Greatest Computer Chess Games?

[David Dahlem]

I seem to remember a thread here about the greatest computer chess games ever played. My memory tells me that Dann Corbit and Bob Hyatt, amoung others, nominated their favorite games.

But i can't seem to find this thread using the search feature. Could someone give me a clue to help me find this thread, if it still exists in the archive?

Thanks
Dave

[sje]

If human vs computer games are permitted, I'll nominate Hubert Dreyfus vs Greenblatt's MacHack, 1967.

The game wasn't much aesthetically, and at the time I believe MacHack had a bug or two with making legal moves (e.g., a pawn double advance over an occupied square). However, it was a sound defeat of a human opponent who had claimed that programs can't think and therefore cannot play chess.

[playjunior]

I would nominate Ilya Smirin vs Chess Tiger (I don't remember the exact version though). Tiger was running on a good Pentium 4 Machine, and Smirin was rated 2700+ at that time. Smirin crushed Tiger with an unbelievable sacrificial combination. When the game ended, some guy on Chessbase chat said: "God bless Humanity", and that summarizes what all the spectators felt that day.

[Nick C]

I like Shredder(? - Todd could confirm) v Nakamura

[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.06.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Beast"]
[Black "Smallville"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "3709"]
[BlackElo "3348"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.15"]
[Time "18:49:48"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 e5 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. Nd3 h5 15.
Rae1 Ng6 16. Re2 Bh6 17. Ne1 g4 18. Qd3 a6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. b4 Rf7
22. Rg1 g3 23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Bxg3 h4 25. Bxh4 Nxh4 26. g3 Ng6 27. Rh2 Kg7
28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Nd1 Rh8 30. Rgh1 Bg5 31. Rxh8 Nxh8 32. Nf2 Ng6 33. c3 Qe8
34. b5 a5 35. Nc2 Ne7 36. Nh3 Bxh3+ 37. Rxh3 Qg6 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Kxh8
40. Ba2 Nd7 41. Ne1 Nc5 42. Qc2 Qh6 43. Ng2 Ng6 44. Bc4 Qh2 45. Bf1 Kg7 46.
Qa2 Nf8 47. Bc4 Nh7 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qc1 50. Be2 Nf6 51. Qc4 Bd2 52. g4
Qxc3 53. Qxc3 Bxc3 54. Bd1 Bd2 55. Nh4 Ng8 56. Ke2 Bg5 57. Nf5+ Kf7 58. Bc2
Ne7 59. Ng3 Nd7 60. Kd3 Ng6 61. Nf5 Kf6 62. Kc3 Nh4 63. Nxh4 Bxh4 64. Kd2
Kg5 65. Bd1 Kf4 66. Ke2 Nf6 67. Kf1 Nh7 68. Kg2 Be1 69. Kf1 Bg3 70. Be2 Ng5
71. Kg1 Nxf3+ 72. Kg2 Ne1+ 73. Kf1 Nc2 74. Kg2 Ne3+ 75. Kh3 Be1 76. g5 Kxg5
77. Kh2 Kf4 78. Bd3 Ng4+ 79. Kg2 Nf2 80. Bc2 Nxe4 81. Bb3 Nc5 82. Kf1 Nxb3
83. Kxe1 Nc5 84. Ke2 Nxa4 85. Ke1 Nc5 86. Kf2 Ke4 87. Kg2 Kxd5 88. Kg3 Kc4
89. Kg4 Kxb5 90. Kg3 a4 91. Kf3 a3 92. Ke3 a2 93. Kf2 a1=N 94. Ke3 Kc6 95.
Kf3 Nab3 96. Kg4 Nd4 97. Kg5 Nde6+ 98. Kf5 Kd7 99. Kg4 b5 100. Kf3 b4 101.
Kg3 b3 102. Kf3 b2 103. Kg4 b1=N 104. Kf5 Na3 105. Kg4 Nb7 106. Kf5 Nf8 107.
Ke4 Nd8 108. Kd3 Nb5 109. Kc4 Na7 110. Kd3 Nc8 111. Ke4 Ke6 112. Ke3 d5 113.
Kd2 c5 114. Kd1 e4 115. Kc2 d4 116. Kb2 Kd5 117. Kc1 c4 118. Kd2 e3+ 119.
Ke1 Ke4 120. Kf1 d3 121. Ke1 c3 122. Kd1 c2+ 123. Kc1 e2 124. Kd2 Kd4 125.
Ke1 c1=N 126. Kd2 Nb3+ 127. Ke1 Kc3 128. Kf2 Nc5 129. Ke1 Nce6 130. Kf2 Nc7
131. Kf3 e1=N+ 132. Kf2 Nc2 133. Kf1 Ne8 134. Kg2 Nfe6 135. Kf2 Nf6 136. Kf3
Nd6 137. Kg3 Nc6 138. Kg2 N2d4 139. Kh3 N4f5 140. Kg2 Nfe7 141. Kf2 Ng6 142.
Ke1 Kc2 143. Kf2 d2 144. Kg2 d1=N 145. Kf1 Nc3 146. Kf2 Ncd5 147. Kg2 Nce5
148. Kg1 Nde4 149. Kg2 Nd4 150. Kg1 Ngf4 151. Kh1 Nfg4 152. Kg1 Nde3 153.
Kh1 Ndf5 154. Kg1 Nf3+ 155. Kh1 Nfg3# {White checkmated} 0-1

[David Dahlem]

Nice KKNNNNN ending.

EDIT: Oops, that should be KKNNNNNN.

Thanks
Dave

I like Shredder(? - Todd could confirm) v Nakamura

[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.06.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Beast"]
[Black "Smallville"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "3709"]
[BlackElo "3348"]
[Opening "Dunst (Sleipner, Heinrichsen) opening"]
[ECO "A00"]
[NIC "VO.15"]
[Time "18:49:48"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 e5 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 g5 14. Nd3 h5 15.
Rae1 Ng6 16. Re2 Bh6 17. Ne1 g4 18. Qd3 a6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. b4 Rf7
22. Rg1 g3 23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Bxg3 h4 25. Bxh4 Nxh4 26. g3 Ng6 27. Rh2 Kg7
28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Nd1 Rh8 30. Rgh1 Bg5 31. Rxh8 Nxh8 32. Nf2 Ng6 33. c3 Qe8
34. b5 a5 35. Nc2 Ne7 36. Nh3 Bxh3+ 37. Rxh3 Qg6 38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Kxh8
40. Ba2 Nd7 41. Ne1 Nc5 42. Qc2 Qh6 43. Ng2 Ng6 44. Bc4 Qh2 45. Bf1 Kg7 46.
Qa2 Nf8 47. Bc4 Nh7 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qc1 50. Be2 Nf6 51. Qc4 Bd2 52. g4
Qxc3 53. Qxc3 Bxc3 54. Bd1 Bd2 55. Nh4 Ng8 56. Ke2 Bg5 57. Nf5+ Kf7 58. Bc2
Ne7 59. Ng3 Nd7 60. Kd3 Ng6 61. Nf5 Kf6 62. Kc3 Nh4 63. Nxh4 Bxh4 64. Kd2
Kg5 65. Bd1 Kf4 66. Ke2 Nf6 67. Kf1 Nh7 68. Kg2 Be1 69. Kf1 Bg3 70. Be2 Ng5
71. Kg1 Nxf3+ 72. Kg2 Ne1+ 73. Kf1 Nc2 74. Kg2 Ne3+ 75. Kh3 Be1 76. g5 Kxg5
77. Kh2 Kf4 78. Bd3 Ng4+ 79. Kg2 Nf2 80. Bc2 Nxe4 81. Bb3 Nc5 82. Kf1 Nxb3
83. Kxe1 Nc5 84. Ke2 Nxa4 85. Ke1 Nc5 86. Kf2 Ke4 87. Kg2 Kxd5 88. Kg3 Kc4
89. Kg4 Kxb5 90. Kg3 a4 91. Kf3 a3 92. Ke3 a2 93. Kf2 a1=N 94. Ke3 Kc6 95.
Kf3 Nab3 96. Kg4 Nd4 97. Kg5 Nde6+ 98. Kf5 Kd7 99. Kg4 b5 100. Kf3 b4 101.
Kg3 b3 102. Kf3 b2 103. Kg4 b1=N 104. Kf5 Na3 105. Kg4 Nb7 106. Kf5 Nf8 107.
Ke4 Nd8 108. Kd3 Nb5 109. Kc4 Na7 110. Kd3 Nc8 111. Ke4 Ke6 112. Ke3 d5 113.
Kd2 c5 114. Kd1 e4 115. Kc2 d4 116. Kb2 Kd5 117. Kc1 c4 118. Kd2 e3+ 119.
Ke1 Ke4 120. Kf1 d3 121. Ke1 c3 122. Kd1 c2+ 123. Kc1 e2 124. Kd2 Kd4 125.
Ke1 c1=N 126. Kd2 Nb3+ 127. Ke1 Kc3 128. Kf2 Nc5 129. Ke1 Nce6 130. Kf2 Nc7
131. Kf3 e1=N+ 132. Kf2 Nc2 133. Kf1 Ne8 134. Kg2 Nfe6 135. Kf2 Nf6 136. Kf3
Nd6 137. Kg3 Nc6 138. Kg2 N2d4 139. Kh3 N4f5 140. Kg2 Nfe7 141. Kf2 Ng6 142.
Ke1 Kc2 143. Kf2 d2 144. Kg2 d1=N 145. Kf1 Nc3 146. Kf2 Ncd5 147. Kg2 Nce5
148. Kg1 Nde4 149. Kg2 Nd4 150. Kg1 Ngf4 151. Kh1 Nfg4 152. Kg1 Nde3 153.
Kh1 Ndf5 154. Kg1 Nf3+ 155. Kh1 Nfg3# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Oscar L]

This is the game with comments


[Event "Internet Challenge II"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Gambit Tiger (Computer)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. Nf3 {comments from ICC live chat} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5
6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 {GMR: Smirin is once again trying for a
reversed King's Indian. He hopes that Tiger will close the center with d5-d4.
Of course first the bishop on g4 has a decision to make.} Bc8 {
Time: 58:56. Menno: There are only five games in the online database.} 10. Re1
{GMR: Smirin is still hoping for d5-d4, which would be the correct move here.}
d4 11. Nc4 Qc7 {GMR: a2-a4 wwould be normal here, but it is probably not what
Smirin was hoping for} 12. a4 {
Black plan: Rab8, b6, then a6 and b6-b5 with good play on the queenside} Be6
13. Bd2 Nd7 {Time: 52:53. GMR: I don't like the bishop on e6.} 14. Qc2 {
Christophe Theron: Last time the antihuman setting was ON, and it was a
mistake. This time Shay has set it correctly (I hope). Anti-human is not what
people believe it is. It has been designed to avoid human players that try to
get a draw by closing the position and then moving a piece back and forth
(happens a lot on chess servers).} f6 15. Rec1 Nb6 {GMR: Not good. Now for
example 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.c3-c4 is possible. After that White can turn his
attention to the kingside.} 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. b4 {
GMR: The isolated double pawn on the b-file is not so bad at this moment.} Qd7
{Mikhalevski: Did Ilya miss this double attack? Probably not.} 19. b5 Na5 20.
Bxa5 {GMR: I'm not too happy about the passive bishop on g2. How is it going
to come into play?} Rfc8 {GMR: Pretty "zwischenzug" (yes, it IS an English
word). CT: My laptop crashed, it is 31 degrees here in Guadaloupe and it
overheats. I'm back online now. I'm happy with how the game is going so far. I
think that the antihuman setting would have hurt the program's play in this
game. Tiger would have tried too hard to open the game, and too early.} 21. Qd2
{Time: 40:46} Rxa5 {GMR: Interesting... Pressure on a4. Black is clearly
better, Nf3 and Bg2 are not in play. CT: I think I would have preferred bxa5
and then a bishop on b4, bt I'm not a strong player. It seems that Tiger wants
to pressure the weak a pawn. Is it THAT important?} 22. h4 Kf8 {GMR: Really??
CT: Huh... I have no idea why it played Kf8. Maybe some strong player will
find a reason for it? HDX: Sometimes computers make moves that seem odd
and then when evaluated later serve a great tactical purpose.} 23. h5 Rca8 {
Time: 35:44. CT: Looks like Tiger's bishop is going for b4 and c3 after all.
Mikhalevski: maybe Qd1, Bb4, Rc4, trying to block the position. Then Bg2-f1-d3.
CT: Smirin is going into time trouble. That is is much more a problem for a
human player than for a computer.} 24. h6 g6 {
Tiger was expecting the last move.} 25. Qc2 {Time: 24:44} Bb4 {
GMR: The pawn on h6 is going to become very weak at some stage.} 26. Qc7 {
GMR: One could almost say Smirin has been positionally outplayed.} Bc3 {
Tiger is playing exactly like Christophe predicted.} 27. Qxb6 Qe7 {V. Mikhalevs
ki: The f6 pawn has become a target, Black has to defend it. CT: Now that
white's queen is in black's side I'm not sure anymore about what can happen...}
28. Kh2 {CT: One thing I am sure here, the game is MUCH more interesting than
the previous one!} g5 {GMR: Cruel! But Black also has to watch out. What about
29.Rxc3 dxc3 Rc1, Rxc3 and Rc7? CT: I think Rxc3 can get white out of trouble..
. Unfortunately. Time: 20:40} 29. Nd2 {
GMR: Smirin is looking for tactical counterplay. The motif is always Rc7} Bxa1
{Draco: ??} 30. Rc7 Qd8 {
CT: This does not look good for Gambit anymore... Time: 15:37} 31. Bh3 {
GMR: Smirin is tactically quite brilliant. The kingside attack after 31...g4
32.Bxg4 Bxg4 33.Qc5 looks deadly.} g4 {GMR: Smirin has dug a deep tactical pit,
and I think maybe he has caught a Tiger in it.} 32. Bxg4 {Mathias: NOW I
understand the combination! Stefsias: Smirin has got real guts! Deep Fritz:
White has won this game! Wilfred: Smirin for President! Time: 13: 30} Bxg4 33.
Qc5+ {Frodo: Smirin has tamed the Tiger! Mathias: Chapeau for Smirin! GMR: A
typical game against a computer: they are positionally superior to us humans,
but we still have a tactical edge. CT: OK, so it seems that Bxa1 was a blunder.
} Ke8 34. Rxh7 {Time: 13:24 GMR: The pawn on h6 would have been very weak in
the endgame, but Tiger didn't make it so far. Now it is very strong.} Rc8 35.
Rh8+ {Time: 13:17} Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxc5 37. h7 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. h8=Q {
Chuenthe: On behalf of humanity, thank you Smirin! Mendi: From Israel "Kol
Akavod Smirin!!" Christophe Theron: Frankly, I liked this game more than the
last game Tiger played against Smirin. At least the GM could feel some real
pressure this time. I don't care if Tiger has lost the game, it was of very
good quality and that's what counts. GAME OVER, Tiger resigned.} 1-0

[Mike S.]

I have collected 17 Great Moments of Computer Chess; Man versus Machine chess games up to 2002. These are not necessarily the best games, but most of them are 'first time' achievements (like first tournament time win against a GM etc.).

http://members.aon.at/computerschach/re ... ercomp.htm
(requires Java)

PGN: http://members.aon.at/computerschach/re ... ercomp.zip

Of course, games #1 to #3 were included for historical purposes and were not really Man vs. Machine.

As for great moments, maybe now it is time to start another collection with human wins against a strong computer

[David Dahlem]

I have collected 17 Great Moments of Computer Chess; Man versus Machine chess games up to 2002. These are not necessarily the best games, but most of them are 'first time' achievements (like first tournament time win against a GM etc.).

http://members.aon.at/computerschach/re ... ercomp.htm
(requires Java)

PGN: http://members.aon.at/computerschach/re ... ercomp.zip

Of course, games #1 to #3 were included for historical purposes and were not really Man vs. Machine.

As for great moments, maybe now it is time to start another collection with human wins against a strong computer

Thanks Mike.

I'll add these games to my collection. I'm really looking for the best quality games, with brilliant play by both sides.

Regards
Dave

[Dann Corbit]

I seem to remember a thread here about the greatest computer chess games ever played. My memory tells me that Dann Corbit and Bob Hyatt, amoung others, nominated their favorite games.

But i can't seem to find this thread using the search feature. Could someone give me a clue to help me find this thread, if it still exists in the archive?

Thanks
Dave

My favorite by far:

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[Event "IPCCC"]
[Site "Paderborn GER"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Quark"]
[Black "Pharaon (ZChess)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00q"]
[Variation "Polish: 1...d5"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b5 c5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nb6 9. d3 a6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. a4 a5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. Rd2 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxh2 18. g3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 20.
Nf3 Ng4 21. Ne4 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 f5 23. Neg5 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 h6 25. Bd4 Nxc4 26.
dxc4 hxg5 27. Bd1 Bc8 28. Rg1 Qf4 29. Qc2 Rd7 30. Bb6 e5 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32.
Qd2 Qxd2 33. Nxd2 Re6 34. Bxa5 Rh6+ 35. Kg2 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Ne3+ 37. Ke1 g4
38. Bc7 Ng2+ 39. Rxg2 Rxg2 40. Bxe5 Rg1+ 41. Nf1 Rh1 42. Bf4 Rh3 43. Kd2
Kf7 44. Ne3 Rh5 45. Bc7 g6 46. Bc2 Rh3 47. c5 Kf6 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Nf4 Rh2+
50. Ne2 Rh3 51. Ng3 Kf6 52. Bd6 Rh8 53. Kc3 Kg5 54. Ne2 Re8 55. Nf4 Rh8 56.
Bb3 Bc8 57. Bf7 Rh1 58. Nxg6 Kf6 59. Ne7 Kxf7 60. Nxc8 Rh8 61. Nb6 Ke6 62.
Kc4 Rh4 63. Bg3 Rh1 64. Nd5 Ra1 65. Nc3 Kd7 66. Kd4 Rf1 67. Nd5 Rf3 68.
Nb6+ Kd8 69. Bd6 Rb3 70. Kc4 Rb1 71. a5 Rc1+ 72. Kd5 g3 73. Bxg3 Rd1+ 74.
Ke6 Rg1 75. Be5 Rg6+ 76. Bf6+ Kc7 77. Nd5+ Kb8 78. b6 1-0

[Steve B]

1997 First microcomputer chess program in history to defeat a FIDE International Master in match play, at long time controls, when HIARCS defeated IM Deen Hergott 4-2 in Ottawa, Canada.

The main point here is that this was a match and certainly deserves to be ahead of single games like PConners v Maja!? this was a 6 game match, a quite a different proposition in those days.

Games here

http://www.gtryfon.demon.co.uk/bcc/tutor2/hiarcs.html

Historical Regards
Steve