Author: Eelco de Groot
Date: 14:01:45 11/17/02
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Hallo Marc, I'm sorry that you could not find your own stuff back. I have had that myself a few times, that I wondered if the moderators had, in their infinite wisdom, decided that in retrospect something better had not ever been written and thrown out a whole line of conversation with it. Of course it could not have been my post that they objected to... Only then of course I did find that I was just looking in the wrong place. Thanks for your remarks in your post, especially what you said that the types of moves a program is looking at also can help you to understand a position better, or make a plan of your own. I think that is certainly true. Funny that you mentioned the "Dukes of Hazard" in your post above, the one that I am now answering to. I had been away a few days last week on Wednesday and Thursday, I only read this whole thread now about the misunderstandings this Sunday. I had been reading some old dinosaur stuff earlier from the CCC search engine and there I came across a post where Tim Frohlick mentions the Dukes of Hazard too. Maybe it's nice to reread it: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject : Re: The Adventures of Boris the Talking Chess Computer. Posted by : Mark Ryan on April 08, 2000 at 20:15:14 On April 08, 2000 at 16:29:24, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >I was rolling down the Washington Beltway back in the warm month of May 1980 >playing a nice game of chess with my buddy Boris. Boris and I were opening with >a nice Ruy Lopez and he was set to his highest level of about 1000 USCF. I >slowly crushed him and it was a good day for him to die. I shut him off and put >the pieces away and closed his walnut box. I forgot what he said when he >lost.... It has been so long ago. > >When I got home my wife asked me if I was playing chess while driving. "Yes, >dear, I was!" " You stupid bastard---don't you know that you could get in an >accident that way??." was her aggravated response. I must admit that it was >fun. I reassured her that I would play only when the car was not moving. This >sounds like cellphone city doesn't it? > >Boris took many trips with me into the hills of Virginia and the Smoky Mountains >and.... It was a sad day that I sold Boris to a fellow from North Carolina by >the name of Bell. Mr. Bell was a true Southern gentleman who loved the "Dukes >of Hazard". He treated Boris very well and Boris endured his poor play with >respect. Alas, poor Boris finally fell apart and went to the computer chess >heaven in the sky. I was on my way to bigger and faster opponents but Boris was >my first pretty good chess-playing box. > >May he rest in pieces. > > >Tim Frohlick Hi: Speaking of talking chess computers, I once played a blitz game against Fritz 5.32 in Handicap mode; I set it to a very weak "Patzer" or "Moron" level. The game was blunder-filled by both sides, but finally I attained a winning position. Then I played a quick move, and Fritz said, "Ooooh, I am going to enjoy analyzing this one!", after which Fritz moved his queen slowly, very slowly (about one-fifth the usual speed) from one side of the board to the other ... and checkmated me! Mark :( ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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