Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 12:06:48 09/28/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 14:23:35, Matt Agajanian wrote: >Hello, [Snip] >By the way, does anyone remember the old "CompuChess" chess machines? >Thanks for your insights. >Matt A. If memory serves me correctly, it was that machine (marketed by the famous JS&A mail order company) that first sparked my interest in going into this crazy business. It was during a weekend softball game that my friend showed me an advertisement for "The World's First Chess Computer for Under $100" - CompuChess. I bought one and waited about 12 weeks for delivery only to find out that it played miserable chess (or was it even chess it was playing?!?) That prompted me to go to the local department store and buy a Fidelity Chess Challenger "10" and an Applied Concepts Boris and have what might very well have been the first round robin commercial chess computer tournament ever. The "10" won. I do not recall the score, but I do recall that CompuChess scored ZERO! I put a little classified ad in one of the chess magazines indicating that I would be happy to share the results with whomever cared. I was amazed by the reaction. I received calls at all hours of the day and night and letters from all over the world asking for results. Hmmmm, I thought, maybe there is a business opportunity here. Then I got smart (not easy for me) and I asked Enrique, who was then a very good customer of mine to test and report on chess computers for us. It was nice to have someone testing who actually knew what he was doing - as opposed to myself! Luckily the CompuChess was before Enrique's time. I could probably hear him laughing all the way from Dartmouth while watch the "moves" that that thing made! - Steve (ICD/Your Move)
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