Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 15:41:17 12/04/04
I purchased a Designer 2100 Display (6Mhz) from a friend of mine and decided to
test a couple of simple positions which ANY PC chess program should solve in a
matter of seconds. In the first position the Fidelity computer couldn't find
the correct after over a half hour of thinking. In the second position I let it
think for 20 minutes before turning it off never finding the right move. Are
all dedicated units that weak?
These are taken from the "Mammouth Book of Chess."
[Event "DCS 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca"]
[Black "Spielmann"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D38"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 O-O 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. O-O a6 13. Rfe1 Qe6 14. Nd2 b5
15. Qa5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a4 Qd5 {18. axb5!) This sacrifice is not
especially deep, but demonstrates in clear-cut fashion how the possibility of
creating a passed pawn must be borne in mind in the most innocent-looking
positions.} *
[Event "DCS 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E73"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3
e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 {11...Nfxe4!!) Stunning!} *
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