Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 10:53:55 12/15/01
Just recently I started a little match between Gambit Tiger 2.0 and the young
Swedish talent IM Emanuel Berg, ELO 2500. These games are thought as serious
training games for Emanuel - and are played under usual tournament conditions.
That means big board, chessclock and scoresheet. No money or marketing interests
are involved. The issue is just chesstraining. These games
are the first Emanuel ever played vs a computer. He has a non-coventional, very
inventive playing style. And most of all - wants to win... Emanuel plays his
own chess and has no interest whatsoever in so called "anti-computer chess."
This post might serve as a little contribution to the discussion about the
playingstrength of chess programs, the upcoming Kramnik-Fritz match, weaknesses
of programs contra human players etc.
Since these games are preparations for coming tournaments, Emanuel is, so far,
a bit restrictive in making them public. I have permission to show something
from the second game though.
Gambit Tiger plays on a setup similar to the one in South America -
PIII 800 192Mb hash - 2 hours per player and game. Tigerbook used.
Coffee only for the human player + the operator of Tiger ;-)
The first game gave a better ending for Emanuel, which he almost won. In a
crucial moment he made it easier for Tiger, who just saved the draw.
The second game is shown below.
The third game saw Emanuel in some advantage a few moves after the opening.He
played a little too optimistic though, and after some complications had
to enter the ending a pawn down. Opposite colored bishops made it an easy draw.
Standings after 3 games: Gambit Tiger 2.0 - IM Berg 1-2.
The fourth game is schedueled Monday.
[D]r6r/p5kp/3pB1p1/1p1P1p2/5b2/2P5/PP4P1/1K2R2R w - - 0 28
This is a position from the second game. Emanuel is playing white and for
him the idea is now to keep maximum piece activity and create play on the
white squares. Therebye willing to give up 1, 2 and even 3 pawns to get there..
The game went like this:
[Event "Emanuel 120'"]
[Site "KIL"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger 2.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6r/p5kp/3pB1p1/1p1P1p2/5b2/2P5/PP4P1/1K2R2R w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.12.11"]
{192MB, PowerBig.ctg. PIII 800
} 28. Bd7 {3} 28... a6 {-0.54/16 296} 29. a4 {
331} 29... bxa4 {-0.63/15 221} 30. Re7+ {358} 30... Kf8 {-0.58/17 270} 31. Re6
{39} 31... a3 {-0.88/15 148} 32. b4 {217} 32... Be5 {-1.18/15 182} 33. c4 {405}
33... Bc3 {-1.30/14 133} 34. c5 {575} 34... a5 {-1.56/14 136} 35. b5 {559}
35... dxc5 {-1.18/17 701} 36. Ka2 {34} 36... Bb4 {-1.20/15 132} 37. Bc6 {62}
37... Rd8 {-1.04/17 357} 38. Kb3 {504} 38... Kf7 {-1.42/13 94} 39. b6 {293}
39... Rb8 {-1.32/15 0} 40. b7 {71} 40... h5 {-1.16/15 231} 41. g3 {396} 41...
Kg7 {-1.26/13 111} 42. Rh2 {189} 42... Rhd8 {-0.86/14 310} 43. Kc4 {85} 43...
Kf7 {-0.54/13 88} 44. Rhe2 {33} 44... a4 {0.08/16 639} 45. Kb5 {189} 45... Bc3
{-0.08/14 121} 46. Kxa4 {62} 46... Bb2 {-0.46/14 77} 47. Kb3 {40} 47... Rdc8 {
-0.02/14 139} 48. Re7+ {42} 48... Kf6 {1.36/17 297} 49. Ka2 {20} 49... Rd8 {
1.30/15 97} 50. R2e6+ {150} 50... Kg5 {1.56/16 16} 51. d6 {19} 51... c4 {
1.22/15 72} 52. Re8 {242} 52... Bf6 {1.60/16 0} 53. Kxa3 {56} 53... c3 {
2.62/16 283} 54. Kb3 {12} 54... Rxe8 {3.66/16 68} 55. Rxe8 {16} 55... Bd8 {
4.61/15 63} 56. Kxc3 {77} 56... Kg4 {6.08/14 30} 57. Kc4 {109} 57... Kxg3 {
5.84/14 69} 58. Kb5 {19} 58... f4 {6.84/14 32} 59. Ka6 {104} 59... f3 {
5.56/13 28} 60. Ka7 {11} 60... Rxb7+ {5.88/13 36} 61. Kxb7 {11} 61... f2 {
6.40/15 75} 62. Bb5 {14} 62... Bg5 {6.32/13 47} 63. Rg8 {52} 63... Kf3 {
6.88/13 0} 64. Rxg6 {10} 64... Bh4 {7.94/12 32} 65. Rh6 {7} 65... Kg4 {
8.44/13 26} 66. Be2+ {8} 1-0
Sune
This page took 0.01 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.