Author: Mark Young
Date: 16:24:41 04/11/04
ChessGenius PPC v1.5 Vs. Shredder 8
Axim X5 @ 500Mhz P4 2.5Ghz
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16MB HT 700MB HT
Book: Genius Book: Shredder 8
TC 30 sec/move avg. TC 6, 2, & 1 sec/move avg.
Genius played Shredder 8 in 3 matches with 4 games each.
Match 1 (Genius played with 30 sec/move avg. 5X time advantage)
6'/60+6'/60+6'/60 0
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1 Shredder 8 1111 4.0/4
2 ChessGenius PPC v1.5 0000 0.0/4
Match 2 (Genius played with 30 sec/move avg. 15X time advantage)
2'/60+2'/60+2'/60 0
1234
1 Shredder 8 0111 3.0/4
2 ChessGenius PPC v1.5 1000 1.0/4
Match 3 (Genius played with 30 sec/move avg. 30X time advantage)
1'/60+1'/60+1'/60 0
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1 Shredder 8 1111 4.0/4
2 ChessGenius PPC v1.5 0000 0.0/4
[Event "6'/60+6'/60+6'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "126"]
{D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4
Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nd2
Nf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. Na4 Qa3 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. Qb3 Qxb3
17. Nxb3 Ba3
[d]3rk2r/1p1b1p1p/pNn1pp2/3p4/3P4/bN1BP3/P4PPP/R4RK1 w k - 0 18
Rab1 was better....After Rfd1 ChessGenius is ground down.
18. Rfd1 Nb4 19. Na5 Bb5 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. Rab1 Rd6 22. Rb3 Rxb6
23. Rxa3 Ke7 24. Rb1 Rc8 25. h3 Nc2 26. Rab3 b4 27. R3b2 Rc3 28. Nb3 Na3 29.
Ra1 Ra6 30. Nc5 Ra7 31. Rxb4 Nc2 32. Rc1 Nxb4 33. Rxc3 b6 34. Nd3 Nxd3 35. Rxd3
Rxa2 36. Rb3 Ra6 37. g4 Kd6 38. Rb2 Kc6 39. Rc2+ Kb7 40. Rb2 Ra4 41. Kf1 Kc6
42. Ke2 b5 43. Rc2+ Rc4 44. Ra2 b4 45. Kd2 Kb5 46. Ra7 b3 47. Rb7+ Ka4 48. Ra7+
Kb4 49. Rxf7 Rc2+ 50. Kd3 Rc1 51. Rb7+ Ka3 52. Ra7+ Kb2 53. f4 Rc3+ 54. Kd2
Rc2+ 55. Kd1 Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kd3 57. Rb7 Rc3 58. g5 f5 59. h4 Kxe3 60. h5 Kxf4 61.
Kd2 Rc2+ 62. Kd3 Rg2 63. Rxh7 b2 0-1
[Event "6'/60+6'/60+6'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shredder 8"]
[Black "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "95"]
{D05: Colle System with ...e6} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2
O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 cxd4 10. Bb4 dxe3 11. Bxf8 exf2+
12. Kxf2 Qxf8 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Rc1 Qc5+ 15. Kf1 Ng4 16. Qd2 Qf5 17. Qd6 Nf6 18.
Bd3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Be4 Nce7 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nc4 Bd7 23. Nd6 b6 24. g3 Rd8
25. Kf2 e5 26. Red1 Be6 27. Nc4 Rd7 28. Rd2
[d]6k1/p2rn1pp/1p2bp2/3np3/2N1B3/P5P1/1P1R1K1P/2R5 b - - 0 28
Bf5?? is disastrous...Kf7 keeps the balance.
Bf5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5+ Nxd5
31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Kxe3 h5 33. Rc7 a5 34. Rb7 a4 35. Rxb6 Kf7 36. b4 axb3 37.
Rxb3 Bd7 38. Rb4 Bc6 39. a4 g5 40. a5 f5 41. Rc4 f4+ 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Rc5 Ke6
44. a6 Be4 45. Rc8 h4 46. Rh8 hxg3+ 47. hxg3 Kf5 48. gxf4 (48. gxf4) 1-0
[Event "6'/60+6'/60+6'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[PlyCount "72"]
{B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 a6 11. O-O-O
c4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qc6+ Bd7 15. Qb7 Rb8
[d]1r1qkb1r/1Q1b1pp1/p3pn1p/1p6/3P4/4BN2/PPP2PPP/2KR2NR w k - 0 16
Qxa6?? is a serious positional blunder. The game is over.
16. Qxa6 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rxa2
18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Nc3 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Ra5 21. Ra1 b4 22. Ne2 Rb5 23. Qa7 Bc6 24. h3
Rb8 25. Qa5 Bc7 26. Qa6 Ne4+ 27. Ke1 Bb5 28. Qa2 O-O 29. Qb3 Qf6 30. Rf1 Rfc8
31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Kxd2 Bd6 33. Rfc1 Bc4 34. Qa4 Qg6 35. Nf4 Bxf4 36. Bxf4 Qxg2
0-1
[Event "6'/60+6'/60+6'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shredder 8"]
[Black "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[PlyCount "43"]
{D23: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 sidelines} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Bxc4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8. Be2 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qd8 10.
O-O e6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3
[d]rn2kb1r/p1q2ppp/2p1pn2/1p6/4P3/2N1BP2/PPQ1BP1P/R2R2K1 b kq - 0 12
Bd6?? is fatal. Better was a6.
Bd6 13. Rxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxb5 Qd8 15. Rd1 Nfd7 16. Nd6+
Kf8 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. f4 a5 19. f5 a4 20. Qc4 Ne5 21. Qc5 Kg8 22. Qxe5 1-0
[Event "2'/60+2'/60+2'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[PlyCount "159"]
{A35: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3
Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Be2 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3
exd3+ 12. Kf1 h6 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe2+ 15. Kg1 O-O 16. Re1 Qxf3 17. Nxf3
d6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Nf1 Be4 23. Ng3 Kf8
24. b3 Bh7 25. a4 a5 26. Kh2 Rac8 27. Rd2 Re5 28. Rhd1 Ke7 29. Nf1 Kd7 30. Ne3
h5 31. g3 Be4 32. Ra1 Bg6 33. Ng2 Rh8 34. Rad1 Ree8 35. Rb1 Re4 36. Nf4 h4 37.
Kg2 Bh7 38. Rbd1 Ree8 39. Kf1 Rhg8 40. Nh5 Rg6 41. g4 Kd8 42. Rxd3 f5 43. g5
Rxg5 44. Nf6 Rh8 45. Re3 Rg6 46. Nxh7 Rxh7 47. Rd4 Rh5 48. Rf4 Kd7 49. Ref3
Rgg5 50. b4 axb4 51. Rb3 Rg8 52. Rxb4 Rb8 53. Rf3 Rh7 54. Rxf5 Kc7 55. Rf4 b6
56. Ke2 Re8+ 57. Kd2 Re5 58. Rg4 Re7 59. Rb2 Rh8 60. Kd3 Ra8 61. Rb4 Rh8 62.
Rb3 Rh7
[d]8/2k1rp1r/1p1p4/3P4/P1P3Rp/1R1K3P/5P2/8 w - - 0 63
ChessGenius shows a spark of life with a5!... breaking Shredders defence and
winning its only game.
63. a5 Re8 64. axb6+ Kb7 65. Rf4 Rd8 66. Rf6 Rd7 67. Rf3 Rh8 68. Rf4
Rh5 69. Kd4 Rh8 70. Re4 f5 71. Rf4 Rf7 72. Rb4 Rf6 73. Rb1 Rh7 74. Rb2 Rf8 75.
c5 dxc5+ 76. Kxc5 Rh6 77. Kd4 Rfh8 78. Rxf5 R6h7 79. f4 Ra8 80. Rb3 1-0
[Event "2'/60+2'/60+2'/60"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shredder 8"]
[Black "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "65"]
{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 b6 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Nh4 Bg4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. f3 Bh5 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4
[d]r4rk1/p2nqpp1/1ppbpn1p/7b/2PPP2N/2N3P1/PPQB2BP/R4RK1 b - - 0 15
e5? is positionally wrong...giving up f5, but black maybe already lost.
e5
16. Nf5 Qe6 17. c5 Be7 18. Qb3 Bd8 19. d5 Qe8 20. Be3 cxd5 21. Nd6 Qe7 22. Nf5
Qe8 23. Nxd5 bxc5 24. Nd6 Qe6 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Bxc5 Be7 28. Bh3
Ng4 29. b4 Rf6 30. Nc4 Bxc5+ 31. bxc5 Rg6 32. Nd6 a6 33. c6 1-0
[Event "2'/60+2'/60+2'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "50"]
{A45: Trompowsky Attack} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 g5 5. fxe4 gxh4
6. e3 Bh6 7. Kf2 e6 8. Qh5 Qf6+ 9. Qf3 Qg6 10. Nc3 Nc6
[d]r1b1k2r/pp1p1p1p/2n1p1qb/2p5/3PP2p/2N1PQ2/PPP2KPP/R4BNR w kq - 0 11
Nb5?? A pointless move in a bad position. Nge2 has to be better.
11. Nb5 O-O 12. c3 d5
13. exd5 exd5 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Nd6 Qxd6 16. Qxf5 Rae8 17. dxc5 Bxe3+ 18. Kf1 Qg6
19. Qxd5 Re5 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Nf3 Re4 22. Qb5 h3 23. g3 Qf5 24. Qb3 Bxc5 25. Qc2
Ne5 0-1
[Event "2'/60+2'/60+2'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shredder 8"]
[Black "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "81"]
{E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations}
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Qxd4
Bc5 9. Qd3 d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. a3 a5 12. Rab1 a4 13. Rbd1 h6 14. Be3
[d]r2qk2r/1b1n1pp1/1p1ppn1p/2b5/p1P5/P1NQBNP1/1P2PPBP/3R1RK1 b kq - 0 14
Bxe3? frees white's game... at the cost of a tempo! Maybe O-O is better.
Bxe3
15.Qxe3 Nc5 16. Qf4 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Ng6 fxg6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21.Qxe4 Kf7 22. Rd3 Ra5 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Qd4 Rg8 25. b4 axb3 26. Rxb3 Rc5 27.Qb2
Rxc4 28. Rxb6 Qd7 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Rb3 Rc7 31. Qd4 e5 32. Qd3 Qe6 33. Rb6 Rd7 34.
a4 Rf8 35. a5 Qf6 36. f3 g5 37. Qe4 Rc8 38. a6 Qe6 39. Ra1 Rcc7 40. Rb7 d5
41. Qb4+ 1-0
[Event "1'/60+1'/60+1'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "66"]
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. dxc5 e6 6. b4
a5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 axb4
[d]rnb1kb1r/1p3ppp/4p3/2Pn4/1p6/2P5/P2B1PPP/RN2KBNR w KQkq - 0 9
Bb5+ ? Is another tactical oversite. Better is cxb4
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. cxb4 Nc6 12. Nc3
Ncxb4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rb1 Kc7 15. Rb2 Bxc5 16. Nf3 f6 17. Ke2 b6 18. Rc1 Ra4
19. Be3 Kd6 20. Bxc5+ bxc5 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. Nd2 c4 23. Ne4+ Ke5 24. Re1 Kf4 25.
Rb5 Rxa2 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Re4+ Kg5 28. Rxe6 Rd2 29. Ne4+ Kf5 30. Re8 Rd3 31. Ra5
c3 32. Nd6+ Kg6 33. Re1 c2 0-1
[Event "1'/60+1'/60+1'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shredder 8"]
[Black "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "43"]
{C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 f6 9. h3 Bh5
10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Qe2 Qc5 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Be6 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxc3
16. Be3
[d]r3k2r/ppp1b1pp/4Bp2/n3p3/8/2qPBQ1P/P1P2PP1/R3R1K1 b kq - 0 16
ChessGenius shows little regard for king safety. With its king trapped in the
center ChessGenius opens more lines with Qxc2?. Better is Rd8.
Qxc2 17. Qg4 g5 18. Rac1 Qxd3 19. Red1 Qg6 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. Qxa5 Rd8
22. Qxc7 1-0
[Event "1'/60+1'/60+1'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Black "Shredder 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "44"]
{C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. dxc6 Bg4
10. f3 Qe8+ 11. Kf1 Bc8 12. Nb5 Qxc6 13. Bg5 Bc5
[d]r1b2rk1/p1p2ppp/2q2n2/1Nb3B1/8/3B1P2/PPP3PP/R2Q1K1R w - - 0 14
Bc4? is just losing. Even with a 30 to 1 time advantage ChessGenius is being
outplayed tactically and positionally.
14. Bc4 Ba6 15. Qd3 Rad8 16.
Qb3 h6 17. Bh4 Rd2 18. Be1 Rd7 19. a4 Re8 20. Bc3 Re3 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Re1 Nf4
0-1
[Event "1'/60+1'/60+1'/60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shredder 8"]
[Black "ChessGenius PPC v1.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "73"]
{A45: Trompowsky Attack} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Be7 6.
h3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. Qb3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nh4 Qxb3 12. axb3
Bc2 13. Rc1 Be4 14. O-O h6 15. Nhf3 Bf5 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. b4 a6 18. Nb3
[d]2r2rk1/1p1nbpp1/p3pn1p/3p1b2/1P1P1B2/1NP2N1P/1P2BPP1/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 18
Kh7? Again ChessGenius can find no active play against Shredder 8.
Kh7 19.
Na5 g5 20. Bh2 b5 21. Nb7 Ne4 22. Nc5 Nexc5 23. bxc5 Rc6 24. Ra1 Bf6 25. Ra3 g4
26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Rea1 Kg8 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Rd8 30. Bxb5 Bxf3 31. gxf3
Nf8 32. b4 Ng6 33. Bc7 Rc8 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. Bd7 Rg8 36. b5 Kh7 37. Bg3 1-0
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