CRACRAFT@VENERA.ISI.EDU (Stuart Cracraft) (11/08/88)
Article 1620 of rec.games.chess: Relay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site venera.isi.edu From: tsa@vlsi.cs.cmu.edu (Thomas Anantharaman) Newsgroups: rec.games.chess Subject: Deep Thought in Hall of Fame Chess Festival Message-ID: <3504@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 7 Nov 88 01:26:41 GMT Date-Received: 7 Nov 88 08:08:23 GMT Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 35 Deep Thought tied for first with IM Igor Ivanov (2618), in the Hall of Fame Chess Festival over the weekend. Deep Thought scored 4.5 out of 5. In the first three rounds it beat Hugon (2007), Papenhausen (2143) and Marshall (2170). In the fourth round DT defeated IM Calvin Blocker (2515). In the final round DT drew against IM Igor Ivanov (2618). Deep Thought has now defeated 4 IMs in its past 22 games. DT's performance rating in this tournament was 2610. Our estimate of DT's new established rating is about 2510. This is the first time a computer has crossed over the 2500 threshold in established rating. The games from the last two rounds are given below. IM Calvin Blocker (2515) vs. Deep Thought (2495): 1. e4,Nf6; 2. e5,Nd5; 3. Nc3,N:c3; 4. b:c3,d5; 5. d4,c5; 6. h3,Nc6; 7. Nf3,e6; 8. Bd3,c:d4; 9. c:d4,Nb4; 10. Be2,Qc7; 11. o-o,N:c2; 12. Bb5,Bd7; 13. B:d7,K:d7; 14. Rb1,Rc8; 15. Rb3,b6; 16. Bb2,Bb4; 17. a3,Ba5; 18. Ng5,Rf8; 19. Qe2,h6; 20. Rc1,h:g5; 21. R:c2,Qb8; 22. Qb5,Ke7; 23. a4,Rc8; 24. Ba3,Kd8; 25. Bd6,Qb7; 26. Rb2,Bc3; 27. Rb1,B:d4; 28. Rbc1,R:c2; 29. R:c2,f6; 30. Qb4,Rh4; 31. Bc7,Ke8; 32. g4,f:e5; 33. Qd2,R:h3; 34. Q:g5,e4; 35. Qg6,Ke7; 36. Bf4,Rc3; 37. Rd2,Rc1; 38. Kh2,Bc3; 39. Re2,Qa6; 40. Bg5,Kd6; 41. Qf7,Q:e2; 42. Qe7,Kc6; 43. Qe6,Kc5; 44. Be7,Kc4; 45. Qc6,Kd4; 46. resigns. (Blocker was under time pressure near the end.) IM Igor Ivanov (2618) vs. Deep Thought (2495): 1. c4,e5; 2. Nc3,Bb4; 3. g3,Nf6; 4. Bg2,Nc6; 5. d3,d5; 6. c:d5,N:d5; 7. Bd2,Be6; 8. Nf3,N:c3; 9. b:c3,Be7; 10. Rb1,Rb8; 11. Qa4,o-o; 12. o-o,a6; 13. Be3,Qd7; 14. Rfd1,Qd5; 15. Rd2,b5; 16. Qd1,Qd8; 17. d4,e:d4; 18. B:d4,Qe8; 19. Be5,Bf5; 20. Rb3,Na5; 21. B:c7,N:b3; 22. a:b3,Rc8; 23. Ba5,Bc5; 24. Nd4,Be4; 25. Bh3,f5; 26. e3,g6; 27. Bf1,Qe5; 28. Nc2,Rf7; 29. c4,Bb7; 30. c:b5,Qe4; 31. f3,B:e3; 32. N:e3,Q:e3; 33. Kg2,a:b5; 34. B:b5,Rc1; 35. Rd8,Kg7; 36. Qd4,Q:d4; 37. R:d4,Rc2; 38. Bd2,Bc8; 39. Kf2,Be6; 40. b4,Ra7; 41. h4,Ra2; 42. ke3,h5; 43. Be2,Kf7; 44. Bd1,Rb2; 45. Be2, draw agreed. -------