2024 Special: Below 1925 online tournament - the games

[paulwise3]

Hi all,

In this thread we continue with publishing the games and communicating with each other about dates and times for the games with each other.
So in principle no further posts in the other thread.

Here are the data of the participants. As we are with 11, each round someone is free. But there is a place for one extra participant or for someone who would like to enter a second computer in the tournament. I can easily adapt the scheme for that.

Participant info:

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 # Person   Hiarcs name	Lichess name	    Time zone	Computer
 1 Phil     (kalatov)	(kasulu)	     UTC+1	Novag Super Nova
 2 Thorsten (mclane)	(mclanexantia)	     UTC+2	Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz
 3 Eric     (Tibono2)	(tibono)	     UTC+2	Novag Constellation Expert
 4 Paul     (paulwise3)	(PaulW3)	     UTC+2	Fidelity Chesster Challenger
 5 Eric     (esinger)	(esinger)	     UTC-4	Novag Super Expert A
 6 Franz    (ferribaci)	(ferribaci)	     UTC+2	Tiger Grenadier
 7 Jarek    (jarek)	(WinOrLoseJustEnjoy) UTC+1	Excalibur Igor
 8 Laurent  (oriental)	(oriental_computers) UTC+2	SciSys Turbo King II
 9 Jürgen   (!Boris)	(Borisjk)	     UTC+2	Fidelity Designer 2000 Display 9.0 MHz
10 Jens     (Tschens)	(Eierschwammerl)     UTC+1	Fidelity Elite A/S Glasgow 4 MHz
11 Steffen  (steffen)	(Heimathafen)	     UTC+2	Mephisto Super Mondial

Rounds to play:

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1.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Nova         - Free round                   _:_
2:  Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz   - Mephisto Super Mondial       _:_
3:  Constellation Expert     - Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow       _:_
4:  Fid.Chesster Challenger  - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz      _:_
5:  Novag Super Expert A     - SciSys Turbo King II         _:_
6:  Tiger Grenadier          - Excalibur Igor               _:_

2.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Nova         - Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz       _:_
2:  SciSys Turbo King II     - Tiger Grenadier              _:_
3:  Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz  - Novag Super Expert A         _:_
4:  Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow   - Fid.Chesster Challenger      _:_
5:  Mephisto Super Mondial   - Constellation Expert         _:_
6:  Free round               - Excalibur Igor               _:_

3.Runde :
1:  Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz   - Free round                   _:_
2:  Constellation Expert     - Novag Super Nova             _:_
3:  Fid.Chesster Challenger  - Mephisto Super Mondial       _:_
4:  Novag Super Expert A     - Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow       _:_
5:  Tiger Grenadier          - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz      _:_
6:  Excalibur Igor           - SciSys Turbo King II         _:_

4.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Nova         - Fid.Chesster Challenger      _:_
2:  Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz   - Constellation Expert         _:_
3:  Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz  - Excalibur Igor               _:_
4:  Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow   - Tiger Grenadier              _:_
5:  Mephisto Super Mondial   - Novag Super Expert A         _:_
6:  Free round               - SciSys Turbo King II         _:_

5.Runde :
1:  Constellation Expert     - Free round                   _:_
2:  Fid.Chesster Challenger  - Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz       _:_
3:  Novag Super Expert A     - Novag Super Nova             _:_
4:  Tiger Grenadier          - Mephisto Super Mondial       _:_
5:  Excalibur Igor           - Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow       _:_
6:  SciSys Turbo King II     - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz      _:_

6.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Nova         - Tiger Grenadier              _:_
2:  Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz   - Novag Super Expert A         _:_
3:  Constellation Expert     - Fid.Chesster Challenger      _:_
4:  Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow   - SciSys Turbo King II         _:_
5:  Mephisto Super Mondial   - Excalibur Igor               _:_
6:  Free round               - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz      _:_

7.Runde :
1:  Fid.Chesster Challenger  - Free round                   _:_
2:  Novag Super Expert A     - Constellation Expert         _:_
3:  Tiger Grenadier          - Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz       _:_
4:  Excalibur Igor           - Novag Super Nova             _:_
5:  SciSys Turbo King II     - Mephisto Super Mondial       _:_
6:  Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz  - Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow       _:_

8.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Nova         - SciSys Turbo King II         _:_
2:  Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz   - Excalibur Igor               _:_
3:  Constellation Expert     - Tiger Grenadier              _:_
4:  Fid.Chesster Challenger  - Novag Super Expert A         _:_
5:  Mephisto Super Mondial   - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz      _:_
6:  Free round               - Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow       _:_

9.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Expert A     - Free round                   _:_
2:  Tiger Grenadier          - Fid.Chesster Challenger      _:_
3:  Excalibur Igor           - Constellation Expert         _:_
4:  SciSys Turbo King II     - Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz       _:_
5:  Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz  - Novag Super Nova             _:_
6:  Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow   - Mephisto Super Mondial       _:_

10.Runde :
1:  Novag Super Nova         - Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow       _:_
2:  Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz   - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz      _:_
3:  Constellation Expert     - SciSys Turbo King II         _:_
4:  Fid.Chesster Challenger  - Excalibur Igor               _:_
5:  Novag Super Expert A     - Tiger Grenadier              _:_
6:  Free round               - Mephisto Super Mondial       _:_

11.Runde :
1:  Tiger Grenadier          - Free round                   _:_
2:  Excalibur Igor           - Novag Super Expert A         _:_
3:  SciSys Turbo King II     - Fid.Chesster Challenger      _:_
4:  Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz  - Constellation Expert         _:_
5:  Fid. Elite A/S Glasgow   - Mephisto MM II 7.4 MHz       _:_
6:  Mephisto Super Mondial   - Novag Super Nova             _:_

All this is also to be found at https://schaakcomputers.nl/paul_w/Tourn ... U1925.html
For the new players at Lichess I will look up a small description of how to play at Lichess.

Best regards, and have fun!
Paul

[paulwise3]

Hi, here a small userguide for playing with each other on Lichess.
Also answer to a question of Jarek:
Yes, since the pairing is known for all rounds, we do not need to obey the order of rounds.
For example you can contact all players if they have time to play a round with me today at 22:00 UTC ?
That will speed up the tournament progress.
You can post such a question by PM or directly her in this thread, and see who answers.

Small user guide:
- sign in
- search for user names of tournament participants
- click user name and click follow. Now you are Friends.
- fix a date for a match with your opponent according to the tournament plan blaubaer will provide
- in the lower right corner of Lichess window you can find friends that are online.
- move mouse arrow over user name and click crossed swords/play
- choose Variant "Standard", Time control "Unlimited", "Casual" and black or White
- your opponent accepts
- on the left you can chat with your opponent
- on the right you can click two arrows to flip the board, the cross to abort game, the hand to offer draw and the flag to resign (click twice!)
- ALWAYS END A GAME BY CHECK MATE, DRAW OR RESIGN, OTHERWISE YOU CANNOT DOWNLOAD THE GAMES PGN!!
- by proposing a takeback, clicking left arrow, you can takeback moves. The opponent must confirm to make it effective.
- after checkmate, resign or draw you can switch to Analysis board, click FEN&PGN and copy or download PGN
- spectators can observe the game by moving the mouse arrow over opponent's user name and clicking the TV symbol/Watch games
- spectators can chat with other spectators and can send messages to the opponents by clicking the speech balloon when moving the mouse arrow over the user name
- check other functions like game analysis, study etc.
- have fun!

[!Boris]

i have time to play 2 Computers - i have the rebell 5.0 - than we have 12 Computers
best Jürgen

[!Boris]

Talking to Paul, he will replace the free games with the Rebell 5.0 - I am ready now- waiting on lichess.org Borisjk

Last die Spiele beginnen! Ready to rumble!

[mclane]

I am also ready.
Mm2 waits for you.

[!Boris]

Thorsten ich bin in Lichess wir können starten Round 3. Game 1 mmII - Rebell 5.0

[Tschens]

correction for above list: mclanecxantia (c is missing)

[mclane]

The game round 3.1 was played

Mephisto MMII 7,4 mhz vs. Mephisto Rebel 5,0

It was an interesting game with tactical middlegame.
I did not really understood rebels Bg4 and later B back to d7.
Also later Qe3 with queen exchange looked suboptimal.
In the endgame both programs did not know how to continue and repeated moves,
so after a few repitions lichess made it a draw by repetition.

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/HJZvBKUX"] [Date "2024.01.26"] [White "mclanecxantia"] [Black "Borisjk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2024.01.26"] [UTCTime "16:32:37"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1497"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A65"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 { A65 Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line } Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. Qd2 c4 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nd4 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Ncb5 Nc4 19. Bc3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bg5 21. Rc2 Nf6 22. Nf3 Nxe4 23. Nxg5 Nxg5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qe7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Qd2 Ne4 29. Qxa5 Qg5 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Qe1 Qf4 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rc4 34. Ra1 Rc5 35. Rd1 Rc4 36. Ra1 Rc5 37. Rd1 Rc4 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2


https://lichess.org/HJZvBKUX/white#74

[esinger]

I created a team that all of us can join on Lichess.org

https://lichess.org/team/2024-special-u1925-tournament

That should make things simple for everyone. Please join it.

[paulwise3]

correction for above list: mclanecxantia (c is missing)

Thanx, I corrected this in the Results and Standings page (see my signature below).
I also replaced "Free round" with "Mephisto Rebell 5.0" there.

Jürgen and I will play game 1.4 Fid.Chesster Challenger - Fid.Designer 2000 9 Mhz coming monday at 20:00 UTC+2
This weekend I will not be available.

Best regards, Paul
.

[mclane]

Round 10.2

Mephisto MM2 7,4 mhz vs. Fidelity Designer 2000 9 mhz

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/34nkWuhU"] [Date "2024.01.26"] [White "mclanecxantia"] [Black "Borisjk"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.01.26"] [UTCTime "21:07:17"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1497"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "D80"] [Opening "Grünfeld Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 { D80 Grünfeld Defense } 4. e3 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Qd6 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bg7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e4 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. e5 Qd5 14. gxf3 Rad8 15. f4 Qxd4 16. Qxc6 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qb6 18. Qc4 Qb7 19. Bd2 Qf3 20. Bc3 Rfd8 21. Qa4 e6 22. Rbc1 c6 23. Rfd1 Rd5 24. Rd4 Rc7 25. Qd1 Qh3 26. Rc2 Qf5 27. Rcd2 f6 28. Qb3 Rf7 29. Qb8+ Bf8 30. exf6 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Qh3 32. Kg1 Rh5 33. f3 Qxf3 34. R4d3 Qe4 35. Be5 g5 36. Qe8 gxf4 37. Bxf4 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qxf4 40. Rg3+ Kh8 41. Rf2 Qxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rxf6+ 43. Kg1 Rhf5 44. Kh1 Rf1+ 45. Rg1 c5 46. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 47. Kg2 Rf6 48. Qc8 Rg6+ 49. Kh1 Rf6 50. Qa6 Bg7 51. Qxa7 Rf1+ 52. Kg2 Rf8 53. Qxc5 Rg8 54. Kh3 Bxb2 55. Qb6 Bc3 56. Qxe6 Rd8 57. a4 Rd3+ 58. Kg4 Rd8 59. a5 Bg7 60. a6 Bd4 61. a7 Rf8 62. Qa2 Bxa7 63. Qxa7 Rf6 64. Kg5 Rg6+ 65. Kh5 Kg8 66. Qe7 Ra6 67. Qd8+ Kf7 68. Qc7+ Kf6 69. Qc3+ Kf7 70. Qc4+ Re6 71. Kg5 Ke7 72. Qc7+ Kf8 73. Qxh7 Re7 74. Qh8+ Kf7 75. Qc3 Re6 76. Kf5 Rh6 77. Qc7+ Kf8 78. Qd7 Kg8 79. Kg5 Rh7 80. Qe8+ Kg7 81. h4 Rxh4 82. Qe7+ Kg8 83. Kxh4 Kh8 84. Kh5 Kg8 85. Kg6 Kh8 86. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0

[mclane]

Anybody else for a game ?!

[mclane]

Round 4.2

Mephisto MMII 7,4 mhz vs. Novag Constellation Expert

[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/PlheQk3Q"] [Date "2024.01.27"] [White "mclanecxantia"] [Black "tibono"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2024.01.27"] [UTCTime "13:26:44"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 d6 { A41 Queen's Pawn Game } 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qc1 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qa5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qf4 Rd8 14. Qe4 Nf8 15. c4 Ng6 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Qe3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Qe4 h6 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Nxc7 Rb8 23. Rab1 Bd7 24. Nb5 a6 25. Na3 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Nc2 c4 28. Be2 Be8 29. Na3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rd8 31. Bc2 Rd2 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Bxb2 34. Nc2 Kf7 35. Be2 e5 36. a4 bxa4 37. Bxc4+ Ke7 38. Ne3 a3 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40. Nd6 Bg6 41. Ba2 e4 42. Nb5 Ke5 43. h4 Bf5 44. Nc7 Kd6 45. Nd5 Bd4 46. Kf1 Be6 47. Nb4 Bxa2 48. Nxa2 Kd5 49. Ke2 Kc4 50. Nc1 Kc3 51. Kd1 Bxf2 52. Na2+ Kb3 53. Nc1+ Kb2 54. Kd2 Be3+ 55. Kxe3 Kxc1 { White resigns. } 0-1


Strange opening by Expert, after 1…d6 MM2 was out of book but Constellation was also out of book after 2.Nc3.
Very rare to be out of book in move 2, isnt it ?!
I really did not understood why MMII oversaw 14.Bxh7+ and also 20.Qh7+ and instead made 2 weaker and passive queen moves.

Well played by Expert in the later middle game though and endgame.

[!Boris]

here we are back to the car - it's a beautiful day!

Mephisto Rebell 5.0 waits for an opponent

1.1 Round: Novag Super Nova - Mephisto Rebell 5.0 _ : _
2.6 Round: Mephisto Rebell 5.0 - Excalibur Igor _ : _
3.1 Round: Mephisto MM II 7,4 MHz - Mephisto Rebell 5.0 1/2 : 1/2
4.6 Round: Mephisto Rebell 5.0 - SciSys Turbo King II _ : _
5.1 Round: Novag Constellation Expert - Mephisto Rebell 5.0 _ : _
6.6 Round: Mephisto Rebell 5.0 - Fidelity Designer 2000 9.2 MHz _ : _ / Looking for a Player who has a Mephisto Rebell 5 playing this game
7.1 Fidelity Chesster Challenger - Mephisto Rebell 5.0 _ : _
8.6 Round: Mephisto Rebell 5.0 - Fidelity Elit A/S Glasgow
9.1 Round: Novag Super Expert A - Mephisto Rebell 5.0 _ : _
10.6 Round: Mephisto Rebell 5.0 - Mephisto Super Mondial _ : _
11.1 Round: Tiger Grenadier - Mephisto Rebell 5.0 _ : _

or
Fidelity Designer 2000 9.2 MHz still waiting

[Tibono2]

Thank you Thorsten for the game and the posted report.
To all, sorry I won't be able to play more games during this weekend (unexpected: my daughter needs a good rest, therefore my wife and myself are taking the grandchildren at my home to provide her with some relief).
See U later, so...
Eric