Tournament update.

[Mogens Larsen]

The quarterfinals are finished and here are the results:
AnMon4.26-Crafty16.15: ½-1½ (Easy win).
Gromit2.20-Crafty15.15: 1-1, TB: 1-1 (25m+10s), 0-2 (15m+10s). Gromit went out fighting.
TCBishop43-CometB04: ½-1½.
Lambchop7.10-LGoliath2.05: 1-1, TB: 1-1, 0-2. The surprise finally went out.
The four topseeds qualified for the semifinals. The format for the semifinals is 4*120m+30s. I decided to let the semifinals to be Crafties and non-Crafties, so the draw is:
Crafty16.15-Crafty15.20: 2-1 (not finished, Crafty15.20 has to win final game to reach tiebreak).
CometB04-LGoliath2.05:
Best wishes..
Mogens

[Mogens Larsen]

The results of the semifinals were as follows:
Crafty16.15-Crafty15.20: 2½-1½
CometB04-LGoliath2.05: 2-2, TB: 1½-½.
The final is between Crafty16.15 and CometB04. It will be best of 6 games with 120m+30s/game. The result will hopefully be ready sometime tomorrow.
Best wishes...
Mogens

[Mogens Larsen]

Crafty16.15 defeated CometB04 3½-½ and is now knockout champion. Here are the games:

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Crafty1615"]
[Black "CometB04"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "167"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. c4 d4 12. Nb3 e5 13. Bc1 f6 14. c5 Be6 15. Rb1
Qe7 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nc1 Qf7 19. a4 a5 20. axb5 Nxb4 21. Bxb4 axb4
22. c6 Nf4 23. Rxb4 Qg6 24. Ne1 Bb6 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kh8 27. g3 Qg4 28.
Kh1 Ne6 29. f3 Qh3 30. Qe2 Kg8 31. Ned3 Rcb8 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Nc7 34. Rb3
Qe6 35. f5 Qf7 36. Qb2 Ra4 37. Re1 Rba8 38. Rg1 Ne8 39. Nb4 d3 40. Rd1 Nd6 41.
Nd5 Bd4 42. Qg2 d2 43. Rxd2 Re8 44. Nc3 Ra1 45. Rb1 Rxb1 46. Nxb1 Qc4 47. Rd1
Nxe4 48. Na3 Qd5 49. Nd3 Bb6 50. Nc2 Qxb5 51. Ncb4 Qxf5 52. Rf1 Qh5 53. Nf4 Qb5
54. Nbd5 Kh8 55. Nh5 Nf2+ 56. Kg1 Nd3+ 57. Kh1 Rg8 58. c7 Nf2+ 59. Kg1 Nh3+ 60.
Kh1 Bxc7 61. Ndxf6 gxf6 62. Qxh3 Be5 63. Qf3 Qc4 64. Rg1 Rxg1+ 65. Kxg1 Qc1+
66. Kf2 Qc2+ 67. Ke3 Qc3+ 68. Kf2 Qb2+ 69. Kf1 Qa1+ 70. Kf2 Qa2+ 71. Kf1 Qb1+
72. Ke2 Qb5+ 73. Qd3 Qxd3+ 74. Kxd3 f5 75. Kc4 Kg8 76. Kd5 Bxh2 77. Ke6 f4 78.
Nxf4 Kf8 79. Nh5 Bc7 80. Nf6 h6 81. Kf5 Bd6 82. Ng8 h5 83. Kg5 Kxg8 84. Kxh5 {
Draw} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "CometB04"]
[Black "Crafty1615"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O d5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f4 Rb8 11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 g5 13. fxg5 Nxe5 14. Qh5 Rb4
15. b3 Ng6 16. g3 Bg7 17. c3 Rxa4 18. bxa4 Bxc3 19. Rac1 d4 20. Rf6 O-O 21. Bf4
e5 22. Be3 Be6 23. Bf2 Bd5 24. Qg4 Bxa2 25. Bxa6 Bd5 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Be4 Qa3
28. Rb1 Qxa4 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qf5 e4 31. Qxd5 d3 32. Rfb6 d2 33. Qd6 Qc2 34.
Rf1 Ne5 35. g6 hxg6 36. Qd5 Qd3 37. Qxd3 Nxd3 38. Rd6 Ne5 39. Rd5 Nc4 40. Rd1
e3 41. Bxe3 Nxe3 42. R1xd2 Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Ra8 44. g4 Ra2 45. h3 Kg7 46. Kf1 Rh2
47. Rd3 Be5 48. Re3 f6 49. g5 Rd2 50. Ke1 Rg2 51. gxf6+ Kxf6 52. Kf1 Rc2 53.
Rf3+ Kg5 54. Re3 Kf5 55. Rf3+ Ke4 56. Rb3 Bc3 57. Rb7 Kf3 58. Rf7+ Kg3 59. Rf8
Kxh3 60. Rd8 g5 61. Rd3+ Kh4 62. Kg1 g4 63. Kf1 g3 64. Rd6 {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Crafty1615"]
[Black "CometB04"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Qc3 Qc7 14. Nb6 Rb8
15. Nxc8 Bb4 16. Qd4 c5 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Qe5 c4 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Qd4 exd5 21.
Qd2 Ba3 22. Bd4 Rxb2 23. Bxb2 Rb8 24. c3 Qb7 25. Re1 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27.
Kd1 Rxa2 28. Re2 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Bc5 30. Kc2 a5 31. g3 a4 32. Bg2 Ra2+ 33. Kd1 Ra3
34. Rc2 Rb3 35. Ke2 Bb6 36. Rhc1 a3 37. Bf1 Kf8 38. Kd2 Nd7 39. f4 Nc5 40. Bg2
Ne4+ 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Rd1 Ke7 43. Ke2 Bc5 44. Rd5 Rb2 45. Rxb2 axb2 46. Rd1
Kf6 47. Rb1 g5 48. fxg5+ hxg5 49. Rxb2 Ke5 50. Rb5 Kd6 51. h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Ba3
53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Rf5 Bb2 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. Rxf7 Ke6 57. Rf1 Ba3 58. h5 Bd6 59. h6
Bc7 60. Kxe4 60... Be5 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "CometB04"]
[Black "Crafty1615"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "178"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 a6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Ne5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qd2 Nf3+ 13. Nxf3 Bxf4 14. Qd4 e5
15. Qd3 b5 16. g3 Bh6 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Nh4 g6 20. Ng2 Rad8 21.
Qf3 Bg7 22. Rd2 Qc6 23. Bd3 Bf8 24. Rdd1 Re6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Qc5 27. Ne3
Bg7 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Qh4 Ree8 30. c3 Rf8 31. d6 Qc6 32. Nd5 Qxd5 33. Be4 Qxe4
34. Rxe4 g5 35. Qh3 Bxe4 36. Qxd7 Bf3 37. Rd2 g4 38. Qf5 Rfd8 39. d7 Rc7 40.
Rd6 Kf8 41. h4 Ke7 42. Rd3 Rcxd7 43. Rxf3 gxf3 44. Qxh7 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Bf6 46.
Qe4 R1d2 47. Qxf3 Rxb2 48. Kh3 Rd6 49. Qb7+ Kf8 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qg4+ Kh7 52.
Qf5+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Bd8 54. f3 Rbd2 55. c4 bxc4 56. Qxc4 R2d3 57. Qe4 Bf6 58. a4
Kf8 59. Qb4 Be7 60. Qe4 R6d5 61. Qc4 a5 62. Qc8+ Bd8 63. Qc6 f6 64. Qc4 R5d4
65. Qc6 Rb4 66. h5 Rd1 67. Kg2 Rd2+ 68. Kh3 Kf7 69. Qc1 Rbb2 70. Qc4+ Ke7 71.
Qc5+ Kd7 72. Kg4 Rb4+ 73. Kf5 Rd3 74. Kg6 Bb6 75. Qc2 e4 76. h6 Rxf3 77. g4 Rg3
78. Qd2+ Bd4 79. Qf4 Be5 80. Qf5+ Ke7 81. h7 e3 82. h8=Q Rgxg4+ 83. Kh6 Rh4+
84. Qh5 Rxh5+ 85. Kxh5 e2 86. Qg7+ Ke6 87. Qg1 Re4 88. Qg8+ Kf5 89. Qc8+ 89...
Kf4 {White resigns} 0-1

Best wishes...
Mogens