Author: Will Singleton
Date: 11:35:50 12/27/03
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On December 27, 2003 at 05:40:48, Will Singleton wrote: >Blincoe got me thinking about the old machines, so being Christmas and all, I >got out the old Boris and CompuChess. I knew Boris worked, but hadn't tried >CompuChess in the last 20 years or so. It made all kinds of odd displays after >power-on, but after much wiggling of the switches, it finally started working. >(!) > >Reading the manuals is fun. CompuChess has 6 levels, the 6th being for >"high-quality correspondence games." The 5th is for mates-in-two, and other >difficult problems, with thinking times up to 10 hours. :) Of the two, Boris >has more features and is easier to use, so I started a game between Amateur (1 >sec/move) and Boris (1 min/move). > >But I had forgotten the woeful state of electronic chess pre-1980, and the game >was over in a few moves. The position in which Boris had trouble appears below. > Since both machines allow for board positions to be set up, I figured I'd see >which machine could solve the position fastest. > >[d]r2qkb1r/ppp1pppp/2n1bn2/8/Q1pPP3/2N2N2/PP3PPP/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - > >CompuChess, level 5 (up to 10 hours) >Boris, time set to 8 hours > >Now, for the insignificant questions to pursue: > >What move(s) will they select? >Which machine will get it right? >How much time will the solution take? > >Will Ok, this morning both units had completed their "analyses," and made their moves: Boris: e6-d7 CompuChess: f6-d7 Boris wins, and it only took between 5-8 hours to find. I know this because when I left it last night, it was showing e6-g4 after 5 hours, search time was set to 8. Poor CompuChess apparently needs more time to avoid losing the piece. :) I'll put it on level 6 (1-2 days), and try again. Will
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