Author: Mike S.
Date: 18:02:27 04/25/04
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On April 25, 2004 at 20:08:10, Andrew Wagner wrote:
>Anybody know any details about this computer? A friend of mine got it without
>the chess manual. Any information you can provide would be helpful.
I have the SciSys (aka Kasparov / Saitek) Turbo 16K, which was the predecessor
from 1985. AFAIK the Turbo S-24K had a larger openings library and was only
sligthly higher rated. Unfortunately I do not find these anymore on the current
SSDF list. Chess computer collector K.Kispert gives a rating of 1416 (1316 after
the adjustment) for a "Saitek Turbo - Single Chip" which is most probably one of
these two models. The 6502 turbos were something else; the 16K and 24K run with
6301Y so called single chip cpus.
Once I managed a "speculative" win against the Turbo 16K. Nowadays, it wouldn't
make much sense to continue after mistakes like 12.f4? or 16.exd6? But against
these comps, you still had a chance. The rook sac 17.Rxg7+, with #8, was correct
though. I don't claim I saw the mate yet when I played that! :-) But then, I
spotted 20.Nd5 and Black cannot defend the mate.
[Event "Matt in 8 Zügen"]
[Site "Wien"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scheidl, M."]
[Black "Turbo 16K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. b3 Bb4 5. Qe2 O-O 6. Bb2 d6 7. O-O-O Be6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Bc5 11. Rd3 Ng4 12. f4 $2 {oops...} Nf2 13. Qh5 {
All or nothing!} Nxh1 14. e5 Nf2 15. Rg3 Qd7 $2 16. exd6 Bxd6 $2 (16... Bd4) (
16... f5) 17. Rxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Nd5 Bxf4+ (20... Nd3+ {
delays the mate the most.} 21. Bxd3 Bxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Qd4 23. Bxd4 {
followed by 24.Qh8#}) 21. Kb1 Be5 22. Bxe5 1-0
(I don't know anymore if this was played at 40/2h or at 30 seconds per move.)
[D]r4rk1/pppq1ppp/3bb3/7Q/5P2/1PN3R1/PBP2nPP/2K2B2 w - - 0 17
17.Rxg7+! That was my "once in a lifetime" 15 plies combination (easy for chess
programs today).
Regards,
M.Scheidl
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