Who Annotated these games?

[John Upham]

Using Chessbase 17 and looking at the "Live" folder (an excellent new feature) we have the Cambridge International Open.

Some of the games are labelled as being annotated by

[NA RC COMBH]

and some by [TA]

I assume that these are persons initials but whose initials are they?

Has someone transcribed comments from the live commentary?

Any help would be much appreciated.

[Ian Thompson]

How many of these games actually have annotations? I had a quick look and found one game with what looked like computer generated annotations. No other games had annotations, despite naming an annotator.

[John Upham]

How many of these games actually have annotations? I had a quick look and found one game with what looked like computer generated annotations. No other games had annotations, despite naming an annotator.

I found a number but it appears to be quite random.

I have asked Shohreh Bayat and Natasha Regan.

[John Upham]

Here is an example:

[Event "The Cambridge Open 2023"] [Site "Cambridge"] [Date "2023.02.15"] [Round "2.28"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Sefton, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2688"] [BlackElo "1529"] [Annotator "TA"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2023.02.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] {[%evp 14,35,0,0,0,-3,37,23,18,24,158,152,134,134,136,131,156,132,237,208,554,550,541,515]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:38] C02: French: Advance Variation.} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:47]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 10. Nc2 {[%emt 0:06:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:48] White has an edge.} 11. Bd3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:27][%mdl 4] Leaves trodden paths.} Nh4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (11... Rc8 $11 {remains equal.}) 12. Nxh4 $16 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bxh4 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 13. Qg4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:12][%csl Bg7,Bh4]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 14. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:31]} 15. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:03:07] [#] Bh6 is the strong threat.} (15. Bxh7 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. Qxf7 Nxc2 17. Bxc2 Bc5 $11) 16... Qxd4 $11) 15... Rdf8 $146 {[%emt 0:09:20] [#]} (15... h5 $16) ({Predecessor:} 15... h5 16. Qf4 Rhg8 17. Qe3 Rg7 18. Kh1 Rdg8 19. Rg1 h4 20. b3 Bg5 21. f4 Be7 {1-0 Howell,D (2224)-Susilodinata,A (2242) Wch U12 Heraklion 2002 (10)}) 16. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (16. Qg7 Rhg8 17. Qh6 (17. Qxh7 Rh8 $11) 17... Nxd4 $14) 16... Nxd4 $2 {[%emt 0:02:05]} (16... Kb8 {is a better chance.} 17. Bh6 (17. Bxh7 Be8 $17) 17... Rfg8) 17. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} (17. Bxh7 $2 {loses.} Nxc2 18. Rb1 Bb5 $19) 17... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 18. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55] White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.64} (18. Bxh7 $2 {perishes.} Nxc2 {[%mdl 64] Pin, Discovered Attack} 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19) 1-0

[Roger de Coverly]

Here is an example:

It reads as if computer generated. Any chance that it's chessbase throwing in some auto analysis?

[John Upham]

Here is an example:

It reads as if computer generated. Any chance that it's chessbase throwing in some auto analysis?

Yes, I agree Roger. Luckily I downloaded the games before CB removed the icon on its "live" feature otherwise perhaps they disappear into the ether.

[John Upham]

Steffen Giehring has informed me that [TA} means Tactical Analysis and is automated as we surmised.

He is getting back to me about [NA RC COMBH]

To access the events that were "Live" and have fallen off that list go to

https://live.chessbase.com/en/History

J.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Yes, there is plenty of that sort of "analysis" in Chessbase's own articles.