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Newbie posts Star Diamond Mach 4 match

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Hello,

My first post. I'm a newbie. Then again, everyone is a newbie, once. I have followed Hiarcs on and off for several years. Good stuff. I have a modest table top chess collection and recently got into playing small tournaments amongst them. I am not a purist. I have no problem with hardware that has been "upgraded" (as opposed to "modified") in a plastic or wooden enclosure. I purchased an upgraded Fidelity Mach4 from...well...someone who is referred to as the "mad modder". I prefer to refer to him as the "excellent upgrader". Excellent upgrader built a 33 MHz Fidelity Mach4 board which I bought and housed in a Designer Display 2000. A Designer Display 2000 plastic housing that now calculates Spracklen computer chess at a Novag Star Diamond level.
There were 20 games at 1 min/move level. Game 1 below. My presentation will be crude (forgive typos), until I get the hang of things. If there is interest, I will present more games, one at a time, so as not to overload. I know the end result...I found the match very entertaining.
Here goes, forgive the crude presentation (cut and paste from a Word doc that has more font "pizazz" then the text shown below. Hope my "notes" are decent"):

Star Diamond-MACH IV 68030 33MHz Match

3/11/17: Decided to play a 20 game match between Novag Star Diamond and Mach4-33 MHz. In the Premier Tourney, Mach4-33 MHz scored 2W 1L 1D Against SD (1 min/move)! (Note M4-50 was 2W 2D!). So, on SSDF, SD is 2186 and a V9 68030 32 MHz is 2162; should be close, let’s see with this match.

Game 1 SD wins in a rout against the 33 MHz MACH4

[Event "SD-M4-33 match"]
[Black "M4-33"]
[Date "Mar 2, 2017"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Star Diamond"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Rg1 b4 17.Nce2 Bb7 18.Ng3 d5 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Qe3 Bxa2 21.Bg2 Rd8 22.Bc6+ Nd7 23.Ngf5 h5 24.h4 Qa5 25.Qg3 e5 26.Rge1 Be6 27.Nxe6 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Rc8 29.Nfg7+ Bxg7 30.Qxg7 Qxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxc6 32.Qxh8+ Nf8 33.Qxf8+ Kd7 34.Qxf7+ Kc8 35.Qe8+ Kb7 36.Nd8+ Kc7 37.Qxc6+ Kxd8 38.Ke3# 1-0

B99y: Sicilian: Najdorf in book for 16 full moves (SD actually started calculating a couple of moves before M4, maybe around move 13 or 14). M4-33 was actually OK for 19 moves and had a slight lead ( 0.8) after SD 20. Qe3? (Nxe6! starts a good attack and SM says +1.6 lead!). But, M4-33 gets greedy 20. .. Bxa2? (Bd6 is safer) and stupid 21. .. Rd8?????? (0-0-0 moron) GAME OVER! SD is up +5! SD misses 24. b3! (24. h4? sucks) and brilliancy 26. Nd6+!! which is Mate in 6!!!!! But, SD DOES find 29. Nfg7+ which is Mate in 9: and that was that. A very bad mistake at move 21 by M4-33 MHz which hands Star Diamond a quick win; wasn’t even close.


PS I have no idea why 0.8 got turned into 0. Smiley sunglasses!
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Welcome to the forum. Good start on the tournament between the Star Diamond and the "improved" Fidelity Mach 4+. Looking forward to future games along with your analysis.

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Thanks Dave....I've seen some of your posts previously on other topics. Good work.


Thanks to your response, I will now be forced to show more games!!!
Tomorrow: Game 2

PS: sometimes I use abbreviations..

SM. Is SmallFish on iPad
SF. Is Stockfish on iPad
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Four.nine wrote:Thanks Dave....I've seen some of your posts previously on other topics. Good work.


Thanks to your response, I will now be forced to show more games!!!
Tomorrow: Game 2

PS: sometimes I use abbreviations..

SM. Is SmallFish on iPad
SF. Is Stockfish on iPad
Yep, Smallfish is on iPad. Looking forward
to the rest of the match.
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Re: Newbie posts Star Diamond Mach 4 match

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Four.nine wrote: I purchased an upgraded Fidelity Mach4 from...well...someone who is referred to as the "mad modder"
Actually he is known here as the "Master Modder"
Welcome To The Forum Regards
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Master Modder...my apologies.

By the way, bought three "upgrades" from the guy.
Good....REAL good.

I have three "wolves in sheep's clothing".

Thanks for the welcome.

Kept my table top chess hobby private, until today. Thought it would be a good time to share.



PS. How's that GGM working out?
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Four.nine wrote: PS. How's that GGM working out?
Sorry ...not sure what you mean?
did i buy a GGM from you?

Senior Moment Regards
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Yup....

About ??? 5 years...maybe more

With 3 ....no maybe 4 cartridges. No, I guess 3:

grunfeld, morphy, steinitz
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Four.nine wrote:Yup....

About ??? 5 years...maybe more

With 3 ....no maybe 4 cartridges. No, I guess 3:

grunfeld, morphy, steinitz

Edit...looks like NINE years ago! Wow talk about senior moment!
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Game 2 MACH4-33 wins a pawn in a book Nimzo-Indian (E55) and slogs to a win.

[Event "SD Mach4-33 match"]
[Black "SD"]
[Date "Mar 11, 2017"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mach4-33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qe2 b6 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.exd4 Bb7 12.d5 Bxc3 13.dxe6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 fxe6 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Bxe6+ Kh8 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Ne5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Be2 Kg8 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 Kf7 24.f4 Ned7 25.f5 Ne4 26.Bd4 Ndf6 27.f3 Nd6 28.Bb3+ Ke7 29.Bc2 Nc4 30.Bd3 Nd6 31.Kf2 Nde8 32.c4 Nd7 33.Be4 Nef6 34.h3 Kd6 35.Bd3 Ne5 36.Ke3 Nxd3 37.Kxd3 Kc6 38.a4 Nh5 39.Kc3 Nf6 40.Kb4 a5+ 41.Kc3 Kc7 42.Kc2 Kc6 43.Be5 Kc5 44.Kc3 Ne8 45.Bd4+ Kc6 46.Kd2 Nf6 47.Ke3 Nh5 48.h4 Kc7 49.Ke4 Ng3+ 50.Ke5 Ne2 51.Bb2 Kd7 52.Ke4 g6 53.fxg6 hxg6 54.f4 Ng3+ 55.Ke5 Kc6 56.Kf6 Ne2 57.Be5 b5 58.cxb5+ Resigns1-0

E55: Nimzo-Indian: Main Line in book for 15 full moves. Not a good book line for computers as Black is automatically down a pawn on the very next move 16. Bxe6+. Black has compensation, as the White pawn structure is a mess (But, Black must exploit this quickly). And Queen offer 18. Qc4 and SD trade 18. .. Qxc4? only helps White (SM says Qe5): White up +1.0. By move 23, more trades reduced material to 2B+5P vs 2N+4P and White has obtained the objective of simplification when ahead. One more trade at move 36/37 and White must try and force the B+5P vs N+4P advantage. SD helps with 40. .. a5? (Nh5) and now White is up +2.1 (although SM “knows” this and M4 does not)! M4-33 is clueless on how to proceed as 42. Kc2? (Kd3), 43. Be5? (Kd3), 46. Kd2? (Kd3) and 48. h4? (Ke4) are all useless. Unfortunately for SD, M4 is simply way ahead in the endgame and can afford to be retarded; SD can NOT: Black was already in real trouble, but 48. .. Kc7?? is GAME OVER (although 52. .. g6??? makes certain). Star Diamond “graciously” resigned at move 58. Match tied 1-1, two very evenly matched machines; could very well end 10-10.
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Four.nine wrote:
Four.nine wrote:Yup....

About ??? 5 years...maybe more

With 3 ....no maybe 4 cartridges. No, I guess 3:

grunfeld, morphy, steinitz

Edit...looks like NINE years ago! Wow talk about senior moment!
thanks for clarifying that
if it were only 4-5 years ago I would be upset that I cant remember that
9-10 years....pffft no way I can remember that far back at this point in my life

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Yea...9+ years ago.

I thought it was 5

Some type of time dilation is going on.

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Today's game
Note: SD is Star Diamond, SM is SmallFish, M4 is Mach4 at 33 MHz and Bf7???????????? means Bf7 is bad.



Game 3 A 108 move marathon. SD sacs a pawn for an attack, but it fizzles. M4-33 slogs to a win with help from SD at move 89, but refuses to Resign until 108.

[Event "SD Mach4-33 match"]
[Black "M4-33"]
[Date "Mar 11, 2017"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Round "3"]
[White "SD"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qf2 Nd7 13.Kb1 a6 14.Na4 b5 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.h4 Na5 18.Nxa5 Qxa5 19.h5 Rdc8 20.h6 g6 21.g4 b4 22.Bd3 e5 23.b3 Rc6 24.f4 Bxg4 25.Rdg1 Bd7 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Bd2 exf4 28.Qxf4 Be6 29.Qf2 f6 30.Qa7 Re8 31.Qd4 d5 32.a3 Qb6 33.Qxb6 Rxb6 34.Be3 Rbb8 35.axb4 dxe4 36.Bxe4 Rxb4 37.Bd3 Rd8 38.Rd1 f5 39.Rhe1 Kf7 40.Bc1 Rbd4 41.Bb2 R4d6 42.Be5 R6d7 43.Ka2 a5 44.Kb2 Bg5 45.Rg1 Be3 46.Rge1 Bxh6 47.Rh1 Bg7 48.Rxh7 Kg8 49.Rxg7+ Rxg7 50.Bf6 Rdd7 51.Re1 Bf7 52.Bb5 Rb7 53.Bxg7 Kxg7 54.c4 Ra7 55.c5 Rc7 56.c6 Kf8 57.Re5 Be8 58.Re6 f4 59.Rf6+ Ke7 60.Rxf4 Bxc6 61.Ba6 Bd7 62.b4 axb4 63.Rxb4 Rc6 64.Bb7 Rc5 65.Bf3 Bf5 66.Rb7+ Kf6 67.Rb6+ Ke5 68.Rb4 g5 69.Kb3 Be6+ 70.Kb2 Bd5 71.Bh5 Be4 72.Bg4 Rc2+ 73.Kb3 Rc1 74.Ka4 Rc5 75.Be2 Rc2 76.Bg4 Rc1 77.Bh5 Rc7 78.Be2 Rd7 79.Kb3 Rd2 80.Bh5 Rd3+ 81.Kb2 Rg3 82.Kc1 g4 83.Kd2 Kf5 84.Ke2 Bf3+ 85.Ke3 Kg5 86.Rb5+ Kh4 87.Rc5 Bb7+ 88.Kd4 Ra3 89.Bf7 g3 90.Rc1 Ra4+ 91.Ke5 g2 92.Bb3 Ra5+ 93.Kd6 Kg3 94.Ke6 Bf3 95.Kf6 Rh5 96.Rg1 Rh1 97.Rxg2+ Kxg2 98.Ke5 Re1+ 99.Kd4 Be4 100.Be6 Kf3 101.Bf7 Ra1 102.Be6 Ra4+ 103.Bc4 Kf4 104.Kc5 Ke5 105.Be2 Bd5 106.Kb5 Ra2 107.Bg4 Rb2+ 108.Kc5 Rc2+ RESIGNS 0-1

B63v: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer in book for 13 moves. M4-33 plays 5. .. Nc6 in this game, as opposed to 5. ..a3 (Najdorf) in Game 1. Star Diamond offers a pawn at 24. f4?! and M4-33 bites, 24. .. Bxg4? Good idea (White up +0.8 ), but unfortunately SD misses the strongest continuation. Correct is 26. f5!, but 26. Rf1? loses all momentum on the Kingside. From then, a totally even game until SD trades Queens at 33. Qxb6? (“To take…is a mistake”, Be3 is better); now Black up -1.1. After 35. axb4? (SM says Ba7), M4 has a lasting lead averaging about -1.5 for the next 20 moves, until 56. .. Kf8? (g5) and the position (R+B+2P vs. R+B+3P) is totally DRAWN! Although down a pawn, SD has counterplay with an advanced pawn on c6. But a couple of non-optimal moves, 59. Rf6+ (King advance Kc3 is better), 61. Ba6 (Bd3) and 62. b4? (Bc4) give Black a -1.0 eval lead; material is now simplified to R+B vs. R+B+P. Should be a draw: Exchange Rooks and White Bishop for Black pawn and there you go. And for nearly THIRTY moves (many clueless) that’s what happened. But SD misses a subtle sacrifice at 86. Bxg4! which would lose the Bishop (for Pawn), but will most likely draw in a tortuous R vs. R+B endgame, that is EXTREMELY difficult to win, especially in a computer game. But SD calculates the more natural (for computers) 86. Rb5+. And then death: 89. Bf7???????????? GAME OVER. With Black controlling the a8-h1 diagonal, Black will now have the pawn promotion threat on g1. After M4 move 96. .. Rh1, SD can resign, as it will soon be B vs. R+B. Finally, SD gives up at move 108. Should have been a draw, but SD doesn’t have the necessary endgame knowledge in this position: M4-33 leads 2-1.
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Very interesting match so far. Like you said, it could end up tied 10-10.

SD liked Bf7 so much it played it a second time at move 101...but by then it was pretty much over anyway. I thought the SD might play a little better in the end game but they seem similar in that area.

Game on...regards,
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Dave:
Good news and bad:
The good new: someone is actually following my post.
The bad news: I will thus post Game 4:


Game 4 Both M4-33 and SD had possible wins, but the game ends in a very tough and well-played draw.

[Event "SD Mach4-33 match"]
[Black "SD"]
[Date "Mar 12, 2017"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mach4-33"]

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 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.Nf1 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 fxe5 15.Kg1 Bg4 16.Ne3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Ne7 18.a4 Rb8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qd3 g6 21.Ng4 Qd6 22.Bg5 Nf5 23.Qe2 Rbe8 24.Re1 Kg7 25.Kh1 b4 26.Nxe5 bxc3 27.bxc3 Re6 28.Bxf5 Rxf5 29.f4 Kg8 30.Qg2 Kg7 31.Rd1 c6 32.Nf3 Re3 33.Qf2 Qe6 34.Re1 Rxe1+ 35.Nxe1 h6 36.Bd8 Qd6 37.Bb6 Rxf4 38.Qg1 Qe6 39.Ng2 Qe4 40.Be3 Rf3 41.Bd4+ Kf7 42.Qa1 g5 43.Qa7+ Kg6 44.Qb6 Rf1+ 45.Bg1 Qe6 46.Qa6 Rd1 47.Qa3 h5 48.Qb2 Rf1 49.Qa2 Kf7 50.Qa6 Rd1 51.Qa4 Rc1 52.Qa3 Rc2 53.Qb3 Re2 54.Bd4 h4 55.Qb7+ Ke8 56.Qb8+ Kd7 57.Qa7+ Kd8 58.Qg7 Qf5 59.Bb6+ Ke8 60.Qg8+ Qf8 61.Qxg5 Qf1+ 62.Bg1 Qf3 63.Qg6+ Kd7 64.Qh7+ Kc8 65.Qg8+ Kc7 66.Qg7+ Kd6 67.Qg6+ Re6 68.Qb1 h3 69.Bc5+ Kc7 70.Qb6+ Kc8 71.Qa6+ Kd8 72.Qa8+ Kc7 73.Qa7+ Kc8 74.Qa8+ Kc7 75.Qa5+ Kd7 76.Qa7+ Kc8 77.Qa6+ Kc7 78.Qa7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

C82o: Ruy Lopez: Open that went through White move 15 in book. This is the Black B+N trade for R+P on f2, so the eval was equal but the material asymmetric as part of the opening, resulting in a real tactical game. SM does not like SD 16. .. Bxf3 (Be6) and judges White ahead +0.7. M4-33 had its biggest lead (+1.8 ) after SD move 31. .. c6? (h6), but couldn’t get any further. In fact, after 32. Nf3? (Rb1), 33. Qf2? (Nd4) and 34. Re1? (Nd4 again), M4-33 dropped nearly 3 points in evaluation…and SD now has a -1.2 lead! M4 was now on track to losing the game as 47. Qa3? gives Black a -2.5 lead! Now, it was SD’s turn to lose momentum with 49. .. Kf7? (Rf3), 53. .. Re2? (Rc1) and 55. .. Ke8? (Qe7). The SM eval now was dead even at 0.0. M4-33 calculated one final turd 58. Qg7? (Bb6+), but SD reciprocates with 58. .. Qf5? (Kc8). Again 0.0 and that was the game: the SM eval remained flat lined for TWENTY more moves!!! After SD pins the Knight on g2 with 68. .. h3, M4-33 is absolutely forced to perpetual check. At the very end, Moron4 contemplated 100% loser 78. Bb6+??????????, but eventually regained its mind and played 78. Qa7+ which draws on the very next move. A very wide open tactical position that ends in a tough draw: GOOD GAME!

PS. Am I the only person that doesn't know you can't type 8 ) without a space...or you get 8)

PPS. Not sure about your 10-10 prediction....we'll have to wait for my Game 20 post in a couple of weeks
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