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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