Hi , the 13th round has begun.
here again the pairings for this round:
Tournament: Millennium-Tournament
Results Mode
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1. CHESSMASTER6000, (10) - (6) NIMZO2000B,
2. CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03, (12) - (16) WCHESS 2000,
3. JUNIOR6A, (11) - (8) DIEP2,
4. SHREDDER4, (2) - (13) VIRTUAL CHESS2,
5. HIARCS 7.32, (14) - (15) CRAFTY 17.10,
6. ISICHESS PADERBORN99, (9) - (4) FRITZ6A,
7. COMET B22, (20) - (17) ZARKOV 45L,
8. REBEL-TIGER 12.0E, (1) - (19) INSOMNIAC 0.61,
9. GENIUS6.5, (7) - (3) MCHESS8,
10. REBEL-CENTURY 1.2, (5) - (18) ANMON 5.09,
In a very easy way chessmaster6000 killed nimzo2000b.
it's unbelievable, but chessmaster played Qf3f6 and Nf3g5
and that was enough.
If anybody wants to know the difference between a knowledge-based
program capable to do a plan, and a non-knowledge-based program,
take a closer look into this game.
in move 20 nimzo made 20...Nc8 with -1.89 score.
Chessmaster6000 considered about Re3 (main-line had
Rh3 in it: Re3 b3 axb3 cxb3 cxb3 Rab8 Rh3 h5) with +3.45 score.
after this move was given to nimzo, it said:
-4.59 in search 9. having seen h6.
only 1 ply later.
the program has no idea about what could happen, when the
search has not seen it.
a few seconds later , still in search 9, the score decreased
into -5.49. it saw h5. and later -2.48 with considering about b3.
guess the more it searches here, it will win the game in the end
)what a short miniature !
after outplaying b3, nimzo evaluated -3.71 and expected
axb3. when i put the move into chessmaster6000, it instantly
moved - of course NOT axb3
))) but Rh3 and had matingevaluations 99.94 after it.
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chessmaster6000"]
[Black "Nimzo2000b"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O c4 8. Be2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Nh4 b5 14. Bh5 a5
15. Bc5 Ba6 16. Qf4 g6 17. Bg4 b4 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Nc8 21. Re3
b3 22. Rh3 Qa7 23. Rxh7 a4 24. Rh8+ 1-0
the next game we will hopefully follow
with passion and interest is shredder4 against virtual2.
2 intelligent programs against each other. what an event !
both have 7.5 points and have shown very strong chess so far.
i am wondering what virtual3 is doing !
is it far away from beeing ready ? will it participate
next computerchess-championship. Maybe one of the programmers
can email me under mclane@surf1.de. thank you.
Shredder was too strong for virtual-chess:
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shredder4"]
[Black "Virtual Chess II"]
[ECO "C91 "]
[Result "1-0"]
[CurrentMove "106"]
{VCI(Level=40 moves/2 hours,Book=Tournament,
Contempt=0.00,Hash=30720K)}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. dxc6 Rd8 14. Nf1
d5 15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Qe2 Nxc6 17. Ne3 Rc5 18. Nxg4 Qxg4 19. Be3 Rd5 20. h3
Qc8 21. Bg5 Rc5 22. Rad1 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bb3 Qf5 26. Qe3
e4 27. g4 Qxf3 28. Qxc5 Bh4 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Re3 Qf4 31. Rde2 Be7 32. Qd5
Bd6 33. Qxe4 Qxe4 34. Rxe4 Kf8 35. a4 Rd8 36. Kg2 Bb8 37. f4 Kg7 38. Kf3
g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Re8 Rd7 41. Rc8 Bc7 42. Ree8 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 Ng6 44. Ra8
Bf4 45. a5 Bc1 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Rgc8 Re7+ 48. Kd3 Bxb2 49. Rxa6 Nf4+ 50. Kc2
Ba3 51. Rb6 Re2+ 52. Kd1 Re7 53. a6 Kg7 1-0
the results so far are now:
Tournament: Millennium-Tournament
Results Mode Round No 13
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1. CHESSMASTER6000, (10) - (6) NIMZO2000B, 1:0
2. CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03, (12) - (16) WCHESS 2000,
3. JUNIOR6A, (11) - (8) DIEP2,
4. SHREDDER4, (2) - (13) VIRTUAL CHESS2, 1:0
5. HIARCS 7.32, (14) - (15) CRAFTY 17.10,
6. ISICHESS PADERBORN99, (9) - (4) FRITZ6A,
7. COMET B22, (20) - (17) ZARKOV 45L,
8. REBEL-TIGER 12.0E, (1) - (19) INSOMNIAC 0.61,
9. GENIUS6.5, (7) - (3) MCHESS8,
10. REBEL-CENTURY 1.2, (5) - (18) ANMON 5.09,
so the standing now is:
Tournament: Millennium-Tournament
Place Name Sco MBch Buch Ws
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1 CHESSMASTER6000, (10) 9.5 73½ 86 8
2-3 CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03, (12) 8.5(1) 74 88½ 6
SHREDDER4, (2) 8.5 74 88 7
4 JUNIOR6A, (11) 8.0(1) 74½ 88½ 6
5-6 HIARCS 7.32, (14) 7.5(1) 73 85 6
VIRTUAL CHESS2, (13) 7.5 69½ 81½ 6
7-8 ZARKOV 45L, (17) 7.0(1) 69½ 83 4
FRITZ6A, (4) 7.0(1) 65½ 77½ 6
9 REBEL-TIGER 12.0E, (1) 6.5(1) 72½ 84½ 3
10-11 CRAFTY 17.10, (15) 6.0(1) 67 78 3
NIMZO2000B, (6) 6.0 60 72 4
12-13 MCHESS8, (3) 5.5(1) 67½ 79½ 3
REBEL-CENTURY 1.2, (5) 5.5(1) 66½ 78½ 3
14-15 WCHESS 2000, (16) 5.0(1) 69 81 3
DIEP2, (8) 5.0(1) 63½ 75½ 4
16-17 ANMON 5.09, (18) 4.5(1) 62½ 73½ 4
GENIUS6.5, (7) 4.5(1) 60½ 71 1
18 COMET B22, (20) 4.0(1) 59½ 71½ 2
19 ISICHESS PADERBORN99, (9) 3.5(1) 60½ 70½ 1
20 INSOMNIAC 0.61, (19) 2.5(1) 61½ 72½ 1
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the next game we will see is: rebel-century1.2 versus anmon5.09.