Author: Slater Wold
Date: 11:39:49 12/22/03
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Thanks so much for running it! It was exciting!
On December 22, 2003 at 14:37:08, Peter Berger wrote:
>For information about setup and rules:
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?329237 (archived, I'll repost in
>response).
>
>Crafty 19.4 - Junior 8.0.0.2
>[D]3rr1k1/bpp2pp1/p1n1bn1p/3qp3/PP6/2PP1NNP/2B2PP1/R1BQR1K1 b - a3 0 1
>
>The position that finally decided this very close match. In this quiet and
>completely equal Guico line, Junior in suicide mode trapped its own queen in the
>middle of the board with the amazing 16. ...Nd7?? .
>After the obvious 17. Ne4 it had to do serious harm to the position to let it
>escape. Although Junior did its very best to put up a tough fight afterwards,
>resistance was more or less futile.
>
>So, the winner of this experimental match is: Crafty.
>
>But it was a close result, much closer than most readers would have expected I
>assume.
>
>The brilliancy price would go to Junior that played some truely amazing games
>IMHO. Most games saw Junior sacrifying one or two pawns for position, and it
>seems to have a very good understanding of compensation, especially when it is
>about space <-> material.
>I often found myself cheering for it, it's just fun to watch its unique
>approach.
>
>To go back to the discussion that started this: it looks as if Crafty on 10
>times faster hardware is indeed very competitive with a top commercial engine,
>but not necessarily the overwhelming favourite.
>Of course it was just a single match, and I don't claim any statistical
>significance at all.
>
>Hope some readers were interested in reading about this match anyway, and had
>some fun.
>
>I wish you a happy Christmas time!
>Peter
>
>(all comments without any warranty at all of course)
>
>Final Result: Junior 5 - Crafty 6 ( 8 draws)
>
>PS: PGN of all games in another post.
>
>[Event "Blitz:120'+10"]
>[Site "Berlin"]
>[Date "2003.12.22"]
>[Round "19"]
>[White "Crafty 19.4"]
>[Black "Junior 8.0.0.2"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "C54"]
>[Annotator "P233-PIV2.0GHz"]
>[PlyCount "129"]
>[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
>[TimeControl "7200+10"]
>
>{16MB, Junior8.ctg, P233MMX} 1. e4 {0} e5 {1} 2. Bc4 {(Sf3) 4} Nf6 {0} 3. d3 {3
>} Nc6 {0} 4. Nf3 {3} Bc5 {0} 5. c3 {3} a6 {0} 6. O-O {(Lb3) 3} d6 {0} 7. Bb3 {3
>} Ba7 {0} 8. Nbd2 {4} O-O {0} 9. Re1 {(Sc4) 4} Be6 {0} 10. Nf1 {(h3) 4} h6 {0}
>11. Ng3 {3} Qd7 {0.04/15 215} 12. h3 {263} Rad8 {0.10/16 0} 13. Bc2 {(Ld2) 260}
>d5 {-0.18/16 246} 14. exd5 {210} Qxd5 {-0.09/14 17} 15. b4 {177} Rfe8 {
>-0.05/15 355} 16. a4 {200} Nd7 {0.16/14 157} 17. Ne4 {(De2) 195} b5 {
>0.63/15 294} 18. axb5 {9} Qxb5 {0.59/14 140} 19. Ba4 {41} Qb7 {0.65/16 502} 20.
>Nh4 {(Sg3) 5} Ne7 {0.39/14 251} 21. Qh5 {(Lb3) 194} Nd5 {0.99/14 424} 22. Nf5 {
>4} Bxf5 {0.95/13 201} 23. Qxf5 {4} Re6 {0.98/14 305} 24. Bb3 {(Lxd7) 4} N7f6 {
>1.13/14 265} 25. Bc4 {8} Nxe4 {1.19/13 125} 26. Qxe4 {191} Red6 {1.14/14 0} 27.
>Bd2 {184} c5 {1.35/13 86} 28. bxc5 {175} Bxc5 {1.61/13 14} 29. Qxe5 {156} Rg6 {
>1.36/13 92} 30. Qe4 {167} Re6 {1.80/13 85} 31. Qh4 {(Lxd5) 163} Be7 {
>1.83/13 403} 32. Qg3 {(Dh5) 5} Qb2 {1.47/13 166} 33. Red1 {5} Rg6 {1.53/12 118}
>34. Qf3 {160} Rf6 {1.65/13 31} 35. Qe4 {118} Re6 {1.61/13 49} 36. Qf5 {(Dg4) 97
>} g6 {1.72/13 269} 37. Qg4 {4} h5 {1.71/13 191} 38. Qg3 {5} Qc2 {1.71/12 106}
>39. d4 {42} Rc6 {1.95/12 68} 40. Bd3 {150} Qb2 {1.93/13 8} 41. Rxa6 {137} Rcd6
>{1.97/13 0} 42. Ra7 {(Le2) 142} Re6 {2.28/12 176} 43. c4 {5} h4 {2.36/12 108}
>44. Qf3 {139} Rf6 {2.57/13 0} 45. Qg4 {135} Nb4 {3.22/13 110} 46. Rxe7 {15}
>Nxd3 {3.22/11 4} 47. Bg5 {(Dxh4) 124} Qxf2+ {3.52/13 129} 48. Kh2 {129} Qg3+ {
>3.66/14 0} 49. Qxg3 {119} hxg3+ {3.77/16 0} 50. Kxg3 {117} Rf5 {3.97/16 37} 51.
>Be3 {81} Nb2 {3.88/16 0} 52. Rc1 {117} Ra5 {4.34/14 32} 53. d5 {78} Ra3 {
>4.34/14 0} 54. Kh2 {132} Rd3 {4.82/14 0} 55. Bg5 {165} Rc8 {5.12/15 0} 56. Rf1
>{(Lf6) 161} f5 {4.48/13 98} 57. Ra1 {(Te6) 11} Na4 {10.58/14 280} 58. Rxa4 {38}
>Rb3 {15.92/13 28} 59. Raa7 {67} Rcb8 {#7/15 18} 60. Rg7+ {35} Kf8 {#6/17 37}
>61. Bh6 {5} Rxh3+ {#5/22 56} 62. Kxh3 {5} Rb3+ {#4/48 33} 63. Kh4 {(Kh2) 4} Rb8
>{#4/20 55} 64. Rxg6+ {9} Ke8 {#4/3 9} 65. Rg8# {4} 1-0
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