Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 01:32:52 12/26/00
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Dear Eriq, I am glad that you are having so much fun. There was a certain amount of gloating in beating the old programs on the slower machines. In the near future we will have 6000 Mhz processors with 3200 Mhz buses and 300+ Gbyte data drives with data transfer rates of 750,000,000 Bytes/second. Our chess programs will be Gigabytes in length and the video cards will allow us to play chess with any female "avatar" that we choose as we watch on our 30 inch 200 pixel/inch monitors with 200 Hz refresh rates. And yes, we will be able to play against a dumb sexy blonde opponent if we choose. It will be fun starting off with a Marilyn Monroe and having the computer progress up to a Judith Polgar opponent. The same will be available for gals who want to start with Forest Gump and end up with Bill Gates or Gary Kasparov. Do you think that an enterprising fellow could sell "retro" chess program/computer combinations and actually make some money? I will have to speak with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn about that. Merry Christmas Tim Frohlick On December 26, 2000 at 02:03:19, ERIQ wrote: >This christmas my family and I went to see visit my mother. > >Well after lots of fun and a good bit of vodka I found myself, ( being the chess >addict that I am) looking through some of my old things that my mother had kept >of mine, looking for mabe an old chess book or a set perhaps. > > Well to my delight I found something even better. I found an old Dos program >called GrandMaster Chess and It was still in the original box. I immediately >began installing it on my mom's old pc a 100mhz k-5 w/ 16 mb ram I think, well >after getting it up and running (the poor thing crashed three times, sorry John >), I played my first complete 5 min game. > > ahhhh I thought, as I finished the game. Not only did I defy the odds and get >to play a game but I actually won, all on chistmas day. > > I haven't felt this good in a long time I thought, I have found nivana in old >chess programs, yes shameless but true. > > I have been bitten by a tiger, teased by junior, out smarted by crafty and >revolted against by rebels. It feels good not to be on the recieving end of a >beating once and awhile. > >After I drove home I added the game to my database while having tiger look at it >and found that tiger 12 may at blitz have suffered the same fate. It would have >played alot of the same moves as GM!! and it did not see all of the dangers in >my Nf6! move untill it reached 11 ply. Even though I have a 466 cel >96mb ram. Wow What's this I thought ?! > >Here is the game. Is this a tough postion for programs or is GM chess just a C >player? > > >1 FRENCH def. CLASSICAL var. > Eriq 2200 - GM chess > (Mom's Christmas Classic) 12/2000 >1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. >Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6= 10. g4!? Eriq Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. g5 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. >Rhg1 Ne5 15. Qf4 Qb8?? Eriq >[15... Ng6ยน Tiger 12.0] >16. Nf6 Kh8 17. Qh4 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 gxf6 19. gxf6 Be4 20. Qxe4 Qxh2 21. Rh1, >Black Resigns [1:0]
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