Author: Oreo Kostas
Date: 14:03:30 11/15/98
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On November 15, 1998 at 11:49:08, Oreo Kostas wrote: >Yesterday i decided to put Rebel 10 to a test that i thought was hard but didnt >imagine that Rebel will disappoint me so much. >I had Rebel10 play a GM friend of mine(his rating will be 2565 in January >listings) 10 10 minute games.I was excpecting Rebel to win this match allthough >John(my friend) is playing amzingly well even at low time controls.The result >was >3 draws >2 wins for Rebel >5!!!Losses. >But what is more amazing is that it was smashed in tactical play with sacrifices >any time wanted by the audience (we were 5 people watching him) >But what made me really angry is the last game.John tried to play as >eccentrically as he could,in order to prove me that rebel was really weak at >tactics. >Unfortunately I dont remember all the games ,i thought that Rebel has an >autosave feature like Fritz,but look at a fragment from the lst Game. > >White:Pawns a2,b2,c2,e4,f4,g2,h4,Rooks d1,h3,Bishops d3,g5,Knight d4,g3,Queen f3 >Black:Pawns a6,b4,d6,e6,f7,g7,h6,Rooks a8,f8,Bishops b7,e7,Knight f6,d7,Queen c7 > >Blach=Rebel 10 to move > >now black played >1..Qd8??!!2.Ngf5?!(this move is bad but look at Rebels answers)ef5 3.Nf5 hg5?? >impossible mistake 4.hg5 Re8 5 Rdh1 and rebel saw that he is mate in 5 at once > >I later let Rebel think at move 3 for a while but after 4 minutes it could not >find mate in 7 nor even see that this move is leading in to trouble. >I tried many different settings but in vain. >I later put the excact same position in fritz 5.16.Fritz sees that hg5 is bad >(it actually never plays QD8)after a few seconds. > > >My system configutarion >Pentium II 300 >128MB Ram. > >Any comments?? > >I really will try to reproduce some of the games I forgot the Kings The white King is on b1 the black King on g8
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