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Hi Mychess

Very astute observations(as usual)
i didnt even notice the "Chess 2.5" until you pointed it out

i wonder why Blitzchess is down?
hopefully its just temporary

Fingers Crossed Regards
Steve

Could the Robot in this 1981 photo be the legendary Boris Handroid? https://www.ebay.com/itm/204756069350?itmmeta=01HWAW44AAXSY7WJAE1VZT2Z3T&hash=item2fac69abe6:g:36YAAOSwSqtmGdEY&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA0KugSKwWUIiW%2BQPXpyh3AgglowfRY%2FjVi0oh9rMHnYlZQJgc7wef7OckB9%2BeirB%2F6fSKhg9HQcWm2PQt%2F...

Thanks to Both Alain And Lars
i was missing this manual

i cant believe its a translation
looks like an original manual printed in English!

A True Masterpiece Regards
Steve

mclane wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:34 pm
I have also both units here. One plastic diplomat and boris in walnut case.

Boris was also sold in Limited Editions of Stone and Onyx Cases

i have the Incolay Stone Case


Stoned Regards
Steve

Not me that won the auction but i agree it is a high price i have paid high prices for chess computers i was searching for so i can understand the reason the buyer paid it sometimes you just want the computer and you dont care what it costs i played a match here many years ago against Mark Uniacke w...

Hi Victor
i copied your post above to the Spanish forum
but in doing so i inadvertently deleted your post in English

please post it again in the general forum

Sorry ..My Bad Regards
Steve

Good job as usual Paul

Again i thank you for introducing the Lichess Ports into L'Empereur's Games and matches

Regards From St. Helena
Steve

And here the links for the games mychess played: Game 1: https://lichess.org/H6qtpvWm Game 2: https://lichess.org/DXDovmHm Hi Paul mychess's games were with the Savant..not the Savant II Just Sayin Regards Steve BTW...The Savants chess engine was also called MYCHESS ( program by Dave Kittinger)

kamoj wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:14 am Nice!
Thank you for the L'empereur games. Very much appreciated.
I 'm also glad the the Savant's were part of this "revival".
/Lars

Glad you enjoyed the match Lars

Conchess Victoria Sends Her Regards
Steve

kamoj wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:14 pm Thank you Paul,
a vey good complement to the raw games!
/Lars

Yes,,thanks again Paul

I Appreciate The Assist Regards
Steve

In Game 3....Both computers were out of book at move 3 SII wins a P early on but soon after blunders away a minor piece In an effort to punish me for calling game 2 an early draw.. L'emp prolongs the game for 92 moves refusing to bring its QR into the game until move 82 and bypassing several forced ...

Interestingly both the Savant and Savant II/Savant Royale manuals seem to suggest that the Savants do ponder read page 7 of the manual at the top of the page: http://alain.zanchetta.free.fr/docs/Novag/Novag_Savant_EN.pdf however i cant recall the Savants ever replying instantly to an opponents move(...

Hi Steve, As promised I imported this second game too in Lichess, See https://lichess.org/jtMxUnCt The Lichess SF-engine agreed more or less with your adjucation being it a draw. But in a number of positions it suggested that L'Empereur could get a slight advantage by moving it's c-pawn to c5. Awai...

Hi gents, thanks for sharing L'Empereur games. Suggest this might deserve a dedicated thread? All the best, Tibono Hi Eric Glad you are followng the L'emp games thank you for your suggestion my "Collectors Corner" thread has been on going since 2007 with close to 686k views and 3500 posts...

In Game 2...SII opens with the rare 1.f4 both computers were out of book at move 3 the game quickly dissolved into a closed position with each side shuffling rooks on the back ranks i decided to adjudicate the game a draw [Date "2024.3.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Savant II"...