High Performer Chess Computer Tournament

[Sargon1972]

Hello Guys,

Johan programs are always good in mate search ,because they calculate deeper in giving checks
If i am right this is a sort of special search add to the program

I am no programmer so i can not say how they call this ,but i know that this inside the program

Kr,Hans

[donkeylane]

Thanks Hans, I'm no programmer either and I didn't know about this check feature in the programming,I wasn't at all surprised at the R30 's rapid solution as I've seen it solve checkmate problems rapidly so many times before,for an old man it's still not too shabby. Regards Steve C.

[paulwise3]

Hello Guys,

Johan programs are always good in mate search ,because they calculate deeper in giving checks
If i am right this is a sort of special search add to the program

I am no programmer so i can not say how they call this ,but i know that this inside the program

Kr,Hans

Yes, this algorithm was inspired by a classical game, I think of Lasker. That also ended in a mate by giving only a lot of succesive checks. So some programmers implemented this in their program.

Best regards, Paul

[Scally]

Hi All,

Round 2 Game 6 Paul's Millennium Chess Genius Pro v My Rev2 London

The MCG Pro got a slight advantage from the opening but the game swung after 2 bad moves in a row with Whites 35th & 36th moves, where the eval changed from 0.9 to -3.5 and then -5.1 after the 2 moves.

Position after Blacks 34th move Ba3 (from e7):

[fen]5rk1/3b1rp1/2p4p/3p1q2/3Bp3/bPQ3P1/P1R2PBP/2R3K1 w - - 5 35[/fen]

Here White played 35. Ra1? ...... Black c5
Then White played 36. b4?

Cheers,

Al.


Here's the full game:

On Lichess: https://lichess.org/LGY6w88h/black

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/LGY6w88h"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PaulW3"]
[Black "Scally"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. d4 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 { E15 Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line } 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Re1 f5 14. e3 Nf6 15. Rc1 Ba3 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Rd2 Rc7 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Qh5 Rcf7 22. Bg2?! { (0.00 → -0.60) Inaccuracy. Best move was b4. } (22. b4 dxc4 23. Rb1 c5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. Qxc4 Qh6 27. Bg4 Rc7 28. Qb3 Qg6) 22... Bd6 23. Rc1 h6 24. Bb2 Bd7 25. c5 Be7?! { (-0.59 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bc7. } (25... Bc7 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rdc2 Qe7 28. Bh3 Bd6 29. a4 Rf6 30. Qd1 Bb4 31. Qh5 Be8 32. Qe2) 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. Rdc2 bxc5 28. Qa6 cxd4 29. Qb7 Rd8 30. Qxa7 e5 31. exd4 exd4 32. Bxd4 Qf5 33. Qa5 Rdf8 34. Qc3 Ba3 35. Ra1? { (-0.92 → -3.53) Mistake. Best move was Re1. } (35. Re1 c5) 35... c5 36. b4? { (-3.37 → -5.06) Mistake. Best move was Be3. } (36. Be3 d4 37. Qe1 dxe3 38. Qxe3 Bc6 39. Rd1 Bb4 40. h4 Rf6 41. Ra1 Qg4 42. Kh2 Ba3) 36... Bxb4 37. Qb3 cxd4 38. Qxb4 e3 39. Rb2 exf2+ 40. Kh1 Qd3 41. Rf1 Bg4 42. Rb3? { (-4.40 → -6.35) Mistake. Best move was Qb3. } (42. Qb3 Qxf1+ 43. Bxf1 Bf3+ 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Rb5 R8f5 46. Rb4 Kf7 47. Rxd4 Ke6 48. Rd2 Ke5) 42... Qc4 43. Qd6? { (-5.78 → -7.31) Mistake. Best move was Rbb1. } (43. Rbb1) 43... Rd7 44. Qe5 Be2 45. Rbb1? { (-6.68 → -8.37) Mistake. Best move was Qe6+. } (45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. Rbb1 Bxf1 47. Rxf1 Rff7 48. h4 d3 49. Qb6 Qxa2 50. Kh2 Qc2 51. Bh3 d2) 45... Bxf1 46. Rxf1 d3 47. Qe6+ Rff7 48. Qe3?? { (-6.41 → Mate in 18) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Bf3. } (48. Bf3 d2 49. Kg2 Re7 50. Qxd5 Qxf1+ 51. Kxf1 Re1+ 52. Kxf2 d1=Q 53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. Bxd1 Rxd1) 48... Rde7 49. Qd2?! { (-19.45 → Mate in 12) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Best move was Qe4. } (49. Qe4) 49... Re1 50. h3 Qc2 51. Qxe1 fxe1=Q 52. Rxe1 d2 53. Rg1 d1=Q 54. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 55. Kh2 Qe2?! { (Mate in 4 → Mate in 4) Not the best checkmate sequence. Best move was Rf2. } (55... Rf2 56. h4 Qe2 57. Kg1 Rxg2+ 58. Kh1 Qf1#) 56. Kh1 Rf2 57. Bxd5+ Kh7 58. Bg2 Rxg2 59. a4 Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1

[paulwise3]

Hi Al,

thanx for posting

And that is a nice collection you have! With the Rev II on top of it!

Best regards,
Paul

[blaubaer]

Hi,

yesterday evening Helge and me we played

game 6-2 Reflection Vancouver-ELO2400 - Montreux-ELO2259 with the result of 1:0

This game should have ended with a draw but Montreux didn't want to...

Move 53...g4 was the magic move which prevented the draw:

[fen]8/8/3Pk3/1KB5/6p1/P1P5/8/3b4 w - - 0 54[/fen]

Much better had been 53...Kd7:

[fen]8/3k4/3P4/1KB3p1/8/P1P5/8/3b4 w - - 3 54[/fen]

Game on Lichess

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/9CGyTEM3"]
[Date "2017.05.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kblaubaer"]
[Black "Helge_M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 { C40 Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense } 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qe2+ Kf7 11. Bc4+ Nd5 12. O-O Re8 13. Ne4 Kg8 14. c3 Bd6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Qb3 b5 17. Bxd5+ cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Bf7 19. Qg5 Be7 20. Qg3 b4 21. Bf4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rac8 23. Be5 Bg6 24. h4 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Bxe4 26. Bc5 Bd3 27. Rfe1 Bc4 28. a3 a5 29. Rab1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rb1 Ba6 32. h5 Qf7 33. h6 Qg6 34. Qxg6 hxg6 35. hxg7 Kxg7 36. d5 Kf7 37. Rd1 Re5 38. Rd4 g5 39. Re4 Rxe4 40. fxe4 Bd3 41. e5 Bc4 42. d6 cxd6 43. exd6 Ke6 44. Kf2 Bb5 45. g4 Bc4 46. Kg3 a4 47. Kf3 Bb3 48. Ke4 Bc2+ 49. Kd4 Bd1 50. Kc4 Be2+ 51. Kb4 Bxg4 52. Kxa4 Bd1+ 53. Kb5 g4 {blunder } 54. Kc6 Ba4+ 55. Kc7 Be8 56. c4 Ba4 57. Bg1 g3 58. c5 Kd5 59. d7 { Black resigns. } 1-0

Today at 20h UTC+2 we'll have the game 10-2 Millennium ChessGenPro-ELO2307-Paul-UTC+2h - Reflection Vancouver-ELO2400?-MichaelL-UTC+2h

Tournament table and games collection site are up to date with 50 of 66 games played!


Will Mysticum Aristarch4.50 win? Regards, Michael

[Steve B]

Will Mysticum Aristarch4.50 win? Regards, Michael

Hmmm
a possible win of the tournament by Mysticum
the same computer invented by the tournament organizer...

sounds fishy to me



Just Kidding Regards
Steve

[steffen]

Does anybody know when R30 vs Montreux is going to happen?
My MCGE is pretty nervous...

Bronze medal regards
Steffen

[blaubaer]

Hi Steve,

Will Mysticum Aristarch4.50 win? Regards, Michael

Hmmm
a possible win of the tournament by Mysticum
the same computer invented by the tournament organizer...

sounds fishy to me



Just Kidding Regards
Steve

if Mysticum Aristarch4.50 wins, you can nail me to the cross....

Martyr Regards, Michael

[Steve B]

Hi Steve,

Will Mysticum Aristarch4.50 win? Regards, Michael

Hmmm
a possible win of the tournament by Mysticum
the same computer invented by the tournament organizer...

sounds fishy to me



Just Kidding Regards
Steve

if Mysticum Aristarch4.50 wins, you can nail me to the cross....

Martyr Regards, Michael

if it wins I just might....

Buy One Regards
Steve

[Dave C]

Does anybody know when R30 vs Montreux is going to happen?
My MCGE is pretty nervous...

Bronze medal regards
Steffen

Hi Steffen,
We may be playing on Saturday morning at 06:00 (UTC+2). This will be the last game for R30.

Nearly done....regards,
Dave

[blaubaer]

Hi,

this evening we had

game 10-2 MCGPro/Paul vs. ReflectionVancouver/MichaelL with the result 0:1

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/JySn4IcG"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "PaulW3"]
[Black "kblaubaer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 { B16 Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen Variation } 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bc4 Nd7 10. c3 e6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg7 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 O-O-O 16. Bc2 h5 17. a4 Nd5 18. a5 a6 19. Qe2 h4 20. Qc4 f5 21. Bd3 Bf6 22. Kh1 h3 23. g3 f4 24. g4 Bh4 25. Re2 Ne3 26. Qb3 Rde8 27. Be4 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Bd3 Qg6 30. Bxe3 fxe3 31. Qc2 Rhf8 32. b4 Qg5 33. Qb1 Bf2 34. Qf1 Rg8 35. Rxf2 exf2 36. Qxf2 Qf4 37. Bf1 Re3 38. Bxh3 Rxf3 39. Qe2 Rxh3 40. Qe6+ Kc7 41. Qe7+ Kb8 42. Qe5+ Qxe5 43. dxe5 Rxc3 44. Re1 Rb3 45. e6 { White resigns. } 0-1

Game on Lichess

This was my last game with Reflection Vancouver - Walter will take over after his vacation!

Regards, Michael

[donkeylane]

Yippee,I've just beaten the R30 in a Scotch opening,at least I know I didn't give it chance for a mate in 13,with continuous checks anyway.Regards Steve C.

[blaubaer]

Hi,

Tournament Table and Games Collection Site are up to date with 51 games played out of 66 tournament games!

Could be that you'll have to reload both sites within your browser to get the updated versions.

Regards, Michael

[paulwise3]

Hi, I would be glad if someone could take over some games for the ChessGenius Pro for the coming week. I am still busy with a tournament in Germany...

Best regards, Paul