Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 06:46:39 05/05/98
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On April 28, 1998 at 19:49:59, Karsten Bauermeister wrote:
>Hi Guys, especially Peter, Thorsten, Mark, Uwe ... but of course all
>others!
>
>Sorry for beeing absent from online for more than one week, but there
>were a good raeson for that: ChessBase needs so much time for a big
>operation on my PC.
>
>O.K.: There were the following anouncements (hope that I have forgotten
>nobody):
>
>Peter Fendrich: ??
>Thorsten Czub: Mephisto III S (dedicated chess computer - 1984)
> Colossus X-Chess (PC or Atari - about 1988)
> Delta 1 (dedicated chess computer - 1979)
> eventually: Zinclair ZX Spectrum ("PC" - date??)
>Mark Loftus: Psion Chess 1.01 (PC or Atari - about 1985)
> Sargon III (PC - about 1990)
> Cyrus (PC - about 1987?!)
> Blue Bush Chess (PC - date??)
>Uwe Immel: Saitek Simultano (dedicated chess computer - 1988)
> eventually others
>
>I personally will let start a MGS III (Grunfeld/Morphy/Capablanca)
>(dedicated chess computer - 1981. When there is a need for another
>opponent (up to the "members" named above there is missing one!) I am
>prepared to let start anything else, but today I don't know what ... But
>when Uwe want to, he can do.
>
>I have no objections against any of these - even not against a Saitek
>Simultano.
>
>- Moves should be changed by E-Mail.
>- When a game is finished it should be published here in CCC.
>- Time Control should be around one night, that's the normal analyse
>time here at my home. When anyone want to have more or less time, no
>problem for me. We can handle this all completely "easy", because there
>is no need to know which program is really the best one.
>- I would supose, that we play a swiss system tournament with five
>rounds, due to the little number of participants.
>- Ended games should be mailed (completly!) to me for giving in the
>result.
>- Draw should only made by the programs
>
>- Other Opionions, suggestions, something forgotten? - Please post it in
>CCC within the next four days - up to Sunday evening (I hope Peter is
>online again after his Malta-trip). Otherwise send my a short e-mail
>that you a ready to start. When I have four mails from the people above
>(hope that there will be more in the future - as I said adding a new
>opponent should be no problem!), I will let make the pairings for the
>first round by the program PROTOS, so nobody can influence this.
>
>When you all agree to the conditions, I thing we can start!!!!
>
>Regards
>
>Karsten
Hi Karsten!
I'm back right now and ready to play with my old MARK V.
I think your conditions are good enough with the only remark that I
sometimes (but only sometimes) have to prioritize other things and that
might delay my answear with a day, even if the MARK V only gets, say 8
hours for a move.
Peter
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