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Subject: Re: Radio Shack "Chess Champion 2150"

Author: odell hall

Date: 16:24:30 09/06/00

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On September 06, 2000 at 10:46:30, Peter Hegger wrote:

>Hello,
>I was at a pawn shop yesterday and they had a Chess Champion 2150 there which I
>purchased cheap (real cheap). It didn't have an owners manual with it, but I
>managed to figure out most of the functions by trial and error. Imagine my
>delight when I actually managed to beat this machine 3 out of 4 at 20/0.
>I don't know where they came up with the 2150 part when they named this thing,
>because by my lowly 1750 estimate, this thing can't be much better than 1600.
>Does anyone else have any info or have an approximate rating for it?
>Thanks in advance,

>Peter



 Hi Peter,


  I estimate the radio shack 2150 to be about 1800 at 40/2.  Contrary to
conventional Wisdom the radio shack gets Weaker not stronger at fast time
controls, it actually gets much weaker with less time to think.  I suggest that
if you want a serious game against it, you play at 40/2hr. Ofcourse this may be
too long of a game for you, but if you want a decent challenge you will have to
give it the neccessary time. I have been told by clerks at Radio shack that the
2150 is not the Elo of the computer, but the model number.



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