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

Author: Adam Oellermann

Date: 08:25:49 06/15/02

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Honestly, it just increases the admiration I have for the "serious" contenders
like Christophe Theron.

On June 15, 2002 at 05:49:44, Peter Berger wrote:

>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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