Author: Uwe Immel
Date: 11:24:32 12/06/97
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On December 05, 1997 at 17:24:13, Fernando Villegas wrote: >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 Hi Fernando, of course, I am !! I can offer Saitek Simultano, Mephisto III, MMII (Brute Force by Ulf Rathsmann) and Mach III (an oldie, but maybe not old enough for the proposed tournament ?) regards Uwe
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