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Subject: Re: Electronic Pocket Chess

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 13:15:14 10/17/00

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On October 17, 2000 at 16:06:29, John Coffey wrote:

>I saw this pocket chess computer advertised in chess life for $24.   Never have
>I seen a portable unit for such low cost and with so many features.  My guess is
>that it can't be very good at all.  Chess Life says "Tournament Strength" but
>that could mean 1250.   It claims that the program is as good as some table top
>models, and some of the features sound similar, but not all the table top models
>that the USCF sells are strong.  I bought a unit that was hand held a couple of
>years ago from ICD, which was supposedly 1400 but seemed much weaker to me.
>
>If anybody has one of these, I would be curious what they think of it.   It
>might be nice to take on plane trips.
>
>John Coffey


The LCD Chess will play about 1100 to 1200 given tournament time
conditions 40/2). It is cute but does not have a very sophisticated
program.

I am not quite sure which portable you bought from us a couple of
years ago, but we quote ratings based upon 40/2 and we try to be
accurate. Unfortunately, it is not an exact science.

Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games)



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