Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 16:16:14 01/30/02
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On January 30, 2002 at 19:03:41, Mark Young wrote: >On January 30, 2002 at 17:17:37, Steven Schwartz wrote: > >>On January 30, 2002 at 17:04:42, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I'd love to get one :-) ! >>> >>>I tried to figure out if this product already exists, if it is announced or if >>>it is science fiction but I didn't succeed. >>> >>>Any reliable information availlable on this topic? >>> >>>Regards, >>>pete >> >> >>We are expecting delivery in early April. Of course it has been >>delayed from its initial announcement of December, but that is >>quite typical in our industry. We have write-up on our web site at: >>http://www.icdchess.com/cpreviews/star.html >>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) > >Steve this looks like a great machine, but how can they print this elo rating >for this machine? Does estimated mean wild guess, or blitz rating, or starndard >time control games. I can accept wild guess or maybe a blitz rating, but I do >not think this machine can reach a 2530 uscf rating from the specs I read. I >would like the see some kind of game data to back up the estimated rating. Does >Novag have a good record when it comes to estimating elo strength of their chess >computers? > > >ยท Estimated ELO (USCF) : 2,530 It is definitely a wild guess (and perhaps pie-in-the-sky). Just like all the other manufacturer estimates. We state that it is from Novag's own preliminary sheet. If I had to take a wild guess, I would say about 2400 (or 50 points above what we quoted for the old Sapphire II). On our description sheet we quote 2400 to 2550, and that covers all bases (except the lower bases), but without seeing it or testing it, we are limited to guessing. If we put no number estimate, everyone calls and emails to ask the number. Is it possible it only plays 2100 or 2200, of course. It just wouldn't beat me 100% of the time as severly (but still 100% of the time). Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games)
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