Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 07:39:41 12/01/99
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On December 01, 1999 at 04:19:25, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>On December 01, 1999 at 03:21:16, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On December 01, 1999 at 02:37:44, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>>
>><lotsa snipping>
>>
>>>
>>>Did you see the game "Garf" vs. Chess Tiger from FICS that was posted? In that
>>>game, Garf was rated 1100 or something, but was able to draw Chess Tiger, which
>>>is supposed to be the strongest computer program. This is just one game; there
>>>are tons of other examples. As I said, even I can occasionally win/draw against
>>>my computer running whatever program (Crafty, Rebel, Hiarcs, etc.). I am
>>>probably a <=1400 player.
>>
>>Can you please post this game or tell me the command to access it at FICS.
>>Thanks.
>
>Here is the game that was posted:
>
>[Event "fics unrated blitz game"]
>[Site "fics, Oklahoma City, OK USA"]
>[Date "1999.11.29"]
>[Time "22:02:46"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "Garf"]
>[Black "chesspartner"]
>[WhiteElo "1189"]
>[BlackElo "2195"]
>[TimeControl "300+0"]
>[Mode "ICS"]
>[Result "*"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O c4 7. Be2 a6
>8. a3 Bd6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc1 b5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Re1 Rb8 14.
>Nf1 Ne4 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Qd1 Nb3 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Qd1 Bc6 19. Qc2 Nxc1 20.
>Rexc1 Red8 21. Re1 h6 22. Rec1 Nf6 23. Re1 a5 24. Rec1 Ra8 25. Ra1 Rdb8 26.
>Rcb1 a4 27. Re1 Ne4 28. Rab1 Rb7 29. Rec1 Qb8 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Rec1 Qc7 32.
>Ra1 Rbb8 33. Ra2 Ra7 34. Rb1 Rbb7 35. Qc1 Nf6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Qc1 Rb8 38.
>Qc2 Ne4 39. Qc1 Raa8 40. Qc2 Rb7 41. Qc1 Qb8 42. Qc2 Rd7 43. Qc1 Re7 44.
>Qc2 Kf8 45. Qc1 Qc7 46. Qc2 Ra7 47. Qc1 Re8 48. Qc2 Qb8 49. Qc1 Rd8 50.
>Qc2 Rdd7 51. Qc1 Nf6 52. Qc2 Kg8 53. Qc1 Re7 54. Qc2 Kf8 55. Qc1 Re8 56.
>Qc2 Rc8 57. Qc1 Ra8 58. Qc2 Kg8 59. Qc1 Ne4 60. Qc2 Rd8 61. Qc1 Qc7 62.
>Qc2 Rdb8 63. Qc1 Kf8 64. Qc2 Rb7 65. Qc1 Re8 66. Qc2 Rbb8 67. Qc1 Ra8 68.
>Qc2 Red8 69. Qc1 Rab8 70. Qc2 Rd7 71. Qc1 Kg8 72. Qc2 Ra8 73. Qc1 Qb8 74.
>Qc2 Re7 75. Qc1 Kf8 76. Qc2 f5 77. Qc1 g6 78. Qc2 Qc7 79. Qc1 Ra7 80. Qc2
>Rf7 81. Qc1 Rg7 82. Qc2 Re7 83. Qc1 Kg8 84. Qc2 Rf7 85. Qc1 Rg7 86. Qc2
>Rd7 87. Qc1 Ra8 88. Qc2 Nf6 89. Qc1 Rf7 90. Qc2 Ne4 91. Qc1 Ra7 92. Qc2
>Qb8 93. Qc1 Kh7 94. Qc2
>{Black lost connection, game adjourned} *
>
>It's not technically a draw at this point, but it looks like it will turn out
>that way. Black is just shuffling, and either the 50-move rule will happen or
>black will sacrifice some material to open the position up, in which case a draw
>may be easier, since white is no longer down a bunch of material. Also, time
>will be a factor - the computer (black) won't have time to calculate much beyond
>the shuffling of pieces, so it will continue to do so, or it will lose on time.
>
>Note that white is rated <1200 FICS.
While white may only be rated at <1200 fics it is also possible that this person
only plays high rated computers and had only played a few games making this
<1200 rating meaningless.
Dan Kiski.
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