Collector's Corner..2007 Annual Physicals ..Continue..

[Steve B]

It seems there was a bit of controversy after the first game of the match
Kittinger lodged a protest on behalf of Team Diablo complaining that i ended the game too early and insisted that ALL games must now be played on until mate or they would withdraw from the competition

obviously the threat of dismemberment by wooden mallet has both teams on edge

in an effort to keep the match alive i relayed the protest to Team Mach III
Nelson ,speaking for Team Mach III replied..."Thats pure Garbage.The position was so hopeless that even my CC1 could beat the Diablo from the position you ended it at"
however in the spirit of competition ,Nelson finally agreed to the new terms

therefore all remaining games will now be played out until mate

GAME TWO

The Next Batter up for Team Mach III is the Excel :





The Excel has slightly different options then the Designer and is able to show nodes searched per second

in the Game the Excel had the black pieces and was out of book first at move 10
it typically searched 6 ply and 2000 Nodes per second
it will be remembered from the other Diablo games shown in this thread(Nigel Short and Academy) that the Diablo also hits 6 ply and about 1500 Nodes per second

[White "Novag Diablo"]
[Black "Fidelity Excel Mach III"]
[Time Control "Game /30Min"]


1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Nd2 c5 10.dxc6ep bxc6 11.b4 d5 12.Re1 a5 13.b5 d4 14.Na4 Bh6 15.Nf3
Bxc1 16.Rxc1 Nd7 17.c5 Bb7 18.b6 Qb8 19.Qb3 Nf6 20.a3 Nh5 21.Bc4 h6
22.Nb2 Nf6 23.Nd3 Nd7 24.Red1 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.Rb1 Rd8 27.Qc4

[d] 1q1r2k1/3nnp2/rPp3pp/p1P1p3/2QpP3/P2N1N2/5PPP/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 27
the material is even but the Diablo has established a strong advanced passed pawn on b6
ensuing play will revolve around this pawn
PV's at this point are D +1.06 and E-.95

27.. Ra8
28.Rb2 Kg7 29.a4 Re8 30.Qb3 Rh8 31.Kh1 Rg8 32.Rbd2 Rh8 33.Qc4 Ng8 34.Rb2
Ngf6 35.Qc2 Nxe4 36.Ndxe5 Nxf2+ 37.Qxf2 Nxe5 38.Nxd4 Qb7 39.Rf1 Kh7
40.Re2 Rhe8 41.Qf4 Nd3 42.Qxf7+ Qxf7 43.Rxf7+ Kg8

[d] r3r1k1/5R2/1Pp3pp/p1P5/P2N4/3n4/4R1PP/7K w - - 0 44

Diablo is up a pawn and has a won game due to the passed b pawn

44.Ra7 Nxc5 45.b7 Nxb7
46.Rxb7 Rxe2 47.Nxe2 Re8 48.Ng1 Re4

[d] 6k1/1R6/2p3pp/p7/P3r3/8/6PP/6NK w - - 0 49

Diablo is up a Knight for a pawn

at this point in the game i asked both teams if they would agree to end the game here (given the controversy over playing to mate)
Surprsingly team Diablo readily agreed to end the game here(and pocket the win) while Team MACH III(who only hours before at the start of the game called this new rule "Garbage") protested vehemently shouting out "A DEAL IS A DEAL!!"

sadly therefore the game continued for another 45 moves..


49.Rc7 Rxa4 50.Rxc6 Kf7
51.Rc2 Rd4 52.g3 a4 53.Nf3 Rd5 54.Rc7+ Kf6 55.Rc6+ Kg7 56.Ra6 Rd3 57.Ne5
Rd4 58.Rxg6+ Kh7 59.Ra6 Kg7 60.h3 h5 61.Kg2 Rb4 62.Nd3 Rc4 63.Nf4 h4
64.Nh5+ Kf8 65.g4 Rc2+ 66.Kf1 Rc4 67.Ra7 Rb4 68.Ke2 Rb3 69.Nf4 a3 70.Nd3
Rc3 71.Kd2 Rb3 72.Kc2 Rb5 73.Kc3 Kg8 74.Rxa3 Kg7 75.Nf4 Rc5+ 76.Kd4 Rc8
77.g5 Rd8+ 78.Ke5 Re8+ 79.Kf5 Rb8 80.Ra7+ Kg8 81.g6 Rc8 82.Ne6 Rb8
83.Rc7 Ra8 84.Rg7+ Kh8 85.Kf6 Re8 86.Rh7+ Kg8 87.Rxh4

[d] 6k1/4r3/4NKP1/8/7R/7P/8/8 w - - 0 88

Excel just played 87..Re7 in a pitiful attempt to swindle its way to a draw
if White takes the rook its Stalemate


88.Rh8+ Kxh8
89.Kxe7 Kg8 90.g7 Kh7 91.Kf7 Kh6 92.g8=Q Kh5 93.Qh7# 1-0

FINAL POSITION
[d] 8/5K1Q/4N3/7k/8/7P/8/8 b - - 0 93

my pre-match predictions hold with the score now tied 1-1

Up Next..EAG v2 Regards
Steve

[Terry McCracken]

The Mascot is a bit twitchy...It's Eye darting back and forth over the Diablo and Excel...I hear a whirring sound and see an intermitent Glow

I'd take precautionary measures during the next round, in case the EAG v2 fouls up in it's game

Duck & Cover Regards,
Terry

[Steve B]

The Match Continues with the Diablo facing Team Mach III's third batter the EAG v2

the v2 is a wooden auto-sensory computer which has several more features then the non wooden Mach III's
these features are derived from the fact that the V2 was loaded with more Ram then the non wooden Mach III's which enabled the computer to "Learn" or "remember" positions that caused the computer to have large drops in valuations

the various versions (2-4)of the EAG series denote more Ram being used with the V2 using 128k ,the V3 512 K and the V4 1 Meg of Ram



it was no small feat squeezing both computers onto my desk to face off against each other but i was just barely able to manage it:



GAME THREE

In the Game Diablo as Black was out of book first at move 9
it will be remembered that my pre-match predictions are to this point correct and for this game i predicted a draw..

[White "Fidelity EAG V2"]
[Black "Novag Diablo"]
[Time Control "Game/30 Min."]


1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.h3 Bh5
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be2 Be7 10.Bd2 Qd6 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.Rfc1 Bg6 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Nc5 Nxc5 15.Rxc5 Qd7 16.Rc3 Bf6 17.Rac1 Be4 18.Rc5 e5 19.dxe5 Be7 20.Nd4 Bxc5 21.Bg4 Qxg4 22.hxg4 Bxd4 23.exd4 Rxd4

[d] 2k4r/1pp2ppp/p1n5/4P3/3rb1P1/1Q6/PP1B1PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 24
a double edged position where Diablo has R+N for its Q
PV's here show +1.4 for the Mach III AND -1.12 for Diablo

24.Qe3 Rhd8 25.Bc3 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kh2 Bd5 28.Qe2 Rb1 29.a4 Ra1 30.Qd3 Bb3 31.Qxh7 g632.Qh8+ Kd7 33.Qa8 Nd8 34.a5 Be6 35.f3 Ke8 36.Bd2 Kd7 37.Bg5 Nc6 38.b4 Rb1 39.Qxb7 Rxb4 40.Qa8 Rb5 41.Bd2 Rd5 42.Bc3 Rc5 43.Be1Nxa5 44.Qxa6 Nc6 45.f4 Bxg4 46.Bh4 Be6 47.Qa8 Rc4 48.Bg5 Rc2 49.Qa3 Ra2 50.Qd3+ Ke8 51.Qb5 Bd7 52.e6 fxe6 53.Qb1

[d] 4k3/2pb4/2n1p1p1/6B1/5P2/8/r5PK/1Q6 b - - 0 53

material equality has been restored but the game has been lost
amusingly Diablo considers itself "Only down by -6.12 here and after it moves 53..Ra4

white announces a mate in 7 starting with 54.Qxg6+
[d] 4k3/2pb4/2n1p1Q1/6B1/r4P2/8/6PK/8 b - - 0 54

54.. Kf8 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.Qh8+ Kf7 57.Qh7+ Kf8 58.Bh6+ Ke8 59.Qg8+ Ke7 60.Qf8# 1-0

FINAL POSITION

[d] 5Q2/2pbk3/2n1p2B/8/r4P2/8/6PK/8 b - - 0 60

so much for my predictions..

Match Score...
Team Mach III 2-Diablo 1

White has won all games in the match so far and with Diablo having White in the final Game there is a good chance the
match might wind up a tie at 2-2

this would suit me just fine as then i am not Forced to destroy any chess computers
if there is to be a loser in the match i would prefer it to be the Diablo and not Team Mach III as it will be much easier to smash apart one chess computer rather then four

Up Next...
Elite Premiere Regards
Steve

[Terry McCracken]

The Mascot is now focusing directly on the Diablo, with that Cyclops Eye which is now Glowing with a an ever increasing Pulsating sound.

It looks determined to kill without notice, the Diablo needs to win it's next game or it may be a short match

Keep at a Safe Distance Regards,
Terry

[Steve B]

The Final game in the War Of The Worlds match is upon us

the score stands at Team Mach III with 2 points and the Diablo with 1
in the match all wins have been by the player of the White pieces

batting cleanup for Team Mach III is the highly sought after and Rare Elite Premiere
one of only two chess computers ever released for sale to contain more then one engine(the Resurrection being the second) it
contained the Mephisto Vancouver 16 program as well as the Mach III

the computer was a joint effort by Fidelity and Mephisto(which owned Fidelity by then)

this very unique computer had a switch in the front panel which would change the loaded program

here you can see this switch with the Vancouver program on the left and the Mach III on the right:





FINAL GAME(4)

In the Game the Diablo had White
the Premiere was out of book first at move 15

[White "Novag Diablo"]
[Black "Fidelity Elite Premiere"]
[Time Control "Game/30 Min."]


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5
Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Bf5 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6
15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nxc5 exf3 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Qd5 Na5 19.b4 Nc4 20.Qxf3 Rfd8
21.Rfe1 a5 22.Qc6 axb4 23.cxb4 Kh8 24.e6 Nd6 25.exf7

[d] r2r3k/2p1qPpp/2Qn2b1/1pN5/1P3BP1/7P/P4P2/R3R1K1 b - - 0 25

White is up a pawn and will soon win another
interestingly here..both computers show the same EXACT PV with Diablo ahead by +1.79


25.. Qxf7 26.Ne6 Rdc8 27.Bg3 Rab8 28.Nxc7 Rxc7 29.Qxd6 Rbc8 30.Rad1 Rc2 31.Qd8+ Qg8 32.Qxg8+ Kxg8 33.Rd7 Be8 34.Ra7 Bf7 35.Ree7 Rf8 36.Bd6 h6 37.Red7

[d] 5rk1/R2R1bp1/3B3p/1p6/1P4P1/7P/P1r2P2/6K1 b - - 0 37

the Diablo ahead two pawns now adds to its bounty a Bishop for a pawn
the game is over but Team Mach III insisted on playing on with nothing to lose ,the worst it could end up with was a drawn match,while the Diablo if it blundered would be facing the Gallows( Wood Mallet)

37..Rxa2 38.Rxf7 Rxf7 39.Rxa2 g5 40.Bc5 Kh7 41.Kg2 Rd7 42.Ra6 Kg7 43.Rb6
Rd2 44.Rxb5 Rd7 45.Ra5 Rd2 46.b5 Rc2 47.b6 Kg8 48.Rb5 Rd2 49.Be7 Rd7
50.b7 Rxe7 51.b8=Q+ Kh7 52.Qf8 Ra7 53.Rb8

[d] 1R3Q2/r6k/7p/6p1/6P1/7P/5PK1/8 b - - 0 53
Returning the favor of the last game(Where the EAG v2 announced mate in 7) the Diablo announces mate in 4 here

53..Rg7 54.Qf5+ Rg6 55.Rb7+ Kh8 56.Qf8+ Rg8 57.Qxh6# 1-0

FINAL POSITION

[d] 6rk/1R6/7Q/6p1/6P1/7P/5PK1/8 b - - 0 57

it really was interesting to see how each computer when playing white seemed far stronger then the other
and when playing Black far weaker then the other

FINAL SCORE-MATCH DRAWN
Novag Diablo....2
Team Fidelity Mach III.....2


Since the match was drawn there will be no execution by Mallet on this day and 4 of the 5 computers will be returned safely and soundly to their resting places far below the surface of the Earth in the subterranean bunkers where they are normally stored:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N ... 75/detail/

the Premiere will remain on the surface for further testing of the Vancouver Program


Program Switching Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

Sometimes testing can also be preformed by setting up a position and then watching the computers thought process and moves

there has been some discussion on the net recently about whether the Fidelity Mini-Sensory loaded with the Advanced Chess module is the same computer as the Fidelity Silver Bullet (which was the portable version of the Gambit)

while there are some differences between the two regarding levels and other functions i set up the following position and set both computers to the 2 minutes per move level:

[d] 5Q2/r6k/7p/1R4p1/6P1/7P/5PK1/8 w - - 0 53

here the Mini-Sensory(CAC) as white plays Rb6
while the Silver Bullet plays Qf5+

so my conclusion is that they are not similar programs

Proof Positive Regards
Steve

[Terry McCracken]

The Mach III was lost when it left book, it had no chance.

The War is Over Regards,
Terry

[Steve B]

The Mach III was lost when it left book, it had no chance.

The War is Over Regards,
Terry

yes you are correct
the MachIII had the isolated pawn on f3 which was soon lost

both computers were in their tournament book through move 15 so if colors were reversed the Diablo would have the isolated pawn and probably lose the game in much the same way

Color Blind Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

Having the Fidelity Elite Premiere still on the examination tables fresh from its match against Team Mach III,it was a no brainer to flip the switch and change the engine to the Mephisto Vancouver 68000 16 bit which is Rated 2119(SS) and programmed by Lang

in deciding on a suitable opponent for the Van i scanned the July 07 Selective Search rating list in the vicinity of the Van 16 which revealed the following:


Novag Sapphire 2-2132
Fidelity EAG v9-2122
Mephisto Vancouver 68000-2119
Mephisto Berlin 68000-2118
Mephisto Lyon 68000-2116
Mephisto Almeria 020-2114

since the three lower rated computers were also Lang programs and since the first higher rated computer was yet another version of the Spracklen Fidelity EAG i settled upon the Kittinger Sapphire II

the Sapphire II is a small "calculator" style computer which can be attached to the Universal Chess board (if one is in the mood for wood)
however have just gone through two grueling games with 4 full sized wooden computers stuffed and crammed on my desk it was a relief to be able to hold one computer in my hand and get some elbow room back
another nice change is i dont have to make the Sapphire II's moves on its own board ..because there is no board



In The Game the Van had White and was first out of book on move 10
it typically searched 4/16 in the middle game and 6/18 in the Endgame
the Sapphire II hit 7 ply mid game and 9 ply endgame

[White "Fidelity Elite Premiere(Van 16)"]
[Black "Novag Sapphire II"]
[Time Control "Game/30Min"]


1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3
O-O 9.h3 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.a3 Be8 12.Qb3 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Nb5 Qe7
15.Rac1 Ne4 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Ne5 f5 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Nc3 c5 20.Ne2 Bd7
21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Rfd1 Rb5 23.Qc3 Rfb8 24.Rc2 Rc8
25.Qd2 Rd5 26.Qc1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rxc2 28.Qxc2 Kf7

[d] 8/p2bqkpp/4p3/5p2/4p3/P3P2P/1PQ1NPP1/6K1 w - - 0 29

the game has seen an early exchange of pieces leaving Black with doubled pawns and B vs N
PV's here are Van +.3 and SII -.34

29.Qc7 Bb5 30.Qxe7+ Kxe7 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Kh2 e5 33.Ne2 a5 34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Ke6 36.Nc3 Kd6 37.Kg3 h6 38.Kh4 Be8 39.g4 g6 40.Kg3 Kc7 41.h4 h5 42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Nd5+ Kd6 44.Nc3 Bf7 45.Kg2 Bc4 46.Kh2 Kc6 47.Kh3 Bf1+ 48.Kg3 Bd3 49.Kg2 Ba6

[d] 8/8/b1k5/4pp1p/1P2p2P/2N1P3/5PK1/8 w - - 0 50
the position is drawn
White van keep the Black K from invading on the Qside by posting his N on c3 or a3 and the B has no targets on White squares
the Van correctly scores the position as +.00 while the SII thinks its ahead showing +.69
because of this slight positive score ,the SII, rather then repeating the position for a draw, rambles all over the board with its monarch making no headway what so ever while the Van's K simply shuffles back and forth

50.Kg3 Bf1 51.Kh2 Kd6 52.Nb1 Kd5 53.Kg3 Bd3 54.Na3 Kd6 55.Kg2 f4
56.Kh2 Ke6 57.Kh3Bf1+ 58.Kh2 Kd5 59.Nb1 Bd3 60.Na3 Kc6 61.Kg2 Kb6 62.Kg1 Kc7

[d] 8/2k5/8/4p2p/1P2pp1P/N2bP3/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 63

GAME DRAWN

i have seen enough
in no mood to sit and watch this until the 50 move rule is invoked(or until a computer over steps the time control)
i called the game here

Done Testing For Awhile

Gone Fishing Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

[d] 5Q2/r6k/7p/1R4p1/6P1/7P/5PK1/8 w - - 0 53

due to an unprecedented demand by collectors worldwide(2 collectors) i have been asked to now compare the Fidelity SC6 against the Mini-Sensory with CAC module

in the above position on the two minute level the SC6 plays Qf6

so for the three different computers we have three different moves:
Silver Bullet-Qf5+
Mini Sensory CAC-Rb6
SC6-Qf6

Conclusion
three different programs regards
Steve