The great challenge of the 8-bit.

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IanO
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Re: The great challenge of the 8-bit.

Post by IanO »

I ran similar matches on an emulated Apple ][ (a mighty 1 MHz!). The tiny depths make for some crazy chess!

[pgn]
[Event "?"]
[Site "Apple II emulator"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chess 7.0 LV1"]
[Black "Sargon III LV1"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. e5 Ng4 6. Qe2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8.
Bf5 g6 9. Be4 d5 10. Bd3 d4 11. Ne4 Ng4 12. Nxd4 Nxf2? (12... Qxd4) 13. Nf6+ Kf7
14. Bc4+ (14. Qe6+ Kg7 15. Nf5+ gxf5 16. Nh5#) Kxf6 15. Qxf2+ Ke5 16. Qe3+ Kd6
17. O-O? (17. Nb5+ Kd7 18. Qe6+ Ke8 19. Qf7+ Kd7 20. Be6#) Na5 (17... Ne5) 18.
Qe6+ Kc5 19. Qe5+ (19. b4+ Kxb4 20. c3+ Ka4 21. Bb5#) Bd5 20. Ne6+ Kxc4
21. Nxd8? (21. a4 Bxe6 22. Rf4+ Qd4+ 23. Rxd4#) Rxd8 22. Qxh8 Kc5 23. Rxf8 Rxf8
24. d4+ Kc4 25. Qxf8 Nc6 26. Be3 Be4 27. Qf1+ (27. Qf7+ {M8}) Kd5 28.
c4+ Ke6 29. d5+ Bxd5 30. cxd5+ Kxd5 31. Rd1+ Ke5 32. Qf4+ (32. Qf7 Nb4 33.
Qxe7+ Kf5 34. Rf1+ Kg4 35. Qg5#) Ke6 33. Qc4+ Kf5 34. Qxc6 h5 35. Rf1+ Ke5 36.
Qxc7+ Ke6 37. Qxa7 b5 38. Qb6+ Kd5 39. Qxg6 h4 40. Qe8 e5 41. Rf5 Kc4 42. Rxe5
Kd3 43. b4 Kc3 44. Qxb5 h3 45. gxh3 Kb2 46. a4 Kb3 47. Rc5 Ka3 48. a5 Kb2 49.
Qa4 Kb1 50. Qc2+ Ka1 51. Bd4#
1-0


[Event "?"]
[Site "Apple II emulator"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sargon III LV2"]
[Black "Colossus 4.0 10s"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 {last book is trap} fxe6
7. h4 d5 8. Na3 Bd7 9. Bf4 a5? 10. c5 Nc8 11. Nb5 Kf7 12. Ng5 Kg6 13. Bd3 Kf6
14. Qe2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5#
1-0
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Carotino
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Location: Italy

Re: The great challenge of the 8-bit.

Post by Carotino »

What memories... :cry:

A beautiful game!
Roberto
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Vinvin
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Joined: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:40 am
Full name: Vincent Lejeune

Re: The great challenge of the 8-bit.

Post by Vinvin »

After 30 rounds :
http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/commo ... ess_1.html
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Vinvin
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Full name: Vincent Lejeune

Re: The great challenge of the 8-bit.

Post by Vinvin »

I compiled the 240 games here : http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/c ... ed_all.pgn


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Commodore Junior Closed Championship
Hoover, AL, USA 30:1, 2009.11.05 - 2009.12.04
Average Rating: 1249
                                    Rtng    Score     CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB   Perf Chg
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 1: CBM C64 Cyrus II, LV 5.         1638  28.0 / 30   XX 11 =1 11 11 1= 11 1= 11 11 11 11 11 11 =1 11   1744 +18  (+26 -0 =4)
 2: CBM C64 Chess 7.5, LV 5.        1494  26.5 / 30   00 XX 11 =1 11 11 11 11 11 11 01 11 11 11 11 11   1591 +24  (+26 -3 =1)
 3: CBM C64 Chess 7.0, LV A.        1426  23.5 / 30   =0 00 XX 11 01 10 01 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11   1468 +12  (+23 -6 =1)
 4: CBM C64 Colossus 2.0, LV 60/30. 1401  23.0 / 30   00 =0 00 XX 11 1= 11 11 1= 11 11 11 =1 11 11 11   1459 +18  (+21 -5 =4)
 5: CBM C64 Grandmaster, LV 3.      1341  19.0 / 30   00 00 10 00 XX 11 11 0= 11 01 11 11 11 11 0= 11   1343  +0  (+18 -10 =2)
 6: CBM C64 Caissa 5.2, LV 30S.     1278  17.5 / 30   0= 00 01 0= 00 XX == == =1 =1 11 1= == 11 11 11   1304  +9  (+12 -7 =11)
 7: CBM C64 Hypra-Chess, LV 3.      1285  16.5 / 30   00 00 10 00 00 == XX 01 11 01 11 =1 11 == 11 11   1283  -3  (+14 -11 =5)
 8: CBM C64 Battle Chess, LV 2.     1272  15.5 / 30   0= 00 00 00 1= == 10 XX 10 11 01 0= =1 11 =1 11   1261  -6  (+12 -11 =7)
 9: CBM C64 Kempelen, LV 3.         1156  10.5 / 30   00 00 00 0= 00 =0 00 01 XX 01 10 01 11 == 01 =1   1136  -6  (+8 -17 =5)
10: CBM C64 Petchess 4000, LV 5.    1148  10.0 / 30   00 00 00 00 10 =0 10 00 10 XX 10 11 0= 00 =1 =1   1121  -9  (+8 -18 =4)
11: CBM C64 Sargon II, LV 1.        1170  10.0 / 30   00 10 00 00 00 00 00 10 01 01 XX 10 0= 1= 10 11   1121 -18  (+9 -19 =2)
12: CBM C64 Super Schack, LV 3.     1133  10.0 / 30   00 00 00 00 00 0= =0 1= 10 00 01 XX 1= 10 10 11   1121  -3  (+8 -18 =4)
13: CBM C64 Grobi 1.0, LV 1.        1126   9.0 / 30   00 00 00 =0 00 == 00 =0 00 1= 1= 0= XX 01 =1 10   1096  -9  (+5 -17 =8)
14: CBM C64 Microchess 3, LV 5.     1118   9.0 / 30   00 00 00 00 00 00 == 00 == 11 0= 01 10 XX == 1=   1096  -6  (+5 -17 =8)
15: CBM C64 Cesar, LV 1.            1086   8.0 / 30   =0 00 00 00 1= 00 00 =0 10 =0 01 01 =0 == XX =0   1068  -6  (+4 -18 =8)
16: CBM C64 Masterchess, LV 30S.     919   4.0 / 30   00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 =0 =0 00 00 01 0= =1 XX    883  -6  (+2 -24 =4)
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240 games: +111 =39 -90
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