RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN)

[Günther Simon]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Günther Simon at 02 February 2004 20:03:37:

Congratulations to the somehow unexpected winner Slowchess
and to the three other promoted ones, SmarThink, FranMad
and Postmodernist!
Postmodernist surpassed Terra in the last round, which lost
the last two rounds and lost its safe looking place.
The winner and number 2 SmarThink left some space between
the followers, when place 3 - 27 were only divided by 3 points.
At the bottom ExChess and Gaviota succeeded to stay with
a necessary last minute result. Gaviota even managed to win
versus the strong Amateur, when ExChess was very close to
a loss (must have been worser than -5! for a while), but Ax
helped a bit to let it remain with a draw.
After all this the sour grapes were unfortunately left to
Hagrid and Fortress. The others were already demoted a while
ago, when Gnu4 of course suffered from its time bug.
BTW the promoted programs from Class C managed to get places
1, 4, 11, 12, 14 and 27 in this field!
Günther
A few upsets from the last round:
[Event "RWBC Class B 3rd edition"]
[Site "ESPRESSO"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "23"]
[White "EXchess403a"]
[Black "Ax_08"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.12.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O
Na6 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Nh4 e5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. Qh3 O-O-O 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. f3 e4 15.
Bxe4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 fxe4 17. Qxg4 Qxg4 18. fxg4 Rhf8 19. Rd1 Nb4 20. Nc3 e3 21.
Rb1 Bxc3 22. Bxe3 Bg7 23. Bg5 Rde8 24. a3 Nc2 25. h3 Re4 26. Rbc1 Rf2 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nd4 29. Bg5 Nb3 30. Rf1 Na5 31. Bf6 Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Nxc4 33. b3
Nxa3 34. Rxd6 Nb5 35. Rh6 Re7 36. h4 Nd4 37. h5 Nxb3 38. g5 b5 39. g6 hxg6 40.
hxg6 Nd4 41. g4 Kd7 42. Rh7 Kd6 43. g7 Rxg7 44. Rxg7 a5 45. g5 Kxd5 46. g6 Ne6
47. Rd7+ Kc6 48. Ra7 a4 49. Ra6+ Kd5 50. Ra5 Kc4 51. Ra7 Kd4 52. Ra5 b4 53.
Rxa4 Ng7 54. Ra7 Nf5 55. Rd7+ Kc4 56. Rf7 Nh6 57. g7 b3 58. Kh2 b2 59. Rb7 Kc3
60. Rb5 c4 61. Rb6 Ng8 62. Rb8 Nf6 63. Rb6 Ng8 64. Rb8 Nf6 65. Rb6 Ng8 {3-rep}
1/2-1/2
[Event "RWBC Class B 3rd edition"]
[Site "ESPRESSO"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gaviota033"]
[Black "Amateur_270"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2003.12.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Bd6 14. h3 Be6 15.
Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Na5 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. c4 Qc6 21. c5
Be7 22. Nf3 Qd5 23. Bf4 c6 24. Rfd1 b5 25. a4 Nc4 26. Qb1 a6 27. Bh2 Bf6 28.
Bg3 Rad8 29. Qc2 Rc8 30. Rac1 Re6 31. Qb1 Rce8 32. Kh1 Re2 33. Rc2 R2e4 34. Rd3
Rd8 35. Bc7 Rd7 36. Bg3 Bxd4 37. Qd1 Kf8 38. Nd2 Re6 39. Nf3 Re4 40. Nd2 f5 41.
axb5 axb5 42. Ra2 Ne5 43. Nxe4 fxe4 44. Rxd4 Qxd4 45. Qxd4 Rxd4 46. Bxe5 Ra4
47. Rxa4 bxa4 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Kg3 g5 50. Bb2 Kg6 51. Ba3 Kf5 52. Bb2 h5 53. Bc1
h4+ 54. Kh2 Kg6 55. Ba3 Kf5 56. Bb2 Kg6 57. Kg1 e3 58. Kf1 Kf5 59. f3 Kf4 60.
Kg1 Kf5 61. Kf1 Kf4 62. Kg1 Kf5 63. Bc1 Kf4 64. Kf1 Ke5 65. Ke2 Kf4 66. Bxe3+
Kg3 67. Kf1 a3 68. Bxg5 a2 69. Bf6 Kf4 70. Bd4 Kf5 71. Ke2 Kg6 72. Ke3 Kf5 73.
f4 Kg6 74. Ke4 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "RWBC Class B 3rd edition"]
[Site "ESPRESSO"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "23"]
[White "GnuChess507ITC"]
[Black "Terra33b2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2003.12.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. a3 Ne5 12. Be2 Be7 13. h4 h5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. f4
Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nde2 O-O 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rhf1 Qc8 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Ne5
22. f6 Bd8 23. Qxd6 Bc7 24. Qc5 Nd7 25. Qe7 Bxg3 26. Rxd7 Bc6 27. Rd2 Re8 28.
Qc5 Bb7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qg4 31. Bd2 Qe2 32. Rd1 Bf2 33. Qa5 Bxh4 34. Bb4
Qf3 35. Be7 Rec8 36. a4 Kh7 37. Bb4 Rab8 38. Bc3 Bf2 39. Rd7 Rb7 40. Kb1 Rcc7
41. Rd8 h4 42. Qe5 Rc8 43. Ka2 Qc6 44. Rxc8 Qxc8 45. Qd5 Kg8 46. Qe4 Rb8 47.
Rd5 h3 48. Qf4 Bg1 49. Kb1 h2 50. Qh4 Qf8 51. Ka2 Qe8 52. Be5 Qxa4+ 53. Kb1 c3
54. Qxa4 h1=Q 55. Rd1 Rxb2+ 56. Ka1 Rb5 57. Bxc3 Rb8 58. Be5 Rb5 59. Bb2 Rb8
60. Qg4 Qb7 61. Be5 Qb6 62. Bxb8 Qa5+ 63. Kb2 Qb5+ 64. Kc3 Qc5+ 65. Kb3 Qb6+
66. Qb4 Qe6+ 67. c4 Bb6 68. Qe7 Qh3+ 69. Kb2 Qg2+ 70. Kb1 Qc6 71. Bd6 Qc8 72.
Bb4 Qa8 73. c5 Bc7 74. Qxc7 Qe4+ 75. Ka1 Qe8 76. Rd8 Qxd8 77. Qxd8+ Kh7 78. Qf8
a5 79. Qg7# {computer wins as white} 1-0
The game which opened the door finally for PostModernist:

(a tough one!)
[Event "RWBC Class B 3rd edition"]
[Site "ESPRESSO"]
[Date "2004.01.31"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Betsy_651"]
[Black "Postmodernist_1007"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2003.12.??"]
1. c3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qa4
Bb7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bb5 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nb8 12. Ngf3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Rad1 c6
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qf4 17. Rfe1 e6 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Qa4 Nd7 20. Ba6 b5 21. Qa5
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Qc7 23. b4 Be7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Qc8 26. Qa3 Qc7 27. Re4 Bf6
28. Qa6 Rab8 29. Rb1 g5 30. Kh1 h6 31. Kg1 Bg7 32. h4 Bf6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rg4
Rd5 35. Rg3 Kg7 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rf1 Rb3 38. Nd2 Rb8 39. Qxa4 Qf4 40. Nc4 Rh8
41. Re1 g4 42. Ne3 Rdh5 43. Kf1 Rh4 44. Qxa7 Qe4 45. Qa6 Bg5 46. f3 Qg6 47. Kf2
gxf3 48. Qxc6 fxg2 49. Kxg2 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 R8h3 51. Qf3 Rh1+ 52. Qxh1 Rxg3+ 53.
Kf2 Bf4 54. Re2 Qf6 55. Re1 Qg5 56. Qe4 Rh3 57. Nf1 Rxc3 58. Re2 e5 59. c6 f5
60. Qd5 e4 61. Qd7+ Kh6 62. Qe6+ Kh5 63. Qe8+ Kg4 64. Kg2 Rh3 65. Rxe4 fxe4 66.
Qxe4 Kh5+ 67. Kf2 Qh4+ 68. Ke2 Qg4+ 69. Ke1 Re3+ 70. Nxe3 Bg3+ 71. Kd2 Qxe4 72.
Nc2 Bf4+ 73. Kc3 Qxc6+ 74. Kd3 Bg3 75. Kd2 Qc4 76. Kd1 Qd3+ 77. Kc1 Be1 78.
Nxe1 Qxd4 79. Kc2 Kg6 80. Nd3 Kf5 81. Nb2 Ke4 82. Nd1 Qd3+ 83. Kc1 Kd4 84. Nb2
Qe2 85. Na4 Kc4 86. Kb1 Qd1+ 87. Ka2 Qxa4+ 88. Kb2 Kd3 89. Kb1 Kc3 90. Kc1 Qc2#
{Black mates} 0-1

RWBC Class B 3rd Edition – Last Round (23)
463. Round 23 40.SlowChess_289b - 7.Dragon_45 1 - 0 [125]
464. Round 23 9.SmarThink017a - 18.Fortress162 1 - 0 [47 ]
465. Round 23 22.Ant_606 - 3.FranMAD009 = - = [105]
466. Round 23 33.GnuChess507ITC - 13.Terra33b2 1 - 0 [79 ]
467. Round 23 30.Betsy_651 - 42.Postmodernist_1007 0 - 1 [90 ]
468. Round 23 38.Kaissa17 - 1.Baron11b3 = - = [136]
469. Round 23 4.Knightdreamer_32 - 19.Knightx181 1 - 0 [82 ]
470. Round 23 8.Resp019 - 12.Esc_116 = - = [79 ]
471. Round 23 35.Gaviota033 - 11.Amateur_270 1 - 0 [74 ]
472. Round 23 16.Chezzz_103 - 15.Ufim403 0 - 1 [112]
473. Round 23 20.Movei00_8145 - 37.Gothmog_043 0 - 1 [68 ]
474. Round 23 14.Beowulf22 - 41.Frenzee_149 0 - 1 [71 ]
475. Round 23 24.LDB20c - 6.Phalanx22 0 - 1 [72 ]
476. Round 23 17.LordKing4 - 29.Hagrid_0756 1 - 0 [80 ]
477. Round 23 32.Butcher142c - 27.InmiChess305 1 - 0 [62 ]
478. Round 23 34.Averno052 - 25.Ghost013 0 - 1 [58 ]
479. Round 23 39.Tytan_3041 - 10.Cerebro_123 = - = [90 ]
480. Round 23 2.ArasanX72 - 28.EnginMax_511c 1 - 0 [75 ]
481. Round 23 21.Bestia_090 - 36.LadyGambit_10 1 - 0 [59 ]
482. Round 23 5.EXchess403a - 31.Ax_08 = - = [65 ]
483. Round 23 23.GnuChess40pl77 - 26.Cyberpagno201 = - = [135]
Standings
Place Name Feder Author Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 SlowChess_289b, US Jonathan Kreuzer 17.5 267.5 294.5 194.5 Promoted to Class A
2 SmarThink017a, RU Sergei Markov 17.0 267.5 295.0 210.0 Promoted to Class A
3 FranMad009, UK Tom King 14.5 270.0 292.0 195.5 Promoted to Class A
4 PostModernist1007, UK Andrew Williams 14.5 266.0 290.5 164.5 Promoted to Class A
5 Knightdreamer_32, SE Johan Melin 14.0 269.5 294.5 174.5
6 Terra33b2, SE Peter Fendrich 14.0 267.5 295.0 187.5
7 Ufim403, RU Nyaz Khasanov 14.0 267.0 290.5 153.5
8 Resp019, DE Peter Rosendahl 13.5 270.0 297.5 180.5
9 Baron_11b3, NL Richard Pijl 13.5 266.5 294.0 154.0
10 Amateur_270, US Will Singleton 13.0 272.0 299.5 178.0
11 Gothmog_043, NO Tord Romstad 13.0 268.0 295.5 151.0
12 Frenzee149, DK Sune Fischer 13.0 258.0 281.5 156.5
13 Betsy_651, US Landon W. Rabern 13.0 257.5 282.0 146.5
14 Kaissa_17, BY Vladimir Yelin 12.5 269.5 294.5 157.5
15 GnuChess507ITC, US Chua K. Sian + Stuart Cracraft 12.5 223.0 244.5 129.0 3x
16 Movei00_8145, IS Uri Blass 12.0 268.5 296.0 153.0
17 Esc116, IT Claudio della Corte 12.0 266.0 289.5 150.5
18 Phalanx22, CZ Dusan Dobes 12.0 256.0 277.5 152.5
19 KnightX181, FR Christophe Jolly 12.0 254.0 278.5 139.5
20 LordKing4, IT Carlo Pivotto 12.0 225.5 247.5 130.5
21 Butcher142c, PL Marek Kolacz 12.0 218.5 237.5 126.5
22 Beowulf22, US Colin Frayn + Dann Corbit 11.5 265.5 289.0 146.0
23 ArasanX72, US Jon Dart 11.5 256.0 278.0 142.0
24 Dragon_45, FR Bruno Lucas 11.5 240.0 262.0 133.0
25 Chezzz_103, DK David Rasmussen 11.5 234.5 256.5 132.5
26 Bestia_090, UA George Lyapko 11.5 216.5 235.5 134.0
27 Tytan_3041, PL Tomasz Michniewski 11.5 212.0 234.0 129.0
28 Averno052, ES Jose Carlos 11.0 216.5 235.0 128.0
29 Cerebro_123, AR Antonio Senatore 11.0 216.0 238.0 137.5
30 Ant_606, NL Tom Vijlbrief 10.5 232.5 251.5 121.5
31 InMiChess305, AT Werner Inman 10.5 219.5 238.0 125.0
32 Gaviota033, AR Miguel Ballicora 10.5 212.0 229.5 117.5
33 Cyberpagno201, IT Marco Pagnoncelli 10.0 230.5 249.0 130.0
34 ExChess403a, US Dan Homann 10.0 227.5 249.5 131.0
35 Hagrid_0756, DE Klaus Friedel 10.0 220.0 239.0 119.5
36 Fortress162, CH-I Alessandro Damiani 10.0 219.0 240.5 108.5
37 GnuChess40pl77, US John Stanback 9.0 216.0 233.5 100.0 6x (will be removed from RWBC*)
38 Ghost013, DE Philipp Classen 7.5 219.0 237.5 88.0
39 Ax_08, VI Pham Hong Nguyen 7.0 221.0 240.0 82.0
40 LadyGambit_10, IT Carlo Pivotto 6.0 216.5 235.0 93.5 2x
41 EnginMax_511c, DE Engin Uestuen 5.0 216.5 233.5 60.5
42 LDB20c, CH Marc-Phillipe Huget 4.5 217.5 237.0 51.5
* except a bugfix is available of course

[Will Singleton]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Will Singleton at 02 February 2004 20:23:55:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN) geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 02 February 2004 20:03:37:

Congratulations to the somehow unexpected winner Slowchess
and to the three other promoted ones, SmarThink, FranMad
and Postmodernist!
Postmodernist surpassed Terra in the last round, which lost
the last two rounds and lost its safe looking place.
The winner and number 2 SmarThink left some space between
the followers, when place 3 - 27 were only divided by 3 points.
At the bottom ExChess and Gaviota succeeded to stay with
a necessary last minute result. Gaviota even managed to win
versus the strong Amateur, when ExChess was very close to
a loss (must have been worser than -5! for a while), but Ax
helped a bit to let it remain with a draw.
After all this the sour grapes were unfortunately left to
Hagrid and Fortress. The others were already demoted a while
ago, when Gnu4 of course suffered from its time bug.
BTW the promoted programs from Class C managed to get places
1, 4, 11, 12, 14 and 27 in this field!
Günther

Looking over the field in class B, I'm struck by the number of strong programs remaining to play next time. I'll have to really improve to have promotion chances.
Good tournament, I had a lot of fun watching the live games.
Will

[Tom Likens]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Tom Likens at 02 February 2004 21:12:26:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN) geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 02 February 2004 20:03:37:

Gunther,
Thanks for another excellent tournament.

BTW the promoted programs from Class C managed to get places
1, 4, 11, 12, 14 and 27 in this field!

Yes, I've asserted it before (and know from personal experience)- your Class "C"
was *very* tough! Also considering who didn't promote, your Class "B" tournament
is going to be very rough next time as well. I forsee some interesting contests ahead.
regards,
--tom

[Jon Kreuzer]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Jon Kreuzer at 03 February 2004 02:03:03:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN) geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 02 February 2004 20:03:37:

Winning class B is a pleasant surprise, I certainly didn't expect it. Especially with so many strong programs, (including Smarthink, which I know from experience will usually crush Slow Chess, and probably many other programs.)
I downloaded and reviewed some of its games, hopefully its play was able to provide some entertainment to anyone who watched the games live. Looks like luck was strongly on Slow's side this time, straight up to the final game when Dragon's king went A.W.O.L. in the endgame, allowing 112. Kd4 and the win.
No new versions planned currently, but with so many well-run tournaments I can't help checking up on how Slow is doing =)

[Tord Romstad]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Tord Romstad at 03 February 2004 08:14:50:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN) geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 02 February 2004 20:03:37:

Congratulations to my friends Jonathan and Andrew, who has followed
me all the way from the Open Class, to Sergei, and to Tom! I hope
to join you all in Class A some time in the future, but as has been
remarked elsewhere in the thread, it won't be easy. Class B is really
tough, and it will probably get even worse the next time, with lots of
new and still unknown engines rising from the lower classes.
As always, it has been a pleasure to follow the tournament. I am
already looking forward to watching Class A. Keep up the good work,
Günther!
Tord

[Tord Romstad]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Tord Romstad at 03 February 2004 08:20:27:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN) geschrieben von: / posted by: Günther Simon at 02 February 2004 20:03:37:

37 GnuChess40pl77, US John Stanback 9.0 216.0 233.5 100.0 6x (will be removed from RWBC*)
* except a bugfix is available of course

What is this bug? GnuChess is of course open source, and perhaps the bug isn't
that hard to fix ...
Tord

[Günther Simon]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Günther Simon at 04 February 2004 22:46:52:
Als Antwort auf: / In reply to: Re: RWBC Class B final results (+ a few games PGN) geschrieben von: / posted by: Tord Romstad at 03 February 2004 08:20:27:

37 GnuChess40pl77, US John Stanback 9.0 216.0 233.5 100.0 6x (will be removed from RWBC*)
* except a bugfix is available of course

What is this bug? GnuChess is of course open source, and perhaps the bug isn't
that hard to fix ...
Tord

...seems I missed this post. I answered to your repeated question, Tord.
Best,
Günther