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Subject: Re: Is Travel Champion 2100 Kasparov an excellent handheld chess computer?

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 18:05:12 05/07/98

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On May 07, 1998 at 18:16:06, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On May 07, 1998 at 13:40:21, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>On May 07, 1998 at 13:25:15, frank zimmer wrote:
>>
>>>On May 07, 1998 at 11:40:09, Eran wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>What is the exact FIDE Elo Rating of the Travel Champion 2100 Kasparov
>>>>please?
>>>>
>>>>Is it a wonderful handheld chess computer?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you,
>>>>Eran
>>>>
>>>>P.S. It is made by Saitek.
>>>this is an excellent chess machine for the money! it was programmed by
>>>franz morsch, one of the top ten programmers in the world. the program
>>>is extremly tatical,however the endgame program is very weak compared to
>>>the top programs. the rating is around 2000 to 2080 elo depending on the
>>>sources that have tested it in the past.
>>
>>
>>Hi:
>>The first version of Travel Champion was around 2060 USCF Elo, rated by
>>the USCF in fast games. It was based in fritz 1 by Morsch. nevertheless,
>>Travel Champion 2100 is based in fritz 2 and should to be a lot stronger
>>than tyhat, maybe 2200 USCF Elo. In any case it is a wonderful litle
>>marvel, with all the frills and necesary function for a so cheap
>>machine. Ending is weak, truth, compared with the standar of actual top
>>programs, but is not "that" weak compared with average stand alone unitS
>>on the 80'S or even with the average capabilities of club player.
>>fernando
>
>I was impressed by this computer because Tiger 8 had a very hard time
>against it in a 4 games match 2 years ago.
>
>In Paris, when I had Frans in front of me for the Tiger/Fritz game, I
>asked him if he had programmed the TC2100. He answered yes. Then I asked
>if it was a version of Fritz and, as I remember, he answered no. I
>didn't try to go further, because I didn't want to bother him with my
>silly questions.
>
>Maybe the main reason he answered no is because there is no hash tables
>in TC2100. As we all know, Fritz needs HT a lot. Nevertheless, I suspect
>that TC2100 uses the same kind of knowledge than Fritz (version 2 as
>Fernando says), and is mainly a fast program.
>
>Fernando, how did you get your informations?
>

Très facile mon ami: dans la Puce Echiqueenne... A propos, il y a
toujour La Puce Ecuiqueene? Je ne sais pas rien de george...
A bientôt
>
>    Christophe



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