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Subject: Re: How to draw with Chessmaster

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 08:24:54 07/23/03

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On July 23, 2003 at 11:19:20, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On July 23, 2003 at 10:26:52, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>
>>The CM 9000 default personality is rated 2789 on my Celeron 1.7 GHz
>>machine. My Hungarian rating is 2127. Are we in the same class? No.
>>It simply cannot handle this opening properly, unless it counts
>>as success a draw with black (as I do against a comp with any colour).
>>
>>
>>[Event "Chessmaster 9000 Rated Game"]
>>[Site ""]
>>[Date "2003.7.23"]
>>[Round ""]
>>[White "Szalai"]
>>[Black "Chessmaster"]
>>[TimeControl "3600+5"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>
>>1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h3 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nbd2
>>Qc7 9.Re1 Bd7 10.a3 c4 11.Bc2 Ne7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 f6
>>15.Bd2 Nd5 16.Qb1 f5 17.Bc2 Rac8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Qd6 20.Qd1 Qb6
>>21.Rb1 Qd6 22.Ra1 Qb6 23.Rb1 Qd6 24.Ra1 1/2-1/2
>
>     I have not yet studied the game, but am pleased that at least one person
>     has understood what I meant with my comments regarding my personal matches
>     "Man vs Machine". For players in the range of 2000 Elo and higher, it is
>     still quite possible to get a lot of draws against the strongest computer
>     programs, provided these players do no aim to win the game.
>     Kurt

Hi Kurt,

it is obviously not a question of strength alone. Do you own a copy of Chess
System Tal II ? To my experience it is quite tough to get draws from it as it
likes to mix things up and it might score better than some top programs against
you.

Of course you might also have better chances to win a game ;).

Peter



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