yace plays very, very strong in BLITZ!!!

[WYx]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: WYx at 09 June 2000 12:27:43:
Hi
against the best BLITZprogram (Crafty 17.10) some partys.
yace second version!
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "wcrafty.exe"]
[Black "yace"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 h6 10. Re1 b5 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. a4 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb6 14. b4 Nc6
15. Bd2 Re8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Ra3 Qe7 18. Rea1 Qf8 19. Nh4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf5 Rad8 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be3 g6 26. Ng3
Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rd6 28. Qh4 f6 29. Ra6 Red8 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4
f5 33. Qh4 g5 34. Qf2 f4 35. Raa1 Qd7 36. Rfe1 Qf7 37. Rf1 Qd7 38. e4 Qc8
39. Kh1 Rf6 40. Kg1 Rd7 41. Qe2 Rd8 42. Bb3 Qd7 43. Bd5 Ne7 44. Ra7 Rd6 45.
c4 Nc6 46. Rb7 bxc4 47. dxc4 Qc8 48. Bxc6 Rxc6 49. Rb5 Qe6 50. Rd5 Rcd6 51.
Ra1 c6 52. Rc5 Rd2 53. Qf3 R8d4 54. Qc3 Re2 55. Kf1 Rexe4 56. Rc1 f3 57.
Re1 Qg4 58. gxf3 Qh3+ 59. Kf2 Qxh2+ 60. Kf1 Rg4 61. fxg4 Rf4+ 62. Qf3 Rxf3#
{Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "yace"]
[Black "wcrafty.exe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2
Qd7 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bh3 17. Be3 Rbd8 18. d4 Qe8 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. d5 Qg6
21. Rbc1 f5 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Bg2 f4 24. gxf4 exf4 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 fxe3
27. Rf1 Be5 28. Nc3 Nc4 29. Nb1 Qh6 30. Qe2 b5 31. a4 a6 32. Rc2 Bd6 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Qg2 Ra8 35. Rcc1 Rf4 36. Rc2 Rh4 37. Bg4 Nd2 38. Rxd2 exd2
39. h3 Bxb4 40. e5 Rb8 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Be6+ Kh8 43. Bg4 Bc5 44. Rd1 Rf2 45.
Qg3 Qe3 46. Qxe3 Bxe3 47. e6 Kg8 48. e7 Kf7 49. Nc3 h5 50. Ne4 hxg4 51.
Nxf2 gxh3 52. Nd3 Rh5 53. Nb4 Kxe7 54. Nc2 Bf4 55. Nb4 Rf5 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57.
Nd4 Rxd5 58. Nf3 g5 59. Kg1 g4 60. Nh2 Re5 61. Kf2 Bxh2 62. Rxd2+ Rd5 63.
Rc2 g3+ 64. Kf3 g2 65. Rxg2 Rf5+ 66. Kg4 hxg2 67. Kxf5 g1=Q 68. Ke4 Qg3 69.
Kf5 Ke7 70. Ke4 Ke6 71. Kd4 Bg1+ 72. Ke4 Qe3#
{Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "wcrafty.exe"]
[Black "yace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e6
14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc5 Re8 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. g4 Rb6 18. Rhe1 fxg4 19. fxg4 Qd6
20. Re5 Rd8 21. Rde1 Re8 22. g5 Bd7 23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. gxf6 Rbb8
26. f7+ Kxf7 27. Qxd7+ Re7 28. Qd4 c5 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Rxc5 Qb6 31. Qe5 Rd8
32. Rf6 Rde8 33. h3 a6 34. a3 Qb7 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Rd8+
38. Rd6 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Qxh3+ 40. Rd3 Rxd3+ 41. cxd3 Qd7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Rc7
Qxc7+ 44. Qxc7+
{White wins} 1-0

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "yace"]
[Black "wcrafty.exe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. a4 dxc4 8.
Qc2 Nd5 9. Qxc4 f5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. e5 Qd7 13. Qxc3 Na6 14. Bg5
Nb4 15. Rfc1 Nd5 16. Qc2 f4 17. Kh1 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 g6 19. Be4 fxg3 20. fxg3
Ne3 21. Qc5 h6 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Qc2 h5 24. Ra3 g5 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. Rac3 Bd7
27. h3 Nh6 28. Nxg5 Nf5 29. Rg1 Qh8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Qg7 32. Nxe6 Bxe6
33. Rxg7+ Nxg7 34. Rg3 Rf7 35. Qh6 Rd8 36. Bg6 Bd5+ 37. Kg1 Rdd7 38. Qh7+
Kf8 39. Bxf7 Rxf7 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Rxg7
{White wins} 1-0

2 minutes/game mode...
no comment!
yace starting in GroupB with big Chance!
regards
WYx

[Aaron]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Aaron at 09 June 2000 18:34:14:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: yace plays very, very strong in BLITZ!!! geschrieben von: / posted by: WYx at 09 June 2000 12:27:43:

Hi
against the best BLITZprogram (Crafty 17.10) some partys.
yace second version!
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "wcrafty.exe"]
[Black "yace"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 h6 10. Re1 b5 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. a4 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb6 14. b4 Nc6
15. Bd2 Re8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Ra3 Qe7 18. Rea1 Qf8 19. Nh4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf5 Rad8 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be3 g6 26. Ng3
Bxe3 27. fxe3 Rd6 28. Qh4 f6 29. Ra6 Red8 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Ne4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4
f5 33. Qh4 g5 34. Qf2 f4 35. Raa1 Qd7 36. Rfe1 Qf7 37. Rf1 Qd7 38. e4 Qc8
39. Kh1 Rf6 40. Kg1 Rd7 41. Qe2 Rd8 42. Bb3 Qd7 43. Bd5 Ne7 44. Ra7 Rd6 45.
c4 Nc6 46. Rb7 bxc4 47. dxc4 Qc8 48. Bxc6 Rxc6 49. Rb5 Qe6 50. Rd5 Rcd6 51.
Ra1 c6 52. Rc5 Rd2 53. Qf3 R8d4 54. Qc3 Re2 55. Kf1 Rexe4 56. Rc1 f3 57.
Re1 Qg4 58. gxf3 Qh3+ 59. Kf2 Qxh2+ 60. Kf1 Rg4 61. fxg4 Rf4+ 62. Qf3 Rxf3#
{Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "yace"]
[Black "wcrafty.exe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2
Qd7 15. Rd1 Bf5 16. e4 Bh3 17. Be3 Rbd8 18. d4 Qe8 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. d5 Qg6
21. Rbc1 f5 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Bg2 f4 24. gxf4 exf4 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 fxe3
27. Rf1 Be5 28. Nc3 Nc4 29. Nb1 Qh6 30. Qe2 b5 31. a4 a6 32. Rc2 Bd6 33.
axb5 axb5 34. Qg2 Ra8 35. Rcc1 Rf4 36. Rc2 Rh4 37. Bg4 Nd2 38. Rxd2 exd2
39. h3 Bxb4 40. e5 Rb8 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. Be6+ Kh8 43. Bg4 Bc5 44. Rd1 Rf2 45.
Qg3 Qe3 46. Qxe3 Bxe3 47. e6 Kg8 48. e7 Kf7 49. Nc3 h5 50. Ne4 hxg4 51.
Nxf2 gxh3 52. Nd3 Rh5 53. Nb4 Kxe7 54. Nc2 Bf4 55. Nb4 Rf5 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57.
Nd4 Rxd5 58. Nf3 g5 59. Kg1 g4 60. Nh2 Re5 61. Kf2 Bxh2 62. Rxd2+ Rd5 63.
Rc2 g3+ 64. Kf3 g2 65. Rxg2 Rf5+ 66. Kg4 hxg2 67. Kxf5 g1=Q 68. Ke4 Qg3 69.
Kf5 Ke7 70. Ke4 Ke6 71. Kd4 Bg1+ 72. Ke4 Qe3#
{Black mates} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "wcrafty.exe"]
[Black "yace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e6
14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc5 Re8 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. g4 Rb6 18. Rhe1 fxg4 19. fxg4 Qd6
20. Re5 Rd8 21. Rde1 Re8 22. g5 Bd7 23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. gxf6 Rbb8
26. f7+ Kxf7 27. Qxd7+ Re7 28. Qd4 c5 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Rxc5 Qb6 31. Qe5 Rd8
32. Rf6 Rde8 33. h3 a6 34. a3 Qb7 35. Bxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Rd8+
38. Rd6 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Qxh3+ 40. Rd3 Rxd3+ 41. cxd3 Qd7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Rc7
Qxc7+ 44. Qxc7+
{White wins} 1-0

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "WYX"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "yace"]
[Black "wcrafty.exe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "120"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. a4 dxc4 8.
Qc2 Nd5 9. Qxc4 f5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. e5 Qd7 13. Qxc3 Na6 14. Bg5
Nb4 15. Rfc1 Nd5 16. Qc2 f4 17. Kh1 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 g6 19. Be4 fxg3 20. fxg3
Ne3 21. Qc5 h6 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Qc2 h5 24. Ra3 g5 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. Rac3 Bd7
27. h3 Nh6 28. Nxg5 Nf5 29. Rg1 Qh8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Qg7 32. Nxe6 Bxe6
33. Rxg7+ Nxg7 34. Rg3 Rf7 35. Qh6 Rd8 36. Bg6 Bd5+ 37. Kg1 Rdd7 38. Qh7+
Kf8 39. Bxf7 Rxf7 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Rxg7
{White wins} 1-0

2 minutes/game mode...
no comment!
yace starting in GroupB with big Chance!
regards
WYx

Yes and someone in CCC claimed that it was beating commericals using 3 mins per game mode, 20 games per match..
So is Yace designed for Lightning time controls?
Anyway I must say the second version seems much better ..The first yace i ran at 5 mins per game, won only 1/4 against Amy..Now it won 5 in a row before losing 1, now it's +6-1 in favor of YACE

[Dieter Buerssner]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Dieter Buerssner at 09 June 2000 20:00:22:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: yace plays very, very strong in BLITZ!!! geschrieben von: / posted by: Aaron at 09 June 2000 18:34:14:

So is Yace designed for Lightning time controls?

Yace is until now only tuned against the 300 win at chess positions.
Because most of those are really easy, and for tuning I used small
time controls (or something like nodes=300k), this may make Yace
strong in Blitz. Against a crippled version of crafty (no end game tables,
no learning, the same book with the same options, the same memory for
hash tables), it was quite even. Until now, I don't have any other engines
to test.
I of course hope, that the first real games give me the opportunity,
to strengthen Yace for longer time controls. I also have the suspicion,
that it plays better with black. Perhaps, I'll find some obvious bug,
or after a few more games, this suspicion will dissolve.
Best wishes,
Dieter

[Aaron]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Aaron at 09 June 2000 21:14:07:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Re: yace plays very, very strong in BLITZ!!! geschrieben von: / posted by: Dieter Buerssner at 09 June 2000 20:00:22:

So is Yace designed for Lightning time controls?

Yace is until now only tuned against the 300 win at chess positions.
Because most of those are really easy, and for tuning I used small
time controls (or something like nodes=300k), this may make Yace
strong in Blitz. Against a crippled version of crafty (no end game tables,
no learning, the same book with the same options, the same memory for
hash tables), it was quite even.
Until now, I don't have any other engines
to test.
I of course hope, that the first real games give me the opportunity,
to strengthen Yace for longer time controls. I also have the suspicion,
that it plays better with black. Perhaps, I'll find some obvious bug,
or after a few more games, this suspicion will dissolve.

Yes..Using crafty with learning and TBS, Crafty leads Yace barely just 6-4
And only a handful can hold crafty like that..

You can try downloading some of the 40+ free engines here..Try Amon509 , Yace seems to be finding it a little tough to play..


I like the way Yace plays The siciliand defence..