Episode 3 | Mr Grumpers (ELO 1200) called me dumb! (and then lost!)
#catmemes #chesscomputer #Sicilian #SmithMorraGambit
This is the third episode in a five part series playing, and hopefully defeating the all new cat meme chess bots unleashed by chess.com in 2023!
Mr Grumpers is a reluctant cat chess bot, preferring to sleep in chess piece boxes. Nonetheless, he has a ELO of 1200. Indeed, Mr Grumpers played a competent opening of the excellent Sicilian Defense, even against the Smith-Morra Gambit, which can take some Sicilian off guard.
On move 10, I blundered my knight [-4.3], after having a lapse in board vision. For some reason, I didn't "see" that it was defended twice.
On move 15, Mr. Grumpers castles short, and I saw a tactical possibility. Most of Mr Grumpers' pieces were relatively stuck on the queen-side, whereas I could immediately marshall a knight and queen, and with (15. Bd3), a third attacker.
And it worked! Against my knight attack, Mr Grumpers counterattacked my knight with their h-pawn (16. Ng5 h6), but didn't realise the threat posed by my next queen move (17. Qh5). The queen actually "pins" the h-pawn to the undefended h7 square - a "checkmate" square between the light square bishop and queen. After Mr Grumpers captures my knight, they hang checkmate. GG!
Poor Mr Grumpers was very upset with the loss!
Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/computer/29960491
