Computer Kills

[Brashaw]

Ok we all know that normal humans can't beat a computer with much ease. I have practiced many times against different computers to find a 'style' that can either stonewall a computer or make the computer fall apart for an easy win.

The most interesting line I find that is good for a human playing white if playing a computer is this..
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Be3 c5 4.c3 c4 5.Bc2 Nc6

Most computers give black a slight advantage where if the human playing white were getting his goal! He is able to stonewall the computer with this starting line. In a position like this, I find it most likely that the computer would end up castling kingside which gives the idea crazy idea of bringing up the F, G, and H pawns for an attack. This strategy might not always work I find but I have used it against Chessmaster 9000 and Hiarcs 8 and it proved that it works. Solidating the center for both sides and making the endgame drawish if the computer doesn't break through.

[Brashaw]

Brashaw - Hiarcs 8Bareev
1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 e6 3.e3 d5 -0.07/9 4.Bd3 Nc6 -0.07/9 5.f4 Bd7 -0.28/10 6.Nf3 Bd6 -0.10/10 7.Ne5 0-0 -0.16/9 8.Qf3 a5 -0.02/9 9.Nd2 a4 0.08/8 10.g4 h6 -0.05/9 11.h4 Kh8 0.29/9 12.g5 Ng8 0.53/8 13.Qg4 b6 0.38/6 14.Rg1 Nxe5 0.87/8 15.fxe5 Be7 1.57/11 16.gxh6 Bxh4+ 1.82/9 17.Kd1 g5 1.57/9 18.h7 Nh6 1.46/10 19.Qh5 Nf5 1.66/10 20.Nf3 Ng3 1.41/9 21.Qh6 f5 1.26/9 22.e4 fxe4 2.63/8 23.Nxh4 gxh4 2.63/9 24.Bg5 Nf5 4.19/9 25.Bf6+ Qxf6 4.69/10 26.Rg8+ Rxg8 5.11/5 27.hxg8Q+ Kxg8 5.11/5 28.Qxf6 Rf8 5.39/9 29.Qg6+ Kh8 5.34/9 30.Bc2 c5 5.18/10 31.Kd2 Rg8 7.06/8 32.Qh5+ Kg7 7.06/6 33.Rg1+ Kf8 8.46/6 34.Rxg8+ 1-0

Brashaw - Fritz 7
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. f4 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Ne5 Qc7 9.Nd2 Nc6 10. h3 Ne7 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Nf5 13. Qh5 a5 14. Nf1 a4 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. h4 a3 17. bxa3 Bd7 18. Qg4 Na4 19. Bd2 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Nb2 21. h5 Rxa3 22. g6 fxg6 23. Nxg6! Rf7 24. h6 Ba4 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. hxg7+ Rxg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxh7+ Kf8 29. Ng6+ Ke8 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Rc1 Rxa2 32. Ke2 Nd3 33. Bxa4+ Rxa4 34. Rb1 Kd7 35. Rxb7 Ra1 36. Ne5+ Kc8 37. Rb5 Bxe5 38. dxe5 Rh1 39. e4 Rh2+ 40. Ke3 Nf2 41. exd5 Nd1+ 42. Kf3 Rxd2 43. dxe6 Kd8 Rb8+ Ke7 45. f5 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 Nxc3+ 47. Kd4 Rxf5 48. Kxc3 Kxe6 49. Kxc4 Rxe5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Brashaw]

Shredder 8 - Brashaw
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 Ne6
15. Bh6 Qe7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re2 Re8 18. a3 Ndf8 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Nc3 Qe7
21. Ree1 Nd7 22. Ne2 Ndf8 23. b4 b5 24. a4 Bb7 25. a5 Rac8 26. Nc1 Ra8 27.
Nb3 Rac8 28. h4 h5 29. Re2 Ra8 30. Rc1 Rac8 31. Bb1 Kg8 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Nc1
Kg8 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. Nd3 Kg8 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Bb1 Kg8 38. Ree1 Kg7 39. Rc3
Kg8 40. Rcc1 Kg7 41. Ba2 Kg8 42. Nb2 Kg7 43. Nd3 Kg8 44. Red1 Kg7 45. Bb3
Kg8 46. Bc2 Kg7 47. Re1 Kg8 48. Rb1 Kg7 49. Re2 Kg8 50. Qh6 Nh7 51. Ree1
Qf8 52. Qd2 Qe7 53. Nc1 Kg7 54. Ne2 Kg8 55. Qh6 Qf8 56. Qd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[HankAnzis]

Hi Dan,
Did you see the 3rd game of Kasparove-Fritz x3d? He came to the same conclusion that you did. The computer never had a cluethat it was losing.

[Brashaw]

I hardly ever watch the grandmaster games against computers. It seems that all computers think they are winning because they act as they are 'superior' even to other computers.

Dan