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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Saitek Risc 2500-2MB VS.Resurrection V2.02

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 08:40:41 06/05/05

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On June 04, 2005 at 22:46:20, Steve B wrote:

>Inspired by Fernando's Saitek Risc 2500 defeating a Chess Prog running on a
>Modern day PC (and thereby forever settling the question that the old dedicated
>computers are stronger then all PC progs even running on Screaming modern day
>Pc's),i elected to try the Risc 2500 against the Resurrection
>
>the normal Risc 2500 uses a Arm 2 processor running at 14 Mhz with 128k of hash
>table ram
>Saitek provided upgrades up to 2Mb for the hash table and this Risc 2500 has the
>full 2MB
>
>as is well known  the Risc 2500 is one of only four dedicated computers
>outfitted with  Johan de Koning's King program
>the other three being the Mephisto Montreux and the Tasc R30 and R40
>the 128k Risc 2500 was rated just under 2200 Elo so perhaps the 2MB is 25-50 Elo
>stronger in certain endgame positions
>
>as usual the time control is Game 30 Minutes
>
>noteworthy in this game was the Res's Trademark of "several Deep thinks" and yet
>another Knight developing move to A3(move 17)
>this makes 3 times the Res developed its Queens Knight to A3 out of the 9 games
>i posted..
>
>
>
>Game 30 min
>[[Date "6-4-2005"]
>[White "Resurrection-2.02"]
>[Black "Saitek Risc 2500-2MB"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>
>1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Ne2 e5 5. d5 Nb4 6. Bc4 c6 7. c3 cxd5
>8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. exd5 Qa5 10. Qb3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxc6 Be6 13. Qb7
>Rc8 14. O-O Qa4 15. Re1 Qxc6 16. Qxc6+ Rxc6 17. Na3 Be7 18. Nc2 a5 19.
>Be3 O-O 20. Red1 Rb8 21. b3 Bf5 22. Rac1 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. c4 a4 25.
>Rd3 d5 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd2 axb3 28. axb3 Rcb6 29. Rb1 f6 30. Rb2 Bc5+
>31. Kf1 Rd6 32. Ng3 Rdd8 33. Ba5 Rdc8 34. Bd2 Bb6 35. Ne4 Rd8 36. Rb1 f5
>37. Ng5 Bc8 38. b4 h6 39. Nh3 f4 40. Rdb3 Be6 41. Ra3 Bf5 42. Rb2 Rbc8
>43. Ne1 Bd4 44. Rbb3 Rc7 45. Ng1 Nb6 46. Bc3 Nc4 47. Ne2 Nxa3 48. Rxa3 g5
> 49. Nxd4 exd4 50. Bd2 Bg6 51. Ra6 Kg7 52. Ra3 d3
>53. Ra6 Rb7 54. g3 fxg3 55. hxg3 Bf7 56. Ra5 Bb3 57. g4 Kf6 58. Ra6+ Be6
>59. Bc3+ Kf7 60. Bd2 Rdd7 61. Ra8 Kf6 62. Bc3+ Ke7 63. Bd2 Rb6 64. Ra5
>Bb3 65. Ra3 Bc4 66. Ng2 Re6 67. Rc3 Re2 68. Rxc4 Rxd2 69. Ne3 Rb2 70.
>Nd1 Rh2 71. Re4+ Kf6 72. Kg1 Re2 73. Kf1 Rxe4 74. fxe4 Ke5 75. Ke1 Kxe4
>76. Kd2 Rd4 77. Kc3 d2 78. b5 Rd7 79. b6 Kf3 80. Kc4 Kxg4 81. Kc5 Kf3
>82. Kc6 Rd3 83. b7 Rb3 84. Kd5 Rxb7 85. Kd4 Ke2 86. Nc3+ Ke1 87. Ke5 Rb3
>88. Nd5 d1=Q  0-1
>
>Final Position
>[D]8/8/7p/3NK1p1/8/1r6/8/3qk3 w - - 0 1
>
>it is really amazing how much trouble the King program gives the Res
>
>perhaps i will have a chance tommorrow to try the Mephisto Montreux against the
>Res
>
>Kingly Regards
>Steve

A fine tribute to Johan de Koning's chess engines in dedicated machines
manufactured in the last century.

Kingly Regards,

Michael








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