Anno 2007 it has become apparent that chess computers have superior calculative prowess in matches with human players under tournament conditions.
Is this the "End of Human Chess"?
In this book it is demonstrated that it is surprisingly easy to defeat chess programs.
What is the trick? "If you can not beat them, join them".
Play computer chess with analyses and variations displayed on BOTH sides of the board.
By nature the chess game is a draw. Abandoning head calculation, the human player only interacts with typically
intuitive "risk moves" from time to time in a move sequence to have them numerically evaluated.
This approach is called MAN-ASSISTED-MACHINE CHESS or MAMS.
The risk margins are considerably larger than in tournament games leading to spectacular games.
"No guts, no glory" is the motto.
A series of principles to debalance the draw margin is proposed and tested. We do not follow conventional theory and let endgames technically be executed by the machine once sufficient advantage is obtained. Do not hold on to the traditionally small but steadily increasing advantage in the opening, come out with a numerical deficit in favour of mobility of all pieces to be able to "tilt" the game to victory in a later stage.
In an appendix the opening lines played in the recent match between ruling world champion Kramnik against Deep Fritz (2-4, Bonn 2006) are transformed to winning positions.
007 INTRODUCTION
011 1. INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MAMS
011 KING'S GAMBIT
011 "ELECTRONIC MUZIO"
019 AYE AYE CAPTAIN OR HOW TO GROW A TREE AT HIGH SEA IN THE RED LINE DISTRICT
019 THE EVANS GAMBIT
033 ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE C3-SQUARE IN OPEN GAMES, INSTALLING "FRITZ FOOL MOVES" EARLIER IN A SEQUENCE
040 TO BE OR NOT TO BE: THE TRAXLER GAMBIT
052 2. PLAYING BLACK IN MAMS-MODE
058 THE BLACK KAMIKAZE ATTACK IN KING'S INDIAN
062 KING'S INDIAN. HALF SAEMISCH; A COMFORTABLE RIDE FOR BLACK
067 A WHITE BOY WITH A BLACK HEART AND HIS SHIRT WIDE OPEN (AND A SINGLE BREAST HEAR IN THE MIDDLE)
067 RAISING THE LEVEL IN THE KING'S INDIAN HALF-SAEMISCH
072 AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH BLACK CONTACTS ON E4 VIA THE PAWN ADVANCE F5
084 FOOLING FRITZ WITH WHITE IN THE SAEMISCH KING'S INDIAN
087 3. CARO KANN ANY ONE?
087 HALF OPEN GAMES FOR WHITE
094 4. FRENCH CUISINE MODERNE
094 HALF OPEN GAMES FOR WHITE
099 5. AWAY WITH BLACK CATANACCIO! THE SLAV DEFENSE
112 AND THE QUEEN GAMBIT SLAYER STRIKES AGAIN!
115 6. THE OPEN SICILIAN JUNGLE
120 A SOZIN A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY
128 MARRIED TO THE GODS. OUR FIRST WILD WEST TAIMANOV
132 THREE RIDERS WERE APPROACHING
143 MORE CANNIBALISM IN THE SICILIAN JUNGLE
151 THE DRAGON
158 REVIVING THE DRAGON
164 THE NITTY GRITTY OF COMPUTER CHESS
164 THE SICILIAN SHESNIKOV VARIATION
172 SHESNIKOV FROM THE WHITE SIDE
178 GRANDMASTERS AND NOVELTIES
181 7. WALKING SPANISH DOWN THE HALL: THE RUY LOPEZ
189 RUY LOPEZ
197 "GIANT SLASHER" SOKOLOV
200 RUY LOPEZ 2
212 8. LOOSE ENDS AND CLASSIC CASES
212 ROOK FOR LIGHT PIECE
215 THE GHOSTS BOTWINNIK THOUGHT HE SAW AND THE GAME WE NEVER GOT TO SEE
231 POLGAR-BERKES, 2003, BUDAPEST. TALENT & COURAGE TOURNAMENT
231 FRENCH DEFENSE, BURN VARIATION
234 COMPUTER CHESS END GAMES
237 DID COMPUTER CHESS KILL CORRESPONDENCE GAMES?
238 EPILOGUE
242 APPENDIX
242 ANNOTATIONS TO THE MATCH KRAMNIK-DEEP FRITZ, BONN, GERMANY, DECEMBER 2006
Albert H. Alberts
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