Author: Graham Laight
Date: 05:03:48 10/09/98
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On October 05, 1998 at 23:59:49, odell hall wrote: > >I could not say for sure what it is rated. I have owned the saitek GK2100, I can >only say that it is not rated 2330 by no strectch of the Imagination!!! Although >I would say that the Novag Saffire may accurately be rated in this range. I am >rated only 1900 Uscf and I can beat the GK21000 at will. Having played many >masters and True Human 2100's I can only say the The GK2100 is no where near >master strength having much to many endgame weakness. The true strength of the >program lies in its tactical strength. I have noticed though that a very careful >human can even outplay it in this area. I would rate it from personal expierence >to be probally around 2070 uscf at 40/2hrs and about 2150 at action chess. This presents a serious problem with rating computers in general. The ratings do not take into account the opportunities to prepare for a particular machine. There is a noticable trend for new computers to do very well, and then start getting poorer results (against humans) as they become more well known. A friend of mine, who's an IM, played my TC 2100 (same as GK 2100, but smaller), at G/10. I didn't understand the position, but he suddenly turned around and said, "Oh - it's beaten me." and proceeded to reset the pieces to the starting position! Then he said, "Now I'm going to thrash it". He played it at G/10 again and beat it this time. It tends to win by causing mayhem in the middlegame. It's endgame is poor, but it's general standard is very high for such a small program with only 1K RAM. I still don't think you can get a better portable at the moment (Saitek are supposed to have new models out by xmas).
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