Author: Jasmine Baer
Date: 17:12:56 01/20/04
Four games. Nothing more, nothing less. Each engine used their own book with optimize and tournament checked. Games were played on a Toshiba laptop - Pentium 1.75 GHz with 256 MB RAM. Each engine had 16 MB allocated to hash tables. EGTBs were used. Time Control - 3' + 0" There is nothing that anyone can conclude from these results. Fritz won one game as White. Shredder won one game as White. There were two draws. In this short 4 game match Fritz 8 and Shredder 8 were even. I am excited to see what the results are playing on my faster desktop and at playchess.com. Shredder 8 - Fritz 8 [D02] New Engine Test, Blitz:3' (1), 20.01.2004 [0.03;0.12] W=11.1 ply; 233kN/s; 5,662 TBAs B=10.7 ply; 619kN/s; 4,669 TBAs 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 e6 Black last book move 5.e3 Bxc5 0.12/10 4 6.Be2 White last book move 6...Qb6 -0.16/10 7 7.b3 0.03/11 4 Nh5 (0-0) -0.13/10 8 8.Be5 -0.02/11 6 Nd7 (Nc6) -0.03/9 3 9.Bb2 0.45/11 4 0-0 0.06/10 6 10.0-0 (Nbd2) 0.50/11 3 10...Nhf6 (Rd8) 0.22/11 9 11.c4 (Nbd2) 0.51/9 1 11...dxc4 (Rd8) 0.00/10 7 12.Bxc4 0.41/10 1 Qc7 (Qc6) 0.22/10 5 13.Nc3 0.50/12 5 b6 0.00/9 3 14.Na4 0.41/11 4 Bd6 0.09/9 3 15.Rc1 0.66/12 4 Qb8 0.19/10 3 16.Bb5 0.43/12 4 Bb7 0.25/10 3 17.Bc6 0.43/12 5 Bxc6 0.09/10 3 18.Rxc6 0.42/13 2 Be5 (Be7) 0.00/10 2 19.Nxe5 0.90/12 4 Nxe5 0.00/10 0 20.Rd6 0.91/13 3 Neg4 0.53/11 2 21.h3 0.91/13 3 Ne8 (b5) 0.81/11 4 22.Ba3 1.76/13 5 b5 1.12/11 4 23.hxg4 2.00/14 3 b4 1.31/10 1 24.Rd2 (Rd3) 2.16/14 3 24...bxa3 1.56/10 1 25.Nc5 2.16/15 7 Nf6 1.44/12 3 26.g5 2.14/15 4 Qc8 (Qb5) 1.31/11 2 27.gxf6 2.14/14 3 Qxc5 1.28/11 2 28.fxg7 (Qg4) 2.19/14 3 28...Rfe8 1.22/10 2 29.Rd7 2.03/13 2 Qf5 (Re7) 1.16/10 3 30.Qd6 2.31/11 2 Kxg7 (Rec8) 1.25/9 1 31.Qxa3 2.18/11 2 a5 1.09/9 2 32.Rfd1 (Qb2+) 2.12/12 5 32...Rac8 (Rg8) 1.12/9 1 33.e4 (R7d2) 2.27/11 3 33...Qe5 (Qg5) 1.09/9 1 34.b4 (R1d3) 1.80/12 3 34...axb4 0.62/10 3 35.Qxb4 1.62/12 3 Rc2 0.56/9 1 36.a4 1.59/11 2 Rb8 (Qf4) 0.62/9 2 37.Qa3 (Qd6) 1.11/9 1 37...Qf4 (Rbb2) 0.59/9 1 38.Rf1 (Qf3) 0.74/9 1 38...Rb1 0.28/9 1 39.Qe3 0.74/9 0 Rxf1+ 0.09/10 1 40.Kxf1 0.74/7 0 Qxe3 0.12/10 1 41.fxe3 0.59/13 0 Ra2 0.00/12 1 42.Ra7 0.59/12 1 Kf6 -0.03/12 1 43.e5+ 0.37/11 1 Kxe5 0.00/13 2 44.Rxf7 0.02/11 2 Ke4 0.09/12 1 45.Rxh7 0.01/10 0 Kxe3 0.09/11 1 46.Rh3+ 0.01/8 0 Kf4 0.00/11 1 47.Rh5 (Rh4+) 0.01/8 1 47...e5 -0.19/10 0 48.g3+ (Rh4+) 0.00/7 0 48...Ke4 -0.22/11 1 49.Ke1 0.01/6 0 Kd4 (Kf3) -0.44/11 1 50.g4 -0.02/7 1 e4 (Rxa4) -0.38/10 0 51.g5 (Rb5) 0.08/7 1 51...Kd3 (Rxa4) -1.47/10 0 52.Rh7 (g6) -0.40/7 1 52...Ra1+ -2.06/10 0 53.Kf2 -1.54/7 0 e3+ -1.47/10 0 54.Kf3 -0.02/7 0 Rf1+ -1.06/10 1 55.Kg4 -0.01/7 0 e2 -0.91/10 1 56.Re7 -0.01/8 0 Rg1+ 0.00/8 0 57.Kf4 (Kf5) -0.01/8 1 57...Ra1 0.00/10 1 58.Re3+ (Rxe2) -0.01/8 0 58...Kd2 0.00/12 1 59.Rxe2+ -0.01/10 0 Kxe2 0.00/14 0 60.Ke5 (g6) 0.00/1 0 60...Rxa4 Draw accepted 0.00/1 0 ½-½ Fritz 8 - Shredder 8 [E97] New Engine Test, Blitz:3' (2), 20.01.2004 [0.34;0.46] W=10.2 ply; 604kN/s; 1,800 TBAs B=11.0 ply; 267kN/s; 2,499 TBAs 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 exd4 11.Nxd4 White last book move 11...f5 12.Nxc6 0.34/9 5 bxc6 13.exf5 0.31/9 5 gxf5 Black last book move 14.c5 0.38/9 4 Be6 0.46/10 5 15.Qa4 (Bf4) 0.41/9 7 15...Qd7 0.51/10 5 16.Re1 0.47/9 5 Rfb8 (Rfe8) 0.55/10 5 17.Ba6 (f3) 0.31/9 5 17...Bf7 0.29/10 5 18.h3 (f3) 0.41/9 5 18...Ne5 0.25/10 2 19.Qf4 (Re2) 0.38/9 2 19...Re8 0.11/10 4 20.Be3 (Bd2) 0.25/9 3 20...Rab8 -0.12/10 2 21.Re2 (cxd6) 0.09/9 2 21...Ng6 -0.35/12 4 22.Qa4 (Qf3) -0.12/10 9 22...f4 -0.83/11 7 23.Bd4 -0.06/9 6 f3 (Ne5) -0.38/10 7 24.Rxe8+ -0.06/8 3 Qxe8 -0.37/12 6 25.b3 (Bxg7) -0.06/8 3 25...fxg2 -0.65/11 5 26.Bxg7 -0.12/9 5 Kxg7 -0.51/11 1 27.Qd4+ -0.09/9 2 Qe5 -0.36/12 3 28.Qxe5+ -0.25/10 2 Nxe5 (dxe5) -0.42/14 6 29.Kxg2 (Rd1) -0.09/9 2 29...Nd7 -0.33/11 3 30.Na4 (cxd6) 0.00/9 4 30...Bd5+ -0.51/11 4 31.f3 (Kf1) 0.00/9 2 31...Kf6 -0.51/10 2 32.Kf2 (Rd1) -0.09/9 3 32...Ne5 (Be6) -0.41/10 3 33.Be2 0.00/9 3 Ng6 (Be6) -0.37/11 3 34.Nc3 -0.06/9 3 Be6 (Nf4) -0.22/11 5 35.Ne4+ (Bf1) 0.16/8 1 35...Ke5 -0.38/12 3 36.Re1 (Ng5) -0.03/9 3 36...d5 (Nf4) -0.49/11 1 37.Ng5 0.34/9 1 Bg8 (Kf5) -0.03/12 4 38.Bd3+ 0.31/9 1 Kf6 (Kd4) 0.14/13 3 39.Bxg6 (h4) 0.72/10 1 39...hxg6 0.01/14 3 40.f4 0.66/11 1 a5 0.12/14 2 41.Re5 (Kf3) 0.75/10 2 41...a4 (Rb4) 0.00/14 2 42.bxa4 0.63/11 2 Ra8 0.01/13 2 43.Kf3 (Kg3) 0.41/11 2 43...d4 (Rxa4) 0.02/13 2 44.Ne4+ (Ke4) 0.13/10 4 44...Kg7 0.00/12 0 45.Ke2 (Ng5) 0.31/8 1 45...Rxa4 (Bxa2) -0.03/11 1 46.Re7+ 0.56/10 1 Kf8 0.19/12 1 47.Rxc7 0.50/10 1 Bc4+ 0.29/11 1 48.Kd1 0.22/11 3 Rxa2 0.25/11 0 49.Rxc6 0.16/9 1 Bd5 0.36/10 0 50.Rc8+ 0.34/9 1 Ke7 0.00/11 0 51.Nd2 0.22/10 1 d3 (Kd7) -0.02/10 1 52.Rb8 0.19/10 0 Kd7 0.00/10 0 53.Ke1 0.13/10 0 Kc6 -0.16/11 1 54.Nb3 (Rc8+) 0.25/10 1 54...Kc7 (Re2+) -0.19/9 0 55.Rb6 0.34/10 1 Re2+ (Bc6) -0.39/11 0 56.Kd1 0.53/11 1 Bc6 (Re4) 0.01/11 6 57.Ra6 (Rxc6+) 0.03/10 1 57...Bf3 -0.21/10 0 58.Nd2 (Nd4) 0.09/10 0 58...Re6+ -0.01/10 0 59.Nxf3 0.00/13 0 Rxa6 -0.01/10 0 60.Ne5 0.00/12 1 Ra1+ (Rf6) -0.01/7 0 61.Kd2 0.00/11 0 Rh1 -0.01/7 0 62.Kxd3 (Nxg6) 0.00/10 0 62...Rxh3+ -0.01/6 0 63.Ke4 (Kd4) 0.00/11 0 63...Rg3 (g5) -0.01/6 0 64.Kd5 0.00/11 1 Rg2 (Re3) -0.01/6 0 65.Ke6 0.00/11 0 g5 (Rf2) -0.01/5 0 66.Kf5 (fxg5) 0.00/11 0 66...gxf4 -0.01/9 0 67.Kxf4 0.00/13 0 Rc2 0.00/1 0 68.Nd3 (c6) 0.00/1 0 68...Rc3 0.00/1 0 69.Ke4 0.00/1 0 Rc2 (Kd7) 0.00/1 0 70.Kd4 (Kd5) 0.00/1 0 70...Kd8 (Kb8) 0.00/1 0 71.Ne5 (Nb4) 0.00/1 0 71...Kc7 (Re2) 0.00/1 0 72.Kd5 (c6) Draw accepted 0.00/1 0 ½-½ Shredder 8 - Fritz 8 [C92] New Engine Test, Blitz:3' (3), 20.01.2004 [0.72;0.22] W=10.8 ply; 225kN/s; 3,731 TBAs B=10.6 ply; 634kN/s; 1,052 TBAs 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.Ra3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 d5 18.e5 White last book move 18...Ne4 19.Nxe4 0.72/10 6 dxe4 Black last book move 20.e6 0.49/11 6 fxe6 0.22/9 7 21.Bxe4 0.24/11 5 Bxe4 -0.13/9 6 22.Rxe4 0.28/12 3 Qd5 (e5) -0.38/9 7 23.Rae3 -0.23/10 5 Bc5 (e5) -0.66/9 4 24.Qd2 -1.41/9 5 e5 (Na2) -0.94/9 5 25.Re2 (Nf5) -0.87/11 4 25...Rac8 (Bxd4) -0.88/9 5 26.Nf5 -0.71/10 9 Nd3 -1.19/8 3 27.Nxh6+ (Kh2) -1.20/10 9 27...Kh7 -1.69/8 2 28.Nf5 (Ng4) -0.56/10 9 28...Bxf2+ (Qd8) -2.06/7 1 29.Kh2 0.19/9 1 Rxc1 0.00/8 10 30.Rxf2 0.11/10 3 Qxe4 0.00/8 8 31.Qg5 0.94/11 3 Rc7 0.00/10 3 32.Qh5+ 1.69/13 8 Kg8 0.50/11 5 33.Qxe8+ 2.29/11 4 Kh7 0.53/11 4 34.Rf3 (Qh5+) 2.15/11 5 34...Nf4 0.41/9 2 35.Ne7 2.46/11 2 Rxe7 1.37/9 3 36.Qxe7 2.92/12 1 Ng6 (Qg6) 1.75/9 2 37.Qg5 3.20/13 5 Nf4 2.16/10 5 38.Rg3 3.95/12 4 g6 2.22/10 3 39.Qe7+ (a5) 4.06/12 3 39...Kg8 2.28/10 2 40.axb5 4.27/12 2 axb5 2.31/10 3 41.Rg5 (Qe8+) 4.27/12 2 41...b4 2.56/10 1 42.b3 (Qxe5) 4.52/12 2 42...Nd3 2.69/10 1 43.Qf6 4.66/11 0 Qf4+ 3.37/13 2 44.Qxf4 4.90/12 0 exf4 3.09/11 0 45.Rxg6+ 4.80/9 0 Kf7 (Kh7) 3.59/13 1 46.Rc6 4.81/11 1 Ke7 (Ne5) 3.62/12 2 47.Rc4 5.34/9 1 Ke6 3.97/12 1 48.g4 (Rd4) 5.87/9 2 48...Ke5 (fxg3+) 4.09/12 2 49.Kg2 6.40/9 1 Ke6 (Kd5) 5.06/12 2 50.Re4+ 6.82/8 0 Kd5 (Kf6) 5.28/12 1 51.Kf3 7.50/9 0 Nc5 (Kc5) 6.19/12 3 52.Rxb4 8.23/8 0 Ke6 6.44/11 2 53.h4 8.67/8 1 Kf7 (Ke7) 6.78/11 2 54.Rxf4+ (g5) 8.98/8 0 54...Kg7 7.00/11 1 55.b4 8.84/8 0 Nd3 (Nd7) 7.41/11 2 56.Re4 (g5) 9.64/7 0 1-0 Fritz 8 - Shredder 8 [D46] New Engine Test, Blitz:3' (4), 20.01.2004 [0.38;0.37] W=9.5 ply; 605kN/s B=11.1 ply; 253kN/s; 1,235 TBAs 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qe7 Both last book move 12.e4 0.38/10 5 e5 (b4) 0.37/11 6 13.dxe5 (Bg5) 0.59/10 7 13...Nxe5 0.20/10 1 14.Nd4 0.63/10 6 Bc5 0.38/11 5 15.Be3 0.53/9 6 Ned7 0.42/11 13 16.Nf5 (a3) 0.56/9 5 16...Qe5 0.90/11 6 17.Qc1 0.28/9 7 Bxe3 (b4) 0.47/9 4 18.Qxe3 0.28/9 1 b4 0.66/10 2 19.Na4 0.34/9 4 Rfe8 (c5) 0.98/10 6 20.Nd6 (Bc4) 1.31/9 2 20...Reb8 2.09/11 5 21.Bc4 1.75/10 6 Nd5 2.57/11 7 22.Qg3 1.69/9 1 Qxg3 2.65/12 5 23.hxg3 1.56/9 0 N5b6 3.26/13 5 24.Bxf7+ 1.91/10 3 Kh8 (Kf8) 3.48/13 5 25.Be6 (Nxb6) 2.69/10 2 25...Nf8 4.05/12 3 26.Bb3 2.66/9 1 Ba6 (h5) 4.49/13 4 27.Nc5 (Nf7+) 2.97/9 1 27...Bb5 4.00/12 3 28.Nf7+ (Rd4) 2.97/9 4 28...Kg8 3.93/7 0 29.Ne5+ (Rd4) 2.88/8 1 29...Kh8 4.00/12 1 30.a3 (Rd4) 2.88/9 3 30...bxa3 3.60/11 4 31.Nf7+ (bxa3) 2.84/9 1 31...Kg8 3.57/7 0 32.Nd6+ 2.84/9 1 Kh8 3.85/12 1 33.Rxa3 (bxa3) 2.84/9 1 33...a5 3.51/11 2 34.Nf7+ (Ba2) 2.75/9 3 34...Kg8 3.50/7 0 35.Ne5+ 2.75/9 3 Kh8 3.59/12 2 36.Ba2 (f4) 2.69/9 3 36...a4 3.58/10 3 37.f4 (Rd4) 2.53/8 2 37...h6 3.37/11 2 38.Kf2 (Nf7+) 2.69/9 2 38...Kh7 (Re8) 2.89/12 3 39.Bf7 2.53/10 4 g6 (Ra7) 3.09/12 7 40.Ke1 (Raa1) 2.53/8 3 40...Rd8 2.76/11 3 41.Raa1 (Rxd8) 2.34/8 1 41...Rxd1+ 2.27/9 1 42.Rxd1 2.25/9 1 a3 (Kg7) 2.17/10 0 43.bxa3 1.97/9 2 Rxa3 2.42/10 0 44.Rd8 1.97/9 2 Kg7 2.41/10 0 45.Bb3 2.28/8 1 Ra8 (Ba4) 2.64/9 1 46.Rd6 (Rxa8) 2.25/9 2 46...Re8 (Ra1+) 2.63/9 0 47.Kf2 2.44/9 1 Nc8 2.83/10 0 48.Rd1 2.47/10 3 Nb6 (Ne7) 2.87/10 1 49.Ke3 (g4) 2.53/9 1 49...Ra8 2.86/9 1 50.Rd6 2.47/9 1 Ra3 2.72/10 1 51.Kf2 2.44/9 2 Ba4 3.11/9 1 52.Ne6+ 2.47/8 1 Nxe6 3.38/11 1 53.Bxe6 2.41/8 0 g5 (Rc3) 3.38/10 0 54.Nxc6 (Bf7) 3.00/9 1 54...Bxc6 3.11/9 0 55.Rxc6 3.06/9 0 Na4 (Na8) 3.32/10 0 56.Ra6 (Rc7+) 3.78/9 1 56...h5 4.60/11 3 57.f5 (fxg5) 4.28/9 1 57...h4 5.77/13 8 58.gxh4 5.19/9 0 g4 5.77/11 0 59.e5 5.25/9 0 g3+ 5.87/11 1 60.Ke1 5.53/11 1 Re3+ 6.14/11 0 61.Kd2 5.53/10 0 Rd3+ 6.39/11 1 62.Ke2 5.88/10 0 Nc5 (Ra3) 6.57/11 1 63.Ra7+ (f6+) 5.91/8 0 63...Kh6 6.37/13 1 64.f6 5.91/9 0 Rd8 6.19/11 0 65.Bf5 6.56/9 0 Rh8 6.43/11 0 66.Kf3 6.56/9 0 Nb3 6.68/10 0 67.Kxg3 (e6) 6.84/9 0 67...Nd4 6.72/10 0 68.Kf4 8.25/9 0 Kh5 (Ne2+) 7.49/9 1 69.g4+ (Rh7+) 11.03/8 0 1-0
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.