Author: Ron Murawski
Date: 13:30:53 07/11/02
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On July 10, 2002 at 22:35:40, John Merlino wrote:
>Here's an amusing note that I just discovered. For those of you who are familiar
>with Chessmaster, there are quite a few GM annotated Classic Games in the
>program. Well, for the last several years, the last one in the (chronological)
>list was a recreation of the game that Frank Poole played against HAL 9000 in
>the movie "2001". So, of course, we assigned the date of 2001 to this game,
>making it the last in the list.
>
>Scary that now there are 13 games AFTER it. Makes us all feel old, eh?
>
>However, there is (or may be) one interesting position from this game. Here's
>the whole game, with our annotations:
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "Discovery 1"]
>[Date "2001"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Frank Poole"]
>[Black "HAL 9000"]
>[TimeControl "-"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "C86"]
>
>{In Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, "2001: A Space Odyssey", super-computer
>HAL 9000 engages astronaut Frank Poole in a game of chess en route to
>the planet Jupiter. Although only the last few moves are seen, the
>beginning of the game has been reconstructed here. Frank and HAL
>undoubtedly played the Ruy Lopez-Morphy defense opening.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
>Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 {The so-called Worrall attack, in
>lieu of the usual 6. Re1. The idea is to use the King's Rook more
>profitably on d1, but Black has other plans.} 6...b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 {
>This is an invitation to a variant of the "Marshall Gambit," which is
>usually seen only against 6. Re1.} 8...d5 {And here it is, even more
>effective because of the White Queen is in a vulnerable position.}
>9.exd5 {Wiser would have been the tame 9. d1, holding the strong point
>e4.} 9...Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nf4 {This "in-between" move takes advantage of the
>Queen's vulnerability to gain time.} 11.Qe4 Nxe5 12.Qxa8 {With three
>pieces to capture, none is a bargain: 12. Qxf4 allows the other Knight
>to sink into d2, with gain of a tempo, and for the pawn Black has
>wonderful lines and a constricted enemy.} 12...Qd3 {Depriving the White
>Queen of the last safe retreat at e4, throttling the White center, and
>opening the brutal discovery by the Queen's Bishop on the next move.
>White is busted.} 13.Bd1 {What else? Perhaps 13. Qa7, but then Nf3+ 14.
>gxf3 and mate to follow after 15. Ne2+ Kg2 16. Bh3+.} 13...Bh3 {Of
>course! The White Queen could play prosaically to a7, but the result
>would be the same:} 14.Qxa6 {The film picks up the game at this point.
>Frank: "Anyway, Queen takes Pawn, okay."} 14...Bxg2 {HAL: "Bishop takes
>Knight's Pawn."} 15.Re1 {Frank: "What a lovely move. Rook to King one."}
>15...Qf3 {HAL: "I'm sorry Frank, I think you missed it: Queen to Bishop
>three, Bishop takes Queen, Knight takes Bishop. Mate." While it is true
>that white has a lost position, it is NOT a mate in two as HAL claims!
>Frank has many options besides Bxf3 that will prolong the game. Could
>this mistake be the first sign of the computer's impending breakdown? Or
>has HAL already begun to deliberately deceive his crew?} 16.Bxf3 Nxf3# {
>Frank: "Uh, huh. Yeah looks like you're right. I resign." HAL: "Thank
>you for a very enjoyable game." Frank: "Yeah. Thank you."} 0-1
>
>It's the position after 11...Nxe5.
>
>[D]r1bq1rk1/2p1bppp/p7/1p2n3/4Qn2/1BP5/PP1P1PPP/RNB2RK1 w - - 0 12
>
>White has three pieces to capture, but the best move is to capture none of them!
>Chessmaster needs only seven seconds on a PIII-600 to choose 12.d4 over any
>capture.
>
>Time Depth Score Positions Moves
>0:00 1/3 -0.42 2279 12.Qxa8 Ne2+ 13.Kh1 Nd3 14.Na3
> Ndxc1 15.Rfxc1 Nxc1 16.Rxc1
>0:00 1/3 0.15 2642 12.Qxf4 Nd3 13.Qe4 Rb8
>0:00 1/3 0.18 4549 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7
>0:00 1/4 0.25 8539 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1
> 15.Rxc1
>0:00 1/5 0.28 24711 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1
> 15.Rxc1 Nd3
>0:00 1/6 0.17 60082 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxf4 Nd3 14.Qf5 Nxc1
> 15.Rxc1
>0:01 1/6 0.36 80564 12.Qxf4 Ng4 13.h3 Bd6 14.Qf3 Bh2+
> 15.Kh1
>0:02 1/7 0.31 149889 12.Qxf4 Ng4 13.h3 Nf6 14.Qf3 Be6
> 15.d4 c5
>0:04 1/8 0.28 312668 12.Qxf4 Nd3 13.Qe4 Be6 14.Bxe6
> fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Rf7 16.a4 Nc5 17.Qe3
> Nxa4
>0:07 1/8 0.32 550829 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1
> 15.Rxc1 Nd3 16.Rc2 Bg5 17.Qf3 Qe8
>0:22 1/9 0.51 1652160 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1
> 15.Rxc1 Nd3 16.Rc2 Nc5 17.Qf3 Nxb3
> 18.axb3
>0:50 1/10 0.26 3895045 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1
> 15.dxe5 Nxb3 16.axb3 f6 17.e6 Qd6
> 18.Qe4 f5
>2:26 2/11 0.43 12004536 12.d4 Bb7 13.Qxb7 Ne2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc1
> 15.Rxc1 Nd3 16.Rf1 c5 17.Qe4 Nxb2
> 18.Nd2 Bg5 19.f4
>
>What say your programs?
>
>jm
New Horizon beta on an AMD 1.8 GHZ w/ 64 MB hash
takes about 7 1/2 seconds.
Depth Score Time Nodes pv
4 184! 55 13517 d4 Bf5 Qxe5 Bf6
4 213 61 15991 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nd3
5 184? 61 17002 d4 Bb7 Qxf4 Nd3 Qf5
5 184 72 42577 d4 Bb7 Qxf4 Nd3 Qf5
6 155? 77 46888 d4 Bb7 Qxf4 Ng6 Qf5 Qd6
6 180 88 80049 Qxf4 Bd6 Qe4 Be6 d4 Nc4
7 161 121 162005 Qxf4 Nd3 Qe4 Be6 Bxe6 fxe6 Qxe6+ Kh8
7 187 165 289678 d4 Bb7 Qxf4 Ng6 Qe3 Qd6 Bd2
8 166 280 645836 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nxc1 dxe5 Nxb3 axb3 Qd3
8 169 357 877587 Qxf4 Ng4 h3 Nf6 d4 Bd6 Qf3 Be6
9 163 516 1390657 Qxf4 Nd3 Qe4 Be6 Bxe6 fxe6 Qxe6+ Kh8 Qc6 Rf4
9 198! 753 2105443 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nd3 Bd2 Qd7 Qe4 Ndf4
9 200 786 2210265 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nxc1 Rxc1 Nd3 Rc2 c5 Re2
10 172 1351 4008851 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nxc1 Rxc1 Nd3 Rc2 Qd6 Qe4
Nf4
11 201! 3334 10243110 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nxc1 Rxc1 Nd3 Rc2 Nc5 Qf3
c6
11 233 5954 17536421 d4 Bb7 Qxb7 Ne2+ Kh1 Nxc1 Rxc1 Nd3 Rc2 Nc5 Qc6
Nxb3
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