Author: Darrel Briley
Date: 23:35:57 08/13/05
These games were played on ICC as Bob was tuning the 8x Opterons for WCCC. Of
course the engine parameters and book used by Crafty in these games are not what
will be used during the tournament. Shredder played all games in Chesspartner
5.3 GUI with a custom book.
It will be interesting to see how much effect Shredder's tournament hardware of
4 cpus will have on the outcome, as well as Crafty's tournament parameters
combined with Peter's book. And now, the games....
Here Shredder gets an uncomfortable position out of the opening, sacs a pawn for
activity. Still, is worse. Sacs a knight, but still is worse. Then goes on to
win the game! A comment from an observer after the game was "We have just seen
why Shredder has to be one of the favorites to win".
Black to move. 38...Nxf2
[D]2r1r1k1/p3qp2/1pb3p1/4Pn1p/2P1nB2/1N1B3P/P4PP1/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 38
[Event "ICC 45 15 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty x8 Opteron"]
[Black "Shredder 9 UCI - AthlonXP 2600+, 512Mb Hash"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Opening "QGD: Cambridge Springs defense, Bogolyubov variation"]
[ECO "D52"]
[NIC "QO.15"]
[Time "21:48:56"]
[TimeControl "2700+15"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qd6 15. Bh4 b6 16. Bg3 Qa3 17. Bd3 Ba6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20.
Rfe1 g6 21. h3 Nh5 22. Bh2 e5 23. dxe5 Ng7 24. Qg4 Rcd8 25. Bf1 Nf5 26. Bf4
h5 27. Qf3 Nc5 28. Bc1 Qb4 29. Bg5 Rc8 30. Rac1 Bb7 31. Qd1 Ne4 32. Bf4 Nc5
33. Rb1 Be4 34. Ra1 Bc6 35. Bd2 Qa3 36. Bg5 Ne4 37. Bf4 Qe7 38. Bd3 Nxf2 39.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 40. g3 Qxh3 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Ke3 Rcd8 43. Nd4 f6 44. Nxc6 Rxd1
45. Raxd1 Qg2 46. Rd6 h4 47. Re2 Qg1+ 48. Kd2 h3 49. exf6 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2
Qg2+ 51. Ke3 Qe4+ 52. Kd2 Qg2+ 53. Kd3 Qxa2 54. Nd8 Qa3+ 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56.
Ke3 Qa3+ 57. Rd3 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qb2+ 59. Rd2 Qxf6 60. Kg1 Qe7 61. Nc6 Qc5+ 62.
Nd4 Qxc4 63. Nxf5 Qc5+ 64. Ne3 Qc8 65. Kh2 Kf7 66. Rc2 Qa8 67. Rd2 Qb7 68.
Kxh3 b5 69. Nf5 Qf3 70. Kh4 Kf6 71. Nh6 Qh1+ 72. Kg4 b4 73. Rd6+ Ke7 74. Kg5
b3 75. Nf5+ Kf7 76. Rf6+ Ke8 77. Re6+ Kd8 78. Rd6+ Kc8 79. Rd3 Qb1 80. Rc3+
Kd7 81. Rc7+ Ke6 82. Re7+ Kd5 83. Re5+ Kc4 84. Nd6+ Kd3 85. Re3+ Kd4 86.
Nb5+ Kc5 87. Re5+ Kb6 88. Nc3 Qh7 89. Rb5+ Kc6 90. Be5 a6 91. Rb8 Qd3 92.
Kf4 a5 93. Rc8+ Kd7 94. Rc7+ Kd8 95. Rb7 Qf1+ 96. Kg5 b2 97. Kg6 Qg2 98.
Rb8+ Kd7 99. Kg7 Ke6 100. Re8+ Kf5 101. Bc7 Qb7 102. Re7 a4 103. Rf7+ Kg4
104. Be5 Qb3 105. Rf4+ Kh3 106. Rh4+ Kg2 107. Nb1 a3 108. g4 Qe6 109. Rh2+
Kg1 110. Rh5 a2 {White resigns} 0-1
In the second game Crafty got a terrible position out of the opening. Shredder
inexplicably misses 16. Nxd4 winning. Eelco has said that Shredder 9.02 on his
system (which is approximately the same speed as the system used in these games)
finds 16. Nxd4 in 36 seconds, as does Pro Deo 1.1 (and as does Pro Deo 1.1 on
the system used in the game).
Due to my mistake EGTB's were not being used in these first two games, and that
may have cost Shredder here.
White to move, and plays 16. Bc4, missing 16. Nxd4, winning.
[D]r1b1kb1r/3n1p1p/1q3p2/4p3/1p1p4/3B1N2/PP2QPPP/R1BR2K1 w kq - 0 16
[Event "ICC 45 15 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Shredder 9 UCI - AthlonXP 2600++, 512Mb Hash"]
[Black "crafty x8 Opteron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: Meran, Blumenfeld variation"]
[ECO "D49"]
[NIC "SL.09"]
[Time "00:13:18"]
[TimeControl "2700+15"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. O-O gxf6 14. Qe2
b4 15. Rd1 e5 16. Bc4 Be7 17. Nh4 Ba6 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Bh6 Bf8
21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Rc6 Qa8 24. Qxf6 Qxc6 25. Qxe5+ Qe6 26. Qxh8
f6 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. h4 Rd6 29. Re1 Qxa2 30. h5 Re6 31. Rd1 Re4 32. Rc1 Qxb2
33. Rc5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Rc7+ Re7 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Qxf6 Qe4
39. Nxd4 Nd7 40. Qd6 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5+ Nxe5 42. Nb3 Nd3 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. f4 Kd6
45. Kf3 Kd5 46. g4 Ne1+ 47. Kg3 Nc2 48. f5 Nd4 49. Nxd4 Kxd4 50. f6 b3 51.
f7 b2 52. f8=Q b1=Q 53. Kh4 Kd5 54. Qf7+ Ke5 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qf4+ Kg7 57.
h6+ Kg6 58. Qg5+ Kf7 59. Qf5+ Qxf5 60. gxf5 Kf6 61. Kg4 Ke7 62. Kg3 Kf6
{Game drawn by mutual agreement}
1/2-1/2
Shredder was in the driver's seat throughout here.
Final Position. Black resigns.
[D]8/p6k/3P2pp/1p2Q3/5Pq1/P3K3/6P1/8 b - - 0 47
[Event "ICC 30 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Shredder 9 UCI - AthlonXP 2600+, 256Mb Hash"]
[Black "crafty x8 Opteron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Opening "Petrov: classical attack, Jaenisch variation"]
[ECO "C42"]
[NIC "RG.06"]
[Time "00:35:56"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Re1
Re8 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nd2 f6 18. Bb2 Bf4 19. c4 Bf7 20. Qc2 Bg6
21. Nf3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. c5 Nd8 26. d5 Nf7
27. h4 Qd7 28. Qe4 Be5 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. f3 Qe7 31. Bd4 b5 32. f4 Qxh4 33.
d6 cxd6 34. cxd6 h6 35. Bxe5 Qh5 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qd5 Qe2 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39.
Kg3 Qg6+ 40. Kf3 Qf5 41. Ke3 Qd7 42. Qe4+ g6 43. Qa8 Qg4 44. Qf8 Nxe5 45.
Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qxe5 {Black resigns} 1-0
Shredder mysteriously allows (acutally, missed is more accurate) 25. Rxh6, but
then, somehow draws
[D]1r1qr1k1/p4pp1/b1p1p2p/bpP5/3PN2R/1P4P1/P1Q2P1P/B2R2K1 b - - 0 24
[Event "ICC 30 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty x8 Opteron"]
[Black "Shredder 9 UCI - AthlonXP 2600++, 256Mb Hash"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian: Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[ECO "E15"]
[NIC "QI.05"]
[Time "21:28:48"]
[TimeControl "1800+5"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8.
Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1
dxe4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Ba1 Bb4 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Ba1 Bb4 20. c5 Rb8
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Ba5 23. Rh4 h6 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Rxh6 Qf5 26. Rh4 Bd8
27. Rf4 Qh5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Re1 Bg5 30. Rfe4 Bd8 31. a3 Bc8 32. Re5 Qh6 33.
Qe2 Qg6 34. Qf3 Bd7 35. Bc3 Qc2 36. b4 Be7 37. Nf5 exf5 38. Rxe7 Be6 39. Re3
Qb1+ 40. Be1 Rbc8 41. h3 Bd5 42. Qf4 Rcd8 43. Kh2 Qc2 44. Rxa7 Rfe8 45. Rae7
Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Qd3 47. Re3 Qf1 48. f3 Be6 49. h4 Rd5 50. h5 Kh7 51. Qh4 Qc4
52. Qg5 Rxd4 53. Bc3 Qf1 54. Bxd4 Qf2+ 55. Kh3 {Game drawn by mutual
agreement} 1/2-1/2
DB
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