World Computer Chess Championship 2008 Hiarcs wins!

[Uri Blass]

Round 7

Is there a reason that you reduced one point from the baron?
0.5+0.5+0.5+1=2.5 and not 1.5 based on my knowledge.

[Hans van der Zijden]

Friday 3:
Just slept one hour and the phone rang. Someone from Holland who forgot I was in Beijing. 15 minutes before my alarm goes a knock on the door and the bell rings. A woman with a laundrybag. Yesterday I put some clothes in the bag for the 'laundryservice'. I want to take the bag from her, but that was not why she was there. She said "wate a momen", leaves and doesn't come back. Then the phone rings. Someone who does speak english tells me that the laundry is not ready yet. I knew that already, because I read somewhere that it would be delivered to your room after 4 in the afternoon. 1 hour later again a knock. Laundry is ready. Which was good, because I noticed I had no more socks left. I took 6 from everything except socks. No more time for breakfast, wasn't hungry
anyway. After a tough fight against the phone I finally managed to get the
upper hand. That thing plays much too fast. And also Rybka's moves came quickly. So I was waiting a long time for the next round. So when the tournament director asked if we wanted a break, I was the only one against. I waited long enough. I ordered a salad this time. I can't even look at warm food at the moment. In front of me they put a mountain of raw vegetables that would last an elephant a whole week. But no dressing. They only gave me some awfull tasting and smelling sauce. Why don't they have mayonaise here? Tomorrow is the big day. The last 2 rounds against number 2 and 3.

[cirv]

Hello, I'm a new poster here...

HIARCS seems like a very good program, I'm hoping I can get it to play with my open source engine.

Good work on making such a great chess engine.

Good luck on the tournament. Great reporting also, I enjoyed reading the chineese problems with diet / food / etc

cirv

[Rubinus]

Next rounds: Black Hiarcs from white Rybka...
My guess:
Better chance: Ruy Lopez (some little know, etc. Smyslov variant) after 1.e4 and 1.-f5 (leningrad system) after 1.d4.

[cirv]

sounds like the match of the tournament...

#1 vs #2...

should be great


btw, has anyone used http://scid.sourceforge.net/ ? - its a nice system, and I have not tried to plug the HIARCS engine into it yet

[Dylan Sharp]

Cluster Toga has been a disappointment.

[Tony Thomas]

The only way hiarcs can win the tournament is by defeating Rybka, or by expecting rybka to lose a game. Can hiarcs pull an upset???

[Soren Riis]

Why is a draw against Rybka and a win not enough. Its not certain that Rybka will win against junior. Who win in the case both Rybka and Hiarcs end on 7.5 point?

[Tony Thomas]

Why is a draw against Rybka and a win not enough. Its not certain that Rybka will win against junior. Who win in the case both Rybka and Hiarcs end on 7.5 point?

The only way hiarcs can win the tournament is by defeating Rybka, or by expecting rybka to lose a game. Can hiarcs pull an upset???

In case of a draw one of those weird point systems decide the winner right? SB points?? Or that other one..

[Harvey Williamson]

Why is a draw against Rybka and a win not enough. Its not certain that Rybka will win against junior. Who win in the case both Rybka and Hiarcs end on 7.5 point?

The only way hiarcs can win the tournament is by defeating Rybka, or by expecting rybka to lose a game. Can hiarcs pull an upset???

In case of a draw one of those weird point systems decide the winner right? SB points?? Or that other one..

There will be a playoff tomorrow if it is a draw.

[Krazyken]

So round 8 has been going for an hour now? Any news on the game?

[Linus]

So round 8 has been going for an hour now? Any news on the game?

Yes, Rybka is winning.

[Event "WCCC 2008 R8"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rybka"]
[Black "Hiarcs"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[TimeControl "50/5700:10/1020:1200"]

{256MB, Hiarcs A.ctg, HARVEYWILLID19E} 1. e4 {0} c5 {B/0 0} 2. Nf3 {11} Nc6 {B/0 0} 3. d4 {9} cxd4 {B/0 0} 4. Nxd4 {7} e5 {B/0 0} 5. Nb5 {8} d6 {B/0 0} 6.N1c3 {8} a6 {B/0 0} 7. Na3 {8} Rb8 {B/0 1} 8. Nc4 {389} Nf6 {B/0 0} 9. Bg5 {167} b5 {0.47/18 144} 10. Bxf6 {(Ne3) 154} Qxf6 {0.41/19 221} 11. Ne3 {9} Be7 {0.46/18 264} 12. a4 {(Ncd5) 137} bxa4 {0.75/17 223} 13. Rxa4 {9} Rxb2 {0.83/18239} 14. Ncd5 {153} Qg6 {0.96/18 1} 15. Bxa6 {75} Bd7 {1.13/18 104} 16. Nc7+ {97} Kd8 {1.00/18 1} 17. Qa1 {(Ncd5) 44} Rb8 {2.34/19 936} 18. Bb5 (Ncd5) 13} *

+ 3.67

[Team-oh]

Round 8

ClusterToga vs. MobileChess

[Event "WCCC 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cluster Toga"]
[Black "Mobile Chess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 {0.00/0 0} Nf6 {10} 2. e5 {0.00/0 0} Nd5 {6} 3. c4 {0.00/0 0} Nb6 {8} 4.
d4 {0.00/0 0} d6 {10} 5. exd6 {0.00/0 0} exd6 {10} 6. Nc3 {0.00/0 0} Qe7+ {33}
7. Be3 {0.83/21 190} h5 {(Qd8) 94} 8. c5 {1.52/22 287} dxc5 {(N6d7) 0} 9. dxc5
{2.40/20 136} Bg4 {79} 10. Nf3 {2.41/22 143} Nc8 {(N6d7) 74} 11. Nd5 {
3.56/0 170} Qd7 {45} 12. Bf4 {3.56/21 107} Qe6+ {(Nd6) 92} 13. Be2 {3.96/21 138
} Na6 {52} 14. O-O {4.12/21 239} Ne7 {147} 15. Qa4+ {4.10/21 73} Kd8 {(Qd7) 77}
16. Bxa6 {7.56/18 387} Qxd5 {(Nxd5) 66} 17. Rad1 {11.49/18 99} bxa6 {(Bd7) 81}
18. Rxd5+ {16.12/18 99} Nxd5 {224} 19. Rd1 {16.62/19 0} Be6 {(Ke7) 82} 20. Qc6
{#23/16 192} Rc8 {(Rb8) 47} 21. Rxd5+ {#17/17 99} Bxd5 {60} 22. Qxd5+ {
#15/22 25} Bd6 {66} 23. Qxf7 {#13/28 33} Be7 {35} 24. Qd5+ {#11/0 11} Ke8 {43}
25. Ne5 {#9/63 0} Rb8 {61} 26. Qf7+ {#7/63 0} Kd8 {11} 27. Qe6 {#5/63 0} Ke8 {8
} 28. Bg5 {#3/63 0} Kf8 {(Rxb2) 10} 29. Qf7# {#1/63 0} 1-0

[Watchman]

Round 8

[Event "WCCC 2008 R8"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rybka"]
[Black "Hiarcs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[TimeControl "50/5700:10/1020:1200"]

{256MB, Hiarcs A.ctg, HARVEYWILLID19E} 1. e4 {0} c5 {B/0 0} 2. Nf3 {11} Nc6 {
B/0 0} 3. d4 {9} cxd4 {B/0 0} 4. Nxd4 {7} e5 {B/0 0} 5. Nb5 {8} d6 {B/0 0} 6.
N1c3 {8} a6 {B/0 0} 7. Na3 {8} Rb8 {B/0 1} 8. Nc4 {389} Nf6 {B/0 0} 9. Bg5 {167
} b5 {0.47/18 144} 10. Bxf6 {(Ne3) 154} Qxf6 {0.41/19 221} 11. Ne3 {9} Be7 {
0.46/18 264} 12. a4 {(Ncd5) 137} bxa4 {0.75/17 223} 13. Rxa4 {9} Rxb2 {
0.83/18 239} 14. Ncd5 {153} Qg6 {0.96/18 1} 15. Bxa6 {75} Bd7 {1.13/18 104} 16.
Nc7+ {97} Kd8 {1.00/18 1} 17. Qa1 {(Ncd5) 44} Rb8 {2.34/19 936} 18. Bb5 {
(Ncd5) 13} Bg5 {2.59/18 903} 19. Ned5 {28} Ne7 {3.31/16 152} 20. O-O {57} Nxd5
{3.52/17 40} 21. Nxd5 {12} Bxb5 {3.85/19 240} 22. Ra8 {9} Rxa8 {4.21/19 205}
23. Qxa8+ {8} Kd7 {4.21/19 1} 24. Qb7+ {20} Ke6 {4.14/20 68} 25. Nc7+ {11} Kf6
{4.66/20 190} 26. Nxb5 {17} Qh5 {4.82/19 64} 27. Nxd6 {(Qd7) 11} Rf8 {
5.15/19 164} 28. Nf5 {(Qd7) 9} Kg6 {5.10/19 50} 29. Qb6+ {(Qc6+) 116} Bf6 {
5.16/20 110} 30. Ne7+ {68} Kh6 {5.41/21 1} 31. f3 {32} Qg5 {5.57/21 59} 32.
Nf5+ {10} Kg6 {6.35/21 82} 33. f4 {7} exf4 {7.03/20 177} 34. h4 {8} Qg4 {
7.05/19 62} 35. Qd6 {8} 1-0

[Watchman]

Round 8

The Baron v. Junior

[Event "WCCC Beijing"]
[Site "."]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "The Baron"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator ",."]
[PlyCount "92"]
[TimeControl "60/6840:0/0:1500"]

{1536MB, Junior11.ctg, E3D59B6A27D64FB} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {(Nf3) [%emt 0:00:16]} g6 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. f3 {(Nc3) [%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:01]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxd5 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nb6 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bg7 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} O-O {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e5 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c6 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} h5 {
[%eval 0,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Be2 {(g4) [%emt 0:00:12]} cxd5 {
[%eval 38,20] [%emt 0:02:14]} 12. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} N8d7 {
[%eval 38,21] [%emt 0:03:19]} 13. d6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {
[%eval 24,21] [%emt 0:02:24]} 14. Bg5 {(Nh3) [%emt 0:00:20]} Be6 {
[%eval 17,20] [%emt 0:02:14]} 15. Nh3 {(g4) [%emt 0:07:14]} Rc8 {
[%eval 7,21] [%emt 0:01:46]} 16. Nf2 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nc4 {
[%eval 28,21] [%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Rxc4 {
[%eval 28,20] [%emt 0:00:28]} 18. Bxf6 {(Nfe4) [%emt 0:01:38]} Bxf6 {
[%eval -66,18] [%emt 0:01:32]} 19. Nfe4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} Bg7 {
[%eval -48,21] [%emt 0:01:57]} 20. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:04]} Rd4 {
[%eval -38,21] [%emt 0:00:57]} 21. Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qc8 {
[%eval -43,20] [%emt 0:11:19]} 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} f5 {
[%eval -41,21] [%emt 0:02:07]} 23. Ng3 {(Nf2) [%emt 0:00:58]} Kh7 {
[%eval -42,20] [%emt 0:02:37]} 24. Nge2 {[%emt 0:02:34]} Bc4 {
[%eval -40,20] [%emt 0:00:59]} 25. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qc5 {
[%eval -46,21] [%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} exd4 {
[%eval -68,22] [%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Na4 {[%emt 0:07:37]} Qxd6 {
[%eval -54,23] [%emt 0:04:42]} 28. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Qc6 {
[%eval -83,22] [%emt 0:14:19]} 29. Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} b5 {
[%eval -83,22] [%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Rhe1 {(Nb3) [%emt 0:02:20]} Rc8 {
[%eval -73,21] [%emt 0:01:24]} 31. Nb3 {(Re7) [%emt 0:01:06]} d3 {
[%eval -115,20] [%emt 0:01:32]} 32. Rd2 {(Re7) [%emt 0:03:23]} Bh6 {
[%eval -126,20] [%emt 0:01:21]} 33. Na5 {(Qxa7+) [%emt 0:01:47]} Qb6 {
[%eval -207,21] [%emt 0:01:56]} 34. Qe7+ {[%emt 0:03:04]} Kg8 {
[%eval -211,22] [%emt 0:00:24]} 35. Nxc4 {(Qb4) [%emt 0:01:42]} bxc4 {
[%eval -287,19] [%emt 0:00:42]} 36. Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rf8 {
[%eval -301,22] [%emt 0:00:01]} 37. Qd5+ {[%emt 0:01:47]} Kh8 {
[%eval -292,23] [%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:04:30]} Bg7 {
[%eval -335,24] [%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Qe3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qb5 {
[%eval -378,23] [%emt 0:04:03]} 40. a4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qa5 {
[%eval -421,23] [%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Rc1 {(g4) [%emt 0:02:03]} f4 {
[%eval -455,22] [%emt 0:01:08]} 42. Qf2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qb4 {
[%eval -782,23] [%emt 0:02:10]} 43. Rdd1 {(Rcd1) [%emt 0:01:14]} Qb3 {
[%eval -952,24] [%emt 0:04:02]} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rb8 {
[%eval -1300,22] [%emt 0:01:05]} 45. a5 {(Re1) [%emt 0:00:19]} Rb5 {
[%eval -32758,24] [%emt 0:00:38]} 46. Re2 {(Rxc4) [%emt 0:01:04]} Rxa5 {
[%eval -32758,24] [%emt 0:01:38]} 0-1