ProTools 1.8

[Rebel]

New PGN utils.

ProTools is utility driven by the arrow keys.

Function description

• Make BoCC Rating List -  Make BoCC Rating List from annotated COMP-COMP games. For more information
  check the REBEL website : https://rebel7775.wixsite.com/rebel/bocc-vs-eas
• Extract Best of Chess - Extract the best games ever played. For more information check the REBEL
  website : https://rebel7775.wixsite.com/rebel/about-1
• Sort PGN on Tags - PGN-SORT, Sort PGN files on 14 tags, such as : Date, PlyCount, Elo, Players
  ECO, Event, Site, Result and more.
• PGN Cross Table - Makes a cross table and is output via your installed browser on your screen.
  Excellent for large comp-comp PGN's with tens of thousands games.
• PGN Match Stats - Match Overview of COMP-COMP matches.
• Delete Double Games - Delete double games in a PGN file.
• Extract Players Global - Extract multiple players in one run via a predefined text file, for examples
  see the files 'gm.txt' and 'ccrl.txt' in the ELO folder.
• Extract Players Exact - Extract multiple players in one run via the predefined file 'Players.txt'
  and create an own PGN file for each player found. Excellent for human games.
• PGN ECO Statistics - PGN ECO Statistics, creates the file 'eco-results.txt' wich contains the
  statistic result of each ECO code. Excellent for opening preparation.
• Extract Games on ECO - Extract the games of a specific ECO code. Useful for opening study or
  opening preparation on opponents.
• Count PGN Games Fast - Quickly count the number of games in a PGN database.
• Exit Program - As the text implies.

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[jefk]

nice, i'll have a look at the 'best of chess' tool after a few days
(when i got more games in my latest 5-3 time gambit games)

Note, with P5 you might also get interesting games (eg with 5 units sacrificed)
but my impression is that with my gambit book i get relatively more of such games;
at least against slightly weaker engines (approx GM level or a slightly higher)

[jefk]

ok i tried it, on my latest 629 (mostly gambit)games with several engines
mostly P5 vs others. Only three (!) came out with your tool, (many) more
with the Pohl tool (even when i only look at 5 units sacrificed).

In the thread 'beauty contest' i 'll soon list the all those three games (with amazing
sacrifices but not such short games) and some other beauties found with the Pohl tool;
where i use my own judgement to post the most interesting games, making a compromise
between game length and nr of units sacrificed (and possibly, a novelty value, preferably
in an awesome gambit ofcourse
Ok here's already one game, popped up with your tool (and also in the Pohl list although not on top)
Halasz gambit, transposing to a SmithMorra gambit and a novelty again at move 7(!) which is relatively
early, indeed. Some analysis with Obsidian already now , and i may do a full Fritz18 analysis
later (for the BC thread).
[pgn]
[Event "Best of Chess"]
[Site "King-Attacks, Sacrifices, Short Games"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[White "Patricia 5.0"]
[Black "Crafty-25.6 JA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. f4 {Halasz gambi9t} e6 4. c3!? {tp Smith Morra gambit} dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Be3 (6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O Bc5+ 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f5 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. f6 gxf6 13. Bh6 Kh8 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Ne2 b6 16. Ng3 Bh6 17. Qh5 {0-1 Kopczynski,M (2225)-Skatchkov,P (2457) Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Mar Late Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (4)}) 6... Bb4 7. Nf3 $146 (7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nf3 e5 11. O-O Ng4 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 O-O 15. Rad1 Be6 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 {0-1 Ruffle,A-Dreisch,J (1996) VW-Cup10 Gr53 email ICCF email 2017}) 7... Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 d6 $6 (10... h6 11. Qe2 $15) 11. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 12. Bc2 (12. Ng5 g6 13. Qg4 Kg7 $18) 12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Kg8 14. O-O Qb6+ {...f5 would have been a better defense} 15. Kh1 Ne3 16. Bh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. Qb1+ Kxg5 20. Qh7 Nxe5 21. Ne4+ Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd6 23. Rad1 Bc7 24. Qh7 Ng6 25. Qxg7 Bg3 26. Rf3 Be5 27. h4+ Kxh4 28. Qh6+ Kg4 29. Re1 1-0
[/pgn]

A 'Greek gift' type of sacrifice (Bxh7), which Crafty (GM level) didn't anticipate. The win thereafter
still is by no means clear, but P5 finished the job in great style.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And then another game, just an example found with the Pohl tool (not the best of chess tool). A transposition to
an English 'Liedmann' gambit, quite rare, and the move 3.Nf3 was ofcourse my invention cq put in my
gambit book:) Also here i may do a full Fritz18 analysis later (for the BC thread):

[pgn]
[Event "Computer Chess Game"]
[Date "2025.10.10"]
[White "Patricia 5.0"]
[Black "KnightX 4.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "EAS-Tool: 5+ PawnUnits Sacrifice found"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]
1. c4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. e3!? {ofcourse not Nxe5? Qa5+!} dxe3 5. Bxe3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 6... Nf6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. Rc1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bc5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. O-O Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Bb6 {1-0 Oparin,G (2681)-Kourkoulos Arditis,S (2531) Titled Tuesday intern op 04th Jul Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (6)}) 7. Bd3 $146 ({Voorganger:} 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. h3 Be7 9. g4 O-O 10. Bg2 e4 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. b3 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxe4 Qe5 17. Qxd3 Qxa1+ 18. Kg2 Qe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bg8 Bf5 21. gxf5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Kxg8 {0-1 Tikhonov,V (2220)-Postny,E (2556) Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Jan Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (4)}) 7... f5 8. c5 e4 9. Bb5 exf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. O-O-O a6 (11... Be6) 12. Ba4 h6 (12... Bd7) 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bd5 Be7 15. Rhe1 Kf8 $2 (15... Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 O-O) 16. Bf4 Ng4 17. Rxe7!! Kxe7 18. h3 Ne5 19. cxd6+ Qxd6 20. Qe3 Nac6 21. Bb3 Qb8 22. Qc5+ Ke8 23. Re1 Kd8 24. Rxe5 Bd7 25. Rxf5 Qc8 26. Rf7 Rb8 27. Rxg7 b6 28. Qd6 Re8 29. Bf7 Rh8 1-0
[/pgn]

At move 15 Knightx45 is making an inaccurate move (in fact, a mistake); even at this 5-3
time control, this engine still doesn't seem to be able to handle such (very) sharp positions>
Then at move 17 P5 it's sacrificing a whole rook(!) in other words, it's is not making an so-called
exchange sacrifice (with a rook), as happens relatively often in chess (read Bronstein)
but blows up the whole position; better than Tal, imho. Even although Black didn't play
perfectly i admit an amazing game, and not too long.

Question, why is the latter game not selected with your 'best games tool'? just a question
Maybe because of the knightx mistake, dunno; it's plausible i guess' So probably knightx45 is a bit
too weak for finding 'best'games but then when exploring gambits (and mistakes) it may still be a
sparring partner if you want to beat IM's or so, with an amazing gambit (mostly invented
by me, btw, with computer help i don't advocate to just randomly give away pawns;
but that's another story again).

[darmar]

ok i tried it, on my latest 629 (mostly gambit)games with several engines
mostly P5 vs others. Only three (!) came out with your tool, (many) more
with the Pohl tool (even when i only look at 5 units sacrificed).

Question, why is the latter game not selected with your 'best games tool'?
just a question (maybe because of the knightx mistake, dunnoP

Please check my games with this tool:
https://we.tl/t-gETO3stkit

[jefk]

mr darnar
you probably can better check your games with the Pohl tool. The Rebel tool
seems to be quite selective (regarding tactical or even positional mistakes);
which is fine with me btw, then maybe you get the real best games

oh and btw and i'm not going to download your tool; which is apparently
to check your own games for brilliancy or whater ; well i can also make
a tool to check my own games; actually i do on chess.com
although my rating isn't so high; maybe i should hire a couch to
quickly become Fide rated but then i'm lazy and already CCM (ICCFO

PS in the end this means for humans (imo) a change in their (opening) strategies because
chess is a draw (with perfect play(*) ) its about exploiting - or maybe even invoking- mistakes
by the opponent, all this with strategies with which you are comfortable; my 2 cnts

(*) but this (not going to find a win with White) is not my 2 cnts; it's certain;
100 pct (old discussion btw)

[Rebel]

From the documentation :

Code: Select all

Parameters in Best-of-Chess.ini ​
PGN Output Margin = 200

Reduce the value to 100, still good for interesting games.

mr darnar
you probably can better check your games with the Pohl tool. The Rebel tool
seems to be quite selective (regarding tactical or even positional mistakes);
which is fine with me btw, then maybe you get the real best games

oh and btw and i'm not going to download your tool; which is apparently
to check your own games for brilliancy or whater ; well i can also make
a tool to check my own games; actually i do on chess.com
although my rating isn't so high; maybe i should hire a couch to
quickly become Fide rated but then i'm lazy and already CCM (ICCFO

PS in the end this means for humans (imo) a change in their (opening) strategies because
chess is a draw (with perfect play(*) ) its about exploiting - or maybe even invoking- mistakes
by the opponent, all this with strategies with which you are comfortable; my 2 cnts

(*) but this (not going to find a win with White) is not my 2 cnts; it's certain;
100 pct (old discussion btw)

[jefk]

Reduce the value to 100, still good for interesting games.

it makes an enormous difference for my list of 5-3 engine gmaes (suddenly >60 games instead of 3).
So i've now set it at 140,gives a decent result; and some games and can post (later) in the
'beautycontest' thread again.