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I had gotten burned out with playing chess on the Internet, lately I try to learn a new line, and then play it in blitz/speed chess with the computer. (I think this is a very good way to learn a new opening.) The end result is that Fritz has been beating me like a drum. Some days - its kind of discouraging; a few times, I have built up very nice positions, only to have to computer hit me with an unforeseen tactic, or I make a blunder and the computer comes out on top. In one training game, (TL: Game in One hour); I was two Pawns ahead (as White), but the dang program snaked me somehow - in a setting where no tactics looked possible. The computer saves all of its games to an "Autosave" file, one time, I had lost over 100 games in a row in blitz chess, before I was able to get a single draw. Of course, a few times, I thought I had what was close to a won position, but I either missed a tactic or ran out of time. Its not all bad, below is a game that I drew the computer in blitz, straight-up, with no handicap whatsoever. Click HERE to see an explanation of the symbols I use when annotating a chess game.
In slow chess, (training games); the results were even more discouraging than those in speed, if that is even possible. At one point, the computer had defeated me like 15 games in a row. (Before I got a nice draw as Black in a Nimzo-Indian defense opening.) All this changed last night ... when I managed to win my first game ever ... of any kind ... versus the mighty machine.
[A.J. Goldsby I] I finally defeat Fritz 9, but it is a
very strange game. (This is the 33rd game in a database full of The time control was "Game in 45
minutes," with one second per move. *********************************************************************************************************** 1.e4 c5;
2.Nf3 d6; 3.d4 cxd4; 4.Qxd4!?, Of course the normal move here
is to play 4.Nxd4, with a standard Open Sicilian.
4...Nc6;
5.Bb5 Qa5+!?;
6.Nc3 Qxb5!?;
7.Nxb5 Nxd4;
8.Nfxd4 Kd7!?; {Diagram below.} Strange!!! r1b2bnr/pp1kpppp/3p4/1N6/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R w
Take a look at the board ... and decide for yourself which side of this contest you would rather play.
9.c4 e6;
(protects the vital d5-square)
10.0-0 a6;
11.Nc3 Kc7; 12.Be3, "+/=" 12...Nf6; 13.f3 Be7;
14.Rad1, (hmmm, bad?)
14...Bd7;
15.Nb3 Bc6;
16.a4 Rac8; 17.Bd4 Rhd8;
18.Nd2 e5!?;
19.Ba7!? g6!?;
(Maybe - '?!') {Diagram
below.} 2rr4/Bpk1bp1p/p1bp1np1/4p3/P1P1P3/2N2P2/1P1N2PP/3R1RK1 w
Now the game quickly reaches a crisis ... the tension and threats are greatly increased.
Now White's next move is inferior to the idea of simply a5, which threatens to win material w/Bb6+.
21.b4 Ke6;
(Was e8 safer?)
22.b5 Be8;
23.f4 exf4[];
24.bxa6 bxa6;
25.Bd4,
Now I decide to simply keep the button on f4 ... doubled or not. 2rr4/4bp1p/p1bpk3/3Nn1p1/P1PBPp2/8/3NR1PP/2R3K1 w
Black has managed to survive the opening ... and not get killed.
29.Rc3 f6;
30.Nb4 Bb7;
31.Nc2 Rd7!?; Thankfully, I caught myself just before a played a major blunder.
32.Re1 Rdc7;
33.Na3 Rc6;
34.Rb3 Ba8; {Diagram
below.} b1r5/4b2p/p1rpkp2/4n1p1/P1PBPp2/NR6/3N2PP/4R1K1 w
I honestly felt I was OK here, but also felt a sense of hopelessness ...
35.Rc3!? Bd8!;
(Very nice!)
36.Rc2 Ba5;
37.Rd1 Bb4;
38.Ra2 Bxa3; 39.Rxa3 Nxc4; {Diagram
below.} b1r5/7p/p1rpkp2/6p1/P1nBPp2/R7/3N2PP/3R2K1 w
Take a look at this position ... and see which side you would rather be on now.
40.Rd3 Nxd2;
41.R3xd2 Rc1!;
42.Bb2 Rxd1+; 43.Rxd1 Bxe4; {Diagram
below.}
2r5/7p/p3kp2/3p2p1/P3bp2/B7/6PP/2R3K1 b
Not only does Black have an advantage in material, White's two pieces have almost no way to combine against any of the second player's weak points.
The rest needs no comment. 8/8/p5k1/P1B2p1p/4b1p1/3p4/5K1P/8 w
Black probably has a win from here, and it does not take a ton of technique to make it happen. ******************************************************************************************************** 55.Bd6 Kf7;
56.Bf4 Ke6;
57.Ke3 Kd5; 58.Bg5 Kc4;
59.Kd2 Kb4;
62.Bxf4 Kxa5;
63.Bg5 Kb4;
64.Be7+ Kb3; 65.Bd8 Kb4;
66.Be7+ Kb5; 67.Kc3 a5; 8/8/6b1/4B3/6pp/p2p4/6kP/3K4 w
This was not a pretty game, an elegant crush like some of the other "anti-computer games" that I have played. [one example] (And I still do not really understand what the box missed, or if it just failed to properly evaluate the position.) However, I am very happy with my first victory ... of any kind ... over this program. (Defense and the endgame might be the only way to defeat the computers of today.)
Copyright (c) A.J. Goldsby, 2006. All rights reserved.
0 - 1The analysis for this page was prepared with the excellent programs, ChessBase 8.0 and ChessBase 9.0. The HTML was polished with several different tools and programs, (mostly FP) ... the text was checked for spelling with MS Word. The diagrams were created with the program, Chess Captor 2.25.
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