Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:35:36 06/09/02
Match is Over – Tiger Wins!
Tiger sweeps last 4 games, wins match 10-4 in wins.
After drawing game 19, Tiger wins 4 straight games to clinch the title of the
1st Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge pitting the world's best
freely available commercial computer chess program - Chess Tiger v14 by
Christophe Theron against the world's best freely available non-commercial
computer chess program - Crafty v18.15 by Robert Hyatt.
In the previous games, Crafty had won games 1, 2, 8 and 12. Tiger roared to
victories in games 4, 5, 6, 9, 15 and 17. Games 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, and
18 ended in a draw. Tiger wins the match 10-4 in wins. All games were played
40/2 with no sudden death.
Although, this modified version Crafty did maybe a little better than expected
in capturing 37% of the points, I have decided not to release it.
Match Summary:
Tiger v14.0 CP 0 0 .5 1 1 1 .5 0 1 .5 .5 0 .5 .5 1 .5 1 .5 .5 1 1 1 1 = 14.5
Crafty 18.15 1 1 .5 0 0 0 .5 1 0 .5 .5 1 .5 .5 0 .5 0 .5 .5 0 0 0 0 = 8.5
Like the days of yore, it is the first program to win 10 games and the program
must have a margin of victory of 2 games. A winning score could be 10-8 or
21-19 it all depends on how the games go. Draws do not count - it just wins
that count.
The match was held just outside of Philadelphia.
The moves for games 19-23:
[Event "Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Black "Crafty v18.15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. e3
e6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15. Na4
b5 16. Nc5 g4 17. Nd2 e5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb6 20. Ndb3 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. exd4 Ra7 23. Rfc1 a5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ra2 Be6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Bg6 e5 28.
Bh5 e4 29. Bxg4 Rf8 30. Bh5 Kh8 31. Qa3 Rc8 32. Bg4 Rc4 33. b3 Rxd4 34. Rc1 Qg6
35. Qc5 Qxg4 36. Qxa7 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+
41. Kg1 Qd1+ { Drawn by 3-fold repetition } 1/2-1/2
[Event "Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Crafty v18.15"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Be7 13. h4 h6 14. Ne4 Qd5 15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 a5 17. h5 g5 18. f4 f5 19. Qe2 g4 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Ba3 Nd7 22.
Rc1 Kf7 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. Rh4 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bc5 Rhd8 27. Ba3 Rab8 28. Bb2
Rxd6 29. Rh2 Bd5 30. Be2 Rdb6 31. Bd1 b4 32. g3 bxc3 33. Ba3 Rb3 34. Ra2 c2 35.
Rcxc2 Rxg3 36. Rg2 Rh3 37. Rh2 c3 0-1
[Event "Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.06.09"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Black "Crafty v18.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nge7 6. d3 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. cxd5
Ne7 9. Nf3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qb3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. Bh3 Bc6 17. f4 a5 18. Rac1 Ra6 19. Bg4 Rb6 20. Qa3 a4 21. b3 axb3
22. axb3 Re8 23. b4 Qe7 24. Rfe1 Ra6 25. Qb3 Bb5 26. Nf3 Rc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28.
Ra1 Kh8 29. Bh3 h6 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. Qb3 Qc7 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. Nh4 Kh7 34. Nf3 Rb8
35. Ra3 Qe7 36. Qa2 d5 37. e5 Qxb4 38. Rb3 Ra8 39. Qb2 Qa5 40. Nxd4 Ba4 41. Ra3
Qe1 42. Ra2 c5 43. Nf3 Qb4 44. Qxb4 cxb4 45. Nd4 Kg8 46. Bd7 Bc6 47. Rxa8+ Bxa8
48. Kf3 Bf8 49. Nb3 d4+ 50. Ke2 Bd5 51. Ba4 Bxb3 52. Bxb3 Kg7 53. Ba2 Bc5 54.
Kf3 f5 55. Bd5 Be7 56. Be6 Bc5 57. g4 Kf8 58. gxf5 gxf5 59. Bxf5 Ke7 60. Be4 Ke6
61. Bc6 b3 62. Ke4 Ke7 63. Bd5 b2 64. Ba2 Kf8 65. f5 Kg7 66. Kf4 Bb4 67. Kg4 Bd2
68. h4 Kf8 69. f6 Ke8 70. e6 Be1 71. Kh5 Bd2 72. Kg6 Bb4 1-0
[Event "Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.06.09"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Crafty v18.15"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. Qh5 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Nd2 N7c6 15.
N2b3 h6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bg3 Re8 18. Bh4 Qf8 19. Bg3 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Nf6 21. Qf3
bxc6 22. e5 Bg4 23. Qd3 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 dxe5 25. Qc4 Re6 26. Rfe1 Nh5 27. Rd7 Nxg3
28. hxg3 Rf6 29. Rd2 Qa3 30. Red1 Kh7 31. Re1 Rb8 32. Qxa6 Bxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxf2
34. Kxf2 Rxb3 35. Qd3+ g6 36. Qc4 Kg7 37. Rxe5 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Qd6 39. Qe4 Qd2 40.
Re7 Qxc3 41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Kf6 43. Rc5 Rb7 44. Kf2 Ra7 45. Ke3 Ra6 46. g4
Ke6 47. g5 Kd6 48. Kd4 h5 49. Re5 Ra8 50. Rc5 h4 51. Re5 Rb8 52. Re2 Rb4+ 53.
Ke3 Ra4 54. Rf2 Ra3+ 55. Kf4 Rxa5 56. Kg4 Rf5 57. Re2 c5 58. Kxh4 c4 59. g4 Rc5
60. Rc2 Kd5 0-1
[Event "Frank J. Byrne Memorial Computer Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.06.09"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Black "Crafty v18.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Qh5 Bb6 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bc4 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 d6 12. f4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Bxd5 Qc5 16. Ne4 {
[D] r1b2rk1/pp3pp1/1b5p/2qB3Q/3pNP2/3P4/PPP3PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
not sure if I broke Crafty here or not – but Qxc2?? looks like a loser .16…Qc7
is better
}
Qxc2 17. f5 Qxd3 18. Kh1 Bc7 19. f6 Be6 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Rf6 Qe3 22. Bxe6 fxe6
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