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Subject: Re: Normal blitz win against Fritz

Author: Mark Young

Date: 04:55:11 01/07/03

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On January 07, 2003 at 03:15:55, Chris wrote:

>On January 06, 2003 at 16:57:11, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On January 06, 2003 at 14:32:18, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On January 06, 2003 at 14:15:00, Chris wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 06, 2003 at 14:06:54, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On January 06, 2003 at 12:45:28, Chris wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Some people here seems to doubt that it is possible to beat the top engines, but
>>>>>>I found out that you can still do it with the normal means of setting up the
>>>>>>Stonewall as White.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>These games was of course played without takeback or other kinds of cheating.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>My OTB ELO is 2230 and I have studied computer weaknesses a lot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>After this game, I lost six in a row, and I decided that maybe I need some more
>>>>>>time the next time I challenge Fritz :-) I believe I would have a better chance
>>>>>>at tournament speed.
>>>>>
>>>>>I believe that at tournament speed Fritz8 also can play better.
>>>>>It is possible that it will not let you to win by the same strategy and the only
>>>>>way to know is to try.
>>>>>
>>>>>It is a mistake to get a conclusion from speed chess about tournament time
>>>>>control games.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I believe Fritz would be stronger tactically in a longer game, but I don't think
>>>>it would change so much strategically. I was getting into this position by
>>>>following its book.
>>>
>>>
>>>If the book has no errors then the question is simply if Fritz does the same
>>>mistakes if you give it some minutes to calculate.
>>>
>>>I do not know what is the point when Fritz8 starts to show negative evaluation.
>>>
>>>analyzing with yace and going backward so yace can learn shows that yace see a
>>>clear advantage for white after 31...hxg6(1.84 pawns)
>>>
>>>Yace learned the following line
>>>31...hxg6 32.fxg6 Rff8 33.Ng3 f5 34.Nxf5 Qe6 35.Qg5 Kg8 36.Qh5 Rxf5 37.Bxf5
>>>Qxe3+ 38.Kc2 Qxg1 39.Qh7+ Kf8 40.Qh8+ Ke7 41.Qxg7+ Kd6
>>>  +-  (1.84)
>>>
>>>
>>>Yace does not like 31...hxg6 after learning the line and I have the following
>>>analysis
>>>
>>>[D]4r2k/p3qrpp/2b2pP1/3p1P1N/2pP1Q1P/2P1P3/P1BK4/6R1 b - - 0 1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Analysis
>>>
>>>31...Rff8 32.gxh7 Rf7 33.Qg3 Kxh7 34.Nf4 Kg8 35.h5 Qc7 36.h6 Rfe7 37.Ng6 Rd7
>>>38.Qxc7
>>>  =  (-0.23)   Depth: 13   00:01:32  33598kN
>>>31...Rff8 32.gxh7 Rf7 33.Qg3 Kxh7 34.Nf4 Kg8 35.h5 Kh7 36.Ne6 Kh8 37.Qg6 Bd7
>>>38.h6 Bxe6
>>>  =  (0.11)   Depth: 14   00:04:29  94591kN
>>>31...Rff8 32.gxh7 Rf7 33.Qg3 Kxh7 34.Nf4 Qd7 35.Ne6 Kh8 36.h5 Qe7 37.Qg6 Bd7
>>>38.h6
>>>  =  (0.11)   Depth: 15   00:16:59  324004kN
>>>
>>>(blass, tel-aviv 06.01.2003)
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>Yace needs a long analysis to see that 31...Rff8 is also bad
>>
>>The score continues to drop and I stopped it before waiting until it finish
>>iteration 17.
>>
>>
>>  ²  (0.48)   Depth: 16   00:45:34  895399kN
>>31...Rff8 32.gxh7 Rf7 33.Qg3 Kxh7 34.Nf4 Rb8 35.Qf3 Qd6 36.Qh5+ Kg8 37.Rg2 Be8
>>38.Ng6 Rfb7 39.Qh8+ Kf7 40.Ne5+ Ke7 41.Rxg7+ Kd8 42.Rg8 Rb2 43.Rxe8+ Kc7
>>  ±  (0.88)   Depth: 17   01:41:40  2047157kN
>>31...Rff8 32.gxh7 Rf7 33.Qg3
>>  ±  (0.88)   Depth: 17   02:32:48  3034226kN
>>
>>(blass, tel-aviv 07.01.2003)
>>
>>
>>I can add that yace suggests 30...Rg8 after all this learning so it can reply
>>g6 by h6.
>>
>>After 30...Rg8 it can see 31.gxf6 as the best move.
>>
>>There are 2 questions here
>>
>>1)Is it correct to assume that 30...Rg8 is better and 30...Rf7 was the losing
>>move?
>>2)How much time do programs need to avoid 30...Rf7?
>>
>>Uri
>
>
>Yes, I agree. My analysis also shows that 30...Rg8 was better. 30...Rf7 is
>losing. I didn't test how much time different programs need, but it could be
>interesting to see.
>
>When I said that I believe I would do better at tournament control, it is
>because experience shows that humans gain relatively more from a time increase.
>That is a fact shown by many years of experience.


This may be as true any more....Computer are winnning the long games now more
then ever....even when it is playing a human 1 move a day or slower.



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