Houdini vs Stockfish Match 2014

[RIDDICK]

Let's start the year 2014 with a Match between his majesty the magician Houdini and acclaimed challenger Stockfish! Reading continual statements about superiority of the latter, which seem to be a constant on various chess forum, I decided to test these super-motors in a LTC-Match: 120m/40 + 60m/20 + (15m + 15s).

Starting positions will be drawn from Graham Banks's chess openening library: Graham2014-1F (thank you Graham); for a total of 248 positions! I can't dedicate my computer to this match 24/7, so this test will last a long time! I'm sorry. Stockfish version is 070114 by Ronald de Man (tablebases support).

CPU: Intel i7-3930K@4,4GHz (6 CPU)
GUI: Chessbase Deep Fritz 14
HASHTABLE: 8,0 GBytes
TABLEBASES: Syzygy 5-Men
PERMANENT BRAIN: OFF
OS: Windows 7 64 bit SP1
TIME CONTROL: 120m/40 + 60m/20 + (15m+15s)

ENGINE 1: HOUDINI 4 PRO X64 (Contempt: 0; Tablebases: Yes)
ENGINE 2: STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2 (Contempt: 0; Tablebases: Yes)

The first twenty games Houdini 9.5/20 - Stockfish 10.5/20:

[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. Ng2
h5 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. c3 h4 11. gxh4 Nxh4 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Qe3+ Qe7 14. Nc4 Be4 15.
Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Rg1 Kd7 17. Qf2 Nf5 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Qe6 20. d5 Bxd5 21.
Bf4 Kc7 22. O-O-O Rad8 23. b3 Rh5 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 b6 26. Rg3 Ne5 27. Kb2
Qf5 28. Rd4 Nc6 29. Rd2 Rxh2 30. Qxh2 Qxf4 31. Rd5 Ne5 32. Rd4 Qg5 33. Rg1 Qe3
34. Qg2 f5 35. Rf1 Nc6 36. Rdd1 Qe6 37. e3 Rh8 38. e4 fxe4 39. Rf4 Ne5 40. Qxe4
g3 41. Rh4 Rxh4 42. Qxh4 Nd3+ 43. Ka1 Nf2 44. Rg1 Ne4 45. Re1 g2 46. Qh2 Qg4
47. Rg1 Qf3 48. Qxg2 Qxc3+ 49. Qb2 Qxb2+ 50. Kxb2 a5 51. Rg4 Nf6 52. Rg7+ Kc6
53. Kc3 Nd5+ 54. Kd4 Nc7 55. Rg6 Nb5+ 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. Rg4 Kc6 58. Rc4+ Kd5 59.
Ke3 Na7 60. Rd4+ Kc6 61. Ke4 Nb5 62. Rc4+ Kd7 63. Rc2 Nc7 64. Kd4 Ne6+ 65. Kd5
Nc7+ 66. Ke4 Na6 67. Rg2 Kc6 68. Kd4 Kb5 69. Rg7 Nc5 70. Rg6 Kc6 71. Rh6 a4 72.
b4 Na6 73. a3 Nc7 74. Rh5 b5 75. Rh8 Nd5 76. Rc8+ Nc7 77. Kd3 Kb7 78. Rh8 Kc6
79. Ke4 Ne6 80. Rg8 Nc7 81. Rc8 Kb7 82. Rd8 Kc6 83. Rb8 Ne6 84. Rh8 Ng5+ 85.
Kf5 Nf3 86. Rh3 Nd2 87. Ke6 Nc4 88. Rc3 Kc7 89. Kd5 Kd7 90. Rh3 Nb6+ 91. Kd4
Nc4 92. Rd3 Ne5 93. Rg3 Nc4 94. Kd5 Nb6+ 95. Ke4 Nc4 96. Kf5 d5 97. Rc3 Ke7 98.
Rd3 Kd6 99. Kf4 Nb2 100. Rh3 Nc4 101. Rf3 d4 102. Rh3 Nxa3 103. Ke4 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. c3 Be6 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. Na3 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. b4
Bb6 15. a4 a5 16. O-O axb4 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Na7+ Kb8 19. Rxa5 Bxa5 20. Qb5 Bb6
21. Bf4 Rd6 22. Qxb4 Rh5 23. Nb5 Rxd4 24. Bxc7+ Qxc7 25. cxd4 Qe5 26. Qf8+ Bc8
27. Rxf7 Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 Rb5 30. Rf4 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bf3 Be6 11. d3 Qd7 12. Qe1 Rac8 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. a4 b6 15.
Rd1 d4 16. e4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Ra1 Be6 19. Qh4 f6 20. Rf3 Bf7 21. Re1 a6
22. f5 g5 23. Qg3 h6 24. e5 Bd5 25. e6 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rh3 Bc6 28. g4 b5
29. a5 Rd5 30. Kf2 Bb7 31. Rg3 h5 32. h3 Rc8 33. Rgg1 Rdd8 34. Ne4 Kh7 35. Ba3
b4 36. Bc1 h4 37. Bd2 Bd5 38. Re2 Kh6 39. Rd1 Kh7 40. Be1 Kg8 41. Nd2 Rc6 42.
Nc4 Bh6 43. Nb6 Kf8 44. Ra1 Rc7 45. Rd2 Bg7 46. Ke2 Bh6 47. Bf2 Bg2 48. Rad1
Bc6 49. Bg1 Bg7 50. Bh2 Ra7 51. Re1 Bb5 52. Kd1 Kg8 53. Kc1 Re8 54. Rde2 Rb7
55. Rf1 Rd8 56. Kb1 Kh7 57. Rfe1 Kh8 58. Nd7 Rc8 59. Rd2 Kg8 60. Kb2 Bf8 61.
Nb6 Rd8 62. Rc1 Bg7 63. Re2 Ra7 64. Rf1 Rb7 65. Nd7 Rc8 66. Rfe1 Kh7 67. Rd2
Kg8 68. Rf2 Kh7 69. Rfe2 Ra7 70. Rg1 Kg8 71. Ra1 Rb7 72. Nb6 Rd8 73. Na4 Rc8
74. Rd1 Kh8 75. Nb6 Rd8 76. Red2 Be8 77. Nd7 Rc8 78. Re2 Kg8 79. Ree1 Kh7 80.
Kc1 Bh6 81. c3 bxc3 82. Nb6 Rd8 83. Kc2 Bc6 84. Rb1 Bg2 85. b4 cxb4 86. Rxb4
Kg8 87. Re2 Bxh3 88. Re4 Rbb8 89. Rexd4 Rxd4 90. Rxd4 Re8 91. Kxc3 Bf1 92. Kd2
Bg2 93. Ke3 Bg7 94. Rd7 Bf8 95. Ra7 Bh3 96. Kf3 Bf1 97. Rd7 Kg7 98. Nd5 1-0[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bf3 Be6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. d4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. dxc5 Rxc5
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qg4 17. Rfd1 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rfc8 19. Rab1 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Ne8
21. e4 f5 22. Rd7 R5c7 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Kf2 b5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ne3 e6 27.
Rb2 Nf6 28. Rc2 Rxc2+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. g4 g6 8. d4
e6 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Kb1 Bb4 13. h4 Nc4 14. Be1 O-O 15.
Rd3 a5 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Qg2 a4 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. a3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Qxa3 21. Nd1
Qe7 22. c3 Qa3 23. Qa2 Qb3+ 24. Nb2 Rfb8 25. Rf1 Rb7 26. Rg1 Rba7 27. Bd2 Kg7
28. Be1 Ra6 29. f5 exf5 30. Bg3 Na5 31. Rdd1 Kg6 32. Bf4 R6a7 33. Rgf1 Nc4 34.
Rd3 f6 35. Ka1 Rb7 36. Rc1 fxg5 37. hxg5 Ra5 38. Qb1 h4 39. Rdd1 a3 40. Nxc4
bxc4 41. Qxb3 cxb3 42. Rb1 c5 43. Rh1 cxd4 44. cxd4 Kh5 45. g6 a2 46. Rb2 hxg6
47. Rg1 Rab5 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. Rg4+ Kh5 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Rg4+ Kh5 52. Rg5+
1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. g4 g6 8. d4
e6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bd3 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Kb8 12. Kb1 Bg7 13. Be1 Ne8 14. Bh4 Rc8
15. f5 gxf5 16. Bg3 Nd6 17. Qe2 Rce8 18. Qh2 f4 19. Bxf4 e5 20. Bg3 h5 21. gxh5
f5 22. Rhg1 Rxh5 23. h4 Qd8 24. Be2 Rhh8 25. h5 Bf6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5
28. Rg2 Nef7 29. Rg3 Qe7 30. Rdg1 Rh6 31. R1g2 Re6 32. Rg8 Rxg8 33. Rxg8+ Kc7
34. Nd1 d4 35. c4 dxc3 36. Rg7 Qf8 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Bc4 f4 39. Bxe6 Qxe6 40.
Qxf4 Qd5 41. Nxc3 Qxh5 42. Kc2 Qg6+ 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. c4
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Re8 11. Qf3 Bc7 12. Na3 Rc8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Nc2 Qe7
15. d3 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Qg3 dxc4 18. dxc4 b5 19. Na3 Rb8 20. Rd6 Rec8 21.
Rf4 Rc7 22. Rg4 Qf8 23. Qf4 Nb4 24. Rg3 Nxa2 25. Rxa6 Nb4 26. Rd6 bxc4 27. bxc4
Rcb7 28. h3 Nb6 29. e4 Rc8 30. Kh2 Nc6 31. Bc3 g6 32. Rgd3 Na4 33. Ba1 Nb6 34.
Qf6 Rbb8 35. h4 h6 36. h5 g5 37. Rf3 Re8 38. Rf2 Nb4 39. Rf1 Rb7 40. Bc3 Na4
41. Nb5 Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bxb4 cxb4 44. Ra6 Nc5 45. Rc6 Nd3 46. Nd6 Ree7
47. Nxb7 Rxb7 48. c5 Rb5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. c4
Nc6 9. Ne5 Bf5 10. d3 Re8 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Kh1 Qe7 15.
Qe1 h6 16. Rg1 d4 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh7 19. Qh4 Be5 20. Raf1 Rad8 21. Bh5
Nf8 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. Rg2 a5 24. Bc1 a4 25. bxa4 Ra8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rf3 Rf8
28. Rh3 Kf7 29. Nd2 dxe3 30. Nf3 Bd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Qxd4 Kg8 33. Bxe3 Rf5
34. Qh4 Rxa4 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qc8 Rb4 37. Qxc6 Ne5 38. Qe4 Qb7 39. Qxb7+ Rxb7
40. Rd2 Nf3 41. Rd1 Rb2 42. Ra1 Re2 43. Ba7 Nxg5 44. Rg3 Nf3 45. Rg2 Re1+ 46.
Rxe1 Nxe1 47. Rg3 Ra5 48. Bd4 Nc2 49. Bc3 Ra3 50. Be5 Ra4 51. Rf3+ Ke7 52. Bxg7
Ke8 53. Kg1 Nb4 54. Bc3 Nxa2 55. Bd2 Ke7 56. Kf2 Nb4 57. Ke3 Nc6 58. Bc3 Ra7
59. Rf1 Kd6 60. Be1 Ra2 61. Bg3+ Ke7 62. Rf2 Ra5 63. Ke4 Nd8 64. Rb2 Kd7 65.
Rb5 Ra2 66. Rg5 Nc6 67. Rxg6 Re2+ 68. Kf4 Ke8 69. Kg5 Nd4 70. h4 Kf7 71. Rf6+
Ke7 72. Rf4 Nf5 73. Bf2 Nd6 74. Rf3 Nf7+ 75. Kh5 Rd2 76. Bc5+ Ke8 77. Re3 Nd8
78. Bb6 Rc2 79. Bxd8 Kxd8 80. Rxe6 Kd7 81. Re5 Kd6 82. Re3 1-0[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Qb6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
O-O e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd2 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Qf3 Nd7 15.
e4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. e5 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Rac8 21.
Rad1 Rc7 22. Qg3 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Nf3 d4 25. Ne5 Qd6 26. a5 Nd7 27. Nd3 Rb7
28. Rb1 Qb8 29. Ne5 Nf6 30. Qf3 Qc7 31. Re2 Rbb8 32. Rbe1 Qd6 33. Qh3 Re7 34.
Kf1 Rc8 35. Qf3 Nd7 36. g3 Nf6 37. h4 g6 38. Kg1 Kg7 39. Kf2 Qc7 40. Kg2 Qd6
41. Kh2 Qc7 42. Kh3 Qd6 43. g4 Nd7 44. h5 Nxe5 45. Rxe5 gxh5 46. Rxh5 Rb8 47.
Rhe5 Rf7 48. b4 cxb4 49. c5 Qf8 50. Qe4 Rd8 51. Kg3 d3 52. Rh1 Kh8 53. Reh5 Qe7
54. g5 Rd5 55. g6 Rxh5 56. Rxh5 Rg7 57. Kf2 d2 58. Ke2 Qd8 59. Kd1 Qe8 60. Kxd2
Rxg6 61. Rd5 Kg7 62. Qe5+ Kg8 63. Rd6 b3 64. Rxa6 Rg2+ 65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kxe2
Qb5+ 67. Kd2 Qxa6 68. Qb8+ Kf7 69. Qc7+ Kg6 70. Kc3 h5 71. Qb6 Qe2 72. Qxb3 h4
73. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 74. Kxc2 h3 75. c6 h2 76. c7 h1=Q 77. c8=Q Qe4+ 78. Kb3 Qb1+ 79.
Ka4 Qa1+ 80. Kb5 Qb1+ 81. Ka6 Qd3+ 82. Kb6 Qb3+ 83. Ka7 Qe3+ 84. Kb8 Qxf4+
1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 Qb6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
O-O g6 9. a4 Bg7 10. d4 O-O 11. a5 Qc7 12. dxc5 Bb5 13. Re1 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bb2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 Qd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rf3 b5
15. a4 a6 16. Rff1 Nd7 17. h3 Qb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra2 Ra8 20. Rfa1 Rxa2 21.
Rxa2 Nb8 22. Ra1 Nc6 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. g3 d4 25. Kg2 dxe3 26. Qxe3 Nb4 27. Qe2
Qb7 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Qd2 Qd6 33. Qe2 Kg7
34. Kg2 Qc6 35. Ra7 Qb6 36. Ra3 Qb7 37. Kf2 Rc8 38. Ra1 Qd5 39. Ra5 Qc6 40. Ra7
c4 41. Nd4 Qc5 42. Rd7 cxd3 43. cxd3 Kh8 44. g4 Rf8 45. Kg3 Qc8 46. Ra7 Nd5 47.
Qe4 Kg8 48. Nf3 Nc3 49. Qe3 h6 50. b4 Rd8 51. Ra1 Qc6 52. g5 fxg5 53. fxg5 Qd6+
54. Kf2 Nd5 55. Qd4 hxg5 56. Nxg5 Nxb4 57. Qxd6 Rxd6 58. Rb1 Nxd3+ 59. Ke3 Rd5
60. Ne4 Kf8 61. Nc3 Rd7 62. Nxb5 Ne5 63. Ke4 Nc6 64. Rc1 f5+ 65. Ke3 Ne7 66.
Nd4 Kf7 67. Nf3 Ra7 68. Kf2 Kf6 69. h4 Ng6 70. Rc8 Ra4 71. Kg3 Rg4+ 72. Kh3
Nf4+ 73. Kh2 Rg2+ 74. Kh1 Rg3 75. Ng5 Rg4 76. Nf3 Ng6 77. h5 Rg3 78. hxg6 Rxf3
79. Kg2 Rf4 80. Rc6 Re4 81. Kf3 Kxg6 82. Rc8 e5 83. Rg8+ Kf7 0-1[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Bb2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Rae1 b6 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Rae8 20. a3 h6 21.
Qg4 Re6 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Qg3 R8e7 24. Rf2 Qd7 25. Ref1 Rg6 26. Qf3 a5 27. Kh1
Qe8 28. Kg1 Nc7 29. a4 Nd5 30. g4 Qd7 31. Kh2 Nb4 32. Qf4 Qd8 33. Rg2 Qc8 34.
Nd6 Qd7 35. Ne4 Nd5 36. Qg3 Re8 37. Rgf2 Rf8 38. Qf3 Qd8 39. Qg3 Nb4 40. Qe5
Nc6 41. Qh5 Nd4 42. Kg2 Qe8 43. Kg1 Re6 44. h4 f6 45. Qxe8 Rfxe8 46. Kg2 Rd8
47. Kg3 Re5 48. h5 Re6 49. Re1 Kf7 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. Ke3 Kd7 52. Kd2 Rde8 53.
Ref1 Kc7 54. Kc3 Rd8 55. Re1 Nc6 56. Kd2 Re7 57. Kc3 Nd4 58. Kb2 Rde8 59. Rc1
Re6 60. Rcf1 Re5 61. Re1 Kd7 62. Ref1 Rd8 63. Nd2 Kc7 64. Ne4 Re6 65. Rc1 Nc6
66. Kc3 Re5 67. Ra1 Ree8 68. Rg1 Rd4 69. Re1 Re5 70. Ra1 Rd8 71. Rff1 Nd4 72.
Rf2 Kc6 73. Re1 Rd7 74. Ref1 Re8 75. Re1 Rde7 76. Rff1 Re5 77. Kb2 R8e7 78. Rd1
Kc7 79. Rf2 Rd7 80. Rff1 Rf7 81. Rde1 Rfe7 82. Rf2 Ne6 83. Ref1 Re8 84. Rf5
Rxf5 85. Rxf5 Nd4 86. Rf2 Re5 87. Kc3 Kc6 88. Rg2 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. Nc3
d4 9. Nd1 Ng4 10. e4 e5 11. Qg3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Re8 13. h3 Nge5 14. b3 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Be5 16. Nb2 Qc7 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qh4 Qe7 19. Qg3 Rf8 20. Nc4 Be6 21. e5
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qc7 23. Bd5 Rae8 24. Rae1 Nxe5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. Nc3
d4 9. Nd1 dxe3 10. Nxe3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c3 b6 13. Qh4 Rd8 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nh3 Bb7 16. Bf3 Qxd3 17. Nf2 Qd6 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nf2 Kh7
22. Be3 Qe8 23. Nh3 Rd6 24. Rbd1 Rad8 25. g4 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Na5 27. Bf3 Kg8 28.
Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Nf2 fxg4 30. Qxg4 Nd6 31. a4 Kh7 32. a5 Qb5 33. Bc1 Qxa5 34. Rxe7
Qa1 35. Re1 Re8 36. Rf1 Nf5 37. Qf3 Qa2 38. Ng4 a5 39. Kf2 a4 40. Re1 Rxe1 41.
Kxe1 Qb3 42. Qd1 Qe6+ 43. Qe2 Qd5 44. Ne5 Nh4 45. Nc4 b5 46. Ne3 Qc6 47. Qf2
Nf3+ 48. Ke2 Nd4+ 49. Kd1 Nb3 0-1[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "15"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8.
Qd3 c5 9. c3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
g6 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bf3 Rxb2 18. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Bc5 20. Be3
Bb6 21. a4 Nd5 22. Bf2 Qd7 23. Rb5 Nc7 24. Rb4 Rc8 25. Rc4 Rb8 26. h4 Ne8 27.
Rb4 Rc8 28. h5 Qc7 29. Rb3 Ng7 30. d5 exd5 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Qxd5 gxh5 33. Qb7
Qc5+ 34. Kh2 h4 35. Qxb6 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Nf5+ 37. Kh2 Qd4 38. Qxd4 Nxd4 39. Re3
Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Nxf3 41. Rxf3 Ra2 42. Rg3+ Kf8 43. Kg4 Rxa4 44. Rg1 f6 45. Rh1 Ra7
46. Kf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e3 e5 8.
fxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg2 h5 10. d4 Nc4 11. Qd3 Nd6 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. c4 h4 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. gxh4 Rxh4 16. Nf3 Rh5 17. Ne5 a6 18. Bd2 Nde4 19. Ba5 Qe6 20. Rac1 Bd6 21.
Qb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bc7 Nd6 24. Rf4 Kf8 25. Bxd6+ Qxd6 26. Qxb7 Re8 27.
Rc6 Qe5 28. Qb4+ Kg8 29. Qd4 Qe7 30. Rxa6 Qc7 31. Qc3 Qb7 32. Raxf6 gxf6 33.
Qxf6 Qc7 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Qg7+ Ke7 36. Rf4 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qg6 39.
Qxg6 fxg6 40. Rd4 Kd6 41. Kf2 Rf8+ 42. Ke1 Ra8 43. a3 Rb8 44. Rd2 Rb3 45. Bf3
Rf5 46. Ke2 g5 47. h3 Re5 48. Kf2 Ke6 49. a4 Kd6 50. a5 Rb5 51. a6 Rb6 52. Be2
Kc7 53. Bf3 Rxa6 54. Rxd5 Ra5 55. Rxe5 Rxe5 56. e4 Kc6 57. Be2 Kd6 58. Kf3 Rc5
59. Kg4 Rc2 60. Bd3 Rxb2 61. e5+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. Bf3 h5 10. Qe2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e6 14. Nc3 h4 15.
Rac1 Nh5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qg4 b6 18. a4 Qe7 19. d3 Rfd8 20. Rf2 Kh7 21. Rcf1 f5
22. Qf3 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Kh6 24. a5 bxa5 25. g4 hxg3 26. Nxg3 Rg8 27. Rg2 a4 28.
Nxh5 gxh5 29. bxa4 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rg8 32. Qf3 Qg7 33. a5 d4 34. Rb1
Qxe5 35. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 36. exf4 h4 37. Rb7 Rg3 38. Rxa7 Rxh3 39. Kg2 Rg3+ 40. Kh2
c4 41. dxc4 Rc3 42. a6 Rxc2+ 43. Kh3 Rxc4 44. Ra8 Ra4 45. a7 Ra3+ 46. Kxh4 Kg7
47. Kg5 d3 48. Rd8 Rxa7 49. Rxd3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5
Bd7 9. Na3 Bf5 10. Bf3 h5 11. Qe1 Nb4 12. d3 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. e4 Qc7 15.
h3 Bd7 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. c4 Nb4 19. d4 e6 20. dxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Bd4
Qe7 22. Qf2 b6 23. Qb2 Be8 24. Nc2 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Rac8 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. Rd2 Rd6
28. Rfd1 Rcd8 29. Qe1 f6 30. Nf3 Bc6 31. Nh4 Kf7 32. Qg3 Be4 33. f5 Bxf5 34.
Nxf5 gxf5 35. Qf3 h4 36. Qh5+ Kf8 37. Qxh4 e5 38. Bc3 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Rxd2 40.
Bxd2 Qd6 41. Be1 Qd1 42. Kh2 Kf7 43. Bb4 f4 44. Qh7 Qd7 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. h4 Qd3
47. Qg4 Kh7 48. h5 Bh6 49. c5 bxc5 50. Bxc5 a6 51. b4 Bg5 52. a4 e4 53. b5 axb5
54. axb5 Qd5 55. Qc8 Bh4 56. Qc7+ Kg8 57. Qd6 Bg3+ 58. Kg1 Qxd6 59. Bxd6 e3 60.
Kf1 e2+ 61. Kxe2 f3+ 62. Kxf3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Na4 Ba6 13. Rf3 Bb5 14. Rh3 f6
15. Qh5 h6 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. d3 a5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Ne2 Bc8 21. Ng3 c4
22. dxc4 e5 23. f5 Bc5 24. Kf2 dxc4 25. Rd1 Qf7 26. bxc4 Ba6 27. Rh4 Rfd8 28.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bc3 Bb4 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Kg1 c5 32. Ne4 Qxc4 33. h3 Bb7 34. Qg6
Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxe4 36. Qe8+ Qg8 37. Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rxe4 Re1 39. Rc4 Rxe3 40.
Rxc5 Ra3 41. a5 Kf8 42. Rb5 h5 43. Rxb4 Rxa5 44. Rh4 g6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "20"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Qh5 f6 14. e4 f5
15. e5 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. Bc3 Bc8 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rdb1 Be8 21.
Be1 h6 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Kh1 Bd8 24. Rg1 Bg6 25. Be3 Bb6 26. a4 a6 27. Raf1 Bh7
28. Qh5 Rb7 29. g3 Qe7 30. h3 a5 31. Rg2 Kh8 32. Kh2 Qd7 33. Rd1 Rbb8 34. Nh4
Qf7 35. Qxf7 Rxf7 36. Kg1 Kg8 37. Kf2 Rfb7 38. Nf3 Rf8 39. Rgg1 Bg6 40. Ke2 Kf7
41. Rc1 Kg8 42. Rb1 Kh7 43. g4 Re7 44. Rgf1 Rd7 45. Nh4 Bf7 46. Rh1 Rb7 47. Nf3
Be8 48. Rhf1 Bg6 49. Ra1 Rbb8 50. Rac1 Be8 51. Rb1 Rb7 52. Ra1 Kg8 53. Rh1 Rb8
54. Rhg1 Kh7 55. Rg2 Rb7 56. Rb1 Re7 57. Rbg1 Rd7 58. Rf1 Bg6 59. Nh4 Rdf7 60.
Nxg6 Kxg6 61. gxf5+ Kxf5 62. Rfg1 Bd8 63. Bxc5 Rg8 64. Rg6 Bh4 65. Kf3 Rb8 66.
R6g4 Bd8 67. Rxg7 Rxg7 68. Rxg7 Bh4 69. Rg4 1-0[/pgn]

[RIDDICK]

[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.16"]
[Round "21"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 d4 4. Bd3 dxe3 5. dxe3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. fxe5 Ng4 8.
O-O Ngxe5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14.
Ng5 Ne5 15. Bb2 h6 16. Bxe5 hxg5 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Rad1 Rxe5 19. Rxd7 Be7 20. e4
g6 21. g3 c6 22. Kg2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. h3 Re3 25. R1d3 Re1 26. Rd1 Re6 27.
R1d3 a5 28. c3 Rf8 29. Bh5 Re5 30. a4 Rg8 31. Rd1 Rh8 32. Bf3 Re6 33. R1d2 Re1
34. Kf2 Re5 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Bh5 Rh8 37. Bg6 Rf8 38. Bh5 Re1 39. Kf2 Re6 40. Kg2
Re3 41. R2d3 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Kc7 43. Re3 Kd6 44. Bd1 Bd8 45. b4 Bb6 46. Rd3+ Ke7
47. bxa5 Bxa5 48. Re3+ Kd7 49. h4 Bb6 50. Rd3+ Ke7 51. c4 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.16"]
[Round "22"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 d4 4. Bd3 dxe3 5. dxe3 e5 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O Nxd3 11. cxd3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rf2
f6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. e4 Qa5 18. d4 Rfe8 19. Raf1 Rad8 20. Rf3 Bc8 21.
h3 b6 22. Rg3 Re7 23. Bc3 Bb4 24. d5 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxe4 26. Rg3 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5
bxc5 28. dxc6 Re5 29. Rc1 Rd6 30. c7 Rc6 31. Nd3 Rf5 32. Rg4 Rxc7 33. Rgc4 Bd7
34. Rxc5 Rfxc5 35. Nxc5 a5 36. h4 Kf7 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. a3 Bb5 39. Kf3 h5 40. Kf4
Re7 41. Ne4 Be2 42. g3 Re8 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[RIDDICK]

Great Houdini's magic in the 23th round! Stockfish seems to be the favorite, but I don't think he can beat Houdini in this match.

[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qxg4 Bxb5 13. Rf3 Bg5 14. Rg3 Bh6
15. Re1 Qe7 16. Nf3 g6 17. h4 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. h5 Kg7 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rf1
Kg8 22. Rf6 Bg7 23. Qh4 c3 24. Bxc3 Rac8 25. Bb2 Rc7 26. Rh3 h6 27. hxg6 fxg6
28. Qg3 1-0[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Rfc1 f6 13. Nf1 a5 14. Rd1 a4 15.
c4 Nh6 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. Ng3 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Nf7 20. Rdb1 axb3 21. axb3
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8 23. Nh1 b5 24. Nf2 h6 25. Qe1 f5 26. Rb1 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28.
h3 Kg7 29. b4 Bf6 30. Qc1 Kg6 31. Qe1 Re8 32. cxb5 Nce5 33. Nxe5+ Nxe5 34. b6
Qc6 35. Ra1 Qxb6 36. Ra5 Qb8 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Qd1 Rh8 39. Qb3 Rd8 40. Ra6 Rd6
41. Rxd6 Qxd6 42. Qd1 Kg6 43. b5 Qd5 44. Qa4 Bd8 45. Qa6 Kf6 46. Qa3 Kf7 47.
Qa7+ Nd7 48. Qa6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[fauzi]

will you post the complete pgn file after the end of the test?

[shrapnel]

Excellent !
Now, THAT'S what I call REAL, MEANINGFUL Testing !...not the blitz/STC nonsense on obsolete hardware that most Testers do that proves NOTHING about REAL strength of the Engine....at best, it finds out which Engine has the best Time Management (hooray ! ).
Keep up the good work, Riddick !

[RJN]

Good idea for a tournament, but the PGNs for the individual games (clicking on c8 square) don't have basics like depth or eval, just the moves. A little too bare bones, IMO.

Also, I hope you only have the Syzygy paths set for the engines, and not the GUI. (no way of knowing if there have been GUI take-over from the PGNs provided so far)

[RIDDICK]

Excellent !
Now, THAT'S what I call REAL, MEANINGFUL Testing !...not the blitz/STC nonsense on obsolete hardware that most Testers do that proves NOTHING about REAL strength of the Engine....at best, it finds out which Engine has the best Time Management (hooray ! ).
Keep up the good work, Riddick !

Hi Anil V Dharan, thanks! I think so too.

Good idea for a tournament, but the PGNs for the individual games (clicking on c8 square) don't have basics like depth or eval, just the moves. A little too bare bones, IMO.

Hi Rob Nicholas, the full PGN file (eval, depth and move time) will be posted at the end of the match.

Also, I hope you only have the Syzygy paths set for the engines, and not the GUI.

Yes, I have only set Syzygy paths for the engines, TB-GUI path is empty. You don't worry...

[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.20"]
[Round "25"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d3 d5 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3
Nc6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rb8 12. c4 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. h3 Be6
15. b3 Qd7 16. Kh2 b6 17. Rb1 Rbc8 18. Rf2 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Red8 20. Qf1 Rf8 21.
Bf3 Qc7 22. a3 Rb8 23. b4 Bd7 24. Qg2 Rfe8 25. h4 b5 26. Rc1 cxb4 27. cxb5 Qd8
28. axb4 Bxb5 29. Rff1 e6 30. Kg1 Rc8 31. Rc5 Qd7 32. Rfc1 Bf8 33. Bc6 Bxc6 34.
Rxc6 Bd6 35. R1c4 Rcd8 36. g4 Qe7 37. h5 Rb8 38. Qe4 Bxb4 39. Rc7 Qd8 40. Bxb4
Rxb4 41. Rc8 Qxc8 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. h6 Kf8 44. Qe5 Ke7 45. f5 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 gxf5
47. gxf5 Rcc1 48. fxe6 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Rgf1+ 51. Ke4 Rb6 52. Kxd4
Rxe6 53. Qc7+ Kf8 54. Qd8+ Re8 55. Qd6+ Re7 56. e4 Rb1 57. Ke3 Rb6 58. Qd4 Ree6
59. Qd8+ Re8 60. Qg5 Ree6 61. Qg7+ Ke7 62. Qxh7 Rxh6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.20"]
[Round "26"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d3 d5 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3
Nc6 9. e4 dxe3 10. Qxe3 Nd4 11. c3 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qe2 h5
15. Nc4 Bf5 16. Be4 b5 17. Ne5 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe2 Rb6 20. Be3 Qd5 21. d4
Re6 22. h3 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rc8 25. Qf2 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rec6 27. Rfd1
Qe4 28. Re1 Qa4 29. b3 Qa3 30. Re2 Rc3 31. Qg2 Rd8 32. Kh2 Rdd3 33. h4 Rxg3 34.
Qxg3 Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Qb4 36. Rf1 Qd4 37. Ref2 Kf7 38. Kg2 a6 39. Re1 Qd3 40. Ree2
Qd1 41. b4 Kg7 42. Re3 Qd4 43. Rb3 Qc4 44. Kh2 Kf7 45. Kg3 Qe4 46. Kh2 Qd4 47.
Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd5+ 49. Rbf3 Qa8 50. a3 Qc6 51. Kh2 Qc1 52. Rg2 Qe1 53. Rgf2
Kg7 54. Kg2 Qc1 55. Rb3 Qd1 56. Rg3 Qd4 57. Kf1 Qe4 58. Rh3 a5 59. bxa5 Kf7 60.
Rff3 Qa8 61. Rhg3 Qxa5 62. Kf2 Qd2+ 63. Kf1 Qh2 64. Rh3 Qc2 65. Rhg3 Qc4+ 66.
Ke1 Qd4 67. Rg5 Qb2 68. Rgg3 Qh2 69. Kf1 Qh1+ 70. Ke2 Qc1 71. Kf2 b4 72. axb4
Qb2+ 73. Kg1 Qd2 74. Rb3 Qc1+ 75. Kg2 Qxf4 76. b5 Qd2+ 77. Kg1 Qd4+ 78. Kg2
Qxh4 79. b6 Qe4+ 80. Kf2 h4 81. Rgc3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[RJN]

Thanks Mr Riddick, good to hear. It's just that I already saw some very interesting games, and was hoping to be able to look at more detailed PGN info to see what the engines were reporting. I meant no criticism, but it sounds like this tournament might last some time

[RIDDICK]

I meant no criticism, but it sounds like this tournament might last some time

I know this, but as I said before, I'll post the full-PGN file at the end of the match.

The last game, about Bird Opening, is in progress...

[RIDDICK]

[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "27"]
[White "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Black "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+
Bxc6 9. e4 e6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 b5 13. d3 Bb7 14. e5 Ne8 15. a4
Qb6 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Qd2 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Bd4 dxe5
22. fxe5 cxd3 23. cxd3 Nc7 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Qe3 Nd5 26. Qf2 Nf4 27. Qe3 Bxe4 28.
dxe4 Ng6 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Rfd8 31. Kg2 h6 32. Kh3 Rc4 33. Rfd1 Rdc8 34. Ra1
Qc6 35. Qd3 Bb4 36. Ra2 Ne7 37. h5 Rc1 38. Ra1 Rxa1 39. Bxa1 Qa8 40. Bd4 Rd8
41. Qc2 Qa6 42. Qd3 Qa4 43. Rc1 Nc6 44. Qc4 Qa3 45. Rf1 Rc8 46. Kg2 Bf8 47. Ba1
Qa8 48. Qe2 Nb4 49. Nd4 Qb7 50. Kh3 Rc5 51. Nb3 Rc2 52. Qf3 Ra2 53. Bd4 Nc6 54.
Bc3 Ra3 55. Nd2 Bb4 56. Nb1 Nxe5 57. Qe2 Rxc3 58. Nxc3 Bxc3 59. Rc1 Bd4 60. Rd1
Qa7 61. Qc2 Nf3 62. Kg2 Ng5 63. Kf1 e5 0-1[/pgn]
[pgn][Event "HOUDINI vs STOCKFISH MATCH 2014"]
[Site "RIDDICK"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "28"]
[White "STOCKFISH 070114 64 SSE4.2"]
[Black "HOUDINI 4 PRO X64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]

1. f4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+
Bxc6 9. e4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qe2 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nh6 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
d3 Nf5 16. Rf2 Ra7 17. Raf1 Ba8 18. Nfd2 b5 19. Bc3 h6 20. Qh5 c4 21. bxc4 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 bxc4 23. g4 Ne3 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bd2 Bc5 26. Re1 cxd3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

In the 27th round, Houdini probably lost due to a bug. After 49...Qb7 evaluation and depth were abnormal until 56...Nxe5:

49.Nd4 -0.28/32 3:23 Qb7 -1.63/40 2:02 50.Kh3 -0.11/32 2:28 Rc5 -1.63/42 4:58 51.Nb3 -0.11/35 2:05 Rc2 -1.59/44 10:04 52.Qf3 -0.00/35 2:31 Ra2 -1.71/43 7:11 53.Bd4 -0.00/35 2:47 Nc6 -1.91/37 1:23 54.Bc3 -0.00/41 2:50 Ra3 -4.95/40 1:19 55.Nd2 -0.11/57 3:49 Bb4 -5.31/42 2:13 56.Qe2 -4.59/30 9:24 Rxc3 -6.12/41 1:31

Also in the output engine window were displayed two moves only, from 52.Qf3 to 55.Nd2. Houdini's depth jumped from 35 to 57 (impossible depth in this position for Houdini) in less than 4 minutes! I think that something is wrong... What do you think about it?

The 28 games about Bird Opening are finished.

HOUDINI: Points = 13.5/28; Average Speed = 19550 kN/s; Average Plies = 29.3.
STOCKFISH: Points = 14.5/28; Average Speed = 12598 kN/s; Average Plies = 39.0.