With two full rounds left to complete in the qualifying stage, 12 engines remain within a single point of first place. Houdini continues its slow advance from the rear and while it hasn't shown the dominating form most have expected of it, few would be surprised if Houdini was at the top of the list when the qualifying round finishes. Further down the table Gaviota sits on the precipice of either being the top seed in Tier B or a low seed in Tier A for the stage 2 group phase. Surely Gaviota would be one of the favourites should it qualify in Tier B but for that to happen it will need to perform less than admirably against lower-ranked opponents.
Here is today's game showing Critter giving Bouquet its first loss of the qualifying round:
[Event "[28] UCECL Season 1 - Round 1 - Qualification and Seeding - (12/15/13)"]
[Site "Local computer"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Critter 1.6a 64-bit"]
[Black "Bouquet 1.8 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14.
Ne4 Bc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. a3 e5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 a5 20. b4
a4 21. g3 Qe6 22. Bf5 Qb3 23. Qc1 g6 24. Bd7 f5 25. Rd2 Qf7 26. Rfd1 e4 27.
Qc3+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Nh4 Be5 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kf2 Bc3 32. Rd6 Be5 33.
R6d2 Bc3 34. Rd6 Be5 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. f4 Bc7 37. Ke2 Ba8 38. Rd4 Kf7 39.
Rd2 Bb7 40. Rd1 h5 41. Nxf5 gxf5 42. Bxf5 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Bd8 44. Bxe4 Kg7
45. Kc2 Bf6 46. h3 Kf7 47. Bf5 Bg7 48. Kc1 Ba8 49. Be4 Ke6 50. Bf3 h4 51.
Bg4+ Kf7 52. gxh4 Kf6 53. h5 Bb7 54. Kd2 Kf7 55. Kc2 Ke7 56. Bf5 Kf6 57.
Be4 Kf7 58. Bf3 Bh6 59. Bg4 Kf8 60. Be6 Bg7 61. h4 Ke7 62. Bh3 Kf7 63. Bf5
Kg8 64. Be6+ Kf8 65. Bg4 Ba8 66. Bf5 Ke7 67. Be4 Bb7 68. Bh1 Bh6 69. Bf3
Kf7 70. Bg4 Bf8 71. Bf5 Bg7 72. Bd7 Ba8 73. Bc8 Ke7 74. Kd3 Bb2 75. h6 Bxa3
76. e4 Bb2 77. e5 Kf7 78. h5 a3 79. Kc2 Kg8 80. Bf5 Bd4 81. Kb3 Bb2 82. h7+
Kg7 83. h6+ Kh8 84. e6 Bf6 85. Bg6 Be7 86. Kxa3 Bb7 87. Be4 Bc8 88. f5 Ba6
89. Bxc6 Kxh7 90. Ba8 Bc8 91. c6 Bd8 92. Bb7 Bd7 93. exd7 Kxh6 94. Ba6 Kg7
95. Bxb5 Kf6 96. Bd3 Ke7 97. b5 Ba5 98. Kb3 Kd6 99. f6 Bb6 100. Kb4 Ke6
101. d8=Q Bxd8 102. Kc5 Kxf6 103. b6 Ke5 104. c7 Bh4 105. b7 Bf2+ 106. Kb5
Ba7 107. b8=Q Bxb8 108. cxb8=Q+ Kd4 109. Qd6+ Ke3 110. Qg3+ Kd2 111. Kc4
Kc1 112. Kc3 Kd1 113. Qg1# 1-0
Here is today's game showing Critter giving Bouquet its first loss of the qualifying round:
[Event "[28] UCECL Season 1 - Round 1 - Qualification and Seeding - (12/15/13)"]
[Site "Local computer"]
[Date "2013.12.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Critter 1.6a 64-bit"]
[Black "Bouquet 1.8 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14.
Ne4 Bc7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. a3 e5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 a5 20. b4
a4 21. g3 Qe6 22. Bf5 Qb3 23. Qc1 g6 24. Bd7 f5 25. Rd2 Qf7 26. Rfd1 e4 27.
Qc3+ Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. Nh4 Be5 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kf2 Bc3 32. Rd6 Be5 33.
R6d2 Bc3 34. Rd6 Be5 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. f4 Bc7 37. Ke2 Ba8 38. Rd4 Kf7 39.
Rd2 Bb7 40. Rd1 h5 41. Nxf5 gxf5 42. Bxf5 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Bd8 44. Bxe4 Kg7
45. Kc2 Bf6 46. h3 Kf7 47. Bf5 Bg7 48. Kc1 Ba8 49. Be4 Ke6 50. Bf3 h4 51.
Bg4+ Kf7 52. gxh4 Kf6 53. h5 Bb7 54. Kd2 Kf7 55. Kc2 Ke7 56. Bf5 Kf6 57.
Be4 Kf7 58. Bf3 Bh6 59. Bg4 Kf8 60. Be6 Bg7 61. h4 Ke7 62. Bh3 Kf7 63. Bf5
Kg8 64. Be6+ Kf8 65. Bg4 Ba8 66. Bf5 Ke7 67. Be4 Bb7 68. Bh1 Bh6 69. Bf3
Kf7 70. Bg4 Bf8 71. Bf5 Bg7 72. Bd7 Ba8 73. Bc8 Ke7 74. Kd3 Bb2 75. h6 Bxa3
76. e4 Bb2 77. e5 Kf7 78. h5 a3 79. Kc2 Kg8 80. Bf5 Bd4 81. Kb3 Bb2 82. h7+
Kg7 83. h6+ Kh8 84. e6 Bf6 85. Bg6 Be7 86. Kxa3 Bb7 87. Be4 Bc8 88. f5 Ba6
89. Bxc6 Kxh7 90. Ba8 Bc8 91. c6 Bd8 92. Bb7 Bd7 93. exd7 Kxh6 94. Ba6 Kg7
95. Bxb5 Kf6 96. Bd3 Ke7 97. b5 Ba5 98. Kb3 Kd6 99. f6 Bb6 100. Kb4 Ke6
101. d8=Q Bxd8 102. Kc5 Kxf6 103. b6 Ke5 104. c7 Bh4 105. b7 Bf2+ 106. Kb5
Ba7 107. b8=Q Bxb8 108. cxb8=Q+ Kd4 109. Qd6+ Ke3 110. Qg3+ Kd2 111. Kc4
Kc1 112. Kc3 Kd1 113. Qg1# 1-0