Author: Will Singleton
Date: 01:31:41 05/17/99
Under 2600 Club May 17 1999 Program ICC Blitz Change Games Platform Author LambChop 2586 +9 1 P/133 Pete McKenzie TDChess 2578 P/400 Jon Baxter Rajah 2578 +123 30 P/166 V. Manohararajah PostModernist 2546 -87 10 K6/300 Andrew Williams Amateur 2529 -36 9 Mac/300 Will Singleton EXchess 2475 Cel/400 Dan Homan Galahad 2450 +92 26 K6/400 James Swafford Hossa 2426 -12 286 P/350 Steffen Jakob Grok 2426 -2 68 P/300 Peter Kappler Arasan 2374 -166 70 K6/233 Jon Dart BugChess 2326 P/450 Erik van het Hof ICC account names that differ from the program name: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ArasanX (Arasan), jlong (Galahad). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notable LambChop tops the list this week, at 2586. Interesting to note that LambChop runs on a P133, while Chopster (P3/500) and Beadle (P2/266), running the same program, are rated 2590 and 2585, respectively. This probably shows the importance of opponent selection, since their formulas differ. And, too, blitz ratings can swing a lot. But the fact that the three accounts are within 5 points of each other is remarkable. Hossa was again the most active program, while Rajah made the largest gain with 123 points. Also gaining quite a lot was Galahad, and based on some of its games this week, I expect similar gains in the future. One new high wes recorded, by Galahad (2462). Changes Rookie goes inactive. -------------------------- u2600 Position of the Week This is from the game Amateur-Phalanx21 (pikozrout), played this week on fics. The correct move is an intuitive choice for humans, and likely for some programs. Even if yours likes it initially, see how long it takes for the score to jump up. (Ne4 was played in the actual game.) r3k2r/ppp2ppp/3bb3/q3p3/2P5/P1NP1P2/1P1B2PP/R1Q1K2R w KQkq - Amateur 0.9, g3/300 -- 2 -80 0.02 1883 3 -73 0.05 2630 Kg1 Bc5 Be3 Kc8 3 -63 0.07 3217 Ne4 Qb6 Nxd6 Qxd6 4 -69 0.14 7969 Ne4 Qa6 Kg1 Kc8 Nxd6 Rxd6 5 -54 0.25 14896 Ne4 Qa6 Kg1 Kc8 Re1 6 -55 0.50 31673 Ne4 Qa6 Kg1 Kc8 Re1 Be7 7 -46 2.54 107992 Ne4 Qa6 Bc3 Kc8 Qe3 f6 Kg1 8 -41 15.07 642093 Ne4 Qa6 Qc3 Kc8 Ng5 Bc5 Qxe5 Bd4 9 -41 37.43 1662808 Ne4 Qa6 Qc3 Kc8 Ng5 Bc5 Qxe5 Bd4 Qa5 9 90 56.42 2593903 b4 Qa6 c5 Bxc5 Pxc5 Kc8 Bg5 Rxd3
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