Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 04:07:33 11/09/03
NBE 2003 tournament on our homepage "Kurt & Rolf Chess"
http://www.utzingerkurt.com
The shortest game ever played in our tournament happened
in round 7.7 between Shredder 7.04 and Chess Tiger 15.
Shredder 7.04 vs Chess Tiger 15
Position before 10...Qe6??
[D]r3kb1r/ppp2ppp/2n2n2/3q1b2/4N3/N2P2P1/PP3PBP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 10
[Event "NBE 2003 Ath 1.3/64 120'/60"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Shredder 7.04"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 15.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Utzinger,K"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1. g3 {Start of game / Partiebeginn} 1... d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4
5. Na3 Qd5 {A somewaht dubios decision. Black places the queen to a dangerous
square if you consider the diagonal g2-b7 / Ein zweifelhafter Entscheid:
Schwarz platziert seine Dame auf einem gefaehrlichen Feld, wenn man die
Diagonale g2-b7 betrachtet} 6. O-O e5 {To be on the safe side, Black should
have chosen 6...c6 to close the diagonal g2-b7 / Sicherer war jedenfalls 6...
c6, um die Diagonale g2-b7 zu schliessen} 7. Ng5 e4 {This is forced in view of
the threat Bxb7 / Angesichts der Drohung Lxb7 ist dies erzwungen} 8. d3 cxd3 {
Black misses the first opportunity for the exchange Bxa3 / Verpasst die erste
Moeglichkeit fuer den TauschLxa3} 9. exd3 Nc6 10. Nxe4 {
Chess Tiger 15 expected 10.Qa4 / Chess Tiger 15 hatte 10.Da4 erwartet} 10...
Qe6 {?? The losing move: 0.72/14 353 but funny that the program with less
thinking time would have chosen a better continuation / Der Verlustzug 0.72/14
353 und komisch: mit weniger Bedenkzeit haette das Programm eine bessere
Fortsetzung gewaehlt} ({Chess Tiger 15.0:} 10... Nxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1
Bg4 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Bg5 {0.74/14}) 11. Nb5 O-O-O 12.
Ng5 Qe8 {12...Qd7 does not help on account of 13.Qa4 / 12...Dd7 rettet nicht
wegen 13.Da4} 13. Bf4 {Played with an evalutation of 2.72 and stronger than
Chess Tiger's expectation 13.Re1 / Mit einer Bewertung von 2.72 und staerker
als der von Chess Tiger erwartete Zug 13.Te1} 13... Bc5 (13... Bd6 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. Qa4 {and Black is helpless / und Schwarz ist hilflos}) 14. Rc1 {
Shredder 7.04 showed already here a very high evaluation of 4.53 / Schon hier
zeigte Shredder 7.04 eine hohe Bewertung von 4.53an} 14... Bb6 15. Bxc7 {
6.49/12 165 The beginning of a nice combination, no problems for computer
programs but looking fine for human / Der Start einer netten Kombination: fuer
Computer kein Probelem, aber fuer Menschen huebschanzusehen} 15... Bxc7 16.
Rxc6 bxc6 17. Nxa7+ Kb7 (17... Kb8 18. Nxc6+ Kc8 19. Na7+ Kd7 20. Bc6+) 18.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 19. Nxc6 1-0
NBE 2003 Tournament
Athlon 1.3/256 MB, time control: 120'/60 + 60'/30 + 30',
ponder=off, no books, no EGTB, no learning at all,
each game, 64 MB hash for each engine, Fritz8-GUI,
we use the following pre-set start positions for the games
1.e4 / 1.d4 / 1.c4 / 1.g3 / 1.f4 , so each engine 10 games
against all other programs = total 70 games/engine, total 280 games,
Tester: Kurt Utzinger und Rolf Bühler, Switzerland
Participants:
Chess Tiger 15 (CB normal), Fritz 8.0.0.26, Hiarcs 9,
Hiarcs 8 Bareev, Junior 8, List 504, Shredder 7.04,
The King 3.23 SKR
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