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Subject: What was Chess Challenger 7 thinking?

Author: Rich Van Gaasbeck

Date: 13:11:04 03/06/02


I dusted off my old Chess Challenger 7 last night and played a game.  Granted it
was set at level 1, but I can't figure out why it would play 14...Qb6.  All it
had to do was move its queen to d7 or e8.  Wouldn't even a 1978 computer do a
full 4 ply search?  Did the CC7 use selective searching at the root?

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Gaasbeck, Rich"]
[Black "Chess Challenger 7, level 1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1275"]
[BlackElo "1100"]
[Annotator "Van Gaasbeck,Rich"]
[PlyCount "55"]

{96MB, VANGAASBECKRI} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Qf6 4. c3 Be7 5. Bg5 Qd6 6. d5
Bxg5 7. Nxg5 Nce7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc5 11. O-O d6 12. b4 Qb6 13.
Nc4 Qb5 14. Nb2 Qb6 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. f3 Ne3 19. Qb3
Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rfd8 21. a4 c5 22. a5 b5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Qxb5 Ra6 25. Qxb7 Rdd6
26. Qb8+ Nc8 27. Qxc8+ Rd8 28. Qxd8# 1-0



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