Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:40:03 04/16/99
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On April 16, 1999 at 11:06:25, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>Though I realize that chess programs are (not yet ;) living entities, it is
>still possible to apply the same standard. To me, Chess 4.x is a huge program
>because of its repeated success throughout the 1970s. The legacy of
>understanding about how to write a chess program that was left behind by its
>authors is also very important. You can say "well, chess 4.5 running on a P-III
>500 doesn't score well vs. any commercial product today". Sure, maybe so, but
>heck, it might even win if both programs were playing on the hardware Chess 4.x
>was written to use. And if all of a sudden you removed the understanding that
>Atkin and Slate imparted from the computer chess world, I think software today
>would be significantly weaker. Sure, someone else would have discovered what
>they did, but it would have taken time, and we would be that much "behind".
Dave Slate had a program playing on ICC in 1995.
Here is the only game I can find.
bruce
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Roman (2613) vs. amoeba (2426) --- 1994.10.17 02:50:36
Rated blitz match, initial time: 2 minutes, increment: 6 seconds
Move Roman amoeba
---- ---------------- ----------------
1. c4 (0:05) Nf6 (0:01)
2. Nc3 (0:02) g6 (0:01)
3. d4 (0:03) d5 (0:01)
4. cxd5 (0:08) Nxd5 (0:01)
5. g3 (0:01) Bg7 (0:01)
6. Bg2 (0:02) Nxc3 (0:00)
7. bxc3 (0:03) c5 (0:00)
8. Nf3 (0:06) cxd4 (0:15)
9. cxd4 (0:02) Nc6 (0:05)
10. 0-0 (0:12) Nxd4 (0:08)
11. Nxd4 (0:39) Bxd4 (0:01)
12. Rb1 (0:25) Bb6 (0:01)
13. Qa4+ (0:21) Bd7 (0:06)
14. Qh4 (0:13) Bf5 (0:07)
15. Bb2 (0:25) 0-0 (0:06)
16. Rbd1 (0:19) Qc7 (0:05)
17. Qh6 (0:06) e5 (0:07)
18. Rd5 (0:06) f6 (0:04)
19. Rc1 (0:06) Bxf2+ (0:05)
20. Kf1 (0:09) Qb6 (0:19)
21. Ba3 (0:11) Be3 (0:07)
22. Bxf8 (0:20) Rxf8 (0:09)
23. Qh4 (0:10) Bxc1 (0:01)
24. Qc4 (0:01) Be6 (0:04)
25. Qxc1 (0:07) Rc8 (0:00)
26. Qd2 (0:06) Bxd5 (0:06)
27. Qxd5+ (0:05) Kh8 (0:01)
28. Be4 (0:07) Qe3 (0:08)
29. Kg2 (0:08) Qxe2+ (0:01)
30. Kh3 (0:02) Qf1+ (0:10)
31. Kh4 (0:05) Qc4 (0:07)
32. Qg8+ (0:10) Kxg8 (0:05)
{White forfeits on time} 0-1
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