Author: Howard Exner
Date: 02:49:33 12/11/97
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On December 09, 1997 at 12:27:08, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>Beautifull game and some strange move by Rebel
>
>Klamath is REBEL 9.0 by Ed Scroeder on PentiumII/300 Mhz processor
>Ferret is Ferret by Bruce Moreland on Alpha/533 Mhz Processor
Are the moves in games like these computer automated or do
humans enter the moves?
>
>[Event "ICS Rated blitz match"]
>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>[Date "1997.12.07"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Klamath"]
>[Black "Ferret"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[WhiteElo "2743"]
>[BlackElo "2955"]
>[TimeControl "120+15"]
Does this time control mean game/2 minutes with a 15" increment?
Does Rebel 9 have this time control?
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
>8.
>c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nh4
Is this move,Nh4 part of the Rebel 9 opening book?
r1bq1rk1/2pnbppp/p2p1n2/1p2p3/3PP3/1BP2N1P/PP3PP1/RNBQR1K1 w
>Nxe4 12. Nf5 Nef6 13. Qf3 Nb6 14.
>dxe5
>dxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 c5 17. Bg5 Nbd7 18. Re1 Rc8 19. c4 Re8 20.
>Nd2
>Rb8 21. Rad1 g6 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. Qf4 Rb6 24. Nf3 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Nxb8 26.
>Ne5
>Bf8 27. Kh2 h6 28. Bh4 Rbe6 29. f4 g5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. cxb5 R6e7 32.
>bxa6
>Nxa6 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. fxg5 Ne4 36. Re3 c4 37. Rd7+ Kg6
>38.
>Rd4 Nac5 39. Rxc4 Re6 40. b4 Nd6 41. Rxe6+ Nxe6 42. Rg4 Nf5 43. b5 Bd6+
>44.
>g3 Kh5 45. g6 Nxg3 46. b6 Nf5+ 47. Kh1 Kh6 48. a4 Ng3+ 49. Kg2 Nf5 50.
>Kf3
>Nc5 51. a5 Nd7 52. g7 Nxg7 53. Rd4 Ne8 54. Rxd6+ {ooops}
oops indeed!
4n3/3n4/1P1b3k/P7/3R4/5K1P/8/8 w
Would any Rebel 9 owners care to run this position?
When does it play this move and when does it decide to trash it?
>Nxd6 55. Kg3
>Kh5 56. h4
>Nc4 57. Kf3 Nxa5 58. Ke4 Nxb6 {Here (or some moves before) Ferret
>announced
>mate in 106 !!!}
Yikes!
59. Ke5 Nbc4+ 60. Ke6 Nb3 61. Kd7 Nd4 62. Kc8
>Nf5 63. Kd7 Nce3 64. Ke6 Kg4 65. h5 Nh6 66. Ke5 Kf3 67. Kf6 Ke4 68. Kg6
>Neg4 69. Kg5 Ke5 70. Kg6 Kf4 71. Kh7 Kg5 72. Kg7 Ne5 73. Kh8 Kf6 74. Kh7
>Nf5 75. Kg8 Nd7 76. h6 Ne7+ 77. Kh7 Kf7 78. Kh8 Ng6+ 79. Kh7 Nf6#
>{Klamath checkmated} 0-1
>
>(remark : all the moves are reproduceable by Rebel 9.0 :) )
>
>
>After the first announce of the mate, the distance to mate went to
>something like 94,92,91,75,72 and then a sudden jump to 'mate in 7'
>Very instructive utilisation of EGTB :)
>
>Question to Ed : Don't you think it's irritating that an amateur program
>beat regulary a professional one ? Is Bruce a Magician ?
>
>Question to Bruce : Is it possible to get some dozen of your games
>against the higher rated players ? (I like this)
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