Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:52:28 02/20/01
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On February 19, 2001 at 09:50:42, Sune Larsson wrote: >I think a good try for a human vs a computer is the "Chepukaitis setup". >Chepukaitis is a 65 years old, very original and talented master. > >As black you open with d6 and g6 - after that put pawns on a6,b6,e6,h6. >The bishops are placed on b7 and g7 - the knights on d7 and e7. > >As a little example this is a rated game vs CM8K personality GM Fischer. >40 moves in 40 minutes PIII 800. David Levy used to play this against computers. It worked great until he ran into a later version of Deep Thought where he got smashed by playing so passively. I think he lost 4-0 if I recall. > > >(3) Fischer,R (2861) - Larsson,S (2694) [B06] >Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game 40/40 Kil, 2001 > >(This is the latest game, played just a couple of days ago. Facing Fischer this >time ;) playing GM:s the alpahabet down...) > >1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 > >(I have no opening preparation and don't want to play special "anti-computer" >openings, so the following idea popped up OTB. To the memory (oh well, he's >still alive and kicking!) of Master Chepukaitis.) > >3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c3 a6 5.Bd3 b6N (5.-Nbd7) 6.0-0 e6 7.Bf4 h6 8.e5 Bb7 9.Nbd2 d5 >10.Nb3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Ne7 12.Be3 0-0 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rae1 Nf5 15.Bf4 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 >17.c4 > >(Of course. I was very pleased with the opening, but now calculation starts.) > >17...dxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Nb6 > >(This was the only varaiation I looked at. Playing 3 times faster than normal >tournament level tends to shrink the "tree". Simply missed the strength of >19.-Qh4, but the plan performed is also good.) >[19...Qh4 20.Qxd7 Qxf4 21.Re4 Qg5+ 22.Rg4 Qh5 23.Re1 Rad8 24.Qc6 Nd4 25.Nxd4 >cxd4 26.Qe4 d3 27.Bxd3 Rd5 -1.14 Fritz] > >20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.Re4 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Bb3 Rac8 > >(The clock is ticking... There were other promising moves) > >24.Rd1 Nc4 25.Rexd4 Rxd4 26.Rxd4 Nxe5 27.Kg2 Rc5 > >(And here a total standstill. Just didn't know how to continue. The move played >carried some idea of protecting the a6 pawn by a push to a5...(27.-g5) -0.72 >Fritz > >28.Be3 Rc7 29.h3 Nd7 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.Bxc4 Bxb2 32.Bxa6 Ba3 = Fritz > >(Still 8 moves to the time control. Knew I had lost the grip and was worried >about a white king walk to b3...) > >33.f4 Kg7 34.Bb5 Nc5 35.Kf3 f5?! zeitnot > >(Doing nothing would lose, I thought - but this move gives away a pawn. Slipping >downhills...) > >36.Be8 Ne4 37.Bd4+ Kh7 38.Bf7 Nc5 > >(Fingers crossed for him to take on c5 and e6...;) > >39.Ke2 Ne4 zeitnot (39.-Bb4) 40.Bxe6 Nc5 > >(First time control and still alive) > >41.Bc4 g5 42.fxg5 hxg5 43.f4 Kg6 44.fxg5 Kxg5 45.Kf3 Ne4 46.Bd5 Nd6 47.Be3+ Kh4 >48.Kg2 Ne4 49.Be6 Nd6 50.Bd7 > >(Somewhere around here I got the illusion that the next time control was after >60 moves... Spent a lot of time...) > >50...Nc4 51.Bf2+ Kg5 52.h4+ > >(Trying to calculate the effects of 52.-Kg4. I saw some mates after Bb5 or that >the king would be driven away from the h-pawn. So finally...) > >52...Kg6 (52.-Kg4!?) 53.Bd4 Nd6 54.Bc6 Ne4 55.Be8+ Kh6 56.Be3+ Kg7 57.h5 Nd6 >58.h6+ Kh7 > >(Here a flash of insight made me realize that the next time control was after 80 >moves...;) > >59.Bd7 Kg6 (Time) > >Another hard loss. Maybe there still are chances but these endings are very hard >to play. Need more time so maybe a change to the new FIDE time controls would be >good. 1-0 > >Sune
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