Touch Chess II


Computer name:	Touch Chess II
Manufacturer:	Excalibur Electronics
Dimensions:	(round housing) diameter: 10 cm, height: 2.25 cm
Power supply:	2 x AAA
Rating:	occasional players, weak club players
Other details:	Pressure-sensitive LCD display (with stylus)
	Training of 32 openings, simplified game and checkmating
	Computer can determine player's rating (accordig to manual)
	The 4th game shows that Fritz-three-ply
	cannot checkmate with king and queen.

4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Touch Chess II (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 Qxd4 9.N1f3 Bb4+ 10.c3 Bxc3+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Nxd2 O-O 14.Rd1 Nbd5 15.Rc1 Nf4 16.Kf1 Bd7 17.Bc2 Rfc8 18.Rd1 Rc7 19.h4 Rcc8 20.a3 Rc7 21.b3 Rcc8 22.g3 N4d5 23.Re1 Rc7 24.h5 Rcc8 25.h6 gxh6 26.Rxh6 Kg7 27.Rh4 Rh8 28.Bd3 Rac8 29.Re5 Rc7 30.Ke1 c5 31.Rc4 Bb5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Rc3 Re7+ 34.Kd1 d4 35.Rc4 Bxc4 36.Nxc4 Rd8 37.Kd2 b5 38.Nb2 a6 39.f3 Re3 40.g4 Rd5 41.f4 h6 42.Nd1 hxg5 43.Nxe3 dxe3+ 44.Kxe3 gxf4+ 45.Ke2 f3+ 46.Ke3 f2 47.Be2 Nxg4+ 48.Kf3 f5 49.Kg3 Rd1 50.Kf4 Kf6 51.Kf3 f1=Q+ 52.Bxf1 Rxf1+ 53.Kg3 Rb1 54.Kf4 Rxb3 55.a4 Ne5 56.axb5 a5 57.b6 Ng6# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Touch Chess II (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Be3 Na6 7.Na4 Ne4 8.Rc1 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Naxc5 10.Qxd5 Be6 11.Qe5 Nd3+ 12.exd3 Qxe5 13.dxe4 Bb4 14.Nge2 Qxe4 15.Bc5 Bxa2 16.Rd1 Qc4 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Rd2 Bc4 19.Rd4 O-O 20.Re4 Rfe8 21.Rd4 Qxb2 22.Rxc4 Qc1+ 23.Nd1 Qxc4 24.Ndc3 Qxc3+ 25.Kd1 Rad8+ 26.Nd4 Rxd4+ 27.Bd3 Rxd3# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: Touch Chess II (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 Nc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Nb3 Ne4 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bg6 14.Bb5 c6 15.Bd3 Kh8 16.Qf3 b6 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.c4 Bb4 19.Re2 f6 20.e6 Ng5 21.Bxg5 fxg5 22.Qg3 Bh5 23.Qh3 Qe8 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Re5 h6 26.Rc1 Rd8 27.Bb5 Qg6 28.e7 Bxe7 29.Rxe7 Rf4 30.Ne6 Rh4 31.Qa3 Rg8 32.Qxa7 Qf6 33.Qa3 Re4 34.Qd6 Bf7 35.Rc6 Re8 36.Rxe8+ Bxe8 37.Rxb6 Bxb5 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.Nf8+ Qxf8 40.h3 Qxb8 41.Rxb8 Bd3 42.Rd8 Rd4 43.b3 Kg6 44.a4 Bc2 45.Kh2 Bxb3 46.a5 Ra4 47.Ra8 d4 48.Kg3 d3 49.Rd8 Rxa5 50.Rxd3 Bd5 51.f3 h5 52.h4 gxh4+ 53.Kxh4 Kh6 54.f4 Bxg2 55.Rd6+ Kh7 56.Rd2 Bf3 57.Rd3 Bd5 58.Rd1 Kh6 59.Rd2 g6 60.Rd1 Rb5 61.Rd2 Rc5 62.Rd1 Ra5 63.Rd2 Rb5 64.Rd1 Rc5 65.Rd2 Kh7 66.Rd1 Rb5 67.Re1 Rb4 68.Kg5 Kg7 69.Re7+ Bf7 70.Rd7 Rb2 71.Kh4 Kf6 72.Kg3 Rb3+ 73.Kg2 h4 74.Rd8 h3+ 75.Kh2 Bc4 76.Rf8+ Kg7 77.Rd8 Be6 78.Rd2 Kh6 79.Re2 Bf5 80.Rf2 Kh5 81.Re2 Rf3 82.Rd2 Rxf4 83.Kg3 Rg4+ 84.Kh2 Kh4 85.Rf2 Be4 86.Rd2 Rg2+ 87.Rxg2 hxg2 88.Kg1 Kh3 89.Kf2 g5 90.Kg1 Bd5 91.Kf2 Kh2 92.Ke2 g1=Q 93.Kd3 Qd1+ 94.Ke3 Bf3 95.Kf2 Qe2# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: Touch Chess II (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: drawn)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Bd7 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Ne5 11.Qd4 Ne8 12.O-O-O c5 13.Qd5 Bc6 14.Qd2 Nxc4 15.Qd3 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 Nc7 17.h4 Bf6 18.h5 g5 19.h6 b5 20.g3 Re8 21.Qd3 b4 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Ba4 24.Re1 c4 25.Qf5 c3 26.b3 Bd7 27.Qd3 Qb6 28.Bh3 Re3 29.Qc2 Bxh3 30.Rxh3 Rxf3 31.Kb1 Re8 32.Rhh1 Qf2 33.g4 Rf4 34.Rhg1 Rxg4 35.Rgf1 Rxe2 36.Qxe2 Qxe2 37.Rxe2 Be5 38.Kc2 Rh4 39.Rg2 f6 40.a3 bxa3 41.Ra1 Rxh6 42.Rxa3 Rh3 43.Rxa7 Rf3 44.b4 Bd4 45.Rd7 h5 46.Rxd6 h4 47.Re6 h3 48.Rge2 Be5 49.R2xe5 fxe5 50.Rxe5 Kf7 51.Rxg5 Kf6 52.Rh5 Kg6 53.Rh8 Kg7 54.Rh4 Kf6 55.Rh6+ Kg5 56.Rh8 Kg4 57.d6 Rf2+ 58.Kxc3 Rf3+ 59.Kd4 Rf4+ 60.Kc5 Rf5+ 61.Kc6 Rh5 62.Rxh5 Kxh5 63.d7 h2 64.d8=Q h1=Q+ 65.Qd5+ Qxd5+ 66.Kxd5 Kg5 67.b5 Kf5 68.b6 Kf4 69.b7 Kg4 70.b8=Q Kf3= An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.