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Subject: Nostalgy and old chess computers

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 14:24:13 12/05/97


I cannot be more in accord with Czub state of mind respecting old chess
computers. It seems that in the same degree we have got, lastly,
extremely strong and even unbeatable programs, full of databases and all
the frills only lacking a close photo of claudia Shiffer's ass, we miss
more and more the old, pitiful monsters, the wooden body of Champion
Chess Challenger, the Constellation plastic house, the style of that old
programs and so and so. I suppose that what we most miss is that in
those days we had some chances to win and we did. Each game was then a
real fight. Now each game has only one mistery, if we are going to lose
at once or in the ending because of that bloody pawn we lost in move 14.
I am tempted to propose here a nostalgic tournament between all the old
machines and or programs we have. I keep a Par Excellence and MMIV and I
would like to see how they fight against Mark IV or something of the
sort. Anybody interested?
Fernando



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