Author: Moritz Berger
Date: 13:30:40 08/28/98
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On August 28, 1998 at 14:13:32, Mark Young wrote:
>Like the earlier version of Junior, Junior 5 seems much more adept at playing
>other computer programs. After watching the end of the Yudasin match with Junior
>5, I see the same pattern of behavior I did in Junior 4.6 against humans, very
>strong and solid play then out of the blue a move that self destructs its
>position. The moves are not tactical mistakes, just gross positional blunders. I
>know that all programs have their strengths and weaknesses, but this pattern
>with Junior is very disappointing to see because the program seems so very
>strong in all other respects.
... you might have a point, but Junior 5 is strong and aggressive enough that no
human could afford to just wait for (rare) positional blunders. Here's a random
sample, the last 3 games I played today with Junior vs. assorted Craftys on ICC.
I like Junior's refreshing style very much.
Esp. the draw vs. data shows nice king safety terms, especially at Blitz it's
remarkable how well Junior managed to get itself out of Crafty's attack.
Please note that today I finally changed my internet setup so that I will be
using a PII-400 on ICC instead of the P233MMX.
[Event "ICC 15 4 08/28/1998"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1998.08.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty"]
[Black "dustbin"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C93"]
[NIC "RL.22"]
[LongECO "Ruy Lopez: closed, Smyslov defense"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8
11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. a4 b4 15. cxb4 Nc6
16. d5 Nxb4 17. Bb3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng3 Qb6 20. Bd2 Rec8
21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe2 a5 23. Ra1 Na6 24. Bc2 Qxb2 25. Bxa5 Be8
26. Rec1 Bxa4 27. Rab1 Qa2 28. Ra1 Rxc2 29. Rxa2 Rxc1+ 30. Be1 Nc5
31. Qe3 Rc2 32. Ra1 Bc6 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Nd2 Bc6 35. f3 d5
36. exd5 Nxd5 37. Qe2 Rc1 38. Nh5 Nc3 39. Qe3 Bb5 40. Nb3 Rxe1+
41. Qxe1 Ne2+ 42. Kh1 Nxb3 43. Qb1 Nbd4 44. Qe4 Nc6 45. Kh2 Ned4
46. Qg4 Ne6 47. Nf6+ Kh8 48. Nd5 Ncd4 49. Kg3 f5 50. Qg6 Bc6
51. Nb6 Bc5 52. Nc4 Nf4 53. Qf7 Nde2+ 54. Kh2 Nh5
{Game courtesyadjourned by Black} *
(and a loss for Crafty as soon as it accepts the rematch request)
[Event "ICC 5 4 08/28/1998"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1998.08.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Data"]
[Black "dustbin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "C51"]
[NIC "IG.05"]
[LongECO "Evans gambit: G\"oring attack"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5
6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6
11. Bf4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Kf7 13. Qxc4+ Be6 14. d5 Bg4 15. Nd4 Ne7
16. f3 Bd7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. Na4 Ne5 19. Qb3 Ba5 20. Nb2 Re8
21. Rac1 Bb6 22. Na4 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Nd3 24. Rc3 Nc5 25. Qb5 Rc8
26. Rfc1 Kg8 27. Nf5 a6 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. R3c2 Qb5 30. Qc3 a5
31. Qd2 Qa6 32. Rb1 a4 33. Bd4 h6 34. Qf4 Re5 35. Qg4 Rxf5
36. Qxf5 Rf8 37. Rc3 Qe2 38. Ra3 Nd3 39. Bxb6 cxb6 40. Qe6+ Kh8
41. Rxd3 Qxd3 42. Rf1 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 Qc4 44. Rg1 Qc7 45. Qf5 b5
46. Qf4 Rc8 47. Qe3 Qc2 48. Qb6 Qxa2 49. Qxb5 Qb3 50. Qd7 Ra8
51. Rc1 h5 52. h3 Qb2 53. Rc7 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 Qe5+ 55. Kg1 f5
56. Qf7 fxe4 57. Re7 Qg5 58. h4 Qh6 59. Rxe4 b5 60. Re6 Qd2
61. Kh2 a3 62. Qxh5+ Kg8 63. Re8+ Rxe8 64. Qxe8+ Kh7 65. Qe4+ Kh6
66. Qe6+ g6 67. Qxd6 a2 68. Qf8+ Kh7 69. Qf7+ Kh6 70. Qf8+ Kh7
71. Qf7+ Kh6 72. Qf8+
{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2
[Event "ICC 5 4 08/28/1998"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1998.08.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dustbin"]
[Black "Data"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[ECO "B35"]
[NIC "KF.05"]
[LongECO "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4
5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O
9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 d6 11. f4 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7
13. Qd2 Na5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qxc2 18. e5 Nb6 19. Qb5 Rab8 20. Rbc1 Qf5
21. Qxa5 Nc8 22. b3 dxe5 23. Rc5 Qd3 24. Bf2 f6
25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rd5 Qf5 27. Rd8 e4 28. Bg4 Qxg4
29. Bg3 Nd6 30. Rfxf8+ Bxf8 31. Rxb8 Qd1+ 32. Qe1 Qd5
33. Bf2 a6 34. Qf1 a5 35. Be3 Nf5 36. g4 Qe5
37. Rc8 Qe6 38. Rd8 Qf6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rd5 e6
41. Rxa5 Qc3 42. Qg2+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Be7 44. Qg3 Qd3
45. Qg5 Qd8 46. b4 h6 47. Qh5+ Kf6 48. Qxh6+ Kf7
49. Qh7+ Kf6 50. Kg2 f4 51. Bxf4 e3
{Black resigns} 1-0
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