My dedicated chess computer tournament makes progress.
in the last days the new entries Novag Constellation Expert and CXG Sphinx40 , although beeing OLDIES
made lots of fun playing the games. The Novag machine showed that one should not underestimate the
PSH-computer although it is very old. And the Sphinx40 really played like the name suggested it.
here the list of participants and their hardware-specifications:
Name Programmierer CPU Takt ROM/RAM Sparc spracklen sparc cpu 32bit 20 mhz 256KByte ROM 1024 KByte RAM (hash tables) Excel68000 spracklen 68000 12 mhz 64KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM Kishon Chesster spracklen 6502 3.6mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KBYte RAM Designer2000 Display spracklen 6502 5 mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM Designer2100 spracklen 6502 6 mhz 64KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM StarDiamond dave kittinger H8 singlechip 25 mhz 512KByte ROM !! 256 Kbyte RAM (118 for hash) Ruby dave kittinger H8 singlechip 20 mhz 32 KByte ROM 1 KByte RAM Emerald Classic Plus dave kittinger H8 singlechip 26 mhz 32 KByte ROM 1 KByte RAM Citrine dave kittinger H8 singlechip 20 mhz 56 KByte ROM 3 KByte RAM Constellation Expert dave kittinger 6502 5 mhz 64 KByte ROM 4 KByte RAM NigelShort ed schroeder 6502 10 mhz 64KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM Milano ed schroeder 6502 5 mhz 64KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM MM5 ed schroeder 6502 5 mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM academy ed schroeder 6502 5 mhz 48KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM mega IV ed schroeder 6502 5 mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM College (SupmonII) ed schroeder 6502 4 mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM Supermondial b frans morsch 6502 4 mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM Challenger frans morsch H8 singlechip 24 mhz 32KByte ROM 1 KByte RAM Milano Pro frans morsch SH7034 single 20 mhz 64KByte ROM 4 KByte RAM Schachakademie frans morsch H8 singlechip 24 mhz 32KByte ROM 1 KByte RAM Mephisto IIIb nitsche+henne 1806 8 mhz 32KByte ROM 4 KByte RAM CXG Shpinx40 levy+taylor 68000 8 mhz 16KByte ROM 256 KByte RAM Shredder java st.meyer-kahlen ARM11 500mhz ?? Igor ron nelson H8 singlechip 24 mhz Regency horvath H8 singlechip 20 mhz Corona d+ julio kaplan 6502 6 mhz 32+32+32 ROM (program, book, endgame-rom) + 8 Kbyte RAM Maestro d++ julio kaplan 6502 6 mhz 32+32+32 ROM + 8 KByte RAM Simultano julio kaplan 6502 5 mhz 32+32+32 ROM + 8 KByte RAM Blitz julio kaplan H8 singlechip 10 mhz 32KByte ROM 1 KByte RAM MM2 ulf rathsmann 6502 7,4mhz 32KByte ROM 4 KByte RAM Schneider Titan kaare danielsen 6301Y 16 mhz 16KByte ROM 2.25 KB RAM CM The King2.54 johan de Koning ARM2 RISC 32 15 mhz 512KByte Tiger Grenadier chrilly donninger H8 singlechip 20 mhz 32KByte ROM 4 KByte RAM Mephisto Berlin richard lang 68000 12 mhz 128KByte ROM 512 KByte RAM PsionST EMU unlimited richard lang 68000 EMULATOR unlim. Glasgow Emu unlimited nitsche+henne 68000 EMULATOR unlim. reserve: Maestro Travel Chess craig barnes ?? ?? Supremo dave kittinger 6301Y 16 mhz 32 KByte ROM 2 KByte RAM Adv.StarChess kaare danielsen 6301Y 8 mhz 16KByte ROM 2.25 KB RAM Excel Display spracklen ? 3 mhz 32KByte ROM 8 KByte RAM
Mainly it was capable to create winning positions, but was not capable to win them
Different the Novag Constellation Expert. When HE came into a winning position, often due to a sacrifice
or a very smashing move, he WON them.
Here the tournament table as it is in the moment, 3 years from beginning it:
Motor Punkte ChSpMiMeStMeChMeNoMeIgMeMeNiRuDeEmDeMeCoSuSiExMaPsMiKiKrKaTiCXGlMeCoScSh S-B
01: Chessmachine512 The King2.54 {Brettcomputer} 19,0/20 · 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 211,50
02: Sparc {Brettcomputer} 18,5/22 · = 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 167,50
03: MilanoPro {Brettcomputer} 17,0/24 0 = · 1 0 1 = = 1 1 = = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 171,00
04: Mephisto College {Brettcomputer} 16,5/24 0 1 0 · 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 0 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 153,75
05: Star Diamond {Brettcomputer} 16,0/23 0 1 1 · 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 = = = 1 1 0 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 169,50
06: Mephisto Berlin {Brettcomputer} 15,0/21 0 1 0 1 0 · = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 170,75
07: Challenger 24mhz {Brettcomputer} 15,0/23 0 1 = 0 0 = · 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 160,25
08: Mephisto MM5 {Brettcomputer} 15,0/23 0 = = 1 0 1 · = 0 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 149,25
09: Novag citrine {Brettcomputer} 13,5/21 0 0 0 0 = · 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 116,00
10: Mephisto Schachakademie 24mhz {Brettcomputer} 12,0/21 0 0 = 0 1 · = 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 0 = 1 1 = 0 1 1 110,50
11: Igor 24mhz {Brettcomputer} 12,0/23 0 0 0 0 0 0 · 1 1 1 0 = 1 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 102,50
12: Mephisto academy {Brettcomputer} 12,0/23 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 · 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 96,25
13: Mephisto Mega IV {Brettcomputer} 12,0/22 0 1 = 0 0 · = 0 1 1 1 = 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 96,00
14: NigelShort 10mhz {Brettcomputer} 11,5/20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 · 1 1 = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 109,25
15: Ruby {Brettcomputer} 11,0/23 0 = = = 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 · 1 = = 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 1 94,75
16: Designer2100 {Brettcomputer} 10,5/23 = 1 = = 0 0 1 1 0 0 · 0 0 0 1 = 0 = 1 = = 0 1 1 107,00
17: Emerald Classic Plus {Brettcomputer} 10,5/22 0 0 = 1 = 0 0 = 1 = · 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 91,50
18: Designer2000 Display 5mhz {Brettcomputer} 10,0/22 ? 1 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 · = = 1 0 0 1 = = = = 1 92,50
19: Mephisto MM2 {Brettcomputer} 10,0/23 0 0 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 · 1 = 1 1 0 = 0 1 1 = 1 88,75
20: Corona D+ {Brettcomputer} 10,0/21 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 0 = 1 = 0 · 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 86,25
21: Supermondial B {Brettcomputer} 9,5/25 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 = = 0 0 1 = 1 · 0 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 1 0 90,50
22: Simultano {Brettcomputer} 9,5/19 = 1 = 0 0 1 0 = = 0 = 1 · 0 = 0 1 1 = 1 85,25
23: Excel68000 {Brettcomputer} 9,0/21 0 0 0 0 = = 1 0 0 = 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 · 1 1 0 0 98,25
24: Maestro D++ 6 mhz {Brettcomputer} 8,5/17 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 1 = 0 1 0 1 0 · 1 1 1 73,50
25: PsionST EMU unlimited {Brettcomputer} 8,0/14 1 0 0 = = 0 0 1 1 1 · 1 1 1 0 81,00
26: Milano {Brettcomputer} 8,0/21 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 = 0 0 0 · 1 = = = 0 1 = 68,25
27: Kishon Chesster {Brettcomputer} 7,5/23 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = 0 = 0 · 1 1 = 1 61,00
28: Krypton Regency {Brettcomputer} 6,5/22 0 0 = = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = = 1 0 1 0 0 · = 1 65,50
29: Kasparov Blitz {Brettcomputer} 6,0/23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 = · 1 0 0 58,75
30: Tiger Grenadier {Brettcomputer} 5,5/23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 = · 0 0 1 53,25
31: CXG Sphinx40 {Brettcomputer} 5,0/19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 · 1 1 29,75
32: Glasgow Emu unlimited {Brettcomputer} 4,5/12 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 · 35,00
33: Mephi IIIb 8mhz {Brettcomputer} 4,0/24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 1 0 0 · 0 0 33,00
34: Constellation Expert {Brettcomputer} 4,0/10 0 0 0 1 0 = = 0 1 · 1 22,75
35: Schneider Titan {Brettcomputer} 1,5/11 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 · 10,00
36: Shredder Java {Brettcomputer} 0,0/0 · 0,00
364 Partien von 630 gespielt
Name des Turniers: Schachcomputer
Ort/ Land: SCW, Deutschland
Spielstufe: Turnier 40/120 20/60in the following game e.g. the sphinx could have won:
move 28. Ng5 would have won.
Many games show this pattern. A very interesting machine
made by David Levy with the program of Mark Taylor, on the base of Cyrus68K.
here more:
A very good game against the Mephisto Milano :
and
The Constellation Expert is playing very different than the Sphinx, but considering
the age of this Kittinger machine, it is very succesful.
It makes much fun to watch these machines play !
Finding the Sphinx40 was a very tough job, its rare here in germany.
if you want to read more - take a look in my forum:
http://schachcomputerwelt.foren-city.de ... orial.html
