Hi, good afternoon to all,
the first match is a high level one, facing the seeded player Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 with the second strongest in the 8th group: the Saitek GK 2000.
From the hardware point of view, the Fidelity leverages a 68000 CPU running at 16 Mhz, roughly 50% faster than the H8 at 10 Mhz of the Saitek. From the software standpoint, 64Kb ROM for the Fidelity, that's four times larger than the 16Kb Saitek. Nevertheless, both devices are close as far as the playing strength is concerned. And that's a great achievement from the Morsch's program, I consider it the strongest 16K program powering a chess computer (and would be happy to read about any opinion about).
This materialized in this match, as both devices won as White, with little chances left for the opponent.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "8-1"]
[White "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"]
[Black "Saitek GK 2000 (lv F1)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "151"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O dxe5 {Out of book} 7.Nxe5 {Out of book} 7...Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nd7 9.c4 N5f6 10.Nc3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Rd1 Bb4 13.Ne4 Qc8 14.Qh5 Be7 15.Qg4 g6 16.Qg3 O-O 17.Bh6 Rd8 18.Ng5 a6 19.Rac1 Nb6 20.Qf3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qe8 22.b3 Rb8 23.Rd4 c6 24.Rf4 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Nd7 26.Qe4 Qc8 27.Be7 Qe8 28.Bh4 b6 29.Qd4 Ra8 30.Qd6 c5 31.f3 Rc8 32.Re4 Ra8 33.Re1 Ra7 34.Rd1 Rb7 35.Qc6 Ra7 36.Bg5 Kg7 37.a3 Kg8 38.b4 cxb4 39.axb4 Kg7 40.Be3 Qd8 41.Qe4 Qe7 42.Rd6 a5 43.c5 axb4 44.cxb6 Ra1+ 45.Kf2 b3 46.b7 Nb8 47.Rb6 Ra2+ 48.Kg3 b2 49.Qc2 Ra3 50.Bd2 Ra2 51.Rxb2 Rxb2 52.Qxb2 h6 53.Qb6 Qe8 54.Qc7 g5 55.Be3 Na6 56.Qc4 Nb8 57.Ba7 h5 58.Qc1 h4+ 59.Kh3 Qd8 60.Kg4 Nd7 61.Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 62.Kxg5 Kf8 63.Kxh4 Ke7 64.Kg5 Ke8 65.h4 Kd8 66.h5 Ke8 67.Bc5 f5 68.exf6 Kf7 69.h6 Kg8 70.Bd6 Kh7 71.f4 e5 72.fxe5 Nf8 73.Bxf8 {Designer Mach III announces mate in 4} 73...Kg8 74.Kg6 Kh8 75.Bg7+ Kg8 76.b8=Q# 1-0
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.11"]
[Round "8-1"]
[White "Saitek GK 2000 (lv F1)"]
[Black "Fidelity Designer Mach III Master 2265 (lv A3)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2044"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "143"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 {Out of book} 4...Qa5+ 5.Nbd2 Nh5 6.Be5 f6 7.Bc3 Qxc5 8.e3 Nc6 9.Nd4 g6 10.N2b3 Qb6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Be2 Ng7 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bd4 Qc7 15.Bc3 e5 16.O-O Bd6 17.Ba5 Qb7 18.Bf3 e4 19.Bxe4 Qb8 20.Bf3 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Be5 22.c4 dxc4 23.Nc5 Qd6 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Qxd7+ Kxd7 26.Rad1+ Bd6 27.Bc3 Raf8 28.Rd4 c5 29.Rxc4 Ke7 30.Ra4 Bb8 31.Ra6 Nf5 32.g4 Nd6 33.g5 fxg5 34.Bxh8 Rxh8 35.Rc6 Rf8 36.Bg2 Rf5 37.e4 Re5 38.f3 c4 39.b3 Kd7 40.Ra6 c3 41.Rc1 g4 42.Rxc3 gxf3 43.Bxf3 Nxe4 44.Rc4 Nc5 45.Rc6 Bd6 46.Rd4 Rh5+ 47.Kg1 Rg5+ 48.Kf1 Nb7 49.Ra6 Rf5 50.Ke2 Re5+ 51.Kd2 Ra5 52.Rdxd6+ Nxd6 53.Rxa5 h5 54.Rxa7+ Ke6 55.a4 h4 56.a5 g5 57.a6 Nb5 58.Rb7 Nd6 59.a7 Nxb7 60.Bxb7 g4 61.a8=Q h3 62.Qc8+ Kd6 63.Qxg4 h2 64.Qf4+ Ke7 65.b4 Kd7 66.b5 Ke6 67.b6 Ke7 68.Bh1 Kd7 69.Qe5 {GK2000 announces mate in 4} 69...Kd8 70.Qc7+ Ke8 71.b7 Kf8 72.b8=Q# 1-0
MfG,
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