mclure@SRI-UNIX@sri-unix (12/07/82)
The Computer Chess Digest Annual just came out, a booklet describing the various commercial chess machines. In the back there's a chart listing various attributes and estimated ratings based on some lengthy round robin tournaments among the machines and the various ratings attained by some of the machines in human tournaments, discounting some of the more inflated ratings based on inadequate number of games awhile back. Dr. Irazoqui estimates the ratings as follows: Prestige 1930 Elite 1850 Mephisto 1820 Sensory C. 9 1760 Conchess 1720 Champion 1670 Mark V 1670 GGM 1630 Savant 1630 Prodigy 1600 Some interesting Prestige games were played at the recent U.S. Open: Prestige vs. Moody (2049) 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 Bc5 4 Bg2 a6 5 Nf3 d6 6 d4 ed4 7 Nd4 Bg4 8 f3 Be6 9 Ne6 fe6 10 Bh3 Qe7 11 Na4 Ba7 12 Qd3 b5 13 Nc3 Nc6 14 a4 Ne5 15 Qe2 c6 16 ab5 ab5 17 Be3 o-o 18 Ba7 Ra7 19 Be6 Kh8 20 Ra7 Qa7 21 f4 Ng6 22 h4 Qa1 23 Nd1 Re8 24 f5 Ne5 25 o-o Nc4 26 c3 Qa7 27 Kh2 h5 28 Nf2 Ne3 29 Re1 Ng4 30 Ng4 Ng4 31 Kg2 Qe7 32 Ra1 Rb8 33 Qd2 Nf6 34 Qd3 c5 35 Qf3 b4 36 c4 Re8 37 b3 Rd8 38 Qe3 Re8 39 Qg5 Kh7 40 Ra2 Kh8 41 Qg6 Qb7 42 Bd5 Qe7 43 Ra1 Qe5 44 Ra7 Qb2 45 Kh3 Nd5 46 Qe8 and mate in a few moves. Black resigns ...touted by Fidelity as the first win of a microprocessor against a candidate master in a normal USCF tournament... Prestige vs. Radermacher (1991) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd4 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 f4 Bg7 7 e5 de5 8 fe5 Nd7 9 e6 Ne5 10 Bb5 Nbc6 11 ef7 Kf7 12 o-o Bf6 13 Nc6 bc6 14 Qd8 Rd8 15 Ba4 Kg7 16 Bf4 Bf5 17 Rae1 Nf7 18 Bc6 Rac8 19 Be4 Be4 20 Re4 Rd4 21 Re6 Rb4 22 Bc1 Rc5 23 Kh1 Ne5 24 a3 Rb6 25 Na4 Re6 26 Nc5 Rc6 27 b4 Nc4 28 g4 Bd4 29 Nb3 Be3 30 Na5 Rc7 31 Nc4 Bc1 32 Rc1 Rc4 33 g5 e5 34 Rd1 Rc7 35 c4 Kf7 36 c5 Ke7 37 Kg2 a5 38 Rc1 ab4 39 ab4 Kd7 40 b5 Kc8 41 b6 Rf7 42 c6 Rf5 43 Ra1 Rg5 44 Kh1 Kb8 45 Ra7 Rf5 46 c7 Kc8 47 Ra8 Kd7 48 c8Q Ke7 49 Ra7 Kf6 50 Qd8 Ke6 51 Qd7 Black resigns ...and to balance things out, its worst loss in a hilarious Winawer variation of the French which it should never have played... Tingblad (1752) vs. Prestige 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5 a3 Bc3 6 bc3 Ne7 7 Nf3 Nd7 8 h4 f6 9 h5 o-o 10 Nh4 fe5 11 Bd3 cd4 12 Bh7 Kh7 13 h6 dc3 14 hg7 Kg7 15 Qg4 Kf6 16 Bg5 Kf7 17 Qh5 Kg8 18 Ng6 Nf6 19 Bf6 Kf7 20 Nf8 Kf6 21 Qh8 Kf7 22 Rh7 Ke8 23 Ne6 Black resigns