Pdp8 vs pdp11 chess match is GO!

[tradde]

For the record, here's the final board position. My pdp11/83 played black.

How many total moves?

 

[AteEm]

How many total moves?

31 pairs (i.e. white and black each moved 31 times)

 

[KC9UDX]

Dangit. I missed it.

 

[barythrin]

Is the log out there? I was hoping to show some chess players at the office

 

[Roe]

Is the log out there? I was hoping to show some chess players at the office

I'll post the log later this morning.

 

[tradde]

Dangit. I missed it.

I saw the first set of moves. By the time I got back to check
again the game was over. I'd like to see the move list too.

 

[Roe]

Here's the game log. Total game time was 2:20.

e2e4 e7e5
d2d4 e5d4
d1d4 b8c6
d4d5 c6b4
d5e5 f8e7
b1a3 g8f6
c1e3 e8g8
f1e2 d7d6
e5c3 c7c5
f2f3 c8e6
b2b3 d8a5
a3c4 b4c2
e1d2 a5c3
d2c3 c2a1
g1h3 b7b5
h1a1 b5c4
b3c4 e6h3
g2h3 a8b8
a1g1 a7a5
c3c2 a5a4
h3h4 a4a3
c2d3 b8b7
e3d2 f8a8
f3f4 b7b2
e2f3 d6d5
c4d5 c5c4
d3c3 e7b4
c3c4 b4d2
f4f5 d2f4
h2h3 a8c8
c4d4 b2d2 checkmate

 

[barythrin]

That's 2 hours and 20 minutes right?

 

[AteEm]

That's 2 hours and 20 minutes right?

Correct. We started at 1300 PDT and ended at 1520 PDT.
To be fair, I had a lot of 'sneakernet' time in the 8m's moves
My 8m is at one end of the house and I was using my netbook as the terminal. Unfortunately, I've never set my netbook up for email. So,... I had to run back and forth to my desktop to send Roe emails of the 8m's moves, and get his 11/83's moves off the telnet connection and run back to enter them!

Yep, that was 31 round trips through the length of my house. And, to add to the fun, my wife thought Saturday afternoon would be the perfect time to have the carpet cleaners show up...wet carpets, hoses, equipment, tile floor, bare feet, well you get the picture

 

[Roe]

Correct. We started at 1300 PDT and ended at 1520 PDT.
To be fair, I had a lot of 'sneakernet' time in the 8m's moves
My 8m is at one end of the house and I was using my netbook as the terminal. Unfortunately, I've never set my netbook up for email. So,... I had to run back and forth to my desktop to send Roe emails of the 8m's moves, and get his 11/83's moves off the telnet connection and run back to enter them!

Yep, that was 31 round trips through the length of my house. And, to add to the fun, my wife thought Saturday afternoon would be the perfect time to have the carpet cleaners show up...wet carpets, hoses, equipment, tile floor, bare feet, well you get the picture

Now _thats_ what I call dedication to the cause. Thanks for the game!

 

[Roe]

That's 2 hours and 20 minutes right?

Yes. It certainly wasn't 2 minutes and 20 seconds -

 

[Roe]

This game actually demonstrated a previously unknown bug in 2.11bsd chess. After it won the game, it attempted to print a record of the game and completely gibbled it.

First, I have replayed the game feeding white moves into the chess program, and it always makes the same black moves, which is no surprise at all.

I'm going to find and fix the bug. I haven't posted a unix fix in at least 20 years...