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REBEL CENTURY 2.0 EXAMPLES

Comparison between Rebel Century 2.0, Rebel Century 1.2 and Rebel Century (cdrom version) using the difficult GS2930 test set as presented by the ChessBits magazine.

The 3 programs were given 1 hour of computing time. Hardware Athlon 600 Mhz, 60 Mb hash tables.

[Event "Mannheim"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1914.??.??"]

[White "Aljechin"]

[Black "Fahrni"]

[Result "1-0"]



Move: Bxe4!



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   50:42

[Event "Amsterdam"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1966.??.??"]

[Round "?"]

[White "Botwinnik"]

[Black "Zuidema"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Ng5 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   not found after 1 hour

[Event "New York"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1924.??.??"]

[White "Capablanca"]

[Black "Tartakower"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Kg3 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   5:33

Rebel Century 1.2   2:33

Rebel Century 2.0   3:11

[Event "Biel"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1992.??.??"]

[White "Karpow"]

[Black "Hansen"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Nxb5 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   7:26

Rebel Century 1.2   9:24

Rebel Century 2.0   5:45

[Event "Niksic"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1983.??.??"]

[White "Kasparow"]

[Black "Portisch"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Bxg7 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   not found after 1 hour

[Event "Zuerich"]

[Site "?]

[Date "1953.??.??"]

[White "Keres"]

[Black "Smyslow"]

[Result "0-1"]



1... dxc4 0-1



Rebel Century 1.0   21:13

Rebel Century 1.2   33:23

Rebel Century 2.0   13:52

[Event "Sochi"]

[Site "?]

[Date "1989.??.??"]

[White "Khalifman"]

[Black "Ulibin"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. c4 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   44:54

Rebel Century 1.2   39:08

Rebel Century 2.0   13:37

[Event "Moscow"]

[Site "?]

[Date "1935.??.??"]

[White "Lasker"]

[Black "Pirc"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Rxf6 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   30:07

[Event "Buenos Aires (m/6)"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1972.??.??"]

[White "Petrosjan"]

[Black "Fischer"]

[Result "0-1"]



1... Ba5 0-1



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   not found after 1 hour

[Event "Riga"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1958.??.??"]

[White "Petrosjan"]

[Black "Bannik"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Rd6 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   7:14

Rebel Century 1.2   6:37

Rebel Century 2.0   4:12

[Event "Goeteborg"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1955.??.??"]

[White "Spasski"]

[Black "Rabar"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Rd1 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   11:13

Rebel Century 2.0   5:53

[Event "Hastings"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1895.??.??"]

[White "Steinitz"]

[Black "Von Bardeleben"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. d5 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   2:31

Rebel Century 1.2   0:23

Rebel Century 2.0   0:29

[Event "Zagreb"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1959.??.??"]

[White "Tal"]

[Black "Fischer"]

[Result "1-0"]



1. Re6 1-0



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   not found after 1 hour

[Event "Venedig"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "1948.??.??"]

[White "Tartakower"]

[Black "Euwe"]

[Result "0-1"]



1... Nf4+ 0-1



Rebel Century 1.0   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 1.2   not found after 1 hour

Rebel Century 2.0   not found after 1 hour

According to the ChessBits elo formula Rebel Century 2.0 scores about 40 elo points higher than Rebel Century 1.2 (the free update) and about 55 elo points higher than Rebel Century (cdrom version).

All details of the GS2930 test set can be found on the ChessBits site.