Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:48:43 05/31/01
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On May 31, 2001 at 09:17:05, Pierre Bourget wrote:
>On May 31, 2001 at 07:50:10, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>
>>On May 30, 2001 at 23:56:18, Chris Kantack wrote:
>>
>>>Excalibur Electronics is coming out with another new handheld Chess
>>>Computer in the near future. I figure I can talk a bit about it now
>>>because first, I was told I could and secondly, it's already being
>>>displayed on their own web site.
>>>Chris Kantack
>>
>>It looks as if the Touch Chess will sell for $49.95. We have had
>>an evaluation unit for about a month. Pretty interesting machine.
>>Probably the easiest to operate machine since the Savant (remember
>>that one?!). We will start taking pre-orders before the end of
>>the week. We should have the first shipment in early July. Our site
>>will have a photo and features list hopefully by the end of today.
>>
>>Excalibur claims that it plays about 100 points better than the
>>LCD Chess. They may be right. Of course, as usual, there is some
>>discrepency as to what the rating of LCD Chess is. Our estimates
>>are traditionally far lower than manufacturer's estimates. We
>>were even sued (and proud of it) for 1 1/2 million dollars back
>>in 1985 for our conservative estimates.
>>
>>We are preparing a very extensive review of Touch Chess which
>>should be up on our Featured Articles pages at http://www.ChessUSA.com
>>sometime next week. John was writing the article all week, but
>>he had to stop because he is getting old, and will be celebrating
>>his 40th birthday with a 4 day vacation in New Hampshire. He left
>>this morning.
>>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games)
>
>Any info on processor and speed ? Thanks.
>
>Pierre
They claim to have added killer moves and check extensions in the new version of
their program.
Congratulations. From a technical point of view they were 20 years behind, now
they are maybe only 10 years behind the current state of the art.
Christophe
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