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21. December 2005, 05:08:17

ChessCarpenter

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Subject: The 2005 Gothic Chess Computer World Championship

Here are some of the games from the first 6 rounds of the Gothic Chess Computer World Championship. New versions of Vortex and SMIRF are dominating, and they are 1-1 against each other so far!

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=413"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zillions-of-Games"]
[Black "Gothic Vortex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.Af3 Nh6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.Nh3 Bg4 5.Ag5 g6 6.f3 Bf6 7.Axh6+ ixh6 8.fxg4 Qd7 9.e4 g5 10.Nd5 Cg7 11.c3 O-O-O 12.d4 e5 13.Qf3 Ce8 14.Nxf6 Axf6 15.d5 Axg4 16.Qxg4 Qxg4 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.g3 Qi4 19.j3 Cf6+ 20.Kg1 Qh5 21.Be3 Kb7 22.Cc2 c5 23.Rf1 Rji8 24.Cd2 Cd7 25.Rf5 Qg6 26.g4 Cb6 27.i4 Ca4 28.a3 d5 29.Rxe5 d4 30.cxd4 cxd4 31.Rb5+ Kc8 32.Bf2 d3 33.Cb3 Qd6 34.Bf3 Qa6 35.i5 c6 36.Rb8+ Kc7 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.ixh6 Kc8 39.Nxg5 Qc4 40.Ca1 Cxb2 41.Nxh7 Qc3 42.Cd1 Cxd1+ 43.Bxd1 c5 44.g5 c4 45.Kg2 Qe5 46.Bg4+ Kb7 47.h4 Qb2 48.Bxj7 c3 49.g6 fxg6 50.Ni5 c2 51.Nxg6 d2 52.Ri1 c1=Q 53.Ri7+ Kb8 54.Bxa7+ Ka8 55.Bf2 Qba1 56.Ra7+ Kb8 57.Bd1 Qxd1 58.Rf7 Qh1+ 59.Kg3 Qc3+ 60.Kf4 Qcf3+ 61.Ke5 Qa1+ 62.Ke6 Qxe4+ 63.Ne5 Qaxe5# 0-1

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=417"]
[Date "2005.12.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "SMIRF"]
[Black "ChessV"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.c3 Nh6 2.g3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.Nh3 Bf6 5.Ng5 d5 6.h3 e5 7.h4 Be7 8.Aj4 Cg7 9.Bf3 f6 10.Nh3 Be6 11.O-O d4 12.Bxh6 Axh6 13.Axh6 ixh6 14.Qc1 dxc3 15.Nxc3 Cg8 16.Ne4 Rb8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Na6 bxa6 19.Bxc6 Be6 20.Cc2 1-0

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=422"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gothic Vortex"]
[Black "Zillions-of-Games"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.d4 Af6 2.Nh3 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bf4 Nxd4 6.Nxd5 Axd5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.c3 e5 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.f3 Bf5 12.g4 Bd7 13.Qc1 h6 14.Bb4+ Kg8 15.Af2 a5 16.Bd2 Bf6 17.O-O Ng7 18.Ae4 Qb5 19.a4 Qa6 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Rc8 23.Qf4 Bf5 24.Ac5 Qc4 25.Axb7 Rb8 26.b3 Nh5 27.Axa5 Qc5 28.Qd2 f6 29.Rc1 Qxa5 30.Qxa5 fxg5 31.Cg2 Ce6 32.Rxc7 Nf4 33.Ci3 Nh5 34.Ci5 j6 35.Ci6 Ri8 36.Qa7 Cxc7 37.Qxc7 Rc8 38.Qe7 j5 39.Cxg5 Ng7 40.Cf7 Nh5 41.Ch7 Be6 42.Rg1 Bxb3 43.Rxg6+ Ng7 44.Rxg7# 1-0

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=421"]
[Date "2005.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "ChessV"]
[Black "SMIRF"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.g3 Nh6 2.Nh3 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.f4 d6 5.Bf3 Nc6 6.e3 Bd7 7.Af2 f5 8.O-O j5 9.Cg2 Bf6 10.d3 Ng4 11.Ag1 j4 12.Ng5 j3 13.ixj3 Bxg5 14.fxg5 Ni5 15.j4 Rxj4 16.h3 Nj3+ 17.Kj1 Rj6 18.e4 Qc8 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Ai3 Ne5 21.Bh5 Ng6 22.Bxj3 Rxj3 23.Ah5 Bc6 24.Ci2 Bxh1 25.Qxh1 Rj5 26.Ai4 Rj6 27.Axj6 ixj6 28.Ci8 Cg7 29.Cxj6 Ai7 30.Cj4 Ch5 31.Qh2 Aj6 32.Ne2 Cxj4 33.Qxj4+ Ai5 34.Qj5 Qe6 35.Bd2 Qxe2 36.Bf4 Qh2 37.Ri1 Qxh3+ 38.Qxh3 Axh3+ 39.Ri2 O-O-O 40.g4 Ri8 41.d4 Axi2+ 42.Ki1 Axg4+ 43.Kh1 Af3# 0-1

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=424"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "SMIRF"]
[Black "Gothic Vortex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.c3 Nh6 2.Nh3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 d5 5.Nf4 e6 6.h4 Bg7 7.b3 Ne7 8.d4 Af6 9.Nd3 O-O 10.Na3 Ng4 11.Bf4 Ah5 12.Cc2 Bj4 13.i3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxi3 15.jxi3 Bxi3 16.Rj5 Ai4+ 17.Bg2 Axj5 18.Bxj5 Bxg1 19.Kxg1 Qd7 20.Qf1 Qj1+ 21.Kh2 Qj2+ 22.Kh1 Cg7 23.Qi4 Ch5 24.Qxh5 Bi2+ 25.Kg2 Bg4+ 26.Kg1 Qj1+ 27.Kh2 Qi2+ 28.Kg1 Bxh5 29.g4 Qxg4+ 30.Bg2 Qxh4 31.Bh2 Qj2 32.f3 c6 33.Nf4 Nf5 34.Bh3 Qg5+ 35.Ng2 i5 36.Bf4 Qe7 37.Rf1 g5 38.Bh2 Bg6 39.e4 dxe4 40.fxe4 Ng7 41.Re1 h5 42.Nc4 g4 43.Bi2 Qj2 44.Kh1 Qg5 45.Bf4 Qe7 46.Ce3 i4 47.Nd6 Ne6 48.Nf5 Qf8 49.Bg3 j5 50.Bj6 Rh7 51.Bg3 j4 52.Ngh4 Rd8 53.Nd6 b6 54.Nxg6 fxg6 55.Bj1 j3 56.Re2 h4 57.Bi1 h3 58.Bh2 Ri7 59.Bi3 g5 60.Rc2 Qf4 61.Cf5 Rh8 62.Cf6 Qf3+ 63.Cxf3 gxf3 64.Rd2 Rd7 65.Rf2 g4 66.Rf1 c5 67.Nf5 Rh5 68.b4 Rd3 69.bxc5 bxc5 70.Ki1 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=435"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "ChessV"]
[Black "Zillions"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.g3 Nh6 2.Nh3 Af6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Bg5 Axg5 6.Nxg5 Qxg5 7.Bd5 Qg6 8.Cg2 Nb4 9.Bb3 i5 10.f4 d6 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.fxe5 Cxe5 13.e4 Qg5 14.Qxg5 Cxg5 15.O-O-O Bi7 16.Kb1 i4 17.j3 Ci5 18.jxi4 Cxi4 19.Rf1 j5 20.e5 dxe5 21.Ac5+ Ke8 22.h3 Bc6 23.Ce3 Ci5 24.Axb4 a5 25.Ac5 Rd8 26.d4 f6 27.Ae6 Rd7 28.d5 Re7 29.dxc6 Rxe6 30.Bxe6 bxc6 31.Cc4 Cxi2 32.Rd1 Nf7 33.Cxc6 Cd2+ 34.Rxd2 Kf8 35.Cxc7 Bxd2 36.Cxf7+ Ke8 37.Nd5 1-0

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=434"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gothic Vortex"]
[Black "SMIRF"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.c4 Nh6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nh3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.d3 Bd4 6.Bf3 d6 7.Bd2 Bf5 8.e4 Bd7 9.Ni5 Ne5 10.Bxj7 Nxj7 11.Bxi7 Ri8 12.Nxj7 Axi7 13.h3 Ah5 14.Qxh5 gxh5 15.Aj4+ Cg7 16.O-O Bxf2 17.Axg7+ Kxg7 18.Cg2 Nxd3 19.Rad1 Nxb2 20.Rdf1 Nd3 21.Rd1 Qc8 22.Kj1 Ne5 23.Cxf2 Ri7 24.Cf4 Rxj7 25.Cxh5+ Kh8 26.Nd5 Qf8 27.Rc1 f6 28.Ki1 Be8 29.Cf4 Bg6 30.Rh2 h5 31.i3 Qh6 32.Rc3 Rf8 33.Rf2 Ki8 34.Ch4 Rh8 35.a4 Qi5 36.Cf4 b6 37.Ra2 Kj8 38.Rb2 Qi8 39.Re2 f5 40.exf5 Bxf5 41.Ne3 Bd7 42.Ng2 Qb1+ 43.Re1 Qa2 44.Rec1 Bxa4 45.Re3 Bd7 46.Rec3 Bf5 47.Rg1 e6 48.j4 Ng6 49.Cf3 Ri7 50.Kh2 Rhi8 51.Cg5 Qd2 52.Re3 Rh8 53.Cf3 Qb2 54.j5 Ni5 55.Rb3 Qf6 56.Ch4 Nxh3 57.Rf1 Ni5 58.Ki1 Ng4 59.Kj2 Ri4 60.Rxf5 exf5 61.Ch1 Qd4 62.Rb1 Qxc4 63.Rg1 Qc2 64.Kj3 b5 65.Kj2 b4 66.Kj3 b3 67.Ci1 Rhi8 68.Rh1 b2 69.Ci2 R8i5 70.Rxh5 b1=C 71.Rh8+ Kj7 72.Rh7+ Kj6 73.Ch2 Nxh2+ 74.Rxh2 Cj1+ 75.Ki2 Cxi3+ 76.Nxi3 Rxi3+ 77.Kj1 Rxj5+ 78.Rj2 Qi2# 0-1

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=436"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "5]
[White "ChessV"]
[Black "Gothic Vortex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.g3 d5 2.d4 Nh6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nh3 c6 5.Bf4 Nd7 6.f3 Qb6 7.Cd3 Nf5 8.Na4 Qa5 9.c3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Ce1 Nc4 12.e4 Nxb2 13.Nxb2 Bxc3 14.Ce2 Nd4 15.Axd4 Bxh3+ 16.ixh3 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Ce6 18.Qf2 g5 19.Be3 Ah6 20.Nd3 O-O 21.Nc5 Ce7 22.Bd4 Aj4 23.Kg2 Rhe8 24.Rb1 b6 25.Bf6 Cg8 26.Nd7 dxe4 27.fxe4 g4 28.hxg4 Qj5+ 29.Kf3 Cxg4 30.Kxg4 Ah5+ 31.Kh4 Qi4+ 32.Kg5 Qg4# 1-0

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=437"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "5]
[White "Zillions"]
[Black "SMIRF"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.Af3 Nh6 2.d4 d6 3.Nh3 Nc6 4.d5 Ne5 5.Ag5 Nhg4 6.Af4 i6 7.f3 Bj6 8.fxg4 Bxe1 9.Axj8 Bj6 10.g3 h6 11.Be4 Bi7 12.Axi7 Cf6+ 13.Kg2 Axi7 14.Bi8 Aj5 15.Bxj7 Nxg4 16.Kg1 Ch5 17.Kg2 Nxh2 18.Kf2 Bxh3 19.Rg1 Cf6+ 20.Ke1 Bxi2 21.Bf4 g5 22.Qd4 gxf4 23.Nd2 fxg3 24.Rxg3 Qd7 25.a4 Bg4 26.Raa3 Qf5 27.Qxf6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "2005 Gothic Chess World Championship"]
[Site "http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.p
hp?gameid=441"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "6]
[White "ChessV"]
[Black "Gothic Vortex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nh3 Nh6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Af6 5.Bg5 Axd4 6.Ni5 Kg8 7.Nxj7 Nxj7 8.e3 Axc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Cd3 Bxa1 11.Bxi7 Ri8 12.Qxj7 Rxi7 13.Qxi7 Bh8 14.Qj8 b6 15.Af3 Kg7 16.Qj4+ Kg8 17.Ag5 Cg7 18.Ah6+ Kf8 19.Axg7+ Bxg7 20.Qj8+ Bh8 21.Qxh8# 1-0