Sensational, but true, mchess has beaten tournament top program
chessmaster !!
this makes the 8th round into a very very hot round since many
programs have the change of winning the tournament.
here the results of round 14:
Tournament: Millennium-Tournament
Results Mode Round No
14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. MCHESS8, (3) - (10) CHESSMASTER6000, 1:0
2. NIMZO2000B, (6) - (12) CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03, 1:0
3. DIEP2, (8) - (2) SHREDDER4, 1:0
4. INSOMNIAC 0.61, (19) - (11) JUNIOR6A, 0:1
5. REBEL-CENTURY 1.2, (5) - (14) HIARCS 7.32, 1:0
6. ZARKOV 45L, (17) - (4) FRITZ6A, 1:0
7. REBEL-TIGER 12.0E, (1) - (9) ISICHESS PADERBORN99, 1:0
8. VIRTUAL CHESS2, (13) - (20) COMET B23, 1:0
9. CRAFTY 17.11, (15) - (18) ANMON 5.09, 1:0
10. GENIUS6.5, (7) - (16) WCHESS 2000, ½:½
the standing therefore is:
Tournament: Millennium-Tournament
Place Name Sco MBch Buch Ws
------------------------------------------------------------
1-3 CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03, (12) 9.5 95½ 110½ 7
CHESSMASTER6000, (10) 9.5 94 107½ 8
JUNIOR6A, (11) 9.5 94 106 7
4 ZARKOV 45L, (17) 9.0 89 102½ 6
5-8 SHREDDER4, (2) 8.5 95 109 7
HIARCS 7.32, (14) 8.5 91 103 7
REBEL-TIGER 12.0E, (1) 8.5 86½ 98½ 5
VIRTUAL CHESS2, (13) 8.5 83 95 7
9 FRITZ6A, (4) 8.0 84½ 96½ 7
10 REBEL-CENTURY 1.2, (5) 7.5 84 96 5
11-13 MCHESS8, (3) 7.0 86 99 4
CRAFTY 17.11, (15) 7.0 82½ 94½ 4
NIMZO2000B, (6) 7.0 79 91 5
14 DIEP2, (8) 6.5 82 94 5
15-16 WCHESS 2000, (16) 5.5 85½ 97½ 3
GENIUS6.5, (7) 5.5 78 90 1
17 ANMON 5.09, (18) 4.5 82 93½ 4
18 COMET B23, (20) 4.0 79½ 91½ 2
19 ISICHESS PADERBORN99, (9) 3.5 79½ 90½ 1
20 INSOMNIAC 0.61, (19) 2.5 81 94 1
depending on the results, cstal, chessmaster and also junior and maybe
even zarkov has the chance to win this tournament.
what a surprise that the tournament gets decided in the last round.
strange that diep killed shredder and also mchess killed chessmaster.
but it happened, here the games of round 14:
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nimzo2000b"]
[Black "Chess Tal 2.03"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3
Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14.
Rac1 Rad8
15. Rcd1 Na5 16. b3 Nc6 17. h3 Qe8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qc1 a6 20. h4 h5 21.
g5 Be7
22. a3 Kh8 23. b4 Qd7 24. Rf2 Kg8 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Rxf3 27. Bxf3
Ne5 28.
Be2 Qh3 29. Bf4 Ng4 30. Rf3 Qxh4 31. Bg3 Qxg5 32. Qxg5 Bxg5 33. Bxc7
Nd7 34.
Bxd8 Bxd8 35. Na4 Bg5 36. Nc5 Nde5 37. d6 Nxf3+ 38. Bxf3 Ne3 39. Rd2
b6 40. Ne6
Bh4 41. d7 Bf5 42. d8=Q+ Bxd8 43. Rxd8+ Kf7 44. Nd4 Bg4 45. Bxg4 hxg4
46. Rd6
Nc4 47. Rc6 Nxa3 48. Rxb6 Nb5 49. Nxb5 axb5 50. Rxb5 Ke6 1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Genius6.5"]
[Black "Wchess2000"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nce2
Bf6 8.
c3 Nge7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. N1e2 Re8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Qf3 Be6
14. Ngh5
Be7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 Qd7
20. Re3
Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qe6 22. Bf5 Qe7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Rb8 25. Bxc6 bxc6
26. Qxc6
Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qe2 28. Rg1 Qxb2 29. Qxc7 Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. c4 Rb3
32. Rc1
Kf8 33. c5 Ke7 34. d5 Rxa3 35. d6+ Kd8 36. h4 Ra4 37. g3 f5 38. c6 Rd4
39. c7+
Kc8 40. Rc6 Rd2 41. Kg1 g6 42. Kf1 h6 43. Ke1 Rd3 44. Ra6 Kd7 45. Ke2
Rc3 46.
Kd2 Rc5 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Kd3 Rc1 49. Kd2 Rc4 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rc5
52. h5
gxh5 53. Ke2 Rc3 54. Kd2 Rc4 55. Ra4 Rc5 56. Ra5 Rc4 57. Kd3 Rc1 58.
Ra1 Rc6
59. Ra6 Rc1 60. Ke3 Rc3+ 61. Kf2 Kd7 62. Ke1 Rc2 63. Kd1 Rc5 64. Ke2
Ke6 65.
Ra5 Rc4 66. Rd5 Kd7 67. Kd3 Rc1 68. Ke3 a5 69. Kf4 a4 70. Kxf5 Rc3 71.
Rd2 a3
72. Kg6 Rxg3+ 73. Kxh5 Rg8 74. Kxh6 Ra8 75. Rd1 a2 76. Ra1 Ra6 77. Kg7
Rxd6
78. Rxa2 Kxc7 79. Rc2+ Kd7 80. Kf7 Rd3 81. Kf6 Rd1 82. Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Crafty 17.11"]
[Black "Anmon 5.09"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14.
Nd2 Rfd8
15. f3 Bc6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. a4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. c4 cxd4 20. exd4
Nh5 21.
Qc2 Qf4 22. Nf1 Qg5 23. Re5 g6 24. Qd2 Nf4 25. g3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Qh5 27.
d5 Ng5
28. Re3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 f4 30. Rc3 fxg3 31. Nxg3 Qh4 32. d6 Qb4 33. Re1
Ra8 34.
d7 Ne6 35. Ne4 Nf4+ 36. Qxf4 Qxb2+ 37. Kg3 Qxc3 38. Nxc3 a6 39. Nd5
1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chess Tiger 12.0e"]
[Black "Isichess Paderborn99"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6
6.Bg5 c4 7.e4 dxe4 8.Ne5 Be7 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.Qb3 Qe8
11.Nb5 Na6 12.0-0 Bb4 13.a3 Be7 14.Rae1 Bf5
15.f3 Nc5 16.Qa2 Be6 17.Nc7 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qc8 19.Nxa8 Ne6
20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxe4 Qxc4 22.Nxc4 Rxa8 23.d5 Nc5 24.Re2 b5
25.Nd6 Nd3 26.Nxb5 g6 27.d6 Rd8 28.Rd1 Nxb2 29.Rd5 Nc4
30.d7 Kf8 31.Nxa7 Nb6 32.Red2 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Ra8 34.Nc6 Bd8
35.a4 1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Zarkov4.5L"]
[Black "Fritz6a"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
Nb3
a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bb1 Na6 20. b3
axb3
21. Qxb3 Rfb8 22. Qb2 Ne8 23. Nb3 Bd8 24. Qd2 Bb6 25. Bd3 Bxe3 26.
Rxe3 Rc8
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Re1 f5 29. Na5 Qa8 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32.
Qb2 Rb8
33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Qe6 Nb4 35. Bb1 Qc4 36. exf5 h6 37. Rd1 Nc6 38. Bd3
Qc5
39. Be4 Na5 40. Nh2 Nf6 41. Bf3 e4 42. Ng4 exf3 43. Nxf6 Nb7 44. Nh5
Qe5
45. Qf7 Rg8 46. Qxb7 Qxf5 47. g4 Qe6 48. Qxb5 Qxa2 49. Rxd6 Qa1+ 50.
Kh2
Qa7 51. Qb2 Kh7 52. Qd4 Qxd4 53. Rxd4 Ra8 54. Rd7 Kg8 55. Nxg7 Kf8 56.
Nf5
h5 57. gxh5 Ra5 58. Rd8+ Kf7 59. h6 Rxf5 60. h7 Rh5 61. h8=Q Rxh8 62.
Rxh8
1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rebel-Century 1.2"]
[Black "Hiarcs7.32"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5
exd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg4 9. Qd3 Be7 10. h3 Be6 11. Nxe6
fxe6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 a6 16. a3
Rae8 17. Rad1 Qd8 18. b4 Nb6 19. Rfe1 g6 20. b5 axb5
21. Qxb5 Qc7 22. Kh2 Re7 23. Qe2 Qd6 24. Qd3 Ra8 25. Rb1
Nd7 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Nb5 Qc5 28. Re3 Ra4 29. Rc3 Qb6 30. Qe1
e5 31. Nd6 Qa6 32. Nc8 Re8 33. Bf1 Qa5 34. Nd6 Re4 35. Nxe4
Nxe4 36. Re3 Nd2 37. Rd1 d4 38. Rxd2 dxe3 39. Qxe3 Qc7
40. Bg2 Re7 41. Bd5+ Kg7 42. f5 Qd6 43. Be4 Qf6 44. fxg6
hxg6 45. Rf2 Qd6 46. h4 Re8 47. h5 Rh8 48. g4 Qe7 49. Bxg6
Qh4+ 50. Kg1 Qxg4+ 51. Rg2 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Qd6 53. Qg3 Kf8
54. Rf2+ Ke7 55. Rf7+ Kd8 56. Rxb7 Kc8 57. Rf7 Ne7 58. Qc3+
Kd7 59. Kg1 Rb8 60. Qh3+ Kc7 61. Qe3 Rb6 62. Kg2 Ra6
63. Qc3+ Kd7 64. Rf8 Nc6 65. Be8+ Ke7 66. Qf3 Qd2+ 67. Kh3
Qh6 68. Qf7+ 1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Virtual Chess II"]
[Black "Comet B23"]
[ECO "C89 "]
[Result "1-0"]
[CurrentMove "97"]
{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. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4
14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5
axb5
20. Nf1 Bf5 21. Qd1 Bg4 22. Qb1 Qh3 23. Bd1 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 Rfe8 25. Bd2
Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Bc7 27. Ne3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bd8 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Ra6 Re6
31. e4
Qb7 32. Ra1 c5 33. d5 Rf6 34. Qe2 c4 35. Bf2 Bb6 36. Bxb6 Rxb6 37. Qd2
Rd6 38. Qd4 Rd8 39. Ra7 Qb8 40. Kg2 b4 41. Ra4 bxc3 42. Qxc3 Qb5 43.
Rxc4
Qe8 44. Rd4 Rc8 45. Qd2 Qd7 46. d6 Re8 47. Rc4 Kh8 48. Qd5 g5 49. Rc7
1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Insomniac 0.61"]
[Black "Junior6a"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7
8.
Qe1 h6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bd2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qf2 Nd4 13. Ne5 Bf5 14.
Ne2
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re8 19. Qf2 a5
20.
a4 Qd6 21. Rae1 Be6 22. c4 dxc4 23. dxc4 Bf5 24. Rd1 Qf8 25. h3 h5 26.
Qf3
Re6 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qf2 h4 31. Kf1 Kg7 32.
Kg1
Qe3 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Kf2 Rc3 35. Rd2 Be4 36. Re2 f5 37. Kf1 g5 38.
fxg5
Kg6 39. Kf2 Kxg5 40. Kg1 Kf4 41. Rd2 Rg3 42. Kf1 Ke3 43. Re2+ Kd4 44.
Rf2
Kc3 45. Kg1 Rg6 46. Kf1 Rg8 47. Re2 Rd8 48. Ke1 Rd4 49. Rf2 f4 50. Re2
Bh7
51. Rf2 Bf5 52. Rf3+ Kb2 53. Rf2 Bg6 54. Re2 Re4 55. Rxe4 Bxe4 56. Kf2
Bxc2
57. Bxc2 Kxc2 58. Ke1 Kb3 59. Kd2 0-1
[Event "millennium-tournment 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.06.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Diep2"]
[Black "Shredder4"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2
e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. a4 Nbd7
12. a5 Rac8 13. Rfc1 Rfe8 14. f3 Red8 15. Na4 Re8 16. Nb6
Nxb6 17. axb6 Qd7 18. c4 Rb8 19. Na5 Nh5 20. Bd1 Rec8
21. Ba4 Qd8 22. Rc3 Nf6 23. b4 Qf8 24. Rb1 Nh5 25. Bc2 Nf4
26. Kh1 Bf6 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Ba4 Qe7 29. g3 Nh3 30. Kg2 Bg5
31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. h4 d5 33. hxg5 Qxb4 34. cxd5 Qxa5 35. Qc2
Bd7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Rxd8 39. Qc7 Qa2+
40. Kg1 Re8 41. Qxb7 Qa3 42. Rf1 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qxg5 44. Qxa6
h5 45. Kh3 Rb8 46. Qa7 Qd8 47. Qc7 Rc8 48. Rc1 Rxc7
49. bxc7 Qc8+ 50. Kg2 g6 51. d6 Kg7 52. Rc2 g5 53. d7 Qxd7
54. c8=Q Qd3 55. Rb2 g4 56. Qf5 Qxf3+ 57. Qxf3 gxf3+ 1-0
[Event "millennium-tournament 1999-2000"]
[Site "k6-400 40/120"]
[Date "2000.07.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "M-CHESS8"]
[Black "Chessmaster6000"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7.
Bd3
O-O 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bxf5 Bxf5 10. Qxf5 Re8+ 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13.
Nf3 Bf4 14. Kd2 Bxe3+ 15. fxe3 f5 16. Rae1 g6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Kc2 Re4
19.
Rhf1 Kg7 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. Rf4 h5 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Rf1 Rh8 24. Kd3 h4
25.
c4 Kf6 26. Ng4+ Ke6 27. Nf2 Nxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rh5 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4
Rg5
31. b3 a5 32. Kf4 Rf5+ 33. Ke3 Rg5 34. Re2 Rf5 35. Rd2 Rg5 36. Kf4 Rg3
37.
Ke4 Rg5 38. Re2 Kd6 39. c5+ Kd7 40. Kf4 Rg3 41. Ke5 Ke7 42. Ke4 Kd7
43.
Kf4 Kd8 44. Rb2 Ke7 45. Rf2 Kf6 46. Ke4+ Ke6 47. Rb2 Rg5 48. a3 Rg3
49.
a4 g5 50. b4 axb4 51. Rxb4 Rxg2 52. Rxb7 Re2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Rc7 Kf5
55.
Rxc6 Rxa4 56. Rd6 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ra2+ 58. Kf1 Ra1+ 59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Kd1
Ra1+
61. Kc2 Ra2+ 62. Kb3 Rh2 63. c6 Rxh3+ 64. Kb4 Rh1 65. Rd5+ Ke6 66. Rc5
Rb1+ 67. Ka5 Ra1+ 68. Kb6 Rb1+ 69. Kc7 h3 70. d5+ Kf7 71. Rc2 g4 72.
Kd6
Rb6 73. Rh2 Rb3 74. c7 Rc3 75. Kd7 1-0
and now the pairings of the final round #15 :
Tournament: Millennium-Tournament
Results Mode Round No
15
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CHESSMASTER6000, (10) - (15) CRAFTY 17.11,
2. JUNIOR6A, (11) - (6) NIMZO2000B,
3. ANMON 5.09, (18) - (12) CHESS SYSTEM TAL 2.03,
4. ISICHESS PADERBORN99, (9) - (17) ZARKOV 45L,
5. FRITZ6A, (4) - (1) REBEL-TIGER 12.0E,
6. SHREDDER4, (2) - (7) GENIUS6.5,
7. DIEP2, (8) - (13) VIRTUAL CHESS2,
8. HIARCS 7.32, (14) - (20) COMET B23,
9. WCHESS 2000, (16) - (5) REBEL-CENTURY 1.2,
10. MCHESS8, (3) - (19) INSOMNIAC 0.61,
i will try to make it as interesting as possible
)so we begin with game 10, and will maybe end with game 1.
only 10 games to go, then 150 games have been played out !! for this
tournament. most of them very interesting and i learned much watching
them.
best wishes
mclane@surf1.de