Author: Albert Silver
Date: 19:36:30 10/03/00
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On October 03, 2000 at 22:27:15, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>On October 03, 2000 at 20:46:43, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On October 03, 2000 at 17:43:31, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>
>>>I repeat; this is a ferocious and inventive opponent that provides you with
>>>extremely entertaining games and is also a terror at comp-comp chess. A hell of
>>>a program.
>>>
>>>
>>>Tim Frohlick
>>>
>>>PS again, It kicked GM Mecking's butt at blitz chess. Of course that was not
>>> an official game. Mr. Al Silver has the pgn of that game but it is
>>> up to him if he wants to release it. I don't like to post games by
>>> beta programs because it might have an adverse effect on sales. I
>>> am, however, free to comment on the general playing abilities of
>>> the programs. Mecking is an alright fellow in my book.
>>
>>Err.. exactly _what_ program won't kick a GM at blitz? I have seen GNU do it.
>>I have seen everybody else do it too...
>>
>>This is hardly a distinguishing event.
>
>It depends of what you understand for "kicking". Maybe Tim means something
>altoguether different to the usual defeat that program inflicts to GM. I mean, I
>have seen many program, like you has, getting a pawn and then winning the game
>in the bore style usual in fast games where tactical mistakes are in the order
>of the day, but perhaps, PERHAPS this new engine do something more, say, really
>crush the guy from beginning to end. Anyway, it is something to see. At least I
>can imagine that the kind of kicking inflicted by this Tiger should be very
>different to that given by, say, old good Genius. And nevertheless both are sort
>of kickings givers.Well, let us see.. If Tim send the game, maybe we could have
>a better judgement about this
>Fernando
I had alread posted it here:
http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?131253
But in any case, here is the score:
Date: 2/10/2000
White: Mecking
Black: SubtleOne
Opening: D31 QGD: Semi-Slav, Noteboom Variation
White ELO: 2692
Black ELO: 2901
Time control = 5 3
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 b5 7. e3 Na6 8. a4 Nc7
9. Be2 a6 10. Ne4 Nh6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 f5 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfc1
Bb7 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Nd5 18. Qb3 f4 19. Nf1 fxe3 20. fxe3 Qf6 21. e4 Nf4
22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Bf1 Rd7 24. e5 Qg6 25. Qb1 Qg4 26. Ra3 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28.
Kh1 Rdf7 29. Qb3 c5 30. dxc5 Bd5 31. Qb4 a5 32. Qd4 b4 33. Re3 Nxg2 34. Qxg4
Nxe3 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Be2 b3 37. Kg1 Bxf3 38. Bd3 Rxe5 39. c6 b2 40. Rc3 Rg5+
41. Kf2 Nd1+ 42. Kxf3 Nxc3 43. c7 Rc5 Mecking resigns
0-1
Albert
>
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>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On October 03, 2000 at 17:00:38, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 03, 2000 at 16:42:17, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 03, 2000 at 16:32:14, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>>>>>
>>>Dear CCC,
>>>
>>>Eating homemade apple pie, listening to Nana Mouskouri CDs, gazing at stars on a
>>>dark clear night, sipping fine wine, caressing your wife, having a peak
>>>experience, going down a hill on a mountain bike at 90 Km/hr--These are all what
>>>playing the Gambit Tiger program by Christophe Theron is akin to.
>>>
>>>For those of you who are getting tired of playing computer chess, this program
>>>will snap you out of the doldrums and give you effervescent chess. You will
>>>taste the tiny bubbles and smell the aroma of chess once again. You gotta love
>>>it.
>>>
>>>Leonid meteor showers with 30,000/hr rates(coming in 2002), hybrid autos that
>>>get 30 km/liter and seat 1.8 meter occupants with ease, rich exotic wood chess
>>>sets and having Kasparov as your personal chess tutor at your total command...
>>>
>>>
>>>This may be the only chess program that you ever need.
>>>
>>>
>>>Tim Frohlick
>>>>>
>>>>>Are you not understating things a bit too much? :)
>>>>
>>>> In fact he might just be doing that. :) It's not just the type of attacking,
>>>> highly spectacular chess, displayed by this Gambit Tiger. But he also seems
>>>> to be winning against the strongest programs! In such a way... And I can tell
>>>> you that one occasional win against *this* Tiger really tastes like the wine,
>>>> above described by Mr Frohlick!
>>>>
>>>> Sune Larsson
>>>>>
>>>>>Enrique
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