Junior 2010 : The new Tal ?

[Robert Flesher]

Here is a game Junior 2010 one core against Rybka 3.0 on 4 cores. I am always amazed at the complications Junior can create. Move # 23. g4 !!


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[Event "Microsoft, Blitz:10'"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Junior 2010 UCI"]
[Black "Rybka 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "243"]

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 Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ng3 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. a4 b4 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. Nd2 Qb7 20. c4 Bc7 21. b3 Rad8
22. Bb2 Bd7 23. g4 Be6 24. g5 Nd7 25. Ne4 Bxh3 26. Qh5 Be6 27. Kh2 Qc6 28. Rg1
Nb7 29. Raf1 Bb8 30. Bd1 Bd6 31. Rh1 Nf8 32. Kg1 Be7 33. Bxe5 Rxd3 34. Bf3 Bd7
35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Bxc6 Rxe5 37. Be4 g6 38. Bxd3 gxh5 39. gxf6 Na5 40. Bc2 Bc6
41. Rh3 Nd7 42. Rd1 Nxf6 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Nd6+ Kg7 46. f4 Re1+ 47.
Kf2 Rc1 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Ne3+ Kg7 50. Rg3+ Ng4+ 51. Ke2 f5 52. Kd2 Rh1 53.
Nxf5+ Kf7 54. Rc8 Rh2+ 55. Kc1 Ke6 56. Ng7+ Kd7 57. Re8 Rh1+ 58. Kd2 Kc7 59.
Re1 Rh2+ 60. Re2 Rh1 61. Ne6+ Kb6 62. Bxh7 h4 63. Rxg4 Nxb3+ 64. Ke3 Rh3+ 65.
Kf2 Rh2+ 66. Kf1 Nd2+ 67. Rxd2 Rxd2 68. a5+ Kxa5 69. Nxc5 Kb6 70. Nb3 Rd8 71.
Rxh4 a5 72. Rh6 a4 73. Be4 axb3 74. Rxc6+ Ka5 75. Rc5+ Ka4 76. Rd5 Rh8 77. c5
b2 78. c6 Rh4 79. Rf5 Rh1+ 80. Ke2 Rc1 81. Kd2 Rc4 82. Bb1 b3 83. Re5 Rxc6 84.
Re1 Kb4 85. f5 Rd6+ 86. Ke3 Rc6 87. Be4 Rf6 88. Kd4 Rf8 89. Rf1 Rd8+ 90. Ke3
Rf8 91. f6 Kc5 92. f7 Kc4 93. Bd3+ Kd5 94. Kd2 Kc5 95. Kc3 Kd6 96. Kxb2 Kd5 97.
Rf3 Ke5 98. Bc4 Kd4 99. Rf4+ Ke5 100. Rg4 Kf6 101. Rg8 Rxf7 102. Bxf7 Kxf7 103.
Rg5 Ke6 104. Kxb3 Kf7 105. Kc4 Kf6 106. Rh5 Kg6 107. Re5 Kf7 108. Kd5 Kf6 109.
Kd6 Kg7 110. Rf5 Kh6 111. Ke5 Kg7 112. Rf6 Kg8 113. Ke6 Kg7 114. Kf5 Kh7 115.
Rf7+ Kh8 116. Kg6 Kg8 117. Kf6 Kh8 118. Rb7 Kg8 119. Rb8+ Kh7 120. Rb1 Kg8 121.
Rh1 Kf8 122. Rh8# 1-0

[Robert Flesher]

I almost forgot to mention the game has a dual queen sac.

[Albert Silver]

Nice game, thanks for sharing.

[fern]

Is this the engine offered as baby junior by a company?
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[yanquis1972]

yes, its offered as bobby jr by someone else. i think that's the only way to get it right now. it's got it's own GUI etc with various personalities and i believe you can get a good price if you join their little chess club. i haven't bought it yet but am considering it (the wait for rybka 4 is killing me) -- i think you'd like it fernando, it sacrifices some strength but supposedly does favor activity, king attack, etc. and i'm sure it could still wipe the floor with any human any day.

[Robert Flesher]

yes, its offered as bobby jr by someone else. i think that's the only way to get it right now. it's got it's own GUI etc with various personalities and i believe you can get a good price if you join their little chess club. i haven't bought it yet but am considering it (the wait for rybka 4 is killing me) -- i think you'd like it fernando, it sacrifices some strength but supposedly does favor activity, king attack, etc. and i'm sure it could still wipe the floor with any human any day.

"it sacrifices some strength"

I am not sure I can agree with this statement. Junior 2010 is far stronger than Deep Junior 10.1. On my Core I7 even when Deep Junior 10.1 is using 8 threads, Junior 2010 wins ! It appears to be approx 75-100 elo stronger after about 500 games. Now you can imagine the difference if it was Deep Junior 2010. This is the strongest Junior I have used.

[yanquis1972]

well, i meant compared to other engines such as shredder, rybka, fritz etc. junior seems a bit more interested in speculative chess etc than pure elo.

any engine that can beat rybka 3 on 4 cores using 1 core is clearly an engine rybka could learn something from. i have not looked at the game yet but the g4 move speaks to rybka's incomplete understanding of king safety. it is also quite a tal like move, even a patzer such as myself who cares not a whit about wins and losses would be hesitant to weaken my king like that in such a position. however it has been noted that pawn storms our often a key to rare success against these engines. in my one victory against a machine at full strength i succeeded in similar fashion.

[Robert Flesher]

Amazing game, worth playing over without engine help. Juniors attack was perfect!

[tomgdrums]

yes, its offered as bobby jr by someone else. i think that's the only way to get it right now. it's got it's own GUI etc with various personalities and i believe you can get a good price if you join their little chess club. i haven't bought it yet but am considering it (the wait for rybka 4 is killing me) -- i think you'd like it fernando, it sacrifices some strength but supposedly does favor activity, king attack, etc. and i'm sure it could still wipe the floor with any human any day.

I love playing against and analyzing with Deep Junior 2010!

The gui is nothing fancy but the personalities and levels are pretty good for training!

[PauloSoare]

Interesting to see this site:

http://www.worldchesslive.com/bj/index.html