Author: eric guttenberg
Date: 14:47:47 01/05/00
Eureka! After many dozens of games against H7.32, F5.32, Rebel Century,
N7.32 and the like without a single win, I have found the secret to success.
I hauled out my old Fidelity Chess Challenger from the mid-70's and gave
it one sound thrashing after another. The following, with me playing White,
is a typical example:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.h3 Be6 6.0-0 Nf6
7.Bg5 0-0 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Qc1 Bxc4 10.dxc4 a5 11.Nd5 Nb4
12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Bh6 a4 14.Nh4 c6 15.Nf5 Ra5 16.Qd1 a3
17.Qg4+ resigns
Note my enterprising opening play, my astute positional judgment, my
scintillating tactics! Note how Chess Challenger can't even see a mate
in 2 until it becomes a mate in 1.
In fact, teen-move mates are easily come by against this Chess Challenger
and I know this is not a thought provoking post but it sure does illustrate
the enormous growth in playing strength in chess computers and programs
these last 20-odd years. I suspect that at one time this Fidelity Chess
Challenger was one of the strongest chess machines in the market.
eric
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