Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:02:24 11/08/98
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On November 08, 1998 at 11:27:11, Jimbo Green wrote:
>Greetings. I have been a lurker for several weeks on this forum, gleaning
>info while trying to decide which program to buy. I am a USCF Class B
>player and just recently played against a 2400 rated computer on the ICC
>in Game/15. Okay, so my title is misleading as I didn't whip it but I did
>get the draw in a not-so-quiet game. While I know there are experts on
>here who say anyone with any talent can get a draw with a computer, I was
>not trying to draw. Actually, I think I was getting my tail kicked but
>managed to weasel a draw out of the deal. My question to the computer (and
>chess) experts here, did the computer malfunction in the following game?
>
>W: Computer (2440)
>B: Me (1650)
>Time: 15' + 0
>Result: 1/2-1/2
>
>1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7
>8.Qe2 a6 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 Nf6 12.Rac1 0-0 13.Nd5 Nxd5
>14.Bxd5 Rac8 15.Rc3 Kh8 ( I am now out of my book. Based on how long the
>computer was thinking, he went out of book after my ninth move)
>16.Rdc1 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Qd2 Rf8 19.Rb3 Na5 20.Rc8 Bc8 21.Rb6 Nc6
>22.Qc3 Qd7 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rxc6 Qd8 25.Nd2 h6 26.f3 Bg5? 27.Bxg5 hxg5
>(Stupid me. I didn't even realize until now that my queen couldn't
>recapture. Can you tell I am intimidated?)
>28.Nc4 g4 29.Nxd6 Bd7 30.Rxa6 Qf6 31.Qc7 e4 32. Qc3 (Damn! My one
>prayer was that the computer would chomp material and allow me the perpetual
>checks with Qd4+)
>32...Qxc3 33.bxc3 e3 34.Kf1 gxf3 35.gxf3 Rxf3+ (Gee, now it seems like
>I am in the game, fighting for that draw rather than getting crushed as I
>thought earlier in the game).
Fighting for the draw? Why? Seems quite drawn to me.
>36.Ke1 Rf2 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Ra7 Bg4 39.Ne4 Re2+ 40.Kf1 Kh6 41.Ra6+ g6
>42.h3 Bf3 43.Rf6 Bh5 44.Ng3 Rxa2 45.Nxh5 e2+ 46.Ke1 Kxh5 47.Rf4 Rc2
>48.c4 Kg5 49.Re4 Kf5 50.Rxe2 Rxc4 51.Kf2 Rc3 52.Re3 Rxe3 (I somehow
>doubt a human master would trade off rooks vs Class B player)
What would you have it do?
>53.Kxe3 Kg5 54.Kf3 Kh4 55.Kg2 g5 56.Kh2 g4 57.hxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2
>
>So, while I know my effort was good Class B - a few good moves, a few
>boners - what about the computer? Maybe the rating was obtained by beating
>experts at bullet and blitz play.
ICC doesn't mix bullet, blitz, and standard ratings. As for your effort, it was
quite a bit better than good class B, but nor did the computer commit any
obvious blunders. You fail to say though what computer it was: pseudo, software,
hardware. Kind of strange seeing a computer play the Smith-Morra, as computers
don't usually gambits that well. I was also surprised to see you claim that you
were well into theory until the 15th move, not exactly usual at that rating.
Albert Silver
>
>JG
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