Author: ALI MIRAFZALI
Date: 15:24:02 07/29/05
It seems that the tremendous increase in the strength of PC commercial Software
is due to software improvements and not so much hardware.Here is 6 games PGN
at 40 moves in 2 hours time control.Both progrms were tested with their default
settings.MChess Pro 8 had the Pentium 1.6 Gig Mobile Processor which is about
1.8 times faster the Celeron 1.8 gig Processor that Chessmaster 10th Edition
used .Still Chessmaster won by 4.5 to 1.5.Here are the games:
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.2.11"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Chess Pro 8"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 h6 9.Bf4
Nh5 10.Qc2 Nxf4 11.exf4 Nf6 12.c5 Qc7 13.g3 b6
14.cxb6 axb6 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.Qxc6 Bd7 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Qb1 Rxc1+ 19.Qxc1 Qc8 20.Nc3
Ne4 21.Ne5 Be8 22.Na2 Qxc1+ 23.Nxc1 Rc8 24.Ncd3
Rc2 25.Bh3 Bf6 26.Bg4 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Bb5 28.Bd1 Rd2 29.f3 Bxd3 30.fxe4 Rxb2
31.exd5 exd5 32.h4 b5 33.g4 Ra2 34.Rh3 Rxa3 35.Kd2
Ra2+ 36.Kc3 Bc4 37.Rh1 Kf8 38.f5 Ra3+ 39.Kd4 b4 40.Bc2 Ra2 41.Bb1 Rd2+ 42.Kc5 b3
43.Kd6 Re2 44.g5 h5 45.g6 f6 46.exf6 gxf6
47.Kc5 Re3 48.Kb4 b2 49.Rh2 Rb3+ 50.Kc5 Kg7 51.Rf2 Rb5+ 52.Kd4 Rb4 53.Kc3 Rb3+
54.Kd4 Kg8 55.Rg2 Bd3 56.Rg1 Be4 57.Bxe4 dxe4
58.Rb1 e3 59.Kc4 Rb7 60.Kd3 Kg7 61.Kxe3 Rb5 62.Ke4 Rb3 63.Kf4 Kg8 64.Ke4 Rb4+
65.Ke3 Kg7 66.Kf3 Kh6 67.Ke3 Rb3+ 68.Ke4 Rb8
69.Kf3 Rb6 70.Ke3 Rb4 71.Kf3 Kg7 72.Ke3 Kg8 73.Kf3 Kf8 74.Ke3 Rb5 75.Ke4 Re5+
76.Kf4 Re2 77.Kf3 Rc2 78.Ke4 Rh2 79.Kd5 Kg7 80.Kd6
Rd2+ 81.Ke6 Rf2 82.Rg1 Re2+ 83.Kd6 Re5 84.Rb1 Rxf5 85.Rxb2 Rf4 86.Rh2 Kxg6
87.Ke7 Re4+ 88.Kd6 Kf5 89.Kd5 Rf4 90.Rh3 Kg4 91.Rh1
Kg3 92.Ke6 Rxh4 93.Rg1+ Kf2 94.Rb1 Rf4 95.Rb8 h4 96.Rh8 Kg3 97.Rg8+ Kh2 98.Rb8
h3 99.Rg8 Rf2 100.Kd6 Rg2 101.Ra8 Rd2+ 102.Ke6
Kg1 103.Kxf6 h2 104.Rg8+ Rg2 105.Rh8 h1=Q 106.Rxh1+ Kxh1 107.Ke5 Rg1 108.Ke4 Rd1
109.Ke3 Kg2 110.Ke4 Kf2 111.Kf4 Re1 112.Kg4
Re4+ 113.Kg5 Kg3 114.Kf5 Re3 115.Kg5 Rf3 116.Kh5 Kf4 117.Kg6 Kg4 118.Kh6 Kf5
119.Kg7 Kg5 120.Kh7 Kf6 121.Kh8 Kf7 122.Kh7 Rh3#
0-1
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.2.13"]
[Round ""]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "M Chess Pro 8"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 b6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O
O-O 10.Nb3 a5 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Qc2 Re8
14.Rad1 Nf8 15.Nc1 Ng6 16.Bg3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Nce2 Ne4 20.Nf4
Nxg3 21.Nxg6 fxg6 22.hxg3 Rf8 23.Re2 Bc5 24.Qb3
Rf7 25.c4 dxc4 26.Qxc4 Rc8 27.a4 g5 28.Kh2 Re8 29.Rdd2 Bb4 30.Rc2 Rff8 31.Kg1
Kh8 32.b3 h6 33.Kh2 Qf7 34.Re4 Qg6 35.f3 Bc5
36.Rd2 Rd8 37.Rd1 Rd5 38.Kg1 Rc8 39.Qe2 Rcd8 40.Qc4 g4 41.Kf2 Qf5 42.Qxc5 Qxe4
43.fxe4 Rxc5 44.Ke3 Kh7 45.Rd3 Rxe5 46.Rc3 Rd6
47.Nc6 Rg5 48.Rc1 Rh5 49.Rc4 Rd1 50.b4 Re1+ 51.Kd4 Re2 52.bxa5 bxa5 53.e5 Rxg2
54.Nxa5 Rxg3 55.Nc6 Rg1 56.Kc5 g3 57.Rc2 g2
58.Rxg2 Rxg2 59.Kd6 g5 60.Kxe6 g4 61.a5 g3 62.a6 Ra2 63.Nd4 g2 64.Nf3 Rxa6+
65.Kd5 Ra5+ 66.Kd6 Rh1 67.e6 Rd1+ 68.Kc6 Ra3 69.Kb5
Rb3+ 70.Kc4 Rxf3 71.e7 g1=Q 72.Kb5 Rb3+ 73.Ka4 Qb6 74.e8=Q Qb4# 0-1
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.2.20"]
[Round ""]
[White "M Chess Pro 8"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Na6 8.d5 c6 9.Ng3 h5
10.Qd2 h4 11.Nge2 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bd7 13.Bg5 Rc8
14.Nd1 h3 15.g4 Qb6 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Bxh3 Rc2 18.Qxb4 Nxb4 19.Nc1 Rcc8 20.O-O Nc2
21.Rb1 Nxe3 22.Nxe3 Bh6 23.Re1 Kg7 24.Nd3 Rh8
25.Bg2 Bg5 26.Nf2 Nh7 27.b3 b5 28.Nh3 Bd8 29.Rbc1 Bb6 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Nf2 Rc3
32.Nfd1 Rc2 33.a3 Ra2 34.b4 a5 35.bxa5 Bxa5 36.Rf1
Rxa3 37.Nc2 Bb6+ 38.Kh1 Rb3 39.h4 b4 40.Na1 Rb1 41.Ne3 Rxa1 42.Rxa1 Bxe3 43.Bf1
Bd4 44.Ra6 Bc5 45.Ra8 Nf6 46.Be2 Ng8 47.Bc4 Ne7
48.Rd8 Ba4 49.Kg2 Bc2 50.Kf1 Bd1 51.Be2 Bb3 52.Ke1 f5 53.Kd2 Ba2 54.Rd7 Kf8
55.Rb7 Ng8 56.Rb8+ Kf7 57.Rb7+ Ne7 58.gxf5 gxf5
59.h5 Kf6 60.h6 Ng6 61.Bd3 fxe4 62.Bxe4 Nf8 63.Rg7 b3 64.Rg8 Kf7 65.Rg7+ Kf6
66.Rg8 Ke7 67.Rg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.2.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "M Chess Pro 8"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bb5 Rc8
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.O-O a6 12.Bxc6+ Rxc6
13.Qg3 Qd6 14.Nxd5 Qxg3 15.fxg3 exd5 16.Rf5 Rd6 17.Bf4 Rd7 18.Rc1 f6 19.Rc8+ Ke7
20.Rc3 h5 21.Bb8 Ke6 22.Rf2 Bb4 23.Re2+ Kf7
24.Rb3 Be7 25.Ba7 Rc8 26.Bb6 Rc6 27.Ree3 g6 28.Kf2 f5 29.Rec3 Re6 30.Rc8 Bf6
31.Kf1 Kg7 32.Bc5 Re4 33.Rb8 b5 34.Ra3 f4 35.gxf4
Rxf4+ 36.Rf3 Re4 37.Bf8+ Kf7 38.Bh6 Rd6 39.Bg5 Ree6 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.Rb7+ Ke8
42.Bxf6 Rxf6 43.g4 Rxf3+ 44.Kxf3 hxg4+ 45.hxg4 Rf6+
46.Ke3 Re6+ 47.Kd3 Rc6 48.g5 Kd8 49.Ra7 Ke8 50.Rg7 Kd8 51.a3 Kc8 52.b3 Kd8
53.Rf7 Ke8 54.Ra7 Kd8 55.a4 b4 56.Ke2 Re6+ 57.Kd2 Kc8
58.a5 Rd6 59.Re7 Rc6 60.Kd1 Rd6 61.Kc2 Rc6+ 62.Kd2 Rc3 63.Re6 Kb7 64.Rxg6 Rxb3
65.Rb6+ Ka7 66.g6 Rg3 67.Ke2 b3 68.Kd2 Rg2+
69.Kc1 Rc2+ 70.Kb1 Rg2 71.Re6 Kb7 72.Rf6 Kc7 73.Rxa6 Kb7 74.Rd6 Kb8 75.Rxd5 Rxg6
76.Kb2 Rg3 77.Rb5+ Ka7 78.Rxb3 Rg8 79.Rb5 Ka6
80.Rc5 Rg3 81.Kc2 Ra3 82.Kd2 Rg3 83.d5 Kb7 84.Kc2 Rh3 85.Rc3 Rh5 86.Rd3 Kc7
87.Kb3 Rh1 88.d6+ Kd7 89.Ka4 Ra1+ 90.Kb5 Rb1+ 91.Kc5
Rc1+ 92.Kb6 Rb1+ 93.Ka7 Rc1 94.Ka6 Rb1 95.Rd5 Rb4 96.Rb5 Rc4 97.Kb7 Kxd6 98.a6
Rc7+ 99.Kb8 Rd7 100.Rh5 Kc6 101.Rh6+ Kb5 102.a7
Rd8+ 103.Kc7 Rg8 104.Rd6 Ra8 105.Kb7 Rg8 106.Rc6 Rg7+ 107.Rc7 Rg8 108.Rc8 Rg7+
109.Kb8 Rxa7 110.Kxa7 Kb4 111.Kb6 Ka4 112.Kc5 Kb3
113.Kb5 Ka3 114.Kc4 Kb2 115.Kb4 Ka2 116.Kc3 Ka1 117.Kc2 Ka2 118.Ra8# 1-0
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.2.26"]
[Round ""]
[White "M chess Pro 8"]
[Black "Chessmaster"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.f3 O-O
9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O e6 11.Qd2 d5 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Be2
Re8 14.Kh1 Bb7 15.Bf4 e5 16.Bg5 Rad8 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Bb5 Re6 19.Ba4 d4 20.Bb3
Rb6 21.Ne4 Rd7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nxf6+ Rxf6 24.Rfe1
Rf4 25.Qd3 Rh4 26.h3 Rh5 27.c3 Kg7 28.Qe2 Qd6 29.Qf2 Qf6 30.Rd2 d3 31.Qe3 Qh4
32.Red1 e4 33.fxe4 Qxe4 34.Qxe4 Bxe4 35.Kg1 Rc5
36.Re1 f5 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.a3 a5 39.Bc2 g5 40.Ba4 Rd8 41.Rc1 Rdc8 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.Re1
h5 44.Kf2 Rb8 45.Bd1 h4 46.a4 Rc6 47.Kf1 Rd6
48.Bf3 Rd7 49.Kg1 Rbb7 50.Kf1 Rd6 51.Kg1 Rg7 52.Kf1 Rgd7 53.Bh5 Re7 54.Bf3 Rd8
55.Kg1 Rg7 56.Kf1 Rd6 57.Kg1 Rh7 58.Kf1 Rc7
59.Bh5 Rd8 60.Bf3 Rc4 61.Bd1 Rb8 62.Kg1 Rc7 63.Bf3 Rd7 64.Kf1 Rc8 65.Kg1 Rc4
66.Bh5 Rd8 67.Bf7 Rc7 68.Ba2 Rd6 69.Bb1 Rcd7 70.Kf1
Rd8 71.Kg1 R6d7 72.Red1 Rg7 73.b4 Rc7 74.Bxd3 Rcd7 75.Bxe4 Rxd2 76.Rxd2 Rxd2
77.Bc6 Kd6 78.Bb5 axb4 79.cxb4 g4 80.hxg4 fxg4
81.Kf1 Rb2 82.a5 Rxb4 83.Ba6 Rb1+ 84.Kf2 Rb2+ 85.Kf1 h3 86.gxh3 gxh3 87.Kg1 h2+
88.Kh1 Ke5 89.Bc4 Kf4 90.a6 Kg3 91.a7 Rb1+
92.Bf1 Rxf1# 0-1
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.2.27"]
[Round ""]
[White "Chessmaster"]
[Black "M Chess Pro 8"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "oft "]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 d4 8.e3 e5 9.exd4
exd4 10.d3 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Na3 a6 13.Qd2 Bg4
14.Nc2 Qd7 15.b4 Rac8 16.b5 axb5 17.cxb5 Nd8 18.Na3 Bh3 19.Ne5 Qf5 20.f4 Bxg2
21.Qxg2 Ra8 22.Nac4 Ra7 23.g4 Qc8 24.Nb6 Qc7 25.g5
Qxb6 26.Nc4 Qxb5 27.Rxe7 Ra6 28.gxf6 Rxf6 29.a4 Rxe7 30.axb5 Rg6 31.Ra8 Rxg2+
32.Kxg2 Re8 33.Ba3 h5 34.Bxc5 Kh7 35.Bb6 Re2+
36.Kf3 Rxh2 37.Rxd8 Rh1 38.Bxd4 h4 39.Nd6 1-0
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