Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 15:22:16 09/02/02
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On September 02, 2002 at 09:23:39, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 02, 2002 at 07:16:59, Marc van Hal wrote: > >>On September 01, 2002 at 16:58:22, Terry Ripple wrote: >> >>>On September 01, 2002 at 13:19:00, Stuzzi Kadent wrote: >>> >>>>On September 01, 2002 at 13:10:43, robert flesher wrote: >>>> >>>>>[Event ""] >>>>>[Site ""] >>>>>[Date "2002.9.2"] >>>>>[Round ""] >>>>>[White "BOB"] >>>>>[Black "Chessmaster"] >>>>>[TimeControl "300+5"] >>>>>[Result 1-0] Played on a 1.6ghz P4 >>>>> >>>>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.f4 >>>>>Nc5 9.O-O Ncxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.f5 e5 12.Qh5 d5 13.Re1 Bc5 14.Rxe4 O-O >>>>>15.Rg4 Bxd4+ 16.Kh1 e4 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.Rf1 Qb5 19.Rgf4 Bxb2 20.a4 Qa5 >>>>>21.Be7 Re8 22.f6 Bxf6 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.Rxf6 Be6 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 >>>>>27.Qxe6 Qc3 28.Bxd5 e3 29.g3 e2 30.Qxe2 Qd4 31.Bxb7 Rg8 32.Qxa6 Rg6 >>>>>33.Qb5 1-0 >>>>> Hi all i just got back from holidays.:) I was happy to find that chessmaster >>>>>had been released here in Canada. I am greatly impressed with this new piece of >>>>>software. I have played about 50 games at 5min 5sec increments. The score is not >>>>>good for me :). However! i decided to try playing some off beat, sharper lines >>>>>that i have studied exstensively. This is the Lipinsky attack. I was not shocked >>>>>that Chessmaster played into this line, however is WAS shocked to see it play >>>>>all the BAD or dubious moves. This could be a reason why Chessmaster still does >>>>>not place as well as other commercials. In engine strength it is clearly as >>>>>strong, or close to the top engines, but a book with Holes? CAN! and WILL! be >>>>>preyed upon by other engines. Overall i love this software and it was worth the >>>>>50bucks i paid for it. Cheers~! >>>> >>>>Ed Schroeder says he gave up on computer tournaments because they depend now so >>>>heavily on exploiting knowledge of the opponents' opening books. >>>>BUT- I am concerned if a program has a small or poor book. How many moves or >>>>positions are claimed for this one? >>>------------------------------- >>>Wouldn't it be most interesting to see the results if they would start having >>>tournaments where a Chess program couldn't use an opening book, but instead >>>would have to rely on itself to find the best moves! This way a programmer would >>>be forced to try and improve their engine in the area of one of their most >>>vulnerable weakness. (the Opening) >>> >>>Regards, >>> Terry >> >>This could be good but for now chessprograms are not good enough in openings >>play to do so >>Remember that 1d4.d5 2.c4 will not be played because it thinks it looses >>material. > >No > >1.d4 d5 2.c4 does not lose material so it can be played. >White can get the pawn back by e3 or Qa4+ so programs may play 2.c4. > >Uri e3 does not win the pawn back at once And Qa4 is it no so that programs are programed in such way that it is bad to use the quueen that early on in the game for sure it will find the counters attack against her. Which wil not give it a high valeu because of mobilety and King in the centre penalty's. Marc
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