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Date: 12 Dec 2008 08:07:04
From: RocketMan
Subject: Dedicated chess computer games

Thought it might be interesting to post a message that actually
relates to the newsgroup, i.e. not spam or chess politics. You never
know someone may be interested...
Anyone who has plowed their way through all the rubbish (or filtered
it out) should know that SAT W-7 has an Ivan II dedicated chess computer
(that talks!). He has often asked if anyone would be interested in
playing another dedicated chess computer against his Ivan. Well, I took
up his challenge. I have a Kasparov Cosmos chess computer (I actually
have other chess computers, but that is another story), which plays
reasonable chess, especially for a travel set (portable, not tabletop).
SAT W-7 and I have played 5 games so far through a chatroom. The
computers seem pretty well matched, i.e. both have pretty bad opening
books! :) I have listed the games below for other people's interest.
Please comment, if you wish. Sensible comments, please.
The first game was a rapid 30 minute game, while the other four were
the highest settings on the computers - 40 moves in 2 hours. We have
just started a random game.

[Event "30'"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Black "Ivan II"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventType "Corr (rapid)"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. b3 e5 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Rad1 Bf8
14. f4 exf4 15. Qxf4 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Kh8 18. Bb2+ Bg7 19.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Black "Ivan II"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5
exd5 8. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13.
Qc2 Nd6 14. a3 Qa5 15. b4 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa6 17. Nc5 Qb5 18. a4 Qxb4 19.
Rfb1 Qc4 20. Qb2 Rfe8 21. Rc1 b6 22. Ne5 Qxc1+ 23. Rxc1 bxc5 24. Rxc5
Rec8 25. Qc2 Nde8 26. Nc6 Kh8 27. Ra5 a6 28. Nb4 Rd8 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30.
Nxa6 Kg8 31. Qb2 Ne4 32. Qb7 Rd7 33. Qc8 N4f6 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. a5 Kf8 36.
h3 Rc6 37. a6 Rxa6 38. Nxa6 Ke7 39. Nxc7 h5 40. Nxe8 Nxe8 41. e4 dxe4
42. Qc5+ Kd7 43. Qxh5 Nd6 44. Qg4+ Kc6 45. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivan II"]
[Black "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. exd4 Bd6 7. c4
dxc4 8. Nbd2 b5 9. a4 Qa5 10. b3 c3 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nxd6+
Qxd6 14. Bc4 Bc6 15. Ne5 Be4 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc1 c2 18. Bb5+ Kd8 19. a5
Bg6 20. a6 Ne8 21. Bb4 Kc8 22. Ra2 Qb6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qxc2+ Qc7 25.
Ba5 Nc6 26. Bxc7 Nxd4 1-0

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Black "Ivan II"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 Nb4 7. a3
Na6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nxa7 Nc5 10. Nab5 Ncxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qd5 f6 13.
Bc4 Qa5+ 14. c3 Kd8 15. Qxe4 d6 16. b4 Qa4 17. Bb6+ Kd7 18. Nc7 Qxa3 19.
Qg4+ Ke7 20. Nd5+ Kf7 21. Rxa3 Bxg4 22. Rxa8 Bg7 23. Ra7 Bc8 24. Ne3+
Kf8 25. Bd5 Bh6 26. Bxb7 Bxb7 27. Rxb7 Bg5 28. Ke2 Kg8 29. Ra1 Bh6 30.
Ng4 d5 31. Nxf6+ Kf8 32. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivan II"]
[Black "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5 4. Bd2 Qxc5 5. Be3 Qb4 6. Rb1 Nc6 7. Bd2
Ne4 8. Nxe4 Qxe4 9. f3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qa4 11. Ra1 Nd4 12. e3 Nc6 13. b3 Qa3
14. Ne2 d5 15. Nc3 e6 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Bg2 b6 18. O-O Ba6 19. Qe2 Qd7 20.
Nc7+ Qxc7 21. Qxa6 Rd8 22. Qa4 Bc5 23. b4 Be7 24. f4 O-O 25. c3 Bf6 26.
Rac1 Ne7 27. b5 Rc8 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Rfd8 30. Qc2 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Qxb5
32. Bxh7+ Kh8 33. Be4 Qe2 34. Rfd1 Rc7 35. Bg2 Rcd7 36. Bf1 Qf2 37. Qe4
Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Bg2 Nd5 40. c4 Ne3 41. Rg1 Bd4 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43.
h4 Nf5 44. Qg8+ Kxg8 45. Kh2 Qxg3+ 46. Kh1 Qxh4+ 47. Bh3 Qxh3# 0-1

RocketMan.

Date: 12 Dec 2008 23:22:54
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

The reason why i say it seems the elo's are close is because the games
seem so even to me and one will make a slight mistake and end up losing
.

This random game has been fun too , i will ask him to post the set up
and moves ..

The position now is a draw i belive ???

White
Pawns on B-4 and C-3
Rook on F-4
King on B-3

Black

Pawns on A-6 and A-7 and C-6
Rook on H-3
King on B-6

I have never see Ivan draw before so we are going to play them a few
more moves just to see what happens ...

It seems they both play white a little better than black too....

Date: 14 Dec 2008 20:48:05
From: RocketMan
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

This is the pgn for the random game played to a draw. As SAT W-7
states in a later post, we have just started another random game. This
time each player picked the starting position for their opponent, rather
a mirrored starting position.

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Black "Ivan II"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "knbrrbqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/KNBRRBQN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Na6 3. e3 g5 4. Bg3 c6 5. Bxa6 bxa6 6. Nd2 Ng6 7. Nf3
Bh6 8. h3 f6 9. Bc7 Rd7 10. Bg3 e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. e4 Nf4 13. exd5
Rxd5 14. Rxd5 Qxd5 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. Rd6 Bf8 17. Rd2 Bb4 18. c3 Be6 19.
Qb1 Bc5 20. Nxe5 Qxa2+ 21. Qxa2 Bxa2 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Kxa2 Rxe5 24.
Rd8+ Kb7 25. Rd7+ Kb6 26. b4 Bxf2 27. Nxf2 Re2+ 28. Kb3 Rxf2 29. Rxh7
Rxg2 30. Rf7 Rh2 31. Rxf4 Rxh3 32. Rf5 Rh2 33. c4 Rh3+ 34. Ka4 Rh7 35.
c5+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

RocketMan.

SAT W-7 wrote:
> The reason why i say it seems the elo's are close is because the games
> seem so even to me and one will make a slight mistake and end up losing
> .
>
> This random game has been fun too , i will ask him to post the set up
> and moves ..
>
> The position now is a draw i belive ???
>
> White
> Pawns on B-4 and C-3
> Rook on F-4
> King on B-3
>
> Black
>
> Pawns on A-6 and A-7 and C-6
> Rook on H-3
> King on B-6
>
> I have never see Ivan draw before so we are going to play them a few
> more moves just to see what happens ...
>
> It seems they both play white a little better than black too....
>

Date: 17 Dec 2008 06:18:42
From: RocketMan
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

This is pgn for the second random game played between Ivan II and
Kasparov Cosmos. The starting position was NOT mirrored like the first
random game.
Actually White's starting position was better, but Kasparov Cosmos
playing as Black won!

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivan II"]
[Black "Kasparov Cosmos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbqrkrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NKRQRNBB w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. e4 Ng6 2. Ne3 f6 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qxc5 5. Nf5 Bf4 6. Nxg7+ Kf7 7. Nf5
Bxc1 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Nxc1 Nb6 10. Nh6+ Ke8 11. Nf5 d5 12. Nd3 dxe4 13.
Rxe4 e5 14. Qe2 Bd5 15. Rb4 Bc4 16. f3 Nf4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Rxc4 Qxc4
19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. g4 Qd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Ne3 f5 23. gxf5 Re2 24. Ng2
Rf2 25. Ne3 Rg8 26. b3 Rg1+ 0-1

RocketMan

RocketMan wrote:
> This is the pgn for the random game played to a draw. As SAT W-7
> states in a later post, we have just started another random game. This
> time each player picked the starting position for their opponent, rather
> a mirrored starting position.
>
> [Event "120'/40"]
> [Site "Internet"]
> [Date "2008.12.11"]
> [Round "?"]
> [White "Kasparov Cosmos"]
> [Black "Ivan II"]
> [Result "1/2-1/2"]
> [SetUp "1"]
> [FEN "knbrrbqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/KNBRRBQN w - - 0 1"]
> [PlyCount "70"]
> [EventType "Corr"]
>
> 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Na6 3. e3 g5 4. Bg3 c6 5. Bxa6 bxa6 6. Nd2 Ng6 7. Nf3
> Bh6 8. h3 f6 9. Bc7 Rd7 10. Bg3 e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. e4 Nf4 13. exd5
> Rxd5 14. Rxd5 Qxd5 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. Rd6 Bf8 17. Rd2 Bb4 18. c3 Be6 19.
> Qb1 Bc5 20. Nxe5 Qxa2+ 21. Qxa2 Bxa2 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Kxa2 Rxe5 24.
> Rd8+ Kb7 25. Rd7+ Kb6 26. b4 Bxf2 27. Nxf2 Re2+ 28. Kb3 Rxf2 29. Rxh7
> Rxg2 30. Rf7 Rh2 31. Rxf4 Rxh3 32. Rf5 Rh2 33. c4 Rh3+ 34. Ka4 Rh7 35.
> c5+ Kc7 1/2-1/2
>
> RocketMan.
>

Date: 23 Dec 2008 06:16:14
From: RocketMan
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

After playing the two random games we (SAT W-7 & RocketMan) decided
to play another standard game, this time between Ivan II and my little
Tandy 1650.
I bought this chess computer way back in 1986. It has had many games
played on it, and is a great chess companion for the beginning chess
player. It may have only 8 levels, but on it's lowest setting (2 sec /
move) plays good basic (structured) chess. Although it is called Tandy
1650, I would rate it more like 1450, especially at it's lower settings.
Obviously we played Andy at a higher setting (3 min / move), but it
still wasn't a match for Ivan.
Just in case someone is interested, below is the pgn for the game played.

[Event "120'/40"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2008.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tandy 1650"]
[Black "Ivan II"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventType "Corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. d3
dxc4 8. dxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bf5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bxf4 O-O-O+ 12. Bd2 Be6
13. b3 h6 14. a4 g5 15. h3 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19.
Rxe5 Rhg8 20. Nd5 Bf8 21. Nf4 Bg4+ 22. Ke1 Bg7 23. Bc3 Bxe5 24. Bxe5
Rge8 25. Nd3 f6 26. a5 fxe5 27. a6 b6 28. Nb4 Kd7 0-1

RocketMan

RocketMan wrote:
> This is pgn for the second random game played between Ivan II and
> Kasparov Cosmos. The starting position was NOT mirrored like the first
> random game.
> Actually White's starting position was better, but Kasparov Cosmos
> playing as Black won!
>
> [Event "120'/40"]
> [Site "Internet"]
> [Date "2008.12.14"]
> [Round "?"]
> [White "Ivan II"]
> [Black "Kasparov Cosmos"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [SetUp "1"]
> [FEN "nbqrkrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NKRQRNBB w - - 0 1"]
> [PlyCount "52"]
> [EventType "Corr"]
>
> 1. e4 Ng6 2. Ne3 f6 3. d4 c5 4. dxc5 Qxc5 5. Nf5 Bf4 6. Nxg7+ Kf7 7. Nf5
> Bxc1 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Nxc1 Nb6 10. Nh6+ Ke8 11. Nf5 d5 12. Nd3 dxe4 13.
> Rxe4 e5 14. Qe2 Bd5 15. Rb4 Bc4 16. f3 Nf4 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Rxc4 Qxc4
> 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. g4 Qd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Ne3 f5 23. gxf5 Re2 24. Ng2
> Rf2 25. Ne3 Rg8 26. b3 Rg1+ 0-1
>
> RocketMan
>
>
> RocketMan wrote:
>> This is the pgn for the random game played to a draw. As SAT W-7
>> states in a later post, we have just started another random game. This
>> time each player picked the starting position for their opponent,
>> rather a mirrored starting position.
>>
>> [Event "120'/40"]
>> [Site "Internet"]
>> [Date "2008.12.11"]
>> [Round "?"]
>> [White "Kasparov Cosmos"]
>> [Black "Ivan II"]
>> [Result "1/2-1/2"]
>> [SetUp "1"]
>> [FEN "knbrrbqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/KNBRRBQN w - - 0 1"]
>> [PlyCount "70"]
>> [EventType "Corr"]
>>
>> 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Na6 3. e3 g5 4. Bg3 c6 5. Bxa6 bxa6 6. Nd2 Ng6 7. Nf3
>> Bh6 8. h3 f6 9. Bc7 Rd7 10. Bg3 e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. e4 Nf4 13. exd5
>> Rxd5 14. Rxd5 Qxd5 15. Rd1 Qc4 16. Rd6 Bf8 17. Rd2 Bb4 18. c3 Be6 19.
>> Qb1 Bc5 20. Nxe5 Qxa2+ 21. Qxa2 Bxa2 22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Kxa2 Rxe5 24.
>> Rd8+ Kb7 25. Rd7+ Kb6 26. b4 Bxf2 27. Nxf2 Re2+ 28. Kb3 Rxf2 29. Rxh7
>> Rxg2 30. Rf7 Rh2 31. Rxf4 Rxh3 32. Rf5 Rh2 33. c4 Rh3+ 34. Ka4 Rh7 35.
>> c5+ Kc7 1/2-1/2
>>
>> RocketMan.
>>

Date: 16 Dec 2008 16:29:01
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

Here is the set up to the above post ...
Black
On

Rooks on- D-F- 8
Knights on- A-H-8
bishops on - B-G-8
Queen on - C-8
King on E-8

White On..

Rooks on C-E-I
Knights on A-F-I
Bishops on G-H-I
Queen on B-I
King on D-I

ALL pawns in the same spots ..
I
hand picked the black set up because i believed he will have to open the
King up to get the rooks out and i put the Knights in that position
because it would limit the first move ...

But i have come to the same conclusion one of you have come too , his
computer is stronger than mine .....elo ......

Still these are good games , exciting to watch them go at it ...

I really thought my Ivan would have won this game because of the set
up of the major pieces.....
One of the moves Ivan opened up his rook and his bishop was all over it
.....traded ......

The mirrored random game was a draw and this one i hand picked his
pieces was a loss.
He just picked white at random .......

Ivan never really got the bishops out and that was bad ...

Even though Ivan has been getting beat i still having fun playing it
.....

Date: 13 Dec 2008 07:10:36
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

In this random game we had the major pieces mirror each other ...We mite
have a game where they do not have the same set up ..

Date: 12 Dec 2008 11:21:35
From: Eric Hallsworth
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

In article <[email protected] >, SAT W-7
<[email protected] > writes
>Thes have been fun because they are so close i elo ...
>
> The random game is the one we are playing now ..who will win ?
>

Great to have computer chess in rgcc! Especially some dedicated games

Actually they don't look particularly close in Elo looking through the
games, and the Cosmos leads 4-1 which is pretty healthy for it. But I
look forward to MORE of this sort of thing :-)

Cheers - Eric
--
Eric Hallsworth, Countrywide Computers, Victoria House, 1 High Street,
Wilburton, Cambs CB6 3RB. Tel: 01353 740323
Website for Chess & Bridge Computers & Software:
http://www.countrywidecomputers.co.uk

Date: 11 Dec 2008 20:56:06
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Dedicated chess computer games

Thes have been fun because they are so close i elo ...

The random game is the one we are playing now ..who will win ?