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Subject: Re: Chessmaster could draw by 62...d3

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 06:25:06 01/07/99

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On January 07, 1999 at 09:18:26, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 07, 1999 at 00:41:19, blass uri wrote:
>
>>
>>On January 06, 1999 at 14:30:07, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>This is game 9 of my Fritz 5.32 vs Chessmaster 6000 @ 40/90.  If anyone is
>>>interested, my match between Fritz 5.32 and Junior 5.0 is 5-5 after 10 games.  I
>>>will post all the games at once when finished.
>>>
>>>Game #     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    Total
>>>Fritz 5.32 1    1    1   .5   .5   .5    0   .5    1     6
>>>CM6K       0    0    0   .5   .5   .5    1   .5    0     3
>>>
>>>[Event "Fritz 5.32/CM6K"]
>>>[Site ""]
>>>[Date "1999.01.05"]
>>>[Round "9"]
>>>[White "Fritz 5.32,K6-2-350"]
>>>[Black "Chessmaster,PII-333"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 e6
>>>2. d4 d5
>>>3. Nc3 Nf6
>>>4. Bg5 Be7
>>>5. e5 Nfd7
>>>6. Bxe7 Qxe7
>>>7. f4 O-O
>>>8. Nf3 c5
>>>9. dxc5 Nc6
>>>10. Qd2 Nxc5
>>>11. O-O-O a6
>>>12. Kb1 b6
>>>13. g3 Bb7
>>>14. Nd4 Nxd4
>>>15. Qxd4 Rac8
>>>16. h3 Rc7
>>>17. Bg2 Nd7
>>>18. Rd2 Qc5
>>>19. Rhd1 Bc6
>>>20. h4 Rfc8
>>>21. h5 Qxd4
>>>22. Rxd4 Nc5
>>>23. Kc1 Be8
>>>24. Bf3 b5
>>>25. R1d2 a5
>>>26. a3 Rb8
>>>27. Kd1 b4
>>>28. axb4 axb4
>>>29. Na2 b3
>>>30. Nc1 bxc2+
>>>31. Rxc2 Rcc8
>>>32. Kd2 f5
>>>33. Ke3 Ne4
>>>34. Rxc8 Rxc8
>>>35. Ne2 Rb8
>>>36. b4 Kf8
>>>37. g4 g6
>>>38. Bxe4 fxe4
>>>39. h6 Ke7
>>>40. Nc3 Rb7
>>>41. g5 Rb8
>>>42. b5 Rc8
>>>43. Kd2 e3+
>>>44. Kd3 e2
>>>45. Nxe2 Bxb5+
>>>46. Kd2 Bc4
>>>47. Nc3 Rc7
>>>48. Nd1 Rb7
>>>49. Ne3 Bb5
>>>50. Rb4 Kd7
>>>51. Nc2 Ke7
>>>52. Ke3 Ba6
>>>53. Rxb7+ Bxb7
>>>54. Kd4 Kf7
>>>55. Nb4 Bc8
>>>56. Kc5 Bd7
>>>57. Nc2 Ba4
>>>58. Ne3 Bb3
>>>59. Ng4 Kg8
>>>60. Nf6+ Kh8
>>>61. Kd6 d4
>>>62. Ke7 Ba4
>>
>>chessmaster could play 62...d3 and do a draw after 63.Kf8 d2 64.Ne4 d1=Q 65.Nd6
>>Qxd6+ 66.exd6 Ba4 67.Ke7 Kg8 68.d7 Bxd7 69.Kxd7.
>>
>>white takes the pawn at e6 but it is a draw.
>>chessmaster needs many hours to find 62...d3 because of wrong evaluation of this
>>pawn ending.
>>
>>Usually KPPP vs KPP wins for the strong side but not in this case.
>>
>>Uri
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>Hello Uri,
>As usual you are right again.  I think CM mishandles a lot of pawn endings
>especially not pushing passed pawns.  In this game even if you are losing it
>seems like the only logical try is to queen the pawn and force the trade for the
>knight.  Chessmaster plays too passively for my taste.  I think Chessmaster
>would be stronger if it played more agressive.
>Jim Walker

I have found when testing certain personalities that making higher the passed
pawn settings makes CM6K play these type of positions alot better and on average
beats the standard settings in this regard. I do not think the standard settings
are the strongest and would like to know what Johan prefers to play when he uses
his engines in certain tournaments



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