How to draw against your computer in 180 seconds or less
While waiting for the first round of Morelia to begin, I took an occasional glance at a very long series of games between Hikaru Nakamura and an engine called "TransWarp" on ICC. As far as I know, Nakamura didn't win any games (though he should have won one, but ran out of time while trying to mate with five or six knights), but he managed a pretty fair number of draws by playing a Hippopotamus + blockade strategy with both colors.
I've linked to one of them for your entertainment and anti-computer instruction. While many of the games were pretty similar, this was perhaps the most impressive of the lot. That's because he didn't achieve a particularly good version of the Hippo this time around, and was already in serious trouble on move 16. His solution (see especially move 17) was an ingenious one, and he was just as clever on move 86. You'll get the idea - have a look.
I've linked to one of them for your entertainment and anti-computer instruction. While many of the games were pretty similar, this was perhaps the most impressive of the lot. That's because he didn't achieve a particularly good version of the Hippo this time around, and was already in serious trouble on move 16. His solution (see especially move 17) was an ingenious one, and he was just as clever on move 86. You'll get the idea - have a look.