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Subject: Re: How a Lowly 1800 Player defeats a Supercomputer!!

Author: Ed Panek

Date: 12:30:15 03/02/01

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On March 02, 2001 at 12:45:54, Chessfun wrote:

>On March 02, 2001 at 10:56:29, Garry Evans wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi Folks
>>
>>  I can't resist the temptation to brag here.  Yesterday I played a 2700 rated
>>computer on icc, the time control was 30 15. The Machine was running chess tiger
>>13.0 on a P4 1.5 Gig Machine!!!  I used the kings Indian Defense my most lethal
>>weapon against computers!, I must point out honestly, that I have less than a
>>handful of victories vs strong computers, on my athlon 750 I have no wins, out
>>of hundreds of games, So I didn't expect to win against this 1.5 gig machine, I
>>was so shocked that I was winning I kept messaging the operator asking him, if
>>the computer was playing or the operator, I got no response, after the game I
>>verified that it was indeed Chesstiger 13. It feels great to do what even
>>grandmasters on ICC rarely do, beat computers at action chess!!  Enjoy the
>>game!!  For those skeptics out there, it is very clear that black is a human!!
>>
>>
>>  by the way I am uscf rated 1870
>>
>>
>>Event "ICC 30 15"]
>>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>>[Date "2001.03.02"]
>>[Round "-"]
>>[White
>>[Black [Result "0-1"]
>>[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
>>[WhiteElo 00[BlackElo "2674"]
>>[Opening "King's Indian: orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack /
>>Mar del Plata variation)"]
>>[ECO "E97"]
>>[NIC "KI.07"]
>>[Time "06:30:27"]
>>[TimeControl "1800+15"]
>>
>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
>>Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. c5 f4 12. Nb3 Nf6 13. f3 g5 14. a4 h5 15. Bb2
>>g4 16. Kh1 g3 17. hxg3 fxg3 18. Kg1 Ng6 19. Qe1 h4 20. Bc4 Nh5 21. cxd6 h3
>>22. gxh3 Bxh3 23. dxc7 Qh4 24. d6+ Kh7 25. Rf2 Ngf4 26. Qd2 Bh6 27. Be6 Bxe6
>>28. Rg2 Bh3 29. Re2 Bd7 30. c8=Q Raxc8 31. Qe3 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Bxe3 33. Ke1
>>Bf2+ 34. Kd2 N3f4 35. Nc5 Nxe2 36. Nxe2 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qe3 39.
>>Nc1 g2 40. Ra3 Qxa3 41. Bxa3 g1=Q 42. Kb1 Rxf3 43. Bb2 Bd4 44. Ba1 Bxa1 45.
>>c6 bxc6 46. a5 Rc3 47. Ka2 Qxc1 48. a6 Ra3# {White checkmated} 0-1
>
>
>Both the players are (C) according to ICC. Though must admit I haven't looked
>close at the game.
>
>If not why would you use a (C) account cmslim and risk losing say 14 points
>by playing as a human?.
>
>
>[Event "ICC 30 15"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "2001.03.02"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Aegis"]
>[Black "cmslim"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
>[WhiteElo "2693"]
>[BlackElo "2674"]
>[Opening "King's Indian: orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack /
>Mar del Plata variation)"]
>[ECO "E97"]
>[NIC "KI.07"]
>[Time "06:30:27"]
>[TimeControl "1800+15"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
>Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. b4 f5 11. c5 f4 12. Nb3 Nf6 13. f3 g5 14. a4 h5 15. Bb2
>g4 16. Kh1 g3 17. hxg3 fxg3 18. Kg1 Ng6 19. Qe1 h4 20. Bc4 Nh5 21. cxd6 h3
>22. gxh3 Bxh3 23. dxc7 Qh4 24. d6+ Kh7 25. Rf2 Ngf4 26. Qd2 Bh6 27. Be6 Bxe6
>28. Rg2 Bh3 29. Re2 Bd7 30. c8=Q Raxc8 31. Qe3 Nh3+ 32. Kf1 Bxe3 33. Ke1
>Bf2+ 34. Kd2 N3f4 35. Nc5 Nxe2 36. Nxe2 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qe3 39.
>Nc1 g2 40. Ra3 Qxa3 41. Bxa3 g1=Q 42. Kb1 Rxf3 43. Bb2 Bd4 44. Ba1 Bxa1 45.
>c6 bxc6 46. a5 Rc3 47. Ka2 Qxc1 48. a6 Ra3# {White checkmated} 0-1
>
>Information about cmslim(C) (Last disconnected Fri Mar 02 2001 10:58):
>
>          rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
>Wild        1806  [6]     0     3     0     3
>Bullet      2648  [8]     7     5     2    14
>Blitz       2839        784   368   365  1517   3078 (12-Aug-2000)
>Standard    2674        130   148   138   416   2727 (23-Jan-2001)
>
> 1: Gambit Tiger 1.0
> 2: Athlon750 128 megs of SDram running at 133mhz
> 3: Gambit Tiger has the Most interesting Chess Style of all the programs
> 4: I come here to have a Good time, not to argue, if you are kind to me I will
>be kind to you
> 5: All Titled humans are welcome to match at any time control
> 6: ICC Good Ol Boys  Clovis Spitfire Singacrafty, Bountyhunter, Ozso
> 7: Because I want to know my true rating, I don't avoid anyone Human or
>Computer
>
>Statistics for Aegis(C)         On for: 3:39     Idle:    0
>Aegis is currently involved in a match against hws(C).
>
>          rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
>Bullet      2874        163    34    31   228   2874 (02-Mar-2001)
>Blitz       2958       1041   196   260  1497   3057 (27-Feb-2001)
>Standard    2676        132    35    82   249   2816 (26-Feb-2001)
>
> 1: Chess Tiger 13.0 or Gambit Tiger 1.0.
> 2: Is managed by Origin22 & Warhawk. Will be attended and unattended. Currently
>unattended. Questions or comments? Message or e-mail me at Aegiscomp@mail.com.
> 3: 1.5 Ghz P4 processor w/ 512 MB RDRAM. Win2K.
> 4: "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
> 5: List of people who have no-played me: Eggsalad, Blueflame, Good2.
> 6: If you think Aegis is too hard, try out his little brothers: Saevita(C),
>Polemeo(C), Warhawk-Comp(C), or Socket(C). His twin brother is another
>challenge: Kurios(C).
> 7: Aegis is here to play anyone who wants to play it.
> 8: Please note: While unattended, this computer will not accept draws. If I am
>here, draws will be considered.


hmmm actually how can we be sure that aegis was using his computer either?
perhaps both were playing as humans....difficult to prove actually.


Ed



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