My Very First Game Against the DGT Centaur Chess Computer

 have recently bought a DGT Centaur, the latest addition to the modern chess computer renaissance. What piqued my interest on this particular electronic chess game is it’s got some kind of adaptive algorithm that automatically adjusts to your particular strength.

So my immediate question was does it really do this? I played a game and here it is…

… so I should have won, but lost it all in one very bad move. (Granted I made more than several bad moves.) How many bad moves did the centaur chess computer make to mimic my level play? I decided to analyze the moves with Lucas Chess to find out. Here’s some screenshots of the color coded moves…

Color coded moves.

So according to this anal ysis my moves were:

• 0 Brilliancies (Purple)

• 26 Good Moves (Blue)

• 27 Average Moves (Uncolored)

• 6 inaccuracies (Yellow)

• 12 Blunders (Red)

Centaur’s Moves are:

• 2 Brilliancies (Purple)

• 31 Good Moves (Blue)

• 25 Average Moves (Uncolored)

• 7 Inaccuracies (Yellow)

• 6 Blunders

Bottom line, I lost because I played the endgame badly, not because the Centaur was too hard on me! It should also be noted that afterwards I rewound the game back to the position that my game ending blunder occurred and replayed it again and won! So does the electronic chess computer’s adaptive technology work? Definitely!

If you want more information on this particular chess computer and other options available as of 2020, visit 2020 Electronic Chess Computers.