I had not been in the PlayChess engineroom for a while, and pitted my single processor Fritz 10 against an overclocked Quad-Core and against Deep Fritz on an Athlon X2 Dual Core. Are people taking chess way too seriously? A 64bit Quad Core overclocked could void the warranty if you overclock it.
The price for those processors particularly in ripoff Britain is quite high,even when Intel or AMD drop prices it takes a while for the price-drop to reach the guy on the street. Here are the games.
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Z00t, Fritz 10"]
[Black "Overclocker_x64, Rybka 2.1d3 mp"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
{Rybka 2.1d3 mp: 13.1 ply; 808kN/s Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.66GHz 2992MHz, (4 threads)}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
Ne5 22. h4 Ra4 23. Qg2 Qa8 24. f6 Bd8 25. Bd4 Nc7 26. fxg7 Re8 27. Rh3 Ne6 28.
Bxe5 dxe5 29. Bb5 Nf4 30. Qf3 Nxh3 31. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 32. Nc2 Rd4 33. Rxd4 exd4 34.
Bxe8 Nxg5 35. hxg5 Qxe8 36. Qd5 d3 37. Nb4 Qe7 38. Nxd3 Qxg5 39. Ne5 Qf5+ 40.
Kc1 Bg5+ 41. Kd1 Qe6 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Nf3 Be3 44. Ke2 Bb6 45. Ng5 Kxg7 46.
Nxe6+ Kf6 47. Nf4 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kd6 49. Ke4 h5 50. Nxh5 Kc5 51. Kd3 Kb4 52. Nf6
Kb3 53. Kd2 Bd4 54. Ne4 Bxb2 55. Kd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"]
[Site "Engine Room"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Z00t, Fritz 10"]
[Black "Kspauld, Deep Fritz 10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
{Deep Fritz 10: 14.7 ply; 2,939kN/s AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
4600+ 2412MHz, (2 threads)}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. b4 Nb6 15. a5 Nbd7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Ba8 18. Ba1 g6 19. c4 bxc4 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bc3 Bc6 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Nxc4 c5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. Bd3 Bxc5 27. Nxe5 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 Nxe4 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Ba1 Rxa5 31. Rbd1 Qa8 32. Qb2 Rxa1 33. Qxa1 Qc6 34. Qd4 Nf6 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Qd7 Qe4 37. Qc8 Kg7 38. Qxa6 Nf6 39. Qd3 Qe8 40. Qc3 g5 41. Re1 Qd7 42. Qe5 Kg6 43. Rb1 Qe6 44. Rb5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 h5 46. Ra5 Ne4 47. Ra6+ Kf5 48. Kf1 h4 49. Ke2 Kf4 50. Ra4 Ke5 51. Ke3 f5 52. Ra5+ Kf6 53. f4 Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kh5 55. Re6 Ng3 56. Re8 Nf1+ 57. Kd4 gxf4 58. Ke5 Kg6 59. Kxf4 Kf7 60. Re5 Kg6 61. Rxf5 Nd2 62. Rg5+ Kf6 63. Rg4 Nb3 64. Rxh4 Nd4 65. Rh6+ Kf7 66. h4 Nc2 67. Kg5 Ne1 68. Rf6+ 1-0
Originally posted by kmac27If you have powerful hardware you can go for the big money in the Freestyle which allows any combinations of humans/computers/engines. Otherwise its just to break boredom when recuperating from being hammered in blitz or watching the games in the broadcasting room.
whats the point in engine vs engine games?
Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
If anyone takes chess too seriously it is you, douche bag.
Have you been at a booze-up/meet-up lately? You can always tell Sicilian Smaug from the photos and posting air in the forums. (Not to mention a crazy avatar).
Originally posted by kmac27I test my opening book in the engine room, and explore lines that I then play OTB. It's one of many ways to pursue greater understanding of the game. I find victories by my antiquated hardware particularly gratifying, especially when I've tweaked my book for a particularly powerful opponent.
whats the point in engine vs engine games?
Originally posted by WulebgrWhat is your nick on the server? I know falco plays there sometimes as he has a powerful machine.
I test my opening book in the engine room, and explore lines that I then play OTB. It's one of many ways to pursue greater understanding of the game. I find victories by my antiquated hardware particularly gratifying, especially when I've tweaked my book for a particularly powerful opponent.
Originally posted by z00tI wish. I only have an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.21GHz 32-bit single. I haven't been in the engine room for a while and I'll probably go back and try engine/slow. I heard the competition has gotten tougher.
I know falco plays there sometimes as he has a powerful machine.