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Shredder wins 2010 World Computer Software Championship

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Congratulations to Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Shredder for winning the 2010 World Computer Software Championship! ChessCentral's Steve Lopez annotates one of Shredder's games here:

http://wp.me/pAdpb-9T

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"Steve Lopez annotates one of Shredder's games..."

Hmmm.....

...and what computer did he use to check his anlaysis? 😉

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Ha, well hopefully not Hector for Chess 0/8 last place.

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Originally posted by nimzo5
Ha, well hopefully not Hector for Chess 0/8 last place.
GP might like that engine. Apparently it laid a trap for Shredder. Unfortunately Shredder failed to fall for it.

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Originally posted by Leonidas56
Congratulations to Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and Shredder for winning the 2010 World Computer Software Championship! ChessCentral's Steve Lopez annotates one of Shredder's games here:

http://wp.me/pAdpb-9T
Epic fail. You do not call winning against GNU Chess a "World Computer Software Championship". They might as well have had DivGradCurl and greenpawn34 in the line-up to increase the laughability of the tournament. 😵

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Originally posted by enrico20
[b]Epic fail. You do not call winning against GNU Chess a "World Computer Software Championship". They might as well have had DivGradCurl and greenpawn34 in the line-up to increase the laughability of the tournament. 😵[/b]
Troll points-

1 point for posting solely to put down accomplishment of others
1 point for for the use of the term "epic fail"
2 points for insulting the most popular person at RHP
1 point for continuing vendetta vs DGC.

5 pts. Not bad.

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Originally posted by nimzo5
Troll points-

1 point for posting solely to put down accomplishment of others
1 point for for the use of the term "epic fail"
2 points for insulting the most popular person at RHP
1 point for continuing vendetta vs DGC.

5 pts. Not bad.
He insulted the most popular person on RHP? I didn't see my name ANYWHERE in his post...

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Not an insult and certainly no offence taken.
(I'm sure the same goes for DivGrad).

It was a joke. (I even rec's his post).

(most popular guy...I like that)

Right lads no swearing or being nasty so this thread gets pulled.
This one just has to stay put. 😏

Can someone show the trap that was set for Shredder.

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Silence!!!!

I am the TD here!

That is minus 5 minutes off your clock GP.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Not an insult and certainly no offence taken.
(I'm sure the same goes for DivGrad).

It was a joke. (I even rec's his post).

(most popular guy...I like that)

Right lads no swearing or being nasty so this thread gets pulled.
This one just has to stay put. 😏

Can someone show the trap that was set for Shredder.
Are you sure it was a joke? It def fits in with his *angry* persona.... Or am I underestimating you? Have you now lowered yourself to getting others to do your dirty work for you? 😉

Anyway, oh yeah, the trap. It seems like a fairly elementary 2 or 3 mover tactic. Child's play for any engine. (Or is it going over my head?) Starts on move 38 for Black.

Shredder is White, Hector is Black.

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That's not a box setting a trap.

Black to play.



Qg8 is the only move to stop the mate without losing heavy material.
It is forced.
The fact it holds the b7 pawn by tactics is just a fluke.

These thing don't set traps. It would need them anticipating and looking
at a bad move (like humans do). This is beyond them.
They have no more imagination than a soap dish.

Every good chess players knows sometimes the best move
to play is NOT the best move.

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In OTB there are often times when you feel like you "know" which move your opponent will choose in response to your move or after a set of moves. I have gotten one or two nice wins because I could look deeper into a position since I had a good feel for what branches my opponent was most likely to take.
I have also lost a game horribly where I overlooked an obvious response.. haha so it goes I guess.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
That's not a box setting a trap.

Black to play.

[fen]7k/pp2R1p1/5nQp/1P6/8/P4PPK/q6P/8 b - - 0 39[/fen]

Qg8 is the only move to stop the mate without losing heavy material.
It is forced.
The fact it holds the b7 pawn by tactics is just a fluke.

These thing don't set traps. It would need them anticipating and looking
at a bad move (like hu ...[text shortened]... dish.

Every good chess players knows sometimes the best move
to play is NOT the best move.
Yeah, I couldn't see a trap either, but I figured, what do I know? I guess it made a good story at any rate.

I think Hector would have done OK except for one tiny problem... It had to eventually leave book. 😵

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