Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:46:24 09/07/00
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On September 06, 2000 at 19:24:30, odell hall wrote: >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. If you read the cover of the box, that opinion will change. Bert Gower and I played many games vs this thing. At blitz it was trivial to beat. At long time controls (40/2hr) it was not a challenge to beat it. It was very poor in positional understanding, and not horribly strong in tactics. If you hung a knight, it would take it, of course. I returned it and eventually bought a Fidelity Mach III, which was _much_ better.
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