High Performer Chess Computer Tournament

[blaubaer]

Hi Nick,

In the week it is not possible for me. Do you have time May 20 or May 21 time around 13.00 to 16.00 your time?

May 20 at 13h UTC+2h/6h UTC-5h is ok for the

game 1-6 RevelationIIHiarcs14.1-ELO2340-MichaelL-UTC+2h - Resurrection Ruffian-ELO2370-Nick-UTC-5h


@all: Remember, today at 15:30h UTC+2h/6:30h UTC-7h I will play with Dave the

game 8-5 TascR30v2.5-ELO2371-Dave-UTC-7h - RevelationIIHiarcs14.1-ELO2340-MichaelL-UTC+2h

Thanks and regards, Michael

[Dave C]

I still need to play: Paul, MichaelP, Nick, Helge and Gerhard.

Today, Friday, is open. Saturday from 11:00am (UTC -7 Pacific time) and Sunday from 1:30pm also.

Ready to play,
Dave

Dave,

If you want to play 11.00 your time (13.00 central) the we can play today.

Thanks
Nick

Hi Nick,

Yes, today at 11:00 Pacific time is good. See you on Lichess

Dave

[blaubaer]

Hi,

this is another incredible

game 8-5 TascR30v2.5/Dave - RevelationIIHiarcs14.1/MichaelL:

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/6bYbe7hH"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dcastle"]
[Black "kblaubaer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 { B09 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation } Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Qb6 9. Bc4 Ng4 10. Qe2 Re8 11. h3 Nh6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Qd8 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Qxa6 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ra8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Ra8 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. Qa7 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

The engines agreed autonomously on a 3-fold repetition draw after 21 moves!

Can you believe that???

Surprised regards, Michael

[blaubaer]

Hi,

see here the up to date tournament table after 32 games as screen copy - almost half of the tournament is done:



It remains thrilling on the first ranks regards, Michael

[Dave C]

Hi All,

The game between Resurrection Ruffian and TASC R30v2.5 ended with Ruffian resigning.

[Event "High Performer Chess Computer Tournament 2017"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/25sMGnFL"]
[Date "Saturday, 2017.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Resurrection Ruffian - Spaciousmind"]
[Black "TASC R30v2.5 - Dave C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Pirc Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O { E39 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation, Pirc Variation } 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. e3 d5 13. Nc3 Qxc2+ 14. Kxc2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Bb3?! { (-0.37 → -0.97) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bd3. } (16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. Rhd1 Be8 19. Be2 Rdc8 20. Kb1 b5 21. Ne4 f6 22. Rc1 Na5) 16... b5 17. Rd2 Rb8 18. Ne4?! { (-0.89 → -1.56) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rc1. } (18. Rc1 Bb7) 18... Na5 19. Rd4?! { (-1.25 → -2.08) Inaccuracy. Best move was Ba2. } (19. Ba2 Bb7) 19... Bb7 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Rd6 Rfc8 22. Ba2 Be4+ 23. Kd2 Bc6?! { (-2.58 → -2.06) Inaccuracy. Best move was Bg6. } (23... Bg6 24. Rc1) 24. Ke2 b4 25. axb4 Rxb4 26. Rd2 Rcb8 27. Nd1? { (-2.02 → -3.06) Mistake. Best move was Rc1. } (27. Rc1 Rxb2 28. Nd1 Rxd2+ 29. Nxd2 Be7 30. Nb3 Bb5+ 31. Kf3 Nxb3 32. Bxb3 a5 33. e4 a4) 27... Rg4? { (-3.06 → -1.67) Mistake. Best move was Bb5+. } (27... Bb5+ 28. Ke1 Rc8 29. Nc3 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxc3+ 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Kd1 Bxd2 33. Nxd2 Bc4 34. Bxc4) 28. Ne1 Bb5+ 29. Kf3 Rb4 30. Nd3? { (-1.79 → -3.33) Mistake. Best move was Kg3. } (30. Kg3 g5 31. f3 Bc4 32. Bb1 Be5+ 33. f4 gxf4+ 34. exf4 Bxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Bd3+ 36. Kg3 Bxb1) 30... Ra4? { (-3.33 → -1.73)

[fen]1r4k1/5pp1/p3pb1p/nb6/r7/3NPK2/BP1R1PPP/3N3R w - - 10 31[/fen]
Mistake. Best move was Rd8. } (30... Rd8) 31. Nc1 h5 32. h3 Be5 33. Re1 g5 34. g3 g4+ 35. Kg2 Rb4 36. b3? { (-1.43 → -2.84) Mistake. Best move was h4. } (36. h4 Nb7 37. Rc2 Rd8 38. Kg1 Kg7 39. Ne2 Ba4 40. Rc1 Bxd1 41. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 42. Rxd1 Rxb2) 36... Rc8 37. Ne2 Bc6+ 38. Kh2 Nxb3 39. Bxb3 Rxb3 40. Nd4 Rb1 41. Nxc6?! { (-2.18 → -2.82) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rc2. } (41. Rc2 Bd7) 41... Rxc6 42. Ree2? { (-2.52 → -4.02) Mistake. Best move was hxg4. } (42. hxg4 hxg4) 42... Rcc1 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Red2 a5 45. R8d7 Kg6 46. R2d3 a4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. f4?? { (-4.18 → -9.27) Blunder. Best move was Kg2. } (48. Kg2 a3 49. Rxa3 Rxd1 50. Rxd1 Rxd1 51. Ra4 f5 52. Ra2 Bd6 53. Re2 Kg5 54. Rc2 e5) 48... gxf3 49. e4 a3 50. Rxa3 Rxd1 51. Rxd1 Rxd1 52. Rxf3 Re1 53. Ra3 Rxe4 { White resigns. } 0-1

[fen]8/5p2/4p1k1/4b3/4r3/R5P1/7K/8 w - - 0 54[/fen]

Regards,
Dave

[spacious_mind]

I am playing Gerhard today at 15.00 CET (08.00 US Central Time)

Risc25002MB-ELO2242-Gerhard-UTC+2h - Resurrection Ruffian-ELO2370-Nick-UTC-5h

Best regards

[Scally]

Hi All,

I misread Helge's PM to me and was waiting at 1pm today when in fact it's next Sunday the 21st.

If Walter, Paul or Michael P are available today or at most times during the week (I'm retired) then please let me know.

Please note I'm away on a cruise from June 1st - 12th and would like to complete my 4 games before then.

Thanks,

Al.

[spacious_mind]

Here is the Round 4 game between Saitek Risc 2500 2MB and Resurrection Ruffian.

[Event "High Performer Chess Computer Tournament 2017"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/KnHIEDxt"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saitek Risc 2500 2MB - aeromotor"]
[Black "Resurrection Ruffian - Spaciousmind"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {D15 Slav Defense: Chameleon Variation} 5. e3 b5 6. cxb5 cxb5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. Qc2 Ra7 10. O-O Rc7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. a4 Na5 14. Qd1 b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb4 Re8 19. Qe2 a5 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Nxc3 e5 22. Qd2 Bg4 23. Bb5 Ree7 24. f3 Be6 25. e4 d4 26. Ne2 Kh8 27. b4 axb4 28. Qxb4 Rb7 29. f4 Bd7 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Nxd4 Rxe4 32. Qd6 Qe8 33. Qa6 Rb8 34. Bxd7 Qxd7

[fen]1r5k/3q1ppp/Q4n2/8/P2Nr3/8/6PP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 35[/fen]

It was an even game until we reached this position. Risc played 35. Nc6? which was a crucially bad move that quickly lost the game. 35. Nf3! was the correct move here to keep things even.

35. Nc6 Rb2 36. Qa8+ Re8 37. Rd1 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg4+ 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Qxh2+ 42. Kd3 Qg3+ 43. Kc4 Qc3+ {Normal} 0-1

Final Position

[fen]Q3r2k/5ppp/2N5/8/P1K1n3/2q5/8/R2R4 w - - 0 44[/fen]

[kgvetter]

The game ended with the resignation of Risc 2500 after a bad blunder...

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Risc 2500"]
[Black "Resurrection Ruffian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Vetter,aeromotor"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. cxb5 cxb5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. Qc2 Ra7 10. O-O Rc7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Rfc1 Nc6 13. a4 Na5 14. Qd1 b4 15.
Na2 Nc6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxb4 Re8 19. Qe2 a5 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21.
Nxc3 e5 22. Qd2 Bg4 23. Bb5 Ree7 24. f3 Be6 25. e4 d4 26. Ne2 Kh8 27. b4 axb4
28. Qxb4 Rb7 29. f4 Bd7 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Nxd4 Rxe4 32. Qd6 Qe8 33. Qa6 Rb8 34.
Bxd7 Qxd7 35. Nc6 ?? {Nf3! =} Rb2 36. Qa8+ Re8 37. Rd1 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg4+ 39.
Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Qxh2+ 42. Kd3 Qg3+ 43. Kc4 {white resigns} *

[blaubaer]

Hi,

tournament table and games collection site are up to date with 34 of 66 games played!

Regards, Michael

[Dave C]

Hi All,

If Helge, Paul or Michael P are available at almost any time (my schedule is clear on Wed, Fri & Saturday and most afternoons) during the week (I'm retired) then please let me know.

I look forward to meeting with you on Lichess.

Regards,
Dave

[blaubaer]

Hi,

the last two games of MCGE!

Game 4-1: ChessGeniusExclusive - ELO2300-Steffen-UTC+2h - Montreux-ELO2259-Helge-UTC+2h

Game 4-1 on Lichess

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/G8x5OEOs"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Fidelity"]
[Black "Helge_M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Opening "French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubov Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 { C17 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubov Variation } Nc6 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8. f4 Qb6 9. Nf3 a6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nxd4 Nge7 13. Qe3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc6 16. Rd2 b5 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Re1 Ra7 19. Kb1 f6 20. c3 g5 21. g3 gxf4 22. gxf4 fxe5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nf5+ exf5 25. Rde2 f4 26. Rxe5+ Kd6 27. Rh5 Re8 28. Rf1 Re3 29. Kc2 Bg4 30. Rh6+ Ke5 31. Kd2 Rg7 32. Rf2 Rd7 33. Rxa6 d4 34. c4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Bf3 36. Ra5+ Ke4 37. h4 Rd6 38. Ba6 Rb6 39. b3 h6 40. Bc4 Rd6 41. a3 d3 42. Ra6 Rxa6 43. Bxa6 Re2+ 44. Rxe2+ Bxe2 45. Bb7+ Kd4 46. Bc8 h5 47. Bh3 f3 48. b4 f2 49. a4 Kc4 50. a5 f1=Q 51. Bxf1 Bxf1 52. a6 Bg2 53. b5 Kxb5 54. Kxd3 Kxa6 55. Ke3 Kb5 56. Kf4 Kc5 57. Kg5 Bf3 58. Kf4 Be2 59. Ke5 Bd3 60. Kf6 Kd5 61. Kg5 Be2 62. Kf5 Bg4+ 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. Kg3 Ke4 65. Kf2 Kf4 66. Kg2 Bf3+ 67. Kf2 Kg4 { White resigns. } 0-1

Game 7-1: Atlanta-ELO2270-MichaelP-UTC+2h - ChessGeniusExclusive - ELO2300-Steffen-UTC+2h

Game 7-1 on Lichess

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/wuQgFuYt"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "kblaubaer"]
[Black "Fidelity"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 { C28 Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid } Na5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. Nf3 Nxb3 7. axb3 Qe7 8. O-O a6 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qe6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qg6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bf4 c6 17. Qe2 f6 18. Qc4 Be7 19. Rxe7 f5 20. Qc5 d6 21. Bxd6 Kg8 22. dxc6 h6 23. Be5 b6 24. Qd4 Kh7 25. Rxg7+ Qxg7 26. Bxg7 Rg8 27. Bf6 a5 28. Re1 Ra7 29. Qd6 Rgg7 30. Re8 b5 31. Qe5 Raf7 32. Rxc8 Kg6 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Rg6 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Qf8+ Rg8 38. Qxh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

I played this game for Michael P.!

Regards, Michael (L.)

[paulwise3]

Hi Michael,

Thanx for the games.
These seem to be two unexpected losses for the MCG Exclusive!

Regards, Paul

[blaubaer]

Hi Al,

If Walter, Paul or Michael P are available today or at most times during the week (I'm retired) then please let me know.

Please note I'm away on a cruise from June 1st - 12th and would like to complete my 4 games before then.

as Michael Powell is under pressure in his job I would volunteer for playing the

game 5-2 Atlanta-ELO2270-MichaelP-UTC+2h - RevelationIILondon-ELO2370-Al-UTC+1h

on next Wednesday 19h UTC+1h/20h UTC+2h, if this is ok for you?

Regards, Michael

[Scally]

Hi Al,

If Walter, Paul or Michael P are available today or at most times during the week (I'm retired) then please let me know.

Please note I'm away on a cruise from June 1st - 12th and would like to complete my 4 games before then.

as Michael Powell is under pressure in his job I would volunteer for playing the

game 5-2 Atlanta-ELO2270-MichaelP-UTC+2h - RevelationIILondon-ELO2370-Al-UTC+1h

on next Wednesday 19h UTC+1h/20h UTC+2h, if this is ok for you?

Regards, Michael

Hi Michael, is that tomorrow or on the 24th, either are ok at 19:00 my time,

Cheers,

Al.