2008

WORLD CAMELOT FEDERATION

CAMELOT COMPUTER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Between September 14 and September 18, 2008, a best four-out-of-seven-game match for the WCF Camelot Computer World Championship was held between the two entrants, Zillions Camelot and Chaxx 1.13.  Chaxx easily won four games in a row, the match, and the World Championship.  Below are the four games.

Zillions Camelot vs. Chaxx 1.13

(Three minutes per move)

 1.H6-J8    C11-E9

 2.G7-G5    F10-H12-J10

 3.J8-H6-F4 H11-F9

 4.E6-C8    G10-E8

 5.F7xD9    E9xC9xC7xC5

 6.D6xB4    I10-G10-E8xE6xC8

 7.G6-G7    D10-F10-F8xH6xJ8

 8.F6-F5    J11-J9-J7xJ5

 9.I6xK4    F9-G8

10.H7xF9    E10xG8

11.K4-K5    F11-H11-J11-J9-I7

12.K5-J4    G8-H7

13.B4-B5    H7-I6

14.J4-I4    G11-I9-K7-I7-I5

15.G5-H6    I5xI3

16.H6xJ6    J7xJ5

17.F5-E5    I11-K9-I7

18.E5-D6    H10-I9

19.B5-C6    J10-H8-J6-J4-H2

20.D6-C7    C8-C9

21.C6-C8    E11-E12

22.C8xC10   D11xB9

23.F4-E4    I3-G1

24.E4-F3    G1-F1

25.F3-G3    H2xF4

26.C7-D7    F4-E3

27.D7-D8    E3-F2

28.D8-C8    B9xD7 Wins 0-1

Chaxx 1.13 vs. Zillions Camelot

(Three minutes per move)

 1.H6-H8                    E11-C9

 2.E6-G8-I8                 E10-C10-E12

 3.C6-E6-C8xC10xC12xE10xG12 J11-H9xJ7xJ5

 4.I6xK4                    H11xF13

 5.F7-E8                    G10-F11

 6.I7-G9xE11xE13xG13        I10-I12

 7.G13-G14                  D10-D11

 8.F6-D8                    F11-H11-H9

 9.G6-G8-I8                 H9xJ7

10.H7-I6                    J7xH5

11.D7-F7-H7-H9xH11xJ11xH13  G11-F10

12.H8-G9                    F10xH8xF6

13.E7xG5xI5                 D11-C10

14.H13-F15                  C10-B9

15.G14-G15                  B9-B8

16.F15-F16                  B8-C8

17.D8xB8 Wins 1-0

Zillions Camelot vs. Chaxx 1.13

(Three minutes per move)

1.H6-J8       C11-E9

2.G7-E5-C7-C5 H11-F9

3.J8-J9       I10xK8

4.J6-H6       F10-F8

5.E7xG9       D10-F10xH8xJ6

6.I6xK6       H10-F10-F8

7.H7-G7       E9-G9-E7xE5xC7xE7xG5xI7

8.G7xE9xG9    G10xG8xE6

9.C5-D6       I11-J10

10.D6xF6      I7-J7

11.K6xI8      J11-J9xH7xF5xF7

12.C6-B7      D11-F9

13.B7-B6      F7-E6

14.B6-B7      E11-D10

15.B7-B8      E6-D7

16.B8-A7      D7-C7

17.A7-A6      C7-B7

18.A6xC8      G11-E11-C9

19.C8xC10     D10xB10 Wins 0-1

Chaxx 1.13 vs. Zillions Camelot

(Three minutes per move)

(annotations by Michael Nolan)

1.E6-G8                F11-H9

2.C6-E8                I11-J12?

3.D7-F9xF11xD9         C11-E9xC9

4.E8-E9!               D10-D12-F10xD8

5.F6-F8!               D8xF6xH8

6.I7xG9xI9xI11xK11xI13 G11-G9

7.H6-G7                G9xE7xC5

8.H7-F9                G10xE8

9.J6-H6-F8xD8xB10      C5-D4

10.B10-B11             D4-E3

            11.G6-F5

CHAXX may already be planning the combination to come.

         11....E11-C11

Zillions goes after the CHAXX Knight on B11.

           12.I6-H6!

This is the beginning move of a combination that sacrifices material (a Knight) for a positional advantage.  (This is also the first known instance of such a combination by a computer in a Camelot game.)

         12....C11xA11

Zillions takes the Knight.

            13.F5-E4!

CHAXX offers more material―an offer Zillions cannot refuse.

          13....E3xE5

            14.F7-E6!

CHAXX offers still more material.

          14....E5xE7

           15.H6-F8!

CHAXX offers the final piece.

          15....E7xG9

Zillions is ahead for the first time, but it is very short-lived.

       16.G8xG10xI10xG12

The point of the combination.  CHAXX has sacrificed a Knight to get a three piece vs. two piece winning position.  The end is near!

16....A11-B12

17.G12-G13             D11-E11

18.G13-H14             E11-F12

19.I13-G15             F12-G13

20.H14xF12             B12-C11

21.F12-F13             C11-D10

22.F13-G14             D10-E9

23.G14-G16             E9-F8

24.G7xE9 Wins 1-0

Chaxx 1.13 wins the match 4-0