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28th International Open Dutch Computer Chess Championship,

Leiden, The Netherlands, November 2008

In another exciting tournament held in Leiden in The Netherlands, HIARCS was again the top single computer but ultimately came second to a 40 core 5 computer cluster. HIARCS performed very well throughout the tournament.

HIARCS was running on a single 8-core computer and it's only defeat was to a 40 core, 5 computer cluster "super computer".

A big thank you to Harvey Williamson for his extensive preparations before the tournament and travelling to The Netherlands to operate HIARCS.  Many thanks also to Sebastian Boehme for his book preparations and Rob Osborne for allowing use of his 8 core SkullTrail hardware.

 

The list of hardware used by each contestant was as follows:

Rybka 3: 5x 8 core SkullTrail (using 40 cores)
HIARCS X: 8 core SkullTrail 4Ghz
Deep Sjeng: Venom 9650 4 core (except against HIARCS X where Deep Sjeng used a 11 core cluster!)
Hermann 2.4: Core 2 Duo E6600
Ktula 9: Quad 3.8Ghz AMD using only 1 core
The King: Dual Core
The Baron: AMD Dual Opteron 270 (4 cores) 2Ghz
Pandix AI 2008: Centrino 2Ghz
Joker: Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz using 1 core
Tzunami: Quad Q6600

We started the tournament with the risky 12.192 version and after the first round draw with The King we swapped to the tried and tested 12.153 version which was used to good effect in Beijing China.

The critical game for HIARCS was the defeat against Rybka and this effectively decided the tournament. Overall, HIARCS played the tournament well and we intend to come back even stronger next year.

You can play through HIARCS' games from the tournament below:

 








 

SicilianB35

HiarcsX
The King

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (1)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. e4 B/0 0 1... c5 17 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... Nc6 10 3. d4 B/0 0 3... cxd4 14 4. Nxd4 B/0 0 4... g6 15 5. Nc3 B/0 0 5... Bg7 11 6. Be3 B/0 0 6... Nf6 13 7. Bc4 B/0 0 7... O-O 23 8. Bb3 B/0 0 8... Qa5 0 9. f3 0.01/1 1 9... d5 21 10. exd5 0.01/1 1 10... Nb4 23 11. Qd2 0.01/1 1 11... Nbxd5 11 12. Nxd5 0.01/1 1 12... Qxd2+ 29 13. Kxd2 0.01/1 1 13... Nxd5 60 14. Bxd5 0.01/1 1 14... Rd8 38 15. c4 0.01/1 1 15... e6 14 16. Be4 0.41/20 119 16... Bxd4 (f5) 9 17. Bxd4 0.60/21 130 17... Rxd4+ 14 18. Kc3 0.60/22 142 18... Rd7 17 19. Rad1 0.57/21 157 19... Rb8 235 20. Rxd7 0.57/21 0 20... Bxd7 81 21. Rd1 0.57/20 0 21... Be8 338 22. f4 0.54/21 1 22... Kf8 (b6) 242 23. g4 0.58/20 106 23... h6 (b6) 170 24. f5 0.62/20 146 24... exf5 181 25. gxf5 0.64/22 1 25... gxf5 (b6) 165 26. Bxf5 0.67/21 107 26... Bc6 (Ke7) 123 27. Rd6 0.60/20 129 27... Kg7 7 28. b4 0.84/21 125 28... Re8 120 29. b5 0.82/22 1 29... Bg2 (Bf3) 160 30. a4 0.78/20 168 30... Re3+ (Bf1) 127 31. Kb4 0.93/20 122 31... Re5 0 32. Bd3 0.87/20 117 32... Re3 (Re6) 11 33. c5 1.00/20 114 33... Rh3 50 34. Bc4 1.05/20 60 34... Rh4 94 35. Rd7 1.07/19 1 35... Kf8 100 36. Kc3 1.07/19 1 36... Rh3+ 59 37. Kb2 1.06/19 2 37... Bf3 (Rf3) 36 38. c6 1.53/18 91 38... bxc6 39 39. Rxa7 1.67/17 37 39... cxb5 22 40. axb5 1.59/18 65 40... f5 (Kg7) 61 41. b6 1.65/16 68 41... Rxh2+ (h5) 0 42. Kc3 2.19/19 129 42... Ke8 (f4) 8 43. b7 2.00/18 123 43... Bxb7 33 44. Rxb7 2.33/19 43 44... f4 10 45. Kd4 2.21/19 121 45... f3 8 46. Ke5 2.21/19 76 46... Rc2 (Rd2) 67 47. Ke6 2.28/19 122 47... Kd8 27 48. Rd7+ 2.29/19 77 48... Kc8 42 49. Ba6+ 2.22/18 0 49... Kb8 58 50. Ke5 2.16/18 0 50... Rc5+ (Rc6) 46 51. Ke4 2.24/18 161 51... Rc6 (Ra5) 91 52. Bf1 2.30/19 69 52... Rc1 (Rc3) 12 53. Bb5 2.04/19 69 53... Rc5 (h5) 92 54. Bd3 2.22/20 41 54... Rc7 19 55. Rd8+ 2.23/21 50 55... Rc8 52 56. Rd5 2.10/22 1 56... Rf8 94 57. Rh5 2.04/22 1 57... f2 63 58. Bf1 1.92/22 1 58... Rf6 (Kc7) 51 59. Kd3 2.05/21 59 59... Kc7 70 60. Ke2 2.00/24 1 60... Kd6 41 61. Bh3 2.00/24 0 61... Ke7 (Rf4) 52 62. Kf1 2.00/21 59 62... Kd6 (Rf4) 90 63. Ke2 2.00/23 56 1/2-1/2










 

QGDD10

Pandix
HiarcsX

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (2)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. d4 0 1... d5 B/0 0 2. c4 8 2... c6 B/0 0 3. Nc3 6 3... dxc4 B/0 0 4. e4 9 4... b5 B/0 0 5. a4 12 5... b4 B/0 0 6. Na2 7 6... Nf6 B/0 0 7. e5 10 7... Nd5 B/0 0 8. Bxc4 0 8... e6 B/0 0 9. Qg4 8 9... Qa5 0.09/17 177 10. Bb3 81 10... Ba6 0.08/17 36 11. Nf3 (Ne2) 78 11... Nd7 0.06/17 153 12. Bd2 7 12... h6 -0.08/17 149 13. Nc1 94 13... Qb6 0.01/18 132 14. a5 80 14... Qb7 0.08/18 1 15. Bd1 c5 16. Be2 0 16... Bxe2 -0.31/18 96 17. Nxe2 17 17... Qa6 -0.21/18 127 18. dxc5 (Qe4) 7 18... h5 -1.08/18 138 19. Qd4 70 19... Nxc5 -1.13/18 1 20. Nc1 89 20... Be7 -1.35/18 1 21. Bg5 (Ng5) 65 21... f6 -2.13/18 95 22. Bd2 151 22... Rd8 -2.19/18 0 23. b3 0 23... Nc3 -2.53/18 75 24. Qc4 9 24... Qxc4 -2.78/20 72 25. bxc4 9 25... fxe5 -2.54/20 162 26. O-O 7 26... Bf6 -2.49/20 68 27. Be3 29 27... b3 -2.50/20 44 28. Bxc5 47 28... b2 -2.50/19 0 29. Nb3 90 29... bxa1=Q -2.50/19 1 30. Rxa1 111 30... e4 -2.57/20 0 31. Nfd2 102 31... Ne2+ -2.51/20 1 32. Kf1 97 32... Bxa1 -2.52/19 1 33. Kxe2 96 33... Be5 -2.63/19 1 34. Bxa7 93 34... Bxh2 -2.58/18 1 35. Nxe4 (Bb6) 102 35... Be5 -2.55/17 66 36. Bb6 23 36... Rc8 -2.53/18 100 37. Nbc5 95 37... h4 -2.57/18 1 38. f3 (Ke3) 73 38... Rg8 -2.53/17 109 39. Nd3 75 39... Bc7 -2.54/18 1 40. Bxc7 (Nb4) 80 40... Rxc7 -2.83/20 55 41. Ne5 82 41... Ra7 -2.92/20 1 42. c5 85 42... Ra6 -2.89/20 0 43. Nd6+ (Ke3) 74 43... Ke7 -3.24/20 85 44. Ndc4 134 44... Rd8 -3.41/21 1 45. c6 68 45... Rd4 -3.58/20 1 46. c7 73 46... Rxc4 -4.09/22 1 47. Nxc4 65 47... Rc6 -4.32/22 1 48. c8=R (Kd3) 56 48... Rxc8 -5.24/21 52 49. Kd3 9 49... Kf6 -5.95/20 62 50. Kd4 (Ne3) 6 50... Kg5 -8.24/19 78 51. Ne3 (Nd6) 113 51... Kf4 -11.39/20 99 0-1










 

Ruy LopezC63

HiarcsX
Ktulu

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (3)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. e4 B/0 0 1... e5 11 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... Nc6 8 3. Bb5 B/0 0 3... f5 10 4. Nc3 B/0 0 4... fxe4 16 5. Nxe4 B/0 0 5... Nf6 12 6. Qe2 B/0 0 6... Qe7 32 7. d3 B/0 0 7... d5 20 8. Nc3 B/0 0 8... Bg4 10 9. Bg5 B/0 0 9... O-O-O 91 10. Bxc6 0.27/17 145 10... bxc6 224 11. O-O 0.19/17 1 11... h6 401 12. Bd2 0.21/18 215 12... Qe8 (Qd7) 150 13. h3 0.26/18 206 13... Bxf3 95 14. Qxf3 0.21/17 1 14... Bd6 54 15. Rae1 0.23/17 95 15... Qg6 (Rf8) 67 16. Qe2 0.19/18 192 16... Rhf8 79 17. Na4 0.23/17 1 17... Qh5 (Nd7) 80 18. Qxh5 0.27/19 216 18... Nxh5 100 19. Be3 0.18/19 1 19... d4 97 20. Bd2 0.40/20 121 20... Nf6 284 21. c4 0.36/22 1 21... dxc3 (c5) 50 22. Bxc3 0.59/18 78 22... Rfe8 138 23. Re2 0.50/20 1 23... Nd5 88 24. Rfe1 0.54/19 1 24... Nf4 95 25. Rd2 0.46/18 1 25... Re6 104 26. h4 0.56/18 89 26... Nd5 (Rf8) 92 27. g3 0.58/18 81 27... Kd7 (Nxc3) 70 28. Rde2 0.71/20 119 28... Rde8 66 29. Kg2 0.72/20 1 29... Nb6 (Rg6) 38 30. Re4 0.75/19 114 30... Nd5 (R6e7) 68 31. a3 0.78/19 110 31... Nxc3 (Nb6) 44 32. Nxc3 0.91/20 67 32... Rb8 (R6e7) 26 33. R1e2 0.98/20 104 33... Ree8 (Re7) 53 34. Rg4 1.01/20 101 34... Re7 44 35. Rc4 1.01/20 52 35... Ree8 (Rb3) 96 36. Kf3 1.05/19 60 36... Rb6 (Rb3) 34 37. Rc2 1.20/18 64 37... Reb8 46 38. Na4 1.25/19 1 38... Ra6 40 39. h5 1.25/19 51 39... Rf8+ (Ra5) 89 40. Ke3 1.39/20 66 40... Ke7 (Be7) 0 41. Rg4 1.31/19 142 41... Rf7 68 42. Nc5 1.31/20 1 42... Rb6 36 43. f3 1.46/19 33 43... Rb8 (Rb5) 47 44. Ne4 1.35/19 103 44... Kd7 68 45. Nd2 1.28/19 0 45... Rb5 (Be7) 39 46. Rgc4 1.50/19 77 46... Rf5 (Rb6) 13 47. g4 1.67/19 47 47... Rf8 46 48. Rxc6 1.59/20 39 48... Rfb8 51 49. Ra6 1.59/20 1 49... R8b6 40 50. Rxb6 1.62/21 1 50... axb6 26 51. Ke4 1.66/22 44 51... Ke6 73 52. Nc4 1.65/22 1 52... Be7 (Rd5) 25 53. Ne3 2.01/21 50 53... c5 6 54. Nc4 2.02/22 61 54... Bf6 20 55. Rc1 2.16/22 34 55... Rb3 (Bg5) 25 56. Rb1 2.58/21 50 56... Kd7 (Be7) 29 57. Nd2 2.98/20 48 57... Rb5 85 58. b4 3.03/22 1 58... cxb4 36 59. a4 2.78/21 1 59... Rc5 61 60. Rxb4 3.01/21 1 60... Bd8 (Rc2) 47 61. Kf5 3.55/18 41 61... Rc6 (Rc3) 30 62. Ne4 3.76/19 28 62... Be7 (Re6) 24 63. Rc4 4.70/21 44 63... Rxc4 (Bc5) 37 64. dxc4 5.91/24 83 64... Ke8 29 65. Kg6 7.35/21 39 65... Kf8 (Bf8) 47 66. c5 10.25/22 20 66... bxc5 (Bd8) 25 67. a5 10.53/22 37 1-0










 

GruenfeldD85

HiarcsX
Rybka

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (4)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. d4 B/0 0 1... Nf6 7 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... g6 6 3. c4 B/0 0 3... Bg7 6 4. Nc3 B/0 0 4... d5 6 5. cxd5 B/0 0 5... Nxd5 8 6. e4 B/0 0 6... Nxc3 7 7. bxc3 B/0 0 7... c5 6 8. Bb5+ B/0 0 8... Nc6 8 9. O-O B/0 0 9... cxd4 7 10. cxd4 B/0 1 10... O-O 8 11. Be3 B/0 0 11... Bg4 10 12. Bxc6 B/0 0 12... bxc6 10 13. Rc1 B/0 0 13... Qa5 30 14. Qe2 B/0 0 14... Rfd8 8 15. Rc5 0.38/17 114 15... Qa3 11 16. e5 0.28/18 268 16... Be6 192 17. Rxc6 0.03/17 1 17... Qxa2 211 18. Rc2 0.00/18 0 18... Qa4 (Qa3) 208 19. Bg5 0.00/18 111 19... Bf8 (Bd5) 133 20. Re1 -0.25/19 295 20... a5 (Bd5) 192 21. Be3 -0.28/19 239 21... Bd5 106 22. Rec1 -0.55/18 194 22... Qe8 (Qd7) 9 23. Nd2 -0.46/18 190 23... a4 98 24. f3 -0.74/18 134 24... a3 12 25. Ne4 -0.92/19 160 25... Rdc8 7 26. Nc5 -0.92/19 115 26... a2 8 27. Qe1 -0.89/18 122 27... Rxc5 (Rab8) 196 28. Rxc5 -1.39/19 83 28... e6 25 29. Ra5 -1.42/20 72 29... Ba3 11 30. Rxa3 -1.51/20 107 30... Rxa3 7 31. Bd2 -1.78/20 171 31... Rb3 30 32. Bh6 -1.96/19 83 32... Qa8 30 33. Kf2 -2.00/19 52 33... Qb8 6 34. Qa5 -2.83/19 212 34... Rb1 22 35. Qc7 -3.19/20 101 35... Qxc7 8 36. Rxc7 -3.35/20 10 36... Rb8 9 37. Rc1 -3.50/21 40 37... g5 10 38. h3 -3.55/21 79 38... Bc4 (f5) 44 39. Kg3 -3.81/20 56 39... f6 (f5) 47 40. exf6 -4.25/20 73 40... Kf7 16 41. Bxg5 -4.33/20 44 41... Kg6 7 42. Bh4 -4.34/20 60 42... Rb1 8 43. Rxc4 -4.54/20 43 43... a1=Q 19 44. Rc7 -4.61/20 53 44... Qxd4 26 45. Rg7+ -4.98/20 235 45... Kh6 7 46. f4 -18.61/21 268 46... Qe4 67 47. Bg5+ -21.25/19 29 47... Kh5 10 48. Kh2 -#86/20 151 48... Rb2 8 49. Bh4 -#21/16 0 49... Kxh4 (Qxf4+) 11 0-1










 

QGDD10

Hermann
Hiarcs 12

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (5)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. d4 0 1... d5 B/0 0 2. c4 8 2... c6 B/0 0 3. Nc3 7 3... dxc4 B/0 0 4. e3 6 4... b5 B/0 0 5. a4 8 5... b4 B/0 0 6. Ne4 8 6... Qd5 B/0 0 7. Nd2 248 7... c3 B/0 0 8. bxc3 56 8... bxc3 B/0 0 9. Nb1 94 9... Qa5 B/0 0 10. Qb3 125 10... Na6 0.37/18 179 11. Qxc3 (Nf3) 68 11... Nb4 0.12/18 128 12. Bd2 9 12... e6 0.08/19 148 13. Bc4 (Qc1) 9 13... Bd6 0.14/19 159 14. e4 (Nf3) 58 14... Nf6 -0.22/18 114 15. f3 (e5) 8 15... e5 -0.59/17 133 16. Ne2 18 16... Rb8 -0.56/16 188 17. Na3 (0-0) 167 17... exd4 -0.64/15 127 18. Nxd4 46 18... O-O -0.68/15 126 19. Nac2 (Rb1) 7 19... Re8 -0.50/15 224 20. Rc1 (Rd1) 141 20... Bd7 -0.52/14 124 21. O-O (Qb3) 56 21... Qh5 -0.28/15 154 22. g3 7 22... a5 -0.23/15 105 23. Ne2 (Rf2) 79 23... Nfd5 -0.15/16 130 24. Qa3 70 24... Nb6 -0.10/15 1 25. Bb3 70 25... Rbd8 0.00/15 0 26. Nxb4 56 26... Nd5 0.07/16 1 27. Bc4 (Rf2) 33 27... Nb6 0.09/16 73 28. Qb3 (Bb3) 69 28... Nxc4 0.21/16 111 29. Qxc4 45 29... axb4 0.21/16 1 30. Bxb4 62 30... Be6 0.09/17 1 31. Qc3 193 31... c5 0.10/16 64 32. Ba3 67 32... Be5 0.09/17 1 33. Qxc5 Bh3 34. Rf2 Qh6 35. Rb1 Rc8 36. Qb5 Rb8 37. Qd3 Rxb1+ 38. Qxb1 Rd8 39. Bc5 Qc6 40. Be7 Rd2 41. Kh1 Qd7 42. Bc5 Rd1+ 43. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Ng1 Bc7 45. Be3 Bf1 46. g4 h6 47. Bc5 Bd3 48. a5 Bxa5 49. Be3 Qb3 50. Bd4 Qc4 51. Ba7 Be1 52. Rb2 Qc3 53. Ra2 Bc4 54. Rg2 Bf1 55. g5 Bxg2+ 56. Kxg2 Qb2+ 57. Kf1 Bh4 58. Be3 hxg5 59. Nh3 g4 60. fxg4 Qb5+ 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Bf2 Qxe4+ Hermann resigns. 0-1










 

SicilianB42

HiarcsX
Sjeng

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (6)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. e4 B/0 0 1... c5 11 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... e6 23 3. d4 B/0 0 3... cxd4 9 4. Nxd4 B/0 0 4... a6 9 5. Bd3 B/0 1 5... Nf6 11 6. O-O B/0 0 6... Qc7 10 7. Qe2 B/0 0 7... d6 11 8. c4 B/0 0 8... g6 9 9. Nc3 B/0 0 9... Bg7 31 10. Rd1 B/0 0 10... O-O 26 11. Nf3 B/0 0 11... Nc6 127 12. h3 B/0 0 12... Nd7 202 13. Be3 B/0 0 13... b6 202 14. Rac1 0.01/1 0 14... Nc5 72 15. Bb1 0.01/1 0 15... Bb7 92 16. b3 0.01/1 0 16... Rad8 101 17. Qe1 0.36/17 195 17... Rd7 (Rfe8) 561 18. Qd2 0.37/17 215 18... Qd8 (f5) 57 19. Bh6 0.43/17 180 19... f5 (Bxh6) 81 20. Bxg7 0.10/16 211 20... Kxg7 13 21. exf5 0.10/17 141 21... gxf5 15 22. Ne2 0.07/17 181 22... a5 (Ne5) 88 23. Qe3 0.07/17 213 23... Qf6 (e5) 89 24. Nf4 0.14/17 201 24... Kh8 16 25. Kh2 0.07/16 87 25... Qh6 (Rg8) 82 26. Rg1 -0.28/17 409 26... e5 (Ne7) 268 27. Nd5 -0.57/19 181 27... f4 12 28. Qc3 -0.56/18 79 28... Rg7 68 29. Rce1 -0.55/17 0 29... Nb4 (Ne6) 115 30. Nxb6 -1.50/17 138 30... Rfg8 13 31. Na4 -1.41/16 111 31... Nxa4 309 32. bxa4 -1.04/20 0 32... Bc8 58 33. Nxe5 -0.99/18 0 33... dxe5 83 34. Qxe5 -1.14/18 0 34... Qh4 135 35. Qb2 -0.90/18 0 35... Bd7 58 36. Be4 -1.11/17 0 36... Rf8 429 37. a3 -1.14/18 0 37... Na6 (Nc6) 125 38. Bf3 -1.00/16 86 38... Nc5 56 39. Re2 -0.94/17 0 39... Bxa4 (Qf6) 65 40. Qc3 -0.41/17 83 40... Qd8 79 41. Rge1 -0.06/18 0 41... Qd3 (Nb3) 108 42. Qxa5 0.00/18 75 42... Rc8 (Qxc4) 22 43. Re7 0.64/17 54 43... Qd4 70 44. R1e5 0.75/18 0 44... Rxe7 60 45. Rxe7 1.02/19 0 45... Rf8 (Qf6) 82 46. Qc7 1.14/17 69 46... Bc2 (Bd7) 98 47. Bd5 1.27/19 73 47... f3 14 48. Rf7 1.06/18 44 48... Re8 37 49. Qc6 1.06/18 0 49... Rg8 64 50. Rxf3 1.15/20 0 50... Be4 73 51. Bxe4 1.07/20 0 51... Qe5+ 16 52. g3 1.17/20 35 52... Nxe4 36 53. Rf4 1.13/19 6 53... Nc5 217 54. Rf7 1.16/21 0 54... Ne4 0 55. Qb7 1.16/20 67 55... Ng5 45 56. Rf4 1.16/20 0 56... Ne6 54 57. Re4 1.16/19 0 57... Qg7 59 58. Qb6 1.16/19 0 58... Ng5 56 59. Rf4 1.15/19 0 59... Re8 (Qe5) 46 60. a4 1.45/17 45 60... Qd7 10 61. Qf6+ 1.60/19 49 61... Qg7 8 62. Qc6 1.57/19 60 62... Qe7 10 63. Qd5 1.64/19 47 63... Rd8 (h6) 12 64. Qb5 1.79/16 47 64... Qg7 31 65. Qb6 1.90/17 0 65... Re8 (Qe7) 34 66. a5 2.08/18 54 66... Qd7 34 67. Qf6+ 2.45/19 0 67... Qg7 16 68. Qc6 2.32/18 18 68... Qe7 34 69. Rf5 2.39/18 0 69... Qe6 (Rd8) 27 70. Qb5 3.10/17 33 70... Nf7 (h6) 14 71. a6 4.14/17 51 71... Kg7 (Re7) 12 72. a7 4.55/17 31 72... Ra8 33 73. Qb2+ 6.57/18 51 73... Kg6 10 74. Rb5 6.68/18 24 74... Rxa7 44 75. Rb6 6.91/19 0 75... Nd6 (Nd8) 32 76. Qd4 12.14/17 23 76... Rd7 (Kf7) 48 77. c5 12.48/18 44 77... Kf7 11 78. Qf4+ 22.71/18 15 78... Qf6 (Nf5) 53 79. Qxf6+










127/17 40 79... Kxf6 13 80. Rxd6+










23/16 11 80... Rxd6 (Ke7) 44 81. cxd6










21/19 10 1-0










 

SicilianB93

Tzunami
HiarcsX

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (7)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. Nc3 0 1... c5 B/0 0 2. Nf3 0 2... Nf6 B/0 0 3. e4 77 3... d6 B/0 0 4. d4 150 4... cxd4 B/0 0 5. Qxd4 109 5... Nc6 -0.01/1 0 6. Bb5 148 6... Bd7 -0.01/1 0 7. Bxc6 190 7... Bxc6 -0.01/1 0 8. Bg5 209 8... e6 -0.01/1 0 9. Bxf6 109 9... Qxf6 -0.01/1 0 10. Qxf6 154 10... gxf6 0.41/18 34 11. Rd1 (Nd4) 215 11... f5 -0.34/20 141 12. exf5 192 12... Rg8 -0.28/20 0 13. Nd4 (Rd3) 118 13... Bxg2 -0.41/19 132 14. Rg1 122 14... Kd7 -0.39/19 0 15. f6 (Rd3) 119 15... Bh6 -1.27/17 82 16. Nce2 147 16... Rac8 -1.21/18 0 17. f4 153 17... Be4 -1.46/19 123 18. Rxg8 135 18... Rxg8 -1.57/20 0 19. Ng3 (Nb5) 290 19... Bd5 -1.57/19 119 20. f5 185 20... Bg5 -1.58/20 0 21. fxe6+ 153 21... fxe6 -1.60/21 0 22. f7 128 22... Rf8 -1.65/21 0 23. c4 (Nb5) 111 23... Bxc4 -3.48/20 71 24. Ne4 (Nf3) 172 24... Bd8 -3.85/18 111 25. b3 (Nc2) 251 25... Bd5 -4.04/20 107 26. Nd2 (Nc3) 99 26... Rxf7 -4.42/18 103 27. Ke2 (Ne2) 83 27... Rg7 -4.60/19 99 28. Kd3 (Ke3) 133 28... Rg2 -4.64/18 72 29. a4 (Nb5) 153 29... Rxh2 -5.04/18 92 30. Rg1 116 30... Rh3+ -5.26/19 0 31. Kc2 107 31... Bf6 -5.30/19 0 32. Ne2 67 32... h5 -5.69/18 0 33. Rf1 69 33... Be5 -5.95/19 0 34. Rf7+ 0 34... Ke8 -6.31/20 84 35. Rc7 (Rf1) 92 35... h4 -7.47/18 58 36. Rc8+ (Nc4) 77 36... Ke7 -7.75/18 70 37. Rc7+ (Nc4) 89 37... Kf6 -8.96/19 81 38. Nc4 (a5) 65 38... Be4+ -10.45/19 71 39. Kc1 158 39... Rh2 -11.03/21 0 40. Nxe5 105 40... Kxe5 -11.16/20 0 41. Nc3 85 41... Rc2+ -16.70/22 0 42. Kd1 84 42... h3 -17.19/22 0 43. Nxe4 (Rc8) 118 43... Rxc7 -22.14/21 47 44. Nf2 145 44... Rc3 -22.87/22 0 45. b4 64 45... Rg3 -#12/21 47 46. b5 (a5) 100 46... h2 -#10/21 20 47. Ke1 (b6) 79 47... Rg1+ -#9/17 0 48. Ke2 66 48... Rg2 -#8/15 0 49. Ke3 (Kf1) 122 49... Rxf2 -#7/13 0 50. Kxf2 78 50... h1=Q -#6/11 0 51. b6 (Ke3) 74 51... Ke4 -#4/7 0 52. a5 (Kg3) 43 52... Qh2+ -#3/5 0 53. Ke1 (Kf1) 29 53... Ke3 -#2/3 0 54. a6 35 54... Qe2# -#1/1 0 0-1










 

PetrovC43

Hiarcs 12
Joker

28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (8)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. e4 B/0 0 1... e5 54 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... Nf6 49 3. d4 B/0 0 3... exd4 115 4. e5 B/0 0 4... Ng4 46 5. h3 1.21/16 83 5... Bb4+ (Nh6) 60 6. c3 1.30/17 112 6... dxc3 112 7. bxc3 1.29/18 0 7... Nxf2 197 8. Kxf2 1.33/18 0 8... Bc5+ 319 9. Kg3 1.25/18 0 9... Nc6 (0-0) 350 10. Nbd2 1.37/18 322 10... O-O (d5) 150 11. Ne4 1.96/17 198 11... Be7 (Bb6) 89 12. Bf4 2.18/16 54 12... a6 (d5) 56 13. Kh2 2.35/15 49 13... b5 (b6) 137 14. a4 2.62/15 86 14... b4 159 15. Bc4 2.56/16 0 15... Na5 (bxc3) 81 16. Bd5 3.42/15 64 16... c6 52 17. Ba2 3.57/16 0 17... c5 (b3) 129 18. cxb4 4.10/16 67 18... cxb4 117 19. Nfg5 4.27/18 0 19... b3 96 20. Qd3 4.14/18 0 20... g6 106 21. Bxb3 4.33/18 0 21... Nxb3 87 22. Qxb3 4.35/19 0 22... Ra7 (a5) 176 23. Rhf1 5.34/17 64 23... Rb7 98 24. Qg3 5.53/17 0 24... Rb2 62 25. Nxh7 8.35/17 62 25... Kxh7 80 26. Bg5 8.57/20 0 26... Kg7 (Bb7) 58 27. Bf6+ 17.97/17 59 27... Kg8 56 28. Qf4










16/18 0 28... Bxf6 89 29. exf6










14/20 0 29... Rxg2+ 45 30. Kxg2










13/23 0 30... Bb7 44 31. Qh6










12/23 0 31... Bxe4+ 54 32. Kg1










11/21 0 32... Qb6+ 143 33. Rf2










10/19 0 33... Qxf6 9 34. Rxf6










9/17 0 34... d5 (Rc8) 33 35. Raf1










7/13 0 35... Bd3 13 36. R6f4










6/11 0 36... g5 10 37. Qxg5+










5/9 0 37... Bg6 10 38. Rh4










4/7 0 38... d4 9 39. Qh6










3/5 0 39... Bh5 9 40. Rxh5 #2/3 0 40... Ra8 9 41. Rg5#










1/1 0 1-0










 

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28th Open Dutch Computer Chess Championshp (9)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008


1. d4 0 1... Nf6 B/0 0 2. c4 13 2... c5 B/0 0 3. Nf3 20 3... cxd4 B/0 0 4. Nxd4 14 4... e5 B/0 0 5. Nb5 20 5... d5 B/0 0 6. cxd5 11 6... Bc5 B/0 0 7. N5c3 12 7... O-O -0.01/1 0 8. e3 14 8... e4 -0.01/1 0 9. Be2 13 9... Qe7 -0.01/1 0 10. a3 12 10... Rd8 -0.01/1 1 11. b4 11 11... Bd6 -0.01/1 0 12. Bb2 12 12... Be5 -0.01/1 0 13. Qb3 14 13... Nbd7 -0.01/1 0 14. Nd2 12 14... Nb6 -0.01/1 0 15. Rd1 11 15... Bf5 -0.01/1 0 16. Nc4 129 16... Nxc4 -0.01/1 0 17. Bxc4 143 17... Rac8 -0.15/17 213 18. h3 98 18... a6 -0.10/18 179 19. g4 (Be2) 123 19... Bg6 -0.21/18 171 20. Be2 122 20... Qc7 -0.11/18 155 21. Na4 130 21... Bxb2 -0.19/18 157 22. Nxb2 133 22... b5 -0.41/19 0 23. g5 (h4) 209 23... Ne8 -0.21/19 198 24. h4 (Bg4) 56 24... Qe5 -0.39/18 189 25. Rd4 (a4) 123 25... f6 -0.44/17 179 26. a4 (gxf6) 86 26... fxg5 -0.82/15 99 27. axb5 92 27... axb5 -0.54/17 37 28. Bxb5 80 28... Rc1+ -0.63/17 0 29. Nd1 109 29... Nd6 -0.58/17 0 30. Bc6 (Be2) 92 30... Nf5 -1.28/18 175 31. Rc4 49 31... Rxc4 -1.28/18 0 32. Qxc4 63 32... Nxh4 -1.28/18 0 33. Kd2 64 33... Nf3+ -1.25/17 58 34. Kc2 (Kc1) 147 34... Qf5 -1.43/17 115 35. Qc5 (b5) 91 35... Ne5 -1.78/17 110 36. Qe7 (Kb1) 85 36... Rc8 -1.98/17 85 37. Nc3 (Qd6) 112 37... h5 -2.19/16 75 38. b5 (Qd6) 63 38... Qxf2+ -2.57/16 63 39. Kb3 284 39... Nd3 -2.83/18 0 40. Rb1 (Nd1) 60 40... Qxe3 -4.17/15 124 41. Kc4 27 41... Bf7 -3.71/16 283 42. Ra1 (Rf1) 94 42... Qf4 -4.40/15 82 43. Ra6 (Kd4) 94 43... Ne5+ -5.85/15 79 44. Kb3 57 44... e3 -6.10/16 94 45. Qc5 55 45... Nf3 -6.88/16 52 46. Ka3 (Ra4) 66 46... Qe5 -6.58/16 51 47. Ra7 54 47... e2 -6.75/16 19 48. Nxe2 63 48... Qxe2 -6.76/16 0 49. b6 125 49... Qd3+ -6.89/17 0 50. Kb4 79 50... Nd2 -6.88/17 0 51. b7 83 51... Qb3+ -7.17/17 0 52. Ka5 29 52... Rb8 -7.39/18 0 53. Qb4 60 53... Nc4+ -8.14/18 25 54. Kb5 32 54... Nd6+ -8.16/18 0 55. Kc5 72 55... Qe3+ -8.40/19 0 56. Kxd6 50 56... Qxa7 -8.71/18 0 57. Kc7 57 57... Ra8 -8.93/18 0 58. Kd7 53 58... Bg6 -9.89/16 42 59. Kc7 (Kd6) 23 0-1

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