Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:15:52 03/06/02
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On March 06, 2002 at 16:11:04, Rich Van Gaasbeck wrote:
>I dusted off my old Chess Challenger 7 last night and played a game. Granted it
>was set at level 1, but I can't figure out why it would play 14...Qb6. All it
>had to do was move its queen to d7 or e8. Wouldn't even a 1978 computer do a
>full 4 ply search? Did the CC7 use selective searching at the root?
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2002.03.05"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Van Gaasbeck, Rich"]
>[Black "Chess Challenger 7, level 1"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "C44"]
>[WhiteElo "1275"]
>[BlackElo "1100"]
>[Annotator "Van Gaasbeck,Rich"]
>[PlyCount "55"]
>
>{96MB, VANGAASBECKRI} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Qf6 4. c3 Be7 5. Bg5 Qd6 6. d5
>Bxg5 7. Nxg5 Nce7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc5 11. O-O d6 12. b4 Qb6 13.
>Nc4 Qb5 14. Nb2 Qb6 15. Na4 Bg4 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. f3 Ne3 19. Qb3
>Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rfd8 21. a4 c5 22. a5 b5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Qxb5 Ra6 25. Qxb7 Rdd6
>26. Qb8+ Nc8 27. Qxc8+ Rd8 28. Qxd8# 1-0
That model was my first chess computer (sold to me by Steve of ICD!). I think
it was circa 1980 (the year, not the rating!). As I recall, it cannot even
force checkmate when it has a king and queen against a lone king. I wouldn't
put ANY stupidity past it. The only good use I put it to was in practicing my
blindfold chess by not setting up the board (which was physically but not
logically connected to the computer).
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