Chess Computer Sore Losers

Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:38 pm

What with Nick's CRUSH, SMASH and DESTROY, Brutus's Leonardos revenge and Fern's Travel Master Slaughter and Vicious Trick what this forum needs is a proper sore loser.

This one is from the 1980s.

spacious_mind · Post by **spacious_mind** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:15 pm

Hi Mike,

It's a good story but I am not sure if it is a hoax or not. I just did a quick search in Yahoo under his name and I don't see any games from a Niko Gudkov?

Regards

Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Fri Mar 20, 2015 11:05 pm

Monsieur Plastique · Post by **Monsieur Plastique** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:49 am

Well, The Klute used to electrocute his opponents when he won, so on balance I don't see why an opponent that loses can't do the same. Fair's fair.

Reinfeld · Post by **Reinfeld** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:05 am

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Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:37 am

Yes.

Trying to find out anything about Soviet Bloc chess computers leads to trawling through all sorts of stuff.

Have recently acquired two Bulgarian manufactured chess computers. Any ideas who the programmers could be?

Cold War regards
Mike

Bryan Whitby · Post by **Bryan Whitby** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 5:10 pm

Hi Mike
Any chance of a couple of photos?
Regards
Bryan

Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:20 pm

Hi Bryan

Well the question was only meant to be a teaser really, like the rest of this thread, but here you go, who programmed these Bulgarian beauties -

All the very best
Mike

Bryan Whitby · Post by **Bryan Whitby** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:44 pm

Hi Mike
First maybe Nelson, second maybe Spraklens?
Regards
Bryan

Mike Watters · Post by **Mike Watters** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 2:13 am

Chessmaster Ireland wrote:Hi Mike
First maybe Nelson, second maybe Spraklens?
Regards
Bryan

Great research Bryan

Indeed the first one is one of Ron Nelson's. The Voice CC program in the extremely rare (outside Bulgaria) Izot U30M 1042C.
Which makes four Soviet Bloc chess computers with his programs so far -
SC-1, SC-2 (both CC10C, GDR), Intellect-02 (CC3, Russia) and Izot 1042C (VCC, Bulgaria).
It is probably fair to say that as the original author of the chess engine Ron Nelson is much more likely to turn up in a Soviet Bloc chess computer than in an Excalibur.

The other is the SPS Partner also from Bulgaria which seems to be a 100% 3MHz Fidelity Excellence copy, so one of Dan & Kathe Spracklen's.

Have added a few more comps to my Rare feature including the Bulgarians who now sit one and three on the list -

http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/rare.html

Cold War Pirate regards
Mike