The 1999 Aubervilliers tournament was the first human tournament for ZChess.
It is a 12 round speed time tournament (30 minuts/game) with +800 competitors, including several IGM
(Asrian, Akopian, Minassian, Vaisser,...)

ZChess 1.2 played nicely, scoring 9.5/12 (one loss) with a TPR of +2300 elo.

The key moment of the tournament was the one played at round 7 where ZChess with black faced Andrei SHCHEKACHEV, an IGM that really knows how to play against a computer.
Here is the game:

I[Event "Aubervilliers Tournament 1999"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andrei SHCHEKACHEV"]
[Black "ZChess 1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qb4 8. O-O {

The 7^th move of ZChess Qb4? was allready a mistake, but in the following position:

EPD : r1b1k1nr/pp2ppbp/2p3p1/2p5/1q2P3/2NP1N1P/PPP2PP1/R1BQ1RK1 b kq -

ZChess makes a major blunder :
8. ... Bxc3 ??
This 'computer' :-) move does win a pawn, but lose the game !
In the previous position, the black bishop in g7 should be preserved.

This blunder is also played by many programs, here is the move played on a K6 300
after a 1 minut analyze:

Zarkov is the only program here that doesn't take the pawn !
}

Bxc3 9. a3 Qa5 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bb2 f6 13. e5 f5 14. e6
Nf6 15. Qc1 b6 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qh6 c4 18. dxc4 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Rf7 20. Ng5
1-0

In round 10^th , ZChess faced a human preparation :

[Event "Aubervilliers Tournament 1999"]
[Site "Aubervilliers"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "ZChess 1.2"]
[Black "Thierry L'HENORET"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7
8. Qg4 {

EPD : r1bqkb1r/pp1n1ppp/4p3/2P1P3/4p1Q1/4B3/PPP2PPP/R3KBNR b KQkq -

Here, black (the human) played a surprising sack, that seems perfectly correct:
}
Nxc5 {!!} 9. Bxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxg7 Qa5+ 11. c3 Rf8 { Untill here, all the black moves have been studied before at home by the human player} 12. Qg3 {?!, Nh3 seems better} Bd7 13. Qh4 Ba3 14. Rb1 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Qxc3+ 16. Rd2 Rd8 {??, Qa1+ is a draw.} 7. Be2 e3 18. fxe3 f6 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Ne2 Qa5 21. O-O Qxe5 22. Qb4+
1-0

All other games played by ZChess are available here.