Author: Will Singleton
Date: 15:15:58 05/19/02
It seems that in the following position (from round 4 of the games below),
lambchop avoids the draw (out of book?) by 10.Qxf3, going down more than a pawn.
Seems like a rather large contempt factor, or am I missing something? Of
course, chop came back to win due to brilliant endgame play (or lousy opponent
play, take your pick), so maybe it knew what it was doing.
[D]r2qkb1r/pp2pppp/2n1b3/3P2B1/2P5/5p2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 10
4 games at 20 10...
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "MICRON"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "chop"]
[Black "amateur2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Ne4
8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. d5 exf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Qc3 Bc8 12. Qxe5 f6 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qh5+ Kd7 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Kb1 Qc5 17. Rd2 Qb4 18. Re2 Kc7 19. a3 Qc5
20. Re3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rg8 22. Be4 f5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5+ 24. Qxf5 Rxg2 25. Qf3 Rg6
26. b4 Qd6 27. c5 Qf6 28. Qe4 Rh6 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Qxg6 Rxg6 31. h4 Rg4 32.
Rf7 Rg7 33. Rf4 Rd8 34. Re1 Kc8 35. Re5 h6 36. Kc2 Kd7 37. Re3 Rh7 38. Kd3
Ke8 39. Kc4 Rg7 40. Ref3 Rg8 41. a4 Bg7 42. Rg3 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Rg6
Kg8 45. a5 Rf8 46. a6 bxa6 47. Rxa6 h5 48. Rxa7 Bf6 49. b5 Bxh4 50. b6 Bxf2
51. b7 Bg3 52. Ra8 Bb8 53. Rxb8 Rxb8 54. c6 Kg7 55. Kc5 h4 56. c7 Rxb7 57.
c8=Q Ra7 58. Kb6 Ra3 59. Qd7 Rb3+ 60. Kc5 Kf8 61. d6 Re3 62. Kd4 Re1 63.
Qf5+ Ke8 64. d7+ Kd8 65. Qa5+ Kxd7 66. Qxe1 Kd6 67. Qxh4 Ke6 68. Qg4+ Kd6
69. Qg6+ e6 70. Qe8 e5+ 71. Qxe5+ Kc6 72. Qe7 Kb6 73. Qd7 Ka5 74. Kc5 Ka6
75. Qf7 Ka5 76. Qa7#
{White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "MICRON"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "amateur2"]
[Black "chop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6
8. Na4 Be6 9. Bg5 Bxc4 10. Qf3 h6 11. Nxc5 hxg5 12. Nxb7 Qb8 13. Qc3 Be6
14. Na5 Qb6 15. O-O Ng4 16. h3 Nf6 17. b4 Kf8 18. a4 Rh4 19. Rae1 g4 20.
hxg4 Nxg4 21. Rd1 Re8 22. b5 Kg8 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Re2 Bd7 25. Ra1 a6 26.
bxa6 Qxa6 27. Nb3 Qa7 28. a5 Bb5 29. Re3 g6 30. Nd2 Ng4 31. Rf3 Rh7 32. Rb1
Bd7 33. Nc4 Be6 34. Nd2 Ra8 35. Qa3 Kg7 36. Ra1 Rb8 37. a6 f6 38. Qa4 Rh6
39. Qc6 Rhh8 40. Rb1 Rxb1+ 41. Nxb1 Ra8 42. Na3 Kg8 43. c4 Qxa6 44. Qxc7 d5
45. Rb3 dxc4 46. Rb7 Qxb7 47. Qxb7 Rxa3 48. Nf1 Ra1 49. Qb6 Bf7 50. Qb2 Re1
51. Qd2 Rxe4 52. f3 Rd4 53. Qc1 Be6 54. fxg4 Bxg4 55. Ne3 Be6 56. Nc2 Rd8
57. Na3 Kg7 58. Nb5 Rd3 59. Na3 Rd7 60. Qf1 Rd4 61. Nb5 Rd3 62. Nc7 Bf7 63.
Na6 Rd4 64. Qe1 Be6 65. Nc5 Bf5 66. Kf2 Rf4+ 67. Ke3 Rg4 68. Kf3 Kh7 69.
Qa5 Rd4 70. Kg3 Kh6 71. Qa1 Rg4+ 72. Kf2 Rf4+ 73. Ke3 Rd4 74. Kf3 Rh4 75.
Qc1+ Rf4+ 76. Ke3 Rd4 77. Kf3+ Kh5 78. Qh1+ Rh4 79. Qa1 Rf4+ 80. Ke3 Kh6
81. Qc3 Rd4 82. Kf2 g5 83. Qb4 Bg4 84. Qb8 Rd2+ 85. Kg3 Rd4 86. Nb7 Be6 87.
Nd6 Rd3+ 88. Kh2 Kg7 89. Qb7+ Kg6 90. Qe7 Rxd6 91. Qxd6 Bf5 92. Qd5 Bd3 93.
g4 Kg7 94. Qe6 Be2 95. Qe7+ Kg6 96. Kg3 Bd3 97. Qf8 c3 98. Qe8+ Kh6 99. Qd8
c2 100. Qxf6+ Bg6 101. Qh8+ Bh7 102. Qf8+ Kg6 103. Qf5+ Kh6 104. Qc8 Kg7
105. Qc5 Kf7 106. Qc7+ Kf6 107. Kf3 Bd3 108. Qd8+ Ke6 109. Qxg5 Kd5 110.
Qd8+ Ke6 111. Qc8+ Kf6 112. Qc3 Kf7 113. g5 Bg6 114. Qc7+ Kg8 115. Ke3 Bf5
116. Qd8+ Kh7
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "MICRON"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "chop"]
[Black "amateur2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. d3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3
Nh6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. c3 exd4 12. exd4 c5 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rad8 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Qg5 18. Nb3 Re7 19. Nc5
c6 20. Qb4 Qh4 21. Re3 Kh8 22. Ref3 Qg5 23. R1f2 a5 24. Qxa5 Rxd4 25. Nxb7
Qc1+ 26. Kh2 f6 27. Nc5 Rd1 28. Nd3 Rh1+ 29. Kg3 Qc4 30. Qb4 Rxe4 31. Qxc4
Rxc4 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33. Kxf4 g5+ 34. Ke4 f5+ 35. Kd4 Rd1 36. Rc2 Nf7 37. a4
g4 38. a5 Nd8 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Re2 Kg7 41. Re8 Nf7 42. Re1 c5+ 43. Ke3
Rxe1+ 44. Nxe1 Nd6 45. a6 Nb5 46. Kd3 Nc7 47. a7 Kf6 48. Kc4 Ke7 49. Kxc5
Kd7 50. Kb6 h5 51. g3 Kc8 52. Kc6 h4 53. gxh4 g3 54. h5 Kd8 55. h6 Ne6 56.
h7 Nd4+ 57. Kd5 Ke7 58. h8=Q Ne6 59. Qe5 Kf7 60. Qxe6+ Kg7 61. a8=Q g2 62.
Qag8#
{White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "MICRON"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "amateur2"]
[Black "chop"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. d4 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Re1 Re8 13. a3 Qc8 14.
exd6 Bxd6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qd2 Qe4 18. Rc1 h6 19. Qc3 Qe2
20. b4 Rc8 21. Nd2 Re8 22. Nf1 Qa6 23. Ne3 Bd7 24. Re1 Kh7 25. a4 f5 26. a5
f4 27. Nf1 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 Bf5 29. c3 Qd3 30. Qc1 Qb1 31. Qxb1 Bxb1 32. Nd2
Bd3 33. g3 Kg6 34. Kg2 Kf5 35. Kf3 Be4+ 36. Nxe4 dxe4+ 37. Ke2 f3+ 38. Ke3
d5 39. a6 g5 40. h3 h5 41. Kd2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kc7 45.
c4 Kb6 46. b5 dxc4 47. Kxe4 Kxb5 48. Ke3 Kb4 49. Kd2 c3+ 50. Ke3 Kc4 51.
Kxf3 Kd3 52. Kg3 c2 53. f4 c1=Q 54. fxg5 Ke4 55. Kh4 Qh1+ 56. Kg3 Qg1+ 57.
Kh3 Kf3 58. g6 Qh1#
{Black mates} 0-1
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