Very sorry to hear that, Steven!sje wrote: I am faced with several significant medical challenges. After a couple of cardiac infarcts and a minor stroke, I might not be able complete the version in progress. I mention this only so that no one will be disappointed if the source is never released.
I join Wael to wish you the best!In the mean time, here are four nice Symbolic victories against Arasan, Buzz and Crafty, out of 158 victories in Jon's archive (Thanks Jon!). Click the three dots ("...") or the arrow, in the top-left corner of the player to access the list of games.
[pgn][Event "ICC 15 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "Symbolic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "C70"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[NIC "RL.09"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Classical defense deferred"]
[Time "08:10:24"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Re1 Nc5 10.Bc2 d6 11.b4 Ne6 12.Qd3 g6 13.Bh6 Ng7 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Nbd2 Bf5 16.Ne4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Qe3 c6 19.g3 Re8 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.a3 a5 22.c4 axb4 23.axb4 Bg4 24.f3 Be6 25.Qf2 Red8 26.f4 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Ba1 28.Kg2 f5 29.Nd6 Ra2 30.Qe2 Qe7 31.Kf1 Bf6 32.c5 Bd5 33.Qxe7 Bxe7 34.Rxd5 cxd5 35.Bb3 Rxh2 36.Bxd5+ Kf8 37.Bxg7+ Kxg7 38.Nxb7 Rb2 39.Ke1 Kf6 40.Kd1 Rxb4 41.c6 Rd4+ 42.Kc2 Bd8 43.Nxd8 Rxd5 44.Nb7 Ke6 45.Kc3 Rd1 46.Kc4 Rc1+ 47.Kd4 h5 48.Na5 Rg1 49.Kc5 Rxg3 50.Kb5 h4 51.c7 0-1
[Event "2nd ACCA World Computer Rapid Chess Championship"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Buzz"]
[Black "Symbolic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "D47"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[NIC "SL.09"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav: Meran, Wade variation"]
[Time "10:21:37"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.O-O h6 16.Bd2 Kg8 17.Qb5 Qb6 18.Rac1 Qxb5 19.Bxb5 Rc8 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Rc4 a6 22.Rec1 Nc3 23.Bd7 Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Rxc4 25.bxc3 Bxf3 26.Kxf3 Kg7 27.cxb4 Rd4 28.Rc7 Rxd2 29.Bxe6 Rf8 30.Bb3 Kg6 31.Rc6+ Kf5 32.Rxa6 g4+ 33.Ke3 Rxg2 34.Rxh6 Kxe5 35.b5 f6 36.Kd3 f5 37.b6 f4 38.Rh5+ Kf6 39.Bd5 f3 40.b7 Rb2 41.a4 f2 42.Bg2 Rxb7 43.Rb5 Re7 44.h3 Rd8+ 45.Kc4 Rc7+ 46.Kb4 Rd4+ 47.Ka5 Ra7+ 48.Kb6 Raxa4 49.hxg4 Rxg4 50.Bh3 Rab4 51.Rxb4 Rxb4+ 52.Kc5 Rb1 53.Kd4 Re1 54.Kd3 Kg5 55.Bf1 Rxf1 56.Ke2 Rd1 57.Kxf2 Kf4 58.Ke2 Rd7 59.Kf2 Rd2+ 60.Ke1 Ke3 61.Kf1 Ra2 62.Kg1 Kf3 63.Kh1 Kg3 64.Kg1 Ra1# 0-1
[Event "ICC 50 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Symbolic"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "C43"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[NIC "RG.02"]
[Opening "Petrov: modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[Time "11:53:23"]
[TimeControl "3000+1"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qh5 O-O 11.Qxd5 Bc6 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh3 Ng5 14.Qg4 Ne6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Nc3 Nxd4 17.Rad1 Be5 18.f4 Bd7 19.Qg3 Bc7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bh4 g5 22.Kh1 Be6 23.Bb5 Rf8 24.Qe3 gxh4 25.Rxd4 Qc8 26.f5 Bxf5 27.Nd5 Bd8 28.Bc4 Kh8 29.Qh6 Bb6 30.Rxh4 Bc2 31.Nb4 Bf5 32.Qh5 Qc5 33.Qxf5 1-0
[Event "ICC 15 3"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Symbolic"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "D03"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[Time "21:25:01"]
[TimeControl "900+3"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nf3 Ne4 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Nbd2 c6 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bd3 Qa5+ 9.c3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qa6 11.Qxa6 Nxa6 12.O-O f6 13.Rfe1 g5 14.Bg3 Kd7 15.h3 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Kxd6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Nc7 19.Ne1 Kd5 20.f3 Rad8 21.Nd3 Rhe8 22.Nc5 b6 23.Nb7 Rd7 24.c4+ Kxc4 25.d5+ Kd3 26.dxc6 Rd5 27.Rc1 f5 28.Ree1 g4 29.hxg4 fxg4 30.Kf2 g3+ 31.Kxg3 Rb5 32.b3 Kd4 33.Rc4+ Kd5 34.Rd1+ 1-0[/pgn]
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