A 20 games match against Virtual Chess II 2.04....

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Hi there ,
A very unique and unorthodox chess playing entity which plays very aggressive and tactical chess....very unpleasent for humans to play against....
It's claimed in the help menu to play around 2600 Elo....however it's real level is around 2400 Elo....

Here is my first game against this splended program....I was luck that it sacrificed a minor piece for 3 pawns....if I was a little bit stronger tactically,I should have gunned it down,but I am a 99% positional player aiming to simplify the position against mighty opponents....


[Event "20G Match 01"]
[Site "Amman"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Virtual Chess II 2.04"]
[Black "Dr.Deeb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz 12 (20m)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]

{D04: Colle System} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3
c5 7. O-O Nfd7 (7... Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. b3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Bb2 e6 12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Qa5 15. Qd4 Rfc8 16. Qh4 Rc2 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. g4
fxg4 19. Qxg4 Rxa2 20. b4 Qa3 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Ng5 {
Small,S (2245)-Levitt,J (2455)/Plymouth 1992/CBM 030 ext/0-1 (47)}) 8. b4 $146
(8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 (10... Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nb4 13.
Qb3 N4d5 14. Rfd1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nf6 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. h3 Rd8 19. Bc4
Rf8 20. Re1 e6 21. Rad1 a6 22. a4 Qc7 23. d5 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 {
Svub,J (2110)-Hlavnicka,J (2305)/Plzen 2000/EXT 2003/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 11. Bb5 Qb6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Qb7
18. Rfd1 Be4 19. b3 a5 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. f3 Qa7 22. Qf2 a4 {
Aguinaga,M-Tokman,A (2083)/Mar del Plata 2008/CBM 123 Extra/0-1 (36)}) (8. Qe2
Nc6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Rd1 e6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Bd2
Rac8 16. Rac1 e5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 Ne4 19. Be1 Nd6 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Ng5 f5 {Rossetto,H-Kortschnoj,V/Buenos Aires 1960/MCD/1-0 (68)}) 8... e5 9.
bxc5 e4 10. Bxe4 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 $11) 10... dxe4 $17 11. Nxe4 b6
12. Ba3 bxc5 13. Nxc5 (13. dxc5 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} Nf6 14.
Nd6 $17) 13... Nxc5 $19 14. Bxc5 Re8 15. c4 Nd7 (15... Bf5 16. Rc1 $17) 16. Ba3
(16. Bd6 $5 $17) 16... Nf6 17. Rb1 (17. Ne5 Qa5 18. Qf3 Bf5 $19) 17... Qa5 18.
Rb3 Ne4 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Bb4 (20. Nh4 Bd7 21. f3 Ng5 $19) 20... Qa6 (20... Qd8
21. Qe2 $19) 21. Ra3 (21. Nh4 Bd7 22. f3 Nd6 $19) 21... Qb7 $19 22. Qa4 Qd7 (
22... Rec8 $142 $5 23. c5 Rab8 $19) 23. Qxd7 $15 Bxd7 {Black wins a piece} 24.
Ra5 Rec8 {Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc4} 25. Rc1 {White intends c5}
Rab8 26. a3 Bb5 27. c5 {White gets more space} (27. Rxa7 $5 Bxc4 28. Ne5 Bxe5
29. dxe5 $15) 27... a6 $17 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Bxd2 f5 30. Be1 Bf6 31. a4 Bd3 32.
c6 Rb6 (32... Be7 33. h3 $19) 33. Rac5 $17 Be7 34. R5c3 Be4 35. c7 Bd6 36. f3 {
White threatens to win material: f3xe4} Bd5 37. Bg3 Bxg3 38. hxg3 {
Black wins a piece} Kf7 39. Rc5 {
White threatens to win material: Rc5xd5. 'the rook is the rook!'} Ke6 40. e4
fxe4 41. fxe4 Bb7 42. d5+ {White gains space} Kd6 (42... Ke5 43. R5c2 $15) 43.
R5c4 $11 a5 44. Rd1 (44. Rf1 Ke5 45. Rf7 Rb4 $11) 44... Ke5 (44... Rxc7 $142 $5
45. e5+ Kd7 $17) 45. Kf2 (45. Rc5 Rd6 46. Rb1 Ba6 $11) 45... h5 46. Ke3 Rb3+
47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb6 49. Kf2 Rb2+ (49... Kd6 50. g4 h4 51. Re1 $17) 50. Kg1
Rb6 {Twofold repetition} 51. Kf2 (51. Kh2 Ba6 52. Rc3 Be2 $15) 51... Rb2+
1/2-1/2

Cheers,
Dr.D

[Nimzovik]

Great Program Virtual Chess. I love it myself. Good game too!

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Thank you Alex....but it takes your breath away to just finish the game....
And yeah,its a great program unfortunately not very popular among the testers....
Dr.D

[fern]

This virtual chess can be downloaded and from where?
Fern

[tmokonen]

It's an older commercial program, from around 1997. You might be able to find a used copy on Amazon or eBay, and probably for a very reasonable price.

On Amazon's UK page, it sells for £1.12.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sold-Out-Softwa ... B00006IS1T

[karger]

Virtual Chess 2 had a tournament rating of 2680. Virtual Chess (DOS) is available as abandonware, although I do not know about the legality of that ? karger

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Virtual Chess 2 had a tournament rating of 2680. Virtual Chess (DOS) is available as abandonware, although I do not know about the legality of that ? karger

Yeap,but actualy it plays around 2400 Elo as I match it in my tournaments against various opponents when I have the time because it's done manually....so it moves in the range of 2400-2450 Elo....
Dr.D

[Sylwy]

Virtual Chess 2 had a tournament rating of 2680. Virtual Chess (DOS) is available as abandonware, although I do not know about the legality of that ? karger

Yeap,but actualy it plays around 2400 Elo as I match it in my tournaments against various opponents when I have the time because it's done manually....so it moves in the range of 2400-2450 Elo....
Dr.D

Hi Doc !

VC II is one of my favourite chess program from many. many years !

>Virtual Chess,
a commercial chess program by Marc-François Baudot and Jean-Christophe Weill. Virtual Chess is the Windows version of the Virtua Chess MS-DOS program. It participated the 13th WMCCC Paderborn, and became two times Professional World Microcomputer Chess Champion [1] at the 14th and 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championships in Jakarta 1996 (sixth place) and Paris 1997 (second behind Junior). In 1997 Virtual Chess won the 5th French Computer Chess Championship and participated at the 9th World Computer Chess Championship in Paderborn, Germany, 1999. Beside other human matches [2], Virtual Chess played the Aegon 1997 Man-Computer tournament [3].>

http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Chess

Weekend regards.
Silvian

[karger]

Thanks , Ruxy , great info....one of my favorites, too, plays unusual under the fischer option on levels, along with multiple lines activated. A real gem. karger

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Virtual Chess 2 had a tournament rating of 2680. Virtual Chess (DOS) is available as abandonware, although I do not know about the legality of that ? karger

Yeap,but actualy it plays around 2400 Elo as I match it in my tournaments against various opponents when I have the time because it's done manually....so it moves in the range of 2400-2450 Elo....
Dr.D

Hi Doc !

VC II is one of my favourite chess program from many. many years !

>Virtual Chess,
a commercial chess program by Marc-François Baudot and Jean-Christophe Weill. Virtual Chess is the Windows version of the Virtua Chess MS-DOS program. It participated the 13th WMCCC Paderborn, and became two times Professional World Microcomputer Chess Champion [1] at the 14th and 15th World Microcomputer Chess Championships in Jakarta 1996 (sixth place) and Paris 1997 (second behind Junior). In 1997 Virtual Chess won the 5th French Computer Chess Championship and participated at the 9th World Computer Chess Championship in Paderborn, Germany, 1999. Beside other human matches [2], Virtual Chess played the Aegon 1997 Man-Computer tournament [3].>

http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Virtual+Chess

Weekend regards.
Silvian

Thanks buddy....an interesting information....now I have bigger fears to continue the 20 games match
Dr.D