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Chess Computer Community   General Category   Discussions about Chess Computers (Moderators: Endspielgott, Overtom, bobosse)   CC1 Serial Numbers « previous next » Pages: [1] 2 3      Author  Topic: CC1 Serial Numbers  (Read 2919 times) Meca Full Member Offline Posts: 156 This is great forum!! Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « on: May 29, 2008, 07:37AM » I have seen that Mike has a list of the serial numbers in his site, here: http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/fidelity_chess_challenger__cc1.html and we can read there this list: 1002 Ebay ID “crusaderwoppy” 1171 Dick Schneiders (USA) 1668 “ultimategeek” (USA) 1827 Luis Barona Boj (Spain) 2367 GaĂ«tan Vignola (France) 2925 Alain Zanchetta (France) 5432 Wolfgang Rausch (Germany) 5580 Karsten Bauermeister (Germany) 6506 Steve Blincoe (USA) 6620 Kurt Kispert (Austria) 6875 Karsten Bauermeister (Niggemann Museum) (Germany) 7040 “meran” (Canada) 7765 Gorgon Haas 8206 Karsten Bauermeister (Germany) 8302 Mike Watters (UK) 11435 Chris Tatham (UK) 11744 Steffen Scholz (Germany) 12140 Ismenio Sousa (USA) 12315 Tom Luif (Netherlands) 12459 “supersebastiaan” (Netherlands) 13124 Heinz Nixdorf 13659 Luis Barona Boj (Spain) 14265 Manfred Vellmer (Germany) 15234 Luis Barona Boj (Spain) 16533 Dick Schneiders (USA) 16977 Eric Van Baars (Netherlands?) 20137 Axel Schumacher (Germany) 21490 Eric Belot (France) 22521 “fornaxx” (Germany) 22854 “ultimategeek” (USA) 22927 Nick Milicev (USA) 23143 Manfred Vellmer (Germany) 23558 “keckteh” (Spain) 23743 “spacious_mind”(USA) 27566 Manfred Vellmer (Germany) 29683 Larry Harper (Australia) 30409 Steffen Scholz (Germany) 36746 “dulce_simon” (Spain) 852194? Alwin Gruber (Germany) Now, studing my 3 units and the photos I have found in the several web's collectors, I think that the very first units made were: 1.- SERIAL NUMBER HAVE 4 DIGITS 2.- THE SURFACE BOARD IS MATTE, HAS A LIGHT WHITE COLOUR, AND THE CHESS SET IS NOT REFLECTED ON IT Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #1 on: May 3, 2005, 03:28AM » Quote from: Mike Watters on May  3, 2005, 02:49AM    The other day I got beaten for the Novag Expert by Mr "maniacfurball" who bid at the exact second the auction closed. I was watching that auction, and was surprised at the "timing" of his bid.  I have seen bids at the last second before, and could not imagine it being done by a human hand.  The sniper service I used will bid in the last few seconds and you can only have a single "snipe" going on at the same time, for free.  However, for a fairly substantial fee they add a lot of additional services, one of which is placing the bid at the last second.  Somehow, I don't think a few seconds makes a lot of difference.  You actually got your bid in later than did my automatic bid. Quote: Something tells me I am getting left behind. Ismenio tells me that bidding software/services are unethical so I shall just have to keep on plugging away picking up the scraps. While Ismenio is a wonderful person, and I like him a lot, I would go crazy trying to match his heightened sense of ethics.  I can't do it, so I am letting myself go to the nether world.  Quote: One thing is for sure I am NOT getting the wife to bid for me.  Mike Ah, come on Mike.  Live a little!  Start her out on small items like a Boris Diplomat or something similar.  You never know, she might enjoy it and appreciate what you are going through, more.    Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #2 on: May 3, 2005, 02:49AM » Quote: Even more amazing, is the fact that at the time that CC3 auction was closing, I was on the golf course trying to chop down some trees using only a single golf ball.  I was far more successful in bidding on that auction, than I was in felling any trees.  How did I do it?  No, I wasn't in two places at the same time (although, later in the evening, after celebrating too much, I wished I could have been).  I didn't have my laptop in my golf bag, but that might be a solution in the future.  And I didn't use my wife to bid for me - she would probably have refused me, anyway. I am a bit embarrassed to say it, but I used a commercial sniper site to bid on that CC3 for me, while I was having fun on the golf course.  I had looked into these services in the past, but never actually used one.  I enjoy being awake at weird hours to bid on stuff, like you, and want to feel the rush as I push the button.  This was amazingly simply, though, so I might need to use it again, if I have a conflict in my schedule.  All I needed to do was input the item number, my eBay id, and a bid over over $1,000 and the CC3 was mine.  Actually, I didn't quite bid that much, but I did put in a pretty large number.  While I was glad to win the CC3, it isn't quite as satisfying this way. Dick Schneiders Dick I clearly stood no chance. While you was causing ecological havoc with a small white ball I was researching how much would be reasonable to pay for such an item. I should have added a nought on the end. The other day I got beaten for the Novag Expert by Mr "maniacfurball" who bid at the exact second the auction closed. Something tells me I am getting left behind. Ismenio tells me that bidding software/services are unethical so I shall just have to keep on plugging away picking up the scraps. One thing is for sure I am NOT getting the wife to bid for me.  Mike Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #3 on: May 3, 2005, 02:14AM » Quote from: Mike Watters on May  3, 2005, 01:52AM    Quote: Since I am now up at 3:30 in the morning typing on the computer, I suspect I am still a bit excited over the hole-in-one.  Either that, or I am still blotto.  I don't seem to be able to tell the difference.  Dick Schneiders Well I was up at 1.30 am last night thinking that I was going to get this really nice CC3 with the 3 level sticker on the box. Amazingly I was outbid. I do not know who the guy was but he must be an ace bidder. Guilt edged regards Mike Even more amazing, is the fact that at the time that CC3 auction was closing, I was on the golf course trying to chop down some trees using only a single golf ball.  I was far more successful in bidding on that auction, than I was in felling any trees.  How did I do it?  No, I wasn't in two places at the same time (although, later in the evening, after celebrating too much, I wished I could have been).  I didn't have my laptop in my golf bag, but that might be a solution in the future.  And I didn't use my wife to bid for me - she would probably have refused me, anyway. I am a bit embarrassed to say it, but I used a commercial sniper site to bid on that CC3 for me, while I was having fun on the golf course.  I had looked into these services in the past, but never actually used one.  I enjoy being awake at weird hours to bid on stuff, like you, and want to feel the rush as I push the button.  This was amazingly simply, though, so I might need to use it again, if I have a conflict in my schedule.  All I needed to do was input the item number, my eBay id, and a bid over over $1,000 and the CC3 was mine.  Actually, I didn't quite bid that much, but I did put in a pretty large number.  While I was glad to win the CC3, it isn't quite as satisfying this way. Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #4 on: May 3, 2005, 01:52AM » Quote: Since I am now up at 3:30 in the morning typing on the computer, I suspect I am still a bit excited over the hole-in-one.  Either that, or I am still blotto.  I don't seem to be able to tell the difference.  Dick Schneiders Well I was up at 1.30 am last night thinking that I was going to get this really nice CC3 with the 3 level sticker on the box. Amazingly I was outbid. I do not know who the guy was but he must be an ace bidder. Guilt edged regards Mike Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #5 on: May 3, 2005, 01:40AM » Quote from: Mike Watters on May  3, 2005, 12:32AM    Quote: Yes, Mike, I did notice. Do I even still have my Queen?  Hopefully I am coherent as I just consumed a lot of beer.  We had our weekly golf league tonight and I had my 2nd ever hole in one, and we sort of celebrated over a bunch of suds. For you non-golfers out there, that means that the tee shot went in the hole.  Unfortunately, unlike my other one, I didn't see it go in as the sun was in my eyes.  One of the other guys said he thought it went in the hole, but nobody believed him.  However, I did go and look in the hole, thinking that I was being a fool to do so, and there was the ball. Dick Schneiders Dick Big Congratulations. Thanks, Mike.  Quote: A hole in one is something I never achieved. Though I did look in the hole a few times it was always bad news rather than good news. While this was a very well struck 7-iron shot, obviously there is much more luck in doing this than skill.  The ball hit the green about 10 feet below the hole and just rolled in like a putt.  So I am told, as all I saw was the ball in the air, due to the setting sun in my eyes.  I don't play a lot anymore, usually only a couple times a week, and am only a bogey golfer.  However, these sorts of individual shots do pique my interest all over again. Quote: I would have been totally incoherent if I had performed this feat. You just seem your normal self. Keep a two off your card regards Mike Whew!!  That's a relief.  I usually don't post when I am "under the influence" for fear of making an idiot of myself.  Of course, there is the strong possibility that I did make an idiot of myself, and that is simply my norm.  Since I am now up at 3:30 in the morning typing on the computer, I suspect I am still a bit excited over the hole-in-one.  Either that, or I am still blotto.  I don't seem to be able to tell the difference.  Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #6 on: May 3, 2005, 12:32AM » Quote: Yes, Mike, I did notice. Do I even still have my Queen?  Hopefully I am coherent as I just consumed a lot of beer.  We had our weekly golf league tonight and I had my 2nd ever hole in one, and we sort of celebrated over a bunch of suds. For you non-golfers out there, that means that the tee shot went in the hole.  Unfortunately, unlike my other one, I didn't see it go in as the sun was in my eyes.  One of the other guys said he thought it went in the hole, but nobody believed him.  However, I did go and look in the hole, thinking that I was being a fool to do so, and there was the ball. Dick Schneiders Dick Big Congratulations. A hole in one is something I never achieved. Though I did look in the hole a few times it was always bad news rather than good news. I would have been totally incoherent if I had performed this feat. You just seem your normal self. Keep a two off your card regards Mike Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #7 on: May 2, 2005, 07:49PM » Quote from: Mike Watters on May  2, 2005, 01:16PM    Quote: Notice that I have yet to move my Queen. At least, I don't think I have yet moved my Queen!  Dick Schneiders Dick I did notice that you hadn't moved your Queen. Did you notice that I hadn't moved at all for a while? Mysterious Mike Yes, Mike, I did notice. Do I even still have my Queen?  Hopefully I am coherent as I just consumed a lot of beer.  We had our weekly golf league tonight and I had my 2nd ever hole in one, and we sort of celebrated over a bunch of suds. For you non-golfers out there, that means that the tee shot went in the hole.  Unfortunately, unlike my other one, I didn't see it go in as the sun was in my eyes.  One of the other guys said he thought it went in the hole, but nobody believed him.  However, I did go and look in the hole, thinking that I was being a fool to do so, and there was the ball. Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #8 on: May 2, 2005, 01:16PM » Quote: Notice that I have yet to move my Queen. At least, I don't think I have yet moved my Queen!  Dick Schneiders Dick I did notice that you hadn't moved your Queen. Did you notice that I hadn't moved at all for a while? Mysterious Mike Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #9 on: April 28, 2005, 04:49PM » Quote from: Ismenio on April 28, 2005, 04:06PM    Remember Dick's favorite move?  Ismenio Notice that I have yet to move my Queen. At least, I don't think I have yet moved my Queen!  Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #10 on: April 28, 2005, 04:47PM » Quote from: Mike Watters on April 28, 2005, 03:50PM    Quote: 8)......, 4g-4e Dick Very tricky !  Are you sure Anatoly isn't there? Ismenio I should watch out for the 1A - 8H diagonal. Blind faith regards Mike Again with the diagonals, Mike!  I think you are too obsessed with them.  Tricky??? I don't know tricky. Maybe I moved the wrong piece on my last move.  Seriously, Mike, I don't actually know the proper protocol for this time delayed "blindfold" chess.  I may have been cheating.  I have been writing down the moves, as they occur, and then reviewing them so that I can reconstruct what has happened, in my head. If I was really blindfolded, I wouldn't be able to write down the moves, or read them.  Is this cheating?  If is it, then I will stop telling you about it in the future. Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Ismenio Horsie to pointy guy 6 Administrator Offline Posts: 1753 Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #11 on: April 28, 2005, 04:06PM » My head is spinning here!! Mike, you know you're the best for this! I have faith in you! Remember Dick's favorite move?  As for the Phantom video, what if we just list that as Player_A and Player_B? Ismenio PS: By the way, I didn't know that Dick and Mike's blindfold CC1-style game made it to the news! http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/eurotel02/r1.html Who's Dick and who's Mike? Ismenio « Last Edit: April 28, 2005, 04:39PM by Ismenio » Report to moderator Logged Map of chess computer friends: http://www.frappr.com/chesscomputers Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #12 on: April 28, 2005, 03:50PM » Quote: 8)......, 4g-4e Dick Very tricky !  Are you sure Anatoly isn't there? Ismenio I should watch out for the 1A - 8H diagonal. Blind faith regards Mike Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #13 on: April 28, 2005, 12:40PM » Quote from: Mike Watters on April 28, 2005, 08:43AM    You will tell me when you are attacking my Queen won't you? Oops, sorry Mike.  I didn't realize that we were playing that sort of game. Uhhh, Queen Check!!  (on my previous move)  Quote: 8. 4d-5c I offer a draw. Any pretext to stop. Mike I would like to take you up on that offer, Mike, as it would save me from certain humiliation.  However, I am very curious just how long I can go before I try to move a piece that isn't there, or move one of my pieces to a square that I already occupy. ......, 4g-4e It certainly would be much easier if we were using the old notation like, P-KR4.  That way the piece would be named and also the destination square would always be specified in relation to a fixed position - the opening positions of the pieces.  This would help me to keep track of the positions.  And it wouldn't matter that the Fidelity CC1 coordinates were backwards.  Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #14 on: April 28, 2005, 11:24AM » Quote: Yes, he is Mike! I can't spoil your fun. I know you two can do it. At the end we can replay the game, converting the notation, in a Phantom and share the video with others Ismenio There is a cruel streak in you.  You would set us up to ridicule like that? I offer a draw. Any pretext to stop. Mike Report to moderator Logged Ismenio Horsie to pointy guy 6 Administrator Offline Posts: 1753 Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #15 on: April 28, 2005, 09:58AM » Quote from: Mike Watters on April 28, 2005, 08:43AM    ... Where is Ismenio? Is he hiding? Well he had better take over soon because I can't keep this 45 degree leaning going any longer. 8. 4d-5c Blind panic regards Mike Yes, he is Mike! I can't spoil your fun. I know you two can do it. At the end we can replay the game, converting the notation, in a Phantom and share the video with others Ismenio Report to moderator Logged Map of chess computer friends: http://www.frappr.com/chesscomputers Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #16 on: April 28, 2005, 08:43AM » Quote: Yeah, right, Mike!  You already have made 3 moves that I didn't like, and I am really losing this position, in my mind.  I have only played this opening a few times, and my opponents weren't as strong as you.  I don't recall getting into this position, previously. 7. ....., 2h-3f Dick Schneiders Dick What position?  Maybe your opponents haven't played these moves because they can see the board. You will tell me when you are attacking my Queen won't you? Where is Ismenio? Is he hiding? Well he had better take over soon because I can't keep this 45 degree leaning going any longer. 8. 4d-5c Blind panic regards Mike Report to moderator Logged Dick Schneiders Hero Member Offline Posts: 584 My favorite move is a Queen sacrifice??? Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #17 on: April 28, 2005, 05:43AM » Quote from: Mike Watters on April 27, 2005, 10:17PM    7. 4ax4d Ismenio I am beginning to feel ever so queasy. It is time for you to take over............. Over and Out Mike Yeah, right, Mike!  You already have made 3 moves that I didn't like, and I am really losing this position, in my mind.  I have only played this opening a few times, and my opponents weren't as strong as you.  I don't recall getting into this position, previously. 7. ....., 2h-3f Dick Schneiders Report to moderator Logged Mike Watters Hero Member Offline Posts: 1605 Another day, another blunder. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #18 on: April 27, 2005, 10:17PM » 7. 4ax4d Ismenio I am beginning to feel ever so queasy. It is time for you to take over............. Over and Out Mike Report to moderator Logged Endspielgott Moderator Hero Member Offline Posts: 656 I blunder Endgames. Re:CC1 Serial Numbers « Reply #19 on: April 26, 2005, 09:47PM » Dick, I did notice something odd in your playing... though I never had a Fidelity computer I think I am missing something there. Please could you translate your game in PGN Christian P.S. of course you are right with the backwards coordinates!!! Report to moderator Logged Pages: [1] 2 3   « previous next » Jump to: Please select a destination: ----------------------------- General Category ----------------------------- =>Discussions about Chess Computers

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