Author: Mark Young
Date: 20:29:37 01/20/03
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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)
I nominate Ruffian for Brilliancy Prize.
[Event "CCT5 45 10"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2003.01.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "ruffian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "258"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. Nfd2 O-O-O 12. f3 Bh4 13. Rf1 Nxd2 14. Bxd2
Bh5 15. Bxf5+ Kb8 16. Na3 Rhf8 17. Nb5 Qf6 18. Bc2 h6 19. g3 Qe6 20. f4 Qh3 21.
Rf2 Be7 22. Re1 Bg4 23. Qa4 a6 24. Na3 g5 25. Bd3 Rd6 26. Qb3 Na5 27. Qc2 Nc6
28. Qb3 Na5 29. Qa4 Nc6 30. Bf1 Qh5 31. Nc2 Rdf6 32. Qb3 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Bd6 34.
Bg2 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Rg6 36. Kh1 Qh4 37. Ref1 Bf5 38. Ne1 Re8 39. Nf3 Qg4 40. Ne5
Nxe5 41. dxe5 c6 42. Qd1 Qh4 43. a3 Rg4 44. Qe2 Reg8 45. c4 d4 46. b4 Rg3 47.
e6 Re3 48. Qd2 Bd3 49. Rc1 Rxe6 50. f5 Re3 51. f6 Rf8 52. f7 h5 53. Kg1 Qe7 54.
Bf1 Be4 55. Qxd4 Qg5+ 56. Bg2 Rd3 57. Qxe4 Qxc1+ 58. Bf1 Rdd8 59. Qe5+ Ka7 60.
Rf3 Qh6 61. Qf5 h4 62. Qc5+ Ka8 63. Qe7 Qg7+ 64. Kh1 Qg4 65. Rf2 Rc8 66. c5 Ka7
67. Qe3 Rcd8 68. Rf4 Qg5 69. Qf3 Rd7 70. a4 Qg7 71. Bc4 Qa1+ 72. Bf1 Qxa4 73.
b5 Qa2 74. b6+ Kb8 75. Bc4 Qa1+ 76. Bf1 Qe5 77. Rf5 Qe6 78. Qf4+ Ka8 79. Bc4
Qe1+ 80. Bf1 Rd5 81. Rxd5 cxd5 82. c6 bxc6 83. Kg1 Qe7 84. Bxa6 Qc5+ 85. Kg2
h3+ 86. Kf1 Qxb6 87. Bd3 Kb7 88. Be2 d4 89. Qf5 Qb2 90. Kf2 Qd2 91. Kf1 Ra8 92.
Qe4 Ra1+ 93. Kf2 Qe1+ 94. Kf3 Qh1+ 95. Kf4 Qxh2+ 96. Kf5 Qd6 97. Qe5 Qxe5+ 98.
Kxe5 Ra8 99. Kf4 h2 100. Bf3 Rf8 101. Kg3 Rxf7 102. Be4 d3 103. Kg4 d2 104. Kg5
d1=Q 105. Kg6 Qd7 106. Kg5 h1=Q 107. Bxh1 Qg4+ 108. Kxg4 Rf8 109. Bg2 Rg8+ 110.
Kh3 Kb6 111. Bf3 c5 112. Be2 Rg7 113. Kh4 Ka5 114. Bd1 c4 115. Bc2 c3 116. Bb1
Kb4 117. Bc2 Ka3 118. Bb1 Kb3 119. Bd3 c2 120. Bxc2+ Kxc2 121. Kh5 Rg8 122. Kh6
Rg1 123. Kh7 Kd3 124. Kh8 Rg4 125. Kh7 Ke4 126. Kh8 Kf5 127. Kh7 Kf6 128. Kh8
Kf7 129. Kh7 Rh4# {White checkmated} 0-1
>
>Best Game Overall (best game by both programs)
>
>Best Tactical Shot
>
>Best Strategic Game (and why)
>
>Theoretical Novelty (opening theory)?
I nominate Ruffian. Ferret vs Ruffian for move 13..Nxd2. Not as obvious a move
as Bh3, but Nxd2 in many ways give white much more trouble.
[Event "corr Yugoslavia"]
[Site "corr Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogic"]
[Black "Stankovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. Nfd2 O-O-O 12. f3 Bh4 13. Rf1 Bh3 14. Qc2 Qg6
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rhf8 17. Bf4 Qg4 18. Na3 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. gxh3
Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qxe4+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Bxg2 1/2-1/2
>
>Best Endgame
>
>Best "Swindle" or Save
>
>Most Entertaining Game
>
>Best Comment by IM Schroer
>
>Best Comment by Anyone
>
>Other "Awards"
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