< crazymate: Analysis by Fritz 11: 20340 Mnodes searched. 23 depth..

1. = (0.16): 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Ne4 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Nxc6

Indian defense - very popular.

2. = (0.22): 1...d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 Nc6 8.e4 Bg4 9.Be3

Computer Broke d5 at 23 ply. >

So his computer has succeeded in refuting d5 as a reply for Black. Maybe he should get an honorary GM title for this profound contribution to chess knowledge.

The Umansky game is giving me deja vu already.

sorry I lost count. How many pages more do you need to set the new record for the most kibbutzed forum?

heh

Ok my Chinese New Year's resolution was to stop publicly ranting about chess engine use, because

A: it was starting to annoy great numbers of quite reasonable and nice people

B: I don't actually know anything about chess engines

C: I use my chess engine every day to help me understand moves in GM games--although many times it's not much help- I need a GM to halp me learn i think.

D: I think some of these people might be kidding?

IE- in the post you quoted- the guy is either kidding or he's retarded.

e-bay or Amazon might have a copy?

As I said, I saw it in a university repetory cinema, which specialized in bringing in interesting and totally obscure films.

You hit the nail on the head; I am engaged in some very healthy activities, potentially, and most important, it's a lot of fun, and I met a few great girls (read women) - who share my enthusiasm in singing together and trying out several arrangements, I found out last night. I had to of course be careful not to step on the toes of our "course teacher" - (it's all about social skills, and how you "present" your ideas) - but it fell in fertile ground, and we exchanged a few email addresses, so we can get together at my place for extra practise and trying out stuff.

MEANING: My place needs to be more than PASSABLE!!

Can't be bad!!

Also - I am involved in 2 other courses the next few months.

This should leave me more time for "real chess". I think that the game we have going on at <woody's> has the right mix for me. The level of play is high, <mal> is a great coach, and no one is posting insane computer lines.

<cohort of people>?

Meaning you are either a <Social Scientist> or a <Roman Centurion>, I'm guessing?

HAHAHAAHAHA

Actually your help to these efforts is very kind and many turn to you for support- I believe because you are regarded to be "sane" and "level headed" despite your penchant for ecouraging the most outrageously silly people to post at your forum.

I was a bit saddened to see the latest plea at your house- re <jepflast>, who has done tons of work obviously in these projects- his move tree link is down as you know but he hasn't actually posted at the <GRUMMAN HELLCAT II> game for over 200 pages.

Also, I noticed that most of the active and feisty regulars have already turned their main efforts to the <Ulan Bator> game--

Including <Dan Langlois>, who appears to have had a personality transplant.

For the better.

I also found <YouRang's> last post at the <GRUMMAN HELLCAT II> game a bit saddening.

He is so good spirited and always trying to make these games enjoyable and human- and he sounds like someone on the deck of a sinking ship.

22 percent of the move entries for that game are currently appended with <draw requests>.

Main chess lesson for me from the <GRUMMAN HELLCAT> rematch is just how funny an equal chess position can look after so many moves.

The pieces look uncoordinated to the "eye" at first glance- but they arent'.

This truly weired placement of black and white pieces is solid- pieces are all defended, no way to press ahead, key squares are all covered...

Maybe this is something valuable Rybka has shown us in this particular <non chess> game.

It's not what the pieces "look like" they can do, it's what they actually <can> do that counts.

The computers think outside the box because they don't think at all.

Could be a big advantage in many respects.

Yes, <Mal's> anaylsis posts are always understandable even when he tackles very difficult ideas.

I agree he is a super top rate chess coach.

It would be a dream to have <Mal> as a chess coach who I got to take lessons with.

Oh also I forgot.

I think they should not start one of these team <Centaur v. GM> games until the last one is finished first.

I also agree that the position on the board says something about what we can learn from the machines. As I posted months ago, John Watson writes about this in his strategy discussions. Our goal is to extact some insights/rules that we can write down and use as shortcuts to calculations that we can't begin to do ourselves.

As for whatever little bit of sanity I have left, it does come in handy. A sense of humor also helps.

I've long thought you were in reality <Lucius Verenus>, the exceedingly manly, albeit fictional, hero of the fine HBO miniseries <Rome>.

"The 13th"!!

In an experiment, if you divide a given <cohort>, do you call the divided segments <maniples>?

HHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH

Mrs. Made Some Extra Money Once in Montreal as a Drug Guinea Pig but I didn't Take the Drugs and I Probably wrecked the Whole Study and Possibly Killed People.

Actually, that's not very funny. I feel guilty about not taking the drug. I intended to- I needed the 300 dollars they paid for the study.

I don't even remember what the drug was for.

Do you think I should go to a church and do confession?

Cripes I haven't thought about this in years.

On <House>, Foreman is wrecking the Hodgekin's Study by switching his new girlfriend off the Placebo and on to the New Drug.

I suppose that's not really an excuse for my behavior though.

It's kind of driving me mad that I can't remember what the drug was being tested for.

I was afraid it would give me a heart attack, but I was afraid to not be able to pay my next months rent.

The movie seems a bit slow in the beginning, although it does capture something about real life--long periods of quiet punctuated by sudden brief action.

That is exactly what I thought, so I asked him if he was kidding....and to cut a long story short he is a retard.

HAHAHA