Author: steven blincoe
Date: 08:28:57 07/06/04
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>The 1980-85 period was the darkest time in microcomputer chess. ICCA decided >that commercial companies would pay big bucks every year for a crack at the >title. They were correct. These same commercial companies even entered 4 >copies into the Swiss event. And with expected pairings, they even contrived to >have their "highest scoring entry" win against their own lower-scoring entries. > >IM Mike Valvo used to relay the horror stories at the ACM and WCCC events. :) > >The concept was stupid, allowing one company to enter the _same_ program four >times. :) perhaps from a competitive standpoint this was unfair.. but from a consumers perspective the mid-80's was the "Golden Age" for dedicated chess computers almost on a weekly basis new computers were released from many manufacturers compare this to the sad almost non-existant state of affairs today collectors like me must wait months if not years for the few remaining companies to squeak out a dedicated unit and even when they do release one its almost always in cheap plastic beautiful wooden,tournament sized computer are rarely if ever offered in addition, the title of World Champion was pretty much owned by Mephisto since 1985,and therefore, never really played an important role in whether or not i purchased the computer once you mainframe guys started focusing on the PC you pushed my beloved hobby into oblivian :)) Steve
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