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Subject: Re: Chess System Tal II vs Shredder 8 (4 games PGN - more than enough)

Author: Mark Young

Date: 02:35:52 02/04/04

On February 03, 2004 at 17:08:00, James T. Walker wrote:

>I couldn't let Thorsten Czub post how great CSTal II is vs Shredder without some
>balanced reporting.  Here are 4 games played today on 2 XP2400+/auto232
>machines.  Games were played at 40/40 +20/20.  Not surprising is the score......
>It's 4-0 in favor of Shredder 8.

It is always wise to have a few tons of salt on hand when TC starts talking
about chess programs....or for that matter any topic. :)

>
>[Event "40'/40+20'/20+20'/20"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2004.02.03"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Shredder 8"]
>[Black "CSTal II"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "E12"]
>[PlyCount "107"]
>[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
>
>1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. e5 b4
>9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 dxe5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qxd4 14. Qg7 Rf8
>15. O-O Qc5 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 e4 18. Bxe4 Nd7 19. Re3 O-O-O 20. Bf3 Nb8 21.
>c3 e6 22. Re5 Qe7 23. Ra5 Rd2 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Qxf8+ Rd8 26. Qg7 h5 27. b4 Qc7
>28. Qf6 Rd7 29. Ra1 Qd6 30. h3 e5 31. Qh8+ Rd8 32. Qg7 Qe7 33. Re1 Re8 34. Be2
>Qf8 35. Qf6 Qe7 36. Qf3 Qa7 37. Bc4 f5 38. Qg3 Qg7 39. Ra1 Rd8 40. Qe3 Rd6 41.
>Ra7 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd7 43. Ra8 Rb7 44. Ba6 e4 45. Bxb7+ Qxb7 46. Ra7 f4 47. Qd4
>Qxa7 48. Qxa7 e3 49. fxe3 fxe3 50. Qxe3 Kb7 51. Qe7+ Kc8 52. b5 cxb5 53. Qc5+
>Kd7 54. Qxb5+ Kc7 55. Qxb8+ Kxb8 56. Kg3 g5 57. h4 g4 58. Kf4 Kc7 59. Kg5 Kd6
>60. Kxh5 g3 61. Kg6 Kd5 62. h5 Kc4 63. h6 Kd3 64. h7 Kc4 65. h8=Q Kb5 66. Qb8+
>Kc6 67. Qxg3 Kd7 68. Kf5 Kc8 69. Qg7 Kb8 70. Ke6 Ka8 71. Kd5 Kb8 72. Kc6 Ka8
>73. Qb7# 1-0
>
>[Event "40'/40+20'/20+20'/20"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2004.02.03"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "CSTal II"]
>[Black "Shredder 8"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "A31"]
>[PlyCount "130"]
>[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
>
>1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be2
>Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Qe1 Qb8
>15. b3 Nh5 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Nhf6 19. Bf1 Ne5 20. Qf2 Nfd7 21.
>Qg3 Ng6 22. Ne2 Rf8 23. Kh1 Nde5 24. Qh3 Bf6 25. Rd2 Rfe8 26. Rcd1 Be7 27. Ng3
>Rcd8 28. Nh5 Nd7 29. Be2 Nf6 30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Bc8 32. Be3 d5 33. e5 Nd7
>34. Bd3 g6 35. f4 Nc5 36. Bd4 dxc4 37. Bxc4 Ne4 38. Re2 Bb7 39. a4 b5 40. Bd3
>Nc3 41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. axb5 Qxb3 43. b6 Bb4 44. Qe3 Ba5 45. Red2 Rd7 46. Na1
>Bxd2 47. Rxd2 Qc3 48. Nc2 Be4 49. Bxe4 Qxe3 50. Nxe3 Rxd2 51. Kg1 Rb8 52. b7 a5
>53. Nc2 Rxb7 54. Bxb7 Rxc2 55. Be4 Rc1+ 56. Kf2 a4 57. g3 a3 58. Kf3 a2 59. Kg4
>a1=Q 60. Bf3 Qb2 61. Kh3 Qf2 62. Be4 Rg1 63. Bd3 Qf3 64. Bxg6 hxg6 65. f5 Qh5#
>0-1
>
>[Event "40'/40+20'/20+20'/20"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2004.02.03"]
>[Round "3"]
>[White "Shredder 8"]
>[Black "CSTal II"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "E12"]
>[PlyCount "107"]
>[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qa4+ Nfd7 8.
>cxd5 Bxf1 9. Nxf1 exd5 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nf5
>g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qh4 Re8 17. b4 c4 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Rac1 Nd7
>21. Rxd5 Nb6 22. Re5 Rxe5 23. Nxe5 Rc8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bd4 f6 26. Bxb6 axb6 27.
>Nd7 b5 28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Nd5 Ra8 30. Ra1 Kf8 31. e4 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ra7 33. Ke3 Ke6
>34. Nc3 Kf7 35. Kd4 Ra6 36. Kc5 Kf6 37. Nxb5 Nc8 38. a4 Ke5 39. a5 h5 40. Nc7
>Ra7 41. Kc6 Ne7+ 42. Kd7 Kd4 43. b5 Rxc7+ 44. Kxc7 c3 45. a6 c2 46. a7 Kc5 47.
>a8=Q Kc4 48. Qa4+ Kd3 49. Ra3+ Kd2 50. Qd4+ Ke2 51. Ra2 Nd5+ 52. exd5 Ke1 53.
>Rxc2 Kf1 54. Qf2# 1-0
>
>[Event "40'/40+20'/20+20'/20"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2004.02.03"]
>[Round "4"]
>[White "CSTal II"]
>[Black "Shredder 8"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "B18"]
>[PlyCount "62"]
>[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
>
>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
>Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5
>15. Qd3 c5 16. c3 Qc7 17. Ka1 a4 18. Bc1 c4 19. Qc2 a3 20. b4 cxb3 21. Qxb3
>Rfc8 22. Bd2 b5 23. Qxb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Rb2 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. Qd3 Nc4 27. Rc2 Rcb8
>28. Ne2 Qb6 29. Qh7+ Nxh7 30. Rhc1 Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Qxb1# 0-1

Re: Chess System Tal II vs Shredder 8 (4 games PGN - more than enough) Thorsten Czub 03:27:43 02/04/04
- Re: Chess System Tal II vs Shredder 8 (4 games PGN - more than enough) Torstein Hall 03:54:09 02/04/04

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