Mephisto Europa A (1990) Human V. Computer matches

[ChessChampion2150]

I play white and win. I am rated USCF 1414 vs Europa’s ~1705
active level A4 30s/m

I may post more games I play against the Mephisto Europa a here. Very nice machine acquired from JeffB




[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org"]
[Date "11/29/2020, 1:58:13 AM"]
[White "V"]
[Black "Mephisto europa A A4 Active level"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. b4 Bb6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb2 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. g3 Bb5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Nb3 f6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rad8 19. Qg4 Ba4 20. Re2 Bb5 21. Rd2 b6 22. a4 Bc6 23. b5 Ba8 24. c6 Qe7 25. Rd4 a6 26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rad1 axb5 29. axb5 Rd6 30. Qe3 Rfd8 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxe6 Rd8 34. Qa2 Qf6 35. Re6 Qf3 36. Qa1+ Kg8 37. Re1 h6 38. Qa2+ Qf7 39. Re6 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Qb2+ Kh7 42. Qe5 Rd2 43. Re7 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Kg6 45. Rxf7 Rxf7 46. Qe8 Bxc6 47. Qxc6+ Kg5 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kg6 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Qd3+ Kf6 52. h4 Rg7 53. Qd4+ Kf7 54. c4 Kg8 55. c5 bxc5 56. Qxc5 Rf7 57. Qd5 Kf8 58. Qc5+ Kg8 59. b6 cxb6 60. Qxb6 Kg7 61. g4 Re7 62. Qd4+ Kf7 63. Qf4+ Kg7 64. g5 hxg5 65. Qxg5+ Kf8 66. Kf3 Rf7+ 67. Ke4 Re7+ 68. Kf5 Re2 69. h5 Ke8 70. Qg6+ Ke7 71. h6 Rf2+ 72. Ke5 Re2+ 73. Kd4 Rd2+ 74. Kc3 Rh2 75. Qg7+ Ke6 76. h7 Rh4 77. h8=Q Rxh8 78. Qxh8 Kd5 79. Qd4+ Kc6 80. Kc4 Kb7 81. Kb5 Kc7 82. Kc5 Kc8 83. Kc6 Kb8 84. Qb6+ Ka8 85. Qb7# 1-0

[Kasparov111]

Well done, nice game.

[ChessChampion2150]

Hi everyone,

It's been a while. My local chess club started back up and reignited my passion for chess during the horrible COVID outbreak. Below is my second game against the Mephisto Europa A. As you can see, I have quite a bit of rust to brush off. I play black.




[Event "Import"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/LiaYDarX"]
[Date "2021.07.18"]
[White "Mephisto Europa A A4 30/s"]
[Black "V"]
[Result "*"]
[UTCDate "2021.07.18"]
[UTCTime "01:45:57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian } f5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6?! { (0.18 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (4... e4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Qb3) 5. d5 e4?? { (0.87 → 3.49) Blunder. Nce7 was best. } (5... Nce7 6. e4 Nf6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Be2 Bd7 10. h3) 6. dxc6 exf3 7. Qa4 b6?! { (2.61 → 3.62) Inaccuracy. bxc6 was best. } (7... bxc6 8. Qxc6+) 8. exf3 Nf6 9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rhe1 d5?! { (4.36 → 5.92) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (12... Kh8 13. h4) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Rf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rd6 17. Rxd6+ *

[ChessChampion2150]

Game 3 coming soon! (Maybe this Sunday evening!)

[ChessChampion2150]

Repost of game 2

Hi everyone,

It's been a while. My local chess club started back up and reignited my passion for chess during the horrible COVID outbreak. Below is my second game against the Mephisto Europa A. As you can see, I have quite a bit of rust to brush off. I play black.


[Event "Import"] [Site "https://lichess.org/LiaYDarX"] [Date "2021.07.18"] [White "Mephisto Europa A A4 30/s"] [Black "V"] [Result "*"] [UTCDate "2021.07.18"] [UTCTime "01:45:57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A21"] [Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian"] [Termination "Unterminated"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 { A21 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian } f5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 d6?! { (0.18 → 0.94) Inaccuracy. e4 was best. } (4... e4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. Qb3) 5. d5 e4?? { (0.87 → 3.49) Blunder. Nce7 was best. } (5... Nce7 6. e4 Nf6 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Be2 Bd7 10. h3) 6. dxc6 exf3 7. Qa4 b6?! { (2.61 → 3.62) Inaccuracy. bxc6 was best. } (7... bxc6 8. Qxc6+) 8. exf3 Nf6 9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Rhe1 d5?! { (4.36 → 5.92) Inaccuracy. Kh8 was best. } (12... Kh8 13. h4) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Rf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rd6 17. Rxd6+ *

[ChessChampion2150]

Game 3, Mephisto Europa A leads 2-1


[Event "Import"] [Site "https://lichess.org/xHBiNjRx"] [Date "2021.07.25"] [White "Me"] [Black "Europa A A4 30s/m"] [Result "*"] [UTCDate "2021.07.25"] [UTCTime "21:46:50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English Opening: Agincourt Defense"] [Termination "Unterminated"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 { A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense } Nc6 3. d4 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Ncxe7 7. e4 c6 8. Qc2 d6 9. O-O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Rhe1+ Kd8 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxf7+ *

[ChessChampion2150]

[Event "Casual Game"] [Site "https://lichess.org"] [Date "4/8/2023, 11:30:49 PM"] [White "Europa"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "*"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation"] [Termination "Unterminated"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nb4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxb4 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. e4 e6 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O c6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Bxc7 *
Europa leads 3-1

[ChessChampion2150]

[Event "Casual Game"] [Site "https://lichess.org"] [Date "4/15/2023, 7:10:02 PM"] [White "V"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "42"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [Variant "Standard"] [Termination "?"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. f3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. a4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 O-O 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Kc2 a6 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. h4 Rd4 19. Be3 Bxc3 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. b3 Qa3 *

Europa leads 4-1

[ChessChampion2150]

[Event "Casual Game"] [Site "https://lichess.org"] [Date "4/15/2023, 8:12:06 PM"] [White "Europa"] [Black "V"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "51"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [Variant "Standard"] [Termination "?"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rd7 Rab8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h3 Rxd7 19. Rxd7 Nh6 20. Kf1 Rd8 21. Rxb7 Rd1+ 22. Ne1 Nf7 23. Rc7 Ncxe5 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bxe5

Europa leads 5-1