5+ 39. Kd4 Nc6+ 40. >Kc5 Ne5 41. gxh5 Nxf3 42. h6 Kf7 43. Bc1 g5 44. Kxb5 Kg6 45. Kc4 f4 46. Kd3 >Kxh6 47. Bb2 Ne1+ 48. Kd2 Nf3+ 49. Ke2 Ng1+ 50. Kf1 Nf3 51. Bc3 Kh5 52. b4 Nh4 >53. b5 Nf5 54. b6 Nd6 55. Kg2 Nb7 56. Kf3 Kh4 57. Bf6 Kh5 58. Be7 Kh4 59. Bf6 >Kh5 60. Be5 Kh4 61. Kg2 f3+ 62. Kxf3 Kxh3 63. Bg3 Nc5 64. Bf2 g4+ 65. Kf4 Ne6+ >66. Ke5 Nd8 1/2-1/2 > >[Event "T2002 Ath 1.3/64"] >[Site "Zurich"] >[Date "2002.03.11"] >[Round "98.3"] >[White "Hiarcs 7.32"] >[Black "Fritz 7002"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "D07"] >[PlyCount "89"] >[Time Control "60 moves/120 minutes"] > >1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. >Bd3 e5 9. Qb3 e4 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qb5+ c6 12. dxc6 O-O 13. cxb7 Rb8 14. Ne5 >exd3 15. Qxd3 Rxb7 16. O-O Be6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. a4 Rd8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 >21. e4 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Bb2 Rb3 25. Rac1 Nc4 26. Ba1 Ra3 27. >Qh5 Bg6 28. Qb5 a6 29. Qg5 Rf8 30. Qd5+ Bf7 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. f5 Bd5 33. Qc2 Qxa4 >34. Qxa4 Rxa4 35. Rc2 Rxf5 36. Rce2 Kf7 37. Rc1 Ra3 38. Kh1 Rg5 39. Kg1 a5 40. >Rce1 a4 41. h3 Rg3 42. Kh2 Rd3 43. Rf2+ Kg6 44. Rb1 Rd2 45. Rxd2 0-1
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