World Computer Chess Championship 2008 Hiarcs wins!

[PortCitySlim]

Rybka is running on a cluster and at 1 point declared mate in over 1900 moves - the problem was that the position was drawn -

What? 40 cores and Rybka still doesn't know about the 50move rule?

If there was no 50 move rule would Rybka be correct in it's evaluation? Would it really be mate in 1900 moves if the game was allowed to go for that long?

[mclane]

I hope you enjoyed this coverage.
More to come soon hopefully.

Regards,
Sebi

hi sebastian. very nice pictures. good to see most of the programmers
beeing alive and in good shape.

thank you for the pictures.
it seems a nice tournament.

[Dylan Sharp]

If there was no 50 move rule would Rybka be correct in it's evaluation? Would it really be mate in 1900 moves if the game was allowed to go for that long?

I think so, or they would have needed to say that due to a bug Rybka was reporting a mate in 1900.

[Watchman]

(ties not sorted)

[Harvey Williamson]

R4 Game 1 Hiarcs beats mobile

[Event "WCCC 2008 R4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "HiarcsX"]
[Black "Mobile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[TimeControl "50/5700:10/1020:1500"]

{256MB, Hiarcs B.ctg, HARVEYWILLID19E} 1. e4 {B/0 0} e5 {11} 2. Nf3 {B/0 0} Nf6
{9} 3. d4 {B/0 0} exd4 {9} 4. e5 {B/0 0} Ne4 {8} 5. Qe2 {B/0 0} f5 {33} 6. exf6
{1.35/17 136} d5 {44} 7. Nbd2 {1.27/17 254} Qxf6 {71} 8. Nxe4 {1.41/17 1} dxe4
{73} 9. Qxe4+ {1.37/17 126} Qe7 {(Qe6) 34} 10. Qxe7+ {1.46/18 155} Bxe7 {67}
11. Nxd4 {1.46/19 80} Bf6 {(Bd7) 209} 12. Nb5 {1.80/19 191} Kd8 {(Na6) 80} 13.
Bf4 {2.32/18 133} Re8+ {(Na6) 79} 14. Be2 {2.70/19 190} Be5 {43} 15. Bg5+ {
2.70/19 129} Bf6 {35} 16. Bxf6+ {2.92/20 132} gxf6 {62} 17. O-O-O+ {2.92/20 1}
Bd7 {0} 18. Bf3 {2.90/20 117} Kc8 {43} 19. Nc3 {2.95/20 84} Be6 {(a5) 82} 20.
Rhe1 {4.91/21 155} Bd7 {48} 21. Rxe8+ {5.07/20 48} Bxe8 {11} 22. Nd5 {
5.00/21 103} c6 {42} 23. Nxf6 {5.29/22 72} Bf7 {(Bg6) 55} 24. Nxh7 {5.44/21 156
} Bg8 {(Kc7) 185} 25. Nf6 {7.29/19 268} Be6 {(Bd5) 432} 26. Re1 {8.42/20 109}
Bc4 {(Bd7) 98} 27. Re8+ {10.55/20 103} Kc7 {27} 28. h4 {10.55/20 96} Kb6 {
(a5) 65} 29. h5 {12.46/20 240} Bf7 {447} 30. Rf8 {17.54/19 91} Be6 {(Kb5) 37}
31. h6 {22.42/17 131} Bf5 {30} 32. Be4 {27.57/20 63} Na6 {(Bxe4) 401} 33. Rxa8
{#12/20 128} Bxe4 {(Bh7) 58} 34. Nxe4 {#11/21 152} Nc7 {29} 35. h7 {#10/19 1}
Nxa8 {61} 36. h8=Q {#9/17 1} Nc7 {(Kc7) 72} 37. Qd4+ {#7/13 2} Ka6 {98} 38.
Nc5+ {#6/11 1} Kb5 {54} 39. b3 {#5/9 1} Ne6 {71} 40. Nxe6 {#4/7 1} Ka6 {17} 41.
Qa4+ {#3/5 1} Kb6 {9} 42. Qb4+ {#2/3 1} Ka6 {9} 43. Nc5# {#1/1 1} 1-0

[Harvey Williamson]

R4 Rybka beats Jonny.

[Event "95'/60+30'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rybka 3"]
[Black "Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[TimeControl "60/5700:0/0:1800"]

{319MB, BeijingA.ctg} 1. e4 {B/0 0} e5 {7} 2. Nf3 {B/0 0} Nc6 {7} 3. Bb5 {B/0 0
} a6 {6} 4. Ba4 {B/0 0} Nf6 {6} 5. O-O {B/0 0} Be7 {6} 6. d3 {B/0 0} b5 {6} 7.
Bb3 {B/0 0} O-O {7} 8. a4 {B/0 0} Bb7 {7} 9. Re1 {B/0 0} Re8 {7} 10. c3 {B/0 0}
Bc5 {644} 11. Bd2 {0.35/20 324} h6 {553} 12. Na3 {0.34/21 1} Qb8 {10} 13. Nh4 {
0.46/18 166} d6 {280} 14. Qf3 {0.94/18 205} b4 {31} 15. Nf5 {1.55/18 64} Bc8 {
251} 16. Nxh6+ {1.73/18 1} Kh7 {633} 17. Bxf7 {1.78/17 61} Rf8 {101} 18. Nc4 {
1.81/18 1} bxc3 {647} 19. bxc3 {1.83/17 39} Kh8 {97} 20. d4 {3.14/18 138} Bxd4
{315} 21. Bg5 {3.69/16 32} Nh7 {99} 22. cxd4 {4.01/17 1} Be6 {230} 23. Qh5 {5.
12/19 1} Bxf7 {102} 24. Nxf7+ {4.57/14 12} Kg8 {36} 25. Nh6+ {5.01/17 45} Kh8 {
11} 26. dxe5 {5.08/20 141} Qe8 {11} 27. Qh3 {5.41/20 137} Nxe5 {16} 28. Nxe5 {
5.36/16 26} 1-0

[Ted Langreck]

Can you please post a schedule of the remaining games. Are they being relayed to playchess.com? Thanks.

Ted

Edit - I mean the start days and times. Apparently the pairings are known already. Most of the links do not have accurate info.

[Harvey Williamson]

There will be 1 game tomorrow morning at 10 followed by the blitz. Thursday no games. Friday 2 games, saturday the final 2 games.

[Watchman]

Can you please post a schedule of the remaining games.

http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/e ... .php?id=22

Are they being relayed to playchess.com?

Team Hiarcs has been relaying Hiarcs Games at Playchess Broadcast Room since Round 1 and plans to continue to do so.

Games from other Teams are sometimes Broadcast as well.

[Harvey Williamson]

R4 Sjend and teh Baron draw

[Event "WCCC2008"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "The Baron"]
[Black "Deep Sjeng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 {1:06m} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {24s} e6 {book 0s} 3. Nf3
{18s} d5 {book 0s} 4. g3 {16s (Nc3)} dxc4 {book 0s} 5. Bg2
{15s} Be7 {book 0s} 6. O-O {20s} O-O {book 0s} 7. Qc2 {18s}
a6 {book 0s} 8. a4 {17s (Qxc4)} Bd7 {book 0s} 9. Qxc4 {23s}
Bc6 {book 0s} 10. Bg5 {20s} a5 {book 0s} 11. Nc3 {18s} Ra6
{book 0s} 12. e3 {21s} Rb6 {book 0s} 13. Qe2 {15s} Nbd7
{book 0s} 14. Nb5 {15:10m} Re8 {+0.03/19 8:11m} 15. Rfc1
{2:50m (Bxf6)} Bxf3 {+0.05/20 1:57m} 16. Bxf3 {2:31m} c6
{+0.04/20 1:50m} 17. Na3 {3:41m (Bxf6)} Bxa3 {0.00/19
1:37m} 18. Rxa3 {2:13m (bxa3)} e5 {+0.09/19 2:21m} 19. dxe5
{2:47m (Qc2)} Nxe5 {0.00/20 2:17m} 20. Bg2 {1:10m} Rb4
{+0.14/20 1:26m} 21. Qc2 {3:55m} Qb6 {0.00/20 6s} 22. b3
{2:26m (Bxf6)} Ned7 {+0.23/18 1:28m} 23. Bxf6 {1:12m} Nxf6
{+0.25/20 1:37m} 24. Rd1 {45s} g6 {+0.23/19 55s} 25. Rd6
{4:52m (Qc3)} Ng4 {+0.22/17 1:43m} 26. Bf3 {3:24m (h3)} Ne5
{+0.23/17 2:13m} 27. Be2 {30s} h5 {+0.15/18 1:27m} 28. Qc3
{1:52m (Kg2)} Qc7 {+0.22/17 45s} 29. Rd1 {2:14m (Rd2)} Qe7
{+0.18/19 1:34m} 30. Ra2 {2:21m (Raa1)} Qe6 {+0.22/18
2:47m} 31. Rb2 {2:02m} h4 {+0.17/19 43s} 32. Rd4 {2:20m} c5
{0.00/19 1:00m} 33. Rxh4 {2:23m} Rxh4 {0.00/19 55s}
34. gxh4 {1:21m} b6 {0.00/20 1:55m} 35. Kg2 {2:09m} Qe7
{0.00/19 46s} 36. Kg3 {1:55m (f4)} g5 {0.00/18 3:57m}
37. h5 {38s} g4 {0.00/18 2:19m} 38. Rd2 {2:17m} Qg5
{0.00/18 40s} 39. Rd6 {1:53m} Qxh5 {0.00/19 58s} 40. h4
{3:26m} Kg7 {0.00/18 0s} 41. Rxb6 {1:07m} Rh8 {0.00/18
1:40m} 42. Kf4 {3:04m} f6 {0.00/18 0s} 43. Rb7+ {1:13m} Nf7
{0.00/17 1:30m} 44. Bc4 {2:10m} Qh6+ {0.00/17 33s} 45. Kf5
{1:03m (Ke4)} Qh7+ {0.00/17 3:59m} 46. Kf4 {1:54m} Qh6+
{0.00/20 3s} 47. Kf5 {43s (Ke4)} Qh7+ {0.00/20 3:06m}
48. Kf4 {3:12m} Qh6+ {0.00/21 5:00m} 1/2-1/2

[Harvey Williamson]

The long awaited Hardware details:

1 Rybka flag USA Cluster, 40 cores 3.5 4 5.0 4.50
2 Hiarcs flag GBR Intel Skulltrail, 8 x 4Ghz 3.5 4 3.0 2.50
3 Sjeng flag BEL Intel Core 2, 4 x 2.8Ghz 2.5 4 4.0 2.00
4 Junior flag ISR Intel Dunnington, 12 x 2.67Ghz 2.5 3 3.0 2.50
5 The Baron flag NLD AMD Opteron 270, 4 x 2Ghz 2.0 4 7.0 1.75
6 Jonny flag DEU Cluster, 16 cores 1.0 4 12.0 2.50
7 Cluster Toga flag DEU Cluster, 24 cores 1.0 3 9.5 3.50
8 Shredder flag DEU Intel Core 2, 8 x 3.16Ghz 1.0 3 8.0 2.25
9 Falcon flag ISR Intel Core 2, 2 x 2.1Ghz 1.0 3 6.0 0.00
10 Mobile Chess flag CHN Nokia 6120c 0.0 4 9.0 0.00

[Harvey Williamson]

R4 Junior draw with Falcon

[Event "WCCC"]
[Site "Hewlett-Packard"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Junior"]
[Black "Falcon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bc4 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 fxe4 9. dxe4 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Ne3 Bg4 14.
Rd4 Bh5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. a3 Nc6 17. Rc4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Bf7 19. Ned5 Rad8 20. Bg5
Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 23. Be3 Re8 24. b3 h6 25. Re1 Re7 26. Kg1 Kf7
27. Kf1 a6 28. f3 g5 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. g4 Na5 31. Ra4 Nc6 32. f4 gxf4 33. Rxf4
Rd6 34. Rh1 Kg7 35. Rh3 Rde6 36. a4 Re8 37. b4 Re5 38. Rhf3 Kg8 39. a5 R5e7 40.
Rh3 Re6 41. Bc5 Re2+ 42. Kg3 Kg7 43. c3 Kg6 44. Rf5 Rc2 45. Rf3 Rc1 46. Kh4 Rd1
47. Rf4 Ree1 48. Be3 Rd3 49. Bf2 Rxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Re2 51. Kg3 Ne5 52. Bd4 Nc6 53.
Rf6+ Kg5 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Bg1 Re7 56. Bf2 Rd7 57. Kh4 Rd2 58. Bg3 Ne7 59. Rf8
Kg7 60. Rf3 Ng6+ 61. Kh3 Rd7 62. Bh2 Kg8 63. Bg1 Ne5 64. Rg3 Kf7 65. Re3 Kf6
66. Bf2 Nd3 67. Bh4+ Kf7 68. Kg3 c5 69. Re4 cxb4 70. cxb4 Kg7 71. Kf3 Kg8 72.
Ke3 Kf7 73. Ke2 Kg7 74. Bg3 Kg6 75. Bb8 h5 76. gxh5+ Kxh5 77. Ba7 Kg6 78. Kf3
Kf5 79. Ke3 Ne5 80. Rf4+ Ke6 81. Rh4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Harvey Williamson]

R4 Toga and Shredder draw

[Event "1'/60+3'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shredder"]
[Black "ClusterToga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Murx"]
[PlyCount "231"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[TimeControl "60/60:180"]

1. e4 {0} c5 {0.00/0 0} 2. Nf3 {11} d6 {0.00/0 0} 3. d4 {9} cxd4 {0.00/0 0} 4.
Nxd4 {8} Nf6 {0.00/0 0} 5. Nc3 {10} a6 {0.00/0 0} 6. Bg5 {11} e6 {0.00/0 0} 7.
f4 {12} Qb6 {0.00/0 0} 8. Nb3 {12} Nbd7 {0.00/0 0} 9. Qf3 {0} Qc7 {0.00/0 0}
10. O-O-O {11} b5 {0.00/0 0} 11. Bd3 {12} Be7 {0.00/0 0} 12. Kb1 {11} b4 {0.00/
0 0} 13. Ne2 {0} Bb7 {0.00/0 0} 14. g4 {11} O-O {0.00/0 0} 15. Bxf6 {13} Bxf6 {
0.00/0 0} 16. g5 {8} Be7 {0.00/0 0} 17. Rhg1 {7} Nc5 {0.00/0 0} 18. Nxc5 {210}
dxc5 {-0.14/22 161} 19. Bc4 {44} Rad8 {-0.19/22 238} 20. h4 {12} g6 {-0.06/22
569} 21. Rde1 {(Rd3) 747} Qc6 {-0.09/22 218} 22. Ng3 {68} Rd4 {-0.10/21 198}
23. Qf1 {(b3) 257} Qc7 {0.00/21 247} 24. h5 {338} Rfd8 {-0.16/20 245} 25. hxg6
{(b3) 344} hxg6 {0.40/21 255} 26. Qh3 {(f5) 243} Bf8 {0.00/21 239} 27. f5 {11}
exf5 {0.16/21 279} 28. exf5 {12} Qd7 {0.17/0 157} 29. Be2 {459} Rd2 {0.11/22 0}
30. Qf1 {215} Bd5 {0.10/22 109} 31. b3 {60} Bg7 {0.16/22 288} 32. f6 {47} Bf8 {
0.28/0 134} 33. Qf4 {68} Rd4 {0.29/24 197} 34. Qf2 {153} Qh3 {0.46/23 75} 35.
Rh1 {0} Qg2 {0.79/25 42} 36. Qe3 {293} Bc6 {0.80/24 46} 37. Bc4 {121} R8d7 {1.
23/24 731} 38. Qe5 {11} Qf2 {1.15/23 286} 39. Ref1 {(Ne4) 119} Qg2 {1.08/24 210
} 40. Ne2 {41} Rxc4 {1.32/24 309} 41. Qb8 {(bxc4) 0} Qxh1 {1.28/26 255} 42.
Rxh1 {48} Bxh1 {1.41/26 275} 43. bxc4 {12} Rd2 {1.43/25 44} 44. Qe5 {278} Bc6 {
1.53/25 0} 45. Kc1 {(a3) 433} Rd8 {1.46/26 61} 46. Qc7 {143} Rd6 {1.57/28 0}
47. Nf4 {344} Be4 {1.57/29 0} 48. Qa5 {(Qa7) 218} Rd4 {1.57/26 49} 49. Qxa6 {
111} Bb7 {1.57/28 0} 50. Qxb7 {207} Rxf4 {1.57/31 0} 51. Kb2 {(Qd5) 253} Rxc4 {
1.57/29 59} 52. Qg2 {0} Rd4 {1.57/31 0} 53. a4 {169} bxa3+ {1.57/32 0} 54. Kxa3
{7} Bd6 {1.57/33 88} 55. Kb2 {132} Rb4+ {1.57/32 0} 56. Kc3 {(Kc1) 150} Ra4 {
1.57/32 133} 57. Kd3 {(Qd5) 188} Rd4+ {1.57/31 99} 58. Ke2 {(Ke3) 43} Rh4 {1.
57/30 80} 59. Ke3 {(Qa8+) 300} Bf4+ {1.57/31 147} 60. Kd3 {130} Bd6 {1.57/32 0}
61. c4 {(Qa8+) 46} Rd4+ {1.57/24 57} 62. Kc3 {48} Be5 {1.57/29 0} 63. Kb3 {80}
Bd6 {1.57/32 0} 64. Qe2 {(Qh3) 33} Rh4 {1.57/34 72} 65. Ka4 {(Qe8+) 0} Bf8 {1.
55/27 44} 66. Kb5 {(Qf1) 25} Rd4 {1.55/32 35} 67. Qh2 {(Qe8) 35} Bd6 {1.55/0 46
} 68. Qg2 {(Qh3) 52} Bf8 {1.55/34 0} 69. Qg1 {(Qe2) 51} Rd2 {1.55/33 42} 70.
Qe3 {59} Rd1 {1.55/35 0} 71. Qe2 {(Qe5) 43} Rd4 {0.00/39 42} 72. Qe3 {62} Rd1 {
0.00/36 12} 73. Qe4 {64} Rd8 {1.55/31 30} 74. Qf4 {42} Rd4 {1.55/31 4} 75. Qf1
{(Qe5) 38} Rg4 {1.55/30 30} 76. Qc1 {22} Bd6 {1.55/31 8} 77. Qd1 {(Qe3) 0} Rd4
{1.55/29 15} 78. Qa1 {(Qf3) 107} Rd3 {1.55/32 45} 79. Kc6 {(Qa8+) 79} Bf8 {1.
55/0 38} 80. Qa2 {(Qe5) 33} Rd4 {1.55/22 0} 81. Qc2 {(Kb5) 7} Rd8 {1.52/21 33}
82. Qb3 {(Kb6) 44} Rc8+ {1.49/26 36} 83. Kd7 {99} Ra8 {1.49/33 0} 84. Qf3 {
(Qb7) 12} Ra6 {1.49/32 40} 85. Qd5 {(Qd3) 22} Re6 {1.49/30 19} 86. Kc7 {8} Kh8
{1.49/30 0} 87. Qh1+ {(Qd7) 67} Kg8 {1.49/26 11} 88. Qg2 {(Qc1) 15} Rd6 {1.49/
22 19} 89. Qf2 {(Qe2) 14} Ra6 {1.49/31 18} 90. Qf3 {(Qf4) 60} Kh7 {1.49/31 20}
91. Kb7 {(Qd3) 34} Rd6 {1.49/22 16} 92. Kc7 {(Qe2) 40} Ra6 {0.00/31 5} 93. Qe2
{61} Re6 {1.49/28 15} 94. Qd2 {35} Kg8 {1.49/31 0} 95. Qd5 {(Kd7) 48} Kh8 {0.
00/35 19} 96. Qf3 {62} Kg8 {1.49/28 25} 97. Qf4 {(Qd3) 8} Ra6 {1.49/0 16} 98.
Qc1 {(Qe5) 57} Re6 {1.49/29 0} 99. Qf1 {(Qd1) 55} Bd6+ {1.49/26 13} 100. Kd7 {
(Kb7) 14} Bf8 {1.49/25 17} 101. Qg2 {(Qf4) 12} Rd6+ {1.49/23 16} 102. Kc7 {0}
Re6 {1.49/24 0} 103. Qh3 {(Kc8) 117} Bd6+ {1.48/20 11} 104. Kb7 {(Kd7) 137} Bf8
{1.01/20 15} 105. Qa3 {(Qf3) 27} Re4 {0.96/0 14} 106. Qh3 {(Qc3) 153} Re6 {0.
00/32 0} 107. Ka7 {117} Re4 {0.31/20 10} 108. Kb6 {(Qc3) 74} Rxc4 {0.25/18 13}
109. Kc6 {(Kb5) 30} Rd4 {0.08/20 13} 110. Qe3 {(Qf3) 0} Rg4 {0.00/26 9} 111.
Kd7 {(Kb5) 23} c4 {0.00/27 6} 112. Ke8 {12} Rg2 {0.00/29 0} 113. Qc1 {(Qe5) 8}
Rg4 {0.00/29 8} 114. Qe3 {7} Rg2 {0.00/32 0} 115. Qc1 {0} Rg4 {0.00/31 6} 116.
Qe3 {6} 1/2-1/2

[Watchman]

[Harvey Williamson]

Hans has now translated his diary from day 2:

Sunday 28:
At 8:30 the bus brought us to the venue. I have no idea why we couldn't play in the hotel. The tournamenthall was on the premises of a golfcomplex. When they built the fence, it never crossed their minds that one day a bus may have to go through. To reach the complex they made a bumpy, sandroad to avoid the gate. In the building they changed a room into a sort of collegeroom. They put about 30 computers there in 3 rows of 10 very close together, plus some loose internetcables for those persons with a laptop. Half of the cables was not plugged in though. There also was no room for it in the router. The cables that were plugged in had internetcrashes sometimes after 10 seconds. We didn't have much time to think about it, because we were expected outside for the opening. The organisation had rounded up three busloads of chinese extra's, to clap their hands during the speeches. I have never seen so many people at a tournament, who clearly weren't interested in computers. Later, already half an hour passed the first round startingtime, we continued the playermeeting. After that, David Levy asked who wanted to play an exhibition game against the top chinese women grandmaster. Five fingers quickly went up, but since Rybka is the current titleholder, I was chosen. This lady, Gu Xiao Bing, was also the interviewer for the chinese television. When she interviewed me en heard who her opponent was, she looked startled and said, "Ribbèca, I always lose". She lost indeed 2-0, but her first game wasn't bad. Back to the tournamenthall, where the long wait began. Finally they found someone with knowledge about computers, who was able to 'pimp up' the internet in such a way, that our chinese host didn't have to execute a ritual suicide out of shame. Only 4½ hours late we started the first round. We decided to skip the second. All programs connected to the internet had 2 to 6 crashes. But luckily it was not of real influence to the game. I am curious what tomorrow will bring.