World Speed Chess Championship, WCSC and WCCC

[Werewolf]

Pauline...why do they let engines like that play? It makes it hard to take the event seriously when something like that is so weak.

[Werewolf]

Hiarcs just lost against Boot. It's endgame play is very bad. It played with it rook back and forth loosing tempo and allowed Boot for counter chances...

You must have seen a completely different game. The endgame was always lost and Hiarcs already had to sac a piece to no avail.
May be you mean the middlegame? Booot simply had a strong K-side attack with h4-h5! which led to a won endgame and the counterplay
on the Q-side by Hiarcs was too slow...

Yes that was definitely a middlegame issue. HIARCS seemed very slow to see the danger and dithered on the Q-side IMO. Moves like 21...c4 and some of the major piece shuffling wasted too much time. Well played by Booot though.

[yanquis1972]

what's the time control/book rules? tuned in a few mins ago & most engines are under 40 mins around by around move 15

[Werewolf]

what's the time control/book rules? tuned in a few mins ago & most engines are under 40 mins around by around move 15

G45 + 15s

[yanquis1972]

followed jonny-hiarcs up to this point; i believe it'll draw but j has 2:1 time odds. kibitzed by leela/SFdev (7 july), unedited; 2 variations that aren't a waste of time are the early e5 idea (if not there, somewhere) & the move 27 variation, which was basically a SF-lc0 shootout; SF was >+2 but leela stared it down without flinching; kept waiting to see the eval soar when leela realized what hit her.

[pgn][Event "Computer chess game"] [Site "PC"] [Date "2018.07.14"] [Round "?"] [White "john"] [Black "john"] [Result "*"] [BlackElo "2400"] [ECO "E15"] [Opening "Queen's Indian"] [Time "09:39:51"] [Variation "4.g3"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [TimeControl "0+30"] [Termination "unterminated"] [PlyCount "91"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 (6. .. Nxd5) (6. .. g6) 7. Nc3 Be7 (7. .. g6) 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 (10. e4) 10. .. a6 11. e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Ne1 Ng6 14. Nc2 (14. f4) 14. .. Bg4 (14. .. Re8 15. Ne3) 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 (16. Ne3) 16. .. Rfe8 17. Ne3 Bd8 18. Bd2 (18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Qb8 20. f5 Nf8 21. g4 h6 22. h4 N8h7) 18. .. h6 19. Rfe1 Qb8 20. Nc4 Ra7 21. b3 (21. Qf1) (21. h3) 21. .. Bg4 (21. .. Bc7) (21. .. Rb7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxa6 (23. e5 Qb8 24. Qxa6 Ra7 25. Qd3 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Rf1 (27. Bf4 Bc7 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rad1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Ng4) 27. .. Bc7 28. Bxh6 Re8 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Qe5 31. d6 Be6 32. Raf1)) 22. Qf1 Bd7 23. Nd1 Bc7 24. Bc3 (24. Nf2 b5 25. Ne3) 24. .. b5 25. Nd2 Ra8 (25. .. Bd8 26. a5 Ng4 (26. .. Rc7 27. e5 Nh7 28. e6 b4 29. f5) 27. h3 Nf6 28. Kh1 Rc7 29. Ne3 Nh7 30. b4) 26. Ne3 Bd8 27. Qd3 (27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Qxh3 Nh7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nf5+ Kh8 31. Qxh6 Rg8 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Nxd6 Qa7 35. Kh1 Qe7 36. e5 Ba5 37. Rd1 Bxd2 38. Rxd2 f6) 27. .. Nh7 28. e5 dxe5 29. f5 Ngf8 (29. .. e4 30. Nxe4) 30. d6 Ra7 31. Ng4 bxa4 (31. .. Qc8 32. Nxe5 b4 33. Bb2 Bxf5 34. Qf1 Bf6 35. Ndc4) 32. bxa4 Qc8 33. Rf1 (33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Nxe5 Bxf5 35. Qe3 Bh3 36. Bxh3 Qxh3 37. Qxc5 Rb7 38. Qc6 Rb8 39. Qxa6) 33. .. Bf6 34. Qe4 a5 (34. .. c4 35. h4 h5 36. Ne3 Bd8 37. Ndxc4 Nf6 38. Qd3 e4 39. Qd4 Rb7 40. Ra3 N8h7 41. Rf4 Nf8 42. Rf1 Qb8 43. Rd1 Rb3 44. Rda1 Rb7 45. Bf1 Qc8 46. Bh3 Bc6 47. Rc1 N8d7 48. Bf1) 35. Rab1 h5 (35. .. Qa6 36. Nc4 Bxa4 37. Ra1 Bc2 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Qxc2 Qxc4 40. Ra4 Qb5 41. Ng4 Qd7 42. Rd1 Ra6 43. Nxf6 Nxf6 44. Rh4+ Kg8 45. Qd3 Rb6 46. g4 Qa4 (46. .. N8h7) 47. Rf1) 36. Ne3 Bd8 37. Nd5 Ra6 38. Nc4 Bc6 39. Qd3 Nd7 40. Rfe1 Nhf6 41. Nxf6+ (41. Bxe5 Nxd5 42. Bxd5 Bxd5 43. Qxd5 Bf6 44. Rbd1 Ra7 45. Bxf6 Nxf6 46. Nb6 Rxe1+ 47. Rxe1 Qb7 48. Qxc5 Kh7 49. Qd4 Ra6 50. d7 Rxb6 51. d8=Q Rb2 52. Qxb2 Qxb2 53. Qd1 Qb6+ 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kh3 Ng4 56. Qe2 Qxa4) 41. .. Bxf6 42. Be4 Ra7 43. Qf3 Bxe4 44. Qxe4 Bg5 45. Rb5 (45. Qf3) 45. .. Nf6 46. Qc2 * [/pgn]

[Werewolf]

It's a draw now I think but that was a very close shave for HIARCS. I think Jonny missed 2 or 3 wins in that game.

[yanquis1972]

same. i didn't notice till just now but going by the clocks HIARCS seems to've left book at move 8, jonny move 5. which i don't understand at all.

[Damir]

Seems Hiarcs made an illegal move Kd5. -LOL

[Guenther]

Seems Hiarcs made an illegal move Kd5. -LOL

No. Final setup for DGT and other broadcasting boards is that the arbiter places Kings on certain squares to show the result...

[Werewolf]

I have a new predictor for determining how this tournament will go: how many moves it takes each engine to beat Pauline!

So far Chiron comes first with 16 moves. HIARCS currently last at 26 moves.



Pauline is like some kind of weird side-show...