Author: allan johnson
Date: 21:59:59 05/26/01
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On May 26, 2001 at 23:09:07, Christophe Theron wrote:
>On May 26, 2001 at 20:51:59, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On May 26, 2001 at 20:47:42, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>>On May 26, 2001 at 17:32:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 26, 2001 at 17:02:19, James Robertson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Wow! This was a really cool. Insomniac has never before even drawn with Shredder
>>>>>in a tournament game.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hardware: Shredder used a dual 800 to Insomniac's Athlon 1300mhz.
>>>>>
>>>>>James
>>>>>
>>>>>[Event "CCT3"]
>>>>>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>>>>>[Date "2001.05.26"]
>>>>>[Round "3"]
>>>>>[White "Insomniac"]
>>>>>[Black "Shredder"]
>>>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>>>[TimeControl "2700+10"]
>>>>>
>>>>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
>>>>>Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O Bxd4 13. Qxd4 f6 14. Nd5
>>>>>Nc6 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. c4 Kf7 18. Rad1 Qg8 19. Nd5 Rd8 20. b3 Qg6
>>>>>21. Nc7 Bc8 22. Rfe1 Rhf8 23. Qb6 Ne5 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Nc3 Qg7
>>>>>27. Rd3 Rfd8 28. Red1 Qf8 29. R3d2 Qg8 30. Qe3 Qh7 31. Nd5 Re8 32. Nb6 Rdd8
>>>>>33. c5 Qg6 34. Qe2 Kg8 35. Kf1 Kh7 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. cxd6 exd6 38. Qxg4
>>>>>Qxe4 39. Qd7+ Qe7 40. Rxd6 Kg7 41. Re1 Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Rd7+ Re7 44.
>>>>>Rexe7+ Nxe7 45. Rxb7 Rc6 46. Ke2 Ke6 47. Rc7 Rxc7 48. Bxc7 Nd5 49. Ba5 Nf4+
>>>>>50. Kf3 Nd3 51. Ke3 Nf4 52. g3 Ng6 53. h3 Ne5 54. f4 Nf7 55. Kf3 Kf5 56.
>>>>>Bd2 Kg6 57. fxg5 fxg5 58. Ke4 Nd6+ 59. Kd5 Nf5 60. g4 Ng7 61. a4 Ne8 62. b4
>>>>>Kf7 63. b5 axb5 64. axb5 Nc7+ 65. Kc6
>>>>>{Shredder resigns} 1-0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I am amazed by the number of pointless moves made by both sides in this game.
>>>>
>>>>Maybe it's because of the position. I should check with my own program, maybe it
>>>>would also make these pointless moves.
>>>>
>>>>I guess strong chess players would have a good laugh if they browse thru this
>>>>game. "And you need these thousands dollars computers to play like that???" :)
>>>>
>>>>No offense intended to Stefan or James. It's the kind of game that makes me
>>>>think: "huh, I'd better work on better planning in Tiger, because maybe it would
>>>>play similarly in that position".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>
>>Hey, out of order. You seem to have time on your hands, enough to work full
>>time on chess. You certainly could have participated in CCT3. So, please,
>>don't condescend to the real players.
>>
>>If you can show how Tiger would have played differently, fine. Otherwise.. you
>>know what.
>>
>>Will
>
>
>
>I am supposed to know what? Go ahead, tell what you think.
>
>I have mentionned TWICE in my post that it is possible that Tiger would play the
>same pointless moves.
>
>I did not mention ONCE, because I knew somebody would misread my post and
>misinterpret it, I mentionned it TWICE.
>
>Obviously you don't understand the spirit of my message. Sorry for you.
>
>
>
> Christophe
Christophe: I can't see why people are getting excited or offended by your
comments.Mind you I think it's unfair to condemn the computers completely
on the basis of one game.Maybe they were having an off day or were hung over
or something!Anyway I look forward to more of your thoughts on the standard
of the programmes.
Cheers Allan
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