Author: Zappa
Date: 17:29:55 11/29/05
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On November 29, 2005 at 19:41:24, Sherry Windsor wrote:
>On November 29, 2005 at 18:29:06, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>I would be interested to know what peoples results are when playing one of the
>>top programs (or even a bit lower than that), and removing the computers queen
>>before the first move.
>>NOT setting the computer to a lower level, but keeping it at its best, and just
>>denying it its queen.
>>
>>Would anyone care to admit that they STILL lose almost every game even if they
>>are rated 2000+?
>>
>>I'm not saying this SHOULD happen, but I think it is much harder than one would
>>think, to beat the computer just because it is a queen down (from starting
>>position).
>>Anyone who hasn't tried, will probably think it would be a pushover if you just
>>removed one rook or even one knight.
>>But you might be in for a shock!
>>Try to see what happens even if you remove the computers queen!
>>Any results please?
>>S.Taylor
>
>
> I can beat it without a Queen , but have trouble if I remove a Knight.
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "vanderboom"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Zappa 2.1b x64"]
[Black "Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "40/300"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
{--------------
r n b q k b n r
p p p p p p p p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
P P P P P P P P
R . B Q K B N R
white to play
--------------}
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Ba3 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O Qa5 7. Bb2 e6 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. Kh1 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bf6 14.
b4 Qc7 15. a5 Bxd4 16. exd4 a6 17. f4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. c3 f6 20. Rf3
e5 21. Re3 e4 22. f5 Re7 23. Rg3 Rfe8 24. Rh3 Nf8 25. Qg4 e3 26. Rexe3 Rxe3
27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. dxe3 Qe7 29. Qf4 Qe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. g4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke7
33. c4 Nd7 34. Kg3 b6 35. Kf4 bxa5 36. bxa5 c5 37. Kxe4 Kd6 38. Kd3 cxd4
39. exd4 Nb8 40. Ke4 Nc6 41. c5+ Kd7 42. Kd3 Nxa5 43. d5 Nb7 44. c6+ Kc7
45. cxb7 Kxb7 46. Kc4 Kb6 47. h4 h6 48. Kb4 a5+ 49. Kc4 a4 50. Kb4 a3
{White resigns} 0-1
Knight is actually harder than I thought. The first time I lost after being way
too aggressive in the opening.
anthony
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