Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 12:52:13 12/06/97
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On December 06, 1997 at 14:24:32, Uwe Immel wrote: >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 Hi Uwe! Welcome and take a look to a post above writtenby me. Is a tentative sketch about an eventual tournament.
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