After 5 rounds the lead group is beginning to thin out slightly. With just less than half of the games remaining in the qualifying round, only 9 engines sit within a single point of first place. Stockfish and Houdini have rebounded from slow starts to sit in 6th and 7th place respectively while Deep Junior has fallen on hard time since winnings its first 3 games having fallen to 12th after losing its last 2. Surprise leader Chiron finally came down to earth losing its first game of the tournament to Rybka while Bouquet continued its dominance with a win over Deep Junior. Both Bouquet and Rybka sit half a point above the table to share the lead after 5 rounds
Lower in the standings Komodo and HIARCS are still struggling to get out of the bottom tier of qualifying. Making the most of their struggles, engines Cheng and Octochess are continuing to find ways to put points on the board and threaten to make life difficult for the engines below looking to climb over them into the top tier.
Here is today's game between Bouquet and Deep Junior:
[Event "[28] UCECL Season 1 - Round 1 - Qualification and Seeding - (12/15/13)"]
[Site "Local computer"]
[Date "2013.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Deep Junior 12.5.0.3 UCI"]
[Black "Bouquet 1.8 x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Qc6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O
h6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Kh2 Nf8 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. Bd3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. Qe2 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bc4 23. Qe4 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qd7 25. Kh1 Ng6 26.
Qg4 Qe8 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Be3 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qc2 31. Nc4 Qxd3 32.
Kh2 Bb4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 Kf8 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd7 37. b3 f6 38. Kg4
Ne7 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 f5+ 41. Kf3 Nc6 42. Bb6 f4 43. g3 fxg3 44. Kxg3 Nd4
45. Bxd4 exd4 46. Kf4 Bc3 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. hxg6 h5 50. g7 Kxg7
51. Ne5 Bxa5 52. Kg5 Bc3 53. Kxh5 a5 54. Kg4 b5 55. Kf3 a4 56. bxa4 bxa4
57. Nc4 Bb4 58. Ke2 a3 59. Nxa3 Bxa3 60. Kd3 Bc5 61. Kc2 Kf6 62. Kd3 Ke5
63. Kc2 Kxe4 64. Kd2 d3 65. Kd1 Ke3 66. Ke1 d2+ 67. Kd1 Bf8 68. Kc2 Ke2 69.
Kb1 d1=Q+ 70. Kb2 Kd2 71. Ka2 Qc2+ 72. Ka1 Bg7# 0-1
Lower in the standings Komodo and HIARCS are still struggling to get out of the bottom tier of qualifying. Making the most of their struggles, engines Cheng and Octochess are continuing to find ways to put points on the board and threaten to make life difficult for the engines below looking to climb over them into the top tier.
Here is today's game between Bouquet and Deep Junior:
[Event "[28] UCECL Season 1 - Round 1 - Qualification and Seeding - (12/15/13)"]
[Site "Local computer"]
[Date "2013.12.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Deep Junior 12.5.0.3 UCI"]
[Black "Bouquet 1.8 x64"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Qc6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O
h6 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Kh2 Nf8 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. Bd3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. Qe2 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bc4 23. Qe4 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qd7 25. Kh1 Ng6 26.
Qg4 Qe8 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Be3 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qc2 31. Nc4 Qxd3 32.
Kh2 Bb4 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34. fxe4 Kf8 35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd7 37. b3 f6 38. Kg4
Ne7 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 f5+ 41. Kf3 Nc6 42. Bb6 f4 43. g3 fxg3 44. Kxg3 Nd4
45. Bxd4 exd4 46. Kf4 Bc3 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. hxg6 h5 50. g7 Kxg7
51. Ne5 Bxa5 52. Kg5 Bc3 53. Kxh5 a5 54. Kg4 b5 55. Kf3 a4 56. bxa4 bxa4
57. Nc4 Bb4 58. Ke2 a3 59. Nxa3 Bxa3 60. Kd3 Bc5 61. Kc2 Kf6 62. Kd3 Ke5
63. Kc2 Kxe4 64. Kd2 d3 65. Kd1 Ke3 66. Ke1 d2+ 67. Kd1 Bf8 68. Kc2 Ke2 69.
Kb1 d1=Q+ 70. Kb2 Kd2 71. Ka2 Qc2+ 72. Ka1 Bg7# 0-1