Author: Alastair Scott
Date: 10:14:25 07/26/03
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On July 26, 2003 at 08:55:42, Russell Reagan wrote: >At rec.games.chess.misc someone asked why Karpov hasn't played an official match >against computers, and people have been posting games he has played against >computers, and so far all games that people have posted have been wins or draws, >no losses. > >Does anyone here know of any Karpov losses to a computer? Only the one quoted; he has played relatively few matches. >How well would Karpov do today in a 6 or 8 game match against a top commercial >engine? I think it would be very interesting. Here's the nearest thing, being the last game I can find that Karpov has played against a computer under tournament conditions: [Event "Man-Machine"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1999.07.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov"] [Black "Shredder X"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Ba3 12. Rc2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. e4 f6 16. Nf3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Na6 18. Rd1 Nb4 19. Rc4 a5 20. Ne1 Nd5 21. Nd3 Re8 22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Nc3 Re7 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Re1 Rae8 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Qd1 Bd6 28. Bf3 Qd7 29. Re2 Kh8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Ne1 Qd7 32. Ng2 Kg8 33. Ne3 Bb4 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. h4 Ba3 36. Bg4 Qe8 37. Bf3 Qd7 38. h5 Bb4 39. a4 Qe6 40. Kg2 Ba3 41. Qc2 Bc6 42. Kg1 h6 43. Ng2 Qd7 44. Nh4 Kg8 45. Qe2 Qe7 46. Qc2 Qd7 47. Kh2 b5 48. axb5 Bxb5 49. Be2 Bc6 50. Bd3 Bb7 51. Qe2 Qc6 52. Bf5 Kf7 53. Qg4 Kf8 54. Ng6+ Ke8 55. Nf4 Bf8 56. Qg6+ Ke7 57. Be6 Qe8 58. Bxd5 Bxd5 59. Nxd5+ Kd8 60. Qxe8+ Kxe8 61. Kg2 Kd7 62. Kf3 f5 63. Ne3 Ke6 64. g4 fxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Kf6 66. f4 g6 67. hxg6 Kxg6 68. f5+ Kf7 69. Kh5 Kf6 70. Kg4 Kf7 71. Nc4 Kf6 72. Nxa5 h5+ 73. Kf4 Bd6+ 74. Ke4 h4 75. Nc4 h3 76. Kf3 Bf4 77. b4 Kxf5 78. d5 h2 79. Kg2 Ke4 80. d6 Bxd6 81. Nxd6+ Kd5 1/2-1/2 There's an interesting snippet on Tiviakov's Web site: http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/data/moscow2001-eng2.htm "The players' meeting took place on the 26th of November. It could have been a 'normal' meeting if not the question raised by the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov – 'computer control'. He was afraid of other players cheating, using the Pocket PC, Pocket Fritz and mobile telephones, and accessing help from outside. The computer control has been established – all the players entering the playing area were later checked with metal detectors for their presence. And it was not only 1 time a day, but every time a player entered the playing area. You went to the toilet, come back several minutes later, checked again. Sometimes there were large queues where players had to stand." Yet Karpov seems happy to _endorse_ computer programs - I see that the Hoyle chess program (threads passim) has his endorsement :) Alastair
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