4th Season - Superfinal (Blitz 3' + 2'')

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Playing Conditions

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Option	Value
Hardware:	Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 3.07 GHz
Cores:	1 core each engine
RAM:	6 GB
Operating system:	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
GUI:	Arena 3.5.1
Time control:	Blitz 3/2 (3 min/game + 2 sec/move)
Cycles:	32
Rounds:	96
Hash:	256 MB
Ponder:	OFF
Ownbook:	False
Openings:	7 different openings (up to 7 plies)
Tablebase:	3-4-5 pieces(Gaviota, Syzygy, Nalimov )
Cache for Tbs:	32 MB

Participants

Rank	Name	Elo	Author	Country
1	Stockfish 9 x64	2841	T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott	Norway, Italy, Finland, USA
3	Komodo 11.2.2 x64	2806	Don Dailey, Larry Kaufman, Mark Lefler	USA
2	Houdini 6.0 x64	2755	Robert Houdart	Belgium

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Stockfish 9 x64 - Champion of 4th Season

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Final Standings (64 Rounds)

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Rank|      Name      | Score |-|        Stockfish 9 x64        |      Komodo 11.2.2 x64        |        Houdini 6.0 x64        |-| S-B  |
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  1-|Stockfish 9 x64  |37.0/64|-|································|=====0======10=====0=1=====1==11|==11=11=====011==0=11=1===1===01|-|1078,0|
  2-|Komodo 11.2.2 x64 |34.0/64|-|=====1======01=====1=0=====0==00|································|0=1=1==11==11=0=1=1====1100==0=1|-|1030,0|
  3-|Houdini 6.0 x64  |25.0/64|-|==00=00=====100==1=00=0===0===10|1=0=0==00==00=1=0=0====0011==1=0|································|-|886,00|
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Download Pgn File: Superfinal 4th-Season.pgn Download Zip File: Superfinal 4th-Season.zip

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Openings

Code:

[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5

[Variation "Exchange variation"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6

[Variation "Berlin Defense"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3


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[pgn][Event "Superfinal 4th-Season"]
[Site "Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 3.07GHz, 6GB RAM"]
[Date "2018.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Houdini 6.0 x64"]
[Black "Komodo 11.2.2 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Time "21:53:01"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be6 6. c3 Qd3 7. Nxe5
Qxe4 8. Re1 Qf5 9. d4 O-O-O 10. g4 Qf6 11. Nd2 h6 12. f4 g6 13. Ne4 Qg7 14.
Qe2 Nf6 15. Nf2 Bd6 16. b4 Nd5 17. c4 Nb6 18. c5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bd2
h5 21. g5 Qg8 22. a4 Qe8 23. Reb1 Bd7 24. h3 h4 25. Rb2 Qe6 26. Ng4 Kb8 27.
Ra3 Rh5 28. Kh2 Qe8 29. Rd3 Rh8 30. Qf3 Be6 31. Ra3 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Qe6 33.
Rab3 b5 34. cxb6 Nxb6 35. Be3 Nc4 36. Rc2 Qd5 37. Bc1 Nb6 38. a5 Qxf3 39.
Rxf3 Nd5 40. Rxc6 Kb7 41. Rc4 Ne7 42. f5 Rd1 43. Be3 Re1 44. Re4 Nd5 45. e6
fxe6 46. Rxe6 Nxe3 47. Rexe3 Rd1 48. f6 Rhd8 49. Re2 Kc8 50. Rff2 Rf8 51.
Re7 Rd4 52. Rc2 Rd7 53. Rce2 c5 54. bxc5 Kd8 55. c6 Rc7 56. R2e6 h3 57.
Kxh3 {Arena Adjudication} 1-0
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[pgn][Event "Superfinal 4th-Season"]
[Site "Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 3.07GHz, 6GB RAM"]
[Date "2018.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Houdini 6.0 x64"]
[Black "Komodo 11.2.2 x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Time "22"]
[Variation "Exchange variation"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be6 6. h3 Bd6 7. d4 exd4
8. Nxd4 Qd7 9. Qe2 O-O-O 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Rd1 Ng6 12. Qf1 Qe7 13. f4 Bd7 14.
Qf2 Rhe8 15. Be3 Qh4 16. Qxh4 Nxh4 17. Kf2 c5 18. Nde2 Ng6 19. e5 Bf8 20.
Rd3 Nh4 21. Rad1 Bf5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8
26. g4 b6 27. Ng3 g6 28. Nge4 Be7 29. Ke2 Kd7 30. Bf2 Ke6 31. Bxh4 Bxh4 32.
g5 a5 33. Ke3 Be1 34. Ne2 Bd5 35. b3 Ke7 36. N2c3 Be6 37. Nb5 Kd8 38. Nf6
Bxh3 39. Ke2 Bg3 40. Kf3 Be1 41. Ke2 Bb4 42. c3 c6 43. cxb4 cxb5 44. bxc5
bxc5 45. Ne4 c4 46. bxc4 b4 47. Nd6 a4 48. Kd2 Be6 49. Kd3 Kc7 50. a3 bxa3
51. Nb5+ Kc6 52. Nxa3 Kc5 53. Kc3 Bd7 54. Nb1 Bc8 55. Nd2 Bb7 56. Nb1 Bf3
57. Nd2 Bg2 58. Nb1 Bh3 59. Nd2 Bf5 60. Nf3 a3 61. Nd4 a2 62. Nb3+ Kc6 63.
Kb2 Be6 64. Kc3 Kb6 65. Kb4 Bh3 66. Ka3 a1=Q+ 67. Nxa1 Kc5 68. Kb3 Kd4 69.
Nc2+ Ke4 70. c5 Kxf4 71. c6 Kxg5 72. Kc4 h5 73. Nd4 Bc8 74. Kd5 Kg4 75. Ke4
g5 76. Nf3 h4 77. Ke3 h3 78. c7 Kg3 79. Ke4 g4 80. Nd2 Kg2 81. Nc4 h2
{Arena Adjudication} 0-1
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[pgn][Event "Superfinal 4th-Season"]
[Site "Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 3.07GHz, 6GB RAM"]
[Date "2018.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stockfish 9 x64"]
[Black "Komodo 11.2.2 x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Time "00"]
[Variation "Berlin Defense"]
[WhiteElo "2869"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Qd6 7. b3 Bg4
8. a4 O-O-O 9. Bd2 Qe6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Na3 f5 12. exf5 Qxf5 13. Nc4 Bh5 14.
Bc3 Bd6 15. Re3 Bc5 16. Re4 Bd6 17. Rh4 Rhf8 18. Rh3 Qxh3 19. gxh3 Rxf3 20.
Nxd6+ cxd6 21. d4 Nf6 22. Qe1 Nd5 23. Bb2 Nf4 24. dxe5 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Rdf8
26. exd6 Rxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxf2 28. Rf1 Bf3+ 29. Kxf2 Bd1+ 30. Ke1 Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 a5 32. Bc3 Bxc2 33. Bxa5 Bxb3 34. Bc3 Bxa4 35. Bxg7 Kd7 36. Bf8 c5 37.
Kf2 b6 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Kf4 Kd5 40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Kd2 b5 42. Kc3 b4+ 43. Kb3
Be6 44. Kc2 Kc4 45. Be7 Bf5+ 46. Kc1 Kd5 47. Bh4 Kxd6 48. Kd2 c4 49. Ke3
Kc5 50. Be7 {Arena Adjudication} 0-1
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[pgn][Event "Superfinal 4th-Season"]
[Site "Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 3.07GHz, 6GB RAM"]
[Date "2018.11.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Stockfish 9 x64"]
[Black "Houdini 6.0 x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Time "04:42:49"]
[Variation "Berlin Defense"]
[WhiteElo "2869"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O c5
8. h3 h6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. a3
c6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nd7 17. Na4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Rf6 20. Qh5 Qc7
21. Nc4 Kh7 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Nc5 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Rcf8 26. Kh1
Rg6 27. Rb3 e4 28. Bf4 Qd7 29. Ra3 Qe6 30. Qe2 Ra8 31. Rd1 a5 32. Rd6 Qe8
33. Kh2 a4 34. Qd2 Ra7 35. Qf2 Bf6 36. Qe3 Bb2 37. Ra2 Be5 38. Ra3 Bf6 39.
Qf2 Qe7 40. g3 Bb2 41. Ra2 Be5 42. Qe3 Bxf4 43. Qxf4 Qg5 44. Ra3 Qxf4 45.
gxf4 Rg8 46. Rxc6 Rag7 47. h4 Rg2+ 48. Kh3 Rg1 49. Rc7+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rg4 51.
c6 Kf6 52. Rd7 Rxh4+ 53. Rh3 Rxh3+ 54. Kxh3 e3 55. Rd3 Re8 56. Rd1 e2 57.
Re1 Re3+ 58. Kh4 Ke7 59. c7 Kd7 60. c8=R {Arena Adjudication} 0-1
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