Dragon Vs Jose Santana rated 2420 at Knight Odds via Skype

[Chessqueen]

Here is the 1st game between Adan Manuel Mazara rated 2286 Vs Dragon2 at TC 45'+10". At first I was a little puzzle at Dragon 2nd move 2. a3? and for the fact that Dragon2 started trading pieces early, but it turn out to be okay at the end. I guess that Dragon could also give an entire 60 minutes and at least Draw. For the 2nd game we agree to play at TC 60 minutes, but Dragon2, but he will only get $35.00 for a Win and $20.00 for a draw. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/6400248

[pgn][Event "Knight Odds"]
[Date "2021.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dragon-2-64bit-avx2"]
[Black "Adan Manuel Mazara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Time "07:00:42"]
[WhiteElo "3590"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. d4 d5 2. a3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Qxc4 Qb6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Qf4 Bd6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qd4
Nc4 15. Ne4 e5 16. Qd3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Rdc1 Rfd8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20.
Bf5 b5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qg6 Qd7 23. Bg5 Rdc8 24. b3 Nxa3 25. Rd1 b4 26.
Bf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kh7 28. Qh4+ Kg6 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kf8
32. Rd3 e4 33. Qxe4 Nb5 34. Qg4 Qh7 35. Rf3+ Ke8 36. Qxe6+ Be7 37. Rd1 Rc7
38. Rd5 Qg7 39. Rxb5 Rac8 40. Rh5 Rd8 41. Qh3 Bf6 42. Rxf6 Rd1+ 43. Kg2
Qxf6 44. Rh6 Qc3 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Qh5+ Ke6 47. Qe8+ Kd6 48. Rh6+ Kc5 49.
Qf8+ Kb5 50. Qb8+ Ka5 51. Rh5+ Rc5 52. Qxa7+ Kb5 53. Qb8+ Ka6 54. Rh7 Rc7
55. Rxc7 Qxc7 56. Qxc7 Kb5 57. e4 Rb1 58. Qc2 Re1 59. Qc4+ Ka5 60. Qc5+ Ka6
61. Qc6+ Ka7 62. Qa4+ {Black resigns} *[/pgn]

[Chessqueen]

the 2nd game on progress Dragon2 is not afraid to trade Bishop for Knight early during the game, I will report again at the end of this game I am using my 2nd computer to give up a head up. By the end of this game will find out if Dragon2 is able to give a Knight Odds at TC 60 Minutes to a FIDE player rated almost 2300

[pgn][Event "Knight Odds"]
[Date "2021.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dragon-2-64bit-avx2"]
[Black "Adan Manuel Mazara"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Time "09:03:35"]
[WhiteElo "3590"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Qb3[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

the 2nd game on progress Dragon2 is not afraid to trade Bishop for Knight early during the game, I will report again at the end of this game I am using my 2nd computer to give up a head up. By the end of this game will find out if Dragon2 is able to give a Knight Odds at TC 60 Minutes to a FIDE player rated almost 2300

[pgn][Event "Knight Odds"]
[Date "2021.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dragon-2-64bit-avx2"]
[Black "Adan Manuel Mazara"]
[Result "*"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Time "09:03:35"]
[WhiteElo "3590"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Qb3[/pgn]

Is it limited to 22 plies, and using Contempt of around 125? In the first game you mentioned "trading pieces", but it only traded knights to win a pawn and traded bishops to inflict killer damage to pawn structure; those weren't even trades! With g1 odds I think it does better to open 1.e4 rather than 1.d4 although it probably scores them pretty similarly.

[Chessqueen]

the 2nd game on progress Dragon2 is not afraid to trade Bishop for Knight early during the game, I will report again at the end of this game I am using my 2nd computer to give up a head up. By the end of this game will find out if Dragon2 is able to give a Knight Odds at TC 60 Minutes to a FIDE player rated almost 2300

Is it limited to 22 plies, and using Contempt of around 125? In the first game you mentioned "trading pieces", but it only traded knights to win a pawn and traded bishops to inflict killer damage to pawn structure; those weren't even trades! With g1 odds I think it does better to open 1.e4 rather than 1.d4 although it probably scores them pretty similarly.

[pgn][Event "Knight Odds"]
[Date "2021.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dragon-2-64bit-avx2"]
[Black "Adan Manuel Mazara"]
[Result "1/2"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Time "09:03:35"]
[WhiteElo "3590"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "unterminated"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]


1. d4 d5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Qb3 a5 7. e3 a4 8.
Qc2 Bd6 9. Bb5 a3 10. b3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Rac1 g6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Qd1
Bf5 15. Qd2 Be4 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Kg7 19. Red1 g5 20. Nf3
Be4 21. Ne1 Bg6 22. Nc2 Qe6 23. c4 g4 24. g3 Be4 25. c5 Bf3 26. Qd2 Bxd1
27. Qxd1 Be7 28. h4 f5 29. Qd2 Bf6 30. Re1 b6 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. b4 Be7 33.
Rb1 Rec8 34. Rb3 Rc7 35. Bd3 Bd6 36. Qe2 h5 37. Qd2 f6 38. Rb1 Ra4 39. Rb3
Qc8 40. Kg2 Qe6 41. Kg1 Qc8 42. Kg2 Qe6 43. Kg1 {3-fold repetition} *[/pgn]