Author: Pete Galati
Date: 21:34:24 07/03/99
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OliThink plays 2 or 3 variations of Chess also, it plays Atomic Chess and I
think Suicide Chess. Both of those variations will tend to get you very upset if
you are not familier with them. I'd recomend digging up one of those web pages
that goes over the rules for Chess variations and giving them a try. But because
of being capable of playing those Chess variation games I don't think you can
expect OliThink to play standard Chess well. I think it's more of a novelty
program (not meant as an insult), I don't know of any other programs like it.
Maybe someone else does.
Pete
On July 03, 1999 at 22:34:08, Jeff Anderson wrote:
>I downloaded a freeware program called Olithink a few months ago, but have not
>paid much attention to it since then. Today I set it up and began playing it a
>few lightning games at g/2. At first it was not unlike other relatively weak
>programs. It was good at tactics, but would make horrible positional mistakes.
>Still, I was sure that would be plenty to beat me, which it did the first two.
>
>Then, it made an inexplicable blunder that the 5 ply search it made should have
>avoided easily.
>It beat me another couple of games and then another game IT PASSED UP A SIMPLE
>WIN TO INSTEAD MOVE ITS ROOK INTO CAPTURE FOR NO REASON AT ALL ON AN 8 PLY
>SEARCH! I played it more games and it made more such completely inexplicable
>blunders.
>
>Does anyone have any explanation for this bizarre behaviour from this program?
>Has anyone else noticed this when they played Olithink?
>
>Here is the game where it moves its rook into capture for no reason at all after
>an 8 ply search. The move is 41.Rh8+?? when 41.Rbh1 wins.
>
>[Event "Level=Blitz:2'. "]
>[Site "Puyallup"]
>[Date "1999.07.03"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "olithink"]
>[Black "Anderson, Jeff"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "A10"]
>[PlyCount "88"]
>[EventDate "1999.07.03"]
>
>{12608kB, Power.ctg. Pentium 266
>} 1. c4 {0} 1... h6 {5} 2. e4 {0.16/6 2} 2...
>e5 {4} 3. Nf3 {0.16/6 2} 3... Nf6 {1} 4. d4 {0.30/5 2} 4... exd4 {2} 5. e5 {
>0.25/5 1} 5... Ng8 {9} 6. Nxd4 {0.45/5 2} 6... d6 {1} 7. Qe2 {0.20/5 1} 7...
>dxe5 {2} 8. Qxe5+ {0.29/5 2} 8... Qe7 {2} 9. Qxe7+ {0.37/6 1} 9... Bxe7 {1} 10.
>Bd3 {0.15/6 2} 10... Nc6 {2} 11. Nxc6 {1.77/6 3} 11... bxc6 {6} 12. O-O {
>1.23/6 0} 12... Be6 {2} 13. Nc3 {1.60/6 0} 13... Nf6 {2} 14. Bf4 {1.67/6 2}
>14... Rc8 {2} 15. Be3 {1.50/6 2} 15... a6 {2} 16. c5 {1.56/6 2} 16... O-O {1}
>17. b3 {1.14/5 2} 17... Rfd8 {1} 18. Bxa6 {1.45/6 2} 18... Ra8 {2} 19. Bb7 {
>1.47/6 2} 19... Rab8 {3} 20. Bxc6 {2.08/6 2} 20... Nd5 {1} 21. Bxd5 {2.37/6 2}
>21... Bxd5 {1} 22. Nxd5 {2.34/6 2} 22... Rxd5 {1} 23. c6 {2.22/6 2} 23... Bc5 {
>8} 24. Bxc5 {2.08/6 2} 24... Rxc5 {1} 25. f3 {2.17/6 2} 25... Rxc6 {1} 26. Kf2
>{1.42/6 2} 26... Ra6 {3} 27. g4 {1.28/6 2} 27... Rba8 {1} 28. a4 {1.34/6 2}
>28... Rb6 {1} 29. Ra3 {1.37/6 2} 29... Rab8 {1} 30. Rb1 {1.42/6 2} 30... c5 {0}
>31. a5 {1.42/6 2} 31... Rb5 {2} 32. a6 {0.93/7 2} 32... c4 {1} 33. a7 {0.93/7 2
>} 33... Ra8 {2} 34. b4 {0.88/6 0} 34... Rb7 {3} 35. Rc3 {0.95/7 0} 35... Rbxa7
>{1} 36. Rxc4 {0.95/6 2} 36... Ra2+ {2} 37. Kg3 {1.02/7 2} 37... Rd2 {7} 38. g5
>{1.08/6 2} 38... hxg5 {1} 39. h4 {-0.29/6 3} 39... gxh4+ {2} 40. Rxh4 {
>-0.42/6 1} 40... Rb8 {3} 41. Rh8+ {5.02/8 2} 41... Kxh8 {1} 42. b5 {-6.47/7 2}
>42... Rd7 {4} 43. f4 {-6.46/7 0} 43... Rdb7 {1} 44. f5 {-6.54/7 3} 44... Rxb5 {
>1} 0-1
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