Author: Michael Vox
Date: 02:47:45 04/16/02
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On April 16, 2002 at 05:32:04, Eran wrote: Hello Eran, Thanks very informative post, you helped me allot!! It seems it is Fritz on a standalone ! >On April 15, 2002 at 22:28:30, Michael Vox wrote: > >> >> >>http://www.chesshouse.com/products/cosmos.htm >> >>Anyone own one of these ? >> >>How do you find it and what is the playing strength ? >> >>Where is the best place to buy this stand alone ? >> >>Would I be better off getting one of those handhelds like Palm or IPaq, which >>one is the best all around one anyway ?? >> >>Thank you in advance! > >I own Cosmos. It is very good and is more convenient than Novag Sapphire II, but >does not look as an handheld but rather as a little black "briefcase". In >addition, when I played it on the bus one morning, one little Black Pawn piece >fell and got lost! > >I think its Elo strength is around 2050. My Elo rating is around 1700 and I >could not beat the Cosmos at all because it is tough. The chess program inside >the Cosmos was written by Franz Morch, the author of Fritz. > >You may order it from ICD/Your Move Chess & Games store or maybe from >http://www.saitek.com or http://www.saitekusa.com. > >Well, I don't own any Palm or Ipaq and I don't know. You decide whether to buy >it but they are more expensive and somewhat stronger than Cosmos. Maybe you can >wait for next newer palm handheld. Anyway, any palm handheld cannot lose chess >pieces as the Cosmos does. > >Eran
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