Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 11:29:22 06/15/05
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On June 15, 2005 at 10:26:21, Torstein Hall wrote: >The best post you have written ever! (At least among the ones I have read!) > >I agree 100%. Chess is most of all tactics, both simple and complicated tactics. >At least up to a certain level. Thats why the Fritzes of this world is doing so >well against more "intelligent" opponents. > >Torstein Torstein, here are a couple of examples where tactics completely fail Fritz. Fritz loses due to its inability to judge the position accurately, to plan ahead and to understand. A game from the Freestyle Tournament; Dieb Fritz – Tank1 [B19] http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2453 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.0-0-0 Ngf6 16.Bc3 b5 17.c5?? The beginning of the end. Terry Now the pawns on d4 and c5 are stuck on dark squares, which does nothing to improve the prospects of the bishop on c3. If Black is able to swap down to the ending White will be stuck with this "bad bishop". Black would have a great advantage. 17...a5 18.Bd2 a4 Tank1 offers a draw 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qc2 Rd5 22.Kb1 Rxh5 23.Rxh5 Nxh5 24.Ne5 Nf6 25.f4 Nd5 26.Re1 Bf6 27.f5 0-0 28.fxe6 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 fxe6 30.Rxe6 Rf1+ 31.Be1 Qf4 32.Re8+ Kf7 33.Re4 Qf5 34.Re2 Qg4 35.Rf2+ Rxf2 36.Qxf2+ Ke6 37.Kc1 Qf4+ 38.Qd2 Kf5 39.Bf2 Qxd2+ 40.Kxd2 Is it possible that Black envisioned this situation at move 17? If that is the case then it could only be ther result of human intervention. Computers cannot work with such long-term strategic plans. And it is the best way to confront them, when there is no way to wriggle out of the mess. 40...Ke4 41.Bg1 h5 42.Bf2 g5 43.g3 Nc7 44.Ke2 Ne6 45.d5 Kxd5 46.Be1 Nxc5 47.Kd2 Ke4 0-1. Here's the famous Kasparov game against FritzX-3D in 2003. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1269891 Again, Brain over Brawn... Terry
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