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Judge Roy Bean wrote:Machine or person - and do you know the opponent?
Person. Someone who goes under the moniker of "Queen Mary" - and someone I played on Facebook today.
There was another person who goes under the screen name of "jachicken" from somewhere here in the US I played on http://www.chess.com last night. Checkmated him in 18 moves.
1.e4 e6
2.Nf3 d5
3.exd5 exd5
4.d4 Nc6
5.c4 Bf5
6.Be3 Nf6
7.Nc3 Nb4
8.Rc1 Bd6
9.a3 Na6
10.cxd5 O-O
11.Nh 4Bg4
12.f3 Nxd5
13.Nxd5 Qxh4+
14.Bf2 Rae8+
15.Ne3 Rxe3+
16.Be2 Rxe2+
17.Qxe 2Qh6
18.O-O Qxh2#
And yes, on the 18th move he did castle and I managed to put him in checkmate.
My personal best was a checkmate in 12 moves. I didn't record it so I suppose it didn't happen.
Last edited by Doktor Avalanche on Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:47 am, edited 1 time in total.
The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism. - George Soros
Run it through an analysis program and I don't think you will be pleased with the comments. "Chess lab" is a free site for analysis if you don't have a program. ICC is a popular site for playing.
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