Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:49:27 11/27/01
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On November 27, 2001 at 20:48:31, ALI MIRAFZALI wrote:
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>The games on the cap.connx website are loses due to time by programs?
Those games are very high speed games, which I autoplayed just to ensure that
the programs would act in a stable manner when they faced each other at longer
time control. Sometimes, an absurd move will really hit your funny bone if you
play through them.
Take a look at this beauty, and notice that the time control is G/2Hrs on a 900
MHz machine {clearly no time pressure at this point...}:
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "DANNFAST"]
[Date "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aldebaran-070"]
[Black "Tamerlane-01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02q"]
[Variation "Alekhine: Two Pawns Attack, 5.Bc4"]
[TimeControl "7200"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 c6 6.Qf3 Na6 7.Bxa6 bxa6 8.Nc3
f6 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qxd5 Rb8 11.exf6
{OK, we're down a pawn, is it time for hari-kari?
[D]1rbqkb1r/p2pp1pp/p4P2/2PQ4/8/8/PP1P1PPP/R1B1K1NR b KQk -
}
...gxf6 ????
12.Qh5# 1-0
{
Apparently so!
New nomenclature:
4 question marks are for when the worst possible move is made.
Yes. This really did happen.
}
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