Author: Pete Galati
Date: 21:40:41 11/22/99
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On November 22, 1999 at 22:15:12, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 22, 1999 at 17:21:56, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On November 22, 1999 at 16:30:42, William Dozier wrote: >> >>>To Whome it May Concern: I have a good,good copy of SARGON/V for the Mac, and it >>>is still a strong/slow program:And i would wager a dollar to a donut that most >>>of you coud not beat the program. And most of the share/ware programs That is >>>out there./Respectfully/William. >> >>The Sargon 5 that I have for Dos seems very strong, occasionally if I set the >>levels _very_ low I can draw against it, but with Sargon going flat out I would >>never come close (this is normal, I'm not a strong player). >> >>Unfortunaly I can't run it in Windows at all so I can't test it against other >>programs, can you do that on a Mac? >> >>I have the opinion that Sargon would stand up well against modern programs, but >>I have no way to test that because it also refuses to operate multitasked with >>DR-Dos' task manager, too bad, I'd like to check it againt other strong Dos >>Chess programs also. >> >>Pete > > >This is just an impression. Sargon has no chance against modern commercial >programs. > > > Christophe I'm quite sure you're correct, after something you said in the thread below about how I really should be able to run Sargon in a win95 dos box, I adjusted Sargon's pif settings and played it in this game against Comet B10 (the Dos version) in a 60mvs/30minute game and Comet just kicked Sargon around the board unmercifully. I realise that this is just one game, but, it helps to be realistic... Pete [Event "Comet/Sargon"] [Site "Windows 95"] [Date "1999.11.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Comet-B.10"] [Black "Sargon 5"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. h4 g4 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 Nh5 9. O-O e6 10. Nbc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 c5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Ng6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rg8 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. e4 a6 20. Be2 b5 21. Qd2 Rh8 22. exf5 h5 23. Rae1 Ne5 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Kf7 26. Bd3 c4 27. Be4 Bc6 28. g6+ Kf8 29. Nf6 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Re6 Kg7 32. Rd1 a5 33. a3 Kh6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Rd5 Na7 36. Nxg4 Rhe8 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Ne3 Rb8 39. Rxd6 Rb7 40. Nd5 Kh6 41. Nf4 Nc8 42. Re6 Re7 43. g7+ Kh7 44. Rc6 Rd7 45. Rxc8 Kxg7 46. Nxh5+ Kh6 47. Nf6 Rf7 48. Ng4+ Kh5 49. Ne3 Rb7 50. Rc6 Rg7 51. Rb6 b4 52. cxb4 axb4 53. axb4 Kg5 54. Rg6+ Rxg6 55. fxg6 Kxg6 56. b5 Kf6 57. b6 Ke7 58. b7 c3 59. b8=Q Kd7 60. g4 Kc6 61. Qc8+ Kd6 62. Nc4+ Ke7 63. g5 Kf7 64. Qf5+ Ke7 65. Qf6+ Kd7 66. Nb6+ Kc7 67. g6 Kb7 68. Nd5 Kc8 69. Qe6+ Kb7 70. g7 Kb8 71. Qb6+ Kc8 72. Qc7+ 1-0
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