2012 Paris Dedicated Chess Computer Tournament

Post by **Steve B** » Sun May 06, 2012 7:15 am

Two weeks from today...
The 7th annual Paris Invitational Dedicated tournament will take place
This years event limits the field to any computer with 32kb Rom or less

http://www.zanchetta.net/echecs/Paris2012/

In Training Regards
Steve

Michael Blake · Post by **Michael Blake** » Sun May 06, 2012 8:56 am

Good luck!

ricard60 · Post by **ricard60** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:20 am

Hi Steve,

All computers are 8 bit also. Brute Force seems to be the strongest.

Eifel Tower Regards
Ricardo

Post by **Steve B** » Mon May 07, 2012 12:29 pm

ricard60 wrote:Hi Steve,

All computers are 8 bit also. Brute Force seems to be the strongest.

Eifel Tower Regards
Ricardo

Yes Ricardo however ..the situation is not so clear
two participating computers are overclocked versions of the originals
The Elegance and the MMV both are running at faster speeds then released for sale by the Company.. even though the Wiki has a rating for the tuned MMV there is no Wiki rating for the Tuned Elegance and at the very fast time control of 30 Sec Avg who knows what can happen

Virgin Territory Regards
Steve

Post by **Steve B** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:23 am

The Saitek Brute Force(Renaissance board) played the first round earlier against the Krypton Regency
Krypton had white
BF wins the game

[Event "Paris 2012 Tournament"]
[Date "2012.5.20"]
[Round "1]
[White "Krypton Regency"]
[Black "Saitek Brute Force"]
[TimeControl "30 Sec.Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 Be7
8.Be3 Ng4 9.O-O Nxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.Ne5 Bg5 12.Qf3 f6 13.Qe4 f5 14.Qf3
Bf6 15.Qf4 c5 16.c3 cxd4 17.exd4 Bd7 18.Rae1 Rc8 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Re2 b6
21.Rfe1 Qd5 22.Rxe6 Qxa2 23.Bxf5 Qxb2 24.Qe4 Qxc3 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.d5 Qd2
27.Qd3 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Rc1 29.h3 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31.Kh2 Be5+ 32.g3 Rf2#
0-1

FINAL POSITION
[fen]7k/p5pB/1p6/3Pb3/8/3Q2PP/5r1K/4q3 w - - 0 33[/fen]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N ... hotostream
Second round begins now
play is in the Playchess Engine Room

round by round standings posted here:
http://www.zanchetta.net/echecs/Paris2012/

Brute Forces results will be updated here by Mwah..

1-0 Regards
Steve

Post by **Alain** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:50 am

First round still running:
MMV 1/2-1/2 Conchess T8
Elegance 0-1 Jade II
Super Nova 1-0 Blitz

Mondial II - RS 2250 still in progress, advantage to RS

Alain

Post by **Steve B** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:09 am

Brute Force draws its Second Round Game Vs. Novag Jade II

[Event "Paris Dedicated Tournament 2012"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saitek Brute Force"]
[Black "Novag Jade II"]
[TimeControl "30 Sec.Avg.]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bxc3 7.bxc3 O-O
8.Bg5 Na5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.cxb3 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.a4 Be6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Re1
c6 15.Nd2 d5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.d4 e4 18.c4 Bc6 19.b4 b6 20.Rc3 a5 21.b5
Bb7 22.cxd5 g5 23.Bg3 Nxd5 24.Rc4 f5 25.Qh5 f4 26.Qg6+ Kh8 27.Qxh6+ Kg8
28.Qg6+ Kf8 29.Qh7 fxg3 30.Qh8+ Kf7 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Qh7+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

FINAL POSITION
[fen]r2qrk2/1b5Q/1p6/pP1n2p1/P1RPp3/6p1/3N1PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 34[/fen]

1.5-.5 Regards
Steve

Post by **Steve B** » Sun May 20, 2012 2:31 pm

Brute Force Wins its third round game Vs.Mephisto MMV(10 Mhz)

[Event "Paris Dedicated Tournament 2012"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mephisto MMV(10 Mhz)"]
[Black "Saitek Brute Force"]
[TimeControl "30 Sec.Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O c4 8.Be2
Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Nh4 O-O 13.Rfb1 Rf7 14.a4 b6
15.Rb5 Qa6 16.Bf3 Rc7 17.Bh5 Bb7 18.Nf3 Rg7 19.Rbb1 Kh8 20.h3 Rag8 21.g3
Ne7 22.Rb2 Ba8 23.Rba2 Nc8 24.a5 b5 25.Qe2 Nd6 26.Nd2 Ne4 27.Nxe4 fxe4
28.Bg4 Rg5 29.Kh2 e5 30.Bd7 R5g7 31.Bf5 Qd6 32.Qh5 a6 33.Qh6 Qe7 34.Bg4
Rg6 35.Qh4 Rg5 36.Qh6 R8g6 37.Qh4 Rxg4 38.hxg4 Qf8 39.Qh5 Rh6 40.Kg2
Rxh5 41.gxh5 Qc8 42.Rh1 Qg4 43.Raa1 Qf3+ 44.Kg1 Kg7 45.h6+ Kf7 46.Re1 f5
47.Rh4 Ke6 48.dxe5 Kxe5 49.Rf4 Qh5 50.Rh4 Qf7 51.Kg2 Kd6 52.Ra1 Qf6
53.Ra3 b4 54.Ra2 Qxc3 55.Rh1 Qd2 56.g4 0-1

Final Position
[fen]b7/7p/p2k3P/P2p1p2/1pp1p1P1/4P3/R1Pq1PK1/7R w - - 0 56[/fen]

2.5-.5 Regards
Steve

Post by **Steve B** » Sun May 20, 2012 2:38 pm

Up a Pawn ..In a Bishops of Opposite Colour Endgame ..Brute Force Draws its Fourth Round Game Vs. Radio Shack 2250XL

[Event "Paris Dedicated Tournament 2012"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saitek Brute Force"]
[Black "Radio Shack 2250XL"]
[TimeControl "30 Sec.Avg."]
[ECO "D00"]
1.d4 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.O-O c5 6.c4 cxd4 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Be5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Nc2 d4 12.Qd3 Re8 13.b3 g6 14.Bb2
Bf5 15.Qc4 Nc6 16.Bxc6 Rc8 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Bxd4 Rxc6 20.e3
b6 21.Rac1 Bc2 22.f3 Rec8 23.Kf2 Bd3 24.Rxc6 Rxc6 25.Ra1 Rc2+ 26.Kg1 Be2
27.f4 Bf3 28.h4 f5 29.a4 Bd5 30.a5 Bxb3 31.axb6 axb6 32.Bxb6 Ba2 33.Rd1
Kg7 34.Ba5 Kh6 35.Rd2 Rxd2 36.Bxd2 1/2-1/2

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/7p/6pk/5p2/5P1P/4P1P1/b2B4/6K1 w - - 0 36[/fen]

Jade II,Brute Force and RS2250XL are tied for first place with 3 Pts.Each heading into the Final Round...

3-1 Regards
Steve

Post by **Steve B** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:18 pm

Both Brute Force and Radio Shack 2250XL win their last round games and tie for First place
Each will share possession of the coveted Zanchetta Trophy for six months until next years Tournament

[Event "Paris Dedicated Tournament 2012"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2012.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saitek Blitz Board"]
[Black "Saitek Brute Force"]
[TimeControl "30 Sec.Avg."]
[ECO "B33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5
8.exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Nf5 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.O-O Bxb5 12.cxb5 Nd4 13.Be3 Be7
14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Qg4 O-O 16.Qe4 g6 17.Qxd4 Bf6 18.Qb4 Bg7 19.Rfe1 Rc8
20.Re2 Rc5 21.Qe4 Qg5 22.Bc4 Rfc8 23.Rc2 Bxb2 24.Rd1 Be5 25.g3 b6 26.Re1
Bg7 27.Rec1 Bh6 28.f4 Qd8 29.a4 Bg7 30.Bb3 Qf6 31.Kg2 Qd4 32.Qxd4 Bxd4
33.Kf3 Kg7 34.Bc4 Bb2 35.Rxb2 Rxc4 36.Rxc4 Rxc4 37.Re2 Rxa4 38.Re7 Kf6
39.Rd7 Rd4 40.Rxd6+ Ke7 41.Ke3 Rd1 42.Rc6 Rxd5 43.Rc7+ Rd7 44.Rxd7+ Kxd7
45.Kd4 Kd6 46.h3 f6 47.g4 g5 48.fxg5 fxg5 49.Ke4 Kc5 50.Kf5 Kxb5 51.Kxg5
a5 52.Kf4 0-1

Final Position
[fen]8/7p/1p6/pk6/5KP1/7P/8/8 w - - 0 52[/fen]

Interestingly Brute Force is undefeated winning all 3 games with Black and drawing both games with White
4-1 Regards
Steve

Post by **Alain** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:08 pm

I have updated the tournament's page on my web site with the final grid.

Pictures and games should follow…

Thanks to all participants,
Alain