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IRC still exists?? Amazing!....When I first went online about 12 years ago, I was curious about online chat rooms. They tend to consist of the same things: Small talk, mutual loathing, vulgarity, and, of course, cybersex.

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mikey

Yep, there are quite a few lurkers out there viewing this thread!

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Mike

p.s. I have an even better idea. How about the Obsidian vs. the Sparc module? I am considering getting the Obsidian an am curious as to its playing style/strength...

Interesting, Steve! Keep the games coming.

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Mikey

p.s. I'd like to see Citrine vs. Obsidian.

Here is a list of my favorite chess books. I enjoy using these books to set up positions for my various chess engines to solve; e.g. White/Black to play and win, or White/Black to mate in X number of moves. My Best Games of Chess - A. Alekhine (if some genie were to grant me the ability to play like...

I've been trying to find some clever way to insert the French term "idiot savant" into this thread. I'll find a way eventually...

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Mike

Very sad is the fact that, apart from a "revenge match" against Boris Spassky, Fischer retired from chess after the first match with Spassky in 1972. Dr. Tarrasch's book of his best games contains 300 games. If such a book by Fischer existed, it might contain 85 games. This is a tragedy. R...

Someone at the "other" forum told me the Expert Travel has the same program as the Saitek President, but this needs verification.

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Mike

Damn!! But it ain't over yet!

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Mike

My Norton Antivirus warns that "dedicated.zip" is infected. I cancelled the download.

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Mike

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bah humbug!!...

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Mikey

p.s. What if they gave a war and nobody went?

Without hazarding a guess as to the score of the match, I'm going to give Benjamin the nod. Why? Because computers have no conception of "long-range planning" in chess. Tactically computers may be perfect, but a "good plan" in unknown to them. Any strong grandmaster, properly pre...

The good old days indeed! Thanks Steve...

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Mikey

Three cheers for the Spracklens! :D Years ago, I can remember being quite surprised at the strength of Sargon II on my friend's Apple IIe. :) I'd love to see an updated Sargon for PC with a Spracklen program's typical playing style. regards Mike "Chess, like love, like music, has the power to m...

My brother had a Garde analog clock for many years, until it was stolen at a tournament. :( We played many, many five-minute games with it and it always worked reliably. A very high quality chess clock! regards Mikey p.s. In the U.S., Jerger chess clocks were very popular and were considered a statu...

Interesting games, Steve. My guess is that the Mirage's ability to ponder made the difference.

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Mikey