Gianluca vs. Sanny

Date: 01 Feb 2009 13:27:50
From:
Subject: Gianluca vs. Sanny

Just for fun, I pitted Gianluca Cisana's Java applet program (http://
chess.pcriot.com) against the incorrigible Sanny's Getclub, another
Java applet. The result was as I expected. Despite having only a 6-ply
horizon and no opening book, pcriot whipped getclub convincingly. The
game is full of less-than-best moves on both sides, but getclub's
moves were far worse:

Getclub (beginner level) vs. chess.pcriot.com, 1 February 2009

(Numbers in {brackets] indicate time used. The extra time shown for
Black's moves is due mainly to the need to switch from one screen to
the other and enter Black's move manually.)

1. d2-d4{6} c7-c5{14}
2. Ng1-f3{10} c5-d4{14}
3. Nf3-d4{0} e7-e5{12}
4. Nd4-f5{10} d7-d5{18}
5. e2-e4{16} d5-e4{34}
6. Qd1-d8{0} Ke8-d8{20}
7. Nf5-e3{10} Bf8-b4{24}
8. Nb1-d2{0} f7-f5{24}
9. Bf1-c4{6} Bc8-d7{28}
10. Bc4-d5{6} Kd8-c8{22}
11. c2-c3{20} Bb4-c5{26}
12. 0-0 {10} Ng8-f6{18}
13. Bd5-c4{0} f5-f4{30}
14. Nd2-b3{6} f4-e3{22}
15. Nb3-c5{0} e3-f2{24}
16. Rf1-f2{6} b7-b6{20}
17. Nc5-b3{6} Rh8-f8{22}
18. Bc1-e3{8} Rf8-d8{32}
19. Rf2-d2{6} Nb8-c6{24}
20. Rd2-d6{24} Nc6-e7{34}
21. Bc4-a6{6} Kc8-c7{38}
22. Rd6-d2{0} Ne7-f5{34}
23. Be3-g5{8} h7-h6{20}
24. Bg5-f6{0} g7-f6{14}
25. Ra1-f1{8} Bd7-e6{42}
26. Rd2-d8{0} Ra8-d8{20}
27. c3-c4{22} e4-e3{36}
28. c4-c5{0} Rd8-f8{20}
29. c5-b6{6} Kc7-b6{18}
30. Rf1-a1{8} e5-e4{22}
31. Kg1-h1{6} Be6-b3{24}
32. a2-b3{8} h6-h5{16}
33. b3-b4{24} Nf5-d4{16}
34. Ba6-c4{8} Rf8-c8{18}
35. Bc4-f7{20} e3-e2{18}
36. Ra1-e1{8} h5-h4{26}
37. Bf7-d5{6} f6-f5{18}
38. h2-h3{0} Rc8-c2{16}
39. b2-b3{6} Rc2-d2{18}
40. g2-g4{24} Rd2-d1{18}
41. Kh1-h2{6} Rd1-e1{16}
42. Bd5-c4{12} Nd4-f3{16}
43. Kh2-g2{0} Re1-g1{20}

0-1

It's mate next move.

Date: 03 Feb 2009 05:46:28
From:
Subject: Re: Bug removed.

On Feb 2, 11:45=A0pm, Sanny <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2:27=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > =A0 Just for fun, I pitted Gianluca Cisana's Java applet program (http:=
//
> > chess.pcriot.com) against the incorrigible Sanny's Getclub, another
> > Java applet. The result was as I expected. Despite having only a 6-ply
> > horizon and no opening book, pcriot whipped getclub convincingly. The
> > game is full of less-than-best moves on both sides, but getclub's
> > moves were far worse:
>
> There was a bug in GetClub program when this game was played. Now that
> bug has been removed So I feel GetClub will play stronger.
>
> Try a new game and Lets see what happens.
>
> Bye
> Sanny
>
> Play Chess at:http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

British master Amos Burn once quipped sardonically that somehow it
had worked out that never in his chess career did he ever beat a
perfectly healthy opponent. By the same token, Sanny would have us
believe that no one ever beats a perfectly healthy Getclub. It always
has a bug, which Sanny never discovers until *_after_* the loss.

Date: 03 Feb 2009 05:46:18
From:
Subject: Re: Bug removed.

Date: 02 Feb 2009 20:48:50
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Gianluca vs. Sanny

> - "GetClub is playing as good as Rybka"
> - My Java applet whipped getclub
>
> So I'll soon be contacted by Rybka programmers for consulting ;-)

Every day is not sunday. There was a bug when that game was played.
Now the bug is removed So GetClub will play stronger now.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

Date: 02 Feb 2009 20:45:37
From: Sanny
Subject: Bug removed.

On Feb 2, 2:27=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
> =A0 Just for fun, I pitted Gianluca Cisana's Java applet program (http://
> chess.pcriot.com) against the incorrigible Sanny's Getclub, another
> Java applet. The result was as I expected. Despite having only a 6-ply
> horizon and no opening book, pcriot whipped getclub convincingly. The
> game is full of less-than-best moves on both sides, but getclub's
> moves were far worse:

There was a bug in GetClub program when this game was played. Now that
bug has been removed So I feel GetClub will play stronger.

Try a new game and Lets see what happens.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

Date: 02 Feb 2009 13:08:39
From:
Subject: Re: Gianluca vs. Sanny

On Feb 2, 2:56=A0pm, Bjoern <[email protected] > wrote:
> Gianluca Cisana schrieb:
>
> > [email protected] ha scritto:
> >> =A0 Just for fun, I pitted Gianluca Cisana's Java applet program (http=
://
> >> chess.pcriot.com) against the incorrigible Sanny's Getclub, another
> >> Java applet. The result was as I expected. Despite having only a 6-ply
> >> horizon and no opening book, pcriot whipped getclub convincingly.
>
> > - "GetClub is playing as good as Rybka"
> > - My Java applet whipped getclub
>
> > So I'll soon be contacted by Rybka programmers for consulting ;-)
>
> > Good day, Gianluca
>
> Indeed.
>
> Although you could consider marketing it on your own with slogans such
> as "Outclasses Alekhine!"
>
> After all it did beat GetClub, which once won one game against me when I
> overlooked a mate in one, I have beaten GM Ftacnik in a simul, Ftacnik
> has won a rapid game against GM Seirawan, who beat Karpov in a
> blind-fold game, who won a match by default versus Bobby Fischer, who
> beat Spassky, who beat Petrosian, who beat Botvinnik, who gained the
> world title when it was vacant due to Alekhine's death.

Heck, you can make an even stronger claim than that. Seirawan twice
beat Karpov in serious games. Karpov in turn has beaten world
champions Anand, Kasparov, Spassky, Petrosian and Tal. The last three
named also beat Botvinnik, who in turn at various times beat Alekhine,
Euwe, Capablanca, and Lasker, who in turn beat Steinitz. Therefore
you, and by extension GetClub, have beaten every world champion!

Date: 02 Feb 2009 19:49:07
From: Gianluca Cisana
Subject: Re: Gianluca vs. Sanny

[email protected] ha scritto:
> Just for fun, I pitted Gianluca Cisana's Java applet program (http://
> chess.pcriot.com) against the incorrigible Sanny's Getclub, another
> Java applet. The result was as I expected. Despite having only a 6-ply
> horizon and no opening book, pcriot whipped getclub convincingly.

- "GetClub is playing as good as Rybka"
- My Java applet whipped getclub

So I'll soon be contacted by Rybka programmers for consulting ;-)

Good day, Gianluca

Date: 02 Feb 2009 20:56:24
From: Bjoern
Subject: Re: Gianluca vs. Sanny

Gianluca Cisana schrieb:
> [email protected] ha scritto:
>> Just for fun, I pitted Gianluca Cisana's Java applet program (http://
>> chess.pcriot.com) against the incorrigible Sanny's Getclub, another
>> Java applet. The result was as I expected. Despite having only a 6-ply
>> horizon and no opening book, pcriot whipped getclub convincingly.
>
> - "GetClub is playing as good as Rybka"
> - My Java applet whipped getclub
>
> So I'll soon be contacted by Rybka programmers for consulting ;-)
>
> Good day, Gianluca

Indeed.

Although you could consider marketing it on your own with slogans such
as "Outclasses Alekhine!"

After all it did beat GetClub, which once won one game against me when I
overlooked a mate in one, I have beaten GM Ftacnik in a simul, Ftacnik
has won a rapid game against GM Seirawan, who beat Karpov in a
blind-fold game, who won a match by default versus Bobby Fischer, who
beat Spassky, who beat Petrosian, who beat Botvinnik, who gained the
world title when it was vacant due to Alekhine's death.