Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 14:16:47 05/27/05
Thanks to a friend in US I have again in my hands if not the first chess computer I ever had, at least the first with a fairly decent strengt, the first to ever win a championship of microcomputers -1981- and the one I have most loved: Chess Sensory Champion Challenger. Just inm case you doers not know. this piece of museum had an engine by the Spracken that in its time was valued 1771 Usa Elo, by now con sidered 1550 normal Elo. Not that much, but pretty strong compared with what was the average of dedicated units in those times. Even now 1550 means that ou can get a decent game, the kind you get from a C player any day, without awful mistakes, good sense of tactics and in fact a capability to smash you any time if you lose control. For those days that qualities made a great difference. I lost infinite games due to distractiions that were unrelentingly punished. A 1550 human player is a mix of good and bad moves. A 1550 cmputer is always 1550 and so, in its steadiness, cannot be disdained just like that. I am just experiencing that in this very moment. Only If I am lucky I will get a draw after mistakes done due to some stupid sense you cannot lose a to a 1550 player. It is a sobering exprience. After so many uncredible strongs programs I have played since those years, suddenly I discover that to have ben defeated by those current monster does not imply you must defeat the old litle beast of the past. Nevertheless, I am a happy man... Fernando
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