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Collector's Corner...Scisys President Chess

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Continuing from the posts in the Ebay thread...

http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=66320#66320


Some additional info culled from the manual:
manual printed-1983
total levels-8
total move takeback-50 full moves(100 ply)
computer ponders
computer plays white from top of board

Info culled from the box:
(also shown in advertising brochures i have for the President)

Classical Style and Hypermodern Style opening book modules built in
Estimated Elo-1850(:P )


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Scisys President Chess Vs. Novag Opal II
3 Game match
Time Control -1 Min./Avg

Game 1 of the match is the first recorded game of a Scisys President anywhere on the Net...

In The Game Opal was the first to leave book at move 3
Pres. wins a P early on...only to lose it back and then lose another P to boot
on move 71.. although in a lost position.. the Pres. makes it easier for the Opal and stumbles into a mating net



[Date "2014.7.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scisys President Chess"]
[Black "Novag Opal II"]
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bxe4
8.Qxe4 Nc6 9.Bb5 Qd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Qh4 O-O 13.O-O Rfe8
14.Re1 Rad8 15.Bf4 Nd5 16.Qg3 Nxf4 17.Qxf4 Bb4 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Rc1 Qe7
20.a3 Bd6 21.Qd2 Qf6 22.Qa5 Re2 23.Rb1 Qf4 24.Qxa7 Re8 25.h3 Qe4 26.Ra1
Qc2 27.b4 Qc3 28.Rd1 Bf4 29.Qa5 g6 30.a4 Bd6 31.Rb1 h6 32.Kh1 Re7
33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Qa5 f6 35.Kg1 Kh8 36.Qa8+ Kh7 37.Qb7 Qc4 38.a5 Re2 39.b5
cxb5 40.Qxb5 Qxb5 41.Rxb5 h5 42.Kf1 Ra2 43.d5 g5 44.Nd4 h4
45.Nf5 Be5 46.Ne7 Bd4 47.f3 Rf2+ 48.Ke1 Rxg2 49.Nf5 Bc3+ 50.Kf1 Ra2
51.d6 cxd6 52.Nxd6 Bxa5 53.Nb7 Bc3 54.Nc5 Kg6 55.Rb3 Be5 56.Nd7 Kf5
57.Nxe5 fxe5 58.Kg1 Re2 59.Rb6 Kf4 60.Rg6 Kxf3 61.Rxg5 Re1+ 62.Kh2 Re2+
63.Kg1 e4 64.Rg4 e3 65.Rg8 Re1+ 66.Kh2 Re2+ 67.Kg1 Rc2 68.Kh1 Rf2 69.Kg1
Ke4 70.Rg4+ Kf3 71.Kh1 Rf1+ 72.Kh2 e2 73.Rg8 Rf2+ 74.Kh1 e1=Q+ 75.Rg1
Rf1 76.Rxf1+ Qxf1+ 77.Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/8/8/8/7p/5k1P/6qK/8 w - - 0 78[/fen]

Sadly this historical first game will now live....

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In Game 2 Opal throws the Pres. Out Of Book on the first move with 1.f4!
Pres. wins a P At move 17 but goes in for a dubious Q exchange saddling it with weak doubled A pawns
the game seems headed for a draw when inexplicably Opal blunders away the Exchange at move 34
Pres.presses home its advantage in style and this time it is the one to deliver mate
both games have now been won by black



[Date "2014.7.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novag Opal II"]
[Black "Scisys President Chess"]
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]


1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.e3 Bd7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O
Qe7 9.Re1 e5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.d4 Qe6 13.Nb5 Bxd2 14.Qxd2
Bxb5 15.Bxb5 Qb6 16.Qe2 c6 17.Bd3 Qxb2 18.Bf5 g6 19.Qd3 Qb4 20.c3 Qd6
21.Bh3 Rae8 22.Rab1 Re7 23.g3 Rfe8 24.Re2 c5 25.Bg2 cxd4 26.cxd4 Qa6
27.Qxa6 bxa6 28.Rb3 Kf8 29.Bf3 g5 30.g4 Ne4 31.Rc2 f6 32.a4 Kf7 33.a5
Kg6 34.Rc6 Nd2 35.Bxd5 Nxb3 36.Bxb3 Rxe3 37.Bc4 R8e4 38.Kf2 Rh3 39.d5
Rxg4 40.Bxa6 Rxh2+ 41.Kf3 Rf4+ 42.Kg3 Rd2 43.Bc4 h5 44.Be2 h4+ 45.Kh3
Rxe2 46.Rc3 Kh5 47.Rg3 g4+ 48.Rxg4 Rf3+ 49.Rg3 Rxg3# 0-1

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/p7/5p2/P2P3k/7p/6rK/4r3/8 w - - 0 50[/fen]

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Post by ricard60 »

Steve B wrote:In Game 2 Opal throws the Pres. Out Of Book on the first move with 1.f4!
Pres. wins a P At move 17 but goes in for a dubious Q exchange saddling it with weak doubled A pawns
the game seems headed for a draw when inexplicably Opal blunders away the Exchange at move 34
Pres.presses home its advantage in style and this time it is the one to deliver mate
both games have now been won by black



[Date "2014.7.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novag Opal II"]
[Black "Scisys President Chess"]
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]


1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.e3 Bd7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O
Qe7 9.Re1 e5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.d4 Qe6 13.Nb5 Bxd2 14.Qxd2
Bxb5 15.Bxb5 Qb6 16.Qe2 c6 17.Bd3 Qxb2 18.Bf5 g6 19.Qd3 Qb4 20.c3 Qd6
21.Bh3 Rae8 22.Rab1 Re7 23.g3 Rfe8 24.Re2 c5 25.Bg2 cxd4 26.cxd4 Qa6
27.Qxa6 bxa6 28.Rb3 Kf8 29.Bf3 g5 30.g4 Ne4 31.Rc2 f6 32.a4 Kf7 33.a5
Kg6 34.Rc6 Nd2 35.Bxd5 Nxb3 36.Bxb3 Rxe3 37.Bc4 R8e4 38.Kf2 Rh3 39.d5
Rxg4 40.Bxa6 Rxh2+ 41.Kf3 Rf4+ 42.Kg3 Rd2 43.Bc4 h5 44.Be2 h4+ 45.Kh3
Rxe2 46.Rc3 Kh5 47.Rg3 g4+ 48.Rxg4 Rf3+ 49.Rg3 Rxg3# 0-1

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/p7/5p2/P2P3k/7p/6rK/4r3/8 w - - 0 50[/fen]

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1) f4! did star Opal tried to play a Kings gambit?.


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ricard60 wrote:
1) f4! did star Opal tried to play a Kings gambit?.


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:P
i was also surprised
i was hoping the President proved much stronger then the Opal II but it seems they are evenly matched

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Post by Larry »

Well you could have kept playing games until the President won one
and then post that as it's first game. Too late now...
I guess you preferred the honest approach :wink:
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PS I'll copy and paste both games into Arena this morning and have
a look. The really good news seems to be the President is holding
up after the repair job. A pat on the back to the repair man.
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Sort of interesting that Black won regardless.
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:) I'm amazed and pleased that the 1983 SciSys president with a 6502A processor @ 2MHZ with 2kb RAM could win a game against a 13 year newer Opal II! Was the President's program written by Julio Kaplan?

Bravo!
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Post by Steve B »

Cyberchess wrote::) I'm amazed and pleased that the 1983 SciSys president with a 6502A processor @ 2MHZ with 2kb RAM could win a game against a 13 year newer Opal II! Was the President's program written by Julio Kaplan?

Bravo!
John

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Hi John
yes President is by Kaplan

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Steve B wrote:
Cyberchess wrote::) I'm amazed and pleased that the 1983 SciSys president with a 6502A processor @ 2MHZ with 2kb RAM could win a game against a 13 year newer Opal II! Was the President's program written by Julio Kaplan?

Bravo!
John

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Hi John
yes President is by Kaplan

the forum software is experiencing problems with Fen diagram postings at the moment
it is being worked on

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Greetings Steve:

Julio Kaplan was a very strong player at The Manhattan Chess Club back when they were located at 155 E55th Street. There is an excellent article entitled "Our Club" with some of his memorable chess games in Spanish. Also, Wikipedia has a brief bio on Mr. Kaplan here.

Fortunately the link tags....

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Nice Post John
hadnt seen the Kaplan Article before

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News Media outlets report that interest in this match has gone viral.. forcing FIFA officials to postpone the World Cup Soccer finals until completion of the match

In the final Game...
both computers were Out Of Book at move 4
Opal sacks a P at move 12 launching the game into a firestorm of exchanges
when the fog of battle clears Pres.is up a P which it quickly losses back to Opal
on move 37 Opal wins a P and then proceeds to totally outplay the Pres.in the resulting R and P endgame at one point winning 4 P's
i ended the game at that point having seen enough

[Date "2014.7.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scisys President Chess"]
[Black "Novag Opal II""]
[Time Control "1 Min./Avg."]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.O-O Nf6
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 Re8 10.Qd3 Rb8 11.Rab1 Nh5 12.Be3 Be6 13.Bxa7 Nf4 14.Qg3
Bxc4 15.Bxb8 Nh5 16.Qf3 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Nf6 18.Ba7 Nd7 19.Be3 Ne5 20.Qf4
Nc4 21.a4 Bf6 22.Qf3 Nxb2 23.Bf4 Nc4 24.Rb4 Ne5 25.Qe3 c5 26.Rb3 Nc4
27.Qe2 Nb6 28.a5 Bxc3 29.Rxc3 Nd5 30.Rf3 Qe7 31.c4 Nxf4 32.Rxf4 Qe5
33.g3 Qc3 34.Qa2 Qd3+ 35.Qe2 Qxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Ra8 37.a6 Rxa6 38.h4 Ra2+
39.Kd3 h5 40.f3 Ra3+ 41.Kd2 Ra2+ 42.Kc3 Ra3+ 43.Kc2 Ra2+ 44.Kc3 Kf8
45.g4 hxg4 46.fxg4 Ra3+ 47.Kc2 Ke7 48.h5 g5 49.Rf5 f6 50.Kb2 Re3 51.h6
Rxe4 52.h7 Re2+ 53.Kc3 Re3+ 54.Kd2 Rh3 55.h8=Q Rxh8 56.Rf3 Rh4 57.Re3+
Kd7 58.Rg3 Rh2+ 59.Kd3 c6 60.Ke4 Ke6 61.Re3 d5+ 62.Kd3+
Kd6 63.Rf3 Ke5 64.Rf5+ Ke6 65.Rf1 Rh3+ 66.Kc2 Rh2+ 67.Kd3 Ra2 68.Rf5 Ra4
69.cxd5+ cxd5 70.Rf2 Rxg4 71.Re2+ Kf5 72.Re1 c4+ 73.Kc3 Rg3+ 74.Kd4 Rd3+
75.Kc5 c3 0-1

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/8/5p2/2Kp1kp1/8/2pr4/8/4R3 w - - 0 76[/fen]
i resigned for the President here
its hopeless

Black wins all 3 games in the match
this reminds me of the old joke about the early dedicated computers
it was actually considered a disadvantage to have the white pieces as the computer with white would be the first to blunder!

Anyway Opal II wins the match 2-1
for all of the money i paid for the President..a result like this tells me its time this President was....

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Post by Steve B »

I finally found a chess computer that the Novag Citrine chess pieces will actually fit

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/14638618612/

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Steve B wrote:I finally found a chess computer that the Novag Citrine chess pieces will actually fit

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/14638618612/

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King and Queen still look a little too large Steve.
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spacious_mind wrote:
Steve B wrote:I finally found a chess computer that the Novag Citrine chess pieces will actually fit

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/10261668@N05/14638618612/

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King and Queen still look a little too large Steve.
14 outta 16 Aint Bad Regards

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