Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:16:12 02/01/06
I have expanded the full suite to 50 positions (and thus a round 100 games), and
revised a few of the pre-existing ones. Just to be clear, this is an Openings
Suite, similar in purpose to the Nunn Suites 1 and 2, as well as the Noomen
Select suite. It is meant to be used in test matches between engines, with NO
BOOK used. The selection is designed to provide typical opening situations,
testing the range of openings as well as types of positions (closed, open,
hedgehog, stonewall, isolani, etc.). The positions were chosen and tested to
allow several possible moves, so there shouldn't be any single move to find, nor
should all (or almost all) engines choose the same continuation.
I have tested the Short Suite (25 positions) amply, and have enjoyed it, though
it has highlighted a couple of problems that I have removed. One of these
problems even includes a position that most engines insist on playing a
positively dreadful move (Open Ruy Lopez). Below are the revised and new
positions, and in a later post, I will repost all the positions with diagrams,
and the most played, or theoretical continuations.
Please note there are no gambits here. I plan another suite for this, but at the
moment wanted a suite with both variety and standard opening choices.
If you have any comments regarding the choices, or any blatant omissions, please
just say the word. For example, I discovered to my astonishment that I hadn't
put a single Petroff in the first edition.
Albert
Changed:
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Paulsen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 *
[D]r1bqkbnr/1p1p1ppp/p1n1p3/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq -
I removed 6.Be2 Qc7 so as to allow a little more flexibility in the
continuations.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Dragon"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4 Ne5 13.Kb1 *
[D]r1r3k1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/q3n3/3NP2P/1BN1BP2/PPPQ2P1/1K1R3R b - -
I had hoped for a more combative game, but somehow that wasn't what happened.
Somehow they all managed to exchange the queens within 4 moves, so I added
13.Kb1 in the hopes they won't.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Open"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 *
[D]r2qkb1r/2p2ppp/p1n1b3/1p1pP3/4n3/1BP2N2/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq -
Too many engines like the dreadful 9.Nc3 for either a short time or a long time,
so that I saw it appearing far too often in my test matches.
Analysis by Fruit 2.2.1:
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.a4 Na5 12.Qe2 c6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ba3 0-0 15.Rfd1 Bxa3
16.Rxa3
= (0.08) Depth: 12/27 00:00:04 2526kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.a4 0-0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Qxb5 c6 15.Qd3 Nxb3
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.cxb3
= (0.25) Depth: 13/30 00:00:09 5748kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.a4 0-0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Qxb5 c6 15.Qd3 Nxb3
16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.cxb3
= (0.25) Depth: 14/30 00:00:16 11139kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.a4 0-0 12.Qd3 Na5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Ba3 Nxb3 15.Bxe7
Qxe7 16.cxb3 b4 17.Rxa8 Rxa8
= (0.04) Depth: 15/32 00:00:28 20233kN
Analysis by Hiarcs 10:
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.a4
= (-0.05) Depth: 12/26 00:00:12 2706kN
9.a4
= (-0.05) Depth: 12/31 00:00:14 3130kN
9.a4 b4 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Rfd1 d4
= (-0.01) Depth: 12/31 00:00:18 3920kN
9.a4 b4 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Nbd2 Be7 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Bf4 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 Qd7 15.Qd3 f5
= (-0.07) Depth: 13/31 00:00:30 6565kN
9.Nc3
= (-0.01) Depth: 13/31 00:00:30 6565kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3
= (-0.01) Depth: 13/31 00:00:31 6673kN
9.Nc3
³ (-0.26) Depth: 14/31 00:00:48 10489kN
Analysis by Rybka 1.01 Beta 13 32-bit:
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Qd3 Na5 12.Nd4 0-0
² (0.34) Depth: 10 00:00:03 191kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Qd3 0-0 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Ng5
² (0.27) Depth: 11 00:00:06 366kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Qd3 0-0 12.Bf4 Qd7 13.Rad1 Rad8
= (0.25) Depth: 12 00:00:12 744kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Qd3
² (0.27) Depth: 13 00:00:24 1533kN
Analysis by Shredder 8:
9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 f5 13.f3 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 c5 15.Rc1 cxd4
16.Rc6 Qd7 17.Qc2
= (0.03) Depth: 14/29 00:00:21 8316kN
9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Ba2 Be7 12.Nb3 Nxa4 13.Nbd4 0-0 14.Nxc6 Nxb2
= (0.04) Depth: 14/31 00:00:23 9287kN
9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2 Nc5 11.Ba2 Be7 12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Bxb3 Na5 14.Ba2 c5 15.Bf4 0-0
= (0.10) Depth: 14/31 00:00:24 10029kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.a4 0-0 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5
Bxf2+ 16.Rxf2 Qa2 17.Qxa2
= (0.11) Depth: 14/37 00:00:31 12898kN
9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.a4 Ne7 12.Nd4 0-0 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Be3 Bb6
16.Qa1
= (0.19) Depth: 14/37 00:00:33 14015kN
Since the idea isn't to see how many screw this up by playing 9.Nc3?, but how
they handle this opening in general, I added 9.c3. In case you wonder, after
9.Nc3? just play Nxc3 10.bxc3 followed by Na5 and c5-c4, and the bishop is
locked in forever.
I also removed the position:
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit accepted"]
[Result ""]
[Eco "D27"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6
8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 *
[D]r1bq1rk1/1p2bppp/p1n1pn2/8/P1BP4/2N2N2/1P2QPPP/R1BR2K1 b - -
and replaced it with a Caro-Kann Panov, that could reach this, just as it could
go in other directions.
New positions:
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Catalan, Accepted"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 *
[D]rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/4pn2/8/2pP4/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Dutch, Stonewall"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 d5 5.Nf3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 *
[D]rnb1k2r/pp2q1pp/2pbpn2/3p1p2/2PP4/1P3NP1/P3PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Closed - Archangelsk"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 *
[D]r1bqk2r/2pp1ppp/p1n2n2/1pb1p3/4P3/1B3N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Maroczy Bind"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Bg7 *
[D]r1bqk2r/pp2ppbp/2np1np1/8/2PNP3/2N5/PP2BPPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Najdorf 6.f3 e5"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 *
[D]rn1qk2r/1p2bppp/p2pbn2/4p3/4P3/1NN1BP2/PPPQ2PP/R3KB1R b KQkq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Fianchetto"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 *
[D]r1bq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/1nn3p1/8/3P4/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit, Semi-Slav - Meran"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.O-O *
[D]r2qkb1r/pb1n1ppp/2p1pn2/1p6/3P4/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Petroff Defense"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 *
[D]rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/8/3p4/3Pn3/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 *
[D]r1bqkb1r/1p3pp1/p1nppn1p/8/3NP3/2N1B3/PPPQ1PPP/2KR1B1R b kq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Caro-Kann, Classical"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 *
[D]r2qkbnr/pp1nppp1/2p4p/7P/3P4/3Q1NN1/PPP2PP1/R1B1K2R b KQkq -
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Caro-Kann, Panov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 *
[D]rnbqkb1r/pp3ppp/4pn2/3p4/2PP4/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq -
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