2Robot


Computer name:	2Robot
Manufacturer:	Novag Industries, Hong Kong
Dates from:	2008
Dimensions:	38 x 38 x 4 cm. Arm sticks out 15 cm.
Power supply:	9-Volt DC adapter
Memory:	736 bytes RAM, 4 KB ROM (chess program)
Rating:	occasional players, weak club players
Other details:	Computer moves done by robot arm.
	Pressure-sensitive board, LCD display
	Height chessmen: 3.7 - 4.3 cm
	128 levels, amongst them: fixed time/move,
	average time/move, simple levels, ply levels
	and mate-search levels.
	Same program as Beryl and Aquamarine.
	Rather laborious arm movement (see c5xd4)

4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: 2Robot (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Re8 8.Be3 d6 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Qf3 Ne7 11.c4 c6 12.Ba4 Bg4 13.Qg3 Bd7 14.c5 Qc7 15.Bb3 d5 16.f4 Nh5 17.Qg5 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Rxf4 Qa5 20.Rf6 Qxc5+ 21.Kh1 Qc3 22.Raf1 Rf8 23.e5 Ng6 24.R6f3 h6 25.d4 Qxf3 26.Qxg6 Qxf1+ 27.Nxf1 fxg6 28.Nd2 Rf2 29.Nf3 Rf1+ 30.Ng1 b5 31.h3 Kf7 32.Kh2 Rf8 33.g4 Ke6 34.Kg2 R8f2+ 35.Kg3 h5 36.g5 h4+ 37.Kxh4 Rxg1 38.Bxd5+ cxd5 39.c4 Rf4# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: 2Robot (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qh5 6.Ne4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nd6+ Kf8 9.Bf4 Bb4+ 10.Nd2 e5 11.Nxc8 exf4 12.g4 Qxg4 13.Nxa7 Rxa7 14.e4 Qd7 15.Bb5 Nf6 16.f3 Qxd2+ 17.Qxd2 Bxd2+ 18.Kxd2 Nd4 19.Be2 Nxe2 20.Kxe2 Ke7 21.Rhd1 Rc8 22.a3 g5 23.Rac1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 h5 25.Rc8 b5 26.e5 Nd7 27.Rg8 f5 28.Rxg5 Ke6 29.h4 Nxe5 30.Rxh5 Rc7 31.Rh6+ Kd5 32.b3 Rc3 33.Rb6 Rxb3 34.h5 Nxf3 35.Kf2 Nd4 36.Ra6 Re3 37.Kf1 f3 38.h6 Re7 39.Ra8 f4 40.Rh8 Nf5 41.Kf2 Ke4 42.h7 Ne3 43.Kg1 Nc4 44.Kf2 Ne3 45.Kg1 Ke5 46.Kf2 Nf5 47.Kxf3 Nd4+ 48.Kf2 Ke4 49.Kg2 Kd3 50.Kf1 f3 51.Kg1 Ke2 52.Kh2 f2 53.Rf8 Rxh7+ 54.Kg2 Rg7+ 55.Kh3 Rg1 56.Re8+ Kd3 57.Rf8 f1=Q+ 58.Rxf1 Rxf1 59.Kg4 Ke4 60.Kh5 Kf4 61.Kg6 Nf5 62.Kf6 Ra1 63.Ke6 Rxa3 64.Kd5 Rd3+ 65.Kc5 Nd4 66.Kb4 Rb3+ 67.Kc5 Ke5 68.Kb6 Kd5 69.Ka5 Kc6 70.Ka6 Ra3# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: 2Robot (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 e5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Ng5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nxe6 Qe7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nd4 14.Bg5 Qf7 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Qf5 17.Qe3+ Kf7 18.O-O-O Re8 19.Qd2 Qg4 20.Rhe1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Qxg2 22.Qf4+ Kg8 23.Qf5 h6 24.Bd8 Qxh2 25.Re8 Qh1+ 26.Kd2 Qxd5+ 27.Qxd5+ Kh7 28.Be7 b5 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Rxf8 b4 31.Qe4+ g6 32.Qe7# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: 2Robot (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Nb6 9.c5 Nd7 10.O-O Nxc5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Qa4 O-O 14.e4 Qg6 15.Ne5 Qf6 16.f4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 b5 18.Qc2 Be3 19.Ng4 Qd4 20.Ne2 Qb6 21.Nxe3 Qxe3 22.Rf3 Qb6 23.e5 Bb7 24.Nc3 Rad8 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Rh3 Qd4 27.Ne2 Qb6 28.Bd3 Rde8 29.b4 Qf2 30.Rf3 Qb6 31.Qc3 Qa6 32.Nd4 Qa4 33.a3 g5 34.Bc2 Qa6 35.fxg5 hxg5 36.Qd3 f5 37.exf6 Rf7 38.Rh3+ Kg8 39.Qg6+ Rg7 40.Qxg7# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.