Smirf 1.19 has been updated to Smirf 1.20. Although updating engines in the middle of a tournament, is not an appropriate way of testing the programs, i will make this update. For any new updates i will first finish this tournament and then include the newer versions in a new one and compare the final results.....

Oh my, oh my! Smirf 1.20 blew it! In its game against G.V it had a winning position but it didn't
managed to find the winning move and not only this but it lost at the end.....The opening phase wasn't
the best for both and Smirf seemed a bit better. After some nice moves by Smirf, that GV didn't expect, Smirf took a small advantage but GV managed to equalize and it even thought it was slightly
better. After a good move by Smirf (25...Bd5!) followed by a nice plan to attack the white's King, GV started to worry and at move 34 thought it was losing. The only thing Smirf had to do was to find 34...Cj4+ and then after 35.Ki1 Bg2! white is clearly losing.....But it played some moves that was out of what game required, so it lost the advantage and at the and it lost the game too. After Smirf lost its attack, GV easily outplayed Smirf especially at the endgame. The opposite happened in the middlegame, but that was not enough for Smirf.
In the other game, although at the start Smirf didn't let me use my anti-comp strategy of: creating a strong quiet attack,let it prevail in the non-King side and then unlease my attack, i've managed to take advantage that its King was exposed and with a poisonous Rook sacrifice i've created an
unstopable attack, so i won......


Round 4
SM0.59 - Me = 0-1
G.V - SM1.20 = 1-0
ZoG bye....

Table after the 4th round out of 40:

PLAYER-|--ME-|--G.V--|-SM119-|-ZoG-|-SM059-| POINTS/GAMES

G.Vortex-|--------|++++++|1-------|1-------|1-------| 3.0/3.0

Me-------|++++++|--------|1-------|1-------|1-------| 3.0/3.0

Smirf1.20-|0-------|0-------|+++++|0-------|1-------| 1.0/4.0

ZoG------|0-------|0-------|1-------|+++++|--------| 1.0/3.0

Smirf0.59 |0-------|0-------|0-------|--------|+++++| 0.0/3.0

(1=win , 0=lose , ½=draw)


Next round 5:

Me - G.V
ZoG - SM0.59
SM1.20 bye......


[Event "Gothic Chess"]
[Site "CHESSBOX"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Time "15:22:00"]
[Round "User Game ?"]
[White "G.V"]
[Black "SM1.20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. f3 h5 {(11.01) +0.105} 2. Nc3 Nh6 {(11.01) +0.345} 3. d4 g6 {(11.01) +0.639}
4. Nh3 Nc6 {(10.08) +0.676} 5. d5 Bxc3 {(11.04) +0.957} 6. bxc3 Ne5 {(11.00)
+0.913} 7. g3 c6 {(10.00) +0.975} 8. dxc6 Nxc6 {(10.01) +0.976} 9. Bg2 Af6
{(10.01) +1.004} 10. Bxh6+ ixh6 {(13.00) +1.221} 11. Ae3 O-O {(11.19) +1.153}
12. Qd2 d6 {(10.05) +1.086} 13. O-O Cg7 {(08.22) +1.086} 14. c4 Ci6 {(09.19=)
+1.316} 15. f4 Be6 {(09.21) +1.525} 16. Cg1 Qa5 {(09.01=) +1.517} 17. Qxa5 Nxa5
{(12.01=) +1.538} 18. c5 Ag4 {(10.46) +1.744} 19. Axg4 hxg4 {(13.24) +1.479}
20. Nf2 dxc5 {(12.28) +1.343} 21. Cb1 a6 {(11.41) +1.343} 22. Ca3 Nc6 {(12.01)
+1.319} 23. Rhb1 Ra7 {(11.00) +0.992} 24. Bxc6 bxc6 {(12.01=) +0.943} 25. Nd3
Bd5 {(11.02=) +1.303} 26. Ne5 Kj8 {(11.30) +1.663} 27. c4 Be4 {(14.06) +2.238}
28. Rb6 Ri8 {(12.03) +2.010} 29. i3 Ci5 {(11.05) +1.848} 30. Rxa6 Ch3+
{(12.02=) +1.568} 31. Ki2 Cj4+ {(13.12) +1.714} 32. Ki1 Cj3+ {(13.09) +1.627}
33. Ki2 Rxa6 {(14.05) +0.534} 34. Cxa6 Cj6 {(14.01) +0.896} 35. Nd3 Bg2
{(12.00) +1.852} 36. Nf2 Cj4+ {(11.21) +1.187} 37. Kj1 Ci4 {(12.01) +1.076} 38.
Ki1 Ci5 {(13.34) +0.996} 39. Kj1 Cf5 {(12.02) +1.076} 40. Ca3 j5 {(11.26)
+0.781} 41. e4 Ch5 {(13.26) +0.812} 42. Ki1 Cj4 {(12.41) +0.812} 43. Ce3 Bh3
{(14.21) +0.629} 44. Nxh3 Cxh3+ {(15.02+) +0.408} 45. Ki2 h5 {(13.00) +1.311}
46. Cg2 j4 {(13.01=) +0.395} 47. a4 Ra8 {(13.02=) +0.260} 48. Ch4 Cxh4+
{(13.30) +0.133} 49. ixh4 Ra5 {(16.05) -0.191} 50. Kj3 f6 {(17.05) -0.485} 51.
Kxj4 Ra8 {(17.02) -1.370} 52. a5 Re8 {(15.08=) -1.665} 53. a6 Ki7 {(16.08=)
-2.688} 54. a7 Ra8 {(18.00) -2.862} 55. f5 gxf5 {(18.02) -2.816} 56. exf5 Kh6
{(19.00) -2.937} 57. j3 Ki6 {(19.02=) -3.134} 58. Ra2 Kh6 {(18.14=) -2.836} 59.
Ra1 Ki6 {(22.03) +0.000} 60. h3 Kh6 {(18.01) -2.947} 61. hxg4 hxg4 {(17.11)
-3.179} 62. Ki3 Kh5 {(17.03=) -3.210} 63. j4 Ki6 {(18.01) -3.474} 64. Ra6 Kj5
{(16.17+) -3.537} 65. h5 Ri8+ {(20.01=) -4.103} 66. Kj3 Ra8 {(22.01=) -4.708}
67. Ra2 Kj6 {(20.01=) -4.801} 68. Ki4 Ki7 {(19.13) -4.710} 69. Ki5 Kh7
{(21.01=) -5.048} 70. h6 Kg8 {(18.01) -8.576} 71. Ki6 1-0


[Event "SmirfGUI Computerchess Game"]
[Site "USER-403C8545D2"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Time "17:36:24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SM0.59"]
[Black "George Tsavdaris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "George Tsavdaris"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqckabnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNB
QCKABNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.g3 {(10.27) +0.196} d5 2.d3 {(11.33) +0.236} h6 3.h4 {(11.38) +0.463} Nj6
4.Nh3 {(10.40) +0.725} g6 5.c3 {(11.32) +0.625} Bg4 6.Qa4 {(10.00) +0.868} Bi6
7.c4 {(10.50) +0.969} c6 8.cxd5 {(10.52) +0.869} cxd5 9.Qb3 {(11.49) +0.936}
Cc7 10.Nc3 {(11.50) +0.884} e6 11.Bf4 {(10.53) +0.923} Cc5 12.Qa3 {(10.59)
+0.940} Ae7 13.Bf3 {(09.35) +0.940} Nh5 14.Bd2 {(09.55) +0.501} Bf6 15.g4
{(09.01) +0.731} Ng7 16.g5 {(09.51) +0.801} hxg5 17.hxg5 {(09.53) +0.674} Be5
18.Bxi6 {(10.18) +0.589} Nxi6 19.f4 {(10.46) +0.672} Bd6 20.Axc5 {(11.49)
+2.233} Bxc5 21.Qb3 {(13.42) +2.000} O-O 22.Qxb7 {(10.45) +2.598} Af5 23.Qxa8
{(12.51) +3.229} Rxh3 24.Nxd5 {(12.00) +1.938} Qh8 25.Ne3 {(11.15) +0.452} Ag3+
26.Kg1 {(14.01) -3.260} Axi2+ 27.Kf1 {(14.02) -4.148} Axj1 28.Qg2 {(14.18)
-5.169} Rh1+ 29.Kf2 {(15.02) -5.196} Qh4+ 30.Kf3 {(13.02-) -M~???} Rh3+ 31.Ke4
{(11.03-) -M~???} f5+ 32.gxf6 {(10.03-) -M~???} Rxe3+ 33.Bxe3 {(08.00?) +0.056}
Af5+ 34.Kf3 {(06.02-) -M~???} Bxe3 35.Qg1 {(17.33-) -M~???} Qh3+ 36.Qg3
{(02.00?) +1.369} Qxg3# 0-1


I should note that the above PGN, in order to be pasted into Smirf has to be "fixed" first, as the

Brainking posts-system breaks the line with the FEN......