Bionic4.01-Phalanx21C: 0-1 (18 moves!).

[Mogens Larsen]

Here's a 40/40 game where Bionic gets a beating in the Ruy Lopez. What should Bionic have done?
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bionic401"]
[Black "Phalanx21C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxf7 Qh4
8. Nxh8 d5 9. g3 Qh3 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Bh5+ Kf8 12. Bf3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be4 14.
Ng6+ hxg6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Re1 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3+ exf3 18. Re8+ 18... Rxe8 {
White resigns} 19. Nc3 Qg2# (19... Re1#) 0-1
Best wishes...
Mogens

[Djordje Vidanovic]

Here's a 40/40 game where Bionic gets a beating in the Ruy Lopez. What should Bionic have done?
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bionic401"]
[Black "Phalanx21C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxf7 Qh4
8. Nxh8 d5 9. g3 Qh3 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Bh5+ Kf8 12. Bf3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be4 14.
Ng6+ hxg6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Re1 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3+ exf3 18. Re8+ 18... Rxe8 {
White resigns} 19. Nc3 Qg2# (19... Re1#) 0-1
Best wishes...
Mogens

Nice win. However, Phalanx has all the essential moves, including move 9...Qh3 in its big secondary book -- after which it is easy to see the tactics. Bionic was pray to "home analysis" )
Capturing on f7 was wrong.
Djordje

[Mogens Larsen]

Nice win. However, Phalanx has all the essential moves, including move 9...Qh3 in its big secondary book -- after which it is easy to see the tactics. Bionic was pray to "home analysis" )
Capturing on f7 was wrong.
Djordje

You're right, Phalanx played the important moves by book. Interestingly enough Bionics book is identical to Craftys medium book. So someone might have a chance defeating Crafty with this move order.
Yep.
Best wishes...
Mogens

[Sune Larsson]

Here's a 40/40 game where Bionic gets a beating in the Ruy Lopez. What should Bionic have done?
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bionic401"]
[Black "Phalanx21C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxf7 Qh4
8. Nxh8 d5 9. g3 Qh3 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Bh5+ Kf8 12. Bf3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Be4 14.
Ng6+ hxg6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Re1 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3+ exf3 18. Re8+ 18... Rxe8 {
White resigns} 19. Nc3 Qg2# (19... Re1#) 0-1
Best wishes...
Mogens

Maybe Bionic should have stayed Crafty...
Sune