Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 23:11:12 11/13/05
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On November 13, 2005 at 12:42:05, Steve B wrote: >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??? > You missed a forced win, not 24.Rxd5?! but 24.Nxg6!!+- and it's over! Sorry to bring this up, but check 24.Nxg6!! Terry >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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