Author: Slater Wold
Date: 22:16:04 03/21/02
Being one of the few people who uses DJ7 to play on ICC, I know it's *very*
strong against humans. It reached 3295 in blitz, playing anyone (anyone ==
humans and computers) at blitz time controls. When it started creaping past
3200 I would get at *least* two messages a day for 2 weeks, saying either
"..wow, is junior really good at blitz now or what.." or "..your hardware is
sick. if i had a computer like that, my home written program would have that
rating.."
I look over *each* and *every* game that my engines play (Project,
Project-Human, Experiment) on all my ICC accounts. Using Deep Shredder 5, when
a GM matched me, I usually cringed.
Example:
[Event "ICC 5 7 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Project-Human"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, Botvinnik variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.17"]
[Time "11:43:15"]
[TimeControl "300+7"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O b5 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd3 c4 13. Qe3 Nc7 14. Qf4
h6 15. Qh4 a5 16. Bd2 b4 17. h3 b3 18. a3 Na4 19. Bc1 Qe7 20. Qg3 Kd7 21.
Rb1 Kc6 22. Qg4 g6 23. Bf4 Bg7 24. Bg3 h5 25. Qf4 Bh6 26. Bh4 Bxf4 27. Bxe7
Bh6 28. Bf6 Rhg8 29. Nh2 Nb5 30. Be7 Rge8 31. Bf6 Nxb2 32. Rxb2 Nxa3 33. f4
a4 34. Rc1 Nb5 35. Rd2 a3 36. Re1 b2 37. g3 a2 38. Rxb2 a1=Q 39. Rxa1 Rxa1+
40. Kf2 Rea8 41. Nf3 R8a2 42. Rxa2 Rxa2 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. Ne1 Rb2 45. Be7 Kd7
46. Bc5 Ke8 47. Nf3 Bf8 48. Bxf8 Kxf8 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Ne1 Kd7
52. Nf3 Na3 53. Kf2 Nb1 54. Ke1 Rb3 55. Nd2 Nxd2 56. Kxd2 Rb2+ 57. Ke3 Rc2
58. Kf2 Kc6 59. Ke1 Kb5 60. Kd1 Ra2 61. Ng3 Rg2 62. Nf1 Rxg4 63. Ke2 Rxf4
64. Nd2 Rh4 {White resigns} 0-1
And yes, that's *NOT* one game. It was a 5 game blitz match. And Petrovich won
the match. (Petrovich is a GM. 2555.)
However, I have little fear playing anything with DJ7.
Example:
[Event "ICC 5 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Project"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "3184"]
[BlackElo "2887"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"]
[ECO "B07"]
[NIC "VO.17"]
[Time "13:01:18"]
[TimeControl "300+5"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. h4
c5 9. h5 c4 10. Be2 Ngf6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qa5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Ng5
O-O-O 15. Nf7 Nxe4 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 17. Qe3 Ndf6 18. O-O Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20.
Qe6+ Kb8 21. Bf3 Nxc3 22. Bxb7 Kxb7 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. Qf7 e5 25. Qf3+ e4 26.
Qxc3 d5 27. a4 {Black resigns} 1-0
Azmaiparashvili is a GM. _2676_. 27th in the world.
What I saw today was a GM who _could__not__lose_. 2 losses in a row, and people
would start to doubt humans, and most of all, Gulko.
DJ7 played well. It tried like hell to open the position. It tried like hell
to get something going. It didn't happen.
Amir and Shay have a *great* program. They went toe-to-toe with one of the best
GMs in the world, and survived some of the strongest of anti-computer tactics.
Sure it was a *tad* boring to watch. (I bet it wasn't for Amir and Shay!) But
not every game can be the Super Bowl. And sometimes even the Super Bowl is
boring.
Anyway, just my two cents. ;)
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