Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 18:02:36 04/08/02
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On April 08, 2002 at 20:54:35, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>On April 08, 2002 at 20:23:57, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>
>>Wow, ugly game. I'm having a hard time understanding this, it seems illogical.
>>Are you playing many games, then selecting the one Sjeng loses? If so, how
>>many?
>
>I have played many games against other winboard programs such as Gaviota,
>Bestia, faile, Movei, and even against Novag Turqouise; but against Sjeng so far
>only three and the first one I did NOT included since I was using 12 MB default
>for my Celeron 433 Mhz and my Celeron only had 32 MB of memory up until
>yesterday when I decided to upgrade it to 128 MB.
>
>
>I really don't have much time to test CTP 14.9 since like most of us I do have a
>job. And to answer your silly question, I don't select games, as a matter of
>fact I was as dubious as you are now, and before I had Chess Tiger for Palm I
>also was a disbeliever to even consider CTP to be close to being of an expert
>strength. The only reason why I continue to test CTP 14.9 is probably because I
>ressemble you in a way, I'm still NOT too conviced that such a little Gizmo
>can accomplish so much against programs that are considered close to 2400 in
>strength, but the more I test this Little Beast, the more I have to accept the
>fact that it is amazingly strong.
PS: I have to add that I was like Saint Thomas, but little by little CTP is
changing my attitude. I'm also having a hard time understanding this, it seems
illogical to me too.
>Pichard.
>
>
>>On April 08, 2002 at 19:48:26, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>I Upgraded my memory from 32 MB to 128 MB for the Celeron 433 Mhz. I'm still
>>>using the hashtable size of 6 MB and the endgame tablebase cache 4 MB. I also
>>>used the nbook.bin dated 3/21/02 for SJeng and allowed CTP14.9 to use its book.
>>>I decided to play this game with the endgame TB for SJeng 12.11, but the game
>>>never reached the endstage.
>>>
>>>2. What is Sjeng's status ?
>>>
>>>It has successfully beaten players rated over 2500 points, including several
>>>titled GM's and IM's. One version of Sjeng even attained the first place in the
>>>crazyhouse players list on the Internet Chess Club (ICC), and the first place on
>>>the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS). Its crazyhouse rating currently
>>>fluctuates around 2300 points.
>>>Sjeng is probably a bit weaker in bughouse than it is in crazyhouse. Most
>>>Sjeng's on the FICS have a rating of about 2000 points in bughouse, with a top
>>>of over 2200 points.
>>>
>>>For standard chess, Sjeng's rating is probably about 2400 ELO. In suicide and
>>>losers chess Sjeng beats all but the very best humans, and will beat
>>>non-specialized programs easily.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>[Event "Computer Schach Partie"]
>>>[Date "2002.04.08"]
>>>[Round "2"]
>>>[White "Gambit Tiger agressive 14.9 Prism 54 mhz Turbo Mode"]
>>>[Black "SJENG 12.11 Celeron 433 mhz Ponder on"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>[ECO "B25"]
>>>[Opening "Sicilian"]
>>>[Time "17:38:29"]
>>>[Variation "closed"]
>>>[TimeControl "40/1800:40/1800:1800"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+
>>>{(Bg7xc3 b2xc3 h7h5 Ng1f3 Rh8h7 00 f7f6 Bc1e3 e7e5 Qd1e2 Bc8e6) 0.09/9 57} 7.
>>>bxc3 h5 {(h7h5 Ng1f3 Rh8h7 00 f7f6 Ra1b1 e7e5 Bc1e3 Bc8e6 Qd1e2) 0.01/10 27}
>>>8. Bg5 f6
>>>{(f7f6 Bg5e3 h5h4 Ke1d2 Rh8h7 h2h3 g6g5 Ng1f3 h4xg3 f2xg3 g5g4 h3xg4 Rh7xh1
>>>Qd1xh1 Bc8xg4) 0.65/11 60}
>>>9. Be3 h4
>>>{(h5h4 Ke1d2 Rh8h7 h2h3 g6g5 Ng1f3 h4xg3 f2xg3 g5g4 h3xg4 Rh7xh1 Qd1xh1 Bc8xg4)
>>>0.65/10 42}
>>>10. h3 Rh5
>>>{(Rh8h5 Ke1d2 e7e5 Ng1f3 h4xg3 f2xg3 f6f5 e4xf5 Rh5xf5 Nf3h4 Rf5f6) 0.58/9 47}
>>>11. Nf3 hxg3
>>>{(h4xg3 f2xg3 d6d5 e4xd5 Qd8d6 Be3f4 e7e5 d5xe6/ep Qd6xe6 Ke1d2 Rh5d5) 0.41/9
>>>46}
>>>12. fxg3 d5
>>>{(d6d5 e4xd5 Qd8d6 Be3f4 e7e5 d5xe6/ep Qd6xe6 Ke1d2 Rh5d5) 0.41/8 42} 13. exd5
>>>Qxd5 {(Qd8xd5 g3g4 Rh5h7 Qd1e2 Qd5d8 000 Qd8a5 Kc1b2 g6g5) -0.01/9 62} 14. Qe2
>>>Qd8 {(Qd5d8 000 Qd8a5 Kc1b2 e7e5 Nf3d2 Qa5b5 Nd2b3 Bc8e6 Rd1e1) -0.45/9 92}
>>>15. Nh4 Qa5
>>>{(Qd8a5 000 Qa5xc3 Nh4xg6 Qc3xa3 Kc1d2 Qa3a5 c2c3 Qa5a2 Kd2e1 Qa2xe2 Ke1xe2
>>>Nc6e5 g3g4 Bc8xg4 h3xg4 Rh5xh1 Rd1xh1 Ne5xg6 Bg2xb7) -0.15/9 88}
>>>16. O-O Qxc3
>>>{(Qa5xc3 Nh4xg6 Rh5xh3 Bg2xh3 Bc8xh3 Qe2h5 Bh3xf1 Ng6f4 Ke8d8 Nf4e6 Kd8d7 Qh5d5
>>>Kd7c8 Ra1xf1) 0.18/9 78}
>>>17. Nxg6 Rxh3 {0.18/9} 18. Bxh3 Bxh3 {0.18/9} 19. Rfb1 Be6
>>>{(Bh3e6 Rb1e1 Be6d5 Kg1h2 000 Kh2h3 Kc8b8 Qe2d2 Bd5e6 g3g4) 0.20/9 137} 20.
>>>Qh5 Bf7
>>>{(Be6f7 Qh5h7 Nc6e5 Ng6xe5 Qc3xe5 Be3f2 f6f5 Rb1e1 Qe5d6 Qh7xf5 Bf7d5) 0.07/10
>>>329}
>>>21. Qh7 Ne5 {0.07/10} 22. Nxe5 Qxe5
>>>{(Qc3xe5 Be3f2 f6f5 Rb1e1 Qe5d6 Qh7xf5 Bf7d5) 0.07/8 3} 23. Kf2 f5
>>>{(f6f5 Be3f4 Qe5e6 Rb1e1 Qe6d5 Kf2e2 000 Ke2d1) -0.06/8 21} 24. Bf4 Qd5
>>>{-0.06/8} 25. Rbf1 O-O-O
>>>{(000 Kf2e1 Ng8f6 Qh7h6 c5c4 Ra1c1 Nf6g4 Qh6g5 e7e6) 0.50/9 70} 26. c4 Qd4+
>>>{(Qd5d4 Kf2g2 Qd4f6 Ra1d1 Bf7g6 Qh7h4 Qf6b2 Kg2h3 Qb2xa3 Qh4g5 Qa3a6) 0.68/9 56}
>>>27. Be3 Qb2+
>>>{(Qd4b2 Kf2g1 Bf7e6 Ra1e1 Qb2xa3 Be3f2 Kc8d7 Re1a1 Qa3xd3 Ra1xa7) 0.72/9 121}
>>>28. Kg1 Be6 {0.72/9} 29. Rab1 Qe5 {(Qb2e5) 1.68/9 43} 30. Bf4 Qd4+
>>>{(Qe5d4 Rf1f2 Qd4xd3 Rb1c1 Qd3d4 a3a4 Rd8d7 Qh7h4 Be6f7 Bf4d2 Qd4d3) 1.95/10 68}
>>>31. Rf2 Qxd3
>>>{(Qd4xd3 Rf2b2 b7b6 Qh7h1 Qd3d1 Kg1f2 Qd1xh1 Rb1xh1 Rd8d4 Kf2e3 Be6xc4) 1.98/8
>>>12}
>>>32. Re1 Qxc4
>>>{(Qd3xc4 Qh7g7 Rd8d3 Qg7e5 Rd3d6 Re1c1 Qc4d4 Qe5xc5 Qd4xc5 Rc1xc5 Rd6c6 Rc5xc6
>>>b7xc6 Bf4e3 a7a5) 0.26/9 46}
>>>33. Qg7 Bd7 {0.26/6} 34. Qe5 Qxf4 {0.26/6} 35. Rxf4 b6 {(b7b6) -7.84/11 71}
>>>36. Qd5 Kc7
>>>{(Kc8c7 Re1b1 e7e6 Qd5e5 Kc7b7 Rf4c4 Rd8c8 Qe5g7 Rc8d8 Rc4xc5) -6.67/9 23} 37.
>>>Qf7 Kb7
>>>{(Kc7b7 Rf4h4 Rd8e8 Re1d1 Re8d8 Rd1xd7 Rd8xd7 Qf7xg8 Rd7d1 Kg1f2 e7e5) -6.53/8
>>>14}
>>>38. Re5 Kb8
>>>{(Kb7b8 Rf4h4 Bd7c8 Rh4h8 Rd8d1 Kg1g2 Rd1d2 Kg2f3 Ng8f6 Re5xe7 Nf6d7 Qf7xf5)
>>>-6.84/8 25}
>>>39. Rh4 Bc8 {-6.84/9} 40. Rh8 e6 {-6.84/9} 41. Rxg8 Rxg8 {-6.84/9} 42. Qxg8
>>>Kb7
>>>{(Kb8b7 Re5xe6 Bc8xe6 Qg8xe6 Kb7c7 Qe6xf5 Kc7d6 Qf5f8 Kd6d5 Qf8f7 Kd5d4 Qf7xa7
>>>b6b5 Qa7d7 Kd4c4 Qd7e6 Kc4c3 Kg1f2) -11.46/11 23}
>>>43. Qh7+ Kb8 {(Kb7c6) -11.36/11 265} 44. Kf2 a6
>>>{(a7a6 Qh7g8 Kb8b7 Re5xe6 Bc8xe6 Qg8xe6 Kb7c7 Qe6xf5 Kc7b7 Qf5d7 Kb7b8 a3a4)
>>>-10.57/10 38}
>>>45. a4 a5
>>>{(a6a5 Qh7f7 c5c4 Re5xe6 Bc8xe6 Qf7xe6 Kb8b7 Qe6xc4 Kb7a7 Qc4c8 b6b5 Qc8xf5)
>>>-12.34/10 53}
>>>46. Qf7 f4 {(f5f4) -12.89/11 287} {Black resigns} 1-0
>>>
>>>[D]1kb5/5Q2/1p2p3/p1p1R3/P4p2/6P1/5K2/8 w KQkq -
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