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Subject: Re: 1st Game - Pocket Fritz 2 vs Pocket Chess Genius v1.5

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 06:59:05 10/19/03

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On October 19, 2003 at 09:56:26, Mike Byrne wrote:

>Dell Axim 472 Mhz
>Pondering OFF (it's the only way if run both side are played from the same unit,
>not the ideal setup - but it's the only one I have.)
>8 MB hash - both sides
>Game 60 minutes
>
>[Event "Game/60'"]
>[Site "Dell Axim 472 Mhz (oc)"]
>[Date "2003.10.19"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Chess Genius"]
>[Black "Pocket Fritz 2"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>
>
>1. e4  Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bc4 Bh6 7. Bxh6 Nxh6 8.
>dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. Qf3 O-O-O 12. Qe3 Kb8 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. h3
>Bg4 {
>[D]1k1r3r/ppp2p1p/6pn/4p2q/2B1P1b1/2P1QN1P/PP3PP1/R3K2R w KQ - 0 15
>
>Critical error.  Loses a piece.  Later analysis show PF2 switching back and
>forth between this move and Bc6 - switching to this move again in around 25
>seconds.   The problem is that the knight is left unprotected after white chases
>the king away,

gender error - I meant to type "queen"

setting up the exchange loss with 16...Nxg4.  PCG fails low on
>Bg4 after a few seconds.  After the exchange loss, the rest is technique which
>PCG played very well.  At move 27 ...Bc2?, black was again in danger in getting
>a piece trap, and lost a a couple of pawns to save the Bishop}
>
>15. Nh2 Bd7 16. g4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Bc8 19. Bxf7 Rhf8 20. Bd5 Qh4+ 21.
>Ke2 Bd7 22. Ng4 Qe7 23. Bc4 h5 24. Nf2 Qf6 25. Nd3 Ba4 26. Rhg1 Bc2 {
>[d]1k1r1r2/ppp5/5qp1/4p2p/2B1P3/2PNQP2/PPb1K3/R5R1 w - - 0 27
>
>Again, another not so great move by black here (27....Bc2).  PCG fails low after
>a few seconds and switches to a different move on the same position.
>}
>27. Nb4 b6 28. Na6+ Kb7 29. b3 c6 30. Rac1 b5 31. Nc5+ Ka8 32. Bxb5 cxb5 33.
>Rxc2 Qb6 34. Rg5 Qf6 35. Nd3 Rfe8 36. a4 Qe6 37. c4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 Qd6 39. Rc3
>Re6 40. Qc5 Qd7 41. Rxe5 Rd6 42. Nf4 h4 43. Nd5 Qh3 44. Re7 Qg2+ 45. Kd1 Rxd5+
>46. exd5 Qf1+ 47. Kc2 Qg2+ 48. Kb1 Qf1+ 49. Kb2 Qa6 1-0
>
>One game do not prove anything - and I plan to play more.  But I have not seen
>anything yet to suggest that PF2 is clearly stronger than CG on a Dell Axim
>running WM 2003 with ROM A05.  In fact, all the evidence is pointing to that CG
>is at least equal.   One big difference - CG  consistently sees 3x+ nps of  PF2
>on this unit.  3x+ nps differential is tough to make up in  "knowledge" and
>"pruning".



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