9th International CSVN
Computer Chess Championship 2009

HIARCS won the 9th International CSVN Computer Chess Championship in Leiden, The Netherlands. HIARCS becomes the first winner of the new Theo van der Storm trophy. It is an honour for HIARCS to win this popular and friendly tournament.

Particular thanks must go to Harvey Williamson for preparing and operating HIARCS in the tournament, Sebastian Boehme for his book preparations and Rob Osborne for his great support at almost any hour.

Many thanks also to our hardware supplier www.yoyotech.co.uk and Intel for the YOYOTech Chaturanga.

Unfortunately we had some hardware issues and Rob Osborne very kindly stepped in and let us use his SkullTrail and Rob also kept the games updated on Playchess as they were played. We owe Rob a debt of gratitude as he has helped us tremendously in previous tournaments too and without his help Hiarcs may not of achieved the results it has.

Below you can see the games from the tournament. In particular chess players will enjoy wonderful attacking game against Ktula

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Ruy LopezC89

HIARCS 12.280 MP
Herman

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (1)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


1. e4 B/0 0 1... e5 24 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... Nc6 9 3. Bb5 B/0 0 3... a6 9 4. Ba4 B/0 0 4... Nf6 10 5. O-O B/0 0 5... Be7 10 6. Re1 B/0 0 6... b5 8 7. Bb3 B/0 0 7... O-O 9 8. c3 B/0 0 8... d5 9 9. exd5 B/0 0 9... Nxd5 9 10. Nxe5 B/0 0 10... Nxe5 12 11. Rxe5 B/0 0 11... c6 8 12. d3 B/0 0 12... Bd6 11 13. Re1 B/0 0 13... Qh4 10 14. g3 B/0 0 14... Qh3 0 15. Re4 B/0 0 15... Qf5 0 16. Nd2 B/0 0 16... Nf6 164 17. Re1 0.01/0 0 17... Qxd3 124 18. Ne4 0.01/0 0 18... Qxd1 0 19. Nxf6+ 0.76/22 200 19... gxf6 8 20. Bxd1 0.78/23 203 20... Be6 29 21. Bf3 0.77/21 152 21... Rac8 8 22. Be3 0.77/21 144 22... Rfd8 (c5) 181 23. a4 0.75/19 149 23... b4 (c5) 46 24. Bb6 0.83/20 231 24... Rd7 32 25. Rad1 0.82/20 111 25... bxc3 127 26. bxc3 0.88/21 1 26... Be5 446 27. Rxd7 0.82/23 0 27... Bxd7 40 28. Re3 0.78/22 143 28... Be6 13 29. a5 0.78/21 111 29... Bd6 (Kg7) 143 30. Be2 0.77/22 129 30... Ra8 147 31. f4 0.77/22 0 31... f5 124 32. Bf3 0.76/22 0 32... Rc8 74 33. Rd3 0.76/21 0 33... Be7 93 34. Kf2 0.78/22 0 34... Kg7 133 35. h4 0.77/22 0 35... Kf8 153 36. h5 0.78/22 0 36... Kg8 (h6) 82 37. Rd1 0.78/22 124 37... Kg7 (Kf8) 8 38. Bd4+ 1.24/21 119 38... Kg8 (Kf8) 71 39. Rb1 2.01/22 115 39... Bc4 (Bd8) 112 40. Rb6 1.92/23 108 40... c5 (Bd8) 21 41. Bb7 2.21/22 99 41... Rf8 30 42. Be5 2.25/22 0 42... Bd8 48 43. Bc6 2.32/23 0 43... Be7 156 44. Bd7 2.33/24 0 44... Bd3 104 45. Bd6 2.31/23 0 45... Bxd6 79 46. Rxd6 2.31/24 0 46... Be4 41 47. Bc6 2.45/23 28 47... Bxc6 0 48. Rxc6 2.69/22 13 48... Rd8 176 49. Rxc5 2.84/25 0 49... Rd2+ (Rd3) 47 50. Ke3 3.20/23 101 50... Rg2 51 51. Rc6 3.42/23 0 51... Rxg3+ 43 52. Kd4 3.42/22 0 52... Rf3 (Rh3) 157 53. Ke5 3.59/20 25 53... Rh3 11 54. c4 4.07/19 13 54... Rxh5 62 55. Rxa6 7.11/21 27 55... Rh1 (Rh2) 0 56. c5 10.39/20 68 56... Kg7 10 57. c6 10.39/19 0 57... Re1+ 39 58. Kd6 11.54/20 5 58... h5 (Rd1+) 38 59. c7 M68/20 125 59... Re6+ 13 60. Kd7 M19/21 60 60... Rxa6 22 61. c8=Q M18/19 0 61... Ra7+ 80 62. Qc7 M17/20 0 62... Rxc7+ 36 63. Kxc7 M16/25 0 63... h4 (Kg6) 28 64. a6 M15/28 31 64... Kg6 16 65. a7 M14/27 0 65... Kh5 118 66. a8=Q M13/25 0 66... Kg4 40 67. Qg2+ M12/23 0 67... Kxf4 30 68. Kd6 M11/1 0 68... Ke3 30 69. Kd5 M10/1 0 1-0










 

EnglishA20

The King
HIARCS 12.280 MP

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (2)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


1. c4 0 1... e5 B/0 0 2. g3 61 2... Nf6 B/0 0 3. Bg2 9 3... d5 B/0 0 4. cxd5 18 4... Nxd5 B/0 0 5. Nf3 15 5... Nc6 B/0 0 6. O-O 16 6... Nb6 B/0 0 7. b3 15 7... Bd6 B/0 0 8. d4 143 8... e4 -0.19/18 209 9. Ne1 11 9... f5 -0.17/18 141 10. Nc3 161 10... O-O -0.19/19 0 11. Nc2 122 11... Nb4 -0.17/18 0 12. f3 0 12... exf3 -0.16/18 172 13. Rxf3 12 13... Be6 -0.17/18 174 14. Nxb4 63 14... Bxb4 -0.40/17 0 15. Bb2 (Re3) 209 15... Qe7 -0.35/17 209 16. Qc2 122 16... Rad8 -0.26/16 0 17. a3 113 17... Bd6 -0.34/17 226 18. e4 154 18... fxe4 -0.22/17 154 19. Rxf8+ 23 19... Rxf8 -0.26/19 113 20. Nxe4 64 20... c6 -0.30/19 67 21. Nxd6 157 21... Qxd6 -0.23/20 0 22. Be4 (Qc5) 126 22... h6 -0.32/19 122 23. Re1 19 23... Bh3 -0.30/18 64 24. Bh7+ (d5) 74 24... Kh8 -0.35/18 30 25. Bd3 (d5) 116 25... Nd5 -0.52/20 109 26. Bc4 (Qe2) 20 26... a5 -0.53/19 116 27. Qd2 (Qe2) 152 27... Qf6 -0.52/18 111 28. a4 125 28... Kh7 -0.35/18 0 29. Ba3 (Kh1) 155 29... Rf7 -0.30/20 158 30. Kh1 (Bc1) 13 30... h5 -0.28/18 171 31. Bd3+ (Bc1) 78 31... g6 -0.32/19 142 32. Bc4 17 32... g5 -0.16/18 86 33. Bc5 (Kg1) 11 33... Kg7 -0.30/18 86 34. Kg1 122 34... Kh6 -0.07/19 0 35. Rc1 (Qc2) 81 35... Qd8 -0.17/19 97 36. Re1 12 36... b6 -0.17/20 91 37. Ba3 12 37... Qf6 -0.17/20 63 38. Bc1 (Bb2) 11 38... Rf8 0.04/19 73 39. Ba3 19 39... Nb4 0.09/20 131 40. Qe3 (Rc1) 56 40... c5 0.07/18 44 41. Bxb4 45 41... axb4 0.09/19 0 42. dxc5 74 42... Qc6 0.09/21 0 43. Qe4 0 43... Qxc5+ 0.09/22 63 44. Re3 (Qe3) 46 44... Qd6 0.09/20 49 45. Qe7 (Re1) 18 45... Qd1+ 0.09/20 54 46. Re1 21 46... Qf3 0.09/21 36 47. Qe2 26 47... Qf6 0.09/21 27 48. Bd3 (Qe3) 69 48... Rf7 0.09/19 54 49. Qe3 0 49... Rf8 0.09/20 52 50. Rc1 (Bc4) 51 50... Rf7 0.09/19 40 51. Rd1 (Re1) 15 51... Rf8 0.09/19 49 52. Bb5 (Rc1) 75 52... Rd8 0.09/17 32 53. Rc1 0 53... Rf8 0.09/19 46 54. g4 (Bd3) 68 54... hxg4 -0.14/18 44 55. Rd1 (Bd3) 19 55... Qf4 0.08/18 82 56. Qe1 13 56... Rf6 0.09/18 26 57. Rd2 (Bc4) 19 57... Qc7 -0.10/18 38 58. Bc4 64 58... Qc5+ -0.03/19 0 59. Kh1 38 59... Qc8 0.07/19 0 60. Rd5 64 60... Qf8 0.09/17 37 61. Kg1 40 61... Rf4 0.10/18 0 62. Bd3 44 62... Kh5 0.09/18 0 63. Qc1 63 63... Qf7 0.09/19 0 64. Rd8 52 64... Qg7 0.09/20 0 65. Qe1 46 65... Rf8 0.09/19 0 66. Rxf8 49 66... Qxf8 0.09/21 0 67. Qe5 29 67... Qa8 0.09/21 0 68. Qe4 (Bg6+) 56 68... Qxe4 0.07/23 18 69. Bxe4 8 69... g3 0.07/25 14 70. hxg3 36 70... Be6 0.07/26 0 71. Bc2 45 71... Kg4 0.07/27 0 72. Kg2 (Kf2) 0 72... Bd5+ 0.07/28 35 73. Kf2 19 73... Bf7 0.07/28 0 74. Bd1+ 31 74... Kf5 0.07/29 4 75. Bc2+ 5 75... Ke5 0.07/29 24 76. Ke3 22 76... Be6 0.07/28 39 1/2-1/2










 

Ruy LopezC96

HIARCS 12.280 MP
Hansdamf

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (3)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


2048MB, Modified-Corrgames.ctg

1. e4 B/0 0 1... e5 10 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... Nc6 17 3. Bb5 B/0 0 3... a6 8 4. Ba4 B/0 0 4... Nf6 9 5. O-O B/0 0 5... Be7 12 6. Re1 B/0 0 6... b5 11 7. Bb3 B/0 0 7... O-O 10 8. c3 B/0 0 8... d6 11 9. h3 B/0 0 9... Na5 11 10. Bc2 B/0 0 10... Bb7 11 11. d4 0.01/0 0 11... Nc4 11 12. b3 0.01/0 0 12... Nb6 10 13. Nbd2 0.01/0 0 13... Re8 10 14. dxe5 0.60/18 195 14... dxe5 31 15. Nxe5 0.57/19 247 15... Bd6 162 16. Nef3 0.59/18 0 16... Bxe4 (Nfd7) 127 17. Nxe4 0.68/18 168 17... Nxe4 127 18. a4 0.67/17 0 18... f5 (bxa4) 116 19. Be3 0.83/17 174 19... Nxc3 177 20. Qd3 0.92/18 0 20... Nbd5 (Ncd5) 86 21. Bd4 1.21/17 155 21... Ne4 25 22. axb5 1.22/17 78 22... Bb4 (axb5) 73 23. Red1 1.75/17 144 23... axb5 22 24. Qxb5 1.72/17 0 24... c6 0 25. Qb7 1.88/18 122 25... Bf8 144 26. Ne5 1.95/19 0 26... Nd6 220 27. Qxa8 2.10/21 0 27... Qxa8 151 28. Rxa8 2.08/21 0 28... Rxa8 65 29. Nxc6 2.00/20 70 29... Ra6 (Nf4) 107 30. b4 2.49/20 84 30... Nf4 (Kh8) 376 31. Bb3+ 2.59/21 170 31... Kh8 98 32. Be5 2.56/21 0 32... Nxh3+ (Ne2+) 87 33. gxh3 3.34/23 121 33... Rxc6 40 34. b5 3.35/22 0 34... Rb6 64 35. Ra1 3.53/23 0 35... Rb8 139 36. Ra6 3.54/24 0 36... h6 349 37. Bxd6 3.55/24 0 37... Bxd6 39 38. Rxd6 3.79/22 0 38... Rxb5 78 39. Bd5 4.02/23 0 39... Kh7 (Ra5) 107 40. h4 4.35/23 87 40... g6 (g5) 150 41. Bf7 4.73/23 85 41... g5 140 42. h5 4.87/23 0 42... Kg7 126 43. Bg6 4.92/23 0 43... g4 (Re5) 67 44. Be8 5.17/22 112 44... Rc5 (Re5) 115 45. Bd7 6.26/22 76 45... Ra5 20 46. Kg2 6.34/23 84 46... Rc5 300 47. Rg6+ 6.74/25 0 1-0










 

SicilianB97

Tzunami
HIARCS 12.280 MP

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (4)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


2048MB, Modified-Corrgames.ctg

1. e4 0 1... c5 B/0 0 2. Nf3 12 2... d6 B/0 0 3. d4 10 3... cxd4 B/0 0 4. Nxd4 9 4... Nf6 B/0 0 5. Nc3 12 5... a6 B/0 0 6. Bg5 28 6... e6 B/0 0 7. f4 19 7... Qb6 B/0 0 8. Qd2 11 8... Qxb2 B/0 1 9. Rb1 12 9... Qa3 B/0 0 10. f5 13 10... Nc6 B/0 0 11. fxe6 186 11... fxe6 B/0 0 12. Rb3 147 12... Qc5 -0.37/19 195 13. Nxc6 168 13... Qxc6 -0.36/20 0 14. Bxf6 (Be2) 385 14... gxf6 -0.62/16 24 15. Be2 16 15... Bg7 -0.78/18 161 16. h4 (Bh5+) 259 16... O-O -1.29/17 126 17. h5 (Bg4) 0 17... f5 -1.57/18 166 18. h6 (Bf3) 128 18... Be5 -1.82/18 128 19. Rh5 (Bf3) 66 19... f4 -1.99/17 174 20. a4 (Bf3) 297 20... Kh8 -2.64/17 144 21. a5 (Bf3) 278 21... Bd7 -2.96/18 123 22. Bf3 174 22... Be8 -3.11/19 0 23. Rh1 (Rg5) 125 23... Rc8 -3.36/19 154 24. Nb1 (Nd1) 0 24... Qxc2 -4.75/18 33 25. Qxc2 140 25... Rxc2 -5.12/20 0 26. Rh3 84 26... Ba4 -5.58/20 0 27. Rxb7 269 27... Rc1+ -5.81/20 0 28. Kd2 143 28... Rfc8 -5.95/21 0 29. Na3 145 29... Ra1 -6.26/17 0 30. Be2 95 30... d5 -8.82/18 261 31. exd5 133 31... Ra2+ -8.99/17 60 32. Ke1 72 32... Rc1+ -9.24/18 0 33. Kf2 83 33... Bd1 -9.60/18 0 34. Re7 (Rb1) 157 34... Kg8 -32.42/17 87 35. dxe6 (Rg7+) 115 35... Rxe2+ -M11/21 114 36. Kf1 68 36... Kf8 -M10/19 0 37. Rf7+ 67 37... Ke8 -M9/17 0 38. Nb5 (Rd3) 79 38... Ra2 -M6/11 0 39. Nc7+ 20 39... Bxc7 -M5/9 0 40. Rf8+ 0 40... Kxf8 -M4/7 0 41. e7+ 15 41... Kxe7 -M3/5 0 42. Re3+ 9 42... fxe3 -M2/3 0 43. g4 9 43... Bxg4# -M1/1 0 0-1










 

Caro-Kann DefenseB10

HIARCS 12.280 MP
Ktulu

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (5)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


2048MB, Modified-Corrgames.ctg

1. e4 B/0 0 1... c6 8 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... d5 23 3. e5 B/0 0 3... Bg4 9 4. Be2 B/0 0 4... c5 7 5. O-O B/0 0 5... Nc6 10 6. c4 B/0 0 6... dxc4 13 7. Na3 B/0 0 7... Qc7 79 8. Nxc4 0.17/17 212 8... O-O-O 319 9. a3 0.57/17 0 9... Kb8 (h5) 300 10. b4 0.61/18 160 10... e6 126 11. Bb2 0.65/18 0 11... cxb4 (Nh6) 83 12. Qa4 0.86/17 171 12... bxa3 108 13. Bc3 0.78/17 0 13... h5 99 14. Ba5 2.03/17 144 14... Nxa5 132 15. Nxa5 2.02/18 0 15... Bf5 (Rd5) 38 16. Rfb1 2.84/17 142 16... Bxb1 72 17. Rxb1 3.63/18 23 17... Rc8 0 18. Rxb7+ 4.35/18 270 18... Qxb7 0 19. Nxb7 4.36/19 71 19... Rc1+ 172 20. Bf1 4.56/20 0 20... Kxb7 88 21. Nd4 4.58/18 0 21... Ne7 (Nh6) 136 22. Qxa3 4.88/18 95 22... Rc7 55 23. Qa6+ 4.96/18 0 23... Ka8 107 24. Nb5 6.32/20 0 24... Rb7 0 25. g3 6.58/20 101 1-0










 

PhilidorC41

HIARCS 12.280 MP
Joker

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (6)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


1024MB, Modified-Corrgames.ctg, HARVEY-GYNJBI6F

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 B/0 0 2... d6 263 3. d4 B/0 0 3... exd4 151 4. Nxd4 B/0 0 4... Nf6 119 5. Nc3 B/0 0 5... Be7 120 6. Bf4 B/0 0 6... O-O 0 7. Qd2 B/0 0 7... Nbd7 121 8. f3 0.52/17 148 8... Ne5 142 9. O-O-O 0.49/18 0 9... Re8 75 10. Kb1 0.55/17 133 10... Bd7 0 11. Qf2 0.48/16 230 11... a5 89 12. g4 0.82/17 166 12... a4 100 13. Nf5 0.94/17 0 13... Ng6 125 14. Bd2 0.96/17 0 14... a3 117 15. b3 1.18/16 0 15... Bf8 110 16. g5 1.51/18 121 16... Nh5 70 17. Ng3 1.50/18 84 17... Nhf4 167 18. h4 1.69/18 151 18... Ne6 25 19. f4 2. 20/18 99 19... Nh8 0 20. f5 2.38/17 68 20... Nc5 153 21. h5 2.36/18 0 21... Bc6 88 22. h6 3.25/16 146 22... g6 137 23. Bc4 3.28/17 0 23... gxf5 145 24. Nh5 4.47/16 234 24... Ng6 171 25. Qxf5 4.57/15 0 25... Re6 122 26. b4 4.56/16 0 26... Nd7 142 27. b5 4.96/16 139 27... Re7 110 28. bxc6 5.21/17 0 28... bxc6 145 29. Be3 5.03/16 0 29... Rb8+ 62 30. Bb3 5.34/16 104 30... Nde5 81 31. Ba7 5.58/17 0 31... Ra8 75 32. Bd4 6. 17/16 100 32... Qc8 115 33. Nf6+ 6.61/18 0 33... Kh8 35 34. Ng4 6.83/18 0 34... Kg8 81 35. Nxe5 7.29/17 68 35... dxe5 53 36. Bc5 7.77/18 0 36... Re6 91 37. Rhf1 8.25/19 0 37... Nf4 92 38. Bxf8 9.67/17 188 38... Qxf8 0 39. Bxe6 15.47/17 15 39... fxe6 93 40. Qxe5 22.81/16 12 40... Qb4+ 30 41. Kc1 23.42/18 0 41... Qxc3 36 42. Qxf4 M65/ 18 38 42... Qb2+ 70 43. Kd2 M14/14 0 43... Rd8+ 33 44. Ke3 M12/19 17 44... Qc3+ 51 45. Rd3 M11/21 0 45... Rxd3+ 124 46. cxd3 M9/17 2 46... Qc5+ 10 47. Kf3 M8/15 0 47... Qf8 18 48. Kg4 M7/13 0 48... Qxf4+ 10 49. Rxf4 M6/11 0 49... e5 7 50. Rf6 M5/9 0 50... c5 9 51. Kf5 M4/7 0 51... c4 8 52. dxc4 M3/5 0 52... c5 10 53. Kxe5 M2/3 0 53... Kh8 8 54. Rf8# M1/1 0 1-0










 

QGDD43

Diep
HIARCS 12.280 MP

9th International CSVN Tournament 2009 (7)
Leiden, The Netherlands, 2009


2048MB, Modified-Corrgames.ctg

1. d4 0 1... d5 B/0 0 2. c4 22 2... e6 B/0 0 3. Nf3 8 3... c6 B/0 0 4. Nc3 8 4... Nf6 B/0 0 5. Bg5 10 5... h6 B/0 0 6. Bh4 12 6... dxc4 B/0 0 7. e4 10 7... g5 B/0 0 8. Bg3 10 8... b5 B/0 0 9. Be2 10 9... Bb7 B/0 0 10. h4 8 10... g4 B/0 0 11. Ne5 9 11... Rg8 B/0 0 12. Nxg4 11 12... Nbd7 B/0 0 13. Nxf6+ 9 13... Qxf6 B/0 0 14. e5 271 14... Qf5 -0.01/0 0 15. Bf3 137 15... O-O-O -0.01/0 0 16. Qe2 311 16... Nb6 -0.01/0 0 17. O-O-O 251 17... Be7 0.41/18 195 18. Qe3 (Qc2) 66 18... b4 0.42/17 269 19. Ne4 157 19... Kb8 0.29/17 0 20. Qf4 (Qe2) 201 20... Nd5 0.47/17 195 21. Qxf5 107 21... exf5 0.42/19 0 22. Nc5 194 22... f4 0.40/19 0 23. Bxd5 105 23... fxg3 0.28/20 0 24. Bxf7 81 24... Rgf8 0.26/20 0 25. e6 (Bxc4) 76 25... gxf2 0.27/19 103 26. Rhf1 (g3) 47 26... Bxh4 0.16/19 121 27. g3 183 27... Bg5+ 0.25/20 0 28. Kc2 64 28... Bc8 0.00/20 87 29. Rxf2 18 29... Rd5 0.00/20 129 30. Re1 (Ne4) 145 30... Be7 -0.15/18 114 31. Rf4 12 31... Rfd8 -0.16/18 114 32. Re2 (Ree4) 166 32... h5 -0.23/18 134 33. Ree4 115 33... Kc7 -0.25/18 0 34. Kc1 (Kb1) 91 34... Rg5 -0.25/17 87 35. Re3 16 35... Rdd5 -0.31/18 92 36. Ne4 72 36... Rgf5 -0.41/19 0 37. Rxf5 50 37... Rxf5 -0.42/19 0 38. Re1 96 38... h4 -0.59/20 0 39. gxh4 93 39... Bxh4 -0.60/19 0 40. Rg1 (Re2) 47 40... Rf4 -0.72/19 80 41. Rg7 30 41... Be7 -0.71/19 103 42. Bg6 61 42... Kd8 -0.71/20 0 43. Rf7 85 43... Rh4 -0.74/20 0 44. Bf5 79 44... a5 -0.84/19 0 45. Rg7 63 45... Bxe6 -0.81/20 0 46. Bxe6 35 46... Rxe4 -0.74/20 0 47. Bxc4 117 47... Rxd4 -0.75/20 0 48. Be2 (b3) 97 48... Re4 -0.68/19 172 49. Bd3 (Kd2) 14 49... Rh4 -0.68/19 108 50. Rh7 (Rf7) 74 50... Rg4 -0.68/19 68 51. Rf7 71 51... a4 -0.69/18 0 52. Bc2 (Kb1) 76 52... Bg5+ -0.73/19 101 53. Kd1 10 53... Rd4+ -0.73/19 87 1/2-1/2


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