Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:29:37 08/09/03
This is a new Crafty setting that is looking promising. Thegame was decided at
two critical junctures - a sacfice by Crafty and a computer looking move by
Ruffian 1.05. Two be fair to Ruffian 1.05 - I have played hundreds of
multiple hundreds of blitz games and Ruffian is quite a challange to modify
Crafty. Of late, Crafty has scored somewhere between 41% (swful settings) to
50% (best so far). Typcially the number of games in each match range somewhere
between 90 & 150. This latest setting is 66% - but only after 3 games.
[Event "Profile, Blitz:5'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruffian 1.0.5"]
[Black "Crafty 19.04 ST"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bf6 20. Bf1 c5 21. e5
cxd4 22. exf6 {
[d]2rqr1k1/p2n1ppp/b3pP2/8/P1pp4/2B3P1/2QN1P1P/3RRBK1 b - - 0 22
I was watching this as itwas being played and instinctilvely though Crafty was
going to play dc3 and thought that position was not real promising. When I saw
22...d3! played - it perked my interest - but at this point there was no
indication the move itself was decisive.
22... d3 23. Qb2 Nxf6 24. Bg2 h6 {
[d]2rqr1k1/p4pp1/b3pn1p/8/P1p5/2Bp2P1/1Q1N1PBP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 25
White's position looks rock solid here.
}
25. Rc1 Rf8 26. Be5 Qe7 27. Qd4 Rfd8
28. Qc3 Rc5 29. Rb1 Ne8 30. Rb4 {
[d]3rn1k1/p3qpp1/b3p2p/2r1B3/PRp5/2Qp2P1/3N1PBP/4R1K1 b - - 0 30
There is doubt that the best move here for black is a 30. f6 as it sets up a
potential pawn stram roller here.
}
30... f6 31. Bf4 e5 32. Be3 Rc7 33. Reb1 Qe6 {
[d]3rn1k1/p1r3p1/b3qp1p/4p3/PRp5/2QpB1P1/3N1PBP/1R4K1 w - - 0 34
With 34.Rb8, white clearly has the initiative.
}
34. Rb8 Rdd7 35. Be4 Kf7 36. Bh7 {
[d]1R2n3/p1rr1kpB/b3qp1p/4p3/P1p5/2QpB1P1/3N1P1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 36
Even to the trained eye of this patzer enthusiast - 36.Bh7?? does not look good.
Crafty has code to avoid a move like this. After 37...g6!!, the bishop is
doomed and now the passers are much more of a threat. Crafy would play 37.Be4
and get the Bishop out while there is still a chance.
}
Re7 37. Re1 g6 38. Bxh6 Qh3 39. Qa5 Rc6 {
[d]1R2n3/p3rk1B/b1r2ppB/Q3p3/P1p5/3p2Pq/3N1P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 40
After 39...Rc6, 40Qd5+!! is a much tougher defense. I'm not sure if Ruffian has
learning, I suspect it may -- since it only takes 3 seconds to see Qd5+ on
analysis after the game. Interest in hearing from other users on this position
}
40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Qd5+ Qe6 42. Qe4 f5 43. Qe3 c3 44. Nf3 Qd6 {
[d]4r3/p4k1B/b1rq2pB/4pp2/P7/2ppQNP1/5P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 45
The sequence of moves initiated by Ruffian with Nxe5 is suicidal. On analysis
after the game, it no longers considers this move. It's the story of winning
the battle and losing the war.
45. Nxe5+ Rxe5 46. Qxe5 Qxe5 47. Rxe5{
[d]8/p4k1B/b1r3pB/4Rp2/P7/2pp2P1/5P1P/6K1 b - - 0 47
After 47.Rxe5 , white is a piece up , a pawn down with a clearly losing
position. If your engine does't show black is winng by 5 or 6 points within a
few seconds, you may have some tweaking to do. ;>)
}
Rd6 48. Re1 d2 49. Bxd2 cxd2 50. Rd1 Be2 51. Rxd2 Rxd2 52. f4 a5 53. h4 Bd3 54.
h5 gxh5 55. Kh1 0-1
machine commentary
[Event "Profile, Blitz:5'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruffian 1.0.5"]
[Black "Crafty 19.04 ST"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "-0.28;-0.07"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[TimeControl "300"]
{W=10.6 ply; 419kN/s B=10.7 ply; 377kN/s} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
5. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nfd7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Qa4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba6 {
Both last book move [%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Rad1 {[%eval -28,10] [%emt 0:00:21]}
Bf6 {(c5) [%eval -7,10] [%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Bf1 {
(e5) [%eval -6,10] [%emt 0:00:07]} c5 {[%eval -7,10] [%emt 0:00:11]} 21. e5 {
(Nxc4) [%eval 18,11] [%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%eval 4,10] [%emt 0:00:09]} 22.
exf6 {[%eval 1,10] [%emt 0:00:00]} d3 {[%eval 10,10] [%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Qb2 {
[%eval 48,11] [%emt 0:00:06]} Nxf6 {[%eval 10,11] [%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Bg2 {
[%eval 52,11] [%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {(Rb8) [%eval 18,10] [%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Rc1 {
(Bd4) [%eval 74,10] [%emt 0:00:10]} Rf8 {[%eval 22,9] [%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Be5 {
(h3) [%eval 87,10] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {(Qa5) [%eval 57,9] [%emt 0:00:09]} 27.
Qd4 {(Qc3) [%eval 107,9] [%emt 0:00:05]} Rfd8 {
(Nh5) [%eval 28,9] [%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Qc3 {(Bxf6) [%eval 80,10] [%emt 0:00:10]
} Rc5 {[%eval 30,10] [%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Rb1 {(Bd4) [%eval 76,9] [%emt 0:00:00]
} Ne8 {(Kh7) [%eval 24,9] [%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Rb4 {[%eval 90,9] [%emt 0:00:05]}
f6 {(Rdc8) [%eval 25,10] [%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Bf4 {[%eval 87,9] [%emt 0:00:06]}
e5 {[%eval 28,10] [%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Be3 {[%eval 82,9] [%emt 0:00:05]} Rc7 {
[%eval 1,11] [%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Reb1 {[%eval 83,10] [%emt 0:00:06]} Qe6 {
(Qd7) [%eval 33,9] [%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Rb8 {[%eval 95,10] [%emt 0:00:06]} Rdd7
{(Rxb8) [%eval 73,9] [%emt 0:00:07]} 35. Be4 {
(Ra8) [%eval 105,9] [%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%eval 45,9] [%emt 0:00:13]} 36. Bh7 {
(Bf3) [%eval 101,9] [%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%eval 13,8] [%emt 0:00:07]} 37. Re1 {
(Nf3) [%eval 1,8] [%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%eval -132,10] [%emt 0:00:06]} 38. Bxh6
{[%eval 5,9] [%emt 0:00:05]} Qh3 {[%eval -139,10] [%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Qa5 {
(Bf8) [%eval 0,9] [%emt 0:00:07]} Rc6 {[%eval -153,10] [%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Rxe8
{(Qd5+) [%eval -2,9] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe8 {[%eval -169,10] [%emt 0:00:06]} 41.
Qd5+ {[%eval 1,9] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qe6 {[%eval -169,11] [%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Qe4
{[%eval -32,10] [%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%eval -193,11] [%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Qe3 {
[%eval -51,10] [%emt 0:00:10]} c3 {(Qd7) [%eval -233,10] [%emt 0:00:01]} 44.
Nf3 {[%eval -140,10] [%emt 0:00:42]} Qd6 {[%eval 1,10] [%emt 0:00:01]} 45.
Nxe5+ {[%eval -115,8] [%emt 0:00:05]} Rxe5 {
(Qxe5) [%eval -439,11] [%emt 0:00:05]} 46. Qxe5 {[%eval -638,12] [%emt 0:00:31]
} Qxe5 {[%eval -655,13] [%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Rxe5 {[%eval 1,1] [%emt 0:00:01]}
Rd6 {[%eval 1,1] [%emt 0:00:04]} 48. Re1 {[%eval -696,13] [%emt 0:00:23]} d2 {
[%eval -690,11] [%emt 0:00:05]} 49. Bxd2 {[%eval -717,13] [%emt 0:00:03]} cxd2
{[%eval -744,11] [%emt 0:00:01]} 50. Rd1 {[%eval 1,1] [%emt 0:00:03]} Be2 {
[%eval -791,12] [%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Rxd2 {[%eval -786,16] [%emt 0:00:16]} Rxd2
{[%eval -861,13] [%emt 0:00:01]} 52. f4 {[%eval -779,10] [%emt 0:00:01]} a5 {
(Bf3) [%eval -839,10] [%emt 0:00:04]} 53. h4 {[%eval -809,12] [%emt 0:00:05]}
Bd3 {(Kg7) [%eval -987,11] [%emt 0:00:01]} 54. h5 gxh5 55. Kh1 0-1
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