Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:29:21 02/22/01
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On February 22, 2001 at 11:23:30, Sune Larsson wrote: >Jon 1696 hates horses. He's described as "all around solid chess player and >values his bishops much more than his knights." > >This happened in a 5 min blitz. Jon is black. > >1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.e3 Ng4 7.h3 Bxc3 >8.Bxc3 Nh2 (please take my horse) 9.Nxh2 (okey) 9.-Nb4 10.a3 Nc2+ (please >take my horse) 11.Qxc2 (allright) ;).... Solid ?! 1696?! > >Sune The problem here is that Jon's rating came strictly from comp vs. comp games. The opponent engines have no idea about his (very obvious) weakness, and, therefore, do not know there is something there that is very easy to exploit. That's part of the fun of Chessmaster's many personalities (in my opinion) -- figuring out the weaknesses of the supposedly stronger players, learning how to beat them, and moving on to the next one. jm
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