how to beat computers w/o anti-computer gimics

[eriq]

Bring the fight to them, and with a little good luck the comp goes down in flames!

[Event ""]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2007.6.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "Gaia-theory"]
[Black "SlowBo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D00"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]

1.d4 d5 2.f4 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Qd7 5.h3 Nc6 6.g4 Bxd3 7.cxd3
e6 8.Nc3 h6 9.Nf3 O-O-O 10.Ne5 Qe8 11.a3 Bd6 12.O-O Ng8 13.b4
f6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bb2 Re8 16.Qb3 Re7 17.Rfc1 g6 18.a4 Qb6 19.b5
Bxf4 20.Re1 Bg3 21.a5 Qd6 22.Ba3 Qd7 23.Rec1 Bd6 24.b6 a6 25.bxc7
Bxa3 26.Qxa3 Qe8 27.Na4 Rxc7 28.Nb6+ Kb8 29.Qd6 Rhh7 30.Ra2 Qe7
31.Rxc7 Ka7 32.Rc8 Qxd6 33.Ra8# 1-0

[Tony Thomas]

What computer program did you play against?

[Vempele]

What computer program did you play against?

SlowBo is a 'custom-lobotomized Crafty' rated about 1800-1900 on ICC.

[Terry McCracken]

What computer program did you play against?

SlowBo is a 'custom-lobotomized Crafty' rated about 1800-1900 on ICC.

[Tony Thomas]

What computer program did you play against?

SlowBo is a 'custom-lobotomized Crafty' rated about 1800-1900 on ICC.

I had thought that slowbo was Eriq and the Gaia theory was a special version of Gaia. Good thing I asked.

[eriq]

actually I didn't know which program it was before now but the main point was that comps are greedy and have problems planning. A human master would never have gotten into this type of trouble.

[Uri Blass]

actually I didn't know which program it was before now but the main point was that comps are greedy and have problems planning. A human master would never have gotten into this type of trouble.

A human master will also achieve better rating that 1900 ICC.

You did not prove your point and the version that you played against it made a wrong sacrifice(Bxf4)

19...a5 is the obvious computer move that every strong program is going to play.

For some reason you did not accept the unsound sacrifice that the opponent played and the result is that black could play 20...h5 and sacrifice with better conditions inspite of the fact that I believe that even this is better for white.

Uri

[eriq]

ok then, what about this game, full of mistakes but endgame is worth the look. I call it the wall.

btw chess bullies pick their fights

[Event ""]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SlowBo"]
[Black "Gaia-theory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "standard 25 10"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Be6 7.Ng5
Nc6 8.Nxe6 fxe6 9.Bd3 d5 10.Qf3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 d4 13.Bd2
O-O 14.O-O Qe8 15.Rad1 Qg6 16.a4 Nh5 17.Qh3 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4
19.e5 Qh6 20.Qxh6 gxh6 21.Bc4 Kf7 22.Rde1 Ke7 23.Re4 Rf5 24.Rfe1
Rg8 25.Kf1 h5 26.f3 h4 27.h3 Rgg5 28.Rc1 Nxe5 29.Bb3 Nc6 30.Bxe6
Re5 31.Bc8 Rxe4 32.fxe4 b6 33.Bf5 Kd6 34.Bxh7 Ne5 35.Rd1 Kc5
36.b3 f3 37.Rd2 fxg2+ 38.Rxg2 Rxg2 39.Kxg2 Kb4 40.a5 bxa5 41.Bg8
Kc3 42.b4 axb4 43.Bh7 a5 44.Kh2 a4 45.Bf5 Kxc2 46.Be6 b3 47.Bd5
a3 48.Be6 a2 49.Kg2 a1Q 50.Bxb3+ Kxb3 51.Kf2 Qb2+ 52.Kg1 Qe2
53.Kh1 Nf3 54.e5 Qh2# 0-1