Excalibur Match
Round 1 I bought the Excalibur King Master computer the other day at the Ark store; it says on the box that it plays at a 1600 level, but I was eager to try it out. There are 72 levels, but I played this first game on level 30, with the Black pieces. I was moving quickly through the opening, but then slowed down, as if I were playing a real tournament game, which is something difficult to do online, because of the quicker time-controls. From a chess point of view, it was more satisfying to try my best at calculating, rather than using the clock as a weapon, which I feel that online quick-chess does rather splendidly. [Event "First match"] [Site "Home"] [Date "2020.05.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Excalibur"] [Black "Brian Rountree"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1903"] [ECO "A00"] [EventDate "2020.05.23"] [WhiteElo "30"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. h3 Be7 6. g4 Bg6 7