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Chess Engines: Houdini 3.0 vs Houdini 2.0 - Sicilian Defence - Keres Attack variation

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "67"]
[White "Houdini3"]
[Black "Houdini20c"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

{Three Long Time Control Challenges  As a serious challenge for the new
Houdini 3, last month three long matches between the Houdini 3 Beta version
and other top engines (Houdini 2.0c, Stockfish 2.3.1 and Komodo 5) were played.
Each match consisted of 120 games at 90 min + 30 sec/move, starting from 60
Noomen opening positions played from both sides.  Over-all result: Houdini 3
scored 62% (Perf: +81 Elo +/- 24 Elo) against the average of Houdini 2.0c,
Komodo 5 and Stockfish 2.3.1.} 1. e4 {book} c5 {book} 2. Nf3 {book} e6 {book}
3. d4 {book} cxd4 {book} 4. Nxd4 {book} Nf6 {book} 5. Nc3 {book} d6 {book} 6.
g4 {book} h6 {book} 7. h4 {book} Nc6 {book} 8. Rg1 {book} h5 {book} 9. gxh5 {
book} Nxh5 {book} 10. Bg5 {book} Nf6 {book} 11. Qd2 {book} Qb6 {book} 12. Nb3 {
book} a6 {book} 13. O-O-O {0.48/22 168s} Qc7 {-0.31/20 239s} 14. a3 {0.56/21
110s} Ne5 {-0.31/20 210s} 15. Nd4 {0.61/21 109s} Nh7 {-0.29/21 127s} (15... b5
16. f4 Ned7 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Qe3 O-O-O) 16. Kb1 {0.57/21 377s} Nxg5 {-0.39/20
157s} 17. hxg5 {0.69/22 151s} Nc6 {-0.44/20 168s} 18. f4 {0.68/21 104s} Bd7 {
-0.54/21 727s} 19. g6 {0.86/21 416s} f6 {-0.40/21 187s} 20. Nxc6 {0.78/21 181s}
bxc6 {-0.39/21 93s} (20... Bxc6 21. f5 exf5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5) 21. Bc4 {0.
78/20 112s} a5 {-0.48/20 314s} 22. Rgf1 {0.92/19 97s} Rb8 {-0.55/19 210s} 23.
Rh1 {1.33/18 252s} (23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 d5) 23... Rxh1 {-0.61/19 100s} 24.
Rxh1 {1.31/16 0} Ke7 {-0.79/20 277s} 25. Bb3 {1.55/19 129s} Re8 {-0.90/20 76s}
26. Rh8 {1.73/21 274s} Qa7 {-1.32/20 253s} 27. Ka2 {1.84/21 107s} Qb8 {-1.36/
19 112s} (27... Bc8 28. e5 d5 29. Ba4 Qc5 30. Ne2 Bd7 31. Nd4 fxe5 32. fxe5 Kd8
33. Bxc6 Bxc6 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Nxc6+ (35. Qxa5+ Kc8 36. Nxc6)) 28. Qd4 {2.15/
22 94s} a4 {-1.62/21 90s} 29. Nxa4 {2.49/22 118s} c5 {-1.62/22 70s} 30. Qd3 {
2.49/20 0.078s} Qb5 {-1.63/23 69s} 31. c4 {2.50/25 110s} Qa6 {-1.87/23 79s} 32.
Nc3 {2.50/23 0.28s} Kd8 {-2.58/23 472s} 33. Bd1 {2.75/23 151s} Qb7 {-2.61/21
312s} 34. f5 {3.62/22 138s} Qa6 {-3.10/20 92s} 35. Bg4 {3.62/20 0} Be7 {-3.27/
23 61s} (35... e5 36. Qd5 Bc6 37. Qf7 Be7 38. Rxe8+ Bxe8 39. Qg8 Qb7 40. Qxg7)
36. Rh7 {3.75/26 82s} Rg8 {-3.37/25 134s} 37. fxe6 {3.99/24 136s} Bc6 {-3.84/
25 319s} 38. Ne2 {5.43/20 80s} Qb7 {-4.60/18 60s} 39. Ng3 {5.43/19 12} f5 {-5.
07/19 69s} 40. exf5 {5.84/21 74s} Bf6 {-5.08/19 51} 41. Qxd6+ {5.84/20 0.031s}
Kc8 {-5.64/20 135s, White wins by adjudication} 1-0