Asri-unix.192 net.chess utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!mclure Wed Dec 9 17:05:55 1981 Elite/MCT match, games 1 & 2 This is the first installment of an on-going match between the Fidelity Chess Challenger Elite and Applied Concepts Master Chess Trio. These two are generally thought of as being the two best commercial chess computers. Fidelity Chess Challenger Elite vs. Applied Concepts Master Chess Trio Time control: 40 moves / 2 hours, 20 moves / 1 hour Game 1, 8-Dec-81 White: Elite Black: MCT 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e3 e6 4 Bd3 c5 5 o-o Nc6 6 Nc3 Bd7 7 Bd2 c4 8 Be2 Be7 9 b3 cb 10 cb o-o 11 Rc1 Rc8 12 Ng5 Ba3 13 Rb1 Nb4 14 Bc1 Rc3 15 Ba3 Qb6 16 Bh5 Rcc8 17 Qd2 a5 18 Bb4 Qb4 19 Qb4 ab 20 Bf7 Rf7 21 Nf7 Kf7 22 Rfc1 Rc3 23 Rc3 bc 24 Rc1 Ne4 25 f3 Nf6 26 Rc3 Bc6 27 Rc1 g5 28 g3 g4 29 f4 Kg6 30 Kf2 Kf5 31 Ke2 Ke4 32 a3 Bb5 33 Kd2 Kf3 34 a4 Ne4 35 Kc2 Be2 36 Kb2 Ke3 37 Rc7 Kd4 38 Rb7 Bd3 39 a5 Nc5 40 Re7 h5 41 b4 Na6 42 Re6 Nb4 43 Rh6 Kc5 44 Kc3 d4 45 Kd2 Be4 46 Rh5 Bd5 47 Rh7 Kb5 48 Rg7 Ka5 49 Rg4 Kb5 50 f5 Kc4 51 f6 Na6 52 Rg7 Nc5 53 Rc7 d3 54 Ke3 Be6 55 h4 d2 56 Kd2 Kd4 57 f7 Ne4 58 Ke2 Ng3 59 Kf3 Bf7 60 Rf7 Nf1 61 Rd7 Kc3 62 Rd1 Nd2 63 Rd2 Kd2 64 h5 Kd3 65 h6 Kd4 66 Kf4 Kd5 67 h7 Kc5 68 h8Q 1-0 Game 2, 9-Dec-81 White: MCT Black: Elite 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 e5 4 de de 5 Bg5 Nbd7 6 e4 Bb4 7 Be2 Bc3 8 bc o-o 9 Nf3 Nc5 10 Qd8 Rd8 11 Bf6 gf 12 Nd2 Nd3 13 Bd3 Rd3 14 Rc1 Be6 15 Ke2 Rad8 16 Rhd1 f5 17 ef Bf5 18 Nf1 e4 19 Ne3 Be6 20 g4 c6 21 g5 f5 22 gf Kf7 23 Rb1 Kf6 24 Rg1 Rd2 25 Kf1 Ra2 26 Ng4 Kf5 27 Ne3 Kf4 28 Rg7 Rdd2 29 Ng2 Ke5 30 Kg1 Bc4 31 Ne3 b5 32 Nc4 bc 33 Re7 Kd5 34 Rd7 Ke6 35 Rd2 Rd2 36 Rb4 Kd5 37 Ra4 Rd1 38 Kg2 Rd2 39 Kf1 Rd1 40 Kg2 Rd3 41 Ra7 Rc3 42 Rd7 Kc5 43 Rh7 Rf3 44 Ra7 c3 45 Ra2 Rd3 46 Rc2 Kd4 47 Rc1 Rd2 48 Kf1 c5 49 h4 c2 50 Ke1 Kc3 51 h5 Rd6 52 Ke2 Kb2 53 Rc2 Kc2 54 Ke3 c4 55 Ke4 Kd2 56 Ke5 Rh6 0-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.