under 1500 ELO dedicated chess computer tournament

[thorstenczub]

there is another dedicated chess computer tournament i am doing in the moment,
with the older machines, with lower ELO.

most machines having weaker programs, no permanent brain or very strange looking machines.

Motor                                          Punkte HaNoChMeExScRFMeEnFiKaChKrInRFCCPoAdChMaBoLeMGPr    S-B
01: Hanimex HCG1900 {Brettcomputer}                9,5/11 · 1   1 0 1 =   1     1     1 1     1     1       21,50
02: Novag Constellation {Brettcomputer}            6,0/7  0 ·   1   1 1   1           1             1       15,00
03: Chess Champion Mark V {Brettcomputer}          6,0/9      · 0 1 0     1 0 1           1   1     1        8,00
04: Mephisto Mirage {Brettcomputer}                5,0/8  0 0 1 ·     0                 1           1 1 1    7,00
05: Excel Display {Brettcomputer}                  4,0/5  1   0   ·             1           1     1         10,50
06: SciSys Turbo 16K {Brettcomputer}               4,0/6  0 0 1     ·       1             1         1        8,00
07: RFT Chess Master Diamond {Brettcomputer}       3,0/6  = 0   1     · 0                 =         1       10,00
08: Mephisto Supermini {Brettcomputer}             2,0/2              1 ·     1                              4,50
09: Enterprise S {Brettcomputer}                   2,0/5  0 0 0           ·             1               1    1,00
10: Fidelity Sensor Voice Champion {Brettcomputer} 1,5/3      1     0       ·       =                        6,50
11: Karpov Chess+ {Brettcomputer}                  1,5/5      0         0     · 0 = 1                        1,50
12: Chessman FX Elite {Brettcomputer}              1,0/3  0       0           1 ·                            1,50
13: Krypton Pioneer {Brettcomputer}                1,0/2                      =   · =                        1,25
13: Intelligent Chess {Brettcomputer}              1,0/3                    = 0   = ·                        1,25
15: RFT SC2 {Brettcomputer}                        1,0/3  0 0                         · 1                    1,00
16: CC SuperSystem III {Brettcomputer}             1,0/5  0     0         0           0 ·         1          0,00
17: Pocket Chess {Brettcomputer}                   0,5/3      0     0 =                   ·                  1,50
18: Advanced Star Chess {Brettcomputer}            0,0/1          0                         ·                0,00
18: Chess Challenger Voice {Brettcomputer}         0,0/2  0   0                               ·              0,00
18: Maestro Travel Chess {Brettcomputer}           0,0/0                                        ·            0,00
18: Boris Diplomat {Brettcomputer}                 0,0/2          0                     0         ·          0,00
18: Lexibook 425 XLight {Brettcomputer}            0,0/6  0 0 0 0   0 0                             ·        0,00
18: MGS Morphy {Brettcomputer}                     0,0/1        0                                     ·      0,00
18: Prodigy Destiny {Brettcomputer}                0,0/2        0         0                             ·    0,00

50 Partien von 276 gespielt
Name des Turniers: U1500
Ort/ Land: ORION8, Deutschland
Spielstufe: Turnier 40/120 20/60

[thorstenczub]

for more info read here:

http://schachcomputerwelt.foren-city.de ... aeten.html

[Swaminathan]

If Hanimex HCG1900 {Brettcomputer} is able to get 9.5/11, surely it should be over 1500? 1500 is relative scale rather than fixed.

That dedicated unit might even be 1800 who knows.

[thorstenczub]

you are absolutely right swami,
when i began this tournament there were mainly programs like

Intelligent chess
Chess challenger voice
RFT SC2
and others in it.

these programs are the very EARLY dedicated chess computers and
have no permanent brain and very small and weaker programs.

too less ELO to put them in the main tournament. there they would get no point at all.
so i did this tournament... and in the beginning called it under 1500 tournament.

step by step, i got more machines, even the mark V and the hanimex which contains the Richard Lang 8Bit
program on Z80 A with 4 mhz.

To my own surprise even on the z80A, richard langs program seems to have good
chances to win the tournament.
i was so happy about the nice games and the nice dedicated chess computer,
its a very unique looking machine, that i played many games.

it can be that it gets a higher elo in my tournament than it is expected to get.
please see that i am playing in 40/120 and not 30" per move, as many others do.
this is a big difference, playing 30 or 180 " a move.

factor 6.

so the title of the tournament is maybe no 100% ok, i can later change it.

what i mainly mean is: i have a tournament with the top machines from my collection,
and a tournament for the weaker machines, nevertheless these machines are very interesting
such as the intelligent chess, or the Mark V , or the the hanimex 1900 alias CXG 2001.

e.g
http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... Chess_2001
rates the machine with only 1550 ELO.

for more information follow the tournament in my forum...
http://schachcomputerwelt.foren-city.de ... aeten.html

i did not have the time to write an article about it here in english.
but i soon will do. also with own pictures from the machines and
my friends Uli, Udo and Siggi while we do the tournaments with these
nice machines.

[Swaminathan]

That's very interesting experiment, enjoy.

you might like to ask somebody to play about 10 games with Hanimex HCG1900 to see what the real rating is.

Does it perform better than, say, ChessGenius on your Nokia mobile?

you are absolutely right swami,
when i began this tournament there were mainly programs like

Intelligent chess
Chess challenger voice
RFT SC2
and others in it.

these programs are the very EARLY dedicated chess computers and
have no permanent brain and very small and weaker programs.

too less ELO to put them in the main tournament. there they would get no point at all.
so i did this tournament... and in the beginning called it under 1500 tournament.

step by step, i got more machines, even the mark V and the hanimex which contains the Richard Lang 8Bit
program on Z80 A with 4 mhz.

To my own surprise even on the z80A, richard langs program seems to have good
chances to win the tournament.
i was so happy about the nice games and the nice dedicated chess computer,
its a very unique looking machine, that i played many games.

it can be that it gets a higher elo in my tournament than it is expected to get.
please see that i am playing in 40/120 and not 30" per move, as many others do.
this is a big difference, playing 30 or 180 " a move.

factor 6.

so the title of the tournament is maybe no 100% ok, i can later change it.

what i mainly mean is: i have a tournament with the top machines from my collection,
and a tournament for the weaker machines, nevertheless these machines are very interesting
such as the intelligent chess, or the Mark V , or the the hanimex 1900 alias CXG 2001.

[thorstenczub]

Swami, my nokia mobile with genius is 350 mhz fast.
as far as i understand the hanimex1900/chess2001 CPU the z80a with 4mhz equals the 6502 with 2 mhz.
thats the area of the constellation.

we will see how this develops. the fun is THAT we don't know what will happen.
the machine was the big surprise in the tournament.

although it is a plastic machine, it looks absolutely marvellous:

there is btw. such a machine on ebay in the moment:





for 160 Euro:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... K:MEWAX:IT

[spacious_mind]

Swami, my nokia mobile with genius is 350 mhz fast.
as far as i understand the hanimex1900/chess2001 CPU the z80a with 4mhz equals the 6502 with 2 mhz.
thats the area of the constellation.

we will see how this develops. the fun is THAT we don't know what will happen.
the machine was the big surprise in the tournament.

although it is a plastic machine, it looks absolutely marvellous:

there is btw. such a machine on ebay in the moment:





for 160 Euro:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... K:MEWAX:IT

Hi Thorsten,

Nice Richard Lang's "Cyrus chess program" computer that you have there. I am also very proud of mine. You are right for a plastic dedicated chess computer it does look and feels great. I love the auto sensory response on the machine and the plastic chess pieces are just great with great magnets. I often use the pieces on other boards for convenience as well.

http://spacious-mind.com/html/computa_c ... g1900.html

btw. i love following your U1500 Tournament.

rgds

Nick

[thorstenczub]

there is a new entry in my tournament: the Steinitz encore 4 mhz.

due to the help of Steve from

http://www.great-game-machine.com/

i do now have a very interesting machine in the tournament.

i had a broken MGS Sargon 2.5 and steve upgraded it into a Steinitz 4 mhz
by replacing the mainboard etc.

here are the first games with it and the tournament table:

Motor                                          Punkte HaNoChExScMeRFChMeFiKaChKrInEnRFCCPoMGMaBoLeAdCh    S-B
01: Hanimex HCG1900 {Brettcomputer}                9,5/11 · 1   0 1 1 =         1     1 1 1         1   1   19,50
02: Novag Constellation {Brettcomputer}            6,0/7  0 ·     1 1 1               1 1           1       13,00
03: Chess Champion Mark V {Brettcomputer}          6,0/9      · 1 0 0       0 1       1     1       1   1    8,00
04: Excel Display {Brettcomputer}                  5,0/6  1   0 ·               1             1   1   1     11,00
05: SciSys Turbo 16K {Brettcomputer}               4,0/6  0 0 1   ·         1               1       1        8,00
06: Mephisto Mirage {Brettcomputer}                4,0/7  0 0 1     · 0                   1   1     1        7,50
07: RFT Chess Master Diamond {Brettcomputer}       3,0/6  = 0       1 ·   0                 =       1        9,00
08: Chafitz Steinitz Encore 4mhz {Brettcomputer}   3,0/3                · 1     1     1                      4,50
09: Mephisto Supermini {Brettcomputer}             2,5/4              1 0 ·   1               =              4,75
10: Fidelity Sensor Voice Champion {Brettcomputer} 1,5/3      1   0         ·       =                        6,50
11: Karpov Chess+ {Brettcomputer}                  1,5/5      0           0   · 0 = 1                        1,50
12: Chessman FX Elite {Brettcomputer}              1,0/4  0     0       0     1 ·                            1,50
13: Krypton Pioneer {Brettcomputer}                1,0/2                      =   · =                        1,25
13: Intelligent Chess {Brettcomputer}              1,0/3                    = 0   = ·                        1,25
15: Enterprise S {Brettcomputer}                   1,0/5  0 0 0         0             ·   1                  1,00
15: RFT SC2 {Brettcomputer}                        1,0/3  0 0                           · 1                  1,00
17: CC SuperSystem III {Brettcomputer}             1,0/5  0         0                 0 0 ·       1          0,00
18: Pocket Chess {Brettcomputer}                   0,5/3      0   0   =                     ·                1,50
19: MGS Morphy {Brettcomputer}                     0,5/3        0   0     =                   ·              1,25
20: Maestro Travel Chess {Brettcomputer}           0,0/0                                        ·            0,00
20: Boris Diplomat {Brettcomputer}                 0,0/2        0                         0       ·          0,00
20: Lexibook 425 XLight {Brettcomputer}            0,0/6  0 0 0   0 0 0                             ·        0,00
20: Advanced Star Chess {Brettcomputer}            0,0/1        0                                     ·      0,00
20: Chess Challenger Voice {Brettcomputer}         0,0/2  0   0                                         ·    0,00

53 Partien von 276 gespielt
Name des Turniers: U1500
Ort/ Land: ORION8, Deutschland
Spielstufe: Turnier 40/120 20/60

here some of the last games, steinitz games included...

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MGS Morphy"]
[Black "Mephisto Mirage"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 {"} Nc6 {"} 5. Bh3 d5
6. Bxc8 Rxc8 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. Qb5 e6 10. O-O Be7
11. d3 a6 12. Qb3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bd2 Rc6
16. Rac1 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Rc1 f5 20. Nc5
Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rb8 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Rxc6 Ra4
25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Rc6 Rxa2 27. Rc7+ Ke6 28. Kf1 h5 29. Rc6+
Kf7 30. Rc4 a5 31. Rxd4 Ke6 32. Rc4 a4 33. Rc6+ Kf7
34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Rc6+ Kf7 36. e3 a3 37. d4 Rb2 38. Rc7+ Kf6
39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Kg2 a2 42. Rc6+ Kf7 43. Ra6
g5 44. h4 g4 45. Ra3 Ke7 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Ra6+ Kd5 48. Ra5+
Kc6 49. Ra6+ Kb5 50. Ra8 Rd2 51. Rb8+ Kc4 52. Ra8 Rc2
53. Ra5 Kd3 54. Ra4 Kd2 55. e4 Kc3 56. exf5 Kb2 57. f6 a1=Q
58. Rxa1 Kxa1 59. f7 Rc8 60. d5 Rf8 61. f3 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mephisto Mirage"]
[Black "Chafitz Destiny Prodigy"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O {"} 5. e4 d6
6. Bd3 {"} Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. O-O e6 9. Bg5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Re8
11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd5 Bd7 15. Rfe1
b6 16. e5 Bf5 17. Qa3 dxe5 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxd7 Qc6 22. Rd5 Qxc4 23. Rdxe5 Rxe5
24. Nxe5 Qd5 25. Ng4 Qd4 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Rd1
Qxb2 29. Nd7 Re8 30. Qxf7 Qe2 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6
33. Rc1 Rd6 34. Ne5 Rd2 35. Kf1 Rxa2 36. Rxc7 a5 37. Nd7
Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Ra3+ 40. Kf4 Ra4+ 41. Kg5 Kg8
42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Rxh7 Rf4 44. Kxf4 a4 45. Ke5 b5 46. Ke6 b4
47. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mephisto Supermini"]
[Black "Fidelity Excel Display"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 {"} 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Bg5 d5
6. O-O {"} Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 Bd7 9. Nb5 Qe7 10. c3 Na5
11. Nxd6 cxd6 0-1

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CXG Enterprise S"]
[Black "Chafitz Prodigy Destiny"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qh4 d5
6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qc5 8. Be3 Qf5 9. b4 Ng4 10. b5 Nxe3
11. fxe3 Qc5 12. Kd2 Qd6+ 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Ne4 Qb4+ 15. Kc2
Nc4 16. Kd3 Qb2 17. Nc2 Na3 18. Nxa3 Qxa1 19. Nc3 Be6
20. Qa4 Rd8+ 21. Kc2 Rc8 22. b6+ Bd7 23. Qb3 Bf5+ 24. Kd2
axb6 25. e4 Be6 26. e3 Rc6 27. Nd5 Qc1+ 28. Kd3 Qc5 29. Kd2
f5 30. Bb5 Kf7 31. Nc4 Bxd5 32. Ne5+ Kg8 33. exd5 Rd6
34. Nd3 Qc7 35. Rc1 Qb8 36. Bd7 Rxd7 37. d6+ e6 38. Qxe6+
Rf7 39. Rc7 h6 40. Qxf7+ Kh7 41. Qxf5+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7
43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Ne5 Qa7 1-0

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fidelity Excel Display"]
[Black "Chafitz MGS Morphy"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. f4 Nc6 {"'} 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 {"} Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d4
6. exd4 Nxd4 7. d3 Bg4 8. Bg2 Qd6 9. Be3 Qe6 10. Kd2 c5
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qb6 14. b4 Qxb4
15. Rab1 Qa3 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Qb5+ Nd7 18. Rb3 a6 19. Qxd7+
Rxd7 20. Rxa3 c4 21. Rxa6 cxd3 22. Ra8+ Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8
24. cxd3 e6 25. Rb1 Bd6 26. Bd4 f6 27. Ne4 Kd7 28. Rb7+ Bc7
29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Bxc7 Kc6 31. Nd6 Rxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kxc7
33. Ne8+ Kc6 34. Nxg7 e5 35. f5 Kd6 1-0

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mephisto Supermini"]
[Black "Chafitz MGS Morphy"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {"} 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 {"}
Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 e5 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Ke2
Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Bxf3+ 14. Kxf3 Rfd8
15. Be3 a6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Kg2 Kf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4
Ke8 20. Kf3 g6 21. e5 Rd5 22. Ke4 f6 23. Rb1 fxe5 24. fxe5
Kf7 25. c4 Rd7 26. Re1 Ke6 27. Rf1 g5 28. Rf5 Rd8 29. Rf1
h6 30. Rf2 Rd1 31. a3 Rh1 32. Rf3 Rb1 33. Rf2 Rh1 34. Rf3
Rb1 35. Rf2 Rh1 36. Rf3 Rb1 37. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mephisto Supermini"]
[Black "Chafitz Steinitz encore 4mhz"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O
O-O {"} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 Ng4
11. Qd2 Qb6 12. Ne4 f5 13. Qd5+ e6 14. Qxd6 fxe4 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Rf1 Ne5 17. c5 bxc5 18. Be3 Ra5 19. Bxe4 Nc4
20. Bc1 Nxb2 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Bxa5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nxa5
24. Rb1 Nc6 25. Rb5 Nd4 26. Rxc5 Nxe2+ 27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Rc7
Nb5 29. Re7 Nd6 30. Bd3 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. f4 Bd7 33. g4
Bc6+ 34. Kf2 Ne4+ 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. a3 Kf6
38. Kd4 g5 39. Ke3 b6 40. h3 Bg2 41. Kf2 Bxh3 42. Kg3 Bf1
43. Kf2 Bc4 44. Kf3 Bd5+ 45. Kg3 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4 e5+ 47. Kg3
Kg5 48. Kf2 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chessman FX Elite"]
[Black "Chafitz Steinitz encore 4mhz"]
[ECO "c83"]
[Result "0-1"]

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 Be7 10. Be3 {"} f6 {"}
11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nxe6
Qxe6 16. f4 Bd6 17. f5 Qf7 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Qe2 c5 20. Nc3
c4 21. Bd1 Nd3 22. g4 Rfe8 23. g5 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc5
25. Qxc5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "U1500"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2010.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Enterprise S"]
[Black "Chafitz Steinitz encore 4mhz"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 {"} Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6
6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. c5 dxc5 9. dxc5 Nd7 10. Qe2 O-O
11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. Nd5 Be6
16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa3 c6 18. Nf4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg4 20. Be2
Bh4+ 21. g3 Qe4 22. Bxg4 Qxh1 23. Kf1 Nc4 24. Qc3 Qe4
25. Kf2 Bf6 26. Bf3 Nxb2 0-1

so far steinitz has 3 from 3. but of course, stronger opponents will
come and it will be interesting to see how steinitz plays constellation
or MK5 or hanimex or excel display.

[thorstenczub]

it is said that the programmer of the steinitz line/modules
was larry atkin,
http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... kin,_Larry
http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Larry+Atkin

in the 70ties his Chess4.7 was a very famous beast and won e.g. the 2nd computerchess-championship in toronto.

the dedicated chess computer "clone"
Steinitz encore
http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... itz_Encore

has 32 KB rom and 8 KB ram and a 65c02 with 4 mhz speed.

it should have been sold in 1984 for 698 DM (350 Euro).

How strong is the program in tournament chess (40/120) ?

we will find it out.

Next opponent is the well known Fidelity Excel Display,
from 1988.

http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... el_Display

It has the chess program "clone" of the Spracklen Family and
a 16KB Rom engine , with 2 KB ram, running with 6502 kind of CPU
and 3 mhz speed.

[Mephisto]

Hi Thorsten
Love this tournament.
I'll let Richard (Lang) know that his winning days aren't quite over yet
Regards
Bryan