Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:58:20 11/17/04
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On November 16, 2004 at 15:00:17, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>On November 16, 2004 at 13:43:24, Rick Bischoff wrote:
>
>>On November 16, 2004 at 10:19:21, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>On November 16, 2004 at 03:34:32, Rick Bischoff wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://members.cox.net/javacoco/
>>>>
>>>>AFter the applet loads,
>>>>
>>>>Click on "Load", click the "Bin" tab and select Vox Chess. Enjoy a game against
>>>>a GM level opponent.
>>>
>>> Vox Chess on level B lost with black the queen
>>> after 10 moves !! I haven't seen such a weak
>>> (new??) program for years.
>>> Kurt
>>
>>You scoffed at it's brilliant sacrafice and abandonded the game not fully
>>understanding it's deep thinking. The queen sac led to a mate in 29.
>
>
> You are right, the queen sac led to a mate in 29 -:) -:)
> Look at the game and the diagram.
> Kurt
>
>Final position of the game
>Utzinger,K vs Vox Chess (level B)
>[D]rn2kbnr/ppp2ppp/4b3/8/3P1N2/2N5/PPP1BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 11
>
I counted til a mate in 32, and couldn't find the shorter mate in 29. That's why
I'm not GM strength like the engine I guess.
In any case, I think that some people didn't quite guess that when he said GM
strength about a clearly weak engine, that he was just joking.
Albert
>
>[Event "100'/40+50'/20+10'+30""]
>[Site "MyTown"]
>[Date "2004.11.16"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Utzinger,K"]
>[Black "Vox Chess"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[PlyCount "21"]
>[TimeControl "40/6000:20/3000:600+30"]
>
>1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Qd4 5.
>Nf3 Qc5 6. d4 Qd6 7. O-O e5 8. Nxe5 Bf5 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Ng6 Qxf4 11. Nxf4 *
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