Author: Martin Andersen2
Date: 03:32:56 01/31/06
Go up one level in this thread
Rybka doesn't play that bad in endgames, I've seen several wins
in drawish endgames. I doubt the endgame knowledge will improve Rybka's
rating by much.
Here's an example position which seems drawish, but Rybka will win (black):
[D] 8/pp3pk1/1bp1bp1p/4r3/5R2/P1NKPBP1/1P3P1P/8 b - - 6 31
Rybka played against TogaII 1.1a, 40 moves in 2 hours and Athlon 2400+.
The whole game:
[Event "Arena tournament"]
[Site "PC_01"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "TogaII"]
[Black "Rybka v1.01 Beta 13b.w32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Time "normal"]
[Variation "3.Nf3 Nd7"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:40/7200:40/7200"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nd7 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4 c6 5.Qxc4 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3
Qxe5 9.Bf4 Qc5 10.Qxc5 Bxc5 11.e3 {+0.17/16 227} Nf6 {-0.07/16 291} 12.a3
{+0.14/15
163} Be6 {0.00/16 196} 13.O-O-O {+0.08/15 198} Bb3 {+0.04/16 155} 14.Rd3
{+0.12/15
148} Ke7 {+0.07/16 464} 15.Bg5 {+0.06/15 121} Bb6 {+0.07/17 314} 16.Ne4
{+0.17/16
129} Bd5 {+0.14/17 178} 17.Ng3 {+0.13/16 245} Be6 {+0.09/16 247} 18.Be2
{+0.14/16
143} h6 {0.00/15 309} 19.Bxf6+ {+0.08/15 154} gxf6 {0.00/18 300} 20.Rhd1
{+0.20/16
128} Rhg8 {-0.03/17 451} 21.Bf3 {+0.21/18 263} Rad8 {-0.07/16 128} 22.R3xd8
{+0.27/18 222} Bxd8 {-0.04/17 270} 23.Rd4 {+0.23/18 204} Ba5 {0.00/17 251}
24.Ra4
{+0.21/18 259} Rg5 {0.00/16 63} 25.Ne4 {+0.31/17 161} Re5 {0.00/18 275} 26.Nc3
{+0.35/19
280} Kf8 {0.00/18 439} 27.Kd2 {+0.36/18 186} Kg7 {0.00/17 181} 28.g3 {+0.36/17
144}
Rf5 {0.00/17 282} 29.Ke2 {+0.15/19 210} Re5 {0.00/18 210} 30.Kd3 {+0.33/18 311}
Bb6
{0.00/17 262} 31.Rf4 {+0.34/17 219} a5 {+0.07/14 144} 32.Bg4 {+0.40/18 191} f5
{0.00/17
181} 33.Be2 {+0.28/18 248} Bc8 {+0.03/16 388} 34.Kc2 {+0.25/19 298} Bd8 {0.00/17
304} 35.Rd4 {+0.40/18 272} Bf6 {+0.03/16 153} 36.Rd2 {+0.34/17 476} Rc5 {0.00/17
316} 37.Rd6 {+0.34/19 319} Be6 {0.00/18 141} 38.Rd4 {+0.31/18 206} b6 {+0.23/16
81}
39.Kd2 {+0.28/20 336} Kf8 {+0.21/17 104} 40.Ra4 {+0.28/22 572} Bb3 {+0.38/18 97}
41.Rf4 {+0.16/20 234} Be5 {+0.40/19 148} 42.Rh4 {0.00/20 302} Kg7 {+0.31/19 205}
43.Bf1 {+0.13/19 283} Bf6 {+0.33/18 215} 44.Rd4 {0.00/20 203} b5 {+0.30/19 201}
45.Bd3
{0.00/20 189} Kf8 {+0.32/18 253} 46.h3 {+0.07/18 205} Ke7 {+0.31/19 215} 47.Rf4
{0.00/19
241} Be6 {+0.31/19 150} 48.Be2 {0.00/20 238} a4 {+0.31/19 134} 49.Bd3 {+0.27/19
164}
Kd8 {+0.31/18 251} 50.Bf1 {+0.19/17 139} Kc8 {+0.31/19 185} 51.Be2 {+0.18/18
169}
Kb7 {+0.31/19 129} 52.Bd3 {+0.18/17 82} Bg5 {+0.31/20 205} 53.Rb4 {+0.18/18 162}
Kc7 {+0.31/20 204} 54.Rd4 {+0.18/18 137} Be7 {+0.31/20 161} 55.Be2 {+0.18/18
209}
Bf6 {+0.31/19 179} 56.Rb4 {+0.18/19 156} Bd7 {+0.31/18 188} 57.Bd3 {+0.18/20
128}
Re5 {+0.34/17 154} 58.Kc1 {+0.18/17 121} Re8 {+0.31/17 133} 59.Rf4 {+0.14/19
201}
Bg5 {+0.32/17 165} 60.Rf3 {+0.16/19 107} Re5 {+0.45/16 35} 61.h4 {+0.14/19 131}
Be7
{+0.35/17 300} 62.Kd2 {+0.14/18 148} Kb6 {+0.41/17 108} 63.Bc2 {+0.01/18 207}
Be6
{+0.42/17 112} 64.Bb1 {+0.02/18 94} Ka5 {+0.57/17 190} 65.Rf4 {+0.01/19 183} c5
{+0.53/17
197} 66.Bd3 {0.00/19 183} Bd7 {+0.58/17 253} 67.Ke1 {-0.09/17 296} Bd6 {+0.67/16
140} 68.Rf3 {-0.15/17 114} f6 {+0.76/16 167} 69.Rf4 {-0.16/17 171} Re8 {+1.14/18
124} 70.Bxf5 {-0.17/18 134} Bxf4 {+1.73/21 178} 71.Bxd7 {-0.59/21 107} Rd8
{+1.93/21
117} 72.Bxb5 {-0.77/21 186} Be5 {+1.94/21 48} 73.Bc4 {-0.81/21 113} Rb8
{+2.08/21
332} 74.f4 {-0.94/20 184} Bxc3+ {+1.95/21 105} 75.bxc3 {-1.02/23 72} Rb3
{+2.36/24
206} 76.Kd2 {-1.09/24 132} Rxa3 {+2.54/24 159} 77.g4 {-1.12/23 147} Ra1
{+3.23/24
247} 78.g5 {-1.30/23 241} hxg5 {+3.92/25 207} 79.hxg5 {-1.79/23 284} fxg5
{+4.01/25
186} 80.f5 {-1.79/24 503} Rh1 {+4.42/26 266} 81.f6 {-2.99/23 1043} Rh2+
{+4.42/25
3610} 82.Ke1 {-3.11/23 291} Kb6 {+4.42/19 116} 83.e4 {-3.24/22 387} Rh4
{+4.84/18 71}
84.Bd5 {-4.33/21 311} Rf4 {+5.36/18 127} 85.e5 {-4.71/21 126} a3 {+5.36/19 98}
86.f7
{-5.59/21 1242} g4 {+6.08/16 79} 87.e6 {-5.30/18 132} g3 {+6.08/15 79} 88.e7
{-5.30/17
175} a2 {+6.08/15 71} 89.Bxa2 {-6.00/17 190} g2 {+6.08/14 129} 90.e8=Q {-6.86/18
582} g1=Q+ {+6.08/14 145} 91.Kd2 {-6.63/14 54} Rf2+ {+6.96/14 248} 92.Qe2
{-6.86/17
88} Qf1 {+6.96/15 69} 93.Qxf2 {-7.02/15 44} Qxf2+ {+6.96/19 59} 94.Kd3 {-7.46/20
87} Qf3+ {+7.79/20 130} 95.Kc2 {-7.37/20 45} Kb5 {+6.96/10 65} 96.Bd5 {-8.29/21
70}
Qe2+ {+7.85/21 100} 97.Kc1 {-10.26/22 258} Qf2 {+6.96/14 84} 98.Be6 {-10.02/19
69}
c4 {+18.14/19 61} 99.Bd7+ {-10.45/19 80} Kc5 {+M25/17 101} 100.Be6 {-10.69/21
45}
Qe3+ {+M19/14 10 0-1 Arena Adjudication} { Arena Adjudication} 0-1
Martin.
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.