Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:30:08 08/09/02
Over the past few days, I have played Chessmaster 9000 against Aristarch in two 10-game matches. The first one was at G/15, and the second at G/30. The computer was a PIII-600, and pondering was OFF for both programs. Otherwise, both programs were using their default books and settings. In the G/15 tournament, CM9000 won 6-4 (+4 =4 -2). In the G/30 tournament, CM9000 won 7-3 (+6 =2 -2). The PGN games follow. Particularly exciting were the last G/15 game (which Aristarch won) and the 7th G/30 game. In the latter, CM9000 thought it was winning right after Aristarch played 18.Rad1, but Aristarch had drawish scores all the way until 45...Rd7, at which point Aristarch's eval jumped up to -5 within two moves. This is an example which goes against Dr. Hyatt's rule that says "99.9% of the time a queen is at least as good as two rooks". Just about the only criticism I (a lowly patzer) could have against Aristarch is that it seems to get into time trouble fairly easily. There were many instances in the G/15 match in which Aristarch would take over 40 seconds for what appeared to me to be an obvious move, and in the G/30 match, it would quite often take more than one minute for such a move. In one G/15 game, it had less than 5 minutes on its clock after 30 moves. The King, on the other hand, is notorious for being very stingy with its time, and by the early middle game would have as much as four more minutes on its clock (in a G/15 game). Additionally, the first two of the G/30 games had to be adjudicated in Aristarch's favor, due to its "simple promotion" implementation, in which it does not send a promotion character (e.g. "h7h8"). This is treated as an illegal move in Chessmaster, and Aristarch would have lost on time otherwise. However, Aristarch is an EXCEPTIONALLY exciting engine, especially when pitted against The King. I intend to do a 20-game G/60 match over the weekend, or, perhaps, a much shorter 40/120 match. Enjoy! [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "1, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 b5 5.Nbd2 d6 6.cxb5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nf6 8.Nc4 Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nfxe5 Bb7 11.Nc6 Qc7 12.N4a5 Bc8 13.Qf3 Bg7 14.Bc4 a6 15.bxa6 Rxa6 16.Bxa6 Bxa6 17.Bf4 e5 18.Bg5 e4 19.Qb3 Ng4 20.Rd1 h6 21.Bh4 Nge5 22.Bg3 Bd3 23.Qd5 O-O 24.Ne7+ Kh7 25.Nac6 Bf6 26.Rd2 Bg7 27.a4 h5 28.Bf4 Nf3+ 29.gxf3 Qxf4 30.Rg1 Bh6 31.Rxd3 exd3 32.Qxd3 Ne5 33.Nxe5 Qxe5+ 34.Qe4 Qxe4+ 35.fxe4 Re8 36.Nd5 Rxe4+ 37.Kf1 Rxa4 38.Nf6+ Kh8 39.Rg3 Bf4 40.Rf3 Bxh2 41.Nd7 Bd6 42.Rf6 Rd4 43.Rxf7 Kg8 44.Rf3 Kg7 45.Rc3 Rd5 46.Nb6 Rf5 47.Nc4 Bf4 48.Ne3 Re5 49.Ng2 Bg5 50.f4 Rf5 51.Rc4 Be7 52.Ke2 Bd6 53.b3 Rf7 54.Ke3 Rb7 55.Rc3 Rb4 56.Rd3 Bb8 57.Rc3 Kf6 58.Rd3 Ke6 59.Kf3 Bd6 60.Ke3 Bc7 61.Kf3 Kf6 62.Ke3 Bb8 63.Kf3 h4 64.Ke2 Bxf4 65.Nxh4 Bc7 66.Ng2 Ke6 67.Re3+ Be5 68.Ne1 Kd6 69.Nc2 Rh4 70.Na3 Bf4 71.Rf3 g5 72.Kd3 Rh1 73.Ke4 Ke6 74.Nc2 Bd6 75.Rf2 g4 76.Re2 Rb1 77.Kd3+ Kd7 78.Kc4 Rc1 79.Rd2 g3 80.Kd3 Rb1 81.Kc4 Ke6 82.Re2+ Kf5 83.Ne3+ Ke4 84.Nd1+ Kf3 85.Re3+ Kf4 86.Re1 g2 87.Kc3 Be5+ 88.Kc2 Ra1 89.b4 cxb4 90.Kd3 b3 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "2, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.Be3 h6 12.Rfd1 a5 13.h3 a4 14.b4 axb3ep 15.Qxb3 Be4 16.Bc1 e5 17.e3 Qe6 18.Bb2 Rad8 19.g4 Qe7 20.a4 Rfe8 21.a5 bxa5 22.Rxa5 exd4 23.exd4 Rb8 24.Qc3 Nb6 25.Bc1 d5 26.c5 Nc4 27.Ra7 Ra8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Bf1 Ra2 30.Nd2 Rc2 31.Qa1 Nxd2 32.Rxd2 Rxd2 33.Bxd2 Nh7 34.Qa8+ Nf8 35.Qc8 Qf6 36.Qxc7 Qxd4 37.Qa5 Ng6 38.Be2 Qf6 39.Qa8+ Kh7 40.Qa3 d4 41.Qa6 Qxa6 42.Bxa6 Ne5 43.Kf1 Nf3 44.Bf4 g5 45.Bc7 d3 46.Ba5 f5 47.Bc8 fxg4 48.Bxg4 Nd4 49.Bc3 Nb5 50.Be5 Kg6 51.Ke1 Na3 52.Bb2 Nb1 53.Bc1 Bc6 54.Bc8 Be4 55.Ba6 Nc3 56.Bd2 Nd5 57.Bc4 Kf6 58.c6 Ke5 59.Ba5 Kd6 60.Bxd5 Kxd5 61.c7 Bf5 62.Bd2 Bxh3 63.f4 Kc6 64.fxg5 hxg5 65.Bxg5 Kxc7 66.Bf4+ Kc6 67.Kd2 Bf5 68.Bg5 Kd5 69.Bh6 Kc4 70.Bg5 Be4 71.Ke3 Bg6 72.Kd2 Kb3 73.Bh6 Be4 74.Bg5 Bh7 75.Bd8 Kc4 76.Ba5 Bf5 77.Bc3 Bc8 78.Be5 Bb7 79.Bc3 Be4 80.Ba5 Bd5 81.Ke3 Ba8 82.Kd2 Bc6 83.Bc3 Bd5 84.Be5 Bg2 85.Bf4 Bf3 86.Bg5 Bd5 87.Bf4 Be4 88.Be3 Ba8 89.Bf4 Bb7 90.Be3 Bc6 91.Bf4 Bb5 92.Bg5 Kb4 93.Be7+ Kb3 94.Bd8 Ba6 95.Bg5 Bc4 96.Bh4 Kb4 97.Be7+ Kb5 98.Bg5 Kc5 99.Kc3 Kd5 100.Bd2 Bb5 101.Kb4 Bd7 102.Kc3 Bf5 103.Be3 Bh7 104.Kd2 Kc4 105.Bf4 Kb3 106.Bg5 Be4 107.Bh6 Bg6 108.Bf4 Kb4 109.Be3 Be4 110.Bf4 Bf5 111.Bh6 Kb3 112.Bf4 Ka4 113.Bg5 Kb5 114.Bh6 Be4 115.Bg5 Kc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "3, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 c6 10.e4 Na6 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Qc2 Nc5 13.b4 Ncd7 14.O-O Qc7 15.f4 b5 16.cxb5 Bxe4 17.Ngxe4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Qxc3 19.Bd3 Nf6 20.Qe2 Qxa1 21.Bb2 Qxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Rfc8 23.g4 Nd5 24.Qe4 Bf6 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Qh4 Ke7 28.g5 Rc1+ 29.Ke2 Nd5 30.Be4 Rac8 31.Bxd5 R8c2+ 32.Kd3 Rc3+ 33.Kd4 Rxa3 34.g6+ f6 35.Bxe6 Kxe6 36.Qh5 f5 37.Qe2+ Kf6 38.Kd5 Kxg6 39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Qxf5+ Kg8 41.Qe6+ Kh8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qh5+ Kg8 44.Qe2 Rcc3 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qe4+ Kh8 47.Kxd6 Re3 48.Qf5 Rh3 49.Ke7 Rh6 50.Qc8+ Kh7 51.Qc2+ Kh8 52.Qc5 Rf6 53.Qh5+ Rh6 54.Qe5 Ra4 55.Qd4 Ra2 56.Qd8+ Kh7 57.Qd3+ Kh8 58.h3 Rb6 59.Qd5 Re2+ 60.Kd7 Re3 61.Qc5 Rd3+ 62.Ke7 Rb7+ 63.Ke6 Rd8 64.Kf5 Rdb8 65.Kg4 Rxb5 66.Qxa7 Rxb4 67.Qc5 R8b5 68.Qc8+ Kh7 69.Qd7 Rb3 70.h4 Rb1 71.Qd3+ Kh6 72.Qe3 Rb6 73.f5+ Kh7 74.Qd3 R6b4+ 75.Kh5 Rg1 76.Qe3 Rgg4 77.Qh3 Rgf4 78.Kg5 Rfd4 79.Qg2 Rxh4 80.Qg1 Rh6 81.Qe1 Rd4 82.Qg3 Rhd6 83.Qg1 R4d5 84.Qh1+ Kg8 85.Kf4 Kf7 86.Qh5+ Ke7 87.Qg5+ Kf8 88.Qg2 Kf7 89.Qb2 g6 90.fxg6+ Kxg6 91.Qc3 Re6 92.Qg3+ Kf7 93.Qh2 Ke7 94.Qg3 Kf6 95.Qh4+ Kg7 96.Qh1 Rd7 97.Kf5 Ra6 98.Qh2 Re7 99.Qg3+ Kf8 100.Qb8+ Kf7 101.Qb3+ Rae6 102.Qd5 Re8 103.Qc4 Re7 104.Kf4 Kf8 105.Qc8+ Kg7 106.Qc3+ Rf6+ 107.Kg5 Re6 108.Qd4 Kf7 109.Qd7+ Re7 110.Qd5+ Kg7 111.Qd4 Rf7 112.Qe5 Rf8 113.Qc7+ R6f7 114.Qe5+ Kh7 115.Qh2+ Kg8 116.Qe5 Rc8 117.Qd5 Rb8 118.Qc6 Rd8 119.Qe4 Kg7 120.Qg6+ Kf8 121.Qe6 Re8 122.Qh3 Kg8 123.Qc3 Rd8 124.Qc4 Rd6 125.Qc5 Rd3 126.Kg4 Rd8 127.Qe5 Ra8 128.Kh3 Ra6 129.Qe8+ Kg7 130.Qe4 Rg6 131.Kh4 Kh7 132.Kh5 Rg7 133.Qf5 Rg8 134.Qf7+ R6g7 135.Qf5+ Kh8 136.Qf6 Rb8 137.Kh6 Rb7 138.Qe5 Rb6+ 139.Kh5 Rb7 140.Qf4 Rg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "4, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Bb7 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Rd1 d5 12.e3 Nbd7 13.b4 Ne4 14.Qb2 g5 15.Bg3 Rc8 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bd3 Re8 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.O-O c4 20.Qc2 Nb6 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.Nb5 Re7 23.Nxa7 Ra8 24.Nb5 Bc6 25.Nd4 Rxa3 26.b5 Be8 27.Qb2 Ra4 28.Ra1 Rea7 29.Rxa4 Rxa4 30.Rd1 Bd7 31.Qc2 Qg6 32.Qd2 Ra8 33.Qb2 Qf6 34.Qb1 Rc8 35.Qa2 c3 36.Rc1 h5 37.Qa7 Qd8 38.h3 h4 39.Bh2 Rc4 40.Qa3 Na4 41.Qd6 Rc8 42.Be5 Be6 43.Qxd8+ Rxd8 44.Ra1 Ra8 45.Nxe6 fxe6 46.Bxc3 Kf7 47.Bd4 Kg6 48.g3 hxg3 49.fxg3 g4 50.hxg4 Kg5 51.Kg2 Kxg4 52.Rb1 e5 53.Bxe5 Nb6 54.Rb4+ Kg5 55.Bc7 Ra2+ 56.Kh3 Ra4 57.Rb1 Nd7 58.b6 Kf5 59.Bf4 Ra8 60.g4+ Ke4 61.b7 Rg8 62.Kg3 Kd3 63.Rd1+ 1-0 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "5, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.Nf5 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 O-O 15.Nxg7 Rd8 16.Qf3 Kxg7 17.g3 b5 18.Kxh2 Bb7 19.Qf4 Qc6 20.Rg1 Rd1 21.Qg5+ Kf8 22.Be3 Rxa1 23.Qc5+ Ke8 24.Qxc6+ Bxc6 25.Rxa1 Ng4+ 26.Kh3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Rc8 28.c3 Ke7 29.Rd1 f5 30.Rd2 Rg8 31.a3 Rg6 32.Kh2 Be4 33.a4 e5 34.Bd1 Rh6+ 35.Kg1 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 h5 37.axb5 axb5 38.b4 Rh2+ 39.Ke1 Rh3 40.Kf2 h4 41.gxh4 Rh2+ 42.Ke1 Rh1+ 43.Kf2 Rxh4 44.Be2 Rh2+ 45.Ke1 Rh3 46.Kf2 Bc6 47.c4 Rh2+ 48.Ke1 Rh1+ 49.Kf2 bxc4 50.Bxc4 Rh2+ 51.Ke1 Rh3 52.Re2 Kd6 53.Rd2+ Kc7 54.Re2 Kb6 55.Kd2 Rh4 56.Bd3 Rxb4 57.Bxf5 Kc5 58.Ke1 Bd5 59.Kf2 Rh4 60.Kg3 Ra4 61.Rc2+ Kd6 62.Rd2 Ra3 63.Kf2 Kc5 64.Bg4 Ra8 65.Bf3 e4 66.Bd1 Ra3 67.Be2 Rc3 68.Bg4 Kd6 69.Bf5 Ke5 70.Bxe4 Bxe4 71.Rb2 Bd5 72.Kg3 Rxe3+ 73.Kh4 Re4+ 74.Kg3 Re3+ 75.Kh4 Re4+ 76.Kg3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "6, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Nf3 exd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Bd2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.h3 Nf6 14.O-O Ne4 15.Bd3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Nd7 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Rfe1 Kh7 19.Re6 Nb6 20.Ne4 Qd7 21.Rxd6 Qf7 22.Rd1 Bf8 23.Qc3 Bxd6 24.Nxd6 Rxf3 25.Nxf7 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Kg7 27.Ne5 g5 28.d6 Rd8 29.g3 Kf6 30.Ng4+ Ke6 31.Nxh6 Rxd6 32.Re1+ Kf6 33.Ng4+ Kf7 34.Re5 Rd5 35.Kg2 Rxe5 36.Nxe5+ Ke6 37.Nd3 c4 38.Nb2 Nd5 39.Nxc4 Nxc3 40.a3 Nb1 41.a4 Kd5 42.Nb2 Nd2 43.h4 gxh4 44.gxh4 Ke5 45.h5 Ne4 46.f3 Nf6 47.h6 Kf5 48.Nc4 Kg6 49.Nd6 b6 50.Nc8 Nd5 51.Nxa7 Nc3 52.Kg3 Kxh6 53.Nb5 Nxa4 54.Kg4 Kg6 55.f4 Kf6 56.f5 Nc5 57.Nd6 Nd3 58.Ne8+ Kf7 59.Nc7 Kf6 60.Nd5+ Ke5 61.Nxb6 Nf2+ 62.Kg5 Nh3+ 63.Kh6 Kxf5 64.Nc8 Ng1 65.Nb6 Nh3 66.Nc8 Ng1 67.Nb6 Nh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "7, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Bxc4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Bg4 10.Be3 Qd6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.h3 Be6 13.d5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Nxc7 Qxc7 16.Qxd5 Rad8 17.Qh5 Qd7 18.Rad1 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 20.Kh2 Rfd8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5 R1d5 23.Qh4 Rb5 24.b3 Rbd5 25.Qe4 R5d6 26.g4 Re6 27.Qf3 b6 28.Kg3 h6 29.Qe2 Nb4 30.a3 Nd5 31.Qd3 Red6 32.Bc1 Nc3 33.Qc2 Rd1 34.Kh2 R8d3 35.h4 Kh7 36.h5 a6 37.Be3 Nd5 38.Bc1 Nf6 39.f3 Nd5 40.a4 Nc3 41.Kg3 a5 42.Kh2 b5 43.Kg2 b4 44.Kg3 g6 45.Kg2 Rd7 46.hxg6+ fxg6 47.Bf4 Re1 48.Kf2 Ra1 49.Bxh6 Ra2 50.Qxa2 Nxa2 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.9"] [Round "8, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bb3 Nc6 10.d3 Bc5 11.c3 O-O 12.a4 bxa4 13.Bxa4 dxc3 14.bxc3 Qh4 15.d4 Be7 16.Ng3 Bb7 17.Re1 d6 18.Bb3 Na7 19.d5 Kh8 20.Qd2 Qf6 21.Bb2 e5 22.c4 Bc8 23.Qb4 Kg8 24.Bc2 g6 25.Bc1 Rd8 26.Be3 Rd7 27.Reb1 h5 28.Ne2 h4 29.h3 g5 30.Nc3 Rb7 31.Qa4 Rc7 32.Rb6 Qg7 33.Bd1 Qf8 34.Be2 Kg7 35.Rb3 Rb7 36.Rxb7 Bxb7 37.Bxa7 Rxa7 38.Qd7 Qd8 39.Qxd8 Bxd8 40.Nb5 Bb6 41.Nxa7 Bxa7 42.Bg4 a5 43.Rxa5 Bd4 44.Bd7 Kf6 45.Bc6 Bxc6 46.dxc6 Ke7 47.Rb5 Kd8 48.Rb7 Kc8 49.Rxf7 Bb6 50.Kf1 Ba5 51.Ke2 Bd8 52.Kf3 Ba5 53.Kg4 1-0 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.9"] [Round "9, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Ne4 Rb8 15.Red1 Qe7 16.Be3 Rb4 17.Nxf6+ Kh8 18.Ne4 f5 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.Nxg5 Rxb2 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nxe5 Rxc2 23.Rdc1 Rb2 24.Rxc6 Rd8 25.a4 Bb7 26.Rxe6 Ra2 27.Rc1 Rxa4 28.Re7 Rb4 29.h3 Bd5 30.Rcc7 Kh8 31.Bh6 Rg8 32.Rxg7 Rxg7 33.Bxg7+ Kg8 34.Bf6 Be6 35.Rg7+ Kf8 36.Rxh7 Re4 37.Ng6+ Ke8 38.Re7+ Kd8 39.Rxe6+ Kc7 40.Rxe4 fxe4 41.f3 exf3 42.gxf3 Kd6 43.Bd8 Kd7 44.Ba5 Ke6 45.Kf2 Kf5 46.Nh4+ Kg5 47.Ng2 Kf5 48.h4 Kf6 49.Ke3 Kf7 50.h5 Kg7 51.Kf4 Kh6 52.Kf5 Kh7 53.Kg5 Kg8 54.Kg6 Kf8 55.h6 Ke7 56.h7 Kd6 1-0 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-15.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.9"] [Round "10, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "900"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxd5 Ra7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qd2 Rb7 15.f4 f6 16.Bg4 Bc4 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qxd8 Bxd8 19.Rfd1 Bb6 20.Nc5 Re7 21.a5 Ba7 22.Rd6 h5 23.Bf5 Kf7 24.Rad1 g6 25.Bh3 Rfe8 26.b3 Rc7 27.bxc4 Bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Rb6 Rxc4 30.Rdd6 Rxc2 31.Rxf6+ Kg8 32.Rxg6+ Kf7 33.Kg1 Rd8 34.Rbf6+ Ke7 35.Rf1 Rdd2 36.Re6+ Kd8 37.Rxe5 b3 38.Rxh5 Nc6 39.Rh7 Ke8 40.Rh6 b2 41.e5 Rf2 42.Rd1 Rfd2 43.Rf1 Rc1 44.Bf5 Nd4 45.Bg6+ Kd7 46.Rh7+ Ke6 47.Rb7 Ne2+ 48.Kf2 Nf4+ 49.Ke3 Re2+ 50.Kxf4 Rxf1+ 51.Kg3 Rg1 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Ke3 Rfxg2 54.Be4 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rf2+ 56.Kg3 Rf8 57.Rxb2 Re3+ 58.Kg2 Rxe4 59.h3 Kxe5 60.Rc2 Ra4 61.Rc5+ Ke4 62.h4 Ra2+ 63.Kh3 Rf3+ 64.Kg4 Rg2+ 65.Kh5 Rf5+ 66.Rxf5 Kxf5 67.Kh6 Kf6 68.Kh7 Rh2 69.h5 Rxh5+ 70.Kg8 Rh6 71.Kf8 Rh8# 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "1, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 b6 9.h4 Nc6 10.Bd5 Bb7 11.h5 e6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Qd3 Nxb3 15.axb3 f5 16.Qg3 Bxe4 17.Qxg6 Qf6 18.Qh5 f4 19.Bxf4 Qf7 20.Qh4 Qg6 21.Bxc7 Bd5 22.c4 Bb7 23.Bd6 Rfd8 24.Be5 Bxg2 25.Rg1 Rd7 26.Qh2 Bxe5 27.Qxe5 Rg7 28.Nf4 Qe4+ 29.Kd2 Qxe5 30.dxe5 Bb7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Nxe6+ Kf7 33.Nd4 a5 34.Re1 Bg2 35.f4 a4 36.e6+ Ke8 37.bxa4 Ke7 38.Nf5+ Kf6 39.Ne3 Bc6 40.Nd5+ Bxd5 41.cxd5 Ke7 42.f5 Re8 43.Kd3 Rd8 44.Ke4 Kd6 45.Rc1 Ra8 46.Rc6+ Ke7 47.d6+ Kf6 48.d7 Ke7 49.Rc8 Rxa4+ 50.Ke3 Ra3+ 51.Kf4 Ra4+ 52.Kg5 Rd4 53.Re8+ Kd6 1-0 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "2, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.Rfd1+ Ke8 13.Ne4 Rd8 14.c4 b5 15.cxb5 cxb5 16.Rac1 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Be7 18.h3 a5 19.g4 Nh4 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Rc1 Kd8 22.Nc5 Bxc5 23.Rxc5 h5 24.f3 a4 25.bxa4 bxa4 26.Ra5 hxg4 27.hxg4 Bc8 28.Ra7 Rh7 29.Bc1 Ng6 30.Bd2 Nxe5 31.Ba5 f6 32.Bxc7+ Ke8 33.Bxe5 fxe5 34.Nc6 e4 35.Re7+ Kf8 36.Rxe4 Rh6 37.Ne5 a3 38.Rf4+ Ke7 39.Rf7+ Ke6 40.g5 Rh5 41.f4 Kd5 42.Rxg7 Ke4 43.Ng6 Bf5 44.Re7+ Kf3 45.Nf8 Rh4 46.g6 Bd3 47.Rh7 Rg4+ 48.Kh2 Rg2+ 49.Kh1 Be4 50.Rh3+ Kf2 51.Rh2 Kg3 52.Rxg2+ Bxg2+ 53.Kg1 Bd5 54.Kf1 Bxa2 55.Ke2 Bd5 56.Kd3 a2 57.Kd4 Bf3 58.Ke5 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "3, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.h3 e6 8.Bg5 exd5 9.cxd5 Qb6 10.Qc2 h6 11.Be3 Na6 12.a3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rd1 Rb8 15.e5 dxe5 16.Bxh6 b5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.g4 e4 19.Nh4 b4 20.g5 Nd7 21.Nb1 Nc7 22.d6 Ne6 23.Bc4 Ne5 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.Qxb4 Rxb4 26.b3 Nxg5 27.Na3 Nd3+ 28.Kf1 Bxh3+ 29.Ng2 Nf4 30.Rxh3 Ngxh3 31.Nb5 Nxg2 32.Kxg2 Nf4+ 33.Kg3 Nh5+ 34.Kg2 a5 35.Ra1 Nf4+ 36.Kg1 Nd3 37.Rxa5 Rd8 38.Ra7 Ne5 39.Nc7 Kf8 40.Nd5 Rbb8 41.Ra6 Rb7 42.Nf6 Nxc4 43.bxc4 Rb4 44.Nxe4 Rxc4 45.f3 Rc2 46.Ra5 Rb8 47.Ra1 f5 48.Ng5 Rbb2 49.Ne6+ Ke8 50.Rd1 Rd2 51.Rxd2 Rxd2 52.Nxc5 Rxd6 53.Kh2 Rc6 54.Nd3 g5 55.Kg3 Rc3 56.Ne1 Kd7 57.Kf2 Ke6 58.Kf1 Kd5 59.Kg2 f4 60.Kf2 Kd4 61.Ke2 Re3+ 62.Kf1 Rxe1+ 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "4, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O Bd7 9.d4 exd4 10.exd4 Nf5 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qd2 Na5 13.b3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 c6 15.Ne4 Bg4 16.Rae1 b6 17.Nf2 Bd7 18.e4 Qe7 19.Nc3 h6 20.Bh3 Bxh3 21.Nxh3 Rad8 22.Kg2 Rd7 23.Nf4 Qg5 24.h4 Qd8 25.h5 Qg5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Re3 Rf7 28.d5 Qg4 29.Ref3 Ref8 30.Nd1 Kh7 31.Ne3 Qc8 32.b4 Nb7 33.Qd3 Rf6 34.dxc6 Qxc6 35.Ned5 R6f7 36.Nxg6 Rxf3 37.Rxf3 Rxf3 38.Qxf3 Qe8 39.Nde7 Be5 40.Nxe5 Qxe7 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Nc6 Qf7 44.Qxf7+ Kxf7 45.Nxa7 Ke6 46.Nc8 Nd8 47.Kf2 Nc6 48.b5 Nb4 49.a4 Nd3+ 50.Ke3 Nc5 51.Nxb6 Nb3 52.Nd5 Kd7 53.Nb4 Na5 54.Kd4 Ke6 55.Nd3 Kd7 56.c5 1-0 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "5, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nb6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Bb7 12.bxa6 Bxa6 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.Qe4 Nd5 15.Nd2 Qd7 16.Nxc4 f5 17.exf6ep Nxf6 18.Qf4 Nd5 19.Qg4 Nf6 20.Qh3 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.b3 Bb4 23.Bd3 g6 24.Bh6 Nxd4 25.Ne3 Qc6 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Qg4 e5 28.Bc4+ Kh8 29.Nd5 Bc5 30.Bxa6 Qxa6 31.Bxf8 Bxf8 32.Rd1 Qd6 33.Ne3 c5 34.Nc4 Qd5 35.Re1 Nxb3 36.Nxe5 Nd4 37.h4 Qb7 38.h5 gxh5 39.Qxh5 Kg8 40.Re4 Qe7 41.Qg4+ Qg7 42.Qc8 h5 43.Qe8 Qh7 44.Ng6 Qf7 45.Nxf8 Qxe8 46.Rxe8 Kf7 47.Rc8 Ke7 48.Ng6+ Kd6 49.Rd8+ Kc6 50.Ne5+ Kb5 51.Rb8+ Ka5 52.g3 Ne6 53.f4 Nd4 54.Kf2 Nf5 55.Rc8 c4 56.Nxc4+ Kb4 57.Ne5 Ng7 58.Nd3+ Ka3 59.Rc5 Ne8 60.Rxh5 Kb3 61.Rc5 Nf6 62.Kf3 Nd7 63.g4 Nf8 64.Rc7 Ne6 65.Nc5+ Nxc5 66.Rxc5 Kb4 67.Re5 Kc4 68.g5 Kd4 69.g6 Kc4 70.g7 Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "6, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.g4 h6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Qg3 Bc6 14.Bg2 Rac8 15.Rhe1 Nd7 16.Kb1 a6 17.h4 Rfe8 18.g5 h5 19.Bh3 Bf8 20.g6 f6 21.Qf3 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 1-0 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.8"] [Round "7, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O g6 8.f4 Bg7 9.a4 O-O 10.Kh1 Re8 11.Nb3 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Qd3 Qc7 14.Rad1 Red8 15.Kg1 Rac8 16.Bf3 Ne8 17.Bd2 e6 18.Qe2 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Be3 Qb4 21.Rb1 Nf6 22.f5 Re8 23.fxe6 Rxe6 24.Qf2 Nd7 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.c3 Qxa4 27.exd5 Re7 28.Bxb6 Qb5 29.Be3 Rce8 30.Bf4 Ne5 31.Be2 Qxd5 32.Bxa6 Qc6 33.Be2 Rb7 34.Rfe1 h6 35.Qg3 g5 36.Bd2 Ra8 37.b4 Ra2 38.Rbd1 Rc7 39.b5 Qd7 40.b6 Rc8 41.Qe3 d5 42.Rb1 f5 43.Red1 f4 44.Qf2 Qb7 45.Kh1 Re8 46.Qf1 Re6 47.c4 Rxb6 48.Rxb6 Qxb6 49.cxd5 Qd4 50.Bc1 Qc5 51.d6 Rc2 52.Qe1 Bf6 53.h3 Kg7 54.Qf1 Kf8 55.Bb5 f3 56.g3 Kg7 57.Ba6 Qb6 58.Bd3 Rg2 59.Bf5 Rxg3 60.Kh2 Rg2+ 61.Kh1 Nc4 62.Qxf3 Rf2 63.Be3 Qb3 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.9"] [Round "8, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 Qa5 13.f5 e5 14.Bf2 Ng4 15.Nd5 Bd8 16.Be1 Qb5 17.Qxb5 Bxb5 18.Rf3 Re8 19.Bb4 Bc6 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Re1 Bxd5 22.exd5 e4 23.Rf4 Bc7 24.c4 e3 25.Ba4 Re7 26.Rf3 Ng4 27.Rg3 Re4 28.h3 Nf2+ 29.Kh2 Bb6 30.Bxd6 Rxc4 31.Bb3 Re4 32.Bc2 Rc4 33.Bb3 Re4 34.Bc2 Rc4 35.Bb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.9"] [Round "9, Game 1"] [White "Aristarch"] [Black "CM No Ponder"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Ne5 11.Qc1 Qb6 12.Nb3 Be6 13.h3 a5 14.Rd1 Nc4 15.Rb1 a4 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Nf1 Qb4 18.a3 Qc5 19.Be3 Qa5 20.Rxd6 Nc4 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Bg5 Rxd1 23.Nxd1 Re8 24.Qf4 Nd7 25.Bh6 Bh8 26.Kh2 Qc5 27.Kh1 Qh5 28.g4 Qa5 29.Qg5 Nc5 30.f3 Bd4 31.c3 f6 32.Qc1 Be5 33.Qc2 g5 34.h4 Bf4 35.hxg5 Rd8 36.Nf2 Nd2 37.Nxd2 Rxd2 38.Qc1 fxg5 39.Nh3 Nd3 40.Qg1 Bb3 41.Rf1 b6 42.Nxf4 Nxf4 43.Rf2 Rd6 44.Qh2 Qc5 45.Bf1 Rxh6 46.Qxh6 Qxf2 47.Qxg5+ Ng6 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Qd4+ Qxd4 50.cxd4 Bd1 51.Bg2 Nh4 52.f4 Bxg4 53.Kh2 Bf3 54.Bh1 Kf7 55.f5 Kf6 56.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 57.Kg3 Nxd4 58.Kf4 Ne2+ 59.Ke3 Nc1 60.Kd2 Nb3+ 0-1 [Event "CM9000 v Aristarch G-30.CMT"] [Site ""] [Date "2002.8.9"] [Round "10, Game 1"] [White "CM No Ponder"] [Black "Aristarch"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 c5 6.e4 d6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Ne4 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg5 Qc8 11.Nc3 Bb7 12.Bh3 h6 13.Bf4 Qc6 14.e6 fxe6 15.O-O e5 16.Bxe5 Kd8 17.Re1 a6 18.Be6 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Nd7 20.Bxd5 Qc8 21.Re6 Kc7 22.Qe2 Bd6 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Rxd6 Kxd6 25.Qe4 Bxd5 26.Nxd5 1-0 jm
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