A RECIPROCAL ZUGZWANG PARADOX

A RECIPROCAL ZUGZWANG PARADOX
Gherman Umnov, Podolsk
From EG No. 137 - (Vol.IX), July 2000


The outcome of any position of reciprocal zugzwang hangs on the turn to play. Most of the time study composers strive to carry this through by creating a try in which White, having the move, is in zugzwang, while in the actual solution the same position occurs but this time with Black having the move. Studies have been composed, and not a few of them, where the reciprocal zugzwang is dragged out for several moves, with Black every time lacking a neutral, in fact useful, move. Hm. Let's see if that is always so.
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U1 Gh. A. Umnov
Springaren, ix 1999



h6e6 0710.11 4/4 Draw
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U1: 1.Rxb7 Rh8+ 2.RH7 aRxh7+ 3.Bxh7, with:

- Kf7 4.h3! Kf6 5.h4 Kf7 6.h5 Kf6 stalemate, or

- Kf6 4.h4! Kf7 5.h5 Kf6 stalemate again.

In both lines in U1 we see after White's 4th a position of 'prolonged' reciprocal zugzwang.
Now put wP on a2 instead of h2, to create the schema U2, with Black to move.
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U2 (Gh. A. Umnov - matrix)



h6e6 0310.10 3/2 BTM, Draw
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U2: After 1...Kf7 we have 2.a4! Kf6 3.a5 Kf7 4.a6 Kf6 5.a7, and it's drawn, while after 1...Kf6 2.a3! and so on, also with a draw.
In U2 it is not so much wB that is paralysed as bR which is excluded from play, having no useful move. Obviously if Black had so much as a single neutral move of the rook without unpinning wB, then White would be winkled out of his draw.
But is this really so obvious?
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U3 Gh. A. Umnov first publication



h5f5 0310.10 3/2 Draw
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U3: White's choices are bare - he's under the cosh of mate on the move, and his bishop hangs. After either 1..Bc1 or 1.Bf8, Black will give check with his rook, pinning the bishop for ever. Then the white a-pawn will sooner or later become a sacrificial offering. However, in contrast to U2 all the pieces are one rank lower down the board, and this gives the rookm elbow-room for a temporising a move on top of bK's option to oscillate. So there's scarcely anything to choose between 1.Bc1 and 1.Bf8 - they are as bad as each other. Resign, then? Well, with nothing to lose, perhaps something will turn up. 1.Bc1? Rc7! Aha! Black is in no hurry with his check and bishop pin. He's playing cat and mouse, spinning out the agony.
2. Be3 Re7! Now there are two continuations for us to look at:
- 3.Bc1 Re1! 4.Bg5 Rg1! 5.Be7 (Bh4,Rg8;) Rg7! 6.Bf8 Rg8! 7.Bh6 Rg1! and Black wins, or
- 3.Bg5 Rg7! 4.Be3 (Bh6,Rg1;) Rg3! 5.Bf2 Rg2! 6.Be1 Rh2+! 7.Bh4 Rxa2 8.Bg3 Ra1 9.Kh6 Rh1+ 10.Kg7 Rg1, and again Black wins. [A pity that 4.Be3 Re7 transposes into the other line. AJR]
In this pair of try echo-variations Black forces wB to play to the g5 square so that it can be attacked to allow bR to cross the board's equator. But why should Black spurn the pin? Let's take a look at the other first move:
1.Bf8! with:

- Rh7+ 2.BK6 Rh8 (or Kf6;).
What now? 3.a3!! It's a paradox, but here's another position of reciprocal zugzwang: Rh7 (or Kf5;) 4.a4 Rh8 (or Kf6;) 5.a5 Rh7 (or Kf5;) 6.a6 Rh8 (or Kf6;) 7.a7, and this time the zugzwang can no longer be deferred, and it's decisive. Note 3.a4? Rh7 4.a5 Kf6 5.a6 Kf5 6.a7 Rxa7, and Black
wins.

- Rf7 2.Bh6 Rh7. What's this? It's Black's own king that's in the way of the rook's otherwise winning transfer to the southern hemisphere, whereas in the first line it's the white men that rule out the same manoeuvre. 3.a4! 3.a3? Kf6 4.a4 Kf5 5.a5 Kf6 6.a6 Kf5 7.a7 Rxa7 wins. Rh8 (Kf6) 4.a5 Rh7 (Kf5) 5.a6 Rh8 (Kf6) 6.a7, and it's the self-same zugzwang, with Black paying the drawing penalty.

The try 1.Bc1? loses for White because his pawn stays rooted to the subsequently vulnerable a2 square while Black threatens checkmate and harasses the white bishop. In the solution, on the other hand, White paradoxically draws precisely because his pawn is on a2, keeping the tempo-choice (of moving up one square or two) up his sleeve. Curiously, in the tries, whether Black allows the excelsior to run to completion or captures the pawn when it reaches a7 is largely irrelevant, but if he captures on the promotion square a fresh little study (U4) arises.
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U4 Gh. A. Umnov
first publication



e4h4 0130.01 2/3 Win
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U4: 1.Kf3! a2 2.Kf4. We have already met this position in U3, but with colours reversed. a1Q 3.Rxa1 Bg2 4.Ra5! Bf1/i 5.Rg5! Kh3 6.Rg3+ Kh2 (Kh4; Rg1) 7.Kf3 Bc4 8.Kf2
i) Bh1 5.Ra7 Kh3 6.Rh7+ Kg2 7.Rh8 Kg1 8.Kg3 and 9.Rf8.

It's a pity this study steps outside our theme, but U3 in contrast to U2 demonstrates once again that what is obvious is not always the whole truth. Which has to be the credo of every composer.
[See also EG135.11444.]

32 gambetti nella Difesa Olandese

32 gambetti nella Difesa Olandese (comprese trasposizioni):

Per ogni gambetto viene inserita la valutazione di FIRE 1.31 (3400 ELO, profondità 20)

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.e4 (- 0.54)

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.g4 fg4 4.e4 (- 0.51)

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.e4 fe4 4.f3 (- 0.24)

1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.g4 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e4 (- 0.40)

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Cf6 3.Cc3 e5 (+ 0.80)

1.d4 f5 2.Dd3 d6 3.g4 (- 0.18)

1.d4 f5 2.Dd3 d5 3.g4 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.Dd3 e6 3.g4 (+ 0.14)

1.d4 f5 2.Dd3 g6 3.g4 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 d6 (+ 0.46)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 e6 (+ 0.97)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 e6 3.c4 (- 0.40)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 e6 3.Cf3 (- 0.56)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fe4 3.Cc3 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fe4 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.f3 (- 0.24)

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fe4 3.f3 Cf6 4.Cc3 (- 0.24)

1.d4 f5 2.Cf3 e6 3.e4 (- 0.56)

1.d4 f5 2.Cf3 e5 (+ 1.35)

1.d4 f5 2.Cf3 g6 3.h3 d6 4.g4 (+ 0.17)

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.h4 Cf6 4.h5 Ch5 5.Th5 gh5 6.e4 (+ 0.61)

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Cf6 3.h4 g6 4.h5 Ch5 5.Th5 gh5 6.e4 (+ 0.61)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 d6 3.Dd3 (- 0.18)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 d5 3.Dd3 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 e6 3.Dd3 (+ 0.14)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 e5 (no games) (+ 0.30)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 fg4 3.e4 d5 4.Cc3 (- 0.51)

1.d4 f5 2.g4 Cf6 3.Cc3 (+ 0.00)

1.d4 f5 2.h3 d6 3.Cf3 g6 4.g4 (+ 0.17)

1.d4 f5 2.h3 Cf6 3.g4 (- 0.10)
.

Zuzwang reciproco: Donna contro 2 Cavalli

Zuzwang reciproco: Donna contro 2 Cavalli

[Nota bene: la frequenza dei finali D vs C+C è di 21 ogni 4.325.000 partite]

Nel caso del finale di Donna contro due cavalli, ci sono ben
229 casi di Zugzwang reciproco. Ne mostriamo due:



Il Bianco muove e patta; il Nero muove e perde.



Il Bianco muove e patta; il Nero muove e perde.

Ancora mutual Zugzwang: Donna contro 2 Alfieri

Ancora mutual Zugzwang: Donna contro 2 Alfieri

[Nota bene: la frequenza dei finali D vs A+A è di 7 ogni 4.325.000 partite]

Anche questo è l'unico caso di Zugzwang reciproco, come nel
precedente caso della Donna contro Alfiere e Cavallo
(ovviamente escludendo riflessioni e rotazioni,
altrimenti sono otto le posizioni).



Muove il B. e patta. Muove il N. e perde.

[FEN "8/8/8/8/5b1K/5b2/6k1/4Q3 w - -"]

1. Qa1 Bg3+ 2. Kg5 Kf2 3. Kf5 Kg2 4. Qc1 Bh2 5. Qa1 Bg3
6. Qc1 Bh2 7. Qa1 Bg3 *

[FEN "8/8/8/8/5b1K/5b2/6k1/4Q3 b - -"]

1... Bb8 2. Qd2+ Kf1 3. Qc1+ Ke2 4. Qb2+ Kd3 5. Qxb8 Bd5
6. Qf4 Kc3 7. Kg5 Kb3 8. Qd4 Bc4 9. Qc5 Bf1 10. Kf6 Bc4
11. Ke5 Kc3 12. Ke4 Kb3 13. Kd4 Bf1 14. Qc3+ Ka2 15. Qc2+
Ka3 16. Kc3 Bc4 17. Qb2+ Ka4 18. Qb4# *

Una partita... dietetica: nessun pezzo mangiato

Nota bene: la patta venne richiesta da Filipowicz secondo la regola delle 50 mosse.

Filipowicz,A - Smederevac,P [C00]
Rubinstein mem 04th Polanica Zdroj (14), 1966

1.e4 e6 2.d3 Ne7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nbc6 5.Be3 b6 6.Ne2 d5 7.0-0 d4 8.Bc1 g6 9.Nd2 Bg7 10.f4 f5 11.a3 0-0 12.e5 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.b3 Rb8 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.Kh1 Nd5 17.Bd2 Rfd8 18.Ng1 Bf8 19.Nf3 Be7 20.h4 h5 21.Qe2 Ncb4 22.Rfc1 Bb7 23.Kh2 Bc6 24.Na3 Ra8 25.Qe1 Rdb8 26.Qg1 Qb7 27.Qf1 Kg7 28.Qh1 Qd7 29.Ne1 Ra7 30.Nf3 Rba8 31.Ne1 Bd8 32.Nf3 Rb8 33.Ne1 Bc7 34.Nf3 Rh8 35.Ng5 Bd8 36.Nf3 Be7 37.Qg1 Bb7 38.Nb5 Raa8 39.Na3 Ba6 40.Qf1 Rab8 41.Nc4 Bd8 42.Qd1 Ne7 43.Nd6 Bc7 44.Qe2 Ng8 45.Ng5 Nh6 46.Bf3 Bd8 47.Nh3 Ng4+ 48.Kg1 Be7 49.Nc4 Nd5 50.Nf2 Bb7 51.Nh3 Bc6 52.Qg2 Rhc8 53.Re1 Rc7 54.Re2 Ra7 55.Ree1 Ra6 56.Re2 Rba8 57.Ree1 R8a7 58.Na3 Ra8 59.Nc4 Nh6 60.Na3 Nf7 61.Nf2 Rd8 62.Nc4 Rb8 63.Nh3 Bd8 64.Na3 Ra7 65.Qh1 Bc7 66.Qg2 Rd8 67.Qh1 Nh6 68.Ng5 Qe8 69.Kh2 Rd7 ½-½

Re, Alfiere e Cavallo contro pedone (promosso a Cavallo!)

Re, Alfiere e Cavallo contro pedone (promosso a Cavallo!)

Una posizione rara in cui il Nero, promuovendo a Cavallo, prende matto in 73 mosse dopo la promozione.


Il Bianco vince in 75 mosse.
FEN "8/8/8/2N5/2K5/8/1p6/1k3B2 w - -"

1. Bd3+ Ka2 2. Na4 b1=N (2... b1=Q 3. Nc3+ Ka1 4. Nxb1 Kb2
5. Nd2 Ka2 6. Nb3 Ka3 7. Kc3 Ka2 8. Bc2 Ka3 9. Bb1 Ka4
10. Nd4 Ka5 11. Be4 Ka4 12. Bd5 Ka3 13. Nb5+ Ka4 14. Kc4
Ka5 15. Kc5 Ka4 16. Bc4 Ka5 17. Bb3 Ka6 18. Nd6 Ka5
19. Nb7+ Ka6 20. Kc6 Ka7 21. Bc4 Ka8 22. Nd6 Ka7 23. Kc7
Ka8 24. Bb5 Ka7 25. Nc8+ Ka8 26. Bc6#) 3. Kb5 Ka1 4. Kb4
Ka2 5. Bc4+ Ka1 6. Bd5 Nd2 7. Kc3 Nb1+ 8. Kc2 Na3+ 9. Kb3
Nb5 10. Nc5 Nd4+ 11. Kc4 Nf5 12. Kc3 Nd6 13. Ne6 Ne8
14. Nd4 Nf6 15. Be6 Kb1 16. Ne2 Ne4+ 17. Kd4 Nd2 18. Kd3
Nf3 19. Bd5 Nh2 20. Kc3 Ng4 21. Kb3 Ka1 22. Be4 Nf6 23. Bf5
Ne8 24. Nd4 Ng7 25. Bg4 Ne8 26. Bh5 Nd6 27. Bg6 Nb5
28. Nc2+ Kb1 29. Kc4 Nc7 30. Nb4+ Kb2 31. Nd3+ Ka3 32. Nc5
Kb2 33. Bf5 Ne8 34. Ne4 Ng7 35. Bg4 Kc2 36. Nd6 Kb2 37. Kd5
Kc3 38. Nb5+ Kb3 39. Nc7 Kb4 40. Kd6 Kc4 41. Ke7 Kc5
42. Na8 Kd4 43. Kf8 Nf5 44. Bxf5 Ke5 45. Bc2 Kd4 46. Bh7
Kc4 47. Nc7 Kb3 48. Ne6 Kb2 49. Ke7 Kc3 50. Kd6 Kc4 51. Kc6
Kc3 52. Kc5 Kb3 53. Kd4 Kb2 54. Nc5 Ka2 55. Kc3 Ka1 56. Bc2
Ka2 57. Nb3 Ka3 58. Bb1 Ka4 59. Nd4 Ka5 60. Be4 Kb6 61. Ne6
Kb5 62. Kb3 Ka5 63. Bg6 Kb5 64. Be8+ Ka5 65. Ka3 Kb6
66. Ka4 Ka6 67. Bb5+ Kb6 68. Kb4 Ka7 69. Ka5 Kb7 70. Bd7
Ka7 71. Nc5 Kb8 72. Kb6 Ka8 73. Bh3 Kb8 74. Na6+ Ka8
75. Bg2# *

Re e pedone contro Re, Allfiere e Cavallo

Re e pedone contro Re, Allfiere e Cavallo
(una posizione che richiede più di 50 mosse)


Il Bianco muove e vinnce

FEN "8/8/1P6/8/6b1/2k5/8/n1K5 w - -"

1. b7 Nb3+ 2. Kb1 Nd2+ 3. Ka1 Nb3+ 4. Ka2 Nd2 5. b8=Q Be6+
6. Ka1 Bc4 7. Qb6 Bb3 8. Qf6+ Kc2 9. Qb2+ Kd3 10. Qc1 Bc2
11. Qh1 Nc4 12. Qh8 Kd2 13. Qd4+ Bd3 14. Ka2 Kc2 15. Qg1
Be2 16. Qg3 Bf1 17. Qf2+ Nd2 18. Ka3 Kd3 19. Qg3+ Ke4
20. Qe1+ Kd3 21. Kb4 Be2 22. Kc5 Bf3 23. Qg1 Be4 24. Qf2
Nf3 25. Kd6 Nd2 26. Ke5 Nc4+ 27. Kf4 Bc6 28. Qg1 Kc3
29. Qc5 Bg2 30. Qg5 Bf1 31. Qg7+ Kd3 32. Qf6 Be2 33. Qd8+
Kc2 34. Ke4 Kb3 35. Kd4 Nb2 36. Qb8+ Kc2 37. Qh2 Kd2
38. Qf4+ Ke1 39. Qg3+ Kf1 40. Kc3 Nc4 41. Kc2 Nb6 42. Qf4+
Kg2 43. Qe3 Bg4 44. Qxb6 Bf5+ 45. Kc3 Kg3 46. Qe3+ Kg4
47. Kd4 Bc2 48. Qe2+ Kg5 49. Qxc2 Kf6 50. Qe4 Kf7 51. Qf5+
Ke8 52. Qh7 Kf8 53. Kd5 Ke8 54. Ke6 Kd8 55. Qd7# *

Donna contro Alfiere e Cavallo: altri finali pari

Donna contro Alfiere e Cavallo: altri finali pari

[Nota bene: la frequenza dei finali D vs A+C è di 62 ogni 4.325.000 partite]



Il B. muove e patta.

FEN: 8/8/8/8/3k4/1Qn5/8/K1b5 w - - 0 1



Il B. muove e patta.

FEN: 8/2Q5/8/8/3k4/2n5/8/K1b5 w - - 0 1



Il B. muove e patta.

FEN: 1Q6/8/8/8/3k4/2n5/8/K1b5 b - - 0 1



Il B. muove e patta.

FEN: 8/8/Q7/8/3k4/2n5/8/K1b5 w - - 0 1

Quest'ultimo è anche un caso notevole di Zugzwang reciproco.
Se è il Nero a dover muovere, allora il Bianco vince.

Potrete controllare le mosse imputando le posizioni FEN qui:
http://www.k4it.de/index.php?topic=egtb&lang=en

Puntata precedente:

Due finali patti: Donna contro Alfiere e Cavallo

Fire(Bird) 1.31 - Vs. - Deep Rybka 4 : 4-0 !!!

Fire(Bird) 1.31 - Vs. - Deep Rybka 4 : 4-0 !!!

Differenziale ELO calcolato con BAYESIAN ELO RATING (da bayeselo.exe):

Rank Name Elo + - games score oppo. draws

1 Fire 1.31 w32 116 175 117 4 100% -116 0%

2 Deep Rybka 4 -116 117 175 4 0% 116 0%

[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fire 1.31 w32"]
[Black "Deep Rybka 4 w32"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 {book 0s} e5 {book 0s} 2. Nf3 {book 0s} Nc6 {book 0s}
3. Bb5 {book 0s} a6 {book 0s} 4. Ba4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book
0s} 5. O-O {book 0s} Be7 {book 0s} 6. Re1 {book 0s} b5
{book 0s} 7. Bb3 {book 0s} d6 {book 0s} 8. c3 {book 0s} O-O
{book 0s} 9. h3 {book 0s} Bb7 {book 0s} 10. d4 {book 0s}
Re8 {book 0s} 11. Nbd2 {book 0s} Bf8 {book 0s} 12. d5 {book
0s} Nb8 {book 0s} 13. Nf1 {book 0s} Nbd7 {book 0s} 14. Ng3
{book 0s} h6 {+0.15/11 17s} 15. Nf5 {+0.22/13 7s} Nc5
{+0.03/10 18s (Qc8)} 16. Bc2 {0.00/15 12s} Qd7 {+0.04/9 3s}
17. Nd2 {0.00/15 2s (N3h4)} c6 {-0.12/11 37s (g6)} 18. b4
{0.00/15 10s} Na4 {-0.18/8 0s} 19. Bxa4 {0.00/15 0s} bxa4
{-0.12/11 5s} 20. c4 {0.00/16 0s} cxd5 {-0.12/9 3s}
21. cxd5 {0.00/16 0s} Rec8 {0.00/9 7s (Nxd5)} 22. Qf3
{+0.29/15 7s} g6 {0.00/10 0s (Kh7)} 23. Ne3 {+0.51/14 5s}
Nh5 {0.00/9 1s (Kg7)} 24. Nec4 {+0.50/15 5s} Qb5 {+0.29/9
3s (Qd8)} 25. Na3 {+0.91/16 4s} Qe8 {+0.58/10 4s (Qb6)}
26. g4 {+1.21/16 5s (Ndc4)} Nf4 {+0.68/10 10s} 27. Ndc4
{+1.17/17 0s} Qd8 {+0.68/10 6s} 28. Bxf4 {+1.16/17 0s} exf4
{+0.68/10 2s} 29. Qxf4 {+1.22/17 0s} Be7 {+0.67/11 5s
(Rab8)} 30. Rad1 {+1.49/14 5s (Re3)} Rab8 {+0.67/8 21s
(Rc7)} 31. e5 {+1.84/13 4s} g5 {+1.20/8 0s} 32. Qf5
{+1.80/14 6s (Qe3)} Rc7 {+1.21/9 7s} 33. b5 {+2.08/14 0s
(e6)} Kg7 {+1.53/7 6s} 34. b6 {+2.23/15 0s} Rc5 {+1.58/9
2s} 35. e6 {+2.23/14 0s} Qg8 {+1.57/9 0s} 36. Rd4 {+2.31/13
0s (exf7)} Rf8 {+1.57/7 7s (a5)} 37. Qd3 {+2.18/14 5s} Kh8
{+1.52/8 0s} 38. Nc2 {+2.32/14 11s (Qd2)} Rb5 {+1.68/8 13s}
39. N2e3 {+2.47/14 0s (Qd1)} fxe6 {+1.72/7 4s} 40. dxe6
{+2.25/16 15s} Qxe6 {+1.63/9 0s} 41. Qd2 {+2.25/16 0s} Bf6
{+1.72/8 2s} 42. Nf5 {+2.25/15 0s} Qc8 {+2.12/7 3s}
43. Ncxd6 {+3.39/15 2s (Nfxd6)} Qc6 {+2.38/8 4s} 44. Nxb7
{+3.47/15 0s} Qxb7 {+2.38/8 2s} 45. Qd3 {+3.52/15 0s (Nd6)}
Qxb6 {+1.14/6 9s (Rxf5)} 46. Rd6 {+3.74/15 5s} Qc5 {+3.19/8
0s} 47. Rxf6 {+4.00/14 0s} Rxf6 {+3.26/10 3s} 48. Re8+
{+6.63/15 0s} Rf8 {+3.26/10 1s} 49. Qd7 {+11.24/13 0s
(Qd4+)} Rb7 {+8.45/7 5s (Qc1+)} 50. Qxb7 {+13.35/14 1s}
Qxf5 {+8.45/7 0s} 51. gxf5 {+13.43/17 0s} 1-0

[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deep Rybka 4 w32"]
[Black "Fire 1.31 w32"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 {book 0s} e5 {book 0s} 2. Nf3 {book 0s} Nc6 {book 0s}
3. Bb5 {book 0s} a6 {book 0s} 4. Ba4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book
0s} 5. O-O {book 0s} Be7 {book 0s} 6. Re1 {book 0s} b5
{book 0s} 7. Bb3 {book 0s} d6 {book 0s} 8. c3 {book 0s} O-O
{book 0s} 9. h3 {book 0s} Bb7 {book 0s} 10. d4 {book 0s}
Re8 {book 0s} 11. Nbd2 {book 0s} Bf8 {book 0s} 12. d5 {book
0s} Nb8 {book 0s} 13. Nf1 {book 0s} Nbd7 {book 0s} 14. Ng3
{book 0s} h6 {+0.06/15 11s} 15. Nf5 {+0.11/9 24s} Nc5
{-0.08/16 0s (Bc8)} 16. Bc2 {0.00/9 28s} a5 {0.00/18 0s
(Qd7)} 17. b4 {+0.23/9 11s} axb4 {-0.02/17 0s} 18. cxb4
{+0.23/11 9s} Na4 {0.00/17 0s} 19. Nh2 {+0.23/10 5s} Bc8
{0.00/16 1s} 20. Qf3 {+0.23/9 8s} Bxf5 {0.00/17 1s}
21. Qxf5 {+0.26/11 4s} Qc8 {0.00/18 0s} 22. Qxc8 {+0.26/10
4s} Rexc8 {0.00/17 0s} 23. Bd3 {+0.26/9 4s (Bd2)} Rcb8
{+0.08/18 8s} 24. Ng4 {+0.20/10 15s} Nxg4 {+0.22/19 15s}
25. hxg4 {+0.24/11 0s} Be7 {+0.22/18 0s (Ra6)} 26. Re2
{+0.50/11 6s} Bg5 {+0.17/20 0s} 27. Bxg5 {+0.49/12 6s} hxg5
{+0.17/22 2s} 28. Rc1 {+0.52/13 6s} Ra7 {+0.17/22 0s}
29. Rd2 {+0.59/13 3s (Rec2)} Kf8 {+0.16/19 12s} 30. Kf1
{+0.61/14 0s (f3)} Rbb7 {+0.16/20 10s (Ke7)} 31. f3
{+0.32/10 6s} Ke7 {+0.16/20 0s (Nb6)} 32. Ke2 {+0.65/11 20s
(Kf2)} Kd8 {+0.04/19 5s} 33. a3 {+0.42/12 0s} Nb6 {+0.04/18
0s} 34. Ra2 {+0.42/10 2s} Nd7 {+0.04/19 1s (Ke7)} 35. Rc3
{+0.44/14 10s (Kf2)} Ke7 {+0.12/21 44s (Ra4)} 36. Ra1
{+0.43/15 11s (Kf2)} Ra8 {+0.13/18 4s (Kf6)} 37. Rac1
{+0.44/13 4s (Rh1)} Kd8 {+0.12/17 1s} 38. Kf2 {+0.44/14 1s
(Kd2)} Ra4 {+0.04/19 3s (Nf6)} 39. Rh1 {+0.44/12 7s (Ra1)}
Nf8 {+0.04/17 0s (Ke7)} 40. Ra1 {+0.44/12 12s (Rb3)} Rba7
{+0.11/19 9s} 41. Rb3 {+0.43/13 0s} Rb7 {+0.11/19 0s}
42. Ke3 {+0.43/14 1s (Ke2)} Ke7 {+0.12/19 4s (Ng6)} 43. Rc3
{+0.44/13 4s} Kd8 {+0.12/19 0s (Nd7)} 44. Bc2 {+0.44/13 4s
(Kd2)} Ra8 {+0.12/19 4s} 45. Rh1 {+0.44/15 0s (g3)} Ra6
{+0.12/17 3s (Ke7)} 46. Kf2 {+0.44/11 2s (Kd2)} Rba7
{+0.04/17 2s} 47. Ra1 {+0.44/13 0s} Ng6 {+0.05/18 3s (Nd7)}
48. Ke3 {+0.44/11 2s} Rb6 {+0.08/18 0s (Ke7)} 49. Bd3
{+0.44/12 4s} Nf4 {+0.07/19 0s (Ke7)} 50. Bf1 {+0.44/13 2s
(g3)} Ng6 {+0.04/16 0s (Ke7)} 51. g3 {+0.44/13 2s (Kf2)}
Ne7 {0.00/16 0s (Ke7)} 52. Bd3 {+0.30/8 2s (Rac1)} c6
{-0.12/14 0s} 53. dxc6 {+0.22/9 0s} Nxc6 {-0.12/13 0s}
54. Bxb5 {+0.22/8 0s} Nxb4 {-0.33/15 2s} 55. Bc4 {+0.18/9
2s} Nc6 {-0.35/14 0s} 56. a4 {+0.18/9 0s (f4)} Rb2
{-0.21/15 3s (Nd4)} 57. Ra2 {+0.07/9 2s} Rxa2 {-0.22/18 0s}
58. Bxa2 {+0.06/10 1s} Nd4 {-0.22/18 0s} 59. Bd5 {0.00/11
0s} Rxa4 {-0.20/18 0s} 60. Bxf7 {0.00/13 0s} Ra1 {-0.22/19
2s} 61. Bc4 {0.00/14 0s} Ke7 {-0.21/18 0s (Rg1)} 62. Bd3
{0.00/14 5s} Kd7 {-0.21/20 0s (Re1+)} 63. Bc4 {0.00/11 1s
(Kf2)} Rb1 {-0.21/20 2s (Rg1)} 64. Bd3 {0.00/12 1s (Ba6)}
Rg1 {-0.13/19 3s (Re1+)} 65. Kf2 {0.00/15 1s} Rd1 {-0.13/20
1s (Ra1)} 66. Ra3 {0.00/12 1s} Kc6 {-0.13/18 0s} 67. Bc4
{0.00/11 0s (Ke3)} Rc1 {-0.13/17 2s (Rd2+)} 68. Bf1
{0.00/12 1s (Bd3)} Rc2+ {-0.20/19 2s} 69. Ke3 {0.00/12 0s}
Kb7 {-0.20/19 0s (Rh2)} 70. Ba6+ {0.00/11 0s} Kb8 {-0.20/19
0s (Kc6)} 71. Bf1 {0.00/12 1s} Rb2 {-0.20/19 0s (Kb7)}
72. Rc3 {0.00/13 1s} Kb7 {-0.20/18 0s (Nc2+)} 73. Bd3
{0.00/11 0s} Kb6 {-0.20/19 0s (Rg2)} 74. Rc8 {0.00/12 0s
(Bf1)} Rg2 {-0.10/19 3s} 75. Rb8+ {0.00/16 0s} Kc6
{-0.10/19 0s (Kc5)} 76. Rc8+ {0.00/14 0s} Kb7 {-0.10/19 0s
(Kb6)} 77. Rg8 {+0.01/12 0s} Rxg3 {-0.10/19 0s} 78. Rxg7+
{0.00/12 0s} Kc6 {-0.10/19 0s (Kb6)} 79. Rf7 {0.00/10 0s
(Be2)} Rg1 {-0.10/17 0s (Rh3)} 80. Rf8 {0.00/11 0s (Bc4)}
Ra1 {-0.22/18 2s (Kd7)} 81. Rc8+ {+0.13/7 0s (Bc4)} Kd7
{-0.35/18 1s} 82. Rc3 {-0.09/10 0s} Ke6 {-0.35/17 0s}
83. Kf2 {-0.06/9 0s (Bc4+)} Ra2+ {-0.35/18 2s (Kf6)}
84. Ke3 {-0.07/13 1s} Kf6 {-0.35/19 0s} 85. Bc4 {-0.07/12
0s} Rh2 {-0.35/18 0s (Ra1)} 86. Rc1 {-0.01/11 1s (Bf1)} Rh7
{-0.35/20 2s (Rh4)} 87. Bd3 {-0.07/13 1s (Bf1)} Ra7
{-0.35/19 2s} 88. Rc3 {-0.07/14 0s} Ra8 {-0.35/19 0s}
89. Be2 {-0.07/10 0s} Ra5 {-0.35/20 1s (Rh8)} 90. Bd3
{-0.07/12 0s (Bf1)} Ra7 {-0.35/19 0s (Ra1)} 91. Kf2
{-0.07/10 0s (Be2)} Ra8 {-0.35/18 0s (Kg6)} 92. Ke3
{-0.07/14 0s (Bf1)} Ra1 {-0.35/19 0s (Ra4)} 93. Kf2
{-0.07/14 0s (Bc4)} Ra2+ {-0.35/19 1s (Ra8)} 94. Ke3
{-0.07/13 0s} Ra5 {-0.33/18 0s} 95. Be2 {-0.07/13 0s (Kf2)}
Kg7 {-0.33/20 3s (Ra1)} 96. Rc7+ {0.00/10 0s (Bd3)} Kf8
{-0.33/19 1s} 97. Rc3 {-0.07/13 0s} Ke7 {-0.33/18 0s}
98. Rc7+ {-0.04/12 0s (Bd3)} Kd8 {-0.33/18 0s} 99. Rc3
{-0.04/12 0s} Ra7 {-0.33/18 0s (Ra1)} 100. Bf1 {-0.04/10 0s
(Bd3)} Ke7 {-0.33/21 2s} 101. Kf2 {-0.07/15 0s (Bd3)} Ra2+
{-0.33/19 1s} 102. Ke3 {-0.07/14 0s} Ra8 {-0.33/19 0s
(Ra1)} 103. Kf2 {-0.07/11 0s (Bd3)} Kf6 {-0.34/18 0s}
104. Bd3 {-0.07/14 0s} Rh8 {-0.34/19 1s (Ra1)} 105. Kg3
{-0.07/9 0s (Ra3)} Rb8 {-0.34/19 1s (Rf8)} 106. Kf2
{-0.06/9 0s (Ra3)} Rb2+ {-0.33/17 0s (Ne6)} 107. Ke3
{-0.04/10 0s} Rb7 {-0.32/19 1s (Rb4)} 108. Ra3 {-0.07/8 0s}
Rc7 {-0.32/20 2s (Rh7)} 109. Ra6 {0.00/8 0s} Ke7 {-0.32/19
0s (Ke6)} 110. Ra2 {-0.07/10 0s (Ra3)} Rc3 {-0.33/20 1s}
111. Ra7+ {-0.19/10 0s} Kf6 {-0.34/19 0s} 112. Ra2
{-0.33/10 0s (Ra6)} Rb3 {-0.34/17 1s (Ne6)} 113. Rh2
{-0.20/9 0s (Rd2)} Ne6 {-0.39/17 1s (Kg6)} 114. Rh6+
{-0.19/7 0s} Ke7 {-0.39/18 0s} 115. Kd2 {-0.33/9 0s (Rh7+)}
Nf4 {-0.40/18 1s} 116. Bc4 {-0.54/10 0s (Rh7+)} Rxf3
{-0.47/17 3s} 117. Rh7+ {-0.56/11 0s} Ke8 {-0.47/17 0s}
118. Rg7 {-0.51/10 1s} Nh3 {-0.48/16 0s} 119. Bd5 {-0.51/9
0s (Be6)} Rg3 {-0.58/14 0s} 120. Rg8+ {-0.51/9 0s} Ke7
{-0.48/16 0s} 121. Rg7+ {-0.51/9 0s} Kf6 {-0.48/17 1s
(Kd8)} 122. Rf7+ {-0.47/3 0s} Kg6 {book 2s} 123. Rd7
{-0.88/8 0s} Rxg4 {-0.48/15 0s} 124. Rxd6+ {-0.76/8 0s} Kh5
{-0.58/16 1s} 125. Re6 {-0.65/9 0s} Ng1 {-0.53/16 0s
(Rg2+)} 126. Ke3 {-0.17/254 0s} Kh4 {-0.47/16 2s (Rg3+)}
127. Rh6+ {-0.66/1 0s (Rxe5)} Kg3 {book 0s time} 0-1

[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fire 1.31 w32"]
[Black "Deep Rybka 4 w32"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 {book 0s} e5 {book 0s} 2. Nf3 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s}
3. Nxe5 {book 0s} d6 {book 0s} 4. Nf3 {book 0s} Nxe4 {book
0s} 5. d4 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 6. Bd3 {book 0s} Bd6 {book
0s} 7. O-O {book 0s} O-O {book 0s} 8. c4 {book 0s} c6 {book
0s} 9. Nc3 {book 0s} Nxc3 {book 0s} 10. bxc3 {book 0s} Bg4
{book 0s} 11. cxd5 {+0.56/14 7s} cxd5 {+0.45/11 31s}
12. Rb1 {+0.59/16 0s (h3)} Nd7 {book 0s (Qc7)} 13. h3 {book
0s} Bxf3 {+0.58/9 27s} 14. Qxf3 {+0.53/14 6s} Nb6 {+0.58/9
0s} 15. a4 {+0.53/14 0s (Re1)} Nxa4 {+0.50/10 12s} 16. Rxb7
{+0.44/15 0s} Nxc3 {+0.50/9 4s} 17. Bxh7+ {+0.35/14 0s}
Kxh7 {+0.50/9 5s} 18. Qxc3 {+0.35/15 0s} Qf6 {+0.47/10 12s}
19. Rb5 {+0.34/15 0s} Rfd8 {+0.37/9 4s} 20. Be3 {+0.30/15
3s (Qd3+)} Qf5 {+0.39/10 25s (Rab8)} 21. Qa1 {+0.31/15 11s}
Kg8 {+0.37/10 0s} 22. Ra5 {+0.24/15 12s} Rd7 {+0.38/10 0s
(Qd7)} 23. Ra6 {+0.38/15 12s (Qa2)} Qd3 {+0.45/10 42s
(Be7)} 24. Rd1 {+0.42/17 7s} Qf5 {+0.45/10 0s} 25. Re1
{+0.42/15 0s (Qa2)} Qd3 {+0.44/10 7s (Rb8)} 26. Qa4
{+0.36/14 5s (Qa2)} Rb8 {+0.35/9 8s} 27. Qxd7 {+0.32/15 0s
(Rc6)} Qxa6 {+0.35/11 12s} 28. Rc1 {+0.30/17 1s} Qb6
{+0.23/10 3s} 29. g3 {+0.38/18 0s} Rd8 {+0.11/9 5s} 30. Qc6
{+0.38/19 0s} Qxc6 {+0.42/10 4s} 31. Rxc6 {+0.38/18 0s} f6
{+0.45/11 1s (Bb4)} 32. Ra6 {+0.44/19 5s} Rd7 {+0.50/12 0s}
33. Bd2 {+0.42/18 0s (Kg2)} Kf7 {+0.46/12 3s (Be7)} 34. Kg2
{+0.41/18 10s (h4)} Be7 {+0.44/11 3s} 35. Kf3 {+0.37/17 0s}
Rb7 {+0.43/11 1s (Bd8)} 36. Ke2 {+0.42/16 1s (Kg4)} f5
{+0.52/10 6s (Kg6)} 37. Bf4 {+0.51/17 4s (h4)} g5 {+0.47/9
3s (Bf6)} 38. Bd2 {+0.35/16 3s} Bf6 {+0.47/12 0s} 39. Kd3
{+0.35/15 0s} Kg6 {+0.45/11 1s (Be7)} 40. Rd6 {+0.35/16 4s
(f4)} Rb3+ {+0.60/8 3s} 41. Bc3 {+0.35/16 0s} Rb5 {+0.65/10
1s} 42. Rd7 {+0.48/17 0s (f3)} a5 {+0.39/10 4s} 43. Ra7
{+0.50/18 0s} Bd8 {+0.39/9 1s} 44. Ra6+ {+0.51/18 4s (Ra8)}
Kg7 {+0.29/10 4s (Kf7)} 45. Ra8 {+0.54/19 4s} Bb6 {+0.28/11
0s} 46. Kc2 {+0.53/19 0s (h4)} Kg6 {+0.55/9 2s (Kf7)}
47. Rg8+ {+0.54/18 3s} Kh6 {+0.55/12 0s} 48. Rb8 {+0.54/19
9s (g4)} Kh5 {+0.55/11 4s (f4)} 49. g4+ {+0.62/19 4s (f3)}
fxg4 {+0.90/9 1s} 50. Rh8+ {+0.62/19 0s} Kg6 {+0.90/9 0s}
51. hxg4 {+0.62/19 0s} Ba7 {+0.90/11 1s (Bc7)} 52. Rg8+
{+0.61/19 4s (Rd8)} Kf6 {+0.99/12 6s} 53. Rf8+ {+0.60/20 0s
(Rc8)} Ke6 {+0.92/11 1s (Kg6)} 54. Rf5 {+0.70/16 2s (Re8+)}
Bb8 {+0.79/10 1s (Rb7)} 55. Rxg5 {+0.66/17 14s} Kf6
{+1.04/12 0s} 56. Rf5+ {+0.66/16 0s (Rh5)} Kg6 {+0.79/10
3s} 57. Rf8 {+0.71/17 0s (f4)} a4 {+0.79/9 1s} 58. Bb2
{+0.66/17 0s} Rb3 {+0.79/8 0s} 59. Bc1 {+0.83/16 3s} Bc7
{+0.98/9 0s (Rb6)} 60. Bd2 {+0.84/15 2s (f4)} Bb6 {+1.19/8
1s (Rb8)} 61. Ra8 {+1.91/15 4s (f4)} Bxd4 {+1.92/8 0s}
62. Rxa4 {+1.91/14 0s} Rb2+ {+1.92/7 0s} 63. Kc1 {+1.91/14
0s} Bg7 {+2.04/7 1s (Bh8)} 64. Ra6+ {+2.04/13 1s} Kh7
{+1.98/8 0s} 65. Ra5 {+2.04/13 0s (f4)} Rb6 {+2.39/8 1s
(Kg6)} 66. Rxd5 {+2.18/12 0s} Rc6+ {+2.60/8 0s (Rg6)}
67. Kd1 {+2.20/13 0s} Bc3 {+2.62/8 0s} 68. Be3 {+2.35/13 0s
(f4)} Kg6 {+2.72/6 0s (Bb2)} 69. f4 {+2.82/14 2s} Kf7
{+3.10/7 0s} 70. f5 {+2.85/13 0s (Ke2)} Kg7 {+3.32/7 0s
(Rc7)} 71. g5 {+3.21/17 6s} Rc7 {+3.39/11 2s} 72. Ke2
{+3.21/16 0s} Re7 {+3.69/10 0s} 73. Kf3 {+3.30/15 0s} Kf7
{+3.69/8 1s} 74. Rd1 {+3.30/15 0s (Kf4)} Be5 {+3.39/5 0s
(Rb7)} 75. g6+ {+3.68/14 2s (Bd4)} Kf6 {+3.88/7 0s (Kg7)}
76. Kg4 {+4.24/12 0s} Rb7 {+4.07/7 0s (Rc7)} 77. Bg5+
{+6.01/12 0s} Kg7 {+4.12/8 0s} 78. Kh5 {+6.13/14 0s (Bd8)}
Bf6 {+5.15/8 0s} 79. Bh6+ {+7.43/15 0s} Kg8 {+5.76/9 0s}
80. Rd6 {+8.10/15 0s} 1-0

[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deep Rybka 4 w32"]
[Black "Fire 1.31 w32"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 {book 0s} e5 {book 0s} 2. Nf3 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s}
3. Nxe5 {book 0s} d6 {book 0s} 4. Nf3 {book 0s} Nxe4 {book
0s} 5. d4 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 6. Bd3 {book 0s} Bd6 {book
0s} 7. O-O {book 0s} O-O {book 0s} 8. c4 {book 0s} c6 {book
0s} 9. Nc3 {book 0s} Nxc3 {book 0s} 10. bxc3 {book 0s} Bg4
{book 0s} 11. cxd5 {+0.71/10 23s} cxd5 {+0.52/14 7s}
12. Rb1 {+0.71/9 0s} b6 {+0.52/13 0s (Bc8)} 13. Rb5
{+0.52/9 17s (h3)} Nd7 {+0.37/14 5s} 14. h3 {+0.52/10 0s
(Rxd5)} Be6 {+0.32/11 0s} 15. Ng5 {+0.53/10 14s} Nf6
{+0.29/16 0s (g6)} 16. Nxe6 {+0.44/11 29s} fxe6 {+0.30/18
0s} 17. Re1 {+0.44/11 5s} Qd7 {+0.31/17 0s (Re8)} 18. Rb3
{+0.39/9 21s (Rb2)} Kh8 {+0.28/14 5s (Qf7)} 19. g3 {+0.50/8
11s (Bg5)} Qc7 {+0.21/15 7s (Qf7)} 20. f4 {+0.48/9 18s}
Rae8 {+0.25/15 0s (Rfe8)} 21. Bb5 {+0.47/10 22s (Bd2)} Re7
{0.00/15 6s} 22. Qf3 {+0.31/10 0s (Bd3)} g5 {-0.36/12 2s
(Kg8)} 23. fxg5 {-0.17/8 12s} Rg7 {-0.29/16 0s} 24. Rf1
{-0.17/7 7s} Rff7 {-0.28/16 0s} 25. Qg2 {-0.32/8 1s} Ne4
{-0.93/13 5s} 26. Bd3 {-0.48/7 0s (g4)} Rxf1+ {-1.71/15
11s} 27. Qxf1 {-0.59/9 0s} Rf7 {-1.71/15 0s} 28. Qe2
{-0.59/8 2s} Bxg3 {-1.76/14 0s} 29. Bxe4 {-1.48/7 5s} dxe4
{-1.92/14 0s} 30. Qg2 {-2.01/7 3s (Be3)} Bf2+ {-3.20/12 4s}
31. Kh1 {-2.41/8 0s} e3 {-3.20/12 0s} 32. Rb1 {-2.41/7 2s
(g6)} Kg7 {-3.41/10 0s} 33. Bxe3 {-3.90/7 3s (d5)} Bxe3
{-4.11/15 1s} 34. Rf1 {-3.87/7 0s} Qxc3 {-4.76/15 10s}
35. Rxf7+ {-4.04/8 1s} Kxf7 {-4.76/15 0s} 36. Qf3+
{-4.21/10 4s} Kg8 {-4.84/17 2s} 37. Qa8+ {-4.21/9 2s} Kg7
{-4.85/17 1s} 38. Qb7+ {-4.21/9 1s} Kg6 {-4.85/16 0s}
39. Qe4+ {-4.37/11 1s} Kxg5 {-4.85/16 0s} 40. Qe5+
{-4.37/11 1s} Kh4 {-4.93/17 0s} 41. Qe4+ {-4.37/12 1s} Kxh3
{-4.93/16 0s} 42. Qxe6+ {-4.37/12 1s} Kg3 {-5.01/16 0s}
43. Qg8+ {-4.37/11 1s} Kf2 {-5.13/16 0s (Kf4)} 44. Qg2+
{-4.84/8 6s} Ke1 {book 0s} 45. Qg3+ {-4.84/8 1s} Kd2
{-5.45/15 8s (Ke2)} 46. d5 {-5.26/8 4s (Qg2+)} Qc1+
{-6.15/14 5s (Qd3)} 47. Kh2 {-5.89/10 3s} Qf1 {-7.38/18 0s}
0-1

The Game of Chess - by Benjamin Franklin (1820)

The Game of Chess - by Benjamin Franklin (1820)

A treatise on the game of chess (1822)

A treatise on the game of chess (1822) By John Cochrane

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The History of Chess (1860) by DUNCAN FORBES

The History of Chess (1860) by DUNCAN FORBES

E appena uscito - per Windows - Fire 1.3

Fire

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

downloads: Fire 1.31 is available Fire_131_w32_KLO (optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files, compiled by KLO) Fire_131_w32_NS (optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files, compiled by NS) Fire_131_w32_NS_no_SSE2 (optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files, for older CPUs that don't support Intel SSE2 instruction set, compiled by NS) Fire_131_x64_KLO (optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files, compiled by KLO) Fire_131_x64_KLO_popcnt (optimized windows 64-bit executable, logo, and readme files, for newer CPUs like Core i7, or any that support POPCNT, compiled by KLO) Fire_131_w32_KLO_popcnt (optimized windows 32-bit executable, logo, and readme files, for newer CPUs like Core i7, or any that support POPCNT, ideal if you run a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit system... compiled 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

logos by Dave Dahlem: alternate logos:

Fire 1.31 (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) major changes: 1.31 maintenance release with Fire 1.2 and 1.3, Totalbases and Triplebases can be configured to autoload on engine startup only via the fire.cfg file, so i've added 2 new UCI options, and associated code, which enables configuration of 'autoloading of Robbobases' via UCI GUIs: Autoload Totalbases Autoload Triplebases id name and id author are now placed outside of 'if (CfgFound)' statement in static void uci() this was causing Fire 1.3 to not load in Fritz and CB Hash size wasn't being read properly if using fire.cfg this has now been fixed 1.3 new/faster bitboard LSB/MSB routines mutually exclusive fire.cfg/UCI GUI options phase-scaled piece values improved QSearch fix/improvement MaxThreads = 256 several new/improved eval routines phase multiplier fix code cleanup speed improvement MultiPV now automatically disabled in 'game' mode several small bugfixes UCI options added: Lazy Eval 1 Lazy Eval 2 UCI_EngineAbout AspirationWindow Split At CN Split At EN ANSplitDepth ENSplitDepth PVSplitDepth Contempt Material Weight Positional Weight UseRobboBases Low Depth PVs Time Info Verbose UCI UCI_EngineAbout UCI options removed: NMR Smooth Scaling Extra Info no ELO improvement announcement here... but i'm quite sure that 1.3 is better than 1.2 in this regard... please test yourself to determine engine strength! 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 AutoLoad TotalBases type check default false Load TripleBases type button Verbose TripleBase Info type check default false AutoLoad TripleBases 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)

Una variante dell'olandese, da Fire(Bird) 1.2

Una variante dell'olandese, da Fire(Bird) 1.2



E la posizione è perfettamente pari (=).

[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e4 Nc6 7.c3 fxe4
8.Nxe4 Qf7 9.Bd3 d5 10.Ng3 Bd7 11.Qc2 O-O-O 12.Bg6 Qe7 13.O-O e5 14.
Nf5 Qe6 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Rfe1 Qf6 18.Nd4 Kb8 19.Bf5 c5
20.Bxd7 cxd4 21.Ba4 dxc3 22.Qxc3 Qxc3 23.bxc3 Bc5 *

Welcome back, Kavalek !

Lubomir Kavalek

International Chess Grandmaster

Posted: June 2, 2010 04:59 PM

Chess Puzzles: The Art of Zugzwang

The action on the chessboard is in the moves and chess players are eager to make them. But sometimes they would rather stay put, skip a move, go for a walk and never come back. The dreaded word "zugzwang" crosses their mind and they know they are in trouble.
Zugzwang is a German word and, according to chess historians, it was introduced into English in 1904 by the world champion Emanuel Lasker.

What does it mean being in zugzwang? In simple terms, you have to move and you don't want to. Every move you make leads to a worse position and often to an outright disaster. You see it mostly in the endgame, sometimes in the middlegame and never in the opening. It flourishes in chess compositions - in chess problems and endgame studies.

We give three examples of the zugzwang theme. Try to solve them! We will publish the solutions on Monday, June 7.

The first example is a chess problem, in which White mates in two moves. It is attributed to Paul Morphy, an American genius who conquered the chess world in the late 1850s.

Paul Morphy

White mates in two moves

One clear rule of chess is that king against king, with no other pieces, is a draw. It is still a draw if you add two knights to one side. Or is it? The French poet, novelist and playwright, Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), played chess with passion, fantasy and temperament in the Cafe de la Regence in Paris. He became famous, but not as a chess player.
In 1849 he composed and published a wonderful chess problem that turned the theory about two knights upside down, as if to prove that almost every strategical and tactical rule in chess has its exception. The solution to his three-mover, based on zugzwang, is remarkable.

Alfred de Musset

White mates in three moves

The theme of dominating knights appeared in the work of the Latvian chess composer Johann Sehwers (1868-1940), also known as Janis Zevers. He was a prominent linguist and literary historian and his collection of 64 endgame studies, "Endspielstudien," was published in Germany in 1922. Try to find out how white wins in Sehwers's amusing study.

Johann Sehwers

White wins

To all those, who welcomed me back, many, many thanks! We plan to run the column twice a month. Chess puzzles will appear separately every two weeks.

Gambetto Urusov: dal 1861, funziona!

Gambetto Urusov: dal 1861, funziona!

Il gambetto Urusov è stato giocato per la prima volta ufficialmente nel 1861. Ha una percentuale di successo del 54,2 %.

Riportiamo questa prima partita e rimandiamo alla tavola teorica da scaricare, aggiornata ad oggi, in formato html oppure in pdf (versione simbolica).

Per chi fosse interessato, esiste un sito monografico in merito:
The Urusov Gambit

Consigliamo di verificarne le varianti, come al solito, con il programma gratuito Fire(Bird) 1.2 (se usate Windows) oppure con Robbolito (su Linux).



[Event "London m2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kolisch, Ignac"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[EventDate "1861.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "31"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.O-O d5 7.Bd3 Be7
8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Qh4 g6 11.Rfe1 Nc6 12.Bb5 Nh5 13.Bxc6 Bxg5 14.
Nxg5 bxc6 15.g4 h6 16.gxh5 hxg5 17.Qg3 Bf5 18.Ne2 c5 19.c3 Re8 20.f4
g4 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Qf2 Qd6 23.Ng3 Bd7 24.Re5 Rxe5 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.
Qxc5 Rf8 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.Nxf1 a6 29.Ne3 Be6 30.Qd4 Qg5 31.Kg2 1/2-1/2

Database di + di 4 milioni di partite

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Link database aggiornato al 26 aprile 2010::
http://letitbit.net/download/21726.215d0dbed31b031487a8c3524/26aprile2010.pgn.tar.gz.html

La prima partita che si ricordi: anno 1475

[Event "Valencia"]
[Site "Valencia"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Date "1475.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "De Castellvi, Francisco"]
[Black "Vinoles, Narcisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01c"]


1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6
8.Qxb7 Nbd7 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.Nxa7 Nb6 11.Nxc8 Nxc8 12.d4 Nd6 13.Bb5+ Nxb5
14.Qxb5+ Nd7 15.d5 exd5 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Rd1 Qf6 18.Rxd5 Qg6 19.Bf4 Bxf4
20.Qxd7+ Kf8 21.Qd8# 1-0

Note di Fire 1.2:
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 $201 Qd8 $14 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis
reports blunder, with score change from/to: +0.26 / +0.58} ( 3...
Qe6+ 4.Be2 Qg6 5.Nf3 Qxg2 6.Rg1 Qh3 7.Rg3 Qd7 8.Ne5 Qd4 9.Re3 Nc6 10.
Nb5 Qb6 11.Bc4 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 $10 ) 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 $201 Bg4 $6 $14
$201 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change
from/to: +0.39 / +1.26} ( 5...e6 6.O-O Bd6 7.d4 Nc6 8.Nb5 O-O 9.Qe2
h6 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.Bd2 a6 13.Nc3 $10 ) 6.h3 $6 $14 {
FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change
from/to: +1.26 / +0.61} ( 6.Ne5 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nd3 c6
10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Qxe6 Qd6 12.Re1 Qxe6 13.Rxe6 Kf7 14.Nf4 g5 $14 ) 6...
Bxf3 7.Qxf3 $201 e6 $6 $14 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports
blunder, with score change from/to: +0.66 / +1.46} ( 7...Nc6 8.Ne4
e6 9.c3 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Bd6 11.d4 O-O 12.O-O Qf6 13.g3 Rfe8 14.Bd3 g6
15.b4 a6 16.Re1 $14 ) 8.Qxb7 Nbd7 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.Nxa7 $201 Nb6 $2 $18 {
FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change
from/to: +1.44 / +3.87} ( 10...Rb8 11.Qf3 Ne5 12.Qc3 Nxc4 13.Qxc4
Qd5 14.Qxd5 exd5 15.Nc6 Rb6 16.Ne5 Re6 17.d4 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nxe5 19.Bxe5
$14 ) 11.Nxc8 Nxc8 12.d4 Nd6 $201 13.Bb5+ $6 $18 $201 { FireBird 1.2
w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +4.06 /
+3.36} ( 13.Qc6+ Nd7 14.O-O g6 15.a4 Bg7 16.Be3 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Nb6 18.
Qb5+ Qd7 19.Rfe1 Nd5 20.c3 Bf6 21.Qb8+ Bd8 22.Bg5 $18 ) 13...Nxb5 $6
$18 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change
from/to: +3.36 / +4.04} ( 13...Ke7 14.Qc6 Nxb5 15.Qxb5 Qxd4 16.Be3
Qd7 17.a4 Nd5 18.O-O Qxb5 19.axb5 Kf6 20.c4 Nxe3 21.fxe3+ Kg6 $18 )
14.Qxb5+ Nd7 $201 15.d5 $6 $18 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports
blunder, with score change from/to: +4.05 / +3.46} ( 15.O-O Qa8 16.
a4 c6 17.Qd3 Bd6 18.a5 O-O 19.a6 Qa7 20.c4 Rd8 21.Bd2 h6 22.c5 Bc7
$18 ) 15...exd5 $201 16.Be3 $6 $18 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis
reports blunder, with score change from/to: +3.65 / +3.09} ( 16.Bf4
Qe7+ 17.Kf1 Qc5 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.Bxc7 Kd7 20.Bh2 Be7 21.Be5 Ne6 22.Rd1
Kc6 23.Ke2 Re8 24.a4 $18 ) 16...Bd6 $201 17.Rd1 $16 $201 { FireBird
1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +3.17
/ +2.79} ( 17.O-O O-O 18.Qxd5 Qf6 19.Rab1 Qg6 20.Qd3 Qe6 21.a4 Ra8
22.Ra1 Nc5 $18 ) 17...Qf6 $6 $18 $201 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis
reports blunder, with score change from/to: +2.79 / +3.96} ( 17...
O-O 18.Rxd5 Nf6 19.Rd4 Qa8 20.O-O Qxa2 21.Re1 Re8 22.Ra4 Qe6 23.Rea1
Qc8 24.Rd1 Ne4 25.Qd5 $16 ) 18.Rxd5 $2 $16 $201 { FireBird 1.2 w32:
Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +3.96 / +1.96}
( 18.O-O Qd8 19.Qxd5 O-O 20.Rfe1 Nf6 21.Qf5 Qa8 22.Bd4 Qxa2 23.Bxf6
gxf6 24.Qxf6 Qc4 25.Qg5+ Kh8 $18 ) 18...Qg6 $2 $18 $201 { FireBird
1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change from/to: +1.96
/ +4.13} ( 18...c6 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.Qe2 O-O 21.O-O Qe5 22.Qg4 Nf6 23.
Qd4 Qa5 24.Qa7 Qxa7 25.Bxa7 Rd8 26.a4 Rd2 $16 ) 19.Bf4 $2 $16 $201 {
FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder, with score change
from/to: +4.13 / +1.74} ( 19.Rg5 Qxc2 20.O-O h6 21.Rxg7 Be5 22.Rg4
Qxb2 23.Qxb2 Bxb2 24.Re4+ Kd8 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.a4 Bc3 27.Rc4 Ba5 28.Rc6
$18 ) 19...Bxf4 $4 $18 { FireBird 1.2 w32: Analysis reports blunder,
with score change from/to: +1.74 / +327.00} ( 19...Qxg2 20.Rf1 Qe4+
21.Be3 Qe6 22.Rg5 Be5 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.Qd5 c6 25.Qe4 h6 $16 ) 20.Qxd7+
Kf8 21.Qd8#

All'epoca tutte le mosse della partita vennero descritte così:

Hobra intitulada Scachs d’Amor (clicca per la continuazione...)
...

Due finali patti: Donna contro Alfiere e Cavallo

Queen special draw against Knight and Bishop

Imput the following two FEN code here:
http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html

This is well known:
FEN:
7k/6b1/8/4n3/8/8/K7/1Q6 b - - 0 1


But this came to me as a real surprise:
FEN:
7b/6k1/8/4n3/8/8/K7/1Q6 b - - 0 1


In italiano: l'Alfiere eunuco, castrato nell'angolo, riesce a far pari con la Donna, grazie al Cavallo...

Da cui potrebbe derivare un simpatico problema, Il N. muove e patta:
Black move and draw
FEN:
7b/6k1/8/8/8/5n2/K7/1Q6 b - - 0 1

SCID tutorials on video

Hi all,

I've never posted here so i hope i'm doing it right. :-/

I have made two SCID tutorials on video. These may help new users find their way around the program.

SCID workshop 1
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6461

SCID workshop 2
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6635

Cheers.
-Patrick

Fire 1.2 -vs- Stockfish 1.7.1 = 2.5-0.5

[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]

[Site "Engine Match"]

[Date "2010.05.04"]

[Round "1"]

[White "FireBird 1.2 w32"]

[Black "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s}

3. d5 {book 0s} b5 {book 0s} 4. Nf3 {book 0s} g6 {book 0s}

5. cxb5 {book 0s} a6 {book 0s} 6. b6 {book 0s} d6 {+0.80/18

8s} 7. e4 {+0.17/15 7s} Bg7 {+0.80/16 2s (Nbd7)} 8. Qb3

{+0.14/14 7s (Nc3)} Bb7 {+0.68/16 12s} 9. a4 {+0.17/16 0s}

a5 {+0.72/15 14s} 10. Bb5+ {+0.20/16 0s} Nbd7 {+0.60/17 9s}

11. Nc3 {+0.20/17 0s} O-O {+0.60/16 8s (Qxb6)} 12. O-O

{+0.20/14 5s} Nxb6 {+0.60/15 2s} 13. Bd2 {+0.19/15 12s

(Bf4)} Rb8 {+0.48/13 8s} 14. Rad1 {+0.17/14 0s (Bd3)} Na8

{+0.68/14 21s (Qc7)} 15. e5 {+0.26/15 7s} Ng4 {+0.52/16 1s}

16. exd6 {+0.26/14 0s} Qxd6 {+0.72/14 7s} 17. Qc4 {+0.42/14

0s (Rfe1)} Bd4 {+0.60/16 5s} 18. Qe2 {+0.47/13 2s} Nc7

{+0.72/15 5s} 19. h3 {+0.47/11 0s} Nf6 {+0.60/14 9s}

20. Bh6 {+0.64/16 2s} Rfc8 {+0.88/15 15s} 21. Nxd4

{+0.64/15 0s} cxd4 {+0.96/13 0s} 22. Rxd4 {+0.64/14 0s}

Ncxd5 {+0.84/15 7s} 23. Re1 {+0.72/16 0s (Qd2)} Ra8

{+0.92/12 8s (e6)} 24. Bc4 {+0.76/15 6s (Nxd5)} e6

{+0.92/10 5s} 25. Nb5 {+0.73/15 0s (Qf3)} Qd8 {+1.25/12 6s

(Qc5)} 26. Bxd5 {+1.11/14 6s (Bg5)} Bxd5 {+2.06/15 4s}

27. Bg5 {+1.11/13 0s} h6 {+2.02/16 5s} 28. Bxh6 {+1.11/15

0s} Nd7 {+2.02/16 5s (Qb6)} 29. Nc3 {+1.35/15 5s} Bc6

{+2.06/16 0s} 30. Qd2 {+1.85/14 6s (Red1)} Qe7 {+2.54/15

8s} 31. Ne4 {+1.85/12 0s (Nb5)} Bd5 {+2.14/11 4s (Nf6)}

32. Bg5 {+5.17/13 6s (Ng5)} f6 {+6.58/17 2s} 33. Rxd5

{+5.17/11 0s} exd5 {+6.42/12 3s} 34. Nxf6+ {+5.69/13 0s} 1-0





[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]

[Site "Engine Match"]

[Date "2010.05.04"]

[Round "2"]

[White "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA"]

[Black "FireBird 1.2 w32"]

[Result "0-1"]



1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s}

3. d5 {book 0s} b5 {book 0s} 4. Nf3 {book 0s} g6 {book 0s}

5. cxb5 {book 0s} a6 {book 0s} 6. b6 {book 0s} Qxb6

{+0.10/16 2s} 7. Nc3 {+0.92/15 8s} Bg7 {+0.11/17 0s} 8. e4

{+0.68/16 14s} O-O {+0.14/18 0s} 9. Bd3 {+0.68/15 7s (Be2)}

d6 {+0.09/15 3s} 10. Nd2 {+0.48/13 7s (h3)} Nbd7 {-0.04/16

6s} 11. Nc4 {+0.32/15 4s} Qb7 {-0.04/15 0s (Qc7)} 12. O-O

{+0.32/13 9s} Nb6 {-0.03/16 0s} 13. Nxb6 {+0.08/15 7s} Qxb6

{-0.03/14 0s} 14. Rb1 {-0.04/15 13s (Qc2)} Ng4 {-0.05/15

24s (Bd7)} 15. Bd2 {+0.12/13 8s (h3)} Bd4 {-0.16/15 5s

(Be5)} 16. Be2 {+0.12/13 7s} Ne5 {-0.15/14 0s (f5)} 17. Kh1

{+0.16/12 5s (Na4)} Nd7 {-0.11/14 5s (f5)} 18. Bh6

{+0.12/13 5s (Na4)} Re8 {-0.17/15 6s} 19. f4 {+0.08/14 0s

(h3)} Nf6 {-0.30/14 4s} 20. f5 {-0.24/14 7s} Bd7 {-0.31/14

0s} 21. Qd3 {-0.36/13 10s} Reb8 {-0.29/14 0s} 22. Qc2

{-0.40/13 7s (Bd2)} Qb7 {-0.27/14 27s (gxf5)} 23. fxg6

{-0.40/12 7s (Qd3)} hxg6 {-0.28/13 2s} 24. Bd2 {-0.40/13 3s

(h3)} Kg7 {-0.42/14 7s (Qc8)} 25. Bg5 {-0.48/11 6s (Bf3)}

Rh8 {-0.46/12 1s (Be5)} 26. Qd2 {-0.68/10 4s (Qd3)} Rh7

{-0.65/11 5s (Kg8)} 27. h4 {-0.72/12 5s (Bf4)} Be5

{-0.91/13 17s (Rah8)} 28. Qe1 {-0.96/12 10s} Nh5 {-1.26/15

0s (Kg8)} 29. Bxh5 {-1.65/14 4s} Rxh5 {-0.98/12 0s} 30. Bd2

{-1.61/12 3s (Bf4)} Rah8 {-3.23/13 4s (f6)} 31. g3

{-4.84/15 5s (Kg1)} Bxg3 {-4.09/15 4s} 32. Qxg3 {-5.01/14

0s} Rxh4+ {-4.09/14 0s} 33. Kg2 {-5.05/16 5s} Rg4 {-4.01/17

4s} 34. Rf3 {-4.88/13 1s} Rxg3+ {-4.09/16 0s} 35. Rxg3

{-5.33/14 2s} Qb4 {-4.13/17 0s} 36. Bf4 {-5.29/14 1s (Be3)}

Bf5 {-4.31/15 5s (f6)} 0-1





[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]

[Site "Engine Match"]

[Date "2010.05.04"]

[Round "3"]

[White "FireBird 1.2 w32"]

[Black "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]



1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} e6 {book 0s}

3. Nc3 {book 0s} Bb4 {book 0s} 4. Qc2 {book 0s} c5 {book

0s} 5. dxc5 {book 0s} O-O {book 0s} 6. a3 {book 0s} Bxc5

{book 0s} 7. Nf3 {book 0s} b6 {book 0s} 8. Bg5 {book 0s}

Bb7 {book 0s} 9. e4 {book 0s} h6 {-0.24/18 9s} 10. Bh4

{+0.04/15 11s} g5 {-0.20/15 0s (Nc6)} 11. Bg3 {+0.25/15 5s}

Nc6 {-0.08/14 3s} 12. b4 {+0.33/14 0s} Be7 {+0.32/13 9s}

13. Rd1 {+0.33/15 0s} Nh5 {+0.32/14 14s (Rc8)} 14. Qd2

{+0.23/13 5s (Be2)} a5 {+0.28/12 6s (g4)} 15. b5 {+1.03/15

10s} Nb8 {+1.25/14 1s} 16. Bd6 {+1.03/14 0s} f5 {+1.45/14

13s (Nf4)} 17. Na4 {+1.35/14 8s (Bxe7)} Nf4 {+1.49/15 12s

(Bxe4)} 18. Nxb6 {+1.53/12 5s} fxe4 {+1.77/13 0s} 19. Bxe7

{+1.46/14 4s} Qxe7 {+2.10/15 2s} 20. Ne5 {+1.46/13 0s} Qxa3

{+2.18/15 8s} 21. h4 {+1.59/15 0s (Nxa8)} g4 {+2.14/12 9s

(Ra7)} 22. Nxg4 {+1.15/14 24s} h5 {+1.57/16 0s} 23. Ne5

{+1.23/14 0s (Ne3)} d6 {+1.73/13 6s} 24. Nxa8 {+1.19/14 0s}

Bxa8 {+1.53/13 4s} 25. g3 {+1.19/15 0s} e3 {+1.53/15 4s}

26. Qxe3 {+1.19/14 0s} Qxe3+ {+1.61/14 5s} 27. fxe3

{+1.42/16 0s} Bxh1 {+1.85/18 5s} 28. Rxd6 {+1.42/15 0s}

Ng2+ {+1.85/17 4s} 29. Bxg2 {+1.13/17 5s} Bxg2 {+1.89/16

0s} 30. Rxe6 {+1.03/18 18s} Bh3 {+1.65/17 0s (a4)} 31. Rg6+

{+1.81/14 12s (Re7)} Kh7 {+1.37/16 5s} 32. Kd2 {+1.81/13 0s

(Rb6)} Rf5 {+0.20/15 5s (Nd7)} 33. Rg5 {0.00/18 28s (Rb6)}

Rxg5 {0.00/21 5s} 34. hxg5 {0.00/17 0s} Nd7 {0.00/20 4s}

35. Nxd7 {0.00/18 0s (Nc6)} Bxd7 {-2.94/16 4s} 36. Kc3

{0.00/19 0s (e4)} Kg6 {-3.43/13 4s} 37. Kb3 {0.00/19 0s

(e4)} Kxg5 {-0.68/13 4s} 38. Ka4 {0.00/19 0s (e4)} Kg4

{0.00/14 3s (Be8)} 39. c5 {0.00/20 4s} Kxg3 {0.00/17 0s}

40. c6 {0.00/20 2s} Be8 {0.00/18 3s} 1/2-1/2

Rybka 3 vs. Fire 1.2 = 1-2

[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rybka 3 32-bit"]
[Black "FireBird 1.2 w32"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2
O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8
15.h4 h5 16.c4 Qc7 17.Ng5 Nb6 18.Qb4 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Bh6 21.Be3
Bxg5 22.Bxg5 e4 23.Re3 exf3 24.Rxf3 Re4 25.b3 Nd5 26.Qc5 Nf4 27.Rhf1 Ne6
28.Qf2 Nxg5 29.hxg5 Re7 30.Re3 a5 31.Rfe1 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 a4 33.b4 Qd7 34.Kc2
Rb8 35.a3 Qg4 36.Kc3 Qxg5 37.Qg3 Qd8 38.Qe5 Rc8 39.Rd3 Qh4 40.g3 Qh1 41.
Kc2 Qg2+ 42.Rd2 Qf3 43.Rd3 Qf1 44.Rd4 Kh7 45.Rd3 Qf2+ 46.Rd2 Qf3 47.Rd3
Qf1 48.Qe7 Qf2+ 49.Kc3 Rb8 50.Qe3 Qf6+ 51.Qd4 Qf1 52.Qf4 Qa1+ 53.Kc2 Qa2+
54.Kc1 Rf8 55.Qe4 Qa1+ 56.Kc2 Rc8 57.c5 Qa2+ 58.Kc1 Kg8 59.Qe3 Qg2 60.Rd6
Qh3 61.Rd3 Qf1+ 62.Rd1 Qf6 63.Rd6 Qa1+ 64.Kd2 Qf1 65.Rxg6+ fxg6 66.Qe6+
Kg7 67.Qxc8 Qf2+ 68.Kd1 Qf3+ 69.Kd2 Qg2+ 70.Kd1 Qd5+ 71.Ke1 Kf7 72.Qa6 Qf3
73.Kd2 Qg2+ 74.Kd1 Qh1+ 75.Ke2 Qe4+ 76.Kf2 Qc2+ 77.Kf3 1/2-1/2



[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rybka 3 32-bit"]
[Black "FireBird 1.2 w32"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5
Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Bg4 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rd8 14.h3 Bf5 15.Ng3
Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.b4 Ne6 18.a3 d4 19.cxd4 Ncxd4 20.Bb2 c5 21.Bxd4 Nxd4
22.Ne4 cxb4 23.axb4 O-O 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.bxc5 Nxf3+ 26.Qxf3 Rc8 27.Rxa6 Rxc5
28.Qe3 Rc2 29.Rb6 Qd5 30.Rb1 Rc5 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qxe6+ Qxe6 33.Rxe6 Rf6 34.
Re7 Rf7 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Re4 g5 37.Re2 Kf7 38.Reb2 Rb8 39.Kh2 Ke6 40.Kg3 Kd6
41.Kg4 Kc6 42.Kh5 Rd8 43.Kg6 Rd6+ 44.Kh7 Rd7 45.Re1 Rb7 46.Re4 Rc4 47.Re6+
Kd5 48.Re8 Rcc7 49.Rb4 Kc5 50.Ree4 Rb6 51.Rb1 b4 52.Re3 Rd7 53.Rc1+ Kb5
54.Rc8 Rf7 55.Rc2 Rd6 56.Re5+ Ka4 57.Ra2+ Kb3 58.Rae2 Rb7 59.Rxg5 Kc3 60.
Rg3+ Rd3 61.Rg6 b3 62.Rc6+ Kb4 63.g3 Ka5 64.Rc8 Rd6 65.Ra8+ Kb4 66.Rae8
g5+ 67.Kg8 Kc3 68.Rc8+ Kd3 69.Rb2 Rg6+ 70.Kf8 Ra6 71.Re8 Rh6 72.Kg8 Rg6+
73.Kh8 Rc6 74.Rbe2 Rh6+ 75.Kg8 Rg6+ 76.Kh8 Rd6 77.R2e3+ Kc2 78.Re2+ Rd2
79.Re1 Rxf2 80.Rc8+ Kd2 81.Rg1 b2 82.Rd8+ Kc2 83.Rc8+ Kb3 84.h4 Rh2 85.Kg8
gxh4 86.gxh4 Rxh4 87.Re8 Kc3 88.Re3+ Kd2 89.Reg3 b1=Q 90.R1g2+ Kc1 91.Rc3+
Kd1 92.Rg1+ Kd2 0-1



[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]

[Site "Engine Match"]

[Date "2010.05.04"]

[Round "1"]

[White "Rybka 3 32-bit"]

[Black "FireBird 1.2 w32"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"]



1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} e6 {book 0s}

3. Nc3 {book 0s} Bb4 {book 0s} 4. Qc2 {book 0s} O-O {book

0s} 5. a3 {book 0s} Bxc3+ {book 0s} 6. Qxc3 {book 0s} b6

{book 0s} 7. Bg5 {book 0s} Ba6 {book 0s} 8. e3 {book 0s} d6

{book 0s} 9. Bd3 {book 0s} Nbd7 {book 0s} 10. Ne2 {book 0s}

h6 {+0.28/15 7s} 11. Bh4 {+0.39/9 6s} c5 {+0.15/15 23s

(e5)} 12. O-O {+0.33/9 5s} Rc8 {+0.07/14 0s} 13. Bxf6

{+0.02/9 19s (b3)} Nxf6 {-0.22/13 8s (Qxf6)} 14. b3

{0.00/10 6s} d5 {-0.26/14 0s} 15. Rfd1 {+0.03/10 8s (Rfc1)}

cxd4 {-0.31/15 7s (dxc4)} 16. Nxd4 {-0.05/11 2s} dxc4

{-0.31/14 0s (Qc7)} 17. bxc4 {-0.18/11 6s (Bxc4)} Qc7

{-0.24/15 7s} 18. h3 {-0.14/12 1s} Qc5 {-0.28/16 7s}

19. Rac1 {-0.13/12 0s} Bb7 {-0.23/16 14s} 20. Qb4 {-0.13/13

0s (Be2)} Qg5 {-0.21/16 14s} 21. Bf1 {-0.19/12 0s} e5

{-0.21/14 0s} 22. Nb5 {0.00/12 3s} Bf3 {-0.03/14 0s}

23. Rd3 {-0.13/11 6s} a6 {+0.03/15 0s (Ne4)} 24. Nc3

{+0.11/11 2s} Rc6 {+0.02/15 0s} 25. Qa4 {+0.13/11 3s} Re6

{+0.09/14 1s} 26. Rd2 {+0.18/12 8s} Ra8 {+0.16/15 13s}

27. Kh2 {+0.26/11 0s} Bb7 {+0.16/13 0s} 28. Qc2 {+0.33/10

6s} Rae8 {+0.22/14 0s (Rc8)} 29. Rcd1 {+0.40/9 2s} h5

{+0.31/13 2s (Kh8)} 30. Rd6 {+0.51/8 3s (Qb1)} e4 {+0.38/14

3s (Qh4)} 31. R6d2 {+0.68/10 2s (R6d4)} Bc8 {+0.41/15 7s

(h4)} 32. Kg1 {+0.69/11 3s} h4 {+0.41/15 0s} 33. Qa4

{+0.69/12 5s (Rd4)} Re5 {+0.43/16 5s} 34. Kh1 {+0.76/12 1s}

R5e6 {+0.49/16 2s} 35. Ne2 {+0.76/12 0s} Bb7 {+0.46/16 3s}

36. Nf4 {+0.72/12 2s} Rc6 {+0.46/15 0s} 37. Be2 {+0.74/13

7s (Kg1)} Qe5 {+0.45/13 0s} 38. Kg1 {+0.74/12 2s (Qb3)} Rc5

{+0.36/14 3s (Qe7)} 39. Qb3 {+0.74/9 2s (Qb4)} Qc7

{+0.34/14 1s} 40. Rd4 {+0.60/11 6s (Rd6)} Bc6 {+0.30/13 1s}

41. Nd5 {+0.76/11 2s (Qb4)} Bxd5 {+0.30/11 0s} 42. cxd5

{+0.72/12 2s} b5 {+0.36/13 0s} 43. d6 {+0.73/13 4s} Qc6

{+0.44/15 0s (Qd7)} 44. a4 {+0.65/12 13s} Rd8 {+0.40/17

14s} 45. axb5 {+0.65/12 0s} axb5 {+0.40/15 0s} 46. Bf1

{+0.65/12 4s (f3)} Rd7 {+0.34/15 3s} 47. Qb1 {+0.67/12 0s

(Qa3)} Rd8 {+0.37/16 4s} 48. Be2 {+0.67/13 5s (Qb2)} Rg5

{+0.37/15 1s (Rd7)} 49. Qb2 {+0.66/12 5s (Qb4)} Qd7

{+0.37/16 4s (Rc5)} 50. Kf1 {+0.68/11 2s (Kh1)} Rc5

{+0.37/13 2s} 51. Qa3 {+0.71/11 2s (Qb3)} Re5 {+0.37/15 6s}

52. Qc1 {+0.71/13 0s (Kg1)} Rc8 {+0.36/14 0s} 53. Qb2

{+0.73/12 8s (Qb1)} Rcc5 {+0.44/14 3s} 54. Qb3 {+0.73/12

0s} Re8 {+0.40/14 4s (Rg5)} 55. Kg1 {+0.73/11 3s (Ra1)}

Rec8 {+0.42/14 2s (Rg5)} 56. R4d2 {+0.73/11 5s} Rb8

{+0.43/16 0s} 57. Qb4 {+0.73/12 6s} Rg5 {+0.43/17 0s

(Rbc8)} 58. Kf1 {+0.80/10 1s (Kh1)} Rc8 {+0.41/15 3s (Rd8)}

59. Ra2 {0.00/2 1s (Qa3)} Nd5 {+0.29/15 2s} 60. Qxe4

{+0.56/8 0s} Nc3 {+0.29/13 0s} 61. Qxh4 {+1.24/10 13s} f6

{+0.88/16 0s} 62. Rad2 {+1.24/10 12s} Nxd1 {+0.88/17 0s}

63. Rxd1 {+1.19/11 1s} Re5 {+1.02/17 3s (Rgc5)} 64. Bd3

{+1.11/9 9s (Bg4)} Qf7 {+0.80/13 1s (Qe6)} 65. Qd4 {+1.27/7

1s (d7)} Qd7 {+0.67/12 2s} 66. g4 {+1.22/10 0s (Be2)} Qc6

{+0.60/14 2s} 67. Bf5 {+1.05/9 1s} Rd8 {+0.78/14 0s}

68. Kg1 {+1.18/9 4s} Kf8 {+0.77/14 0s (Kf7)} 69. d7

{+1.26/9 0s} Qc5 {+0.77/15 3s} 70. Qd2 {+1.24/10 0s} Ke7

{+0.77/15 3s (Qe7)} 71. e4 {+1.35/8 5s (Qd3)} b4 {+0.72/14

2s} 72. Rb1 {+1.13/8 1s (Kg2)} Qc3 {+0.02/13 1s} 73. Qd1

{+0.53/9 3s (Qa2)} g6 {+0.23/13 3s (Rc5)} 74. Rc1 {+0.77/5

0s} gxf5 {+0.22/14 4s} 75. Rxc3 {+0.69/9 0s} bxc3 {+0.22/13

0s} 76. exf5 {+0.75/10 1s (Qb3)} Rxd7 {+0.35/12 0s} 77. Qb1

{+0.61/10 1s (Qb3)} Rc7 {0.00/16 0s} 78. Qc2 {+0.61/10 5s

(Qb6)} Kf7 {0.00/16 1s (Kf8)} 79. g5 {+0.11/7 0s (Kg2)} Kg7

{-0.25/14 1s (fxg5)} 80. h4 {0.00/6 0s} Rcc5 {-0.25/15 0s}

81. f4 {0.00/9 1s} Rxf5 {-0.25/15 0s} 82. Qe4 {0.00/10 1s}

Kf7 {-0.25/15 0s (c2)} 83. Qd4 {0.00/8 0s (Qb7+)} Kg6

{-0.25/16 1s (c2)} 84. Qe4 {0.00/8 1s} fxg5 {0.00/18 0s}

85. Qe8+ {0.00/11 0s} Kh7 {0.00/19 1s} 86. Qd7+ {0.00/12 0s

(Qe7+)} Kh8 {0.00/20 2s (Kg6)} 1/2-1/2

Deep Shredder 11 vs. Fire 1.2 = 0-2

Deep Shredder 11 vs. Fire 1.2 = 0-2
(Memory: 256 MB each, 5 Minutes/Game)

Computer specs:
Acer Aspire 5738ZG (intel pentium t4400),
Deep Shredder 11 UCI under wine on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04



[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deep Shredder 11 UCI"]
[Black "FireBird 1.2 w32"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} g6 {book 0s}
3. Nc3 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 4. cxd5 {book 0s} Nxd5 {book
0s} 5. e4 {book 0s} Nxc3 {book 0s} 6. bxc3 {book 0s} Bg7
{book 0s} 7. Nf3 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s} 8. Rb1 {book 0s}
O-O {book 0s} 9. Be2 {book 0s} cxd4 {book 0s} 10. cxd4
{book 0s} Qa5+ {book 0s} 11. Bd2 {book 0s} Qxa2 {book 0s}
12. O-O {book 0s} Bg4 {book 0s} 13. Bg5 {book 0s} h6 {book
0s} 14. Be3 {book 0s} Nc6 {+0.26/16 10s} 15. Rxb7 {+0.30/13
6s} Rab8 {+0.11/17 0s} 16. Rc7 {+0.06/13 12s (Rxb8)} Rfc8
{+0.15/16 5s} 17. Rxc8+ {+0.06/13 1s} Rxc8 {+0.12/18 5s}
18. h3 {-0.04/13 4s} Bd7 {+0.19/18 12s} 19. Bd3 {+0.01/13
7s (d5)} a5 {-0.15/15 19s} 20. Bc2 {+0.01/13 1s} Rb8
{-0.14/14 0s (Qc4)} 21. d5 {-0.24/12 13s (Re1)} Ne5
{-0.22/13 1s (Nb4)} 22. Nxe5 {+0.07/11 4s} Bxe5 {-0.22/11
0s} 23. Bxh6 {+0.10/13 4s (Bc5)} a4 {-0.22/15 6s} 24. f4
{-0.60/13 58s} Bf6 {-0.02/16 0s (Bd6)} 25. e5 {+0.65/12 6s
(f5)} Rb2 {-0.22/13 0s} 26. Be4 {+0.02/13 5s} Bf5 {-0.30/15
0s} 27. Bf3 {-0.18/13 6s} Bh4 {-0.33/15 0s} 28. d6
{-0.42/12 5s} Rd2 {-0.41/16 0s} 29. Qa1 {-0.25/14 4s} exd6
{-0.40/16 0s} 30. Qxa2 {-0.39/14 5s (e6)} Rxa2 {-1.13/14
5s} 31. exd6 {-0.26/15 0s} a3 {-1.13/13 0s (Rd2)} 32. g4
{-0.76/14 8s (Bg5)} Bd7 {-1.63/15 4s} 33. f5 {-1.23/14 3s
(Bg5)} Bf2+ {-2.02/14 8s} 34. Kh1 {-1.17/16 0s} gxf5
{-2.02/12 0s} 35. Bd5 {-1.17/14 3s (gxf5)} Rc2 {-2.59/15
10s (Re2)} 36. Rc1 {-0.62/14 4s} Rxc1+ {-2.59/17 0s}
37. Bxc1 {-0.57/17 0s} Bc5 {-2.59/16 0s} 38. Bf4 {-0.81/17
1s} fxg4 {-2.36/17 3s} 39. hxg4 {-0.98/18 0s} Bxg4
{-2.36/16 0s} 40. Be5 {-1.04/17 14s (Kg2)} Kf8 {-2.20/20
5s} 41. Bc6 {-1.02/19 0s} Be6 {-2.20/19 2s (a2)} 42. Kg2
{-1.03/16 5s} a2 {-2.28/19 0s} 43. Kf3 {-1.27/16 5s (Kf1)}
f5 {-2.39/18 2s (Bb6)} 44. d7 {-1.02/17 3s (Kf4)} Bb6
{-2.48/20 4s} 45. Kf4 {-1.19/17 18s (Bb5)} Ke7 {-2.45/19
1s} 46. Kg5 {-1.19/17 1s (Bb5)} Bd8 {-2.45/18 2s (Kf7)}
47. Kf4 {-1.19/17 3s (Ba4)} Ba5 {-2.45/19 3s (Kf7)} 48. Kg5
{-1.14/17 2s} Bb6 {-2.32/19 3s} 49. Bb5 {-1.14/17 0s (Ba4)}
Bd8 {-2.45/19 2s (Kf7)} 50. Kf4 {-1.26/17 4s} Ba5 {-2.32/20
9s (Kf7)} 51. Kg5 {-1.14/18 2s} Kf7 {-2.32/20 0s} 52. Bb2
{-1.14/17 2s (Bc6)} Bd8+ {-2.87/17 3s (Bc7)} 53. Kf4
{-1.15/16 1s} Bc7+ {-2.87/16 0s (Kg6)} 54. Kg5 {-0.28/16 2s
(Ke3)} Bb6 {-2.32/17 4s (f4)} 55. Bc6 {-1.03/16 1s (Bc3)}
Bd8+ {-2.32/17 2s} 56. Kf4 {-1.04/18 0s} Ba5 {-2.32/18 2s
(Kg6)} 57. Kg5 {-0.24/15 1s (Bb5)} Bb6 {-2.32/18 0s}
58. Ba1 {-0.24/16 0s (Bc3)} Bd8+ {-2.32/20 3s (f4)} 59. Kf4
{-1.19/18 1s} Bc7+ {-2.32/20 0s} 60. Kg5 {-0.90/16 0s} Ke7
{-2.32/19 0s} 61. Bb2 {-1.09/17 0s (Bc3)} Kd6 {-2.32/18 3s}
62. Ba4 {-1.09/17 0s} Bd8+ {-2.32/19 2s (Bb6)} 63. Kf4
{-1.09/17 2s} Ke7 {-2.32/18 0s} 64. Bc6 {-0.30/17 9s (Be5)}
Ba5 {-2.32/20 4s (Bb3)} 65. Ba3+ {-0.27/16 0s (Kg5)} Kf7
{-2.32/19 2s (Kd8)} 66. Bb2 {-0.28/11 0s} Bc7+ {-1.21/19
26s} 67. Kg5 {-0.31/22 0s} f4 {-1.21/19 10s} 68. Bc3
{-0.31/21 0s (Bd4)} f3 {-1.35/15 2s} 69. Bxf3 {-0.31/18 0s}
Ke7 {-1.29/17 2s} 70. Kg6 {-0.27/15 1s (Bc6)} Kd6 {-2.32/15
2s (Bxd7)} 71. Bb4+ {-0.28/13 0s (Kg5)} Kxd7 {-3.14/18 1s}
72. Bc3 {-0.28/17 0s} Kd6 {-3.14/18 0s (Bg3)} 73. Bd4
{-0.30/14 1s (Kg5)} Bb6 {-3.73/17 2s (Ba5)} 74. Ba1
{-0.33/14 0s} Bd8 {-3.73/18 0s (Bf2)} 75. Bd4 {-0.33/14 0s}
Bh4 {-3.73/18 0s (Bd5)} 76. Bd1 {-0.45/14 0s} Kd5 {-4.01/17
0s (Bg3)} 77. Bb2 {-0.60/11 0s (Ba1)} Kc4 {-7.09/14 2s
(Kc5)} 78. Ba1 {-0.70/10 0s (Be2+)} Be1 {-8.22/11 0s (Kc5)}
79. Kf6 {-12.44/15 3s} Bg8 {-8.22/9 0s (Bd5)} 80. Be2+
{-12.90/14 18s} Kb4 {-11.09/18 0s} 0-1



[Event "5 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2010.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "FireBird 1.2 w32"]
[Black "Deep Shredder 11 UCI"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 2. c4 {book 0s} g6 {book 0s}
3. Nc3 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s} 4. cxd5 {book 0s} Nxd5 {book
0s} 5. e4 {book 0s} Nxc3 {book 0s} 6. bxc3 {book 0s} Bg7
{book 0s} 7. Nf3 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s} 8. Rb1 {book 0s}
O-O {book 0s} 9. Be2 {book 0s} cxd4 {book 0s} 10. cxd4
{book 0s} Qa5+ {book 0s} 11. Bd2 {book 0s} Qxa2 {book 0s}
12. O-O {book 0s} Bg4 {book 0s} 13. Bg5 {book 0s} h6 {book
0s} 14. Be3 {book 0s} Bc8 {-0.06/12 8s} 15. Re1 {+0.54/14
12s (Ra1)} Qe6 {+0.01/12 9s (h5)} 16. Qc2 {+0.57/14 7s
(Bb5)} Nd7 {+0.20/11 8s (Qc6)} 17. Rec1 {+0.75/14 5s} Nf6
{+0.42/13 8s} 18. Ne5 {+0.75/15 0s} Qd6 {+0.39/13 8s}
19. h3 {+0.77/14 7s (f3)} g5 {+0.18/11 7s (Nxe4)} 20. Bf3
{+0.80/13 4s (Qd3)} Qd8 {+0.46/13 41s} 21. Qc3 {+0.82/17 0s
(Qa2)} Ne8 {+0.47/12 14s (Nd7)} 22. Nd3 {+0.82/15 1s} Rb8
{+0.51/13 16s (Nf6)} 23. Qa1 {+0.70/15 9s (e5)} a6
{+0.19/12 5s} 24. Ne5 {+0.78/16 0s} Qd6 {+0.60/12 9s (Ra8)}
25. Nc4 {+0.97/15 5s (Qa5)} Qe6 {+0.89/12 3s} 26. e5
{+1.54/15 4s} Nc7 {+2.07/14 25s} 27. Nb6 {+1.51/19 0s} Na8
{+2.31/15 26s (Nb5)} 28. Bg4 {+1.48/14 4s} Qxb6 {+1.87/15
0s} 29. Rxb6 {+1.62/16 7s} Nxb6 {+1.87/16 0s} 30. Qa5
{+1.62/16 0s} Bxg4 {+1.82/16 3s} 31. hxg4 {+1.39/17 10s}
Na8 {+1.85/18 1s} 32. e6 {+1.45/18 31s (Qc5)} fxe6
{+1.15/10 0s (Bf6)} 33. Qa2 {+1.36/15 1s (d5)} Bf6
{+1.23/12 4s (Kf7)} 34. Qxe6+ {+1.57/17 4s} Kg7 {+1.15/14
0s} 35. Bd2 {+1.57/16 0s (Rc5)} b6 {+1.76/11 6s (Rf7)}
36. d5 {+2.02/14 5s (Bb4)} Rf7 {+2.54/12 17s} 37. Rc6
{+2.59/18 0s (Rc8)} a5 {+2.58/14 3s} 38. Bc3 {+3.09/16 0s}
a4 {+3.18/14 4s} 39. d6 {+3.59/16 0s} Bxc3 {+3.29/15 2s}
40. dxe7 {+3.13/13 0s} Bf6 {+3.31/15 1s} 41. e8=N+
{+3.70/16 0s} Rxe8 {+3.18/15 1s} 42. Qxe8 {+3.62/14 0s} Nc7
{+3.18/15 1s} 43. Qb8 {+3.96/15 0s (Qe3)} Nd5 {+3.16/13 1s}
44. Qd6 {+3.96/13 0s} Nf4 {+3.16/12 0s (Nc3)} 45. Rxb6
{+3.62/10 0s} a3 {+3.16/11 0s (Ne2+)} 46. Qxa3 {+4.62/13 2s
(Ra6)} Bd4 {+3.33/10 1s} 47. Rb5 {+4.62/12 0s (Rd6)} Ne2+
{+3.05/9 0s (Ng6)} 48. Kh2 {+4.98/13 1s} Bf6 {+3.47/9 0s}
49. Qa6 {+5.05/14 0s} Nf4 {+3.61/12 1s} 50. Rb7 {+5.28/15
0s (g3)} Ne6 {+3.54/9 0s (Ng6)} 51. Rxf7+ {+5.47/14 1s}
Kxf7 {+3.84/12 0s} 52. Qb7+ {+5.47/14 0s} Ke8 {+4.00/13 2s
(Be7)} 53. g3 {+5.57/15 1s} Kf8 {+4.09/13 0s} 54. Kg2
{+5.57/15 0s (f4)} Nd8 {+4.09/10 1s} 55. Qh7 {+5.80/19 2s
(Qd5)} Nf7 {+4.26/14 1s} 56. f4 {+5.88/18 0s} Ke7 {+4.51/13
1s (Bb2)} 57. Kf3 {+6.07/16 1s (Qg6)} Kf8 {+5.27/12 11s
(Bc3)} 58. Ke4 {+6.65/14 1s (fxg5)} Bc3 {+5.52/12 1s
(gxf4)} 59. Kd5 {+7.23/13 1s} 1-0

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Bayesian Elo Rating

by Rémi Coulom.

Bayeselo is a freeware tool to estimate Elo ratings. It can read a file containing game records in PGN format, and produce a rating list.

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