Cutlass


Computer name:	Excalibur Cutlass
Manufacturer:	Excalibur (made in China)
Dimensions:	17.8 x 12.5 x 3.5 cm
Power supply:	4 x AAA
Rating:	beginners, weak occasional players
Other details:	Chessmen inserted over pressure-sensitive contacts
	4-digit LCD screen
	The 2nd and 3rd games are drawn since Fritz-1-ply cannot
	mate with king + queen against king alone.

4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur Cutlass (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bd6 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 d5 11.a3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qd3 13.Ne1 Qd6 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Rd1 Bxb3 16.Qxb3 Na5 17.Qc2 Rfd8 18.Nef3 Qe6 19.Rfe1 g6 20.Nf1 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Qd3 Nc6 24.h3 h5 25.N1d2 Nd7 26.b3 Be7 27.b4 Nf6 28.Bg5 Bd6 29.Qe3 Be7 30.Nf1 Qd6 31.N1d2 Qe6 32.Bh4 Qd6 33.Qh6 Bf8 34.Qe3 Be7 35.c4 bxc4 36.Bxf6 Qxf6 37.Nxc4 h4 38.Qh6 a5 39.b5 Nd4 40.Nxd4 exd4 41.Qd2 Bc5 42.Qxa5 Qe6 43.Qa8+ Bf8 44.Nd2 Qe5 45.b6 cxb6 46.Nf3 Qc5 47.Kf1 Kg7 48.Qa6 Be7 49.Qd3 Qc1+ 50.Ke2 Qb2+ 51.Ke1 Qc1+ 52.Qd1 Qxd1+ 53.Kxd1 f5 54.exf5 gxf5 55.Nxd4 Kg6 56.a4 Bf6 57.Ne6 Kf7 58.Nc7 Bd4 59.Ke2 Be5 60.Nd5 Ke6 61.Nxb6 f4 62.a5 Kf6 63.Nd7+ Ke6 64.Nxe5 Kxe5 65.a6 Kd4 66.a7 f3+ 67.Kxf3 Ke5 68.g4 hxg3 69.fxg3 Kd5 70.Kf4 Kc6 71.Ke5 Kb7 72.h4 Kxa7 73.h5 Kb7 74.h6 Kc6 75.h7 Kb6 76.g4 Kc6 77.g5 Kc7 78.g6 Kc8 79.Kf6 Kd7 80.g7 Kc6 81.g8=Q Kb7 82.Qd5+ Kc8 83.h8=Q+ Kc7 84.Qhd8# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur Cutlass (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: drawn)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qd6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.d3 Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nb5 Qc5+ 10.Kh1 Bd6 11.Re1+ Ne7 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.a3 O-O 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.Rxe7 Rad8 16.Qe1 Bg4 17.Qf2 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 Rd7 20.Rae1 Rxe7 21.Rxe7 Rc8 22.Rxf7 Kh8 23.f4 b6 24.Re7 a5 25.Kg2 Nh5 26.Kf3 Nf6 27.h4 h5 28.f5 Re8 29.Rxc7 Re5 30.Be6 Nd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Kf4 Rd4+ 33.Kg5 Kg8 34.Kxh5 Rf4 35.Kg6 Rg4+ 36.Kh5 Rf4 37.Kg5 Rd4 38.Re7 b5 39.h5 a4 40.h6 gxh6+ 41.Kxh6 Rd5 42.Kg6 Kf8 43.f6 Rd6 44.Rf7+ Kg8 45.Re7 Kf8 46.Rg7 Rc6 47.c3 Rd6 48.d4 Re6 49.d5 Rd6 50.Rf7+ Kg8 51.Rg7+ Kf8 52.Kf5 Rxd5+ 53.Ke6 Rd2 54.Rf7+ Kg8 55.Rg7+ Kf8 56.Re7 Rf2 57.Rf7+ Ke8 58.Rd7 Re2+ 59.Kd6 Rd2+ 60.Kc5 Kxd7 61.Kxb5 Ke6 62.Kxa4 Rxb2 63.c4 Kxf6 64.c5 Kf5 65.c6 Rc2 66.Kb5 Ke4 67.Kb6 Ra2 68.c7 Rc2 69.Kb7 Rb2+ 70.Kc6 Rc2+ 71.Kb7 Kf5 72.c8=Q+ Rxc8 73.Kxc8 Kf4 74.a4 Ke3 75.a5 Ke4 76.a6 Kf4 77.a7 Ke4 78.a8=Q+= An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur Cutlass (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: drawn)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 Be6 4.Qb3 Na5 5.Qb5+ c6 6.Qb4 dxc4 7.Nd2 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Ngf3 Nf6 10.Ne5 Nb3 11.Nxb3 cxb3 12.a3 O-O-O 13.Bd3 c5 14.Nf3 c4 15.Be2 b5 16.Ne5 h6 17.Bf3 g5 18.h4 g4 19.Be2 Bg7 20.f3 gxf3 21.gxf3 Kb8 22.Rg1 Rhg8 23.Bd2 Nd7 24.f4 Bxe5 25.Rxg8 Rxg8 26.fxe5 Nb6 27.Kf2 Bd7 28.e4 Na4 29.Bxh6 Nxb2 30.Bd2 Nd3+ 31.Bxd3 cxd3 32.Ke3 Rg3+ 33.Kf2 Rg4 34.h5 Rxe4 35.Be3 f6 36.h6 fxe5 37.h7 Rh4 38.Rb1 exd4 39.Bxd4 Rh2+ 40.Ke3 Rh3+ 41.Kd2 Rxh7 42.Be5+ Ka7 43.Rxb3 Rh5 44.Rxd3 Rxe5 45.Rxd7 Kb8 46.Kd3 Kc8 47.Rd4 Rg5 48.Ke2 Rg3 49.Re4 e5 50.Rxe5 Rb3 51.Re8+ Kd7 52.Ra8 b6 53.Kd2 Kd6 54.Rd8+ Ke5 55.Re8+ Kd5 56.Rd8+ Kc6 57.Rc8+ Kb7 58.Rc3 Rxc3 59.Kxc3 Kc6 60.Kb4 Kd5 61.Kxb5 Ke5 62.Kxb6 Kd6 63.a4 Ke5 64.a5 Kd6 65.a6 Kd5 66.a7 Ke4 67.a8=Q+ Ke3= An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur Cutlass (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Bf5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxb7 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 Nh6 7.Nxf5 Rb8 8.Qc6+ Qd7 9.Qxd7+ Kxd7 10.Nxh6 gxh6 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.e4 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Rhg8 14.Bxc4 Rg6 15.Rg1 Rc6 16.Bxf7 Rf8 17.Bd5 Rcf6 18.Be3 c6 19.e5 Rg6 20.Be4 Re6 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.f4 a6 23.g4 Rb8 24.a3 Rb3 25.Bc5 Rxc3 26.Bf5 Rxc5 27.Bxe6 Rc3 28.Rd7+ Kb8 29.Rxe7 Re3+ 30.Kd2 Rxa3 31.f5 Ra5 32.Rb1+ Rb5 33.Rxb5+ axb5 34.f6 b4 35.Re8+ Kc7 36.f7 c5 37.f8=Q Kc6 38.Qd6+ Kb5 39.Bd7+ Kc4 40.Qd3# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.