Author: Harald Faber
Date: 22:23:57 09/23/99
Now it is done. My small EXAMPLE tournament, especially been setup for Thorstens sceptical view is finished. Overall result is 7.5-2.5 in favour of Nimzo98. Nimzo98 ran on 166MHz MMX with 21MB hash CSTal 2.03 had the *50% faster* AMD-K6-200 with auto-hash-usage (out of 64MB RAM) and access to the large book on CD-rom. Time control was tournament, 40/120+20/60+20/60+... CST's opponent was a choice by chance, it could also have been another program. Very interesting was the last game, no.10, you should look at it and maybe you would have expected the players with opposite colors. :-) Now I am curious which excuses Thorsten can present as I used his recommended settings (except that I have no AMD-K6-3-500 for CST on which CST may have a chance against Nimzo98 on MMX166 :-)). CSTal palys interesting games, no doubt, but the sacs and the play is not as sound as the King's, WChess and others. So goodbye Tal from my harddisk... For interest, some time ago I posted 4 games of CST, 2 against Hiarcs7.32 where one of the games was not finished. It still is not but the eval has become clear now. Although Thiorsten found the posted position promising for Tal, now the position is lost. It is no surprise that Tal loses equal or even better endgames. You find the game at the end of this post. [Event "?"] [Site "Haltern"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nimzo98"] [Black "CSTal203"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Bg7 9. Qe2 d5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 f5 13. Qe3 Bxd4 14. Qg3 Re8+ 15. Be2 Qd5 16. c3 Bg7 17. Bxc7 Na6 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Be3 Qe4 20. Kf2 Bb5 21. Rhd1 Re6 22. Bf1 Rd8 23. Nf4 Qc2+ 24. Be2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Re5 26. Rd2 Nc5 27. Rxc2 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 Nxg3 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxa7 Ra5 31. Bf2 Ne4 32. a3 Bf6 33. Nh5 Bd8 34. g3 Bc7 35. Kg2 Rd5 36. Be3 Rd3 37. Re2 Rd1 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Rc2 Re1 40. Bc1 Rd1 41. c4 Bb6 42. Ne2 Rd3 43. Bf4 Rb3 44. a4 Rb4 45. a5 Bxa5 46. b3 Rxb3 47. Nd4 Rc3 48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Nxf5 h5 50. Ne3 Ke6 51. Kh2 Bh8 52. Nd5 Nd6 53. Bxd6 Kxd6 54. Ne3 Kc5 55. Kg2 Be5 56. Kf2 Bd4 57. Ke2 Bxe3 0-1 [Event "?"] [Site "Haltern"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nimzo98"] [Black "Chess Tal II"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nb5 c6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. c3 Bc5 17. Rab1 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Rb4 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. a3 Rb3 22. Bc2 Re3 23. Kf2 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 h6 27. b4 Kf8 28. Bd3 Be6 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Kg3 Bd7 31. f4 Kg8 32. f5 Bc8 33. Kg4 Kf8 34. Kh5 Kg7 35. g4 Bb7 36. Bf1 Bc8 37. h4 Bb7 38. Bd3 Bc8 39. Be2 Bd7 40. Ba6 Kh7 41. Bd3 Kg7 42. a4 Bc8 43. Bf1 Bd7 44. Ba6 Kh7 45. Bd3 Kg7 46. Bf1 Bc8 47. a5 Bd7 48. Ba6 Kh7 49. Bd3 Kg7 50. Bc2 Bc8 51. Ba4 Bd7 52. Bd1 Bc8 53. Be2 Bd7 54. Bd3 Kh7 55. Bc2 Bc8 56. Ba4 Bd7 57. Bd1 Bc8 58. Be2 Bd7 59. a6 Kg7 60. Bd3 Kh7 61. Bf1 Kg7 62. Be2 Kh7 63. Bd1 Kg7 64. Bc2 Bc8 65. Bd3 Bd7 66. Bf1 Kh7 67. Bg2 Bc8 68. Bh1 Bxa6 69. Bf3 Kg7 70. Bd1 Bb5 71. Bc2 a6 72. Bd1 Kh7 73. Bb3 Kg7 74. Bc2 Kh7 75. Bd1 Kg7 76. Bf3 Bf1 77. Bh1 Be2 78. Bg2 Kh7 79. Bh3 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "?"] [Site "Haltern"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Nimzo 98"] [Black "Chess Tal II"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 f5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. axb5 f4 22. Bxf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rxf4 24. bxa6 Rf8 25. a7 Qf7 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Qb5 Kh8 28. Ra6 Bd7 29. Qb7 Rf8 30. f3 Qe8 31. Ne4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qa8 33. Qxa8 Rxa8 34. Rxd6 Rxa7 35. b4 Kg8 36. c4 Bh3 37. Rd5 Ra2 38. Rh5 Bg2 39. d5 Bxf3 40. Rf5 Be2 41. c5 Rd2 42. c6 Ba6 43. c7 Bc8 44. Re5 Kf8 45. b5 Rb2 46. d6 Rd2 47. b6 Rd1+ 48. Kf2 Rxd6 49. Rb5 Bb7 50. Ra5 Rf6+ 51. Kg1 Rxb6 52. Ra7 Rb1+ 53. Kf2 Rb2+ 54. Ke3 Bc8 55. Ra8 Kf7 56. Rxc8 Rc2 57. Kf4 Rc1 58. Ke5 Re1+ 59. Kd6 Rd1+ 60. Kc6 Rc1+ 61. Kb6 Rb1+ 62. Kc5 Rc1+ 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd4 Rd1+ 66. Ke3 Rc1 67. h4 Ke6 68. Re8+ Kd7 69. Rg8 g5 70. Rg7+ Kc8 71. Rxh7 gxh4 72. gxh4 Re1+ 73. Kf2 Rc1 74. h5 Rc2+ 75. Kf3 Kb7 76. h6 Rc3+ 77. Kf4 Rc6 78. Ke5 Kc8 79. Rh8+ Kxc7 80. h7 Rc5+ 81. Kd4 Rh5 82. Ra8 Rh4+ 83. Ke3 Rh3+ 84. Kf4 Rh4+ 85. Kg5 Rh1 86. h8=Q Rg1+ 87. Kf4 Rg4+ 88. Kxg4 Kc6 89. Rc8+ Kb6 90. Qf6+ Ka5 91. Rb8 Ka4 92. Qa6+ 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "Chessnet"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hiarcs7.32"] [Black "CStal2"] [Result "1-0"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 f6 6. c4 a6 7. cxd5 axb5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. O-O Qe8 12. a4 Bg4 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Ne4 Bb4 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Nh4 c5 18. Bc3 Qd5 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Be2 22. Rc7 Kf8 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. f4 exf4 25. exf4 Bd3 26. Ng3 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Rb1 28. Nh5 Be4 29. Rd7 Rxb3 30. Nxg7 Rd3 31. Ne6+ Kf7 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Nc5 Bc2 34. Ke2 b3 35. Nd3 Nd5 36. g3 Ke6 37. Nf3 Nb4 38. Nb2 Kd5 39. d3 Nc6 40. g4 Nd4+ 41. Nxd4 Kxd4 42. Kd2 Kc5 43. h4 Kd5 44. Kc3 Kd6 45. Kd4 Bb1 46. g5 Ke6 47. Ke4 Bc2 48. f5+ Ke7 49. g6 hxg6 50. fxg6 Ke8 1-0
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