Author: Mark Young
Date: 03:34:48 10/12/98
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On October 11, 1998 at 16:53:24, Ralph E. Carter wrote: >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. Is this type of play caused by the anti-GM feature, or is this normal for Rebel 10 to also play this way even with the anti-GM feature turned off? >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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