Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:36:05 09/03/04
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On September 03, 2004 at 12:38:31, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On September 03, 2004 at 03:40:51, Graham Banks wrote: > >>Athlon XP2000 >>256mb hash each (or closest allowed by each program) >>3,4,5 piece tablebases >>All using Fritz Powerbook tournament book (maximum variety, minimum 5 games for >>a move to be played, no learning) >>40 moves in 40 minutes repeating. >>Ponder off >>Tournament run under Deep Fritz 8 GUI >> >> >>STANDINGS (after 59 of 76 rounds) >> >>48.0 - CM9000 Judge II >>37.5 - CM 10th Edition >>36.0 - Gandalf 5.1 >>35.5 - List 512 >>35.5 - SOS 4 >>33.0 - Thinker 4.6c >>32.0 - Delfi 4.5 >>32.0 - SmarThink 0.17a >>31.5 - Pro Deo 1.0 >>29.5 - Deep Sjeng 1.6 >>29.0 - Pharaon 2.62 >>26.5 - Anaconda 1.6.2 >>26.5 - Gothmog 1.0b10 >>25.5 - Tao 5.6 >>25.5 - Yace 0.99.87 >>24.5 - Little Goliath Revival >>22.5 - Fruit 1.5 >>21.5 - Comet B68 >>21.0 - Crafty 19.15 >>17.0 - Slow Chess 2.93a >> >> >>An updated full crosstable and a download file of all games to date should be up >>on Kurt’s website sometime soon. http://www.utzingerk.com/banks/st_03_qual.htm >> >>Comments welcome and appreciated as always. >>Graham. > >I just saw a post in the Winboard Forum which explains the miserable performance >of Crafty above. > >1.b3,1.a4,1.Nh3 or 1.e4 Nh6 are really nice openings. >Bob just has forgotten to teach Crafty how to play them :) > >Please use next time a decent book. There are several available. > >Michael > How is that even possible? Is the GUI choosing the opening moves? I can't imagine any circumstance where Crafty would play 1. a4 unless it is a custom book with lots of 1. a4 openings in it. :) >Crafty 19.15 - Comet B68 [A00] >Super Tournament III Qualifier Howick (2.4), 21.07.2004 > >1.Nh3 e5 2.e3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.exd4 d5 5.Nf4 Nf6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 Re8 >9.Bf3 Bf5 10.Nfxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Qh4 12.f4 Rad8 13.Nb5 Nb4 14.Bb3 Bc5 15.Bd2 >Bxd4+ 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.Re1 Qd8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.c3 Rd7 20.cxb4 Qd8 21.Qf3 Rxd2 >22.Qxb7 g6 23.Kh1 Qd6 24.Rf1 Bd3 25.Rc1 Qxf4 26.Qa8+ Kg7 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Bf5 >29.Rxc7 Bh3 30.Rxf7+ Kh6 31.Kg1 Rxb2 32.b5 Rg2+ 33.Kf1 a6 34.Ke1 axb5 35.Rb7 Bc8 >36.Rxb5 Rxh2 37.Re5 Bb7 38.Re2 Rxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Kg5 40.Ke3 h5 41.a4 h4 42.Be6 Kf6 >43.Bh3 Ba6 44.f4 g5 45.Bd7 Ke7 46.Bf5 Kf6 47.Bh3 gxf4+ 48.Kxf4 Ke7 49.Ke5 Kd8 >50.Be6 Kc7 51.Bf5 Kc6 52.Kf4 Bf1 53.Bc8 Kc7 54.Be6 Kc6 55.Kg4 Be2+ 56.Kxh4 Kb6 >57.a5+ Kxa5 ½-½ > > >Crafty 19.15 - CM9000 Judge II [A00] >Super Tournament III Qualifier Howick (4.2), 03.09.2004 > >1.a4 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Qe2 d5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2 Re8 >9.0-0 Bc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Qe1 Nbd7 12.d4 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.h3 Rxe5 15.Qd2 Be2 >16.Re1 Bc4 17.b4 Be7 18.Na3 Bb3 19.a5 c6 20.Rb1 Ba4 21.Bb2 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Nf6 >23.Qd4 Bf8 24.Qd2 b6 25.axb6 axb6 26.Re2 Bb3 27.Re3 Ne4 28.Qe1 Nd6 29.Bf1 Ra4 >30.Qb1 Qa8 31.Qc1 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Re5 g6 34.Re2 Bg7 35.Re1 Ne4 36.f3 Nd6 >37.Nb5 Nf5 38.Kh2 Bh6 39.f4 Nxg3 40.Kxg3 Bxf4+ 41.Qxf4 Rxf4 42.Kxf4 Qa2 43.Re8+ >Kg7 44.Re2 Bc4 0-1 > > > >Thinker 4.6c - Crafty 19.15 [B00] >Super Tournament III Qualifier Howick (1.2), 18.07.2004 > >1.e4 Nh6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Nf5 8.0-0 0-0 >9.Re1 Qc6 10.c4 Rd8 11.c3 f6 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.h3 Nc6 14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Na5 16.Bf4 >Qf7 17.c4 b6 18.Rac1 Nb7 19.Bxf5 Bxf5 20.Nd4 Bg6 21.Qf3 Nc5 22.Rcd1 Re8 23.Nb5 >Bh5 24.g4 Bg6 25.Bxc7 Bc2 26.Rc1 Bd3 27.d6 Be4 28.Qc3 f5 29.Rcd1 Nd7 30.f3 Bb7 >31.Nd4 Qf6 32.Qd2 fxg4 33.fxg4 Ba6 34.Nf5 Bxc4 35.Re7 Be6 36.Rf1 Qe5 37.Re1 Qc5+ >38.Kg2 Rxe7 39.Nxe7+ Kf7 40.Qf4+ Nf6 41.g5 Qa3 42.gxf6 Qxh3+ 43.Kf2 Qh6 44.Qxh6 >1-0
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