Author: Mark Young
Date: 01:11:56 11/16/98
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On November 15, 1998 at 17:03:30, Oreo Kostas wrote: >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. On my PII 400, Rebel 10 on normal settings see the trouble in under 2 mins. I don't know why on a P II 300 it did not see it for over 4 min. >>I tried many different settings but in vain. Try solid, anti-gm off, combo off. It will see that hg5?? is bad in a few seconds. >>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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