Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:11:27 09/20/00
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On September 20, 2000 at 10:56:33, Peter Hegger wrote: >On September 20, 2000 at 09:46:43, Gerald Grimsley wrote: > >>Hello, I have a chance to buy a "used" Novag Diamond. Is this a decent playing >>machine? What would be the estimated USCF rating at slower time controls? Is >>the newer Novag Diamond II significantly better than the original Diamond? >> >>Thanks in advance, >>Gerald > >Hello Gerald, >I used to own a Novag Diamond. It was a fun little machine to play against. >You can choose different playing styles, do analysis with it and choose between >easy and difficult levels. It loves to attack (often at the expense of king >safety) and is very tactical. After playing hundreds of games against it I would >estimate its strength at around 2000 USCF. The Novag Diamond II is a little >stronger (perhaps 30 to 50 points)which to me does not justify the extra >expense. >By the way, I hope there is an owners manual supplied with the Novag you are >thinking of purchasing. Otherwise it may be very difficult to figure out all the >features, levels etc... >I hope this helps you some. >Regards, >Peter I still have a diamond here. It is probably around 2000 overall, although it does have a few positional weaknesses. It is very aggressive. And for a simple comparison, crafty on an old P6/200 (pentium pro 200mhz) would rip it pretty badly. Of course I think it is only a 16mhz processor so to be fair, it was getting way over-powered with the P6/200. It didn't seem (to me) to be as strong as my old Mach III.
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