The Crazy Bishop is through.

[Mogens Larsen]

The crazy bishop only needed two games to go through against Little Goliath1.41a even though the last game seems a little strange.
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "TCBishop43"]
[Black "Goliath141a"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "40/6000"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Bg4
8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. a3 a6 14.
Rfe1 Qd8 15. Rad1 Qf6 16. Kf1 h6 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nb8 20.
Bd4 Qf5 21. Qa1 Rfd8 22. Bxg7 Qg6 23. Be5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qd4 Ne7
26. Bxc7 Nbc6 27. Qd6 Be6 28. Bd3 Bf5 29. Bc4 Bg4 30. Nh4 Qg5 31. g3 Kg7
32. Bb3 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 Qd2 34. Rxe7 Bh3+ 35. Ng2 Nxe7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 37. Qf6
Qd3+ 38. Ke1 Qb1+ 39. Kd2 Qxb3 40. Qxh6+ Kg8 41. Qxh3 Qa2+ 42. Kd1 Qb1+ 43.
Kd2 Qb2+ 44. Kd1 Qb1+ 45. Ke2 Qa2+ 46. Kd1 Qd5+ 47. Ke1 Qe5+ 48. Ne3 Qa1+
49. Ke2 Qxa3 50. Qg4+ Kf8 51. h4 Qa4 52. Kf3 Qc6+ 53. Qe4 Qf6+ 54. Qf4 Qc6+
55. Ke2 Qb5+ 56. Kd2 Nc6 57. Qd6+ Kg8 58. Nd5 Qc4 59. Ne7+ Nxe7 60. Qxe7 b6
61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qxb6 Qa2+ 63. Ke3 Qb3+ 64. Ke4 Qc2+ 65. Ke5 Qe2+ 66. Qe3
f6+ 67. Kd6 Qb5 68. Qd4 Qb8+ 69. Ke6 Qe8+ 70. Kf5 Qb5+ 71. Ke4 a5 72. Qa7+
Kg6 73. bxa5 f5+ 74. Kf4 Qb4+ 75. Ke5 Qc3+ 76. Kd6 Qf6+ 77. Kd5 Qd8+ 78.
Kc4 Qe8 79. Qb6+ Kh5 80. a6 Qe4+ 81. Kc3 Qe1+ 82. Kd3 Qd1+ 83. Kc4 Qa4+ 84.
Kc5 Qa2 85. Kd6 Qa1 86. Ke6 Qh8 87. Qb7 Kg4 88. a7
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goliath141a"]
[Black "TCBishop43"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "40/6000"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 Be7 9. Nc4 Nd4 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. fxe5 Rxc4 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. Qxc4 Nxc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Qg5+ 18. Kd3 Bxe2+ 19.
Nxe2 O-O 20. Rxa1 Qxg2 21. Rg1 Qxh2 22. Qc7 Qh3+ 23. Rg3 Qe6 24. Qxb7 Qxa2
25. Nc3 Qa5 26. Kc2 Qe5 27. Rd3 a5 28. Rd5 Qh2+ 29. Kd3 a4 30. Nxa4 Qg3+
31. Kc2 Re8 32. Nc3 g6 33. Qd7 Re6 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. b4 Qf4 36. Qg5 Qxg5 37.
Rxg5 Kf6 38. Ra5 Re8 39. Nd5+ Kg7 40. Kd3 h5 41. b5 h4 42. b6 Rh8 43. Ra1
h3 44. Rh1 g5 45. Ke3 h2 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Kg2 Rb3 48. Kxh2 Rb5 49. Rd1 Kf8
50. Rd4 Rb2+ 51. Kg3 Ke8 52. Nb4 Kd7 53. Rc4 d5 54. b7 dxc4 55. b8=Q Rb1
56. Qb5+ Kc8 57. Qc6+ Kb8 58. Na6+ Ka7 59. Nc7 Rb3+ 60. Kg4 Rb7 61. Nb5+
Rxb5 62. Qxb5 c3 63. Kxg5 c2 64. Qc5+ Ka8 65. Qxc2 Ka7 66. Qc7+ Ka6 67.
Qc4+ Kb6 68. Qb4+ Ka7 69. Qa5+ Kb7 70. Qb5+ Ka7 71. Kf6 Ka8 72. Qd5+ Ka7
73. Qa2+ Kb6 74. Qd5 Ka7 75. Qb5 Ka8 76. Qd5+
{Draw} 1/2-1/2

[Mogens Larsen]

LambChop beat COmetA96 convincingly. This time the pgn's include ECO and plycount. What more could you ask for? )

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CometA96"]
[Black "LChop710"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "141"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Rde1 O-O 14. Kb1 Rc8
15. Ne5 c5 16. Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxd4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rfd8 20. c3 Rc5
21. Qe2 Rd5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rhf1 f5 25. Ka1 Rd2 26. Qf3 Qb5
27. Rb1 R8d3 28. Qf4 Rxg2 29. Qxh6 Qd7 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. Qf6 Rgxg3 32. Rh1 Rg7
33. Qe5 Rd5 34. Qe3 f6 35. Rbf1 Rd2 36. h6 Rgg2 37. Rb1 e5 38. Qc5 a4 39. Qb4
b5 40. Qf8 Rd6 41. Qa8 e4 42. a3 Rg8 43. Qa5 f4 44. Qb4 f5 45. Qc5 f3 46. Rh5
Rd5 47. Qe3 Rg6 48. Rhh1 Rgd6 49. Rhg1 Rxh6 50. Qg5 Qf7 51. Qf4 Rg6 52. Rg3 Kg7
53. Rh1 Kf8 54. Rh8+ Ke7 55. Qc7+ Ke6 56. Rxg6+ Qxg6 57. Rh7 Qf6 58. Qb8 Qd8
59. Rh6+ Kf7 60. Qb7+ Rd7 61. Rh7+ Ke6 62. Qc6+ Rd6 63. Rh6+ Ke5 64. Rxd6 Qxd6
65. Qxb5+ Kf4 66. Qf1 e3 67. Qh1 e2 68. Qh2+ Ke3 69. Qxd6 e1Q+ 70. Ka2 f2
71. Qe5+ {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "LChop710"]
[Black "CometA96"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. exf5 Bd6
8. Nxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bxf5 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qe6 12. Nc3 Rae8 13. f4 Ng4 14. h3
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qg6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Re3 Be7 18. Ne2 b5 19. Qc3 Bxc2 20. Rg3 Qf5
21. Bf4 c5 22. Rc1 Bb1 23. dxc5 Bxa2 24. b3 Bb1 25. Rg4 g5 26. Be3 h6 27. b4
Ba2 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Ng3 Qe6 31. Ne4 Bc4 32. Bd4 Be2 33. Rg3 Be7
34. Re3 Bc4 35. Nf6 Qf5 36. Qa1 Rd8 37. Rf3 Qe6 38. Qb1 Qf7 39. e6 Qg7 40. Ba1
Ba2 {Black resigns} 1-0

Best wishes...
Mogens

[Mogens Larsen]

Goliath qualified for a quarterfinal against LambChop after defeating Bringer1.5. The first game was won by Goliath in a Richter-Rauzer sicilian. The variation is favorable to white, which Goliath demonstrated. Bringer tried a closed sicilian with white, but didn't get any advantage and settled for draw by repetition.
Have anyone tried the new Crafty16.16? Does it correct some bugs or? The reason I ask is, that it's not to late to enter a new Craftyengine into the KO-tournament.
Best wishes...
Mogens

[Pete Galati]

Goliath qualified for a quarterfinal against LambChop after defeating Bringer1.5. The first game was won by Goliath in a Richter-Rauzer sicilian. The variation is favorable to white, which Goliath demonstrated. Bringer tried a closed sicilian with white, but didn't get any advantage and settled for draw by repetition.
Have anyone tried the new Crafty16.16? Does it correct some bugs or? The reason I ask is, that it's not to late to enter a new Craftyengine into the KO-tournament.
Best wishes...
Mogens

I tried it breifly, Bob had said that the primary reason for this latest version was to correct bugs. I didn't try it in any engine vs. engine games though and that's mostly where you'd find bugs with the last version I think.
It seems to be working ok, you might want to take time to test it's eng vs eng ability first before entering it in your tournament. The new version shouldn't be any stronger from what I hear. I'm probably going to toss out the last version only because I can't keep accumulating more and more Craftys all the time.
Pete

[Mogens Larsen]

I tried it breifly, Bob had said that the primary reason for this latest version was to correct bugs. I didn't try it in any engine vs. engine games though and that's mostly where you'd find bugs with the last version I think.
It seems to be working ok, you might want to take time to test it's eng vs eng ability first before entering it in your tournament. The new version shouldn't be any stronger from what I hear. I'm probably going to toss out the last version only because I can't keep accumulating more and more Craftys all the time.

That's my worry as well.
Thanks for the info. I'll try it before the next tournament, but then 16.17 might be available.
Best wishes...
Mogens

[Mogens Larsen]

Goliath qualified for a quarterfinal against LambChop after defeating Bringer1.5. The first game was won by Goliath in a Richter-Rauzer sicilian. The variation is favorable to white, which Goliath demonstrated. Bringer tried a closed sicilian with white, but didn't get any advantage and settled for draw by repetition.

A considerable correction. Bringer didn't play a closed sicilian, but a reverse sicilian. Goliath responded with the Kramnik-Shirov attack (1.c4,e5 2.Nc3,Bb4) and clinched a draw. Sorry.
Best wishes...
Mogens