Leiden 27th Dutch Open 26-28 October 2007

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Leiden 27th Dutch Open 26-28 October 2007

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Hello All,

The 27th Dutch Open will take place in Leiden October 26 - 28th. Hiarcs will be there again. Our 3rd time in Leiden and our 2nd time in the Dutch Open.

Details are here www.csvn.nl

Full details of all games and Hiarcs progress will of course be kept up to date on this forum.

It is now 12 months since I first took Hiarcs to Leiden and finished 3rd with a beta MP version losing only to Rybka.

A lot has changed in 12 months but below is an article that was first published in Selective Search a year ago. It also includes all the games. http://www.elhchess.demon.co.uk/sscontnt.htm

There were lots of pictures missing from the article below I am not able to reproduce here but you can see pictures of the event here http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/Leiden2007/

and my favourite is Enrico and me doing some opening prep, in the Hotel Bar! http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/Leiden200 ... ration.jpg


I joined the Hiarcs team about two years ago. My interest in Computer Chess goes back to the early 1980’s when I purchased my first Chess Computer. I think it was called a Chess Champion. I then later purchased an Exclusive board with Mephisto three inside and finally a Fidelity Excellence. I think my interest then waned for a few years until the early nineties and the Kaparov v Short match in London where I was now living. During the match I met Mike Healey who was then running Countrywide Computers. I chatted with Mike and found there were various upgrades available for the Exclusive board that I had. I became a customer of Countrywide and shortly after a subscriber to Selective Search. I Chatted to Eric several time and eventually ended up testing Hiarcs. The first Hiarcs I purchased was Hiarcs 6 and have been a fan ever since.

I am a regular player on the ChessBase server and a regular reader/poster on the Computer Chess Club website www.talkchess.com Many of the names on the list of participants in Leiden were familiar and a number of them I had chatted to on the server and debated with in CCC.

About 6 months ago a friend from the Dutch Computer Chess Association (CSVN), Andre van Ark (the only person at Leiden I had actually met before), suggested I enter Hiarcs into the annual Dutch Open in Leiden. This sounded like a good idea and also the ideal platform for the first public appearance of Hiarcs running on more than one processor.

The first job was to persuade Mark Uniacke to write the smp code so that I would be ready for November the 3rd. Mark agreed that this could probably be achieved. With three weeks to go he said that he planned to have it working in two. I actually only received a working version about four days before the tournament. The engine worked well and gave a speed up of about 1.85x our single CPU engine which was very good.

The other main issue was what hardware I would use and would I take it with me or play by remote. I was offered the use of a very fast, new, Intel Core Duo running at 3.5Ghz this machine gave over 1000Kns in the start position. Amazing to see Hiarcs running so fast. At first I was just going to take my laptop and use remote desktop to connect to the fast machine in Germany. I was a little worried about what would happen if the remote connection failed and so decided to take my own FX60 dual core as a back-up, by no means slow at around 675 Kns in the start position but I wanted to see 1000+ at Leiden!

The day before my first ever Computer Chess tournament was due to start I packed my FX60, screen, keyboard and mouse into a large cardboard box and put into the boot of my car for the six hour drive plus the train through the channel tunnel. I wondered if my computer would survive the journey?!

I had pre-booked the Bastion Hotel in Leiden on the internet. I chose it because it was fairly cheap and they advertised free wireless internet access. This was good for chatting with Mark before and after each days play. A nice small Hotel very friendly and nice food. Unfortunately I was the only person from the tournament staying there but I am used to travelling abroad on business and chatting to people over a beer at the bar. In my several trips to Holland I have always been amazed that almost everybody speaks very good English.

I woke up in my Hotel room on the morning of the tournament, feeling excited and nervous about the first three rounds that lay ahead that day and used my laptop to check my emails. The first one that I read was bad news. The remote machine in Germany was not working and needed a new graphics card and would be unavailable for my first game. I was disappointed but also very relieved that I had made the effort to bring my own dual-core machine with me as long as it had survived the journey in one piece.

I arrived at the playing hall about an hour and a half before play was due to begin to find that I was the first there and that the door was still locked. After about five minutes somebody else walked up to the door and also could not get in. I soon discovered that he was Clemens Kleck, from Germany, who would be operating Loop. I knew Clemens from the Chessbase server, we chatted for about half an hour until the door was opened and we both started unloading our equipment. After everybody had arrived the first pairings were announced and initially Hiarcs was to play Rybka in round 1. Jeroen and I both thought this was a little strange for the 1st round and after talking to the tournament director Hiarcs was paired with Zzzzz. I was much happier about this as a first round match which Hiarcs proceeded to win. Although at the crucial point in the game where Hiarcs exchanged its Rook for a Knight Zzzzz’s operator immediately commented that he thought the game was drawn luckily his engine went on to lose quickly. We went through the game afterwards and indeed a draw was possible.

In round 2 we faced Joker by Dutch author H.G Muller who once made a chess computer the size of a matchbox. Have a look at his website. http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/chess.html

The remote hardware was now working but not quite at the speed we had hoped for. I was able to play games 2-6 before on the last day due to more problems having to play the last three on my FX60.

Then in round 3 with Rybka and Hiarcs both on two points it was time for us to play. This game like all others was played in a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere and was to be the only game that Hiarcs would lose in this tournament. Hiarcs put up a good fight and at one point Jeroen and I thought there was a small chance that Hiarcs could draw – sadly it was not to be.

Day one over and Hiarcs had scored 2/3 not a bad start. Time to go back to the Hotel for Dinner sleep and be back for round four in the morning at nine.

Day two started with a match v The King operated by its programmer Johan de Koning. Hiarcs won the game comfortably. During the game while chatting with Johan he discovered that my normal job was with the BBC and I was asked if I could find out what would be in the next series of Dr. Who. I am working on it!

Hiarcs had two further games that day a very quick draw v Loop. This gave me chance to go and check out the legendry snack bar that Ernst Walet from the Shredder team had been telling me about for weeks. Ernst had told me several times while playing him on the CB server about the frequent trips to this snack bar. He has been a regular player at this tournament for many years and is Dutch himself. It was like a cross between a greasy spoon and a kebab shop. I was not disappointed a very nice lunch but why do the Dutch put Mayonnaise on everything? What is wrong with Ketchup?

After lunch a nice win v Deep Sjeng. At the end of day two we were in second place with 4.5/6. Now it was time for us all to go to dinner in a local Restaurant. The Restaurant was packed when we got there and sat at our table for eighteen in the middle of the room. An enjoyable evening nice food and far too much wine. At one point we were taking bets on how long it would take between the first main course arriving and the last. I think nobody got it right and to everybody’s surprise they managed it in a remarkably quick four minutes.

The next morning feeling a little hung-over from the night before I woke to the news that our remote hardware had failed again and was unlikely to take any further part in the tournament. So I had to try to hold on to second place with just my FX60. The first game was against Deep Gandalf and ended in a draw. The next was a big game against Fruit operated by Fons Bleumers (Fonzy) another friend from the Chessbase server. Again another draw, I was feeling a little anxious and disappointed at this point. I needed to win my final game v the ten times world champion Shredder to guarantee third place and small chance of second if Loop slipped up. A very convincing win by Hiarcs but Loop also won so HiarcsX MP finished third with 6.5/9. Rybka was the clear winner with an amazing 9/9 but was playing on a very fast computer with 8 CPU’s.

During the tournament it was nice to chat with all of the participants, organisers and the several spectators who were watching the games. There was great interest in Rybka and a large number of people would gather to see if anyone would manage to stop the 9-0 whitewash, the first since Rebel in 1992. Sadly nobody did although The Baron came very close to getting a draw.

There was also great interest in Hiarcs. A lot of people commented that they had been waiting a long time to see a Deep Hiarcs and also to see Hiarcs in Leiden for the first time. I was asked several times when Mark would release it and was pleased to tell all of them that I hoped it would not be long.

Leiden seemed like a nice town although I did not get to see any of it. I have seen a few nice pictures posted on the web. Next year I must try to find time to have a proper look around.

I was given six bottles of a very strong Dutch beer called Karakter by Hiarcs fan Jon van Spiker because he said, “Hiarcs is full of character!” The tournament was well run, great fun and played in a great atmosphere. I hope to be back next year

I visited Mark the day after I returned to go through the games and to chat about the future of Hiarcs. He has just finished setting up his new office, which now has a nice new trophy in it! He now has plenty of space and peace and quiet for developing the engine .



The Games with some notes:

Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zzzzzz"]
[Black "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Before the first round I found out our remote hardware (Intel E6600/3.5Ghz)
had failed, luckily I had brought my FX60/2.6Ghz with me!} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O a6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 Nc6 10.
Nc3 Qc7 11. d5 Na5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Bd2 Bc6 15. e4 O-O 16. Ne2
Nxe4 17. Qc2 Rxf3 {This move was interesting but with best play white can draw.
} 18. gxf3 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qe5 20. Qxa5 Qh5 21. Qa3 c4 22. Ng3 Qh3 23. Bf5 exf5
24. Qc3 Kh8 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. Rfe1 Rf8 27. Qe2 Bc5 28. Rac1 b5 29. Rc2 Bb4 30.
Rd1 f4 31. Ne4 Re8 32. Rd4 h6 33. Rc1 Bc5 34. Rd2 Re5 0-1

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Black "Joker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Got the Intel hardware working but only at 3.15Ghz (not the 3.5Ghz we had
hoped). Comfortable win over Joker who had rather a liking for early Queen
moves!} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qc5 4. d4 Qb4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. a3 Qb6 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Nd5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O Ngf6 13. Bg5 Nd5
14. Rfe1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qd5 16. Qe3 e6 17. c4 Qd6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. d5 cxd5 20.
cxd5 Qf6 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. Rxc5 O-O 24. Bg5 Qxb2 25. Rc7 Ne5 26.
Be7 Ra8 27. dxe6 f6 28. Bd6 Re8 29. e7 b5 30. Bh5 g6 31. Qh6 Kf7 32. Qf8+ Ke6
33. Qxe8 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Kf5 35. Bg4+ Nxg4+ 36. hxg4+ Kxg4 37. Qd7+ f5 1-0

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rybka"]
[Black "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Still at 3.15Ghz for our toughest test.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4
Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Na5 Qc7
18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. Nb3 Qc4 22. h4 Qa4 23. Rd1 Qc4 24.
Qg2 Rc7 25. c3 g6 26. Qf2 Rcc8 27. Qc2 Qa4 28. Rc1 Ra8 29. Qh2 Rc6 30. Na1 $1 {
Nice plan by Rybka to get the knight to d5 after which black is in trouble. We
wonder if the counter 30...f5 was playable here.} Rcc8 31. Nc2 Qc4 32. Rd2 Rf8
33. Nb4 f5 34. Qg2 Rac8 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. b3 Qc6 37. c4 Qb7 38. c5 fxe4 39. fxe4
dxc5 40. Rxc5 Nf4 41. Qg4 Rxc5 42. Bxc5 Re8 43. Qf3 Ne6 44. Bd6 Qf7 45. Qc3 Nd4
46. Bxe5 Qe6 47. Qxd4 Qxe5 48. Qxe5 Rxe5 49. Rc2 Kf7 50. Rc8 Be7 51. Rh8 Kg7
52. Ra8 Bc5 53. Rxa6 Rxe4 54. Ra5 Rxh4 55. Rxb5 Bf2 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Nf6 h6 58.
gxh6 Rxh6 59. Ng4 Rh1+ 60. Kc2 Be1 61. a4 Rh3 62. Rb6 Ke7 $6 {Both the Rybka
team and ourselves were surprised Hiarcs gave the g pawn up here, was there
anything better?} 63. Rxg6 Rc3+ 64. Kd1 Bg3 65. Rb6 Bc7 66. Rb4 Kd6 67. Kd2 Rh3
68. Rd4+ Kc6 69. Ne3 Rh1 70. Rc4+ Kb7 71. b4 Ra1 72. Nd5 Bd8 73. b5 Ra3 74. Re4
Ka7 75. Kc2 Ba5 76. Kb2 Rh3 77. Ne3 Rh2+ 78. Kb3 Rh3 79. Kc4 Rh8 80. Re7+ Ka8
81. Nf5 Rc8+ 82. Kd5 Bb6 83. Nd6 Rc5+ 84. Ke6 Bc7 85. Ne4 Rc1 86. Kd5 Kb8 87.
Re6 Ka7 88. a5 Bd8 89. Rg6 Rd1+ 90. Kc4 Rc1+ 91. Nc3 Bxa5 92. Ra6+ Kb7 93. Rxa5
Rg1 94. Ra6 Rc1 95. Rh6 Kc7 96. Kb4 Rf1 97. b6+ Kb7 98. Na4 1-0

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Black "The King"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Day 2 begins, our remote Intel hardware is now at 3.3Ghz.} 1. e4 e6 {
A surprising choice from the normally combative The King.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5
4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 a5 10. dxc5 Ba6
11. Re1 Nxc5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. b3 Be7 14. Nf1 O-O 15. Bf4 a4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Rad1
axb3 18. axb3 Bb7 19. h3 h6 20. Nh5 Qa5 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Nh2 Kh8 23. Ng4 Ra2 24.
Nxg7 $1 {The culmination of whites plan in manouvering the light pieces to the
king side.} Kxg7 25. Bxh6+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Qd8 27. Qxf7 Rg8 28. Qxe6 Bc5 29. Be3
Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Qf8 31. Rd4 c5 32. Rf3 Qg7 33. Rf7 Nf8 34. Qe7 Qg5 35. Qxg5 Rxg5
36. Rdf4 Nh7 37. Rxb7 Rg7 38. Rb8+ Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. cxd5 1-0

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Loop"]
[Black "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Still on the Intel at 3.3Ghz. This was supposed to be a key game for both
teams in what now seemed a race for 2nd place. Unfortunately, the programs
decided to take the GM draw?! Clemens and I would have been happy if this had
been the last game of the day so we could of gone to the pub, but there was
the little matter of one more round to play.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4.
Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O $1 7. O-O $1 b6 8. Bf4 Ba6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Rac1
Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6 14. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Black "Deep Sjeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Still on the Intel at 3.3Ghz. Hiarcs piled on the pressure until black could
no longer hold.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7.
Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. e5 Bxd3
14. Rxd3 Nd5 15. Bd2 N7b6 16. Ne1 Ne7 17. Nc2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 19. Ne3 Qe4 20.
f3 Qg6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Bc3 Qg5 23. Ng4 Qg6 24. Nf2 Nb6 25. Rd2 Nf5 26. Ne4 Nd7
27. a5 Rec8 28. Rb2 b6 29. Rba2 b5 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Qxb5 Rc7 32. Rd2 Rb8 33.
Qe2 Ne7 34. Rc2 f5 35. exf6 Nxf6 36. Nc5 Nfd5 37. Be1 Nf5 38. Qe4 Qf6 39. Bf2
Rb4 40. Rd1 Rb5 41. Re1 Rxa5 42. Nxe6 Nd6 43. Qe2 Nf4 44. Nxf4 Rxc2 45. Qxc2
Qxf4 46. Qb3+ Kh7 47. g4 Qf7 48. Re6 Qd7 49. Be1 Ra6 50. d5 Qc8 51. Bb4 Ra1+
52. Kf2 Qc4 53. Qxc4 Nxc4 54. Re7 h5 55. Rc7 Nb6 56. d6 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rd1 58.
Ke3 Nd5+ 59. Ke2 Rd4 60. Bc5 Nxc7 61. Bxd4 Ne6 62. Bxa7 Nf8 63. Kd3 Kg6 64. Bd4
Kf7 65. Bxg7 Kxg7 66. Kc4 Kf6 67. Kb5 Ne6 68. Kc6 Nd4+ 69. Kd5 Nf3 70. h3 Kf7
71. Kc6 Ke6 1-0

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Deep Gandalf"]
[Black "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Day 3 begins with us 4.5/6 in clear second. Unfortunately more hardware
problems with the remote Intel computer left us without it for the important
last day. So again my FX60 is required.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. Na4 Bd8 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qb4 b5 17. Rxd6 Be7
18. Rxd7 Bxb4 19. Nb6 Nxd7 20. Nxd7 Nc4 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. Bxb6 Rec8 23. c3 Be7
24. Be3 Rc4 25. Nf3 Rxe4 26. Nd2 Ra4 27. b3 Rh4 28. Nf3 Re4 29. Nd2 Rg4 30. h3
Rg6 31. a4 b4 $6 {Up to this point we thought we were on the way to a full
point but this move seems to enable white to activate his queenside majoirty.}
32. c4 Rf6 33. Ne4 Rff8 34. Bb6 Rfb8 35. a5 Rb7 36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Nd6+ Bxd6 38.
Rxd6 h6 39. Kf1 h5 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Rf7 42. Bc5 Kf5 43. Rb6 g5 44. Bxb4 g4
45. Bd6 Rfa7 46. hxg4+ hxg4 47. c5 Rd7 48. g3 e4 49. Rb4 Re8 50. Rxe4 e5 51. f3
gxf3 52. g4+ Kf6 53. Kxf3 Rh7 54. b4 Rh3+ 55. Ke2 {After getting into a bit of
mess, Hiarcs has recovered and we were now confident of the draw.} Rc3 56. Kd2
Rh3 57. Kc2 Re6 58. Kb2 Rd3 59. Kc1 Rd5 60. Kc2 Re8 61. Kb3 Ke6 62. Re3 Rg8 63.
b5 axb5 64. Kb4 Rxg4+ 65. Kxb5 Rxd6 66. cxd6 Kxd6 67. a6 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Black "Fruit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{FX60 again for this game. Both out of book early after white's unusual 7. a3}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Bg5
$6 Be7 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Qg5 $6 {10. f4 looked much better} O-O 12.
e5 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. O-O Raf8 {
White is now is a real bind which is difficult to escape from.} 18. c3 e5 19.
Rae1 Qb6 20. Qh4 h6 21. Qg3 d6 22. Bc2 Bc6 23. Bb3 Kh8 24. Bc2 Qb7 25. Qh3 a5
26. b3 Qa7 27. Qg3 Qc5 28. Be4 a4 29. b4 Qa7 30. Bc2 Qf7 31. Bd3 g5 32. Qh3 h5
33. Qg3 Nf4 34. Nxf4 gxf4 35. Qh4 f3 36. g3 Rg8 37. Re4 {
Exchange sac to relieve some of the pressure} Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Rf4 39. Qc6 Qe6 40.
Re1 h4 41. Re3 hxg3 42. hxg3 Qh3 43. Rxf3 Rc8 44. Qxc8+ Qxc8 45. gxf4 exf4 46.
Kh2 Qc6 47. Be2 Qd5 48. Kg2 Qe6 49. Kf1 Qa2 50. Bxb5 Qxa3 51. Kg2 Qb3 52. Bxa4
{Reaching what we think is a fortress draw.} Qxa4 53. Rxf4 Qc6+ 54. Rf3 Kg7 55.
Kg3 d5 56. Kg2 d4 57. cxd4 Kh6 58. b5 Qe4 59. Kg3 Kg5 60. Re3 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th Dutch CC"]
[Site "Leiden NED"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Deep Shredder"]
[Black "Hiarcs X MP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Final game with the FX60. Needed to win this one to have a chance of second
if Loop slipped up and drew or lost the last game. Hiarcs did its stuff in
this game but sadly Loop was not accomodating.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4.
Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5
c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. Qh3 O-O-O 17. f4 h6
18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 20. Qh3 b4 {Hiarcs seemed to love its position
here and efficiently drove Shredder back converting to the win quite smoothly
and guaranteeing us at least 3rd place.} 21. Na4 Nxe4 22. Be3 g5 23. Rae1 Nc5
24. Bxc5 $6 {Nxc5 may have held whites position together longer.} Bxc5+ 25.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rhe8 27. Qg3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Ka7 29. Re5 $6 Qd4 30. Re2 Qxb2
31. Qf2+ Qd4 32. Qxd4+ Rxd4 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Kg1 Kb6 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Ke3 Kc5
37. Rf2 Rf4 38. Rxf4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 c3 0-1
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Thanks Harvey, I look forward to tuning into to the event. :lol: Best Wishes and Best of Luck/ Skill as well.
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Here is who has entered so far!

http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com ... 0&Itemid=1

Junior will be there :shock:
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i will try to visit with my orion starship.
What seems like a fairy tale today may be reality tomorrow.
Here we have a fairy tale of the day after tomorrow....
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mclane wrote:i will try to visit with my orion starship.
Hi Thor,

Will be good to meet you at long last. Mark may come with me.

Best Wishes,

Harvey
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cool


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What seems like a fairy tale today may be reality tomorrow.
Here we have a fairy tale of the day after tomorrow....
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mclane wrote:cool


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The Orion 8 looks a lot like the Jupiter II :P

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Harvey Williamson wrote:Here is who has entered so far!

http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com ... 0&Itemid=1

Junior will be there :shock:
Wooooooow what a strong field! :P
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André van Ark wrote:
Harvey Williamson wrote:Here is who has entered so far!

http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com ... 0&Itemid=1

Junior will be there :shock:
Wooooooow what a strong field! :P
Hi Andre,

I now hear that Naum will be there also!

Harvey
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Hello Harvey,

do you know, if Zappa's team wants to join too?

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Lukas wrote:Hello Harvey,

do you know, if Zappa's team wants to join too?

Best regards,
Lukas
Hi Lukas,

I think 'want' the answer is yes. The problem is that is the team is basically Erdo and he spent so long preparing for and playing in Mexico that he is expected to spend a little time at home by his family.

I will let you know if I hear any news.

Best Wishes,

Harvey
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Post by Lukas »

I just asked Erdo on playchess - he won't participate, Anthony doesn't want him to. :(

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Win a Brand new Palm Computer + Hiarcs

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Hi All,

This thread will have all the games, news and results from leiden but if you would like to predict some of the results and win a brand new Palm look here http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=435

Best Wishes,

Harvey
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Hi All,

Tomorrow morning at 0530 I start the drive to Leiden in Holland. I have just checked out who is playing http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com ... 0&Itemid=1 and it seems that Naum is no longer there.

I wil try to provide regular updates here and PGNs of all the Hiarcs games. I wil also try to make sure all Hiarcs games are broadcast live on Playchess - but this may be out of my control!

Best Wishes,

Harvey
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Harvey Williamson wrote:Hi All,

Tomorrow morning at 0530 I start the drive to Leiden in Holland. I have just checked out who is playing http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com ... 0&Itemid=1 and it seems that Naum is no longer there.

I wil try to provide regular updates here and PGNs of all the Hiarcs games. I wil also try to make sure all Hiarcs games are broadcast live on Playchess - but this may be out of my control!

Best Wishes,

Harvey
Best Of Luck Harvey!
May The Force Be With You Regards
Steve
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