The question became: is it possible that this game could take the rest of the year? And the answer was Yes!
Happy New Year Steve Regards,
Dave
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The 10th Game
VIP is out of book on move 2
after an early flurry of exchanges
both sides 0-0 and then oddly both decide to repeat the position
after only 12 moves!
after playing 8 consecutive games with no draws we have two draws in a row!
it seems neither of these computers wants to claim superiority over the other
perhaps after facing each other for several weeks they have grown fond of each other?
[Date "2012.01.01"]
[White "Novag VIP"]
[Black "Mephisto Excalibur"]
[Time Control "1 Min.Avg."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.e5 d5 5.exf6 dxc4 6.fxg7 Bxg7 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.O-O O-O 9.Ne4 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qd8 11.Ne4 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qd8 1/2-1/2
Final Position
[fen]r1bq1rk1/pp3pbp/2n1p3/2p5/2p5/2N2N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 13[/fen]
Match is tied 5-5
In order to break the tie ...
i will hold one more game ...
Time Control will be increased to tournament level .. 40/2Hrs
Excalibur gets White and can choose whatever opening it wants to play
The Excitement builds to a Mind Numbing Crescendo regards
Steve
VIP is out of book on move 2
after an early flurry of exchanges
both sides 0-0 and then oddly both decide to repeat the position
after only 12 moves!
after playing 8 consecutive games with no draws we have two draws in a row!
it seems neither of these computers wants to claim superiority over the other
perhaps after facing each other for several weeks they have grown fond of each other?
[Date "2012.01.01"]
[White "Novag VIP"]
[Black "Mephisto Excalibur"]
[Time Control "1 Min.Avg."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.e5 d5 5.exf6 dxc4 6.fxg7 Bxg7 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.O-O O-O 9.Ne4 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qd8 11.Ne4 Qd5 12.Nc3 Qd8 1/2-1/2
Final Position
[fen]r1bq1rk1/pp3pbp/2n1p3/2p5/2p5/2N2N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 13[/fen]
Match is tied 5-5
In order to break the tie ...
i will hold one more game ...
Time Control will be increased to tournament level .. 40/2Hrs
Excalibur gets White and can choose whatever opening it wants to play
The Excitement builds to a Mind Numbing Crescendo regards
Steve
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Thanks DaveSirDave wrote:The question became: is it possible that this game could take the rest of the year? And the answer was Yes!
Happy New Year Steve Regards,
Dave
Happy New Year To You and Yours
As you can see this match is STILL not over
lets hope it dosent last until the next.. New Year
2013 Regards
Steve
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The Tie Breaker
Excalibur decides to open with 1.c4 and is out of book first on move 4
At 40/2 VIP hits 6 ply and Excalibur achieves 4 Brute/12-16 Selective
this was a grueling game....for me the operator
Ex manages to achieve another R+P vs R endgame only this time it is
a won game
at move 63 it only needs to promote its "g" P and the VIP would have
to give up its R ..resulting in a K+R vs K won game..
instead Ex plays any move except that for another 20 moves!
finally on move 83 it stumbles unto the winning path
20 meaningless moves ..at 3 minutes per move..this wasted a good
2 Hrs of your humble correspondents time!
lets have a look...
POSITION AT MOVE 63
[fen]4r3/3k2PK/8/5R2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 64[/fen]
Hello?
64.g8=Q and its over..thank you very much..have a nice day
instead ..Ex plays Rh5 and continues like this for another 20 moves!
I used the two wasted Hrs between moves 63-83 constructively and
began setting up an Ebay auction for the Excalibur ..i was dangerously close to posting it
needless to say i was not a happy puppy
[Date "2012.01.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mephisto Excalibur"]
[Black "Novag VIP"]
[Time Control "40/2Hrs."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nge7 6.O-O Nf5 7.e4
Nfd4 8.d3 O-O 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Be3 f5 11.f4 d6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nd5 fxe4
14.dxe4 c6 15.Nc3 Qh4 16.g3 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Qe7 18.Qd3 Bh3 19.Rfd1 Bg4
20.Rd2 Kh8 21.c5 d5 22.exd5 cxd5 23.fxe5 Rad8 24.Nc3 Qxe5 25.Bf4 Qf5
26.Bd6 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Rf5 28.Nxd5 Bxb2 29.Rb1 Be2 30.Rd2 Bg7 31.Rxe2 Rxd5
32.Rxb7 h5 33.Ree7 Bf6 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Rhf7 Rf5 36.Kg2 a5 37.Ra7 Bc3
38.Rxf5 gxf5 39.a3 Be1 40.Bc7 Rd3 41.Ra8+
Kf7 42.Kf1 Bc3 43.Bxa5 Rd1+ 44.Kg2 Rd2+ 45.Kf3 Bxa5 46.Rxa5 Rxh2 47.Kf4
Ke6 48.a4 Rc2 49.Kg5 Kd5 50.c6+ Kxc6 51.Rxf5 Ra2 52.Kxh5
Rxa4 53.g4 Ra2 54.g5 Rh2+ 55.Kg6 Rd2 56.Kh6 Rh2+ 57.Kg7 Rd2 58.g6 Kc7
59.Kf6 Rd6+ 60.Kg5 Rd8 61.g7 Rg8 62.Kh6 Kd7 63.Kh7 Re8 64.Rh5 Kd6 65.Ra5
Re7 66.Rf5 Ke6 67.Rh5 Kf6 68.Rh6+ Kg5 69.Rd6 Rc7 70.Rd4
Kf6 71.Rf4+ Ke5 72.Rg4 Rd7 73.Rh4 Kf6 74.Rf4+ Ke5 75.Rg4 Kf6 76.Rg1 Kf5
77.Re1 Rd4 78.Rf1+ Ke5 79.Rg1 Rd7 80.Re1+ Kf5 81.Re8 Kf6 82.Rf8+ Ke6
83.Kg6 Rxg7+ 84.Kxg7 Ke7 85.Rf6 Kd7 86.Kf8 Kc7 87.Ke8 Kb8 88.Kd7 Kb7
89.Rh6 Ka8 90.Kc8 Ka7 91.Kc7 Ka8 92.Ra6# 1-0
Final Position
[fen]k7/2K5/R7/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 92[/fen]
Excalibur wins the match 6-5 achieving a Performance Rating of 1667 for the match
Slighlty higher then the estimated Wiki rating of 1610
Happy New Year To All Regards
Steve
Excalibur decides to open with 1.c4 and is out of book first on move 4
At 40/2 VIP hits 6 ply and Excalibur achieves 4 Brute/12-16 Selective
this was a grueling game....for me the operator
Ex manages to achieve another R+P vs R endgame only this time it is
a won game
at move 63 it only needs to promote its "g" P and the VIP would have
to give up its R ..resulting in a K+R vs K won game..
instead Ex plays any move except that for another 20 moves!
finally on move 83 it stumbles unto the winning path
20 meaningless moves ..at 3 minutes per move..this wasted a good
2 Hrs of your humble correspondents time!
lets have a look...
POSITION AT MOVE 63
[fen]4r3/3k2PK/8/5R2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 64[/fen]
Hello?
64.g8=Q and its over..thank you very much..have a nice day
instead ..Ex plays Rh5 and continues like this for another 20 moves!
I used the two wasted Hrs between moves 63-83 constructively and
began setting up an Ebay auction for the Excalibur ..i was dangerously close to posting it
needless to say i was not a happy puppy
[Date "2012.01.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mephisto Excalibur"]
[Black "Novag VIP"]
[Time Control "40/2Hrs."]
[Result "1-0"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 Nge7 6.O-O Nf5 7.e4
Nfd4 8.d3 O-O 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Be3 f5 11.f4 d6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Nd5 fxe4
14.dxe4 c6 15.Nc3 Qh4 16.g3 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Qe7 18.Qd3 Bh3 19.Rfd1 Bg4
20.Rd2 Kh8 21.c5 d5 22.exd5 cxd5 23.fxe5 Rad8 24.Nc3 Qxe5 25.Bf4 Qf5
26.Bd6 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Rf5 28.Nxd5 Bxb2 29.Rb1 Be2 30.Rd2 Bg7 31.Rxe2 Rxd5
32.Rxb7 h5 33.Ree7 Bf6 34.Rh7+ Kg8 35.Rhf7 Rf5 36.Kg2 a5 37.Ra7 Bc3
38.Rxf5 gxf5 39.a3 Be1 40.Bc7 Rd3 41.Ra8+
Kf7 42.Kf1 Bc3 43.Bxa5 Rd1+ 44.Kg2 Rd2+ 45.Kf3 Bxa5 46.Rxa5 Rxh2 47.Kf4
Ke6 48.a4 Rc2 49.Kg5 Kd5 50.c6+ Kxc6 51.Rxf5 Ra2 52.Kxh5
Rxa4 53.g4 Ra2 54.g5 Rh2+ 55.Kg6 Rd2 56.Kh6 Rh2+ 57.Kg7 Rd2 58.g6 Kc7
59.Kf6 Rd6+ 60.Kg5 Rd8 61.g7 Rg8 62.Kh6 Kd7 63.Kh7 Re8 64.Rh5 Kd6 65.Ra5
Re7 66.Rf5 Ke6 67.Rh5 Kf6 68.Rh6+ Kg5 69.Rd6 Rc7 70.Rd4
Kf6 71.Rf4+ Ke5 72.Rg4 Rd7 73.Rh4 Kf6 74.Rf4+ Ke5 75.Rg4 Kf6 76.Rg1 Kf5
77.Re1 Rd4 78.Rf1+ Ke5 79.Rg1 Rd7 80.Re1+ Kf5 81.Re8 Kf6 82.Rf8+ Ke6
83.Kg6 Rxg7+ 84.Kxg7 Ke7 85.Rf6 Kd7 86.Kf8 Kc7 87.Ke8 Kb8 88.Kd7 Kb7
89.Rh6 Ka8 90.Kc8 Ka7 91.Kc7 Ka8 92.Ra6# 1-0
Final Position
[fen]k7/2K5/R7/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 92[/fen]
Excalibur wins the match 6-5 achieving a Performance Rating of 1667 for the match
Slighlty higher then the estimated Wiki rating of 1610
Happy New Year To All Regards
Steve