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That's a good point Alastair. I must admit, I think Cyrus is an even greater opponent than the mighty Sargon II. On the other hand, my 12 year old can beat me when I'm tired... :D I think next I might try Cyrus against a C64 Chess program. I would love to see the C64 play the BBC Model B; for that t...

Great work! Wouldn't it be possible to play these on emulators on PC's if you're worried about the old hardware? I'm not THAT familiar with emulators, but some might be able to run at faster speeds? That way speeding up the calculations. Just a thought. This just won't be decided until played at th...

Well that was irritating! Second game in a row which had to be abandoned after less than 10 moves due to the sheer length of time being taken on each move! Unfortunately time was at a premium today as I had to take the car to the garage and then go back to pick it up later, leaving me a smaller wind...

Unfortunately I had to abandon play due to the VIC 20 taking 20 minutes per move. I ran out of time. Luckily I have all my notes and I took a picture of each of the screens, so I should be able to reconvene at a later date, hopefully tomorrow. The VIC was 4 and even 5 ply ahead, compared with the Dr...

Now we have the results for Match 3 - A Dragon/Cyrus Victory! Sargon II was on Level 1 (its second level of 7) and Cyrus was on Level 2 (its second level of 9). Sargon II was playing White. Given that Sargon has fewer levels I would expect the difficulty to increase more quickly, and if Sargon is th...

As promised here are the game notes from the second match, the one in which Sargon II won. It was actually 33 moves, not the 31 I previously mentioned. Still pretty good though. What we must consider is the disparity between levels. There are 7 on Sargon II, but 9 on Cyrus. Sargon starts on 0, Cyrus...

Very interesting, indeed! I love what you are doing here.... the battle of the 8-bit chess' ;-) ...the ultimate would of course be Sargon II L7 vs Cyrus L9, but I understand what you say about it taking a looooong time :shock: Keep us updated! I'm glad you like it Vato. Certainly I think this 8 bit...

As promised the game play notes for Game 1. Unfortunately VIC was run a little bit ragged in this one and I believe it would have been check mated very soon had I not mucked up the move! VIC 20 Sargon II Vs Dragon 32 Cyrus Chess VIC 20 Plays White Pieces Dragon 32 Plays Black Pieces 1 E2 – E4 E7 – E...

Well I just played a marathon session of Sargon II in the VIC 20 Corner Vs Cyrus Chess in the Dragon 32 Corner! The first game had Sargon II on Level 0 and Cyrus on Level 1, so that is each game's opening level. It's worth remembering that Sargon II has 7 levels compared with Cyrus's 9 levels. On bo...

I also think Cyrus will win. Sargon II is a pretty tough cookie, but with the Dragon's superior RAM and processor there is certainly scope for a far more advanced program than Sargon. I would just like this opportunity to state that I can't recall EVER having checkmated Sargon II, even on level 0. T...