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Subject: Re: Novag Star Diamond - Mephisto Lyon 68000 Game in 60 Round 4/4

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 01:15:40 11/20/05

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Chuck,

Interesting game but it was essentially a draw. Even I could see that after
doing a six ply search in my head. It appears that the Novag Star Diamond is
stronger than the SSDF rating list would imply.

TJ

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8/3k1p2/1pp4p/p3PP1P/P4K2/1P6/8/8 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Fruit 2.2.1: on AMD 1500 MHz 512 MB RAM

1...c5
  ²  (0.62)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1...c5 2.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 2/5   00:00:00
1...c5 2.Ke4 Kc6
  ±  (0.74)   Depth: 3/5   00:00:00
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 f6 3.exf6+ Kxf6
  ²  (0.47)   Depth: 3/5   00:00:00
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 c5 3.Kd5 f6 4.exf6+ Kxf6
  ²  (0.47)   Depth: 5/9   00:00:00
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 c5 4.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 6/10   00:00:00  2kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kd4 f6 5.exf6+ Kxf6
  ²  (0.47)   Depth: 7/14   00:00:00  5kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kd4 Kd7 5.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 8/14   00:00:00  8kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd4 Ke7 4.Ke3 b5 5.Ke4 f6 6.exf6+ Kxf6
  ²  (0.57)   Depth: 9/16   00:00:00  17kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd4 Ke7 4.Ke3 Ke8 5.Kd3 Kd7 6.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 10/16   00:00:00  30kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke8 4.Ke2 Ke7 5.Kf3 b5 6.Ke4 f6 7.exf6+ Kxf6
  ²  (0.57)   Depth: 11/18   00:00:00  52kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke8 4.Ke2 Ke7 5.Kf3 Ke8 6.Ke3 Ke7 7.Kd4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 12/18   00:00:00  95kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Ke8 5.Kd2 Ke7 6.Kc3 Kd7 7.Kd4 c5+ 8.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 13/24   00:00:00  164kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Ke8 5.Kd3 Kd7 6.Kc3 Ke8 7.Kd4 Kd7 8.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 14/24   00:00:00  245kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Kd7 5.Ke4 Ke7 6.Kd3 Ke8 7.Kc3 Kd7 8.Kd4 c5+
9.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 15/24   00:00:00  355kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Kd7 5.Ke4 Ke8 6.Kd3 Ke7 7.Kc3 Kd7 8.Kc4 Ke7
9.Kd4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 16/26   00:00:00  538kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Ke8 5.Kd4 Kd7 6.Ke4 Ke8 7.Kd3 Ke7 8.Kc3 Kd7
9.Kd4 c5+ 10.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 17/27   00:00:01  723kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Ke8 5.Kd4 Kd7 6.Kd3 Ke7 7.Kc3 Kd7 8.Kd4 Ke7
9.Kd3 Kd7 10.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 18/30   00:00:01  1076kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kf3 Ke7 4.Ke3 Ke8 5.Kf2 Kd7 6.Ke2 Ke8 7.Kd1 Kd7 8.Kd2 Ke7
9.Kc3 Kd7 10.Kd4 c5+ 11.Ke4
  ²  (0.54)   Depth: 19/31   00:00:02  1760kN
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.b4 axb4+ 6.Kxb4 c5+ 7.Kb5 Kc7 8.a5 bxa5
9.Kxc5 a4 10.Kb4 Kc6 11.e6 fxe6 12.f6 Kd6 13.Kxa4
  ±  (0.71)   Depth: 20/35   00:00:07  5792kN, tb=1
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.b4 axb4+ 6.Kxb4 c5+ 7.Kb5 Kc7 8.a5 bxa5
9.Kxc5 a4 10.Kb4 Kc6 11.e6 fxe6 12.f6 Kd6 13.Kxa4
  ±  (0.71)   Depth: 21/38   00:00:09  7492kN, tb=2
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.b4 Ke7 6.bxa5 bxa5 7.Kc4 f6 8.e6 Kd6
9.Kd4 c5+ 10.Kd3 Kc7 11.Kc2 Kd6 12.Kd2 Ke7 13.Kd3
  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 22/40   00:00:22  17066kN, tb=13
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.b4 Ke7 6.bxa5 bxa5 7.Kc4 f6 8.e6 Kd8
9.Kc3 Kc8 10.Kc2 Kc7 11.Kb3 c5 12.Kc4 Kd6 13.Kd3
  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 23/43   00:00:31  23925kN, tb=35
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.b4 Kc7 6.bxa5 bxa5 7.Kc4 Kc8 8.Kd3 Kd7
9.Kd4 f6 10.e6+ Kd8 11.Kd3 Kc7 12.Kc3 Kd6 13.Kc4 c5 14.Kd3
  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 24/44   00:00:48  36159kN, tb=134
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.b4 Kc7 6.bxa5 bxa5 7.Kc4 Kd7 8.Kd3 Ke8
9.Kd4 f6 10.e6 Kd8 11.Kd3 Kc7 12.Kc3 Kd6 13.Kc4 c5 14.Kd3
  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 25/49   00:01:19  58115kN, tb=290
1...Ke7 2.Ke4 Kd7 3.Kd3 Ke7 4.Kc3 Kd7 5.Kb2 Ke7 6.Kc2 Kd7 7.Kc3 Ke7 8.b4 Kd7
9.bxa5 bxa5 10.Kc4 f6 11.e6+ Kd8 12.Kc3 Ke7 13.Kc2 Kd6 14.Kd2 c5 15.Kd3
  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 26/50   00:03:42  158317kN, tb=893

(Frohlick, MyTown 20.11.2005)



On November 20, 2005 at 03:38:12, Chuck wrote:

>Final round of the 4 game match here. The SD comes in with a 3-0 lead so the
>Lyon 68000 really needs to make a dent here to get a performance anywhere close
>to the 25 rating points that separate them according to SSDF testing (thank you
>SSDF). The opening chosen by the Lyon, a D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, is not
>objectively the best chance for it to score.
>
>In any case, the game is not lost until the Lyon essays 40...b5. After that the
>game is all over. Ke7 is the only move here that doesn't lose. The Lyon 68000
>couldn't find it at game in 60.
>[D]8/3k1p2/1pp4p/p3PP1P/P4K2/1P6/8/8 b - - 0 40
>
>[Event "Schachcomputer G60"]
>[Site "TKP"]
>[Date "2005.11.18"]
>[Round "4"]
>[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
>[Black "Mephisto Lyon 68000"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "D20"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4
>Nc6 8. O-O Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Qb3 Nge7 11. Rfe1 Rb8 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Nh4 Qg5
>14. Ndf3 Qh5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19.
>Rxd4 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Kf8 22. f4 Rbd8 23. Red1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Ke7
>25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Kf3 Kd7 28. Ke4 a5 29. a4 c6 30. f5 g6 31. g4
>gxf5+ 32. gxf5 Ke7 33. h4 h6 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. h5 b6 36. Kc4 Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd7
>38. b3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. Kf4 b5?? 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Kd4 bxa4 43. bxa4 f6 44.
>e6 Kd8 45. Kc4 Kc8 46. e7 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kxe7 48. Kxc6 Ke8 49. Kd6 Kf7 50. Kd7
>Kf8 51. Ke6 Kg7 52. Ke7 Kg8
>1-0
>
>For this 4 game match, the SD scores an impressive victory. Shows how lopsided a
>short match between 2 chess computers can be.
>
>Novag Star Diamond 4 - Mephisto Lyon 0
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Chuck



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