Human vs computer stonewall.

[jshriver]

Several years ago when I firsted joined CCC there was a player who frequented this place who was good at beating various computer engines.

He often used a stonewall (hope I have that term correct). Anyone know his name, handle, or where some of those are now adays? Think the last time I saw him or his games was when fruit first game out.

Thanks,
-Josh

[Sven]

Pablo Ignacio Restrepo? I do not remember anyone else in that area.

Sven

[Kurt Utzinger]

Several years ago when I firsted joined CCC there was a player who frequented this place who was good at beating various computer engines.

He often used a stonewall (hope I have that term correct). Anyone know his name, handle, or where some of those are now adays? Think the last time I saw him or his games was when fruit first game out.

Thanks,
-Josh

Pablo was not beating various computers but only moved back and forth to wait for the moment when computers run out of time in all these blitz games at very short time controls.
Kurt

[jshriver]

Still interesting, and a win on time control is still a win. So it still shows a possible weakness. Wanted to study his methods. Anyone have a pgn collection from him?

[bob]

Several years ago when I firsted joined CCC there was a player who frequented this place who was good at beating various computer engines.

He often used a stonewall (hope I have that term correct). Anyone know his name, handle, or where some of those are now adays? Think the last time I saw him or his games was when fruit first game out.

Thanks,
-Josh

Probably talking about Tim on ICC? I think his last name is Mirabel but I am not certain about the spelling. There were others that tried this approach as well and had a lot of success....

[Edmund]

Still interesting, and a win on time control is still a win. So it still shows a possible weakness. Wanted to study his methods. Anyone have a pgn collection from him?

if you search this forum for his posts probably every 10th or so contains one of his anti-computer games:

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/search.p ... o+Restrepo

[Kempelen]

You have interesting information and games here:
http://www.angelfire.com/on/anticomputer/
http://chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk/Chess/Trivia/stonewall.html

Maybe a little outdated, but worth a look.

[David Dahlem]

Several years ago when I firsted joined CCC there was a player who frequented this place who was good at beating various computer engines.

He often used a stonewall (hope I have that term correct). Anyone know his name, handle, or where some of those are now adays? Think the last time I saw him or his games was when fruit first game out.

Thanks,
-Josh

I think you are talking about Ed Nemeth. Check out this thread -

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... ght=nemeth

[P. Villanueva]

That stonewall strategy is awesome!!!. I've just defeated my KMT Chess for first time this year.

[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "PORTATIL"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul"]
[Black "KMTChess dev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Neo-Queen's Indian"]
[Time "16:38:14"]
[Variation "2..b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.O-O c5"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "program"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. c3 d5 {(d7d5 g1f3 f8d6 f1d3 e8g8 e1g1 b8c6 d1b3 d8e7
b1d2 a7a6 e3e4) +0.08/12 25} 4. Nd2 Be7 {(f8e7 f1d3 e8g8 g1e2 d8d6 e1g1
b8d7 d1b3 e6e5 e2g3 e5e4 g3f5) +0.06/12 25} 5. Bd3 Nbd7 {(b8d7 g1f3 c7c5
e1g1 e8g8 d3c2 d8c7 d1e2 b7b6 f3g5 c8b7 d2f3) +0.06/12 24} 6. f4 c5 {(c7c5
g1f3 e8g8 e1g1 d8c7 f4f5 c5d4 e3d4 e6e5 d4e5 d7e5 d2b3 f8e8) +0.31/13 24}
7. Ngf3 O-O {(e8g8 e1g1 d8c7 f4f5 e7d6 f5e6 f7e6 d1e2 c5c4 d3c2 f6g4 g2g3)
+0.31/12 23} 8. O-O Qc7 {(d8c7 d1e2 c5d4 e3d4 c7f4 f3e5 f4h4 d2f3 h4h5 c1f4
d7e5 f4e5) +0.26/12 23} 9. Ne5 b6 {(b7b6 d1e2 c8b7 d2f3 d7e5 f3e5 c5c4 d3c2
f6d7 e2f3 d7e5 f4e5) +0.27/11 22} 10. g4 Bb7 {(c8b7 e5d7 f6d7 g4g5 c5d4
e3d4 e7d6 d1f3 a8c8 f3e3 b7c6) +0.34/11 22} 11. Qf3 h6 {(h7h6 f3g3 a8c8
e5d7 f6d7 d2f3 d7f6 c1d2 c5d4 e3d4) +0.42/10 21} 12. Qg3 Bd6 {(e7d6 e5d7
c7d7 d4c5 b6c5 b2b3 a8b8 a1b1 b7c6 f1d1) +0.45/10 21} 13. h4 cxd4 {(c5d4
e3d4 a8c8 g4g5 h6g5 e5d7 c7d7 h4g5 f6e4 g3h4) +0.22/10 21} 14. exd4 Ne4
{(f6e4 g3e3 d7c5 d2e4 c5e4 f1e1 a8c8 h4h5 d6e5 d4e5 b7c6) +0.21/11 20} 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 {(d5e4 d3b5 d7e5 f4e5 d6e7 c1e3 a7a6 b5e2 a8c8 h4h5 b6b5 g3f4
b7d5) +0.16/13 20} 16. Bc2 Bd5 {(b7d5 g4g5 h6g5 h4g5 a8c8 f1e1 d6e5 f4e5
c7c6 g3h4) +0.23/10 20} 17. g5 hxg5 {(h6g5 h4g5 a8d8 f1e1 c7b7 g3g2 f7f5
g5f6 d7f6 c1e3 b7c7) -0.17/11 19} 18. hxg5 Rad8 {(a8d8 f1e1 c7b7 g3g2 f7f5
e5g6 f8e8 g2h3 b7a6 h3h8 g8f7 h8h5 d5a2) -0.33/11 19} 19. Rf2 a6 {(a7a6
g3e3 f7f5 g5f6 d7f6 f2h2 d6e5 d4e5 f6g4) -0.18/9 19} 20. Rh2 Bxe5 {(d6e5
f4e5 f7f5 g5f6 f8f6 g3h4 f6f5 h4h8 g8f7 h8h4) -0.97/9 18} 21. Qh4 f6 {(f7f6
g5g6 e5d4 c3d4 c7c2 h4h8#) -M3/6 0} 22. g6 Bxd4+ {(e5d4 c3d4 c7c2 h4h7#)
-M2/3 0} 23. cxd4 Qxc2 {(c7c2 h4h7#) -M1/2} 24. Qh8# 1-0