Guten Abend Alle,
Odds are roughly 2/3 to 1/3 for the next clash, Novag Carnelian II vs VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11. With 1.5 points to 0.5, the match outcome is 3/4 to 1/4, therefore a rather good score for the Carnelian II.
But zooming into the games, the Carnelian II cannot much boast about this performance:
- indeed it won as Black in the first game, but very early the Diamond clumsily tried to avoid an expected capture, sacrificying a Bishop for nothing;
- and in the second game as White, after another mistake from the Diamond (and a very early one) it outrageously dominates the game, with a Rook and a Pawn material advantage roughly for 20 moves or so, just to deceptively draw the game with a three-rep.! And cherry on the cake, it announced it, therefore the program should have been aware before playing the drawing move...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "4-3"]
[White "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"]
[Black "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1304"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1.d4 {No book} 1...c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.Be3 Nc6 {Out of book} 4.Nf3 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bxc5 6.Bxc5 Qxc5 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bb5 Qb4 9.Qc1 Ne4 10.a3 Qa5 11.b4 Nxb4 12.axb4 Qxb4 13.Bxd7+ $2 {just pushing back the capture of the c3 Knight; loosing additional material} 13...Bxd7 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Qa3 Qxa3 16.Rxa3 Ne2+ 17.Kh1 O-O 18.Rfa1 Rac8 19.Rxa7 Rxc2 20.Rxb7 Bc6 21.Rba7 Bd5 22.R7a3 h5 23.Ra7 f5 24.Ne5 g5 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Nf7 Rdc8 27.Nxg5 Rc1 28.Nf3 Bxf3 29.Ra1 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 Bd5 31.Re1 Kf7 32.Ra1 f4 33.Re1 f3 34.g3 e5 35.Ra1 e4 36.Re1 Rc2 37.Ra1 Ke6 38.Re1 Nc1 39.Rf1 Bc4 40.Re1 Nd3 41.Ra1 Nxf2+ 42.Kg1 Nh3+ 43.Kh1 Rg2 44.Ra6+ Bxa6 45.g4 Rg1# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.24"]
[Round "4-3"]
[White "Novag Carnelian II (lv we4)"]
[Black "VEB RFT Chess-Master Diamond + PM11 (lv 2)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1437"]
[BlackElo "1304"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1.d4 Nf6 {No book} 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 {Out of book} 3...Bf5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 e6 $2 {Qc8 was much better} 6.Qxb7 Na6 7.dxe6 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxe6 9.Qxa6 c5 10.Nf3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Nxa8 Rxa8 17.Bf4 Rxa2 18.Rxa2 Bxa2 19.h4 Nd5 20.Bd2 Nf6 21.f3 Nd5 22.e4 Nf6 23.Be3 Nd7 24.Bd3 Nc5 25.Kd2 Nxd3 26.Kxd3 b5 27.Bc5+ Kf6 28.g4 Bc4+ 29.Kd4 Ba2 30.g5+ Kg6 31.f4 Kh5 32.f5 Bc4 33.e5 Kg4 34.Ke4 h5 35.Rh2 Bb3 36.Bd4 Bc4 37.Rh1 Bb3 38.Rh2 Bc4 39.Rh1 Bb3 40.Rh2 {Carnelian II announces 3-rep} 1/2-1/2
MfG,
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