Friday, April 30, 2010

Chessplayers without frontal lobes

Chessplayers without frontal lobes

One may wonder why chessplayers are not reacting about this document:

Credit creation
http://labancaperbene.be/creditcreation.html

My opinion: we have to establish a not-for-profit "Chessmen without frontal lobes" foundation, while all the world sink into economic craziness...

Monday, April 26, 2010

Is the rating on chessboss.com reliable?



[Event "16m game"]
[Site "chessboss.com"]
[Date "2010.04.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco Saba (1987)"]
[Black "Georgy Agzamov (2866)"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.d3 Qd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.c4 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Bc3 Be6 11.d5 e3 12.fxe3 O-O-O 13.Qf3 Nb4 14.Qe2 Bf5 15.e4 Bg6 16.Nf3 Bh5 17.a3 Nc6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.h3 e6 20.b4 Bg6 21.Nd2 Be7 22.Kf2 h6 23.g3 Kb8 24.Bg2 Bg5 25.Nb3 Qb6+ 26.c5 Qb5 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Rad1 h5 29.h4 Bh6 30.Rd4 Rdf8 31.Rhd1 Kc8 32.c6 bxc6 33.Na5 c5 34.bxc5 f6 35.exf6 Rxf6+ 36.Ke1 Be3 37.Rd7 Bf2+ 38.Ke2 Bxc5 39.Bxf6 gxf6 40.e5 Bxa3 41.Nc6 Bf5 42.exf6 Bd6 43.R7xd6 cxd6 44.Rxd6 Kc7 45.Rd4 Rf8 46.Rb4 Kb6 47.Ne5 Rxf6 48.Nd7+ Ka5 49.Rxb5+ Kxb5 50.Nxf6 Bg6 51.Bf3 Kc5 52.Bxh5 Bxh5+ 53.Nxh5 Kd6 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.g4 Kd6 56.Ke4 Kc5 57.Ke5 Kb4 58.g5 Kc5 59.g6 Kb6 60.g7 Kc5 61.g8=Q Kb5 62.Qxe6 Kb4 63.Qc6 Kb3 64.Qe4 Kc3 65.Qd4+ Kb3 66.Qc5 Ka4 67.Qb6 Ka3 68.Kd4 Ka2 69.Kc3 Ka3 70.Qb3# *

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Perreux Variation of the Two Knights Defense

La variante Perreux della difesa due cavalli mi interessa particolarmente perché derivabile anche dal gambetto Urusov: 1.e4 e5 2.Ac4 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Cf3 - e ora se 4... Cc6, allora 5.Cg5

http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-opening-database/animated/e4-e5-Nf3-Nc6-Bc4-Nf6-d4-exd4-Ng5.gif

Qui ho pubblicato una tavola delle varianti in pdf aggiornata al 18 aprile 2010:
http://studimonetari.org/edg/pdf/twoknightsperreux.pdf

Qui alcuni link utili, per studiare la variante con un po' di commenti:

The Perreux Variation of the Two Knights Defense

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov/perreux/index.html
"The Perreux Variation of the Two Knights Defense typically arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5, or by transposition from the Urusov Gambit. Its name probably derives from the chess club of Perreux-sur-Marne (cercle du Perreux), just outside Paris, where it first became popular in the 19th century. Its sharp tactical themes are easy to grasp and make it attractive to beginning players, but it has also been played by masters who like that many lines lead to interesting endgame positions where good technique can win. As a forcing line, the Perreux Variation also has the advantage of limiting the number of subvariations, so the amount of opening theory is not large. Black is immediately forced to defend his f-pawn by either 5....Ne5 or 5....d5 "

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense, Perreux Variation (C55)

World Championship (1): Topalov-Anand, 1-0



[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Vishy"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bh6 cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Rac1 Qd6 17.f4 f6 18.f5 Qe5 19.Nf4 g5 20.Nh5+ Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 23.Rf3 Kf7 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 Bxf5 30.exf5 *

Comments by Fire 1.2 (3400 ELO circa):

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5
{ Last book move}
11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 D 13.Bh6 =
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +0.28 / -0.02}
( 13.d5 c4 14.Bc2 Nb7 15.Rab1 Qe7 16.f3 Nd6 17.Ba4 Bb7 18.Bg5 Bf6 = )
13...cxd4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.cxd4 exd4 D 16.Rac1 = D
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +0.16 / -0.21}
( 16.Qb2 Qf6 17.f4 Nc6 18.Rac1 Qd6 19.Bb5 Qb4 20.Qb3 Qxb3 21.axb3 d3 22.Bxd3 Nb4 23.Rfd1 Rd8 24.Bc4 = )
16...Qd6 = D
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: -0.21 / +0.07}
( 16...Bb7 17.Rfd1 Qf6 18.f4 Rfd8 19.Bb1 Nc6 20.e5 Qh4 21.Be4 Rac8 22.Bxc6 Rxc6 23.Nxd4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 = )
17.f4 =
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +0.07 / -0.30}
( 17.Bc4 Nxc4 18.Rxc4 d3 19.Rd4 Qe6 20.Qxd3 Qxa2 21.Nc3 Qa3 22.Ra4 Qc5 23.Nd5 b5 24.Ra5 Rb8 25.Rfa1 Rb7 26.Qd2 = )
17...f6 18.f5 Qe5 D 19.Nf4 = D
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +0.03 / -0.30}
( 19.Qb4 Rd8 20.Nf4 g5 21.Nd5 Bb7 22.Rc7+ Kh8 23.Qe7 Qxe7 24.Nxe7 b5 25.Rfc1 = )
19...g5 = D
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: -0.30 / -0.08}
( 19...Nb7 20.Rf3 Nc5 21.Rg3 g5 22.h4 Nxd3 23.Nh5+ Kh8 24.Rxd3 Qxe4 25.hxg5 fxg5 26.Rxd4 Qxf5 27.Rd5 Qg6 28.Rxg5 = )
20.Nh5+ =
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: -0.08 / -0.36}
( 20.Nd5 Rf7 21.h4 gxh4 22.Rf4 Bb7 23.Rxh4 Bxd5 24.exd5 Qe3+ 25.Qxe3 dxe3 26.Re4 Rd8 27.Rxe3 Rxd5 28.Rg3+ Kh6 29.Kf2 = )
20...Kg8 21.h4 h6 22.hxg5 hxg5 D 23.Rf3 =+ D
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: -0.41 / -0.77}
( 23.a4 Bd7 24.Qa2+ Rf7 25.Rfd1 Kf8 26.Qa3+ Re7 27.Bb5 Be8 28.Bxe8 Rxe8 29.Rd2 Rd8 30.Qd3 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Nxf6 = )
23...Kf7?! =
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: -0.77 / +0.00}
( 23...Bb7 24.Re1 Rac8 25.Nxf6+ Rxf6 26.Qxg5+ Kf7 27.Rh3 Rg8 28.Rh7+ Kf8 29.Qh5 Qg3 30.Qe2 Rg7 =+ )
24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Rh3 Rg8 26.Rh6+ Kf7 27.Rh7+ Ke8 28.Rcc7 Kd8 29.Bb5 D Bxf5 ?? +-
{ FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +2.79 / +327.00}
( 29...Nb7 30.Bc4 Nd6 31.Bxg8 Nxe4 32.Qb4 Nc5 33.Rce7 Qxe7 34.Qxd4+ Qd7 35.Rxd7+ Bxd7 36.Bd5 Rc8 37.Qf6+ Kc7 38.Qxg5 Kd6 39.Bc4 b5 40.Qf6+ +/- )
30.exf5
( 30.exf5 { 13:+327.00} 30...Nc6 31.Bxc6 Rg6 32.Rcd7+ Ke8 33.Rxa7+ Rxc6 34.Rxa8+ Qb8 35.Rxb8+ Rc8 36.Rxc8# )
*

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Database di 4,4 milioni di partite in vendita

Salve a tutti!

Vendo un database di 4.418.670 partite, "pulito", senza doppioni, aggiornato al 12 aprile 2010
, in formato PGN, adatto per tutti i programmi di scacchi in circolazione. Sono circa 2,5 Gigabyte compressi in un file zip da 808 mega.


Usabile, ad esempio, col database gratuito SCID e con il programma (gratuito) più forte del momento, FIRE 1.2

Costo: 35 euro. Per info ed istruzioni: inviatemi un commento a questo post mettendo nel corpo del testo il vostro indirizzo email o un vostro recapito telefonico.
Privacy: Il Vs commento non verrà reso pubblico.

To all the interested parties: I sell a chess database of 4,418,670 games updated to Avril 12th, 2010, in PGN format for just 40$. Write a comment to this post with your email address in the body and I will send you back instruction on how to pay and get the link to download the database. Privacy: your comment will not be published back here.


Je vends une base de donnée composée de 4.418.670 de parties d'échecs mis à jour le 12 Avril 2010, en format PGN, adaptable à tous les programmes de jeux d'échecs en circulation. La base de donnée occupe approx. 2,5 Gigabytes comprimés en un fichier zippé de 808 MB.

Le database est utilisable, par exemple, avec le database gratuit SCID et avec le programme (gratuit) le plus en vogue du moment, FIRE 1.2

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Fire 1.2 (for Windows), rating: ~ 3400 ELO

Fire


Fire - the world's strongest chess program. don't get burned ...try it yourself, it's free!
downloads:

Fire 1.2 is available

Fire 1.2 w32
(optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files)

Fire 1.2 w32 new SMP
(optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files,
includes new/improved SMP routines...needs testing)


Fire 1.2 w32 no SSE2

(optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files, for older CPUs that don't support Intel SSE2 instruction set)

Fire 1.2 x64

(optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files)

Fire 1.2 x64 new SMP

(optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files,
includes new/improved SMP routines...needs testing)

Fire 1.2 x64 new SMP KLO

(optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files,
includes new/improved SMP routines...needs testing,
alternate compile by KLO)

Fire 1.2 x64 new SMP popcnt_KLO

(optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files,
includes new/improved SMP routines...needs testing,
for newer CPUs like Core i7, or any that support POPCNT,
compile by KLO)

if you experience an error message while trying to load one of these executables, you may need to download and run the Microsoft VC++ 2008 Redistributable Package:
32-bit
64-bit
all Fire logos are by Dave Dahlem:

except this:
Fire 1.2 (for Windows) by Kranium and Sentinel
is UCI only, extremely strong, fast, and stable

rating:
~ 3400 ELO

features:
bitboards
true SMP parallel search
configurable pawn hash
analysis mode
ponder
searchmoves
multiPV
multiCentiPawnPV
Hyatt Hash
perft, benchmark, and drawboard utilites
validate functions (debug)
multi pos gain (for each CPU/core/thread)
multi history (for each CPU/core/thread)

most recent changes:
1.2
SMP improvements/changes
major RobboTripleBase bug fix
support for new RobboTriple/Total Blocked (Z) bases added
improved hash functions
UCI options added: UCI_AnalyseMode, CPU Load Info, Current Move, Depth Info, Hash Full Info, TB Hits Info, Time Info
UCI options removed: Analysis Mode, Extra Info, Multi History, Multi Positional Gain
NMR Smooth Scaling renamed NMR Scaling
(Null Move Reduction Scaling)

1.1
support for RobboTripleBases and RobboTotalBases added
reads Fire.cfg parameters file on startup
writes (optional) time-stamped I/O log file
NMR Smooth Scaling now 'off' by default

1.01 (maintenance release)
bug fix:
major changes to SMP (to prevent occasional exception error/timeout)
changes to NMR Smooth Scaling
Null Move verification default = true
verification reduction default = 7
GetNumberOfConsoleInputEvents ->_kbhit


1.0
several minor bugs fixed:
no longer occasionally displays score of 0.01
no longer drops a thread after ~16 hours in analysis mode
engine now initializes at 128 Mb hash
movelists enlarged to accommodate really long games
pawn hash set to 32 Mb by default
improved time management

new UCI options:
Get FEN
Analysis (Fritz) Mode
Move on Ponderhit (Never, Sometimes, Always)
NMR Smooth Scaling (Null Move Reduction Smooth Scaling)
Pawn Value
Knight Value
Bishop Value
Rook Value
Queen Value
Bishop Pair Value
Null Move Verification
Verification Reduction
Move on Ponderhit
Extra Info

UCI options removed:
MultiCentiPawnPV
RandomCount
RandomBits
Enhanced Time Management

CPU Load implemented

ETM has been improved and is now used by default
new and improved SMP routines
MultiPV now works in 'game' mode as well as 'Analysis' mode


Fire is based on IppoLit engines
by Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, Igor Igorovich Igoronov, Roberto Pescatore, Yusuf Ralf Weisskopf, Ivan Skavinsky Skavar and all Decembrists
for
more info: http://ippolit.wikispaces.com

this chess ship is a truly glorious achievement of the October Revolution and Decembrists movement!

UCI options:
Hash type spin min 1 max 65536 default 128
Pawn Hash type spin min 1 max 1024 default 32
Max Threads type spin min 1 max default 16
MultiPV type spin min 1 max 32 default 1
Pawn Value type spin min 0 max 200 default 100
Knight Value type spin min 0 max 650 default 325
Bishop Value type spin min 0 max 650 default 325
Rook Value type spin min 0 max 1000 default 500
Queen Value type spin min 0 max 1950 default 975
Bishop Pair Value type spin min 0 max 100 default 50
Null Move Reduction type spin min 0 max 16 default 8
Verification Reduction type spin min 0 max 16 default 7
Move on Ponderhit type combo var Never var Sometimes var Always default Sometimes
UCI_AnalyseMode type check default false
CPU Load Info type check default true
Current Move Info type check default true
Depth Info type check default true
Hash Full Info type check default false
TB Hits Info type check default true
Time Info type check default true
Ponder type check default false
NMR Scaling type check default false
Verify NullMove type check default true
Get FEN type button
Clear Hash type button default false
TotalBase Cache type spin min 1 max 1024 default 4
TotalBase Path type string default TotalBase
TripleBase Path type string default TripleBase
Register TotalBases type button
Verbose TotalBase Info type check default false
Load TripleBases type button
Verbose TripleBase Info type check default false
About:
my goal with Fire was to combine all the best ideas, features, and strengths from the IppoLit family of releases...IppoLit, RobboLito, Igorrit, and IvanHoe.
in addition i have added all the best ideas that Sentinel and i came up with during the development of Robbolito 0.085g3. with enormous beta testing help from the Decembrists and Robbolito comrades, we posted more than a dozen public betas on Immortal223 during the last four months of 2009
(for details, please see the RobboLito page)

Thursday, April 15, 2010

A draw against a strong player (2495)



[Event "15m game"]
[Site "ChessBoss.com"]
[Date "2010.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[ECO "B00 - KP"]
[White "Marco Saba (1923)"]
[Black "Ossip Bernstein (2495)"]
[Result "1/2"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 Nh6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 g6 7.f4 Qd7 8.Nf3 Qf5 9.Qxf5 Nxf5 10.O-O h5 11.Ng5 Bh6 12.Nd2 Bxg5 13.fxg5 O-O 14.Nf3 e6 15.g3 Na5 16.b3 Nc6 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.Nh4 Ne3 19.Rf2 a5 20.Re1 Nf5 21.Bc1 Nxh4 22.gxh4 Ne7 23.Ref1 Nf5 24.Rf4 a4 25.b4 Kg7 26.a3 Rh8 27.Kg2 b5 28.Kh3 Ra6 29.R4f3 Rc6 30.Bd2 Rb6 31.R1f2 Re8 32.Rf1 Ra6 33.R1f2 c6 34.Rf1 Ra7 35.R1f2 Rb7 36.Rf1 Ra7 37.R1f2 Rb7 38.Rf1 *

Robbolito notes (30 sec moves):

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 Nh6
{ Move out of book ( e6 50% Qd7 30% f6 20%)}
5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 g6 $201 7.f4 $10
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: +0.33 / -0.03}
( 7.Nf3 Qd7 8.O-O Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bf4 e6 11.Nbd2 Nf5 12.g4 Nfe7 13.
Bg5 a6 14.Bf6 Bh6 15.Nb3 b6 16.Nbd2 Bf4 $10 )
7...Qd7 8.Nf3 Qf5 9.Qxf5 Nxf5 10.O-O h5 $201 11.Ng5 $10
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: +0.02 / -0.24}
( 11.Na3 e6 12.Nc2 h4 13.b3 Be7 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Nxa3 Kf8 16.Ng5 Kg7 17.
Nc2 Rac8 18.Rab1 Nce7 19.b4 a6 20.Kf2 Ra8 21.a4 b6 22.a5 $10 )
11...Bh6 $201 12.Nd2 $10
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: -0.10 / -0.43}
( 12.Nf3 h4 13.Na3 Nd8 14.Kf2 Ne6 15.g4 hxg3+ 16.hxg3 Bg7 17.g4 Nh6
18.Kg3 f5 19.exf6 exf6 20.Re1 Kf7 21.Nb5 a6 22.Rxe6 axb5 23.f5 gxf5
24.Bxh6 Bxh6 25.gxf5 $10 )
12...Bxg5 13.fxg5 O-O 14.Nf3 $201 e6 $10
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: -0.42 / -0.18}
( 14...Nd8 15.Ne1 Ne6 16.Nc2 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Ne3 e6 19.Nxf5 gxf5
20.Be3 Ne4 21.a4 Kg7 22.a5 Rg8 23.Rad1 b6 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra1 Kg6 26.
Bxb6 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Kxg5 28.Be3+ f4 $10 )
15.g3 Na5 16.b3 Nc6 17.Ba3 Rfe8 $201 18.Nh4 $201
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: -0.25 / -0.66}
( 18.Kf2 Kg7 19.Bc1 b6 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.Kg2 Nce7 22.b4 Rh8 23.a4 a6 24.
Rb2 h4 25.g4 h3+ 26.Kg1 Nh4 27.Nxh4 Rxh4 $10 )
18...Ne3 $6 $10
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: -0.66 / -0.15}
( 18...Nxh4 19.gxh4 a5 20.Rab1 a4 21.Bb4 axb3 22.axb3 Ra2 23.Rf4 Nxb4
24.cxb4 Re7 25.b5 Ra5 26.b6 cxb6 27.Rc1 Kg7 28.Rf2 Ra3 29.Rf3 b5 30.
Kg2 b4 31.Rc2 Re8 32.Rc7 Ra2+ 33.Rf2 )
19.Rf2 a5 20.Re1 Nf5 $201 21.Bc1 $6
{ RobboLito 0.085g3l x86_64: Analysis reports blunder, with score
change from/to: -0.29 / -0.81}
( 21.Nxf5 exf5 22.Rb1 a4 23.b4 b5 24.Rd1 Kg7 25.Kg2 Nd8 26.Bc1 Ne6 27.
h4 Ra6 28.Rf3 Rc6 29.Rdf1 a3 30.Rd3 Ra8 31.Rdf3 Rc4 $10 )
21...Nxh4 22.gxh4 Ne7 23.Ref1 Nf5 24.Rf4 a4 25.b4 Kg7 26.a3 Rh8 27.Kg2 b5 28.Kh3 Ra6 29.R4f3 Rc6 30.Bd2 Rb6 31.R1f2 Re8 32.Rf1 Ra6 33.R1f2 c6 34.Rf1 Ra7 35.R1f2 Rb7 36.Rf1 Ra7 37.R1f2 Rb7 38.Rf1 *

Monday, April 5, 2010

C00 - French: A quick draw



[Event "20m game"]
[Site "Chessboss.com"]
[Date "2010.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco Saba"]
[Black "Erich Eliskases (2307)"]
[Result "1/2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nc6 3.c3 Qh4 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Qg4 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Qh5 8.Re1 O-O 9.Bf4 d6 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Nf1 Qa5 12.Qc2 Nh5 13.Bh2 Bd7 14.e5 g6 15.g4 Ng7 16.N3d2 d5 17.f4 f6 18.Ng3 fxe5 19.fxe5 Bg5 20.Rf1 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Bxd2 22.Bxg6 Be3+ 23.Kh1 hxg6 24.Qxg6 Qb5 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Nh5 Rf7 27.Nf6+ Kf8 28.Bg3 Qxb2 29.Rf1 Be8 30.Bh4 Qe2 31.Nd7+ Kg8 32.Rxf7 Bxf7 33.Nf6+ Kf8 34.Nh7+ Ke8 35.Nf6+ Kf8 36.Nh7+ Kg8 37.Nf6+ Kf8 38.Nh7+ *