Hello all,
first match is unbalanced, with close to 800 CElo points difference between the minuscule Calculator Chess and the Turbo King II (D+ program). At least they share the same brand, Saitek...
Surprisingly, the Calculator Chess plays relatively smart as White for 20-25 moves, despite not featuring any opening book and moving rather fast (higher levels can drift away from acceptable thinking time).
Of course the Turbo King II is a bit passive, particularly playing as Black, and it needs 50+ moves to wrap the win - but anyway a good performance from the tiny Craig Barnes program.
The revenge is much different: the Calculator Chess never stands a firm foot on the ground, and the Turbo King II with light pieces destroys it in just 16 moves.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.13"]
[Round "3-1"]
[White "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"]
[Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1097"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1.e4 {No book} 1...c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 d5 {Out of book} 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 bxc6 9.Qf3 Qf6 10.Bc5 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Nf6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bd6 Bb7 14.Rb1 O-O-O 15.Rg1 Rhg8 16.Rg4 Nb6 17.Be7 Rde8 18.Bc5 Nd7 19.Bd6 f6 20.exf6 $6 {Ra4!} 20...gxf6 21.Rxg8 $2 {abandons the control on g file} 21...Rxg8 22.Kd2 Ne5 23.Be2 Rg2 24.f4 Nd7 25.Ke3 Rxh2 26.f5 Rh3+ 27.Kf4 $2 {f3 was better, to avoid opening the game for the Turbo King's Rook} 27...e5+ 28.Kg4 Rxc3 29.Bd3 Nc5 $6 {c5 would have trapped the Bishop for a while} 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Rh1 e4 32.Be2 Rxc2 33.Bf1 Rxf2 34.a3 Kd8 35.Rxh7 Bc8 36.Rh8+ Kc7 37.Rh7+ Kd6 38.Rh8 Bxf5+ 39.Kg3 Rxf1 40.Rb8 Rf3+ 41.Kg2 d4 42.a4 Kc5 43.a5 d3 44.a6 Bh3+ 45.Kh2 e3 46.Rb7 e2 47.Re7 d2 48.Re5+ fxe5 {Turbo King announces mate in 4} 49.Kg1 e1=Q+ 50.Kh2 Qg3+ 51.Kh1 d1=R# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Black "Saitek Calculator Chess (lv a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1097"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "31"]
1.e4 d5 {No book} 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 {Out of book} 3...Qd4 4.Nf3 Qd6 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Nc6 $2 {a6 or c6 to prevent Nb5 threating both Calculator Chess Queen and c7 weak square.} 7.Nb5 Qd8 8.Bf4 Nd5 9.Bxd5 Qxd5 10.Nxc7+ Kd8 11.Nxd5 Bf5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rc8 14.e6 Bxe6 15.Nf6+ {Turbo King announces mate in 2} 15...Bd7 16.Qxd7# 1-0
MfG,
Tibono
13.10.2023, 14:12
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