Author: Frederic Louguet
Date: 23:45:32 10/07/02
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>Question 1:
>Prof. Djordje Vidanovic wrote for 4 years about a GM tournament on his webpage
>where ChessWizard participant. Chess Wizard played with a performance over 2.600>ELO. Do you have the complete games from this older tournament. I have o more>information about it.
I believe you talk about the 1999 Aubervilliers Open (30 mn rapid chess). I
remember that there were FOUR power outages during the game with Minasian... It
was a good tournament, unfortunately it was the last time that chess programs
were allowed in this tournament. I wonder why :) I don't remember on which
hardware Wizard was running though.
ZChess (the future Pharaon) did well also in this tournament. I believe it was
the first time Zchess played against strong humans.
Here were the final results :
24e Gd Open Aubervilliers 1999/ Page : 1
Place Nom Pr‚nom Club Eq A/S Clt Pts Dep Dep2
1 GMI AKOPIAN VLADIMIR ARM S/M 2655 11 60 2710
2 MI BAGATUROV GIORGI GEO S/M 2540 11 59« 2638
3 GMI LALIC BOGDAN CRO S/M 2604 11 56« 2725
4 GMI LUPU MIRCEA-SERG. ROM S/M 2520 11 51« 2591
5 CF MATIKOZIAN ANDRANIK ARM J/M 2350 10« 62 2674
6 GMI SHCHEKACHEV ANDREI RUS S/M 2608 10« 61 2659
7 GMI ASRIAN KAREN ARM J/M 2600 10« 60« 2654
8 CHESS WIZARD ORDINATEUR ORD S/O 2400 10« 58 2656
9 GMI RELANGE ELOI CLIC S/M 2490 10« 56« 2638
10 MI MRDJA MILAN CRO S/M 2430 10« 55 2600
11 GMI INKIOV VENTZISLAV BUL S/M 2500 10« 55 2493
12 GMI GEORGIEV KRUM BUL S/M 2548 10« 53« 2547
13 GMI LEGKY NIKOLAY UKR S/M 2572 10« 53« 2538
14 MI KALANTARIAN NORIK ARM S/M 2490 10« 52 2562
15 GMI MUREY YAACOV ISR S/M 2460 10 60« 2555
16 GMI SPIRIDONOV NIKOLA BUL V/M 2405 10 59 2487
17 GMI MINASIAN ARTASHES ARM S/M 2620 10 58 2519
18 GMI DJURIC STEFAN YUG S/M 2560 10 58 2502
19 MI BELKHODJA SLIM CAIS S/M 2440 10 57« 2578
20 GMI PRIE ERIC MPEC S/M 2465 10 57 2467
21 MI SHIRAZI KAMRAN USA S/M 2410 10 55« 2481
22 MI MARCELIN CYRIL MANS J/M 2345 10 55« 2428
23 GMI YAKOVICH YURI RUS S/M 2560 10 54« 2493
24 GMI HAMDOUCHI HICHEM MAR S/M 2555 10 54« 2437
25 MF DANCEVSKI ORCE FRM S/M 2405 10 54 2428
26 GMI KAZHGALEYEV MURTAS KAZ S/M 2550 10 54 2392
27 GMI GOFSHTEIN LEONID ISR S/M 2500 10 52 2423
28 MF LEROY ADRIEN CHAN C/M 2368 10 52 2418
29 MI WAGNER CLAUDE PERR S/M 2365 10 51 2329
30 MI FONTAINE ROBERT CAIS J/M 2360 10 50« 2319
31 GMI STEFANOVA ANTOANETA BUL J/F 2475 10 50 2392
32 GMI SOLOZHENKIN EVGENIY RUS S/M 2535 10 49 2412
33 MI PIRA DAVOUD MEUD S/M 2395 10 48« 2304
34 MI ARONIAN LEVON ARM C/M 2485 9« 57« 2525
35 GMI VAISSER ANATOLI AUXE S/M 2628 9« 57 2522
And here are the games I still have :
[Event "Aubervilliers Semi-rapide 30mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plantet"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[Black "Chess Wizard"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8
7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd4 h6 10. Rb1 exd3 11. exd3 Nxd4 12. cxd4
d5 13. Bf4 c6 14. h3 b6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Rb2 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rad8
18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Kh2 g5 20. Be3 dxc4 21. dxc4 Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4
23. a5 bxa5 24. Ra1 Nd6 25. d5 Qe5 26. Rba2 cxd5 27. cxd5 Nf5
28. Bxa7 Rxd5 29. Bb6 Rb8 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 0-1
[Event "Aubervilliers Semi-rapide 30mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chess Wizard"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[Black "GMI Akopian"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 1/2-1/2 {nulle sans jouer sur proposition de Akopian }
[Event "Aubervilliers semi-rapide 30mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bonnaud"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[Black "Chess Wizard"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. h3 Qe8
7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. Bh2 Bf5 10. Nbd2 exd4 11. cxd4 Rb8 12. Rc1
Qe7 13. a3 Rbc8 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. Qd1 Qe8 16. Re1 Kh8 17. Bf1
Bd7 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Bf1 Rbc8 21. Nc4 Ne4 22. Ncd2
Bf5 23. Qd1 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Be4 25. Be2 Bd5 26. Red1 Re8 27. Bg3
f5 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe4 30. Rdc1 Qd5 31. R4c2 Re7 32. Bh4
Rd7 33. Bg3 Kg8 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Rdc1 Ree7 36. Bh4 Re4 37. Bg3
Bh6 38. Rc4 Rf7 39. Qc3 f4 40. Bxf4 Bxf4 41. exf4 Rfxf4 42. b4
Re7 43. a4 a6 44. Rb1 Qf5 45. Rc1 Rfe4 46. Rxc6 bxc6 47. Qxc6
Qf4 48. Rf1 Re2 49. Qxa6 Kg7 50. a5 Qf5 51. Qc6 Qd3 52. Ra1
Rc2 53. Qd5 Qe2 54. Rf1 Qxf1+ 0-1
[Event "Aubervilliers semi-rapide 30mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chess Wizard"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[Black "Jossien"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6
7. Qe2 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. O-O-O
Qa5 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Bg5
Re8 18. Nb5 Qxe5 19. Nxa7+ Kb8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qc6 22. Qf4+
e5 23. Qxf7 Bc5 24. Qxd5 Qxb5 25. Qxd7 Qb6 26. Rd5 Bxf2 27. Be7
Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Bd4 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30. Rxd6 1-0
[Event "Aubervilliers semi-rapide 30mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "GMI Minasian"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[Black "Chess Wizard"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nge2 d4 8.
Ne4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nf4 Ng4 11. Re1 Re8 12. c4 f5 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Nf3
Bd7 15. h3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nf6 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. b3 Re8 19. Qf1 Nb4 20. Qd1
Bc6 21. a3 Na6 22. Rb1 Qd8 23. b4 Nc7 24. b5 Bd7 25. a4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6
27. Ng5 Bc8 28. f4 Re7 29. a5 Bc7 30. Ra1 Qe8 31. Qf1 Bd6 32. Nf3 Bc7 33.
a6 bxa6 34. bxa6 Re6 35. Nh4 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Bxa6 37. Nxf5 Bc8 38. Nh4 a5 39.
g4 {4 coupures de courant apres ce coup, l'horreur... } a4 40. Bc1 Bd7
41. Nf3 Bc6 42. Qf2 Qb8 43. Qe1 Bxf3 44. Bxf3 Bxf4 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Bxf4 Qxf4
47. Qc8+ Ng8 48. Bd5 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Aubervilliers semi-rapide 30 mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chess Wizard"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[Black "GMI Hamdouchi"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6
7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bb5 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 e5 11. Qb3 Qf7 12. Re2
h6 13. Nc4 e4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Ne1 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4
a5 18. Qxc6 Ba6 19. Rc2 Bd3 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. h3 e3 22. Nxd3
exd2 23. Bxd2 Qf5 24. Be3 Nf6 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. a4 g5 27. Qc7
h5 28. Qxa5 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Bf4 Re7 31. Rc1 Nxf2 32. Kxf2
Qxd3 33. Qxd5+ Rff7 34. Kg1 g3 35. Rf1 Kh7 36. Qxd6 Qf5 37. Qh6+
Kg8 38. Qh4 Re4 39. Qxg3+ Kh7 40. Qh4+ Kg8 41. g3 Re2 42. b4
Rh7 43. Bh6 1-0
[Event "Aubervilliers semi-rapide 30mn"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "GMI Asrian"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[Black "Chess Wizard"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Bf2 Bc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. e5 dxe5
18. Rae1 Bb4 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2
Bd6 23. Ne4 Nc4 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qe5 gxh5 27. Nd4
Bb7 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29. Nf5+ Kd8 30. Nxd6 Re7 31. Nxb7+ Qxb7 32. Rd1+
Kc8 33. Qh8+ Kc7 34. Qe5+ Kc8 1/2-1/2
>Question 2:
>You wrote for 2 1/2 years in CCC forum that you will rewrite your engine. I
>think you are now ready or do you played with your older Chess Wizard version
>the France-ch 2002. I believe you say that you will rename your engine after
>rewritten. So I believe you have played with your older Chess Wizard engine, >or?
Unfortunately, Real Life(tm) has a way of getting in the way. So I have a new
program in the works, but it is far from being ready, and I mean FAR. So for
this championship, I took the "Old Wizard", removed some old knowledge, added
some interesting new extensions, tuned some evaluation parameters (more
agressivity) and Voilà. You need luck sometimes.
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