Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 12:44:37 02/05/00
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On February 05, 2000 at 14:02:14, Pierre Bourget wrote: >Strictly speaking i think that the following was the first game won by a >computer against an IM, but in 1977 Edward Lasker was 92 years old and no longer >a very serious active player and the game was in a simultaneous exhibition by >the computer.It is said also that Lasker was the first IM >in 1960 to play and defeat a computer but i found no trace of this game. > >Chess 4.5 - Lasker IM,E [C63] >New York simul exh by computer, 29.03.1977 >1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.exf5 Nf6 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Ne2 c6 8.Bc4 d5 >9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Nxd4 0–0 11.0–0 c5 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.fxe6 c4 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 Ne4 >16.d3 Nxf2 17.Rxf2 Qb6 18.d4 Bxh2+ 19.Kf1 Rxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Rf8+ 21.Ke2 c3 22.bxc3 >Qc7 23.Ba3 Rf4 24.Qd3 Re4+ 25.Kd1 Bg3 26.Qf3 Re1+ 27.Kd2 Qb8 28.Qf7+ Kh8 29.Bf8 >Qf4+ 30.Qxf4 1–0 > >The next one is more serious since it came from the match between Chess 4.7 and >David Levy in 1978 in Toronto.This is certainly the first one in tournament like >condition. > >Chess 4.7 - Levy IM,D (2320) [C40] >Toronto m (4), 03.09.1978 >1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.Ng4 d5 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Qh5+ Qf7 8.Qxf7+ >Kxf7 9.Nc3 c6 10.d3 exd3 11.Bxd3 Nd7 12.Bf4 Nc5 13.g4 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Bc5 15.0–0 >h5 16.Na4 Bd4 17.Be3 Be5 18.d4 Bd6 19.h3 b6 20.Rfe1 Bd7 21.Nc3 hxg4 22.hxg4 Rh4 >23.f3 Rah8 24.Kf1 Bg3 25.Re2 Bc8 26.Kg2 Bd6 27.Bg1 Rh3 28.Rae1 Rg3+ 29.Kf2 Rhh3 >30.Re3 Ba6 31.Ne2 Bxe2 32.R1xe2 c5 33.f4 Rxe3 34.Rxe3 Rh4 35.Kg3 Rh1 36.Bf2 Rd1 >37.Ra3 cxd4 38.Rxa7+ Kf8 39.Rd7 Rd3+ 40.Kg2 Bc5 41.Rxd5 Rd2 42.b4 Bxb4 43.Rd8+ >Kf7 44.Rd7+ Kf8 45.Rxd4 Rb2 46.Kf3 Bc5 47.Rd8+ Ke7 48.Bh4+ Kf7 49.g5 g6 50.Rd7+ >Kf8 51.fxg6 Rxa2 52.f5 Ra3+ 53.Kg4 Ra4+ 54.Kh5 Rd4 55.Rc7 Be7 1–0 > >Pierre The story of this game : In 1968 a group of 10 AI supporter bet with David Levy that 5 years later computers will be able to defeat him in a 6 games match. David Levy, very kindly, lengthened the period until 10 year. Each AI supporter bet 250£ and Levy 2500£. David Levi was rated 2380 the 1 january 1971, when the Elo rating was created. In 1978, the match was played, the score was : =,+,+,-,+ (3.5) for Levy The report that I have here say that Levy took many risk in the 5th game ,may be to relaunch the suspense ...
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