Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:01:23 09/13/99
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On September 13, 1999 at 19:50:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 13, 1999 at 19:41:14, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On September 13, 1999 at 19:08:22, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On September 13, 1999 at 19:06:01, Charles Unruh wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>GM's can draw 50% of games or more at 5 minutes vs comps if that is their goal >>>>i.e to draw. I say this because by taking said strategy i have been able to draw >>>>about 15-20% of my games against comps and i'm just recently an expert. >>>>Anti-computer play really pays the bills when doing this. Most progs seem to >>>>want draws anyway, especially Genius. Now this is a bit contrary to how one >>>>should play to get a draw vs humans, but we aren't talking about humans here :). >>> >>>I would be happy to take you up on this. Please email me if you want to arrange >>>a time, and we can do this on ICC. >>> >>>Some GM's can do OK at 5 0, but there are a lot who will lose every game of a >>>ten-game match, I think. >>> >>>bruce >> >>I've had similar experiences on ICC. I seem to be able to score more than my >>fair share of draws against the computer programs playing there. If I try to win >>I get "embarassed". But when I play to draw, the games I've been successful (5 3 >>blitz unrated) at have followed 1 of 2 patterns: >> >>1) One of the crafty clones has a penchant for unsound gambits (Englund gambit >>with f7-f6). I play solidly with a caro pawn structure and exchange down to an >>ending, which I draw. >>2) I play an exchange sac, which computer programs do not cope with as well as >>they should. They don't understand the importance of activating their rook. One >>game I almost won, but I screwed up and allowed counterplay and had to force a >>draw. >> >>I'm 2411 on ICC. My best score in one day was 2 draws out of 4 games if I >>remember correctly. I feel pretty sure these programs are easier to draw than >>GMs. > > >I'm with Bruce here. at 5 0 draws are probably hopeless. with an increment, >the chances go up... but if you are expecting your opponent to play a bogus >opening and then draw it, look out. Not _all_ clones (and certainly not the >"real mccoy") play gambits... except for those that are reasonably sound, like >the Evans, etc... > >I'd be happy to let you try your luck with 'crafty' on ICC or FICS if you want, >as it is always interesting to see if I have problems I don't know of. But you >probably want to talk to IM Kim Commons or Brian Hartman, first. Kim >particularly plays for Draws vs Crafty and he is not real successful at doing >so at blitz time controls... Type "search slo-mo blackdragon" at ICC. I score +1 -2 =1. I failed to remember I had won a game when I wrote my previous post. If you go over the games, you will see how effective my solid approach is and how unlucky I was that I did not do better! I will try to figure out the names of some of the other comps I've played. One was a CSTAL account, but I can't remmeber the name of the handle. I thought all the games I played were 5 3, but I was mistaken. I've played faster time limits, apparently.
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