Commodore 64 playing Battle Chess against a the Nintendo Gameboy play The Chessmaster . According to the rules that I have made for myself the Battle Chess ran in level 1 as it has lost one game, with a current ELO 1498. Chessmaster will was set for novice level, as it is the first time playing. It will have an inital ELO rating of 1500
Battle Chess was developed in 1989 by Interplay Productions . The Chessmaster was developed in 1991 by Software Toolworks . The C64 won the first two games, and there was a draw on the third game. This puts Battle Chess with an ELO rating of 1516, and The Chessmaster at 1482. Here are the games they played.
[Event "Battle Chess Challenge"]
[Site "lloydalexandre.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "C64 - Battlechess"]
[Black "Gameboy - The New Chessmaster"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defense"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Qd7 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qe6 6. Bf4 Qe7 7. O-O Qd7 8. Nc3
Qd8 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Qd4 Ke7 13. exd6+ Kd7 14. Ne5+
Ke8 15. Nxg4 Rd7 16. Qe5+ Kd8 17. dxc7+ Kc8 18. Qe8+ Kb7 19. c8=Q+ Kb6 20. Qexd7
Kc5 21. Qxf8+ Kc4 22. Ne5# 1-0
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[Event "Battle Chess Challenge"]
[Site "lloydalexandre.com"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gameboy - The New Chessmaster"]
[Black "C64 - Battlechess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[WhiteElo "1490"]
[BlackElo "1508"]
[ECO "C22"]
[Opening "Centre game"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Kf1 dxe4 7. Qe1 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bf5 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Qxb4 Qd1+ 12. Qe1 Qxe1+ 13. Kxe1 Bxg2 14.
Kd1 O-O-O+ 15. Ke1 Rhe8+ 16. Ne2 Bxh1 17. Nc3 Ne4 18. Kf1 Nd2+ 19. Kg1 Be4 20.
Rc1 Nc4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Re1 Nxb2 23. Kg2 h5 24. Kg3 Ree8 25. Kg2 h4 26. Kf3
Kd7 27. Kf4 Ke6 28. Ke4 f5+ 29. Ke3 Kd5+ 30. Kf3 g5 31. Kg2 Ke4 32. Rg1 g4 33.
Kf1 Kf3 34. Nc1 Rd1# 0-1
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[Event "Local Event"]
[Site "Local Site"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gameboy - The New Chessmaster"]
[Black "C64 - Battle Chess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Opening "QGA, 4.e3"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b5 5. Nc3 b4 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Qxb4 e5 8.
Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qb5+ Bd7 10. Qxe5+ Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qa5
Re8 15. O-O Qe7 16. e4 Ng4 17. e5 Bb4 18. Nd5 Bxa5 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Bxa5 Nd5
21. h3 Rd8 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Be4 f5 24. Bxd5+ Rxd5 25. Bb4 Red7 26. e6 Rd8 27.
e7 Re8 28. Ne5 Rxd4 29. Bc3 Rd5 30. Nxg4 fxg4 31. Rae1 h5 32. f3 gxf3 33. Rxf3
g5 34. b4 g4 35. Rf4 Rd7 36. Rfe4 Kf7 37. Rf4+ Kg8 38. Bd4 Rexe7 39. Rxe7 Rxe7
40. Bxa7 Kg7 41. Bd4+ Kg6 42. Kf2 Re6 43. a4 Kg5 44. Be3 h4 45. Rf7+ Kh5 46.
Rxc7 h3 47. Rc5+ Kg6 48. Rg5+ Kf6 49. Rxg4 h2 50. Rh4 Re4 51. Rxh2 Rxb4 52. a5
Ke6 53. a6 Rb5 54. a7 Ra5 55. Rh8 Ra2+ 56. Kg3 Kd7 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Rxa8 Kd6
59. Ra5 Kc6 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61. Rf5 Ke6 62. Rb5 Kd6 63. Bf4+ Kc6 64. Re5 Kd6 65.
Rh5+ Ke6 66. Rc5 Kd7 67. Bc7 Ke6 68. Bf4 Kd7 69. Bc7 Ke6 70. Bf4 Kd7 1/2-1/2
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Today I ran three games between the Commodore 64 playing Battle Chess against a the Nintendo Gameboy play The Chessmaster. According to the rules that I have made for myself the Battle Chess ran in level 1 as it has lost one game, with a current ELO 1498. Chessmaster will was set for novice level, as it is the first time playing. It will have an inital ELO rating of 1500
Battle Chess was developed in 1989 by Interplay Productions. The Chessmaster was developed in 1991 by Software Toolworks. The C64 won the first two games, and there was a draw on the third game. This puts Battle Chess with an ELO rating of 1516, and The Chessmaster at 1482. Here are the games they played.