Author: Will Singleton
Date: 08:45:55 01/21/99
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On January 21, 1999 at 10:03:47, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>Will, hello.
>
>I went through some of the games you attached as pgn's. I am not quite sure
>that this account is a computer. Look at the following game. On move 12 (so, no
>time trouble), White could have easily captured the e6 pawn, and BC missed that
>(I'd like to see a comp passing up on that). However, BC does seem to play way
>beyond his rating and in other games I witnessed some mighty tactics. Just like
>Bruce Moreland, I checked the ICC account and the only BillClinton there is a
>comp account, inactive though, with a couple of funny finger notes. So, how come
>there is yet another BillClinton? A question for the ICC administration, I
>guess.
>
>Regards,
>Djordje
>
Good try, Djordje! But 12. Bxe6 is exactly the move a *human* would make, but a
computer might not. I gave this to Hiarcs, and it played 12. a3 thru 7 ply,
switching to Bxe6 after a lengthy search 20-30 seconds (eval was about the
same). So, thanks for pointing this out!
Godizila-Valle (HIARCS 6.0 5/Normal)
A00
Av resp. 5 secs
No White Black time ply eval Best Line
1 e4 0 1 0 d4
1.. e6 0 1 0 e5
2 d4 0 1 0 d4
2.. d5 0 1 0 d5
3 Nd2 0 1 0 Nc3
3.. Nf6 0 1 0 Nf6
4 e5 0 1 0 e5
4.. Nfd7 0 1 0 Nfd7
5 f4 0 1 0 c3
5.. c5 0 1 0 c5
6 c3 0 1 0 Ndf3
6.. Nc6 0 1 0 cxd4
7 Ndf3 0 1 0 Ndf3
7.. cxd4 0 1 0 Qb6
8 cxd4 0 1 0 cxd4
8.. Qb6 0 1 0 Qb6
9 g3 15 8 -8 Ne2 f5 Nc3 Be7 Be2 O-O O-O
9.. f6 0 1 0 Be7
10 Bh3 10 7 -16 a3 Be7 Bh3 f5 Ne2 O-O O-O
10.. Bb4+ 10 7 53 fxe5 fxe5 Bb4+ Kf1 Nd8 a3 Qa6+ Qe2
11 Kf1 10 7 -83 Kf2 fxe5 Bxe6 exf4 Bxd5 fxg3+ hxg3
11.. O-O 6 6 62 fxe5 fxe5 Nf8 a3 Be7 Kg2 Bd7
12 Kg2 47 7 23 a3 Be7 Bxe6+ Kh8 Kg2 fxe5 fxe5 Ndxe5
12.. fxe5 19 8 9 f5 Ne2 Be7 b3 Qa6 Bd2 Qd3
13 fxe5 13 7 25 Bxe6+ Kh8 Bxd5 exd4 Bxc6 Qxc6 Ne2 Nf6
13.. Nxd4 18 8 21 Ndb8 Ne2 Na6 Bg5 h6 a3 Ba5 Bc1
14 Qxd4 6 7 248 Qxd4 Bc5 Qc3 a6 Ne2 Bb4 Qd4 Bc5
14.. Bc5 7 8 -247 Bc5 Qc3
15 Qc3 7 7 246 Qc3 a5 Ne2 Ra6 Bg5 Qb5
15.. Bxg1 19 6 -274 Nb8 Ne2 Bd7 Ned4 Na6
16 Rxg1 6 7 384 Rxg1 Qa6
16.. d4 21 7 -461 Nb8 Be3 Qa6 Ng5
17 Qxd4 22 8 511 Qxd4 Qxd4 Bxe6+ Kh8 Nxd4 Nxe5 Bf4 Nc6
17.. Qc6 6 8 -519 Qxd4 Bxe6+ Kh8 Nxd4 Nxe5 Be3 Nd3
18 Rf1 7 7 595 Bf4 Qc2+ Nd2 Nb8 Qc4 Qxc4 Nxc4 Bd7
18.. b6 18 7 -598 Nb6 Qd6
19 Qd6 7 7 623 Qd6 Qxd6 exd6 Nc5 Bg5 Ba6 Rfe1 Bc4
19.. Qe4 6 7 -632 Qxd6 exd6 Nc5 Ne5 Bb7
20 Bxe6+ 6 7 1293 Bxe6+ Kh8 Bd5 Qd3 Bxa8 Qxd6 exd6 Ba6
20.. Kh8 7 8 -1293 Kh8 Bd5
21 Bd5 7 7 1318 Bd5 Qd3 Bxa8 Qxd6 exd6
21.. Qc2+ 5 7 -1318 Qd3 Bxa8
22 Rf2 6 7 1404 Rf2 Qf5 Bxa8 Nc5 Bf4 Be6 Bd5
22.. Qf5 48 7 -1468 Qf5 Bxa8
23 Bxa8 6 7 1538 Bxa8 Nc5 Be3 Nb7 Qc6
>[Event "ICC 5 2"]
>[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
>[Date "1999.01.19"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "BillClinton"]
>[Black "Valle"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2201"]
>[BlackElo "2186"]
>[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
>[ECO "C05"]
>[NIC "FR.16"]
>[Time "21:32:25"]
>[TimeControl "300+2"]
>[MLNrOfMoves "22"]
>[MLFlags "000100"]
>
>1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
>Qb6 9. g3 f6 10. Bh3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Kg2 fxe5 13. fxe5 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5
>15. Qc3 Bxg1 16. Rxg1 d4 17. Qxd4 Qc6 18. Rf1 b6 19. Qd6 Qe4 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
>Bd5 Qc2+ 22. Rf2 Qf5 23. Bxa8 {Black resigns} 1-0
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