Computer evolution, a little game collection

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Vinvin
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Computer evolution, a little game collection

Post by Vinvin »

I just found this interesting collection : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscol ... id=1004311

I didn't remember this one :)

[pgn]
[Event "23rd ACM Computer Chess Ch."]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN USA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M-Chess (Computer)"]
[Black "Cray Blitz (Computer)"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4 gxf3 7.O-O
d5 8.exd5 Bg4 9.Qd2 Na5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Qxf4 Nf6 12.Re1+ Kd7
13.dxc6+ bxc6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxg4+ Kc7 16.Rxe4 cxb5 17.Qxf3
Qd7 18.Rf4 Be7 19.Rxf7 Raf8 20.Bf4+ Kb6 21.Be5 Rhg8 22.c3 Nc6
23.Re1 Qe8 24.Rxf8 Qxf8 25.Qd5 Rg5 26.a4 bxa4 27.c4 Nxe5
28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.Qxe5 Qd8 30.c5+ Kb5 31.Qe2+ Kb4 32.Qd3 Bf6
33.Qc3+ Kb5 34.Qd3+ Kc6 35.Qf3+ Kd7 36.Qe4 Qe7 37.Qb7+ Ke8
38.Qa8+ Qd8 39.Qc6+ Kf7 40.Qb7+ Kf8 41.d5 Qe7 42.Qb8+ Kf7
43.Kf1 Bxb2 44.g4 Bc3 45.Kf2 Qxc5+ 46.Kf1 Qc4+ 47.Kf2 Qd4+
48.Kf3 Qd1+ 49.Ke3 Bd2+ 50.Kf2 Qe1+ 51.Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1[/pgn]
Gerd Isenberg
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Re: Computer evolution, a little game collection

Post by Gerd Isenberg »

Amazing! Looks like a Sandro Necchi book line of M-Chess. I remember this one. My little program versus Vienna expert Wim van der Pol:
[pgn]
[Event "9th AEGON man-comp"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1994.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wim van der Pol"]
[Black "IsiChess"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4 gxf3 7.O-O d5 8.Bxd5 fxg2 9.Rxf4 Nf6 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Qg5+ Bg7 13.e5 Ne8 14.Qxg2 Nxd4 15.Be3 Ne6 16.Rf2 c6 17.Raf1 Qa5 18.Rf5 Qb4 19.Ne4 Qxb2 20.Bc5 Nd6 21.Bxd6 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxd6 23.exd6 c5 24.Nf6+ Kf8 25.Nh5+ Ke8 26.Nxg7+ Kd7 27.Nxe6 1-0
[/pgn]
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reflectionofpower
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Re: Computer evolution, a little game collection

Post by reflectionofpower »

The days of humans beating computers are over. It's the ohter way around now, better programming and much faster hardware.
"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." (Dune - 1984)

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