Author: Zappa
Date: 16:55:56 11/29/05
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On November 29, 2005 at 18:29:06, stuart taylor wrote:
>I would be interested to know what peoples results are when playing one of the
>top programs (or even a bit lower than that), and removing the computers queen
>before the first move.
>NOT setting the computer to a lower level, but keeping it at its best, and just
>denying it its queen.
>
>Would anyone care to admit that they STILL lose almost every game even if they
>are rated 2000+?
>
>I'm not saying this SHOULD happen, but I think it is much harder than one would
>think, to beat the computer just because it is a queen down (from starting
>position).
>Anyone who hasn't tried, will probably think it would be a pushover if you just
>removed one rook or even one knight.
>But you might be in for a shock!
>Try to see what happens even if you remove the computers queen!
>Any results please?
>S.Taylor
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "vanderboom"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Zappa 2.1b x64"]
[Black "Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "40/300"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
r n b q k b n r
p p p p p p p p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
P P P P P P P P
R N B . K B N R
white to play
--------------}
{White resigns} 0-1
heheh
anthony
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