Man vs Machine: The $100 challenge

[Weatherman]

Originally Posted by Jonas Grumby

Um yes, thanks for the analysis, I was aware. I was talking about the subsequent move you didn't see, which was taken back. :o Operator error! But I come away from this thinking Anonymouse is a very nice individual and that I appreciate him letting us get our a**es kicked by Fritzy.

Take backs with $100 on the line? :o (what was the weird move, btw?)

[Klaymen]

Grumby was kind to undo a case of human error. I was supposed to play Nd7-b6 and instead played Nd6-b7! It doesn't take long to see that one catches the bishop, and the other gives away a rook. I couldn't figure out what was going wrong when suddenly I was down by 5, how could Fritz miss something huge like that?!?! lol

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. c5 c6 7.
Bd3 b6 8. b4 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 a5 10. b5 Rc8 11. bxc6 Rxc6 12. Qb5 Qa8 13. Bd2 bxc5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bxa5 Nd6 16. Qa4 Nb6

Score: -3.7

15. Qxa5 just trades queens, so I guess you do lose it...

[Klaymen]

After I went back and put in the correct move and Jonas had a chance to see what was ahead, he resigned. Cynical is now running at a -6 (down a rook). Rekrap is at -0.7 or -0.8 after the first 11 moves, if I recall correctly.

[Klaymen]

We have some nice parting gifts for Cynic.

1 d2-d4 Ng8-f6
2 Bc1-f4 c7-c6
3 Ng1-f3 Qd8-b6
4 b2-b3 d7-d6
5 e2-e3 Bc8-g4
6 Bf1-d3 Nb8-d7
7 O-O e7-e5
8 Bf4-g3 e5-e4
9 Nb1-d2 e4xd3
10 c2xd3 d6-d5
11 Qd1-c2 Nf6-h5
12 e3-e4 Nh5xg3
13 f2xg3 Bf8-e7
14 Ra1-e1 Bg4-e6
15 Kg1-h1 O-O
16 e4-e5 Ra8-e8
17 Nf3-h4 Qb6xd4
18 Rf1-f4 Qd4-c5
19 Qc2-d1 Be7-g5
20 d3-d4 Qc5-b4
21 Re1-f1 Bg5xf4
22 Rf1xf4 g7-g5
23 Nh4-f5 f7-f6
24 Qd1-g4 Qb4xd2
25 h2-h4 Kg8-h8
26 h4xg5 f6xg5
27 Qg4-h5 g5xf4
28 Nf5-d6 Qd2-e1+

Rekrap: you are doing ok, only losing by 1.2 after 16 moves. That's respectable I'd say, about where I'd expect to be. Fritz has the advantage, but could be many moves from calling it a win yet.

[Klaymen]

Alas, rekrap did not win $100.

1 e2-e4 e7-e5
2 Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6
3 Bf1-c4 Bf8-c5
4 Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6
5 d2-d3 O-O
6 O-O h7-h6
7 Nc3-d5 Nc6-d4
8 Nf3xe5 d7-d6
9 Ne5-g6 f7xg6
10 Nd5xf6+ Kg8-h8
11 Nf6-d5 Qd8-h4
12 Kg1-h1 b7-b5
13 Nd5xc7 Ra8-b8
14 Bc4-d5 Rf8xf2
15 Rf1xf2 Qh4xf2
16 Bc1-d2 Bc8-h3
17 e4-e5 Rb8-c8
18 g2xh3 Rc8xc7
19 c2-c3 Nd4-e2
20 d3-d4 d6xe5
21 d4xc5 Rc7xc5
22 Bd5-e4 Rc5-c4
23 Bd2-e3 Qf2xe3
24 Qd1-d8+ Kh8-h7
25 Be4-d5 h6-h5
26 h3-h4 e5-e4
27 Qd8-g8+ Kh7-h6
28 Qg8-h8++