Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 14:00:13 07/16/05
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On July 16, 2005 at 07:53:48, Madhavan wrote: >On July 16, 2005 at 07:18:09, Dan Honeycutt wrote: > >>On July 16, 2005 at 03:50:13, Madhavan wrote: >> >>>On July 16, 2005 at 01:20:47, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Fernando >>>> >>>>Up to about Sargon II, I could beat the engines. So I played like you. Sargon >>>>was not bad tactically, but played a pitiful endgame. I played right into its >>>>strengths and avoided exploiting its weaknesses. >>> >>>Sargon is the old OLD DOS progam right?Is it available for download somewhere? >> >>Right. I don't know of any place where you can download it. > >Amazing!Sargon even entered the famous wikipedia reference. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_(chess) > >http://www.pmpro.com/consumer/consumer/games/sargon.html >It costs 24$?? > >>> >>>>Now it's different. If an engine somehow manages to screw up the opening bad >>>>enough to lose to me, it better never play that line again. If it does, it is >>>>going to lose the exact same game. I show them no mercy. >>> >>>hmmm.what rating do you estimate? >>> >> >>Who? Me, Sargon, or some other engine that I beat once in a blue moon? > >Sargon I mean,also you :) > The problem with Sargon II was its poor endgame play. If you played a conservative game and traded down to the endgame, you could beat it pretty much at will. If it played a better endgame, I'd guess it to be in the 1200-1400 range running on, say, a 4 MHz Z80. Since it and I were pretty well matched, I probably fall into the same range. Best Dan H.
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