Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 20:00:53 05/11/98
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On May 11, 1998 at 11:12:47, Howard Exner wrote: >On May 11, 1998 at 09:31:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 11, 1998 at 04:15:26, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>Does anyone have any interesting stories to share that relate to >>>comp vs comp(or human) tournaments. Not the non-chess type but actual >>>games that >>>were played that contained good,bad or controversial moves played by the >>>computers that had some impact at the time they were played. Stories >>>where the operator (usually the programmer but also any other operator) >>>went on an emotional rollercoaster during a game. Moves played that were >>>considered milestones ... that sort of thing. >> >>The very best games, fitting the "roller-coaster" description you gave >>*had* to be the games played in 1978 and 1979 between Belle and chess >>4.x >> >>the programs were only doing 6-7 plies back then, and the 1978 >>(Washington >>DC ACM event) game was a classic that has already been mentioned here >>recently... The evals of both were swinging +, - move to move. >> >>There were others, such as the 1980-on Cray Blitz vs Belle games. Every >>time we played white, Ken would play the 2 knights against our 1. e4, >>and >>let us keep the pawn... and we'd be a pawn up for a while, but would >>eventually lose it and the game later on, until the last time we played >>it. >> >>:) >> >>But those were the days when we had 3-4-500 folks watching, standing >>room >>only. It was a load of fun. Last two ACM events I attended had crowds >>that >>didn't make it to double-digits. Just not the same... > >Thanks for the reply. I'm going to track these games down and play them >over. >It will make it more interesting knowing this background info. Do you have the games Levy vs Chess 4,7? And the games Levy Vs other machines and other GM against Chess 4,7? If not, let me know. Fernando
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