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Subject: Re: Antique computer chess program website

Author: Robert Hollay

Date: 10:51:07 09/23/05

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On September 23, 2005 at 09:53:37, David Dahlem wrote:

>On September 23, 2005 at 06:36:51, Robert Hollay wrote:
>
>>On September 22, 2005 at 19:39:45, David Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>I had a chess program for the Commodore 64 back in the 80's called Colossus
>>>Chess and it was my favorite. :-)
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Dave
>>
>>Yes, Colossus Chess 4.0.
>>And Grandmaster too, it was my first contact with comp. chess. :)
>>Btw, do you have any info about their strength in ELO (approximately)?
>>
>>Robert
>
>No, i don't know the approximate ELO. I do know Colossus clobbered me regularly.
>:-)
>
>Regards
>Dave

I've just found this on Google:

http://www.game-tricks.net/viewtopic-312183.html

the writer thinks that Colossus 4 was about 2000 ELO.
Well, that's very unlikely, because I was about 50% : 50% against Colossus 4
and I'm far-far below 2000 ELO -:)

Regards, Robert



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