Rybka 4 vs Houdini 1.02 - Long TC Match - LIVE BROADCAST

[Houdini]

The 6th game (currently running) is really interesting.
At move 48 Rybka has played the Black king to g5 in a vey complex middle game position.
Will Houdini crack Rybka's defense?

[gerold]

The 6th game (currently running) is really interesting.
At move 48 Rybka has played the Black king to g5 in a vey complex middle game position.
Will Houdini crack Rybka's defense?

White Bishop is very strong in this game.
I think Rybka has this game.
Nice game.

[gerold]

The 6th game (currently running) is really interesting.
At move 48 Rybka has played the Black king to g5 in a vey complex middle game position.
Will Houdini crack Rybka's defense?

White Bishop is very strong in this game.
I think Rybka has this game.
Nice game.

Ok Rybka had black. I thought Rybka had white in game 6.
My mistake.

Good game for white.

[gerold]

Information

Rybka 4 x64 4CPU vs Houdini 1.02 x64 4CPU
Both engines use SSE4.2 builds.

Time Control:
120 Minutes For The First 40 Moves
60 Minutes For The Next 20 Moves
15 Minutes For The Rest
+30 Seconds Added Per Move From Move 61

Misc:
Opening Database: AH-48_Basic_Positions.pgn (24 Positions Used)
Tablebases: 3-4-5 Men - Nalimov & Gaviota
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 4050 MHz
OS: Windows 7 Professional x64
Match Length: 48 Games
GUI: Deep Fritz 12
Hash: 1024 MB
Ponder: Off


Live Broadcast

Click Here - Updated Each ~3 Minutes

A full PGN will be available after the match has ended,
meanwhile you can view the games in the PGN-viewer on the
website as the match progresses.

Quite a few people has stated that Rybka 4 is a lot better at
long TC. This match should give some answers to that.

Best,
Gerold.

[Martin Thoresen]

DF 12 GUI crashed while running game 18.

It was almost drawn but the database was corrupted and it displayed game 18 as a 5 move draw.

[gordonr]

Martin - thanks for hosting this match in such a live format. Very interesting indeed.

[Vinvin]

+1

Martin - thanks for hosting this match in such a live format. Very interesting indeed.

[Martin Thoresen]

Thanks for your support!

Houdini won game 20 to make the score 11.5 - 8.5 in favor of Rybka.

Game 21 is underway, now we have a interesting King's Gambit (accepted), with Rybka as white. Game 22 will have the same opening, but with Houdini as white.

Anyone watched Carlsen play the King's Gambit in Bazna?
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6460

[Martin Thoresen]

At the half-way mark (24 of 48 games) the score is:

13.5 Rybka
10.5 Houdini

[Tomcass]

Thanks for this interesting match, Martin.

By the way, game 25 is a clear draw. In order to get the rythm of the match more active I suggest you to finish this game with a draw and go to 26.

Regards,

Tom.