Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 09:03:17 08/30/03
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On August 30, 2003 at 08:18:41, Geoff wrote: >Hi > >My program just "excelled" itself with my favourite worst ever move. >This shambles wasn't due to an obvious bug as such, more just to lack of search >depth. Here is the position > >[D]2r3k1/1b2n1bp/p2N4/1p6/6Q1/1P6/1PqN1PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 30 > >My program was playing black, my opponent offered me 2 tempting hung pieces >adjacent to my queen. My program avoided the knight capture, but couldn't resist >gobbling up the white pawn on b2. >Can you see the outcome of this move just be looking at the position? Yes. It is a well-known theme, the kind of thing experienced players (not necesarily strong ones) see "instantly". >I couldnt >really see it, but most computer analysis will show it very quickly. >Hint: I got smothered, very elegantly !! > >The other reason I found this quite amusing was the opponent that trapped me >into this blunder. Was it Shredder?, Junior?, Fritz? , nope just humble old TSCP >:-) > >Anyone else got a favorite clanger that wasn't due to just an obvious bug ? > > Regards Geoff I have played plenty of blunders myself (I am not a program author), but I do not have the gamescores with me. Some of them were really painful. José.
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