The Return Of The Savant

Post by **Fernando** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:47 pm

Steve B wrote:I was planing on a few games pitting the Savant Vs. the TSB 4 La Regence
however the TSB 4 has a stubborn D1 reed that seems dead
i shall be employing my patented method of placing a heavy magnet on the D1 square and letting it sit overnight with the computer powered on

Sleepless Regards
Steve

Very sorry about your lack of sleep, but..

you does not answer my question regards
Fern

Post by **Steve B** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:50 pm

Fernando wrote:
Steve B wrote:I was planing on a few games pitting the Savant Vs. the TSB 4 La Regence
however the TSB 4 has a stubborn D1 reed that seems dead
i shall be employing my patented method of placing a heavy magnet on the D1 square and letting it sit overnight with the computer powered on

Sleepless Regards
Steve
Very sorry about your lack of sleep, but..

you does not answer my question regards
Fern

Which was?
Squinting Regards
Steve

Post by **Fernando** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:39 pm

Steve B wrote:
Fernando wrote:
Steve B wrote:I was planing on a few games pitting the Savant Vs. the TSB 4 La Regence
however the TSB 4 has a stubborn D1 reed that seems dead
i shall be employing my patented method of placing a heavy magnet on the D1 square and letting it sit overnight with the computer powered on

Sleepless Regards
Steve
Very sorry about your lack of sleep, but..

you does not answer my question regards
Fern
Which was?
Squinting Regards
Steve

My question is......

Post by **Steve B** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:55 pm

Fernando wrote: you does not answer my question regards
Fern

Steve B wrote:
Which was?

Steve

Fernando wrote: My question is......

Wait Wait Dont Tell me...
you are dying to know...what will happen if i remove the Red Eprom(additional 8k Program) from my Savant II and insert it into the new Savant ..will it work ?

Absolutely Regards
Steve

Post by **Steve B** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:12 am

Steve B wrote:I was planing on a few games pitting the Savant Vs. the TSB 4 La Regence
however the TSB 4 has a stubborn D1 reed that seems dead
i shall be employing my patented method of placing a heavy magnet on the D1 square and letting it sit overnight with the computer powered on

Once again my "Reed Revival" method worked with the TSB 4 D1 square springing back to life after being heavily magnetized over night

In The Game...
Savant has white..TSB 4 defends with the French
both computers are out of book at move 7

[Date "2017.1.15"]
[White "Novag Savant"]
[Black "TSB 4 La Regence"]
[TimeControl "1 Min./Avg.-"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Ne2
Nc6 9.a4 Qh4 10.g3 Nxc3 11.gxh4 Nxd1 12.Rxd1 Bd7 13.Nc3 Nb4 14.Rd2 O-O-O
15.f4 Kb8 16.Bg2 Rdg8 17.O-O h5 18.Re1 f6 19.Kf1 Rf8 20.Kg1 fxe5 21.fxe5
Rf4 22.Rf1 Rhf8 23.b3 Rxf1+ 24.Bxf1 Rf4 25.h3 Nc6 26.Ne2 Rxh4 27.Kg2 g5
28.Kg3 Be8 29.Bg2 Bg6 30.c4 Nb4 31.cxd5 exd5 32.a5 Bf5 33.Ng1 Nc6 34.Rf2
Rf4 35.Rxf4 gxf4+ 36.Kxf4 Be6 37.Nf3 Nxa5 38.b4 Nc6 39.b5 Ne7 40.Kg5 Bd7
41.Bf1 Nf5 42.Bd3 Ne3 43.Ng1 Nc4 44.Bxc4 dxc4 45.Kxh5 c3 46.Ne2 c2
47.Nc1 Bxh3 48.Kg5 Be6 49.Kf4 Bc4 50.Ke3 Bxb5 51.e6 Bc4 52.e7 Bb5 53.Nd3
Kc8 54.Kd2 Kd7 55.Nc5+ Kxe7 56.Kxc2 b6 57.Ne4 a5 58.Kd2 a4 59.d5 a3
60.Kc3 a2 61.Kb2 Bc4 62.Ka1 Bxd5 63.Nc3 Bc4 64.Nxa2 Kd6 65.Kb2 c5 66.Nc3
Kc6 67.Ka3 b5 68.Nd1 Be6 69.Ne3 Kd6 70.Kb2 b4 71.Kc2 c4 72.Kb1 c3 73.Kc2
Kc5 74.Kd3 Bd7 75.Ke2 b3 76.Kd3 c2 77.Kd2

[fen]8/3b4/8/2k5/8/1p2N3/2pK4/8 w - - 0 77[/fen]
77..Ba4 seals the win here but the TBS 4 blunders with 77..Kd4??
a typical mistake for computers back in the early 80's
it will be up a B but it dosent recognize it is impossible to mate

77.. Kd4 78.Nxc2+ bxc2 79.Kxc2
1/2-1/2

FINAL POSITION
[fen]8/3b4/8/8/3k4/8/2K5/8 w - - 0 79[/fen]

Savant lights up the DRAW box and the printer indicates ...
1/2 DRAW 1/2
INSUF MATERIAL
the TSB 4 would play on forever

Savant Lives Regards
Steve

Berger · Post by **Berger** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:22 pm

Hi,

Thanks for sharing this game, and congratulations on resurrecting your Novag Savant!!

Regards,
Gerardo M. (aka Berger)

spacious_mind · Post by **spacious_mind** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 1:55 pm

Hi Steve,

Now I am extremely jealous

The Savant is one of the very few computers that I have never ever been able to play.

Like several other collectors, I have one, but it has always been unplayable.

Enjoying your post.

Best regards

Post by **Steve B** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:36 pm

spacious_mind wrote:Hi Steve,

Now I am extremely jealous The Savant is one of the very few computers that I have never ever been able to play. Like several other collectors, I have one, but it has always been unplayable.

Enjoying your post.

Best regards

Actually.. it took you just as long to make your return ...as it took the Savant

Savant Rulez Regards
Steve

Post by **Steve B** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:47 pm

Steve B wrote: Savant lights up the DRAW box and the printer indicates ...
1/2 DRAW 1/2
INSUF MATERIAL

I was curious to see if Savant would recognize 3 fold Rep draws so i played it this miniature
[Date "2017.1.18"]
[White "Savant"]
[Black "Steve B"]
[TimeControl "1 Min/Avg-"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e4 e5 5.Be2 Nd4 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nf3 Nxe4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Nd5 Qh4 10.O-O Bd6 11.g3

[fen]r1b1k2r/pp1p1ppp/3b4/3N4/2Ppn2q/6P1/PP1PBP1P/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 11[/fen]
now for the double piece sac to get the draw

11..Nxg3 12.fxg3 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Qxg3+ 14.Kh1 Qh3+ 15.Kg1 Qg3+ 16.Kh1 Qh3+
17.Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

FINAL POSITION
[fen]r1b1k2r/pp1p1ppp/8/3N4/2Pp4/6q1/PP1PB3/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 18[/fen]

Here Savant prints...
1/2 DRAW 1/2
3RD REPTITION(actual spelling)

Savant Schlechter Regards
Steve

spacious_mind · Post by **spacious_mind** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 1:27 am

Hi Steve,

Old SSDF used to show Savant at ELO 1366. Mephisto II showed at 1332. I am just wondering how it would fare against a Mephisto II or for example a MGS/ARB Sargon 2.5 or Morphy or even against Scisys Mark 5.

Just wondering if you would have time sometime to play a game against one of these programs or something similar to get a feel for its strength.

Struggling to gage its strength as the TSB is currently not rated anywhere.

Thanks again for sharing your experience with the Savant.

Best regards

Post by **Steve B** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 12:48 pm

spacious_mind wrote:Hi Steve,

Old SSDF used to show Savant at ELO 1366. Mephisto II showed at 1332. I am just wondering how it would fare against a Mephisto II or for example a MGS/ARB Sargon 2.5 or Morphy or even against Scisys Mark 5.

Just wondering if you would have time sometime to play a game against one of these programs or something similar to get a feel for its strength.

Struggling to gage its strength as the TSB is currently not rated anywhere.

Thanks again for sharing your experience with the Savant.

Best regards

Hi Nick

this old list shows the TSB 4 at 1460
line 156:
http://www.anacadigital.com/dedicados/listaelo1992.html

not sure if that is accurate though..they show the processor as a 6502 and i think it uses a Z80

anyway...
I'll play a 3 game mini match Vs Mephisto II
neither computer ponders while not on the move ..which is great because then i dont have to stay glued to the game and i can actually walk away every so often(code for ..go to the bathroom)

Depends Regards
Steve

mclane · Post by **mclane** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:14 pm

How did you get it alive ? put in another display from another computer ?

Post by **Steve B** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:30 pm

mclane wrote:How did you get it alive ? put in another display from another computer ?

As i mentioned in an earlier post above
i did not perform this miracle
another person did it ..but yes...my understanding is a brand new display screen was used and the Savant was adapted to work with it

Just The Messenger Regards
Steve

mclane · Post by **mclane** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:15 pm

Steve B wrote:
mclane wrote:How did you get it alive ? put in another display from another computer ?
As i mentioned in an earlier post above
i did not perform this miracle
another person did it ..but yes...my understanding is a brand new display screen was used and the Savant was adapted to work with it

Just The Messenger Regards
Steve

And why can't we do it all in the same way ?

Post by **Steve B** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:37 pm

mclane wrote:
Steve B wrote:
mclane wrote:How did you get it alive ? put in another display from another computer ?
As i mentioned in an earlier post above
i did not perform this miracle
another person did it ..but yes...my understanding is a brand new display screen was used and the Savant was adapted to work with it

Just The Messenger Regards
Steve
And why can't we do it all in the same way ?

I Guess you could if you know how to do it
as for me...i would be...
Clueless Regards
Steve