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Subject: Re: Electronic Pocket Chess

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 15:24:03 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


They are not liers, but who said they talk of a serious tournament? For all the
purposes the three stooges could organize one, so any playing there would be of
"tournament strenght".
Fernando, the fourth stooge


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



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