game n°13 Milady 3.25-Novag Star Diamond

Milady won the game with a little bit of chance. In the opening, the Star Diamond has an edge, with a possibility of King attack. But the pressure vanished; The Star Diamond has a positional advantage, up to a very bad move (24...c5?) played very quickly (pondering bug?).
Here is the game :

[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Milady_325"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Time "18:39:29"]
[Variation "150 Attack, 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[TimeControl "3600"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Nf6 7. a3 {(1.a3 Qa5
2.b4 Qc7 3.0-0-0 Ng4 4.Be2 Na6 5.d5 Nxe3 6.Qxe3 0-0 7.Qd3) -0.20/13 153}
Ng4 8. O-O-O {(1.0-0-0 a5 2.Nf3 0-0 3.Bg1 b4 4.Na4 Na6 5.h3 Nf6 6.axb4 axb4
7.Bxa6) -0.10/13 122} Qb6 9. Nf3 {(1.Nf3 Nxe3 2.Qxe3 0-0 3.e5 dxe5 4.fxe5
Bd7 5.Bd3 Na6 6.Qf4 e6) +0.20/12 39} b4 10. axb4 {(1.axb4 Qxb4 2.Bg1 Nd7
3.Nb1 Qxd2+ 4.Nbxd2 Ngf6 5.e5 Nh5 6.exd6 Nxf4 7.dxe7) +0.20/13 69} Qxb4 11.
Bg1 {(1.Bg1 Na6 2.h3 Rb8 3.b3 Nf6 4.e5 Nh5 5.Kb2 dxe5 6.fxe5) +0.15/11 45}
Nd7 12. Nb1 {(1.Nb1 Qxd2+ 2.Nbxd2 0-0 3.b3 Nb6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Kb2 Re8 6.Ka3)
+0.20/11 61} Qa4 13. h3 {(1.h3 Nh6 2.g4 Nb6 3.g5 Ng8 4.Qe3 Bd7 5.Qc3 Qa1
6.Qe1 e6) +0.75/12 48} Ngf6 14. b3 {(1.b3 Qa2 2.e5 Ne4 3.Qe1 d5 4.Bd3 Ba6
5.Bxe4 dxe4 6.Nfd2) +0.20/11 28} Qa2 15. e5 {(1.e5 Ne4 2.Qe1 d5 3.Ng5 0-0
4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Bc4 Rb8 6.Qd2) +0.10/11 53} Ne4 16. Qe1 {(1.Qe1 d5 2.Bd3 Ba6
3.Bxe4 dxe4 4.Qxe4 0-0 5.Qxc6 Rfb8 6.Qxd7 Be2) +0.35/12 69} d5 17. Bd3
{(1.Bd3 f5 2.Be3 0-0 3.Qb4 Qa1 4.g4 c5 5.dxc5 a5 6.Qd4 Qxd4) +0.45/12 103}
f5 18. exf6 {(1.exf6 Ndxf6 2.Ne5 0-0 3.Nxc6 Rf7 4.Bh2 Qa1 5.Bg3 Nxg3 6.Qxg3
Ne4) +1.05/12 88} Ndxf6 19. Ne5 {(1.Ne5 Bb7 2.Qb4 Nd6 3.Nc3 a5 4.Nxa2 axb4
5.Nxb4 Ra1+ 6.Kd2 Nfe4+) +0.55/12 72} Bd7 20. g4 {(1.g4 Nd6 2.Qb4 Qa1 3.g5
Nfe4 4.Bxe4 Bxe5 5.dxe5 Nxe4) +1.00/10 26} Nd6 21. Bf2 {(1.Bf2 0-0-0 2.Bh4
Rhe8 3.Nxd7 Kxd7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.g5 Nfe4) +0.90/10 95} Nfe4 22. Bh4 {(1.Bh4 Rd8
2.Rf1 Rf8 3.Bxe4 dxe4 4.Qc3 Qa6 5.Kb2 Qb7) +0.95/10 35} Rb8 23. Qe3 {(1.Qe3
Rd8 2.Rhe1 Rb8 3.Bxe4 dxe4 4.Nxd7 Kxd7 5.d5) +0.70/9 25} Qa1 24. Rhf1
{(1.Rhf1 Rd8 2.Bxe4 Nxe4 3.Rfe1 Qa5 4.Kb2 0-0 5.Bxe7) +0.45/9 33} c5 25.
dxc5 {(1.dxc5 d4 2.Qe1 Nc3 3.Nxd7 Qxb1+ 4.Kd2 Qxd1+ 5.Qxd1) +1.30/9 26} d4
26. Qe1 {(1.Qe1 Nc3 2.Nxd7 Qxb1+ 3.Kd2 Qxd1+ 4.Qxd1 Nxd1 5.Nxb8 Ne3)
+2.05/10 55} Nc3 27. Nxd7 {(1.Nxd7 Qxb1+ 2.Kd2 Qxd1+ 3.Qxd1 Nxd1 4.Nxb8 Ne3
5.cxd6) +2.05/9 25} Qxb1+ 28. Kd2 {(1.Kd2 Qxd1+ 2.Qxd1 Nxd1 3.Nxb8 Ne3
4.cxd6 Nxf1+ 5.Bxf1 exd6 6.f5) +1.95/11 38} Qxd1+ 29. Qxd1 {(1.Qxd1 Nxd1
2.Nxb8 Ne3 3.cxd6 Nxf1+ 4.Bxf1 exd6 5.Bb5+ Kf7 6.Nc6 Ra8 7.Bc4+) +2.55/13
31} Kxd7 30. Qe1 {(1.Qe1 Rhe8 2.cxd6 exd6 3.Qa1 Rb7 4.Kc1 Rc8 5.Bc4 Ke8)
+5.75/10 25} Nc8 31. f5 {(1.f5 Rb7 2.Qe6+ Kd8 3.Ba6 Rc7 4.f6 Bh6+ 5.Ke1 g5
6.Bxc8) +7.80/11 276} Kd8 32. Qe6 {(1.Qe6 Bh6+ 2.Ke1 Re8 3.Qe5 g5 4.Qxd4+
Nd6 5.Qxc3) +7.60/9 23} Bh6+ 33. g5 {(1.g5 Re8 2.gxh6 g5 3.Qe5 Rb7 4.Bxg5
Rd7 5.c6 Rd6) +9.95/10 62} Bg7 34. c6 {(1.c6 Nb6 2.f6 Nb1+ 3.Rxb1 Bf8 4.c7+
Kxc7 5.Bg3+ Kd8) +13.15/10 49} Nb6 35. f6 {(1.f6 Ncd5 2.fxe7+ Nxe7 3.c7+
Kxc7 4.Qxe7+ Kc6 5.Qxg7 Rbc8) +14.35/10 141} Bf8 36. fxe7+ {(1.fxe7+ Bxe7
2.c7+ Kxc7 3.Qxe7+ Nd7 4.Bg3+ Kc8 5.Ba6+) +16.30/9 25} Bxe7 37. c7+ {(1.c7+
Kxc7 2.Qxe7+ Nd7 3.Bg3+ Kb7 4.Qxd7+ Ka8 5.Qc6+ Rb7 6.Ba6) +19.15/11 178}
Kxc7 38. Qxe7+ {(1.Qxe7+ Nd7 2.Bg3+ Kb7 3.Bxb8 Kxb8 4.Qxd7 Ka8 5.Qc7)
+15.35/9 23} Nd7 39. Bg3+ {(1.Bg3+ Kc8 2.Ba6+ Rb7 3.Bxb7+ Kxb7 4.Qxd7+ Kb6
5.Qc7+ Kb5) +22.15/10 62} Kb7 40. Qxd7+ {(1.Qxd7+ Ka8 2.Rf7 Nb5 3.Qc6+ Rb7
4.Qxb7+ Rb8) +M4/9 16} Ka8 41. Rf7 {(1.Rf7 Nb1+ 2.Kc1 Nc3 3.Qxa7+ Rb7)
+M3/6 0} Nb1+ 42. Kc1 {(1.Kc1 Rhd8 2.Qxa7+ Re8) +M2/6 0} Rxb3 43. Qxa7#
{(1.Qxa7+ Rxd3) +M1/6 0} 1-0

Fidelity Phantom

I have bought a Fidelity Phantom but have to wait up to Christmas. It comes from the States. Stays tuned, it will be in the Dedicated section. I have updated this section with the Novag Star Diamond.

Improvement of the MM II dedicated computer page

As said in the title. Follow the link for the MM II  in dedicated computer page.

A comparison of Milady performances

The last version of my chess programme obtained the following results:

Test	Version
	2.72d	2.95	2.99	3.00	3.04	3.05	3.10	3.15	3.20	3.25
Positional_Tony			104	104	93	87	77
Positional_Ed	251			278	279	279	292	276	258	257
LCTII	2065					2245		2220	2275	2225
BT2450	2100	2172	2232	2233	2216	2252	2224	2207	2201	2241
CC2175	2169	2350	2350	2350						2367
Perf against Mephisto MM II										2108
Perf against Mephisto Expert Travel Chess										2466
Perf against Novag Star Diamond										2097

 

You can see a comparison against older versions. There is an obvious improvement of 150 to 200 elo points against the 2.72d version, on tactical tests. The results against Star Diamond are now finished; I think the Star Diamond is more stable in the evaluation (though it is often outperformed by Milady from a tactical point of view; there are some epic games I will post here). The games are very long (1h for each opponent at least...) so it takes time to test ;). I will add the games in the correspondant dedicated computer sections (i.e. games of Milady 3.25 against MM II in the MM II section, ...).

 

A new section : Dedicated computers...

In this section you will find some informations, pictures, stories, and memorable games, concerning my chess computers. Enjoy!

Some news in Tournaments...

Look inside the section. You will find some games between Mephisto MM II et Mephisto Expert Travel Chess. These games tend to confirm their rating. The Elo of MM II is around 1770, the elo of Expert Travel Chess is 2030. Have fun !

Milady 3.25

Recently I made some new versions of Milady. I'm not able to say if they are stronger than the previous ones. It seems to me that there are some tactical weakness, especially for long forced lines. I will published soon this new version of Milady. Also, I guess what is the reference of elo rating, and I'm doing some tests against reference dedicated computers which have been tested against humans, to have a good comparison point. I will publish the results soon. It seems that the tactical tests tends to overestimate the strength of my programme.