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Subject: Re: On Playing a Dedicated computer..

Author: Robert C Gates

Date: 12:26:45 05/22/04

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On May 22, 2004 at 15:04:16, steven blincoe wrote:

>hi all
>
>when playing against one of the old classics one is free to change
>levels,experiment and just have fun..
>
>i started out as White  against the Mephisto Risc II (2226 Elo-released
>1994)playing at the normal start up level (10 sec.avg per move)
>the game proceeded thusly:
>
>[Event "OL FARTS SATURDAY Rapids"]
>[Site "My Den"]
>[Date "2004.05.22"]
>[Level 10 sec.avg.per move]
>[White "Blincoe"]
>[Black "Mephisto Risc II"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo " waaay less then 3000"]
>[BlackElo "2226"]
>[ECO "A40"]
>
>1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
>8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd2 c4 12. Bc2 b4 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ng3
>O-O 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. e4 c3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qd3
>
>[D]2rq1rk1/1b1nbppp/p3pn2/6B1/3PP3/2pQ1NN1/P1B2PPP/R3R1K1 b
>the Critical position
>
>on the 10 sec level Risc II proceeded with:
>19.h6 and there followed:
>20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e5 Be7
>
>not satisfied to end hostilities in this quick manner i then reset the position
>back to the critical position and bumped up the level to tournament
>strength-40/2hrs
>
>from the critical position play then followed:
>g6
>20. Bh6 Re8 21. e5 Nd5 22. a3 Qa5 23. Nh5 Bxa3 24. Qe4 Rc7 25. Qg4 Nb4 26. Bxg6
>hxg6 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. Qg5 c2 29. Bg7 c1=Q
>
>
>Risc  II was very very pleased with its performance at this point and had me
>down -3.65
>howver i unleashed
> 30. f4!!
>
>
>[D]4r3/1brn1pBk/p3p1p1/q3P1QN/1n1P1P1N/b7/6PP/R1q1R1K1 b
>
>at this point the evaluation display swung back and forth from +9.99 to -9.99
>the game continued with..
> Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Kg8
>and i was more then happy to annouce a Mate in 5
>32. Qh6 f5 33. Bf6 Re7 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qxe7# 1-0
>
>my wife at this point yelled out from the front room
>
>now your even talking to the chess computer????!!!???
>
>
>
>Steve


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