Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 22:46:16 11/15/04
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On November 15, 2004 at 20:17:27, gerold daniels wrote: >good evening thanks mr. mike byrne for the crafty-classic nice to >play the best players in chess. > >gerold. Thanks Gerold The standard Crafty Classic also plays pretty well. ----------------Crafty Classic----------------- Crafty Classic - Ruffian_105 : 14.0/20 12-4-4 (011=111=1101=1101=01) 70% +147 -----------------Ruffian_105----------------- Ruffian_105 - Crafty Classic : 6.0/20 4-12-4 (100=000=0010=0010=10) 30% -147 Time 4 min and 3 sec 1st Game Ruffian_105 - Crafty Classic [E66] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (2), 15.11.2004 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.0-0 a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 bxc4 13.bxc4 Bh6 14.f4 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd1 Bg7 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Ne3 Nc6 19.f5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.fxe6 dxe3 23.exf7+ Rxf7 24.Nb3 Qc7 25.Qd3 Qe7 26.Nd4 Rf8 27.Nc2 Bh6 28.Qd4 Qe6 29.Nb4 a5 30.Nd5 Bg7 31.c5 Nxd5 32.Bxd5 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Bxd4 34.Bxe6+ Kg7 35.cxd6 Kf6 36.d7 Bb6 37.Bc4 g5 38.g4 Ke5 39.Kg2 Kf4 40.h3 h6 41.Bd5 Bd8 42.a3 Ke5 43.Bb7 Kf4 44.Bc6 Bb6 45.Bd5 Bd8 46.Bc4 Bc7 47.Bf7 Bb6 48.Ba2 Bd8 49.Be6 Bb6 50.a4 Bd8 51.Bc4 Ke4 52.Bb3 Bc7 53.Bc2+ Kf4 54.Bd3 Bd8 55.Bg6 Bf6 56.Kh2 Bd8 57.Bh7 Bb6 58.Bc2 Bd8 59.Bg6 Be7 60.Bd3 Bf6 61.Bb5 Bd8 62.Kg2 Bb6 63.Ba6 Ke4 64.Bd3+ Kf4 65.Bb1 Bd8 66.Bh7 Bb6 67.Bg6 Bd8 68.Bb1 Bb6 69.Bh7 Bc7 70.Bf5 Bd8 71.Kh2 Bb6 72.Bh7 Bd8 73.Bc2 Bb6 74.Bb3 Bd8 75.Bc4 Ke4 76.Kg2 Bb6 77.Ba6 Bd8 78.Bb7+ Kf4 79.Bd5 Ke5 80.Bc6 Kf4 81.Bb7 Bb6 82.Bd5 Bd8 83.Be6 Ke5 84.Bf5 Kf4 85.Kf1 Kg3 86.Ke1 Kxh3 87.Kd1 Kg3 88.Kc2 Kf4 89.Be6 Ke5 90.Bf7 Kd4 91.Bg6 Bb6 92.Kb3 Bd8 93.Kb2 Bc7 94.Bf7 Bd8 95.Kb3 Bb6 96.Bh5 Bc7 97.Be8 Bd8 98.Bg6 Bc7 99.Bd3 Ke5 100.Kc4 Kf4 101.Kd5 Kxg4 102.Kc6 Bd8 103.Kb7 h5 104.Kc8 Be7 105.d8Q Bxd8 106.Kxd8 h4 107.Ke7 h3 108.Kf6 Kh4 109.Kf5 g4 110.Kf4 g3 111.Kxe3 h2 112.Be4 Kh3 113.Bf5+ Kg2 114.Be4+ Kf1 115.Kf4 g2 116.Bxg2+ Kxg2 117.Ke3 h1Q 118.Kd4 Qd1+ 119.Kc5 Qxa4 120.e3 Qb4+ 121.Kd5 0-1 [d]8/7p/3PBkp1/p7/3b4/4p1P1/P3P2P/5K2 w - - 0 36 How does Ruffian lose this? Ruffian_105 - Crafty Classic [B93/03] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (6), 15.11.2004 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Qf3 g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.f5 Nc6 10.0-0-0 Ne5 11.Qg3 b5 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Nf5 Bf8 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Rd2 Qc8 18.Kb1 Bg7 19.Qf4 f5 20.Qg3 Nf7 21.Nf3 Qc5 22.a3 b4 23.a4 b3 24.Bd3 bxc2+ 25.Bxc2 Rb8 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Re1 Qf5 28.Ka2 Rb4 29.Bxe7 Rxa4+ 30.Kb1 e3+ 31.Rc2 Qa5 32.Rc8+ Kd7 33.Rd8+ Kxe7 34.Rxe3+ Kxd8 35.Qxg6 Ra1+ 36.Kc2 0-1 now this was blitz so you engine shoud see b4 very quickly [d]r3k2r/4pnb1/p2p2p1/1pq2pB1/4b3/P4NQ1/1PPR2PP/1K3B1R b kq - 0 22 ;bm ...b4! Crafty Classic - Ruffian_105 [A07/14] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (7), 15.11.2004 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.0-0 e6 7.d4 Bd6 8.c4 0-0 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.bxc4 Qc7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qd2 Rad8 13.Qe3 b6 14.Nh4 Nb8 15.Rad1 a6 16.c5 bxc5 17.dxc5 Be7 18.g4 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 Nfd7 20.gxh5 Bxh4 21.Ne4 Rd8 22.Qc3 Nf6 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.h6 Qd1+ 25.Kh2 Nbd7 26.Ng3 Qa4 27.hxg7 Kxg7 28.Qd4 Bxg3+ 29.fxg3 Qxd4 30.Bxd4 e5 31.Bb2 Nxc5 32.Bxe5 Ncd7 33.Bc3 Nb8 34.Be4 h6 35.g4 Nbd7 36.Bxc6 Kg6 37.Bd4 Nf8 38.Bb7 Ne6 39.Bxf6 Nc5 40.Bxa6 Kxf6 41.Bc4 Ne4 42.a4 Nd6 43.Bd5 Ke5 44.e4 Kf4 45.Kg2 f6 46.a5 Nb5 47.a6 Na7 48.Ba8 Nb5 49.Bb7 Na7 50.Bd5 Nb5 51.Kf2 Na7 52.Kg2 Nb5 53.Kf2 Na7 54.Ke2 Kg3 55.Be6 Kf4 56.Kd3 Ke5 57.Bd5 Nc8 58.Kc4 Kd6 59.Kb5 Kc7 60.Kc5 Kd7 61.Bb7 Na7 62.Kb6 Nc8+ 63.Bxc8+ Kxc8 64.a7 Kd8 65.a8Q+ Ke7 66.Qg8 Kd6 67.Qe8 h5 68.gxh5 f5 1-0 [d]8/5pkp/p1p2n2/2n1p3/8/6PP/PB2P1BK/8 w - - 0 32 the bishops here were invincible depsite the pawn down Crafty Classic - Ruffian_105 [A08/04] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (9), 15.11.2004 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.d3 0-0 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bg4 9.h3 Be6 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Bxb7 Rb8 13.Bg2 Bc6 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Qc4 Rb4 17.Qc5 Rfb8 18.a4 Rd4 19.h4 h6 20.Ngf3 Rd5 21.Qc4 Rb4 22.Qe2 Qg4 23.Qa6 Rd6 24.c3 Rb6 25.Qe2 Rb8 26.Nc4 Re6 27.Ne3 Qh3 28.Rd1 Ne4 29.Qc2 g5 30.a5 gxh4 31.Nxh4 Rb5 32.Neg2 Rd6 33.Bf4 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Nd6 35.Qe2 a6 36.b4 h5 37.Nf3 Bf6 38.Bd2 e5 39.c4 Rb8 40.Re1 Nf5 41.Qe4 Ncd4 42.Nxd4 Nxd4 43.Bc3 Qg4 44.Qxg4+ hxg4 45.Kf1 Nf3 46.Rd1 Bg7 47.b5 axb5 48.cxb5 Nd4 49.Bxd4 exd4 50.Rb1 Ra8 51.b6 cxb6 52.axb6 Kf8 53.Ke2 Ke7 54.Kd3 Ke6 55.Rb5 Kd6 56.Nh4 Rd8 57.b7 Kc7 58.Nf5 Bf8 59.Nxd4 Bg7 60.b8Q+ Rxb8 61.Rxb8 Kxb8 62.Nf5 Bf8 63.Ne3 Kc7 64.Ke4 Kd8 65.Nxg4 Bb4 66.Ne5 Bc5 67.Nd3 Bb6 68.f4 Ke7 69.Nb4 Bc5 70.Nd5+ Kf8 71.g4 Kg7 72.Kf5 Bd4 73.g5 Bb2 74.Nf6 Kf8 75.Nd5 Kg7 76.Nc7 Kf8 77.Kg4 Ke7 78.Nd5+ Ke6 79.Nb4 Bc3 80.Na6 Ke7 81.Nc7 Bb2 82.Nd5+ Ke6 83.Nb4 Bc3 84.f5+ Kd6 85.Nd3 Kd7 86.Kf3 Ke7 87.Nf4 Bd4 88.Nd5+ Kd6 89.Ke4 Bb2 90.Nf4 Bc1 91.f6 Bb2 92.Kf5 Bc3 93.Ne6 fxe6+ 94.Kg6 Ke5 95.Kh7 Kd6 96.f7 Ke7 97.Kg8 Kd7 98.g6 Ba1 99.f8Q e5 100.Kf7 Bd4 101.Qb4 Kc6 102.g7 Be3 103.g8Q 1-0 [d]8/5p2/3k1P2/5KP1/5N2/2b5/8/8 w - - 0 93 ;bm Ne6 - nice move in a blitz game - Ruffian did not see the consequences of taking the N as quickly as Crafty Ruffian_105 - Crafty Classic [E99] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (12), 15.11.2004 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Rf7 17.Qc2 Ne8 18.a4 h5 19.Nf2 Bf8 20.Qb3 Rg7 21.Rc4 Nc7 22.Rc3 Nxb5 23.Bxb5 Nh4 24.Kh1 g4 25.fxg4 hxg4 26.Be2 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 Qh4 28.Rh1 f3+ 29.Kf1 fxe2+ 30.Kxe2 b6 31.Rg1 Bd7 32.Rcg3 Rc8 33.Qd3 Qh5 34.Ke1 Be7 35.R3g2 Bh4 36.b3 Rf7 37.Be3 Rf3 38.Qe2 Kf8 39.h3 Rc3 40.Qxf3+ gxf3 41.Rg8+ Kf7 42.R1g7+ Kf6 43.Rxd7 Rxe3+ 44.Kf1 Rxb3 45.Ng4+ Qxg4 46.Rf8+ Kg5 47.Rg8+ Kf4 48.Rxg4+ Ke3 49.Kg1 Ke2 50.Rf7 Bf2+ 51.Kh1 Be3 52.h4 Rb1+ 53.Kh2 Bf4+ 54.Rfxf4 exf4 55.Rxf4 f2 56.Rf6 f1Q 57.Rxf1 Rxf1 58.Kg3 Rf3+ 59.Kg4 a6 60.h5 b5 61.axb5 axb5 62.h6 Rf1 63.e5 dxe5 64.h7 Rh1 65.Kf5 Rxh7 66.Ke4 Rd7 67.Kf5 Rxd5 68.Ke6 Rd1 69.Kf5 0-1 [d]r1bq1rk1/ppp1n1bp/3p1np1/2PPp3/4Pp2/2NN1P2/PP1BB1PP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 13 The Crafty's book was on wide - so we get to see here a KID and Crafty handles it well. Both programs were in book until about move 20. [d]r1bq1bk1/pp4r1/3p4/1B1Pp1pp/P3Pp1n/1QR2P2/1P1B1NPP/5R1K b - - 0 24 ;bm g4! This move was not in book - Standard Crafty 19.17 will play this as well. [d]r1bq1bk1/pp4r1/3p4/3Pp3/P3Pppn/1QR5/1P1BBNPP/5R1K b - - 0 26 ;bm Nxg2! I did not checkto see if there moves are easy or not for other computers - but this is how KID should be played. The game is far from over at this point. [d]6R1/p2R4/1p1p1k2/3Pp2q/P3P2b/1r3p1P/5N2/5K2 w - - 0 45 Ng4+ looks good , but the queen is immune - very easy for computers -- but a nice move for humans nonetheless ....White does eventually win the queen, but the two rooks are no match for advanced pawns with the all the R& B support .. Ruffian_105 - Crafty Classic [A37] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (14), 15.11.2004 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.0-0 e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3 0-0 8.Bd2 d5 9.a3 b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bc3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 f6 15.Nd2 Qd7 16.Qa4 Rad8 17.Qh4 Qe7 18.Nc4 Nb8 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.a4 Qc6 21.a5 b5 22.Nd2 a6 23.Ne4 Nd7 24.Rb2 Qc7 25.Ra1 Qe5 26.Qh6 Qf5 27.f3 Qe5 28.Rab1 Qf5 29.Rc2 c4 30.d4 Qd5 31.e3 Rfe8 32.Rd2 Re7 33.Kh1 Rf7 34.Rf2 Rb8 35.Rfb2 Rc8 36.Kg2 Rff8 37.Kg1 Rc6 38.Re1 Rf7 39.Rf1 Rc8 40.Rfb1 Rd8 41.Re1 Rff8 42.Rf1 Rc8 43.Rc1 Rc6 44.Rf2 Rc7 45.Rb1 Rc6 46.Kh1 Rf7 47.Rff1 Re7 48.Rb2 Rf7 49.Rd2 Rf8 50.g4 Rf7 51.h4 Rc8 52.h5 g5 53.Kh2 Rb8 54.Rb1 Rd8 55.Kh3 Rff8 56.Rbd1 Rb8 57.Rb2 Rbd8 58.Rdb1 Kh8 59.Re2 Kg8 60.Rf2 Rf7 61.Re2 Kh8 62.Kg2 Kg8 63.Reb2 Re8 64.Kh3 Ref8 65.Re1 Re7 66.Rg1 Ree8 67.Ra1 Rf7 68.Rd1 Kh8 69.Rf1 Rd8 70.Rg1 Rc8 71.Rgb1 Re8 72.Re1 Kg8 73.Rbb1 e5 74.Rb2 Re6 75.dxe5 Nxe5 76.Rd2 Nd3 77.Rf1 Kh8 78.Rfd1 f5 79.Qxg5 Re5 80.Ng3 f4 81.e4 Rxg5 82.exd5 fxg3 83.Rxd3 cxd3 84.Rxd3 g2 85.Kxg2 Rd7 86.d6 Rg8 87.Kf2 Rgd8 88.Re3 Rxd6 89.f4 Rc6 90.Ke2 Rdc8 91.Kd2 Rc4 92.Re6 Rxf4 93.Rxa6 Rxg4 94.Rb6 Rg2+ 95.Kd3 Rg3+ 96.Kd4 Rc4+ 97.Ke5 Rh4 98.h6 Rg5+ 99.Kd6 Rxh6+ 100.Kc7 Rg7+ 101.Kc8 Rxb6 102.axb6 h5 103.Kb8 h4 104.Kc8 h3 105.c4 h2 106.Kd8 h1Q 107.b7 Qxb7 108.c5 Qd7# 0-1 [d]3r1rk1/3n3p/p3pppQ/Ppp2q2/4N3/2PP2P1/1R2PP1P/R5K1 w - - 0 27 Notice how long the queen sits on h6 - Ruffian parks it there for over 50 moves...and self imprisions it on move 52 with h5? . The game was technically lost at that point as black is free to manuever. Crafty Classic - Ruffian_105 [C45] Arena tournament MICHAEL_007 (15), 15.11.2004 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qd2 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.0-0 Rb8 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Na4 Bd6 11.Qe3 Rb7 12.f4 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 14.e5 Qh4 15.g3 Qh6 16.Qc5 Bb6 17.Nxb6 d6 18.Nxc8 dxc5 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.f5 Qh3 21.Nxc6 Qg4 22.e6 fxe6 23.Ne5 Qa4 24.fxe6 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1 Rb6 26.b3 Qe8 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Bc4 h6 29.Ba3 Rxe6 30.Ng5 hxg5 31.Re1 Qd8 32.Bxc5 Kh7 33.Rxe6 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 a5 35.Bd4 c5 36.Bxc5 Qc2+ 37.Bf2 Qxc3 38.Bd5 Qd2 39.Rd6 Qb4 40.Re6 Qd2 41.Rd6 Qb4 42.Rc6 g4 43.Rc4 Qd2 44.Be4+ Kg8 45.Rc2 Qb4 46.Bg6 Qb7+ 47.Kg1 Qa6 48.Bf5 Qh6 49.Bxg4 Qg6 50.Bd1 Qd3 51.Rc8+ Kf7 52.Rc7+ Ke6 53.Bg4+ Kf6 54.Rc6+ Kf7 55.Be6+ Ke8 56.Bc5 Qd1+ 57.Kf2 Qc2+ 58.Kf3 Qd3+ 59.Kf4 Qd2+ 60.Kf5 Qd3+ 61.Ke5 Qd8 62.Rc8 Qxc8 1-0 [d]2b2rk1/prp1nppp/1Npp3q/2Q1P3/5P2/2PB2P1/PP5P/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 18 ;bm Nc8 easy move for computers, but still very appealing to the eye [d]5r1k/prp2ppp/2N5/2p1PP2/6q1/2PB2P1/PP5P/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 22 ;bm e6! watch the tactics that are arise out of this move - Crafty Classic sees this instantly. this ending illustrates how hard it is is for a Q to defend against R and 2B
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