L'Empereur is a beautiful auto-response board in wood.
The French tradition of "marquetterie" is used to give a sense of elegance to the design of the computer.
On the top right side of the computer is the CLJ Logo. On the left bottom side the name "L'Empereur".
The computer uses 64 LEDs to indicate its moves.
Sixteen buttons aligned on the right side wait for the commands of the player.
Specs:
- original CLJ L'Empereur with original chessmen
- 1984
- Cyrus program by Richard Lang
- Z80 AT 4 MHz
- 64 LEDs, 16 push buttons
- take back 40 moves
- 16 KB ROM; 2 KB RAM
- 3000 half moves library
- 12 levels
- Adapter: AC/DC 220 V
- Participation at the WMCC Glasgow (1984))
[Event "World Micro Chess Computer Championship, Glasgow"]
[Site "Glasgow, United Kingdom"]
[Date "September 1984"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sargon 3 on Apple MacIntosh"]
[Black "L'Empereur"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 e4
5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8. f3 exf3
9. Nxf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rae1 Bxf3
13. Rxf3 Qe5 14. Rh3 Qg5 15. Rf1 Rfe8 16. Ne2 Be5
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. c4 dxc4 19. bxc4 Rab8 20. Nd4 Rb6
21. Rg3 c5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Qd1 Rf8 24. d4 cxd4
25. Nxd4 c5 26. Nb3 Ra6 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Rgf3 Ng5
29. Rg3 Rd8 0-1 [\pgn]
