Author: Steve B
Date: 13:22:27 10/22/05
Who even now ,as we speak, are duking it out this weekend at the Fall Classic.. i elected to play a couple of games featuring two high end computers that will also be in competition at the tournament: The Mephisto Tournament machine equipped with the Vancouver 1991 World Champion program the TM runs on a 68030 Processor at 36 Mhz legend has it that only 25 units were made but i have heard estimates as high as 50 Rated at 2225 Elo,it was a real Champion in its day and featured two built in cooling fans to keep the machine from melting its own circuits: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=5b5f&.dnm=89e9.jpg&.src=ph and the Phoenix Resurrection loaded with the Toga 1 Engine the Resurrection-Fruit 05 is now quickly becoming generally accepted as the strongest dedicated chess computer ever released but the Toga 1 engine has yet to see battle in public: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=cba2&.dnm=ee0d.jpg&.src=ph in the games the TM achieved ply counts of 5-6 typically with the RT1 reaching 10-11 both games were Game 60 minutes: GAME 1-DRAWN in the game the RT1 is out of book at move 11 [Date "2005.10.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Mephisto Tournament Machine Van-030 "] [Black "Toga I"] [TimeControl "Game 60 min.-"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Rc2 O-O 15.Rfc1 Rc7 16.Qd3 h6 17.Ba5 b6 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.a3 b5 20.b4 a6 21.h3 Rbc8 22.Be3 Na7 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Qd1 Qc8 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Qd2 a5 27.bxa5 Bxa3 28.Qe1 Nc6 29.Qc3 Bb4 30.Qc2 Bxa5 31.Qb3 b4 32.Qa4 Qb7 33.Nd2 Bd8 34.Nb3 [D] 3b2k1/1q3pp1/2n1p2p/3pP3/Qp1P4/1N2B2P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 34 the TM down a pawn ,sets up a classical blockade of the passed pawn with its Knight the RT1 struggles to break the blockade..to no avail.. 34.. Be7 35.Kh1 Qc8 36.Qb5 h5 37.Kg1 Qa8 38.Bc1 h4 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.Be3 Qc8 41.Kg1 Kg8 42.Bd2 Kh8 43.Bf4 Qa8 44.Bc1 Kh7 45.Be3 Kg8 46.Kh2 Qc8 47.Kg1 g6 48.Nd2 Qa8 49.Kh2 Kh7 50.Nf3 Kg7 51.Bf4 Kg8 52.Bd2 Qe8 53.Kg1 Kg7 1/2-1/2 FINAL POSITION [D] 4q3/4bpk1/2n1p1p1/1Q1pP3/1p1P3p/5N1P/3B1PP1/6K1 w - - 0 54 not all that interested to sit there and watch the 50 move rule come into play in another 30-40 moves i called the game a draw here i am fairly certain there is a win for black with the Queen occupying the A file and pushing the pawn through ,but i guess the RT1 cant find a winning plan at this time control the second game was not as easy for the TM taking the Black pieces it defends with the Trompowsky (Russian Game ) but falls prey early on to a nice Knight sac by the RT1 the RT1 was out of book first at move 10: GAME TWO -RES TOGA 1 WINS: [[Date "2005.10.22"] [Round "2"] [White "RES Toga I"] [Black "Mephisto Tournament Machine Van-030 "] [TimeControl "GAME -60 MIN"] [Result [1-0] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6ep Nxd6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.Bd2 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Rad1 g5 15.Qg3 Nb4 16.Nxg5 ! [D] r4rk1/ppp1qpb1/3nb2p/6N1/1n6/2NB2Q1/PPPB1PPP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 16 the TM never even considered this move and indeed evaluates its position as ahead by +1.36 16.. hxg5 17.Bxg5 f6 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.Bg6 Re8 20.a3 Nc6 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxe7 Rfxe7 23.Bxe8 Nxe8 24.Bxg7 Rxg7 25.Qe3 [D] 4n1k1/ppp3r1/2n2p2/3b4/8/P3Q3/1PP2PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 25 the smoke clears with the RT1 up a Queen and two pawns for three minor pieces even now the PV'S of both computers are widely disparate,with the TM thinking it is down about -1.5 and the RT1 thinking its up about +3.5 25.. Re7 26.Qf4 Re5 27.Qg4+ Kf7 28.Qd7+ Ne7 29.f4 Bc6 30.Qh3 Re6 31.Qh5+ Kf8 32.g3 Nd6 33.Qh8+ Ng8 34.Qh7 Re7 35.Qd3 Be4 36.Qc3 b6 37.g4 Rh7 38.g5 Rg7 39.h4 Bf5 40.Re1 Be4 41.Re2 a5 42.Qd4 Bf5 43.Rd2 Rd7 44.Rg2 Ne4 45.Qe3 Ne7 46.h5 Rd1+ 47.Kh2 Nd5 48.Qf3 Re1 49.Qd3 c6 50.c4 Re3 51.Qd4 Rh3+ 52.Kg1 Rxh5 53.cxd5 c5 54.Qd1 Rh8 55.Qb3 fxg5 56.fxg5 Rh7 57.Qxb6 Rd7 58.Qxa5 Kg7 59.Qa8 Rd6 60.Qe8 Bg6 61.Qe5+ Kf7 1-0 FINAL POSITION [D] 8/5k2/3r2b1/2pPQ1P1/4n3/P7/1P4R1/6K1 w - - 0 62 here the TM Resigns Kaufbeuren Regards Steve
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