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Date: 14 Sep 2007 18:17:57
From: help bot
Subject: Get Clubbed again!
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Okay, so I am playing a blitz game against GetClub.com's
Beginner level, and I go blind for one move and fail to see
that its Rook can take my Queen (oops!). I had just offered
her up for an obvious mate-in-two and in so doing, was
supposed to pin (i.e. disable) the single defender against
my back rank mates for a quick win. But alas, so ahead
was I that in spite of losing my Queen for nothing, I still am
well ahead: la petite combination nets the enemy Queen
for a Rook, and my two extra pawns prevail in the ending.
Jump ahead to the part where I am Queening my last
pawn and guess what happens now? I am moving so fast
that I missed the "Queen" selection box and instead clicked
on (no, not the Rook, dammit) the Knight!!! Hahahahaha!
LOL
Now for the funny part: the program does not know the
game is over, but wants to play on until one of us hangs
a piece (i.e. me). King versus King and Knight, Sanny, is
a draw by insufficient mating material.
Ohmygod: I better get back there quick before all those
rating points I just lost are distributed among a half-dozen
other players! LOL Me slow down now! Be more careful.
-- help bot
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Date: 15 Sep 2007 18:40:02
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Get Clubbed again!
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On 15, 11:41 am, John Appleyard <spamt...@3feet.co.uk > wrote:
> It is good enough to beat a human who is playing too fast. It's too
> slow and rather buggy, but poor old Sanny is doing his best. It's more
> fun than playing Fritz - you can beat it!
>
> I did get rather peeved with it when it recorded my last game as a
> loss. It was the computer's move, and it was losing by a mile. I
> thought that it had resigned, but instead, it moved one of *my* pieces,
> exposing my King to cheque, and forfeiting the game on my behalf. This
> wasn't a slip of the mouse - it wasn't even my move!
Sometimes I play the slower levels, and believe me,
if it has been a half hour or so since I last moved the
program could easily change the position without my
knowing it. I may well be reading a magazine, eating,
and analyzing another game at the same time. In
fact, I was playing a game at ChessWorld and my
opponent had lost on time a week or so earlier, but I
didn't even realize it. The only reason I know I have a
game in progress at these deathly-slow levels is that
my notebook makes a horrible sound, the fan cranking
at full-tilt; when it moves, it gives an audible signal and
the fan suddenly kicks off.
Recently, it seems to me that I am not really playing
a computer at all, but a human opponent; the tactical
oversights are too lame, the opening play too quick
and bookish. I wonder if Sanny has pulled off some
trick where he has a guy sitting there playing me; the
program used to be fairly consistent at seeing the
shallow tactics.
-- help bot
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Date: 15 Sep 2007 17:41:30
From: John Appleyard
Subject: Re: Get Clubbed again!
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It is good enough to beat a human who is playing too fast. It's too
slow and rather buggy, but poor old Sanny is doing his best. It's more
fun than playing Fritz - you can beat it!
I did get rather peeved with it when it recorded my last game as a
loss. It was the computer's move, and it was losing by a mile. I
thought that it had resigned, but instead, it moved one of *my* pieces,
exposing my King to cheque, and forfeiting the game on my behalf. This
wasn't a slip of the mouse - it wasn't even my move!
apple3feet
help bot wrote:
> Okay, so I am playing a blitz game against GetClub.com's
> Beginner level, and I go blind for one move and fail to see
> that its Rook can take my Queen (oops!). I had just offered
> her up for an obvious mate-in-two and in so doing, was
> supposed to pin (i.e. disable) the single defender against
> my back rank mates for a quick win. But alas, so ahead
> was I that in spite of losing my Queen for nothing, I still am
> well ahead: la petite combination nets the enemy Queen
> for a Rook, and my two extra pawns prevail in the ending.
>
> Jump ahead to the part where I am Queening my last
> pawn and guess what happens now? I am moving so fast
> that I missed the "Queen" selection box and instead clicked
> on (no, not the Rook, dammit) the Knight!!! Hahahahaha!
> LOL
>
> Now for the funny part: the program does not know the
> game is over, but wants to play on until one of us hangs
> a piece (i.e. me). King versus King and Knight, Sanny, is
> a draw by insufficient mating material.
>
> Ohmygod: I better get back there quick before all those
> rating points I just lost are distributed among a half-dozen
> other players! LOL Me slow down now! Be more careful.
>
>
> -- help bot
>
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