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Subject: "9profis+9free" - drama at the finish

Author: Miroslav Nikolic

Date: 04:16:23 05/22/04



Beginning of the tournament: 12. 12. 2003.
End of the tournament: 22. 05. 2004.

Hardware: PIII 800MHz, 256Mb RAM
OS: Windows Xp
GUI: Chessprogram8 (Fritz 8)
Tournament: 9profis+9free, round robin, 4 rounds
Time control: 30'/40, 30'/40 + 30' (rest)
Hash: 32 MB
Ponder: off
Resign: on
Tablebase: Nalimov 4-pieces
TB Cache : 6 MB
Book used: Select.ctg (by me)
Book learning: off

Standings after the 1st round:
01 Junior 8__________13.5/17 (+2.0 points)
02 Shredder 7.04_____11.5/17
03 Ruffian 1.0.5_____10.5/17
04 CM9000 M2v.5______10.0/17 etc.

Standings after the second round:
01 Junior 8__________26.5/34 (+4 points)
02 Ruffian 1.0.5_____22.5/34
03 CM9000 M2v.5______22.5/34
04 Shredder 7.04_____19.5/34 etc.

Standings after the third round:
01 Junior 8__________37.5/51 (+4 points)
02 CM9000 M2v.5______33.5/51
03 Shredder 7.04_____33.0/51
02 Ruffian 1.0.5_____31.0/51 etc.

Standings at the end of the tournament:

01 CM9000 M2v.5______45.5/68 (strong play, excellent settings, great victory)
02 Junior 8__________44.5/68 (4:0 vs. Fritz 8 & Hiarcs 9; crash at the finish)
03 Shredder 7.04_____44.5/68 (not first - that is a wonder!)
04 Hiarcs8 Bareev____40.0/68 (4 points more than Hiarcs 9)
05 Ruffian 1.0.5_____38.0/68 (like a professional program)
06 Chess Tiger 15.0__36.5/68 (average; 4 draw games vs. Delfi)
07 Fritz 8___________36.5/68 (average; 0:4 vs. Junior, 2.5:1.5 vs. CM9000)
08 Hiarcs 9__________36.0/68 (average; 0:4 vs. Junior, 4:0 vs. Delfi & Think)
09 Aristarch 4.21____34.0/68 (second placed free program)
10 SOS 4 for Arena___32.0/68 (good place for SOS; 4:0 vs. Aristarch)
11 Nimzo 8___________32.0/68 (better placed that Gandalf)
12 Delfi 4.4_________31.5/68 (good place for Delfi; 2.5:1.5 vs. Shredder)
13 List 504__________31.0/68 (too late for v. 5.12)
14 Gandalf 5.1_______28.5/68 (next time maybe v. 4.32h?)
15 El Chinito 3.25___27.5/68 (vs. CM9000 0:4, vs. Shredder 2:2)
16 Kaissa 1.7________25.0/68 (0:4 vs. CM9000 & Shredder, 2:2 vs. H8 Bareev)
17 Crafty 19.06______24.5/68 (0.5:3.5 vs. CM 9000 & Shredder, 2.5:1.5 vs. H9)
18 SmarThink 0.17a___24.5/68 (0:4 vs. Hiarcs 9, 3:1 vs. Crafty)

Notices:
1) ELChinito - first 6 games v. 3.1C1; SOS for Arena - first 12 games v. 3;
2) Shredder 7.04 is with Haddad1.2DP5 settings; Fritz is 8.026; CT 15 is gambit;
3) Openings:
A 013 games (+07, -06, =00)
B 172 games (+74, -55, =43)
C 133 games (+61, -36, =36)
D 105 games (+29, -29, =47)
E 189 games (+73, -51, =65)
Most frequently openings:
E 15 - 67 games (+26, -15, =26)
C 99 - 42 games (+20, -08, =14)
B 66 - 31 games (+13, -11, =07)

ELO ratings (start ELO: 2600):

01 CM9000 M2v.5______: 2715 68 84 68 66.9 % 2593 25.0 %
02 Shredder 7.04_____: 2705 70 69 68 65.4 % 2594 36.8 %
03 Junior 8__________: 2705 70 82 68 65.4 % 2594 25.0 %
04 Hiarcs8 Bareev____: 2658 76 76 68 58.8 % 2596 23.5 %
05 Ruffian 1.0.5_____: 2639 79 65 68 55.9 % 2598 32.4 %
06 Chess Tiger 15.0__: 2624 82 63 68 53.7 % 2598 33.8 %
07 Fritz 8___________: 2624 82 65 68 53.7 % 2598 30.9 %
08 Hiarcs 9__________: 2619 83 63 68 52.9 % 2599 32.4 %
09 Aristarch 4.21____: 2600 74 74 68 50.0 % 2600 26.5 %
10 Nimzo 8___________: 2580 68 83 68 47.1 % 2601 26.5 %
11 SOS 4 for Arena___: 2580 61 83 68 47.1 % 2601 35.3 %
12 Delfi 4.4_________: 2576 56 82 68 46.3 % 2601 42.6 %
13 List 504__________: 2571 60 81 68 45.6 % 2601 38.2 %
14 Gandalf 5.1_______: 2546 68 77 68 41.9 % 2603 30.9 %
15 El Chinito 3.25___: 2536 67 75 68 40.4 % 2604 33.8 %
16 Kaissa 1.7________: 2511 75 72 68 36.8 % 2605 29.4 %
17 SmarThink 0.17a___: 2506 74 71 68 36.0 % 2605 30.9 %
18 Crafty 19.06______: 2506 77 71 68 36.0 % 2605 27.9 %

All games can be downloaded by Zied Hadad's website: www.chesslovers.tk

Best regards,
Miroslav



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