Final Announcement On-Line Blitz Tourney

[michiguel]

OK, I brought up the server early, as I wanted to try some stuff under Linux anyway.

So from now until the tourney it will be available for testing.

Crap... $%#$&#. My internet connection was down for a couple of hours and a half until now (together with my phone and cable). Well, I will participate next time.

Miguel

[Greg Strong]

Thanks to H.G. for a successful, fun tournament!

[Marc Lacrosse]

Thanks to H.G. for a successful, fun tournament!

Indeed !

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    Name        Score  Results 
    ----------- -----  ------- 
 1 +Fruit        8.0   +05b +14w =03b +08w =02w +10w +07b +06w +11w 
 2 +Thinker      8.0   +16b =03w +06b +07w =01b +12w +09w +13b +10w 
 3 +HIARCS       7.5   +04w =02b =01w +05w +06b =07w +10b +12w +13w 
 4 +ZCT          5.0   -03b +11b +09b -06w -10b -15w +18b +17w +12b 
 5 +Brainless    5.0   -01w +16w +15w -03b +13w -06w -12b +18w +17b 
 6 +Tornado      4.5   +13w =09w -02w +04b -03w +05b +11w -01b *07w 
 7 +DanaSah      4.5   =11w +12w +10w -02b +09w =03b -01w =08w *06b 
 8 +Joker        4.5   +15w =10b +14w -01b -12w -11b =16w =07b +18w 
 9 +Telepath     4.5   +17w =06b -04w +11b -07b +14w -
10 +Tinker       4.5   +12b =08w -07b +14w +04w -01b -03w +09b -02b 
11 +Amateur      4.5   =07b -04w +13b -09w +18b +08w -06b +14w -01b 
12 +Scorpio      4.0   -10w -07b +17w +15b +08b -02b +05w -03b -04w 
13 +microMax     4.0   -06b +17w -11w +16w -05b +18w +15b -02w -03b 
14 +Neurosis     3.5   +18w -01b -08b -10b +16w -09b +17w -11b =15w 
15 +Noonian      3.5   -08b +18w -05b -12w +17w +04b -13w -16b =14b 
16 +Wombat       2.5   -02w -05b +18w -13b -14b -17w =08b +15w -09b 
17 +Quadroxx     2.0   -09b -13b -12b +18w -15b +16b -14b -04b -05w 
18 +_BYE_        0.0   -14b -15b -16b -17b -11w -13b -04w -05b -08b

[Greg Strong]

Well, at least I finished ahead of _BYE_. Man, that program must really suck

[krazyken]

It was fun! hope to see the announcement for the next one soon.

[Engin]

Thanks to H.G. for a successful, fun tournament!

Indeed !

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    Name        Score  Results 
    ----------- -----  ------- 
 1 +Fruit        8.0   +05b +14w =03b +08w =02w +10w +07b +06w +11w 
 2 +Thinker      8.0   +16b =03w +06b +07w =01b +12w +09w +13b +10w 
 3 +HIARCS       7.5   +04w =02b =01w +05w +06b =07w +10b +12w +13w 
 4 +ZCT          5.0   -03b +11b +09b -06w -10b -15w +18b +17w +12b 
 5 +Brainless    5.0   -01w +16w +15w -03b +13w -06w -12b +18w +17b 
 6 +Tornado      4.5   +13w =09w -02w +04b -03w +05b +11w -01b *07w 
 7 +DanaSah      4.5   =11w +12w +10w -02b +09w =03b -01w =08w *06b 
 8 +Joker        4.5   +15w =10b +14w -01b -12w -11b =16w =07b +18w 
 9 +Telepath     4.5   +17w =06b -04w +11b -07b +14w -
10 +Tinker       4.5   +12b =08w -07b +14w +04w -01b -03w +09b -02b 
11 +Amateur      4.5   =07b -04w +13b -09w +18b +08w -06b +14w -01b 
12 +Scorpio      4.0   -10w -07b +17w +15b +08b -02b +05w -03b -04w 
13 +microMax     4.0   -06b +17w -11w +16w -05b +18w +15b -02w -03b 
14 +Neurosis     3.5   +18w -01b -08b -10b +16w -09b +17w -11b =15w 
15 +Noonian      3.5   -08b +18w -05b -12w +17w +04b -13w -16b =14b 
16 +Wombat       2.5   -02w -05b +18w -13b -14b -17w =08b +15w -09b 
17 +Quadroxx     2.0   -09b -13b -12b +18w -15b +16b -14b -04b -05w 
18 +_BYE_        0.0   -14b -15b -16b -17b -11w -13b -04w -05b -08b

last game Tornado vs Danasah was draw!

Tornado have 5 points !

[Engin]

Thanks to H.G. for a successful, fun tournament!

Indeed !

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    Name        Score  Results 
    ----------- -----  ------- 
 1 +Fruit        8.0   +05b +14w =03b +08w =02w +10w +07b +06w +11w 
 2 +Thinker      8.0   +16b =03w +06b +07w =01b +12w +09w +13b +10w 
 3 +HIARCS       7.5   +04w =02b =01w +05w +06b =07w +10b +12w +13w 
 4 +ZCT          5.0   -03b +11b +09b -06w -10b -15w +18b +17w +12b 
 5 +Brainless    5.0   -01w +16w +15w -03b +13w -06w -12b +18w +17b 
 6 +Tornado      4.5   +13w =09w -02w +04b -03w +05b +11w -01b *07w 
 7 +DanaSah      4.5   =11w +12w +10w -02b +09w =03b -01w =08w *06b 
 8 +Joker        4.5   +15w =10b +14w -01b -12w -11b =16w =07b +18w 
 9 +Telepath     4.5   +17w =06b -04w +11b -07b +14w -
10 +Tinker       4.5   +12b =08w -07b +14w +04w -01b -03w +09b -02b 
11 +Amateur      4.5   =07b -04w +13b -09w +18b +08w -06b +14w -01b 
12 +Scorpio      4.0   -10w -07b +17w +15b +08b -02b +05w -03b -04w 
13 +microMax     4.0   -06b +17w -11w +16w -05b +18w +15b -02w -03b 
14 +Neurosis     3.5   +18w -01b -08b -10b +16w -09b +17w -11b =15w 
15 +Noonian      3.5   -08b +18w -05b -12w +17w +04b -13w -16b =14b 
16 +Wombat       2.5   -02w -05b +18w -13b -14b -17w =08b +15w -09b 
17 +Quadroxx     2.0   -09b -13b -12b +18w -15b +16b -14b -04b -05w 
18 +_BYE_        0.0   -14b -15b -16b -17b -11w -13b -04w -05b -08b

i see also that Telepath have only 3.5 points

please correct the final list !

but this was a fun blitz tournament then i thank you for this , hope next week better blitz tournament.

it where good idea if we are have a own engine chessclub server who we playing every week tourneys.


Engin

[Stan Arts]

The tournament was fun, hopefully soon again.

Some..memorable moments, good and bad.

First of all the HD of my main computer started producing memorable death metal earlier this week, and I had to resort to my ancient p4 2.4GHz single core backup.

Tinker - Neurosis , something you don't see everyday. Bishops just got traded on g3 and this position arised.:
[D] 2rq2k1/7p/p3b1p1/2pp2P1/3pp3/N5P1/PP4P1/1RQ1N1K1 b - - 0 25

My engine and me think black is quite good here, a piece down against the huge central block and tripled kingpawns. But as happens more often my engine can't get through the tactical details against the strong searching Tinker. And 20 moves later:
[D] 8/5bkp/8/5pP1/P1p5/2N3P1/6PK/8 w - - 0 47

white has a dangerous a pawn, my engine knows that and goes to catch it with it's king, but that's a mistake as it shouldn't abandon king side either. Perhaps it could be held with bishop alone as advancing the knight leaves the c pawn unprotected and both sides can't really activate king without danger.

[Date "2009.02.07"]
[White "Tinker"]
[Black "Neurosis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 d5 6. c4 c6 7. O-O O-O 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne1 f6 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxg5 Rxf1+ 14.
Bxf1 exd4 15. Bf2 e5 16. Qc1 Bg4 17. Na3 Rc8 18. Bb5 a6 19. Ba4 Be6 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nac2 c5 22. Rb1 e4 23. Na3 Be5 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qb6 26.
Nec2 Rf8 27. Kh1 Rf2 28. Kg1 e3 29. Nxe3 dxe3 30. Qxe3 Rf5 31. Re1 Bd7 32.
Qe7 Qxb2 33. Rb1 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 Ba4 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Rf7 37. Qxd5 Rxb7
38. Qxb7+ Qf7 39. Qxa6 Be8 40. Qd6 Qf5 41. Qe7+ Bf7 42. Nb5 Qg4 43. Nc3 c4
44. a4 Qe6 45. Qc5 Qf5 46. Qxf5 gxf5 47. a5 Be8 48. a6 Bc6 49. a7 Kf7 50.
Kh3 Ke7 51. Kh4 Kd7 52. Kh5 Kc7 53. Kh6 Kb6 54. Kxh7 Kxa7 55. g6 Bd7 56. g7
Be6 57. Nb5+ Kb6 58. Nd4 Bf7 59. Nxf5 c3 60. Nd4 Kc5 61. Ne2 c2 62. g4 Kc4
63. Nc1 Kc3 64. g8=Q Bxg8+ 65. Kxg8 Kd2 66. Na2 c1=Q 67. Nxc1 Kxc1 68. g5
Kd2 69. Kf8 Ke3 70. g6 Kf2 71. g7 Kxg2 72. g8=Q+ Kf3 73. Qe6 Kf2 74. Ke7
Kf3 75. Qe1 Kg2 76. Ke6 Kf3 77. Kf5 Kg2 78. Kg4 Kh2 79. Kf3 Kh3 80. Qg3#

Neurosis - Quadrox , More pawns and nerves of steel.
[D] 8/8/6k1/8/1p3PPP/8/1r6/5BK1 w - - 0 56

[White "Neurosis"]
[Black "Quadroxx"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 h6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14.
Ng3 Bd6 15. Rac1 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Rfe8 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bc4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8
20. Rf1 a5 21. Bd2 c5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd5 24. e6 f6 25. Qe4 Qe7 26.
Bxh6 Nb4 27. Qg6 Bc6 28. Bd2 b5 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Bd3 Qxe6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32.
Qh8+ Qg8 33. Rxf6+ gxf6 34. Qxf6+ Qf7 35. Qxc6 Rxa2 36. Qxc5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+
Kf8 38. Qc5+ Kg7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qd8+ Qe8 41. Qf6+ Qf7 42. Qh8+ Qg8 43.
Qf6+ Qf7 44. Qh8+ Qg8 45. Qh6+ Qg7 46. Qf4+ Kg8 47. Qb8+ Qf8 48. Qxb5 Ra1+
49. Bf1 Qf6 50. Qc4+ Kg7 51. Qg4+ Kh6 52. Qf4+ Qxf4 53. gxf4 Kg6 54. g4 Rb1
55. h4 Rxb2 56. f5+ Kf6 57. g5+ Kxf5 58. Bd3+ Kg4 59. g6 Kh5 60. g7 Rd2 61.
g8=Q Rd1+ 62. Kf2 Rd2+ 63. Ke1 Kxh4 64. Kxd2 Kh3 65. Qg5 Kh2 66. Bf1 b3 67.
Qg2#

Telepath - Neurosis , This time Neurosis gets pawned. My engine figured Telepath had weakened it's kingside, but that turned out to be wrong.
[D] r4rk1/1p3ppp/p3qb2/4pNP1/7P/8/PPP2P2/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 21

[White "Telepath"]
[Black "Neurosis"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bxe4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxd6 Qc7 16. Bd5 Nc6 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. h4 Bf6 20.
g5 Qe6 21. Qg4 Be7 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Rd7 Qc6 24. Rfd1 Qb6 25. Qg2 Qe6 26.
Qe4 b6 27. R7d5 Rae8 28. b4 Bxb4 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Qxb4 Kg8 31. Qe4 b5 32.
Rd6 Qxa2 33. Rh6 f5 34. gxf6 Qf7 35. Rd6 Rd8 36. Re6 Rfe8 37. Rxa6 Rd4 38.
Qe2 Rc4 39. Ra3 Kf8 40. Rg3 Qd7 41. Rg7 Qf5 42. Rhxh7 Qxf6 43. Qh5 Qxg7+
44. Rxg7 Kxg7 45. Qxe8 Kf6 46. h5 Ra4 47. Qf8+ Ke6 48. h6 Rg4+ 49. Kh2 Rh4+
50. Kg2 Rc4 51. Qe8+ Kf5 52. Qf7+ Kg5 53. h7 Rc8 54. Qg7+ Kf5 55. Qd7+ Kg6
56. Qxc8 Kxh7 57. Qc7+ Kg6 58. Qxe5 b4 59. f4 Kf7 60. f5 b3 61. Qe6+ Kg7
62. Qe7+ Kh6 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Qg6+ Kh8 65. f6 bxc2 66. Qh6+ Kg8 67. Qg7#

Stan

Ps. Rest of the games, in no order because I can't remember roundnumbers.

[White "Fruit"]
[Black "Neurosis"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
c3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. Be3
Qc8 15. c4 Qb7 16. Nc3 c6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. b4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1
Rb8 21. Nh4 g6 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Bg5 Bc7 24. b3 Qb7 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. Rd1 Rb6
27. Nh2 Rb8 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Kg7 30. Nd5 Bb6 31. Qh3 Bd8 32. Qh6+ Kg8
33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd3 f6 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nxg6+ Kg8 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Qxh7+
Ke8 39. Ng6 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qg1+ 41. Kxg1 Rc8 42. Qe7#

[White "Joker"]
[Black "Neurosis"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Be2 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Nb4 14.
Qb1 Rbc8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rxd5 Rfe8 17. Rd2 Bb3 18. Bd3 g6 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rcd8 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe5 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Qd3 Nb3
26. Rb1 Bd6 27. g3 Rc8 28. e4 Bxa3 29. Be3 Bc5 30. Nd5 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Na5
32. Qxa7 Nb3 33. Qxb7 Rb8 34. Qd7 Nc5 35. Qa7 Rb5 36. Nc3 Rb3 37. Qa2 Qb8
38. Qa5 Ne6 39. Nd5 Nd4 40. Qc5 Nf3+ 41. Kg2 Ne5 42. Qd4 Rd3 43. Qa4 Rd2
44. b3 Qd8 45. Rf1 f5 46. Rc1 f4 47. Nxf4 Ng4 48. Qc4+ Kh8 49. Qc3+ Kg8 50.
Rf1 Ra2 51. b4 Ra8 52. Qc4+ Kh8 53. Nd5 Qd6 54. Qd4+ Qe5 55. Qxe5+ Nxe5 56.
Rc1 Nd3 57. Rc3 Ne1+ 58. Kf1 Ra1 59. Ke2 Ng2 60. Rc7 Rh1 61. Nf6 Rxh2 62.
b5 Ne3 63. Kxe3 g5 64. b6 Rh1 65. Ke2 g4 66. b7 Re1+ 67. Kxe1 h6 68. b8=Q#

[White "Neurosis"]
[Black "Wombat"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. a4 Nf6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Nf4 d4 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bb5 dxe3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxe3 Bd6 13. h3 Qe7 14.
f4 O-O 15. g5 Nd5 16. Qf3 Bc5 17. e4 Ne3 18. Rh2 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Bd4 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. Bxd4 Nxf4 22. Be5 Nh5 23. Rg2 Qb4+ 24. Bc3 Qc5 25. Rf2 Rf8 26. h4
Rad8 27. Qh3 e5 28. Rf3 Nf4 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Rf2 Qe6 31. Bd2 f5 32. gxf6
Qxf6 33. Bb4 Rf7 34. Bc5 a6 35. Rd1 Rfd7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Qg4 Rd8 38. Rf1
Ra8 39. Rf2 Kh8 40. Rd2 Re8 41. a5 Kh7 42. Rd7 Ne6 43. Be3 Rf8 44. c3 Rf7
45. Rxf7 Qxf7 46. Qg3 Nf4 47. c4 Qf8 48. Bd2 Qa3 49. Bxf4 exf4 50. Qxf4
Qxb3 51. e5 Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qxa5 53. e6 Qa2+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56. Ke1
c5 57. e7 Qb1+ 58. Ke2 Qc2+ 59. Ke1 Qa4 60. Qe4 Qe8 61. h5 Kh6 62. Qxg6+
Qxg6 63. hxg6 Kxg6 64. e8=Q+ Kf6 65. Qc6+ Kf5 66. Qxc5+ Ke6 67. Qxc7 g5 68.
c5 g4 69. Qd6+ Kf7 70. c6 g3 71. c7 g2 72. Kf2 a5 73. c8=Q g1=Q+ 74. Kxg1
Kg7 75. Qcf8+ Kh7 76. Qd3#

[White "Amateur"]
[Black "Neurosis"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 f6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nd7 7. e6 Nb6 8.
O-O Qd6 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. b3 Kb8 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Nc3 g5 14. Nb5
Qc6 15. d5 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rxd5 17. Nxg5 fxg5 18. Bf4+ gxf4 19. Qxf4+ Rd6 20.
Nxd6 Bh6 21. Qe5 Qxd6 22. Qxh8 Qd8 23. Rad1 Qc8 24. Re4 b6 25. Rd7 Bg7 26.
Qxg7 Nf6 27. Qxe7 Nxe4 28. Rd8 c4 29. Rxc8+ Kxc8 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. e7 Nf6
32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. Qxf6 Kd7 34. Qf8 Ke6 35. e8=Q+ Kd5 36. Qd7+ Ke5 37. Qff5#

[White "Neurosis"]
[Black "Noonian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Qd4
Nc6 8. Qe3 O-O 9. f3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. a3 d5 12. Rb1 dxe4 13. Qxb6 Qa4
14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Rxb5 Rd8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Re5 Ba4 19. fxe4 Bxc2
20. Be2 Nc6 21. Rc5 Rdc8 22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Rb5 Nce5 24. Kd2 Ba4 25. Rb4 Nc5
26. Ke2 Ncd3 27. Rb7 Rxc3 28. Bd2 Rxa3 29. Rxe7 Rb8 30. Ra7 Nf4+ 31. Kf2
Nfd3+ 32. Ke2 Nf4+ 33. Kf2 Nfd3+ 34. Ke2

[hgm]

I would still like to hear some feedback from those that have been using the WinBoard trial version with the experimental -autoKibitz option.

Do you think this is a convenient feature? (i.e. suppressing all engine kibitz from the main ICS window, and diverting the opponent's kibitz to the engine-output window.)

Are there better solutions?

Did it even work correctly?

[brianr]

Thanks for running this event which worked out amazingly well I thought, especially for the first time.

As to -autoKibitz, it seems like it is a problem with pondering.
Tinker outputs certain information in kibs that I would like to see and cannot since as soon as pondering starts, Tinker's own engine output window is cleared and updated with the pondering search results. Also, there is no need for the other engine's kibs to appear anywhere but the ICS window.

I think the best solution is for engines to add their own pondering, and of course to not "spam" the ICS window with PVs for every ply. I have never had a problem chatting with others during a game with just Tinker and its opponent properly kibbing at the end of each move.

Finally, any progress on the Polyglot book support when the engine is white (works when engine is black)?