Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 07:10:43 12/18/01
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On December 17, 2001 at 14:53:38, John Merlino wrote: >I have looked at this game and a few items are rather odd. > >Firstly, Chezzz played a great game, no doubt about that, especially if it is as >weak as you claim. ;-) > >However, I believe that this game was actually human-operated, which Chessmaster >only making MOST of the moves, rather than TheKing.exe running under Winboard. >Here are my findings: > >-- The first eleven moves are straight out of CM8000's book, which would be >impossible if TheKing were "in charge", because there is no way for TheKing to >access the CM8000 opening book under Winboard. > >-- I don't think any of the questionable moves in the game were due to mouse >slips, since the suggested move by CM8000 is usually unrelated to the move >played. > >-- There are several moves which I cannot get TheKing to reproduce at all, and >most of them are near the end of the game. > >Specifically, 11...Qe6, 24...c6, 45...Rf8, 46...Re8??, 51...Qxe3, 52...Bf6?? and >53...Ra8 (although the game was certainly lost by that point, so I suspect the >operator just lost patience). 24... c6 does appear according to the analysis posted. >Time Depth Score Positions Moves ><snip> >0:22 3/8 -1.05 1249195 24...c6 25.e4 Bd3 26.Qf2 Qe6 27.Nc1 > Bxf1 28.Nxb3 Bxg2+ 29.Qxg2 Rxb3 When I checked the game against CM8000 I got as far as forty something, where the only discrepancy was 11...Qe6. Maybe it was an improved book or a manual bookmove from some chess encyclopedia. Either way, Chezzz did a really good job of hanging on and leveling the game. The low rating of the opponent could suggest some experimentation compared to a clean CM8000 account. Regards, Mogens
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