Author: John Merlino
Date: 18:18:36 04/04/01
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On April 04, 2001 at 21:06:40, John Hatcher wrote: >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 Well, the real Spassky made errors too. Just ask Fischer. However, the default Chessmaster personality will play Kc5 here: Chessmaster personality's analysis: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 9/10 -0.47 35299 1...Ke5 2. b4 h6 3. a3 h5 4. a4 Kd5 5. b5 Kc5 6. Ke2 Kc4 0:00 10/11 -0.47 59927 1...Ke5 2. b4 h6 3. a3 h5 4. a4 Kd5 5. b5 Kc5 6. Ke2 Kc4 0:01 11/12 -0.02 114821 1...Ke5 2. b4 h6 3. a4 Kd5 4. a5 h5 5. a6 Ke5 6. b5 Kd5 7. b6 0:01 11/12 -0.42 226373 1...Kc5 2. Ke4 a5 3. Kd3 Kd5 4. a3 h6 5. Ke2 h5 6. Kd3 Ke5 7. b4 0:02 12/13 -0.23 327635 1...Kc5 2. Ke4 a5 3. Kd3 Kd5 4. a3 h6 5. Kd2 h5 6. Kd3 Ke5 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 0:04 13/14 -0.04 586503 1...Kc5 2. Ke4 a5 3. Kd3 Kd5 4. a3 h6 5. Ke2 Kc5 6. Kd2 Kd6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4 h5 9. Kd3 0:08 14/15 0.01 1101010 1...Kc5 2. a3 h6 3. b4+ Kb5 4. Kxd4 Ka4 5. Kd3 Kxa3 6. Kc4 h5 7. b5 Ka4 8. Kc5 Ka3 9. Kd6 Kb4 0:24 15/16 -0.40 2926567 1...Kc5 2. Kc2 h6 3. Kd2 Kc6 4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd2 Kc5 6. Kc2 Kc6 7. Kd2 Kd6 8. Kc2 a5 9. Kd3 Ke5 0:51 16/17 -0.33 5935903 1...Kc5 2. Kc2 h6 3. Kd2 Kc6 4. Kc2 Kd6 5. Kd3 Kd5 6. b4 Ke5 7. a3 Kd5 8. a4 h5 9. a5 a6 Spassky personality's analysis (note that it spots Ke5 after 2:13): Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 4/5 -0.70 1075 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. b4 axb4 4. axb4 0:00 5/6 -0.52 1817 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. b4 axb4 4. axb4 h5 5. b5 0:00 6/7 -0.52 4036 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. b4 axb4 4. axb4 h5 5. b5 0:00 7/8 -0.43 8038 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. b4 axb4 4. axb4 h5 5. b5 Kc5 0:00 8/9 -0.87 15517 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 h5 6. b5 0:00 9/10 -0.65 26522 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. b5 Kc5 0:00 10/11 -0.99 54982 1...a5 2. a3 h6 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. b5 Kc5 7. Kd3 Kxb5 8. Kxd4 0:01 11/12 -0.99 106215 1...a5 2. a3 Ke5 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. b5 Kc5 7. Kd3 Kxb5 8. Kxd4 0:02 12/13 -1.01 210442 1...a5 2. a3 Ke5 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. Kd3 h5 7. b5 Kc5 8. b6 Kxb6 9. Kxd4 0:03 13/14 -1.01 359772 1...a5 2. a3 Ke5 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. Kd3 h5 7. b5 Kc5 8. b6 Kxb6 9. Kxd4 0:05 14/15 -1.09 629354 1...a5 2. a3 Ke5 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. Kd3 h5 7. b5 Kc5 8. b6 Kxb6 9. Kxd4 Kc6 0:10 15/16 -1.09 1239544 1...a5 2. a3 Ke5 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. Kd3 h5 7. b5 Kc5 8. b6 Kxb6 9. Kxd4 Kc6 1:16 16/17 -1.21 7436456 1...a5 2. a3 Ke5 3. Kd2 Ke4 4. b4 axb4 5. axb4 Kd5 6. Kd3 h5 7. b5 Kc5 8. b6 Kxb6 9. Kxd4 Kc6 10. Ke5 Kc5 2:13 16/17 -1.71 13401780 1...Ke5 2. b4 Kd5 3. a3 h6 4. a4 h5 5. a5 a6 6. b5 axb5 7. Kc2 Kc6 8. Kd3 Kc5 9. Kc2 Kd5 10. a6 This is one of the benefits of Chessmaster -- the many personalities. But also note how changing the settings only a small amount can result in a big difference in the analysis of certain positions! Enjoy your games, jm
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