Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:09:16 04/09/02
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On April 09, 2002 at 08:31:48, Igor Gorelikov wrote:
>Crafty is my constant trainer in serious games but sometimes I try to play just
>for fun in anti-computer chess at shorter time control.
>
>One example. Enjoy it as it was enjoyable for me during the game.
>
>[Event "Anti-computer experiment"]
>[Site "PI 100MHz 32MB"]
>[Date "2002.04.09"]
>[Round "0"]
>[White "Crafty-18.14 (DC)"]
>[Black "Gorelikov, Igor"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[TimeControl "900"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3 d6 8.
>Kh2 b5 9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. d4 Bb7 13. d5 c5 14. Qd3 h6
>15. Kg1 Nh7 16. c4 b4 17. a3 a5 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. f4 f6 20. Be3 g5 21. f5 Kg7
>22. Nc1 Bc7 23. Qe2 Rfb8 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nb3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 27. Rxa8
>Bxa8 28. Qh5 Qf7 29. Bf3 Qxh5 30. Bxh5 Bb7 31. Kf2 Ba6 32. Nd2 Nf8 33. Be8
>Nh7 34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Bg6 Kg7 36. Be8 Kf8 37. Bg6 Kg7 38. Kd3 Nf8 39. Be8 Bc8
>40. Bc6 Nd7 41. Nb3 Nb8 42. Be8 Bd7 43. Bh5 Ba4 44. Bd1 Bd7 45. h4 Be8 46.
>hxg5 hxg5 47. Kd2 Kh6 48. Nc1 Bh5 49. Bxh5 Kxh5 50. Ke2 Nd7 51. Nd3 Nb6 52.
>b3 Nd7 53. Nf2 Kh6 54. Kd3 Bd8 55. Kd2
>{Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2
A zigzag wall of pawns, clear across the board! Absolutely breathtaking.
Crafty never lets me form such a[n anticomputer] thing of beauty as that.
A draw against crafty as black at fast time control is very impressive to me. I
cannot tell you how many times I have been beaten by crafty, at much slower time
control. It is always nice to see an artful game such as this.
It's a funny thing, because it would not be quite so beautiful against a human.
But against a machine, it is a true wonder. Final position:
[D]3b4/3n4/3p1p1k/2pPpPp1/1pP1P3/1P2B1P1/3K1N2/8 b - - 0 55
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