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Subject: Re: Yes, this is a major improvement of Comet, Ulrich please explain.

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 02:49:44 06/15/02

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On June 14, 2002 at 14:25:32, Adam Oellermann wrote:

>It was fascinating to see how Blikskottel had a huge advantage in raw depth
>during opening/midgame, but CT compensated somewhat with clearly superior
>extensions. Anyway, as the game moved on, CT's search depths began to close the
>gap (Blikskottel's hash tables are disabled for debugging at the mo), but the
>damage was done.
>
>Adam

I have played a few games between earlier versions of Tiger and Blikskottel.

Source:

http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/24006.htm
http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/messages/18841.htm

[Event "Palm Tiger vs. WinBoard"]
[Site "Athlon 1333 vs. Palm Vx"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blikskottel 0.7"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 e6 4. Qd2 Bb4 5. O-O-O Ne4 6. Qd3 Bxc3 7. bxc3
Qe7 8. Kb2 Nd6 9. Nf3 Nc4+ 10. Kb1 Bd7 11. Bf4 Bb5 12. Ka1 Na3 13. Qd2 O-O
14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 c5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 cxd4 18. exd4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Nc4
20. Qe2 e5 21. Rb1 e4 22. Rxb7 Qa3 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Nd2 Rac8 25. f3 g5 26.
Bg3 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 exf3 28. gxf3 Rf7 29. h3 Nb6 30. Qe3 f5 31. Rg1 f4 32.
Bxf4 h6 33. Qe6 Nd7 34. Qxh6 Rg7 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Be5 Nxe5 37. Qxc8+ Rg8
38. Qe6 Qc7 39. dxe5 Rg7 40. Qxd5 Rd7 41. Qe4 Qd8 42. Kb2 Rc7 43. e6 Kg7
44. h4 Qf6 45. Rxg5+ Kf8 46. Rf5 Qxf5 47. Qxf5+ Ke7 48. Qe5 a5 49. Rb6 Rc6
50. Rb7+ Rc7 51. Rxc7+ Kd8 52. Qxa5 Ke8 53. Qa8#
{White mates} 1-0

[Event "Palm Tiger vs. WinBoard"]
[Site "Athlon 1333 vs. Palm Vx"]
[Date "2002.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.9"]
[Black "Blikskottel 0.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nb5 Nc6 6. Nxd6 cxd6 7. Bg5 Qb6
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qc1 d5 10. exd5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O b5
14. Qh6 Qe6 15. d4 e4 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nxe2+
20. Qxe2 e3 21. Nf1 exf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 a5 24. Rd5 Rb8 25. Ne3
Rb7 26. Rad1 Rb6 27. Nf5 Ree6 28. Rc5 Rb8 29. Rdd5 a4 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31.
Rxb5 Kf8 32. Nd4 Re5 33. Rb8 Rc5 34. Ra8 Rc4 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. c3
Rc5 38. Rxa4 Re5+ 39. Kf2 d6 40. b4 Bd7 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. a4 Rh5 43. Nf3 h6
44. Ra7 Ke8 45. b5 Rc5 46. b6 Rxc3 47. b7 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Rb2 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50.
b8=Q Rxb8 51. Rxb8 Bxa4 52. Rh8 d5 53. Rxh6 Bb5 54. Nd4 Bd7 55. h4 Bg4 56.
h5 Bd7 57. Rh8 Kd6 58. Rd8 Ke7 59. Rxd7+ Kf8 60. Nf5 Kg8 61. h6 Kh7 62.
Rxf7+ Kg6 63. Rg7+ Kxf5 64. h7 Ke5 65. h8=Q d4+ 66. Kd3 Kd5 67. Rf7 f5 68.
Qxd4+ Ke6 69. Qd7+ Ke5 70. Rxf5#
{White mates} 1-0

[Event "Palm Tiger vs. WinBoard"]
[Site "Athlon 1333 vs. Palm Vx"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Blikskottel 0.7"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Be3 e6 4. Qd2 Bb4 5. O-O-O Ne4 6. Qd3 Bxc3 7. bxc3
Qe7 8. Kb2 Nd6 9. Nf3 Nc4+ 10. Kb1 O-O 11. Ng5 f5 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nf3 g5 14.
Bc1 Bd7 15. h4 g4 16. Bxh6 gxf3 17. Bxf8 fxg2 18. Bxg2 Kxf8 19. Ka1 a5 20.
Rb1 Nd6 21. Rbg1 Bb5 22. Qe3 Ke8 23. Bf3 Kd7 24. Qg5 Nc6 25. Qxe7+ Nxe7 26.
Rg7 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. e3 Rh8 29. h5 Rh6 30. Rb1 Ba6 31. Rg5 Be2 32.
Rxb7 Kc6 33. Ra7 Kb6 34. Ra8 Rxh5 35. Rxh5 Bxh5 36. Kb2 Nf5 37. Rh8 Bg4 38.
Rg8 Bh3 39. Rh8 Bg2 40. Re8 c6 41. Rxe6 Bh3 42. Re8 Kb5 43. a3 Ka4 44. Rh8
Bf1 45. Rh1 Bb5 46. c4 Bxc4 47. Rh5 Nd6 48. Rh6 Nb5 49. Rxc6 Nxa3 50. Rd6
Nb5 51. Rb6 Be2 52. Rb8 Kb4 53. c3+ Ka4 54. Rg8 Bc4 55. Rg4 Nd6 56. Rg6 Nf5
57. Rf6 Nh4 58. Rb6 Nf3 59. Kc2 Ne1+ 60. Kd2 Nd3 61. Ke2 Ka3 62. Rb8 a4 63.
Rb6 Ka2 64. Rb8 a3 65. Rb6 Ka1 66. Kd2 a2 67. Kd1 Nxf2+ 68. Kd2 Ng4 69. Rb7
Nh2 70. Ke1 Nf1 71. Kf2 Nd2 72. Kg3 Bb3 73. Kf4 Kb2 74. Ra7 Nc4 75. Rxa2+
Bxa2 76. Kf5 Kxc3 77. Kg6 Nxe3 78. Kg5 Kxd4 79. Kh4 Nf5+ 80. Kg4 e3 81. Kf3
Kd3 82. Kf4 e2 83. Kxf5 e1=Q 84. Kf4 d4 85. Kf5 Bd5 86. Kf6 Ke4 87. Kg7 d3
88. Kf8 Kf5 89. Kg7 Qc3+ 90. Kf8 Qf6+ 91. Ke8 Bc6#
{Black mates} 0-1

[Event "Palm Tiger vs. WinBoard"]
[Site "Athlon 1333 vs. Palm Vx"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.6"]
[Black "Blikskottel 0.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Be6 4. e3 c5 5. Ng5 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nxe6
fxe6 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Bxc4 Nxd4 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nb3 Qa4 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qg4
Kc7 14. Qxe6 Kb8 15. a3 g6 16. Bf4+ Ka8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qc8+
Ka7 20. Bb8+ Ka8 21. Bc7+ Ka7 22. Qb8#
{White mates} 1-0

I think these games tend to be very interesting. On the one hand it is
fascinating to watch matches with these big hardware differences anway, on the
other hand weaknesses in the program running on the faster hardware can be
spotted much more easily - no excuses :).

Regards,
Peter



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