Fritz has a brainfart

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Graham Banks
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Fritz has a brainfart

Post by Graham Banks »

No doubt this will please all you sad anti-Chessbase groupies. :lol:


[Event "Visiting A Bygone Era"]
[Site "Auckland"]
[Date "2010.10.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Fritz 12"]
[Black "HIARCS 13.1 SP"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "0.42;0.53"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[Source "Banks"]
[TimeControl "40/1500:40/1500:40/1500"]

{Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz 0 MHz W=21.3 ply; 2,459kN/s;
History107.ctg B=19.0 ply; 480kN/s; History107.ctg} 1. e4 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 4. b4 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bb6 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 5. b5 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Na5 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nxe5 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nh6 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. d4 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bxh6 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} dxe5 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Bxg7 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qg5 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 10. Bxh8 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc4 {[%eval 53,17] [%emt 0:00:58]} 11. O-O {
[%eval 42,20] [%emt 0:01:32]} Bxd4 {[%eval 29,18] [%emt 0:00:25]} 12. c3 {
[%eval 0,20] [%emt 0:00:49]} Bc5 {[%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:00:45]} 13. h4 {
(Qd3) [%eval 0,20] [%emt 0:00:46]} Qg6 {[%eval -12,18] [%emt 0:00:45]} 14. Bf6
{[%eval 0,20] [%emt 0:00:48]} Qxf6 {[%eval -339,18] [%emt 0:00:28]} 15. Qd5 {
[%eval 0,21] [%emt 0:00:32]} Bh3 {(Ne3) [%eval -367,18] [%emt 0:00:23]} 16.
Qxc5 {(Qd3) [%eval -443,20] [%emt 0:02:09]} Qg6 {[%eval -497,18] [%emt 0:00:39]
} 17. g3 {[%eval -510,21] [%emt 0:00:42]} Qxe4 {[%eval -522,19] [%emt 0:00:24]}
18. f3 {[%eval -499,21] [%emt 0:00:54]} Qe2 {
(Qg6) [%eval -535,19] [%emt 0:00:24]} 0-1
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UncombedCoconut
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Re: Fritz has a brainfart

Post by UncombedCoconut »

To please the same demographic, let's link to another unfortunate choice by Fritz (from the first move out of book):
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopi ... 239#342239

I think it's wonderful that all engines make mistakes; otherwise these entertaining tactics would be confined to side variations.