Author: John Hatcher
Date: 18:06:40 04/04/01
My first game against Chessmaster 8000 - a casual blitz game at 5/3. I fully expected to get slaughtered, and I should have been. (I'm a humble 2116 rated player.) But see what happened in the endgame. Previous versions of Chessmaster have always impressed me with their strong tactical play. But, perhaps CM8000's endgame knowledge needs a bit of work. Chessmaster plays Black here, using the "Spassky" personality." [D]8/p6p/8/3k4/3p2p1/1P1K2P1/P6P/8 b - - 0 1 Here, CM8000 played 35. ...a5 and lost. Instead, 35. ...Ke5 gives quite a different result. I was surprised (pleasantly), but also disappointed. I expected better from Chessmaster 8000. Here's the full game score. [Event "Spassky Personality"] [Date "2001.04.04"] [White "Hatcher, John"] [Black "Chessmater 8000"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2116"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rae8 16. Qc3+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Kxf6 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. f3 d5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Kf2 Rc8 24. Re2 d4 25. Rd2 Ke5 26. Ke2 Rc1 27. b3 Kd5 28. Kd3 Rc3+ 29. Ke2 f5 30. g3 g5 31. Rd3 Rc2+ 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 g4 34. fxg4 fxg4 35. Kd3 a5 36. a3 h5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Ke5 39. b5 Kd5 40. b6 Kc6 41. Kxd4 Kxb6 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. Kg5 Ke5 45. Kxh5 Kf5 46. Kh4 Kf6 47. Kxg4 1-0 John
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