Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 16:57:23 08/05/05
This is not yet my favorite Vulcan version but I would like to have an
indication of how strong it plays anyway. So a few testgames against Gandalf
6.01 are planned. First round Four Knights game, same opening with White and
Black, Athlon 3200+, 220 Mb Ht for each engine, Gandalf playing with EGTBs.
Vulcan {9k10k} has some extensions switched off again, I would like to see if
that means it has a less aggressive or attractive style too. It is not so easy
to determine I think, because the engine that can play the most attractive chess
with good results is the one that sees the most, and that of course depends
primarirly on the overall chess strength, not just on style of play.
[Event "Tournament Test Vulcan {9k10k}"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gandalf 6.01"]
[Black "Pro Deo 1.1 - Vulcan {9k10k}"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:40/5400"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3
d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4
Rb8 12. Rfb1 Rb6 13. Qe3 c5 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Rxb1+
16. Rxb1 Bc6 17. c4 Qe7 18. h3 Qe6 19. Bg3 Nxe4 20. dxe4
Qxc4
[D]5rk1/2p2pp1/p1bp3p/P1p1p3/2q1P3/4QNBP/2P2PP1/1R4K1 w - -
An interesting position. White has a full Knight more counting the pieces, but
maybe Black can do something with three extra pawns.. One is a double pawn
however, and the pawns haven't progressed very far. The outcome of the game
seems logical. The continuation takes another 40 moves to reach a totally won
position for White. Which is in a way reassuring because it means the endgame
play of Vulcan {9k10k} is not very much off
21. Rb2 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. c4 f5
25. f4 e4 26. Nf1 Kf7 27. Ne3 Ke6 28. Be1 g5 29. Rf2 gxf4
30. Rxf4 Ke5 31. g3 Kd4 32. Bf2 Bd7 33. g4 Be6 34. gxf5
Bxc4 35. Nxc4+ Kxc4 36. Rxe4+ Kd5 37. Rf4 Ke5 38. Rh4 Rxf5
39. Rxh6 Kd5 40. Rh7 Kc6 41. h4 c4 42. Be1 Re5 43. Kf2 Rf5+
44. Ke2 Re5+ 45. Kd1 Re3 46. Rg7 Rh3 47. Ke2 Rh2+ 48. Bf2
Rh3 49. Bg3 Rh1 50. Kd2 Ra1 51. Kc3 Rc1+ 52. Kd4 Kb5
53. Rxc7 Rd1+ 54. Ke4 Kxa5 55. Kf5 d5 56. h5 Rh1 57. Kg5
Rg1 58. Kg4 Rh1 59. Re7 Kb4 60. Re1 Rxh5 61. Kxh5 c3
62. Be5 c2 63. Kg4 Kc4 64. Kf3 d4 65. Ra1 Kc3 1-0
[D]8/8/p7/4B3/3p4/2k2K2/2p5/R7 w - -
Time to surrender..
In game two Vulcan got an advantage after the opening and managed to gradually
build up the pressure. As the position was by computerstandards rather closed, I
thought it was not a bad game from Vulcan {9k10k}. I'm not a good player at all,
so my analysis can have big holes, but at a first glance Vulcan didn't seem to
make many manouvering mistakes. At least apparently no big mistakes that Gandalf
could exploit. The score gradually went up.
[Event "Tournament Test Vulcan {9k10k}"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pro Deo 1.1 - Vulcan {9k10k}"]
[Black "Gandalf 6.01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:40/5400"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3
d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bc4 Na5
12. Ba2 b6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Bb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5
17. g4 Bg6 18. Ne1 Bh7 19. f3 Qe7 20. Nc2 Ra8 21. d4 c5
22. Ne3 Qe6 23. Rf2 exd4 24. cxd4 Rab8 25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rc1
Rd7 27. Bg3 Rbd8 28. d5 Qe7 29. Qe2 b5 30. axb5 axb5
31. Ra2 Rb7 32. Ra6 Ne8 33. Rca1 Nc7 34. R6a2 Qf6 35. Kg2
Qe7 36. Kh2 Re8 37. Qf1 h5 38. Kg1 Qg5 39. Qf2 hxg4
40. hxg4 Qf6 41. Kf1 Bg6 42. g5 Qe7 43. Re1 Rb6 44. Qh2
Qxg5 45. Bxd6 Na6 46. Bf4 Qh5 47. Qxh5 Bxh5 48. d6 Nb8
49. Nd5 Rb7 50. Rh2 Bxf3 51. Kf2 Bxe4 52. Nc7 Rf8 53. Rxe4
Ra7 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Be5 Rf1+ 56. Ke2 Rf5 57. Nd5 Rxe5
58. Rxe5 f6 59. Re7 Nc6 60. Rc7 Nd4+ 61. Kf2 Ra8 62. Rg2
Ne6 63. Nxf6+ Kf8 64. Re7 gxf6 65. Rxe6 Ra7 1-0
Endposition:
[D]5k2/r7/3PRp2/1pp5/8/1P6/5KR1/8 w - -
Gandalf 6.01 - Pro Deo 1.1 - Vulcan {9k10k} 1-1
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.