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Subject: Re: comparison between Saitek's GK2100, Excalibur's Karpov 2294

Author: Ricardo Rego

Date: 14:19:09 09/10/99

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On September 10, 1999 at 16:36:55, walter irvin wrote:

>On September 10, 1999 at 16:07:05, Lal Chakraborty wrote:
>
>>Can anyone provide any sort of comparison between Saitek's GK2100, Excaliber's
>>Karpov Garndmaster and Karpov 2294. Are there any reviews on GK2100?
>i have owned a gk2100,i think it plays really strong . it beats sapphire at
>slower time contrils .it actually beat rebel 8 on a 200 mhz pII 1 game .drew
>several others .now i have never played karpov 2294 so i cant say gk2100 is
>better .gk2100 has fun levels that gradually get harder that is nice .

I have owned a GK2100 too.
Its really cool and strong at slow time (<= 30 min/game). I am 2090 (non USCF).
My score at 20 min/game with him is 50%. The only problem that I see is in the
finals. Without a big hash table, GK is no good. (when comparing against
Sapphire I or II - both have a huge memory for hash tables).

GK has a very interesting middle game.
The quality of the hardware is very superior than excaliburs.

A friend that has Excalibur Karpov Grandmaster told me the machine is not so
strong at slow time controls. But increase when >= 60 min/game. The quality of
the opening book is poor.



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