Hi,
this round is unfavorable to both Mephisto/Saitek Chess Challengers: after the lost point by the 32 Mhz tuned one, the standard 10 Mhz gives half a point away to the Blitz.
The first game with the Saitek Blitz playing as White is not much disputed, both computers exchanging minor pieces on each and every opportunity, reaching one Queen plus two Rooks each in the endgame; and soon agreeing to a draw per repetition.
In the second game, the Chess Challenger rules from the beginning to the end, achieving a better Pawns position and leveraging an ennemy King too much exposed to my taste.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "7-2"]
[White "Saitek Blitz (lv 15s)"]
[Black "Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz (lv A6)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Bxd2+ {Out of book} 8.Qxd2 Ncxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.e4 {Out of book} 10...Ng6 11.Bd3 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 d6 13.Qg3 O-O 14.f3 Be6 15.O-O Rae8 16.b3 b5 17.Rac1 f5 18.exf5 bxc4 19.fxe6 cxd3 20.Rfd1 Rf6 21.Rxd3 Rxe6 22.Rdd1 Re2 23.Qf4 c6 24.b4 d5 25.h3 a5 26.bxa5 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 R8e6 28.Qa4 Qf2 29.Qg4 h5 30.Qg5 R6e5 31.Qg6 Re6 32.Qg5 R6e5 33.Qg6 Re6 34.Qg5 1/2-1/2
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.08"]
[Round "7-2"]
[White "Mephisto Chess Challenger 10Mhz (lv A6)"]
[Black "Saitek Blitz (lv 15s)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "E10"]
[PlyCount "145"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Bb4+ {Out of book} 5.Bd2 {Out of book} 5...Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bxb4 Nxb4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Ne5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Bb5 Ne4 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.Qxc6+ bxc6 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.b3 Kd7 17.Rc1 Kd6 18.Rc4 Rhd8 19.Kd2 Kd5 $6 {overexposed?} 20.Rhc1 Rb6 21.Rc5+ Kd6 22.Re5 Rb5 23.Rxe4 Ra5 24.Rc2 Rg5 25.g3 Rh5 26.h4 Rd5 27.Rf4 f6 28.b4 Rb5 29.a3 Rbb8 30.Kd3 Rb6 31.Rf5 Ra6 32.Rc3 Rb8 33.Rfc5 Rb5 34.e4 Rxc5 35.bxc5+ Ke6 36.f4 Ra5 37.f5+ Ke7 38.e5 g6 39.g4 fxe5 40.dxe5 Ra4 41.Rc4 Rxa3+ 42.Ke2 Rh3 43.Re4 Rc3 44.f6+ Ke6 45.Rf4 Kxe5 46.f7 Kxf4 47.f8=Q+ Kxg4 48.Qe7 Ra3 49.Qxh7 Ra2+ 50.Kd1 Ra1+ 51.Kd2 Ra2+ 52.Kc1 Ra1+ 53.Kb2 Re1 54.Qxg6+ Kxh4 55.Qxc6 Re2+ 56.Kc3 Kg4 57.Qxc7 a6 58.Qc8+ Kf4 59.Qxa6 Re3+ 60.Kd2 Re5 61.Qd3 Rg5 62.c6 Rg2+ 63.Ke1 Rg1+ 64.Kf2 Rg8 65.Qc4+ Ke5 66.Qxg8 Kd6 67.Qg6+ Kc7 68.Ke3 Kb6 69.Qd6 Kb5 70.c7 Ka4 71.c8=Q {MCC annouces mate in 3} 71...Kb3 72.Qdb8+ Ka4 73.Qa6# 1-0
MfG,
Tibono