Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 22:43:50 06/09/02
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On June 09, 2002 at 22:35:36, Mike Byrne wrote:
>Match is Over – Tiger Wins!
>
>Tiger sweeps last 4 games, wins match 10-4 in wins.
>
Somebody (Tim Frohlick or Dann Corbit) predicted this score exactly!
Enjoyed the match. Thanks.
-Peter
>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
>1-0
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