Author: Luis Smith
Date: 20:45:34 01/28/04
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Best game vs. a computer:
[Event "Blitz:10'"]
[Site "none"]
[Date "2003.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Luis"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Smith,Luis"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
{16MB, Fritz7.ctg, HPPAV1} 1. f4 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 Bd6 6.
Ne2 Bd7 7. Nf3 {Typical anti-computer strategy} O-O 8. g4
[D]rn1q1rk1/pp1b1ppp/3bpn2/2pp4/3P1PP1/2P1PN2/PP2N2P/R1BQKB1R b KQ g3 0 8
{ Sacrafice the pawn for an open rank. Suprisingly it took the bait} Nxg4 9.
Rg1
Nf6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 Bc6 12. Ng3 {Mobolize the troops to blitz the king.}
Nbd7 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Nh5 g6 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. Qh3 Bb5 17. Bc2 {
I wasn't about to trade my bishop off. It looks too nice pointed at the king}
Nxh5 18. Qxh5 Nf6 19. Qg5 {Chess Tiger's down fall} Kg7
[D]r3r3/pp3pkp/1q1bpnp1/1b1pN1Q1/3P1P2/2P5/PPB4P/R1B1K1R1 w Q - 0 20
20. h4 {I'm not sure
if this is the best move but my idea was to take the pawns around the king} Ng8
21. h5 Qd8 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nxg6 Nh6 25. Ne5+ Kf8 26. Qh3 Nf5 27.
Rg5 Bc7 {Was getting desperate and didn't know if I was winning or losing, but
I couldn't pass this pawn up} 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rxf5 Qg7 30. Be3 Bxe5 {
A suprise move, but it enables me to free my black bishop to continueattacking
the king} 31. fxe5 Re6 32. O-O-O Rg6 33. Rh5 {
Put some more pressure on the king and try to force him to the middle} Ke7 34.
Bh6 Qg8 35. Bg5+ {
I didn't see this tactic but I was glad when it fell into my lap}
[D]r5q1/pp2kp2/6r1/1b1pP1BR/3P4/2P4Q/PP6/2KR4 b - - 0 35
Rxg5 36. Qh4
Kd7 37. Rxg5 Qf8 38. Qf4 Qe7 39. Rf5 Rf8 40. Rf6 Kc8 41. e6 Rd8 42. exf7 Rf8
43. Rg1 Kd7 44. Qf5+ Kd8 45. Qxd5+ Bd7 46. Rfg6 {
Maybe not the best move, but I wanted to trade trade trade} Qxf7 47. Qxf7 Rxf7
48. Rg8+ Kc7 49. R1g7 Rf1+ 50. Kc2 Rf2+ 51. Kb3 Re2 52. d5 Rd2 53. c4 Rd3+ 54.
Kc2 Rh3 55. c5 Rh2+ 56. Kc3 Rh3+ 57. Kb4 Rh4+ 58. Ka3 Ra4+ 59. Kb3 Rd4 60. d6+
Kc6 61. Kc3 Rh4 62. b4 a6 63. a4 b6 {
?! Surely Tiger wouldn't give away its bishop this easily} 64. Rd8 (64. Rxd7
Rh3+ 65. Kd4 Kxd7 66. Rg7+ Ke6 67. Re7+ Kf6 68. cxb6) 64... bxc5 65. b5+ axb5
66. axb5+ Kxb5 67. Rgxd7 Rh3+ 68. Kc2 Kc4 69. Rc7 Rh2+ 70. Kc1 Kd3 71. Rxc5 1-0
Shortest draw I've ever seen against a computer:
[Event "Blitz:3'"]
[Site "none"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Luis"]
[Black "Fritz 8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Smith,Luis"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180"]
{16MB, Fritz7.ctg, HPPAV1} 1. e4 {After seeing this played a lot on chess
servers I decided to try it out for the first time against Fritz. Little did
I know I would be so successful. I actually think the opening goes like this..
.} e5 (1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. c3 dxc3 6. O-O cxb2 7. Bxb2)
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O Nxe4 7. cxd4 d5
[D]r1bqk2r/ppp2ppp/2n5/2bp4/2BPn3/5N2/PP3PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq d6 0 8
{
Suprising to see the computer let the queens come off early} 8. dxc5 dxc4 9.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Re1 f5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Be6 14. Be3 Bd5 15.
Re7 Bxf3 16. gxf3
[D]r2n2k1/ppp1Rrpp/8/2P5/2p5/4BP2/PP3P1P/R5K1 w - - 0 17
{I was very suprised when it didn't take the pawn} Rf7 17.
Re8+ Rf8 18. Re7 Rf7 19. Re8+ Rf8 20. Re7
[D]r2n1rk1/ppp1R1pp/8/2P5/2p5/4BP2/PP3P1P/R5K1 b - - 0 20
1/2-1/2
Game with the most blunders that I still (suprisingly) won
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Luis"]
[Black "LCHESS 5.0.0.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
{This game isn't really worth annotating as it was just a 1 minute game but it
was my first win vs. a computer} 1. c3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. f4
d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. g4 a6 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 Qd7
13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Qe4 d5 16. Qd3 e6 17. Nd2 Nc8 18. Nf3 Nd6 19.
Bd1 Ne7 20. Bc2 Nef5 21. Nh4 Nxh4 22. Rxh4 b6 23. Qe2 c6 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Rb1
Nxd2 26. Kxd2 Reb8 27. Rbh1 a5 28. Qh2 Kf8 29. Rh7 Qa7 30. Qh3 Bxd4 31. cxd4
Rb7 32. Bxg6
[D]r4k2/qr3p1R/1pp1p1B1/p2p2P1/3P1P2/4P2Q/PP1K4/7R b - - 0 32
{I love this move but I missed a mate afterwards} f6 33. Qxe6 (33.
Qh6+ Rg7 34. gxf6 Qf7 35. Rh8+ Qg8 36. Qxg7#) 33... Rxh7 34. Rxh7 Qxh7 35. Bxh7
fxg5 36. Bg6 Ra7 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Qxg5 Kg7 39. f5 Kf8 40. f6 Rf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7
42. Qg7+ Ke6 43. f7 Kf5 44. f8=Q+ Ke4 45. Qg6# 1-0
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