Author: James T. Walker
Date: 11:19:36 12/11/99
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On December 11, 1999 at 01:03:58, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 10, 1999 at 18:27:51, Len Eisner wrote: > >>On December 09, 1999 at 22:58:28, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On December 09, 1999 at 22:11:00, Len Eisner wrote: <snip> >CRA _never_ used tournament time controls. They played game/60 time controls. >It was a _huge_ controversy at the time, where everyone felt that the USCF did >this to inflate the ratings a bit. This made the manufacturers happy since the >CRA rating was always published on the outside of the packaging. I can >guarantee you that the Mach III was _not_ a 2265 player at 40/2. I have one >in my office. The mach IV was somewhat faster but was _not_ 2300+ at 40/2. >They were good. But not that good. I learned to thrash my Mach III pretty >regularly, so long as I avoided games so fast that tactics were overlooked by >human frailty. :) > > >Both were tactically not bad... but positionally they had problems, and the >endgame was horrible compared to today's programs... No clue about outside >passed pawns, or majorities... or king safety... Once you learned the >Stonewall as white, you wouldn't lose against them again with white... Hello Bob, I guess we will have to agree to disagree. My memory is not good these days and when I left Japan I threw away 15 years of Chess Life magazines because of the extra weight in my shipping allowance so I cannot prove what I remember. I believe the Fidelity Mach 3 & Mach 4 machines were rated in a very large tournament of 4 or 5 rounds. Fidelity provided the necessary number of machines to make 40 games and thus get a rating (8 machines for 5 rounds?). They were both awarded the USCF Master title for their performances of 2325 & 2265. This was printed on the box as I remember and a Certificate came with each machine showing it was the first micro to be awarded the Master title by the USCF. This was tournament time controls in a real tournament I think, not a CRA created "Test". Jim Walker
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