Evan vs Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger Budapest

[CRoberson]

My son was getting a little cocky about his chess skill, so I taunted him with "You can't even beat my prettiest computer on it's lowest level". He took the bait and played the Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger Budapest on level A1 (5 sec per move) with pondering off.

I thought I was going to eat crow for a while. He is winning the middlegame, but misses winning tactics at moves 17 and 22. The game took about 45 minutes, so he had a time advantage.

Thanks Steve B! We love this machine. Is there something this good looking to connect to my PC's? The Citrine works and is nice, but it doesn't look as good as the Budapest. Also, I don't think the DGT boards look as good as the Budapest.


[Event "Evan training"]
[Site "Home"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Evan"]
[Black "Fidelity Elite A/S Budapest"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.h3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Nd5
9.Bh2 Bb4+ 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Qf6 14.O-O d6
15.Rfc1 Qe7 16.b4 e5 17.dxe5
( 17.Bc4 )
17...Nxe5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Bc4 c6 20.b5 Qd6 21.bxc6 Bxc6 22.f4
( 22.Rab1 )
22...e4 23.g4 fxg4 24.hxg4 Qd7 25.g5 b5 26.Bxd5+ Bxd5 27.Rc5 Rfd8 28.Rd1 Be6
29.Qxd7 Rxd7 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Re5 Rxa3 32.Rxe4 Bc6 33.Re6 Ra1+ 34.Kf2 Rc1
35.f5 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 b4 37.f6 b3 38.fxg7 b2 0-1

[Kurt]

I have never heard that the Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger Budapest could be connected to a PC.
Kurt

[Steve B]

Thanks Steve B! We love this machine. Is there something this good looking to connect to my PC's? The Citrine works and is nice, but it doesn't look as good as the Budapest. Also, I don't think the DGT boards look as good as the Budapest.

Hi Charles
glad to see your getting good use from the computer
you son played well ...better then i would have that's for certain..by move 17 i am usually toast

you know EAS 's seem to be a very desirable computer as of late with 3 of them selling on Ebay for:
between $500-2700!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI. ... 0863467227

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIDELITY-ELITE- ... 1008170167

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 0666346565

and there is one up now for auction..already at $565

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261016719114

aside from the Citrine and DGT ..there are the Phoenix computers ...as you well know..,having written a special port of Telepath for them ..aside from those i cant think of any others that makes a useful connection to a PC
but then again..connecting to a PC is not my main area of interest

Oldies Rule Regards
Steve

[Alexander Schmidt]

Is there something this good looking to connect to my PC's?

You can look for a Renaissance:

http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... ance_2.JPG

[CRoberson]

I have never heard that the Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger Budapest could be connected to a PC.
Kurt

It can't. I want something that looks like it that can.

That gives me an idea. Well, that and a PM that Bryan Whitby sent me this morning.

What if I took a Fidelity Elite A/S Challenger that has died but the reed switches still work and added new electronics as in Bryan's work. That would do it.

[CRoberson]

Is there something this good looking to connect to my PC's?

You can look for a Renaissance:

http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/in ... ance_2.JPG

Thanks for the idea. I've looked at them and they don't do it for me. I want a more elegant design for the board. The Renaissance and the DGT are just squares with nothing but 90 degree angles. I want curves. The Budapest has a more elegant look so something in that direction, but there isn't anything.