Second '21 Special: Below 1850 tournament

[Fluppio]

And Peter, can we play tomorrow evening the game Stratos B - MM II?

Regards, Paul

Hi Paul, today 21:30 is possible for me.

[paulwise3]

3.1 Mephisto MMII + HG240 - Fid. Designer Display 1-0 (https://lichess.org/hL4NlSqr)
It was an exciting game with a very sharp opening, white had 12 bookmoves and black even 17!?
After that they both played well, and it should have been a draw, but then black played 52... Kh7?? instead of Kxg7, and then it was over.
At 54.Qf6 white announced mate-in-5.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hL4NlSqr"] [Date "2021.07.07"] [White "Mephisto MM II + HG240"] [Black "Fidelity Designer 2000"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.07.07"] [UTCTime "05:48:16"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1497"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C55"] [Opening "Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 { C55 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation } O-O-O 12. g4 Qe5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. fxg7 Rhg8 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qd6 17. Nxd8 Nxd8 18. b3 Rxg7 19. bxc4 Qe6 20. f3 Qxc4 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Bg5 Ne6 23. Bd2 Qd5 24. Kg2 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. h3 Kb8 27. Qd3 h5 28. Qb3 Qc5 29. Rb1 b6 30. Re1 Rf8 31. Re4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qd6 33. Qb5 c5 34. Qe2 Qf6 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kc7 37. Qg8 b5 38. Qh7+ Kb6 39. Qd3 Qe6 40. a3 Qe5 41. Qd2 Kc6 42. g5 Kd5 43. g6 Ke6 44. Qd3 Qg5+ 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Qxb5 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Qxc2 49. Qa6+ Kg7 50. Kf4 d3 51. Kf5 Kh6 52. g7+ Kh7 53. Qg6+ Kg8 54. Qf6 Kh7 55. Qf7 d2+ 56. Kg5 Qg6+ 57. Qxg6+ Kg8 58. Kh6 d1=Q 59. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

MM II
6 inaccuracies
7 mistakes
0 blunders
30 Average centipawn loss

Designer 2000
5 inaccuracies
3 mistakes
3 blunders
44 Average centipawn loss

[paulwise3]

Hi Paul, today 21:30 is possible for me.

Hi Peter,
Ok, tonight 21:30 while watching football
Paul

[paulwise3]

The tables are up-to-date again, only 2 games to play!

7.3: SciSys Stratos B - Mephisto MMII + HG240
8.2: Mephisto MMII + HG240 - Steinitz Encore 20 MHz

Game 7.3 starts tonight at 21:30 Berlin time
For the last game Al or myself must set a date with Franz.

Regards, Paul

[paulwise3]

7.3: SciSys Stratos B - Mephisto MMII + HG240 1/2-1/2
It was a hard game, first white had advantage, later black got material advantage, but the endgame with only queens and pawns was too much for its capabilities, so it ended in a hard fought draw.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/XVfNdVcF"]
[Date "2021.07.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SciSys Stratos B"]
[Black "Mephisto MM II+HG240"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 {
D38 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5
O-O 8. e3 Bg4 9. Ne5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be2
Rfe8 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qb2 b6 16. O-O Qe6 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. Qe2 a5 19. c4 c6 20.
cxd5 cxd5 21. Qh5 Ng6 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Bb5 Rec8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Ba4 Qe6 26.
Rb1 Qe4 27. Re1 Rc4 28. Qd1 Nh4 29. f3 Qg6 30. g3 Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Nxf3+ 32. Kf2
Nxe1 33. Kxe1 Qb1+ 34. Kd2 Qg1 35. Kd3 Qf1+ 36. Kc3 Qe2 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. a3
Qxh2 39. Qd7 Qxg3 40. Qxd5 Qxe3+ 41. Kb2 Qd2+ 42. Kb1 h5 43. Qxh5 Qxd4 44. Qf3
Kg6 45. Qg2+ Kf5 46. Qh3+ Kf4 47. Qh6+ Ke5 48. Qh2+ Kd5 49. Qh5+ Ke6 50. Qe2+
Kd6 51. Qh2+ Qe5 52. Qf2 Qb5+ 53. Ka2 f5 54. Qf4+ Ke6 55. Qe3+ Kf6 56. Qh6+ Ke5
57. Qe3+ Kd5 58. Qf3+ Kd4 59. Qf4+ Kd5 60. Qxf5+ Kc6 61. Qf6+ Kd7 62. Qxf7+ Kd6
63. Qf6+ Kd5 64. Qf5+ Kc6 65. Qe6+ Kb7 66. Qe4+ Qc6 67. Qd3 b5 68. Kb3 a4+ 69.
Kb4 Ka6 70. Qd4 Qb6 71. Qd3 Qa5+ 72. Kc5 Qc7+ 73. Kd5 Qd7+ 74. Ke4 Qe6+ 75. Kd4
Qd6+ 76. Ke4 Qc5 77. Kf3 Qe5 78. Qg6+ Kb7 79. Qd3 Kc6 80. Qg6+ Kd5 81. Qg8+ Kd4
82. Qg4+ Kd3 83. Qg6+ Kc3 84. Qb1 Qf6+ 85. Kg4 Qg7+ 86. Kf4 Qf8+ 87. Ke4 Qe7+
88. Kf3 Qxa3 89. Qxb5 Qb4 90. Qe5+ Kc2 91. Qe2+ Qd2 92. Qe6 Qd1+ 93. Kg3 Qg1+
94. Kh3 Kb2 95. Qe2+ Ka1 96. Qd3 Qa7 97. Qa3+ Kb1 98. Qb4+ {
White offers draw The game is a draw.} 1/2-1/2
The last game 8.2: Mephisto MMII + HG240 - Steinitz Encore 20 MHz will be played tomorrow (Thursday) at 20:00 Berlin time.
Then the Steinitz has to try to get equal with the Rebell 5.0.

[kalatov]

The tables are up-to-date again, only 2 games to play!

Regards, Paul

Thanks Paul. That's a very impressive performance from the Novag Beluga. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of them on ebay, it would be interesting to pit it against one of the stronger Novags to see how it fairs in a longer match. I've just picked up a Super Nova which might make an interesting adversary for it.

Phil

[Steve B]

The tables are up-to-date again, only 2 games to play!

Hi Paul
once again a masterful handling by you of these very popular
tournaments


one question....
i notice the winner will be the Rebel 5.0 which has an active elo higher then the 1850 limit
so i am wondering how that works?
excuse me if this has been discussed before but i am just curious..

Best Regards
Steve

[paulwise3]

Hi Steve,

Thanx for your appreciation
And yes, the Rebell 5.0 is in fact too strong, but I made an exception for Ricardo because I liked to let him play with us in the tournament, and he had no other comp to fit in the tournament.

It is not always about winning, but it is always to have fun regards,
Paul

[Steve B]

Hi Steve,

Thanx for your appreciation
And yes, the Rebell 5.0 is in fact too strong, but I made an exception for Ricardo because I liked to let him play with us in the tournament, and he had no other comp to fit in the tournament.

It is not always about winning, but it is always to have fun regards,
Paul

Like your user name suggests....
That Was A Wise Decision Regards
Steve

[paulwise3]

So the last game of this tournament is played.
8.2: Mephisto MMII + HG240 - Steinitz Encore 20 MHz 1-0, see https://lichess.org/L1QN29R4

MM II played an unusual opening, Steinitz at move two out of book, MM II at move 4. Turned out to be "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection".
MM II mishandled its position, and soon its king was trapped in the middle, and it was only a question of time that Steinitz blew up white's defense.
[Event "Casual Correspondence game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/L1QN29R4"]
[Date "2021.07.08"]
[White "Mephisto MM II + HG240"]
[Black "Chafitz Steinitz Encore 20 MHz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2021.07.08"]
[UTCTime "18:00:46"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e5 Qh4 8. Qd2 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nb5 Bd7 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. c4 O-O 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Nc3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nd1 Rac8 18. Ne3 Rfe8 19. b3 Qb5 20. Rb1 Bf5 21. a4 Qb6 22. Rb2 Bd3 23. Rg1 Qd4 24. Kd1 Qe5 25. Re1 Bh7 26. h3 Bd3 27. f4 Qe4 28. Ra2 Qd4 29. b4 Rc3 30. Rb2 Ra3 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. a5 Ra1 33. Nc2 Rxb1+ 34. Qc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Rxc2+ 36. Kd1 Be4# 0-1
So Steinitz ends with 10,5 out of 15, great score, and together with the Rebell 5.0 at the top of the bill
Rebell has the better SB-score, but as it has a too high elo for this tournament I think they should share the first price.
Unfortunately Miss Tournament refuses to kiss the winners, she's afraid of getting Corona...

[paulwise3]

Thanks Paul. That's a very impressive performance from the Novag Beluga. I'll have to keep an eye out for one of them on ebay, it would be interesting to pit it against one of the stronger Novags to see how it fairs in a longer match. I've just picked up a Super Nova which might make an interesting adversary for it.

Phil

Hi Phil,

Thanx for joining this tournament!
The Beluga is some kind of a dark horse, not much known about it. It performed surprisingly well this tournament.
But I'm afraid that it is not strong enough to compete with the Super Nova, rated 1885 active elo.
Super Nova has a 32kb program vs Beluga 16kb,
opening library 15.000 ply vs Beluga 3000 ply.
The Super Nova looks like an interesting machine, and I wonder if and how it relates to the Novag Emerald.

Btw: I am thinking about a next tournament where I can enter my Fidelity Chesster Challenger (about 1885 active elo as well).
That would be for example a Under 1920 or Under 1930 elo.
You could enter your Super Nova there, would be interesting to see how it performs!
Maybe somewhere after summer, or as the next Halloween or Christmas tournament .

Best regards,
Paul

[kalatov]

Btw: I am thinking about a next tournament where I can enter my Fidelity Chesster Challenger (about 1885 active elo as well).
That would be for example a Under 1920 or Under 1930 elo.
You could enter your Super Nova there, would be interesting to see how it performs!
Maybe somewhere after summer, or as the next Halloween or Christmas tournament .

Best regards,
Paul

That sounds great, I look forward to it. Can we make it 1930 - I have a Novag Zircon I'd love to bring to the party. It would be nice to be one of the higher rated entries next time!

Thanks for organising it.

All the best

Phil

[esinger]

Btw: I am thinking about a next tournament where I can enter my Fidelity Chesster Challenger (about 1885 active elo as well).
That would be for example a Under 1920 or Under 1930 elo.
You could enter your Super Nova there, would be interesting to see how it performs!
Maybe somewhere after summer, or as the next Halloween or Christmas tournament .

Sounds good Paul. The highest rated computer I have under 1930 is the Novag Constellation Expert (1892).

Eric

[paulwise3]

Sounds good Paul. The highest rated computer I have under 1930 is the Novag Constellation Expert (1892).

Eric

Yes, maybe I should lower it to Up to 1923, as there are a number of strong 1930 elo competitors which would limit the chances for participants entering a below 1900 computer.
And that could motivate Phil to enter his Super Nova.
Or should we just stick to Under 1900?!
Then Ricardo also has a fair chance with his Rebell 5.0.

Btw: I hope you have collected all the game pgn's again?
I would like to receive them again

Paul

[kalatov]

Yes, maybe I should lower it to Up to 1923, as there are a number of strong 1930 elo competitors which would limit the chances for participants entering a below 1900 computer.
And that could motivate Phil to enter his Super Nova.

Now that's an interesting thought, I wonder if I could write a lichess shim/client so that the Super Nova could play directly online via the serial interface. I see there's a python api for Lichess: https://github.com/rhgrant10/berserk. Something to think about over the summer.

Phil