Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:18:13 07/13/99
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On July 13, 1999 at 00:40:01, Paul Tillotson wrote:
>Bob,
>I'm going to buy a bottle of wine. If there is a day my program gets a draw
>with crafty I shall open it!
>
>Great work!
>
You'll be surprised how quickly it will happen. :) Progress doesn't have
to be rapid, just steady. Several new programs are getting very strong..
>Paul
>
>On July 13, 1999 at 00:23:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>
>>Earlier tonite, Crafty was involved in a match with GM Loek van Wely on
>>ICC. 5 3 time control, and crafty was winning about its normal percentage
>>against him (about 80%, match was 9 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw at the point
>>where the following game was played). In this game, Crafty was
>>in book until move 23. As we passed move 20, I was counting pawns
>>and pieces and concluded white was probably lost. At move 23,
>>Crafty's first search said -4.00, and I thought aha, book learning
>>to the rescue as this is dead lost. But without spoiling anything,
>>this was the result. :)
>>
>>Actually, I will spoil it. At move 40, it announced a mate in 38 moves.
>>
>>:)
>>
>>
>>
>>pgn:
>>
>>[Event "ICC 5 3"]
>>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>>[Date "1999.07.13"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White "crafty"]
>>[Black "KingLoek"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[WhiteElo "3118"]
>>[BlackElo "2956"]
>>[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation"]
>>[ECO "B97"]
>>[NIC "SI.08"]
>>[Time "00:00:49"]
>>[TimeControl "300+3"]
>>
>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
>>Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14.
>>Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Bh4+ 20.
>>g3 Be7 21. O-O h4 22. Bd3 Rg8 23. Qf2 Rg7 24. Bg6+ Rxg6 25. Qf7+ Kd8 26.
>>Rd1+ Bd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Rd3+ Kc7 29. Qxe7+ Kb6 30. Rb3+ Qxb3 31. axb3
>>hxg3 32. c5+ Kb5 33. Qb7+ Kxc5 34. Qxa8 gxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rg4 36. Qxa6 Rb4 37.
>>Qa5+ Rb5 38. b4+ Kc4 39. Qc7 c5 40. bxc5 Rxc5 41. Qd6 e4 42. Qxe6+ Kd4 43.
>>Qf6+ Kd5 44. Kg3 Rc2 45. Qd8+ Ke5 46. Qh8+ Kd5 47. Qh5+ Kc4 48. Kf4
>>{Black resigns}
>>1-0
>>
>>
>>ICC format with times so that you can see when it went out of book:
>>crafty (3118) vs. KingLoek (2956) --- 1999.07.13 00:00:49
>>Rated blitz match, initial time: 5 minutes, increment: 3 seconds
>>
>> 1. e4 (0:01) c5 (0:02)
>> 2. Nf3 (0:00) d6 (0:01)
>> 3. d4 (0:00) cxd4 (0:01)
>> 4. Nxd4 (0:00) Nf6 (0:00)
>> 5. Nc3 (0:00) a6 (0:02)
>> 6. Bg5 (0:00) e6 (0:01)
>> 7. f4 (0:00) Qb6 (0:01)
>> 8. Qd2 (0:00) Qxb2 (0:01)
>> 9. Rb1 (0:00) Qa3 (0:01)
>> 10. f5 (0:00) Nc6 (0:05)
>> 11. fxe6 (0:00) fxe6 (0:02)
>> 12. Nxc6 (0:00) bxc6 (0:02)
>> 13. e5 (0:00) dxe5 (0:02)
>> 14. Bxf6 (0:00) gxf6 (0:02)
>> 15. Ne4 (0:00) Be7 (0:02)
>> 16. Be2 (0:00) h5 (0:06)
>> 17. Rb3 (0:00) Qa4 (0:08)
>> 18. Nxf6+ (0:00) Bxf6 (0:02)
>> 19. c4 (0:00) Bh4+ (0:18)
>> 20. g3 (0:00) Be7 (0:02)
>> 21. O-O (0:00) h4 (0:19)
>> 22. Bd3 (0:00) Rg8 (1:05)
>> 23. Qf2 (0:17) Rg7 (0:13)
>> 24. Bg6+ (0:16) Rxg6 (0:17)
>> 25. Qf7+ (0:00) Kd8 (0:11)
>> 26. Rd1+ (0:01) Bd7 (0:02)
>> 27. Rxd7+ (0:12) Kxd7 (0:02)
>> 28. Rd3+ (0:11) Kc7 (0:12)
>> 29. Qxe7+ (0:00) Kb6 (0:01)
>> 30. Rb3+ (0:23) Qxb3 (0:03)
>> 31. axb3 (0:09) hxg3 (0:01)
>> 32. c5+ (0:12) Kb5 (0:15)
>> 33. Qb7+ (0:00) Kxc5 (0:01)
>> 34. Qxa8 (0:10) gxh2+ (0:02)
>> 35. Kxh2 (0:09) Rg4 (0:09)
>> 36. Qxa6 (0:11) Rb4 (0:02)
>> 37. Qa5+ (0:11) Rb5 (0:01)
>> 38. b4+ (0:10) Kc4 (0:20)
>> 39. Qc7 (0:11) c5 (0:05)
>> 40. bxc5 (0:11) Rxc5 (0:02)
>> 41. Qd6 (0:00) e4 (0:58)
>> 42. Qxe6+ (0:00) Kd4 (0:01)
>> 43. Qf6+ (0:00) Kd5 (0:03)
>> 44. Kg3 (0:00) Rc2 (0:19)
>> 45. Qd8+ (0:00) Ke5 (0:03)
>> 46. Qh8+ (0:00) Kd5 (0:03)
>> 47. Qh5+ (0:00) Kc4 (0:07)
>> 48. Kf4 (0:00)
>> {Black resigns} 1-0
>>~
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