Ivan II (The Conqueror)


Computer name:	Ivan II
Manufacturer:	Excalibur Electronics
Dimensions:	31.3 x 25.6 x 3.2 cm
Power supply:	4 x AA
Rating:	Occasional players, weak club players (Elo 1700)
Other details:	Pressure-sensitive board, LCD display of board
	136 levels of difficulty
	Can play simplified training -positions.
	Possible to choose any of 32 openings.
	Supposedly capable of determining player's rating.
	The draw in the 2nd game looks like a bug in Fritz.

4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Ivan II (The Conqueror) (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Qg3 Nc5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Rhe1 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 b5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nce2 Bd7 16.g4 Rfc8 17.h4 Kh8 18.h5 e5 19.Nf5 Bb5 20.Qb3 exf4 21.Nxf4 Rab8 22.Qxf7 Qxc2+ 23.Ka1 Bf8 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qxf6+ Kg8 26.Nxd6 Bg7 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.e5 Rc6 29.g5 Rbc8 30.g6 Qxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rc1+ 32.Rxc1 Rxc1# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Ivan II (The Conqueror) (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: drawn)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.Qf4 Nb6 10.Be2 Qc8 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Nfd7 13.Be3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nc4 15.Bd4 c5 16.Bc3 Qe6 17.Rac1 Nxe5 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Qh4 Nd3 20.Rb1 Nxb2 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nc3 Rd2 24.Nd5 Nd3 25.f3 Qa6 26.Qxe7 Rxg2+ 27.Kh1 Rxh2+ 28.Kg1 Rg2+ 29.Kh1 Re2 30.a3 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Nh3+ 32.Kh1 h6 33.Rxb7 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Ng5 35.Qe5+ Kh7 36.Nf6+ Qxf6 37.Qxf6 Rf1 38.Rxf7+ Nxf7 39.Qxf7+ Kh8 40.Qf6+ Kh7 41.Qe7+ Kg8 42.Qxc5 Rxf3 43.Qxa7 h5 44.Qe7 Rf7 45.Qe6 Kg7 46.Kg3 g5 47.a4 Rf1 48.a5 Rg1+ 49.Kh3 h4 50.a6 Rg3+ 51.Kh2 Rf3 52.a7 Rf8 53.Qe7+ Kg8 54.Qxf8+ Kxf8 55.a8=Q+ Ke7 56.Kh3 Kf7 57.Qd5+ Kg6 58.Kg4 Kf6 59.Qxg5+ Ke6 60.Qd5+ Ke7 61.Qe5+ Kd7 62.Kxh4 Kc8 63.Qd6 Kb7 64.e5 Ka7 65.e6 Kb7 66.Qd7+ Ka6 67.e7 Kb6 68.Qd6+ Ka5 69.e8=Q= An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: Ivan II (The Conqueror) (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O Ngf6 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.f4 Kb8 17.c4 Nb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nf2 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qa5 22.Nd3 Be7 23.Kb1 Rd8 24.g4 Qa6 25.gxf5 Qxc4 26.b3 Qd4 27.fxe6 Ka8 28.f5 Rf8 29.Qf3 Bg5 30.Qf1 Rd8 31.f6 gxf6 32.e7 Rb8 33.Qe2 f5 34.Qf3 Bxe7 35.Qxf5 Rf8 36.Qe6 Bg5 37.Qd6 Rd8 38.Qxd4 Rxd4 39.a3 Kb8 40.Nf2 Rh4 41.Rd7 Rxh5 42.e6 Rh2 43.Ne4 Rh1+ 44.Kc2 Rc1+ 45.Kd3 Rd1+ 46.Kc3 Rxd7 47.exd7 Kc7 48.Nc5 Bd8 49.Kd4 h5 50.Ke5 b6 51.Ne6+ Kxd7 52.Nf8+ Ke8 53.Ne6 h4 54.Kf4 Be7 55.Kg4 Kd7 56.Nd4 h3 57.Kxh3 Bxa3 58.Nf5 Ke6 59.Kg4 Bb2 60.Kf4 c5 61.Kg5 Bc1+ 62.Kg6 Ke5 63.Ne7 a6 64.Nc8 b5 65.Nb6 Ke6 66.Kh5 Be3 67.Na8 Kd6 68.Kg6 c4 69.bxc4 bxc4 70.Kf5 c3 71.Nb6 Bxb6 72.Kf4 c2 73.Kg4 a5 74.Kf5 c1=Q 75.Kg6 a4 76.Kf5 a3 77.Ke4 Qe3+ 78.Kf5 Qf3+ 79.Kg6 Ke6 80.Kg5 Be3+ 81.Kh4 Qg2 82.Kh5 Qg5# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: Ivan II (The Conqueror) (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 f6 7.Bf4 g5 8.Be3 g4 9.Ng1 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd6 12.Nxd5 Be5 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qb4 Bc6 15.e4 Bxd5 16.exd5 Ne7 17.Rd1 Qc8 18.f4 gxf3 19.Bb5+ Kd8 20.Nxf3 a5 21.Qa3 Qc2 22.Nxe5 Qe4+ 23.Kf2 Qxe5 24.Rhe1 Qf4+ 25.Kg1 Nf5 26.Re6 Qg4 27.Be2 Qh4 28.Qc5 Rg8 29.d6 Rxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qg5+ 31.Kf2 Qh4+ 32.Kf1 Qf4+ 33.Qf2 Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Ng7 35.Re7 Nf5 36.Rxh7 Ra6 37.Bxa6 bxa6 38.d7 a4 39.Rh8+ Kc7 40.d8=Q+ Kc6 41.Qc8+ Kb6 42.Qb8+ Kc6 43.Rc8# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.