Millenium new release of chess computer

[Steve B]

In Game Three...

MCG was out of book at move 10..SD at move 12
The SD strikes right back in an enjoyable swashbuckling tour de force
on move 15 SD advances its e pawn to the 6th rank launching an attack
instead of 0-0 to safety the MCG missteps stranding itself in the center of the board..by move 28 white is up a Q for a R and instead of Resigning with honor(as the SD did in game 2) it lumbered on ..the rest of game is of no therapeutic value


[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "MCG"]
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg.]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 exd4 7.Bxc4 Nc6
8.O-O Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Qb3 Nge7 11.Rfe1 Rb8 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.Nh4 Qg4 14.Nxf5
Nxf5 15.e6 Nd6 16.exf7+ Kf8 17.Nf3 Qf4 18.Bb5 Nxb5 19.Qxb5 a6 20.Qc5+
Qd6 21.Qc4 Qf4 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Qc5+ Kxf7 24.Rxe5 Kg6 25.Re6+ Kf7 26.g3
Kxe6 27.Re1+ Kf6 28.gxf4 Rhe8 29.Qxd4+ Kg6 30.Re5 Rxe5 31.fxe5 Re8 32.f4
Re7 33.Qe4+ Kf7 34.Qxb7 a5 35.Qd5+ Ke8 36.Qg8+ Kd7 37.f5 Rxe5 38.Qxg7+
Re7 39.f6 Rxg7+ 40.fxg7 1-0

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/2pk2Pp/8/p7/8/8/PP5P/6K1 w - - 0 40[/fen]

I Resigned For The MCG here
somebody had to stop this rude behavior

Match Tied At 1.5 All Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

In Game Four..

Both Computers were out of book at move 6!
a 110 move marathon!
both computers played solidly with no positional or material blunders
several times the computers purposely avoided 3 fold rep draws and were shuffling pieces back and forth
i was preparing to adjudicate the game a draw when suddenly around move 86 the MCG started to drift losing the thread of the position
things went down hill rapidly from there and it was soon in a lost position
personally i think it just got tired from playing 3 games today


[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "MCG"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg.]
[Result "0-1"]


1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d4
Qd6 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.e5 Qd7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Ba6 14.Re1 Rad8
15.Qg4 Kh8 16.Nf4 Na5 17.Nh5 Rg8 18.Qf3 Bf8 19.Qf4 c5 20.Be3 Nc4 21.Rab1
cxd4 22.cxd4 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Rec1 Rc8 25.h3 Ba3 26.Rc3 a5 27.Bc1 Be7
28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.Rxf3 Rgf8 30.Nf4 Rfd8 31.Ne2 Kg8 32.Rb5 Rc6 33.a4 Bb4
34.Kg2 Rc7 35.Rf4 Rcc8 36.Rg4 Kh8 37.Rh4 Rc6 38.Rf4 Rd7 39.Rf3 Kg8
40.Rd3 Rc8 41.Rb3 Rdd8 42.Rf3 Be1 43.Rfb3 Rc7 44.Bb2 Bb4 45.Bc3 Ba3
46.Rb1 Kh8 47.Rd1 Rcd7 48.Rb3 Be7 49.Rc1 Rc8 50.Be1 Rdc7 51.Kh2 Rc6
52.Ra1 Kg8 53.f4 R8c7 54.f5 Bg5 55.fxe6 fxe6 56.h4 Be3 57.Rd1 Rf7 58.Kg2
h5 59.Rdd3 Bh6 60.Rdc3 Rc8 61.Ng1 Rc6 62.Nf3 Rfc7 63.Kf1 Rc8 64.Ke2 Kh8
65.Rb1 g6 66.Rb5 Kg8 67.Kd3 R8c7 68.Rcb3 Rf7 69.Ke2 Rd7 70.Rc3 Rdc7
71.Kd3 Kg7 72.Ng1 Kh7 73.Rb1 Ne3 74.Ne2 Nd5 75.Rxc6 Rxc6 76.Rb2 g5
77.hxg5 Bxg5 78.Bd2 Kg6 79.Be1 Kf5 80.Rb1 Rc8 81.Rb2 Rc7 82.Rb3 Rd7
83.Rb5 Rf7 84.Nc3 Nb4+ 85.Ke2 Rd7 86.Bf2 Rc7 87.Nd1 Nd5 88.Kf3 Rc4
89.Nb2 Rc3+ 90.Kg2 Ke4 91.Bg1 Rc2+ 92.Kh3 Be3 93.Bxe3 Nxe3 94.Nd1 Nxd1
95.Rxb6 Ne3 96.Rb8 Kxd4 97.Kh4 Kxe5 98.Kxh5 Ra2 99.g4 Rxa4 100.g5 Ra1
101.Ra8 a4 102.Ra5+ Nd5 103.Kg6 a3 104.Kf7 a2 105.Kg6 Kd4 106.Ra4+ Kc5
107.Ra5+ Kb4 108.Ra7 Nc3 109.Rxa2 Rxa2 0-1




FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/8/4p1K1/6P1/1k6/2n5/r7/8 w - - 0 110[/fen]

I Resigned For The MCG here
just not gonna let it drag this out for another 100 moves

Star Diamond leads 2-5-1.5

Final Game Next Regards
Steve

[spacious_mind]

Yep, unless it is leading in the endgame which gives it a plan, it lacks endgame skills or patience. Always likely to lose in an endgame.

[Monsieur Plastique]

Yep, unless it is leading in the endgame which gives it a plan, it lacks endgame skills or patience. Always likely to lose in an endgame.

Come on Nick That's going a little overboard don't you think? How does a chess computer lack patience? Sometimes a dedicated machine will look weak in an endgame simply because it lacks the capability to do what even a 1950 FIDE ELO human can do with ease - look 30 plus plies ahead in certain situations. Or make a judgement on a particular position that would take complex programming or a 50 ply lookahead to achieve artificially.

I just think it a little unfair to criticise the endgame of any dedicated chess computer this side of a Revelation let alone a plastic toy costing a couple of hours of wages, because quite frankly, the only silicon chess players I have come across that play an endgame at (male) FM strength or better are state of the art chess engines. They are the only entities capable of seeing the long term implications of endgame tactics and strategies.

How many dedicated chess computers can you name, for example, that show an immediate drop in evaluation of well over 2 points on white's move 30 (h5) in the game I played against it as black posted earlier? I tried this position out on my machines and they all keep humming along like nothing had happened. Every engine I put it into (Fritz, Schredder and HIARCS), however, saw the move as a blunder almost instantly.

I think any chess computer that plays the endgame as well as MCG is doing pretty well for what it is to be honest. A 15 ply plus lookahead in a late endgame is normally good enough to avoid serious blunders and it is certainly much better than you would get out of the strongest Morsch dedicated machines, for example.

Also, most games here are rapid ones. As I have mentioned before, the MCG is like the Fidelity and Saitek programs - the playing strength grows in a linear nature with time. The opponent in this case has a logarithmic increase in playing strength with time (Star Diamond), as is the case with pretty much all Novags, Morsch and Schroder dedicated machines. Thus the advantage in rapid play is always going to be with the Novag.

I suspect the MCG will earn an SSDF rating higher than the current 2025 ELO held by the Star Diamond / Star Sapphire, since those ratings are earned at classical time controls.

At the very least, your criticism should be seen in the context as a relative one and not an absolute (though as I say, I'd argue it is even a relative one because I believe the MCG is extremely well balanced in all facets of the game, as it is in terms of a balance of aggressive / solid / tactical / positional play.

[Steve B]

In The Final Game ..

Both Computers were out of book at move 8
having played a 110 mover in game 4 both computers seemed
to want to get this one over with as quickly as possible
wholesale piece exchanges take place from the getgo and
by move 19 we have a R+P endgame!
however SD manages to blunder away a P at move 33 which then prolongs the game
even a P down it looked like the SD would be able to hold the draw but this time it was its turn to toss the draw away blundering a second P at move 57
MCG coasted to the win from there

[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black MCG
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg.]
[Result "0-1"]


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.d3 e6 6.e4 d6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.e5 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Nd5 11.Qf3 O-O 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Qxd5 exd5
15.Ng4 Nd7 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bg5 Rae8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Kf3 Kg7 20.Kf4 Re6
21.Re3 d4 22.Re4 Rxe4+ 23.dxe4 Rd8 24.b3 d3 25.cxd3 Rxd3 26.h4 Rd2 27.f3
Rg2 28.h5 Rh2 29.g4 Kf8 30.a3 Rb2 31.b4 c4 32.Rc1 b5 33.a4 a6 34.axb5
axb5 35.Ra1 Rxb4 36.Ra8+ Kg7 37.Rc8 Rb3 38.Rc6 c3 39.Ke3 b4 40.Kd3 Rb2
41.Rc8 h6 42.Rc5 Kf8 43.Rc7
Ke8 44.Rc8+ Kd7 45.Rc4 Kd6 46.f4 Kd7 47.Rc5 Ke7 48.Rc7+ Kd8 49.Rc4 Rd2+
50.Ke3 Rd1 51.Ke2 Rb1 52.Kd3 Ke7 53.Rc7+ Kf8 54.Kc2 Rb2+ 55.Kd3 Kg7
56.Rc8 Rf2 57.Kc4 Rxf4 58.Kxb4 Rxe4+ 59.Kxc3 Rxg4 60.Kd3 Rg5 61.Ke4 Rxh5
62.Kd4 Re5 63.Rc3 h5 64.Rg3+ Kh6 65.Rg8 h4 66.Rh8+ Kg5 67.Rh7 Re7 68.Kd5
f5 69.Kd6 Re6+ 70.Kd5 Rh6 71.Rxf7 h3 72.Ke5 h2 73.Rxf5+ Kg4 74.Rf4+ Kg3
75.Rf1 h1=Q 0-1


FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/8/7r/4K3/8/6k1/8/5R1q w - - 0 76[/fen]

SD Resigns here

The Match was a tie at 2.5 all

i wont be making any sweeping generalizations about the MCG based upon only these 5 games(or 8 if we count the WM games) but i will say this

its been ages since we have seen a new dedicated computer playing at this level selling for such a low price
anyone with even a mild interest in dedicated chess computers would be well served if they bought it

Hiarcs In The Millennium Housing Next Regards
Steve

[Steve B]

I suspect the MCG will earn an SSDF rating higher than the current 2025 ELO held by the Star Diamond / Star Sapphire, since those ratings are earned at classical time controls.

as you know all SSDF ratings for dedicated ches computers were lowered by 100 elo .. across the board .. in the year 2000..so 2025 is really 2125 in our terms
at 40/2 the SD/SS is rated 2173 by SS and 2142 by the Wiki

my guess is that the MCG will come in very close to the SD/SS's rating +/- 50 elo

Only Time Will Tell Regards
Steve

[RadioSmall]

Well I am really chuffed. I was feeling relatively good and reasonably alert today, so I decided to challenge the Millennium Genius to another hardcore 40 moves in 2 hour game (playing level was set to Tournament 6). The machine was set to play at full strength with pondering on (ECO off). I played within my clock allowance and of course there were no take backs allowed. So this was a serious tournament game under tournament conditions.

Inspired by Klute's positional blitz victory over his machine, I decided to employ the just-discussed Bird's Defense as black in a classical time control Ruy Lopez. After a tough and very enjoyable positional fight I am proud to say that I finally defeated the pesky little machine in what ended up being a King and pawn endgame which should have been a draw but for an inaccuracy by Genius on move 30. Mind you, subsequent analysis by HIARCS indicated that I made one inaccurate move as well (move 33), but the correct reply was obviously beyond the search horizon of Genius (which thanks to hash tables was about 14 plies excluding extensions at this point).

Still, I am really proud of this nonetheless. The machine has defeated me twice over the last week - the first time quite convincingly, the second time it outplayed me from a slightly advantageous endgame position. This time the tables were turned. This is actually my first ever victory in a serious tournament game against a chess playing entity that genuinely exceeds 2000 ELO in playing strength.

As Larry Kaufmann said all those years ago, even class "B" players (I feel that I am probably high class B strength) can defeat the strongest Mephisto occasionally. I am not going to pretend for one moment I could beat this thing in a match and I am not going to pretend that I am a 2100 ELO chess player. But still, I am sure we have all had proud moments when we defeated our plastic nemesis fair and square and this was one of those (probably rare!) times.

This machine has rapidly become my favourite in all my collection. Yes, it is very plasticky but it is the closest I am ever going to get to playing a really strong human. I am even contemplating saving up for a third machine since I can see this is going to get a lot of use over the years, especially with it's wide opening book and transposition capabilities.

[Event "40 moves in 2 hours"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Millennium Genius"]
[Black "Parle, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Ne7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Bc4 d6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. a4 a6 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Qh3 Rf7
15. f3 Raf8 16. a5 Ba7 17. Rf2 Ng6 18. Raf1 h6 19. Bc1 Nf4 20. Qg4 e5 21. Bxf4
Qxg4 22. fxg4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 g5 26. g3 fxg3+ 27. Kxg3
Kf7 28. h4 Bc5 29. Nxc5 dxc5 30. h5 Ke6 31. Kf2 b6 32. axb6 cxb6 33. Kf3 Ke5
34. c3 b5 35. cxd4+ Kxd4 36. b3 a5 37. Ke2 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. Kd2 c4 40. dxc4
Kxc4 41. e5 Kd5 42. Kc3 Kxe5 43. Kb4 Kf4 44. Kxa4 Kxg4 45. Kb3 Kxh5 46. Kc3 Kg4
47. Kd2 Kf3 48. Ke1 Kg2 49. Kd2 h5 50. Ke3 h4 51. Ke4 g4 52. Kf4 g3 53. Kg5 h3
54. Kf4 h2 55. Ke3 h1=Q 56. Ke2 Qc1 57. Kd3 Kf2 58. Ke4 g2 59. Ke5 Qc4 60. Kf5
g1=Q 61. Kf6 Qgg8 62. Kf5 Qce6+ 63. Kf4 Qg3# 0-1



Revenge of the Bird Brain Regards

A great Game ! A genuine man vs machine game worthy of a Human Grandmaster ! I agree with Monsieur Plastique that winning one game is very different than winning a match ...Part of the attraction of playing dedicated chess computers is that there is a chance of winning maybe once every 10 games (which does not exist at the PC level ) ...I just got through analyzing this game with Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition at 180 seconds per move and here are my findings :For Chess Genius : Move 29 is a 1 pawn error (game is even before that ) ,Move 30 is a 2 pawn error (game is lost after this )....Move 34 is a six pawn error (white is only slighly worse before that ) ..The Human player committed a six pawn error by playing 33...Ke5?? letting the computer back into the game ....I cannot really criticize this move by Monsieur plastique as there are many examples of misplayed pawn endings even at the GM level....Amazingly for chess Genius 34. c4 would have held the game .....( It takes 4 seconds for Chess Genius running on my android tablet to find this although its first choice is 34.c3......).......

[mclane]

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01: Chessmachine512 The King2.54 {Brettcomputer}     29,0/31 · 1 1 1 1 1     1 1   1 1 1 1   1 =   1   1 1 1 = 1 0 1 1   1 1 1 1 1       1   1 1 1                        446,00
02: Millennium Chess Genius {Brettcomputer}          24,5/30 0 · 1 1 0 =   1 1 1 1   0   = = = =   1   1     1 1   1         1 1               1 1 1 1 1     1   1 1 1    300,25
03: Fidelity Avantgarde V9 {Brettcomputer}           23,0/29 0 0 · 0 = 1 1   1 = 1 1     1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1       1     1 1 0                   1 1   1           1 1    317,50
04: MilanoPro {Brettcomputer}                        23,0/33 0 0 1 · 0 =   1 = = 0 1   1 =   1 1         1 1 0 =   1 1 1 = = = 1 =   1   1 1 1 1 =       1                311,75
05: Star Diamond {Brettcomputer}                     22,5/33 0 1 = 1 · 0 0 1   1 1 1   1 0   1 1 0   1 =   1   = 1 1 0 1 0 1   = =   0   1 1 1           1       1        327,00
06: Chess Explorer Pro 32mhz {Brettcomputer}         22,5/31 0 = 0 = 1 · =   1   1   0 1 1 1   = 1 0   =   1 = =   1     1 1 0 1     1 1 1   1   1 1       1              309,75
07: CXG Dominator {Brettcomputer}                    22,0/32     0   1 = · 0 ?   0   1 =   1 1 0 1   0 1 0 1 1     1   1 0     1 1 1 1 1 = = 0 1 1 1     1 1              266,75
08: Fidelity Designer 2325 25 mhz {Brettcomputer}    22,0/29   0   0 0   1 ·   1 =   1   1   = = 1   1 = = 1       1 = 1 1 1 =         1     1 1 1     = 1         1 1    261,00
09: Sparc {Brettcomputer}                            22,0/30 0 0 0 =   0 ?   · 0 1 0   0   1 1     1 1 1 1 1 ?   1 1 1 1   1   1       1 1     1 1 1   = 1 1              257,75
10: Challenger 24mhz {Brettcomputer}                 21,5/33 0 0 = = 0     0 1 · 1 0 1 = 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 =       1 = 1 1     = 0 0 1 1 1 1       1 1 1                      299,00
11: Gavon Faile 1.4 {Brettcomputer}                  20,0/29   0 0 1 0 0 1 = 0 0 · 1 =         0 = 1 1     1   1   1 1   1 1 1     1   1     1   1     1     =       1    246,75
12: Mephisto College {Brettcomputer}                 20,0/30 0   0 0 0       1 1 0 · 1 0 = 1     1 1         1 0   =   1   =   1 = = 1   1   1 1 = 1     1 1 1            233,25
13: Designer2265 Master {Brettcomputer}              19,5/31 0 1       1 0 0   0 = 0 · 0 = 0 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1       1 0 = 1 1     1   1 1       1 1   =     1              251,00
14: Mephisto Berlin {Brettcomputer}                  18,5/26 0     0 0 0 =   1 =   1 1 · 1 1 1   1 1 = 0   1 1 =     1 1       = 1           1 1 1                        269,75
15: Mephisto MM5 {Brettcomputer}                     18,5/33 0 = 0 = 1 0   0   1   = = 0 · = 0 =   = 0 1 1   1 1   =   0     1 1 1 1     = 0 0 1 1 1     1                242,50
16: Novag citrine {Brettcomputer}                    18,5/30   = 1     0 0   0 0   0 1 0 = · 0 = 1 1     = 1 =       1 1   1     1 1 =   0   1 = 1 1     1 1              222,75
17: NigelShort 10mhz {Brettcomputer}                 18,0/30 0 = 0 0 0   0 = 0 0     1 0 1 1 ·     1 1 = 0 0   1       1 1 1   1 1 1 1 =         1 1     1                227,25
18: Mephisto Montreal {Brettcomputer}                16,0/28 = = 0 0 0 = 1 =   0 1   0   = =   · =   1 1 0 =   =     1   1 1 =     1         1         0   1 1            223,25
19: Mephisto Mega IV {Brettcomputer}                 15,0/32     0   1 0 0 0   = = 0 = 0   0   = ·       0 0 1 0   1 = 1 0 1     = 1 0 1 1 =   0 1 1     1 =              174,00
20: Mephisto academy {Brettcomputer}                 15,0/31 0 0 0     1     0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0     · = 0 0 0       1 =   1 1 1 = 1 1 1   1   1 1         1 1              161,00
21: Mephisto Schachakademie 24mhz {Brettcomputer}    14,5/30     0   0   1 0 0 0 0   0 = 1   0 0   = · 1 1   1   =       = 1   1 = 0 0 1 1 = 0 1 =       1                174,25
22: Emerald Classic Plus {Brettcomputer}             13,5/32 0 0 0   = = 0 = 0 =     0 1 0   = 0   1 0 · = = 0       0 0 =     0   1 1   0 1 1 1   1     = 1              161,75
23: Milano {Brettcomputer}                           13,0/30 0   0 0     1 = 0       0   0 = 1 1 1 1 0 = · 0     1 0 0 0     0 0   1   =   = = = 1 =     1                166,50
24: Igor 24mhz {Brettcomputer}                       13,0/31 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0   0 0   0 1 = 1 1   = 1 · 1 0 1 0 0 = 1           = 1 1 =     = 1                      155,50
25: Designer2000 Display 5mhz {Brettcomputer}        13,0/29 = 0   1   = 0   ?     0   0 0 =     0   0 1   0 · 1 0 = =   1       =   0 1 1   = = = =       1   0 1        152,00
26: Designer2100 {Brettcomputer}                     12,5/29 0 0   = = =       0 0 1   = 0   0 = 1         1 0 · 1 0 1   = 0   0 0   = 1 =     0 = 1     1                162,00
27: PsionST EMU unlimited {Brettcomputer}            12,5/21 1       0       0 =                     =   0 0 1 0 ·   1 0 1 1 =       1 1 1   1 1         0 1              148,00
28: Corona D+ {Brettcomputer}                        12,5/34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0   =       0 0     1 1 = 1   · 0 0   0   0 = =     1 0 1 1 1   1   1     1          117,50
29: Supermondial B {Brettcomputer}                   12,0/30 0     0 1     = 0 0 0   1 0   0   0 = =   1 1 1 = 0 0 1 · 0 0     = 0 1 0 0     1     =     1                158,00
30: Glasgow Emu unlimited {Brettcomputer}            12,0/24       0 0   0 0 0     0 = 0 1 0 0   0     1 1 =     1 1 1 · 1       0     1     1 1           1              138,75
31: Simultano {Brettcomputer}                        11,5/32 0   0 = 1 0 1 0     0   0       0 0 1 0 = =   0 0 = 0   1 0 · =   0   1   0 = 0   1 0 1     = 1              143,75
32: Mephisto MM2 {Brettcomputer}                     11,5/33 0   0 = 0 0   0 0 = 0 = 0     0 0 0 0 0 0         1 0 1     = · 0 1   0 1 = = 1 1 1 0 =     1                123,75
33: Super Forte C {Brettcomputer}                    11,0/19 0 0 1 =   1   =   1 0       0     =   0     1       =         1 ·     1             1   = =   1              154,75
34: Excel68000 {Brettcomputer}                       11,0/27 0 0   0 = 0 0   0 1   0   = 0   0     = 0 1 1     1   1 =   1 0   ·     1 1     0     1     0 0              143,50
35: Ruby {Brettcomputer}                             11,0/26 0     = =   0     0   = 0 0 0 0 0   = 0 =       = 1   = 1 1         ·     0 1   = 0 1 1       1              126,75
36: Chafitz Sargon 4.0 16 mhz {Brettcomputer}        10,5/29             0     0 0 =     0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0         = 0   0 1 0     ·   0     = 1 1 1   0 1 = = 1   1       75,50
37: Maestro D++ 6 mhz {Brettcomputer}                9,5/24        0 1 0 0     0   0 0     = 0   1 0 1 0   = 1 = 0   1     0   0     · 1 0       1         1              119,50
38: Constellation Expert {Brettcomputer}             9,5/29            0 0 0 0 0 0   0       =   0   0   = 0 0 0 0   1 0 1 =   0 1 1 0 · =   =   0 1     1 1               89,75
39: Kishon Chesster {Brettcomputer}                  9,0/26  0     0 0 0 =   0     0     = 1     0 0 0 1   0 0 = 0 0     = =     0   1 = ·   1     1       1              102,75
40: Elegance 8 mhz {Brettcomputer}                   8,5/16        0 0   =               1       =   = 0 = =       1     1 0               · 1       1   1   0             99,25
41: Kasparov Blitz {Brettcomputer}                   8,0/31  0     0 0 0 1 0     0 0   0 1 0   0   0 1 0 =   =   0 0 0 0   0   1 = =   = 0 0 ·   = 1     0                103,75
42: Tiger Grenadier {Brettcomputer}                  7,0/30  0 0   0     0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 =     1 0 0 0 =   = 1 0 0   0 0 0     1 0           ·   0     1 =     1         69,50
43: Krypton Regency {Brettcomputer}                  6,5/33  0 0 0 =   0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0   0   =   0 = = =   0     1 1 0   0 0 0 1     =   · 0             0         84,50
44: CXG Sphinx40 {Brettcomputer}                     6,0/29    0 0     0 0   0 0   0     0 0 0   0     0 = 0 = 0     =   0 =   0 0 0   0 0   0 1 1 ·     1 1               47,25
45: Rebel X (Portorose Experimental) {Brettcomputer} 5,5/12    0                     =                             0         =             0         · 0 1   1 = 0 1 1     22,75
46: Mephisto Polgar {Brettcomputer}                  4,5/10    0 0         = =   0             1                             =     1                 1 ·   0               59,50
47: Mephi IIIb 8mhz {Brettcomputer}                  4,5/30        0 0   0 0 0     0     0 0 0   0 0 0 = 0     0 1 0 0   = 0   1   0   0   0 1 0   0 0   · 0   =           45,00
48: Schneider Titan {Brettcomputer}                  4,5/25            0 0   0     0 0     0   0 = 0   0     0   0     0 0   0 1 0 = 0 0 0     =   0   1 1 ·               36,25
49: Novag Supremo 16 mhz {Brettcomputer}             2,0/7     0                 = 0           0                                   =       1         0       ·             23,75
50: Steinitz encore 4mhz {Brettcomputer}             2,0/5                                                   1     0               0                 =   =     ·           18,00
51: Excalibur Grandmaster 32 mhz {Brettcomputer}     2,0/6     0     0                                       0                                 0 1   1           ·         12,00
52: Radioshack 2150L 16 mhz {Brettcomputer}          0,0/5     0 0         0                                                       0                 0             ·        0,00
52: Scisys Turbostar 432 {Brettcomputer}             0,0/5     0 0         0     0                                                                   0               ·      0,00
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695 Partien von 1431 gespielt
Name des Turniers: Schachcomputer
Ort/ Land: ORION8-LATITUDE, Deutschland
Spielstufe: Turnier 40/120 20/60

Rank2 behind the chessmachine.

I did a few MORE games versus the king 2.54 agg. and also vs. Rebel 3.0 on that hardware and Millennium Chess Genius lost all 4 games.
I would say it has not the slightest chance against the stronger The King 2.54. So this machine gives the END of the ELO to the top.

[Steve B]

Nice Work Thor
did you compute a performance elo for the MCG after this tournament?

im thinking of a less scientific test for the MCG Next...
an odds match Vs the Wundermachine where the WM plays without its QBishop

Thinking Out Of The Box Regards
Steve

[Murat]

If the next version has the following changes I will buy one.

Get rid of the curved sides, they serve no purpose.

I like square design and that area can be used for taken pieces.

Remove the coordinates from every square and put them outside the edges where they belong.

Make the squares non glossy.

Waiting patiently regards

[Monsieur Plastique]

Make the squares non glossy.

Not that it addresses your other concerns, but the squares do actually have the traditional textured mat finish we associate with sensory boards. The glossy squares are the result of a publicity mock-up that was required prior to actual manufacturing commencement. Mind you, the glossy underside of the unit serves no practical purpose and should have been replaced with a mat finish similar to everywhere else.

But I certainly wouldn't mind paying more for a better housing up to say, the Saitek or Mephisto standards of the 80s when in my opinion the companies were at their best in terms of robustness and aesthetics. And I'd pay a lot more for a luxury wood housing if it really did come up to the best Mephisto standards from the 1980s in every way.

[Monsieur Plastique]

Rank2 behind the chessmachine.

I did a few MORE games versus the king 2.54 agg. and also vs. Rebel 3.0 on that hardware and Millennium Chess Genius lost all 4 games.
I would say it has not the slightest chance against the stronger The King 2.54. So this machine gives the END of the ELO to the top.

Absolutely fantastic work. There is no substitute for games at classical time controls and I think it lends credibility to what I have been saying - the program improves in a linear fashion with time which gives it an advantage over most others at these speeds.

Are these games going to count in the SSDF rating?

[mclane]

Rank2 behind the chessmachine.

I did a few MORE games versus the king 2.54 agg. and also vs. Rebel 3.0 on that hardware and Millennium Chess Genius lost all 4 games.
I would say it has not the slightest chance against the stronger The King 2.54. So this machine gives the END of the ELO to the top.

Absolutely fantastic work. There is no substitute for games at classical time controls and I think it lends credibility to what I have been saying - the program improves in a linear fashion with time which gives it an advantage over most others at these speeds.

Are these games going to count in the SSDF rating?

?

I have no contact with them.

I am editing the games in the moment, writing an article.

[Steve B]

Very annoying feature
in fact i will call it a design flaw

the back light going off after 1 min of no key/square presses is simply annoying
you play a game with a long time control and if the computer is on the move for more then a minute the back light turns off and you need to turn it back on to see the move on the screen

i was using batteries exclusively because the dang adapter cord is 4 ft long which has to be the shortest adapter cord ever sold in the history of modern day electronics
the manual states that the backlight will turn off after 1 minute in an effort to conserve the batteries .. so i hired an electrician to come into my home and move the wall outlet closer to my desk so i can plug in the adapter and then not have to deal with the nonsensical backlight

well guess what?
even with the adapter plugged in the dang backlight turns off anyway!
that is totally rediculous and ...
Moronic Regards
Steve
P.S.didnt really hire an electrician ..but still..

[mclane]

Use a normal light instead the backlight.