Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:28:07 09/15/03
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On September 15, 2003 at 09:11:25, emerson tan wrote: >I played a 24 game match between Shredder 6.02 and Hiarcs 7.32 with the >following opening. > >1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 h6 8.Nxe6 > >Time control was 40/4hrs + 20/2hrs + 2hrs to finish on a 1.8 Ghz processor. > >Shredder played all the white games and Hiracs all the black games. The score >went 13-11 in Hiarcs favor. Only a couple of games were drawn. > >I choose Shredder 6.02 to have white because it likes whites position and >without an opening book, it will play the 8.Nxe6 sacrifice. Also, Shredder has a >positional learning. I choose Hiarcs for black solely because of its positional >learning. Positional learning is important in this one opening match since it >will be able to learn and improve its next play based on the same opening. > >Maybe 8.Nxe6 is not a forced win for white. Maybe Kasparov can study it and use >it in some high profile match against computers since most of the programmers >might put it in their books thinking its a forced win for white. The problem is that while Nxe6 probably wins, it is _not_ easy for white to find the win. An IM played several commercial programs (he played black in every game) several years ago and won every time with black. Black _is_ a piece up and white has to justify that on _every_ move or lose the game.
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