Me VS Pierre 1.7

[Nicolás Carrasco]

Today I played this game VS Pierre 1.7 . I am happy because it is the first
sacrifise I have done
correctly on my life (15 years old). I would be pleased to know if my knight
sacrifice was correct.
I was playing with a 5 minute clock and I finished the game with only 4 seconds
left.
Thanks
COMMENTS are welcome from anyone!
PS: In my opinion Pierre is the most funny chess engine! (not the worst)
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "NICOLÁS"]
[Date "1999.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nicolás Carrasco"]
[Black "pierre17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/300"]
1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qa5 6. Nf3 b5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qa4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3+ Ke8 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bg6+ Kd8 14.
Qf8+ Kc7 15. Qd6+ Kb6 16. Qc5+ Kc7 17. b3 Qa6 18. Qd6+ Kb6 19. Qd8+ Kb7 20.
Ba5 Rh7 21. Bxh7 Qxa5+ 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Qd8 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qd6 h5
26. e6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Na6 28. Qxf5 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Ka8 30. Qd7 Re4 31. Qd8+ Nb8
32. Qc7 Rxd4 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Re8 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rd2+ 36. Kxd2 b4 37. Rxb8#
{White Mates} 1-0

[Pete Galati]

Today I played this game VS Pierre 1.7 . I am happy because it is the first
sacrifise I have done
correctly on my life (15 years old). I would be pleased to know if my knight
sacrifice was correct.
I was playing with a 5 minute clock and I finished the game with only 4 seconds
left.
Thanks
COMMENTS are welcome from anyone!
PS: In my opinion Pierre is the most funny chess engine! (not the worst)
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "NICOLÁS"]
[Date "1999.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nicolás Carrasco"]
[Black "pierre17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/300"]
1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qa5 6. Nf3 b5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qa4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3+ Ke8 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bg6+ Kd8 14.
Qf8+ Kc7 15. Qd6+ Kb6 16. Qc5+ Kc7 17. b3 Qa6 18. Qd6+ Kb6 19. Qd8+ Kb7 20.
Ba5 Rh7 21. Bxh7 Qxa5+ 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Qd8 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qd6 h5
26. e6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Na6 28. Qxf5 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Ka8 30. Qd7 Re4 31. Qd8+ Nb8
32. Qc7 Rxd4 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Re8 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rd2+ 36. Kxd2 b4 37. Rxb8#
{White Mates} 1-0

Nicolás,
This is your game annotated by Crafty compiled & running back in Dos. I like Pierre, sometimes I win, but often I loose. I see that Crafty annotates more of Pierre's moves than your moves, so consider moving to a stronger program soon. Skatki is stronger & I think Faile is stronger than Skatki. But it's good for the ego to win games against Pierre.
Pete
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "NICOLÁS"]
[Date "1999.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nicolás Carrasco"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[Black "pierre17"]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crafty v16.18"]
{annotating both black and white moves.}
{using a scoring margin of +0.75 pawns.}
{search time limit is 1:00}
1. d4 c6
2. e4 d5
3. e5 e6
4. Nc3 Bb4
5. Bd2 Qa5
6. Nf3 b5
7. a3 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 Qa4
({9:-1.80} 8. ... Qa4 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. b3 Qa6 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O $18)
({9:-1.03} 8. ... Qd8 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. Ba5 Qd7 13. O-O $16)
9. Ng5 h6
10. Nxf7
({9:-0.30} 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Bb4+ Ne7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. b3 Qa6 15. O-O $10)
({9:+1.03} 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. b3 Qa6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bb4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 $16)
10. ... Kxf7
11. Qf3+ Ke8
12. Bd3 g5
({8:-3.53} 12. ... g5 13. Bg6+ Kd7 14. Qf8 Bb7 15. Be8+ Kc7 16. Qg7+ Nd7 17. Qxd7+ Kb6 18. Qxe6 Qxc2 $18)
({8:+0.16} 12. ... Ne7 13. Qg4 Kf7 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. O-O Bd7 16. b3 Qa6 $10)
13. Bg6+ Kd8
14. Qf8+ Kc7
15. Qd6+
({8:+1.71} 15. Qd6+ Kb7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qf8 Nd7 18. Qg7 Ne7 19. Qxe7 $18)
({8:+4.04} 15. Qg7+ Ne7 16. Qxh8 Nxg6 17. Qg7+ Nd7 18. Qxg6 Nb6 19. b3 Qa6 20. Qxh6 $18)
15. ... Kb6
({11:-5.79} 15. ... Kb6 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qd8+ Kb7 18. Ba5 Qxa5+ 19. Qxa5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Rf8 21. a4 Rf4 22. axb5 Rxd4 23. bxc6+ Nbxc6 $18)
({11:-2.61} 15. ... Kb7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qf8 Bd7 18. Qg7 Ne7 19. Qxe7 Qb6 20. O-O Qc7 $18)
16. Qc5+
({9:+0.80} 16. Qc5+ Kb7 17. b3 Nd7 18. bxa4 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Ne7 20. Bd3 bxa4 $16)
({9:+5.14} 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qd8+ Kb7 18. Ba5 Qxa5+ 19. Qxa5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 $18)
16. ... Kc7
17. b3 Qa6
18. Qd6+ Kb6
({10:-5.88} 18. ... Kb6 19. Qd8+ Kb7 20. Ba5 Qxa5+ 21. Qxa5 Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Be6 $18)
({10:-2.81} 18. ... Kb7 19. Qf8 Bd7 20. Bd3 h5 21. Qg7 Rh6 22. Qxg8 g4 23. O-O $18)
19. Qd8+ Kb7
20. Ba5 Rh7
({10:-10.78} 20. ... Rh7 21. Bxh7 Qxa5+ 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Qd8 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qe7+ Ka6 26. Qf6 Bd7 27. Qxh6 $18)
({10:-6.05} 20. ... Qxa5+ 21. Qxa5 Ne7 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. a4 Rf4 24. Qb4 Nf5 25. axb5 Nxd4 26. bxc6+ Kxc6 $18)
21. Bxh7 Qxa5+
22. Qxa5 Ne7
23. Qd8 Nf5
24. Bxf5 exf5
25. Qd6 h5
26. e6 Bxe6
({7:-12.72} 26. ... Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Na6 28. Qe7+ Nc7 29. Qxg5 Ne6 30. Qxf5 Nxd4 $18)
({7:-11.56} 26. ... Na6 27. e7 Nc7 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. e8=Q g4 30. Qf7+ Bd7 31. Qxh5 $18)
27. Qxe6 Na6
28. Qxf5 Re8+
29. Kf1 Ka8
({9:-18.02} 29. ... Ka8 30. Qd7 Rb8 31. Qxc6+ Rb7 32. Qxa6 b4 33. axb4 Rc7 34. Qg6 g4 35. Qxh5 $18)
({9:-14.50} 29. ... g4 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Qxh5 b4 32. Qxg4 bxa3 33. Re7+ Kb6 34. Ke2 $18)
30. Qd7 Re4
({8:-19.81} 30. ... Re4 31. Qxc6+ Kb8 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Qxa6 Kd7 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 g4 36. Qxa7+ Ke6 37. a4 $18)
({8:-18.80} 30. ... Re6 31. Qxe6 Nb8 32. h4 g4 33. Qf7 Na6 34. Qxh5 $18)
31. Qd8+
({8:+13.79} 31. Qd8+ Nb8 32. Qxg5 h4 33. Qg7 Na6 34. f3 Re8 35. Kf2 $18)
({8:+20.37} 31. Qxc6+ Kb8 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kc8 34. Qxa6+ Kb8 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qxd5 Rf4 37. Qa8+ Kd7 38. Qxa7+ Ke6 $18)
31. ... Nb8
32. Qc7
({10:+13.05} 32. Qc7 Rxd4 33. Qg7 Re4 34. f3 Re8 35. Qxg5 Rh8 36. Qe5 Rh6 $18)
({10:+15.04} 32. f3 Rxd4 33. Qxg5 b4 34. Qe3 c5 35. axb4 Nc6 36. bxc5 Kb7 $18)
32. ... Rxd4
33. Re1 Rd2
({10:-Mat04} 33. ... Rd2 34. Re8 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Re1+ 36. Kxe1 b4 37. Rxb8# $18)
({10:-14.61} 33. ... Re4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Ke2 b4 36. axb4 e3 37. Kxe3 g4 38. Qh7 h4 39. Qxh4 $18)
34. Re8 Rd1+
35. Ke2 Rd2+
36. Kxd2 b4
37. Rxb8#
1-0
NAG Interpretation (annotation codes)
--- --------------
10 drawish position
11 equal chances, quiet position
12 equal chances, active position
13 unclear position
14 White has a slight advantage
15 Black has a slight advantage
16 White has a moderate advantage
17 Black has a moderate advantage
18 White has a decisive advantage
19 Black has a decisive advantage
20 White has a crushing advantage (Black should resign)

[José Carlos]

...

Nicolás,
This is your game annotated by Crafty compiled & running back in Dos. I like Pierre, sometimes I win, but often I loose.

I think you meant lose...
José C.

[Tim Archer]

Today I played this game VS Pierre 1.7 . I am happy because it is the first
sacrifise I have done
correctly on my life (15 years old). I would be pleased to know if my knight
sacrifice was correct.
I was playing with a 5 minute clock and I finished the game with only 4 seconds
left.
Thanks
COMMENTS are welcome from anyone!
PS: In my opinion Pierre is the most funny chess engine! (not the worst)
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "NICOLÁS"]
[Date "1999.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nicolás Carrasco"]
[Black "pierre17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/300"]
1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Qa5 6. Nf3 b5 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qa4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qf3+ Ke8 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bg6+ Kd8 14.
Qf8+ Kc7 15. Qd6+ Kb6 16. Qc5+ Kc7 17. b3 Qa6 18. Qd6+ Kb6 19. Qd8+ Kb7 20.
Ba5 Rh7 21. Bxh7 Qxa5+ 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Qd8 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qd6 h5
26. e6 Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Na6 28. Qxf5 Re8+ 29. Kf1 Ka8 30. Qd7 Re4 31. Qd8+ Nb8
32. Qc7 Rxd4 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Re8 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rd2+ 36. Kxd2 b4 37. Rxb8#
{White Mates} 1-0

Nicolás,
This is your game annotated by Crafty compiled & running back in Dos. I like Pierre, sometimes I win, but often I loose. I see that Crafty annotates more of Pierre's moves than your moves, so consider moving to a stronger program soon. Skatki is stronger & I think Faile is stronger than Skatki. But it's good for the ego to win games against Pierre.
Pete
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "NICOLÁS"]
[Date "1999.10.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Nicolás Carrasco"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[Black "pierre17"]
[BlackElo ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Crafty v16.18"]
{annotating both black and white moves.}
{using a scoring margin of +0.75 pawns.}
{search time limit is 1:00}
1. d4 c6
2. e4 d5
3. e5 e6
4. Nc3 Bb4
5. Bd2 Qa5
6. Nf3 b5
7. a3 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 Qa4
({9:-1.80} 8. ... Qa4 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. b3 Qa6 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O $18)
({9:-1.03} 8. ... Qd8 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. Ba5 Qd7 13. O-O $16)
9. Ng5 h6
10. Nxf7
({9:-0.30} 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Bb4+ Ne7 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. b3 Qa6 15. O-O $10)
({9:+1.03} 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. b3 Qa6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bb4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 $16)
10. ... Kxf7
11. Qf3+ Ke8
12. Bd3 g5
({8:-3.53} 12. ... g5 13. Bg6+ Kd7 14. Qf8 Bb7 15. Be8+ Kc7 16. Qg7+ Nd7 17. Qxd7+ Kb6 18. Qxe6 Qxc2 $18)
({8:+0.16} 12. ... Ne7 13. Qg4 Kf7 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. O-O Bd7 16. b3 Qa6 $10)
13. Bg6+ Kd8
14. Qf8+ Kc7
15. Qd6+
({8:+1.71} 15. Qd6+ Kb7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qf8 Nd7 18. Qg7 Ne7 19. Qxe7 $18)
({8:+4.04} 15. Qg7+ Ne7 16. Qxh8 Nxg6 17. Qg7+ Nd7 18. Qxg6 Nb6 19. b3 Qa6 20. Qxh6 $18)
15. ... Kb6
({11:-5.79} 15. ... Kb6 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qd8+ Kb7 18. Ba5 Qxa5+ 19. Qxa5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Rf8 21. a4 Rf4 22. axb5 Rxd4 23. bxc6+ Nbxc6 $18)
({11:-2.61} 15. ... Kb7 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qf8 Bd7 18. Qg7 Ne7 19. Qxe7 Qb6 20. O-O Qc7 $18)
16. Qc5+
({9:+0.80} 16. Qc5+ Kb7 17. b3 Nd7 18. bxa4 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Ne7 20. Bd3 bxa4 $16)
({9:+5.14} 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qd8+ Kb7 18. Ba5 Qxa5+ 19. Qxa5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 $18)
16. ... Kc7
17. b3 Qa6
18. Qd6+ Kb6
({10:-5.88} 18. ... Kb6 19. Qd8+ Kb7 20. Ba5 Qxa5+ 21. Qxa5 Ne7 22. Bd3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 Be6 $18)
({10:-2.81} 18. ... Kb7 19. Qf8 Bd7 20. Bd3 h5 21. Qg7 Rh6 22. Qxg8 g4 23. O-O $18)
19. Qd8+ Kb7
20. Ba5 Rh7
({10:-10.78} 20. ... Rh7 21. Bxh7 Qxa5+ 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Qd8 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qe7+ Ka6 26. Qf6 Bd7 27. Qxh6 $18)
({10:-6.05} 20. ... Qxa5+ 21. Qxa5 Ne7 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. a4 Rf4 24. Qb4 Nf5 25. axb5 Nxd4 26. bxc6+ Kxc6 $18)
21. Bxh7 Qxa5+
22. Qxa5 Ne7
23. Qd8 Nf5
24. Bxf5 exf5
25. Qd6 h5
26. e6 Bxe6
({7:-12.72} 26. ... Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Na6 28. Qe7+ Nc7 29. Qxg5 Ne6 30. Qxf5 Nxd4 $18)
({7:-11.56} 26. ... Na6 27. e7 Nc7 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 29. e8=Q g4 30. Qf7+ Bd7 31. Qxh5 $18)
27. Qxe6 Na6
28. Qxf5 Re8+
29. Kf1 Ka8
({9:-18.02} 29. ... Ka8 30. Qd7 Rb8 31. Qxc6+ Rb7 32. Qxa6 b4 33. axb4 Rc7 34. Qg6 g4 35. Qxh5 $18)
({9:-14.50} 29. ... g4 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Qxh5 b4 32. Qxg4 bxa3 33. Re7+ Kb6 34. Ke2 $18)
30. Qd7 Re4
({8:-19.81} 30. ... Re4 31. Qxc6+ Kb8 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Qxa6 Kd7 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 g4 36. Qxa7+ Ke6 37. a4 $18)
({8:-18.80} 30. ... Re6 31. Qxe6 Nb8 32. h4 g4 33. Qf7 Na6 34. Qxh5 $18)
31. Qd8+
({8:+13.79} 31. Qd8+ Nb8 32. Qxg5 h4 33. Qg7 Na6 34. f3 Re8 35. Kf2 $18)
({8:+20.37} 31. Qxc6+ Kb8 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kc8 34. Qxa6+ Kb8 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qxd5 Rf4 37. Qa8+ Kd7 38. Qxa7+ Ke6 $18)
31. ... Nb8
32. Qc7
({10:+13.05} 32. Qc7 Rxd4 33. Qg7 Re4 34. f3 Re8 35. Qxg5 Rh8 36. Qe5 Rh6 $18)
({10:+15.04} 32. f3 Rxd4 33. Qxg5 b4 34. Qe3 c5 35. axb4 Nc6 36. bxc5 Kb7 $18)
32. ... Rxd4
33. Re1 Rd2
({10:-Mat04} 33. ... Rd2 34. Re8 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Re1+ 36. Kxe1 b4 37. Rxb8# $18)
({10:-14.61} 33. ... Re4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Ke2 b4 36. axb4 e3 37. Kxe3 g4 38. Qh7 h4 39. Qxh4 $18)
34. Re8 Rd1+
35. Ke2 Rd2+
36. Kxd2 b4
37. Rxb8#
1-0
NAG Interpretation (annotation codes)
--- --------------
10 drawish position
11 equal chances, quiet position
12 equal chances, active position
13 unclear position
14 White has a slight advantage
15 Black has a slight advantage
16 White has a moderate advantage
17 Black has a moderate advantage
18 White has a decisive advantage
19 Black has a decisive advantage
20 White has a crushing advantage (Black should resign)

Hello,
How you did to obtain this analysis? Could you explain to me step by step?
Thank you
Tim Archer

[Pete Galati]

[...

Hello,
How you did to obtain this analysis? Could you explain to me step by step?
Thank you
Tim Archer

I don't think I could really describe it step for step because it's something that I just more or less do without thinking much.
You should really make sure that you download the crafty.doc file and read about it. This isn't done IN Winboard, it's something that you do in Crafty itself in console mode. First thing that I usually do is enter in the command Annotate, and crafty will remind me of what I should have typed in:
usage: annotate (and something I never bothered figuring out)
So if you wanted to annotate both sides:
annotate nico.pgn wb 8 .75 60"
would annotate the file nico.pgn, wb is both sides, 8 means that you want the annotations to start at move 8, .75 means that you want the game annotated any place where there was a 3/4 pawn difference between Crafty's best move and the move that you made, and 60" means that you want it to search for 60 seconds.
And it'll leave the annotations in a .can file
Hope that helps
Pete

[Pete Galati]

...

Nicolás,
This is your game annotated by Crafty compiled & running back in Dos. I like Pierre, sometimes I win, but often I loose.

I think you meant lose...
José C

Yes. I don't allways think when I type, and I don't spell very well (and I almost never eat too much fruit)
Pete

[Tim Archer]

[...

Hello,
How you did to obtain this analysis? Could you explain to me step by step?
Thank you
Tim Archer

I don't think I could really describe it step for step because it's something that I just more or less do without thinking much.
You should really make sure that you download the crafty.doc file and read about it. This isn't done IN Winboard, it's something that you do in Crafty itself in console mode. First thing that I usually do is enter in the command Annotate, and crafty will remind me of what I should have typed in:
usage: annotate (and something I never bothered figuring out)
So if you wanted to annotate both sides:
annotate nico.pgn wb 8 .75 60"
would annotate the file nico.pgn, wb is both sides, 8 means that you want the annotations to start at move 8, .75 means that you want the game annotated any place where there was a 3/4 pawn difference between Crafty's best move and the move that you made, and 60" means that you want it to search for 60 seconds.
And it'll leave the annotations in a .can file
Hope that helps
Pete

Thank you Pete for these good informations!
Tim Archer