Author: Chris Kantack
Date: 21:36:46 12/27/02
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On December 27, 2002 at 18:05:05, Christophe Theron wrote: >On December 27, 2002 at 00:43:43, Dick Maunder wrote: > >>I am a fairly experienced chess player but have gotten away from the game for a >>few years and wish to get reconnected. Years ago I thoroughly enjoyed the >>Kasparov Turbo S24 and now want to purchase a newer model. >> >>I am looking at the following models and would like any feedback anyone might >>have on the merits of one over the other and comared to the Excalibur top end >>Grandmaster. >> >>--Saitek Centurion $129.00 (Can't locate one in stores) >>--Saitek Chess Academy $229.00 (Ready to purchase one this week) >>--Saitek Cougar $129.00 (May be discontinued) >> >>--Excalibur Grandmaster $229.00 >> >>Also I can't for some reason locate anything like a review or comparison >>anywhere on these board level computer chess sets. Any help on recommending one >>of the above or similar would be grealy appreciated. >> >>Thanks, >> >>RL Hunter >>Boston area > > > >For the money, you can get much better than that. > >Just purchase a Palm ZIRE ($99 or even less), and Chess Tiger for Palm ($19.95 >at http://www.chesstiger.com). > >You will get a much better chess engine, that is updated regularly for free, a >more convenient chess machine, rechargeable, and you will be able to do many >other things with it (use it as a personal organizer, and actually it is a real >pocket computer with thousands of software available on the Internet). > > Christophe I strongly agree with Christophe on every point except the choice of using the Palm ZIRE. Spent a few more dollars and get yourself an older Palm with a larger screen and more memory. For around $140 you can usually find a Palm m500 or other (large screen) Palm compatible that, in my opinion, is heads and tails above a dinky ZIRE with only 2megs of memory and no backlighting. Chess Tiger is a great chess program. By far I recommend Chess Tiger for the Palm over any tabletop chess computer available. Chess Tiger on the Palm is cheaper, stronger, and more flexible. If you still want to play on a real set, simply set up a set next to your Palm and mirror the moves on the real set. (I often do just that myself!) In about 30 days I hope to post an all-new review of Chess Tiger on the Palm. Chris Kantack http://home.earthlink.net/~kantack/lcdchess/home.htm
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