CCT10 - News and Games round by round.

[Harvey Williamson]

Hiarcs has now entered this tournament next weekend. Enrico will be operating using my 8 core machine. 8x2.66.

I also hear that Zappa has just entered and will be using an oct machine - this will be an amazing 8x3.0.

Details of the tournament are here http://www.cctchess.com/

[Andreas Guettinger]

Looking forward to it. I see Junior has also entered.
Good look for the Hiarcs team.
I will be on ICC to observe some of the games. My account is Sephirot.

- Andy

[Harvey Williamson]

Thanks Andy - I hope to chat with you there!

[Dylan Sharp]

Zappa will win! I'm willing to bet... Er...

Well, I'm not of the gambling kind

[Enrico L. Carrisco]

Zappa will win! I'm willing to bet... Er...

Well, I'm not of the gambling kind

Well, Dylan, while you're waiting in anticipation, here's the game between HIARCS and Zappa last year..

-elc.

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[Event "ICC 50 3 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Zappa"]
[Black "HiarcsX"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation"]
[ECO "B97"]
[NIC "SI.08"]
[Time "03:03:08"]
[TimeControl "3000+3"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Qa5 14.
Kh1 Be7 15. Qe3 h5 16. Bf3 h4 17. Rb3 Bd7 18. Rfb1 Kf8 19. Rb7 Rd8 20. R7b6
d5 21. Qd3 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bc8 23. Qe3 Qxa2 24. Qc3 Kg7 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Ra1
Qxa1+ 27. Qxa1 Bxf4 28. Qa4 e5 29. Qxc6 Bg5 30. Rb1 h3 31. Bd5 hxg2+ 32.
Kxg2 Bf4 33. Rg1 Bxh2 34. Rb1 Bh3+ 35. Kf2 Rc8 36. Qa4 Bf5 37. Bb3 Rc3 38.
Qb4 Bg3+ 39. Kg1 Rh3 40. Rf1 Bg6 41. Kg2 Bh4 42. Rg1 Bg5 43. Qb7 Rcg3+ 44.
Kf1 Rf3+ 45. Ke1 Re3+ 46. Kd1 Bh5+ 47. Kc1 Reg3+ 48. Kb2 Rxg1 49. Qc6 Be3
50. Bd5 {White resigns} 0-1

[Harvey Williamson]

CCT 10. January 26-27, 2008

Introduction

Official Website: http://www.cctchess.com
Site: The Internet Chess Club (ICC)
Tournament Director: Peter Skinner
Date: January 26-27, 2008.
Time controls: 50 + 3
Rounds: 7 Round Swiss.

With 39 participants, including many of the strongest engines, this tournament promises to be very interesting. And with only 7 rounds, a single mistake can be enough to eliminate an engine in the race for first place.

Participants

Some of the more notable participants are Rybka, Zappa, Hiarcs, Junior and Naum.

Rybka is the current CCT champion after winning CCT9 last year. With Rybka leading all rating lists it is the favourite to win the tournament.

Junior hasn't participated in recent computer chess events, but the team is always well prepared. Playing on the most powerful computer (16 CPU cores) shouldn't hurt its chances.

Zappa won against Rybka in a 10 game match last year. Anthony Cozzie has come out of retirement once more to produce a new version of Zappa. If he is less than 97.8% retired now anything can happen

Hiarcs is the winner of the latest Paderborn tournament. It's always an interesting opponent for Rybka. Hiarcs won CCT blitz in 2006 and 2007.

Naum should not be underestimated. We can expect Naum 3 beta, which beta testers say has been doing very well against Rybka. Some think that Naum 3 beta may be Rybka's closest competitor.

Full list of participants

Schedule

Times are based on ICC's "date" command. (Time zone is EST). Please be sure to check for time zone differences!

Saturday: 7:00am 9:00am 11:00am 1:00pm
Sunday: 7:00am 9:00am 11:00am

Blitz Tournament to follow regular event.

[Harvey Williamson]

Round 1 pairings:

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1 Rybka (1)          : Rascal (20)         
2 Symbolic (21)      : Zappa (2)           
3 Hiarcs (3)         : Now (22)            
4 Prophet (23)       : Junior (4)          
5 Naum (5)           : Tinker (24)         
6 Berta (25)         : Fruit (6)           
7 Glaurung (7)       : LearningLemming (26)
8 Telepath (27)      : Ktulu (8)           
9 Ikarus (9)         : Weid (28)           
10 ZCT (29)          : Thinker (10)        
11 Crafty (11)       : Joker (30)          
12 Protej (31)       : Crash Test Dummy (12)
13 Petir (13)        : Oxygen (32)         
14 Vicki (33)        : Booot (14)          
15 Twisted Logic (15): Tornado (34)        
16 micro-Max (35)    : E.T Chess (16)      
17 Arasan (17)       : Timea (36)          
18 Mediocre (37)     : Danasah (18)        
19 Averno (19)       : Clarabit (38)

http://www.cctchess.com/r1.htm

[Harvey Williamson]

Round 1

[Event "?"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2008.1.26"]
[Time "12:02:16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hiarcs8x"]
[Black "NowX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Opening "B33 Sicilian Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]

{Time control = 50 3 Engine book(s): }
1. e4 {0.01/1 0.8 } 1... c5 2. Nf3 {0.01/1 0.8 } 2... Nc6 3. d4 {0.01/1 0.4 }
3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 {0.01/1 0.3 } 4... e5 5. Nb5 {0.01/1 0.4 } 5... d6 6. N1c3
{0.01/1 0.8 } 6... a6 7. Na3 {0.01/1 0.3 } 7... Nf6 8. Bg5 {0.01/1 0.8 } 8... b5
9. Bxf6 {0.01/1 0.3 } 9... gxf6 10. Nd5 {0.01/1 0.4 } 10... Bg7 11. Bd3 {0.01/1
0.8 } 11... Ne7 12. Nxe7 {0.01/1 0.4 } 12... Qxe7 13. O-O {0.01/1 0.3 } 13... Qa7
14. c4 {1.07/18 01:50.0 } 14... Qd4 15. cxb5 {1.37/17 02:03.5 } 15... Qxb2 16. Nc2
{1.49/18 0.2 } 16... Be6 17. bxa6 {1.60/17 01:15.4 } 17... O-O 18. Qf3 {1.59/19
0.3 } 18... Qc3 19. Rfd1 {1.79/19 02:01.7 } 19... Rfb8 20. Ne3 {1.86/18 01:40.0 }
20... Rb2 21. Rac1 {1.98/18 0.8 } 21... Qa3 22. Nd5 {2.16/18 0.6 } 22... Rd2
23. Rxd2 {2.29/17 01:15.7 } 23... Qxc1+ 24. Rd1 {2.35/19 0.8 } 24... Qg5 25. Be2
{2.46/19 0.6 } 25... Ra7 26. Qb3 {7.41/20 01:38.0 } 26... Bf8 27. Qb8 {8.04/19
01:10.0 } 27... Rd7 28. Rd3 {13.17/19 01:08.0 } 28... Bxd5 29. exd5 {17.89/20 0.5
} 29... Qc1+ 30. Bf1 {19.16/22 01:07.0 } 30... Qg5 31. Rg3 {19.89/21 01:05.0 }
31... Kg7 32. Bb5 {42.91/19 01:05.4 } 32... Re7 {NowX resigns} 1-0

[Harvey Williamson]

Round 2 of 7 finished. Hiarcs on 2/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2008.1.26"]
[Time "14:03:00"]
[Round "?"]
[White "booot"]
[Black "Hiarcs8x"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Opening "B97 Sicilian Najdorf, 7...Qb6"]

{Time control = 50 3 Engine book(s): }
1. e4 c5 {0.01/1 0.9 } 2. Nf3 d6 {0.01/1 0.4 } 3. d4 cxd4 {0.01/1 0.4 } 4. Nxd4
Nf6 {0.01/1 0.8 } 5. Nc3 a6 {0.01/1 0.8 } 6. Bg5 e6 {0.01/1 0.3 } 7. f4 Qb6 {0.01/1
0.4 } 8. Nb3 Be7 {0.01/1 0.4 } 9. Qd4 Qxd4 {0.02/19 02:37.0 } 10. Nxd4 b5 {0.04/19
01:18.1 } 11. Rd1 Bb7 {0.49/17 01:20.8 } 12. e5 dxe5 {0.69/17 01:24.5 } 13. fxe5
Nfd7 {0.66/19 0.3 } 14. Bf4 Nc6 {0.75/18 0.2 } 15. Nf3 Rc8 {0.82/17 0.3 } 16. a4
b4 {1.09/17 01:22.1 } 17. Ne2 g5 {1.38/18 01:43.2 } 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 {1.43/19 0.1 }
19. Nxg5 Ncxe5 {1.42/18 54.3 } 20. Nd4 Rg8 {1.36/17 0.8 } 21. h4 h6 {1.39/18 0.1 }
22. Ngf3 Ng4 {1.53/18 0.2 } 23. Rh3 Ne3 {1.83/18 0.2 } 24. Rd2 Nc5 {2.05/18 0.5 }
25. Re2 Nxf1 {1.90/18 0.3 } 26. Kxf1 Nxa4 {1.90/18 41.3 } 27. Nf5 Rd8 {1.88/18 0.8
} 28. Nxh6 Rh8 {2.29/17 01:22.5 } 29. Nf5 Nxb2 {2.28/16 0.6 } 30. h5 a5 {2.41/16
0.3 } 31. Re1 Bxf3 {2.50/17 0.2 } 32. Rxf3 Kf8 {2.71/18 0.9 } 33. Ng3 Rd1 {2.75/19
01:23.2 } 34. Rb3 Rxe1+ {2.95/21 0.3 } 35. Kxe1 Na4 {2.96/20 0.4 } 36. Rd3 Nc3
{3.14/19 4.7 } 37. Rd4 Kg7 {3.26/19 0.5 } 38. Kd2 Nd5 {3.43/17 11.1 } 39. Rh4
a4 {3.64/17 0.4 } 40. Rh1 Kh6 {3.86/16 01:29.5 } 41. Ne4 Rg8 {4.16/17 01:26.8 }
42. g3 a3 {4.59/16 52.7 } 43. Nd6 f6 {5.26/18 0.5 } 44. Nf7+ Kh7 {5.59/18 01:01.8
} 45. Nd6 Nc3 {6.10/19 21.6 } 46. Kc1 Rxg3 {6.20/19 0.8 } 47. Nc4 f5 {6.46/16 46.9
} 48. h6 e5 {9.75/17 01:16.3 } 49. Na5 f4 {15.38/18 0.2 } 50. Nb3 f3 {21.67/18
01:14.3 } 51. Rf1 e4 { M 16/20 0.4 } 52. Kd2 f2 {21.27/16 01:00.6 } 53. Rxf2 e3+
{booot resigns} 0-1

[Harvey Williamson]

played 3 won 3

[Event "?"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2008.1.26"]
[Time "16:13:56"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hiarcs8x"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Opening "B81 Sicilian Scheveningen, Keres attack"]

{Time control = 50 3 Engine book(s): }
1. e4 {0.01/1 0.8 } 1... c5 2. Nf3 {0.01/1 0.8 } 2... d6 3. d4 {0.01/1 0.9 }
3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 {0.01/1 0.8 } 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 {0.01/1 0.8 } 5... e6 6. g4
{0.01/1 0.9 } 6... h6 7. h4 {0.01/1 0.8 } 7... Nc6 8. Rg1 {0.01/1 0.8 } 8... h5
9. gxh5 {0.01/1 0.9 } 9... Nxh5 10. Bg5 {0.01/1 0.3 } 10... Nf6 11. Rg3 {0.01/1
0.4 } 11... a6 12. Nxc6 {0.01/1 0.8 } 12... bxc6 13. Qf3 {0.01/1 0.9 } 13... Rb8
14. b3 {0.14/16 02:03.8 } 14... Be7 15. Be2 {0.12/16 02:16.1 } 15... Qc7 16. Qe3
{0.06/16 0.6 } 16... Bb7 17. O-O-O {-0.10/16 09:18.5 } 17... Bf8 18. Kb1 {0.37/15
01:27.9 } 18... Nh5 19. Rgg1 {0.37/17 01:25.4 } 19... f6 20. e5 {0.44/18 0.4 }
20... dxe5 21. Qh3 {0.96/18 0.2 } 21... Qf7 22. Bc4 {0.98/17 01:26.3 } 22... Bc8
23. Qd3 {1.00/16 50.3 } 23... Bd7 24. Ne4 {1.57/17 50.9 } 24... Rd8 25. Bd2
{1.53/17 43.8 } 25... Nf4 26. Bxf4 {1.53/17 0.5 } 26... exf4 27. Bxe6 {2.03/19
0.3 } 27... Qxe6 28. Rge1 {2.25/19 0.2 } 28... Be7 29. Nd6+ {2.46/19 0.8 } 29... Kf8
30. Rxe6 {2.44/19 0.7 } 30... Bxe6 31. Qxa6 {2.53/18 28.2 } 31... Bg4 32. Rg1
{2.64/20 0.4 } 32... Rxh4 33. Nb7 {2.90/19 0.7 } 33... Rd2 34. Na5 {3.44/17 55.9
} 34... Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 {4.68/18 45.6 } 35... Bxd1 36. Nxc6 {5.10/19 57.0 } 36... Bg4
37. Nxe7 {5.61/17 01:08.8 } 37... Kxe7 38. Qb7+ {5.98/16 41.1 } 38... Bd7 39. a4
{6.95/17 47.6 } 39... g5 {ArasanX resigns} 1-0

[Harvey Williamson]

At end of round 3 Hiarcs and zappa have 3/3

Rybka only 2.5 - it could only manage a draw with Ikarus in round 3.

[Harvey Williamson]

A loss to zappa which will be the overnight leader 3 rounds tomorrow - we have 3/4

[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zappa"]
[Black "Hiarcs8x"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{Time control = 50 3 Engine book(s):} 1. d4 Nf6 {0.01/1 0.3} 2. Nf3 g6 {
0.01/1 0.8} 3. g3 Bg7 {0.01/1 0.8} 4. c4 O-O {0.01/1 0.8} 5. Bg2 d5 {0.01/1 0.8
} 6. O-O dxc4 {0.01/1 0.8} 7. Na3 Nc6 {0.01/1 0.4} 8. Nxc4 Be6 {0.01/1 0.8} 9.
b3 Bd5 {0.01/1 0.4} 10. Bb2 a5 {0.01/1 0.0} 11. Rc1 a4 {0.01/1 0.4} 12. bxa4
Ra6 {0.01/1 0.8} 13. Ne3 Bxa2 {-0.57/18 04:27.0} 14. Ne5 Na5 {-0.64/18 04:27.6}
15. Nd3 Ra7 {-0.26/17 01:49.5} 16. Qc2 c6 {-0.52/18 02:25.1} 17. Bc3 Be6 {
-0.55/18 01:44.5} 18. Nc5 Bc8 {-0.39/17 01:07.3} 19. Rfd1 Nd5 {-0.34/18 01:12.0
} 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 {-0.35/18 51.0} 21. Nc4 Qc7 {-0.35/18 0.9} 22. Qb3 Nf6 {
-0.52/17 0.4} 23. Qb6 Qxb6 {-0.69/19 01:19.3} 24. Nxb6 Rd8 {-0.70/18 01:15.7}
25. d5 cxd5 {-0.37/17 48.6} 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 {-0.51/19 01:20.7} 27. Nxd5 Re8 {
-0.51/20 01:17.3} 28. Rc4 Bh3 {-0.40/18 01:09.6} 29. f3 Bf8 {-0.32/17 01:02.8}
30. Nb6 h5 {-0.11/17 37.7} 31. Kf2 e5 {-0.21/17 01:25.3} 32. g4 hxg4 {
0.00/17 43.3} 33. Ncd7 Bg7 {-0.65/18 01:41.7} 34. fxg4 f5 {-1.03/19 0.4} 35. g5
f4 {-0.82/19 56.4} 36. Rc7 Rd8 {-0.91/19 01:04.3} 37. Rd6 Bxd7 {
-1.14/19 01:13.9} 38. Nxd7 Ra6 {-1.17/19 29.9} 39. Rxa6 bxa6 {-1.18/18 10.6}
40. Kf3 Re8 {-1.62/19 46.8} 41. Ke4 Re7 {-1.92/20 44.7} 42. h4 a5 {
-2.02/21 38.5} 43. Ra7 Kh7 {-2.29/21 31.4} 44. Rb7 Kg8 {-2.54/22 30.3} 45. Rb8+
Kf7 {-2.64/21 35.3} 46. Nc5 Bf8 {-2.67/20 38.0} 47. Ra8 Kg7 {-3.94/21 02:17.2}
48. Rxa5 Re8 {-3.97/19 26.4} 49. Ra7+ 1-0

[Harvey Williamson]

This is how it looks going into round 5 - round 5 pairings are also here:

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 1 Rybka,  (1)                 :     Zappa,  (2)           
 2 Glaurung,  (7)              :     Hiarcs,  (3)          
 3 Naum,  (5)                  :     Fruit,  (6)           
 4 Crafty,  (10)               :     Junior,  (4)          
 5 Tornado,  (33)              :     Ktulu,  (8)           
 6 E.T Chess,  (15)            :     Ikarus,  (9)          
 7 Crash Test Dummy,  (11)     :     LearningLemming,  (25)
 8 Petir,  (12)                :     Rascal,  (19)         
 9 Booot,  (13)                :     Weid,  (27)           
10 Berta,  (24)                :     Arasan,  (16)         
11 Timea,  (35)                :     Danasah,  (17)        
12 Prophet,  (22)              :     Joker,  (29)          
13 Twisted Logic,  (14)        :     Averno,  (18)         
14 Now,  (21)                  :     micro-Max,  (34)      
15 Telepath,  (26)             :     Vicki,  (32)          
16 Tinker,  (23)               :     Clarabit,  (36)       
17 Oxygen,  (31)               :     Protej,  (30)         

Standings

Place Name               Feder Rtg Loc Score Buch. Berg.

  1   Zappa,                           4      12.0  8.50
 2-3  Rybka,                           3.5    13.0  7.75
      Glaurung,                        3.5    12.5  8.25
 4-6  Hiarcs,                          3      12.5  5.00
      Naum,                            3      10.5  6.00
      Fruit,                           3      10.5  5.00
7-13  Ikarus,                          2.5    14.0  6.25
      Crafty,                          2.5    13.0  5.25
      E.T Chess,                       2.5    13.0  5.25
      LearningLemming,                 2.5    12.5  5.25
      Junior,                          2.5    10.5  3.50
      Tornado,                         2.5    10.0  3.75
      Ktulu,                           2.5     9.0  3.25
14-23 Arasan,                          2      12.0  4.50
      Crash Test Dummy,                2      11.0  2.00
      Berta,                           2      10.0  3.00
      Booot,                           2      10.0  2.00
      Danasah,                         2      10.0  2.00
      Rascal,                          2       9.5  1.00
      Petir,                           2       9.0  2.25
      Joker,                           2       8.5  3.25
      Weid,                            2       8.0  1.50
      Timea,                           2       6.5  0.50
24-25 Averno,                          1.5     9.5  2.00
      Twisted Logic,                   1.5     7.0  0.50
26-31 Now,                             1      10.5  1.00
      Prophet,                         1       9.0  0.00
      micro-Max,                       1       7.5  1.00
      Clarabit,                        1       7.0  1.00
      Telepath,                        1       6.5  0.00
      Vicki,                           1       6.0  0.00
 32   Tinker,                          0.5    10.0  0.50
33-36 Protej,                          0       7.5  0.00
      Oxygen,                          0       5.0  0.00
      Symbolic,                        0       4.5  0.00
      ZCT,                             0       3.5  0.00

Cross Table

No  Name               Feder Rtg  1    2    3    4    5 

1.  Rybka,                       19:W 11:W  9:D 25:W  2:
2.  Zappa,                       23:W 10:W 15:W  3:W  1:
3.  Hiarcs,                      21:W 13:W 16:W  2:L  7:
4.  Junior,                      22:W 12:D  7:L 18:W 10:
5.  Naum,                        20:L 27:W 19:W 11:W  6:
6.  Fruit,                       24:W 15:L 21:W 13:W  5:
7.  Glaurung,                    25:D 17:W  4:W  9:W  3:
8.  Ktulu,                       26:W 16:L 22:W 15:D 33:
9.  Ikarus,                      17:W 33:W  1:D  7:L 15:
10. Crafty,                      29:W  2:L 33:D 16:W  4:
11. Crash Test Dummy,            30:W  1:L 24:W  5:L 25:
12. Petir,                       31:W  4:D 25:L 29:D 19:
13. Booot,                       32:W  3:L 36:W  6:L 27:
14. Twisted Logic,               33:L 29:L 34:D 30:W 18:
15. E.T Chess,                   34:W  6:W  2:L  8:D  9:
16. Arasan,                      35:W  8:W  3:L 10:L 24:
17. Danasah,                      9:L  7:L 32:W 26:W 35:
18. Averno,                      36:W 25:L 29:D  4:L 14:
19. Rascal,                       1:L 30:W  5:L 36:W 12:
20. Symbolic,                     5:L 28:L   :    :    :
21. Now,                          3:L 32:W  6:L 33:L 34:
22. Prophet,                      4:L 31:W  8:L 27:L 29:
23. Tinker,                       2:L 34:D 27:L 35:L 36:
24. Berta,                        6:L 35:W 11:L 34:W 16:
25. LearningLemming,              7:D 18:W 12:W  1:L 11:
26. Telepath,                     8:L 36:L 31:W 17:L 32:
27. Weid,                        28:L  5:L 23:W 22:W 13:
28. ZCT,                         27:L 20:L   :    :    :
29. Joker,                       10:L 14:W 18:D 12:D 22:
30. Protej,                      11:L 19:L 35:L 14:L 31:
31. Oxygen,                      12:L 22:L 26:L 32:L 30:
32. Vicki,                       13:L 21:L 17:L 31:W 26:
33. Tornado,                     14:W  9:L 10:D 21:W  8:
34. micro-Max,                   15:L 23:D 14:D 24:L 21:
35. Timea,                       16:L 24:L 30:W 23:W 17:
36. Clarabit,                    18:L 26:W 13:L 19:L 23:

[Erik Roggenburg]

Thanks for the update, H-master!

[Andrew]

The chessok site now shows Hiarcs with +2 pawns