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Date: 04 Nov 2006 23:35:12
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Subject: Master level *is* tough to beat
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I was having a go with Sanny's famous chess program, and boy, was I surprised by the latest improvements. The game started like this: [Event ""] [Site "getclub.com"] [Date "2006.11.04"] [Round "-"] [White "SannyBot"] [Black "Zebediah"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qd4 Nd5 9. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 10. Nd2 Bxb2 11. Rd1 Qxa2 12. Ne4 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Qxd7 Bxe4 15. fxe4 bxc5 16. Qd5 Qa5+ I was feeling pretty comfortable at this point, thinking that I was on the verge of winning some major material. However, my illusions were soon crushed, as the SannyBot found the amazing resource 17. Qxf7!?!? mate! Before I even realized what had happened, the board was gone and the SannyBot had chalked up a win for itself. Now a purist might quibble with 17. Qxf7 mate on the grounds that 1. it isn't a legal move 2. it isn't mate but I have to admire the brutal efficiency of the solution, which reminds me somewhat of the old sweep-all-the-pieces-off-the-board method of simplification. And in a way, it is only just, since in the previous game, the SannyBot incredibly placed a piece on its King's only flight square, not just overlooking but actually creating a mate in one. The program now seems to be improved to such a degree that its play is completely beyond my comprehension, so I don't think that I will try sparring with it again any time soon. Good luck to the others. Zeb
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Date: 06 Nov 2006 05:28:27
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Subject: Re: This Program Error will be removed soon.
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Sorry for hijacking this tread, but starting a new one would be worse, I think. Sanny, a while ago I sent you a long email with some suggested improvements to your program and a few random comments. I didn't get a reply, so I assume it got lost somewhere. Would it be better to post it here? Phil
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Date: 06 Nov 2006 15:40:50
From: Terry
Subject: Re: This Program Error will be removed soon.
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<[email protected] > wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Sorry for hijacking this tread, but starting a new one would be worse, > I think. > Sanny, a while ago I sent you a long email with some suggested > improvements to your program and a few random comments. I didn't get a > reply, so I assume it got lost somewhere. > Would it be better to post it here? > > Phil > Yes please . some of us would like to look :-) Regards Terry
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Date: 06 Nov 2006 00:58:33
From: Sanny
Subject: This Program Error will be removed soon.
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> I was feeling pretty comfortable at this point, thinking that I was on > the > verge of winning some major material. However, my illusions were soon > crushed, as the SannyBot found the amazing resource 17. Qxf7!?!? mate! > Before I even realized what had happened, the board was gone and the > SannyBot had chalked up a win for itself. > > Zeb Thanks Zeb, for telling us the Mistake. This Mistake will be removed soon. The Programmers are working to find why this happened. I am sure, This Program Error will be removed in 2-3 days. Once the Program Error will be Removed your Ratings will be corrected. Bye Sanny Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
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