Good morning all, wish you a happy weekend!
Second semifinal match is CXG Super Enterprise vs Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265. Theoretical odds are 89 % in favor of the Spracklen program, leveraging a rather fast 68000 16-biter at 16Mhz, versus a rather modest 6301Y running at 2Mhz.
The first game with the Danielsen's 16K program playing as White turns into a one-way fight starting from move #24, when the Super Entreprise badly neglects its own King safety.
The revenge game is surprisingly a draw
, both devices agreeing a 3-fold position repetition as soon as move #19. Maybe the Mach III was aware a draw was enough to enter the final? Well, we all know it cannot be so, therefore it is a bit deceptive from the Designer Mach III. On another hand, it is an achievement from the Super Enterprise: it will gain some CElo points in my private ranking...
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "Cons_semi"]
[White "CXG Super Enterprise (lv A5+H2)"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1684"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bf4 {Out of book} 7...O-O {Out of book} 8.Nf3 Na6 9.e3 Nh5 10.Bxa6 Nxf4 11.exf4 bxa6 12.O-O Qd6 13.Qb3 Be6 14.f5 Bxf5 15.Nxd5 Rab8 16.Nxb4 Rxb4 17.Qc3 Rfb8 18.Rfc1 Rxb2 19.Qxc7 Qxc7 20.Rxc7 Rxa2 21.Rcc1 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Rb2 23.Ne1 Be6 24.Ra4 $2 {Fatal error. The Rook was committed to the first row defense. Opening an exit for the King in the corridor was urgent.} 24...Rb1 25.Kf1 Bd7 26.Ra5 Bb5+ 27.Rxb5 axb5 28.Ke2 Rb2+ 29.Ke3 a5 30.d5 a4 31.d6 Kf8 32.Nd3 a3 33.d7 Ke7 34.d8=R Kxd8 35.Nc1 Rc2 36.Nb3 Rc3+ 37.Kd2 Rxb3 38.Kc2 Rb4 39.Kc3 Rb1 40.Kd4 a2 41.Ke4 b4 42.f4 b3 43.f5 a1=Q 44.f6 Re1+ 45.Kd5 {Mach III announces mate in 3} 45...Qc3 46.g3 Re5+ 47.Kd6 Qc5# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "Cons_semi"]
[White "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"]
[Black "CXG Super Enterprise (lv A5+H2)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 {Out of book} 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be3 Qxb2 14.Nb5 {Out of book} 14...Ne4 15.a4 Bf4 16.Rb1 Qa2 17.Ra1 Qb2 18.Rb1 Qa2 19.Ra1 Qb2 1/2-1/2
MfG,
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