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Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 5/09/2006 05:25:05 Play online chess	Subject: Computer vs Human Message: Who plays the more interesting game of Chess? Who would you rather play? I made a remark in another topic, that computers may come to out compute us, but will never play with the wealth of interesting ideas that a human puts into a game. About 4 days a year, I will sit down and play vs Computer, computer, comtuper, et al, and while the day away at it. Other than that, I would rather play vs a human any day. Most any human. How do you feel about it? Do you live to beat your own diabolical machine? (I will admit to being fascinated with them around the year that the Fidelity s started to crack 1900) I do like the thought of some machines having modular personalities & styles, but have not really gotten into playing in that mode much. Does it make a big difference? To maintain one"s interest in the games produced?
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 5/09/2006 05:45:29 Play online chess	Well I think that the Message: Original Poster here comes on a little strong. And certainly seems opinionated about chess computers. So bear in mind that he is from an era where computers only played tic tac toe and bad checkers. :) So if you love your Chess machine, I"d especially like to know. Maybe I am just doing something wrong with mine. How do you keep the relationship fresh and vital?! :))
Posted by dena uskidscompute.com 5/09/2006 18:55:13 Play online chess	Message: well they can't be distracted by women wine or song, and they never make any refreshing blunders so they are even less fun than " "virtual CC chess". ——— Carlsen Conquers Corus — With a bit of luck and nerves of steel, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the world’s top-ranked chess player, won the annual Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, which ended Sunday. Carlsen finished with a score of 8.5 points out of 13, a half point ahead of Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Alexei Shirov of Spain. Viswanathan Anand of India, the world chess champion, and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States, were tied for fourth and fifth, another half point back. The chess tournament is named after the Dutch company, which is the second largest steel producer in Europe, according to the company’s Web site. The tournament is one of the highlights of the year ...
Posted by cascadejames uskidscompute.com 5/09/2006 19:22:20 Play online chess	No love for chess against a machine Message: For me, Chess is a very human activity. I understand why it is useful to use a data base, but playing a game against a computer or using a computer to select your moves in a game against a person seems pointless. Your mileage may vary. James ——— Magnus Carlsen joins Vladimir Kramnik — Vladimir Kramnik had to engineer an escape from a difficult endgame as Alexey Shirov brought the former world chess champion to the brink of defeat at Wijk aan Zee. Shirov remains half a point behind Kramnik and world number one Magnus Carlsen with two to play. Carlsen defeated Lenier Dominguez, somewhat fortuitously, to join Kramnik on 7.5/11. Carlsen has the easier finish as Kramnik must play black against Vishy Anand in the penultimate game. Carlsen faces Peter Leko with black and teenager Fabiano Caruana with white. ...
Posted by johnrowell uskidscompute.com 5/10/2006 02:14:38 Play online chess	CC vs Computer Message: Would Garry Kasparov, or today's best human chess player, be able to beat the best computer, if the human was allowed to play in a Correspondence Chess style of play? The reason I say this is because computers and humans do not play on a level board. The computer is allowed to look up thousands/millions of opening variations much in the same way as a person might play CC using ChessBase. Also, the computer, in its memory, is assessing variations as if actually moving the pieces (very quickly) much like having an Analyze Board feature, whereas Kasparov in the famous games played OTB. We know that computers can analyze millions of variations in very quick time, but would a human's positional superiority be shown if playing in CC mode, where tactical blunders no matter how minor would be minimised? One of the first things I learned when taking up chess was that you needed to have a plan. When I play a computer, it doesn't seem to have one, but nonetheless it makes extremely strong moves! ——— Modern Chess Players Prove Bobby Fischer Was Wrong — Bobby Fischer once famously remarked that "chess is dead". What he meant was that so much had been discovered about the game of chess that creativity and innovation were waning. Chess players are certainly better prepared than ever because databases and computers are widely used to analyze and dissect openings. Players can sometimes reel off 20 or more moves before they leave their preparation. That seems to have sucked the life out of some chess openings. Most top players know a couple of lines in the Petroff Defense through more than 20 moves, and it is not uncommon for them to play that out and agree to a draw, if that is the result they want. But there are ...
Posted by ionadowman uskidscompute.com 5/10/2006 04:42:54 Play online chess	Recall that old tag... Message: ...about playing 'in accordance with the demands of the position'? When you think about it, if you are playing in this way, you don't need a plan. Or maybe that IS the plan! I've always preferred to play the man, not the board (which is why I admire Tal and Lasker ... yes, and Fischer, after a fashion ... they never lost sight of the fact that sitting opposite was another human-type being). And a plan is a human way of 'anchoring' one's play, though I have seen it argued that planning in chess isn't quite the long-range ordering of future events that one would normally expect... This is possibly why playing a computer isn't really satisfying in the long run - a bit like McDonalds versus good old home cooking... Perhaps computer chess ought to be called 'McChess'? ——— Vlad Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen go toe-to-toe at Wijk aan Zee — Corus Wijk aan Zee, the most popular event on the chess calendar, ends tomorrow with ex-champion Vlad Kramnik and the world No1 Magnus Carlsen competing for the lead in the closing rounds. Kramnik won their individual game impressively, but the 19-year-old Norwegian has the easier finish. Carlsen is not yet dominating his chess peers in the style of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov at their peaks, but he is already the man to beat. The reigning world chess champion Vishy Anand has played an uncharacteristically low-key tournament, drawing his first nine games. Nigel Short, in his strongest event for years, has struggled in some games but missed a clear win against Kramnik. ...
Posted by tag1153 uskidscompute.com 5/11/2006 16:26:34 Play online chess	tag? you talking to me? Message: lol....I respong to this thread on 2 counts: a) just couldn't resist the reference to my id & b) I bought the Shredder software about a month ago and have been getting killed by it. I sat down last night for approximately my 20th game vs. that demon. I finally beat him (at ELO 1890 strength). Here is the game along with it's own analysis: . . . . [Event "Blitz:90'+5""] [Site "?"] [Date "2006.05.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Shredder 9"] [Black "Gilbreath, Thomas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1890"] [Annotator "Shredder 9 (15s)"] [PlyCount "108"] {E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3 Bb7} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 d5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 {last book move} 9. Qd3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qc8 (10... Ne4 $5 { should be investigated more closely} 11. Bxd8 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rfxd8 13. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Qc2 c5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bd3 (16. e4 Bb7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfc1 $16) 16... g6 $2 {Consolidates f5} (16... Nf5 $142 $5 {and Black can hope to live} 17. Rfc1 f6 $14) 17. e4 $16 Bb7 18. dxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Nd7 Rfc8 21. e5 (21. Rac1 $5 $18) 21... c4 $14 22. Bxg6 {Demolition of pawn structure} hxg6 (22... fxg6 23. exd6) 23. exd6 Rd8 24. Nc5 (24. Ne5 $142 $5 Bd5 25. Rfd1 $16) 24... Bd5 $11 25. d7 a5 $2 (25... Rab8 $142 $5 {must definitely be considered} 26. Rab1 Rb5 $11) 26. Rac1 (26. b3 $5 Ra7 27. bxc4 Bxc4 $16) 26... Ra7 27. Nxe6 $4 {spoils everything} (27. b3 $142 Rc7 28. Na6 Rcxd7 29. bxc4 $14) 27... fxe6 (27... Bxe6 $142 { might be the shorter path} 28. Rfe1 Raxd7 $19) 28. b3 (28. f4 $19 {what else?}) 28... cxb3 29. Rc8 (29. axb3 {cannot change destiny} Bxb3 30. Rc3 a4 $19) 29... Ra8 (29... Raxd7 $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. axb3 Bxb3 32. Kf2 $19) 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 (30... Rxa8 $142 {seems even better} 31. axb3 Kf8 32. Rb1 $19) 31. axb3 Rxd7 32. Ra1 Ra7 33. Kf2 Bc6 {Black intends a4} 34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd4 Ke7 36. b4 (36. Ke5 {doesn't change anything anymore} Ra8 $19) 36... a4 37. Kc5 Kd7 38. b5 Ra5 39. Kc4 Rxb5 (39... Bxb5+ $6 40. Kb4 Ra8 41. Kxb5 Rb8+ 42. Kc5 (42. Kxa4 $4 {capturing this pawn is a mistake} Ra8+ 43. Kb5 Rxa1 $19) 42... Rc8+ 43. Kd4 $11) 40. Rxa4 Rb2 41. Ra7+ Kd6 42. Rg7 (42. g3 { doesn't improve anything} Bxf3 43. Kd3 Rxh2 $19) 42... Rxg2 43. f4 Rxh2 44. Rxg6 Be4 45. Rg7 Bf5 46. Kd4 Re2 47. Rb7 (47. Ra7 {does not win a prize} Re4+ 48. Kc3 Rxf4 $19) 47... Re4+ 48. Kd3 (48. Kc3 {does not solve anything} Rxf4 49. Kd2 e5 $19) 48... Rxf4+ (48... Rb4+ 49. Kc3 Rxb7 50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. Ke2 Rb4 54. Kf2 Ke4 55. Kg2 Kxf4 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Bd3+ 58. Ke1 Ke3 59. Kd1 Rb1#) 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kd3 (50. Kf3 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Ra4 51. Rb3 e5 $19) 50... Ke5 (50... Rb4+ 51. Ke3 Rxb7 52. Kd4 Rb3 53. Kc4 Bc2 54. Kd4 e5+ 55. Kc4 e4 56. Kd4 e3 57. Kc4 e2 58. Kd4 e1=Q 59. Kc4 Qb4#) 51. Rd7 (51. Kc3 $19 {desperation}) 51... Rd4+ 52. Ke3 (52. Kc3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Rxd7 53. Kb4 Kf4 54. Kc5 e5 55. Kb5 e4 56. Kc4 e3 57. Kc3 e2 58. Kb4 e1=Q+ 59. Kb3 Rb7+ 60. Kc4 Qc1+ 61. Kd4 Rd7#) 52... Rxd7 53. Kf2 (53. Kf3 {doesn't do any good} Be4+ 54. Ke3 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Kf1 Kf3 57. Kg1 Rd1+ 58. Kh2 Kf4 59. Kh3 Rh1#) 53... Rd3 54. Ke2 (54. Kf1 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kf4 55. Kg2 Bh3+ 56. Kh2 Re3 57. Kg1 Kg3 58. Kh1 Re1#) 54... Ra3 (54... Ra3 55. Kd2 Kf4 56. Ke2 Bd3+ 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Kg3 59. Kh1 Ra1#) (54... Kf4 55. Kf2 Bg4 56. Kg2 Rd2+ 57. Kg1 Kg3 58. Kf1 Rd1#) 0-1 It sure felt good:) Be cool guys, tag1153 ——— Vladimir Kramnik edges ahead — Vishy Anand may have taken Vladimir Kramnik’s world title but he did him a favour in tenth round at Corus chess tournament when he broke his run of nine draws and defeated the co-leader Alexey Shirov. It was Shirov’s first defeat and Kramnik’s nervy draw with Vassily Ivanchuk gave him the sole lead on 7/10 with three to play but as well as Shirov he has world number one Magnus Carlsen in hot pursuit. Carlsen defeated Sergey Karjakin in what your correspondent found a mystifying game in which Karjakin, playing white seemed to have the initiative and better placed pieces but was soon worse. So the chess tournament is set up perfectly for ...
Posted by dokesa uskidscompute.com 5/12/2006 06:35:31 Play online chess	computer correspondence Message: johnrowell, I would expect the human to still excel at correspondence chess. Because of the the huge number of possible moves in the middle game, doubling its thinking time does not double the number of moves into the future the computer can see. It progresses at a much slower rate.
Posted by stendhar uskidscompute.com 5/13/2006 04:25:43 Play online chess	No fun... Message: Usually when I play chess, I'm surrounded by lost of friends or at leats people that I know. They're always kibitzing and coming up with hilarious lines as the game unfolds. No computer has yet made a joke or come back with a snappy remark. That and the look of someone's face after you just crushed them with a Kingside attack are two reasons why I'll always preffer human chess to computer chess. Also, after you've beat your program once, the challenge disappears and all the drive to play versus the silicon monster disipates.
Posted by ccmcacollister uskidscompute.com 5/13/2006 05:21:13 Play online chess	stendhar Message: However, there IS a program out there on the market that will INSULT YOU, while you play! :) I am not sure which one it is tho. (As if I dont get enough insults playing blitz across the Net!! Today ran into a Good Sport tho, which makes it worthwhile in the end. :)
Posted by stendhar uskidscompute.com 5/15/2006 00:44:18 Play online chess	That's not what I meant Message: I am not a masochist. I do not play chess to get insulted. I play chess to see human creativity born. Be it with a witty remark, a good move or something else, there is nothing a computer can produce in that area. It may make good moves, but it is incredible sterile to inspire anything compared to a human played game.
Posted by greenrat777 uskidscompute.com 5/16/2006 16:08:05 Play online chess	computer vs human Message: johnrowell said that computers r aloud 2 look up openings and this is sort of like cheating. i agree with that.if u turn opening book of then the computer would have a much harder time beating the best players in the world.some chess computers let u typ in a name.like ronald macdonald 4 example then u can turn opening book off and set it 2 play attacking chess.another player could b called madona 4 example. on madona u can leave opening book on and set it 2 play a defensive game.this way u get 2 play some one u know and every player has there own style and level of play.
Posted by greenrat777 uskidscompute.com 5/16/2006 16:25:38 Play online chess	computer vs human Message: i had lots of chess computers that i used 2 play b 4 i played people on the net.in some ways they r like playing people. the thing about chess is u need a opponent and there is not always a human opponent that wants 2 play when u do.with a chess computer u can get a game any time u want.i still have my old chess challenger 7 that i got back in the early seventies.it did not work at first so i got it sent in 4 repairs and it has worked ever since. i have owned about 15 chess computers over the years.
Posted by greenrat777 uskidscompute.com 5/16/2006 17:06:44 Play online chess	computer vs human Message: one thing i like about some computer programs is the way they let u type in a name. i gave 2 examples earlier ( ronald macdonald and madona) . they then let u have a wide variety of openings that u can give 2 each player.here r some examples.u can set the players in many ways. gambit openings, weird openings clasical openings or modern openings. u can also program them 2 play the opening that the famous players liked playing . fischer and karpov 4 example.some times u spend so much time setting up the players that u never get around 2 playing chess.
Posted by greenrat777 uskidscompute.com 5/16/2006 17:16:57 Play online chess	computer vs human Message: ccmcacollisters question was who plays the more ineresting game? i think people play the more interesting game but computers r a close second.with computers u can play openings most people never play and they do a lot of other chess related stuff. whether u play a human or computer opponent in chess it is still 10 times better than playing any other type of game.