The title is reminiscent of Euell Gibbons' classic(?) 1962 monograph "Stalking the Wild Asparagus", but I haven't read it and I won't be stalking any asparagus here. Instead I am stalking the most dangerous of the computers on chess.com. So far it has beaten me every time I've played it. The one thing that gives me hope so far is its dreadful handling of Alekhine's Defense, as exemplified in this game, though I failed to take advantage.
https://www.chess.com/live/game/1827922689
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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "JSLigon"]
[Black "Computer4-IMPOSSIBLE"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[Termination "Computer4-IMPOSSIBLE won by resignation"]
[TimeControl "600+5"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. exd6 exd6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. a4 Qh4 10. b3 Bc5 11. Qc2 Bd4 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Qe4+ 14. Qe2 Qd4
15. Ra2 Bf5 16. Nd2 Qc3 17. g3 Bb1 18. Ra3 Qc1+ 19. Qd1 Qxa3 20. Qxb1 Rd8 21. Bh3
Qb4 22. Qc2 c6 23. O-O cxd5 24. cxd5 O-O 25. Ne4 Nxd5 26. Ng5 Nf6 27. Be6 fxe6
28. Nxe6 Rc8 0-1
4... Nc6 is a blunder and the next time it happens I will play 5. d5. Stockfish analysis:
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d5
5... Nb8 6. Nc3 d6 7. Ng5 dxe5 8. Bd3 g6 9. Qf3 f6 10. Nxh7 f5 11. Nxf8 Kxf8 12. g4 Qe8 13. h4 c6 14. d6 exd6 15. h5 d5 16. hxg6 Rxh1+ 17. Qxh1 Qxg6 18. Bh6+ Kf7 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. O-O-O Bxd3 21. cxd3 Ke6 22. Rg1 Qxd3 23. Qh5 N6d7 24. Qe8+ Kd6 25. Qd8 Qh7 26. Bf8+ Ke6 27. Qe8+ Kf5
+ (1.53) Depth=33/57 0:06:40 2012 MN
5... Nb4 6. a3 Na6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3 e6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qd7 13. Qf3 d5 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. Nf7 Bc5 16. Nxh8 Rxh8 17. b3 Rf8 18. Qe2 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 c5 20. Bb2 Qe7 21. O-O Kb8 22. a4 d4 23. c3 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Nd5 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Rfd1 Nac7
+ (1.61) Depth=33/57 0:06:40 2012 MN
The wild Computer4-IMPOSSIBLE is going to outplay me severely in the middlegame, but its poor opening play may give me a chance, eventually.
Last edited by JSLigon; 11-27-2016 at 04:45 PM.
Reason: linked to wrong game
