Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 16:12:26 06/17/99
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On June 17, 1999 at 18:16:06, Mark Young wrote: >On June 17, 1999 at 13:30:43, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>I have a faint recollection of Fidelity throwing the final game >>at some crucial computer tournament, way back when, against one >>of its own machines so that it could claim to be the winner. >> >>Triva question: anyone know the two machines that were running and >>what tournament it was? > >The answer is: Fidelity Avant Garde vs. Fidelity Elite XC. It was played in the >1985 U.S. Open Computer Chess Championship in Mobile, Alabama. > >The final position > >8/2p3kp/6b1/p3K1P1/7P/1P1B4/P7/8 w > >Fidelity Avant Garde resigned as white in this won position so Fidelity's Elite >XC (black), its then top of the line machine could take first place. Wow, I AM impressed, Mark! I think as a prize, you will win the assets of Fidelity Electronics just before they took Hegener & Glaser (Mephisto) into bankrupcy (MINUS 10 million dollars). Make the check payable to Steven A. Schwartz:-))) - Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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