Author: Steve B
Date: 09:42:05 11/13/05
Considered by knowledgeable collectors as one of the top 5 rarest computers ever released for sale ,the La Regence was one of the last computers released by Applied Concepts before it went belly up very little literature exists on the TSB 4 but it did manage to receive a rating of 1460 Elo released in 1983 with a 6502 processor running at 2.5 Mhz with 12k Rom and 48k Ram it had an opening book of 4000 moves ..i am not certain which program was in it but i think it was the Sargon 2.5 the computer is a tournament sized wooden auto-sensory board with a two-tiered highly unique layering of wood the playing surface is raised from the base of the board yielding a "platform" type of effect legend has it that only 10 were made and sold this one is number 6 photos of it can be seen here click on the" Applied Concepts" Album and its the first 5 photos: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cpaa2@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Feeling a bit lucky and wanting to test it to make sure its in tip top condition i decided to lock horns with this rare bird for a game 30 minutes there is no actual level like this so i played on the level closest to it(30 sec per move avg) in the game the TSB was out of book by move 5 and typically achieved ply count's of 4-5 in most positions to the best of my knowledge, this is the first game ever shown on the Net for the TSB 4 as is usual in these sorts of situations the human takes white: [Site "Under Ground Bunker"] [Date "2005.11.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Steve B"] [Black "TSB 4 La Regence"] [TimeControl "Game 30 min"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 e6 6.Bxf5 exf5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bb2 Rfe8 13.Rc1 Qc4 14.Nd2 Qd5 15.c4 Qd6 16.Qc2 Ng4 17.Nf3 Re4 18.Qc3 [D] r5k1/pp1n1ppp/2pq4/5p2/2PPr1n1/P1Q1PN2/1B3PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 18 setting up the Q-B mating battery which could come in handy later 18..Ndf6 19.h3 Nh6 20.Ne5 Rh4 21.f3 Rd8 22.Rfd1 g6 ??? [D] 3r2k1/pp3p1p/2pq1npn/4Np2/2PP3r/P1Q1PP1P/1B4P1/2RR2K1 w - - 0 23 his honor the TSB is oblivious to the coming onslaught and actually assists in its own demise my how i love this old babies of yesteryear :) 23.d5 cxd5 24.Rxd5 ! [D] 3r2k1/pp3p1p/3q1npn/3RNp2/2P4r/P1Q1PP1P/1B4P1/2R3K1 b - - 0 24 ripping open the Black position . probably not a forced win yet but i was relying on the Q-B battery and the low ply count of the TSB to win the game for me 24..Nxd5 25.cxd5 Qxd5??? the final blunder almost anything else is better such as Qf6 26.Nxg6!! [D] 3r2k1/pp3p1p/6Nn/3q1p2/7r/P1Q1PP1P/1B4P1/2R3K1 b - - 0 26 A bone breaking,spine cracking ,game ending,fatal blow did i fail to mention it was a violent ,shocking ,devastating move? what follows is an example of the "Horizon effect" typical of chess programs of its day the computer will make any move to push the mate outside of its search horizon of course ..26 Rd4 would be better here but of course all is lost for black anyway 26..Qd1+ 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kh2 Rxh3+ 29.gxh3 Ng4+ 30.hxg4 f6 31.Qxf6 Rd2+ 32.Kg3 f4+ 33.Kxf4 Rd4+ 34.Bxd4 hxg6 35.Qg7# 1-0 FINAL POSITION: [D] 6k1/pp4Q1/6p1/8/3B1KP1/P3PP2/8/8 b - - 0 35 Bring on Fruit Or Zappa! Lets Rock Regards Steve
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