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- - By Highendman (****) Date 2009-12-31 17:26
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. c4 Nde7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 Nec6 12. Qb1 a5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Be2 d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. d4 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be8 18. O-O Bh5 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. Rd2 b6 21. Rad1 Re7 22. h3 h6 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Bb2 Nd8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Ne5 Be8 27. d5 exd5 28. Bxg4 Ndc6 29. Bxc8 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd5 Bf7 32. Be6 Bxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. R8d6 Re4 37. Rxb6 a4 38. Ra1 Nd5 39. Rb7 h5 40. Kg2 Rd4 41. Ra7 Nc3 42. Rc1 Nd5 43. Rc6 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 a3 45. Rcc7 Ne6 46. Re7 Rd6 47. Rxa3 Kh6 48. Rea7 Nc5 49. f3 Rg6+ 50. Kf2 Rd6 51. h4 Nd3+ 52. Kg2 Rg6+ 53. Kh2 Nc5 54. Rc3 Ne6 55. Ra5 Nf4 56. Rf5 Ne2 57. Rcc5 Ra6 58. Rxh5+ Kg6 59. Rhg5+ Kh6 60. Rc8 g6 61. Rgc5 Ra4 62. Rc4 Ra3 (move per Vytron post)

My move again, to post a mating line, per the Warriors team request.

I'll post the longest line to mate, where every Black deviation leads to a shorter mate.

2R5/8/6pk/8/2R4P/r4P2/4n2K/8 w - -
Parent - - By Highendman (****) Date 2009-12-31 17:29
I think there's a mate in 23 or 24. I'll post it in the next 10-20 minutes.
Parent - By oudheusa (*****) [nl] Date 2009-12-31 17:37
if we find a hole in your line the game will be drawn :)
- By Highendman (****) Date 2009-12-31 17:37 Edited 2009-12-31 17:41
Mate after Black's 62. ..Ra3:

63. R4c7 g5 64. Rc6+ Kg7 65. R8c7+ Kf8 66. Rh6 Kg8 67. Re6 Kf8 68.
Rxe2 g4 69. fxg4 Ra4 70. h5 Ra8 71. h6 Kg8 72. Ree7 Kf8 73. Rg7 Ra2+ 74. Kg3
Ra3+ 75. Kh4 Re3 76. h7 Rh3+ 77. Kxh3 Ke8 78. h8=Q#

Any other Black moves, in the line above, leads to faster or equal mate length.
- - By Uly (Gold) [mx] Date 2009-12-31 23:59
Conditional accepted.

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. a3 e6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. c4 Nde7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 Nec6 12. Qb1 a5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Be2 d5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. d4 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be8 18. O-O Bh5 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. Rd2 b6 21. Rad1 Re7 22. h3 h6 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Bb2 Nd8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Ne5 Be8 27. d5 exd5 28. Bxg4 Ndc6 29. Bxc8 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd5 Bf7 32. Be6 Bxe6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. R8d6 Re4 37. Rxb6 a4 38. Ra1 Nd5 39. Rb7 h5 40. Kg2 Rd4 41. Ra7 Nc3 42. Rc1 Nd5 43. Rc6 Nf4+ 44. Kg3 a3 45. Rcc7 Ne6 46. Re7 Rd6 47. Rxa3 Kh6 48. Rea7 Nc5 49. f3 Rg6+ 50. Kf2 Rd6 51. h4 Nd3+ 52. Kg2 Rg6+ 53. Kh2 Nc5 54. Rc3 Ne6 55. Ra5 Nf4 56. Rf5 Ne2 57. Rcc5 Ra6 58. Rxh5+ Kg6 59. Rhg5+ Kh6 60. Rc8 g6 61. Rgc5 Ra4 62. Rc4 Ra3 63. R4c7 g5 64. Rc6+ Kg7 65. R8c7+ Kf8 66. Rh6 Kg8 67. Re6 Kf8 68. Rxe2 g4 69. fxg4 Ra4 70. h5 Ra8 71. h6 Kg8 72. Ree7 Kf8 73. Rg7 Ra2+ 74. Kg3 Ra3+ 75. Kh4 Re3 76. h7 Rh3+ 77. Kxh3 Ke8 78. h8=Q# 1-0

4k2Q/2R3R1/8/8/6P1/7K/8/8 b - -


(7 votes)

The only way to not resign, play until the end and finish the game before 2010 :)

Handshake! Good game HEM, congratulations on the win!
Parent - - By Leto (***) [us] Date 2010-01-01 01:36
Congrats on the win HEM, and happy new year.
Parent - By Highendman (****) Date 2010-01-01 13:45
Thanks a lot and same to you - happy new year!
Parent - By Highendman (****) Date 2010-01-01 13:44
Thank you.
- By Uly (Gold) [mx] Date 2010-01-01 01:44
People interested in reading the team's secret thread can join the Rybka Warriors group here:

http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/user_groups.pl?uid=1224

And enter here:

http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/board_show.pl?bid=21

I'm still waiting for HEM's secret thread to check his thinking process of the start of the games.
- - By Highendman (****) Date 2010-01-06 18:59
My post mortem analysis is here: http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=14708
Your review is more than welcome!
Parent - - By NATIONAL12 (Gold) [gb] Date 2010-01-07 01:58
Shahar,we are only normal guys playing chess.some of us have big hardware others not.i know for a fact that our 2 best OTB players have little hardware.yet you seemed to have had to prove a point by hirering outside hardware.fair enough you won the game.i could have done the same as you but i thought these games were played on a more friendly basis as did all our team.whilst i admire your great play and admire your win.i feel their was a certain amount of deceit in this game.i told you i am a bad loser.
Parent - By turbojuice1122 (Gold) [us] Date 2010-01-07 04:25
You're a bad loser. :-D

I would consider it quite thrilling to play against such an opponent with high OTB strength and massive hardware access.  We knew he had this during the great majority of the game, and we also knew that he would be spending a huge amount of time on the match even before it started.  I just wish I had more time for the match itself--then I could have helped more in doing something like the coordination and organization that was done in the Headbangers vs. Warriors match.  Unfortunately, that simply cannot happen outside of the summer.
Parent - - By oudheusa (*****) [nl] Date 2010-02-11 11:04
i think we were all aware of the extra challenge posed by accepting the fast time control, yet we did and we played and may have deceived ourselves.

HEM was willing to pay a high price and push the odds to win the Rybka Warriors scalp and succeeded. There is no deceit in that.
Parent - - By Uly (Gold) [mx] Date 2010-02-11 11:13

> i think we were all aware of the extra challenge posed by accepting the fast time control


But we assumed we'd get to think on HEM's time, only later on we discovered that HEM's plan was to reply as soon as possible to minimize our thinking time.
Parent - By oudheusa (*****) [nl] Date 2010-02-11 12:40
we assumed a lot of things, but we accepted the conditions that made this possible.
- - By Highendman (****) Date 2010-02-10 18:53
I'm very pleased to let you know that this game and its analysis is featured in the recent edition of 'Selective Search' (volume 146).
The magazine is only available in paper copy. Selective Search is published by Eric Hallsworth and I highly recommended it to all computer chess fans.
Many thanks to the one and only Harvey Williamson who introduced me to Eric.
Parent - - By NATIONAL12 (Gold) [gb] Date 2010-02-10 23:58
i love you more with each day that passes.i just hope you entitlelled it.How to beat a team who go by popular vote and most have weak hardware.LOL

best regards from a bad loser.
Parent - - By yanquis1972 (****) [us] Date 2010-02-11 16:49
what H/W did HEM rent out? i've never been clear on this. i assume he linked it up to the new IDeA somehow?
Parent - - By NATIONAL12 (Gold) [gb] Date 2010-02-11 17:11
For the match I was using, during November, 44 cores across 6 computers. 4 'on demand' Nehalem-EP I rented from a cloud-provider; it's remarkable how inexpensive that was - there are 4-5 main vendors that rent 'on demand' hosted computers, and they mainly compete on price. I rented these 4 servers on November 4 until December 3. The servers I used were a Nehalem-EP (w5580) + i7 I own in my lan, plus these 4 * Nehalem-EPs rented over the web, all used with the new Aquarium IDeA that supports multiple single-core engines, local and remote. I used it mostly interactively - yes, many hours every evening - I guess at least 4-5 hours a day every day during this match, and 10-12 hours a day of interactive analysis during weekends. (HEM)
Parent - - By yanquis1972 (****) [us] Date 2010-02-11 17:15
wow, that's intense! a well deserved win, needless to say.

HEM, where did you rent these machines & how much did it cost? i guess their only (possible) use was via IDeA?
Parent - By Highendman (****) Date 2010-02-11 20:28
From softlayer - http://softlayer.com/dedicated/
Yes, used via IDeA - taking advantage of it's new 'remote engine' feature. It was a lot of fun having quite a lot of positions analysed quickly.
I used multiple single-core instances, and IDeA was extremely helpful in my decision making.
I believe any serious correspondence chess player not using IDeA is at a disadvantage when playing against an equally strong player who knows IDeA well and uses it interactively.
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