Author: scott farrell
Date: 22:51:37 01/19/03
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On January 20, 2003 at 01:30:34, Peter Kappler wrote:
>On January 20, 2003 at 00:03:34, Mark Ryan wrote:
>
>>I would like to play through some (but not all) of the games. Would anyone care
>>to nominate some candidates in the following categories?
>>
>>Brilliancy Prize (best game by one program)
>>
>
>Ferret-Crafty. Smooth play by Ferret.
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>>Best Game Overall (best game by both programs)
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>Can't decide.
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>>Best Tactical Shot
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>In previous CCTs it seems like there has always been at least one jaw-dropper,
>but this year nothing comes to mind.
>
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>>Best Strategic Game (and why)
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>Again, I might vote for Ferret-Crafty. Ferret's 22. Nxg5! gave up a knight for
>2 pawns in return for pressure against black's king and a nice f5
>knight-outpost. It's fair to call this a positional sac, since Ferret didn't
>recoup any material until 13 moves later.
>
>[D]2rqrbk1/5p2/pnbp1n1p/1p2p1p1/1P2P2B/1BPQ1NNP/P4PP1/R3R1K1 w - g6 0 22
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>>Theoretical Novelty (opening theory)?
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>
>In one of the final rounds, Schroer mentioned that Amateur(?) might have played
>a legitimate TN, but I can't recall the details.
>
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>>Best Endgame
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>>Best "Swindle" or Save
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>The author of Chezzz seemed very unhappy about 2 games where Chezzz blew winning
>endgame positions. Monsoon-Chezzz was one of them.
>
>
>>Most Entertaining Game
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>Monsoon-Comet was an epic battle. Comet's 2 queens stood by and watched while
>Monsoon's Queen and rooked chased Comet's king all over the board. A super
>tense game that finally ended in a draw.
>
>Here's where the fun started. Monsoon made 20 consecutive checks from this
>position:
>
>[D]6k1/6p1/7p/2R5/8/P6P/2Q3PK/3q1q2 w - - 0 44
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>>Best Comment by IM Schroer
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>>Best Comment by Anyone
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>>Other "Awards"
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>
>"Biggest upset" would be a good one, but I don't think there were any huge ones.
> I just scanned the final crosstable quickly, and didn't see anything glaring,
>at least among the top programs.
I think the biggest upset was the draw in 18 moves between Alarm and Czolgista,
with about a 350 ratings point difference.
No offence to Czolgista but it has troubles seeing mate in 1 in the few games
chompsterx played it.
[Event "CCT5 45 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Czolgista"]
[Black "Alarm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa3 14. Rc3
Qb2 15. Rc2 Qa3 16. Rc3 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qa3 18. Rc3 {Game drawn by repetition}
1/2-1/2
>
>
>Overperformer Award:
> Monsoon, although many people already knew it was very strong.
>
>Underperformer Award:
> Diep, and I'm sure Vincent will agree.
>
>
>Worst theoretical novelty:
>
>6...Rb8 in Ruffian-Diep. Either a bug in Vincent's book building code, or
>garbage in the PGN he used to generate it.
>
>[D]rnbqk1r1/pp2ppbp/2p2np1/3p4/2PP4/2N1PN2/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R w KQq -
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>
>-Peter
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