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Subject: Re: Junior5

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 07:00:35 09/05/98

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On September 05, 1998 at 08:28:01, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote:

>
>I find this Nimzo-Indian game quite remarkable. Hiarcs6 with its nice positional
>skills was overplayed in a middlegame where it had a slight advantage for a long
>time. But Junior was succesful in defending against all threats and finally,
>around move 35, managed to get a balanced position and begin a winning counter
>attack.
>
>Hiarcs6 - Junior5 [E55]
>40/120, 02.09.1998
>[DF]
> 44160kB, F5book.ctg=1136620 pos
> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
>9.Qe2 a6 10.a3 Ba5 11.Bd3 b5 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Nxb5 Bb7 15.Ba3 Bxa3
>16.Nxa3 Nd5 17.Qb2 aus dem Buch 17...Rb8 18.Qd2 N5b6 19.Qe2 a5 20.Nb5 Nd5 21.Nd6
>N7f6 22.Nc4 Ra8 23.Qd2 a4 24.Rfb1 Ra7 25.e4 Ne7 26.e5 Nfd5 27.Qc2 h6 28.Nd6 Bc6
>29.Bh7+ Kh8 30.Be4 Rc7 31.Rc1 f5 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 33.Qd2 Qa8 34.Rc2 Rb8 35.Rac1 a3
>36.Nh4 Ra7 37.Ra1 a2 38.Rcc1 g5 39.g3 Nb4 40.f3 Bxf3 41.Nxf3 Qxf3 42.Rf1 Qd3
>43.Qxd3 Nxd3 44.d5 exd5 45.Nxf5 Nxe5 46.Ne3 g4 47.Nxd5 Nf3+ 48.Kf2 Ra3 49.Kg2
>Rb2+ 50.Rf2 Rb1 51.Rf1 Nd2 52.Rf8+ Kg7 53.Rxa2 Rxa2 54.Rf2 Rbb2 55.Nf6 Nc4
>56.Nxg4 h5 57.Rxb2 Nxb2 58.Kh3 Nc4 59.Kh4 Kg6 60.Nf6 Rxh2# 0-1
>
>Results so far:
>Genius5          2 - 0
>Mchess7.1     1 1/2 - 1/2
>Hiarcs6           2-0
>
>I know this is stastically irrelevant. Anyway, looking at the fact that Junior
>has not lost a single game so far and just played one draw, the score of 5 1/2 -
>1/2 in favour of Junior might look a bit too much like a "welcome" (a somehow
>unreal result of a "welcome tournament"). Be assured that I have not expected
>such an outcome (though I soon saw that Junior is quite strong now) and that I
>publish the games just as they occur. I have not influenced them in any way, and
>I have not made any choice (like replacing possibly boring games if they occur
>or replay to get certain openings or middlegame types) while testing.
>
>Trying to play the next autoplayer games against Fritz5, I had to face a
>somewhat ironical situation.
>Having the autoplayer on both sides proved not to be sufficient for testing.
>Reason: Both Fritz programs (the new Fritz 5-32 surface for Junior5-32 as well
>as the original Fritz5 on the other Computer) insist to have the CD with endgame
>tables in the drive. I am sorry I only own one Fritz CD. Frankly I don't see
>much sense in this restriction, simply because I don't think that the endgame
>tables have much effect even on SSDF testing. For now I see no other reasonable
>choice than playing two engine-engine games and playing two autoplayer
>tournament games in the usual way later.

I think it would be much better to get a second CD or a less restrictive
autoplayer from CB. Both are feasible alternatives.

Enrique

>Kind regards
>from Dirk



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