18th Thueringer Computer Chess Tournament 28/4 - 2/5 2009

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Thanks Ed!

In the Hiarcs game I wonder if 53...Rg4? as he has to keep the Queens on to draw - this allows Qf2 and the exchange.
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Erdo being very serious as he knows we are taking a picture of him :-P


Just moments before this, a kind note from Jens the Sjeng operator
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Thanks to Erdo for broadcasting excellent video to Playchess during Hiarcs vs. Jonny
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A nice win in round 2

[Event "Thüringen 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hiracs 12.239"]
[Black "Jonny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Erdo"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4 h6 5. Bg2 d6 6. h3 g5 7. d3 Qb6 8. Nge2 Bg7
9. f4 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. a3 Qa6 14. b4 h5 15. g5
Nh7 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nd5 Ng6 18. Qc1 Rdf8 19. Qe3 Qa5 20. Rxb7 e5 21. Rfb1 Kd8
22. R1b5 Qxa3 23. Nb4 1-0

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A jubilant Erdo after the win over Jonny.
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Results Round 2

Rybka 0 - Zappa 1
Fritz 0.5 - Thinker 0.5
Loop. 0.5 - Naum 0.5
shredder 0 - spike 1
hiarcs 1 - jonny 0
sjeng 1 - stockfish 0
fruit 0.5 - grapefruit 0.5
cyclone 1 - bright 0
junior 1 - glaurung 0
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Erdo displaying for the webcam his predictions of the Round 2 results. 8)
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Watchman wrote:Image
Erdo displaying for the webcam his predictions of the Round 2 results. 8)
He got the Rybka result right :)

[Event "Thueringen 2009"]
[Site "Triebes"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rybka"]
[Black "Zappa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Be7 11. g4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb6
15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Rxd7+ Ke8 18. Rhd1 Bc6 19. R7d3 Kf7 20. g5 Be7
21. R1d2 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. b4 Qd4 25. h4 Bb6 26. Kb2 Ke7 27.
Qd3 Be8 28. Kb3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Be3 30. f5 Bf2 31. fxe6 Kxe6 32. a4 Bxh4 33. a5
Bxg5 34. a6 Kd6 35. a7 Bc6 36. Kc4 h5 37. Nb5+ Kd7 38. Nd4 Bb7 39. Nf3 Bf4 40.
Kd4 g5 41. Ng1 g4 42. Ne2 Bd6 43. b5 h4 44. Ke3 h3 45. a8=Q Bxa8 0-1
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Round 3 Games:

Zappa - Fritz
Thinker 0 - Hiarcs 1
Spike 0.5 - Sjeng 0.5
Grapefruit 0 - Rybka 1
Naum 0.5 - Cyclon 0.5
Junior 1 - Fruit 0
Jonny 0 - Loop 1
Stockfish 0 - Shredder 1
Bright 1 - Glaurung 0
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R3 a win!

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thinker"]
[Black "Hiarcs 12.239"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Erdo"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. d5 c6 12. d6 Bf6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
Nh5 Rg8 16. Kb1 Bh8 17. h4 c4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nh7 Qb6 20. Qxh6 Rg6 21. Qd2 c3
22. bxc3 Bd5 23. Rh3 Rb8 24. Qe1 b4 25. c4 Be4 26. Rb3 Qa5 27. Qe3 Qe5 28.
N5f6+ Nxf6 29. f4 Qa5 30. Ng5 Nd7 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qc5 33. Qe2 Bc3 34. Rd5
Qb6 35. Rd3 a5 36. a4 Rh6 37. g3 Qg1+ 38. Qd1 Qxd1+ 39. Rxd1 Rc8 40. Ka2 Rxc4
41. Rbb1 e5 42. Rd5 exf4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Kb3 Nb6 45. Rxa5 Rxd6 46. Ra6 Rxh4
47. a5 Nc4 48. Rxd6 Nxd6 49. a6 Nb5 50. Ka4 Na7 51. Kb3 Rh6 52. Rf1 Nb5 53. Kc4
Nd4 54. a7 Ra6 55. Kd3 Rxa7 0-1
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Rd4

Hiarcs 0 - Zappa 1
Rybka 1 - Spike 0
Loop 0.5 - Junior 0.5
Sjeng 0 - Shredder 1
Fritz 0.5 - Naum 0.5
Cyclon 0.5 - Thinker 0.5
Fruit 0.5 - iright 0.5
Stockfish 0 Glaurung 1
Jonny 0.5 Grapefruit 0.5
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Rd4 Erdo beaten by his Zappa :)

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hiarcs 12.239"]
[Black "Zappa X"]
[Result "0-1""]
[Annotator "Erdo"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. fxe4 e5 10. c3 Na6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Ng4 14. Bg1 O-O-O
15. Qe2 f5 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Kb1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8 19. d5 c5 20. Qc4 Qf5 21.
Re1 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. h4 b6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Kc1 Be7 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxd5
Bd6 28. Bf2 Rhf8 29. Be1 a5 30. Kc2 Rde8 31. Bc4 Ne4 32. Rg1 Rf3 33. Be2 Re3
34. Ba6+ Kc7 35. g4 Re7 36. Kb1 Bc5 37. Rc1 Kd6 38. a4 Rf3 39. Rg2 Re3 40. Ka1
Ke5 41. Rd1 Re6 42. g5 Rd6 43. Rc1 Bb4 44. Bxb4 axb4 45. Rc8 Nc5 46. Bc4 b3 47.
Rg1 Re4 48. Re8+ Kd4 49. Rxe4+ Kxe4 50. Bf7 Kf5 51. Rc1 Rd7 52. Be8 Rd8 53. Bb5
Rd5 54. Rh1 Kg4 55. Kb1 Kg3 56. Kc1 Rd8 57. h5 gxh5 58. Rxh5 Ne4 59. Rh1 Rc8+
60. Kb1 Nd2+ 61. Ka1 g6 62. Bd7 Rc5 63. Be8 Rc4 64. Rd1 Rd4 65. Rg1+ Kf4 66.
Bc6 Rd6 67. Be8 Nf3 68. Rh1 Kxg5 69. Bf7 Rd3 70. Kb1 Kf5 71. Bg8 Re3 72. Bd5 g5
73. Bxf3 Rxf3 74. Kc1 g4 75. Rh5+ Kf4 76. Kd2 g3 *
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Round 5:

Zappa - Loop
Junior - Rybka
Shredder Hiarcs :
Grapefruit - Fritz
Thinker- Sjeng
Spike -Cyclone
Naum-fruit
Braigth - jonny:
Glaurung - Stockfish
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bad hiarcs day

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deep Shredder 11.37"]
[Black "Hiarcs 12.239"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Erdo"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Be4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1
Rfe8 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Re6 17. g3 e4 18. Qc4 Bb4 19. c3 Bd6 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21. Qc4
Qf3 22. Rfe1 Rf6 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Rb2 c6 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Rg6 27. Rb3 Qf5
28. b5 cxb5 29. Rxb5 Qf3 30. d5 Re8 31. Qe2 Qf5 32. a5 Ra8 33. Bb6 Qd7 34. Rc1
Qe8 35. Rc6 Qe5 36. Qc4 Kh7 37. Rb1 h5 38. a6 h4 39. a7 Qf4 40. Qd4 Qf5 41. Qd1
Rh8 42. Rb2 Ra8 43. Rbc2 Kg8 44. Be3 Kh7 45. Qe2 hxg3 46. fxg3 Rf6 47. Rc1 Rd8
48. Bf2 Ra8 49. Qc2 Qf3 50. Re1 g6 51. Re3 Qf5 52. Rxe4 Rxa7 53. Rh4+ Kg7 54.
Qxf5 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 Rxf5 56. Rxd6 Ra2 57. Rf4 Rxf4 58. gxf4 Rd2 59. Kf3 Kf8 60.
Bh4 f5 1-0
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round 6

Shredder-Zappa
Rybka-Naum
loop-Spike
Sjeng - Grapefruit
Fritz-Junior
Hiarcs-Cyclon
Braigth-Thinker
Fruit-Glaurung
Jonny-stockfish
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Post by turbojuice1122 »

What kind of system is Zappa on? It seems to be playing extremely well in this tournament, beating both Hiarcs and Rybka big time. I haven't checked the Rybka Forum lately to see what's going on with Rybka (or even if they're concerned with this tournament, since it's obviously not anything official if Zappa is in it), but this seems quite interesting.
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