CM8000 vs. Bret Discussion
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CM8000 vs. Bret Discussion
Hey all,
The game CM8000 vs. Bret has started.
With This thread I invite people to discus this game.
The opening so far:
1.e4 c5 2.Ng1f3 d6 3.Bf1b5 Bc8d7 known as:
B52: Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
The move 3. Bb5+ is known as "Bashing the Sicilian", though it avoids the Najdorf or Dragon lines, which are somewhat more complicated to compute.
For CM8000 it too will be more profitable to have less pieces on the board, artificialy increasing its calculation depth.
The end results for (known) games with the same opening yield a 54% chance of a draw, and an equal change for both white or black to win the game.
The game CM8000 vs. Bret has started.
With This thread I invite people to discus this game.
The opening so far:
1.e4 c5 2.Ng1f3 d6 3.Bf1b5 Bc8d7 known as:
B52: Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
The move 3. Bb5+ is known as "Bashing the Sicilian", though it avoids the Najdorf or Dragon lines, which are somewhat more complicated to compute.
For CM8000 it too will be more profitable to have less pieces on the board, artificialy increasing its calculation depth.
The end results for (known) games with the same opening yield a 54% chance of a draw, and an equal change for both white or black to win the game.
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I figured a computer would do better with more pieces but less pawns on the board which makes for a tatical game. The computer can exhaustivley search several moves ahead, but after that a human's ability for form a long term plan takes the advantage so long as no tactical shots some into play.
Assuming Bret isn't going to read this thread until after the game is over, I'll post the computer's score and expected lines here throughout the game.
Assuming Bret isn't going to read this thread until after the game is over, I'll post the computer's score and expected lines here throughout the game.
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CM8000 vs Bret
B52: Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.d4
White has opted* for the easy open game, either an open center or an open queenside. (*Even though through statistics only.)
This will indeed lead to less pawns on the board, where the minor pieces (bishops) and rooks will get easier into play.
Software players indeed have a lot of difficulty ascerning the correct value of a pawn. Its value only being one point, but its position can be priceless.
Greg, CM8000 is using up memory at the rate of 700.000 positions per hour? How much is that? 64 sqaures + piece info + move info = 1Gb an hour?
B52: Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.d4
White has opted* for the easy open game, either an open center or an open queenside. (*Even though through statistics only.)
This will indeed lead to less pawns on the board, where the minor pieces (bishops) and rooks will get easier into play.
Software players indeed have a lot of difficulty ascerning the correct value of a pawn. Its value only being one point, but its position can be priceless.
Greg, CM8000 is using up memory at the rate of 700.000 positions per hour? How much is that? 64 sqaures + piece info + move info = 1Gb an hour?
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It only evaluates 700,000,000 positions, it doesn't store all of them. It only remembers the interesting ones, and even then it only needs to remember which piece moved, not the entire position. I don't remember exactly how much RAM it used, not much, I think it was less than 1Mb. But that's just Chessmaster, other engines like Fritz you can tell it how much RAM to use which helps realize when it's evaluating a position it's already seen before.
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With 10.Qb4 (View Board) CM8000 has now clearly shown its intention of creating an passed a-file pawn, with the attack focused on the queen-side of the board.
Though white might have rushed it too much. Black now has several options open to defend but also has a nice counter attack with a combination making his b7 pawn somewhat too hot to touch right now.
White's other option besides 10.Qd4b4 would have been the more passive Qc4 or even Qd3 keeping a more tight control, by delaying the queenside rush.
The game itself won't suffer from it as pieces might start flighing over the board in the upcomming clash between CM8000 and Bret, which sure will be more fun then a slow paced tactical play.
Though white might have rushed it too much. Black now has several options open to defend but also has a nice counter attack with a combination making his b7 pawn somewhat too hot to touch right now.
White's other option besides 10.Qd4b4 would have been the more passive Qc4 or even Qd3 keeping a more tight control, by delaying the queenside rush.
The game itself won't suffer from it as pieces might start flighing over the board in the upcomming clash between CM8000 and Bret, which sure will be more fun then a slow paced tactical play.
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The below board is the current position after CM8000's move: 13.Nd5.
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Black to play: What is wrong with 13... Qxc2 14.Rd2 Qxe4?
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Black to play: What is wrong with 13... Qxc2 14.Rd2 Qxe4?
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Current position with CM8000 vs Bret.
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At this point it look like white will gain a passed pawn, but without to much pressure to push the pawn to its advantage. Bret dominates the queenside to much, and holds the most important files and squares. One of the main squares white wants to have is b6, forking black's Queen and Rook, but is secured by black's knight, the a-file is secured by the rook and probably will have a doubled rook. White's only left attack is the b-file. This would require the removal of white's b-files pawn to backup the queen with a rook.
Even added to that, white still has not developed his king's rook, which it can only do so if CM8000 manages to find the tempo to do so.
All in all, it looks (to me) that black has at least positional advantage over white.
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At this point it look like white will gain a passed pawn, but without to much pressure to push the pawn to its advantage. Bret dominates the queenside to much, and holds the most important files and squares. One of the main squares white wants to have is b6, forking black's Queen and Rook, but is secured by black's knight, the a-file is secured by the rook and probably will have a doubled rook. White's only left attack is the b-file. This would require the removal of white's b-files pawn to backup the queen with a rook.
Even added to that, white still has not developed his king's rook, which it can only do so if CM8000 manages to find the tempo to do so.
All in all, it looks (to me) that black has at least positional advantage over white.
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Current position with CM8000 vs Bret.
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I was somewhat perplexed at seeing CM8000 playing Nd4. At first glance it didn't look more to me then a simple exchange of pieces, of the wrong pieces, as CM8000 would benefit more from the exchange of Bret's active pieces on the Queen's side.
17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4,
... and that is where it hits me ... CM8000 managed to find the tempo to utilize his King's Rook. But will it hold?
CM8000 does now have the ability to actively use all his pieces, though at some cost. Bret can now make important tactical choices how to proceed. Open up the Queen side completely? Focus on the center? Enhance the positional strength?
CM8000 hardly has any choice but to continue on the b-file, if allowed, and attack the currently weak e-file pawn.
I'm very curious as how this game will unfold during the coming week.
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I was somewhat perplexed at seeing CM8000 playing Nd4. At first glance it didn't look more to me then a simple exchange of pieces, of the wrong pieces, as CM8000 would benefit more from the exchange of Bret's active pieces on the Queen's side.
17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4,
... and that is where it hits me ... CM8000 managed to find the tempo to utilize his King's Rook. But will it hold?
CM8000 does now have the ability to actively use all his pieces, though at some cost. Bret can now make important tactical choices how to proceed. Open up the Queen side completely? Focus on the center? Enhance the positional strength?
CM8000 hardly has any choice but to continue on the b-file, if allowed, and attack the currently weak e-file pawn.
I'm very curious as how this game will unfold during the coming week.
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Position after move 19... Nxd5
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With this move, Nxd5, Bret gave away some of the initiative gained. CM8000 has enough now to play for the draw, CM8000 only option. The most simple way is repetitive check by both rooks on the 7th rank. The ardious route is the slowly exchanging pieces ending in a pawn endgame.
20.Qxb7 Qxb7 21.Rxb7 View Board, attacking the weak e5 pawn.
black has two reasonable option to go from here,
21... Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rxa3 23.Rxe7 etc, View Board, leading to a 2 rook endgame.
21... e5 22.Rd3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 (Rxe3?? Rxa3 Rxa3 Rxa3) 23... Rxa3 24.Rxd6 View Board, and CM8000 can gain the 7th rank.
Bret could have kept pressure on the game by playing 19... Qxc2 forcing CM8000 to keep up with him, but most probably this would have only been the scenic route, for the "tourists", towards draw.
at move 19. View Board
19... Qxc2 20.Qxb7 Qxa2 21.Rd2 Qxa3 22.Bd4 (Qxe7? Nxd5!) 22... Re8 etc. View Board
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With this move, Nxd5, Bret gave away some of the initiative gained. CM8000 has enough now to play for the draw, CM8000 only option. The most simple way is repetitive check by both rooks on the 7th rank. The ardious route is the slowly exchanging pieces ending in a pawn endgame.
20.Qxb7 Qxb7 21.Rxb7 View Board, attacking the weak e5 pawn.
black has two reasonable option to go from here,
21... Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rxa3 23.Rxe7 etc, View Board, leading to a 2 rook endgame.
21... e5 22.Rd3 Nxe3 23.fxe3 (Rxe3?? Rxa3 Rxa3 Rxa3) 23... Rxa3 24.Rxd6 View Board, and CM8000 can gain the 7th rank.
Bret could have kept pressure on the game by playing 19... Qxc2 forcing CM8000 to keep up with him, but most probably this would have only been the scenic route, for the "tourists", towards draw.
at move 19. View Board
19... Qxc2 20.Qxb7 Qxa2 21.Rd2 Qxa3 22.Bd4 (Qxe7? Nxd5!) 22... Re8 etc. View Board
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