Human versus Machine

Chris, GWTR, where are you?

Please, post here, until all the mess is sorted out.

I need a bit of conversation going on.

So far, we have a single review on 'Human versus Machine' from a non-titled player:

https://www.expert-chess-strategies.com/human-versus-machine.html

Hopefully, we will have many more in the spring.

Even reviews are hard to get by during the winter time.

I mean, I am thinking all the time of playing some games here, as well as on other sites, BUT, how can one actually do that:

- while looking at the board, you also get messages of different kind

- there are some beeping sounds from time to time

- Chess.com notifies us of important events

- the players avatars are visible, and some of those are moving or very strange and unappealing

- if you try to fix something in the settings, other things get unfixed immediately, and so on and so forth

That, full concentration is almost impossible to attain.

And then, there are rumours that 1500 players here perform like 2000 and 2000 ones like 1500...

I mean, with all the good will, online play will never be the perfect testing environment.

Playing just for fun, yes, but otherwise.

Btw., I see Carlsen and Nakamura also played on Chess.com, with Carlsen underperforming in comparison to his OTB games with Nakamura, almost equal score, where Carlsen leads by 16-1 or something like that in OTB.

Or did Nakamura overperform.

I mean, that play has its specificities.

And then, how do people play 1 minute games with no increment, I mean, what kind of chess is that?

Hey, anyone around?

Any supporters, any friends, any defenders of the good cause?

Things will setlle down, it needs time.

GWTR, how is the second part doing?

Check out Help! I'm locked in Secret of Chess and I can't get out! Post your games here, not there. But you're welcome to drop by.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/help-im-locked-in-the-secret-of-chess-thread-i-and-cant-get-out

 Keep beating the computers, Lyudmil. Eventually, you will break their spirit and they'll give up. 

That is right, Elroch.

Again, the good news: rock-bottom prices for 'Human versus Machine' and 'The Secret of Chess'.

1 dollar for part 1 of 'Human versus Machine': https://www.amazon.com/Human-Versus-Machine-Stockfish-Komodo/dp/1549916785

Only 5 for the Kindle edition of 'The Secret of Chess', less than 10 for the paperback.

Limited offer.

The ebook costs 0.0, FREE, if you buy the paperback.

If you bought it, download the ebook for free now.

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Chess-Lyudmil-Tsvetkov/dp/1522041400/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1520435937&sr=1-3&keywords=lyudmil+tsvetkov&dpID=41a3p3kZreL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

Tomorrow or very soon this offer might already not be valid, Amazon changes frequently.

Did not you read above post of mine?

You obviously did not click the link or read the whole thread here.

As, the link points to a book, where it is stated it contains non-handicap/full-set wins against SF and Komodo.

And I have posted many times different winning games with the full set on this forum.

Here one more, against an earlier version of Houdini:

(540) Houdini 3 Pro x64 - Tsvetkov,Lyudmil [C60]

Blitz 2m+2s Sofia, 08.06.2013

[Tsvetkov,Lyudmil]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.0–0 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.c3 a6 7.Bd3 g6 8.d5 Nb8 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Qb3 Bc8 11.c4 Nd7 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Qc2 f5 14.Rfe1 f4 15.Bd2 h6 16.Na4 b6 17.b4 g5 18.h3 Ng6 19.c5 Nf6 20.Rec1 g4 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Nh2 dxc5 23.bxc5 b5 24.Nb2 Nh4 25.Be1 f3 26.g3 Qe8 27.a4 Qh5 28.axb5 Bh3 29.Rxa6 Rxa6 30.d6 Ng4 31.Bc4+ Kh8 32.Be6 Ng2 33.Bxg4 Bxg4 34.Nc4 Qh3 35.Ne3 Nxe3 36.fxe3 Ra3 37.Nxg4 Qxg4 38.Qf2 h5 39.dxc7 Bh6 40.Rc3 Ra1 41.c8Q Rxc8 42.Kh2 Rd8 43.Rc2 Rdd1 44.Ra2 Rxe1 45.Rxa1 Rxa1 46.Qb2 h4 47.Qxe5+ Bg7 48.Qb8+ Kh7 49.b6 hxg3+ 50.Qxg3 Be5 51.b7 Qxg3# 0–1

 Maybe someone can repost the game with a diagram, my browser has some problems now to post a diagram.

I can't get it to work now either.

You didn't play c4? I thought that was the winning move.

Unfortunately, I was black above.

You even did not care to check the header...

OK, here is the game.

Not everybody is able to beat Houdini.

A nice collection of similar games, well-commented and with a lot of diagrams and strategic plans explained, available here for only 1 dollar: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Versus-Machine-Stockfish-Komodo-ebook/dp/B0768G8R2C/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1520530432&sr=1-5&dpID=41WQ%252BB6063L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

'The Secret of Chess' is just 5.

No, I most certainly did not read the whole thread. Congratulations, though, I wish I could beat a top engine.

Thanks.

It is not only wins.

I am losing many too.

Against SF 4, 5, 6, etc., it used to be relatively easy to win.

SF 9 though is a lot stronger.

Many weaknesses that were present before are already not there.

So, winning games against the top engines in the future will be an increasing challenge.

One should keep his strategies up to date, in order to be able to do so.

The biggest report so far on some of my works has appeared now, unfortunately in German:

https://glarean-magazin.ch/2018/04/14/anti-computerschach-human-vs-machine-report-carstens-tsvetkov/

This is the Glarean Magazin, a magazine for chess, art and literature.

The edition pays particular attention to computer chess developments.

In this way, 'Human versus Machine' already has its very nice editorial review, as you see, the author is mostly supportive of the high quality of the games.

Btw., in the very same article, a couple of other so-called anticomputer specialists are presented, so definitely a vert very interesting read.

Of course, you should learn German first, or use Google-translate.

Hey Tsvetkov, have you beat play magnus app on the hardest difficulty?

Never tried that.

Should be much easier than default SF, I suppose.

One way or another, the primary author is the same, Tord Romstad, right?

He published the initial version of Glaurung/SF for free, but he probably made a lot with the Magnus app., which is commercial.

Anyway, people using SF are innumerable.

It would be very nice of you to try this app and publish the game here with your comments and remarks, if you have some spare time of course

Thanks for the suggestion.

Really very low on time now, besides I am certain it plays much weaker.

200-300 elos, someone might be in the knowing?