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[amanjpro]

Playing two test games with Zahak vs PaulChen332 right now.

I followed the first game. This is the first time to see Zahak okay such a long game. And he didn't really use time all that wisely.

The first game Zahak lost, after blundering a pretty equal endgame. I dont think I should worry about this, as the punishment happened some 20 moves later.

I was trying to follow the second game, but somehow the stream was cut. Do you by any chance know what happened? And do you have the PGN?

[AdminX]

Playing two test games with Zahak vs PaulChen332 right now.

I followed the first game. This is the first time to see Zahak okay such a long game. And he didn't really use time all that wisely.

The first game Zahak lost, after blundering a pretty equal endgame. I dont think I should worry about this, as the punishment happened some 20 moves later.

I was trying to follow the second game, but somehow the stream was cut. Do you by any chance know what happened? And do you have the PGN?

Sure thing, I had to restart the second game as I left swap sides unchecked and it was Zahak turn to play as white.

[pgn]
[Event "40 Moves in 120 min; 20 Moves in 60 min;"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2021.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "PaulChen 332 v0.1"]
[Black "Zahak 4.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

1. e4 {book 0s} e5 {book 0s} 2. Nf3 {book 0s} Nc6 {book 0s} 3. d4 {book 0s}
exd4 {book 0s} 4. Bc4 {book 0s} Bc5 {book 0s} 5. c3 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 6.
e5 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 7. Be2 {book 0s} Ne4 {book 0s} 8. cxd4 {book 0s} Bb6
{book 0s} 9. Be3 {0.17/21 225} Ne7 {0.19/20 112} 10. Bd3 {0.16/21 225 (Nc3)}
Nf5 {-0.12/22 129} 11. Nbd2 {0.08/23 173} Nxe3 {0.01/24 29} 12. fxe3 {0.03/23
160} Bf5 {-0.04/23 8} 13. O-O {0.28/21 161 (Qc2)} O-O {-0.17/23 111} 14. Qc2 {
0.23/23 224} Nxd2 {-0.12/25 117} 15. Qxd2 {0.12/24 209} Bg6 {-0.06/23 1:28m}
16. Bxg6 {0.27/23 175 (Rac1)} hxg6 {0.00/25 3:42m} 17. e6 {0.25/22 173 (a4)}
fxe6 {-0.37/25 216} 18. a4 {0.07/22 237} c6 {-0.28/24 16} 19. a5 {0.26/24 3:57m
} Bc7 {-0.24/26 8} 20. a6 {0.28/24 237} bxa6 {-0.03/24 87} 21. Rxa6 {0.26/24
237} Bb6 {0.00/23 57s} 22. b4 {0.27/25 171} Rc8 {0.00/23 66} 23. Rc1 {0.27/23
241} Kh7 {0.03/25 207} 24. Qe1 {0.43/23 4:06m (Ne5)} Kg8 {0.29/24 312} 25. Ne5
{0.53/25 241} Qg5 {0.26/25 37} 26. Rxc6 {0.53/25 241 (h4)} Rxc6 {0.27/26 327}
27. Nxc6 {0.59/24 241} Rf7 {0.29/26 4:15m} 28. b5 {0.49/24 241 (Ra1)} Qf5 {
0.10/25 203} 29. Ra1 {0.48/25 241} Qe4 {0.00/26 113} 30. h3 {0.45/24 241 (Ne5)}
Rb7 {0.00/25 195} 31. Qc3 {0.14/22 213 (Qf2)} Kh7 {-0.05/26 279} 32. Ne5 {
0.04/26 214 (Qe1)} Rc7 {0.00/28 268} 33. Qe1 {0.15/27 240} Rc2 {-0.12/27 69}
34. Nf3 {0.15/26 4:09m} Kg8 {0.00/27 61} 35. Kh1 {0.00/25 193 (Rc1)} Kf8 {
0.00/27 320} 36. Rc1 {0.46/23 204 (Qg3)} Ke8 {0.00/25 367} 37. Qd1 {0.47/22
274 (Rxc2)} Rb2 {0.00/25 396} 38. Rc8+ {0.42/21 252 (Qe1)} Kd7 {0.00/22 467}
39. Rc3 {0.20/23 280 (Rc6)} g5 {0.00/23 8:37m} 40. Qe1 {1.07/20 238 (Ne5+)} Bd8
{0.22/22 14:44m} 41. Qg3 {0.92/20 182 (Rc1)} Ke8 {0.67/20 111} 42. Qd6 {
1.20/21 176} g4 {0.90/21 31} 43. Rc8 {1.45/21 140} gxf3 {1.31/23 95} 44. Rxd8+
{1.43/21 2:50m} Kf7 {1.76/22 127} 45. Rf8+ {1.43/21 186} Kg6 {1.45/23 156} 46.
Rxf3 {1.44/23 166} Kh7 {1.27/23 58s} 47. Rg3 {1.45/23 187} Qf5 {1.30/22 43} 48.
Qd7 {1.79/24 181 (Kh2)} Qf6 {1.37/22 188} 49. Kh2 {1.87/24 153} Ra2 {1.46/23 79
} 50. Rg4 {2.08/24 2:27m} Rb2 {1.67/21 23} 51. Qc7 {2.10/23 195} Ra2 {1.61/21
58} 52. Qc5 {2.10/22 195 (Qc1)} Ra1 {1.80/19 3:42m} 53. Rf4 {2.50/21 195} Qd8 {
2.78/21 41} 54. Rf8 {3.34/24 390} Qh4 {3.15/25 343} 55. Qc6 {3.70/22 2:15m} Qe7
{3.21/24 237} 56. Re8 {3.72/23 161} Qf7 {3.33/24 337} 57. Rxe6 {3.72/22 170}
Rf1 {3.39/22 3:38m} 58. Qxd5 {3.71/20 170} Qf5 {3.51/22 277} 59. Qc6 {3.87/20
127 (Qxf5+)} Qb1 {3.79/22 360} 60. Re7 {3.75/21 213 (Re5)} Rh1+ {3.52/24 521}
61. Kg3 {3.78/20 76} Rf1 {3.46/20 13} 62. Kh4 {3.80/20 74 (Qe4+)} Rf2 {3.68/17
59} 63. g4 {4.75/18 57s (Rxa7)} Qg6 {4.76/18 68} 64. Qxg6+ {5.43/21 53} Kxg6 {
5.06/24 42} 65. Rxa7 {5.37/22 55} Re2 {5.47/23 57s} 66. Ra3 {5.37/22 48} Rb2 {
5.17/23 81} 67. Ra6+ {5.47/22 62} Kf7 {5.52/23 80} 68. b6 {5.57/22 57} Ke7 {
5.82/23 64} 69. e4 {5.57/20 64} Rb4 {5.99/23 43s} 70. Ra7+ {5.89/21 59} Kd8 {
8.04/22 56} 71. d5 {6.16/21 46 (b7)} Rxb6 {6.05/21 41} 72. Rxg7 {6.26/20 55s}
Rh6+ {6.38/21 18} 73. Kg3 {6.30/19 41} Ra6 {7.03/20 23} 74. e5 {6.60/19 51 (h4)
} Ra5 {7.14/20 54s} 75. Rg8+ {7.08/17 77} Kd7 {8.68/20 75} 76. e6+ {7.38/17 71}
Kd6 {11.05/20 73} 77. Rd8+ {7.52/19 1:55m} Ke7 {13.87/21 72} 78. Rd7+ {8.89/20
48} Kf6 {15.26/20 31} 79. Rf7+ {10.34/18 48} Ke5 {18.60/20 21s} 80. e7 {
13.28/19 230} Ra8 {28.59/22 63} 81. Rf8 {14.18/16 37} Kd6 {28.59/19 70} 82.
Rxa8 {#126/22 35s} Kxe7 {28.43/16 68} 83. g5 {#23/20 30} Kd6 {#8/11 0} 84. g6 {
#23/20 35} Ke5 {#8/12 0} 85. g7 {#15/18 28} Kd4 {#8/10 1} 86. g8=Q {#11/16 35}
Kc3 {#7/8 0} 87. Rc8+ {#7/15 35} Kd4 {#6/6 0} 88. Kf4 {#5/16 31} Kd3 {#2/4 0}
89. Qg2 {#3/16 35} Kd4 {#1/2 0s} 90. Qe4# {#1/16 34} 1-0
[/pgn]

[pgn]
[Event "40 Moves in 120 min; 20 Moves in 60 min;"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2021.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zahak 4.0"]
[Black "PaulChen 332 v0.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

1. d4 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} c6 {book 0s} 3. e3 {book 0s} Nf6 {
book 0s} 4. Nc3 {book 0s} e6 {book 0s} 5. Nf3 {book 0s} Nbd7 {book 0s} 6. Qc2 {
book 0s} Bd6 {book 0s} 7. Bd3 {book 0s} O-O {book 0s} 8. O-O {book 0s} dxc4 {
book 0s} 9. Bxc4 {book 0s} b5 {book 0s} 10. Be2 {book 0s} Bb7 {book 0s} 11. Rd1
{book 0s} Qc7 {book 0s} 12. b3 {book 0s} a6 {book 0s} 13. Ne4 {book 0s} Nxe4 {
book 0s} 14. Qxe4 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s} 15. Qh4 {book 0s} c4 {book 0s} 16.
bxc4 {0.04/21 166} bxc4 {0.32/23 219} 17. Bd2 {0.19/22 83} Ba3 {0.26/24 239}
18. Bc3 {0.00/24 2:08m} Nf6 {0.07/24 293 (Nb6)} 19. d5 {0.00/25 241} Nxd5 {
0.07/25 244} 20. Bxg7 {0.00/26 28} Kxg7 {0.00/24 4:55m} 21. Rxd5 {0.00/27 58}
exd5 {0.00/26 275} 22. Qg5+ {0.00/33 87} Kh8 {0.00/32 296} 23. Qf6+ {0.00/40 2:
25m} Kg8 {0.00/36 283} 24. Qg5+ {0.00/41 225} Kh8 {0.00/41 0} 25. Qf6+ {
0.00/42 377} Kg8 {0.00/41 0} 26. Qg5+ {0.00/41 377} Kh8 {0.00/41 0} 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]

[amanjpro]

Thank you very much. The second game was a short game. Somehow Zahak decided not to find. I probably add contempt factor for casual games to be played with. So Zahak doesn't seek short draws

[AdminX]

Thank you very much. The second game was a short game. Somehow Zahak decided not to find. I probably add contempt factor for casual games to be played with. So Zahak doesn't seek short draws

Yeah, but it was a sharp draw that did not see coming (above my paygrade). If I were playing the black side in a must win game, it would have been over for me.

[amanjpro]

Thank you very much. The second game was a short game. Somehow Zahak decided not to find. I probably add contempt factor for casual games to be played with. So Zahak doesn't seek short draws

Yeah, but it was a sharp draw that did not see coming (above my paygrade). If I were playing the black side in a must win game, it would have been over for me.

My goal for Zahak is more style than pure strength. I want it to play like how I wanted to play. Sharp, attacking and basically going for difficult lines. In this and previous version I sort of came closer to my goal... But there is still more to be done

[carldaman]

Thank you very much. The second game was a short game. Somehow Zahak decided not to find. I probably add contempt factor for casual games to be played with. So Zahak doesn't seek short draws

Yeah, but it was a sharp draw that did not see coming (above my paygrade). If I were playing the black side in a must win game, it would have been over for me.

My goal for Zahak is more style than pure strength. I want it to play like how I wanted to play. Sharp, attacking and basically going for difficult lines. In this and previous version I sort of came closer to my goal... But there is still more to be done

That's the spirit!
Thanks for sharing Zahak with us!

[amanjpro]

Thank you very much. The second game was a short game. Somehow Zahak decided not to find. I probably add contempt factor for casual games to be played with. So Zahak doesn't seek short draws

Yeah, but it was a sharp draw that did not see coming (above my paygrade). If I were playing the black side in a must win game, it would have been over for me.

My goal for Zahak is more style than pure strength. I want it to play like how I wanted to play. Sharp, attacking and basically going for difficult lines. In this and previous version I sort of came closer to my goal... But there is still more to be done

That's the spirit!
Thanks for sharing Zahak with us!

Thanks

[mvanthoor]

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Great logo As Gabor said: you could also create a bmp/png version.

Gabor: GIMP is a free image editor which can do this. Just open in the SVG and then export as PNG / BMP.

[amanjpro]

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Great logo As Gabor said: you could also create a bmp/png version.

Gabor: GIMP is a free image editor which can do this. Just open in the SVG and then export as PNG / BMP.

Yeah, I'll upload the pgn to the GitHub page. PGN just inferior to SVG for such kind of logos.

Anyways, I've already given Gabor a PGN versions of the logo

[amanjpro]

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Great logo As Gabor said: you could also create a bmp/png version.

Gabor: GIMP is a free image editor which can do this. Just open in the SVG and then export as PNG / BMP.

Yeah, I'll upload the pgn to the GitHub page. Thing is PGN is just inferior to SVG for such kind of logos.

Anyways, I've already given Gabor a PGN versions of the logo