Collector's Corner Challenge Match Continues..

[Steve B]

In preparation for Sundays showdown between Hiarcs Olympiad 1990 and the Fidelity Mach II LA i decided to have a game against the Saitek President fresh from its win against the Novag Citrine

The Mach II was first released in 1987(later referred to as the Mach IIa) sporting a rating of 1884(SS) but then underwent no less then three revisions culminating with the LA version (named after the American Open tournament in Los Angeles in 1988 in which it competed) .
The final LA version was rated about 100 Elo stronger then the Mach IIa bringing its final rating to about 1980 Elo

In the Game the MII typically searched 5-6 ply and about 2000 NPS
it will be remembered that the President typically searches 7 ply and about 3300 NPS
the Pres. had the black pieces and was out of book first at move 6

[White "Fidelity Mach II LA"]
[Black "Saitek President"]
[Time Control "Game/ 30min..]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.cxd5
Nxd5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc2 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Rfd1
g6 15.d5 exd5 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qxg6 d4

[fen]r1bq1r1k/pp6/2n2bQ1/3p4/8/2N5/PP2NPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 17[/fen]
a double edged position with the Mach II down a piece for 2 pawns
the Pres sees itself up here at +1.1 while the Mach II shows -.35

18.Ne4 Be5 19.Ng5 Qe7 20.Qh5+ Kg8

[fen]r1b2rk1/pp2q3/2n5/4b1NQ/3p4/8/PP2NPPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 21[/fen]

the Mach II sets in for a long think here taking nearly 3 minutes
the black King has been stripped entirely of its pawn cover and clearly some sort of game winning ,Marshall like sacrifice is in order
instead the Mach decides to play it safe regaining its pawn with the disappointing ..21.Nf3

21.. d3 22.Qg6+ Bg7 23.Qxd3 Bg4 24.Qc4+ Be6 25.Qc2 Rac8 26.Nc3 Bg4
27.Re1 Qc5 28.Qb3+ Kh8 29.Ne4 Qb4 30.Nh4 Bh5 31.Qxb4 Nxb4 32.g4 Bf7
33.Nd6 Rc2 34.Re7 Kg8 35.Rxb7 a5 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 37.Nxf7 Kxf7 38.Rd1 Bxb2
39.a4 Rc4 40.h3 Nc6 41.Rd7+ Ke6 42.Rd2 Ba3 43.Re2+ Kd5 44.Rd2+ Kc5
45.Nf3 Rxa4 46.g5

[fen]8/8/2n5/p1k3P1/r7/b4N1P/3R1P2/6K1 w - - 0 46[/fen]

both computers have about 7 minutes left on their game clocks and the moves start to come fast and furious
the Mach is down again a piece for two pawns but in compensation it has three passed pawns and decides to run the g5 pawn here
the Pres also has a one remaining passed pawn and so the question to be decided(and with it the game) is ..
who's pawn will Queen first?

46.Bb4 47.Rd1 Ra2 48.h4 Kb5 49.h5 Bc5 50.Rd2 Rxd2 51.Nxd2
Bd4 52.h6 Ne7 53.Kg2 a4 54.Nf3 Bh8 55.Nd2 a3 56.Nb3 a2 57.Kg3 Ka4
58.Nc5+ Kb4 59.Ne4

[fen]7b/4n3/7P/6P1/1k2N3/6K1/p4P2/8 w - - 0 59[/fen]

Answer..the President's does with .59a1=Q

game over.. dude


60.Kg4 Qg1+ 61.Kf4 Qg2 62.Ng3 Qxf2+ 63.Kg4 Be5 64.Nh1 Qe2+ 65.Kh4 Ng6+ 66.Kh3 Qf3+ 67.Ng3 Qxg3# 0-1

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/8/6nP/4b1P1/1k6/6qK/8/8 w - - 0 68[/fen]

not a game to bring me any high degree of confidence for tomorrow's match
so just in case things start off badly tomorrow for the Mach II

I will have this standing by.....which the Mach II is not above asking for a little "help".. from time to time


President Lincoln Sends His Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

hi all

the games begin in 10 minutes(as i write)!!

Smokin Regards
Steve

[Harvey Williamson]

Hi All,

Here are the 2 games I will leave Steve to explain again what the machines were and details of the next challenge. Steve feel free to edit and add to this post or make a new one.

Revenge is a dish best served cold,

Harvey

[Event "No clock, unrated"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hiarcs"]
[Black "Fidelity"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Be2 b6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 c6 14. Nc3 Ne8
15. Ke1 Nd6 16. b3 Ne8 17. Be7 Nf6 18. Bd6 Nh5 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nf4 21.
Bf1 Bf6 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Ba3 Rd2+ 24. Ke3 Rc2 25. Ne2 Bg5 0-1

[Event "No clock, unrated"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fidelity"]
[Black "Hiarcs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.08.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Na5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Bc2 d5 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qd3 g6 17. b3 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 Ba6 21. Qa5
Bb7 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rd1 Ra2 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. b4 Bc6 27. Ra1 Rb3
28. Rc1 Rb2 29. Bd4 Nf8 30. b5 Bd7 31. c4 Rb3 32. Bc2 Rxf3 33. gxf3 Bg5 34. Be3
Bxe3 35. fxe3 dxc4 36. Be4 Be6 37. f4 Kg7 38. Kf2 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Ke2 g5
41. fxg5+ Kxg5 42. Kd2 Ng6 43. Kc3 Kf6 44. Kd4 Nh4 45. Ra1 Nf5+ 46. Bxf5 Kxf5
47. Ra7 1-0

[Wardy]

Thanks for the games Gents, throughly enjoyable

[Steve B]

Thanks for the games Gents, throughly enjoyable

HI Paul
glad you enjoyed the games

the next match up looks like the Fidelity Mach IV against Hiarcs 1.0 running on a 386
i have a strong feeling that my computers have seen the last of their winning ways

Regards
Steve

[Wardy]

There's still the R30 and R40 to fall back on yet!

I just hope Mark and Harvey can find suitable hardware to keep the challenge alive until we hit Tasc levels................I have a P200mmx/96MB with Windows 98SE waiting in the wings should it be required

I also wish that these matches drew more of an attendance, I really don't understand why there's just a handful of die hards. The chess is at a level that most of us can easily understand and comment upon and for those runnng engines to analyse alongside we can see even deeper ideas that the programs in question miss! It's quite educational to my mind?!

Maybe it's just me regards

Paul

[Steve B]

There's still the R30 and R40 to fall back on yet!

I just hope Mark and Harvey can find suitable hardware to keep the challenge alive until we hit Tasc levels................I have a P200mmx/96MB with Windows 98SE waiting in the wings should it be required

I also wish that these matches drew more of an attendance, I really don't understand why there's just a handful of die hards. The chess is at a level that most of us can easily understand and comment upon and for those runnng engines to analyse alongside we can see even deeper ideas that the programs in question miss! It's quite educational to my mind?!

Maybe it's just me regards

Paul

hi Paul

actually i already know the highest Hiarcs(pun intended) that my computers can compete with

the very first match i played against Team Hiarcs was against H 3.0
I operated the Resurrection-Fruit WCCC 05(2520 Elo) and the match was drawn at 1.5-1.5

as this is currently the strongest dedicated computer ever released for sale i could not possibly compete against a higher Hiarcs version then 3.0 at this time

however...due out in the Fall(Sept.-Oct. 07) is the Resurrection II running on even stronger hardware then the Res I so perhaps i might then be able to take on an even higher Hiarcs

Ever Onward Regards
Steve

[Robert Weck]

Hi Steve,

Congrats to you and the Mach II LA! Nice to see in the first game, how the Mach increased the pressure on the white position!

Btw.: could you make a better picture of the R40 operator module? The reflection of the flashlight is just over the very important "40 MHz" display!


best regards,
Robert

[Steve B]

Hi Steve,

Congrats to you and the Mach II LA! Nice to see in the first game, how the Mach increased the pressure on the white position!

Btw.: could you make a better picture of the R40 operator module? The reflection of the flashlight is just over the very important "40 MHz" display!


best regards,
Robert

always a complaint i see


ok here is a photo from my cell phone

5th line you can see...40mhz




Regards From The Complaint Dept.
Steve

[Robert Weck]

always a complaint i see

hey, as one of the few R40 owners, you have a liability against us humble rank-and-filers, to supply us with good pictures, that make us sit in front of the monitor and whimper: "I want it, i want it!..."

ok here is a photo from my cell phone

arrrgh; you know, what i think of your cell phone pictures!


still complaining regards,
Robert