Author: pete
Date: 15:02:42 10/08/00
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>And what about starting the attack to create a positional advantage? :)
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>Current chess programs most of the time do nothing but wait for the opponent's
>mistake.
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>Time to move on I think. Chris Whittington partially succeeded. I'm the other
>Chris, I'm the second blade. Maybe I'll cut the hair this time. :)
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> Christophe
That's not the way chess works IMHO .
Reminds me of Tartakover who once said :" The classical masters had to attack
the weak points of their opponents to win , we neo-romantic ones know though
that we can decide on every point to aim at and let it look weak !" This
certainly sounds rather courageous and thrilling but as time went by people
calmed down again :-)
My personal impression is Gambit Tiger judges positional factors higher than
others especially when it is about king's safety .
But I don't see a dumb "attack-or-die"-engine here . It can play rather boring
games on a very high level .
As I wasted nearly all day watching the KKs on webcam ( very addictive ) instead
of a result-summary only an example of what I am talking about .
Game on 2 PIII500s - time control 1hour/game - 10 secs inc/move
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "Nimzo 2000b"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger 0.95"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "B65 Sicilian"]
{}
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O
9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4
Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qc5 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7
17.Rhe1 Rfd8
18.Qg4 Nf8 19.Bd3 Rd5 20.Bb4 Qd8 21.Qg3 h6 22.b3 Qg5+ 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.c4 Rd7
25.Bf1 Rxd1+
26.Kxd1 Re8 27.Bc3 Nd7 28.b4 a6 29.c5 Bd5 30.a3 f6 31.g3 Kf7 32.Kc2 Rh8 33.h3 f5
34.Re2 b6
35.cxb6 Nxb6 36.Rh2 Nc4 37.Bxc4 Bxc4 38.Bd2 Kg6 39.Be3 Bd5 40.Kc1 f4 41.gxf4 g4
42.h4 Kf5
43.h5 g3 44.Rh4 Rd8 45.h6 gxh6 46.Rxh6 g2 47.Kb2 Rg8 48.Rh5+ Ke4 49.Bg1 Kxf4
50.Kc3 Rg3+
51.Kd2 Rxa3 52.Rh8 Ra1 53.Be3+ Kxe5 54.Rg8 Bf3 55.Bc5 Kf4 56.Be3+ Ke4 57.Ba7
Ra2+ 58.Kc1
e5 59.Kb1 Re2 60.Rd8 Kf4 61.Rf8+ Kg3 62.Rg8+ Bg4 63.Rg7 e4 64.Kc1 Re1+ 65.Kb2 e3
66.Bb8+
Kf3 67.Rf7+ Ke2 68.Bh2 Rh1 69.Bg1 Rxg1 70.Rg7 Rb1+ 71.Kxb1 g1Q+ 72.Ka2 Be6+
73.Kb2 Qxg7+
74.Kc2 Qa1 75.b5 Qa3 76.b6 Bf5# 0-1
Here is the very nice 22. ...Qg5+ ( probably not that easy for many
chessprograms ) and then this is a really classic play on the white squares .
Reminds me more of Mr Nimzowitch rather than Tal ; it is my favourite Gambit
Tiger game so far .
By the way I also have two nice ones against Chess System Tal 2.03 :) :
[Event "60 10 "]
[Site "BETA Test Game"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "CSTal 2.03"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger 0.95"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Opening "B96 Sicilian: Najdorf, 7.f4"]
{}
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.Bxf6
gxf6 10.e5
d5 11.exf6 b4 12.Nxd5 exd5 13.O-O-O Bb7 14.Qh5 Qxf4+ 15.Kb1 Nd7 16.Bxa6 Rxa6
17.Rhe1+
Kd8 18.Qxf7 Bc5 19.Re7 Bc8 20.Ne6+ Rxe6 21.Rxe6 Rf8 22.Qg7 Rxf6 23.Qg8+ Rf8
24.Qg7 Bb7
25.Qxh7 Qg4 26.Ree1 Qxg2 27.h4 d4 28.h5 Bf3 29.Rc1 Qg8 30.Qxg8 Rxg8 31.h6 Rg6
32.h7 Rh6
33.Rf1 Be4 34.Rce1 Bxh7 35.Rh1 Rxh1 36.Rxh1 Be4 37.Rh8+ Ke7 38.Rh4 Nf6 39.Rh6 d3
40.cxd3
Bxd3+ 41.Ka1 Ng4 42.Rh3 Ne3 43.a4 bxa3 44.bxa3 Bf5 45.Rg3 Nc4 46.a4 Bd7 47.Rg7+
Kd6 48.Rg6+
Kd5 49.Rg5+ Kd4 50.a5 Nxa5 51.Rh5 Nc4 52.Ka2 Ba4 53.Kb1 Bd6 54.Rh4+ Kc3 55.Rh3+
Kd2 56.Rf3
Bc2+ 57.Ka2 Be4 58.Rh3 Kc2 59.Rh8 Na5 60.Rh5 Nb3 61.Rg5 Nd4 62.Rh5 Bd3 63.Rh2+
Bxh2 64.Ka3
Kc3 65.Ka2 Nb5 66.Ka1 Kc2 67.Ka2 Bc4+ 68.Ka1 Be5# 0-1
[Event "60 10 "]
[Site "BETA Test Game"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round ""]
[White "Gambit Tiger 0.95"]
[Black "Chess Tal 2.03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Opening "C01 French: Exchange Variation"]
{}
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.Bg5 Qc7 8.Qd2 f6
9.Bf4 Bf5 10.Bxd6
Qxd6 11.O-O Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Na6 13.a3 O-O 14.f4 Nc7 15.f5 Rfe8 16.Nf4 Nc8 17.Qg3
Nb6 18.b3
c5 19.Nce2 Rad8 20.a4 Re4 21.c3 Rde8 22.Ne6 Qxg3 23.Nxg3 Nxe6 24.Nxe4 dxe4
25.fxe6 cxd4
26.cxd4 Rxe6 27.Rae1 g6 28.Rc1 Kf7 29.Rc5 Re7 30.d5 Rd7 31.Rd1 f5 32.a5 Na8
33.Rdc1 Ke7
34.Rc8 Rd8 35.g4 fxg4 36.Kf2 Kd7 37.Rxd8+ Kxd8 38.Ke3 Nc7 39.Kxe4 Kd7 40.Ke5 Na6
41.Rf1
Ke8 42.d6 g3 43.hxg3 Nc5 44.b4 Nb3 45.Rf2 h5 46.Rb2 Nd4 47.Kxd4 Kd7 48.Kd5 h4
49.Rf2 h3 50.Rf7+
Kc8 51.Ke6 b5 52.a6 g5 53.Rf8# 1-0
First one book victory ( but didn't Chess System Tal attack nicely :-) ) ,
second one cool technique .
So , the spectactular wins are really nice , but it seems to me this isn't all
that can or should be said about the Gambit Tiger .
OK , good night .
pete
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