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- Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:50 pm
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: How many of us are there?
- Replies: 48
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Re: How many of us are there?
+1 in the USA My approach is similar to BrianM - I have about 30 dedicated machines - but the point isn't so much 'collecting' as it is playing. I sought computers from as many programmers as possible (Schroeder, Kittinger, Lang, Morsch, Nelson, Barnes, Rathsman, Kaplan, Spracklen, de Koning), most ...
- Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:15 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Hiarcs Forum 10th Birthday Party Competition!
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- Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:51 pm
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Champions of defeats...
- Replies: 18
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There is an extremely funny tale by Woody Allen about a mail game between two cantankerous old farts....get it... BTW, CC7 is too strong. Maybe CC1 should do the trick.... Found the Woody Allen story. :D There is currently a Tryom CC-700 on ebay. Surely, on a good day, on its weakest level, with it...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:22 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Champions of defeats...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2676
I do the same, but I take off one of its knights to get an even game... I laughed so hard when I read this, and also Tibono's, reply. Today I tried one better, taking off all the pieces, and playing blindfold. I won CC7's queen early, but blundered my own queen back back a dozen moves later. Fortun...
- Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:06 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Champions of defeats...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2676
- Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:30 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Mephisto Collection
- Replies: 18
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According to the criteria at schach-computer.info, I have a Super Mondial I Model B. I ran it, and my Monte Carlo, through the game 1 test you suggested. Time control level C3, 30 seconds per move. The moves were identical for both machines, as follows: START TEST 4. ... Nc6 7.80 5.d4 30.00 5. ... N...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Mephisto Collection
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3952
Nick, As mentioned in your TASC B/V thread, I just picked up a Monte Carlo. What really surprised me about this machine is how BEAUTIFUL it is. Appears that the seller had never/rarely played it. My (well-used) Exclusive and Munchen boards are nice, but hadn't prepared me for this. I bought the mach...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:36 pm
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: TASC B/V Collection
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5068
Re: TASC B/V Collection
Two Different Issues Regards Understood - (functionally) dedicated vs (in the eyes of the beholder) collectible. An issue that influences how I feel about a dedicated chess computer is whether the chess program runs on top of a generic operating system, e.g picochess engines running on top of Raspb...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:28 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Fidelity Collection
- Replies: 4
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- Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:03 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: TASC B/V Collection
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5068
Re: TASC B/V Collection
reminds me of a debate i had with a guy Yesterday I ordered a Raspberry Pi Zero W, a small $10 board that I will use to run picochess off of a microSD card. I, personally, have no interest in ever connecting the board to a monitor or keyboard, so the machine will, in effect, be dedicated for me. St...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:19 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Chris Wittington
- Replies: 4
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Re: Chris Wittington
Chris W, the father of 2150, 2175 I have to credit Chess Champion 2175 for Mac for drawing me back into tournament chess in the mid 1990s after a 15 year layoff. I picked up a copy while living in Norwich, England, had so much fun playing it that I eventually joined a club, and ended up playing a L...
- Wed Mar 01, 2017 12:20 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: BigData of Chess? Great Analysis!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 706
- Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:53 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Collector's Corner..On Collecting Dedicated Chess Computers
- Replies: 3476
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- Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:21 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: Prettier PLASTIC computer
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11022
Re: Prettier PLASTIC computer
Back in my school days I used to get "high" (well no, net really) on the smell of those plastic standard tournament sets made in China. You know, the ones everyone has to use in open tournaments when they are not strong enough to play on a DGT. Seriously, there is nothing better than open...
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:31 am
- Forum: Main Lobby / General Discussions
- Topic: What was your first chess computer?
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The first chess computer I ever played was a chess challenger 10. An older friend had one; rather easy to beat, though. That was 1979, I was 14. The first chess computer I ever bought was a Mephisto Super Mondial, in 1986, while traveling in the Netherlands. Saw it in a shop window - I'd never seen ...