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Subject: Re: How to draw with Chessmaster

Author: Mihaly Szalai

Date: 11:58:47 07/23/03

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On July 23, 2003 at 13:58:43, John Merlino 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
>
>Taking a look at the game, after 19.Rxe5, the Chessmaster personality feels that
>White is slightly ahead (a 1-minute analysis on a P4-2.4 gives an eval of 0.31
>for White). So when you offered a draw by repetition with the White pieces,
>Chessmaster said "thank you very much!" :-)
>
>jm

Thank you, John.

And what do you think of that:

Chess programs should take into account the playing
strenght of their opponents (at least in rated games),
and choose their opening lines and playing style
accordingly.
Too hard task for a programmer?

http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?307709

Mihaly



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