WOOT! WOOT! I just beat my computer at chess!

[lastlib]

On Level 8!! (Level 10 is supposedly master level, FWIW.) Never had won at anything above level 4 previously, so I'm pretty happy right now, as you may guess. Come & try me, Kasparov, I'm ready! "I am een-VEEN-cible!"



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[shenmue]

1. Hooray!

[Kaleva]

2. Congrats!

I win about 1/3 of the games at level 8.

[pokerfan]

3. If you can't beat your computer at chess...

...try kickboxing.

[lastlib]

4. That's taken care of now!

Good thing, because I'd probably lose to it at kickboxing, too! My athletic skills end at Frisbee.....!

[hunter]

5. I always win when I kickbox my computers.

A sledgehammer or a shotgun works well too.

I abandoned chess when my little brother beat me. Me, number two in the high school chess club.

My kids can beat me too.

I content myself with computer FreeCell solitaire. I've only lost 26 games in 10,000.

[NewJeffCT]

6. Congrats

I used to be a decent chess player, but I had trouble beating the computer beyond level 2 or so. Actually, I may have won once at level 3, but never beyond that. Level 8 is a great feat.

And I'm sure computer chess has gotten better since the turn of the century, too.

[lastlib]

7. Garry Kasparov would agree with your last statement.....

But I wasn't playing Deep Blue, it was a Microsoft product. Still, at level 8 it should beat 90-95% of the population. I'm glad that today I wasn't in that segment. I've been patting myself on the back all day for it, needless to say.......(Humility can wait for tomorrow! )

[RedCloud]

8. Try the old move pawn up to queen scam?

Move pawn. Do something else. Repeat until you have a queen!

[whistler162]

9. Better check your PC for a virus.....

sounds like it is a tad ill!

[lastlib]

10. It oughta be sick to its silicon stomach.....

...for losing to a patzer like me!

(I blame Microsoft, though, for licensing crappy software. I really don't like that program, but it was bundled with the machine, so I use it.....)

[Godhumor]

11. It was a forfeit win when the computer lost power and rebooted right?

Just kidding! Congrats!

[lastlib]

12. No, I beat it FAIR and SQUARE!!

Two-pawn advantage, easy Q/K v. K checkmate!

And I DIDN'T have the Supreme Court APPOINT me the winner, so there! .

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