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Subject: Re: Mercilous reincarnate?

Author: martin fierz

Date: 09:18:07 12/12/03

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On December 12, 2003 at 12:08:16, Matthew Hull wrote:

>On December 12, 2003 at 11:45:43, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>On December 12, 2003 at 01:36:44, Matthew Hull wrote:
>>
>>>Note:  The dates on these are not correct, but they are all within the last few
>>>days.
>>>
>>>[Event "ICS Rated Standard match"]
>>>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>>>[Date "2003.12.11"]
>>>[Round "-"]
>>>[White "workuta"]
>>>[Black "crafty"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2675"]
>>>[BlackElo "2612"]
>>>[TimeControl "900+15"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Re8
>>>8. cxd5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Rxe5 11. Bf4 Re6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Nc3 Nxc3
>>>14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf5 Nc6 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Re1
>>>Nde7 20. Bc3 Nd5 21. f4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 a5 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 g6 25. Qb1
>>>Bc8 26. f5 gxf5 27. Qc1 Kg7 28. Qf4 Be6 29. a4 Kg6 30. Qxc7 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kg6
>>>32. Qxb7 Ne5 33. Qa8 Nc4 34. Qg8+ Kh5 35. Qg7 Nd2 36. g3 Ne4+ 37. Ke3 Ng5
>>>38. Qe5 Ne4 39. Qxa5 Kg6 40. Qc7 Nf6 41. Kd4 Kg7 42. c4 f4 43. Qxf4 Bc8 44.
>>>c5 Ng4 45. a5 Nf6 46. c6 Ba6 47. Qb8 Nh7 48. Kc5 Nf8 49. Qe5+
>>>*
>>>
>>>[Event "ICS Rated Standard match"]
>>>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>>>[Date "2003.12.11"]
>>>[Round "-"]
>>>[White "workuta"]
>>>[Black "crafty"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2672"]
>>>[BlackElo "2663"]
>>>[TimeControl "900+15"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Re8
>>>8. cxd5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Rxe5 11. Bf4 Re6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Nc3 Nxc3
>>>14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Rxd5 Nxd5 16. Bf5 Nc6 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Bd2 Rd8 19. Re1
>>>Nde7 20. Bc3 Nd5 21. b3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Rd4 23. f4 Kh7 24. g3 Bf5 25. Qc5 Kg6
>>>26. Qb5 Rb4 27. Qe2 Re4 28. Qf1 Rd4 29. Rd1 Re4 30. h3 Nd4 31. Qg2 Kh7 32.
>>>Qh1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nc3 34. Re1 c6 35. Rxe4 Nxe4+ 36. Kf3 Nf6 37. Qh2 Be4+ 38.
>>>Ke3 Bd5 39. Kd4 a6 40. Kc5 Ne4+ 41. Kb6 c5 42. f5 Bc6 43. g4 Kh8 44. h4 f6
>>>45. Qb8+ Kh7 46. Qd8 Nf2 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Qxg5 Ne4 50. Qd8 c4
>>>51. bxc4 Nf6 52. Qd6 Ne4 53. Qe6 Nf6 54. Qf7 Ne4 55. a4 Kh8 56. a5 Kh7 57.
>>>Qe6 Kh8 58. Kc7 Kh7 59. Kd8 Nf6 60. Qe5 Bf3 61. Ke7 Bg4 62. Qh2+ Kg8 63.
>>>Qb8+ Kh7 64. Qxb7 Bxf5 65. Qxa6 Ng8+ 66. Kf8 Nf6 67. Qb7 Nd7+ 68. Kf7 Bg6+
>>>69. Ke7 Nf6 70. Kf8 Nh5 71. a6 Kh6 72. a7 Bd3 73. a8=Q Bg6 74. Qd8 Bf5 75.
>>>Qh4 Bd7 76. Qxd7 Kg6 77. Qdg4+ Kh6 78. Qhxh5#
>>>*
>>>
>>>[Event "ICS Rated Standard match"]
>>>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>>>[Date "2003.12.11"]
>>>[Round "-"]
>>>[White "workuta"]
>>>[Black "crafty"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2675"]
>>>[BlackElo "2669"]
>>>[TimeControl "900+15"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Re8
>>>8. f4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bc7 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kf8
>>>14. Qxh7 Nc6 15. Bg6 Be6 16. Ba3+ Bd6 17. Qh8+ Bg8 18. f5 Qf6 19. Bxd6+ Re7
>>>20. Rae1 Qxd6 21. f6 gxf6 22. Rxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxf6+ Rf7 24. Bxf7 Bxf7 25.
>>>Qh8+ Bg8 26. Re6 Ne7 27. Qf6+ Bf7 28. Rxe7 Kg8 29. Qxf7+
>>
>>
>>Is there some back-story here that I am missing?
>>
>>anthony
>
>
>Bob has special code in Crafty specially designed for an opponent that once
>wreaked havoc among the computer accounts using a Trojan Horse gambit motif.
>The ICC account name was "mercilous".
>
>Mercilous has not been seen for several years.  I simply noted a particular
>account that has been "leaning" on an apparent crafty sore spot of late.  The
>finger notes say it's a computer, although I had thought that until recently,
>the finger notes had said "plays as CENTAUR", i.e. computer assited human.  I
>thought this might be the case since all the games were 15 minutes or more.
>
>I could be mistaken about the change in finger notes, though.

no, he did indeed have this centaur thing in his finger notes, a few weeks back.
i also remember this.

cheers
  martin

>Matt



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