Author: Peter Berger
Date: 07:35:35 11/15/03
This is the third match in (planned at least ;) ) a little series between modern
middle-class amateur engines and old professionals.
(Movei- Genius 2 1-6, 1 draw; Movei - Chess System Tal 2.03 2-6, 1 draw).
MCP 8 played on a PIV2.2GHz, 64MB Hash.
Movei played on a PIV1.8GHz, 16MB Hash.
Time control was game in half an hour.
A surprising result after the first two matches. And looking at the games it's
not as if movei was lucky IMO - it just played better.
Two observations:
a.) Time usage. While movei has a tendency to play too fast and not use its
time, MChess played too slow, so that in the long games it often was in serious
time trouble, that led to a few blunders in the endgame.
b.) MChess's booklearner is very unconventional. It clearly works, but contrary
to other programs it doesn't try to avoid lines that lead to losses but to
repair and repeat them.
I didn't get the impression that this worked very well. Especially the line 1.
e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 wasn't worth the effort.
c.) The latest version of movei that played starting from round 4 feels stronger
than earlier ones.
Have fun with the games.
Peter
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "testmovei"]
[Black "MCP 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8.
Bc2 Nb4 9. O-O Nxc2 10. Qxc2 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. g4 Ne7 14. a3
h5 15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ng6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Qd2 a6 20. Rdc1
Ke8 21. Ne2 Rc4 22. Rc3 Bb5 23. b3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Bc6 25. b4 Qd8 26. Qe3 b6
27. Re1 Qe7 28. Ne2 Bb5 29. Ng3 Nh4 30. Nd2 Qd8 31. Ra1 Ng6 32. a4 Bc6 33.
Nf3 Rh7 34. Qd3 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Nh5 Nf8 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Re1 Ng6 39.
Rb1 Nf8 40. Qc1 Bxa4 41. Rb7 Rxh5 42. gxh5 Qa8 43. Qc7 Nd7 44. Ra7 Qd8 45.
Qb7 Bd1 46. Kg2 Bxf3+ 47. Kxf3 f6 48. Ra8
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MCP 8"]
[Black "movei00_8_110"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 Bd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Rac8 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qd2
Ne4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. b3 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Rab1 Rc7 19. Bd1 g5 20. Nh5
e5 21. Rb5 Qe6 22. f3 Ne7 23. Rb2 exd4 24. exd4 e3 25. Qe1 Rcc8 26. f4 g4
27. Ng3 Rce8 28. f5 Qh6 29. Bxg4 Qg5 30. Bh5 Rd8 31. Rf3 Bxf5 32. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Ng6 34. Nxf5 Rxf5 35. Bg4 Rf6 36. Rb7 a6 37. g3 Rdd6 38.
Re8+ Nf8 39. Ree7 Rd8 40. Kg2 Kh8 41. a4 Rfd6 42. a5 h6 43. Rb6 Ng6 44. Ra7
Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb8 46. b7 Kg7 47. Bc8 Nf8 48. Kf3 h5 49. Kf4 h4 50. Ke5 hxg3
51. hxg3 a5 52. Ra8 Nd7+ 53. Ke6 Nf8+ 54. Ke7 Ng6+ 55. Kd6 Rxb7 56. Bxb7
Nh8 57. Bxd5 Ng6 58. Rxa5 Kf6 59. Ra8 Kg7 60. Rg8+ Kf6 61. Bxc4 Nh8 62.
Rxh8 Kg7 63. Rg8+ Kf6 64. Kc7 Kf5 65. Bd3+ Ke6 66. Rg6+ Ke7 67. Bc4 Ke8 68.
Kd6 Kf8 69. Rg8#
{Movei->White mates} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "movei00_8_110"]
[Black "MCP 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd2 Bb7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 a6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Ne5 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. a3 Nd5 20.
Rc1 a5 21. Qb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe6 23. Rcd1 Rad8 24. f3 Rd7 25. a4 Red8 26.
Rc1 c5 27. Rc2 Qg6 28. Rc4 Nc7 29. Rg4 Qc6 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Qc4 Ne6 32. Rf1
Rd1 33. Re4 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rd1+ 35. Re1 Rd7 36. b3 Rd8 37. Kf2 Qb7 38. Kg1
Qd7 39. Rc1 Nd4 40. Re1 Qe6 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Kf2 g5 44. Re4
Rd2+ 45. Re2 Rd8 46. g3 Kf7 47. g4 Ke8 48. Re3 Rd4 49. Kg3 Kd7 50. Kg2 Kc6
51. h4 b5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. axb5+ Kxb5 54. Kf2 Kb4 55. Ke1 c4 56. bxc4 a4
57. Re2 a3 58. Kf2 Rxc4 59. f4 Rxf4+ 60. Kg2 Rxg4+ 61. Kf3 Rc4 62. Rg2 g4+
63. Ke3 Rc3+ 64. Kd4 Kb3 65. Rg1 a2 66. Rh1 Kb2 67. Rg1 Rc1 68. Rg2+ Ka3
69. Rxa2+ Kxa2 70. Ke3 Rf1 71. Ke2 Rf3 72. Ke1 Kb3 73. Kd2 Kb2 74. Ke1 Kc3
75. Ke2 Kc2 76. Ke1 Kd3 77. Kd1 Rf1#
{Movei->Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MCP 8"]
[Black "movei00_8_112"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Qg5 6. Ng4 Bxg4 7. Bxg4
Nf6 8. Qe2+ Kd8 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Qd3 Qf4 12. Bd1 Bd6 13. g3 Qe5
14. c3 Ne6 15. b4 Re8 16. f4 Qe4 17. Qb5 Rb8 18. d3 Qf5 19. Qa4 Qxd3 20.
Qxa7 c5 21. Ba4 b5 22. Bd1 cxb4 23. cxb4 Re7 24. Qf2 Bxb4 25. Kh1 Nd4 26.
Qg2 Nf5 27. Bc2 Qd4 28. a3 Ne3 29. Bxe3 Qxa1 30. Bg1 Bxa3 31. Nxa3 Qxa3 32.
Bd4 Qa2 33. h3 Ke8 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. Bd3 Qa4 37. Qf1 Rb7 38. Bxf6
gxf6 39. Bxh7 Kf8 40. Rd2 b4 41. Qf2 b3 42. Rb2 Qc4 43. Qd2 d4 44. Be4 Ra7
45. Bg2 Ra2 46. Qf2 d3
{White resigns} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "movei00_8_112"]
[Black "MCP 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 Nf4
14. Qg4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Nd6 f5 18. Qa4 Bb5 19. Qc2 f4
20. a4 Ba6 21. Qxc6 Qg5 22. Qe4 f3 23. g3 Qh5 24. h4 g5 25. b4 Rd7 26. b5
Rg7 27. Kh2 Kh8 28. bxa6 Rf4 29. Rac1 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qe8 31. Nf6 Qd8 32. Rc4
Re7 33. Rdc1 Kg7 34. Rc8 Qd4 35. Rg8+ Kf7 36. Rcc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3 g4+ 38.
Kxg4 Qd4+ 39. Kh3 Re8 40. Rcxe8
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MCP 8"]
[Black "movei00_8_112"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d5 5. Be2 Qg5 6. Ng4 Bxg4 7. Bxg4
Nf6 8. Bf3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Qxe5+ Nxe5 11. Be2 d4 12. d3 Nd5 13. O-O Be7
14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nb3 c5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bf3 Ndb4 18. Rf2 a5 19. a3 a4 20.
Nxc5 Bxc5 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Re2 Ra5 23. g3 Rfa8 24. Ra2 f5 25. Bg2 Kf7 26.
Bd2 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Rc8 28. Ra3 b5 29. c4 b4 30. Ra2 b3 31. Ra1 Nb4 32. Bf3
Re8 33. Bd1 Ra6 34. Be2 Kf6 35. Kf2 Re3 36. Rdd1 Ke7 37. Rd2 Kd6 38. Bf1
Kc5 39. Be2 Ra7 40. Kf1 Nc2 41. Rc1 Kb4 42. Rcxc2 bxc2 43. Rxc2 a3 44.
bxa3+ Rxa3 45. Rb2+ Kc3 46. Rb1 Ra2 47. Re1 Kb4 48. Rb1+ Kc5 49. Re1 g6 50.
h4 Rxg3 51. h5 gxh5 52. Rb1 Re3 53. Rb5+ Kd6 54. Bxh5 Rh3 55. Rd5+ Kc7 56.
Rc5+ Kb6 57. Rb5+ Ka6 58. Kg1 Rxh5 59. Rb8 Rd2 60. Ra8+ Kb7 61. Ra3 Rh4
{White resigns} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "movei00_8_112"]
[Black "MCP 8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne4 Nf4
14. Qg4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Nd6 f6 18. d4 Qd7 19. Rac1 Bb5
20. f3 Qe7 21. Qh4 Qd7 22. b3 a5 23. Qg3 Ba6 24. Rd2 fxe5 25. dxe5 c5 26.
Qh4 Bb7 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Rd6 Bd5 29. Rd1 b5 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32.
Nd6 Rb8 33. Rb1 Kf8 34. Rb2 Ke7 35. Rc2 c4 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Kf2 Rb4 38.
Ke3 Kd7 39. Kd4 c3+ 40. Kxc3 Ra4 41. Rb2 Ke7 42. Nc8+ Kf7 43. Nb6 Ra3+ 44.
Kd4 Bxa2 45. h4 Bb3 46. h5 a4 47. Rd2 g6 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Kc5 Ra1 50. Kb4
Kf5 51. Rd7 Kxe5 52. Rxh7 Kf4 53. Rg7 Ke3 54. Rg4 Kf2 55. Kc3 e5 56. Re4
Kxg2 57. Rxe5 Kxf3 58. Ra5 Rc1+ 59. Kb4 Kf4 60. Nxa4 Bf7 61. Nc3 Rc2 62.
Ra1 Bg8 63. Re1 Kf5 64. Rf1+ Ke5 65. Rg1 Bh7 66. Re1+ Kd4 67. Rd1+ Bd3 68.
Nb5+ Ke3 69. Nc3 Bf5 70. Re1+ Kf3 71. Rf1+ Kg4 72. Nd5 Rb2+ 73. Kc3 Re2 74.
Kd4 Re4+ 75. Kc5 Kg5 76. Rg1+ Kh6 77. Nc3 Re8 78. Kd6 Kh5 79. Nd5 Kh4 80.
Ne7 Bg4 81. Ng6+ Kh5 82. Ne5 Bf5 83. Nf3 Bc8 84. Rg7 Re6+ 85. Kd5 Re3 86.
Ne5 Ra3 87. Nc6 Bg4 88. Ke4 Ra1 89. Nd4 Bc8 90. Ke3 Ra4 91. Ne2 Bg4 92. Nc3
Ra1 93. Ne4 Ra3+ 94. Kf4 Rf3+ 95. Ke5 Rf5+ 96. Kd4 Kh4 97. Rg8 Bd1 98. Rg1
Bf3 99. Ke3 Bh5 100. Nd2 Rf6 101. Nc4 Rg6 102. Rh1+ Kg5 103. Kd4 Rf6 104.
Ne3 Bf7 105. Re1 Rd6+ 106. Kc5 Re6 107. Rg1+ Kf4 108. Rf1+ Kxe3 109. Re1+
Kd3 110. Rxe6 Bxe6
{Movei->Draw by insufficient material} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "MCP 8"]
[Black "movei00_8_112"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. d4 d6 6. Bxf7+ Kd8 7. O-O
dxe5 8. dxe5+ Bd7 9. Bd5 Nc5 10. b4 Qxe5 11. c3 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Re1 Qf6
14. Bf1 Na4 15. Be3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. a3 Qf6 18. Bxb5 Bd6 19. Bd3 Be5
20. Rb1 Kc8 21. a4 h5 22. Qe2 h4 23. a5 Bc3 24. Rec1 a6 25. Qc2 Be5 26. Rd1
h3 27. g3 Bg4 28. Rdc1 Rf8 29. b5 axb5 30. Rxb5 Bc7 31. Rg5 Bd7 32. Rg6 Qf3
33. Be4 Qf7 34. Rg5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Bxa5 36. Bh1 Bb4 37. Qb2 Qe7 38. Rb1 Na6
39. Qd4 Bf5 40. Rc1 c5 41. Qd5 Bg4 42. Qa8+ Nb8 43. Qd5 Rd8 44. Qa8 Re8 45.
Bc6 Rf8 46. Ra1 g6 47. Be4 Qd7 48. Bf4 Rxf4 49. gxf4 Bf5 50. Bd5 Qe7 51.
Bf3 Bc3 52. Rd1 Bd4 53. Rc1 Qd6 54. Re1 Qb6 55. Qd5 Kc7 56. Qa2 Qa6 57. Qd5
Qb5 58. Qf7+ Nd7 59. Qd5 Qa5 60. Rd1 Qa6 61. Re1 Qb6 62. Qa2 Qb2 63. Qa7+
Kd6 64. Kh1 Bxf2 65. Qa6+ Qb6 66. Rd1+ Bd4 67. Qe2 Kc7 68. Re1 Qb3 69. Qf1
Nf6 70. Re7+ Kd8 71. Rb7 Qe3 72. Rb8+ Ke7 73. Rb7+ Kf8 74. Rb8+ Ne8 75. Rb2
Bxb2 76. Qe2 Qc1+ 77. Qd1 Qxf4 78. Kg1 Bd4+ 79. Kf1 Qxh2 80. Qe2 Qg1#
{Movei->Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "P418"]
[Date "2003.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "movei00_8_112"]
[Black "MCP 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Rc8 8.
Na3 cxd4 9. Nb5 Ng6 10. cxd4 a6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qc2
Na5 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. h5 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. b3 Rc7 20. Qd3
Rfc8 21. Bd2 f6 22. g3 Bg5 23. f4 Bh6 24. Rac1 f5 25. Kf2 Qa7 26. Rce1 b5
27. a3 Qb7 28. Rb1 Be8 29. Rh1 Bf7 30. Ne2 Rc2 31. Ke1 R2c6 32. Bb4 Qd7 33.
Bc5 Qe8 34. Qf3 R8c7 35. Kf1 Qd8 36. Rh2 Qd7 37. b4 Rb7 38. Kg1 Qc8 39. Ra1
Rd7 40. Nc3 Rdc7 41. a4 bxa4 42. Qd3 Qe8 43. Rxa4 Bxh5 44. Rxa6 Rxa6 45.
Qxa6 Rc6 46. Qb7 Bg6 47. Nb5 Rc8 48. Nd6 Rb8 49. Qc7 Qd8 50. Qxd8+ Rxd8 51.
b5 Be8 52. Rb2 g5 53. b6 Bc6 54. b7 Bxb7 55. Rxb7 Ra8 56. Nf7 Ra1+ 57. Kf2
Ra2+ 58. Ke1 Ra1+ 59. Kd2 Ra2+ 60. Kd3 Rh2 61. fxg5 Bf8 62. Bxf8 Kxf8 63.
Nd8 Kg8 64. Nxe6
{Black resigns} 1-0
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