Author: Ralph E. Carter
Date: 13:53:24 10/11/98
To those interested in Rebel 10: My USCF high is 18-something. I thought Genius 2 played "correctly", like one of my favorite players, Karpov. I always tried to out-technique it, since this is my chess ideal. I often reached simplified, technical, equal looking positions, but winning was almost impossible. I eventually scored 1 win, 5 draws, 4 losses at 40/2, on a 486/66. Against Rebel 10, I NEVER reach equal, simplified positions. That's the "bad news" for me. The good news is: I sometimes get "chances". These chances usually demand energetic exploitation of some disorder that sometimes appears. In this respect, play against Rebel is very, very much like a real, scrappy game against a human. But, so far, it ALWAYS resolves the mess in its favor. This is a different brand of chess than my ideal, and there's no escape! Against Rebel 10, a lot more is required, than merely trying to hold my position together. Maybe some of this "lot more" can be learned. Novag Expert did this to me, years ago, and I DID eventually surpass it at 40/2. Rebel 10 "never" makes "dumb computer moves". (So far. I haven't seen an ending yet!)
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